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PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE—ADVERTISING SECTION The Romantic History of the Motion Picture “s (Continued from page o7) Tt wae a large misfortune to the motion picture, There was to be no peace from that. day until the remote end of 1908, thirteen: battle wrung years away. “To give this period its proper place in the sense of time, ibis of interest to note that the newspapers in this week of the motion pichure’s birth were spicy with the vensational disclosures of the Oscar Wilde ease. Also thal week Kaier Wilhelm an- nounced ‘the coming opening of the Kiel Canal and the United States accepted an invitation to send’ warships to the cere- monial, Meanwhile the problem of screen pro- jection was not 5o nearly solved as might be surmised at this point. The pictures which .the Latham machine projected were highly imperfect and unsatisfactory. They came near to complete motion picture illu- sion, but their fault lay in @ minor but all important technienl detail, The time in which each successive “frame” or step of the film was stopped and cxpozed to the eye did not sufficiently exceed the interval of motion, or the time in which the film was moving from one position to the next, But the Latham enterprise was not amply financed, It was dé@tirable to get it to earning an incomé as Soon as possible. Histy steps were taken to get the products of the Lambda company before the public as soon as possible. The next move was the making of a pic- ture. In view of the succeés that the Latham brothers showing of their six round (To be continued) How To Do It (Continued from page 6o) To my sur- prise, upon arriving at the gates 1 was ad- mitted without a word or blow. Director Punch was in the yard. He told me where to find my dressing room. Imag- Ine my indignation upon reaching it to find it full of cannibals! That was my finst real disillusionment,—finding my part was to be shared with a hundred others. What chance is Usere for individual expression when one’s part is shared with a hundred others? J thought of entering an objection but decided to wait until I was starred. Let me say here, never rake any objections to anything during your struggic. Just save them up until you are a star and then enter them all at once. A friendly cannibal showed me how to put on the tropic complexion and gave me a little shrub which he told me to drape to the best of my advantage. This I did. With my heart throbbing openly, I ar- rived on the “set.” Miss Razeheil, the little star, was at that time very democratic, al- though I hear she has become very upstage recently. Her kindness toward extra men was well-known, Although T was just one of the mob, she noted my personality and when jt came time for the big rescue scene where she was borne on the <talwart shoul- ders of a Christian cannibal out of harm’s way, the director came frisht over and picked me aut. There was to be a fight between the villain who bad lured Miss Razehell to the lonely island for the dire purpose of kissing her, and one of the noble savages, whore ¢ic- ter, Little-Sloe-Foot, had been overtaken and harmed by the same monster. 1 was to play the pal of the savage who fought the villain, and during the ficht I wag to bear Miss Razehell out of harm's way. Well, the fight was staged, the villain prize fight spectal in the kinetoscope peep show in Nassau street, it was an easy con- sequence that they should decide upon another fight as their first production for the screen. A bright sunny day, just after the first of May, Otway Latham in the réle of direc- tor staged a fight between “Young Griffo” and “Battling Barnett’ on the roof of Madison Square Garden. W. K. L. Dickson, now no longer connected with the Edison enterprises, assisted at the making of this picture. May 20, 1893, the Griffo-Barnett fight went on exhibition to Ute public at 153 Broadway. It ran its flickering way in about four minutes, So the motion picture opened for the first of all first runs on Broadway. How jar was that little four minute picture on the magic lantern beet in a storeroom from today’s motion picture magnificences of up- per Broadway, with its multi-million dollar ccrevn theatres! Simultaneously with that opening on lower Broadway the Lambda company started its commorcial career by offering for sale state rights on the use of their pro- fection machine, ‘The Lathams started to build a number of machines and to make pictures to be shown on the new born screen. The beginning had been made. This waz the founding of the motion picture indus- try. Potential millions of profits were waiting, ie ven YT au 26 a punching at the noble savage and the n. s. stroking back. I was loitering in the back- ground shooting craps with another cannibal when I heard Miss Razehell exclaim: “For Gawd's <zake, Punch, this jazzbo fights Hke a sissy. Where'd you get him?” She was referring to Lawrynce Jasmyne, the boy who was playing the noble <av- age. “As the red man’s hope you're a fine Mel- lin's food product,” screamed Miss Razehell. “Take him away before he tickles some- body.” 1 had crowded near to observe the fight and show my interest. Lawrynce Jasmyne wis leaping about, making queer gestures at the villain, "What's he doing 7?” sorb knowledge. Miss Razchell glanced at me. “Why, don’t you recognize the ewan dance?” she cried. “That's what you get, Punch, for engaging a Denkhawn dancér for a prizefighter.”' “Ob, Hell?” said Punch, stepping on the assistant director's derby. “Here you"— he was addressing me!—“Can you fight?” Without waiting for further opportunity, I leaped upon the villain and commenced pounding him in the head. “Here, here! you foal,” cried Mr. Punch. “This is a movie fight—not a murder!” I said, “Oh!" and released the villain’s head from under my arm. He sighed and sat down heavily, but they brought him to with the aid of Miss Razchell’s smelling salts which she always carries in a flask. Then I learned how to fight fiercely without doing any harm to the opponent's make-up. All the ime Miss Razchell was cheering me on with bright smiles and such kindly appreci- ation as “That a bo!” (Concluded on page 09) EGomichbooks 'T asked, eaver to ab-