US1575181A - Method of producing, photographing, and presenting a cross-word puzzle - Google Patents

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March 2 1926. 1,575,181

E. SCHWARTZ METHOD OF PRODUCING, PHOTOGRAPHING, AND PRESENTING A CROSS WORD PUZZLE Filed Dec. 3, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet l The I RSS WC HRD PUZZLE 1F ELM P0000660 [fly D125: TED BY 15 rmsu 1505 Y 5 D INSTRUCTIONS DUDE] LANDMORD 5 FIGS WITNESS INVENTOR Irada 1' J 0 hula/fez March 2 1926.

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ATTORNEYS {NVENTOR March 2 1926. 1,575,181

I. SCHWARTZ I IETHOD 0F PRODUCIflG PHOTOGRAPHING, AND PRESENTING A CROSS WORD PUZZLE Filed Dec. 8, 1924 :5 Sheets-Sheet 5 WITNESSE INVENTOR 2 1? Isar dakwa 'iz BY 1 f 6 ATTORNEYS v to play in the entertainment and the printed matter in the frame 3 supplies the necessary information. It must. be understood that frames land 3 and subsequentlyl appearing i frames are repeated many times providing for a .suificientlylong showing of the par-I ;ticular 'subjectsmattero 'otthe' frames;

M Figure 2 shows'a frame 41in which is x j printed a' chart 5. i ,The appearance "of this chart; is familiarto almost 'everyoneci'The to o i ubhfan arrangement. of {letters one exception'a'sappears in conneetion'with 5. I 5 I Figures 12 to 16} OnIyQthe" horizontal rows of squares6 andy7. and the vertical row 7 8 l "are mentioned in this description, although.

{in practice all of therows" will be used. The

upper horizontal row Gfhas. eight white.

' squarefgthe firstofthesecontain ng anin Figurei3 sh0ws the" I V I velopm'entlof ithe uzzler; The, legend 10 'dex 'numeralwhich inithiscase is 1 I next; step in :the 'de- 16ft andjin continuation ofthe'upperirow 6.;

.Forv this and other'purposesithe chart '5 is 1 setolfceiiterfinrespectpto the frameie" so,

zontal rows of'asquares'g "Figures sh wsthenext o Thisfw'ord is'surrounded by an outline 13 v 'having;anofis t' 14 at oneendjinclud'ingflan .that "a considerable space 'l 1fis left. 1 It is fii11ftl1is space that the" legend Horizontal appears; ,The audience. .ist thus "informed that the firstfpuz' zle'f word will del nand an X answer word to'be placed in oneof the'h'ori;

I step" ih'whicnthe pu z zle word l2 isfshownin the space 11'. The word ,selectedi i's philanthropist,

' exponent numeral' 151v Iflthiscasethe exsponding'inder numeral, the horizontal shows" how' 'the index finger 16 V l of a'liandl'i entersthefframe l;-first point ;i'ngto"the exponent numeral15 and {then to the successive squares in the. horizontal row I '6', fsuggestingto' the' audience that the answer jignate df The audience is now i set "to guess- Wesson b n l i j Fi U Tei6 illustrates thi The 18 of I V ant/artist r -1 bri sh ol pencil i 19 is word must fit in the eight squares'fthus des ntlfif the solution; first o shown enteringthe framefl from beneath.

. 6 The*arrow a'inerely.designates'thedirection appear on, the ',i,actualpict proceedsftothe.upper rowfti. F"In F'gure that the ha-nd aj1d pencil 7 take, and-does not 7- the 'pencil 19is1shown as hairing completed the'fanswel worcl 20, which} :in this case, landlord; Tl11S particular vokerbecause jthe popularly aceepted n0 'jnevolent pro ects;

a continuationof the upper row-6 in the change in the printing-fin :the I outline'i'13 re/ads f Topics of the day; Theo'n-tlin 13=may contain either a puzzle word to'the exponent numerall fi and then t nine white squares of the first iVert-ic average i audience 'wi1l {ha\ e 1 been aroused so -that1tis mer e or less prepared to ae'cepv ence. lnF-igui-e- 13 the letters of the fword are" shown as dissolving and LOtHer Ietter i in 'the act of appearing.- The verticalfjcros lines are now lefto'ut of the row -11, pifo The tenants pip'e'f idrean'l? 1 and makes use' rent? 1 This again is calculated to stril'reth answer word is intended as a mirth 'proe tionof a landlord seems-to be contrary to a philanthropist-who isa promoter of be;

Figure 8 shows thejcharte supplemented by the legend: Vertical The,. numeral. '10

iscommon-to both legends that appear being space 11.? fThis ilegend apprises .the audi. J5 of a o h g in working the puzzle. A

also occurs. The puzzle writing v12=now V v or phrase. "The exponent numeral' '15 l1a"s"*a lso Fi re 9' directs the attentionof me n ence to the first verticalirow 8'; The, inder finger--16 appearsas betorez nointingiifirst in succession. This suggests to? the au ence tl1a"t the answer word must 'coi tain eightflett ers and fit inth'e first ertical 110 ff- 'Figure10 illustratesthe artists pencilil fl having completed the answer 'word gginconi' tax.. This, again, is intended as""a ;humor, ous reference to 'a popular subj ect." Byl-thi time theintere'st and sense ofahumor of the that which followsi The other 'squ'a-r'es a filled- "in according. as i the; qforegoingp ced'urei r ,pFigure' ll shows the-step; in Figures and 413s already -"having been completed The outline 13 nowj-contai'nsxthe legendfiflh 105' 1 is shown in the-1 act of -poihtin from the exponent numeral 15- wftheehonzonmrmw The six white squ-ares in tliis row are counted out by the index finge1',again:sug gestin'g totheaudience that the answeriwor" must there appear. a i

ff-Figure 12' shows the artists pencil as having" completed the 7 answer wvord 21 This word fiouufr is meaningless {and i lntencled to arouse-the curlos'ityof theau' vi'din'g a complete blank space for the an sWe'rjWOrd." I" 7 f a 'Figure 141 illustrates v the eziplanatio f" of;the-;so callecl word as theinitialletters Y j in .Eigure 12.. V V Figures '17 to 20 introduce othernovelties act-.in- Figural?) but now, the phrase in Figure leis shown as dissolringwhile the former initial letters of the so-called word 21 are beginning to reappear. In Figure 16 these letters are completely restored as which add to the interest. of the picture.

