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Vol. 21, No. 1
July ', 1914
Price 10 Cents
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Greatest Film Production
Ever Presented!
— the Unanimous Verdict of the Public
" Unquestionably the biggest success ever scored by
any motion picture play"— this is the unanimous verdict of the
thousands who have seen the first two episodes of the Million Dollar Mystery.
Never before has such remarkable photographv been shown.
Never before have such stupendous scenes been incorporated in any one pro-
duction. Never before have such costly costumes been used.
The overwhelming success of
THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
MYSTERY
Story by Harold MscGrath
Scenario by Lloyd Lonergan
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
is only a matter of course. Nearly 200 leading newspapers, includ-
ing the Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Cincinnati Enquirer, New York Globe
and Buffalo Courier are running this startling story by Harold MacGrath. The better
theatres everywhere are exhibiting the films. And $10,000.00 in cash is offered for the best
100-word solution of the mystery:
Bookings are still being arranged. See representative of
the Syndicate Film Corporation. The Million Dollar Mystery is an independent
release and may be obtained regardless of the regular program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W. 23rd street, NEW YORK 166 W. Washington Street, CHICAGO
or Syndiale Film Corporalion represeatatiTe al aay Mutual Exchange in llie Uailed Slates and Canada
The Thanhouser Three-a- Week
Tuesday, June 30, " THE HARLOW HANDICAP " Sunday, July 5, " A COOKED GOOSE "
A remarkable 2-reeI drama, featuring Mignon Anderson and Harry One-reel comedy subject, displaying the talents of Nolan Gane,
Benham. In this 2-reel production is shown an exciting horse Harry Blakemore. Joseph Phillips, Carey L. Hastings and Eu-
race, throbbing with action. gene Redding. The versatile cast assures a laugh for everybody.
Friday, July 3, No release because of two-reel subject of preceding release date.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Head European Offices: Tlianhouser
Films, Ltd., London, W. C, England
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Released Monday, July 13///.
"Sweedie the Swatter"
A whirlwind slapstick comedy that is fairly filled with humorous situations.
See "Sweedie," our new character comedian.
Released Tuesday, July 14th.
"At the Foot of the Hill"
A dramatic offering that will appeal to all who are fond of human interest
stories.
Released Wednesday, July isth.
The Fable of "Napoleon and the Bumps"
An excruciatingly funny story concerning a clerk who thought he was
Napoleon. Story written by George Ade.
Released Thursday, July 16th.
"Snakeville's New Waitress"
A delightfully pleasing Western comedy in which Sophie has a new experi-
ence.
Released Friday, July ijth.
"His Stolen Fortune"
(In Two Acts)
An intensely interesting comedy-drama concerning the young American who
was left a vast fortune, only to discover that he must lose it. The situations will
keep an audience in a continual uproar. Story adapted from The Munsey
Magazines.
Released Saturday, July i8th.
"Broncho Billy Puts One Over"
A thrilling Western drama in which G. M. Anderson is featured.
I Three Big Laughs! SIX-A-WEEK Three Big Thrills! I
= Coming Soon!
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT"
(In Four Acts)
Coming Soon! |
The story millions have been talking about which appeared in the Ladies' World
Magazine. The story your audiences voted, and elected Francis X. Bushman
to play the lead in. A story that will thrill and entertain.
Ten Million People are Waiting to See This Production
Book It Now !
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
IPROGRAM ON EARTH !
])on't wait until your opportunity is dead before you send in an
emergency call for the oxygen tank. A flower in the hand of the living
is better than a whole greenhouse full of flowers beautifully festooned
.aroand a cold gray headstone.
CARL LAEMMLE
SUBJECTS THAT CAN'T BE BEAT
THTTESDAT, JTTLT 9.
MP — Ibi Old Bag Doll (Child Drama)
XEK — When Fate Disposes (Two
l)r.l. y\\& Hall and Bob Leonard.
rEELIK(3 — Snookee's Flirtation
(Com.). Featorlng Ford Sterling.
FKIBAT, JULY 10.
SSTOR — The Great Universal Myster.v
(Com.). See NOTE.
TES^ — Passing the Love of Women
lOB — Beggar Prince of India
tree i^eel Dr.), Irene Wallace and
^Iter Miller.
SATITEDAY, JULY 11.
JOKER — ^Love, Hoses and Trousers
(Com.).
lOI BISON— Prowlers of the Wild (Two
Reel Animal Dr.), Anna Little and
Herbert Rawlinson.
SUNDAY, JULY 12.
REX— Plain Mary (Dr.).
ECLAIR — Willy and the Parisians, and
Lily as a Little Mother (Split Reel
Com.).
FRONTIER— The Fight in Lonely Gulch
(Dr.).
ljsaifc^_^
^ties appear in i
H&rie Wolcamp
Betty Schade
Fred Balshofer
Henry Leiixman
Ford Sterling
Francis Ford
Grace Cnnard
Phillins Smalley
£Ua Hall
; Lois Welier
GREAT UNIVERSAL MYSTERY.
King Baggot
Wm. Shay
Alex, Gaden
Wm. Welo]!
Frank Smith
Hobart Henley
Frank Crane
Herbert Brenon
Julius Stem
J. C. Graham
fciNUFACTURINGl CO.
NEW YORK CITY
Presnt
faclu) Concern in the Universe
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
MARY PICKFORD
POPULAR DEMAND CAUSES
Re-Issue of Famous
MARY PICKFORD
RELEASES
Within the past month, the Universal has received innumerable requests from
exhibitors for a re-issue of the MARY PICKFORD releases made by the Imp Co.
First Release
"In the
Sultan's
Garden "
Released
Monday, July 20th
One
MaryPickford
IMP
will be released
every other
Monday
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Although some of these pictures were made four years ago. they are perfect photographic-
ally , the producing excellent, and what is most important, MARY PICKFORD is delight-
fully charming in the parts she enacts.
There is not a moving picture "fan" who won't welcome these MARY PICKFORD re-
leases. They are entirely new to the theater-goers of today — and the few who have seen
them will be glad to see them again.
Special Lithographs With Each Release.
Look the first release over and then book up solid for the series.
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
1600 Broadway, New York City Carl Laemmle, President
CunTversal)!
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Till-: .\10\'IXG PILTLRE WORLD
The Trey o' Hearts
A MODERN PROBLEM STORY WRITTEN BY
Louis Joseph Vance
Author of The Fortune Hunter, The Black Bag, The Brass Bowl, the Lone Wolf-
Will appear, serially, for fifteen weeks in some newspaper in your city
It starts week
of July 28th
Ask your exchange-
man the name of
the paper that
will run it in
your town
Louis Joseph Vance
// you've got a drop of red blood in your veins — if your heart beats one bit faster to the
tune of romance — adventure — love and mystery — then you've something in store so far
ahead of anything you've ever read or seen that you'll forget the best among the rest.
Over-Shadowed Remakes Two Kinds of History
The Fortune Hunter— The Black Bag — The Brass
Bowl — Louis Joseph Vance wrote 'em all. You know
what millions thought of these stories. You know how
they gripped — thrilled and inspired. But the TREY O'
HEARTS overshadows them all. Vance has set him-
self a mark in this story he'll never beat and we doubt
if even he, master of the written word, will ever pen
another like it. Action — plot and telling, all combine
to push the TREY O' HEARTS into the top notch of
the best sellers in record time.
Exclusive With Universal
The minute we saw the manuscript of the TREY O'
HEARTS we wanted it — we recognized the greatest
piece of literature of its kind the last decade had seen.
And we paid the price — the figures are staggering —
almost unbelieveable — but the patrons of Universal ex-
hibitors are going to get enjoyment and their full
money's worth of the price we paid.
GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEAREST
THE TREY O' HEARTS is going to rewrite a page
in moving picture and literary history. The TREY O'
HEARTS as a piece of literature is going to be a
pace-maker. And in the moving picture world, they'll
still be unsuccessfully trying to beat the action of the
TREY O' HEARTS ten years from now. This is a
prophecy.
Full Reel Action in Every Foot
There is more action in every foot of the TREY O'
HEARTS than in a full reel of the ordinary scenario.
Thousands of scenarios go through our hands every
year, but we are investing thousands in putting the
TREY O' HEARTS on the screen. That's backing
judgment. Our success in the moving picture field tells
whether or not we know a good thing when we see it.
UNVERSAL EXCHANGE AND BOOK
THIS BOX OFFICE MAGNET.
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
1600 Broadway
CARL LAEMMLE, President
The Largest Film Manufacturers in the Universe
New York
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The Greatest American Triumph
The Good-For-Nothing
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WITH
G. M. ANDERSON
"THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PHOTOPLAYER"
Exhibitors, Book This Feature!
The story carries with it an undercurrent of
righteousness that is beneficial to the world. A
tale of a son who had known nothing but riches
all his life, whose great fault was the bright
lights and the gay times. He is thrown out
into the world to make a living for himself and
later saves his parents from the poor house. The
dramatic situations are great and the undercurrent
of comedy running smoothly through the story,
makes this attraction one of sustaining interest.
THRILLS— ROMANCE — COMEDY— DRAMA
This Production is a Box Office Magnet
that will Draw the Crowds!
BOOK IT!
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
521 First National Bank Building, Chicago
Factory and Studios, 1333 Argyle St., Chicago, lU.
sy BRANCH OFFICES IN
LONDON
PARIS BERLIN BARCELONA
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
10.000,000 PEOPLE
are waiting to see the Photoplay Masterpiece
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"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT
(In Four Acts)
Written by LOUIS TRACY
This magnificent production will be released
Saturday, July 18th
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
The winner of the Ladies' World Hero Contest
will play the leading role — your audience elected
him to play it.
Book This Attraction Now!
Released through the GENERAL FILM
COMPANY'S FEATURE DEPARTMENT
Essanay Film M£^. Co.
521 First National Bank Bld^., Chicago
Factory and Studio: 1333 Ar^yle St., Chicago, III. ^[i^B
BRANCH OFFICES IN LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, BARCELONA
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The Greatest oP Motion Picture Stars
Mary
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In A Novel "Vet Typical
Char acteriz ation ,
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Words that have lost their
STRENGTH
"Greatest picture ever produced'* — "Most stupendous feature ever
filmed" — "Sets a new mark in motion photography.*'
STARS AND PLAYS THAT MEAN MUCH:
ANDREW MACK in
"THE RAGGED EARL"
(In Preparation)
JACOB P. ADLER in
"MICHAEL STROGOFF"
(Now Ready)
"THE GREAT DIVIDE"
Henry Miller's and Margaret Anglin's spectacular stage success.
(Coming)
Plenty of striking paper and slides, heralds, photos, etc., galore with each production.
POPULAR PLAYS AND PLAYERS, Inc.
HARRY J. COHEN, General Manager
1600 Broadway New York City Mecca Building
Phone Bryant 4016
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AMERICA'S
Most Spectacular Production
The Wrath of the Gods
or, The Destruction of Sakura-Jima
6 Parts
Produced under the personal direction of THOo* H. I NOEj can be booked through
Continental and Mutual Exchanges
ENLARGEMENTS MADE FROM THE FILM
New York Motion Picture Corporation
LONGACRE BUILDING, 42nd ST. and BROADWAY, NEW YORK
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The Heart of a Crook, 2 Parts, Friday, July 3rd
B The Feud at Beaver Creek, 2 Parts, Friday, July 10th B
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T His Hour of Manhood, 2 Parts, Thursday, July 2nd i
N The Curse of Humanity, 2 Parts, Thursday, July 9th N
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I BRONCHO HEADLINERS |
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II , The Final Reckoning, 2 Parts, Wednesday, July 8th ^
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*T' Monday, Wednesday and Saturday release days y
Q MACK SENNETT, Director-General Q
S KEYSTONE COMEDIES
tpi|-.|.-l» 8 by 10 Photos of players mentioned below can be had by sending to the Publicity Dept
•* ^^'*^** 15 cents for one; 50 cents for sets of four; $1.00 for sets of eight.
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MABEL NORMAND GRETCHEN LEDERER '^^J^^^Zl'l^t^^^'^^^
rHARI F<? CHAPI IN MARGARET THOMPSON CHARLES RAY
CHAKLhS. UHAl'LIN TSURU AOKI WALTER BELASCO
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE ^^^ LAIDLAW FRANK BORZAGE
HARRY G. KEENAN CLARA WILLIAMS THOS. CHATTERTON
"BARNEY" SHERRY jay HUNT LEONA HUTTON
RICHARD STANTON JOHN KELLER RHEA MITCHELL
A set of 8 by 10 Photos of Keystone Mabel, in four different poses, 50 cents
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORP.
LONG ACRE BLDG., 42nd STREET and BROADWAY, NEW YORK
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W ILLIAM ELLIOTT
PRESENTS
DUSTIN FARNUM
The First Big
Feature to Carry
a Laugh Through
Six Great Reels.
Picturized by
Walter Hale.
Pronounced b y
Press and Public
the Film beyond
compare.
Write or wire us
at once, and if
your state has not
been sold, we will
book you direct.
Write or wire SAWYER at once! If your state is not sold SAWYER
will book you direct. Get on SAWYER'S books now and SAW
THE STATE RIGHT BUYER'S PROFITS. No theatre too big—
none to small. Everybody looks alike to SAWYER.
Send and get Sawyer's Bulletin of
Releases — yours for the asking.
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FILM MART
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
"THE MILLION DOLLAR THEATRE"
THE STRAND
HAS THE HONOR
TO PRESENT
"THE MILLION DOLLAR FEATURE"
ALL
THE
LAMBS'^''
GAMBOL
WEEK OF JUNE 28th
EVERY OTHER THEATRE HAS THE
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What Kind of Features Do You Want?
Read This Letter From a Man Who Knows
TOURING the big exposition in New York, a number
*-^ of the great six-reel Warner's Features were
shown. The president of the International Motion
Picture Association, Mr. Charles H.Phillips, saw them,
and upon his return home wrote the following letter :
Milwaukee, Wis., June 16 14. |
Get complete information about the latest productions in WAR-
NER'S FEATURES. Write to your nearest Warner's exchange.
WARNER^S FEATURES, Inc.
130 West 46th Street, New York City
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Mr. P. A. Powers, President,
Warner's Features, Incorporated,
New York City.
Dear Sir: —
Through the kindness of Mr. Samuel H. Trigger, ^^
New York, I had the pleasure of viewing several of your ^
six-reel productions, and I consider these features among
the best that have been produced in this country. With
best w^ishes for your future success, I am, ^
Most respectfully yours, ^
(Signed) CHARLES H. PHILLIPS, ^
President, International Motion Picture Assn. ^
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When feature films command praise from such a source, it is time
for you to investigate. WARNER'S FEATURES have the |
appeal that fills houses — the "punch" that builds business — the
quality that spells success. |
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JESSE L. LASKY
Announces
For Release in July
MAX ^ LOLITA
FIGMAN ROBERTSON
RECENT STELLAR PLAYERS
In the All Star Cast of "FINE FEATHERS,"
In the Superb Military Romance
"THE
MAN
ON THE
BOX"
5 Parts 321 Scenes Special Cast
PICTURIZED by DE MILLE and APFEL
Now Playing
THOS. W. ROSS
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"THE ONLY SON"
JES5£ L. LASKY FEATURE PLAY COMPANY
LONG ACRE THEATRE
JE55C L. LA5KY
W. 48th STREET
PRESIDEMT
N.V. C.
SAMUEL G0LDPI5H
TREA3. & Gin'L nANAOEE
CECIL D DeMILLE:
DIRECTOR GENERAL
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Get the Rights in Your State
for the
MEXICAN WAR PICTURES
To the Victor Belongs the Spoils
AND if you want to share in the fruits of Villa's conquests get
control of the exclusive right to exhibit in your state War pictures
made by the Mutual Film Corporation under Special contract with
General "Pancho* Villa himself!
We have taken the "Big Chance" — which we are sure is really a Dead
Certainty — and have paid the Mutual Film Corporation an enormous
sum for the rights to these pictures for the entire
United States.
THE IRON IS HOT! Villa is getting
more famous every day! There is three times
more about him in the newspapers than about
any other man alive!
Prints are all ready for delivery — if you want
the rights for your state, telegraph without delay
or write by special delivery. Every moment
counts in the stratagem of the FILM business,
just as well as in the stratagem of war.
Remember These Facts:
The Mexican War Pictures — the only au-
thentic ones actually taken under fire — are in
seven full reels, filled with thrilling, throbbing
excitement from start to finish.
The picture includes hundreds of scenes taken
during the Battles of Torreon, Chihuahua and
other famous conflicts and other scenes showing
the tragic early life and adventure of this wonder-
ful warrior, the greatest military genius since
Napoleon !
This material
has never been
shown except
at_the
Lyric
Theatre
in
NEW YORK
where it drew
record break-
ing houses of
enthusiastic
patrons
NOW IS THE TIME TO "GET BUSY" AND TURN THE USUALLY DULL SUMMER
MONTHS INTO THE MOST PROFITABLE PERIOD OF YOUR CAREER!
MEXICAN WAR FILM CORPORATION
Room 1205 71 WEST 23rd STREET NEW YORK
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RELEASED
THROUGH SPECIAL
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
or, THE MOOR OF VENICE
FIVE PARTS
THE DIVINE SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
Made at Venice, Italy!!!
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By the Photo Drama Company. THE SUPER FILM— By
All Odds the Most Pretentious, Beautiful and Accurately-
Screened Version of Shakespearean Stories!
MADE AT VENICE, ITALY! That's a Tremendous ad-
vertising Feature in itself! VENICE, rendezvous of the
modern tourist — A very fountain-head of Romance and Ad-
venture! The waterways of Historic Venice
with its tales, ten centuries old, of Passionate
Loves and Fierce Vendettas — the indolent,
dreamy sweep of these Gondola-ridden high-
ways are scenes of the quaintest stories in any
language!
FOR THE MAKING OF OTHELLO the City Fathers
declared a half-holiday — canals were closed to modern
commerce, leaving only the aged palaces, the gayly-
costumed players and the clicking cameras of the Photo
Drama Company.
In OTHELLO, we offer a real masterpiece. It is the
first of Shakespeare's stories filmed in its proper environ-
ment, as the Master would have wished.
For Release Through
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
General Film Company
WEEK OF JULY 6th
Complete Line of Lithographs, Press Stories, etc,
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State St., Chicago
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The One Feature Photoplay That
You Will Eventually Book!
The Photoplay That Will Live
Long After Other Features Are
Why X^ ^ '^ Forgotten
Show
Doubtful ^^ A One of the Best Known Plays
Features ^. ^^ and Strongest Books Ever
When You ^^^ ^ Written
Can Book This
Most Remark- ^L^^/\ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^* °^ Vitagraph
able Photoplay ^^/^^ Players with
Which Will Be Sure C^V^ ^^}™ .^'^,^i?^T.t"o
to Please Your Pa- "^ ^^ ^^^^^ mLUXm
trons, and Bring the ,^^ ._. a ni. i
Money to Your Box ^^P^ Photoplay
Office. Send in Your ^ J^ Master-
Open Time. ^^ ^ piece!'
Full Line of Advertising Matter. Our
Paper Is of the Finest Quality in 1,3,6
and 24 Sheets. Also Window and Lobby
Display Frames.
Extravagant Phrases Are Not Needed With "THE
CHRISTIAN" Because It Has All the Qualifica- ^^ ^^
tions of a Box Office Winner. Write, Wire or Phone.
GET FIRST RUN IN YOUR TOWN
E. W. LYNCH ENTERPRISES
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Business Boosters!
Our
American Comedies
The first of which
ONE SUIT OF CLOTHES
WILL BE RELEASED TUESDAY, JUNE 30th
AS PART OF OUR REGULAR FIVE A WEEK OUTPUT
Singles
Tuesday, COMEDY
Wednesday, DRAMA
Thursday, COMEDY
Multiples
Thursday, DRAMA
Saturday,
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A MEX(CAI« MINE FRAUP
fr The Oarne that FaUed
(in FIVB PARTS)
Stupendous dramatic production in five active scenes from Rome to Mexico, tango dances, raging
lions, great fire scene. Wild action every moment, featuring the great international actor. Capozzi.
New England States, New York, Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Canada have all been sold. Western
and Southern bu3ers should act quickly.
TO BE RELEASED JUNE 29 «?
THE CH(MNeY^ SWEERS
Of the VaUey of Aosta
(in five parts)
One of Pasquali's best productions, entirely new, a thrilling drama in five parts ; feverish action ; more
exciting romance than has ever before appeared. The beautiful actress, Laura Darville, here fea-
turned as heroine, will
command your admira-
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Artistic two-color her-
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photos and attractive
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posters in four colors
will be of great assist-
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SPLIT-REEL DRAMA
NO FLIES ON CIS
Billy's Endeavor to Deceive His Uncle
Costs Him His Sweetheeirt and a Fortune
A FRIEND IN NEED
A Novel Feature, in Which a Pony Acts
in an Entirely Spontaneous Manner
A DRAMA OF HEPWORTH EXCELLENCE
THE CRY OF THE CAPTIVE
Almost All the Territory Has Been Sold
TWO PARTS
COMING!
A THREE-PART TRAGEDY
THE TRAGEDY OF BASIL GRIEVE
A Story With an Unusual Plot Vividly Portrayed
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THE MYSTERY OF GREEN PARK
The^First of the Series of Barnet Parker Detective Dramas, of Unusual
Interest and Mystery, After the Famous Novel by ARNOLD GALOPIN
TWO PARTS
A THRILLING PHOTO-DRAMA
THE BIRD OF PREY
The Story of a Thrilling Pursuit euid Capture of a Desperate Thief
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EDISON
*Andy Has a Toothache
A Comedy. By Mark Swain.
Eighth Adventure of Andy.
(looo feet.)
It was no ordinary toothache. His mother sug-
gested all kinds of remedies, even to tying a
string to the door knob. The Superintendent
sent Andy to the dentist's, but, once in the chair,
he fled in dismay at a sight of the instruments.
Called a coward by his chums, he challenged one
to fight, and in the combat lost the tooth un-
awares. Released Wednesday, July 8th.
*Face to Face
A Drama. By Richard Washburn Child in
"The Story of the Man Who Disappeared."
Produced in collaboration with the Popular
Magazine.
Following the exciting attempt to stop Earle's
train, the four partners land the new Court
House contract. Carter attempts to block this by
a bill in the Legislature. He in turn is accused
of bribery and, after exciting incidents, is found
out by a clever ruse. It is a thrilling drama.
Released Tuesday, July 7th.
■COMING MULTIPLE REELS-
***The Shattered Tree
Drama. Released Friday, July 3rd.
***In the Shadow of Disgrace
Drama. Released Friday, July loth.
***Meg O' the Mountains
Drama. Released Friday, July I7tli.
■COMING SINGLE REELS-
**Dolly at the Helm
Eleventh page in the active life of "Dolly of the Dailies."
Drama. Released Saturday, July nth.
**Qualifying for Lena
Comedy. Released Monday, July 13th.
*The Two Doctors
Drama, Released Tuesday, July 14th.
*The Ever-Gallant Marquis
An Up-To-Date Courtship
Comedies. Released Wednesday, July 15th.
** Across the Burning Trestle
Drama. Released Saturday, July i8th.
*One sbeeto.
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275 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.
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and public alike as has been
shown in the great innovation
M PATHE DAILY NEWS
The reasons are apparent:
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What the British Think of Kalem's
"THE BOER WAR"
{A Five-Part Masterpiece Production)
— only an extraordinary production could merit such
strong praise. And when YOU see the battles of Elands-
laagte, Wagon Hill, Botha's Pass and the taking of
Almond's Nek, you will agree with the exhibitor above,
that "THE BOER WAR" is the finest war drama you have
ever seen. Two 1-sheet, two 3-sheet, two S-sheet, and one
24-sheet Posters wrhich show ths mast stirrinj events.
Other Great KALE-M Masterpiece Features
A Celebrated Case
A Four- Part Production of the famous old drama.
Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot and
Alice Hollister in strong roles. 1,3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
Francis Marion. ''The Swamp Fox"
A Three-Part Story of the War of '76, showing
Marion's activities against the British. i, 3 and
6-Sheet Posters.
WOLFE, or THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC
KzJem'a Superb Five-Part Historical Drama. Produced in Authentic Locations in Canada
The furious artillery duel between the French forts and the English fleet; the battles at Montmorenci Falls and
on the Plains of Abraham; the death of Wolfe and Montcalm, a few of the famous historic incidents.
Two I -sheets, two 3-sheets, two 8-sheets and one 24-sheet for this feature.
The Death Sign at High Noon
Marin Sais, Jane Wolfe, W. H. West and Paul Hurst
in a Three-Part Drama showing one of the most excit-
I, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
ing Indian fights ever filmed
The Other Half of the Note
Featuring Irene Boyle in a Three-Part Story of a
Secret Service detective's efforts to capture a band of
smugglers, i, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
Coming
Shannon of the Sixth
A Superb Five-Part Production of Edward E. Kidder's Famous Play, based upon
the Sepoy Rebellion
Released through General Film Masterpiece Service
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LUBIN MASTERPIECES
"THE WOLF"
FIVE WONDERFUL REELS
BY EUGENE WALTER
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR"
FIVE REELS BY J. HARTLEY MANNERS
IN PREPARATION AT GREAT EXPENSE
«T1_IP PAP'IP'Q IMFQX" 5'' EDWIN ARDEN, Broadway's most popular
1 llllj I_j/^VlI^I_i O ilJQO 1 Reels and successful actor, leads the cast.
"THE FORTUNE HUNTER" SReeU B^ WincHeU Sn^Un
(These splendid pictures will be released through the General Film Masterpiece Service)
"The LIvlDg Fear." Wednesday, July 1st
"The Shadow of Tragedy," Thursday, July 2nd
FIVE RELEASES EACH WEEK
"THE WALKO SISTERS" Comedy
A pair of itinerant acrobats have a pretty bad time of it in Gloucester.
"THE LIVING FEAR" 2 Reel Drama
A surgeon and physiologist has a strange kleptomaniac case, which he finally masters.
'THE SHADOW OF TRAGEDY"
2 Reel Drama
A strange domestic story in which a curious mistake causes serious consequences and a near tragedy.
"THE DOOM OF DUTY" Drama
A. vigorous Mexican War incident with a fierce battle and a test between love and duty.
"IT'S A SHAME" Comedy Split Reel
A roaring farce in which two furious wives beat up the minister instead of their husbands.
"THE KIDNAPPED BRIDE" Comedy Split Reel
A bride is kidnapped by rejected lovers, which causes a pretty lively fight between the cops and villagers, but a
Tuesday, June 30th
Wednesday, July 1st
Thursday, July 2nd
Friday, July 3rd
Saturday, July 4th
Saturday, July 4th
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A Comedy Every
Tuesday and
Saturday
TWO-REEL FEATURE
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and Thursday
A Drama
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"THE REFORMATION OF THE GANG" Drama
Monday, June 29
Their enviroomenta are not desirable, and the boys fall into evil ways.
Through jiindnesa and proper handling they are made good and useful
"TWO STEPCHILDREN"
Drama
Thursday, July 2
citizens.
kindness and proper bandUng
PAUL KELLY In the lead.
Tbey find life at home miserable. Alone in a larKe city, both contem-
plate ending it all. They meet accidentally. Tfisretlaer they make life a
dream of happiness and love. DOBOTHT ICELLT and JAKES HOB-
BISON in the leading roles.
"THE POOR FOLKS' BOY" Two Part Drama
Tuesday, Junef^O
Held in the grasp of a greedy landlord, the poor widow Is robbed of her
all. The old rascal tries to hold her boy In bondage. She rebels and
clings to the child, defying her persecutor and the world, AKNE
6CHA£FEB, PAUI. WTLUB, KAHT. FOKMES and OEOB.GE STANLEY
are the cast.
"THE CIRCUS AND THE BOY" Comedy
Wednesday, July 1
"Sonny Jim" sees the fat woman, the dwarf and all the other freaks.
He wants to be one of them. He poaes as the tattooed hoy. "Mother
Dear" takes bim home, and after a good scrubbing. Sonny Jim Is content
to stay at home. BOBBY COITOT.T.T.Y as the boy.
«A TRAIN OF INCIDENTS"
Comedy
Friday, July 3
BTTNITY goes to Arizona to belp someone else find a fortune. FLOBA
FnfCH does likewise. They find each other and enrich themselves with
each other's love.
"THE TOLL"
Two Part Drama
Saturday, July 4
Held by a band of hlactmallers, a yoang man Is rescued by a girl. He
brings her to America and his wife is jealous of her. She is followed by
one of the band and slain, but before her death, she reunites her pro-
tector with his wife. DOBOTHY KEXLT, JAKES KOBBISON, KABIE
WKIHWATf and GEOBGE COOPEE are the cast.
SIX A WEEK
"THE FALSE AND THE TBTTE" "PEOSECTtmON"
Drama MONDAY, July 6 Drama THXTRSDAY, JTTLY 9
"THE KOONSTONE OE FEZ" "THE VASES OF HYMEN"
Two Part Drama TUESDAY, July 7 C!omedy FEIDAY, JTTLY 10
"DOCTOB SMITH'S BABY" "LILLIAN'S DILEKKA"
Comedy ■Wednesday, July 8 Two Part Comedy SATTIBDAY, JTTLY 11
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Five Releases Each Week
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
Featuring Guy Coombs and Anna Xilsson in a Two-Part Drama. Caught fast in a bear trap, Jack Grim
faces slow death. How he is saved in the nick of time by the wife he had wronged will go straight to
the heart. Released Monday, July 13th. The most striking incidents shown on i, 3 and 6-Sheets.
ACCVSLD
Rats steal a package of bills from a desk, causing a man
to be accused of theft. A novelty that has never been
paralleled in motion pictures. Released Tuesday. July
14th. Attractive I and 3 Sheets.
THE EXPRESS MESSENGER
A Two-Part Railroad story. Featuring Helen Holmes.
The wild chase across house-tops and the struggle be-
tween the express messenger and the jewel thief are
shown in a climax which will hold observers a-quiver.
Released Wednesday, July 15th. Superb i, 3 and 6
Sheets.
WANTED, AN HEIR
How the millionaire learns which of his* relatives is
worthy of becoming his heir, makes this a laugh clear
through. Featuring Ruth Roland. Marshal Xielan and
John E. Brennan. Released Friday. July 17th.
THE FATE OF A SQUAW
The heart of every photoplay patron will go out to the
Indian maid who nurses a demented white man back to
health and reason, only to become a victim of his in-
gratitude. Featuring Princess Mona Darkfeather. Re-
leased Saturday, July i8th. Special I and 3 Sheets.
The Next Feature of the Alice Joyce Series
is -IX WOLF'S CLOTHIXG." Such stars as Tom Moore. Harry Millarde. Robert
Walker, Henry Hallam and Helen Lindroth al'feur in the cast supporting Miss Joyce. See
next zi'eek's ad.
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EXHmiTOBS
euiDB
J. p. Chalmeri, Founder.
Published Weekly by the
Chalmers publishing Company
17 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY.
(Telephone, 3510 Madison Square.)
J. P. Chalmers, Sr President
E. J. Chahners Secretary and Treasurer
John Wylie Vice-President and General Manager
The office of the company is the address of the officers.
Western Office — Suite 917-919 Schiller Building, 64 West Ran-
dolph St., Chicago, 111. Telephone, Central 5099.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
United States, Mexico, Hawaii, Porto Rico and
Philippine Islands 3.C0 per year
Canada 3.50 per year
Foreign Countries ( Postpaid) 4.00 per year
ADVERTISING RATES.
Classoted Advertising — no display — three cents per word; mini-
mum charge, soc
Display Adveitising Rates made known on application.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
All changes of address sliould give both old and new ad-
dresses in fidl and clearly written.
NOTE- — Address all correspondence, remittances and subscrip-
tions to Moving PicriniE Woru), P. O. Box 226, Madison Square
Station. New York, and not to indiviHuals.
{The index for this issue ivill be found on page 126)
Entered at the Genera] Post Office, New York City, as Second Qass Matter.
Saturday, July 4, 1914.
Facts and Comments
SITTING A:\I0XG the AUDIENCE and watching
their attitude or listening to their comments is
always a profitable occupation to the exhibitor, as
well as to the writer on current motion picture topics. It
is easy to find out that no audience likes the protracted list
of future attractions displayed on the screen by means of
slides. It is all right to announce the features of the
program for a day or two ahead, but it gets somewhat
tiresome to have the operator run a dozen or more slides
announcing and describing the programs of the entire
a"eek or more. People cannot be expected to remem-
ber the details of a week's program; it is always better
to focus their attention upon one or two of the coming
big things.
^ ^ ^
^lany exhibitors have realized this. They not only
make their announcements of future attractions both
emphatic and brief, but they prefer to have twenty feet
or so of film instead of the slide. This is a decidedly
novel way of advertising coming features and it is there-
lore sure of attracting attcnii'-n. li may be a little more
e.xpensive, but we believe that in most cases the result
will justify the experiment. Nothing is more trying
on the patience of the spectators than a long succession
of slides with equallv extravagant announcements.
* * *
IX another part of the MdXi.NC Picturic Would we
print an interview with the chief censor of the State
of Pennsylvania which is now trying to sustain the
censorship act in the courts. The censor, a well-meaning
sort of person, shows in his talk the inherent absurdities
of censorship. He says the cast of a play and its synop-
sis will greatly influence him. Now we all know that the
cast and the synopsis are no criterion at all of the morale
of a picture. Aside from the fact that not every synop-
sis is a true telling of the story it must be remembered
that the gifted and experienced player sinks his or her
individuality in his or her part. No matter how ex-
emplar}' a great actor may be in his private life when he
plays a part like lago or Richard III he must show the
depravity of the character which he attempts to portray.
The censor tells us that he is able to look at thirty or
forty pictures per day without tirir.g. In this assertion
he runs contrary to the common experience of all men
whose duty it is to review pictures. All the reviewers
of the Moving Picture World agree that the strain of
looking at pictures in motion begins to tell after the
twelfth reel even when there are long intermissions. The
perceptive faculties begin to tire and attention can no
longer be successfully concentrated on what appears on
the screen. This applies even to the spectators whose
interest in the picture is by no means as keen as that of
reviewer or censor must be. To judge a picture from
the censorial point of view the mind should be fresh and
wholly free from the irritation which any unduly pro-
tracted mental labor is sure to produce. Take censorship
at any angle and it is bound to' lead to absurdities.
:j: ^ ^
A FRIEND and reader of this paper has recently
suggested a school for exhibitors or at least an
occasional conference of exhibitors to be ad-
dressed by one who has made an undoubted success of
his calling, like S. L. Rothapfel. It is by no means a bad
suggestion. Questions of presentation confront the ex-
hibitor constantly, especially in these days when big fea-
tures make great demands upon the skill and the inven-
tiveness of the exhibitor. The advantages of conference
and consultation are apparent. But recently an exhibitor
who had been in the business for some time was con-
fronted by the alternative of either leaving out an entire
scene so as not to offend his audience or of rejecting
practically one entire reel. He chose a remarkable mid-
dle course. He feared to dispense with the entire reel,
as that might imduly shorten his program as he thought.
He concluded to eliminate parts of the offensive scene.
He realized that this would probably puzzle his audi-
ence and make the story incoherent. To obviate this he
ended the reel with an explanation on a slide.
*
\\'e may laugh at the old medieval trade guilds to
which nobody could belong unless he had given some
evidence of his skijl and craft. As a matter of fact in
many professions we still exact for the sake of the pub-
lic this special fitness of its members. The cases of
teachers, doctors and lawyers are in point. Today no
qualification whatever is required of the man who enters
the exhibiting ranks, although the responsibility of the
exhibitor is a very real fact. We do not of course ad-
vocate a return to medievalism but a little more study
of the science of exhibiting motion pictures would help
a whole lot.
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THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
The Single Reel-II.
By W. Stephen Bush.
IT is apparent even to the most superficial of observers
that we are passing through a period of transition
in the moving picture industry. No man can at this
moment foretell the end, but one thing seems reasonably
sure: There will be at least two different and distinct
classes of motion pictures and motion picture theaters
when the period of transition has passed. One class
of theaters will use mostly single reels, the other will
use mostly features. The lines of cleavage are becoming
more distinct every day. One class of theaters will de-
pend for its success mostly on variety while the other
class will run parallel with the legitimate stage. The
former will maintain popular prices of admission, while
the latter must ask for prices which are not far below
the prices of big legitimate attractions.
That the country will ever go back to the old single
reel diet of three and four years ago seems exceedingly
improbable. We cannot close our eyes to the fact that
theaters with small capacity using mostly single reels
are going out of business all around us. It would be
folly to attribute this solely to the single reel; it is the
abuse rather than the use of the single reel which has
spelled ruin to many exhibitors. There are altogether
too many men in the exhibiting business who have no
experience in the show world and who fondly imagine
that it is the height of exhibiting enterprise to show any-
where from five to ten reels for a nickel. In some cities
this brand of "enterprising competitors" is more numer-
ously represented than in others, but no locality of any
size is without such specimens of the genus exliibitor.
These men abuse the single reel. They overfeed the
public, which is just about the worst thing they could
possibly do, for in this way they injure not only them-
selves, but they hurt the moving picture patronage in
their cities. The single reel holds out the greatest
temptation to these men. True enough the cheap
"feature" is as likely to be abused, but the bid for a
temporary increase in the patronage and the incidental
hoped-for ruin of the competitor is generally made by
means of the cheap single reel. In a neighboring city
it is at this moment not a rare thing to find an exhibitor
who is giving eight and nine reels for five cents. The
effects of this sad condition of affairs are felt all through
the city and its tributary suburbs. There is scant chance
to educate the public in the matter of quality and the
justice of higher prices of admission while a score or
more of exhibitors are surfeiting their patrons with pro-
grams of great length and little quality.
The readjustment of the place of the single reel will.
we think, make much further abuse of this old unit of
the motion picture entertainment impossible. There will
be fewer single reels made and they will be of far bet-
ter quality than the present single reel averages. When
the old companies were at the height of their prosperity
they put a good deal of fine quality into their single
reels. There is no reason in the world why this cannot
be done now. These single reels it will be remembered
satisfied the tastes and demands of the public for some
years. Time and money are lavished on multiple reels :
the best of actors are employed and the best of
scenario writers, no effort is spared to attain the height
of art and realism. If a proportionate amount of care,
time, and money were bestowed upon the single reel
there would be an ample demand for such single reels.
It is a great mistake to look upon the single reel merely
as a filler or an interlude between the big things on the
program. New and splendid fields for the single reel
are developing constantly. The pictorial news budgets
which are becoming so popular with audiences every-
where will always be told best in lengths of a thousand
feet or less. The pictorial news budget has grown to
fine proportions ; the weekly has become a daily ser\'ice
and we verily believe that few items on the program of a
motion picture theater are more welcome and please a
greater part of the audience than the news in motion
pictures. We can see a great opportunity for expansion
in the single reel field right here. Short length educa-
tional and scenic pictures will increase in popularity as
the number of big theaters increases. A program con-
sisting entirely of features will always be the exception
rather than the rule. The most pretentious theater cater-
ing to the high-class elements in the community cannot
aft'ord to forego one of the greatest charms of the screen
— the chann of variet}'. Here again is an opening for
the single reel of quality. Nor do we believe that mul-
tiple reel comedy will ever successfully rival the short,
snappy comedy of a thousand feet. On the screen as
well as in the newspaper and on the stage brevity is still
the soul of wit. Single reel comedies are always in de-
mand, provided they really desen'e to be called comedies
— too many of these so-called one reel comedies are
nothing but vulgar spasms whose chief merit is their
shortness. The time for unloading this kind of stuff on
the market is hopelessly past and the exhibitor who tries
to make money with it will soon find himself unable to
pay his rent.
The single reel will continue to form a most desirable
part of the motion picture entertainment, but it must be
pruned and adjusted to new conditions. Producers
must learn how to specialize in single reels when it comes
to the choice of subject. With proper changes there will
be a regeneration of the single reel, which is bound to
benefit the entire industry.
The recent convention held in this city took up the
question of single reels at great length. The prevailing
sentiment seemed to favor something in the nature of a
revival of the single reel. Some of the exhibitors wanted
more single reel comedies while others likewise in favor
of single reels generally protested against the stuff which
was put on single reels and labeled comedy. A close sur-
vey of the men who were particularly anxious about a
revival of the single reel will reveal the fact that they
were practically without exception the men who con-
ducted theatres with a small seating capacity. They too
emphasized the need of better quality in single reels. In-
deed from the discussion which occurred and from in-
formal expressions of exhibitors attending the convention
■ it would appear that the men who need the single reel
most are most thoroughly convinced of the need of better
quality as a condition precedent to a profitable revival
of single reels. If the exhibitors were in a position to
make their influence felt like their brethren in England
the re-alignment which is bound to come anyway would
have arrived without the laboring pains and the damage
to the exhibitor. The fatal lack of a proper nation-wide
co-operative organization, of the entire industry is making
itself felt more and more cverj' day. If we had a rep-
resentative film parliament such as they have in France
and in England questions of re-adjustment of this char-
acter would be taken up in a spirit of mutual helpfulness
and would be regulated with the least possible delay and
the least possible disturbance or injury.
^^^B f 1 OOD, plain, ordinary common sense is shown by
^^^B 1 -■• the manager of "The Strand" in announcing a
^^^H ^^"^ well-defined policy of presentation.
^^^H "We will endeavor to offer at all times only such enter-
^^^T tainment as will be consistent with the dignity of Amer-
^m ican manhood. Our house is a theater for mothers,
B daughters, sisters and wives, where the purity of their
B thought will be conserved above all other things."
^B That sentiment reflects what is in the mind of normally
^B constituted men in all parts of this country. A policy so
H sound needs only to be stated to command unhesitating
B and universal assent. Many subjects present themselves
B to different individuals in different degrees, according to
B the temperament of each — there may be a wide divergence
B of opinion in some cases — but there is deep-seated in the
^ft original constitution of manhood a desire, almost a pas-
B sion, to protect womanhood and childhood from harmful
influence, with a resultant harmony of opinion as to what
should not be thrust upon mixed audiences attending the
picture shows by millions.
A man does not carry books, periodicals or pictures of
evil purpose to his home, but he cannot exercise the pre-
rogative of selection when members of his family go to
exhibitions of moving pictures. The shows are clean
and wholesome as a rule — they usually deserve the confi-
dence so freely given them — but those who attend have no
other than poster forewarning of what may be thrown on
the screen, and that does not always indicate its character.
The household may be shielded by its natural protector,
by the elimination of all that is undesirable in books, pa-
pers and magazines, but when its members go to a little
place of entertainment, an entirely new condition is set up.
The great study of modern times is that of the work-
ings and weaknesses of the human mind, and this subject
is of supreme interest to the parents of our next genera-
tion. Supreme in their minds is the progress of their
children along the finest possible lines of development. It
is true that those children are not sent to picture shows
for an education, but there is an obvious danger to im-
mature minds in vitiating screen portrayals. There is no
sight more pitiful than that of a human creature of God-
given capacity enfeebled by vicious influences over which
he had no directive control during his formative period,
and it is quite in the nature of things for those who have
the betterment of humanity at heart to scan closely
any influence exerted by those irresponsibles who confuse
"liberty" with unqualified license to do as they please.
Freedom in its noblest sense grants breadth of opportu-
nity for the exercise of one's powers. Its best use im-
plies a breaking away from conditions hampering
progress, but it was never accorded by our institutions
with any idea that it meant individual contempt for law,
decorum and the rights of others. The rejection of legal
and moral control is not, and never has been, the Ameri-
can idea of liberty. The self-imposed policy of "The
Strand," that of giving "Only such entertainment as will
be consistent with the dignity of American manhood," if
followed in a general way by American exhibitors sug-
gests the solution of a much-discussed problem.
As a writer of photodramas, I realize as much as any-
one the necessity of bringing to the notice of organized
society some of its weak and guilty phases. The drama-
tist must reveal in order to redeem. The essential func-
tion of his art is not to mildly reflect the surface of
unsatisfactory conditions that are hampering our growth
■ — it is to penetrate the depths for bitter truth — our stories
of human lives involve, beside the discussion of conduct,
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The Exhibitor as Censor
37
By Louis Reeves Harrison.
the unveiling of motive and the discovery of what is base
in our institutions that they may be bettered. Unintelli-
gent restraint might easily, therefore, operate directly
against the best service rendered by screen portrayals.
Realizing this keenly, and realizing as keenly the folly
of thrusting upon millions of people what is either per-
nicious or revolting to the best of them, I have always
advocated conserving breadth of opportunity in this new
and powerful means of inter-communication, but never in
disregard of the rights of those millions to determine
what particular features of a general entertainment should
be eliminated as vicious or offensive. While called upon
occasionally to put juice in some dried lemons of litera-
ture or the stage, and compelled to conserve the ancient
flavor to a degree, I never lose sight of the fact that the
best "punch" a screen play can have is that given in de-
fense of generally accepted ideas of justice. A drama
that glorifies villainy is never popular, especially with the
common people, and there being no other possible excuse
for it than supposed popularity, common-sense indicates
that exhibitors as individuals or as an organization should
not tolerate such productions.
Madame Montessori, the eminent Italian woman who
recently visited this country, whose works are read by
millions of intelligent people in all countries, has helped
to revolutionize the world's educational methods. She
has taken defective children from the slums and lifted
them to planes of those who have enjoyed everj' possible
advantage from birth by means that suggest the powerful
influence moving pictures exert upon the formation of
human character. She has penetrated the secrets of
nature that lay hidden in the child's soul and brought that
unhappy little soul out of the shadow of its prison house
into the light, beauty and charm that should invest human
infancy.
Now there are many unfortunate thousands of grown-
ups with undeveloped minds scattered among those who
watch the screen pictures with absorbed interest, and,
while they are not defectives to any serious extent, they
are impressionable and largely guided by impulse. They
also furnish a large proportion of our criminal class.
They have the intense primitive egotism of defective chil-
dren, and are easily aft'ected by suggestion, led to pursue
"liberty of action" at the expense of society's welfare.
The majority of them are not criminal by tendency, but
they lack safeguards against indulgence in criminal con-
duct, and they lack that sense of duty normal men acquire
through education or through the example of intimate
associates.
Such people are often led to commit crime by misappre-
hension of what is expected of them, and it is on their
account, even more than on account of little children, that
glorification of crime and exposition of its methods on the
screen receive general condemnation. There is not the
slightest self-advantage for any exhibitor to display mov-
ing pictures of that kind, and a sensible method of stop
ping these productions seems to be that of setting up a
policy of presentation to be clearly stated and vigorously
enforced, not only as a matter of good sense, but with a
view to forever determining the character of an art whose
destiny appears to be that of stimulating and inspiring the
human mind. Let us unite to give motion-picture produc-
tion such nobility, beauty and charm of purpose as may
heavily contribute to our common progress. Let us en-
deavor at all times to offer only such entertainment as will
conserve purity of thought in American womanhood and
be consistent with the dignitv of American manhood.
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The Weakling.
New Kalem Special with an Exciting Climax Intensified by
a Marvelously Staged Thunder Storm.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
EVERY WORK OF ART chooses some object, some effect
upon the human heart and mind, and reaches its ends
witli all the vigor and felicity that the artist has at his
command or all that his time, patience and courage will let
him devote to it. Only a truly human theme will inspire an
artist to do really good work. His genius may sparkle here
and there in a scene of two, while he is dealing with insignifi-
cant or artificial situations, but the light that engages the
spectator's whole attention won't shine out from any picture
unless it's maker has an object that will let him be sincere all
the way through. Kenean Buell, who produced this pic-
ture, "The Weakling," had to tell graphically a story with
sufficient human significance and has made of it a very desir-
able offering, full of merit.
The picture sets before us the troubles of a youth richly
endowed by nature, but sorely tried by lack of physical cour-
age until, at the end, he overcomes the defect, winning
Scene from "The Weakling" (Kalem).
thereby the girl of his choice. It makes it very clear to us
that his blemish is due not to heredity but to environment.
More intellectual than his relatives, and more sensitive, he
is the butt of his elder brother's brutality and of the scorn
of his parents as well. He is not weak in body or mind, but
younger, and has been trained to cower, so they call him
"the weakling." The first scene opens with a picture of
the two youngsters playing with large cones before the rough
cabin of a mountaineer. The elder brother is already play-
ing the tyrant and the younger has to stand ill treatment
from him. Two short scenes carry us along fifteen years.
The boys have become young men and the old relationship
of bully and "butt" still holds. Dave, the bully, is played
by Jerc Austin and the younger brother. Lift, by Tom Moore.
At this point we find the girl Nancy, duaghter of a judge,
who is to be the heroine of the story (played by Alice Joyce),
leaving her comfortable home in the foothills to do what she
can for the illiterate mountain whites. She comes to the
settlement where the two brothers live and opens a school
for children. The "kids" who attend her school have been
felicitously chosen. They have interesting faces and there
is naturalness and grace in the way they are handled and also
in the school scenes as picture compositions. Lift, athirst
for knowledge, comes to the school and studies with the
children, thereby, it may be construed, increasing Dave's
scorn for him. Dave falls in love with the attractive looking
teacher, calls on her in the evening, but gets no encourage-
ment. Lift is a brilliant scholar and the girl takes a good
deal of interest in him and this increases Dave's ill feeling,
the more since the younger brother lacks the spunk to pro-
tect her from his rudeness.
Following these scenes, comes an absolutely convincing
but very intense climax. The action is logical, the steps fol-
low in naturally dramatic sequence and the result keeps us
absolutely absorbed in what is truly a marvelous portrayal of
a significant situation. We watch the preparation for the
event and how it comes that Nancy is left along for a night
and how Dave comes upon knowledge of it. He holds Lift
in such contempt that he doesn't refrain from jeering at him
and this makes Litt suspicious. He follows his brother
through a moon-lit forest (some beautifully photographed
scenes). Dave reaches the cabin just as a terrible thunder
storm breaks and the rest of the incident is accompanied by
some of the most startlingly realistic lightning we have ever
seen portrayed. It is a marvel of photography. He forces
his way in and is roughly handling the girl when his brother
appears at the still open door through which now and again
the background is filled with bright light or left in black-
ness. The struggle is now between the brothers and in the
midst of it the doorway is filled with such a flash of light
that the spectator, with nerves all tense, feels that it has
struck close by. The older brother falls unconscious and
Litt, believing that he has killed him, flees out into the pour-
ing rain. A real rain storm is pictured. We can actually see
Scene from "The Weakling" (Kalem).
the rain splashing in puddles and pools of surface water.
Litt, overcome, is found by the judge next day lying uncon-
scious at the road-side and is taken to the judge's home.
Soon after Litt leaves, Dave comes to, his arm paralyzed,
and is kept a prisoner until morning by the girl who has
found a gun. The girl had already written to her father ask-
ing him to continue the education of Litt and he is installed
in a college to graduate later with honors. Here, one
would think that the story would naturally end, but it is con-
tinued to show by two more incidents that Litt has not yet
escaped from the bondage of physical cowardice. The girl
loves him, but still refuses to marry him on account of this.
At a third cliance he proves himself a hero indeed, stopping
with his body a bullet intended by his brother for the judge
who is trying his father for illicit whiskey making. Perhaps
this scene is hampered somewhat by lack of restraint, a de-
fect of which the first reel is almost absolutely clean. As a
whole it is a very fine offering though a bit too long at
the end. Kenean Buell, who produced it, is deserving of
very high commendation.
MUTUAL MEN ARE RE-ELECTED.
At Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Past Methods of Oper-
ation are Approved — Business Flourishing.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mutual
Film Corporation, held in Richmond, Va., on June 17, five di-
rectors were elected. Crawford Livingston, Felix E. Kahn,
George W. Hall, Wilbert Shallenberger and Addison E.
Jones, directors, were unanimously re-elected for terms of
three years each. A resolution was adopted by the stock-
holders approving the conduct of the corporation's business
during the past year.
At the annual directors' meeting in New York, June 19,
the treasurer's report showed the Mutual to be in a flour-
ishing condition. Regular seven per cent dividends on pre-
ferred stock for the year beginning July i, 1914, were de-
clared payable quarterly, and a dividend of one-half of one
per cent with an extra dividend of one-half of one per cent
on the common stock was declared payable in each of the
next four months.
At the same meeting, the officers were unanimously re-
elected as follows: President and general manager, H. E.
Aitkcn; first vice-president and treasurer, C. J. Htie; second
vice president, John R. Freuler, and secretary, E. L. Thomas.
After the meeting, President Aitken announced the appoint-
ment of James N. Naulty as third vice-president.
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39
Pennsylvania Head Censor Talks.
His Curious Notions on the Necessity of Censorship — Admits
the Steady Improvements of the Morale of Films— Will
Exercise Control over Posters — He Takes no Notice
of the "National Board."
By W. Stephen Bush.
THERE are no inquisitorial terrors about the head censor
of I'cnnsylvania, I mean, no outward emblems of that
dreaded institution, no masked "familiars" of the "Holy
Office," no black-covered seats of judgment, no headsmen
standing around in ominous silence. Mr. J. Louis Breitinger,
on whom devolves the duty of censoring every film coming
into the Keystone Commonwealth is just an ordinary Ameri-
can lawyer suggesting rural antecedents. I saw liim in his
office at the Franklin Building, 133 South 12th Street in Phila-
delphia calmly attending to his law practice.
"Mr. Breitinger," I asked, "how did you become censor of
motion pictures in this state?"
Mr. Breitinger, in a somewhat formal but not unpleasant
manner, declined to discuss this fact in any way whatever.
"Were you a candidate for the position?" I persisted.
"I must decline to answer that question," replied Mr.
Breitinger, becoming slightly more formal.
"What I want to know," I began again, "is your qualifica-
tions for this office of censorship. Do you think you possess
the knowledge and experience; have you ever been associated
with motion pictures in a commercial or official way before?"
The censor became less formal and more willing to talk.
"Why, yes," he said, registering a tone of emphasis. "I
guess I have seen as many pictures as any other man in this
state. ' You know I have been counsel for the exhibitors in
Philadelphia and I was always interested in motion pictures."
"What about your rule forbidding any comedies which are
not sufficiently serious?" I queried further.
Mr. Breitinger smiled tolerantly.
"There has been a lot of comment on this rule," he said.
"I guess the language was open to misunderstanding. What
I wanted to say was this: I do not believe in making fun of
solemn and serious things; I would, for instance, refuse to
pass a film trjang to throw ridicule on a court of justice
or on a creed. If a comic situation is evolved in the progress
of the story, I would of course look at it in a different light."
"I see," I continued, "that under 3-our new rules you assume
authorit}' over posters. You ask that posters be submitted
to you whenever you request it."
"That is true," declared Mr. Breitinger. "Wherever posters
are misleading, showing something which does not occur on
the film, I propose to suppress them. All posters that are
lurid and ultra-sensational will likewise be placed under the
ban. I think the law gives me the' authority to do this, as
it provides for regulating the display of motion pictures."
"Do you propose to co-operate with or take notice of the
work of the National Board of Censorship in New York?"
"Well, there is, properly speaking, no National Board. I
will say that the Board you mention has, in my opinion, done
some good, through the fact that the manufacturers pay for
its upkeep has been criticized. We keep a record of advance
information on films in our office and we take notice of any
special comments made by this Board, but, generally speak-
ing, we will pay no attention to its verdicts. In some ways
I have accepted their standards and perhaps even used their
language, but this does not mean that their decisions will
have an}' influence on us. We may accept what they reject
and vice versa."
Mr. Breitinger here said something about the necessity
of protecting the children against certain films and- I was
prompted to ask him whether he judged films from the view-
point of the child alone.
"Not at all," was his quick reply. "I try to censor the pic-
tures for a mixed audience, such as I know the average mo-
tion picture audience to be. I look at the needs of the whole
people, any other action would be arbitrary. I might say, too,
that I do not propose to impose such a censorship as we
might expect from the police authorities. The police are not
the proper judges of films, their views are too narrow and
one-sided, indeed, I think their whole training unfits them
for the work of censoring. I may also add that I harbor
not the slightest resentment against the men who are testing
this statute in the courts. They have the right to do this. If
the act is bad in law or if it violates any constitutional guar-
antee, we want to know it."
_Mr._ Breitinger spoke of a corps of assistants who would
aid him and the other state censor in the performance of
their duties and who would have the right to suggest elimina-
tions. He would, he said, look at the films himself whenever
the judgment of his assistants might be called into question.
The censor declared that if the producers would "play fair"
witli him, matters might be made easy in the matter of exami-
nations of duplicates. 1 asked Mr. Breitinger to be more defi-
nite and he said that he would dispense with the examination
of duplicates if he could feel that the producers would make
every alteration ordered in tlie original. He hinted, too, that
he might eventually recommend a lower examination fee for
duplicates, which are now taxed $2.50 per thousand feet just
like the originals.
"From examining the synopsis I generally get a fair idea
of what kind of a film I am going to see from a censor's
viewpoint. There arc certain actors and actresses who, I
think, may be relied upon for clean playing and that's why I
always pay particular attention to the casts. One woman
will play an adventuress in an inotTensivc manner, wliile an-
other might tliink it necessary to wear tightfitting gowns and
smoke cigarettes. You ask me where I am going to do my
examining. Well, wherever it is most convenient. I am now
fitting up an office in Philadelphia. I had a talk on the sub-
ject witli Governor Tener, who seemed to think we, being
state officials, ought to have an office in the state capital.
Recently we were in New York where we examined 200 films
or more. I should say that the total number for examination
is about 300 per week. I can look at thirty or forty reels a
day without getting tired."
"Have you so far," I asked, "been compelled to totally
reject any of the films offered to you for examination?"
"No," replied Mr. Breitinger, "I am glad to be able to
answer 'No.' Out of about four hundred that we have exam-
ined we have had only about four serious eliminations. Mo-
tion pictures are getting better, I must say. I think that if
motion pictures continue to improve as they have in the past
six months, there will be no more demand for censorship."
"Do i'ou mean to say that it would be safe to repeal tlic
law?"
"No. I think a restricting and restraining influence will
be needed. There will be, I am afraid, men who would abuse
the film. We would have white slave films and drug terror
films and other objectionable pictures. To safeguard the
public against them we always must have censorship."
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GEORGE PERIOLAT.
NE of the most popular, but decidedly the most retiring
character man in the West Coast forces of the Universal
Film Company, is George Periolat, who plays character
leads with Jack Kerri-
gan.
Periolat was born m I
Chicago, 111., "long
enough ago to make me
my present age," he
says. His father was in
the mercantile business,
but the boy never had a
vivid dream of any
other career than that of
the drama. Still in his
teens, he secured a small
position in a stock com-
pany. Naturalh' a stu-
dent and open to im-
pressions, the boy devel-
oped into a juvenile lead
before many years. With
Julia Arthur, Otis Skin-
ner, Adelaide Thurston,
Maurice Barrymore, Wni.
Gillette, Kathryn Kid-
der and others, he
played for twelve years,
making a careful study
of stage technique which
has formed the basis for ~
his interesting work in
pictures.
A year ago the Dear-
born Stock Company in Chicago, a season with the original pro-
duction of "Bedford's Hope" and the j'Oung character man de-
cided that motion pictures offered the greatest future to the con-
scientious actor. Periolat joined the Essanay Company as an
extra man under Tom Ricketts. So quick was he to learn the
mechanism of this new work and so appreciative were directors
of a man who could mi.x brains with his talent, that the Selig
Company persuaded him to join their ranks. Eight months un-
der Frank Beale was succeeded by an offer from the American
company which Periolat could not refuse. Three years of steady,
consistent work followed, under the direction of Allan Dwan. It
mas at this time that Periolat came to be associated with Jack
Kerrigan, whose company he has never since left. Periolat and
Mr. Kerrigan are both now with the Universal forces.
George Periolat.
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"The Evil Men Do."
A Three-Part Vitagraph Drama Written by Edward William
Farley and Produced by Maurice Costello and
Robert GaiUord.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
Cast.
David Horton Maurice Costello
Captain Clifford Thomas R. Mills
Margaret Mary Charleson
Beatrice Marie Weirman
Margaret's escort Rex Hitchcock
Agent Robert Gaillord
David, as a boy Dolores Costello
Beatrice, as a girl Helen Costello
A STRONG and interesting story, "The Evil Men Do,"
should have had a more comprehensive title, as most
of the trouble is caused by the reckless infidelity of h
mercenary wife. Perhaps the author was too gallant to imi-
tate .^dam and blame it all on the woman! Her machinations
began it all, and her indifference to the rights and happiness
Scene from "The Evil Men Do" (Vitagraph).
of others is the direct cause of all that occurs. The charac-
ter of "Margaret," the unfaithful wife of David Horton. is
interpreted with high intelligence by Mary Charleson, and it
is fascinating in its extreme self-sufficiency. She does not
even pretend to care for anything but her personal pleasure';
and interests, is keenly alive to what is self-advantageous and
is so delightfully like many ladies in good society that she
may be said to typify them.
The character of "Beatrice" as portrayed by Marie Weir
man, though affording fewer emotional opportunities, is a
Scene from "The Evil Men Do" (Vitagraph).
beautiful one and destined to quicken sympathy among those
who watch the play. "Ingenue" is too often suggestive
of "inanity" for the role to assume importance in most plays,
a foolish tradition handed down by the French. The French
jeune fille is an inanity as far as social events that furnish
dramatic material are concerned, but the American girl is
quite another proposition. Miss Weirman looks and plays
her part with rare charm, and it is a pleasure to see two such
accomplished actresses on the screen at one time.
Costello seems to have regained some of his old-time form
when he acts with subdued emotion, but he works too hard
at times — it is just as well to credit the modern motion pic-
ture audience with intelligence — it is not necessary to force
the obvious in a situation of stress and sorrow. Then it is in
the character of manly men to suffer in a stoical way, dom-
inating acute miserj' with a strong will. He appears to ad-
vantage as a serious character when he "acts" the least.
The story of "David Horton," whom Costello impersonates,
is that of a man who loved Beatrice as a little girl and forgot
her when they grew up. He falls an easy victim to the de-
signing and self-sufficient Margaret, though Beatrice retains
an undying affection for her playmates, an affection that is
the seed of love, waiting to be warmed into a thing of beauty
by a little attention from David Horton. but which he fails
to give. She goes abroad to hide her disappointment. He
weds Margaret and is disillusioned when his wife forsakes
him in an hour of trial in company with Captain Clifford.
Clifford wearies of the false woman, meets Beatrice and
wins her hand in marriage. These lour are brought together
near an arm}- post by the workings of destiny and some high
scenes of excitement and emotion rise out of the complicated
social relation. Horton is working alone on a ranch, attempt-
ing to redeem his lost fortunes, when Beatrice and her hus-
band, Captain Clifford, the man Horton knows to be the
cause of his dishonor and misery, call on him. Horton keeps
silence to preserve the happiness of Beatrice, while she at-
tempts the reconciliation of Horton and his wife, not know-
ing that her own husband caused their estrangement. Bea-
trice induces Mrs. Horton to rejoin her husband, and actually
effects a suspension of hostilities between them, when Cap-
tain Clifford stumbles in.
Horton has given up further thought of vengeance, for
the sake of Beatrice, but it is quite another matter with
Margaret. I nfuriated by Clifford's desertion — a woman
scorned — she turns to a veritable fury, attacks Clifford and is
shot by him in a struggle between them. Horton secures evi-
dence that Clifford committed the murder and is about to
suppress it, when Beatrice overhears "all" with a sense of
overpowering and complete revulsion that drives Clifford to
self-destruction. Horton and Beatrice are eventually united
by the affection that bound them together as children, but
which was not to be theirs again until both were tried in the
crucible of bittle experience.
MOVIES AID "BETTER BABIES" CAMPAIGN.
Mayor Mitchell set the week from June 20th to 26th for
Baby Week in Greater New York. Katharine Eggleston was
appointed on the Publicity Committee. Two hundred thou-
sand babies and their mothers were given outings in parks
and on the Hudson. Some of these babies had been saved
by the efficient work of the Milk Stations, the free clinics
and the instructions to mothers. And the mayor believes
that the public ought to know more and help more in this
wonderful work of saving the kiddies from, sickness and
death in the hot weather.
Once upon a time the newspaper would have been the
chief medium for advertising and illustrating this kind of
work. But Miss Eggleston knew the movies and their facil-
ities and set about letting the Pathe Weekly and Daily, the
Mutual Weekly, the Animated Weeklj^ and the Hearst-Selig
Weekly know of the "heart-interest" and news-value which
the Baby Week parades, outings, illustrated teachings, and
prize baby-shows would furnish. Consequently, the films
will show the public some interesting pictures of the fun
and frolic of the littlest girls and boys.
The attention that will be attracted to the work of mak-
ing "Better Babies, Better Mothers, Better Homes" by the
representation of scenes during the New York Baby Week,
will reveal the power of "the movies" as right-hand helpers
to the big movements for public good that can be carried on
by an enlightened government.
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO.
The Excelsior Feature Film Co., Inc., is a new concern
with executive offices at no W. 40th St., suite 1002, which
promises to be in the future, an important factor in the mov-
ing picture industry.
The pure, clear mountain air at their studio, located at
beautiful Lake Placid, "The Switzerland of America," en-
ables them to secure the highest standard in photography
and with the able assistance of Harry Handworth, late Pathe
head director featuring Octavia Handworth, late Pathe star,
Gordon De Maine, Tom Tempest, William A. Williams, late
Pathe leading man and many other screen favorites.
Mr. Wm. H. Wright, treas., and Arthur Rosenbach, sales-
manager, both well acquainted with the trade, are very busy
getting their first release ready for showing. Judging by
their description of the feature, it will be one worth seeing.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
41
"The Tragedy of Basil Grieve"
Hepworth American Film Corporation Has Added Feature
of Exciting Interest in This English-made Three-Reeler.
Reviewed by Randall M. White.
IN ADDING "The Tragedy of Basil Grieve," a three-reel
feature, to their list of releases, the Hepworth Film Cor-
poration have accoinplislicd a stroke of business which
will redound to both their financial and artistic credit. The
picture, made by the Hepworth company in England, has
all the elements which exhibitors, figuring from the box office
point of view, regard as necessary to success and in addi-
tion will please the motion picture devotee who insists upon
having his screen stories unfolded in a logical and interest-
ing manner. Novel bits of construction have been used in
building the plot, the action is spirited throughout, and the
most has been made of the many opportunities for a dis-
play of careful photography.
Scene from "The Tragedy of Basil Grieve" (Hepworth).
Basil Grieve is a successful novelist who falls preys to a
designing woman who returns his honest effection by marry-
ing him for his money and standing in society. A suitor whom
the w'oman has refused because of his lesser financial and
social influence, through a successful invention, amasses a
fortune about the time the novelist has begun to complain
of his wife's extravagance. How the inventor and the novel-
ist's wife destroy him with the aid of a quick poison and are
providentially punished for the crime provides the big scenes.
A novel turn in the plot is introduced when the wife paves
the way for her husband's murder by obtaining his signature
to a note purportmg to explain that he has committed sui-
cide by having him sign the note in the belief that he is
signing a check in payment of some of the wife's bills.
■ The interest attaching to the proper filming of such a story
can readily be imagined. There is the scene in which the
wife quite calmly pours the poison into her husband's cof-
fee as he sits chatting with her at the breakfast table, imme-
diately followed by an intensely dramatic and well executed
scene which shows the death struggle of the poisoned man.
Then one is made to realize the shallowness of the wife's
suicide tale when the publisher of the husband's novels iden-
tifies the note supposed to have been left by the husband in
explanation of his death as a copy of a note sent him as a
part of the manuscript of a new book. A thoroughly human
detective gets into the action and makes a couple of conclu-
sive deductions which do not jar one's sense of logic and,
for a finish, there is one of the most exciting auto chases
which has ever been filmed, as the murdress and her para-
mour attempt to escape from the police; the wife is killed
when the machine in which she is riding crashes into a ditch,
and her partner in crime is picked up by the police.
The players in the picture have all acquitted themselves
well but standing out in boldest relief is the work done by
the Hepworth principal who impersonates the adventuress
who does not hesitate at murder. Hers are the big scenes
and she makes all of them convincing, although one is never
permitted to lose the impression that such a woman as she
has lived, is living now, and will live as long as love and pas-
sion are the most powerful emotions of mankind.
There is a particularly effective bit of photography used in a
close-up of the wife and her paramour sitting beside an open
grate planriing the death of the husband. The auto chase,
as a splendid climax for a good picture, is also well done and
one is fairly swept away with the feeling that he too is speed-
ing along at the rate of eighty or ninety miles per hour.
Church Picture Plan Tried Out
Duke of Manchester, Cleveland Moffett, Miss Katherine
Eggleston, and Others Interested in Important
Movement.
THE Duke of Manchester, Cleveland Moffett, the author,
and Miss Katherine Eggleston, fiction and sccnaria
writer, might not like to be classed with the humble
straw that helps 'lemo' and 'sasprclla pop' to its destined end;
but they certainly are straws that show what a strong wind
is blowing in the direction of an increased production of the
kind of motion pictures which will meet the requirements of
those who believe that the screen is the greatest of teachers.
To begin with, the Duke is forming a company which will
produce religious and educational pictures. To continue,
Cleveland Moffett is fathering a plan which will open the
churches in districts where there are many children who
spend more time than is good for them on the street, and
make the good program of motion pictures a delight and a
benefit to the youngsters. It's a splendid idea. Katherine
Egleston entered on her role as Another Straw when she
stopped for the meeting after the program at the Old First
Church on the evening of June i8th.
It was a kind of "try-out." The Vitigraph Company fur-
nished the excellent program, and Mr. MolTett asked those
interested in the movement to stay and "Talk it over" after-
ward. Some of the "scared-cats" who are always worrying
1st the sacred edifice be desecrated should have seen the
orderly, appreciative mob of youngsters who came out of
the dignified old church, talking quietly but enthusiastically
of "the show." They would be ashamed to advocate a moss-
back policy which shuts up the great, idle; expensive pile
of stones half of the time. It was when the point came up
whether pictures should be rented or "asked as contributions"
to the beneficence that Miss Eggleston began her part.
"This is a great scheme," she said; "but it's bigger than
just giving a good show to a lot of hungry-eyed little people.
It's bigger than just a means to keep them off the street. It's
bigger than even its significance as an uplift movement. It's
the habit of high-brows, church-people and a good many
others who belong to neither class, to rail at the producing
companies for not making better pictures. Right here in this
work you will need the best kind of pictures. You hope
to interest many churches, many schools — indeed, it will be
perfectly possible to turn to account every public building
that is occupied only part of the time. You will use so many
pictures that you will create a demand for good pictures.
Making pictures is like any other businss. The producing
companies must realize returns. If you realize the power
you vvill hold of actually making it possible for the company
to produce the kind of pictures you believe should be shown,
you will be benefactors in more than just the way you plan
for the children. But rent your pictures. Don't ask the pro-
ducers to pay for your beneficence. A good many of them
have paid a good deal more dearly than you suspect for
their efforts to produce educational and morally high-toned
films. If all the churches and the schools of this country
were in the market for good pictures, it wouldn't be a year
before the output of the various producing companies w'ould
show an improvement in subjects and treatment which would
compare favorably with the wonderful mechanical perfec-
tion of motion pictures. Create the demand right in this
splendid project and the supply will be ready. Motion pic-
tures are made almost over night. Demand high-class films
and pay the market price and see what happens!"
Miss Eggleston's remarks were backed by her thorough
knowledge of motion pictures from the scenario start to the
screen finish gained as film editor and by the reputation she
has made as a writer of magazine fiction. She combines an
intimate knowdedge of pictures with a scholarly education
and success as an author. And she confidently looks forward
to the growth of moving pictures to a usefulness and an
artistic development which is scarcely forshadowed by their
present development. Mr. Moffett and the others who are
associated in the new scheme recognized and agreed with
the truth of what she said. It is safe to predict that films
used in the entertainments they give will be rented at the
usual rates. And all this means that a good healthy wind is
blowing splendidly in the right direction.
CONTERNO'S ORCHESTRA AT REGENT.
Conterno's Orchestra began an engagement at the Regent
Theater, ii6th Street and Seventh Avenue, Sunday, June 14.
Besides playing a program of high-class music, while the pic-
tures are running, the orchestra provides an overture as a
part of each show, Sig. Conterno directing. The orchestral
music, of course, is in conjunction with the pipe organ selec-
tions, which have long made the Regent popular. •
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Something to a Door"
An Edison One-Reel Comedy — Written by Mark Swan and
Produced by C. Jay Williams.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
Cast.
Mr. Hammond William Wadsworth
Bessie, his daughter Elsie jMcLeod
Jim Ferris .\rthur Housman
Walter Gray, a newspaper reporter Carlton King
A BRIGHT comedy of incident, "Something to a Door."
is not without characterization and rises above farce in
other respects. The opening scene gives it strength
where strength is usually lacking. It enforces bj' unusual
means that an antagonism has arisen between two men, and
does it in a perfectly and logical manner. Hammond, an old
Scene from "Something to a Door" (Edison).
corporation officer of wealth and dominating temperament,
encounters opposition from young Jim Ferris at a boar.l
meeting of directors, and the clash is aggravated by the fact
that the young man is engaged to the old one's daughter,
Bessie. Hammond becomes enraged at having his business
plans thwarted and his attitude towards his future son-in-law
soon becomes a menace to the happiness of his daughter. He
Scene from "Something to a Door" (Edison).
breaks off relations between her and Ferris as a matter of
business retaliation.
This situation is not new, but it takes on new meaning
through the story's superior structure and treatment. In-
terest is stimulated where it is ordinarily lacking. This is
very largely due to skill on the part of the author and of the
director, though the interpretation is all that could be de-
sired, and the work of Mr. Housman as "Ferris" is an im-
personation exceptionally good.
Now comes a veritable comedy of farcial tendency, hinging
on a classy spring overcoat which Ferris borrows in a hurry
from his room-mate, a newspaper reporter. He calls clan-
destinely on Bessie, during her father's absence and is obliged
to hide behind an upright piano when father returns unex-
pectedly. Father sits down in his easy chair near the piano
and some amusing acting follows, until Bessie is sent to bed.
Father then dozes in his chair, while Ferris yawns behind the
piano, and hour after hour passes in this relation, until father
at last decides to retire. He goes to his room, removes his
coat and waistcoat.
Ferris, cramped, exhausted and sleepy, puts on his chum's
new coat and escapes by the front door, but it slams it on the
tail of his coat, and he can neither open the door nor pull
away his chum's classy new coat. Father hears the noise,
descends in his shirtsleeves, notes the piece of coat, peeps
through blinds, and telephones the police station stating that
a suspicious character is at his door, a man in a grey over-
coat. Police rush to make an arrest.
Meanwhile, Ferris finds his situation one of peril, and slips
out of the coat and makes a quiet getaway. Father notes his
departure, steps out of the front door, picks up coat and finds
himself shut out in the cold — the door closing on him while
his keys are in the house. He puts on the classy coat to keep
himself warm and is arrested by the police as the suspicious
character. There is a clearing up of complications »t the
station house and such a laugh on tempestuous father, that
he becomes reconciled to his future son-in-law.
The settings of "Something to a Door" deserve commen-
dation, especially the interiors. They are farther away from
bare studio effects and nearer the warmth and homelike ap-
pearance of the rooms we live in.
HELEN MARTEN.
ONE of the sweetest and charming ingenues appearing in
the silent drama to-day is Helen Marten, the beautiful
little lady who made such a popular, personal hit with
the visiting exhibitors at the Grand Central Palace, New
York, recently. ]\liss Marten is the most modest and shyest
of girls imaginable,
and these qualities,
coupled with her
charming naivette,
made her especially
adorable to those
e.xhibitors who se-
cured their first
glance of her in per-
son. She has been
a member of the
Eclair stock com-
pany, at Fort Lee,
N. J., for the past
two years, and dur-
ing that time has in-
terpreted many
roles, both character
and straight. It is
remarkable how this
dainty girl, with the
beautiful fea-
tures and sweet per-
sonality can play ;i
slavey and Indian
equally as well as a
society girl.
Miss Marten was
virtually brought up
in t h e theatrical
business, and at the
age of six was playing little Eva with one of the numerous
"Uncle Tom" road shows. For several years she essayed
juvenile characters with various repertoire and stock com-
panies, and at the age of sixteen entered vaudeville with a
vehicle especially adapted to suit her winsome personality.
Shortly after this she was acclaimed the winner by a large
majority in the Gibson Girl Contest held by the New York
American, and was awarded first prize.
With this an incentive and spurred on by numerous re-
quests from well-known artists for her services. Miss Marten
drifted into studio work and her cameo-like profile has
adorned the cover of many of the leading magazines and
beautified numerous commercial advertisements.
From this work to that of the motion picture studio was
merelj' a short jump, and since her engagement with the
Eclair film players she has become a universal favorite with
"movie" fans through her charming and entirely unaffected
portrayals. This little ingenue captured without difficulty
two of the beautiful cups offered as prizes in the Tan.go Con-
test at the recent New York Convention, and is proudly dis-
playing them together with a number of other trophies which
have come to her through her ability to dance.
Ea:jta! pixyERS
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
43
Is Not "Official Censorship."
New Plan of Motion Picture Program Control by New York
City Bureau of Licenses Neither Revolutionary nor
Bombastic.
THAT llic Coniuiissioncr of Licenses of the City
of New York was to assume more active supervision
of the motion picture programs in the metropolis in the
future tlian has been assumed by any New York City depart-
ment in tlie past was announced a few days ago. As the plan
was outlined in the daily newspapers, it gave reasonable
grounds for the suspicion that a short cut to that odious
institution known as "Official Censorship" was to be at-
tempted.
In an interview with a representative of tlie Moving I^icture
World, however, Commissioner of Licenses George H. Bell,
made it clear that the purpose of the outlined plan was not
to impose additional burdens upon the manufacturers of mo-
tion pictures who have been co-operating with the National
Board of Censorship, but to handle a situation with which
the National Board has found itself unable to cope and in
the handling of which the Board has asked the aid of the
city department.
Under the arrangement which is being made, Commissioner
Bell is to appoint of a citizen's committee, probably con-
sisting of seven members, who are to represent the City Bu-
reau of Licenses in the control of motion picture programs.
This committee is to co-operate with the National Board of
Censorship in the work which that body has been doing for
some time — and, indeed, the members of the License Com-
missioner's committee are being suggested by the Censorship
Board.
As a general proposition. Commissioner Bell explains, this
new committee will have nothing to do with the censoring
of pictures as it is done by the National Board; in other
words, the Commissioner's representatives will not accom-
pany the National Board people on their rounds to see pic-
tures which are submitted for their approval by the many
manufacturers of recognized standing in the industry.
The report of the National Board will be taken as official
by the Bureau of Licenses in all cases where no complaints
are registered. When complaints are made, however, as they
sometimes are, either by the general public to the effect
that pictures which have been passed by the Censorship
Board should never have been allowed to reach the screen,
or by the National Board that changes and eliminations
which they have requested have not been made, it is the plan
to have the Commissioner's committee step in and exer-
cise such power as is given the Bureau of Licenses ui.der
the existing motion picture ordinance.
The Commissioner's committee will visit such theaters as
are said to be using an objectionable film and after having
viewed the picture, will make a report to Commissioner Bell.
Following this, an inspector attached to the Commissioner's
department will view the picture and bring back a detailed
account of the story which it tells, without criticizing it in
any way. One member of the National Board of Censorship
and one member of the Commissioner's special committee
will consider these two reports and, if they are able to agree,
will decide whether or not the objections made are justified;
where an agreement between these two is impossible. Com-
missioner Bell himself proposes to decide the question.
If objections made against a picture are sustained after
this procedure, all exhibitors whose licenses to do business
emanate from the New York City Bureau of Licenses will
be prohibited from showing this particular picture on penalty
of suspension or cancellation of their license privileges.
The Commissioner's control of picture programs will dif-
fer materially from that exercised unoificially by the National
Board of Censorship in that the Commissioner will bring
pressure to bear upon the exhibitor in Greater New York
and will not deal with the manufacturer or producer of mo-
tion pictures, with whom "the National Board people are in
constant touch. The power to vise the exhibitors' programs
is vested in the Department of Licenses by the following
paragraph (No. 3S2G) in the Motion Picture Ordinance of
the City of New York: "Through its Motion Picture Inspec-
tors, as provided in subsection 352B of this ordinance, the
Bureau of Licenses shall inspect, subject to the authority of
the mayor, the character of exhibitions in motion picture
theaters and shall report to the mayor any oft'ense against
morality, decency, or public welfare contained in said exhi-
bitions."
It is claimed that the National Board of Censorship passes
upon about ninety-five per cent of the pictures which are
released in this country. This ninety-five per cent includes
the releases of all of the big commercial combinations and
many of the prominent feature people. The five per cent not
seen are pictures made by companies which break into the
field to make an occasional release and overlook the National
Board quite innocently or by companies or individuals who
begin operations with tlic definite purpose of making sensa-
tional releases whicli they arc confident would not be passed
by tlie National Board and therefore studiously avoid any-
thing in the way of censorship which has been provided. It
is for the purpose of taking care of lliis five per cent of the
picture output that the Commissioner of Licenses' special
committee, working in conjunction witli the National Board
of Censorship, has been formed.
A member of the National Board had this to say in ex-
planation of the plan: "Do not get the impression that the
National Board has appealed for help because of out and out
opposition which has been encountered — for it is rarely that
any opposition bobs up. Every facility possible is provided
by the principal film manufacturing companies and, while the
Board has no legal standing, sucli cliangcs, eliminations, etc.,
as we suggest are usually made without protest.
"It should also be said in justice to the men who turn out
the five per cent of the films which we do not see that they
are not in the habit of refusing us access to their projec-
tion rooms whenever we ask to be admitted and, as a rule, are
not averse to listening to any suggestions which we have to
make. The trouble is that this small percentage of the re-
leases which we do not pass upon comes from so many dif-
ferent sources that it has been found practically impossible to
devise a plan by which we could see them before they made
their appearance in the motion picture theaters."
Insofar as Greater New York is concerned. Commissioner
Bell's new plan will give the National Board of Censorship
an official standing which it has not enjoyed before. In
dealing with the manufacturers and producers it will make it
possible for the Board and their associates from the Commis-
sioner's department to enforce their demands for changes
and eliminations. The manufacturers will be told in so many
words just wdiat pictures they can provide for use in Greater
New York and what pictures will not be permitted in Great-
er New York's theaters. Pressure on the manufacturers —
in the few instances in which it is needed — will be brought
to bear by destroying the market in Greater New York for
such pictures are found to be objectionable.
Another reform which it is hoped to effect through the
new Bureau of Licenses plan, and one which the National
Board has been powerless to bring about, will have to do with
the poster question which is being discussed by manufac-
turers and exhibitors everywhere. The Commissioner's com-
mittee will have the authority to prohibit the use of posters
and advertising matter in Greater New York which they
consider objectionable on the grounds that they are immoral,
indecent, deceiving, or unduly sensational.
In his interview with the Moving Picture World Commis-
sioner Bell was anxious to emphasize the fact that there is
nothing revolutionary or bombastic in the new plan. "We
are not attempting 'official censorship'," he said; "our aim is
merely to supplement the work of the National Board of
Censorship, with which I have familiarized myself within the
past few weeks, along lines in perfect sympathy with those al-
ready established by the able and conscientious men and
women who are engaged in keeping the motion picture in-
dustry within bounds, for the protection of the general public
and the ultimate betterment of the industry itself."
FOX OPENING EXCHANGES IN SEVERAL CITIES.
William Fox, president of The Box Office Attractions Com-
pany, 130 West Forty-sixth street, has determined to enlarge
the scope of his exchange operations. Up to the present
time The Box Office Attraction Company has released and
booked features in New York City and State, Northern New
Jersey and the New England States, but the recent acquire-
ment of continental rights for the products of two large
American factories, a contract for control in the United
States and Canada of some of the best foreign productions
and plans already adopted for the erection of a studio in
New York, influenced him to take on important additional
territories. Exchanges will open at once in Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Washington, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit and
Chicago. As soon as these branches have been efficiently
organized the territories adjacent to St. Louis and Kansas
City will be opened and cultivated.
In the Southern and Western states, in all states west of
the Mississippi and in Canada, all Box Office Attraction Com-
pany features will be disposed of on the state rights basis,
and Alec Lorimore, formely with the Gaumont Com-
pany, will have charge of this end of the business as well as
other necessary details connected with the exchanges in the
new zones of activity. The Box Office Attractions Company
now owns and directs more than one hundred features and is
accumulating additional features each week.
44
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Question the Censor Law.
Mutual Film Company Presents Arguments Against Pennsyl-
vania Censor Law to Court of Common Pleas. The
State Represented by the Attorney-General.
Great Interest Taken by the Court.
Decision May be Delayed.
THE SUIT of the Bufifalo Branch, Mutual Film Corpora-
tion against J. Louis Breitinger, Chief Censor and E. C.
Niver, Assistant Censor, constituting the State Board of
Censors, was argued on Thursday, June i8th in Part V of the
Court of Common Pleas, at Philadelphia.
On the bench sat Chief Justice Willis Martin, Judge Rob-
ert Ralston and Judge William Staake.
The complainants were represented by George Quintard
Horowitz, Senator George L. Thompson and Frank Smith.
Morris Wolfe, the third deputy attorney-general, presented
the .arguments of the Commonwealth. Attorney-General
John C. Bell was present throughout the hearing, but took
no active part in the proceedings.
Attorney Horowitz began the proceedings by calling as
his first witness Arthur Lucas, Jr., resident manager of the
Buffalo branch of the Mutual Film Company to show how
films were made and how commerce in films was carried on.
There were immediate objections from the attorney for the
state, who contended that these questions had no bearing
whatever on the issues before the Court. Most of the ques-
tions were ruled out. Vernon R. Carrick, of the Interstate
Film Company was also called as a witness but was not per-
mitted to say much. He was followed by John E. Hennessy,
the recently appointed general manager of the General Film
Company in Philadelphia. Mr. Henessy said in answer to
questions that his company does not object to censorship and
does not find it a burden.
Mr. Horowitz then began his argument against the consti-
tutionality of the law.
_ "Since the foundation of this Commonwealth by William
Penn, it is proposed for the first time to put a restriction on
the right of the people to express themselves freely." He
said that the Pennsylvania law left the exhibitor of motion
pictures without legal redress against the rulings of the cen-
sors no matter how arbitrary these rulings might be. There
was no court of review or tribunal provided in the act sought
to be set aside as unconstitutional. In this respect, Mr. Hor-
owitz said the law was even worse than the censorship statute
of Ohio, which made provision for a judicial review of the
decisions of the censors whenever any producer or exhibitor
felt himself aggrieved thereby. He went on to characterize
the act as an unreasonable exercise of the police power in
as much as it deprives complainants of their liberty and prop-
erty without due process of law and denies to the producers
of motion pictures the equal protection of the laws. He
pointed out the fact that there was no provision for a trial
by jury and that the act is void because it amounts to a dele-
gation of legislative power. He contended that the law at-
tempts to impose an unlawful burden on interstate commerce.
The state, he went on to say, had no right to regulate inter-
state commerce. The act was furthermore in direct contra-
vention to the principles in the Declaration of Rights.
On behalf of the Commonwealth, Morris Wolfe asserted
the absolute right of the state to regulate motion picture
theaters as well as other theaters. He called attention to the
fact that in the days of Mayor Weaver, the showing of "The
Clansman" was prohibited by the police and no one thought
of disputing the right of the Mayor and the police to inter-
fere. He dwelt on the police power of the state as the proper
and legitimate source of all such legislation as this. He
went fully into the question of an improper delegation of the
legislative power which had been raised by Mr. Horowitz
and endeavored to show by a recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court that the legislative power may in
certain cases be delegated under proper restrictions.
All through the argument it was evident that the judges
were deeply interested. Justice Martin asked many questions
as to the facts in the case. Justice Staake intimated that he
thought there ought to be a censor in every studio. He was
surprised to hear that the exhibitor did not always see the
pictures before they offered them to the public. He declared
that he had recently seen a picture in some reformatory in-
stitution showing bar-room scenes. He thought this was
enough to show the need of censorship. The position taken
by Judge Ralston, at first seemingly unfavorable to the mo-
tion picture interests, changed toward the end of the argu-
ment. Judge Ralston at various points in the argument in-
terrupted counsel to say that he thought the principle of
censorship could with equal justice be applied to the news-
papers as well as to motion pictures. He wanted to know
why the proofs of newspaper articles ought to be less subject
to previous legal restraint than the originals of motion
pictures.
"They might after a while want to censor our cigars," the
justice remarked facetiously. "Notions of morality differ as
we all know. The censors might consider a thing immoral
which the majority of the people might look upon in a dif-
ferent light. Some persons might be shocked by the scant
attire of our athletes on the track. They might consider that
immoral. A strict rule of censorship according to Puritan
ideals might result in the closing of all our art galleries."
The Court took the matter under advisement at the con-
clusion of the argument. It is not expected that there will
be a decision at an early date. The Court has much accumu-
lation of business on its hands and is always rushed with
work at the coming of the big vacation.
Albert E. Brown and William Sachsemaier have joined in
the complaint. They are doing business as the Overbrook
Theatre Company.
Thomas Santschi.
TOM SANTSCHI, who has been upwards of five years in
the service of the Selig Polyscope Company as an actor,
has proved his capability in many roles as an artist of
solid attainment of versatile ability equal to every emergency
that was put upon him in the vast variety of roles that he has
assumed during the past five years. '
Mr. Santschi, as a boy, was apprenticed to a watch-maker,
but this form of me-
chanical art, fine as it
was, did not appeal to
him. He was a natural
musician, and soon be-
gan to give a great deal
of attention to the af-
fairs of the theater. A
man of splendid stat-
ure, classic cast of face,
he got a position in a
theater and was rapid-
ly advanced owing to
his habits of study and
industry.
This school of work
equipped him so well
that when he came into
service with W. N.
Selig, he already had
the technical training
so essential to giving
value to pantomime
and in addition that
flexibility of feature
and poise that gave
him eminence, befitting
him as a potentiaity
for the silent drama.
While he was asso-
ciated with the Chi-
Thomas Santschi. cago Stock Company,
he had varied experi-
ences and constantly
improved as an artist.
Since he has gone to California, his powers have broadened
and mellowed, and made him a prominent man in the world
of moving pictures. He will be recalled for heroic service as
Bruce, the American hunter, in "The Adventures of Kathlyn,"
and prior to this he had appeared in many of the jungle plays,
giving valuable service by reason of his fearlessness and
assuring safety to others as an unerring shot, so that his
associate artists in the dramas involving wild animals always
felt safe with him. The vigor, the finish and the dominance
of his impersonation of "McNamara," evil genius in "The
Spoilers," added further to his laurels as an excellent and
eminent actor. W. N. Selig recently added to his honors by
making him a producer at the plant in California.
RIDES MOTORCYCLE INTO RIVER TWICE.
Because an excited spectator kicked the motion picture
camera and spoiled the picture, Eddie Gordon, of the Blanche
Company, repeated a dangerous plunge into the Hudson
River on a motorcycle to furnish a thrilling climax for the
four-reel photodrama entitled "The Yellow Traffic." Large
crowds witnessed both performances which took place a
week apart and at different points along the water front.
The first plunge was made from a sheer cliff fifty feet high
near Highbridge, New York, and the picture of his remark-
able feat would have been invaluable but for the fact that
the camera was moved by an excited spectator and only the
first part of the fall was found recorded upon the film.
The second plunge — and the one recorded in the picture —
was made from the pier of a big sugar refinery at Edgewater,
N. J.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
45
Guy Coombs, Silent Leading Man
By Thornton Fisher.
MORE than fifteen years ago two lads sat in the balcony,
perhaps sometimes it was the gallery of the old Acad-
emy of Music in Washington, D. C, eagerly devour-
ing each word and action of a stirring meler-drammcr with
open-mouth wonderment. It was a tame performance indeed
when five persons were not killed and as many more hope-
lessly crippled for life during the play while back in tlic dark
recesses of the gallery hundreds of young hopefuls roundly
hissed the intrigante or vociferously applauded the hero in
his efforts to foil the conspiring villain.
Guy Coombs.
One of these boys was to become a future Kalem star and
the other was the writer who, needless to say, did not recog-
nize among the throng one budding genius, who in later
years was to fire youthful enthusiasm with heroic roles of
his own.
So it chanced that Guy Coombs and I never met until re-
cently when I called to see him at the Kalem studio in New
York City. The reception room of the director's sanctum
was filled with aspiring photoplayers as I was admitted to
the studio where preparations were being made for taking a
big scene, and it was here the well known star greeted me.
Qlance again at the title of this sketch for it fits Mr.
Coombs with the exactness of his collar or shoe. Talk to
him about the weather, baseball or the British policy in India
and perhaps he will suggest an opinion, but concerning his
work and career he is reticent. Do not deceive yourself by
the thought that this attitude is assumed, for Mr. Coombs
belongs to the type of man who, having nothing particular
to say about himself, does not say it.
Mr. Coombs is a native of Washington City where he
spent his boyhood and youth, which, according to the actor,
was not conspicuous for anything usually regarded as essen-
tial to the beginning of a successful career, lie never toiled
in a store or drove o milk wagon to eke out a livelihood. It
is not reported that a single tree ever fell on him or that he
dashed before an oncoming locomotive and snatched the
favorite daughter of the town's richest man from a horrible
fate. He did not renounce the quiet village to plunge into
the maelstrom of the rushing metropolis. Nothing like that
for Guy Coombs, at least not when the prospects for achiev-
ing fame by simpler methods were available. Instead he
pursued his studies in school, played the same games that
other boys played, grew healthy. The monotony was occa-
sionally shattered by witnessing a performance at one of the
local theaters.
His pet sport in those days was fencing, and he became so
proficient in the art that he was offered and accepted a posi-
tion as fencing instructor for an athletic club in Washington.
Eventually came the yearning to become a regular actor.
Again precedent received an awful jolt, for it is always neces-
sary for papa and mama to walk in on the scene and declare
their unequivocal opposition to the very thought of such a
catastrophe about to submerge the family name. Mother is
usually quite sure that she can never look the butcher or
grocer straight in the eye again. But this is prec-is-ely what
did not happen. Parental fury did not vent itself upon Guy
when he calmly announced his intentions to the family.
So young Coombs became an actor. He played many parts
in stock and with road companies gleaning a wealth of ex-
perience for hus future work. Among the large productions
with which he appeared were "Becky Sharp" and Eugene
Walter's "Boots and Saddles."
Three years ago, however, he decided to identify himself
with the moving pictures and joined the forces at the Edison
studio and made good. He later left the Edison Company
to go with the Kalem staff, where he has attained tremendous
popularity.
Mr. Coombs has worked in many war dramas for the pic-
tures, appearing frequently as a young officer during the Re-
bellion. He is seen leading his troops in a savage charge or
risking his life rescuing a fellow officer or soldier, and having
witnessed his roles in these plays I ventured to ask if he ever
had a hankering for a military life. Mr. Coombs slowly
smiled as he explained that he never considered it for a mo-
ment. Seeing him play this part so well you are somewhat
abashed at his statement.
He personally favors the society dramas, but hastens to
add that it doesn't make any difference what he is cast in,
the main idea being to play whatever it is to the very best of
his ability, and, after all, that is the true mark of the real
artist and accounts in a large measure for his splendid inter-
pretation of the roles he plays.
Guy Coombs is a fine looking chap just about the type of
a fellow who is peculiarly adapted to portray any character
demanded. A suggestion of a smile lurks about his features
as he mentions a phase of the picture business or some inci-
dent he recalls to mind — but never a word about himself.
As I was engaged making the accompanying cartoon of the
actor, other players came to him for instructions or advice
regarding their parts in the photoplay about to be taken.
Let it be said that Guy Coombs is also a Kalem director, and
on the day of my visit was directing a production for the
screen. If at any time you want a good listener, talk to this
young man, but regarding himself — not a word.
As a Fencing Instructor.
WARNER'S FEATURES ADDS NEW PRODUCING CO.
Arrangements have been completed whereby the feature
productions of the United States Film Corporation will be-
come a regular part of the program of Warner's Features.
The United States Film Corporation is headed by Arthur
Nelson, and A. R. Pelton. It is located near San Diego, Cali-
fornia on a 220,000-acre ranch where a commodious studio
has been erected. Prominent among the members of the
company are Lawrence Peyton, Natalie de Lontan, Karl
Formes, and others equally well known. Mr. Nelson, presi-
dent and general director, has been long associated with suc-
cessful productiorls, having w^ritten, directed and starred in a
number of long-run plays. The organization makes a spe-
cialty of semi-western three-part films. The date of the first
release will soon be announced.
46
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Toll of Mammon."
The Excelsior's First Release, in Four Parts, Tells a Strong
Story with an Obvious Moral.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
WHILE "The Toll of Mammon" is the initial produc-
tion of the Excelsior Company, there is nothing in the
subject to indicate the fact. Nor should there be.
The picture is written and directed by Harry Handworth,
who has had wide experience in production. He has sur-
rounded himself with a most capable company, and this in-
cludes the camera operator. The four parts of "The Toll
of Mammon" are nearly all in straight black and white. The
few exceptions, the tints for evening, match in quality the
major part of the subject.
The slory is one of power, and is ahvays interesting, even
if it be not always pleasant. It takes for its theme the am-
bitions of a wife, not content to await the day when her hus-
Scene from "The Toll of Mammon" (Excelsior)
band v.ill have the means to provide her with the lu.xuries
she craves. Dazzled by the prospect of sudden wealth, heed-
less of the suffering to follow, she persists in urging her hus-
band to lend his name to a fake Uiberculosis cure. Octavia
Handworth has the role of Mrs. Wright, the woman who has
married a doctor w'ho cannot support her in the style to
which she has been accustomed. This well-known player
brings to bear all her art in emotional betrayal. She is shown
in joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity. Her
first big moment is when she discovers the loss of the jewels
she had borrowed that she might attend a neighborhood func-
tion. She skilfully handles many equally strong situations.
Scene from "The Toll of Mammon" (Excelsior)
Gordon De Maine has the part of Dr. Wright, the rising
young medico who following a remarkable operation is
sought by the scoundrels anxious only to make money, W'ho
do not hesitate to prey upon the weak and the ill, whose
supidity is matched onlj- by the credulity of their victims.
Mr. De Maine gives a line performance — convincing, artistic.
Tom Tempest has the part of the promoter who paj-s $50,000
to Dr. Wright for the use of his name and who compels him
to take the money and to give his name in order to prevent
the selling of the roof over his head. The doctor had given
six months before a note for $5,000 to cover the loss by his
wife of jewels that had been loaned to her by the wife of the
promoter. Mr. Tempest is a good villain or a bad one, if
you will. He finely portrays the unscrupulous, the wicked;
he compels your dislike.
The story is well told. The picture is photographed in the
.■\dirondacks, among the hills and on the lakes. There is a
steady pull on the interest. The working out of the tale is on
straight lines, stead}' drama, the only attempt at the spec-
tacular being the blowing up of the launch in the final reel,
and this is realistically portrayed. Many people are emploj'ed
in the cast, and they are well handled. There are scenes of
pathos in the ending, but these are tempered by prospects of
peace at last. The ambitious woman has had her waj', which
was the wrong way. She as well as others has suffered. She
has seen the light. "The Toll of Mammoth" is a story with
a moral, a strong one, the compelling kind that will hold a
house in silence. It teaches above everything else that the
person suffering from tuberculosis has a chance in the hands
of a competent physician and in proper surroundings — fresh,
dry air and a correct diet; but that above all the charlatans
must be shunned.
MARGUERITE NE MOVER.
MISS MARGUERITE XE MOVER, of the Lubin stock
company, was born in Buffalo, X. Y., where she gradu-
ated from the Buffalo High School. It had been tht
hope and wish of her family that she would study art, as in
her childhood she showed artistic ability, but try at other
things as she would,
the one desire to go
upon the stage was
foremost in her mind.
Art has" a great many
classifications and Miss
Marguerite chose the
dramatic art. After
achieving quite a pro-
nounced success on the
stage and hearing so
much of the moving-
pictures, she decided to
turn her talents to the
movies. Two j'ears ago
she joined the Lubin
forces and is to-day,
after conscientious and
ambitious endeavors,
one of the most capa-
ble and clever j'oung
ladies of the photoplay,
sphere. Miss Xe Moyt
is a brunette and ha
large, fascinating e\-(
— to speak correctly, she is a picture beauty differing from
most "beauties"; however, she does not hesitate to make her-
self up in the most repulsive manner if the occasion or part
demands it. She is one of the famous Xe Moyer sisters who
met with such great success in .Australia about two and one-
half years ago.
Marguerite Ne Moyer.
BIG LUBIN SERIAL PICTURE BEGUN.
Arthur V. Johnson has begun the production of the first
serial photoplay bearing the Lubin trade mark. There are to
be fifteen separate stories, all being episodes in the life of
the great adventurer — Lord Cecil, a nobleman impoverished
through his own unselfishness — -written by Emmett Campbell
Hall. The character is rich in pictorial possibilities and,
from the standpoint of the producer, the series will be Mr.
Johnson's most ambitious undertaking. He has just returned
to the Lubin studio from a ten-day motor trip through New
England, where he went for recreation as well as to plan the
details of his forthcoming work.
HITE GETS SUBMARINE FILMS.
From among the flock of picture magnates who bid for the
marketing rights of the new "photographed under the ocean"
films made by the submarine-picture-taking invention of the
Williamson Brothers, of X'orfolk, Va., Charles J. Hite, of
Thanhouser-Mutual fame, was the lucky one. He will short-
ly "open" them at his Broadway Rose Gardens, the "society"
playhouse where X'ew York fashionables may see motion
pictures and then dine, or even dance. After this the films
will be shown to leading scientific bodies and then go on a
tour of the big theaters of the country. Special representa-
tive Bert Adler is in charge of bookings.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
47
"The Million Dollar Mystery."
Early Episodes of Big Thanhouser Serial Indicate Success
of Biggest Film Project of Its Kind Ever Undertaken.
Reviewed by Randall M. W'liitc.
REPRESENTATIVES of all the important daily news-
papers in New York, as well as of tlie several motion
picture trade papers, to the number of almost two
score, crowded into the little projection room at the Mutual
Film Corporation's offices at Sixth avenue and Twenty-third
street, Tuesday afternoon, June 23d, to sec some of the early
releases in tlie tremendous new serial, "A jMillion Dollar
Mystery," which has been made by the Thanhouser Company
and marketed by the specially formed Syndicate Film Cor-
poration in co-operation with the Mutual.
The verdict seemed to be: "Guilty as stated in the indict-
ment"— and the indictment, as represented by the Than-
houser company's extraordinary advance advertising cam-
paign, was that "The Million Dollar Mystery" was the big-
gest and best serial ever attempted and a set of motion
pictures that would establish a record for this class of pro-
ductions.
"Tlie Million Dollar Mystery," the last scenes of which
were filmed a few days before the first release was made on
Scene from "The Million Dollar Mystery" (Thanhouser).
Monda}', June 22d, after months of patient work by the Than-
houser players, is to be offered in twenty-six episodes, each
episode comprising two reels for release weekly on succes-
sive ^Mondays. The scenario is by Lloyd F. Lonergan from
a story by Harold MacGrath. To Howell Hansel was as-
signed the big task of directing the production.
In a number of respects, "The Million Dollar Mystery"
project is a particularly notable one in the motion picture
industr}'. It has been handled in an unusually big way and
is a gamble the success or failure of which will be followed
with keen interest in the trade.
To begin with, MacGrath and Lonergan are said to have
drawn down a record price for the story and scenario. Then
the pick of the Thanhouser players, including the highest
salaried people on the payroll, were cast in the action and
the matter of expense was not considered in the making of
the production. And finally, a publicity scheme with a
$10,000 prize offer broad enough to embrace every section of
the universe in which motion pictures are shown and en-
joyed, and expensive enough to dwarf anything which had
been attempted before, was devised.
The $10,000 prize is offered for the best 100-word solution
to the mystery which the serial will develop as it progresses.
The advertising campaign has been placed in the hands of
a national advertising agency in Chicago which is working
in conjunction with the Mutual Film Corporation's highly
elTectivc publicity department. Page advertisements in a
number of the leading daily newspapers and big painted
signs have been used to herald to the New York public the
coming of the feature and tliis expensive advertising is to be
supplemented with a national campaign intended to make
the serial as big a puller in the smallest town as it is in the
largest city. A quarter of a million dollars is the estimate
placed on the advertising which was done for the serial be-
fore the release of the first episode.
Eight reels of the total of fifty-two, comprising four epi-
sodes, were shown at tlie recent private exhibition. For
tliese it can be said that they will not disappoint even those
who have read every line of advance publicity printed about
the serial and by it, have been led to expect something far
beyond the ordinary. "The Million Dollar Mystery," as a
title, and the mention of a $10,000 prize for the solution of
the mystery, gives the proposition a "wealthy" start and it
strikes one as particularly fitting — if not vitally necessary —
that elegance and cxpensiveness of production is made to
stand out. That each of the episodes in the four already
shown in private not only make a complete and logical chap-
ter in the story but has been given one or more big incidents
to make it satisfying in itself is also to be commended.
Part I of the first episode is given over to pictured informa-
tion concerning the serial. A group of Thanhouser people
which includes President Hite, of the producing company,
and Messrs MacGrath and Lonergan, who collaborated on
the photoplay production, is interesting. The principals of
the action, as follows, are introduced in quite a novel way:
Albert Norton, as Stanley Hargrcaves, the millionaire; Sid-
ney Bracy, as Jones, Hargreaves' butler; Florence LaBadie,
as Florence Gray, Hargreaves' daughter; Marguerite Snow,
as Countess Olga, adventuress; James Cruze, as James Nor-
ton, a newspaper reporter; Lila Chester, as Susan, Florence
Gray's companion, and Frank Farrington, as Braine, one of
the conspirators. The "Million Dollars" of the title and the
greed for it which inspires the action of the story is allegori-
cally shown with a clever conceit in which a mass of bank
notes in the center of the picture is the bait for scores of
darting hands belonging to invisible owners. The certified
check for $10,000, signed by President Hite, of the Than-
houser company, which is to be given as a prize for the solu-
tion of the mystery of the picture, is also shown.
The action of the story begins with Millionaire Hargreave's
mysteriously leaving his baby daughter at a school for girls
with instructions that she be reared to girlhood and given
every care, at his expense. Seventeen years later the daugh-
ter leaves the school to join her father whom she does not
remember. She arrives at his home just after he has been
compelled to flee for his life which is threatened by a gang
of conspirators known as The Black Hundred, against whom
he has apparently turned traitor. A demand has been made
upon Hargreaves for a million dollars which he is known to
have concealed in his home and the action of as much of
the serial as has yet been shown hinges upon the efforts
which are made by the conspirators (of the Black Hundred)
to discover what has become of the million dollars after
Hargreaves' escape. In the first episode of the serial a pair
of hands — and hands only — are shown removing the million
dollars in bank notes from the safe. Who owns these hands
is one of the early mysteries.
Hargreave's escape in a balloon which he has arranged to
have alight on the top of his house is the big thrill of the
first episode. — and it is "some thrill." An encounter between
. two of the conspirators and the newspaper reporter (who is
the hero of the story), followed by the daring escape of the
conspirators from the police whom they dump off a pier into
the river, is the climax of the second episode, for release
June 29th.
Of the players who appear in "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery," judging from the early releases, it seems evident that
Miss Marguerite ("Peggy") Snow is destined to score a
great personal triumph. Miss Snow is the adventuress of
the story and her work is particularly convincing. Miss
Florence LaBadie, as Hargreaves' daughter, is giving a good
performance and James Cruze, as a newspaper reporter who
is no stranger to dress suits, frock coats, and roses for his
lady love, makes splendid use of "fat" opportunities. Sidney
Bracy has a lot more than the "bit" which is common to the
butler in most dramatic or photoplay productions and shows
himself a fine actor in the way he carries off the big scenes
in which he is a principal. Mr. Farrington, Mr. Norton, and
Miss Chester give performances which warrant the state-
ment that the cast is splendidly balanced.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
CHICAGO LETTER
BY JAS. S. McQUADE
(This Week's Installment, by G. P. von Harletnan.)
CABIRIA" is making a profound impression upon Chi-
cago. The dramatic critics of the daily papers give
this magnificent photodrama more space than most
so-called legitimate plays. "Cabiria surpasses hUman belief
in its magnificence of action," says Amy Leslie in the Daily
News. Ashton Stevens devotes over two columns to his re-
view in the Examiner. This is, by the way, the first time
Mr. Stevens ever went officially to see a picture show. "A
dollar for a seat to see this photodrama is a bargain," ex-
presses the opinion of this rather fastidious critic.
"The Christian," which film-drama enters its third week at
the Olympic, has also received unstinted praise by the Chi-
cago papers. "Twice as fine a play as when Viola Allen
played Glory," says Amy Leslie in the Daily News, and other
papers are equally laudatory in their comments.
The daily papers in Chicago have not always been as
friendly to the pictures as they are now, and my opinion is
that it was largely the fault of picture people themselves.
The tremendous advertising campaign of Wm. N. Selig with
his "Kathlyn" series in the Chicago Daily Tribune, broke the
ice and paved the way for a better understanding of mutual
interests. The picture people were making a bunch of money
and making terrific inroads on the "legitimate" theaters who
were regular customers and good advertisers of the daily
papers. The moving picture people did not seem to recognize
that to have the good will of the newspapers, they must ad-
vertise like any other amusement enterprises. This was a
great mistake, which now, in a large measure, has been recti-
fied. Wm. N. Selig started the stone rolling, next came Uni-
versal, "then the Mutual Film Corporation, and other manu-
facturers, taking full pages at the time for their features. This
was an unprecedented event in amusement advertising and
pretty soon the large downtown exhibitors, like Alfred Ham-
burger, Jones, Linick & Schaefer, and others, followed suit
and doubled and tripled the space used by the regular thea-
ters. This, of course, changed the attitude of the daily papers
entirely, and it is now astonishing to see the space that the
Chicago papers devote every day to the moving pictures..
Even the "out-of-the-loop" exhibitors advertise their show_
in the papers nowadays. I understand, though, that some of
the papers have made them a special rate on their advertising,
as the average exhibitor could not very well afford to pay
regular amusement rates. Some of the papers run this ad-
vertising in the form of what they call a moving picture
theater directory, and practically every exhibitor in Chicago
advertises his program three times a week in this section,
which never occupies less than half a page. The daily papers
certainly have met the picture people more than half way, and
if this policy had been adopted long ago, things would have
been much easier for exhibitors here in Chicago.
Adult Picture Theater Proposed.
An issue of considerable interest just now is the Geiger
"Adult Only" ordinance. The Tribune comments on it edi-
torially as follows:
"The proposal to have two classes of moving picture thea-
ters, one for adults and one for children, may prove to be the
most practicable solution of the vexed question of police
censorship of movie films. No one would for a moment
think of giving a child the same physical diet that is given
a grown up person. The same should apply to mental food.
It is as proper, in fact necessary, to keep watch over the pic-
tures that are to be shown to children as it is to watch over
tlieir reading and their associations.
"It is, of course, unfortunate that this selecting of the
movies that are proper or improper for children should be
done 'officially.' Primarily this is a matter for the child's par-
ents to attend to. The father of the little boy doe not wait
for the police to come and censor his conversation. He
judges for himself as to fhat is proper talk in the child's pres-
ence ad what is not. In the same way it should be the busi-
ness of the father or mother to determine which is a proper
film for his little boy or little girl to see and which is not,
or what theaters are producing safe plays and what theaters
mix their entertainment with the adult rather than the child
in mind.
"Since, however, both parents and theater owners have
neglected to take these precautionary measures and the
problem regarding the child's mind from improper impres-
sions falls upon the city authorities, the proposal for the
establishment of separate moving picture theaters for family
patronage, as distinct from theaters that cater to 'adults only,'
should be adopted. It is a measure making for sense and san-
ity in the muddled censorship situation."
If I should venture to otter my humble opinion on this mat-
ter it seems to me than an ordinance of this kind is liable to
be greatly abused. Such an ordinance will, no doubt, be
mighty welcome to the producer of white slave, drug-terror
and blood-and-murder feature film thrillers, but if not re-
stricted, I am afraid that it will cause more harm than good.
With restrictions, I mean that permits for these "adult only"
(why not as well "men only" and be through with it), thea-
ters must not be given out promiscuously; only to responsible
houses — with this I mean theaters that hav.e a reputation to
uphold and that cater to a decent class of people. At any
rate, Tuesday afternoon, this week, we will see the outcome
of this ordinance when it comes up again to be passed on by
the city council.
FUm Censor a Very Popular Job in Chicago.
To fill ten vacancies, one hundred and sixty-seven men and.
women (mostly women), anywhere from 21 to 71, appeared
before the Civil Service Commission, this week, and verbally
expressed their belief that their life's calling would be that
of moving picture censorship. Previous employment did not
act as a deterrent. Clerks, stenographers, social worl:ers,
artists, writers, dramatic critics and "movie fans," with a
sprinkling of bar-tenders and manicures, felt equal confidence.
At the conclusion of a written examination a practical test
was given. An uncensored film was shown and the would-be
censors were asked to make a report as to its propriety. Some
of the applicants did not take chances.
"The heroine rolls her eyes too much," was the criticism
of a stenographer.
"Cut out the hand-holding scene on stairway," admonished
another.
"The table manners of the actors are not proper in the
dining room scene," said a school teacher. "People should
not eat with their knives."
"Little girl must cut out chewing gum; it is a bad example,"
said another.
Some of the questions were substantially as follows:
"Why is censorship of moving pictures desirable and what
are its principal advantages?"
"What is the distinction between censorship of moving pic-
tures and censorship of literature and the stage?"
"Name four types of scenes that would be objectionable
for general exhibition.".
"Under what conditions might such scenes be shown."
The examination was conducted by Judge John E. Owens.
Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, Mrs. Herman Landauer, Mrs.
Margaret Long and Professor Orrin G. Cox, secretary of the
National Board of Censorship. Eiton Lower, of the Civil
Service Commission, and Captain Philip R. Crippen of Sec-
ond Deputy Funkhouser's office assisted.
Announcement of the successful candidates will be made
within a month.
Nielsen Enters the Feature Film Business.
F. O. Nielson, one of the best known and most successful
exhibitors in Chicago, has entered the feature film business,
and purchased the exclusive state rights for Wisconsin, Mich-
igan, Indiana, Ohio and the state of Illinois (except Cook
Co.), for Selig's marvelous production of "The Spoilers."
Mr. Nielson has rented offices on the 7th floor of the Schiller
Building, and he will take care of his bookings from here.
F. O. Nielson is not the "Rothapfel" of Chicago (we don't
have any such a man here), and he don't pretend to be, but
he runs, according to my opinion, the best conducted moving
picture theater in the city, and I have seen quite a few.
The Parkway is the model of a well conducted picture
house. The projection is absolutely perfect, which I can say
of very few theaters in Chicago, and the music accompanying
the' pictures is unusually pleasing. Of course, this alone does
not make the Parkway the model picture house of Chicago.
What accounts for it's popularity a great deal is Mr. Nielson's
personal management of the place, and his most scrupulous
attention to every little detail in order to please his patrons
and give them a nice show.
The Parkway is located on Clark street near Diversey
Blvd., and in the heart of the exclusive resident district of
Chicago. The Parkway was built 191 1 and opened for vaude-
ville. It was a failure almost from the beginning, as the
people in this locality will not stand for a cheap vaudeville
show. After having lost considerable money on this venture
the owners decided to try out pictures, but even this failed,
due to mismanagement. The writer, who has lived in this
neighborhood for several years, had been watching the Park-
way with a great deal of interest, being rather disgusted with
the entire performance and the way a fine looking house was
TiiK MOVING PICTURE WORLD
49
being run to tht: dogs. At this time I happened to meet Mr.
Niolson, one day, in a congenial "thirst parlor," and \vc were
talking things over. Mr. Nielson was running, with great
success, the Kimball theater, a small house out Logan
Square. He told me that he was looking for a larger house
in a good locality, and I immediately thought of the Parkway.
I told Mr. Nielson all about the place, and what great oppor-
tunity it would be lor the right man. This interested Mr.
Nielson so much that the next day he went up there to in-
vestigate for himself, and the outcome was that he acquired
the Parkway.
Over ten thousand dollars was spent by Mr. Nielson on
the place before htc opened, and he remodeled the entire
house. Some twenty odd indirect light fixtures were put in,
and a magnificent pipe organ installed. It was an up-hill
fight at first, and Mr. Nielson lost many hundred dollars be-
fore he made a cent. He had the confidence, though, in the
power of the photoplay, and refused to cut down his ex-
penses even when the business was at its worst. Persistency
won out and the Parkway is now playing to capacity, summer
and winter, to the finest class of people in Chicago. The
seating capacity is only 800, and sometimes the crowds will
block up almost the entire street waiting for a chance to see
the show. You can also count a score or more of automobiles
stringed down for a block or more. That's the kind of a
place the Parkway is.
Lasky Loses to Hamburger.
The Celebrated Plaj'ers Film Co., of Chicago, announce
that "Brewster's Millions" will be presented at the Ziegfeld
Theater at an early date. This is the outcome of a long and
strenuous fight in the Federal Court and a damage suit for
$50,000.
It appears that the Chicago Censors ordered several scenes
cut from the play at their first view of the production, and
this made Alfred Hamburger hesitate in accepting the picture
from the Lasky Feature Play Co., who held a contract to
deliver one feature picture per month to Hamburger. The
Lasky Company thereupon sued the Celebrated Players' Film
Company for breach of contract and asked for annulment
of his contract with a damage of $5,700 and the return to
them of "The Squaw Man," the first feature delivered.
The Federal Court held that Alfred Hamburger had done
all that a fair-minded business man could do to keep his
agreement and it declared that the Jesse L. Lasky Company
had breached the contract. The Federal Court issued an
order compelling the delinquent company to keep their con-
tract and deliver to Hamburger "Brewster's Millions" and all
the other big feature pictures they will produce during the
term of their contract.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Selig's Chicago studio is not closed, as according to some
of our contemporaries. The fact is, that changes have been
made in the local staff, and some members of the stock com-
pany have been laid off. The .greatest part of the producing
is done at the Edendale studio on the Coast, but the work
shops and the laboratories of the home plant are still kept
busy turning out negatives and prints.
* * *
I made a pleasant call, this week, at the new Chicago offices
of the Laemmle Film Service, at 205 W. Washington street.
Maurice Fleckles, friendly and obliging as ever, took me all
over the place, and I must certainly say that the new quar-
ters are mighty well equipped, light and airy. I also had the
pleasure to shake hands with Carl Laemmle, who happened
to be in town, and was stopping over in Chicago a few hours
on his way to St. Louis.
"The Million Dollar Mystery" opened up the 22nd of June
in Chicago, and at the following theaters: The President,
Panorama, Cosmopolitan, Bijou Dream, Revelry, Ziegfeld,
McVicker, Century, Chicago Ave. Theater, Crawford, Hal-
sted. Hub, Kedzie Annex, White Palace, Cleremont, DuLuxe
and Liberty. The story will appear in the Chicago Sunday
Tribune.
* * *
"The Adventures of Kathlyn" is now ready in book form.
The book is published by the Bobbs-Merrill Co., of New
York, and fully illustrated from the photoplay. It is hand-
somely bound in cloth with wrapper in full color, showing
dramatic scene from the play and beautiful portrait of Kath-
lyn Williams. Price at news dealers and book sellers every-
where is so cents.
* * *
Orchestra Hall opens July ist with "Captain Alvarez," a
six-reel photodrama by the Vitagraph Co. Prices will be 15
and 25 cents.
* * *
"Help Wanted," Jack Lait's immensely popular play at the
Cort Theater, will probably be produced in moving pictures.
The Wilson Ave. Theater, having finished a week with
"The Spoilers," offers for the approval of the North Shore
residents, "The Drug Terror." It will remain at the Wilson
for one week, giving way, on the following Monday, to the
Eclectic big feature, "Les Miserablcs."
» ♦ *
Jack Warner, of the §an Francisco branch of Warner's
Features stopped over in Chicago this week on his return
from New York back to the Coast.
* * *
Phil. H. Solomon, for two years manager of the Chicago
ofiice of Warner's Features has been appointed special rep-
resentative for F. O. Nielsen.
* * *
George E. Marr, proprietor of the Wolverine and Dream-
land theaters, North- Saginaw, Michigan, has purchased two
motor driven Simplex machines for each of his houses, from
the Amusement Supply Co., 160 N. Fifth avenue, Chicago.
* * *
The Photoplay Co. at 30 W. Lake street, this city, has
secured the exclusive selling rights for Fotolight, a new pro-
jecting screen. Mr. Robert R. Barker reports very good busi-
ness for his company.
MARY FULLER SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL.
MARY FULLER, one of the most popular girls upon
the screen to-day, has signed with the Universal.
Negotiations to this effect were closed on June 20th,
when Miss Fuller visited the New York offices and put her
name to the contract. Also signing with Miss Fuller were
Charles Ogle and
Walter Edwin, her
director.
All three of these
artists have been af-
filiated with the Ed-
ison company for
some time, Mr. Ogle
in the capacity of
heavy and character
man and Mr. Edwin
as director of the
plavs featuring Miss
Fuller. The little
star herself has been
with that company
for several years.
As the heroine of
"What Happened to
Mary" series. Miss
Fuller received more
advertising and, per-
haps, more popular-
ity than any other
girl in motion pic-
tures. That the
Universal has se-
cured her is consid-
ered in the way of a
scoop.
Miss Fuller has
Mary Fuller. yet to finish the
series she is now
working upon before
she will move her trunks to the Universal's studio, which
will be probably sometime in the forepart of July. In all
probability, a new brand name will be created under which
to release the plays featuring Miss Fuller. As to whether
Miss Fuller will work in the east or go to the company's
Pacific Coast studios has not been fully decided upon, but it
is likely that she will be located in the east.
Mr. Edwin, who has been directing Miss Fuller, is consid-
ered one of the most promising directors of the day. He
will continue to direct her pictures with the Universal, and
Mr. Ogle will be seen in the roles which have already made
him famous in filmdom.
ANDREW MACK IN "THE RAGGED EARL."
Popular Plays and Players, Inc., of 1600 Broadway, New
York City, are now producing as a pretentious feature "The
Ragged Earl" with Andrew Mack. This play was first pro-
duced at the Academy of Music in Fourteenth street. New
York City, late in December 1897, since which time Mr. Mack
has been seen in it on several tours of this country and in
Great Britain and Australia for the play was enormously
successful.
so
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Doings at Los Angeles.
THE EXHIBITORS here have it -on" the producers, for-
when fog stops the making of film, the theaters still run
to full houses, but now the many manufactureri are
smiling again and grinding their cameras merrily, for the sun
has come cut of his sullen spell, and the balmy breezes blow
the warm air gently, and the wind whistles happily through
the diflfusers. The foggy spell has gone, and it seems to have
gone for good. Much time was lost lately on account of the
high fogs that came up from the sea.
* * *
Will H. White, who recently returned from a many month'*
tour of Central America, has joined the Oz Film Co., at
Hollywood, and is the assistant technical man in the labor-
atory. White took many reels of interesting subjects in the
Southern coimtry, and tells an exciting story of travel and
adventure down by the equator.
» T *
Alary Ruby, leading woman for the Kobbins Co., is a stu-
dent of the cello, but even with offers to play in public^ and
a good engagement, she will stay with the films. Every
morning at 5 o'clock she arises and does practice on the in-
strument, and, when not working, her main occupation is the
study of music.
* * *
The Vitagraph studio at Santa Monica is in need of snakes.
The company advertised in the local paper down there "Kids,
make some money, 25c. each for gopher snakes." Xo one
says anything, but they must be going to put on some kind
of a spiritual picture!
* * *
Marie Dressier, who some time ago signed with the Key-
stone, has cancelled all contracts for one year on account of
an accident. Miss Dressier was in a comedy picture on the
Venice pier, and while standing near the unfenced edge of the
structure, an automobile backed into her, knocking her off.
She fell into the sea below, tearing her hand painfully, and
suffering several other injuries.
* * *
The Balboa Film Manufacturing Company is progressing
nicely, and everything points to a favorable year for this new
concern. Ever3-one is busy at the beach plant, and to mention
each separate item of building news would be to embrace half
a column. The}' are not "watchful waiting," but doing things.
* 5F *
Henry McRae and his loi Bison players have disembarked
from a Pacific Mail liner and are at home again in the Angel
city, glad to be back, and feeling better than ever. They all
report a fascinating and interesting voyage to the Paradise of
the Pacific.
In September, 1912, Ocean Park, a beach resort near here
was almost totally destroyed by fire. The Rosemary theater
was burned. It was rebuilt and since the films of 4he fire
have ben released which was shortly after the fire, this
theater has exhibited the films five different times, and at each
showing the house was packed to full capacit}'. Last week
thej' ran the film and again the little theater was full. Shortly
after the big fire, the "Boardwalk City" sprang up. It was a
regular amusement pike, and this company opened a new
theater. .Ml concessionaries met, and elected the manager of
the theater, James Sams, Mayor, and to this day, many peo-
ple greet him as "Mayor."
* * *
.\fter several delays Otis Turner has at last started actual
production of that wonderful four reeler, "Damon and Py-
thias." He is working at the new ranch with a full company
in the little city built for this picture.
, * * *
The Oz Film Co., started operations this week with a full
list of players. Last week they advertised for 60 girls to be
used in the stock company, and about 600 answered the ad.
It was a busy day on the big stage and no trouble was ex-
perienced in getting pretty maidens for the work. Mr. Baum
piloted the inspection party, and the studio is certainly a most
complete and compact one.
» * *
"Porterhouse" Porter, who acts for some company here,
has been adopted by the Venice Tigers, a league ball team, as
its mascot, that is, whenever he is at the games. One day
lately he appeared during the last half of next to the last
inning, and the home team was in arrears about two points.
Immediately they came up and won the game, and he was
dubbed mascot. He is a regular fan, and attends nearly all
the games now.
* * *
It's all right to be burgled, but when the scamps come on
one's birthdaj', it is kind of aggravating. That is what Miss
Clara Williams thinks. She returned to her home on her an-
niversary and found the place robbed. Her broncho player
fellows promise to remember her with articles to make up
for the ones stolen.
* * *
"The Only Clue," one of those real life detective dramas is
being put on by Jack O'Brien at the Mutual studios. The
story is a strong one, and Eugene Pallette, Irene Hunt, and
R. A. Walsh are handling it well.
* * *
A local "pink sheet" this week had a headline story about
now the lady film players were going to desert the Photo-
olaver's club if the men did not appear on Ladies' nights in
evening dress. The story went on to tell that Jack Dillon
was beloved, because he was the only attender in the con-
ventional costume. He denies the story emphaticall}-. In-
lormal have been these affairs, and informal they will be, say
the men folks.
* * *
The Sterling studio is guarded like a jail by a burly police-
man who stands at the gate and turns away the applicants
for extra work. We went to the studio this week with a
camera, and another cop was on the job, and when his eagle
eye lit on the innocent camera, he refused entrance. No
amount of explanation would do, so a message sent through,
the screened window of Fred Balshofer's office, brought him
out m a hurry and the zealous representative of justice was
made to "see." After that he has been as nice as pie. At
no studios do they allow visitors to bring cameras in.
* * *
The new concrete studio being built by Bosworth, is fast
nearing completion and will soon be ready for occupancy.
The big plant is to be one of the most down to the minute
and best on this coast. The whole place is spread over a
generous lot. and facilities for producing great pictures are
to be great.
T * *
Ruth Roland is playing the part of a private detective in a
drama, or tragedy of her own. Some reckless driver of a
large black tourer hit the nimble red racer of the speedy
Ruth, and demolished one side of the handsome car. A visit
to the garage, however, has made the motor as good as new,
but Ruth is still looking for the stranger who hit her car.
* * *
The Photoplayer's club members are organizing a glee
club and will soon make music at coming affairs. A large num-
ber of ex-singers and musicians have placed their names on
the long list of "musically inclined" as the notice reads.
* * *
Walter Edwards, who directs for the Broncho company
ran his machine off an embankment at the canyon studio and
broke an axle, besides caving in an abode house used for mis-
sion scenes. George Osborne is directing a Kentucky story.
"The Long Fued" and in one scene Miss Rhea "Ginger" Mit-
chell went down in quicksands to her chin, and as soon as the
camera stopped she was quickly rescued, and just about in
time, too.
* * *
Charles Bennett directing a Keystone picture threw a
dummj' over a cliff at Mt. Baldy, and badly scared three
tourists who thought a real man had been killed. They
scrambled for the "remains" and found the dummy with this
sign on it: "Return to Keystone Film Co., and receive re-
ward." Bennett's company was the first to go up the snow-
capped mountain this season, and some excellent snow effects
were snapped on the trip. CLARKE IR^'IXE.
AN OCEAN LINER PICTURE HOUSE.
The steamship "Kroonland" has been chartered b}' a Xew
York firm as a kind of traveling moving picture house. The
course taken will be essentially a Latin-American one, with
the object of carrying instruction to those large and impor-
tant commercial seaports concerning the great manufactur-
ing plants of North America.
Several of the largest representatives of the .'\merican
manufacturing plants are to be taken in full operation to
show them to South American neighbors. It is hoped
thereby to make the southern merchants acquainted with the
advanced methods of making goods. In addition to manu-
facturing and commercial activities, it is also intended to
exhibit the following industries: road building, and road
building machines, conveyors, laundry supplies, and other
large machines maj' be shown in full operation without the
necessity of carrying abroad the full and actual machinery.
In reality this is a veritable traveling moving picture ex-
position.
This suggests that in future great expositions will be
31med. and their great and valuable resources made use of
even "unto the uttermost parts of the earth."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
51
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN
RECENT ACTIVITY on the part of the Commissioner of
Licenses and the Bureau of Fire Prevention in Greater
New York has been greedily seized upon by those who
are boosting the national censorship bill as support for their
arguments before the committee at Washington, D. C.
* * *
Of course, the action of the fire department has not the
slightest bearing upon the censorship question, but, neverthe-
less, the agitators are using it to convey the impression that
the moving picture people (notwithstanding their contentions
to the contrary) are opposed to all forms of legal restrictions.
They would have the public believe that the considerations
and aims of the makers and exhibitors of films are solely of
a monetary nature, without regard to the welfare and safety
of the public from a moral, or any other standpoint.
* * *
On the other hand, we find that the recent actions of the
fire and license departments bear out to the letter the conten-
tions set forth by the moving picture people, to wit: That all
forms of violation of the laws are covered by existing regula-
tions and the municipal authorities have full power to reach
the offenders. The recent actions have also shown that the
municipal authorities are constantly on the alert to stamp out
evils.
* * *
Most of the newspaper reports on the activity of Commis-
sioner of Licenses Bell have failed to give to the movement
the force which Mr. Bell has injected into it. Some of the
newspapers sent out interviewers to learn the eflfect of the
commissioner's declaration upon manufacturers of films and
exhibitors, but for some reason that does not appear upon the
surface the results of the interviews have not been made
known. Opportunity is taken to declare here, without fear of
honest contradiction, that Commissioner Bell's program has
been heartily endorsed by every manufacturer who submits
his films for inspection by the National Board of Censorship
and every exhibitor who will use only censored films. In
each instance they have declared that what Commissioner
Bell has undertaken is something they have been discussing
for many months in trying to devise some means by which
legitimate manufacturers and exhibitors might be saved from
the results of the defiant attitude of film makers who have
persistently ignored the National Board of Censorship and
exhibitors whose greed for money made them indifferent as
to whether or not the films used by them had been censored.
* * *
Commissioner Bell has performed a good service to the
legitimate people in the motion picture business by his declar-
ation that his inspectors will act against motion picture houses
which run films that have not been passed by the National
Board of Censorship. The commissioner's actual declaration
was that it had been found upon investigation that the films
passed upon by the National Board of Censorship were re-
rnarkably free from the objectionable features referred to by
his department. So that, by official declaration by one of the
most important departments in the government of Greater
New York, the statement made by the federal censorship agi-
tators that the National Board of Censorship is a board that
really does not censor is most efifectively refuted.
* * *
The federal agitators made all the use they possibly could
of the statement made by a judge in Greater New York that
several young people brought before him had declared they
were first impelled to commit crime by impressions received
from moving pictures. The court was correct, but that the
accused who made the pleas told the truth is an open ques-
tion. Nevertheless, the agitators were asked that the court's
announcement be accepted as conclusive that Federal censor-
ship was a necessity. It is now the duty of the legitimate
moving picture to get before the committee at Washington
the official declaration of Commissioner Bell with all the force
possible. What he has stated leaves no open question. The
court statement upon which the agitators relied was made
several months ago and the pleas referred to antedated it.
Commissioner Bell's declaration refers absolutely to condi-
tions as they exist to-day and it should be given widespread
publicity in every city, town and hamlet where local censor-
ship is bewildering the public mind as to what genuine cen-
sorship i ;.
Another point raised by the agitators against the existing
National Board of Censorship is cfTcctivcly disposed of by
Commissioner Bell. It has been claimed that the board has no
legal authority to compel submission of films to be censored,
or to proceed against those who ignore the board. The com-
missioner says his inspectors will visit every picture house
in the city and the evil will be squelched by proceeding
against the exhibitors showing offensive films. The licenses
of the offending houses will be revoked immediately. This
will make the exhibitors careful to see films which have not
been censored arc not thrown upon their screens.
* * *
Some newspaper accounts of the License Department's an-
nouncement have stated that it has been found immoral pic-
tures have found their way into moving picture houses of
Brooklyn and Manhattan. This is not quite correct. The
officials claim they have been shown in all the boroughs of
the city, but most of the offenders are in the Borough of
Brooklyn.
* * *
A man who took pains to impress upon his hearers that he
was not speaking for offenders and did not sympathize with
them, but spoke only from a standpoint of consistency, said
he deemed Commissioner Bell's plans the most well defined
system of official censorship that could be formulated. "I do
not see," he said, "how any of the picture people can endorse
them and yet maintain they are against official censorship as
unconstitutional. He proposes to compel censorship under
penalty of closing the houses. It will lead to innumerable
suits in court to determine whether the judgment of the
commissioner's inspectors was correct, and to have the
houses re-licensed if the films be found not immoral. It may
also lead to injunction suits against the commissioner to de-
termine whether or not his censorship is constitutional."
* * *
A well known lawyer who heard these remarks replied he
thought Commissioner Bell was acting well within his au-
thority. "When you sift the matter," said the lawyer, "you
will conclude, as I do, that the commissioner is not estab-
lishing a censorship. He is acting under certain laws which
empower him to cancel the license of a picture house for
cause. If common decency is offended that is cause for a
revocation. The commissioner does not say he will close
houses that do not use censored films. He speaks of censor-
ship only to say that the censored films have not been found
offensive and he proposes to close houses in which offensive
films are found. The question of constitutionality will not
enter into such cases as it has in the cases now before the
courts in which enforced or official censorship is fought, be-
cause the commissioner is practically only exercising the
same police powers that were invoked a few weeks ago
against certain Broadway theaters. The only difference is
that instead of arresting the offenders and putting them on
trial the commissioner revokes the house license, telling the
offender that he has violated the conditions under which the
license was granted, not that he has failed to use censored
films."
* * *
"Does the fact that the commissioner has declared he will
act against houses using uncensored films convey to your
mind a question of discrimination in favor of houses using
censored films, or appear as pressure to make the exhibitors
drop all but such films?"
* * *
"Absolutely not. Stretch the point as far as you wish and
the nearest you can get to pressure is the implied injunction
by the commissioner to exhibitors that they will avoid trou-
ble by using only censored films. By not doing so they take
the risk of getting offending films on their screens. He does
not say he will not revoke the license of a house which uses
censored films if an improper film should get by. The com-
missioner is not after the exhibitor, but through him is after
the film makers, who apparently are afraid of censorship."
JOE SMILEY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Colonel Joseph Smiley celebrated his birthday on June 18,
entertaining a merry party of the Lubinville plaj'ers. At his
beautiful home, Lillie Leslie, who is the colonel's lately ac-
quired bride, superintended the service of choice delicacies for
supper, over which Director Lloyd B. Carleton presided as
toastmaster. JIany costly gifts were presented and a Jo'ly
good time was enjo3'ed until the small hours, while no one
looked at the clock. It is hard to over-estimate the regard in
which Smiley is held by his associates of the Lubin studio
and the wishes offered for the manj' "Happy returns of his
Birthday" were many and sincere.
52
THE }>IOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Foreign Trade Notes
PARIS LETTER.
{Stccial Correspondence to the World.)
IT IS A SIGN of the times that two moving; pictures of
outstanding merit are being screened at two leading Paris
tht^.tcrs. At the Theater Rejane, Captain Scott's ex-
pedition to the South Pole is drawing capacity business and
the film version of Sarah Bernhardt's great success L'Aiglon
is attracting a first-class audience to the Chatelet. The latter
production is the first ambitious attempt that has been made
in this city to present a feature film along the lines of a
theatrical show. Posters advertising the films, display the
names of the leading artistes as in ordinary theater bills.
* * *
There has been a typical Parisian affaire about L'Aiglen,
which has proved a good boost for the Chatelet. Madame
Sarah Bernhardt started a law court action to prevent the
exhibition of the pictures. Edmond Rostand, author of the
play wired Madame Bernhardt to the efifect that he would
not defend the suit and ofTered to hand over his share in the
profits — amounting to some forty thousand dollars — to the
actress. Madame Bernhardt replied that she didn't want
Rostand's dollars but merely wished to protect his and her
rights. She claimed that L'Aiglon was the property of the
Bernhardt Theater repertory and therefore neither the play
nor a reproduction of it could be given elsewhere let alone
in a playhouse located exactly opposite the theater where the
play was first staged in 1900. Subsequently Madame Bern-
hardt withdrew the action. It should be noted that the
celebrated tragedienne was not asked to play in the moving
pictures and it is generally believed that this fact sorely
grieved her and was the real cause of the proceedings. Since
it's initial presentation, L'Aiglon — the play — has brought in
$1,000,000. Edmond Rostand's share in the profits amounted
to $100,000.
A photoplay showing the advantages of learning typewrit-
ing and shorthand has been produced for the Paris Oliver
Typewriter Company. The pictures show how the only cap-
able breadwinner of a nearly destitute family becomes an
Oliver Girl and restores happiness to the home.
Felix Weingartner, who has been leading the orchestra at
the Champs Elysees Opera House where the Boston Opera
Company is now playing, tells me that he is highly satisfied
with the cinematograph orchestra conducting pictures he
posed for recently in Berlin. "I think there is a great future
for these pictures," he said, "and by means of them orches-
tras may be conducted by my baton sithultaneously in Paris.
London, New York, Vienna, and in fact anywhere. A Berlin
corporation is exploiting the films.
* * *
There is still much mystery concerning the showing of
Edison's Kinetophone at the Champs Elysees Opera House.
Messrs Edison's representatives here deny all knowledge
of the arrangement but I have it on good authority that the
pictures will be seen in the Avenue Montaigne house next
month, under the management of a certain Mr. Love.
* * *
Carlos Roditi, a nephew of Fernand and Gaston Akoun
one time showmen at Coney Island and now proprietors of
Luna Park, Paris, is starting in the film business. His con-
cern will be known as the Nuoka Film Trading Establish-
ments. Carlos — as he is generally called — is a hustler with
American methods at his finger tips. He is now negotiating
with a big United States company for a Continental agency.
He is also organizing a great event, concerning which I must
refrain from giving particulars until a further date.
* * *
President Poincare and Lord Mayor De Vansittart Bo-
water, of London, and a contingent of Aldermen attended a
gala performance given by the City of Paris at the Gaumont
Place Hippodrome on June 6th. The public was not admitted.
The great hall was lavishly decorated. In the Presidential
box were displayed precious Gobelin tapestries valued at
$40,000. This was the first occasion on which the French
President had attended a moving picture show. The pro-
gramme included topical pictures showing the visit of the
English guests, Gaumontcolor trichome films, a special mus-
ical cinematograph production "The Song of the Sea," an
educational subject and "The Voice of Patriotism" and
"L'Agonie de Byzance." Outstanding features of the enter-
tainment were the fine orchestral and choral accompaniments.
The gala was a huge success and the press was loud in praise
of Leon Gaumont and his great picturedrome.
* * *
Number five rue de Provence is the location of the Success
Film Company, a new buying, renting and marketing firm.
* * *
The Film Fabriken Danmark, of Copenhagen, have ap-
pointed Mile. Halley as French representative.
* * +
Prompted by the favorable reception of his feature films
Georges Lordier, director general of the Grandes Filmas Pop-
ulaires has taken possession of the big studios recently rented
by the defunct Lux Company. Lordier held a big opening
reception last week. The leading scene in a coming film was
registered prior to the party partaking of a champagne
luncheon.
* * *
A moving picture adaption of Henri Bataille's play "La
Femme Nue" has been produced with Lydia Borelli in the
leading role. A special exhibition was given at the Colisee
Cinema.
Pathe Frercs have secured the French rights of the Gloria
production "Nero and Agri-ppine" for the sum of $30,000. It
is called the million franc film and is being rented on ordin-
ary terms.
* * *
Police Prefect Hennion's educational moving picture class
for young constables has just been inaugurated. The pictures
are being photographed under M. Hennion's personal super-
vision and are acted for the most part by members of the
force.
* * *
One film shows how an armed burglar should be tackled,
another, the way to save a drowning man. The most inter-
esting picture yet prepared is that which shows the method
of handling a murder case. The body is discovered. The
police are called. A careful examination of the scene of the
crime is made. Furniture and efi^ects are left as they were on
the arrival of the officers. Then talc powder is sprinkled on
the safe and desks and the finger prints are disclosed. A
clue is followed up which leads to an arrest. The prisoner
is brought before the examining magistrate and confronted
by witnesses and the prosecution's evidence. The murderer
confesses — and the lesson is over. Prizes will be awarded
to progressive students.
The Odeon Film Company's first production is "La Fille
du Garde Chasse" (The Gamekeeper's Daughter) an adapta-
tion from the play by Fontanes and Decori.
* * *
Joseph Menchen has disposed of his beautiful moving
picture park at Epinay sur Seine. He will nevertheless re-
tain his Paris offices and continue to produce films. Men-
chen's Arsene Lupin series is now practically ready for re-
lease.
* * *
There was a law court sequel to Louis .\ubert's seizure of
several copies of the Kleine Cines production "Quo Vadis?"
The Tribunal of Commerce decided that the Cines Company
were proprietors of the film. Aubert was ordered to return
the reels in question, pay heavy damages and have inserted
ten announcements in trade papers. There will be an appeal
against the judgment. Readers will recall that Louis Aubert
was granted renting rights of "Quo Vadis?" for a certain
period. The Cines Company then opened offices in Paris and
commenced to rent all its productions including "Quo Vadis?"'
direct. JOHN CHER.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
53
J. D. WILLIAMS ON AUSTRALIA.
1HAVE READ with greatest interest your Chicago cor-
respondent's letter whicii appeared in your issue of June
20th, as result of an interview he had with Mr. Stanley
Twist who had just returned trom Australia. It contains
much valuable information which doubtless proved interest-
ing reading to your subscribers who are probably surprised
to learn of the big way in which the picture business is
handled out in that country. The article,' however, contains a
few inaccuracies and without in any way wishing to criticize
your Chicago correspondent, Mr. AIcQuade, or belittle Mr.
Twist, I feel as though 3'ou owe it to your many Australian
readers as well as to those interested in America to correct
any false impression which they might have gathered from
the article as to the kind of picture houses they have in
Australia. According to the article, it would appear that
while giving them full credit for the size of the principal
theaters where films are shown, Mr. Twist gives the impres-
sion that "they are all big barns and that there isn't a real
theater in all Australia for that matter, cither legitimate
or picture, but that they get by and do the business never-
theless."
Mr. Twist speaks about the houses not being modern and
this prompts me to suggest that I am afraid his tour of
Australia was not extensive. No doubt a great many large
exhibitors and manufacturers in America know that the
high class motion picture exhibition had its origin in Aus-
tralia. The Melba and the Brittania Theater in Melbourne
(built especially for pictures) represent an investment of
almost a million dollars. .Their location, construction and ap-
pointments are ideal and, with one or two exceptions, there
is nothing to equal them in America.
Having spent four years in the moving picture business in
Australia and being greatly interested in all that pertains to
the advancement of the industry, I am anxious that all the
exhibitors in America should become acquainted with the
conditions that exist in the exhibition of motion pictures in
Australia. The articles bj' your Air. W. Stephen Bush are
doing much to bring to the exhibitor his sense of responsi-
bility and it will be of interest to most American exhibitors
to know that many of the benefits and the high standards
which he is advocating have to a large degree already been
accomplished in Australia.
I shall never forget the first evening I spent in Australia
at a picture show. Previously I was engaged in the business
in America and I left for Australia because I believed from
all I heard and read of conditions out there that there was an
opportunity to develop a business in a way where originality
and personal work would be more likely to count than in the
United States. I had always chafed at the thought of not
being able to select my own program, believing that therein
was the fundamental principle of success in exhibiting motion
pictures. While I thought I understood the conditions, of
course, it was impossible to know the real situation before
actually getting out there on the ground.
On the evening referred to, I dropped into a picture show
next door to the hotel where I was stopping. The show
was billed as West's Pictures. The name of the theater was
the Palace. Never have I entered a more beautiful little
theater. It had a seating capacity of about 1,200 and an
orchestra of fifteen or more, intelligently directed by a leader
whose name I afterwards learned was DeGroen, known as the
Sousa of Australia. The music was beautiful and was cued
perfectly to the pictures. The general atmosphere was one
of refinement throughout. I paid sixty cents for the seat I
occupied. As I had gone out with the idea of engaging in
the business, I remarked to a couple of young men who ac-
companied me to Australia that I would have to go some to
beat that, for truthfully I have never enjoyed an evening's
entertainment more. It was there and then that the tre-
mendous possibilities of the film business dawned upon me.
I had often dreamed of what the future was to be, but this
first night in Australia brought it home to me in a way I
shall never forget.
Afterwards I met the general manager, Mr. T. J. West,
who is known in Australia as the "Grand Old Man" of pic-
tures, and he is indeed worthy of that title. After study-
ing his career, I came to the conclusion that he had done
more towards elevating the standard of exhibiting pictures
than any other single individual in the business. During
the time I remained in Australia I built several beautiful
picture houses. I inaugurated the continuous show there,
charging half the price usually demanded and showing a
program one half as long. From the beginning I was suc-
cessful. I had not gone very far before I found, however, that
charging a cheap price of admission was a mistake, and in the
last houses built the price was double that which I usually
charged.
In Australia the pictures are selected on their merits. The
exhibitor is not a mere figurehead who takes whatever pic-
ture the exchange chooses to give him. However, most
exhibitors do follow a few big houses in selecting their pro-
grams, but they know that the manager of these big houses
has most carefully scrutinized every picture and passed upon
its merits before it was shown in his theater. Nowhere in all
Australia do they change their program more than twice
each week. The picture theaters arc very liberal users of
newspaper space and carry twice as much advertisement for
their shows as the regular theaters do.
The market conditions in Australia at present are not so
good from the manufacturer's standpoint. The exchanges
control the market there and it is only human nature for
them to buy their pictures as cheaply as possible. Some day
the American manufacturers will realize the advantage of
pooling their interests and maintaining an export department
operated on their joint account with a view to marketing
their products in foreign countries. Mr. Twist refers to my
Australian experience. For months before leaving Australia
I had been considering the idea of coming to New York to
engage in the business, as I knew that it was bound to go
ahead in America as it had progressed in Australia.
A new era is on in reality in our own city of New York.
The Strand Theater is setting the pace. Its manager, Mr.
S. L. Rothapfel, is another T. J. West and great credit is
due to him and to the owners of this palatial structure dedi-
cated to the motion picture art. Without a doubt these
Strand Theaters or others like them will be constructed with
great rapidity all over the country. What was needed was
just such example as the clever and bold directors of The
Strand Theater have given and such theaters will prove a
tremendous incentive to manufacturers to make better and
more expensive productions.
The future policy of our great industry will be moulded
within the next six months. Let us all, manufacturers, ex-
changes and exhibitors, co-operate in placing it on such a
high pedestal that no demagogues or grafting politicians can
successfully attack it at any point. In conclusion, I sincerely
trust that the part Australia has plaj'cd in the general uplift
of the greatest form of amusement and education the world
has ever known will not be forgotten.
BRITISH NOTES.
(Special Correspondence to the World)
THE OLD PRISON at Wallasey near Liverpool has suc-
cumbed to the "movies." A few weeks ago it was
opened as a moving picture theater.
* * *
A financial newspaper of considerable influence sought to
create a stir last week by printing a misinformed article upon
moving-pictures, which were continually referred to as "the
passing craze." Another paper recently informed its readers
that already the moving-picture was on the wane in the
United States and it was only a question of a few months
before the same effect would be felt here. I need not add
the comments of the American film agent who showed me
the paper.
London was startled the other day by the appearance in
Fleet Street and the Strand of an eccentrically attired young
man who distributed souvenirs on his journey. Although
the public have nearly begun to regard every little street
sensation as arranged intentionally for the pictures it took
the bystanders some time to discover that the youth was only
impersonating a member of the "Suicide Club." This novel
by Robt. Louis Stevenson, is being filmed by the British and
Colonial Co., and from what I hear it is super-abundant in
sensation.
Ed. M. Roskam, of the Life-Photo Film Corporation, N.
Y. and Samuel Goldfish, of the Lasky Feature Play Company
were among last week's American visitors to London. Mr.
Goldfish, during his stay here is making his headquarters at
the office of the Famous Players Co. in Charing Cross Road. .
* * *
The annual meeting of the Cinematograph Exhibitor's As-
sociation of Great Britain and Ireland was held at Leeds
last week. The shows marked progress, the membership
being increased five hundred and fifty. Among the resolu-
tions passed were the following: "In view of the detrimental
effect upon cinema-hall proprietors by reason of certain
hivers and manufacturers leasing films to music hall propri-
etors throughout the country before giving the genuine ex-
hibitors an opportunity to tender for the same film the coun-
cil earnestly appeals to those interested to refrain from a con-
tinuation of this practice." "That this Association views with
great apprehension the action of certain makers and agents
in dealing with the whole or part of their products on the
exclusive programme system and earnestly urges its mem-
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bers in the interests of the trade to refrain from supporting
such firms." A determination has also been expressed to
oppose an attempt by the York Corporation to run a mu-
nicipal picture theater.
J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
VIENNA AND BUDAPEST.
Special Correspondence to the World.
ON A RECENT VISIT to Vienna I had an interesting
chat with Leopold Loebenstein, president of the Polo
Film Vertrieb. He represents many famous film firms
including Selig. "Selig's are very popular in Austria," he
said. "The people here like snappy, brisk pictures but ab-
solutely bar social dramas. Kathlyn Williams is a great
favorite and her name is boomed everywhere. The picture
theater patrons in Vienna have their special screen favorites
and a popular name attached to a film is certiin of bringing
good business. I have just come back from a short stay in
Budapest," he went on, "and I found business very bad there.
There is little or nothing to be done in Hung '-y the trade
being practically in the hands of two firms. Budapest boasts
of two magnificent picture theaters, the Omnia and the Ap-
pollo Projectograph. At these halls the finest films in the
world are shown, but nevertheless attendances are small."
It is an astonishing fact that Pathe, Gaumont and Eclair
are the only firms producing moving picture journals in the
Austrian capital. Budapest, however, has the Kino Report, a
new and enterprising concern which films all the important
events taking place in Hungary.
At the Kaisergarten, Vienna's amusement park, a novel
series of publicity photoplays never fails to draw a crowd.
The films which have been made for about half a dozen firms
are extremely ingenious and "pulling." That of the Omega
Watch Company depicts most graphically how trains can be
missed and business lost through faulty chronometers. It
is rather surprising that, in other countries more use is not
made of the cinematograph as an advertising medium.
* * *
Also at the Kaisergarten there is the Intimes Kino. It is a
prime favorite among the mass of side shows and always
showing to capacity notwithstanding the hot weather.
* * *
Vienna film men have been complaining about the censor-
ship, but I don't think they need have much worry if Messter's
"Diva in Noten" is able to evade the scissors as apparently it
has done judging by what I saw at the Intimes. In spite of
the risque nature of several of the scenes, it is an excellent
picture, thoroughly well played and cleverly produced.
* * *
Marcus Lowe and Lee Shubert were recently in Vienna
looking for novelties. The latter had a great find about which
I shall give further information in my next contribution.
* * *
In Budapest, I saw a somewhat curious film entitled "Three
hundred years." The comedy tells the story of a girl who in
jest promised to marry her would-be husband "three hundred
years hence." The man dreams that his desire has been ful-
filled and the wonders he sees in 1914 supply the main scenes
in the film. The chief interest in the production lies in the
fact that it was made for the purpose of raising money for
the purchase of aeroplanes for Hungary. Every artist in the
big cast is an aristocrat. The society reception shown is the
"real thing." The distinguished artists played their parts
remarkably well. Needless to say, the picture has proved an
immense success and has already brought in a large amount
of money.
JOHN CHER.
THE ECLAIR "WESTERN GUN."
During the week of novelties, souvenirs and advertising
suprises of all kinds at the Grand Central Palace, New York,
from June 8 to June 13, one of the most sensational and
original hits of the Exposition was the Eclair "Western
gun" distributed by that company at its booth. This deadly-
appearing and realistic-looking revolver had all the earmarks
of an honest-to-goodness mining camp weapon. On the
handle was imprinted a group of the Eclair Western players
and on the barrel on one side was the slogan "Eclair Hits
the Mark," while on the other side was imprinted photo-
graphs of the leading Eclair players in bull's eye frames and
the barrel carried the advice: "Aim for Bigger Receipts with
Eclairs."
Another novelty which attracted considerable attention
and was carried away by most of the people who attended the
Palace was the little souvenir in the form of an Eclair trade-
mark on the inside of which were photographs of the
leading Eclair players.
The Oz Film Co.
THE OZ FILM CO., headed by L. Frank Bainn, the
author, of "The Patchwork Girl of Oz," has started
actual production in the new studio at the block between
Gower and Lodi on Santa Monica boulevard. The lot is
one block long, and half a block deep, and more space is
at the disposal of the company. The grounds are part of
an estate created some 35 years ago by Senator Cole, who
founded the city of Colegrave, which is just opposite the
new picture plant. The place is one of the old landmarks
of the early days of Los Angeles. Harley Hamilton, organ-
izer of the Los Angeles Symphony, tells of a great reception
that he attended here some years ago, when the house was
the scene of many big social functions. But that is delv-
ing into history. What was once a great drawing room,
is now the projection and dark room of the large plant,
and the dinii^ room has been converted into the general
offices. Every -"om of the three-story mansion has been re-
modeled and uti.jzed for the manufacturing of feature films.
Main Building, Oz Film Co., Hollywood, Cal.
On half the lot has been built an enormous stage 65 by 100
feet, with a back building two stories high to be used for scene
docks, paint frames, property rooms, and carpenter shop.
The building is 24 feet wide, and extends the full length of the
stage, 100 feet. The upper story is made into fine dressing
rooms, fitted with hot and cold water, two large windows
overlooking the stage, and with every modern convenience
that can be thought of. Midway between the two sections of
ten rooms is a double shower-bath room, and lavatories.
The stage is a feature in itself, being large enough for any
master production that the fairy tale producers wish to put
on. A large trap 7 feet deep, 65 feet long, and 6 feet wide has
been constructed of cement. This is to be used for disappear-
ing scenes, rivers, lakes, and many other things.
The diffusing system is somewhat original, and is excep-
tionally simple. The light will be kept from the sides as well
as the top of the stage, and the means of working it will be
quite easy. Along the front, a string of small handy rooms
is to be built for storing permanent props.
At one side, near the stage has been built another dressing
room house. Here the minor players will be taken care of.
Two mob rooms each 20 by 46 feet have been included in this
house which will also be equipped with bathing rooms and
lavatories.
Much of the scenery and props is to be made of papier
mache, and for this work a separate shed has been arranged
which is at the side of a fenced enclosure. Nearby is the
large concrete vault, which was built to store the film and
cameras in. A cement and gravel driveway allows free pas-
sage through the large grounds, and out in front. This
studio is really the most beautiful in this vicinity, having a
grand setting of old eucalyptus and pepper trees, with plenty
of other varieties nearby. Several giant pines add to the
picturesqueness of the grounds, and every visitor to the
studio remarks on the beauty of the location. In front of the
plant runs the car line from Los Angeles to San Fernando
valley, Hollywood, and the beaches on Santa Monica bay.
Joseph F. Macdonald has started on the first picture, and
everything has assumed the look of a busy producing plant.
The laboratories are being finished, and everything is now
ready for the work of turning out the stories that were writ-
ten by Mr. Baum. Harold Ostrom is assisting him at the
business end. As time goes on, this new company, which is
well backed, will produce all of the fairy tales, including some
of the famous stories like "The Wizard of Oz," "The Patch-
work Girl," "The Tik Tok Man," and many otliers equally as
fascinating. CLARKE IRVINE.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
55
Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
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Not a Bit Of It.
LJ. SCOTT, of the Gem Theater, Warrensburg, Mo., starts off a letter
by saying that he does not want to "bother" us with these contribu-
tions of his. To any others who feel the same way about it, we
should like to explain that the only time we get bothered is when the stuff
does not come in. We are here to pass along ideas and we've never thought
and we've never been told that we are more clever than all the exhibitors.
When anyone succeeds in convincing us that we are, we'll undertake to
write this department single handed. Until then we appreciate all the help
we can get, and this condition is likely to continue indefinitely.
Mr. Scott enclosed a handbill with request that it be compared with some
of the sensational stuff. It is largely an advertisement for "The Adven-
tures of Kathlyn." Half of the sheet is taken up with an odd cut of Miss
Williams. Below that the title and the series title appear in heavy type,
the only other black lines being another title and the name of the house.
There is a brief sketch of the leading points of appeal: the whole story up
to the climax in 150 words. It probably would not hold the attention of
the busy man on a busy street, but it will get hold of a man in a small
town and lead him down to the theater. It tells the big points and tells
them in such a way that heavy type is not needed for emphasis. One thing
we like is the use of H marks to point up the important lines. This will
give the idea:
THE COUNCIL OF THREE, the highest authority in Allaha,
decides that Kathlyn must survive two ordeals before she can oc-
cupy the throne without marrying, jj In the first ordeal she is to be
placed in a leopard trap as bait and securely tied. TI The other
ordeal is that of being placed alone and unarmed in an arena with
twenty hungry untamed lions. U How she successfully passes
through these harrowing experiences makes an absorbing picture.
Mr. Scott also sends a couple of house programs. One gives this sched-
ule for the handling of serial stories. It may help others to scheme their
presentations.
No doubt the series pictures have aroused your interest. Much
extra effort has been expended in order to make each one a little
above the ordinary run of pictures.
In order that there will be no confusion regarding dates and no
chance for those interested to miss out on a single picture we
have set Wednesdays and Fridays aside as Serial Nights.
Every Friday you will see either Mary Fuller as "Dolly of the
Dailies" or Kathlyn Williams in "The Adventures of Kathlyn."
As the other Serial Pictures are released only once a month, we
have made arrangements to rotate them in the following order:
May 6th, Ben Wilson in "The Chronicles of Cleek"; May 13, Wm.
Wadsworth in "Wood B. Wedd"; May 20, Andy Clark in "Those
Clever Kid Comedies"; and. May 27, Barry O'Moore as "Octavius,
Amateur Detective."
Every Wednesday and Friday.
Too Much.
Tom Gaines, of the Best Theater, Hillsboro, Texas, wants to know what
we think of his advertising, the same being a circular letter. We think he
is trying to make one poor little circular letter work beyond the union
hours. There are forty lines of single spaced reproducing typewriter type
advertising seven subjects and the house's past record. We believe that
not many of the people who receive this will read from top to bottom or
even half way down and those who do will not remember the subjects and
the dates. We just gave it to a girl of average intelligence to read as a
test and she remembered two titles and no dates. Mind you, this might
not be long for a weekly program or a monthly program or something like
that, but it is a mighty long letter unless it comes from your best girl, and
people will not read long letters where they might be coaxed to read twice
as much type. The stuff is well worded, but it covers too much ground for
this form of vehicle. If you are walking five miles on foot it seems longer
than ten in an automobile, and ten in a one-horse buggy seems longer than
twenty-five in the car. Five hundred words of advertising is not too much
for a circular. It is too much for a letter. Any one of those seven subjects
could be effectively advertised in a double-spaced letter, but it is too much
to expect the reader to remember seven titles and five dates.
One-One.
U. S. Hill, of the Lyceum Theater, Scranton, Pa., sends volume one,
number one, of Reel News, explaining that this theater is going over to
pictures for the summer and is getting ten cents for that sort of a show.
Reel News is being overdone as a title. Why not Reelisms for a change?
No effort seems to have been made to run a regular program, the effect
aimed at being a gossipy sheet rather than the formal advertising program.
One story gives a list of the coming feature reels that are available for
use and asks the patron to check the three most desired, promising that this
expression of opinion will guide the formation of the coming programs.
No prize is offered for the best guess, though it is added that all who ap-
pend their address will receive the publication free. Any hint of a prize
would defeat the object aimed at, which is to give the reader the proper
appreciation of the fact that the house is anxious to please its patrons.
The News starts off well; well enough to go to eight pages with enough
outside advertising to carry the cost of the additional pages.
Brief Volumes.
Here is a letter from J. F. Davied, of the Cinema Theater, Cynthiana,
Kentucky. He writes:
I am enclosing some samples of the weekly programs that I
have been getting out. I. hope you will give me your "honest to
goodness" opinion of them, especially the present volume. I have
just been in the business since October and that looks like a for-
midable number of volumes, but the first was simply an opening
one, and the second had to be discontinued on account of its ex-
pensiveness. ■ I had most of the third kind printed on cardboard
and hung on door knobs, but there seemed to be so much waste
aboift them and I took to heart your little sermon about writing
about your pictures to the exclusion of the house and the en-
closed folder — volume 3. No. 1, is the result. Now, please, what
do you think of it — copy, layout, typesetting and all?
I've taken everything out of the World that I could lay my
hands on, but I'm hoping to have'a brilliant or merely useful idea
myself some of these days to pay for all I've received. I do not
know whether you answer these enquiry letters personally or not,
but in case you do you will find enclosed a stamped envelope.
If you don't — why I read everything in the World every week
anyway.
Thanking you for all your "dope" that I've already used and
am going to keep on using, I am.
The submissions form an interesting study of an effort to find just the
right idea. Taken in combination, they are more valuable than any one
would be or all four sent one at a time.
The first issue was an effort at a four-pager devoted mostly to chat,
with the program on the right-hand column of the first page, and six ad-
vertisements. There were readers for the features and some gossip. Ap-
parently this did not look right, for presently we find the house using all
of the space and giving only the program with no reading matter of a gen-
eral nature. The makeup is artistic, but almost too much so, which is a
possible thing when opposed to utility. The front carries the name of the
house in the center of the sheet with a message of welcome in the upper
left-hand corner and the date in the right lower corner. The back gives
the times of performance, the prices, the service used and a hint that un-
desirables are not wanted. The inside pages give the program with many
of the casts and a line or two of comment. It was set largely in italics,
with the cast in a small eight point and the titles in twelve point bold.
It would be an excellent program for a kid glove section, but done in
brown on brown on expensive stock, it probably cost too much for the
house.
The next change was to a single white sheet six by eleven, the dates,
titles, some leading players and a line or two, interesting, and giving more
for the money than the more expensive issue. Then the door-knob came
along and now what might be termed a vest pocket door-knob, a four-
pager, 3J^ by 6^. There is some house talk front and back and the con-
densed program inside. The latter is not so good, since to get it all in the
space there is used a small full face for the titles that is scarcely large
enough. It is probably machine stuff, which reduces the cost of composi-
tion. An underline of one point rule would help not a little and not
greatly add to the cost of composition. They have struck a convenient and
yet inexpensive form in the present folder, and in time, if they wish, they
can add a little advertising and get an eight page issue at no additional
cost. The paper is sufficiently good, a brown, printed in black, and the
press work is excellent. If they can get a machine italic it would be well
to put the casts in that type . They are using straight machine composition,
with a thirteen-em column, which probably keeps the cost down consider-
ably. They are about right as they stand. Now to make the front and
back pages work even harder.
Mr. Davied asks for a personal criticism if that is permissible. It is not.
We would like to write personally to all of the friends of the department,
but we are married and our wife won't let us stay out nights and we have
about all we can do daytimes as it is.
The Olympian Newsletter.
Lately we asked Harold Ballou for some data on his Olympian News
Letter, the house organ of the theater on the same name in Seattle. It is
a letter size sheet, printed on both sides with a letter head and finished off
in mimeograph. The prof^ram proper is a little more than five inches
wide, the rest of the space being taken up with house or general advertis-
ing running the long way of the paper, while the program runs the short
way. Mr. Ballou writes:
When we get our program for the week from the exchange I
look through the "Comments on the Films" for criticisms of the
subjects assigned us and base my short descriptions upon them.
And, by the way, if anything is booked us that, judging from the
"comments" is objectionable according to the standard of our
audiences, I request a change and it is invariably made. I find the
"comjnents" reliable and almost indispensable.
I do the printing on a mimeograph. The letter heads are pur-
chased in lots of twenty-five thousand and the entire cost of an
issue ot two thousand, not counting time or distributing, is about
three dollars. The little advertising they contain nearly covers
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the cost. The time required for writing the mimeograph stencil
and running through the machine is no more than would be con-
sumed in making up copy for a printed sheet and reading proof.
I believe the mimeographed "News-Letters*' carry a greater
prestige than printed matter; as they resemble typewritten letters
they have a sort of personal appeal and get a more general read-
ing. The disadvantages lie in not being able to use cuts and the
necessity of brevity in descriptive matter. But I do not consider
the latter a disadvantage for I am convinced that to get the stuff
read it must be brief.
