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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
~ FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

the doubling acts are filmed-first
the closeup Of the star, then the dis
tant picture Of the double. In a re-
cent western picture, for instance, the
star was playing the role Of a girl OF
the prairies whose chief recreation
was tanning wild horses In one
scene, however, in escaping from her
pursuers, headed by the villain, she
was supposed to be thrown from ner
horse after jumping over precipiee-
A double who was an expert rider
and incidentally a man-Was en-
ployed to do the precipice stunt In
the finished picture the deception was
cleverly concealed by showing Lrst
a series OF several close-ups Of the
star squirting her horse forward in
an effort to escape her pursuers. then
a darkened picture OF the double
jumping the precipics and falling off
the horse. and finally a closeup OF
the star lying unconscious on the
ground
The use OF the dummy IN MOVING
pictures Is now very rare. even In the
most dangerous escapades. such as 90
ing over a cliff in an automobile or
falling out OF a twelfth story window
because Il Is difficult to deceive a
movie audience on this point They
almost recognize q dummy Hence
the demand for what are known as
daredevil doubles Is tremendous. Yet
It Is interesting to discover that there
Is always a ready supply o. men q
hand who are willing to risk their
lives for twenty OF thirty dollars. Il
a man Is hurt while performing a dan
gerous stunt the company fakes care
OF him. paying all his expenses. Near
" every moving picture company has
its special staff doctor now to look
after Just such emergencies
Day OF Realism.
This is the day OF realism in the
movies" said the business manager
Of a large motion picture company
the other day. "and we can't get
away with murder the way we used 70.
It has got to look like murder. when
we show a fire Il has 10 be a real
fire-the public won't stand for
smolke-pots any more. And when We
show a picture OF wounded men fall
ing of the parapets Of q castle they
have 70 be real men not dummies OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Six Feature Films That VIII Be Seen
At Ell Paso Theaters In A Short Time

a blonde girl. heralded by the mystic
playing cards. enters the life OF her
fiance. Ralph Graves is leading man.
Olice Thomas takes the part Of a
baby vamp" IN Upstairs and Down,
who Is happiest when entangled IN
a web Of mischief and intrigue. She
IS engaged to a young man, but
does not take that fact seriously At
house party she captivates another,
who subsequently iilts her and falls
in love with her sister. But the
"baby vamp' is determined that her
latest victim" shall marry her. and
she changes her mind only after a
series Of adventures. Rosemary The
by, Mary Charleson. David Butler and
Robert Ellis are among the cast.
Bessie Eyton Is among the featured
players in The Still Alarm" The
story concerns the efforts Of a dere-
lict, employed In village drug store
to win the daughter OF his employer.
To do so, he tells the girl she must
marry him or he win accuse her
father OF a murder which he himseu
had committed. Then the girls home
is set afire. but her rescue is effected
by her sweetheart, a member Of the
local fire department. How the con-
niving clerk is brought 70 justice
and the happiness OF the girl assured
forms the main interest
Taylor Holmes appears in a Regu-
lar Fellow. who. besides being
regular" IS confirmed woman
hater. To avoid marrying a girl pre-
scribed for him by his wealthy
grandfather, he fees TO South Amer
lea But there he meets a young
woman with whom he falls violently
in love The girl goes to America,
and the man follows. as a member
of the ships crew. Upon reaching
New York he Is thrown into all sorts
OF trouble. and finally awakes to the
fact that IL all is for the girl he loves
Then the girls Identity is revealed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-Doubles are
IN a sensitive subject IN the movie
business. Nd well-trained movie per-
son likes TO talk about them. escpe-
ciauN the stars. who prefer TO have
the public believe that all OF the reck-
less escapades enacted on the screen
are performed by them But the
doubles themselves are not so anxious
to remain a secret They have all OF
the usual theatrical pride in their
quires Just as mtch skill to jump OH
a precipice artisticslIy, as II does 10
portray a great emotional part
Pc this as 1t may, a certain anO unit
OF vanity on their part IS undenla ull
justified for many Of them are trained
specialists OF superior skin and
courage. There are doubles who a. e
acrobats and travel from one moving
picture company to another SUBSTITUTE
ing for the stars IN the danger crises.
There are doubles who are dancer s
and are employed by the day TO help
out the star in her dancing scenes.
Some doubles are placed under con-
tract the same as other players ana
some are employed to support certain
stars year BY year. But the vast ma
jority Of doubles are Simply extra
people, Usually badly paie, VINO are
called IN by the day to f8le certain
emergencies which the star would
rather avoid
Extra Girl Gets the Mud
Not long ago, for example. pic
ture was being made which contained
a children's mud fight The star, who
was supposed to be the principal
childish antagonist, did not like the
idea OF having herself splartered with
mud, so the director simply summoned
an extra girl. who was about the me
height and general build. and had her
receive the mud Dressed in the same
kind Of clothes, and with her face
smeared with the brown liquid, she
was easily mistaken for the star, ana
the audience never knew the di1Ier-
ence-
In another case a star, who was
acting the part Of an Indian princess
scantlly clad, became so badly sun
burned that she refused to 70 on with
the picture. To keep the picture from
being held up, the director hunted
frantically through the crowd Of wait
ing extras" and found a girl who
resembled the star sufficiently TO take
her part in all distant scenes When
the film was finished the close-ups Of
the star and the distant pictures Of
the extra girl we're so cleveriy com
bined that even some OF the people IN
the same studio were unable to detect
the substitution. Furthermore, this
particular double did her work so well
that she was taken out OF the extra
class and given a contract.
Expert Riders Used.
This, Of course, is the way most OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Movie Doubles Take Place Of Stars
When Reckless Escapades Are ShoUn

