The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-06


Lave PLAYED their part In the trapi,
side of the business. An actor at the
pdilcs, Wisconsin, Jumped over "A
wide space between two high rocks al
the risk OF his life. Another badly
BURIED his face and arms i'm the pro-
duotio of the story of a great fire
anu heroic rescue. When animals
are used in the pictures they are at
times very troublesome. The Key.
stone company uses a bear which e.
not as tame as hc looks ON the screen
Nitagraph owns an elephant. ana 9TH
crs have stables which seem n YER
liable jungle. When husky wolf dogs
are used they will bite anyone except
Their muster \ pack of these i'm one
camp began furious quarrel among
themselves. rhC owner feared They
would Kill each other and. rs they
were extremely valuable. five men
volunteered 10 thrust themselves in
40 the furious group ana scparat, tn"
beasts at the cost of torn hands aud
wrists Prevalent colds and sickness
are often brought ON by exposure in
fordirp streams in half-nakcd Indian
costume. Tho use of broken dishes
and falling furniture in comedy pie
lures have its serious side for the
actor.
Each company has a wardrobe mis-
trcss with numerous costumes ready
for use N an Indian story, a colonial
~ Mexican tale AT II days notice. The
costumes must be true TO the period
for thc press agents OF the New York
lilm reviewing papers are very keen
FOR defects. I'm n certain Alaskan pic.
iur. an actor wore a bandana hand.
kerchiCf about his neck. \ critic eX
planned that this was wrong, Tor suCn
handkcrchicfs are only worn in arid.
dusty countries. where the rider in
travelling fast puts the end IN his
mouth tu keep ont the dust again u
critic notices amatcurish paddlinS on
the part of actor Indians, or sees "A
telegram flashed during n certain film
which reads. "Charges-l5 cents -
y
If course is too small an amount FOR
that distance. Great care has to bo
taken that blundcrs of this sort du
not occur,
NJ OAK Crest in the san Fernando
valley some 500 actor folk are gath
cred together for the film business
and they use q tract GO 10000 acres OF
and. I'm cntcrprising manager rath-
or than pay fares direct To Los An-
gelcs. conceived the idea of organiH-
ing Il party OF 50 people and taking
pictures as they crossed the United
states on horseback. This company
intended going from Los Angeles Ia
the city of Mexico. but their long
Journey will terminate in Los AnSc-
les unless the war stops within
"A party of people to Canon city,
Colo. recently. Another company has
iu.' begun work in salt Lake city
Tie center of interest in the west
crn nlm manufacturing cuisines is
however. in Los Angeles. Across the
y. j.. number of glass studios and
an army of actors turn out the work
at the eastern end Tho Lubin forces
work i'm Philadelphia ana "a number
of companies keep busy in great STUD
los in Chicago. The film actor folk
now have their social club much on
The order of the Lambs aud the Fri
ars in New York They very appro-
priatcly call their new organization
the Screen club
The expense OF film production i
very great aud. owing to the coiup'tl-
ton of the many different companies
in the business. each puts III" best
efforts ct their writer's. actors and
producers into the work of peffectihG
their output II costs from l,oo0 !"
s 900 to produce u two-rocl picture
largely depending ola the size OF the
salary of the leads and the amount
of equipment needed for production.
rr this one company makes 90 copies
ur this dm story aud sends these To
the 90 theators to which II caters
about $4,000 people day see that
film. for an average of 1000 people
a uay pass through the doors OF cach
theater II that picture runs for a
week in each If these 80 towns WHERE
It mas been sent. 10000 people VIII
have seen II bV the end of the Week,
to say nothing of the many others
who will witness it later IN chroper
moving picture houses who VIII rent
the film as Il second az third run
picturc. when the film is full 81
rain" or strcaks aud white spots
from much use IT will be discarded
What an influence that strip OF cc''
luI,id may have cxcrted in Its short
career and what numbers of iiNes
has touched
$685..
Talking Picture Devices.
Claims for priority among numerous
concerns have become numerous re-
,orti,- lint the EinctuphOnc, new