Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-24
CAMERA CREAKS AS DEEDS OF
DARING ARE DONE OFF HONOLULU

! ne strikes out Win pONef1ui strokes
| toward the dream face. framed in the
! setting sun.
/ Thrills Go Astray.
! The scenes showing the tiff on the
! yacht, the girl slipping into the skiff
and casting of, her lovers frantic fear
when he discovers her loss and his
! leap into the dancing skiff, were all
played before the lens Sunday. Mr.
! Dillon made a magnificent leap from
| the rail that landed him in the skiff.
but, as i'll luck would have it, he
wasn't in the picture at the moment
end the whole maneuver had to be re-
peated. The second jump was quite
as daring as the first, and was made
to the satisfaction Of the camera man,
50 it turned out all right in the end.
incidentally Mr.. Dillon earned high
praises from l.. D. Clawson, an oper-
ator who has turned the crank on
many miles of comedy and tragedy,
for his snappy acting, and his ability
20 catch the spirit of the movies" by.
expressing thought by quick motion.
Dillon is a clean-cut chap, with reg
ular features, and should make good
in this new work. Miss Brissac was
also quick to grasp the significance Of
GESTURE and facial play, and with her
good looks and pleasing personality is
sure to delight the audiences to which
she will play in pantomine. -.
1t takes nerve to be motion-pic-
ture heroine When the rescue scene
is staged, Miss Brissac. besides falling
out of the boat and realistically sink
ing while the Hawaiian hero is en-
route, will be- called on to try brand
new stunt in work of this kind. She
will be caught by the camera while
actually under water. and while the
Hawaiian is getting hold of her be-
heath the surface. To stay down Miss
Brissac will have to have heavy
weight tied to her, and must hold her
breath for a full half-minute. OF
course this part of the picture will be
taken in comparatively shallow water
probably off Waikiki beach, but the
mere thought of taking weighted
drop to the bottom requires consider
able courage.
Not Silent Drama. s.-
The players carry on animated con-
versations to make their action more
natural, and both Miss Brissac and
Mr.. Dillon showed considerable apti-
tude at improvising lines to fit the
work. Pictures are much more lively
in the making than in the projecting,
for all the time that the actors are
going through a scene with voice and
gesture. the director is shrieking at
them such injunctions as, Tell that
to me-" Look at the girl" More
snap, more snap" Let him know you
scorn him. Now beat it out of the
picture quick" 80" ..,s 49,
Commodore a Hero. ..:.'=
Commodore Warren D. Wood was
immortalized as the man at the wheel
in the picture. He gaZed solidly ahead |
and aloft, as the lovers scrapped UNI
der his nose, and will be regarded by !
future audiences as either a mute or
the most impressive sailorman. in the |
world. 1t was a cruel blow To War
rem that Jimmie Blaisdell beat him to
it in the real rescue scene, but min
ute after the local man had done his
Brodie over the side, cushion went
ardift, and the commodore was after /
it before it hit the water. He was a T
bedraggled object when finally picked
up, but he had saved the cushion by
catching it by its hair! .~fI
How do you like being moving
picture -heroine?" | asked Miss Br1s-
sac, as she came on deck after dis
carding her sopping yachting rig, and
off the heavy makeup that
must be worn before the camera.
"Oh, it's lots of fun, and I'm just
crazy to see the film" she replied.
You see, it will be the first time I've
ever had a chance to see my own act
ing, and | hope I'm going to like it"
How about the chances you'll have
to take? Doesn't the drowning scene,
for instance, make you feel just bit
creepy"
We'll" laughed Miss Brissac, I've
got to confess that when that big sea
jumped into the skiff and said, 'OI
splash TO me. | wished / was home /
and in bed | don't mind the water,
though, unless they tell ME shark
stories just before ! go in. SO everyone
is duly warned that anyone who says
shark will have feud with me on his
hands"
Speed the WatchWOrd.
The Hawaii was out Sunday from
shortly before noon until o'clock,
and although everybody paid strict
attention to business all that time, only
800 feet of film was exposed, of which
about $50 feet will eventually be used.
The camera was actually recording
only about three minutes of the five 1
hours. A completed reel usually con-
tains 9l3 feet of pictures and 50 feet
Of titles and explanation, rounding it
out the even thousand Therefore, >
there are many scenes still to be re-
learsed before The Heart of a IA 4
laka" is a finished product.