Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-24

and concentrate thei~ mind on it
thus acting better. and third as {
means of satisfaction to the critics
You know there are people who make
close study Of pictures, who cal
nearly tell What the actors are say
ing. l find that the greater change
il scene We have, the more vivid vii
be the acting, IS the actors associate
certain thoughts Win certain local.
ties We reh~arse play maybe
eight or ton times, and I can tell the
instant when an actor really awakes
TO a realization of what the author
intended in the play. Sometimes one
actor viii hold ND a scene fer 2 Ions
time. Take an aCJ il which there
are say five characters. Four Of
them viii have the thought. while
one viii not BY the tine that the
lagCard catches the meaning. the
others VIII Ie SO tired. because Of
constant .o~e:itiCn. that the thing
would lack spirit, and he q failure.
A. INSTANCE.
The thing is to eaten ttam ali at
the Pro0e- time / had = play in
which q wcrcau's husband is shot
and the sheriff does not take the muir
derer The woman b-ocds ever her
wrongs. and finally takes the law in
her own hands and shoots the man.
As she cme-gcs from the woods, the
sheriff comes up to take the man,
and she then acts out the tale Of her
wrongs and the many hours of an
guish she has spent in contemplate
ing the wrong done her and her hUs-
band The sheriff listens aad says:
Suicide. Go you~ way. Just be
fore this. the word suicide Is flash
Cd On the film and tho people who
witness the pictures CG2 actually hear
the sheriff say suicide This illus
trates the last Of my three reasons
why dialogue is nccessar-. The ma
tional beard OF censorship cut out
that scene because CT the word sui
eide and also because It limited at
a. evasion Ct the law. This, OF
course. killed the whole Play.
GET BIG PAY.
Moving picture actors set all the
way from $40 to $500 Z y,eek and
up. some OF the stars get as high
as $500 Z week. Our company sells
al enormous lot Of films il Paris,
and CIR stars are very popular there.
I. las, lad they any real idea Of
thei. standing in Paris, they would
.IcUab.y want . considerable boost
t. slla!y. One reason why such high
Salaries are paid is because the il
dependent hIn ooaEs nies ere con-
sIa1lly or the lockout to steal a star, +
and the saIaTy must be correspond
iasly boosted al each ole. from
competitor. Western pictures have
LeTe- been depicted except from G
standpoint. I azo TOW
sc.ag = est 10 see x We can rot get
oUl some pictures or western life
= tn real acting. IS these western .
pictures are in crest demand in Par /
10 AID If we do not get some good .
oEse. We will be badly disappointed. /
The photo-plSy companies are awak-
oaiaz 20 tEe tact that IL requires real
sctiaa to please tie psople. At frat
the actors stood considerable dis
lance from t he camera aad the at /
tsation 10 acting and facial express
sion on tde part OF the actors, n-sz
discovered - the D:sETs7h cen aaT
81 accident The studio vas DARK
sad ~ eTdsT 10 set the actors near
sr the iisEt over tie machine, tie
actors we're requested to come closer
20 the camera. Tn.s brought egt eli
he fa5izi sKPFe5si6as, ard made the
picture so much mere vivid that from
mat time on this style Of picture vas
adhered to,
COST or 4 Film.
The actual expense Of producing
picture varies and is hard 10 eKti-
zate. We have E studio IA New
ierk With a stock company Of 40
,eopie We hs"s cur o~r private
ia aies, garages sEd studies where
sc tara cat eaF seeae=y and Dspier
: ache stuff. I should say. however.
hat $500 would be 9 tsiF average.
he salaries Of our stock company in
5eT To-h toT ore ve7-s amount 10
great deal over $500 ~e7z
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