Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-06-22

side they would make line forty
miles long" Giving only rs feet
frontage 70 10000 motion picture
show houses the line would extend
$40 miles. II Is estimated that one
person out OF twenty three averages
one visit per day 10 see the films
unreeled. The following excerpts
from the article mentioned are Civ
en-:
Behind this rapidly growing
amusement business as one Of It's
helpers is electricity. Pictures that
may be put on by ing appropriate
state setting are prepared in a stu
do" as il is called. This studio is
really a glass house. for its walls
and roof are made OF glass set in
an angle iron framework so that
plenty Of light may be had. Even
then dozens OF mercury arc lamps
are suspended from the roof 80
that the certainty Of obtaining good
results is assured. Stage carpenters
and scene painters have arranged
the setting and proper surroundings
at one end OF the studio At the
other end stands a camera contain
| ing fresh film.
THE preparation Of the actors
has been completed by numerous re-
hearsals under the care OF a stage
director until each person is ready
TO respond to his cue. With all this
Zone the lights are switched on
and the camera operator begins turn
ing the crank OF his machine, TAX
Ing one picture after another at the
rate OF from ten to twenty per Sc
oond, ach beeing one inch wide by
three-quarters of an inch high.
WITHOUT going into detail let
us follow this film for a time. Most
OF the films are quite long and 50
are developed on drum upon which
las much as 400 feet may be hand
he'd. The drum is made Of wooden
Stats put together in the form Of a
|cyllnder. Upon this the film is
WOUND with the sensitive surface out
ward. The drum, the lower part OF
(which when in place is below the
surface of the developing solution,
Is now revolyed by a small electric
motor After being developed the
film is reeled onto a second Stat
drum of wood which is covered with
cheesecloth. This drum is also mot
or driven and is constantly turned
until the film is dry to prevent drops
of water from collecting on any low
er paru of a film, as they would do
with the film at rest, and leave
marks. Sometimes the film is run
back and forth from one drum to
another In developing, passing thru
the developing tank between the
drums. Electric motors are THE mo
tive power here.
when dry the negative film is In
spected for faults before 1t is used
for printing the hundreds of other
films which are made from It for
the use of the moving picture the
aires. To print say 400 feet of film
or make 6,4OO pictures something
besides hand power must be employ
ed. A small motor controlled by a /
hand switch feeds the negative and I
BIN undeveloped positive film through
together at exactly the same speed
speed In front of a lamp, the opera |
Tor keeping watch of the work thru /
red glass. This work is done. of 1
lourse In dark room. The positive /
him is now placed on motor-driven
drums for developing and drying, just
as with the negative. After inspec-
ton the positive goes to the finish
ing room where the parts are again
Inspected. spliced together. the stand
lrd film length being 1000 feet, then
-eeled up and placed in the vault at
he factory or in some exchange UNI
n sent out.
THE reel OF pictures next sees
he light again when SOME moving
,icture machine operator places ii
n position on his machine in front
( an electric arc for reproduction
m the screen. The universal dis
Of electricity and the ease
nd safety with which It can be
sed make Il one of the pillars. so
, speak OF the moving picture show
usiness"