East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-19

making the films for the pictures will
be exceedingly interesting to the
readers Of the East Oregonian. The
following description of the process,
while quite lengthy, Will be read with
interest.
The scenes enacted upon the can
vas must, of course, be first enacted
before the apparatus. If their setting
Is the streets of Paris, they are per-
formed entire and au naturel in the
open street by actors suitably cos
TUNED and made up.
In the Picture Hall.
TO see how, let us visit CINEMA
hall" 1t Is in the morning; the en-
tire staff Is already on hand, not a
minute Of the day is to be lost. The
artists emerge from their dressing
rooms cOstumed and made up. Make
up Is as essential, for a play in the
street as for a play on the stage, so
that the expression of the faces, here
OF capital Importance, shall lose none
of its emphasis.
We join the actors as they climb
into the theater omnibus, and, as we
hurry to the appointed place. the best
stage manager In Paris-M. Etienne
Arnaut-gives the artists a last read
ing Of the scenario. The hero is play
ed by a comedian from the Olympic.
In the first act he has received
from his wife a tremendous cuff in
the face, and now, with swollen
cheek, he Is to ramble through Paris
Woe to them that laugh at him! A
troupe Of clowns in long coats and
high hats, a comedenne and an actor
dressed up as "A vender OF newspapers
have come along to play the parts Of
these luckless citizens.
The afflicted husband must dash |
into a drug store for ungents to soothe
his burning cheek-here is a we'll
lighted one that just suits our pur-
pose. We alight, surrounded by so
people who have run after our omni-
bus, attracted by the strange appear
ance OF our troupe; with the consent
of the proprietor one of the clowns
goes hehind the counter while the
the side walk. At a whistle from the
stage manager the man with the
swollen cheek rushes into the shop
and the clown roars with laughter.
Zip! 4 blow sends him headlong.
Exchange of cards. First duel in
prospect. Il
Troupe on the Street.
En- route now for the next scene
At the corner of street In full sun
shine. fountain. Perfect the ON S
nibus stops and the maltreated hus- I
band sets about dashlng water on his !
check. A second clown goes by arm !
in arm with the actress. They gig I
gle. A blow hurls the clown into the
gutter. The clown has executed his
cascade" with such fury that he has q
burst his coat More than 200 people 7
in windows. take the whole thing se- q
riously and roar with laughter 6
BY noon we have passed through T
two ACCOMPLISHMENTS, raised rumpus- !
ses on the terrasse of a cafe. in
public garden. in three open squares, :
and in a dozen streets; an hour later, p
at Raincy under the trees of park :
where we get hilarious welcome, q
the hero of this burlesque epic. re- =
fusing weapons for his duels. knocks T.
down the entire troupe OF clowns n
adversares and seconds indiscrim- q
leaves them in a heap. r
their arms and legs In the ~
confusion. q
Over 600 Feet of Ribbon.
Th play is completed. To record
1t, 600 feet of transparent ribbon
have sufficed. on each yard of that A
ribbon more than 80 photographs
have been taken. When Ia Ouel a }
la Gifle" is presented upon the bio
graph screen 104OO pictures will be
shown within the space of a few mo-
ments.
Real danger sometimes attends this
outdoor acting. Near London. sew
eral months ago, a manager Of bio
graph plays got up drama involv-
ing an attempt TO derail the London
and Brighton express. The Williams J
according to scenario, were discover
Of the railway, and tied him down q
between the rails. Naturally, while \
the series of photographs were being
.aken, the train was to stop for a mo- Y
ment so that the actor could have his
place taken by dummy before II
reached him. Unhappily, the driver
was unable to stop his engine, and
he actor, himself the owner OF the
oiograph, was run over.
Real Drama Performed.
When these real dramas are per-
formed upon the screen, the figures
move sometimes with an astounding Il
'apidity. In the funny little play,
L'Echelle," the robber must run 100
Yards down the street while the appa-
'atus is working. If he kept the
frank turning at the usual rate the
operator would get about 900 pic
ures. J.
To produce an impression Of
,uts down the number of pictures to
500, which still reproduces the dis J.
ance as before, but will be run off
lpon the screen in a much briefer :
line. SO the actor no longer runs;
ne bounds ahead with outrageous
caps, since n part of his successive
oostures have been omitted by the
,iograph.
One OF the most successful films, r
10 Voyage de Nounou," has been
with in this way all
through A nurse-that is n clown