Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-12-25
MOVING PICTURES.
Amusing Experiences Of the nm Who
Proaaee Hem.

ProSuee Them.
Did you ever think how may. many
feet Of hlm pass through thu machine
| thar produces the mo,iag piaures used
nowadays in the N3Gldpaie housest
OF course this depends oyt!gely ON the
length Of the entertainment but usu-
ally about 1000 feet Of Tim are used
in every performance
This film costs g TO l. cents foot
an item of expense so large that the
many sets Of pictures are sent over the
whole circuit of hous> Just as the
actors and actresses, the dancers, the
comedians and other entertainers are
sent.
There's an interesting story in the
way these pictures are procured, espe-
.cially those that depict a chase after
IAN escaping convict, the pictures you
Zee while the orchestra plays the quick,
Exciting music and some one back OF
the stage is doing things that make 1t
vseem sure enough, when shots are
peard-also back Of the stage-and you
zee little puffs Of smoke In the picture
,Yhile the convict gallops along over
,iLl and valley, splashes through
Eream. falls of bridges, climbs fences
ind finally drops exhausted and IS Re-
( aTtured and led back to prison, head
flung =, ais face wearing a look Of
detection. Ets,s.9 would never seem
lutte the same IL Awe should change
he chase music. 1t has becons- - part
II the show business that people have
4 right to demand.
The firms that produce moving pic
lures have regularly organized theat-
rical companies. There are rehearsals,
lust as IN theater. The men and wOm-
en- really speak the words Of the play
Or scene, and when the performance is
perfect the photographing machine
takes the pictures. Where some one
falls Off a house or bridge or down the
side of a canyon a dummy figure Is
used. and the section of elm that would
betray that fact is cut out. Once In a
very great while these trick changes
are awkwardly done. and then the au-
licences laugh. When a chase is to be
photographed the men or women and
the crowd-and the dog-actually go
over the course that you see in the
picture.
It is all arranged beforehand, so that
the law abiding inhabitants don't be-
come nervous and interfere. Some
times the arrangements are imperfect.
1t was so one day recently. A New
York company was making a series Of
chase pictures in which a man was
dressed ia prison stripes and was try
Ing to escape. A policeman who had
not been notified Joined in and made
things interesting with rue only TO the
lice rauoI-i.1Or craftsmanship that the
PICTURES were procured without the
convict being killed.
One Of the peculiar features about
moving pictures is that blustery,
windy day usually is selected for max |
ng tue pictures. Trees may be seen
wayiEg, skirts futtering and hats roll |
the street. It's the action
be. ant, and the wind produces II.
In '"The Escape From Sing Sing"
7hich is one Of the popular chases pro-
uced by the moving picture machine.
number Of the pictures were taken
the roofs in New York city. This is
he Of the most exciting chases. The
'iminal may be seen leaping from roof
roof, while people lean from win
ows and shoot at the fleeing man. In
citing the proper effects the promot-
s were compelled to resort to many
hemes. Revolver shots in the down.
wn portion Of New York would have
used no end Of trouble. As a substi-
tie the men in the windows who were
opposed to do the shooting threw
ndfuls of -four. This produced the
'ect of smoke, and the picture was a
ccess.-Kansas City Star.