Behind the Screen: The Hidden Three in Movie Making
The article explains the crucial but unseen trio behind any film production: the assistant director, the property man, and the stage carpenter. It contrasts their roles with the old theater prop master, detailing how film adapted desert scenes with new methods and the challenge of moving cattle to a studio ranch set.
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Moving Picture Theater
Moving Picture Stage
Sahara
Ang Animals
Moving Picture
Bill
New York
Illustrations through the ages from woodcuts to cinema
A survey of illustrated books from the 15th century to modern film making contrasts early wood block and copper engravings with today’s movie production. The piece highlights famous works like Aesop’s Fables and the artistry of tail-pieces, then shifts to the role of the assistant director in coordinating experimental desert, circus, and crowd scenes, plus challenges like securing animals and a rare Australian cockatoo.
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Albrecht Durer
Nuremburg
Fitzgerald
Florence
Temperature Causes Many Phenomena
A CLOSH observer notes two natural phenomena linked to seasons. Sounds shift from gentle in warm months to harsh in cold, and water tints change from silvery or pale green to bluish or dark blue in winter. Examples cover wind, streams, waterfalls, oceans, and trees. The passage also mentions Italian boot and brush making expanding postwar.
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Closh
Niagara Falls
Ocean
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Will Rogers
Anna Leer
Ethel Barrymore
Mre. Marsh
Enrico Caruso
Cologne
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