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MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE
he was not daunted by such difficulties when a money-making opportunity loomed large before him. If he could not get pictures of the war in Europe, he would "start a war" of his own in America, and that is exactly what he did. It was such a "home-made" war that I visited over in New Jersey. Other Moving Picture concerns were conducting them on Long Island and other battlefronts.
tion, had enjoyed some sort of military training, and every one of them knew how to execute the manual of arms, how to march, how to take aim and how to fire a blank cartridge with the most telling effect. In most instances, a day or two of preliminary drilling was all that was necessary to get them ready for the taking of the pictures. They were then costumed in various uniforms and led to the spot selected for the opening scene. Arrived there, they were allowed to stand at ease while the director and the operator discussed the important matters of light and shade, measured the ground and estimated the slope of the land.
The range of the
The "volunteers" were paid $2.25 a day to come to the "front" and play the hero. The response was immediate, and the supply was even greater than the demand. Men of every nationality came "flocking to the flag, ' ' prepared to " die " as often as twenty times a day, if such sacrifice of life were demanded by the director.
Some of these men were used in taking pictures which were afterward shown as real scenes from the front; others were employed in the battle scenes of war dramas written especially for the occasion. The chief, and practically the only, requirement was that they should be able to ride, to handle a gun or a sword and be intelligent enough to obey orders quickly and correctly. There were all sorts and kinds of men among them, some short and some tall, some stout and some lean, some old and some young, but every one of them, without excep
HOW THE GERMAN VILLAGE HOUSES ARE MADE — THEY ARE MOSTLY PAPER AND CANVAS
Moving Picture camera at close quarters is not great. If an actor moves a few feet to either side of the lens he is out of the picture. Only a limited number of men, therefore, could be used in scenes which would show the actors life-size, tho many more could be employed in cavalry charges or assaults upon supposedly fortified positions, where the fighting is seen some distance away.
For two weeks after the "beginning of the war" in Grantwood, N. J., the country roads were full of ' ' soldiers ' '