. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. — -Z — - P & 3 xin HOW A PLAY IS PRODUCED 157 The moving picture producer is even capable of turningto account a disaster to his own plant. While a play wasin progress upon a studio-stage in New York the buildingcaught fire, and unrehearsed scenes were enacted. Thecamera operator seized the opportunity. While the build-ing was blazing, and the company were rushing wildlyto and fro, he kept his handle turning lustily, and as aresult filmed the whole subject. In order to secure adramatic automobile disaster the Edison Company drove amotor-car to
. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. — -Z — - P & 3 xin HOW A PLAY IS PRODUCED 157 The moving picture producer is even capable of turningto account a disaster to his own plant. While a play wasin progress upon a studio-stage in New York the buildingcaught fire, and unrehearsed scenes were enacted. Thecamera operator seized the opportunity. While the build-ing was blazing, and the company were rushing wildlyto and fro, he kept his handle turning lustily, and as aresult filmed the whole subject. In order to secure adramatic automobile disaster the Edison Company drove amotor-car to the top of a lofty cliff. A dummy was seatedin the vehicle to take the part of the character who had beenacting in the play up to this point, the steering-wheel wasfixed in its hand, the car was started up, and it was drivenat full speed to the edge of the cliff, over which it film operator caught it falling through the air, as wellas the splash produced by its headlong dive into the company desired to secure a
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