New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-23
Zenda's Captive
Surrounded bv
Art Treasures
Rex Ingram Receives
Splendid Support From
CALIFORNIA; Proud Sons
BY Harrictte Underhill

Rex Ingram says that making 9Th
Prisoner Of Zenda" Is equal to build,n,
the Grand Central Terminal, or, a
least, that the labor involved In tust a
great What the Grand Central Ter
minal cost Ia something We do no
know but the "Prisonsr Of 2endae COS
h,11s,45s.ls. All Of the money hA
been accounted for save tbs 1e cents
and that sounds like = package o
cigarettes for the satskeeper.
The man who started out to write tn,
checks for those concerned In the max
ing OF this picture got writer's cram,
and had to DO replaced after the frs,
month, go they say. When you say
the picture on the screen do not be.
gin to compute the value Of tho art
objects used In the lettings and add
them to the cost Of the picture, 70,
they were all loaned to Mr.. Ingram
Cor the occasion
A Pride In
Californian Products
A number Of CaIiforn!ans, who next
10 the climate are proudess Of the
pictures which their state produces, de-
cided that Mr., Ingram must have Tho
proper interiors for the castle Of Zenda
and that they must be Of royal rich
ness. These treasures were not sor
sale A. any price, but people who were
sufficiently Interested IN the success Of
Ihs Prisoner OF 2enda" were glad to
loan them to Mr.. Ingram 70 use In his
picture. Experts in art work, esti-
mated that they could not be purchased
tor less than s2,o00,Oo0 II 1.-THE Prss-
oner OF zenda" Is presented on tn.
screen as i0,0o0-foot photo-play. ten
reels that ts-esch foot Of finished Nl,n
VIII have cost about Sill. When II
Is learned that $4,000 persons were en-
faged IN the production Of "The pris-
oner Of Zenda." one Is not surprised
mat 1t cost so much but that II cost SO
-itt!e. 1t took several months to make
Inc picture. and during the time they
"ofAed on II more than $50 900 feet Of
5"" film was exposed By the photog-
Ta7her' John Seitz, and his assistants.
his sounds terribly prodgal, but. ss
matter Of fact much more Aim than
...S Is usually used in the making Of q
' r feature. One Of the season. sue
' Ses which was eventually shown in
a reels, was originally in thrae hun
j q reels. In making "Vhe -Four Horse
of tie Apocalypse" Mr.. Ingram
ID great deal more film than he did
N making the new picture. It ia q
-;'arge thing that no one ever ha. de-
''7ed way TO utilize the film left over
when feature IS completed. Out of the
'-rdreds OF thousands Of feet Of film
It sre discarded It does seem SIS
-tugh another pictura might be con-
'o''ed, Something Of tho sort did hap
',A When the Affairs OF Anatole" was
n.-e. They had an episode left over
d was successfully shown under the
HHon Don't Tell Everything"
\o Light
TASK This
Mary 0'Hars made the scenario and
she lkened tbs work Of IL 20 II, G.
" rlls's Outline Of History" Ofcovr,s
THIS WIS not ell story. for the finished
script contained ! 500 page, of typewrit-
,en material. But in tho present day
-cenarios every detail must be recorded.
rom the position OF the chairs on the
set 70 the manner in which the hsroines
Aand goes unconsciously to her throat
in big dramatic moment.
"a the scenes are not taken IN xs-
Quenee, or anything like 1t, there IA no
possibility Of carrying IN ones mind
the details OF scene. That Is why It
used TO De that one would see the
leading woman enter q house wearing
slippers and appear In tho reception
Soom wearing boots. Probably these
scenes were taken many weeks apart
ons season when wa were IN Be--
modo one Of the companies WAS making
picturs down there. Real ash were
Used by tbs dsherm&ns daughter. and
when they reschsd tie studio And
took the interiors paptsr mashs eoun-
earparts were substituted. only tho Ar.
cifcia' fish were much larger. Go the
anscs was xsthsr startling wnen tho
har0sns sntsrsd her cabin sasrY.ns two
ssh foot long, and q second lxe.r I'm.
sesn IN her kitchen With eAs ssns %ro
nsh about twice che size they AsA BEAN
whsn tAsy snssrsd sAe 2saa
in Which They
Haks haste Sley1y
Before Ma tHsrsm essa a saar;.
scene tn the px.ssnss az Sends b.
Worked tor eexz nsaths With svsn.v.
sz arsstz. The eestumss ass an mad.
efom original aasirna g. vsr, th.
servings, and Rssxiy sns kunA,sa Ar,ld.
'nSs ~sss esastz~sssd IN tho six A,ocs.
Of atty streets and Ia 4As aurts.n,,,
village.
he Ingram asvsy lsss sAs lot and h.
never allowed che actors and se4r.,...
20 Go So either sleeping ascemmod..
SONS wsrs provided. and Isa cook,
served the food to 5000 people,
In the mass scenes Of the coronation
sVents the director Of "The pr,.on.-
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