The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1916 Page: 10 of 12
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Some of the screen
stars risk death every
week in order to pro-
vide sensation lovers
with thrills-women
of film drama will
try any stunt once
NI< way of earning a living is bv
jumping from one speeding train to
another; by riding motor cycles off
open drawbridges; by running pell-
mell over moving freight trains, only
to clutch an overhead cable and to
hung suspended in midair; by grnp-
ullng with an infuriated man In the
cab of an nnnishing locomotive, and
in n hundred ways risking life anil
limb. This is what scores of motion ,
picture actresses and actors do every
tlay with hardly the wink of tin eyelash in the per-
formance of tiie stunts.
It is all in answer to the cry for realism In tlio
movies which litis recently been raised by directors.
Realism is now a watchword. Above all, the pro-
duction must be realistic. The directors argue
that the public has become tired of faked dangers
and mechanical feats that make ordinary scenes
appear hazardous. The desire for realism may lie
all right for the public and the director, but it is
bard on the performers.
Patrons of the pictures are so familiar wllh
scenes depicting rough riding, descents of mountain
Bides on horseback and leaps from cliffs in which
(the rider falls clear of the mount and in other ways
pirts with death that they never stop to think ot
the real danger Incurred by those actors who darn
feo much for the silent drama. Of course there itro
certain pictures in which the danger is faked. But
those pictures are almost equally balanced by the
kind which depicts ti real danger encountered to
accomplish the desired result.
Jumps From Moving Trains.
"When I first began to jump off moving trains,"
bald Helen Holmes, when asked for her impressions
of daredevtlling In the films, "I must confess 1 was
Somewhat timid, but now 1 take it as something
|which must be done to complete the picture.
"In one picture in which I worked about sis
Inonths ago I went through the action with my
Iheart in my mouth, and for ti moment at least I felt
like quitting, it was a railroad picture in which
1 was to drive a big engine across a bridge which
was to be blown up as the engine reached the mid-
idle.
"A torpedo on the track about twenty feet from
the spot where the dynamite charge was placed to
(wreck the bridge was to give me my signal to tlive
ifrom the cab to the river thirty feet below. From
the moment that the engine reached the wooden
trestle I kept thinking what would happen if the
torpedo did not go off and 1 should be curried down
Into the wreckage.
"Tiie run of about thirty yards seemed intermin-
able, but everything worked according to plans and
1 made the dive safely, but I was shaking like a
leaf when fished from tiie river. 1 was so fright-
ened I could hardly keep myself afloat.
"But now 1 have become so used to risking my
jneck that I accept it as a matter of course. It is
much like the case of an aviator when lie starts tly-
ilug. At first he Is cautious and only makes slight
jascents and safe descents, but soon the spirit of
daring enters his soul and he Is looping the loop
and doing spirals 2,000 feet in the air, and other
dangerous stunts."
Danger in the Quicksand.
There was Marion Swayne, who thought it pretty
hard when she was called upon recently to allow
herself to be rescued from quicksands on a treach-
erous bit of picturesque Florida beach. It would
not suffice to have her buried in a sand hole on a
isolld portion of tiie beach where site could easily
be extricated without danger to herself. Oeorgo
Foster l'latt, who was directing the five-reel fea-
ture entitled "The Net," Insisted that the best re-
sults could only be obtained by having the star
caught in the real quicksand.
Outside the range of the camera a group of men
were ready with planks and rope to rescue the
actress In case the scene as planned miscarried and
she should need other help than that offered by
Bert Delaney, the leading man and hero. Miss
Swayne was reluctant at first to try the scene, but
finally consented and timidly went out to the
treacherous sandbar. The feeling of helplessness
that came over her when her feet sunk slowly from
under her without means of staying them alarmed
the screen star. As she sank to the waist her fea-
tures registered a genuine fear, and at this point
the camera man begun "shooting" the scene while
the gallant hero with a stout rope lassoed her. It
required all ills strength to drag her from the sands
which were engulfing her. When on solid ground
ugain Miss Swayne with a tremulous voice said:
"I suppose on the screen that will look easy, but
I don't cure to try It over again."
Leap From High Cliff.
Wide publicity was once given to ti stunt picture
In which a trained acrobat jumped a liorse from a
hilltop into n chasm, inflicting injuries upon him-
self and the animal und getting into trouble with
the humane society officials. This man was not a
regular member of the picture company, but was
Engaged at a big price to perform the during act.
Anna Little had a somewhat similar experience,
although part of it was not done intentionally. Un-
der the direction of Frank Borzage, a glutton for
realism, Miss Little was to slide down the side of
a cliff some seventy feet high on horseback to
escupe a bund of Indians in pursuit. The ride
called for a skilled equestrienne, unflinching cour-
age and a sure-footed horse, it was Impossible to
rehearse the scene becuuse the director knew that
after having gone through it once neither Miss
Little nor the horse could be persuaded to repeat
the action.
