NEXT WEEK:
Tte Biograpkical
of a "Peima.
TAc AJaptcr of Helen Martin's "B
ot the Adventures JL hat Novel Went Througk
Before it Became "Erstwhile Susan"
By MARIAN
ITB chastening experience, dtsmatlxlng
novel, nln a valuable, experience, pro
tided onn hrni a sene of humor, and It
i demonstrates nfreh the facts that boohs
don t talk, tliit characters cannot be trans
ferred unchanged from the prlnled'pege to
the theatre
When Mrs Mnrtln snt me her book
-Itarnabettn." nnd asked if was suRl
elently Interested to jiut It Into a p ay.
decided that It mlKht mako n sweet ami
annealing llttlo comedy, with Harnabetta
fhe chief nguro and Juliet. Krstwhlla Kuaan.
her stepmother, on call whenever needed to
1Dnly the fun.
So t pictured IJnrnnbettn ilramatlicd. but
I rounlet without Mrs. Hake, and without
appreciating the difference between book
ri..-,ir. nnd the siialUed character.
characters that must ntnmp their person I
-lllv upon a nceno mm kik -i -Indescribable
necessary illfflrult attribute
which, for lack of a better term, we call
atmoifpherc ,
I tried to make tho play a real dramati
sation, but In tho attempt t n obliged to
ret away from tho Pennsylvania Uu'ch
atmosphere, transporting th little house
hold drudgo from ltelnhartx Station to a
boarding acliool. In tho book poor Utile
unsophisticated Harnnbcltn strucgles
. . tln.tnn.u anntl nf ll
tween ner nun i"i ,.....-. .. . - .
eollego proaldcnt and her nilmlrattnn and
friendship tor juuko juiu.ui .. im. un
months to npprcclate tho difference and to
renllio that Uarrttt does not ring true
With an honest deslro to do my full
duty by the author, 1 wrote the original
comedy In four acts. The author wrote me
that ehe was dellnhted. but I was not I
did not feel that wo had n plav At this
point I threw nsldo the book, which I have
never opened since. Wleo ticyond his years
was tho successful ouhk playwright who
gnvo us his rulo for making a ilramatlia
tlon "I read tho book, throw It nway and
when I hao forgotten enough I start writ
Ing," and tho reason Is plain. Novelist and
playwright seldom speak the same language
Occasionally some soul In versatile enough
to do both, but Instance arc few and
methods are never tho same
After putting nway for a few weeks the
manuscript of "narnabctta," tho play. I
look It out again and equipped with n
trusty blue pencil cut every lino t thought
was "booky." killed off n few characters
boiled down tho tollego experiences of
Harnabetta and Introduced norm of Uarns,
betta'M people from her home town, trust
ing te Juliet, optimistic. buoant. humorous
Juliet, to yjpply ho something I know was
lacking In tho college scene
Tor the first nnd only time In our
acquaintance Juliet failed me However the
play was certainly Improved I sent It to
,1a popular character ncW Sho returned
iho script with this comment. "My dear
Alio Idea Is bully and tho play Is worth
whllo. but It's too long anil jou need to
build Juliet. Tho right woman will make
s. fortune with It but I should bo er bad
In It "
Nono tho less 1 hesitated at first about
turning a comedy with a Cinderella-like
star Into a character play Ho I sent the
script to ono of America's greatest man
agers Hack It camo with the statement
that tho namo part was not big enough
for tho young star that ho was exploiting1
and for whom ho was Interested In the
play, Appended was a friendly bit of nd
ilco to rewrite "Harnabetta" for the char
acter role ot Juliet
Then ono of the Corey & Illter firm read
the manuscript. Ha liked tho play and
nsked If I would bo willing to make some
changes. No onn longed to make them as
much as I did.. Thereupon, we decided that
"Harnabetta" should bo done over for the
Juliet role. I shut inytelf In my study for
a week nnd achieved version number three.
"But can't wo eliminate tho college
scene?" was the comment when tho revised
manuscript went Back. "We can." was my
reply, "hut I'll have to kill off tho profes
or." And forthwith several moro murders
were committed One entire net was slaush-
Waiting For the Local Theatre
IT IS just a bit of n shock to realize that that delightful comedy,
"Erstwhile Susan," is one of the very, very few plays about the
Pennsylvania Dutch to reach our stage.
