The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-27

pictures. He was told he should walk
slowly out of the Offices. stop for
minute 10 talk with the moving pic
ture man who impersonated a friend
and then walk away out of the field of
the camera without looking at the
machine. Mr. Hilles was a good sub
ject. He carried out his part TO tbs
letter and filled several hundred feet
of films which will go to make up the
great picture of Washington life.
one Of the most charming OF Dan
ish actresses Mella Asia Nelson has
suddenly risen to fame through Tho
cinematograph theaters in Denmark.
She has been pronounced by European
clnematOrgraph experts the finest liln
actress yet discovered. and now she
Is earning more I'm dumb show than
most front rank actresses in Scanadi-
navia can demand for star part H.
a booming play at regular house
The camera is such truthful in
strument that only the most finished
emotional acting come out convincing
IS on the film. Mella Asia Nelson has
thrown into the work such fervor that
her actions and facial expressions have
reached a pitch Of perfection unexcell-
ed so far in film production. She even
holds that film training is the best i'm
the world for gestures and mimiery
because the playe goes 10 the actual
scene-the street. the river or where
ever it may be-and afterward can Oh
serve the effect when the film is de-
veloped In this way she thinks any
actor or actress can correct errors of
action by course of film acting.
The other day she narrowly escaped
q too realistic rehearsal 1t was de-
cided 10 produce shipwreck film. so
q company OF first rate actors went out
to the coast of mtland to be cast on
The forbidding rocks and then gallant
~ rescued At the last moment Miss
Nelson did not so. fortunate mis-
hap preventing her. The actors were
re-enforced by a retinue of fishermen
TO give the requisite local color, but
The "stranding" took place under such
circumstances that all the ship
wrecked company had to remain ten
hours on their waterlogged boat before
the fishermen could get near enough to
effect their rescue. by that time they
were suffering severely from the eff
fects Of cold and exposure. but the
management claims to have secured an
Exceptionally fine film.
only very few years ago the mo-
ton picture was unknown; today it is
educating millions of people. not only
IN America. but throughout the world
India. China, Japan, South Africa and
in fact. nearly every part of the globe
where civilization exists motion pic
lures are now being shown. The short
time in which this great Industry has
developed is simply wonderful There
| IS not town throughout the United
| States of any size or importance bu'
! has from one To many motion pic
lure theaters. just four or five years
ago picture shows were looked upor
as places of amusement for children
4 Of the poorer class, and many people
were ashamed to go in to see the pic
y lures; many who we're engaged I'm thu
business felt a delicacy in stating tina
they were in the moving picture field
To-day the best people in every com
munlty are patronzing the motion
pictures and the proprietors are prouC
to say that they are i'm the motion
| picture business. 1t is claimed tina
the moving picture has done more tt
arouse the Cinnamon 10 bring abou