El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
MAKING THE DRAMA
FOR THE PICTURES


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and acting before moving picture
The photoplay has received much
more distinguished recognition from
great actors and actresses OF the con
jinent than has been accorded II Dg
u G prominent stage people or Englallu
ard the United States. The great
CoQuelin posed for several motion pic
tUre dramas and copies or the rims
now are. preserved in the vaults OF the
Coincide Franchise, along with pnOno-
graphic records of his voice Saran
Bernhardt has done Camille as photo
play and is to do "LAiglOn" and sew
eral others Of her masterpieces IN
Italv and Germany. as well as IN
France, the most eminent stage peopLe
have not hesitated ID pose Tor the nov
ing picture camera even consen Ll.i5
to appear in public streets ana par Ks
in costume and makeup On this sl4e
of the Atlantic, while some Few sue
cessful actors have gene into me NOV
ing picture stock companies rev sue
cessful footlight stars have posed TOT
9hotoplays.
stock Companies Maintained.
Every moving picture film company
Of any considerable size ana ILl YoL-
lance maintains from one to three stock
companies The principal company Is
ALWAYS kept at the main studio, Wnere
the more pretenuouS pnOIOpldHs -
produced. PhOtOplay spectators aA over
she country soon become acQ uetllll1-
with the principal members or Inese
stock companies. and the perso ldllLg u
rrnc actor Is almost as mucn OF q A3CloI
I'm a moving picture 'LeaIeI - ~ q ~
-,lar theater. The great dlIIerence 10
~ ae+0r is that he never knows when
he has made a hit, or when ne mas sOS
r hand" He faces only the colo ana
calculating camera man ana lAe none
too enthusiastic producer Inc puGto-
arm III
ecr actors to do good work without
tie adventitious aid Of sympaJnetlc
audience.
In one huge moving picture plant on
Long Island 90 or % reg ulaE pll -,',-3-
,lavers compose thu stock COMPANY .
They report for work early IN me
morning. make I'D and dress seNelal
time a day, and probably work steaul-s
until the approach OF HlsA L - 49,
rant where food is served by the com
Uanv at cost prices is ma1ntalned Lol
ne benefit of the players and the eA-
+-es" Most of the regular players uol
their street clothes and go our -Ol q
more uretentiOus lurcn5 but II IL Is LuV
much trouble to undress and dlVesl
themselves of grease paint, they take
their meals with the supers III l-s
company CAFE ,
ward of this factory at the Iuncneon
auur to see an indian CHIEF In wal
paint. q French nObleman OF the peIlol
Cf Louis Ky a cowboy ana Etu-lle-
senator sitting in front of log edoln
<o90l<fnr Dost-prandlal cigarets. When
The writer and the actors ana the pro
Queer have done their work, aIler lAs
camera man has done his part dn9
after the negative has been develops
and the positive printed, ready 20 p,
{ shown on the screens OF thouSanl
theaters then these three non-mecnan-
-rsI elements are again brought to-
[ s5ther-
Trying Out the Films.
F~e~,- stndio has . little moving pic
l ture theater Of its own, where new
films are tried out. In the plant OF
/ I7rge company on Long Island this lit
tie 'theater is situated fin the basement
Whe ma new film is to be tried out
I call is sent forth and the spectator
Z assemble The writer is v1carlousll
~aDresented by the woman who Is a
/ the head Of the manuscript division. Jh'
( PRODUCER who put on the play IS there
1 and so are all Of the actors VINO Jooh
I Yart in it. The puciic is Represented
I ny one of the higher officers or the
/ COMPANY who looks at the film for TN
\ first time with the cold eye Of critic
who must consider tie fortunes or seF
/ eral thousand box offices.
At this stage the film consists mere
] lv of photographs without any titles
I sub-titles or explanatory notes A
I the film is run through, frequent stop
I are made, the actors are criticised WIZ
] compete caA4olr eDlil'tt INES Sc al -S@
/ Of film will be rejected and the seem
/ ordered to be done over again; titles
/ sub-tftles and other explanatory note
! are discussed and agreed upon; and
! finally, when every imperfectlon ha
Z been detected and arrangements mad
; for corrections. the film is through
! with its dress rehearsal
/ Imagine on this film a phOtoplay de
/ rictine an incident iu the life Of car
/ dinal RichelieU. The actor who yes
I cIdey was Bichelieu is present now il
I tire makeup of an Apache chief. Ih'
] cardinal on the screen makes ges
/ ture the critic manager calls out ant
/ the film is stopped What in th
name of Sweeney made YOU ever thinl