The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
work in The Birth of Nation" as tha sMulatto woman"

work in The Birth of a Nation" as tho "Mulatto woman"
 Long rows of extras" sat In the chief witnesss including pretty Mary
 selves. A few negro boys at the
 hack added atmosphere to the south
 arn mountaineer scene. The judge
 Tn his flowing robes and the jury
 in diffident attire and character. the chief witnesse including pretty Mary
 Thurman, who Is playing opposite Mr Barthelmess.
 Outside of the scene was the melo- dson and cello. which furnish soft music for Mir. Barthlemess 'emot- ing" Lights were off when l first went in and the strange green pal Tor which infeets the studio is re- Elected in the faces of the actors overshadowed everything. MT. Bar
 thlemess sat quietly reading in the
 chair he was to occupy on the set"
 Shorty" English, his omni- present property man, solicitously brought him a glass of water; Mir. Barthel-
 mess smiled the smile of thanks.
 which has made him the adored of thousands of screen fans the world over.
 It was Henry King. the director. who introduced us to MT. Barthel-
 
 like lightning to speak to us--so glad to meet us and how were all the follos in Birmingham2 You
 would have thought we had been friends always We chatted awhile. Then in MT. Kings soft but incisive tones came the call Ready" I slipped into a chair beside MT. King. just outside of the set.
 Lights" called the camera man, and the green pallor disappeared
 and artificial light in true simula- ton of Gods sunshine flooded the set, it came from overhead from myriad of bulbs set in gigantic frames and from four different spot
 lights set at different angles, throw ing their searching beams on the star. Mir. Barthelmess, like all the other actors. looked down to spare his eyes while the scene was being gauged by MT. King.
 short rehearsal, "Lightning bits of emotion played over MT. Bar thelmess' face at the direction of Mir. King; soft music began to issue from the melodeon and cello. "Camera," called Director King. 1 and the scene was slowly shot" In order to look the part of the | backwoods boy, MT Barthelmess had l let his hair grow for two weeks. The | clodhopper boots which graced his | feet dumped on the studio floor as | he walked. His "best" suit of cenim | with an absurd high military collar l and double breasted arrangement was fascinating. The straw hat sit ting on top his Apolloesdue head gave the finishing touch. Here is true actor.
 Behind the Scenes You, good folk. who have never been Inside a studio would never guess the detail which is necessary in order to make picture a success. |, Between sets, MT. Barthelmess took me on the rounds and explained some of them One point of interest was just plain four-poster bed of before the war vintage.
 Tt took six weeks to find that"
 MT. Barthelmess told me. ''We sent
 a man down to Virginia to find it.
 and there wasn't one in existence.
 He came back here and finally found
 this one at the bottom of heap of
 junk in a secondhand furniture
 dealers place. It Is all handmade.
 roped together, and has huge wooden
 slats The mattress Is filled with
 corn husks."
 From the inside of the courtroom
 scene through the open window could
 be seen patch of blue sky. and trees
 waving in the wind. From the back,
 painted with the scene, but close to