Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-30
USED
IN MOVIE STUDIOS
To EASE DIRECTION
Both Marshall Neilan and Allen
Holubar Find New Appa-
ratuS Practical.
The radiophone today gives every

The ra~diophone today gives every
indication of revolutionizing certain
phases of motion picture production,
promises greater efficiency at less cost,
threatens the jobs of assistant direc-
tors, and is now ~supplanting phono-
graphs and studio orchestras as a
means of bolstering the morale and
good spirits of the players, according
to information just received from Los
Angeles, where some interesting wire
less experiments are under way.
Marshall Neilan, it is announced, is
the first film producer to install a "a
diophone at his California studio,
where the Neilan company is at pres
ent working night and day to finish
Her Man" for Associated First Ma
tional release and gaining temporary
diversion and relaxation from their
arduous labors between scenes by
means of the wireless device. The
in the morning to midnight virtually
every day. Much tedious waiting il
experienced by player when scenes are
taken in which they do not appear and
between scenes. This is especially
trying on players when working long
shifts as in the present case of the
Her Man. company.
Discards Photographs
Neilan has discarded the photograph
and substituted the r%adiophone, which
gives the players great diversion and
keeps them popped up and fresh when
they are called to appear before the
camera. The players are now dancing
to famous orchestras, listening to ia
nous singers, or hearing the news bull
letting when not actually before the
camera.
Director Neilan Is also planning to
experiment with the radiophone for
picture making, especially in the pro-
duction of big scenes. Instead Of us
ing assistant directors and i%pstructing
them by field telephones Neilan will
try to use the %ardiophone amplifiere
so that those taking part in distant
mob scenes will hear him just as if he
we're in their midst. Producers, gener-
ally. are awaiting the outcome with
keen interest.
The %radiophone has just been used
with marked success by Allen Holubar
in directing some remarkable scenes at
sea for his new First National picture,
Hurricanes Gal" in which he con-
from the deck of a schooner by means
of wireless.
Handy at Sea; In Air
A great many sequences for 'Hur-
CAL were shot" on board an
old schooner 20 miles or SO off the
of California. In the action Hol-
ubar not only used a destroyer, man
ned by its regular naval crew, but two
Of the F5L type flying boats. These
we're the largest ~hydroplanes used by
the navy during the war, with the ex-
Of the NC type, having a wing
spread of 104 feet, and motored with
.wo Libertys each.
To facilitate DIRECTION, Holubar in
a r%adiophone set on board the
to communicate with the ap-
on the flying boat. In shoot
ng the flying boat as it lowered above,
e would ask the pilot, by %radiophone
low high he was. The answer would
'ome back 1900 feet. Holubar would
hen tell him to fl at one thousand
altitude, and SO on. The destroyer
night be two miles away, and supposed
0 bear down on the schooner. Holubar
vould Their radiophone that he was
eady for the heavy smoke. and almost
instantly the tunnels would throw out
heir screen. i