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Flirting with the Great Unknown
>ome of the Daring Things Tha' Pictures Real, But Which Are "Fakes" by Would-Be
Photoplayers Do to Make Often Called Wise Fans
SOME actors make their reputation on their face, some on their physical allure, and the balance on their nerve. Not the kind that is likened to gall, but the variety that comes to the front when the grim specter stalks stealthily around — the kind that is likened to courage.
In "putting over" a thrill on the screen, it is very often the case that the actors experience more palpitations of the heart ^ than p those 3L in the .
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A PROMINENT DIRECTOR
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN OX TO P OF A MOVING FREIGHT TRAIN IX "THE GIRL AND THE GAME" (SIGXAL)
audience, altho, out of fairness, we are compelled to admit that the latter show keen appreciation. The actors know this, and therefore do all in their power to satisfy the public's craving for sensationalism. The writer speaks from experience and, as a director, has had to exact some risky between-thisworld-and-the-next stunts from the ever willing actor, both female and male. In one picture the story called for the hero being tied on the end of a rope and allowed to dangle in midair over the edge of a precipice, and, while in this predicament, the heroine finds him. She is alone and almost helpless, but there is her lover swinging in space and liable to be dashed to pieces at any moment if the rope
should break. But the public craving must be satisfied, and her lover must be saved. We had figured on letting her start to climb over the edge, then cut the scene to a close-up and help her over the sharp rock, then show her resting on the hero's shoulders, from which she was to jump to a protruding ledge and thus rescue him. After talking it over, we decided that, to make the scene real, she would have to do the actual rescue and take a chance on losing her grip on the way down. If she did — oblivion; if she didn't — a good scene. She didn't lose her grip and the scene was immense, but the shock laid her up for many days, and all the flesh from the palms of her hands was torn off bv the
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