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Show Mitchell car equipped with powerfu 1 1,500,000 candlepower lighting appara tU8. Used for night motion picture photography. Night motion photography in the most inaccessible places, those places where artificial light has heretofore been unknown, has been made possible by means of an independent, traveling power plant, the fruit of the fertile brain of Komaine Fielding, erstwhile Dubin star and now feature director of the Lubin Arizona company, with headquarters head-quarters in Phoenix, Ariz. That this portable plant, made out of one Fielding's big Mitchell motor cars, will bo found invaluable for field work where it is impracticable to run wires for miles in order to get night photography, pho-tography, is tho belief of Mr. Fielding. Not only that, but he has completed arrangements to transport his entire company and a host of "properties" to northern Arizona, where this fall he expects to stage pictures in the Grand canyon, and by means of the light from his portable plaut, to delve into the depths of the caverns of the great crevass and to utilize for his purpose the dark recesses, caves and trails. It will be the first time where the canyon has actually been employed as a stage for the pictured drama. The outfit, besides providing equipment equip-ment for running wires, is also equipped with a powerful twelve-inch navy searchlight of the projector type. This is mounted on the seat beside the driver and may be operated either while the car is moving or standing still. The capacity ca-pacity of the searchlight is 1,500,000 candlepower and when in operation requires re-quires 25 per cent of the full power of tho engine. The first big picture in which the plant will be thoroughly tested will be "The Great Divide.' 'This will be one of the biggest features ever attempted. A part of it will be taken in and around Phoenix and the remainder in tho neighborhood of the Grand canyon, using that wonderful place for backgrounds. back-grounds. It will be a twelve-reel drama with Henry Miller and Margaret Ang-Hn Ang-Hn in the leading roles. Frances Starr, Blanche Bates, Billy Burke, Frances Mc Henry, Adele Blood, Lillian Kemble and others are on the' list of notables to appear in the Fielding Lubin pictures. pic-tures. The entire fleet is composed of Mitchell touring cars and in addition Mr. Fielding whiles away his spare hours at the wheel of a Mitchell "six." |