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Show MAGAZINE SECTION'. THE ITER ALD-REPUBLI- MAGAZINE SECTION. CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1916. AN, SALT LAKE C t. ntimaxe MACK SENNETT GIVES THE PUBLIC THRILLS, LAUGHS AND HEART INTEREST V 1"W JE 3- in his completely equipped human touch, as he insists on touching "jrym" or canters tip the highway a the heart in every production. half dozen miles or ?o for mental Inspiration in Cafe. massage, a well a physical exercise. sat with him in a Jivorkout ilfii If ho Five Years Ago Worked for D. IV. Griffith Ios Angeles "I for $r a Day iow Sends "Would vo!i believe it!" savs Mr. cafe A one evening. pompous star Out Film Products of An Iiork, "six ye3rs asro Mack Sennett off Broadway entered and we watched Annual Value of S200 was working for the old Kiograph him strut through the place. 'I'm goa day, under I). W. ing to show that guy up in a picture,' takes a personal company at Ttjdav he has the most aid Mr. Sennett. In ten days, a Interest in Every Film That !(lriffith! modern fdudio in America, and Keystone comedy was written made Is Turned Out; Directs have figured that hi.s film prodI cx-jH- rt and ready for release in which that type of actor was satirized. You have seen that picture on the screen in Salt Lake. "During the day, he is everywhere on the lot, consulting with directors, Fourteen Producing uct ou'-to lie worth $2.000,000 a the same number of year. When heends out the tale that Directors and Keeps Tab lie personally supervises all Mack on a Regular Working Sennett Keystone comedies, he means Force of 500 Players; With just that. Works Early and Late. a Natural Gift for Travesty His Pliotoplays Originally "He is up at 6 a. m. every day and he l in the projection room Arc Mostly Straight Melo- often with his chirf assistant, Tony O'Sul dramas, But He Gives jlivnn. until and 2 a. m., clipping Com-partie- s, ht watching the various Keystone companies in action, offering ideas and suggestions, his cheery disposition never failing to inspire those with whom .he comM in contact- - At the 1 , r .i 'ri 1 nem Hie I OUCIl OJ loni- - anil V(.vnin film, that have been scenario department he passes consid, time consulting with the staff crv Exaggerating the Char-- i made the previous day. I have seen crable. to stories and acters and the Situations. director, come to him absolutely at j" in roure VTOV Preparation. Daily . .. their wit,' end for nn original con- tho of i purchasing department in a pi.oto- - reports nVKFIS or" the movies insist up-- n du5H,n or bit ot tmsiiir-- s ;., ind other branches of the business of-l '1 n v on whicli t hey are working, and. tt.roo tfun f.lrr. shnwm t km- are all rersonallv insnected bv a iiasn, ir. renneu uii. thrr,- ar- - thrill, laudi. and notinnir lianpeninc elu-iv- e idea and end them mm. Theri; i the human tueh. Thr i one im- - thia the the Mack Scnnett-Keyston- e not a detail around on their wav. There in tii ereen w.rl! that . i , ,. j: !. i. .i pr his business oi that ot )Iant the big in all three tilings ifTi thee doesn t know about. the films .l.ie!i are produced at his h.e doc? mt have at l.is finger's end. Mack Sennett is .18 years old and "He has a natural gift for travesstudio and t!i;it impresario is Mack gray as a badger. He is a Canadian, Sennett. It is for this reason that the ty. His photoplays originally are and his mother still lives in Hamilton, films which are produced at his stu mo?tlv straight melodramas. He enves Ont. es nr so popular ndjthom the nmsterly touch of travesty dio in l.os & cora- rr.akes them If. FJORK to conclude his refused fdm are the Wv of other producers, bv edies exaggerating tiie cliaracters review w it hout a reference to Ma Sidelights on Sennett. and situations. bel Xormand, the Keystone comediKev-toromedies are alwavs "His Keystone comedies must have enne, who has been with the Keystone alwavs edueat ional. alwavs' three things thrills, laughs and the company since its organization, and entertaining b'eau they are pro-- j lure, I under tiie personal direction of Mrack Sennett. said S. K. b' ork per 7 wS:s sonal representative of Mr. Sennett, t rrd j i 1 L i i . t- - - -- - -- -- in-cj- t- . : . I ' An-el- side-splitti- M' ng j j h- pU-asimr- ; . ; ' who was n Salt Lake la-- t week. Mr. Iiork. v.ho iroraf)iV Ui'.ows trip un- presario .f rnirth better than any was in a reminiscent! other Ti'ootl when ie gae out a few side-- ! lizht' on the man who makes millions V A. s AV ., .r J . Ar-buckl- now-know- ardu-ousne- n ss old-fashion- ed - e je : 'pp" i Keystone studies. 