Now and then we get a copy of the Olympian that is as bad as some of
the press copy sent out by certain companies that Hugh Hoffman calls "out
of focus." It is too dim to be read. The various type devices cost more
and take more time, but they give a more generally good impression. The
time advantage is all with the mimeograph, but there is apt to be too much
ink or too little. We do not quite agree with Mr. Ballou that the mimeo-
graphed matter is more effective than the printed program, but he assur-
edly can save time, and his copy is phrased to "get there." Two lines on
the present program impress us. As has been said, Mr. Ballou comments
on the films . One comment is to the effect that a certain release is "not
the kind of story the title would indicate." That sort of thing is an in-
spiration. We know lots of good stories that have been damned by their
titles one way or the other. This title suggests a revolting theme, not at
all what the story really is. But get this one:
Many favorable comments are made on the absence of posters
from the Olympian front. Once in a while we fall from grace
and place a framed one sheet nightmare in the office window,
but we feel like being caught stealing watermelons while doing it.
Somehow posters in front of a pretty theater remind us of a wart
on a pretty girl's nose.
We wish Mr. Ballou would send'in two photographs of his house, one
for publication and one to be framed for our own office. Don't get the
idea that Mr. Ballou has nothing attractive in his lobby. The same sheet
speaks of his hand painted program and we suppose that he uses photo-
graphs as well, but the glaring poster is absent.
The place for the poster is up or down the street or over in the next
block. Advertising by means of the house front is not merely a game to
see how many posters you can drape around your front door and still
leave room for a thin man to get in sideways. One of these days we are
going to bring our camera over to town and photograph a certain house
over on Third Avenue and let you decide which you prefer. Make your
lobby attractive with photographs and things, but don't hide it.
Faces.
Somewhere in these United States there is a place called the Woodland
Airdome and Park. Just where this particular one is we do not know
because there is nothing on the printing to show and the wrapper was lost
before it came to us. Anyhow, it's a pretty place, to judge from the cut.
and they use a good argument on a circular a couple of inches too large
for comfort, which is bordered with cuts of the trade marks of the various
Universal brands, under each brand the names of three leading players
being printed. The text, in print, says:
REMEMBER THIS
"No two faces are alike."
"You do not forget faces."
"The human mind has a faculty for remembering faces."
Therefore when you see on the margin of this sheet the brands of the
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
"The Largest Film Manufacturers in the World'*
there will be brought to your mind the faces of the great actors and
actresses who produce them and you will realize they are
the stars of the picture world.
Below they give the name of the operator, the names of the musicians
and the assurance that all employees are union men. The faces idea in
connection with the trade marks of any combination of companies, is
capable of a variety of treatments. Portrait cuts may be substituted for
the trade marks with equally good effect.
Finishing Up.
^ The Plaza theater. New Orleans, had gone over to the Licensed attrac-
tions. This gives the Fichtenberg attractions in that city the celebrities
of the Licensed and Universal combinations and most of the feature stuff.
To celebrate, John Bunny's face goes on the front cover, staring out from
a black ground. We've got to hand it to the Spotlight, the house pro-
gram for the circuit, for getting vastly effective one-color front page effects,
mostly in black. Part of this is due to inventiveness and part is due to
the use of a good grade of black ink that prints a real black.
Going to Produce.
Lots of houses now have their own camera for making a local news
weekly, but the Third Street Theater, Easton, Pa., makes that scheme look
sick and weary with this announcement:
PLAYS AND PLAYERS WANTED!
We propose to produce a number of comedies with the scenes
laid in and around Easton, starting as soon as possible. We have
a full equipment for taking and finishing pictures. What we prefer
at present is short lively comedy plots.
^ All wishing to be considered for parts in these proposed produc-
tions, will kindly leave their names and addresses at our box
office, or send them in .writing with any particulars as to experi-
ence or special ability.
THIRD STREET THEATER CO.
The line forms on the right and if they do not reach you the first day
please come back to-morrow. If anyone else wants to start this «cheme we
suggest these safety first rules:
Get a new lock for the door.
Get the police reserves.
Get a gun.
Then take a trip to New York and let someone else interview the
would-be players.
It's a good scheme in that hundreds of extra dimes will roll into dollars
when the friends of the players come to see Willie or Katie as a real live
photoplayer and the friends of the rejected come to see how much T)et»er
Harry or Maudie would have been in the part, but we are afraid that the
Third Street has troubles ahead. At any rate a close inspection fails t«
show any moss growing under certain Easton footwear. If the management
will send in in about three weeks, enclosing a stamped and self-addressed
envelope, we will be glad to send a recipe for turning gray hair black again.
Better.
Instead of apologizing for raising the prices for "Antony and Cleo-
patra," Hay and Nicholas, of the Haynic Theater, Fairmount, Minn., ad-
vertise "No high prices. Twenty-five cents to everybody." A quarter is
not too much for a subject like that, but there are lots of sections where
people do not yet realize that the quarter is not a high price for a good
picture. In their doorknob special they fold in the Kleine booklet, an
artistic bit of printing. The special is a four-pager this time. They run a
sliding scale. Seven reels bring from five to fifteen cents, while four bring
five and ten cents.
A Famous Week.
Frank W. Buhler, of the Regent Theater, Philadelphia, sends in a foldei
for Famous Players' Week which was sent out on its mailing list. It is
done in blue on a light brown rough paper, the front page carrying the
list for the week. Inside is a running comment on the attractions; not a
flamboyant brag, but comment on some of the players. On the back cover
is this paragraph:
The Regent management suggests that if you are a lover of
clean photoplays, if you desire that your children or your younger
friends shall see the best in filmdom, that you tell them about
Famous Players' Week commencing Monday, May nth.
The entire booklet gives the impression of dignity that harmonizes with
the class of production and makes an appeal to the sort of persons likely
to be most strongly attracted by the offerings.
You can't interest a millionaire in the purchase of a cake of soap by
throwing in the promise that one cake has a ten dollar bill wrapped around
it, and you cannot sell Turkish bath tickets to a tramp at twelve for twenty-
five dollars. There is a lot in gauging your appeal to the class of persons
you want to reach. This the Regent does.
A Movigram.
We do not like the word "Movies," but it grows increasingly popular
and now L. J. Willis, of the Opera House, Dickinson, North Dakota, sends
in his Movigram, a four-page house program. It is not a pretentious issue
— yet — but it looks well and clean. There is not a surplus of type matter
and what there is has been well set. The first page gives the title and a
brief explanation of the fact they take the General Film service. Inside
each page carries two large boxes and one small one. One of the small
boxes gives the feature for the week and the other the coming features.
The other four boxes give the other four changes of program. The back
page carries a few items under the head of "Comment on Players." In
the programs the only black type is for the titles and these stand out in
about a ten point, as clearly as though set in twenty-four point in a mass
of other bold faces. The rest is all straight eight point except the day and
date. It is clean cut and intelligent. It is not a costly sheet, but it is a
program with a punch, simply because it is well planned and well set. In
most instances the underline gives the players rather than a hint as to the
story.
Doing Well.
J. R. Baxter, who runs the Opera House, Spring City, Utah, writes that
he uses a lot of stuff from this department in his house sheet. The sheet
proves it. It is all new stuff to his town and it's good stuff as well. He
mixes it in with a little local matter, to keep it fresh and comments on the
leading films of the week. He writes:
I am enclosing a copy of the "Times" for your valued criticism,
something that is very good for us all. The synopsis of the vari-
ous films are not what they should be, fbut when you consider that
the paper went to press in two hours after I received the bookings,
it isn't such a bad job after all. The printer made a rather bad
mistake in the last paragraph of the second page, where he prints
"sixty" instead of "six."
I have a 300 house, and you can see what service I am using, but
will state, however, that I am usually booked a little newer stuff
than is booked this week. In addition to the G. F. service I use
the Famous Players' productions, and also some of the Lasky
Features, both of which are booked through the Notable Feature
Film Company. Not bad for a country town of 1,100 people.
Failure was predicted very freely when I started some two years
ago, but by no small amount of persistency I am still in the game.
I am enclosing a clipping from the Herald Republican, a daily
paper of Salt Lake City, which, by the way, has a very large
circulation through the West. The clipping is an editorial.
What do you think of the complimentary coupon enclosfd? I
use the upper line for the party's name and the lower line for
the date.
In conclusion, will state that I am a close reader of the "World.''
I hardly know what I would do without it. You no doubt will
recognize parts of it in my little weekly.
The Times is a four-pager. The front carries a portrait and a brief
reader, the program (which should give dates as well as days) runs double
column on three-quarters of the third page and the rest is house and clip
stuff, well selected. It runs largely to eight-point type and you do not get
the idea that it is merely a smudge of black ink. He uses a type heading
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for the first page instead of a drawn head, but it looks better than most
drawn beads. If we had his house and a quarter of a dollar, we would
put the quarter in our pocket and go over and buy the printer a drink,
but not until the printer had promised to date every day and not merely
Monday. That is the only criticism we have to offer. Some of the small
type runs on a rather long line, but it is either leaded or double leaded,
and that helps to take the curse off. Mr. Baxter and the printer are both
doing better than eleven hundred town stuff.
On the other hand, the pass should have been on a better grade of
paper. The stock is entirely too thin, and it is too casual in appearance.
An effort at some slight display would have given something more appre-
ciated by the recipient than this because it would look to be more. It
would not get them in any easier or give them a better seat, but it would
make a better and more lasting mental impression. As it is in invitation
form, it should have been on card or very stiff paper. We use a better
grade of paper for office memorandum and much belter for printer's copy.
The form is well worded, but should have carried at the top the name of
the house and the town and State. It should also have been signed in
ink. With these changes and on good stock, this form will be useful:
MR. AND MRS. JOHN DOE
As an inducement for you to become acquainted with the class
of pictures shown at the Opera House, I take the liberty of en-
closing this complimentary coupon and trust that you will use it
May 20 or 21.
J. R. BAXTER, JR.
Knick-knocks.
Emery M. Downs sends a clipping from the Cleveland Press giving his
photograph in the center of a layout of cuts and an appreciation of his
work in raising the Knickerbocker there to the success it now enjoys. It
is a deserved tribute to a man who knew how to make good and proceeded
to do so. He also sends a three-inch single column advertisement that is
good enough to reproduce. We think that this form of advertisement is
more likely to appeal to the fashionable patrons the house caters to than
the more splurgy display advertisement. The better class of people know
KNICK-KHOCKS
The moTles at
the <<KDlck'' are
so durn good
these days that a
feller has to
pass up mother's
straTvberry
short cake at
SQpper and do a
Maxlxe so as to,
sret a s.eat.
Tonight
Kdwaxd Abeles is smashing up
a perfectly good automobile for the
movies m "Brewster's Millions"
twice every night for three days,
and I can't a-ford a-Ford.
Knickerbocker Theatre
Mr. Abeles and his work and they know the play. They need no more
argument to get them in. Probably a proportion of the patrons look for
the advertisement because it is stuff out of the ordinary. Of course the
stuff must be well done, but if you can invent, beg. buy, borrow or steal
a single snappy sentence a day for your advertising, it is worth a whole
font of black type in getting regular attention. We presume he uses other
advertising, but we never see it. Wonder why?
To Miss Tango.
C. X. Odell. who writes that he has been in the business only a week, as
manager of the Holmead Park Airdome, Washington. D. C, sends a letter
with this data; "Two thousand of these letters, distributed all over my
territory, cost me, all told, $14. Result — the park packed the three nights
I have been opened." It must be good at that rate. The letter is on
fairly good paper, the text mimeographed, but well done. The envelopes
have typed addresses^ though these might also have been mimeographed.
The letter is addressed:
Miss Argentine Tango,
711 Terpischore Avenue,
Mt. Pleasant, D. C.
Personal. Kindness of Cupid.
The letter itself is on plain paper and is signed in typewriter. It reads:
Dear Tango Girlie:
Guess what? Holmead Park at Fourteenth Street and Spring
Road has opened for the summer and we can see licensed motion
pictures in the open air. How is that for a jugful of joyful
news, eh?
What care we now if the lights are too warm for dancing?
This is no time for the "hesitation" with an open air park just
"one-step" from your home. We can "waltz" around any old
evening and see the best kind of movies for a nickel.
The new manager has mnde the seats comfortable and fixed
things up in great shape. He has engaged a talented pianist and
an expert operator and is going to show the pictures you like best,
you know — Vitagraph, Biogiaph, Kalcm, Lubin, Edison, Melies,
ScHg, Essanay, Pathe, Klciii':, and all of those "worth-while"
pictures.
I may not be able to sec yju to-night, but don't let that keep
you away from the park. I am enclosing a ticket for I want you
to get the "movie habit." If you can't use the ticket to-night,
don't throw it away, for it will be accepted at the park on any
night in the month of May. I am,
. Your affianced,
MAXIXE.
The enclosed ticket is not a specially printed pass, but a regular roll
ticket. The ticket sent carries the number 3527. If this represents the
sales minus the 2,000 sent out, it is a good showing. We think that a
special ticket giving the address would have been better for this free
distribution.
And speaking of free tickets, did you ever want to tell just what section
you drew most of your patrons from? The trick of numbering will do it.
Suppose that you want to sec what your drawing radius is. Get a num-
bering stamp. When you send out your tickets number all within say five
blocks in the thousand. Raise a thousand for every two block increase
and a study of the tickets will tell you about how far back you can go
with a free distribution. Probably you can reach that same distance back
with a big feature, so you can judge about the clientele you have to draw
from. By numbering in the hundreds for the points of the compass, you
can tell just where the people come from. Say that you number all
tickets eight blocks away with a 3000, but all to the north arc 3256, all
to the south 3496, all to the east 3527, and to the west 3619. Now, when
the tickets are in, the 32's are all from the north and between seven and
nine blocks, while the 42's are from the north but from 9 to 11 blocks.
The intelligent student of patronage can tell where to put his advertising
to the best use from a chart of this sort, and it will come in handy in
many ways.
Another Cycle Ad.
R. J. Tindell is one of those who can't see the use of going after a
photomailer when it is so easy to wrap a photograph up in a newspaper
and send it along that way. He should have been on this end of the line
to see how it looked by the time it got here from Valdosta, Ga. It would
cure him. It had warts, wrinkles and freckles, but the idea is good. It
is a cycle ad, and Mr. Tindell writes that it did the Grand Theater more
good than some page advertisements in the papers. It is simply a light
framework shaped like the letter U with the loop sharp pointed, fastened to
a man-power bicycle. It is light enough not to bother and the pointed
front end helps a little as a wind splitter. Mr. Tindell should take his
sign painter out into the back yard and after swearing him to secrecy ex-
plain that it is f-e-a-t-u-r-i-n-g and not f-e-a-t-u-r-e-i-n-g. The house rather
than the sign painter gets blamed for this sort of thing.
Does She.
The Haynic, Fairmount, Minn., is flirting with Miss Mary Fuller -when
they put out this advertisement, but we think she will not object, and the
name of Miss Fuller at the top will arrest greater attention than the name
of the house. Here it is:
Miss Mary Fuller
begs to announce the premier production of her new
photoplay serial
"Dolly of the Dailies"
at the Haynic Theater, Fairmount, Minnesota
Tuesday evening, the nineteenth of May
nineteen hundred and fourteen
Coming from the Haynic, it goes almost without saying that the stock
and printing are level with the wedding annoucements of that Minnesota
town. This being the case, the name of Miss Fuller as the top line gives
a shock of surprise. The first thought probably is that there is someone
with the same name as the well-known Edison player. By the time it is
discovered that it is she, the advertisement has been assimilated. The
recipient has been virtually shocked into reading the announcement. If
you do not make the shock too strong, it is good advertising.
Color Scheme.
A Broadway theater gives you a white slave picture and a glass of
orangeade for one price of admission. This makes an interesting study in
yellows, but some white slave pictures should be accompanied by a box of
chloride of lime.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new
»nd exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in ita every Kspect, to-
rether with a dictionary of technical tenma and several mao^t
•criti.
One hundred and seTcnty-»ix pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developing the *' Punch," Condeniing tJie
Scnpt, Writing the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, TaUing Pic-
tures. Copyrights, etc.
Id cloth, two dollars. Full leather, tiirce doU&ra.
By mail postpaid. Add ten cents if reffistratiett u detirgi,
E7 AddT9*9 aU Ord^ra to
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
17 Madiaon Avenue - New York Qty
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Inspiration.
LATELY several correspondents have written us to declare that it is
wrong to argue that inspiration is not necessary to writing and some
intimate that inspiration is the (Trst great essential. That is not wholly
true. Some of the most gifted writers have been men of the most methodical
habits, others have been erratic in their writing, but all who have done some-
thing real have at least trained themselves to work under the conditions most
favorable to their temperament.
We do our best work before lunch, but a cousin cannot write until the
rest of his family have gone to bed. Others work better in the early eve-
ning than in the early morning, but most regular writers plan to do about
a certain amount of work and do not trust too much to chance inspiration.
We know more than one writer who is afraid of his stuff if he has too
much inspiration because he knows that then the story is apt to run away
from him. He writes to please himself and himself only, and the result
is not apt to be a selling proposition.
This is peculiarly true in photoplay. In fiction an author gets an in-
spiration; something that takes hold of him and forces him to write. He
drives ahead and writes with more than usual vigor. He may get into his
story something foreign to his usual style. It stays there, for the work
is done. Do a photoplay under a like condition and it is seldom that you
can communicate your inspired fervor to the director and the product,
if it is made, is not so good as usual.
A photoplay is not like a fiction story in that you cannot give it style.
You cannot phrase your descriptions so cunningly that the sheer charm
of your writing carries your work to success. You cannot gain points with
sparkling dialogue. You must put a story down in action. The director
interprets that action into acting. The style is gone, there remains only
the story. You can, of course, get your action crisp and snappy in a com-
edy, or fluent and pleasant if it is a drama, but you are at the mercy of
your interpreters, in the hands of the director and his players. Your
inspiration evaporates from the script, but if you do a good technical
job of plotting and developing, you are reasonably certain of getting some
adequate result on the screen.
A good writer can get out a passionate love scene in cold blood, just
as a good actor can make passionate love to the leading woman and all the
time be cursing her for eating onions, but the inspired genius rises above
such trifles as technical considerations, and may or may not be successful.
Train yourself to the habit of work. Train yourself not to loaf around
waiting for inspiration. The result may lack the fine frenzy, but it will be
more solidly competent. The good craftsman is superior in a majority of
instances. The inspirationalist makes a hit now and then. The .050 batter
may now and then make a sensational home run, but he is not in as great
demand as the .300 man who regularly delivers the goods.
Keep It Full.
If you sold lemonade you would expect to buy lemons and sugar now
and then, unless you make your product with tartaric acid, but even there
you would need the chemical, and always you would need water — and
plenty of it. If you made a pailful of lemonade you would not expect to
keep on dipping lemonade out of the pail indefinitely unless you replenished
your stock.
In some ways there is small difference between a dealer in lemonade and
a seller of ideas. If you sell ideas out of your brain, best put more ideas
back in there. There was a time when your mind was a blank. All that
is in there now has been put in. You can take nothing from there that
has not been put in any more than you can take a hat out of an empty box
that never had a hat in it. When a man has a lot of clever ideas it merely
means that he has the faculty of improving the ideas he has stored in his
brain, and the more facts he has stored up, the more he can take out, but
he must have facts, just as a cook must have eggs with which to make
the breakfast omelette. One cook may take the eggs and produce a delicious
dish and another may take eggs and get something that looks like a libel
on a piece of chamois skin, but both cooks need eggs. One is a bad cook
and the other a good one, and perhaps the bad cook may learn to become
a good cook through practice just as an uninventive novice may learn to
become an imaginative author, but the imaginative author needs ideas to
imagine just as the cook needs eggs for the omelette and the more ideas
used the more there are needed to replenish the stock just as you cannot
make tomorrow's omelette with the eggs used yesterday.
Learn, then, to keep up your stock of ideas by reading and observation
and keep a full supply on hand. If you have only one idea you may be
able to write only one story from it and this may not be the sort of story
you want to write at the moment. Read and keep on reading for ideas,
but don't give back merely the idea you get. Build it up, improve on it,
transform it, make it your own. That's what being an author means; an
ability to see things more interestingly than other men and women.
Free Lancing.
One writer recently declared that he could do fine work if only he could
get a contract job and have a reasonable assurance that he would see his
work on the film. An infinitely better writer gave up a job that paid him
in three figures because the knowledge that his work must be produced
robbed him of incentive and he could see that his product was falling back.
One correspondent writes he cannot do good work because he has struck
a selling slump and ambition is killed, and another writes that he is in a
slump and fighting hard to pull out of it.
And the funny part is that all four are right according to their lights.
One man does better work when his mind is comfortably at rest. Another
needs the incentive of obstacle.
But the one great thing against the contract job is that it bunches the
hits. Let there be a change of editors or directors, or even a change in
sentiment and the contract man is out in the cold, and few know of his
good work. Keep your work before more than one editor. Be a first run
writer if you will, giving a single studio the first selection, but let other
editors buy a few against the time when the first editor will stop, as stop
he probably will in the long run.
Phrasing,
Lately, watching some English films, we were struck by the number of
phrases in the leaders that were not wholly intelligible to Americans, and
our comment was met with the return that they were not as local as some
of the phrases in American stories sent to the other side. On both sides
of the Atlantic English is spoken, but in London, if you ask for suspenders
you get something to keep your socks up with. If you want to hold your
trousers up you ask for braces. Over here you ask for a small jar of pasic
and you get about four ounces. A jar of paste there is a gallon, and so it
goes. In framing your leaders try and get the words and phrases in in-
ternational use and save making over the leaders.
Waiting.
Writing from a full heart, a correspondent says he quite agrees with
Bannister Merwin, that the script is an author's capital and should be
treated with respect, and adds: One company kept a script of mine for six
weeks. No other company will be allowed to treat me in this fashion.
The script is the author's capital, just as pianos are the piano maker*s
capital, but you can buy a piano for -ten dollars down and five dollars a
month for the next ten or fifteen years. If you want to do business you
must have sufficient capital to carry your business along until the returns
come in. If you make pianos, arrange with the banks to carry you along.
If you write scripts, have a stock so that you can waist six weeks, or sixty,
if need be, before you make the sale of any one story. The man who goes
into the piano business knows that he must be prepared to sell on the
monthly payment plan. The man who starts to sell photoplays should know
that most companies are slow to act, and be prepared with a proper stock
of scripts and patience as his capital.
Sticks.
A correspondent writes that he seems able to write a good synopsis and
then gets stuck on the plot of action. He cannot see what is wrong, but
knows there must be something, because his scripts back, though he has
novel plots.
It's a long distance diagnosis, but perhaps it is the plot that is at fault.
Not all interesting plots make good photoplays. It may be that there are
physical objections, such as the need for too much leader, too many time
interruptions, excessive cost of production, including the need for scenes
too widely separated to be made by a single section of any company, or
merely the mere matter of cost.
Since the fault seems to be with the plot of action, it is not unlikely
that the trouble is that the idea does not lend itself to visualizing. The
story, the plot seems to be all right, but when it comes to telling the plot
in definite scenes instead of the broad generalities of narrative, the situa-
tion is changed. The proper sort of plot will translate nicely into action.
The improper plot cannot be made to run right.
It sounds all right when you start in with "John and Mary are childish
sweethearts. When they grow older they separate, Mary going to Vienna,
where she studies music, while John goes to the Klondyke, where he be-
comes a prospector. They lose sight of each other, but years after, John,
now a rich man, comes to New York, where he meets Mary, now making
her American debut as a pianist." All this reads well and may be a factor
of the subsequent story of how John wins his own love back after many
difficulties, and, as a story, it would be all right, but put that into film and
see how impracticable it becomes. There must be the schoolday episode,
the parting after they have grown up, the life in Germany and the Klon-
dyke. and finally the New York scenes, and this entirely apart from the
need of many time leaders. It will cost too much and run too long and
have too many leaders to go into action, yet it might be a good plot, this,
of course, merely being the preparation, and perhaps the novice has not
yet caught the trick of starting the story in New York, where the action
really starts, and telling all of the former facts in one brief letter, some-
thing like: "I heard you play last night. So my old schoolmate has made
herself famous while I have been making a fortune! May I call — for old
time's sake?"
Not all plots are good.
Not all good plots are good for photoplay.
The Baltimore Inquest.
Here is a report from the Baltimore Inquest Circle, that puts it in with
the live ones. An effort will be made in a few weeks to put Philadelphia
on the map again. This is the Baltimore report:
"As it seems to me that all the other Circles are reporting their meet-
ings, etc., to yuu, I think it is high time that you heard something from
the Baltimore Circle. To begin with, we are not a high-brow Circle at all,
and our motto is very much like the Pittsburgh one, with the exception
that we believe that 'treat the editors fair and they will treat you likewise.*
We are only five strong and for the life of me, I can't see why the other
writers in Baltimore don't wake up to the fact that the little club is so
valuable a help to those interested in the work. The members active at
present are: Miss K. K. Kepper, Miss Linderman, Mrs. Sam'l Benjamin,
Mr. A. A. Sommerwerck, who is the coroner, and myself (J. L. Shellman).
"If you have noticed what Kalem is advertising now in the way of two
reels, and the big boom it is giving the first of the Alice Joyce series, I
take great pride in telling you that this story was written by Miss K. K.
Kepper, of our Circle, and she also wrote 'The Barrier of Ignorance.'
"We usually meet every Wednesday night, but do not take in a show,
as we find that by the time we finish criticising a script we have no time
left. When one person gets something accepted, a member will take the
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script and copy it, making enough copies for all. so that when the play is
produced we can study it thoroughly and see where any changes have been
made. This enables us to get in line with the company that has accepted
the script, and see just how they change it. In the past, we have taken a
good many plays down from the screen, and when one of the club does
this, a copy is made for all. We find that they are a great help to us.
"Our method of criticising is for one member to read his or her play
aloud, and for the rest to comment on it, and I certainly do wish you could
be here sometimes and hear the arguments that arise; it reminds me of
cases before the bar. (Never mind which one.) But it is all done for our
own benefit, and the arguments arc taken in that way. The majority rules
in regard to that point. That Pittsburgh Circle is good, but don't forget
that as Baltimore is the monument.il city, we are hoping that the Circle
will be one of its main monuments before long."
Not Exactly.
Edward S. Kern takes issue with us on a recent statement that if we
had our way writers would be required to wait until they had written 25
scripts before they endeavored to dispose of any. He says:
I have just completed my seventeenth script. Of this number
four have been sold, two each to Selig and Kalem. These were the
third, sixth, tenth and fourteenth scripts written, the tenth being
in two reels. Kalem now has the fifteenth under consideration.
Now I am not sufficiently egotistical to believe that this is an ex-
traordinary performance. I realize that I am but a novice at the
game and that a good start does not necessarily presage the same
sort of finish, but the point is: does not my success prove that
there is a market for the author of eight or even fewer scripts, and
doesn't such a statement tend to discourage new writers who may
have ability, but lack the proper persistency? I think I can
anticipate your answer to that last question and that is that writers
of the proper sort will not permit themselves to be discouraged.
Mr. Kern evidently writes a better script than most beginners, and we
were not discussing the exceptions to the rules. The point is this: without
a proper training a lasting success is seldom, if ever, possible, and the
writing of twenty-five trial scripts will scarcely give the average writer
the proper groundwork. There is no use in learning how to make an auto-
mobile go unless you also know how to stop it. Both bits of information
are equally valuable. In the same way the man who starts to sell without
the proper foundation of w'ork and experience, is apt to find himself
floundering after a time. Now and then a writer does come along who
starts to sell and keeps on selling because he has it in him to write salable
stuff, but the paragraph to which Mr. Kern objects has to deal with the
average writer who wants to write and sell scripts with no serious work
of preparation, and who kicks and says that editors are not buying if he
does not immediately hit a winning pace.
And to a man of that sort, it is the toughest sort of luck to make a sale
because instead of infusing him with a desire to do better work, he gets
the idea that he knows how now and stops studying. Mr. Kern evidently
is able to write salable ideas. He is keeping on studying, to judge from
the unprinted portion of his letter, and so his work will probably improve
to the point where he cannot only write ideas that sell, but scripts that can
be worked — and a sale does not always mean that the script is practicable.
He is a newspaper man. and presumably used to plotting, but the majority
of those who take up the work are those who are enticed into the business
of writing by the assurance that no literary experience is required, and for
these a minimum of twenty-five practise scripts is none too many. If that
discourages them w'e hope it does. Persons so easily discouraged are not
writers at all. The harm they do is that they give the editorial readers
the hopeless feeling that there is nothing good in the submissions because
there is so much that is bad. How would you, gentle reader, like to bite
into a whole pint of wormy chestnuts in the hope of finding one sound nut?
Wouldn't you want to switch to cocoanuts instead? Well, then!
Not Correct.
Read this extract from a recent letter:
I was talking to a writer the other day who has been some time
in the business, and he told me it was all a matter of influence.
He offered to sell my writing under his own name and wanted half
the proceeds. That proposition was no use to me as I wanted to
reap the benefits myself.
This statement that sales are all a matter of influence is unqualifiedly
false. A few persons who are intimate friends with some manufacturer,
editor or director may, now and then, get a story accepted on pull, but
this seldom happens and almost never happens half a dozen times to the
same person. It is not a matter of influence, but a matter of writing a
script more suitable to the accepting studio than some other writer offers.
Note that this does not say a better script, but a script better suited to
the studio. We know of no branch of literary work where personal or of-
ficial pull counts for so little, and the writer who offered to sell on the
strength of his name probably did not remember to add that he took half
the money for rendering suitable the chaotic ideas of the beginner. He
may have a particularly good line on some one or two editors and be able
to suit them exactly, because he has, but the mere fact that John Jones is
written on a script instead of Frank Smith is not going to impress many
editors. The only pull is derived from an ability to write precisely what
is wanted, rather than stories that are good, but unsuitable.
Not Unusual.
Objection is offered by a correspondent to the fact that recently two com-
panies advised him that they were holding one of his submissions. Later,
both scripts were returned without comment, and the correspondent thinks
it is "very discouraging to new writers to be treated this way" after hav-
ing their hopes raised.
Why should discouragement arise? Hope has been shattered, but there
remains the fact that two scripts appealed so strongly to two companies
that they were held for further consideration, and the writer was so ad-
vised, instead of being left to worry. They were not quite right and so
they were returned, but there remains the cheering fact that these two
scripts came nearer to acceptance than any earlier efforts, and that surely
is not a discouragement. The discouraged one should cheer up and feel
that at least they arc sitting up and taking notice.
For Manufacturers Only.
Dear Mr. Manufacturer: Will you please, please take note that the script
department of your plant is not to be judged by the money it does not
spend, so much as by what it gets for the money it does spend. Be mind-
ful of the man who bought eleven thousand dollars' worth of useless stuff
for ten dollars each and feel that eleven good scripts for the same price
would be better worth the money. A hundred and ten scripts would be
better yet, but it is what you get and what it brings you, rather than what
you pay out, that should guide you in your estimate of your editor's value.
No Repeats.
Don't for the moment you sell a story, sit down and write three or four
just like it; not the same story, but the same theme. First thing you know
you'll become identified with a certain sort of story and when you try to
do anjthing else editors will not believe that you can. Cultivate diversity
of thought and you will not become rutted. If you write to-day of the
missing will, do not write another lost will next week, and another and
another. Get something entirely different and you'll stand a better chance
of making a sale.
Past Performances.
One very new writer recently asked a company to hurry and take two
more scripts as he was going to have some covers printed up and wanted
to have at least four sold scripts to print on the back under "author of."
Suppose that th*e author does get his four sold scripts and puts them on his
covers. He will have at least one hundred covers printed. Long before
these are used up the scripts will be beyond the statute of limitation.
It does not do you very much good to refer to your past work because
editors see so few produced films and also know how little the author may
have contributed to the success of the story, but if you insist on giving
your record, use a small slip to be clipped to the script by the same fastener
that holds your sheets together and use only stories inside the three months*
limit. Have new slips printed every eight or ten weeks, or get a small
press and print them yourself. It won't help any, but if any notice at all
is taken of your history, the editors will not wonder why you have sold
nothing in the past six months.
Instinct and Training.
There really are two kinds of photoplay writers, those who write by in-
stinct and those who write through training. You hear of the natural born
ball player, the natural born singer, and there is the natural born playwright.
But the natural born ball player blows up in fast, well trained company,
and the natural born singer cannot stand the strain of concert or operatic
work for long, and the natural born playwright does not last any longer
than the untrained person in any branch.
Some people simply cannot learn to study plotting, even after long train-
ing. Others instinctively get a plot without knowing what it is. They
work by no rules, for they are ignorant of rules, but their native good sense
tells them when a story is right or when it is not right, but they cannot
tell why in either case. Not knowing the why, they are right only by acci-
dent, and cannot reform the nearly good idea into a really good one. They
may enjoy a reasonable share of success, but they work more or less in
the dark and they make no advance. Instinct may be quickened a little,
but training only can bring the fullest development.
Any man, by instinct, can tell the difference between tea and coffee. The
trained tea taster can tell what kind of tea it is, possibly where it was
grown and in what proportion it should be blended with other crops to get
the best result. It's the same way with stories. Unless you know how and
why you get a result, you cannot count on always getting that result when
you want it, and unless you can, you cannot do the best work of which
you are capable.
Knowing What.
This morning a pupil opined the reason why we did not like one of her
practise scripts was that it was based on two improbabilities meeting. In
other words, that the climax of one improbability depended upon meeting
the other improbability. So we had a heart and told her what the mat-
ter was.
She had in her script two stories. The climax came when these two
stories met. She realized that there was a clash, but she did not realize
that the clash was between the two stories, and because the by-plot was
slightly better than the other, she gave so much time to the development
of that theme that her main plot suffered. Chlorate of potash and sugar
are both useful around the house, but pound them together in a mortar and
you will wonder who brought in that unsafe and insane Fourth of July.
It is the same way when you mix two otherwise well-behaved plots together.
Go over your idea before you start to write it. See what the plot is.
Mind you, we said plot, not story. See what the plot is. See if you have
your story about that plot and only that plot, or whether you have not an-
other and possibly a stronger plot. If you have, chase one plot out of your
story and you'll have the chance to tell the other. Sometimes it will pay
better to stick to the second plot and discard the first for the time being.
And in passing, please remember that most seeming impossibilities can
be made into probabilities through deft treatment.
Pure Food.
When you want to buy brains, go to the butcher rather than the corre-
spondence school.
Helpful Hint.
An ounce of action is worth a pMjund of padding.
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Projection Department
Conducted by F. H. RICHARDSON
Manufacturers' Notice.
IT IS an established rule of The Moving Picture World and of this De-
partment that no apparatus or other goods will be endorsed or recom-
mended editorially until such articles have been demonstrated to a mem-
ber of our staff. In case of apparatus pertaining to projection this means
the editor of this Department.
Important Notice.
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication, it is impossible to reply
through the department in less than two to three weeks. In order to give
prompt service, those sending four cents, stamps (less than actual cost),
will receive carbon copy of the Department reply, by mail, without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat booklet
form. They may be obtained by remitting 25 cents, money or stamps, to
the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a copy. You may
be surprised at the number of questions you cannot answei* without a lot
of study.
Question No. 39.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in replies
of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to use the con-
tributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only the name of
the city will be used. Theater managers looking for high-class men will do
well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Suppose you received, from the authorities, permission to drii-e
your projectors unth motors. Your employer owned two small mo-
tors of proper voltage. Hozv would you determine whether or not
the motors were heavy enough for the zvorkf Suppose these motors
were found to be of sufficient poiver, but there were no Held rheo-
stats to govern the speed. You could get plenty of small iron wire,
about the size of the wire on a broom, how could you, without any
■figuring, determine accurately and quickly, how much of this wire
wo-uld be sufficient?
Roll of Honor on Question No. 33.
The Roll of Honor on Question No. 33 consists of Joseph H. M. Smith,
Fort Worth, Texas; L. S. Usher, Winnipeg. Canada; Harry T. Dobson,
Toronto, Canada, and Harry Grant, Placerville, California, all of whom sent
in replies of excellence. Brother James wrote, saying he was very busy
and probably would not have time to answer. The reply selected for publi-
cation is by W. A. Burton, Trail, British Columbia. Brother Burton pref-
aces his reply as follows: "I wish to say that I consider your efforts to
help the operator help himself as being worthy the commendation of every
operator in America. More power to your elbow!" Friend Burton has
precisely the right idea of these questions. Their purpose is not so much
to directly help the operator as to help him help himself.
Answer to Question No. 33.
By Wm. A. Burton, Trail, British Columbia, Canada.
The Question:
//, after taking your motor apart to repair, it ran with an ab-
normally high speed, to zvhat would you attribute the cause? What
mechanical troubles are likely to prez<ent a motor from starting?
If. after installing a motor, it refused to start, where would you
look for the trouble? Show, by sketches, correct method of con-
necting a shunt-wound motor xi'ith its starting box and the line.
Explain your reasons for the various connections. What is the
electrical action when the motor is connected as per your sketch?
What is likely to happen if the connection be not made correctly?
Why is it small motors can be used without a starting-box?
The Answer:
Taking up the question as a series of queries rather than one
question, we will consider them in the order in which they appear.
First: If, after taking the motor apart to repair, it ran with ab-
normal speed, I would attribute the cause to one of two things.
Either I had put in a field coil end for end. or have a loose or dirty
joint in the magnetic circuit, probably where the tw^o halves of the
steel frame join. Considering the first of these two conditions, I
should state that, in the case of a motor with two field coils only,
and one of them is wrongly connected, motor will not start at all,
unless the starting current is so high that the armature itself magne-
tizes the field. With a four coil machine with a field coil wrongly
connected, a condition such as the question implies will be had,
accompanied with bad sparking. The effect, then, of wrdng field
connection, is to increase amount of starting current required; to
abnormally increase the speed, and to cause excessive sparking at
the brushes.
Second: If, in fitting the two halves of my machine together. I
allowed dirt, grease, or other foreign matter to get into the joint,
the effect would be to weaken the field, causing the starting cur-
rent to be greater than it should be, accompanied by excessive
armature speed. In case of a motor having detachable pole-pieces,
the same effect will be seen if one of them is loose. The remedies
are obvious.
As to mechanical troubles likely to prevent a motor from start-
ing. They are many and various. Among them may be men-
tioned: load too great, belt too tight, loose top pole-piece resting
on armature, armature resting on lower pole-pieces by reason of
worn bearings, sprung or bent shaft with similar result, lack of
end play in armature, foreign substance between armature and pole-
piece, and bearings binding for want of lubrication. Again the
various remedies are obvious.
If, after installing a motor it refused to start, I would look first
to the fuses and find if they were O. K. If so, would couple a
lamp across switch terminals to determine if power was on the line.
Then look for open circuit at switch connections and in starting
box, and for loose connection in wiring, or for a broken wire.
Examine the brushes for dirt under them, and the commutator for
dirt upon it. Brush may be stuck in holder or a brush may be
missing. After assuring myself that all the foregoing is correct,
would look for open circuit in motor, using a magneto bell or a
lamp circuit; first, however, throwing starting box lever on and off,
when a flash would indicate short-circuit. It would then be a case
of locating short in armature core, in commutator, in field. If a
shunt or compound w'ound motor, would ascertain if the field so
connected as to allow armature to cut out field winding. Also look
for carbonized brush yoke and see if brushes are i nthe right
position.
Third: As to shunt motor connections, I will commence with con-
nections as they should be, explaining to those progressive brothers
who seek knowledge that the idea is to excite the shunt field from
the line as soon as main switch is closed, for reasons that will soon
appear. Figure i shows how this is accomplished.
Fig. I
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Symbols: L = Line. f=fuses. S = Main switch. B=::Starting box.
A = Armature. F^Field, and i-2-3=Motor terminals.
One armature lead and one end of shunt field are connected to
I. Other end of shunt to 2, and other end of armature to 3. It
will be seen that field is connected direct to line ahead of starting
box T.\ and as soon as switch S is closed the shunt field is excited
from the line. Then when starting lever moves over to the first
position, current flowing through armature has an already excited
field to react upon, thus starting immediately with a good torque,
or turning force. If this is not done and motor is connected as
in Figure 2, the field would be practically connected to armature
terminals i and 3, and no current would flow through it until the
starting lever is moved. Then current would flow through armature
and but little would flow through field because voltage across field
terminals only equals the drop in the armature. Result, weak field,
motor refuses to start until starter lever has moved over several
contacts and a very large current flows through armature. This will
heat up starting box and if fuses don't blow out, motor will prob-
ably "blow up."
Figure 3 shows a somewhat similar principle, and the action of
the system is easily traced out. When switch is closed and starter
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moved to first contact, current flows through field, magnet, and
lever, giving field its full strength at once, but limiting current
to armature until lever has been moved to running position, when
resistance is cut out. As to starting small motors without starting
boxes. Perhaps the simplest way to come at this proposition is to
start off by saying that a short is produced when an object of low
resistance is connected across a circuit. In large motors it is nec-
essary to insert a resistance in series with the armature when start-
ing, because the resistance of the armature is very small, and if
connected directly across circuit while at rest the rush of current
would be heavy, because no counter e. m. f. or electromotive force
is being generated to help it regulate the current. It is therefore
ncessary to limit flow of current through armature until motor
generates the necessary counter e. m. f. to automatically regulate
the current.
It will be easy to perceive the simile of the short circuit in regard
to the large motors, if we remember that connecting a lamp across
the circuit will do no damage on account of its high resistance.
The small motor is a similar proposition because its armature re-
sistance in comparison to that of the large motor is high, due to
its small, light construction and to the fineness of the wire in its
windings.
One reason for selecting brother Burton's reply was the fact that he was
the only one to really reply to question 33 as it was written. The other
brothers, for instance, gave the various reasons for excessive armature
speed in a motor, but that was not the question, as you will see by exam-
ining the same.
Brother Usher says:
The following troubles would likely cause a motor to run at
abnormally high speed: (a) Weak field, caused by too much re-
sistance in the field circuits; (b) short circuit in field coil, or coils,
in which case very little current, or none at all, would flow in the
windings, with a resultant very weak magnetic field; (c) open cir-
cuit in the field, and, of course, no current flowing in the windings.
Motor would (unless a series motor) operate merely by the residual
magnetism of the pole; (d) wrong connections of field windings,
which would mean reversed polarity. The poles should be alter-
nately n. and s. when read around the frame of the machine; (e)
brushes too far advanced in direction of rotation. The direct result
of any of the above troubles is high armature speed, because of
the fact that the armature reaction would be weak. The armature
conductors would be cutting a weak flux, therefore would generate
very little reactance, which acts in the opposite direction to the
current applied to the brushes. It is sometimes called the back
e. ra. f., and the weaker this back e. m. f. the greater the current
voltage will force through the armature, and greater current means
greater speed.
All of which is well and good, but does not answer the first clause of
question 33 as it was put.
How It Is Figured-
The following letter comes from Allie Baron, Lodi, California.
I have had an argument with Mr. Clark, operator of the Novelty
Theater, Stockton, Cal. I suggest for a 118 foot throw that I
would use an syz and a gj^ condenser, with a 10 inch projection
lens. He says I am wrong. Please explain through the depart-
ment if I am right. I have been a reader of the department for
three years, and have had your Handbook for more than a year,
and have also purchased "Lessons In Practical Electricity," by
Swoope. I put in from one to two hours studying every day, but
do not think I know all about projection by any means.
I referred this matter tc* brother James, of Camden, N. J., and asked
him to set forth his solution of the same for publication, and he replies
as follows:
In answering Allie Brown, operator at Lodi, California, I will
submit my calculations which were made at your request. Re-
ferring to page 359 of April 18 issue of the M. P. World look
at Fig. 10 of my article. Using this method the theortical f. 1.
of the front condenser should be 47 inches assuming, of course,
that this condenser is receiving parallel light rays, which in this
instance are furnished by a 6J^ inch f. 1. condenser with the arc
crater 6H inches from nodal point of the condenser, which is
two thirds the thickness of the condenser from the plane surface.
To answer the query I must first call attention to the fact that
all lenses have conjugate foci and will first use the 8l4 and 9^
combination.
The accompanying sketch will make clear what I mean when I
say change the point f of the conjugate foci. The points f of
the three conjugate foci shown have their corresponding points
fi with the exception of the dotted one which, theoretically should
have no such point owing to the diverging rays of the arc being
converted to parallel rays by the condenser combination. Using
8J^ as Fi and gj^ as F2 in determining the principal, of equiv-
alent focus, of the condenser combination we have S}4 multiplied
by gl4 equals SiJ^. Then as the separation in the average con-
denser mount of today would be, with the S^ and 9^3 condenser,
I inch we have iS minus 1 equals 17. Then SiJ^ -^- 17 = 54- as
the principal focus of the condenser combination. Again referring'
to the sketch we will assume that the arc is setting in this position
which will, of course, convert it's rays to parallel ones such as is
shown by the dotted lines, but we must have the condition shown
by the solid lines instead. Xov we knew, as previously calukted.
the image distance, fi, should be 47 inches, and the principal focus
is s-f we use the following formula: i/f + i/fi = i/F. substituting
we have i/f -f 1/47 = 1/5+. si+ + 235 = 47^ and 4=^ = 235+
f =: 235-f -^ 42 rr 5 35/42-!-, or we will call it 5 6/7 inches as
the position of the arc in inches from the center of the condenser
combination. Brown should be right if the following conditions
exist:
Arc s 6/7 inches from the center of the condenser combination.
If point O, photo No. 1 of my article is 45 inches from the
center of the condenser combination.
If the distance between the center of the condenser combina-
tion and the aperture plate is 27 inches.
While an 8^ inch and oVi inch is as near correct as it is
possible to procure from the average supply house, it is not cor-
rect in every sense of the word, because if we had a combination
of longer principal focus we could carry the arc nearer to the
condensers. By this I mean if wc could have a condenser of 12
or 14 inch f. 1. for the front we could use a correspondingly shorter
one for the rear. I cannot figure the exact ones which would give
the best results as I have no point f of the objective conjugate foci.
As to Chas. Huber of Brooklyn it would take an awful amount
of figuring to give the data wanted with the information supplied
so would suggest that you get him to give us point f of his ob-
jective conjugate foci.
I want to impress upon all those gentlemen who are so kindly lending
their assistance in solving the lens system problem, as well as all those
who are studying the matter, that the ordinary rule for conjugate foci
does not obtain, as brother James has already pointed out, due to the
fact that the objective lens does not receive parallel rays, nor does it
receive rays emanating from a point, but, as a matter of fact, receives
converging rays. This, it appears to me, is a very important matter
indeed, and one which must be taken very much into account in dealing
with the condenser problem. Whether brother James has a system which
will work out right in all cases, and is in all respects thoroughly depend-
able or not, I am not at this time prepared to say. It would, however,
be very strange indeed if this were the case, since it could hardly be
expected that the first attempt would not be subject to considerable im-
provement to say the least. I would like, however, to call attention to
one very important phase of brother James' reply, viz: "Because if
we had a combination of longer principal focus we could carry the arc
nearer to the condensers, meaning by this that if we could have a con-
denser of 12 or 14 inch f. 1. for the front we could use a correspondingly
shorter one for the rear." This is a very important matter since, up to
the point where the heat becomes sufficiently excessive to work injury to
the lens, any added distance of the crater from the lens means a heavy loss
of light — a very heavy loss of light, therefore it is of the utmost importance
that the arc be located as close to the condenser as is practical. Brother
Huber, of Brooklyn, will kindly come across with the desired data at his
earliest convenience.
That Humidor Can.
Some weeks ago I spoke of a humidor film can now being manufactured,
and marketed by the National Waterproof Film Company, Chicago, 111. I
said at that time that, while the idea looked good, I would not care to give
the endorsement of this department until an actual test had been made.
The National people immediately sent a can for demonstration, and stated
that I ought to know they would not put out anything that was not all right,
or words to that effect.
The fact that the can is put out by the National Waterproof Film people
raises the presumption in my mind that it is a good article, and now after
I have examined it I can at least say that in my judgment and opinion the
idea is a good one, though with this reservation: In the bottom of the can
is a ring about two inches wide around the outside edge, and this ring is of
perforated metal, under which is a space something like one-quarter of an
inch deep. This space is filled with some indestructible absorbent material,
saturated with a chemical compound. I do not know what ultimate effect
these chemicals may have on a film, that is on the emulsion, but presumably
the National people have thoroughly tested out this proposition, and, proceed-
ing on tnat assumption, I should say that the can is well worthy at least of a
fair trial. The idea is that in the heat of summer, while the films are in
transit, they will absorb chemicalized moisture, and the same is true while
they are kept in the can in theaters and exchanges. Certainly this could
not but be beneficial, therefore without waiting for a test, which, in order
to be of real value, must necessarily cover a long period of time, I feel
fully justified in recommending this can to the favorable consideration of
exchanges and traveling exhibitors, and others who own films.
An Open Question.
W. S. James, Camden, New Jersey, in a personal letter remarks:
Will you enlighten me as to where the argument for using the
refractive index comes in? Up to the present time, as near as I
can find out, when the refractive index is included the calculations
become altogether too complicated to be of any value. It is all
right to use it for figuring condensers alone, but when we come to
consider the objective in conjunction with the condenser it is a
horse of quite another color.
While undoubtedly the refractive index has an important bearing in cal-
culating any lens system, still, when it is all said and done, I believe
James is right. It is, I think, an absolutely impractical thing for the
average man to figure a lens combination and include in his figures the
refractive index of the glass, even if he had that data available. As a
matter of fact, when I come to think this whole proposition over, it cannot
be expected that our calculations of lenses will be a fine spun affair. It
seems to me the best we can possibly hope to do would be. to arrive at an
approximately correct answer to any question of this kind. In figuring
lenses the operator does not know the refractive index of the glass, nor
would it be at all a practical thing, so far as I can see, for him to try to
find it out, therefore, while brother James should have mentioned the re-
fractive index in dealing with the things which have to do with lens
calculations, still I am prepared now to say he did the right thing in not
taking it into consideration in the actual calculations. "^
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Professor Wall Hands Brother Clay a Bundle.
Professor Wall, of Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, proceeds to
squelch brother Clay with the following:
With reference to Mr. Clay's remarks, page 1113, May 23rd
issue, I am not at all concerned with any dictionary definition, be-
cause the term, in the photo-optical sense, in which I used it, has
only been in use a very few years, and like many other technical
terms, has not found its way into the standard dictionaries. Your
correspondent is wrong when he states that the light is not scat-
tered by the silver image. It is, and the more silver there is, that
is to say the denser or more opaque the image is, the greater will
be the scattering effect. We actually differentiate as between
"scatter" and "diffuse," though, theoretically, scatter is diffusion.
A great many transparent substances possess scatter, although they
do not diffuse light. It is very easily measured and has a very
great practical importance in the projection of a motion picture.
Although nobody has as yet recognized that fact, in consequence
of scatter the dark or opaque shadows of a picture appear much
darker than they actually are, therefore the contrasts between the
tones of the picture are increased much more than when one ex-
amines the pictures by looking at them through the film. It can be
entirely eliminated, but not in motion picture projection. With re-
gard to the editor's comment on Mr, Cay's note, it is impossible
to consider the picture as a whole. Every point in the image
space must correspond with a point in the object space — point for
point image formation is one of the fundamental laws of optics.
But as in the particular case all object points are in one plane,
therefore all image points must be in the same plane, consequently
all image points and all object points are at two conjugate focal
planes of the lens, and these planes are composed of conjugate
point images. Mr. Clay is right on this point and Mr. James wrong.
With regard to Mr. Buzelle's diagrams, page iiis, Ma" 23rd issue,
the upper one is absurd, and he only states half the law of refrac-
tion, for a light ray always refracts away from the perpendicular,
or normal, as it should be called, in leaving the denser medium, and
this he totally ignores. Further than that, if his second lens is a
concave meniscus its action is hopelessly wrong, as all concave
lenses must increase ray divergence, yet he shows it as increasing
convergence. It is perfectly immaterial which way the heavy bulge
of the lens is, and how the convex or concave surfaces are fac-
ing. The only effect of altering the position of the faces is in in-
creasing or decreasing of spherical aberration.
I am not a professor in optics, but merely a practical operator who has
studied light as applied to projection to the best of my humble ability.
With regard to "scatter'* and "diffusion" it seems to me that a most im-
portant point is here raised, and it ought to be put very clearly — consider-
ably more so, I believe, than Professor Wall has made it in his present
article. I take it that what friend Wall means is that the silver scatters
the light much the same as a particle of dust in the air scatters it, but,
even so, I do not see exactly where this would have any effect, other than
the stopping of the light and its reflection in other directions. It would
not and could not in any sense mean diffusion. Of course, any object
which stops a light ray is bound to cause its reflection in another directioo,
unless the object be jet black, in which case the ray would simply be ab-
sorbed, and not reflected. Perhaps I have misunderstood Professor Wall,
but, if I have, then it is by reason of the fact that he has not explained the
matter quite as clearly as he might have.
With regard to the point for point conjugate foci: there is, and should
be no doubt as to the correctness of that proposition, and yet its acceptance
in conjunction with projection is to me quite confusing, because it seems
to me that fact would of necessity make the film itself, in effect, an original
source of light, and the only possible way which I can reconcile this with
actual practice is that we consider each infinitessimal point of the film as
an original source of light.
To make the matter a little more plain, the puzzling thing to me is that
if the film at the aperture be treated as an original source of light, then it
seems to me there would necessarily be great loss of light, between the filjn
and the lens, since an original light source sends rays in every direction. I
wish Professor Wall would make this particular matter somewhat plainer. I
believe he is better able to do this than anyone else — at least he ought to be.
With regard to brother Buzzelle's diagram, which Professor Wall de-
clares to be absurd, much to my surprise I find that the professor appears
to be correct in his statement that, aside from the spherical aberration, it
does not seem to make much difference which way the concave meniscus is
placed, or, in other words, which way the convex side of the lens is. That
is something I did not know myself, though a careful mental analysis of
the thing seems to make the explanation reasonably simple. The difference
in spherical aberration, however, is so enormous that it is impossible to get
a good image with the concave toward the screen, or at least it is with the
lens I have. As to the law of refraction, I studied this matter pretty care-
fully a couple of years ago, but without a lot of "looking up" I would not
like to say anything on that subject, except that my understanding is that
when a ray of light strikes a glass surface at an agle it is refracted toward
the line which would be at right angles to the plane of the surface at the
point where the ray enters, and upon leaving the denser medium the re-
faction is in precisely the opposite direction. Also the amount of refraction
is, as I understand it, in proportion to (a) the refractive index of the glass
(its density) and (b) the angle at which the glass surface is encountered.
And now I think I will let it go at that, and let Professor Wall and the
department fans fight it out. I want to impress upon Professor Wall,
brother James, and others that this discussion is, in my judgment, doing
more to educate operators in the optical end of their profession than they
could learn in years from studying text books. In fact I do not think they
could ever learn it in that way, for the very simple reason that text books
deal with abstract laws of light, in which much depends upon "parallel
rays," whereas practical projection has nothing whatever to do with parallel
rays at any point in the lens system, though, of course, the laws applied to
it could probably be figured out by taking the parallel ray theory as a basis.
In conclusion I want to caution the correspondents to not feel hurt be-
cause one believes the other to be in error. Remember that losing your
temper is no proof of anything. If Professor Wall is in error on any point,
or brother James is in error on any point, just prove it to them — come back
at them with an argument, because argument is the only thing which counts.
Open Armature Circuit.
W. A. Straith, mechanical superintendent of the Boyd Electric Company,
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, writes:
I have become very much interested in your department in
so far as it deals with motor-generator work, and having been
for more than six years an armature winder and motor repairman
I was specially interested in the article by L. S. Usher, April 25th
issue. If it is permissible (It certainly is. — Ed.) I should like
to make a suggestion or two which might be of a little value to
the man in the predicament suggested. With regard to the open
circuit of the armature coil of a two pole motor, the bars of the
commutator affected will always be side by side, and as there are
two ends to each coil there will be two dead bars and in the case
of a four pole machine it will, as a rule, show as two dead bars
on the opposite sides of the commutator, looking, however, as
though there were in reality four dead bars, or two broken coils,
and these bars should be treated just the same as if they were
four dead bars, and two dead coils. The reason for this is that
the leads coming from the coils are connected half way round
the commutator (approximately) from each other. To make a
quick temporary job, and at the same time a safe one, the best
method is simply to solder the dead bars together, taking care
to clean all the solder off any other than the bars and insulation
affected by the broken coil. To be sure of having the right bars
soldered it may be necessary to run the motor for a few minutes
after the trouble is first noticed, when the insulation between
the dead bars may be quite noticeably burnt or scarred, having
a rough dirty appearance. In soldering the bars togethir always
take very great care to select a portion of the commutator which
will not come in contact with the brushes. This repair, if proper-
ly made, will effectively stop all the sparking due to a broken
coil. In case your commutator becomes too dirty and oily to
solder properly and neatly it might be more advisable to take
a screw driver, or other metal instrument, not too blunt, and.
starting at the outside end of the bars, about ^ inch from the in-
sulation, drift or drive the copper of the bars for an eighth of
an inch towards the center gently across the insulation, until the
two bars make good electrical contact with each other. This is
a very quick way and a very satisfactory way to jump an open
coil, and will not burn out any other coils of your armature if
they are really open, but at most would only affect your already
dead coil, whereas by splicing the leads or risers, as suggested by
Mr. Usher, you would be short-circuiting a live coil which would
burn out on a 220 volt circuit within twenty minutes, or on
no volts in about thirty minutes, requiring possibly the rewind-
ing of the armature, which would mean a loss of at least twenty-
four hours, the time depending on the style and size of the
machine. Always be sure before making a short circuit on the
commutator that the open circuit is not just simply a loose lead
where it is soldered to the commutator, as this is the most fre-
quent cause of open circuits. These open circuits are always ac-
companied by a violent flashing, which looks like a ring of fire
around the commutator, and leaves a scar and burnt piece of
insulation between the two particular bars. If, however, you are
unable to locate the burnt insulation between the dead bars, do
not make any short circuits on your commutator until you are
sure the trouble is in one of the coils. It might possibly be due to
the brushes making poor contact or something of the kind. If,
however, you can find nothing of that sort wrong, then, having
become certain you are right, go ahead. I hope that the foregoing
will be of some value to the boys.
I don't think I would approve of swedging the copper across the in-
sulation. If the copper is oily or dirty, just scarpe it clean and solder.
Lamp Terminal.
Wilmington, North Crrolina, srnds in a model of a lamp terminal and
writes:
I want to ask your opinion of the lamp terminal I am siil-mit-
ting; alro whether nr not ye 1 think it would pay i e to h iv( the
same patented. I have been using one of these terminals on my
own lamp for, the oast nine mon*^hs, and oositivelv the wire which
enters has just as good temper as beforr it was put in ) rtniM
easily guarantee that when this terminal is used the ■ cable will
never burn off. I am using 60 amperes. I am sending you this
model before I have it patented, because I feel that you can be
trusted with the same. (Yes, mam. Thank you mam. — Ed.).
Please let me know if it would be a good idea to have a small
spring around the pin to hold the bearing up in position. Do
you think a device for aligning the sprockets and also the inter-
mittent with the cam shaft would be valuable? It would be an
instrument which would not be complicated.
Here is where I grab my little spike-maul and shatter Wilmington's dream
of future riches. Sorry, old man, but it is necessary. There are only
about twenty-five devices more or less similar to yours already patented,
and some of them are, in my judgment, while not any better, just as good
as your own, so what is the use of you blowing in from seventy-five to
one hundred dollars in getting a patent? When you sign the patent money
check you might just as well bid it a long last farewell. If you do not
believe me go ahead and try it out, and then when you discover I am right,
come to me with ashes sprinkled on your hair and your loins girded about
with sack-cloth, and I'll forgive you. No, I am not poking fun at you.
I am just slipping you a bitter dose with a little amateur comedy. As to
the aligning tool; not knowing what you have in view, I could not say,
but with modern machines I do not believe such an instrument would meet
with sufficient sale to be profitable, though it might. I really could not
offer you any very intelligent advice; in other words, you can make just
as good a guess as I could. As to my swiping the idea, while I feel
flattered at your confidence, I will tell you confidentially, Wilmington,
that some pretty big ideas have been submitted to the editor of this de-
partment during the past four years, as well as many hundreds of lesser
size, and up to date I have not kidnapped a single one of them, wherefore
I feel fairly justified in sprouting a pair of wings.
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Troubles of His Own.
\V. C. Phelps, Richmond, Indiana, is riding on the trouble train. He says:
I bought an outfit consisting of an Edison machine, one pair of
B. & L. lenses and an Economical Calcium Generator. Am project-
ing an ii-foot picture at 36 feet, but the picture is so dim that you
cannot tell what the subject is. Now I want to know if a good
picture can be produced with calcium gas, using a Gundlach-Man-
hattan lens. Or is the fault in my outfit? Do all Calcium genera-
tors give the same light intensity? What would be the result if I
put in carbide with the oxone?
In the first place, brother Phelps, what you need is a good, big dose of
"know how." I do not know what kind of generator an "economical" is,
but I do know you are attempting to operate something you know practi-
cally nothing about, and you cannot, therefore, expect good results. The
lens you have is all right, if it is of proper focal length, and I suppose it
is. But you cannot expect to get a very good 11 -foot picture; that is too
big a picture for an amateur gas man. I would suggest that you cut down
your picture to 8 or 9 feet in width, and select very light films, meaning
by this that none of the scenes be dense. Pick out light scenes only. Keep
your lens perfectly clean, and try Guil pastils instead of limes. However, I
cannot give you detailed instructions on gas; that is impossible, since space
in the department is too limited, but you will either have to serve a short
apprenticeship with some gas man, get some one to teach you, or else sim-
ply acquire your knowledge by the hard and expensive school of experi-
ence. I think, on the whole, you will find that the Model B gas making oul
fit sold by the Enterprise Optical Company, Chicago, will give you the best
satisfaction.
Doesn't Know Why.
H. C Powell, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada, sends $2.50 and says:
I want one of the Handbooks. Have been operating about nine
years and do not know why I have not purchased one long ago.
(Neither do I. — Ed.). I was East for a week recently and borrowed
a brother operator's Handbook for an hour or so, whereupon I
quickly realized that no operator can afford to be without one.
We have rotten electric service here, and it is pretty hard to get
good results. The light is poor until about 9.30 p.m. and after that
time we cannot ask for better service from alternating current.
We have to use 60 amperes at the arc, but are talking of installing
a mercury arc rectifier, therefore we want to get that Handbook
as soon as possible. I certainly got some good dope out of
brother James' optical article, in April :8th issue. Have been
using a very light yellow tinted screen and find it not as hard on
the eyes, though I believe it takes a certain amount of brilliancy
out of the picture.
According to your statement, brother, either your lines or your trans-
former are overloaded up to 9.30 p.m., or else the power house generators
are. It is likely, however, that the fault lies in the street mains, or else
in the transformer. Possibly the transformer supplies other houses or
stores and your service becomes better about the time they begin to turn
out the lights. Surely there is an overload somewhere, or else the power
house is deliberately carrying a low voltage in the early evening and this
is not at all likely.
Machine for Traveling Showmen,
Omar C. Anderson, Cleveland, Ohio, writes:
I wish to start a show to take in schools and churches, giving
an educational and travelogue program, and one not shown in
the average moving picture house "just around the corner." Have
been working on this for some time, but would like to have your
advice as to the best machine for this purpose. It must be for
both gas and electricity, for motion and stereopticon, and dissolv-
ing views; also wish to show post cards by reflection. What
is the best combination I could get?
Without criticising your proposed plan, if I were going to rig up that
way I would get some rather light machine, if I could run across one in
good condition. You would, of course, have to have a gas burner and
electric lamp with it. I would then get a separate dissolving stereopticon
and a Eausch & Lomb post card projector, but I am afraid that you will
find that by the time you get rigged up you will have quite a bunch of
stuff to carry along, and, moreover, it will cost you considerable money,
and you had better be pretty sure that you can get that money back before
you invest it. All is not gold that glitters, and there is a lot of glitter
to that small town proposition that does not materialize into dollars and
cents when you tackle it. You might make some money from it. but take
it from me you will earn every nickel you get. I personally would not
touch that particular kind of proposition wTth a ten foot pole.
Very Clever Article.
A, E. Adams, Los Angeles, California, sends sample of a carbon clamp
screw wrench he has invented. He says:
Under separate cover am sending for your approval a carbon
clamp screw wrench which I find very handy. It is adjustable for
large and small clamp screws and wing nuts. If you think it is
good pass it along as I believe in helping each other.
The wrench is entirely practical, though I really do not see that it is
much better than a pair of gas pliers, except for the fact that one could
easily make one of the tools and it would then be kept beside the lamp
house especially for the purpose of tightening and loosening carbon clamp
screws. It is nothing more or less than a piece of one-half inch heavy
brass tubing about 8 inches long, with a wooden handle inserted in one
end and a notch J/2 inch deep filed in the other end, this notch to engage
the wing nut. In the sample submitted he has taken a short piece of tubing
just large enough to slip over the other tubing and has filed a wider notch
in it to fit larger clamp screws. This piece of tubing is only 2 inches long
and at the back end he has clamped a ring like the rings on the old style
collapsible machine stand legs, and by sawing a kerf in the end of
the short tubing the screw in the ring clamps the one to the other, and there
you are. It is a handy tool, yes, and I presume that any operator who made
one would find it well worth the trouble of making.
Age of Film.
From the South comes a tetter requesting a personal opinion of the editor
as to a letter from an exchange manager, one clause of which reads as fol-
lows: "Your method of computing the age of film is not in accordance with
that employed by film exchanges. It is quite evident that you have counted
Sundays, whereas they should be eliminated, as it is not a working day for
films."
The editor is not running the exchange in question, but it seems to him
that the branch manager has made a very queer ruling. I never before
heard of eliminating Sundays in computing the age of film. The age of
film, according to all my information, dates from the day of its release, and
every day thereafter counts. As a matter of fact in many cities and towns
Sunday is one of the heaviest days, and, anyhow, it is cutting matters pretty
fine, e\'cn in the localities where theaters do not work Sundays, to try to
eliminate that day in computing the age of film. Regardless of whether the
film is working or not it is a day older, and, while that may not cut much
ice with local patrons, it would cut a figure in transient trade. In my
opinion and judgment the branch manager is absolutely wrong in his ruling.
Enterprising.
D. O. Reilly, Grand Theater, Frankfort, Kentucky, encloses $1.00 and
says:
I am a close student of the projection department. I also
have your Handbook. With regard to the article, "Excellent for
Operator's Library," page 966, May i6th issue, it is to the point.
I want the Hawkins* set of books on the terms mentioned in
the article, and you will find $1.00 enclosed as the first payment.
I will pay $1.00 a week thereafter until the $6.00 is paid. If
you will help me to secure these books I will very much appreciate
it
You can bet your last solid-ivory collar button that I will, because I
am always willing to help the man who is willing to help himself, and the
one who will pay $6.00 for a set of books in order to improve his knowledge
of his profession certainly comes under that head. I have forwarded
your dollar to the publishers, and you will undoubtedly hear from them
long before this is published.
A Year's Experience.
Lowell, Massachusetts, writes:
I have been in the picture business for the past five years. My
father runs a theater. I have just passed the Massachusetts exam-
ination and have received my license as operator. I am willing
to join the union, and had a talk with the president and business
agent, but they say their by-laws require that an operator have one
year's experience before he be admitted. And now how is a raaij
to get this year's experience? I will appreciate any information
you can give me along these lines.
You say you have been in the moving picture business for five years
but you do not state what you have been doing, presumably it was not
operating. The union is perfectly right in demanding that a man shall
have at least a year's experience in the operating room before he be ad-
mitted to membership. Presumably the only way you could do this would
be to get yourself taken on as an operator's helper, but I cannot offer you
much advice on that point, not knowing the conditions in your territory,
I can only repeat that the union's view point is correct.
Mirroroide Improvement.
J. H. Center, of the J. H. Center Company, Inc., Newburgh, New York,
writes as follows:
We are sending you samples of our latest in mirroroide suitable
for whatever tests you may desire to make. We have spent a
great deal of money and time in obtaining the best to be had in
projection surfaces. You will note that the silver white is of the
purest white obtainable, that is it is a silver white surface. In
competition with aluminum screens this will be very noticeable.
Our pale gold is of a more pronounced gold color, whereas our
silver flesh certainly came up to our expectations in every way.
We believe that its use will prove quite a revelation in the possi-
bilities of picture toning. The company will be fully represented
at the Exposition where we hope to meet you personally.
The Center Company has always been progressive, and, while I have not
made actual tests of the surfaces submitted, still the silver white and
flesh tint certainly are beautiful surfaces. The gold is also a very pleasing
surface, but personally I am skeptical about the desirability of introducing
yellow into a projection surface. I have no doubt that the new surfaces
hrt^e are doing fine.
Old Copies.
C. A. Hatt, Sacremento, California, writes:
I want several copies of The World. The desired copies are
those containing instructions on the various mechanisms. I have
one covering the Simplex and Standard, but want the rest, so that
I can bind them and keep them for reference. I believe they are
one of the greatest things of their kind ever gotten out I am now
operating two Simplex machines and like them very much. Am go-
ing to take a little trip soon, and, if I can stretch my bank roll
sufficiently, may call upon you in the Big City. All the operators
here are doing find.
I am sorry to say that the copies desired by the brother are not avail-
able. There was a big demand for them and the copies were all sold long
ago. I would suggest, however, that friend Hatt can get all these instruc-
tions in compact form, together with several hundred pages of other valu-
able matter by sending $2.50 to The Moving Picture World for the Hand-
book, and this is what I would advise him to do. I like your idea of a
"little" trip, and hope the bank roll will be sufficiently rubberized to in-
clude Gotham, and that we shall have the pleasure of a personal acquain-
tance in the near future.
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A 'GAP (Edison), June i6. — ^The sixth of "The Man Who Disappeared."
This portion of the series is rather more reasonable and consistent
than several of the prior ones and contains a chase that is very in-
tense and gripping, utilizing a taxicab, a tug, etc., to open a bridge to stop
a train, which is accomplished. The action is all interesting and the pho-
tography is up to the standard. It is gratifying offering.
ON THE BEACH (Melies), June i6. — The flirtatious husband makes
eyes at a pretty young married woman at the beach, both thinking their
better halves are absent. But the latter show up. This proves only mod-
erately amusing and rather drags in places.
HOW LONE WOLF DIED (Selig), June 16.— This is a weird and grue-
some picture depicting the final end of a renegade, red-handed Indian, who
seems to take joy in committing murder. He even goes so far as to kill ?.
settler's wife, leaving her baby motherless and ends his savagery by wan-
tonly murdering a missionary. An Indian maiden, Laughing Star," who
has become impressed by the missionary's teaching, learns from his dying
lips the name of his assailant. She finds Lone Wolf injured by a fall from
his horse and tortured by thirst. Several scenes are shown where he is
digging himself across the sands to obtain water; the girl enticing him on.
Finally he drinks from a poisoned spring and dies miserably.
THE LITTLE HE AND SHE (Essanay), June 16.— This is a story of a
newly wedded couple just launched on the sea of matrimony. The husband's
salary does not admit of high living, but the wife fails to realize why she
has not the many pretty things her friends are enabled to have. A lady
friend in better circumstances persuades her to buy two beautiful statuettes
and loans her the money. She deceives her husband as to the cost and later
confesses to him and how she must reimburse her friend. A quarrel en-
sues;'each dream in their loneliness that the statues come to life. A beauti-
ful production which results in a happy ending.
THE SHELL COMB INDUSTRY (Lubin), June 16.— This is on the
same reel with "Good Cider," illustrating the manufacture of shell combs,
from the live turtle to the show case, and from there into the hair of maiden
and matron. Very interesting.
GOOD CIDER (Lubin), June 16.— On the same reel with "The Shell
Comb Industry." A rural comedy with a barrel of cider as the main theme.
It is a very laughable number and enjoyable, especially to those who have
lived in the country. Everybody doctors the cider and eventually the cider
doctors everybody, even the doctor. In the finale the barrel is empty and
everybody is full. See this picture if possible.
THE MISSING JEWELS (Kalem), June 16.— This is certainly a story
which is out of the ordinary and contains much that gains the sympathy of
the audience. The plot blends the two extremes of humanity together in an
unusual and complicated manner. A $30,000 necklace is lost by a young
society matron and found by a train yard man, who unconscious of its worth
gives it to his little daughter. After various touching scenes this incident
results in a bright future for little Nell and her father.
A MODERN SAMPSON (Edison), June 17.— Both of the offerings on
this split reel are loo long for the matter in them as it is handled. There is
an excellent idea for a a farce in the first part, written by J. Edward
Hungerford, and this idea makes the picture fairly amusing. But the pro^
ducer, Preston Kendall, has made it seem impossible by over-accented bur-
lesquing and its hero too much like a crazy sissy boy.
ON THE STEPS (Edison), June 17. — This farce on the same reel would
have been very funny, if it could have been made believable. It is fair;
but its author, Charles H. France (he also produced it), seems to have de-
veloped it hurriedly. It is fairly amusing; but there was no laughter to be
heard in the house while we watched it.
THE FATE OF THE BRASH DRUMMER AND THE NECTTARINE
(Essanay), June 17. — For review of this picture see page 1666, issue of
June 20, Moving Picture World.
CASTLES IN THE AIR (Selig), June 17. — A picture with a good popu-
lar appeal and one that is sure to be generally liked. It is perhaps the best
single reel of to-day from the exhibitor's standpoint and makes a very good
offering. Lillian Brown Leighton's washer-woman mother is the best played
role; but all in the cast do well. It is well staged and the photography is
clear. Wallace Clifton is the author and Norval MacGregor staged it.
THE LADIES' WAR (Vitagraph), June 17. — A picture with an actor-
proof situation at its climax and with a very well played climax, for the fun
at that point depends most on Jane Fearnley and Mandy Wilson (colored
and fat) and both of these with the ladies' tailor (Albert Roccardi) are
very amusing in their roles. Roy McCardell, the author, made good use of
an idea which is not new at all, but, nevertheless, very laughable. There
was much hearty laughter while it was on, and it makes good as a comedy
offering. Wilfrid North produced it.
THE WOOING OF SOPHIE (Essanay), June 18.— A ranch comedy in
which Sophie is wooed by many admirers. Slim and a rival quarrel over
getting the marriage license. This is not quite as amusing as some come-
dies produced by this company.
HIS DREAM FULFILLED (Melies), June 18.— A half reel in which the
film is orange tinted and some of the scenes quite dim. The young couple
elope and are married, exactly as their fond fathers wish. Not very new
in plot,
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT (Melies), June 18.— The little youngster
spends his money for an itching powder and makes everyone scratch. This
is also a familiar idea and not very amusing as it was developed.
HER NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR (Biograph), June 18.— The story of a
girl separated from her sweetheart, whom she meets unexpectedly in after
years and saves from death. This is well pictured and contains much of
interest. The scenes on the desert island were not all germane to the story
as it afterward developed, but were entertaining.
ONLY A SISTER (Vitagraph), June 18. — A western offering, in which
the girl gives up her savings to meet a worthless check signed by her
brother for a gambling debt. The story is quite ordinary in plot but
handled well and works up considerable suspense toward the close. Mar-
garet Gibson is attractive as the girl, and Alfred D. Vosburgh plays the
brother.
THE PARENT STRAIN (Lubin). June 19.— A drama crammed full of
anguish involving two brothers who are in love with the same girl; the one
she favors has inherited from his father the trait of gambling. The
mother, realizing this, prevents their union after the girl is piloted by the
discarded brother to a gambling place to see her fiance at the gambling
table. An inconsistent scene occurs here, where she repairs to a minister
and immediately marries the other brother. Later the husband becomes a
gambler and the older brother is converted and becomes a minister and
saves the two from disaster.
MILITARY TATTOO AT ALDERSHOT. ENGLAND (Kalem), June
19. — On the same reel with "The Wages of Sinn." This is said to be the
most handsomely accoutered and impressive military spectacle in the world.
THE WAGES OF SINN (Kalem), June 19.— This is a sort of a rough
and tumble farce comedy that involves the wages of Mr. Sinn, therefore
the caption. Mrs. Sinn elects herself treasurer of the Sinn family and to
increase the exchequer cuts down family expenses to very light meals, and
even sells her husband's clothes. The outcome gets many good laughs. On
the same reel with "Military Tattoo at Aldershot, England."
THE PERSISTENT MR. PRINCE (Vitagraph), June 19.— A comedy
featuring Wally Pan, as Mr. Royal Prince, and Lillian Walker, as Miss
Prunella Peach. This picture causes great laughter by the many expedient'^
to which Prince resorts to win the Peach. This is not only a meritorious
comedy, but it contains the elements of intensity as it is produced.
CHICKEN (Selig), June 19. — On the same reel with "Peter's Relations."
Quite a laughable revamped old plot, concerning two husbands and their
wives involved in misunderstandings, through telephone messages and acci-
dentally discovered notes, etc., "Chicken" is responsible for considerable
anguish, but the wives discover it is the real thing.
PETER'S RELATIONS (Selig), June 19.— This is a somewhat funny
picture and everybody is involved in the mother-in-law plot. No such
mother-in-law ever happened and if she ever does she should be suppressed.
The funniest thing in this number is the scene where the young couple con- .
vert the extension table into a downy bed. On the same reel with
"Chicken."
IN THE DAYS OF SLAVERY (Edison), June 20.— A Civil War ston
which involves the gambling mania of that period, on the Ohio and Missis--
sippi steamboats, where poker was the popular game. Few people under-
stand the fascinating chances and the irresistible power of the turn of the
single card which may eventuate in the loss of all worldly possessions of
the player. Old timers will appreciate this offering as it goes back to the
days of *6i. An exciting and meritorious offering with a pleasant ending.
THE GIRL AT HIS SIDE (Selig), June 20.— This is a love story, com-
plicated with business wherein the head of a construction company is mixed
up in a love affair with his private secretary and an heiress. A valuable
necklace of pearls for which he becomes responsible enters into the plot.
It accidentally becomes broken and he offers to have it repaired. Ford
is seriously injured while inspecting a building and taken to a hospital.
\''arious complications obtain concerning securities during his illness and
convalescence. The necklace is returned to the heiress and the secretary is
rewarded with the reciprocity of love. This is an interesting offering in
every respect.
BRONCHO BILLY— OUTLAW (Essanay), June 20.— An illogical melo-
drama introducing several characters in a complicated plot which admits of
no logical reason whatever, unless it is to allow of the escape of Broncho
Billy who is lucky enough to secure the sheriff's horse and save the sheriff's
wife from the attack of a greaser outlaw. The sheriff, through gratitude,
secures Broncho Billy's pardon from the governor.
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE (Kalem), June 20.— A western drama involv-.
ing love, intrigue, deceit, etc. The characters in the cast are cowboys, half-
breeds, Indians, horse thieves, desperadoes and so forth. Eventually the
offering ends with the capture of the criminals and a victorious sheriff
marries Helen, the rancher's daughter.
GETTING SOLID WITH PA (Lubin), June 20.— This comedy is on
the same reel with "Long May It Wave." It is a slap dash picture which
uses the old and antiquated, before-the-war loaded cigar as an expedient to
get laughs. Other used before numerous times.
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LONG MAY IT WAVE 0-u in). June 20.— On the same reel with "Get-
ting Solid with Pa." A ludicrous, an old plot involving the hen-pecked hus-
band. This picture gains laughs by its absolute absurdity.
BY THE OLD DEAD TREE (Biograph), June 20.— The development of
the love affairs concerning a persistent wealthy young bachelor and a puri-
tanic young school teacher furnish the theme for this meritorious^ picture.
The prejudice of the girl's mother is overcome by the sincerity evinced by
the suitor. The caption is misleading as the action centers around an old
stump which is loaded with powder. Many children are utilized in this
picture and the scene where they are in peril is unusually gripping.
Licensed Specials
ONE WOMAN'S WAY (Cines). June 16.— In this two-part visualization
a rather interesting plot is worked out concerning a young wife who is
deeply in love with her Baronet husband. There is another woman involved
and the wife is awakened to the fact by accident that his lordship is neglect-
ing her. Several intense scenes occur where an opportunity presents itself,
and she proves her willingness to give her life for his happiness. He
awakens and his regeneration follows. Husband and wife start life anew.
The picture is splendidly produced.
A WAYAVARD DAUGHTER (Vitagraph), June 16.— This picture is in
two parts and although somewhat conventional in plot and theme contains
much that is of heart interest and should be a wholesome lesson to girls
who are disposed to be headstrong, and to disregard the admonitions of
their parents and friends. This is a well-produced picture in both city and
country scenes. Norma Talmadge, as Betty, the wayward girl, gives a
clever portrayal of the part, and Van Dyke Brooke as Luke Hardy, the
country storekeeper and postmaster, is impressive. All the characters are
well sustained. An offering worthy of a place on any program.
THE STRUGGLE EVERLASTING (Lubin), June 17.— Two-part melo-
drama, by Shannon Fife, produced by Edgar Jones. It holds the attention
fairly well; but makes a son, as acting district attorney, prosecute his
father for fraudulent use of the mails. This son had been arguing with his
father about his business methods for years; but the old man thinks no
one dishonest until caught. But the incident — the son's acting against his
parent — falls down in tact and its bad effect was noticeable, especially on
older spectators. The story is clear and, without really convincing, is
made plausible. The acting is so so and the photography good. A fair
offering. These "fair" offerings make none enthusiastic and don't compel
any to come again; but those who are in the house like them.
HOME RUN BAKER'S DOUBLE (Kalem), June 17.— A two-part pic-
ture for baseball fans with plenty of grandstand and "diamond" atmosphere.
It tells an interesting, likable story and is a better-than-fair offering. But
it was a serious mistake to introduce the girl as the picture's center of
interest and then handle her tactlessly; make her a listener at doors and
one too ready to meet a man at a cafe. Nor is she rightly the picture's cen-
ter; that belongs distinctly to Bender, played by the great ball player. He
also take the role of the "double" who is looking for money under false
pretenses. There is much that is distinctly interesting in the picture and
its interior photographs are life-like as can be. We dare commend it, taking
all things into account, as an especially desirable offering.
THE UNKNOWN HAND (Melies), June 18.— A two-reel mystery story
which holds the attention from start to finish. It ne\fer becomes really
thrilling, yet the trend of interest is well sustained as the detective traces
the owner of the hand which stole the valuable papers. Lady Curtin, wife
of the minister of justice, stole the papers to satisfy a blackmailer. The
denouement is satisfactory and the offering as a whole is pleasing.
THE HOUSE OF DARKNESS (Lubin), June iS.— A two-reel number
by Shannon Fife. This tells the story of two lawyers appointed guardians
of a girl heiress. The effect produced on them by the money they covet is
strongly shown as the picture proceeds. This makes a fascinating story of
a somewhat old-fashioned type, rather obvious in development, but with
numerous exciting episodes to keep up the observer's interest. At the close
the hero saves the girl from the burning house, but it seemed a mistake to
let all the money be burned with the rascally brothers. It would have been
more satisfactory to have saved this. A good release of its kind.
THE HAND OF HORROR (Edison), June ig.— This two-part picture
play is very gripping and interesting and contains in its plot many scenes
which are familiar to New Yorkers. It is well written and splendidly pro-
duced both in acting and photography. The gripping scenes take place at
the Metropolitan Building where the hero is called upon to make some
repairs on the hands of the clock. Scenes among the gangsters of the East
Side are also portrayed. The plot is embellished with an interesting love
story. This is a superior offering.
FINGER-PRINTS (Essanay), June 19. — This is a very complicated two-
part picture, the plot of which hinges on the attempt to secure a valuable
scarab by a gang of crooks. It contains many interesting and gripping
scenes, especially the interior of an underground room and the interior of
a sewer through which the heroine makes her escape after being incarcerated
by the gang; she is rescued through a manhole by some laborers. Several
realistic fights occur. It is finely acted and photographed.
FATHER'S FLIRTATION (Vitagraph), June 20.— A two-part comedy,
written by Edwin Ray Coffin, worked out to a finish by John Bunny, Flora
Finch and Mary Anderson. The many complications that occur in this
comedy causes great laughter. It is elongated into two reels and numberless
feet of film might have been saved. However, Bunny gets into an awful
position, but extricates himself, with the assistance of the director and the
roll of mazuma which he carries in his pocket, with which he purchases the
silence of the college widow. This is a superior comedy. George D. Baker
is the producer.
Independent
HER FRIEND THE BANDIT (Keystone), June 4.— Charles Chaplain
and Charles Murray play the chief funny characters of this farce which is
a bit thin; but has the rough whirling of happenings usually found in farces
of this well-marked type. It will amuse and make laughter and can be con-
sidered a safe, rather than noteworthy offering.
OUR COUNTRY COUSINS (Keystone), June 6.— Farm characters and
an elopement that has the Keystone flavor and is sure to make laughter. It
has unexpected and very funny incidents and will surely make an excellent
offering,
THE KNOCK-OUT (Keystone). June 11.— Roscoe Arbucklc, ably sup-
, ported, makes barrels of fun in this two-reel comedy release. In its early
stages, the story has a particularly wcll-connccted plot, but things go to
smash a little in this line when a big chase is introduced in the second reel.
This chase, as well as a comedy prize fight, is unusually funny.
THE LITTLE SENORITA (Princess), June 19.— A pretty, poetic ro-
mance with Muriel Ostriche as the heroine. It is set on an island not far
from shore, and, at the climax, she swims to the mainland for help and,
of course, brings her lover. Her parents are South Americans in retire-
ment after a revolution and her father has a lot of gold. Some roughs
determine to levy a generous contribution on him for a revolution, and land
on the island. The girl's lover had been coming there; but had been
"warned" off. He now, with the help of Muriel, is able to save the treas-
ure and win the father's consent. The staging and photography are of the
best. It is played naturally. We think it a very acceptable, though slight,
offering.
A BUSY MAN (Royal), June 20. — Another one of Burns, Rechm and
Stull Royal comedies. Squire Higgs, of Dog's Corners, is the fire depart-
ment, minister, doctor, constable, postmaster — in fact, the pooh-bah of the
whole durn village. "Hats in his specialty," begosh, and the whole com-
munity recognize the fact. Gee, but it's funny — and he always collects his
fee.
SUCH A BUSINESS (Royal), June 20.— By Burns. Reehm and Stull.
who essay the leading parts, assisted by Isabel Daintry and others of equal
ability. Ikey Lecy, a hatter, finds business dull and he seeks to improve it
through his son Sammy, who follows the bright idea of his bright parent
and the results of his endeavors furnish the comedy. This offering creates
laughter.
MABEL'S MARRIED LIFE (Keystone), June 20.— It is surely a winner.
It can't be described; but there is nothing at all offensive in it; it is all
laughable, and a very desirable release. Charles Chapman and Mabel Nor-
mand are at their best and everyone knows what that means; better than
most feature offerings from an exhibition viewpoint. This kind makes 'em
come again soon.
THE DECEIVER (Komic), June 21. — Tod Browning and Ed Dillon love
the same pretty widow and, as the situation develops, we see her affections
changing from the latter to the former and back again to Dillon, who is
again a prosperous police officer. It is quite laughable and makes a good
offering.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL No. 23 (Reliance), June 22.— The Mutual heroine
is found; but we are not yet told how^ it came that she was asleep in the
country house of respectable people. The notability introduced this week
is our Collector of the Port, Dudley Field Malone. The story is still inter-
esting and is holding up very well, though the quality is not quite so grip-
ping as in the three parts that preceded it.
PAPA'S DARLING (Imp), June 22.— In this Ethel Grandin plays the
daughter of a rich man who masquerades as a young man and secures work
in' her father's office. The story is almost farcical in its situations and we
like Miss Grandin better in her own style of apparel. Still this will prob-
ably interest many observers.
A CASE ON THE DOCTOR (Universal Ike, Jr.), June 23.— In this
characteristic western comedy Louise Glaum plays the lady doctor and Uni-
versal Ike, Jr., heads the list of her male patients, which is a. rapidly growing
one. Not a very new idea, but pl^ty of action and some laughable situ-
ations in this.
THE BURDEN (Majestic), June 23. — A rather interesting plot obtains in
this picture play which is ably directed and well acted. Eugene Palette,
Sam De Grasse and Irene Hunt in the principal parts. The plot embraces
the commitment of a murder and two brothers are under suspicion. There
are gripping and intense scenes which hold attention. The finale is gratify-
ing. It is worth viewing.
IZZY'S NIGHT OUT (Reliance), June 24. — This is a very comical pro-
duction of the popular "Izzy" series exploiting Max Davidson in the title
role. Never did anything like that happen by Izzy before in his life. Izzy
was made dizzy and he was kept busy. But, ohy, ohy, ohy, is the morning
after, oh, such a headaches. This offering is received with continuous
laughter,
BLUE KNOT, KING OF POLO (American), June 24.— A timely picture,
giving a melodramatic love story, a variant on the old race horse theme;
but fairly acceptable. The photography is as clear as can be and the scenes
are often full of beauty. A polo game well pictured is included. The
players are acceptable and the offering will please.
LOST BY A HAIR (Rex), June 28. — An amusing little one reel comedy
by Lois Weber, in which the jealous suitors lift the tenor's wig from his
head by means of a fish-line. This is old business, but brings the usual
laugh.
ON THE VERGE (Frontier), June 28. — A western story of a young wife
who starts to leave her husband for an old sweetheart and is saved from
this step by a dance hall girl. The story is jerkily developed and the char-
acterizations are not very appealing. This is only of about average merit.
A TWENTIETH CENTURY PIRATE (Victor), June 29.— A farce with
its hero far too shy to suIl its or his heroine; but he gets interested in his
family genealogy and learns that he is derived from a pirate. He develops
some of "the old pep," snatches the girl from her garden and marries her
wdlli-nilli, but much to her delight. Then the genealogist whom he had
been employing comes back to say that he had made a mistake and that the
youth is derived from only an archbishop. But the deed is done. Warren
Kerigan has the leading role. It will make some laughter; but it is too long
for the matter that it has. The photography is fair.
IT'S A BOY (Sterling), June 29.— Little Billy is the chief figure in this
film story. When the new baby comes he conspires with a friend to make
away with it. They place it in the dog cart and there is an exciting pursuit.
This is not strong, but proves quite entertaining,
THE GIRL IN PANTS (Crystal), June 30. — Vivian dresses up in men's
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clothes and fights a burlesque duel with her lover's rival. This is fairly
funny and helped considerably by good photography.
HER NEW HAT (Crystal), June 30. — A Pearl WTiite number, on same
reel with above. Pearl shoots up a poker game, in which hubby is winner,
and gets the stakes to buy a new hat with. This is entertaining.
BESSIE, THE DETECTRESS, IN TICK. TICK, TICK! (Joker), July
I. — Bess Merredyth is here featured in a burlesque detective story. The
fore part of this contain little action and the plot is very uncertain. The
rough and tumble scenes at the close are about the most interesting feature
of this, and they possess but little humor.
THE LOST ARROW (Nestor), July i. — A pretty story of Indian life, in
which two dusky lovers hunt for the arrow shot by the chief, in order to
gain the daughter's hand. The story involves love and jealousy, and alto-
gether makes quite a pleasing offering of a somewhat conventional type.
PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAN (Rex), July 3-— This story, written
by Bess Merredyth, concerns the love affairs of a gunman. The characters
command no sympathy from the observer and the sacrifice of the gunman's
pal seemed to contain a good deal of false sentiment. The scenes are good
and well acted, but the type of story is not of a high order.
THE HEART OF A CROOK (Kay-Bee), July 3— A compelling human
interest story in which a bank robber makes a great personal sacrifice to
protect a friend who has helped him is well told in this two-reeler. At
times the action is somewhat jerky, but the picture in its entirety is to be
highly commended.
CAPTAIN KIDD'S PRICELESS TREASURE (Joker), July 4-— An
illustrated ballad of pirate treasure. The costuming is exceptionally well
done, picturing Colonial days to a nicety. The forepart of the story is
somewhat jumbled, but it comes to a very diverting finish. This makes a
very good novelty offering. The pirates are fearfully and wonderfully
made up.
ON THE RIO GRANDE (Rex), July 5— A typical story of the Great
Southwest, with Herbert Rawlinson. Anna Little and Frank Lloyd in the
cast. The construction is jerky in places, but the outdoor scenes are attrac-
tive. The story concerns the rounding up of Mexican cattle thieves. An
average number.
THE GREATEST OF THESE (Eclair). July 5.— Alec Francis plays the
part of an old cobbler in this number, a man of the Silas Marner type. He
sours upon life when his daughter runs away with an artist, but later there
is a reconciliation and he again becomes the friend of the neighborhood chil-
dren. A pretty story, with good settings and a pleasing heart interest.
Independent Specials
THE STOLEN CODE (Reliance). June 20. — A foreign spy picture in
two parts. The situation is developed in an almost tiresomely ordinary way.
Is there no way for a pretty spy to get acquainted with a diplomat or mili-
tary officer except by pretending to have a fall and a sprained ankle? The
second reel is much better and the truth is that the picture ought to have
been condensed into one reel. It interests; but it might have been made
stronger. The staging, photography and acting are of good quality.
THE SEVERED THRONG (Majestic). June 21.— A real feature. It is a
two-part picture and tells a story in which two Indians have parts; but it is
quite out of the ordinary. There is nothing of the trite "Western" about
it and, since it is full of convincing action of very sensational nature and
handled with restraint by both producer and his players who act in a most
natural manner, we commend it as an offering that will very likely awaken
enthusiasm. It is an unusually gripping picture and a most desirable release.
BIRD OF PREY (Eclipse), June 22.— A two-part feature offering pro-
viding a sensational melodramatic story in which an evil clerk is loved by
his employer's daughter who permits him to visit her at midnight, climbing
up to the second stor>' window. He later steals his employer's money and a
fellow clerk suspects him. This second clerk becomes the hero in an excit-
ing pursuit of the criminal by land and sea. The action is often of a start-
ling character and will hold attention. It has been very carefully staged in
well-chosen or constructed backgrounds. The photography is often in de-
lightful purpie-gray tints and is always clear and commendable. There are
fine pictures o? oM buildings, of docks and seashore and of the ocean. But
when the hero wins the girl in the end, one wonders whether she were really
worth while.
THE PAINTED LADY'S CHILD (American). June 22.— In this two-
part picture, the title is a bit misleading, or the woman was painted by an
artist and did not "paint." s:- far as we knov.-. An elaborately woven situ-
ation is developed into a love story of sentiment, in which William Garwood
and Vivian Rich play the leads. Jack Richardson, who, in the first reel, is
a half-villain, in the second recognizes his daughter whom, with her mother,
he had abandoned, and 'loes what he can to make up. It is well acted and
clearly photographed in mai _■ comrren-l..ible scenes. It is hardly an of-
fering to stir enthusiasm, bi't is a bit better than fair,
FOR HER CHILD (Thanho-ii^er), June 23.— The "Kidlet" has a promi-
nent role in this two-pi;it offeriug and her presence and charming acting
will surely make it go w«.ll with most audiences. The story is poetic and
sentimental. It could hardly be called a strongly dramatic :iictur". but
there is a most sensutional struggle in one scene in which Irving Cummings,
as the husband of the heroine and the child's father, fights with a burglar.
The acting is fair and the whole makes a good offering. It deals with
divorce, and its theme is far from new.
THE SKULL (Imp), June 25. — At first one grows a little impatient at
the obscure development of this story, but later this feeling vanishes when
the observer learns that it was all intended for a mystery. What looks like
confusion of plot is really a purposely vague style of development. Alex-
ander Gaden turns out to be a detective who has for years been rounding
up the villain of the piece. The skull feature was unique and there is a
sort of uncanny, expectant atmosphere about the story as it progresses. The
suspense is well sustained in the second reel and the denouement is a satis-
factory one. Not a powerful offering, but something diflferent and enjoyable.
THE MYSTERY OF WICKHAM HALL (Powers). June 26.— This
three-part story, written by Bess Meredyth, brings to mind the style of Eng-
lish society stories written by Bertha M. Clay and The Duchess. Cleo
Madison appears as the heroine, whose path is beset by much suffering.
The scenes, both exterior and interior, are very attractive, and represent a
big English estate. The characterizations are only fairly good as a whole,
partly owing to faulty costuming. The story itself extends over four gener-
ations of time and is entertaining. The strongest moments are in the last
reel when the unwilling bride sees the ghosts of former inhabitants of the
place and determines to reject the rascally John. As an old-fashioned type
of story this gives full value and is handled with a fair degree of strength.
THE CRY OF THE CAPTIVE (Hepworth), June 29.— .\ melodramatic
love story in two parts, set in English backgrounds. Many of its scenes
are in a forest and the photographs (good all the way through) often give
that half-misty suggestion of deep leafy isles that is very pleasing. The
story is very fair and will hold attention although few, if any. will be con-
vinced that what it shows really happened or is likely to happen. The hero-
ine changes, between the closing of the first and opening of the second reel,
from a simple forest girl in which guise the rich hero meets and falls in
love with her, to a stylish city girl. Her evil uncle, now her guardian, is
making her help him cheat in his gaming house. He is also chief of a gang
of thieves and one turns against him. In an exciting scene the hero rescues
the girl just as the disgruntled thief accomplishes the uncle's ruin. The
story misses some good chances to be consistent and effective at the same
time, but makes a fair offering just as it is.
LUCILLE LOVE, Series No. 12 (Gold Seal), June 30.— The rascally
servant, played by Ernest Shields, complicates the situation in this number
by more of his villainy. He is choked by Hugo and there is some gun fight-
ing, with a fair amount of suspense involved. The scenes are of a melo-
dramatic character and wind up with an auto chase.
SHORTY GETS INTO TROUBLE (Broncho), July i.— This two-reel
western will make friends everywhere. The story is interesting and is quite
logically worked out. An acceptable comedy incident is used to open and
then follows a series of intensely dramatic incidents. Intelligent direction
and first-class photography have added greatly to the class of the release.
SNOWDRIFT (Eclair), July i. — This is a two-part delectable production
and contains a heap of heart interest. A human derelict is faithfully
sweeping snow from the pavement in front of a prominent clubhouse, the
members, for the purpose of enlivenment invite him into the parlor to tell
the story of his life which he does. His story is of the great northwest,
where the snow is on the ground and in the air. The story proves to be
one of gripping interest and holds spellbound the clubmen who listen to it.
A tragic ending pertains when he recognizes one of the leading members
present as the man who wronged him and cruelly left him to die in the
drifts of snow.
HIS HOUR OF MANHOOD (Domino). July 2.— This two-reel picture
may please those who merely vie^v but do not analyze. It is hardly logical
in its plot. It follows the old theme of Enoch Arden in some respects, but
is weakened materially by a mess of melodramatic happenings that are abso-
lutely uninteresting.
THE HOUSE DISCORDANT (Rex), July 2.— A two-reel number, with
Robert Leonard and Hazel Buckham in the leading parts. This shows quite
naturally the manner in which a young wife takes up the enjoyments of her
younger friends and this gives her husband the impression she is abandoning
him, when she is really assisting others to elope. This rises to a high point
of interest which is never quite realized in the action of the characters. It
would have been stronger if the climax had come sooner and then worked
in the happy ending as it now stands. The photography and settings are
attractive and the story very well constructed and presented.
THE HOPES OF BLIND ALLEY (Rex), July 4.— This three-reel num-
ber, produced by Allan Devan, has a number of strong points. It gives an
intimate and convincing picture of tenement life. It develops a pleasing
story, naturally and appealingly, and has a number of strong character
parts. Murdock MacOuarrie makes a memorable part of the old grand-
father. The Italian vender of statuettes made a good touch, and the silk
bat episode contains the right human element. This whole production shows
an unusual feeling for picturing real life on the screen. A strong offering.
THE MYSTERY OF GREEN PARK (Eclipse). July 6.— A two-part fea-
ture oflfering somewhat above the average in merit. It tells a detective story
and has a new situation that baffles the imagination of the spectator, quite
fooling him until the detective lays open before us the criminars method of
having a perpetual alibi. Natural acting quite above the average and beau-
tiful photography increase the effect of it and make it commendable as a
good offering.
FACING THE GATTLING GUNS (Warner's Features).— A sensational
melodrama in three reels, dealing with modern life and taken against a
great, partly-built dam or other engineering work. Its center of interest is
the contractor's difficulty in getting on with the work. He is short of ready
money and the villain, a millionaire, plots to keep him from borrowing on
gilt-edged securities he owns. The contractor's daughter repulses the villain
and the hero, his clerk, gets discharged for shielding her. This hero is made
foreman, and the old foreman becomes a dramatic factor in the second reel
by opposing him. The work is protected from the rioting workers by gattling
guns (not wholly convincing as shown) and they are loaded with blank car-
tridges by the new foreman. The millionaire villain changes these for ball
cartridges and this act is photographed by a motion picture camera man and,
at the trial, his reel is brought to the jury and he real criminal is arrested,
it is fairly well acted; the photography is clear; many of the scenes are
truly exciting and it makes a passable offering.
THE CITY OF PROMISE (Warner's Features) .—Cecilia Loftus is fea-
tured in this three-part picture as its heroine, a country girl who has acted
"Rosalind" in Mayville and comes to the great city to be an actress. The
plot follows a well-worn path and we think it will be fairly popular, but
much more could have been made of it with fresher de\-eIopment and with
broader, less stagey scenes; it is cramped into too small a space and lacks
the atmosphere withuut which it fails of being truly convincing, although
its business is all probable enough. Then the girl's father or perhaps uncle
(the relationship is none too clear) spoiled the homespun feeling in the
home scenes; he is a city man. The acting of Miss Loftus before the cam-
era is fair; she is good in human moments, but intruded burlesque business
in the chorus girl scene that decidedly didn't agree with her acting cf I.osa-
lind, for example. Her work in moments of tran Hion is not sul * l| yet.
She is ably supported and the picture makes a verj air offering.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
67
New Rainey Pictures Please.
Series of 1914 Now Running at the Casino are Replete with
Exciting Incidents of the Camera Hunt in
South Africa.
Reveiwed by Randall M. White.
PAUL J. RAINEV'S 1914 set of African Hunt pictures,
opening at the Shubcrts' Casino theater, Broadway and
Thirty-ninth street, Monday evening, June 22d, attracted
another of those audiences which force the conviction that
motion pictures of a certain class have already passed be-
yond the stage of being merely the "poor man's entertain-
ment." New York's Four Hundred were there. They came
in gay parties in full dress — in their limousines and victorias
— in much the same manner that they might have gone to an
opening night at the opera just a few doors up the street.
All evening long the lobby was crowded with those anxious
to purchase admission and the success of the opening night
surpassed the fondest expectations of the most sanguine.
The first night audience was made up largely of people
with an inspired interest in the pictures. Representative film
men who had seen the previous set of Rainey pictures and
knew of the success which they had achieved were on hand to
prophesy as to the future of the 1914 offering. Personal
friends of Mr. Rainey, who is widely known in New York by
reason of his work in South Africa, were present to see the
results of his last daring expedition. It was inevitable, there-
fore, that the pictures shown at the Casino should be meas-
ured in merit by comparison with the first Rainey exhibition.
That the 1914 program is less gripping than was the previous
one was the common expression of opinion.
Carefullj- considered, however, there seems little justifica-
tion for any argument that the 1914 pictures themselves are
one jot less interesting than were the previous ones, and it
is more reasonable to believe that the lesser enthusiasm over
the new pictures is resulting for the reason that the keen
edge was taken of? the interest in wild animal pictures some
time ago — and largely as the result of the tremendous success
of the first Rainey releases.
The presentation at the Casino is being made in the most
effective manner possible. A lecturer with a fine apprecia-
tion of just where the motion picture "lecture" ceases to be
lielpful and begins to become damning helps the exhibition
3. great deal and because of his pronounced English appear-
.ance and accent provides what almost amounts to a comedy
strain throughout the show. The Shuberts purchased the
Paul J. Rainey pictures after having seen them in London and
1hey did well to engage the English lecturer.
As models of perfect photography the 1914 Rainey pictures
-n'ill not win any medals — but they are all that they reason-
ably expected to be and are clear and sharp enough to "put
■over" the interesting subject matter which is their first
■claim to distinction. In his opening remarks, the "Bombardier
Wells" lecturer, explained the difficulties which Mr. Rainey
and his associates had encountered in securing the pictures.
Tie told that it was found utterly impossible to expose the
positive film during the best lighted portions of the day for
the reason that the excessive heat adversely effected the
photographic emulsion; the pictures were therefore taken in
the early morning and in the very late afternoon.
Two of the water holes shown in the previous Rainey pic-
tures are shown in the 1914 set and, in addition, there is an-
other interesting set of views taken at a waterhole about
•eighty miles removed from the original pair. The first reel
shows a rhinoceros, a couple of herds of grand zebra, a flock
• of South African guinea hens, wart hogs, a particularly in-
teresting group of baboons, and a small herd of giraffes, in-
cluding the largest giraffe that Mr. Rainey has ever seen.
The second reel is largely given over to pictures of some
•of Mr. Rainey's pets on his ranch on the east coast of Africa.
The playful antics of a pet baboon and a hound puppy are
interesting and are well placed in the show to add snappiness
and zest.
More grand zebras, the first moving pictures of the mon-
goose, grand and "Tommy" gazelles, and a flock of English
storks are shown in the third reel.
A cheetah hunt, in which one of the pretty spotted animals
is killed by poisoned arrows shot by Wandarobos, picturesque
African tribesmen, and another is captured alive, is the big
feature of the fourth reel — and one of the mos't interesting
features of the series. The famous Rainey animal hunting
dogs make their first appearance in this reel.
Strikingly beautiful pictures of a flock of flamingoes and
other South African birds, and of a wonderful herd of buft'alo,
were shown in the fifth reel. The bird pictures, tinted as a
night scene, give the impression of an animated Japanese
print and, on the opening night, were greeted with prolonged
applause. The hundreds of buffalo's milling silently and sav-
ragely through the veldt less than a hundred yards awav from
the cameraman, with their wicked looking horns and glaring
eyes giving nuitc evidence of their power, also made a pic-
ture which was greeted with applause.
Properly placed as the final incident of the series, because
of its striking and unusual strength, is the lion chase in which
every detail of this dangerous performance is shown. In
introducing this series of views, the lecturer explained that it
was found necessary to track and kill an even dozen lions
before the composite picture required could be obtained.
The first views show jackals and other carniverous birds feed-
ing upon the remnants of a water buck which had been killed
by a lion during the night. Then the hunting dogs are
brought to the water buck's carcass where they pick up the
trail of the slayer and the chase by a company of fully fifty
men, including Mr. Rainey and his associates and the native
boys are shown. The lion that has gorged himself upon the
buck is finally cornered in a deep ravine and is shown whisk-
ing around in the underbrush. His death, however, was not
accomplished under circumstances which permitted of satis-
factory reproduction by the motion picture camera and the
finish of tlie scries comes with a representation of the highly
spectacular killing of anotlier splendid King of the Jungle.
The lion that is killed has been cornered in a clump of
bushes which skirts an open place in the veldt and the daring
stunts performed by native boys in their efforts to entice the
beast out into the open in order that he may be dispatched
are shown. As a big climax, the shaggy maned brute charges
directly out of the bushes towards the camera man — and to-
wards the audience — to be "knocked kicking" into the air by
a well aimed bullet from a big calibcred rifle in the hands of
a member of the Rainey party who, by the way, met his death
during another hunt a couple of days later. It is said that
the lion was witliin fifteen yards of the camera when he was
killed and the pictures seem to support this statement.
The showman who sees the 1914 series of Rainey pictures
will concede that the views have been arranged with a fine
appreciation of what spectators throughout the country will
enjoy. The injection of special features at stated intervals
keeps the interest up throughout the program. As presented
at the Casino, the stories told by the lecturer while reels were
being changed added materially to the value of the offering.
On the opening night Mr. Rainey himself was in attendance
and addressed the audience.
JOSEPH KAUFMAN.
JOSEPH KAUFMAN is a fair example of the quality
of plaj-ers now demanded by the Lubin Company.
Amateurs are treated as amateurs and given their
chance, but for responsible parts the people must be actors
of experience, and Kaufman is eminently fit. Born in Wash-
ington, D. C, in 1882,
he was educated at the
Georgetown University
and graduated with
honors. With a force-
ful temperament and
strong personality he
at an early age adopted
the stage, first playing
for five years in a fa-
mous stock company.
This was his appren-
I ^ ^^^^ ticeship in which he
|jK> '^^ > ^^^^1 had the advantage of
^K;:, ^^^^^C^ .^^^^H playing over two hun-
^' -^ ^^HiC^ .^^^^^1 dred wnth this
^^l^»» ^^^^^^ experience he was well
fitted for Broadway,
and engaged by Charles
Frohman for the Em-
pire Stock Company —
in those days the great-
est company America
has ever seen. Among
the stars that he sun-
ported were Maude
Adams, Marie Doro,
Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
Fay Davis, Ethel Bar-
rymore, William Col-
lier and Elsie Janis.
For a while he was a
favorite player in Hen-
ry W . Savage s companies and later with Cohan and Harris,
always playing leading roles. While not reallv starring.
Frederick Thompson featured Kaufman in "Via Wireless,"
and as Monte Brewster in "Brewster's Millions." Jkluc'h
more could be told of his stage career which has made him a
valuable player in the Lubin Studio of Philadelphia and a
man nmch respected and liked by his associates.
Joseph Kaufman.
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THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
Isis Theatre, Indianapolis, Ind.
THE Isis Theater, completed and opened, brings to light the
third motion picture house of class to mark the enterprise
of Messrs. Barton & Olson in the Indianapolis field. B. V.
Barton and Charles Olson are identified with both the Central
Amusement Company, owning the Isis, and the People's Amuse-
ment Company, owning the Victoria and the Empress Theaters.
By virtue of the amount invested they control all three properties.
All three houses were completed this year and each one of them
represents the up-to-date idea of what a picture house should be.
The Isis is the only downtown house of the three. It is located
opposite the Traction Terminal Station which handles about
20,000 persons daily. With this transient trade passing by or
near the house daily, and
a good city patronage to
draw from, the house is
well filled from morning
till night, and should pay
a good return on the
$40,000 invested in it. An
admission of five cents is
charged, and the structure
is strictly a picture house.
It is equipped for the
presentation of vaudeville
if at any time the manage-
ment should care to so use
it. As shown in the photo-
graph, the house front is
of stucco and terra cotta,
and is studded with elec-
tric lights, 1,500 incandes-
cent bulbs being used. A
feature of the front is the
peacock design above the
second floor. The beauty
of the tail spread cannot
be appreciated until the
illumination of the front
is made at night. The
name appears in ornamen-
tal letters on panels on
each side of the front.
The whole makes a very
attractive and inviting
appearance.
The lobby is not so deep
as in some houses, but it
is nicely finished in brass
and mahogany, with mir-
ror doors. The box office ■
is of stone and glass, and
contains an automatic
ticket-selling machine that will dispense five tickets at once. It
makes the handling of a crowd a matter of envious ease and
celerity. The seating capacity is 700 and it is the only strictly
moving picture house in the city with a gallery.
A $5,000 pipe organ from the Kimball Organ Company has
been installed, and the pipe organ concerts are becoming a dis-
tinct feature of the entertainment offered. Two Power's 6-A
machines in a steel bootli that is equipped for the dual operation
of the two projectors add greatly to the efficiency of the house,
there being scarcely an appreciable wait between reels. The con-
struction is fireproof throughout. The throw from the booth to
the screen is long.
The chairs are of Circissian walnut and are leather up-
holstered. Though the ' ouse is relatively narrow, two
aisles have been provided, so that the filling and empty-
ing of the auditorium is
greatly facilitated. The
lights are invisible, and
the screen is inset so that
there are no cross lights to
mar the pictures. At the
same time the decorations
are light in color and the
house is always shown in
a soft, sort of half-light,
that is pleasing. A posi-
tive-acting direct fan and
blower system of heating,
ventilating and cooling is
a part of the equipment.
A rapid change of air is
provided at all times.
Toilet and rest rooms
with plenty of mirrors
and other conveniences to
endear the establishment
to women patrons have
been provided. On the
whole, the house seems to
present a good model of
what the modern picture
house should be. Messrs.
Barton & Olson are to be
congratulated, too, upon
the fact that they have
made it a five-cent house,
instead of ten cent, which
they could have done to
their greater profit. They
believe it was the price
that made the picture
house popular and intend
to make the jitney the
standard as long as cir-
cumstances will permit.
. '. : • 1 ;, }i. H. Coxburn Co., Indianapolis. Ind.
Isis Theater, Indianapolis, Ind.
CALIFORNIA M. P. COMPANY'S FIRST RELEASE.
There is to be something essentially Californian in the en-
tire history and production of the first photoplay which the
California Motion Picture Corporation are preparing to re-
lease to the public. It is to be a realistic adaptation from
Paul Armstrong's dramatic version of Bret Harte's cele-
brated story "Salomj^'s Kiss." As the world at large knows,
the scene of this story is laid in California and carries one
back to the romantic days of the great gold rush of '49.
Not only is the story of California and from the pen of
early California's most celebrated author, but in its motion
picture adaptation, is to feature one of the most famous of
that state's well known stage folk, Beatrix Michelena, the
beautiful prima donna, who will appear in the title role. The
part of the delightfully capricious Salomy Jane is exception-
ally well adapted to Miss Michelena whose animation and
petite mannerisms did quite as much as her voice to make her
an operatic star of first luster. A long list of critics through-
out the country have credited Miss Michelena with being the
most beautiful woman on the American operatic stage, as
well as an actress of unusual versatility. This, together with
her youth and ideal size, form and animation for picture work,
will establish her immediately as one of the greatest favorites
in the silent drama. Her operatic work, — and she was tour-
ing the country as prima donna in the Shubert's production
of the "Girl from Dixie" when not sixteen years of age, — has
featured her in some of the greatest successes ever staged in
this country. Among the operas in which she starred are:
Kirk La Shelle's "Princess Chic," Henry Savage's "Peggy
from Paris," John Cort's "Kissing Girl" and Oliver Morosco's
"Tik Tok Man of Oz."
Miss Michelena will be supported by one of the best bal-
anced casts ever organized for motion pictures and included
in it will be House Peters, late of Frohman's Famous Players.
Other members of the notable cast are: Andrew Robson,
William Nigh, Ernest Joy, and Clara Beyers all of whom have
pla}'ed leading roles when with other companies.
According to a report received from the Pacific Coast, the
contract covering the picture rights on "Salomy Jane" has
just been terminated by the producing company with the
Lieber and Paul Armstrong Companies. This same report
brings word that the California Motion Picture Corporation,
which is devoting its time exclusively to feature adaptations
from famous plays, books and operas, has been carrying on
actual operations at its San Rafael studio, situated at the base
of Mt. Tamalpais, since the first of May, the intent being to
get several productions ahead
This corporation has been financed by a group of some of
California's best known business men and capitalists. Among
the stock holders and directors are: Herbert Payne, mil-
lionaire of Menlo Park; Henry T. Scott, President of the
Mercantile National Bank; R. P. Schwerin, Vice-President
and General Manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com-
pany; Charles Templeton Crocker, owner of the St. Francis
Hotel and director of the Crocker National Bank; Edwin M.
Eddy of the Selwyn Eddy Estate Company; William F. Her-
rin, Vice-President and Chief Counsellor of the Southern
Pacific; Christian de Guigne of the Parrott Estate; James
Tyson, President of the Seaboard National Bank, and Arthur
Payne of the Payne Estate. Alex. E. Beyfuss is General
Manager of the Corporation.
THE iMOVING PICTURE WORLD
69
"Little Lord Fauntleroy"
A Four-Reel McEnnery Offering Adapted from Mrs. F.
Hodgson-Burnett's World-famous Story
Reviewed by Harry W. De Long.
CAST:
The Earl of Dorincourt Mr. H. Lyons
Ccdric, his son (Lord Fauntletroy) ..Master Gerald Royston
"Dearest" (Mrs. Errol) Miss Jane Wells
Mr. Havisham (family lawyer) Mr. Bernard Vaughan
Minna Tipton (an adventuress) Miss V. Osmond
Ben Tipton (her husband) Mr. Frank Stather
Tommy Tipton (Ben's son) Master D. Callam
Dick Tipton (a bootblack, Ben's brother) Mr. Harry Edwards
Silas Hobbs (a grocer) Mr. F. Tomkins
Mary (a housemaid) Miss Nelson
THIS PRODUCTION has been done in an admirable
manner and is certainly good to see. The story is fa-
miliar, particularly to fathers and mothers, who perhaps
perused it in their childhood days and it will bt enjoyed by
their progeny in the pictured version. As it is presented,
scene from '"Little Lord Fauntleroy" (Kineto).
nothing is left to be desired, and Master Gerald Royston, who
essays the part of the little lord is certainly ideal. He com-
bines the dignity of his aristocratic ancestors on his father's
side of the house with the democratic inheritance which he
obtains from his American mother and wins the love of his
erratic grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, a peer of the old
Scene from "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (Kineto).
school and the descendant of a long line of illustrious an-
cestors whose escutcheon has never been stained. Fate
levels the Earl's pride through the worthlessness of his three
sons, who through various dissipations so gall the old Earl
and irritate him that he becomes such a monument of selfish-
ness that it usurps every other thought in his mind. The
three sons being removed by death in various ways the
mantle falls upon the shoulders of little Cedric and the old
nobleman, inflexible and proud as ever instructs his solicitor
to fetch little Lord Fauntleroy, heir to the earldom, from
America. He is about six years old and is imbued with old-
fashioned dignity and dearly loves his mother whom he calls
"Dearest," and he promises his dying father to look after
her comfort.
Despite the aristocratic blood in his veins Cedric, with his
artless and winning way is beloved by all. His chums are
Mr. Hobbs, an elderly grocer, Dick, a bootblack and Bridget
the Irish cook.
This is an offering pure in theme and elevating in character
for the children especially, and we predict that it will be-
come very popular.
The picture was made by the Kineto, Limited, of London,
and is being offered by the James McEnnery syndicate.
"Giants-White Sox^World^Tour"
Baseball Players Representing American Cities Filmed on
their Travels in Foreign Lands.
Reviewed by Hugh Hoffman.
BASEBALL FANS are such a rabid set that almost any-
thing bearing upon their pet weakness is devoured with
the avidity of a long starved beast. In the light of this
fact, it might be stated off hand, that the motion pictures of
the trip around the world by the New York National League,
and the Chicago American League baseball teams would be
a success without regard to any technical nicety or the lack
of it.
With a real dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan these pictures will
no doubt pass muster. The writer confesses to being in that
class and therefore enjoyed the crumbs of baseball fodder
that are to be found in these films. The real baseball interest
in them cannot be said to be any more than crumbs.
A wonderful opportunity to make a world scenic picture,
with a powerful baseball interest as an attraction, was not
altogether taken advantage of in this set of views. Whether
it is because ball players are notoriously bad actors or
whether the pictures were made without any definite aim, or
both, it is certain that the subject is not all that it should
have been. The last thing a reviewer likes to do is to lay the
fault at the door of the camera man, but there are camera
faults here. In this case, I should say that the camera man's
share of the blame should be less than fifty-fifty.
The chances are that he did not find it easy to handle the
ball players and many times was obliged to take pot luck
and get what he could rather than get nothing at all. This
is a lamentable fact in most all pictures wherein some popular
idol is featured. They want a big cut in the profits but are
very stubborn and unobliging when it comes to taking the
pictures. N& doubt certain members of the Giants and
White-Sox are getting a very decent profit out of these films
but from the general result it would seem that they would not
go a step out of their way to help things along.
John McGraw and Comiskey appear a few times and were
evidently caught on the fly. The question then arises why do
film producers make contracts for pictures of this kind with-
out some assurance that the principals will stand without
hitching for a minute? The public is easily satisfied, espe-
cially the baseball public, but they are entitled to a little
run for their money. To put the case briefly, the baseball
men did not give the camera man an even break. This ap-
plies more to the management than it does to the players,
some of whom showed a willingness to pose, but not many.
Most of the time was spent on shipboard. The stops were
brief and Victor Miller, the camera man, no doubt, was
obliged to get what he could in his short time on land, re-
gardless of light conditions or anything else. Consequently,
as a scenic picture, it is not a wonder, but the scenic part of
the picture is better than the baseball part. For these rea-
sons also the photography is not what it would be in a studio.
There are snatches of ball games in various parts of the
world, all too short for those who like to observe the im-
pression that baseball makes upon the people in other lands.
These alternate with glimpses of scenery along the route.
There is also a "comedy plot" woven in but this is so poorly
thought out and executed, and so unnecessary that the less
said about it the better. It is something about a baseball
bug who stowed away on the boat and made the trip. It is
obvious in the comedy scenes that the comedian and camera
man received little help from the ball playing fraternity who
apparently consulted their own convenience on all occasions.
There are some good close-up pictures of Sir Thomas Lip-
ton and King George meeting John McGraw and others, only
the trouble was that John McGraw and others comported
themselves as though they hated the sight, taste and smell of
a moving picture camera; wherein they differed from Sir
Thomas and King George.
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THE :\IOVIXG PICTURE WORLD
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"St. Elmo"
The Romantic Atmosphere of the Old Melodrama will be
Found in this Six-Reel Balboa Offering.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THIS OLD .MELODRAMA on the screen is more than
likely to attract attention on account of the remarkable
success that it had years ago and more because it has
only recently had a popular revival. The clearness and
beauty of this picturization of the story will also please
the many who have not had the pleasure of seeing it on the
stage. It is a success, for it carries through all its six reels
the spirit of the original story and the quality that has
pleased in the past numbers of people. Audiences seem to
have grown tired of the morbid, realistic pictures of the
seamy side of life and they seem to be wanting things that
amuse; comedies, and things that vividly and dramatically
present the conflict between right and wrong so important a
part of all our lives.
Scene from "St. Elmo" (Balboa).
St. Elmo, the melodrama for the stage, in one or two of the
picture's scenes intrudes itself on the St. Elmo that is
written for the screen. This is not a very frequent defect in
the picture; but it is especially noticeable in the ball-room
scene in which the hero, St. Elmo, to whom Agnes has en-
gaged herself, because she wants his money, entrusts her,
-while like some Hamlet he goes abroad to complete his
:studics, to the' keeping of Murray whom she really loves.
It, in truth, in both play and picture, is a bit of Shakespear-
ian stagecraft quite out of place in any production. In a
picture, its artificiality is too apparent, and the more because
it is done with the full company of guests around and made
a matter of state. Yet the picture quickly passes on from its
few defects to beauties and the average spectator will con-
done them for the good things with which it is full and take
up again the thread of the story with very little break in the
interest.
The story is well known and, having commented on the
quality of its presentation, we need only add that even in its
minor roles the acting is pleasing and that both its heroines
(there are two) are played by very charming young women
who are contrasts in many things, but alike in being skilful
actresses. The role of St. Elmo is also praiseworthily por-
trayed especially in the latter part of the picture in which the
visioned Savior and the visioned devil keep striving for his
soul, after he has found that Murray and Agnes are untrue
and has forced a duel and killed his one-time best friend.
Of the picture's scenes, perhaps that in the garden at St.
■Elmo's home will excite most enthusiasm. Its walks through
which Murray and Agnes pass to the bench where St. Elmo
is to find them in each others arms, are full of beautifully
photographed flowers. There are walks and shrubs and
labyrinthian vistas. Some may like even better the wreck of
the railroad train in which the second heroine, Edna, is hurt.
It is mast realistic. We do not see the accident, but see the
train going at full speed and then the burning wreck. This
is the point, it will be remembered at which the forces that
are working for the hard-hearted St. Elmo's salvation begin
to get the advantage over the suggestions, symbolized by the
devil, tliat are working to keep him the bitter souless thing
around whom, wherever he goes, misfortunes are thick.
There is one point in which this production is preeminent;
its photography. The nature of the story give a big chance
for double exposures and for the fading out and in of visions,
and in accomplishing these effects the camera work has been
perfectly accurate. There is often great picturesqueness in
the scene-making, and these are set forth before us in clearly
drawn, life-like pictures. On account of the popular appeal
of its story and of its many excellent qualities, we commend
this picture to exhibitors as a safe and pleasing feature.
LOOKING FOR J. HOWARD-LEE.
Motion Picture Supply Men in Edmonton, Alberta, Can.,
Want Him to Pay for Camera and Some Other Things.
Cin complaint of the North-West Theaters Co., Ltd., and
others of Edmonton, Alberta, Can., the police throughout
the United States and Canada are being asked to apprehend a
man who used the names of J. Howard-Lee and J. Howard
while in Edmonton and obtained motion picture merchandise
valued at more than
$400, under false repre-
sentations and pre-
tense.
John Hazza, general
manager of the North-
West company, says
that the stranger made
his appearance in Ed-
monton the latter part
of last March and, rep-
resenting himself as a
colonization agent for
the Grand Trunk Pa-
cific Railway, received
from the North-West
company for purchase
by his purported prin-
cipals, one LVban mo-
tion picture camera, a
leather case, a stand,
and developing outfit
valued at about $400.
It is also claimed that,
making the same rep-
resentations, he se-
cured from an Edmon-
ton photographer a
quantity of positive
motion picture film.
After the man had left
town it was discov-
ered that he had positively no connection with the Grand
Trunk Pacific people but, according to their claim, had
fleeced them out of approximately $700. The Xorth-West
company immediately set about to secure the fellow's arrest
on the grounds of false pretense and theft.
Mr. Hazza believes that the stranger is a motion picture
man for the reason that he seemed particularly conversant
with the operating part of the picture business, and is asking
motion picture people throughout the country to assist in
causing the man's arrest. It is thought that Howard-Lee or
Howard is at present doing camera work either in the States
or in Europe and it is Mr. Hazza's request that any one who
thinks he knows of the present whereabouts of such a man
as is pictured in connection with this article, commvmicate
all available information to the North-West Theaters Co.,
Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Can.
J. Howard-Lee, alias T. Howard, is about five feet nine
inches tall, fair or medium in complexion, clean shaven, stout
of build, weighing about one hundred seventj- pounds. He
professes to be a graduate of an eastern States university
and to have been a player on the foot-ball team, and a former
coach of a L^niversity foot-bai; team.
J. Howard-Lee, alias J. Howard.
"THE WRATH OF THE GODS" DRAWS CROWDS.
The New York Motion Picture Company's six-part fea-
ture production entitled "The Wrath of the Gods" drew tre-
mendous crowds at Ebbet's Field, Bedford avenue and Sulli-
van street, Brooklyn, N. Y., the field of the National Baseball
League, when that place was opened as an airdome on Mon-
day, June 22, by Marcus Loew for the presentation of mov-
ing pictures. This feature picture was the initial production
shown at the Field. Although the Field has seating accom-
modation for 20,000 persons, a great many thousands were
turned away. So determined were the crowds to gain admis-
sion that a part of the fence of the enclosure was torn away,
and tlie reserves from three police precincts had to be culled
out to restore order. The admission prices are 10, 15 and
25 cents.
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71
" Romany Rye"
Marion Leonard Puts Life and Passion in Her Four-Part
Picture of the Gypsy Girl who Falls in Love with the
Husband She Marries to Please.
Reviewed by Hantord C. Judson.
OVE OF THE BEST 01 gypsy stories is told by tbis new
-Marion Leonard film, and it makes an interesting, clean
and wholesome offering. Its central point of interest is
the g>'psy girl herself, and her heart experience is revealed with
depth and sincerity by this talented leading woman who fits the
part perfectly. The idea is to show how true love is stirred in
the breast of the conscienceless gypsy by the implicit trust that
her husband has in her. Her object in marrying him had been
to get his money, and the dramatic struggle comes from the con-
test within her between the new and the old motives. All this is
very effectively shown, and the offering holds with ever-increas-
ing interest in spite of the picture's one noticeable drawback,
which is the number of often meaningless young women who
crowd some of its scenes. They too often act like a chorus and
give an intrusive touch of artificiality to parts of it. It carries well
in spl:e of this defect; but the short-coming is noticeable.
Scene from "Romany Rye" (Warner's Features)
The story is set in an ordinary American rural country and
many of its scenes are taken out of doors. The photographs are
clear and have the tones of life; they help a good deal. Stanner
E. V._ Taylor, the picture's producer, shows his usual skill in
choosing the scenes, and makes, as was necessary in telling this
stor}-, the background impress one as a whole. We see but a
scrap at a time; but it lies before us in imagination as though it
were all in sight and our attention merely picking out the point
of greatest interest at any time. We are shown the young man's
home, where he lives with his old mother and we get a glimpse
of the gypsy camp near by. The man is no great lover of women.
The girls of the neighborhood know the trait and tease him a bit.
He and his mother with some others visit the camp and we see
that one of the gypsy fortune tellers has impressed him not a
little. In a few days he visits the camp again and shows that
he has quite a deal of money with him. It would be a dull gj'psy
who wouldn't be impressed by such a thick wallet. The girl
tells one of the men of the camp about it and he tries to get the
money he has given to her. She refuses and he thereupon begins
to beat her. Her cries bring the young man to her assistance and
he returns with interest the strokes inflicted upon the girl.
The gypsy man now arms himself to rob the youth on his way
home and the girl sees him start out She thinks out an easier
way to get the money and takes a still shorter way to head the
ycuth off. Meeting him, she tells him that the men of the camp
are about to rob him and gets him to intrust his roll to her for
safe keeping. There is little doubt that she will safe-keep it for
him where he will not be able to waste it He continues and the
gypsy man meets him and tries to rob him by force, but after a
struggle, is left senseless by the roadside, to be found by the girl
who. in a cleverly portrayed scene, makes gypsy scorn of him, he
doesn't know quite why.
The dramatic part of the picture begins when he has per-
suaded her to marry him and she plots to get the rest of his
money. The pivotal thing in her character is her simplicity. She
is fond of children and the young girls of the village plainly
scorn her. The climax approaches when she has plotted with the
gypsy man to rob her husband's safe. She has been intrusted
with the key to it and after a struggle with her newly awakened
conscience tries to deceive the man : but he has peeped through
the blind and knows that there is more money and where it is. A
few skilfully planned steps lead to a struggle for a pistol which
goes off so that the husband hears it and conies to her rescue.
There is a reconciliation scene needed for the picture's poetic
ending. We have given but the bare outline of the story which
is filled with much that bolsters and makes it naturally convinc-
ing. This is another successful picture by a markedly talented
company.
"The Perils of Pauline"
Eighth Episode, in Two Parts, by Far the Most Interesting
of the Series.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
THERE IS ONE THING which everybody enjoys about
these "Perils of Pauline" pictures. They are getting
better and more interesting with every episode. It
were needless to emphasize the splendid photography.
Hero, heroine and villian, secni to grow fonder of their
parts with every new adventure and certainly manage to not
only sustain but to stimulate the interest of the spectator.
There are fine touches of poetry, romance and adventure in
this latest installment. Pauline, a prisoner in her cave,
watches a fox come into her prison and decides to follow the
animal's trail to liberty. The realism of the movements of
the fo.x, who is being hunted to his lair, would do credit to
the best animal picture ever made. Just as Pauline emerges
from her cave, the Indian oracle has promised a white queen
to the tribe. The Indians are the real thing. They want
poor Pauline to race down hill with a heai-y stone to prove
her immortality and make herself solid with the oracle. This
Scene from "The Perils of Pauline" (Eclectic)
was asking too much of Pauline, who, however, did not shrink
a bit and actually races down hill with the "Stone of Death."
Of course, our Mr. Crane \\"ilbur is right there to prevent
the worst. Pauline is saved and for once there is a happy
ending. I cannot help paying a special compliment to Miss
Pearl White, who in this episode surpasses her previous
efforts. The part has evidently grown dear to her and she
just revels in it. Mention must be made, too, of the nice
double exposure work in two of the scenes.
E. D. HORKHEIMER SAILS ON IMPERATOR.
E. D. Horkheimer, of Long Beach, California, secretary
and treasurer of the Balboa Amusement and Producing
Company, a concern which is coming to the front with aston-
ishing rapidity, is in New York and is to sail on Monday,
June 29th, to Europe, on the Imperator. Mr. Horkheimer
has been in New York for the last fortnight attending the
convention and boosting Balboa films. He has, we believe,
fifty thousand feet of new film ready. All of this the Box
Office Attractions company has taken and will put out during
the summer and fall. His object in going abroad is to keep
in touch with the foreign market and he expects to be gone a
month. These Balboa films are deservingly attracting a
great deal of attention. The stories are clear, effective and
full of popular appeal. But perhaps the most noteworthy
thing about them is their photography which is well nigh
perfect and often daringly progressive. We have never as
yet seen a double exposure scene in any Balboa picture that
w^as not absolutely perfect and the blocking out work is in-
variably handled to give lively suggestions to the imagina-
tion. We wish Mr. Horkheimer bon voyage and a safe re-
turn.
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"The Chimney Sweeps."
Pasquali American Feature Is Given Unusual Interest b>
Clever Work of Child Actor.
Reviewed by Randall M. \\'hite.
EXHIBITORS and their patrons will find much to interest
them in "The Chimney Sweeps," a new feature m a
prologue and four parts which is being released
by the Pasquali American Company. The subtitle, "How
True Love Overcomes Class Prejudice," is apt in suggesting
the story, which has to do with a mesalliance between a
young man of high family and a peasant girl on his father's
estate.
The principal character in the action is a youngster who
seems to be no more than five years old but handles his role
Scene from "The Chimney Sweeps" (Pasquali)
in a manner which would do credit to an actor of fifty. An-
other youngster of nine or ten does well in an important
part.
Most of us have read a lot about chimney sweeps but few
of us have seen these little workers who belong to an epoch
which has passed in this country, but is still at hand in a
few foreign countries where such modern conveniences as
Scene from "The Chimney Sweeps" (Pasquali)
steam heat and gas ranges are not generally known. For
its mere fairy tale and educational value, therefore, the intro-
duction of a chimney sweep in a story will generally be found
pleasing.
The story runs this way: A baby is born to a young
gentleman and a peasant girl, but opposition on the part
of the young man's father results in the mother's being cast
adrift with her infant son. At the age of about five, the baby
boy is apprenticed to a master chimney sweep and enters
upon his picturesque but dangerous duties in a large city
to which the mother and her father come some time later.
Tony (the little hero of the story) has just been discovered
by his mother when his abusive master orders him to sweep
a chimney at a certain given address. The youngster's pal,
who knows that Tony has been ill, volunteers to do the job
for him and is suft'ocated while at work. The master chim-
ney sweep, who did not know that Tony had been fortunate
enough to secure a substitute, tells Tony's mother that her
little boy has been killed. The mother is driven insane with
grief. Later Tony is found by his father who takes a firm
stand against his parent's wishes and determines to marry the
mother of his child, peasant though she be. The mother's
reason is restored by the sight of her little boy in his garb
of chimney sweep and the little family is united.
Besides having an interesting story, the picture is of value
because of a number of instances of perfect photography.
A few of the distressing scenes necessary to the representa-
tion of the mother's mental collapse were toned down soon
after the feature's trial projections at the Pasquali American
offices in the World Tower Building.
PASQUALI AMERICAN REORGANIZED.
Group of New York Financiers Put New Blood into Enter-
prise to Push Well Known Turin Features.
THE announcement of the reorganization of the Pasquali
American Company, after a most successful year, by a
group of prominent New York financiers, has just been
made.
This company, which came into prominence last September,
through its elaborate production of "The Last Days of Pompeii,"
attracted the attention of a group of Xew York capitalists, with
the result that the entire company has been reorganized and its
policies of operation completely changed to meet the demand
which has arisen for the production of the new company.
The interests that are now back of the Pasquili American
Company and in control are one of the inost powerful groups in
the country and, it is said, unlimited capital stands ready to push
the company's features.
The reorganization has been effected by Alberto Amato, the
former president of the Pasquali .\merican Company, who has
been in Europe for the last four months on behalf of the syndi-
cate, and is to be the vice-president and general manager of the
new concern ; he has closed contracts with several of the largest
foreign producers whose productions the syndicate believes
adaptable to the American market.
It will not be the policy of the company to restrict its pro-
ductions to the leading foreign producers, and arrangements have
already been completed for the organization of a large subsidiary
producing company to make feature pictures of a carefully
selected number of popular .\merican novels and plays, the
rights to which have been quietly acquired. Besides these pic-
tures the .American producing company is also at work upon
several original and startling dramas by well-known authors, and
is also opening exchanges throughout the country from which
all of its productions are to be marketed.
One of the most important features of the company to moving
picture buyers is a long term exclusive contract which the com-
pany holds with Pasquali & Company, of Turin, whereby the
new company and this company will show these wonderful spec-
tacular plays simultaneously in Europe and America.
REGULAR ECLAIR EDUCATIONALS AT STRAND.
Through special and exclusive arrangement with the Strand
Theater, of New^ York, six hundred "Scientia" films
have already been made by the Eclair Film Co. and four edu-
cational subjects are now being turned out regularly each
week. The Eclair films embrace a wide variety of educational
subjects including scenics, scientific demonstrations, travel-
films in various countries, geographical instruction, and won-
derful natural history lessons fascinatingly told.
"Scientia" films will be leased or sold to educational so-
cieties, universities or reputable theaters.
A considerable amount of money and a great deal of time
and energy have been consumed by the Eclair Company in
producing and cataloging their library of scientific and in-
structive films and in order to show them_ in a manner and
place befitting their value and influence, it was decided to
present them at the Strand Theater, the de Luxe motion pic-
ture house of the world.
The first releases of Eclair "Scientia" films shown at the
Strand commencing Monday, June 1st, and the two
films "Niagara Falls" and "Butterflies" were received by
the patrons in a most appreciative manner. Regularly each
week from now in Eclair "Scientia" .films will be offered
Broadway patrons and it is fair to assume that these films will
prove one of the Strand's big drawing cards.
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73
Gene Gauntier and Players in New Studio
Remodeled Church Makes Ideal Studio and Is Full of Life
and Atmosphere When the Talented Player and Her
Company Are at Work.
By Hanford C. Judson.
THERE IS a distinct atmosphere of individuality in the
Gene Gauntier studio, at 515 West 54th street. Perhaps
it is more marked than in most studios; for here but one
company is at work and but one picture is "on" at any time.
Every studio to an untrained eye is a place full of litter and
often of seemingly inextricable disorder. One sees the un-
paintcd outsides of stage sets, with aliove and around them
Scene from "The Maid of '76" (Gauntier Players)
banks of Cooper Hewitt lamps set in corrugated reflectors.
They are blinking on and off at the will of the man at the
switchboard and fill the whole place with their peculiar purple
ink color which, if we may use the expression, the camera's
sensitive film "likes" better than does the human eye. The
Gauntier studio is a remodeled church and gives possibilities
of glorious depth to any big scene that is wanted, especially
a church scene.
We found Miss Gauntier hard at work taking a scene for a
new picture, named temporarily "Glory" which it seems is
its heroine's nickname. And certainly it was interesting to
watch these clever picture makers rehearse it again and again.
Courteously discussing the scene among themselves, the
players showed that one and all were deeply interested in
the motives behind what the script required them to do. Sug-
gestions were offered and listened to respectfully and the
action explained anew in a different light so that full sincerity
might give truth to the actor's interpretation of his role. It
is seldom that any scenes are taken in the order of their ap-
pearance in the story. So, to make the story coherent, it is
absolutely imperative that there be one single authority to
keep it true to its object. Perhaps in any case of difference
of opinion the final authority rests with Miss Gene
Gauntier; for she is responsible for the story, even though
she may have bought the rough plot and idea from some out-
side photoplaywright. Most of the plays in which she has
appeared, as is well known by this time, have come wholly
from her imagination which seems to be tireless in its weav-
ing of new plot and incident. It is not very much to have
written four hundred photoplays; but in the stories that are
told in those fine old Kalem pictures of the South in war
times, and also in the feature oft'erings and in the more re-
cent multiple-reel pictures that Miss Gauntier has written and
played in, there is a fresh ingjeniousness and a lively play of
fancy and a sincerity in more imaginative emotional moments
that makes this feat of hers wonderful. There is no truer
sign of genuine genius than this tireless flow of output and
all of it new, fresh and lively. Her work shows that her
sympathies are very broad.
One feels this breadth of interest when talking with her.
It is hard to keep her talking about her own work. We were
talking of pictures long ago that she had made and of the
players whom she was associated with — she seems to think
with invariable kindliness and pleasure of these old friends.
Only a few were mentioned but with what delightfulness her
words called them up! One almost sees the people or things
that she talks of; for there is a vividness in her word pic-
tures that is another trait of the true picture-making mind.
Vet while wc were discussing these former things some as-
sociation in them would hook on to something in the present
and she would break in with enthusiastic praise of "The
l-:scape" and of the wonderful work that Griffith is doing or
perhaps liow well some other of her associates were doing,
making pictures for themselves. And one can surmise that
now, wlien she herself has risen so far above the struggle,
her advice and recommendation has been of great help to
many of tliem.
Caulfield to Coast for Universal
Auditor in the New York Offices Since 1912 Given Nice
Send-Off by his Associates Upon the Occasion
of His Transfer.
H.ARR^' P. CAULF11-:LD, general auditor of the Uni-
versal Film Corporation since its inception, has been
transferred from the New York offices of the company
to the Universal offices on the Pacific Coast, where he will
assume active charge of the auditing department. Accom-
panied by his wife,
Mr. Caulfield left
N e w York some
days ago. Claude
H. Macgowan, who
had served the Uni-
versal as cashier for
some time, has been
promoted to the po-
sition made vacant
by the transfer.
Mr. Caulfield i s
among the most
popular men in the
employ of the Uni-
versal and the day
before Ke set out for
the West the esteem
in which he was held
by his associates in
the New York of-
fices was shown in
a touching and
thoughtful way. In
company with other
Universal oiiice em-
Harry P. Caulfield
ployees in New York, the audi-
tor was invited to attend a little
meeting in the Universal pro-
jection room. There J. C. Gra-
ham, general manager of the
Universal, acting as spokesman,
addressed Mr. Caulfield and
after having expressed the sense
_f loss which would be felt
among the employees of the New
York Universal
offices at his de-
parture, present-
ed him with a
handsome gold
watch.
"With the
watch," Mr. Gra-
ham said, "go the
sincere wishes of
all of us that you
will be as s u c -
cessful in your
undertakings o n
the Coast as you
have been here."
The watch pre-
s e n t e d to Mr.
Caulfield was a
Howard, selected
by a committee
made up of Joe
Brandt, John W.
Grey, Claude H. Macgowan, and George U. Stevenson.
Mr. Caulfield left the employ of the International Corre-
spondence Schools to join the Universal, in 1912. Early in
his business career he had worked in Wall street.
Mr. Macgowan, or "Mac," as he is familiarly called, is a
New York boy who had served the Unitype Company as
general bookkeeper and cashier for a long time before going
with the Universal. He is regarded as a worthy successor to
Mr. Caulfield in the New York office and since his promotion
has been kept busy receiving the congratulations of his
many friends in the motion picture industry.
Claude H. Macgowan
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DAYTON CONVENTION LOOMS BIG.
All Signs Point to a Record-Breaking Assemblage of Exhibi-
tors— Exposition Will be of Rare Interest.
NOTHING short of a calamity will prevent the Fourth An-
nual Convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League,
to be held at Da>-ton, Ohio, from being a record breaker in
point of attendance of exhibitors. Many things have happened
during the past month to put the members of the League on their
mettle, and they propose to prove that their organization is very
much alive and able to take care of itself and its policies without
outside interference.
A recent visit to New York, of National President Neff,
brought the information that wherever he went in attending con-
ventions of State organizations, he found great enthusiasm and
the further fact that a better class of exhibitors were taking an
interest in the League. He also reported that the necessity for
organization was being felt and that the League was benefitting
through that necessity.
As an example, he cited an instance in Virginia, where the
National Vice-President, D. P. Wine, had been instrumental in
securing a material reduction of a proposed State tax which
would have hit the picture theaters hard.
Delegates have been elected to attend the Dayton Convention
by very State branch of the League that has held its convention
up to this writing. There are a few more meetings to be held
in the States to make the roster complete.
Aside from the delegates and alternates, there will be a large
attendance of exhibitors from all over the United States and
Canada. A big delegation are coming from San Francisco and
the Northwest. Texas and the Southwest will be well repre-
sented. The Southeastern States will send delegates to a Nation-
al Convention for the first time. The great Middle West will
turn out en masse, and the East will be fully represented by
exhibitors of the highest class.
Hotel accommodations at Dayton are reported as already taxed
to the limit, but provisions have been made to find lodgings in
private homes when the hotels have been filled.
A special effort is being made by the business men and citizens
of Dayton, to turn the Exhibitors' Convention into a gala day.
The city will be decorated and the citizens will put on their best
bib and tucker.
A long and interesting program of entertainment has been
framed for the visitors. The schedule for the Convention is as
follows :
MOND.W, July 6. — Exposition opens at lo o'clock by address
of Mayor Shroyer, of Dayton. Review of leading feature pic-
tures in Memorial Hall, at 7 :3o o'clock. Entertainment and cabaret
at Algonquin Roof Garden, at 10 o'clock, P. M.
TUESD.\Y, July 7. — Opening of Fourth Annual Convention.
Address by the Mayor of Davton, at 10 o'clock. Entertainment
by National Cash Register Co.; pictures, luncheon and trip to
Country Club, at i :30 o'clock P. M. Convention in executive
session, i :30 o'clock. Exhibitions and demonstration in Hall,
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAY, July 8. — Election of officers, 10 o'clock. Aero-
plane flights at Wright's Field. 2 o'clock P. M. Opening meeting
of Convention, 2 o'clock P. M. Reception of players at 7:30
o'clock P. M.
THURSD.\Y. July 9. — Grand Parade and prize distribution,
9 :30 o'clock. Convention at 10 130 o'clock. Visit to National
Soldiers' Home, i :30 o'clock P. M. Exhibitions and receptions
at Memorial Hall. 7:30 o'clock P. M.
FRIDAY. July 10. — Open meeting of Convention at 10 o'clock.
Afternoon session at 2 o'clock. White City Park at 2 130 o'clock.
.\nnual banquet at 7 :30 o'clock.
SATURDAY, July 11. — Convention at 10 o'clock; afternoon
session at 2 o'clock, and awarding of prizes at Memorial Hall at
3 o'clock.
.According to the plans of the committee in charge of the ex-
position, the general public will be excluded from the e.xposition
hall during the mornings to give the exhibitors a chance to in-
spect the various exhibits. Every effort will be put forth to make
the exposition profitable to the manufacturers represented.
The list of exhibitors is large and the exhibits varied. Up to
the latest information received, these firms will be represented :
General Film Co., Inc., Famous Players Film Co., Eclair Film
Co., Inc., All Star Feature Corp., Burns International Films. Inc.,
Atsco, Inc., Warner's Features, Inc., Colonial Motion Picture
Corp., Sawyer, Inc., Great Northern Film Co., L. E. Forup & Co.,
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Mirror Screen Co., Reisinger, Hugo,
Great Northern Spec. Fea. Film Co., Jesse Lasky Feature Play
Co., Nicholas Power Co., Bell & Howell Co., A. Blinkhorn, G.
Melies, Picture Theatre Equipment Co., Elberhard Schneider,
Clarence E. Sinn, Pathe Freres, Novelty Slide Co., Manhattan
Slide & Film Co., Balboa Amusement Producing Co., Erneman-
Cloud Publishing Co., Eastman Kodak Co., Erneman-Photo-
Kino-Works, Recording & Computing Machine Company. Selig
Polyscope Film Co., Egry Register Co., .\utomatic Ticket Selling
and Cash Register Co., Theater Specialty Co., Columbus Theater
& Equipment Co., A. J. Miller & Co., General Electric Co., Cos-
mograph Projector, National Cash Register Co., Rex Film Reno-
vator Co., Kraus Mfg. Co., Essanay Film Co., World's Film Cor-
poration, Schroder, Art Floral Co., Golden Radium Condenser
Co., Gentry C. Walburn, Electric Specialties. Motion Picture Ap-
paratus Co., Mutual Film Corp., Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Ameri-
can Slide Co., Animated Advertising Co., Universal Film Co.
WASHINGTON SCREEN CLUB BANQUET.
Washington Exhibitors Make Merry at Festive Board at
Second Short Circuit of the Club — A Pronounced Success
THERE WAS ANOTHER short circuit in Washington,
D. C, when the exhibitors of the National Capital
gathered together, nearly one hundred in number, in
Castelli's private dining rooms and started the ball rolling
for the formation of a permanent organization and clubrooms
to house the membership. The club is just about two months
old.
But that's getting away from the subject a bit, although
this project was greatly enlarged upon by Alan Bachrach, a
hustling member of the Brylawski contingent, who has been
working hard to bring into being a constitution and by-laws
for the club. He told what could be accomplished by this
little band of pilgrims if they would only get together and
stick.
Fulton Brylawski was introduced by President Dresner as
the toastmaster of the evening and immediately got himself
into trouble for he was called upon to make the opening
remarks. Mr. Dresner expressed his appreciation at the
large number of representatives of the moving picture busi-
ness present and stated that the club was moving along
Success Road and that the next short circuit would probably
be a greater affair than its predecessors, so great is the
interest being taken in the new club.
A surprise of the event came when Fulton Brylawski
turned over the position of toastmaster to the club as a
whole and announced that the Washington men were going
to have a reel ball in the fall, at which a number of promi-
nent picture actors and actresses would be present. He said
he had attended a ball in Baltimore given by the Exhibitors'
League of that city which was a great success.
"This affair did more to boost the business in that city,"
said Mr. Brylawski, "than anything the exhibitors could
have done. Those who attended it were so enthusiastic that
at a recent meeting of our league here. Dr. Herbst appointed
a committee of seven members, an executive committee, for
it will appoint other committees, to complete the necessary
arrangements for our ball. The people are very anxious to
meet the screen favorites. I attended the recent convention
in New York, and while there received the assurance of co-op-
eration of many of the producers, and their actors and act-
resses are willing to come to Washington for the occasion.
We are going ahead with the arrangements and when the
time is ripe, we will ask your co-operation as well. This
ball will be the biggest thing that ever happened here and
will be the best thing in the world for pictures."
Mr. Campbell, of the Olympic theater, supplemented Mr.
Brylawski's remarks and told what further was to be
expected in the fall.
The managers of the various exchanges all told how
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glad they were to be present, the chorus being composed of
Mr. O'Brien of the Eclectic, Mr. Worthington of the Eclec-
tic, Mr. Irvine of the World Film Corp., and Mr. Lust of
Warner's.
Tom Moore gave an interesting account of how he entered
the moving picture field, what lias been done and the outlook
for the future. The representatives of the press all had their
say and Louis Cihiscr, of the Washington Hcrahl, told of the
manner in wliicli his newspaper is endeavoring to arrive
at just what tlie Washington public wants in the way of
films. He stated tliat coupons arc being printed in each
A. W. Dresner, President, Preparing Plans for Second
"Short Circuit" of the Washington Screen Club
issue and when 20,000 are received the replies to the ques-
tions contained therein will be tabulated and copies fur-
nished the manufacturers. Four hundred coupons have
already been returned and these show that comedies are pre-
ferred, with dramas running second. If these can be taken
as being authentic of the desires of the people, serial pictures
are undesirable for of these four hundred replies, only two
are in their favor.
Humorous Speech by Dr. Herbst.
The scream of the evening was the lecture delivered by Dr. William P.
Herbst on "How to Become a Successful Exhibitor." "First pick out a
location where there are two or three established places, ever bearing in
mind that competition is the life of trade (for confirmation of this ask Joe
Morgan)," he said. "Then put up a house seating under three hundred,
and do as litle as you can or need to do to get by the inspectors. Next go
to a junk shop and secure a Lubin head of the vintage of 1900, the maga-
zines of a Power's 5, a lamp house of an Edison of 1902, a couple of music
stands and you will have a machine par excellence, guaranteed not to show
any swaying motion on the screen,
"The next step is to secure a boy operator, one who will get a list of
questions and memorize them and then go before the board and obtain a
license. Do not forget to secure a tinpanny square piano and a rag-time
player.
"When you have progressed thus far it will be time to see about getting
films and if you cannot get first runs at twenty-five dollars a week from
one exchange, try another, and if you are there told that service is sold
to soand-so, try the other exchange and if they tell you the same thing,
send out of town and get service de luxe without titles or leaders — your
patrons will never know the difference and will think they are great.
"Xow, in order to keep on good terms with the exchange, do not pay
for the ser\-ice until you are urged to do so with the threat of having
your service sold to someone else.
"You must be sure that your machine is in such a condition that it
will tear out sprocket holes and scratch the films every six inches and
also apply plenty of oil that the dust in the booth may become attached to
the films. This will save your boy the trouble of sweeping up. Never be
so foolish as to pay attention to communications received from your ex-
change in regard to the condition of the films returned from your house
because your fellow-exhibitor, who shows after you do, might drop dead
from surprise upon getting a film in a 'showing* condition. Remember,
you are the only one who pays for the use of the films, and forget that
stale moral 'Do unto others as you would be done by/
"As to the posters, when you get a nice new one, be sure that before
returning it to the exchange you have stepped all over it a number of
times and smear in oil and dust — it will then be in the best of condition
for the next fellow (we should worry). If after such consideration on
your part towards the exchange and your fellow exhibitors, you should be
dissatisfied with the exchange, do not think of giving notice of your inten-
tion to switch the service but do so immediately for the exchanges prefer
this method of doing business.
"Oh! By the way, in advertising your show be sure and get the largest
poster that you can; those that give the least idea of what you arc exhibit-
ing arc the best, and have enough posters to cover the whole front of your
house — the people do not care if they arc seen entering a place that looks
like a country fence in circus season for no respectable person would think
of going anywhere else but to your house.
"Don't pay any attention to the sanitation of your house; it takes time
and it is troublesome to wash it out daily. Ventilation is unnecessary, the
closer the house is in winter the less coal you will have to burn and in
the summer the people are generally too warm to worry much about such
a slight thing as an unpleasant odor.
"In order to show your superiority as an exhibitor; that you never re-
quire any assistance; that you arc positive that Congress would never
think of closing the moving picture houses on Sundays, or enact any law
that would be detrimental to your business, do not become a member of
the Exhibitors' League as they are only banded together to shoot off a lot
of hot air and the assistance they might get through the National League
would not be of vital invfwrtance to you. I am president of the local league
and I know what I am talking about. And last, but not least, do not on
your life join the Washington Screen Club for there you might meet a
bunch of jolly good fellows and you m'.ght be so contaminated with good-
fellowship as to overcome the chronic grouch with which you are blessed."
Among those present were A. Dresner, president; Morris
Davis, vice-president; Harry Crandall, secretary; Joseph
Morgan, treasurer; Fulton Brylawski, Thomas Moore, Wil-
liam Moore, M. Moore, Mr. Plunkett, S. Flax, Mr. Osborn,
Mr. Wiiitaker, Mr. Worthington, Guy Barrett, George Camp-
bell, Louis Glaser, William Notes, M. Coleman, Mr. Fra/.ier,
Mr. Harris, R. H. Wood, A. C. Joy, Sidney Lust, Mr. Ashby,
Mr. Payne, A. N. Waters, Mr. Watson, Mr. Sloat, Mr. Vates,
G. Brandt, Fred G. Stein, Earl Taylor, Air. Murray, Mr. Bcd-
dell, Mr. Boone, Mr. Powers, Mr. Herman, Julian Brylawski.
Dr. William Herbst, Mr. Shipam, A. Brylawski, Alan Bach-
rach, Ira J. LaMotte, D. M. O'Brien, J. Payette, Victor Stone-
sifer, N. Stein, N. Weiser, J. Anderson, Mr. Maceron, Fran-
cis Painter, Mr. Simonds, William Alvine, William Airy,
William Gain, Mr. Irvine, William J. Quinn, Mr. Tracey,
Mr. Abby, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Evans, Sam-
uel Greenberg, Mr. Minnis, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Duff, George
E. Weigle of the Washington Star, W. Ben Weissblatt of
the Washington Times, Clarence L. Lintz representing the
Moving Picture World, and others.
AN ECHO FROM IOWA.
Editor Moving Picture World, Xew York.
Dear Sir:
The writer has delayed a report of the Convention in full
because I have had innumerable letters of inquiry regarding the
legislative program that has been mentioned before in your col-
oimns. We took this matter up at the Convention, and it was by
far the most important thing that has been done in Iowa for mov-
ing pictures for a long while, for the reason that something
in a definite line has been established.
Mr. Getchell. of Elbert & Getchell, of Des Moines. Mr. A. J.
Diebold, President of the League, of Cedar Rapids, and the writer
will constitute the new legislative committee. We expect to secure
the co-operation of the most influential members of the League
in the different principal towns in Iowa. And we expect to publish
articles from time to time to. show that there is an over-production
of moving picture houses in Iowa, also that the price of admission
is too low to be consistent, figuring twelve months in the year.
Also, we are now securing the names of each legislator selected by
the June primaries in each party, and we will address him from
the position that the League takes in Iowa, favoring no censorship
of any kind, and we will endeavor to secure the co-operation of
each local exhibitor.
It depends upon the business acumen of the exhibitor as to
how much support we will obtain. Politicians in Iowa are easily
influenced — when it is a fact in Iowa that eighty-five per cent of the
people, if not ninety -five per cent, are satisfied and more than
pleased with the programs that are shown throughout the state of
present.
Now, as to the legislative program in other states: There
seems to be a wide difference oi opinion between the exchange men
and some of the national officers and exhibitors throughout the
L'nited States as to the position the moving picture interests
should occupy as to censorship. Every partisan of censorship,
whether in the state or nation, or whatever plan he is in favor of.
(will tell you upon the main question, that he is in favor of censor-
ship because he is afraid of the ultimate ruin of the business.
This is the rock upon which we split. He does not realize that
the business is institutional, in other words, a recognized institution
in this United States, and as such is entitled to freedom of move-
ment as much as any great religious body. The moving picture
business is too well established at present in the minds of the people
in the United States to be displaced from its position of confidence.
The profession or the business is here to stay. It is out of its
swaddling clothes and experiments. The people are critical. For
example, the bogus features have come and almost gone, and the
way to handle the salacious or indecent picture is to turn it
loose and let it reap its own reward. The business itself will
not receive a scratch, because it is established in the affections of
the people.
Should some clothing manufacturer turn out a spurious piece of
goods, the clothing industry' would not suffer to-day; should some
irresponsible jewelry manufacturers foist upon the people illegiti-
mate work, the business would not suffer. The bicycle industry
went through this metamorphosis, from crookedness to the legiti-
mate; the piano business also. Illegitimate newspapers have come
and gone, likewise magazines, and the only sure method of estab-
lishing any industry is to allow the wolves which prey upon it to
come out of the woods.
Censorship is not a remedy but a disease. In the first place.
state censorship is legal. Any lawyer can tell you this. The United
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States government has never been able to do much with states
who wish to M.SS their own laws of this character. Many times
the Unitea States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality
of a law operating within a state, as, for instance, the molasses
cases in Wisconsin, the paint manufacturers' cases in South Da-
kota, the railroad two cent fare case in Minnesota. The Supreme
Court of the United States has upheld the legality of the state to
jurisdiction, and also has passed upon the constitutionality of the
law. Any state censorship law is legal and all the lawyer can do
is to delay its operation by means of injunction and numerous
"days in court." There is only one way to whip a state, and that
is with a legislative program. Reach the legislator in the lower
hotise and secure his co-operation before next November, as it
applies in Iowa, and eighty-five per cent of them will stand with the
ninety per cent of the people of the state as against censorship.
Then next May, in 1915, when this proposed law, or any proposed
law aiming to maltreat or manhandle any department of the motion
picture industry, comes up for legislation, you already have his
confidence and support, and it is an easy matter to secure results.
The only chance one of these censorship laws has to get by in the
legislature is because the man who fathers the law can show to
the appropriation committee an income exceeding the expense of its
operation, which can be used as "sinews of war" in some other
direction, and of course naturally the officers themselves are ap-
pointive in character.
This program seems to be a slow one to impatient people.
However, destiny can never be hastened. We can only progress in
morality as regards the motion picture business as the morality of
the nation progresses. This is our hope. And the recent instance
of commercial morality in other directions, which means that hon-
esty IS not a policy in business any more but a necessity, is the
attitude of the large newspapers throughout the United States. They
have cleaned house in their advertising columns, without help.
Quack medicines, bogus mining ventures, get-rich-quick schemes of
all description, are taboo, and one large western newspaper even
refused to publish liquor advertisements. Are we not prc^ressing?
Is there an exhibitor, after thinking it over, who is afraid to trust
public opinion with his business? The newspapers have the confi-
dence of the people and so have the exhibitors, which is always
necessary. And the legislative program is merely a nnethod to
reach the legislator with the views of his constituents, whether they
have ever been expressed to his knowledge before or not. And
any legislator who attempts to fly in the face of such a legitimate
propaganda will get rapped hard on the knuckles shortly after,
for what a wonderful force -will he awaken to encompass his down-
fall!
Yours very truly,
W. C. EDDY,
Secretary Iowa Motion Picture Exhibitors' League.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE CONVENTION.
THE Virginia Exhibitors' Convention was held at Staun-
ton, June 18, at the Virginia Hotel. About thirty-five
members were present. More would have been in at-
tendance, but the notification was very short.
The chief business was the election of state officers and
delegates and alternates to the Dayton Convention. The
following is the result of the election:
D. P. Wine, of Harrisonburg, president and national vice-
president; J. W. Myrtle, Staunton, first vice-president; Albert
Schultz, Staunton, second vice-president; W. W. Preston,
Lexington, secretary and M. M. Collins, Covington, treas-
urer.
Delegates: J. W. Myrtle, E. A. Jones, O. E. Fisher, M. M.
Collins and W. W. Preston. Alternates: J. F. Pryor, G. L.
Myers, J. H. Trout, Geo. Karamicholus and M. L. Hofi-
heimer.
Legislative Committee: D. P. Wine, J. W. Mrytle, M. M.
Collins, L. M. Hoffheimer, Geo. Karamicholus and J. H.
Trout.
The list of delegates chosen were such as could attend the
Dayton convention.
WEST VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
The West Virginia Convention was held in Wheeling at
the New Windsor Hotel, June l6. The following state offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing year:
_R. Robinson, of Wheeling, president; O. F. Langworthy,
Sisterville, first vice-president; Philip Kochert, Wheeling,
second vice-president; M. A. Sybert, Moundsville, secretary;
P. W. Barrett, Parkersburg, treasurer, and R. E. McCray,
Fairmount, national vice-president.
The following delegates and alternates were elected to
attend the Dayton convention: Delegates: A. B. Brink-
meyer, O. F. Langworthy, Frank C. McCrav, P. W. Barrett
and M. A. Sybert. Alternates: Leopold M'iller, L. N. Ash-
croft, H. G. Hoffman, T. W. Butcher and R. Robinson.
MULLER GENERAL MANAGER OF GREAT PLAYERS.
H. B. Muller, formerly of Warner's Features and Indus-
tries Motion Picture Company, has been appointed General
Manager by the Great Players Film Corporation to exploit
their productions.
The Great Players are the producers of "Escaped From
Siberia," a five-reeler dealing with the atrocities of the land
of the Czar, and they have just finished "Uriel Acosta," five
reels, an adaptation from the book and play by the eminent
author, Karl Kutzkou. Mr. B. Adler plays the title role and
is assisted by a notable cast.
EXPOSITION AT TORONTO.
The First Show of the Motion Picture Trade Opens Rather
Slowly in Canadian City.
THE first exposition of the Canadian picture industry opened
in Toronto, Ont., the city of magnificent churches, on
Saturday, June 20. Up to the present writing, June 23,
the exhibitors presumably attending their third convention, have
held no meeting, although there seem to be numbers of them in
evidence. The public so far has shown scant interest in the
exposition, although it is probable that events will begin to
move faster from now on. The show is being held in the Arena,
a great amphitheater seating, when chairs are placed on the
main floor, about seven thousand persons.
,\mong the concessionaires are the following :
Charles Potter, Canadian jobber for Victor goods.
Ontario Safety League, the honorary president of which is,
we note, his honor Sir John M. Gibson, K.C.M.G., KC, LL.D.
The motto of the association is "Safety first; safety always,"
Pennock Mounting Co., represented by Joseph Pennock.
In adjacent booths are the Toronto World and the Moving
Picture World. Across the way is the Motion Picture News.
The Canadian Union Electric Company, Ltd., is in charge
of A. B. Wearing, and shows lamps, carbons, motor generators,
switchboard apparatus, fans, etc.
The Remington Tj^jewriter Co.
Chapman & Walker, Ltd., in charge of George Burton, R. E.
Sm>'thies, and A. G. Milton. The company is showing an ex-
tensive line of motor generators, lamps, fans, signs, carbons, etc.
The Pyrene Fire Extinguisher is being shown by the Ontario
May-Oatway Fire Alarms, Ltd., under the direction of William
Whalen and E. H. Boechk. The display includes fire protective
apparatus of several kinds.
The National Cash Register Company has a good display of
its vending machines. In charge of the booth is J. C. Laird,
Canadian manager.
Warner's Features of Canada is represented by General Mana-
ger Feldstein of Montreal. David Warner is also on the job.
The Famous Players Film Service of Canada, handling Fam-
ous Players and Lasky films, is represented by General Manager
Phil Kaufman and Manager S. C. Kingsbury.
The Canadian Universal Film Exchange is represented by
James E. Finch, in charge of a good display. It is announced
that George Magie, of New York, will be here tomorrow.
Practically the entire exhibit of the Nicholas Power Company
was transferred from the Palace show in New York to the
Arena here. It is in charge of Herbert Griffin and Bert Bohan-
non. In the display is a motor drive never before publicly shown '
in Canada. The novel dissolving stereopticon for churches,
schools, etc., is receiving much attention.
The Wurlitzer instrument is being shown by R. S. Williams
& Sons. Ltd.. under the demonstration of Malcolm Wood. Fred
WTiite is in charge of the exhibit.
The Wyanoak Publishing Companv has an elaborate showing
of pictures and frame. The former arc not limited to screen
players, but include theatrical and public interest service. Vice-
President A. H. Bvrd is in charge.
The A\'orld Film Corporation is represented bv its Canadian
agents and also bv men from the New York office.
