"Cut out what's been done so far," ordered the manager to Russ. "It
will have to be done over."
"Yes, sir," answered the operator, as he noted from the automatic
register at the side of the camera how many feet of film had been run
on the new scene. Then, when it came to be developed, it could be
eliminated. The figures also showed how much of the thousand-foot
reel was left for succeeding scenes.
Everyone was a little nervous, fearing he or she had made the
trouble, but all were reassured a moment later, when the manager
said:
"I think it will be a little more effective if Miss Alice makes her
entrance from the other side. It brings her out better. Try it that
way once, and then, if it goes, film it, Russ."
The benefit of the change was at once apparent, and after a moment of
rehearsal it was decided on. Again the camera began its clicking and
everyone breathed freely once more, Alice most of all, for failure
would have meant so much to her.
"Very good--very good," spoke the manager encouragingly, as the play
developed.
Alice and Ruth had rather difficult parts, and in one scene they held
the stage alone, "plotting" to disclose the false count.
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