The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
MOTION FILM RULES
| THE PAR|S|A|V MIND.
Picture Theaters Added AL
most Daily TO Already
Large Number.
BEST ACTORS APPEAR
Exacting Work Required of
Performers Who Take Parts
of Heroes and Villains.
BEST ACTORS APPEAR
BY GEORGE DUFRBsNE.

Special Gable TO The Tribune
PARIS. Jan. 1.-two more cine
photographic theaters have been opened
in the center Of the city within ths
past few days, and the end Is NOT
yet. The "cinema' - IS the king OF the
boulevards. and although one cannot
walk hundred yards without coming
upon one Of these living picture places,
there never seems to be enough of
them to accommodate the public. When
| the ierky, explosive films first pro-
duced were exhibited no actor Of any
standing would have listened TO pro-
| posal that he display his art before q
cinematograph operator. He would
have considered it an insult to his
profession.
But all that Is changed. LIE Bargy.
Huguenot. even Rejanc see nothing
humiliating In posing for the mo-
/ tion picture theaters, and anyone who
pays the price can see them on the
screen in Paris at the present moment.
Act Everything and Everywhere.
Mile. Mistinguett. the brilliant and
amusing variety artist is one Of ths
! latest recruits TO tho repertoire of the
"cinema' impresario, Commenting
on her experiences the other day, she
said:
"I have perhaps 'poscj' thres
hundred times, and have interpreted all
sorts Of roles in all sorts of places: at
the cinemat tographic theater at Vim
cennes. in the street and in the woods,
in cellars and on roofs, at the seaside
and on the mountains. In the ZONE
! lltaire' and at the Pavilion d Ar
menonville. have climbed ladders
and escaped bv the window; ] have
hung suspended from fragile branches
over precipices. made my way all along
| telegraph lines. jumped into space with
a parasol for a parachute, and fallen
into the water. [ have been adored by
grand dukes, deceived by truculent
'rastas, and beaten bv the 'cheva-
l,ers 10 Ia Maub in cloth caps and
canvas slippers. And / have more than
once had real black and blue marks
| on my arms, for at the cine you must
play the game. strike good and hard,
and give and take real knocks. Any
sham work, any trickery, is seen inn
! mediately. and may spoil the effect of a
first rate scene.
An Art in Itself.
"In the restricted space OF the PIC
ture stage YOU must give the impress
sion of life and movement. walk. leap,
supplicate, struggle, and be careful not
to disturb the scenery, which would be
disastrous from Photographic point
of view In the middle distance or the
background YOU may gostieulate With
animation but when YOU are at the
front of the stage you must play slow
". with large and deliberate move
ments, hardly moving the lips; other
wise the film wal be hou whom II is
developed. But it is q delicious art,
although sometimes it is very difficult
to keep a serious face when you hear
the texts composed by the actors to
fit their roles One is cold and correct,
and says only what is permitted to
gentleman; another is Of a commoner
type, ana makes LIBERAL use of slang;
while third is a 'farceur-'
"The Empress Josephine, whom Ma
poleon has Just made unhappy by his
jealousy. implores HIM TO respect him
self, and her queenly and dignifed at
titude makes profound impression on
the public Had they been present an
the cinematographic theater they would
have known that what Josephine
really said to Napoleon was:
'' Oh, Ia barbe, 'est-ce pas. espcce
de truffe7' CA free translation Of this
is: ooh the beard-is it not a bunch
of spinach?'D
''But these actors who take liberties
with tho text are sometimes found out
in unexpected ways. Some time ago
a moving picture act was given at the
National Institute of the Deaf and
Dumb. The. inmates of this institution
are accustomed TO read the lips OF
those who speak. and their surprise on
learning what some OF the historic per-
sonares on tine screen really said wes
very comlcal.