't ) t t" It should be remembered at the outset that Mack Sennett now has fourteen producing companies, the same number of directors, a regular force of 500 players, and that he personally supervises every film before it is released, keeps the story of every photoplay in the making in his head at all Stage of its filming and can pull a director out of a blind alley or away from the proverbial brick wall, into which the all run occasionally, on a v. s ,'' Tribute to Men in Trenches. XD, speaking of this Sennett star," continued Mr. Rork, "hard fighting in the trenches does not seem to have caused the boys at the front in the European theatre of war to forget their interest in the movie stars. Miss Xormand is in receipt of a letter from a young man, who states that he and another solin France,' dier, fighting 'omew-herhad an argument regarding the comedienne, as to her age and whether or not she was married. The writer concludes by saying, 'Do you think you to enlightening us could see your both on that very personal argument ! "We go to the trenches tomorrow, having had a rest for three days. Xow, Mabel, do tell. Kind regards to "Fatty." ' In answering the letter, Mabel gives the desired information and ends her letter with the following paragraph: 'I take this opportunity of paying a glowing tribute to the noble deeds which you boys are daily e i ' was not enough meat on the elongated comedian to justify an attack. e. el 5 at least twice every week, which give a faint idea of the and "punch" he generates about the lauLru. " I : ;y x ' , y yr- - , t -- - y , Realism Hard to Duplicate. JIJERE is another which shows how presence of mind on the part of Clarence Badger, directing a film at studios the Mack Sennett-Keyston- e recently added a remarkable bit of realism to the picture and saved a considerable amount of film footage. Badger is making a picture which Mack Sennett arranged for him just before departing for New York. In himself fact, the director-genersuperintended the taking of the first few scenes, and of course Badger is doing his utmost to keep the following scenes up to the Sennett standard. al s ? -- ' . Ht, r ? y a '.f. t , v f . J.. ... Mis3 Mabel Normona-- , N , , r -- M Mirtlvtt ill y, y ss ty Movie Actress, to Whom He Attributes No Small Share of His Success ; Here Is a Sidelight View of the Man and His Work, Which Is to Turn Out .the Best of Comedies for the Entertainment of the Amusement-loving Patrons of the vnv rAJi?.:s i i:yl yy?ynyj-J- i S: r'4 s "'v-- - 1 l n-pre- y. : , Tzc Unusual Story of a Canadian Boy, Noiv a Man of 38 and as Gray as a Badger, Who Is Making His on the World of Film dom; He Is a Prodigious Worker and Is at His Duties at 6 o'Clock in the Morning, With a Genuine Edison ian Liking for Work; His Discovery of Mabel Normand, the Dain- get-awa- 'KA 4 "73 The company was working on a loca tion filming a scene, with Helen Bray, portraying the character of the adventuress trying to lure a country boy away from his sweetheart, played by Gloria Swanson. In the action of the piece, Mis-- Bray is riding horseback, Film Theatres, and Miss Swanson, driving by in a roadster, frightens the horse which "Camera! lously escaped injury. begins to rear and is about to run Camera!" cried Badger, as the horse away when the boy appears on the went down with Miss Bray. His scene, grasps the reins and saves the of mind in keeping the comadventuress. In the taking of the pic- presence pany in action and the camera foture, Miss Bray was making a thrill- cused amid intense excitement added y mounted on a rather ing a bit of realism hard to duplicate. frisky steed. When Miss Swanson When the picture is finally completed approached in the machine, the horse and released, the entire mishap will insisted upon' overplaying his part and be shown just as if it had all been instead of being only mildly frightened he began to buck and pitch like planned that way. a real cowpony. He finally reared No Twelve Reel Films. Miss over. backward, going completely ACK SENNETT is probably the Bray fell under the horse, but miracu- - jy only director in the business of manufacturing film pictures who has no desire to make a ten or twelve reel production. Nearly all of the big directors have at one time or another produced or attempted to produce a big multiple-ree- l picture, but Mr. Sennett is satisfied to go on with the comedies. It is in the cutting room 1 ' v that Mr. Sennett really exercises his powers as "boss." His work is more like that of an editor than a director; he knows the wisdom of being brief Many a director's heart has been broken when Mx. Sennett