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3 “LOCKED DOORS”
SHOWING AT TIIE
PALACE TONIGHT
An All-Star Cast in
O r i g i n 31 Screen
Story by Clara Ber-
anger
"Locked Doors." William do Mil-
le‘s latest productions for Para-
mount, will be the feature Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday at the Pal-
ace Theatre. The story is a. screen
original by Clara» Beranger. Esa-
turcd in the leading roles of the
production. are Betty Compson. The-
odore Roberta. Kathlyu Williams.
Theodore von Elia and Robert Ede-
son.
Miss Cempeon. in the role of liar!
Carter. wife or an extremely wealthy
architect many years her senior. goes
to a mountain lodge with friends on
a hunting and fishing trip. One day
she meets a. young man at a moun-
tain stream under unusual circum-
stances. His trout fly in “ugh! on
‘a branch ofatreeandahe.in the
inter.
spirit of fun. hook! her but
chief to the fly. When he reels in
his unusual catch he discovers her
nuns .“.Mary" on the handkerchief.
He discovers her hiding place and
with the days that follow a wonder-
ful friendship arises between the
two. kindling into 1°"-
vrhg. dog. the romance Wm
Mary is terrified when she realises
bot. played by Theodore '00 .3"!-
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ews and .Notes for Norwalk- Theatre-Goe'rs
'IPAGE- SEVEN
Found At Last! A Camera That Lies
Do cameras lie? Can anything es-
cape the sharp eye of the lens? Can
the film record what isn‘t there? A
thousand voices will probably rise in
ire and say that such a thing can
never be. The public has been told
time and again that nothing can
fool the camera. that anything out oi
the ordinary can on y be accomplish-
ed through trick printing or trick
photography.
And now this—the proudest boast
of the cameraman and his invincible
lens—has been shattered because of
a new invention. Alvin \'. Knccbtil.
n Paths Review cameraman is thi-
inventor of this lens Wizard, :1 cum-
cm that lies and lies and lies.
Mr. Kncchtcl has bl}! ii ill in rk on
his camera for some time
perfected instrument can do things
that. heretofore limo been possibli~
only through expensive and intricate
laboratory prOCCSSi'B. Merely to 100k
at the completed film mn!.cs it «lifll-
cult to believe :hut one device was
recto. Yet such is the case and Mr.
poor in a. brand new field of camera
work.
His perfected instrument combines
within its own mechanism such fen-
turee as will enable it to produce
multiple images. stow motion and
normal-time photography. reverse
motion "stop camvra" effects and
similar photographic phenomena. ii
is estimated that the "new process
camera." as this remarkable device
is called. will resu't in a great sav-
ing on the camera and studio ex-
pense in the field of novelty screen
protography and at the same time
turn out a much better photographic
product.
The initial results of Knechtel'e in-
vention are seen in a. recent issue of
responsible for all the Wonderful ci-;
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and the:
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Knechtcl thus proves himself a plow
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the Pathc Review, "the magazine of
the screen," under the title of "The
Phantom Ballet." The ballet dancer
shown above is seen executing a ser-
ics of remarkable stunts made pos-
sible heretofore on the screen only
by employing camera tricks or trick
printmg methods. 'ihe dancer'tirst
makes her appearance on the screen
llil‘Oli- mtg gracefully on her toes.
a. SkiiII iry figure of whirling beauty.
Suiid- lily nnuthvir ballet dllIJCEr steps
out of the form of the first perform-
..r and takes her place alongside of
the original dancer, both figures con-
rzmim: 'hl» dance in perfect unison.
'iilivn .‘l iliiril il.’ir.c~-r appears emerg-
ing out oi the lolm of the second ar-
tist :ini taking her place alongside
of the original duet. A fourth. I. fifth
and :i SiX’Il dancer appear on the
screen. rnvli .1 perfect duplicate of
the Ol‘lKanI performer and each
kvvpilig in perfect stop with thoncl
that have gull before. The action
r"\t‘l'5c5. The last form merges with-Knochtcl's camera comlines
the figure irom which it emanated:
then the next form disappears into
the outline of its neighboring dancer.
and so the prom-as continues until
tnly ihn ill‘lgintli dancer is left once
more alone prouetting across the
SCY‘P' n.
Thus an cvr‘n more remarkable
thing hnpfu'ns. The first dancer re-
clines gracefully on the floor while
lu-neaih her a half'dozcn replicas
(‘l h--rsr‘l! dance in time to the nod.
dim; of her pretty head. Suddenly
the formation changes from one of
the company front to a circle. the
diminutive figures dancing around
and arnund the central figure who
has now risen from her sitting poe-
lurc and is swinging in unison with
the smaller figures. And so the
dance continues with new and starti-
ing changes in the alignment and
movement of the dancers
momentarily.
The first appearance of this nov-
oity subject at the Strand Theatre,
New York. roccntly caused a wealth
of speculation on how the remark-
able effects were secured. Trick
camera work. clever cartoon anima-
occurring
tion. and trick printing “or" ilzc
theories most strongly ailvanrui..
\Vero any of these explanations cor-
rect. the effect produced on lhv
screen would be none the lrss rr-
markablc. However, the mailer of
securing such effects in motion pic-
ture photography becomes t'\(.‘n
more extraordinary when it is point-
ed out that all the cifccts were not
produced by a variety of methods (\ri
mechanisms but were all dirccm'
due to the operations of one singli-
camera.
Up to the present slow motion has
been one thing and normal time,
'photography another thing. .\lr.
tlicso'
twa types of photography. making:
it possible. at the will of the opera-:
tor to produce upon the negative.
slow motion margins Inii) normal.
and vice versa.