This scene was to be the big thrill In the picture.
Much care was taken in preparing It. Three cam-
era men were stationed to catch the slide from
three different angles, thus insuring a good pic-
ture from at least one of the machines.
Barely Escaped Death.
Careful Instructions had been given the actress
and she started on the slide. At first the horse
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THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH. !
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your URly, grizzly gray hairs by
using "La Creole' Hair Dressing.—Adv
Needlessly Alarmed.
A man who was stung by hornets
last summer wi s awakened by a buzz-
ing sound almost directly above him.
He ducked bis head under the cov-
j era.
| When he ventured an ear out to
i listen lu heard the sound again, even
i louder than before.
Again be ducked under the covers.
Then, realizing that he couldn't stay
In bed all day, he put bis bead out
from under the covers and yelled. This
was with the idea of scaring w hatever
was buzzing.
He succeeded in that, but it wasn't
a hornet or bee.
It was a hired girl running a vacuum
carpet sweeper on the tloor of the flat
overhead.
Most particular women use Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to please.
At all flood grocers. Adv.
Had Experience.
A guardsman mustered Into the fed-
eral service cannot be held for ali-
mony. so a court rules, because his
income Is only enough for himself.
This may incite the Alimony club
members to enlist. If they can get out
long enough to do so. Nobody can
deny that they have fighting experi-
ence in the Home Guard.
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo-
ing with "La Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.—Adv.
Narrow Escape.
A Columbus woman was going from
her desk to her home for a noon lunch-
eon. She had a slight headache, the
sun was shining bright and she was
tired. All around her motor cars were
purring softly or snorting past without
giving her so much as a toot of the
horn.
"I wish I was wealthy enough to own
a car," she said to herself. "I never
would walk a step if I had a car of my
own. Just listen at that car coming
now. I wish somebody was driving who
knew me and would «iffer to take me
home in it. It sounds like one of these
long, easy riding, rakish looking tour-
ing cars—the kind just built for com-
fort. Gee! I wish the driver would
ask me to ride."
Then she looked up as the car went
past her. It was an automobile hearse.
—Indianapolis News.
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Excellent for sandwiches.
Insist on Libby's at
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Ouch!
They were seated in a secluded
corner of the veranda. For a long
time neither of them had spoken.
Suddenly be took l*er little band in
his. His voice was choked with emo-
tion as he said :
"Do you think you could ever learn
to love a man—"
"Yes," she interrupted in a soft
whisper. '"Bring on your mau."
IF YOU OR A IVY FRIEND
8nlTer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acute or
chronic* write for my PRKB Bl >ok on Rheuma-
tism— Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A.
Dept. c. w., Brockton* Km.—Adv.
Her Secret.
A witness, a jolly, plump old wom-
an, in a trial in the supreme court of
Massachusetts, was asked what time a
certain train of cars passed her bouse.
She replied that she began knitting at
three o'clock und had knit twice
around the leg of a stocking before it
came along.
The next question, of course, was
how long it would take her to knit
twice around. The judge here, in bis
usual quiet humor, suggested that that
would depend uj on the size of the
stocking.
To this the witness remarked that
the stocking was U# herself and they
could exercise their own judgment as
to the size, and guess how long it
would take.
Logical Deductioin.
Aimee—Last night young Lovelace
said he would willingly die for my
sake, and this morning Jeanette told
me he said the same thing to her three
days ago. Now what do you think of
a man like that?
Ilazel—Well, it looks to me like he
was leading a double life.
hesitated, but urged on he braced his forefeet and
prepared to reach the bottom In safety. Every-
thing moved swiftly, the camera men ground their
machines and the director shouted encouragement
through his megaphone. But about twenty feet
from the bottom the horse caught bis foot in a rock
fissure, stumbled and hurled Miss Little over his
head. She flew through the air head first, landing
in a clump of mesqulte*bushes more than ten yards
away.
Spectators rushed to her side, expecting to find
her either dead or seriously injured, but aside from
the shock and a number of scratches she escaped
unhurt. The dumb actor in the scene was less for-
tunate, suffering two broken legs, and had to be
shot.
This untoward incident in making the scene
caused a complete revision of the scenario.
Miss Gertrude McCoy is known as another dare-
devil of the screen. She gives a good account of
herself in every branch of athletics, besides being
a skillful driver of a motor car. Miss McCoy drives
her own machine and lias used It to advantage lu#
many of the pictures in which she is starred. Her
most recent exploits have been in connection with
what is known in the movie vernacular as "water
stuff." Strange as it may seem, the stunts in her
latest picture do not show up with the same dan-
gerous thrills that really characterized their mak-
ing. This is often the case in motion pictures;
what looks hard is often easy.
Foolhardiness Meant Injury.
