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Show Where Thing t Are Not What They Seem ' A bird age ai big aa a houae An aeroplana propellor full 6f artlvltr but no aeroplane A ralnatorm. but na rain. A IMIImaa aactlon but aa train. A beautiful gardea laetd a htiua. Ilouaaa without ronla. mope that lead nowhere. Traaa that hava no root a. If, In tha mannar that Edgar Allan Pne wrote hie ehrtrt atory parody on the Arabian Nlghta. aumeone were to deeerlhe a rountry or community where euch thlnga aa thnee listed abovo tainted, ta-inted, would he not be aet down aa a prevaricator with a title eiial to that held by Ciherezade hrreelH Vet In tha average big motion picture pic-ture atudlo theea and many mora atrang or unuaual thlnga are to ba found paradoxee explained by tha fart that tha plilurea ara really a aorl of mlr anyway and partake or tha inaalral quajlliea to a lare aatrnt What un all iheee lhln "aed forT Take Che hlrdraae. for Inatanie w'th . h of Its aeed boi.a aa bis aa a door and rod" the alia of amall telearaph polea. It la for one of tha airlklnic en of "Her illldad I'ift." a lllorla Swanaon plrture. whlrh Paramount will releaae ahortly In a aoena rep-reaenilnir rep-reaenilnir a moat elaborate dinner pari y the dlnera are eneronre-1 Inelde a bia bird ragr, while lrl arrobata dreaad aa 1'innrv hlrdu perform on perchee The aeroplane propallor. aet upon a moving rarrlaae la ' tha reaulallon thln. but la uaed In atorm adecta to croata the nereaaary wind to blow treea. aklrta, anow, dual and ao on In the approved maonar of old Boreal hlmielt. Tha ralnatorm without rata la prlnklt-r arranfenient which rauaee I tha effect, aa aeen throuah a window, of tha deluae pourlna or belna daahel I by in. ana of tha wind machine acalnat tha panea. Again, tha aprlnklar may; he a pip with a aarlee of ho lee, or a aertea of auch pi pea. auapndd horl- , tontallv above th aelting. ao thai a regular torrent ma b precipitated upon ill heple actor blow. Again, .1 prop man with a hoae will help a lot. Hnow la mad of flak aabea-r.. blown acroaa the camra' vialon, wtiii 1 th grounfl and roofa are covered wtln aali, ata. to gv the effect of the i whlta mantle of wlntr. t Th Pullman aactlon waa built for, Thomaa Mighan a Paramount plctur. "Th Haehlor Iaddy." dlrctd by AI- frd Orn. It 1 prfci In avery de-tall, de-tall, but I mlnua a oar. th ahot ra-(fulrad ra-(fulrad being merely a cloa-up of h bertha, which later will b matched, up to a plctur of th real train. The building of txquialt gardena, tropli al, down Kaat, Oriental. Weatern. ! Ita.lan. Trench. K.ngllah. I a common I enough achievement In theaa daya of advanced aet ronat ruction in the big1 tudlo. while th companlea gtll) aeek Una hooea and grounda for exterior vlewa In aom raaea. ther ar many mad right Ineld th big atagea covered cov-ered bv glaaa. Trea and buehee. lawna, flowera avrvthing nedful. ar brought In and plaed properly after an approved plan by experienced archl-tecta archl-tecta and akilled landacap anleia Hara artificial light la uaed to provide tha neceaaary Illumination. Kven tha aun la wall repraanted by mean of aim arc, which, being from a million to a billion candlepower. will not admit of ' being regard! pnly any more than th aun, but reflect their effulgent : ugaina: an aluminum a- reen umaMy. 1 he aeta ahowlng tnterlora ara literally liter-ally houaea without roofa. William de Mllle. Paramount producer, la one who gta aom wonderful reeulta by actoallv having whole atructurea built, with the varioua roome, exterior and Interior alike being perfect Step that lead nowhere up or down are common alao. A grand atalrcaae leade the eve to a landing and a handeom doorway On can eaaily picture mentally men-tally what Ilea behind that door, but In reality It la only a blank wall or po-nibly a platform with a atepladdcr leallng down to th atage. Huch are th odditl In modem mo. t ion pirt "r mhnf -1-1tl , |