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To take the readers of this magazine behind the scenes, into the studios of the large film companies, take them where the big pictures are made, let them watch the players at work, and introduce them to the famous actors and actresses — these are the purposes of a series of articles of which this — the Ince Studios — is the first. Each article will be individual— a single trip to that studio — so that there will be no connection between the parts of the series except the general theme — and each will be up to date and complete. The articles will appear in every issue hereafter, until all the big studios throughout the country have been dealt with. — Editor's Xote.
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goers throughout the country visit their favorite theater and sit almost motionless while a Kay-BeeTriangle him, telling a worth-while story in a worth-while way, is unfolded on the screen before them. Then they leave the theater, wondering how the producer could ever "put over" a play with so much life in it and with so many spectacular effects.
I wondered about these plays, like all the others, until I visited the studios in which they are made. There are two of these studios, and each one is a city by itself. Inceville and Culver City are the names given these two movie cities, situated not so very far from the him colony at Los Angeles, California, and both are under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince, the human dynamo of
the him industry. Day after day. at these two wonder cities, an army of diligent workers is engaged in producing these wonder pictures, and to watch them at their task is much like visiting a beehiye. Every one is busily engaged about his or her work, and all are working to the one end — to make good pictures.
Inceville is located about four miles north of Santa Monica, California, and is reached by a winding road along the shores of the Pacific Ocean. It is built upon seven hills, and covers approximately eighteen thousand acres. It has been recognized by the United States government as a town, for it has its own post office. Everything required for the making of gigantic motion pictures is contained here. There are five stages, the main one being three bun