A "water-stuff" picture which almost put Miss
McCoy's life in jeopardy was taken for "The Isle
of Love" and was made near Jacksonville, Fla. In
one of the early scenes of the photoplay the star
yields to the temptation to go bathing in a pool
upon a rocky bit of coast. The shore at the point
where the picture was taken happened to be made
up of myriads of shells and pebbles compressed
Into a crumbling, jagged stone formation. The wa-
ter, moreover, was far more shallow than Miss Mc-
Coy suspected.
Despite the warning of her director, Edwin Mid-
dleton, she jumped boldly into the water, cutting
her feet, ankles and legs severely. She was too
good a picture player, however, to stop while the
camera was grinding. Although suffering from a
number of extremely painful cuts she bravely fin-
ished the scene. This episode, which certainly
was not down on the program, laid her up for near-
ly a week.
As the final "punch" of "Lost In the Everglades,"
which is part of "Gloria's Ilomauee," the film serial
in which Billle Burke is appearing, a perfectly good
seven passenger automobile is driven straight out
into the Atlantic ocean off Palm Beach, Fla. This
may be termed recklessness or pure extravagance,
according to one's point of view. Needless to say
the damage done to the car by Its immersion In the
salt water was considerable.
To prove that the film manufacturers aren't the
only people who can be reckless, Miss Burke wore
a Lucile creation that had been specially designed
for her use in the picture, and utterly regardless
of the certain ruin of the frock she hopped out of
the runaway auto as It cleared the first line of
breakers, found herself up to her knees in the surf,
laughed gayly and then waded ashore.
Auto Jumps the Gap.
In order to eliminate as much danger as pos-
sible, this scene was carefully staked beforehand;
that is, everything was simplified. A sloping plat-
form was erected at the place where the leap was
to be made and well re-enforced. Across the ditch
some thirty or forty feet away a pile of brush wood
had been placed to break the fall as the car landed.
Down a slop-lug piece of ground approaching the
juraping-off place Miss King came with lightning
speed In her little machine and took the leap while
the cameras clicked. She landed without serious
mishap in the pile of brush, and beyond a severe
shaking up and a few bruises was none the worse
for her experience.
"It's the buts and ifs connected with such stunts
as these," she remarked later, "that make the dan-
gers undergone really greater than they seem to be.
If something had gone wrong there might have
been a very different story to tell. But—and here
the but comes in—I suppose it's all In the day's
work, so I have nothing to complain of," she con-
cluded with a laugh.
The dangers have also to be faced by the camera
man. An example is the recent experience of a
news camera man in Mexico. A pictorial weekly
representative, hearing that Villa's body was being
brought to Chihuahua for identification, hurried
thither.
"From the time I crossed the border until I re-
turned," he said, telling of his adventures, "I was
a constant target for Mexican abuse. It wus not
until I reached Chihuahua, however, that auy
physical violence was offered. Then there was a
demonstration in the market place despite the fact
that I was under the protection of a Mexican army
officer. Shots were fired at me and I was glad to
get back to the good old U. S. A. with a whole skin;
but I got some pretty good pictures, after all."
Very Likely.
Bill—It is said the English channel
Is nowhere more than !M)0 feet deep.
Jill—I suppose it seer.is a lot deep-
er than that if a fellow can't swltu.
A crank is a person who thinks you
are a crank.
What's in a Name?
Bacon—I see they are advertising
new Zeppelin socks.
Egbert—Isn't there danger of their
coming down at the wrong time?
Invisible Best.
Bill—Do you like the visible writ-
ing style in typewriters?
Jill—No; with so much bad spell-
ing I think the invisible style the best.
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and •tiff, you can re-
store it to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using "La Creole" Hair Dress-
ing. Price 11.00.—Adv.
As the Years Roll On.
You remarked fatuously the other
day, "I'm just as young as I ever was."
oh, no, you're not! If young people
weren't too polite they'd soon unde-
ceive you. You have been so busy lead-
ing a successful life that you have for-
gotten to notice that your successful
life has been led. Youth Is flouting
you every day. Youth is through with
you. You appeal to It for recognition,
and it laughs at you.
You still young? You? No, Indeed!
Look at real youth pursuing its fantas-
tic preferences; at Reginald Wame-
ford, engaging a Zeppelin single-hand-
ed, in regions near the sun ; at Otto von
Weddigen leaving his bride to carry
on a desperate warfare under seas.
Do you honestly sympathize with
them?—Atlantic Monthly.
Reminder.
"She seemed pleased with your so-
ciety last evening."
"Yes; she said I reminded her of a
loved and lost one. Has she lost a
sweetheart by death?"
"Nope; all she ever lost by death
was a Boston bulldog."
Surprising.
Patience—And you have had that
girl four years, you say?
Patrice—Yes; and do you know our
crockery is not all broken yet.
And those chaps who think that they
ought to get pay for being good prob-
ably wouldn't draw much of a salary
at that.
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and they are not "chaffy" in the package; and they
don't mush down when milk or cream is added, like
ordinary corn flakes.
Try some dry—a good way to test the flavour, but
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