It is a very great deal of a shock to realize how little of tho
individual flavor of "these" United States over does get to the
footlights. What an opportunity America presents to tho play
wright! Here we have a country of a dozen nations. Every race
that settled lias left its mark. Each modified some aspect of tho
common life. Today there are almost as many cultures as there
are States: Maine, Boston, Cape Cod, New York, Philadelphia,
Dutch Pennsylvania, the Virginia of first families, the Indiana of
Riley, the Kentucky mountains, the eternal summerlantl of
Florida, old French New Orleans, the Southwest of Irrigation,
Minnesota with its farming Swedes, Chicago and its packing
Houses, the Pittsburgh of new riches, the mining West of Nevada,
the farming West of Kansas, the California of orange farms and
summer and mining memories.
The reader of novels knows something of all this, for there is
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and her New England, John , Fox , Jr..
and his Blue Ridge, the Indianans and he, r Middle Wet, Will
Harben and Cora Harris and their Georgia Thomas Nelson Page
and his South, Jack London and his wilds Stewart Edward hite
and his Northwest, Joseph Lincoln and his Cape Cod, Helen R.
Martin and her Pennsylvania Dutch.
But it is only when the work of one of these novelists is
dragged into our theatre, that wo begin to learn a little about our
fellow Americans. That was how "Erstwhile Susan" came to us.
That is how the rest must come-until we have a system of local
Producing theatres over the country. Such a theatre is the only
fnstrument vSch wi" cultivate community interests as the novel
cultivaTe them winnowing the best of local self-expression for
TSrfejThavo local drama nowadays-in a certain
sense But 5us all local to one spot and that is Broadway. Un
Sunately, it is not the real Broadway of the Tenderloin, which
"The E s'st Way" showed us. It is the Broadway c , he , man.
ger'a imagination, the Broadway of every city in the country.
It is ZvZl where convention meets convention and we call
them Mjrama. ,arit whioh 0ur wholesale touring system
tarn xne qua8i:pni,... f;
Broadway of all our lesser cities
iiroaqway oi au our im J-wr
rca expressive 01 j
vice in ten years h
they "The Great
. . iir ll i..."tVi
turea. Only twice in
mres. uniy twice i j"- -
J.CH Jti
Sreat
R.. : "Tha Rnoiflfit WaV." With
asiosu ww. "",;
UO) .r ....--
enough to win production even wiwum. m -""
JVERY GOOD EDDIE," AT
Adventures
DutclT Corned
arnatettaTcllsa Few
DE FOREST
wat-bskt mssracre.
a v. .hr "" nMy- ' MywhlerrM It
keenly .?K, P""' 2,m "of"- I"
X . Vh. h" hlmciil character Hut
P1"1 '""I coante.1 without Mrs Vkt
Mm. .' .?" '" IU nf,h Wr",on b lh'
time ami the original title no longer fitted
AInx Linder, soldier and comedian,
Is nt tho front npnin Hut it's tho
front of tho house this time, where
tho photoplay screen catches tho
comic capers of Essanay's French
funmnker.
tercd. the college president and all of llarn
So I changed to "Krstjvhlle Susan.' and
"Erstwhile Susan" It was. and It
Then Mrs I'lslto read the play liked It
Immensely, but "wanted some changes"
made a llylng trip to New York and we had
u conference I came home for a week of
solitude, made the changes, shipped back
tho Play which Mrs. Klske had planned
This was version number six. and the ap
proximate date for production was decided
"T few nights liter I vas called from
Contlnord on l'me Hl. Column tuur
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BVEKlXq LKDnER-rirtLADKLPniA, KATimDAY DErEJIBER 50,
Jffii&tWlWmfi w' ' raBf yTimtt xN. Frank Kcciiim, Inco star, bollovcs
rniSSB' " 1mm& ViK y$$tf$mryw ' v 'n ho''"n,? "10 "i"top uP naturo
T$m3mt' tlltiF Wtk XMWfflSiX. Si somo aucl' TrinnRlo film us "Tho Sin
gffig3jga,, e )to MKM&9r' W& si wm Vc ,)o'" w,,,cl1 comca lo t,1Q Vlc
" ,,, , , , . , I.co Ditrlch- &&$&&$&? MmsXLs.
