Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-02

Two OF the costllest and most sensa-
tonal reels Of film ever made were shown
| at private exhibition at the Lubn
studio In Philadelphia this week The
reels consisted entirely OF spectacular big
| punches that have been used in Lubin
| productions during the last few years, and
are the first two OF series that are to
be made, not for release, but as sort
of catalog of spectacular clmaxes which
! are to be kept on record at the Lubin
laboratories a Betswood, Pa.
A lover of spectacular effects gets the
thrill of lifetime watching these two
reels on the screen, for sensation follows
sensation. There Is no sequence TO any
of the events they come crashing and
smashing, one after the other, with
startling rapidlty, and leave one quite
breathlcss at the end. Bubin has spent
a fortune securing climaNes of this type,
as any one who follows Lubn produc-
tions we'll knows, and when one sees 2OO)
feet of climax after climax he realizes
the large amount OF money and time that
must have been expended to secure them.
Perhaps the biggest punch OF the
punches In the two reels Is the wreCkng
of two trains which Lubin especially
staged for one of his dramas. one sees
the two trains smash together head on,
but there is no opportunity for mental
recovery, for right after 1t big bridge
is dynamited in a thousand different
directions; then. an automobile plunges
into "A river from a high cliff. followed
by the burning of steam yacht and Its
disappearance under the surface. In
rapid order the thrills follow. Boats.
trains, automobiles buildings of all sorts
and descriptions are burned. dynamited
s,, s,I a,
wild mob scenes, spectacular fights ana
daring stunts by Lubin players on the
earth, in the air and on the sea, ana
when one hastily asks oneself what else
could possibly be done for sensation, a
mountain is blown up and mining town
is wiped out of existence.
Jefferson lntercepts Wireless Message
William jefferson. who Is directing
World Film Comedy-Star productions
is positive that he intercepted a wireless
war order The incident took place dur
ing the filming of Florence Tempest in
~ Boy for a While"
Now Mr.. jefferson knows littlc-iust a
little-about wireless telegraphy, but
there is a lot he could learn When the
script called for n wireless, however, he
spoke to Phil Gleichmau and wireless
outfit was ordered. This outfit was set
up in the lot in back of the studio
Enough! Bin gave the signal and the
action commenced. The operator sat at
his key and began clicking it, But there
was no spark \ wireless without a snarl,
would no 70 very well, especially i'm the
movies, so the director decided that he
could fix it, He approached the table
holding the outfit, attached the receivers
to his ears and sat down.
As aforementioned. he really isn't very
well verscd on things wireless" and he
began arranging the connections and
things on the outfit with the eager hands
Of an ambitious man in a hurry. Zinr
At that p' nj came what he calls the Ger
man repOrt-in code 1t was certainly n
report. those who were there will vouch
for that but as to its nationality no one
ventures to confirm. Nevertheless, II II |
was German report the Germans scored |