Carpenter, the spectacle you are going to see this evening is
rather remarkable from the artistic point of view. One of the
greatest scenic artists of Paris has designed the set, and the best
judges consider it a real achievement, a landmark in moving picture
work."
"Tell me about it," said Carpenter; and I was grateful for his tone
of interest.
"Well, I don't know how much you know about picture making--"
"You had better explain everything."
"Well, Mr. T-S has built a large set, representing a street scene in
Paris over a century ago. He has hired a thousand men--"
"Two tousand!" broke in T-S.
"In the advertisements?" I suggested, with a smile.
"No, no," insisted the other. "Two tousand, really. In de
advertisements, five tousand."
"Well," said I, "these men wear costumes which T-S has had made for
them, and they pretend to be a mob. They have been practicing all
day, and by now they know what to do. There is a man with a
megaphone, shouting orders to them, and enormous lights playing upon
them, so that men with cameras can take pictures of the scene.
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