Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1908)

THE MOVING PICTURE \\ < )] MINTS TO CPKRATORS. By Mark Light. Hav< ndcnsers fit I in the case, * 1 1 i lu > are too I; 1,1 them di >» n lerj * * * \ "in condensers expand when heated, thei mist ■ 1 for expansion, * * * The "cul ofl cornet " stei n \ iew is the fatill Iia\ ing the i" c< mdensers. * * * To get good results, clean your condensers twice a wi and oftener if n A little wood alcohol will polish them nicely * * * A cold draught coming through your lamp house will ca the condensers to crack. * * * By keeping the hack and top of your lamp house can avoid th * trouble by doing things properly. * * * Xow For the film: It should have its proper care as well a? the other pans of the mechanism. * * * Most breaks in your film are duo to careless splicing. * * * Keep your film ten-ion springs and pictun plate free from dirt. * * * When making splices avoid cutting off too many pictun * * * When splicing, have both ends with emulsion side up. * * * The film drying causes it to break and crack. * * * Keep it from being exposed as much as possible. * * * When not in use, keep it in a tin box. COMMENTS ON FILM SUBJECTS. "The Tercentary Celebration." This film is a reproduction oi some of the most important events of the recent celebration at Quebec. "The Troublesome Fly." A film which is comical from beginning to end. 'The Renegade" is a dramatic, thrilling and exciting picture. iood Repentance" is a strong, dramatic picture of intense interest. "The Chieftain's Revenge" tells a thrilling story of Scottish life in earlier days, when lawlessness and violence swayed. "The Specter." A tragic story of man's passion and woman's duplicity, ending in crime and subsequent punishment. "The Mourner's Clever Undertaking" is an interesting and laughable subject. "The Redman and the Child" is a meritorious film and amuses both young and pld. "Uncle's Fortune" is a highly interesting drama, well worked out. "A Tragedy of Japan" is a thrilling and interesting picture. telling a sad tale of an American's perfidy and its disastrous results to himself. "Dick's Sister" is a splendid subject of exceptional dramatic value that cannot help but reach the heart of every spectator. "The Stolen Dagger" is a strong dramatic picture with a good moral. The news comes from France that the Paris courts have declared that all cinematographic reproductions of operas, dramas and pantomimes are a direct infringement of the author's rights and all such films wherever found may be impounded and destroyed. •Send $2.00 for a Subscription to the Moving' Picture "World — the representative trade newspaper. HUMOR'S I IRT IN MOVING PICTUR] Things that Ar< Lil ly to Be [Tncomfortabli Fot Both Aand Audien A number i till and " at w hat i ' Not long ago thi her and amused the hous [ohn, just see that; them is us." The photographer whili their porch. Thi its that ! n up 11 and i ined to find that while in the >n in wn by the sea th< i had lit them. Probably nobody in the knew it. II timan natui e is such, hi the whole house was i >n Thi ] wished themselves anywhere but in theii .■■.., i • t S, The Capture of a Moving Picture Convict. One of the most amusing incidents of this kind concerns patrolman Young, ambitious, he longed to distinguish himself so that hi might be p had a long and lonelj beat He kept both of his eyes wide open all the time so that he should not miss a blessed opportunity. One day he was amazed at seeing a man in convict's tumb and then mi the dead run take to the woods. Behind the convict." with many gesticu -ame what the now rather dazed patrolman thought was a i a really ana truh mob, in pursuit. Our friend wanted the honor and dreamed, as his mind cleared, of the glory that should be his if, single banded, he captured the fugitive' Helter skelter across tin ind into the wood ran the patrolman. He heard wild, but indistinguishable yells from the pursuers. H< upon the desi a shot or two in the air, but the desperate one seemed mighty desperate, for he kept on with undiminished speed, until his fool caught in the branches of a fallen tree, when down he went. The patrolman was on top of the fugutive in an instant, handling him rather roughly. "Hi, hi. this isn't in the game; what the devil are you up to?" Then, looking, up he recognized (though the patrolman didn't) the situation and burst into laughter. "For heaven's sake, you surely don't take me for a real escaped convict, do you?" "Come, now. that'll do; none of your nonsense!" said the officer, who was proceeding to handcuff the "prisoner" when the companions of the latter came up and explained, though it was hard to convince the cop that he had added a surprise photo to a moving picti The most delighted man of them all was the picture man. To use his own words, he was "tickled to death." "Great! Great!" said he. "Just think of it — I've got a real policeman in the picture, a real, live policeman!" "Well, what's there great about that:" he was asked. "Oh, you chuckleheads, don't you understand — a real, live policeman. Have you ever seen a 'fake' policeman on the stage? Don't you know that everybody in the house sees the difference. That's one of the most difficult of parts to make up; it's the despair of actors, but I've got the goods. the real thing, and don't you forget it!" The alleged "convict" in reality was an actor. In some of the suburban resorts many of his class may be seen. In the dead Summer months, when the play houses are closed .and there's nothin' doin' for the lesser grade thespians. a few bones for doing stunts for the moving picture man come in mighty handy. Only the other day in one of these places a rather good looking chap was telling an admiring group of beer-tossers of his last season in Shakespeare. An hour later, distinguished as a woman, he was flying down i! while the photographer was working over-time. Brooklyn Citizen. Our ad in vour paper seems to bring better results than in anv other papers.' C. T. LANG 'O.. Olcan. N. V.