The Precision Machine Company is showing two machines.
The exhibit is in charge of David Cowen. BLAISDELL.
PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE AGAINST CENSORSHIP.
Tlie third annual convention of the Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' League of Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 23 and June 24. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Samuel F. Wheeler, Philadelphia; vice-president.
Gilbert ^Miller, of Plymouth; first vice-president, Benjamin F.
Zerr, of Reading; second vice-president, Francis E. Devlin,
of Wilkes-Barre; secretary, J. G. Hansen, of Philadelphia;
treasurer R. F. McAfee, of Reading; publicity agent, Frank
A. Gould, of Reading.
The convention went on record as unalterably opposed to
state censorship of motion pictures. The league decided to
take an active part in the agitation against the censorship
now on the statue books and money was appropriated to
aid in the fight. City Treasurer Daniel L. Hart made an ad-
dress in favor of a liberal Sunday and the opening of motion
pictures on Sundays.
M. A. Neff made an address telling the delegates that they
had it in their power to defeat any man who they thought
was an enemy to motion pictures. He also said that he was
opposed to censorship.
The delegates elected to the Dayton convention were:
Miss Mae Carr. of Hazleton; Ben H. Zerr, of Reading; Sam-
uel F. Wheeler, of Philadelphia; Walter S. Wilson, of Ply-
mouth; Martin P. Meyers, of Hazleton; M. Spiers, of Phil-
adelphia, and F. P. Gilligan, of Wilkes-Barre.
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"The Will 'o the Wisp"
Story of a Flooded Country Told by a New Four-Part
Balboa Picture that is Sure to be Greatly Liked
by Spectators.
Reviewed by Hanl'ord C. Judson.
ONE doesn't often see pictures with a flooded country
for a background, for waters of devestation carrying
away bridges and dwellings arc fortunate— for real peo-
ple— not common. Southern California was visited by rush-
ing floods early this spring and the Balboa producer saw his
chance for a sensational and guite extraordinary climax. As
a result wc have this picture, "The Will o' tlie Wisp," that
shows little or no traces of its hap-hazard origin. ]?crhaps
the bigness and realness of the floods excited the producer's
imagination to the benefit of the story, for, while in the best
sense it is splendidly commercial, it is not at all so in the
bad sense, that of being written under compulsion by a tired
brain for the week's salary.
The quality of the offering comes especially from one cliar-
actcr, a girl who gives to it its name, "The Will o' the Wisp"
— a little ragged girl, daughter of a blind miser. She runs
wild in the wooded country along the banks of a small river
and has blond, thick hair which makes around its curly
edges an aurora when the sunlight strikes it. She is played
by Jackie Saunders who mi.xes an elfin unreality in her realis-
tically human portrayal. This keeps her wholly charming
and will add new leaves to the young actress's already con-
siderable fame. In the early scenes of this picture, her work
can be compared only with that of "Little Mary" Pickford;
at times it delightfully suggests it. There is a something not
easy to define in such characters as this that goes right
to the heart of the spectator and it can be depended upon
that whenever the spectator's heart is warmed toward any
character of a story, the story will surely be enviably popular.
We take pleasure in commending it to exhibitors as a sure
offering. The story is clear and effective. It is full of excit-
ing incident; it has felicitously spontaneous humor, is sin-
cere in its humanity (for the most part), and is logical and
convincing enough to please the average spectator who is
apt to condone and even like touches of conventional vil-
lainy or heroism in a picture that provides, as does this,
plenty of substantial and perfectly plausible action.
The opening scenes of the story, a sort of prologue, are;
as it were, off the main stage of the picture, and, by contrast,
are not pleasing. They explain how the novelist comes to
be tramping along a country road in search of local color,
and toward the countrj' where the "Wisp" lives. There is
a delightful scene where this man. King, changes clothes
with a tramp. He meets him by the way and the meeting is
as natural as life itself. Every instant we are led to believe
that the conversation of the two is done, and again and again
it is taken up revealing the fresh inner working of two minds
in a way so naturally unexpected to themselves and to the
spectator that it is sure to coax a smile and then another
and then awaken a hearty laugh. It is indeed a touch of the
very surest genius.
We are now introduced to the "Wisp," a ragged little elf
with flying hair which she tosses in the air like any wild
creature of storm and summer wind. There is a man of the
neighborhood who has taken a fancy to her. He comes upon
her out in the woods and is about to force a kiss from
her, but she flees from him. He follows and she darts out
on a bridge over a stream, that we are soon to see swollen
with wild floods, and threatens to throw herself over if he
dares touch her. There is something in this that catches the
spectator's heart and from now on she is real and he watches
her progress with the truest sympath}'.
Shortly she is pouring a glass of milk for the tramp. King,
at the door of her father's shanty. He, too, is taken with
her simple prettiness, all ragged as she is, and gives her
a half dollar. The coin is the means of introducing to us the
old father. He takes it from her and hides it with his treas-
ures in a box concealed under a loose board, but not until
she has climbed up to the ragged quilts of her cot in the
garret. King, asleep in the open country, finds a snake
crawling over him and decides to build a shack up in the
trees. Perhaps in the scene in which the rough man comes
tobuy the girl from her father whom he knows will do any-
thing for mone3% there is more melodrama than realism, but
there surely is competent staging. From the garret she
overhears and escapes out of the window. Running away
through the woods, she falls into a quick-sand pit and her
cries are heard by the novelist who comes to her assistance.
He takes her to the home of an estimable woman from who'm
he_ had bought some carpenter's tools and while they are in
this farm house the rains that are to bring the flood begin.
These flood scenes that follow are not only pictures of
real conditions when a country over-flowed, but they
arc convincing as a part of this story, and we have no doubt
at all that tlie old miserly father is in real danger since he
is locked in the cabin at the already overflowed banks of the
rising stream. King's rowing to the rescue of the old man
seems really dangerous and the reconciliation makes a good
climax. The real interest stops at this point, but the pic-
ture continues for the happier ending that is generally sup-
posed to be necessary.
The acting is fair all tlirough, but that of the girl, of her
blind father, of King, and of tlie tramp, is noteworthy. The
pliotography is fine. Tliere are some of the most poetical
vision double-exposures that we ever saw and they are all
perfectly accomplislicd. The vision scenes are not all even
in their effectiveness, but the progressive producer of tliis
offering deserves a reviewer's praise and God-speed for the
perfect picture to come. It makes a fine offering.
MISS IVA SHEPARD.
MISS 1V.\ SHEP.-\RD, well-known emotional actress,
has been cast for the lead in "Northern Lights," the
si.x-part forthcoming release of the Life Photo Film
Corporation. Miss Shepard was a member of Sir Henry Irv-
ing's company for three seasons, and played leads onposite
Richard Mansfield.
The Life Photo Film
Corporation inter-
viewed no less than
twenty-eight film stars
before casting the part
assigned to ^Iiss Shep-
ard in "Northern
Lights." Miss Shepard
is better known in the
western states than in
the east, having worked
in motion pictures in
several of the largest
studios on the coast.
The part assigned to
her in "Northern
Lights" calls for the
transition in character
from a courageous,
fearless girl to that of
a dope fiend, the sub-
ject of her husband's
machinations. Those
who have been privi-
leged to see Miss Shep-
ard in the making of
the picture have pro-
nounced her to be an
artist of the superlative degree. It is expected that .the pic-
ture will be released July 5th.
Miss Iva Shepard.
PATHE STAFF GIVES DINNER.
With Messrs. Bonvillain and Roussel as the Guests of Honor
— Rare Spread at Rector's and a Big Time Enjoyed.
The members of the executive staff of Pathe Freres gave
a delightful dinner to L. P. Bonvillain, vice president of the
company, and Mr. A. Roussel, general manager of the Eclec-
tic Film Company at Rector's on the evening of Friday,
June 20. The menu was a delight and the company was in
the best of spirits. Besides the guests there were present:
Herbert Hoagland, Louis Gasnier, Charles Van Arsdale,
C. A. Parsons, Sales Manager Ramerez, John Pelzer, William
Hurst, Messrs. Rothsford, Kyle, Martin," Powell, Panzer, Jill-
son, Davidson, Hodupp, Groves, Williams, Seitz, Wilbur, El-
kin, Wright, Arling, Van Buren, Bardet, Franconi, Wagner,
Nicolet and Loprieno, of Pathe Freres; Arthur Kane, Jules
Bernstein of the Eclectic; E. A. McManus of the New York
American, E. H. L. Denig and Fred Beecroft of the Mirror
and James L. Hoff of the Moving Picture World.
There were no speeches, but one or two of the guests sang
songs, including Franconi. The eatables were excellent
and the drinkables refreshing. After leaving the table the
party adjoined to the "tango" room and several near prize
winners were developed.
EDISON FILMING BUSTER BROWN.
A new series of split-reel comedies from the famous
"Buster Brown" cartoons will be launched by the Edison
Company. Norris Millington, who has played in juvenile
roles with A'iola Allen and Robert Bennett, is an ideal type
of Buster Brown. Constance Robertson, the Mary Jane in
the original production, will appear in that role throughout
the series. Charles France will be the director.
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Fire Department Evicts.
Ramo, Life Photo Film, and Commercial Motion Picture
People were Inconvenienced but Little, However.
AS a direct result of the recent tire which destroyed Uni-
versal Film Manufacturing Corporation property in the
building at N.o. 102 West loist Street on May 13, three
well known moving picture manufacturing concerns were evicted
from the quarters which they had been occupying in the same
building Thursday and Friday, June i8th and 19th. Those af-
fected were the Ramo Films, Inc., the Photo Life Film Cor-
poration, and the Commercial Motion Picture Co., Inc. The
evictions were the result of drastic rulings by the New York
Fire Department after inspections which had been made.
While the descent of the Fire Department people upon the
film men was attended with considerable excitement, it now ap-
pears that everything accomplished was for the best — and all
those interested seem happy and satisfied.
At the Fire Commissioner's office it was said evictions
made had resulted from the fact that the companies had
failed to secure the required permits for the conduct of their
business in the building uptown and that this fact had been
forcibly called to the attention of the department by the recent
Universal fire. It was found, the Fire Department officials
declare, that the building occupied by the film concerns was not
the kind in which it would be safe to manufacture and store films
and that the pursuit of the film industry there was endangering
the lives of hundreds of people in the building. It was also
announced by the Fire Department officials that, while there had
been no sweeping movement against similarly operated places in
the city at the time the three evictions were ordered, a careful
inspection of the film manufacturing plants in Greater New
York was to be made and the laws governing the film business
in its relation to the Fire Department were to be rigorously
enforced, no matter what its effect upon the business might be.
When summary notice to "get out" was served upon the Ramo
people, they came back with the statement that before moving
into the building at loist Street they had commissioned an at-
torney to investigate the requirements of the law in order that
they might be complied with and that this attorney had later as-
sured them tliat everything had been satisfactorily arranged with
the city departments. When informed of this Commissioner
Adamson very considerately granted an extension of time for the
removal of the business, prohibiting, however, the manufacture
and storage of films in the building. As a consequence, the Ramo
headquarters are still maintained in the building although none
of the company's work is being done there. The Ramo people
are just now engaged in making a big picture called "The Con-
querors" and had been making a lot of exterior scenes at Fort
Lee on a piece of property just back of Cella's Hotel which they
had engaged for the purpose. With their place in New York
closed, the company at once set about rigging up a big outdoor
studio on the Fort Lee plot and will soon have it in shape for
use throughout the summer for the staging of both interior and
exterior scenes. Arrangements had been made with the Eclair
Film Company some weeks ago to develop all of the negative
on "The Conquerors," and there was no need of the New York
factory for this part of the business. Following the Fire De-
partment's action, arrangements were made with the Standard
Film Print Company, of Yonkers, for the removal of the Ramo
printmg and assembling force to a part of that big plant, and this
arrangement solved the problem which the eviction had brought
up, at least for the present. At the Ramo offices some days
ago it was announced that permanent studios would be
erected w-ithin the next few weeks, probably in Mt. Vernon.
The Life Photo Film Corporation and the Commercial Motion
Picture Co.. Inc.. allied concerns, were in such shape when the
evictions came that they have not been inconvenienced to any
great extent. A deal had been on for some time whereby the
film concerns were to purchase a studio and factory site in
Grantwood, N. J., and had progressed to such an extent that it
was possible to close it the day following the descent of the Fire
Department. The new quarters were ready for occupancy in
a few days and the film people are now nicely located in the
little Jersey town. The property which they have purchased
consists of twelve city lots improved with a fine stone structure
formerly the home of Blake Brothers' Animal Training School.
The building has been found to be admirably adapted for use
as a moving picture factory and but few alterations have been
necessary. There was plenty of room on the plot for a glass
studio, and construction work on this new building will be com-
pelted within a week or two. The Life Photo Company's play-
ers left for Canada the day following the Fire Department's
action for the purpose of filming "Northern Lights" and, by the
time they return, everything will be in readiness at Grantwood.
Such a good bargain did the Life Photo concern make in arrang-
ino- for their new home, it is said, that the dav after the deal had
been closed another film manufacturing company offered to take
over the ^jroperty at an advance of $8,000 over the purchase price.
"TOM" MOORE, MOVING PICTURE KING.
By Clarence L. Linz.
FROM the ownership of one reel to that of sixteen
moving picture houses is the remarkable record of a re-
markable man— "Tom" Mbore, moving picture king of
Washmgton, D. C — and his record is a notable one considering
the comparatively few years of the existence of this now
great industry.
Tom, as he is more
familiarly known, started
out as a singer — of a
song of his own compo-
sition. However, his real
start was made in mov^
ing pictures when a cir-
cus man offered him
Edison's "The Great
Train Robbery," for $21.
Now it happened that
this was quite a sum of
money to Tom in those
days. He raised as much
as he could but still
found himself some few
dollars short which, after
some persuasion, he ob-
tained from his father.
He carried this reel
round with him exhibit-
ing it at nearby places,
acting as ticket-taker
and operator, while his
wife was alternately
cashier and pianist.
Aher his trip came to
an end he "swapped" the
reel for a horse, buggy
and a cow, with a farm-
er of Anacostia, D. C,
and then sold the cow to
the farmer's hired man for $25, at a profit alone over the reel's
original cost. He bought $25 worth of feed to fatten up the
horse and then he sold the aniinal and the buggy for $85.
This capital was immediately invested in films and he worked
up his business until it became a large exchange. This he
sold in 1910 to the General F'ilm Company. From time to time
he acquired a theatre here and there until in six years he haa
collected sixteen, of which Moore's Orphcum Theater, with
a seating capacity of 2240, is the largest.
Up to the present time he has never built a house, having
bought up those the other fellows failed to make a go of. Now,
however, he is about to commence the erection of the Red Mill,
located in the moving picture block of Ninth Street, and which
will contain many innovations including a roof garden
Thomas Moore.
BROADWAY ROSE GARDENS OPEN.
The Broadway Rose Gardens and Danse de Pierrette. Broad-
way and Fifty-second street, were formally opened Saturday
evening, June 27. Moving pictures, dancing and dining are of-
fered in the novel place of amusement. "A Million Dollar Mys-
tery," new Tanhouser serial, is to be the feature of the picture
show for months to come. Another feature on the opening
photoplay program was "The Terrors of the Deep," also a
Thanhouser product.
Charles J. Hite, president of the Thanhouser Film Corpora-
tion, is also president of the Delta Theatre Corporation, which
has built and will operate the new place. George F. Kerr
has been named as general manager and Ben H. Atwell as direc-
tor of publicity.
A LETTER FROM MARY PICKFORD.
Editor, Moving Picture World,
Dear Sir: — An unauthorized report, detrimental to both
myself and the Famous Players Film Co., has been circulated
to the eft'ect that I intend to leave that concern and become
associated with the L'niversal Film Co.
This story is entirely without foundation or authority, and
you will do me and the Famous Players Film Co. a great
favor if you will contradict this report in the strongest lan-
guage possible.
As is commonly known, the Famous Players Filin Co. have
supplied me with opportunities and play material unequalled
by any other company, and the report is therefore unjust
and injurious to evervbodv concerned.
Very truly yours, " " MARY PICKFORD.
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79
LETTER FROM A "LEGIT."
Editor, Moving Picture World,
Dear Sir: — 1 have been an ardent reader of the World for
the last lew years and consider it to be one of the best trade
journals in the field of motion pictures. I believe that it is
read by every director in "the game" and, therefore, as a di-
rector, I am addressing you that you might place it before
them "just as it is." It is to be remembered, however, that
this is all said in good will with a view of raising the stand-
ard of the photoplays of to-day.
In the first place^and it is the fault of the director for the
poor man that wrote the script didn't stop to think — when
was it made a national law for people to marry without a
marriage license? And yet in how many pictures do you see
the handsome hero propose, the heroine accept, and the
minister grabbed as he is passing, and after taking his bible
from his pocket, the marriage ceremony is performed. This
is comedy, indeed, but it is practised habitually in the dra-
matic photoplays. Time and time again good dramas, with
this weakness, have been laughed at and the effect of the
entire story dampened. It isn't convincing that it should be
the sole purpose of the director, "overwalking" the photo-
playwright, to convince. Photoplays can be made more
realistic and just because the people accept these conditions
now there isn't any reason why some practice toward better
work should not be indulged in. Why not have several feet
of "leader" flashing "Married" if it is too "inconvenient" to
send the couple to the clerk after a license? Who argues for
the continuance of this practice?
Again and again when a young woman, in the story, de-
sires to command the attention of the passing hero and for
which purpose the "fall-off-of-a-log-and-sprain-your-ankle"
method is used, this part of the action is ridiculed for its
lack of naturalness owing to the fact that "her ankle is en-
tirely too easily sprained." It is unlikely for a young woman
to jump from a log three feet high and fall with a sprained
or wrenched ankle. This was seen in one of the cleverest
stories of the day some few days ago with one of the most
popular motion picture actors in the leading role and the
entire story was ruined by this flaw. Indeed these little ab-
surdities are flaws and the whole blame is traced direct to
the director.
I confess, I hail from the legitimate stage, but have made
a careful study of the "movies" and hope to be in a position,
some day, to speak authoritatively upon every phase of the
work. Let us all strive to correct these mistakes.
Yours very truly,
Shreveport, La. H. A. PETERMAN, JR.
UNIVERSAL COMPANY ENJOINED.
The L'niversal Film Manufacturing Company has been en-
joined by Judge Mayer of the L'nited States District Court
from manufacturing and leasing machines alleged by the
^lotion Picture Patents Company to infringe the Edison pat-
ents controlled by the latter company.
Counsel for the defendant urged that "the damage which
the L^niversal would suffer should it be enjoined from doing
business for the shorest period of time would be irrepar-
able and beyond computation," so Judge Mayer decreed that
the company might iile a bond of $80,000 to indemnify the
Motion Picture Patents Company against loss in the event
the courts sustain its claims and have the injunction sus-
pended.
John L. Lotsch, counsel for the Universal interests, is
preparing an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals from the decision sustaining the validity of the
Edison patents.
"KISS ME GOOD NIGHT" (Lubin).
Shannon Fife, author of Lubin's recent two-reel comedy,
"Kiss Me Good Night," is receiving letters from all parts of
the country praising the work of Mr. Johnson and Miss Bris-
coe in the piece. The play has "caught on" from the start.
The three Philadelphia exhibitors who have handled it so far
report it as easily the "best Lubin comedy of the year." Her-
schel Stuart, of the Queen Theater, Dallas, writes that hun-
dreds were turned away during the showing of the play there,
and other letters from every section attest to the fact that
the Johnson-Briscoe combination has never met with happier
of more lucrative results than in "Kiss Me Good Night."
WILD STILL WITH GAUMONT.
Contrary' to the general rumor about town to the effect
that John Wild has or is about to resign his position with
Gaumont, he may be found any day comfortably seated in
a jjrivate office of that firm at no West 40th Street and daily
attending to the duties of publicity and sales manager of the
compan\'.
ELSIE WILSON AND RUPERT JULIAN WITH REX.
THE moving picture industry has again drawn members
of the legitimate drama into its fold. Rupert Julian
and Elsie Jane Wilson will lead a new Rex company
at the Universal West Coast studios, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rupert Julian is already known in pictures, having played
heavy leads with the
Smalley Rex company
for some time. Miss
Wilson, who is Mrs.
Julian in private life, is
well known before the
footlights of the Eng-
lish province of Aus-
tralia, New Zealand and
Africa.
During one season
she played the woman
i n Robert Hilliard's
performance o f "A
Fool There Was."
That was followed by
a tour of the United
States in the title role
of "Everywoman" with
Henry W. Savage's
production. At the
close of the engage-
ment Manager Black-
well engaged Miss Wil-
son as star for the
Little Theatre, Los An-
geles, as flower girl in
"The Pigeon," and as lead in the last episode of "Anatole,"
she became a favorite of local audiences.
She was offered an engagement to play the leading role
in a new play by Cosmo Hamilton in New York City for
next fall, but Manager Bernstein of the West Coast Univer-
sal added his persuasions to those of Mr. Julian and the little
lady decided to accept the engagement with the Universal.
Joseph de Grasse will direct the Julian company, and
Joseph King will be the juvenile.
Rupert Julian.
"SNOWDRIFT" (Eclair).
A two-reel Northwestern drama, featuring O. A. C. Lund
and Barbara Tennant. The story carries the action from
the woods of Canada into a Fifth Avenue society club and
the denouement is entirely unexpected.
Scene from "Snowdrift" (Eclair).
Several of the scenes were taken during a blinding snow-
storm at Lake Placid, N. Y., and at Cobalt, Canada, and a
wonderfully realistic effect is obtained. Mr. Lund had his
right hand severely frozen during the making of the exterior
scenes and the pain expressed on his fa,ce during the action,
of the story is not simulated.
A CORRECTION.
The_ attention of our readers is called to the error which
crept into the "Index to The Film Stories" for the last vol-
ume published in last week's issue. On page nine of the
Index a Solax pour-part feature was erroneously listed as
"The Million Dollar M^^stery," when it should have been
recorded as "The Million Dollar Robbery."
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Mexican War in Solax Features.
MANAGER JOSEPH SHEAR, of Solax and Blachc Fea-
tures, has returned from Mexico with Director Harry
Schenck and a large company of Solax players, in-
cluding Miss Vinnie Burns. Miss Burns proudly exhibits a
bullet which ploughed up the ground within three feet of her,
passing between her
horse and the horse of
Mr. Schenck, who rode
beside her.
The company en-
tered Mexico by way
of Eagle Pass, Texas,
and made their way
under a strong guard
furnished by Genera!
Francisco Murguia of
Villa's army to Mon-
clova. They not only
succeeded in getting
motion pictures of the
battle of Monclova, but
also several hundred
feet of film showing the
departure o f trains
loaded with the troops
bound for Mexico City
where the decisive bat-
tle of the war is in
preparation. The stor-
ies they tell of the ter-
rible sights they were
compelled to witness
easily explains the fact
that no other motion
picture company has
ventured into the same
locality.
The company's de-
parture from Monclova
was hastened by the
punishment of two soldiers who were severely beaten for in-
sulting the Americans. The insults were hurled at Director
Schenck, whose inability to understand Spanish kept him in
blissful ignorance of the aflfair until he was invited to witness
the flogging of the culprits with the flat of a sword.
The news of this incident caused such bitter feeling that
the company was placed upon a special train and escorted
Harry Schenck
across the border into Texas. Several days were then spent
in making scenes in which Mexican and American cowboys
posed in battle scenes staged especially for the benefit of
the camera. Two of the Mexicans became enraged because
the story called for their capture by the Americans and fired
their guns into the faces of their opponents. The guns were
only loaded with blank cartridges, but the affair started a
fight which took the combined diplomatic' services of Man-
ager Shear and Director Schenck to settle.
Miss \'innie Burns is the only member of the company who
is anxious to return to the land of strife. She brought back
to the Fort Lee studios a little Mexican dog which bears the
name of Jesus Carranza and says that as soon as she can have
a rubber stamp made she is going to return to Mexico with a
pad and a pen and make a million dollars in Mexican money.
As a proof of the value of her scheme, she has a choice col-
lection of Mexican legal tender (Constitutionalist) which any
school girl ought to be able to make with the aid of a
twenty-five cent rubber stamp. But as the million dollars
"Mex" is only worth about two dollars and thirty-two cents
(Broadway), making Mexican money is not as attractive as it
might seem to the casual observer.
BEULAH POYNTER WITH HECTOR FILM CORP.
Hector J. Streyckmans announces the formation of the
Hector Film Corporation, which is already at work on a
five-reel feature in which Miss Beulah Poynter is playing the
leading role. The title of the play will be announced later.
Miss Poynter is well known to the public as a star and a
writer. She dramatized
"Lena Rivers" and
"The Hoosier School-
master," in which she
played the leading
roles for several sea-
sons. For five years
she was imder the man-
agement of Frank Burt,
being starred in "The
Little Girl that He For-
got," "Mother's Girl,"
all from her own pen,
and also "The Doll's
House," "The Call of
the Cricket," and "A
Kentucky Romance."
Miss Poynter's popu-
larity it attested by the
fact that she has re-
peatedly broken the
house records for box
office receipts. She is
not lacking in pulchri-
tude, as she has been
featured as "The most
beautiful wsman on
the stage," and "The
number of years she was
Miss Beulah Poynter
second Maggie Mitchell." For a
the youngest star on the stage.
The film is being directed by VVray Physioc, who produced
"Hearts of Oak," and whose ability is well known. Miss
Poynter is supported by John J. Bowers, who is at present
playing in "The Family Cupboard" at The Playhouse on
Broadway. Mr. Bowers is well known as a "matinee idol,"
being very handsome as well as a finished actor.
Miss Vinnie Burns, the Popular Solax Actress.
BIG DOINGS AT LUBINVILLE.
THIS will be a very busy summer at the Lubin studios
at Philadelphia and at Betzwood. Raymond Hitchcock
will appear in the Lubin films in a scenario elaborated
with much care at the Lubin studios with a special regard
to the humorous capabilities of the well known comedian.
.'\fter this first original film comedy Hitchcock will appear
in filmed versions of "The Yankee Consul" and "The Gal-
loper."
Work on the filmed version of "The Ragged Earl" with
Andrew Mack in the leading part has been begun and the
picture promises to be very successful.
Great features in preparation are "The Great Divide" and a
big Russian play with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in the leading
part. This last mentioned picture will have no reference
to the history of Mrs. Thaw but will represent a romance of
Russian life. The Thaw pictures will be made in Paris and
Fred Mace will also have a prominent part. "The Fortune
Hunters" is another big play in preparation with a big star
in the leading part.
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•A MIDNIGHT GUEST" (Kleine-Cines).
Rapid, thrilling action, strong situations and sn])crfinc act-
ing characterize George Klcinc's two-part "Cines" subject
"A Midnight Guest," scheduled for release through the Gen-
eral Film Company Tuesday, June 23. It is a picture that
will hold the interest of any audience from beginning to
end. The story, too, strikes a note new to filmdom.
Scene from "A Midnight Guest" (Kleine Cines)
George Lemont, recently divorced, has been given the
custody of his little son, and, thoroughly embittered against
his former wife, refuses to allow her even to see the child.
Desperate, the mother hires "Gentleman Joe" to steal her
boy and bring him to her. Once the lad is in his hands,
however, Joe resolves to profit as much as possible from
the situation and refuses to give him up unless a price en-
tirely beyond the mother's means is forthcoming. After
Lemont's detectives have failed to find the child, the mother
sets herself to the search and is successful, but only after
a series of exciting events, including an automobile chase
and a plunge from a high bridge many feet to the raging
river below.
A number of the most famous actors of the notable
"Cines" organization take part in the action of "A Midnight
Guest," and American audiences will recognize faces already
made familiar to them by the great Kleine-Cines multiples
"Quo Vadis?" and "Antony and Cleopatra."
FROOME LIVES IN THRILLS.
Albert C. Froome, who worked in New York Hippodrome pro-
ductions for several years, has joined the Thanhouser forces at
New Rochelle. Mr. Froome drove a racing automobile over a
cliff into the water in the "America" show this season.
In "The Million-Dollar Mystery," Thanhouser's new serial,
Mr. Froome plays a conspirator assisting Marguerite Snow and
Frank Farr.ngton in the machinations of the "Black Hundred."
His work will carry many of the thrills in the big production. A
scene was recently taken in which a racing motor boat was set
on fire and demolished by an explosion. Mr. Froome was in the
boat. As in all racing boats, there is very little room for passen-
gers, so when the fire broke out, Mr. Froome was almost on top
of it The flames circled around him, but he went right on with
the action. Then, just as the boat was rent to pieces by the
explosion, Mr. Froome leaped into the water, his clothes aflame,
a piece of realism not written into the scenario. Frank Farring-
ton, who was with Mr. Froome, made the leap at the same
time. Mr. Froome and Mr. Farrington clambered aboard the
Thanhouser.
"THE EAGLE'S MATE " (Famous Players).
Another Mary I'ickford picture will be released on July
1st, when the P'ainous Players Film Co. presents this cap-
tivating young star in the stirring drama of splendid emotions
and heroic action, "The Eagle's Mate," by Anna Alice Chap-
in, which, as a novel, has been tremendously popular. The
scenes are laid in the heart of the West Virginia mountains
where the wild and lawless mountain-folk live by the rule
that might is right and that to the strong belong the spoils.
In the midst of tliese primitive surroundings, where civiliza-
tion is scorned and the gentler emotions derided. Anemone
Breckenridge, a gentle, refined, young girl, accustomed to all
that wealth and culture can bestow, who has been kidnapped
by one of the moimtaineers, is suddenly confronted with life
in its most brutal and savage form. At first she is appalled and
disgusted as she sees the souls of men and women without
the veneer which comes from the influences of civilization,
but before long her admiration is won by the underlying
courage and heroism of the people around her, and in time
she struggles with herself to adopt their standards as her
own.
Scene from "The Eagle's Mate" (Famous Players)
Aliss Pickford's art makes the character of Anemone a
dainty slip of beauty, adorably girlish, tantalizingly willful,
gloriously feminine and in the course of the story she realizes
the sternest self-sacrifice for love, by which she eventually
attains the full accomplishment of her womanhood. "The
Eagle's Mate" is a novel, yet typical Mary Pickford character-
ization. It is the first production to be directed by James
Kirkwood since he joined the producing staff of the Famous
Players, and is unique in that he also assumes the leading
masculine role, that of Lancer Morne, the leader of the
mountain clan.
"THE JOKE THAT KILLS" (Eclipse-Urban).
There's a great deal of heart interest in "The Joke that
Kills," a new Eclipse-L^rban two-reeler which has recently
been added to the Hepworth American Film Corporation's
program. The story is a comedy-drama which will come
nearer drawing tears than laughs. Its action fails to ring
true at times but the release is acceptable.
UNIVERSAL TAKES POSSESSION OF NEW RANCH.
The new Western ranch of the Universal Film Company
in the fertile San Fernando Valley, where Universal City
will be located soon, is already occupied by the cowboys
and stock of the film company. Under the direction of Joe
Flores, the several hundred head of stock, cattle, oxen and
horses were moved to the new ranch. Corrals have been
built for the stock, but the cowboys are bunking, range fashion.
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THE AIOVING PICTURE WORLD
"THE PEARL OF THE PUNJAB" (Eclectic)
A touching story of gratitude and devotion. The film was
specially made for the Eclectic by Pathe Freres, and is in
three parts. The scene is laid in India. It deals with the
faithful devotion of a native woman who falls in love with an
army doctor. The latter gets into trouble with his superior
officer on account of a love afifair and decides to flee. The
woman slave aids him in his flight and takes him to her
Scene from "The Pearl of the Punjab" (Eclectic)
native village where he is safe from his pursuers. He prac-
tises his profession among the natives who revere him. On
a hunting trip his old rival is stricken with heart disease.
The doctor to whose hut the attendants bring the stricken
man is unable to save him despite his best efforts. The offi-
cer dies and the woman who had rejected the doctor now
proposes to him to return with her to civilization. The doctor
indignantly refuses and rewards the devotion of the native
girl by making her his wife.
Miss Nellie Craig takes the part of the native woman, Miss
Lillian Wiggins portrays the sweetheart of the doctor, while
the part of the doctor is taken by Walter Seymour.
"THE SHADOW OF TRAGEDY" (Lubin).
Emmett Campbell Hall has written an intense story in
which a mystery lies buried for twenty years at last to burst
forth with a fury that near causes a tragedy. All parties to
the drama are extremely worthy, but fate worked mischief
and came near wrecking the haopiness of a family. The
writer of a beautiful love letter to his wife, drops dead in the
library of a far off town and the letter lies hidden in one of
Scene from "The Shadow of Tragedy" (Lubin)
the books for twenty years and is finally mailed. It reaches
the son who has married and thinks that it comes from n
paramour. Other evidences tend to conform suspicion and it
is only at the crucial moment that fearful consequences are
averted. The Lubin picture will lift Mr. Hall into the limelight
of photoplay story tellers, especially as it is produced by
Arthur Johnson, with Lottie Briscoe and the choice company
of that master director and player. It is a two-reel play and
will attract attention.
"A BEGGAR PRINCE OF INDIA" (Victor).
"A Beggar Prince of India," as it unfolds on the screen, tells a
story that smacks strongly of the "Arabian Nights." In
its construction of plot and treatment, it is modernized and
the impossible incidents that characterized the Arabian
Nights are absent, but still there is in this play the delicate
sentiment, that wealth of romantic incident, intrigue, passion
and jealousy, and costuming and settings rich in their com-
position and delightful to the eye.
The play is in three reels. It is directed by Edward War-
ren and acted by Walter Miller and Irene Wallace in the
lead roles. It is a play that will interest, amuse, and will
give one solid pleasure in witnessing.
Scene from "A Beggar Prince of India" (Victor)
As the story goes. Prince Hyzem has been raised within
the castle walls as a beggar. Hyzem does not know that he
is the rightful heir to the throne which his villainous uncle
occupies. Time comes, however, when the young beggar
prince longs to go beyond the walls of the castle. The op-
portunity is given him one day by his uncle's minister, who,
not recognizing him, offers to take him on an expedition to
the capital of one of the neighboring states. Here the young
prince meets a princess whom he falls in love with. She
exercises a great influence upon his life and afterwards is
responsible for his regaining the throne. It will be released
July loth.
"THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE VALLEY" (American).
Thomas Ricketts as producer of the "Flying .A." subject,
"The Little House in the Valley," a two-part Western feature,
has again registered a remarkable success. He has inter-
woven a series of dramatic incidents with the atmosphere and
beauties of nature in a manner that will thrill and delight the
most fastidious critics.
Winifred Greenwood plays the lead and does very credit-
able work, she throws her heart and soul into the picture.
Ed Coxen and George Field play the hero and villain, respec-
Scene from "The Little House in the Valley" (American)
tively, and with the able support of a large company work out
a series of climaxes. George Field as leader of a band of
Mexican brigands portrays a character study that it would be
difficult to surpass. The photographic quality is excellent.-
The release will be made June 29th.
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BUY "THE GREYHOUND" FOR NEW YORK.
The Noted Plays Film Exchange, with ol'ticcs at 1482
Broadway, New York, have purchased the rights of Paul
Armstrong and Wilson Mizncr's "The Greyhound" for
Greater New York City and New York State.
"The Greyhound" was enthusiastically received by those
who saw the advance prints and was introduced to thou-
sands more people at the Strand Theater when it was used
as the feature extraordinary during the week of June 21st.
The cast is one made up of famous players and the story
of the original play which ran for months at the Aster
Theater has been closely followed in the photoplay version.
JUDITH OF BETHULIA (Biograph).
When Judith of Bcthulia was released, which was but
recently, it was at once acclaimed as a great film production.
Nothing comparable to it had ever been seen before in this
country. It transports one to the harvest fields of ancient
Judea. You are living in the past. And before one realizes
it, he is swept from the tranquil scenes of harvest and ro-
mance and caught in the swirling flood of war, famine and
death.
In this production, war as practiced by the ancients is
depicted with faithfulness. The storming of the walls of Bc-
thulia by the army of Holofernes is valuable to the student
of history. The chariots, the battering-rams and all the en-
gines of ancient warfare are used as they were of old, and
before one's eyes is a scene such as Cyrus might have wit-
nessed.
With stirring scenes of war with whole armies sweeping
across the scenes, and the entire inhabitants of the be-
leaguered city hovering behind its walls, the story of the
drama runs through it all like a thread and is never once
lost sight of. The plot unfolds rapidly and clearly and with
the deft touch of genuine art. No phase or lighest shade
of the drama is lost.
"DAN" (All Star).
The latest All Star Feature Corporation's production, a
tense comedy-drama of Civil War days in which Lew Dock-
stadcr, the world famed minstrel and black-face comedian, is
featured in the title role of "Dan," is rapidly nearing its
completion and will be ready for release about July 4th.
In support of Mr. Dockstader, the All Star Company pre-
sents a most noteworthy cast of Broadway celebrities, among
whom are Lois Meredith, the young ingenue who jumped to
fame in one night in the New York presentation of "Help
Wanted," Gail Kane, of "Seven Keys to Baldpate" and who
has appeared in "Arizona" and "The Jungle" for the All Star
Company, Beatrice Clcvengcr, a prominent stock star, George
Cowl, \V. D. Fishier and Hal Reid, the author.
"DAISY DOODAD'S DIAL" (Florence Turner Comedy).
"Daisy Doodad's Dial" is a new Florence Turner comedy
which has just been released through the Hepworth Ameri-
can Film Corporation. In it Miss Turner creates gales of
laughter by the simple expedient of "making faces" — a com-
edy trick which the average child learns quite early in life.
As Miss Turner does the stunt, however, it is professionally
known as "mugging" and has been elevated to a high art.
.A. slender thread of story gives the well known comedienne
abundant excuse for her facial contortions and with the firm
conviction that "Daisy Doodad's Dial" will prove popular in
every theater in which it is shown it can freely be said that
the release is an exceptionally good one.
BRIGGS TO OPEN NEW HOUSE.
Harry E. Briggs, who formerly owned and operated the
Bijou Theater in Crosby, Minn., is now building a moving
picture theater and vaudeville house in Perham, Minn. The
dimensions of the new structure are 25 by 90 feet and the
cost will be about $5,500. The new house will be named the
Bijou, and Mr. Briggs expects to open it on July 30.
Scene from "Judith of Bethulia" (Biograph)
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"THE MEXICAN MINE FRAUD" (Pasquali American).
"The Mexican Mine Fraud," new five-part Pasquali Amer-
ican feature belongs to days that have passed in the history
of the moving picture industry in this country. Its slender
story is too evidently the excuse for the introduction of
sensational incidents which are expected to appeal, not be-
cause of any dramatic strength but merely because of their
sensationalism.
Scene from "The Mexican Mine Fraud" (Pasquali)
Much of the action is supposed to have taken place in
Mexico, a country with which, unfortunately for the Pas-
quali American people, the average American is a lot more
familiar than was the director who made the picture. In their
make-up and mannerisms, these Pasquali American "Mex-
icans" while intended to be true to life, are the kind of "Mex-
icans" Americans most frequently encounter in burlesque
comic opera. A sad slip, too, is the introduction in the big
scene of the picture of a half dozen fine looking lions that
might have been perfectly at home in South Africa, but fail
to convince when introduced apparently as a group captured
in Mexico and being handled there by a band of lion tamers.
This big scene, however, will find favor in the motion pic-
ture theaters throughout the country — and there are not a
few of them — where sensation of any kind sells away above
par. The hero of the story makes his escape from the lions
after spending hours almost within their clutches and after
they have been liberated from their cage through a fire which
destroj's the cage house.
"THE LADY OF THE ISLAND" (Imp).
An Imp company, under the direction of Frank Crane, and
headed by Dorothy Phillips and Alexander Gaden, is at pres-
ent situated on Twin Island, an ideal place for summer work
and camping. "The Lady of the Island" is the first picture
Among other stirring features of the play is a race between
a motor boat and an eight oar shell containing college ath-
letes. The college boys seek to rescue a girl, while those in
the motor boat seek to prevent it. Another fact worth men-
tioning in connection with picture, is the use made of a
trained dog. This dog plays an important part in the story;
it was shipped specially for the picture from Rhode Island,
and is said to be one of the best trained and most intelligent
animals in America. Practically all of the scenes are laid out
of doors. There is boating, yachting, camping and hunting.
The story is rife with surprising twists; of course there is a
romance, but just how it is all going to come out keeps one
guessmg to the end. In two reels, the picture will be re-
leased July 6th.
FIRE AT WHITMAN'S STUDIO.
Fire came within an ace of putting the Whitman studio,
Cliffside, New Jersey, out of business recently, and only be-
cause of rapid action by the studio employes and cast were
the flames confined to the exterior settings.
During the garret scene of "Jane Eyre," a five reel feature,
written by John William Kellette and directed by Martin J.
Faust, wherein the maniac, portrayed by Alberta Roy, is sup-
Reeilistic Fire Scene in "Jane Eyre"
posed to destroy herself in a fire she creates, too much real-
ism almost added Miss Roy's name to the list of photoplayers
sacrificed upon the altar of daring. During the beginning of
the scene Miss Roy's kimono caught fire, and she fortunately
stepped upon the spot where flames were beginning to make
inroads, and tossed herself upon a bed already smoking, and
which later burst into flames. Hand grenades, chemical tanks
and the factory hose, were put into play and the fire confined
to the garret set. About $300 worth of property was de-
stroyed.
The Whitman cast now includes Misses Lisbeth Black-
stone, Mary Frye Clements, Alberta Roy, Viola Allen Frayne,
Mary Moore, Valerie Sheahan, Mesdames Frayne and Mid-
dleton; Harrish Ingraham, Edwin Brandt, John Charles, F.
E. Nevin and Emile LaCroix.
Scene from "The Lady of the Island" (Imp)
they have produced there and, what with its entrancing at-
mosphere and vigorous, dramatic story, a more appropriate
subject could not have been chosen for release at this time
of the season.
EDISON MADE "ACROSS THE BURNING TRESTLE."
Through an unfortunate typographical error, the last issue
of the Moving Picture World was made to indicate that the
Edison picture entitled "Across the Burning Trestle" was
made by the Kalem Company. Descriptive captions on the
illustrating cuts credited the picture to Kalem, although the
accompanying review of the release made it plain that the
Edison Company had made the picture.
The numerous complaints which were made of this per-
fectly obvious error were gratifying in that they showed
with what careful attention the columns of the World are
perused by moving picture people throlighout the country
from week to week.
WILLIAMS NO LONGER WITH HODKINSON.
William W. Hodkinson. the president of the Paramount Pic-
ture Corporation, is sending an announcement to the industry
to the effect that J. D. Williams is no longer in the employ of
Mr. Hodkinson or Bosworth, Inc. Mr. Williams was never con-
nected with the Paramount Picture Corporation in any capacity.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE CALL OF THE NORTH (Lasky)
In the production of "The Call of the North, " which the
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company is now producing,
with the original star of the stage play, Robert Edeson in
his original role, use is being made of the knowledge of
Stewart Edward White, autlior of the piece, who is also a
noted explorer. Mr. White has an intimate knowledge of
the Canadian Northwest, where he has spent practically all
his life.
"The Call of the North" is being staged partly in the Great
Bear Valley in Southern California, and the final stages will
be set at Moose Factory, Canada, at the trading post of the
Hudson Bay Company.
WILL MAKE PICTURES IN A BREWERY.
Bon Ray Film Company Secures Consumers' Plant at
Woodside as Manufactory — F. E. Holliday,
President of New Concern.
That moving picture theaters have been putting the saloons
out of business is an argument that moving picture supporters
throughout the country have been advancing in pleading for
a more liberal treatment of their business at the hands of
legislators and others.
It may not be absolutely in support of this argument, but
it is a fact, nevertheless, that in Greater New York City,
within the past couple of weeks a big brewing plant, partial
source of supply for many saloons, has given way to a moving
picture factory.
The Bon Ray Film Company is the concern that has en-
croached upon the brewing business, having taken over tht
thoroughly modern plant of the Consumers' Brewery Com-
pany, at Woodside, L. I., for the purpose of producing and
manufacturing moving pictures.
The Bon Ray is an enterprise promoted by F. E. Holliday,
its president, whorn moving picture people will at once recall
as having been prominently identified with the Gaumont Com-
pany's activities in the United States for the past four years.
The company is incorporated under the laws of the State of
New York, with a capitalization of $150,000.
In negotiating for a site, the Bon Ray people discovered
that the Consumers' brewing plant was ideally equipped for
their purposes. Strange as it may seem, the requirements for
making good beer are about the same as those for making
gocKl moving pictures, insofar as the technical processes are
concerned. Breweries have the best of water filtering de-
vices, good refrigerating plants and cool dark rooms by rea-
son of walls of thick construction. Strictly pure water and
cool, dark rooms arc also essential to the making of pictures.
It is not of record that any of the Bon Ray's products are
to be developed in the beer vats. New equipment for this
and other processes of the picture business is at present being
installed under the direction of J. Roy Hunt, who will be in
charge of the company's factory; some of the machinery has
already been purchased in Europe and the remainder of it is
being constructed in this country. When the plant is ready
for operation, in about thirty days, it will have a capacity of
80,000 feet of film per day.
Surrounding the present buildings at Woodside are twenty
acres of land, and the Bon Ray Company is erecting a studio
there in which to make its pictures. The company will also
operate in California.
The Gaumont Company, with which Mr. Holliday, presi-
dent of the new concern, was formerly associated, has built
up quite a business in the United States in manufacturing pic-
tures for Independent producers, and during the past year
and a half Mr. Holliday has devoted a great deal of his at-
tention to this particular line. At various times he has had
much to do with the editing of various pictorial weeklies, in-
cluding the Animated and the Mutual weeklies.
Notes of the Trade.
THE MAN ON THE BOX," with Max Figman and Lolita Robert-
son in their original roles, will be the next Lasky release. The
picture IS now complete^ and Mr. Figman is on his way East with
the negative. Work on "The Call of the North," with Robert Edeson, is
going forward at the Lasky studios.
♦ » •
The first motion picture studio in New England to produce feature plays
— -padniun, of Boston, is working on a three-reel drama entitled: "Where
Life s Cross-Roads Meet," which will be completed this month.
The New York State, City and Northern New Jersey rights on "Uriel
Acosta," five reels, produced by the Great Players' Film Corporation, has
been sold to the Dee Gee Feature Film Company, 220 West 42nd Street.
New York City.
* * *
It is officially announced that George Kleine has secured all rights to
"Stop Thief," for the picturization of that famous comedy. The picture
will be made in New York City at one of the big licensed studios.
• • ♦
The \'itagraph Company of .America has purchased from Dr. Cyrus
Townsend Brady, the eminent divine and author, the rights to three of
his best novels. They are "The Fetters of Freedom," "Sir Henry Morgan,
Buccaneer," and "The Chalice of Courage."
* • •
Our National Anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." and the motive
that inspired the writer, Francis Scott Key, will be produced in two parts
by the Edison Company.
• • •
Gagriel Pollock, who has been the general scenic director of the Selig
plant in Chicago, has gone to the California plant and taken a carload of
"property" recently purchased from the Chicago Auditorium Association,
for use at the Edendale plant. This paper^jnache work is of most re-
markable character, and was made by Robinson, of Drury Lane, London.
* • *
.\tsco, Inc., have just installed their radium gold fibre screen at the
Lyric, and one Simplex machine and a radium screen at the Casino theater,
in New York City; two Simplex machines in the Booth Theater, together
wiih the ventilating and wiring of the Lyric.
* • *
Atsco, Inc., has opened an office in the New York Building, at Seattle,
Wash., in charge of Mr. F. F. Merriman.
♦ • *
In supputt of Ethel Barrymore in "The Nightingale," the All Star Feature
Cotpbratiuii has engaged a cast which would be a credit to any premier
Broadway pr.iduction. Among those in her support will be seen Charles
Stevenson, George .Andrews, William Courtleigh, Jr., Conway Tearle and
many more. Work has been progressing at the Yonkers studio of the All
Star Feature Corporation towards the completion of "The Nightingale,"
which was written especially for Miss Barr>-more by Augustus Thomas,
director general of the All Star.
Robert Leonard and Lloyd Ingraham (Universal West Coast studios)
are producing an exceptional romance of artist life in Paris which affords
Mr. Leonard and Miss Hall a fine opportunity to display their art in new
roles. The story is a one-rceler and is entitled "As Fate Disposes."
* • •
At the Dayton Convention, Atsco, Inc., will distribute the few remaining
coins they have on hand, entitling the exhibitor to $5 credit on the first
$100 worth of supplies which he purchases. This coin was one of the hits
of the New York Convention.
• • *
Atsco, Inc., has been appointed exclusive sales agent for the Strong
Nitrogen lamp, which will hereafter be known as the Atsco lamp.
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THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
The twentieth annual edition of the KJeine C^tical Company catalogue
is just off the press and ready for distribution. It contains one hundred
and seventy-five pages, printed on a highly enameled stock and bound in
dainty blue "Advertiser's cover." The catalogue this year contains many
valuable treatises on lenses, theater construction and kindred subjects, in
addition to a con>plete list of motion picture accessories and supplies of
all kinds.
Director Charles Giblyn (Universal West Coast Organization) has re-
cently completed a two-reel military drama, entitled "Kate Waters, Secret
Service." The production is of i^pecial interest because Captain Herbert
Ford, late of the C S. Cavalry, not only took part in the drama, but was
consulted in prescribing military usage and in rendering the production
true to military ethics.
The story of Babe Baxter, her rise to fame and public favor, her decline
from this exalted position, her journey to the county poor and her transi-
tion to celestial realms, make a touching and intensely dramatic production
by Harry PoIJard in a "Beauty" subject entitled "The Other Train," to be
released July 7th, 1914.
"Cabiria," the Itala Film Company's motion picture production of
Gabriele d'Annunzio's scenario, which is being exhibited to capacity audi-
ences at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York, has proven to be a spec-
tacle of unusual proportions, and of great interest to the theater-going
public.
• » »
A print of Kalem*s five-part historical feature production, "Wolfe, or the
Conquest of Quebec/' was consumed in a fire which destroyed the Grand
Theater, at Crookston, North Dakota, recently. The Kalem production
was scoring a big success at the time of the fire, was of incendiarv origin,
• ♦ ♦ - o
Within the past two weeks the Broadway Theater, New York, has played
"Soldiers of Fortune," "Checkers," "Paid In Full." "In Mizzoura," "Pierre
of the Plains" and "Arizona," and each one has succeeded in topping the
business of its predecessor.
* *■ *
Weber Theater. New York, which opened on Tune 22d, with the latest
AU Star production, "The Jungle." reports unprecedented business.
« • *
Max Davidson is making such a hit in the character of "Izzy," that the
Reliance Company is issuing the film regularly through the Mutual pro-
gram. The film for release July ist is "Izzy, the Detective.' It portrays
the adventures of an amateur sleuth who goes about with pictures of vari-
ous persons wanted by the police. A portrait of a nobleman gets in the
T>unch and "Izzy'' arrests him. The arrest gets them both into trouble.
Jacques Tacquard is now co-director with Jack Warren Kerrigan, of the
Kerrigan-\^ictor Company, of the Universal. The famous star will hereafter
be seen in both society and Western dramas in order that the varying
tastes of his many admirers may be satisfied.
George J. Beihoff, formerly District Manager of the World Film Cor-
poration, in Indianapolis, has been transferred to Philadelphia, in Che same
capacity.
* * *
W. S. Hart, who will be remembered by theater-goers for his strong and
convincing work in the original productions of "The Squaw Man'' and
"The Virginian." has been added to the company used in producing the
plays put out under the Kay Bee, Domino and Broncho brands by the New
York Motion Picture Corporation. He will be featured during the summer
in a series of stories by Director General Thomas H. Ince.
Charles M. Seay, the Edison director, is not downcast when he walks
with bowed head. He is simply ambitious and picks up whatever he can.
He has found a button that was shot from the coat of General Sherman,
and a coin so ancient as to not bear a date. All that is needed is a twenty
dollar gold piece to make up the fob for his new gold watch.
George Kleine has just completed arrangements to produce that popular
Cohan & Harris success "Officer 666." The rights were obtained recently,
and negotiations completed with one of the big New York studios to pro-
duce the story in this country.
• * *
"Feast and Famine" is a beautiful little drama depicting the wisdom of
conservation of resources in the hour of plenty for a time of need. Ex-
cellent dramatization with a superb and thrilling climax. The versatility of
"Flying A" actors is attested by the extensive variety of subjects being
produced. "Feast and Famine" will be released Tuly 8th, 1914-
♦ • •
Harry Weiss, of Chicago, has been made district manager for the World
Film Corporation, with offices at No. 37 South Wabash Avenue.
Word has just 'been received from Mt. Clemens. Mich., that William
Bechtel, the man of a "thousand faces." is rapidly convalescing from his
illness, and may be expected back in harness at the Edison studio within
the next three weeks.
Pretty little Ella Hall, so long a favorite ingenue with the Rex Com-
pany, has been selected as leading woman in the Robert Leonard Rex Com-
pany. "Out of the Darkness" and "At the Foot of the Stairs" were the
two first Leonard offerings with Miss Hall as lead. In the last Leonard
production, "An Awkward Cinderella." Miss Hall is co-star with Leonard.
"I saw 'Quo Vadis?' while I was in New York a year ago." writes Judge
Ben. B. Lindsev to George Kleine. "It is the finest film I ever saw and
i»s educational value is beyond estimation. I wish all the kids in the
world could see it — and grown people, too!" Mr. Kleine never received
a letter he values more highly than that from the famous Denver jurist.
* • *
'l..e Cincinnati branch o<f the World Film Corporation will be under the
supervision of Mr. Cay E. Brehm, formerly manager of their New York
Exchange. Mr. H. G. Siegel. formerly manager of the Cosmos Feature
Film Company, has been named as Mr. Brehm's successor.
Arthur Levey is manager of the New York office of the James Mc-
Ennery Syndicate, of New York and London, with offices at 220 West
42nd Street (Candler Building).
The .Mercantile and Financial Times, date of June 15th. contains a laud-
ing and timely article on the Nicholas Power Cameragraph. which was
demonstrated at the Central Palace Exposition last week. The display was
a fine one and reflected great credit on the genius of Mr. Power, who
in the spheres of invention, stands side by side with Edison and Marconi.
Andrew Mack writes in from Philadelphia to say that he is much pleased
with the way his old stage success, "The Ragged Earl," is being produced
as a big feature picture for Popular Plays and Players, Inc., of 1600 Broad-
way, New York City.
♦ * *
Samuel Goldfish, executive head of the Lasky firm, is sojourning at
Berlin. After negotiating in England for the output of the Paramount
Pictures Corporation, Mr. Goldfish started a tour of the big cities of
Europe, and will return to New York July 29th.
* • •
Paul West's series, based on his stories of the alert ofltice boy and to be
known as "Bill," will be released earlier than was at first announced. The
first film will be released by the Komic, through the Mutual program,
July 5th and other reels will follow at frequent inter\-als. "Bill" is a one-
reel feature and each reel will be complete though there will be consecu-
tive interest.
George D. Baker, of the Vitagraph Company, who directed the film
comedy. "Mr. Bingles' Melodrama," now at the Vitagraph Theater, New
York City, is an old time trouper and received his knowledge of things
theatrical in the school of experience.
• • *
Horace G. Plimpton, manager of the Edison studio, is returning from
Europe on the S. S. "Aquitania."
* * ■*■
"Othello, or the Moor of Venice," the big Shakespearean production
made under his direction, George Kleine announces, will be released through
the General Film Company, the week of July 6th. The picture is about
five reels in length, and was made by the Photo Drama Company, in
\ enice, Italy.
Thos. Ricketts one of the "Flying O" directors is producing a one-reel
subject under title of "Her Secret." It remains to be seen whether it is
a parody on woman's inability or a drama that will tear the heart strings
as the nature of the secret is disclosed.
• * *
Letters are coming in to the Selig Polyscope Company from various
large cities concerning the success of "The Adventures of Kathlyn" as a
serial run in association with newspapers in the places where these films
have been shown in the larger theaters. The issuance of the thirteenth and
concluding number of the series has apparently been marked by as much
interest as the three reels that were shown in introduction.
Mr. Nat. I. Brown, western sales manager of Atsco Inc., has been ap-
pointed general sales manager wfth headquarters in New York.
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New York. June 20. 1914
NOTICE Vve wish to announce that
7>dr. J. D. vvilliams is no longer in the employ
of vvilliam Vv . Hoakinson or Bosworth, Inc..
nor was ht ever connected with the Varamount
Pictures Corporation in any capacity.
WILLIAM W. HODKINSON
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
87
"The Spitfire"
A Melodramatic Farce that was Produced More than One
Thousand Times on the Dramatic Stage — Picturized
by the Famous Players Film Co.
Reviewed by Harry W. De Long.
CAST :
Bruce Moson Carlylc Blackwell
Valda Girard Violet Merserau
Marcus Girard Rcdfield Clark
. James Ormond Lionel .A.danis
Tracv Robert Cummings
Beasley W. R. Dunn
.\unt Mary Lois Arnold
Polly June Dale
IT W.AS a happy thought of the director's when he chose
Carlyle Blackwell for the leading part. The four reels of
this thrilling romance embrace all the elements of interest
and intensity that it is possible to jam in a melodramatic, nautical
coraedv-drama, or rather a melodramatic farce, as it contains
Scene from "The Spitfire" (Famous Players)
both laughs and thrills. It was written, that is the dramatic ver-
sion, by Edward Peple, and has been visualized and directed most
meritoriously. The humorous situations and the absorbing dra-
matic elements combine to make this offering pleasing, not only
to those who enjoy light drama, but to the other class, who have
a preference for the punch and heart-throb of tenseness and
overpowering incident and episode.
The director has happily balanced the two extremes, so much
so it is difficult to distinguish whether the subject is comedy or
serious drama : until the culmination of the plot brings the con-
viction to the spectator that it is only real life, as it is enacted.
Mr. Blackwell is an ideal type for the role of Morson, about
whom revolves the principal action of the play. In the big dra-
matic situations and in the lighter moments he does not fail to
give a perfect characterization.
The sior\- captioned "The Spitfire" is as follows : Bruce Mor-
son, a young American, returning from Egypt, is robbed of some
valuable jewels in a London hotel, and pursues the thieves to
the yacht "Spitfire," at Calais, which the crooks have boarded and
taken command of under forged orders from its owner, Marcus
Girard. who is in London. The yacht is just about to sail out
of port, but by a ruse, Morson manages to get aboard, and prompt-
ly falls in love with Valda, Girard's pretty daughter, who is also
a "spitfire.'" The crooks tell Valda her father is a smuggler,
show her the jewels they have stolen, and convince her they are
guarding them for her father, and that Morson is a customs of-
ficer, spying upon her in order to trap Girard. Valda indignantly
turns upon the helpless Morson. orders him into seaman's cos-
tume, and compels him to work his passage to New York.
Morson undergoes many ordeals, both humorous and dramatic,
and is even finally accused of the theft of his own property, before
the final denouement, which shows the burning of the yacht and
the heroic rescue of Valda by Morson, who is at last able to right
himself, baffle the thieves, and win the woman he loves. _
The scenes on the j'acht are very pleasing and gripping, aiid
the photography is of a superior order. The acting of those in
the cast is natural and artistic. This picture production is cer-
tainly worthy of a place in any theater.
Thomas Nash.
New Wild Animal Company Formed
Tom Nash and "Big Otto" Will Manufacture Wild Animal
Features at Los Angeles.
OXE OF THE latest moves among the many important
ones that have occurred recently in the picture indus-
try in this country became known within the past
few weeks, when rumors appeared in trade papers to the
effect that Thomas Nash and "Big Otto" had formed a
company of their own
to manufacture b i g
feature pictures under
their own brand.
These rumors were
verified by Stanley H.
Twist upon his arrival
in New York last week.
Mr. Twist, through the
medium of the Inter-
Ocean Sales Co., no
West 40th Street, of
which he is president,
will act as the eastern
representative of the
new combination, which
is to be known as The
Xash Motion Picture
Company.
The new company
has as its immediate
policy the production
of big wild animal feat-
ures averaging from
three to five reels in
length, and produced
along elaborate lines
with careful attention
to detail.
For this purpose the
new company has purchased an extensive tract of land, some
forty acres in area, situated in one of the most beautiful
parts of suburban Los Angeles, about half way between the
city and Pasadena. At present Nash and Otto are busily
engaged in superintending the construction of a large studio
and animal zoo upon this property and in beautifying the
grounds.
A large and carefully selected company under the direc-
tion of a well known producer arc already working on the
first picture, which will be called "The Mysterious Man of
the Jungle." This feature will be in four reels and no ex-
pense is being spared to make it set a high standard
By virtue of his long
and successful career
and wide experience in
the manufacturing end
of the business, Thomas
S. Nash is to-day one
of its best known men.
He is one of the indus-
try's veterans, having
entered the business
seventeen years ago in
Chicago. "Big Otto"
has been a well known
figure in the animal and
circus world for two
decades. With the new
company Mr. Otto will
personally supervise all
productions.
With this combina-
tion in the field, the
trade will look forward
eagerly to their prod-
uct. Jlr. Twist states
that, despite the tempt-
ing oft'ers which have
been received, no defi-
nite policy of market-
ing will be decided
upon until Mr. Nash arrives in New York next month, with
his first sample pictures.
"Big Otto."
WRONG ACTOR GIVEN CREDIT.
In our issue of June 13 in the review of "Bringing in the
Law," by the Colorado Motion Picture Co., it was stated
that Will E. Ellis plaj-ed the lead opposite Miss Josephine
West. This was an error as Edwin F. Cobb, late of the
Lubin Company, played the part in question.
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THE -MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gatherci^ By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI boasts of possessing the champion
moving picture fan of the world in the person
of Joseph M. Isador. a merchandise broker, living at
2817 E^den street, who has the proud record of not
Laving missed attending at least one show a day
for seven years. Usually, as a matter of fact, he
sees several, but during the period mentioned not
a day has passed without his witnessing at least
one performance.
Sedamsville, one of Cincinnati's many populous
suburbs, is to have a new motion picture house, in
the shape of an airdome^ which will probably be
converted into an indoor theater before the advent
of the winter season. A lot 46 by 90 feet has been
acquired by the Sedamsville Motion Picture and
Entertainment Co., which was recently organized
for the purpose. The airdome will be constructed
at once. Albert E. Huseman is president of the
company, the other officers being Charles White,
vice-president. A. F. Gordon, secretary, Edward B.
Harris, treasurer, and Lee White, general manager.
The amount to be expended at first is $2,000.
Notwithstanding an earlier engagement, some
weeks ago, at the Walnut street theater, the Bos-
worth film production of Jack London's "Sea Wolf"
came back last week for a full seven-day showing
at the Grand, and again drew large audiences.
Cooler weather during the latter part of the week
helped to bring the attendance up to a good average,
the heat during the first few days of the week
being extreme, and injuring attendance everywhere.
Manager Willis Jackson, who has been with the
Walnut street theater for the past four years, turn-
ing a losing venture into one of creditable success,
has been appointed manager of the Gayety. and will
enter upon his new duties with the beginning of the
coming fall season. During the summer be will
continue to run feature film productions at the
Walnut, where attractions of this sort have been
drawing well for some weeks. The Gayety, which
ran films and vaudeville for a time with a fair
degree of success, following the closing of the
regular season, has been closed for a thorougli
renovation, and will be practically new for Mr.
Jackson's regime when he takes charge.
The liveness of the average exhibitor in the
smaller towns of Ohio is pretty well indicated by
the fact that one of the editorial writers on a lead-
ing Cincinnati daily paper, who sees a gooQ many
of the country exchanges in the course of his work,
was recently moved to comment favorably on the
amount of advertising which is done by the moving
picture bouses. An interesting excerpt from his
editorial on this subject reads as follows, offering,
incidentally, a good tip as to the way to go after
business: "In one towna, with a population scarcely
more than five thousand, three theaters advertise
with liberality. The programs are given with ac-
curacy in detail and with mention of the stars ap-
pearing in the films. At one of the theaters one
of the shows displayed the burial of the heroes who
fell at Vera Cruz. That is almost up to date, and
in all probability by next week it will show the
arrival of the Colonel in New York and the doings
at Oyster Bay."
Montgomery & Lines, of Dayton, O., have com-
pleted plans for the construction of one of the
handsomest houses in that city at Fifth and Ring-
gold streets, Oliver Ritzert being the architect.
The structure will be elliptical in shape, and is to
have a seating capacity of about 500. It will be of
concrete and brick fireproof construction, one story
high. G8 feet wide by 96 deep, and will cost about
$20,000, the first-class nature of the work l>elng
pretty well indicated by this figure, in view of the
comparatively small size of the house. Work will
begin as soon as possible, as the firm desires to have
the house completed before the beginning of the
fall season.
Lubin's production of "The Gamblers" was seen
last week at the Majestic, in Dayton, 0., for two
days, and met with an enthusiastic reception on the
part of large houses, according to the management.
The reputation of the film had preceded it. and It
operated as its own advertisement.
The Alhambra theater, in Canton, O., is meeting
with considerable success In the Edison "Dolly "of
the Dailies" series, the seventh Installment of'thls
popular serial, "The End of the Umbrella." being
one of the best so far shown.
The Star theater, recently built by John D. Ros-
ier in Sandusky, O.. was opened last week with
large houses which were interested in seeing the
Interior of one of the most up-to-date photoplay
theaters in the city as well as in the special at-
traction which Manager Kesler has secured for the
opening — Mary Pickford in "Hearts Adrift." Mr.
Kesler was "turning ihem away" all day during
the opening Sunday, and has since been handling
capacity houses.
Manager Hanley. of the Marion (O.) Family
theater, made a hit with a Warner feature "The
Pirates of the Plains," recently shown in connec-
tion with a pair of vaudeville acts, the combination
bringing capacity attendance to the little house.
CASEY.
KENTUCKY.
KENTUCKY exhibitors have been finding things
slightly quiet during the past week or ten days,
a condition which has been attributed to the ex-
cessively hot weather. The houses with good ven-
tilation and plenty of electric fans have managed
to draw fairly good crowds, but as a whole the
public has held away from the picture shows. How-
ever, business is about on a par with what it was
at the corresponding season of last year.
R. S. Shrader, manager of the Central Feature
Film Company. Louisville, has returned from a
short pleasure and business trip to Indianapolis,
Ind., where his wife is spending a few days with
friends,
A recent visitor to Louisville was Julius G.
Reeder. managing director of the Ohio Motion EMc-
ture Company, of Cincinnati. Mr. Reeder has made
a trip to every town in Kentucky, even taking in
the small tank towns, in an endeavor to book Paul
J. Rainey's "African r*ictures." wliich were pro-
duced by the Jungle Film Company. Results have
been very good, and Mr. Reeder is more than pleased
by the interest displayed by the Kentuckians in the
new pictures. Mr. Reed?r was formerly of New
Orleans. One of the best features of his trip is the
fact that he managed to pick up a mailing list in-
cluding practically every picture s^how in the state,
showing the number of seats in the houses, the lo-
cations, and the managers in charge.
Manager Ed Klapheke. of the Baxter Airdome, on
the Bardstown Road, Louisville, had a special free
attraction for the newsboys of the Highlands. A
special two part Kalem picture was ordered for the
occasion, entitled. "The Detective Sisters," featur-
ing Carlyle Black well. This was in keeping with
the annual treat of the Louisville Herald to the
newsboys of the Highlands in which all orderly
newsboys are invited to participate. The boys met
at 7:15 o'clock sharp on Highland avenue, near Bax-
ter, and were escorted by the Boys' Brigade to the
theater. The only compensation asked of the boys
was that they keep good order.
The National Theater. Louisville, will shortly
present a morion picture show for the benefit of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the George Rogers
Clark School, of Crescent Hill.
The Rev. George W. Bun ton, of Nein>ort, Ky.,
recently officiated at the marriage of James A. Day
and Miss Clara Schroth. Mr, Day was formerly
with the Heuck & Fennessy interests, and is at
present managing a motion picture show in New-
port. The bride is a daughter of W. A. Schroth,
of Clifton Heights. The couple left for an Eastern
honeymoon.
Mandamus proceedings were instituted in the
Circuit Court recently against the City of Louis-
ville. Building Inspector William J. O'SulIivan and
the Board of Public Safety by Annie M. Steuerle
and the Broadway Theater Company to compel the
defendants to issue to the plaintiffs a permit for
the erection of a theater on Broadway between
Shelby and Logan. It is alleged by the plaintiffs
that they have expended a sum in excess of ?1,200
with architects and others in the formation of plans
for the proposed $50,000 building, but that permis-
sion was denied by the Building Inspector and the
Board of Public Safety. City Building Inspector
O'SulIivan, in a statement, said that his refusal
to issue the permit was due to the fact that the
plans and specifications for the proposed structure
did not provide for enough court spaces to accom-
modate the exits, affording insufficient protection
in case of fire or panic. He said that be had in-
formed the plaintiffs through their architects Jo-
seph & Joseph, that if they would alter the plans
to conform with his ideas he would issue the
permit. Joseph & Joseph were the architects on the
recently erected National theater.
The M. & C. Film Company, which recently ob-
tained quarters at Straws Mills. Ind.. near Sellers-
burg, Ind., are now manufacturing regular releases
and staging Kentucky Comedies and Dramas, in
one, two and three reel subjects. A picture has
just been completed of the plant of the Courier
Journal, of Louisville. This picture is entitled
"The Making of A Modem Newspaper" and in con-
nection with this the "Winner of the Fortieth
Kentucky Derby."
Manager Joseph Desberger, of the Star and Gem
theaters of Paducah, Ky., has discontinued pictures
at the Star during the summer months, and Is now
running tabloid performances which are taking ex-
tremely well. Pictures are being shown as usual
at the Gem theater. This condition is brought
at>out by the fact that the regular show houses are
not operating at this season, and there was some
demand for other than straight run pictures. Man-
ager Desberger formerly owned the Arcade theater
which was sold to the National Moving Picture
Company, of Louisville.
R. M. Brown, of ShelbyviUe, Ky., was recently
In Louisville, where he contracted with the Central
Film Exchange, for a higher grade of Universal
Service that he had been using. ShelbyviUe is a
good picture town for a small town, and Manager
Brown is doing nicely.
J. J. Hebert, of the Warner Feature Film Com-
pany, was recently taken ill at Dawson Springs.
Ky. He is on his feet again, however, and is back
on the job.
Harry Evans, of Mayfield, Ky., is doing well with
his airdome this summer. As long as the weather
is good he operates the big open air theater which
has a seating capacity of 1,200. During bad
weather he switches over to his regular house which
has a seating capacity of 300.
A. L. Hunt, of Henderson. Ky., is doing nicely
with the Park theater which is located in the old
opera house. He is runninng the Mutual program,
and managing to fill the 1.200 seats fairly well.
He is also running "Tabloid" twice a week. He
is considering the purchase of two new machines
for the operating booth. Formerly he was in the
motion picture business at Jacksonville. III.
Roy Threkeld, of Dawson Springs. Ky., will have
his new theater ready for the public by July 1.
This house is located near the Century Hotel and
in one of the most desirable locations in the city
for such an enterprise. The house has a seating
capacity of 300.
The Grand theater, of Owensboro, Ky.. is operat-
ing a light stock company in conjunction with the
regular run of motion pictures. The plau is taking
well at present, and good houses are being played
to.
The Dixie Theater Company, of Russellville, Ky..
according to Manager George B. Edwards, will be
ready to open on June 25. This house is a great
deal larger than the old Dixie theater and has about
double the seating capacity. The first pictures to
be shown in the new house will be Paul Rainey's
"African Pictures."
Manager M. Switow, of the Switow Amusement
Company, Louisville, has sold the Garrick theater,
of Madisonville, Ky., to R. Sacks, of Indianapolis,
Ind. This house has the distinction of being one of
the few if not the only motion picture house In
the country to put a circus out of business. This
theater and one other. The Princess, happened to
have unusually good bills recently when a circus
hit town, and although the circus remained on the
lots for three days It was unable to get together
enough money to move on to the next town. Man-
ager Ansil E. Waltrip. who is still in charge of
the house, is a very popular Madisonville boy and is
making himself strong with the patrons in various
ways. He spends a good deal of his time on the
d«^>or so as to be able to greet his friends on ar-
rival at the theater.
Manager W. E. Rash, of the Idle Hour theater,
Earlington, Ky., is making arrangements for re-
modeling and improving his theater. One hundred
additional seats will be put in. This theater is
in the mining district of Kentucky and has a good
patronage.
Manager W. P. Scott, of the Auditorium, Daw-
son Springs, Ky., was very much disappointed last
week in the failure of some pictures to arrive in
time for a special show which he was giving while
the Kentucky Press Association was in session at
Dawson. A special program of speeches and pic-
tures had been arranged and advertised. There are
between 800 and 900 visitors at the springs at
present, and business is very good.
G. D. CRAIX. JR.
ILLINOIS.
'T^HE "pictures for children" idea is uppermost
^ in many Illinois communities. At Joliet, the
.Toliet "Herald" and Manager Ray McMullen. of the
Colonial are doing some unusual work. The news-
paper is sponsor for the plan which is conducted
by Mrs. C. J. Johnson, who is at the head of its
woman's department. Specially chosen films for
children will be shown, at the Colonial, the young-
sters being enabled to buy tickets at the rate of
two for five cents. If there are any who cannot
afford this the Herald has effected a plan whereby
they can secure them free through the teachers.
The films wt-re selected by Mrs. Johnson who made
a trip to the Chicago exchanges. She was assisted
I'v Mana^rer McMullen. The first program included
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89
a fairy play, "A Day In the Life of the Nnval
Reserves" "Scenes In Ireland" and a comedy. The
shows are made distinctive by the title "Children's
Hour," and prizes are given by the paper for the
best letters relating to the experiences of the
children during that hour. The plan of free shows
at the Deddick Library In Ottawa, under the
auspices of the Woman's Club, la In Its second
successful year. Like the shows at Joliet, the
Saturday morning programs at the Star theater in
Evans ton are especially for children at the sug-
gestion of a local newspaper. The Evanston News
urged a trial of the plan and although the attend-
ance at first was not eocouraging the parents are
rallying and the attendance has been Increasing
each week. Local pictures with especial interest for
children have been shown at the Court In Pekln
where films of the school field day exercises did
big business and at the Palm ia Rockford where
the youngsters witnessed on the screen the parade
of all the pupils ia the city. The Rockford film
wos the work of the Commercial Art Shop which is
putting out its product under the brand of "C A S"
films.
Illinois has been having some hot weather that
slowed up business for the moving picture men, ex-
cept the alrdome shows. Springfield tied with
Yuma, Ariz., for the hottest place In the country
one day and few felt the lure of the photoplay
houses.
Negotiations were under way at Cairo for the
salt', by Fred Teichman of the Bijou moving picture
theater, to Peter Llnd II, who has been connected
with the Alexander County National Bank.
Travis A. Kimmell has again assumed charge of
his theater in Cairo, and the title Grand Central
Theater has given way for the old name, the Kim-
mell. Dooley & Demos operated it under a lease
for about three months.
The City Council at Grafton is up against the
annual problem of financing the city and has passed
a resolution to tax moving picture theaters $50 a
year.
Nofr- that "Wilmette has two moving picture
houses the Board of Censorship, created by an
ordinance last fall, has come to the front and will
see, it Is announced, that no films will be exhibited
which are not fit for children to see. Mrs. C. N.
Roberts, chairman and Mrs. Harry Norghman, rep-
resent the Woman's Club, and Fred D. Buckman
is the village trustee on the board. The body
already has given Its commendation to the manner
in which the new Village theater ot 1150 Wilmette
avenue is operated.
Picture programs for parks do not have to be
made up comedies and thrillers according to the
management of Dellwodd Park near Joliet. This
resort which is using Klnemacolor has found that
educational and nature study films draw well.
A drug store In Galesburg gave a free ticket to
the Cozy theater with each fifty cent cash purchase.
Additional light upon the value of the moving
picture in the treatment and life of the insane is
shown by developments at the Institutions in Ill-
inois. At the Kankakee asylum the pictures have
been shown to 1,S00 patients, including many who
have been classed as dangerous and raving nianiacs
and who have been confined in the cage rooms and
relief wards. A pleasant evening generally Is
selected for the SCO patients who ordinarily are
violent. The effect of these few hours of Treedom
and entertainment is shown by the fact that no
acts of violence have been reported and not one of
the eight hundred have ever stepped out of the
Ime of march. The shows for the 1,000 other more
rational and more dependable patients are given
the first half of the week. The picture shows at
the Watertown Hospital are to be given out-of-
doors this summer. An airdome, seating 500 has
been erected and will be used by both paHents and
attendants. Five reels of pictures, blackface and
other vaudeville and music by the hospital orchestra
make up a typical program.
Evidently there is little money In the profession
or trade of moving picture operating, Walter S
Reese, an operator of Streator, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy in the United States District Court at
f ^^^R^' ^^^^^"^^^S liabilities of $1,317 and assets
Sign-laden wagons, advertising moving picture
shows, will be classed as billboards in Danville as
the result of an opinion given by the city attorney
and the police, following the complaint of the ac-
tivities of one house, have been given orders to
keep the wagon off the streets.
W. V. Schmidt will be manager of the new
Grand moving picture theater which Is nearing
completion at Breese. The house will seat 450
persons.
The Princess theater at Woodstock had the book-
ing there of the interestinor and business-bringing
pictures of "The Illinois State Penitentiary."
William Harding, owner of the Rose theater at
i'alestine. was installing a new electric light plant
in his show when the gasoline engine fell on his
right foot. It was necessary to amputate a part
of one of the toes. f y >.
The first features shown at the new Washington
Garden on St. Louis avenue In East St. Louis were
the seven reMs of the Pageant and Masque held in
Jt. Louis. Pictures will be changed dailv by the
Landau Amusement Company and vaudeville three
times a week.
The Grand Opera House at El Paso was given
over to free moving pictures the day the merchants
K °* ^^Jt^^^^ ^^ t^^ people from the country round
about. The fete was known as Play-Day and everv-
thlng except the "eats" were furnished free
Manager Grampp, of the Grand theater at Rock-
ford feature GrlUlth's "Home, Sweet Home" the
week of June 2:Jd, 23d.
Fred E. Sterling, of Rockford, prominent In the
affairs ot the Orpheum, Palm and Princess theaters,
is a candidate for Republican State Central Com-
mitteeman from Illinois.
In order that Dr. Sutton, one of the chief figures
In the Fulton County Exiles pictures made at I-os
Angeles, Cal., might see himself on the screen the
films were sent to bis home at Port Orchard, Wash.,
where he bad arranged for a special performance.
These are the pictures made by the Canton Register
of Canton, 111., so that former residents of Fulton
county might have a home-coming by proxy.
The Palace theater at Rosevllle recently, showed
"100 Pictures of Life in Roseville."
The management of the Aledo Opera House at
Aledo made an event of the exhibition of "Samson."
A special matinee was given for the Sunday school
children, and the evening performance was for the
benefit of the Aledo Band.
The Lakin Airdome at St. David, has been com-
pleted and is now housing the moving picture
shows formerly given In the Lakin theater.
The Gem theater, redecorated, has been re-opened
in the Venable building at Keithsburg.
R. C. Augustine, at Decatur, in a talk before the
Parents'-Teachers* Federations on playgrounds, used
moving pictures and slides for Illustrations.
Manager R. H. Grlffln, of the Western Hippodrome
at Ninth street and Ninth avenue, in Rock Island,
had his place thoroughly remodeled before the sum-
mer season of pictures.
Motion pictures were made June 13 at Mooseheart
Lodge, near Aurora, when 1,500 workmen dedicated
and built a road 1,500 feet long in front of the
lodge home. Films also were made of a parade
which was a part of the ceremonies.
A special musical program by Taylor's Orchestra
marked the opening of the Airdome at WoodhuU.
"Caprice" did such a nice business at the Va-
rietle theater In Canton that the management has
decided to use Famous Players features every Tues-
day night.
R. W. Gracy, of Harrington, has gone over to the
' 'under canvas' ' idea and will use a tent for his
moving picture show this summer.
One of the Illinois papers remarks: "Looking at
the 'bathing pictures' printed In some of the Chi-
cago papers today, one cannot help but think: 'they
wouldn't be permitted to show them in movies.'
Perhaps, however, it's art."
J. C. Seyster, of Oregon, Is reported to be con-
templating the erection of a new opera house on the
site now occupied by the Star theater In that city.
Photoplay houses have knocked out so many
saloons that there is little novelty In the announce-
ments, but news comes from Utlca that E. Mar-
shall has closed his moving picture theater because
the building has been leased for dramshop purposes.
Moving pictures and dances are the attractions
at the CoUinsville Park, at Collinsville on Saturday
and Sunday nights.
J. S. Alexander, until recently a conductor for
the Qnincy Street Railway Company, of Quincy, has
purchased a half interest in a moving picture thea-
ter at Kansas City, Mo.
Frank Alexander, who has been appointed manager
of the Royal theater at Monmouth, has installed a
three-piece orchestra and a new screen. Alexander
formerly was In the photoplay business in Omaha,
Neb.
E. Sweeting will be in direct charge this summer
of the Lyric theater, at Danville, which has been
leased by Powell & Sweeting and will turn from
vaudeville to pictures. Keystone comedies will wind
up a program running from five to seven reels. A
five-piece orchestra has been secured for the musical
features.
J. E. Myers has been giving week-stands of mov-
ing picture shows under canvas at Lima. Marcelllne
and other towns near Quincy. For Sunday programs
he has been using "The Passion Play"" and "The
Prodigal Son" and doing good business.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
SAN FRANCISCO.
'M'O name has been chosen yet for the new theater
"'■^ of Ben Michaels opened recently on Broadway,
but the contest is nearing a close, and an announce-
ment will be made shortly. It Is likely that the
new house will be called either the Verdi or the
Columbus, as it is located in the Italian district
of the city.
A one-story amusement building is to be erected
by Edward Martin on Montgomery Street, near
Pacific, at an estimated cost of about $25,000. It
is understood that provisions will be made for the
installation of moving picture apparatus.
Turner & Dahnken have let contarcts aggregating
more than $10.0i:»0 for alterations and additions to
the Globe theater in the Mission district, and this
work will be completed at the earliest possible
date. The work was to have been commenced sev-
eral weeks ago, but unavoidable delays prevented
the plans from being carried out. When the altera-
tions are finished the house will be one of the
largest and best equipped of any moving picture
theater in the city.
The Illinois Commission has awarded a contract
to Lange & Eergstrom for the erection of the Illi-
nois pavilion on the grounds of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition. A large moving picture
theater with a pipe organ will be a feature of the
building.
The Pressmen's Union of San Francisco recently
took a few kicks at the nicks, the charge being
made to the Labor Council that "practically all of
the nickelodeons in this city uhc tickets purchased
In the East." An effort will be made to have tho
ow-ncrs of, moTtug picture theaters patronlzo local
printing fifmEi.
Robert G. Fowler, who made the only hydroplane
flight across the Isthmus of Panama several
months ago, delivered a lecture last week at the
Young Men's Christian Association building, show-
ing moving pictures taken by the operator who ac-
companied him. The tilms show the completed
canal along almost its entire length, as well as
glimpses of the Jungle-grown remains of the old
French canal.
The California Motion Picture Corporation Is
erecting a large kitchen and dining-room on its
grounds at San Rafael for the accommodation of
the members of its company, and now has Its
studio buildings In good shape. This concern has
given up the making of a weekly, for the time
being at least, and is busily (-[igfigcd on u number
of Imi>ortant subjects.
The Im Bonita theater, located in the Richmond
District, irt now a member of the Exhibitors* League
of San Francisco.
The Glen Odeon, located neor Glen Park, In the
Diamond street section, has changed bands, and la
now being conduced by F. Ferrura.
The Premium theater has t-losed, and It la
doubtful whether or not it will be reopened at an
early date.
The Golden Gate Film Exchange, which recently
purchased the California rights for "The Chris-
tian," at a price said to be the largest ever paid
for a feature in this state. 13 receiving many In-
quiries for the attraction. It will be shown at an
early date In the Auditorium, the well-known mov-
ing picture house of Los Angeles, which peats 3,000
persons. W. H. Clune of this theater came to San
Francisco recently to arrange for the attraction,
and Sol Lesser, president and general manager of
the exchange, returned to the Southern city with
him. This feature will be shown at the Portola
theater in San Francisco within a few weeks.
Louis Loeb, formerly assistant manager at the
local office of the General Film Company, is no
longer connected with the firm In that capacity,
his place having been taken by Thomas Malcom,
formerly of Los Angeles.
Max L. Newman, representing the California Film
Exchange, is back from a trip through the San
Joaquin Valley territory. He states tl'at condi-
tions are rapidly improving in that section as im-
mense crops are being harvested and large sums of
money placed into circulation.
Since the arrival of Arthur S. Hymnn on the
Coast to take charge of the San Francisco office of
Warner's Features, Inc., a number of important
changes have been made. The booking department
has been rearranged and a system placed in opera-
tion whereby the exchange keeps In close touch with
the exhibitor and endeavors to be of the utmost
assistance. Three new men have been placed upon
the road, and business has shown a great increase
during the past month.
George Breck, of the supply house bearing his
name, and member of the Vitaslide Company, made
a business trip to Portland, Ore., this week.
Marion H. Kohn. president and general manager
of the Globe Film Exchange, Inc., will start for
New York shortly on a business trip and will be
absent for apout three weeks.
Sol Lesser, president and general manager of the
Golden Gate Film Exchange. Inc.. will also start
for New York shortly to attend to business matters.
In addition to being an experienced exhibitor,
Ben Michaels is earning an enviable reputation as a
director. While enjoying an outing this week with
notable residents of the North Beach section he
presided over the making of a farce comedy named
"The Perils of Paul Kosa,'* the camera work
being done by members of the National Film Pro-
ducing Company, 111 Turk street. Some promi-
nent waterfront characters of San Francisco ap-
pear in the picture.
A new moving picture theater Is being erected at
San Paplo avenue and Twenty -seventh street. Oak-
land, Cal., by J. W. Jespersen and A. C. Dippo
and will be opened on July 27th. The house will
seat 400 persons.
The Pastime Theater at Sisson, Cal., Is now be-
ing conducted by Areas & Morgan.
The airdome recently opened at Weed, Cal., was
wrecked recently by a severe thunderstorm and was
placed out of commission for several days.
A splendid theater building Is being erected at
San Jose, Cal., adjoining the Market, and will be
ready for occupancy within a short time. The house
will seat about 1,000 on the ground floor and about
400 In the balcony. The owner, Mr. Beatty, has not
decided whether it will be leased or whether he will
operate it himself.
Bailey & Son, of Coming, Cal., have purchased
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Current Releases
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Honor of the Law (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
EDISON— The Revengeful Servant Girl (Seventh of the
"Wood B. Wedd" Series) (Comedy)
KALEM — The Flaw In the Alibi (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
PATHE— Visit to Paris (Travel)
— Rapids and Water Falls of New Zealand
(.Scenic)
SELIG — The Leopard's Foundling (Special — Two parts
Drama)
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 35 (News)....
VITAGRAPH— The Gang (Drama)
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914-
CELIO — The Bondage of Evil (Spec. — Two parts — Dr.)
EDISON— The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints (Eighth of
the "Chronicles of Cleek" Series) (Drama) . .
ESSANAY — The Daring Young Person (Com. -Dr.)
KALEM— The Wire Chief's Reward (Drama)
LUBIN— The Walko Sisters (Comedy)
MELIES— One Suit of Clothes (Comedy)
PATHE— A French Village in Senegal, West Africa
(Travel)
— Venomous Serpents (Zoological)
SELIG — Hearts of Men (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Poor Folks' Boy (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY i, 1914.
EDISON— Back to the Simple Life (Comedy)
ESSANAY — The Fable of "The Good Fairy" (Comedy)
KALEM— The Fatal Portrait (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
LUBIN — The Living Fear (Special — Two parts — Drama)
MELIES — The Monk's Sacrifice (Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 43, 1914 (News)
SELIG — The Empty Sleeve (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Circus and the Boy (Comedy)
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Goat (Comedy)
— The Firemen's Social (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Sophie Gets Stung (Comedy)
LUBIN — The Shadow of Tragedy (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
MELIES — Womanly Curiosity (Comedy)
— The Prescription (Special — Two parts — Dr.) .
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 36 (News)..
VITAGRAPH— Two Stepchildren (Drama)
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1914.
EDISON — The Shattered Tree (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
ESSANAY — Trinkets of Tragedy (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
KALEM — Fleeing from the Fleas (Comedy)
— Trooping the Colors (Topical)
LUBIN— The Doom of Duty (Drama)
SELIG — Making Good with Her Family (Comedy)
— Doc Yak Wishes (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— A Train of Incidents (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Cracksman's Gratitude (Drama)
EDISON — Molly, the Drummer Boy (Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Punishment (Drama)
KALEM— The Political Boss (Drama)
LUBIN— It's a Shame (Comedy)
— The Kidnapped Bride (CoTnedy)
MELIES — Hidden Death (Special — Two parts — Drama)
SELIG— The Little Hobo (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Toll (Special— Two parts— Drama)
Advance Releases
MONDAY, July 6, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Eva the Cigarette Girl (Comedy)
EDISON — Her Spanish Cousins (Comedy)
KALEM — The Weakling (Third of the Alice Joyce Series —
Special — Two parts — Drama)
PATHE— The Heart and the Circulation of the Blood (Bi-
ology)
— Modes of Travel in Japan (Manners and Customs)
SELIG — Reporter Jimmie Intervenes (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 37 (News)
VITAGRAPH— The False and the True (Drama)
TUESDAY, July 7, 1914.
CINES — Heirloom (Special — Two parts — Drama)
EDISON— Face to Face (Seventh of "The Man who Dis-
appeared" Series — Drama)
ESSANAY— A Night with a Million (Comedy-Drama) ...
KALEM — Kaintucky Bill (Drama)
LUBIN — Fooling Fanny's Father (Comedy)
— While Auntie Bounced (Comedy)
MELIES — (Title not yet announced) .'
PATHE— A Tiger Hunt (Indo-China— Scenic)
— The Ice and Snow (Drama)
SELIG — Algie's Sister (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— The Moonstone of Fez (Special— Two parts
— Drama)
WEDNESDAY, July 8, 1914.
EDISON— Andy Has a Toothache (Eighth of the "Andy"
Series — Comedy)
ESSANAY — A Boarding House Scramble (Comedy)
KALEM — A String of Pearls (Special — Two parts — Drama)
LUBIN — The Incompetent (Special — Two parts — Drama) . .
MELIES — (Title not yet announced)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 44, 1914 (News)
SELIG — Caryl of the Mountains (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Doctor Smith's Baby (Drama)
THURSDAY, July 9, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— A Romance of Pueblo (Comedv-Drama)
ESSANAY— Slippery Jim, Diplomat (Comedv)
LLTBIN— The Debt (Special— Two parts— Dra'ma)
^MELIES — (Title not yet announced)
SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 38 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Prosecution (Drama)
FRIDAY, July 10, 1914.
EDISON — In the Shadow of Disgrace (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
ESSANAY — Night Hawks (Special — Two parts — Drama)...
KALEM — Rube the Interloper (Comedy).
— In Old England (Scenic)
LUBIN — The Tribunal of Conscience (Drama)
SELIG — Did She Cure Him ( Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— The Vases of Hymen (Drama)
SATURDAY, July 11, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Primitive Model (Drama)
EDISON— Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of "The Active Life
of Dollv of the Dailies" — Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama)
KALEM — Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama)
LUBIN — How He Lost his Trousers (Comedy)
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy)
MELIES — (Title not vet announced)
SELIG— His Fight (Drama)
\TTACtRAPH — ^Lillian's Dilemma (Special — Two parts —
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SUNDAY, June 28, 1914.
ECLAIR— Prince Willy (Comedy)
— Nutty and His Father (Comedy)
FRONTIER— On the Verge (Drama)
REX — Lost by a Hair (Comedy)
MONDAY, June 29, 1914.
IMP — Adventures of a Girl Reporter (Two parts —
Drama)
STERLING — It's a Boy (Juvenile-Comedy)
VICTOR — A Twentieth Century Pirate (Comedy-Drama)
TUESDAY, June 30, 1914.
CRYSTAI^The Girl in Pants (Comedy)
— Her New Hat (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery (Series
No. 12 — -Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., and the Vampire
(Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, July 1, 1914.
ECLAIR — Snow Drift (Two parts — Drama)
JOKER— Bess, the Detectress; or, Tick, Tick, Tick
(Comedy)
NESTOR— The Lost Arrow (Drama)
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly, No. 121 (News)
THURSDAY, July 2, 1914.
IMP— The One Best Bet (Comedy)
REX — The House Discordant (Two parts — Drama)
STERLING— The Crash (Comedy)
FRIDAY, July 3, 1914.
NESTOR— Those College Days (Comedy)
POWERS— Pearl of the Sea (Drama)
VICTOR— (Title Not Yet Announced).
SATURDAY, July 4, 1914.
"loi" BISON— The Hopes of Blind Alley (Three parts-
Drama)
JOKER — Captain Kid's Priceless Treasure (Comedy)...
SUNDAY, July 5, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Greatest of These (Drama)
FRONTIER— The Broken Barriers (Drama)
REX — On the Rio Grande (Western — Drama)
MONDAY, July 6, 1914.
IMP — The Ladv of the Island (Two parts — Drama)
STERLING— Billy's Vacation (Comedv)
VICTOR— At Mexico's Mercy (Western- Drama)
TUESDAY, July 7, 1914.
CRYSTAL — Nearly a Stepmother (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery, Series
No. 13)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Me, Him and I (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, July 8, 1914.
ECLAIR— Duty (Two parts— Drama)
JOKER— Bess the Detectress, or, The Dog Watch (Comedy)
NESTOR — A Rranch Romance (Western — Drama)
UNIVERSAL — Animated \\'eekly No. 122 (News)
THURSDAY, July 9, 1914.
IMP— The Old Rag Doll (Drama)
REX — When Fate Disposes (Two parts — Drama) ;...
STERLING — Snookee's Flirtation (Comedy)
FRIDAY, July 10. 1914.
NESTOR — The Great Universal Mvstery (Comedy)
POWERS— Passing the Love of Women (Drama)
VICTOR — A Beggar Prince of India (Three parts — Drama)
SATURDAY, July 11, 1914.
"lOl" BISON— Prowlers of the Wild (Two parts — Drama) . .
JOKER — Love, Roses and Trousers (Comedy)
Mutual Film Corporation
SUNDAY, June 28, 1914.
KOMIC— The Wild Girl (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — The Tavern of Tragedy (Two parts —
Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Widow's Mite (Comedy)
MONDAY, June 29, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Little House in the Valley (Two parts
— Drama)
KEYSTONE— Caught in Tights (Comedy)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 24 (News)
TUESDAY, June 30, 1914.
BEAUTY— Via the Fire Escape (Drama)
MAJESTIC— Suffragette Battle in Nuttyville (Comedy)
THANHOUSER— The Harlow Handicap (Two parts-
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, July i, 1914.
AMERICAN— Nature's Touch (Drama)
BRONCHO— Shorty Gets Into Trouble (Two parts-
Comedy)
RELIANCE— Izzy, the Detective (Drama)
THURSDAY, July 2, 1914.
DOMINO — His Hour of Manhood (Two parts — Drama)
KEYSTONE— (No release this day)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 79 (News)
FRIDAY, July 3, 1914.
AMERICAN — Mein Leiber Katrina Catches a Convict
(Comedy)
KAY-BEE — The Heart of a Crook (Two parts — Drama)
PRINCESS— The Decoy (Drama)
SATURDAY, July 4, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Yet Announced).
RELIANCE— The Weaker Strain (Two parts— Drama)
ROYAL— Did She Run (Comedy)
SUNDAY, July 5, 1914.
KOMIC— "Bill," No. I (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — -The Angel of Contention (Two parts — Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Cooked Goose (Comedy)
MONDAY, July 6, 1914.
AMERICAN — Cameo of the Yellowstone (Two parts —
Drama)
KEYSTONE — (Title not yet announced)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 25 (News)
TUESDAY, July 7, 1914.
B EAUTY— The Other Train (Drama)
MATESTIC— The Only Clue (Drama)
THANHOUSER— Bevorah (Two parts— Drama)
WEDNESDAY, July 8, 1914.
AMERICAN — Feast and Famine (Dramr.)
BRONCHO— The Final Reckoning (Two parts— Drama) ...
RELIANCE — How Izzy was Saved (Comedy)
THURSDAY, July 9, 1914.
DOMINO — The Curse of Humanity (Two Parts — Drama) ..
KEYSTONE — (Title not yet announced)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 79 (News)
FRIDAY, July 10, 1914.
KAY-BEE — The Feud of Beaver Creek (Two parts — Drama)
PRINCESS— The Girl of the Seasons (Comedy)
SATURDAY, July 11, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not yet announced)
RELIANCE— Blue Pete's Escape (Two Parts— Drama) ...
ROYAL— Mistakes Will Happen (Comedv)
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the Perrin^ton moving picture house at Turlock.
D. D. Heagerty has purchased the moving picture
house conducted at Maricopa. L'al., b.v Mr. Spencer.
He was the original owner of the theater.
The Olympia Theater at Taft. Cal., has been sold
and is now being conducted by Glen McCartney as
the Photoplay Theater.
Sadie Clarkfield, chief film inspector of the Cali-
fornia Film Exchange. Inc., San Francisco, is to
be married shortly. The management is hopeful
that her services will not be lost to them, as she
is an expert in her line of worli.
The Star Theater at Fruitvale, Cal.. Is to be
opened at an early date.
The Arrowhead Film Corporation has been In-
corporated at San Diego, Cal., with a capital stock
of $100,000, the incorporators being Elmer H.
Young, W. T. Pearle, Frank W. Young and E. L.
Johnson.
Articles of incorporation of the Nash Motion Pic-
ture Company have been filed at Los Angeles by
T. S. Xasb. J. I. Pittman, 0. Breitkretuz, I. O.
Levy, and F. Browning.
The Sacramento Movie Weekly has been launched
at Sacramento, Cal., the journal containing the
programs for the week in five of the leading moving
picture houses and information of Interest to the
general public concerning moving pictures.
L. E. Cheneweth, of San Francisco, has again
called the attention of the State Board of Education
to the value of moving pictures in the public
schools and recommends that moving picture appa-
ratus be placed in every school building.
The Majestic Theater at Tulare, Cal., has been
closed for the summer and an airdome has been
opened at Tulare and K streets.
Cottle Bros.. Tulare, Cal.. are considering remodel-
ing a large brick building owned by them and fit-
ting it up as a moving picture house.
Numerous signed petitions have been received by
the City Council, of Dinuba, Cal.. asking that the
question of Sunday closing of business houses and
places of amusement be submitted to the people.
A drastic Sunday closing ordinance was recently
passed, but this will be held in abeyance until an
election is held.
The Episcopal Church of Modesto. Cal.. has es-
tablished what is termed a "Friday Popular." con-
sisting of a motion picture program everv Friday
afternoon and evening in which various "religiou"'^
subjects are shown. The experiment has been tried
for three weeks with great success.
The Empire Theater at Fresno, ' Cal., has closed
for the summer months and the Plaza airdome at
Fresno and K streets has been opened under the
management of Frank Hesse. Vaudeville and mov-
ing pictures constitute the program, admission orices
being 10, 20 and 30 cents.
The Princess Theater, Kern and J streets Fresno
Cal.. recently showed pictares taken on Raisin Dav
by the Fresno Film Company.
A splendid new school ho'use is being erected at
San Jose. Cal.. which Is being equipped with a
hrst class operating room for moving pictures
Alexander Sheriffs, superintendent of schools of that
city. IS a firm believer in the value of moving
pictures in the public schools and is working to
have equipment placed in every school in San Jose
this to be in charge of an experienced operator'
Five of the churches in the Garden City have movin<^
picture equipment, making this quite a center for
eflucational work of this character.
The A. H. M. Feature Film Manufacturing Com-
pany has been incorporated at Los Angeles Cal
^^-ru- ?.• ^'?^^- ^^- ■^'- S=^n^bez and J. de la Cruz!
The Navajo Film Company has been incorporated
lif>on^>f°??'^x; S^^- ^'^^ ^ *^^P*t«^ stock of
SIOO.OOO by M. N. \assar. P. H. Kent, G. L. BIssell
and L. D. Pepin,
The plan of the Eclectic Film Companv to install
moving picture apparatus in the basement of the
store occupied by it at 67 Turk street San Fran-
?^!'^^^ 'f..^*'" ^^'^^ ^^^"^ "P through the action of
the building inspectors, hut the matter is to be set-
tled shortly by J. P. Hor-an. chief inspector, who
will make a personal examination of the premise'^
it IS difficult to see why this permit should be he!d
up when it is intended that the prnjection machine
shall be placed in a fireproof booth, especiallv In
view of the fact that pictures are being shown at
many other places where the machine is operated in
an open room.
CHURCH.
MISSOURI.
A COLD wave emerged from the West and struck
Kansas City with sufficient force to cause a
sudden drop in the temperature. Business, which
had been languishing somewhat under an exception-
ally hot June, took a brace and showed the effects
of more comfortable weather conditions The im-
provement was particularly noticeable in motion
picture houses in the retail "business district which
were the first to feel both the decrease resulting
from hot evenings and the change.
The Royal Theater, the latest' addition to moving
picture theaters of Kansas City, formallv opened to
the public on June 10. The house is under the man-
agement of Frank L. Nfwman. The opening was
extensively advertised and local residents turned out
en masse to look over the latest home of the silent
drama. Lasky's "Master Mind" was the initini
offering. About 3.500 persons witnessed the feature
on the opening day. while that mark was surpas^^ed
on the following Sunday. A number of unusual
conveniences are offered by the Roval. which has
been referred to as the Strand, of Kansas City
The Missouri State Labor Department has ex-
pressed itself on the question of child labor in the-
atrical performances, and has ordered managers of
vaudeville to cease the use of children. Most of
the small time vaudeville acts have utilized the
serv-ices of one or more youngsters in the past.
Fortunately, the number of exhibitors who are using
vaudeville in conjunction with motion pictures is
decreasing, and the profession will not suffer any
particular inconveniences from the edict.
The Gem Theater at Marceline. Mo., has been
closed for the summer.
R. W. Smith has opened an airdome at Billings.
Mo., and will give daily performances during the
summer,
Tlie Lyric Theater, at Thirteenth street and the
L road, opened in Kansas City, Kan., recently. The
house is under the management of C. Rosenberg.
A new ventilating system, whereby the air is
cooled by passing over ice, has been installed In
the Gem Theater at Clinton, Mo.
Competition among some of the Kansas towns
has resulted in a decrease in admission fees. The
Princess Theater, of Salina, Kan., has reduced its
price to five cents.
B. L. Murrell, owner of the Willis Theater at
Nevada, Mo., has purchased the Photoplay, and will
operate both theaters in the future. L. H. Hag-
gard, the former owner of the Photoplay, probably
will re-enter the business in Kansas City.
The Missouri State Board of Prison Inspectors has
followed the lead of similar bodies in other states
and will give a weekly performance of moving pic-
tures at the state penitentiary at Jefferson City.
Only prisoners whose conduct has been exemplary
during the week will be allowed to attend the per-
performances. which will take place every Sunday
afternoon.
Joseph Stiebel. manager of the Apollo Theater
Company, has leased the Iliad airdome at Thirty-first
street and Terrost avenue and will operate both
houses. Only one will be used at a time. In in-
clement weather. Mr. Stiebel will use the closed
theater, while the airdome will be opened on other
evenings. The Apollo will undergo alterations dur-
ing the summer, and will be reopened in the fall.
An interesting story of conditions at Marshall,
Mo., was given by E. L. Harris, who was a re-
cent visitor to Kansas City. Mr. Harris, who is the
owner of the Cozy Theater, recently closed a long
siege against a series of prayer meetings. The
exhibitor asserted that while he had no grudge
against the meetings, it was impossible to close
down, and he concluded his only course was to con-
tinue the show. Unusually good attractions drew
well and business held up as usual. Mr. Harris has
closed the Cozy for the summer and will shortly
reopen with an airdome. The Orpheum Theater at
Marshall also has closed.
The Blache Feature Service has opened quarters
in Kansas City, its offices being at 823 Lloyd build-
ing. A Chapman, formerly in business at Des
Moines, la., is in charge of the new exchange.
Paul A. Englers, manager of the Kansas City
branch of the Mutual Film Corporation, is contem-
plating hiring a guard to protect his photographs
of stars of the moving picture world. Mr. Englers'
collection of photos of celebrities is perhaps one of
the finest in the Southwest. All are framed and
every exhibitor who enters the Mutual quarters casts
greedy eyes on them. Inasmuch as the pictures arc
neither for sale nor hire, Mr. Englers probably will
have to secure some one whose sole duty is to pro-
tect the collection from members of the profession.
Tentative plans for the remodeling of the Willis
Wood Theater in Kansas City call for an expendi-
ture of about S35.000. The old house is to be thor-
oughly remodeled and vrill open early in the fall in
its new role. It will have the distinction of having
the largest seating capacity of any moving picture
theater in Kansas City.
MURRAY.
now open for the summer. H. M. Romberg, man-
ager of the Columbia, has tastefully decorated his
airdome with moon vines and other climbing plants.
The place seats twelve hundred. The Columbia Is
the only airdome in Clifton Heights, an exclusive
residence section of the city.
The Washington Theater. 4961 Delmar avenue, has
closed for the summer months, and the unfinished
run of the Kathlyn series can be seen at the Maple
airdome at Kings Highway and Page Boulevard.
The New Delmar Theater Company has opened its
airdome at 4936 Delmar avenue, which adjoins the
theater. The audience is received in the lobby of
the theater, tickets sold through the regular box
office, and they then pass through into the garden,
where girl ushers show them to their ;^eats. C. E,
Maberry, manager, has had long experience as a
dramatic manager, and is making a success of the
Delmar.
A company headed by James Fortee is planning to
build a new theater at 1422 Market street. The
theater will be first class throughout, seat twelve
hundred, and will have a roof garden on top of the
building. It will cost $25,000 and will be ready
to open on August 15. Hays, Barnett & Hays are
the architects.
George Lloyd, who is managing the Pageant and
Masque pictures that have been running at the
Columbia Theater, says that they have taken so
well that be will continue to show Ihnm indefinitely.
The films are colored and run two hours.
Jos. Bloom, who has been in charge of the World
Feature Corporation in the Navarre building, has
been ordered to go to Minneapolis to take charge
of the exchange there, temporarily. Mr. Bloom is
to be general supervisor over all the World Feature
offices, and will visit and remain a few weeks at all
the offices in the United States and Canada.
Henry R. Slocum has been made assistant man-
ager of the General Film Company's branch at
3610 Olive street. Mr. Slocum is one of the pion-
eers in the film industry in this state. He has lit-
erally grown up with the business. He was one of
the original employees of the old O. T. Crawford ex-
change when it was first organized nine years ago,
and later he put in several years as traveling rep-
resentative of the Swanson-Crawfoni Company.
Nearly two years ago he became associated with
the General Film Co. as local and traveling solicitor,
which place he held until nis elevation to his
present post.
The St. Louis Times has originated a novel scheme
whereby readers of the paper are asked to nominate
prominent citizens for a "Whos who" department.
If the candidate named is of sufficient importance, a
moving picture is made of him, or her. as the ease
may be. and added to the Times Movie Review, a
current events film that is being shown at thirty
theaters in this city.
F. Wehrenberg, manager of the Best Theater, 3360
South Jefferson avenue, has bought the state rights
for Missouri and Illinois for "The Shelling of Vera
Cruz." and is renting it out to exhibitors through-
out the city.
The executive committee of the Nation's Birthday
Association are planning to make moving pictures
take the place of fireworks as a means of enter-
tainment for the Fourth of July ce^brations that
will be held in the many parks throughout the city.
Manager Edward Schwartz, of the St Charles
Theater, 6th and St. Charles streets, has life sized
photographs of Rosemary Theby. the Lubin star,
and Gilbert M. Anderson, head of the Essanay's
Western company, framed and displaved in the
lobby of the theater. It is claimed that" these play-
ers are both natives of St. Louis, and were recently
features in a full page of the Sundav Globe-Demo-
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ST. LOUIS.
THE Mutual Film Corporation moved into its new
building at 1311-1313 Pine street on Friday,
June 12. The move from the old quarters in the
Benoist building, five blocks away, was made at
night so that the regular business of the exchange
would not be interrupted. The new building is of
the very latest design and construction, with a
miniature theater for the exhibition of films, roomy
5lm vaults of steel and concrete, with self -locking
doors, a large and well lighted poster and booking
department, and offices of the newest and most ap-
proved pattern. The entire 'building is equipped
for rapid and efficient handling of films, and for
the comfort of the employees.
The Business Men's League has sent a hundred
reels of the films made to advertise the city to as
many different towns in St. Louis trade territory.
Russell T. Edwards, moving picture editor of
the St. L^juis Times, has finished a feature thaj
will be of great interest to baseball enthusia-^t^.
The reel is entitled "Inside Stuff About Baseball,"
and will show a number of things altout the popular
game that onlookers from the grandstand and
bleachers never get a chance to see. For instance.
Branch Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Browns,
is shown pitching a ball to catcher Hamilton, first
a close up is made of Hamilton as he signals for
the kind of ball he wants, then the scene flashes
back to the ball as it leaves Rickey's hands, then
back to Hamilton when the catch is made. The
Tpel Is a thousand feet and will be released as a
feature.
The Columbia Airdome, 6240 Columbia avenue, Is
OHIO
■^^ITH but one clue, a blue hat picked up near
'• the scene of the crime, police and detectives
of Cleveland, Ohio, have been unable to trace the
murderers of Leo C. Goldman, manager of the Mon-
arch Theater, E. 105th street and Euclid avenue.
The Motion Picture Exhibitors' League Is offering
a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the murderers. Goldman
was accosted by two men just after he had closed
his theater. He had $500 in his pockets. Eye
witnesses, who were about a block awav, declare
they saw the two men knock Goldman to" the side-
walk and one then drew a revolver. As several
men rushed to Goldman's assistance the thug with
the revolver shot Goldman. They fled with but a
small amount of money and no trace of them has
been found. The murder of Goldman is the second
of the kind in Cleveland in a year. The first was
that of Sam Chagrin, another theater manager,
who was returning home from his theater with the
day's receipts.
At the convention of chiefs of police at Grand
Rapids, Mich., Chief W. S. Howe, of Cleveland,
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made an address and utiered a resulutiuu urging film
producers to discoDtinue the practice of earicaturiug
policemen. Tbe chief went to Grand Rapids armed
with a letter from Safety Director A. A. Benescb,
of Cleveland, declaring that disrespect for the law
and authority is engendered by such pictures.
"There is no doubt that the attitude of the gen-
eral public toward the police must be influenced
more or less by such pictures." said the director.
"There are comedy films which show long pursuits,
and in these pursuits someone will stumble over a
sleeping policeman or some other incident will oc-
cur that Is bound to have an effect far from help-
ful to those who are striving to maintain law and
order. The policeman should be presented as he
is in real life. This constant ridicule cannot in-
crease the respect of the public toward the men
who are appointed to enforce the law. I believe the
moving picture producers should be requested to drop
this style of comedy."
The contract has been let to the Potters Lumber
Company to build a brick and hollow tile reinforced
coneretf- theater for J. C. Walsh at East Liverpool.
Bids nave been taken by Architect E. S. Matheny,
of Croi'bsville. for the erection of a $15,000 brick
flreproof constructed theater and office puilding for
R. "::rvis and S. C. Ruble at Logan.
Architects Knox & Elliott, Cleveland, have com-
p'eted plans for a brick and reinforced concrete fire-
j'l lof theater and arcade on West Federal street,
1 uungstown, for the Youngstown Hippodrome Com-
pany.
Architects Wachter, Beelman & Scrieber, of To-
ledo, have completed plans for a two-story theater
building to be constructed at Fostoria for F. C.
Crocker at a cost of $17,000.
Bids were taken by Architect W. S. Ferguson
for a brick, steel and reinforced concrete theater
building for Mrs. J. T. Trippit, Cleveland. The
structure will cost $20,000.
The Oakley Building and Theater Company has
been incorporated for business at Cincinnati with
$60,000 capital. J. R. Carrington, J. V. Poole,
George E. Rockwell, C. T. Ryan and Frank Cook
are the incorporators.
The Madison Square Theater Company has been
chartered for $30,000 to do business in Cleveland
with Fred A. Desberg. E. P. Strong, 1. Grohs.
M. J. Roan and F. A. Cooke as incorporators.
Plans have been drawn by A. M. Gordon, owner of
property at East 70th Street and Hough Avenue,
Cleveland, for a big theater building and work on
the structure will be commenced, it is believed,
before the summer is over.
The Fireproof Theater Company is building a mo-
tion picture house at 1112-14 Prospect Avenue,
Cleveland. The plans for the structure were drawn
by George P. Hammond, architect, and provide for
brick and frame construction. The theater will
cost $8,000.
Joseph Grossman opened the new Standard Thea-
ter at Prospect Avenue and East Eighth Street.
Cleveland, on June 12th. The house is pretty from
an architectural standpoint and its interior decora-
tions are pleasing. Dedication was observed in
showing Klaw & Erlanger productions. It will be
Mr. Grossman's policy to present the big, com-
manding films of the day and he has booked several
Klaw & Erlanger and George Kleine features.
Charles Settos. Ralph Kretzer, Fred Hill, Phil
Chakeras and H. A. Brenner have incorporated the
Public Amusement Company at Spring^eld for
$4,000.
The Grotto Theater, at Akron, has changed Its
policy in that it is booking big features in addition
to a regular program of motion pictures.
The Columbia Film Company showed enterprise In
having a picture of Cleveland's million-dollar lum-
ber yards fire on the screen In less than twenty-four
hours from the time the big blaze started. The
film was added to the regular bill at several Cleve-
land houses and booked for a number of others.
Motion pictures will be shown in conjunction with
lectures at the City Hall and in various Cleveland
theaters in the Cleveland Welfare Council's fight on
infant mortality.
RARIDAN.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
THE fight which began over the Sunday theater
closing ordinance in Wenatchee, Wash., is likely
to continue. The Washington State Supreme Court
has declared that vote trading by legislative officials
is a misfeasance, or malfeasance. In office and de-
clined to interfere in the recall proceedings brought
against E. T. Pybus and C. R. Zener. two We-
natchee councilmen who were charged with trading
votes on the Sunday show measure.
The Pacific Brewing Company (William Vlrges.
secretary and treasurer) has announced that It will
build a $60,000 theater at Ninth and D Streets In
Tacoma, Wash. C. L. Richards and Benjamin J.
Weeks will take a fifteen-year lease on the house.
A moving picture theater has been opened at Iro-
quois, S. D.. by C. H. Kams.
C. H. Henderson is reported to be contemplating
opening a moving picture show at Alden, Minn.
The new Liberty moving picture theater being
erected on First Avenue, between Pike and Pine
Streets In Seattle, Wash., for Jensen & Von Her-
berg, will have the distinction of having the largest
steel girder ever made on the Pacific Coast. This
girder, eighty-four feet long, weighing 70.000
pounds, is to prevent any supporting posts under
the balcony, which will prevent a clear view of the
pictures. it was delivered to the builders wrong
end furward and it took two days to haul it to a
place where it could be turned around and headed
right. Instead of a stairway to the balcony, there
will be an inclined walk. A big HopeJones unit
orchestra will be a feature. It is hoped to open the
Liberty, which will be operated in conjunction with
the Alhambra, al>out August 20.
Harrv Waldron has closed his photoplay theater
at Valley City, N. D.
The <>pera Huuse at Bertha, Minn., has been sold
to R. A. Prettyman, of Hewitt, Minn.
Louis B. Christ, of Portland. Ore., Is making ii
number of improvements in the Weinhanl Theater
at Dayton, Wash., which he recently leaded. The
interior is being redecorated.
Motion pictures of Spokane girl* in a beauty con-
test were an attraction at the Spokane Theater in
Spokane, Wash.
Frank Gilbreath is non manager of the Topic
Theater at" Mandan. N. D., succeeding Wuerst &
Foster.
Ihe Commercial CJiu^, '•*' Eveleth, Minn., has a
project for taking over the ru.u:; of the Carpenter
Building as a site for a municipal theater.
A moving picture show has beeu opened in Kim-
pel's Hall in Bingham, Mont., by T. C. Penny and
W. L. Dynes.
Frank D. Bllgh has sold the Bllgh Theater in Al-
bany, Ore., to Laflar & Guthrie, owners of the Globe
Theater of Salem, Ore. Bligh has returned to
Salem where he has amusement interests.
Regular moving picture theaters have a hard time
in the summer mouths and should be protected, de-
clared Alderman J. M. Kistler, of Minneapolis.
Minn., in a talk before the license committee of the
city council in which he opposed granting a license
for a moving picture and vaudeville airdome a t
Tenth Street and Hawthorne Avenue to W. M.
Duke.
A moving picture theater in the Giles Building at
Waterville, Minn., has been contemplated by Thos.
J. Slechta.
Robert F. Keene. who has sold his moving picture
theater at Whitman, Mass., has been at Dickinson,
N. D., and may locate in that vicinity.
George W. Trone has sold his moving picture the-
ater at Belgrade, Minn., to Frank Brookins.
After nearly a year, the Saturday matinees for
school children at the Ansonla Theater in Butte,
Mont., inaugurated by Manager Levy, have been
pronounced a success.
The loan of enough Sious Indians from the Chey-
enne Reservation to take part in a picture, "The
Last Buffalo Hunt," was asked in a letter to Con-
gressman Burke by the Commercial Club, of Pierre,
S. D. The Scotty Phillip herd of buffaloes is to be
sold, and Jotm E. Sloat and Carson Williams, of
Pierre, have been promoting a feature film. It was
hoped to stage the picture July 4, as an attraction
to the celebration.
A new moving picture theater will be erected at
Tyler. Minn., by Westlund Brothers.
Motion pictures were the principal attraction on
Commercial Club night at the Chautauqua at Fargo,
N. D.
Manager C. T. Smithers, of the Idle Hour Theater
at Aberdeen, S. D., has installed a new Wurlitzer
orchestra.
Secretary Frank A. Hazelbaker, of the Montana
Esposition Commission, is endeavoring to interest
the heads of commercial clubs of that state in hav-
ing films made of their communities to be shown at
the exposition in San Francisco.
The Grand Theater at Starbuck, Minn., has been ^
opened.
A bos of candy with each five-cent admission at
the children's Saturday matinee was the stunt of
the Lyric Theater at Aberdeen. S. D.
Manager J. J. Novak, of the moving picture thea-
ter at Foley. Minn., has made a number of improve-
ments to his house which was closed during the
making of the changes.
F. G. Schied has sold the Majestic Theater at
Belle Plaine. Minn., to Gua Greugerm. John Mangan
and Joseph Pango, of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Addresses by Mayor Nye and other, city officials of
Minneapolis, Minn., were scheduled for the opening
of John C. Karlson's new Garrick Photoplay Thea-
ter at Nicollet Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street.
The house, erected at a cost of $30,000, will seat
600.
"We will have no mechanical music in the new
Apollo." said Manager A. C. Anderson, of Tacoma,
Wash. "We expect to attract people to our house
with the music." A new Kimball organ has been
installed at the new house at 1131 South C Street,
which was expected to open some time in June.
Moving pictures of the manufacture of hog cholera
serum at the University of Idaho under the super-
vision of Dr. W. L. Caryle and a staff of experts
were taken by J. W. Jones, of the state immigra-
tion department, and will be used to show how the
state protects Its live stock raisers.
Tuesday and Friday afternons have I>eeu set aside
at the state penitentiary at Stillwater. Minn., for
moving picture shows for the convicts.
St. Paul. Minn., business men carried motion pic-
tures with them to entertain the cities In which they
visited on their trade boosting tour, starting
June 15.
Moving picture theaters of St. James, Minn., are
reported to have been engaging in a price and pro-
gram war.
The Savoy Theater at Duluth, Minn., has discon-
tinued vaudeville and wIU run feature pictures for
several months.
The Mission Theater in Seattle, Wash., has in its
advertising a trade character — an angular little
Mission Movie Man — the illustration bringing out
the three M's. He talks in a sort of editorial fash-
ion about tlie p:, tnres at the Mission, "Where the
Famous Players ''I.tv."
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Foil summing up In a few words all the ideas of
euol comfort in a moving picture theater, the
)'<.Z3 at Shawnee, Okla.. has hit upon the phrase,
ihe "front porch"' theater. After the impression Is
made the suggestion of low temperatures is verified
by a description of the cooling devices employed.
F. R. Marcell, of MaryviLe, Mo., has secured a
camera and will film events in Northwest Missouri
and Southwestern Iowa. He plans to put soon a
semi-industrial reel called "Maryville Has It."
Tickets for "Washington at Valley Forge" at the
benefit given by the Lona Theater in Sedalia, Mo.,
for the Daughters of the American Revolution sold
so well that the picture was given a two days*
booking instead of one as first planned.
Arthur E. Ford has proposed to the City Council
at Wichita, Kan., to give free moving picture shows
every night in Riverside Park. He will finance the
enterprise by securing an advertising slide clientele.
Fred Burge and Will F. Stewart have sold their
Interest in the Healey No. 2 moving picture theater
on West Exchange Avenue in North Fort Worth,
Tex., to R. A. Healey, who has many other motion
picture interests.
A new theater, costing $50,000, will be erected in
Okmulgee, Okla., by O. D. Riggs, of Kansas City.
Seats for the opening performance will be sold at a
premium.
C. O. Akard has sold a half interest In the Gem
Theater at Snyder, Okla., to C. A. Roberts. The
house is running pictures and vaudeville.
Moving pictures of the Oklahoma State Interscho-
lastic Track meet are being shown by the Oklahoma
Panama Exposition Commission to help the fund for
the state building. The local interest in the ath-
letic events caused capacity business at the Empress
in Oklahoma City.
William Taylor has purchased the Lyric Theater
at Collinsvllle, Okla., from Robert Foster.
Manager Jorganson, of the Crystal Theater, at
Dallas, Texas, has booked a number of the pictures
produced at the Daltex Studios in Dallas. Francia
Cole and Archie Bishop are featured in many of the
W. R. Stewart and R. W. Teegarden. of Okla-
homa City, Okla., have purchased the Broadway
Theater at Anadarko. Okla.
The Cape Girardeau Amnsement Company, of
Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been incorporated with a
capital stock of $2,000. The incorporators are W. D.
Block and T. P. Fristoe.
The Grand Theater at BartlesvIUe, Okla., has
been leased by J. E. Feeny, of Franklin County,
Pa., who remodeled the place before opening for
business.
Every purchaser of a ticket at either the Jewel
or the Crystal Theater in Beaumont, Tex., is given
a coupon worth five cents at the other house.
Six pastors in Dallas, Tex., are now using slides
in connection with their church work, a step toward
the adoption of moving pictures for religious
services.
Multiple reel features have gone into the Royal
Theater at San Antonio. Tex. The Royal hart
turned away business on "The Siege and Fall of the
Alamo," the atendance being due to the fact that
the picture was made in that vicinity.
Regulations for operating booths and exits are
provided in an ordinance passed by the city council
at Livinston, Tex.
Manager Lloyd Ware had capacity business at the
re-opening of the Varsity Theater in Lawrence,
Kan. Ware purchased the Varsity from Lee Cohn
and substituted pictures for vaudeville.
A lease on the building at 118 East Douglas Ave-
nue, in Wichita, Kan., for use as a moving picture
theater, has been taken. W. A. Vincent, of tho
Western Lithograph Company, was active in the
transactions.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN'S citizen-soldiers will have moving
pictures in camp at Grayling this summer, fol-
lowing the generally adopted idea that militiamen
are better off when they are amused In this manner
than when they are chasing off to the cities. Major
M. J. Phillips, of Owosso, who has been selected for
similar work for the guardsmen in the Dominion of
Canada, will pick out a numt>er of films likely to
prove attractive to the Michigan soldiers.
Hillier & Jorgenson, of Grand Rapids, have In
stalled projecting apparatus in Highland Park, #
summer resort, and will give shows this summer to
the resorters. This firm was awarded the contract
for taking moving pictures of the launching of the
new United States light vessel at Muskegon.
One hundred and fifty charges of the juvenile
court at Grand Rapids were entertained at a free
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moving picture show by Manager George Spaeth, of
the Majestic Theater.
The pictures of the dedication of the Michigan
BuildiBg at the Panama Exposition were shown at
the Wenonah Theater in Bay City.
Every Monday night has been made prize night at
the Lyric Theater in Marquette.
Manager Kerredge. of the Kerredge Theater, of
Calumet, has discontinued feature pictures at his
house and closed it until some time in September.
Charnas & Sons, of Altoona. Pa., have purchased
the Orpheum Theater at Benton Harbor.
A. L. Sawyer, of Menominee, chairman of the
upper peninsula committee of the Michigan State
Historical Society, has begun a research for all
characteristics, songs and legends of the Indians to
be preserved by the use of moving pictures and
phonograph records.
The Commercial Club, of Jackson, sent its boost-
ing film to Lansing where it was viewed by the
Chamber of Commerce. The Paragon Feature Film
Company, of Omaha. Neb., has been trying to inter-
est the Lansing business men in a similar project.
Among the novel methods for increasing the adver-
tising value of the Jackson film were a guessing
contest on the length of the film, a tlcket-«elling
contest by the Boy Scouts of the city and sending
free tickets to the theater to all delegates to a con-
vention, which was held in the city.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IOWA
THE Elite Moving Picture Theater which was
operated on West Second Street, between Harri-
son and Ripley Streets, in Davenport, by Olaf
Klintz has been closed.
G. W. Curtis is remodeling a building in Redfield
for use as a moving picture theater.
L. C. Burwell has purchased an interest in the
Ipase on the opera house at Marathon from Elmer
Floren and Enoch Richeson.
Edward Neiman has sold his moving picture thea-
ter at Wellman.
The Photoplay Theater at Manson is being en-
larged to a length of one hundred feet and otherwise
improved.
P. J. Grace & Sons, who operate a moving picture
show in Adair, have succeeded I. J. Swarzman in
the management of the Adair Opera House.
The Palace Theater at Cedar Rapids has installed
a $7,000 pipe organ.
C. W. Dibbem has purchased the Crystal Theater
at 328 Harrison Street, in Davenport, from John F.
Scherer.
It Is reported the site in Sioux City, knovm as the
Grain Exchange Building corner, is being sought for
theater purposes.
R. Butterfield has opened his airdome moving pic-
ture show at Aurelia.
Exhibitors in Des Moines have agreed to raise
their admission prices from five to ten cents for all
persons over twelve years of age and to increase the
shows from three to four reels.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
THE Society for the Suppression of Commercial-
ized Vice ought to favor the bill for the federal
censorship of moving pictures, according to Senator
Howard Teasdale, chairman of the Wisconsin State
Vice Commission. He told the meeting in Milwau-
kee little more than that there were some bad films
and that there was no necessity for a board of cen-
sorship in every state. Lieutenant Governor Barrat
O'Hara, of Illinois, a vice crusader who is a great
endorser of anything likely to use his endorsement
in print, was at a Milwaukee meeting and saw
"Traffic in Souls" at the Davidson Theater.
Fred M. Rehfuss has sold the Star Theater on
Main Street in La Crosse to William L. Johnson.
Thomas Sase. of the Orpheum Theater in Milwau-
kee, was host to the members of the Rotary Club
and their wives and mejub^rs of the city club at a
presentation of "Les Miserables."
Most of the houses in Madison had special war
pictures on their programs when the Grand Army
of the Republic held its annual state encampment in
that city.
H. Zillhart has sold the fixtures of the Pastime
Theater at Delavan to George Kulke. of Bowers.
The Majestic Theater at Milwaukee has gone into
pictures at ten cents for a while. R. J. Wakeman
with the Majestic orchestra and a pipe organ are
furnishing the music. Attendance has been stimu-
lated by an arrangement with the Free Press which
has been publishing free admission tickets in its
columns.
Seido & Bruhn have purchased the Badger Theater
at Neillsville from Thomas Gosling.
B. F. Newman and his wife, formerly Myra Dietz,
recently were at Chippewa Falls, arranging for a
series of pictures of that city and its beauties.
Newman was also at Rice Lake for the Dietz-New-
man Motion Picture Company, where he took a num-
ber of pictures to be used by the commercial club
for advertising purposes.
The Park Theater on Mitchell Street In Milwaukee
will be remodeled at a cost of SS.OOO.
That the multiple-reel features are self advertis-
ing is evidenced by the demand in Two Rivers for
"The Lion and the Mouse." The Opera House found
a return engagement profitable.
The Bijou Theater at Appleton used a nine-^iece
orchestra in connection with its presentation of
"Ben Bolt."
Mrs. Harry Jones is now manager of the Park
TUeater at Waukesha, retaining the management of
the Colonial as well.
Otto L. Meister, who secured a site on Third
Street, in Milwaukee, for the erection of a new
moving picture and business building, will call the
theater the White House. It will seat 2,000 per-
sons. Meister is proprietor of the Vaudette Theater
at 183 Third Street.
The Crystal Theater in Milwaukee gave up vaude-
ville for a week to show the labor picture, "From
Dusk to Dawn." The Milwaukee Leader, a paper
popular with the laboring classes, shared in the
profit.
Manager Prion will give shows at the Auditorium
in River Falls put four nights a week during the
summer months.
Moving pictures are not a detriment to the public.
The judges said so after the question was debated
by the Lincoln Dramatic Club in Milwaukee.
Manager George Fischer, of the Alhambra Thea-
ter, of Milwaukee, planned to visit Boston. Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit before re-
turning from the convention at New York, seeking
new ideas in the photoplay business. James Coch-
rane, manager of the Bell, North Avenue and Four-
teenth Street, announced before his departure that
he was planning a new $125,000 picture house on
Third Street.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
DETROIT
THE National Theater announces that it will dis-
continue vaudeville, starting with June 29, and
instead will run feature films. The National is at
present a ten-cent house, but with the feature-film
policy the prices are to be raised to 10 and 15 cents
for the boxes. C. R. Hagedom. manager, states
that if feature pictures prove a paying proposition
during the warm-weather months, it is very likely
that the directors will decide to continue them in-
defiMitely. Monroe Avenue, which is Detroit's "Gay
White Way," has four legitimate ten-cent vaude-
ville houses, so that Mr. Hagedorn feels that there
should be room for at least one high-class theater
devoted exclusively to photoplays.
A hold-over of the Indianapolis Speedway race
pictures, and the George Kleine feature film,
"Antony and Cleopatra." was the bill at the Wash-
ington Theater the week ending June 21. While
this house had not done a big business for the first
two weeks of pictures. Manager Faetkenhauer says
every day is showing improvt-meot and that within
another month he expects to build up a steady pat-
ronage. Matinee prices are ten cents, with 25
cents in the evening.
The Esperanto Film Manufacturing Company has
been organized in Detroit by Will Levington Com-
fort, the author: W. H. Pipp. formerly reporter on
the Detroit News, and several others. The capital
stock is $75,000, all of which is subscribed and paid
in in cash. Mr. C^5mfort has written the scenario
for the first production, and he will also assist in
the making of it. Norman Hackett, well-known
Detroit actor, will enact the leading male role.
Work on the first picture is to start almost immedi-
ately. Most all of the outdoor scenes will be in and
around Detroit. Belle Isle Park will be used con-
siderably for that purpose.
When George H. Wiley was in Detroit to attend
the fourth annual convention of the Michigan State
Exhibitors a point he brought out very forcibly in
his talks was that members should read the Moving
Picture World or any other trade journal for which
they may be subscribing. "Every exhibitor should
read his trade journal. Not only to take the paper
and look through it hurriedly, but to read it and
read it carefully," he said. "Every issue is worth
five dollars to him if he will just take advantage of
the opportunity. I don't know of a single thing that
has uplifted the moving picture business as much as
the trade journal, and such an excellent trade paper
as the Moving Picture World is deserving of your
very best support. The advertisements are just as
instructive as the editorial pages. They keep you
in touch with what the various film companies are
turning out both in this country and in Europe. It
will enable you to discuss the moving picture busi-
ness intelligently."
President Jeup, of the Detroit Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' League believes the day is coming when
there will be fewer theaters. "The time is not far
distant when the dirty, unsanitary and not-properly
managed moving picture theater will be out of busi-
ness. The man who is 'on to his job* and who
knows the business from every angle will survive,
but not the inexperienced chap who simply uses the
moving picture business as a side line. The indus-
try is getting down to a business basis and men of
finance and brains are gradually getting in control.
For that reason it should behoove every theater
owner to be constantly in touch with every detail of
the business and to watch his house thoroughly and
cater to the likes and dislikes of his patrons.""
F. R. Rumley, proprietor of the Warren Theater,
is recovering from an attack of pneumonia which
has confined him to his home for the past month.
Morris Sazk is having a theater built at 341 Dix
Avenue, which will seat 400 persons. It will be de-
voted to photoplays.
George McArthur, Jr.. who is the operator at the
Bell Theater. 396 Dix Avenue, owned by his father.
George McArthur, Sr., was married on July 10. He
will be away a total of four weeks on hi^
honeymoon.
Plans have been completed for a S2.T.0O0 thpatcr
to be erected on Woodward Avenue, npar Pasadpna
Avenue, in Detroit's North district called "High-
land Park." The building, which is to be owned
by Mrs. Mabel Wills, will have two large stores ou
the ground floor, beside the theater. It will be two
stories high and built of brick. According to the
plans, it will be one of the finest playhouses in the
northern suburbs.
A feature of the "open house" at the Cass Tech-
nical High School recently was moving pictures
illustrating the processes of manufacture in some
of Detroit's leading plants. These pictures are used
in the regular course of instruction. The purpose of
the "open house" was to show the public what the
students could do in the way of woodturning. print-
ing, etc.
Assistant Attorney General F. C. Martindale ap-
peared before the Michigan Supreme Court on June
15 and argued in favor of the constitutionality of
the motion picture theater law passed at the last
session of the state legislature. The Jewell Theater
in Detroit appealed the case, claiming the law under
5;hich the state fire marshal is given supervision
over the motion picture houses to be unconstitu-
tional. The Jewell was an upstairs theater and was
fcrced to close a few months ago bv order from the
State Fire Marshal.
Phil Gleichman, vice-president of the World Film
Corporation, who has for some years been residing
in Detroit, gave up his residence June 13 and moved
east. Mr. Gleichman and his family have taken a
summer home at Far Rockaway. and during the
winter will live in New Vonj City.
In connection with the announcement that the
Ford Motor Company, of Detroit, will put on the
market (free to motion picture theaters) a Ford-
Detroit Weekly. A. B. Jewett, who is manager of
the motion picture department, states: "It is not
Mr. Ford's idea to feature the Ford plant in the
pictures. Of course, that industry, as one of the
most widely known in the city, has a legitimate
news value in the films, but we hope rather to make
the films a record of significant events in Detroit."
It is reported that A. J. Gillingham, of the Gen-
eral Film Company, and proprietor of the Empire,
has closed negotiations with David Stott for the
ground in the rear of the Arcadia Dance Hall at
Woodward Avenue and Stimson Place, with a view
toward the erection of a motion picture house.
With Mr. Gillingham will be associated several
eastern men. C. Howard Crane is preparing plans
for the new structure which will cost $75,000 and
will seat 1.500. with special attention to ventilation
and roomy seating capacity. When seen t»y the De-
troit correspondent of the Moving Picture World,
Mr. Gillingham would not confirm the above story,
but yet did not deny that negotiations were under
way and that in all likelihood would materialize.
Owing to the popularity of the pictures, "Nep-
tune's Daughter" was held over for a fifth week,
starting with June 28.
SMITH.
MONTREAL
"DUD LEXXOX, formerly Ontario manager for the
■L' Famous Players Company, has been in charge
of the Canadian Film Company pending a change of
management.
The management of the Tivoli has installed a new
Peerless Projector. Mr. English, the manager, an-
nounces that he has poolsed "The Million Dollar
Mystery."
The Montreal office of the Famous Players Film
Service of Canada is now situated at 198 St. Cather-
ine Street. West. The new quarters are fully
equipped in the most modem way for the conveni-
ence and comfort of their customers. Harrv A.
Kaufman, formerly of the Canadian Film Exchange,
is in charge.
Louis B. Hecht is now managing the Scala. pend-
ing the decision of the courts. Sometime ago. the
Mark-Brock Amusement Compan.v. of Buffalo, sublet
the Scala to Lawande Bros. Owing to the non-
payment of rent, Mr. Hecht had the building seized
during the Messrs. Lawande's absence. On their re-
turn, Mr. Hecht was brutally and cowardlv as-
saulted by the two brothers, and had it not been for
the timely interference of the authorities. Mr.
Hecht would have been sorely at a disadvantage to
protect himself. One of Ih^ Lawandes harangued
the audience, and there wou.J have been a riot but
for the coolness and fairness or Mr. Hecht who ex-
plained everything to his patrons, and thus poured
oil on the troubled waters. At the time of writing
the case has not been flnished. but the popular opin-
ion is that the Mark-Brock people will win out.
Peter Gravel has just been appointed bv the Pro-
vincial government to the position of inspector of
moving picture theaters for the province of Quebec.
The office, which is a new one. was created at the
last session of the Legislature, when the act govern-
ing the board of moving picture censors was consid-
erably strengthened. For the first year the board
had no means of enforcing its decisions, and had to
rely on the police wh.. only occasionallv visited the
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theaters. Mr. Gravers duties will consiBt of visit-
iDg the various theaters and seeing that all pictures
shown have been passed.
The moving picture theaters of this city have been
giving their aid to the local "Safety First" cam-
paign, by projecting slides on the screen bearing
messages to careless school children.
The Montreal Star, the local paper that so suc-
cessfully ran the "Adventures of Kathlyn" in serial
form, has made arrangements to publish "The Mil-
lion Dollar Mystery." This -abject is being exten-
sively advertised locally.
The Imperial has a new stage setting. The gen-
eral Idea Is that of a garden adjoining a chateau.
An electric fountain Is In the center of the stage.
and two marble pillars tower on each side of a
Radium Gold Fibre Screen. "Goodness Gracious"
and "A Million Bid* were shown to large audiences
recently. There was appropriate music on the Hope-
Jones Unit Orchestra by ■Prof. MacClymont.
Messrs. Paul Keith and E. F. Albee have decided
on a site for their new theater. The new theater,
which will seat four thousand and will cover 25,000
sq. ft., will be erected on St. Denis Boulevard, a lit-
tle above St. Catherine Street. The building is ex-
pected to be finished nest winter.
The Allfeatures, Limited, with offices In Montreal,
Toronto and St. John, N. B., is doing good business.
The Montreal representative, James T. Malone, re-
ports that business was never any better. "Hot
weather, and the resulting decrease In the attend-
ance at the theaters," he says, "is hardly
perceptible."
Mr. Eashin, manager of the London, Is putting up
some exceptionally fine shows. "Nina of the Thea-
ter" and "Samson" were recent features. Mr.
Kashin had a special cameraman take views of the
local Corpus Chrlsti procession, and pleased his pa-
trons with this topical subject.
Kleine's "Antony and Cleopatra" opened in Mon-
treal at the Francaia. Mr. Hooley, the manager,
extensively advertised this subject. The music for
this subject was very good and appropriate.
G. GALLAGHER.
PITTSBURGH.
AN application has been made to the Governor
of Pennsylvania by Louts J. Schick and Phillip
Selling, both of Pittsburgh, for a charter to pro-
Tide for the Incorporation of the Fort Pitt Film
Company, the object of which will be the manu-
facture of moving picture machines, films and
slides, and all accessories pertaining to the mor-
Isg^ picture bnslness.
The leasehold and basiness of the Olympic The-
ater at 190 Main street, Greenville, Pa., has been
sold by F. E. Henry to F. Rosenberg. Mr. Rosen-
berg has started a general overhauling of the the-
ater, and many new Improvements are under way.
A number of Improvements to the Star Theater,
of Chambersburg. Pa., are being made. The seats
have all been rearranged and besides the other
Improvements being made throughout the bnildinff
new plush carpet will be laid in the aisles.
A building permit has been granted G. Gaadlng
to build a two-«tory building in Boggs avenue, the
bottom floor of which will be used for a motion
picture theater. This is a much needed project
in that section of the city and there Is no doubt
that it will meet with success. Mr. Gandlng will
expend $9,500 In the erection of the building.
A most unusual moving picture theater Is being
constmcted at Altoona, Pa. It Is to t>e formed
of two large train coaches, and will be so ar-
ranged that they can stand side by edde, with one
roof covering both. The "auditorium" will be
used for exhibition purposes at the World's Fair In
San Fran Cisco.
Plans have been started for the construction of
a motion picture theater and vaudeville house In
Republic, Pa., which, when completed, will cost
$10,000. The plans will be completed about July 1
when the bids will be entertained.
The Orpheum Theater, of Sharon, Pa., has closed
down for the summer. Preparations are being
made by Manager Murray for the coming season,
and he is on the lookout for the best bookings.
The Victoria Theater at Cambria, Pa., has been
purchased by George Panetogas, of Johnstown. This
makes the third motion picture house now owned
by Mr. Panetogas in that section of the state.
Work has been started on the construction of an
addition to the '^'Theatorlum" In Pittsburgh street,
ConnelsvlUe, Pa. The theater will be remodeled
completely, and much new equipment will be in-
stalled. The new addition will cost about $6,000
and will be two stories high, 26 by 65 feet.
Another new theater has been built in Johns-
town, Pa. The Auditorium which until a short
time ago was used as a skating rink, has been re-
modeled to be used as a motion pitcure theater.
The new theater is one of the largest In Johns-
town and has a seating capacity of 3,000.
Over twenty-five moving picture men of the
Beaver Valley met last week in Monaca, Pa., and
formed the Motion Picture Men's Protective Asso-
ciation of Beaver County. The object of the organ-
ization, according to members, is to protest against
unfair laws made regarding the production of mo-
tion pictures and to give the public good, clean
photodramas. William A. White, of the Colonial
Theater, Beaver Falls, was elected president, and
Frank M. Adams, of Monaca. was elected secretary.
All meetings will probably be held on Sundays In
the Majestic Theater, Rochester, Pa.
Another Clark & Rowland theater will shortly be
erected in Pittsburgh. The newest theater of the
chain controlled by the big local amusement syndi-
cate will be built at 4763-65 Liberty Avenue, be-
tween Mathilda and Edmond Streets, in the Bloom-
field district of this city. A deal was closed this
week by which Clark & Rowland became the owners
of the plot of ground at this location. The plot is
50 by 120 feet and was sold for $20,000. The new
theater will comprise the entire first floor of a three-
story building, the two upper floors to be used for
offices. The house will have a seating capacity of
about 800, and will be elaborately decorated and
equipped with the latest Innovations.
"The Grand" is the name of the new theater
opened this week In Butler on the site of the old
Lyric. The new theater is owned by an incorpo-
rated concern and is managed by J. D. Dunmyer, a
former motion picture exhibitor of Butler, but more
recently engaged in the show business in Ohio. The
new building occupies a front of 24 feet and extends
back to Jackson Street. The front Is beautifully
ornamented In gold and white and makes an impos-
ing appearance. The Interior of the building is
modem in every respect and has many features pos-
sessed by no other picture theater In Butler and by
but few in the state. The auditorium is 24 by 140
feet and has a seating capacity of about 500.
The Majestic motion picture theater of Elwood
City, Pa., has been closed and extensive repairs are
being made. The entrance steps have been taken
away and the entire front wall will be removed.
The new entrance will be constructed of marble.
The operating booth will be enlarged and a new ma-
chine and an electric motor will be Installed. The
changes will give the theater an abundance of light
and air, and will add much to the appearance of
the house.
Work has been started on the remodeling of the
piano pit at the Luna Theater In Brackenridge, Pa.,
for the accommodation of the big, new Seeburg
organ that Is to be installed. The new instrument
Is a piano and organ combined, with an orchestral
attachment that imitates twenty-four other instru-
ments. It is run by a motor and can be played
either by roll or by hand. Manager Bowers has
plans for several other new features that will In-
crease the attractiveness of the Luna.
A handsome electric sign Is being erected on the
William Penn Theater, Federal and Isapella Streets,
this city. The sign Is at)out 15 feet long and when
completed the blazing lights will outline the name
of the house in such a way as to be discernible for
many squares.
John E. Orr has sold the lease and flxtures of the
Orpheum Theater at Butler. Pa., to Dominic Page-
neli, who has taken possession and will conduct the
motion picture theater hereafter.
MANIiEY.
PHILADELPHIA.
THE builders are estimating on plans for an addi-
tion to the Stenton Avenue picture theater for
Walter R. Flaherty, 407 Drexel Building, this city.
The annex will consist of a one-story terra cotta
and brick structure, 42 by 92 feet. The cost will
be in the neighborhood of $4,000.
The exhibitors who opened their theaters on Sun-
day, June 7th. were brought into court and charged
with the violation of the city law. Fines of $10
each were imposed.
An application will be made to the Governor of
the State of Pennsylvania on July 7th, for a charter
for the Walton Amusement Company, the object of
which is to acquire, sell and maintain moving pic-
ture houses and other amusement enterprises. The
incorporators are Robert B. Ajres, Robert McCoy
and John P. Burwell.
The following rules and regulations of the Bureau
of Health and Sanitation, Harrisburg, Pa., were
passed by the city council and signed by His Honor,
the Mayor.
1. — Each theater, vaudeville, moving picture or
musical theater, tightly closed, must established a
proper system of ventilation and heating.
2. — The floor In moving picture houses giving a
continuous performance and having a frequently
changing performance must not be covered with
carpet or other dust and dirt gathering material;
also In such houses plush or velvet covered seats,
or other unnecessary draperies are prohibited.
3. — A careful, thorough fumigation of the entire
house at least once a month, or more frequently. If
deemed necessary by the health officer, must be
made during the play season. Violation of these
rules would be subject to a fine of $100 or thirty
days in jail.
James A. Tanner, former assistant district attor-
ney, at Washington, D. C, has been appointed to
inspect the Philadelphia moving picture houses by
the Pennsylvania Board of Censors. It is expected
that he will begin his new mission within the imme-
diate near future.
The new cash register that has been but recently
placed upon the market by the National Cash
Register Company Is being experimented with by
A. & L. Sabloskey, in conjunction with their various
moving picture theaters in and about Norristown,
Pa. The new register, which is the most complete
of its kind, prints tickets, dates and totals them,
and gives the receipts therefrom. Four of the'^e
machines will be used In that borough, two in
Reading, Pa., and two in this city. If they prove
as satisfactory as is expected many more will be
installed in the other moving picture houses con-
trolled by this and other firms. Several of the local
moving picture theater proprietors are watching the
outcome of the test of this new device with great
interest.
Members of the Merchants* and Manufacturers'
Association visited the Commercial Museum, Thirty-
fourth and Spruce Streets, this city, on a tour of
inspection of the thousands of interesting exhibits of
moving picture films. The methods of manufactur-
ing various commodities were compared and dis-
cussed as they were thrown upon the screen.
Settlement has been made by Green & Altman
for the Susquehanna Theater, 1710 Susquehanna
Avenue, this city, which was recently purchased by
them, through Comly & Mangle, real estate brokera,
from the Susquehanna Amusement Company. Con-
veyance was made subject to a mortgage of $40,000.
Point Breeze Park, one of the largest amusement
centers of this city, has added a novel attraction
to increase their drawing powers In the building of
a moving picture house which Is to be free. Tkc
number of reels to be run has not yet been de-
cided upon, but it Is expected to be In the neigh-
borhood of six.
Samuel Harris, manager, of the World Film
Corporation, 1316 Vine Street, has severed his con-
nection with that company. G. J. Biehoff is tem-
porarily taking charge.
A. P. Lombard, of the American Film Exchange,
211 North Thirteenth Street, Is considering a new
location. Arrangements are being made as quick
as possible to have the company In perfect readiness
about July 1st. Mr. Lombard has just returned from
a business trip to Lebanon, Reading and Pottstown,
and reports business in that section of the state as
being favorable.
The employees of the Victor Talking Machine
Company, numbering 6.000, were formed in the
streets and park In front of the company's plant for
the benefit of motion picture men who kept their
cameras focused on the crowd and a concert that
was playing on a stage erected for the Victor or-
chestra. The motion picture men have been very
busy making pictures of the Victor plant.
CONGDON.
INDIANA.
WIRK has been started on the new Switou Theater
it North Vernon, one of the Switou Amuse-
ment Company chain.
M. Weiss of the Park Theater, West Tenth Street,
ndianapolis, has booked a week of Blache features.
He heard Manager Trulock, of the Jefferson Air-
dome, say that he had been doing a "mighty good**
business with them, and fell for the boost.
The Princess Theater, Vlncennes, is giving away
spoons each Wednesday night to the women holding
two coupons. Envelopes containing coupons are
handed at the door. Those containing two get silver
spoons. A dozen spoons are distributed each Wed-
nesday night.
The Grand at Terre Haute has two fans on a large
cake of ice. The fans oscillate, and the cool
breezes and the Ice are getting the crowds. It*s a
great system and has made some talk that is help-
ing to fill the Grand regularly. Ice is 30 cents a
hundred in Terre Haute. Figure It out, the expense
Is something enormous — 90 cents a day.
The Indiana Motion Picture Exhibitors' League la
giving thought to a war chest to employ lobbyists
for the coming legislature. There is a censorship
idea sure to spring up from many portions of the
state, and other things are certain to be offered
by the busy little legislators. As Dr. J. M. Rhodes,
president of the Indiana League, explains It, "there
are a lot of fellows who want everybody to know
how moral they are,"
ConnersvlUe women, members of the Woman's
Franchise League, have obtained permission of the
picture show owners of the town to put on some
benefit performances. The ballot chasers are after
campaign funds,
Walter Tally has opened an alrdome In Osgood
which seats 500.
Mayor Christen, Decatur, served notice on the ex-
hibitors that when houses were closed Saturday
night they must stay closed until Monday. The Rex
was opened three Sundays before the order went
Into effect, but none since.
The American, South Bend, Is to be renamed by
a popular contest. The theater Is being overhauled
and the entrance remodeled.
During a field day meet at Princeton, some seats
collapsed. The motion picture man on the job had
the coUapser in focus and has been making money
with the exhibit in the southern part of the state.
Tbe American Theater, nc. Terra Hause, has
been incorporated, with $50,000 capital stock, to
operate theaters, with Maurice Less, L. Less and S.
Uffenheimer as directors.
Tony Berger will move his theater to Union Hall,
which he has bought.
Neither hot nor cold weather seems to effect
business In the Alhambra. the Cozy or the Alrdome
theaters in Shelbyville. Each of these houses, it is
estimated, are being visited by 5.000 persons a week.
James Alcorn has opened a new house in Greens-
burg, in which he is offering three reels for fi?e
cents. The house Is built according to Alcorn's own
planning, and he says it is all it should be in the
way of seating arrangement and projecting appa-
ratus.
Stockholders of the Blinn Theater, Frankfort, met
and re-elected Jesse C. Blinn, president: T. C.
Paris, vice-president; W. S. Hines. secretary-treas-
urer: and directors M. S. Hufford, J. B. Meifeld and
H. F. Campbell.
Lyman Howe and his pictures drew crowds at the
Lyric, Indianapolis.
W. H. Gappinger. manager of the Princess, Ken-
dallville, has Installed a Simplex of the latest type.
Manager Gappinger is showing a specialty act with
each show. WILLIAM.
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EDISON.
HEX SPAJOSH COUSINS (July 6).— Hepzipah
Perkins was very wealthy indeed, but in spite of
all ber money, she continued to live in the old New
England farmhouse that had belonged to her family
for generations. However, when Hepzlbah re-
ceived a letter from some distant cousins in Spain,
inviting her to pay them a visit for the purpose
of discussing a business venture in which the
Spanish cousins were interested, Hepzibah decided
that the novelty of a trip in foreign parts would
offset the incidental expense. So. in spite of the
fact that the day was Friday, the a3th, and hence
inauspicious, she packed up her things and sailed
OD the first boat.
The fact that her stateroom and steamer chair
both bore the number "13" did not materially im-
prove Hepzibah's peace of mind. But she soon
forgot her superstitious fears in the excitement ot
having a man pay her marked attention. The man
was Gnstave Schmidt, a retired merchant. When
the ship arrived at its destination, Hepzibah was
separated from her newly-found beau. But the next
morning, she saw him walking along the road that
led past her cousins' estate. Hepzibah beckoned
to him and Schmidt promptly came In to see her.
He was promptiy ejected by the scandalized guards,
In spite of Hepzibah's Infuriated protests.
Hepzibah's couains were very nice to her Indeed.
In spite of their gorgeous surroundings, they were
in desperate need of money, and Hepzibah seemed
to them whatever the Spanish equivalent may be
for "an easy mark." But Hepzibah was so much
interested In Gustave, that she had not time to
listen to her affectionate cousins. Learning from a
smuggled note that he was leaving by the next
steamer, she escaped from her cousins, and rode to
the port on a bicycle, only to find that the steamer
had Just left. That evening, when her cousins
attempted to persuade her to sign a certain paper
of innocent appearance, Hepzibah told them exactly
what she thought of them. She sailed for home
soon afterwards, wondering if she would ever see
Schmidt again. She did. He called on her the
day Bhe got home, and proposed on the spot.
FACE, TO FACE (Seventh Story of "The Man Wlio
Disappeared" — July 7). — In the weeks following
Perrlton's dashing and successful attempt to stop
Eiarle's train, the four partners, Perrlton, Jenny,
Henry Horn and Barle, despite the determined op-
position of President Carter, managed to land the
court house contract which meant so much to them.
A newspaper paragraph, seen by chance, changed
their comfortable feeling of assurance to vivid
alarm. The paragraph was to the effect* that,
owing to the determined efforts of President Car-
ter, a bill was on the verge of passing the legis-
lature, restricting all state contracts to residents
of the state. Since none of the four was a resident
of the state in which the court house wa0 to be
built, the bill. If passed, would be certain to roln
them.
Knowing Carter's methods, Perrlton decided that
the beat means of blocking the passage of the bill
was to bring forward proof that Carter had been
f uUty of bribery. In order to keep a close watch
over their enemy, an office was hired in the bnlld-
Ing next to the Construction Company, with win-
dows directiy opposite those of Carter's office. By
means of a high-powered telescope, the partners
obtained ample optical proof that Carter bad
bought the serrlces of several members of the legis-
lature. They discovered also that an actual trans-
fer of money was to take place that very night
In Carter's country house.
Unknown to Perrlton, Carter had a hold over
Mary Wales, the girl Perrlton loved. A document
forged by Nelson, her scapegrace of a brother, had
fallen into Carter's possession. Fearing to take the
money to the corrupt legislators himself, he decided
to use the girl and ber brother as catspaws. So,
using the forged mortgage as an incentive, be di-
rected Mary and ber brother to take the money and
deliver it to the proper parties at his country
house. So It happened that when Perrlton burst into
the house ahead of Earle and the detectives, he
was confronted face to face by the girl for whose
sake he had given up position and reputation. There
was no time for love. Turning, be slammed the
door In the faces of his friends, and then lowered
Mary to the ground through the window. He had
the proofs of bribery, and It was absolutely Impos-
sible that the detectives should find Mary in any
such situation!
AKDT HAS A TOOTHACHE (Eighth AdTenture
of Andy — July 8). — In spite of the fact that he was
utterly contemptuous of any of the terrors which
might beset the lives of a highwayman or a pirate
chief, Andy discovered that some of the ordinary
ills of every-day existence were occasionally some-
what hard to bear. When be awoke one morning
wltb a burning pain In his tooth, his actions did
not at all suit the stem warlike soul he prided Mm-
self upon baring. Aroused by her son's lamenta-
tions, Andy's mother attempted a variety of reme-
dies for the aching tooth. But neither hot nor
cold water seemed of any avail, for when she at-
tempted to remove the tooth by means of a string
tied to a doorknob or a flatiron, Andy broke from
ber kindly grasp and fled.
When he arrived at the messenger office, the
toothache returned with redoubled vigor. The super-
intendent sent Andy to a dentist. Andy decided
on reaching the dentist's office that there really
wasn't much the matter with his tooth — certainly
not enough to bother the dentist about. His de-
cision was strengthened by the terrible things which
seemed to be happening to a large man who pre-
ceded Andy in the dentist's chair. Andy would
have left immediately if it has not been for a
lady and a little girl In the dentist's office. The
fact that the littie girl did aot seem a bit alarmed
goaded Andy's lagging spirit to the pitch of hero-
ism. He assumed an attitude of haughty indiffer-
ence, entirely In conflict with his real emotions.
The haughty attitude served to get Andy as far
as the dentist's chair, but one look at the fearful
array of instruments completely changed his atti-
tude. He Jumped down from the chair and fled like
a deer, back to the telegraph office. The other mes-*
senger boys teased him and scoffed at his cowardice.
Goaded beyond endurance, Andy challenged Lanky
to combat. In the fight which followed. Lanky hit
Andy in the jaw but Andy was so busy that he
never noticed his tooth had come out till the fight
was ended.
IN THE SHADOW OF DISGBA.CE (Special— Two
Parts — July 10). — It was no wonder that Seth loved
Norah. She was by all odds the prettiest girl in
the country, and she had such a sympathetic, pretty
way about her that every man she met became
her willing slave on the spot. But Norah did not
love Seth. Young Arthur Maitland, the new squire,
had told Norah that she was the only girl he could
ever consider for a moment as a possible mistress
of Maitland Hall and Norah, to whom the well-bred,
clean-cut young man was an utter revelation, fell in
readily with his visionary schemes. When Maitland
learned that his regiment would be ordered to India
in the near future, he married Norah secretly at the
little village church, explaining to her that no
news of the wedding must come out until he had
been able to explain things to his uncle, after the
India campaign was finished. Shortly afterwards,
Maitland sailed for India, arranging that his letters
to Norah should be sent to his groom, and placed
in a hollow tree at their old meeting place.
In the months that followed, idle village gossip
grew busy with the names of Norah and Maitiand.
Seth discovered the biding place of Maltiand's let-
ters, and. fearing the worst, abstracted them and
kept them from Norah. At last the gossip reached
the ears of Norah's family. Unable, because of her
promise to Maitland, to answer the outburst of their
bitter wrath and half crazed with the fear that
Maitland had deserted her, she crept away from
home. In the borne of some simple, kindly people,
who welcomed the desolate woman, Norah's child
was bom. Shortly after Norah disappeared, a letter
arrived from Maitland, which Seth, who was unable
to read, took to a friend to be interpreted. The
letter announced that Maitland was dying and
enclosed his and Norah's marriage certificate. The
repentant Seth immediately set out in search of
the poor girl. He found her, half insane, in the
act of hiding her child In the fields. Seth brought
Norah back to her family and showed them the
marriage certificate. Under their care, she soon
regained her health and strength. A letter arrived
from the solicitor, announcing that Norah, as her
husband's heiress, was now entitled to the Maitiand
estate. Norah, draped heavily In black, went sadly
up the great road to Maitiand Hall to take posses-
sion. But her sadness was changed suddenly to
ecstatic joy. for waiting at the gate stood Maitland
himself, miraculously recovered from his wounds,
and filled with wonder that his wife had received no
word from him.
DOLLY AT THE HELM (Eleventh of The Ac-
live Life of "Dolly of the Dailies" — July 11). —
When the city edtor of the Comet burst into the
managing editor's office and told him that his child
was desperately ill with diphtheria, Malone, the
managing editor, naturally told him to take as much
time off as he wanted. Malone himself was feeling
very badly at the time, and his resolution to take
charge personally of the city editor's department
was never carried out. Shortiy after the city editor
bad left, Malone fainted at his desk. Dolly Des-
mond, the Comet's star reporter, found him there
when she came Into the room. She revived Malone
from his stupor and had him taken home. In nine
cases out of ten, both Malone and the city editor
might well have been absent without any particular
disturbance in the ordinary routine of the office.
It was four o'clock on an unusually dull summer
afternoon. The likelihood of anything happening
semed extremely remote.
However, scarcely bad Malone been taken away
when things started. A terrible excursion boat
catastrophe was the first. Right on Its heels
came the news that a great hotel was burning.
In the excited chaos into which the Comet office was
plunged, Dolly showed the stuff of which she was
made. Her small hand seized the deserted tiller and
with the quick Incisive decision which was her chief
characteristic, she wearied the legs of messenger
boys, and kept the telephone wires hot with the dis-
patching of ber swift Napolenlc commands. When
it was all over, and the day was won, Dolly re-
ceived & letter from borne telling her that her
father's bank was on the verge of ruin, largely as
a result of the hard feeling which had been stirred
up by Dolly's story. "The Perfect Truth" ("The
Perfect Truth," released January Slst, 1914). Poor
Dolly, at her wits' end, went to Malone for advice.
She took the manuscript of "The Perfect Truth"
with her. Malone' s illness was a blessing In dis-
gTiise for It gave him a chance to read the story,
the first Installment of whirh bad had such a dis-
astrous effect. He vas ama^od by It^ ''Villiancc of
styi<> and theme. In a gush uf unwontel enthusiasm
he told Dolly that he was willing to publish the
story at his own expense as a speculation. So
Dolly, with ber hopes once again raised, went away
with the dim belief growing In her that "Th-; Per-
fect Truth' might not be so bad a thing for Ler
father as It had at first seemed.
kalem.
THE WEAKLING {Special— Two Parts— Third of
the Alice Joyce Series— July 6).— Nancy, daughter
of Judge Berry, devotes her time to the education
of the illiterate mountaineers. Litt Largin, whose
physical cowardice has won for him the nickname
of "The Weakling," is her brightest pupil. Litt's
prother Dave falls in love with Nance. The girl
despises Dave and is later insulted by him in the
presence of Litt, who fears to interfere. Later
however Litt rescues Nancy when she struggles to
free herself from Dave's embrace. The two brothers
engage in a desperate battie. Dave is beaten down.
Fearing he has killed his brother, Litt flees. Dave
recovers. Nancy traces Litt and persuades ber
father to send him to college. There, Litt's cow-
ardice again makes him an ob.i'ect of contempt, but
he graduates at the head of hU class. Nancy and
her father attend the commencement exercises. The
girl promises to wed Litt. A sneakthief enters the
cloakroom of the building. Nancy enters the room
Just as he is about to escape with his loot. Litt
finds her confronting the crook, but his cowardice
causes him to run. Filled with contempt, Nancy
breaks their engagement.
Litt's father is arrested in a revenue raid. In
the fight that followed, the man slays one of the
government agents. He is placed on trial on charge
of murder. Judge Berry tries the case. Litt over-
hears Dave and several of the mountaineers plan-
ning to shoot up the court and rescue bis father.
Not wishing to betray bis brother, he seeks a means
to frustrate the plot. The boy enters the court
room during the trial. A move by Dave causes him
to spring forward. A shot rings out. Litt falls
with the bullet intended for Nancy's father In his
own body. When the boy recovers, he finds that hia
superb heroism has restored Nancy to him.
KAINTTJCKY BILL (July 7).— The old sheriff
dies. In jest, the mountaineers nominate Kaintucky
Bill, the worst moonshiner in the State, for the
office. Considering it a huge joke, Kaintucky Bill
takes the oath of office. Bill is brought to the
realization ofvhis duty -when* the revenue officials
remind him he has sworn to uphold the Jaw. Despite
the pleas of his sweetheart "Annie, daughter of old
Zeb, a member of his gang. Bill decides to break
op moonshining. Denouncing him for turning
traitor to his friends. Annie hastens to the still.
The band laughs at her story, but Kaintucky Bill
arrives a few minutes later. Holding up the gang,
he sets fire to the still. The moonshiners cower
before Kaintucky's pi.-rtol. By a clever ruse, Annie
disarms the'new sheriff. Requesting permission to
reach for tobacco concealed in his shirt. Bill shoots
the revolver . from Annie's hand with a concealed
pistol. Bill enters the burning still to get away
from the band. While the moonshiners believe the
man burned to death, the new sheriff escapes from
the opposite side of the still.
One of the band sees Kaintucky Bill return to
his office. He sees the sheriff remove his badge
of office and resign. The moonshiner hastens to the
rendezvous where he reports Kaintucky Bill's ac-
tions. The news that her sweetheart has not per-
ished fills Annie with joy. Thirsting for revenge,
her father resolves to have his (former chief's life.
Annie warns Kaintucky Bill of bis peril. The
man informs her that he Intends starting life anew
elsewhere and bids her goodbye. Zeb, his rifle
raised, aims at his foe's heart. The tears which
rise to his sweetheart's eyes tell Bill she still loves
him. He seizes her in his arms. Zeb slowly lowers
his rifle and turns away.
A STEING OF PEARLS (Special— Two Parts-
July 8).^In Batiste, an Italian woman. Haldeman.
finds the very type he desires to use in his nest
picture. Securing the consent of Dominick, Ba-
tiste's worthless husband, the artist employs her as
a model. A messenger brings Haldeman the pearl
necklace which he has purchased as a gift for
his fiancee. Batiste sees the jewel and plans to
steal It. She tells Dominick about the pearls. The
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man plans to be outside the studio building the fol-
lowing day to catch the necklace when Batiste
steals it and throws it out of the window. Batiste
appropriates the necklace the following day, but
throws it out of the window too soon. Cadio, an
old organ grinder captures the necklace In his
hat. He later sells it to an unscrupulous pawn
broker. Dominick arrives at the designated spot
but returns home disappointed.
Haldeman -misses the Jewel just as Batiste baa
thrown it out of the window. Suspecting her, be
summons the police. Batiste breaks down and an-
nounces she has tossed it to Dominick. The detec-
tives hasten to the man's bouse. The Italian, who
has taken several drinks to drown his disappoint-
ment, sees tbem coming. Believing one of his
old crimes has been discovered, the man engages
in a pistol duel with the police. Dominick escapes
ifrom the house. Jumping into an auto, be com-
pels the chauffeur to speed ahead. The police fol-
low. A running pistol duel takes place and the
Italian is finally captured. Batiste has also at-
tempted to escape but is caught and taken to
Police Headquarters with ber husband. The neck-
lace is traced to the pawn shop and recovered.
