The Moving Picture Girls; Or, First Appearances in Photo Dramas

and, and guided her steps with his. She had been about to turn off at a corner, to carry out her inte

impatiently, "don'

d of you!" Alice replied, w

on a more ruddy hue. There was an

ind going with me to the manager's office? It's a public

that!" she haste

note to Mr. Pertell, the manager. I know him quite we

now it isn't tha

etter!" he exclaimed eagerly, and as Alice looked into his honest gr

rld to be let into this secret, until it is more assured of success. Bes

w--" he

stand," she laughed at him

a trial, and that's all that's needed, for I'm sure he can do th

, he tried to lead her down

ous look. "It isn't that. It's only-well, I might as well tell you, though it may be rather m

anion anxiously. To he

of hurting my feeling

nswered, in

movies. But I want to tell you that you're wrong, and, with all due respect to him, you

husiastic now. His voice r

s, places where nice persons didn't go. But it's different now. All that has been changed. Why, look at Sarah Bernhardt, doing her famous plays b

eally?" cr

d other countries aren't ashamed to be seen in the movies. They're glad

ke it better to be an actor on the real stage. But in the movies he won't have to talk. He'll just ha

art is set on that

this?" asked Russ. He was very an

girl. "He thinks the movies too common. I

better and better all the while. Of course some poor films are shown, but they'r

, to stage one of the big plays-one with lots of outdoor scenes in i

e, her eyes now shin

handle. But it's harder to film a real drama with lots of excitement in it-outdoor stuff-cattle stampeded-the sports of cowboys-a fake Indian fight; it takes lots of grit to stand up in front of an oncoming troop of horseme

happen?" she

of 'em many a time. That's what I'm going to be soon-a taker of the moving picture plays instead of just pro

ted he's promised to put it on his mach

hat man you say tried to steal

ld him what I thought of him. He's got another fellow in with him-Bud Br

e. "I've heard of many inventors whos

ther to take up this work. I know he'll like it, once he tries it. Won't

Then with a little gesture, as though pu

ot that I'm ashamed to work-I love it!" she added hastily. "But I wouldn't like to be a public manicurist, and that's the only situation that seemed

y that," chuckle

d, as she and Russ walked off together. "She would

"It's the sensible thing to do.

clared with enthusiasm. "You've made it so clear and

of the film studios now. This is about the time th

gaudy lithographs out in front, no big frames with the pictures of the actors and actresses, or of scenes from the plays. There

ck to a ballroom in a king's palace. Of course, for outside scenes they go wherever the scenery best suits the story of the play. And h

-factory!" ex

is-a play-factory," ag

dering. They passed rapidly through the departments devoted to the mechanical end of the busi

p to the theatre

bridges-in short, all sorts of "props." She had been behind the scenes often in some of the plays in which

d a tragedy in a mountain log cabin was being enacted; while, not ten feet away, was a parlor scene, showing men in evening dress, and women in ball costumes, gliding through the maz

icture cameras, looking like flat fig boxes with a tube sticking out, and a h

in their shirt sleeves superintending th

you faint, fall good and

f that funny business! Look funny; don

'Hamlet.' You needn't stalk about

Stop the camera; that will have to b

wholly of skylights, while a battery of arc lamps, in addition, on some of the sce

n taking the pictures knew the young operator, and nodded to him in friendly fashion, as they hurried about

e. "I had no idea the making of a mo

a laugh. "But you haven't seen half of it yet. Here com