The day book. [volume], January 27, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 22

About The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917

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men producers of moving pictures,
holds the highest office. And Laura
Oakley, a photoplayer of many parts,
has the unusual distinction of being
chief. - "V.-w
A. streeW4 UniyrsaJ.ttyis a caP1
tal reminder typtfearly time
western town One .ojf interesting
features is that.uyerjfth&ig'inCit can
be and IS utilized, at onetime, or an
other, for. picturesTTf. -a-western
scene is.to ie shown wbjich requires
a saloon;, scene painters, tid property
men are -called and' given orders to
erect and paint such a building; for
there is not a REAL saloon on the
place. In an hereditably; brief time
the building is ready, f pf , tie' it known
to the uninitiated, onlyj the FRONT
of the structure is built, unless an
interior as well as an exterior is required.
For people who suppose that dan
gerous scenes and hair-breadth in
cidents are "faked" on the screen it
may be interesting to know that a
genuine up-to-datp HOSPITAL has
been erected at Universal Gity, and,
for the past several months, there
has been a resident physician on the
grounds who has had all sorts of
cases from abroken toe to a general
smashup to treat.
On my way around "Movie" town I
discovered another novelty. It is the
animal stage, where the big animal
pictures of the Universal Film Co. are
made.
"How do you get the lions and
tigers and other wild animals rom
their cages to the stage?" I asked of
the man who was piloting me around.
He answered by taking me to the
place, which I found was connected
with runways leading to all the prin
cipal wild animal cages. When a
lion or leopard is needed in a scene,
the cage opening on the runway is
unfastened; the animal runs along it
and comes out upon the stage!
Just as I was preparing to leave
town a man rushed across an open
air statje and shouted to some one,
"Ride him, Shorty. Stick to him, old
man!" A dozen men shouted the
same sort of order. I turned in the
direction they were looking and saw
a cowboy riding a horse at break
neck speed. He dashed down a hill,
through a wire fence arid in among
the buildings. Four or five other
men, springing apparently from no
where, jumped onto their horses and
started in pursuit. Whizzing by a
team hitched to a lumber wagon, the
frantic horse started it on a runaway
dash, over the hills.
In and out went the flying broncho,
with the other riders doing their level
best to head him off. - ,
"No way to stop that brute but
lasso him," I heard a bystander say. .
And then I noticed, for the first time,'
that the man was riding with ONE'
rein. The other hung from, the bridle
and dangled on the ground.
"He's over the bank!" somebody
shouted.
"Gee, that's what I call tough
luck," mused a man in a genuine
"rough neck" makeup as he walked
leisurely back to the stage where he
had been in the act of killing off a
"hero."
"Wonderful ride! Great action!
Beautiful fall and a bunch of broken
bones
"But no camera!"
A few minutes later the riderless
horse, was lassoed and poor Shorty
was taken to the hospital to. have a
broken shoulder set.
It would have made a great picture,
but, alas, it was the real thing!
And so goes life in a "movie" town.
o o
Wife (reading) Isn't this funny,
my dear? Here is an article which '
says they have found a new species
of birds in Australia which have four
legs. Now, whatever do you suppose
they want four legs for? Husband
(yawning) They are probably poli
ticians, my love, and by this beautiful
dispensation of their Creator they are
enabled to stand on both sides of the
fence at the same time,"