The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18

pooghouse. Then there Is an old and
dccrepit king who also is an inmate
of the p~oorhuuse and who t. very k.rd
- the little princess. Another unfor-
tunate little inmate of the institution
= Prince Charming, while the matron
II charge Q: NE pace Is k.owc - Tho
Little girl "a "a witch. The time ar
ives when a fairy godmother comes
into the lie OF the princess. and the
after Is taken from the puorhousc into
the splendid home Of her hencfac,rrss.
Here she meets the ogre. the wealthy
and greedy husband # the fairy god
mother. The ogre Is "a mill ow who
Expresses those who work for him. but
whose power finally is broken a. a
result of the inventive genius %. the
Prince Charming, who escapes from
the poorhouse and makes a textile en-
pert " himself. In the end. Il course.
the princess and the Prince Charming
are united and the Old king md every
body else II mad happy. The story.
adorned with the raiments II fairyland
is IN realty "A powerful and appealing
social study.
William \. brady, head of the World
t!.m Corporation. quotes Il few figures
from the 'ncide IA. cost of producing
a iiv" reel picture.
"tor La Boheme,' an entire Village,
representing the Latin quartz, OF
iar.s, was built. Five hundred feet
OF street was macadamizcd for "a few
days Usage. Twenty stucco houses
were built and over we hundred CO.'S
tunes OF the period La Boheme' was
written in We're made to fit types of
players. A period expert, connected
with one Of the largest Fifth avenue
houses, was engaged and. al a good
salary, made "A daily trip To the studio
and inspected settings. furniture. cos
tunes and incidental properties. One
structure. representing the Studio
apartment Of the bohemian spirits
was four stories high and cost $4,000
to build.
In Friday the 18Th 300 people, ex-
elusive OF Robert Warwick. his sever
principal supporters, Emile ''hautard
the director, and his stan. worked "a;
the Hotel Aston all morning. SUNDAY
May IA, making scene for use in IN,
Lawson story. The entire south wins
Of the big hotel had To he wired and
specially lighted and then removed
within an hour after the work was
completed.
House Peters and Gail Kane and
the other players in The Velvet Paw
j~ourneyed to Washington. ID. C.. where
they expected to remain two days to
secure pictures in the Capitol grounds
/. I.tsu az ,.utv, .pl IA. l1nt,I,
days made the players remain Their,
almost three weeks. with the result
that what should have cost "a thousan,
dollars at most cost many times that
Mr.. Brady says he is AT work on 4
brief entitled Unavoidable froduc-
tional Expenses" which will probably
he widely published. after which sumt
smart. fellow. who can foresee inclem-
ency, disaster, sunless days and un'
ailing actors n actresses, can make
"A million dollar u year, just sitting
down. looking up AT the wall an,
thinking heavily,
\ striking example of varying de
grees of preparedness mons h ma
tions Of the world vas produced by tn,
: Ilfnlns oI HP ran VI u >a'"'i u
which Thomas Dixon warns the tnite'
States to he thoroughly armed agains
invasion by n foreign foe. tie sum
moned 000 men to his studio neai
Los Angeles as a nucleus for his
armies in the big battle scenes. Whei
he asked all who had had m!litar,
training to stand forth there were Ia
responses, and of the $50 all bu'
thirty-lv had been trained in n
German army. With such II nucleus I
is little wonder that the battle scene
are among the most successful IN tn
entire II 900 feet Of tilm.
I,nt if Mr., Dixon has made goo
battle stuff he has at the same tim
stirred the critics who see h Germa
atmosphere which surrounds his in
yading forces. They have been quicl
to allege that he Ia hitting at German.
in his propaganda. whereas bis quar-