Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-06
ENACTINC A
PICTURE PLAY
By RUTH GRAHAM

having created them. how do - make
them do things that are Interestingly
ITS ali built up, just as you would
construct Il house, FIRST you thtiEt
get your motif; tbat's the basement
Next. you find certain coEpiif atlons
limits the frame work. Finally you
ma he your characters DO II all I'm ac-
cordahce with your scheme: that's
quitting la tue body u your house.
Then. when it's ali laid out. you p&It
on the finishing touches: that's deco.
rating
But where does the romance come
in?"
Il cant tell you. but can show you.
LET us enact picture play. Wen
make IL very simple. only two charae.
ters~--the man aud the girl. Rosaijud.
the girl, leaves her house with ii letter.
She meets the fellow. Jenkins. He
sees tue letter and the address and
surmises that size IL going 10 the office
to post Hi acceptance 10 rival. lie
lea YES her very sad. The next day be
goes To a foreign country and do<ssH I
return for two years. He meets Rosa-
lind. and siie teiis him that the letter
she posted was rejection Of Ills rival
instead of an acceptance"
"What stupid man.
eff plays didn't make lovers do stu
pid things they wouldn't be true 10
life. Furthermore, there wouldn't he
any plays. Let us play this one"
''But / don't see how we can enact
that. There isn't anything for us
to do
tits a two reel play Suppose we
leave out the first reel and enact the
second"
There's not much In either Of them"
There's lot In the last half. You
~ down there by the stream aud SIT
on one Of those rocks, That will make
u pretty picture. You see, we must
look out for the artistic features You
wifi be thinking Of Jenkins
Cant you find better name for
himf'
''Ob, his name doesn't matter. Be
sides. you have said he's very stupSH
Che did Hs he directed While she
was sitting rensiseiy OH the rock he
passed on the path above. saw her and
hurried Do 30 her. On reaching her
he uncovered. bowed and moved his
lips as If talking TO her with "A distant
mn inner.
What does that mean she asked.
"Im telling you what might be exs
pected at finding you after long alb
senee. There's no use saying it. for
photographs eau make no sound"
sob. | forgot that
lyon ask me why | went away SO
suddenly. reply that saw the letter
Of acceptance of my rival. Then YOU
inform me that II was a letter of rejec-
ton
"Weil. We'll consider all that said
He raised his eyes 10 heaven as If
giving thanks. Then he beat his hreas st
dramatically.
What's thaty' she asked
Satisfaction Mt learning that nay RI
val WAS turned down and self reprnarh
at the loss u two years of happiness"
Happiness. How do you know that
Rosnlind will have your"
| True enough"
~ shouldn't think you would be
much Of picture play writer to make
such mistakes as that"
THE theme doesn't work out right.
| Having failed 10 put In anything about
| Rosalind loving jenkins. | shall have
| 10 no back To the beginning and do 1t
all over"
| II don't see any reason for that
"uew shall supply the dehclency1"
"Whs. let him ask her, of course"
Right you are"
| He sat down very near her. SO near
that his cheek almost touched hers,
| aud began to make his lips move IN
dumb show.
Don't you think" she said, that
you would enact the part better II
you spoke the wanisf How ean u
man show feeling while making his
lips move without saying anything
Right again, Characters in picture
plays really speak their parts" Then
he spoke aloud,
"nnw happy am to and YOU IN
this beautiful spot. Rosalind, ! have
''Ho you need To keep the name OF
the character In the playf"
"EsIie, have known YOU now ii
year. and
Why, you've been away two years
and you knew tie before You left"
Tell the. Eifie" he Went On. chang
Inc his tone, was that letter 10 Cart
right saw OH yoar iable when | call
ed yesterday an aeceptancer'
Yesterday Why. II WAS two years
ago.
Never mind the COMPOUNDED picture
play, Tell me, h IL ! or cartrightT''
A, this iuacture she played her par,
beautifully, She turned away hel
head and left her hand In Il position
very advantageous for being grasped
Then she bent forward 50 that bis 9th
or hand could not very well help en-
circling her waist.
Plays are like levers: they put tilt
best foot forward. In the real thins
there b usually lot behind the scenes
In this ease the leading lady. who has
been angling for the leading gentle
man for some time. had adopted th,