The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04

icostliness Of the dyes than in the
quantity Of material consumed In the
making. II IL only natural that Miss
Pennington should be rather non
plussed by wearing street clothes In
moving pictures.
II cannot get over the unconscious
impression tina. II IL nothing but a
rehearsal when / am acting before
the camera In my ordinary Clothes"
declares the diminutive dancer ION
the stage we were always wearing
some frothy thing that was either
brief enough or gaudy enough to catch
the eye. Here in the studio they
act italy told mo to bring tho oldest
clothes I have for some of the scenes.
1T took me quite some time TO get
over the idea that ! was Just rehears-
Ing when | looked down and saw the
sloppy things | had on. When you
have spent all your professional ex-
istence studying how to look your
best IL Is n shock to he told by the
director that you won't do at all be-
cause you look too nice. You have
t. get some older buds than that the
director told me the first time |
dressed for the scene. You look like
q million dollars and I want you to
look like thirty cents So ! had to
borrow some aged apparel from the
wardrobe mistress IN order to look for
lorn enough to suit the director. This
motion picture realism Is great stuff"
The motion picture army recruited
ny Thomas Dixon for his new war
| et,a,taa1o ssTha v~nn ~ n Nation ~ had
to do n lot Of things besides fight dur
ing the filming of the drama In Cali
fornia. They became excellent fire
fighters for one thing. 1t happened
during the making Of one Of the big
battle scenes. A Zeppelin which had
been constructed n. considerable ex-
pense was sent aloft and the camera
men began to grind their cranks. AS
they were reaching the high spots
there was a terrific explosion from
the air that Mr.. Dixon had not put
In the scenario. The Zeppelin vas
soon in flames and drifted of 10 the
side OF the San Fernando Valley.
In the brush on the slope a small
blaze was oon IN progress. Mr.. Dixon
ordered the cameras to stop shooting
ard sent the troopers scurrylng OF
to fight the flames. BY the time they
returned II was too dark to do any
more work on the production. Thus
was burned up n lot Of money along
with the timber on the California
mountains.
Thomas Dixon has gone INTO real
life for the principal characters In
The Fall OF the Nation his pre-
p~aredness spectacle with music by
Victor Herbert. which succeeds "Syhil"
az the Liberty Theatre next Tuesday.
Several OF the most important char
acters are so clearly drawn that their
identity Is unmis,akable; for stance.
the heroine will probably he readily
recognized. especially in he last act,
when she appears astr!de a handsome
white horse. Other roles are the loci-
! cal combination Of various qualities
in public figures; still others will give
the guessers much food for thought.
In the LIST mentioned class is the
principal villain of the drama, Charles
Waldror. lie is pictured az 2 wealthy
banker. n man Of inord'nate amhi-
ton, without sentiment and without
scruples in his methods OF obtaining
results. lie furnishes immense sums
of honey to various suffraglst
organizations and anti-militaristic
bodies: through the branches Of his
banking house he knows intimately
the diplomatic representatives % the
most powerful Governments. AZ Wash
lngton his sphere of influence is APP
parently unlimited. In cooperation
with the heroine he defeats a pre-
paredness measure with teeth in II
and obtains the passage of a colorless
substitute.
When tho blow strikes and the ma
ton falls this Charles WAldron he
comes Kari o Waldron. overload Of
the new colony Of the Imperial Fed
GRAFTON. Who is this Kari Won Wald-
ron: