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Show Visit to Universal City, California, Moviedom's Greatest Land of Make Believe i were larjre frame buildings, all Appro-l-riately marked. On read the notices with great Interest, and begun a walk I to the nearest atru' ture. it happened i to be the properly room, wherein tha ialiora were transpuited Into Hie lare est ormiiing house Ihey had ever via-IteJ. via-IteJ. The pnrllea In charge stated thai at the present time t here v ere o r five ihouffind rilffeient ruitumri ready for us- or that had been puced In uae l r certain productions, with e'-h new j product Ion renuring a great epenli- turn .for Stride costuntcs alone tin noticed the armor of bygone kn'ghta, tre drissea In voguo In Vueen Clui-lctha Clui-lctha d.i). with the modern day cuw-J toy outfits, and countless other cos-' li'iiifl ready for the mny "entraa'j that mltcht be called Into scrvua at a ntoment s notice. I'aaaiug oo to another prnpert v, or what might be called the store room. Iwlll not lea. It's a matter of climax and i llmaea with aomcthlng doing eery, minute to hold the Interest of the alien!, ali-en!, vet exacting audience: IVrhape 1.4 hum of the experience of the new s-paper s-paper men aa the world's beat silent j itstenc rs and their keen jtpfreciat loti j of life In all Its varied phaea, they were found most suited for this kind cf work After viewing their work, the Interested psrtv realized that telling tell-ing the en I ire story in a few word a. In writing- the short captions for film headings, nas not so easy after all 11VMII4I. ITV. Ijea.'lna: tha clean and buslness-Ilke officers behind, the first view of I'n-Iversal I'n-Iversal iMtv was obtained Many acres of land stretched out hefore our view, and on the distant hills could he seen s castle and farther along what looked like a miutature fairyland. Nearby rt nnoi.n h. jr-vkoy. Universal t'lty. not far from Los Ang-etes proper, can well he termed Moviedom'a greatest land of make relieve, re-lieve, for here one is transported through many different landa and climes and sees first hand bow movinc r pictures :re made. Hundreds of peopW flock to I'allfornla every ear, some In sean-h of health, others In search of wealth and atlll others In search of fame In the movleg. i'urloslty prompts many to visit tha atudloa of the picture pic-ture companies In the lOast city, per-hapta per-hapta more to the fact that press scents hive hearldcd tha fame of I'n-iveraal I'n-iveraal t'lty. the majority pick out Iuji place for their first visit. j Situated In a dUtrKt of Its own, a short car ride or auto ride out from the city proper, proves that this noted; movie center la a little world In It- j self IS MOVIK I.IFR KAfft f J On a hot summer's day In July. a psrtv of tourists set out to see for j themeelevei Just what a moving picture pic-ture a'lidio locked Ilka. All the way out talk ranged on many suhacts. but! principally on th theme that a movie , stare life was a very easy ona, and that all one had to do waa look pretty and thev would get by. A amlle was. noticed on tha face of several silent listeners, who took In every word hut aid nothing I eavlng- tha thlrkly populated pop-ulated reMenc!al dlatrict. the ride terminated ter-minated in a atop outside what looked like a topical bungalow village. All the houses were In whits and built In a sort of mission style. A large elgn rmd "I'niveraal City." otherwise one would hsve thought they had landed In a lltt te modern city of up-to-date houses. After mskln necessary arrangement arrange-ment entrance was made Into the buildings Interior. The clesnllness of the p!c SPpesred. The color scheme of white was carried out everywhere, and cheerful and courteous clerks bid the etrengers welcome, grcitnio oKPARTurniT. t) fteekln out tha press and scenario department, one of the party became very much Interested la) what waa o-i In g on ther. But the main thing that Impressed f with the Introductions was the fact I that each party Introduced, formerly i worked on a newspaper of some kind. I APd the thought came that at last thai XB of literary Inclinations has a r chance to corns Into hla abilltv. Ki- planet mn waa made that although) purdreda of eellent stories were re-reived re-reived every dar. hot very few were , fmind suitable for ftimlnsi. and aually, lied o ha entirely rewritten and seen-' axiortsstf. In a snovmj picture, tf oas Itt was oi enetj up io v iev . Mere ever -thlnK luaKlnt)e was' aecn, and the pluce touhl ijeter be culled the old cur-ioeity cur-ioeity enop. From triei?tat settings, i iiga. tui etry anl ornatnenia to houth res llnnd palms and fn.