The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-14
FILM ARTISTS
FINISH WORK
All Ready Now for Screen
Showing at Liberty
ny J. Is. ROYpEN

Jack Sullivan. nraycd In iee
cream pantaloons. carefully
combcd trrsses and happy
smile. was caught in the act
"Wednesday afternoon.
Jack took Miss Elaine Towne
In his arms ON the lawn Of .
beautiful Lake Washington
home. told her he loved her. beg.
Eci her 60 he his own pity iclSie
wiley. gave her n round NJ gat-
ling oseuiafions--and then tho
camera man stopped grinding,
and the whole crowd beat 1t back
Ca civil life I'm the automobile
which took u out there.
Jacks proposal and acceptance
were the last scene 10 be filmed as a
part OF a Romance Of Seattle" tho
motion picture every foot OF which
was taken right here In Seattle. and
Tin which nothing but Seattle screen
demons participating.
Now all we have 20 do u 60 wait
for Saturday. August -. on that
day. at the Liberty theatre. the Tin.
ishcd picture. all doll-eahicd up and
ture. the home grown film. with It's
stars and mob scenes and bomb and
fist fights and everything. viii be
thrown upon the screen.
Had Us Mixed Up
Walter Steiner. director Of the
Hudris Film Co. New York city. who
guided the actors thru the picture Is
fox. lie guessed that ncsy news
paper men would watch his work
and perchanco spill the Boston shad
roe hy telling the Great American
Public all about the plot. Hence. he
directed the scenes in a way TO make
II tough for the boys 10 unravei "A
Romance OF Seattle" tells a well-de.
fined story OF love. hate. jealousy.
Joy. sorrow and whatnot. But you'd
never guess II from the manner in
which the steiner person directed
the scenes. on the first day he took
what ought to have been the las,
scene. On the last day he took what
should have been the first scene. He
had all OF US mixed up.
That Is one reason why ! want 20
see the finished picture.
Steiner insists that the continuity
OF the film suits him from terra
firrna up. 50 I guess "A Romance of
Seattle" will b. all there when the
barrier Is lifted at the Liberty thea.
tire. Even the actor folk. who. by
the way. dished up a surprise for
even so hardy a campsigner as
Steiner. because OF their enthusiasm
and adaptabllity. do not know the
whole story OF a Romance OF Seat. |
tie" All they know II that they went
over the film hurdles In response TO
the Steiner shouts and directions.
Jack Puts Up Scrap
sim. II cannot be said that there
was n cloud OF badness over many
of the scenes. They were altogether
too convincing TO be nisinterpreted.
To my mind. one Of the best film
scraps ever staged was that put on
in The spnllers- By william Far
mum and Thomas santschi. You re-
member that bout, OF course. where
BIN and Tom ruined . lot of law
hooks. tables. book stands and wear
ing apparel Well. the scrap be-
tween Jack Sullivan and Richard |
Peck In front Of the postoffice |
last Tuesday. was no siouch'
Richard posed as the bully OF ,Ne
neswboys. and II was up 10 Hand.
some Jack. the hero. TO give him q
pruning. The way this pair tangled
was highly reminiscent OF a toust
between a couple Of hostile bulldogs.
Then there were other scenes. too.
For instance. when vfIlyuns twain
seek to blow up the whole family
with a fearsome bomb. and the hero
calmly tosses the deadly missile into
No Mans Land. does IL not suggest
real drama TO your And then there
was--weIl. what's the use OF telling
all about the various scenes Of "a
Romance of Scatter The finished
film IL going to set me into the Lib
erty theatre. that's all,