Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24

greatest instrument for bringing about
better understanding between man
and man, between group and group
and between nation and nation.
| When we know one another we do
not hate one another. When we do
not hate we do not make war. Wars
and lesser conflicts are caused be-
cause groups and peoples do not un,
derstand each others ideas and be.
| liefs, each others backgrounds and
ambitions. Were all these things
clear there would be no hatred, no
bitterness and no war.
Movies Foe to Ignorance.
| Ignorance is. Of all factors, the one
that keeps us apart. ignorance IS,
of all factors, the one that has given
US In the last 400 years less than
| 234 years of peace.
| The motion picture Is the enemy
of ignorance. 1t educates not simply
| individuals but races. 1t eradicates
| ill will In wholesale lots. 1t dissent.
| mates among men q more sensitive
and a more rational urderstandin
that the interests of one are the in.
terests of all. 1t Is the only form of
communication entirely international
in language and scope.
British expert cameramen lead in
this line with six. while there are five
Germans, three Frenchmen, two Ital.
ians. a Chinaman, a Russian, a Pole,
q Czech and several others of foreign
birth.
Among the art directors, designers.
costumers. Great Britain Is again
leading with nine, while Germany has
six, France four. Italy and Russia
two each and nine other nationalities
are included.
This international flavor so mani.
fest among the producers. directors,
scenarists, stars and other leading
characters in the busines is also to
be noted. less prevalently, however, in
the rank and file Of the industry.
III, Huge Industry Built.
The advantages of environment
alone do not hold the motion picture
industry in southern California. In
It's Is years Of growth in and around
Hollywood from what many thought
was crazy idea to the Worldwide
industry with a total capital invest.
ment of $1,000, 900. 900. the motion pic.
ture business has built up in Call.
fornia an organization Of indispensa.
Die individuals and allied arts that
could not be duplicated elsewhere.
the worlds film productions are made
in Hollywood. That is why picture
OF London life can be made better and
cheaper In Hollywood than it can in
London.
When you have story a director,
cast Of principals and "a studio Won
nave just begun to get ready to pro.
duce' motion picture. There is a
background Of trained extra people.
skilled mechanics. wardrobe and furni.
ture houses and similar individuals
and organizations vitality necessary to
economical production.
It's big business in which Holly.
wood IS engaged and Hollywood is
primarily business center. Its c:ti-
zens are established both in art and
in business. 1t takes 20U, 900 miles of
film a year for Hollywood to supply
the countless millions of moving pic.
ture fans with entertainment in four
years time more than 10000. O0O, 900
feet Of film have been shipped BY par
eel post and express and truck. all
emanating from pictures made in
Hollywood One studio has a thou
sand acres with 100000 square feet
of floor space. Another company re.
quires % buildings with several hun.
dred' thousand square feet Of stage
space with carpenter. shops, metal
shops. dressing rooms, property
rooms. wardrobe departments snd
miles of paved streets. I
Great Animal Collection.
ef1ollywood's collection Of animal &C.
tors is quite as distinctive in it's way
as its assortment of human thespians.
There are at least two large zoos in
Southern California, no small share
OF whose income is derived from the
motion picture compan MES. One ZOO,
founded nearly 20 years ago when Col. 4
Selig moved his collection of animals
from Chicago so that they could be
used in his film productions is one of
the largest in the world.
This particular zoo has more than a
score Of lions, a similar number of
tigers and samples Of pretty nearly
every known, type Of wild animal. 1t
covers a total area of 35 acres and
has In addition to an army Of keepers
two skilled animal trainers who put
all their time in training the various
beasts. These animals are In con-
slant use in pictures.
In addition to this one big collection
there is the Winter quarters Of the AL
G. Barnes circus, where q similar col
lection OF trained animals Is available.
gator farm, an ostrich farm and va.
rious other collections Of animals all
of which are ready to perform.
Besides these organizations Califor.
MIA has very large number of indi-
viduals who have single animals or
small collections. There are numer-
Gus dog kennels with every variety of
! canine histrionic talent. These ami
mails. always easily trained, can &C.
complish narvels in the way Of stunts
of one kind and another and are
| genuinely camera broke with the abil-
| ity to perform before audiences.
Great Array of Costumes.
Aside from the question Of person
mel there Is the matter of costumes
and properties which enters into the
business of making motion pictures.
| Suppose you start to put on a Civil
| War picture or story of Napoleon
or the onslaught of Hannibal against
going to do. about the correct uni.
forms for your soldiers, the right type
OF musket or shield or sword? If you
make them they will cost you hun
dreds of thousands of dollars not only
in actual cost but in loss Of time.
| This problem Is answered in Holly.
wood as in no other place in the world
by costume. clearing houses which
have an unbelievably vast store of
costumes and furnishings which they
rent out to the studios. :.
| One company has q stock Of cos.
tunes valued well up in the millions
which it has taken them IL years
to collect. They occupy a History
modern skyscraper from basement to
roof and have over 200,0 900 square feet
OF space crammed with every conceiv-
able variety of clothing from the days
OF our antedeluvian ancestors right
down to the latest stuff from Paris.
They seldom get over SO hours no.
| tice on anything and for instance on
"a hours, notice untitled a Cnnfeder.