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eral weeks to get lighthouse scenes.
That wouldn't be unusual. 1t may
be a month after the cafe scene that
we go to Chinatown for the match
ing" exterior. Yet, when Miss Comp
son comes out the real door which
was the model for the door built on
the stage. her cloak must be draped
exactly the same, her hair dressed
identically as in the cafe. And she
must be carrying her hat in the same
handl Otherwise. Mr.. Critical Per-
son in Kankakee will write a letter
to our editorial department.
And that leads me to say a pa
renthetical word about this same
Critical Person in Kankakee, or
Oshkosh. or Frizzellburg. or any of
those towns that the funny men have
made furious. I maintain that &c.
p" should not have to pay the war
tax IN his theater ticket, because he
doesn't go for entertainment. He
goes to sit with a vigilant eye. look
ing for a place where he can say as
he nudges Lizzie: Look! Didja no
tice that? his sleeves are rolled up
n turn more than they were in the
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tell you that is as It should be. You
see, the assistant has other things
to do, and he isn't always present
when a scene is made. Naturally.
the actor that works IN 1t must be
there, and he is expected to remem
Der details of his position and ward
robe. But here's a little extra girl,
who is thinking more Of how to pro-
mote a date to the beach than she is
about her work. She works one day.
and maybe has a closeup. She
shows up next day for scenes Of the
same time-sequence which must. OF
course. match exactly with those OF
the day before. Perhaps there is a
crowd and the assistant is very busy.
We shoot some scenes.
But here's the Catch in this
tragic narrative. Over night. our
little actress has decided that her
gown needs an addition in back or a
deduction in front. so. while waiting
for her call, she has made the gar
ment conform to her aesthetic sense.
Its Just a matter of doing justice to
my figure" she says. mo one will
notice"
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upholstering the whole studio with
felt,
In making a scene before the talk
ing flm. n director can not shout at
his star and edit the film as It is
made. because more talking by the
director would be reproduced than
by the actor. The director has to
beckon and otherwise signal. The
actors have to study their parts
carefully instead of improvislng, and
each scene has to be laid out and
rehearsed with greater care than in
h movies. because a thousand feet
OF talking film could be spoiled much
more easily than a thousand feet of
dumb drama.
Another problem is that Of ad-
justing the strength of the voice to
the apparent distance OF the actor.
The voice has to be strong enough
TO be heard all over the house, even
II the actor is supposed to be at a
distance and appears on the film in
little. But. on the other hand, II the
actors voice is expanded proper
tionately. when a distant view is
changed to n closeup. he would
speak in a voice of thunder. Tho pic
ture of a star often covers twenty or
more square feet of film and would
be entitled to accents like Niagara
Falls. Whether ~close-ups are prac-
tical at all in the talking films. and
how far voices can be made faint or
powerful to conform to tho apparent
distance of the actor. is one of tho
questions now being worked out.
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y MAKING THE PICTURES TALK y
OfrecordIng and reproducing sounds for the talking moving picture

Aim. and to allow the light which
penetrates the film to fall upon a
selenium cell connected with a bat
terry and telephone receiver. 1t is
usually necessary to amplify the
feeble telephone currents by means
OF thermionic valves.
The Introduction OF this new fea-
ture into the motion picture business
brings tho producers face to face
with a number of problems in direct
ing and acting, as well as the merely
mechanical problems. The first diff
iculty that arose in adapting the In
vention to practical work in the
movies was that OF getting rid of the
echo. The sensitive Aim recorded
not only what the actor said. but the
comment of each of the four walls
and the ceiling. As the voice Dr. 9TH
err sound was amplihed moro and
more. the echo became more insist
ent. This problem was solved by
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which, as described in Nature, isnot
new. but an apparently successful
application OF an older idea Briefly.
this idea is the photographing on the
picture film OF the fluctuations Of
sound waves of the speakers voice
in such n way that the sound waves
may be reproduced at the same time
as the reproduction of the picture.
The mode of recording adopted is
to obtain on the moving film an i'm
age of a slit. so that It is exposed to
a narrow bar of light, whose intensi-
ty is varying In accordance with the
original. sound. The film. when de-
veloped, shows a band varying in
opacity as tho length is traversed,
and looking very much like a dis
continued spectrum.