Chilly work? No, for Glnjillp MncDonald did st,,jn slnr 0f yV&SSMt Slfli5j
her aqunpInnitiK long: beforo "T.a Cohan Jlcvuo" t j, J, Cirent Ss'wwVtirKlSCS.
enmc to the Forrest Lover" wnlts bKSv' ? PTQpl
for n llRht. Mri' tLyfi"?
Nnzimovn, on her first venturo Into n movio studio, discusses "Wnr Ilrides" with Director Herbert Brcnon,
whllo Mile. Dazie, tho dancer, looks on. Tho Urenon-Sclinick film is duo soon nt tho Stnnloy.
CAST OK
I'tarl I)ar
T U AdAIII.
ilonl liare
Major llrenl
CHAHACTKIIH
I.rl Whit
...... lUlph K.IUril
. ,., .W T Cnrl.ton
TtiMwIor. rtl.lnw
, . Marie Vn
T Tarns inolo
Mrtriaa nonn
Toko ...
Th Hll.nt Mtnar.
IVarl d( Ih
ArVny'- will b. , publl.lwl In Ihl- '- PJ'
'hi motion piclur. lhtl ""' 'l'1 , ' '
ih Armv ' and bow th illrwior baa iof
WSi tSitruMton. alv.i. by tb .oanarlo
wrlUr
Hubtltl Atn.rlra'a .n.mr lha hll.nt MtMM.
haa mad away wlih a llor.rnnnnl r.uori ''
InVlVow Lwaua. of th. natlon'a unprprr4n.i..
w arc mnar.l by turtn iMw.ra
Hnn, I MmIIiiii ulr of I'or.ljn Alllanw In
hoi.7 MnUr. o? Alll.m. "'Vtd ''',';.
Hll.nt Jl.nac blcka up ..port and rd. ll"
rinlahM radln and aptaka
Huokrn tltl "Tba canal il.fonaa plana w
havHur"! muat I- bnt and rrturn-J to
T O Adama. at lha Waahlnaion iarraoKa
Hll.nt M"ac.'nnt.b aPkln '"'' 'fi't.
tary, .ilia Hr.tary tak.a out-two P ''?",
lafl. toaa ona Utk puta otk.r i .nytlopa
wbU-h ha handa to mnr. wl nlla
8ubtltu-I'rl fa.rn!.,WA,Jl ",,,Mn,"r
in mimlxr of th riUn AllUnc
Hna s-Oul.U. hol.l I'.arl para drl. i UP
"SSIn. t-In.IJa roovla llnioualna T.liil ar.4
im ana i"".!"V, i,;i. ' llraoua na
ftcana
r.urS 5Vur. .?.Co-r..t
drlv.a out
r with padiitftaii y.Mu Ma ,"i "
ktur.. atop
by
bar
auto-
f..l
... ''' KS...:;,ToltVa la'.t wSS Ko.rtn
rnoblla
nulla ."- - -' t-- o.u.n .III
ll.Cll.n. "'-. W-- ,-
Ub.
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la front
lr
war
MtS: iruraVtJa In ba.raeka Ce4!
Bean. t:I' f..5SSi uaoara Dara raada
of
1, J of SaaiiiawT Jwn) t.ullt aMtnaar
(round "'. "SSjiafc nalial baaa at I'aao tl
"? .r'auirt I.BW frwl"r a.(ra.li
"olUaa "ftoS' " lr. aaamtaaa
f.1". ".Srh? na AJama In .!"
" - T.r ..... iinari riaaa lora
." ivi itk&M hr niht oJp wiih
nvrr "
C40l Pn
,oi l"Mlu,VMm I,, barrack, dhow fara
"W .HlKavtol i i" alaaltBII,
?Xm m VftT!d uSi' Adama m d.al
tttww for.
tHMAO
ground
"'ff,.';.". uik UOm of -ap.tar.
bru.ta
rlii" M.ta U. rM01M
W5uUo.rjrf. tba .UU0
niaaVof IbaTiM'n Canal dafanaM
JSLZiuuH l-ataa aaa.rly to. low
Para
oaoact blaua
5Fsauwfitf',B
auw aawotabmaol la
m aoawara w ap
S2LJffi!!?j.i"i&
. . f b. oul
.r.cL- ihud away orumpiaa ao
zr li lair oruinl4 aav.l M
IfSi WkTl raarT? PUla pUna I; vBb tal
f. 5 niilmaat aaloi tlraal anle.a a t
iLV. StTbtaHf rSiJirVof Paa Par. w.