tourse, we have nets below to catch
them, out OF the range Of the camera
but the men are taking risk II Is
useless TO pretend that they are not"
In making one picture recently this
company actually did burn up an en-
tire residence and barn When the
flames had become sufficiently lively,
the star was supposed TO come out
on a third story balcony ana be res
cued at the crucial moment BY a
couple OF daring firemen. Needless
to say. the star was never near the
flames. but was back in the city
studio safely acting in another scene
while this thrilling episode was TAX
her neEMEee and allowed himself 10
be carried off, unconscious, By the
firemen-
-Four Hundred Doubles Used
Another company. not long ago.
even went 50 Ear as TO burn Up an eN-
cursiou steamer 70 satisfy the pubiic's
demand for realism. In this case 400
doubles we're required. at least a hun
dred OF whom had to be expert swim
mers and divers, and George r. White.
the theatrical agent who supplies
most Of the companies with doubles,
was at his Wits end 10 secure all OF
them. although he finally succeeded
This picture was one Of the most
realistic that has yet been produced
II showed a man standing on a lower
deck, smoking q cigaret near a pile
OF tangled rope In an absent-minded
moment he drops his ciEaret stub
on the rope, TO which kerosine had
teen applied a few minutes before,
and thus the fire starts On the boat
Is the usual excursion crowd OF men.
women and children. ignorant OF the
horrible disaster awaiting them Then.
as the flames break out. comes the
panic IN which the one hundred
doubles who know how 10 dive, jump
off the top decks and other places
within focus OF the camera Boats
outside the range Of the camera are
waiting TO receive the others, all o.
whom get safely away before the
steamer sinks. But. of course. the
public did not know this and mart OF
II which saw the picture IS still try
ing TO figure the thing out
stars Carefully Guarded
In Justice the stars. lt must be sad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Many Of the Younger Act
ors Who Wanted to Be
Stars. Get Chance.

NEW YORK. Aug. so.-New York
N stands Observation-Disclosures
literally gasps In amszement at the
unheard Of spectacle OF darkened
Broadway theaterA
True, there ars doings enough
managers and producers wringing
their hands and issuing statements,
actors. actresses and chorus girls
nocking through the famous district
at night picketing. spssehmaking and
urging their more tirnid colleagues
TO join IN the actors strike-but the
theatrical world remains stationary
for all OF Il No new plays are pro-
duced, an unheard OF state Of az
fairs for this season, when NEST Of
the winter successes have their prem
ieres. There has been no finds" no
successes. no scandals. What few
theaters have managed to remain
open, play TO desultory audiences
Nth madeover ard makeshift casts
Unprecedented IN all its vari-col-
ored history u this situation in which
Broadway has found Itself Railroad
strikes pass into history, war throws
a black cloud over gaietv. interna-
ment-but none OF these has ever
succeeded in darkening two score
ffamius theaters that have given
10 Broadway its name. THE Great
White Way" What all these things
have failed to do the actors and man
ayers themselves did-almost unbe-
lievEbly-by failing to get together
and adjust their differences
Movies Resp q Harvest.
And the movies reaped a harvest
The films can't 90 on strike, despite
their liveliness- Every night luxuri-
Gus motors, footmanned and chauf-
feured, are seen rolling up to the
more pressumptuous film theaters
where formerly they were seen only
in front OF the legitimate houses
Women in evening dress, Jeweled and
coiffured, occupy seats in the movies
alongside OF Minnie, the clerk, and
Charley, the cab driver. For New
York must have its entertainment
after ?. M strikes or no strikes,
shows or no shows.
The loss IN money has been, OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

