Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-10-24
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| and, in addition to the martial air that
| accompanies nearly every foot of the
pictue as it is unreeled, there is also
| a very pleasing romantic story. Earl
Williams in another of the new epi-
sodes of The Scarlet Runner this
one entitled THE Masked Ball." will
delight his many local admirers today.
Tomorrow one of the most genu-
I inely popular of Americas stage lead
! ing men will be the feature when the
| offering will be THE End of the
Trail" with William Farnum in the
principal role.
AT THE DITMAS
Four days for the taking of one
scene which appears on the screen
for not more than fifteen or twenty
seconds, has established a new record
| for motion picture accuracy, and the
scene will be shown at the Ditmas to-
day, when Blanche Sweet will be seen
in the Jesse L. Lasky production of
Public Opinion" a photo play writ
ten especially for the star by Mar
garet Turnbull. celebrated novelist.
This brief scene was laid in a court
room where Blanche Sweet as q
trained nurse is on trial for murder.
Although she is innocent, all evidence
points to her as the guilty person.
The only one who knows the identity
of the murderer is the dead woman.
How to make her spirit enter the
trial chamber and endeavor to guide
the hand of justice through one of
the jurors, the district attorney and
the judge, is a problem at which most
motion picture photographers would
! have thrown up their hands in dis
may.
1t was necessary that the visionary
effect of the spirit of the dead wom-
an, appearing and vanishing, be
maintained among the actual people
in the court room, otherwise the
theme of the picture would be lost.
Again and again this scene was pho
|tographed. All the ingenuity of the
entire excellent staff of the Lasky
photographers was centered upon OBJ
tanning the proper effect. Hundreds
of feet of film were taken only to be
inspected and discarded as unsatis-
factory Finally at nearly the end of
the fourth day, the photographer hit
upon plan. The scene was gone
over again for perhaps the hun
dredth time and was pronounced per-
feet.
When it was seen on the screen
even those unfamiliar with the tech
nical side of photography, recognized
dents ever captured by the lens of
camera. Many other similar incidents
were met with during the taking of
this photodrama, but were made less
trying by the newly discovered
method.
The many amazingly beautiful
scenes of forest and mountain Sc
cured in the making of "The Strong
er Love" have been transformed into
animated masterpieces by the expert
-toning of the film.
To the perfection of the photogra-
piers art has been added the realism
of natural color tints, the golden
browns of the forest, the emerald
greens of the woodland, the pale sill
Yer blue of the moonlight and the
crimson of the burning still"
Nell Serviss, born and raised in the
feud mountains of Kentucky, gloried
in the beauty of her little mountain
top world until the disturbing ele-
ment of love came to play havoc in
the hearts and lives of these strange
people.
Above the great attraction of this
vigorous, red -blooded photoplay COM
ing to the Ditmas, tomorrow, the
beauties of the panoramic setting of
this Morosco-Paramoun production
are marvellous.
AT THE MAJESTIC
''It Pays to Advertise" at the
Majestic theatre last night was good.
While it could be seen that the COM
pany was new, that they had not
been playing the comedy for any
great length of time, the lines of the
play are clever enough to insure sue
cess. Perth Amboy theatregoers were
treated to something different in the
way of comedy farces and interest in
the audience was kept at high pitch
from the first to the final curtain. BY
seeing the play last night it is easy
to understand why TT Pays to Adver-
tise' enjoyed such a long stay in
New York. 1t is hoped that more
such high class attractions be shown
at the Majestic this season.
The Burlesque Review will be tho
attraction at the Majestic tonight,
and it is expected that this company
will offer a pleasing program of
music and dancing. They come here
with an excellent record.
Tomorrow night ten big acts will
be given, including the professional
tryouts so popular at the Majestic.
Friday night will be bazar night New
Ring Around" pictures will be
shown soon.