REAL LIVING PICTURES.
The way a kinema picture-producing company is run, so far ns the practical «de goes, is interesting. Supposing director wants an “English butler, he looks for him in his elaborate caid index cabinet. The player is then advised by telephone to appear the following morning. Now that the Player is selected for the play the characters look true to life. u A S a j n » one gentleman in demand for hous o ’ Parts is the person with the. cauliflower ears; whilst the dope bend capitalises his craving, for he litis the eye and the uncertain tread, which makes him invaluable in such parts. The locomotive driver who figures in numerous railway pictures is usually a .man who has retired from the cab, while the guard also knows his job from actual experience. ■ - For one photoplay it was necessary v i? rhe interiors in a genuine New. York department store, and during the two consecutive days in which the establishment was occupied, 300 store assistants were used to “dress in” the scenes. •
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12784, 30 October 1919, Page 6
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