7 course, enormous. Broadway the
aters were enjoying the greatest sea
son in history when the strike broke.
The thousands OF officers and sol
diers returning through New York
from overseas and a larger than usual
floating population have combined to
iii houses every night
Many Shows Close.
Some OF the seasons best shows
were forced to close down Among
them we're some which only a fort
night ago were successfully intro
duced and which promised a long
run such as AT 9.45" al the Play
house.
The more prominent shows affected
are; East Is West" at the Aston; "a
La Lucille" az Henry Miller's; "The
Crimson Alibi.7 at the Broadhurst;
THE Royal Vagabond," at Cohan &
Harris. "Shubert's Gaieties Of 1919"
at the Forty-fourth Street theater;
.-Lightnin'." at the Gaiety; The Five
Night" at the Princess; "A Voice in
the Dark" at the Republic; Listen
Lester" at the Kniekerbocker; THE
Challenge at SelWyn's; "Oh, What a
Girl" at Shubert's; The Better ole, "
at Booths; John Ferguson" at the
Fulton; She's a Good Fellew." at the
Globe. Greenwich Village Follies, "
at the Greenwich; Scandals Of 1918"
at the Liberty; "39 East" at Maxine
EIliofs, and THE Red Dawn" at the
Thirty Ninth Street theater.
Sons OF those mentioned above re-
opened. but practically all OF them
had desertions from their casts wnen
the strike was called. and their per-
formances were 50 uncertain that one
never knew whether a show was 60
ing on at schedule time or not And
later walkouts, as the Actors Equity
association gained recruits, merely
added t. the confusion Of the situa-
ton
Changes Constantly.
That classic but ungrammatical
phrase about Nobody KNOWN
nothin'" pretty accurately sums up
the theatrical situation in New York
Figures on the number Of thesters
actually closed and open. cannot be
given with any degree OF accuracy as
the situation changes daily-or
rather nightly.
Flo Zeigfeld's Follies. at the New
Amsterdam, was practically the only
show to be unflurried by the storm
Flo's actors, who include such stars
as Marilyn Miller, Bert Williams, Ed
die Cantor. the four Dooleys and
others, weren't able to elicit a state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Some Of The Early Film Releases Are Announced
Universal City Busy On Three Big Feature Plays

DOME OF the more important OF the
y coming screen releases are as fol-
lows:
Counterfeit Elsie Ferguson. Art
craft
Why Change Your WifeT' DeMue
production. Aircraft
Male and Female" DeMiue produo-
ton. AIRCRAFT
Chasing Rainbow" Gladys Brock
Checkers" special production, Fox.
The Silver Horde" Myrtle sted-
Lord jim" Louis Bsnnisou. cold
The Pagan God" H B. warner.
Mutual.
The Egg Crate wallOp." Charles
Widow By Proxy" Marguerite
@Told in the Hills" Robert War
aThe Market Of Souls" Dorothy
Dalton, Paramount
..1The Thirtsenth Chair" Creighton
Paradise Annie" Alma Rubens,
sinners Alice Brady. Realart.
~Erstwhile Susan" Constance Bin
neys Realart.
Anne OF Green Gables" Mary Niles
AIinter, ReaIart
IBIS Majesty. the American" Doug
las Fairbanks. United Artists.
The Beach Combers," Elmo Lin
coin. Universal
'The Breath OF the Gods" Tsuru
Aoizi, Universal.
THE Black Gate" Earle Williams.
Nitagraph.
The Day Resurgent" %. Henry
story, Vitagraph-
The Cray Towers Mystery" Gladys
Lssiie, Vitsgraph-
The Gamblers" Harry 7. Morey,
Vitsgrsph-
Universal City IS busy with three
six reel feature movies. "Lssca" Is
ths name Of q play in which Frank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

