Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-08-13

bird that amt lone anything all tneIr
life but pluck pimples off a putting
green.
SO In order to protect my readers
from these kind of vipers | have made
1t up In my mind TO start a school OF
my W along these lines and - 'lal
ifcations Is that ! have wrote Ia
plays and they both Topped t. he
sure thing and my system OF teaching
will be to learn my pupils to write
photo plays opposite to like | wrote.
The big money In the scream game
today lays In / reel comedys.
The things that Is necessary In
writeing l reel comedys Is "a a
catchy title (2) a funny idea (3)
plenty of laughs (4) witty sub titles.
AS a sample of what will go and go
big, the Ring School of Photo Play
Wrlteing gives the following speciment
of a / reel comedy.
AS q title for this picture we have
IhooC iHC AiHuy AliDC WHiSl LII IL
self will knock them for a goal.
Characters:
GEORGE WOTTIE. a fshmonger
comedy lead)
GERTRUDE WOTTLE, his wife,
comedy lead)
MINNIE QUAGMIRE. her rival
(soubrette)
AL SWAMP, a private detective
(heavy comedy
BABY WOTTLE, the Wottle baby
(Juvenile)
A Minister of the Gospel, Wottle's
clients, etc.
Continuity:
Scene George Is In his store sort
ing fish. A client comes In and looks
over the stock. Subtitle: 1.-THE Gus
toner asks for a founder" George
picks up a fish and hits the client In
the eye with 1t, knocking him down.
Subtitle: II guess that will founder
you" Another client comes In the
store. Subtitle: 1.-The customer asks
for fnnan haddie, but George tells him
he only keeps weak fish," The client
falls down and tears his trousers.
Scene 2-Gertie is at home setting
on the lounge and pulling superfluous
hairs out of Baby Wottle's head. The
telephone rings. Gertie goes to an
swer 1t. Sub-title:s "The wrong num-
ber." Baby Wottle falls off the lounge
and lands on his bean. Subtitle:
"Oh, what a headache"
Scene George and Minnie are
spooning In the hammock on the Wot-
tie porch. Gertie comes out Of the
house and catches them. Subtitle:
Caught In the act" The hammock
breaks and the lovers set down sud
denly on the floor. Subtitle: at
couldn't Of been a very good ham
mock"
Scene 4Gertie goes to Swamp's de
tective agency and hires AL Swamp
TO take up the case. Al puts on his
shoes and starts out with GertIe.
Subtitle: ~The plot slckens." AS
they are leaving Al's office a swinging
door hits them In the eye and knocks
them down. Subtitle: "In again, out
again, Finnegan."
Scene George and Minnie are
spooning In the fish store. Minnie
steps on a eel and falls down. Sub
title: Minnie says her eel slipped.
George tells her she ought to wear
rubber ones" AL and Gertie come In
the store and surprise the lovers.
George runs to a fish box and sets on
a perch" George tries to get down
but falls and tears his trousers. Al
tries to pick him up but slips on the
slippery floor and tears hls trousers.
Subtitle: "Al thinks theys more to
be patched up than the marital affairs
Of the Wottles."
Scene 6-They all go to the Wottle
home. Minnie loses Der interest In
George and falls In love with AL.
They decide to get married. Subtitle !:
"Al asks the fair Minnie to become his
bride. She says 0. X" AL summons
a minister and him and Minnie are
married with the Wottles as witnesses.
Subtitle: 1.-THE knot Is tied"
Scene THE party adjourns to the
dining room where a fish breakfast is
served. Subtitle: London Bridges
Is falling down." In the midst of the
h~ilarlty, Baby Wottle chokes On a fish
bone and croaks. Subtitle: "Eaf
Jelly fish. No bones"
There you have got your catchy
title, your funny idea, your laughable
situations and your humorous sub
titles. Further and more the con
structInn Ia perfect YOU mIght say