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With the movie makers

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Getting Ready to take a Scene “On Location”

Making use of a “Real” Incident

The Scene the Audiences Saw

Roping an Auto Bandit

Taking “Close-Ups” on a Moving Auto

A Movie “Miniature”

A Snow Scene Made of Salt

“Shooting” a Tramp on a Moving Train

A Closer View of the Preceding “Take”

Getting Thrills with a Balloon

An Old Whaling Ship Refitted to Make a New Movie

Capsized by a Real Whale

Aiding Nature by a Skilful Fake

Real Danger on the High Seas

The Second Step to Safety

A Douglas Fairbanks “Set” used in “The Three Musketeers”

How a Movie “Set” is Made

Applying the Mysteries of “Make-Up”

A Typical Movie “Interior”

Staging a Movie Prize-Fight

How a Motion Picture Interior is Made

Engine Trouble on a Dakota Prairie

When the Hero is the Captain of a Steam Shovel

Douglas Fairbanks as D’Artagnan in “The Three Musketeers”

Another Scene from “The Three Musketeers”

Filming an Old Engineer on a Fast-Moving Locomotive

Another Railroad Scene

Getting a Comedy Close-Up for a Laugh

A “Location” where Reflectors are Essential

Where Scenic Beauty is Required

A Proposal on a Mountain Top

Wrecking a Racing-Car for Sport

Getting a Risky Bit of Action

Actress, or a Victim of an Accident?

Getting a real “Thriller”

Drama on an Aëroplane

A Gruesome Aëroplane Wreck

Good Training in Cheerfulness

Two Cameras Against One Pig

Carrying an Elephant to a “Location”

An Auto Load of Horses

A Tête-à-Tête with a Lion

Acting with a “Tame” Lion

An Elephant on a Rampage

Human Brains Against Brute Strength

One of the Big Scenes in “Robin Hood”

Spending Money on a “Spectacle”

A “Western” Actor and His Favorite Horse

“Westerns” are always Popular

Archway from “The Three Musketeers”

A Mexican Gateway from “Winners of the West”

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