BTTBE. THE rNTEULOPEa (July 10).— Kube dis-
covers that Helen and Dolly occupy the room next
door. The girls, actresses, leam that the inquisitive
chap is peeping tbrough the key hole. Taking a
hat pin, Helen sends Rube away bowling. Later
the girls rehearse their new act. Rube hears
Helen tow to kill Dolly's sweetheart the moment be
appears. Ignorant of the fact that the two are
actresses, be believes that Helen intends to commit
murder. The girls discover his error and decide to
play a Joke on him. The two secure the aid of
Teddy, who is also on the stage. Ruibe bores a
hole through the door in order that he might see
what goes on. Teddy enters, and to Rube's horror,
Helen stabs the man and then places the body in
her trunk. Rushing out. Rube goes to summon the
police. Upon bearing Rube's story, the chief of
police orders his men to the scene. After numerous
mishaps, the officers arrive at the hotel. The men
break Into the room. Instead of a scene of
slaughter, they find Teddy, Helen and Dolly devour-
ing a meal of crackers and cheese.
IN OLD DBNGLAIO) (July 10).— The artillery sal-
ute fired in front of Buckingham Palace in honor
of the King, is the first of the highly interesting
English topical scenes shown in this feature. The
events which follow show the game of rugby be-
tween Scotland and Ireland; the Southern Counties
Cross-Country Run, in which hundreds of men took
part, and the King and Queen, attended by promi-
nent members of the nobility, on their way to the
Royal Ascot Races.
LAME DOG'S TREACHEHY (July 11).— Lame
Dog conceives a deadly hatred for Two Feathers, bis
rival for the band of Atahka. Two Feathers is
the nephew of Lone Bear, the chief of the tribe.
The old chief falls ill. Thunder Cloud, the medicine
man, is unable to aid the doomed man, whereupon
Two Feathers announces his intention of bringing
a doctor from the fort. Furious, the medicine man
vows vengeance. Lone Bear, meanwhile, sinks rap-
idly and before bis nephew returns with the white
doctor, the chief is on his death bed. Calling Big
Thunder, Lone Bear tells the medicine man it is
his wish that Two Feathers be the next chief.
Lame Dog overbears the conversation and plans to
rob his rival of his inheritance. Upon the chief's
death. Lame Dog secures the medicine man's aid
and proclaims himself chief. His first act is to
declare war upon the whites. Two Feathers, how-
ecer, reminds the tribe thew have received many
favors at the bands of their white friends. The
redskins thereupon refuse to follow their new chief.
In his anger. Lame Dog resolves to punish bia
people. With the aid of Big Thunder, the chief
poisons the stream from which the women of the
tripe draw water. Atahka overhears the plot, how-
ever, and goes to warn her people. One of the
squaws. Ignorant of the fiendish scheme, drinks of
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tbe water and perishes. Two Feathers and his
people come to the stream and I5nd the body of the
woman. Seizing Lame Dog and tbe medicine man,
the Indians compel the plotters to drink of tli«
water. The two die in agony. Surrounding Two
Feathers, the redskins hail him as their new chief.
VITAGRAPH.
THE FALSE AND THE TRITE (July 6).— Betty,
the only daughter of Jenkins, a wealthy farmer. It
secretly loved by Tom Saunders, a farm band.
Tom's scapegrace brother, Dick, returns from the
city and is befriended by Tom. Dick later wlna
Betty's love. While Jenkins Is blasting out a
tree stump with dynamite, Betty and Dick ar«
passing close by unnoticed, and the explosion des-
troys Betty's sight. Believing she is dying, the
girl asks to be married at once to Dick. When
told of her request, he refuses, saying be doesn't
want to marry a blind girl. Tom offers to take his
brother's place, pretending he is Dick, and the
deception is carried out. Contrary to eipectaOonB,
the girl recovers her health, although still remain-
ing blind. A few years later, tbey are blessed wltli
a child. Tom holds a good position and secaret
work for Dick, who is later discharged for Intoxi-
cation. After several more trials, in Dick's behalf,
Tom, disgusted, will have nothing further to do
with him. They quarrel, Tom thrashes his brother
and Dick vows revenge. He sets a case of dyna-
mite outside Tom's office and lights tbe fuse. Tom's
child sees the box with the sputtering fuse and
calls its mother's attention to it. Betty instinc-
tively grabs the box and throws it away just before
It explodes. She faints and it is found tbe second
shock has restored her sight. Then she learns whom
she has married. Dick is caught and begs Betty
to save him from prison, but she turns coldly from
him. Tom later succeeds in freeing tbe wretch and
sends him West, leaving Tom and Betty to their
love and happiness.
'THE MOONSTONE OF FEZ (Special— Two Part*
— July 7). — While touring Algiers, Mrs. Osborne and
ber daughter, Winnifred, make the acquaintance of
Schuyler Van Norden, a young American banker.
At a little booth, Mrs. Osborne purchases "The
Moonstone of Fez." On their way to their hotel,
Winnifred and her mother are accosted by a beg-
gar, who seizes Mrs. Osborne's hand and Inslstt
upon telling her fortune. The following night tbey
retire in adjoining rooms. In the morning, Winni-
fred is frightened to find her mother has mypterl-
ously disappeared. When all the hotel attendant!
tell Winnifred she arrived at tbe hotel alone, prov-
ing it by tbe hotel register, the poor girl begins to
fear she has lost her senses. In despair, she writes
to Van Norden for help. He learns, by investiga-
ting, that the beggar who annoyed Mrs. Osborne,
had since died from the Black Plague. He exam-
ines tbe register closely and finds Winnifred's name
as been erased. Passing along a narrow street. Van
Norden sees "Tbe Moonstone of Fez" owned by
Mrs. Osborne in a shop window. Tbe shopkeeper
confesses that a maid from the hotel sold It to blm*
Under cross-examination, the maid admits Mrs. Os-
borne died of tbe Black Plague, and fearing a panic
in the hotel, the management had spirited away the
body and denied her existence. The proprietor ad-
mits the truth, the guilty ones are punished and the
mystery explained, Van Norden and Winnifred im-
mediately start for America to forget in the happi-
ness of their future, the fearful incident of Algiers.
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He goes to the door and is handed a basket and a
note by a stupid-looking servant. The note, which
is addressed to "Dr. Smith," is signed "Your lov-
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while she is visiting mother;" adding, "Uncle 18
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the basket a Lealtby youngster of about two years
la fooDd. His friends chaff Harold abOQt the af-
air terribly, but are finally conrlDced be knows
DOthicg about it. The boys then try to entertain
the child, whom they name "Teddy." They gorge
him with cake to stop his crying and all take part
in the ceremony of putting him to bed. **Teddy"
has bad entirely too much cake, and as a conse-
cruense, Harold has an awful night with him. Next
day, Harold's wealthy aunt arrives with his sis-
ter. Aunty cannot understand the child's presence,
and tells him he mast send it to a Foundling Home,
but Harold and his friends resoWe to stick bj
"Teddy." Fortunately, Mrs. Henry Smith, the
baby's mother, arrives and claims it, explaining
the serrant came to the wrong Mr. Smith's apart-
ment- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith had kept their
marriage a secret because a rich old ancle objected
to the match, which explains the mysterloos note,
bat they receive word of his death, making Henry
his heir, so ererything is cleared up to aunty's
and everybody else's satisfaction. Harold and his
friends enjoy many a hearty laugh as they think of
the comical predicament In which "Dr. Smith"
found himself.
PROSECUTION (July 9).— The miners of a large
Western mining camp, informed of a general cut in
wages, hold a meeting of protest, and the rougher
element prevailing, they in revenge determine to
blow ap the mine hoist. Cliff McClellan ondertakes
the job and tbat night places a box of high ex-
plosives under the hoist house and puts the mine
out of business. Collins, the mining company's local
attorney, who is in love with Marcia. Cliff's sister.
confronts brother and sister and charges ClXtt with
the crime. He is sneeringly told to prove It. The
attorney is ordered to prosecute and as be feared,
Marcia turns from him coldly. A couple of nights
later, the miners kidnap Collins, carry him far
out in the desert and leave him there, with a single
canteen of water. Marcia hears of the abduction
and. her sympathies aroused, induces her brother
to drive out into the desert with her to find Col-
lins. They arrive in time to save the suffering man
from death, nurse him back to health, and know-
ing Cliff is guilty. Collins' gratitude prompts him
to offer to resign his position as attorney, withdraw-
ing from the prosecution, but Marcia insists that he
go on with it. As the warrant is about to be
served on Cliff. Collins, for ber sake, commands the
officer to stop. Marcia. however, turns to Cliff and
says, "You committed the crime and he shan't suf-
fer fot it." She orders the officer to do his duty.
kisses her brother good-bye and as he is led to
prison, she buries her face on her lover's breast, to
hide the tears that give expression to her inter-
mingled sorrow and joy.
THE VASES OF HYHEN (July 10).— While pass-
ing Roberts' antique shop. Annette Kershaw sees
twin vases in the window, is fascinated and decides
to purchase them. She takes one and asks Roberts
to try and hold the other one for her. After she baa
gone. Bunny, a collector of bric-a-brac, sees the
other vase in the window and hurries inside to
buy it. The storekeeper tells Bunny the vase Is
partly promised to a lady and gives him her card,
saying she has bought its mate. Bunny induces the
storekeeper to sell the vase and orders to sent to
his address. Annette returns for the other vase and
is furious on discovering it has been sold. She
then decides to call on the purchaser to see if the
party will not sell it to her. Bunny, meanwhile,
wants the mate to his vase and decides to call on
the lady who purchased it. On his way, he meets
Annette. Both are mutually charmed with each
other and, in the same breath, state they desire
to purchase the mate to his or her vase, but of
course neither wants to part with the vase already
in their possession. After arguing a while, both
become angry and go home in sulks. The mutual
attraction proves too strong, however, and Bunny
calls again on Annette. Unfortunately, the subject
of vases is brought up again and after a severe
quarrel. Bunny goes home. Both feel remorseful
and simultaneously send their vases to each other,
leaving them no better off than before. Bunny at
last hits on a way to settle the matter. He takes
the two vases, sets them side by side and with his
band on his heart, says, "We also should be paired."
Annette consents to become his mate, while both
look lovingly at each other, then at the two orna-
ments which have proved to be veritable "Vases of
Hymen."
LILLIAN • S DILEMMA {SpeciaJ— Two Parts-
July 11). — While attending Professor Whippem's
School for Boys. Dick Denby writes home, asking his
mother to send him a suit of clothes. Mother sends
her daughter Lillian to the school with the clothes.
but on her arrival she is told plainly that girls are
not admitted. She angrily determines to see her
brother, despite the rule, goes to a hotel, puts on
the suit and thus disguised, she gains admittance to
the school. Dick is out playing baseball, and by
mistake, she gets into a room belonging to George
Burton, one of the young teachers. She starts out
again to look for Dick, leaving her own clothes on
the bed. Tom, a small boy, sees the girl's clothes,
and as a joke, dresses up in them. He is seen and
runs into Professor Whippem's rooms to hide. That
gentleman's wife catches a glimpse of him, and
after finding a petticoat Tom had dropped, accuses
her husband of harboring a girl. Meanwhile Lillian
meets Dick, goes to his room and discover her clothes
are in somebody else's rooms. Dick's friends come
noisily in from the ball-field, causing further com-
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ESSANAY.
A mOHT WITH A MILLION (July 7).^Judson
Clarke, a hroker, goes to spend a week-end "with
his friend, Mr. Dwight, at Meadowbrook, and
leares Jack Wilton, his clerk, in charge of the
office. Saturday afternoon, while Jack is sitting
quietly alone in the office, a stranger rushes in
and throws a package on the desk. "I want action*
Clarke, I want action." Jack upon finding that the
package contains a million dollars in railroad bonds,
catches the first train for Meadowbrook, to deliver
the bonds to Clarke. When he arrives he is ar-
rested, the officer thinking he has captured a fam-
our crook. He finally gets out of the calaboose and
jumps into an automobile. He is unable to etop
the car and ia again arrested for speeding. After
going through fire and water he finally reaches
Dwight's home, only to find the gentlemen who de-
livered the bonds is a crank and the railroad has
been out of business for twenty years. He is not
left unrewarded entirely for his efforts, as Clarke
recommends him for a position as private secretary
to one of his friends, and he is accepted.
A BOARDING HOUSE SCILAMBLE (July 8).—
Tom and Dick live at the same boarding house and
are rivals for the hand of their landlady. One
evening the crowd decided to play all of the old
fashioned games, and the antics that they go
through will keep one in a constant fit of laughter.
Tom is determined to make Dick look foolish, and
vice versa, so they are continually in a scramble.
SLIPPEB.Y SUM— DIPLOMAT (July 9).— Slippery
Slim is in love with Sophie Clutts. He is also
postmaster of Snakeville, so when Sophie decides to
give a party In honor of her ISth ( ?) birthday, Slim
gives the Parson his invitation, but holds the others
back. On the night of the big Snakeville society
event. Slim and the Parson are the only ones at the
party, so Sophie consents to be Slim's wife. The
nest day, Slim delivers the delayed invitations and
the boys all go, as they think, to Sophie's birthday
party. They all faint as Sophie introduces Slim as
"My Husband."
BRONCHO BILLY AND THE SHESIIT (July
11). — Broncho Billy, a cowpnncher, is elected to the
office of deputy. The sheriff is in love with Gert-
rude Scott and fears that his deputy is smitten with
her. An outlaw has been terrorizing the town and
the sheriff determines to capture him. He meets
the outlaw in the woods, gives him money and
promises him his release the following day if he will
give himself up. The sheriff is proclaimed a hero.
That night the outlaw escapes and the deputy cap-
tures him. The bandit squeals — the sheriff is ousted
and Broncho Billy not only wins the office hut the
lore of the pretty Gertrude.
(Essanay Stories Continued On Page 108)
BIO GRAPH.
THE HONOE OF THE LAW (Two Parts— June
29). — The District Attorney came face to face with
the man who he believed had murdered his father
years before. This man was held for murder. The
District Attorney made every effort to find his vic-
tim guilty. The night before the execution, how-
ever, a dying companion's confession placed the
guilt where it belonged. Should he now, as District
Attorney, destroy the confession or uphold the honor
of the law?
THE CEACKSMAN'S GRATITTTDE (July 4).—
The young lawyer took the cracksman's part when
he was falsely accused. Later, the chemist, in re-
venge for his fancied wrong, refused the lawyer's
wife the serum which would save her husband's
life. It was then the cracksman showed his
gratitude.
THE GOAT (July 2).— Uriah Wright is the editor
of "The Weekly Balloon." His criticism of the
rural population occasions vehement protests from
some of his irate victims who visit his office in a
belligerent spirit. To sidestep physical injury,
Uriah substitutes Simp, his printer's devil, as the
author of the obnoxious items published In "The
Weekly Balloon." The consequences to Simp are
painful, but he takes all that comes as a part of
his journalistic duty until Uriah criticises his best
girl, when "the goat" turns and shows his horns
by severely chastising his employer.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 107
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"The Littlest Rebel," by Edward Peple, scored one of the greatest successes
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forty weeks in Chicago.
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two Universal stars, an Edison lead, a Mutual director and a crack Edison
camera man. The scenes in the picture are those of the picturesque and sunny
Southland described by the author. Every detail of production has been studied
out with care. The original flags of battle are unfurled to the breeze once
more — the genuine declaration of war is flashed upon the screen. Veteran
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THE FIREMEN'S SOCIAL (July 2).— MiUy. the
Tillage belle, invites the volunteer firemen to attend
a ball at her house. They install a fire gong In
MlUy's house to give the alarm in case of fire.
Spruce Binks has not been included in the list of
invited guests and, out of revenge, he turns in sev-
eral false alarms. These interrupt the festivities.
While escaping from the fire-house. Spruce tears his
trousers and goes to Levy to have them mended.
While waiting, he turns over the stove, sets fire to
Levy's shop and the terrified tailor escapes, taking
Spruce's pants with him and locking him in the
burning building. Levy gives the alarm, but It is
regarded by the fire-laddies as false until Levy ap-
pears to verify It. The hose is then gotten out and
run to the conflagration, arriving in time to extin-
guish both Spruce and the tailor shop.
PATHE.
THE HEART AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE
BLOOD (July 6). — Though detached from the body,
the heart of many animals and among them es-
pecially the porpoise, can be made to "beat.*' ehow-
ing the muscular pulsations as in the living crea-
ture. Likened to a pump, the heart in action is
seen to alternately draw in salt water from one
receptacle and then force it Into another. A closer
view exhibits the successive dilations and contrac-
tions of the auricles which receive the blood, and
of the ventricles which force it on and into the
blood vessels. The exterior view of the heart of an
ex shows the orifices of the arteries, while a sec-
tional view of the same shows the wall of the left
ventricle to be much thicker than that of the right.
The heart when dissected shows the valves which
separate the cavities or blood chambers. A study
of the construction of the artery and the vein
shows the one to be of strong elastic tissue, while
the other is made up simply of muscular fibre. The
circulation of the blood of birds and frogs is inter-
esting as compared with that of the human being.
MODES OF TRAVEL IN JAPAN (July 6).— Al-
though but recently opened to the commerce and
general educational and industrial advancement of
the Western world. Japan has not been slow to ac-
cept and benefit by modern means of transportation.
Due to the peculiar typographical construction of
the country, nowever, many of the more picturesque
and characteristic modes of travel such as the Jln-
rikisha and the palaquin are still in general use.
A TIGER HUNT— INDO-CHINA (July 7).— The
beautiful Indian tiger, whose striped hide is so
highly prized by European and American furriers,
is a veritable pest to the Hindoo natives; not infre-
quently, when driven to it by hunger, he makes
inroads upon the smaller outlying settlements and
is the cause of the loss of considerable animal as
well as human life. To put an end to" his depre-
dations, hunting parties are formed and the tiger
is tracked back into the jungle or the hill.
Abandoned prey frequently serve to indicate the
path taken by the beast but great caution has to be
exercised to avoid a sudden spring by the great cat
from his cover in the low hanging branches of
the jungle underbrush. Generally the dogs used
are able to point him out, and the hunter "pots**
him with a rifle without venturing too near, though,
mortally wounded, the wonderful vitality of the
tiger enables him to crawl still farther into the
jungle, where, after succumbing to his wounds, the
hunters find him quite dead. Slung from a pole, he
is carried back Into the village amid great rejoic-
ing. Fear of the tiger then becomes a thing of the
past and the natives all turn out to celebrate the
good fortune of the hunters.
THE ICE AND SNOW (July 7).— The simple ex-
periments connected with the changing of water
into snow and ice in the laboratory are the source
of much interest even to the casual observer. When
one stops to realize that water in Its various forms,
frozen or liquid, covers considerably over three-
narters of the surface of the earth, one appreciates
how great Is the fundamental importance of this
natural phenomenon.
A RUSSIAN BOAR HUNT (July 13).— The great
Russian boar hunts held on the royal preserves are
always spirited occasions among the nobility who
regularly take part in them. In the presence of
the Grand Duke under whose supervision the hunt
is held, the sportsmen prepare for the chase. The
Grand Duke assigns shooting places to his guests in
order to give each an equal chance. It is not
always the hunter, however, who frightens the
game, as is seen here when a large flock of wild
duck are put to flight by the passing of a herd of
deer.
The real object of the royal hunt is the shooting
of the great Russian wild boar. At the close of
the chase, the sound of the horn In the hands of
the whipper-in calls the dogs together where the
boar lies dead. It is then seen that many of the
dogs have been seriously wounded by the fierce on-
slaught of the boar who uses his sharp tusks
freely and to great advantage In holding the pur-
suing pack at bay. The game secured, which In-
cludes besides a score or more of wild boar, deer
and various water fowl. Is indicative of a good
day*s sport and the hunters' gathering at the royal
lodge celebrate and make merry over their good
fortune.
THE WINE INDUSTRY, MARSALA. SICILY
(July 13). — The wine industry of southern Europe
and especially Sicily, forms the principal occupation
of the large peasant-folk, many of whom frequently
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THROUGH BOSNIA AND DALMATIA (July 14).
— Southern Austria at once quaint and picturesque,
holds forth many joys for the traveller who delights
especially in rambling through those portions of the
world that lay away from the beaten path. Of
particular interest is the curious little town of Bis-
trick in Bosnia, which although now under Austrian
rule, was up until 1875 a possession of the Turks.
Bistrick's bustling market place is a point of inter-
est and amusement for all visitors. The old Turk-
ish quarter, with Its oddly shaped houses and nar-
row streets, typical of the days when Turkey
ruled in Bosnia, never fails as an attraction, while
the Isle of Lacroma, situated in a crystal lake
with high wooded hills about it, minds one of some
half-forgotten story out of the Arabian Nights.
The Port of Spalata. with its varied craft and
stevedores, is the principal commercial centre of
Dalmatin. Farther back from the water front in
the beautiful mountainous country, surrounding the
quaint old town of Eidelitze, springs the source of
the river Bosnia. Like all southern European coun-
tries. Bosnia has its share of ruins. Those at
Spalata, called by the Romans Salomia, force a
serious thought and in their stern architecture
impressively remind one of the ancient times when
Rome ruled the world.
THE TOMBS OF THE ANCIENT JAPANESE
EMPERORS (July 14). — The tombs of the Emperors
of Annan, carefully erected and Ideally located,
represent to-day the finest surviving specimens of
the beautiful Japanese architecture of this ancient
period.
PATHE'S WEEKLY. No. 42 (June 24. 1914).—
London, England. — Militant Suffragettes attempt to
see King George in his palace, but are seized by the
police and sent to jail.
Cincinnati, Ohio, — The Latonia Derby classic of
the turf is won by John Gund.
Cambridge, Mass.^-Class Day at Harvard when
new made graduates desport themselves in the Sta-
dium and give battle with confetti to pretty girls.
Washington, D. C. — The largest American flag
ever made is unfurled by Secretary of State Bryan.
Princeton, N. J. — Comes now the solemn hour of
parting at Princeton when the Alumni of 1914 lay
aside cap and gown and go their way.
Paris, France. — Here are latest Parisian styles In
afternoon gowns and millinery.
Dakar, Sengeal, — Three blocks of the city, in-
fected by the plague, are burned by order of the
authorities, to prevent an epidemic.
New York City, N. Y. — Five thousand pupils at
the Washington Irving High School, largest in the
country, observe Flag Day with Mrs. John Purroy
Mitchel. the Mayor's wife, hoisting the flag.
Meadow Brook, L. I. — England's crack polo team •
wins its second game with the American "Big
Four." 4 to 2%, and with it the international
trophy.
Portland, Ore. — The National Balloon Race, dur-
ing which one balloon was struck by lightning and
abandoned in a forest.
MELIES.
ONE SUT OF CLOTHES (June 30) .—Joe and
Dave are two impecunious youths with literary as-
pirations. Dave has written a play which he has
failed to land, and the boys are reduced to the em-
barrassing position where they have but one suit of
clothes between them. This makes it impossible
for them to leave the house together, so that when
Dave goes forth to present his play, Joe must spend
his time In a suit of pajamas. It is at this inter-
esting stage in their careers that Marian and her
father come to New York on a visit, Marian being
the fiancee of Joe. Marian later calls at the apart-
ment of the two boys by appointment, but they
have taken time by the forelock, and Dave has
escaped in the suit of clothes, leaving Joe feigning
illness in bed. Marian is greatly distressed at
Joe's condition and rushes madly to a drug store
for medicine. In her excitement she gjts ' the
wrong bottle and returns to the apartment. In rhe
meantime, Dave has come in and Joe has forcibly
taken the clothes off of his associate and escaped,
leaving Dave in bed in the same position that
Marian last saw her fiance. She rushes Into the
apartment in a high state of excitement, pours out
a spoonful of medicine and forces it down Dave'a
throat before she discovers that it is not the same
man she saw In bed a few minutes before. At thli
embarrassing point, Joe returns and makes a frank
confession of their situation. Marian tabes it all
in good part and states that her father Is fully
conversant with Dave's playwriting ability and hai
agreed to finance Dave's efforts, so that now each
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
109
of the boys can imrnedlatelj* become possessed of a
Dew suit of clutlK's, much to the Joy of all
concerned.
THE PHESCRIPTION (Special— Two Parta-^uly
2). — A medical society Is to hold a banquet and Just
as the doctors are about tn leave the hospital a
woman with a very sick child nppt'ars. One of itie
doctors attends the patient, but In his haste does
not properly dlapnose the cuae. pivlng the mother a
wrong preseriptlon. Wliile returning from the ban-
quet the head physician at the hospital noticed a
woman walking the streets apparently In distress.
He approached her and heard her sad story of her
child's lUuess. He volunteered to go to the child
and while making his examination discovered the
prescription given the woman at the hospital. He
gave a correct prescription and when the child had
fully recovered requested the mother to bring it to
the hospital. This was done and while they were
there he called In all the physicians asking each In
turn If they had prescribed for the child. One ad-
mitted he had and after a very severe rebuke the
physician realized that duty in their profession
should and would come before pleasure. ^
HIDDEN DEATH (Special — Two Parts — July 4). —
The Countess of Nantll. a wealthy American girl
who had married a French nobleman, bought Jordan
Castle and came to live there with her husband,
daughter and younger sister. Sybil Dumont. The
original owner had left a collection of books in great
disorder and Miss Newcastle, secretary to the
countess, was given the task of straightening them.
Among the books she found an old manuscript giving
directions as to the working of a certain "Canopy of
Death." The secretary envied the countess and
tried to win the count's love. Just as they were
embracing the countess discovered them and ordered
Miss Newcastle from the house. An hour later the
countess was found dead. Although the cause of her
death was a mystery the countess' sister, not satis-
fled with the work of the local police, called in the
celebrated detective. Fred Upton. He posed as her
fiancee, whom the members of her family had never
met, thereby causing no suspicion. The secretary
and the count continued their courtship, but as the
countess had left the castle and practically all the
money to her sister, it was necessary to make way
with her, too. The secretary planned a clever
scheme. She suggested taking Sybil's picture and
very cleverly had her sit under the "Canopy of
Death." Just as Sybil was to meet the same fate
as the countess, the detective, who bad previously
discovered this horrible machine, pulled her from
beneath it. Proof was then brought forward to
show the secretary was responsible for the mys-
terious death of Countess Mantil.
A MONK'S SACRIFICE (July 1).— The king and
queen of a small Polish village were on the verge
of a ruption due to the cruel ways of the king.
Their subjects loved the queen and were endeavor-
ing to raise sufficient funds for her to fight the
king. An old monk of the Order of Cordeliers en-
deavored to assist the queen's cause by searching
for the Philosopher's Stone. He was arrestea for
practising magic and sorcery, brought before the
Holy Inquisition, found guilty, but was saved by
the queen. He continued his search, but instead of
finding the magic stone, he discovered gunpowder.
The king became very suspicious of the old monk
and had him constantly watched, therefore when
the monk sent a letter to the queen informing her
of his discovery, the letter bearer was captured and
killed by the king's men and the note reached the
king instead of the queen. A knock at the old
monk's door did not surprise him as he expected a
visit from the queen, but upon opening it much to
his astonishment there stood the king with the
monk's letter in his hand. The king threatened him
with instant death, but the monk asked for one more
day with the promise of revealing his discovery to
the king. It was granted, but rather than let his
enemy, the king, obtain his discovery the old monk
blew up his house, himself and his discovery.
WOMANLY CTOIOSITY (July 2).— The fact that
Mrs. Gwendoline Joy had an extremely inquisitive
nature is not surprising to anyone who has an inti-
mate knowledge of the fair sex. Inquisitlveness is
a failing of the average woman, and to be quite
fair the male sex cannot be ruled out. Very fre-
quently they show quite as keen an Interest in
matters which do not concern them as do their
wives, or sisters, or cousins, or aunts. The fact
that his wife was an extremely inquisitive woman
annoyed Andrew Joy, and Just like a man. he gave
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were shattered by his weakness, which in this In-
Btance rivalled his wife's inquisitlveness.
ESSANAY.
NIGHT HAWKS (Special— Two Parts— July 10).—
Howard Taring, the district attorney, is waging a
war on political crooks in his i.-ity. and is using
every means possible to obtain evidence which will
convict them. Wardell, the leader of the bunch.
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box. A wild antomoblle ride then foUowg and, upon
arrlTlng at his home, he catches the crooks as they
are about to leave. Hnmphrey Is victorious in the
struggle that follows and rescues the valuable box.
After reading the confession he understands what it
is all about and is glad that be fought to return it
to Mildred. Varlng is released after the confession
Is produced, while Wardell and his crowd pay the
penalty of their crime. Later, Humphrey wins
Mildred for his wife, with the hearty consent of
Taring, who rejoices in the selection of his daughter
and welcomes the handsome young chap into the
family.
LUBIN.
WHILE ATrnTIE BOTTNCED (July 7). — John
BnDco is a circns acrobat working on the "bounding
net." He is in love with Alice Bliss, a niece of
Aunt Mary Belding, who has no Idea of letting her
niece marry a mere circus actor. When Jack tries
to argue the point with her. she pelts him with
potatoes. Jack has a scheme; he sends a note to
Alice to try and coas Aunt Mary over to see him
practice. Aunt Mary doesn't want to go. bat the
prospect of seeing a free show finally gets her.
Clad in her gladest raiment she chaperones Alice to
the practice yard where Jack is perfecting a new
act. There he pushes her onto the trempoline. She
doesn't know how to get off and bounces up and
down, utterly helpless, while Jack and Alice go off
to be married. Then they come back and Jack helps
her off the "infernal machine." It's a pretty even
break for a moment whether she kills or kisses him:
but Auntie has a sense of humor and that wins.
She forgives him.
FOOLING FANNY'S FATHEB (July 7).— Profes-
sor Copdyke is working on a machine to advance or
reverse a person's age. He knows he can do it if
he keeps at it long enough, but it gets on his fam-
ily's nerves, for when he wants a subject for experi-
ment he takes a wheelbarrow, a bottle of whiskey
and some chloroform and brings home a tramp.
Fanny's sweetheart. Jim, is a man of resources.
He wires a circus agency to send him a dwarf. The
dwarf arrives just as the professor has concluded
Bome improvements. He is about to start out with
his wheelbarrow when Jim offers himself as a sub-
stitute. He Is placed in the cabinet, and while the
profes.<:or is answering a fake telephone call. Jim
and the dwarf change places. Presently the profes-
sor returns, and when he sees the dwarf come from
the cabinet in Jim's clothes he knows he has made
a success. The "child" is given proper clothing and
fed, but when the dwarf throws food at the profes-
sor and breaks up the china, the professor shoves
him back in the cabinet. Another switch is made
and Jim comes out. While the professor is exulting
over his doable success. Jim blows up the cabinet.
The professor laments that he can never make an-
other one, but Jim. Fanny and her mother rejoice
that the cure has worked.
THE INCOMPETENT (Special— Two Parts— July
8). — Howard Gardner, an incompetent broker's clerk,
marries Mildred for her money, having won her by
pretending to hold a responsible position. He opens
a brokerage office with his wife's money, speculates
and loses all. Mildred then begins to realize her
husband's incompetence. In order to be close to him
constantly and to spur him to better efforts, she
works as his secretary; but as it lowers a broker's
prestige, to have his wife act as his secretary, she
poses as his sister.
Later she is introduced to George Hilton, a
wealthy stock speculator, whose admiration for her
brings valuable business to her husband, whom Hil-
ton believes to be her brother. Mildred soon falls
In love with Hilton, but conceals it. Gardner, hav-
ing an appointment with Hilton's secretary, and
Mildred's maid having her night off, Mildred is
alone In the house and receives an unexpected visit
from Hilton, who persuades her to go out for a ride
in his auto. Mildred leaves a note for her husband,
saying that she accepted Hilton's invitation for fear
of offending him and losing his business. This note
she leaves on the table. As Gardner is changing
from one car to another on his way home he sees
his wife with Hilton and becomes furiously jealous.
Hilton and Mildred arrive home before he does and
Hilton begins to declare love to Mildred.
Gardner enters and accuses them of misconduct.
Hilton la astonished to learn that Mildred is Gard-
ner's wife. Gardner orders Hilton out of the house.
Hilton seizes the gloves he has thrown on the table,
not knowing that they fell on top of the note Mil-
dred Itft for her husband and with them he unknow-
ingly takes the note. As he leaves the house, he
discovers the note and that he has been deceived.
The following morning Gardner calls on Hilton to
apologize as he fears to lose his valuable patronage.
Hilton having received Information that Consolidated
Copper will go crashing down on the following day
tricks Gardner into believing that it will boom high.
Gardner falls into the trap and, having no money of
his own, borrows money on his clients' securities
with which he speculates in Consolidated Copper.
Hilton learns of this and gloats over the fact that
Gardner is now in his power. He phones to Mildred
to visit him in his house at night, or else her hus-
band will be in jail by morning. Gardner overhears
Mildred telling Hilton to expect her at 8 o'clock,
and follows her to Hilton's house. Mildred pleads
with Hilton and succeeds in appealing to his nobler
Instincts. Gardner enters and tries to shoot Mil-
dred, but Hilton throws himself in front of her and
drops wounded. Gardner believes that he has killed
Bllton and tries to make his escape. Policemen
hear the shot and, rushing to the house, try to block
the way. Gardner tries to cover the policemen with
his gun and as they wrestle, the gun goes off and
he drops dead. Hilton regains consciousness and the
wound turns out to be a slight one.
THE DEBT (Special — Two Parts — July 9). — Out
of work. Helen Desmond is forced to go on the stage
in order to support her invalid mother and sister,
Elsie. She meets a rich society man, Dan Appleby,
who places a fifty-dollar note In her pocketbook at
dinner one night. At home she finds it and, think-
ing Mr. Appleby will understand, sends it to her
mother for an operation which the doctor claims
will save her life. The operation is performed with
success, but Appleby refuses to believe her story
and is sure she is a shrewd, calculating girl in spite
of her baby face and air of innocence. He takes his
defeat in sportsmanlike manner, laughing at her
promise to pay it back.
Soon after this Helen meets Philip Gardner, who
was an old friend of her deceased father. She does
not know that Gardner is an old rounder, but, acting
upon her mother's suggestion, places herself practi-
cally under his protection and mistakes his atten-
tions for fatherly interest. About this time the
show closes, and Helen, broke and discouraged, is
an easy prey for the wily Gardner. Through her
chorus girl friend, Maysle, Gardner gets Helen to
join him and a party who are going south on a
yachting trip. They leave and Helen is extremely
happy. Appleby hasn't forgotten Helen and goes to
see her. He finds her rooms vacant, but gets her
mother's address. He meets the mother and Elsie
and learns of how he has misjudged the girl. He
does not tell the mother of the kind of man Gardner
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is. but decides to go south to try to get her to go
back home before trouble comes. On the night cf
his arrival south he swims out to the yacht and
watches a dinner party going on in the salon. It Is
the first time that Gardner has ahown his true char-
acter and he tries to force wine upon Helen. She
objects and goes on deck, Gardner, drunk, following.
He struggles with her there, but Appleby comes
upon them and knocks Gardner to the deck, telling
Helen to get away in the small boat. This she does,
and he follows. On shore she asks him to take her
home. There, later, he calls upon her and when
she asks how she can ever repay her great debt to
him he simply tells her "Be my wife." Forgiveness
and a better understanding come with her answer.
THE TSIBTTNAl OF CONSCIENCE (July 10).—
Simms. a retired banker, realizing that his son. Al-
bert, is fast becoming a worthless spendthrift, cuts
off his allowance, hoping thereby to bring him to
his senses. Albert, having learned the combination
of his father's private safe, robs him, and with the
proceeds goes out with a lot of low companions on
a wild round of dissipation. Simms. almost heart*
broken, had given up all hope of saving his son
when Jones, the old family servant, comes to him
with a scheme for the redemption of the boy. If
there is any manhood left. Simms disappears after
having taken the family lawyer Into the scheme.
The old servant told of having seen Simms throw
himself over the deck of a ferryboat into the bay.
On Albert's return he reads in the newspapers of
his father's suicide and finds his home in the hands
of creditors. Upon going to the lawyer is in-
formed that his father left nothing but debts. With-
out money, Albert fiinds that he has no friends and
son descends to the pawnshop, and from there on
down to where a bench in the park is a welcome
bed.
Meanwhile. Simms. In disguise, with the aid of
the trusty Jones, always keeps Albert in sight, an-l
without his knowledge keeps him from actual star-
vation. The boy falls in with evil companions, an!
would have become a criminal but for a memento
of his childhood days which brings him to a r aliza-
tion of his folly and sets him on the right path. He
finds honest work digging in a sewer trench for a
big construction company, and when Simms seea
that he is in earnest and a real reformar'.cn has
begun he secretly bought the company and raised his
son higher and higher. Albert, in the meantime,
thinking his father dead, and feeling lonesome, wan-
ders back to his old home. Standing across the
.street and gazing at the house with sorrowful recol-
lections he is surprised to see the old servant in the
diiorway beckoning to him. Entering the house in
response to the summons he is ushered in to the
library, just as of old, and at the fireplace finds hU
father waiting to take him to his heart— his boy a
m:in.
MANDY'S CHICKEN DINNER (July 11).— Aunt
Mandy invites her preacher to a chicken dinner. The
ufxt day she takes her last penny and sends her
trifling husband, Mose. to market to bay the chicken.
Mose buys a large rooster and brings him to >fandy,
but through his clumsiness the rooster gets loose and
escapes through the window. Mose goes after the
rooster and Mandy goes after Mose. The rooster
makes good his escape. Mandy is in despai-, so
that night she sends Mose out to get another chicken
by fair means or foul. Mose gets another chicken
and the preacher comes to dinner. But when the
conviviality is at its height, the constable and
owner of a nearby poultry farm enter, and Mose, on
extremely strong circumstantial evidence, is taken
into custody. The preacher, like the first rooster,
makes an exit through the window. Mose vows
vengeance on the preacher, and attempts to execute
him as soon as he is released from jail, but the
preacher turns on Mose and runs him out of breath.
He keeps Mose going around the blo**k at such a
rapid pace that Mose passes his gate soverat timea
without being able to open it. At last Mandy comes
to his rescue.
HOW HE LOST HIS TEOTTSERS (July 11).—
Jack Thompson, a young naval officer arriving in
port, receives a letter from his friend. Tom Bolden,
offering his regrets at not being home to ivceive
him, but encloses a letter of introduction to his
mother and sister, and trusts he will call. Jack,
overjoyed, immediately gets leave of absence and
starts on his journey. Sometime previou.s a Larm-
less lunatic has wandered away fram the asylum.
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and states, "that should the lunatic outer an.vone'a
home, the occupants can readily notify the inthor-
ities by waving some white object out of the win-
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to Jack putting in an appearance, and has wrought
fear and anxiety into the hearts of NfUi^ an 1 her
friends, so instead of receiving the anticipated
hearty welcome the young officer is immediately
mistaken for the crazy man and fon-fd behind a
screen at the point of a revolver. Ther"* bi-ing no
other white object in the room he is re'iuested to
remove his trousers, ^"ery much against I is will,
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situation, realizes his predicament: he i-nkps the
lampshade, places it around his waist, and emerges
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man. The letter of introduction is nr-i'luced from
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DUTY (Two Parts — July 8). — Dr. Alexander Is
'devoted to his young wife, but she longs for ex-
citement and the company of young people. He
deems it necessary to reprove her because of her
noisy friends. A breach is opened, which widens
day after day. At a tango tea she is attracted by
Welby, an artist. A brother physician of Alex-
ander's borrows some serum for a case of croup.
Meanwhile the wife draws farther apart from the
doctor until she consents to a proposal of elope-
ment by the artist. She writes Welby where to
meet her. On the same evening a child, afflicted
■with croup, is brought to the doctor and he finds his
serum exhausted. In order to save the patient's
life he decides to apply his mouth to that of the
boy and force a passage of air by respiration. He
sends for his wife to help him, but she refuses. As
she is packing her bag he enters and tells her that
his work may cost him his life and she must be
present. She obeys. As she sees the brave act of
her doctor husband a swift revulsion of feeling
comes and with it an overpowering love.
Meanwhile, Welby iswaiting impatiently. His
life saved, the boy is carried home. Isabel re-
nounces Welby. As he tries lo commit suicide she
eeiees the gun. The cartridge explodes and wounds
"him. Isabel begs them not to send to Dr. Alexan-
der arid a messenger is sent to the drug store.
Welby 's cousin, making a purchase, suggests that
the doctor be called, out of jealousy for Isabel..
Astounded at finding his wife at the studio he
hesitates but a moment and then turns to write a
prescription. He picks up Isabel's letter to Welby.
Silently handing her the letter he writes the pre-
scription. With pardon in bis pyes he leads her out
and at last wife and husband have found them-
selves.
^VlLLIE AND THE PARISIANS (July 12).— An-
■other gorgeously beautiful hand-colored production
in which Willie, the phenomenal child artist, a
"kiddie'* of three years old, concurs with his parents
^t their displeasure on receiving a visit from two
■Parisian cousins who intend to spend a month. The
•cousins rovt^al themselves as gluttons and become
generally objectionable. Willie decides to bring the
■visit to an abrupt end and to this end fills their
>eggs with pepper. To make things more pleasurable,
Willie places lime in the milking pail from which
they drink, and after their stomach has somewhat
recovered they find their room occupied by the
denizens of the farm yard. The next day the
cousins make a liurried departure much to Willie's
joy.
ULY AS A MOTHER (July 12).— Little Lily Is
-exceedingly fond of her dog. Gyp. She dresses and
tfeeds ihim like a human. While out for an airing,
although wrapped in a heavy coat. Gyp takes cold
and ILily assuming the duties of a mother becomes
a d«voted nurse, finally bringing Gyp back to good
health and he is fed with jam.
NTTTTY AND HIS FATHER (June 28).— The lead-
ing character in this film is an amusing little fellow
of two and one-iialf years. He plays the part of
the little son of a young married man who is prone
to indulge too strongly in the wine cup. This habit
causes the young wife much sorrow.
One day when he leaves the house for one of his
usual sprees, the little fellow follows, and after
many adventures finds him in a restaurant with a
young lady. The young man's son disguises himself
.as a messenger and during the meal his father,
•completely fooled, orders him to summon a cab. The
■child gets into good graces of the cabman and tells
Ihim, that as the lady enters the cab, to drive off
iBt a fierce pace. The driver, taken by the little
tfellow's smartness, does as he is told. The little
■man manages to bring his father home and by his
sweetness and innocence effects a reconciliation be-
tween his mother and the gay husband, who sees
Ihis fault in a true light.
NESTOR.
a RANCH ROMANCE (July 8).— John Preston,
rranch owner, owes a large sum of money to Don
Jose Praz. The Don's rascal son, Raphael, with the
;aid of an accomplice, steals some of Preston's cat-
tle. Raphael loves Kate Preston and urges his
father to press the matter of the notes as a lever
to win Preston's consent to the marriage.
Kate's heart, however, belongs to the foreman,
Jack Deering. Unable to force Preston's consent,
Raphael kidnaps the girl and carries her to a lone
cabin. Game as every Western girl who has ridden
the free plains, Kate fights him, but the villain's
■strength beats her down. The girl's horse has
meanwhile run home. Jack, accompanied by the
cowboys, starts on the trail. He arrives at the
cabin and, after a death duel with the Mexican,
iklUs him as the cowboys come up.
FRONTIER.
THE FIGHT IN LONELY GULCH (July 12).—
Joe, who carries the mail in Lonely Gulch, sud-
denly disappears. His horse returns riderless to
the post ottice. It is feared that Joe has been
robbed and, perhaps, killed. Dolly refuses Arthur,
although it is apparent that she cares for him. On
the morning that Joe had disappeared Dolly had
given him a letter to mail. Tliis Arthur found lay-
ing in the road. He read it, and learned that Dolly
had a husband, but that she has left him and was
begging him to allow her freedom. The sheriff's
posse find the envelope of this letter and, later,
when they see the letter sticking out of Arthur's
pocket be is accused and locked up on suspicion.
Dolly observes a suspicious character in the Gulch
and brings the sheriff and his men to the scene. A
fierce battle ensues between the men of the law
and three bandits, one of whom proves to be Joe.
Two of the outlaws are captured and another dies
of his wounds. Dolly discovers that the dead man
is really her husband. The sheriff presents her
with the keys to the jail, and she rides back to re-
lease Arthur, whose innocence is established beyond
a doubt.
IMP.
AN OLD RAG DOLL (July 9).— At the opening of
the story we see Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wright with
their two children, Katherine and Jane, happy.
Bill takes a little drink, but never too much. He
bids his family farewell and goes to work. It is
evening. The mother is getting supper. Bill has
stopped in the saloon. He drinks too much, quar-
rels and goes home. He is not staggering; he is
just whiskey-cranky. Mother can see that -^u.^-
thing is wrong. He loses his temper, and smashes
the dishes. Wife approaches him; he shouts; she
cries; babies run away and hide. Up to the old
attic they go; Katherine with her little rag doll in
one hand, her two-year-old baby sister in the other.
Into the trunk they crawl. We see the lock
catching. The rag doll has fallen in the front of
the trunk.
Downstairs one word leads to another; the hus-
band turns the wife from the house. She wanders
the streets. Father returns to the saloon. Mother
is sitting on park bench, heartbroken. The children
scream. Th^re is no answer. Mother comes home
determined to take her children away with her.
The children cannot be found. She is frantic.
She rushes across to the saloon and tells father his
children are lost. That pulls him together. To-
gether they go home. The husband and wife ar-
rive in the house and search. Slowly Katherine be-
comes unconscious. At ' length the little tots are
found through the ragdoll on the floor. Husband
and wife resuscitate them and the last picture shows
a lapse of time, and peace and happiness in the
home again.
VICTOR.
THE SILENT WITNESS (Two Parts— June 22),—
Jack comes into the cattle town broke, looking for
work. This he secures with a ranchman and In
that this ranchman has a pretty daughter. Vera,
the position particularly appeals to the young cow-
boy. As the days pass. Jack and Vera become at-
tached to each other much to the disgust and anger
of the foreman, George, who seeks Vera for him-
self. This foreman Is the secret head of a gang of
cattle thieves, and he has been planning raids on
his own boss's ranch.
Jack, in the course of his work, comes to suspect
the foreman, but can find nothing on him. The
foreman, on the other hand, schemes to compromise
Jack in the cattle raids with the assistance of a
Mexican. They plant on Jack's saddle an iron used
in making over the brand on the horses that have
been stolen.
Vera has purchased a small camera — the only one
to be had in the town. Of an afternoon she rides
into the hills with Jack to take some pictures. They
forget the camera on starting back home, and Jack
returns to get it. Before joining Vera again. Jack
runs into the cattle rustlers, and he snaps a picture
of them from behind bushes, with the foreman in
the foreground. Soon after the rustlers are attacked
by the cowboys. But the foreman escapes without
being detected.
Once back at the ranch the foreman accuses Jack
as being the leader of the gang and produces the
iron concealed in Jack's saddle. In the meantime.
Vera is in the dark room developing her pictures.
Among them she finds one of the cattle rustlers.
As Jack is about to be led off with a rope around
his neck by the furious cowboys, she rushes out and
displays the incriminating picture. The Mexican
is captured and the two culprits are led off to jail.
Jack and Vera, later, find many happy days to-
gether with Jack, promoted to the position of fore-
man. .
CRYSTAL.
NEARLY A STEPMOTHER (July 7).— Vivian, a
prt'tty country girl, lives with her father. She
meets Dick Townboy who falls in love with her.
Her father objects. Townboy pretends that be Is a
boarder looking for lodge rooms. Pa puts Dick to
work. Dick finally asks him for Mvian's hand in
marriage. Pa refuses, saying that if Vivian were
married he would be without a housekeeper. Dick
then writes a letter to his friend, Charlie, telling
him of his love suit, and the reason for his being
unable to mary the girl. He asks Charlie to come
up disguised as a woman and make love to the old
gent.
Charlie arrives and introduced to Pa who admires
him, then he is introduced to Vivian and imme-
diately kisses her. Dick is furious. The old man
primps up and tries to fascinate the newcomer. He
proposes and is accepted. Charlie introduced to his
stepdaughter and kisses her. Dick loses control of
himself and kicks Charlie out. Pa grabs a pistol
and chases Dick. Meanwhile Charlie is making love
to Vivian. Pa returns and is surprised when ^'ivian
tells him that the woman is a man. Pa chases
Charlie, who overtakes Dick. They blame each other
and proceed to fight.
BISON.
THE OLD COBBLER (2 parts— June 27).— Old
Nathan stumbles upon Dick, his son, while the latter
is going through his purse — robbing his father. He
remonstrates, but instead of being touched, Dick be-
comes insolent. Nathan turns him out of the house
with the hope that the world will remedy what the
father cannot. Nathan's wife is now all that is left
to him. He goes upstairs to commiserate with her.
He finds her dead.
After the funeral Nathan goes West and settles
in a mining camp. Despite his troubles, he still
radiates charity and kindness. One day Wild Bill,
a "glve-take-and-be-damned" sort of fellow, visits
Xatban and throws down a damaged hoot for repairs.
This is the first and last time that he bullies the old
cobbler. Nathan kicks him out of the shop. Bill
comes to respect the old cobbler, and when Jess,
Bill's sweetheart, and a dancer in a resort, must
have one of her slippers repaired, it is taken to
Nathan. He places a note in the repaired slipper.
That touch of kindness is the saving of Jess. She
casts aside her gaudy clothes.
Nathan and Bill become good friends and the
cobbler shows his friend Dick's picture and gives
his history.
One day the stage is held up. Bill captures the
highwayman and recognizes bim as Nathan's son.
He takes Dick back to his father and when Tie dis-
plays the bags of gold to the miners, he explains:
"He must have heard me coming, for he vacated
in a bell of a hurry and left this,"
Nathan goes on spreading sunshine, making people
happy, marrying and preaching sermons to the end
of his days.
PROWLERS OF THE WILD (2 parts— July 11).—
lenders, dishonest foreman at the trapping post,
falls in love with Anna. She. in turn, retains a warm
place in her heart for Bert Bisby, the handsome son
of the owner of the circus. A letter from young
Bixby announcing his coming to the trapping post,
falls into the hands of Landers, He immediately
plots against his white employers. He trades guns
to the Katfirs in exchange for ivorv. When Bixby
arrives an animal trapping expedition is arranged.
Landers is soundly thrashed and then discharged by
Bert Bixby when he permits his jealousy to take
violent form. The expedition starts. Anna and Es-
sie are left behind at the trading post. Landers, in
a nearby Kaffir village, plots to get Anna into his
power.
While the expedition is trapping lions, the child
of a chief in the Ka^r village becomes ill. Lan-
ders suggests that Anna he sent for. She comes and
leaves medicine for the little Kaffir baby. Landers
puts poison into the medicine and the baby dies.
The ignorant Kaffirs are then incited to declare war
upon the whites by Landers, who declares that Anna
has killed the child. The Kaffirs attack the trap-
ping post. Annt and Essie escape with Landers,
who warns them just before the attack. The two
girls are hidden away by Landers, while he secures
horses. When he returns he» refuses to take blind
Essie to safety, telling Anna that he will save her
only. When she remonstrates Landers seizes her.
In the struggle Anna secures Landers' gun and
shoots him.
Meanwhile the trapping post has been burned by
the Kaffirs and its defenders killed. Bixby and
Graham, returning from th«; expedition, see the
flames and hurry to investigate. In the battle with
Kaffirs which ensues, GVaham is killed and the na-
tives are about to annihilate the entire party when
timely assistance arrives in the shape of a party
of hunters sent to the post by Bixby's father. The
Kaffirs are attacked and beaten. Anna makes her
way back to the post and there meets Bixby, who
tells her of his love.
POWERS.
THE MYSTERY OF 'WICKHAM HALL (3 parts-
June 26). — The story opens in England two hundred
years ago. The lands of Sir Henry Marston are
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forfeited to his neghbor, Sir John Wickham, for debt
Nadine, Marston'a daughter, loves Arthur, her cousin.
Wickiiam has tired of Netta, hia mistress, and he
offers to cancel the debt if Nadine will be given to
him in marriage. Nadine sacrifices herself and
marries Sir John Wickham. Netta. intensely Jeal-
ous of her new mistress, wins back Sir John's affec-
tions, although Nadine has already borne him a
daughter. To further her interests, Netta writes
Arthur to come at once. To this letter she signs
Nadine's name.
Arthur rushes, as he Imagines, to Nadine*s aid.
He encounters Sir John, There is a duel and both
men are killed.
Four generations later, the drama is again taken
up.
Among the ancestors of the actors in the ancient
tragedy are, Nadine Wickbam, her father. Sir John
Wickham; Arthur, the betrothed of Nadine, and Sir
Henry Marston. Netta, a coquette, is suing for the
favor of Arthur, whom she loves.
On this occasion the lands of Wickham are for-
feited to Marston for debt. Marston offers to can-
cel the debt If Nadine will consent to be his wife.
Bhe flatly rejects this proposition even at the risk
of ruining her father.
However, Netta is at work with her evil intrigues.
Knowing that Nadine has an appointment with Ar-
thur, she precedes her to the rendezvous and pre-
tending a sprained ankle, allows Arthur's arms to
encircle her. Nadine sees and misinterprets the
situation. Stunned, she returns home and accepts
the marriage proposal of Marston.
It Is an old family tradition that the ghosts of
Wickham Hall appear only to the daughter of the
house on her wedding eve. Nadine is left alone at
midnight in the ancient hall. She sees again the
tragedy of Wickham Hall.
In the meantime Arthur imagines that he hears
Nadine calling him. He rushes to Wickham Hall.
He finds Nadine prostrated and determines that she
will not marry Marston. Wickham dismisses Sir
John Marston and Arthur enfolds Nadine in his
arms.
PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMAK (July 10).—
"Nifty" Smith and "Killer" Joe ure pals. Both are
gunmen. "Nifty's" sweetheart is Annie. She
has extracted a promise from him that he will never
shoot a man again. Big Bill Rosen also loves Annie
and jealousy prompts him to "get" "Nifty.** He
promises to deliver the gunman to the police. He
makes the killer an offer of a thousand dollars to
shoot Beed in a certain alley that night. With a
thousand dollars "Nifty** can marry Annie and
start fair. He accepts and Bosen notified the
police. Despite the pleadings of his friend and
sweetheart "Nifty" starts out. The police trap la
laid. Only a miracle can save him.
But the miracle is already worked — In the heart
of his friend, whose love passeth that of woman.
For "Killer" Joe has but two loves, the one for
"Nifty" and the other for Annie. But she does not
know it and her heart belongs to "Nifty.** So Joe
takes "Nifty *s" place and goes to prison for Ave
years. "Nifty" and Annie go West. Their child Is
born and the five years pass. Joe comes oat of
prison and follows them. Still bent on Tengeance.
Rosen shadows him to Nifty's home. The latter
sees the man who would hav6 ruined bim and would
shoot Bat Joe takes the gun and does battle with
Rosen. Both are killed. Dying, Joe tells "Nifty"
and Annie of his love ^or each, the pearl In the shell
in the slimy mud of the river bottom.
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LUCILLE LOVE, THE GHLL OF MYSTEB.T (No.
10 — June 16). — When Lucille again finds herself In
the hands of Hugo Loubeque all the spirit of fight is
temporarily taken out of her. She is overpowered
and crushed down by her utter helplessness in the
hands of the unscrupulous spy. Consequently, she
allows herself to be led to another of Loubeque's
strongholds.
To make easy his plans for removing the girl to
his Mexican estate, I^oubeque orders her drugged.
Realizing the uselessness of combating blm, Lucille
agrees to drink a potion of drugged wine, providing
that a lady attends her during the trip to Mexico.
Loubeque agrees to this, and she swallows a power*
ful sleeping potion.
Thompson. Loubeque's right-hand man. knows that
Lucille has the costly ruby necklace she found in the
sunken city, and as soon as «ae drug takes effect
he plans to take the jewels from her. He attacks
her, however, before the drug has completely done
its work. She struggles wit* the thief and is res-
cued from the situation by Loubeque.
Lucille is now overcome by a deep, unnatural sleep.
Friends are at hand, but they come too late, as Lu-
cille cannot combine with them against the spy.
Detectives again locate Loubeque. A battle ensues,
and the detectives are again defeated by the cunning
spy, who prepares for every emergency. When Lu-
cille awakens from the effect of the drugs she finds
herself on Loubeque's estate in Mexico. She has the
liberty of a large hacienda, but is forbidden to go
outside of its walls; indeed, she cannot go outside,
as every avenue of escape is guarded by armed men.
Considering that Lucille is now safely out of his
way. Hugo Loubeque returns to San Francisco to
search his house for the fateful papers which Lucille
hid there. Howbelt, coincidence and chance play a
part in the affairs of men which the most sagacious
cannot foretell. After Loubeque's departure a Mex-
ican bandit ventures into the hacienda In a spirit of
mischief, and thus Lucille finds a friend In her
dire need.
Thompson again plans to steal the ruby neck-
lace from Lucille, and to forward his design he saws
the iron bars of LuclUe's window with the purpose
of entering her room that night and stealing the
jewel. His trivial act becomes a means of succor
to Lucille. When Thompson enters her room and at-
tacks her that night, the bandit is called to the
scene by her cries. He shoots Thompson, and with
his help Lucille escapes from her prison house and
from the hacienda.
ETen while she is escaping a new element of mys-
tery enters into the story. The guards stand upon
the hacienda walls firing at Lucille and her escort,
when a veiled woman arrives and directs operations
against the fugitives. Wben they have arrived al-
most at a point of safety. Lacille's good friend, the
bandit, is shot and the girl rides forth alone Into a
foreign country embroiled in civil wars.
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THE BOOB DETECTIVE (June 21).— The Boob Is
reading of a big city graft case when the girl report-
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urban news. The latter laughs at the Boob, not
knowing that they will reckon with him later.
The Boob decides to track the grafters, goes to
the city, is robbed and dragged to the police station.
Hazel, who has been put on the graft case, recog-
nizes Boob and he is freed. Explaining his mission.
Boob so amuses the chief of police that he tells him.
for a joke, to follow the chief of detectives who
lias just gone out.
Boob follows the detectiTe all day. The latter be-
comes uneasy and writes a note to the Mayor to
meet him at a cafe. Tlie girl is interviewing the
Mayor when the note arrives. His agitation prompts
her to steal the note and she realizes that the
Mayor and chief of detectives are the principals in
the graft case. She follows to the cafe. Boob has
aost the train and wanders by accident to the cafe
for food.
Hazel has meanwhile secured a place near the
booth where the grafters are dividing their money.
■She sneezes and is discovered. After a struggle he
-drags the two criminals to the police station. He
^ets the reward and the curtain drops as the ig-
norant country boy divides the money with the smil-
ing girl reporter.
PLAIN MASY (July 12).— Plain Mary has been
for years the confessor for the college boys in
tronble. She had scolded them and praised them and
helped them back to their own self respect. But
the lads took their hearts to prettier girls. Mary's
hair was always brushed pack In a firm, close knot.
Mary's clothes were clean nad neat and gingham,
.Among her visitors is a professor, but he always
goes home at nine and never a word of love is
spoken.
A traveling smart shop arrives in town. Passing
the hotel, Mary sees several girls come out in gala
.attire. The modiste offers tv lix her up and Mary
goes slowly inside. An hour later, the modiste
.curled and puffed Mary's hair and dressed her beauti-
fully. Mary goes out. In the lobby the clerk stares
at her and offers to take her home. The modiste is
.angry, for she likes the clerk.
Clothes do what the years of kindness and sym-
,pathy have failed to accomplish — the boys turn to
Mary. The professor comes, but Mary, drunk with
her power over the younger men. turns away from
bis gray hairs. Mary's troubles begin the nest day.
She tries to dress, but her hair doesn't curl prop-
erly and the coils won't lie flat. The dress won't
fasten. At last with tousley locks and a shawl over
her shoulder, she hurries to the hotel. The modiste,
jealous, says she has no time. The girls laugh at
Mary's appearance. Crying, she starts out and into
the professor's arms. Gently he leads her home.
She appears later with her gingham dr.'ss. The
professor takes her into his arms and the story of
.Plain Mary is over.
to reinstate himself in favor wiih Jane. The scheme
still further proving its worto in the rapidity with
which Mandy gave utterance to the truthful dictates
of her heart when It seemed positive that Bob had
been won over to Jane.
JOKER.
■WILLIE WALRTTS, DETECTIVE (June 8).— "De-
'tectin' iz the art of tiggeriu' out what the other fel-
ler did from what he didn't do."
This might have been the working motto of
"Willie Walrus, Det-ictive," but it is not. Willie
figures what the fellow didn't do from what he did
do. Willie is the town constable with an office full
of special formulas, special traps and special weap-
ons for special varieties of crimes and misdemeanors.
Willie is called upon to find Dolly, the missing
bovine of Mr. and Mrs. Farmer Hicks. With true
Hawkshaw instincts, Willie carries along a magni-
fying glass, his ally in the search for evidence.
The glass reveals several strands of red hair.
Willie sets out to find those who have or have not
red hair. Finally when the embryonic Sherlock pur-
loins a young woman's "store curls" she gives chase.
He is pursued into his own trap. At the critical
juncture a neighboring farmer returns to Mr. and
Mrs. Hicks their missing provider of lacteal fluid.
Willie escapes with a little rough handling by his
victims.
BESS. THE DETECTRESS; or THE DOG WATCH
(No. 3 — July 8). — Bess is still busy at her job of de-
tecting everything in sight. 'A ^favorite of Fate, she
always starts on the wrong trail only to be gently
lifted by the wind of chance and planted with her
feat success. Blackie Crow, a crook, well known to
the police, borrows a gold watch from a helpless
old man. The old man objects and Jack runs to
the police station with him. After describing the
irook, the old man identifies a photo of Blackie
as the hero of his adventure. Blackie has mean-
while disguised as a sailor. Jack tells Bess of the
trouble. She too disguises as a sailor. The chief
of police, thinking to earn the $200 reward, also dis-
guises as Blackie. Bess thinks him the real crook,
follows to the ship where Blackie is hid. After
complications, the crook Is caught and Bess gets
the reward.
LOVE, ROSES AND TROUSERS (July 11).— Sy
has courted Jane for fourteen solid years, Jane still
waits for the all important question. In despera-
tion she tries to stir Sy up. Boarding with Jane for
the summer are the two young city folks. Bob and
Mandy. Bob has fallen in love with Mandy and has
proposed to her forty times without avail. — Bob.
exasperated, declares to himself that he must do
some tiling to arouse Mandy to an appreciation of
liimself. Jane and Bob, being both in the same
frame of mind, meet and start a flirtation with each
other in order to make their respective sweetheart
jealous. This scheme certainly does work, as is
proven by the lengths to which Sy went In order
UNIVERSAL
ANIMATED WEEKLY, No. 120 (June 24).— Eng-
land Regains International Polo Cup.— Forty thou-
sand enthusiasts from all parts of the world witness
Lord W^imburne's team recapture the coveted polo
cup — Meadowbrook, L. I., N. Y.
Uncle Sam Captures Aerial Derby. — In face of
gale. W. L. Brock. American aviator, triumphs over
John Bull's crack birdmen — Hcndon,, London. Eng-
land.
World's Largest Flag. — One hundred and fifty feet
long, seventy-eight feet wide and weighing 600
pounds, it is borne aloft in Flag Day parade — St.
Louis, Mo.
Everybody Loves a Winner.-^'ohn Gund, a Lex-
ington colt, runs off with the grand prize in the
classic Latonia Derby — Covington, Ky.
Coaching Marathon,— London society treated to
remarkable test of coachmen's skill and paoe and
courage of horses — Olympia, London, England.
German Day in Chicago. — Heroic hronze statue of
Goethe, the noted German composer and poet, is
unveiled in Lincoln Park.
Knocker's Buried. — Board of Trade's slogan of
"quit knocking and 'boost" causes burial of the
hammer — Paterson, N. Y.
I. W. W. Ousted. — Miners of the Western Federa-
tion hurl I. W. W. crowd out of union headquarters,
destroying records and wrecking the building — ■
Butte. Mnot.
New York's Police Drill. — Annual exercises and
manoeuvres of the metropolitan defenders — New
York City.
Racing in the Clouds. — The "Kansas City,"
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FOR HER CHILD (Two Parts-^une 23).— Rob-
ert Harper, a wealthy business man, lives happily
with his wife and their little daughter, but their
domestic happiness is disturbed by the advent of
the wife's worthless brother, whose constant de-
mands for money and chronic disinclination to
work finally make Harper order him from the
house. The wife, believing that her brother has
not received fair treatment, broods over the affair,
and during her husband's absence, leaves the home,
taking the child with her.
The husband, angered at his wife's action, in-
stitutes suit for separation on the ground of deser-
tion, and the child is awarded to him. Desperate
at the prospect of losing her little daughter, Mrs.
Harper conceals the child in the country and con-
vinces her husband that his daughter is dead.
Harper is grief stricken at the news. A miniature
of his wife and child given to him in the old days
is his most precious possession, and when his life
is almost sacrificed in an attempt to take it from
him, the wife realizes that he still cares for her
and their child, and the little family is once more
reunited.
THE WIDOW'S MITE (June 281.— The children
in tlie little country school are devoted to their
pretty teacher. Helen, the little daughter of a
laundress, and .Marian and Madeline, twins, and the
children of wealthy parents, are her favorite pupils.
The twins' uncle, a handsome young bachelor, visits
them, the teacher, and falls in love with her. The
teacher's birthday arrives, and all the children give
her gifts except Helen, whose mother cannot afford
to huy a token for Helen. The teacher comforts
Helen, but the youngster grieves over her inability
to give teacher a gift. Later in the day when the
teacher visits Helen's home, an opportunity pre-
sents itself. The twins' mother had sent some
laundry to Helen's home, and the laundress dis-
covered a valuable pin attached to one of the waists.
iSbe showed the trinket to the teacher, and later.
Helen, unobserved, by the others, slipped the pin
into the teacher's bag. The loss of the pin is dis-
covered, and the laundress remembers that the
teacher is the only one who saw the pin. When
the pin is discovered in the possession of the teacher
her protestations of innocence are not believed, and
the little romance between her and the young
bachelor bids fair to be ruined when Helen con-
fesses how she unwittingly caused all the trouble.
clear field, and Jack is in de&pair until an oppor-
tunity presents itself to best his rival, and he
"juickly avails himself of the chance. He calls upon
^lahel and introduces a quiet little man to her aa
Professor "Snaith." The athlete ridicules the pro-
fessor, who bears his jest with uniform meekness.
At a little outing at the seashore the worm
turns, for the professor, apparently angered beyond
endurance, challenges Preston to a fight, and in the
presence of Jack and Mabel proceeds to give the
athlete a well deserved trouncing. The little pro-
fessor departs, leaving a r-epentant little girl beg-
ging Jack to forgive her, and promising never to
be bad again.
Jack never told Mabel the identity of the meek
little prv,fessor, who was really a very muscular
bartender, known for bis prowess throughout the
city. He believes that it wouldn't be safe, and
anyway, Mabel mightn't care anyway.
AMERICAN.
CAMEO OF YELLOWSTONE (Two Parts— July
6). — Cameo, a cowpuncher, is the favored suitor for
the hand of Col. Houston's daughter, Hope, On an
errand to the town be incurs the enmity of Haw-
kins, a bad man who is beating Paecha, a little
squaw and his commonlaw wife, A shooting scrape
is averted by the quick action of the friends of the
two men.
Hawkins, the secret captain of a band of cattle
rustlers, is in the saloon planning a raid on a herd
of cattle. Cameo, taking pity on Paecha takes her
safely home. While riding the open country Cameo
stumbles on to the cattle rustlers and rides to Col.
Houston's roundup to sound the warning. Upon his
arrival he learns from the Colonel that Hawkins,
who enjoys the confidence of the cattle men, haa
accompanied Hope to the House Ranch. He be-
comes uneasy and rides for the ranch house at
full speed. He arrives just In time to surprise Haw-
kins making love to Hope. Insane with rage for
bting again crossed by Cameo, the two men watch
each other warily. Hawkins pretending to depart
succeeds in wounding Cameo in the hand. Hope
beseeches Cameo for his own good not to kill Haw-
kins, and he is allowed to go unharmed. Realizing
the game is up. Hawkins hurries off to his men to
warn them to drive the cattle out of the country.
In the meantime, the whole country has been
aroused and with Cameo and Col. Houston at the
head of a band of doughty cowboys, surprises the
thieves and drives them on to a cliff. Hawkins
makes bis escape and to throw his pursuers off the
track, doubles back to the ranch house. Love's in-
stinct causes Cameo uneasiness for the safety of
Hope alone at the Ranch House and after taking an
active part in the posse, rides ahead to the ranch
houfe. He falls into a trap laid by Hawkins.
Paecha. the little squaw, inspired by love for Haw-
kins, has dogged his footsteps in order to wield a
protecting Influence upon him, discovers the love
Hawkins bears for Hope. The revelation arouses
jealousy in her and she arrives at the ranch house
just in time to see him on the verge of killing
Cameo, the man who was kind to her. A shot
rings out in the darkness and Hawkins falls lifeless.
Hope rushes to Cameo and Paecha comes Into the
ranch house and tells of her deed and then departs,
heart broken.
FEAST AND FAMINE (July 8).— Thomas Benton,
a kindly old soul, would shelter his "young fledg-
lings" from the hard knocks of this cold, cruel
world, and so keeps at home his daughter Ida.
whose eyes, he decides, are not strong enough for
the usual occupations open to young womanhood,
and sends his son Jerry to college to study sur-
gery in preparation for an "easy career." In spite
of the aged bookkeeper's assiduous industry, how-
ever, the young man's allowance is exhausted ere
he can complete the course, and he returns home.
The father's employer, dying, bequeaths a small
fortune to his faithful old clerk. The son begs to
be allowed to resume his studies. The father hesi-
tates. Then parental love lights his old eyes end
he remarks fondly. "Xo. my son. You need no pro-
fession now. I shall give Ida the money for a new
gown and she shall enter society." Not a very
momentous decision, eh? But when later we find
the girl having squandered the inheritance and
ruined her eyesight at all-night social functions,
doomed to blindness unless the wherewithal for an
expensive operation can be secured, and the boy
striving to apply his scant and unfinished knowledge
to this awful crisis In a desperate attempt to save
his sister's eyesight, we find that that decision has
assumed more heroic proportions. "Oh, for a little
more knowledge!" cries the boy. "God turn back
the Universe and give me a chance to reconsider
that 'unimportant' decision." quoth the parent. He
gets his chance.
PRINCESS.
PROFESSOR SNAITH (June 26).— Jack Raw-
lings, is in love with Mabel Duncan, but Mabel is
not sure whether she really cares for him or not.
Charley Preston, an athlete, wins Mabel's admira-
tion by his feats of strength, and Jack is speedily
left In the background. Preston apparently has a
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THE BURDEN (June 23).— Mary Bennett was
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for. When John Bennett, her husband, was sen-
tenced unjustly to state prison for a petty crime,
she took in her brother Will and supported him in
Idleness on her earnings. Will did not know what
it was to be grateful. He would go off for days at
a time with his pals, returning at all hours of the
night much the worse for liquor. One evening Mary
sat alone and anxious, straining for her brother's
footsteps, when someone came hurriedly up the
porch and tapped on the window. John's old signal.
With a rush of blood to the heart she ran and
opened the door. A tall man leaped in out of the
darkness, and she was clasped in her husband's
arms. When Will stumbled into the cottage nest
morning, it was deserted. The old wallet with
Mary's savings was gone.
A year later, a desperate-looking vagrant sham-
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mountainous district. He could see a woman mov-
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to beg food. She came out into the light, a man
following. A look of mutual recognition passed be-
tween the squatters and the tramp, and a cruel grin
overspread the features of the latter. Will had got
his sister and her escaped convict husband in a trap.
Threatening to notify the authorities and cause Ben-
nett's arrest, he extorted from Mary the little mon.y
they had in the house. Then helping himself to the
one horse, he rode away.
Inside three hours, Will flattered himself, the
handsome reward offered for his brother-in-law's
capture would be his. He sawed and jerked at the
horse's bridle. Unfamiliar with his mount and the
precipitous roads, loose with shifting dirt and rock,
he rode recklessly. Suddenly, on the steep side of a
gully, he felt the earth slipping from bwieath him.
His beast crouched like a cat, quivering all over.
The rumble of a landslide down the mountain above
them, grew to a deafening road, filling the ravine
with thunder. Mary and John, fleeing the cabin,
heard it, and a horrible gladness smote their hearts.
In that moment they knew that fate had lifted the
burden from them forever.
RELIANCE.
OUR MTTTTJAL GIHL (No. 25— July 6) .—Mar-
garet had been back in town with her aunt only a
few days when Madge Travers came to inquire after
her. She was delighted to find Mrs. Knicker-
bocker's niece so well.
"Grean, the famous costumer. is coming any min-
ute," Margaret told her with shining eyes. "Auntie
is having him design me a wonderful frock. Won't
you stay?"
So they spent a most interesting afternoon, watch-
ing Grean drape beautiful Oriental fabrics on Mar-
garet as model, creating a costume which suited her
to a marvel.
That afternoon, Our Mutual Girl went to the office
of "Town and Country" to sit for Jean Parke,
society's favorite portrait artist. On her return she
was astonished to find Kid Joseph in the reception
room. He was dressed in his best, and he carried a
haystack of flowers.
"I've got a job as bank messenger on the street,"
he explained. "The boss of me district, he's gone
on me bond. I wants to see Ada. Her an* me '*
He stopped, and twirled the bouquet between his
knees.
Margaret fixed on him her truthful gaze.
"You wish to propose to Ada?" she said. "Do
yon think you're good enough? But, of course,
that's for her to decide.
She went out of the room and soon returned with
her protege. It was rather awkward for the two
young East SIders. But Margaret saw at once that
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consent because she did not feel certain of Mar-
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would be safer first to try out the reformed
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Here Dunbar, who seized every possible oppor-
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the table. From the adjoining room he watched the
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Margaret received this news Joyfully. And if she
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excited rabble, Joseph in the lead, carrying a for-
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tail. Evidently "the Kid" had saved the pup
from his tormentors, and was bringing it to Ada.
The following day Dunbar and I talked a long
while with Mrs. Knickerbocker alone. He scarcely
had gone when Madge Travers arrived. When she
learned that Dunbar had come to ask Mrs. Knicker-
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IZZYS NIGHT OUT (July 4).— Izzy's wife sends
him to the store to buy soap. He spends the money
for booze instead, and lying down under a shady
tree falls asleep. Here he is found by a party of
joyriders, who get him into the automobile, take
him home and pat him to bed — all without disturb-
ing his slumbers. When Izz.v wakes nest moming
he finds himself in the lap of luxury, dressed in
silk pajamas, with a valet bending over him to
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things to eat and given all the champagne he can
drink. When he drops off to sleep again, the joke-
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him to his couch under the tree. This time when
he wakes, his dream of ecstasy i.s turned to a night-
mare. Instead of a valet, Becky is leaning over
him, brandishing a big stick.
BRONCHO.
THE FINAL RECKONING (Two Parts— July 8)
During a state ball given by the Secretary of War
at Washington, James Daniels pays marked atten-
tion to Mrs. Groves, wife of Lieutenant Groves.
Out of politeness Mrs. Groves is nice to liim: he
persuades her to walk in the garden with him.
Lieut. James tells Groves that all Washington Is
gossiping about the attention of Daniels to Mrs.
Groves, and to prove the truth of the gossip, points
to Daniels and Mrs. Groves seated among the trees.
Groves, mad with Jealousy, accuses Daniels and la
the struggle that follows between the two men Mrs.
Groves is killed. Daniels accuses Groves of killiji];
the woman, and Groves is found guilty upon the
evidence of Daniels. So sure that Groves is inno-
cent, his friends waylay the prison van on its way
to the prison and liberate Groves, who escapes.
Twenty years pass: the scene of the story shifts
to a Western fort, with Colonel James in command.
Daniels, who is now Indian Commissioner, on a
trip of inspection, breaks a treaty with the Indians,
causing them to go on the warpath: Daniels in hl»
attempt to escape becomes entangled in a bed of
quicksand and is slowly sinking, when Groves, wh»
has been watching the attack on the stage coacb
and the cowardice of Daniels, appears to watch the
man who he has been trailing for twentv years die
by an act of Providence.
DOMINO.
THE CDltSE OF HXTMANITY (Two Parts— July
9) — Realizing that his father, John Collins, who is
a big department store owner, will object to his
marrying Mary Eyton, a shop girl, Roger Collini
secretly marries her. He receives a note from Mary
telling him that in order to save her good name,
the marriage must be made known. Roger confide*
his secret to his mother who visits Mary. Perceiving
that the girl is good and worthy of her son, tbc-
motber advises Roger to stick to her; but the
father, wbo has other plans for his son, and after
he has failed to buy Mary's silence, turns Roger out.
Roger, untrained to any kind of labor, loses posi-
tion after position and drinks to drown his sorrow,
leaving Mary to earn a few pennies by sewing.
Several years later on Christmas eve, Mrs. Collins is
grieving (or her lost son. She receives a letter
from the detective agency which she has employed
to locate her son, telling her that they are ona'ble
to find trace of him. Mrs. Collins takes the matter
in her own hands and, hoping to learn something of
Roger, searches the streets of the Bast Side. She
finds a poor little barefoot girl standing before a
toy shop window. The child tells her in reply to
Mrs. Collins' question that her mother Is unable t»
buy her shoes because her daddy takes all the money
for drink. With the spirit of Christmas in her
heart, Mrs. Collins buys the child to.vs and takes
her to her poverty-stricken home, only to find that
the child is her own grandchild. Roger returns to
the house, looks through the window, sees his baby
at her prayers and hears her ask God to send her a
new daddy who does not drink. He resolves to be
a better man, and a reconciliation takes place on
Christmas morning in Roger's humble home.
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THE HEART OF A CROOK (Two Parts— July 3
Al Metz is accused of horse stealing. He goes to a
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money, he deposits it in the bundle of the German
girl. When this girl reaches her home she finds
upon opening her bundle a bunch of bank notes.
She shows them to her husband, who is Mr. Slaus-
son, owner of the farm on which Metz hid. They
are both delighted over the money, but are unable
to explain where it came from. They finally decide
to go back to Germany, but while purchasing their
tickets the agent notices that the number on the
check is that of the check that was stolen from
the bank. They are taken to the police station and
questioned as to the money and held as guilty of
the bank robbery.
In the meantime Metz at a New York hotel, sees
In a paper that the real robbers of the National
Bank have ben caught. He recognizes the name of
Slausson as that of the man who helped him hide
from the eheriflf and the cowboys. He then decides
that the only thing for him to do is to go to the
police station and confess that he is the real robber
of the bank. This be does and Mrs. Slausson and
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XrarEL ACOSTA (Five Parts) .—The story of
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father was driven out from Spain on account of his
religious pelief. He settled down in Portugal where
he fell a victim of the inquisition, leaving a wife
and three children.
The church at that time issued a decree that the
Jews should be burned alive unless they turned
Christians. Acosta's mother, for the sake of her
children, embraced the Christian religion, and Acos-
ta. a bom genius, found favor with the Cardinal of
the Church. He adopted and educated him accord-
ing to the formalities of the Catholic faith of those
days. But the beaten path was too narrow for the
born genius. As a boy of twelve, he stole out at
night from the dormitory, taking with him a cross
to safeguard against persecution and a volume of
the Talmud which was so near to his heart. Such
were the companions that accompanied him on his
unknown journey, unmapped, for the present as
well as for his future life.
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exhausted and starved, by Dr. De Silva, who recog-
nized him as a Jew by a Tolume of the Talmud in
the boy's possession. He took him to his home and
Informed Acosta*s mother, by letter, that be had
found her boy. Dr. De Silva adopted him and gave
Mm a liberal education.
Fifteen years later, we find the nnhappy family
in ■ Amsterdam reunited. Here the Jews enjoyed
more freedom than in Spain, and acquired wealth
and culture. As a great teacher, Acosta. like all
great men, came before his time; as a noble soni,
he was too tender to fight the bigots and conven-
tionalities of his age: and as a reformer, his Ideas
soared above the crowd. la his days of aflfliction.
Judith, the daughter of Vanderstraten, shared his
trials, his pains and woes with him. Her tender-
ness and sympathy won Acosta's admiration and
their constant companionship soon ripened into love.
After he had published his first book, he aroused
the attention of the most enlightened minds of his
ago. and stirred up the fanatics who found his
Tlews to be detrimental to the prevailing ideas of
We time and the church especially. He was brought
before the Council of the Wise, and found guilty
of blasphemy, excommunicated from the church,
banished from the country and his book committed
to the flames.
When brought in the synagogue before the Council
of the Wise to renounce his teachings and repent,
he said that he had nothing to renounce and repent.
He wrote what his mind and heart dictated to
him. And when the ban was put upon him — and
when Judith heard the curses from the Rabbi's
lips that — ■"Crave shalt thou for the love of a woman
and whoever yields it be dead" — she threw herself
in his arms, denounced the judges and made a
declaration of love to which Ben Jochai vigorously
protested.
When Vanderstraten finds himself financially em-
barrassed, he aplies to Ben Jochai for aid, who, in
turn, asks him for his daughter's hand. The bar-
gain Is made with the consent of Judith. And when
on the wedding day Acosta comes to bid farewell
to his dearest, who, in his day of trial gave him so
much succor, he finds that she took the vial. Acos-
to finds that he has nothing to live for now, but
the gloomy shadows of his thoughts. Despondent
and grief-stricken, Acosta dies by his own destruc-
tion.
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THE WORLD. THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL.—
Desirous of making the child of his mistress, Mrs-
Brophy, heir to his fortune. Sir James Hall bribes
the nurse, Mrs. Stanger. to exchange his infant son.
Robert, for the illegitimate son, Nicholas. Mrs.
Stanger and her baby daughter. Gertrude, having
just been deserted by her husband, has a strong
motherly feeling for the wronged mother. Conse-
quently disobeys instructions, and deceives Sir James
by not making the exchange. As years pass, both
sons grow to manhood and Gertrude to a handsome
young woman who acts as a barmaid, under an as-
sumed name. Her father, Stanger, a pal of Nicho-
las and frequenter of the tavern, does not know her
as his daughter.
Mrs. Brophy, on her death-bed. gives to her son,
Nicholas, a letter written by Sir James, explaining
the scheme of exchange of his infant sons. Nicholas,
thinking he is the legitimate son. becomes much
elated, until told by her in her dying breath the ex-
change was never made, and the old nurse was the
only living person who knew the secret. Nicholas
immediately goes to see Sir James, but finding him
out, meets Robert, to whom he shows the letter
and succeeds in convincing him that be, Nicholas, is
the rightfnl heir.
Robert at once departs from his father's house,
but before leaving, gives to his fiancee, Beatrice,
a note for Nicholas to meet him at the old mill to
obtain more information about his knowledge of the
affair. Beatrice reads the note before delivery, and.
fearing trouble, makes her way to the mill and
hides. Nicholas encounters Sir James, who is very
much upset at his past being unearthed, but wish-
ing to verify the story, makes known his intentions
to visit the old nurse. Nicholas, knowing this, ar-
rives before him, and under pretense of giving bis
old servant a kerchief, chokes her with it while
placing it about her neck. After his escape, the
police finding the kerchief to be a handkerchief upon
which Robert's initials appear, seek him as the
murderer. Nicholas turns the meeting at the mill
into a trap for Richard, who is locked up into the
game room where Beatrice is biding. Together
they make a daring escape down the mill-wheel,
where a desperate battle is fought, with fatal re-
sults to one of Nicholas's confederates, Grigg, the
miller. Nicholas visits the tavern and falls in lore
with Gertrude, who is enticed to his rooms by
Stanger, known as Dyke. After being drugged and
spending a hideous night, her escape is planned by
Dyke, who, during the arrangements, discovers her
to be his own daughter. Together they start for
the trial of Robert, who has ben accused of murder,
■nd is being defended by Nicholas, who in turn has
all the witnesses bribed to testify against his client.
At the critical point. Stanger and bis daughter ap-
pear, giving evidence against the defendant's law-
yer, which results in his suicide and the clearing
up of the plot.
his father and has asked his permission to marry,-
but the proud Old nobleman refuses to let his son
marry beneath bis station in life and sends him off
to France, dismissing Lucy's father from his estate.
Lucy and her father journey to Polain where the
former game-keeper gets a position in the stable,
and after eight years loses it through old age.
Starvation stares them In the face and little Tony,
the son of Coimt Frederick and Lucy, is apprenticed
to Gaspard, a chimney-sweep, who is buying poor
little boys for his work in Turin.
In the meantime, Frederick has returned from
France and traced Lucy and the boy to Polain, but
cannot marry her because of bis father's opposition.
By chance, Gaspard and his boys pass the house of
Count Frederick. Tony, the youngest of the creve,
becomes sick and sits down at the door of hia-
father's house. Gaspard finds him and compels the
youngster to undertake a job, but Charles, his little
friend, meets Tony and offers to do the job for him,
arranging to meet him where he was resting. Poor
Charles is suffocated in the chimney which Tony
was supposed to clean.
Meantime the Count has found Tony and discovers
that he is his son; he takes him to his father and
declares his intention to renounce his title and
marry Lucy. The old Count's heart is changed by
the noble little fellow and he consents.
Lucy and her father, unable to stand the loneli-
ness without Tony, come to Turin to beg Tony from
Gaspard, but are greeted with the news that Tony
has just been killed. Crazed with grief, Lucy is
continually appealing to the chimney in her home
to give her back her boy. Count Frederick goes to
Polain with Tony, but Lucy does not recognize
either. Her poor old father has thought of the
novel idea of dressing Tony up as a chimney-sweep.
She at last recognizes him and her reason is re-
stored. Lucy and the Count are united and we
leave them in the midst of happiness.
ECLECTIC.
THE PERILS OF PATJLINE (Eighth Episode).—
Satisfied Ibat their plan to cause the disappearance
of Pauline would this time be successful. Hicks and
his hired assassins ride away. Mrs. Haines decides
to notify Harry of Pauline's disappearance. A
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Pauline is In danger, and he prepares to leave for
the West. As he is making bis preparations he gets
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the big powwow of the Sious Indians the medicine
man prophesies that a great white goddess will
come to the Sioux from the ground and will help
them to throw off the yoke of the white men. The
tribe are very much excited and start out on a hunt
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Pauline rise in front of him apparently from the
solid ground. Pauline bad discovered a way out.
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goddess of the prophesy. They try to induce her to
lead them in a war on the white settlement, but
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placing her in a trench from which there la no es-
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breed in the Indian encampment who has become
rery much attached to Pauline and he sets out to
tell the settlers the peril she is in. He meets with
an accident, however, and is unable to carry out his
intention. Harry in scouring the country finds him
and gets the message. He rides as fast as he can
to tbe place where the halfbreed tells him the trial
Is to take place. He arrives just as the boulder is
started on its death-dealing trip. There is no time
to get Pauline out of the trench and to jump in him-
self means sure death. There seems to be no help
within miles. Harry has been resourceful in the
past, but this seems almost too much. He finally
— but this would be telling tales out of school. The
pictures shown here will show you Just what he did
and the terrible danger both he and Pauline en-
countered.
THE TSAHF (Three Parts). — A convict In one
of the large penitentiaries makes his escape by
means of a rope made from knotted bed clothes.
His escape is discovered and a hot chase is started
but the convict makes good his escape. He steals
some clothes from a band of peasants working in
the fields and goes to a lonely house which he pro-
ceed* to rob. One of the peasants, an old man,
suffers from an attack of sunstroke and Is taken
to his home and put to bed while his daughter goes
for the doctor. The old man hears the noise made
by the convict and goes to the room to investigate.
He is attacked by the tramp and in tbe struggle
is fatally hurt. The convict completes his robbery
and secures money to last him for some time. In
the meantime an old tramp comes along and on be-
ing unable to gain admittance to the house climbs
a ladder and enters through the skylight in the
roof. In the attic of the house he finds a store of
provisions. He helps himself and leaves by the
same way he came. As he Is tying his stolen pro-
visions in his bundle, the daughter returns and sees
him. When she enters the house she discovers the
crime and notifies the police. A search reveals the
tramp and he is accused of the crime. He pleads
innocence, but the provisions and the Identification
of the girl lead to his conviction and he is sentenced
to imprisonment for life. The convict in the mean-
time has been living on the stolen money and fre-
quents the cafes and dance halls. His escape has
not been forgotten and the police are still looking
for him. He is recognized by two detectives and
placed under arrest. As they are taking him out
of the cafe he breaks away, but falls over the edge
of a balcony and Is very badly hurt. He is taken to
the hospital in the prison in a dying condition.
There he finds the attendant Is the tramp who was
convicted of the crime he committed. The tramp
has made friends with all the other prisoners and
the prison authorities on account of his docile man-
ner and good humor. Realizing that he Is dying, the
convict makes a confession exonerating the tramp
of the murder of the oJd peasant. His confession
frees the tramp, whose first duty leaving prison Is
to give thanks for the Providence which has kept
him so carefully.
GIANTS-WHITE SOX WORLD TOITR (Six
Parts) .—These two famous teams started from
Cincinnati on a trip that took them to all parts of
the world. On this trip they played games in a
great many of the principal cities and created an
impression that will never be forgotten. They wer^
given an opportunity to see many places of interest
that are denied the usual tourist, and the cameraman
was allowed to get views of these places. Many
adventures were met with, that show the trip was
not all a pleasure jaunt. During tbe hurricane on
the Pacific tbe Tvaves washed right over the camera,
and the man's life was in danger every minute. Tlie
teams visited Japan, China. Manila, Australia, India.
Egypt, Naples, Rome, France and England. In all
these places the most notable persons turned out to
see the games and In many Instances took part. The
pictures show them and the interest they took.
The world ' s greatest baseball fan read of the
trip and decided to go along. He did. He was not
endowed with a long purse, but by riding the brake
beams, stowing away, working and begging he got
to see every game. His "rooting" was a revelation
to the natives of foreign lands and the expression
on their faces is very comical. So are some of the
adventures of the players. They might be able to
look after themselves in the United States, but for-
eign lands and foreign tongues are a different
matter.
The Interest displayed in the American National
pame was so great that the rulers in many instances
came to the games. The Khedive of Egypt was
there in person. So was the King of England and
85,000 of his subjects. The Pope gave a personal
interview to the tourists. The Governor-<3eneral of
Australia threw the first ball.
The Sphinx saw baseball for the first time. The
Colosseum at Rome, the tomb of Napoleon, the
Mosque of Mahommed All in the great Lybian Des-
ert, the Pyramids, the great Carnival of Nice, in
which tbe players took part, the human monkeys in
New Guinea throwing cocoanuts from the tree tops
at the boys, coaling ship by the women at Hong
Kong, Hans Lobert's great race round the bases
against a cattle horse are only a few of the many
events shown.
THE LION'S BRIDE (Three Parts).— Mr. Effing-
ton and his daughters Maud and Edith hear Miss
Destinn at the opera. Edith expresses a wish to
meet Miss Destinn. so her father invites Miss Des-
tinn to the birthday party to be given for Edith.
Maud is very fond of animals. A friend sends her
some lion cubs which she trains to do tricks. She
also has several full grown lions In her private
menagerie. Edith is very fond of music and loves
her young teacher. Jack Harris. Her father ob-
jects to her attachment, and drives him from the
house. Atwood, a business friend of Mr. Effington,
asks for Edith's hand In marriage. At the birthday
party he proposes to her, but is refused. At the
party Maud is showing how tame her lions are. and
on a dare Miss Destinn, who has accepted the invi-
tation to be present, enters the cage with her and.
with one of the lions lying on the piano, within a
few inches of her, sings parts of Mignon, Atwood
chagrined at Edith's refusal of his hand refuses
to assist Mr. Effington in bis business, with the re-
sult that the business fails. Mr. Effington does nut
survive the shock and the two girls, brought up In
luxury, are forced to go out into the world to make
a living. They consult Miss Destinn as to what they
should do and receive her assurance that she will
help them as best she can. They decide to use
Maud's lions and advertise for a young man to play
a part in a moving picture drama. Jack Harris
sees the advertisement and answers it. He and the
girls are much surprised to meet again and he re-
news his suit for Edith's heart. Edith accepts him
and the preparations are made for the wedding.
Maud is heart-broken and confesses that she has
loved Jack for a long time. She goes with the happy
couple to get the marriage license, but cannot face
the ordeal. Disappointed and dejected, she goes
back to the house and dressing in her sister's wed-
ding dress, enters the cage of the lions. The lions
do not seem to recognize her and she loses control
of them. When Jack and Edith return they are
horrified to find that Maud has become indeed "The
Lion's Bride."
LEAVES OF MEMORY (Four Parts).— Jack Lan-
don. an aviator and inventor, has almost perfected
a new parachute for use on aeroplanes when he runs
short of money. He writes to his rich brother.
Philip, and asks him for monetary help. This Philip
refuses and as a result Jack tries the parachute be-
fore it is completed. The parachute collapses and
Jack has a terrible fall from which he eventually
recovers, but is left an apparently harmless imbe-
cile. Philip takes him to his home to be cared for.
While he is there the sight of Philip throws Jack
into a terrible rage, as the only thing he seems to
remember of the time prior to the accident is the
fact that his brother refused to lend him the money.
Philip's secretary, Car! Roberts, is In love with his
employer's wife, but she remains true to her hus-
band. Roberts believes that she would marry him
if Ber husband were not alive, so he uses Jack.
While Philip and his wife are walking in the gar-
den. Roberts takes Jack to a path they must pass.
Roberts then shoots Philip and flees. The blame is
placed on Jack, as everyone remembers that he had
in his rage threatened to kill his brother. Jack is
taken to an insane asylum and placed in confine-
ment. Roberts renews his suit for the hand of
Philip's wife and eventually marries her. He uses
her money to have a good time, leaving her alone
a great part of the time. Under the careful care
of the doctors Jack gradually regains his faculties,
but has no remembrance of the tragedy. The doc-
tors write to Mrs. Roberts that her brother-in-law
is almost better and suggests that she and her hus-
band take him away. Mrs. Roberts goes to the
asylum to see Jack. Sight of her seems to bring
back to him something of the past. He sees Roberts
from the window and the past rushes back in such a
flood that he suffers a relapse. He eventually re-
covers, this time with a full record of the guilty
man. He leaves the asylum and makes his way to
the home of his brother to accuse Roberts. Roberts
has been dissipating to such an extent that his
brain has been playing him tricks. He several times
thinks that he sees his former employer and when
Jack comes into the room the strain Is too much for
his weakened heart.
He gives his note for $5,000 to cover the loss.
Later be makes a great surgical discovery and be-
comes famous.
Four crooked promoters seek his endorsement to
lend legitimacy to their fake tuberculosis cure and
promise him $50,000. He refuses. Later the con-
spirators secure the promissory note and threaten
foreclosure. This, and his wife's entreaties to ac-
cept the money, influence him to do so. The pro-
moters build a sanatoriuh and use their dangerous
"Alligator Serum."
Dr. Wright's little daughter contracts tuberculosis
while ber father is away at the sanatorium looking
over the records. The number of deaths here
astound him. Realizing the "Cure" to be a fak«,
he demands the elimination of his name. They re-
fuse and a struggle ensues. The doctor is wounded
and they, fearing exposure, Imprison him in the
sanatorium. Meanwhile the chief promoter makes
advances to the shallow wife and claims the doctor
has deserted her; but she repulses blm and rushes
into another room into tbe arms of her husband,
who has escaped. After hearing her story, the
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their home. He then finds his child has been given
the fatal serum.
Dr. Wright hears that a warrant Is out for Wf
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torium. Grieving over his threatened arrest, the
possible death of his only child and his future ruin,
be seizes bis revolver, contemplating suicide. Tbe
three promoters rush in to buy bis silence, but »U
are filled with fear as the police approach. Tbe
doctor, followed by the fear-crazed promoters, rushes
out and jumps into a launch. They are pursued by
another l)oat containing tbe police, who open fire.
One of the police bullets strikes the gasoline on
board the doctor's boat, which explodes, blowing
boat and occupants high in the air. Dr. Wright,
the survivor, is only slightly injured, and being
caught, he is sentenced to "Thirty Years at Hard
Labor," for manslaughter.
Broken and dejected from the fate which has fol-
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husband accepting the $50,000, and remorse over
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much to live for in their mutual, understanding love,
though without riches.
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succumbed to the tempting offer thus placed before
her This relative was a member of the Inter-
national Secret Service, and he found it possible to
place in the household of General Stefanovltch,
Deputy-Governor of Kronstadt, an English govern-
ess. Marian's consent to do the work bemg ob-
tained, she found herself established in the house-
hold of the Deputy-Governor and quickly became an
immense favorite with everyone, with the excep-
tion of Colonel Bonzo. the general's chief of staff,
who looked on everyone, especially foreigners, with
suspicion and dislike.
This was not the case with Captain Paul Zassullc,
who quickly succumbed to tbe charms of the English
girl After a few weeks the attachment became
mutual. One day Paul proposed to take Marian and
her charges on his yacht, the "Esmeralda," to ex-
plore Batterv No. 3. This and other similar excur-
sions gave Marian the sought-for opportunities. She
could not, however, control her love for Paul,
and when he proposed she consented, although
recognizing her engagement was to a man whose
countrv she was betraying. One day Marian received
a secret letter, which to her delight, informed her
that as soon as she could obtain the plan of Fort
St. Peter, she could leave Eussia. The same mall
brought a letter to General Stefanovltch, informing
him that various sketches of the fort had fallen Into
the hands of the enemy. The suspicions of Colonel
Bonzo, ever on the alert regarding Marian were now
roused Into activity and he determined to trap the
spy. Marian had found out that the desired docu-
ments were kept in a secret drawer in the General's
desk and having secured the key she made plans for
obtaining them that night. On finding the key of his
study missing, the General explained to Colonel
Bonzo that he must have mislaid it. The latter hav-
ing a duplicate one, was able to secure the door.
Marian, who always entertained the Governor
and his friends, after her charges had retired, pre-
tended that evening to be ill and left the drawing
room early. She had not, however, reckoned with
Colonel Bonzo's cunning, who, now thoroughly sus-
picious wished to find out if Paul was her accom-
plice, so handing him the key. sent him on some
trivial pretext to the study. There Paul discovered
the spy was no other than his beloved Marian. In
an agony of terror and remorse, she told him the
reasons for undertaking her hateful role and Im-
plored him to save her. Paul had only time to
whisper "Trust me; there is only one way to save
you," when the General, Colonel Bonzo and some
soldiers entered the room. Paul, who had concealed
tbe document, entirely disarmed suspicion by re-
counting how he caught Marian searching the room.
He was then commanded to take her on board the
"Esmeralda" and conduct her to tbe dungeon on the
Island of St. Paul. On reaching the yacht, tbe
escort was ordered to remain in their boat and allow
it to be towed behind the "Esmeralda." Too late,
they found they had been duped when the tow rope
was severed, and they saw the yacht steaming away
at full speed.
When Colonel Bonzo found the plans of Fort St.
Peter missing, he determined at all hazards to have
tbe two runaways brought back, and he instructed
the Russian Secret Service agents to trap them, so
that when Marian and Paul arrived in Paris these
sleuth-hounds were already on their track, and one
night Paul was overpowered and dragged to the
offices of the society. Marian called In the services
of a clever and well-known detective, Robert
Stevens. Meanwhile, Paul, finding himself impris-
oned, discovered means of communicating with
Marian, who, aided by the detective, concocted a
scheme to rescue Paul. Marian wrote a letter stat-
ing that unless a free pardon was granted to Paul
within an hour, the plans would be in the hands of
the enemy. This letter was delivered by Stevens,
Marian waiting outside with a number of detectives.
Colonel Bonzo. who had arived in Paris to take
charge of the culprits, apparently agreed to Mar-
ian's terms and she was summoned to the room.
Colonel Bonzo, always prone to treachery, as soon
as he got the plans into his possession, gave a sig-
nal to his men to seize Marian, but the detective,
who had taken precautions against such treachery.
Ready for
Shipment
A forcible,
American-made
masterpiece,
featunng
OCTAVIA
HANDWORTH
Supported
by a
Cast of
Weil-
Known
Screen
Stars
Full
of
action
A
punch
in every
scene.
A heart-grip-
ping story,
founded on fact.
Revealing amoral
which appeals to
every individual.
Strong, dramatic
acting. Excellent
in photography.
State Rights
Now Selling
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document granting a free pardon to Paul Zassulio.
GENERAL FILM CO.
A KINGDOM AT STAKE (Three Parts— Tune 28).
— Prince Vladimar, of Vandalia, a small kingdom,
is greatly disquieted by the attitude of the Revolu-
tionist Party, whose inflammatory literature occa-
sionally finds its way into the Royal Palace. Chief
of these Revolutionists is Yan Kador, an earnest,
conscientious worker in the people's cause and a
professor in the university. One day, while stroll-
ing meditatively about the gardens of the Palace,
Kador sees a pretty little girl climb a dangerous
wall to pick flowers and slide suddenly down toward
him. He rescues tbe little girl, restores her doU
and goes his way little dreaming that he has saved
the life of the tiny Queen Yolande.
Sometime later in an effort to show a friendly
hand toward tbe malcontents, the Prince Regent
Vladimir decides to select a tutor for the little
Queen from among the professors of the university.
Believing that he could vitally aid the people's
cause by securing so desirable a relationship toward
the hated tyrant, Kador readily acquieces in the
earnest entreaties of bis Revolutionist companions
and applies for the position. At the Palace the
professors line up with their diplomas for inspec-
tion. Yolande insists upon making her own selec-
tion and passes from one professor to the other.
Imagine Kador's surprise when he is suddenly seized
by the little Queen and dragged forward to the
Regent, recognizing in the little girl he had saved
the hated tyrant of Vandalia. He is duly sworn In
and thenceforth becomes the daily companion of
Yolande. A great friendship springs up between
them and one day Yolande innocently shows him the
secret entrance to her apartments.
Meanwhile the Revolutionists grow uneasy and
urge Kador to provide them with a chart of the
Palace grounds. This he does, torn by conflicting
emotions of love for the little Queen and his sworn
duty to his compatriots. The day comes when the
test can be put off no longer. That night Kador re-
ceives a message that the "friends of liberty" will
force an entrance into the Palace at midnight to
murder the Queen and Prince Regent. Kador spends
an evening of great mental agony. Treason — or
murder. He finally decides for the latter and
rushes madly into the Prince Regent's room with
the fateful message in bis hand. Ten minutes later
the little band of Revolutionists are captured.
The day of tbe trial, Kador steps calmly up into
the center of the room, drops upon his knees and
begs forgiveness of his horror-stricken companions
and electrifies the Court with nbe news of his da-
plicity. They are condemned to die, and the follow-
ing day the death decree is sent to the little Queen
to be officially signed. Glancing down the list of
the condemned, Yolande sees the name of her be-
loved teacher. Across the bottom she writes: "I
pardon." With a smile Prince Regent seizes the
death decree and starts to tear it up when the aged
minister interferes, reminding him that no death
sentence can be executed without the Queen's signa-
ture. The following day the little Queen holds
Court and In ber presence the conspirators are shown
the signature which makes them free. Thus did
Yolande win the hearts of even her most disloyal
subjects.
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Big stage and scenery. Good lease. Have business
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my attention. Good opportunity, no opposition,
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THEATER BUILDING FOR SALE.— 600 seat
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good busluess; $24,000. Easy terms. Charles X.
Palner, Highland Park, 111.
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the principal streets and In a thickly populated
section. Seating capacity over 500. Must sell at
once account dissension of partners. Price reason-
able. Jas. J. Keating, Jr., 120 So. Park St.. Eliz-
abeth, N. J.
EQUIPMENT WANTED.
THEATER EQUIPMENT.— Of all kinds bought
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BRAND NEW. — Phantoscope complete, $50 0. O.
D., Frank A. Holmes, Brewster, N. Y.
FOR SALE.— 200 folding chairs. Powers No. 0
machine. Ft. Wayne 220 Volt Compensarc, set stage
scenery 12 i 18, metal booth. All used bnt a short
time. Write quick if you want a bargain. Orpbe-
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FOR SALE. — Four ten hour direct current flaming
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FOR SALE. — Model A. Williamson Perforator.
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314 OPERA CHAIRS. — Veneer seat and back. 1
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cash. Clarence Cable, Norwalk, Conn.
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REDINGTON, Scranton, Pa.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
FOR SALE. — Three reel feature "James Boys' In
Missouri,'* plenty of paper and cuts. W. M. Hoff-
man, Palace Theater, Youngstown, Ohio.
DISCONTINUING OUR FILM DEPARTMENT.—
We sacrifice all our films, safes, Neostyle for mak-
ing lists and take machines, economizers, etc. In
exchange. Condor Film Exchange, 154 Third Ave.,
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with posters. Federal F. F. Co., 220 West 42nd
St., N. Y. City.
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(6c. ) per foot, brand new, only run three times.
"The Whirl of Destiny," a Mundstuk's Feature,
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ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 66
AUSTRALIA. J. D. WIMylAMS ON 63
BBULAH POINTER WITH HECTOR FILM
CORP 80
BRITISH NOTES B7
CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES 90
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RELEASES.. 92
CADLFIELD TO COAST FOR UNIVERSAL 73
CHICAGO LETTER 48
"CHIMNEY SWEEPS. THE" (Pasquali) 72
CHURCH PICTURE PLAN TRIED OUT 41
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Ucensed) 84
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) .. 65
DAYTON CONVENTION LOOMS BIG 74
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 50
DOHO PROM IOWA, AN 75
"EVIL MEN DO, THE" (Vitagraph) 40
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 8,S
EXHIBITOR AS CENSOR. THE 37
EXPOSITION AT TORONTO 76
FACTS AND COMMENTS 36
FIRE DEPARTMENT EVICTS 78
FOREIGN TRADE NOTES 52
QBNB GAUNTIER AND PLAYERS IN NEW
STUDIOS 73
CARBON IMPOETERS.
KIEWERT, CHARLES, L 132
REISINGER. HUGO 138
ELECTBICAL & HECHANICAI. EaUIFMENT.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 133
BELL & HOWELL 95
CALEHUFF SUPPLY CO 134
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS 135
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 133
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC CO 137
FULTON, E. E., CO 109
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 109
HALLBERG. J. H 104
HOKE. GEORGE M., SUPPLY CO 118
KIMBLE ELECTRIC CO 133
MOORE-HUBBLE CO 133.
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO 113
PICTURE THEATER EQUIPMENT CO 123
SMITH. AL. C. & CO 86
STRELINGER. CHARLES A., & CO 109
TYPHOON FAN CO 126
WESTINGHOUSB ELECTRIC CO 118
MISCELLANEOUS FEATTTRE FILMS.
ALBUQUERQUE FILM CO 133
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION 99
APEX FILM CO 101
BOSWORTH. INC 115
CALIFORNIA MOVING PICTURE CORPORA-
TION • 12
CANADIAN BIOSCOPE CO 117
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO 109
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO 121
CHILD PLAYERS OF AMERICA 114
COMMERCIAL M. P. CO 134
ECLECTIC FILM CO Insert
ECLIPSE-URBAN 25
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO 124
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 10-11
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO 108
G. & G. FEATURE FILM CO 107
GENERAL FEATURE FILM CO 135
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN CO 25
LASKY. JESSE L.. FEATURE PLAY CO 19
LIBERTY MOVING PICTURE CO 121
LIFE PHOTO FILM CO 119
LYNCH. E. W 22
MEXICAN WAR FEATURE FILM CO 20
NAST MOVING PICTURE CO 103
NEILSON. F. 0 97
OZ MANUFACTURING CO Ill
PASQUALI AMERICAN FILM CO 24
TO CONTENTS.
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GUY COOMBS. SILENT LEADING MAN 45
INT)E(PENDENT FILM STORIES 112
INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 128
IS NOT ••OFFICIAL CENSORSHIP" 43
LICENSED FILM STORIES 102
LICENSED RELEASE DATES 130
"LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY" (Kineto) ... 69
LOOKING FOR J. HOWARD LEE 70
MARY FULLER SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL .. 49
MANUFACTURERS' TRADE NOTES 81
MARTEN. HELEN 42
MEXICAN WAR IN SOLAX FEATURES 80
"MILLaON DOLLAR MYSTERY, THE" (Than-
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MOTION PICTLTtE EXHIBITOR, THE 74
MUTUAL MEN ARE RE-ELECTED 38
NEW RANEY PICTURES PLEASE 67
NEW WILD ANIMAL CO. FORMED 87
NB MOYER, MARGUERITE 46
OBSERVATIONS BY MAN ABOUT TOWN 51
OZ FILM CO., THE 64
PASQUALI AMERICAN REORGANIZED 72
PENNSYLVANIA HEAD CENSOR TALKS ... 39
TO ADVERTISERS
POPULAR PLAVS & PLAYER.?. INC 13
SAWYER. A. H.. INC 1617
STERLING CAMERA & FILM CO 105
WARNERS FEATURES. INC IS
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 26-27
FILM BROKERS.
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 118
FILM EXCHANGES.
APEX FEATURE SERVICE 122
BRADENBURGH. GEORGE W 134
ECONOMY FILM CO 118
FULTON. E. E 108
GREAT NEW YORK FILM RENTAL CO 130
LAEM.MLE FILM SERVICE 135
NORTHERN FEATURE FILM EXCHANGE.. 118
STANDARD FILM CO 114
WENIZ. ISADORE 114
FrEEPEOOF APPARATUS.
JOHNS-MANVILLE. H. W 135
INDEPENDENT FILM MANTTFACTtrRERS.
AMERICAN FILM MANUFACTURING CO. .. 129
GAUMONT CO 29
MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 138
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORPORA-
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THANHUSER FILM CORPORATION 2
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO. 4-5-6-7
LENS MANUFACTURERS.
BAUSCn i- LOMB OPTICAL m 131
LICENSED FILM MANUFACTURERS.
BIOGRAPH COMPANY 91
EDISON. THOMAS A 28
ESSANAY FILM MANUFACTURING CO. ..3-8-9
KALEM CO 31-34
KLEINE. GEORGE 21
LUBIN FILM MANUFACTURING CO 32
MELIES. GASTON. FILM CO 23
PATHE FRERES 30
SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 139
VITAGR.\PH CO. OF AMERICA 33
MISCELLANEOUS.
AUDITORIUM THEATER 114
AUTOMATIC TICKET SELLING & CASH
REGISTER CO 117
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 134
CASAVANT BROTHERS 131
COMMERCIAL FILMEES 137
CENTAUR FILM CO 136
PBRIOLAT. GEORGE 39
"PERILS OF PAULINE. THE" (Bk^lectlc) .. 71
PHOTOfPLAYWRIGHT. THE 68
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 60
QUESTION THE CENSOR LAW 44
"ROMANY RYE" (Warner's Features) 71
"ST. ELMO" (Balboa) 70
SANTSCHI, THOMAS 44
SINGLE REEL, THE, II 36
"SOMETHING TO A DOOR" (Edison) 42
••SPITFIRE. THE" i Famous Pla.vers) 87
STORIES OP THE FILMS (Licensed) 100
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent) 112
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Features) 118
"THE TOLL OF MAMMON" (Excelsior) 46
"TRAGEDY OF BASIL GRIEVE, THE" (Hep-
worth) 41
VIENNA AND BUDAPEST 58
VIRGINIA LEAGL"E CONVENTION 76
WASHINGTON SCREEN CLUB BANQUET 74
"WEAKLING, THE" (Kalem) 38
WILLIAMS ON AUSTKALIA 53
"WILL O' THE WISP" (Balboa) 77
CLASSIFIED AD\ERTISEMENTS 125
CORCORAN. A. J 118
DADMU.N CO 133
EASTMAN KODAK CO 136
FEALY, MAUDE 109
GUNBY BROTHERS 109
INT)USTRIAL MOVING PICTURE CO 133
KRAUS MFG. CO 131
NATIONAL MOVING PICTURE CO 137
N-^TIONAL TICKET CO 128
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO 133
RAW FILM SUPPLY CO 123
ROOM 200 135
GILBERT, ELIOTT & CO 127
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORATION 133
THEATER BROKERAGE EXCHANGE 137
TRADE CIRCI'LAR ADDRESSING CO
TURNER. HALSEY CO 135
WVANOAK PUBLISHING CO 127
MOTION PICTURE CAMERA MANUFACTTTEEES.
SCHNEIDER. EBERHARU 137
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYER CO 118
DEAGAN. J. C 137
SEEBURG, J. P.. PIANO CO 136
SINN. CLARENCE 137
OPERA CHAIE MANUFACTUEEES.
AMERICAN SEATING CO 137
ANDREWS. A. H.. CO 137
HARDEST Y MANUFACTURING CO 137
.STEEL FURNITURE CO 137
WISCONSIN SEATING CO 137
POSTERS AND FRAMES.
AMERIC.\N SLIDE & POSTER CO 90
NEWMAN MANUFACTURING CO 114
PROJECTION MACHINE MANUFACTUEEES.
ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 127
PHANTOSCOPE MANUFACTURING CO 132
POWERS. NICHOLAS 140
PRECISION MACHINE CO 93
PEOJECTION SCEEEN MANUFACTUEEES
CENTER. J. H.. C 106
DAY & NIGHT SCREEN CO 127
SONG AND ADVERTISING SLIDES.
ERKER BROTHERS 134
NIAGARA SLIDE CO 86
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO 133
VITASLIDE CO 120
THEATRICAL ARCHITECTS.
DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 135
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DAY & NIGHT SCREENS, INC.. NEW YORK. June 19, 1914.
Gentlemen — We have just completed the instaUatiOB of the "Bay & Night Screen" at the Alamo Theatre here, and I certainly wish to con-
gratulate you on the results we are able to get from this wonderful screen.
Our patrons have remarked about the brilliancy of our pictures since installing it, and we have shown the pictures vith alt the hoxue-liffhU on
— thereby proving that the "Day & Night Screen" ie the least affected by outside light of any screen now on the market. * • •
Sincerely, (Signed) L. J. PICO, Mgr.
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AMEEICAN.
Jnse 10 — Sparrow ©f the Circus (Drama)
7ane 15 — Jim (2 parts — Drama )
June 17 — The Umnaskiog (Drama)
June 22— The Painted Lady's CSilld (Two parts—
Dranta)
Jose 24 — Blue Knot, King of Polo (Drama) . .
June 28 — The Little Hoase In the Valley (Tw«
parts — Drama)
July 1 — Nature's Touch (Drama)
Jalj 3— Meiu Lieher Katriua Catches a Convict
(C!omedy)
July 6 — Cameo of the Yellowstone (Two parts
— ^Drama)
July 8 — Feast and Famine (Drama)
July 13 — The Lure of the Sawdust (2 parts —
Drama)
July 15 — Yoath and Art (Drama)
BEATTTT.
June 16 — The Dream Ship (Drama)
June 23 — The Tale of the Tailor t Drama)....
Jone 38 — Via the Fire Escape (Drama)
July 7 — The Other Train (Drama)
"101" BISON.
July 11 — Prowlers of the Wild (Two parts —
Drama)
"101" BISON.
June 20 — (Hie Forbidden Room (Three parts —
Drama)
June 27 — The Old Ooibbler (Two parts — ^West-
em Drama)
July 4 — ^The Hopes of Blind Alley (Three parts
— Drama)
BRONCHO.
Jon« 17 — The Hour of Reckoning (Two parts —
Drama)
JoBe 24 — Desert Thieres (Two parts — Drama) . .
July 1— Shorty Gets Into Trouble (Two parts
— Drama)
July 8 — The Final Reckoning (Two parts —
Drama)
(mYSTAL.
June 28 — In Wrong (Comedy)
Jone 30 — ^The Girl In Pants (Comedy)....'.....
— Her New Hat (Comedy)
July 7 — Nearly a Stepmother (Comedy)
UNI-TERSAL IKE.
July 7 — Me, Him and 1 (Comedy)
DOHINO.
nose 11 — ^A Relic of Old Japan (Two parts — Dr.)
June 18 — In the Southern Hills (Two parts —
Drama)
June 2S — A Frontier Uother (Two parts — Dr. ) . .
July 2 — His Hour of Manhood (Two parts —
— ^Drama)
July 9 — ^The Curse of Humanity (Tws parts —
Drama)
ECLAIR.
June 21 — The Blunderer's Mark (Western — Or.)
June 24 — Dead Men's Tales (Three parts — West-
em — Drama)
June 28 — Prince WUly (Comedy)
— Nutty and His Father (Comedy)
July 1 — Snow Drift (Two parts — Drama)....
July 5— The Greatest of These (Drama)
July 8 — Duty (Two parts — Drama)
July 12 — The Fight in Lonely Gulch (Drama)..
FRONTIER.
June 21 — ^The Gun Men of Plumas (Dr.)
June 28 — On the Verge (Drama)
July 5 — The Broken Barriers (Drama)
July 12 — Willy Walrus and the Parisians (Com.)
— Lll.v as a Little Mother (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL.
June 16 — LnclUe Love, the Girl of Mystery
(Series No. 10 — Two parts — Drama)
June 23 — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
(Series No. 11 — Two parts — Drama)
June 30 — ^Lucille Lore, the Girl of Mystery
(Series No. 12 — Two parts — Drama)
July 7 — ^Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery,
Series No. 13 (Two parts — Drama) . .
IMP.
June 15— The Baited Trap (Two parts — Dr.)..
Jnne IS — The Fatal Step (Drama)
June 22 — Papa's Darling (Comedy)
June 25 — The Skull (Two parts — Drama)
June 29 — ^Adventures of a Girl Reporter (Two
parts — Drama)
July 2 — The One Best Bet (Comedy)
July 6 — The Lady of the Island (Two parts-
Drama)
July 9— The Old Rag DoU (Drama)
JOKER.
June 20 — A (^uiet Day at Murphy's (Comedy) . .
June 24 — Willy Walrus, Detective
June 27 — ^Love and Electricity (Comedy)
July 1 — Bess the Detectress; or Tick, Tick,
Tick (Ck)medy)
July 3 — Captain Kid's Priceless Treasure
(Comedy)
July 8 — Bess, the Detectress, or the Dog Watch
(Comedy)
July 11 — Love Roses and Trousers (Comedy) , . .
KA7-BEE.
June 19 — The Voice at the Phone (Part 1 —
Two parts — Drama)
June 26 — ^The Voice at the Telephone (Part 2 —
Two parts)
July 3 — The Heart of a Ciook (Two parts —
Drama)
July 10 — ^The Feud of Beaver Creek (Two
parts — Drama)
EOMIC.
Jnne 21 — The Deceiver (Omedy)
June 28 — The Wild Girl (Comedy)
July 6— "Bill" No. 1 (Comedy)
July 12 — Wrong All Around (Comedy)
KEYSTONE.
June 15 — ^A Gambling Rube (Comedy)
June 18 — A Missing Bride ((Comedy)
June 20 — Mabel's Married Life (Comedy)
June 22 — The Eavesdropper (Comedy)
June 25 — Fatty and the Heiress (Comedy)
June 27 — (No release this day.)
June 29 — Caught in Tights (Comedy)
July 2 — (No release this day.)
UHX.
May 1 — Only aa Iceman (Comedy)
May S— Jim's Mother-in-law (Oomedj)...
— In Good Company (Oomedy )
May IS — The Girl in the Auto (Comedy)
May 22— Just Neighbors (CVanedy)
May 2S — Sweethearts (Comedy)
— Venice (Scenic)
Jnne 5 — In Lore with a Buflfragette (Oomedy) .
Jime 12 — A Family Fend (Comedy)
—View of the Alps (Scenic)
Jnne 19 — The Newlyweds (Comedy)
June 26— A Day's Outing (Comedy)
— The Telephone Operator (Comedy) ....
MAJESTIC.
June 21 — The Severed Thong (Two parts — Dr.)
June 23 — ^The Burden (Drama)
Jtme 26— The Idiot (Drama)
June 28 — The Tavern of Tragedy (Two parts —
Drama)
June 30 — (Title not yet announced)
July 5 — The Angel of Contention (Two parts
— Drama)
July 7 — The Only Clue (Drama)
July 12 — A City Beautiful (Two parts — Drama)
NESTOR.
June 17 — 'Cross the Mexican Line (West. — Dr.)
Jtme 19 — Sophie of the Films (Series No. 3 —
Comedy)
June 24 — The Den of Thieves (Drama)
Jnne 26 — Sophie of the Films (Series No. 4 —
Comedy)
July 1 — The Lost Arrow (Drama)
July 3 — Those CkiUege Days (Ck)medy)
Jul.v S — A Ranch Romance (Western — Drama)
July 10 — The Great Universal Mystery (Com.)..
POWERS.
June 19 — The Plot That Failed (Drama)
June 26 — ^The Love Victorious (Two parts — ^Dr.)
July 3 — Pearl of the Sea (Drama)
PRINCESS.
June 19 — The Little Senorita (Drama)
June 26 — Professor Smith (Comedy)
July 3 — The Decoy (Drama)
July 10 — Passing the Love of Women (Drama)
July 10— The Girl of the Seasons ((Domedy)
RELIANCE.
June 20 — The Stolen Ck)de (Two parts — Drama) .
June 22 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 23 (News)
June 24 — Izzy's Night Out (Drama)
June 27 — ^The Broken Barrier (Two parts — Dr.)
June 29 — Our Mutual Girl. No. 24
July 1 — Izzy the Detective (Drama) -
July 4 — The Weaker Strain (Two parts — Dr.)
July 6 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 25 (Drama)
July 8 — How Izzy Was Saved (Comedy)
July 10 — A Wife from the Country (Drama) ....
July 11 — ^Blue Pete's Escape (Two parts — ^Dr.)
REX.
June 21 — The Boob Detective (<3omedy)
Jtme 25 — The Woman in Black (Drama)
June 28— Lost By a Hair (Comedy)
July 2 — ^The House Discordant (Two parts —
Drama) |,
July B — On the Rio Grande (Western Drama)
July 9 — When Fate Disposes (Two parts — ^Dr.)
July 12 — Plain Mary (Drama)
ROYAL.
Jnne 20 — Such a Business (Comedy)
— The Busy Man (Comedy)
June 27 — A Hasty Eiit ((5omedy)
July 4 — Did She Run? (Comedy)
July 11 — Mistakes Will Happen (Comedy)
STERLING.
June 22— The FUrt (Comedy)
June 25 — A Jealous Htisband (Comedy)
Jtme 29 — It's a Boy (Juvenile— Comedy)
July 2 — The Crash (Comedy)
July 6 — Billy's Vacation (Juvenile Comedy) . . .
July 9 — Snookee's Flirtation ((Domedy)
THANH0T7SES.
June 21 — ^The Outlaw's Nemesis (Com.-Dr.)
June 23 — For Her Child (Two parts — Drama)..
June 28 — ^The Widow's Mite (Comedy)
June 30 — The Harlow Handicap (Two parts —
Drama)
July B — The Cooked <}oose (Comedy)
July 7 — Bevorah (Two parts — ^Drama )
July 12 — The Leaven of Good (Drama)
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Jnne 16 — Universal Ike, Jr., Bearly 'Woa Her
(Comedy)
June 23 — Universal Ike, Jr., in a Case On the
Doctor (Comedy)
June 30 — Universal Ike, Jr., and the Vamptre
(Comedy)
VICTOR.
Jnne 22 — The Silent Witness (Two parts — Dr.)
June 26 — The Slavey's Romance (Drama)
June 29— A Twentieth CJentury Pirate (Comedy-
Drama)
July 6 — At Mexico's Mercy (Drama)
July 10 — A Beggar Prince of India (Three
parts — Drama)
TTFPWORTH.
June 15 — A Throw of the Dice (Two puts)....
June 22 — Creatures of Habit — (Comedy)
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June 29 — The Cry of the Captive (Two parts —
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Pattie, LoMn, Uelles, S«llg, TiUgrapli.
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Saturday^Blograph, Edison, Bsaaiia;, Kalem, La-
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BI06BAPH.
Jone 2(K— By the Old l>ead Tree (Drama)
June 22 — The Bong of Sunny Italy (Drama)..
June 25 — ^The Bagamnffln (Drama)
July 27 — A Spanish Omelet (Comedy)
—Ribbons and Boilng Gloves ((3omedy)
June 29 — The Honor of the Law (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
June 2 — The Goat (Comedy)
— The Firemen's Social (Comedy)
July 4 — The Cracksman's Gratitude (Drama)'..
EDISON.
Jtine 20 — In the Days of Slavery (Drama)
June 22 — The Basket Habit (Comedy)
Jane 23 — A Foolish Agreement (Drama)
Joae 24 — The Mysterious Package ((Jomedy)..
— On the Ice (a demonstration of fancy
skating at Wengen, Switzerland —
Sports)
Jnne 26— The Man In the Street (Special— Three _
parts — Drama) ' ' '
June 27 — Dolly Plays Detective (Tenth of the
Dolly of the Dallies — Draina)
June 29 — The Revengeful Servant Girl' (Seventh
of the Wood B. Wedd serles^Com.)
June 30— The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints
(Eighth of the Chronicles of Cleek
series — Drama)
July 1 — Back to the Simple Life (Comedy) . . .
July 3 — The Shattered Tree (Special — Two
parts — Drama) ..."
July 4 — ^Molly, the Drummer Boy (Drama)..
July 6 — Her Spanish Cousins (Cdmedy) ; '. . .
July 7 — Face to Pace (Seventh of "The Man
Who Disappeared" .Series) (Drama)..
July 8 — ^Andy Has a Toothache (Eighth of ■' the
"Andy" Series) (Comedy) '
July lO^In the Shadow of Disgrace (Special
— Two Parts— Drama)
July 11 — Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of the
Active Life of "Dolly of the Dailies"
— Drama)
ESSANAY.
June 20 — Broncho Billy — OuUaw (Drama)
June 23 — ^The (Jonntess (Drama)
June 24 — The Epidemic (Comedy)
June 25 — Sophie Finds a Hero (Comedy)
June 26 — The Chasm (Special — Two parts — Dr.)
Jnne 27 — Broncho Billy's Jealousy (Drama)..
June 30 — The Daring Toung Person (Com. -Dr.)
July 1— The Fable of "The Good Fairy"
((3omedy)
July 2 — Sophie Gets Stung (Comedy)
July 3 — Trinkets of Tragedy (Special — Two
parts — ^Drama) '
July 4 — Broncho Billy'a Puniahment (Drama)
July 7— A Night with a Million (Com. Drama)
July 8 — A Boarding House Scramble (Comedy)
July 9 — Slippery Jim — Diplomat (Comedy)
July 10 — Night Hawks (Special— Two Parts —
Drama)
July 11 — Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama)
KALEM.
Jone 20 — Brought to Justice (Drama)
June 22 — The Show Girl's Glove (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
June 23 — ^The Conductor's Courtship (Oomedy-
Drama)
June 24 — ^Through the Flames (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
June 26 — An Elopement in Rome (Comedy) ....
^Labor Demonstration in Hyde Park,
London (Topical)
June 27. — The Gypsy Gambler (Drama)
June 29 — The Flaw In the Alibi (Special —
Two parts — Drama)
June 30 — The Wire Chief's Reward (Drama)..
July 1— The Fatal Portrait (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
July 3 — Fleeing from the Fleas (Comedy)....
— Trooping the Colors (Topical)
July 4 — The Political Boss (Drama)
July 6 — The Weakling — Third of the Alice
Joyce Series — Special — T wo Parts
(Drama)
July 7 — Kaintucky Bill (Drama)
July 8— A String of Pearls (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 10 — Rube the Interloper (Comedy)
— In Old England Scenic) (
July 11 — ^Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama)
GEORGE ELEXNE.
May 1»— Mystery of the Fast Mall (Special-
Eclipse — 2 parts — Drama)
May 2&— The Cigarette Maker of SaTlUe (Olnea
Spec. — Two parts — Drama)
June 2— Trapped By Wireless (Bcllpae — ^Two
parts — Special — Drama)
June 8 — The Trap-Door Clue (Cello— Special—
2 parts — Drama)
Jone 16 — One Woman's Way (Cines — Special — 2
parts — Drama)
June 23 — A Midnight Guest (Cines — Special —
Two parts — ^Drama)
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Celio — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
LUBIN.
June 20 — Getting Solid With Pa (CJomedy)
— Long May It Wave (Comedy)
June 23 — Mice Nursery (Comedy)
— Brown's Big Butler (Comedy)
June 24 — The Greater Treasure (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
Jnne 25 — The Candidate for Mayor (Special^
Two parts — Drama)
June 26 — A Practicall)emonstration (Drama)..
June 27 — Who's Boss (Ojmedy)
— His Sudden Recovery (Comedy)
June SO^The Waiko Sisters (Omedy)
July 1 — The Living Fear (Special — Two parts
— jDrama)
July 2 — The Shadow of Tragedy (Special —
Two parts — Drama)
July 3 — The Doom of Duty (Drama)
July 4 — It's a Shame (Comedy)
— The Kidnapped Bride (Comedy)
July 7 — Fooling Fanny's Father (Comedy)
— While Auntie Bounced ((Comedy)
July 8 — The Incompetent (Special — Two parts
"' — Drama)
July 9 — ^TheDebt (Special — Two parts — ^Dr.)..
■July 10 — ^The Tribunal of Conscience (Drama) . .
July 11 — How He Ix)st His Trousers (Comedy)
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy)
UELIES.
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June 20 — Pills and Pills (Special — Two parts
— Comedy)
June 23— A Good Time Spoiled (Comedy)
June 24 — Mother (Drama) ,
June 25 — A Peculiar Inheritance (Comedy)....
June 27— A Shadow On the Wall (Special —
Two parts — ^Drama)
June 30 — One Suit of Clothes (Comedy)
July 1 — The Monk's Sacrifice (Drama)
July 2 — ^Womanly Curiosity (Comedy)
— The Prescription (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
July 4 — Hidden Death (Special — Two Parts-
Drama)
PATHE.
June 16 — Simple Experiments in BSectrleS^
(Educational)
— Through the Bospfaoms, Turkey (Traval)
June 17— Pathe's Weekly, No. 41—1614 (Newa)
June 22 — Max the Magician (Comedy)
Historic St. Cloud (Educational)
June 23 — Glacier National Park in Winter (Sc.)
June 23 — The Mormot (Educational)
June 24 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 43—1914 (News)
June 29 — Visit to Paris (Travel)
— Rapids and Water Falls of New Zea-
land (Scenic)
June 30 — A French Village in Senegal, West
Africa (Scenic)
— Venomous Serpents (Educational)
July 1— Pathe's Weekly. No. 43—1914 (Newa)
July 6 — ^The Heart and the Circulation of the
Blood (Biology)
— Modes of Travel in Japan (Manners
and Customs)
July 7 — A Tiger Hunt (Indo-China) (Scenic)..
— The Ice and Snow
July 8— Pathe's Weekly No. 44. 1914 (News)..
July 13 — A Russian Boar Hunt (Scenic)
—The Wine Industry, Marsala, Sicily
(Industrial)
July 14 — Through Bosnia and Dalmatia (Scenic)
— The Tombs of the Ancient Japanese
Emperors (Architecture)
July 15 — Pathe's Weekly No. (News)
BELIG.
June 15 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 81
(News)
June 16 — How Lone Wolf Died (Drama)
June 17 — Castles in the Air (Drama)
June 18 — Hearat-Selig News Pictorial, No. 32
(News)
June 19 — Peter's Relations (Comedy)
— Chicken (Comedy)
June 20 — The Girl at His Side (Drama)
June 22 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 33
(News)
June 22 — Me An' Bill (Special — Two parts-
Drama)
June 23 — The Servant Question Out West (Com.)
— Doc Tak and the Limited Train (Com.)
Jane 24 — Somebody's Sister (Drama)
June 25 — Hearst^elig News Pictorial, No. 34
(News)
June 26 — The Captain's Chair (Drama)
June 27 — The Right to Happiness (Drama)....
Jone 29 — The Leopard's Foundling (Special —
Two parts — Drama)
June 29 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 35
(News)
Jnne 30 — Hearts of Men (Drama)
July 1— The Empty Sleeve (Drama)
July 2 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 36
( News ) ;
4ply 3— Making Good With Her Family (Com.)
— ^Doc Yak Wishes (Novelty)..
July 4 — The Little Hobo (Drama)
July 6 — Reporter Jimmie Intervenes (Special —
Two Parts) Drama)
July 6 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 37
(News)
July 7 — Algie's Sister (Ck)medy)
July 8 — Caryl of the Mountains (Drama)
July 9 — -Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 38
( News)
July 10 — Did She Cure Him (Comedy)
July 11 — His Fight (Drama)
VITAGSAPH.
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June 4 — A False Move (Oomedy)
June 5 — The Maid from Sweden (Comedy)...,
June 6 — ^Too Many Hnabaods (Sp«clal^2 porta
Onnady )
June 8 — Eve's Daughter (Drama)
June 9— The Right of Way (Special— 2 parts-
Drama)
June 10 — The Widow of Bed Rock (Cbmedy)....
Jtme 11 — The Power to Forgive (Drama)
June 12 — The Accomplished Mrs. Thompson
(Comedy)
June 13 — Our Fairy Play (Spec. — 2 porta — (Tom.)
June 15 — The Crime of Cain (Drama)
June 1(J— A Wayward Daughter (Special — Two
parts — Comedy-Drama)
June 17 — The Ladies' .War (Comedy)
Jone 18 — Only a Sister (Drama)
June 19 — The Persistent Mr. Prince (Oomedy).
June 20 — Father's Flirtation (Special — Two parts
— Comedy)
June 22 — Maria's Sacrifice (Drama)
Jone 23 — The Passing of Diana (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
Jone 24 — The "Bear" Facts (Comedy)
June 25 — Happy-Go-Lucky ((^medy-Drama)....
June 26 — The Old Maid's Baby (Comedy)
June 27 — His Wife and His Work (Special —
Two parts — Drama)
June 29 — The Gang (Drama)
June 30 — The Poor Folks' Boy (Special — Two
parts^Drama)
July 1 — The Circus and the Boy (Comedy)....
July 2 — Two Stepchildren (Drama)
July 3 — A Train of Incidents (Comedy)
July 4 — The Toll (Special— Two parta — Dr.).
July 6 — The False and the True (Drama)
July 7 — The Moonstone of Fez (Special — -Two
Parts — ^Drama)
Julys — Doctor Smith's Baby (Drama)
July 9 — Prosecution (Drama)
July 10 — The Vases of Hymen (Drama)
July 11 — Lillian's Dilemma (Special — Two Parts
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LARGE PICTURE, serai-photo, glazed finish, size 11x14, $1 per
doz. ; 43 prominent players.
LARGE PICTURES, HAND COLORED, size u x 14. Prominent
Association players. $2.00 for set of 12.
Photographs for lobby display of the two and tliree reel feature* •<
all of the Mutual multiple reels — set of 6, $1.00. AJwayg ready 10
days ahead of release.
Special 22 i 28 Association and Mutual Hand Colored Pictures of 24 Favorilei
75 Cents Each. Framed $2.50 Eacti
KRAUS MFG. CO. 14 East 17th St., New York
Send for Catalogue of over 400 players and samples free. Write iw.
giving details of your dull nights, and to* will send you a rrmedy.
Permanent Patronage
can be built up only by the best pictures, and the
best pictures can be assured only by the best lens
equipment.
(auscli |omD
Projection [enses
Brilliantly clear, sharply defined images that
bring out every detail of a film story true to life
and nature are told upon the screen by Bausch &
Lomb objectives and condensers. Equip your ma-
chine with them and build up a permanent patron-
age that means steady profits.
The Edison and Nicholas Power machines are
regularly equipped with our lenses. They can be
procured also through any film exchange.
Our interesting free booklet
is well ivortli luriting for.
Bausch ^ Ipmb Optical (g.
566 ST. PAUL STREET
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE PHANTOSCOPE
"What counts isn't what you
pay — but what you get for
what you pay."
Watch our ad next week
for an Extraordinary
Announcement of far-
reaching importance.
Bond Bnilding, Washington, D. C.
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Phantoscope Mfg. Co. | Charles L. Kiewert Co.
,',H(i
THE
BRIGHT
WHITE
LIGHT
(CALCIUM EFFECT)
so Desirable for
Moving Picture
Projections
is ONLY produced with
BIO
CARBONS
They Are
"The Carbons You Want"
NEW YORK
163 GrecDwIch St.
MILWAUKEE
114 Bores St.
SAN FRANCISCO
143 Sec*n4 St.
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PUT in yvor awa
lighting plant and
pa; for it witt
jour Ccntrml Statiao
bills. A Foos gcnerat
ing set will produc*
current for less than j
cents per kilowatt, and
is more reliable than
service from a Central
Station.
Ask for Bolletiii 9I.
Cl^
Springfield, Ohio
DEVELOPING and PRINTING
carefully done for professionals and amateurs.
The largest factory in the world devoted exclusively to
Manufacturing Commercial Moving Pictures
Prices and factory description sent at your request
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE
Watterson R. Rothacker, Gen. Mgr,
223-233 West Erie Street, Chicago
CO.
NO ^SATURATOR-NO ETHER* NO OXONE ;
IHO EXPENSIVE: CHEMICALi ^ "= - ^^^-^^^
EXHIBITORS BEST FRIEMD.
NEVER FAILS ^
ozofCARBlMovwGPlC
GrREATEST^
_ •; A SCIENTIFIC FACT. ;;
MOORE-HUBBELL&CO.^TlZ MASONIC TEMPLE-tHICAGO
SECOND WARNING TO BUYERS
Dadmun of Boston (maker of New England in
Motion) will offer this month a three-reel feature,
"Where Life's Cross-Roads Meet," beautiful in
scenic effects, masterful in action, touching in
pathos, absorbing in interest, natural in situation
and intense in climax. The photography is perfect,
the staging is artistic, the acting is compelling.
DADMUN CO.
1 Washington Street Boston, Mass.
MAKE 'EM YOURSELF
SLIDES
Make them yourself. Written with pen and ink or type-
writer. Three minutes to make a slide. Used for adver-
tising slides, to announce future or feature programmes,
for chorus slides when chorus slide is missing. We send
four colors of gelatin. The slides look well and anyone
can make them. They are handy also for announcing
Taudeville acts. In fact, they may be readily used for
anything you may wish to say to your audience.
For tke «mn of $3.50 -we will send, fay parcel pest, prepaid aad
in»mr«d, tiie foUowing:
J4 cover (Uii, i pu^ace binder stripa, i dozen mats, r Uutme-
>io* tkeet, i form theet and 50 (trips uaorted colon seladn —
fcr from 300 to 400 ilidea. Order now. Addreaa:
Y.
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO.
173S West 9th St. Brooklyn. N.
KinB'L'3--MANS
1 lie only altcrnat-
iiiK-currcnt fan that is
variable speed and re-
versible. You can run it
at any speed. Vou can use
it one moment to force out
foul air anil the next mo-
ment to draw in fresh air.
Kimble Ventilation is the
most elHcient — also the most
conomical. Write for the Red
Catalog and gel the facts.
Kimble Electric Co.
63J North Western .■\vciuic.
Chicago, Illinois.
CAMERA MEN
OF PROVEN ABILITY
furnished for all occasions. We send
our men to any quarter of the globe.
Special lighting equipment suitable for
making interior scenes under any and all
conditions rented with competent elec-
tricians by the day, week or month.
We make educational, dramatic
or industrial pictures to order.
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORATION
"Specialists in Industrial Motion Pictures"
949 Broadway, New York City
ALBUQUERQUE FILM MFG. CO.
FEATURING MISS DOT FARLEY
(DIRECTION G. P. HAMILTON)
Releasing Through Warner's Features, Inc.
,-WE EQUIP YOUR THEATRE COMPLETE-
Edison, Powers, Simplex, Motiograph and
Edengraph Machines and Genuine Parts.
Photo and Poster Frames, Indirect Lighting Fix-
tures* Curtains and Screens, Rebuilt Machines,
etc. Cash or Time. Send for catalog today.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY COMPANY
I6OA No. Fifth Ave.
ChicasTO
EYE COMFORT
Lighting System
So necessary to the success of every
Motion Picture Theatre that w«
engineer 60 Theatres a month.
This is a free service to Motion
Picture Theatre Managers.
IMstanc* Screen to %»*x ot Aodltorliim _
Ceilinf Horkt .•«•..„,•.
Widti of House
Height Under Balcony
Dist&QCc Rear AuditoriuiB to Front of B^cooy
Naaie ^
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO.
CHICAGO-229 W. Jicksao Bird. NEW TORK-6 L 39lb SL
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THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
Announcement
"\X7E beg to announce to the trade that owing to an order
' '' of the Fire Department we were compelled to vacate
premises, 102 West 101st Street, and have removed our labor-
atory and studio to Grantwood, N. J., having there purchased
a tract of land and buildings wherein there is installed a
modem and fully equipped laboratory, where we will be
pleased to continue developing and printing for the trade.
NEGATIVES DEVELOPED f^e Capacity of our new laboratory has been increased over
Ic per foot
the old by 100%.
POSITIVE PRINTS ON EASTMAN
STOCK 4c per foot
(including tinting and toning)
We guarantee every inch turned out of our laboratory.
Executive Offices, 220 W. 42nd St.
Telephone 7852 Bryant
Laboratory, Grantwood, N. J.
COMMERCIAL MOTION PICTURES CO., Inc.
rne Exhibitor vSAYs
, Com plete Equipment
for "She Motion •Picture. Theatre
Ser\d f~or- Complete C&t&lo^xie
608 OLIVE ST EFiKER,'S ST.IsOUIS.MO
■■MCaohiroc fnr C^ila C- W. BRADENBURGH. 802 Vine St.. Philidelphia ^^
redlUreS lUr Oaie Phooe Wainul534. Cabit ••Bradlilm"
AdT. Price
1-3
1-3-6
1-3-6
1-3-6
1-3-6
1-3-6
1-3-6
J360
175
150
ISO
13
100
150
Ross
TITLE Length
WHAT HAPPENED TO MART No. 1
to 12 1200
THE WRECK 2880
LEAP OF DESPAIR 3670
BRIGANDS DATOHTER 3950
FOIR DARE DEVILS las newl 2»i0
MYSTERY ciF TUB DEATH HEAD. ...2800
IN THE MIDST OF THE JUNGLE (First
adventure Kathrj-n) 3000
BULL FIGHT: SPAIN VS. MEXICO
(new) 2000
WANTED BY THE POLICE 3000
TDM BUTLER 2650
SPANISH BL(X)D (Asta Neilsen) 4200
THE (iYPSY lExclusive Coi)V, new) 3200
UNMASKED (Esclusive Copy, new) 2800
THE IRON MAN 2000
FliiHT FDR THE GREAT BLACK
DIA.MOND 3000
A DARE DEVIL RB»CnE (Rodman
Law) 3000
A BROKERS SiACRinCE 3000
THE DREAD OF DOOM 3000
Terms caah with order. 100 additlonrl features. Send for list and prices.
The cheapest house in the trade for second hand films. Ordlnarj- films, comic
and dramas for sale from $5.00 per reel up, with postf-rs. Over three million
feet to select from. Every film with title and sound condition. No Junk
Everything for the exchange man. Titles to order 5 ft. at 40 cents each, any
color. leader stock $5.00 per 1000 feet. Cement, Pathe Formula Jl. 00 per quart.
Maker
Edison
Vitagraph
Itala
Pasquali
C-osmo
Monarch
Selig
Huerta &
Mittenthal
E>?lair
Union
Gamsa
Gamsa
Urban
Nester
Roma
Tula
Itala
l-J-6
120
1-3-6
100
1-3-6
V.-S
1-3-6
2110
1-4
775
1-4
rib
1-3-6
100
1-3-6
200
1-3-6
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1110
1-3-6
125
BEAUTIFY YOUR THEATER
WITH FLORAL DECORATIONS
It gives artistic Atmosphere. It produces Charm.
It gives an appearance of Culture — enhances
Beauty — delights your Patrons — produces Tone
and Class. It is a profitable-patronage building
Incestment. We have every imaginable floral effect
and botanical production of America and Europe.
Beautiful Colored Cata-
logue Mailed Free to You
We Specialize on Floral Pa
rades and Summer Specialties
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO.
504 South Fifth Avenue CHICAGO
REIAD THIS : We quote absolutely the lowest prices
ever offered on reliable goods.
CALEHUFF SUPPLY COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Jobber! for Powers, Edison, Motiograph and Simplex
Ij^ng supply house in AMERICA
Mercury Arc Rectifier
Flame Arc Lamps
Automatic Ticket Registers
Exit Signs
SUde Ink
Carrying Cases
Tickets
Condensers
Pianos
Chairs
MIRROR SCREENS
PROMPT SHIPMENTS BACKED BY A SOLID CUARANTEZ
A F«w Slichtljr Und Machines
N. W. corner 13th and Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pm.
Wagner Converters
Brass and Wood Frames
Ticket Choppers
Abestos State Booths
Ft. Wayne Compensarcs
Fire Extinguishers
Fire Boxes
Carbons
Cement
Trap Drum Effects
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
135
POSTER
MOUNTING
HEADQUARTERS
CT-OTH
Our 42-inch poster cloth is recogni
zed as the standard fabric for pos'er mounting. It
is used by the LEADERS.
lURNER-HALSEY COMPANY 62 LEONARD
STREET, NEW YORK
DO THIS NOW!
If you do not receive a copy of "The
Universal Weekly" every week, send
me the name and address of your
theatre and I'll see that you get it,
NO MATTER WHAT PROGRAM
YOU ARE USING. You can't know
what's going on in the film business
unless you read "The Universal
Weekly." Here's a corking good
chance to boost your business. Do
it now !
CARL LAEMMLE, Praiident
The Laemmle Film Service
20s West Waahineton Street, Chicago, 111.
252-A Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
1122 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.
Hubbell Building, Dea Moinee, Iowa.
Agents for All Makes of Machines
and Accessories
'The BiggMt and Be«t Rim Renter in the World"
Booking now forw
Illinois and Wisconsin
"The Folks From
Way Down East"
in 5 Reels
General Feature Film Co.
5 So. Wabash Ave. Chicago, 111.
• 'T ""irnnf«ii'Tti' ' ^1
Omconentcd
Theatres
PLASTER RELIEF DECORATIONS
ThratTcs Designed Everywhsr*
Write kr Ubrtrated Jhmln CUabf. Smi m
SoM •< TbMin kr Spiritl Dui|u.
THE DECORATORS SUPPLYCO.
ArebOT Am. m>4 Lm St. CHICAGO. ILL.
MOVING PICTURE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Used and highly endorsed bj the United Stmte* Amy.
Biggest Senaation in the Moving Picture World. Can M
operated by a boy 10 years old. One customer writet:
"Plant mnniiic Uke > top and dclireriiic *k« 'jtdiM' right alaaf
T for our moTing picture houae. Coata ■■ abaot m»*mt^ ■•
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day for oar morins picture _ _
ta pablfe Mrriee. Awe ponpe water to •■ Mir bnlhHTH^ a.a»a
per day."
Write todar far BaBetfa lei. It is a
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS. DapC 101. DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A.
FOR SALE
SEVERAL SIMPLEX AND POWER'S 6A MACHINES
All late models — good as new. Also Machine Trunks, Booths, Economizers, Stage Cable, Etc.
Apply Room 200, 226 West 42nd Street, New York City
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SEEBURG "MOTION PICTURE PLAYER"
It has solved one of the
Big Problems of the
Moving Picture Business.
Played either manually or
automatically, it produces
real music for the pictures.
"The wonder of them all"
—Get Complete Information on it by Addressing-
J. P. SEEBURG PIANO CO., Manufacturers, 209 s. state''street"chicago, ill.
Film Quality
Quality in the film — quality from
a technical photographic Mand-
point is as important to the
Exhibitor as is interest in the
story that the film tells.
There's one film that's recog-
nized the world over as the stand-
ard of quality — that is always
used by those whose effort it is to
give the Exhibitors the very best
goods and the very best service —
Eastman film.
And it is identifiable. Look for
"Eastman" on the perforated
margin.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPAIiY,
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
THE CENTAUR
FILM COMPANY
The Oldest Independent Film Manufacturer
Has the largest com-
mercial plant in America,
the most up-to-date equip-
ment, and an organization
second to none.
Printing and developing
in any quantity. Quality
guaranteed. Prices
interesting.
CENTAUR FILM CO.
Bayonne, N. J.
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137
COMPENSARC
Tlwt't the device that Mvea Moving Pic-
ture men two-thirds on their electric light
bilU, and yet gives better light. Did you
»ee our ad last week? Well, don't loot it
up. Just w-Tite for our
Booklet 15018
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS
OF CBNERAL CLCCTRIC OOMFAMT
1402 Broadway
FORT WAYNE INDIANA
TS3
Developingand Printing
6c Per Foot
INO.rUtXG STOCK.
TITLES 7c Per Foot
SATISI ACTIllX GrARANTEF.I)
CAMERA WORK
Advertising Motion Pictures
PRICES OS RKQU?;ST.
Commercial Filmers
1101 W. Randolph St., Chicago, 111.
ORCHESTRA MUSIC
FOR MOVING PICTURES
The Orpheum Collection of dramatic
and descriptive music for Piano and
seven orchestra parts. Piano can be
used alone. In two series :
No. 1 and No. 2
Piano, 58 cts. each. Both ieriei,
$1.15. Violin, 4« cts. each; both 75
cts. Cello-4-Bass same price »3
violin. Flute 35 cts. each. Both
series, 65 cts. Clarinet, Comet and
Trombone same price as Flute.
Drums, 30 cts. each. Both seriei,
55 cts.
Send for free sample page and fur-
ther discounts, 3d series ready for
piano onlj : 58 eta.
CLARENCE E. SINN
UOl SEDGWICK ST., CHICAQO, ILL.
WE BUY, SELL and REKT
moving picture machines, films and chairs.
THEATRE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE
440 S. Dvarbom Chi— go, !■
FILM MAKING
OUTFITS
for Professional Film Work, for the
Alanufacturer, Traveler, Explorer,
Scientist and Private. The well-
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200 feet capacity; Tripods, Tilts,
Printers. Developing Outfits, Pro-
jectors, Lenses, Polishers, Measurers,
Menders, Winders. Special Film
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EBERHARD SCHNEIDER
219 Second Ave. New York
OM
FOR EVERY PURPOSE
1,000 STYLES
ESTABLISHED 1865
WRITE FOR CAT. NO. 31
The A. H. Andrews Co.
115-117 So. Wabash Ave.
Chlcuiio, III.
Braochcn In all l.cndlntf Cities
New VorkOmce
1473 Broadway, l.ona Acre Bldft.
Seattle Omce
508-10-12 Flmt A»e.. So.
Son Frant-'lsco Office. 782 Mission St.
Largest Stock and Quick Deliveries on
Motion Picture Seating
Pleasing Dcsi^s. Reasonable Prices
Write for Illustrated Books
V-2 Veneer Seating. V-3, Upholstered Seating.
Send floor sketch for Free Seating Plan
Hmerican Seating Company
"Public Seatins Exclusively''
14 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago 18 E. 32nd St., New York
BOSTON PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH
The "Standardized" Theatre Chairs
Do you want a life-saving chair?
Do you want a space-saving chair?
Do you want a sanitary chair?
Do you want a scientifically built, double
standard chair?
We operate the largest exclusive the-
atre chair factory in the world, AND
SELL DIRECT TO YOU. WRITE US
THE HARDESTY MFG. CO., Canal Dover, Ohio
C70 INTO THE
MOVING PICTURE BUSINESS,
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MAKE MONEY FAST!
BE YOUR OWN BOSS!
$30 TO $50 PER NIGHT CLEAR
No Experience Needed
We furnish you with machine, fihn,
curtain and complete outfit ready to go
to work with OK OUR EASY PAYMEIfT PUM.
Writ* Now for Our L«rs« FREE Catatocuc.
SATIOSAL MOTLSG PICTUBE CO.
Dp pt. U. P.. Elliwortb Bnlldlnr. Ctaicar*
Mr. Exhibitor:
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DEAGAN MUSICAL
ELECTRIC BELLS
Double receipts,
kill competiton.
Are played from
piano keyboard.
Write for Catalog
J. C. DEAGAN
DEAGAN BUILDI N
1776 Berteau Ave.
CHICAGO. ILL.
■tMl Standards
will not break
STEEL OR IRON
STANDARDS
H. 0. Anslej,
1476 B'way, Lone Acre
Bldc.
New York Oity.
Teletilione 6619 Bryant
Qallfomia Seating Co.
TSO South Em Street,
Lot Angeles, Cal.
H. A, Johnson Seatlojt
Co., 1214% 3d Ave..
Seattle, Wash.
The Wisconsin Seatiuj
Company
New London, 'Wisconsin. U.S.A.
Non-Breakible
and
Sanitary
STEEL
LOW
Price
Opera Chairs
Immediate shipment <m
toAsj ■t7'le«; Second
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dovr eeatlnf. Send
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The Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Releases Sunday, July 5,
"The ANGEL of
CONTENTION"
From Will Levington Comfort's short story,
"The Sheriff of Contention"
Featuring the beautiful LILLIAN GISH in a
beautiful story beautifully played.
LILLIAN GISH
Appears exclusively in
LILLIAN GISH Majestic Releases and Griffith Specials
KOMIC COMEDIES S7f.V"cE' 'bov^- -^
series
adapted from the humorous stories by PAUL WEST.
*• BILL'S JOB," No. 1 released Sunday, July 5
No. 2 released Sunday, July 19
The Majestic Guide for Exhibitors
Have you exhibitors been reading and depending on this guide ? We are endeavoring to
the best of our ability to tell you our honest opinion of each Majestic release.
THE ANGEL OF CONTENTION, two reels, release date Sunday, July 5. A picture
that we believe surely will pull business to your house.
THE ONLY CLUE, one reel, release date July 7. A very different kind of picture
with a thrill and suspense that will hold your spectators.
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, two reels, release date Sunday, July 12. A story of a
young country boy seeking his fortune in a large city. Novel and interesting.
D. W. GRIFFITH supervises the production of all Majestic releases
The Majestic Motion Picture Co.
STUDIO:
45DO Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Cal.
BUSINESS OFFICES:
29 Union Sq. West, New York City.
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REPORTER JIMMIE INTERVENES"
A big, telling, trenchant, up-to-date newspaper story of an attempted municipal franchise steal. How
the reporter gave the "once over" to the man higher up, scored the big "Beat," and won a wife, is a
swift, moving and absorbing entertainment.
IN TWO REELS— RELEASED, JULY 6th
July 7th— "ALGIE'S SISTER"
A city boy is marooned on a ranch, and the cow-
boys have great game with him. He outwits his
tormentors by introducing a female impersonator
as his sister. A cow-puncher comedy with a big
lilt.
July 8th— "CARYL OF THE
MOUNTAINS"
A moonshiner, anxious to win a mountain-
maiden, tries to catch her through fear by start-
ing the story that her father is a "revenuer."
The real villain is caught, and the girl is won by
the man of her heart. Featuring KATHLYN
WILLIAMS and THOMAS SANTSCHI.
July 10th— "DID SHEiCURE HIM?"
The husband loves cards, clubs and conviviality,
but his husky wife gives him "the fruit cure" un-
til he is almost foundered. A roar from start to
finish.
July 11th— "HIS FIGHT"
A faithless but fascinating wife is divorced by
her husband and comes to grief through another
marriage. She tries to win the former back, but
fails. A surprising story with big hearthold.
THE HEARST -SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
grows stronger and more interesting with every issue. A world-winner in capturing big events. GET THE SERV-
ICE! Released MOA^ZP^yS and THURSDAYS.
N. B. — SELIG'S posters have a certain dash in drawing and a charm in color that catches and holds the attention.
One-sheets on all releases; threes and sixes on multiple reels.
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'M'O group of words that has ever
been written by the brightest of
scientific minds with intent to describe
motion picture projecting machines can
tell as much as the one word
POWER'S
NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY
Ninety Gold Street New York City
Vol. 21, No. 2
July 11. 1914
Price lO Cents
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Black Hundred in Secret Session
Flo La Badie as Florence Gray, the Heroine
Attendance Records Broken!
The record for hot weather crowds is shattered! —
smashed! Never before have crowds rushed to the theatres in the
hot weather as they have to see Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion picture
version of Harold MacGrath's great story, "The Million Dollar Mystery."
where report record crowds. And that means to theatres record profits!
Theatres every-
THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
MYSTERY
By Harold MacGrath
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
This stupendous production is being shown in weekly episodes; a
2-reel episode will be released each week for 22 weeks. $10,000.00 will be paid for
the best 100-word solution of the mystery.
Exhibitors and the public join in saying:
"Wonderful photography." "Beautiful settings." "Exceptional acting."
"A splendid cast." "An example of the very best motion picture work."
Bookings are still being arranged. The Million Dollar Mystery is an independ-
ent release and may be obtained regardless of the regular program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W, 23rd St., NEW YORK 166 W. Washington St., CHICAGO
or Syndicate Film Corporation representative at any-
Mutual Exchange in the United States and Canada.
The Thanhouser Three-a-Week
Tuesday, July 7th, "Deborah" (2 reels). A romance of the 18th century, displaying the talents of
Maude Fealy, Robert Robson, Josephine Hoole, Morris Foster, Edward Hoyt, Mitch Lewis, Louis
Evert, Helen Badgley, the Thanhouser Kidlet.
Sunday. July 12th, "The Leaven of Good.*' The happy uniting of a brother and sister in an astoundingly -
dramatic romance, enacted by Mayre Hall, Irving Cummings, Tom Crugar, Tools Brady, H. Marx.
Ten Million People
Are Waiting to See the Photoplay Masterpiece
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT"
Written by LOUIS TRACY
THOUSANDS
of Dollars Have Been Expended by the Manufacturers
Whose Players Were Nominated for the Role of
John Delancy Curtis. The Fact That
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
is Featured in This Attraction Assures You of the
Greatest Advertising Drawing Card You Can Secure.
HUNDREDS
of Dollars Will Be Realized by Those Exhibitors Who
Will Book This Four Part Photoplay Adapted from
the Story and Produced by
ESSANAY
ESSANAY
"The Fulfillment"
If you have failed to book this three-act feature, do it now. It
is one of the most captivating human interest stories that has
ever been projected on the screen.
For a forceful political drama of graft, you could secure, nothing
better than this delightfully pleasing three-act attraction. It has
the necessary qualifications that spell success. Francis X.
Bushman featured.
"Blood Will Teir
If you are particularly fond of a well-staged, beautifully costumed
production that carries a story of romance, you will be greatly
pleased with this three-act attraction, both from the standpoint of
amusement and box office receipts.
G. M. ANDERSON in
"The
Goodfor-Nothing
If your patrons delight in seeing a story that is fairly filled with
heart interest, it will be wise for you to book this exceptional
.four-act photodrama in which Mr. G. M.Anderson is seen both
in the character of an Easterner and Westerner.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT ! ! !
The progressiveness of the Essanay Photo-
plays, the original subjects, the superb
photography and the popularity of the play-
ers, have necessitated our making one extra
subject a week.
EVERY MONDAY
Beginning July 13, 1914
We will release a " slapstick " comedy of real
merit that will appeal to the funny vein of
every Motion Picture Fan.
A NEW PICTURE CHARACTER
funny beyond explanation will be introduced
into these comedies.
Three Big Laughs — Three Big Thrills -^ Every Week
SIX-A-WEEK
ESSANAY
ARE YOU INSURED
AGAINST LOSS?
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Are the Greatest of All Dollar-Producing
Comics on the market. They are world-
famed for their abundance of unusual novel-
ties that are excruciatingly funny. The
leading characters, "SOPHIE CLUTTS,V
"SLIPPERY SLIM " and "MUSTANG PETE,"
are the most popular players appearing in
comedy productions. This, and the fact that
the stories are decidedly original, WILL
INSURE YOU AGAINST A LOSS.
ESSANAY
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Released Monday, July 20th
"MONEY TALKS"
A side-splitting "slapstick" comedy of unusual merit.
Released Tuesday, July 21st.
"MRS. BILLINGTON'S FIRST CASE."
An interesting comedy-drama concerning the aspirations of a female attorney. Story adapted
from The Munsey Magazines. i
Released Wednesday, July 22nd.
The Fable of "Higher Education that Was Too High for the Old Man."
A GEORGE ADE comedy with a laugh in every foot and a shriek in every scene.
Released Thursday, July 23rd.
"SLIPPERY SLIM'S INHERITANCE"
A Western comedy sensation featuring Margaret Joslin, Victor Potel and Harry Todd.
Released Friday, July 24th.
"A LETTER FROM HOME"
(In Two Acts)
A photographic and dramatic masterpiece. A story of heart interest and true to life incidents
that is well worth your booking.
Released Saturday, July 25th.
"BRONCHO BILLY AND THE GAMBLER."
A Western drama with a punch, featuring G. M. ANDERSON.
RELEASED THROUGH THE GENERAL FILM COMPANY'S FEATURE DEPARTMENT.
SATURDAY, JULY 18th!
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT."
(In Four Acts)
The story written by Louis Tracy that has stirred the entire universe. The novel your audiences
took delight in reading, because they were given the privilege to vote — to elect a photoplayer to
enact the leading role, that of John Delancey Curtis, in the photoplay production — and they elected
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
Your patrons want to see this production. Book it for them !
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
521 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago.
Factory and studio: 1333 Argyle St., Chicago, 111. Branch offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona
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There are hundreds of exhibitors in the moving picture
business today who remind me of the ostrich. They hide their
heads in the sand of hope, thinking this will prevent their enemy,
The Future, from finding them.]
There was a time when you could sit in a revolving chair,
cock your feet up on your desk and let the dollars or nickels roll
into your picture house. All you had to do was to show FILM —
any old trash, as long as it MOVED.
Don't Forget that the first MARY PICKFORD one reel Imp "IN
THE SULTAN'S GARDEN" will be released Monday, July 20. You
are bound to pack them in with this added attraction. Special Litho-
graphs.
Don't forget that MARY FULLER has joined the ranks of
the incomparable staff of leading Universal photoplayers. You can
bless your lucky stars that you've got the Universal Program be-
cause this is only the forerunner of the big "scoops" we are going to
pull.
AND ABOVE ALL DON'T FORGET to book "The Universal
Universal Stars in one reel. It's the greatest novelty you ever had
CAN YOU BEAT THIS FOR
MONDAY, July 13.
VICTOR— Out of The Valley (Western and Indian Dr) (Warren Kerrigan).
IMP— When The World Was Silent (Two Reel Melodrama), Leah Bairdand William
Shay.
STERLING— Almost Married (Com).
TUESDAY, July 14.
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, The Girl of Mystery (Series No. 14) (Two Reel Drama),
Grace Cunard and Francis Ford.
CRYSTAL— Vivian's Four Beaus — and— What Pearl's Pearls Did (Split Reel Com).
p / UNIVERSAL IKE— The New Cook (Com).
WEDNESDAY, July 15.
NESTOR— Her Grave Mistake (Western Drama).
JOKER— Willy Walrus and the Awful Confession (Com).
ECLAIR— Renunciation (Two Reel Western Drama), Edna Payne and Robert Frazer.
ANIMATED WEEKLY—
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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AIM OSXRIOH!
THAT DAY HAS PASSED INTO OBLIVION. See that you
a'UUB^A^ i^ifS '^- ^°" '^^ sot a future coming to you— EITHER
AGOOD ONE OR A BAD ONE. It's up to you to make it good
or bad, but you ve got to quit loafing on your job if you hope to
make good.
ct >! c??J^^ ^°' '° ^"J/ "f "^ trash justbecause it is accompanied by
tLAbHY posters. You ve got to hook up with a solid, substantial
program-THE UNIVERSAL-that will meet all the changing
requirements of the market, no matter how fast the picture busi-
ness changes. CARL LAEMMLE.
Don't Forget that the Universal Boy with Httle Matty as the
leading character will be released Thursday, July 16th. This new
novelty will drive the mothers and kids to your door like bees to a hive.
Don't Forget that the "TREY O' HEARTS," written by Louis
Joseph Vance, will be released week of July 28th and that it will be
the best serial story ever written and the most excellent series of pic-
tures you ever saw.
Mystery," a one reel comedy, released Fridav, Julv 10th All of the
ottered to you. A SURE-FIRE HOUSE PACKER.
A WEEK OF WONDERS?
THURSDAY, July 16.
REX"^^"^^?^ ^^.x'^' ^u- l^r^^.°T*'y Travelogue), LitUe Matty.
STeVlSg-A leth £ra„^cr (£"2.).^"^ Litt.e-Herbert Rawlinson.
FRIDAY, July 17.
S^SPi^^^^^" ^^^^ ^^"* *° t^« front (Com).
Larldn) ^^""^'^^ "^*^ ^'^'^^ ^^^^ 2°*='^*^ ^•■^«)' Cleo Madison and George
VICTOR-The Panama Pacific Exposition Up to Date (Topical and Educational)
SATURDAY, July 18.
JOKER-His Wife's Family (Com). ^
Wm^"a?ffordl^~'^ ^^^'^ ^^"^ '" ^^"'^ ^'^'^° ^^^' ^•"*^'^ ^'^' Marie Walcamp and
SUNDAY, July 19.
REX — Out of the Darkness (Dr)
J??5'SER-The Ranger's Reward (Western Drama).
tCLAIR-Tango Versus Poker (Com), Barbara Tennant and Stanley Wolpole
1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
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Despite the fact that matters of the hour must
l)e carefully considered and those of the morrow
planned — still the receipts of the box-office "way
back home" is the all- important thought which
remains foremost.
