Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-08-04

El cab of an onrushing locomotive, and
in a hundred ways risking life and
limb. This is what of motion
picture actresses and actors do every
day with hardly the wink of an eyelash in the per-
Torrance of the stunts.
1t is all in answer to the cry for realism in the
movies which has recently been raised by directors.
Realism is a watchword Above ALL the pro-
ducton must be realistic The directors argue
that the public has become tired of faxed dangers
and mechanical feats that make ordinary scenes
appear hazardous The desire for realism may be
all right for the public and the director but it is
hard on the performers.
Patrons of the pictures familiar with
scenes depicting rough riding, descents of mountain
sides on horseback and leaps from cliffs in which
the rider falls clear Of the mount and in other ways
hirts with death that they stop TO think OF
the real danger incurred by those actors who dare
so much for the silent drama. OF course there are
certain pictures in which the danger is faxed. But
those pictures are almost equally balanced by the
kind which depicts a real danger encountered to
accomplish the desired result
Jumps From Moving Trains.
when / first began to jump off moving trains"
said Helen Holmes when asked for her impressions
of daredeyling in the films, Il must confess was
somewhat tmid, but now take it something
which must be done to complete the picture
In one picture in which / worked about six
months ago l went through the action with my
heart in my mouth, and for "A moment at least felt
like quitting. 1t a railroad picture in which
l was TO drive a big engine across bridge when
was TO be blown up as the engine reached the mid
die
"A torpedo on the track about twenty feet from
the spot where the dynamite charge was placed to
wreck the bridge was to give me my signal to dive
from the cab to the river thirty feet below From
the moment that the engine reached the wooden
uestle ! kept thinking what would happen If the
torpedo did moi 90 of and should be carried down
into the wreckage.
The run Of about thirty yards seemed intermin-
able, but everything worked according TO plans and
1 made the dive safely, but was shaking like a
leaf when hshed from the river. was 50 fright
ened / could hardly keep myself ahoar
But now have become so used 10 rssing my
neck chat accept II as a matter Of course II Is
much Like the ease Of aviator when he starts fly
ing. AT first DE is cautious and only makes slight
ascents and safe descents but soon the spirit of
daring enters his soul and he is looping he loop
ana doing sprals 1000 feet in the air, and other
dangerous stunts"
Danger IN the Quieksand.
There was Marion swayne who thought IL pretty
hard when She vas called upon recently no allow
herself fo De rescued from Quicksands 0n "a freacl-
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nof suffice to have bier buried ln b sand hole on "a
solid portion of fhe bench whore she could easiy
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