-wera. the ritn of sele. non waa vailed. A large nuiu-her nuiu-her of carpenters were st work on arts, and the man In charge aaid many ,a tint an order for a certain art ling , vouhi come In one day and by next , morning any portion of the world i could he brought right at home l ineaiia of modern day stage designers lend artists. The idea is usually the product of a master artist and after J he works out the sketch on paper or canvaa. the larger plan la soon made j a H mg- reality. . But leaving the foundation eteps for the movies, and passing between row a and rowa of dressing rooms, reminding remind-ing on more of bath houses on a sunny j a short walk to many aiea where pic-j tures were Uelng taken, was made. At J I that time Universal t'itv made the aa-1 . sertion that I had the larsreet outdoor stages for moling moviea in the world. allowing for the taking of or twenty i ti'fferenl aet or putuies stone time. , MOVIK ACTORS IX 41TIOV. t Starting a the first set and coming i , around the corner of a Canae setting;' the first taking of a movie waa seen t I 'ltold that position, steady there. Show I ; some life, what oo oti think this is.' m, funeral: keen talking, more actlou. : more actios. Htop well have to make! !a retake, that a terrible. fteheara that part agaia " These wnrda greeted! the listeners' ears and came from at loud voiced, ahell rimmed spectacled in-f dividual who one would think wji; driving- a se'tlon crew rather than a group of h'ghly raid artists, who ( meealy oheed. This man proved toj he the U re- tor and his word waa law I Many p-op!.- ajlve the credit to the I ConliDaod on page J j conaante4, more out of eurioalty. to aee how he would . jlioiara4u. Wi4Mi tU man tell a Joke on hlmaeif, but thla forma a arand climax. Ha took the part of an ana;e with bare lea;a and clothed In white In a Hook oi Mormon film, and rowed, ehtverlnf, on tha Weeatch foothllla In a apllt film. He became ao tired with walta and retake, re-take, that he wn forever cured of movie amhltfnna and revolved thnt the life of a movie anajel waa not what It "wan erackad up to be." tored, a cloee lnatectlon of tha eut-tioat eut-tioat roomi, and last, but not treat, the Hw pi)P. nun inntn. ittid -ft vie win room, whr the film la flrat Tie wed. and often parte cut out or retaken, and finally the ahlpplna room, all coma In for hienetticn. It aa like vlattlne; a targe tnanu fart urine; concern, wtti each ncpartintnt complete la Itaelf. 1 TAKE fMHT IO IKR, Mahtttme waa falllna; aa tha vlalfera bid goodbye to L'nlveraM'a movledm. The atara were now tn atreet attire and aevrel eilmbed Into their waiting automohilei and made towanla town. The bualneae clerk a were at til working- One night at-ent waa being made ready for taking, with electricity forming form-ing a 'wonderful llghtlur echeme. A long line waa aeen waiting, for "ex-tra" "ex-tra" were to ba needed that sight. I'aing tha Uttla preea preetlge and more en a dare, the writer thought ha would take a chance, and aa he bad othlng to do that evening, and had ao enoyed tha day, took part tn a crowded mob scene. He regreted It. however, later when he found what ha waa in for. After being made up inu coe turned along with hente of fellow movie wou)dte a. he waa herded with the other Araha and ruahed t h rough a atreet acene carrying a lighted torch. fetllnar hta tnea treaded on. and If one ell. goodnight. TV he a at laat It waa over he waa glad to quit and Bay it waa a day. Mter when hack homo and a local film waa J'elng- taken ha once agam waa made a few mlnuteg later towarda' the rcfrealimant caiwhen work Going into the cafeteria, for audi it provad to be. one noticed characic-a In every makeup once! va )-. partaking of tha ei ght repeat rturtng a few moment mo-ment a coinparaiie real from tlieir ceaeeleaa lalota. And my, bow happy evervone ii-rnntl. One not iced what heemed like youth and age ?.ohang-Ina ?.ohang-Ina love giancea and It proved, upon ci. ae acruiiny, that the girl waa older than the trav haired, bearded veteran ahe wna talking to. "rieveral of the atara wire noticed mUlng with the m-rry iiowd. J. Warren Kerrigan, whom many will remember, waa p-of p-of them, dn-aaed In typical cowboy coatume. He ae-med to be th life of the crowd and waa ao Intent en tellliig a atory that ha aee me d loat to all around hi in. Afternoon waa going, and while tha inn le tip. work muit go on. for everything every-thing dependa on light Ina In mo v tea, and (hough now are and electric Itghta ; make tifght movie taking poeaibtv, moat dlrcctora attil admit dayllieht la the beat tlm for takinv rrtoviea Coloured Col-oured photography waa juat being inmented with aa well aa tha apllt him. wherein one atar took a dual character. The vlattora watched tha taking of one of theae acenea, noticing notic-ing that the camera man. who uaually weare hla cap backward on hla heat while taking plcturea, had what looked Ilka a half abutter over tha main lci.. It waa explained that one aide of the film la taken, and then, pernapa day a later, th other aide of tha film la hHo tranv different plcturea wer toeing toe-ing filmed, that tha vlaltora tired of! watching, ao endleaa aeeined tha taek, j and looked for aomathing new. He..