Show BAD PICTURES FLOOD THE THE ENGLISH jf MARKET n Redheaded Larry Trimble dynamic maker of pictures and ad adventurer at r K A k er r r large landed in New York Tork the other r d day y among the passengers of the 4 J Adriatic from J steamship returning a ai i sojourn in England i The picture market over there ob observed observed observed ob- ob served Mr Trimble pointing In the general direction of the British isles Is is suffering from the same flood of indifferent and poor feat features res as the United States is But nut there just as here bere there continues to be bo a good ma market ket and a fair profit for the really good pictures I 1 hope it will not be considered such very very bad taste to remark in this connection connection connection con con- that the Florence Turner pictures plc- plc tures which the Mutual Is la releasing have commanded the highest prices in England frequently riS as much as three and four times the ruling prices for productions of equal length T. T It is now more than six years ears r r since I made my first step toward the motion picture b business rt related Mr Trimble I hr Iwas was a rree lance writer In New York then The idea occurred to me that there might be possibilities In a series of stories which should feature feature feature fea fea- I ture motion picture actors of fame The idea was new then and I successfully successfully successfully success success- fully sold it to an editor It was up to tome tome tome me to get the material and to get acquainted with the motion picture people I knew nothing about the pictures pic pic- tures I had only been attending the photoplays about two tv months then Casting about foi for a wa way to break into the studios ana ane have a look lookaround lookaround lookaround around I applied at the offices of th the company and demanded audience audience audience au au- au- au with the manager There was There was wasa a long wait walt and considerable diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic exchanges of messages through the office boj most boy most or the diplomacy was mine I suspect At last I told the boy Tell that bo s of yours that Larry Trimble from flom Maine will be waiting to lo see him until ho is seen It sounded m mysterious and it worked I I was piloted into the big man mans man's s office He proved pro 1 a rather bluff in individual individual individual in- in and easily capable of say saying Ing No I argued however that I wanted nothing but to loaf about and that my stories might make somebody want to see sea pictures l The pub pub- I I i idea ea was not so eo strong in the 1 motion picture business then This won for tor me at last With something that suggested both berth good nature and impatience tho the manager dashed off ocr a note with a big pencil on a rough sheet of paper Let Let this guy go where he wants to William T T. Rock I hI went over to the studios studio and took tooka a look around I got the tho biggest inspirational in inspirational in- in thrill of all my writing career Imagine how 1 felt when I discovered a canal with Venice on one side with Holland on the other side and Noahs Noah's s ark standing close at handI hand I was surveying this scene or flock of scenes with wonderment when Noah stepped out of the ark smoking a PIttsburg stogie I was delighted to see seo Abraham Lincoln step up and en engage engage engage en- en gage Noah In conversation I enjoyed this so much I 1 edged up closer and found that they were discussing the signing of the Declaration of Independence dence clente which it appeared had been filmed the tho day before Here Heie was material for tor stories in I chunks s. s I wandered about and found myself in m the scenario department I Iwas Iwas Iwas was trying to make myself persona grata there so I would not have to use Pop Pap Rocks Rock's pass 1 wanted the studio folks to accept me a part of the works so I could gather my material unhampered unhampered unhampered and without being viewed as a butt in In the scenario department I found a chap tearing his hair because somebody had sent in perfectly good script very except for the fact that it called for the use of a pei performing forming dog doS There never was a dog born that could do all this business the scenario man said I took a a. look at the script and volunteered to deliver the dog I knew that I could make any kind of ofa ofa ofa a dog do that small part The scenario man laughed at me but hut said hed he'd give me the chance I I I put my own dog Jeane on nn the job job It took five minutes to rehearse the dog and an hour and a half to rehearse re- re hearse the actress who played the lead ead lead commented Mr Trimble No Xo Im I'm no animal trainer Insisted Trimble But I have spent a deal of time on animal psychology and it is my notion that the only difference difference difference differ differ- ence between the way people and dogs think is in degree The dog incident introduced me properly at the studio and my way was easier after that It was while whilo Trimble was at the studios writing his magazine stories that he attracted the attention of Florence Turner who was then the greatest star of the company Incidentally Incidentally Incidentally Inci Inci- dentally she was the first woman starred In the pictures and she is less than 30 years old today Trimble succeeded in making himself so effective and pleasant about the studio he was conspicuous Ho lie also appeared to have ideas with considerable considerable consider consider- able frequency Why not make quake that Trimble boy a director Miss Turner suggested to Rock one day dar Why Well Vell he never yells jells around and hardly anybody hates him That was the beginning Trimble soon after directed his hia first picture starring Miss Turner It was a success suc suc- cess Others followed and Trimble be became became became be- be came a director of prominence Rock gave him the important assignment of taking the late John Bunny abroad for forthe forthe forthe the production of a number of pictures in England and on the continent Bunny Bunny Bunny Bun Bun- ny and Trimble had an eventful time In England and there thero the director 1 gained his acquaintance with the foreign foreign for for- eign market markt which has been the basis of some somo of his more recent successes |