Films D - G

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Transcribe cue sheets for films with titles spanning the letters D - G, including the drama Don’t Marry for Money, the modern-day fairytale Ella Cinders, the charged marital drama For Alimony Only, and the comedic short film, The Gosh-Darn Mortgage.


Instructions: The primary goal of transcribing cue sheets for silent film is to facilitate page-level discovery of titles, subjects, and the creators and publishers of the work through the Library's website. Musical notation and other non-textual markings are currently beyond the scope of this program. See our illustrated and downloadable How to Transcribe Cue Sheets for more help and examples

  • Transcribe titles, tempo markings (Moderato, allegro, etc.), publication information, and ads.
  • Transcribe text in the order it appears on the page.
  • Preserve line breaks. If a word is broken across a line or page, transcribe it intact on the initial line where it appears.
  • Do NOT transcribe musical notation - including time and key signatures or dynamic markings (f, p, cresc., dim., <, >, etc.)
  • Do NOT transcribe hyphens (or melisma) within words.
  • Do NOT transcribe excessive ellipses between text. If many ellipses are present, please only transcribe three of them.
  • Do transcribe the text of illustrated title pages.
  • Do transcribe handwritten notes and Library of Congress cataloging stamps as marginalia.

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