Moving Picture World (Jan-Feb 1927)

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e Theatre oP To~Dau presentations ^ Prolog ties ^ Music ^ Edited by O. T. Taylor The Song of the Fisherman HERE is something romantic about the sea and ships ; a subtle appeal to young and old, to seashore inhabitants and inland dweller. There’s strife and quietude — torment and peace — and romance, suggested by the sea. Ships and the sea furnish the theme for this presentation suggestion. It is a presentation suitable for a picture prologue or as a scenic offering, using one or more singers and any number of girls in a dance repertoire. The scenic effect is much easier to achieve than seems at first glance possible. THE ROUTINE The drapes part revealing the inside of a warehouse with the door closed, shutting out the view of the bay. White lights full up. Sitting to the right is an old fisherman attired in boots, southwester and heavy sweater. He is mending fishing^ nets and sings as he works. Any one of the better known ballads of the sea, “The Bell in the Lighthouse,” “Down in the Deep,” or “Asleep in the Deep” will be found suitable. The singer should be basso or baritone. During the last chorus of the song the fisherman, still singing, crosses the stage and opens door. Through the open door is seen a vista of the bay. In the foreground — the wharf with its boat and piling, coil of rope, barrels, cases and gangplank. In the distance, across the bay, a town with mills, warehouses and docks with vessels loading. Further out the' bay a lighthouse. The fisherman, completing his song, returns to his mending. Loud chatter and noise is heard as a number of girls (or boys and girls) attired in sport clothes, enter by way of the gangplank, apparently returning from an outing. They laugh and joke and, as orchestra swings into a lively tune, begin to dance. Introduce solo. The dance over, one of the girls request that the old fisherman sing one of the old-time ballads. He assents, but sings a more modern number, “I’m Waiting for a Ship That Never Comes In,” with the boys and girls grouping around him humming the accompaniment. White light is dimming slowly, the sky reddens in the sunset, red fades to blue. Lights appear in the windows of the mill across the bay, smoke belching from its funnel. The boys and girls applaud the fisherman’s song and call for a dance. He does a comedy sailor dance with the boys and girls joining in finale. THE SETTING Figures 1 and 2. The set consists of a sky drop or cyclorama A, in front of which is the town and lighthouse row B, the water row C and the wharf row D. These rows can all be cut from wall board and nailed lightly to frames. The warehouse E may be frame construction, covered with muslin or manila paper, with the track G fastened to frame over opening, and the sliding door F hung on the track. The track can be a light type (Continued on next page)