that many Of them are quite wiling
70 take any moderate risk called FOR
in the scenario. but the companies
won't permit them 70 do So For II
a star commanding a salary OF $500
a day, and this Is not an unusual
amount, Is hurt. Il means thousands
OF dollars loss to the company while
L Is waiting for her TO recover Thus
even men stars are carefully guarded
from danger In the movies, even being
denied the privilege OF participating
in 4 fight This Is not true OF all OF
them. but n many cases doubles are
substituted in fight scenes Usually
a lamp Is knocked over as an excuse
for darkening the room. and from
then on the audience Is able to com
prehend only dlmly that a fight Is
taking place until a brilliant closeup
OF the hero Is flashed on the screen.
disheveled state that was carefully
prepared IN his dressing room
Some stars are able to provide their
own thrills yet the movies nearly lost
a valuable performer when Houdlni
recently attempted 20 drop from one
aeropIane to another for the movie
camera out on the Pacific coast The
entangisd and they dropped from an
altitude OF a Thousand feet For
tunatsly. they managed to break loose
within a couple OF hundred feet from
the ground, so mat no ives were losE
and a camera man. in a third aero
plane. was able to take pictures OF tbs
whole thing
But not all OF the doubles IN the
movies have TO take risks Sometimes
thew are not REQUIRED to DO anything
more difficult than to have their
hacks photographed IN pictures where
the star Is playing a double role 7
got $50 q day for doubling q star
who played her own sister a short
time ago explained q young bru-
nette double the other day. You see,
Il Is possible by double photography.
for z star 20 do everything but en-
brace herself SO every time an en-
brace occurred 7 had 70 be introduced
into the picture. The audience won't
Re able 70 tell because al you can see
is my back. ard that Is dressed the
same way as hers in the role OF her
sister
Another species OF Doubling which
is both safe and remunerativs was
recently done by the premier dancer
OF the Metropolitan Opera company
who doubled IN some dance scenes
at the rate OF sevsnty-fIve dollars per
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

Mary Roberts Rinehart has Joined
Rex Beach and Rupert Hughes at Los
Angeles, where the authors are col
laborating- in the filming Of their
stories.
The locale Of Tsuru Aoka's first
story IS partly in Washington and
partly in Japan. so the wife OF Sessue
Hayakawa Will be seen in costumes
both OF the Occident and the Orient
Ellen Terry's mimic genius is to be
preserved in a film play soon to be
released OF American make. but with
scenes taken in England
On the screen It looks black, hut
Gloria Hope has the reddest red hair
Of any Of the film stars.
Louise lovely IS planning her first
visit to New York. She came from
Australia in 1914 and never has got
any farther than Chicago. She has an
offer TO star under new auspices
Cleo Madison. long absent from the
screen. and Eileen Sedgwick are to be
eo-starred in a new serial
>
The original stage on which Cecil
B. de Mile made his first film play
seven years ago was demolished at
Los Angeles last week to make way
for a new structure.
X
One OF the big pictures OF the year.
Richard Harding Davis's Soldiers Of
Fortune" made by Allan Dwan, soon
Is to be released.
Charlotte Walker. the stage star, IS
making one picture this summer at
the American studios in Santa Bar
bara. Calf
Lewis Stone has been engaged by
Marshall Neiian for the star part in
Bob Hampton OF Placer" on which
work will begin soon.
Myrtle stedman viii come back IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Merry Mildred DaUis IF You Please!

} A NEW face IN the RoIin Film com
"A pany linsap. This is Mildred
Davis who comes to the southern Cali
fornia studio to act as leading woman
In the Harold Lloyd comedies.
The cup2 Just one Of the many
that petite Miss Davis has won BY
her dancing. You may remember her
playing opposite Bryant Washburn in
IAN Wrong" Her screen debut IN her
new role VIII be WATCHED with interest
by the thousands Of followers Of the
Harold Lloyd comedies.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

six reel feature movies. aLasca" Is
tbs name Of a play IN which Frank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

One OF the big pictures OF the year.
Richard Harding Davis's Soldiers Of
Fortune" made by Allan Dwan. soon
Is to be released
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30

