CITY OF MAKE-BELIEVE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17111, 5 April 1921, Page 8

CITY OF MAKE-BELIEVE.

To the stranger, Los Angeles, tfei centre of the film industry of Amertat, is very much like n screen play ttß& (writes G. H. Metres in the "Loodflt Magazine"). The disregard for hunun life in Los Angeles is beyond all I*»\ lief. During the last three months IUI9 thsre were nearly 5000 motor-cat 1 r accidents in the streets of the city. Afj one particularly dangerous cornet* I noticed a board which had the folhtaP ing notice displayed:— "1507 Accidatl here last month—Be Wrccklcsa, m| lieckless." .: . . > '

It is all bustle. ' Once a picture is dfe • cided on, the whole company works KB ' break-neck speed until the picture it finished. When at the studios, lb* artists arc well ■ enred for: reading room, restaurant, and hak-drewßOi/ saloons are at their disposal, wfti* 1 charges far below the average. A pital, presided over by a trained na/H,i is also part of the studio equipment J Artists such as Mary Pickford, T&'. Mix, Charlie Chaplin, and DoQfdatf" Fairbanks have their own private bW galows in the studio grounds, fitted Off, with reception and living rooms. Another branch of picture-making tft. day is the musical department. Mink is always used for dances, roceptioMi ■',' banquets, and, in fact, ail ocoMtaN where, in real life, music will bo fotlßli, , In addition, it is used to cause emo*', tional scenes to be enadted more traJft' The head of this department has to W able to make the stars laugh or CJjyj' just as the story requires or tie pn» ducer dictates.