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Show I ADVENTURES EN MOV1ELANID j' By A H GIEBLER OW, Tommy," says the man , r- I Wltl1 tn6 sheaf of PaPcrs ln his hand, "you are hungry, - pitch right in," and Tommy pitches in. He grabs up a murderous-looking spoon and dives into tho Inside of a C - cantaloupe and cornea up with a big lump of golden yellow, which he swallows with a smllo and goes back for more with all tho gusto and appetite of a 14-year-old boy. ' Camllle D'Arcy, who Is on tho other side of tho table, Is busy fixing her napkin, and by tho time, she starts her assault and battery on her cantaloupe, and has got just ono bite swallowed, swal-lowed, somebody yells "Cut." You might have thought it was a melon-eating melon-eating contest, but It was Just a scene from a movio comedy ln the making. "It's always that way,"' complains Miss D'Arcy, while she waits for the camera man to set his machine so he can shoot the scene from a different angle. I was two hours eating a grapefruit once. Just when I'd get ono bite they'd say "Cutr " They are all set agaln Tommy Harper, ono of the cleverest juvenile actors for the screen, gets two more bites down. "Talk," says Director Harry Beaumont, "say something to her." And Tommy looks over at Miss D'Arcy. "Gee, this is fine, maw," ho says, and takes another bile. And then Harry Dunklnson, the comedian, who has been standing just out of camera range, wearing a dressing gown and a woebegone woe-begone expression on his face, and carrying a tray filled with a perfectly good breakfast for two, shuffles Into tho scene. Miss D'Arcy Nags HE begins serving Miss D'Arcy, who 1b supposed sup-posed to be his wife, and Tommy, who Is his son in the play. Dunklnson serves tho eggs and pours the steaming coffee. "Talk to him, Miss D'Arcy," says Beaumont, "tell, him to hurry, scold him." And Miss D'Arcy turns on Dunklnson and nags him ln exactly the manner of a wife who has got her husband under her thumb to the extent of making him do tho housework would have nagged. What Is It all about? Blessed If you know. That's all you see of It.. It 'was scene No. Seventy-something or other from a comedy they are making at tho Essanay plant But, to Judge from tho work the players have been doing. It is going to be what the moving-picture exhibitors call a scream when it Is finished. v You want to see tho rest of It. and you want to see Miss D'Arcy finish that melon, and you want to see Harry Dunklnson ln some more of his comedy work. That's the way they make pictures, though, Just a scene here and thero, no sequence. All the interior scenes may be taken one day and the exteriors the next, and the player may work ln Scene G5 first and Scene 16 last. Of course, It all comes out when the film Is assembled. After each scene Is finished tho assistant director has a card with the number of tho play and the number of the scene. He holds this card up In front of tho camera and It Is photographed right after tho action. When tho film Is developed that particular piece Is identified among hundreds of other similar pieces by the number of the play. All of these numbers are put together, then the numbers of the scenes are assembled ln consecutive order or-der and there you arc. Three Studios in Chicago OUTSIDE of Now York and Los Angeles, Chl-cngo Chl-cngo is the biggest film-producing center in the country. Thero are three largo plants there, the Essanay, the Scllg and the American, Amer-ican, but tho Essanay is the only ono working at present, tho other two making all their pictures pic-tures on the West Coast. After the comedy you go upstairs and rcnow an acquaintance with Noll Craig,. "Como right In," says Miss Craig, "and mako yourself at home," and you come right ln and talk to this charming girl whoso work Is fast winning her a host of admirers wherever pictures pic-tures aro shown or, rather, you listen whllo she talks, becauso that Is tho best way to do vhen In the presence of a celebrity. Of course, you nsk a few questions; that's a way newspaper people have of doing, and you find out a wholo lot of things, among them that hero Is one actress who answers all trio letters eho receives from plcturo fans all over tho country, unless the letters aro patontly from cranks, or do not require an answer. ' "I answer all of my letters," says