Show Anatomy of One 1 I Reel Comedy 1 D fly RING LARDNER ooM M To the Editor Ira In a recent letter I gIve my readers the story ot of a friend of mine name Joe Cooper that was not getting along so good tn In his regular Job fob and finely began to tale take correspondence courses I Iby by mall In other lines like story short and expert acct and cartoon in and etc and after atter a wIle he gut got gotso so as he was knocking out close to 50 thousand per annuli for tor his spare time Wile VUe theys still another field yet that Joe hasn't went In It and that Is photo plays plas und and great big money Is promised for tor good ones because be be- cause caure god knows they are a rare bird and It if they Is some of my readers that finds trouble both ends meet the other and could use a couple thousand a year extra earned In their spare time why here Is the field togo to togo go In into to You can pick up most any magazine and find a dozen ads ot of correspondence correspond ence schools that learns you how bow to wrIte photo plays or movIes as I have nIcknamed them but how are you goIng go- go fag Ing to know that the people that runs ruml them schools has ever wrote a photo photoplay photoplay play and for tor all as' as you know you may be payIng your to a abIrd abird bIrd that aInt done anything all their life lle but pluck pImples oU oft a putting green So In order to protect my readers from these kind of vIpers I have made It up In my mind to start a school of 01 my own along these lines and my qualifications Is that I have wrote 2 photo photoplays photoplays plays and they both flopped like the sure thIng and my system of teachIng will be to learn my pupils to wrIte photo plays opposite to like Ilke I wrote The bIg money In the game tOday lays In 1 reel The things that Is necessary In 1 reel Is 1 a catchy title 2 a funny tunny Idea 3 plenty ot of laughs 4 wItty sub titles As a sample ot of what win will go and gobig go gobIg bIg the RIng School of Photo Play gIves the followIng of a 1 reel comedy As a title for thIs picture we have chose The liThe FInny Tribe which In itself It- It self will knock them for tor a goal Characters GEORGE a fishmonger comedy lead GERTRUDE hIs wIfe comedy lead MINNIE QUAGMIRE her rIval soubrette AL SWAMP a It private detective heavy comedy BABY the baby Juvenile A MInister ot of the Gospel Wottie's clients etc Continuity Scene George 1 Is In his store sortIng sorting sort sort- Ing fish A client comes In and looks over the stock Subtitle The customer cus cus- tomer asks for tor a flounder George picks up a flak h and hits the client In Inthe Inthe the eye with It knocking him down Subtitle I guess that will flounder you you Another client comes In the store title Subtitle The liThe customer asks for finnan had haddie die but George tells hIm he only keeps weak fish The client falls down and tears his trou trousers rs Scene 2 Gertle is 19 tit ut home setting I on the lounge and pulling super superfluous haIrs out ot of Baby WottIe's bead The telephone rings Gertie goes to answer an an- It title Subtitle The liThe wrong number number num- num ber Baby tails falls oft off the lounge and lands on his bean title Subtitle Oh what a headache Scene George 8 and Minnie are spooning In the hammock on the Wottie Wot Wot- tie tle porch Gertie comes omes out of the house and catches them Sub Sub Caught In the act The hammock breaks and the lovers ret down suddenly sud denly on the floor title Subtitle It couldn't of been a very good ham ham- mock Scene 4 GerUe goes to Swamps Swamp's detective do de- agency and hires Al AI Swamp to take up the case Al AI puts on hIs shoes and starts out with Gertle Gertie title Sub The plot sickens As they are leaving AIs AI's a winging door hits them In the eye and knocks knock them dow down title Sub In again out again a FInnegan Scene George 5 and Minnie are spooning In the fish store Minnie steps on a eel and falls down Subtitle Sub title Minnie says her eel slipped George tells her ber she ought to wear rubber ones Al AI and Gertle Gertie come Inthe In Inthe the store and surprise the lovers runs to a fish box and sets ona on ona a perch George tries to get down but falls and tears hIs trousers Al AI trIes to pick him up but slips on the slippery floor and tears his hl trousers title Subtitle Al thinks theys more to tobe tobe be patched up than the marital affairs ot of the tho Scene They 6 aU all KO go to the home Minnie loses her Interest In George and taIls falls In love with AI They decIde to get married title SubtItle Al AI asks ask a the fair MInnie to become his brIde She says O. O K Al summons a minister and him and MinnIe are married with the as witnesses SubtItle The liThe knot Is tied Scene The 7 party adjourns to the dining room where a fish breakfast Is served title Sub London Bridges is I taIling falling down In the midst of 01 the hilarity Baby chokes on a fishbone fish fishbone bone and croaks Subtitle Eat jelly fish No bones There you have got Kot your catchy title your funny Idea your laughable situations and your humorous sub sub- titles Further and more the construction con con- Ito 11 perfect perte t you might say 88 C Q by tL t Ino Ina |