The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

I Of the West. and Natives of Egypt" a
| fascinating travel subject.
| Details of the scenario prize offer Of
| The Herald will be announced this week.
Can You Guess How "snookums" Is
| Mades.
| Great! Well. that hardly expresses the
enthusiasm of those who see the marvel
Gus 'Newlywed animated cartoon pic
lures" which are being made by the Eclair
Film Company.
The first thing every one asks is: How
do they do it?' Hundreds of explanations
are offered the managers of the theaters
by those who see these wonderful films.
| Below are few of these ideas:
One man is absolutely certain that the
Newlyweds and Snookums are made to
move by means of arrangement by
| which one camera throws the figures on
| a screen in silhouette, while the other
photographs them.
| Another man says he thinks these Won
effect is secured by means of "mannikins,"
| which are made to move by invisible
| strings like the little 'manlikin'' acts
presented in vaudeville.
Another man says he thinks these won
derful pictures are made by photograph
| ing separately about 5000 drawings for
every 800 feet of film, and that every
| movement on the screen means a new
drawing by the artist.
| A critic on one of the New York trade
papers gave 1t is his opinion that the
| pictures were made of cardboard figures
which were made to move.
Above all. the one thing upon which
every one agrees is that the series of ami
mated cartoons of the little family that
| George McManus has made so famous
are very, very funny. In theatrical par
lance they are scream"
This much Is true The making of one
| Of these great comedy subjects requires
the services Of a very clever artist and
expert camera man for two solid weeks
The result of all this labor is one of the
| biggest hits the moving picture bust
ness has ever known.
"Snookums' and his Dada" and beau
tiful mother are funny when seen in the
Sunday comic sheets, but when you see
these same funny drawings in action. run
ming down streets. riding in autos, fight
| ing with bulldogs, entertaining the minis
ter. &c, they become a hundred times
| funnier.
| Let it be thoroughly understood that
| these pictures are positively not real per-
| sons dressed to resemble the characters
The actual drawings move like human be-
| ings.
| The second Saturday morning motion
picture entertainment of censored films
| for District of Columbia school-children
given yesterday morning at the Garden
| Theater, proved a very pronounced sue
cess. School children, with their parents
! and teachers. from every section of the
District filled the spacious theater and
showed great delight in the "Hiawatha"
| films and Pandora" the film in which
| local school-teachers and pupils took
part.
Correspondents inquiries will be an
swered in these columns on Wednesdays
and by direct letter.
Beginning May u the Reliance Com
pany will release three subjects weekly.
ON Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Niblo's traveltalks illustrated. will be
an added feature AT the Garden in ad-
dition to the feature film programme.
Who Is Your FavOritc:
Silent players have as great a fol-
lowing of loyal admirers as the favorites
of the stage. The question is Who are
Washington's Favorites?" and as an aid
to getting an expression on this subject
from the readers of The Herald, very
liberal offer of theater tickets is made,
as follows:
To the first one hundred readers Of
The Washington Herald who send to the
Motion Picture Editor of The Herald
the name of their favorite silent player,