Miss Craig. "Of course, it takes a lot of time, and usually I can say but a few words, but my unknown correspondents all get a personal icttcr written writ-ten by myself, pnd not by my secretary. These people who wrlto me letters aro my friends, and their letters aro all the applauso I get. Thoy sec me on tho screen and Hko my work and wrlto to toll me about It. It Is tho same to mo as when pcoplo clapped their hands when I was on the regular stage, and I appreciate the oplstolary applauso more becauso It Is so easy to clap ono's hands, while It requires an effort to wrltc'a letter, Gives A way Photographs. I FIGURE It this way: In the theater, if a thousand people liko me, a thousand pair of hands testify to that fact, but very few of these peoplo would spend tho time, labor and postage to write mo a letter, so when I get 100 lettoru about ono play, r can safely figure that several thousand pcoplo liked mo In It." You also learn that Miss Craig scndB her plcturo to those who ask for It and refuses to accept money, as many players do. "I would not think of selling my pictures," she says. "Of course, tho cost of tho photographs photo-graphs and mailing Is considerable, but It Is a little cxtravaganco I allow myself, and I am-sure am-sure I get as much plcasuro In knowing that people want my picture as thoy do ln getting it." You go downstairs to the studio floor after this, and Miss Craig goes along. My, but you feel big, being personally conducted by a Btar. It is not for long, however. An impatient automobile au-tomobile toots away in the courtyard and calls her away to work on an outside location, but she leaves you In good compar.y, for ln another minute you are shaking hands with Edna Mayo, ono of the great beauties of tho screen, and one of the most fascinating little bodies you have ever mot. Miss Mayo Is small ln stature, much smallor than her pictures on tho screen would lead you to believe, and so daintily pretty that it Is impossible im-possible to pfcture her In typo. Dressed as a Modern Eve ISS MAYO is in make-up for a play called iVA The Returnof Eve. and If the other Eve was anything like this one, you do not blamo Adam for eating the apple. You would have done Just as Adam did. Miss Mayo Is adorned with all tho panoply of a modern society girl. "I am the modern Eve," shh says. "Como on over to tho set and watch mo work." Tho sot Is a magnlflcont ballroom, richly furnished fur-nished with chairs, tables, divans, statue's' and vases bearing cut flowers, Just as any modern ballroom should bo, and whiJo you stand and watch the action, Marguerite Clayton and Florence Oborle como up and stand alongsldo of you and help you watch. These little groups of other players are about all tho audience tho screen players ever have Usually when a big scono Is being filmed several sev-eral of the other players who are not busy will stand and watch, and you never see or hear anything of a critical nature. Instead you hear prfiise. , "Isn't she good in that?" some one will ay and then when tho action is not in progress while they aro waiting for tho next step of th scene to bo taken, a lively conversation. wlU take place between those in tho set and the onlookers. While you are watching Miss Mayo and Eu geno O'Brien In Tho Return of Eve, vou aro Joined by two moro players of International reputation. Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno from the Vltagraph Studios In Brooklyn N Y " who aro visiting in Chicago. ' ' '' Thoro is handshaking all around. Miss Story Th-1 ?n1T?n"'adC SUC.h a" evcrlas"n'e hit In Tho Island of Regeneration. This girl has one of the most expressive faces on the screen. Her features actually talk. Moreno Well Liked S HfaB ? tr,S f half Cl05hur her eyes lifting her chin at times that Is exceeding agreeable. ' Moreno, who is Spanish, is Just the kind of a chap girls like, and he is one of the most unaffected un-affected and agreeable fellows ln tho world and a great favorite among players as well asvlth the public. Tho Essanay studios aro immense. You walk Into rooms as big s half a dozen barns. ln one you see a house, complete, with real doors and windows. It is a log house of the better cla of tho civil war period. The logs are real and chinked with some sure-enough mortar. Raccy, an assistant director, scenario' writer and