Films M - P

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Transcribe cue sheets for films with titles spanning the letters M - P, including the lost comedy The Meanest Man in the World, the romantic drama The Night of Love, the partial “talkie” The Office Scandal, and an early silent western, The Pony Express.

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.