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Show Great Photo-Drama Photo-Drama 'Ramona' At The Lyric Tho fact that tho photo drama, Ra-moua, Ra-moua, which will appear at tho Lyric theater next Tuesday nnd Wednesday September 19 nntj 20, was staged ln tho actual scenes of Helen Hunt Jackson's Jack-son's seml-hlstorical romance Is responsible re-sponsible for a great deal of Its myb-tlc myb-tlc power over the audiences which are thronging to seo this production as never before ln the history of western wes-tern play going. Frequently Is heard In tho lobby after af-ter a performance that thero Is "nothing "no-thing tho matter with Ilamona." Quite often tho poison making this remark would bo puzzled to know Just what prompts It, but he does know that tho remark springs from somo half realized consciousness of the "Fitness of things." As Is well known, fully nine-tenths of tho moving plctuics mado in America Am-erica aro tho products of California studios. Tho reason for tho establishment estab-lishment of the great studios In tho vicinity of Los Angeles Is that tho ntmosphcro of Southern California Is the most perfect for photograph purposes pur-poses to bo fcuud on the Wciloui Hemisphere, nnd even burpasfes, ln the opinion of mnny dluxlors tho mnrvoloua ntmosphcro of Italy. In rn ntmosphcro llko that of Southern Cal ifornla tho camera can catch quickly and accurately dotolls, without a I smudge or a haze. Sometimes, however how-ever this atmosphcro Is too good and given n ttngn of unn'aturalncss to a Hlfl picture A sccno, for example, is HI laid In a smoky district. Tho dlrcc- HI tors sco that tho Bmoko Is there, but HI they cannot arrange that tho rifts be- P twecn tho sinoko bo hazy as they w3m would bo in Pittsburg. Objects arc-. HI seen through them clear and sharp. HI Tho nudlcnco rcnllzes something is- H wrong but docs not know just what. HI A scene In London or in Moscow HI or somonhoro In tho wilds or Cairn- HI da, reproduced no matter bow faith- CT1 fully as to outward detail, will al- MJ ways lack something when photo- El graphed ln a California atmosphere KZI In the case of Ilamona, no nnnatur- HI alncsB of this soi( occurs, Tho clear, k1 loft, beautiful almospheio of South- Hi orn California Is as much n part of HI tho story as the loc or Ilamona and HI Aleseaudro. Without tho California BJl atmosphere there could be no such novel as Helen Hunt Jackson wrotut HI .and no such production as William II. IHI , Cluuo built. That Is the reason for BJl tho remark that "thero Is nothing Urn BJl matter with Itamona." HI |