Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-10-16
TELLS 0F
WORK IN MOVIE I'M
California is Ideal Land for the Movie
Studio-Every Sort of Setting
Desired
NV brother and I were on a nike up

My brother and I were on a nike mp
Lookout NJ r,r HOLLYWOOD. Calf,
we had cut ourselves some good stout
sticks to climb with, improvised Alpin-
stocks as it were. l even had a jaybird
feather sticking in my hat and as we
came up the incline, a young lady sit
ting in an automobile said, any good
ness! Am I in the Alps? You look
like the real Alpine climbers" I told
her I felt the part after the dandy,
inspiring climb we had just made. She
was conversationally inclined and as
II, W. rood r. look 1T I kept IN my
end. She offered me of a box of candy
she was munching on and I kept Won
dcring where l had seen her. Soon she
remarked to her companion, "Well |
must get down to position. That's one
thing I must do, be there on time even
if they don't use US all day" and they
waved a farewell and rolled away. W.
knew from her last remark we had
been talking to a movie lady, but who?
We finished our inspection of the top
and liked down through beautiful
Lau.ol Canyon where some of the
outing folks have built quaint and ar
! tistic rustic cottages. Near one eX-
ceptionally pretty place, we found a
group Of movie folk at work making a
picture. | began to get busy with my
camera ard while thus employed, a
lady called to me from the house and
asked, "How many of you are there
ont thcre?" I counted US all and told
her. In q few minutes she was out in
front and l walked over to her ana
asked if I might cross her lawn in
order to get a better view. She re-
FLIED, "Surely. You know | have boon
away a year and this place is taking
all my time it is so neglected"
eyes" I said, when did you get
back" 1t was Ruth ~Stonehouse l
was talking to and she took me for a
mc2ic camcra man. | conldn't disahu2e
her in that thought 50 | kept on taking
pictures and jollying with the movie
{ bunch. The scene vas a runaway, a
boy and girl in an auto and a big tall
cycle cop halts them for speeding. On
hing ] noted was that they really tall
in going through the n The cop
when he halted them said, "What d.
you think this is, a speedway" arr
as he faced the camera it will be pos
" sibl to read his lips in the reproduc
ton of the scene. A person can learI
: lip language and tell Il great deal y
s the action Of the play by watching The
! lips Of thcactors for they talk jus
s the same as though they were appear
l., ing in a play on the stage before ~
audience.
We were coming back from an earl:
< morning trip out through Verdug'
= Canyon to Sunland and as we wer'
= descending the Vcrdugo hills, we saw
among the sage brush, cactus anc
: rocks what looked like several hun
n dred Indians, cowboys, cowgirls ant
squaws all in full regalia riding ponies
!. walking and some around Indian tie
-.,os We wound 'urther down that
l. big Western scene of the early day
was being staged and filmed for til
s. movies. On most Of my auto trip
a out around Los Angeles, whether t
l., H., seq shore O.. to t. r}oUNt2jn',
= Wild sec some evidence Of q NOW
1t scene being filmed. Once I called m,
/ brothers attention to a turbaned Eas
Indian alongside the road. He wa
= tall and distinguished looking and
n,o,,;o couoro vas crankinp off sew
v 900, L,odrod foo+ ,y;+b him as tho Ger
+uo1 fr,ro wos told hv nv broshe,
+ho4h o wos . P,iab or some high Of
Y fetal of royalty from India, hero !
w.. Anro1os r. Give inst tho right a.
" u,o.rhoro - Soma n;ctrres If Tndi
:. hmor;oo Tho movia nroducin