Here is a list of master productions of the photo-play
art which stand signally as "house reputation builders" —
every one a play your patrons know — every one a star
they have admired or will admire :
ARIZONA
CHECKERS
SOLDIERS OF
FORTUNE
PAID IN FULL
IN MIZZOURA
PIERRE OF
THE PLAINS
THE JUNGLE
in 6 acts starring
in 5 acts starring
in 6 acts starring
in 5 acts starring
in 5 acts starring
in 5 acts starring
in 5 acts starring
—NEXT RELEASE—
LEW DOCKSTADER
In a Play of Civil War Days
"DAN"
Bv HAL REID
IN PREPARATION
ETHEL BARRYMORE
IN
"THE NIGHTINGALE"
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS'
"The Fighting Chance" and "The Firing Line"
Cyril Scott
Thos. W. Ross
Dustin Farnum
Tully Marshall
Burr Mcintosh
Edgar Selwyn
George Nash
?\LIy « STAR- FEATURE* CORPORATION'/
Harry R. Raver
S20 W. '^Z'2^ ST., NEW YORK
.XC L- U S rVE .AGENTS IN PRIfslCIRAl- CITIES OF THE. NA^ORl-D
Augustus Thomas
DIRECTOR eCMCAAL Of PftQD\jCTlOMS
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JESSE L. LASKY
PRESENTS
THE ROLLICKING MILITARY ROMANCE
"THE MAN
ON
THE BOX"
By Harold McGrath
Released July 13
Now available throughout THE WORLD
THE SQUAW MAN with DUSTIN FARNUM
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS with EDWARD ABELES
THE MASTER MIND with EDMUND BREESE
THE ONLY SON with THOS. W. ROSS
Distributors thro
JESSES L. LASKY FEAT
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PRESIDENT
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THE CLASSICAL SUCCESSES OB
DAVID BELASCO
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THE TRIUMPHS OF
THE LIEBLER CO.
The Hits of COHAN & HARRIS
The fiction works of Geo, Barr McCutcheon, Stuart
Edward White, Harold McGrath, etc, etc.
The Master Works of the World's Su-
preme Dramatists, Authors and Producers
ughout the world
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It wasn't a Gamble, it was a Dead
Sure Thing"
WW TCT READ the papers
^ ^^ ^ ASK anybody
THE MILLION DOLLAR FEATURE
SMASHED ALL RECORDS AT
THE MILLION DOLLAR THEATRE
WHICH MEANS THAT THE
ALL LAMBS' STAR
GAMBOL
Packed *em, Jammed 'em, Choked 'em with laughter and sent
*em away — yes, sent 'em away feeling like millionaires
Territory going fast.
Applications for time allotted as received.
State Right Buyers can buy it.
Exhibitors can book it direct.
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WILLIAM ELLIOTT
PRESENTS
The Smashing SIX REEL COMEDY FEATURE
Dustin Farnum
In Walter Hale's Picturization of William's
Widely Read Novel
The Lightning Conductor
The First Big Feature to Carry a Laugh Through
SIX REELS
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DUSTIN FARNUM in THE LIGHTNING
CONDUCTOR
6 Parts
SAVED BY THE BOYS IN BLUE
3 Parts
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THE QUEEN OF THE SMUGGLERS
4 Parts
A. BALDWIN SLOAN AND GRACE FIELD
In the Latest Modern Dances
One-Reel Novelty
When You
Are In Doubt
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THE BATTLE OF VERA CRUZ
2 Parts
SIR HENRY IRVING'S "THE BELLS"
4 Parts
EXHIBITORS!
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books now, and if your State is not
Features direct, or give you First Run
State Right Buyer's Profits from Pro
YOU 3AV
That's the SAWYER SYSTEM. Saw
Time" Houses. Sawyer's "Small
Houses. No House too Big for SAW'
House too Small for SAWYER TO
OFFICES BEING OPENED EVERYWHERE. ONE
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6 Parts
NELL GWYNNE
5 Parts
EXHIBITORS!
SAWYER. Get on SAWYER'S
sold, SAWYER will book you his
in Your Town and Save You the
ducer to Consumer and
MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT
Iyer's "Big Time" Features for "Big
ii Time" Features for "Small Time"
^YER'S FEATURES TO PACK. No
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LMIGEST
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>a^rite: or \a/ire: dire
LAMBS' ALL STAR GAMBOL
3 Parts
WHIIE DOVE'S SACRIFICE
3 Parts
THE CONVICT HERO
3 Parts
THE BUSHRANGER'S BRIDE
3 Parts
SAWYER Buys
SAWYER Markets
SAWYER Produces
SAWYER SELLS
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40,000 People
Tried to Get into EBBETS FIELD to See
THOS. H. INGE'S Six-Part Photo-Play
The Wrath of the Gods
OR
The Destruction of Sakura-Jima
NOTE — Monday evening, June 22nd, MARCUS LOEW opened up the Brooklyn National League's Baseball Grounds (Ebbets Field)
with a motion picture show, "The Wrath of the Gods," New York Motion Picture Corp.'s 6-Part Production, Produced by Thos. H. Ince.
Ebbet's Field can comfortably seat about 20,000 people, but Monday night over 40,000 tried to get in. Consequence was, a riot ensued,
quite a few people hurt and the Police Reserves from three different p recincts had to be called. Over 15,000 turned away. New York news-
papers devoted columns to the story.
ENLARGEMENTS FROM THE FILM.
New York Motion Picture Corp., 42„S"si:?„1.S?„'a>'!^Cv„rk
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^ The Feud at Beaver Creek, 2 parts, Friday, July 10th ^
g The City - 2 parts, Friday, July 17th 3
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M The Curse of Humanity, 2 parts, Thursday, July 9th IV4
J The Star of the North, 2 parts, Thursday, July 16th ^
J: THOS. H. INCE, Director-General ^
I BRONCHO HEADLINERS I
!^ The Final Reckoning, 2 parts, Wednesday, July 8th jrj
Q Shorty Turns Judge, 2 parts, Wednesday, July 15th q
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pi|. 8 by 10 Photos of players mentioned below can be had by sending to the Publicity Dept. 15 cents
1 nOlOS for one; 50 cents for sets of four; $1.00 for sets of eight.
MACK SENNETT THOS. H. INCE mildred Harris
MARFT NORMAND GRETCHEN LEDERER "SHORTY" HAMILTON
^»f^K^ ru^P^m MARGARET THOMPSON CHARLES RAY
CHARLES CHAPLIN TSURU AOKI WALTER BELASCO
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE rOY LAIDLAW FRANK BORZAGE
HARRY G. KEENAN CLARA WILLIAMS THOS. CHATTERTON
"BARNEY" SHERRY JAY HUNT LEONA HUTTON
RICHARD STANTON JOHN KELLER RHEA MITCHELL
A set of 8 by 10 Photos of Keystone Mabel, in four different poses, 50 cents
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORP.
LONG ACRE BLDG., 42nd STREET and BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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FEATURES
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The New Idea in Feature Films
Three big features every week in the year — every feature produced
by star players — every film a perfect example of photography — that is the
poHcy which makes Warner's Features stand head and shoulders above the
crowd.
As a matter of good business, you should investigate Warner's Fea-
tures. Most of you who attend the Dayton Exposition will have an oppor-
tunity to see a few of them on the screen. View them as critically as you
please, you'll admit they have all the elements of big success — the appeal,
the "punch," the quality.
Take note of these recent Warner's releases: —
MOTHER LOVE— into which Marion Leon-
ard has put all her cleverness and talent and
sympathy. A picturesque heart drama in two
chapters of three parts each.
A BORN WARRIOR and its sequel EXILED
— the most fascinating war romance you ever
saw, portraying the life story of Napoleon.
Magnificently staged in two chapters of three
parts each.
THE CITY OF PROMISE— with Cecilia Lof-
tus as the star. The adventures of a stage-
struck girl in New York. Never before have
Miss Loftus' splendid powers of mimicry been
shown so strikingly. A great three-part pro-
duction.
TWILIGHT — one of Gene Gauntier's most de-
lightful and absorbing dramas. A virile story
of the great North Woods, with a beautiful
half-breed girl named Twilight as the heroine.
A fine three-part film-play that you ought to
see.
TRICKING THE GOVERNMENT— with Val-
entine Grant in the leading role. A thrilling
tale of the moonshiners through which runs a
captivating love story. One of the famous
"Sidfilms" in three parts.
THE LIGHT UNSEEN— another of Marion
Leonard's great six-part productions, released
in two chapters of three parts each. The story
of an artist and a girl. The artist goes blind,
but the love of the girl ( surmounts every
obstacle.
BRINGING IN THE LAW— a wonderfully
realistic story of the plaints, featuring Josephine
We?t. A truly remarkable picture in three
thrilling parts.
The above partial list of our recent releases will give you an idea of
the tremendous things Warner's is doing. There are more big features
coming. :
When you visit the Dayton Exposition be sure to look up Mr. Harry
Charnas, manager of Warner's Cleveland Exchange, and get complete in-
formation about Warner's Features.
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WILL SOON MAKE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RELATIVE TO SEVERAL NEW
FEATURE PRODUCTIONS
OF THE FOLLOWING MANUFACTURERS
HEPWORTH'S, LONDON
PRODUCERS OF THE FOLLOWING NOTABLE FEATURE PHOTOPLAYS
"David Copperfield" "The Old Curiosity Shop" "Oliver Twist"
"The Cloister and the Hearth" "The Heart of Midlothain"
"The Vicar of Wakefield"
ALL PRODUCTIONS ENACTED BY A THOROUGHLY CAPABLE CAST AND PORTRAYED WITH THE
FAMOUS HEPWORTH PHOTOGRAPHY
THE TURNER FILMS, LTD.
CREATORS OF THE BIG SUCCESSES
"The Harper Mystery" "The Murdoch Trial"
AND NUMEROUS COMEDIES AND DRAMAS FEATURING THE POPULAR ACTRESS
MISS FLORENCE TURNER
ALL PRODUCTIONS PRODUCED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
MR. LARRY TRIMBLE
IVY CLOSE FILMS
FEATURING
MISS IVY CLOSE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN ENGLAND IN COMEDY PRODUCTIONS OF MERIT
HEPWORTH AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
A. BLINKHORN, Pres.
110-112 West 40th St. New York City
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Can now be booked at the following
Ramo Feature Offices
THE WORKER,
CARDS,
THE CURRENT,
MAN AND WOMAN, .
WIVES, .
FANGS OF HATE,
THE DEVIL WITHIN,
3 Reels IN THE STRETCH,
3
3
2
3
3
3
The Governor's Ghost, .
THE CRIMINAL PATH, 4
THE CLAWS OF GREED, 3
Through Dante's Flames, . 4
thou shalt not, . 4
^^Se^dyThis is th' life, 3
4 Reels
4
Atlanta, Georgia
Suite 311-312 Rhodes Building
North and SoutJi Carolina, Georgia, Flor-
ida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee
WM. R. MACK, Manager
Des Moines, Iowa
Suite 519-520 Utica Building
Iowa and Nebraska
P. J. HALL, District Manager
Montreal, Canada
41 St. Catherine Street, East
Toronto, Canada
11 Richmond Street West
Dominion of Canada, East of Fort
William
FRANK W. FOSTER, Manager
Minneapolis, Minn.
Temple Court Building
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
P. J. HALL, District Manager
Denver, Colorado
Nassau Building
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and
New Mexico
J. C. BUTTS, Manager
Kansas City, Missouri
Gloyd Building, 921 Walnut Street
Missouri, Kansas and Northern Oklahoma
P. J. HALL, District Manager
COMING ! COMING ! COMING !
The Conquerors. The Victoria Cross.
The Destruction of St. Pierre.
The Mad Mullah or The Lovers of the Nile.
Especially arranged from the original plays for RAMO staging, by the author himself,
Mr. PAUL M. POTTER
RAMO FEATURES, INC.
C. LANG COBB, Jr., Manager Sales and Publicity
Columbia Theatre Building, NEW YORK
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LEADING PLAYERS FILM CORPORATION
—PRESENTS—
"GERMANIA"
PICTURIZED BY SAVOIA
IN 5 ACTS
FROM THE FAMOUS LIBRETTO BY
LUIGI ILLICA
A Photoplay De Luxe — Portraying
the History of the German Revolution
— Love for the Fatherland — The gi-
gantic "Battle of Leipsic," which his-
tory has termed "The Battle of
Nations" — The Queen herself — Na-
poleon— The Little Drummer Boy —
and Freedom.
A GORGEOUS AND STUPENDOUS
SPECTACLE
NOW BEING SHOWN AT THE
STRAND THEATRE
47th Street and Broadway, New York
Your bids are invited!!!
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KALEM MASTERPIECE FILMS
SHANNON OF THE SIXTH
A Spectacular Five-Part Production of Edward E. Kidder's Fsunous Drama.
The famous Sepoy massacre at Meerut, India, in 1857, is shown with all the fidelity of the original event. The
blowing up of the arsenal in which the English women and children are concealed, and the furious battles be-
tween the Sepoys and the English soldiers, the last word in realism. The two 1-sheets, two 3-sheets, two 8-
sheets and the 24-sheet show the principal incidents.
Wolfe, or the Conquest of Quebec
A Five-Pcirt Historical Production
Every scene in this superb drama produced in authentic loca-
tions in Canada. See the bombardment of Quebec, the attempt to
destroy the English fleet and the battles at Montmorenci Falls and
on the Plains of Abraham. Two 1-Sheets, two 3-Sheets, two 8-Sheeti
and a 24-Sheet for this feature.
The Boer War
A Five-Part Military Drama
"This is real war," declared critics who viewed this production
recently. Your patrons will say the same when they see the Battles
of Elandslaagte, Wagon Hill, Botha's Pass and Almond's Nek. Two
1-Sheet, two 3-Sheet, two 8-Sheet and one 24-Sheet Posters.
FRANCIS MARION
"The Swamp Fox"
An absorbing three-part story of the famous "Swamp Fox's"
campaigns against the British in 1776. Strong 1, 3 and 6-Sheet
Posters.
A CELEBRATED CASE
A Four-Part production of the famous drama which for years was
one of the most popular plays on the stage. Alice Joyce, Mar-
guerite Courtot, Guy Coombs and Alice HoUister in strong roles.
Attractive 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
THE OTHER HALF OF THE NOTE THE DEATH SIGN AT HIGH NOON B
A Three-Part story of a Secret Service man's efforts to run down
a band of smugglers. Superb 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
A Three-Part drama which is without doubt one of the strongest
Indian stories ever filmed. Jane Wolfe and Marin Sais in absorbing
roles. Attention -attracting 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
Released through General Film Masterpiece Service
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Have become convinced that for getting the money it is
the one best bet. To show a DAILY NEWS poster out-
side your theatre is insurance against a dull day — to
show the film on your screen means a satisfied audience.
Invariably the PATHE DAILY NEWS Exhibitor is a
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MEG O' THE MOUNTAINS
A Drama by Richard R. Ridgely
In two parts, 2000 feet.
This is a thrilling story of love, hatred and accusation in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Carolina. And, owing to the tragic intensity of its situations, is a picture story of unusual
force. The parts are well acted and the human probabilities of the story lend a flavor of
realism tp the film. RELEASED FRIDAY, JULY 17TH
COMING EDISON RELEASES
**Across the Burning Trestle
Drama — An adaptation of "In Christmas
Canyon" by Francis Lynde. 1000 feet.
Saturday, July 18th.
^Adventure of the Absent Minded
Professor
Seventh "Octavius" storv. Comedv. 1000 feet.
Monday, July 20th.-
*A Matter of Minutes
Eighth "Man Who Disappeared" story.
Drama. 1000 feet. Tuesday, July 21s't.
*A Deal in Statuary
Comedy. 550 feet.
His Wife's Burglar
Comedy. 500 feet.
\\'ednesday, July 22nd.
•J**lPT
Ladd
le
A new- version of the celebrated Edison drama.
In two parts. 2000 feet. Friday, July 24th.
*Oiie sheets. **One and three sheets.
*One, three and six sheet posters by the Morgan Lithograph Co.
i^tnu.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
239Xakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.
Makers of the Edison Kinetoscope, Model "D."
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"The Incompetent," Wednesday, July *th.
A Comedy Every
Tuesday and
Saturday
A Drama
Every
^.Friday
A TWO-REEL 'feature
Every Wednesday
and Thursday
"The Debt," Thursday, July 9th.
"FOOLING FANNY'S FATHER"
Comedy. Tuesday, July 7th.
I'ather is working on a contrivance to advance or reverse a per-
son's age, but Fanny and her sweetheart show him that it won't
work.
"WHILE AUNTIE BOUNCED"
Comedy. Tuesday, July 7th.
Auntie tries to stop the courting between Alice and a Circus
Acrobat, but they throw her in the bounding net until she consents.
"THE INCOMPETENT"
Two Reel Drama. Wednesday, July 8th.
A very intense drama. A story of a worthless man, a devoted
wife and excellent friend, the fatal triangle, which causes a tragedy,
followed by a new era of happiness.
"THE DEBT"
Two Reel Drama. Thursday, July 9th.
Some sad experiences in the life of a poor but worthy chorus girl
who becomes the victim of a rich old roue, but eventually is saved
by a heroic and worthy lover.
"THE TRIBUNAL OF CONSCIENCE"
Drama. Friday, July 10th.
Unfortunate career of a spendthrift son who, being discarded by
his excellent father, robs the safe and goes headlong to ruin and
poverty. Eventually he reforms and a faithful old servant secures
a reconciliation and prosperity.
"HOW HE LOST HIS TROUSERS"
Comedy. Saturday, July 11th.
Excellent comedy picture in which a young swell friend calling on
his chum's family is mistaken for an escaped lunatic. He is de-
prived of his pants and has to escape dressed in a lamp shade.
"MANDY'S CHICKEN DINNER"
Comedy. Saturday, July 11th.
Mandy invites the preacher to dinner and gives her trifling hus-
band money to buy a chicken, but through his clumsiness the rooster
gets away. The husband then robs a poultry farm, which causes
a sad mix-up.
FIVE EACH WEEK
"HE WAS BAD"
Comedy Tuesday, July 14th
"TOUGH LUCK"
Comedy Tuesday, July 14th
"CODES OF HONOR"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, July 15th
"THE CROSS OF CRIME"
Two Reel Drama Thursday, July 16th
"THE LIE"
D rama Friday, July 17th
"SHE WANTED TO KNOW"
Comedy Saturday, July 18th
"ALL FOR LOVE"
Comedy Saturday, July 18th
"TEMPER AND TEMPERATURE"
Comedy Tuesday, July 21st
"WORMS WILL TURN"
Comedy Tuesday, July 21st
"WHO SEEKS REVENGE?"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, July 22d
"THE FALSE SHADOW"
Two Reel Drama. ....'. Thursday, July 23d
"A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY"
Drama Friday, July 24th
"A MATTER OF RECORD"
Comedy Saturday, July 25th
LUBIN POSTERS
By Our Own Staff of Artists — One and Three Sheets with Single
and Split Reels. One, Three and Six Sheets with all Multiple Reels.
Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office - - - 154 West Lake Street
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LUBIN MASTERPIECES
Lubin Masterpieces are eagerly sought and well advertised by Exhibitors, because of their tremendous
drawing power. This drawing power has been thoroughly established from the painstaking efforts always
noticed in Lubin pictures, together with the lavish expenditure' necessary to produce and maintain the standard
wliich we have set.
The first requisite is a good play, then the carefully selected cast, and bearing those two important points
in mind, the list below will conclusively prove that we are now in a position to offer
" Broadway^ s Best Successes with Broad way s Best Stars'*
NOW READY AND ABOUT TO BE RELEASED
"THE WOLF" By Eugene Walter. Five Reels— with the Famous Lubin All Star Cast.
As Beautiful a picture as was ever made.
"MICHAEL STROGOFF" Five Reels— with JACOB P. ABLER, the Eminent Romantic
Actor, in the leading role.
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR" Five Reels— with the Famous Lubin All Star Cast.
FAMOUS AND POPULAR PLAYS NOW IN PREPARATION
'THE EAGLE'S NEST"
THE RAGGED EARL"
(Now being produced in Colorado) Written by ED- By JOSEPH HUMPHRIES and ERNEST L.-\CEY-
WIN ARDEN, who made a great success in this play with ANDREW MACK in the leading role,
for }-ears and who now plays the important role in the
photo plav.
'THE FORTUNE HUNTER"
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
The funniest man on the stage in a specially written
By WINCHELL SMITH— with WM. ELLIOTT, late Comedy which promises to be the funniest Motion
Star of "Madame X" production, in the leading role. Picture yet produced.
FUTURE PRODUCTIONS WITH WELL KNOWN BROADWAY STARS
"THE SPORTING DUCHESS" "THE GREAT DIVIDE"
By CECIL RALEIGH By WM. VAUGHN MOODY
With the remarkable racing scene taken on a large HEXRV MILLER'S and MARGARET ANGLIN'S
and expensive scale. great success.
THE BIG DRURY LANE AND BROADWAY SUCCESSES BY CECIL RALEIGH
"SPORTING LIFE"— "THE GREAT RUBY"— "THE GREAT MILLIONAIRE"
"THE COLLEGE WIDOW"— By GEORGE ADE, the humor dispenser.
"THE DESERTERS"— By ROBERT PAYTON CARTER
"LOVERS' LANE" and "THE CLIMBERS"— By CLYDE FITCH.
"THE CIPHER CODE" l By CHARLES KLEIN, author of "Third Degree," "Lion and
and f the Mouse," "The Gamblers" and "Daughters of Men." al-
**£)J^^ BELKNAP" ready produced by Lubin, with wonderful success.
"MRS. DANE'S DEFENCE"— By HENRY ARTHUR JONES
and more to follow.
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Philfidelphia, Pa.
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LILLIAN'S DILEMMA
"The False and the True"
Drama. Monday, July 6th
Restored to sight, Betty discovers she has married her fiance's brother. He
proves to be a gooti husband and she escapes a worse fate than blindness.
The cast are DOROTHY KELLY, JAMES MORRISON, GEORGE COOPER
and GEORGE .STEVENS. .
"The Moonstone of Fez"
Two Part Drama. Tuesday, July 7th
In Algiers a woman strangely disappears from the face of the earth. The
solution of the mystery is astounding. It is all forgotten in the happiness of
the ending. MAURICE COSTELLO in the leads.
"Doctor Smith's Baby"
Comedy. Wednesday, July 8th
It belongs to Dr. Smith, but the wrong Dr. Smith has to care for it until the
right Dr. Smith is discovered. It's a funny mix-up and a natural mistake.
Maurice Costello and Mary Charleston are the leads.
"Prosecution"
Drama. Thursday, July 9th
Marcia's lover is the attorney against her brother. He offers to withdraw,
but she urges him to do his duty. She loves her brother, also her lover.
She would rather her brother suffer for his misdeed than her lover a coward.
MARGARET GIBSON, ALFRED VOSBURGH, GEORGE HOLT and GEORGE
KL'NKEL are the cast.
"The Vases of Hymen"
Comedy. Friday, July lOtk
They are both alike. BUNNY wants them both, so does FLORA FINCH.
They both marry and they both get the vases. They greet them as Hymen's
Messengers.
"Lillian's Dilemma"
Two Part Comedy. Saturday, July 11th
She can't give her brother his clothes. She wears them herself. One of the
boys wears hers. Two professors are accused of harboring a woman. Sub-
sequent developments get Lillian and the professors out of the dilemma.
One of them marries her. LILLIAN WALKER, WALLIE VAN and an
all star cast.
SIX A WEEK
"THE SOUL OF LUIGI"
Drama MONDAY, JULY 13
"FOGG'S MILLIONS"
Two Part Drama TUESDAY, JULY 14
"THE ARRIVAL OF JOSIE"
Comedy WEDNESDAY, JULY IS
"THE LITTLE CAPTAIN"
Comedy-Drama THURSDAY, JULY 16
"PIGS IS PIGS"
Comedy FRIDAY, JULY 17
"THE SONG OF THE GHETTO"
Two Part Drama SATURDAY, JULY 18
Vitagraph One, Three and Six Sheet Posters
THE VITAGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA
E. 15th St. and Locust Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Five Releases Each Week
IN WOLFFS CLOTfflNG
A TWO-PART DRAMA— THE FOURTH OF THE ALICE JOYCE SERIES.
Just as Daisy (Alice Joyce) is about to marry Carter Gordon, occurs an astounding denouement which re-
veals Gordon as a scoundrel and reunites the heiress to the man she really loves.
Released Monday, July 20th, 1, 3 and 6-Sheets that show the most exciting events.
THE BEAST
THE ALICE JOYCE PICTURE PRODUCED AT
THE GRAND CENTRAL PALACE.
This is the production staged before thousands of
exhibitors and photoplay patrons at the recent motion
picture exposition. The mystery of Melford's death
and the trial of Edith, his wife, for murder, will hold
observers wide-eyed. An all-star cast.
Released Tuesday, July 21st. Striking 1 and 3-Sheets.
The BINGVILLE Fire Department
There are a hundred laughs in the
efforts of the three rivals to win
the hand of the mayor's daughter.
What happens to the bold, bad
chief of police, makes this a
scream. Released Friday, July 24th.
THE RIVAL RAILROAD'S PLOT
FEATURING HELEN HOLMES IN A TWO-
PART RAILROAD DRAMA.
Death rides in the cab of the Midland locomotive
where the engineer and the rival railroad's spy are
engaged in mortal struggle. How the spy is hurled
to his fate will wring a gasp from photoplay patrons.
Released Wednesday, July 22nd. Business-Bringing 1,
3 and 6-Sheets.
DEFYING THE CHIEF
FEATURING PRINCESS MONA DARKFEATHER
The manner in which Running Elk's executioner is
chosen by his tribesmen; the knife-duel between the
rivals, and the ruse by which Ohonka saves her lover's
life, crams this with action.
Released Saturday, July 2Sth. Superb 1 and 3-Sheets.
KALEM COMPANY, 235-9 West 23d St., NEW YORK
SPECIAL NUMBER
Discussion of Trade Questions and Condi-
tions by Leading Manufacturers
and Producers
KINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES
A Latter Day Narrative of the Growth of the Motion
Picture Industry, the Twentieth Century Aladdin's Lamp.
FOURTH among the great commercial interests of
the United States, Kinematography, or the art of
making motion pictures, and the several co-related
branches of industry each contributing its portion to the
harmonious whole, has shown a development that hither-
to has not been equaled in the annals of business and that
may well be termed the marvel of the Century.
Efforts to trace the earliest beginnings of motion pho-
tography have taken some of the historians of the trade
back half a century to experimental efforts which have
had but little to do with the motion picture as we know
it today. It is possible that some of those early attempts
have a bearing upon subsequent discoveries, but the con-
nection is too slender and the relation too remote to be
considered in the story of the present day development
of this wonderful business as we shall tell it here. And
we might say, too, that this is not to be a history of Kine-
matography, with a maze of dates to be struggled with
and argued about. When one commences juggling dates
in this business one must needs be an expert prestidigita-
tor to cause them to fall in the right places at all times.
This is no more than a slender "yarn", just strong enough
to hold together: dates would do little more than tie
knots in it and otherwise tangle it up. If the reader
wants dates he may put them in — if he can.
It is generally agreed that it was somewhere 'round
about the year 1896 that motion pictures began to show
commercial possibilities in this country. Pictures of
things in motion were being taken by motion picture
cameras — such as they then were — and were being pro-
jected by projection machines — such as they were — in a
manner that reproduced the motion, but it was a great
trial to look at them. From that time the fight to make
the pictures better, both in the taking and the reproducing,
has been unremitting and, we must say. most satisfactory
in results. It was not until the year 1905, however, that
the motion picture business hit its present slant toward
prosperity, and from that date no sudden discovery of
hidden treasure has yielded such bounteous wealth to
those who have delved. It was as if an Aladdin had
rubbed a magic lamp, only there were many Aladdins
and as many lamps. Some have amassed millions and
all the way down the scale are thousands of others who
have gathered competences in varying amounts until we
must pronounce the motion picture the most munificent
of all Dame Fortune's vagaries, since through its channel
she has most widely dispensed her bounty.
But we started to say something about 1905. Before
that time there was nothing like the motion picture show
as we now know it. Aside from being used as "chasers"
in vaudeville houses, pictures were shown occasionally in
"halls", sometimes in regular theatres or under tents, but
always by traveling showmen who had picked up a few
reels somewhere and managed by reason of inherent in-
genuity to show something like a picture. This method
was in vogue for several years prior to 1905 and the reels
were supplied by Edison, Kleine, Lubin, \'itagraph and
Biograph, though the latter company gave its attention
principally to "mutoscope" views and was then known
as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Beginning of the "Store Show."
It was during the year 1905 that the novelty known
as "Hale's Tours" came out. "Hale's Tours" consisted
of a motion picture taken from the front of a trolley car
or automobile and then projected in a mechanical device
built in about the dimensions of a railway coach and con-
structed so that the swing and rattle of a coach in mo-
tion was simulated to a startling degree. "Passengers"
for these tours paid ten cents for each "trip" and saw
views of some railroad company's right of way or the
streets of a city as the trolley car pursued its devious
way about town. The idea was immensely popular as
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long as the promoters were able to supply "tour" pic-
tures and thousands of these devices were erected all
over the country wherever a storeroom twenty feet wide
could be secured at reasonable rental.
One of the first of these devices put in operation was
installed on State Street, Chicago, by Aaron Jones and
was operated by him at a handsome profit, thereby form-
ing the nucleus for the present firm of motion picture
theater owners known as Jones, Linick and Schaetfer
and the greatest in Chicago.
But the "tour'' pictures petered out and the owners
of the "tour" cars were compelled to get other views
and in doing so made the discovery that they could at-
tract the crowds as easily without the aid of the "Hale's
Tour " device for which they had to pay a royalty; so
out came that "tour car" and the famous moving picture
"Store Show" was born ! The bonanza had been discov-
ered and the rush for riches was on. Most everyone in
the picture business today has witnessed the development
of the exhibition business from the "store show," which
is rapidly passing, to the large and comfortable houses
where the finest pictures are now shown.
It was the multiplication of the "store show" that gave
the motion picture business its impetus. In the beginning
stores could be rented at a low figure and the cost of
two or three hundred cheap folding chairs, a few yards
of muslin and a projecting machine did not exceed five
hundred dollars. During the year 1906 thousands of store
shows were opened and the demand for pictures was
theretofore unheard of. Edison, Lubin, \'itagraph and
Biograph were the only companies making pictures in
America. George Kleine, in Chicago, was importing and
Pathe Freres and George Melies during that year estab-
lished agencies in New York, but the supply was utterly
inadequate.
The output of the American manufacturers was not
great. Edison made but two pictures a month at the most,
Biograph did but little better and. by reason of a series
of suits brought by the Edison Company against the
other American companies for infringement of the Edi-
son camera patents, pictures were made under great diffi-
culties. It was not until after the Edison Company es-
tablished its patents in 1907 and issued licenses to other
manufacturers that the American product began to in-
crease and improve.
The year 1907 saw the formation of the Kalem and
the Essanay Companies. The Selig Polyscope Company,
which had made an occasional picture prior to that year.
also came into line as an Edison licensee and before the
year was up the American manufacturers were making
about eight single reel releases every week. Added to
this were the releases of Kleine. Pathe and Melies, im-
porters, amounting from six to eight more. During the
following year the demand grew to such an extent that
Pathe Freres increased its importations to six single reel
releases weekly of which as many as two hundred prints
of some subjects were disposed of. The product of the
American makers did not show a corresponding increase
during that year, due to poor quality more than any other
reason; but they were learning rapidly and there was a
steady improvement in their methods and product.
Exchanges Control Business.
At that time the business was controlled mainly by the
exchanges. This branch of the business found expres-
sion first in New York, when Herbert Miles opened an
exchange in the attic of the Biograph Company's studio
on Fourteenth Street, to be followed shortly afterward
by Eugene Cline. who opened an exchange in Chicago.
The exchange bought pictures from the manufacturer
and leased them to the theatre owner at a stipulated
weekly rental. The idea was so successful that by the
end of 1908 there were about 150 rental exchanges in
the United States. Ruinous competition resulted and
rental rates were cut to such an extent that thousands of
dollars were owing to the manufacturers by the exchange
men who were unable to pay their bills.
This condition arose as early as 1907, when an attempt Si
was made by the exchange men to save their businesses V
by forming a trade organization known as the Film Serv-
ice Association. The first meeting was held in Pitts-
burgh, where William H. Swanson of Chicago was elect-
ed president and Herbert Miles of New York secretary.
Subsequent meetings were held at Buffalo, X. Y.. Chi-
cago, 111., and New York City, but little was accomplished
to abate the evils which threatened the business. Not-
withstanding all efforts made to stop the practice of sub-
leting, duping and price cutting, the war went merrily
on until the formation of the Motion Picture Patents
Company and its comprehensive plan was announced in
January, 1909, at a meeting of exchange men held at the
"imperial Hotel, New York City.
Patents Company Formed.
The Patents Company united all the then existing
American manufacturers and the importing firms of
George Kleine. Pathe Freres and George Melies, the lat-
ter through his representative in this country, Gaston
Melies. By the pooling of all existing patents on cam-
eras and projecting machines issued by the United States
patent office, it claimed a royalty from the manufactur-
ers of films doing business in the United States and from
the theatres using licensed projecting machines. It was
hailed as the motion picture "trust"' and roundly be-
rated by all who were excluded from its privileges. It
materially reduced the number of film exchanges at once
by refusing to supply those whose business standing was
not of the best or who would not subscribe to its terms.
Naturally an independent movement in the trade was im-
mediately formed to fight the "trust," but the effect of
the organization of this strong group of manufacturers
and importers was to bring order out of chaos and to re-
store the business to a sound basis.
Independents Get Together.
\\'ithin a few months after the formation of the Mo-
tion Picture Patents Company a number of independent
film manufacturing companies were organized. The first
company in the field was the Centaur, of which David
Horsley was the owner. This company had been or-
ganized for some time prior to the formation of the Pat-
ents Company, but had not been very successful, owing
to the vigilance of the Edison Company's investigators
in their search for infringers. There was also the Car-
son Company, but its product was negligible, and the
Phoenix Film Company of Chicago, but the real inde-
pendent movement did not start until the formation of
the Independent Moving Picttire Company by Carl
Laemmle which, together with Mark Dintinfass' Cham-
pion Company, Pat Powers' Powers Picture Plays, the
Thanhouser Company by Edwin Thanhouser and the
New York ^Motion Picture Company by Baumann &
Kessel, formed the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales
Company in April, 1910. Just prior to this event attempts
had been made by J. J. Murdock of Chicago, with the
International Producing and Projecting Company, and
I. Ulmann of New York, with the Film Import Com-
pany, to consolidate the independent manufacturers, but
without success.
Associated with the independent American manufac-
turers were the importing companies of Great Northern,
Eclair, Lux, Ambrosio and Itala, the two latter being
represented by the New York Alotion Picture Company.
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177
These allies greatly strengthened the independent pro-
gram.
During the life of the "Sales Coinpany" an attempt
was made to form an organization similar to the Patents
Company with the Bianchi camera patents as a basis, but
the effort fell through for the reason that the Hianchi
camera was found to be impractical and did not offer
the protection promised by the owners of the patent, the
Columbia Phonograph Company. After this the Sales
Company continued its way luiinterrupted, gaining the
Gaumont imports and the Solax, Reliance and Rex home
productions and improving its program in many ways.
First Studio of the Vitagraph Company.
Matters for the independents moved along smoothly
till May, 1912, when the announcement of the organiza-
tion of the Film Supply Company of America was made
and the Thanhouser, American, Majestic, Reliance, So-
lax, Comet, Gaumont, Great Northern, Eclair and Lu.x
companies left the Sales Company for the new combina-
tion, headed by Harry Aitken as the promoter. At the
same time the formation of the ^lutual Film Corpora-
tion was announced, the purpose of which was to oper-
ate the exchanges chosen to handle the product of the
manufacturers associated in the Film Supply Company,
with John R. Freuler as general manager.
The defection from the Sales Company left that
combination with the Xew York Motion Picture Com-
pany, the Imp Films Company', the Powers Picture Plays,
the Rex Company, the Champion Company, the Republic
and the Nestor Companies. There was great excitement
at Sales Company headquarters, but the remaining mem-
bers quickly came down to earth and formed the Uni-
versal Film Manufacturing Company, with Charles Bau-
mann as president, Pat Powers, vice-president and Carl
Laemmle, treasurer.
We nnist refer our readers to the files of the Moving
Picture World for the full story of the riotous proceed-
ings that soon followed. Hardly had the Universal been
organized than trouble commenced. The first break came
Kalem House, Jacksonville, Florida.
when Baumann & Kessel, of the New York Motion Pic-
ture Company, withdrew. As Mr. Baumann was presi-
dent of the Universal, his withdrawal left the manage-
ment of the company in the hands of Pat Powers, who
proceeded to take forcible possession of the studios of
the New York Company as the property of the Universal
Company. Several almost riots were precipitated when
the Universal crowd descended upon the New York
offices and factory in W'est 19th Street, but the New
York people held the fort and the differences were aft-
erward settled amicably, with the New York Company
on the outside of the Universal. Later this company
made arrangements to release its product through the
Mutual Film Corporation, with which concern it has re-
mained up to date.
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The Universal continued along in its stormy course,
piling up lawsuits over the matter of control, some of
which have still to be decided. Carl Laemmle was fin-
ally elected to the office of president and has made a goo 1
record in his etiorts to pull the company out of its diffi-
culties and put it upon a paying basis. New brands were
established and now a sufficient program is offered to its
patrons.
While the affairs of the Universal were in the melting
pot things were happening at the headquarters of the
Film Supply Company on West 44th Street, New York.
The Mutual Film Corporation was growing in import-
ance and the firms most closely allied with that company
became dissatisfied with the conduct of the Film Supply.
The explosion occurred in December, 1912, with the
withdrawal from that concern of the Thanhouser, Reli-
ance, Majestic, American and Punch Companies. The
New York Motion Picture Company, which up to this
time had been going it alone, joined with the Mutual
and a strong combination was quickly launched.
Out of the wreck of the Film Supply came the Ex-
clusive Film Corporation, which now handles Great •
Northern, Blache, Solax and miscellaneous features, with
offices in the Candler Building.
The Mutual Film Corporation and its allied manufac-
turers have been quite successful. The acquisition of ths
New York Motion Picture Company's product — Kay
Bee, Broncho and Keystone brands — greatly strength-
ened the program. The American took on some new
players and improved its pictures noticeably. Thanhous-
er, now the property of a new company of which Charles
J. Hite is president, increased its output and finally,
within the past year, the services of David W. Griffith
as director brought the Reliance and Majestic pictures up
to the highest standard.
While all these things were happening to the independ-
ents the progress of the manufacturers allied with the
Motion Picture Patents Company was most noteworthy.
The number of films released weekly by that group was
greatly increased and improved. The Biograph Com-
pany discovered a director among its players named D.
W. Griffith who proved to be a wonder. He gave a new,
twist to picture making and soon the Biograph standard
became the model for picture makers all o\er the world.
Old "slap stick" and "horse play" pictures were grad-
ually eliminated and the productions began to show real
dramatic merit.
General Film Company Organized.
The most important happening in 1910 was the organ-
ization of the General Film Company, licensed by the
Motion Picture Patents Company to conduct film ex-
changes. This company gradually purchased the then
existing licensed exchanges and assumed the functions
of serving motion picture theatres. J. J. Kennedy was
elected president of the company and" P. L. Waters ap-
pointed general manager and, according to the standards
of that time, an efficient service was established. Mr.
Kennedy's administration continued until 1913, when he
resigned and Frank L. Dyer was chosen to succeed him.
Shortly after Mr. Kennedy's resignation he, with Air.
VVgiters, formed the Kinetograph Company and received
a""license from the Motion Picture Patents Company to
conduct exchanges. Several branch offices were estab-
lished, but the odds against the project were too great
and after a brief period during which several hundred
thousand dollars were spent in the eifort to establish the
concern, the promoters confessed their inability to com-
pete in the field already well covered by the General Film
and the company was taken off their hands by the General
Film.
Mr. Dyer continued as president of the General Film
Company until February, 1914, when Mr. Kennedy was
again elected to the presidency and Mr. Waters restored
to the position of general manager.
Since the organization of the Motion Picture Patents
Company the ranks of the licensed manufacturers have
remained almost unbroken. During that period many
new motion picture manufacturing companies have been
formed. Some have been successful ; others have fallen
by the wayside, but out of the ruck three groups of man-
ufacturers making regular releases have come through,
the Patents Company Licensees, the Universal and the
Mutual, all of which are well established.
Feature Companies Appear.
Within the past year there has come into e.xistence
several companies the policy of which is to produce large
feature picture plays. The best examples of the feature
Big West Coast Studies of the Universal Film Company at Hollywood,
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cuinpanies are the Famous Players, All Star, Lasky i'ea-
ture Company, Gauntier Players, Ulcott's International
Players, Balboa, Kamo, Bosworth, Ltd., Blaclie Features
and Life Plioto Film Corporation. Se\eral other com-
panies are workins; along similar lines and have brought
into the ranks of the pholoplayers manv of the prominent
actors and actresses of the dramatic stage.
Foreign Companies Build American Plants.
Another interesting de\elopmeni of the American
market has been the establishment of American plants by
Continental manufacturers. Pathe F^reres lead the pro-
cession by erecting an elaborate studio and factory in
New Jersey- — the factory at Bound Brook and the studio
at Jersey City. Eclair built a fine studio and laboratory
at Fort Lee, N. J.; Gauniont is well established at Flush-
ing. N. Y.
On the other hand, the \'itagraph Company has erect-
ed a big plant in Paris and George Kleine is deeply in-
terested in a studio in Italy.
The American manufacturers have signalized their
success by the erection of innnense studios and manu-
facturing plants, many of them of a most stable charac-
ter and elaborately equipped. The beginnings were small,
but the wonderful growth of the business seems to have
justified the permanent equipment that has been quite
generally installed. The end of the development of the
business in this direction seems not yet to have been
reached.
The imports and exports of motion pictures to and
from the United States have grown enormously. Fig-
ures are not available, but they reach many millions of
feet both ways. Foreign makers, attracted by the Ameri-
can market, at first were satisfied to sell to some Ameri-
can importer, but the business grew so rapidly that they
found it advisable to establish offices in New York with
their own representative in charge. Now almost every
foreign company of importance is so represented.
The demand for good American pictures in Europe
led the American maker-, to establish foreign selling
agencies in London, which city has become the motion
picture market of the world. Every American firm of
any consequence is represented there, either directly or
indirectly, and until very recently the foreign sales have
almost equalled the home consumption, but for reasons
explained bv some of the \\'orld's contributors in this is-
sue, that demand has materially fallen off.
Big Feature Combinations.
Anii'ug the more recent develo])nients are noted the
formation of combinations of feature film makers. The
details are too recent to require reiteration here. Four
of these organizations are now in the field, Box Office,
Paramount, World Film and Warner's Features each
controlling important productions. Their success will de-
pend largely upon the continuing popularity of the fea-
ture production of four and more reels. That they will
serve to jiromote stability and better prices is unques-
tioned and it is quite possible that they may prove the
salvation of the feature picture.
A Business Free From Stock Jobbers.
In this age of "big business" and a tendency to infla-
tion of industrial projects the motion picture industry
has been singidarly free from the "stock jobbing" meth-
ods that has characterized other industrial enterprises.
There is almost no purchasable stock of any legitimate
motion picture company to be found in the open market.
Few companies are capitalized on a speculative basis and
nearly all are close corporations. It has become an a.xiom
of the trade that any project offering stock for sale to
the general public is of a wild-cat order. Thus far none
that has pursued that policy has become a real factor in
the business.
So far the conduct of the business generally has been
highly creditable to the men identified with it. That
methods might be improved and resources conserved is
admitted, but the growth of the business has been so
phenomenal and the demand upon all branches so imme-
diate that details of management have necessarily been
overlooked. Time will adjust these matters.
What the future holds in store for the motion picture
and the army of men and women dependent upon it for
a livelihood is a matter of conjecture. That it is reason-
ably stable is conceded ; that there will be an appreciable
contraction is generally believed, but it is not anticipated
that the effect will be serious or that the permanent in-
vestments will be affected materially.
The JMoving Picture World presents in the following
pages of this issue the expressions of a number of the
leading men in the trade on various phases thereof ;
their opinions will be read with interest and are com-
mended to careful consideration.
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Chat With Thomas A. Edison
BY W. STEPHEN BUSH
THOMAS A. EDISON is a plain, happy, old-
fashioned American. He is that first and
foremost and then by a most remark-
able and surprising addition he is likewise
one of the greatest inventors of his age,
ranking near the top among the benefac-
tors of his kind. In appearance, man-
ner and language he reminds you of
the best type of the great ^liddle
AVest, of a prosperous, philosophical
farmer, or the shrewd and kindly
president of a rural bank. He is
hearty, hospitable and wholesome. If
his great fame, as told in the encyclo-
paedias and in the daily lives of our
civilization, have awed you into hesita-
tion and diffidence be sure that the old
gentleman's neighborly greeting will put
you at ease like a touch of magic.
I had gone out to Orange to in-
terview the great man in his world-
famous laboratory. Edison roams
about the vast plant just as he
pleases, he is here, there and every-
where.
"I will try and find him for you,"' said his secretary, and
immediately went in search of him. This gave me a
chance to look about and examine the office or rather
the chief den of the inventor. It was an ideal inventor's
retreat. It differed from an editor's sanctum in the evi-
dence of care and order. There was an abundance of
light and air and the ceiling seemed more than twenty
feet high. Models and books and tokens of appreciation
stood neatlv arranged and distributed on shelves and on
tables. There was a touch of elegance in the furnish-
ings— solid comfort and a dash of art.
In less than ten minutes the secretary came back with
Mr. Edison. A few moments later the great inventor
was sitting in a rocking chair between his office desk and
a long flat table, ready to talk. There is a boyish ex-
uberance about Edison, his laugh is boisterous. A rare
kindliness of soul irradiates his features. He suggests
strength, character and the love and power to think. He
is a big, deep-chested man with the head of an intellectual
Titan. Withal he is as simple as a child and just as di-
rect and ingenuous.
The conversation somehow started with the topic of
food. It is a favorite topic with Edison.
"I eat less than a handful every day and I thrive on
it. We eat too much, which makes so many of us fatter
than we ought to be."
Edison then responded quickly to the question of his
interest in motion pictures.
"Well," he said with a quizzical smile, "that is getting
to be quite a business now. I tell you, whatever you do
for the proletariat pays. I am not done working for the
proletariat. I am now engaged on ap invention which
will give cheap opera to ;!! the people. I am going to
make the man that works in the ditch for $2.00 a day
enjoy things which Louis XV. could not have bought;
yes. finer things than the French king ever saw or
heard.
"Now. you want me to say something about
the early history of the motion picture as
I saw it. You know I have often wanted
to find out who the first man was that
put the pictures on the screen as a com-
mercial proposition, but I have never
been able to do it. I think though
it was somebody in New York, some-
body that ran an arcade and fitted up
a special room for the showing of the
pictures, charging an extra price for
admission. We certainly had a lot of
trouble before we came near hitting
the right thing. First we had to have
the proper kind of a cylinder. Then we
nade a tape perforated on the edges.
The first lengths were about fifty or a
hundred feet. It was hard to get
sensitized emulsion and a film that
would not .break. Then came the
fight with the pirates ; that always
as a matter of course. We had to
fight them in the courts and our ex-
penses were enormous. Well, I was not so anxious to
make money ; I only wanted to break even."
Smiles played about the corners of his mobile mouth
as he grew more and more reminiscent.
"Yes, I have to smile when I think of our first studio,"
he continued. "Our first studio and office was movable,
it was carried on pivots and we moved it around in the
open, changing with the position of the sun, because you
know the sun would insist on changing. The studio looked
for all the world like a 'Black Maria.' It was about 25x20
feet in size. There was a glass top to it. Now, in those
days there was no flicker. I took forty pictures to the
second, but when it came down to commercial work the
speed was cut down, as you know. They made it six-
teen pictures to the second, as much as the public will
stand I suppose. There ought to be no trouble about
getting absolutely steady pictures if they are willing to
pay for them ; it's purely a commercial question. Well,
when this new business got under way a lot of our enter-
prising Hebrew citizens jumped on board. They were
quick to see its coming possibilities. It has taken from
seven to eight years to make room for the pictures. It
takes that long to make room for the best thing ever in-
vented. If you were to invent something tomorrow, some-
thing that everybody needs, it would still take about seven
years to introduce it and make room for it. I know from
experience. It took me even longer to make room for
the incandescent light. I gtiess I was about thirteen
years in properly introducing the phonograph.
"You want me to say something more about the early
days. Well, at first we used to turn out films of an av-
erage length of about two hundred feet and the subjects
were all scenic. The idea to utilize the invention for the
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isl
Present Day Trend in Film Lengths
BY WILLIAM N. SELIG
TilAT the single reel photo-drama is the keystone of
the motion picture industry becomes more appar-
ent daily. Patrons of the film drama want their
programs as diversified as possible. A program oflfering
four or more productions is more apt to please an entire
audience than is a program ott'ering one photo-play of
four or five reels. Of course, there are exceptions to this
rule.
In order that a photo-play the length of which exceeds
two reels mav draw a large audience it must have a
general appeal. The story must be an exceptional one
and the cast imusuallv strong. The ordinary, so-called
feature play will not satisfy, and has a tendency to in-
jure the motion picture business.
If a story cannot be fully visualized
in a thousand feet, then an additional
thousand feet is permissible; and,
further, if the story is such that it
cannot be told in even two thousand
feet, then we may safely e.xceed that
limit and not bore the audience. How-
ever, stories that cannot be told in
three or four reels are very scarce,
indeed. It is only the big spectacular
productions that justify five, six or
even nine reels. Because the story
has been written by a well-known
writer, or because of the fact that a
great actor or actress is starred in
the production, does not, in public
estimation, justify a film of great
length. The photo-play audience will
not pav admission prices to see the
names of great authors on a screen,
or the faces of well-known people.
The audiences want a picture to inter-
est and entertain them. \Mien celeb-
rities and a strong story are combined
in the making of a picture, then only
will the audiences proclaim it as worth
their time and money.
In Europe, films of great length are
in disfavor. It is Europe that over-
did the "feature'' production, and it
was the first to pay the penalty of the
infliction. Today the average Euro-
pean exhibitor does not want over
three-reel lengths, and many prefer
one and two reel productions. This
same condition is becoming apparent
in America.
The popularitv of the photo-play
was first due to the short subiects and
varied programs. The length of the
productions gradually grew as the cost
of the material increased, and many
manufacturers felt that, since the cost
of dramatic material had increased,
they were obliged to ob^^ain more
money for their films, and this end
was arrived at by lengthening the productiun^. Three,
four and'five reel productions became as numerous as
single reels. In fact, some manufacturers adopted the
policy not to make anything in one reel that could; be
padded into two or three. There were some exceptions
among manufacturers who took the opposite view, and
their rule was and is not to make anything in two reels
that can be made in one.
To illustrate my point, I will merely state that a promi-
nent author once sent to my office the script of a comedy.
The scenario department did not believe that the script
contained enough action for one reel, and returned it to
the author, requesting that additional incidents be added
or else that the production be made
as a split reel. At the time that the
author received his manuscript back,
he obtained a letter from another
manufacturer requesting material,
and, not having time to write a new
script, he forwarded the scenario that
we had rejected. The remarkable
thing then happened. Instead of the
manufacturer complaining that the
script had not action enough for one
reel he made it into a two-reel pro-
duction. Probably the only excuse
for the making of the script in two
reels was that it was an expensive
script and the public were obliged to
pay the expense.
The logical solutian of the photo-
drama is a classification of the offer-
ings. The one and two reel, and even
the split reel, will always be the main
strongholds of the photo-olay theatre,
because a well varied program and
the short presentations will attract the
multitudes. Another class will be the
feature photo-drama — that is the
worth-while feature photo-drama —
that will run an hour and a half, or
even two hours and a half. These
will be oft'ered in another class of
theatres and will appeal only to those
who have the leisure and inclination to
view photo-plays of great length.
It is not my purpose to belittle fea-
ture subiects, but the idea that I am
endeavoring to convey is that there
exists an erroneous belief in the
minds of some manufacturers
and producers that old plays
which the public have long
since ceased to be interested
in, and novels by great au-
thors which make interesting
reading, but do not visualize,
are important enough to be
made into feature photo-play
offerings. Big stories by
Col. WiUiam N. Selig.
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great writers and great dramas by well-known dramatists
when well acted — whether with a cast of well-known ac-
tors or not — are meritorious ; and only such should lay
claim to public patronage. I do not approve of the medi-
ocre, even in a single reel, and it is the policy of my firm
to make my single reel dramas as strong in plot, as per-
fect in detail, and as photographically excellent as it is
possible for the human mind and mechanical apparatus
to achieve ; and it is only when a story comes into my
hands, so big that it cannot be handled in one or two
reels, that I feel justified in going beyond that length.
I am glad that there are many manufacturers who feel
as I do in this matter. They are realizing this condition,
and because of this feeling there is bound to be a con-
tinual appeal to the masses by the silent drama, and the
photo-play theatres will continue to enjoy prosperity. As
in the legitimate drama, it was the mediocre productions
that dissatisfied the public and drove patronage from the
legitimate theatres until the theatrical managers who were
responsible for the conditions were driven out of the
business, so will history repeat itself in the photo-play
field. It will be a survival of the fittest.
^.%,/}^^
Tom Ince and "Inceville"
OUT on the West Coast, a few miles beyond Los up and took notice. The New York IMotion Picture Cor-
Angeles, Cal, where the long rolls of the Pacific poration was quite on the "outside lookmg m' at the time,
Ocean beat up against the bluffs, a picturesque but Ince's big features had the "punch" that made them
group of shacks are snuggled close along the edge ot a popular from the start, so that "Kaybees ' became prime
canvon and look out upon the seemingly endless expanse favorites everywhere , , , ^
of water. This is "Inceville," the home of the "Kaybee" . With but a modest beginning ^Slr. Ince has added to
Tom Ince
and His
Irish
I 'illagc
(Tol^)- . .,
Buildings in
Canyon at
"Inceville"
(Right)
"Incei-itle
on the
Bluff"
(Left).
Keystone
Studio
at Glendale
(Bottom).
and the "Broncho" pictures of the New York Motion
Picture Corporation. It was founded by the famous
"Kaybee" director, Tom Ince, and by courtesy has been
named after him.
Coming into the making of "western" pictures at a time
when that class of subjects had become very tiresome
for their sameness. Director Ince started in making three-
reel "westerns" that were so different that the trade sat
and enlarged his equipment until he has become master
of a considerable village devoted to the making of pic-
tures. He has also prospered through the liberality of
the founders of the New York Motion Picture Corpora-
tion. Alessrs. Baumann & Kessel, who have recompensed
him acco'rding to his merits. A hand-ome and substan-
tial home in Hollywood and a charming family are the
pride of thrifty Tom Ince.
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Idealistic Motography
BY S. S, HUTCHINSON
MUCH has been said and written about the prog-
ress made in the development of the moving
picture industry, and it is safe to say that
the future development will be in the direction
of other industries and educational institu
tions taking advantage of this twentieth
century art to advance their own inter-
ests. That the educational advantages
of pictures have not commenced to be
realized- is evident to any who have
given the subject the slightest consid-
eration.
Idealism in pictures has heretofore
been as a phantom, and although rap-
id strides have been made in perfect-
ing the present standard of quality,
a comparison of the pictures of a few
years ago with those of today will dis-
close as vast an improvement as was
shown in the first decade of practical
motography. Great as has been the
improvement in pictures, they are still
far from having realized the ideal or
maximum possibility. What we see
now and commend in unqualified
terms will be judged, within a com-
paratively short time, as being almost as crude as were
the first pictures placed on the market. One can therefore
only treat the subject using the present standards of per-
fection.
It is taken for granted that practical equipment and
modern methods are to be utilized, although the latest
inventions are not necessarily the most successful nor
exactly indispensable to the best results.
The primary factor in bringing about a realization of
commercial idealism in motion pictures is a perfectly har-
monious working organization, the constituent parts of
which are production, laboratories and distribution, each
of which, in turn, is properly subdivided into natural
tributaries. It would require a voluminous treatise to enter
into the minute details of these various individual topics ;
but it will probably not be amiss, in a general way, to touch
upon the most potent factors in an ideal production — the
producer, actor, scenario, and photographic technic.
The producer, of course, is the most important factor.
He is the super\-ising architect who must be able to pass
on the acceptability of the plans, or scenario, which re-
quires the most careful consideration, but which too fre-
quently receives very little or only superficial attention.
Most efficient results are attained by having the working
scenario arranged so that the incidents of the story can
be put on in sequence and the scenes subsequently cut
and properly assembled ; and by no means should a sce-
nario be permitted to be altered as the production pro-
gresses. Upon the producer devolves the proper inter-
pretation of the script. He must fathom the spirit the
author intended to depict. He must know the capabilities
of the various members of his company and draw out of
them the action necessary to portray the proper sentiment
and inject into the picture that which will hold the ir/
terested attention of the audience. The determina-
tion of the proper costumes, settings and general
n\ironmeins are details requiring his careful
consideration.
Artistic architecture, beautiful pergolas,
broad vistas, winding gravel walks edged
with luxuriant foliage, vari-colored
flower beds, palms and other semi-
tropical touches of nature, the ocean,
mountains, forests and plains, in the
groat southwest, are taken advantage
of by the American Film Manufac-
turing Company and not only add to
their productions a distinctive charm
and beauty, but furnish to their em-
ployes an environment that enhances
their efficiencv and generates an inspira-
tion that could not otherwise be
achieved. These little touches of na-
ture's charms in the pictures are also
highly appreciated by the public. The
American Film Alanufacturing Com-
panj^ finds that the efficiency of its
employes is increased to a verv per-
ceptible degree by making ample pro-
vision for physical comforts, such as
rest rooms, reading rooms, green rooms, cozy and well
appointed dressing rooms, and by maintaining delightful
exterior decorations requiring the constant services of
a staff of lardscape gardeners, etc.
The novel effects in pictures, such as the unique dis-
solves and multiple exposures, have an immeasurable
bearing on their popularity. Titles run in over the scene,
as in "Footnrints of Mozart," recently released, and
"The Cricket on the Hearth," in which the style of type
used was in conformity with the spirit and locale of the
story, are of greater importance than would appear to
the casual observer, and they really supply the little
touches that make up the "finished" product.
The actor must make a careful study of the charac-
ter he is to represent and must throw his whole heart
and soul into his work if it is to be convincing and real ;
he must live the part, cherish the hopes and sense the
fears, and must do it naturally.
The camera-man must realize that unless he performs
his duties to the best of his ability (taking for granted
that he has ability) all the work of the producer and
actors is for naught. The picture must possess stereo-
scopic quality, depth of focus, microscopic detail, lights
and shadows, with proper compensation for tinting and
toning in the exposure of the negative and its subsequent
development. The alert camera-man will not fail to im-
prove every opportunity to work in special effects that
might aid the picture in expressing the sentiment of the
author.
The proper tinting and development of the positive,
the crystallizing of all previous eft'ort, requires the con-
stant attention of a trained expert. This process, al-
though last in chronological order, but bv no means least
important, gives opportunity for brin^-in^ out the best
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that there is in the picture. Just as soon as this fact
is fully appreciated by all manufacturers there will be
a decided improvement in all productions, and public
interest in pictures will be vastly increased. It is with
regret that the writer is compelled to pass on from this
very important feature to keep within the confines of the
space that can be devoted to this article.
It is impossible to lay too much stress on the im-
portance of the editing of film, placing of correct, legi-
ble and artistic titles. Laxity in this particular spells
failure for numerous productions.
The lithograph is a factor that has a very material
bearing on the commercial status of a picture and re-
quires careful study as to pictorial and typopraphical
composition. Through this medium the manufacturer
invites the oasser-by to witness the exhibition of a picture
on which he has lavished time and money. How fre-
quently does he succeed and how often does the poster
absolutely repel?
Artificial stimuli, as a well-known author or a popular
star, are often resorted to, but cannot properly be com-
ponent parts of an ideal production.
Striking a golden mean between the commercial atid
purely idealistic phase of the motion picture, the ideal
production would be one that was produced from a good
script to which no author's name was applied by a capa-
ble but unmentioned director, enacted bv a cast chosen
solely because of histrionic ability, depicting a subject
that had the power to hold the attention of the cultured
and the plebian, the rich and the poor, one that possessed
artistic, dramatic and technical qualities of the highest
degree, and commended itself solely on its individual
merits and induced a maximum sale throughout the civ-
ilized world without the application of a trade-mark.
The subject of distribution is one that must be solved
by each manufacturer, according to market conditions,
under the peculiar situation prevailing in this and other
covntries.
/^/-'V^<A»^^'^^e^i<^^^\^^^H_
David W. Griffith, Motion Picture Director
THERE are critics in plenty who are unwilling to ac-
cord to real genius all the laurels that belong thereto,
and they will attempt to prove their contentions by
hook or crook. The fact remains that the art of produc-
ing motion pictures was materially revolutionized by
David W. Griffith, whose likeness is shown on this page,
and whether the critics are willing to acknowledge that
fact or not, the directors who have gained success in their
work duringthe last few years have followed his methods
very closely.'
It is recalled that many of the players who are prom-
inent to-day gained their first motion picture schooling at
the hands of Mr. Griffith. In this respect he was an in-
structor par excellence, and those who have remembered
his teachings are still to be found in the list of screen
favorites.
When a man succeeds in working changes so radical as
did Griffith and impressing his ideas so indelibly upon
those who worked with him, is he not entitled to all the
glory and emoluments that he can gather unto himself ?
Not all of us will agree with Griffith in his choice of
subject?, but, once he has made his choice and the picture
is presented to us, we are compelled to admit that he has
discovered in his subject some things we did not suspect
were there, and that he has presented those things in a
David W. Griffith.
Griffith Directing a Scene in "The Escape."
way that i? startling, if not always pleasing, and that he
compels us to admire his artistry. If that does not spell
ability of parts wherein does the greatness of a director
lie ? It was something of a personal triumph to Mr.
Griffith when he held David Belasco for six hours in un-
restrained admiration of his work.
It matters little with which trade mark the pictures
made by Griffith are branded so long as they are American
pictures, and they continue to influence the work of others
and lead the art to a higher development.
Till". M()\-i\(; iMCTrki'. \\()Ui.i)
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Doom of Long- Features Predicted
BY CARL LAEMMLE
IN MV opinion the one big vital puint that will be
discussed at the various conventions this
year will be the length of subjects. Per
sonally. I believe that long features are
doomed. I have always found that Europe
is from six to twelve months ahead of
this country. I don't wish this under-
stood to mean that the European film
manufacturer is giving the American
manufacturer any lessons, but cir-
cumstances pro\-e that the likes and
dislikes of the European public as-
sert themselves very strongly in this
country within six months after they
have started in Europe.
At the present time there is tremen-
dous demand from the European public
for short subjects and I predict that the
general clamor for a diversified program
will soon sweep this country.
Although I felt confident that I
was right, I wanted to get the opin-
ion of some of my friends, who
were exhibitors, and I invited some
suggestions. I hadn't the slightest
idea that there were so many exhibitors in America who
believed as I do, i. e., that long features are doomed.
Every exhibitor whom I heard from expressed his indi-
vidual opinion that he would be only too glad when the
manufacturers would come back to the single and double
reels and once in a while a three-reel feature, and a good
four or five-reel feature once a month.
There is not an exhibitor who has been in the business
for the last four years w^ho doesn't remember that when
he got a two-reel feature about once in two or three
months, no matter how poor the feature was, he did big
business with it and made money. As the situation stands
today every day is a feature day and every picture is
boosted so highly that the public has become satiated with
features and is not as interested in them as it used to be.
If I was running a theatre, personally, I would rather
show single reels any time than some of the poor features
that are on the market. The sooner the single reels come
back again the sooner I believe the exhibitors w^ill be
making more money and the public will be more satisfied.
Every week in my mail I get several letters similar to
one that I recently received from an exhibitor in Pa-
ducah, Ky. I take the liberty of copying part of it :
"I have patrons who are regular in their attendance,
but when they notice that my program is a five or six-
reel feature they remark, 'Well, I would like to see the
picture but it is too long,' and pass on to one of the other
theatres which has two-reel subjects and a couple of sin-
gles. One hour and ten minutes is about as long as many
of the patrons wish to spend in the theatres and I think
this time is best spent by giving them a diversified pro-
gram. I trust that the American producer will soon real-
ize this and get back to the one and two-reel subjects as
they now seem to have lost their heads on long subjects."
1 am heartily in accord with the statement made by
the exhibitor in Paducah, not because of any
iheoretical ideas that I have, but because I
ia\c actually been convinced by talking to
people who patronize moving picture the-
atres that they don't want long subjects.
Let me cite an instance which will bear
out my contention:
When I w-as in Chicago recently,
I happened to meet a man who is a
very lHi=y merchant and who is quite
a moving picture fan. During the
course of our conversation this gentle-
man remarked to me that he was no
longer interested in moving pictures,
simply because of the fact that he could
not get as much pleasure out of them
as he previously had.
He went on to tell me that a year or
two ago he could drop into a mov-
ing picture theatre any place in the
City of Chicago and find enjoyment
for an hour and leave the theatre
satisfied — feeling that he had had
his money's worth.
As matters stand today when the opportunity presents
itself he drops into a moving picture hou.se, but is usually
unfortunate enough to arrive at the end of the second or
third reel of a five-reel feature and has to wait until the
third, fourth and fifth are run off and then watch the part
that he has missed.
Under the old arrangement the worst that would happen
would be that he would have had to wait five or six min-
utes until the reel on the screen was completed and then
he could start in to enjoy himself. Today he feels that
his entertainment is entirely spoiled because he has to sit
through the climax of the picture before he can get an
idea of what it is all about.
Li further corroboration of my statement that long
features are doomed, I want to bring to your attention
a statement made by an exhibitor in Johnstown, Pa., that
he had distributed among his patrons a voting coupon
asking them to decide for themselves the type of program
they desired run in his theatre. The result was that over
70 per cent, of the people attending the theatre and who
handed in coupons were in favor of the single and double
reel diversified program.
If I was an exhibitor and owned a theatre and de-
pended on it for a certain income, and being advised of
market conditions as they are herein predicted, I would
get into personal contact with my patrons and feel them
out as to whether or not the one and two-reel program,
with an occasional three or four-reeler, is not the ideal
form of amusement, that they want.
Take the public into your confidence and I am sure you
will find that I am correct in my statement that the long
feature is doomed and its death knell will be sounded
shortly.
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Famous Players in Famous Plays
BY ADOLPH ZUKOR
WHEN I sit in my office, close my eyes and see rising
before my mind the flashing lights of thousand
upon thousands of theatres in which are
being shown Famous Players in Famous Plays
the realization that it has all come true just
is I dreamed it years ago, seems to me un-
real and fantastic, a figment of the
imagination as any Arabian Nights tale.
And the romance of the moving
picture is more marvelous in the
wonders it has wrought, and the ka-
leidoscopic changes it has accom-
plished in the lives of a thousand
million people than man's imagina-
tion could have conceived.
When I entered upon the business
of manufacturing moving pictures a
few years ago, it was an industry which
was in danger of dying from success.
The explanation of this apparently in-
comprehensible statement is that the
film manufacturers had fallen in a
rut, and surfeited by the sudden de-
mand which was sweeping them on
to fortune had neither the desire nor
imagination to see that there must be
progress and improvement or the goose which laid the
golden egg would soon be dead.
In other words it seemed to me that the moving picture
man must try to do as artistic, as high class, and' as
notable things in his line of entertainment as such men
as Henry W. Savage and Charles and Daniel Frohman
were doing in the high-class Broadway theatres. If they
did rest the public would quickly tire of the mediocre
players and plays and desert the moving pictures.
With this predominant idea firmly intrenched in my
mind, I sought a means to put its value to a practical test.
What I wanted was a new idea which would be so
startling in its departure from the old routine and so
tremendous in its magnitude that the whole world would
be as startled and surprised as a man would be who was
suddenly confronted with a great transformation, and as
I thought of the problem its answer came flashing into
my mind.
It was to engage the highest salaried, the most highly
respected, the most artistic actors in the world to pose in
their greatest dramatic successes before the camera, and
to follow that film with those of other stars in their
theatrical triumphs. To accomplish this was not a mere
matter of money. It required the prestige of a noted
theatrical manager to sponsor such an undertaking.
Accordingly I began a tour of the big managers' offices,
but they all laughed me to scorn and scoft'ed the idea.
Mr. Daniel Frohman, then and now one of the most
respected managers in the business, was the only one to
give me any encouragement at all, and so I determined to
concentrate all my efforts upon endeavoring to induce
him to form an association with me to carry out my plan.
At last I obtained his interest. His artistic imagina-
tion was stirred by the possibilities of the unlimited stage
upon which to set moving pictures and he became im-
bued with the spirit of the discoverer as the possi-
bilities of this new line of endeavor opened upon
limi.
Unce this was done the next thing was to
find the player to start the innovation.
\''arious names were suggested to us, but
the one I wanted was Sarah Bern-
hardt. That she was and is the most
wonderful actress in the world, the
most artistic, famous and high sala-
ried, everyone who ever heard of a
theatre was well aware.
More than that, her extraordinary
ability as a pantomimist made her an
ideal subject for the camera.
It was a long hard struggle to make
her accept our proposition. A dozen
times during our negotiations, I was
convinced that she would never accept
our offer, but I was determined that
I would never stop trying as long as
there was even one chance in a mil-
lion of winning her consent. When
finally she did sign our contract and
her picture was given to the world,
the new era of the film had begun.
To the Famous Players Film Company may be
given the credit for first establishing the distribution of
feature films in a systematic and regulated manner. 1
determined to make 30 "Famous Features" a year and
I quickly saw that there must be a regular program of
releases.' It was also auite as necessary to know what
amount could be spent in producing a picture without
o-ambling too much on its financial structure.
Accordingly we devised the plan of selling a years
output to an exchange for a certain territory at a fixed
price per annum, instead of obtaining a varying scale
for each picture. The fact that I was able to do this
after our first two releases had been made is one of
the most striking and complimentary evidences of the
confidence of exchanges in a particular product that has
ever been recorded in the history of the moving picture
business.
We are now inaugurating another step for improving
the selling methods of our product.
Beginning on Seotember 1 the Famous Players will
release 36 "Famous Features" a year, oart of them in
conjunction with Henry W. Savage and Charles Froh-
man.
These will be released through a new and most com-
prehensive exchange established to handle Famous Fea-
tures exclusively, and which will cover the United States.
Its benefits are manifold. It will for the first time com-
pletely systematize the distribution of feature films, it will
create a vast saving in selling cost, and will, greatest of
all, help the exhibitor to make money for himself, and
thus enable him to pay prices sufficient to defray the
cost of the most lavish" and ambitious oflferings.
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187
^m
Advertising- for the Exhibitor
BY CHARLES J. HITE
"^TV
OL'K industry is progressing at such a rapid rate
that tlie necessity for a closer cooperation
between the exhibitor and the manufac
turer is more than e\er apparent. We who
are doing things now have advanced so
greatly over our predecessors that our
precedent will be hard to follow by
those who come along behind us. And
they cannot be satisfied with keeping
up the standard we have set. They
must beat it as much if not more than
we have beaten those who went be-
fore. The only way they can do it is
by close cooperation between manufac-
turer and exhibitor.
The successful making of moving
pictures is a complex thing and a tre-
mendous amount of ca^sital and organiza-
tion is necessary for regularity and uni-
form excellence of service. Only the
big organized manufacturer can ac-
complish and maintain it. Few ex-
hibitors realize what a hazardous
game the manufacturer is playing,
the great outlay of money in produc-
tion and in the absolutely necessary publicity or they
would encourage him in the promulgation and exploita-
tion of the things that cost, which are also the things
that pay.
That time-honored axiom, "You must spend money to
get money," is as true of the film business as of any
other. This has been brought home to me in the opera-
tion of the Thanhouser company more than in any of the
various other businesses in which I have been interested
and all of which have proved to be merely good stepping
stones to the present enterprise. This has rapidly de-
veloped until now with "The ^Million Dollar I\Iystery," I
am trying an experiment of really colossal size.
Immense capitalization and organization make it pos-
sible to release such a huge and expensive serial simulta-
neously all over the country and to make this pay, it has
been necessarv to embark on an advertising and publicity
campaign, hitherto unequalled in any amusement venture.
We are advertising for the exhibitor, a thing which
the manufacturer has not been willing to do before.
The bulk value of this advertising is nearly a quarter of a
million dollars. Xow. it remains to be seen whether the
exhibitor will appreciate what we are doing sufficiently to
stand behind us in our efforts to help hiin as well as our-
selves and support the highly meritorious offering we are
making for him. If he does so, it will encourage us
and other manufacturers to produce other great
attractions like it and steadily raise the stand-
ard of his business and ours.
We are trying out in two hundred of
the greatest newspapers in the country
the theory that it pays to advertise to
the general public direct. In this way
we are reaching and appealing directly
to the patrons of the exhibitor's box-
office. Our advertising in trade papers
is not alone beneficial to ourselves. Of
course, its primary importance is to
us, as it presents in forceful English
the merits of our product, which we
desire to market to the exhibitor, but, on
the other hand, it is of benefit to the
exhibitor also, as it keeps him informed
of what is on the market. But the great
daily paper campaign can only be of
use to us if the exhibitor is enter-
prising enough to support us in our
bold step in endeavoring to help hiin
sell the seats in his theatre, without
any expense to him for this wide-
spread publicity.
Aside from the advertising, if we had not been equipped
as we are and had found it necessary to organize and
equip especially for a serial of the magnitude of "The
^lillion Dollar jMystery" i\ could not have been ade-
quately produced at a cost of less than a quarter of a
million dollars. Thus you see in production and in ad-
vertising we are able to give to the exhibitor of the
country that w^hich cost half a million dollars had we not
been so organized and equipped as to do it for vastly less.
Do not imagine that the actual expense has been light
even though we were so organized beforehand. I do not
believe such great stage sets and such expensive properties
and accessories ever have been employed in the production
of a modern photoplay. What with the purchase of the
Francis W^ilson mansion at New Rochelle, the balloon as-
censions, tally-ho parties, automobiles cheerfullv throw-n
over cliffs and shattered to bits, in the interest of thrills,
the blowing up of ships and the destruction of costlv
clothing and furnishings, and the engagement of cele-
brated writers and players, our disbursements have
mounted into the hundreds of thousands.
This sort of investment can go on with great profit to
everyone, if the exhibitor and the manufacturer can get
into closer sympathy and not continue to fight each other.
IX keeping with the general advancement which has
been made in the motion picture industry within the
past year or so are the changes which have resulted
in the exhibitors' methods of "selling his show."
Scores of exhibitors who have entered the field from
the so-called legitimate branch of the amusement pro-
fession are spending as much money in the dailv news-
papers in their towns to advertise Mary Pickford in
"Tess of the Storm Countrv" as thev were wont to
spend to advertise i\Iaud Adams in "Peter Pan" — and
are doing it with profit.
In the same proportion that the motion picture in-
dustry has increased the number of "house managers"
throughout the country until they now number hun-
dreds as opposed to the tens of other days, so also
has the same industry and its progressive, up-to-date
spirit multiplied the methods of constructive adver-
tising.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
University Interest in Motion Pictures
BY E. J. WALL, F.R.P.S.
IT IS a little difficult for me to write without bia
on what must naturally be my own work, an,-
yet there is probably no one who knows bet
ter the actual facts, the progress, the sue
cesses and failures we have made. But I
am asked to write the story from my
viewpoint and here it is.
Throughout I have kept in view one
main idea and that is that it is abso-
lutely essential for a successful oper-
ator to be thoroughly grounded in the
theory of his work, no matter what
that may be. I have more than once
been asked by a student : "What's the
use of my knowing that ; how can it
apply in photography?" My answer is,
"Wait, and as you learn more you will
see the bearing on some of your work.
I want you to be more than the man
standing behind a half closed door
and looking through the crack." I do
not believe in teaching students to be-
come mere parrots or machines. I
want them to know the whys and
wherefores, so that when they strike
anv trouble they may be able to reason out the cau-es and
find the remedies.
As regards motion picture work proper, with which
the editor is naturally more interested, I can only say
that I cannot see that this reqliires any special treatment,
any more than any other branch of photography, for it
is, after all, merely one branch of the art. I would
only lay emphasis on the fact that the photographic de-
partment of Syracuse University is not and never ivill
be a school zvherein a man can learn motion picture
zvork in a fezv weeks, as long as I am connected zcith it.
Too many think that they have only to turn a crank
for a week or two to become duly qualified experts. I
first turned the handle in 1896, and I have been in the
game off and on ever since, and I do not know it all
and I never shall. Our students have to learn how to
use a camera, to develop and print and then project:
but they are not allozved to do this till they have had a
thorough grounding in chemistry and optics. They have
to project not only in the school but under commercial
conditions in a theatre, and I believe that every operator
ought to go through the same training.
It is simply deplorable to receive letters, as I do, from
men who can neither write well nor spell decently, all
wanting to learn the motion picture business in a few
weeks. Apparently this work is looked upon as a richer
gold field than those of Yukon or Australia, and I do
my best to discourage such get-rich-quick ideas.
So far, I am thoroughly satisfied with the result 'of
our work. We have now, thanks to the farsightedness
and generosity of Mr. F. J. Marion of the Kalem Com-
pany, a building of our own and we hope next year to
put in an all-glass studio, 65 by 35 feet. We have a
good equipment, thanks to the generosity of the Kalem,
Rdison, Eastman Kodak, Ansco, American Goerz
and Wollensak Companies. But I am like Oliver
Twist — I am asking for more. There must be
many firms that have "junk" that is of no
use to them. I want it. I want to form
a museum. I want a library. The small-
est contributions will be gratefully re-
ceived.
As to the future, our outlook grows
brighter and I mean to do better —
better work with the motion picture.
I am to film quite soon some of the
operations of our Department of Ag-
griculture — some special machine
movements. But the results are to be
used for educational purposes only.
They are not to be commercialized, ^\'e
are not a commercial, but a teaching
establishment. We hope to give as-
sistance to all inquirers, proprietors,
managers or operators, but far too
often I find the days not long enough
for my own work. We hope to in-
stitute an experimental branch,
where any point that crops up may
be actually tested out under conditions that will admit
of no cavil on any one's part. We are now onlv ham-
pered by want of money and time, particularly the lat-
ter. Our course of two years is all too short to teach
what I want to. for the school was not founded to teach
motion picture work, but photography in its widest sense,
which must after all be the basis of all successful work.
We have other schemes in view, but thev will not touch
the "movie," except indirectly, it is therefore unneces-
sary for me to deal with them.
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PURPOSE OF THE SYRACUSE SCHOOL
By Frank J. Marion
THE Photographic Department of Syracuse Univer-
sity was not founded to turn out experts in three
or six months. The initial idea, and one that still
forms the dominant note, was to provide such instruc-
tion, both in theory and practice, as would form a solid
foundation for every branch of photography, including
motion picture work. It is impossible for anyone to learn
photography, much less .the whole of motion picture
work, in a few months, and I am glad to learn that over
70 applicants for such short instruction have been turned
down.
Given a good picture story, then a perfect result, means
first, good composition ; secondly, good camera work, and
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189
Photographic Building, Syracuse University
thirdly, perfect photography in the dark rooms. An ad-
mitted trouble, which every film maker has had to con-
tend with, is that too often an artistic producer may be
entirely ignorant of photography, or a eood ohotograph-
er ignorant of art. Therefore, in the course at Syracuse
University, the principles of art have been given a promi-
nent place, especially the elements of composition. In
fact nearly as much time is devoted to art as to pho-
togranhy, and the high reputation which the College of
Fine Arts of the University has is sufficient guarantee
as to the quality of the training in this respect.
Good camera work must be based on a thorough un-
derstanding of the optical principles, the action of light,
of color values, etc., and a very thorough grounding is
given in these subjects. Perfect photography in the
dark room necessitates a comprehension of the chemistry
and physics of the subject, and besides the practical ex-
perience gained in all classes of photographic work, a
student must put in about five hours a week in studying
chemistr\' and physics.
Till the founding of this school there was no estab-
lishment in connection with any university where syste-
matized training could be obtained and it is the first pho-
tographic department of a university outside those of
Germany and Austria.
The school is young yet — barely two years old — but in
a short time it must have an appreciable effect on the
quality of the men available for motion picture work in
all its branches. It will raise the standard of the men
and through them the standard of the work. In too
many cases at the present time the operator, no matter
what department he may be in, is self taught, is a prac-
tical rule-of-thumb man and no more. He knows noth-
ing of theory and in many cases is hopelessly at sea when
anything goes wrong.
in the Syracuse school the students have to manipu-
late the moving picture camera, develop and print from
school, but under commercial conditions in a theatre.
And those wishing to specialize in either department can
do so after graduation. The school is well equipped for
motion picture work and has an extremely fine technical
outfit.
One of the special points that should not be overlooked
is that Professor Wall, who is in charge of the depart-
ment, is no mere theorist, but is thoroughly practical and
has been connected with the film business in all its
branches for over fifteen years. His latest work has been
directed toward the use of the motion picture for spe-
cial scientific subjects, about which we shall probably
hear more at some future date.
The progress made in the school is very gratifying and
is a good promise for yet further developments. It can
and will become a potent force in our art and it deserves
the support of the moving picture business. Its gradu-
ates will shortly be looking for positions and I am confi-
dent there will be many opportunities for them.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY— DEPARTMENT OF
PHOTOGRAPHY.
COURSE OF STUDY.— First Year.
General Optics. — Reflection, refraction, dispersion and dif-
fraction of light. Elementary Photometry. Light standards.
Photographic Optics. — Optical Glass; the general principles
of lens construction; lens aberrations; choice and use of
lenses for special work.
The Camera. — Various types with instructions in the use
of the same for general, portrait, landscape and architectural
work. Instantaneous shutters and testing the same.
Exposure. — The illumination of the subject. The factors
controlling exposure.
Sensitive Materials. — Plates and films, ordinary and color-
sensitive. Color filters.
Development. — The chemistry of developers and develop-
ment. Time, thermo and tank development.
Printing. — Silver printing; development processes. Plati-
num, ^.jj
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Scene in a Modern Motion Picture Studio of Pathe Freres, Jersey City, N. J.
From left to right the picture shows the Cameraman, Lefty Miller, ex- professional baseball player, and Pathe assistant director. Miss Coflin, John
McGraw, Miss Tunison, Sam J. Ryan, and Francis McGlyn. now known the country over as "the bug" in the pictures of the Giants-White Sox world
tour and directing a three-part drama in which Mr. McGraw takes the leading part.
Transparency Making. — Lantern slides and projection.
Art. — Cast drawing. .Sketching. Elementary composition.
Still life.
Chemistry. — ,\ course of lectures and recitations on the
elementary principles of chemistry. One e.xercise a week is
devoted by the student to laboratory work.
Second Year.
Studio Work. — General principles of lighting by day and
artificial light; groups, copying of black and white and col-
ored objects. Retouching the negative.
Printing. — Printing in iron salts; carbon, gum bichromate
oil and bromoil.
Color Photography. — The spectroscope: the science of
color and photographic reproduction of the same by the
additive and subtractive processes.
Photomicrography. — The microscope, principles of con-
struction and use; high and low power photomicrography.
Stereoscopic Photography. — Binocular vision; the practice
of stereoscopic photograph}'.
Elementary Emuls.on Making. — Negative and positive pro-
cesses; printing-out emulsions.
Plate Testing. — Sensitometry of ordinary and color-sensi-
tive plates; spectographic testing.
Enlarging and Reducing. — Principles and practice of the
two methods.
Motion Picture Work. — The eleinentary principles of nega-
tive and postive making, with practical e.xercises. The pro-
jection of pictures, and the construction of projectors.
Art. — Portrait sketching. Advanced composition. Still
life.
Physics. — A general survey of Physics. Two class hours
and one laboratory period.
With the second semester of 1913-1914 the department will
move into a new building expressly built for it, and which is
equipped with the latest apparatus, studios, darkrooms, etc.,
but the students will be expected to provide such sensitive
material as may be considered necessary for carrying out
ordinary practical work.
Research Work. — Students who are sufficiently advanced
will be assigned a problem for investigation, occupying one
or more semesters. Students who have satisfactorily passed
the ordinary course may elect special subjects for further
study.
The tuition for the course in Photography is S45.00 a sem-
ester (one-half year). There is an incidental fee (Library
Gymnasium, etc.) of $7.50 per semester, and a matriculation
fee of $5.00, payable on entrance only. A laboratorj' fee of
$7.50 each semester' in connection with the darkroom, and
a Chemistry laboratory fee of $7.00 each year. Textbooks
about $5.00 per year.
Special students desiring to enter regular gymnasium
classes may do so upon payment of $7.50 per semester.
Further information may be obtained from Professor E. J.
Wall. F. R. P. S.. head of the department of Photograph}'.
THE MOVING PICTfRF. WORM:)
191
Remarkable Growth of Mot
Picture Industry l
Y GEORGE K
ONE September afternoon, 1896, two men with
moving picture cameras, set up at wicleh
separated points of vantage, were busily
engaged in photographing a parade and eques-
trian exhibit of the Germania Riding Club
held in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Each
thought he had secured a "scoop"until
they happened to pass each other, and
their discomfiture was genuine.
These men are now the heads of
two large moving picture manufac-
turing companies located in Chicago. ■
one on the northwest side and the
other on the north side.
The remarkable growth of the mD-
tion picture industry in the city of
Chicago is typical of its development
throughout the entire civilized world.
From 1896 to 1907 the exhibition of
moving pictures was limited to the clos-
ing of vaudeville bills in standard
houses : consequently the demand
upon the film manufacturer was also
very limited and his quarters small.
The panic of 1907 was, in a large
way, responsible for the enormous
growth of the motion picture industry of today, and it
was during that year that the five-cent theatres developed
throughout the country. The scarcity of currency caused
the pleasure-loving public almost to desert the playhouses
where high prices for seats prevailed and, for the first
time, the picture theatres 'came into their own.
For the first time the public realized what a wealth of
entertainment was to be had for just one-twentieth part
of a dollar — in photo-plays. The rushing trains, billowy
cataracts of tumbling water, gorgeous bits of scenic
beauty along famous rivers, glimpses of topmost pinna-
cles scaled only after untold hardships, and a few views
of Oriental and European life were, at that time, a source
of the greatest astonishment to every man, woman and
child — and all for five cents.
With the newly awakened public interest the demands
upon the picture manufacturers increased by leaps and
bounds. Photo-play theatres sprang up over night, and
soon the demand for good films became an incessant hue
and cry from not only the great cities, but from the
smaller towns and hamlets throughout this country. From
that moment the photo-play industry entered upon a solid
foundation.
1 ime passed, and the manufacturers entered upon an
era of growth and development that proved
burdensome to their limited facilities. Their
jlants were enlarged to meet the heavv re-
quirements, and this wonderful upbuilding
has gone steadily forward. The photo-
play, in its new form, began to make
inroads into Europe, and while some
of the largest concerns in the world
are located abroad, the American
product is most popular and in heavy
demand all over the Eastern hemi-
sphere.
And now the moving picture in-
dustry is recognized as one of the
gigantic powers of the earth. Look-
ing back through 1913 we find that
absolute miracles have been wrought
through the medium of the photo-play.
America is the center of this vast manu-
facturing industry. The wonder-
ful plants of the American makers
are dotted throughout the country,
and their branches have ramifi-
cations almost throughout the en-
tire continent of Europe. \'ast
sums of money have been, and will be, spent in bringing
the modern photo-play to the utmost perfection.
A comparison of today's moving picture with that of
some four or five years ago is almost ludicrous and re-
veals the upward trend in a score of startling ways. \"ast
productions, in one, two and three-reels, covering famous
historical subjects of the utmost importance to the grow-
ing child in school, as well as the grownups, have been
staged before the camera successfully. The photo-play
fan, starting out in the morning with a goodly supply
of nickels and dimes, can be transported around the en-
tire world, and through history — in films. The splendor
and scenic gorgeousness of the Far East, the semi-civil-
ized portions of Europe, the vastnesses of the pulsating
seas, and the wonders of our native land are on every
hand — just within the portals of the photo-play's house.
Lured by the click of the picture camera, almost
every celebrated stage star of the present day has
enacted his or her famous successes in the studios
of photo-play manufacturers during the past year.
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THERE has been given, perhaps, no more striking
example of the far reaching appeal which the pho-
to-play, and those who populate its world, has at-
tained in the United States than the recent operations of
Francis X. Bushman and his Essanay associates in ^Ir.
Spoor's companv in New York City, in connection with
the filming of the Louis Tracy prize novel, "One Won-
derful Xight".
In order that the settings might be true to life, the
Essanay players came to New York City not long ago
to make a number of exterior scenes set forth in the
story. They "acted" on fashionable Fifth Avenue and
invaded the sacred environment of the Hotel Plaza — and
everywhere they went it was quite noticeable that, while
the cameraman kept turning the crank, debutantes and
dandies, like their humbler brethren from less select lo-
calities, promptly forgot ever\-thing else in response to
the compelling call of "the movies".
192
THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
The Motion Picture Trade in Europ
BY E. H. MONTAGU
THE trade in Europe is by no means in a health
condition. The reason for this can be easi'
given, viz. : over-production by the manu
facturer, cutthroat competition by the renter,
and the building of too many cinemato-
graph theatres. This reaction is of no
recent development. It has been under
way gradually for weeks past, but it is
now more pronounced and general,
and with the summer season coming
on, it will be felt in a deeper degree
by all. I
Probably one of the most important
factors in the film trade today is the
long film, and it should be noted that
the long film — or films exceeding 3,000
feet — is not wanted in Europe. Occa-
sionally some special film exceeding
this length, and of exceptional subject
and quality, will find a good market ;
but the great majority of the long
films coming to Europe today are
more or less unsaleable.
Business in England may be called
very good on the whole, although,
owing to the tremendous output,
there is keen competition, F.nd it is only those who have
the goods to deliver that can succeed. During the pres-
ent year many a manufacturer and agent, not having
films of merit, will conduct his English office at a loss.
The market, however, is open and unrestricted, so that
anyone having a film that will suit the English public,
and that does not exceed 3,000 feet in length, can sell
anything up to 80 or tO copies on the English market
alone. The last animal picture of Selig's, released over
here — "Amid Raging Beasts" — had a sale in the British
market of 92 copies. It must not be forgotten, however,
by Americans, that the English taste is entirely differ-
ent from the American, and that films containing Ameri-
can politics and American humor will not sell in the
English market at all.
It should also be remembered that theatres here select
the programs, not the renter; and, consequently, it is
absolutely imperative that the taste of the public
be catered to, as they practically select the films.
It should also be remembered that, in Eng-
and, the theatres change their programs
only twice every week at most, and, there-
fore, that fewer new films are required
than in the United States.
^^'ith regard to the Continental
business, this is hardly worth consid-
ering, except for the occasional film
of extra special merit. This is due
to the fact that the majority of the
agents and manufacturers on the
continent are engaged in the rental
business, with the result that instead
of purchasing films they ttse only the
samples they get from their own fac-
tories and rent these out at a cheap
price. Then, also, it must be remem-
beredthat financial conditions on the
Continent, in the film trade, are not
very strong, and that most manufac-
turers suffer losses in the course of
a year, from bad debts, that wipe off
all the profits they make. This is
obvious, seeing that films have to be sold on the Contin-
ent at a rate that is not much over six cents per foot.
There is no question that the next year or two will
witness a great weeding out in the film trade that will
eventually tend to its benefit. The business must grad-
ually settle down to a regular, commercial basis. The
day when any sort of film cafi be sold is gradually dis-
appearing, and those manufacturers who are studying
conditions will benefit.
THE AMERICAN PRODUCT IN BRITAIN
AS most American producers know, one of the
toughest markets for the selling of their wares is
in the British Isles. What is more, the increase
in quality and quantity of the British and Continental
productions makes competition keener than ever. The
first signs of this was when sales began to go down, as
for a quite long period the American producers seemed
to have made little advance over their previous stand-
ard.
When your producers began to invade the London
market, their stuff was far away superior to that being
turned out by producers of other countries, but the one
mistake of your manufacturers was that they had been
too content to rest on their past laurels. While they
were doing this, the production side of Europe began to
wake up, and it developed to such an extent as to threat-
en to oust American films fjom first ilace. However,
your producing firms brought their characteristic resource
to the rescue, with the result that they soon adapted them-
selves to the changing conditions. The advance made
was terrific, which served to prove that, after all, the
American product is best.
Of course it was only natural that most of your manu-
facturers should turn the "standing order" system at
home to profitable account, but there was the European
market to think of — a big consideration when it often-
times means the sale of two hundred prints.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
193
\'our producers are proceeding on the right lines, for
the British picturegoing public simjjly revels in plays
with quick action. Besides the moral tone is just right
and so is the character of the pictures. Cineniagoers arc
getting tired of the sickly sentimeiU and too sjiun-out
productions that frequently emanate from Continental
studios. If a vote was taken of the average audiences
here, I am confident that ^Vmerican pictures would head
the list.
The outstanding fault of British films is the plots.
Frequently hackneyed and weak stories are put on, for
the average producer here will not pay the scenario writ-
er anything like adequate remuneration.
I will now touch upon the shortcomings of the Ameri-
can product, as seen through British eyes.
First, there is the question of standard lengths. In
the States you adhere rigidly to these, sometimes spinn-
ing out a 1,500-foot subject to two reels. Over here it
is different. There appears to be several manufacturers
who do not allow their London agents a free hand in
cutting the negative down to the right length. It's a
policy that results in fewer sales.
Then there are American words and phrases which
are like Greek to the average spectator. For instance,
the American Company recently put "The Drummer's
Honeymoon" on the market. The picture — a good one —
was adversely criticised by the trade press because of
the title. Now had it been changed to the English equiv-
alent, "The Commercial's Honeymoon," all would have
been in order. Such English words as through being
spelt thru is another defect. American producing con-
cerns would be wise to have an English translator on
their staff so as to be right in line.
Next comes the question of historical pictures. You
have no history to speak of, consequently you have
been obliged to do the Civil War to death and turn to
the history of other countries. Audiences here have
had enough of the former, whilst in the latter you do
not always succeed. You cannot always procure the cor-
rect atmosphere and the necessary care and attention to
detail is not always paid. In fact, the Continental firms
can do them better.
But with regard to modern plays, the American pro-
ducer will always lead if he progresses as he is doing
now.
I have a good motive for offering this constructive
criticism, for although I am an Englishman, I am a
great believer in American photoplays.
FRENCH CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE
By Frank J. Marion.
IT APPEARS to me that the motion picture industry
is approaching a crisis. As we all know, the art
gained its first impetus in France and arrived at a
high point of perfection in that artistic country sooner
than any other. \Ye doubtless are all willing to acknowl-
edge that the French productions of from three to five
years ago led the world. It has been my privilege to
tour France by automobile for the past two seasons.
During the month of May of this year I covered perhaps
thirty of the principal cities and noted the status of the
moving picture business very carefully. I am obliged to
report that it is distinctly on the decline. It is my im-
pression that the number of houses is steadily decreasing
and the character of the houses in operation is decidedly
low. In talking with business men I frequently met the
prediction that in a very few years the business would
be practically dead in France.
The reason given me for this state of affairs was
one which I could have anticipated, that is, the character
of the pictures shown. It is almost impossible to find a
iiigh-grade American or English film in a French moving
|)icture house. They run entirely to ultra-sensational and
lewd shows. On the streets of Paris the solicitors for
indecent cinematograph shows are so jjlentiful as to be
a nuisance. A tourist whose personality indicates that he
is an American or Englisiiniaii or German can iiardly
walk a block without being approached by a young man
of the well-known "cadet'' type touting for a moving
picture show of an improper character. I took the trou-
ble this year, as last, to ask many employes of moving
picture shows whether there was not a demand for. clean
.\merican films and the invariable reply was there was
decidedly such a demand but tiiat it was impossible to
get them.
When confronted by this state of affairs, it seems per-
fectly clear that the men of America who are interested
in the exhibition end of the moving picture business will
do well to see to it that such conditions are not repeated
in America. I realize that it is a very strong temptation to
>ield to the advertising demand for sensational subjects.
Perhajis the Kalem Companv has been as guilty as any
other in listening to this demand, but I am quite confident
that we all know the difference between right and wrong
and that the men who are in the business today, as well
as those who are to come into it in the future, will not
allow the industry to degenerate in this country as it has
in France.
It seems to me that one of the greatest needs of the
business today is such a photographic school as has been
established at Syracuse University — a school in which
young men can secure an education in the art, chemistry
and practice of photography.
J. PARKER REID
ENTERPRISE and energy are prime necessities in
the make-up of the man who embarks in the mo-
tion picture feature business. It is enterprise
that enables him to get the right sort of feature and
energy that finds a market for it. J. Parker Reid, the
subject of this brief
sketch has demon-
strated that he pos-
sesses both these
requisites, for his
past performances
fairly bristle with
enterprise and re-
quired a large ex-
penditure in real en-
ergy to put it over.
Mr. Reid gained
real prominence in
the feature business
by an exploit that
was novel and inter-
esting. At the time
when that beautiful
dramatic spectacle,
"The Garden of Al-
lah," was playing at'
the Century Theatre,
New York, he con-
ceived the idea of
showing the real Garden of Allah on the screen. It was
some undertaking to cross the desert to the African oasis,
but Mr. Reid succeded and brought back a picture that
was as beautiful as it was interesting. He has done many
good things since then, but we shall always remember
that daring exploit. i^Tr. Reid is still a young man and has
a long road before him.
J. Parker Reid.
194
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Magazines and Motion Pictures
BY GARDNER W. WOOD
CARLYLE BLACKWELL, known as one of
the seven handsomest men in the 'movies, '" — is
a recent and significant quotation from the
Los Angeles Herald. It is food for thought.
How did Mr. Blackwell get that national
reputation? I'll tell you. It's because he
was one of the seven prominent moving
picture actors entered in the Hero
Contest recently conducted by The
Ladies' World. He didn't win, but
the five million picture fans who read
that magazine each month have fixed
him in that imperishable company of
"seven handsomest men in the
'movies'."
The work of these seven screen
artists, the companies they represent,
and their associates on the screens have
been swung into a more brilliant promi-
nence than ever before. One magazin-
has done more in a few months'
time to draw the attention of the ulti-
mate consumer — the picture "fan" —
to the product of seven big produc-
ing companies than could have been
accomplished in a year of hard
work by other means or by any other method.
Now this is just where the magazine fits in the field
of photo-play. It is the one greatest national publicity
medium. It is the last link in the sales system that con-
nects the producer with the theatre-goer. Its work is
to create popular demand, and no one will be rash enough
to deny the supreme importance of such a factor in any
line of business whether it be soap, silk, shoes or pic-
tures. Mrs. Jones of Buffalo buys Ivory Soap, Queen
Quality Shoes and Corticelli Silk because she has seen
them mentioned for years in her favorite magazines.
Just so with pictures. Mrs. Jones learned something
new about moving pictures when she began reading
."What Happened to Mary" two years ago in The Ladies'
World, and she has been going to see the pictures ever
since. It is the nickels, dimes and quarters of Mrs.
Jones that keeps the factories of the producers working
overtime.
Don't overlook Mrs. Jones ! She is the one best bet.
It is to the great public that the manufacturer ultimately
looks for the success of his product. He sells prints
because the public likes his pictures and for no other
reason. You can't make a horse drink if the horse
doesn't want to. Here is what the magazine is doing.
It is teaching the public to like pictures, to like better
pictures, to appreciate more fully the value of the
right kind of pictures. It is unmistakably work-
ing for improvement in picture quality. It
IS turning the enthusiastic attention of the
best class of Americans to the moving
picture theatre. It is helping willingly
and ably in the eager fight that far
sighted producers are waging for
quality and standardization. The
magazine is boosting, not knocking.
I am peculiarly qualified to say
this because of The Ladies' World's
unique position in the motion picture
field. It was the first magazine to
effect a connection with motion pic-
tures when in August, 1912, the "Mary"
series was begun. Since that time there
has not been an issue without some
feature of big photo-play interest. We
have converted thousands upon thou-
sands of our readers into picture en-
thusiasts. This is proved by the
enormous total of five and a half
million votes cast in the above men-
tioned contest.
\\'e have watched our readers' interest in pictures
grow from month to month, and I am sure that in our
army of over five million readers we have more moving
picture devotees than you can find in any other similar
group of people in the country today.
The intelligent citizen reads magazines for relaxation
— she or he goes to see the pictures for the same reason
— the connection is inevitable. The average magazine
reader will not tolerate cheap, or vicious pictures. She
will gasp for air and leave the house if she has to sit
through many reels of that variety; but films like "Ju-
dith of Bethulia" make her a permanent convert and
booster for the business. In educating her taste for qual-
ity pictures the magazine is of far more value than the
newspaper ever can be.
The Ladies' World originated and established, with
the co-operation of The Edison Company, the value of
the "series" idea which has caueht the public interest like
wildfire and has been established as one of the most
profitable forms of release. We were the first to inaug-
urate a favorite actor contest outside the specialized
magazines. And we are free to acknowledge the value
of moving pictures to us.
C-^tU^J^^^/ Wvtr^ci— ,
THE ability to make and keep friends has long been
regarded as an important asset in the make-up of
the actor. Particularly true is this in the case of
the stock actor and. to a degree that is as surprising as it
is inexplicable, is it true in the realm of the photoplay.
It has been proven times without number that bigger
bv far than the most pretentious photoplay production,
as an attraction provided by an exhibitor, is the per-
sonal appearance of one of the recognized screen fav-
orites. Balls and dances the country over, given under
the auspices of motion picture people and attended by
well-known photoplayers, have wonderful pulling power.
The "personal appearance" of well-known screen stars
made the recent exposition at Grand Central Palace,
New York City.
•rill". M()\IX(; I'K'TL'KI
\\< )U1.I)
195
Woman's Place in Photop
Production
BY MADAME ALICE BL
IT has long been a source of wonder to me that many
women have not seized upon the wonderful oppor-
tunities offered to them by the motion picture
art to make their way to fame and fortune as
producers of photodramas. Of all the arts
there is probably none in which they can
make such splendid use of talents so
much more natural to a woman than
to a man and so necessary to its per-
fection.
There is no doubt in my mind that
a woman's success in many lines of
endeavor is still made very difficult by
a strong prejudice against one of her
sex doing work that has been done
only by men for hundreds of years. Of
course this prejudice is fast disappearing
and there are many vocations in which it
has not been present for a long time. In
the arts of acting, music, painting and
literature, woman has long held her
place among the most successful work-
ers, and when it is considered how vi-
tally all of these arts enter into the
production of motion pictures one
wonders why the names of scores of
women are not found among the successful creators of
photodrama offerings.
Not only is a woman as well fitted to stage a photo-
drama as a man, but in many ways she has a dis-
tinct advantage over him because of her very nature and
because much of the knowledge called for in the telling
of the story and the creation of the stage setting is abso-
lutely within her province as a member of the gentler sex.
She is an authority on the emotions. For centuries she
has given them full play while man has carefully trained
himself to control them. She has developed her finer
feelings for generations, while being protected from the
world by her male companions, and she is naturally re-
ligious. In matters of the heart her superiority is ac-
knowledged, and her deep insight and sensitiveness in the
affairs of cupid give her a wonderful advantage in de-
veloping the thread of love which plays such an all im-
portant part in almost every story that is prepared for
the screen. All of the distinctive qualities which she
possesses come into direct play during the guiding of the
actors in making their character drawings and interpret-
ing the dift'erent emotions called for by the story. For to
think and to feel the situation demanded by the play is
the secret of successful acting, and sensitiveness to those
thoughts and feelings is absolutely essential to the suc-
cess of a stage director.
The qualities of patience and gentleness possessed to
such a high degree by womankind are also of inestima-
ble value in the staging of a photodrama. Artistic tem-
perament is a thing to be reckoned with while directing
an actor, in spite of the treatment of the subject in the
comic papers, and a gentle, soft-voiced director is much
more conducive to good work on the part of the per-
former than the over-stern, noisy tyrant of the studio.
Not a small part of the motion picture director's
work, in addition to the preparation of the story
for picture-telling and the casting and directing
of the actors, is the choice of suitable loca-
tions for the staging of the exterior scenes
and the supervising of the studio settings,
props, costumes, etc. In these matters
it seems to me that a woman is espe-
cially well qualified to obtain the very
best results, for she is dealing with
subjects that are almost a second na-
ture to her. She takes the measure of
every person, every costume, every
house and every piece of furniture
that her eye comes into contact with,
and the beauty of a stretch of land-
scape or a single flower impresses her
immediately. All of these things are of
the greatest value to the creator of a
photodrama and the knowledge of them
must be extensive and exact. A wo-
man's magic touch is immediately
recognized in a real home. Is it not
just as recognizable in the home of
the characters of a photoplay?
That women make the theatre pos-
sible from the box-office standpoint is an acknowledged
fact. Theatre managers know that their appeal must be
to the woman if they would succeed, and all of their ef-
forts are naturally in that direction. This being the case,
what a rare opportunity is offered to women to use that
inborn knowledge of just what does appeal to them to
produce photodramas that will contain that inexplicable
something which is necessary to the success of every
stage or screen production.
There is nothing connected with the staging of a mo-
tion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man,
and there is no reason why she cannot completely master
every technicality of the art. The technique of the
drama has been mastered by so many women that it is
considered as much her field as a man's and its adapta-
tion to picture work in no way removes it from her
sphere. The technique of motion picture photography
like the technique of the drama is fitted to a woman's ac-
tivities.
It is hard for me to imagine how I could have obtained
my knowledge of photography, for instance, without the
months of study spent in the laboratory of the Gaumont
Company, in Paris, at a time when motion picture photog-
raphy was in the experimental stage, and carefully con-
tinued since my own laboratory in the Solax Studios in
this country. It is also necessary to study stage direc-
tion by actual participation in the work in addition to
burning the midnight oil in your library, but both are as
suitable, as fascinating and as remunerative to a woman
as to a man.
196
THE :momxg picture world
The Life of a Photodrama
BY HERBERT BLACHE
T(J do a great deed or create great masterpieces
that will live through the centuries has spurred
man to Herculean efforts since time imme
morial. Any art that does not present the pos
sibilities of endless fame suft'ers accordingly
by failing to attract men whose ambition
rise to heights of real greatness and by
substituting for them men content
merely with piling up worldly goods
and gaining the plaudits of the pass-
ing throng.
Like statues, paintings, books and
dramas that have kept green and
fresh the names of their creators and
stimulated countless millions to
mighty achievements for centuries,
photodramas now bid fair to offer a pos-
sible monument worthy of the life work
of a master mind. And viewed from
this standpoint how small and common-
place our greatest efforts appear com-
pared with the work upon which we
are now entering.
Of course the rapid development
of the motion picture from every
standpoint, has placed the achieve-
ments of each year so far ahead of those of the year
preceding that the preservation of photodrama negatives
cf the past would only be valuable for a record of the
history of the art. Aside from the improvement in the
stage technique of the picture, the perfecting of the cam-
era, the printing machine, the projecting machine, the
manufacture and developing of the film itself and num-
erous important discoveries that cover every branch of
the art, have caused the picture of yesteryear to be for-
gotten with an amused smile while we pressed on to take
advantage of the latest discovery.
But in spite of the rapid changes which have made
such marked improvement possible from month to month,
many cases are already upon record where old negatives
have been taken out of the safe and reproduced simply
because the art of the author, the director or the a'^tor
recorded upon them has made them exceptionally valu-
able. In this fact we see the "handwriting upon the
wall" which tells us in words of thunder that the little
strip of negative is even now as valuable to the monu-
ment builder as the marble, the canvas and the parchment.
To produce the photodrama masterpiece it is neces-
sary to have the scenario. But while the minds of great
writers are being prepared for that achievement, there
is a most important work waiting at the very door of
the ambitious producer. The literary giants of past cen-
turies have piled up a wealth of dramas and books that
are ready and waiting to be recorded upon the film by the
director-genius who can reproduce them with the art
that will make them immortal in picture form.
Verily the time is at hand for the serious minded pro-
ducer of photodramas to choose his subject and stage it
with the idea constantly in mind that he is creating some-
thing that will not only win the plaudits of the multi-
books are printed.
tudes for a day or a year, but will bear reproduction
in the form of renewed prints for many years to
come. Far from being ruinous from a commer-
cial standpoint, this policy oft'ers possibilities
of money profits that are beyond the rosiest
dreams of the producers of ordinary mo-
tion pictures.
Although the time and money re-
quired to stage what we might term
a "picture classic" is far in excess of
that demanded by a less carefully-
staged production, once created it's
value is really enormous. Unlike a
theatrical production, there are no
salaries to pay and it can be "laid
oft" indefinitely without costing a sin-
gle dollar; while, like a painting, who
can say that it may not some day be a
pearl without price.
There is absolutely no doubt in my
mind that photodramas will be pro-
duced in the very near future — if in-
deed some are not already in the
course of production — which will be
placed upon the market year after
year or in "editions" just as our great
L'sing the phraseology of the theatre.
Tom Shows" and "East Lynnes" are as possible to the
screen as to the stage, with the wonderful advantage
that, once sure of seeing them in their original form
instead of witnessing their sad mutilation by a "seven
people and five trunk" company.
\Vith the "long life" photodrama in mind our studios
recently completed a six reel production of "The Chimes"
by Charles Dickens. No time or expense limit was
placed upon this work and not a stone was left unturned
to make it as nearly a perfect picture recital of the fam-
ous author's story as was within our power. The cast
was selected with as much care as if it were to actually
give a stage version of the wonderful play on Broad-
way. Almost every actor engaged had played the char-
acter for which he was chosen many times and was a
student of Dickens' works. A collection of "props" was
used that would compare favorably with any collection
of the quaint old articles of the period and the costumes
were so carefully prepared that we had a painting made
of each of the characters of the play so that the result
of our eff'orts might be preserved even to the coloring.
The picture was allowed to run its natural length — about
seven reels, and the result is a picture version which we
hope is worthy of the famous author.
\Mth the knowledge that, according to its worth will
the life of a photodrama be prolonged, it seems to
me that we are entering upon an era of artistic motion
picture production which will give us the masterpieces
of which we have dreamed since the birth of the art.
Till-: M()\I\'ii ri( ITKl". WmKI.D
The Development gf the Motion Picture
BY HORACE G. PLIMPTON
WE have all had the experience of not seeing an
old friend for several years and then,
upon meeting him, of being greatly sur
prised at the change ni his appearance. \ et
we ourselves have changed just as much
and had we met our friend from day to
day, or week to week, we should have
been unconscious of his alteration. In
such cases it is only by coming across
an old photograph that we realize the
changes that the years have made.
So it is with motion pictures.
Those of us who are in daily touch
with production do not always real-
ize the vast changes that the last few
years have brought about in every branch
of the art. It is only when from time to
time, as we may have occasion to look
at a picture made several years ago,
that we realize the situation. Often
one is told of an old subject as being
of great merit and worth a reissue.
But look at it and then judge! Is it
possible that this was put out seri-
ously? Those minute figures furi-
ously waving their arms, that lack of facial expression,
that rapid rushing from side to side, that scenery shaking
from time to time and frequently employing in the set
painted objects as "properties" instead of real, that "back
drop" with shadows on the sky as people pass by — could
all these have possibly escaped serious criticism?
They did because at the time we knew of nothing
different. We judge by accepted standards.
I\Iy connection with the motion picture art dates from
the Spring of 1909. At that time the Edison studio had
no stock company, although there were a few people
regularly employed and paid a small weekly guarantee.
Generally speaking, the actors employed in motion pic-
ture work were far below today's standard. It was not
uncommon to have property men pose in addition to
their regular duties. As the camera was usuallv placed
some distance away, but little attention was paid to fa-
cial expression and the plot was conveyed by physical
action, usually more or less violent. To the' Biograph
Company must be given credit for the introduction of
slow movement, for placing the camera close enough to
see the expressions of the face and for having the face
convey thoughts. I remember distinctly the impression
made upon me by seeing their picture, "The Cricket
on the Hearth," and realizing then how points could
be made — and more effectively — by quiet but intense
acting. The other manufacturers were not slow to fol-
low suit, and the result was a rather sudden change to
work of this character. But this necessitated better
actors. A good actor can hold a situation without any
great amount of movement, but the attempts made along
these lines with actors of inferior ability were sometimes
rather pathetic.
The Edison Company can justly claim to have begun
tl'.e adaptation of copyrighted works, by well known
authors, to motion picture form. The plots in 1909
were pretty crude. Scenario writers were paid
as low as SIO, and $25 was considered a rath-
er high price. In the summer of 1909 the
Edison Company bought from Mark
Twain the right to produce "The Prince
and the Pauper," and it was brought
out, as a feature picture for those
da}s, in one reel. This was followed
quickly by the works of such authors
as Rex Beach, Richard Harding
Davis, E. W. Townsend, Carolyn
Wells and Roy Norton. Quite an
imposing galaxy then, but now not
sufficient to attract a moment's atten-
tion. It seems strange that it took such
a relatively long time for the producers
generally to realize the value of utilizing
prominent current fiction for motion
pictures, but it is a fact that, for two
or three years after the time noted
above, the Edison Company had this
field almost to itself. Of late, how-
ever, the demands have come with a
rush, and today there is hardly an author or dramatist of
prominence whose works have not been bought for the
screen and some at very high prices.
Not the least remarkable point in the development of
motion pictures in the last five years has been the changed
attitude toward them of the press and public. Although
they jumped into almost instantaneous favor with the
masses, for a long time the more cultured class refrained
from seeing them, or, if they did visit a motion picture
theatre, felt that it needed explanation and almost apol-
ogy. So too the press, when it deigned to notice them
at all, did so in a distinctly derisive manner. But, with
the improvement in theatres and the vast change in the
character of subjects, the tendency now is quite the re-
verse and there is even a disposition to swing too far to
the other extreme. The picture will never, in my judg-
ment, replace the spoken drama. It occupies a field dis-
tinct and different. There is plenty of room for both.
But it is having a great effect on play construction. As
asides were cut out years ago, so today dramatists are
learning from pictures how to land situations clearly and
quickly, without superfluous words.
There remain, within the scope of this article, two
points, the censorship and the long or "feature" picture.
The Edison Company has never dreaded reasonable
censorship. It has been its own censor in the purchase
and production of a scenario. With the broad and rea-
sonable rulings of the National Board of Censorship it
has never had a moment's question. But now the situa-
tion is one, frankly, that may well cause uneasiness. With
a federal censorship threatened, with state boards in
Ohio and Pennsylvania, with local censorship in Chicago
and many other cities and towns — how is it to be possible
for the manufacturer to market his product without great
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annoyance and expense? We should cheerfully govern
ourselves according to the accepted standards of any one
body, but how can we possibly meet the divergent views
of perhaps fifty? In England the official censor gives his
verdict and the matter is settled. But here it is con-
ceivable that the federal board may approve a film which
will be criticized by the State of Pennsylvania and re-
jected in Chicago. It is not fair to the producer and no
such ruling has ever been made in respect to the drama
or fiction. It is opposed to the American spirit. That
the picture producers can, as interested parties, accom-
plish much is doubtful, but if public opposition could be
stimulated a great deal could be done.
And now as to the "feature" picture, a term generally
understood to mean a production of three reels or over.
Personally I rather dissent from this definition. A sub-
ject of two reels or even one may be more of a feature
than one of five or six. However, we are concerned with
the part that films averaging say 5,000 feet long are to
play in the future of motion pictures. About a year ago
the ball was started rolling with that remarkably fine
production, "Quo Vadis," a feature in every sense. Then
the country went rapidly feature crazy. The estab-
lished manufacturers bought up standard plays and new
concerns sprang up over night, until the advertising pages
of the Moving Picture World showed name after name
unknown until that time, each one claiming a remarkable
production of some sort. Theatres, previously devoted to
the drama, closed their doors to open for feature films.
Naturally the reaction was bound to come, and it-Sl^
set in swiftly and surely.
Obviously the long picture is not popular with the av-
erage exhibitor. He depends tipon a varied show of four
to six reels and wants to empty and fill his house several
times a day. From this exhibitor has come a decided
remonstrance against feature films, until now one might
well believe that the latter are doomed. But this is
going too far the other way. It has happened in this
country time and time again that a new thing has ap-
peared to sweep the land from ocean to ocean, then to
almost disappear and finally to settle down in its legiti-
mate place.
In my judgment the very essence of the motion picture
is the relatively short subject. The eye receives an im-
pression immediately and therefore a plot which, to tell
with words would take an hour, could probably be
shown on the screen in fifteen or twenty minutes. Thus
a picture, to justify a showing of one to three hours,
must be truly extraordinary, either from the plot itself
or its spectacular nature.
The future? It is so much easier to be wise after
an event has happened. That the motion picture has
made a permanent and important place for itself in the
amusement field — and is beginning to be considered se-
riously for educational purposes — is certain. The pre-
cise line to be followed in the next few years can better
be judged, by those of us who are at the helm, from
day to day, with an eye sharp to windward, than by
attempting to lay too long a course now. That we shall
encounter squalls is certain but let us hope that, with
good judgment, they will do us no serious injury until
:our:5,pemianent port is reached.
G;^V!E:^^G^2Lyi^ '
A Chat With Thomas A. Edison
(Continued from page 180)
purposes of the drama came much later. No, we never
had any trouble about getting actors. The Rialto was
not far away. We were always careful about the sub-
jects and avoided the things that are popular in the Latin
countries. That's why in the beginning we did very little
business with the Latin countries. We sold the films in
those days and got about fifteen cents a foot. To tell you
the truth, I lost money on the transaction because our
lawyers' bills were so heavy. Renters of films in the
early days were always after us for more material ;
we could not turn the stuflf out fast enough. Well, I
never paid so much attention to the business end of it
anyway ; the technical end kept me busy, but there was
not much business system then ; that I do remember very
well. When the other interests came in, business grew
a good deal, some of the fellows that kept a sort of "Peep-
ing Tom' show came in too, and they all have made a lot
of money. Well, I am glad of it."
Mr. Edison was manifestly pleased with the effect of
the motion picture on the saloons.
"I hope," he said, "that some day the out-door places
will seat two and three thousand people and that the price
will be cut to three cents. I want to give the very poor-
est people a chance to learn and to be amused. I hope
there will be forty or fifty such places right around New
York and that will cut ofif about a hundred thousand visi-
tors to the gin places. Yes, that would knock the whiskey
trade pretty hard. If private enterprise won't do it the
municipalities ought to take hold of it. Let me put down
the price a little lower, say to two cents, and I will put
crepe on the door of all the saloons."
The great inventor expressed his disapproval of the
so-called "white slave" and "drug-terror" films and went
with great enthusiasm into the work he said was now
engrossing his attention — the perfection of a disc for the
reproduction of music. He took the interviewer up to the
trial room and had some popular as well as classic music
run off with the new invention. There was a complete
absence of the harsh and grating sound we associate
with all artificial reproduction of music. Each instrument
and each voice retained its original richness and purity.
It was a rare treat, which the inventor enjoyed with all
the zest of the true lover of music.
"I just love music," said Edison, his face lit up with
child-like pleasure.
We returned to the great American's office and chatted
a little longer. Edison inquired how The Moving Pic-
ture World was getting along and as he shook hands with
me he said, in parting:
"Well, I will say The World is fair."
DEMOCRACY A CHARACTERISTIC.
AS one of the "biggest" men which the world has ever
produced, Thomas A. Edison, his accomplishments,
and personal characteristics, provides an interesting
subject of discussion everywhere. Not long ago a prom-
inent magazine writer who has had occasion to interview
the "Wizard of the Oranges" on numerous occasions
said : "One of the marked characteristics of Mr. Edison
is his absolute democracy. He is one of the most human
men I have ever met and the most approachable big man
with whom I have ever come in contact. He is always
willing to chat — and when I say chat I mean to talk with
men whose conversation will not burden him with the
technical details of his work in which one might reason-
ably expect him to be engrossed. A good story is the
open sesame to his heart and he himself is one of the
most entertaining story tellers to whom I have ever
listened. It is notably true that his winning system of
living has always called for the leavening of his busy
life with periods of wholesome play time."
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Literary Side of Pictures
BY EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
SUPPOSE, before we get too deep into the subject
that you take a look at the forgotten side of
what this title implies. Now and then one
of our cherished goats wanders from its
own firesida at the call of someone who
says that pictures are not literature, but
we call it back, because we're carefu
of our goats and don"t let them as-
sociate with such persons.
Stop a minute and think. Litera-
ture is old, centuries old. It started
'way back; possibly before the flood.
It ought to be good by this time if,
like wine and cheese, it gets savor
from age. Photoplay writing is no
bearded veteran. Photoplay writing was
born some time or another in 1909.
Can you ask the six-year-old to have
the erudition of the ages?
Now to beat out the possible (and
probable) objector, we'll revise that
statement, but with mental resen-a-
tions. The photoplay writing game
started somewhere between 1894 and
1896. Don't ask just precisely when.
If we could tell we would not be writing this stuff. We
would be over in the Treasury Department or some place
in_Washington, making out next year's corn crop reports.
We never said we were that good.
But it was about 1898 that the first editor was em-
ployed. Then there were three companies over here that
lasted overnight. One of them was the Biograph. They
had been doing the Jefferson family until we were sick
of them. The Jeffersons were big in the Biograph in
those days and if you saw a fisherman who hooked him-
self in the seat of his panties it was C. B. JelTerson; or
Joe, Jr., or someone of the Jefferson family who were
more numerous in those days than Eddie Foy's family
is at present. Every time we asked Austin Fynes who
a new Biograph player was he found out and added a
new Jefferson to the already numerous family.
About this time Roy AlcCardell was
off the New York World. In those
days McCardell spent about two-thirds
of his time with
the paper of that
title and about one-third holding out for more money,
because he was making good. This was one of
his oft" moments and he was ''writing pic-
tures" for the then Standard. They were
not moving pictures in the sense now
employed, though they were indeed
moving. AlcCardell used to write
about ten captions telling a more or
less complete story. Then he and the
boss would hire a lot of models —
mostly girls — and go out and make
pictures for the captions. Somebody
on the Biograph must have read the
Standard, for presently McCardell
was hired to go down to Thirteenth
street and Broadway and write pictures
for the Biograph. To be exact it was
for the Mutascope, then a nickel in the
slot machine. They didn't think much
of the projection machine in those
days. It was all mutascope.
Anyhow, Roy wrote the stuff and
he was the first man on either side
of the water to be hired for no other
purpose than to write pictures. He
did the work very successfully until he got the idea for
Air. and Mrs. Nagg, first cousins to the present Jarr
family, and he went the rest of the way down to the
place with the gilded dome, but he has kept on writing
pictures to this day and he is still one of the most suc-
cessful farcical writers. In passing, the New York
World later gave two other writers to the business.
With the formation of the Thanhouser Company, Lloyd
Lonergan, a brother-in-law of the founder of the com-
pany, was induced to leave the paper and write stories
for 'the films. Until the growth of the Thanhouser con-
cern made it necessary for him to concentrate on the big
stuft' like "The Alillion Dollar Mystery," he did most of
the stories for Thanhouser and later for the Princess,
as well. Considering the number of stories produced m
proportion to the percentage of hits, we incline to the
belief that Air. Lonergan has a better
batting average than any man in the
game today.
'^ ' The third mem-
ber of the New
^1
Perry N. VekrofE.
G. W. Terwilliger.
Roy L. McCardell.
R. y. Spencer.
B. P. Schulberg.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Ben Barondess
Richard Willis.
Beta Breuil
York World trio is
Russell E. Smith, who recently quit that
paper to become connected with the Mutual.
But this brings us too close to the moment. Let's back
up to the old days. At the start the people about the
studio suggested the stories done, and some of them
should have been electrocuted. Now and then some bold
spirit would send an idea to the company' — any com-
pany— and sometimes the company "took pleasure" in
pa}-ing $5 or $10 for the idea. Even those prices were
liberal for the goods delivered. The pictures crept up
from the old fifty-foot lengths in a single scene to sev-
eral hundred feet, but it was the Edison Company that
stayed the ebbing tide and brought it back to flood with
''The Great Train Robbery."
Presently most of the "then" companies had photo-
play editors. Rollin S. Sturgeon was the \'itagraph edi-
tor, replacing J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith,
who had previously done the work. If Archer McMack-
in was not the first Essanay editor, his predecessor did not
make noise enough to be heard in New York. It was
Essanay, zue think, who first advertised in the Editor, a
paper devoted to the authors, for scripts, and for many
years the "We pay from S^IO to $100," and "no literary
experience required" were the standard arguments. The
latter was more truthful than the first. The $10 was
closer to the mark than the hundred, but literary skill
was not required. Any right-minded editor would have
taken any half-way idea and have fixed it up. We
think it was Sturgeon who first offered a sheet of sug-
gestions. The idea was generally accepted. Essanay
had almost a small booklet and Lubin had a mimeograph
sheet, later replaced by a printed sheet which we wrote.
^^'e were the third editor, taking over the Lubin scrints
in August, 1909.
Those were the happy days. If you
get enough idea from i script to sug
gest a play, \ou
wrote it out and
coaxed some direc-
Lois Weber.
Gene Gauntier.
tor to take it. Most
always he did, if the idea was good and
he liked that sort of idea. There were no trained
writers in those days — and few good ones. We remem-
ber the morning we almost fell down three flights of
stairs to show the boss Emmett Campbell Hall's "Indian
Blood." the first of the now numerous "reversion to
type" stories. There was a long argument as to whether
or not he would be glad to get $25 or whether $35 would
not stir him to better efforts. The $35 won, but later
on Hall got $5 for a script from Selig and a few scenes
on a burning bridge cost about sixty times what the
script brought. Later Selig was one of Hall's best mar-
kets and only his fear of the big cities kept him from
being the Selig editor. Before that Biograph had offered
him a chance as stafl:' writer, but Hall had a home in Glen
Echo, near ^\'ashington, and he would not be coaxed.
Lawrence McCloskey did coax him on to the Lubin staff
last fall, but the last we heard Hall had gone back to
the beautiful country. But this again gets ahead of the
story. But before we back up, Hall's "His Trust" and
"His Trust Fulfilled," done by Biograph, was the first
two-part story not derived from some book. There had
been multiples, released in series, before then, but the
closest approach to an original was Vitagraph's presenta-
tion of the Rev. Madison Peters' very free adaptation of
the story of Moses, in five parts, which was released one
part weekly.
Another Washingtonian, Capt. Charles Kiener, of the
Copyright office, had begun to attract attention. Like
Hall he wrote a full, but practical working script. He
did a lot of business with Lubin for a time, but went to
Kalem, as a contract writer, and has but very recently
••eanpeared as a free lance. His best work has been some
!■ stoncais on the early California days,
but he has also done some excellent
melodramas.
It is not very
generally known
that Bannister
R. E. Smith.
E. C. Hall
Lloyd Lonergan.
W. Lord Wright
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201
Merwin was one
of the early birds,
but he submitted
Diie storv in 1909.
Acton Davies.
Hopp Hadley.
It
C. B. "Pop
was a capital
story, but he wanted SlOO for it and he was making that
and more, with his fiction. After a couple of attempts he
dropped out until Ashley Miller, of Edison, got him back
in the game. For a couple of years he was the Edison
star, but last Xovember he changed over to the London
Film Company.
Pop Hoadley was another of the early birds. As C.
B. Hoadley, he had pushed his newspaper success to the
point where he had to quit, and he bought a fruit farm.
In the interval of packing apples he wrote stuff and earlv
turned his attention to plays. In time he was brought
East to become successor in the Imp to Giles R. Warren,
who went to Lubin along with Miss Florence Lawrence
and Arthur Johnson. Since then he has been editor for
Champion, Great Xorthern, Powers and Imp. Until re-
cently he was the editor for the Biograph-Klaw and Er-
langer combination. Like so many others, he sold his
first story to Lubin. He is now a free lance.
\\'illiam H. Kitchell, then known as "the literary car-
penter," was one of the early contributors and still has
to see his first story on the screen, "The Stamp of La-
bor." It was a good story but it meant a big production
at a time when big productions were not in favor. Ed-
mund _S. Hirsch, of Brooklyn, is another whose first
story is still in the Lubin films, a story of Betsy Ross
that was bought because it could be made in the actual
locations, but never was made because it needed better
actors than Lubin had in those days. Since then Benja-
min Barondess and Edward J. Montague have risen to
contest the Brooklyn championship, but Hirsch was the
first, outside of the Mtagraph string.
Frank E. "Spec" \A'oods was then the motion pic-
ture editor of the Dramatic Mirror, and
on the side he gave Biograph comedies,
including the "Tones" series, which first
brought to the front the late John
Cumpson and Miss
Mary Pickford. -- .
though Miss Pick-
Hoadley.
)v Mrs. Laurie
Mark Swan.
f o r d's most
marked success
was "All on Ac-
which was written
appears in pictures.
count of the Milk,
Mackin, who still
Mr. Woods is notable as being the one commentator on
photoplay who never wrote a book on how to do it.
On the other hand William Lord Wright was first in
the field with a book (even if it said nothing about lead-
ers), and his second book has just come from the
press. He is a newspaper editor in Bellefontaine, Ohio,
and writes in his spare time, tiiough no one knows what
a country editor's spare time is. There must be some
spare time, though, for he contributes a page or more a
week to the Dramatic Mirror and is known as the "sure
fire" writer of advertising plays, about the meanest job
a man can make good with.
Another book author is Arthur Leeds, who used to
be a star Selig and Essanay writer. He was once an ac-
tor and lecturer, turning to pictures. He is now editor of
The Photoplay Author and head of the photoplay section
of the Home Correspondence Schools. He is doing very
little original work at present.
Another is A. W. Thomas, of the Photoplay Maga-
zine and the Scenario Writer. He has done a few plays,
but nothing to attract marked attention. He holds pretty
closely to the editorial end.
A lot of the old timers have dropped from view.
Charles Simms is never heard of and Charles Jenkins is
editing a sheet in the Canadian Rockies. Mrs. EJizabeth
de Binde Yorke, who used to be a Biograph star, seems to
have quit. Some of the others seem to have dropped
so far from sight that they are not even remembered.
On the other hand take H. Tipton Steck. He used to
be glad to take $15 for half reel stuff'. Now he is mana-
ytr of t . uduction for Essanay. Sturgeon is another of
the "firsts" who is still well to the fore
and our own Louis Reeves Harrison
came early and stayed on. He was one
of the early Biographers and \'itagraph-
ers. He was here
ahead of his day,
for he is a man
Shannon Fife. L. S. McCloskey.
Jas. Oliver Curwood.
Phil Lang.
James iJ-ayion.
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with a literary past as honorable as his present or his
future; indeed, in the early days, he had to wait for the
business to grow up to his standard. It is one of the
signs of the times that it did.
Another whom Biograph started was George Hennessy.
He was foxy in his early days. They would not believe
that he could write dramas. They were in the market for
comedies. He wrote comedies until they liked his dramas
and for a long time he was the star writer. He is free
lancing now, out in Los Angeles. He had written some
of the best stories the Biograph ever produced, but you
would not think it to look at him quickly. Look twice
and you see the brains beneath the apparently listless ex-
terior.
Edwin S. Porter, now of the Famous Players, is an-
other of the "forty-niners" of the game, and Miss Gene
Gauntier has written as many one-reel dramas as any
writer living. She will go down in history as the author,
adapter or what you will of "From the Manger to the
Cross," but she is far more important than any one story.
But while there were others of those early days, it is
not practicable to list them all in separate paragraphs.
Mention of Miss Gauntier, very first of the women writ-
ers, brings us to others who have made good. Mrs. Beta
Breuil, or 'Sirs. Hartmann Breuil, was a Vitagraph editor
and still a prominent free lance. Mrs. Catherine Carr,
now of the North American, is another \'ita graduate,
as is Miss Peggy O'Neill, of the same company. Mrs.
Louella Parsons, of Essanay, has written little, but many
promising writers owe much to her helpful advice.
Miss Hetty Gray Baker gave up a job as law librarian
to become editor for Jack London (Bosworth, Inc.).
which is not altogether photoplay's gain, for, in spite of
the excellence of her adaptations of this most difficult
author, she did better original work, having the imag-
ination of a real creator. Miss Cora Drew has lately
come to the fore as a woman writer. Mrs. Lillian Sweet-
ser, of Maine, is another and Mrs. Bettie Fitzgerald, of
Gasden, Ala., has the distinction of having won the top
price for a regular script from Griffith, of the Reliance,
solely for the excellence of her work. Mrs. Marguerite
Bertsch, the present editor of the Vitagraph, is a woman
writer \yhose stories show keen insight into affairs, and
Miss Maibelle Heikes Justice, a novelist and short story
writer, is one of the Selig stars. Her work is exceptional
in many ways. Lois Weber (Mrs. Phillips Smalley) i-s
another prolific writer of strength and versatility.
Miss Mary Fuller has written some of the smartest
stories in which she has appeared, but if we started to
list the Edison players who are also writers, we would
have to give the complete roster.
George Terwilliger, like "Spec," came to us from
the Mirror. He had done some capital work with the
Reliance. He is now with Lubin as director and writer.
He does mostly two-reel stories. Romaine Fielding is
also a Lubin author-director. Shannon Fife, of the same
company, took to photoplay because the studio was in
the same town with the University of Pennsylvania, in
which he was a student. Harry Chandlee. lately added
to the list, was a Washington correspondent for a string
of small papers. Clay M. Greene is a well-known dra-
matic author and former Shepherd of the Lambs. Mc-
Closkey himself, the head of the brainiest lot of stafif
writers in the photoplay business, was a Philadelphia
newspaper man. Following this writer and Giles War-
ren, he was the first to put the staff on a business basis,
and his organization is probably the strongest to be
found.
The Universal staff is headed by Captain Leslie T.
Peacocke. in the East. Captain Peacocke is also a dra-
matist and novelist. Walter MacNamara was once a
member of the staff, as was Pop Hoadley, to say nothing
of Hal Reid, who bought more stories for §10 cash each
than any man alive or dead. Monte Katterjohn was its
most recent head, but he lately went away and is free
lancing again, as well as writing most of the moving
picture stuff for the Red, Green and Blue Books, other-
wise known as the Chromatic Circuit.
Two ministers have found success in photoplay, the
Rev. E. B. Stockton and the Rev. Sydney S. Booth. Dr.
Stockton ranges from farce to tragedy, but Mr. Booth
is at his best in comedy, if he is an Englishman. Per-
haps the best paid writer of today is James Oliver Cur-
wood, who does most of his stuff for the Selig company.
He gets the top price and is one of the very, very few
novelists who can write a practical photoplay script.
Gilson Willetts, who used to be a wholesale dealer in
magazine stories, is another Selig star. Harold McGrath
is not a photoplay writer, nor are most of the others
whose names appear on the screen as authors, though
Jack London is said to be studying the work. James
Oppenheim is a real photoplay writer, but the late Thom-
as W. Hanshew and Richard Harding Davis, Rex Beach
and others do their work by proxy;
Others of the new school are ^Iarc Edmund Jones,
who came out of a railroad office : John William Kellette,
who knows all about linotypes; Harry O. Hoyt, a civil
engineer, now managing a theatre in Minneapolis ; E. W.
Matlack, train dispatcher on the Pennsylvania at Pitts-
burgh ; Guy T. Evans and Frank Clarke, of the same
place ; Frank K. Shaw, for years on the bench in Maine ;
Edwin Ray Coffin, a ranchman : Miss Marian Lee Pat-
terson, a magazine writer ; Julian Louis Lamothe, of
New Orleans ; Frank Griffin, formerly of Universal and
now with Lubin, and scores of others to whom we offer
our apologies in advance.
Among the writing editors are Bennie Schulberg, of
the Famous Players ; James Dayton, the star of Western
Universal ; Richard V. Spencer, of K. B. ; Richard Wil-
lis, \\'illis Robards, Charles M. Seay, Herbert Brenon,
of Imp, and others to whom we also apologize.
Credit for the Series stories would seem to go to Edi-
son, whose manager of negative production, Horace G.
Plimpton, was the first to popularize the idea (not for-
getting, of course, the Jones series already mentioned),
and to Mr. Plimpton's ability to get his directors to give
the spirit of the author's work, is largely due the popu-
larity of the book story, though Col. Selig is perhaps the
largest buver of book rights at present.
It has been a big jump from the SIO to $20 of 1909 to
the $50 to $100 of today, but the changes to come
will iDe still more marked and it is reasonable to sup-
pose that the story of a few years hence will make these
prices seem absurd. Already SI. 000 and even more has
been paid for book rights without the advantage of sim-
ultaneous publication in the newspapers, and it is only
reasonable to suppose that in the time to come, when the
best of the book rights shall have been exhausted, the
author who writes photoplays for photoplay production
will command a better price than the man who writes
books that may be adapted. John Singer Sargent is the
foremost portrait painter of today, but some of his wa-
ter colors are jokes. The man who works in his proper
medium is the man who eventually will command the best
prices and we are still not quite up to the real literature
of the photoplay.
P. S. — And to make the record complete, E. W. Sar-
gent, a former musical and dramatic critic, editor and
writer of photoplays, has done several hundred stories
for Lubin, two for Imp. two for Vitagraph and seven
for Edison. Also about half a mile of photoplay advice
and several miles of short stories and novelettes.
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Musical Accessories to Motion Pictures
BY CLARENCE E. SINN
IF MUSIC be not the chief accessory to motion pic-
lures, it is at least the most noticeable to patrons
of the photo-play. While the lights, attend
ance, ventilation and the many other details
necessary to the entertainment and comfort
of the public have their value and effect, it
is the music which is more often .com-
mented upon after the pictures. The
pictures constitute the show, of
course — or they should — but the mu-
sic is the audible part of the enter-
tainment, and for this reason is ap-
parently second in importance to the
patrons of the theatre. Exhibitors,
recognizing this fact, are striving in
many ways to make the musical part
of their entertainment attractive to the
public — each one according to his own
judgment, inclination or environment.
Manufacturers of musical instru-
ments have in many instances turned
their attention to the making of
wares especially designed for use in
motion picture theatres. Some of
these take the form of a "one-man
orchestra," being a combination of
piano and organ with a line of drummers' "traps" and
sound effects, ^^'hile it is not supposed, even by the
manufacturers, that these instruments are going to dis-
place all the orchestras in the country, the fact remains
that many exhibitors find it inexpedient to employ more
than one or two musicians at the most, and frequently
find it a difficult matter to get satisfactory service at that.
The piano-and-drum combination seems to be losing fa-
vor in a number of localities ; managers who want their
pictures "played up to" in detail, find that orchestra lead-
ers as a rule do not give this subject the care and at-
tention it deserves, hence the growing popularity of the
"one-man orchestra." I wish to remark, in passing, that
orchestra musicians who find fault with this state of af-
fairs have themselves to blame in a large degree, for
when, contrary to their employer's wishes, they refuse or
neglect to accompany the pictures appropriately, it is
not surprising that the aforesaid employer should re-
place the orchestra with a one-man instrument whereon
the performer can and does follow the photo-story cor-
rectly. Particularly when this same instrument can be
paid for in a few years or less out of the difference in
his salary list. Now you orchestra folks, it is up to you
to get busy; the "gob-e-lins will get you if you don't
watch out."
To the best of my knowledge and belief The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Company was the first one in the field
with an instrument designed to take the place of an or-
chestra. At any rate let us go on that premise and look
over a few that are on the market, taking: them in the
order of their public appearance.
"The Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra."
is manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio. This instrument is
made in a number of styles, though the catalog before
me gives but seven, viz. : Styles F, G, R, H, K, J and
L. The basic idea of all these is a combination of
piano w-ith different sets of organ pipes voiced
to imitate various instruments of the orches-
tra, including violins, vio'.a, cello, bass,
flute, oboe, clarinet, piccolo, cornet, small
drum, bass drum, glockenspiel, triangle,
piano and organ.
The pipe organ department is giv-
en as containing: 1, tuba bass, 16-
foot; 2, tuba bass, 8-foot; 3, tuba
bass, 8- foot; 4, clarinet, 16-foot; 5,
oboe horn, 8-foot; 6, violin, 8-foot;
7, violin bass, 8- foot; 8, flute bass,
8-foot; 9, piccolo treble, 4- foot; 10,
violin treble, 8-foot; 11, flute treble,
8-foot: 12, cathedral chimes; 13, vox
iiumana.
In addition to this combination there are
line of drummers' traps, including
xylophone, tambourine, castinets,
cymbals, crash, autohorn, horse trot,
steamboat whistle, electric bell, etc.,
all worked with the instruments given
above, by one person, and at the will
of the operator. I have copied this
instrumentation from styles "H" and "K," which, stand-
ing midway, may be said to give a fair approximate idea
of capabilities of this instrument. The piano has also
a mandolin attachment. All but the first two styles are
equipped with two manuals or key boards, one for the
piano, the other for the organ, which last includes the
orchestral instruments. Although the Wurlitzer people
strenuously object to the name of "organ" as applied to
the ]\Iotion Picture Orchestra, and in fact it is much more
than an organ merely, it is played in the same manner.
All of these instruments can be played automatically by
means of perforated rolls similar to those of a player-
piano. They are capable of the highest musical expres-
sion in the hands of a good performer, and any pianist
of ordinary ability can play them with very little prac-
tice. Of course the more practice he has the better his
performance, but the ordinary piano player can, with a
little earnest eft'ort and short experience, obtain wonder-
ful results. The Wurlitzer Hope-Tones Unit Orchestra
has been installed in some of the largest and best picture
theatres in the country, as well as other theatres not de-
voted to motion pictures. It is also being placed in many
of the smaller houses, as the dift'erent styles with their
dift'erent prices are . made to suit the different pocket
books.
In the Moving Picture World, March 22, page 1671,
appeared a letter from Mr. Jack Walsh. Fitzhugh Hall.
Rochester, X. Y., eulogizing the Hope-Jones Unit Or-
chestra, with a few hints as to how he employed it in
dift'erent pictures. Many others are praising it as sin-
cerely as Mr. ^^^, though not always in print.
"The Fotoplayer."
At the National Convention of Exhibitors held in Chi-
cago in 1912, there was shown an instrument called by
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its makers the "Fotoplayer," also "The Photo Player."
I believe that occasion was its first appearance east of the
Pacific coast — the place of its manufacture. The "Foto-
player," like other one-man affairs, is a combination of
piano, organ and drummer's traps and various sound ef-
fects. Like the others also either the piano or organ can
be played separately or together as the performer wishes.
It is supplied with an equipment by which it can be played
by means of perforated rolls (that is, rolls cut out as are
those used in the player-piano), and it is in connection
with this part of the instrument that its chief novelty lies.
Unlike the ordinary player-piano or other mechanical
instruments, the "Fotoplayer" is arranged in such a man-
ner that two music rolls may be used and one can be
changed while the other is in use. It has two separate
tracker boards which enables the operator to make quick
changes without stopping the music. The music may be
started at any part of the roll desired, and stopped at
any point ; this permits the playing of parts of overtures
or selections when the whole number is not wanted. The
operator can also change instantly from one roll to the
other without a perceptible break in the music.
At the time I saw it demonstrated, the operator in
charge had probably a dozen rolls of music lying con-
veniently to his reach — among them the "William Tell"
overture and "Hearts and Flowers." He played a waltz
while he inserted the overture ; it took about thirty sec-
onds to insert the reel and turn it to the well known
"storm scene." While this was being played he put in
the "Hearts and Flowers," switched instantly to that, and
replaced the overture, on the other tracker, to a gallop.
This was supposed to be descriptive of a fire and was
accompanied by fire gongs, bells, whistles, horse trot ef-
fects and other traps. The point he concentrated upon
was the fact that it was possible to accompany a picture
in detail with an automatic musical instrument. The in-
ventor, he said, had seen a letter by Clyde Martin in
which the writer asserted that "it was impossible to prop-
erly accompany a picture with an automatic instrument."
Mr. Martin was right. It was impossible, at the time his
letter was written, to do more than grind out a succession
of tunes on any automatic instrument, and the tunes
usually have little or nothing in character with the pic-
ture. But a fellow out in California — a fellow by the
name of Van Valkenberg — thought it possible to make
an instrument by which rapid changes could be made in
the music, and thus do away with the main difficulty
found in accompanying pictures by means of music rolls.
The double tracker board with two rolls instead of one
was the result of his experiments, and it is in this that
the "Fotoplayer" differs from all other automatic instru-
ments. Facilities are provided for quick adjustment of
the music roll, rapid winding and re-winding.
Descriptive and dramatic music is difficult to obtain in
music rolls, especially the latter, though many numbers
of this character are to be found in operatic selections,
fantasies, and descriptive music generally. Sometimes
one single number in a standard composition is desira-
ble, but not the whole composition ; for example, the
"storm scene" in "William Tell" overture as before men-
tioned. In such cases the operator inserts his roll, con-
taining the overture while its preceding number is play-
ing, rapidly turns it until the proper place is found fit
will be wise to try out and mark the places on different
rolls, showing the beginning and ending of the various
movements), and as soon as the scene is ready, start its
accompanying music.
Miss Carrie Hetherington, "The Photo Player Ex-
pert," had an article in the Music for the Picture De-
partment of the Moving Picture World issue of April
4, 1914, extolling the merits of the instrument and in-
cluding a musical program of "Judith of Bethulia" by
way of illustrating her method of playing to pictures
with its help.
And right here I want to say that the exhibitor who
buys any automatic instrument with the idea of doing
away with musicians entirely, and who expects at the
same time to get good and appropriate music, is making
a mistake. Put a good performer in charge of it and you
will get good results. If you intend to let the third as-
sistant usher run it you would better save your money in
the first place, or you will probably lose it in the last
place.
"Bartola Keyboard Attachment."
Something over a year ago an article appeared on the
market bearing the above title. Those attending the Ex-
hibitors' Convention of July, 1913, in New York City may
remember it as it was demonstrated in one of the picture
theatres in the Grand Central Palace, and it was also in
evidence at the recent show at the same place. The"Bartola
Keyboard Attachment" was just what its name signified,
though I am wrong in speaking of it in the past tense. It
is a small keyboard attached to one side of the piano
though separate from it; it controls about three octaves,
if my memory serves me right, of organ pipes, there
being two sets of these which are voiced to violin and
flute respectively. The whole thing is separate from the
piano, yet is convenient to the pianist, being much on the
order of a second manual as found on other combination
instruments. Its chief claim for attention seems to rest
in the fact that the buyer can attach it to his own piano,
thus doing away with the expense of buying a whole new
outfit when he already possesses one important part of
the "pipe-organ" combination. Drums, traps and va-
rious sound effects are attached to the instrument.
"The Seeburg Motion Picture Player."
Though J. C. Seeburg of the J. C. Seeburg Piano Co.
of Chicago, who is putting out the above instrument, calls
it simply "Style M. Motion Picture Player," I have at-
tached his name to it in the title as a means of distinguish-
ing it from other photoplayers.
In the February issue of the Moving Picture World
(page 1072) a short description of Mr. Seeburg"s in-
strument was given. Since then several improvements
have been added, not to the musical part of the instru-
ment, as he had the very best quality of organ pipes and
the best piano obtainable from the beginning, but addi-
tions and improvements which have sueeested them-
selves since the first instrument was put on the market.
For example, the organ has a "Kinetic Blower" which
can be placed in any part of the house most convenient.
It is not necessary that it be near the organ. The organ
has 104 pipes, has automatic attachment and can throw
on the bass as well as the treble octaves. A new one in
preparation will have vox humana as well as cathedral
chimes. There are two manuals ; one the regular 8S-note
piano, and the other a 61-note organ.
Either the piano or the organ may be played sepa-
rately, or both may be played together. It is equipped
with facilities for the use of music rolls, thus making
the instrument automatic if such is desired. These rolls
are of extra length and contain ten distinct and different
selections per roll. That's quite a number of selections
to put on one roll, if you stop to think it over. These
rolls are made especially for the Seeburg Motion Picture
Players.
There is also in addition a good line of drummers'
instruments and traps. For example the xylophone,
which can be nla^'ed separateh' as a solo instrument or
in combination with the others. There are bass drum,
snare drum, tympanni. cvmbal, triangle and castinets.
Also tom-tom, cow bell, crash-cymbal, fire-gong, steam-
boat whistle, locomotive whistle, thunder effect, wind si-
ren, bird call, baby cry, telephone and door bell, horse
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trot and automobile horn. Tliese instruments and effects
are operated by buttons placed right and left of organ
manuals and by pedals worked by the feet. All the ef-
fects and "traps" are cut into the rolls so you get them
all when used as an automatic player.
What I said before will api)ly here as well. It is pos-
sible to get a shoemaker's apprentice to run these players,
but you will be very apt to get cobbler's music. If you
want to get the best result.'^ and give the instruments a
chance to show their possibilities, get a good musician to
play them for you. Mr. Seeburg's piano is a good one ;
his organ is also a good one, though not, of course, as
big and comprehensive as a church organ. But the or-
gan pipes are of the best quality, there are enough to be
effective and the cost of the whole instrument is very
much less than that of a church organ, and enables you to
give more variations for the pictures.
"Deagan's Bells."
This article would be incomplete without a few words
about J. C. Deagan and his Bells (Bells with a capital
B). T. C. Deagan's name has become so well known as
to be" a guarantee of quality. He has always made a
specialty of musical bells and xylophones, though he has
invented and manufactured so many other instruments
along these lines that I couldn't name them off hand.
Years ago he put on the market a set of bells played by
an electric current and manipulated from a keyboard
similar to that of a piano. To the best of my belief he
was the originator of this method of playing musical
bells. At anv rate, his name is so firmly bound up
with the "Electric Bells" as to be a part and parcel of
them. Experimenting along the lines suggested by bells
and xylophones, Mr. Deagan has evolved a number of
remarkable instruments, among them the "Vitapiione,"
the "Electrical Marimbaphone," "The Xabimba," the
"Electric Unaphone," besides his "Tubular Cathedral
Chinies," organ chimes, Swiss bells and a host of other
instruments in this class. These electric instruments are
all played from a keyboard — they can be installed in any
part of the house while the keyboard remains in the
orchestra. An attractive feature is frequently made by
installing a number of "Tubular Chimes" in the lobby
to be played at intervals from the inside — not as a part
of the show, but as a means of attracting the attention
of the passer-by. *
By his "no contact" method Mr. Deagan has reduced
to a minimum the chances of his bells getting out of or-
der. In his own words he has "eliminated all that."
Any adjustment can be made without leaving the key-
board; if anything goes wrong — and every man-made
thing is liable to — the player doesn't have to climb up to
the bells and fix whatever needs fi.xing. He does that
without leaving his seat in the orchestra. And that is
the practical manner in which "J. C." has eliminated all
chances of his bells being out of order.
J. C. ought to hold an exhibitors' convention out in
his factory sometime. He could show many interesting
thing's.
-CCOC^ ,
Maurice Costello, Popular Player and Director of the 'Vitagraph Co.
WHEN "stars"' began to appear in the lirmameut of
motion pictures it is almost certain that the first
bright fight that ro-=e above the horizon was
Maurice Costello, then leading man with the \''itagraph
Company. Since that time his popularity has never
waned, as was proved in a recent magazine contest in
which he finished strong without the least eft'ort to in-
fluence voting for himself. It is generally conceded that
-Mr. Costeilo's characters are more like human beings
than are the portrayals of many other players. His ability
as a player has gained for him the promotion to director
of \'itagraph subjects, and he has a long list of success-
ful photoplays to his credit. The photographs here re-
produced are from the "Lord Browning" set and are
oelie\ccl to be the best Mr. Costello has had taken.
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Evolation of the Motion Picture
BY EDWIN S. PORTER
LUOKIXG back upon the past eighteen year
in the motion picture business — back to the
day when no one knew what a motion
picture was— and reahzing the wonderful
strides the industry has taken since then
I am more than impressed. I am thrilled.
Artistically and mechanically the mo-
tion picture has forged its way for-
ward until today it is recognized as the
greatest amusement factor in the
world and the greatest educational
force in the history of civilization.
Today the motion picture does
even more than entertain and in-
struct; it has already gone beyond
the present needs and desires of men.
and will exert a tremendous influenct
upon posterity. It will record the his-
trionic achievements of the dramatic
geniuses of the contemporary stage;
it will chronicle and reproduce his-
tory as no other medium ever could
or possiblv will. As an illustration,
the present Mexican conflict, through
the motion picture, can be exhibited
to future, generations with such realism and exactitude
as the spoken or written word could never convey.
In its artistic development alone, the motion picture
has progressed within ten years to a stage reached by
the oral drama only after thousands of years of de-
velopment and evolution. In passing, however, we must
record the assertion that the development of the stage
greatly assisted the advancement of the film, because
even at an early date in the history of the industry it
was commonly recognized that the introduction of gen-
eral dramatic principles in the production of motion
pictures was desirable and necessary. The problem,
however, remained as to the best means of utilizing the
science of the drama so as to conform with the me-
chanical limitations of the film, and later, with the vast
possibilities that these same mechanical factors presented.
What does the development of the motion picture
first suggest ?
Natural evolution, an evolution assisted and en-
hanced bv the demands of the millions who sought, and
long sought in vain, clean entertainment at a minimum
cost. Step by step, obstacles were overcome, difficulties
surmounted, growth and development realized, not be-
cause there was money to be made through such devel-
opment, but rather because the public demanded and
made necessary the advancement that has been attained
in the motion' picture art. To the public, more even
than to those who labored and struggled to give artistic
presentations of the popular drama on the screen, is
due the credit for the measure of improvement that has
alreadv rewarded the efforts of film producers.
My contention is this: if the public were content to
receive and support the mediocre films that marked the
inauguration of the business, this standard would still
be acceptable. The public owes thanks only to itself
for its ability today to see the beautiful, refined
and artistic presentations of the screen. As for
the producers, they should be content to
know that public encouragement proved
the inspiration that it did, and should be
thankful that they were given the
strength and the light to accomplish
the great things which that public en-
couragement suggested.
I see as in a vision on the screen
itself the days of 1899, the embryonic
age of the motion picture. Today
we hear that the picture is still in its
infancy ; if this general statement is
true, at that time it was only a germ.
There was no guide toward the right
methods nor the pitfalls to avoid. The
making of a picture depended most
upon guess work. Incidentally, the
pictures at that time proved it.
At just about this time, when
forty or fifty-foot lengths was the
vogue, I often wondered why it was
not possible to produce a dramatic
story in motion pictures. At this period I was chief
producer of the Edison Company and it seemed pe-
culiarly proper to me for the Edison Company to inaug-
urate this innovation. Accordingly. I conceived and pre-
pared a story called "The Life of An American Fire-
man," a complete 800-foot story based on a fairly good
dramatic element and introducing the fireman's life in
the engine house and in his home. The subject became
instantly popular, and continued to ruri for a longer time
consecutively than any film production previously. En-
couraged by the success of this experiment, we devoted
all our resources to the production of stories, instead
of disconnected and unrelated scenes.
My mind jumps from this time to the early part of
1912^ when the Famous Players Film Company was or-
ganized to present famous plays and celebrated stars in
motion pictures. Between 1899 and this latter date the
work of development and systematic formulation had
been proceeding steadily, until at last it was possible
not only to present short dramatic stories in motion
pictures, but the great dramatic successes of the stage.
These two dates must always represent decisive epochs
in the history of the film. I am more proud than per-
haps I should be to have been responsible for the first
connected story in film and later to be associated with
the first concern to undertake the presentation of cele-
brated dramas for the photoplay public.
What the future holds in store none can say. But
its possibilities are as unlimited and incalculable as the
ditTiculties and dilemmas that beset the producer in the
early days of the art. That the men who have been
largely responsible for this present excellence of
motion pictures will reach out for better things seems
certain.
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Concerning- Eclair Enterprises
BY CH. JOURJON
THE increasing popularity of Eclair film produc-
tions in America and on the other side of
the water have led to the expansion an
general branching out within the last two
years. Plans have been formulated
which when carried out will materially
increase the efficiency of all ends of
the business. We have in course of
erection at Fort Lee, N. J., what will
be, when finished, one of the best
equipped and most modern motion
picture factories in existence.
Among other features this mechani-
cal film plant will contain the Eclair
"automatic laboratory," a wonderful
machine which takes the raw stock and
after printing, developing, tinting, ton-
ing and then drying, delivers it in readi-
ness for packing and shipping. In ad-
dition to this device there will also
he installed automatic machines for
coloring of motion pictures. At the
present time, there are but three
companies using the mechanical
process of coloring and these
are in the laboratories of French manufacturers.
A few months ago, it was decided to send a small com-
pany of Eclair players to Tucson, Arizona, for the pur-
pose of turning out Western nroductions and a com-
plete and modern studio and laboratory is now being
erected there.
In addition to motion picture enterprises we are about
to place our own camera upon the market. It is now
known throughout the world under the name of our ex-
pert engineer, M. Gillon. We have another model under
consideration which will be equipped with a special de-
vice for the continued focusing of objects in motion.
Then there is the Kineclair Home Projector, calculated
to give great impetus to the educational picture, with
which is available our film library of scientific pictures
consisting of more than six hundred subjects already.
We are also making a portable laboratory for traveling
cameramen which will contain every appliance for the
development of film and is enclosed in a box two feet
square and easily carried from place to place.
We are turning some big features out on the other
side of the water, and within a short time will release
the second series of "Protea," the sensational detective
storv picture, well known to American exhibitors. This
will' be followed in a short time by other stories. We
are also about to revive the famous series of Nick Car-
ter. We have just finished for the society "Le Theatre"
a ten-reel subject adapted from the masterpiece of Ed-
mond Rostand, "L'Aiglon."
As you have said it yourselves, is it not ever the des-
tiny of our race to disseminate throughout the world
those new ideas and realizations which are the seeds of
all future progress ? Eclair has not lagged in this duty :
it was one of the first to contribute to the mechanical
improvement of this industry which has brought it to'its
present high state of perfection. It has no competitor
in so far as the perfection of its mechanical col-
oring system is concerned. It has created, at
the same time as Messrs. Gaumont, the
mechanical developing system, and con-
temporaneously with Dr. Commandon,
it has made possible the comljining of
the cinematograph and the micro-
scope, the result of which can be
seen daily in the "Scientia" films.
Our Paris factory is a marvel of
modern equipment and in it is manu-
factured even,'thing which is re-
quired in our business. Our employes
number more than eight hundred,
outside of our theatrical staff.
On a parallel with this technical ef-
fort, we have brought to a successful
issue a huge financial undertaking. In
every capital we have branches in-
stalled which issue locally their
own Eclair Weekly as well as dra-
mas or comedies of that particular
country.
It is self-evident that we have
striven to attain the legitimate reward of our technical
efforts. It goes without saying that Eclair is grateful
for the kindly welcome which the American press has
given to it since its installation in New York in the edi-
torial line. We have been particularly sensitive to the
hearty collaboration extended to us in March, last, when
a disastrous fire threatened to seriously cripple our ef-
forts. We are ever mindful of your marks of sympathy
and our appreciation is only surpassed by our desire to
reciprocate in favor of any of our confreres who might
need our assistance. May solidarity always be the watch-
word of the film business, and to all of you on the other
side, editors, exchanges, exhibitors, I extend my cordial
good wishes. .
Visitors at the offices of the PIclair Company in the
Leavitt Building, 126 West Forty-sixth street. New York.
will remark at once the excellence of appointment and
the atmosphere of earnestness which prevades. Each de-
partment is conveniently arranged and provided with such
business accessories as are calculated to facilitate its work.
Safety vaults have been provided for the storage of film
and a staff of experienced employees are engaged in ex-
amining pictures and preparing them for shipment.
Two projection rooms with the latest models of pro-
jectors are in constant readiness to exhibit pictures for
prospective buyers. Great care is taken in the projection
of pictures at the Eclair offices, for it is realized that a
proper impression depends largely on the manner in which
the picture is shown.
Courtesy is the keynote there and it characterizes every
transaction, explaining much of the success the Eclair
Company has achieved in the few short years it has been
doing business in the United States. The many friends
of this progressive company will learn with some satis-
faction of the material progress being made as indicated
in the foregoing message from President Jourjon. — [Ed.
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Mind in Drama
BY LOUIS REEVES HARRISON
IF we could only be honest with ourselves ! What
is it we want ! It is said that we want
plays that make us realize the joy of life.
Well, supposing such to be the case, is the
statement comprehensive — is it the whole
truth? Are all our pleasures in life
comprised in what may be funny, even
if it is foolish ? Do we not feel an
intense interest in the outcome of a
bitter struggle between two human
forces? Do we not delight in discov-
ering, even in tragedy, some clue to
our own problems? Have we not a
passionate desire to learn?
Assuming our own intelligence
and some capacity for sitting in judg-
ment upon what is revealed to us on the
screen, are we not inclined to limit our
impulsive yielding to emotional sus-
ceptibility for the sake of steadying
it by the power of what is shown
with logical vigor. Is it not true
that we are beginning to be repelled
by false interpretations of life, even
those that may have been measur-
ably true in the past, but which are of no importance to
us now? Is it not true that whatever is false to present
ideals operates to weary the intelligent portion of an
audience and to poison the minds of the ignorant and
credulous? Let us be honest with ourselves. We nat-
urally desire to achieve fortune, to love happily, to judge
fairly and be fairly judged and to enjoy sound health,
both physical and mental.
Summing up what we want in actual existence, some
idea may be reached of what we want to have revealed
to us on the screen. We certainly do not care to have
repeated over and over again what has been shown to
us once on the screen or in some other form. There-
fore, original plays that stimulate our emotions or quick-
en our minds must take precedence over plays that mere-
ly serve as vehicles to exploit this or that actor, after
the theatrical fashion, regardless of intrinsic value and
significance. Stars are all right — they are shining ex-
amples of those who know how to interpret thought
and feeling — but what they are to interpret is the ques-
tion of the day. Who shall decide that question?
The playwright may attempt to decide it, and he may
be capable of reaching a correct solution through dra-
matic instinct and training, but he is up against the
stubborn convictions of men who believe nothing can
succeed with the general public but sensational drama.
It takes a lot of time and persistent effort to weaken
old faiths and the idea that people like raw meat in
stage or screen performances has prevailed for many
years. Ask a theatrical man what he likes and he will
not find a comprehensive reply, but he will answer
readily when asked what the average mixed audience
likes. He has seen new ideas fail where old ones suc-
ceeded and yields slowly to any common-sense argu-
ments on what people prefer to watch on the stage or on
:reen. jMelodrama has its merits, and it may always
be accorded a place on a varied program, but
after watching a number of burning
houses and sinking ships, or other similar
incidents, in which some one or other
is "saved," one cannot help feeling
that such releases are apt to run along
monotonous lines. Nearly all the thrill
is on the red poster outside the the-
ater. There is another form of vis-
ualized story, which may be called
"intense drama," which can be made
to hold universal attention and arouse
strong interest, especially when it dis-
sects and lays bare some mysterious
working of the human mind. Sense de-
ception, faulty observation, distraction,
exaggeration, illusion, split personality,
lost mental faculties, mental restora-
tion, disassociated individuality and
the awakening of entirely new char-
acters are not abstract fancies of the
psychologist, but stern realities
whose existence needs the entertain-
ing determination of truth, and they may all furnish
material for intense drama.
We are far from being what we think we are and there
are many exciting adventures yet to be made into the
dark realms of mental change, adventures which can be
used to awaken high suspense and, at the same time,
fascinate us by startling revelations concerning our per-
sonal relations to the forces directing our careers. The
very mention of psychology in the same breath with dra-
ma'may cause old-timers to shudder, but this only illus-
trates a form of mental prepossession on the part of old-
timers, for the goal to be attained, that of attracting and
holding the attention of any audience, is easier to reach
by way of novelty than by commonplace of tradition;
What is the action and reaction of mind on mind, what
is the recognition of mind in drama, but a form of psy-
chology ? When I first offered a psychological photoplay
to a young producing concern many years ago, it w'as
produced' with doubt verging on distrust. Critics applaud-
ed it, and audiences gave it something very rare — a verit-
able ovation. It was a money-maker for all but the au-
thor, and was preserved as a model, thousands of copies
being printed and circulated among scenario writers ; but
few grasped the secret of its success, and the same old
round of sensational incident continued, "explosions" and
burned bridges. The play dealt with one of many prob-
lems involved in abnormal psychology, but, if I had told
that at the time, I might not have sold my scenario—
"abnormal psychology" sounded like "integral calculus"
to the movie man in those days.
These are happier days. The producers of "Northern
Lights" boldly declare it to be a psychological drama, and
other producers understand that psychology carries a
significant message for the regulation of our lives. It is
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209
Day With Siegrnund Lubin
BY W. STEPHEN BUSH
A CURIOUS, paper-covered little bottle with a
long, narrow tag stood on one of the
great desks in Mr. Lubin's new private
office. It was just after the recent fire at
his Indiana Avenue plant. Mr. Lubin
picked up the bottle and looked at it
whimsically.
"You see," said the veteran film-
builder, as he seized the bottle and
toyed with it smilingly, "'some people
are sending me medicine. I suppose
they think I need something for my
nerves because of the fire. Why, no.
We still have our brains; now what
if we did lose some good pictures,
it just means that we have got to make
better ones. THe fire will be a lesson
and we will know where to store nega-
tives the next time. I don't believe that
the fire started by itself. Some rays,
may be, got through a prism and
started the film burning. You know
I am sorry for the loss of some of
our historic records. We had pic-
tures of Cleveland and of McKinley
and of ex- Vice-President Stevenson, who has just
died. We had pictures, too, of Schley and Dewey. I
happened to be in Buffalo at the time when McKinley
was shot and I myself took some interesting scenes.
Well, nobody got hurt.
"I was out in Betzwood, when Mr. Riddle, the mayor
of Atlantic Cit}-, who was with me at the time, called up
the plant here and something strange happened then. He
heard a great noise and the wire stopped. Then we called
up a baker nearby and they told us that everything was
exploding and going up to the sky. When we got to the
plant we found that it was not as bad as all that; if the
fire had started in the opposite direction it would have
meant the wiping out of everything. Such fine telegrams
I got from all over the world ; everybody offered me
money, but, of course I did not need it. When my people
here looked as if they were so sorry for me and many of
them said they wanted no more wages until I felt I want-
ed to pay them again it made me feel that they loved me
as much as I love them. They are loyal, everybody, the
men with the big salaries, the actors and the girls that
work in the different rooms. You see money is not every-
thing. It is not to me, anyway. I built this great place
at Betzwood and I am striving to make the best pictures
in the world because that is my ambition, yes, that is
the ambition of my life."
