Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-01
Z NF)NING PICTURES.
ssEx, The SKETCHES ARE REPRO
lUCED UPON THE FILMS.

&af Crowded into Fifty Seconds
: ,Flas Greatest Successes Are OFTEN
,..a14as.g at About by Accident.
y ''.2 queer thing about moving pic
,NsyGs~ sail an expert operator in that
!f.Ase fya New Orleans Times Democrat
ssasgaycr, lis the illusion they generally
sGaaa * as to the time they occupy
syst.S. Al the screen. What is known
i'm tss standard exhibition film is 50
.AesF :Qg. 1t is used almost entirely
&kr Hsglic scenes, trick pictures and
,HjEass sGlects that are got up In the
gfEgi1ss of the experts who make them
gas @srSGalty. Every theatCr gocr has
sMv4 Hem, and will venture the as
sNxaESg- that the average man will de-
yaiErg ihey take at least three or four
sazygg.sss in passing before the eye. AS
IN ssAzer of fact the picture is on the
'zwni~9 less than one minute You can
sMRFl ligure it out for yourself. The
.ysstaa.ry 80 foot film of the kind to
.gSa5gs refer is put through the repro
HSknessr machine at the rate of IL pic
ar-....rsn 10 the second Each picture Is
f-aSeAsourths of an inch broad, which
Hkn the 1G measure exactly one
lIsAG, ssJce to edge: in other words, the
M&2Z I'll ycls Il foot a second-5O feet, so
NRes2es What gives it the effect of
Esxfsx MP so much more time Is the
Lot 81 hnt ic tv
.exxsr!ss1 into the brief period it is in
Se1tsx, Until the moving picture was
''.xrrME,a don't think anybody had
To- ~ sGa4k idea how much could be done
.xs 81 seconds. 1t seemed hardly time
s.ssgaA 10 turn around in, yet when
., ar Argerts began to study it's posi-
ass3ass they found it was ample for
d. s7.x1rs1s Of little pictorial comedies
.ssss.s.,.ia.re since delighted audiences all
lss,J.r-- 5aa world.
"E 4 entirely a matter of rehearsal.
at MEztject is selected, generally calling
7w taZn three to four people, and ev-
az A3li Of the business or action is
sJaTzsAsIy worked out in advance. Sup
}asss 4sr illustration, that a comic bur-
t{snry Is the topic. The business, in
'ssESNBEl, might run something like
Sa via gentleman doing in parlor;
eaKssf7 burglar; old gentleman awakes;
8T-at hides; enter policeman. search
X E,4f room, collars old gent; they
3astsi And roll on the floor while bur-
assE ggddcnly energies and leaps out
Il ii. window. That doesn't sound
s%a,egiarly side splitting, but in the
Isgs4S If intelligent comedians it can
~" G,m@Se really very funny. The all es-
..xsx3 q. shing is to crowd it into SO Sec
asags xnd to that end each bit Of &C.
sssxg. 3 carefully timed and made to
, ,,h tmn each other bit like so many
sssE Eeared cogwhcels. The old gen.
S:sE<srzsn1s startled yawn, the burglars
ssass around the room and every
1,s zovement and gesture from be-
f.s,zzsaris, 20 end is calculated with the
a.Esixes ncety, and at last after dozens
- esf43rsals the act Is attempted be-
'fSaH. iae recording machine. If every
tHa;. Is lucky. it goes through Oh SEIZED
3 ,ass' 7mse, but the slightest hitch is ia
.,ssl x8l if one occurs the film Is spoil
.ssl EMl they must try all over again.
,aSa Eaader it seems impossible to flu
rMm, spectators that so much could
isaszz1a2fre in 80 seconds.
( 'Nlsa1 some of the most telling effects
tin Axaposstion pictures" continued the
SassrY.,joy, have been the result of acct
aatx' &nd were entirely unpremeditat-
tHl 2hat was the case with film that
Il :axs a hand in preparing and that
.aga<rsard made tremendous hit and
M1T-a to be one of the best sellers
rsden gut on the market. In getting
~ 1la picture our principal purpose
FxM ID introduce large and very in
-HM ne sketched out simple little
sAaas in which tramp steals a pie
afrxa kitchen window, Is pursued by
mr. aEg and Is last seen trying to scale
atN jxek fence with the animal hang
fAss. "a. his coattals.
-"'tt,.s training of the dog was the
SXxaa 9ouble. but finally taught him
~ s3 hold of anything red, and we
axasss big piece Of flannel as mark
tn TIKI back of our tramp's coat. Red
fsnksssfgraphs black, SO it couldn't be
aaxa IN the pictures, and after a good
SaAgsw rehearsals the dog learned to
'saast. ant at exactly the right moment
s4Rut nail the marauder, whose cue was
aEYr 10 rush for the fence and consume
;a1F remaining time in making an APP
sspusX,,y desperate effort to scramble
aAfyYy The top At last we got every
ssshzHs all ready. gave the word and
skEsea the record machine to take the
sdrnEs.
".suEnedlately the little comedy be-
lpD The tramp appeared, looked
xnnnl stealthily, saw the pie, hooked
ID mi was having a feast when out
1Ta1s the bulldog and seized him by
IT. saattails. He thereupon sprinted
aDfas fence and was about to carry out
sf1< Nst OF the programme when, to our
yusEssasrnation, the boards gave way,
graa he came down bang on top of the
MT The film had about ten seconds to
J.sax and it was occupied in recording
<ms d the liveliest scraps that ever
'llssaggs TIed. There was no hippodrome
1ESxz. it. Both parties were out for
H4pyI When the fence fell. the bull. !