The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-22
Things You Do
Not Know About
the Movies

Q-When an actor falls off high
cliff in a scene in the movies, in re-
atty does he take the terrible fall
that is shown?
! Ale does not actually fall hun
dreds of feet from the cliff to the
ground below as the film seems to
show. The act is taken by "stop
| notion" that is, the camera is
| stopped while dummy is substituted
| for the actor, which is thrown over
| the cliff and the camera started to
photograph the fall The camera is
stopped again while the actor re-
places the dummy on the ground.
| When the camera starts again the
actor writhes in pain and the illusion
Of his falling over the cliff is COM
plete.
| Q-When did Mae Murray begin her
ried?
A-Mae Murray, in private life Mrs.
Robert Leonard, became famous in
the Follies at twenty. She started
her stage career when she was fifteen
years old. While dancing in New
York she was known as the Nell
Brinkley Girl"
Q-What institutions are now using
moving pictures in their work
A-More than fifteen thousand col
leges, schools, churches, libraries and
clubs are now regular users of motion
pictures.
Q-How does the author, Bayard
Veilier, pronounce his name?
A-Veiller is pronounced Vay-aye
He is chief scenario writer and pro-
duction manager for Metro.
Q-What actor and actress are
known as the first stars in motion
pictures?
A-William Courtenay and Blanche
Bayliss were the stars in the moving
steropticon play Miss Jerry" The
moving stereopticon was the forerun-
ner OF LHe early uoNleS.
Q-What was Pell Trenton's boy
hood ambition?
A-To be a navigator was Trenton's
first desire. He even followed that
profession for while, becoming a
petty officer on Spanish ship which
Piled the South American and West
Indian coasts. Pell quit the stage in
New York when the war began and
after the war Joined the movie forces
in Hollywood.
Q-What famous woman directors
story of her profession is to be dis
tributed among the women's colleges
of America, illustrating the work as
a vocation for women?
Ada May Park, a director of mo-
ton pictures, has written of her ca
reer as a director to aid college girls
in seeking that vocation after gradu-
alton.
O-What film star is noted for a
particular style of hat habitually worn
in his pictures?
A-Henry B. Warner and his SLOUGH
hat seem to be inseparable companions
in the movies.
Q-What is the real reason that
Charlie and Mildred Chaplin have not
been divorced?
AIRS. Chaplin has sued for di-
vorce and Charlie, it is said, would
like to be freed from her but so far
has evaded all legal service on HIM
self because he does not want to give
his wife a half interest in a movie
comedy which he claims is worth
million dollars. This comedy, called
'The Kid" was made some time ago
| and Charlie has kept in his vault ever
since. He says it is the best film he
ever made. Under the California
community property law which pro-
yides that such property as husband
and wife have acquired during mar
rage belong to both in equal pro-
portions, Mrs. Chaplin would be en-
titled to a half interest in this film.
According to last reports Charlie and
his film were both in Salt Lake City,
safe from his wifes attorneys. Chap
lin. it is said, bitterly resents Mildred's
use of his name in exploitation of her
films.
Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature
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