The lively old gentleman could hardly harness and
marshall his thoughts as they crowded in upon him. I
had come to ask him for his recollection of the early
days of the industry as he is one of the great Somebodies
in American Kinematography. Mr. Lubin's mood was
not reminiscent or retrospective. At times, no doubt, he
likes to unfold the ever interesting tales of the past, but
the fire and its problems had evidently put him on his
mettle. His thoughts dwelt eagerly upon the present and
the future with the many urgent problems thereof.
"We will make a picture of the "Days of Val-
cy Forge" that will cost a quarter of a mil-
ion dollars," he went on. "You would
ike me to say something about the old
days. You know I am going to write a
history about that. I know a good deal
about that. I was one of the first, or
I could say, I was the first. I had
worked on the problem of motion
pictures more than twenty years ago.
"It was about nineteen years ago
that I saw the work of Jenkins in
Atlanta, Ga. He had been in litiga-
tion with Edison and he was pretty
sick and tired of the whole business.
I connected myself with Jenkins, but I
do not want to talk about these things;
I will tell that whole story when I get
ready, but then I must have time to
sit down and write it out myself.
Please say that Edison deserves a lot
of credit for his camera and the
Vitagraph Company for their new
ideas. The films that I made in the
beginning were about from twenty-five to fifty feet long
and were quite expensive, costing about ten cents a foot.
L'ntil Eastman came along there was great trouble with
the emulsion, it would peel off sometimes in a day and
sometimes in a week or four weeks. I wish I had the
time to show you some of my very first pictures. As I
remember it now I think the first picture was that of a
horse eating hay. Well, it was the hardest thing to
calculate the shrinkage and sometimes the picture was
run so fast it would make you sick at the stomach. I
tried to make my first machine as solid as possible and
take away the vibration. I guess it weighed something
like 4,500 pounds. Then I made a larger picture — let
me see what is the story again of that colored fellow
that was sold on the ice — yes, "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Another early exhibition that I remember and one that
paid well was "The Battle of Manila." It was given
in some open place and big crowds came to see it. It
remember that quite well."
Just as Mr. Lubin was at the point of recalling an-
other leaf from the chronicles of long ago a delegation
was announced. Mr. Lubin, full of tact and patience,
suspended the interview and received the delegation,
which consisted of three Philadelphians, who assured
Mr. Lubin that they had the latest and positively the
greatest thing in talking pictures. In vain did the old
inventor try to assure them that he had tested out the
possibilities of talking pictures to the minutest fraction
of an ounce.
"There is no commercial value in talking pictures,"
the old man repeated, slightly raising his voice to make
himself heard above the hopeful and persistent vocifera-
tions of the committee. Thev wanted him to listen to
their machine, but he gave them scant encouragement
and bowed them out.
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Good-humoredly he turned to me and began to laud
ihe pictures as a means of instruction.
"You know," he said, very earnestly, "one of the pic-
tures that we lost was very close to my heart. It was a
film showing the making of rubber, beginning with the
gathering of the raw material and ending with rubber
shoes and rubber tires. I think that picture just showed
how useful the motion picture could be in the schools.
Well, we have other such pictures left. When I write
my story about the olden days I will have something to
say about actors, you may be sure. I ask you whom
could we get in those days? Well, we got some men who
had never been actors before, .some butchers and some
barbers. The barbers never lost their funny motions
and they would always make you think of how they
used to swing the razor and the clippers. A real good
actor would not listen to us at all. Now we have the
best artists in the world, but those people in Europe
don't realize it."
Here came another interruption. An "unknown" had
sent in his card to see Mr. Lubin "on a very important
matter." With his habitual and charming courtesy, Mr.
Lubin asked the interviewer to be excused and received
the visitor with the "important message." A very sol-
emn individual entered and blandly told Mr. Lubin that
he had hit upon a great subject for a motion picture
scenario. He told Mr. Lubin that he had come to get
some advice as to the proper way of writing a scenario.
He said he had always believed that a scenario for
moving pictures could not be written in the same style
as a novel. Mr. Lubin agreed with him enthusiastically
and urged him to send in his scenario at the same time
rising and politely bidding him good-bye.
"Yes, you may think that I am too polite with all
these callers," he said, "but you know I have made it a
principle of my life never to take away a man's courage
and ambition. Some day a person with a real good idea
might come. Let me show you."
\Mth this Mr. Lubin arose and walked over to his
own private desk. He drew out a roll of film more
than twice the width of the present standard film. The
roll was a negative showing some scenic pictures. It
was clear that such a picture would take in much more
than the present strip in the camera, but at this day such
a large strip is commercially impossible.
"It may have a great future," said Mr. Lubin.
Messengers announcing new visitors with "important
missions" now began to enter almost every five min-
utes. The telephone set up its insistent call and added
to the handicaps of the interview. Never for a moment
did the gentle old man betray any impatience or irrita-
tion. He once more harked back to the educational pic-
ture and then with a genial, contagious smile talked of
his recent visit to Europe.
"You know," he said, "those European nations cer-
tainly like our pictures. There are no pictures like the
American-made pictures. No matter where you are in
the world you will find the American picture. When I
was in Russia they said to me : 'Well, Mr. Lubin, why
don't you make pictures and put people with long whis-
kers in them, and in Germany they tell me 'Mr. Lubin,
we don't believe in your Indians, we think they're a lot
of Polish Jews.' In France, in Italy, everywhere, our
pictures are on top. That is because the Americans
lead the world in everything. This is the greatest of
all countries and it is only right that we should lead in
everything, motion pictures included."
The old man rose and, slowly walking over to the
windows beneath which many of his loyal flock were
then resting or working, he looked down and said :
"I am the friend of all of these people. I have myself
risen from the depths of poverty. I can feel just as
thy feel and I know the bond of loyalty between us
will last while I live."
Mind in Drama— By louis reeves harrison
(Continued from page 208)
attracting wide-spread interest, is progressive in ten-
dency, and its finest point of view enlightens us as to
what is false and misleading in our conceptions. It is
true that psychological plays must be handled with in-
telligence to avoid being logically defective and mislead-
ing, but all that is up to the author. He must take care
to begin with sound premises and proceed with scientific
accuracy if he would not imperil appreciation of his labor.
He must know where he is at.
"Be sure you are right," sounds trite, but it is quite
necessary before beginning a psychological play. It is
necessary to distinguish between the misguided efforts of
enthusiasts, or the perverse fallacies of fanatics, and
what is authentically scientific and therefore of true
value. "Then go ahead" sincerely and according to the
best ideals of entertaining a mixed audience. The au-
thor must not shift responsibility — it belongs to him — un-
less the producer inserts what changes the main purpose
of his drama. He must, however, consider that the fore-
most purpose of his story is to interest those who watch
its unfolding on the screen. If he becomes too much
possessed by the scientific aspect of his subject, he will
go over and above the comprehension of many spectators,
whereas his play is written for all. He must also realize
that many intelligent people already know what he is pro-
mulgating, and this is a further argtunent in favor of
submerging facts beneath a smooth and delightful flow
of fiction.
"If a dramatist," says John Galsworthy, "succeeds in
presenting real life itself, in such a manner as to carry
with it a certain moral inspiration, the force of the mes-
sage need never be lost, for a new interpretation to fit
the spirit of the time can renew its vigor and power.
But he must so present the characters in his picture of
life that the inherent moral is brought to light through
lecturing on his part."
PLAYING "THE ESCAPE" BEFORE THE
ELITE.
AMONG psychological photoplays, none has attracted
more attention and precipitated more discussion
than "The Escape," the D. W. Griffith masterpiece
based upon the Paul Armstrong play by the same name
which was recently shown at the Cort Theater. Motion
picture men will watch with interest just what is done
with this expensive production with a psychological punch
which is admittedly most unpleasant.
Just now "The Escape" is being booked as a feature
attraction in theaters which depend upon the elite of the
country for their patronage. It is being oflEered at some
of the most expensive watering places in the country,
playing engagements of from three days to a week at a
record rental figure. Arrangements are also being made
to show the photoplay at one of the foremost legitimate
theaters in Chicago.
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211
Out of Quantity — Quality
BY HARRY E. AITKEN
MOTION iiictures in this country have developed
along two distinct lines, that of quantity
and that of quality. This cannot con-
tinue. It must be a survival of the fittest
and in this case, the fittest is the latest to
develop. The natural increase in popu-
larity brought quantity and out of
ijuantity came quality, but poor cjual-
ity, because it was a physical impossi-
bility to give good quality in large
quantity. When this condition has
run its entire course and the quality
of the quantity pictures has become
as poor as possible, thus producing
a strong contrast with the few pic-
tures of high quality made by those man-
ufacturers who are not straining for
quantity at the expense of everything
else, then real quality will come into its
own and prevail throughout the
motion picture field.
Those manufacturers who were
never fitted for the industry will
lose what money they have invested
in it and will fall back naturally into
the various businesses from which they came. The result
will be fewer manufacturers and each making fewer pic-
tures but better ones. Of course, this will mean fewer re-
leases and therefore fewer changes of bill. It will mean
fewer theatres and better ones, fewer patrons at better
prices and a general uplifting of the standards.
The almost universal daily change of bill prevailing
today is the root of the evil of quantity at the sacrifice
of quality. In the coming order of things, the honest
exhibitor will have something worth advertising, ex-
tensively and in advance, as the run of the feature will
be long enough to enable him to get back the money he
has spent in publicizing it. There will be more half-week
and week runs and the big features will have runs of
several weeks or even months like the successful the-
atrical productions have today.
This wnll be of great benefit to the discriminating and
appreciative playgoing public, who can then get higher
class amusement than they now get at the average mov-
ing picture playhouse and at much less cost than they
can now find it in the so-called legitimate theatre. Thh
will do the spoken play even more harm than the photo-
play has done up to the present time.
D. W. Griffith, that master of the moving picture, has
had more to do with its artistic advancement than any
other one man. His ideas have revolutionized the entire
industry and their effect is being felt more and more.
His motto is "Have it right or not at all." That spells
"quality" and not "quantity." His intelligent, nay, bril-
liant work has adduced new ideas of acting, of pho-
tography, of scenic and lighting effects, of costume in-
vestiture, of direction, of scenario writing and editing, of
scenic arrangement or "cutting" as we call it and, most
of all, of realism. Proper editing of the film should
be a matter of weeks, not of minutes. To accomplish
this and other reforms the business must shake itself
down. It fast is getting into the condition of
Mr. Kipling's creature, "The Ship That
Found Herself." We are finding our-
selves. We see that to make the nec-
essary reforms there must be fewer pro-
ducers and that these reforms them-
selves will depopulate the present
mushroom growth of production.
Many who now are in the produc-
ing end of the business are in a los-
ing venture and they will have to go
to other lines of endeavor.
I think it is utterly impossible for
a theatre to give a daily change of
program and keep each program good.
Such plays as "The Escape," "Judith of
Bethulia," and "Home, Sweet Home"
cannot be produced over-night.
I think the Mutual method of ed-
iting is by long odds the best, both
for the public and for the producer.
We now try to put our productions,
particularly plural reel subjects, into
big theatres in Los Angeles, because
that is the large city nearest to our studios and show
them before a real public. Then our directors study the
effect of these pictures upon the audiences, to see which
scenes arouse the greatest interest and to see which
cause fatigue. On that foundation we make the final
cutting. This is the practice followed by big play pro-
ducers and I see no reason why the moving picture public
should not receive the same attention.
The photoplay is an important factor in American do-
mestic economy. The American people are at heart ex-
travagant. James J. Hill once said, "The problem of
today is not so much the high cost of living as the cost
of high living." The moving picture show is in the di-
rection of economy. Formerly people went to a theatre,
paid $2 a seat, dressed, expended from $4 to $10 in cab-
fare and from $10 to $20 for supper afterward. Now,
they see a good picture for 10 cents or a quarter, walk
to the show around the corner in ordinary day dress and
do not think of the expensive and usually detrimental
supper.
The day is coming and coming soon when the open pro-
gramme will prevail as it does abroad, and then the ex-
hibitor will insist on seeing the pictures he offers to his
patrons before he books them. Then, and not until then,
will the death knell of the inferior picture be sounded —
and there will be no resurrection. The intelligent and
honest manufacturer will not look upon this reform as a
hardship and the intelligent and honest exhibitor will wel-
come it as a godsend.
To sum up, I should say that the needs of the business
are better pictures, consequently fewer pictures, and, as
a logical result of this, better patronized pictures ; less
frequent changes of program — in a phrase, the exhibition
of more artistic pictures, in a more business-like basis,
in finer theatres.
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Motion Pictures Under
Open Market
BY PAUL
C R O M
II
THOSE who have watched and followed the devel
opment of the art of producing and marketing nir
tion pictures in the United States must some
times wonder what the evolution of the indus
tr)' might have been had it progressed along
normal natural lines unrestricted by pat
ents which have prevented many from
venturing into the field, or the great
combinations which control the ma-
chinery for distributing the pictures
as issued. Until quite recently these
combinations have made the exhibitor
a mere automaton who took what was
sent him, showed it to his patrons,
sent it back and received a new sup-
ply of good, bad or indiflferent films to
exhibit the next day.
Without in any way minimizing the
great part which the so-called "trust''
has played in bringing order out of
chaos and in giving to the exhibitor
a certain confidence and assurance
that he would receive a fixed number
of subjects to make the frequent,
usuallv daily, change in program ef-
fective, and without belittling in the
slightest the work of those other combinations which
have come into existence, and which, while vigorously at-
tacking the parent trust have nevertheless imitated its
policies quite successfully, it would be the matter of cur-
ious conjecture as to what might have happened had
clean-cut competition rather than preventive combina-
tions been the rule.
Of course it is impossible to do more than conjecture.
but it is interesting to observe that as the exhibitor is
gradually emerging from his quiescent and passive atti-
tude and as the owner, proprietor or manager of a theatre
where motion pictures are exhibited he is coming more
and more to recognize that he has a duty to his patrons
and to himself to see that his program is the kind re-
quired, new manufacturers are looming up who by rea-
son of the excellence of their productions, despite the
obstructive methods sometimes employed by the great
combinations, are having the satisfaction of seeing their
photo-plays screened in a sufficiently large number of
theatres to make it worth while to go on making new
and increasingly interesting subjects which are being wel-
comed by up-to-date exhibitors and well received by the
public.
In the quantity of motion pictures produced the United
States has always been well in the lead, and as the manu-
facturers by reason of their control of the distributors
have been able to require the exhibitors to take what
was given them, the pictures have not always been of
the quality which would have prevailed had the market
been open.
It remained for Europe to point the way : and to Italy,
to whom the world owes a debt it can never repay be-
cause of the contributions its sons have made to every
form of artistic expressirn, belongs the laurels for hav-
ing made the greatest progress in giving expression by
means of the motion picture to the work of an
author or the conceptions of a really artistic
producer. And gladly should vie pay this trib-
ute, for the great Italian masterpieces
stand out in such bold relief as to entitle
them to be considered in a class to
themselves, as yet unapproached by
anything produced elsewhere. The
example which leading Italian com-
Danies have given has been a great
incentive to bigger, better and nobler
eflfort on the part of their competi-
tors throughout the world; and we
are beginning to see in the dawn of
a new era in the motion picture art,
this eft'ort crystallizing in wonderfully
interesting productions, of which an-
nouncement follows announcement so
rapidly that it is hard to keep track of
them all. New theatres are being
built, with every known convenience
and comfort in order to give a prop-
er setting to this new form of art
and we observe all around us evi-
dences that the old theatrical inter-
ests who fought so long and so hard, are capitulating and
eagerly seeking entrance into the motion picture fold,
while theatre after theatre which heretofore housed the
ordinary dramatic performance or variety show is mak-
ing place for the motion picture.
England, while not taking a leading position in for-
mer years as a producer of motion pictures, has always
altorded a good opportunity to study the commercial and
sales side of the business conducted under natural trade
conditions ; and London has been and is today the great
market and distributing point to the rest of the world
aside, of course, from American productions used in the
United States.
The American companies were quick to see the im-
portance of the British market and all of them have
either their own establishments there or are represented
by competent sales agents. For many years, the Amer-
ican pictures, which as distinguished from certain Con-
tinental productions, were peculiarly suited to British
audiences, had a great vogue and to this day they hold
a leading position. There is so much in common between
these two great nations that it is but natural this should
be so. The thing that impressed me most during the
past three years which I was privileged to spend in
England was the high sense of honor of the average Eng-
lishman one meets in a business way. Most English-
men are eminently fair-minded and their whole schooling
is calculated to impress upon them the importance of
"playing cricket" or as we call it, "playing the game."
A large portion of the. present generation have come to
look upon the American Revolution as a huge political
blunder on the part of the then reigning powers, and
they are intensely interested in the progress the United
States is making and it follows that they like pictures of
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American life; and so also good English productions are
bound to make a strong appeal in the American market
when properly introduced.
When the writer left for London in the summer of
1911 there was no way by which a motion picture play,
no matter how excellent, could get a showing in the
United States except by license from the "trust" (which
was not obtainable), or through the then existing other
combination known as the "Sales Company." True, a
print might be sold here and there but for all practical
[lurposes ordinary competitive conditions w^ere non-ex-
istent.
It was therefore intensely interesting to get into com-
[tetition in a country where the product was admitted free
of duty and was sold on merit alone without any of the
artificial conditions which hampered the industrj' here.
The business was following natural lines. If your pic-
ture was good your sales were correspondingly good. If
the subject was fair or poor your sales suffered accord-
ingly. Supply and demand always figured largely and
sometimes disastrously affected your result for want of
some of the very regulation and control which w-as in
force in the United States. The product was sold on
the open market for release on a given date. Some weeks
the competing companies would have an excess of good
dramas or comedies as the case might be and as the
market could absorb only a ^iven number of prints of
each subject each week, the sales would be split up in
such a way that every concern suft'ered. It sometimes
happened that in the succeeding week there w^ould be
but a scant supply of the kind of subjects which had been
so plentiful the week before. While this occasionally
resulted in unsatisfactory sales for individual pictures,
in the long run the average sale would be the combined
result of individual eft'ort plus quality.
In addition to showing their open market releases in
London most of the important companies in England
have travelers who visit the principal cities in the United
Kingdom where exchanges are established. These ex-
changes are equipped with suitable projecting rooms and
week after week at an arranged hour on given days, it
is known that the representatives of the X, Y or Z Com-
pany will show the weeks' oft'erings of his company. The
buyers make notes, mark the subject according to grade
and if they intend to purchase, book it with the sales-
man or eventually order it from the company. Leading
exhibitors are welcome at these exchanges and, in fact,
make it a practice to personally or through their repre-
sentatives see the subjects and if they are impressed indi-
cate to their exchange a desire to book a particular sub-
ject and this, of course, influences the exchange as to the
number of prints to be ordered. This number naturall}-
depends on how many theatres are being served. London
and Provincial exhibitors or their representatives are in
the same manner constantly visiting the display rooms
of the various companies in London, viewing the week's
offerings and arranging . to secure for their theatre
through their exchange, the subjects that interest them.
Under these conditions there is more chance for real
selling ability to make itself felt. This manifests itself
in the usual ways, by a direct personal appeal, or through
salesmen, by clever advertising, effective circularizing,
catchy heralds and attractive posters.
It always seemed to me that one of the greatest evils
in the business in the United States was the daily change
of program. A good subject would be shown at a
theatre. It made a strong appeal on me. If I wanted to
have my wife and children see it, when they went next
day, it would be gone, and they had no way of ascer-
taining where or when it could be seen again. The pic-
tures were not beginning to yield the maximum of their
earning cajjacity. It would be folly for an exhibitor to
advertise under such circumstances, and he lost to a great
extent if not entirely the advantage where the element
of the ijcrsonal advertising of satisfied patrons would
l)ring him.
In England I was pleased to observe that the custom
was to run a picture, if it was a fine subject, for one week,
and that the usual practice was to change the program bi-
weekly. Under such conditions it was not surprising to
find that the theatres considered as a whole were finer
than those which were at that time devoted to picture
shows in the United States ; and the prices obtained were
higher than was customary here. There was more of a
tone about the motion picture theatrical business and the
projection was usually excellent. Not so much of that
"grind them out and let the next crowd in" as was fre-
quently found here to the great disadvantage of the pic-
tures themselves. The comparison was altogether favor-
able to the English theatre and in a very large measure
this was the direct result of open market conditions and
competition which required an exhibitor to use his brains
and develop into a real showman instead of being a con-
venient dumping ground for wha'tever was sent him.
It must not be understood that exhibiting conditions
were altogether good or ideal. The same problem of sev-
eral theatres in a neighborhood showing the same picture
disturbed the British exhibitor as well as the American
and in the progressive development of the business the
long subject and the exclusive feature became an element
of great importance. To a large extent these have elimi-
nated some of the evils because of the control and regula-
tion which the owner of an exclusive feature has over the
bookings, and in course of time, following ordinary com-
petitive conditions, the business will be so specialized in
the hands of those best able to direct it that suitable
means for preventing wdiat can only be described as de-
structive competition will doubtless be devised. This will
not be done by trusts or combinations, however, but by
sane and sound trade agreements between competitors
carefully worked out through the instrumentality of the
various cinematographic trade associations and so pre-
pared as to safeguard the interests of those most affected.
Group of Edison Players.
C. Jay Williams, Edison director, and a number of
leading players of that company under his direction, spent
a season making pictures at Bermuda. After a successful
excursion they returned a few weeks ago, the engraving
being made from a photograph taken on board the SS.
Arcadian.
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Accomplishments of the Feature
BY JESSE L. LASKY
S
WHEN one essays to talk on a subject — one is
supposed to have, at least, a remote knowledge
of his subject. In consequence, if I am to
talk on motion pictures, I must choose as
my subject that branch of the industry
with which I have had experience.
When contemplating entry into the
field of Motography, I began a syste-
matic study of the trade, from every
angle. I decided that I would enter
that branch which held the most glow-
ing prospects for the future — the fea-
ture field.
Features, to my mind, proffer a con-
crete, lasting future in that, within
their short year of existence they have
acomplished what the "one-reel" subjects
failed to attain in fifteen years, viz., to
interest the classes.
One must first view with the eye
of a non-partisan, the sight in front
of the theatre showing the feature
and the house conducting strictly a
one and two-reel programme.
Let us take, as an example, the
beautiful Strand, the masterly \'itagraph Theatre, the
Audubon or Hamilton Theatre and compare them with
the New Comedy Theatre on Sixty-sixth street.
The programme at the New Comedy, one day last
week, was composed of "The Wharf Rats" and four
other subjects of similar title.
The programme at the Strand Theatre corrtainued as
a feature "The Only Son." Within one hour we counted
fifteen automobiles and nine carriages draw up in front,
and at least thirty men dressed in evening clothes enter-
ing the Strand. At the New Comedy, where the small
subjects are shown, the title of the pictures and condition
of the lobby and interior speak for the audiences.
Riverside Drive turns out en masse for the picture
programme at the Riverside and Rivera Theatres, where
features predominate. The Nemo at Broadway and 110th
street appeals to the fashionable residents of the Cathe-
dral section. Features are nightly offerings. And the
Bunny Theatre on upper Broadway is nightly the rendez-
vous of the finest class of patrons.
Remember, I am not decrying the one and two-reel
subjects. I know too little of their value, but I do know
the appeal of the high-class feature, have thousands of
reports on the potent drawing power of the feature in
all parts of the country, know from actual experience
just how much the feature has and will continue to ele-
vate the industry, and from conversations with distribu-
tors and exhibitors I have learned much that I believed,
but now know to be true.
One highly important exhibitor, whose theatres
throughout the middle west, are considered among the
best, confided to me that the coming of the feature caused
even the smaller exhibitor to place his theatre in a con-
dition, equal in point of elaborateness, to the programme
he was ofiering.
The feature," said this man, "urged the small ex-
hibitor to adopt theatrical methods in his appeal
to the lovers of amusfement. Fronts were
changed, interiors re-arranged, music im-
proved, prices elevated, and advertising
in the press resorted to."
Features compelled recognition from
the daily press. Regular reviewers
on daily papers began reviewing fea-
ture photoplays from the same angle
that legitimate dramas are criticized.
The feature is its own propulsion. It
automatically goes forward, in pro-
portion to its importance, splendor
and grandeur. The production of
features have attracted a number of men
to the ranks of motion picture purveyors
who could do naught else than dignify
the industry.
The one-reel subject, true, was
the beginning, as were the first in-
candescent lights. They dissipated
the gloom, but it remained for
progress and time to advance the art.
The feature, owing to the elab-
orateness of production, unlimited subjects, and its ap-
peal to the class of people who make a first-class scale of
prices possible, will, I believe, outlive all other branches
of the motion picture art. Features, it must be admitted,
provoked the word art in connection with the moving
picture.
The entry of such men as Daniel Frohman, Augustus
Thomas, Cecil B. De Mille, David Belasco, Klaw & Er-
langer and others cannot be termed anything but a benefit
to the industry. They bring a wealth of experience
gained during years in other branches of the amusement
business and the same energ}' which they have used in
achieving the success which one thinks of the minute their
names are mentioned will be of inestimable value in the
promotion of the photoplay.
David Belasco confided to me that such pictures (one
and two-reel subject: ), as he had witnessed, caused him
to refuse to allow his plays to be screened.
After seeing a number of features, Mr. Belasco con-
descended to allow his plays to be picturized, and I am
satisfied that the "tone" which has been added to the
industry through the development of the feature end of
the business is the only thing that has made it possible for
the countless thousands of "moving picture fans"
throughout the coimtry to have at their disposal the un-
paralleled genius of this modern production wizard.
Arguing pro and con, reciting personal experiences,
calling attention to the shortcomings of any particular
type of picture, praising the virtues of any particular
style, leads nowhere.
As between features and small subjects, it simmers
down to one point. The feature is necessary to the
trade. The one and two-reel subjects are necessary to
the trade and each are essential to the other — and finally,
a survival of the fittest. May they all prosper.
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Commercial Use of Motion Pictures
BY WATTERSON R. ROTHACKER
THIS is an era of moving pictures; moviiig pic-
tures for entertaining purposes and moving pic
tures for advertising are topics of the hour
There is a reason for the popularity of the
dramatic and comedy moving pictures
which reason is so obvious that it needs
no explanation. There is a reason, too.
and a big one, for the advertising
use of moving pictures, for to anyone
who understands the value of illus-
trations in advertising, the superla-
tive value of moving illustrations is
at a glance apparent.
Moving picture advertising is no
longer a mere theory. It has been
practically tried out, and in every in-
stance where the campaign has been
judiciously handled, lasting and effec-
tive impressions have been created to
the decided advantage of the adver-
tiser.
To give you an idea as to the high-
class of thinking advertisers who,
after careful consideration and thor-
ough investigation, have selected
moving pictures as as a means to ad-
vertise, I will here give you a few concrete examples of
moving picture advertising achievement.
The Du Pont Powder Company, about four years
ago, conceived the idea of demonstrating, by means of
moving pictures, the value of dynamite in farming. A
pcifect demonstration was staged before a battery of
moving picture cameras. Stump blasting, deep plowing,
tn^e planting, ditching, etc., were all successfully ac-
complished by means of high explosives and every de-
tail of the demonstration was made a matter of enduring
record on film. Then, by means of mechanical multi-
plication, hundreds of copies of this film were struck
off and were put in circulation throughout rural dis-
tricts, at land shows, at farmers' institutes, state and
county fairs, and at various other places where were
assembled the agricultural public. The result was that
thousands and thousands of people who otherwise would
rot have had the inclination or the time to see just how
farmmg is done with dynamite, were made familiar with
the value of this most modern method. Not only were
the film demonstrations used effectively in the evenings
and during seasons when the farming class is at leisure,
but when the ground and weather conditions were such
that an actual demonstration could not be staged. The
demonstrations on film made a big saving in the cost of
nynamite that would have had to have been used other-
v.'ise, and the Dtt Pont Powder Company had the satis-
faction of knowing that each one of these demonstra-
tions was, on the screen, always the same as when it first
passed their critical inspection.
To give publicity and advertising to Winchester arms
and ammunition, the Winchester Repeating Arms Com-
pany of New Haven, Connecticut, had made a series of
moving pictures demonstrating fancy shooting wath
rifle, pistol and shotgun. These |jictures had extraor-
dinary interest. Air. and Airs. Topperwein, the
world's famous shots, [josed for the subject, and
their wonderful shooting, through the wide
circulation that has been given the pic-
lures, has caused thousands of people to
become keenly interested in a manner
that identified the big red "VV." Not
only were these Winchester pictures
shown all over the United States,
but their popularity in this country
was so great tliat the campaign was
extended to cover South America,
Australia, Java and the Philippine
Islands.
The late C. W. Post, of Battle
Creek had for years been inviting the
public of the United States to visit his
wonderful plants there. Naturally, a
great number of people who would like
to make the trip were unable to do
so because of the time and money in-
volved, but since Air. Post put on
film, every detail of his factory oper-
ations, the public of the world have
an opportunity to conveniently, in
their own home town, sit in a moving picture theatre
and take an eye trip through the wonderful Post plants
and see moving, as in real life, every operation essential
to the making of Postum Cereal, Grape-Nuts and Post
Toasties.
The Phoenix Horse Shoe Company, in order to show
buyers in foreign countries just how their product is
made and in order to furnish educational entertainment
at various farriers' conventions, have had made moving
pictures which comprehensively illustrate every detail of
the construction of a Phoeni.x horse shoe.
Alayer Brothers, of Chicago, put on film a story en-
titled, "The Clothing Industry from Sheep to Wearer,"
and by arranging with their local dealers throughout the
country for special exhibitions, they directly connected
their merchandising with their advertising, and by means
of moving pictures, not only secured splendid far-reach-
ing and novel advertising and publicity, but they actu-
allv made bigger sales for their regular customers and
in many instances secured new customers directly
through the films.
Air. F. S. Peabody, president of the Peabody Coal
Company, conceived the idea of showing by means of
moving pictures just how coal is mined on his various
properties. Also, Air. Peabody in having this work done,
made splendid representation of the safety precautionars'
methods employed in his mine, the care with which the
coal is handled before it is delivered to the consumer;
in fact, the moving pictures made at Air. Peabody 's
instigation completely illustrate "Coal Alining in South-
ern Illinois," and do so in a way vastly entertaining, de-
cidedly educational, and all this combined in a manner
that effectively advertises the Peabody products. Air.
Peabody not long ago presented these moving pictures in
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ton junction with a lecture at Yale University. The suc-
cess he made with them has been duplicated at various
other large educational institutes throughout the United
States, as well as before gatherings especially assem-
bled.
The United States Gypsum Company, by means of
moving pictures, show how gypsum is mined and how,
at their big factories, it is made into Pyrobar and Sack-
ett Plaster Board. This film terminates with a scene
showing the fireproof qualities of Sackett Plaster Board.
In order to put the necessary advertising punch into this
scene, and to conclusively prove their proposition, the
United States Gypsum Company erected in Chicago a
building, part of which was built of their product and
part of non-fireproof product. Then, before an assem-
blage of official underwriters and firemen, the building
was ignited. The pictures show the conflagration, show
how the United States Gypsum Company products with-
stand the fire, and finally show the building after the
fire, with the part in which was used Sackett Plaster
Board standing practically untouched. These pictures
are being used in a special class campaign covering peo-
ple directly interested in their products.
Millions of people in the United States have, by means
of moving pictures, been impressed with the wonders and
beauties of Yellowstone National Park, and with the
splendid industrial opportunities existing in the North-
west. The Northern Pacific Railway Company made
good use of these pictures in their campaign to attract
tourists to Yellowstone National Park and homeseekers,
residents and investors to the territories tributary to their
line.
A similar moving picture advertising scheme has been
employed in the South by the Southern Railway Co.
Mr. W. H. Cochrane, general manager of the Chi-
cago. South Haven Steamship Company, is on record
with the statement that the moving pictures he used to
;-!iow a trip from Chicago to South Haven and return
on hi? line was instrumental during the last two years
in actuating thousands of people to see for themselves
and enjoy themselves, the splendid recreation there
ofifered.
The Holt Caterpillar Company and the M. Rumely
Company are eft'ectively using moving pictures to demon-
strate their heavy argicultural machinery.
The American Cynamid Company, by means of a se-
ries of moving pictures illustrating the "Fixation of
Atmospheric Nitrogen" or the "Transformation of Wa-
ter Power Into Food Crops," are giving wide publicity
to Cynamid, their product. These pictures were ex-
hibited at Washington before a special committee and so
impressed the committee that at their special request
they were made a matter of Government record.
Among others whose names stand high in current ad-
vertising history, and who are backing up their opinion
of moving picture advertising by actual use of film copy,
are the Universal Portland Cement Company, the Inter-
national Har\'ester Company, the National Lead Com-
pany, the Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Bates Bag
Vale Company, H. J- Heinz Company, Standard Oil
Company, Peabody Houghteling & Co., German Kali
Works. American Clay Machinery Company, United
States Brewers' Association, etc., etc.
Either as a direct or supplementary means, moving pic-
tures have wonderful power, and their place, either in
direct advertising, publicity or connective advertising, is
established now to the entire satisfaction of the adver-
tising world. Aloving picture advertising is here to stay.
Here and there, in the record of moving picture ad-
vertising achievement, as is true in the record of any
advertising medium, you will find a user not 100 per cent
satisfied, but investigate the cause and you will find that
either a too anxious seller of moving pictures has,
prompted by ulterior motives, "found" moving picture
advertising possibilities in a subject that for some reason
does not lend itself to moving depiction, or you will find
that the pictures have been taken haphazardly by one
who does not understand advertising and whose motive
was "How much film can I grind off and sell?" rather than
"How strong can I make this advertising story?" or you
will find that the user has been promised millions and
millions of circulation by someone ignorant of moving
picture advertising circulation possibilities, or someone
who knew circulation limitations, but knew not how to
enter and utilize the proper avenue ; or you will find bad
photography, failure to keep service promises, or some
other reason for the advertiser's complaint, for wherever
a subject is analyzed properly, filmed with an advertis-
ing viewpoint well in hand, and handled advisedly along
definite lines, you will find an addition to the record of
moving picture advertising achievement which will be
100 per cent in every instance where the contract is se-
cured on an honest efficiency basis. _
Growing Importance of the "Ad-Film."
THE constantly growing importance of motion pic-
tures as a medium for advertising, in the commer-
cial world, is being emphasized from day to day.
At the recent annual convention of the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs of America at Toronto, Canada, motion
pictures as an advertising medium were formally dis-
cussed for the first time in the history of this powerful
and wide awake organization which has so much to do
with shaping the ad-
vertising and selling
policies of big busi-
nesses throughout the
coimtry and at the re-
cent exposition of the
motion picture art in
Grand Central Pal-
ace, New York, no
less than half a dozen
different types of
home or office pro-
jecting machines
were exhibited.
The motion picture
matter was intro-
duced at the Toronto
convention by Arthur
N. Smallwood, of the
Smallwood Film Cor-
poration, who deliv-
ered an address on
"The Use of Motion
Pictures in Advertising and Selling." The subject matter
was illustrated in a most interesting manner by the
representatives of the Sherwin-Williams Company, paint
manufacturers, and the International Harvester Com-
panv. who showed "ad-films" which their respective com-
panies have been using in advertising and selling cam-
paigns for a long time.
The little projecting machines shown this year at the
Grand Central exposition were, almost without excep-
tion, designed for use in the commercial field. At least
one of them was so constructed that it could be carried
as easily as a salesman's sample case and operated in
any ordinary business office with a white window shade
as the projection screen.
Arthur Smallwood.
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Publicity for the Picture
BY PHILIP MINDIL
PUBLICITY is the backbone of e\
the product of which depends on thi
tronage of the million and not of
few. Such is the condition with the fil
industry.
Advertising is useless if the advertis-
er has nothing to sell, but without ad-
vertising the most marketable stock
may moulder on the shelves.
Having something to sell which the
American people want, the Mutual be-
lieves in letting them know about it.
To do this effectively, organized, sys-
tematized and intelligently directed
publicity is necessary.
[t entails the employment of a staff of
writers and office assistants to prepare
the great volume of correspondence with
newspaper and magazine editors, exhib-
itors, exchange managers and fans,
to find out what the\- want and to
give it to them.
At present our department is pub-
lishing a forty-four page house or-
gan, as attractive as many weekly
magazines, profusely illustrated and interestingly writ-
ten, "Reel Life," with a constantly increasing circulation
(30,000 now) ; another sixteen-page weekly, "Our Mu-
tual Girl Weekly," which started on its first week with
100,000 and which looks as though it would reach a mil-
lion in the near future ; a weekly news sheet for 6,000
editors of daily and weekly newspapers to clip from, and
a cut and matrix service to go with it. This is called
"Mutual Movie Fillers."
In addition to these regular features, we supply exclu-
sive news and Sunday special stories to the big city dailies
and many special stories and photographs to the trade
papers and to the magazines of more general interest.
One man is kept busy reading the sixteen hundred
newspapers on our exchange list for clippings and several
news clipping bureaus supplement his work. We are
clipping about 6,000 newspaper cuttings a week. These
represent about 10 per cent, I believe from long expe-
rience, of the total number printed.
There are many reasons for the publicity department.
It helps the newspaper or magazine to keep its adver-
tisers who are too busy to write their own news ; it
helps the exhibitor to get news space from the editor, who
is quite willing to print these stories and, most important
of all, it has convinced the editors everywhere of the
importance of moving picture news, until today they are
not only willing to print it. but anxious to get it.
Six months ago the big dailies would no more print
moving picture news than they would dry goods news.
Today they are giving it as much, and some of them
more, space than the dramatic news. I have many promi-
nent dailies throughout the country on my exchange list,
that run the title "IMoving Picture and Dramatic Page."
The movies have come into their own in the newspapers
and this is all to the credit of the moving picture publicity
men and the men higher up, who have been broad
enough to stand behind them and make it possi-
or them to help the industry and particu-
rly the companies thev represent.
I once heard one of the foremost men
in the picture business say :
"What's the use of it all ? It doesn't
sell any more prints."
But it does and it will. Of course,
no "fan" is going to write in and say,
"I saw your story in our local paper
and that made me go to your show."
But it did nevertheless.
Three years ago I was asked by
one of the trade papers to define a
press agent. Here's the best I could do :
"A press agent is an experienced
newspaper man, who studies the news
possibilities of his client and presents
them in such a way as to gain fav-
orable consideration — being unable
to guarantee anything except energy,
organization, intimate knowledge of
news and its avenues of escape, abil-
ity to write it and acquaintance with
the men who pass upon it and with their various angles,
of appreciation."
Moving picture publicity does not differ materially
from any other kind. The editor wants what the reader
wants — the really interesting news about the picture, its
making and the people who participate in it. The manu-
facturer may want more than that, but he is making a
great mistake if he endeavors to coerce his press agent,,
much against his will, to put it out as news matter.
Such material as " 'The Splash in the Water' is the
greatest film ever produced," or "Miss Olive Branch is the
most beautiful and talented actress on the screen," is not
good publicity, even if it could get over, and it cannot ex-
cept as paid advertising, and then its effect is bad. It is
more forceful to say "Our Mutual Girl, the successful
serial," than "Our jMutual Girl, the phenomenally suc-
cessful serial."
One thing which the embryonic publicity man should
remember is that the story which is just what one publi-
cation wants is just what another does not want. He
must serve corned beef and cabbage to one guest and
pate de foi gras to another. The man who toys with the
pate will not gobble down a large chunk of hot mince pie
to "top it off'," but the "beef and" fellow will.
There is just as much artistry in serving up publicity as
in delivering a dinner. And a chef, in either line, is a dif-
ferent thing from a cook.
The subject of publicity for the pictures is such a vast
one that it can not be discussed in detail in this limited
space. Its possibilities are legion and its effect on the in-
dustry is bound to be beneficial from every standpoint.
It means better pictures and that means even greater
success than this gigantic infant, the motion picture busi-
ness, has had, and I am told it is now the fourth industry
in the United States.
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I
The Advancement in Projection
BY F. H. RICHARDSON
THE exact time and place when the moving pict
lire was first projected to the screen so that
the characters appeared approximately
life size seem to be lost in the shadows of
the past. Undoubtedly projection as ap
plied to the moving picture first came
into being in 1896; also undoubtedly the
first projection machine was a mechan-
ism known as the "Idoloscope," but
unfortunately there is no very au-
thentic description, and no photograph
or drawing of that machine in exist-
ence today so far as we can discover.
In the beginning films were very
much wider than at present and the
film picture was, as nearly as I remem
her, lj4 by lyi inches in size. The
mechanism, as compared with the pres-
ent day projector, was a mere toy. The
lamp house was a sheet iron affair
about 12 inches long by 6 inches wide
by 12 or 14 inches in height. It con-
tained a frail little arc lamp which
had only three adjustments, viz. :
feeding the carbons, moving the lamp
up and down and moving it sidewise. The binding post
and everything about the lamp was weak and inefficient.
The resistance so far as rheostats are concerned was pro-
vided by coils of steel or nickel wire, capable of delivering
not to exceed twenty or twenty-five amperes.
In those days the operating room frequently consisted
of a screen of muslin. The "take-up" was a gunny sack
or, lacking that, the film ran out on the floor and piled
up in a writhing, squirmy heap. In the beginning the
resistance was more often than not a "water rheostat."
The picture on the screen did all kind of acrobatic stunts
up, down and sidewise. But notwithstanding that fact it
was a very wonderful thing to the people, who willingly
paid twenty-five cents to a dollar to view a hundred feet
of film run through four or five times.
So far as projection machinery is concerned there
are certain men who, more than any other individuals,
have to do with the history of its invention and improve-
ment. At the head of the list will, of course, be placed
the name of Thomas A. Edison, since it was he who first
invented a practical projector, but the one man who, since
that time, is entitled to greatest credit for the improve-
ment in projection machinery is Mr. Nicholas Power.
Mr. Edison, after perfecting the projector and bringing
it up to a certain standard of excellence, for some reason
or other seems to have very largely lost interest in the
matter, though improvements are still from time to tiine.
being made in the Edison machine.
Mr. A. C. Roebuck, of Chicago, is another whose
name is closely connected with improvement in projec-
tion machinery, since it was he who planned and built
the Motiograph. Mr. Roebuck was originally a watch-
maker and he brought to projection machinery the ex-
treme accuracy of mechanical construction which had
become to him a second habit through his training as a
watch-maker. Mr. Roebuck did a very wonderful
thing, in that he drew the first plans of the motio-
graph complete — that is to say, made his work-
ing drawings — constructed the machine,
placed it on the market and it was more
than a year before he made a single
change in the mechanism.
The fourth whose name will go down
in history as closely allied to the im-
provement of projection machinery is
that of Mr. Frank Cannock. Mr. Can-
nock came into prominence through
planning, building and perfecting the
"Edengraph."
After the Edengraph suspended and
Mr. Cannock invented the Simplex ma-
chine, made by the Precision Machine
Company, with which he is now con-
nected.
There are, of course, other names
connected with improvements in pro-
jection machinery, but, I think, none
can rank above the four named.
Therefore we remove our headgear
and bow to the names of Thomas A.
Edison, Nicholas Power, Frank Cannock and A. C. Roe-
buck as the four men who have improved the intermittent
type of projector until it is now a really wonderful piece
of mechanism, particularly when one considers the fact
that it is sold for so comparatively low a sum.
The next step in advance will be, in the judgment of
the writer, the $500 projector, and it is to be hoped that
its arrival will not be long delayed, because the moving
picture industry has reached the stage where a projection
machine as nearly mechanically and optically perfect as
it is possible to make it is an imperative necessity. We
now have high-class moving picture theatres where the
investment is ver}' large ; in many cases actually equal-
ling the high-class legitimate houses in magnitude of in-
vestment, and upon the results shown on the screens of
these theatres depend the income on all this outlay.
Therefore, I repeat, neither money or pains should be
spared to get the best projector which can possibh' be
constructed.
Perhaps one of the most important improvements,
from all points of view, lies in the shutter of the mech-
anism. In the beginning it was a two-bladed affair which
produced a nretty heavy flicker. The next to arrive was
the three-bladed shutter which, while it was an improve-
ment, was not, by any manner of means perfect, bv rea-
son of the fact that it was badly proportioned. The prob-
lem of the shutter was an exceedingly difficult one. It
is still a difficult one. The ideal shutter is a three-wing-
er, having blades of equal width, and light openings of
equal width with each other and with the blades, but this
is an exceedingly hard condition to attain, for reasons
that are not necessary to go into in detail here. But it
is being attained. I think I violate no confidence bv say-
ing that there will, before many months, be a $500 pro-
jection machine on the market which will have the ideal
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shutter, and many other important improvements besides.
More than this I cannot say at this time.
Other things which have brought about great improve-
ment in projection results is the improvement in projec-
tion arc lamps, the use of improved screens and higher
amperage. Modern arc lamps have adjustments which
enable the operator to absolutely control his arc in any
way he may desire. He can force the crater to form
just where he wants it to form. Modern projection
lamps are built heavy, and have terminals which largely
obviate the annoyance and trouble the operator of earlier
days experienced with his lamp leads; also the modern
lamp house is commodious and well ventilated. The only
thing about the projection machine which has remained
practically at a standstill throueh all these years is the
optical system, but, through the medium of the Projec-
tion Department of this paper, we are now trying to stir
things up, and secure improvement in this part of the
machine also.
There are, of course, limits to the possibilities for im-
provement in the intermittent type of projector. Numer-
ous attempts have been made to evolve or invent a com-
mercially practical projector in which the film shall run
continuously, but up to the present time these attempts
have not succeeded. I have faith to believe, however,
that a way to do this will be found, and w-hen it is found
I think we will then be able to say that the moving picture
as such has at last permanently "arrived," because we
shall or should have an absolutely steady picture without
any flicker whatever. There is a tremendously large
field though for the inventor in this direction, but it is
perhaps as hard a single proposition as any inventor could
tackle. There are few things in this world, however,
which are impossible, and I for one do not believe that
the continuous running film projector comes under that
head.
While it may sound like blowing our own horn, the
writer does not feel that it would be just, fair or right
to close an article of this kind without making mention
of the work accomplished by the IMoving Picture World
in improving projection.
Prior to 1910 projection had received but very, very
scant attention; in fact, practically none at all. The op-
erator was something of a joke to the rest of the pro-
fession. Anyone who could patch a film and turn a crank
was an "operator," in the estimation of himself and the
theatre manager. Early in 1910, however, the Projec-
tion Department, then called the "Operators' Column,^'
was started by The J\Ioving Picture World, and since
that time it has, beyond any question of doubt, done
an immense work in the educatine of the operator in
the technical side of his profession, as well as educating
the theatre manager to appreciate the possibilities for
improvement, and the value of superior projection. The
Moving Picture World also, during this time, published
a book of instruction called the Moving Picture Hand-
book, of which the writer has the honor to be author
and which is now in the second edition.
This book has enjoyed a very wide circulation, and I
think it can fairly be said that its influence for good has
been felt, literally, in thousands of theatres ; so that tak-
ing it as a whole, very much of the enormous improve-
ment in projection during the past four years may be
credited directly to this paper, although, of course, there
would have been improvement even had there been no
Projection Department and no "handbook." But cer-
tainly the gain would not have been anywhere near as
rapid, nor would projection have reached the compara-
tively high plane it now occup'^s.
As to what the future may bring forth no man can,
of course, predict with certainty. But I think it might be
fairly said that two years hence we may expect that, so
far as the optical and mechanical end of things is- con-
cerned, the limit will be very nearly reached until some
genius shall evolve a commercially successful projection
machine having no intermittent movement. But it will
still be se\eral years before the operator himself will
reach the height of his ability. The human element en-
ters into projection very largely, as it does into about
everything in this old world of ours and, unfortunately,
operators' salaries have in the past been too low to at-
tract to the business the best talent, except in isolated
cases. This is particularly true in the large cities.
Of course, there are many really high-class men oper-
ating moving picture machines, but there are, on the
other hand, a great mass of operators of the type of men
that you get when you pay $15.00 to $20.00 a week.
You cannot, as I have often pointed out, expect very
much for that small sum, especially in the larger cities.
Gradually, however, theatre managers are beginning to
understand that proposition, and salaries are slowly ris-
ing. We have hopes that the time is not far distant when
the manager will be willing to pay sufficient salary to ob-
tain the best possible talent in his operating room, and
that the operators themselves will, more and more, real-
ize the necessity for improving their knowledge, so that
they may be worth the higher wage, remembering al-
ways that high salaries are paid, not for the work of the
hands, but for the work of the brain.
C. LANG COBB, JR.
PERSISTENCE and tenacity of purpose usually get
folks somewhere. There is an old saying, put into
circulation by a very successful advertising agent to the
effect that "keeping everlastingly at it brings success." It
is possible that C. Lang Cobb, Jr., may have heard of
that phrase and immediately pasted it on the inside of his
hat, for he is a person of persistence.
C. Lang Cobb, Jr., at His Work Bench.
Friend Cobb has been associated with various motion
picture interests since "away back," claiming connection
with the early efforts of the Edison Company and proving
it. To-day he is known as the very successful advertis-
ing and sales manager of the Ramo Company, the product
of which he has proclaimed with great persistence over
the leng-th and breadth of this fair land.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Motion Pictures as Educational Force
BY WILLIAM HOSMER IVES, of The School Journal
IT WAS not many years ago wlien a youthful su
perintendent of schools in a small town in
the Middle West discovered that some of
the pupils in his high school seemed to
possess an unusual amount of informa-
tion about foreign countries ; they also
seemed to have a remarkably clear
idea of some of the great classics of
English literature, and appeared to
t>e unusually well posted on a num-
ber of great events of world-wide im-
portance and significance. He real-
ized that this knowledge could not
have been acquired from the text
books in use, nor in all probability
from the teachers in charge of the
classes nor from parents at home. Upon
inquiry and investigation he learned that
the small motion picture theatre on the
main street, not far from the high
school, was responsible for a consid-
erable amount of unsystematic, but
nevertheless very effective instruc-
tion.
Being a young man, and nut too
much hampered by educational traditions, he decided to
investigate further. He went frequently to the little
local theatre and was amazed at what he saw and learned.
Out of the mass of cheap melodramas and alleged com-
edies, every now and then there emerged a film which was
reallv instructive, and the young superintendent who had
given practically no thought to the possibilities of visual
instruction began to see a new and broad field of educa-
tional activity opening before him. Within a few months
he purchased a motion picture projector, had it installed
in the high school assembly room, and gave a large
amount of time and thought to the selection and procur-
ing of the films which in his judgment met in llie bp'-'f
way the requirements which he had in mind.
The experiment was successful beyond his expecta-
tions. The occasional "motion picture hours," with brief
lectures accompanying the films, were more than popular
with the students and many a parent found time to at-
tend. The work developed along various lines of popu-
larity and utility. It speedily became one of the marked
features of the school system. The social centre idea was
stimulated and helped. Incidentally it may be mentioned
that the patronage of the local theatre, instead of show-
ing a loss, increased appreciably. The residents of the
little town had gained a new respect for the motion pic-
ture. It was no longer a mere form of cheap amusement.
It had acquired educational standing.
The young superintendent did not remain long in the
small town where his original experiments in the educa-
tional use of motion pictures were made. He was soon
called to be the administrative head of the school sys-
tem of one of our important cities, and he is today one of
the leading advocates of motion picture work in connec-
tion with the public schools. The work done under his
direction serves as a model for many superintendents and
] principals who appreciate its value and who are
' anxious to share its advantages.
But the particular superintendent whose
experiments we have mentioned was by no
means the only one whose attention was
directed to the motion picture as an
educational force even in the earlier
days, when films were not what they
are today and when the motion pic-
ture industry was in its infancy.
Many educators who had for years
been using the steropticon to advan-
tage, and who had collected numerous
slides having a special bearing on
their work, began to look to the mo-
don picture as the next step. Here and
there a motion picture projector was in-
stalled in a university lecture room or a
school assembly room, and the quest for
the desired films started. Film pro-
ducers began to receive suggestions
as to the character of the films need-
ed ; suggestions which were as a rule
promptly ignored, since the manu-
facturer was busy with his melo-
dramas and comedies out of which he was securing
quick returns in cash. He had little time or enthusiasm
for a market which was largely theoretical.
In spite of everything, however, the new movement
gained ground. It seemed to possess inherent vitality,
and neither the scornful indifference of the film pro-
ducer nor the well nigh hopeless ilounderings of the
educator were able to check it. Schools continued to
install projectors and to use such films as they could
obtain which were suitable for their purposes. The
educational possibilities of the motion picture became
a frequent theme at educational meetings. The motion
picture press began to exploit the school field as a pos-
sible market for projectors and films; the new idea be-
gan to assume more definite shape and to be taken a
trifle more seriously.
Is it not fair to inquire why the educational use of
the motion picture has not progressed faster, and why
more of the generally admitted possibilities have not
as yet been realized? With school authorities really
clamoring for suitable films — and willing to pay for
them, and with film producers anxious to extend their
market, what are the difficulties which stand in the way,
and which prevent a mutually profitable and satisfac-
tory relation? The first difficulty seems to be the failure
on the part of the producer to realize the value and ex-
tent of the educational market or to reckon with it in
anv serious way. The film companies are in substan-
tially the same position as the old-fashioned book pub-
lisher, who, in the days of our fathers, was accustomed
to bring out his regular line of publications to be sold
to the trade, and who incidentally turned out as a by-
product an occasional text book, usually a crude affair
with very little excuse for existence, but intended by
the publisher to be a test of educational possibilities,
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221
and a tie that miKlit bind his concern to a market which he
did not in the least understand, and whicli he was unwilling
to study or develop seriously. It was not until publishers es-
tablished educational departments conducted by specialists,
and until a number of strong organizations devoted them-
selves exclusively to the publication of text-books that the
text-book business in the United States reached important
proportions and displayed the stability and vigor which have
characterized it during recent years.
In view of the fact that approximately one-fifth of our popu-
lation is in school and that the school budget of nearly every
city and town constitutes one of the largest items of expen-
diture, would it not be worth while for film producers to study
this field, to estimate its possibilities, and to furnish from
month to month a certain amount of material suited to the
requirements of this almost unlimited market?
This query brings us to the second and greatest difficulty in
the present situation, namely, the lack of films suitable for
educational use. It is, of course, easy enough for the manu-
facturer to go through his catalogue and to select his best
scenic films and label them "Geography." He can also pick
out a few industrials and a number of historj' stories, worked
out with more or less historical accuracy — usually less. Add
to these the usual line of botanical "stunts," and flavor with
a quantity of zoological pictures and possibly a few micros-
copic films and we have the customary "Educational List."
In one sense everything may be called educational. All in-
formation has its value, but the fact remains that nearly all
the films now classified as educational were made for regular
release and without reference to pedagogy or courses of study.
Probably the first step toward the removal of this greatest
difficulty will be the admission on the part of tlie film makers
that we have developed in this country a system of education.
This system may be wrong or right. It may be admirable
or unfortunate, but it exists just the same, and commercial
success must depend upon recognizing it and dealing with its
requirements. No educator in any prominent position is a
free lance. No large school system can live unto itself alone.
Uniform college entrance requirements impose certain sub-
jects and standards on the high schools. The high schools in
turn make and enforce their demands on the grades. State
courses of study and city courses add to the number of things
which must be taught. The average superintendent and the
average principal are so hedged about by. courses and re-
quirements that they are fortunate if they are able to get the
absolutely necessary things done. Naturally they are in no
haste to undertake plans and work outside of the regular
courses unless their belief in the new idea is very strong and
their enthusiasm is great.
Many of the educators who have already adopted the mo-
tion picture and who are making constant use of it, are do-
ing this with full cognizance of the fact that the films which
they are able to secure have little direct bearing on the reg-
ular work, but that they make an excellent basis for social
centre work and furnish informational amusement of a de-
sirable sort. This use, however, of the motion picture is not
what we have in mind and is only "near educational." The
motion picture will not take its proper place as a force in
education until it is a part of the regular daily routine of
school and college work. If something which is ordinarily
taught with difficulty and which is frequently obscure in the
mind of the average student can be made perfectly clear bv
the use of the projector, or if some subject which now re-
quires three weeks in the usual course of study can be cov-
ered in half the time, and with better results, by the aid of the
motion picture, no superintendent can long justify himself
before his board for not utilizing to the fullest extent so
efficient and wonderful a medium of instruction.
In other words, our present system of education from the
primary grades to the university is based upon courses of
study which are, for the most part, worked out in the form
of books. The average educator is therefore a book-minded
man. If a radically new medium is to be used, and if the
problems of education are to be restated in the terms of this
new medium, the work must be taken up carefully and with
full recognition of the present courses and methods. We
must build on the foundation which we already have.
Another important obstacle to the wider and more general
use of the motion picture in school work is the present
method of film distribution. Assuming the existence of a
large number of films which the schools can and wll use, it
must be remembered that the requirements of such use as
they apply to the schools differ very widely from the require-
ments of the motion-picture theatre. A system of distribu-
tion devised and maintained for amusement purposes in the
theatres has little to commend it to schools, and it is unrea-
sonable to expect the school authorities to approve it, or to
adapt themselves to it in any general way. Manufacturers of
all sorts of articles used in connection with school equip-
ment discovered years ago that, if they wished to enjoy the
profits and advantages of any considerable portion of the
school market, they must formulate special distribution plans,
speciajly adapted to school conditions. As a general prin-
ciple it is seldom possible to serve two widely diflfering
classes of trade by exactly the same rules and methods. If
schools are to use large numbers of films as a part of their
regular work, they must be able to contract for them at cer-
tain definite times during the year. They must also be able
to obtain them with convenience, and to depend absolutely on
the service. The theatre programme is fairly flexible, but
the school courses are not. A geography film showing scenes
and industries in Japan would have small value for a class
studying Germany, even if the film was the equal in length
and quality of the one ordered.
The statement is frequently made that if the schools ex-
pect film makers to go ahead and bring out large quantities
of educational material they should in turn make prompt and
generous use of the films now available, using them in con-
nection with the social centre and school entertainment work,
if they cannot be made to aid and supplement the regular
courses. In all probability the present system of distribu-
tion is one of the principal reasons why this suggestion has
not been acted upon more generally.
Looking at the entire situation as it stands to-day and re-
calling the prophecies and prospects of two or three years
ago the conclusion is inevitable that the motion picture as
an educational force has not made the progress which every-
body had a right to expect it would. Evidently something
is wrong somewhere or we should have to-day a' much wider
acceptance of the new idea than we are able to reco.gnize.
To be sure progress has been made, but if the educational
film market is ever to approximate in size and extent the
amusement market, which it certainly ought to do, it must
advance much more rapidly in order to help the present gen-
eration of film producers very much.
That it will grow with astonishing swiftness some day no
one familiar with the facts can doubt. In the opinion of the
writer that day will be near at hand when the most impor-
tant difficulties to which attention has been called are rem-
edied. Let a few film makers begin to produce some films
of the right sort, which really fit into the courses, and a dif-
ference will be noted immediately. Naturally no one concern
will attempt to cover too much ground in any one year.
Every producer understands thoroughly the character of
work which his organization is best fitted to bring out. He
should release only the class of films in the making of which
his staff has achieved undisputed success. A little special-
izing and a little co-operation among the various studios
would gradually and by perfectly natural methods assign
certain branches of the curriculum to certain concerns, those
most competent to deal with them capably and enthusiasti-
cally. The yearly investment on the part of any one firm
would not be heavy enough to cause anxiety, while a fair de-
gree of definiteness would soon take the place of the present
confusion and duplication. Educators would be quick to recog-
nize the changed conditions and would feel that the new
method of instruction had passed the preliminary stages and
had reached the point where it could be introduced without
fear of unfortunate complications or failure.
With the increasing supply of genuinely educational films,
made with due reference to modern pedagogical principles,
the problem of distribution would unquestionably receive the
necessary attention, and some satisfactory solution would be
reached so that films could be purchased or rented with pub-
lic funds without too much variation from the routine and
system already in operation for the purchase by States, mu-
nicipalities and counties of school supplies and equipment.
It would be a pleasure to refer by way of suggestion to
some of the plans undertaken recently by State departments
and by city boards, but these are matters which should be
taken up in full detail, and it would be impossible to do them
justice by mere reference.
Methods in education change rather slowly, but none the
less surely. Looking back over the changes of the last
decade or so, it is easy to see that visual instruction has en-
tered the educational field to stay. As the most important
component part of what may be included in the general term
"visual instruction," and the motion picture is destined to be
an increasing force educationally. The question is not
whether its use in schools will be permanent, but is rather
as to the rapidity of its growth and development. The
market exists already, but it is entirely dependent upon the
producers who can supply the necessary material. The sooner
this material can be supplied, the more prompt and satisfac-
torv will be the returns.
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I
Nicholas Power Urges Standardization
BY GEORGE BLAISDELL
LET the slogan be the uplift of the business —
not alone from the artistic side, but from
the mechanical side also. The greatest
heights of screen artistry will not be
reached until the film manufacturers give
heed to the many possibilities of stand
ardizing their mechanical equipment.
So said Nicholas Power, the presi-
dent of the Nicholas Power Company,
in his office the other day. Mr. Pow-
er had been talking of the early days
of the motion picture and of days
even earlier than that. He had traced
his own interest in the whole subject,
which began in 1881-82, when he in-
vented an automatic magic lantern, up
to the present time. Mr. Power's con-
cern in the motion picture industry does
not end with the making of a projection
machine and selling it. He has been
a part of it for too long a while —
too many years of his life have been
given over to it — not to be interest-
ed in the artistic side as well as the
commercial. For, as Mr. Power
says, the efforts of writer, producer, player, scene painter,
cameraman, and lastly, the operator — the ultimate au-
thority who cannot make but who has unbounded possi-
bilities for marring — are as effective, and only as effec-
tive, as the weakest link in the mechanical chain that
binds together the work of all.
Today there are three factors militating against the
artistic presentation of the motion picture, three grave
faults which, Mr. Power points out, are curable by a
simple remedy — standardization. These faults are, first,
the perforation of film ; second, the differences in the
various makes of cameras, and, third, the absence of a
uniform point in the camera at which the picture is
started. Mr. Power's views on this question were unex-
pectedly brought out in the course of the conversation.
He had been speaking about the great advances that
were sure to come in the future, and he was not afraid to
say that the surface has been very little scratched.
"In the beginning, you know, pictures were shown
much outside of theaters," Mr. Power said. "We are
getting back to that point. Today the United States Gov-
ernment is equipping its warships and army posts with
projection machines. So, too, installations are being
made in churches, schools, colleges and clubs, and also
in insane asylums and prisons. They are being placed
everywhere. Every one concedes that the manufacturers
of films are entitled to great commendation for the im-
provement they have made in their pictures. Why don't
they go a step further and standardize their cameras and
their perforation. At present there is no basis. In the
perforators, for instance, one will make a large hole and
another a small one. The maker of a projection machine
must design a sprocket that will take all sizes, which
means that he must build a delicate sprocket for the
smaller perforations. Any one may see that if the holes
were larger we could make a sprocket with a wider
base and of far greater strength. Its durability
would be only a minor quality ; so, too, would
be the longevity of the film ; the main thing
would be the smoothness of projection,
the nearer approach to the perfect pic-
ture."
Mr. Power was asked what led him
to take up his investigations in pro-
jecting machines. "You'll have to go
back to 1881 or thereabout," he said.
"About that time I invented an auto-
matic magic lantern which was com-
posed of a revolving disk and was
operated intermittently by means of
a clock movement. The striking portion
of the mechanism of this movement was
used to move the disk from picture to
picture. There were twelve pictures
mounted on this disk. This, of
course, was a mere toy; no conden-
sers were employed. We did not
have electric lamps in those days as
at present, and kerosene lamps were
used to give light. This was really
my start in the projection business. Between 1882 and
1883 I invented what I termed an automatic reflector-
scope. This was an elaboration of the advertising ma-
chine I have just described.
"In 1883 I invented an automatic advertising machine
which had a cylinder full of cards. By revolving this
cylinder one card could be read on the top and one on
its reverse side at the bottom. This machine, which was
placed in show windows, was employed to advertise the
wares in the store. On the top of the mechanism were
miniature mechanical figures, plainly visible to passers-
by. Of course, these were operated by the contrivance,
but actually seemed to be turning it. For example, in
the window of a shoe store would be the figure of a
man sewing; there would be another figure of a man
pegging away with a hammer. In the center of the
machine would be a column which represented boots
and shoes. These would revolve on the rack.
"It was about the same time that I built several large
advertising machines equipped with a display of cur-
tains built according to the quantity of money the pur-
chaser agreed to spend. One of these machines ordi-
narily carried 100 curtains, which were 3 feet wide by 6
or 8 feet in length.
"Naturally great crowds would collect in front of
windows containing this display, to the annoyance of the
police. I remember one day in Park Row such a crowd
collected that the old horse cars could not get through.
Then the building department shut me down.
"I have noted a great many humorous and peculiar
incidents in my time, particularly with reference to the
development and exploitation of my projecting machines,
but there is one in particular which is worthy of mention.
A number of years ago a certain concern tried out sev-
eral makes of machines. They could not get the results
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they desired, so they devised a special shutter of their own
on one of my projectors. This was of 180 degrees, which re-
volved twice over the aperture for each movement of the
film, and naturally a great deal of light was lost. After hav-
ing seen their device 1 explained to them that I had one which
I considered far superior to theirs, and which required less
current to operate. They were from Missouri and wanted to
be shown — and I want to say that it is a funny thing how a
man's sight will deceive him. I produced my mechanism and
placed it on a stand for a comparative test with their ma-
chine. This stand contained the two machines in a given
place, but while they were not looking I reversed the posi-
tions of the machines, leaving them under the impression
their machine actually occupied the place in which they
originally put it. I then requested that they stand at some dis-
tance and watch the demonstration. I ran the film through
my machine first and then through theirs. They then re-
quested me to run it again through my machine, which, of
course, they thought their own, and decided this was the best.
I then called them up close and convinced them of the superi-
ority of my machine, much to their surprise. This was about
1904.
"What was the name of my first machine? The Peerless-
scope. Then came in regular order the Cameragraph No. 1
up to No. 6, and then the 6x\, which has now been in use about
two and a half years. Of course, we are working on im-
provements all the time. In the early days I only made ma-
chines to order and remodeled others. It was in 1902, I think,
we put machines regularly on the market. The Peerless-
scope, which was invented about 1898, was a made-to-order
machine. We used to get columns from the daily papers
about our shows. I notice we are now getting back to that
point on big subjects. In the earlier days it cost considerable
money to show pictures. You may remember how the ex-
posed machines were placed in the balconies of theaters and
how the operators, always the center of all eyes, often wore
dress suits. The operator then was one of the audience, and,
of course, he had to dress well. Audiences often referred to
the operator as 'the professor.' He could not work in his un-
dershirt or even without any, as operators in some booths
have been known to do in more recent times."
We asked Mr. Power about the beginnings of supervision
over picture projection by local authorities.
"In regard to booths, for instance," answered Mr. Power,
"regulations were continually changing. One man would have
an idea to-day, and if it looked good it would be approved.
The next day it might be condemned. There was the same
uncertainty in regard to laws governing theaters. There were
men who through anxiety to make money too fast used in the
operating room inexperienced men, and even sometimes men
not overburdened with intelligence. Fires would be caused
through negligence and stage fright. Sometimes calamities
would result. The Bureau of Electricity naturally assumed
charge of the projection of pictures, as electric lights were
used. Other departments did not want to burden themselves
with any more responsibility than they already were carrying.
"Formerly the projectors had no fireshutter. The machine
had only two spindles, one fly wheel with a cam attached and
the other was the geneva movement. There was no other me-
chanical device aside from the mechanism to drive these.
Then the film as it passed from in front of the light rolled
about the floor. Sometimes it would stray over the balcony
among the audience. Then I adopted the plan of suspending
a bag under the projector to catch the dropping film. When
necessary we would shake the bag to settle the film and make
more room. Realizing the danger of running films this way
I constructed a take-up device, which I placed underneath
the table. About that time I conceived the idea it would be
more safe to_ conceal the films. Accordingly I built a metal
case, into which the film was wound, and which is now known
as the film magazine. To accomplish this I invented the inlet
and outlet valves, and there was no more bother with the bag.
Likewise it eliminated the greatest percentage of fire hazards.
' How many projectors have I seen come and also go? Well,
in my business career I have known of twenty-three machines
that were placed on the American market which were subse-
qiiently withdrawn as failures and unsuccessful. Yes, my
friends used to try to discourage me from continuing in this
business. You may call it foresight, but I always believed
in the future of the picture business. When I was employing
twenty-two men in Nassau street I was told I was making a
sad mistake to start a factory. To-day we occupy five floors
in this building, with a total of about 35,000 feet; there are two
floors m the Jacob street plant, using about 8,000 feet, and
then there is the japanning and tin plant. In these places
hundreds of men are employed."
"How about placing the projection booth in theaters? Do
you thmk builders give sufficient attention to this subject'"
■we asked.
"Indeed, many do not. A man will spend a fortune to put
up an elaborate show house — he will spare no expense. The
last thing he will consider, and it is the most important of
all, is the projection booth. That has been overlooked. Some-
times it is placed too far on one side or the other, and yet
good results are expected. It must be placed in the center,
squarely in front of the screen, and also as nearly leved with
it as possible. I can frankly say that is one of the biggest
mistakes that a large percentage of men make. If you wish
to look into a mirror you do not place the glass at an angle.
"The picture machine should be given the greatest attention
in all directions. The picture is what the people pay their
money to see. Sometimes men inexperienced in the business
will be under the impression that because they have a nice
liouse they will have no difficulty in building up a clientele.
When they find they cannot get their picture in focus they
will complain to the machine manufacturer. When the trouble
is explained very likely they will ask why they were not told
in the beginning. Of course, we had no chance to tell them.
Manufacturers will give intending builders every help they
can in planning their projection rooms. We all have men for
that purpose.
"But, summing up, let the slogan be the uplift of the busi-
ness, not alone from the artistic side, but from the mechanical
side also. The greatest heights of screen artistry will not be
reached until the film manufacturers give heed to the many
possibilities of standardizing their mechanical equipment."
Samuel Goldfish
SAMUEL GOLDFISH, executive head of the Jesse L.
Lasky Feature Play Company, now touring Europe
after arranging for the distribution of the products of
The Paramounts Picture Corporation, is, perhaps, the least
known of the big men in the motion picture industry —
simply because of his peculiar desire to remain in the
background and "boost"
others.
Youthful in appear-
ance, _ slight in build,
charming in manner and
conservative in his selec-
tion of speech, Mr.
Goldfish is the possessor
of a curiously complex
personality. He im-
presses one as being a
keen and capable busi-
ness man, an artist, a
thinker and, above all,
he possesses that rare
combination, strong de-
termination and vivid
imagination.
Before entering the
field of motography, Mr.
Goldfish occupied a lu-
crative position in the
commercial world. Im-
bued with the idea that
motion pictures was the
amusement field of the
future, he made a care-
ful study of the industry
for eighteen months,
then, at the head of the
Lasky concern, entered
., ., , , . , , ... '^2 field. His success as
the man behmd the action" is too well known to require
details here.
Dignity and uprightness are two of Goldfish's qualities,
and the eflforts of the Lasky concern in the past and their
future announcements are all in keeping with their very first
public declaration.
Coiisidered one of the severest of business men, a stickler
for cleanliness in commercial dealings, Mr. Goldfish has
earned the respect of everyone who comes in contact with
him in the_ course of business communication. He is what
they call "a clean, hard, honest man, without trickery or
technicahty." He asks none the best of it and takes none
the worst of it — an ideal man to deal with.
Samuel Goldfish.
BUY BIS NAPOLEON FEATURE.
The Box Office Attractions Company have purchased from
Al H. Woods the big historical and spectacular feature pho-
toplay, "The Last One Hundred Years of Napoleon," for
which Mr. Woods is said to have paid $18,000. The fea-
ture is in six reels.
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Conditions and Features
BY LEE E. DOUGHERTY
IN complying with your request for an expression of
opinion as to the condition of the motion pic
ture business in general and some features
of it in particular, I want it clearly understood
that I am not inviting any personal discus-
sion. I am far too busy a man to enter
the stormy field of argument. I have
been in the motion picture business
practically from its birth in America
and I certainly have opinions regarding
its past, present and future. But they
are my own opinions for which no one
else will in any way be held responsible.
That the photoplay art is now under-
going a sort of transition, is a fact that
is well understood by those who are
giving it their professional attention.
There are man}' new elements that are
entering the field which are giving rise
to an unusual amount of discussion. The
remarkably rapid growth of the feature
film is one of the chief causes of this
agitation. But of this I will speak
later.
The wonderful development of the
motion picture art is one of the marvels
of the age. It was born but a few years
ago and I am very proud to say that
I have been identified with it from its
very inception in this country.
My attention was first called to the
motion film in the summer of 1896. I was engaged at that
time in staging plays at the old Boston Museum. If you
visited Boston during that summer you will remember that
Tremont Street was torn up about as badly as Broadway
■was here during the construction of the first subway. In
any event it presented a hideous and almost impassable
barrier in front of our theater, and as a consequence our
audiences preferred to remain inside during the intermis-
sions.
Then we began casting about for a means of entertaining
our people between the acts. Our attention was called to
the Eidoloscope, the first projection machine of American
manufacture. It had passed successfully through its experi-
mental stage and was then being shown in a store at the
corner of Twentj'-sixth Street and Broadway, where the St,
James Building now stands.
Well, the upshot of it was that we got hold of it and
installed it at the Museum. I might state here that the
Boston Museum was the first place to ofl[e# regular booking
to the Eidoloscope. As the stage director it became my
duty to announce to the audience the new feature that had
been provided for the entertainment of our guests. I said
a lot of things I wouldn't say now, but the speech went
over big and you might say that the Eidoloscope was in-
stalled, or launched, amid a flourish of oratory.
That was, perhaps, as it should be, since it couldn't talk
for itself.
Of course, the results were crude. But they were such a
vast improvement over the old-fashioned stereopticon _or
"magic lantern" as we used to call it, that I became very
much enthused over its possibilities. And, needless to say,
the audience sat in open-mouthed wonder and marveled as
to how it was done. I shall never forget the amazement
on the faces of that first audience. And the various specu-
lations as to how the thing was accomplished afforded me
many a hearty laugh. You can perhaps imagine the fruit
for laughter that came from those prying Yankee minds.
One speculative genius solved the problem by discover-
ing that it was done by "shakin' the durn magic lantern
and makin' it 'pear as if the picture wuz movin', by
heck."
As I said before, I became very much interested.
I don't claim to be a prophet and I am quite sure I am
not the son of one, but I did foresee a great future
for this new art.
When I returned to New York another ma-
chine was being demonstrated which was far
superior in every way to the Eidoloscope.
That settled me. My desire to learn more
of this new art and to identify myself
with it, if possible, became irrepressible.
You can therefore imagine my feelings
when I was offered the position of
stage director for the concern that
owned this new machine, the Biograph.
At that time the picture consisted of
short comedies of about one minute in
duration. Our stage was on the roof
of a building at the corner of 13th Street
and Broadway. It was built on a
circular track so that it could be moved
around to face the sun at all times. For
in those days, it was a case of no sun
no pictures. And moreover, we were
not only dependent on the sun, but we
were absolutely at the mercy of the
elements. I think on several occasions
the wind came along while we were in
the midst of a scene, picked up our
scenerv and props and deposited them
in Broadway. In the nature of things
the weather was our greatest drawback.
To get free of this difiiculty many ex-
periments were being made with electric
lights, but it was not until the JefTries-Sharkey prizefight that
satisfactory results were obtained. The fight was taken un-
der cover and to get these pictures the Biograph Company
installed a bank of 400 arc lamps and its own dynamo. There
were four motor-driven cameras trained on the ring, and just
before one was loaded another would start up and thus the
25 rounds were photographed without a single break in the
action. The results, naturally, were very encouraging.
This experiment, for it was really such, opened .the way
to our present light-equipped studios, where, in some cases,
the results obtained are as good, if not better, than in the
open. I might state here, for the sake of record, that
the Biograph was the first motion picture concern to main-
tain an electric lighted studio. And you may readily un-
derstand that with lighting facilities to release us from the
tyranny of the weather and the sun. we could devote more
time and energy and thought to the perfecting of film
productions in all its phases.
At that time the motion film, as an invention, had ceased
to be a nine days' wonder and the general belief seemed
to be that it would never rise above the side show or
mountebank plane. But I had the conviction, even at that
tmie, and I think I expressed it, that the motion picture
drama would rise to as high a plane of dignitj' as that
occupied by the first-class productions of the legitimate
stage. However, I did not think then, and don't now, that
the moving picture would ever take the place of the regular
legitimate drama, any more than the vaudeville sta.ge would
supplant it. I believe that the film drama will occupj- a
place by itself in the world of art and amusement. I might
say it is one leaf of the trinity of the theatrical art, the
other two being the legitimate drama and vaudeville.
Aside from its ability to show phases of life impossible
to the stage, it affords the spectator a varied program of
entertainment.
.\nd that thought brings us face to face with the proposi-
tion of the feature film. And before going any further
I will state to you frankly that I cannot see any future
for the feature production. I mean those that are intended
to give an entire evening's entertainment. I think they are
manifestly an effort to supplant the legitimate drama and
the}- will never be able to sustain the fight. Remember, I
am speaking of the extended films that constitute a whole
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program in themselves. As to the three-reel subjects, I
think there will always be a demand for them because the
exhibitor will, at times, want a special subject to headline
his program. These three reelers, or possibly an occasional
four reeler, will afford him an opportunity to do some spe-
cial advertising. No enterprise, especially an amusement
venture, can be carried on successfully without an occasional
blast of the trumpet and his three-reel picture will give the
exhibitor a chance to make an extra loud toot.
My greatest objection to the feature film, I mean the
program monopolizers, is that it is in opposition to the very
motive that brought the moving picture to the front. One
must get into the theatre at the first turn of the reel to
clearly understand, and therefore to really enjoy the picture.
Whereas, with the varied program of single and split reels,
occasionally boosted by a two or three-reel production, one
is always sure of being entertained, no matter at what time
he enters the theatre. I myself have experienced this, and
nothing will produce a lovelier grouch than to witness a
fragment of a picture film, which means nothing and gets
nowhere.
It is experiences of this sort that have turned me against
the feature. I have repeatedly passed up the feature house
and gone into a place where a varied bill was being offered.
The satisfaction I felt at being able to find entertainment at
once put me into such a good humor that I gladly waited
for the two and three-reel program headliners.
But there is one thing producers have got to look out
for, and that is the tendency to become careless in putting
on single-reel subjects. There is at present undeniable
evidence that many of them are put on simply to fill gaps.
This should not be. The single-reel subject has made the
art what it is, and upon its excellence rests the future of
the film drama. But, as I said before, there is a place, in
fact there is a need, for the three-reel subject as a program
headliner.
Taking Pictures Under'^Water.
Submarine Film Corporation's Operations in Waters of
Bahama Islands of Compelling Interest.
MOTION pictures made at the bottom of the sea are the
very latest things in the film industry. The first re-
lease of this kind is to be made coincident with the
opening of the Broadway Rose Gardens in the form of a
five-reel feature entitled "The Terrors of the Deep."
The submarine "movies" are being made by the Submarine
Film Corporation, the strange operations of which are made
possible by an invention called the Williamson Submarine
Tube, named for Capt. C. Wlliamson, who has spent approxi-
mately thirty years in bringing it to its present state of per-
fection. J. Ernest Williamson is general manager of the
company and George M. Williamson treasurer; both these of-
ficers are sons of the inventor of the tube.
George M. Williamson, of the company, personally posed
for the first six scenes of the big submarine feature forty-five
feet under the surface of the ocean, at the bottom of Nassau
Three Boys Diving for the Same Penny.
Harbor, Bahama Islands, May 1 of the current year. He
was engaged in trying to pick up "pieces of eight" from an
old Civil War blockade runner and the films show him sendr
ing aloft cannon balls and salvage from the sunken wreck.
Carl L. Gregory staged the production, safely guarded, in
a nine-foot chamber of the Williamson Submarine Tube at
the bottom of the "Jules Verne," the floating stage of the
Submarine company. Williamson was in a diving suit and
was given signals from above on command of Gregory.
While at that depth Williamson could have worked from
three to five minutes. His work admitted of no rehearsals
under the water; he had never had a diving suit on before.
In an interview with John William Kellette, the scenario
writer, some time after he had undergone his novel experi-
ence as the first man to act before the motion picture camera
at the bottom of the ocean, Mr. Williamson had a number of
interesting things to say. "The extreme peace which seemed
to pervade even the fish was the most impressive thing
about the experience," he said. "I was a little nervous lest I
should forget the code of signals which had been arranged
and upon which my life depended, but, fortunately, no trouble
resulted. My brother Ernest worked the air pump, so I
knew that I was in careful hands at that point, but I wasn't
so sure about the natives that had charge of the haul up
rope. And, believe me, forty-five feet down is just as good
as 100,000 feet down if anything goes wrong. But nothing
went wrong from above. The only disagreeable thing, out-
Sea (jaraen Thirty i'eet below Surtace.
side the enormous pressure from the outside, which seemed
to make an effort to get my backbone acquainted with my
breastbone, was the continual suction sound in my ears.
I really felt like I was walking on air. Anything I touched,
however slightly, sent me away as if by repulsion or recoil,
and I was bobbing about like a cork even if I had fifty addi-
tional pounds of lead strapped to my feet. The helmet
weighed considerable, and before I got into the water the
weight was depressing on my shoulders, but once underneath
the pressure seemed to depart and I was as comfortable, so
far as weight is concerned, as if I had on my best Sundaj'
clothing.
"Because of my father's interest in the Williamson Sub-
marine Tube, which makes these under-the-sea pictures pos-
sible, I naturally wanted to be the first man in the world
to go down for the experience, first, and to be in a position
to know conditions beneath the surface, as it is our intention
to do under water stuff for the movies that has never before
been approached."
Mr. Williamson said that the expedition which has re-
sulted in the production of the first five-reel feature cost ap-
proximately $30,000. Twenty thousand feet of negative were
exposed and from this 5,000 feet, embodying the most strik-
ing and interesting scenes, have been selected as the first
release.
The company intend to use the 3,060 islands and islets of
the Bahamas as their working field, taking a camera and
scenario bureau to Nassau, and an acceptable cast, and stage
dramas of the sea, near the sea, on the sea and under the
sea, that never have before been approachable. Eighteen
basic claims on the submarine tube alone are controlled by
the company.
HAS AN AIRDOME ON THE BOARDWALK.
William Fox has opened a new home for motion pictures
on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. Three thousand people
can be comfortably seated in the structure, which is of
the airdome type, but can bg closed up in times of inclement
weather.
A program of general releases supplied by the Greater
New York Film Rental Company is being used at the new
place which is under the able rnanagement of Fred M.
McClintic, formerly at the Regent Theater, New York City.
Business has been excellent since the opening a couple of
weeks ago.
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Photoplay Acting is Mental Radiation
BY MARY
FULLER
PHOTOPLAY acting has been classed under the
heading of pantomime and while that is a just
classification, it is not complete. Old-style panto-
mime meant "putting things over" by physical means;
photoplay acting is putting things over in a mental way —
the art of mental suggestion.
It is mental and emotional radiatio7i. Many of the
big scenes are played without gestures, and it is the
thoughts and feelings of the characters, rather than their
action, which grip the spectator's attention. That which
one "radiates" is caught by the camera and indelibly
stamped on the thin film strip. Vibrations from one
heart to another — the player and the audience. That is
why the emotional film actresses of high rank must be
sincere and instinct with feeling during their portrayals.
To be technically correct is not enough ; it
may please the eye, but it does not stir the
heart; it may arrest the attention as the
motions of a mesmerist before the face, but
it is not of that quality of the
singing of the nightingale or the'
sobbing of a woman.
Mental suggestion in film work
is a wonderful and un-
limited field. For in-
stance, there are mo-
ments when a player in
a fleeting expression may
suggest something more
divine than just a person
in the heights of joy or
the depths of despair.
They may interpret sev-
eral aspects of that uni-
versal essence w h i c h
takes its quirks and
twists through nature in
the first function of clothes today is not to cover us but
to enable us to express ourselves. Everyone has felt the
joy of being expressed new and fresh in a frock just home
from the dressmaker's. It is the same feeling that the
spring flowers
have. If one. ^^ ^^^^^^ |
wishes to ex-
press himself as
a slovenly per-
son, d o w d }•
clothes and run-
down - at - the '
heel shoes will
be half the bat-
tle. To be ne;it
/,.
¥
a tliousand different forms: animal, vegetable, mineral,
of the Heavens, the Earth and the Waters. Americans
are an imaginative people despite their commercialism,
and the fact that the photoplay stirs the imagination is
one reason of its popularity.
The mental radiation of a character portrayed also takes
outward form in the clothes worn by that character, since
and attractive is express-
ing a mind that is buoyant
and fresh. And who does
not prefer the latter? I
do not believe in extrava-
gance in dressing, but be-
coming dressing acts as a
mental tonic not only on
yourself, but on those
around you. This is one
of the many hints learned
at the photoplay.
To one who is a stu-
dent, acting for the movies
lights and enlarges one's
vision, as well as makes
one more sensitive : Also
(though it sounds para-
doxical), it makes one
more blase; for we
become so used to "ef-
fects," catastrophes, etc.,
that should the sun shine
at midnight, we would
dismiss the fact with "It
IS probably Director X —
of the X — Company get-
ting a light effect for a
picture."
Up to this time scenaries have been so loosely con-
structed that players have had to call on their own im-
aginations to supply minutiae of the plot as well as char-
acterizations ; so that after this creative practice, we can
conceive an idea and "send it across" in a twinkling. It
is a striking example of telepathy, and some players in the
movies possess this quality so strongly or have developed
it so, that they live in the minds of their audiences long
after the film strip has run its course. That is one of the
fascinations of this art ; one dwells not only within one's
own body, but in the minds and hearts of thousands of
others. It is a thought dear and snug and warm.
Mary fuller.
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Facts and Comments
ONE of the great and real evils of our industry is the
cheap and reckless producer who lays his hands on
the masterpieces in literature and dumps a hideous
version, or rather perversion, of a great story or drama
upon the film-market. Apparently there is no remedy.
No man with even the shreds or the shadow of an artis-
tic conscience would dream of making money or of
attempting to make money by such methods. The evil
these base "adapters" do hurts not only the reputable
and ambitious prodticer. but it works incalculable injury
to the good name of the motion picture. Just as the mo-
tion picture is gaining golden opinions everywhere and
demonstrating its claim as the most perfect medium of
dramatic expression the men in the gutter do their little
level best to debase and degrade our art.
A great subject butchered by the stupidity plus the cu-
pidity of a cheap producer becomes, for a time at least,
unavailable for the big firms which have shown their
ability to handle such subjects. The high-class exhibitor,
managing a theater with a large seating capacity, will
hesitate to show a finely filmed version of a classic master-
piece if his competitor down the street is advertising a
deplorable perversion of the same subject. No visible
good accrues to either exhibitor, for a distorted, garbled
and mtitilated version of a great subject is offensive and
disgusting to every audience, no matter what may be its
education or intelligence or social standing. Whatever
can be done to stop this abuse will be done in these col-
umns by telling the truth about every offense of this char-
acter as it occurs. We do not want to be hypercritical
and we want to encourage ambition and enterprise in
every man who seeks to enter the motion picture field.
AN'here shortcomings are due to inexperience and where
an honest effort, joined to some evidence of ability, atones
for imperfections we will be eager to praise and slow to
condemn. On the other hand, we do not believe in minc-
ing words when rank failure is the result of gross in-
competence and an evident desire to deceive both the
exhibitor and the public.
A MEMBER of the staff of The Moving Picture
World who attended a recent convention of ex-
hibitors in Toronto gathered some interesting in-
formation concerning the Canadian brand of censorship.
It seems that the filmed version of the old popular play,
"One of Our Girls," was suppressed by the Montreal
Board. The love-making, the censors thought, was too
natural and spontaneous. In one scene the lover, a gal-
lant English officer, attempts to kiss the hand of the girl
whom he loves, and the girl, disdaining formality in the
case of one who is really her betrothed, puts down his
hand and offers him her lips. This impulsive but never
offensive style of courtship forms, to normal minds, one of
the charms of the play, but Montreal will not have it.
Another propensity of the Canadian censors is to cut out
duel scenes, even where the duel, like a genuine French
duel, is perfectly harmless and only serves as an exciting
prelude to reconciliation and refreshment.
We are glad to observe how the exhibitors everywhere
begin to realize that the burden of censorship ultimately
falls with all its weight on the shoulders of the exhibitor.
As one of the censors in a neighboring state said to the
writer: "Mr. E.xhibitor pays the freight." The producer
at whose door the tax knocks first, simply adds the pros-
pective cost of censorship to the general cost of his
negative and thus very naturally shifts the burden first
to the exchange and last on the exhibitor. Is the ex-
hibitor in a position to make the public pay? Perhaps
he is. but if is difficult to gtiess the method. There is but
one attitude, possible for the exhibitors in their dealings
with censorship of all brands, whether local, state or
national: "War to the Knife."
The Pennsylvania convention recently held at Wilkes-
Barre went on record in no uncertain terms. It had
no use for censorship no matter what its gttise and no
matter who may be its sponsor. It made an appro-
priation for maintaining the legal battle against censor-
ship which, in Pennsylvania, has just begun to harass
the industry. We are glad of their stand, but we cannot
help thinking that it would have cost less time and less
money to kill the bill in Harrisburg three years ago. The
Moving Picture World sounded the alarm at that time
and pointed out that an ounce of prevention had lost none
of its aHxantage over the pound of cure.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
229
Plays of Purpose
By Louis Reeves Harrison.
^^ \ RT for art's sake may imply that the artificer is
rA deeply in love with his craft, not an unreasonable
stale of mind, but it does not imply that he rec-
ognizes the purpose of art when it becomes an expression
of thought and a reflex of life. His treatmeut of a sub-
ject may thus engross his attention to the detriment of his
grasp of the subject. The camera man absorbed in his
scientific work, the scene painter in his background, the
director in his selection of types and their management
in action, the actor in his interpretation of a role, the
dramatist in his technics, all illustrate a love, each for his
particular art, for that art's sake. But. of all, the author
is nearest error when he is merely skilled in his craft.
The author ceases to be a true artist the moment he is
so devoted to structural form, preparation, exposition and
climax that he becomes detached from the people and
events encountered in daily existence. Without purpose
and sincerity of purpose, not in close touch with his times,
unaffected b_v the significance of what is going on in the
world, he will rarely sound notes w^hich awaken response.
He may even be lost in clouds of self-sufficiency where
the light of human sympathy cannot be expected to pene-
trate. It is all right to be conversant with fundamental
conditions in order to reach an audience with the story
he has to tell, with the punch he hopes to deliver, but the
way to success wnll be clearer when he considers the story
as merely an entertaining medium for the solution of a
perplexing problem or to popularize some phase of mod-
ern thought.
For the benefit of those who misconstrue or read su-
perficially and only half grasp the meaning of a statement,
let it be understood that I oppose no decent form of play,
original or adapted, that suits a great mixed audience.
I do not care whether the play is original or adapted, in
ancient settings or modern, or what the form is so long
as that audience is interested, but I am opposed to any
form that is lacking in interest, and prefer the modern
idea in modern guise.
It is natural to suppose that new ideas and fresh
methods of presenting them may interest an audience —
they at least provide a refreshing change from what we
have been getting. Yet that is no reason w'hy an author
should not infuse new vigor in an old play if it is within
his power to do so, but he need not expect to succeed
even as a corpse reviver unless there is an underlying
sincerity of purpose in his work. The fresh blood used
to revitalize an old drama must come almost entirely from
the author of the screen version and, that fact is
more generally than openly recognized. The new sap is
drawn from the depths of human nature as it exists, as
the audience recognizes it, and from the social environ-
ment in which we all exist. Ibsen went straight at the
social and political evils of his time and country. The
same may be said of other great dramatists of modern
times. Listen to what one critic has to say of them :
"All of Strindberg's life he was galled by the irrecon-
cilability of the classes, and. though he was no sermon-
izer, he painted the degrading eft'ects of class distinction."
"Sudermann teaches that there is potentiality of free-
dom in the soul of every man and every woman."
Concerning one of Hauptmann's plays, "What signifi-
cance in the bitter truth that those who struggle for an
ideal, that those who cut loose from old fetters are
doomed to lonely lives."
"Maeterlinck realizes that there are certain grievances
in society, iniquitous conditions, which demand immediate
solution."
"Rostand scores the petty jealousies of human crea-
tures in their relations to one another."
"Brieux satirized middle-class morality."
"Shaw has pulled ofif the mask of aflfected purity and
Christian kindness that we may see their hidden vicious-
ness at w^ork."
"Galsworthy powerfully condemns our cheap theories
and cold institutionalism which freeze the soul and
destroy the best and finest in our being."
These critical observations are merely quoted in illus-
tration of the trend of modern drama.
So far as "Pictura" is concerned, the trend is largely
imitative, and it may so remain as long as there is any-
thing to revive or until interest is moving pictures needs
revival with fresh material. I think Mr. Griffith. Mr.
Blackton, Mr. Porter and others of experience incline to
the live treatment of vital subjects, but there is a power-
ful array of theatrical gentlemen in the field, who seem
convinced that only the "once was" ever "can be" and,
besides, they have a stock of old plays to draw upon, most
of them are inexperienced in the game and few of them
consider the screen portrayal as more than a reflex of
stage presentation. They hold the mirror up to artifice.
At the Strand Theatre one night last week was pre-
sented a five-reel photodrama that elicited applause and
laughter, and, more than that, held a vast audience tense
during the high scenes and to the last. Then a picture
was exhibited of the author of the stage version and the
whole aiidience roared. His version had been an utter
failure — it had not held the stage long enough to pay ex-
penses. People in front knew that he was not responsi-
ble for the screen portrayal. They knew that intelligent
handling by the producer of a subject set forth by a screen
author of sincere purpose deserved credit. We are not
true to ourselves and the best ideals of our art in credit-
ing a success in that art to a man who made a failure of
the same subject in another art. An author of screen
plays is given small credit, considering that the success
of producers and exhibitors depends in due proportion
on him.
When a screen play of purpose holds an audience it is
because of all engaged in its production, an art in itself,
not a reflex of some other, similar art. When this is fully
recognized, the rewards and credit will not go to those
who contribute nothing to the transformation from raw
material — some of it is very raw — to the finished product,
but to those whose ability made possible the successful
transformation. The high element in every successful
screen play is that emanating from the capable forces con-
tributing to its artistic and scientific production. What is
used of the older form is only raw material. The poorer
the raw' material, the more creditable its successful use.
It is inevitable that plays of purpose, entertainingly
produced, will take high rank, and the sooner this is
grasped by men engaged in creating photodramas, the
better for all who cherish the ultimate power of this new
art. If we are to hold public respect and interest, we
must take higher ground than that of imitating others.
We must stand on our own ground. We have our own
medium and our own methods of visualizing the unseen
world of passion and thought. This art has an individ-
uality all its own. The more strongly this individuality
enters into the interpretations, the more real the inter-
pretation becomes, the more satisfying, the more con-
vincing, the more true.
230
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
A Question of Demand and Supply
By W. Stephen Bush.
WHAT demand is there for a sure and steady sup-
ply of educational pictures? Many men and
women deeply interested in the educational possi-
bilities of the screen have been asking this question, some-
times hopefully and at other times doubtfully. There
has been a lot of silly misinformation printed on the
"universal demand for educational motion pictures."
Editors, preachers, educators all emphasize the educa-
tional value of the picture and we are glad to say some
progress has been made in the production of educational
pictures, both as to subject and as to system.
It is, however a plain misstatement of facts to say that
the demand outruns the supply. The contrary is the case.
If we could examine the annual balance sheets of the
great producers as to profits on educational pictures a lot
of gaseous theories would promptly be exploded. Truth
compels the statement that the producers who have spe-
cialized in educational films have done so at a loss. If in
spite of these losses they have steadfastly continued their
educational work they should receive the unanimous
praise of all friends of the motion picture and of all
friends of education. Instead of receiving such apprecia-
tion we see it stated in press and pulpit day after day
that the educational picture is neglected by the producers.
It is hard to maintain one's patience and composure in the
face of such phrases as "the neglect of the film men to
produce more educational pictures."
The support which the educational picture has so far
received from churches and from schools has been desul-
tory, precarious and generally unprofitable. If schools
and educational institutions generally supported the pub-
lishers of books no better than they support the publish-
ers of educational films there would be a series of bank-
ruptcies in the ranks of the booksellers. We hope that
some day in the near future a broad-minded philanthrop-
ist, anxious for the spreading of knowledge among man-
kind, will endow a great kinematographic educational in-
stitute. Unless some such support is given to the further
development of instruction by kinematography it may be
years before the educational picture can begin its true
mission in distributing knowledge. Mr. Thomas A. Edi-
son said in a recent interview that it will take seven years
to introduce even the most obviously useful and necessary
article. His experience entitles him to be heard with re-
spect. The well-intentioned theorists who invade the
news columns of the daily press with occasional an-
nouncements that they are going to show the world the
advantages of education by lessons on the screen will do
especially well by thinking on the subject. If any royal
road has been found to perfection in educative motion
pictures they owe it to the world to demonstrate it prac-
tically and with all convenient speed.
The Moving Picture World has given not a little
of its space to the promotion of educational film work
and has conscientiously recorded every step of progress
along the line. At a time when men who now enthuse
over the educational picture had nothing but scorn for
pictures of every sort this paper kept the beacon burning.
We are most anxious to forward and encourage every
movement looking toward widening the influence of the
educational picture and especially do we hail with pleas-
ure any movement looking toward a broader scope based
on system. We decline, however, in the face of past ob-
servations and experiences to become ecstatic about mere
plans and prophecies. When churches and schools show
not merely an attitude of theoretic appreciation but an
attitude of renting and buying educational films we are
ready to record the fact and extract all the inspiration it
may contain.
In the meantime we would urge all editors, preachers
and educators who feel a desire to speak on the past, the
present or the future of educational kinematography to
acquaint themselves with the real facts of the situation
easily obtainable from any film man of experience. That
will make them more tolerant we think toward the pro-
ducer and his position on this question. They will find
a rich educational library not always systemized and not
always catalogued but sufficiently various to meet most
practical demands today. The educational picture is ,as
we have pointed out in these columns for many a year,
capable of great development. We are far from perfec-
tion. We are lacking in system and lacking in classifica-
tion. There are, figuratively speaking, many shelves
empty when they might be full. The field, even at this
day, far more often requires the pioneer than the librar-
ian. It should, however be thoroughly understood by all
who are interested in educational pictures that there must
be a far more general support of the producers before
these later developments can be expected to take place.
I have no definite and detailed information on the subject
but I am sufficiently well acquainted with the situation to
say that at this moment there are thousands upon thou-
sands of dollars tied up in educational films with no pres-
ent returns whatever. Now, the producer of films like
any other business man must look to his capital and ex-
pects returns. At the present time he sees the dramatic
productions or even the pictures of weddings and birthday
parties bringing much better and quicker returns than the
educational picture. Of course, the contemplation of this
obvious fact is bound to influence him. It is also well to
note that this condition prevails, not alone in this coun-
try, but all through the world. If it had not been for the
exhibitor who sometimes willingly and sometimes unwill-
ingly took and paid for educational pictures we might be
in a worse position than we are. Churches and schools
are quite often willing to use films but lack the funds to
pay even a small rental. Time and again exchanges and
producers have let their educational subjects work at
schools and benefits and social affairs without any charge
whatever. The film men are glad to help along the cause
of educational kinematography with all the means at their
command and it is unfair to them to set up the theory
that the demand for educational motion pictures outruns
the demand even by the fraction of an inch. The con-
trary is true.
Our friends may be. very sure that the producer will be
quick to respond to any genuine increase in the demand
for these pictures. If a committee of competent and
practical educators want to approach a producer with
practical propositions for the making of more educational
pictures such a committee will be, we have no doubt, re-
ceived with the greatest courtesy and their co-operation
welcomed. If they are in a position to show the prob-
ability of financial returns they will have little trouble in
getting what they want.
New York Will Have Censorship?
Under the direction of License Commissioner Bell of New
York City there is a plan in the forming to give the metropo-
lis a form of censorship of motion picture theaters. Volun-
tary censors will do the work, but the strong arm of the
Commissioner will be behind them.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
231
"The Lure of Sawdust"
American Film Company Presents an Interesting Story
of the White Tents That Shows the Human Side
of Circus Life.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
A CIRCUS STORY done in two reels, under the direc-
tion of Thomas Kicketts, will be released by the Amer-
ican on July 13, with the title "The Lure of the Saw-
dust."
Producer Ricketts has given us the real atmosphere of
the circus ring in the pictures, having taken advantage of
the presence in Santa Barbara, at the time of production, of
a big three ring aggregation. We are shown how the three
big tops are raised from a vast field of canvas, taken be-
hind the scenes where the riders, clowns and a multitude
of other performers await their call to the arena, and we
are given frequent glimpses ol the iniposiiv^ sircii parailr.
It is questionable, however, if all these will cause the small
boy and some grownups to overlook the fact that the star
circus equestrienne does not appear in any of her graceful
Scene from "The Lure of the Sawdust" (American).
and daring feats that win the frenzied applause of the great
audience. They may also throw verbal missiles at the head
of Tom Ricketts because he has deprived them of a view
of the star when she is seriously injured in the ring. These
circus fans ill brook any curtailment of the thrills of the
sawdust, even if they border on broken necks or limbs.
Leaving these ultra enthusiasts out of the audience, the
"Lure of the Savvdust" will commend itself to a wide circle
Scene from "The Lure of the Sawdust" (American).
of picture theatergoers. ■ The story is very human, show-
ing as it does the bitter jealousy of the rival star rider
and her successful attempt to cripple the popular favorite.
The ringmaster, too, shovifs the shallow fickleness of a man
of his calling, and the star of the story herself — in after
years, when she is a happy mother and wife — affords a
striking illustration of the powerful lure of the sawdust
ring. Only those who have followed circus life, at one
time or another, can conceive the longing to go back to
the old life that takes possession of the man or woman who
has been the object of the great crescendo of applause from
thousands of human throats, when he or she attends a cir-
cus pcrlormancc after years of retirement.
Miss Winifred Greenwood looks charming in the char-
acter and costume of Annette, the star circus rider. Marie,
the rival of Annette, is just as faithfully depicted by Miss
Charlotte Burton. The circus ringmaster, Henri Dupree,
is strongly presented by George Field, and Ed. Coxen, as
William Ward, the country lad, gives us another of his
well drawn characterizations.
Annette, a star, bare-back circus ridor, wins the favor
of Henri Dupree, the ringmaster. This arouses the jealousy
of Marie, a rival rider, who successfully plans the crippling
of Annette. After the accident, the circus moves on, leav-
ing Annette in a hospital.
William Ward, a young farmer who had witnessed the
accident, accompanied by his mother, calls on Annette.
Touched by the girl's loneliness, Mrs. Ward takes her to
the Ward home. There she and William learn to love
each other, and they are happily married. A baby is born,
and the young mother is happy in the possession of her
child and husband.
Soon afterwards the circus comes back to the country
town, where Annette chances to meet Dupree, the ring-
master. He begs her to return for just one performance,
and the lure of the old life wins Annette's consent. She
leaves a note for her husband to that effect.
The crowds cheer Annette frantically during her act and
Dupree importunes her to rejoin his forces; but a vision
of her baby and husband at home overcomes the lure of
the past, and soon she is in the arms of her husband while
her own gently encircle her child.
" Kids of the Movies "
Two Reels. Children Photoplayers.
HERE are two thousand feet of comedy furnished en-
tirely by children. The production is therefore en-
titled to at least the merit of novelty. All the chil-
dren entered into the spirit of their parts with much vim
and zest. This is another point of merit. The plot con-
sisted of what really amounts to a clever burlesque on the
"Wild West" type of melodrama. The girl who played the
part of the heroine and went through all the experiences
which invariably befall the heroines in such plays bore up
bravely under the strain. The Cowboy, the Indian, the
Villain all did their best.
A good part, too, was the impersonation of the director
in the first scenes. The comedy is absolutely clean and
decent and there is a commendable absence of excessive
rough house and horseplay which in these days often con-
stitute as much as ninety percent of "comedies."
The photography was good throughout and the settings
were well chosen.
OLCOTT'S COMPANY REACHES LONDON.
The Sid Olcott Company arrived in London on Friday,
June 19th, a very happy party, indeed. The trip across the
usually stormy Atlantic was wonderfully perfect from the
picture man's view point since the sun shone brightly every
day and there was no sign of a storm to mar the pleasure
of the trip. Mr. Olcott, being very well known to the
officers and crew of the Adriatic, on account of having made
a number of trips across on this boat, was able to get some
fine scenes on shipboard of the sports in which a number
of notables participated and other scenes of interest taken
from points of vantage.
Some very striking scenes were made in the steerage with
Miss Grant doing the part of a pretty Irish Colleen on
her way to America and Mr. Olcott as Dan, a young Irish
lad bound for the great new land. The first-cabin pas-
sengers and, in fact, every one on the ship took a very
keen interest in the work and helped the genial director
with their enthusiastic assistance.
Mr. Olcott's party was seated at the purser's table in the
dining saloon, which in itself is a great honor on such a
big liner. The orjy other passenger at Purser Palmer's
table was Lord Trimblestown, an Irish nobleman, who not
only took a great interest in the work, but invited the
Olcott party to his estate for a visit while they are touring
Ireland this summer.
Mr. Olcott and his company will spend a few weeks in
London and then begin their work in Ireland about the
beautiful lakes of Killarney. Their first Irish release for
this season will be shipped to America in July, part of this
subject having been made in America and part on the high
seas.
232
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Rebellion of Kitty Belle."
A Two-Reel Majestic Comedy, Written by George Pattulo
and Directed by Mr. Cabanne.
Reviewed bj- Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST
Kitty Belle Lillian Gish
Bud Parker R. A. Walsh
Joe Robert Harron
A TWO-REEL domestic comedy with a punch, "The Re-
bellion of Kitty Bell" has a wide human appeal. It is
a light and dainty social picture on the surface with a
strong undercurrent of meaning that should have been left
as an undercurrent, not indicated in sub-titles, to be felt the
more deeply that it is not made obvious. However, to its credit,
the drama's full significance is not thrust down our throats.
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as in many sociological plays whose producers are in a state
of mental distress lest their point should escape attention.
"The Rebellion of Kitty Bell," with this one exception,
comes close to being an ideal screen story of its kind.
"Kitty Bell" is a young wife of no evil tendencies. To
the contrary, she is a loyal little thing, with much of that
childishness in her nature which brings mothers very close
to the hearts of their young children. She is not a mother
Scene from "The Rebellion of Kitty Belle" (Majestic).
— she is only a sweet little bride, trying to keep house for a
manly young husband, longing for his love, appreciation,
tenderness and S3'mpathy. All the wholesome instincts in
her nature crave those tiny attentions which manly men.
especially when fighting their battle for existence, often
regard as superfluous after marriage.
The young husband is giving most of his energies to the
work of building a future for himself and family. His
thoughts are concentrated on the natural purposes outlined
in his hopes. He only turns occasionally from those pur-
poses to his dainty little helpmate in a mannish way, when
he is hungry for what she provides, forgetting the unsatis-
fied hunger for "sweets" of conduct that torments her.
In vain her pretty flowers, in vain the new ribbon in her
hair, in vain her timid appeals for attention ; he has serious
work to do and is too much pre-occupied with what he is
doing very largely for her sake. She has no child, no
natural outlet for her wells of affection, and she is ripe for
the revolt that comes.
There is alw-ays a man ready, an easy-going saunterer of
little manliness and still less sense of responsibility. The
flowers in other men's gardens are for him to pick as he
passes by, wear while their beauty lasts and discard when
drooping, but the saunterer does not have quite time enough
to accomplish his purposes. The husband stumbles upon
a book, "How- to Make Love to Your Wife" (publisher .not
given), and makes a few awkward attempts to redeem him-
self, but he is too much of a man to be insincere. The real
stuflf in him begins to take shape when he captures the
saunterer and exposes the latter's true character.
The story is admirably told and the roles interpreted
with great delicacy and charm. We are given an insight into
the heart-longing and childish mentality of the wife by
Lillian Gish that will remain in the memory of many who
see her as "Kitty Bell." The best of it all is that she and
the two men are telling intelligently a truth of human life
which is w-ell worth the telling. Nearly all the plays that
make a claim of this have one or another iiifinnitv of pur-
pose, some jarring note of artificiality, if only false whiskers,
which mars the natural harmony. "The Rebellion of Kitty
Bell," though flowering into high sentiment for a comedy,
does so without sacrificing the autonomy of its characters
and without detriment to the artistic fabric. It rings true.
. Miss Christine Mayo
R.\MO Film Company announces the engagement of Miss
Christine Mayo to play the part of Jeanne Marie in
that company's forthcoming production, "The Conquer-
ors," a feature that gives promise of being popular because
of its excellent cast.
Miss Mayo is a well known legitimate and photoplay star
and has appeared in a number of pictures quite prominently.
She will be remembered
as the actress selected
as the most beautifully
formed of the dramatic
leading ladies of New
York and was much pic-
tured in the magazines
and daily press on ac-
count thereof at the
time. Aside from her
personal charms she has
a wide experience in
dramatic work that es-
pecially fits her for eith-
er the silent or the
speaking stage.
For some time Miss
Mayo has been appear-
ing under the manage-
ment of Belasco and
Savage, playing emo-
tional parts for several seasons. She has also played leads
in stock companies in many large cities during the last few
years. She is a remarkably versatile actress and is not only
able to play the part assigned to her. but she always looks
that part. Although Miss Mayo has had several flattering
offers to return to the dramatic stage recently, the
charm of the pictures is so great that the chances are she
will remain with the silent drama for some time.
Ramo is to be congratulated in securing the services of
so clever a player and it is hoped that she will be seen in
many of the forthcoming Ramo features.
SOME DAILY CHANGES AT VITAGRAPH THEATER.
The \'itagraph Company has provided a program of daily
releases for the week commencing Monday. June 29, that
will be an attractive addition to the regular program at the
Vitagraph Theater, New York City. .\ drama of the under-
world. "The Gang," is the special release for Monday. For
Tuesday, "The Poor Folks' Boy," a two-part pastoral drama
produced bv the Western Vitagraph Company is announced.
A Sonny Jim comedy, "The Circus and the Boy." featuring
little Bobbv Connelly, is the special for Wednesday. A hu-
man interest drama of unusual power, "The Two Stepchil-
dren," is Thursday's release; on Friday, the uproariously
funny Bunny-Finch comedy, ".\ Train of Incidents," is the
big laugh-producer of the week, and on Saturday, an allur-
ing two-part drama. "The Toll," will be a special feature.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
233
"Shannon of the Sixth"
Edward E. Kidder's Stirring and Romantic Play of the Sepoy
East Indian Mutiny Filmed By Kalem In Five Reels.
Reviewed by Hanford I'. Jiulson.
IN'DIA has always been the realm of rumaiicc. Here from
the days of the early occupation, when Clive with a few
hundred of his intrepid English soldiers stabbed the heart
of an almost numberless Rajput army, through the days of
the mutiny when a few thousands reconquered its teeming
millions, its history has given us one dramatic incident after
another and many of them romantic in the extreme. "Shan-
non of the Sixth" is a melodramatic love story and pictures
for us the diHiculties of a brave lieutenant and of his beautiful
sweetheart, daughter of his commanding general. The vil-
lain of the story is a captain, cowardly and thieving, who
begins by abandoning his post when danger threatens and
then, for a time, fastens his own crime of unlawful loot on
his subordinate. To get this bit of loot, a diamond as big
tenant (the captain had escaped;, blows the building up to
save the women and children from the ruthless and vile cap-
tors. He crawls out from the ruins and makes his way to
Calcutta, where the captain already is. The general sets
out to retake Delhi. Dora follows and is captured by na-
tives. The harem scene of the king is full of grace and its
illusion is good. Dancing girls add to its seeming reality.
The captain, sent in disguise to rescue her, might have done
so, if he hadn't been caught stealing the diamond. He es-
capes and, with the not quite plausible help of native priests
in arms against the British, he accuses the lieutenant of
looting it. The hero is now in disgrace; but Dora's native
woman who knows the truth escapes in a artfully produced
scene in which she stabs a guard and later tells the lieutenant
about the theft.
The general is investing Delhi. The lieutenant rushing
out on the field to a retreating line spurs it to a vigorous
attack. It is not a moment too soon. The king has decided
to kill Dora. She is brought out to the city square and
tied to the mouth of a cannon and the fuse lighted. The
British are breaking through the last stubborn resistance in
the streets and the lieutenant cuts her- from the cannon just
Scene from "Shannon of the Sixth" (Kalem).
Scene from "Shannon of the Sixth' (Kalem).
as the palm of his hand, the dastardly captain leaves the
general's daughter to her fate when he might have been the
means of her immediate rescue. All this has been pictured
by the Kalem producer, George Melford, with painstaking
care and without skimping expense. The picture cost the
company 130,000. It was made in America; but the back-
grounds and atmosphere are, or seem to be to one who has
never seen India, astonishingly like the usual conception of
that strange land.
The plot of the picture has been artfully planned and lays
the story before us in a clear and plausible way. It seems
hardly necessarj' to say of popular melodramas like this that
the}' are clean and wholesome or that they are tactful. Hero-
ism in them is made heroic and beauty lovable, wholly, while
villainy is painted black. Their aim is to stir the emotions
b}' their sharp contrasts. They are aimed to please simple
minds — few but have some simplicity left inside of us — and
they never intrude upon our attention things that simplicity
dislikes to consider. They never try to instruct; yet it is a
great fault if they give wrong pictures of any time; for in
the minds of those who see the error it stirs up controversy
and controversy is the death of sympathy. In this picture,
producer Melford has taken pains to be historically accurate
in the quality of his incidents without attempting to give in-
struction which course would have been the death of his
story.
The opening scene gives us warning that the Indians are
on the point of mutiny. Then the picture swings to head-
quarters at Calcutta. Captain Arlington and Lieutenant
Shannon who loves Dora, the general's daughter, are sent to
Delhi. ."Vt that place (the architecture of these scenes is
very Oriental), we see how the native regiments pretend to
obey their white officers and then shoot them in the backs,
and we find the terrible mutiny in full swing. There is an
assault on the citadel where the English with their fam-
ilies have taken refuge. It is a hard thing to picture the
storming of such a place. These scenes are fair; but there
is room for improvement. The place is taken and the lieu-
as it goes off. There is plenty of smoke and shooting in
these battle scenes and, with noisy sound effects they will
be real enough. The rescue of the girl is a dandy climax
and there are many scenes strung all through the picture
that are just as good. There are a few scenes not so stir-
ring and some that for a moment or two are not quite so con-
vincing; but taking all things into account it is a worthy
feature offering. The acting is intelligent throughout and at
times excellent. There is nothing trite in it and it has been
lavishly put on as well as beautifully photographed. Above
all, the story is a good one.
PATHE PLAYERS BACK FROM BERMUDA.
The Pathe players who have been in Bermuda for the
past few weeks working under the direction of Henry Ver-
not in the production of the big six-reel feature for the
Eclectic Film Company called "Foul Play" have returned
to the studio at Jersey City.
The company included Eleanor Woodruflf, Harold Meltzer,
Riley Hatch, Sheldon Lewis and others. They report the
most beautiful weather and hearty co-operation of the au-
thorities at the island which permitted them to secure some
exceptionally rare sets for some of the scenes.
NEW SELIG PUBLICITY MANAGER.
Franc R. E. Woodward has been appointed Publicity
Manager for The Selig Polyscope Company, with headquar-
ters at the General Offices, 20 E. Randolph St., Chicago.
Mr. Woodward is known as "the man who made White City
famous", having been in full charge of the Publicity Depart-
ment of White City, the first season. Later Mr. Woodward
was at Sans Souci Park for three seasons, after which he
went to Europe spending three years in England and on the
continent as publicity director for an English syndicate,
which operated eighteen amusement parks.
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Some Prominent
Essanay
Photoplayers
I
T is not expected
that the accompany-
ing cuts of some of
the Essanay players
will afford any novelty
to readers, as they are
already so familiar to
all in photodramatic
productions. The brief
biographical sketches,
however, will serve to
bring them closer to
their admirers.
Gilbert M. Anderson needs no introduction to photoplay
fans; for he is known wherever moving pictures are shown
throughout the world. His "Broncho Billy" escapades have
held the eye of millions for several years past, and his recent
appearances in so-called "legitimate" roles give ample proof
that he can adapt himself, both as actor and producer, to-
widely varying conditions.
Essanay's four part subject, "The Good-For-Nothing," re-
leased a few weeks ago, shows Mr. Anderson's versatility in a
most convincing manner.
Mr. Anderson can claim a distinction that is not possible
for any other producer or actor of today to assume. He is a
pioneer of the industry and, as partner of George K. Spoor,
has been largely instrumental in building up the Essanay
Film Manufacturing Company, the brand of which is familiar
the world over.
Mr. Anderson hails from Little Rock, Ark. About eight
and a half years ago the Essanay Company had its birth,
the word "Essanay" being formed from the initial letters 'of
Spoor and Anderson.
Francis X. Bushman, leading man of Essanay's Eastern
stock company, is one of the most handsome and popular
photoplay actors in the business. He has had wide experi-
ence in all branches of theatrical work on the legitimate
stage. He is an adept in the art of make-up and his re-
markable versatility in portraying character studies has won
him instant recognition from the most critical of critics.
Mr. Bushman is an all-round athlete, being an expert swim-
mer, wrestler, boxer, horseman and swordsman. Personally he
has a wide circle of acquaintances with whom he is extreme-
ly popular. Mr. Bushman re-
cently won the contest for the
most popular photoplay actor
now before the public, the read-
ers of the Ladies' World being
voters. He was recently seen in
the following features: "Shad-
ows," "The Three Scratch Clue,"
"Mongrel and Master," "A Man
for a' That," "Blood Will Tell,"
and "The Elder Brother." His
lead in "One Wonderful Night"
will mark his finest work.
Richard C. Travers brought
an enviable record of success to
Essanay, both as a leading fact-
or in the legitimate field, and
also in photoplays. He was for
two years associated with tht
Lubin Company at the Phila-
delphia studio. He left the Lu-
bin people to accept engagements from Wagenhals & Kem-
per's "Paid in Full," Liebler's "Alias Jimmy Valentine," Shu-
bert's "Girls," and Wm. A. Brady's Making Good," and "A
Gentleman of Leisure." He was also with Chas. Klein's pro-
duction of "The Gambler." His last appearance on Broadway
was in "The Passing of the Idle Rich."
Miss Beverly Bayne is a charming member of Essanay's
Eastern stock companj', whose work in a number of recent
productions has won much praise. Miss Bayne is a striking
photographic subject and a firm believer in all outdoor
sports. She is an expert horsewoman and can be seen any
fine morning cantering along Lake Shore Drive. Her favor-
ite hobby is sketching and water color work. Her unusual
beauty "and ability to por-
tray a wide range of charac-
ters have gained for her a
host of admirers in the film
world. She has played lead-
ing roles in such recent pro-
ductions as "Oh, Doctor!"
"The Way Perilous," "Dear
Old Girl," "The Love
Route," and many others.
Surely if there be a "best
comedy woman in the busi-
ness" it is Margaret Joslin,
of Essanay's western com-
pany. The fact that her ap-
pearance on the screen i?
'jMAKGATtET JOSLIN
the result of a happy acci-
dent, rather than from any
consuming desire on her
part, makes her success all
the more interesting.
Known to all her friends
as Mrs. Todd, she declares
that her husband got her
into the business and she
has no reason to think
harshly of him for it. She
has been playing comedy
parts with inimitable humor
for the western Essanay
company for about three
years, all that time plaj'ing along with her husband.
Harry Todd, whose work is so familiar in the western
Essanay dramas and comedies.
Bryant Washburn, one of the "heavy" men of the
Essanay Eastern stock company, is a handsome and e.x-
tremelj' popular favorite with photoplay fans, even though
his work is of the "villainish" and thankless type. Wash-
burn is now completing his third year with Essanay and
in that time has portrayed scores of effective studies in
an unlimited range of films, including melodramas, dramas,
comedies and farces.
He has had long stage experience, playing for several
seasons with George Fawcett in his well-known successes.
He played with Miss Percy Haswell in stock at the Royal
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
235
Alexandria Theater, in Toronto, and starred for a season in
Eugene Walter's "The Wolf." He has also been associated
with such successes as "The Remittance Man," "The Great
John Ganton," and "The Fighter." Mr. Washburn is a
splendid photographic subject in photoplays, and his work
is always effective and clean-cut. He is well remembered in
such films as "Married After All," "The Grip of Circum-
stance," "The Conqueror," and others.
Miss Marguerite Clayton enjoys the distinction of playing
opposite that popular idol of moving picture fans, G. M.
Anderson. None of her predecessors have created a more
favorable impression than she. She is unique in her won-
derful success in the pictures, as, previous to her associa-
tion with Essanay, she had
no e.xperience whatever in
any kind of stage work that
counts. But what Miss
Clayton lacked in e.xperi-
ence she made up for in
brains; and, though her
physical attractions are very
self-evident, she doesn't
rely on them alone for a
moment. She is a hard and
very earnest worker and
takes both herself and her
work very seriously.
Marguerite joined the Es-
fanny western company
Who They Are
and Where
They Come From
about eight months ago in
answer to an advertise-
ment, which, as it turned
out, was one of the best
investments at nominal
cost on record. Her pa-
rents live in Utah and her
father is a wealthy retired
mining engineer.
Rapley Holmes joined
the Essanay Eastern Stock
company at Chicago a
few months ago. Every-
body who has seen the
big dramatic plays of the
past few seasons remem-
bers Rapley Holmes. With Nat Goodwin he played lead-
mg parts in "Nathan Hale," "The Cowboy and the Lady,"
and "When We Were Twenty-One." Later Mr. Holmes
toured Australia, playing the leading parts in "The Vir-
ginian" and "The Squaw Man."
For three seasons this dramatic star was featured in
the well-known dramatic production "Arizona," in the all-
star cast, in New York City. He was in the original cast
of "The Man and the Hour," and played in this produc-
tion for the entire run at Boston, which covered a period
of seven months. The closing of the original production
of \ A Trip to Washington" brought about Mr. Holmes'
desire to remain in Chicago permanently, and so he en-
tered the ranks of motion picture players.
Miss Ruth C-tone-
house i» a wonderfully
interesting little photo-
play actress. Not yet
twenty years old, she
plays leads and does it
so well that you are
anxious to see her
again. The "Colorado
Girl" Miss Stonehouse
is called, because she
lived in Victor, Colo.,
where her father is an
expert in mining operations.
The remarkable grace of Miss Stonehouse is due to her
being a dancer — a professional at that — and her ability in
this art makes her adept in many roles for which otherwise
she would not be eligible.
It is a pleasure to see Miss Stonehouse in films and a
pleasure equally great to meet her out of them. She is viva-
cious, interesting and pretty and is considered one of the best
eading women in photoplays today.
Miss Gerda Holmes was born in Chicago, of Danish pa-
rents, 23 years ago. When but a child her parents took her
to Denmark, where she completed her education. She then
played a few small parts with the Royal Theater stock com-
pany in Copenhagen.
Miss Holmes returned to America later, and was given the
leading role in "The Round-up." She later made a tour of
vaudeville in a sketch with Mr. Holmes, and then joined a
motion picture company as leading woman.
Four months later she joined the Essanay Eastern Stock
company, and has been playing leads ever since.
Migs Lillian Drew was born in Chicago in 1886. She has
appeared in her time in musical comedies, dramatic stock and
vaudeville. Her favorite line of work is heavy dramatic. Her
principal hobby is the collecting of oriental rugs. Perhaps,
the best photoplay in which Miss Drew appeared is "Broken
Threads United." The recent releases in which she appeared
are "The Other Girl" and "Shadows."
It is no use to try and hide the identity of this funny man,
Victor Potel. His comic characterizations are almost house-
hold necessities with the fans
who see Essanay films. V. A.
Potel is not only the comedian
of the Essanay western pic-
tures, but he is also chief host
to all outsiders seeking a chance
to give the famous "Broncho
Billy" establishment at Niles,
Cal., a looking over. He i.s a
splendid entertainer and knows
all about the famous photoplay-
ers in most of the other film
companies in the country. The
favorite character of Mr. Potel
as "Slippery Slim." To the in-
terpretation of this quaint char-
acter he has brought a touch of
the artistry which made Den-
man Thompson's "The Old
Homestead" an endurins: classic
of the stag'e.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Julia Swayne Gordon, Vitagraph Woman of Moods
LO\'ERS of the photoplay and particularly those who
admit a partiality to the choice vintage which carries
the label "Vitagraph Life Portrayals," will recognize in
the illustration on this page one of their first motion picture
favorites — Miss Julia Swayne Gordon. So far as the writer
is informed Miss Gordon's work in motion pictures began
with the Edison Company some years ago. Soon after she
joined the Vitagraph Company, appearing in that company's
pictures w'ithout interruption ever since and is still a prime
favorite w i t h
Vitagraph
"fans."
"Versatility"
is a much
abused word
as well as
a much used
word by dra-
matic critics
when speaking
of the attain-
ments of the
players. T o
say that Miss
Gordon is ver- '
satile hardly expresses her ability to
portray human life for it would seem
that she went deeper into her work
than the term implies. "Adaptability"
would seem to express that trait which
enables one to live in the character of
another for brief periods during the
course of a day's work. Fancy your-
self entering a studio at nine o'clock
and then appearing successively in a
dozen or more scenes, many of which
were not closely related to the others.
That was what used to happen in the
old days when Miss Gordon was help-
ing to make the pictures popular. It
was a great school for any actor or
actress and those of them who were
able to make the quick changes re-
quired in those days are the ones who
are dearest to their public today.
It would be impossible to publish a
list of all the photoplaj-s in which Mi; 5
Gordon has appeared during her en-
gagement with the Vitagraph Com-
pany. She will be remembered by her
"Josephine' in the big production "Na-
poleon", one of the first of the Vita-
graph classics, and one in which she
appeared most charmingly. Present day audiences are en-
joying the strong realism of her portrayals in the latest of
the Vitagraph productions, "A Million Bid."
Of course there are scores of others in many of which Miss
Gordon participated to better advantage than in the two
named. Her admirers will not have forgotten the charming
portrayal she gave of Lady Godiva, in a picture of that title
made by the ^"itagraph not so long ago; there are those too,
who will remember the parts she took in "The Merchant of
\'enice", "Sins of Scarlet', "King Lear," "Richard III," "Rock
of Ages," "Twelfth Night," "The Light that Failed" and
"Fruits of Vengeance."
^Mainly her portrayals have been of militant womanhood —
the progressive female struggling against the restrictions
imposed by the male. Not always have her characters been
triumphant, but when they have not they have been sympa-
thetic, but they were ever feminine, revealing the real woman
through whom they were transmitted to the screen.
It has been said of Miss Gordon, by way of criticism, that
she is at times a bit too melodramatic. Even so; all of us
have our faults and it would not be unusual if an actress,
appearing in so many different roles in the course of a year,
did accentuate her work unduly at times. But the "times"
are so infrequent with Miss Gordon that the criticism must
be disallowed in contemplating her work as a whole.
Nothing is more exacting than character portrayal, nor
does it contribute to a
great reputation except
when an individual char-
;;cier;stic or eccentricity
predominates one's work.
To be a dashing circus
rider today and a poor old
charwoman tomorrow,
and to be them convinc-
ingly, calls for rare "adap-
tability." It is this trait
that has made Miss Gor-
don valuable as a member
of the \'itagraph Stock
Company and popular
with the lovers of motion
pictures who have fol-
lowed the product of
those well known studios.
Miss Gordon's popular-
ity is of the kind which
must taste particularly
sweet to those players
who are permitted to en-
joy it. So long has she
been doing excellent work
that those who know her
and note her first appear-
ance on the screen settle
back comfortably with the
feeling that the role she is
handling will be well
interpreted, no matter
at else happens.
It can easily be understood that Miss Gordon is one of the
most_ valuable members of the Vitagraph company's forces.
She is indeed a "Woman of Moods" in the sense that it
seems quite easy for her to completely lose herself in any
character even thoiigh it be but dimly outlined in the mind
of the scenario writer. It is building with such personal
units as these that has given the Vitagraph Company such an
enviable position in the film industry and a permanent place
in the hearts of the picture "fans."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
U7
Cines-Kleine Players.
Some of the Notable Ones Who Have Distinguished Them-
selves in a Number of Great Productions.
Fi;\V photoplays stand higher in the good estimation of
American moving picture lovers than the leading mcm-
hors of tlic Cincs-Kleine company. They .sprang at
once into prominence by their finished work in such cele-
brated subjects as "Quo Vadis?" "Antony and Cleopatra,"
etc. They can claim the proud distinction of being the first
to break the solid ranks of exclusive circles throughout this
country in favor of moving pictures.
.\nthony Novelli looks to "Quo Vadis?" as his master tri-
umph as an actor. He maintains liaclulor apartments in the
N'ovelli scored a big success as Antimy in ".\ntoiiy and
Cleopatra" and Captain Larivc in "For Napoleon and
France."
Lyda Horclli is unquestionably the most charming woman
appearing in F-uropean film. Miss Borclli is not pretty; she
is beautiful, with a grace and refinement distinctly l'2uropean.
Miss Borelli is prol)ably the highest paid motion picture ac-
tress in the world. l'"or years she has toured the Continent, ap-
pearing in the best theatres in Germany, France, Kngland and
Italy. Slie has been starred in some of the biggest dramatic
successes of the past four years and her wonderful beauty,
coupled with her extraordinary Iiistrionic powers, induced the
Cines company to make her an offer so flattering that Miss
Borelli accepted. Moreover, like most of the really great
actresses of the present age, she is an.xious to preserve her
image for the future.
Group of Leading Cines-Kleine Players.
Appian Way, a short distance from the Cines Studio. Fond
of music and painting, he won some fame as an amateur
painter prior to his appearance on the stage. An initial en-
gagement with a stock companj- in Naples paved the waj' for
his appearance in pictures. His only noteworthy e.xperience
has been with the Cines-Kleine Company, and he has played
"leads" for them for the past three years. His face and man-
nerisms are familiar to picturegoers the world over, not only
because of his wonderful interpretation of Vinitius in "Quo
Vadis?" but for many other splendid bits of character work.
However, Novelli is not a "character man." He is emphat-
ically Cines-Kleine's leading man, but the difficult roles given
him entitle him to the distinction of "character man" as well.
Bruto Castellani is a Herculean man physically and a splen-
did actor. He will be remembered as the Ursus of "Quo
Vadis?" His work in that feature alone marks him a great
photoplayer. Just now Castellani is touring the Continent
with Lea Giunchi, the Lygia of "Quo Vadis?," both in cos-
tumes of the arena scene as they appeared in that great
masterpiece. Castellani proved a great favorite in the fash-
ionable salons of Europe after the release of "Quo Vadis?"
and met practically all the members of royalty on the Con-
tinent. Castellani will be seen frequently in Cines multiples
during 1914.
Ignazio Lupi has a strong personality that one instinctive-
ly feels. He has the undefinable power called "stage pres-
238
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
ence," that most valuable quality without which no one can
win lasting success in the drama or photodrama.
Signor Lupi played the Octavius of "Antony and Cleo-
patra." How well, many thousands of picture fans on both
sides of the Atlantic can testify. In those parts calling for
gentleness and refinement Lupi's work is soothing and pleas-
ant, yet in roles requiring a dramatic "punch" he shows to
best advantage.
Lupi is one of the oldest of the present Cines players in
point of service. He has been featured in "Quo Vadis?" and
"Between Savage and Tiger," as well as "Antony and Cleo-
patra," and will be seen often this year in big Cines multiples
soon to be released.
Francesca Bertini is a remarkably talented and graceful
woman with a face and form of singular beauty. Miss Ber-
tini is twenty-six years old. She bore an enviable stage rec-
ord prior to her appearance as leading woman in Celio-Kleine
film subjects. Miss Bertini is already well known to Amer-
ican picture fans and promises to create a genuine impres-
sion this year because of her powerful work in several mul-
tiple reel features now ready for the market. She is well
known on the Continent as a singer and stage favorite.
Miss Bertini was selected to play the leading role in "Pier-
rot, the Prodigal," an elaborate motion picture opera recently
presented and still running at the Candler theatre, New York
City.
Eniilio Ghione is one of Europe's really great actors. He
was a leading player for the Cines company until the new
Celio establishment was launched, when he was transferred
to play opposites to Francesca Bertini. Ghione is tall and
extremely slender. His lean, cadaverous face marks him a
splendid type for character work of all kinds. He plays
Prince or beggar with equal grace. His peculiar power lies
in his remarkable personality as well as in his odd physical
characteristics. Ghione plays an important role in "Pierrot,
the Prodigal."
Lea Giunchi has played leads for the Cines-Kleine Com-
pany for more than three years. Naturally, she looks on her
part in "Quo Vadis?" as the very best thing she has done
in pictures. She is twenty-six years old, rides like a Centaur,
is a splendid swimmer, and a master with the foils. From
the beautiful, serious-minded, religious Lygia to the rough
and ready girl of the West is a long step, yet that suggests
Miss Giunchi's most remarkable ability. She can play the
vampire woman, the budding society belle, the widowed
mother and the midle-aged woman of fashion with equal ease,
and when it comes to jumping from a four-story building,
hanging by her arms from the top of a high bridge, carrying
on a knife duel in the middle of a stream, riding a bare-back
horse at breakneck speed, and doing similar hazardous stunts
to amuse a fickle public, Signorina Lea is always the one
selected for the work.
»
Captain Leslie T. Peacocke.
CAPTAIN Leslie T. Peacocke, who has been on the staff
of the Scenario Department of the Universal Film Com-
pany for the past eighteen months, has the reputation
of having had more photo-plays from his pen produced than
any other scenario writer in the United States.
Up to date he has 338 produced photo-plays to his credit
and two in course of production by the Universal Film Com-
pany.
He is the author of "Neptune's Daughter," the seven reel
feature exploiting Annette Kellermann, at present enjoying
a successful run at the
Globe Theatre and in
many of the large cities
throughout the United
States. He is also the
author of the following
big successes released
by the Universal Com-
pany: "The Closed
Door," "The Girl and
the Tiger," "The God of
Girzah," "The False
Bride," "The Honey-
mooners," "Temper ver-
sus Temper," "Traffic in
Soles," "Heaven Will
Protect the Working
Girl," "A Girl and Her
Money," "The Fatal
Verdict," "The Happy
Family," "The Simple
Life."
More than half of his
efforts have been come-
dies, not of the slap-stick
order, but of the subtle
sort so much in demand.
* Captain Leslie T. Pea-
Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke. cocke was born in Ban-
galore, India, and subsequently served in that country for
some years as an officer in the 88th Regiment (The Con-
naught Rangers). He was educated at Eton College, Wind-
sor, and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was
military correspondent for the Irish Times when in India,
and has written many stories of that country for American,
English, Canadian and Oriental magazines. He is well known
as a contributor to The Smart Set, Town Topics, Short
Stories, The Strand, Overland Monthly, The Pacific Graphic,
10-Story Book, Satire, Snappy Stories, MacClean's Maga-
zine, The Canadian Magazine, The Anglo-Indian, The Morn-
ing Telegraph, and other periodicals, and was a feature
writer for several years for the Los Angeles Times.
He is a writer also of humorous verse and his efforts
in this direction have appeared in nearly every well-known
publication in the English speaking world. He is also an
actor of no mean ability, and was stage manager of the
amateur dramatic company of his regiment, composed of the
officers and their wives, and produced many plays in India,
■which the company presented before the Viceroy and in
many Hindu cities, the proceeds from which were given to
the various charities throughout the land.
He played the leading role in "His Neighbor's Wife" — a
film production made by the Famous Players Co., in which
the fair Lily Langtry was starred, and proved that he can
also act before the camera.
He has written several three-act plays, one of which, "An
American Bride," was secured four years ago by AI. H.
Woods to feature Julian Eltinge. A. H. Woods paid the
Captain a substantial advance royalty on the play, but at the
last moment Eltinge threw it down in favor of a musical
comedy, and the Captain's play was shelved. However, Les-
ter Lonergan produced it later in New Bedford, Mass., and it
was also produced on the Coast and is now in Stock. An-
other of his three-act plays, "Platonic Love," has lately been
purchased by the Universal Company for a big film produc-
tion and Captain Peacocke is writing it into scenario form
for Miss Florence Lawrence, to be produced immediately.
He is also the author of numerous vaudeville sketches,
and two years ago had five sketches playing successfully
throughout the country. His sketch, "Lady Pat," which was
published in The Smart Set some time ago, has been well
received abroad, and was presented by Captain Peacocke's
sister (Lady Gardner) and Captain Philip Scott (son of the
late Clement Scott) before the Viceroy of India last year.
Captain Peacocke has in contemplation another big feature
for the Universal Company, which, he claims, will surpass
in thrills the Annette Kellerman production, "Neptune's
Daughter."
LUBIN OUTDOOR STUDIO AT LOS ANGELES.
The stage shown in this picture is 150 feet by 100 feet and
will accommodate several sets at once. Many of the indoor
scenes of the Lubin Western photoplays are made on this
stage.
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239
Mabel Normand, Key to Many Laughs in Keystone Comedies
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'•■p^ELl\ ICk u,^. D l.iiiu. ,;wiii ilic woman who attempts
I I comedy." is a prayer quite commonly uttered by those
-^^^ who sit in judgment on the performances of those who
earn their livelihood by entertaining the public. The review-
er's contention is that if there has been granted the gentler
sex the saving sense of humor the proof of it is not frequently
given in the amusement field. In support of the contention it
will be pointed out that the women of the stage whose fun-
making efforts are not pitiful to behold can almost be num-
bered on the fingers of one hand.
It is to the credit of the women
who have directed their attention
to the photoplay within the past
few years that among them are to
found numerous exceptions to
the rule which these captious critics
imply, and nota-
ble amon.g tliese
women is Miss
Mabel Nor-
mand. regu-
larlyappear-
ing in Kej--
stone
c o m e -
the releases the liugc suni-..i-. which thiy liavt pic. tj to be.
In those early Keysi'int- ilay>. as now, Mr. .Sennctt and Miss
Normand were supported by players selected with the great-
est care with regard to their fitness for comedy
work. Performances were of uniform excellence with high
lights here and there, but "Keystone's Mabel's" extraordinary
ability is attested by the fact that she easily outstripped all of
her sisters in the company and became as great a screen favor-
ite as some of the male members who had been recruited from
the re.gular theatrical ranks after having established them-
selves as specialists in comedy.
Miss Normand's power is due, in a large measure, to her
extraordinary- aljility in facial expression. It seems to make
but little difference w'hat kind of a character she is called
upon to impersonate — she is never at a loss to create the type.
Her versatility and daring, her compelling type of beauty,
and, most of all, her sympathetic understanding of what the
average man or woman regards as humorous, have inade Miss
Normand one of the most fascinating of actresses, either in
pictures or the legitimate. In private life she is just the ener-
getic, enthusiastic, fun-loving girl that she typifies each time
she appears on the screen. She rides like a Centaur, swims
like a fish, and, w'ith muscles as strong and springy as cold-
rolled steel, is well qualified to hold up her end in any of the
Keystone stories, which arc noted for their strenuous action.
Some of the best work
which Miss Normand
has ever done has been
while playing opposite
Mr. Sennett, and that
she is destined to
add greatly to her
dies and known
wherever "the
movies" thrive,
whether it be
Nome, Alaska,
Cape Town,
Africa.
Miss Normand's initial appearance before the camera was
as a member of the Vitagraph forces. Thence she went to
the Biograph Company, where she was thrown into contact
with Mack Sennett, than whom there is no more favorably
known director of comedy pictures at the present time. In
these two engagements it was clearly established that here,
indeed, was a woman with a sense of humor, and when Mr.
Sennett undertook the formation of the Kej-stone Compan)',
Miss Normand was invited to fill the position of leading
woman with the organization which has since become so
justl)' popular wth that large percentage of moving picture
fans who crown comedy on the screen as king of all the
styles of photoplay entertainment.
Soon after the establishment of the Keystone studios at
Edendale, near Los Angeles, Cal., under the direction of Mr.
Sennett, Miss Normand's development as a premier screen
comedienne was begun.
The Ke}-stone comedies captivated the public from the
start, for the reason that it once became apparent that they
had a style and character all their own. Mr. Sennett's fertile
brain created one novel plot after another, each more fantas-
tic and more excruciatingly funny than the last. And Miss
Normand, alwa3-s original and full of clever inventions in
make-up and stage business, collaborated with him to make
I
reputation is as-
sured by the an-
nouncement made
not long ago that
Mr. Sennett himself
is to resume his roles
before the camera,
serving both as di-
rector and actor.
That Mr. Sennett
is to appear in com-
edy releases of his
own direction is the
result of a strong
popular demand
voced by moving
picture fans who re-
member his splendid
work of other days.
While Miss Normand's art is absolute, there has always
;eemed to exist between her and Mr. Sennett a more perfect
artistic understanding than has ever been noticeable between
her and any other pla^-ing associate. This perfect under-
standing makes for perfect pictures.
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American Studios at
Santa Barbara
Beautiful Architecture ai-.d Extensive Modern Equipment
Combined to Form One of America's Great
Motion Picture Plants.
SANTA BARBARA, "city of the smiling channel," is one
of the most charming resorts of the state of California.
It is one of the foremost "see-America-first" points
known to travelers. Enterprising copywriters have referred
to it as "sun-kissed, ocean-washed, island guarded, mountain
girded." Little wonder that it has become a Mecca for
tourists from all points of the world.
Santa Barbara, indeed possesses a rare charm that is dis-
tinctly its own. Within the curving bay is a smiling sea,
reflecting by day the rays of sunlight and by night the beams
of moonlight that fall over the mountain crest. The natural
beauties have been enhanced by appreciative residents who
have spared no expense in adding tasteful architectural struc-
tures.
In this veritable paradise are located the studios and labor-
atories of the American Film Manufacturing Company. On
July 5, 1912, the "Flying A" cowboys rode up from LaMesa —
a distance of about 250 miles — as did the padres of old over
the first trail blazed in California, El Camino Real (The
King's Highway). The natives of Santa Barbara looked
askance at the travel-stained aggregation, which made a
rather picturesque appearance. The players followed and the
entire troupe formed a highly respectable colony. Tempor-
ary quarters were secured for the time until a permanent
location could be found. In the fall of the same year, ground
was broken for the new and permanent home. Elaborate
plans had been prepared and the construction work was care-
fully executed.
Few, if any, studios, can claim better appointments or an
environment so well designed by nature for the production
of nioving pictures than are possessed by this American
studio. It is a studio of beauty and brilliancy, firm and sub-
stantial, serviceable and satisfying, making a fine setting on
the dreamy slopes surrounding it, with the mountain ranges
forming a magnificent background. Its proximity to the
famous Santa Barbara Franciscan Mission, whose altar lights
have not been dimmed since its founding in 1786, has lent
the studio a soul and atmosphere that could scarcely be found
elsewhere. The graceful, commanding, towers of the mission
have been reproduced, as have also the arched cloisters; but
instead of brown-robed friars finding seclusion and rest
therein, the photoplay stars find inspiration and incentive for
their task of serving the public. Less imposing features of
old architecture have been embodied in the low adobe build-
ings by the ornamental wall, which forms the major portion
of the front. In the center of this attractive front is the
principal arch with its ornamental iron gates, constituting the
drive-way into the semi-tropical gardens within.
The spirit of early California has been renewed in all that
makes up the exterior of the buildings. The main buildings
cluster about the open court, like the Spanish mansion patios,
where in times of old gracious and polite cavaliers paid hom-
age to fair senoras and senoritas with true Castillian gal-
lantry.
Not unlike a sentry the administration building towers over
the other structures in majestic dignity. Upon entering this
structure, with its exterior appearances of quiet, it seems
somewhat incongruous to encounter the busy atmosphere of
a metropolitan office. Immediately off from the main office
is the sanctum of the president, Samuel S. Hutchinson, with
its windows looking out on the gardens and the street. An
inside tier provides offices for each of the directors. In the
same building is located the projecting room, as completely
equipped as a modern theatre. The chemical laboratories,
where all negatives are developed, are located on the first
and second floors of the same building.
On the opposite side of the grounds, to balance the artistic
architectural ensemble, is a building quite similar to the one
just described, where are located the Green rooms and dress-
ing rooms for the players. The most imposing structure, the
magnificent glass studio, sits far back from the street, always
glistening, whether in strong sunlight or in the slanting moon-
light rays.
The garage, carpenter-shops, etc., are conveniently located
and add to the artistic effect of the whole. The large court
in the center of the group of buildings really constitutes two
teautiful gardens. One is tropical and sub-tropical in its
growths, with palms, ferns and other specimens that flourish
in such climates; the other may be called a formal garden
with its 1- edge-bordered walk, plots of beautiful vari-colored
flowers, Roman seats and splashing fountains, embellished
by pergolas with luxuriant climbing roses and floral vines,
all making a gorgeous picture, the full view of which is ob-
structed from the street by the high ornamental concrete and
iron fence, through the gates of which one can secure only
a glimpse of the beauty within.
Every consideration has been given to the personal con-
venience of the players. The grounds are beautifully laid out
and no expense has been spared to supply the most pleasing
environment. The natural beauties and the artistic effects
installed make a delightful combination, which stimulates the
highest ideals and yields most efficient results. The buildings
and grounds cover an area of several acres.
Three companies are now working at Santa Barbara and
the whole aggregation makes one happy colony. The first
two companies are under the direction of Sydney Ayres and
Thomas Ricketts, respectively, producing the "Flying \" re-
leases. The third company produces the "Beauty" pictures,
under the direction of Harry Pollard.
The location of the studios in a community of culture has
added remarkably to the personnel of the acting forces. They
are not of the street-posing variety, but have established
their own homes or have taken up their residences in the
foremost hotels, where the comforts of home life can be en-
joyed. They move in the best society in the city and suburbs.
Leading American Players
Some of the "Flying A" Stars Who Have Delighted the
Patrons of Many Photoplay Theatres.
THOUGH most of the members of the stock company of
the American Film Manufacturing Company are on
almost speaking terms with the readers of the Moving
Picture World the accompanying sketches will serve the pur-
pose of a more intimate introduction and create a livelier in-
terest in them.
The versatile young actress, Margarita Fischer, was born
in the Middle WVst. As a child her talent was so pronounced
that her father decided to form a company and star her as
"Babe Fischer." As early as fourteen years of age she played
the leads in all the well-known stock productions. On the
death of her father, Margarita secured an engagement with
Walter Sanford and played leads for a long season. Other
prominent engagements were with T. Daniel Frawley in Can-
ada, and Joseph Medill Patterson.
Her motion picture experiences have been a continuous
triumph. Miss Fischer is blessed with youth and great
beauty, and possesses wonderful powers of facial expression.
She can literally "talk with her eyes." She is exceptionally
good in emotional parts, but is almost as much at home in
light comedy — and surely there was never a more pathetic
"poor girl" on the screen, or a sweeter "old lady" when the
opportunity presents itself.
Margarita Fischer is now universally known as the "Beauty
Girl."
Harry Pollard is Kansas born, but his family migrated to
California, where he was brought up on a ranch. He learned
to ride and became strong and athletic. He got his first
liking for the stage by winning a competition at school for
the best recitation, and at the age of eighteen secured a minor
position at the Alcazar Theater in San Francisco. His rise
after this was rapid, and although he held many positions as
lead in prominent stock companies, he returned several times
to be welcomed warmly at the Alcazar. He is well known
in vaudeville circles, having toured the country with Mar-
garita Fischer in "When Hearts Are Trump" and other
sketches.
His years of e.xperience, coupled with an excellent screen
appearance, sound dramatic training, and absorption in his
work, as well as an unerring eye to detail, fit him peculiarly
for his position as director and leading man for the "Beauty"
brand.
Miss Vivian Rich entered the theatrical profession as a
child, specializing in boy parts. She frequently made her
appearance on Broadway to large and appreciative audiences.
Miss Rich enjoys the singular distinction of having been
born on the high seas, but as her parents were United States
subjects she rightfully claims this as her country. The first
years of her life were spent in Philadelphia, and her educa-
tion was acquired in New York and Boston.
She maintains bachelor quarters at Santa Barbara, California,
and enjoys all out-door sports — riding, swimming and tennis,
and is particularly fond of aeroplaning. She enjoys the wierd
and uncanny. Miss Rich has marked histrionic ability and
applies herself to her art with an untiring devotion which
marks her successful career.
The popular photoplay artiste. Miss Winifred Greenwood,
acquired a large following on the legitimate stage, having
starred in "The Midnight Express," "Sapho," "Camille," etc.
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241
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
GLASS STUDIO.
SECTION OF FORMAL GARDEN
GEXERAL EXTERIOR VIEW.
INTERIOR OF STUDIO.
MECHANICAL L.\BOR.\TORY
American Film Manufacturing Co.'s Studios and Laboratories, Santa Barbara, Cal.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
She subsequently toured the country with her own company
for two seasons.
Miss Greenwood has played approximately three hundred
parts in "legitimate." This, of course, is only a small per-
centage of the parts she has played in pictures since her
debut some three and a half years ago, and she attributes
her great success in this field to her fine emotional ability.
As a student Miss Greenwood is devoted to music and French.
Outdoor sports are very attractive to her and she freely in-
dulges in swimming, riding, canoeing, tennis and golf.
The basis of her phenomenal popularity lies in her indom-
itable desire to please the public.
William Garwood has been graced with a charming person-
ality that has endeared him to a vast public and a host of
personal friends. He has had an extended experience in the
at Oakland, and then played in stock, such as Belasco's Alca-
zar, Felice Morris, Liebler and others.
For the past two years he has played in pictures with great
success and he has won a large following among ardent pic-
ture fans throughout the country.
Miss Louise Lester, character woman for the "Flying A"
company, was long identified on the legitimate stage before
her advent in motion pictures. She has played in various
stock companies throughout the United States, being sup-
ported by such stars as Sid Toler, Howard Hall and Maurice
Freeman. She has been starred and featured from coast to
coast, and when with Liebler she created her own parts.
She made her first appearance in character work in Bush
Temple, Chicago, about five years ago, after which she en-
tered the ranks of picture stars.
VIVIAN RICH ■ LOUISE LESTER WINIFRED GREENWOOD MARGARITA FISCHER
JACK RICHARDSON HARRY POLLARD WM. GARWOOD, EDWARD COX E^^ji
Group of Screen Favorites Who Appear in American Film Manufacturing Co. Productions.
legitimate, and pictures have claimed him only for several
years pas;.
In one production he took the part of a farmer. The at-
mosphere and the environment of the scene so fascinated him
that he took up agriculture as a hobby and is now operating a
complete farm.
Edward Coxen is a good-looking, virile young man and a
manly lover. He was born in London and as an infant made
the voyage to America with his parents. They journeyed on
to San Francisco, California, where he secured his education.
Mr. Co.xen spent some time at the University of California,
at Berkeley, and then launched out on a commercial career.
From this he drifted into prospecting and took up civil en-
gineering; but, as he puts it, "a problem in mathematics in-
terested me only so long as it remained unsolved," so he fol-
lowed the bent of his heart and sought the foot-lights.
In 1906 he spoke his first line at the Majestic Theater, San
Francisco. After the big fire there he played in "Ye Liberty"
Miss Lester made a big hit in her characterization of "Ca-
lamity Anne," in a special series under this title put out
Ijy tlie -American company, and has proved a success in every
picture in which she has appeared.
Jack Richardson, who plays heavy leads with the "Flying
A" company, made his first appearance on the legitimate
stage in Chicago seven years ago in "The Royal Chef."
Later he played in the far West in the Metropolitan and
Orpheum stock companies. In the year 1909 Mr. Richard-
son made his first appearance in pictures.
His initial work with tlie American company was in the
production of "$5,000 Reward, Dead or Alive." Since that
time he has been killed so often that he sometimes finds it
hard to believe that he is really alive. Mr. Richardson is a
thorough horseman, having been trained in Culver Military
Academy. His favorite mount in pictures is "Mike," the
most valuable horse in the corrals of the American Company.
The principal clraracteristic of Mr. Richardson is his gen-
eral good nature.
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243
Doings at Los Angeles.
THE funniest happening of this week was the "Movie
Concert" given by the municipal band of Santa Monica,
which plays at Ocean Pari:. Friday night tlic band
was led by members of the N. Y. M. P. Co., from Inceville,
and of all the fun that was experienced there, nothing
<clipsed it. George Osborne, "the dear old man director,"
started the music with "I Love You California," and fol-
lowed it with "Auld Lang Syne," making quite a hit with
the thousand hearers. The band is a good one, and the
temporary director took all the honors, which he deserved.
Barney Sherry followed with a few bits of Irish melody,
and then came Water Belasco, with a make-up that stormed
the plaza. Slim Goddard whooped 'cr up with cowboy
tunes, and dainty Mildred Harris then took the baton and
the many listeners applauded long after she had played
"School Days." Cyril Gardner, the juvenile player, then
did his best with some rag time, and Glenn Snow rendered
a few "selections." The last leader was W. A. Brooks,
of the 101 ranchers, who played the grand finale. Next
week the Yitagraph players will give their concert. Many
people were present and thev all enjoyed seeing the musical
movies.
* * *
And they still come! This time articles of incorporation
have been filed for the Navajo Film Co., for $100,000. M. N.
Vassar, P. H. Kent and others are at the head of the new
jconcern, but no particulars can be had.
* * *
G. P. Thurman, of the Balboa Co., probably did not think
much of motor cops, but since last week he has changed his
mind, for he was doing 70 miles per, in an effort to elude
one of the nimble tired men. and in consequence he went
before the court and answered to the charge of speeding.
Th speed officer swore that Thurman had gone 70, and it
took 76 for him to catch up with the speeding movie man,
who was on his way to Long Beach.
* * *
Rollin S. Sturgeon started work this week on a three
reeler that he brought back with him from New York. It
is a roaring \\'estern, and ought to get the story over well
as he went over it coming out on the train. He has joined
the 100.000 and over motorists of Southern California, bj'
taking into his garage a nifty gray baby touring car. He
is now learning to slip the clutch and shift gears, and also
to steer. Mary H. O'Connor, who was formerly in the
scenario department here for Mr. Sturgeon, has again come
under his supervision, being "special feature reader." As
a side line she is the coast representative for the various
literarj' agents and publishing firms that control the moving
picture rights of famous authors and playwrights.
* * *
The Santa Barbara M. P. Co., headed by capitalists of
that city, has started work in the mountainous country with
Lorimer Johnston as director general. He was formerly
with the American, but went to the new concern, which is
to make only features. It seems to be a pastime with rich
men to start studios.
* + *
H. B. Warner arrived here this week and started immedi-
ately on "The Ghost Breaker" for the Lasky Co. He was met
at the station by Fred Kley, and escorted to the studio.
There is much improvement going on here, as several new
buildings are in the course of construction, and more ground
is being sought bv the managers.
* * *
June 18 it rained here, and David Hartford, producing for
Jesse Robbins, on the telephone said: "What? We not
working today? Well, if you come out here you will see a
pretty busy stage. Been working all day, and will only
have to delay the exteriors; let 'er rain." Their electric
lighting system is working to perfection.
¥ * *
Field Manager Allen, of Inceville, is happilj' at home in
the new two-story building in the canyon studio. It was
finished this week, and everyone is happy to have the office
so near to the main part of the town. A new road has just
been finished which gives access by wagon to 18 acres that
could only be reached before by horseback. This opens a
new territory which is luxurious in new scenes and settings.
* * *
The Jungle Film Co. has been organized at the side of
Eastlake Park, opposite the Selig wild animal farm. It
has a large collection of domestic and ferocious animals.
Edwards and Ronan are at the head of the new film com-
pany which will turn out only wild animal pictures. Paul
Machette is the director. A company of players is being
collected for the first release.
* * *
Wilfred Lucas has started a 48-reel series featuring Cleo
Madison, and in this big installment release she doubtless
and more, even plays a twin sister and then her own mother.
The title of the first is "The Flower of the Flames."
* * *
Carlyle Blackwell, although across the continent, has sent
for his car, and it has been shipped to him in the east.
That means then that he will not return very soon to the
old hunting ground.
* * *
One of the Selig companies is busy producing a few reels
at Glendale this month. New settings and atmosphere
caused the company to send a few players out to a new
pasturage.
* * *
-Another director has been added to the fold. William D.
Taylor, who led the large cast in "Captain .\lvarez" has
been given charge of a company at the Balboa and has al-
ready completed a three-reel story from his own stock.
Next week he starts on still another original one.
/ * * *
Courtenay Foote, already introduced, has joined Bos-
worth and will soon be busy on some new Jack London
pictures. The new studio is progressing rapidly and will
shortly be ready to house the growing companj-.
* * *
J. P. MacGowan and Helen Holmes, together with other
Kalemites, have gone up to Death Valley, Goldfield, and
on to Funeral Range to get some true desert stuff. They
certainlv will get it there, from mirages down to the white,
bleaching bones of long-dead prospectors, whose lives were
lost in the hunt for gold.
* * 4c
Los Angeles is quite a literary hub, as is shown bj' the
large number of scenario writers. If the postal department
suspended payment of ordinary postage, the fees for sce-
narios would afford enough revenue to keep the office going
full blast. Everyone from car conductor up to high offi-
cials "dashes" oflf movie plays, and even about "1/10 of 1
per cent." sell.
* * *
It seems that everyone has little ups and downs. Unfor-
tunately Mrs. Thomas H. Ince, while driving her roadster
accidentally ran into a woman who tried to cross a down
town street in front of the automobile, but the pedestrian
was not seriously injured.
* * *
Walter Edwards, Harry Keenan, Leo'na Hutton and
cameraman Gove returned from a pleasant trip to Pine-
crest, way up in the clouds, where they did some wonder-
ful snow pictures. They tell of a fine time and say the
weather was unbearably hot, although a mile and over above
sea level. Some college chaps and tourists furnished back-
ground for the mob scenes, and trailed the company about
the mountains. The Broncho players are aways having
funny experiences.
* * *
Director Barker is putting on a seven-reel rip-snorting
Western at the Broncho camp, with W. S. Hart featured.
Some real old western properties are being used, and Bat
Alasterson, Hickok, and others of the old regime, or "gang"
would surely recognize the old truck. Clara Williams is
the woman lead, and the two are busy now in their respec-
tive roles. The company will go to the Grand Canyon to
get appropriate settings for parts of the picture. Barker
looks like a senator with the seven-reel script, which re-
sembles some kind of a tax bill about to be brought before
the house.
* * ♦
D. W. Griffith diplomatically secured some true society
scenes recently in Pasadena when a garden fete was in
progress. The leaders of the fete would not permit him to
use the film until they had witnessed the running of the
first print at the studio. The settings were so beautiful that
they could not refuse him permission to use them.
* * *
At the Photoplayers' Club last week a delightful session
was enjoyed by many members. They reveled in a good old
smoker, beerfest, and a few boxing matches. Saturday
evening last was ladies' night, and a great party it was.
CLARKE IRVINE.
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Moving Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
Educational Pictures in Government Hands at Home and
Abroad.
IN AMERICA, as well as in England, the best uses of
the moving picture for educational purposes only, is
to be seriously taken up by the national government.
England has been rather slow in respect of authoritative
adaptation of the powers of kinematography — this may have
been from the fact that in scholastic circles the moving pic-
ture was feared rather than understood; further, it seemied
that it was necessary that a beginning had to be made in a
manner distinct from the ordinary channels, which at first
seemed the natural one.
Educational Kinematograph Association Formed.
An association of the above name lias now been formed
and has held its first meeting, with an attendance of leading
men from every profession, and under auspices of a most
exceptional character, the list of names being a most formid-
able one, and one which is in itself a guarantee of immedi-
ate, definite and profitable results. A member of parliament
present reported that he had brought the matter up in the
House of Commons and had received governmental assur-
ance that His Majesty's Board of Education "being fully
aware of the possible uses of this new instrument, were
making investigations." In speaking upon the adoption of
the report of the proceedings Professor Gregory (Editor
of School World and of Nature) said "the time had come
when they must look to the positive and constructive side
and to help to turn the kinematograph into one of the
most efficient educational instruments." A strong board of
directors was appointed with a most efficient executive
committee, of which Mr. Morley Dainow, B.Sc, is secretary.
Recommendations by Mr. Morley Dainow, Secretary E.K.A.
The secretary of the new organization named above, writ-
ing to the London Bioscope, advises that current events
form about the best films with which to attract and instruct
the young in the schools. Such advice is most natural to
anyone studying the best interests of juvenile development.
The Educator m'ore than a year ago made this suggestion
here, and, in exactly the same way in which Mr. Dainow
now advises, i. e., that at least once a week children should
be taken to see pictures of this character. Dr. Dainow
says: — "Apart from the purely pedagogical value of illus-
trating current events by the kinematograph, there is the
historical value. These films are recording history. What
is a current event this week will be an historical event next
week or next year, and for all time. If a historian wished
to write the social history of the twentieth century, the
moving picture would give him the best and most reliable
information. It is most important, then, to devise means
and methods of keeping these films, for they are much
more than 'the abstract and brief chroniclers of our time.' "
As a result of this suggestion the following resolution was
adopted:
That representation be made to moving picture
firms of the desirability of taking steps to keep a
record and specimens of these useful topical films
for educational purposes.
In America.
The .American Government has long ago blazed the way
for our British friends in the handling of educational kine-
matography, although no definite organization has been
formed, yet much work has been done and every depart-
ment is using the moving picture in a very practical way.
It really seems that the public school is about the last place
where systematic kinematography can be taught; this is
only because the effective working out of the necessary plans
is such a Utopian one. Everywhere except in the educa-
tional department it has been possible to make an immedi-
ate beginning, and it must be said to the credit of the gov-
ernment that where it was possible to use the moving
picture not a moment has been lost in making an effective
start. Probably the Department of Agriculture because
of the wider scope of its w'ork has so far done most for the
good of moving picture teaching.
Traveling Government Picture Houses.
The Department is now equiping special cars to go over
the entire country, making stops at the best centers for the
purpose of exhibiting at that center whatever is most neces-
sary for its welfare. In poultry regions, for instance, pic-
tures are shown of the best ways of keeping poultry, the
ways of candling eggs, or of storing or packing them for
long-distance travel; also the best markets and the best
routes.
Where dairying is the staple trade every known advan-
tage in the knowledge of the government is freely given in
picture and lecture form to the dairyman; most important
are the descriptive lessons on all kinds of diseases and
ravages with which from time to time the farmer has to
contend, and upon which the government has, after much
cost, gained much valuable information, and which, thanks
to the picture, can be given freely everywhere, especially
to those too far away from help. No greater boon has come
to the rural communities bringing practical and financial
help than that conveyed by means of the moving pictures of
this kind.
The ofifice of Public Roads of the department has now
been organized. It was found that many communities suf-
fered great loss because often the roads were of such a
nature that the farmer could not market his produce. Road
building as it is done in France, where thev have become
expert, has been filmed. These p'ictures, together with a
lecturer, are now touring the country, leaving behind suit-
able literature in very instance so that after the example
has been shown it may be eas\- to follow the printed in-
structions. Thus a campaign of education is being car-
ried on.
Using Picture Houses.
The government is by no means selfish in this great un-
dertaking in that they would keep all this helpful work in
their own hands. Any section of the country may apply
for the loan of the films most required for their particular
advice and they will be loaned to them, so that wherever
there is a picture-machine and operator, there may be
established a branch of the governmental service. From
this plan it can readily be seen that if the work is so suc-
cessful in one department it may be equally so in another;
therefore, it will not be long before the Department of
Education will be equally well fitted to carry out a similar
idea and so the time is not far distant when the "little red
school house" will be as well off as the university.
Church and School Social Service Organization.
Under the above title there has just been organized in
New York a company having for its object the teaching in
a systematic way of all those subjects which are required
by churches, schools and social institutions. It would seem
that the personnel of this new organization is largely made
up of those connected with the National Board of Censor-
ship, and of the International Peace Forum.
Dr. Carter, the president, says: — "This organization is not
joined to commercial interests, but is one of clergymen,
educators and social service workers, formed for religious
and philanthropic purposes, to uplift humanity through this
popular and widespread amusement." Offices have been
opened at No. 18 East Forty-first street and arrangements
are being made for immediately establishing the service
among the organizations it seeks to help. That there is
a large field awaiting such an organization everyone inter-
ested in educational kinematography well knows. It now
remains to be seen how far this society will be able to go
towards filling the demand. Another society is also being
formed under the management of the Rev. Charles Stelzel,
who gained his e.xperience as to the requirements of such a
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work when in charge of the Labor Temple in ^-'^.w York.
The most difficult part of this proposition wi. be the
securing of 400 churches to pledge their co-operation.
The Paul J. Rainey African Pictures.
The second series of Paul Rainey's pictures, taken in
British East Africa, are now being shown in New York.
Of course they are interesting and educational, but they
are not equal to the first series. With the exception of
local conditions many of the scenes might have been taken
in the quiet of an English or American zoo. The animals
gathered about the "water-holes" are those of common
knowledge like the giraflfe and zebra. Their coming long
distances to drink must have taken away their wildness, for
they certainly seemed a very domestic herd.
