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Show i "Breaks" In Films Add Zest i jand Many Smiles Not Intended (Bl I. W kRDKN i Millions of "movie" Cans ot a thrill out ( tli numerous pictures shown from tlmo on the sih'T .-hort throughout th. United States but hew many funs note the " boners" .which hiive been overlooked by the 'author, the actor or the dliector'.' They are many and varied. Shortly Ik fore the world war ended, end-ed, J . W. Griffith. not d producer se-;curcd se-;curcd the services Of the Twenty -first Infantry. to be used In a thrilling scene on "No Man's Land." The scene WAS laid, Tht troops ordered or-dered to advance over trenchts, over barbed wire entanglements und into I the hell that was known in the real j no man's l nnl. Hut I W.. or per-Ihapa per-Ihapa the director, made an awful mls-t;iki- Instead of wearing trench hel-l niets the men waltzed forth facing: ,the German cannon wearing campaign I hats This scene wus noted In the picture,' "Hearts of the World." A few weeks ago at one of the local ' theatres Paul Revere, famous for his midnight ride, was shown In a pictjro; which was supposed to represent the' days of 1776 lJaul w;ls mounted on .1 ' beautiful steed but on his ride he evl- dently took the wrong route, because he passed several Jitney m rvlee sta-1 lions, and other modern conveniences. HI'KK'S WtilHI II And at another local theatre Just a few days a(,-. Millie Iturke was starred ' In a feature. She loved to glide, around In the skies In a modern air 1 plane. In one scene she Is shown' taking to the air, alone, In the front seat of the plane. When she makes' the landing she Is located In the renr, seat of the airplane she must have, pulled a Locklear. Dustln Farnum was starred In a play of the eighteenth century B few-weeks few-weeks iiko. In one scene In which he gave B too-st. he lifted the Rlas to his lips, after filling the glass with wine, but lo and behold, the bottom of the gluss wa-s missing and all that Dustln 'Irark was a quaff of atmosphere I 1 One of the sienes in the picture. 1 1 "Go and Get It," showed one gent perched on the wing of the plane, t , while the flier was performing stunts t The gent on the wing bellowed forth ' to the filer and conversation was :nr-i :nr-i j rled on between the two Since wh'.-n did they put mufflers on the air ma-I ma-I chines f - In "Partners Three.' in which Enid -jRennett is starred, the director or the t actress pulled a bloomer. Enid Is left. ; In the desert to die her hair Is down, jhair pins are missing Finally she 'Journeys to 11 lone shack in the desert where she seeks aid. An old gent re- ijsldes there. The next morning her I hair is combed and prettily cblffed How do they get that way? SNAPPY OM I "Something to Think About.' in1 Mwhlch Gloria Swanson Is starred, prov-ied prov-ied to be a snappy picture. In one I scene Gloria departs for school. Prior' 'to her departure she pins a rose on! !the lapel of Elliott Dexter'S coat The next seem, three yeais later, shows' Mr. Iiexter with the rose In hla lapej ion the same suit Some rose, we'd I say, and some sulL In "The Figure Head," Eugene O'Brien, the matinee idol, is as cold BS in icicle- He goes about in the ! picture wearing an overcoat Whlls ths , other churocters In' the picture uroi idolled up In summer wearing attire. In' lone part of the picture one of the! characters Is shown "sleeping" on the1 ,flre escape In summer attire, j "Ti e Idol Dancer" presented a rare 1 : treat. In one of the scenesi Hlchurdj Barthelmess s shown falling to the ground, Intoxicated. He tua a beard which must have necessitated fuiim-to fuiim-to shave for several days. The next! j morning when he Is dlscoiercd on the beach hy the heroine, he Is smooth j shaven. We wonder where Dick hides' his valet? Telephone service records are shattered shat-tered completely In The Hand Invisible Invisi-ble " A young woman, starred in this picture, lifts the receiver of the tele-1 I phone and Immediately beRlns talking 1 to the party on the other end How lH do thej do It? VIGH1 s IMS And did ou ever notice In tho nighl kmm scenes, where motor cars are used SlsW !the get-away shown by tho automo- LV1 biles, The ehai icters step Into the I H j gas buggies and away they go Action Hkj Is Instantaneous. I V, Scan the picture closely next time '.md maybe you, too. win pet n chuckle mm or too not contained in th. 1 -i,- ..- 4 MM |