SfStJ tt iH PUta on mllTlarx ap Inta
SlfiSf of whLb ka ibrttMa ov.lvpa wliti plana
RKMt.L1Lm waSaM of Adama. Pira Paaka
&S,si;BJo ssr- sasrvjs.
b WW "Tfa Tj .
ao. aaow toxvar,
aaaT AdaBia wUk
Ailamaa &d
VAf'
Ta back Adama am j -"
has4 webaa
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A l&d ioi B '
War
THE ADELPHI; FISKE O'HARA AT THE WALttUt
YOU'LL NEVER SEE THEM
"Pearl of the Army '
By GUY W. McCONNELL
Scenario by
GEOKOE BRACKETT SEITZ
Author of Tlw Iron Claw." "Tba HhltMln
Shadow " ale
PRODUCED BY PATHE
EPISODE V "Somewhere in
Grenada."
Copyrlf 111 1010. by drama llrack.lt -H.lti
Hcana B War Haer.taryat dak
Para coma In triumphantly . Par
Ilrapt and
handa an
valopa to H.cralary, who tKa
tut
Pi-a or
nawatnear. aa loaarta,! by Adam. Alt atara at
nawapapar aaha.t. t loa iilaphracm
Hubtltle ll.th Itonn haa arrlvad at tha
t'aau d.l Noil" to prarant Ur.nt. tb man whu
d.a.rtail bar from inarrylha IVarl Para
Heana tiit'omnvandant a llvtnar room at I'aao
del Nona IVarl llrant. Para. Toko, .Timi
inaniUnt and wlfa all In pKtura, linpacklna-
baaaasa. Orderly lirlnia In inraaMwar
Ullll
noia from lurilw, aaklu appointuHiu.
IVarl
apaAka to Toko
Hiwk.n tltta "tlrliur lla Ilonn hara " llrant
worrl..! by thla iiai.lopm.nl, tnakta an cu.
Hubtltla Major llrant knowa that ll.rlha llonn
Will ravaal Ih.lr paat
Heana J I llarruoni ami danta halt at I'aao
dal Norta ol-llara. M'tWna. dvlllana at
tablta llrant oomaa In. lak.a aaal war wall,
thlnklnr oi.r pUn to i.rav.nt lUrtha from
aaa)n I'aarl Poubla aiuoal worda appaar on
wail Unliid blrn aa If aonw una w.ra whlapar
Ina; Hand I'.arl Para with OroVrly Adama a
bait to tha I'aao dl Nona aflar dark an.1
llartha Ilonn will Iroubl. jou ih loncar "
I Inula- foraa-round. llrtnt. rlllail wltn wond.r.
Hubtltla Orderly Adama'a ball ,
Heana IS Adama a t.nt In 1''E,',m.
pomaa In tak.a out alt fcala It Hhow for.
round ball In Adama a hind pjaaolra until
packat carefully i rated 11 a., rat limn la
PAl UNB FREDERICK
At th Stanley ntt wk in "The
Steve Market, a Fwaoya Player
fillH.
m aaTJaaTaaaaaaiafa1awBavVff. hSa5
SaaBBBBBBBaBBHaaBaawfL hbbbbbbbbI
LOOKING JUST LIKE THIS
vlalblo Pll.olva baric until btlt ta aa bafora
Pull art Adama puta on bait and holatar and
vilta.
Hrano 13 Commanda'nt'a living- room, aatna
aa arena lo I'rarl In picture llrant cornea In
I'aarl areata him pleaeantly. llrant tella her
ot i Inn to ravna'n Inuortncff Hpeaka
Npukrn tltla - At Yi n'clotk tonliht, two
.plea wilt Olartlta a mailer tllal to Captain
rayna at tha I'aao itrt No.le I am an duty.
Ih lou dar lo alone and ovarhaar th.niT"
I'earl nod. aa.ent Adama romra In llrant
ralla him over, il.maiid. and rerelvea hla belt
and a-lvta II to I'aarl Adama prnteatlnir valnli.
