Putnam patriot., 1921-08-19
CHAPTER III.
Wo.,ld Won Film Wellf

Probably the number OF people who
have not az one time or another Won
dered IN a sneaking sort OF WAY II
iaey wouldn't LOOK pretty well on the
sefeen Is limited 10 the abougines Of
tirioa. And. believe It or not. two
the aborigines themselves applied
Il eur studio Tor jobs not long age.
They mad acted IN several iravelogue
pictures. taken in darkest Africa. had
Travelled as porters with the company
10 the coast. and had finally become
- enamosed OF the work that they
beat their way all the way TO Amer
ica. with an English vocabulary lin
tied 10 about fifty words. twenty-five
OF which were highly proiane. Il Just
gees 10 show that We are all human
Needless to say, beauty aud char
sctcr are the characteristics ~ demand
III the Aims. as everywhere else. The
curious fact is that faces which. IN
real life, possess great beauty OF deep
character. frequently iail 70 carry TINS
across to the camera.
Camera Aecentuates Detects
The chief reason Tor this hes in the
fact that the camera does not accept
snlor values. and al the same time
accentuates many defects which arc
ordinarily impereep,ible 10 the eye.
For example, a wonderful type Of
Italian beauty appeared at our studio
while We were casting a picture called
Wife Insurance She had never
before appeared in motion pictures
and our casting director was quick &c
seize the opportunity 10 make a test
OF her face. When the picture was
shown. her extraordinarily hne color.
ing. of course, went for nothing and
her beauty was entirely MARRIED by the
ineNplieable appearance OF q fine down
over her upper lip and large mole
on her left temple. Both the mole
and the down had been entirely I'M
noticed in daylight. but under the
fierce mercury lights of the studio
aud the charging lenses they made her
face grotesquc. At another time ",
attempted to make leading man OF !
famous war hero. We thought h,
would make an ideal type 10 play op
posttc Constance Talmadgc in Won
ans Place" her new picture for
Associated First National, but W,
soon discovered we were wrong. Thu
boy had been college athlete and hat
subsequently distinguished himself a
4 haYenei fighter on four haitiehelds
When his test films were projected. Il
the astonishneni OF everyone. he ap
neared As an anemic. effeminaie strip
Ing. whose every gesture aroused tn
ndicnle Of the audience
To photograph we'll the skin Of TN
face must be entirely smooth and un
broken The slightest eruption q
hlemish Is visible on the screen. e
peeially IN this day when close ups
are the vogue. The teeth must be perfect
Red Films Black
Considerations which do not matte
in the slightest degree in facial beaut
on the screen are those of eolofini
and OF fneness OF the features Tn
pinker a woman's checks may h.. TN
follower they appear 70 the camera
for red photographs as black. and
face which IS beautiful. but coarse II
IS outlines frequently photograph
quite as well as the beautiful fac
"ht'h - tN9uieite " every atttii.
\ screen star should be equal
ieauiiful in every expression and iror
very angie This is not so true q
the stage star, for when she IS movin
about. speaking and gesticulatine. I'll
question Of her beauty becomes CON
parativcly unimportant. On IN
screen. however, important scenes ar
always taken in "closc-fps" wherei
he star. whether portraying rage O
PAIN. love or hate. must be equal
charming. at the risk OF making
permanently bad impression upon he
audience