The procedure for reproducing the
sounds from the nlms is very simple.
All that is needed is TO focus the
light from n narrow source upon the
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NREcTO2 RsM2HFW SZaNZApNc
WIFI ASST DIRECTOR RoBERT LEE AND
SZA2 GETTY CoNGpS0W as 70 GA1l62A
or REA

may erase the "a" and blossom out
as full-fledged directors.
Are you all set? Then here goes
Suppose we're going to take scenes
in a new Wallace Reid picture, at
Mrs. Muchgold's garden and swim
m~ing-pool, twenty miles from the
studio. where I tip in on the pay
roll. We've never been al the 'loca-
ton before. The day previous to
u s a. m. departure, when I post
the call, I have made out a number
of little slips giving exact directions
for reaching Mrs. Muchgold's-a very
necessary precaution considering the
network of roads around Los An
geles. This information. which I
have obtained from the location
man. I give to each chauffeur and to
each member of the company who
drives his own car. I feel that I'm
pretty we'll "alibi-ed," as we say, on
that point
Next morning. however. Just be-
ioAo Jul tuItt INC duSpOrtd
ton department finds a change
necessary. Jim. a chauffeur assigned
to us. is withdrawn for other duty
and Joe put at the helm of the car
which carries. perhaps. the property
man and carpenter, and drags a trail
er containing the props" and refec-
tors. to say nothing of the lunches.
But. note. the road-directions still
calmly repose In Jim's vest pocket,
Just behind the little red book of
cigarette papers. I don't blame Jim;
he's only human like the rest Of us.
Trouble Ahead.
Joe's passengers pile in. and Joe
says, well. where do we go?" ITO
the Muchgold place." somebody
shouts. As Joe lets in the clutch
and swings away from the curb. ha
asks casually. You birds know
where 1t is. do your"
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MODUC&2 cecil &. ne I1LLS
EXPLAINS A SCENE 70
ASST OIQECZOR ZNZE
NO2OZRY OAL7OYZS ZNE LHDY

"Ya-a-a-a," says the grip" Its
on Lemon Blossom Lane-we'l find
1t. Let's go!" So. with a yell at me.
busy getting the extra people started,
they're off in a cloud OF uncertainty.
You've guessed It. They get lost.
I arrive at the location a little before
8; the extra people and most of the
cast are arriving. But there is a
certain amount of dressing" must
be given the pool and pergola. and
there is no prop-man and no props.
They're in the missing car. and be-
gin to see the little cloud that warns
of the approaching storm.
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tie later than the others. Besides.
by this time the other lost lambs
have arrived. and we all go to work
with such vim that we're soon ready
to shoot. It's all in the days work.
and they do say you can get used to
anything except death and taxes.
Matching Up.
But our troubles don't end with
expected bitches on location. Take
this matter of costumes. for instance.
You know a picture is taken more
with reference to getting through
with a "set" than to the continuity
of the action-except by a very few
directors. That means Just this:
that Betty compson may run out Of a
Chinese cafe into a arrow native
street. Being IN a hurry. she carries
her hat and is in the act OF throw
ing a cloak over her shoulders as
she goes through the door. The
cafe scenes are shot" on the stage;
the street is an exterior. taken
downtown. Perhaps we do the cafe
first, and then go on location for sew
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wv construction an expert
enced architect furnishes
artistic and constructive ideas: SUI
perintendents and foremen provide
the worry and attention to detail
which finally make of the architects
dream a completed whole.
And so it is in the making of n
motion picture. The photo-play d.
rector has a tremendously important
lob. To weave a story into an en-
ertaining screen mosaic of charac-
ers and incidents he must concen-
rate every bit of his energy. Most
certainly he must not be bothered
with petty details for the strain OF
holding the plot action correctly
orbids the inclusion of anything
hat might distract him from the
main current of his production
thoughts.
But sets must be ready. props" at
amid and players called. Some
ne must accomplish these i'm
and and players called.
Fomeone must accomplish these i'm
tortant features of picture-making-
nd hence the evolution of the assist
mt director.
A Shock Absorber.
The average playgoer thinks little
I the assistant director. But the re-
ults OF his work. often running into
he wee sma' hours"-are evident in
very picture made. AS a buffer to
bsorb the shocks and friction nat
rally resulting from handling large
roups of people-he has q distinct
alue.