Hubtltle Uol.ro, an ally of tho Kur.lan
AllUnre
Hma tt llol.ro'a ramp on lha American
border ltolen In tlrtura. rlhow foreground of
aliadutr of Hllrnl Mtnaoa ilo.o by Hhadow
apparently apeake
Hnnken title "Maka a faka attack tonliht
on lao d.l Norte Wa wilt aea that Adama
an,) I'earl pare aro captured unharmed In the
male " Continuing: prevloua foreground, ahgdow
of Hll.nt Menara Jaavea
Heana 15 llru.ii loeallon. Moonlight Pearl
rldea Into picture. Itiiree alumbl.a and fall.,
Ihruwlnff her Hha plcka lieraelf up uninjured,
but her hore H.ea Hha d.apalra of reathlng
tlw I'aao d.l Norte In lima ta overhear lha
aplea
Hubtltle Tha attack
Heana 10 Town of Paea del Narte Hhow
rl.h Uoleru'a m.n charging througti town, ahont
Ing It up. Colonel Pare'a angtnerra auddenly
appear on the acenu and begin driving Jloleru'a
men out
Htena 17 llru.h Ideation, eame aa arena 13
I'earl atandlng by aa aulo. driven hy Toko
rewtea In. Ilertha Ilonn In machine I'earl ln
atruvta Toku to catch her borae. Tokn movea
toward borae I'aurt rntara amIo aa Iferlha
talla her allenllon In four Ifeileana aalbiblna
toward them on her aeback Pearl atarfa maahinw
bit Alan rhia out alter auto
Hewn Ik-lloadwar location. Moonlight .rr.ot,
Dolero and u few of Ida men following- puraued
at aonw Ul.lanr by United Hlataa cavalry At
a eruaa road I'.arl a aulo roimi Into alaht an)
tiolero and hla men leap Into II Adama and
troopera vata Into plctur Adama Juinpe Into
niarhlna Hhow foreground of Adama and
lujleru'a men In furloua Itaht Adama U knorke.1
down In bottom of raaehlna Full aal Auto
drivea through with United aiat.a cavalry la
purault
Hubtltla Tho hidden cellar of th Pago del
Vurte whlah la reached from Ilolero'a htad
uuartara by a eecret underground paaaage.
Hcene 11 Cellar Open diaphragm on (tolaro
fitandlna- over Adama bound on floor, I'earl.
ouiid. la atandlng nearby tihow foreground of
lioleru removing bait from I'aarl . To iiolero
auddenly cornea evil dealt, lie olaapa I'earl
and klaeea her Pearl .roaaagea. to iclie
liulero a gun from lit bolater arul dropa It
near Adama. who plcka It up with bound hand,
and flrea UoLrro la vrund4 .lightly, daab.a
through door, dropping ball
Mubtltle Meanwhile tba American arllll.ry'a
well directed ehota dtamantla ilolero'a quartera,
the I'aao del Nort walaiwarka and Imperil
t'arl Mud Adame
-.T--- --A" i .-,.- i.w... -.-.
It
Ehow foreground at part of water tank.
Dceoa H.wiwwM eiwil Bl.iaia
Will)
great rui arw waie
water nourlna- out
Ikena SI Cellar.
IVattr I
ini rotle
Irk kiln- la
th doorway. Adama rolla
. aa acen 4U
lotiara pert
r,ff aieaaiir i
Pearl loou on bah
threaten lag
t.i drown Adgnui
Hubtltla A deaparata atteJspt
..... a, Uu.l wh. hjiauata..
Bete
Haaw fore
at Pearl who
Ih"
her ha4 in WW ''? r
etot a4bu can etwst the bo4a aauuler Adi
i aref ulty lakaa aim and Bra (Verl'i bo
H bou
a cartful
in.
bond.
are uvared. Hb plcka up knlfa nearb and
twmmm lierealf aod Adam
Into adjoiatag Uck rwaa,
Ucd JZ Out.UJ hotal
naiar riaiar U0
Adawa plckta up
Shell, are failing
and buratwg
Bnuh tocAtloa Mbow abort Bath
r.1 InurldB BKlllliry t WOtk
Haiie 21
auum w hut dar
nw.iMNH ..weMe.
tUk lha
n.K. !.. li.lt
UM4 him
and larl Math but for o aiu hut n4
nun Adam work, frantically- ta atop the
water Oowla througb (.rack of door Shaw
foreground r'l d .A""". 'Iteisfl o
vhalaMJ Adatna MvlcM4 death la near,
aelaa Pearl In cJoe WHtw Bn draw
to aurwU A. abeli auddaaly bur.la
tbem tearlna a hole la tba ceWag Parl
&
away
above
Adama twun lowaro u and Hewl IsyviuB
Kcea M- -04UH bet Several twreaa of
UrettidUa aoidlMV.ataJUtsaT txt aseilg
fatlio U akuut Yrt 4 Adjgiw. ma.
