Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-15

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Photoplay Editor, EVENING LEDGER
Road o strife" the Lubln serial by
Emmett Campbell Hail, release of which
begins April 5, and In which Crane VIII
bur Mary Chsrleson and Iuck Standing
will be featured supported by an un-
usually strong cast of 1.ubIn players. en-
bodies number OF novel and new
features, one OF the most important OF
which Is the maintenance OF Illusion to an
I extraordinary degree This is largely ac-
compllshed by means of new idea in
captions conceived by Mr.. Hall and in
Eeniously worked out by Director John
I lnce.
/ As 1t i7 generally admitted that the cap
/ tlon or subtitle is the greatest crudity and
/ most jarrng defect in tho photoplay. the
/ Road O. Strife" idea will he Of para
/ mount interest to the entire industry.
! For several years" says Mr. Hail. ~
have been trying to get away from trite
and r1nal captions. Finally it occurred
, t'o'',"' vac
the dialogue caption and the iudicious use
. Of Sc cen letters and clippings, though this
would neCessitate the elimination Of the
drop curtain caption and entail a complete
change in the established methods OF
photp-play constructions / have endeavored
in Road o. strife to demonstrate the pos
siblites Of my theory In the Is reels
composing the serial there Is only one
uNe-N Nert iater-Which Is not
sperch ny character. ana the single eN-
Cept'oh was Tor n particular purpose.
y" get the erect desired 1t was
necessary 10 devise method whereby the
WordS could he conveyed to the mind OF
the spectator without his consciously read
Ing them; In other words. in such manner
mat he would subconsciously assmilate
the thought or fact to be conveyed. If we
are looking at person and that person
speaker-the ewes do not suddnelv 90 out
Va Va, pus', US VINE tne ears perform their
tbe denand ,nade ,,ro, ~ +t,n ,oi,,,,rn go
tator-to kindly 20 blind TO the action
While MS eyes perform the functions of
hrot ns'S an" '""S'''t 'housnt 10 the
.,ro maintain n nronor il1us,on +bo snoc.
tator must he tricked into rnconsctorsI,.
using his eyes for his ears, and to accom-
push this he must still he permitted to
81 ,si,,i 80 ue,"tIE MS a'ie'''.ou en-
plished with utmost si,nnlicitv and vet an
rrroctualIy as IN nrodure aI,nozi tho arfer,
of audibIe sneech nv continuing tho ac
tion while the necessary canton is heiny
shown. The canton viii he road without
c,nscIn,,enos. tLo ,,,otLod nc non,,o,,i,,,,
the MESSAGE 70 tho hrain NOT boiny noted
This 10 What >yn ho,,o dor,a In .6no1 -,
Striro' ana ue hnlinve that p,n I,yo
nrovcd our thenrles rorrcc, No o,o rnr,r,
has noon CoIfoUo5 ovonr oantio, hoe 49,,
caror,,Ilv cnnsidorod ana hrn,,,ht o,, ga
tnl.an n,,, 4, ocrord,,,co III t+ I'll
yiduol Observation-Disclosures dissnIyn In
and dissolve ont others annear ah,,,ntiv
and slowly fade while still others nsre-
lv flash on and Instantly disa nnear as
sharp. EXPLOSIVES MOI seems tn do VyE
have undertaken to visually npproxImate
sound effects"
Cupid at Work
That Crntd sor,ot,r,os ,,,,,,. - u,.
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hlplIon rooms Oh MN exchanges mas
been proved by the encouragement of the
eugagement of H. C. Mason. assistant
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sorshlp' 10 MISS mary fia2ard' mem
Mr. Mason has committee at the
Pathe Exchange, l15 East 23d street,
New York. one day each week to view
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Io,, haroInos ~ thn W ais
i,o,,, aI,,,rst i,,,a,,,hI,, i, go, a'm s "'S
..ond ,ban the,, cot arrtod "a Ig,,oI
tanril,, e,,er aSier',",rac,taiI t%n,, fn,nd
crLo I'm tbeir hearts
~ ls said that Mr Mason absent.mtnd-