Let me take you behind the scenes
it'll me for a few minutes. introduc-
bg you to incidents that have oc-
urred to all of us who wear "A D."
efore our names-and who cherish
pnd thoughts of the days when we
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no make "talking moving pic
nov rnK rrr.>f :. uApa

ITO make talking moving pic
lures" so that the actors
p would be heard to speak
|uiting the action to the word" Just
in the case of the spoken drama is
problem which has for some time
BEN worked upon by many in
%ntors. The reproduction of the
funds OF the actors voice by means
the phonograph is easy enough,
t the trouble is to make the speech
BID the picture which concerns 1t
nchronlze. that IS. occur at exact
the same time. Even where this has
en- accomplished with fair success
having the sound producing in
Fument and the picture projecting
hchine geared together. it has not
owed very practical. because the
hgth Of the picture film is grad
lily shortened by the repair OF fire.
ent breakagcs.
Now comes n Swedish method.
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The storm arrives simultaneously
with the director. full of pep and
ideas and rarin' to go. He takes one
look around. why the deuce haven't
you got the set ready?" You've
guessed 1t again-he's talking to me.
You" means me. here l am in 1t
again in spite of my seemingly fool
proof precautions again against Just
this occurrence. The director Gains
down, presently. but well you know
how 1t is. o people to whom re-
sponsibility has been delegated.
We're not using Mr.. Reid in the
first scenes. so he's called for a lit
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Gawd, l don't know how they do It'll
Now, don want to leave the i'm
preston that a director and his as
sistant work at cross-purposes. To
the contrary there is close friendship
and cooperation There are direc-
tors and assistants making pictures
VINO have worked together as a
team" for two or three years and
half thai many dozen pictures. It
not infrequently happens that a d.
rector who leaves picture COM
pany to produce under another man
agement insists upon taking his as
sistant with him to the new afhlia-
uon-
A Narrow Escape.
I don't mean to saw either. that as
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winch in,s's upon
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WIN ua W.
u o'eiiooA on
ineie was inc um' We nau c.o"u
vi oFer nunuieu peopie "oiAihs
aeiy ia.e w ote ee@ III
'ioh WIN .he s'uu.o manager l ar
eu WIN .ne 81 oonp.h,
~ na'e speea o"i seivioe mA'
eu W0 poopo
hseu ne u STUN anu 'ne ones
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Yer, loaded befor. n~roceed,nr down
town.
The director-with whom II was
my nrst picture-was one of these
speed wizards, and he finished the
work a little before one; in time,
anyway, for all the extra people to
get the regular cars or telephone to
friends for a lift. I made out my
report and went blithely on my own
homeward way. 1 was in bed and
Just sinking of into forgetfulness
when something like a red sema-
pnOre SlBnal seemed 10 H1t rlgnt up
before my sleepy mind. "The cars!"
Well, o can believe I hustled back
to tho studio. Tho cars were backing
around there, locating a place to stop
for the night-at q price per hour
equal to my weeks salary. There
was a narrow escape-nd I've had
others. But it's ali in the rams. and
It Is q fascinating Job.
Jobs nj o Prrut.u.
.u..u.-
ee' uea, u 10 WIN tns pian-
s Vi mo worh ana mas actually 10
hesoua.e ana orange ior purchases
ana rentals as well as hire the extra
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George AIDE not only wrote Back
Home and Broke" but he toured the
State of Connecticut with Alfred
Green, the director. to find a small
town. with the right kind OF atmos-
phere for the picture. After visiting
nearly all of Connecticut they toured
Long Island and finally found what
they wanted at Sag Harbor.
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1E5.sNSzzaNZ" l19ECZ0R COLLEW ZazE &0AWzVG-
.SALARY CAECR5 NoR EXZ2ES"

housed" With the ~friendliest feeling
in the world, let me tell &C. p" that
he sees mighty few things that we
haven't sen first. in the projecting
room. after the scene is taken, and
tho film developed. Checking" is
one of the hardest things we do.
