Evening star., 1914-05-03
The Price of Thrillers

A1OTHING has universal appeal than the
In thrill, and nothing is certain of immediate
profit; but devices for making them ephem-
eral the desire for them is continuous. That which
made spectators almost freeze with horror yesterday
only anguid interest next week So novelty
much risk and daring, enters into the thrill The only
exception is when the thrill employed to drive home
real idea that is worth while.
The business of manufacturing thrills for aded folk
passed much beyond the kindergarten stage until
the motion pictures swept the world Now the thrill
has been dissected, classified, and standardized There
experts who estimate the commercial value of an
idea for thriller when presented to them in the
roughest FORM To carry it out there is no limit to the
expense nor to the risk of human lives that they will
dertake.
PULLING OFF THRILLER. by William Harper
Dean in next SUNDAY MAGAZINE, gives you idea
of the hazards taken in providing the exciting films that
accepted complacenty by several million people
every day
Now and then ingenuity produces thriller in which
effects accomplished by fakng that is to say, by
poyng devices that give sensational effects without any
real risk But these few The plain truth is that the
dangers and risks OF moving picture players far greater
than the films themselves Indicate Those who pic
lures in the making day after day get thrills out Of
them than all the spectators of the pictures because those
on the spot know how real the dangers are.
Mr. Dean gives instance after instance that shows the
work of the modern moving actor to be the
dangerous Of occupations apart from the manufacture of
gunpowder. In fact it is doubtful if the percentage of
injuries in that perious pursuit great that among
the movie PLAYERS.
The number of people in this world willing risk their
necks for the thrill of it and for the money they make
is really extraordinary There young who has
been jumping of balloons and from bridges fire.
qucnty that his daredevil exploits fail awaken
any great interest But moving picture patrons all
If
rcckessness.
THERE is real news in SUNDAY MAGAZINE, and
it will delight most of readers. Torchys genius
has at last been recognized He loses his distinction Of
being the most remarkable of all living office boys because
he an office boy longer He has begun reap the
reward of capacity and accomplishment And by way of
celebrating it he of the red thatchtey can't take that
and picturesque than usual.
THE UP CALL FOR TORCHY is naturally closely
associated with Miss Wee Whenever she appears Torchy
always interesting than usual Also, for the first
tme he has the better of Miss Wees personal
encounter.
GLENMORE DAVIS has told some amazing and joyous
stories in his series about the Mighty Harins Show
which are only good tales in themselves but give
intimate picture of the circus and valuable idea of
the power of publicity On the whole likely that most
people will agree that THE ETERNAL FEMININE is the
best of them Of the fact that is the latest story
has something to do with it.
In this story Coleman and his eccentric millionaire
friend John Henry McCann able to combine business,
politics. and pleasure most profitable way to
body concerned, except the defeated candidate. The
problem was to handle voters in this particular
town. and the scheme involved is most ingenious