ILLUSTRATIONS - With the movie makers - 4 - Myron M. Stearns

CONTENTS CHAPTER I

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Getting Ready to take a Scene “On Location”]
[Making use of a “Real” Incident]
[The Scene the Audiences Saw]
[Roping an Auto Bandit]
[Taking “Close-Ups” on a Moving Auto]
[A Movie “Miniature”]
[A Snow Scene Made of Salt]
[“Shooting” a Tramp on a Moving Train]
[A Closer View of the Preceding “Take”]
[Getting Thrills with a Balloon]
[An Old Whaling Ship Refitted to Make a New Movie]
[Capsized by a Real Whale]
[Aiding Nature by a Skilful Fake]
[Real Danger on the High Seas]
[The Second Step to Safety]
[A Douglas Fairbanks “Set” used in “The Three Musketeers”]
[How a Movie “Set” is Made]
[Applying the Mysteries of “Make-Up”]
[A Typical Movie “Interior”]
[Staging a Movie Prize-Fight]
[How a Motion Picture Interior is Made]
[Engine Trouble on a Dakota Prairie]
[When the Hero is the Captain of a Steam Shovel]
[Douglas Fairbanks as D’Artagnan in “The Three Musketeers”]
[Another Scene from “The Three Musketeers”]
[Filming an Old Engineer on a Fast-Moving Locomotive]
[Another Railroad Scene]
[Getting a Comedy Close-Up for a Laugh]
[A “Location” where Reflectors are Essential]
[Where Scenic Beauty is Required]
[A Proposal on a Mountain Top]
[Wrecking a Racing-Car for Sport]
[Getting a Risky Bit of Action]
[Actress, or a Victim of an Accident?]
[Getting a real “Thriller”]
[Drama on an Aëroplane]
[A Gruesome Aëroplane Wreck]
[Good Training in Cheerfulness]
[Two Cameras Against One Pig]
[Carrying an Elephant to a “Location”]
[An Auto Load of Horses]
[A Tête-à-Tête with a Lion]
[Acting with a “Tame” Lion]
[An Elephant on a Rampage]
[Human Brains Against Brute Strength]
[One of the Big Scenes in “Robin Hood”]
[Spending Money on a “Spectacle”]
[A “Western” Actor and His Favorite Horse]
[“Westerns” are always Popular]
[Archway from “The Three Musketeers”]
[A Mexican Gateway from “Winners of the West”]

WITH THE MOVIE MAKERS