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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, March 09, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 15

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"MOVIE" STUDIO LOOKS LIKE OLD MISSION
BUT IT IS A BUSY WORKROOM
BY GERTRUDE M. PRICE.
Close up under the high, blue hills
of Santa Barbara there has been built
one of the most artistic, complete film
studios in the country! It has been
fashioned, with care, after the old
California mission architecture. The
grounds, within its walls, have been
laid out in artistic beds of old-fashioned
flowers and long stretches of
clover.
Under the bright, indolent sun, it
lies so peaceably that no one would
think such a word as work was ever
heard within its walls.
But once inside the walls, I found
another atmosphere. Winifred Green
wood, a star of the company, was my
pilot around this unique place where
pleasure and work seemed to be so
happily combined.
We commenced our tour.of inspec
tion in the offices. "A short walk
across the gravel paths ledus to the
big glass-roofed studio where all the
interiors are taken. Close beside it
we found the large place where the
resident scene painter works all day
long.
"Now come with me," called Miss
Greenwood, "and I'll show you where
all the favorites of the American Film
pictures spend-a share of each sun
shiny day." We went to the third
side of the patio. It was a' long, low,
continuous building, with a straight
hall down its center. And on each
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Winifred Greenwood and Exterior of Old Mission Studio.
side, the dressing rooms of the actors
opened off.
I could see Vivian Rich, through
a half open door, sitting on a high
stool powdering her nose, and giving
a final pat to her black hair.

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