i ~ IiRIL 19, 1924

n tracing the development of m,“ pictures, it is very easy, un-

unlmnﬂllyl to give the impress

m.“ the path was easy in the s of the industry, Ibefore

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. mm n production grew to such

nut-m th-ut they had to be sys m“ .41 under departments, y arc today-

)“ the contrary, uclll’

as the clothes basket on the floor.

to build oom- viy in the ombrlouic stages When the ﬂim ~wns cut and as- "movie village," just north of Santa

4. Two Reel “Featurew Appear scenes taken the day before. Slhe little Etlendale studio and seek a rigged up a clamp. shuil-ur to the location which would give a great- ones used to fasten mcut choppers or scope and more variety. After to a table and with this we clamp- looking over the outlying territory ed the reel to the table or sink. She around Los Angeies. l decided upon unwound the reel while I examined a large tract of land located in the each negative. and as it ran Santa Monica hills, close to the through my fingers it was caught in sea, which afforded an ideal spot, nud which l rented by the day. This site developed later into nhat was known as lncevliie, the

No Story Market

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rm; Incevllle sets represent the most advanced construction of their tlmo. Below, Mr. In“ lnspqqﬂng ;- ninqio reel "feature." < '

Monica, which was destroyed by ﬁre only a few mouths ago. Flames driven down from the brush-cove!‘- ed hills by a brisk wind. consumed all but u quaint little dross-covered church and a group 0i ﬁshermen dwellings‘ used in Billie Burke's ﬂr-‘it picture “Peggy?

Soon alter taking possession o! this new location l learned that the ‘Miller Brothers‘ 101 Ranch Wild westnhow was quartered in Venltrs. a few miles distant. This gave m9 anldea nnd ‘l was ht 011% $951“ with another desire tor expansion. l suggested to Charles Bau-

l this art meant work. and hard ork. in my own case, 1 had to i‘ ‘PVWylhins-iproducer, director. rcnnrlo writer, cutter and general llllliy mun. ‘llhere were no staffs in I'M? days, no well equipped labor- lvileﬂ. ho projection rooms. no Prlwrio departments, I left the house gvery morning t seven-thirty for mpdayha work. would direct and shoot all day, “Ellrhius home at seven in the ev- mng, eat a hurrieddinner and de- olr the entire evening to prepara- lons for the next day's activities. The result of each “day's work hnd no be carefully inspected. My uolection room was the kitchen o! 1y smllll Hollywood bungalow, 1nd with Mrs. lncels assistance l lyunltl cut and assemble ' the

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mann. iwho was at that time visit ing in California, that we hire a [cw cowboys. Ind!!!“ 511d lwrsea for our next picture. The suggestion Ynet with his -approval and he nes-

sembled l would turn my attention to stories, and would work until midnight writing the scenario for the following day. As l have said

before there was no market from which to purchase scenarios and to keep up the required production, which at ‘that time wus one picture a week, it, Wm necessary for me to 'be my own scenario writer. With my wife's help l managed to keep my DTOIIIICUOILIID to par, sEeTxFlhosoTaarly p cturee mu

only 25 or 30 scenes, less than half‘

n reel, A one-reel ‘picture then was u “feuture" and considered the last word in production. My pen ibecarne

otlated tor the exclusive services of the whole outtlt. l This was a inns step wnﬂrd the pmgress o; which l dreamed, but for in excess of anything '1 dared hope for. l1. opened u? "m" l’! great activity and Dfesﬂlted m“ with possibilities which seemed W - ii lted. ‘ngrlilen lilxtllitlllﬁ were o! the Sioux tribe, from one of the government reservations. who had been loaned to the wild West show. When i iuok them over, I had W 91B“ a“

tniln terms.

development that was taken was a new devil? lure. The Point l wish clear is no preco elopment mutter of s rtcoompllsiunent ‘ﬁlmi- to ‘new unfoldments a isms, which, solved only 1° greater devaloflmeniﬁ-

so proliﬁc, however, thnt l soon found it was impossible to get a complete story in one reel. and the logical lhlul; to me was to expuud to one and n hull‘ und pcssiibly two reels, ‘ "-*‘ is suggestion met with a storm of disapproval. I was told such a thin-g was immselble, that nu aud- ience would not sit throuiill W0 reels of film. II hold lo my point that‘

two reel-s wouildﬂgipﬁ grvcilsteﬂnzcvoggigad a 6m)“ (“slum for dam‘; any. for stor ca, ant m1 y I I I

2d t hupen to nrlmﬂl i“ “Y- Th“ amuence not only smtitmillferliilittt ilho ihooment. ‘ lllrotuuh the two-reel pictures. but~to showed their approval in no uncer-

ngreemeut with the Indian commis- sioner in Washington. according i° which the Indians were to have cer. min hours 0t schooling. ll further- more hnd to assume lull rcslliiml‘ ibimy for their well being nun-curs- l wns soon‘ to ‘realize the imlm" nnce of whni- l on upon my shoulders. i"? i319)’ were difficult t0 handle. They were mild and non-communicative and

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e peaceaible and lire" g to me type 0t action in the making

otion picture They W?‘ forward stepllorred loatln which was necessary t pictures. lu tact, they ‘were s: e no“ we had to soon

t to mention ingenuity. in ys and means of, ant. passions

Al, this stage of m every

to- mukmo that there‘ were absolutelymeaceahl dents to follow. Tho dsv-lhours. I10 o! tho pnotonlay w“ n think"! “V l" elf-development Eachhtrouslng their dorm was made led ud 119W Pwl>~ in turn. had to be lead to further and

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and hlﬂkiug them mad enough to steal. but they could not resist any-

_L0 through a. scene which required the Indian ﬁghting spirit. Arouslng their anger sufficiently to attack the enemy with any semblance of reality was one oi‘ the hardest things I have ever had to tackle in my whole career in motion pic- lures.’

Another somewhat disconcerting trait which they possessed to a high degree was not being able to resist bright colored “pi-ops." A scene would Ibe completed -after a great deal of time. hhuughl: and work. In some cases, dnys would be devoted to the perfecting of a scene in which brilliantly colored housings and rugs were used. This scene would be. perhaps, one that we intended to use consecutively for four or live days. But after about the second day. right in the middle of the picture, we would notice that a rug or a table cover was missing. Then would follow a. long search. wlhile the company waited. Some times the search would be success- ful .but more often it was not, and a whole new set would have to be

furnished and work started all over again.

Difficulties Solved .'lt was not a question oi’ honor with them. They did not intend to’

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thing that had bright colors in it. These things were serious, but nothing in comparison with au- other problem they presented mo with. Many a night. in the wee sma’ hours, I would be called from a sound sleep to the telephqle, to be

tolil that some oi‘ my Indians were,

in a saloon in town. gloriously and riotously dlunk. Such violations meant cancellation oi‘ my contract with the government. which was in- ﬁnitely morc serious than the delay caused by having to sober them up, which was bad enough,

lln those cases the greatest stra» tcgy was necessary. I had to threat- en the saloon keepers wltih pros- cution it they sold them another drink. But handling the Indians was not so easy. Their natures are such that if you nntagi-nzo them 1.11% will piesefit a siolid front and wll ‘be adamant in their refusal to do anything for you. Realizing this, I resorted to tact and diplomacy and ﬁnally won their conﬁdence to such on extent that they elected me their honorary chief. and he- cnusc of the peculiar loyalty of their naturos ,the word 0t’ their chief is law. From then ou I was known as "T-he White Chlel," and had no further trouble withtheiu.

(To be continued.)

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