The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-11-29

IN older that the representation may
be true to life. Quite naturally the
interest centres in what the princi
pal characters in the story are do
ing, and as long as there is nothing
in the picture atmosphere to jar, thi.
mass of detail is forgotten, but lei
some little apparently unimportant
fitting be something other than what
it should be, and the whole effect i:
destroyed
The manner in which Harry Gar.
sons "The objectionable Sin," star
ring Blanche Sweet, under the per-
sonal direction of Marshall Nielan
was produced, is in point along the
lines which have just been suggested
The big photoplay will be easily
| identified as a screen adaptation of
the powerful Rupert Hughes novel,
by the same name, which created
such furore some months ago when
it was published first in serial form
in the Red Book land later as com
plete book from the presses of Har-
per & Bros. Mr.. Carson was i'm
pressed with the picture possibilities
of the story, and secured the photo
play rights upon the payment of a
price which will stand as a record for
long time. The preparation of the
scenario by one of the ablest writer's
in the motion picture industry re-
CURED a number of weeks-and then
came lapse of fully two months,
during which time Director Nielan
and his research assistants laid out
in minute detail, the plans for actual
production.
The story told is thrilling one of
love and adventure, with locations
that embrace a little town in the
Middle West section of the United
States, Washington, D. c., one or two
of the larger cities in Belgium, some
of the rural sections of Belgium, 9
couple of important cities in Ger
many, typical military communities
occupied by the German army, and
finally New York City.
The average theatregoer knows but
little difference between the customs,
architectural peculiarities, etc., of one
country and another-but in every
audience of any size, before which a
big photoplay is shown, there are sure
to be some spectators whose first
hand knowledge of the scenes repre-
sented is likely to make them more
captious critics along these lines than
the producer of the picture himself.
And the success of a big photopla
depends almost entirely upon the i'm
preston which the detail of produc
ton makes upon these comparatively
few people who, by the way, are usu-
ally the people who talk loudest,
either in praise or denunciation. 1t
is of record that in Mr.. Garson's pro-
duction offices in Los Angeles, Mr..
Nielan and a good sized force of es-
pecially trained men and women
thumbed over stacks Of Topographic
cal aliases and maps and hundreds
of current magazines and newspapers
until they had decided just how each
set should be built, down to the cob
blestones and pump in typical Bel
gian village or to the uniforms of a
German bell-hop.
Mr.. Nielan says that this long,
difficult work of preparation for
the picture was the most trying part
of his task but, in looking back at
it, gives all the credit to this sys-
tenn, for the fact that when the &C
tual production of "The Unpardon-
able Sin" was begun it went for
ward practically without stop, with
the result that, by comparison with
other big pictures that have been
made, at least three dollars worth
of screen value was provided for the
audience for every dollar actually eX
pended. In this connection, consider
ing the fact that "The objectionable
Sin" cost it's producers more real
money than has been spent on any
photoplay given the public during the
past six months, the public can be
assured in advance that the big Gar
son feature is quite out of the ordi-
nary.
"The objectionable Sin" was COM
pleted less than month ago, and is
now being shown in the leading thea
tres of the United States in which it
is being handled as legitimate at
traction. The local engagement is
scheduled for the Royal theatre, be-
ginning today and continuing for
two days.
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