Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1916)

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306 Screen Gossip Governor Johnson of California (with glasses) . D. W. Griffith and Sir H. Beerbohm Tree, the man in character dress. Governor Hiram T. Johnson, of California, with his wife, were recent visitors to the Fine Arts studios, where they were entertained by David Wark Griffith and his corps of directors. The governor much enjoyed meeting such notables as Sir Henry Tree, De Wolf Hopper, Fay Tincher, Mr. Griffith, and G. W. Bitzer, the camera man who filmed "The Birth of a Nation." Thomas H. Ince and his Kay-BeeTriangle forces seem to need more and more room for the big undertakings they have under way, or, at least, they find it desirable to acquire more and more land at Culver City, which is the new home of the Ince organization, now that the Santa Monica studio has been all but given up. It was only a few months ago that Director General Ince purchased twelve acres of land at Culver City and erected thereon one of the best-equipped studios on the West coast, and just a week or two ago a deal was closed for thirty-one additional acres adjoining the first tract. Already a force of men is grading the new tract, so that large exterior sets, such as streets, office buildings, interiors of assembly halls, et cetera, can be filmed there. Already in use at the Culver City site are four stages, a big scene dock, wardrobe and dressing rooms, property buildings, and a film vault, while the new administration building will be ready to move into within another two weeks. New structures already under way are carpenter shops, a huge garage, receiving room, cutting room, commissary, heating plant, director's room, factory, hothouse, a natatorium, having a tank of one hundred and four thousand gallons capacity, and four more big stages. Universal City being a long way out of Los Angeles, and the street-car service none too frequent, players not wealthy enough to own their own automobiles have frequently found the problem of transportation a hard one to solve. Learning of the difficulty, the Universal management has provided