- Ing that In the not far diatant hula a picture of ancient daya was being filmed- thev eecured permteaion to Jump Into tha "tin llatle" tranaporta-kion tranaporta-kion car and made for tha new field of action. The caUla at rloaer range "proved-tnabut a ahellwork of wood and canvaa. yet when the picture la presented, atone walla will appear. Tha drawbridge lower and tha triumphant knlghta come out of their retreat t try their ekttl at archery and horae-manehip. horae-manehip. halk Mnea wera marked ao that the actora would not get out of focua and pity tha horaa and rider who did. ' i,oar.i m. Then cloaeupa ware called for, and the atara hastened to the aideltnea to use mirrora and paint fur a retouching of their countenance before th faced the camera at doe rejig, in movies It a mainly a matter of blacka and whttea. and the atara who appear ao beautiful, ara often hideoua to behold be-hold and look1 more like whit faced clow ha than actora Ofttme a mouth that la- over Urge la ao toned down with color that It la made a perfect rosebud when taken. Wlga are lire savers to moat of the atara, and the motto that beauty la only akin deep la proven beyond a doubt. That a muvii i atara life la "not all Ita cracked up, to be," waa proven beyond a doubt. I Th aun waa Betting and work waa to cease for the dav,aa the vlaltora returned. Before laini t;nlveraal City thev vtelted th hoapltal. modern J and up-to-date, and occupied by era who had Buffered by falla and ac- . cidenta for arte sake. The roniediana and cowbovB eapecially being , the greatest aufferera. A look at the fti--proof vault were the picturea wera VUit to Universal j 'Ci'ry, California - (Continued from page 1.) atara In the inovlea. but real credit eholud go to the man who direct, who j ta really tha power behind tha throne. I Again and again he rehearaed. the : piayera In th lov aeen. until they I fairly looked Ilka they would drop from exhauatlon. At laat ho waa I ready and yelled "Hhoot." and then r again a few more feet In a masterpiece master-piece of film art waa taken. Anyone who thlnka a movie la made tn a day Is aadly mistaken. It takea weeka and months of work, and each aeen requires re-quires rehearsing many t Imes. True, it la that though no spoken part hvt to be learned, the Upa tolay tn mod-fin mod-fin pictures must express aome e-i e-i preeelon at least of the action Intend-, Intend-, ed in the play. Though people may 1 think It a just been a silent dummy I affair, auch la not the case. It waa i In the earlv day plcturea, but now I so many deaf people can read the 1 lips, and ao manv bylines fit In with the 'actora' parte, that certain wording at It-net la neceaaary, and bene In aome i acenea must he carefully timed and worked out In unison with tha general gen-eral theme. I'pon close scrutiny the man who lookeil ao huniiiome in a dreue suit, lhat fit eo well, proved to if Herbert l:awlltiaon. lie took hia tnedtcine wn, wh. n the director bawled htm out lui aonte alight unattaf actor v move and , tried ana tried again until the "zcar of the film world" waa satisfied. "Thai a i all for now, rest a f"W minutes." before be-fore wa a hoot the next," aaid the director. di-rector. Immediately the artlata who; were aweating with preaptrai l"n u-der u-der the hot aim. made doubly hot by the many white reflectors and one1 brilliant arch light whit h took out the shadow of a dark torner. br athed a sigh of relief and sought th ncareat shade. As Kawlinsun noticed no-ticed hia scenario friend beckotilng to him to come over, slowing putting on heavy dark aun giafseH an he catt.. I jileaeant words wern exchanged, the movie stars asking bow th- visit wa being enjoyed and If there waa an-thtng an-thtng they would like to know aboit. Cne Inquialtlve little woman who happened hap-pened to come up from the aide llnca, aa a crowd had now formed around the atar aaid : "What do you movi atara do with alt your apare time 7" The reply came, "When do we get an. It one round of action from morning morn-ing sunup to afternoon aunduwn. ana usually when the day I done we're ao tired it a good Just to rest Tn vlaltor waa aatiafled. The parties who had boaated about a movie atar a life being one round of easiness were !-1 !-1 ginning to think different and didn't talk ao much now. "AH readv, Ufa shoot th neit ecene," came the corn- I1 mandlng voice of the director and h read from a mamuscrlpt what catim nett. Movie are not made in tha order or-der In which they are written, often the ending la made first, and tn this I caae all the Interior acenea wera being be-ing taken at Vnivereal 1'ity, whila tne ; exterlora were to be taken mllea away l amid thO cypresa trees of Monterey. Shaking a firm goo)bya, the curly headed artist went hia way, wende-1 hie way back into the sunlight and ' heat of rooviedom. "fId e'ol" eemed to delight In eheddlng more rays of untie on the uncovered heads of the artiste, and It was norirr-d that the , life saver, ! water, waa near by. ; Diry;HKT mct. 1 Paaalng on tn the next aet a Fal-' Fal-' vallon army meetire was in eaaion. A tvpbal group oi bowcrv louche I were e'llng at the gospel preacher, jand then a fight began. And urn i fight. Thi director would have made a good football coach, for be lei the war from th aidelmea Uka a vaJfam I old war borne " Mors action, hit htm don't be afraid you'll get hurt, what ; if you do you re getting paid welt for It. And ihe fight continued until ! the required number of feet were taken. The next aet waa th inside of iMpical earlv day mtnlng camp anloon. !with a dance tn progreaa Though the ' place looked the personifies t i.m ot ' wlldnesa ant the ators and aciresaee ! there eeire1 40 be overload- d. v. Hh j that berace containing more than one at.d a hatlf per cent, the shooting and ligMirg scrape Bmed tutne in comparison to tha mad acramble tnat |
