Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-11-14
How to Put Throbs
in Movies
By RING LARDNER

co.'s. last week that | was going TO
start II correspondence school of photo
play writeing, ] hadn't no idea that
they was such a Iaation wide spread
demand for Il institute like this kind
In which the public knowed they could
place absolute confidence in IL and not
be tleaSed out of their money, but
since the announcement come out, the
mail has been dirty with letters
from people of all sexes that wants
is and etc. These letters will be an.
Swered in the order named at the
proper time and the school should
ought To be in fool swing pretty o
One letter however has come TO
our tension witch seems like ii bares
repeating and | will take the pains
10 copy il down here and also grant
the writer's request in part which
she wrote in the letter as follows:
'l,ing School of Photo Play Write
inp., Great Neck. l.. L..
Madame; | seen in the paper
where you were going TO learn the
people 10 write photo plays and you
give n sample in the same paper of
Il | reel comedy as ii should be wrote
witch convinced INT that you goI the
/ reel comedy game down to n silence.
Well honey | have always wanted To
nnSn infn rho nInIA nlnN xyritpinp
game and earn a bbl. of jack dureins
my loose time, bui my mind lever
runs TO comedys. Ny life has been
Il sad one as am married 10 Il wild
over 3 mos. old With "a large brood
OF children over whicl | spent most
of M time broodins over them. Ii
looks to me like if knew the technic
and how To put my suur thoughts
down ON paper they would make a
ideal photo drama but as | say | don't
know anything abou; construction, and
etc, so | wish you would write a
serious 5 reel drama without no
monkey business about ii and if you
do as well with il us you have done
with the comedy | vii. be glad TO sub
scribe to the coarse and all that goes
with it.
WEEPING WILLIE"
Miss Willie seems to have The
proper mental pose TO knock them bag
gard as Il author of heart int. drama
and | may as well also say that she
has chose the hes, field, as not only
easier to write than a comedy but
producers also offers 5 and 8 times
as much money for them and In rare
instants pays better than u of ]
per cent of what you think you got
comeing.
Wei then the necessary Items In
a 5 reel drool is Cd u suggestive
title CD heart int. CD suggestive sub
titles (4) IA pop eyed girl with loose
tear ducks % d couple villains and
(6) a chorus man that can knock
them dead. The scenes should ought
to be lain out wes' in some wild
rough mining country like New Jer.
sey.
For this. model reel we will take
the title "Why Girls Snore", and the
locale IL Muskegon. Mich.
Characters
Lily Nausea, u young school marin
(%juvenlIe lead)
Cecil Corset, a young prospector
Juvenile lead)
The Baby (soubrette)
Geo. Bloole, u bad egg (villain)
Heap Big War;. Il Indian (asst.
v~illaln)
Indians, cowboys, prairie dogs,
wolves, cattle. Mexicans and musk
rats.
Continuity,
Reel /.
Scene Lilly the new ~ VI. old
school teacher at Muskegon Gulch sets
in the school rm. cracking water
melons. School is out and Lily has
took off her shoes and Is smileing
to herself. Geo. crawls In through q
crack In the window and snoops up
behind Lily and sticks his thumb in
her eye. Lily's smile broadens rs she
thinks 1t is Cecil who she Is all
steamed up about.
Subtitle: rs 1t Mr.. Corset?"
Geo. scowls and clinches his . front
teeth.
Subtitle; "Air. Corset Ell? So that
is the way the wind blows" Lily turns
and recognizes Geo. and begins to
snivvle. Subtitle: Get the he'll out
Of my house." Geo. pulls a set Of
tweezers and is about TO yank a few
eye lashes when Cecil bushes In. He
fires and Coos nose drops off. Sub
title: II beg your pardon" Cecil
picks Lily up by the nape of the neck
and takes her home.
Scene 2-Cecil's chewing gum mine
near Muskegon GuIch. Cecil's men
is seen digging for the fragrant ore.
Long shot q flock of mountain weasels
passing acrost the sky line. Cecil
comes In with a jovial smile and
knocks seven miners down with q
pick.