A cheetah hunt, in which natives show their method of
killing the animals with poisoned arrows, seemed rather a
simple chase, the animal is easily treed and is thus a ready
victim for the hunter. Everyone is perhaps sufhciently
familiar with baboons, not to need special pictures of them;
of course they form the amusing part of the series. Judg-
ing- from these pictures this section of Africa is certainly
no°t attractive in scenery, although the lecturer said it was
beautiful. The lion hunt is evidently intended to be the
masterpiece. It may possess certain dangers not realized
b-'- those sitting peacefully before the screen, but there
are no "thrills," so that the audience is not held breathless
in anticipation of any tragedy: the lion took his part with
good -race, hiding in the brush from the dogs, until forced
8ut only to be shot before taking a run of more than twenty
yards. The best part of this picture is in the detail of the
photography, whereby it is possible to see the dying con-
vulsions of the fallen animal. It would appear, judging
from the series, that the hunting of wild animals m Atnca
is not very hazardous. Many young Americans will want
to be competitors of Paul Rainey unless he shows more
dangers than are depicted in this set of films. The whole
forms a good addition to those of a similar character.
Educational Notes.
Burton Holmes will shortly issue a series of his "Travel-
ettes" in the motion picture theaters of the country. iMey
will occupy about 50 minutes instead of two hours, and
Mr Holmes' interesting trips will be presented on the
screen and a lecturer will deliver the traveler s original lec-
ture at each performance.
* * *
The United States revenue cutter McCulloch is on its way
to the Pribiloflf Islands, carrying with it a moving-picture
outfit and operator, who is instructed to inake films showing
conditions throughout the seal-bearing islands oft the Alas-
kan coast. The three United States commissioners, Frol.
C H. Clark, W. H. Osgood and E. A. Preble, have been
sent to investigate the seal fisheries, as well as Canadian
commissioners who are on the McCulloch, and will be ac-
companied everywhere on their inspection trips by the
moving-picture operator, who is to stipply. the government
with record films of seals and the seal fishing industry.
* * *
"William Tell," Schiller's famous drama in six parts, is
now on the market. The pictures were actually taken in
the Alps, and thousands of Swiss people were used in the
cast. » * *
A good suggestion for school teachers who desire to reach
the children is to devote one language period a week to oral
expression and story-telling, using as a basis a coving-
picture scene which they have witnessed. Fr°m^t^^=^"^
who have tried the experiment, the results have been more
than pleasing, and as a constructive work it '^ ^aid to be
one of the best experiments ever tried m the public schools,
* * *
Churches continue to advance the cause of kinemato-
graphic illustration and instruction. Philadelphia is inaugu-
rating a church supply service among various protestant
churches of the citv— if the project is successful it will be
worked out in permanent form by the formation of a com-
pany which by the fall expects to be fully equipped for the
jvinter work.
* * *
In Norfolk, Virginia, also, the use of the moving picture
in the churches is spreading. The N. T. Supply Co. of
that city has just installed a complete outfit in the Cum-
berland Street Methodist Episcopal Church, the same to be
used in connection with the regular religious work of the
church. A correspondent says that the congregation greatly
appreciated the helpful addition to their services.
William A. Pinkcrton. world-renowned as one of the
greatest detectives, recently addressed the twenty-first con-
vention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, among other things saying:
"The moving picture has become a mode of instruction as
well as a form of popular amusement. Within its province
lie powers that cannot be too seriously considered. VVe
have all felt the power of pictured suggestion, the spiritual
spring of action which makes so much for good or evil in
the world." He deplored the making of pictures under
conditions where it was evident that lust for money was
greater than the sense of decency, believing that such peo-
ple should be brought to book for their sins on this
score. The young and unsophisticated have need of our
watchful care in these days when fashions and pleasures are
pitched in an Oriental key.
BRITISH NOTES.
(Special CorresfondeiicL' of The World.)
THE FIRST of the Vitagraph Broadway features was
unspooled to a representative gathering of English
renters and exhibitors in London two days ago. For
their first importation to this country of a series of films,
news of whose quality preceded their arrival, Mr. Smith
chose "A Million Bid."
* * *
"Mr. Jack Spratt" is the newest creation of the Claven-
don Company. He will make his debut in a few weeks in a
number of short comedies for which a great sale is antici-
pated by the makers. Speaking of comedies. Keystones are
going "great guns" both in London and the provinces,
comparatively few programs at the better class theaters
being without a representative subject of this company.
Generally those with a touch of sensation prove the most
popular, such as "The Gusher," or "Love and Gasoline."
At a theatre in Liverpool the former was exhibited twice
to the same audience; by unanimous request, of course.
Lucille Love, of Universal, is touring the English coun-
tries by motor to make the acquaintance of exhibitors,
press-men and the general public previous to the release of
the films in which she is featured. The reception in Man-
chester was really enthusiastic and gave the observer to
wonder why she did not have her hands in bandages when
not in use, so prolific and vigorous were the shakes. Al-
though not absolutely original, there is no disputing the
success of this system of advertising forthcoming features,
especially from the point of view of the foreign manufac-
turer. To see picture favorites in the flesh is an incentive
and encouragement for patrons to see the subsequent
picture.
Some time ago the Transatlantic Film Company, Ltd.
(the British office of the L^niversal organization), announced
it had taken over certain articles of the Keystone com-
pany. This statement had a sequel in the law courts when
the first-named company was ordered (upon an injunction
given to the New York Motion Picture Corporation, jointly
with the Western Import Co.). to cease circulating such
statements pending the trial of the case. In the Appeal
Court last week the Transatlantic Co. appealed against this
order and was successful.
Heat has its effect upon films in more ways than one. and
the lesson of the last two summers has been brought home
forcibly to showmen during the recent spell of the sun's
brilliance. Those who have fortified themselves by con-
tinuing to exhibit pictures of the best standard do not
experience any great falling off in receipts, but unfortu-
nately there is a class of exhibitor in this country who as
soon as June arrives shows nothing but junk until Octo-
ber. He defeats his own object by anticipating the evil,
whereas if he kept a level standard the fluctuation would
not be so noticeable. Unfortunately the tendency to econo-
mize at the expense of a theater's reputation is evident at
some of our best shows. J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
B. NICHOLS, OF LONDON, IN TOWN.
B. Nichols, the well-known film man of London, arrived
in New York on June 27. It is his intention to push through
some urgent business and return to England on the Maure-
tania on July 11.
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Advertising- for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Serials.
SUPPOSE we look into serials for a moment. A few weeks ago
every one was saying what fine things serials are. Now several
have hinted that they are put out by the manufacturer for no
other reason t.han to clinch the service and that the serial habit is
worse than opium, in that once it gets the manager in its clutches
it is hard to let go.
Personally we favor the serial. The good serial makes good business
for the man who handles it properly. He may be required to hold to
one service until the serial comes to a close, but he holds his patrons
in the same manner and get more good than hurt. Lately we told of
one man who was in an exchange service in which the last of the "Who
Will Marry Mary?" series was burned before it came his turn and he
spent time and money in finally obtaining it from another branch of
the General Film.
That man went at it in the right spirit. He interested his patrons in
Mary. He stood right by her until she was married off, and the de-
struction of the last story of the series was a good business for him in
the long run since he gained credit for enterprise in finally obtaining
a copy.
On the other hand a manager recently complained that he wanted to
change to a better exchange service, but he was held (lown by a series
story. He is situated in a town where but a single exchange is able to
serve him without an almost prohibitive expressage account. He must
take what he gets or give up the serial and the weekly serial is not —
to his thinking — an offset to the vile condition of the films by the time
they reach him. His letter suggests that he feels that he has become a
slave to the "habit." And yet it is clearly shown that the series pi^--
ture is helping his business, perhaps to a point where he might pay
for a newer and better service. He is taking 60-.Stl day stuff. A small
additional payment would get him newer and therefore fresher ser\-ice.
He blames the serial instead of general conditions. Just as a matter of
fact we think that he could drop the serial and his people would soon
forget it. but a change to some other service would merely bring him
some other serial. If we had his house we would be grateful for some-
thing that held the interest from week to week.
The Newspaper Series.
Another correspondent argues that the newspaper series is an im-
position in that he has to run the story within two weeks to get the
benefit of the newspaper advertising.
This presents another proposition, but a very simple one. He has
only to answer one question. Will the advertising ; and the increased
patronage the advertising will bring, offset the additional cost of getting
the series early enough? If it does, he is not being imposed upon. He
is getting what he pays for and perhaps more. No one is requiring him
to take that particular series. Take the "Perils of Pauline," for example.
The Eclectic cannot insist that he take their reels. If he does arrange
for the Pauline series, it is because he makes money by it. If he makes
money by it he is not being imposed upon. The same holds good with
Lucille Love as it will with the coming Thanhouser series.
Of course he may not be able to afford to hire the fresh reels, and
perhaps his patrons are asking tor it. He doesn't want to get the re-
putation of being behind the times. If the demand is strong he has
only to ask his patrons if they will pay an increased admission to re-
turn the added cost of the series. If they will, let him sell season
tickets for the series that he may be assured of this additional return
and then book the stuff.
Of course the manufacturers are looking for their own return, but
they are not trying to gouge this money out of the exhibitor. They
merely say that if he wishes to participate in this extra advertising he
will have to stand his modest proportion of the increased cost. It is
a simple business proposition and in no way an intentional swindle.
Then Again.
Here is a third angle presented by a live wire.
And while I'm about it — what do you think about serials?
In a town of this size, about tour thousand, a feature a week is
all you can afford to put on. You lose money on them some-
times. It you take the serial every other week it is hard to
hold the interest, and if you take it every week, you have to
cut out the features.
We don't quite get the proposition that it is difficult to hold the in-
terest in a feaure issued every other week. The first of all features was
"What Happened to Mary." and this came out only once a month, and
yet held the interest. Then why is it not possible to hold to the bi-
weekly feature? In the interim a couple of home-made slides will
keep the interest up. In the intervals the single features can be run.
In time the manager can decide which of the two makes the better re-
turn and then make a choice. In most cases the choice will probably be
in favor of the serial ; at least for the moment, though the serial idea
like the multiple is likely to be run down through the presentation ot
too many serials which lack the proper preparation.
To work up interest while gaining a line on the preference, why not
put the matter to a vote? Announce the vote a couple of weeks in ad-
vance, and give out the votes every night and not merely one night.
More than this, urge everyone to vote each night. Then the man who
comes two or three nights has two or three votes, as he is properly-
entitled to. Here is a suggestion for a form ot ballot.
The Photoplace.
John Doe, General Manager,
DoughvOle. N. Y.
Please assist the management in its desire to please you by
indicating on this card your preferences, and depositing it in
the box at the entrance or handing it to the usher.
1 prefer features.
I prefer serial stories.
Mark with a check the one you prefer.
At a cost of a couple of dollars you can resolve your doubts and at
the same time interest your public in the matter.
Why Not?
Here is a letter that reveals a deplorable condition ot affairs. A
manager writes :
Up to a short time since we have gone along very nicely, and
got along just as well as if we furnished three or four reels.
Now, however, things have changed, and I wish, without com-
ment, to inform you what is happening here.
New elements in the field have started in to corrall the busi-
ness and here are some of the stunts put on. What do you
think of them?
The Country Store.
The Tan.?o and Maxixe dances.
The Post Office.
Pay Day.
Shoson. (Putting on shoes, I believe, but not sure.)
Boxing Contest.
Catching Pig.
Amateur Nights.
Last, but not least, they are now giving away Lots to the
one getting the largest number of Coupons.
There are three or four stunts that appear to have been overlooked,
but it seems to us that the best idea would be to give a really good
show and trust to that to bring business. We like the three-reel show
better than the two reeler, as that is a trifle too short, but with three
good reels for five or ten cents, according to the service, there should be
no need of all these other schemes. As a general thing the management
argues that these special nights bring extra business, but, as a matter
of tact, they simply advertise that the actual show is not good enough
and that something must be done to bolster up a falling business. The
burlesque theaters started most of these schemes and now they dare not
drop them. A house that has never used these ideas can fight them
effectively with advertising.
Three Essentials.
In small space the Lotus Skydome, West End, N. J., explains that
there is more to a picture than the subject on the film. It tells it so
neatly that perhaps others can use it in this form or with proper
adaptation. It might be better to say that there are at least three other
essentials. Here it is :
—AND thou NOW OPEN
BESIDE ME IN
THE WILDERNESS
SANG THE PERSIAN POET, FAILING TO REALIZE
THAT AFTER ALL. A PHOTO-PLAY CONSISTS OP
MORE THAN THE SUBJECT.
THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE ESSENTIALS— THE
PHOTOGRAPHY, THE SCREEN AND THE PROJEC-
TION.
ALL THESE AND
MORE Y'OU'LL FIND
IN THE SILENT DRAMAS
At THE LOTUS SKYDOME, OCEAN & BRIGHTON AVES,
WEST END, N. J.
WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE SHOWINff, B-ETWEEN
LONG BRANCH AND ASBURY PARK, OP ALL THE
BROADWAY STAR PRODUCTIONS OP THE FAMOUS
PLAYERS— ALL STAR AND JESSE L. LASKY FEATURES.
This is a summer resort airdome, just below Long Branch proper.
It might be well to give the hour of performance for the benefit ot the
stranger within the gates, particularly as they use multiple reels and
many people like to see the first reel first. We would like the card a lit-
tle better were it not all capitals. It would look as well and be easier
to read.
Exactly.
"Real Reels" Is the house organ ot the Notable Feature Film Co., of
Salt Lake City. Its editor is George E. Carpenter, R. E., which means
regular editor. He preaches advertising and good prices in every para-
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^raph. Here are two separate paragraphs that should be read together.
The photo-drama has captured the masses. Now go after
the classes. Segregate your patroas. Then watch your rcueipis
and bank account grow.
No. the above is not an advertisement of Notable Feature
Film dramas, although one Is ours — "Les Miserables."
It is a demonstration of how Denver is endeavoring to cut prices.
The two advertisements jusl as they stand, were clipped from
the Denver Post. "Lcs Miserables" at the Princess Theatre
for 10 and 20 cents. "Million Bid" at the Isis for a nickel.
Both houses did good business. When the battle was over
the management of the Princess Theatre reported that about 75
per cent, of his receipts came from the 'JO cent patrons.
Enough said !
The "above" Is a reproduction of two Denver advertisements, the
facts of which are stated In the paragraph. To connect these two
paragraphs read the advice that you segregate your patrons and watch
the receipts and then the statement that at the Princess the larger
receipts came from the twenty cent patrons. If it was a level proposi-
tion. O673 of the receipts should have come from the twenty cent seats
and not lo^. which argues that these were in greater demand. It
usually Is the care.
With some managers complaining that they cannot get advanced prices
for features and others telling that they sell the best seats first, it U
hard to figure the business from one angle, but any old time theatrical
man knows there are cheap towns and good towns. Some of them also
know that the change from one to the other is largely a matter of
education. Time was when Philadelphia theatres largely lived on club
benefits (selling tickets at reduced rates for certain nights to lodges and
societies) where now they take in regular money at the box offices.
Suppose that some one night you have ten and fifteen cent seats.
Then again the next week and the next. Xow figure out whether or not
it does not pay to have an advance sale and reserved seats. The busi-
ness is not always going to stay where it started with a flat five cent
admission for all parts of the house. Mr. Carpenter knows this. We
know it. Xow you know it. On your own head be it after this.
An Anniversary.
This shows the Dover (X. J.) Opera House all dolled up for its tenth
anniversary. The opera house is not celebrating its tenth anniversary
as a photoplay theatre, but as a general place of amusement, though
most of the time now it offers pictures in its pretty auditorium. A
souvenir program with a lithographed cover was one of the markers,
and there was a lot of press notices to go with a gigantic newspaper
advertisement. The picture programs were made up of some of the
really big features now current and Dover fans must have had a real
carnival of features. H. P. Fenimore, the manager, seems to have laid
his plans well to make the anniversary something to be remembered.
Can*t Be Beaten.
The conductor of a photoplay page in a medium sized town writes
that his department has been shut down for the summer "because of
the lessening interest in theatrical affairs." It can't be done. With
nothing but photoplays in town, at a time when there is nothing else
to appeal with, the intelligent managing editor shuts down the one
thing that can possibly attract attention ouside a cheap vaudeville show
on the roof of the original ten cent store and a cheaper show out in the
park. This is the time of year when the intelligent small town editor —
if there is such a critter outside of Billord Wright — should be making
his big play for the photoplay end against the fall season and some
hayseed hair genius shuts down a profitable department just because
there is nobody home and doesn't know it's nobody home under his own
gable roof rather than in the town itself.
A Diamond D. K.
Eugene O'Keefe. of the Luna Theatre. Billings. Montana, sends in a
diamond shape door knob special, and says if we do not like it to go
ahead and "pan" it. If a thing is not right we'll proceed to pan
even without waiting for consent, but we would rather praise than
"pan" a thousand times over. One man profits by adverse comment;
that is if he appreciates the spirit in which comment is offered, but a
thousand may benefit from the exploitation of something worth while,
the same as this very door knob special, one of thre most useful forms
of advertising yd devised. You are welcome to comment if you want
it. but don't think that we want to blow boles In your stuff, because
we don't. We want to help and If the best help comes from pointing
out error, be It so, but we would a lot rather praise where we can do
so honestly. ,\ny darned fool can say stuff Is great, because be Is not
called upon to prove it. And a man can say "rotten" if be does not
have to prove it, but constructive criticism Is not panning, and we do
not want to have any of our friends feel that wc find fault merely to
find fault. We have never had any part of any job In which we took more
real pleasure than this Advertising for Exhibitors department and we'll
modestly remark that we have done a couple of good departments tn
other lines, at that. But nothing is more important at the moment In
the photoplay line than helping the managers to advertise their wares
properly, because the entire prosperity of every person In the business
is, in the last resort, dependent on the angle widely covered by this
department.
Xow that we have this off our ample chest, let's go back to what Mr.
O'Keefe has had hanging on the door knob all this time. It Is a white
card, five and a half inches square, printed diamond wise. This prob-
ably attracts more attention than the square card. Whether it is worth
the difference in price depends on what must be paid for the lockup
of this form. It costs more because it is more trouble. It costs more
in some places than in others. We would prefer a straight card say five
by seven, which would probably cost no more and permit a better
makeup since it is straight composition. The wording is ambiguous.
It announces "two extraordinary features Monday-Tuesday" with the
date and "Featuring" and the cut of Miss Alice Joyce. She Is featured
in but one of the stories, the other being a Biograph. This and the
misspelling of Primitive, an "A" being used where the second "I"
should be, is about all the real comment. Mr. O'Keefe adds that he does
not often use this door knob form of advertising. He says that he also
hung them on telephones, etc., which is a new use. He is working on
a real program, and we hope that he joins the crowd. He words bis
small stuff well.
Better.
R. J. Tindell has not yet learned how to ship photographs for repro-
duction, but this time the fates were kind and at least he did not wrap
it up in a newspaper, and so we can show his cycle advertisement. This
one, he writes, is pointed at both ends and three feet wide at its
greatest diameter. Whether he puts it on over his head like a woman
gets into her skirt or draws it over his feet like a man with a pair of
trousers, he does not say. We think that the best way would be to
build a V in which might be called the prow of the land-ship and draw
the back end together with catches after the navigator has entered.
We do not know what the tear-like affairs are that drape around
Lucille's face, but perhaps they are ribbons terminating in Christmas
tree spangles. If they are not, some such affair probably would be
very effective. Mr. Tindell works this advertisement stunt for the
Grand Theatre, Valdosta, Ga.
Booming Circulation.
Appreciating- a good thing, the Xew Orleans Spotlight, the Fichten-
berg publication, now runs in its houses a slide showing the front page
of the issue and urging its patrons to be certain that they get a copv.
This is a scheme that may be put to good use elsewhere. We think
that the Spotlight might be a little less earnestly an advertising sheet
and a trifle more gossipy, but it is a capital publication as it is and it
makes business. The editorial page alone, almost any issue, would pay
the cost. But they do not back up the editorial page.
A Britannica.
J. E. Alford, of the Lomo Theatre, McComb City. Miss., writes that
this paper is an encyclopedia, which is a good description, at that. He
sends in a program, his first. It is small even for its age, a four by
five and a half, four pages, barely announcing the titles and giving
the lengths. There is room for a little more, and more should be
written and a better use should be made of the back page. There is
too much white space. The back could have been made to argue for the
house and a reader about the advantages of the theatre would have
helped more than an undated "coming." The titles in any case should
be in black type, and the days should be dated. It is too white as it
stands.
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ftife^l^THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
""conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
1
Going Slowly.
DID you ever see a man being trained for the high jump? The
trainer takes a promising jumper, puts him in a gauze shirt,
an impressionistic pair of pants, socks and shoes and takes
him out to the jumping pit. He does not, at the start, put him over
the seven-foot mark. First of all he wants to teach him how to handle
his feet on the take off. For that any mark well within the immediate
capacity of the jumper will do. The candidate is shown how to get
his start, how to make his run, how to "take off'" and finally the little
tricks by which he seems fairly to lift himself while in the air. Then
the bar is put up inch by inch, then by halves, by quarters, even less,
until the man's fullest capacity has been developed, but no athlete,
amateur or professional, ever, in the history of sport, came out on the
field and the first day reached his highest mark.
Hug close the lesson. You try to write a script, a two-reel script,
perhaps a six-reel script, right off the jump. Suppose that you try the
training method. Learn to write an action. L*earn to write a scene.
Learn to write two scenes, then three ; learn to write a leader. Learn
to write a better leader. Learn when to make it a straight leader
and when to cut it in. Learn when to write a conversational leader
and when the fact leader would be better. Learn to combine tJie leader
with the scene. Learn how to dispense with the leader by making the
scene itself more fully explanatory. Learn how to write inserts, then
learn when, bow and why an insert is better than a leader ; learn when
a newspaper clipping is better than a letter and when a letter is better
than a newspaper clipping. Learn why. Learn what a plot is. Learn
what a plot is not- Learn how to take one plot and give it several
developments, thereby arriving at as many different results. Then try
writing a one-reel script. When you master the one reel, learn to build
up the plot, with more plot, into two or more parts. Then go to the
jumps and shove the bar up just as high as you want, and keep at it
until you make the jump, but first learn the tricks of your trade before
you come out in a meet to make a spectacle of yourself.
Don't just sit down and write plays. Perhaps by tiiis method you can,
now and then, hit it off and make a sale, but instead of getting all
puffed up over that sit down and think how much better you could
do if only you had a solid foundation of actual knowledge instead of
playing on guess work. Lots of people who sell plays and think they
are playwriters are nothing of the sort. They are merely fortunate
accidents. The untrained athlete may jump higher than the trained
man. He may be a natural born jumper, but he'll beat his own mark
by several inches with the proper training.
Be willing to start at the start. Master the mechanics of a single
scene before you try to write connected scenes. Right to this day we
sometimes find it more fun to sit down and ring the changes on a
scene than to dash off the first scene that presents itself and very
often the experimental mental visioning of several scenes will start
us on a new lead and give a far better finish to a story than was first
intendfcd. If a man who sells from eight to twelve subjects a month
finds that it pays, cannot you, a beginner, learn to take the same
careful pains?
Look on writing as a game and not merely as a means of getting
an occasional check. Here is a scene, a piffling little thirty-foot
scene. Ifs just a trivial action. See if you cannot make every move-
ment of that scene pregnant with meaning. Jim enters and takes a
knife from a table. Then he goes out and kills someone. That's all
there is to the scene, merely that this is where he gets the knife. In
he comes, picks it up and out he goes. It's the murder that's import-
ant. But is it? Are i/ou certabx that this one-man short scene cannot
be made to yield more tragic intensity than the actual killing? If
you are certain it would seem to be up to you to go back to the ribbon
counter or wherever it was that you came from. Stop and think a
moment. It is not the murder; not the actual taking of life that is
dramatic. If it were all you'd have to do would be to o-ill a man in
every scene — where you do not murder six or eight — and get a most
thrillingly uramatic script. But too much murder would be a huge
joke and the audience would laugh heartily at your tragedy if it ever
got into film. You've got another guess coming.
Think a minute. Here is Jim. Jim is a decent and respectable
member of society. Perhaps he stole apples and watermelons when
he was a kid. and it is a cinch he went in swimming without the
maternal permission, but as matters go Jim is a pretty decent sort of
chap, a law-respecting member of society. He knows that it is wron^
to stick a knife into another gentleman's heart, and that unless he has
a mightly good lawyer, or can do it in entire secrecy, the consequen es
of the act are apt to be embarrassing, to say the least. But Joe has
wronged h.s sister and will not redeem his fault. Jim is wrought up
to the point where lust for vengeance rises superior to his respect
for law. He gets a knife and hands it to Joe where it will do the most
good. If he merely rushes in, gets the knife and rushes out again,
to rush into the next scene, stab Joe and rush out again, the murder
Is done before we have a halfway decent thrill.
And mind you. the thria is not in the sight of Jim stabbing Joe. It
is in the thought of Jim doing murder, and the longer you can play up
that thought the better the mental effect. If you take fifty feet for the
two scenes it's all over so soon than it has no effect or may even
become comedy.
Now suppose that Jim comes for the knife. It's the first time he
■ever killed a man. The thought is abhorrent to his instinct, to his
reason, even while his passion calls loudly for the blood of his sister's
seducer. Play up that emotion. Play it in such a way that it gets
over to the audience, and the scene where Jim gets the knife wi.i be
vastly more important than the scene where Joe gets it. Compare
these two developments :
18 — Room — Jim enters — gets knife — exits.
. 19 — Wouds — Joe enters — Jim follows — stabs him — exits.
That is one way it might be done. Here is the other.
IS — Room — Jim opens door— glances cautiously in — no one there he
enters— quickly closes door— goes to bureau— opens drawer- takes
out knife — door slowly opens— Jane appears— enters— Jim does not
hear — Jim regards knife with horror — puts down — half turns
rage overcomes his better judgment— with a scowl he picks up knife
— feels edge— keen — he is satisfied — Jane horror stricken— comes
down — Jim turns— faces Jane — hides knife— she points — slowly he
brings knife from behind back — defiant— points accusing finger at
her- all her rault— she shrinks back —he makes as though to pass
her— she recovers- springs forward— arms about Jim's neck— pleads
— he is resolute— he thrusts her from him — throws her to floor
she lies still for a moment — he rushes to door — takes key from
lock — exits — closes door — Jane rouses— runs to door— locked — she
beats on it with her fists — almost insane.
19 — Path — Joe comes toward camera and passes over line — Jim follows
— something of the tiger in his ferocity.
20 — Another path — Joe coming toward camera — Jim in distance Joe
hears— startled— half turns— Jim sees he is discovered— bounds for-
ward—gives Joe warning— Joe seeks to repel Jim's assault, but
Jim rushes in — they struggle.
21 — Room as in No. 18 — Jane gives up trying to get through door — goes
to window — climbs out.
" — Back to No. 20 — Joe on ground — dead — Jim stands over him — starts
to withdraw knife — cannot — shrinks back from body — alarmed at
sound — rushes off — Jane enters — does not see Joe's body until she
almost stumbles over it— looks despairingly after Jim— with a sob
she sinks down on ground — vainly calls on Joe.
Which of these developments do you think would most rouse your
own emotions were you sitting in the theatre instead of at a desk?
Certainly the second is tlie more dramatic. But until you have studied
the handling of action to the point where the second development natu-
rally presents itself, you are apt to trust to the mere fact of the mur-
der itself to give your story strength and so you'U write it the first
way and let it go at that, knowing no better.
That is only one study. Study all scenes in the same careful man-
ner, that you may learn to get the fullest good from them. Then,
when you have mastered scene writing, learn how to condense, for the
second development will play three or four times as long as the first,
and you must remove other matter if you would keep within the proper
limitations of length. Cut out the dead matter that you have been
padding with and keep the live material.
And always remember that in drama mental suggestion and appeal
to the emotions is more potent by far than the mere sight of crime.
When you learn that crime and violence are not synonymous terms with
"punch" you will have learned the first great lesson of photoplay.
Writing.
We do not agree with William Lord Wright, who advises authors not
to see how many scripts they can write, though perhaps he really
means send out. There Is a big difference. Fluency a^'d clearness of
expression are to be gained only through practice work. Facility in
plotting is to be gained only through practice work. The proper de-
velopment of the action is to be gained only through writing many
scripts many times, but the bank account is not be gauged by the
number of scripts sent out. but the number sold.
The trouble is that too many persons send out all they write instead
of only their best. It is difficult to sell the best. It is impossible to
sell the worst, and yet some persons will not see that certain sheets of
typed paper are not necessarily good scripts.
One reason for this is the eagerness to gain checks. Naturally one
wants to be successful in any undertaking, and success in script writing
is to be gauged by acceptances, but if you think only of the checks you
want you will not get many. To the contrary you'll lose the value
of your postage stamps and obtain nothing in return.
Unless you have some sort of selling arrangement with one or more
companies, it is not possible to earn a decent living unless you are
able to keep forty to sixty good scripts going the rounds, but this means
good scripts and not merely scripts. At the present time there are
few photoplay writers who are able to keep this string up for the ex-
ceedingly simple reason that few photoplay writers have had a suffi-
cient amount of practice. It is one thing to write and sell a dozen
or two dozen, but you need to sell two a week, with the present prices,
to get the income you should, and with proper allowance for those that
do not sell anywhere this means writing from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred a year ; no light task nor one lightly to be undertaken.
Each year the market for the writer grows more profitable, the field
grows wider, a more intelligent class of editors are replacing the old
timers who have not kept pace with things, there is a demand for a
better grade of story and more of them. The outlook is excellent, but
not more than passing success can come to the man who does not give
to the work the careful preparation . that a profitable business — any
profitable business — demands. Training in this instance is nothing
more than the writing of innumerable practice scripts, some of whicb
may eventually be placed on the market, the study of literature (not
for plots tut for training in plotting), a study of the market that the
style may be understood, and the cultivation of patience.
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Five years ago the American output was twenty-one scripts a week.
It was not easy to find good scripts tor that number. Now the output
is at least six times that and there are several persons earning a
competence through their writing who are not connected with any
studio. These persons and the studio people, as well, are largely drawn
from those who started to write photoplays five years ago. The new-
comers who have succeeded have been men and women trained to
literature — or In other words, to some form of plotting — and the real
encouragement to those who started to write plays with no previous
literary experience is that they have a chance to become the good
writers of three or four years hence.
Emmett Campbell Hall has disposed of about 4.'j0 scripts, but he has
been a writer for twenty-one years. The man who started to write
only last year and with no literary experience back of him. will come
to the fore in tJme but not until he has served his apprenticeship.
Apprenticeship is only another name for practice, but practice is the
writing of scripts for the purpose of study and not always for the
purpose of sale.
Most editors will agree that if only ten per cent, of the present out-
put of scripts came into the studios and that the best of the present
production, It would be far easier to get better money for those whose
work is accepted, but the manufacturer remembers that In the old
days the editor used to pay five and ten dollars tor stuff and fix it
up himself after a fashion and he cannot understand, nor be made to
understand, why, with crude Ideas more plentiful than ever, he should
be asked to pay more. If he could be shown that the average has been
bettered, he would be willing to pay for a bettor average, and so the
incompetent who doesn't stand a chance, now or at any time in the
future, holds back the success of the man who has made a steady
advance.
With one exception, the poorest produced stories come from the
studios where the editor is not permitted to pay more than .f2u a reel
save in exceptional instances, and where his value is judged by the
money he pays out and not by the value of what he takes in. This
condition is rapidly improving and the market is getting to be more
and more difficult for the untrained man. but there probably never
will be a time when the studios will be free of hopeless scripts any
more than there will ever come a time that magazine editors do not
have to return stories that are not even properly spelled.
The first real step in the advancement of the novice comes when he
learns to hold back the bulk of his product and sends out only his best.
Some do not last that long and some never get beyond the first stage,
but the real success of the future will come to the man who is working
hard now and bothering the editors as little as possible.
mode of thought. Mr. Dcnch has written nothing new, but on the other
bund he has steered clear of bad advice, and the book should prove
helpful to the beginner who cannot afford a more complete study of
the art.
Simple.
Comes another correspondent who wants to stand up for his "rights"
and get his scripts back In at least two weeks. He wants to know it
he cannot write a line on the script to that effect. Sure. Write that
the script must either be accepted or returned within fourteen days and
every blamed one of them will be back before then. That's the only
trouble with the system. The scripts come back promptly, but they
Invariably come back. It you want to sell them, let them lie a reason-
able time.
And another correspondent, this time a veteran who has mostly been
dealing with a single company, writes that he does not like to enter
the general market as the editors take so long to pass the stuff. He
adds : "The gives action within a week. If they can,
why cannot the others do the same?"
Ko doubt they could, and assuredly they should, but the point is
that they do not, and to do business with them one must conform
to the rules of the buyer. But there is more than one company giving
prompt decision for the excellent reason that the companies are finding
out — slowly, it is true — that they get better stories in proportion to
their recognition of the courtesy that is due the author not because
of his "rights" as an author, but as one business man dealing with
another. The manufacturers themselves are beginning to realize that
they cannot deal with the better class of writers on the old plane and
they are mending their ways to meet the new conditions. The company
that now pays twenty-five dollars a reel and takes weeks or months
to pass on a story, now gets only the junk that the fairer dealing
companies have refused. They are using the brains that God gave
them and are finding out that it pays to he polite. But at the same
time It will pay the author to he the same and not to put a time limit
on his scripts.
Be Polite.
The other day we said that the Al Bartlett Film Company was about
the only market open for scripts about negroes. As the Bartlett
Company has no regular releasing connection, we stated that fact.
Mr. Bartlett writes that he has received many letters asking if he is
honest. Naturally, a tactful letter like the sort he has received, may
pave the way for a lot of sales — and then, again, perhaps it won't. It
was not our intention to suggest that you write Mr. Bartlett and ask
if he intended to do the fair thing. The facts were stated as they
were, merely because this was not a releasing company and not as a
suggestion that the honesty of the company was in question.
If you want to do business with any company, risk a script to test
them out, don't hustle in a letter asking them for references. This
applies to any company and not particularly to the Bartlett.
Another Book.
Adding to the already long list, Ernest A. Dench contributes "Play-
writing for Cinema" (Adam and Charles Black, London) a shilling
book of about eighty pages of actual text. It seems to be a rather
free adaptation of the Esenwein-Leeds ""Writing the Photoplay" and
our own "Technique of the Photoplay" done over to fit the English
Thinking Plots.
Lately a woman told us that she had no trouble at all thinking fine
ideas while she did her housework, but when she came to think them
back again when she had a chance to put them down, she could not
recall them properly. There is nothing to prevent the housewife carry-
ing a pad and pencil in her pocket and stopping swreplns; long enough
to jot down the idea, but we think the trouble with this particular
writer was that the plot that sounded good enough while she wa»
sweeping, lost some of its charm when she thought it over again in
cold biood.
Even practiced writers sometimes hit a false lead. .\n idea comes
that sounds big, but when It gets to the point where the idea has to be
put down on paper. It loses its charm. The trained writer can take
out the part that looks the best and build it up, but the beginner may
not be able to do this.
It Is a great trick to be able to think only the right sort of plots.
Few escape having some poor ideas, but the practical writer knows that
if there is any value In a story it can be used sooner or later, and
some of the bits of plots that look most unpromising because they are
combined with the wrong factors, can be set aside until the right com-
bination comes along.
Four or five years ago It was no uncommon thing to buy two stories
and combine them. Then most purchases were made for idea only and
at times for less than half of an idea. The clever editor would buy twr
plots, combine them and get one really good idea from the two, using
perhaps the start of one and the climax of another.
Half-plots are not in such demand today, but it pays the authors to
hold onto the scraps until they make a whole, just as there are men in
Wall Street who buy fractional holdings of stock from various persons
and exchange them Into the more desirable full block.
A plot may suggest itself that on dissection offers but a single good
factor in combination with some poor developments. Perhaps next
week or next month something else will suggest itself that had but a
single good situation. It may be just the factor neded to redeem the
other discarded material and work into a practical and attractive
whole. The veteran may carry these factors In his memory until the
chance comes to combine them, but the beginner, not yet used to having
ideas runing around loose in his brain, will do well to enter them on a
catalogue card or note book page. Classify these under drama, comedy
and farce or make more minute subdivisions, if you are methodically
inclined, and draw on this fund when ideas are coming slowly.
Even the brilliant novelist may not be able to get a story offhand.
He may bring to a single volume the thought of years, and he may
have the materials for scores of best sellers still churning around in his
grey matter, but he learns to think plots and think plots constantly,
or he never can become really great. He knows it, so he works hard,
but some fail because they do not realize the need for constant thought,
and so they dry up, and become but a memory.
Don't think out loud, and don't pose, but let your brain be busy
all the time.
One Way.
Here's a new way of getting ideas developed. The Inventor Is so
fortunate as to have a "den" of fair size. When he gets an idea he
pins it to the wall, using a smooth plank for a foundation. When he
is not writing he wanders up and down before the plank fingering a
pencil. As he surveys his assortment of ideas ideas come and he adds
the suggestions to the proper sheets, until a page is filled. Then he
takes it down, studies all the hints, and writes his story. A sheet may
hang on the "idea tree" for a week or more or be taken down almost
Immediately, but the inventor claims that it enables him to keep a lot of
ideas going at once without letting them slip from memory.
There would seem to be something in this scheme. It is practically
an elaboration of the note hook idea, but one that makes for speedy use
of the thought.
Stop That.
It's not nice of a correspondent to refer to a new movement as a
"sealskin" game.
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exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
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Special chapters on Developing the "Punch," Condensine the
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Operators' Union Directory, I. A. T. S. E.
NOTICE : — Each union is entitled to have its roster of officers,
meeting nights, etc., listed here once per year, free of cost.
Preserve this list as it will not be republished. The mail address
of the secretary should be included, and the address of regular meeting
place, if any.
Local Union No. 306, New York, N. Y.
President, Thomas Costello ; vice-president, Simon Terr ; recording
secretary, Joseph Crehan ; secretary-treasurer, Fred Stofteregan ;
business agent, Dave Chaney.
Manufacturers' Notice.
It is an established rule of the Moving Picture World and of this de-
partment that no apparatus or other goods will be endorsed or recom-
mended editorially until such articles have been demonstrated to a
member of our staff. In case of apparatus pertaining to projection this
means the editor of this department.
Important Notice.
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication it is impossible to
reply through the department in less than two to three weeks. In
order to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps (less than
actual cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply, by mail,
without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booklet form. They may be obtained by remitting 25 cents, money or
stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 40.
B'est answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only
the name of the city will be used. Theatre managers looking for high
class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Suppose your manager said to you : *'l am thinknig of getting
a gas^ gasoline, or kerosene engine to supply light for the
theater. What do you think about it?" What would you say to
himf Les us see uHth what degree of intelligenee you could
point out the advisability or inadvisability of installing such a
plant, and what its advantages and disadvantages would be.
Suppose 110 volt d. c. from city lines cost 8 cents per k. w.,
and you can install an engine and dynamo for $500, ivhich will
produce current at 3 cents per k. w., including fuel, labor and
ordinary repairs. If capital is worth 6 per cent., depreciation
amounts to 10 per cent, annually, and you use an average of 40
ampers (70 volt generator) six ho^irs a day, six days a week,
how would your account stand at the end of one year?
Roll of Honor on Question No. 34.
The Roll of Honor on question Xo. 34 is minus. Only three of our
correspondents even made a respectable stagger at it, viz. : Harry T.
Dobson, Toronto, Canada ; Joseph H. M. Smith, Fort Worth. Texas, and
Sydney P. Dunn, Lancaster, New York. None of these replies, however,
were altogether satisfactory, and they were the only three worthy of any
consideration at all. In view of this fact I have decided to ask the
manufacturers of the Wagner Rotary Converter to answer question 34,
and the reply will be given, if possible, next week.
Qualifications.
Wisconsin makes the following inquiry :
Please answer these questions: (a) What are the qualifica-
tions of a first-class moving picture operator? (b) What, in
detail, are the educational requirements? (c) What are the
best means by which such education may be acquired?
(a) A first-class moving picture operator should be a pretty good elec-
trician, very well grounded in optics, a good mechanic, somewhat of a
machinist, have a good brand of sotto-voiee profanity at command. To
meet the requirements of some managers he should also be a first-class
Janitor, an Al sign writer, a fair bill poster; also to satisfy this brand
of "manager" he should possess a luxurious growth of whiskers, so that
his face may be utilized, during spare moments, as a pen-wiper or door
mat. (b) Judging by some operators I have met, there is no such re-
quirement, (c) Serve an apprenticeship and study.
and sold by a concern in a large middle-western city. If the com-
plaint is legitimate, this department will not hesitate to publish the
fact, but that would be too serious a proposition to consider until I
have corroborative testimony. According to the complainant the con-
cern insisted on $11.50 cash in advance, and this was sent, whereupon,
after long delay, the outfit, which, according to the purchaser's
figures, totals $3.61 in value, was received.
Personally the editor is of the opinion that some of the values Ash-
land attaches to the various articles, are low. What I want to know is
have any other operators purchased this outfit, and if so what is their
opinion of the proposition? Is it an honest deal or a dishonest one?
Film Cement.
R. W. Freeland, Harbor Springs, Michigan, writes.
Here is a film cement formula which will do the work.
Equal parts of amyl acetate and acetone. This cement will
not turn white on the film ; also it will not dissolve the film as
ether does. Works equally well on all kinds of stock. It is
best when used with an all-steel three-flap film mender.
However, those who are still making patches by hand can use
it by working fast. Scrape the film as usual ; use a small
camel hair brush, and keep the bottle tightly corked when not
in use. The brush will soften the instant it is put back in
the bottle, so that it is not necessary for it to be kept in the
cement. Here are a tew things which six years of operating
have taught me. Keep things clean, and keep them in their
place, learn the sound of the arc, the hum of the machine and
train my left hand to find everything automatically, so that I
do not have to remove my eyes from the screen a single second.
It is strange, but every time the eyes leave the screen tor a
second that very second is sure to be one when crank speed
needs changing, or the light needs adjusting. The public pays
for the operator's attention every second of the time, and the
operator is guilty of stealing when he fails to produce the
best possible results.
The brother is absolutely right when he says the operator's eyes
should never leave the screen when the picture is on, and that is one
reason why I contend that long hours are a practical impossibility for
the operator, if he is to produce the best possible work. To obtain
high class results, even in an operating room where everything is as
it should be (and there are not very many rooms of that kind), requires
absolutely constant application on the part of the operator, and the
kind of application that is required cannot be given for seven or eight
hours at a stretch. It is a physical impossibility. If any man
attempts it he will do either his nervous system or eyes up sooner or
later.
A Strenuous Kick.
From Ashland, Wisconsin, comes a letter making a very serious
complaint with regard to a certain outfit of operators' tools advertised
From an Owner-Operator-Manager.
W. p. Wannamaker, St. Matthews, South Carolina, encloses a whole
handful of bad patches, ripped sprocket holes and other film defects, and
writes :
Enclosed find some clippings from my today's program. Don't
you think they (Lancaster, Orangeburg — Amusu theater and Re-
liance theater respectively, and the exchange) deserve a good
roast? I make a little money out of my show, of which I
am owner, operator and manager, but really run it more for
a natural love of the business than for the money. I have
often read' your assertions that the convex side of the lens
should always be toward the screen. How about the front con-
denser? And also in the front combination of my moving pic-
ture objective the heavy lens does best with the greatest bulge
toward the are. It is a B. & L. i% e. t. Picture size 12 feet
at (12 feet. Here's another. Users of Power's Five will do
well to secure from the Powers Company a Six A gate and ten-
sion springs. It is no trouble to attach it to a Five, and it
will improve the picture a great deal. Enclosed find check
for $1.00, for which I want a set of the questions, and a carbon
copy of your reply if there is any. You may use the change
to buy some gasoline with which to start your go-devil on
the South trail.
As to the lens, there is something wrong if the heavy bulge, (heavy
convex) of either combination of your objective is toward the arc.
In speaking of this matter I supposed everybody understood that I
referred only to the objective end of the condenser. As to the film
samples, an exchange which would put a program out in that condition
ought to be put out of business. There were nearly fifty clippings,
ranging from bad to worse, and, according to the brother, they were
all taken from one day's program. There is no use saying this is
an outrage : that is altogether too mild to cover the case, and the
exchange is, after all, the guilty party. It is about time somebody
took this matter up and see if there is not some way by which the
sending out of films in such wretched condition can be stopped. Come
again, brother. We are pretty well crowded up right now, but perhaps
we can give you more space next time.
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Address Wanted — Newton Wallis Take Notice.
Brother Newton Wallis recently asked for the address of Earl Wooden
of thlb city. Mr. Wooden comes forward with the same, and. inasmuch
as friend Wallis is en route, we do not know where to And him. Brother
Wooden writes.
My address is 2202 Seventh Avenue. New York City. On
Page 1114, May 2,'Jrd issue, the article entitled '"In Error,"
leads me to say a few words to the brother official mentioned,
but please understand this is only said in a spirit of friendship
trying to convince him that he Is entirely wrong, and not with
any view of prolonging a controversy. In 1S08 I was attracted
to the moving picture business, and finally came to follow it as
a means of livelihood. In those days we used no top or bottom
sprockets or loops, as our longest films were only one hundred
feet. I had endless trouble, first in trying to keep my light,
and then in watching the film so that It would not kink, as we
used to fasten the tail end to the beginning, and run it con-
tinuously. I was perfectly satisfied with the result, never
d^e^ming that a better picture could be had, or more light se-
cured by tilting the lamp. etc.. and I. like many others, drifted
along until in lOOS, I think it was, when I secured a little hand-
book, sent out by the Viascope Company, Chicago, which same
you had written. I read this over and over again. If anyone
had told me it required brains to project pictures before 1 saw
that little booklet. I would have laughed at them, but the
pamphlet started me thinking, and I studied all it contained.
It was the starting point with me, and when the Moving Picture
World came out I follow^ed it closely, including the various
articles you wrote, until you finally inaugurated the "Operators'
Column," which finally became the Projection Department. And
I want to say to the brother in question that if he were to read
the editorials and newspaper clippings I have, from the time of
the Projection Department's inception, he would himself see
that, as knowledge was advanced to us through the medium of
the department" proje;-tion improved, until, today, we can point
to operating as one of the professions, and we ought to give
credit where credit is due, and thank the editor of the depart-
ment for that fact. Let the brother please answer this ques-
tion, whereupon I will retire to the rear and be seated. If, as
he intimates, he and the members of his organization do not,
and never did need the handbook or the department, where on
earth did he learn, for instance, that a ray of light in passing
from one medium to another of different density at an angle is
refracted from its course, and also how did he know that the
pressure exerted by tension springs is about 75 working pounds?
I succeeded in convincing the brother in question of his error, friend
Wooden. So far as the matter of learning that a ray of light is re-
fracted is concerned, there are a number of works from which this
could be learned, but I believe that I may fairly say that my own
books and the projection department are the only mediums through
which the application of the law referred to with regard to projection
has even begun to be made clear. I cannot, of course, but thank brother
Wooden for his approval of the department and the editor.
I Should Say Not.
P. A. Coleman, Whitman, Massachusetts, writes:
Excuse the liberty I take in addressing you (You are excused.
^Ed.). but I want to ask this question: What do you think
of the moving picture business a? a popular form of amusement?
Is it going to increase and take the place of the legitimate
theatre, or will it have a comparatively short life and then to
a large extent die out? Of course, I understand this must be
merely an opinion.
Yes, brother, it can only be an opinion, but I think that opinion
will come true. In reply I will ask if you ever knew of any really good,
clean, cheap form of amusement falling into disuse, or dying out?
The picture is here to stay, and while tbe future may show many
changes, and while the number of theatres may decrease, the moving
picture will be enjoyed by our great-grandchildren — and theirs ad
infinitum. We are only beginning to learn how to make a perfect film,
and how to project a perfect picture after it has been made. The
motion picture is a permanent institution, and it will be one of the
popular forms of amusement for all time. Also it will, to a consider-
able extent, put the cheap form of theatre drama out of business. In
fact it has already done that in many cases.
A Remarkable Circumstance.
D. W. Taylor, New York City writes :
Recently my sister was in The Virginia Theatre, Washing-
ton, D. C. It is a long narrow house with only one aisle, and
no side exits, though there is one under the screen. She was
seated a few rows from the front, and at the beginning of the
show noticed some qu?er happenings on the screen. Turning
she looked up at the operating room, which is one of those box
affairs, just in time to see the operator make a dive and slam
one of the port shutters. Just as he banged the other shutter
down a puff of smoke came out. and showed up very clearly in
the light of the projector. A man seated in the rear got up
suddenly and started for the door, and then the operator came
out in a cloud of smoke, coughing and choking. Instantly half
the people were on their feet, and men began to shout "sit
down, there is no danger !" A few women became hysterical,
but were quieted, and a number of policemen came in and
the crowd calmed down, behaved in fine style, and walked out
through a smoke that, while terribly dense, was sufficient to
make us all gasp, and our eyes to smart. Nothing was dam-
aged, except the inside of the operating room. Now when the
smoke came out of the port and the operator rushed out of the
room with a cloud of sraoke around blm, some one might Just aa
Well have Jumped on the stage and yelled fire, as everyone In
the house knew what was wrong Instantly. The audience was
remarkably calm and well behaved, and no one was Injured, but
that would only happen in one crowd out of one hundred. If
everything had been arranged as you have suggested In this
department, and in your Handbook, the ports would have closed
before any smoke would have gotten to them, and not have
been dependent upon the operator's quickness and coolness;
also he could have come out of the room with no smoke around
htm had there been a flue large enough to carry away the
gases and smoke, since a proper flue would act as a chimney,
and there would be an in-rush of air when the operator opened
the door. I send this to give you the satisfaction of seeing
proof of the necessity of having a room equipped as you have
time and again suggested.
J do not think that comment is necessary. The installation of an
adequate vent flue, and the hanging of shutters in such way that they
will close atuomatically and instantly on the Inception of flre, is only
a matter of good sense, though the authorities don't seem to have
brains enough to recognize that fact. It Is almost a miracle that the
audience in question did not stampede and get some of themselves hurt
or killed.
More Accurate.
A. T. Weisa. New Orleans, Louisiana, writes:
I note that the brother from Eagle Pass, Texas, submitted
another solution for measuring lenses after you pointed out his
error, but I find the Ansonia, Connecticut, brother's method,
April 25th issue, to be more accurate and simple. As you
pointed out, brother Usher is in error in his figuring in Question
2fi. It should read S4.75 for 12 hours on rheostat and .'?2.00 for
12 hours on economizer. (For which brother Usher has duly
apologized, it was merely a mathematical error. — Ed.) The
answer to Question 27 brought about a dispute which I would
like you to settle. A brother stated that the rheostat is sub-
ject to shorts, grounds, etc. A argues that the brother Is wrong
in stating that a rheostat can be short circuted. as it is only
on one side of the line. B' says that it can be short circuted
by the coils coming into contact with each other. A further
claims that, while a rheostat can be grounded, it can never be
shorted. »
Th(^ question concerning the short and ground is a peculiar one, and
I think I will have to decide in favor of B, with the following ex-
planation, how^ever. Let us suppose that two coils come into contact
with each other, but that all the coils are thoroughly insulated from
the frame. You could not call this a ground, could you?
Let us examine the matter in the light of common sense. Suppose
you attach the leads directly to the lamp, without any resistance, and
bring the carbons together. What would that be? Why, a dead short-
circuit, of course. All right, we insert a rheostat in series with the
arc and bring tbe carbons together. Is it then a short circuit, or at
least a limited short circuit — limited by the resistance of the rheostat.'
You may leav^e the carbons frozen together and nothing will happen
except that there would be a somewhat heavier flow of current, due to
the resistance of the arc being eliminated. Under this condition if you
take a heavy piece of copper wire and lay it across the two rheostat
terminals what would you create? A dead short circuit, of course.
Where you make your mistake, brother Weiss, is in assuming that the
rheostat is on one side of the line. It is not. It is in series in a
circuit which, through the arc, connects the two sides, and where
shall you say that the one side stops and the other begins ? Pre-
sumably at the arc, but. nevertheless, the effect is such that the arc
and the rheostat must be considered as a whole in the creation of what
is a circuit connecting the two sides. I guess you catch the idea I am
driving at, though possibly I have not made it quite as clear as It
might be made.
Safety Device.
W. C. Rodgers, St. Paul, Minnesota, encloses copy of patent papers
covering a device invented by Harvey Barre Cunningham, St. Paul, the-
same being designed to cut off the film and automatically close the
magazine opening in case of fire. Mr. Rodgers asks from me a frank
and candid opinion of the merits of the device, and suggestions of how
best to dispose of the same.
The contrivance is quite simple, so far as I can make out from the
drawings. The attachment is to go over the fire trap of the upper and
lower magazines, the same being equipped with two knives sliding ia
ways, held normally pressed together over the opening of the film
magazine by springs. When the machine is in operation, however, these
springs and knives are pressed back by two levers held up by a cord
which attaches to a fuse located directly over the aperture plate of
the machine, so that in case of fire the fuse will melt, releasing both
sets of knives which instantly close, cutting off the film at the upper
and lower magazines, and closing the opening in the fire trap, so that by
no possibility could the flames get inside the magazines.
The device is, as I have before said, simple and entirely practical.
There can be no question as to that, and if the fuse be made of celluloid
T would think that there would be no earthly possibility of a fire ever
getting into the magazines of a machine thus equipped — that is to say
a fire starting at the aperture of the machines. The only way I know
of disposing of an invention of this kind profitably would be to present
it to the various machine manufacturers. Frankly, Mr. Rodgers, I
doubt their buying it, because machine manufacturers buy very few
patents, preferring, as a rule, to evolve their own improvements. Un
less, however, you can sell it to a machine manufacturer I do not believe
you will find the device to be profitable, though you might write John-
D. Elbert, care Market Street Theatre. San Francisco. He manufacture*
specialties and misht be interested.
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It Looks Good.
H. C. Richardson, Othello, Washington, evidently of Scandinavian
descent, writes as follows :
I have learned so much through the department that I feel
the least I can do is to publicly admit that fact. In conjunc-
tion with a partner, am running a theatre here, giving two
shows a week in a town of only 600. However, we get the
crowd at fifteen and twenty-five cents, using three-reel features
with a comedy ; also I make comic slides, generally of some
local event. Came near getting licked several times, but al-
ways succeeded in talking them out of it. The slides take well
and always get a hand. Have both Handbooks and study them
hard. I try to combine such knowledge as I have with com-
mon sense, and, as a result. I will put our show up against
any small-town show in the country. We have a Power's
Six A, and own our electric plant. Our screen is as near a
mirror screen as you ever saw, and it is this screen and an
-eye shade I want to tell you about, as I am satisfied it will help
any operator or manager who is unable to buy a mirror.
The sketch of the eye protector speaks for Itself. It is nothing
more than a transparent eye shade of dark color, worn under the
nose instead of on the forehead. By its aid the operator can
look at the spot or straight out at the picture without moving
Tiis head up or down or touching the shade with his hands.
A rubber band around the head allows the shade to be raised
to the forehead when threading the machine. Having once
used this shade no operator would be without it, and it only costs
twenty-five cents. The screen is a hard, smooth plaster wall
painted a dull white, without any gloss, with a fine grade of
sheeting stretched tightly over a frame just a half inch from
the white backing. Anyone who can stretch a piece of sheeting
can make it, and I would not give five dollars for the differ-
ence between it and any screen made. The pictures are life
itself, and there is no excuse for any picture house having a
bum screen. I would like to have others try this stunt and
note the difference. We are not getting rich in this small town,
but are trying to produce the best possible picture, and this is
the way I learn these things, and am learning every day, but
without the Handbook and the Moving Picture World I would
be lost.
We'll I am bound to say that that eye shade stunt does not look at
all bad ; in fact it looks pretty good to the editor. As to the screen,
1 do not know just wh.^t effect the white backing would have, though
frankly I do not see why it would have the effect you claim. It will,
liowever, be an easy matter for managers having a plaster screen to
test this out, and certainly there is nothing which gives as artistic a
picture as a cloth surface. The main difficulty, however, is the high
amperage required to project a brilliant picture on the same. The
■white backing would, of course, reflect back a considerable amount of
light; in fact a large amount of light, but it would reflect to the tack
of the cloth, and I cannot quite see why this would add much to the
brilliancy of the picture. However, I shall be glad to have a report
from anyone who will try the scheme out. If it is an improvement, it
'Would be a splendid thing, because it it simple and cheap.
Condenser Lenses.
I must again call the pointed attention of lens manufacturers to the
■urgent necessity for a "pearl white" condenser which will remain "pearl
"White." instead of turning some shade of green, violet or yellow after a
few hours' or a few days' work. The writer is in receipt of a continuous
stream of inquiries from operators and exhibitors as to where pearl
white condensers which will not discolor can be had. He is unable to
answer these inquiries, because he does not know of any lens manu-
facturer who makes a perfectly white lens which can be depended upon
to remain white.
T am not sure, but think most of the fault lies in the cheapness of
■condenser lenses. The exhibitor has demanded cheapness, and he has
gotten it at the expense of quality. He has demanded a pearl white
condenser which will retail at fifty or seventy-five cents. He had found
the pearl white condenser all right, but the trouble is the thing won't
-sfai/ white. The manufacturer has clarified the glass, but he has had to
do it in a cheap way, and the cheap way reacts in discoloration when
you subject the lens to heat. I do not absolutely know that the glass
could be clarified permanently by more costly processes but I believe it
could. Let me tell you Mr. Exhibitor that you can carry the matter of
cheapness altogether too far, and, in many instances, my dear sir, you
have done it.
A correspondent recently asked a very pertinent question. He said :
"Are the problems of the microscope or the telescope guessed at?" Xo
indeed they are not, and. moreover, cheapness is the one reason why the
condenser proposition is "guess at." It is about time that exhibitors
woke up, and came to an understanding of the fact that quality is now
the ruling factor, and that quality and excessive cheapness do not go
together, and that it is the poorest kind of poor policy to make cheap-
ness the main point, instead of excellence.
Wake Up, Mr. Machine Manufacturer!
It seems to the editor of this department as though it were about
time some of the machine manufacturers woke up to the importance of
the condenser breakage proposition, and took some sensible steps to stop
it. Actual experiments have proven to me that if a condenser holder
made of metal something like one-half inch thick does not entirely stop
condenser breakage, it at least reduces it by a considerable percentage.
I am much inclined to believe that if such a holder were carefully made,
and had an inside ring of asbestos to hold the lens, that condenser
breakage would absolutely be a thing of the past ; yet, up to date, only
one machine manufacturer has made any adequate move in this di-
rection, notwithstanding the fact that condenser breakage will probably,
in the aggregate, amount to several hundreds of dollars a day, in the
United States alone.
Quite recently I had this matter brought m,ost forcibly to my atten-
tion. I have been having a rather expensive meniscus bi-convex ( lens
combination) tested, but the trouble was the meniscus lens showed strong
tendency to crack. I ordered one of the Elbert holders from San Fran-
cisco (I have been calling it the Woods holder, but it is really the John
D. Elbert holder, though, as I understand the mattei* Mr. Woods is its
inventor), together with a new meniscus lens. This lens was placed in
an Elbert holder and used for two days, whereupon, as an experiment,
it was taken out of this holder and placed in the regular machine holder
—a new one, by the way, just put out by a machine manufacturer — and
the lens snapped* in three pieces at the second reel, all of which seems to
teach a very pointed lesson. I may be in error, but I believe the Elbert
holder is subject to improvement. The way the thing lies in my mind
now is that the correct condenser holder, for the rear lens at least, is
-•ne of metal approximately one-half inch thick, made either of brass or
cast-iron, with the inside diameter of the hole 4H inches on the side next
to the arc, but the same to be turned out to 4^ inches, % of an inch
deep, on the^other side, and this offset to be lined with asbstos. The
lens is then placed in this onset, where it rests its flat side and its edge
on the asbestos. It must then be clamped firmly in place by a suitable
metal ring, the edge of which is also lined with asbestos, and this ring
must be screwed down tightly, so that the asbestos clamps the lens
solidly. The asbestos should not exceed 1-32 of an inch in thickness.
This description is somewhat crudely put, and some of the details of
the clamping ring are left out, but the main idea is there, which is that
the lens shall be tightly clamped in a ring of metal i^ inch thick, but
shall touch only asbestos. \ am firmly convinced that this kind of a
holder would, to all intents and purposes, stop condenser breakage. It
is all nonsense to say that condenser breakage cannot be stopped, and
the failure to stop it is injuring projection in practically every theater
in this and other countries by reason of the fact that high class, costly
condenser systems cannot be used until the liability to breakage has
been to all intents and purposes eliminated. I would also like to say, in
this connection, now that we have some sort of a vent pipe in practically
all operating rooms, in cities at least, the ventilation of the lamp house
could be enormously improved, and the liability to condenser breakage
greatly lessened, by connecting a two or three-inch pipe into the top of
the lamp house and extending the same directly up into the vent flue —
in the bottom of the flue if there be no fan. and into its side if there be
one. In many cases in order to do this these pipes would have to be
run up through the roof of the operating room and join the vent pipe
outside, but that is easy. If the officials offer any objections to such an
arrangement all you have to do is to surround the lamp house vent pipe
with fire proof material at the point where it cames outside the operating
room.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Scrap Settled.
The Chattanooga Operators' Local has been at war with the man-
agers for some time, and the scrap was a pretty hot one. It is now
settled, however, and a two year agreement has been signed. So
acrimonious was the "argument," that many charges of questionable
procedure were made on both sides. On many occasions what are
known as "stink balls" were placed in theatres and this act was
charged to the striking operators. Now this department does not believe
the operators were guilty. However, even allowing they were, a strike
is nothing but war, and all Is fair in both love and war. I am not
prepared to say that the statement holds true, but. nevertheless, I am
a firm believer in keeping out of a fight as long as possible, but when
you do fight be sure to let the "other fellow" know that war is on. I
am not going to scrap as long as T can keep out of it. but if anybody
compels me to adopt a pugilistic attitude, why I will guarantee that he
will get a black eye if I am able to give it to him. but when the fight
is over I will shake hands, even though he licks me.
I trust that all now is peace and harmony around the foot of Lx)okout
Mountain, and that the next time the boys ask an increase in salary
the Chattanooga managers will realize that increased salaries mean,
on the whole, better results on the screen, therefore it is a good in-
vestment, provided, of course, no unreasonable demand be made, and
there never will be any unreasonable demand made until operators*
salaries are much higher than they now are.
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Asbestos Operating Room Ports.
Many times the editor of this department has, through Its eolumns,
called attention to the absolute neLCsslty for ample sized operating
room observation ports, particularly as to the matter of width.
Many theatre managers have seen the point, and have widened their
ports, at least to some extent. However, there are now in use in this
country thousands of asbestos operating rooms, and the manufacturers
of these rooms are persistent offenders in this particular. Almost
without exception they make their observation ports ten to twelve Inches
high by four or live inches wide, and this is injuring projection In
thousands of theatres, hence is every day lessening the enjoyment of
millions of people who pay their money to see photoplays.
It is a shame and an outrage that after putting out thousands of
these rooms the manufactui-ers have not even taken the trouble to
learn how to make a proper observation port. I say it is a shame and
an outrage because it Is an outrage on the operator and the public. I
say it also because- this knowledge has been available tor a long time,
and is still av-tilable. The editor of this department has no desire to
hurt anyone's feelings or business, but he is getting pretty tired of
having projection needlessly injured, and operators inconvenienced by
such things as this, and unless these manufacturers see fit to change
their observation ports, and make them conform to common sense, be
will be compelled to name the offenders, and inform exhibitors and
operators that their asbestos operating rooms (booths they call them)
are unfit for use, and not a desirable thing to purchase until the
faults complained of are remedied.
I will on?e more explain and illustrate the matter, so that even an
intelligent child can understand it. Understanding that the sketch is
not drawn to scale, we will assume the picture D D to be 16 feet
wide (we are supposed to be looking down on top of the light ray).
The eyes of the operator, when he is in ordinary operating position,
will be between two and three feet back of the observation port. Iii
the sketch, A is the operator's eyes, B B the operating room wall, C
one of those little, narrow, contracted, inefficient four-or-five-inch-w'ide
observation ports. The operator's eyes. A, is supposed to be two or
three feet away from the wall B. F F are the actual lines of vision
that port will afford. G G the actual width of screen surface he is
able to see when in the ordinary operating position, whereas dotted lines
E E are the lines of vision he ought to have, and would have with an
adequate observation port. It seems to me that this is simple enough
that anyone could understand it, and yet not one operating room in ten
in this country has an observation port of sufficient width'
Ani now I think I see some of the wise ones get up and give voice
to the opinion that I am wrong, because the law in their particular
locality won't allow an observation port larger than eight by ten. But
I am right just the same, and all you have to do is to turn that 8 x 10
obscn-ntion port on its side, making it eight inches high by ten inches
wide, and there you are. But again, we hear the wise ones say : "Then
it would be too high or too low. -When a man stood up he would have
to stoop down if it was made for sitting position, or if. made for an
operator to stand up he could not sit down at all." 'Wrong again. All
you have to do is to turn to page 74 of the Handbook (second edition)
and you will there find complete and simple directions and illustrations
tor overcoming this difficulty. I have not space to publish all this -in
the department, but will say that it means a hole in the wall of the
operating room 12 inches wide by 24 inches high, over which is placed
an asbestos board shutter hung with a counter balance weight so that
it can be moved up and down at the will of the operator, and in the cen-
ter of this shutter is an opening ten inches wide by six or eight inches
high, and thus the law is complied with, and at the same time the
operator has a chance to do good work. There is no reason why these
asbestos operating rooms cannot be equipped with a port of this kind
just as well as not, and it is about time it was done.
Later : Since the foregoing was written the H. W. Johns-llanville
Company, to whom the same was shown, has communicated with the
writer as follows :
For your information would state we furnish a great many of
our operating rooms with the openings uncut, in view of "the
fact that many purchasers prefer to cut the openings them-
selves after the machines are set. -We believe, therefore, that
you will appreciate we are not responsible for the size or loca-
tion of many of these openings. However, we can readily see
the justice of your arguments in having the observation ports
made larger and turned around, and will arrange to overcome
this difficulty in all future operating rooms we ship, where the
purchaser does not stipulate uncut openings, or any special
location or size.
Being of a forgiving nature, we will therefore, in view of this promise,
overlook the sins of the past and exempt the H. 'W. Johns-ManviUe Com-
pany from the foregoing criticism, at least as applied to the future.
"With proper observation ports the asbestos operating room is a very
good room, since it is light (in weight), reasonably cool and very sani-
tary. Also it is to all intents and purposes thoroughly fireproof, in so
tar as its construction is concerned.
James Replies to Professor Wall.
W. S. James, Camden, .New Jersey, writes as follows ;
Regarding Professor Walls' ortlcle In which he comments
upon some of my citorts, I must say that, while there will be
no smoke or (Ire emitted, I certainly have a few words to say.
First of all I must call him to order, as we are talking on
projection lenses only. I wish to thank the professor for letting
us know that I stated the method for flnding the e.f. correctly,
but if my method coincides with his then am I wrong? The
reason for my using the method which 1 did was that I found
It to be the nearest correct, by actual test, of any I have heard
of. Here is a rule which I use and which any of the boys can
verify by a very few moment's work. The greater the separa-
tion between the pole of the condensers the longer the c. f. of
the combination. .As to my achromatizing, must still contend
that I am right with regard to projection lenses. I know what
Professor Wall says is correct as regards photographic lenses,
but that is for the photographer, not the operator. Professor
Wall says that I said the rear lens has no focus. I did not.
1 said the rear combination of the M. P. objective has no true
focus, and must still stand by my guns until he comes forth
with something more than simply an assertion. If he wants
to help us fellows why doesn't he tell us something tangible,
and set forth methods so that we may prove them out to our
own satisfaction. Will some operators try and duplicate the
photos, and then the "warnings" may, or may not, be of value.
As to the refractive Index of lenses, I think that Is a matter
for the lens manufacturers to contend with. All the operator
wants, is to be able to match the objective with the condensers,
or vice versa. As to the condensers, if thoy are measured by
the sun, then I consider the index refraction of them to be
negligible. For those of you who wish to experiment on meas-
urfing the e. f. of condenser combinations, I would suggest a
pair of holders such as the Simplex people use in their lamp
houses. With condensers in the holders, place a piece of wire
screening, of a fairly fine mesh, in a window, and darken the
room. Now focus the screen on the wall. Everj' time you
change the separation of the condensers measure the e.f. of the
combination, and then let us hear from you. I will close this
with the request that the Professor give us details of what he
claims is correct, since, up to the present, ail he has done is to
say that you, I and others are wrong, without giving his rea-
sons.
And now a few bricks for friend Clay of Utah, though I
guess they will be rubber ones, as he has set forth some very
sensible comments, and. while I do not agree with him in all
he says, there is much food for thought in his remarks. There
is only one point on which I wish to comment at the present
time. viz. : I did not say that the positions of the points in
Fig. S of my article would change the focus of the image, but
I did, and do say they will seriously affect the illumination
of the image. .As to his idea of the principle of the optical
system I want to try things out before getting into a discus-
sion. But I will say this ; If the object is smaller than the
image, as we all know, how can the lens converge the light
rays of the object to a point on the screen? It seems to me that
it is a case of diverging rays and not cenverging. Regarding the
rest of the stumbles he made I think you have covered them.
Oh, yes, by-the-way, will Professor Wall tell where he sees
the ghost in photograph 7 of my article? Photograph 4 is a
ghost, I know, and I intended it for such, but No. 7, no !
If you had looked this up you would have caught his mistake,
as you have the original photos. (Personal) Or mebby you
were scared. Huh? Now F. H. R. I would like to see this in
print just about as it is. and maybe it will stir Professor Wall
into action, and we may get some of the real knowledge he is
undoubtedly in possession of.
With regard to this controversy, I am very glad indeed to see it. I
know that both Professor Wall and brother James are too broad minded
to take any personal offense at the criticism each makes of the other,
and others make of them, or rather their ideas. Victor Wellman. of
Seattle, hits the nail on the head in a letter which reached me this
morning. He says :, "Let the Professor and brother James go to it
and fight it out; that is what we need." With which same I thorough-
ly agree. As a general proposition it is through friendly controversy
and argument that real knowledge is brought forth. As to James'
remark that mefcby I am scared, why, frankly, I guess I am. I am
placed in the position of being a sort of umpire in a scrap that I
don't very thoroughly know the rules of. and that is not exactly an en-
viable position. With regard to brother James' remarks concerning
the converging light rays, if we take toe point for point theory and
assume the film at the aperture to be an original source of light,
certainly, in so far as the objective lens is concerned, the rays would
necessarily be converging, since rays from every infinitesimal portion
of the film picture would reach the entire back surface of the objective,
and thence would have to be converged to a minute point on the
screen. Whether this was what brother Clay had in mind I do not
know, and I have not the time to look the matter up, and anyhow I
guess this original-source-of-light is wrong. And right there let me
correct, or rather set brother James and others right. In one place in
his article brother James says: "It I had looked it up I would have
caught his (Professor Wall's) mistake." Brother James makes the error
that others make, in not realizing the tact that if I kept accurate track
of all these details, and looked up every thing, compared, and sifted
out, and straightened out all matters of this kind that come before
me. I would not get much sleep, and in a year or so they would
either be planting me in one of those places familiarly referred to as
"bug house," or in some nice, shady cemetery. It is all very well
for you fellows who only have one particular phase of the game In
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mind, and who have less mail to attend to in the course of two years
than I have in one day, to keep close tabs on one thing, but for me
to keep that kind of tabs on hundreds of things is quite different. I
simply, as I have said before, do the best I can.
A Unique Installation.
From Tacoma, Washington, comes the following from A. X. Walstad,
of the Walstad Machine & Electric Company, who writes :
In August 16th, 1013, issue, under the caption, "A Remarkable
Performance," you spoke of having seen, in Tacoma and
Seattle, a novel method of driving two machines with one motor,
and, later on in the article, expressed a desire for further de-
tails so that you could give a complete description, as you were
Well impressed with the whole scheme. I am the designer and
builder of the tables in use in Tacoma and Seattle, and re-
serve to myself all rights of design and manufacture. This
table is not a hit-and-miss proposition, but the result of much
thought and study on my part. Furthermore my friends, the
Tacoma operator have offered criticisms and suggestions which
have resulted in improvements from time to time. I wish to
add one further word with regard to the Tacoma operators.
We have a fine bunch of fellows, and I am sure you would travel
a long distance before you find another set of men who take as
great an interest in their work, and their machines, as do the
members of Tacoma Local No. 175. I have been working on a
new table which I consider very superior to the ones you saw
in Tacoma and Seattle, and I wanted to give this table a thor-
ough "try-out" before writing you. It is now complete, and has
been approved and highly commended by the operators who have
seen and used it.
The table shown was made for the Bijou Theatre, Tacoma, Wash-
ington, of which Walter McNeish is proprietor. The idea is to provide
a complete power driven unit for operating two heads and a rewind,
which can be used wherever two m^^hines are employed. Much at-
tention has been paid to the convenience of the operator.
It will he seen that this table is arranged for two Power's Six heads,
with large magazines and Six A lamp house, but the table is so con-
structed thnt any desired combination of lamp houses and heads may
be used.
As will be seen in the second illustration the drive consists of a
horizontal shaft with a friction variable speed attachment which allows
of the variations of film speed from fifty to one hundred feet per
minute. Thp adjustment lever for speed control is at the center of
the'table, within easy reach of the operator who sits at all times be-
tween the tw«i machines. The horizontal shaft is equipped with two
clutches, one for each projector, the controlling levers of whi:-h are in
the center of the table, within convenient reach of the operator. Ihe
rewind is driven from a friction on the main shaft and is controlled
by a lever in front of the table. It may be operated independently
of either head, or in conjunction with either one, and is so con'
structed that the speed of the unwinding reel remains practically coii-
stant. A tension device is attached to that reel so that the film re-
winding is done tightly and quietly without scratching the film. The
magazines on the right hand machine are reversed, so that they open
toward the center of the table, thus making it possible to get the reels
in and out of the magazines, and to thread the head without the neces-
sity of passing around to the right of the machine. The reversing of
the lower magazine necessitates the re-arrangement of the take-up
drive, which is accomplished by placing a small pulley on the right
hand end of the main drive shaft. This part of the shaft revolves only
during the time the head is running. The table itself, as Mr. Walstad
says, is very rigid, and there is practically no vibration, and it cer-
tainly looks as though his claim is more than true. The table is five
feet long across the front, and the sides measure four feet from front
to back. The legs are adjusted to any angle necessary to locate the
picture on the screen. The main shaft, while a part of the table, and
rigidly fastened to it, is a separate and distinct unit which may be used
without the table itself. This table was of such neat appearance that
Mr. McNeish exhibited it in the lobby of the Bijou Theatre a week
before it was intalled in the operating room.
This department is glad to give the details of any new machinery or
appliance having to do with projection, particularly where it seems to
have real merit, as is the case in this instance. The only thing I would
criticise is the re-wind part of it, which, if it is going to be located
where it is. ought to be enclosed in fireproof magazines. However, even
with an arrangement of this kind the editor seriously objects to the
operator doing the re-winding, as that will naturally presume him to
do the necessary patching, etc., and as I have time and again said, no
operator can do two or three things at one time, and do all of them in
the best possible manner. The proper projection of a picture is abso-
lutely all any man can attend to, and re-winding or anything else
which distracts his attention makes for imperfect work on the screen.
Told to Deliver the Goods.
W. V. Xorris, Liberty, Missouri, writes:
Enclosed find twenty-five cents for the question booklet. I have
been working on those published in our department and have
been very greatly benefited by the study. I read of other
operators who seem to have a hard time of it, but that is not
my case. I am placed in the operating room, which is a good
one, and told to deliver the goods. This is all I have to do,
and I get paid for it, too.^ Projecting in this part of the
woods is very good, but we try constantly for something better.
And right here I wish to thank both yourself and the World
for the help I have received. As to the "Bible" (Handbook)
Well, there are not words enough in this one language to de-
scribe its usefulness. I thought it would please you to know
that there are some of us who do not have to run the whole
show, but are paid to put on a picture, and nothing but a
picture, without any bill-posting side issues.
Now that is a manager after my own heart. My view of employing
an operator is to pay his price, and maybe a little more, and then
simply tell him that it is up to him to deliver the goods and not ex-
cuses. Any fool can make excuses, hut it requires a real operator to
deliver perfect projection.
Ozo-Carbi.
A few weeks ago a correspondent inquired regarding the merits of
the Ozo-Carbi light. In my reply I stated I knew nothing about it, and
requested anyone who was using the outfit to report. In this I was in
error, because something like a year or two ago I made an investiga-
tion of this particular light, and found it to be excellent. Therefore
it is but right that I correct the error, and to say that the Ozo-Carbi
light is worthy of the recognition and recommendation of this depart-
ment. Detailed data concerning the same can be obtained by address-
ing Moore, Hubbell & Co., 713 Masonic Temple. Chicago, Illinois.
Patent Expires.
Wendell White, Urbana, Ohio, asks :
Can you inform me as to whether or not the geneva or star
wheel and pin cam intermittent movement is patented by any
of the projection machine manufacturers? Could any manu-
facturer use the geneva movement in a projection machine with-
out conflicting with a patent?
While I would not have you take this as final, Brother White, still
I am reliably informed that the patent on the geneva movement ex-
pires this summer, and that it then becomes public property. This
patent has been claimed by Mr. Armat.
OPERATORS
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THE BASKET HABIT (Edison), June 22. — A little domestic com-
edy, written by Mark Swan. The colored girl's dusky beau carries
oft the chicken, but it is rescued by the daughter of the house and
her lover In time for the company dinner. At no time very laughable,
but light and amusing;.
MARIA'S SACRIFICE (Vltagraph), June 22. — This sociological
study, taken from a story by Arthur V. Train, is a rare treat in some
respects. It pictures something deeper than mere motion and change
of scenes, and is acted with spirit by a clever cast. It portrays, very
effectively, how an Italian woman accepts the imputation of shame In
order to save her husband's life. The settings and characterizations
are excellent. A good release.
A SONG OF SUNNY ITALY (Biograph), June 22.— This is a pretty,
well-photographed story of a young Italian who hears his sweetheart
singing in an American home, and mistakes the mistress of the house
for her. Tony is on hand at the time a robbery is committed and as
a result of his services finds that his sweetheart is indeed there. A
light, pleasing offering.
A FOOLISH AGTREEMENT (Edison), June 23.— This story, by Geo.
.\. Posner, is presented by a pleasing cast and involves a nice little
mystery concerning stolen money. The scenes are necessarily short
and choppy, as they cover much ground, but the piece is well con-
structed throughout. This holds the interest, although it contains no
extremely dramatic situations.
NICE NURSEY (Lubin), June_23. — A half-reel comedy in which the
sick son refuses to recover while he has such a good looking nurse.
This is well photographed and carries the interest along very well,
though it contains no very laughable situations.
BROWN'S BIG BUTLER (Lubin), June 23.— This, on same reel with
above, is an amusing skit. It features a dwarf of pleasing appear-
ance, who acts as a butler. He is so small that the visitor and the
policeman can hardly see him. This gets numerous laughs.
THE COUNTESS (Essanay), June 23.— This is a highly romantic
story, with Francis X. Bushman and Beverly B'ayne in the leading
parts. She is pursued by Nihilists and he defends her by fighting
her enemies hand to hand. A new feature, by way of subtitles, are
actual extracts of conversation, which furnish something of a novelty.
This highly colored melodrama is not very convincing, but will find
plenty of admirers.
THE SERVANT QUESTION OUT WEST (Selig), June 23.— The
Western married folks bring numerous girls out from the East, but
they all marry speedily. This is a very amusing conception and
brings much laughter.
DOC YAK AND THE LIMITED TRAIN (Selig), June 23.— More of
Sidney Smith's animated drawings, showing a moving train and his
well-known eccentric character. A good release.
THE CX)NDUCTOR'S COURTSHIP (Kalem), June 23.— This rail-
road story has a couple of new features which give it exceptional in-
terest. One is where the young conductor swings the girl aboard his
caboose in motion and the other when they pour oil on the track to
halt the pursuing engine. A very pleasing railroad romance.
THE EPIDEMIC (Essanay), June 24. — An amusing little satire on
the tango craze. The performers enact an old-fashioned melodrama
while doing the tango steps. This becomes very funny in places,
though a half reel of it would have answered. It makes a good nov-
elty.
ON THE ICE (Edison), June 24. — A halt-reel number in which Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Syers, amateur skating champions of England, give
some pleasing evolutions on the ice. The scene is somewhere in
Switzerland. Tangoing on skates is a feature.
THE MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE (Edison), June 24.— A lialf reel, with
above, in which some hoboes are run out of town and afterward sus-
pected of sending dynamite in the mails. This makes only a fairly
amusing offering.
THE "BEAR" FACTS CVitagraph) , June 24. — ^A good yarn, partic-
ularly for children. Bobby runs away into the woods and comes to
the house of the three bears — three real, live, friendly bears. The
first part of this story told so much that the scenes were rather con-
fusing, but it makes good in the latter scenes and is altogether a
pleasing novelty.
SOMEBODY'S SISTER (Selig), June 24. — Instead of showing the
adventures of merely one country person in the city this pictures the
adventures of two — a brother and sister. They meet unexpectedly in
a cafe, both having yielded to the pitfalls of the metropolis. This Is
an interesting subject, well handled throughout. The close seemed
very much to the point and conveyed a strong moral.
HAPPTr-GO-LUCKY (Vltagraph), June 25.— The story of a young
man who falls in love with an actress in a traveling show. She
faints from hunger and is taken to his mother's home. This is a
slight plot, made interesting by the charming personality of Clara
Kimball Young, Some of the scenes toward the last were very at-
tractive.
SOPHIE FINDS A HERO (Essanay), June 2.').— This Is the second
chapter of Sophie's Wooing. Mustang Pete and Slippery Slim again
compete tor her hand, this time la a duel. This seems very much
drawn out with meaningless action, but there are some laughs toward
the close.
THE RAGAMUFFIN (Biograph), June 2.';.— There Is quite a little
human nature in this story of the poor gardener's son who whips the
rich boy for making fun of his clothes. The garden scenes are at-
tractive and the offering as a whole proves entertaining.
A PECULIAR INHERITANCE (Melies), June 25.— A Batty Bill
number in which he inherits a camel,, a pony and a dog. The chief
humor of this Is in seeing the animals run over the house, up and
down stairs and In the parlor. It seemed to us a halt reel of this
would have answered.
A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION (Lubin), June 26.— This story,
written by Emmet Campbell Hall, shows how a young suffragette
makes good as a station agent. Her unique signal for help In hang-
ing out the clothes is the main feature. This could have been handled
more dramatically. The offering Is of about average merit.
THE CAPTAIN'S CHAIR (Selig), June 26.— A comedy number con-
taining a curious mixture of real acting and burlesque, which gives It
a rather amateurish tone. At the same time It proves entertaining an<
the disposal of the old man's fortune makes quite a pleasing little yam.
AN ELOPEMENT IN ROME (Kalem), June 26. — A burlesque on the
old-style Roman play put on by John E. Brennan and his fellow play-
ers. The scene Is in a sort of Roman garden on some big estate. Fat-
tus and Thinus fight with gloves and then do some rough-house wrest-
ling. Some amusement in this.
LABOR DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK, LONDON (Kalem),
June 26. — This, on same reel with above, is a topical number, contain-
ing numerous views of interest taken in England.
THE OLD MAID'S BABY (Vitagraph), June 26.— A number Intro-
ducing John Bunny and Flora Finch. The latter has a dog which
she dresses up as a baby and takes with her on the train. Bunny
maljes himself strong with her by rescuing it. This proves very
amusing and is bound to please.
THE GYPSY GAMBLER (Kalem), June 27. — This picture relies for
interest chieflly on its picturesque, romantic settings. Both the
Indian and Gypsy camps are pleasingly shown. The gypar gambler
is killed and his daughter goes to the Indians for protection ; later the
young brave falls in love with her and they go out to seek their for-
tunes together. The closing scenes in this are very attractive.
BRONCHO BILLY'S JEALOUSY (Essanay), June 27.— Broncho
Billy becomes jealous of the young surveyor and proceeds to fill him-
self with booze. He then endeavors to get his rival into a duel. This
plot is far below the average and places the hero in a bad light, from
which the moral ending does not succeed in rescuing him.
THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS (Selig), June 27.— In this story a
girl is falsely imprisoned for two years and on her release Is pursued
by a criminal, even after her marriage. This deals entirely with the
seamy side of life and has settings of about ordinary appeal. The
plot is quite obvious and not very strongly handled.
HIS SUDDEN RECOVERY (Lubin), June 27.— Jones reads a medi-
cal almanac and imagines himself ill until his relatives begin carrying
off all his belongings. The idea in this is quite amusing and it makes
a very fair half-reel comedy.
WHO'S WHO (Lubin), June 27.— This, on same reel with above.
pictures the antics of a burlesque police force. Not enough plot in
this to hold the attention very strongly.
DOLLY PLAYS DETECTIVE (Edison), June 27.— This tenth of the
Dolly series proves an interesting number. Dolly uses her reportorial
and detective instincts toward exposing the light-fingered count. This
latter gentleman is well portrayed by Duncan McRae. The plot is a
little obvious, but well handled and nicely pictured.
-A. SPANISH OMELET [Biograph), June 27.— A half-reel comedy
number, in which the characters appear in Spanish costumes. The
garb and settings impressed us more favorably than the plot, which
seemed rather lacking in point.
RIBBONS AND BOXING GLOVES (Biograph), June 27.— This, on
same reel with above, is better than the other. It demonstrates how a
young department store salesman gets his ire up and whips the cham-
pion pugilist. This is well pictured and full of action.
THE REVENGFEFUL SERVANT GIRL (Edison), June 29.— Another
of the Wood B. Wedd series and a farce well calculated to make laugh-
ter. The revengeful waitress gratuitously falls in love with Wood
and when he becomes engaged to another girl, she makes all kinds of
trouble for him. It is a very fair offering.
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THE SHOW GIRL'S GLOVE (Kalem), June 22.— A two-reel num-
ber, featuring Alice Joyce as a maid who unravels the mystery of a
young man's death. We could not understand why Dick's death was
so clearly pictured as an accident, during his struggle with Stella, and
then later treated throughout the story as a murder. The production,
except for this feature, is a very entertaining one and leads up to a
pleasing close. Some of the situations are quite tense.
ME AN" BILL (Selig), June 22. — A two-reel number picturing the life
story of two characters from the time they were boys till they were old
men bereft of their families. This, like numerous stories of its kind, con-
tains a note of pathos throughout. The scenes are, many of them,
very effective, particularly the son's death on the battlefield and
Kitty's death from drowning. The story occurs about civil war time,
or rather leads up to that period. At the end the two lonesome old
men are seen sitting together, having been lifelong companions. A
good release.
THE PASSING OF DIANA CVitagraph) , June 23. — A two-reel num-
ber, brilliantly acted and well pictured. The story concerns a young
artist whose model turns out to be his best friend's wife. Later she
make.? the artist's life one of misery, threatening to kill herself when
he marries another. The death scene at the last was realistic but a
little too horrible to leave a good feeling with the observer. The chief
fault of the production is a slight tendency to the morbid. It is ar-
tistically done and a strong story of its type.
THE GREATER TREASURE (Lubin), June 24.— This story, written
by Ethel Glenn Hall, pictures the evil fortunes of a girl who put aside
the man she really loved to marry a millionaire. A second love affair
adds complications to the plot, which is always full of action. The
worst fault of the piece is its rather sordid tendency, but it should
prove a strong object lesson to girls who place wealth above honest
affection. In spite of many unpleasant features this deals strongly
with facts and is to be commended on that score.
THROUGH THE FLAMES (Kalem). June 24.— The wife and hus-
band quarrel, she turns to another and is afterward supposed to have
perished in a fire. He marries another and later the first wife turns
up ; the second dies of grief after her child is born. This deals
throughout with strong, tragic, emotional subject matter. It is sin-
cerely acted and there is one dramatic scene where the first wife re-
turns. The latter part is very pathetic. This makes a strong offering
of its type.
THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR (Lubin), June 25.— This story of
twin brothers, written by Will M. Ritchey, proves a very interesting
two-reel number. They are first shown as boys and later in early
manhood. The young physician takes the place of his brother, who
has been abducted on the eve of his nomination for mayor. This sit-
uation is very improbable but handled with a degree of skill which
makes it seem real. L. C. Shumway doubles in the parts of the broth-
ers. A conventional political story freshened up by some adroit
touches and sincerely acted.
THE MAN IN THE STREET (Edison), June 26.— A three-reel num-
ber taken from a novel by Mary Imlay Taylor. It has for its theme
the theft of a play from a starving man, and is very much like a two-
reel number entitled "The Sword of Damocles." put out by the Pathe
company, as we recall it. The story is a gripping one and well-pic-
tured and nicely handled. Marc McDermott is strong as the real play-
wright and Duncan McRae and Gertrude McCoy play the remaining
leads. Except for the fact that the idea is quite familiar to many
observers this is an offering of unusual strength.
THE CHASM (Essanay), June 26. — A two-reel number, with Richard
Travers, Gerda Holmes and Bryant 'Washburn in the leads. The set-
ting and treatment are ordinary, but the story works up quite a little
problem. The girl marries one man so she can get money to pay tor
supporting the one she really loves till he regains his health. The
scene on his return was quite well handled and the girl very sensibly
chose to remain with her own husband. A fairly strong number.
HIS -WIFE AND HIS WORK (Vitagraph), June 27.— This two-reel
number puts in motion a short story plot written by Rupert Hughes.
It concerns the marital affairs of an artist whose wife objects to him
employing nude models in his studio. This is handled frankly, as the
plot demands and raises quite a problem. Each observer will have to
decide for himself where the canons of art should leave off and the re-
strictions of respectability begin. Alfred D. 'Vosburgh and Myrtle Gon-
zales play the leads very acceptably. This is an entertaining offering ;
it will shock some observers but undoubtedly will pass.
THE HONOR OF THE LAW (Biograph), June 29.— A two-part pic-
ture which depends for its chief dramatic struggle on bringing to a
warden of a prison, word that a prisoner doomed to die is innocent
and is to be pardoned. A thunder storm has cut oft all means of
communication and a pigeon sent out in the storm is killed, but in the
end comes all right. This struggle with the elements is heightened
by much that is emotional and human. The doomed man's mother is
well played and the tangle of misunderstanding that made the dis-
trict attorney refuse his help in the first part is interesting. The
picture is not great, but makes us feel the suspense of the action and
is a good offering. The photography and the acting are commendable.
THE FLAW IN THE ALIBI (Kalem), June 29.— A special two-part
offering with much that is clever in its detail and with a story that
holds well. It shows how a scheming bank employee manages to get
an alibi and fix the guilt of his theft on the assistant cashier. The
flaw in his alibi is so cleverly shown up by the detective that it gives
one a distinct thrill of satisfaction. The photography is clear and it
is competently acted.
THE LEOPARD'S FOUNDLING (Selig). June 29.— Kathlyn fans have
been waiting for this picture and they will not be disappointed in it.
There have been other big Selig pictures of Africa and with wild ani-
mals in them and the quality of this picture may be judged from
them. The theme is new and has a touch of the wild in it that is most
pleasing. The action is of a kind that is improbable, but it has been
made plausible and convincing while we watch •it. A good offering.
Independent
AN EAVESDROPPER (Keystone), June 22.— Very funny and sure
as anything almost to make laughter. There have been better Key-
stbnes. for there is a tivuch of vulgarity in one of the early scenes.
Its situations are irresistible and its sensational ending is new and a
scream.
THE TALE OF A TAILOR (Beauty). June 2.3.— A farce that is not
clear at first and no one can laugh while he is wondering what is go-
ing on. Here the chief cause for misunderstanding is that the situation
is so improbable that we hardly believe that the picture intends us to
take what is shown in the way we finally find that we must. There
are comic things in it and it develops into a fairly comical misunder-
standing between the husbands of sisters who look alike, but this is
badly prepared for. As an offering, we can count it only so so.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL NO. 24 (Reliance), June 24.— "Our Mutual
Girl" is still one of the best of current serial pictures and this install-
ment will interest. Irving Cobb tells Norma one of his best stories,
that of the bad man and the colored keeper of a frontier eating house,
and next day they bring her home from the house in the country
where she has been too sick, after being knocked down by a motor car,
to let her friends know where she was.
PROFESSOR SMITH (Princess), June 26,— A farce with Muriel
Ostriche. Its best asset is photography and pretty scenes. The situa-
tion was once fairly comic and will still please such as have seen few
pictures, but it is quite artificial.
A HASTY EXIT (Royal), June 27.— -A speedy farce, but full of
meaningless and causeless tumbles. Not all of it is palpably artificial
and we have noticed that the people want some of this rough-house
stuff with their good comedies and dramatic stories. This is not ex-
actly what they want, but it imitates it. and is a fair offering. The
scheme on which it is built is slight and not new.
THE WIDOW'S MITE (Thanhouser) , June 28.— It will make an ex-
cellent offering that will be liked by nearly every spectator. This is
not so much on account of its story, which is not new and only fair,
hut because the "mite" is played by the Kidlet in her most charming
way. The Thanhouser twins also appear. The heroine of the roman-
tic love story is the school teacher and most of the scenes are in the
school room filled with youngsters, but the best part of it is the
smiles and winsomeness of the Kidlet. A cute and delightful offering,
very well photographed.
THE WHITE SLAVE CATCHERS (Komic), June 28.— This is a
comedy, though the caption smacks of a melodrama. Fay Tincher
plays the lead and Tod Browning and Edward Dillon help her to fool
Pa and the detectives. The story is of an elopement. The white slave
theme pertaining is somewhat of a burlesque. The elopement proves
a success, and Pa loses in the shuffle. An amusing offering.
CAUGHT IN TIGHTS (Keystone). June 29.— A Keystone comedy of
the usual order that has many funny and rapid scenes. The actors
work hard and obtain results — edifying and laughable. This picture
will make good on any program.
UNIVERSAL IKE. JR., AND THE VAMPIRE (Universal Ike. Jr.),
June .30. — Bob Fuehrer covers himself with glory in this comedy by
winning Zingara (Louise Glaum), from the "fools there was." This
had to happen to break a spell of quietude at Alkali flat. Zingara is
the vampire and locoed the whole bunch of cowboys, including Ike,
custodian of all the little personal trinkets the cowboys donated to
Zingara. The outcome is quite humorous. A well photographed pro-
duction.
IZZY. THE DETECTIVE (Reliance), July 1.— Max Davidson instills
a lot of ginger into the scenes of this picture by getting himself into
trouble attempting to become a sleuth. He purchases a tin badge and
his imagination does the rest. He gets his man all right and creates a
lot of laughter doing it.
THE ONE BEST BET (Imp), July 2. — This is a King B'aggot com-
edy which of course contains a love episode. Arline Pretty plays op-
posite Mr. Baggot. who is known as Jack and an inveterate gambler.
There is a stern old father who is also an objector, not only of Jack's
attentions to his daughter but to his gambling proclivities. The out-
come of this meritorious offering causes much amusement and is highly
edifying.
THE CRASH (Sterling). July 2.— The last third of this comic pic-
ture is so unusually speedy that it hardly fails to take strongly with
gallery and with downstairs too. It uses an old situation, but goes its
predecessors one better in startling incident at the close and is truly
laughable.
THE BROKEN BARRIER (Frontier), July 5.— One of those West-
ern picture plays wherein the theme and plot embraces ambushing,
deception, etc. Much action is evolved in this plot. A murder mys-
tery pertains. There is a thrilling series of scenes where the heroine
is rescued from a runaway horse by a forest ranger ; also a "punch"
of a fall over a high cliff. While many inconsistencies occur this pic-
ture is certainly exciting.
BILLY'S RIOT (Sterling), July G.— Little Billy's efforts as an actor
grow funnier the more you see of him. He is always clever and amus-
ing, but he needs a little more definite plot some times. This number
contains a lot of good fun and is sure to please.
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AT MEXICO'S MERCY (Victor). July G.— J. Warren Kerrigan ap-
pears in this as a young mine superintendent In Mexico. Vera Slsson
is Ihe girl. Affairs become very complicated and thcro Is much gun
fighting. The hero Is in all kinds o( trouble, but saved at the last.
The picture comes to a close with Kerrigan waving the stars and
stripes in the faces of the enemy. This will go well.
NEARI.Y A STEP-MOTHER (Crystal). July 7.— A domestic comedy
which contains many amusing situations. The plot Is conventional but
the director has used good d.scrimlnation and produced quite a num-
ber of laughable scenes. There are a couple of chases which cause
laughter. This offering is well produced.
LUCILLE LOVE. THE GIRL OF MYSTERY. SERIES NO. 1.'! (Cold
Seal). July 7. — Grace Cunard, Francis Ford and Ernest Shields cover
themselves with glory, assisted by the usual able cast. Many exciting
scenes occur.
A RANCH ROMANCE (Nestor), July S.— A story of the great South-
west, with Murdock MacQuarrie, Agnes Vernon and Lon Chaney in
the cast. Chaney api^ears as the villainous Mexican, who abducts the
girl with his companions. The scenic effects are good and the situa-
tions, while very familiar, have a little more dash and go to them
than usual.
BESSIE THE DETECTRESS. IN THE DOG WATCH (Joker), July
0. — A burlesque detective story, with Bess Merredyth disguised as a
sailor and Williara Wolbert as the man she is shadowing. There arb
a few smiles in this, but on the whole the humor is not very strong.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS (Rex), July 10.— A number featuring
Robert Leonard as a man of the underworld who enters a house in
which his adopted daughter lies asleep. Leonard gives us an appeal-
ing character sketch and the night scenes in the house were pleasing,
with Ella Hall as the little girl. The close seemed to require some-
thing to give a finished effect to the story.
LOVE. ROSES AND TROUSERS (Joker), July 11.— The author of
this picture, Clarence Badger, might have got his idea from former
farces and hardly deserves credit, but the joke is still comical enough
and we can commend the picture as a good offering. The box of
pants is mixed across with a box of roses and the lover says to his
sweetheart "Please wear these tonight." There is some new, but un-
important stuff in it not wholly unlike that which made the old Bio-
graph farces amusing. The people like this sort of picture with their
more substantial offerings ; it seems to take remarkably well every-
where.
Independent Specials
ARMS AND THE GRINGO (Majestic), June 28.— This is a two-reel
romance with the scenes laid in Mexico, the author being Anna Tupper
Wilkes. Present conditions in that country are used as a basis for
the plot. It is all very interesting and many gripping scenes occur.
The cast is made up of very clever people. Dorothy (Tish has the
leading part, the principal members of her support being F. A. Lowery.
Wallace Reid, Fred Kelsey and H. Gaye. Good photography and clever
direction makes this a most pleasing number.
ADVENTURES OF A GIRL REPORTER (Imp), June 29.— This two-
reel picture drama introduces Ethel Grandon, as the girl reporter,
backed by Tom, another reporter, who is played by Ed Mortimer. The
nervie girl clears up a famous jewel robbery assisted by Tom. Many
adventures are encountered, but overcome. It is an interesting and
gripping offering and will not fail to please any audience.
THE LITTLE HOME IN THE VALLEY (American). June 29.— A
two-part picture that is pretty rather than strong. Some surveyors
see a ranch with an orchard nestling in a beautiful valley below them.
The story that ensues is romantic and very fair. Before it ends there
is a battle between the engineers who, much to the disgust of the owner
(invalid father of a pretty girl) are carrying the line of a railroad
across the ranch. Mexican desperadoes attack the house at night to
rob, but in the battle with the surveyors they are practically destroyed.
The noteworthy thing about the picture is its perfect photography and
beautiful back^ounds.
THE HARLOWE HANDICAP (Thanhouser) , June 30.— A two-part
race course melodrama in which the villain tries to destroy the rival's
horse by setting the barn on fire. It isn't a well written picture ; the
villain is poorly introduced and his affection for the heroine, destined
for the hero, owner of the winning horse, seems dragged-in. The
whole picture is filled with suggestions of artificiality and we dare not
commend it as a first class offering, though it has some exciting
scenes. like a race course crowd, and a burning stable with the horses
rescued with bags over their heads to keep them from seeing the flames.
The photography is good,
HER RAGGED KNIGHT (Victor), July 3.— A two-reeler that will be
acceptable as a fun-maker. It features Florence Lawrence in one of
her hoyden roles, but carries an old plot through with remarkable de-
tail of freshness and is a sure entertainment giver. H. L. Solter is
the producer. The photography and staging help much in keeping it
alive.
THE FINAL RECKONING (Broncho), July 8.— This is a two-part
picture written by William H. Clifford and produced by Walter Ed-
wards, who plays the lead. While there is lots of intense action in
this picture the plot is not a wholesome one, either in the first or
second reels, and the ending is certainly most gruesome. The photo-
graphy is commendable.
DUTY ( Eclair) , July 8. — A two-reel number with Belle Adair as
the charming young wife of a middle-aged doctor, played by Alec
Francis. She falls a victim to the advances of a designing artist,
played by Robert Frazer. The doctor's heroic efforts to restore the
boy's health made an unusual situation. In this he is successful and
later the young wife learns to appreciate his good qualities. The
photography Is uneven. As a whole the number Is entertaining and
agreeable in plot, although not at all powerful.
CURSE OF HUMANITY (Domino), July IK— This Is a two-reel pic-
ture the authors of which arc Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clifford.
Scott Sidney produced It. Elizabeth Burbrldge Is In the lead and
faithfully portrays the part. MIh8 Fanny Mldgley, Harry Keenan,
Charles Ray and Thelma Salter are in the cast and do good work.
The plot Is an Interesting one In which the curse of drink pertains,
but the finale Is satisfactory, ending on Christmas morning.
THE FEUD AT BEAVER CREEK (Kay-Bee), July 10.— This tWD-
part story is somewhat conventional, along the lines of the usual plot
and theme, embracing the eventualities occurring amongst the primi-
tive population of the back woods. It contains stirring scenes. The
photography is bright and the acting on the part of all is commenda-
ble.
PROWLERS OF THE WILD (Bison), July 11. -A two-reel story of
adventure, with Herbert Rawlinson, Anna Little and Frank Lloyd In
the cast. This catches the Interest from the very start, in the circus
scenes, and the later developments occur in the wilds of Africa. The
discharged foreman creates trouble with the natives. The blind girl
with the tame leopard made an interesting feature. This is full of
exciting novelties and from start to finish makes a stirring adventure
number.
NERVE (Balboa).— A one-reel offering in which there is continuous
action pictured with little art. The poor mafi has nerve trying to
rob the house of the mining sharp who sold him a worthless claim.
The woman has nerve when finding the man in the house she holds
him up while waiting for the police. BuT the most nervy thing of all
is when, after she hears the man's story, she tells the cop that the
man is her brother. A one-reel offering might be a true feature, but
we dare not command this as better than a fair, ordinary offering.
THE SANDS OF LIFE (Balboa).— A two-part story of a prize flghter,
with his wife and child, who goes the downward way. It is strongly
acted and is speedy, that is it has continuously significant action.
There are two prize fights (sparring that is quick and seems scien-
tific) in it. but the story is clean and has a good, wholesome moral
tone which makes it a very good feature. The most earnest minded
spectator in the house will be interested in it. A story by Jack Lon-
don furnished the basis for it. The photography is excellent.
THE CALL OF THE HEART (Balboa).— A two-part offering made
to fill the demand for elemental western ranch romance, "the good old
kind." A new and clever camera expedient is used to contrast the
ranch girl's three lovers, one a villain who has been discharged from
the ranch, one the cowboy foreman who has been displaced by the
new man from the city who, in the end when the villain comes to
capture the girl, proves a coward, thus leaving the way open for
the heroic foreman. Its photography is the best thing about it, but,
like all of its kind, it is speedy and certainly has action.
THE LITTLE CONTORTIONIST ( Milano— Warner's) .—A picture-fea-
ture in three reels that is acted considerably better than the average.
The plot is commercial and made to utilize the power of a little con-
tortionist to hide himself in unexpected places. At one time, he star-
tles a laugh out of the unsuspecting audience. Yet the story is never
dry and most of it is highly entertaining. It has been carefully di-
rected^ and the action is full of suspense. The camera work is com-
mendable and the lighting often helps the dramatic quality of the
scenes. The whole is a pretty good offering.
WHARTON PRAISES NEW YORK POLICE.
Leopold Wharton, of Wharton, Inc.. Ithaca, N. Y., came
down to New York last week to take some scenes on the
busiest part of Broadway. Taking a scene on Broadway
is not the easiest thing in the world, as the least bit of
excitement will draw thousands to the spot in a few sec-
onds. When the scenes were over Leopold leaned against
a railing and said, while mopping his brow: "There's no
use talking, the New York police are the finest body of
men I ever knew. Without being asked they stepped right
in and cleared a space for us. Where they came from I
don't know but they seemed to spring up out of the ground
and did their work as though they had been rehearsed for
the job. I will always have a warm spot in my heart for
the New York police."
CANT KEEP HOUSE WITHOUT IT.
Aspen, Colorado, Tune 19, 1914.
Editor, Moving Picture World.
Dear Sir: — Enclosed herewith find P. O. order for $3.00,
being payment of my subscription to "The Moving: Picture
World."
I wish to congratulate you on the wonderful improvement
in your neat publication which I have noted from time to
time. I have been a subscriber to your publication almost
since its inception, some time around 1907, and have seen it
grow from a small struggling little booklet to the magnifi-
cent trade journal it now is and every number, I assure you,
is a source of much pleasure to me.
How anyone connected with the industry in any W'ay can
keep house without it is a mystery to me. With kindest
wishes. I am,
Yours truly,
JOHN BOWMAN.
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Sawyer, Inc., Quarters Superb
Visit to Film Mart's Plant in Mecca Building Sends One
Away with Soberer Thoughts of Film Industry.
THOSE who "visit around" among the people in the
motion picture industry in Greater New York have
found much to talk about after their first visit to the
offices of Sawyer, Inc., on the eighth floor of the Mecca
Building at 1600 Broadway — and talking, they have had food
for thought. The Sawyer quarters are different and that
they are different is because the men back of the new enter-
prise are looking at things from a viewpoint different from
that which has heretofore been taken by men launching big
things in the picture industry.
Here is an indication of the solid, substantial business con-
cern which has accepted the premise that the day of the fly-
by-night has passed and that there is at hand a new era, in
which there can survive only those who can prove their
claims to superiority. It may be true that one can not tell
a man by the clothes he wears, but it is equally true that
the clothes a man wears have much to do with indicating
what may reasonably
be expected of him.
This thought, no
doubt, has influenced
the Sawyer people in
fitting up their
large well furnished room and adjoining it is the office of
W. H. Rudolph, vice-president and general manager of the
company. F. H. Tinker, secretary and treasurer, has com-
fortable quarters adjoining those of Mr. Rudolph.
Leaving the general offices, to the left, is the pride of the
establishment, the Pompeiian projection room — and it is a
creation of which any motion picture organization might
well be proud. The room is adequate in size for any use
to which it will ever be put and its technical equipment is
of the very best. A screen much larger than those usually
found in house projection rooms is nicely "furnished" with
draperies, etc., in keeping with the quiet red-brown color
scheme. There are two Power's 6A projectors in the opera-
tor's booth, which is of asbestos construction, and so placed
that one identifies it only by the portholes through which
the pictures are projected. The thing which impresses one
most about the projection room, however, is the regard for
the comfort and convenience of the company's guests and
patrons which has been shown in fitting it up. It is splen-
dioly decorated — but every detail of the decoration has been
Reception Room and General Offices.
quarters and the visitor now finds them amid surroundings
of quiet elegance which not only suggest that they have
come to stay but that they may be "reasonably expected" to
have somethin;>^ quite out of the ordinary to offer.
Quietly and simply elegant about describes the equipment
scheme of the new offices. There is no glare and nothing
gawdy bu'. everything that has been used is the best that
money fru'd buy and. what is more important, there is the
ever present conviction that intelligent thought has been
given to every '.hmg done.
From the hall one enters the big reception room and gen-
eral offices. The boy who politely inquires your business
wears a suit which matches the expansive stretch of the
thick Wilton carpet, delft blue in color, completely covering
the floor. Three or four office employees are seated at
heavy mahogany desks in this big room, but there are none
of the cold railings and partitions commonly found. Brass
posts supporting heavy plush ropes, also deft blue in color,
enclose the reception room space in which visitors are
courteously invited to wait until those they have come to
see find time to talk business with them. On either side
of this big room are sets of the latest steel poster racks
which display the attractive advertising matter which the
firm provides for the use of those who offer their feature
photoplays to the general public.
At the rear of the general offices, but really facing right
out on busy Broadway, are the private offices of the execu-
tives of the company. H. Sawyer, the president, has a
worked out with the
one thought of com-
fort in view. In
these hottest days of
summer the place
is as cool as the
proverbial cucumber. Artificial vines and flowers hang from
the arbored ceiling. An electric fountain, banked with flow-
ers and placed just at the base of the screen, keeps shoot-
ing perfumed and cooling water into the air while vari-col-
ored lights play upon it. A battery of electric fans on the
floor — up near the screen, in order that they may be out
of the way — keep the air constantly in motion and waft back
from the fountain the cool scented breezes which make one
think of a quiet day in the woods rather than of the arduous
duties of the city which make it necessary for him to spend
his time in selecting photoplays for his theater. The half
dozen chairs and big settee in the room are of wicker, up-
holstered in wistaria cretonne. A small table, with a drop
light on it for the convenience of those who wish to make
notes while the pictures are running, is also of wicker. A
telephone on the wall \v\l\ keep one in close touch with his
business blocks, or even miles away. Special arrangements
with Rector's, on the first floor pf the Mecca Building, make
it possible for the man who is looking over the Sawyer
features in the projection room to have whatever he wishes
to eat sent in to him and served while he is viewing the pic-
tures. In its furnishings and plan of conduct, the little
place very much suggests the most exclusive of the big
city clubs.
In another portion of the quarters are located the work-
shops and shipping rooms in which the actual mechanical
operations of marketing the photoplays are looked after.
The most modern devices have been installed there.
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The transformation which has been effected in their por-
tion of the Mecca Building by the Sawyer concern is truly
remarkable. The building is of modern fireproof con-
struction and this means that its concrete floors, ceilings,
etc., as unadorned, are cold and univiting. All "loft build-
ing" atmosphere has been destroyed in the Sawyer section,
however, the only thing remaining being the clean, lofty
ceilings which make for freshness and good ventilation.
Although the final touches have just been put on the new
quarters, after a couple of months of work, it must not be
imagined that the firm has been idle in the matter of push-
ing its wares. Mr. Sawyer stands sponsor for the statement
that there has not been a single week since the organization
of the company that the business done has not been suf-
ficient to turn a tidy profit. "What we had to sell," Mr.
Sawyer says, "was ready before we opened our doors and
we sold it despite the difiiculties which were presented by
the unfinished state of our quarters. As things have been
straightening themselves out the business has increased and
now that we are in such shape that we can give our entire
attention to the purposes of our organization there is every
indication that there will be a truly wonderful increase in
the volume of our business."
Speaking of the policy which the firm has adopted, Gen-
eral Manager Rudolph said: "We have coined the descrip-
tive title, "Film Mart,' for our place and this tells the whole
story. Our aim is to provide expert service in the matter
of marketing features — that is, in getting the pictures which
producers make before the public in a way which will make
them most profitable to those who own or control them.
To the makers of pictures we offer the argument that all
they have to do is provide the negatives. After we have
accepted the negatives, we take care of all remaining details
— and these details are often so many and absorbing that
the average producing concern is so weighted down with
Miss Agnes Mapes in "II Trovatore."
THE Centaur Company has in course of preparation
a six-part production based upon Verdi's opera, "II
Trovatore," which promises to be a considerable ad-
dition to the list of feature pictures now offered. The story
is one of gypsy vengeance. Azucena, a young gypsy girl,
in an attempt to avenge her mother who was put to death
by Count di Luna, destroys her own child which is mis-
taken for that of the Count. She afterward rears the child
of the Count with the
^ idea of gaining revenge
some day. This part of
the story is told in the
first two parts, bringing
out the motive of re-
venge.
The picture is under
the personal direction of
Charles Simone who has
engage i an excellent
cast for the portrayal.
Dear old Mrs. Julia
Hurley takes the part of
the Gypsy Queen, and
by this sign we know
that the part will be
well depicted.
For the part of Azu-
cena Miss Agnes Mapes
was especially engaged.
It is a part calling for
the depiction of the
strongest passions. Miss
Mapes will be recalled
for her finished work in
"Colleen Bawn" and
"Arrah na Pogue" for
which the Kalem Com-
pany secured her serv-
ices durin" their second
trip to Ireland.
Thus far Miss Mapes has devoted only her summers _ to
work before the camera, the silent drama not yet having
weaned her entirely awav from the legitimate stage where
she has won such pronounced success. Her most recent
appearance was in the SDring production of the religious
drama entitled "Pilate's Daughter," in which she played the
leading role.
Miss Mapes says that she is thoroughly enjoying her
work in "II Trovatore" and has never handled a photoplay
role for which she could get up as much enthusiasm. This
deep interest insures another notable screen portrayal.
Miss Agnes Mapes.
them that their best work in production is found impossible.
We have the positives and prints made, provide all printing
and advertising matter, advertise the pictures to the trade
and general public, and make returns to the producers on
the basis of whatever contracts we make with them. This
general proposition is broad enough to permit of our mar-
keting pictures on either the states rights plan or by dealing
directly with the exliibitor. Since we have been doing busi-
ness we have sold not a few states rights but it has been,
perhaps, our rental business, dealing directly with the ex-
hibitor, which has been found most profitable. In view of
this experience, it is our plan to open offices all over the
country within the next few months."
Mr. Rudolph is a firm believer that the ultimate salva-
tion of both producer and exhibitor in the film business will
be a plan which will eliminate the middle man and make
the exhibitor deal directly with the producer. The comforts
which have been provided in the splendid quarters in the
Mecca Building very much suggest that Sawyer, Inc., are
quite an.xious to meet individual exhibitors who wish to
select their own programs and to impress these exhibitors
with the Sawyer company's superior equipment for looking
after their every need.
Another original plan which is being worked out by the
concern is the production of short-length features which
the Sawyer executives think will fill a long felt want among
the exhibitors. The production of these photoplays, which
will be known as Tinker's Tabloid Features, will be directly
supervised by the Sawyer company. The plan is to make
releases of not more than 2,000 feet per subject, strong
enough, by reason of the story told and the players featured,
to stand up on any program. Most of the pictures will be
comedies, and such celebrities as De Wolf Hopper will
appear in them.
Miss Katharine Eggelston.
IN CONNECTION with recent film activities around New
York City which have "made" the daily newspapers, the
name of Miss Katharine Eggelston, well known maga-
zine writer, has been mentioned in a manner which war-
rants the supposition that Miss Eggelston has decided to
join, in greater spirit, the ranks of the many men and
women of prominence in the literary world who are now
interested in "the movies."
Miss Eggelston has written numerous short stories and
poems which have been published to her considerable finan-
cial profit and is also widely known in the amusement world
for her work on the
lyceum stage where she
has made her original
monologues and dra-
matic recitals quite pop-
ular.
Two distinct move-
ments of more than the
usual consequence in
the "uplift" class have
drawn Miss Eggelston
more closely to the mo-
tion picture industry
within the past few
weeks than she has ever
been before, despite the
fact that she served the
Mutual Film Corpora-
tion as film editor for a
number of months and
gained a lot of valuable
information and experi-
ence. One of the new
movements has for its
object the use of
churches and other suit-
able buildings for the
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cational pictures for both children and adults in certain
sections of Greater New York who are wont to use their
spare time in the pursuit of less healthy and healthful diver-
sions. The other movement embodies the organization of
a big company, along strictly commercial lines, to make
educational and religious pictures of the kind particularly
adapted for use in churches, schools, social settlements, etc.
Miss Eggelston's interest in these movements has been
helpful to those who promoted them originally in provid-
ing information on the subject gleaned by a mind highly
trained to observe.
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Box Office Attractions Company
Compelling Circumstances Responsible for Spectacular
Growth of Big William Fox Enterprise.
GAINING size and importance fully as much because of
compelling circumstances as because of plans laid well
advance, the Box Ofhce Attractions Company, a dom-
inating influence in the feature film rental field, has been like
the snow ball which the small boy releases at the top of a
little knoll as the first step in the construction ot a snowman.
Here the simile must end, however, for the William Fox
money and enterprise back of the Box Office Company, pro-
vide assurance that the project will not melt into the earth
no matter how warm the days become.
The Box Office Attractions Company was organized in
Januarj-. 1914, and, marking its entrance into the activities
of the film industry, its first releases were made February 9.
With William Fox as its president, the company began
business fortified with the experiences of a live amusement
impresario who had seen the value of moving pictures years
before and had successfully fought what he regarded as per-
nicious influences which threatened to destroy not only him
but the entire industry.
Mr. Fo.x's firm conviction that the demand for multiple
reel pictures would grow until features would dominate the
programs of all progressive exhibitors is said to have been
responsible for the organization of the company which came
as his second big film handling enterprise.
Primaril}- the Box Office .Attractions Company was to be
the parent of exchanges, conveniently located for efficient
operation in New York City and State, northern New Jer-
sej', and in the New England States. To secure and handle
feature films in practically the same manner that other sim-
ilar organizations had done was the original object. Cir-
cumstances ruled otherwise, however. The snowball began
to roll, growing as it rolled, and today the company is
possessed of half a dozen different interests which had not
been thought of last Januarj'. .\n extensive plot of ground
has been purchased in the suburbs of Greater New York and
a studio in which feature pictures are to be manufactured is
being projected. The entire output of the Balboa Amuse-
Portraits — William Fox, President (Center); Winfield R. Sheehan, General Manager.
Scenes — Charles Mortimer Peck in His Publicity Headquarters (Upper Left); Reception Room (Lower Left); One of
the Two Projection Rooms (Upper Right); Poster Display Room (Lower Right).
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261
mcnt I'roducing Company, of Long Beach, Cal., for dis-
tribution not only in the limited territory in the East, orig-
inally counted upon hut throughout the United States and
Canada, Central and South America, and the West Indies,
has been contracted for. Twenty-one separate and distinct
manufacturers in this country and abroad have been paid
liberally for the privilege of first choice of their products.
In originating the Bo.x OtTice Company, it was Mr. Fo.x's
idea that at least four features per week should be offered
exhibitors. It was understood that tlie mere matter of dis-
covering four features each week of such quality that tlicy
could be bought and resold to the better class of exhibitors,
was no small task, not to mention the difficulty of financing
so big a proposition. The plan was adopted, however, and
for months the Bo.x Office people have been wheeling along
pretty steadily with their four-features-a-\veek idea. It is
confessed that there have been a few weeks in which the
company has made more or less e.xpensive bargains with
some of the manufacturing concerns to which they were
under contract in order that they might be e.xcused from
accepting features which they did not regard as suitable.
The determination to build and operate their own studios,
the big contract with the Balboa people, and the arrangement
with big European makers of photoplays so early in the
Box Ofiice Company's history have all resulted, it is said,
because of conditions which became apparent as the busi-
ness unfolded itself. That the day might come when even
the most persistent search would not reveal sufficient fea-
tures of the necessary quality has been considered as at
least a possibility and the Box Office manufacturing plan
has been worked out as a means of protection. When the
studios arc in operation, three all-star stock companies will
be kept at work twelve months a year, providing a source
of feature photoplays which the distributing company will
control absolutely and which cannot fail them. The con-
tract with the Balboa company whereby the entire output
of the Balboa studios goes to the Box Office Company was
a bigger one than it was planned to make, but was also
found necessary as a protective measure for customers of
the distributing exchange.
The Box Office organization is a particularly strong one
and a visit to the handsomely equipped offices occupying the
entire fifth floor of the Leavitt Building in West Forty-sixth
Street, New York City, is convincing that the company is
in the field, not only to stay, but to enjoy continued and
rapid growth. As president, Mr. Fox, past master of pro-
viding popularly priced entertainment for the public, con-
trols the destinies of the company. Winfield R. Sheehan. a
trained and aggressive executive long connected with an
important department of New York City's government, is
general manager of the company, .\braham Carlos, whose
knowledge of the film business has been conclusively proven
by the success which he has made of a number of theaters
around New York, is the company's expert film purchasing
agent and head of the State Rights department. L. T.
Rogers serves as booking manager and Charles Mortimer
Peck as manager of advertising, publicity, and sales pro-
motion.
The company's quarters are complete. There are nicely
furnished business offices, two very pretty projection thea-
ters, a complete poster department, and thoroughly modern
rooms for the handling of film.
Exclusive Supply Corporation.
Pioneer Venders of Features Soon to Open Branch Offices
Throughout the Country for Exhibitors' Convenience.
IT is claimed for the brand of films known as Great North-
ern Special that thej' were the very first feature films
ever marketed in the United States. This distinction is
at least interesting in view of the wonderful development
which has been made in the feature branch of the moving
picture industry within the past year or so.
In this connection it is also of interest to recount briefly
some of the past activities of the men who have had to do
with these pioneer feature films and to tell of plans which
they have formulated for the future.
Great Northern features, listed as Great Northern Pre-
ferred and Great Northern Specials, are controlled by the
Exclusive Supph' Corporation, from whose offices in the
Candler Building, West Forty-second Street, are also mar-
keted the feature releases now being made by almost a dozen
other large companies.
The Exclusive Corporation was formed in May, 1913, at a
time when feature films
were the exception and
not the rule in the pho-
toplay theaters through-
out the United States
and at a time w-hen the
chap with a feature film
under his arm was wont
to hawk his wares from
theater to theater, often
quite successfully. Her-
!^ert Blache. president of
the company; I. C. Oes,
vice-president: Harry R.
Raver, secretar}' and
treasurer, and Joseph R.
Miles, general manager,
were agreed in their op-
position to the "forced
Drogram" which was a
lot more common in
those days than it is now
and in their determina-
tion to make it possible
J to buy just the kind of
a show he wanted from
Joseph Miles. i.time to time the Exclu-
ijtime to time t
lisive was born.
Mr. Blache's personal interests include extensive holdings
in the Blache-American, the Solax, and the United States
Amusement companies. Mr. Oes is president of the Great
Northern Special Feature Film Company and the .\mericarr
representative of the Nordisk Film Company. Mr. Raver is
president and general manager of the .\I1 Star Feature
Corporation and is interested in the Itala Film Company of
America. Mr. Miles is president of the Films Lloyd Com-
pany and an officer in the Great Northern Special Company.
With the products of all of these companies as a nucleus,
the Exclusive Supply Corporation w'as able to start its
career in a most pretentious manner.
At the present time, the Exclusive is handling features
made by the following well-known companies: .\11 Star
Feature Corporation. Blache-.\merican, F. R. A., Gaumont,.
Great Northern Preferred, Great Northern Special. Itala,.
Lewis Pennant, Ramo, Solax and Films Lloyd. Their pro-
gram calls for the release of five features each week and
distribution is made on the states rieht plan, big exchanges
handling the product in certain territories and independent
exhibitors in others.
For some months, the Exclusive people have been at work
on important changes in their general marketing plan, and
it _has just been announced that at least a score of branch
offices are to be opened in various cities throughout the
country in the fall. Under the new plan, the Excfusive will
deal directly with the exhibitor in every locality instead of
with the exchange, or middle man. Just where these branch
offices are to be located and other details of the plan have
not yet been announced, but it is said that investigation
which has been made by officers of the corporation within
the past few months has resulted in a charting of the coun-
try, based upon its feature film needs, the following of which
will insure the success of the new arrangement. When the
branch offices are established two more" features per week
will be added to the schedule, making "a feature a day" pos-
sible for those who care to avail themselves of Exclusive
service. The plan also calls for the release of a sufficient
number of commercial films to round out programs, making-
it possible for the exhibitor to buy his entire show from the
one source of supply.
While all of the features handled by the Exclusive people
are those of well established concerns, film people in gen-
eral have, perhaps, heard more about the Harry Raver string
than about the others within the past few months. The All
Star Feature Corporation has been attracting considerable
attention because of the association with it of .\ugustus
Thomas in the capacity of general director of productions.
"The Jungle." photoplay version of Upton Sinclair's power-
ful novel of the same title, made under the personal direction
of the author and introducing Mr. Sinclair in a couple of
the scenes, has recently been released and is proving a big
drawing card in theaters throughout the country.
Through his association with another allied company and'
also reflecting credit upon the standing of the men' who-
direct the destinies of the Exclusive Corporation. Mr. Raver
has lately put over a notable film success in "Cabiria," now
running at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York Cit}-.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Warner's Features, Inc.
Company's Success in the Film Industry Is Notable Example
of Strict Adherence to Carefully Thought Out Purpose.
THE commercial world at large is full of examples of
successes which have been made by strict adherence
to a purpose. Big businesses have been built by
men possessed of an idea in which they had faith and upon
which they were willing to stake their reputations by closely
identifying it with their names. The Warner's Features,
Inc., business is a notable example of this in the moving
picture industry.
One cannot go back to ancient history to begm a yarn
about the development of any business in the moving picture
field for the reason that the industry itself is still quite
young. However, it may be said that it was a good many
years ago Abe Warner and a couple of equally aggressive
associates began the campaign which has made the Warner's
Features, Inc., business what it is today, possessed of little
more than an idea.
The first company formed was Warner's Feature Film
Company, with A. Warner as president, H. M. Warner as
secretary and treasurer, and H. M. Goetz as general auditor.
Directors' Room, Warner's Features, Inc.
The idea was to supply what seemed to be a healthy demand
for multiple reel pictures as business builders in thousands of
theatres which had sprung up throughout the United States.
In August, 1913, the original company gave way to the
present organization known as Warner's Features, Inc.,
with the following officers: P. A. (Pat) Powers, president;
A. Warner, vice-president; H. M. Warner, sales manager;
H. M. Goetz, assistant sales manager.
In the eleven months which have elapsed since this re-
organization, strict adherence to the original idea and in-
telligent and conscientious effort on the part of Mr. Powers
and his associates have worked wonders until the name
"Warner's Features" has been established as a guarantee of
quality in photoplays from one end of the country to the
other, and is equally well known among moving picture
tradesmen and mere "moving picture fans."
As he looks back at what has been accomplished, Mr.
Powers likes to recall the first trio of feature releases, made
in September, 1913. "In the Power of a Hypnotist," "The
Living Corpse," and "Jephtha's Daughter" caught the public
fancy in such a way that "Warner's Features" were imme-
diately set upon the high road to success.
The Warner idea was to buy films in the open market, to
avoid all contract entanglements which might result in the
company's exploitation of something not up to standard
because of obligations previously incurred, and to pay the
highest prices to film manufacturers in order that the house
of Warner might be the first place visited by the producer
with something particularly meritorious to sell. Important
also was the company's plan to protect the exhibitor by
granting him exclusive rights to Warner features in his ter-
ritory.
When the Warner's Features, Inc., moved into their hand-
some offices on the eighth floor of the Leavitt Building in
West Forty-sixth Street last October, they owned outright
twenty-one branch offices located in the principal cities of
the United States and Canada. The string of offices had
been established after careful consideration of shipping prob-
lems which, in the earlier days, had been bobbing up day
after day and week after week to drive exhibitors and ex-
change men alike to distraction because of disappointments
which it seemed impossible to prevent. With the present
Warner organization, New England and the East in general
receive their film supply from offices in Boston, Mass.; Syra-
cuse, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; New York City, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Washington, D. C, and Wheeling, W.
Va. The Southern exhibitors are taken care of by offices in
Atlanta, Ga.; New Orleans, La.; Dallas, Tex.; and Louis-
ville, Ky. The Middle West is served by offices in Cleveland,
O.; Cincinnati, O.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Chicago, 111.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Kansas City, Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn.; and De-
troit, Mich. Exhibitors in the West and Far West look to
offices in Denver, Col.; San Francisco, Cal.; Los Angeles,
Cal.; and Seattle, Wash.; for their service and those in Can-
ada to Toronto and Montreal.
The Warner's Features schedule, from the beginning, has
been made up almost exclusively of three-reel releases, the
judgment of Mr. Powers and his associates being that fea-
tures of this size are best suited to the needs of the average
exhibitor throughout the country. For a long time it has
been the company's practice to release three features a
week. As a rule, these features are three-reel subjects, but
General Office, Warner's Features, Inc.
occasionally one six-reeler and a three, or a five and a four,
the total number of reels invariably being nine for the week,
are released. This policy of specializing in three-reel fea-
tures may be mentioned as indicative of the intelligent care
which the Warner people have expended in building their
business. The company's representatives spend as much
time in finding out just what exhibitors need as they do in
the work of actually pushing their film wares, with the result
that the exhibitor is led to believe that he is always "in the
hands of his friends." At the recent exposition at Grand
Central Palace the Warner company asked exhibitors to de-
cide by ballot what length features were best suited to their
needs.
The company's policy of paying the highest prices for
features has served its purposes in attracting some of the
best producers, and among the regular contributors to the
Warner programs are the following companies: Gene Gaun-
tier Feature Players, Sid Olcott International Players, Mar-
ion Leonard Film Company, Colorado Motion Picture Com-
pany, Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company, Milano
Film Company, Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Features, Ambrosio
American Company, Pyramid Film Company, Paris Eclair
and Mittenthal Bros. Film Company. Sidney Olcott, Stanner
E. V. Taylor, Marshall Farnum, Jack J. Clark, H. C. Mat-
thews, J. Farrell MacDonald, Otis B. Thayer, and Frank
Beal are some of the popular directors whose work stands
out in the Warner programs.
Mr. Powers, who has always been one of the most ag-
gressive men in the independent film field, has used his inti-
mate personal knowledge of the requirements of exhibitors
throughout the country with striking success in building up
the business of his company. His is, and long has been,
the policy of not only providing the exhibitor with the right
kind of features but also of helping the exhibitor "sell" his
show to the public. The handsome lobby displays, litho-
graphs and banners, which are sent out with the pictures to
provide a regular "circus billing," have helped a great deal
in making Warner's Features popular.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
263
Ruth Roland, Kalem Girl Who Does Things
RUTH ROLAND, the popular Kalem comedienne, no
doubt, has not realized that she has devoted her hie to
the entertainment of the public. She would probably
tell you that she is having just as much fun as her audiences
and really had not thought about working for the amuse
ment of humanity. The fact remains, however, that
went on the stage at the age of four and has practically
an actress ever since. Miss Roland's first appearance in
toplays was in the Kalem western dramas, and when Kal
established a permanent comedy company in California
became the bright star. Of late she has been featured
lively farces, which have been of such a strenuous char-
acter that the spectator has not always had a
chance to study her natural charms. The accompany-
ing illustrations — Miss Roland's latest photographs
— will give her many admirers the opportunity they
have been awaiting.
Should you ask an authority what particular
equipment an actor or actress must have to cap-
tivate and hold an audience, he will answer in
one word: "Personality." And a little reflection
will bring a wealth of evidence to prove the
statement. The plays and vaudeville acts which
owe their success to ingratiating artists are
legion and the director of photoplays will
tell you that the silent drama is even more
dependent upon the strong personalities of
his players.
Miss Roland and her directors, however,
have not been obliged to capitalize upon
her prime asset, for there seems to be noth-
ing which this versatile young woman can-
not do when called upon. She has handled
an aeroplane and high-powered motor boat
with the same facility with which she drives
her automobile.
Speaking of automobiles, the comedienne
recently had a large "Kewpie" doll fitted
with electric lights and mounted it on the
radiator of her machine. The innovation
started a craze and, as a result, many of
the illuminated "Kewpies" are to be seen
along the Los Angeles highways.
An expert with the rifle and shotgun.
Miss Roland has brought home many a can-
vasback, when she found it possible to slip
scenes and dives for her own enjoyment. At the natatorium
which she visits, it is not uncommon for the bathers to
assemble and applaud the variety of fancy dives and
swimming strokes which she has mastered.
The boxinff gloves
foils
Miss
room
away from the Kalem studio for an afternoon's outing, and
she is equally proficient with rod and line.
When the director announces a day at the beach. Miss
Roland just knows that she is going to take a high dive.
If the play does not call for one, she dashes away between
ff
are not there for decorative pur-
poses entirely, as any venture-
some challenger may learn. For
further information you can ap-
ply to a certain actor who took
part in one of Kalem's "ath-
letic comedies" and was foolish
enoiigh to discredit Miss Ro-
land's right-hand swing by step-
ping into it.
Occasionally the Kalem com-
edies ofTer Miss Roland an op-
portunity to present the modern
dances, of which she is an ac-
complished exponent. The fem-
iniiie fans who have admired the
handsome gowns which Miss
Roland wears in such produc-
tions will be interested in learn-
ing that they were designed by
the actress. And we do not
think we are betraying a confi-
dence when we state that she
makes many of them herself.
, Few outside of the studio know
^ that Miss Roland can "clog" just
as cleverly as she executes the tango and maxixe.
Miss Roland likes to talk about her work in the
pictures, but the person with whom she converses
will know little "about the part she has been play-
ing when the chat has ended. He will, however,
carry away with him an account of some strenuous
adventure which was not on the original schedule
of picture taking. Perhaps her saddle girth broke
when she was taking one of her daring horse-
back rides, or it may have been that a clumsy
super got in the way of her lasso.
"What were my most successful roles on the
stage?" Miss Roland repeated in response to a
;- recent inquiry. "That's ancient history now. I had
_ almost forgotten that I had ever been in musical
comedy and, until I sang those selections at the
benefit performance tonight I was not sure that I still pos-
sessed a voice. At that, I couldn't tell whether the house
was joking with me or not. That's one advantage of being
in the pictures. You're miles away from your critics. And
you can figure that I am in the pictures to stay."
264
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Paramount Pictures
Corporation
Marketing Plan on Novel Lines, as Regards Photoplay Pro-
ducers, Expected to Accomplish Wonders.
ANY LEGITIMATE THEATER
Broadway, New York City
Any Date
First Performance
"HIS MASTERPIECE"
by David Belasco
All-star cast.
.\NY PICTURE THE.\TER
New York or Elsewhere
(Same date as above)
First Presentation
"HIS MASTERPIECE"
by David Belasco
Original Cast and Production
UP TO the present writing newspapers in this or any
any other country have not been asked to carry ad-
vertisements like the foregoing. That publicity of
this kind may be in order, and that very shortly, is not a
far cry from wdiat one gathers in inquiring into the plans of
the recently organized Paramount Pictures Corporation, and
a discussion of this possibility will pretty accurately em-
phasize the points of distinction which are claimed for the
new combination, recognized as one of the most important
which has ever been effected in the moving picture industry.
It was announced not many weeks ago that the Paramount
corporation had been formed w'ith the following ofScers: \V.
W. Hodkinson, president and general manager; James Steele,
vice-president; Raymond Pawley, secretary and treasurer;
Officers of the Paramount (Left to Right— Hiram Abrams,
W. L. Sherry, James Steele, W. W. Hodkinson,
Raymond Pawley).
additional members of the Board of Directors, Hiram
Abrams and W. L. Sherry. It was explained in a general
way that the new organization was a combination for the
purposes of distributing the products of the Famous Play-
ers Film Company, the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com-
pany, and Bosworth, Inc.
Described in a way which will explain the real significance
of the organization, it may be said that the Paramount Pic-
tures Corporation movement represents the whole hearted
embarkation in the moving picture business of that class of
amusement purveyors commonly ' referred to as the "high
brows" and hitherto violently opposed to what they have
contemptuously called the "canned drama." This is a broad
description and is based upon the inevitable happenings of
the future as well as upon what has transpired in the past.
The representation in the Paramount organization of the
Famous Players Film Company and the Jesse L, Lasky Fea-
ture Play Company, which have already established repu-
tations for handling the productions of some of the fore-
most men in the theatrical business, calls attention to the
fact that big producers had been lured into the moving pic-
ture field before the formation of the Paramount organiza-
tion. Plans which have been announced by each of these
component organizations, as well as by the Paramount con-
cern, within the past few weeks, however, would seem to
bear testimony that the Paramount organization idea has
been the clincher in securing other productions and pro-
ducing talent greatly to be desired and in providing a means
for the future whereby nothing that is really worth while
can escape the photoplay screen.
The Paramount plan, intended primarily to interest pro-
ducers who have hitherto worked in the so-called "legiti-
mate" branch of the amusement business, is the identical
plan under which these producers have always operated in
their old field. The Paramount features will be handled on
a percentage basis, the producer of the picture making much
or little money in accordance with whether his product is
or is not satisfactory from the public's point of view, after it
has been passed upon by the distributing agency.
For the percentage plan, which is a new one in the fea-
ture film field, the Paramount people claim as the principal
advantage that it will keep alive a spirit of co-operation be-
tween manufacturer and distributor which is sometimes
lacking under other arrangements.
While no statment to the efifect has been made, it seems
quite evident that the percentage, or royalty, plan devised
by the Paramount, has had much to do with influencing such
producers as David Belasco to enter the photoplay field.
Certainly, if Mr. Belasco has ever objected to the photoplay
on the grounds that it might belittle his art, this objection
has been removed in providing him with a way in which he
can spend as much time and money upon a photoplay pro-
duction as he can determine to be justified, reasoning that
superior merit in a photoplay will call for superior reward
in which he is to share.
Nothing definite has been said upon the subject of film-
ing New York dramatic successes while they are still run-
ning on Broadway, but that this plan is being seriously con-
sidered is quite evident from remarks let fall by the Para-
mount people.
The plan, then, to present a first-night of both the regular
stage version and the photoplay version of something which
gives every promise of proving a success, seems perfectly
within reason. Certainly the advertisement of a Broad-
way run would do greater things for a photoplay of the
reigning success offered in every corner of the country
within six weeks' time than it would for road companies
striking communities months or even years afterwards, wnen
the enthusiasm for the original success had begun to wane.
Of the Paramount's definite plans for the future it has
been anounced that a definite schedule of feature releases is
to be put into operation about September 1. The features
will come, not only from the three big producing companies
represented, but also from such other companies either in
this country or abroad as are able to produce stufif up to the
distril)uting company's high standard and are anxious to
have it handled throughout the country.
World Film Corporation.
ONE of the most important coml)inations ever made in
the motion picture industrv has recently turned the
limelight^ on the World Feature Corporation, with
sumptuous offices in the Leavitt Building, in West Forty-
sixth Street. As the result of the combination, the World
Film Corporation will distribute exclusively the photoplay
features, either past or future, of the Messrs. Shubert. Wil-
liam A. Brady, Charles E. Blaney, Owen Davis, and the Mc-
Ennery Syndicate of New York and London. Included in
the formal announcement of the big deal made not long ago
was a list of more than 160 features, either made or to be
made, which will constitute the distributing company's cata-
logue.
The World Film Corporation has been one of the most
active feature organizations in the field for some time. It
started as a big thing but its grow'th. nevertheless, has been
spectacular and its participation in this latest deal which rep-
resents the forming of a $3,000,000 company is therefore
somethine which might reasonably have been expected. Back
of the gigantic scheme to provide one photoplay feature a
week of a most extraordinary nature, it is said, are some of
the wealthiest financial operators in the Wall Street district
of New York and certainly it is true that directing the
scheme are some of the ablest film men in the industry,
Outside of the announcement that the new features would
be added to their program early in September, the World
people have said but little of the efifect. the recent liig deal
would have upon their organization and plans. Twenty-one
offices, in addition to the principal one in New York City_
were controlled by the distributing concern before the big"
deal and it is very likely that many additions will be made to
this already big list of headquarters for the World features.
The New York offices of the World Film Corporation are
handsomely furnished, with everything in the best of taste..
The color scheme is gray, the partitions dividing the numer-
ous offices and departments being of ground glass. The
projection room is quite comfortable and the projectioir
equipment is of the very best obtainable in order that the
pictures may be shown at their best.
THR MOMNG PICTURE WORLD
265
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
A New Two-Reel Version of an Old Edison Comedy
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
Farmer Davis Harry Ey tinge
Nellie. Iiis daughter Gladys Hulelte
Joe Skifkins Richard Tucker
Mrs. Davis Cora Williams
MK Stephens William Bechtcl
Grace, his daughter Gertrude McCoy
VERY FUNNY, so funny that every actor and actress in
moving pictures should see it. "The Stuff That Dreams
.■\re Made of." has a serious purpose concealed in its
merriment. In every studio there are quite a few self-suffi-
cient ladies and gentlemen who think they could act if they
ever had a real chance. Tliese \'anity Boxes, inore familiar-
Scene from "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (Edison)
ly known as "Vee-Bees," have a passionate fondness for
publishing their performances, past and present, with an ad-
ditional hint at the offers they have been compelled to turn
down.
While the plain and disagreeable truth is that a lot of us
are getting easy money in this line of business who ought
to be earning wages, some of us appreciate that the busi-
Scene from "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" (Edison)
ness made us. whereas "quite a few," especialy Vee-Bees
of guady publicity in magazines and papers with space to
fill, think the)- made the business. These actorettes and
actorines are the idols of immature minds, from children to
kitchen maids and hopeful clerks. Postal cards bearing hec-
tic half-tones of mcvie hero and heroine are widely circu-
lated among the unthinking with a sad result. When one
of tile Vee-Bees lays his, or her, tired head down at night,
tile tire is usually punctured if the head has not suffered a
blow-out.
Supposing you had an unbelievable publicity man hand-
ing out a lot of knock-kneed epigrams, decrepit narratives
and press-agent perversions of God's naked truth about you
while you were engaged in a campaign perpetual of self-ex-
pUiitation wherever you could find a listener, perhaps your
well-tired head would suffer a blow-out. just as did Nellie,
the daughter of Farmer Davis, in Edison's revived comedy.
Nellie saw strange thmgs m her dreams but nothing more
wierd. really and lioncstly. than much we see on the screen
at the picture show. She saw actorettes and actorines strut
al)Out and mouth "My God" in an omelette soutTle of yellow
nothingness that was only mildly amusing until I saw the
point. The point being that the participants in Nellie's
nightmare were taking off Vanity l^oxes of moving pic-
tures; then I began to sit up and smile.
It was the art of acting left to itself, unguided by direc-
torial control, a rampant reproduction of all that makes seri-
ous photoplays so screamingly funny, just such a shifting
of violent incident without meaning or purpose as we find in
five-point type among the release notices, and watch in a be-
wildered state of mental appendicitis on the screen when we
pay ten cents to loop the loop with tliat little remaining sense
we have. It was all much funnier than I expected because
it was so much like what we often expect, and much fun-
nier than the performers may have expected. They were
not exaggerating a great, after all.
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" also takes off with
rare ingenuity those old scenic devices which used to thrill
in stage melondrammers. which are not greatly removed
from the million-dollar effects of the present day in actual
photo-dramatic value. People will lau.gh at the comedy for
various reasons, some of which are above enumerated, and
thanks be to the producer who gives an occasional chance
to enjoy ourselves in that way.
The Picture Saleslady
WOMEN achieve success in so tnany fields of liuman
endeavor that it is not in the least surprising that
she should succeed as a seller of motion pictures. A
notable example of woman's success in this line is found in
the subject of this brief sketch. Miss Agnes Egan Cobb,
who conducts the features department of the Eclair Film
Company, known to the trade as the Leading Players Film
Corporation and Fea-
tures Ideal. Though Miss
Cobb has occupied this
position but little more
than a year, she has
greatly popularized the
brands under her control
and has demonstrated
that at least there is one
woman who can sell mo-
tion pictures better than
some of the men who
have preceded her in the
same position.
Miss Cobb has been
connected with the mo-
tion picture business for
several years and is as
fully conversant with
the trade as any man en-
gaged in the business to-
day. Energetic and per-
sistent, she has built up
a stable market for the
Leading Players and
Features Ideal brands
that will last for some
time to come.
In her work as sales
manager she has charge
of the publicity apper-
Agnes Egan Cobb.
tammg to the subjects to be disposed of and not only
prepares the text descriptions and the display advertising
matter, but selects the poster copy, a very important item
in the marketing of a feature motion picture.
Miss Cobb is a regular attendant upon the various ex-
hibitors' conventions, state and national, and few men
in the business are better or more favorably known than
she to the exhibitors of the country.
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Essanay's New Studios.
The Equipment of the Additional Studio in Chicago is Said
to Realize the Last Word in Artificial Lighting.
WITHOUT any blare of trumpets Essanay's new studio
in Chicago was completed and opened early in the
present year. The new structure is situated west of
the old and, like the latter, faces on Argyle Street, the en-
tire front making an imposing appearance on that thorough-
fare. Gigantic willow trees line the sidewalks along the
frontage of both structures, affording only a partial view
as one drives past.
George K. Spoor, president of the Essanay Company,
was seen by the writer shortly after the new studio was
in operation, and referring to the outlay on the new build-
ing and its appointments he preferred to look on it rather
from the viewpoint of the additional utilities it provided
than from the expense incurred.
"Our new studio has proved already a great time-saver,"
he said. "Our old Chicago studio was a pretty fast studio,
excellently equipped, but the new studio will, I believe, from
present indications, save us fully eight working daj'S in the
month. More than that, its lighting equipment is pretty
close to the last word in artificial lighting.
"We have now sufficient facilities in our Chicago studios
alone, if put to the test, to turn out 14,000 feet of negative
per week. The capacity of the new Niles studio, in Cali-
fornia, is easily 6,000 feet per week.
"Our additional studio here will be devoted to dramatic
subjects exclusively. These subjects will not necessarily
be all multiple reels, as I am a firm believer in the single
reel features and intend to devote great effort to single
reel comedies and dramatic subjects. The Snakeville West-
ern comedies, with Margaret Jocelyn, Victor Potel and
Harry Todd, will continue to keep up the former and will
create even the increased demand. The Anderson "Broncho
Billy" releases are holding their popularity, and Mr. An-
derson is appearing regularly in his famous role."
The new studio building occupies a ground space 90 by
70 feet. The studio occupies 90 by 50 feet, and 90 by 20
feet on the south is devoted to the property room, the
costume department and dressing rooms. The property
room is on the same floor as the studio, and here much of
the time-saving already referred to can be credited, owing
to the facility with which scenes can be set. The costume
department and the dressing rooms are on the floor above
the property room, the combined heights of both floors
being equal to that of the studio.
The three dynamos installed in the new building are
equal to running all the lights in both the old and new
studios, and a^e so" constructed that, if necessary, they can
be run on their own power. Six sets of Cooper-Hewitt lights
have been installed. Each set has four sections and each
of these sections has four tubes.
The tubes in each section are lighted automatically. The
four sections in each set can be used independently, or all
the six sets (the twenty-four sections) at the same time. A
section of any set can be lighted or extinguished in-
stantaneously. The entire sets can be operated in the same
way. Each set can be moved independently — or all sets to-
gether— from one point to another as required, being hung
from a horizontal crane on ball-bearing wheels. To move
an entire set of these overhead lights, weighing about a
Wardrobe and Dressing Rooms in New Essanay Studio,
Chicago.
ton, a man or a boy is required to exert a pulling weight
of ten pounds on a pulley wheel. As soon as the power
at the pulley is released, an automatic brake stops the
set at the point desired. These overhead lights are to the
photoplay what the border lights are to the drama in stage
productions. The floor side lights are supplied by numerous
movable carbon arcs on carriages. The side head-lights, two
to each set, are placed to the right and left of eacn set.
Interior of New Essanay Studio, Chicago.
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Essanay's Studio at Niles, California.
On Monday, June 16, 1913, the Western studio and plant
of the Essanay Company at Niles, Cal., was opened, and
a ball and banquet marked the completion of the project.
Formerly, since 'die Anderson Company moved to the
Niles Canyon, the western home of Essanay had been a
barn with an open-air stage, Mr. Anderson's private office
View of Essanay Studio at Niles, Cal.
being a tent beside the entrance. Even under these adverse
conditions the average production ran between two and
three thousand feet, of negative a week.
The new structure is a steel shell, with brick facing, and
has an indoor stage 50 by SO feet, ten dressing rooms, a
carpenter shop, proof room, propertj- room and a paint
bridge and wardrobe room. A fireproof concrete developing
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room and a film vault are now under construction. An
outdoor stage, 60 by 75 feet, enables two companies to
work at the same time on interiors, with plenty of room
for other settings.
Close at hand is a commodious stable for the riding stock,
and four additional bungalows have been built, bringing the
Essanay village up to ten houses, in addition to the studio
and plant buildings. Tennis courts have been laid out,
a baseball diamond has been leveled and improved, and from
a camp the Niles establishment has been transformed into
an attractive hamlet.
REEL FELLOWS CLUB GIVES STAG.
On Friday, June 19th, the Reel Fellows Club of Chicago,
met at the Advertising Club and a very interesting program
was executed. Members who had visited New York conven-
tion furnished considerable amusement in their efforts to
evade giving details of their deportment in the Eastern Me-
tropolis. Professional talent in addition to impromptu num-
bers added to the good time in a general way.
Of course, an excellent spread was provided. Seven new
members were enrolled. A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing the board of governors to investigate and report on per-
manent quarters, the rapid growth of the club necessi-
tating this action. Those not yet members and desiring to
join had better come in before the present low initiation is
increased.
DOROTHY PHILLIPS SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL.
Miss Dorothy Phillips, formerly leading woman with the
Essanay Company, has signed with the Universal to play the
leading roles in the Imp Company under the direction of
Frank Crane.
Lost in Lubin Fire.
Many Valuable Motion Pictures Destroyed by Recent
Explosion at Big Philadelphia Plant.
THE recent fire of the Lubin plant in Philadelphia, apart
frorn the financial loss of a half-million dollars' worth
of films that could not be insured, caused Siegmund
Lubin many a heart aclie, which even this stoical business
nian could not well conceal. Films that were made in his
little unassuming laboratory, and which represented his
first efforts meant almost as much to him as the beautiful
productions which cost him thirty and forty thousand dollars
to make at the present time.
Not alone because of a sentimental atachment for these
old prints but largely because they represented the first at-
tempts of an American manufacturer to film objects of in-
terest and incidents which can never take place again.
One of the films which Mr. Lubin prized as highly as any
which he lost was that of President McKinley and his Cabi-
net at Camp .-Mger, during the Spanish American War. He
also possessed a valuable film which showed the funeral of
the martyred president as well as some films of funerals of
foreign monarchs. These of course, had a large commercial
value abroad.
When the Lubin Company started to manufacture and pro-
duce well known plays. Uncle Tom's Cabin was one of the
first which the firm made and Mr. Lubin essayed the part
of Simon Legree and his acting and the entire picture was
one of the films which the Philadelphia manufacturer prized
as highly as almost any other film in his plant. Jack and
the Bean Stalk and Little Red Riding Hood, two of the
plays that appealed strongly to the children who are always
dear to Mr. Lubin's heart, were other films that were de-
stroyed and which it is unlikely will ever be restored as there
is no market for them in these days of high priced produc-
tions.
Among the other important films which can never be re-
placed, and which are included in Mr. Lubin's losses are,
pictures of the Pan-American Exposition, the Buffalo and
the Paris Exposition, the Galveston Disaster, the San Fran-
cisco Earthquake, the Transvaal War, the Death of Macelo,
General Miles and Staff and several of the Naval Command-
ers of the Spanish American War. and the almost priceless
films showing the war between Russia and Japan and the
Bombardment of Port Arthur.
There were also valuable pictures of great industrial and
educational movements of interest — pictures of the Pennsyl-
vania coal strike, films showing wonderful surgical opera-
tions by renowned American and foreign medical men, new
inventions by men of prominence in the scientific world and
some of the most important reproductions of technical dis-
coveries were destroyed.
This great collection of films would not be complete with-
out a mention of the pictures which Mr. Lubin possessed of
record making athletic contests, and these, too, were all lost.
Among these of special interest were the films of the Dixon-
Gans fight, the Corbet-McGovern fight, and a picture of the
crucial game of the baseball season of 1902, when Rube Wad-
dell pitched the Athletics to their first American League
championship.
Pictures based on Revolutionary and Civil War themes and
of such pageants as the Delhi Durbar in India, can of course,
be reproduced when new plots are prepared and new inci-
dents occur, but the pictures of the events that will never
occur again, are lost forever to posterity.
The most peculiar part of the fire was that everyone of
the Lubin films had been stored in a steel and concrete vault
which was supposed to be fire-proof and able to resist every
explosive force. Each of these vaults was lighted from
above by small prisms and the rays of the sun beating
through these magnifying glases formed a direct conductor
of heat that set fire to the films and later exploded the gases,
which could not be carried off through the perfect ventilat-
ing system that had been installed.
With the rebuilding of the vaults, in which will be stored
the new negatives, Mr. Lubin has planned for the construc-
tion of a lighting system that will not give rise to any such
condition that caused the recent fire, and with all his plants
and studios busily engaged in re-making the films to replace
those which were lost, and the production of new and more
expensive productions than ever, he has promised to have
shortly a collection of films that will greatly surpass those
whose loss cost practically a half-million dollars.
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Toronto Exposition Closes
While the Exhibitors Held No Meetings, Many Attended
the Show — Some Catne from Out of Town.
By George Blaisdell.
THE first trade exposition under the auspices of the
exhibitors of Toronto was not the success its sponsors
had hoped for. Unquestionaljly the experience gained
this year will enable the promoters so to haildle affairs in
the future that the public will be brought to the show and
arrangements made to entertain them; and, of course, what
is of more importance to the trade, the exhibitors of Canada
will be assured that the showing of motion picture ap-
pliances will be so extensive they cannot afford to miss it.
The exposition was held in the great Arena, and was opened
on June 20. It closed on June 27. In the World of last
week was given the names of the booth-holders. It had
been announced that the third convention of the exhibitors
would be held in the same building during the week. Up
to Thursday evening there had been no meeting, and the
prospect was that none would be held. Quite a number of
exhibitors dropped in at the hall from time to time, most of ,
them on Thursday, on which day the Universal Exchange
was in charge of the entertainment for the public. It was
the first tangible recognition of the exposition by the public,
and it turned out to see Annette Kellermann in the seven-
Teel production of "Neptune's Daughter." The picture was
sent up from New York especially for the showing, and
made a pronounced hit. It had never been seen in Canada
hefore. The censors passed it on Wednesday. No altera-
tions were made, on the understanding that it be exhibited
■only in the Arena, but Chairman Armstrong said it was pos-
sible there would be one or two minor eliminations in case
the picture should be shown in a Toronto theatre. The
Universal Exchange also distributed many hundred pinks
as well as fans carrying the photographs of players. It
was a lively day and evening.
Henry Fischer, the manager for Toronto of Warner's
Features, was much in evidence during the week. His booth
was near the door, and no exhibitor got by without being
nailed. He is a real entertainer, and he had some expert
associates, among them Dave Warner. The Universal crew
also was on the job, and so, too, were the Power and Sim-
plex men and the Wyanoak bunch. The Wurlitzer organ
was one of the big attractions.
R. H. Cockburn, of the Sturgeon Falls Opera House, came
■down from the Cobalt district to see the show and in-
cidentally buy an automobile. He says there is fine fishing
up in his country — and Cockburn looks the real host. In-
cidentally he tells us there is a strong picture community
in Sturgeon Falls.
Mr. Mannist, who controls the Gayety, Princess and Ly-
ceum in Port Arthur, 900 miles northwest of Ontario, came
to town to look over the show. Also he wanted to examine
the plans of the Arena; Mr. Mannist is going to put up a
structure 100 by 350, which will, in many respects, duplicate
the exposition hall. It will contain a ballroom^ skating
rink and last, but not least, a picture theatre. Asked as to
how he found the picture business, he replied tersely: "If
you get the stuff you get the money." When he took hold
of the first of his houses in Port Arthur he started right in
to build up business. As a beginner he brought on from
Chicago a Hungarian orchestra, for which he paid $225 a
vi'eek. And he says he got the business fast and plenty.
George Magie, the confidential representative of the ex-
executive officers of the Universal Film Manufacturing Com-
pany, dropped in on the show on Wednesday night. Mrj
Magie got the glad hand at the World booth. It was a
familiar face from old N. Y., and it looked, if possible, better
than usual. The well-known film man covers in his travels for
the Universal a wide range of country — from St. John, N. B.,
to Vancouver in Canada alone. He has recently taken over
for his company the seven Canadian exchanges of Allen
Brothers. In six of these he has installed new managers.
He instituted new methods of control, put in a large num-
ber of new pictures, and reports that everything is running
very smoothly. He says that under the new regime business
has markedly increased. It is Mr. Magie, by the way, that
the exhibitors and people of Toronto have to thank for
the showing of "Neptune's Daughter."
Gordon L. Smith, of the Victoria Theater, Montreal, rep-
resenting also the Perkins Electric Company, 1 imited, was
present during the week. C. M. Burroughs, of the Princess
Theater, Sudbury, was accompanied by his manager, W. B.
Walker. John Powell, of the Grand Opera House, Barrie,
was in attendance at the show during the middle of the
week.
W. I. Kemp, of the Classic Theatre, Stratford, as pleasant
to meet as he is big in frame, was a caller at the World
booth. Mr. Kemp says that while he subscribes for the
Moving Picture World he often has difficulty in keeping
track of his copy. His five children are always on the
watch for the arrival of the paper, and Mr. Kemp says that
only after the children and Mrs. Kemp have each devoured
its contents does he get a look-in. He considers this an
unusual tribute to a trade publication. The Classic seats
625 persons, and shows straight pictures. Speaking about
the popularity of certain kinds of pictures, Mr. Kemp
says that while he has a fine patronage, he notices that his
receipts do not show very strong on days he runs a his-
torical or a scenic subject. He says a scenic may get by
sometimes. It has been his experience that criticism of pic-
tures comes mainly from those who so far as he can learn
never attend picture shows. Mr. Kemp's progressiveness
is indicated by the care he plainly gives to the selection
of his subjects and to the scrutiny which he personally
gives them before putting them before his patrons.
Mr. Schierholtz, who runs the Gem Theater in Aylmer,
looked over the exhibits. So also did Jack Cairns, traveling
Canadian representative for the World Film Corporation.
Mr. Cairns is an old-time exhibitor, one of the pioneers in
Canada. He says business is good throughout Canada with
the possible exception of Toronto. There, he says, there
are too many theatres — the big houses are eating up the lit-
tle ones. Vaudeville business he reports in a bad way. The
Griffin Circuit has cut out vaudeville in most of its big
houses. Mr. Cairns says the elimination of vaudeville has
had a disastrous effect on the personal fortunes of the men
and women engaged in this branch of entertainment.
George O. Philip, of the Star Theatre, Berlin, dropped in
at the World booth. For five years, he says, he has been
a subscriber to the World — "How do you suppose a man
can do business without it?" is the way he puts it. Mr.
Philip has in his time controlled six houses, which he has
built up and disposed of to his profit. He was in evidence
during- the evenings, and among his other activities kept
things moving in the hall devoted to dancing.
Bert M. Moran, representing in Canada "The Million Dol-
lar Mystery," reported this new feature going strong. It
opened at the Toronto Strand on June 22 to big business.
John De Gruchy, one of the pioneer motion picture ex-
hibitors in Scotland, was a caller at the World booth. Mr.
De Gruchy's son, Edward, is the manager of Queen's Hall,
Laistergate, Bradford, England. Our visitor told of the
days wlien he showed pictures on a 4 by 6 screen and was
obliged to use water condensers to keep his lamphouse from
"burning up." At the Glasgow Exposition in 1901 Mr. De
Gruchy took forty night pictures which he showed afterward
on slides. He believes he was one of the first to do this
sort of work. He referred to the days when a hundred-foot
subject was considered really big.
Mr. Till, of the Conness-Till Film Company, Limited, of
Toronto, was a visitor at the show on Thursday evening.
He said his studio was nearly completed, the floor having
been laid on that day. It is his intention to begin pro-
duction in about si.x weeks. It is intended to make regula-
tion dramatic and comedy subjects. Already he has under
engagement two directors with experience in the larger
companies in the States, and a third one, a man of whom
Mr. Till expects great things, will join the company at
the conclusion of his present engagement. The executive
office of the company at 1 Adelaide Street East.
W. A. Campbell and Samuel Bailee, of the United Fea-
tures, were present on Wednesday evening. (And there's
another story.) Mr. Campbell said that up to a short time
ago there were thirteen exchanges licensed to do busi-
ness in the Province of Ontario, most of them right in
the city. Several new ones had been opened recently.
He said he thought the exchange business was being
overdone, and that it looked to him like a case of
the survival of the fittest. "Exhibitors tell me that three
or four representatives of exchanges visit them every night,
trying to drum up business," he said. "Some of the show-
men are getting so they will not talk with exchangemen
any more — they are tired of seeing them."
Among the Toronto film men seen were E. G. Noble,
traveling representative of the Consolidated; Charles Laid-
law, of the Savoy; J. D. Thompson, of the Laretta; W. R.
Westcott, of the Arena and the King; Art. Larente, formerly
with the General Film Company, but now Toronto man-
ager of the Mutual Film Corporation; H. T. Dobson, of the
King; J. Aber, of the Duchess; M. Gebirtig, of the Savoy
and the Bluebell; Ralph Reesor, of the \'aughan; Louis
Fiegehen, of the Eclipse; Charles Allen, of Allen & Ryan,
of the Wytchwood, and M. A. Aziz, of the Comique.
The Rev. W. R. Armitage, of Wycliflfe College, was one of
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the interested and interesting visitors at the show. Asked
if he ever saw any of the pictures, Mr. Armitage smiled
dryly. "Vcs, I keep my eye on them," he said. "Vou know
I am interested in pictures from tlie point of view of amuse-
ments. It is essential that the people get the best. The
C. M. S. of England, which is the Church Mission Society,
under the Church of England, has made use of motion
pictures in its stations. Canadians are very straightlaced,"
added Mr. .\rmitage when the subject turned on Sunday
amusements. "We are conservative and we like the things
that are old-fashioned when it comes to a matter of Sunday
observance." He spoke of the good effect of pictures on a
community, of the influence they exert in reducing the evils
of the saloon.
Work of the Ontario Censors
Chairman G. E. Armstrong Talks of the Problems Confront-
ing His Associates and Himself.
By George Blaisdell.
IX the first five months of the year 1914. 131 reels were
condemned outright by the Board of Censors of the Prov-
ince of Ontario. There were cutouts or eliminations in
449 other reels. These are the figures given by the chair-
man of the Ontario board, G. E. Armstrong, with whom the
writer had a most pleasant chat last week. Mr. Armstrong
is freely credited by such filtn men as were heard discussing
the subject with being the least captious, the more reason-
able, of any of the heads of the various Dominion boards.
For, be it noted, every province has its own body of film
overlords, and what the film men say about some of the
boards is not alwaj-s complimentary. Mr. Armstrong is a
churchman. He would not admit that his appointment was
due to church influences: but there was a trace of a smile
on his face when we asked him if he had any reason to
believe that his position on the board was in any way un-
satisfactory to his fellow' churchmen.
In the first five months of this year Mr. Armstrong and
his two associates have reviewed approximately 4,000 reels
of pictures. The jurisdiction of the Ontario body extends
over territorj' containing about four million people, over
half of the population of the Dominion. No picture can
be shown in Ontario without the authority of the censors.
At present about 225 reels are being censored each week,
said Ottie Elliott, one of the members of the board, who,
with Mr. Armstrong, was a visitor at the booth of the Mov-
ing Picture World in the recent exposition in Toronto.
"I can't understand," said Mr. Armstrong, "that nothwith-
standing all the censorship boards there are now in exist-
ence, the character of the pictures have not improved. We
have condemned, cut into, possibly more reels this year
than when we began our work four years ago, when there
was no censorship. It is strange manufacturers will pro-
duce so much stuflf containing gunplay and shooting, all of
which unquestionably is familiarizing young people with the
revolver and gun. You know it is not necessary to use
weapons to make a story. We had an Imp here some time
ago, a regular W'estern story, in which was used neither a
revolver nor a knife. It was a splendid subject and it was
well put on. It was far better by reason of the omission of
the shooting, and it proved that this sort of story does not
lose in strength by reason of the absence of firearms. I
believe it would be beneficial to all concerned if there could
be some pressure brought to bear on the manufacturers
so that they might see that it would be better to meet the
wishes of the exchanges and the censors.
"I believe we are in a position to say this, because it is
my impression that we cut into and condemn less reels than
any of the other boards of the Dominion. Of course, we are
more particular about subjects which have been condemned
by other boards, but that does not mean that we are con-
trolled by their decisions. In Montreal, you know, they
condemned Pathe's 'Passion Play' and Kalem's 'From the
Manger to the Cross.'
"We have one theater man on our board, but I had had
nothing to do with pictures until my appointment as chair-
man. All subjects here get fair consideration. Our first
object is to elevate the business and to protect the morals
of the young. Three or four years ago the picture theaters
did not get much business from church people. Now when
you elevate the business you are going to put it on a sound,
safe basis, and you are going to draw on the church people.
I have watched the patrons of the picture shows, and I know
that the church people are going to those theaters that are
properly conducted. To my mind, the work of the cen-
sorship board has been one of the greatest factors in making
a success of motion pictures — in regard to the character of
subjects shown and also the class of people that the the-
aters are drawing now, and these are from the very best
in our towns and cities.
"Is there any source to which appeal may be taken from
our decisions? Yes, there is a board of appeals. In three
of the four instances in which exceptions have l)ecn for-
mally taken to our decrees we have been sustained in three.
In the fourth the appellants got some of the things they
asked for — it was a sort of drawn verdict."
"It has been my observation that your community is one
that might be described as extremely conservative^n its
strict observance of the Sabbath and its rigid regulation of
the liquor traffic it seems more like an old-fashioned New
England town than a large city. How do you treat the
question of the clergyman on the screen?" we asked.
"Why, we will not stand for anything that savors of ridi-
culing the clergy," was Mr. Armstrong's prompt response.
"That's rather indefinite," was the suggestion. "1 have
noticed that the conception of some directors is a clergyman
of anaemic aspect, a namby-pamby, hand-clutching, eye-roll-
ing, impossible sort of person. I even tried to point out on
one occasion that possibly this was due to unacquaintance
on the part of a few producers with the real every-day, up-
to-date, red-blooded minister, the man who meets men on
common ground, and who outside of his church refers to
spiritual matters only when he feels that the subject is one
of mutual interest. Have you noted anything along this
line, Mr. Armstrong?"