The month that has really elapsed
between Miss Compson's scene in the
cafe and the one on the street, down
town, is condensed on the screen to
the twlnkling Of an eye. the two be-
being immediate sequence. This is
an open secret, but what 1 want to
disclose is the identity Of the poor
harrassed slave who is responible for
these scenes turning up right. Yes;
the assistant directorl
Too Much Artistic Taste.
1t isn't the stars that grieve us
most. and I only chose Miss Comp
son as an example because 1 never
have to worry about her costumes
and props" She remembers those
things herself. and sees that they
match" And most assistants will
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Take It from me. the most motto
ing nan in the world presides on q
motion-picture stage. and the direc-
tor shouts. Here; what have you
done to that dress!" Then, through
his megaphone to me at the other
end of the set. placing the people.
"Aleck. why in Blue Sunday blazes
did you let Miss Highlight change
that shoulder-strap!" So there you
are!
Men Less Troublesome.
Mind, that goes for the men. too,
only their dress tends more to the
uniform and Is less likely to cause
trouble. And It does not apply to a
lot of earnest. intelligent men and
women who use the bean" and
work always for the best interest of
the picture. They're the popular
ones. of whom you hear it said
among the Pharisees, "You know
that Jane-the one with the coral
bandeau (and don't It scream fright
full at her hair ?)-hasn't lost a days
work since the middle of March?
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EneI.paquete correspondence al Co
IegiO q Sc enCOntrarOn 80 pa
peIetaS marcadas bajO eI emblema
y. sOCiaISta Y juntO a los Candl-
dat0S repubCanOs
Despues de wrifiCadO Ell esGutiniO del COlegiO s,
los uniOnEtaS ObtayierOn WtOS mas de mayOrla

de las preguntas de ritual los efec-
tos de deternlinar La forma en- que di-
cho saco habia sido conservado y con.
ducido al Tribunal, Sc procedi6 a ex-
traer del mismo ell paquete de las pa
peletas del Colegio %.
FL sefior Salgado declare respecto
del sitio en- que Mr.. Edick guardaba
las llaves del saco y Sc reprodujo ell
ell record la declaration y oposi-
stones que en- anteriores ocasiones con
igual objeto constaban en- "record -,
en- relaci6n con ell expresado testigo.
ocup6 La silla de los testigos el ms
pector republican,, Pedro Pares Jr.,
Quien, preguntas del sefior Felid, de-
clar6 acerca de la forma en- que Sc
llev6 cabo la election ell escruti-
nio en- ell Colegio %. Dijo que al pro-
cederse efectuar ell escrutinio el Juez
unionista sac6 las papeletas de la ur-
ma Y luego las fueron clasifcando y
colocando EN- diferentes montones. Elk
plic0 como Sc habian hecho los pa
quotes, de los cuales dijo que habian
sido precintados lacrados. Sc hizo
constar en- record La description
de la forma en- que aparecia ell paque
te y Sc procedio a abrirlo para extraer
de el la Recommendation que contenia.
FL testigo declare que Ell paquete no
aparecia lacrado nj amarrado como es-
taba la noche en- que Sc verified el es
crutinio, aparecia la e11voltura rota
por algunas de sus extremidades.
Cuando el testigo Sc dispuso a abrir
81 paquete, Ell Ledo. Rivera Zayas Sc
opuso, alegando que la declaration pres
tada por ell testigo no era sufciente
evidencia para que sc aceptase aquel
paquete como prueba. La Corte orden6
la aperture fu6 anotada exception.
Una vez alberto, los abogados, unio
(Continda en- la Sra. pAg.)
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DEPARTAMENTo DE HACIENDA
NEGoCLADo DE. CoNTRIBUoIo
MES soBRE LA PRoPIEDAD
Av1so A Los coNTRrBUYENrEs

seglin Sc anunci6 oportunamente en-
todas las oficinas de los Colectores de
Renta Internas, Sc recuerda a los con-
tribuyentes que de acuerdo con Ell Ar
ticulo 295 del C6digo Politico, la tasa-
ci6n de Ia propiedad tai como aparece
en- la lista de contribuciones Ultima
mente prepsrada, este es, la correspon-
diente al ejercicio de 1922 a 1923, cons
tituira la lista de tasacion para el ST.
guiente aflo econ6mico de 1928 al 1924,
despues de haber sido enmendada y
revisada por efecto de los traspasos de
propiedad realizados y peticiones de
tasaci6n retasaoi6n presentados ell
antes del Is de enero del corriente afo,
advirti6ndose que no podran atenderse
reticicnes de retasaei6n y notifcaciones
de traspaso de propiedad con posterio-
ridad a dicha fecha.
