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The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida By: Laura Lee Hope |
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OR Lost in the Wilds of Florida
BY LAURA LEE HOPE AUTHOR OF "THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS," "THE MOVING PICTURE
GIRLS AT OAK FARM," "THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES,"
"THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
THE WORLD SYNDICATE PUBLISHING CO.
CLEVELAND NEW YORK
Made in U.S.A.
Copyright, 1914, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PRESS OF
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
CLEVELAND
CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Overboard 1 II To the Rescue 11 III A Disquieting Item 18 IV Fire on Board 28 V Disabled 37 VI By Wireless 46 VII In Port 54 VIII St. Augustine 63 IX In the Dungeon 70 X The Motor Races 80 XI On to Lake Kissimmee 88 XII A Warning 96 XIII Out in the Boat 104 XIV Under the Palms 113 XV In Peril 119 XVI A Strange Attack 129 XVII Out of a Tree 139 XVIII The Animated Logs 147 XIX Into the Wilds 157 XX Lost 164 XXI The Long Night 172 XXII Ashore 180 XXIII The Palm Hut 186 XXIV The Lost Are Found 195 XXV Out of the Wilds 203
CHAPTER I OVERBOARD
"All ready now! In position, everyone!" Half a score of actors and actresses moved quickly to their appointed
places, while overhead, and at the sides of them hissed powerful electric
lights, and in front of them stood a moving picture camera, ready to be
operated by a pleasant faced young man. "Ready?" came in questioning tones from Mr. Pertell, the stage director,
as he looked sharply from one to the other. A tall, well built man, with iron gray hair, nodded, but did not speak. "Let her go, Russ!" Mr. Pertell exclaimed. "Vait! Vait a minute!" called one of the actors, with a pronounced German
accent. "Well, what's the matter now, Mr. Switzer?" asked the director, with a
touch of impatience. "I haf forgotten der imbortant babers dot I haf to offer mine enemy in
dis play. I must have der babers." "Gracious, I should say so!" said the manager. "Where's Pop Snooks?" and
he looked around for the property man, who had to produce on short notice
anything from a ten ton safe to a hairpin. "Hi, Pop!" called Mr. Pertell. "Make up a bundle of important,
legal looking papers, with seals on. Mr. Switzer has to use 'em in this
play. I forgot to tell you." "Have 'em for you right away!" cried the property man, and a little later
Mr. Switzer had his "babers." "I guess we're all right now. Start up, Russ," ordered the stage
director, who was also the manager of the troupe. "That was a mistake on the part of Mr. Pertell; wasn't it, Ruth?" asked
one of the young actresses a pretty girl of her sister, who stood near
her in the mimic scene. "Yes, indeed, Alice. But it isn't often he makes one." "No, indeed. Oh, we mustn't talk any more. I see him looking at us." "Begin!" called the manager, sharply, and the play proceeded, while the
young moving picture operator clicked away at the handle of his camera,
the long strip of film moving behind the lens with a whirring sound, and
registering views of the pantomime of the actors and actresses at the
rate of sixteen a second. The above was done several times a day in the New York studio of the
Comet Film Company, which was engaged in making moving pictures. The play went on through the various acts. Only part of it was being
"filmed" now the interior scenes. Later, others would be taken outdoors. "Time out hold your positions!" suddenly exclaimed the operator. "Film's
broken. I've got to mend it." Everyone came to a standstill at that. In a few seconds the damage was
repaired, and the play went on. It was, in the main, a "parlor" drama,
and there were to be only a few outdoor scenes. "That will do for the present," said Mr... Continue reading book >>
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