"HOUNDS FOR REALISM."
—— : MORERN PICTURE DIRECTORS INSIST ON REAL THING. "Hounds for Realism." That aptly describes the creators of to-day’s screen dramas. Novell' was a more striking instance of this desire for absolute realism offered than during the making of a Thomas Meighah latest Paramount Picture, "If You Believe it, it’s sbi" which comes to the Maoriland Theatre next Saturday. A sequence of scenes in New York City’B Grand Central station Was called for. An immense set was built on one of the studio stages and then thd set decorators and technical men went about installing the proper equipment. When they reached the ticket windows someone started giving orders for the printing of a stock of special tickets. "That won’t do,” interrupted Director Forman. “I want the real thing.’ And it was the Teal thing that he had. Actual tickets such as are sold at the Grand Central Station( were’ secured on a contract that any ticket not returned must be paid for in full. A special watchman, however, saw to j't that, none were lost.
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Shannon News, 10 August 1923, Page 3
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176"HOUNDS FOR REALISM." Shannon News, 10 August 1923, Page 3
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