. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. es 179 feet in length by80 feet wide. In addition to this indoor establishment,there are between two and three acres of surrounding landwhich have been enclosed for outdoor work. This field,if such it may be called, presents a strange sight. It isdotted with little groups of scenery. Here is a mediaevalcastle with ruined battlements; a few yards away to theright is a modern street; while on the left is the interiorof a stately drawing-room. In one corner are a numberof artificial hills fashioned by the dumping of earth, criss-crossed with paths
. Moving pictures : how they are made and worked. es 179 feet in length by80 feet wide. In addition to this indoor establishment,there are between two and three acres of surrounding landwhich have been enclosed for outdoor work. This field,if such it may be called, presents a strange sight. It isdotted with little groups of scenery. Here is a mediaevalcastle with ruined battlements; a few yards away to theright is a modern street; while on the left is the interiorof a stately drawing-room. In one corner are a numberof artificial hills fashioned by the dumping of earth, criss-crossed with paths and trails. It is an incongruous medleyof periods and scenes, but one and all little assemblagesof back-cloths and wings represent a stage, and one andall face the southern sun. Upon these little stages theplays are produced. The Selig organisation is one of the largest in theUnited States, having, in addition to the Chicago estab-lishment, another theatre at Los Angeles on the Pacificcoast, devoted to the portrayal of pictures having a western. — 2 V 63 ~
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