Show WHERE DROPS COME FROM Have j you ou ever wondered where aUthe all aU the curious contrivances used for background in motion pictures come from Well VeIl meet this mysterious miserly man who hordes his treasures like the pirates of old the old the property man He Hes He's s a cross between een a collector of antiques and a a. manager of a a. modern modern modern mod mod- ern department store On a moments moment's notice he can produce anything froman from froman an Egyptian vase to a set of false teeth Literally everything under the sun from a ne needle dle to an anchor can be found In the property room of the modern motion picture studio In the early days of the motion picture ln- ln Ind in industry d there was much scurrying around when a director asked for tor materials materials ma ma- to adorn the settings Now the gathering of such accessories Is a systematized systematized systematized branch of the business I Probably the most complete property room to be found anywhere an wh where re Is at the I New York studios of the Famous Pla Players Players-Lasky ers corporation A list of the different classes of oC I articles to be found in the tho property mans man's care at the Famous Players studio Includes lumber hardwood stationery glass draperies paints and wall paper electric lighting equipment equipment equip equip- I ment hooks books maps goods art art goods furniture arsenal supplies athletic and outing i equipment household goods office furnishings store furnishings farm farmand farmand farmand and garden equipment childrens children's fancy fancy fan fan- cy goods mill work furs rugs marine equipment clocks balls yrs and gongs s pyrotechnics and leather goods Under the household goods department department depart depart- ment four four hundred articles are listed There is everything necessary for furnishing the ancient historical or modern household from to togas togas togas gas ranges from dish pans to complete complete complete com com- sets of ot finest Dresden Let the tho director say that he is js going going going go go- ing to stage a medieval battle and up to the arsenal goes the property man where he can make make make-a a selection of ot battle axes swords foils knives dirks and maces that would make the most sophisticated cave man green with envy If It the story calls for a battle of revolutionary times old flint locks are are available In the arsenal at Famous Players are different type of or guns from the period of 1778 to I the modern Springfield rifle In the department of musical instruments Instruments instruments I. I ments can be found thirty six different kinds of ot instruments from the ancient peter pipes of Egypt down clown to the latest typo type of ot phonograph More delving into r six ty-six property I different mans man's man r r s kind domains r of n childrens children's hl reveals t toys for for- forty-eight forty different type beds stoves and range different picture pie pic ture frames r e baskets s sixteen bird birdcages birdcages I cages s different i e type l lamps twentysix Ity I ty six clocks fourteen telephones in including including in- in English and French type nineteen nine nine- teen teel assorted bells seventy eight trunks and two sixty-two nt kinds of or candy suit and haOn ha On the wall opposite trance to this treasure house of trinkets antiques anI an an- I and accessories at the Famous Players studio is this sign signA A pleased customer is our best advertisements advertisements ad ad- The regular customers of this motion picture department store are the directors of the pictures and to to please them is some litle lithe job |