New Britain herald., 1916-12-18
LOCAL PARTY SEES
 MURDER COMMITTED
And Babies Die-and All Kinds Of
 Things ''Reely"

1 After seeing five masked men de- 1 liberately and fiendishly murder an in-
 nocent looking individual for an un- 1 known reason after visiting the palace ! of a Russian duke and a gambling i den containing layouts of every de- 1 scription after being witnesses of a l fearful scene wherein a baby died in
 it's pathetic little cot after eating in
 a lunch room surrounded by tramps, ] millionaires, heroes, chauffeurs, cam i pires, and wideyed heroines, the dele i gation of amateur movie actors from l New Britain has returned to the Hard l ware city. Of course these horrible events took ! place in the movies and there was no real danger incurred by any mem Der of the local party. It was exceedingly lucky however in the realization of ; the secret hopes entertained by all. Tn the Fox studiO-Wait a minute, let $ 1 start at the beginning.
 At 6:45 Saturday morning an ex- ceeding1y prompt collection of in dividuals was on hand at the New Britain station to make the trip to
 New York to see others act for the
 films and to partake in several scenes
 under the critical single eye of the
 celluloid dramas agent, the camera.
 Details of the trip to New York are
 unnecessary, as they are of journey
 from the Grand Central to the Fox
 studios at Fort Lee. But from the time of the arrival of the trolley out side of the huge glass enclosures, that
 marked the studio grounds until the
 close of (whisper) Maxim's early
 Sunday morning there were things to
 be seen and things to be heard such
 as never before.
 Armed with letter to the man on
 the gate the crowd descended upon
 the studio, and thanks to William Fox, were promptly admitted, furnish ed with guide and told |'to' go to it.'' ; No time was lost in obeying instruc- 1 tions. Kicking through the ruins of a couple of paper mache castles, i'm i posing structures no doubt when prop erly photographed the first glass en- closure was entered. It was a gam bling den, belittling Monte Carlo. A boudoir In white Ct was really light yellow but this color photographs
 white) stood adjacent to a dining
 room filtered with the artistic wreck age of a midnight revel Valeska Surrat, who is working with this par ticulat "set" was introduced. In
 
 making herself very agreeable to the girls and explaining to them points about which they were curious. "Ac- ton" was heard from behind nearby walls and as all were conversant with the meaning of the call after weeks work in front of a camera in New Britain a quick scurrying to the spot took place and fascinated eyes watched the "Worlz." A croupier was 1 spinning the wheel of a complete
 roulette layout and grouped about the 1 table were gamblers of all descrip- tons and both sexes playing the game | in all seriousness. An intoxicated ! dude annoyed an anc.ent maid who
 was ra king in her own chips and those 1 of her neighbors. A tense faced aris- ! tocrat saw his fortune being swept from the boards and a spendthrft i smiled and played on. Yellow dress i suits and yellow faces looked unreal, ! the cuttered points outside of the
 cameras range looked unpleasant, ! the grinding camera and the racuols : director were unfamiliar, but all were : sized up and will not be immediately i forgotten.
 In the next house Theda Bara. the
 idol of the movie world was working 1 and working hard. Her scenes were
 watched with great interest by the
 gang in movie Darlance Hours l were spent in the two glass houses
 with a few moments off for lunch in i the little movie lunch room back of one of the houses. Those few mo- ments were glorious also to the fans , however. Herein were all descrip- tions of makeups aEd many favOrites of the screen They were all in the
 cost .cs of their parts and g. varieI collection it was. The seventh
 heaven of bliss nd arr]Tcd for many Of the Herald Uurty and the check