Mayo, who starred IN a Little Broth
er Of the Rich" is to take the lead.
The story is from a poem OF the Rio
Grande- Edith Roberts Is playing op-
posite Mayo. Ora Carew, who Just
has finished Loot" win take the
leading part in Betty Reforms" and
Forrest Stanley and Charles Clary
viii star VITA her. Elmo Lincoln has
begun work on The Beach Comber,"
from the story by J. G. Hawks. Mable
The White Heather" the recent
Maurice Tourneur production, viii
play opposite Lincoln
A sort OF Bret Harte epidemic seems
to be raging in motion picture circles.
In their search for virile stories, sew
eral companies without any collision,
have harked back to the work OF the
novelist OF pioneer California At the
Hampton studios Henry B. Warner IS
the pivotal player In The Gray
VOLTS Ghost" which is founded on
Harte's ''Maruta-" Blanche Sweet is
to have "Cressy' as her next stellar
medium. and another concern IS film
ing In a Hollow Of the Hius." uni
versal has Just released The out
casts Of Poker Flat" with Harry
Carey as star. Mary Pickford made
one OF her most memorable imper-
sonations in q picture version Of
''ATliss."
Since the many farewell appear
ances Of Adelina Patti, Madame Bern
hardt and Sir Johnstone Forbes-Rob-
ertson, the public OF this generation
has become less credulous than its
fathers. II viii therefore classify
Clara Kimbau Young's announcement
Of an early retirement IN the Import
ant If true" column. Miss Young de-
clares she viii make eight more pic
lures and then viii begin a pleasure
tour Of the world that will include
Europe. the leading Oriental countries
and South America After that, she
says, she viii BE- in no mood to re-
enter the acting profession She can
well afford both the trip and the re-
tirement, for pictures have made Miss
Young wealthy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-30
Saranac Lake First
"FlyleSs Town' in World

saranac Lake. n Y Aug Sc
Health authorities OF saranae Lake
declare that this probably Is the first
'tiyless town in the world Health
officer Tremhley reports that. despite
unusually hot weather in June and
July there are hardly any more nIes
here than most places have IN January
and that next year there WIN be none
az all
It cost the town about $1,000 to Grad
lcate the ny nuisance which was ac-
complicated BY requiring thst -ra,-r.
De screened and frequently removed
Dr. Trembley regards swat TIE
~ campaigns as useless and saws
the only way 20 eliminate lIes Is -
pe5 a pan on al their breeding places
:. e'i1 ne aoos' that this can be done.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-04-06

We are now located at the room
formerly occupied by Chamber OF
Commerce in the First State Bank
Building. ground floor, where we
will be pleased to serve the public.
All watch and repair work belong
ing to the public was saved from
the fire We solicit a continuance
of your patronage and take this op-
portunity TO thank all for the gen
erous expressions of sympathy in our
loss. Respectfully.
A. J. ROMBACH, Leading Jewcler.
GOODWIN-GOODELL OPTICAL co.
Ground floor First State Bank Bldg.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-04-06
TRI sTEEs SALE NOTICE.

Pursuant TO the provisions of a
certain Trust Deed executed by
ALEX HARRIS on the 26th day of
November, 1913, to secure certain in
debtedness therein mentioned to n.
d. ROBINSON, said Indebtedness
now amounting to about $500 and
the costs of his foreclosure, which
Trust Deed is duly recorded in Deed
Record No. 80, page 32S, in the
Chancery Clerks office of Lown-
des County. Mississippi, default hav-
ing been made in the payment of
said Indebtedness so secured, at the
request of the lawful holder of said
Indebtedness, will as Substituted
Trustee in said Trust Deed by vir-
ture of nay appointment as said sub
stituted trustee by instrument dated
Dec. 9th, 1918. and recorded on the
l day of April, 1919, in Deed Record
No. page in the Chancery
Clerks Office of Lowndes County.
Mississippi, on Thursday, the Gath
day of April 1919 at the Court House
door of the said Lowndes County
within legal hours, Of
fer for sale at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
That part of the Northwest Quar-
ter (NWL0 of Square Number
Eighty-Four (S4, North of Main
Street, City of Columbus, County of
Lowndes. State of Mississippi. and
more particularly described as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point one
hundred and ten (110l feet South
of the Northwest corner of said
Square Number Eighty-Four (S4).
thence South fifty-four (54l feet:
thence East one hundred and ten
G10) feet thence north fifty-four
(5D feet, thence west one hundred
and ten (1l0) feet to place of be
ginning: being in Sec. 16. Township
is, Range IS West. The same being
Range IS West. The same being
leasehold property leased from the
Trustees of Franklin Academy for
a term of 90 years from August LIST
l sal. renewable forever.
Only such title conveyed as ie
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-04-06
Carl of Thanks

While all are deserving of the gen.
erOus appropriations of our people for
their good work in our recent fire,
believe the record of fire service
which ourBoy Scouts have made has
been overlooked. They reported on
the scene early in the action proof
fered their services. and they worked
all the afternoon, far into the night
and some of them all night, in fight
ing the fire, saving and protecting
and in otherwise serving
the city. am sure that l represent
the best sentiment of>the community
when'I say that all our people are
grateful to them for it.
Respectfully,
D. 5. McClanahsn.
Mayor.