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Show I BTA.E GIEBLER. THE movies nro Maud Mullors of tho Muses thoso days. Tho movies are making- hay whllo tho . oun shines, raking tho meadows, tho mountain sides, tho seaahoro-for nil manner or outdoor stuff. Tho movlea ; have learned tho lesson or conservation nd tho valuo of preparation. Before system and emclcncy struck ; Uio moving plcturo Industry, much tlmo and much monoy wnB wasted In getting , summer ntmosphcro for pictures In wln-; wln-; tcr and winter atmosphere for pictures In summer. Largo companies of players were sent ; hundreds of miles from tho studios to got scenes of snow and Ico In July and ecencs of green grass and roses in Jan-! Jan-! uary. -I Every winter playors marked tlmo and M raatcd tho corporation's monoy waiting for a day that was warm enough for the hcrolno to sit on a mossy bowlder In her summer things, while tho horo made lovo to her for 00 feet of film. And tho slmplo little scene where tho hero was kept from going to tho dogs by tho vision of tho swcot young girl lie saw trimming tho roses In hor yard tho summer before a sccno that could be shot anywhero and any tlmo In tho summer-required an expensive sot with dozons and dozens of hothouso rosed at ever so much per dozen. Nowadays that kind of stuff is mado when it should bo madc-Jn the good old summer time. True "Woman Thrift. Tho movies have taken a leaf fnrtn the book of tho frugal and thrifty houetwifc, who pros.or.vos and cans tho Plentiful fruit and vegetables of tho eurarncr against tho lean days of the winter. Right now tho movies aro in tho midst of their canning and preserving. They aro maldng marmalado from scenes of meadows and mountain tops; preserves sylvan glades and bosky dolls; delicious de-licious Jellies of vlows from river, shore and beach, with sweet young things in one-pleco bathing ault3 sprinkled hero and there like currants to give the Jell an added flavor. Summer scenes arc being shot now that will bo fitted into plays that may nt bo mado for months to come. Sprightly outdoor comedies aro being Btagcd that will bo served up as tasty desserts-used to givo a summer flavor to tho program of tho plcturo housed hen tho steam radiators aro popping I next winter. Making hay whllo tho sun shines is wore important to the Eastern studios than to thoso on tho Pacific Coast, because be-cause winter comes earlier and stays loncor in New York and New Jersey, here most of tho Eostorn studios aro located, than it docs In Southern Cali-: Cali-: fornia, , That Is one of tho big reasons the : levies went west In tho first placo. '. They wanted a place whero It was as p Pear summer all winter as It was possl- b to find. Southern California fills this ' bM to a largo extent, but not complete-t complete-t 'J-not nearly as completely as many ,. iople thlnk-thc statements of tho ra.ll- wd folders and the "native sons" to the contrary notwithstanding. f- H Is true that Southern California tr!3 never lose their foliage. The ta!m9( the orange, tho lemon, tho al- r mond, tho nccacla, the eucalyptus and tho pepper trees aro never without their mantles of green. It Is also true that there arc always roses In abundance abun-dance all the year round, but there la tho long, rainy season whon the weather looks much better on a plcturo post card than it feels to tho person if tho person Is without furs and wraps. Camouflage of California Climate. When the cold wind comes In from tho Pacific Ocean in winter It is Just as gnawing and Just as goosc-bjmpy as the cold winds from anywhere else, and will produce a sniffling cold Just about ns quickly as a raw wind anywhere any-where olso. A Pacltlc Coast studio needing a summer sccno In winter can cot It without any trouble. All thoy hate to do Is to placo tholr players alongside of a gorgeous hedge of geraniums or polnsotllas on anybody's lawn In and about Los Angeles, and shoot uway, and got a dandy picture. But as tho playors working in a summer sum-mer scone must of a necessity wear summor clothes, they aro liable to be laid up with influenza; and maybe a thousand-dollar star who is only fit to play a part calling for weepy eyes and red noses will bo on the producer's hands for a week or so afterwards. That the players llko the good old summer tlmo goc3 without saying. Tho long location trips take them away from tho studios on many delightful trips that are as much llko picnics as anything else. Then thero la moro work for everybody every-body concerned. Tho mcmbor3 ol tho regular stock companies, of course, have uninterrupted work and uninterrupted uninter-rupted snlarlcs. But thoso companies are not as largo in any studio as they used to be. Tho practice of keeping a largo number of players on the pay roll, In order to have them when needed. Is a thing of .the past. Thoro aro many players In every plcturo plc-turo center, character actors and thoso capable of taking special parts, that aro employed only as they arc needed. Of courso theso playors get good salaries for this spoclal work, but thero aro always many days and weeks when they have nothing to do. All during tho wlntor In tho East and tho rainy season In tho West the character actors who havo no regular connections havo little or no work. Tho summor time, with its consequent ' speeding up of production, gives l hem all they want to do. t Had to Look Forward. Another actor bcnetltcd greatly Is the actor from tho speaking stage. Summer time to tho old-tlmo actor was a dry season In more ways than ono. H always meant weeks of enforced idleness that could not, in many cases, bo spent as a pleasant vacation, because be-cause tho time was overshadowed by tho fact that tho Idler did not know whero the "cakes" for tho next season was coming from unless he was lucky-enough lucky-enough to got a contract for the winter months early in tho year. They had to husband tho savings of tho past season and In many cases make It carry' them through half, and sometimes