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Mr. Wild, director of the Gasoscope Studio, is rehearsing his stock company in a table scene. Over and over again he tries the scene, and at last, in his rage, breaks three plates, for which he is promptly called down by Bill, the property man. The camera man grinds away, and the picture is taken, but the camera man has walked in front of the lens. Wild is beating him up when called to the 'phone. "Universal wants to know if they can see your split reel soon?" He tries once more. His actors perform creditably until one part of the scene, when the temperamental leading man gives Wild an argument, and the latter gives up in disgust. The phone rings again, "We must have the split reel tomorrow morning." An idea. The carpenter, the painter, the scene shifter and the mechanic are called. A screamingly funny dress rehearsal follows. The maid breaks a plate and the solicitous "props" gets sore. There is another fight. The gallant painter plasters "props" with his whitewash brush, and to cap the climax the scenery falls down. After two hundred feet have been ground off, Wild finds that the camera man has placed an empty whiskey bottle where the take-up box should be. The phone rings again: "Mistake, Universal is waiting for the drama." In a wonderful scene, order is restored from chaos, as the stage hands "set" the scene in record time. A mantle appears, the portieres are hung, the sideboard and buffet are arranged, the carpet rolled out, the pictures hung, and the room is put in perfect order. Wild has his troopers essay a drama and the picture ends in a bowling travesty.

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