Hertofore only the printing ma-l
chine could produce the cih‘ct of
"suspended moticn"—one image,
held indefinitely upon the screen. By'
the Knechtel process. the camera
operator is enabled lo hull! (he xi\'-'
on image for any desired footage.
and at the same time to continue the
photography either in slow or in
normal. or bath. of the object.
Reverse motion. in even visual
continuity. has been practically a
technical impossibitlty heretofore.
excepting only by the tedious and
slow hand manipulation of a printer.
Mr. Knechtel has found out how to
photograph normal and reverse mo-
tion in every continuity. The sub-
Jcct may be made to record a given
motion. and without apparent break
to “i’olrnct” that motion.
Multiple images heretofore have
been the product only of the car-
ioonlst's table at a negative cost or
irom $3 to 810 per foot. With Mr.
Knechtcl‘s outiil. multiple images of
n. gneii vby‘i‘i, is simply a matter of
himcrn. work. hiuliipe images of
\ilX'lullS sizes—one object in simul-
lurn-ous action—is another import-
ant achievement of this camera.
Heretoiore such effects have been
invariably expensive studio jobs, in-
\ol\lnz oiivmimo-s the long and
(ostly duplicate .ml triplicate print-
ing systems.
Such are the highlights of
.‘i‘rt-‘Tl «(hols made attainable by
Mr. Knechtcl's camera- In each in-
stance. invoking an effect that has
bv-‘li shown h‘rcioforc. the nega-
piolluced by the Knechiel camera
has been invariably clearer and
fucking in the duplicate eflecis that
r.;:n_ pin r work of this type.
“The l‘hantom Balleti.’ 'which
scrus to introduce the tlrst pictures
mkc-v by tho Knt-chtel camera. will
he followed by a series of similar
subjects to be presented exclusively
in \iirious lasuvs of Paths Review.
The second of the series takes . a
group of lruim-d dogs as the subject
Ilhli puts the (‘df‘illie actors through
some truly innnolous performances.
in \\ Iii(‘h the laws of space and grav-
iiy are dulled with highly mystifying
effects. Kncchiel‘s "new process
camera" possesses the double virtue
of not only marking another mile-
stone in the development of motion
p'.c:;;re photography but also of in-
troducing a form of screen enter-
talnment that has definite box-omce
value.
Long may it lie!
the
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PICTURE STARS
RIDE IN PERII.
ON CRUDE FERRY
Use Fragile Craft to
Film Scenes in “Re-
creation 0 f Brian
Kent.”
One of the most thrilling experi:
ences ever encountered by a motion
picture company in the filming of a
picture was aflorded members 0: the
group of players who Jeurneyed to
the Pitt River country in Shasta
County. Calitornia. to film scenes for
Harold Bell Wright's “The Re-Crea-
tion of Brian Kent." which will be
seen at the Rialte theatre tonight
and tomorrow.
Thine scenes provide for a beat
rowed by Rosemary Thoby as
being
. hire. Srian Kent. to be drawn down
a treacherous river by the strong
current. taking it eventually Into the
rapids and.ever the falls. ‘Te get to
the proper side of the river tor the
shooting of the rapids. it was neces-
arr for the stars. crew and camera
equipment to be taken across the
river. How to master the treacher-
e- new of the river was the prob-
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Lsmother died last month.
{camp of the Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company. who were engaged in
a gigantic building problem which
includes a. dam. the building at a
lake and another link in their cm
of hydro electric plans. With the
co-operation of their engineers.” a._
cable was thrown across the river.
which measured over 150 feet. and
to this was anchored a raft. By
pulleys fastened to the ends of ropes
and thence to the raft. a. means of
locomotion was provided and the en-
tire company was transported to the
opposite bank.
Because of the treacherous cur-
rent. only five persons were permit-
ted on the raft on each trip while
the others waited and watched each
Journey breathleesly as the rive:- the:
sod the fragile craft about. Fortu-
nately. it stood the trips well. and
the thrilling scenes photographed
from above the rapids are among the
outstanding sensations in the picture
Among those in the cast 0! "Brian
Kent" are Kenneth Harlan. Herons
Chadwick, Mary Carr. mu Pitts.
Rosemary Theby. Ralph Lewis and
Roy Barnes.
BABYFHMSTAR
OF l923|SDEAD
Los ANGELES. lurch lei—bus
cille Rickaen. “baby film fies" ot
1933. said to have been the youngeel
leading woman on the screen. died
Saturday after a long luau. use
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BARTHELMESS, ‘
RUDOLPH TRIED
FOR SAME ROLE
David Griffith Consid-
ered Both — Picked
D i c k —- Valentino
Tangoed to Stardom
Some years age in California
Richard Barthelmen and Rudolph
Valentino were rivals for the role of
the romantic young hero of David
Wark Griffith's'“8carlet Days.”
Grimm had been impressed with
the penibilitiee of Valentino. who
was then unknown. Valentino had
danced in a prologue presented at
a Les Angeles theatre in connection
with the showing or a Griffith pro-
duction and he had caught the eye
' Player Piano
of the famous director. 80. when he
started to produce "Scarlet Days."
Griffith debated the possibilities of
Valentino. who was destined to do
the tango dancing Julio of "The
Four Horsemen" s few years later
and become a national figure. Bar-
thelmess had just scored a tremen-
dous hit in "Broken Blossoms” and
finally Griffith decided to give the
coveted role to the latter. \
So Barthelmess went on to star-
dom. He now comes to the Rialto
theatre next Wednesday in his latest
First National' production. “New
Toys." His wife, Mary Hay. is his
leading woman.
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