all, of tho next season. Many actors from the regular stage rush to the movlc3 as soon as their season in tho "talkies' is over. Thoso who aro lucky enough to havo a contract con-tract for the coming season put In the cummer month3 In the studios to earn an honest penny and gain experience in a new field, and thoso who do not know where their next Job 13 coming from como over for tho same reason, and with tho hopo that thoy may get their feet so firmly fixed in the studio that It will not be necessary to look for another contract on the. regular boards. The movlo people arc working hard everywhere this summer. All up and down tho Atlantic Coast tho camera and tho director's megaphone may be heard. Visitors from the Eastern picture pic-ture camps say that actors and actresses doing locations are as thick as mosquitoes mos-quitoes all along tho Jersey shores. Out In Los Angeles and in all of the Pacific Coast colonics tho same conditions prevail, only more so, becauso there aro a great many moro studk3 In tho West than In the EasL There are twenty-seven studios in Los Angeles and tho suburban towns immediately surrounding the city. Some of tho plants are small, employing two or thrco companies of players; but -many, such as the Lasky, Metro, Uni versal, Fox, Trlanglo and Vltagrnph. have a small army of actors and actresses ac-tresses on tho pay roll. All of tho studios aro busy; tho stagoo and lots aro regular beehives of activity. ac-tivity. Work in tho Parks. Automobiles filled with players bound for locations and trucks loaded down with plcturermaklng paraphernalia of various sorts aro leaving tho studios most all the time Somo of tho location trips uro to points In tho neighborhood of tho studios, while some companies go for a distance of fifty or a hundred hun-dred miles to stago scones on somo particular mountain or some particular desert The parks of Los Angeles are favorito pluccs for staging outdoor movies in the summer time. Wcsllako Park, with Its big lako filled with boats and canoes, and Its profusion of tropical plant3 and trees, and tho many cozy nooks and corners, offers many opportunities to the players and much amusement and entertainment to tho strollers in tho park, who never fail to play audience whon any kind of sccno is being "shot"' Front yards and lawns arc also much in demand, and any householder who has anything llko elaborato grounds to , his homo can ront his placo out to tho movlo pcoplo any time, and then sit behind tho curtains in tho front room and be entertained by the two or three thousand dollars' worth of movie stars working out somo thrilling drama or othor on his lawn. Summer Is appreciated most by tho players, howevor. in making "wato stuff." Tho slmplo net of plunging Into a lako or river would not bo dreaded dread-ed oven In cold weather If that was all thero was to It. But that Is not alL After tho leading lady has takon her dip and has been properly rescued by Uie curly-haired hero, various poboi . must bo made. - . . Sometimes sha must bo shown lying on the bank and being resuscitated; or perhaps tho play calls for tho hero to ' carry her to his hunting lodgo In tho woods abovo the lake, or tho farmhouse farm-house whero tho old couplo recognlzo her as their long-lost daughter. And all this tokes time, much moro tlmo than it seems to take when the picture Is being run off In the theater. Shooting Water Stuff. The cameraman must reset his machine ma-chine for each pose, and usualy each poso is photographed twice, and sometimes some-times three limes and all the time tho hcrolno has to stand around between poses In wet clothes, and unless tne weather happens to bo warm as toast, it Is mighty uncomfortable, and not at all conducive to health. Summor takes the sting out of this kind of work, and outside of feeling "messy," whllo thoy havo their wot things on, tho players do not suffer any other discomfort. Tho various beaches aro being worktd ovortlmo this summer. Tho movie makers mak-ers aro shooting ail sorts of water stutr. of the seashore variety while the shooting shoot-ing Is goood. Tho long strotches of sand at Long Bsach, Redondo, Santa Monica, Balboa and Venice, are full of players at all hours of the day. working away Uko busy bees on their plots and storloo. Visitors and picnickers at tho beaches got many a thrill watching tho movie peoplo work. An interesting conversation was over heard between two women bathers at Santa Monica beach a fow days ago. One of the women was urging her com- panion to swim with her beyond the breakers, assuring her that thero was i no danger, becauso If they could not iH como back tho life guards would rescue them. "Not me!" said tho timid one. "1 might get out thero and scream my head off and they'd think it was some movie player and pay no attention lo me." Tho woman was probably wrong, but, 1 fl Just tho same, It Is said that tho Ufa guards always tako a careful look to see if a camera is pointing toward the diroctlon of any golden-haired maiden JmmW struggling in tho waves before they go IH to tho rescue. WmM Tho only fly In tho ointment of mak-Jng mak-Jng movies in tho summer time is hav- fl ing to work under tho glass stages. This jH is not pleasant nor joyful in tho hot 1 weather. Tho glass of tho roofs and j the sides of tho stages act as con- densers for tho heat and mako tha ' stages pretty good Imitations of bako ) This heat is worrisome, to say tno fl least It wilts tho collar of the hero fl and makes him look no better than th butler in tho piece. It reduces the com- J ploxion of the leading lady to Its orig- , 1 Inal paste, and has a decidedly bad ef- feet on the permanent hair waves ot j tho lngenuo by making them decidedly j less permanent , jH Taking it all In all, however, summer 1 time Is the heyday tlmo and tho hay- 1 making tlmo of tho movlo players, and out in California thero are many pLay- 1 crs who wish summer would last all winter just as It is supposed to do, but doesn't! ( |