The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-18
Soldier Played Wilson Role.

Then, again." said MT. Reid, ''I | flash the picture of the President | asleep"
 "Who played the part of President Wilson," MT. Reid was asked. MT. Reid readily gave the name of , a captain in the New York National 1 Guard.
 The World had obtained this infor-
 nation from another source and had
 also learned that several members of | the same regiment of the National Guard, through arrangements made
 with Harold Bergman. had posed as | "supers' in the production. being | dressed in the uniforms of American | soldiers.
 The captain named does not resem- ble President Wilson. A "still'' | photograph, taken for advertising purposes, reveals the fact that, even with his makeup, he does not look | very much like the Commander in ] Chief of the United States army, to d branch of which he belongs. These "still'' photographs, to be | used i'll advertising the Republican | National committees new photoplay, are Interesting. One of them shows a nun (Mrs. Reid) at her devotions. | Another shows the pseudo-Carranza; | a third a scene on the porch after the | raid at Columbus.
 The motion pictures were taken | near New York. Some of them were | prepared at a studio at Cliffside, N. J. The Mexican" scenes were pho- 1 tcgraphed in the neighborhood of | Sheepshead Bay, just north of Hum | Island, where there is a stretch of brush and scrub cedar.
 State Committees to Show Them. | When MT. Reid was asked what ar rangements had been made for dis tributing these pictures throughout the country, he said the matter had | keen one of deep concern to the Ma tional Committee. but he had propos- ed a solution.
 "No regular exhibitors will show a picture of this kind.' he said. and this was later verified emphatically by Samuel H. Trigger a director of the Motion Picture Exhibitors league of America. ''So I hit on the plan of having the committee distribute the pictures through the committees in the different states"
 MT. Colby, as Chairman Wilcox's representatives 4N has charge of the
 movie plans of the Republican Ma tional Committee, he being the chief of that branch of the committees ac- tavities, with M D. Metcalfe as his assistant. Its a corker." said MT. Colby, re- ferring to the Reid film. "I think it
 will make great hit. We are going to distribute it to the committees in the states, sending them perhaps a dozen reels each. Then they will send them about the state and the picture will be shown at Republican
 meetings, or in theatres that they get,
 or at open air meetings. The picture isnt ready yet, entirely. but I have
 seen Q good part of it." l And MT. Colby Approved. And you have approved of what you have seen?''
 "oh, yes, indeed" said MT. Colby enthusiastically. NY The World had been informed that | it had been planned the Universal
 Film Manufacturing Corporation
 should produce the Republican Ma tiQpal Committees offering, so a re- porter lshought Vice resident Coch-
 rane and P. A. Powers, treasurer of the Universal.
 "Yes, we know all about the film."
 said Mir. Cochrane. 'I have just told
 MT. Reid that don't care to see its'
 Were you asked to produce it?" r'No. MT. Powers can tell you what happened. It was because of that I film that we let Reid go." We were doing some business with the Republican National Committee, ]" explained MT. Powers. land Reid went l over there very often for us to get stuff for our weekly. While over there he fixed up the deal for this picture for himself, telling them we had a picture here that be used for the at tack on Columbus. You know ttie sort of thing. It could be used for the attack on Columbus or any old place. When we found ort about it
 we let him go."
 Was that because of anything in the picture 2"
 "Oh, no. Just because he had made this arrangement for himself while over there on our business. Of course, we couldn't produce a picture like pictures-tl1a is. unless we give both sides, or the arguments on both sides. ," Date of First Show. Moot Set. It was impossible to learn when the first public production of MT. ! Reid's play is to be made. for, the reason that arrangements are not complete, But MT. Reid is authority l for the statement that it will be made under "marvellously splendid" cir cumstances, and MT. Colby joyously announced that as soon as it had been accepted from MT. Reid a special view would be given to newspaper men.
 'I shall turn the picture over to the committee on Monday he saiA "It is finished"
 The Worlds information is to the effect that MT. Reid is to be ipaid | Is35,OO0 for Jis work.
 | Mr. Reid, at the finish of the inter view in his office. was asked how the picture ended.
 At the end" he said. impressively. "I throw on the screen a picture of MT. Hughes. Underneath are just two 1 words-'The Cure.'"
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