The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

or the three points OF the Triangle Film corpora
ton, which inaugurated in New York Phadel-
pn1a and Chicago, motion picture theater pro-
grams, where two dollars was charged for the
best seats. The plant will consist of twenty
or more concrete and steel freproof buildings
including nine separate inclosed with ground
glass stages-one for each producing organiza-
ton.
The players will have every comfort including
Individual dressing rooms with steam heat cleo
trio FANS and hot and cold water, etc. Factories
IN connection with the plant will manufacture all
SETS furniture and wardrobe needed. The ranch
studio will be maintained and there two big or
CARNATIONS making western drama will be main
tanned.
Every hamlet in the country has been invaded
Dy Keystone comedies made in Los Angeles
-Four years ago the nucleus of this company con-
sisting of Mack Sennett Mabel Normand and
fTeo Mace arrived there and rented vacant
lot. Now the Keystone studio occupies two city
blocks, practically half of which space is COW
pred with stages, where fun making reigns su-
preme. Padded bricks billies and trick props
OF every nature. from toy warship to an aero
Plane are on hand at every turn, and here are to
be found the greatest collection of comedians the
worio mas even known-Weber and Fields, Sam
bernard, Eddie Foy, Raymond Hitchcock Roscoe
Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charlie Murray of
murray and Mack fame and scores of others who
have graced the comedy and vaudeville stage or
the sawdust ring, headliners. Fun making is
here serious proposition and the hundred odd
players writer's and directors treat it as such
even the famous keystone COPS
me producing quarters of the maker of the
most profitable motion picture ever filmed 1.-THE
Birth OF Nation" adapted by David Mark Crit
nth from the book, "The Clansman," consists of
two city blocks at present-one taken I'D with
executive Office buildings stages and dressing
rooms, laboratories, and factories and the other
DOCK retained as site for settings. Mr. Grit
nth came to Los Angeles in January 1914 and
leased lot containing bungalow. Back of this
the producing staff were made so frequently that
no time could be given for future planning As
the result scores of buildings we're erected as
needed for workshops, developing and printing
laboratories, dressing rooms, ETC., so that tha
studio now has hit-or-miss appearance where
ABOUT i've hundred people are employed fully
Two hundred being actors, actresses and writer's
In February 1914, livery stable in HOLLYWOOD
which had later been used for a garage was
leased by two men well known in the theatrical
producing world, and they began making motion
picture along new lines. That their method was
successful is proved by the fact that five times
since they have found it necessary to lease adj
d1t1onal grounds, and their plant now covers a
DOCK 800 by 700 feet and the studio is crowded.
me men were Jesse L. Lasky, previously a vaude-
Vile producer, and Cecil B. de Mile, legitimate
stage producer and playwright Their COMPANY
became the Jesse L. Lasky Picture PLAY companv
and they, during the last year. introduced Amer
lea greatest opera star, Geraldine Farrar on the
mot1on picture screen. Miss Farrar worked at the
studio twelve weeks in the making of three five
reel subjects at a salary of than dollar
minute.
In brief manner the foregoing describes the
producing plants of the largest makers of motion
PICTURES There are many other studios in Los
Angeles with from one to four companies work.
ing at each. 1t would be impossible to go from
the center OF the business district to the city
limits in any direction without coming upon one
or more motion picture plants