The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-24

Of the state to see it. 1t was the
picture that really started the ma
tlonal campaign, showing what is
possible IN all oUher lines OF warn
Ing the public against disease.
George kleine is one of the few in
fluentlal men IN the motion picture
world who were practically "'born in
the business His father was d manu-
facturer OF stereoptlcons and his youth
was spent In an optical store when was
run as sort Of slde-line, He outfltted
lecturers who went around the country
showing the beauties Of nature on the
screen. He was ready when he heard
the call, and when the inventor of the
old magisc ope--a word coined by Mr.
Kleine-otfered him the Illinois rights
to the use of tho instrument, he says
the tail wagged the dog" 1t soon be-
came more important than the various
branches of the optical business com
blned He went in for motion pictures
as soon as they were on the market.
lie made lot OF money-some OF the
first big money that was extracted
from tins business in Amerlca-and
having made his fortune, having be-
come a millionaire, he announced 70 his
wife and nttle daughter that he was
ready to retire, Tney would travel
abroad and lounge in ease at home. He
would be "gentleman and call his
life s work through
Then one day he became restless, aft
er about two months Of gentlemanlY
ease. He went to tho club and glanced
through the newapers and became more
restless. Ho sauntered down 10 his Of
tlce and almost tenrtully saw some one
else attending to the routine duties
which had formerly belonged to him. 4
quick resolution followed. He cleared
off his desk and announced that he was
ready to come back. He went home and
made a similar announcement. Two
months Of retirement were enough
And now he has got about ten times as
many things on his hands as he had be-
fore his retirement. - He says he's in
the business now TOR the rest of his life.
What S few million dollars worth if
a man is doomed to sit around a club
and read .newspapers7
American made pictures are primi-
tive, he said to me. Now, / don u
mean that they are not good mind that,
for they arc good, but l do mean that
the European makers are away ahead
of us III choice of subject. Look at
this Quo Nadis film, for example. The
actors In this piece are not great actors
at home. not celebrated actors, but
they are good actors. Why, even the
members Of the mob are good actors
And, just to illustrate, let me tell YOU
how we got the mob for our next pro-
duction, The Last Days Of Pompcii.
which is to be a much bigger spectacle
than this, We heard Of big strike
IN an automobile factory at Turin. So
we sent our agents there, and as the
men filed out OF the factory we en-.
gagged them for our pictures. Put q
toga and the right sort Of costume OH
an Italian. show him what you want
him to do, and ne makes rs good u Ro.
man actor az may be desired
We have about 5000 persons in this
new film, an entire city Of Pompeii
has been built in stucco. with the giant
Vesuyius towering behind it. The ex.
perts who have charge of the eruption
by which the whole thing is TO be do,
stroyed, guarantee that the destruction
Of Pompeii and the volcanic explosion
VIII last seven minutes before the cam.
era Without a doubt, it will be the
biggest spectacle ever witnessed by the
world seated in a theatcr
But we have to be pretty careful
about making announcements. What is
called competition has swamped us
Some of us who care to engage in
purely legitimate transactions and
quickly put 100000 into the making
of a great feature film will find that
our idea has been stolen bodily by a
small firm, fake film Is offered to
the public and we are 10 danger OF
losing the value of much of our adver.