Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-11-18 | Page 37 | "the Man Trap" to be Shown at the American

I The Man Trap to toBe Be I II I Shown at the American Americ n r 3 H I I 4 4 I I t 2 V tt P VMS IA T i United States troops put a sudden stop to motion picture making at the i government breakwater at San Pedro Cal CaI on a recent occasion Director Elmer Clifton of of the Bluebird forces had taken Herbert Rawlinson Sally I Starr and other members of his company company com corn pany to the end of the breakwater for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of filming a number of night scenes close to the surf The night was one of the pitch dark variety and flares which burn i ifor for four minutes and are used to light up up the scene were brought into play No 10 sooner had the flares been lighted and Director Cliftn had his players ready for the first scene when the location location loca loca- tion suddenly became as light as day I The light was so strong that it ac actually actually actually ac- ac dazzled the little company of I I I manuscript to his publishers in 1907 for publication the next rail mil he nad flad gone to reside in Cal CaI seekIng seeking seek seel ing in that land of a larger I measure of health Some months lat later r he went to the Imperial valle valley valleX and there the following following following follow follow- I ing year wrote The Calling of Dan Matthews I Following Their Yesterdays came The Eyes of the World In n 1914 It was written in the same sam arrow weed stud study on Rancho in the Ule Imperial Im Im- Im penal valley where he wrote The Calling of Dan Matthews Matthews- and The Winning Vinning of Barbara Worth The modern trend in music books boo art and drama had so incensed the au author author au- au thor thoI that The Eyes of ot the World was I the result of his impell jg desire for I resul t. t cleaner living and thinking Bluebirds and the flares burned out with no action by the players And then the powerful light disappeared disappeared pearel as suddenly as it had come a af f few fw w minutes before leaving the company company com corn pany in inky darkness again and with Director Clifton sorely puzzled as to where it emanated from But the mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery was soon cleared up for several minutes later a squad of soldiers appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap upon the scene with an officer who inq inquired What are you doing here Director Clifton replied This is a motion picture company and we are making some night scenes Well Vell young man said the officer youre on government property and I your flares attracted attention at the fort and also from the two warships I in in the harbor Our searchlights and I those of the ships discovered you at atthe atthe I the same time Looked like some suspicious suspicious sus sus- susI I signaling was going on so f that's why were we're here But its it's all right you right you can see for I yourself said Clifton heres our our script of The Man Trap Trap the the picture we are doing and heres here's Miss Starr our leading lady and Mr 11 Rawlinson the star of our production Very well but get through as quickly quick quick- ly as you can and beat it interrupted the officer Well Vell signal the ships that its it's O. O K Fall lall in men med and with that the squad marched away It is needless to say that Director Clifton followed the advice of the officer officer closely made his scenes quickly and beat It No more trespassing on government property he said too said too much like with a buzz- buzz saw The scenes taken taleen under the uncomfortable uncomfortable suspicious of Uncle Sam will constitute part of the gripping ac action action action ac- ac tion in The Man Trap to be lie shown in Bluebird photoplay at the American Ameri Amen can theatre today and tomorrow