Bake, for example, the stage of develop-v ment of thepuzzle in Figure 7. The puzzle phrase is ["he tenants pipe dream. Theartists hand-i118 now introduces into. the picture a card 22 bearing the wordingq moi-lied on this all night: nowyou try it.

' hell.

This card iss ointroduced as to partially obseurethe ehart'5, andafter, a brief period the hand and card are withdrawn, revealing the chart 'in Figure 11 Thev initial letters are printed in the row 7 in due time. The artist is supposed to havemade a mistake in his definition of a philanthropist, reverting to the stage of development in Figure 4. He finds the word loanshark as containing too many letters for the squares in the upper row 6, whereupon the hand 15 appears with an eraser 23 going through the motions of erasing the word. The word is made to disappear in consonance with the motions, after which the right Word appears. Y j

- Figures 19 and 20 are along the lines of Figure 18. In writing out the answer word in one of the rows of squares the artist is supposed to have erroneously spelled the word held (Fig. 20) by writing it Having discovered the error the eraser 23 again appears, and by going through the proper motion. erases the last letter of the word which is then correctly spelled as it appears in Figure 20. i

The reader must bear in mind that the working out of the puzzle is a continuous 'performancathat is to say the motion picture is continuous, properly advancing from one stage to the next, giving the audlence the impression of actually participating in the working out of across word puzzle.

,ny making use of the card22, as in Figure 0'17,- theartist talks to the audience as near 5 as. may be. While it is a common thing to work puzzles, particularly cross word puzzles, ,on paper; and with pencil it is be lieved to be entirely new to photograph the steps of working out such puzzle, as well as the various acts incidental thereto as herein'described and projecting the picture upon a screen forthe education and entertainment of an audience.

I claim V 1. The method ofpresenting a cross word puzzle by animated pictures consisting of the progressive steps of'exhibiting a chart of predetermined configuration-ruled in rows of predetermined configurations having index numerals, causing alegend to appear relating to a row having a corresponding index numeral, picturing anindex finger as point ng out firstthe exponent nuincral, then the index numeral and the succeeding squares in said row suggesting the-number of letters of theqanswer, picturing a hand with a marking implement in the act of filling the letters of an enigmatical word in the squares previously pointed out, causing the dissolving or said word, causing the gradual and finally the full appearance of an explanation of said enigmatical word.

'2. The methodof presenting a crossword puzzle by animated pictures consisting of the progressive steps of exhibiting a chart ruledin horizontal and vertical rows of squares having index numerals, causing a legend to appear beside the' chart directing attention to one or the otherkind of rows, causing a puzzle writing to appear beneath saidlegend together with an exponent numeral relating to a row having a corresponding index numeral, picturing an index fingeras pointing out first the exponent numeral, then the index numeral and the succeeding squares in said row suggesting the number of letters of the answer, picturing a hand with a marking implement in the act of filling the letters of an enigmatical word in the squares previously pointed out, causing the dissolving of said word, causing the gradual and finally the full appearance of 100 ing index numerals, causing a legend to appear beside the chart directing attention I to one or the other kind of rows, causing a puzzle writing to appearbeside the chart together With an exponent numeral relating to a row having a corresponding index numeral, picturing an index finger as pointing out first the exponentnumeral then the index numeral and the succeeding squares in said row suggesting the number of letters of the answer, picturing a hand with a marking implement in the act of filling initial letters in the squares previously pointed out, thus constituting a meaningless word, causing said lettersto dissolve and the cross ruling in said rows to disappear causing the gradual and finally fullappearance of an explanatory clause in the blank space thus providedemploying words of which .the former lettersare initials, causing the letters. ,i I

a. The methodof presenting a crossword fpuzzle by motion picture pro]ection consisting of the progressive, photographically'picdis'solvingof said explanation, and causing the complete restoration of the former initial tured'steps of exhibiting a permanent chart ruled in horizontal 'and vertical rows of squares having ndex numerals. causing a meral relating to a row having a correspond ing index numeral picturing a card as moving over the face of the chart partially ohstructing the View of the chart and contain inga remarkconcerning the puzzle writing,

withdrawing thercard to again reveal the i chart and proceeding with the. solving of the puzzle writin 5. The method of presenting a cross Word h puzzleflby animated pictures consisting-0f the progressive steps of exhihitinga chart of predetermined configuration containing figures having predetermined shapes, said vfigures having index numerals, causing. a 'i legend to appear outside of the'chart directs .ing" attention to said pictures, causing" a puzzle writing to appear together-with an exponent numeral relating to a picture haw ing a corresponding-index numeral, picturing an index finger-as pointing out first the V exponent numeral, then the index numeral and'the figure; in which the answer is" to appear, picturing a hand-filling in an enigmatical Word, causing the dissolving of said word, and causln'g the appearance of a translation of said .Word in SllbStitlltiOIlithereof VISAD'OR SCHWARTZ.

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