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Making a Million Dollar Picture
A section of the carpenter shop at Kingston, Jamaica, which is the company's "ammunition plant.'
be possible even in the temperate regions of the north."
Interesting as the subject was, the terms began to mix me up again, and, summoning a waiter, I told him what I would like to drink.
"Same for me!" came from Johnny; and then we talked of that little white lane in little old New York called Broadway.
The morning before I left Kingston for New York, I accompanied Mr. Brenon to Fort Augusta to see some battle scenes. It was the most marvelous of all the motion-picture scenes it has been my privilege to view. What seemed like tens of thousands of soldiers, some on horses and some on foot, and clad in the wildest and most fantastic of costumes, "fought" as though for their very life. Mr. Brenon, aided by an even score of capable assistants, directed this stupendous battle by underground telephone — the same appliance the mighty Griffith used in "The Birth of a Nation." It was an aweinspiring sight, one that will never be forgotten. For hours and hours these
dusky warriors "fought." Brenon was like a wild man, shouting an order through the phone one minute, placing an extra camera man or two the next, and then answering the dispatch of a messenger from the "front," and sending him off with a mighty shout.
Never have I seen a man put his whole heart and soul in the production of a film as Herbert Brenon did. He was like a bundle of nerves controlled by electricity, and doing the work, both mental and physical, of a hundred men.
The day wore on, and a short rest was called for a hasty luncheon. Then the terrific battle started again. Soldier after soldier would fall, seemingly dead, until the ground was strewn with them. The sun was setting in the West when a halt was called for the day. Then the "warriors" who had received cuts and bruises on the "field of battle" retired to the company's hospital, where they were at once taken care of.
I can say no more — everything was shown in confidence — so I am unable to tell you the outcome of this battle, what caused it, what the results were,