The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

536 MQVING PICTURE WORLD December 18, 1926 Artistic and 1 (Continued from previous page) comedy bits as they assist the girl from the boat. Introduce comedy chatter or song novelty. White lights up slowly. As they finish, the sail fills in, the breeze then flops again as the kiddies scramble aboard. One of the boys picks up a small bellows, he points it towards the sail works it frantically; the sail fills out in the breeze and the boat sails across stage and ofif. White lights dim, blue comes up. Music goes into eccentric dance number, "Dutch Warbler." Drapes up revealing set with queer trees, a house and windmill showing against a dark blue sky. The wings of the mill are revolving slowly. A crescent moon is slowly rising on the horizon. The door opens and Dutch boy and giri enters for dance number. Straw spot on lancers. Other Dutch kiddies join in chorus. White lights up slowly as dance finish. The Set A g^round row of trees and a crooked house, B', is set in front of the plain sky drop. A, against the back of this is hung the moon pan E. A crooked fence, DD, is attached to the wind mill and carried oS right and left. The gate may be made practical. The fence posts and rails are cut from wall board and battened up. The windmill construction is shown in detail in Fig. 3. A and B are front and side plans showing mechanism frame which is placed in position as indicated by dotted lines (center) in D, Fig. 3. On a shaft at top of frame are fastened the crossed battens carrying wings, and the belt pulley. Another pulley, with crank attached, is placed about three feet from the floor. The lower pulley should be smaller than the upper one so that the speed of the wings, which should turn slowly, may be easier controlled. A simple manner of fastening wing battens and pulley to shaft is shown in detail C, Fig. 3. A piece of yi or ?4-inch pipe serves as shaft. Drill a 3/16 inch hole through the shaft where wings and pulley are to be placed. Run a heavy nail through each hole and fasten securely to wings and pulley by means of staples. Do the lower pulley and crank in a like manner. The pulley must fit tightly on the shaft as this manner of fastening it does not prevent it from wavering if too loose. The mill house and wings are cut from wall board and nailed to frame battens as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3. The door is cut out, mounted on a frame and hinged on back. Windows may be cut out, covered with oiled paper and illuminated. G, H and I, Fig. 3, show suggestions for "tub-boat" and for boys' and girls' costumes. For sail on boat use some light, airy material such as georgette. A large fan, placed off-stage, will furnish enough breeze to fill the sail. Fine black wire, such as stove pipe wire, attached to the tub and laid across the stage, I, Fig. 2, furnish the motive power for the boat. PAINTING. The ground row B is done in blues, purples and dark greens with a touch of orange for highlights. Do millhouse and wings in a rather light medium gray and lay in solid colors as numbered on ective Ideas Handsome Hoot Gibson in "The Buckaroo Kid" for Universal. mill-house. Fig. 3. 1, medium purple. 2, magent. 3, medium vivid green. 4, medium blue. 5, orange. 6, light yellow. 7, vermilion. Give the wings a similar treatment but leave more gray. Patches in white. A stripe finished in metallics always appear heavier than if done in colors. This is due to the glitter and radiance thrown out by reflection of the light rays. Hence, if a fine stripe or a light outline suggestion is desired in metallics, it should be reduced to not much over one-half the width al For Showmen lowed for the same stripe in varied colors. LePage's glue will be found a very satisfactory adhesive to use over kalsomined or porous surfaces. On paper and surfaces with a less absorbent finish mucilage will be found serviceable. Apply the adhesive surface that is to be covered with metallics. Before the adhesive is set sprinkle metallics on thinly. A large salt-shaker is useful in sprinkling the metallics. For large work have a clean canvas and for smaller pieces one or more sheets of clean paper, old posters are fine for this, spread under the work. After application shake surplus of metallics onto canvas or paper and return the salvaged metallics to container. On outlines, stripes, etc., a greater amount of metallics are more often salvaged than what is actually used. Flitters are larger flakes of leaf metals, such as aluminum. Flitters are applied, much the same as metallics, by using an adhesive, except that flitters, being larger, are sifted through a screen or merely sprinkled from the container. Flitters are lighter in weight and covers more surface per pound than metallics ; they are also less brilliant than the latter. Bronzes are obtainable in a wide variety of gold, aluminum and copper in addition to colors. In dry or power form bronzes are put up in ounce papers and larger quantities in tins. Ready mixed bronzes are obtainable as gold and silver paints. Especially prepared bronzing liquid is used in mixing powder bronze for general use. This liquid is, however, not recommended for use in bronzing over kalsomined or other porous surfaces as the kalsomine absorbs the liquid and leaves the bronze coating dry and dusty. For this use bronze powder may be mixed with LePage's glue and thinned with vinegar. Or mix in white shellac and thin to working consistency with denatured wood alcohol. Either of these vehicles dulls the luster of the bronze. By sizing, going over the part to be bronzed with shellac, bronze mixed in bronzing liquid may be used without danger of rubbing up. As this procedure entails more work, and as time more often is the essential, the difference in appearance is hardly deserving the added effort. Stage Music Stands Orchestras using music stands on the stage will find in the common collapsible stand an excellent substitute for the special built low stand. This is for orchestras doing novelty programs and where the stand is to remain mconspicuous. Adjust the music stand as low as possible. The top should be no more than 30 or 32 inches from the floor; 22 to 24 inches is better. Hang over the back of the stand, the side showing to the audience, a velvet or silk cover eighteen inches wide by about fifteen long. This cover hides the sheet music and the rack leaving but the standard and legs of stand exposed. By having a thumbscrew placed in the collar that holds the leg brazes in position the legs may be adjusted parallel with the floor, thus reducing the height of the stand to less than two feet. To have sufficient light to read the music on a dim stage clamp a small hood containing socket and small lamp to upper part of the stand.