Cheaper and Better Design Forthcoming But from Where Will the Money Come?
Prox Our Own London, Oct. 13.
Films showing the assassination of King Alexander and M, Barthou were being shown in London within three days of the crime, Actually, a friend who has seen them tells me, they do not show much, at least not too much, But only the police were allowed to see the whole film, in case they might Identify a suspect in the crowd. "The most ghastly paris were cut out.
'The first parts show King Alexander arriving at Marseilles, that, of course, ig the ordinary news-cinema work, as algo is a "shot" taken just before the murder, in which the King is seen bowing' and waving to the crowd, It is everywhere remarked that, in this scene, the mounted escort seem to be riding a considerable way behind. the ear, a fact on which, no doubt, the angry French public will Then comes the assassination, the clearest part of which is Colonel Piol-Tet slashing at the murderer, Wild disorder immediately ensues as. the crowd rush round the car and. that It is said that an amateur cine-motographer happened to be on the spot, and immediately sold his Alm to one of the big professional companies, though not before he had spontan ously given it up to the police. Ie must have had an extraordinary nerve, to keep his camera working. Some' of the snapshots published in newspapers are enough for me.
'A Mara Lite Apropos. of cinemas and film production, T have just been hearing from young girl who is trying to get her fide of girl with, quite admittedly, the right type of face; she has also had a pretty good training ina dramatic school and has quite an idea of acting.
She lives in Earl's Court and goes! dally to the studio, far north of London, by a workman's train at 7 a. for the sake of the cheap ticket. At the studio she just sits all day and often till tale at night with dozens of other girls, waiting for the chance of being called for a walking-on part Sometimes after waiting the whole day, the producer will come out at yeven oF eight o'clock and say "Such-and-such a set to be done!" Any volunteers for "whatever the crowd may be." Instantly a wild rush by all the girls, of whom the producer picks what he fancies, shooing the rest away like troublesome puppies.
Now and then my friend has a slice of luck, "Next week, for example, she Is actually booked for three different shots at two guineas apiece. But then she may be for days without a
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