ABSTRACT
AGAIN the star of the motion picture's destiny moves westward, now to California. It is still four decades before the first camera clicked in Hollywood.
We have come to Muybridge and his tradition. We shall ex· amine into the tale of a tale which by constant repetition has become the supreme classic reference of all motion picture his. tory. It is the screen's accepted first chapter of Genesis, growing in authority and weight down the years.
