The Washington times., 1928-08-17
HOW
NEWSP APERS
ARE MADE

OF all the marveIs OF modern
civilization, the daily newspaper is
one OF the greatest. Daily and
hourly it performs miracles. It
harnesses together the most
astounding inventions Of mankind
and makes each OF them a part OF
the most remarkable creation Of
them all.
When the American citizen opens
his newspaper at the breakfast
table or reads 1t contentedly after
his days work has been finished,
the uttermost ends OF the earth
have been secured for his enter
tainment and enlightenment. Pos
sibIy he never gives a. thought as
to how it is all done.
One of the most fascinating and
thrilling motion pictures ever made
is THE Making Of a Newspaper"
This remarkable motion picture
gives glimpses behind the scenes
of the Hearst Organization, the
largest and most influential news
paper group In the world, consist
ing OF % newspapers published in
Is cities in the United States and
serving 20,000,O00 readers. 1t Is
now showing at Loew's Columbia
Theater.
Newspaper making is filled with
romance and thrills. THE Making
OF a Newspaper" overflows with
both. The picture has as its back
ground one of the most heroic and
dramatic incidents of modern
times--the rescue at sea of the
crew of the sinking British steam
ship Antinoe, by the crew Of the
United States steamship President
Roosevelt. It opens with the
ghost-like wave sounds of the
SOS flashing through the air, sig
mailing the disaster that has over
taken the British freighter. The
ship is shown Laundering in the
trough of the angry sea. Then Is
shown the radio room Of the steam
ship Roosevelt and the picking up
of the message. The steamship
hurries to the scene, and then is
pictured the rescue at sea in one
of the most thrilling motion pic
lures ever filmed. While the
Roosevelt crew is performing this
sensational act OF heroism, the pic
ture shows how the news of the
great exploit has reached the Of
fices of the Hearst newspapers
throughout the country.
The "story" is followed through
from the instant the Flash" comes
over the wires, to that short time
afterwards when the finished news
paper with it's startling headlines
is in the hands of the reader. There
are fascinating scenes in the edl-
torial rooms, the composing rooms,
the stereotype department, the
press room and the delivery de-
rartment. There are scenes, too, OF
the art department where the
photographs are prepared for the
engraving department from which
emerge the exact counterparts that
appear as illustrations in the news
papers. Vividly is shown the trans
mission by telephone of pictures
through thousands of miles of
space, which arrive at their des-
tination with lightning-like rapidity
and are so uncannily like the orig
inals that an expert sometimes has
difficulty telling one from another.
While the great and heroic res
cue at sea by the Roosevelt was
being accomplished, news was
breaking in a score of other
places. A revolution in foreign
capital; naval disaster at sea;
the eruption of a great volcano;
a city swept by fire-all actual
happenings-and THE Making of
n Newspaper" shows how the
Hearst newspapers cover them.
All scenes of the interior of
the newspaper officers We're made
in Hearst plants throughout the
country.
There are also scenes which
show the famous newspaper art
lists at work-George McManus,
Nell Brinkley, Harry Hershfield,
Billy DeBeck, Jimmy Murphy,
Cliff Sterrett, Russ Westover and
whose names are household words;
of Arthur Brisbane, the greatest
living editor; Col Frank Knox,
the general manager of the Hearst
newspapers, and of William Ran.
dolph Hearst, the owner of he
greatest chain of newspapers ever
assembled.