WW
Cecil I.fn. Mayor of Sunnp. N. H.
Thnt ht hlii iri)Ptr title. He tloeiin't ko
nlmut traKglnt: nbout It, or cnlllnt? thn Com
limn Cnunncl when thn ntrects nrri lmp.ii
nlilc, nr anything of thnt ort. Thn only
way ou could tllaetiver Hint ho In Mnor
of thn town vvouhl ho to nk him to Hhow
hla nreninn'n hntlKC. An Mayor of tho town,
ho In entitled to r tilir. nhlnlnif lmi!8. vvhlch
lota htm by tho tiro lino, nml nil thnt nort
of tliliiK. Mnor Inii l. "f oiitimo. jiroun
of hla .Mayornhlii unit tho fnct thnt ho hnn
tho iiollccmont. iloinrtmr-nt nt hln hock nml
cnll '. Tho pollco of Kiltiajioe. t loM
tt In llttlo womlor that l.m wenm tho
pollco linileo nml In Klnl to vvrnr It ixt to
hi henrt. N'nt only In It Rood to look nt.
but It In moful" If It wns Komi form to
wear It on hi hat. hoM probably tlo It nml
nil till tin nciMiunt of an Inclilont which
hitpprnoil titnt ivook In fhlcaiti) t'ccll Ian,
ono itftornoon. wntt hurrylnir Itonin In hltt
ntitomobllo from visit to n frlctul who rouble-,
lit tho nuburtn. Ho vvn Uto for tho
mittltioe of 'Tho llluo l'nrnitlM"
Jn ortltr to bo In tlmo It wan ntconaary
to hit It up. nn thn nnylni Roca. All thin
hnppcncil In Lincoln Park, vvhero tho npecil
limit In llflecn mllrii nn hour. Cecil Inn
vvnnn't Koine nnytltliiK Uko that. In point
ot tact ho una iloiihlltiK on tho npcctl limit.
Finally, a bulky pron. In uniform, pllnkctl
op behind him and nodded bin brad In it
way to lodlcuto thnt it full atop won do
nlretl. Irfttit put on tho irnltoi nnd tho of
ficer tiok out hla llttlo notebook to tnko
down tho number of tho car. nnd Informed
tho driver which pollco oourl tho next
mornlnk nt 0 Hut t'hlcnRo la n windy
placo. It la fnmoua on that account, it lucky
tliliiK for Cecil I.ean. Tho omcer, colored
up and apoloKotlcally nald
"l'xcu mo, Mr Mayor, but I mlatook
vou for aomebody ele whom I vvnn louklne
for A pleasant day, eh I flood-day.'"
And an Cecil Lean drovo on ho happened
to louk down nnd dlaiovered that tho wind
hud blown hla coat open, tllscloilnp; tho
Hunnpeo llro bndife, with a beautiful, lnrici).
Klowlnc, crimson "Mnyor" lettered ncroHn
tho center Thnl'n vvlmt camo of belnu
Ma or of Hunapco and on nine; a firo badge.
Hut tha pollco clllcer did not know that
the town or Bunapce. N. It., constats of it
ueuernl Mara nnd postofllce, it hlaclilnir
shop and nn Ice limiso. That In nil thero
la to It; but what Hunnpeo laden In stores
and tha like. It mnkes up tit beautiful farina
and a lakt, cnnsplciioun and famed for Its
fish. That tho farmer-folks appreciated
tho actor friends In their midst, nt tholr
true worth Is Instanced by tho 'fact that
Hilly II Van ia tho chief of police:
Kdcar Kmlth, (he Justice of tho pence,
ami Kdward J Connelly, Lhlef of tho
fire department. Cecil Lean liked the
plara so well, and particularly tho city
officials, ho bounht a homo on the Lake.
Then It was tba town discovered that It
had been setting- alone, somehow, without
a Mayor. An Cecil Inn had becomo the
life of the plnco, ha was promptly elected
tho Mnyor of the town.
It Im n matter ot Interest, however, that
the furmerM manage, to get along; pretty well
In winter without a Mayor, a chief of po
lice, n Jiutlro of pcaco or chief of tho tiro
department.
