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or*tohithoiib-ho vy a 19k‘|-ln)llhireCanned Drama” by WholesaleManufactured at San Antonioport!thebus.perosurefarn-Ion•Ik.I*PillOfStint-rillMlyIn**r©foron* vein dorit ft-th-my In ura I ho calIEob-f Palladium Sprrial)8an Antonio. Tex., hoc. 30.—“Canned drama by the wholesale is being made In San Antonio. In the pecan forest along th*» San Antonio river near the anHcnt Mission*, blood curdling flghis between Indians and cowboys are taking place one day. while the next sees comedy of a romantic lo\e affair. Advantage is being taken of the summer weather prevailing here throughout the winter and hundreds of thousands of feet of klnt arc? being made for moving pictures by a large troupe of actors, who. correctly costumed, take the greenwood, or the gray and crumbling missions as the stage.(•Hston .\\dies at the head of one of the largest picture manufacturing plants of its kind in the world, a factory that supplies many hundreds of moving picture shows day by day. has sent one of his best companies here to produce the material. Constant rehearsals are in progress at the “Star Film Ranch. the name given the ground where these actor folk rehearse When a picture drama Is ready to be given, it is like a scene from real life in front of the cameras of the photographers.Sometimes as many as two hundred persona are engaged at one time, the extra number being made up of the supes hired in town. Most of the dramas depicted hinge on Western life of the pioneer days. Villages have been made to burn after the stealthy assault of hideously painted savages; Cnited States troops, their horses covered with the white alkali dust of the plains, have pursued the fighting Indians at breakneck speed, and again, the story of the Spanish oc*1 cupation of San Antonio has been told with the picturesquely garbed young hidalgo in a flower covered canoe serenading from the* river the coquettish senorlta. The setting represents very closely the* old Spanish abode houses with their iron-barred windows and rcme-trellised walls. Then, there have been long processions representing the Franciscan friars on some ancient fiesta day. with the inevitable romance. usually on the Carmen order, thrown in.Permission was sought from the oily lo use Alamo Plaza for a picture of the fall of the Alamo, but this was denied since the plaza, one of the busiest sections of the city, would have to be roped In. and all traffic excluded while the battle was in progress. It wasproposed to use about five hundred men, representing Santa Anna's Mexican cavalry and infantry, giving the three assaults upon the historic chapel and convent building. The defenders with a small cannon, were to be stationed on the wall and every thing was planned to he as historically accurate as possible. The city authorities held that 500 muskets with the volleying of cannon would start too many runaways and disorganize business to such an extent that the fall ofth»* Alamo, although Intensely spectacular. would be unprofitable. The moving picture people had gone so far as to ask permission to use the t*nlted'States troops stationed at Fort Sam » Houston. The men uttered an indignant protest against wearing the Mexican uniform of Santa Anna's day. and it is not probable that even had the city consented that the Department of Texac commander would have permitted the troops to participate.year Pair dire lt;IV p; thatthinprondelericupoinTaftPOSetwplottugfScoringrecristeTheTworbuthadanDthating that the P of 1
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The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Richmond, Indiana, US
Fri, Dec 30, 1910
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