The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-07
ACCIDENTS IN
MAKING MOVIES
Actors Encounter Situations Not
Always in the Scenario

| The making of motion pictures con-
tains many stories of human interest
that are never depicted in the films.
The following is an account of i'm
promptu thrills that accompanied the
staging of dramas to he seen in Calu-
met picture houses shortly:
In the production of two-reel fea-
turc entitled In Convict Gapb," by the
| Essanay company, two of the leading
characters were supposed to be pris-
oners The actors were sent into the
penitentiary Inv order To get the proper
atmosphere for the picture. one of
them was supposed to kdnap the
| child of the warden and To hold her
up before him as a shield against the
guns of the guards while he made his
escape
Through some oversight the warden
and the guards were not notified of
| the time set for the escape" and the
, kidnapping of the child. a real escape
of convict had occurred but few
days previously, So the guards were
very much alert
Calvert, the villain" got away with
the child, and Travers the good
convict, gave chase in an automobile,
followed CLOSELY 10y the guards, who
were i'm dead earnest because they did
not know that this particular escape
was the faxed" one. The actors. sup
posing that everything was going as
planned were not aware of the real
ism of their night with the child until
one of the guards took q shot at them
ana a bullet went whistling between
them. The camera man took in all
the chase, which was thrilling and
realistic To the extreme.
Actor Is Near Death.
William Bailey. of the Essanay com
pany, nearly lost his life while re-
hcarsing scene with Frank Bush
man u way to be "A fight at the top
of a high cataract. Bushman was to
get the better of Bailey. They were |.
to struggle in the water and be swept !
over the falls into the deep pool below. |
The fall was duly made, and Bush |
man. while making for the shore. asked |
Bailey, in a matter of fact way, II he |
could swim. Bailey could not swim a
stroke, bat IL would have spoiled the
nicely planned picture if Bushman
had aided him in any way, so all the
latter could do was To strike ont for
the shore as planned, leaving Bailey
To struggle i'm the dashing torrent.
1t was all for motion picture, and
while Bushman was not a coward,
Bailey nearly lost his life.
Bronoho Billy In Thrill.
q. NJ. Anderson. who takes the lead
ing roles in many of the Essanay
photoplays. has had many narrow es-
capes. In one of the scenes in the
"Broncho Billy" series. Anderson at
tempts to capture an clipping couple
on an express train.
He comes at breakneck speed on
horse, up the winding country road. as
the train is about To cross the road
The engineer is Mortified, as it looks
like certain death To both horse and
rider Just as the train speeds past,
the rider throws himself from his
morse straight at the hand-rai on the
platform of the last car, barely grasp
ing il N time, and swings aboard. The
worth looking at, but the camera man
who snapped" it has hardly gotten
over his scare yet
Rehearsed In Sleep.
In n scene Of The Adventures of
jacques" Flying a. production of
the American Film company, Miss
Vivian Rich was rescued from a high
tower by sliding down a 65-foot rope.
This feat made a great impression up
on Miss Rich, and nearly caused her
death. for that night she dreamed that
she was re-enacting the scene. A loud
noise from her room awoke her moth
en- who arrived just in time to pre-
vent her handsome daughter from
throwing herself cut of the second
story window shouting: start the
We're all ready" Since, that