all-around factotum, and a most entertaining entertain-ing chap, tells you about this set. It la to be used In a civil war story called Tho Sting of Victory, with Henry Walthall as star Walthall Is out on tho shores of La" Michigan, working In a battle scene, and you do not get to see him, a fact you regret very much, J You pass out of this studio to the lot whore the big out-door stuff Is staged, and as vou edgo your way along behind the different sets you hear a voice calling: "Wash, Oh, Wash'" ' Aha, it Is tho studio laundry, you think but In another minuto a voice answers, "All right coming," and Bryant Washburn steps into view. He stops long enough to shako hands with you and tell you all . about Bryant Washburn the fourth, who is Just 9 months old and absolutely abso-lutely tho finest baby that ever blessed an actor's ac-tor's homo. "Wash" Is Just about tho proud-cat proud-cat and happiest father you ever saw. Proud He Is Married WLL Mrs. Washburn return to the screen?" you ask. "I ihlnk not," ho answers. "That boy is going to tako up too much of her time." Many actors do not want the fact that thoy are married mado public, but Washburn Is not that way. "Toll everybody," hp says, "i am married and proud of it, and happy over It." "WaBh" is a very capable actor. Ho was known as one of the best "heavies" on tho screen a short time ago, but now he Is doing straight leads, and has pleased many thousands thou-sands of pcoplo who do not Hko to seo such a handsomo chop ln double dealing work of a villainous character. Out in tho lot you see an exact reproduction of tho house that Edgar Allen Poe 'lived ip. This bulldlnsr was used in Tho Raven, a story based on tho poet's life, which was filmed somo time ago. You seo that sterling playor, Richard Trav-ers, Trav-ers, out here, wearing his green coat and tho Travors smile, and then pretty soon it is all over and you go hack to tho humdrum world far from tho fascinating life pf the studios. PEARL M. Helen Holmes Is 21 and Mary Fuller is 23. Ruth Roland has been in pictures nearly fivo years, first with Kalcm and now with Balboa. James Young is tho huB-band huB-band of Clara Kimball Young. ULIA. Kitty Gordon is Just a trifle tailor J than Myrtle Stcdman, but we cannot glvo you tho exact height of cither. t TD. W. Actors who aro supposed to bo dead ln a play usually tako tho parts themselves, especially if tho face Is to bo shown of tho dead ono. Crolghton Halo playod tho part. EV. C David Powell ma; bo addressed at . tho Kiolne ofllcos, 805 East One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street, Now York. The cast ln Glorla'B Romance Ib: "Gloria Stafford," Bllllo Burke; "Dr. Royco," Henry Kolker; "Richard Froncau," David Powoll; "David Stafford," William Rosello; "Plerpont Stafford," William T. Carlolon; "Lois Stafford," Julo Power. ML. Harry Carey was "Bob Sangster" In . The Three Godfathers. Mary Tickford Is tho eldest of tho thrco PIckfords and Jack !a tho youngest, 19. Harold Lockword is with Metro, 1476 Broadway, Now York, and Wallace Reld is with Lasky, Hollywood, Cal. Norma Talmadgo may send you her plcturo, but it might bo wise to incloso the customary quarter when you ask for It. Miss Talmadgo is with tho Flno Arts Studio. Hollywood, Cal. m OLLIE. Edmund Cobb 1b 2. He agree with you that women stars aro having too much prominence on tho picture pago, and aftor this you will see a radical chango, if the powers above will listen to argumont, pQtho address given above. Blograph Company, 807 East Ono Hundred and Seventy-fifth street. Now York.' CS. J.-Charles Ray, Triangle, was born ln . Jacksonville 111., but ho doesn't Bay whon. Porhaps he has forgotten. He ocrved timo with numerous stock companies, road companies and in vaudovlllo beforo ho went into pictures. Ho is 6 feet, good-looking and a general favorite all around, Ho Ja slngIot FRANK BORZAGE, woll known to tho work of film fans as leading man ln "Mustang dramas, has recently entered tho ranks of tht benedicts. His bride is none other than prettj Rcna Rogers, ingonuo in Voguo comcdlos. How Ions Frank and Ronar- can- bo kopt apart to 1 sustain their present assignments Is a matte of much conjecture. IJ 1 - TJLANCHE M. Corenno Grant Is 28 and An- r Jt drow Arbuckle Is 31. Francis Ford's -wit , Ja not in tho movies, pM:answryt-Jeff ;, ' H |