has cast a week's work in the wastebasket. Even if Mr. Sennett did film a ten or twelve reeler, the lure of the scissors would prove too strong and he would a undoubtedly clip it to 3000 feet. w-a- y moment's notice. Keeps Finger on Detail. Incidentally, . he personally conceives most of the plots and evolves the inscrutable mechanical tricks and illusions that have made Keystone comedies so valuable to the exhibitor and the moving picture public. If he has any time left he takes a dip in his magnificent plunge, enjoys a Mack Senneth studios near Los Angeles. reached the zenith of her popularity accomplishing on the battle line and in the "Fattj- - and Mabel" series, in pray to God that this terrible strife will soon cease and that you may rewhich she worked with "Fatty" turn safely to your home and dear "This dainty and talented come- ones. ' "Her new studio is located on Sundienne, now 23 years old, was doing rather heavy dramatic work under set boulevard in one of Los Angeles' Griffith in the old Biograph company most picturesque spots. As in the when Mack Sennett discovered that past her stories will be selected by she was truly fitted for' the roles Mr. Sennett. She has surrounded herwhich have since made her famous," self with a cast of pioneer film actors continued Mr. Rork. "Mabel has en- to make eight four-recomedy ' ' deared herself to the people of two dramas a year. hemispheres and her name is AXY good stories come from the in almost every city and town Sennett-Keyston- e studios. Last of the civilized world. She was born Sunday Victor Herman's company in Boston, is a convent graduate and went to Catalina island, seventy miles went into pictures from the legitimate from Los Angeles, for the purpose of stage. some special "locations" for "In the vears she has been starred taking the new Kevstone comedy, "She in Keystone comedies she has never Loved a Sailor," a story which deals been found wanting. The little actress with the scuttling of a ship and an has never faltered, despite the inventor who has perfected water of the task or the inconvenshoes, by which shipwrecked passeniences it entailed. In recognition of gers may tread upon the surface of these things and because of her im- the ocean, instead of the mense drawing power, the executives method of donning life preservhave placed her at the head of her ers. On the return trip, the island own studio and company called 'The had been left behind only a few miles Mabel Xormand Feature Film com- when a big whale hove in sight. All pany.' members of the company aver that Farewell to Slapstick. this particular whale had a most sav"The famous comedienne is to say age and hungry expression. Everygood-b- y to the 'rough stuff.' Hence body "dug" for sandwiches and forth she will have even greater op-- scraps that might appease the sea portunity to display her dramatic tal- monster's appetite and thereby divert ent. The squirting of the seltzer his attention from themselves. Just water bottles and the throwing of as the worst was feared, however, the brickbats is to end as far as the dain- - mainland was sighted and the whale Mabel is concerned. In her newj ty disappeared. It is alleged that when scenes laid in are a the first play the aquatic monster caught a glimpse western mining section with Mabel as of Ilnirh Fay, it decided that there the mischievous child, where she may display those delightful bits of comedy which come naturally to her. Later she goes east into homes of wealth and luxury and the role calls for dramatic ability. Incidentally she will wear some of her new gowns, recently .designed for her by a French modiste now in the east." ' d - KTHiimi Mack Sennett. wf The Rev. Edward Noel Melllsh, a chaplain with the British forces in France, has received the Victoria Cros3 for conspicuous bravery. It is related that for three days he risked his life A continuously to rescue wounded men on the battle field. lie brought in ten badly wounded men on the first day from ground swept by machine gun fire. and. three were actually killed while he was dressing their wounds. Only once before has the Victoria Cross been given to a clergyman. Because the wind the small white linen tie of the swept Rev. J. F. Boyce of Lincoln, Ieb., from its place at his throat, a mishap that was not discovered until he entered the church, he half an delayed the service for nearly be hurhour until a messenger could ried to his room to obtain another. Some of the huge crabs found on Ascension island are each a foot in length.. They have been known to steal rabbit! I from their holes 'and devour them. |