El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-21
How the Movie Men and
Women Depend on Auto
BY LEO MARSH.

Z overloaded. the authorities said. and
the weight caused n weak spot in the
foau 10 give way Immediately orders
were sent TO one OF the big motor
! car factories for two somewhat smaller
trucks TO replace the cumbersome car
l that had precipitated the accident. In
Der the lighter weighted vehicles the
oe-nser OF recurrence OF the rnishap
would be obviated. and the screen mag
mates felt the money entaiIed in the
transaction had been well spent
The incident is rather a striking
tribute TO the indispensabilitv OF the
auto and is only one Of a large num-
Der Of daily occurrences that serve
10 link the film and motor industries
inseparably."
Saves Actors Steps.
The actors and actresses Of the film
appreciate the great debt they owe
the motor quite as deeply as their en-
Eloyers- Tor II saves them countless
steps as well as getting them TO and
from their work in comfort and without
unnecessary loss of valuable time
There's only one thing ever in
vented that eclipses the rotary cam
camera declares Miss Grace Valentine
one OF the Metro stars. "and that's the
Automobile Motion picture directors
are resOUrceful lot I'll concede. but
II the world We're to be stripped sud
denly of all its motor cars / verify be-
heVe the masters Of screen destiuies
would tear up their scripts and 20 out
hunting Tor jobs in other pursuits of
lie Just as you can't make bricks
without straw, YOU can't make good
pictures nowadays without the HELM
OF the auto.
i recall numerous occasions when
. scene that threatened to fall flat
was saved by the Interpolation of an
automobile The car has replaced the
old time mob scene as means OF
lending color to a picture and when
direGJor can't figure out any other way
OF filling in an awkward pause on the
canvas. ne lets a motor car whiz
across the screen
Lends Atmosphere to Scenes.
IN the same way. the car is used to
lend atmosphere 10 society pictures. \
v oman. be she ever so beautifully
sowned. may strut across the picture
nut the audience viii not believe she
belong TO the elite unless they see her
get into waiting limousine On the
other hand. If they see her ride off
IT. car she may be dressed in calico
Ior all the patrons Of the movies care:
they have already accepted her as a
sure enough member of the elastic
Four Hundred.
The comedy, too, owns many Of its
funniest scenes to the auto 4 b11rIesorIe
upset is always good for a PROLONGED
laugh and the spectacle of a crazilv-
WHEELING car darling and jibine uD the
street sending pedestrians right and
IetJ IN its wake. always cOnvulses the
audience"
Substitute for Alarm Clock.
Miss Carroll McCOmas. leading WON
an with David Belasco's Seven
chances, and recently returned from
California. where she appeared in sew
eral pictures, is another star who ap-
preciates the Importance of the motor
car in the movies.
In the west" SAYS Miss McComas.
the auto takes the place of the alarm
clock for the motion picture director
-
work and he may overlook the fact .
that its raining hard when he hasn't
an umbrella but he never. never over Z
looks his auto. Film companies fire.
quently travel fifty and sixty miles /
overland out there TO a location and
they invariably make these trips in
motor husses. This saves waiting for
rains and gives the players a cOmfor-
table. cool means Of travel
Aside from its strictly utilitarian J.
aspect however. regard the motor car I
as splendid screen actor II champs .
on and off the screen breathing dignity Z
lust when il is needed or registering {
humorous antics when the scenario re- /
CURES it, And after all. that's as much .
as the most accomplished can do. isn't {
ito
The answer is obvious.
SO. gentle reader. when YOU look
over the new lines Of cars this season I
and decide YOU can't afford one be-
ause OF the soaring price OF gasoline
pity the poor film maSnates- They
can't afford 10 buy them
Does your roof need painting Paint
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