Show SCISSORS SCISSORS SCISSORS SCISSORS SCISSORS s m a And Some Interesting Facts About the Movies and Their Cutting I A Any y editor will tell ten you If you Jou Question question question ques Ques- tion him politely that the three great groat I I requisites In getting out a newspaper are brains scissors and a pot of ot paste I and the tho editor will add frankly that brains arent aren't always necessary but he heI will stand by the and tho the pot I of DC paste I It now appears from a R. bulletin issued Is Issued is- is Is-I Is sued b by the Goldwyn Pictures s corporation corporation corpora corpora- I tion that the have much in com corn cornmon common i imon mon with newspapers in relation to tho the primary requisites of oC their creations 1 I Brains scissors and cement are given Ilven as among the Important elements clements of oC n production I play a R. larger part than you OU realize perhaps In rounding the photoplay photo photo- photoplay pia play to its released state according to the bulletin At the end encl of oC each workIng working working work work- ing da day it appears the director his cameraman and ana one or more film editors watch the running oft off of oC the scenes taken that da day These dally daily frequently I nightly showings are called caned the rushes Tho The spectators tors who are aro there in the tho capacity of oC choose the best take In each cach of ot the scenes on on tho the film for or It must be remembered that each see no is shot at least twice and frequently oftener r Tho The film editor Jots jote down the scenes which aro are N. N Od I The Tho film then goes I Ito to th the head hend cutter and the scissors begin bein be be- be gin in their relentless censorial work The film is trimmed down of oC everything save the action In the picture for tor sometimes the cameraman grinds a a. turn or two after the acting Is 18 finished and It would 1 not do for tho the public t to see nee Richard Dix or Helene wIck ChaO-wIck doing a tragic scene and then see them hem breaking into smiles at the tho end of oC It which often orten happens Tho The scissors having hewing done lone their work tho film Is la cemented together again and goes to the 1 This proof strip for of oC course a proof Is used In the cu cut cutting ting is used as a pattern for tho the negative negative nega nega- tive which Is cut and cemented to match It Then tho the prints are aro run off art The I average number of oC prints reaches th the tho nicely rounded numerical of DC lOa thus making it possible for tor you In New York and your our fair friend In Jn Detroit and your our friend In San Francisco to seo see tho the picture on the same came identical da day Motion picture film Is 18 lIko camera film except that tat It comes In reel lengths of oC 1000 feet teet and Is but an Inch wide The most Is about 4 2 cents a R. foot toot Each exposure Is Js re registered on It In a n. frame or Individual picture about Inch and the figures are of or course very tiny It Is this which accounts for or a fact which few people know outside of oC the studio staff that staff that It takes tin tiny photographs pho of oC an actor to make mako one ono big screen photograph as s sten en In a n. The Goldwyn lion for Instance which showing of DC any Goldwyn picture needs eighteen feet of ot film or photographs of ot putt put over tho the fact that he is a genial lazy l zy old fellow with an amiable yawn The film is run through tho the projection tion lion machine at about a n- foot a second AH All ll of which facts are consequent upon brains if It possible and absolutely necessary I essar essary a R. scissors and cement clIment I |