The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-10
LOCAL MOVING PICTURE
Out Door Scenes Yesterday, Indoor
at Opera House Tonight

Out Door Scenes Yesterday, Indoor
at Opera House Tonight
Manager Harte of the Opera House,
Is offering his patrons a form OF in
teItainment which never before has
been attempted in this town. In ad-
dition to the regular picture program
tonight there will be taken on the
stage. which is arranged as motion
picture studio, several movie scenes
1t is not often that onlookers have
the privilege of being comfortably
>seated and in a position of learning
how these mystifying pictures arc
made and put together. 1t is only
fair to suppose that Benningtonians
will fll the opera house to capacity
and judging from the scenes to be
made of the bold villain, the lovely
heroine, the uppish maid, the funny
butler. rich men, poor men, clerks,
society maids and other characters
which 20 to make the story to be
filmed here will prove interesting as
we'll as an evening of merry enter
tainment.
There will be several changes of
scenes and to those who have not as
yet seen Director Roberts at work
cannot afford to miss this opportuni-
ty. Roberts, be ii known. is the di-
rector of the local movie troop is
photographing every aspect of Ben
nington and is also staging and filming
the local movie production in which
only local talent is acting.
The moving picture to be made
here will include two parts, one
Showing views of Bennington called
Here and There" showing sights OF
bennington and incidental scenes
and the second part will be the play
proper, not a comedy, filmed from one
of the several scenarios which Di-
rector Roberts brings with him.
Some of the scenes from the Here
and There" section were filmed Sun
day afternoon and the interiors of the
photo drama will be taken tonight on
the stage,
Dorector Roberts is highly elated
with the historic ability of his cast
and remarked that the spirit and way
the local cast are taking to the work
ii acting for the camera is positive
insurance that the local picture will
not only be a credit TO Bennington
but thorough satisfaction to all
those who took part in it. Several
scenes we're taken yesterday on the
lawns of George f. Graves home, the
pretty background of which promises
to enhance greatly the Photographic
value of the picture.
The leading parts in the drama fall
to Mrs. Margaret Graves, Misses
Shields, McLead Cornell, Hackett,
wellington The men are: Luther,
Graves. Zebra Graves, Harte, Hare,
McLead. Others in the cast are,
Misses Stark, Lassor, Cronin, Cardi-
nal, Pleasant, Carron, Lynch, st.
Mary, Marin. Pratt-men. Haddad
Woodward. Norful, Lever, Parker and
Others. Jack Young the photographer
and camera man. who has shot many
famous players. to use movie eX-
preston and also has had the pleas.
ure OF already photographing girl
who has gained great prominence In
the picture world and comes from
bennington. namely Lorraine Huling,
in the Fall Of Nation" which by
the way will be showing next week in
bennington. remarked that the local
cast are giving such good account OF
themselves that 1t is a pleasure to
photograph them. This coming from
Young, who has ground out thousands
of feet of film is most complimentary
70 the local cast and double insur'
nance that he will bend every effort to
make the photography in the picture
on a par with anything that has been
shown In this section