The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19

the camera. and appauded to the skies while she
tore through with her muscular act She said later
that she never could have earned her money without
the stimulus of the noise.
Another trick of the stage manager to concentrate
the attention of his troupe IS to have music played
mechanical drama deserves mechanical orchestra,
and at the Vitagraph studio is OF the most
pensive monographs that can be purchased. When
the trusting hero and heroine making tender love
and the villain steals up behind them soft and mysteT
strains drift from beyond the canvas walls
Marches and dances have their The scheme is
psychologicaly aiding the actors to throw
themselves into their gestures properly.
RANGE OF THE CAMERAS EYE
When motion camera is set up, in doors or out,
the first matter is to mark the lines of VISION the
limits OF space taken IN by the hlm. Sometimes
these are chaked out sometimes object is placed
to indicate IT. The moment the actor crosses inside
these lines he must be on ms guard moving always
tions of the manager, for difficult and expensive
thing to correct any mistake he may make
The surprise and discontinue additionally de-
scribed the t1eatergoer when he obtains his first
glimpse of the precincts behind the drop weak
and nnocuous compared to the sensations he actually
experiences when he penetrates the hoowness and
mockery of the motion picture stage He finds little
pretense here. The. walls naked and unlovely;
canvas would fail to stimulate the imagination of a
child; The actors are man handled, thrust and
in the sunlight that floods the place through the
glass roof The trckery of it all is hnlsy, too
some of its gamor But the observer will seek
thrill in vain where the machinery or the camera
drama creaks.
But all is corrected through the lens The faults
unseen, the perfection OF ensemble effects is
brought out. The calico drama produce results
the like of which would be absolutely impossible on
any real stage For instance the propertymen at the
Vitagraph studio preparing small model of a
mountain hillside with made of twigs, pebbles
viewed through lens it perfect 1t will be photo
graphed in the course OF drama preparing and
will be GREATNESS moment when the spectators
witness that stimulation of a convulsion of nature,
convincing to the most skeptcal mind
During one of the hottest and brightest davs of
last the task on hand was the representation
of Washington crossing the Delaware, part of dra-
matte and striking series the life of Washington
stage hired to portray the central figure With
his of "supes' he embarked upon the tank All
cts and at the proper mofnent the began to
labor at the oars, restrained by unseen ropes Huge
blocks OF floating ice, made OF paper nache and
difficult passage The drop at the back showed
perspective OF river janlmed with ice In the dis
ance companion boats. little models drawn by strings
moving slowly forward. AT the sides OF tie
tank behind the cranking camera were two electric
fans and employees throwing handfuls Of confetti pro-
duced effect exactly like swirling snow in the
picture When thrown the screen the effect OF This
lmIs almost miraculous. true is it in every detail
There are gravestones in the history of the calico
stage Just as plays made ready and offered AZ
expense OF effort and money only to fail films fan aa
and are Withdrawn after a few performances at the
heaters The theater propretors note the reception
Of every neT film and can gauge its value after one
showing. The immediate loss comes upon the ex-s
change that has bought the hlm but in the end the
manufacturer feels the result. HI must hold mn his
end in holding up his quality The fact that he is in
the combination OF the nine leading American mann,
facturers will not help him, for the members nj tba
film service association do not have to take his
product He must achieve the novel, the striking tb
popular ~
Always the man in the street has bea, H. IL;
mate Judge of the excellence films When renor+e-
approaeneo manutacturer with the remark that he
was astounded at the growth of the motion o;~t,,r
business and suggested that the readers OF b;scnso
would like some light upon it he was met with
Ny dear sir, your readers already know more
a bout that than you could tell them Thev bava 49,
both following us and directing us for years '~eA
50 1t IS The public gets what it wants !, .:.
OF censored product and the motion picture depends
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