Sc advierte, ademds, que Ell trabajo
u0 uSCd11ZdC4OAl qAC NOAAPAOANuo OA AL :
tfculo 299 del c6digo Politico, Sc em-
pieza a ejercer por los tasadores de
la propiedad del Departamento desde
cl Is de enero de 1923.
Los contribuyentes no deben ignorar
las oportunidades que el citado C6digo
les concede para defenderse de cual-
quiera tasaci6n que no encuentren JUS
ia. Panfletos en- ingles Y espaiiol que
estan de venta en- todas las ColecturiaS
de Rentas Internas, en- ell cual Sc han
compilado por este Departamento las
disposiciones del C6digo Politico y
otras leyes relativas al plan de contri.
buciones sobre la propiedad, proper
cionan una information amplia COM
r1eta de las reglas que tienen que
someterse en- sus procedimientos, tanto
los contribuyentes como esta oficina,
para Eegar sin dificultades, La ter.
minaci6n de su cometido dentro de loi
ineludibles plazos sefialados por la ley
San Juan, P. r. Enero 16, 1928.
Juan G. GALLARDo,
Tesorero INFERNO de Puerto Rico
Advt.
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81 senior Lastra de 10 que paso en- la
conferencia habida entire ell sefior Ira
vieso Ell Presidente Harding, antes
de Travieso colocarse frente al Co
bernador, pero solamente unos dias an
tes--
como esta ignorante el sefior Las
ira de todas esas cosas. 10 esta tam
bi6n de 10 tratado por mi con ell Go
bernador EN- las varias entrevistas que
hemos tenido; y de 10 hablado por mi
con ell Presidente Harding con el Sc
cretario Weeks Y con Ell General Me
Intyre.
Y 10 que ignora Ell senior Lastra, 10
ignoran los IS representatives que, Sc
gun ell senior Lastra, me juzgaron, y,
seg1n 20, me preiuzgaron en- un caucus
donde Sc me hicleron acusaciones, pc
70 no Sc presentaron pruebas en- contra
mia, negandoseme las tres semanas
que yo pedia para preparar mi defen-
sa, 10 que no Sc MEGA a un REQ de ase-
sinato en- primer grado.
Y yo tengo Ell convenciniento abso.
luto de que nn Felix Santoni; un Co
bian Rivera lin Miguel Guerra, un We
lila. un Tulla, un sabater, un Agustin
Dia2, un Hernandez. I'm DR.. Pavia, un
Romani, en- fin, todos y cada uno de
los representatives a la Camara,. inclu-
so ell senior Lastra, cuando Sc sienten
en- Ia C&mara tranQuilos Y ecuanimes,
va aplacada la excitacion polftica de
un momento tan especial como Ell de
la noche en- que Sc celebr6 ell caucus.
sin prejuicios de ninguna clase, sin ami
mosidad alguna, juzgaran esta question
politica, sin dejarse llevar por simpa-'
tias infuencias personales; porque
yo no aspire ningtin triunfo perso
nal en- la camara, que de sobra tengo
con los va alcanzados una edad don
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SESSION DE LA rAEDE

A las dos de la tarde cOmparOci6 Ell
superintendent de Elecciones, MI
Edick, con el saco contenienao la do
cumentGci6n del Colegio %. Despues
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PARIS, enero 49, Francia ha dado
hoy toda clase de seguridades a Ale.
mania en- Ell sentido de que la pre-
sente ocupaci6n del Ruhr 10 tiene ca
racter militar alguno nj debe ser in.
terpretado como acto hostil, puesto que
clio solamente significa la protection
de las misiones civiles que han sido
enviadas al Ruhr.
Ell gobierno frances insiste en- que
la ocupacion del territorio de Alema.
mia es question de calculo Y agrega que
tan pronto como Alemania cumpla con
el tratado de Versailles proceda pa
gar las indemnizaciones de guerra v
ctros compromises materiaIes, las tro-
pas francesas seran retiradas inmedia-
tamente.