The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-21

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Did you ever come out OF a moving
picture show with the feeling that you
had been dreaming dreamsY'
There Is nothing thar 50 thoroughly
combines absolute mathematical exact.
ness with fantastic unreality as the
modern entertainment known as a
moving picture show There Il moth
Ing that requires more scientific and
artistic skin In the making or more
care and dexterity In the reproducing
than the pictures shown BY the kline
toseope. and there Is nothing more
mystifying 10 the heholder than these
same pictures. when they are thrown
on the screen In the theater. In the
same afternoon. perhaps. you win see
thrilling train robbery. a prize eight,
dainty little domestic comedy, a
scene during trip Of one OF the pres
ldentisl candidates. a fairy tale OF
your childhood. and some OF the magi-
cal pictures In which stones roll rap
Idly up hin. saws and hammers work
without human assistance. or a skele-
ton gradually develops aesh and cloth
Ing The commonplace Is 50 mixed
with the impossible that while you
are looking at the pictures you aud
yourself believing IL Is all perfectly
real and natural. and II 10 only after
you have left the theafer that ron
realize II Is trick. an optical nlu-
sion. and yoH wonder how IL Il done.
The effect upon your mind Is much
Ike that produced by a dream you
have bad. only In the case OF the cine
you try to analyze the
process
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But the proc~ss Is unan lyxabIe. nm
ess you are Permitted a peep behind
ne scenes OF the business Of alm max
ne Once In the flm makers studio.
however. you nnd the making OF the
lectures far more interesting than the
lectures themselves. One moment Won
ankh az yonr own stupidity IN not
messing how II worked The next
on are lost In admiration OF the cIev-
rness OF the film makers in being able
arrange the natural and ordinary
leans about them TO produce such ex-
results And you never
= moving picture afterwards with
u remembering how il. or one like II.
as made
Art. the drama. nature. mechanical r
'rces. all have part In the prosiue- n
IN Of the pictures that are repro 4
aced all over the civilized world. FOR :
r moving picture show his become Il
e most universal OF all amusemeuts 4,
very manufacturer Of motion picture 6,
ms maintains a large company OF I,
tors. theater OF bis own with an q
lmense stage fitted with traps. tanks. n
7 and other usual scenic accessories. m
q larger corps Of stage carpenters. ~
rne painters scene sfiffer~ and IL
nperfy men than Is thought neces a,
~ In any OF the frsg-ciasS theaters N
Europe or America All sorts Of sr
seniots methods OF producing IN. n
nal effects. MI the devices for Gre IN
ng realistic illusions known 70 the an
ge and many that are impossible on nc
real stage. are employed Every me-
VI Of scenery and stage setting are an
ID People Of all ages. sizes and CON Mi
ions 'the lame. the halt and the ls,
3D. as well as the physically per rl,
I. take part IN the various scenes m
netimes the actors play their parts ne
q real stage. sometimes they act In rs
neids or woods or even 90 the w
eets OF city. and sometimes they am
partly through q performance In IN.
midst Of natural surroundings and Ian
lplefe the play on the stage Of A the ser
r. or vice versa. II all depends on or,
subject OF the picture and the way rsr
idea Is worked out
'ramatic ability OF a high order ia
sssary In the actors who pose be-
! the speeding klnetoscope, for act. dor
alone must tell the story Of the cd
: they are presenting. and many OF ura
subjects are too artistic to admit are
mere panfomIme as an exposition pes
heir meaning the
Trick Pictures frsr= France. scel
be kaleidoscope is not a French IN Is
Ion. but It's Developments along ar thr'
c lines Is due almost entirely 10 pro
lch ingenuity. IN England. and in and
riea TIL quite recently. II was out
merely to record events "a they bro'
FRED. such as the unwilling Of a are
ument. the Inauguration OF a pres the,
! Of the United States. a boat the
a prize FIGHT. a championship OF {
ball game, or a great parade. No u.
npt was made to create subjects chill
be machine 90 photograph. and all are
fuI pictures, color pictures, or dlns
~ that were out Of the ordinary dist
left for the French Aim makers In
reduce. and the result has been natu
distincfively characteristic class. ~
motion pictures dow
gland produces the current ings