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bicycle. I'erhapa they wsro ggttiBS into traiins; m thijf HtrW A
fapn fpr "Tint BIub Psratowhlfb opwt4 t tlw kyrff Kt- B!t.4.
Wliere Grifii4
Got His Clouas
or l-nolernncisg;
Tlie Art oi Searching tlirt .
licavcns for Divine
Decorations
By D. W. GRIFFITH
1 m afrnld that n great many peopl
who poo Intolerance" pas orer Hlthtly
ona of the most Important Dhotosraphld
achievements mi.ua
in motion-plot tir?
production. I am
refetrlng- apeilty
to the apothesht at
tho concluilotT of
thn plr. when
thero Is Men the
moon behind drift
Ing; clouds, nd be.
loir various group
of humanltr tn
gaged ln atrlfe or
In activities to trag
Best nn rUli?orj'
The aehlsvement lit
this Instance. Is th
actual photograph
In ot moving
clouds, go that they
nro seen to be In
motion exactly its In nature, Thr h.ve
been plcutres shown of clouds scurrying
ncrost tho sky, but until our eprtg r
allied tho possibilities of actual phototirn
phy of moving clouds only punoramlo r.
prpductlona ot mlsU of tho sky were used
In photo-drnmatlo representations. In lhe
cases tho moving clouds came, only as a
result nf moving the camera as the picture
was taken. I hTo taken the trouble to
Invrstlgato claims ot photographer iho
raid they had been nbto to take motion
pictures of clouds and to reproduce! thos
pictures on the screen. In every Instance'
t discovered that panoramla effect tyero
utilised.
It tvas not an easy matter nor was It In
expensive to get tho cloudlaml picture.
Kor three years an expert was at work,
trying to discover a means of photograph
Ing clouds, nnd another man -worked for
two years on tho samo thing Tho expefl.
mcntri made were costly, but ie felt sure
wo wore on tho right track, nnd so wa kept
on and on. Thousands ot feet nt film were
exposed to no avail. AV kept no record
or this loss', but I nm sure It wag tremend
ous. However, wo were patient nnd wa
wero untlmntely rewarded. When wo hd
discovered tha proper process, we wero In
tho position of attempting to utltlxo our
discovery to the best advantage. Wo had
our opportunity In n scene showing a priest
overlooking tho city An ho atands before
tho enthralled spectators of 'Intolerance'
gnxlng upon tha city, moving clouds are
seen In tho sky and stars nnd the moon nre
shown. To tnko this picture wo had. ot
course, to resort to the double exposure
method, but tho problem was not so corn
plicated na In our later effort for our oon
eluding nllegory. In that picture, which
takes but n minute pcrhnps In all to show,
thero Is tho result of Infinite patience, cf
nrduous labor and nf tho mont expert pho
tography. Hundreds of hours wero spent
In arranging tha detail, but ll wns welt
worth It- In this case, double exposure Is
multiplied by four. In other words, night
different exposures wero necessary In order
to obtain tho de.ilred picture, and It can
bo Imagined that tho utmost earn waa re
quired In order that there should be no
overlapping of pictures. You see ctouds
passing In two directions, which, ot Itgelf Is
a marvelous achievement, and when you
remember that each detail of tha eight
different exposures la photographed on
mlnulo film It will bo felt thnt a marvr
photography has been uttalncd.
PHOTOPLAY EDITOR'S
QUESTION BOX
U. II. M., Lycoming County There are
nevornl exrellcnt books of Instruction on
scenario writing, Kustace Halo Hall has
published such a volume, as has Epes Win
throp Hargent. I-'or Information as to the
latter write tho Moving Plcturo "World,
Now York city.
II, p T., ItUerton, N". J. Almost avery
modern film company considers "etorlea In
the rough, barring technique' Except In
tho caso ot a comparatively few experi
enced authors, plots aro bought today for
Idea nnd not polish of construction,
J. McU. Philadelphia AVrlto your atory
In condensed synopsis form, appending a,
list nf characters with torse descriptions ot
each, and send It to any of tha reputable
flint concerns, marked "scenario depart
ment," with return postago Inclosed, Sea
answer to ll, C T. It would bo futile tn
attempt to explain your plots verbally to a
scenario editor They are too busy to grant
frequent Interviews.
I I. II., Woodbury. N. Je The Thomas
II, Inco contest, wo believe, has closed. The
Photoplay Magaxlno carried the details
Bomo months ago, '
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