The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-06
THE CANNED
DRAMA AND
HOW MADE
Fascinating Flashes on Moving
Picture Curtain Based ON
Something Real

How many people who Frequent pic.
tare shows u Guthrie know row ne
pictures are made, or where. or by
@hom? Those fascinating flashes on
the curtain are evidently based on
something real--made by eomblna-
tion Of clever actors and rugged Or
pretty landscape as the ease may be.
and houses and streets,
There are many picture concerns
and they get iheir plcnres In diner.
eal parts Of the world The l0l
Ranch. almost neighbor OF Guthrie,
Is one of the greatest picture makin2
points anywhere Ofhars are cen af.
led In southern Indiana, northern
New York western Michigan, in New
England. The Southwest and an1Ye
an Paris The following from san
antonio, Texas, will give an idea OF
how tig thc enterprise Is ant how
y Is worked
Canned DRAMA by the Wholesale
IT. being made IA gan Antonio ln the
pecan forest along the san Antonio
river near the three ancient mis-
SONS blood cardlng fights between
Indians aud cowboys are taking place
one day while the next sees come iy
Of 4 romantic love AFFAIR Advantage
s AIKEN OF the summer weather pre-
vailing here throughout the winter
and hundreds Of thousands oi feet
ol ilm are being made for moving
piclnres ~ 4 large troupe o. actors.
who, correctly costumed take tho
greenwood, or the gay aad erumbling
missions as the stage.
Constant Rehcarsas Necessary
Castor Melics, at the head Of one
OF the larges picture manufacturing
plants OF it's kind In the world, n
factory tnat supplies many hundreds
OF moving picture shows day by day,
has sent one OF his best companies
here 10 produce the material Con.
s'ant rehearsals are In progress at
the Star Film Ranch" the name
given the ground where these actor
folk rehearse When a picture drama
Is res.dv TO be given, II Is like n
scene from real life in front OF the
cameras of the photographers, Some
iimrs as many as 300 persons are ca.
gagged at one time. the extra mum
har being made MP oi tae "sunas
hired III town Most ot the dramas
depicted hinge on Western life OF the
pioneer days. Villages have been
made 10 burn after he steulthy ds-
sanIt ol hdeously painted sayages;
United States troops, their horses
covered with The white alkali dust
ol The plains, have pursued the fgnt.
Ing Indians al break-neck speed. ana
again, the story OF ihe Spanish 1c-
eipati0n OF San Antonio has been told
wiih the pctndresque garbed young
hidalgo in a tlowered.coWred canoe
sefenading from the river the coquet
ish senori a. The setting represents
very closely the old Spanish ADOBE
honses with their ironlbarfed vim
cows and rnse-tFellised walls. Then
there have been long professions
representing the Franciscan frlars on
some ancient ficsto day. with the in
eYitahle romance. usually on the Car
men order brown m
Fall Of the Alamo Pictutc Denied
Permission was sought from the
city 10 use Alamo Plaza for a picture
of the fall OF the Alamo, but this was
denied sirce the plaza, ono Of the
huscs sections Of the city, would
have 20 be foped IN. and all taille
excluded while the battle was -
progress II was proposed 10 use
about 500 men. representing Santa
Annals Mexican cavalry and infantry
giving The three assaults upon the
historic chapel and convent bniid-
lrg. The defenders with small
cannon, were to be stationed on the
wall and everything Was planned e
hc as Historically accurate as posi-
bic The ely authorities heid t1at
500 muskots with the volleglng d
cannon would start TOO MANY run
aways ana disorganIze business 70
such an extent that Che fall OF tac
alamo although intensely 8pectac
ular, would he Improbable. The
moving picture people haa gone 50
far as to ask permission 70 use the
United states troops stationed III
Fort Sam H0ug on. The men utter
cd an indignant protest against wear
Ing the Mexican uniform Of santa sn
nas dag, and II Is not probable sliat
even had ihc city eouserte8 that the
department Of Texas commander
would have permitted me troops q