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Hands of Hollywood
tion manager and other officials for the purpose of making a con' struction schedule. This schedule depends upon several things, e. g., how much stage space is available; when certain sets, which are being used in other pictures, are to be torn down; which of the smaller or simpler sets are to be "shot" first; and the maximum amount of time allowed for the erection of the "big sets."
After the schedule has been made, the stage manager gives the blue prints to the construction department. The superintendent of construction then lays out the work to be done by the different departments, and authorizes the drawing of building materials and various supplies from the lumber yard and the studio supply stores.
The plans for the part of the set which is to be built upon the stage are given to a carpenter foreman, who is best qualified to build that particular kind of set. He is given a crew of carpenters, draws the materials from the studio stores, and proceeds to construct the framework and walls. As the various pieces specially constructed in the mill and in the staff shop are needed, laborers carry them to the stage and the carpenters set them in place. The plasterers, bricklayers, blacksmiths and plumbers do their work while the carpenters are building. Thus all construction is carried on simultaneously.
Arches, gables, window frames, doors, door frames, railings, stairways, and all cabinet work, are made in the mill. In this mill are highly skilled workmen, expert in operating machinery, so that the finished product corresponds exactly to the blue print specifica' tions. The working time of these men and the materials used are charged directly to the cost of the particular picture being made.
Although we say that sets are built, this does not mean that they are complete buildings of standard house materials. There are special materials manufactured exclusively for the picture industry.
If the script calls for a brick structure, real bricks are not used. Instead, a special slab of pliable material, a composition of plaster and hemp, is used; the face of this is painted red and lined with white to look like laid bricks. These slabs are about 3 ^xl V2 feet in size. This same material is used for the representation of block stone.
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