"Indeed, I have. I have no patience with some of the
representations, the holier-than-thou creatures they would
have us believe portray the man of God. Muscular Chris-
tianity we cometimes let go through; for instance, where a
minister would be justified in using his muscles. What manu-
facturers have got to take into account is the character of
the clergyman. Our business is to protect the public, and
we are going to do it. W'e are government employes. The
government appointed us. We are absolutely free to deal
with the matters that come before us as we in our judgment
see fit. We condemned yesterday a six-reel subject, 'The
Master Criminal,' a World Film picture. W'e cannot con-
done anything that tends to glorify crime. What about
'Traffic in Souls?' We condemned it. W'e concede that it
is all right for certain audiences. We deny that it is all
right for all audiences, where children are present, for in-
stance."
"Do you keep in touch with the National Board of Cen-
sorship, the New York body?" we asked.
"We do," answered Mr. Armstrong, "and we have their
weekly reports. We have been getting them for almost
three years."
NED FINLEY'S VITAGRAPHERS FLIT SOUTH.
^'■<i Finley has started for Hendersonville, North Caro-
lina, to produce a number of mountain pictures, royal
mounted police stories and a sequel to the "Strength of
Men," entitled "O'Garj' of the Royal Mounted," written by
Mr. Finlej' himself. "The following players will accompany
Director Finley to Hendersonville: S. Rankin Drew, Edith
Storey, Ada Gififord, Lillian Herbert, \'irginia Ackerman.
Logan Paul, Harrj' Hammill, Capt. George Webb, Charles
Byer, Jack Keppell, Walter Healey, \'al Dean, Jack Brawn,
Tommy Gordon, Frank Le Strange, Mrs. Storey, Mrs.
Jack Brawn, Cameraman Tommy Malloy, Assistant Camera-
man Howard Hunt and Property Man Frank Heath. Hen-
dersonville will be their headquarters, but they will make
many trips into the mountains and the wilds of North Caro-
lina.
Ned Finley and His Company of Vitagraphers.
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The Kleine Optical Company
The 'Old Reliable" for Motion Picture Projecting Ma-
chines and Supplies Still Leader in that Field.
THE Kleine Optical Company was incorporated in 1897
by George Kleine, who has remained since then the
sole owner of the company. Mr. Kleine having been
in intimate touch with the optical business from boyhood
and having made a specialty of projection apparatus when
motion pictures first appeared as a commercial product, the
company naturally included within its field of operations the
projection end of the motion picture business.
During the early years of the life of the Kleine Optical
Company, it dealt in general optical goods as well as pro-
jection apparatus; but in the course of a few years the lat-
ter achieved such overwhelming importance, that all other
lines were dropped. After the year 1900 Mr. Kleine de-
voted his energies exclusively to the exploitation of mo-
tion picture machines, films, stereopticons, lenses and other
accessories pertinent to the business. During those early
years there were only two other concerns in Chicago that
made a specialty of projection apparatus, and not more than
three in New York City. With the growth in popularity
of motion pictures and the great increase in the sales of
motion picture machines and films, others firms started in
business; but the reputation of the Kleine Optical Company
in its specialties of motion picture machines and lenses re-
mains paramount at the present day.
In 1908, at the time of the formation of the Motion Pic-
ture Patents Company, George Kleine became a personal
licensee, and the film business was separated from that of
the Kleine Optical Company, the latter continuing its oper-
ations in motion picture machines and accessories, but deal-
ing no longer in films.
In the course of time the George Kleine film' business
grew so rapidly and to such proportions that it demanded
chief attention, and for several years the Kleine Optical
Company forged ahead under the force of its past record,
without any special effort to keep it before the trade. That
record stood for efficiency in technical knowledge, for the
absolute integrity of the representations made concerning
the articles handled, for the range, quality and prices of
these articles, and for the promptness with which the or-
ders of patrons were attended to.
In November, 1912, new life was injected into the still
sturdy body of the "Old Reliable," as many stanch adher-
ents of the Kleine Optical Company are pleased to call it.
In one of his retrospective moods, not at all frequent in his
strenuous business life, George Kleine bethought him of the
valiant service rendered to his fortunes by the company;
and, perhaps, with qualms of conscience because of over-
sights made in matters of publicity and in bestowing upon
"Old Reliable" a due share of his personal attention, he
called time and set about doing things.
Frank L. Hough, formerly traveling representative of the
Edison kinetograph department, and one of the best ex-
perts in the country on the projection of motion pictures,
and also well informed on all matters affecting the needs of
exhibitors, was appointed manager of the Kleine Optical
Company. Since that time the business of the company has
increased by leaps and bounds. A new catalogue, compre-
hensive and progressive in its treatment of all the modern
requirements of motion picture theaters, was published in
August, 1913. The issue, though large, failed to meet the
demand. Requests for the work were received from all parts
of the United States and its dependencies and Canada.
Even from far awav Australia, India, the East India Straits
Settlement, South America and other countries came re-
quests for copies.
A new catalogue, fully up to the times and listing the
very latest appliances and supplies for motion picture thea-
ters, will be out about the middle of July. This work also
contains much valuable information and guidance for ex-
hibitors.
A Comer in the Kleine Optical Company's Office, Chicago, 111.
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Fifth Fantomas Feature
Sensations Galore Crowded Into the Five Reels Which Will
Show Arch Crook as "The False Magistrate."
Reviewed by Randall M. White.
ThIE lil'lh of the Fantomas features made by the Gaiimont
company has been advertised as ready for shipment
July 10; the feature will be in five reels, including a
prologue in one reel and the story proper in four additional
reels.
The Fantomas features are already quite well known in
the trade as providing some of the most thrilling and real-
istic screen representations which have ever been conceived.
The fifth installment of what is really the life story ot a
crook who has Sir A. Conan Doyle's wildest creation gasp-
ing for breath is well up to standard and will furnish a
good topic for discussion among the patrons of every thea-
ter in which it is shown.
It has been said that the aim of a photoplay should be
to provide for the one who sees it exactly what is provided
by a well written novel — in other words, that the good
pliotoplay has to commend it all of the best points of a
good novel. From the viewpoint of one who reads only for
passing enjoyment, the photoplay, which gives its effect
with less trouble, may be said to have many advantages
over the novel.
Scene from "Fantomas" (Gaumont).
With this statement of a standard for photoplays, the
fifth Fantomas feature, with the subtitle, "The False Mag-
istrate," is worthy of the highest commendation. The man
who drops his book at home to visit the moving picture
theater in the hope of being as well entertained by what
he sees on the screen will suffer no disappointment
When they made their first picture in this series,, the
Gaumont people introduced Fantomas as a master crooK
and set upon his trail police officers equipped with superior
intellect and all aids of modern science. While the troubles
of the principal character are sufficient to discourage others
from following in his footsteps, in order that the stories
may be made interesting and kept on going, the crook in-
variabl}' proves just a trifle too shrewd for those who are
seeking his punishment.
The Fantomas stories will be criticized for their sensa-
tionalism. Their champions, replying, will admit that they
are sensational and are offered as nothing else but will claim
that the sensational incidents which are strung together
are handled in a manner which makes them consistent and
portrays a type of man who, while an admitted undesirable,
still exists in every country in the world. Fantomas steals,
blackmails, and murders in the most cold blooded and scien-
tifically calculating manner, but it is remarkably evident
that rarely does human pasison influence him; his crimes
are all committed for money.
Sensational incidents in the feature about to be released
show: The crafty release by the master thief catcher (In-
spctor Juve) of Fantomas who has been imprisoned for
life but who is needed by the police to lead them to his con-
federates; the escape of Fantomas from police surveillance,
involving a crime which provides the opportunity for the
crook to become the "False Magistrate" of the subtitle; the
fiendish ingenunity of the crook in providing a foundation
for a blackmailing scheme with the aid of a scientific
asphyxiation; the hazardous predicament of a fellow crook
whom Fantomas has thought it best to get rid of and has
left hanging to the clapper of a bell high up in a church
tower, and the neat escape of the hunted criminal from
under the very eyes of the police after all their carefully
laid plans to apprehend him.
The bell scene in the picture is certainly one of the most
thrilling which has been devised in a long time. The inci-
dent is well worked up in the story and every trick known
to photography to make the imprcsison stick has been used.
When the subtitle "Blood and Pearls" is flashed on the
screen and later there is shown a man clinging from the
clapper in an enormous bell as it plunges back and forth
spilling his life's blood in company with jewels he has stolen
and has in one of his pockets, the resultant thrill can only
be compared with the one given the wild eyed boy hidden
in the hayloft with his first Nick Carter when a sensational
coup by the lone detective has brought a full dozen des-
peradoes cringing to his feet.
The feature has been admirably made, as regards the
choice of scenic settings and the acting of the company.
It has all the elements which make for success.
Charles "Feature" Abrams.
SINCE the earliest days of feature productions the name
of Charles Abrams has been identified with that branch of
the motion picture business. His first venture was as
general manager of the Great Northern Feature Film Com-
pany, then located at No. 1 Union Square, New York City,
from which office some of the first of the big feature pictures
were distributed. Later the company moved its quarters to
the Candler Building on Forty-second street and the Films
Lloyd was organized to
handle good pictures of
any make with Mr.
-Abrams at the helm.
As a salesman of mo-
tion picture features Mr.
Abrams has been excep-
tionally successful. This
is probably due to his
vigorous methods. He is
a hard worker and when
on the trail of a pros-
pective customer grass
has no time to grow un-
der his feet. Some of his
methods are very origi-
nal and daring. A re-
cent example of this
trait was developed in a
campaign in behalf of a
certain picture in the
course of which he sent
out a package of posters
and advertising matter
descriptive of the sub-
ject to several hundred
buyers on the chance
that they might be
thereby induced to order
the picture. Nearly $1,-
000 were spent in this
flyer and, according to
Mr. Abram's report, the money was well spent. Of course
some of the packages came back, but there were returns suffi-
cient to satisfy him that the plan was good — once, at least.
Mr. Abrams is about to start upon an extensive trip which
will take him to the Coast. He will stop at nearly all the
important cities on the way and make a careful canvass of
motion picture conditions in every town. The trip will ex-
tend over several weeks and by the time he returns Mr.
Abrams expects to have the feature situation throughout the
country pretty well in hand.
Charles Abrams.
SHEEHAN ON LONG TRIP FOR BOX OFFICE.
Winfield R. Sheehan, general manager of the Box Office
Attractions Company, left New York Monday night, June
29, for an extended tour of the West in the interests of
his company. The Box Office people are about to open
branch offices throughout the country and Mr. Sheehan
will make preliminary arrangements in the following cities:
Cleveland. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis
and Kansas City.
It is announced that quarters have been secured in Syra-
cuse. N. Y., for an office which will be opened there to
handle the up-state business and that a proposition made
the company by a Philadelphia concern to provide a build-
ing for the use of the Box Office company is being con-
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Father of the Feature. .
A Glance Backward to the Origin of the Multiple Reel Pro-
duction as We Know it Now, and a Few Words by
the Bright Mind That Conceived it.
By Hugh Hoffman.
WHILE distinguished dramatists are getting up at
banquets and admitting that a new art has been
born, and while eminent producing managers are
penning for magazines their delayed approval of the motion
picture, there is one young man in the offing who has re-
frained from blowing his own horn, but who in all fairness
may be written down as the Father of the Feature. His
name is Pliny P. Craft, president and manager of the Apex
Film Company of New York. The title of "Father" will,
perhaps, come as a shock when bestowed upon an energetic
young man who has no thought o." appearance of growing
old, yet it is time that Mr. Craft should take his place among
the list of men who have done things in the business.
It is largely through his ef-
forts that there is practically an
open market in America today.
While others were talking and
writing about it, Mr. Craft was
in action. Those in the trade
today who are profiting by the
feature owe thanks at least to
the young hustler who came
out of the west and changed
the whole film situation in a
few months. In the early days
of 1911 the control of the mo-
tion picture business was show-
ing signs of becoming syndicat-
ed with some danger of its get-
ting into the hands of too few.
The trend was decidedly to-
ward a combination which
never materialized, owing to
the advent of the feature as a
regular thing.
There had been a few mul-
tiple reel subjects, notablv
Pathe's "Passion Play," that
earned a lot of money for all
concerned, but they were look-
ed upon as monumental ex-
ceptions, and were never hand-
led in true theatrical fashion.
The idea of a five, six or seven
reel production for every day
in the week was undreamed of
until Mr. Craft, with the audac-
ity of a born showman, came to
New York and proposed that
very thing to a decidedly in-
credulous trade that was too
busy making good money and
bad pictures to worry very
much about the future.
The Birth of the Feature Idea.
For a number of years P. P. Craft had been an advance
agent for various theatrical companies and circuses, and
was thus occupied when the state right feature idea came to
him. In July of 1910 he was connected with Buffalo Bill's
Wild West in his usual capacity, and about that time
the newspapers the country over were filled with matter
concerning the Jeffries-Johnson prize-fight. Fabulous sums
had beenpaid for the moving picture rights to the event
and violent agitation had been aroused in opposition to the
showing of the pictures. As a business undertaking the
taking of the fight pictures was a big risk in view of
the tremendous opposition to their being shown. At all
events the fight pictures were exceptional and could hardly
be considered as an every-day affair. Where permissible
they were shown at high prices and when their drawing
power was over they were shelved with nothing of the
kind to look forward to until the next big fight should
take place, which might be for years, or never, as the powers
ordained.
The question uppermost in Mr. Craft's mind as he watched
the crowds paying high prices to see the fight pictures was
whether such sums of money could not be made every day
if other subjects of equal drawing power were provided at
low prices and which would be suitable for women and chil-
dren. Answering the question himself he set about provid-
ing big pictures that the public could not resist.
P. P. Craft.
The First Feature.
With limited means at his command he was obliged to
work with what material was immediately available. He
had one big asset close at hand and he was quick to see it.
This asset was Buffalo Bill himself. Historv has produced
few men who have so immortally endeared themselves as a
popular idol to all the world as Buffalo Bill. Therefore
why would not the Wild West and Far East Exhibition be
an acceptable picture to all classes? Acting on the impulse
he went to Major Lillie and Col. Cody and outlined the
plan. While the Colonel and the Major were willing to
appear in such a picture, and even to sign a contract to ap-
pear, they were unwilling to risk any of their money in the
venture. But with the contract in his pocket Mr. Craft
had enough to undertake the rest. He left the show and
came to New York to get the necessary capital.
The capital was found and the picture was made, and
though a crude production as standards are today, it was a
big success and made money for all who handled it. This
production was in three reels
and was considered a very big
undertaking in those days.
The State Rights Idea.
The state rights idea came
into vogue with this picture
as a necessary after consider-
ation. Film exchanges could
not be induced to buy the Buf-
falo Bill Show film, because it
was thought to be too long to
be much in demand. The only
course for Mr. Craft under the
circumstances was to divide
the territory and sell it by
states as an independent propo-
sition. All of the men who
bought state rights for the
Buffalo Bill Show pictures
made money. The idea was a
success, but then came the
overpowering question of
where to get another big sub-
ject.
About this time a friend in
Europe wrote to Mr. Craft of
a certain big picture that he
had seen exhibited in private
in Paris. The recommenda-
tion was so strong that Mr.
Craft took the next steamer
for Paris with all the money
he had saved in his pocket.
When he saw the picture with
his own eyes he pushed over
his savings and started back
for America with the produc-
tion under his arm. That was
early in 1911. This being the
only big subject that had taken
America by storm up to that
time, it is hardly necessary to add that the subject was the
famous Dante's "Inferno."
Turning the River Out of Its Course.
From that time the film situation in America changed
abruptly. Europe was invaded by an army of agents look-
ing for big features. American manufacturers, caught nap-
ping, were not prepared to meet this new form of competi-
tion until about a year later when the big feature had gained
such headway that all plans for the cornering of the market
were overwhelmed by the vastness of the feature idea and
discarded. For this revolution in the moving picture trade
Mr. Craft is directly responsible. There are many who
believe he is entitled to a monument for bringing it about,
and there are others who think that he should have been
consigned to a front seat in the Inferno before it was ever
put into moving pictures.
Mr. Craft is far from being the imp of darkness that
Dante's "Inferno" made him appear to some. He is one
of the brightest, cleanest cut, quick thinking, far-seeing men
in the moving picture trade today. He was the first to
put a moving picture production into legitimate houses at
high prices as a regular road attraction, using approved
theatrical methods. He was the first man to order a 24-
sheet stand for a moving picture, when many an exchange
man did not know what a 24-sheet was. His advertising
methods have always been ahead of the times. He first
used the traveling lobby frame. He first began the use of
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273
posters as a regular thing. He was the first to send out
several companies exhibiting a purely dramatic production.
His reward has been to build up the largest strictly film
importing business in America, and he points with pride to
such feature as Homer's "Odyssey," "Scaled Orders," "The
Blue Mouse," "East Lynne," and many others.
The Future of the Feature.
The views of a man so long experienced in his line are
worthy of attention, especially as to the present and future
status of the feature.
"It is getting easier to sell good pictures and harder to
sell bad ones" said Mr. Craft recently in discussing the
situation. "Not long ago all positive film sold for ten
cents a foot regardless of what was on it. Today it may
be worth five cents or five dollars, according to the subject
and the way it is done. This means that the exhibitor is
king of the business. The old hot-house method of raising
and selling film is giving way to intrinsic value. If pic-
lures were like the cans they come in, the market could
easily be cornered. Woolworth can tie up the product of a
can factory, but fortunately he cannot tie up all the brains
in the world. It is impossible for any one concern to
corner all the writers there are, or print all the books there
are to be printed or to monopolize all the art. The moment
such a thing were done, if possible, other writers, book-
makers or artists just as good would spring up. Therefore
the idea of consolidation has no more terrors for me now
than it ever had. 'Sealed Orders' is a case in point. A
new story by a new writer produced by a new company.
And as copyrighted plays become fewer there will be more
original features like 'Sealed Orders.' "
The Syndicate Idea.
"There has been much talk about the possibility of all
the theatres of any account being put into an exclusive
circuit, along the same lines that legitimate theatres have
been controlled and supplied with arbitrary attractions for
so many years past. When one considers such a proposi-
tion in its details it becomes absurd. It was feasible in
theatricals because there were only about thirty cities to
be organized and all the rest were left to the small fry.
In those thirty cities there are actually hundreds of thea-
tres now where formerly there were only dozens. To lease
all the hundreds of theatres in those thirty cities would be
a giant's task, but to subsidize all the theatres in about
400 cities that have thousands of theatres would be an un-
dertaking that would stagger the government itself."
VITAGRAPH WRECKS A TRAIN.
At Milltown, N. J., Sunday, June 21st, the Vitagraph Com-
pany photographed one of the greatest railroad accidents
ever enacted in moving pictures. The locomotive and three
coaches were precipitated down a forty-foot embankment,
the cars toppling over each other, catching fire and burning
to ashes. It was a daring performance, as the engineer, fire-
men, brakemen and actors were obliged to jump just before
the train, going at forty miles an hour, tumbled down the
ravine. This thrilling scene, one of many to be shown in
"Four Thirteen," will complete one of the most stirring, sen-
sational dramas yet produced. The pulling off of the wreck
was kept exceedingly quiet to avoid the great crowds that
might have attended and interfered with the taking of it. As
it was, there were at least one thousand persons from Mill-
town and vicinity who looked on in fearful anticipation. Just
before the train went over the embankment they all made a
rush for safer quarters. There were twelve camera men on
the job taking the picture from different angles.
Ralph Ince, the director, was assisted by Victor Smith,
Walter Ackerman and Walter Arthur, head camera man.
G. L. P. VERNON IN BIG DEAL.
It has been announced that while G. L. P. Vernon, Presi-
dent of the World Film Corporation, was in Europe recently,
he formed a $20,000,000 combination of film exchanges and
manufacturers which will be world wide in its scope, and
which embraces all of the big people in the film industry.
He has returned to London for the election of officers at
which time he is to be made President and General Manager.
Mr. Vernon brought over with him "Excelsior," "A Ro-
mance of Modern Rome," "Mizpah," "Rip Van Winkle" and
"A Child of the Slums" to show to the World Film Corp.
Due to the fact that the corporation which he has just
formed will require his entire attention, Mr. Vernon has re-
signed as President of the World Film Corporation and has
disposed of his holdings in this organization. He intends re-
turning to America in about four weeks at which time further
announcement of his plans will be made.
The Universal 's "Handy" Joe Brandt.
Till-- L'nivcrsal Film Manufacturing Company are
justly proud of the system they have devised of co-
operating with their patrons in the important business
of popularizing the Universal film products. They can sub-
stantiate their boast that they not only make good pictures
but make moving picture devotees know that they make
good pictures.
In the "boosting" of Universal products, Joe Brandt is per-
haps the most active man in the organization, although the
fact that he is applying the rules of a strict science to his
work keeps his person-
ality in the background.
No person seems to
know just what Joe's
job is — and from the va-
riety of things he is
called upon to do for
his employing company,
it is perhaps permissi-
ble to say that the Uni-
versal Company them-
selves would probably
be unable to describe
hs duties. He's just a
"handy tnan," devoting
his attention to advanc-
ing the Universal inter-
ests in general, princi-
pally in the advertising
department, but on tap
to do anything which
bobs up to be done.
It hasn't been so
many weeks since Mr.
Brandt returned to New
York after a trip which
had taken him all the
way to the Pacific
Coast,, principally in the
interests of the "Lucille
Love" serial which has
proven so successful for
the Universal. All he
Joe Brandt. ^^'^ 1° ^° °" ^^^^ ^"P
was to talk to newspa-
per editors in a couple of scores of cities, towns and hamlets
and convince them that they could increase the circulation
of their papers by running the "Lucille Love" serial story
which, of course, would not do the Universal company any
appreciable harm in the matter of selling prints of the "Lu-
cille Love" picture in the community. On this same trip
Mr. Brandt also "confabbed" with the officials of the forth-
coming Panama-Pacific E.xposition in San Francisco with
splendid results as far as the Universal was concerned. On
another occasion — to illustrate the vagaries of "Fixing Joe's"
job — Brandt responded to a hurry call for the doctor when
the Universal interests were being jeopardized by the fussy
censorship officials in Chicago. Still later, if memory fails
not, Joe was made the official partner of such unattended
ladies as wanted to dance at the Universal Dansante, estab-
lished by his company at the Exposition at Grand Central
Palace — and he did this as well as he is known to convince
newspaper editors and moving picture censors. In connec-
tion with this same Grand Cental Palace affair he also de-
livered one of the most important addresses on the program
of the annual convention of the International Moving Pic-
ture Association.
Mr. Brandt has been with the Universal Company for
some time and has been using for them the knowledge
which he had previously gleaned in a good many years' ex-
perience in all branches of the profession of entertainment.
Among managers, producers, actors and workmen — whether
connected with the movingpicture or any other branch of
the profession — Mr. Brandt is one of the most widely known
men in New York City.
VAL PAUL, BISON, TAKES A WIFE.
Friends of Val Paul, of the McRae 101 Bison company,
just returned from Hawaii to the Hollywood studios, are
offering the young Universal actor belated congratulations.
It was known last year that Cupid had ben busy using Paul's
heart as a short range target. The night before the McRae
company was to sail to Hawaii the young actor proposed a
plan and — well, Mrs. Paul was Miss May Foster, known as
the "Queen of Ragtime," and, four months later, is more
radiant than ever.
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Betzwood, the Great
The Lubin Plant Is More Than a Studio or a Factory — It Is
an Institution — The Biggest in the World and the
Most Complete — Some of Its Excellent Features.
By W. Stephen Bush.
WITH the completion of the plant at Betzwood, Lubin
may claim to have the largest and the best equipped
motion picture factory in the world. The term fac-
tory really describes but part of this unique institution, which
meets every conceivable need of the producer of motion
pictures. Having seen all the great motion oictnre plants
of the world, I am hound to say that, both in SiZc anu m
the character and vaiuc of its inT". . . ^iiients, Betzwood takes
the lead. There are other studios which may excel it in
some respects, and I am thii.king specially of the Vincennes
plant of the Pathes and of the marvelous features of the
Cines Company, hard by the gate of St. John in Rome. On
the other hand, Betzwood has features which are lacking in
both the French and thi Italian plants, and, holding the
scales evenly, I must decide in favor of the American in-
stitution.
It is therefore meet that the readers of The Moving Pic-
ture World should know that the greatest plant for the per-
fect production of motion pictures is situated in our own
country. No doubt the press will in due course wake up to
this fact, and I hope imitate in some measure the patriotism
of the French press toward Vincennes. All France sings the
praises of Vincennes.
I saw Betzwood some months ago when it was still in its
chrysalis state, the buildings but half finished, the fixtures
just being adjusted, the vast grounds with the exception of
the pretty garden plots being in a state of transition from
neglect to improvement. Now, with landscape gardeners
skilfully playing with the thick green carpets of Nature,
with the two-mile river front made ready for every possible
river and lake setting, with the factory in actual occupation,
with companies wandering about the vast and variegated
estate, with the tented fields, with the six studios, three of
them lighted by the sun and three by electricity, Betzwood
fully keeps the great promise of its beginning. Let me add
that Betzwood has stood the test of emergency. When,
during the recent fire the printing and perforating rooms of
tl.e plant on Indiana avenue had been flooded and almost put
out of commission, their work was quickly transferred to
Betzwood, and prestige of the Sign of the Bell suffered no
dimming of its lustre. Betzwood is now doing one-half of
all the work sent to the Lubin plant besides its regular tasks.
Right here it may be remarked that the outside printing
done by t!ic Lubin plants is very considerable and that
some oi' the best-known and most successful film-producing
companies are giving their orders to Lubin. Mr. Lowry, to
whom the Betzwood institution is as dear as to Lubin him-
self, is justly proud of the many testimonials he received
praising the excellence of the work at Betzwood. Among
these testimonials is one from a great director who fully
realizes how much depends on proper printing. The film
in Betzwood is under minute supervision from the time it
leaves the camera to its arrival in the shipping room. Two
hundred capable men and women are engaged to make this
process of supervision as sure as it can possibly be made.
"The water we have is of a superior quality, and you have
seen our dust-killing devices last winter," said Chief Engi-
neer Simmons, to whom much of the credit for the work at
Betzwood is due.
Mr. Lowry has fitly described Betzwood as a "director's
paradise."
"We are prepared to meet the demands of every conceiv-
able scenario," said the young general manager to the writer
on the latter's recent visit. "Whether we want a prairie
or mountain, river bank or railroad, farm yard or Western
plain, quarry or factory, the quaint, wide-porched mansion
Studio and Interiors of Factory, Betzwood, Pa.
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of Civil War times or a prcsL-nt-day suburban 'two by four,'
no Lubin director need wander outside Bctzwood in search
of the proper settings. The factory proper is probably the
height of efficiency in film-preparing plants. By the arrange-
ment of the rooms devoted to the various processes, reduc-
tions of seventy-five per cent, in handling have been secured,
so that now the film goes in at one end of the building and
comes out at the other end a finished product. From the
perforating room to the loading of cameras, then to the
developing, fixing, washing, toning, drying and finishing
rooms in succession the
film passes and not an
employee of one depart-
ment will have to enter
the next room. Efficiency
does not stop at even
such a little thing as air.
.Ml the air that enters
the Betzwood factory, al-
though already a pure
country air, is cleansed of
any impurities it may con-
tain, by large machines
with a capacity of 75,000
cubic feet per minute, es-
pecially designed to wash
the air. The result ob-
tained assures the entire
absence of dirt particles
on the film."
Those who have seen
the feature "Michael Stro-
goflf" will remember the
setting afire of the river.
It is an impressive scene,
realistic and spectacular
in the extreme. Betzwood
and the Schuylkill River
furnished the settings.
_ I must not omit to men-
tion the great farm with
its world of wild and tame
animals, now as complete
as any naturalist could
wish; rlv; gardens, the
vegetations representing
so many countries and climes, the wonderful flower-beds —
all these would require separate description to do them jus-
tice. The theme of Betzwood has more variations than a
page or two in a newspaper is capable of rendering.
people to get a little breathing room, as it were, so that
they can strike a telling l)low at the conqueror whose
troops arc holding tlie hathcrland in subjection. The fate
of the patriotic Palm who was filling the country with
literature, calling the people to throw off the yoke, and
who was betrayed by a peasant lad for money to give his
starving mother food, is interlinked with the fate of two
lovers at whose mill the fugitive publisher takes refuge.
There is in it plenty of sorrow and death; but in the end the
spoiler is driven from the land and by the dying hero, his
"Germania."
Impressive Spectacle of Napoleon's Defeat in the Battle
of Leipsic Done in Five Reels by Cavoia Studio.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE have been a number of Napoleonic pictures;
for the great conqueror's magnificent triumphs and his
dramatically impressive overthrow lend themselves
most happily to making big, emotional spectacles. Brilliantly
produced spectacular pictures are in demand at this time.
The Leading Players Film Corporation has just released
"Germania," an emotional and spectacular offering in five
reels from the libretta of Luigi Illica, which is well cal-
culated to stir the hearts of all Teutonic peoples, and all
liberty-loving folk, to patriotic fervor. It opened at the
Strand Theater, at Broadway and Fiftieth Street, New York,
on Monday, June 29th and it seemed to hold a large audience
pretty strongly. A fine orchestra accompanied the picture
and in the music the German national anthem was promi-
nent at the right places and added significance of its scenes.
Sound effects both of bugle calls, of drums and of firing made
the battle scenes realistic. Shown under such favorable aus-
pices it makes a thrilling and quite satisfactory offering of
entertainment. Of course, such a picture is peculiarly adapt-
ed to special occasions such as 'Teutonic festivals and the
like; but it has the quality that can be depended on to stir
the heart of the general spectator at almost any time.
The action opens at a time of Napoleon's greatest pride
and closes after the battle of Leipsic when, beaten by the
armies of the two German nations, Austria and Prussia, and
of Russia, he retreats dejectedly toward France, soon to be
dethroned and imprisoned on the island of Elba. The
story is tragic and gives us a terrible picture of war. Its
hero and heroine are not at the head of affairs and are
brought in as though to show how the fangs of war get
through to the vitals of the common people. The most in-
teresting feature of the story is the struggle of the German
Picturesque Scenes at Betzwood
shadow is seen slowly and steadil)' passing awaj'.
The picture, with its emotional story, stands on its big
scenes, its battle pictures, both over wide sweeps of countrjr
and in small details which are often stirring and realistic
in the e.xtreme. These scenes will be acceptable without mu-
sic and sound effects; but they will be greatly enhanced by
such. The staging is excellent. There are in it many big
scenes in which graphic composition must have been no
mean problem; but throughout the picture with few excep-
tions these scenes have been handled very well, indeed, and
made to seem natural and convincing. In the smaller pic-
tures there is a great deal of beauty and many a bit in it
appeals to one as reaching perfection.
"The acting is better than fair all through. Napoleon is
pictured at a time when he has grown netulent and over-
bearing and one feels that there is poetry in his overthrow.
This, as shown, may not be perfect history, but it is ef-
fective pictura. Many of the other characters are played
with an unbroken humanity that is most pleasing and there
are no bald places in it. Impatient people may think that the
story might have been carried to its final climax with more
speed. That is because there is so much military spectacle
in it that the story should wait a little. There is no part
in it that will not seem exciting to one who comes in late.
It is not at any point a dull picture. The photography is
clear and often the camera has been skilfully handled to
give imaginative effects that are delightful.
SAWYER, INC., ENTERTAIN NOBILITY.
Thursday evening, June 25, the Sawyer, Inc., Pompeian pro-
jecting room contained what was probably the most distin-
guished audience ever gathered together in a private pro-
jecting room. The Duke of Manchester entertained a party
which included the following distinguished guests: The
Duchess of Manchester, Duke and Duchess de Richelieu,
Prince and Princess Troubetsky and several others nearly as
distinguished. In spite of the hot weather the projecting
room with its double ventilating system was cool and com-
fortable and the party remained viewing the pictures until
after midnight. The Duke's party expressed themselves as
having been wonderfully entertained and they all evinced
keen interest in the details of the film business.
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National Censorship at Washington.
1r WOULD appear on the surface that national censorship
of films at Washington is gaining considerable support
throughout the country. A recent dispatch from that city
states that "a fiood of letters from all parts of the country is
pouring in upon the committee on education of the house
asking that action be taken at the earliest possible date upon
the bill introduced by Representative Hughes of Georgia
providing for a national censorship of moving pictures. The
bill provides for a board of five censors, who are to pass
upon films and to license them if they are found worthy."
The Chicago Tribune took the dispatch as a text for the
following editorial:
How many readers of that report — readers that are "educated." readers
who consider themselves imbued with simon pure Americanism —
realize that within these few lines is indicated a profound change in
American opinion, a vital departure from American principles? In fact.
in this paragraph is shown perhaps the most conspicuous tendencies
in American thought at this time, and it is important for us to realize
now that they are tendencies away from what have been accepted as
fundamental principles of the American system.
The Hughes bill illustrates the growing tendency to throw upon the
central government local responsibilities. Let Uncle Sam do it, is the
cry. If the tendency continues there will be but one result — the estab-
lishment of all the evils of bureaucratic centralization on the ruins of
the American system, which was especially devised to prevent them.
Load the central government with duties we ought to attend to at home,
and presently we shall destroy both local freedom and national effi-
ciency.
When commerce and transportation became nationalized, national
powers and agencies were developed to deal with them. That seemd
necessary and desirable. But now we are going on to extend the con-
trol of the central government over relations which can and should be
governed by local standards and local agencies. "We think we are
getting a more efficient agent, but we are really on the way to de-
stroy one. That may be proved from the history of nations, and the
makers of the constitution remembered the lesson, though our zealous
reformers do not stop to think of it.
It we are to adopt censorship in the United States, in spite of ex-
perience of its ineffectiveness and abuse ; if we are to increase public
control over our private lives : if we are to rely more and more upon
public agencies to "protect" not only the immature but the Bormal
adult from what a majority considers harmful, then let us at least see
that the new duties and responsibilities of government are not all
dumped on the central machinery, but are distributed so that they
may be fulfilled competently, or rather as little incompetently as
possible.
Censorship by five persons in Washington over all the pictures to be
shown to a people of 100.000,000 will be either ineffective or excessively
restrictive. Happily for us we are not yet so standardized that what
would give offense in one community would give offense in all others.
There is still variety in our national fabric, but what will the cen-
sors do with it? Will they bar out all films that might be offensive
to any community? That will restrict the great national entertainment
rather drastically.
And here we have suggested one of the reasons for resort to the
central government in this instance. Censorship advocates assume
that there is a common standard of exclusion. They do not admit that
this standard is increly their own standard, and they turn to the cen-
tral agency to avoid that variety of standard which local self-government
permits.
We have had a beneficent growth of the social conscience in the
last quarter century in the United States. But we ought not to per-
mit it to carry us into extreme forms of paternalism, and we need al-
ready to temper our zeal for our brother's moral well being with a
little consideration of the traditional ideals of American individualism.
Of all the forms of censorship of films yet evolved, national
censorship by the national government is the worst. It
does not represent the views of the great majority of the
people of the United States. "The flood of letters" referred
to in the dispatch already quoted does not come to the legis-
lators at Washington from citizens at large, but from an
organized band of reformers under the leadership of the Rev.
Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent of the International Reform
Association, who drafted this censorship bill himself, and
who has been campaigning throughout the country in its
behalf.
On page 793, in the issue of the Moving Picture World of
May 9, this year, an exhaustive article by W. Stephen Bush,
a member of the World's editorial staff, discusses Mr. Crafts
and his activities in connection with this bill. There Mr.
Bush states:
It will be seen that Mr. Crafts, author and advocate of the bill,
takes it for granted that federal censorship would supersede all other
censorship of whatever kind. This is far from being a fact. On the
contrary. Senator Smith of Georgia, Congressman Hughes of Georgia
and Dr. D. P. Caxton of Tennessee, and legislators generally are quite
emphatic in their belief that national censorship of the kind proposed
by Mr. Crafts will not hinder any individual state from establishing
a censorship of its own. All admit that the state would have con-
current jurisdiction with the national authority. Herein lies not only
the fatal error in Mr. Crafts' reas oning, but the positive danger to
the motion picture interests. If feueral censorship were possible and
the proposed measures would be enacted into laws, the motion picture
interests would have to satisfy not only the vagaries of state censor-
ship, but would be, in addition, subjected to national censorship.
Should the national government participate in film censor-
ship, it will inevitably become seriously concerned, in the
course of time, in fashion plates for women's gowns, in the
strict observance of Sunday, in the regulation of a national
diet and in a special soothing syrup for babies, etc., etc.
Frank Cook Resigns from Saxe Enterprises.
Frank Cook, formerly general manager of the Saxe Amuse-
ment Enterprises, in Milwaukee, resigned that position on
Monday, June 22, to accept the position of general manager
for F. O. Xielsen, who controls the state rights for "The
Spoilers" in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois
— Cook County excepted in the last named state.
An office has been opened in the Schiller Building, Room
720. All letters regarding the booking of "The Spoilers" in
the states mentioned should be addressed to Mr. Cook.
Mr. Cook has had valuable and varied experience in the
management of moving picture theatres and in the booking
and presentation of pictures. He is also well known as a
practical showman. He entered the moving picture field ten
years ago, being manager of the Theatorium, Milwaukee, for
the Saxe Bros., in 1904, when Hale's Tours came into exist-
ence. Ever since that time he has been with the Saxe people,
engaged as booking manager, publicity promoter of all their
Milwaukee houses, besides having a general eye on all the
houses of the circuit in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri.
Phil H. Solomon, who has been Chicago manager of War-
ner's Features for the past two years, has been appointed
special traveling representative for F. O. Nielsen for "The
Spoiler" rights owned by him. Mr. Solomon left Chicago
Monday, June 29, for Detroit, from which city he will travel
all over the state of Michigan.
It is Mr. Nielsen's intention to present "The Spoilers" first
in the larger houses throughout tlie states controlled by him.
This will give the pictures wide publicity, and will assist the
owners of smaller houses when the subject is oflfered them.
"The Spoilers" will be presented in Dayton during con-
vention week and all exhibitors are cordially invited to at-
tend. The presentations will be under the personal manage-
ment of Frank Cook.
Ashland Theater Fire Stirs City Authorities.
Mayor Harrison had a conference with the building com-
missioner and the fire prevention bureau chief Monday morn-
ing, June 29, to devise plans for making every picture theater
in Chicago safe.
The fire that drew attention to existing conditions took
place Saturday evening, June 27, in the Ashland Theater,
1656 Twelfth street, owned by A. L. and Joseph Schiff. The
theater was crowded with women and children when a film
exploded and in an instant the interior of the operating
room was in flames. The operator, Albert J. Jones, realizing
that all the other films were likely to explode, threw as many
of them into the street as he had time to stop for and then
leaped for his life through the door leading into the audi-
torium.
A sheet of flame shot out as another film exploded before
the spring door swung to. Those in the audience waited for
no further demonstration. They started, shrieking, for the
door they had entered. To reach it they had to pass down
a sloping aisle with the operating room directly over the
exit. Flames were clearly visible behind the window slides
and wisps of smoke curled from cracks in the compartment.
Those in the lead hung back while those behind pushed
forward. Every one seemed to have forgotten the two en-
trances at the rear of the theater.
The SchifT brothers rushed in and dragged several of the
struggling women toward the rear exits. Others followed.
The rest ran under the burning operating room and escaped.
Meantime the fire had been discovered by Municipal Judge
Scully and Deputy Bailiff Joseph Cohen. They rushed into
the lobby and seizing a fire pike broke in the front windows
of the projecting room, giving the flames outlet to prevent
their breaking through into the theater.
"Schifif did his best and is entitled to credit for the way
he handled the people," Judge Scully said after the occur-
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rence. "The situation was dangerous because every one was
afraid of that projecting room and the exploding films.
"Something should be done to put a stop to such condi-
tions. Schiff's theater was in no worse shape than others,
really dangerous, though complying with the law. There
must be some means by which the danger can be minimized
without unreasonable expense. One thing that should be in-
sisted on is an ample supply of effective extinguishers."
"When I tore away the tin from the front of the operating
room it tore like paper," Bailifl Cohen said. "It appeared to
me as if the paint on the tin was burning and spreading the
fire. It was a mighty good thing that luck was with the
people in that theater or there certainly would have been
heavy loss of life."
Mayor Harrison will insist upon the following measures:
I More stringent regulations for fireproofing motion picture
theatres.
More effective means for preventing the spread of fire when
a film explodes. Removing operating rooms from over en-
trances and exits.
Regular fire drills by employes of picture houses.
Fire extinguishers which will extinguish.
Warnings against panic in case of fire and attention of
the audiences called to exits by means of signs flashed on the
screen at frequent intervals.
"Do not wait for a calamity before taking precautions," is
the Mayor's orders to his department heads.
"The situation is very serious," the Mayor said. "Strin-
gent regulations must be made and vigorously enforced. I do
not want to work any hardships on any theatre, especially
on the little fellows, but I cannot let any consideration stand
in the way of putting an end to the menace to life.
"There is less danger from the fire itself than from the
; panic which accompanies it. An operating room only a few
j feet above the floor suddenly bursting into flames and show-
' ering an escaping audience with burning debris would result
in a casualty that would stagger Chicago. Placed as they are
over the entrances they present a constant source of danger.
"The rear exits are available, of course, but fear-blinded
persons always rush to get out where they got in and it is
only the cooler-headed ones who would make use of the
emergency exits.
"It is fortunate that every one in the Ashland Theater
escaped, but that is no reason for delaying the important
work of clearing out the death traps.
. "Not only do the building department and fire department
' have supervision over the picture theatres, but the censors as
well are instructed to report any apparent violations of the
safety regulations.
"The motion picture business has developed so rapidly that
legislation has not been able to keep up with it. Therefore,
we must be constantly changing and improving our regula-
tions."
Building Commissioner Ericsson promises enthusiastic co-
operation in Mayor Harrison's plan.
"Most of the large picture theaters are well constructed
and conducted." Mr. Ericsson said. "It is the old houses
and the 'store' type of picture house that present the greatest
dangers. Many men try to get into the business on a 'shoe-
string.' The}- have not the means to protect their patrons.
Tin foil and metal paint show as well as steel sheathing to
some of them.
"Even under the most favorable conditions picture shows
are dangerous. There has never been any plan devised
whereby they can be made entirely foolproof or fireproof.
They can be made much safer than some of them are today,
however.
"The new ordinance is effective in the case of new theaters
being built, but it does not reach those running before. It
would be declared confiscation to put them out of business.
There are many picture houses in Chicago which are not
fireproof and are nothing but firetraps."
"Adults Only" Ordinance Will Be Carried.
An ordinance permitting the exhibition of certain moving
pictures "to adults only" was recommended bj' a sub-com-
mittee of the judiciary, Saturday, June 27. The measure was
advocated by Second Deputy Funkhouser, who has charge
. of the censorship bureau. He explained that injustice was
often done under the present system of censoring all films,
so that they could be shown to children.
A number of club women and social workers at the outset
expressed opposition to the ordinance, on the ground that
it would let down the bars. Finallj- they were convinced,
however, that the measure would not have this effect.
As originallj- presented to the council, the ordinance pro-
vided for the division of films into two classes. Those in
the first class could be given general exhibition and those in
the second class could be shown onlv to audiences in theaters
to which persons under 18 years of age were not admitted.
The sub-committee substituted 21 years of age for 18.
.\mong those who attended the hearing were Mrs. Gertrude
Howe Britton, Miss Harriet Vittum, Mrs. David Lyman, Jr.,
Mrs. Herman Landauer, Mrs. M. L. Purvin. Mrs. Henry Sulli-
van. Mrs. Charles Sticling, Miss S. P. Breckinridge, Miss
Alcie Brackett, and Mrs. Charles Henrotin. The subcom-
mittee is composed of aldermen Kjellander, Powers, and
Doyle.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Wm. N. Selig strongly denies the rumor that his big Chi-
cago plant has been closed down. True, no producing is
under way at the present time, but arrangements are being
rapidly made for the reorganization of the Eastern force.
New blood will be secured both for the directing and acting
departments. In a few weeks the new company and directors
will be at work.
* * *
R. J. Snowhook and Park C. West called at the
World oflice Thursday, June 25th. Motion pictures de-
picting important news events in Chicago are to be released
Jul}' 6th, by Snowhook & West, in conjunction with the Chi-
cago Daily News. The films, in addition to the news events,
will carry each week a feature in the form of a prize cartoon.
This is the first film of the kind to be released in Chicago,
though newspapers in other sections of the country are co-
operating with picture interests in similar services.
* * *
The Chicago Herald, formerly the Chicago Record-Herald,
has also entered the film news service field. Beginning Mon-
day, June 29th, this paper will issue a weekly which will
include all the current events and happenings in Chicago.
"Easy to see and worth seeing" is the motto of these films.
* * *
Essanay will send the following players to the Dayton
convention: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Richard
Travers, Rapley Holmes, Gerda Holmes, Ruth Stonehouse
and Bryant Washburne. V. R. Day, manager of the city
office, left for Dayton June 25th to make arrangements for
the representation of the Essanay Film Mfg. Co., in the
exposition hall.
LAMBS PICTURES AT THE STRAND.
The first showing in America of the wonderfully interesting
motion picture of the Lambs All Star Gambol was given the
week of June 29 at the Strand Theater, the picture being
head lined for the week's run. Over 6,000 feet of positive
was printed which was reduced to 3,000 feet of the most in-
teresting sections. The subject has been well handled in
assembling, short flashes being given of over forty of the
most prominent stars of the stage. One of the most popu-
lar sections shows George McManus, R. F. Outcault and Hi
Mayer drawing cartoons of their well-known subjects includ-
ng Little Nemo, Buster Brown and the Newl}'weds. Frank
Mclntyre and De Wolf Hopper are shown in some very
funny scenes. The scenes of the Lambs' "Leading Ladies,"
all made up as beautiful girls and sitting outside of the stage
door smoking pipes, cigars and cigarettes are all very funny.
Short sections of some of the different parades are shown
with the veteran band director John Philip Sousa in ad-
vance. Scenes from the "Book of Life." one of the big hits
of the Lambs Gambol, are shown, as well as the principal
scenes from George Hobart's big success "Experience."
Pathe Players on their Annual Outing, Leaving the Jersey
City Studio for Greenwood Lake, N. J.
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THE MO\'ING PICTURE WORLD
Marketing a Projection Machine
BY H. B. COLES
VERY few people in the moving picture industry
realize what a stupendous task it is to place
on the market a new motion picture pro
jector. It is a most delicate and difficult ma-
chine to design. What other kind of machine
has its mistakes and inaccuracies magni-
fied so many thousand times? A mi-
croscopic movement in the mechan-
ism of the machine will show boldlj'
on the screen and at once condemn the
machine. Not only must it project per-
fectly when new, but also after months
of hard wear. There is little wonder
that so many efforts to produce a good
motion picture machine have failed.
After the design has been perfected,
and the machine is ready for sale, the
task of building up a volume of busi-
ness, which makes it a profitable manu-
facturing enterprise, is a herculean one.
The fact that The Precision Machine
Co., 317 East 34th street, New York,
has surmounted all of these difficulties,
and now stands forth recognized as the
manufacturer of th highest grade ma-
chine on the American or European
market, qualifies it for nrominent men-
tion in these columns.
In the earl)' part of 1911 the Simplex
projector was designed, and the first
model made by Messrs. F. B. Cannock and E. S. Porter.
The work was started in a small corner of the 9th floor of
the building at 317-323 East 34th street. By the Fall of
that year the machine was ready for the market, and the
manufacturing operations required half of the floor space,
or a little over 4.000 square feet.
Wrought into the design of the machine is many years of
operating experience, combined with a »
high degree of mechanical skill. Hav-
ing a thorough, personal knowledge of
the requirements of a motion picture
projector, the inventors were able to
create a machine which completely
filled the demand for high-class pro-
jection, such as was demanded bj' the
photoplay studio, film importers and
modern exhibitors, who were then just
starting to manufacture and exhibit in
high class theatres, feature photoplays
of higher standard than had ever been
attempted before.
Among the first to recognize the
merits of this modern machine were
R. G. Hollaman, the Managing Di-
rector of the Eden Musee on West
23rd street. New York, where motion
pictures were first shown to the Amer-
ican people (Mr. Hollaman has always
been considered a connoisseur in the
art of projection, and his adoption of
the machine was a strong endorsemeni
of its merits), and the Monopole Film
Co., which was among the first to stari
the feature film movement. When it
put out Dante's "Inferno" thej' used
Simplex machines for their road
shows. These are mentioned merel>
to show that at the very start the Sim-
plex machine was appreciated b)' those
who were capable of judging, and it is
not at all to be wondered at that other
exhibitors quickly followed their lead.
In the three years which has elapsed.
F. B. Cannock,
Designer of the Simplex
the Simplex machine has won fame and is in great de-
mand all over the world. It is interesting to note
that according to the records of the factory,
over 75 per cent, of their machines are pur-
chased by established exhibitors who have
had many years' experience, and are con-
stantlj' on the lookout for the very best
apparatus available for their shows.
A visit to their factory on East 34th
Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues,
New York, will explain much that the
trade has gradually been impressed
with, namely, the wonderful methods
and pains exercised in the manufacture
of every small part, and the care with
which they are assembled to produce
in the finished article a simple, durable,
scientific motion picture projector.
Occupying three floors, or over 25,000
square feet of space, we visit first the
lower floor, where are grouped the vari-
ous machines used for the manufacture
of the parts. We see before us through
a maze of belting and shafting, milling
machines, profilers, gear cutters, grind-
ers, engine lathes, bench lathes, drill
presses, etc., each the very best of its
kind, and all busy under the direction
of skilled workmen in the production of
the parts. From these machines the
parts are taken to the floor above where they are inspected
and put in stock.
The stock room is a model of orderly arrangement of
over 10,000 different items, each neatly packed away in
metal bins with labels on the front, indicating the catalog
number and name of contents. On this floor is also located
the shipping room, the Lacquering Department, and the de-
partment for assembling the lamp-
houses, magazines, arc-lamps and re-
winders, and the projection room with
a 40-foot throw, where all machines
are tested before being shipped.
On the top floor, which is flooded
with bright, cheerful daylight by nu-
merous skylights, are located the gen-
eral offices of the Company, and the
Assembling Department. The assem-
bling of the mechanism must be done
witli care to prevent noise, vibration
and undue wear. Working under such
ideal conditions, the Simplex Assem-
blers cannot help but do high class
work, which is very evident in the
finished product. After bemg assem-
bled and inspected for mechanical de-
fects or lack of adjustment on the top
floor, the mechanism is sent down
throu.gh a dumbwaiter to the floor be-
low, where the Projection Room is lo-
cated. Several hundred feet of film is
run through it to test it for unsteady
picture, flicker, etc. That is the final
test, after which it passes into the
stock-room, and thence to the Exhib-
itor, in whatever part of the world he
may be located.
Up to recently the sole business of
The Precision Machine Co. was the
manufacture and sale of the Simplex
projector. Realizing the demand for
a good, but moderate priced motion
picture camera, they have designed
and just placed on the market the Sim-
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279
plex Camera, which in every way is in keeping with the Sim-
plex projector. It is intended more for the .\mateur than
the Professional, although its light weight, excellent design
and workmanship will undoubtedly cause it to be used to a
great extent for professional work. It weighs only 24 bs.
including the tripod and 600 ft. of fim. The mechanism is
simple and easily manuipulated by anyone without special
instruction. The shutter can be set for diflfcrent ii^ht val-
ues from the outside ot the case. Carefully worked out to
make them han-
dy and reliable,
are such fea-
tures as a pro-
tected Finder,
mirror focusing
device, direct
reading 200 ft.
Counter, two
way level, etc.
The intermit-
tent movement
is unique, in
that it has a
picker w h i c h
engages a
sprocket hole
on one side of
the film only;
this movement
is carefully cor-
rected and well
balanced. The
magazines have
tell-tales on the
outside of the
box to indicate
whether or not
the take-up i s
properl}- work-
ing. The belt
take-up has
been eliminat-
ed, and in its place is used a very reliable ratchet arrange-
ment. The Camera can be operated at either 8 to 1 ratio of
the handle, or 1 to 1. Instead of the commonly-used punch
to indicate the end of a scene, the Simplex Camera is pro-
vided with a knife which cuts the edge, enabling the mark
to be easily found in the dark room. The lens is securely
mounted to the mechanism of the camera, instead of the
wooden box, so that warping of the box will not throw it
out of focus. All velvet has been eliminated and anti-static
magazine valves have been provided.
The camera is mounted in a very fine, mahogany box,
which in turn is supplied in a fine, sole leather carrying case,
w i t h a com-
partment for
the lens and
two (2) extra
200 ft. maga-
zines. The tri-
D o d , while
light in weight,
i s remarkably
steady and has
a n ingenious
panoramic and
tilting head.
It is expect-
e d that these
cameras will
be in great de-
mand b y e X -
hibitors, who,
f o r a reason-
able price, will
be in position
to take local events and show them on their screen within
a few days after they happen.
The Precision Machine Co. inform us that visitors to
New York are alwaj's welcome at their factory, where they
take pleasure in showing all who are interested the wonder-
ful equipment.
J. E. Robin,
Simplex Sales Manager.
A View of the Simplex Factory.
Cathedral Chimes for Motion Pictures.
By E. J. Exter.
RECENTLY the writer had pccasion to visit a splendid
new "movie" which is located in one of the very best
residential districts of Chicago, and the audience,
though meagre, was intelligent and discriminating.
During the course of the evening the film "Dear Old
Girl" was run. In this, as all exhibitors know, college bells
or chimes are shown in action. If in this instance drummer
or manager had exercised the foresight to provide a set
of the tubular cathedral chimes which are being offered
by various firms, and which are an exact imitation of fine
cathedral bells, this scene could have been made wonderful-
ly realistic and effective. In the absence of these, the pianist
attempted to imitate chimes on the piano. The attempt
was a rank farce, of course, and what otherwise would have
been a very charming and impressive effect fell flat.
This is only another instance of the lack of appreciation
of proper musical effects. No ambitious, wide-awake drum-
mer could be thus caught napping; and that a manager
would permit such a short-coming, especially in a loca-
tion where patrons are from a select district, is almost un-
believable. It shows a woeful lack of knowledge of the
requirements. Such slovenliness should not exist even in
the tenement districts. That it was permitted in a house
catering to a select class, no doubt, accounts in a measure
for the scant attendance.
Manufacturers of pipe organs appreciate the need of
chimes, for it is seldom, indeed, that a pipe organ finds
its way into a motion picture house today that is not
equipped with a set of chimes.
The mere fact that a theater is not equipped with a pipe
organ, however, need not be a bar to the use of chimes.
They may be had for playing with mallet by either drummer
or pianist, or may be played electrically, by pianist, from
a small supplementary- keyboard. They may be all located
in one place or distributed throughout the theater.
Victor Herbert is a great admirer of such chimes and in
his play, "Sweethearts," makes very profuse use of them.
It is seldom that a film somewhere throughout its
length does not afford several opportunities to use them.
The appearance of a church, college, or gathering of any
kind, a funeral or wedding or any of the many other scenes
that lend themselves to- the introduction of such an effect,
should be the signal for their use.
For effect purposes four or five chimes will do. while
a range of twenty-five or thirty-two notes is sufficient for
playing complete selections and requires but a small out-
lay.
A new idea is the installation of such chimes in the
lobbies of theaters. Even four or five chorded or modulat-
ed chimes which may be either sounded all at once or
played from push buttons in the ticket booth within easy
reach of the occupant are an advertisement par e.xcellence.
They may be sounded from time to time for the benefit
of those in waiting as well as for the purpose of attracting
people from the street. Exhibitors who have installed them
are invariably surprised by the number of casual passersby
who are attracted by the chimes.
The best known manufacturer of these chimes is the
firm of J. C. Deagan, of Chicago. The quality of his product
is such that pipe organ manufacturers all over the country
are installing, and consumers insist on, only Deagan Chimes.
They excel especially in point of the accuracy with which
they are tuned. This firm has designed also a special elec-
tric action which is fool-proof, is inexpensive, and gives
unexcelled service.
BEAT STORK BY A NOSE.
WilHam Clifford, of the Henry McRae 101 Bison Com-
pany, which has been in the Hawaiian Islands for the past
four months, arrived home with the company at S o'clock
oil Saturday. At four o'clock on Sunday Bill was presented
with a bouncing baby daughter, weight nine pohnds. Ever3--
body fine and Bill prohd as a peacock.
NEW PUBLICITY MAN AT WARNER'S.
James B. Kirk, formerly production manager with the
Blackman-Ross Advertising Agency, has succeeded V. B.
Johnson as advertising manager and director of publicity
with Warner's Features, Inc. The change resulted a short
lime ago when Mr. Johnson left the Warner company to
join the business staff of the New York Morning Tele-
graph.
Mr. Kirk, the new Warner publicity man, has had a
lengthy and varied experience in the advertising field which
should make him a valuable acquisition for the big feature
photoplay concern. With the Blackman-Ross company, as
production manager, Mr. Kirk had charge of that im-
portant branch of the agency's inside work which dealt with
the preparation of the patrons' advertising copy, including
the writing of the copy, its embellishment with art work, the
typing of the ads, and the engraving.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Little Mary" and Her Correspondents
PICTURE, if you can, a rainy after-
noon early in Maj', and a prosaic,
everyday busfness office, the window of which looks out
on humdrum Twenty-sixth Street. In the center of the room
IS a good-sized drawer filled to the limit with letters post-
marked from every corner of the world — from as far away as
Australia. On her knees in childlike freedom in front of this
great mass of correspondence is the young woman to whom
all these messages of admiration and encouragement have
been addressed. "America's Sweetheart" is the striking title
applied to her by Exhibitor Grauman. of San Francisco, when
he announces to his patrons the coming of a picture in which
IS starred Little Mary. "America's Sweetheart" in all truth
she seems to be in the minds of many others when we are
permitted to get a peek at the contents of these letters sent
by writers ranging in age from seven to seventy. Few of
them are from men. and of these a majority are unsigned,
thereby more perfectly testifying to the sincerity of the au-
thors. The gi eat mass are from'children and women. Some
cranks there are, to be sure, but of flirts there are not any.
.^^'e had gone to the studio by appointment for a chat
with Miss Pickford. This is a good place to say that to at-
tempt to put into cold type an adequate description of the
personal charm of this young woman requires a better pen
than this one. She is all you see on the screen, multiplied
many times. Simple in manner as a child; wholesome, un-
spoiled, saying just the thing that comes first to her lips and
never hesitatmg a second or giving evidence of any internal
effort to utter something impressive or bristling with great
wisdom; absolutely contented with being Mary Pickford the
woman (how strangely extravagant this expression sounds,
for girl she seems to be), sincerely unable to comprehend
why anything she has done should be the occasion for any-
one to make a fuss about.
"Yes." said Miss Pickford, in answer to a question, "I get
quite a lot of letters. Just wait a moment, if you will— I have
some that have come to me in the last few months." When
the little actress returned from her quest she carried a recep-
tacle containing hundreds of missives. They were arranged
in packs and tied with the care that might have been be-
stowed on love leters. "How many of these do I get in a
day? Why." answered Little Mary, "my record is
sixty-three. Which I think is quite enough, don't
you? Of course, when I have been traveling there are
accumulations. Here's the kind of a letter "that espe-
cially appeals to me." The handwriting was of a
child — a very young girl. "I have choosen you for
my favorite actress." it said. There was another from
a little girl in Baltimore, identifying nerself by re-
minding Miss Pickford of the day in the Oriole City.
vvhere "A Good Little Devil" was then playing, when
the actress' taxicab was held up bv the
crowd awaiting her. and the child planted
a kiss on her face as she leaned
out of the window. "I am so
sorry to hear vou
were sick in 'the
BY GEORGE BLAISDELL
hospital," writes another 1 ittle girl.
"Wiiat side did you nave your appendi-
citis on, because my left side is hurting me."
"It is wonderful the way people remember pictures, pic-
tures I had forgotten myself," said Miss Pickford referring
to a note in which reference was made to Biograph days,
when she played with Florence Lawrence and Billy Quirk
in "Sweet and Twenty." Here's one from a child in San
Francisco, referring to "Hearts Adrift"; "Your work was
lovely and the ocean beautiful." Who will gainsay that?
From a- more mature admirer came the advice: "Take care
of your upper lip. It is your fortune." From Denver came
a compliment greater perhaps than its author realized.
"Your acting does not seem like acting," it said. "I enjoy
your work," says another correspondent similarly impressed.
"I won't call it acting because it is not acting."
It was about this time that Jim Kirkwood, Miss Pickford's
director, then putting on his first Famous Players picture,
strode into the room and looked real hard at his leading
woman. Miss Pickford glanced up. "Oh, you are in for a
lot of trouble," she said, mischievously. "I am going to be
a real prima donna — temperamental eccentricity and all that
sort of thing, you know." Mr. Kirkwood smiled a grim
smile, but it was not one of fear. Miss Pickford did not by
her manner betray the knowledge that a large company
awaited her appearance in the studio, which days later w^e
learned was the fact.
Many of the letters inclosed stamps for photographs.
"Really," said the actress, "I must get busy on my corre-
spondence. I feel guilty when it piles up on me. but I find so
many things to do. I am told I should not answer these
letters, especially the ones that ask for money, but some
are pathetic. I know I used to dream of some millionaire
coming along and leaving me a lot of money, and I sympa-
thize— but only sympathize — with dreamers. I enjoy read-
ing letters from m.y friends. I sat up in bed the other night
from 12 until 2 going over accumulated messages. You
know, if I get discouraged and think I will leave pictures or
do something like that I get out and go through a bunch of
mail. Then I feel better.
"Yes, I do get some letters asking for money. One man
wanted ?1,500. I wrote him and explained he
was only one: that I had people of mj' own who
had prior claim to any surplus possessions. Do
you know he wrote again? This is what he
wrote: 'I have no desire to be selfish, but could
j'ou not make an exception in my case and
give me $650? If you want to you can have it
in your own name so you can get it later, be-
cause I only want a home, and the land will
be very valuable in a few years. Do your best
and you will not be sorrj-.' This man.
however, was moderate compared to the
one who wrote: 'My mother's
ambition is to own a beautiful
home, well furnished. If
you have a generous heart
you will send rne ten
thousand dollars in the
next mail.'
"Many women
"I remember you every night in my prayers," she read.
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281
send nic pictures of their babies; some of them express the
hope that I am fond of little ones. Really, I am crazy about
babies."
Just here Miss Pickford was called to the telephone. "You
want to arrange to make a bronze bust of me?" went an
answer over the wire. "Vou will have to talk with my
mother," was the following remark. The eternal feminine
crept out as the receiver was hung up. "Just suppose it
shouldn't be a good one?" she suggested.
"Do I get letters from girls an.\ious to join picture com-
panies? Yes, indeed. And I always advise girls not to
leave home. If there is a studio in their own town and
their mother accompanies them it is all right. I really think
if a girl can have her mother with her she ought to."
Miss Pickford returned to her letters. Her face became
grave as she read a note in a childish hand. "I remember
you every night in my prayers," was the simple but elo-
quent message. "Who wouldn't be happy to get a letter
like that?" she said. Then there was a message in the
chirography of an elderly woman. "My husband says some-
times, "I wonder if there will be a picture 'of my little girl
tonight.' " it ran. "He always calls you his little girl."
"_Do you ever have any interesting experiences when you
visit the theatres," we asked.
"Yes," replied Little Mar)'. "For instance, the other
night I was watching 'Tess of the Storm Country.' Two
ladies sitting behind me were arguing as to whether in the
scene where my head is doused in the bucket of water it was
my own hair or a wig that was getting the scrubbing. Then
when I threw the broom one of them said: 'I'll bet that
girl has a bad temper.' "
"How about ofTers of marriage?"
Miss Pickford laughed outright. "Yes. I get a few." slie
admitted. "There was a boy in England who seemed very
much in love. He assured me he would be eighteen years
old in nine months. Then there was a man in Vancouver
who was anxious to know w-hat I did with my money. He-
told me he was a religious man. that he sang in the choir,
and that he w-ould marry me and would make a good hus-
band. But these letters are very few."
It has been several years now that we have known of
Little Mary by that name. The origin of the appellation
Miss Pickford ascribes to her fellow-players in the Biograpli
studio. Later the Imp Company advertised the appearance
of Little Mary in its subjects. When Miss Pickford was
asked if she knew how many pictures she had appeared in
she admitted she did not know. "I wish I did," she added.
Just one more letter. It was one of the hundreds. Like
many of the others, it was written in a hand that denoted
education, as its phraseologj' indicated the finer feelings that
impelled its utterance. It was from a woman, and she lived
m Manchester. X. H.: "After seeing you play in 'Caprice'
I simply had to write to tell j'ou how much I admire both
you and your work in the pictures. Really, Miss Pickford.
your position is an enviable one. Think of having people
whom you never saw or even heard of love you. You
must be the happiest person in the world."
-■^nd the beautifully garbed vision crowned with masses
of brown curling hair that faded into the noisy studio seemed
to be just that.
OPERATIC STAR IN PICTURES.
Mme. Emmy Destinn Tells of Her Appearance in a Cage
with a Lion.
By Terese R. Nagel.
MAD.\ME EMMY DESTINN, the well-known dra-
matic soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
acted for the moving pictures in a cage with a lion
in Berlin recently. Most people were skeptical when they
read this announcement in the papers. They shook their
heads and said, "newspaper talk," "press agent story" and
"fake."
But it is all true and the interviewer heard the circum-
stances and story of the photoplay from the lips of the
noted artist herself. We were seated in the drawing room
of Madame Destinn's temporary home on West Seventy-
second Street. The diva, clad in a silver-embroidered flow-
ing Japanese robe, sat forward in her chair and became alert
and interested as soon as the interviewer uttered the words
"moving pictures."
"Ah, yes," said madame, "movies, you call them here.
We call them Kino over on the other side. You want to
know whether I really posed for the movies? It is so, and
to prove it to you, I will give you a picture of my dear lion-
friend Goliath. He w-as the leading man, and I was the
leading lady in a picture gotten out by a Berlin Film Com-
pany. The story is this:
"Two American girls are living in Berlin with their
millionaire father. One of the girls is an opera enthusiast
and the other is an animal fancier. The girls arc bent on
making Emmy Destinn's acquaintance, and they finally suc-
ceed, and invite me to their home where they shower at-
tentions and admiration upon me. During one of my visits
there, I meet a young man who is in love with one of the
girls. He is jealous of the attentions they bestow upon mc,
and in a moment of rage he challenges me to prove my
power over animals as well as human beings, and dares me
to sinu in a cage with a lion. I accept his oflfer, and that's
where Goliath and I come in."
Mme. Emmy Destinn and Goliath.
"And were you not at all afraid," the interviewer asked,
breathlessly.
"No," answered Madame Destinn, "I was more afraid of
that awful moving-picture operator who kept on turning
his crank right there in front of me, than I was afraid of
Goliath, the wild beast who stood right next to me. And
I sometimes have been more afraid of New York first-night
opera audiences. Opera is much easier than motion-picture
acting. A three hours' performance of such a difficult opera
as Mozart's 'Magic-Flute' would not be as hard work for
me as the acting of a thirty-minute photoplay. I admire
your American motion picture actors. They are so natural,
and possess so much abandon, ease and grace. Perhaps
some day in the near future, I may become better acquaint-
ed with the American motion picture public."
Only a woman of Madame Destinn's calibre could ac-
complish and do as much as she does — operatic work, liter-
ary work, moving-picture acting, photographic work, and
painting.
TO REISSUE MARY PICKFORD FILMS.
Innumerable requests from e.xhibitors and motion picture
"fans" throughout the country have influenced the Universal
to release again the famous Mary Pickford plays made by
the old Imp company some three and four years ago. Com-
mencing Monday, July 20th, with a one-reel drama, "In the
Sultan's Garden," one of the Imp-Pickford dramas, will be
released every other Monday for an indefinite period.
The negatives of these plays, which were among those
which made the old Imp company famous, have lain in the
L'niversal vaults for two years or more without ever having
been projected upon the screen.
Playing opposite Miss Pickford in most of these plays is
Owen Moore, brother of Matt Moore, Victor star, and an
actor of wide reputation and unusual ability. Special litho-
graphs have been made to accompany each release.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Augustus Thomas Retrospective
Great Playwright Tells of the Motion Picture Show in the
White House, Where President Saw and Admired
"Cabiria." — Observations on First Anniversary
of His Entrance into Field of Motion Pictures.
By W. Stephen Bush.
AUGUSTUS THOMAS, the famous playwright, is an old
friend of Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States. When a few daj^s ago he received an invitation
by telegram to dine with the Chief Magistrate he accepted
with becoming pleasure. The two men have often sat at meat
before, enjoying to the utmost the meeting of their minds
and the generous spice of humor with which these two dis-
tinguished Americans are wont to season their intellectual
food at all times. Thomas and Wilson, Wilson and Thomas
thus liked to look out upon the world together and the sacred
relations of guest and host were in frequent interchange when
the President was Governor and long before that; back in
the days before Wilson took his leap from the professional
chair into the "seething maelstrom, etc., etc."
The President had invited his old friend, of whose entrance
into the motion picture field he had knowledge, to show him
one of his own All-Star pictures. The president felt very
sure, as we all did, that in his contact and connection with
the motion picture Thomas would display some of the energy
and splendor of mind which have put him' in the front rank
of American playwrights. Those of us who have seen the
AU-Star plays would have been at no loss to choose the
program for this gala night of the screen, but Thomas
wanted the President to see the last word in motion pic-
tures, the lie plus ultra in kinematography.
While telling what he chose of the story of the motion
picture entertainment in the White House, Mr. Thomas sat
!n the office of the All-Star Company, flanked on one side by
Joseph Farnham and on the other by Harry R. Raver, both
of them eager listeners. He prefaced his talk by remarking
upon the splendid appearance of the President, saying he
had never seen Mr. Wilson look in better shape physicallj'
and mentally. He attributed much of this to the President's
love of golf.
"Please," began Mr. Thomas, "eliminate as much as you
can the pronoun T in what you are going to print. We
talk using the T freely and then when we see all the accu-
mulated 'I's' in print it raises a suspicion of conceit. We
felt that it would be disloyalty to the art of kinematography
to introduce any American-made picture to the President
while we had this great 'Cabiria' brought here from abroad,
from Italy. The President took a keen interest in the
play; he was eager to learn more and his knowledge of
the technical side of the production of motion pictures
showed careful study and diligent observation. The Presi-
dent loves a good picture. He and Tumulty, his secretary,
go once a week to a variety show — I was going to tell
you just on what day, but it might cause them annoyance
if it were generally known. Of course they go incognito."
Mr. Thomas was reminded that he had now been in the
moving picture field for just about one year and that his
observations and some recital of his experiences would
be of interest to the public in general and to the readers
of The Moving Picture World in particular.
"Really," he said, assuming an attitude of defense, "I did
not think you wanted to interview me. Why, did I look
ingenuous?"
Mr. Thomas had looked ingenuous if the truth must be
rold, and after we had rallied ourselves back into becom-
ing seriousness he said, in a tone of deep conviction:
' Well, of course we do learn something in the course
of a j'ear. We are more enthusiastic in our work than we
ever were before. While a year is not much of a period
after all there has been within that time a noticeable change
in the productions of all companies, a change for the bet-
ter. We are getting rid of what may be called 'moving
picture hurry.' We see more of the necessary repose com-
ing into the newer pictures through an infusion of more
experienced players. Repose is not a native thing; it is an
acqured thing, and one does not acquire it from coming
into contact with machinery, but through coming into con-
tact with other people. It would seem that the most re-
poseful actors are they who have played before audiences
rather than they who have played before the camera. The
actor who has had his training before the audience must
of course acquire something more, a slight margin or addi-
tion to fit him for the best camera work. Perhaps at the
start the picture player has more of what may be called
camera wisdom, a shade of greater technical knowledge.
There is probablj' no entertainment in which the moving
spirit is at once concealed in the work and at the same
time so plainly evident. We have had more of better
acting within recent times. It seems that in producing a
picture the actor and the director have an equal share of
responsibility; ordinarily the actor's responsibility would
probably be the greater, if the actor knew the entire pro-
jectory of which each individual scene is a part. He does
not know that. If he then overdoes or underdoes it is the
office of the director to restrain or to stimulate. One point
of improvement stands out: We prepare our plays with
greater skill, all the companies put their productions out
more coherently and with greater economy of attention. In
"Cabiria" they strike twelve in every sense. A ..:in takes a
most daring leap into the sea, but it is merely part of the
connected tissues of the play; formerly such a leap would
have been made the basis of a special scenario and would
have meant a climacteric effect. Note, too, the development
of the spectator within the last year. Indeed progress has
come not in any single direction; we see not the progression
of a line but a widening circle."
Speaking of directors Mr. Thomas, while quite loath to
criticize and always eager to excuse and explain unavoidable
limitations, dwelt with humorous emphasis on the lack of
directorial skill which is often found in conjunction with the
best of directorial intentions.
"A well-bred man," Mr. Thomas e.xplained, with splendid
control of the twinkle in the strong blue eyes, "will always
appear at ease or try to and he will always try to put others
at ease. Well, reasoning from these sound premises and
anxious to imitate the gentleman, such men, as say for in-
stance famous prize-fiighters or other groundlings of society,
would acknowledge an introduction with a yawn."
Mr. Thomas here rose from his seat and mimicked a man
striving desperately to be at ease and yawning almost loudly
after acknowledging an introduction. I was reminded of
what Macaulay told us about David Garrick and his inimita-
ble mimicry of poor Dr. Johnson. It was a brief but ex-
quisite performance.
"Another point might be mentioned," continued Mr.
Thomas while the vivid recollection of his feat was still
jolting our risibles into reflex action. "On large stages in the
olden daj-s of melodramas exaggerated pantomime was fre-
quent to convey the meaning to the audience in every part of
the theatre; the camera has made this pressure of emphasis
unnecessary — we use a close-up view, in which the slightest
motion of the face can be perceived by all, being multiplied
by so many diameters; the raising of an eye-brow means
something. Add to this the concentration of vision and the
elimination of a background. The last year has seen much
progress in this direction. The most important element un-
til you reach the lens is the director and after you reach the
lens it would seem as if the most important factor was the
camera man. The camera man, who is also a chemist, is the
best. There are camera men with a startling control of light
who stop there. The camera man who continues his interest
in the film as a chemist is likely to achieve the best results."
Mr. Thomas drifted back to the director. "The director,"
he resumed after a pause, "looks at his settings whether they
with subtletj' express the atmosphere he wishes to put
around his people; you know every room has its chemistry.
After he has done that he looks for little hints and details
which sometimes speak more eloquentlj' of the history of his
people than the biographies of two generations. The direc-
tor must guide his actor to that shade of expression that
will, for instance, reveal his degree of culture, the condition
of his temperament and his relation to the people about him.
He must be able to establish all that in some single action,
the central interest of which is to tell the story. In the emo-
tional moments of our lives we think in pictures and not in
words; words are but symbols, pictures are the things them-
selves."
Mr. Thomas was asked for a summary of the impressions
of his own work. "Ah," he said, with a sigh born of ambi-
tion. "I would like to go back and do the work over. I would
produce the same pictures but I do not think they would be
recognized." And here he breathed a second sigh of ambi-
tion. He would venture no prediction as to the future
achievements of the .\11-Star Company.
"The future must speak for itself not in words but in
deeds," he replied when we urged him to become oracular
and prophetic, while Brothers Farnham and Raver murmured
something about neglecting golden opportunities.
Augustus Thomas wooed the new art when others of sim-
ilar prominence in the theatrical world mocked and likewise
scoffed and scorned and consulted synonyms on "fad" and
"craze." .Ml the more gratifying then to record the fact that
not only has his ambition and enthusiasm grown with his
work, but the crown of material success has come with all
its glittering jewels, though Mr. Thomas does not care to
wear it ostentatiously.
I
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
283
"She Stoops to Conquer"
In a Four-Part Adaptation by George Tucker of Goldsmith's
Comedy Jane Gail and Henry Ainley Score Heavily.
Reviewed by George lllaisdell.
IT is a delightful performance Jane Gail gives us in the
London Film Company's four-part adaptation of Oliver
Goldsmith's famous comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer."
The script is from the pen of George Loane Tucker, who
also produces the story. Mr. Tucker does his work with a
sure hand. It is a difficult task coherently to mold a dozen
characters into a story, to preserve for the eye the full
strength of the situations so forcefully presented to the ear
by the dialogue. Those who are acquainted witli the quality
of Miss Gail's acting will not be surprised by her finished
Scene from "She Stoops to Conquer" (Cosmofotofilm).
playing. They will be gratified, however, to see the former
Imp star in a role which provides such abundant opportuni-
ties for the display of those deft touches of which she is so
thoroughly a mistress. Her portrayal of Kate Hardcastle, the
girl who, to win a bashful young man, permits him to believe
her the barmaid— with which particular class of young wo-
men he is always more than at his ease — is worthy of all
praise.
Henry Ainley, as young Marlow, the just mentioned bash-
ful youngster, supplements in high degree the work of Miss
Scene from "She Stoops to Conquer" (Cosmofotofilm).
Gail. He is convincing and he is strong. Miss Christian
Rayner, as the ward of Mrs. Hardcastle, is a charming com-
panion to Kate. Windham Guise, as Tony Lumpkin, the
burly, riotous son of Mrs. Hardcastle and the half-brother of
Kate; the practical joker who sends the two visiting young
men to his own home while pretending to direct them to
the nearest inn, thereby precipitating all the trouble and in-
cidentally all the fun that follows, fills his part to the full.
So, too, do Lewis Gilbert as Sir Charles Marlow, Charles
Rock as Hardcastle, and Miss Stella St. Audrie as Mrs. Hard-
castle.
There is action aplenty from the beginning of the story to
the end. The introduction of the manv characters is skill-
fully accomplished; we know without guessing just who's
who. We get a clear insight into the situation in the Hard-
castle home, of the troubles of the master of the house with
his servant Diggory and his boisterous, roisterous stepson
Tony; of the cleverness and charm of his daughter Kate and
Mrs. Hardcastle's niece Constance, the latter of wliom the
ambitious mistress of the house is anxious to marry to her
impossible son, to the justifiable dismay of Constance and
her lover Hastings. So, too, we are shown the way things
are in the home of Marlow; of the failure of Sir Cliarles to
overcome tlic awkwardness of his son when in the presence
of women of quality — the father does not know that the
young nian is untroubled l)y any of these inexplicable spasms
when in the more congenial and less formal society of bar-
maids. .'\ppearanccs are very much against the successful
working out of the plans of Plardcastle and his o'd friend Sir
Lharlcs to unite in marriage the daughter and t'le son.
It is the prank of unsober Tony in misleading young Mar-
lowe and Hastings that makes possible the happy denoue-
ment. The entrance of the two young men into the Hard-
castle home, where they arc expected; their belief that Hard-
castle is an innkeeper, their brusque directions to him, and
his inability to comprehend tlie situation are all amusing.
Best of all, though, are the ccjyness of Kate and the bashful-
ness of young Marlowe at tlie introduction, when the young
man fails to look at tlic daughter of the house; his later free-
dom witli the same young woman when he finds her so ar-
rayed that he takes it for granted she is tlie barmaid, and
the gradual revelation to the young man that it is not a War-
maid after all and that he really is in love with her. It is not
all comedy in the concluding scenes. There is a sharp check-
ing of the mirth as we see Kate, her face now as serious as
before it was mischievous, being sued as a supposed poor re-
lation of the family, to the unbounded joy of the two eaves-
dropping fathers, and the happiness of Marlowe when he is
told by the assembled families that the girl with whom he is
in love is the daughter of the house.
There is a subsidiary action in the attempts of Hastings
and Constance to elope. These contribute to the humor of
the story.
"She Stoops to Conquer" is well staged. Furthermore, it
is rare comedy, refined comedy.
CENSORS PASS "THE LURE."
Mme. Alice Blache's Adaptation of Famous George Scjirbor-
ough Drama Beautifully Done.
WITHOUT the suggestion of a single change, George
Scarborough's much discussed drama, "The Lure,"
was passed by the National Board of Censorship for
motion picture presentation.
The production is in six reels and it is said the strong
heart interest story is so beautifully told and so cleanly and
artistically presented that the fading of the last scene leaves
with the audience the feeling that they have learned a valua-
ble lesson through the medium of an absorbing and intensely
interesting drama.
Madame Alice Blache adapted and staged "The Lure" for
pictures for the Shubert Film Manufacturing Company and
was so impressed with the beauty of the story and the splen-
did opportunities it offered for strong dramatic climaxes that
it is claimed that "The Lure" as a photo drama is not only
conspicuous for its lack of a single objectionable feature, but
is even stronger than the stage version.
A private performance of the picture for the benefit of the
"National Board" brought forth the following simple state-
ment:
Blache Studios, Fort Lee, N. J. — Gentlemen: The follow-
ing picture seen at your office today was passed by the Na-
tional Board: "The Lure," six reels — Shubert. Very truly
yours. National Board of Censorship, W. D. McGuire, Jr..
Ex. Sec.
BUTLER, PA., GETS NEW HOUSE.
The Grand theater is the name of the new moving picture
house which was opened in Butler, Pa., recently by J. D.
Dunmyer, who has an ownership interest in the house with
Messrs. G. and T. L. Schenck. The Grand is situated in
North Main street, a central part of the town. It has a
frontage of 24 feet and is 180 feet long. The furnishings
and appointments are up-to-date in every respect. The au-
ditorium, which is 24 by 140 feet, has a seating capacity of
500, and a clear view of the screen can be had from any po-
sition in the seating arrangement. There are three aisles and
each one is four feet wide. One hundred seats of total seat-
ing capacity are in the balcony where =:noking is permitted.
The smoke is immediately drawn away by large suction fans
in the ceiling.
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THE MOVIX'G PICTURE \VORLD
L. P. Bonvillain.
Expediting Service
Innovation by Pathe Freres and Eclectic That Is Meeting
With General Approval.
IT TAKES a man with the courage of his convictions to
start anything new. This has been proved time and
time again. Columbus was laughed at before he discov-
ered America. Stephenson was considered a "nut" for ever
thinking that the steam from the teakettle would be of
any use for commercial purposes. It has always been the
case when anyone has tried to get out of the rut and start
something new: he has had everyone else in the same line
of business hold up his hands in horror and say, "It can't
be done." As we said be-
fore, it takes a man with
courage to go ahead un-
der the storm of ridicule
and prophecy of failure
and prove in spite of
every handicap that the
innovation he is backing
is needed and wanted by
the customers of his
house.
This is true in the
moving picture business
as well as in any other.
There have been several
lines of action that have
been followed ever since
the photo play has been
commercialized. One of
these has been to have
as few prints of a play
made as possible. These
prints have been worked
from house to house as
long as they would hold
together and as long as
the projection on the
screen resembled in any
way a decent picture.
This often resulted in a very poor projection on the screen of
the theater showing the film after it had become a few weeks
old. In spite of the fact that the natural result was a black
eye for the firm producing the picture the extra returns from
the poor print were considered to be of more value than tlie
good name of the manufacturer, and the old prints w'ere kept
working long after they should have been in the scrap heap.
Some of the live wires among the manufacturers used to
speak of this and wonder if it would not be better to put out
more prints and work them for a shorter time. Every
time it was mentioned the subject was "pooh-poohed" and
allowed to drop. The position of leader was left open for
a long time.
But it had to happen. The men who finally took the bull
by the horns and went ahead in spite of precedent were
L. P. Bonvillain of Pathe Freres and Arthur Roussel of
the Eclectic Film Co.
When the serial, "The Perils of Pauline," was in con-
templation the matter of getting the full value of the im-
mense advertising campaign was given serious consideration.
As everyone knows, timeliness is the great factor in adver-
tising. It would have been a great mistake to lose any
part of the value of the story running in so many of the
great daily papers throughout the country. After much
thought and planning it was decided to break away from
all the old methods of booking and start something which
would afford the exhibitor the fullest returns from every
episode.
Before the advent of the "Perils of Pauline" tlie greatest
number of original prints put into circulation at one time
of any one subject in any one place was about twenty-five
or thirty. The first firm to put out this number of prints
raised a howl that could be heard from coast to coast. But
they did it only once and then went ba-ck to the old way.
Their plans had miscarried through not being well laid.
When plans were being laid for "The Perils of Pauline"
every minute detail was thoroughly studied. Nothing was
left to chance. And then the big change in policy was
introduced.
One hundred and forty-seven prints of the first episode
were made and distributed to the different Eclectic branches.
When the other manufacturers heard of it they predicted
all kinds of calamities. Loss of money was the least thing
that was going to happen. But what did happen was that
the Eclectic Film Co. actually made more friends among the
exhibitors and boosted their returns to a degree not even
expected in the most optimistic moments.
Tlie exhibitors appreciated the fact that each one of them
could show the episodes as they were releasd and so soon
after the story had appeared in the papers that they received
the fiallest benefit from the publicity. Where formerly an
exhibitor often had to wait for weeks before he could get
his turn now he could show the same week as the story
ran. It meant that the public had the story fresh in their
minds and were looking for the opportunity to see it before
the memory of the thrilling adventures had become faint.
Every theater is showing their patrons "The Perils of
Pauline" within such a short time after the release date that
they are reaping a harvest. So great has been the demand
for accommodation on
the days "The Perils
of Pauline" have been
shown that in many in-
stances the exhibitors
are issuing reserved seat
tickets and find that a
large proportion of their
patrons are buying for
the full series so that
they will be sure to be
able to get into the the-
ater to see their favorite
picture. Reports have
come in from many of
the exhibitors that the
people line up for an
hour or more waiting
their turn.
The success of the ex-
periment is assured. Not
only are the exhibitors
finding that their pat-
rons appreciate the quick
service, but they find
that the films are in
much better shape for
projection. They know
that when they get a
print of "The Perils of Pauline" they can put it right in the
machine and be assured that it will be a perfect copy.
The financial benefit to the Eclectic Film Co. and to
Pathe has also proved that the exhibitor has been waiting
for this change. Thousands of letters have been received
offering congratulations to the men who could make such
a radical change in conditions. The Eclectic Film Co. has
found that the returns from the films are much greater
than formerly. The prices received for an early booking
are higher than when the film is older. This added price
more than makes up for the difference in the loss of time
the film is worked, and for the added cost of putting out
a greater number of prints.
It is the same old story. A quick turnover, better service,
more first runs, pleased exhibitors and interested patrons — -
a combination that cannot be beaten.
Arthur Roussel.
"URIEL ACOSTA."
Five Great Reels. Great Players Company.
THE figure of Uriel Acosta is one of the most fascinating
and striking in the history of the woild's reformers
and martyrs. The halo of mystery which surrounded
the life of this great Jew has tempted the pen of novelist
and plaj'wright. In the middle of the last century the dram-
atized version of Uriel Acosta by Karl F. Gutzkow had a
great vogue on the stages of the civilized world. The drama
is still popular, for it has elements of permanent value.
The filmed version presented by "The Great Players Com-
pany" leans but lightly on the Gutzkow drama, borrows
here and there from some biographical sketch, but depends
in the main on such irriprovements as the director thought
were necessary for the screen adaptation. The result has
been anything but satisfactory. The really big dramatic
moments have been crimped and spoiled.
No doubt the director was hampered by his actors and
actresses. The part of "Uriel Acosta" has been intrusted
to a man who had no conception whatever of the character
he was called on to portray and whose histrionic ability
fell far below that of the average performer in amateur
theatricals. The other members of the cast were of about
the same type. Settings and photography are fair.
THK MOXIxr, PICTURE WORM)
283
Learned Business From Bottom Up.
RALPH W. INCE, Vitagraph director and star, was
born in Boston, Mass., in 1887, and is one of the
youngest really big men in the motion picture busi-
ness. He conies of a theatrical family, his father being the
late John E. Ince, a well known comedian botli in Ameri-
ca and Great Britain.
Ralph is the youngest of three brothers, all of whom have
become famous in the field of motion photography. When
Ralph's determination to become an actor reached its height,
his father was an influential man and thoroughly in touch
with theatrical conditions. With the idea of completely sick-
ening and disheartening Ralph, his father placed him with
an exceptionaly poor company, practically devoid of finan-
cial backing, organized to produce "Hazel Kirke" in the one-
night stands. Ralph's season in "Hazel Kirke" lasted one
consecutive night, and the stranding e.Kcprience had the de-
sired effect, for Ralph came back to New York and readily
entered newspaper work business as an artist.
Shortly after, one of his lirotliers scored a success in the
theatre and Ralph's histrionic ambition was rekindled. With-
in a few weeks. Ralph
was a member of the
Richard Mansfield com-
pany in repertoire, dur-
ing which engagement
he played all sorts of
parts and rapidly ab-
sorbed many of the tech-
nicalities of the theater,
and finer points in pro-
duction. At the end of
his first year as a mem-
ber of the Mansfield
Mr. Ince as Lincoln.
company, Ralph was
a very valuable man,
for he had kept his
«yes open, had
learned much from
that eminent artist,
and, in addition pos-
sessed a natural in-
born histrionic i n-
stinct.
■Poi^Vi T„^» His next engage-
Ralph Ince. ,^^^^j ^^.^^ ^ijl, Klaw
& Erlanger's company presenting "Ben Hur," during which
time he absorbed his first ideas of handling spectacular ef-
fects and huge armies of people. Later, he joined the "Col-
lege Widow" under the Henry W. Savage management, and
in this company he was instilled with the values of en-
semble activity.
About this time Ralph met the young lady, who later be-
came Mrs. Ralph Ince. When he thought of leaving her to
go on the road with a theatrical company, he confronted a
tough problem. It proved to be the psychological moment
in his career. The idea of remaining in New York was up-
permost in his mind, but with no New York theatrical en-
gagement in sight, he turned his attention towards motion
photography, which was at that time just commencing- to at-
tract general attention. He applied to the Vitagraph Com-
pany for a position and, after working in several small parts,
attracted the attention of the owners of the company. They
made him an offer, but the offer had a string to it.
At this time, the Vitagraph was not the prosperous or-
ganization that it is today, and every actor had to help in
setting scenery, running props and be a general motion pic-
ture utilitv inan. Ralph accepted an engagement with the
Vitagraph, and was handed a hammer and saw with his
contact. He went to work and he learned how to set scen-
ery and how to run props, learning his business from the
ground up.
Mr. Ince has been with the Vitagraph Company seven
years, the first two as an actor and sort of a high class
property man and scenery shifter. The next two years
were devoted to acting important parts, minus the hammer
and saw, and the past three years have been given over to
directing. In all, he has appeared in probably 500 different
pictures and has produced about 150 Vitagraph successes.
He lias staged more big feature pictures for the Vitagraph
than all of their other directors combined.
Mr. Ince's impersonation of Abraham Lincoln is startling,
in its reality. Because of his heightli — he is considerably
over six feet tall — the Vitagraph naturally cast him for the
Martyred President when the character of Lincoln was re-
quired in a picture taken several years ago. Ralpli's ability
as an artist, in conjunction with his extraordinary efficiency
in making up for the stage, permitted him to produce a
representation of Lincoln sufficiently important to make
Ralph famous throughout the world. Within the past two
years the study of Lincoln, his personality and character-
istics, has become Ralph's foremost liobby. Now,' old
friends of Lincoln unite in declaring that Ralph Ince is as
near an ideal counterpart of Lincoln in all particulars as it
is possible for one human being to impersonate another.
Ralph has written, or more properly speaking, evolved
many motion picture plays. His ability for getting together
a picture may be surmised by considering that when he had
a large coasting schooner at liis disposal, he conceived, with
in an hour, the story of "His Last Fight," placing practically
all of the scenes in the picture aboard the schooner.
Ralph married Lucille L. Stewart at Sheepshead Bay, L.
I., in 1908. Mrs. Ince is a sister of .-Vnita Stewart, who, a
few years ago, played unimportant parts with the Vitagraph.
Ralpli eventually placed .-Vnita .Stewart in a principal part in
"The Wood Violet" and his careful coaching made it pos-
sible for her to do the greatest work in her career in the first
part of importance she ever played. Since then Miss Stew-
art has been his leading lady in all of his pictures, and her
rise to world-wide fame can partially be traced to the effec-
tive direction of Ralph Ince.
Ralph's first entrance into pictures seven years ago, was to
make it possible for him to marry and have a home for his
bride. His remaining in pictrues since, has made it pos-
sible for him to purchase, out of his earnings, one of the
most beautiful garden spots in Long Island. He has a mini-
ature Paradise which he calls home at Bay Shore, L. I.
VANCE TO WRITE NEW UNIVERSAL SERIAL.
Louis Joseph Vance, one of the best known modern fiction
writers, has been secured to write the new serial, "Trey C
Hearts," which is to follow the present Universal serial, "Lu-
cille Love," to be released in fourteen or sixteen distinct
parts, each of two or three reel lengths. The serial will com-
mence the latter part of July, and will be exploited in a man-
ner similar to that used with "Lucille Love."
Through the Robyne Syndicate the story, in serial form,
will appear in sixty to seventy of the largest newspapers
throughout the United States. In Europe, Australia and
South America, the new Vance serial will be arranged along
the same lines in conjunction with the photoplays as they
are released.
The decision to release another big serial was reached by
the L^niversal officials after the present one, "Lucille Love,"
had proven its worth in a surprisingly satisfactory way. The
field of literature w-as thoroughly scoured by the L^niversal,
with the purpose in mind of securing a writer who not only
commanded marked popularity but could conceive and exe-
cute a story which would lend itself thoroughly to film pro-
duction. "The selection of Mr. Vance was the result. His
novels, which ran serially in Munsey's Magazine, "The Brass
Bowl," "The Black Flag" and "The Bronze Ball," were par-
ticularly noted for the virile treatment given them.
Mr. Vance believes himself that the "Trey O' Hearts" will
come to be recognized as his masterpiece. It is very proba-
ble that during the adaption of the story of the screen, the
author will be present to assist and suggest.
The production work will be done at the Universal's West
Coast studios, Los Angeles, Cal.
NEW THEATER OPENED.
A new moving picture theater has been opened in St. Louis,
Mo., by A. Gutzman. The house is situated at 2912-14 Chip-
pewa street, and has a seating capacity of 600. The admis-
sion price is five cents. The theater opens at seven o'clock
on week days, and on Sundays the shows begin one hour
earlier. The name of the house is the Melvin.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
MUCH is being said at present regarding the necessity
for making motion picture exhibitors what they ought
to be by a system of schooling, or otherwise. If
"otherwise" means forcing the deficient exhibitors to do
what the law requires and common sense dictates, all inter-
ested in the welfare of the motion picture business will give
unanimous endorsement to the suggestion; as for a school-
ing of exhibitors, little serious attention is given the idea.
The prevailing opinion among the real exhibitors and those
who have direct dealings vifith those controlling picture
houses is that the chief thought should be extermination
and prohibition. Education should be encouraged at all
times when legitimately directed, but to seriously consider
it as applied to exhibitors of motion pictures under existing
circumstances is purely a waste of time.
* * *
Day after day students of conditions attending the motion
picture field at present are spending hours in throwing into
shape lessons for the guidance of exhibitors. All publica-
tions devoted to the trade publish colurnns in each issue
telling the exhibitors what should be done and what should
not be done for the advancement of their personal interests
and the interests of the business as a whole; but a certain
percentage of the men who should show some appreciation
of what is being_ done continue in the same old rut. Many
explanations are given for this. Some say the exhibitors
are too busy to read; in many cases exhibitors are unable
to intelligently read what is prepared for their benefit; and
in some instances exhibitors feel that the information is
for the other fellows.
* * *
One of the oldest and most progressive exhibitors in this
city says that there are ample opportunities for all men in
the business to learn everything pertaining to it without
sending any of them to night school. "The trouble with
many of them," sad he, "is that they will not understand,
and will not do anything that is likely to cost them some-
thing. Most of the people who fail to come up to the mark
as successful managers are those who are in the business
to get all the money out of it that they can in the shortest
space of time. I do not take much stock in the explanation
that they are unfortunate because they cannot read, and
therefore do not profit by the suggestions given in the
trade journals. Every one of them is sufficiently educated
to be able to keep tab on the box offices with the best of
us and nothing in which they are directly interested gets by
them in the trade, whether or not it is printed. I have been
hoping for the time to come when the indifferent and igno-
rant class of people who pose as exhibitors will be driven
out of the business. They have been thorns in the sides
of the intelligent and legitimate exhibitors and are responsi-
ble for all the clashes that have taken place with the au-
thorities. They are the people upon whom the handlers of
uncensored films chiefly depend for an outlet for their goods
and the whole trade is made to suffer for it."
* * »
Another exhibitor said that if any exhibitors needed
schooling they were not members of any of the exhibitors'
associations. If they were they would be educated. Any
exhibitor who attended the recent international Exposition at
the Grand Central Palace, New York, and listened to the
addresses received a course of education sufficient for any
man of ordinary sense. "I lost patience with such people
some time ago. They will not co-operate, or try to learn.
Scores of them graduated into the picture business from
street stands and will follow the peanut business methods
as long as they are in it. Take a trip along the East Side
of the city, and along some of the streets on the West Side,
and in Harlem, and the lower type of residential districts in
Brooklyn and you will find what I am driving at. There is
where you will find the houses from which the people con-
tinually attacking the motion picture business get their am-
munition, although I will admit that many houses in bet-
ter localities show inexperience on the part of the man-
agements. The latter class of people do not need schools
for education in their business. Experience, with the help
of the trade papers, will set them right in time. There is
but one school for the other fellows, and that is the Bureau
of Licenses."
* * *
"The striking part of the situation is that the 'uneducated'
exhibitors comply only with that which the law requires
and volunteer absolutely nothing for the benefit of their
patrons. This appears to me as conclusive that there are a
certain number of people in the business who will respond
only to force and would defy all attempts at education, al-
though there is a possibility that many of them are under
the ban because they leave the actual work of direction to
some employes who succeed in impressing themselves upon
the poor fellows as Jiaving managerial ability when, in fact
they know as little about the business as the boss does'
But, conceding all this, I am opposed to a campaign of edu-
cation when It is apparently to be directed chiefly to the
benefit of a class of people whose sole qualification and
principal aim is the possession and acquirement of money."
* * »
"I hear strange rumblings in the film market," said an out
of town exhibitor to an exchange man he met on Broadway
a few days ap-o. "How about it?"
"I guess you are right," was the answer. "There is every
indication that the motion picture volcano will have an
eruption before the snow flies. It would not surprise me
if it happened much sooner. The market is glutted and
something must give. While the feature game has done
wonderful work towards attracting to the picture houses
thousands of people of the better class who until a couple
of years ago ignored the picture form of entertainment, the
game itself has been overdone. There will be more high
class picture houses in operation next fall than ever before.
.\n immense amount of capital is being turned in that direc-
tion, but that will not relieve the situation as it is at present
from the producers standpoint. Some of them will either
pull out of the field, or be forced out of it. There are too
many people in it."
"Where do you look for a break? Do you mean that the
newcomers will go under?", asked the visitor.
"I am not inclined to say. It would not be fair to the
trade. I am simply reflecting what every well informed
man in the field feels. I will say, however, that whatever
may happen will not injure the business from the exhibitor's
standpoint. The standard of productions and the amount
of patronage will meet the best of any period within the
past three years?"
"Well, every day I read of some new corporation being
organized with immense capital to make pictures. Does it
seem logical that if conditions are as you state these great
investments would be made"
"At first glance it does not. But the hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars you speak of are not dumped into the busi-
ness with a shovel. The backing is there, but the invest-
ments are made by installments, and when the investors feel
that returns are not coming in to their liking the backing is
withdrawn. The same thing has happened before. One of
the most prominent and richest manufacturers in this city,
whose name is known in almost every household, was in-
duced to take a flier in the picture game a few years ago
He put up $50,000. He knew nothing of the picture game.
He knew only that big men in the business were receiving
big returns when the pictures were marketed. He did not
figure that big expenditures were necessary to get the goods
ready for the market and time and expense was required to
get customers. His $50,000 was fast dwindling when he
found that returns were still a matter of future development.
He realized that the picture game partook more of the the-
atrical than the ordinary commercial character. But he was
game. 'Here', he said to those he was backing 'I'll give
you $15,000 more to get the returns started, and if you do not
make good I'll pull out.' Well, he pulled out — after he woke
up he found that his $65,000 was a mere drop in the bucket
for the venture he started. Mark my words, the greater the
capital the heavier the fall, especially where the investors
look for returns as they do in ordinary commercial pursuits.
The men who have made big money in the business did not
get it through quick returns. Every old manufacturer will
tell you that. They got it by putting their money in the
business with their labor. When the returns came in thej'
reinvested them. Persistent labor and reinvestment event-
ually created a balance for profit sharing without impairing
the operating capital. Now competition is growing sharper
every day. Should a crisis in that respect come, which
will be the best equipped to meet it — the company that has
a surplus working capital, or the one backed by a group of
hungry dividend seekers who balk on increasing invest-
ments if dividends are not forthcoming? Do you get me?"
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28f
Greetings at Dayton
Keen Interest in the Afifairs of the Motion Picture Exhib-
itors' Leagfue Presages Large Attendance.
THE affairs of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Leagrue
of America has attracted wide attention among the
exhibitors of the country, not only on account of the
rivalry between the organization and the faction that bolted
from it at New York a year ago, but because of the lively
interest among its members on various questions that are
certain to come up for discussion at the Dayton convention.
Uppermost among the toics for discussion will come that
of Censorship. As is generally known the National League
President, M. A. Neff, has been one of the foremost ad-
vocates of legally constituted censorship boards as exempli-
fied by the Ohio law, of which he claims authorship. Sup-
porting President Neff is a large and influential faction which
will support him in his contentions.
On the other hand there is a strong opposition among the
state branches of many states to censorship of any kind, and
the opponents to the censorship idea will be there to make
a fight against the adoption of any thing favorable to it. Al-
together there is likely to be a lively time over censorship.
Another matter that is to come up for consideration is
the question of taking back the bolters of a year ago. A
committeee was appointed at the recent meeting of that
faction in New York to present claims for recognition at
the Dayton convention. Up to the present writing very
little sympathy has been expressed in their behalf by mem-
bers of the regular organization. It has been pointed out
that the bolters have no organization that is entitled to
consideration and that if they want to return to the fold
they may do so by making application for admission to the
existing League organization in the regular way. It is more
than likely that such will be the answer given the delega-
tion of the bolters at Dayton if they are given a hearing.
There is sure to be a discussion upon the question of
revenues for the maintenance of the League. Up to the
present writing the dues from members have not been
sufficient to carry on the work of organization. To make
up the deficit the exhibitors have been compelled to hold
expositions and publish programs — a round-about-way of
taxing the manufacturers of pictures and accessories to
raise money. This plan is growing in disfavor. Many man-
ufacturers have flatly refused to be taxed and others con-
tribute unwillingly through fear that their business will
suffer if they do not. All this should be changed and a
sufficient annual due should be levied against each member
to put the League on a strong financial basis.
Whether or not there will be a contest over the election
of president for the ensuing year depends upon the at-
titude President Neff takes u^on the censorship question.
If he persists in pursuing his present course it is more than
likely that he will meet considerable opposition and may
face another split in the organization. On the other hand
the recent campaign made ajgainst him by certain publica-
tions in the trade has had the effect of solidifying his sup-
port and he will go to Dayton with a strong party at his
back. The issue will be full of interest.
The Moving Picture World will be well represented at
Dayton and a complete report of the proceedings will be
published in subsequent issues.
Vernon; treasurer, W. Curl, New Albany. Delegates to
Dayton convention: O. G. Murry, Fred Verbarg, W. Curl,
J. C. Trulock, G. B. McClelland. Alternates: W. W. Eggles-
ton, J. M. McManus, J. C. White, W. E. Phillips and Roy
Parks.
MARYLAND STATE CONVENTION.
The Maryland League held its annual convention at Bal-
timore on June 25. The sessions were held at Bayshore
Park and were well attended. The election of officers for
the coming year resulted as follows: Marion S. Pearce,
of Baltimore, was unanimously re-elected president of the
organization; William Kalb was re-elected vice-president;
Second vice-president, Thomas J. Bohannon; secretary,
Geo. P. Klein; treasurer, Guy Wonders, and sergeant-at-
arms, T. J. Hovey; national vice-president, J. H. Bennett.
The delegates to the National Convention were -elected by
ballot. They are: Marion S. Pearce, Frank Durkee, George
List, of Frederick: Harry Lewy, William Fait, Jr., and
Harry B. Cook. There were also six alternates named. The
delegates were uninstructed.
NEWMAN TO EXHIBIT AT DAYTON CONVENTION.
The Newman Mfg. Company, with factories in Cincinnati,
New York and Chicago, will have quite an attractive and
elaborate booth, occupying space No. 20 at the convention
to be held in Dayton, July 6 to 11. They will have a com-
plete line of the very latest and attractive brass poster
frames, easels, railings, ticket choppers, etc., and a cordial
invitation is extended to all exhibitors to visit their booth,
where representatives of this firm will be glad to go into
detail with reference to any equipment.
A neat good luck coin will be distributed, on which ap-
pears a catchy verse. It will be well worth while for every
exhibitor attending the convention to make it his business to
see the Newman display.
INDIANA LEAGUE ELECTION.
The members of the Indiana state branch of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League of America met in North Vernon
at the Metropole Hotel June 3d. The following officers
were elected: J. C. Lockwood. National vice-president,
Frankport; president, O. G. Murry, Richmond; first vice-
president, J. C. Trulock, Aurora; second vice-president, G.
B. McClelland, Osgood; secretary, W. E. Phillips, North
MANY PRIZES IN SCENARIO CONTEST.
Evening Sun-Vitagraph Competition Yields Three Hun-
dred Scripts Acceptable to the Flatbush Studio.
.\ccording to the returns of the Evening Sun-Vitagraph
prize photoplay contest, as published in the Evening Sun of
June 30, about one in ten of the three thousand who sub-
mitted scripts turned out work that the Vitagraph Com-
pany desires to buy. The scenario department of the com-
pany is now in communication with the successful authors.
As previously announced, the winner of the thousand-
dollar prize was Miss Elaine Sterne. The second prize of
$250 was awarded to Harold Gilmore Calhoun, and the third
prize of $100 to William Addison Lathrop. There are, in
the long list of the supplementary winrftrs, many names
familiar to the film industry.
PHIL MINDIL RESIGNS FROM MUTUAL.
Phil Mindil, who for the past nine or ten months has
been at the head of the publicity department of the
Mutual Film Corporation, has resigned. Although when Mr.
Mindil came to the Mutual he had had no previous ex-
perience in the film industry it took him a very short
time to start things humming. He brought to bear all
of the wide experience he had gained in the publicity line
in twenty active years. He built up Reel Life, and achieved
the unusual by making a house organ that sold freely on the
news stands. W. H. Peckham, business manager of Reel
Life, also has resigned. While Mr. Mindil has as yet formed
no further alliance, his old friends and the manv new ones
he has made in film circles will be surprised if his tact,
efficiency and experience are permitted to be removed from
the line of endeavor in which he has been so successful.
It is understood that the Mutual Girl Weekly will be dis-
continued, and that the same course will be pursued with
the Mutual Movie Fillers, a press sheet furnished to news-
papers and exhibitors. Furthermore, it is said that Reel
Life will be reduced in size, more to the proportions of a
straight house organ, and that its public sale will be dis-
continued.
Arthur James, a well-known newspaper man, succeeds to
the head of the Mutual's publicity department.
HOWE LOOKING FOR FEATURES.
Among the summer visitors to town is Lyman H. Howe, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., probably the best known moving picture
exhibitor on either side of the Atlantic, and certainly one
of the oldest on this side. Mr. Howe came to the city to
make final arrangements for the departure of his representa-
tive for Europe, to pick up novelties for the programs
for next season. It is quite natural that a question should
arise as to whether Mr. Howe cannot get all the films he
wants from the immense stock on hand in this country.
The answer is that every year he sends a representative to
the other side to see if he cannot dig up some novelty — if
only one — that has not been sent to this country. Gem
seeking, as it w-ere. He has done that for years. He is one
of the exhibitors who will spare no expense to get some-
thing good and "different." His line is chiefly of the edu-
cational character and his bookings keep five companies on
the road from early fall to early summer. And listen! He
is one of the few eldest of the exhibitors who has not been
tempted to embark as a manufacturer of films, although for
years he has been intimate with the foremost of present day
producers.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"THE WINNING TRICK" (Vitagraph).
This pretty comedy-drama has the quality of entertaining
that appeals to human appreciation, on account of its natu-
ralness. Often have we heard persons say that riches are
not essential to happiness and inherited wealth is apt to be
demoralizing. The heroine of this story, Lillian Walker,
becomes so imbued with this theory after reading several
treatises on the subject, she comes to the conclusion she
will never marry a rich man. The hero. Arthur Ashley, is
very much in love with her and there is but one barrier to
obtaining her consent to marrying him. He is very wealthy
and she fears the consequences to her pet theory. He deter-
mines to win her and for that purpose arranges with her
father to suddenly announce his transition from riches to
poverty. The father, Charles Eldridge, enters into the
s.heme. They marry and the young man obliges her to live
under very modest and self-denying circumstances. He
secures a position as butler in a wealthy home. Lillian
visits him and at once becomes dissatisfied with her own
Scene from "The Winning Trick" (Vitagraph).
restricted way of living and goes back to her little flat
very much dissatisfied. Finally her husband tells her he
may secure a position for her in the home where he is em-
ployed. She calls on the owner of the mansion and is sur-
prised to find her own husband occupying that position.
He then tells her of his trick and she penitentlv confesses
that theory and practice are entirely different. The dra-
matic quality of "The Winning Trick" is well sustained in
the dual character by Mr. Ashley, as butler and as the
gentleman of culture and aristocracy, lord of the mansion.
Lillian Walker's portrayal of the "^irl of refinement and
luxury suddenly being transformed to contrasting associa-
tions, is extremly clever and commendably well done.
Charles Eldridge, as the father, the agreeable way he enters
into the trick and the well simulated anger and opposition
to his daughter's marriage to a poor man, is a bit of real
comedy. The whole picture is so sustained in its lights and
shadows, it cannot help but please and entertain.
"HIS STOLEN FORTUNE" (Essanay).
An unusually interesting comedy-drama adapted from the
story of that title, which was run some time ago in the
Munsey Magazines, will be presented in photoplay form,
consisting of two very interesting reels, on Friday, July 17th.
Francis X. Bushman will play the leading role, that of a
young American chap, who inherits a large fortune, only
to discover that his deceased uncle had stolen it. Six months
after his uncle's death, he finds a note which informs him
that he must find the heir and return the money. Many
humorous complications arise which will keep an audience
laughing until their sides ache. The cast is a well selected
one and the photography is beautiful.
"THE INCOMPETENT" (Lubin).
This drama is based on the eternal triangle — the man,
the wife, and the friend, but contrary to the usual the friend
IS not a scoundrel, but a quite worthy. "The man" is the
mcompetent and the wife with every worthy intention poses
as his sister, hence the friend is led into a false position
j
Scene from "The Incompetent" (Lubin).
and rnany mistakes are made on all sides. With a dramatic
situation the skein is unravelled and the denouement prom-
ises a happy future. The script is written by Daniel Ellis
and gives intensely dramatic roles to John E. Ince and
Rosetta Brice, both of the Lubin home stock company.
"OTHELLO" (Kleine-Cines).
The big George Kleine five-part "Othello" made at Venice,
Italy, last winter, under Mr. Kleine's personal direction, is
scheduled for release through the General Film Company the
week of July 6th.
The picture is unusual in 'many ways. To expedite its
making the city of Venice declared a half holiday and closed
Scene from "Othello" (Kleine-Cines).
the Grand Canal to all traffic, leaving only the aged i^alaces,
the gayly costumed players and the clicking cameras of the
Photo Drama Company. The film version closely follows
Shakespeare's story. The photography is clean-cut, the vari-
ous parts well cast, and the scenic effects more than beau-
tiful. This is probably the first Shakespearean story to be
produced in the actual environment of the original.
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369
"THE OTHER TRAIN" (Beauty). struggle with tlie inevitable and final surrender makes a
A "Beauty" suljject produced under direction of Harry keenly interesting phychological study and teaches a fine
Pollard in which Margarita Fischer is the luminous star
that rises to the highest pinnacle of success and falls to tin-
lowest depths of poverty and at the end of her eventful
career her soul ascends to celestial realms as in a flood oi'
glory.
Scene from 'The Other Train" (Beauty Film).
In her characterizations Margarita portrays the entire
gamut of human emotions and gives an excellent exposition
• of her histrionic ability. Other players participate, but
Margarita is naturally the center of attraction throughout
the production.
Harr\- Pollard displays his thorough understanding of
the art and has sucessfully produced his most remarkable
one reel feature. The triple and double exposures show
a thorough understanding of the camera and a com-
plete knowledge of its possibilities. The subject is sched-
uled for release Tuesday, July 7th, and will undoubtedly
score heavily both here and abroad.
"THE BONDAGE OF EVIL" (Kleine-Celio).
How a woman who thinks she has "lived down" her
tainted past is, after many years, once more caught in the
toils, enmeshed in the net of circumstances and returned to
•the depths from which she had been lifted by a noble love,
is dramatically told in George Kleine's splendid psycholog-
ical photoplay, "The Bondage of Evil," an extraordinarj"
two-part subject made for Mr. Kleine by the Celio Com-
•pany of Rome. The splendid acting of Francesca Bertini.
Scene from "The Bondage of Evil" (Kleine-Celio).
Albert Collins and Emilia Ghione, principals in the story,
makes it one of the most attractive films yet turned out by
that popular continental organization.
Louise, a cabaret singer, marries a young millionaire after
her lover. Duval, has been sentenced to a five-year term in
prison. Finallj' accepted by his family and friends, she be-
comes a society leader and has almost forgotten the old life.
Then Duval is released and his subtle influence is exerted
io bring her back to the degradation of the cabarets. Her
moral lesson, abounding in compelling dramatic situations.
Technically, "The Bondage of Evil" compares favorably
with the best of the Celio output. Tlic photography is
splendid, the settings beautiful and tlic appointments perfect
in every detail. The subject will be releasd through the
General Film Company Tuesday, June .'^O.
REAL PRISON SCENE IN EXCELSIOR PICTURE.
In one of the realistic scenes from "The Toll of Mam-
mon." made by the Excelsior Feature Film Company of
110 West 40th .Street. New York, it was neccsary for the
sake of atmosphere to get a scene in prison showing the
convicts at their daily work. The warden of one of New
York's largest prisons was approached and consented only
Scene from "The Toll of Mammon" (Excelsior).
after much weight had been brou-ht to bear upon him.
Director Harry Handworth brought his camera into the
various parts of the prison, and soon had the necessary
scenes. They were taken without any artificial lighting and
are perfectly natural. Gordon De Maine, the leading man
for the Excelsior Company became a real convict for the
time being, and later laughin.ely said he made several friends
among the regular "honest to goodness" inmates.
"THE CONQUERORS" (Ramo).
The populace of Fort Lee. New Jersey, awoke one day
recently to find a Franco-German village in their midst, and
were unable to figure out the reason, until Will S. Davis,
director for Ramo Films, swept his French and German
troops with their horses and cannon through its streets,
bombarding its houses and terrifying- its citizens. The
scenes enacted were for the wonderful five-reel Feature
"The Conquerors," dramatized by Mr. Paul M. Potter and
produced as a photo drama by Ramo.
Much time, care and money has been expended in making
this production very elaborate and spectacular. The build-
ing of this miniature village alone cost over $3,000.00.
"The Conquerors" as a play was dramatized by Mr. Pot-
ter for Charles Frohman, who produced it several years ago
with William Faversham in the leadinsr role, and ran very
successfully for one whole season at the Empire Theatre.
New York City. This production will be presented to the
public September 1st, and one each month thereafter, such
as "The Victoria Cross," "The Destruction of St. Pierre,"
"The Mad Mullah" or "The Lovers of the Nile" and "The
Cit\' Directory," all from Mr. Potter's pen.
KLEINE'S "VENDETTA" IS SPECTACULAR.
.\ man buried as dead, returning to consciousness in his
coffin, knocking it by his struggles from its niche in the
wall; thereby breaking open another coffin filled with jewels;
returning to his estate only to find his wife and his dearest
friend unfaithful to him; plotting a revenge that ends in
the death of his friend and the killing of his wife in that
selfsame tomb at midnight by an earthquake, are the essen-
tial elements of what is undoubtedly one of the most sen-
sational novels ever filmed.
Marie Corelli wrote no work more powerful than her
•■\'endetta" and no producer made a film more faithful to
detail or providing more thrills than the film version of
that novel. The story is in five parts, anyone of which
contains enough material to make two good stories. The
subject is scheduled for release through the General Film
Company, special feature department, July 27th.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SUCCESS OF "ATLANTIS."
The Great Northern Fihii Company's spectacular six-reel
production of "Atlantis," the film dramatization of Gerhart
Hauptmann's stirring novel, has scored a marked success
in the film world. The thrilling shipwreck scenes have
caused a sensation among state right buyers and exhib-
itors alike. The following territory has been contracted
for to date: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minne-
sota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
Canada.
Company Leaving Copenhagen for Ocean Scenes in
"Atlantis."
The state right buyers who have secured this big pro-
duction are obtaining choice bookings for it in many cases
arranging to present the pictures m the leading legitimate
theaters. "Atlantis" opened at the magnificent new Pitt
Theater, Pittsburgh, on Monday, June 22, for an engagement
of two or more weeks. It was presented at His Majesty's
Theater, Montreal, Canada, the leading playhouse of that
cit)'. and is expected to be seen at other first-class houses.
"THE GREAT UNIVERSAL MYSTERY."
Something "Out of the Rut" in Filmdom That Is All
Accomplished "Without a Make-up."
Take into consideration the fact that a motion picture has
been produced in the negative and will be released July
10, with a star cast working (or playing) in it whose ag-
gregate salaries amount to eight million four hundred and
twenty-four thousand dollars a year — quite some round sum.
The Universal Company is releasing this picture with the
above caption, embracing a cast of over fifty-four leading
stars and executives of the company; said executives who
are earning their salaries in other departments have just
discovered their abilities of pantomimic acting before the
camera, and are not such bad actors after all.
This visualization has been taken by the various directors,
not only throughout the United States, but in Europe as
well. It contains every star, manager, studio manager,
stage carpenter, "props" and wardrobe lady in the the em-
ploy of the Universal Corporation, and in addition such
high-priced personages as Carl Laemmle, R. H. Cochrane,
J. C. Graham, Joe Brandt and all members of the board
of directors, as well as the principal members of the office
force of the company.
In addition to these personages thirty-seven of the lead-
ing stars are shown in the unwinding of the film on the
screen. The majority of the scenes were taken at Universal
City, near Hollywood, California; the Imp studio. New
York; Coytesville studio, New Jersey; the Imp factory,
Bayonne, New Jersey; Victor studio. New Jersey, and the
executive offices, 1600 Broadway.
The foUowina; film celebrities appear in this picture:
King Baggot, Pauline Bush, Ford Sterling, William Clif-
ford, Lois Weber, Lee Moran, Ella Hall, Hobart Henley,
William Welch, Betty Schade, Leah Baird, Howard Cramp-
ton, Al. Christie, Carl Laemmle, Maurice Fleckles, Herman
Fichtenberg, Allen Curtis, Florence Lawrence, Francis
Ford, Bob Leonard, Cleo Madison, Victoria Forde, M. J.
MacQuarrie, Ethel Grandin, Alexander Gaden, Rupert
Julian, Edna Maison, Edmund Mortimer, Frank Crane, J. C.
Graham, Wilfred Lucas, F. A. Van Husan, J. V. Bryson,
Henry McRae, J. Warren Kerrigan, Grace Cunard, Herbert
Rawlinson, Phillips Smalley, Eddie Lyons, William Shay,
Irene Wallace, Matt Moore, Marie Walcamp, Frank Smith,
William Dowlan, Herbert Brenon, Isidore Bernstein, Otis
Turner, Bob Thornby, David Horsley, Fred Balshofer.
Mr. Laemmle played the leading part in a very unctuous
manner. He seemed somewhat frightened at and suspicious
of the camera, but he took a stage brace and that helped
some; he accomplished all this without a make-up. Others
in the cast acquitted themselves equally well. Wilfred Lucas
seemed to be somewhat peeved and hid behind his manu-
script.
Whatever is lacking in this picture — and that is the mys-
tery— it is not novelty. Something new in pictures, as well
as in everything else, that we mortals bump up against, is
welcomed with glee. At the conclusion the mystery still
remains; you can draw your own conclusions, which is
some satisfaction, so keep on guessing. "Use the brains God
gave you."
"UNIVERSAL BOY" SERIES BEGINNING.
Commencing Thursday, July 16th, the Universal Company
will release every other week under the Imp brand, a "Uni-
versal Boy" film, featuring Matty Roubert, deliciously pre-
cocious and one of the cleverest youngsters on the screen, in
the title role.
The series will treat of persons, important or otherwise,
prominent in the public eye. However, the pictures are not
intended simply as a sole means of exploiting such person-
ages; in each photoplay release there will be a complete and
highly amusing story woven around the little hero, Matty,
and the particular person or personages he comes in contact
with during the production of that film.
The first series, which have just been completed, will intro-
duce John McGraw, famous manager of the New York
Giants; mascot of the New York Giants, Jimmy Ford, and
Miss Annette Kellerman, the world famed "Water Venus"
and heroine of "Neptune's Daughter," the smashing seven-
reel success, now showing at the Globe theater.
Master Roubert is a dark, curley-headed, brown-eyed boy
of seven. His experience upon the screen dates from the
time he was two and a half years old. Inheriting natural taste
and ability for mimicry and make believe from his parents,
who have spent their lives in the dramatic profession, Matty
immediately proved himself a "child prodigy."
The comedies which gave Master Roubert the biggest rep-
utation, were those produced upon the Pacific coast by the
Universal and released under the Powers brand. Appearing
in these juvenile comedies as the principal boy for something
like two years. Matty endeared himself to thousands of fans-
throughout this country and Europe.
"SALOMY JANE" (California M. P. Co.).
Until recently, the larger half of those natural advantages,
which have made California celebrated throughout the world
had fallen beyond the pale of the film producer. The higher
Sierras, the mining camps of earlier days and the far-famed
red wood forests all belonged to the upper end of the state,,
and had almost entirely escaped the motion picture camera's-
lens.
The California's Motion Picture Corporation's adaptation
of "Salomy Jane," Bret Harte's story and Paul Armstrong's
play, will abound in this Northern California scenery, in
which respect it will give the public something quite differ-
ent from the general run of back .grounds found in motion
pictures, this applying to pictures previously made in Cali-
fornia as well as elsewhere. The story, as is known to the
world at large, concerns itself with the days of gold in the
Far West, its setting, a redwood forest, and its characters
the hardy, rough and too often lawless pioneers, but withal
generous, who made the early history of California a thing
of thrilling romance.
The redwood forest, in which the production is being
filmed, is the same in which Bret Harte watched the pros-
pectors build their first rude cabins. The stage coach,
which is serving the producer's purposes, is a relic of for-
mer days, and the grade that it rocks along is the same, but
for subsequent repairs, by which the author wandered back
and forth between the feverish gold camps and the young
frontier metropolis, San Francisco, scarcely grown beyond,
a village.
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291
QUEEN COMEDY COMPANY STARTS.
Another moving picture concern has started work in Los
Angeles, Cal., the Queen Comedy Company. It is headed by
A. D. Hann and A. G. Forry, who will produce comedies
only. The company is said to be named after the president's
sister, Miss Queenie Hann, who is playing leads opposite the
Irish comedian, Jerry Ivers. They have their studio almost
completed and expect to have their first release ready about
July 10.
Notes of the Trade.
Arthur Ashley, of the Vitagraph Players, Is a "Jack of all trades,"
but ho reverses the old saying by being good at all of them. It is
not so very long ago Ihut he was known as Daredevil Ashley and
thrilled thousands all over the country by his death-defying ride down
a Shoot the Chutes on a bicycle, enveloped In Sames, making a spec-
tacular high dive at the flnlah.
• • •
H. A. Woltgram, formerly salesman of the World Film Corpora-
tion's Kansas City office, has been transferred to the Denver office,
and will take charge of the sub-offlce at Salt Lake City.
• • •
The cast of the Life Photo Film Corporation engaged in making
"Northern Lights," In six parts, have returned from Canada, where
they -were engaged in the taking of exterior scenes in the production.
• * •
Earopean rights for the international polo pictures have been granted
to the McEnnery Syndicate of London by the World Film Corporation.
• * •
Joseph Bloom, special representative of the World Film Corporation.
Is now located at the Washington office, and has the distinction of
being the World Film Corporation's best salesman.
• * *
The "Beauty" subject entitled ' me Other Train" is an exceptionally
fine production and an everlasting testimonial of" the versatility of
Miss Margarita Fischer and the thoroughness of Harry Pollard as
a director.
• • *
In the Sellg zoo at Eastlake Park, Los Angeles, California, there
has been an unprecedented increase In the original stock of wild
animals imported by William N. Sellg. Old circus men and those
accustomed to the handling of wild beasts state that the peculiarly
appropriate surroundings in which the animals live are responsible for
this. There are acres of real jungle grown from shoots and roots
brought from India, Africa and other countries, so that the animals
find exactly the same jungle conditions as they have been accustomed
to at home.
• • •
Miss Ethel Clayton, of the Lubin company, received notification
from the Onyx Club, which has branches throughout the Southwest,
that she had been awarded second prize In their photoplay favorite
contest, having received twenty-five thousand votes. This makes the
fourth club contest in which she received first or second prize.
4 * *
"When the World Was Silent," produced by Herbert Brenon and
written by Harvey Gates, of the Universal, is to be a three-reel drama,
instead of a two-reeler as originally announced. When Mr. Brenon
took the script, it was his intention to put it on in two reels, but
when the production got under way it was decided that the story was
too big for two reels — that three reels would be necessary to properly
unfold the plot. It will be released on July 13, as a three-reeler,
while the Victor one-reel release of that date, "Out of the Valley,"
will be dropped until a future time.
• * •
It will be interesting for the many who have already become ac-
quainted with the great "Protea' to know she has again made her
appearance in a film called "Protea Second." The second part, like the
first, is the property of the World Film Corporation. This daring
young woman detective is probably one of the most versatile among
the many actresses upon the moving picture stage. From the opinion
of those who have had the luclry chance to see the advance print of
"Protea Second" it is quite evident that the exhibitor will not re-
gret his persistent request to get something as good as "Protea First."
• • •
Sawyer, Inc., have closed a contract to market a new Mexican
picture made by the Canadian Bioscope Company, entitled "The Mex-
ican Sniper's Revenge." It is in three parts, with the principal
scenes laid in a small Mexican village, which Is attacked by a band
of Mexican rebels. There are some very thrilling battle scenes and
a very strong love Interest between a Mexican senorita and an Ameri-
can engineer.
• • •
Al. E. Christie and his Nestor Comedy Company have returned
from a journey that took them from one end of California to the
other and into Mexico. One of the pictures Christie made shows
scenes of construction In the exposition, which will celebrate In 1915
the opening of the Panama Canal.
• * •
Through the courtesy of William H. Russell, millionaire. Anglewood
Clias, the immense and beautiful estate on the Hudson belonging to
Mr. Russell, was turned over to the Lawrence-Victor company to
be used for the staging of a two-reel romantic melodrama. Under
the direction of Harry Solter, and headed by Miss Florence Law-
rence and Matt Moore, the Victor players are at present located on
the estate, where they have already been for two weeks, working on
the picture.
No, "In All Things Moderation" Is not the namo of a sermon ; It's
the title of a two-reel bouncing melodrama that Is being produced by
the Imp company under the direction of Frank Crane. Alexander
Gaden and Dorothy Phillips ore playing the leads.
• • •
The Shubert Feature Film Corporation, which lately combined with
the World Film Corporation, has about completed what Is to be one of
Che most up-to-date studios In the world. This formidable structure
win have sufficient space to carry on six different productions at one
time.
• • •
One of the visitors at the recent exposition In New York City was
Bernard M. Corbett, of the Corbett Theater Equipment Company, 611
Washington street. Boston. Mr. Corbett seemed highly satlBfied with
business conditions In the New England states. His company has
placed the equipment In all of the theaters In the vicinity o( the
"Hub" recently.
• • •
The Julian Rex Company Is producing "The Dreamer," from the
pen of Rupert Julian himself. This will be the first film of the
new company In which Rupert Julian and his wife, known to the
legitimate stage as Elsie Jane Wilson, are co-stars.
• • •
For the staging of "When the Heart Calls," a two-reel Imp drama,
Herbert Brenon. director, needed certain styles of exterior settings.
Informed that Stamford, Connecticut, or the country thereabouts, could
furnish what was wanted, Herbert gathered his players and took them
up there. Of course the atmosphere must have been cool and the
fishing good — but "No!" says Herbert. "I worked every minute of
the time." He and the company have Just returned. Billy Shay
and Violet Mersereau will be seen In the lead roles of the play.
• « •
H. C. Drum, district manager of the Pacific Coast for the World
Film Corporation, is now on a tour to Seattle.
• • •
Sawyer, Inc., have received another 500 feet of Interesting film from
Sofia, Bulgaria. This film has been added to the 3,000 feet already
in hand. The subject is to be released on the occasion of the visit
to this country of the Queen of Bulgaria in October.
« • •
J. G. Wilson, until recently with the Syndicate Film Corporation, has
been appointed manager of the Boston office of the World Film Cor-
poration, In place of F. B. Murphy, resigned.
• • *
H. T. Oliver, vice-president and general manager of the Canadian
Bioscope Company, Ltd., of Halifax, has been In New York City for
the past few weeks arranging for an outlet In the United States for
the productions of his company. They expect to release a number
of three and five-reel features as well as one-reel and split-reel comedy
and dramatic subjects.
• * *
Sol L. Lesser, of the Golden Gate Film Exchange, San Francisco,
expects to land in New York early in July. He has several big ne-
gotiations on and expects to close up some very Important deals. Mr.
Lesser has started the big Vltagraph-Liebler film, "The Christian," on
the highway to prosperity on the Coast.
« * •
Al Rosenthal, special road man of the World Film Corporation, was
called to Chicago from Atlanta, on account of illness In his family.
In the future Mr. Rosenthal will make his headquarters in Chicago.
• • *
"A Harmony of Souls" is the title of the latest picture by Bob
Leonard and Lloyd Ingraham. .\mong the features of this one-reel
drama is an orchestra of twenty-five artists. In the story Leonard
himself had to direct the orchestra and his fine musical training
stood him in good stead.
• • *
Herman Gertler, formerly with Warner's Features, Inc., is now one
of the force of the World Film Corporation, in the capacity of film
inspector and assembler.
• * *
Jack BIystone, new director of Joker comedies, with Bess Meredyth
as leading woman, and Ernest Shields as leading man, is now pro-
ducing a slap-£tick entitled "The Third Party," at the West Coast studio.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Music for the Picture
Conducted by CLARENCE E. SINN
Again, "Judith of Bethulia."
EORGE P. MONTGOMERY, Musical Director,
Rawlins' Theatre, Albany. Ga.. contributes the fol-
lowing:
Have been reading your music department for a
long time and find it very interesting. I am the leader
(piano) of a five-piece orchestra and we play for pic-
tures exclusively, changing daily. Have a repertoire of
over 2,000 orchestra numbers, not counting medley two-
steps and waltzes. When I read of people playing for pic-
tures, and for pathetic scenes using "Hearts and Flowers,"
"Flower Song," "Melody in F," and such good old stand-
bys, I wonder why they don't try and get some new
numbers. I should be pleased to give you a list of
other numbers to take the place of these if you would
care to have it. Another thing — in reading music cues
as given in your columns, too many times they go back
to repeat numbers; this is entirely unnecessary if the
leader has a large enough repertoire of music.
In your department (issue of week of June 13th) Miss
Currier, of Barton, Vermont, states that she uses twenty
numbers a week for her pictures, as I understand it.
(Not exactly that: Miss Currier said she bought at
least twenty numbers per week of popular music. This
is in addition to her librarj' of standard stuff. — Ed.).
I have used more than that number (20 numbers) for
one day's pictures of three reels. I should like to get
hold of music that I can use for battle scenes and strug-
gles of various kinds, such as the cue music issued by
Hawkes & Fischer. Nos. IX. X and XI. Must be at
least a page in length; I have plenty of short ones. I
notice the organist at the Trianon Theatre, Birmingham.
Alabama, gave his synopsis of music for the first and
third reels of "Judith of Bethulia.'' Below I will give you
my synopsis for the second and fourth reels.
Judith of Bethulia.
Reel Second.
(1.) (Assyrians storm walls.) Storm scene and last
Allegro from William Tell overture.
(2.) Hawkes' melodramatic music Nos 11 and 12, un-
til "Yet Holorfernes Took Council."
(3.) "Rosamond Overture." (andante) until "Vision
Came from the Lord."
(4.) "Melody of Peace" (by Carroll) until "She Put on
Garments of Gladness."
(5.) "Romantic Overture" (allegro).
Fourth Reel.
(6.) "Vision of Salome" until "Let Me Be Thine Hand-
maid."
(7.) "Apache Waltz" (Offenbach). "Sunshine and
Showers" overture. "King Mydas" overture until
"Runs Out to Battle."
(8.) "Light Cavalry Overture" until prayer by inhabi-
tants.
(9.) "Christmas Song" until joyfulness.
(10.) Priests March — "Athalia" until end of reel.
It has been some time since I saw this picture and some
of the details have slipped my mind. For that reason I am
not sure whether the stopping cues for Nos. 8 and 9 are
titles or "business cues." I took it for granted that "prayer
by inhabitants" and "joyfulness" referred to the action of
the characters and not to the "leaders" (or titles), and am
giving them in that form. Mr. Montgomery's writing is
plain enough, but we lay out our programs a trifle differently.
Many thanks for the program. We will be glad to hear
from you again. As for the list of numbers for which you
so kindly offer to send titles, I cannot include a catalog
of music in my page, though I don't mind inserting a few
once in a while. You might mention some more in the
next program you send; I'm sure the constituents would be
clad to know them.
"An Up-to-Date-Outfit."
You may call it an up-todate drummer's outfit or a drum-
mer's up-to-date outfit, or both. This communication is
from Charles C. Moore, whose sub-title is "The Progressive
Drummer." at present located at the Stroud Theatre,
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania:
After reading the Moving Picture ^^'orld for many
years I have decided to say a word to my brother musi-
cians. My outfit, illustrated on this page, is considered
by expert critics to be one of the most complete line
of effects in the moving picture field today.
One great effect in particular is the waj' I produce
my whistle effect. It took me many months of hard
thinking to accomplish this. An ordinary drum of com-
pressed air. an air gauge, a few feet of quarter-inch pipe,
and you will have the greatest effect for train or steam-
boat whistles of today. My electric bells, buzzers, tele-
graph, wireless and other electric effects are all worked
direct from the current of the theatre. These are only
a few of the many effects I have planned and made my-
self. I consider the effect business an art bj' itself, and
if worked perfectly, the most interesting work in Tnoving
pictures.
Managers have asked me what make of bells I am
using. Why, Deagan's Parsifal bells (resonator) the
finest toned instrument on the market. I thank the Mov-
ing Picture World for this page devoted to music and
effects for pictures, and hope other musicians will find
this item of interest as I have found others on this page.
Mr. Moore is to be commended for his ingenuity. I don't
understand how he charges his compressed air drum. Wm.
E. King of the Orpheum Theatre, Chicago, has used com-
pressed air in producing effects for six or eight years, but
his apparatus is run by an electric motor which keeps the
drum charged to a certain pressure, with automatic supply
and shut-off. I can endorse the compressed air drum as a
means for producing a large number of effects in addition
to those mentioned by Mr. Moore, and believe our readers
will agree he has earned his right to the title, "The Pro-
gressive Drummer."
At! Expert Team.
One who signs himself "A Motion Picture Critic and Mu-
sician" writes enthusiastically about a pianist and drummer
he heard in the Gem Theatre, Leominster, Mass. The let-
ter is much too long for insertion, being a general though
not detailed description of the manner in which the team in
question accompanied a war picture (name of picture not
mentioned). He says: "Being so interested in their re-
markable work I would like to give them credit, and am for-
warding their names for that reason. The pianist, Mr. Ernest
Johnson, of Leominster, and the drummer, Mr. Elmer R.
Wood, of Clinton, Mass., are experts in accompanying mo-
tion pictures, and if my travels should ever take me in that
vicinity I hope to hear them again."
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Exhibitors Ne^vs
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gathered By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
KENTUCKY,
T OUISVILLE exhibitors generally are com-
•*-' plaining of slack business at this time, a
condition attributed to the hot weather, which
makes it difficult to keep the theaters comfort-
able. Last week a few cool days helped matters
considerably but a return of sizzliug tempera-
tures has cut the attendance sharply. After-
noon business has been hurt the most, accord-
ing to the managers of the leading houses, who
say that though they are doing something they
are not up to last season's record.
H. B. Strube, proprietor of the Empire the-
ater, on East Market street. Louisville, took
advantage of a quiet week and ran up to Cin-
cinnati for a few days. A race meeting is on
at Latonia, which is across the river from
Cincinnati, and while Mr. Strube quit book-
making several years ago, he still enjoys seeing
a good race now and then.
R. S. Shrader. manager of the Central Film
Company, Louisville, has returned from a short
trip to Indianapolis, which was made for both
business and pleasure.
The Switow Amusement Company, of Louis-
ville, has disposed of Its holdings in the Switow
Dream theater, at French Lick Springs, Ind..
to Sloan & Luckett. who owned the building.
The new management will continue the show.
Straining a point because of a precedent set
by his predecessor, W. J. O'SuUivan, City Build-
ing Inspector of Louisville, granted a permit
for the building of the new Broadway theater
at Shelby and Broadway, that city. Although
in his opinion the court spaces provided in the
plans for the new theater are not so long as
they should be, certain concessions made by the
builders, according to Mr. O'Sullivan, offset his
objections to the plans. The theater is to be
erected by the Broadway Theater Company on
the site occupied by the old Broadway theater,
but in addition will cover another lot. When
the plans were first submitted to the Inspector
he refused to grant a building permit. The
Broadway Theater Company took the matter Into
court, with a view to compelling the inspector
to grant the permit, and this suit will now be
dropped. Mr. O'Sullivan said that his predeces-
sor in office had placed a different construction
on the building law than he did and that the
fact a precedent had been set influenced him
to recede from his original position.
The Engineers and Architects' Club, of Louis-
ville, at a recent monthly meeting held in its
club rooms in the.Starks building, used a mo-
tion picture machine to show the laying of a
natural gas high pressure pipe line into Louis-
ville from West Virginia. The film made the
reading of the paper on the subject very in-
teresting and the club members were enthusias-
tic over the pictures.
W. C. Collins, of the Lyric theater, of Law-
renceburg, Ky.. has sold his interests in the
theater to Mrs. Hardie B. Ripy, of Lawrence-
burg, who will continue the theater.
The Colonial theater, of Winchester, Ky., re-
cently put in a number of highly geared oscil-
lating electric fans to keep the public from
becoming restless during the present warm
weather.
Carpenter & Johnson. Louisville cameramen.
are very busy on finishing up the pictures of
the Kentucky Military Institute, located near
Louisville. These pictures deal with every form
of cadet life, from dressing in thirteen seconds
flat to performances on the athletic field. The
pictures are titled "Glimpses of Cadet Life at
the Kentucky Military Institute, the Only School
with a Florida Winter Home." One of the
partners in the Carpenter & Johnson firm will
go South this coming winter to take pictures of
the Florida end of the school.
Hurley Brothers, of Morganfield. Ky., are re-
modeling the "Theatorium" which they took
over fro mManager Davis thirty days ago. The
house will be enlarged so as to seat 400 persons.
It now seats 300 by crowding. Hurley Brothers
own houses at Princeton and Providence. Ky..
and Carmi, 111., also, and have some other
houses in view.
John Reardon. who formerly owned the Pal-
ace theater, of Louisville, has an option on a
house at Elizabethtown. Ky., which he will
probably take over shortly. The Palace, of
Louisville, is said to be the only theater in the
country which has free street car service to
and from its doors. The theater Is located
near the end of the Shelby street car line, and
the Louisville Railway Company operates a
belt line to a populous district near the end of
the main line. This belt line is operated free
of charge, supposedly for the benefit of through
passengers Into and out from town. However,
people use it generously In coming down to the
picture show. In this way the house draws
trade from a great deal larger area than oth-
erwise would be touched. If the public had to
pay car fare to come down. It would either
come on into town, or stay at home in the ma-
jority of cases.
Dr. Bailey, of Greenville. Ky., has opened the
Queen motion picture theater. This house has
a capacity of 350 and was built outright. Dr.
Bailey Is a dentist and is too busy to take ac-
tive part in the management of the business,
which is In charge of his father, M. R. Bailey.
Jack Johnson, formerly operator at the Nov-
elty theater. Is handling a machine in the booth
of the new Crescent theater In Crescent Hill.
This theater was recently opened by Mrs. H.
R. Whiteside, of Louisville.
Although the Retail Merchants' Association,
of Louisville, is trying to form an arrangement
whereby all of the downtown stores would be
closed on Sunday, there has not been a word
said concerning the motion picture shows, and
it is thought that this branch of industry will
be left alone as far as Louisville is concerned.
Out through the state, however, there is a good
deal of talk concerning Sunday closing and In
a number of places the theaters have been
forced to close.
The Crown theater, of Louisville, which Is
located at Seventh and Oak streets, has been
an unusually good proposition for a small
house, and gets a steady run of business the
whole season round. This theater recently
showed "Judith of Eethulia" and the Kathlyn
series.
H. W. Jennings, manager of the Bijou theater,
of Paducah, Ky.. has purchased a new Powers
f> A machine, which Is now being operated by
Charles B. Houston, said to be the best operator
in Paducah.
E. K. Lyons, proprietor of the Grand and Co-
lumbia motion picture houses, of Frankfort, Ky.»
recently announced that he expected to make
some decided improvements shortly. He recently
had eighteen oscillating wall fans placed in the
Columbia.
Fred Sheldon, of the Warner Feature Film
Company, recently returned from a trip to the
central part of the state, where he visited sev-
eral towns. S. B. Kramer, the general mana-
ger from Indianapolis, was recently in to see
Mr. Sheldon.
A. Maluf. manager of the Lion Opera House,
of Glasgow, Ky.. was in Louisville recently,
buying supplies for the house.
Rowland Clark, who operates the Alamo, at
Lebanon, Ky., and several small shows out in
the state, was recently in Louisivlle, calling on
the film men. G. D. GRAIN. JR.
I
IOWA.
OWA T. M. C. A. officials have been asked
to give their opinions on a federal board of
censorship. J. H. Fellingham, secretary of the
Des Moines association, does not believe that a
hard and fast censorship will accomplish any
more than the helpful criticisms of the present
board of censorship-
Thomas Knutson has purchased the Royal the-
ater at West Union from C. S. Dewey and as-
sumed possession.
The Grand theater at Lake City is being en-
larged, the improvements including a stage
upon which vaudeville will be used to supple-
ment the moving picture program.
The Pythian Building Company at Eldora has
awarded the contract for the construction of its
new building, the lower floor of which will be
used as a moving picture theater.
D. E. Fvcock has sold the World theater at
Storm Lake to J. M. Russell, owner of the
building in which it is located.
James Brown has sold the Majestic theater
at Bloomfleld to C. C. Cackler of Ottumwa, who
has assumed possession. The house has been
under lease to C. F. Leach for several months.
F. J. Hemminger, of Clinton, is now manager
of the Parkside theater in that city, succeeding
Henry Luhr of Chicago.
Brown & Anderson will continue to operate
the Princess theater in Boone during the sum-
mer months, in addition to their new Airdome
theater, which has been opened at Seventh and
Keeler streets with vaudeville and pictures. The
Airdome has been remodeled.
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-'^ and the passing of Ice water among the pat-
rons are operating features that have boon
adopted by the Princess, the newest moving pic-
ture house In Sprlngflcld.
P. C. Hlser Is contemplating the erection of a
vaudeville and moving picture theater, seating
800, at Lexington. It will be of reinforced con-
crete and brick veneer, OOxl."}.'! feet. Two reels
of pictures three or four vaudeville acts and a
windup of one reel of pictures will be tho pro-
gram policy with prevailing prices. of 10 and 15
cents. It Is proposed to have removable seata
and use the house for dances.
Two days at the Kozy theater in Galesburg
were devoted to benefit performances for the
street railway employees of the city.
William B. Jones of Mt. Vernon. Ind., has
purchased the picture show of John DIetz on
Main Street at Carml. The new owner has
made a number of changes in the physical ap-
pearance of the house.
The fixtures of the Barrlson theater at Wauke-
gan, including the motion picture equipment,
were sold at sheriff's sale June 10. The house
at one time was the leading theater In Wauke-
gan and played many of the high-grade shows.
Mrs. Peter Lind has resigned her position as
musical director at the Kimmell theater In Cairo,
and accepted a similar position at the BIJou
theater, which was purchased recently by her
husband.
I. L. Rosenfeld has opened an airdome at
Taylor Springs, near Hillsboro. In bad weather
his moving picture theater will be used for the
shows.
E. Berger has opened an airdome, showing
moving pictures, at Fourth .\venue and Ninth
Street in Moline. His place will seat 450 per-
sons.
The Industrlalogue Company of Chicago has
been incorporated with a capital stock of llO.OOli
to deal in picture machines etc. The incorpo-
rators are Leo J. Doyles, Leroy Hackett and
John T. Evans.
Phillip Buraker, of Havana, long connected
with moving picture shows, and Mrs. Buraker,
planned an automobile trip to Denver. Col. Bu-
raker is said to be seeking a location for a
photoplay house in the west.
Manager F. H. Gard of the Princess theater
at Watseka recently introduced some vaudeville
features into his moving picture house.
The Keystone Kops have become so well
known that the Rock Island Argus protests the
action of the city in buying a two-seated auto-
mobile for the police department on the ground
that, when filled, the rig will look like the com-
edy moving picture officers.
A benelit night for the Boy Scout movement
was given at the Bijou Theater in Waukegan.
Petitions, signed by a hundred residents of
Cullom. asking that moving picture shows be
permitted to operate on Sunday, have been pre-
sented to the village board there.
The Baker-Dodge Amusement Company of
Keokuk, la., has taken a lease on the Auditori-
um, the largest theater in Galesburg and will
make it a photoplay house. Dramatic and mu-
sical attractions will not be barred, but pictures
will be the principal thing, at least until next
fall. Walter West will be the local representa-
tive for the company.
Motion pictures of "Joliet Beautiful." recently
made in the Prison City were shown at the
Colonial theater (in Joliet). to good business.
Notice of foreclosure on the Ottawa theater at
Ottawa, on a claim held bv C. E. Hook, as trus-
tee, has teen filed In court.
The pictures taken of the Flag Day celebra-
tion in Joliet were shown at the Princess and
Crystal Stairs theaters in that city. Manager
Rubens of the Princess resurrected the films of
the same event two years ago and showed them
al;:u.
The Monarch theater. Ninth street and North
Gr.and avenue. East in Springfield has added an
amateur night to its program.
Chailes Purvis is giving his moving picture
shjw at Odin in an airdome this summer.
Oliver Hurley, proprietor of the Main theatorl-
um at Carmi, is having a new front placed In
his house and is making a number of other
important changes.
'The Royal theater at Monmouth announces
that Henry A. Jackson, the new musical direc-
tor, will render a beautiful solo and a popular
rag in the spotlight at each performance.
Special films were run at a benefit given at
the Colonial Airdome, Fourteenth Street and
Illinois Avenue. East St. Louis, for the Pure
Milk and Ice Fund of East St. Louis under the
auspices of the Womens' Civic Federation.
Peter Wales is now giving moving picture
shows every Saturday night at Milledgeville.
"The War Bennett Round Up." five reels,
filmed some time ago at Idaho Falls, Idaho,
was an attraction that brought good business
to the Bell theater at Cuba.
The beginning of the photoplay era at the
Haish Auditorium in DeKalb, was marked by a.
free performance. Manager Fox, taking this
method of advertising the program which he
intends to offer for five cents this summer.
A special showing of the film "A Boy and the
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Law" was given at the Evanston theater in
Evanston, for the benefit of a number of per-
sons who are interested In the problem of sav-
ing the boys. This story was written by Judge
Willis Brown of the Parental Court of Salt Lake
City, Utah, as a sort of answer to the challenge
that the right kind of pictures for boys could
not be produced and still interest the young-
sters. It was filmed by the Youth company.
The five reels tell an interesting story and also
show the Boyville Farm at Salt Lake City. The
Evanston spectators believe the film meritorious
enough to recommend its wider circulation.
W. A. Forbes and B. W. Breese of Peoria are
operating an airdome moving picture show in a
tent at Princeville this summer. It will seat
about 500 persons.
Manager Zinser has opened his airdome mov-
ing picture show at Roanoke.
Benefit performances for the baseball team
were given at Dreamland theater in Kewanee,
June 25 and 26.
The Airdome at Chillicothe has been leased
by Paul W. Woodrow of the Peoria Theater
Supply Company of Peoria.
When the Lyric theater at Greenville showed
"Joseph in the Land of Egypt", the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Christian church shared
in the receipts.
Shortening the steps at the side exit for the
benefit of the women with tight skirts was one
of the improvements made to the Lyric at Win-
chester by Paul & Overton. The ventilation of
the house has been improved and the seating
capacity increased.
G. A. Palmer, who has opened the Airdome
at Rochelle, has installed a new Powers 6 ma-
chine, and will use a good many moving pic-
tures as well as stock companies and vaudeville.
Free moving pictures were on the program for
the Fourth of July celebration at Winchester.
Bond & McClellen have sold the Gem moving
picture theater at Grafton to Lewis & Osburn.
The Princess theater at Galia is conducting a
baby show contest.
The Benton Republic has a new standard for
rating villages. It remarks that evidently
Hurst is going backward because "the movies
have been cut down to Wednesday and Satur-
day of each week, instead of every night ex-
cept Sunday."
The National Moving Picture Manufacturing
Company of Chicago has amended its object and
changed its name to the Telesign Company.
The Community Service and Film Bureau of
Chicago has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $2,500 to deal in films for moving pic-
tures. The incorporators are Leo J. Doyle,
Leory Hackett and John T. Evans.
Luman C. Mann was at his home town of
Oak Park with his "Around the World in 90
Minutes" pictures. He apeared at the Oak Park
theater.
Bernard Gooch has returned from Union City,
Tenn., and has accepted a position at the Main
Theatorium in Carmi.
Fred Krafft and Chris Streicher have pur-
chased Curtt's moving picture theater on Main
street in Savanna.
R. C. Schroeder, manager of the Colonials,
at Galesburg. and his architect, recently were
in Peoria getting ideas for the new moving
picture theater to be erected for Schroeder.
Additional ground has been leased for the
Scenic Theater at Bloomington and Manager
Chris Jackson has made plans for an addition,
made necessary by a demand for more seating
capacity. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
OSSERBURG & Greenhow have re-opened
the moving picture house in Lamar, Colo.,
which, prior to the departure of A. Zuercher,
was operated as the Lyric. They have redec-
rated, with the following directors : J. Adam
der the name of the Blue Mouse. The opening
week was tor the benefit of the Lamar band.
The moving pictures, "The Land of the In-
dian," taken at the Crow reservation in Mon-
tana, were of more than usual Interest to the
patrons of the Princess theater at Helena,
Mont., and patronage was good.
The Beehive Film Company, which has filed
articles of incorporation at Salt Lake City,
Utah, plans to expend $15,000 in producing In
moving pictures the story of the Book of Mor-
mon. The capital stock is fixed at $15,000.
The incorporators are Shirley Y. Clawson, vice-
president ; Charles R. Mabey. of Bountiful,
treasurer, and Chester Y. Clawson, secretary.
Additiomal directors are Rudger Clawson and
Richard W. Young. , „, .^ ^
Manager Joseph George of the Dime theater,
at Idaho Palls. Idaho, and others, promoted the
taking of a series of pictures in Idaho Falls,
Blacktoot, Pocatello and at American, Shoshone
and Twin Falls. The pictures will be shown
at the Dime some time In the future.
The Minnesota Development Association,
which held a convention in Moorhead the latter
part of June, has been contemplating the use
of moving pictures for Its development work.
The first step was to arrange for taking pictures
of the convention and some of the farms were
visited by the members.
The new moving picture theater, which will
open in the Slater building on Main street in
Lewiston, Mont., sometime in September, under
the management of John B. Ritch, will be known
as the Myrtle. It will seat 500.
The Lyman H. Howe pictures were at the
Tacoma theater in Tacoma, Wash., the week of
June 21.
Sol Newberg has sold the Grand theater at
Walker, Minn., to Hine & Naumann.
The management of the Lyric theater at El-
lendale, N. D., has let the contract for a new
brick theater, seating 250, to be completed about
the first of October.
Fred Pierre made arrangements for the re-
moval of the Imperial theater to another build-
ing in Lewiston, Mont.
Everson, Wash., now has two moving picture
shows. Charles Grell leased his opera house to
a Seattle man and Ball's show, which had been
operating in the Grell building, was moved to
the Good Templars' hall.
William Strange has sold the Topic theater
nt Sandstone, Minn., to John Ingram.
Improvements aggregating ,$5,0(X) are being
made to the Arcade theater on Washington
street, between Sixth street and Broadway, in
Portland, Ore.
Fred Whittier has opened a moving picture
show at Farmington, Minn.
Charles S. Bovee is erecting a new building
at Elk Point, S. D., to be used as a moving
picture theater.
The Grand theater, at Pueblo, Colo., secured
an attraction of much local interest in the films
made of the business men of Pueblo and Colo-
rado Springs on a sociability run to Galveston,
Tex., and return.
The Star theater, at Hailey, Idaho, has se-
cured the contract to furnish the moving picture
shows for the Fourth of July celebration on
July 4 and July 6, renting the theater to the
committee for a dance and sharing In the profits
of the picture shows to be given before the
dances start.
The Olympia (Wash.) Chamber of Commerce
has decided to have soro.e films made of "The
Olympian Oyster Industr.v' and Secretary H. L.
Whiting has been negotiating with industrial
companies.
"You Can't Help Laughing and You May
Cry" is the way the Clemmer theater at Seattle.
Wash., introduces a well-balanced comedy and
dramatic bill.
The Baker theater, at Portland. Ore., has
ended its stock season and gone over to pictures.
"Samson" was the opening feature.
H. E. Briggs will erect a new moving pic-
ture theater at Perham, Minn.
E. H. Phillips will open a moving picture
theater in Fallon, Mont.
The new Majestic theater, which has been
opened in Pueblo, Colo., by Shepard Cutshaw,
will be a standard five-cent house.
The Lyric and Odeum theaters, in Duluth,
MiDU., will be dismantled by the Brunswick
Amusement Company and replaced by a modern
moving picture theater, 50 by 125. with a seat-
ing capacity of 1,100. The structure, which
will be fireproof, will cost about .$25,000.
The Colonial Amusement Company, A. K.
Pay, manager, has opened the new Colonial
moving picture theater on Tenth street, between
Phillips and Main avenues, in Sioux Falls,
S. D. Nothing in the way of seating, exits,
panic-proof locks, ventilation and decoration has
been omitted, and the house, seating 650 on
the main fioor and 350 in the balcony, is dis-
tinctive in the Northwest. Four reels of pic-
tures will be run daily. W. L. Teltt is in charge
of the projection and Miss Tensie Nelson will
direct the music.
The Idle Hour theater, at Aberdeen, S, D,,
showed the Memorial Day films, which pictured
nearly all the patriotic and fraternal societies
of the city. This house is anxious to be known
as "The Theater of Doors and Windows."
The fairy tale moving picture matinee at the
Dale theater in St. Paul, Minn., was the last of
the special shows given in that city for the
children, under the auspices of the women's
clubs. The plan will be taken up again with the
return of cooler weather.
The Empress and the American theaters, at
Butte, Mont., had special programs June 13, in
observance of Miners' Union day.
W. M'. Duke secured his license to operate
an airdome at Tenth street and Hawthorne ave-
nue in Minneapolis, Minn., subject to the ap-
proval of the aldermen of the ward.
O. W. Holden, of the Twin Cities, was re-
cently at Grand Forks, N. D., where he made
arrangements to make between 1,500 and 2,000
feet of film showing the advantages of living
in Grand Forks.
B. A. Lippert, of Mankato, Minn., has sold
the Pastime theater, at Le Sueur, Minn., to
Mrs. Starky, of Northfield, Minn., who, with her
son, an experienced operator, will conduct the
house.
The Socialist Opera House at Virginia, Minn.,
has been leased by Frank Peterson, of Inter-
national Falls, Minn., who operates the Unique
and Viking theaters in that city. Although he
will run stock in the Virginia house this sum-
mer, moving pictures will be used in connec-
tion.
O. D. Bloom, president of the Antler's Theater
Company, of Roseburg, Ore., filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the federal court at Portland.
The company operated a theater in Roseburg.
which was owned by the Elks.
Souvenirs of mirrors and coin purses were
given to women patrons at the Gem theater, in
Billings, Mont.
Pennants of various states were given to
women patrons of the Bijou theater at Missoula,
Mont, as an advertising stunt.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
W'
MICHIGAN.
ILLIAM OHi^S has purchased the Rex th«-
ater at Nashville, which he has been op-
erating tor William Wright of Charlotte,
Henry Kane, proprietor of the moving picture
theater at Middleville, the next day after open-
ing his house gave a free matinee for teachers
and pupils of the public schools.
Paul R. Schlossman, moving picture- exhibitor
of Mi'skegon, recently furnished a five-reel per-
formance at a fete on the lawn of the Muskegon
Country Club.
The present Bijou Theater in Jackson will
have a policy of vaudeville and pictures at ten
cents, when the new Bijou is opened some time
in August to start upon a career of tabloid
musical comedies and vaudeville. Col. W. S.
Butterfield recently was in Jackson looking over
his properties.
S. Eraser has purchased the interest of his
partner, Herbert Pickell, in the opera house at
Durand.
The Majestic theater, at Belding, has been
sold to F. H. and A. A. Northquist.
.Announcement has been made by Manager
J. B. Hunter of the Grand theater, of Jack-
son, that hereafter a three-reel show will be
given for hve cents.
'The Lineup at Police Headquarters" was the
feature picture at the Majestic theater, in Grand
Rapids, when the National Association of Police
Chiefs was in convention there.
The Hamline Amusement Company of Ham-
line. Minn., and Grand Rapids, Mich., has been
incorporated in Michigan with capital stock of
.?8.000.
The films showing the Reo automobile fac-
tory, the Knights Templar parade and other
Lansing scenes, ran an entire week at the Or-
pheum theater in Lansing.
John Peterson has opened his new moving
picture theater at Sheridan street and Colum-
bus avenue in Bay City.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
nr HE city council at EvansvUle turned down
■'- a proposition to charge a license fee for
moving picture theaters and bowling alleys. The £
mayor's vote decided in favor of the photoplay
men.
Free moving picture shows are being con-
ducted this summer at Ravenna Park, at Mil-
waukee.
An agitation for a board of censorship for
moving pictures has been begun in La Crosse.
Andrew Haben has sold the Rex theater, in
Main street, in Oshkosh, to the New Peoples
Theater Company, The new owners will en-
large the house, increasing the seating capacity,
and will operate it as a high-class moving pic-
ture theater. It is probable that the name of
the house will be changed. The plan for erect-
ing a new photoplay theater on State street,
by the company, probably will be held in abey-
ance, as the result of the acquisition of the
Rex.
It is announced that the press agent of the
Davidson got 11,250 words into the Milwaukee
papers during the run of "TrafBc In Souls."
Mrs. Florence Jones, lessee of the Colonial
theater at Waukesha for the last year, has taken
over the New theater, a photoplay house on
Broadway, in that city, which has been under
lease to John Hurley, of Milwaukee, for the last
year. She has assumed charge and installed
people from her own organization.
Jacob Schlicht has been made manager of the
Sheboygan Opera House, at Sheboygan, and
Frank Jenks assistant manager.
The Firemen's Opera House Company, at Ells-
worth, has purchased from Dixon Condon the
moving picture show in the Temple Opera
House.
A theater is included In th© plans for a new
building for which Julius Simon has purchased
a site at Wells and Fourth streets, In Mil-
waukee..
The Colonial Amusement Company, of Mil-
waukee, has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $35,000. The incorporators are W. F.
Maertz, E. Lungemack and Ferdinand Schwalbe.
When the Women's Federated Clubs of Grand
Rapids wanted to interest the resident'? of the
city in the proposition of building a new river
wall and wanted the best method of getting out
a crowd to listen to their plan, they rented th«
Ideal theater, together with the film service, for
a night and preceded the talks with a moving
picture show.
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IN THE SOUTHWEST.
INTEREST In the uxbibltion of '■Stronghearf
-I at tho Jueen theater la Dallas, Tex., was
Increased by a prize contest conducted by tbe
management, in which $15 In gold was given
for tho two best papers on the question,
"Should the Girl Marry Strongheart?" This
bouse, which has been featuring its tlcl<ct boolts.
puts a new twist into tbe summer advertising
with : "fn Worth of Keep-Cool Tickets for $4."
J. A. Lemke's new Airdome. In Waco, Tex.,
win be in the rear of the Crystal, his Austin
street moving picture house, and one of the en-
trances will be through the theater, using the
illuminations of that house for advertising pur-
poses. The new airdome, which will seat 2,500,
will cost about $10.0(10. In the winter time It
will be used as a skating rink.
Terrell & Kirksey opened the Cozy theater at
Alpine, Tex., the middle of June, and will give
nightly picture shows.
H. A. Cartwright, who purchased the Happy
Hour theater at Uvalde, Tex., has consolidated
It with the Dreamland theater.
The Chamber of Commerce of Beaumont. Tex.,
has postponed the filming of that city, which
was to have been done for advertising purposes.
The Shearer Amusement Company will erect
an airdome on Commerce street In Lockhart,
Tex.
The new Kansas law compelling the censor-
ship of moving pictures will be tested In the
United States Supreme Court. The suit brought
by the Mutual Film Corporation against the
state to test the act, the Mutual declaring it Is
unconstitutional, has been appealed by the con-
sent of both parties to it and Judge Pollock.
Uncle Sam's soldiers on the border are par-
tial to comedy films. A talented cavalryman
made for the Crystal theater at Texas City,
Tex., a cartoon slide. "Comedy Tomorrow — Tell
the Army." It Is said by the writer who saw
it that the army was always told.
"The Air Can't Loiter" is a clever phrase
used by Manager Wharton of the Lyric theater
at Ottawa, Kan., to advertise his ventilation
system.
G, A. Hunsaker has opened a new moving
picture theater at Tonkawa, Okla.
Major Thomas J. Dickson, chaplain of the
Sixth Field Artillery, took m^oving pictures of
the Fourth Brigade of the United States Army,
near Texas City, Tex.
Every Monday night is now "Gift Night" at
the Airdome at St. Joseph, Mo.
Charles Dome has sold his moving picture
show at Edmond Okla., to W. D. Thompson.
Alfred Gerlach has opened a moving picture
theater at Cordell, Okla.
The Co-Operative Film & Supply Company,
of Oklahoma City, Okla., has been incorporated
with a capital stock of $25,000. The incor-
porators are W. T. Yoder, T. H. Dolph and 0.
McLane of Oklahoma City.
The Joyland Amusement Company of Little
Rock, Ark., has been incorporated, with a capital
stock of .?2.'i,000. The incorporators are J. W.
Lippincott, president and treasurer ; H. H. New-
man, vice-president, and Carrie A. Lippincott,
secretary.
Free tickets to the moving picture show at
the Park theater in Hannibal, Mo., are given
persons inserting want ads in the Courier Post.
Moving pictures will be used at the summer
encampment schools of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College of Oklahoma for educational, as
well as tor entertainment purposes. One of these
encampments will be held in each supreme court
judicial district.
J. G. Holland, until recently of De Land,
Ela., who has taken a lease on the new photo-
play theater being erected by 0. D. Barnes at
lis East Douglas avenue, in Wichita, Kan.,
expects to have the house open by the middle
of July. The theater will be 23 by 130 feet
and will seat 530 persons. The front will be of
stucco with mission effect.
Manager C. I. Howel of the Kansas Motion
Picture Company took some good pictures at
Wichita. Kan., securing timely views of the
heavy influx of men for the harvest fields.
The receiver appointed by the court at Okla-
homa City, Okla., for the Jennings Film Com-
pany was dismissed. Al J. Jennings, who se-
cured the receivership in an endeavor to bring
about the dissolution of the company, indicated
that he would take an appeal of the case and
depositions in the matter were taken.
The Colcord Airdome at Oklahoma City, Okla.,
has added another instrument to its orchestra
and is featuring it as the Favorite Sextette.
The Crystal theater at Ottawa, Kan., gave a
benefit for the local U. C. T., showing the Ot-
tawa delegation and its band in moving pic-
tures, which were taken at a state convention
of the U. C. T. in Salina.
John Collins and J. F. Harrison have opened
the Princess theater at Jonesboro, Ark. Daily
matinees will be a feature. Vaudeville will be
given the last three days of each week.
The Elite theater on South Main street in
Trenton, Mo., has been re-opened by Mrs. Josie
Brown, who formerly was connected with the
management of the Gem theater.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
CINCINNATI.
'Y' HE way business is running In this part of
^ tho woods, largely, perhaps, as a result of
the very pleasant weather which has prevailed
lately, may be gathered from the tact that the
feature department of the General Film Com-
pany at Cincinnati has ^-usiness booked for the
period between now and early September
amounting to over $17,000. Manager Clinton of
this department is rather proud of such an
unusually fine showing, and is keeping hard at
work In the hope of piling up an even larger
total. In the meantime the olDce as a whole
has been too busy to complete its proposed move
into new quarters, which have been ready for it
for several days. The move will be accom-
plished as soon as a lull comes.
J. M. Kaufman, secretary of the Motion Pic-
ture Exhibitors' League of Gassipolls, Ohio, and
C. J. Gross and Leon Berg, well-known exhibi-
tors of Dayton, were among the visitors last
week to the Cincinnati olllce of the Mutual
Film Company, which is one of the general
headquarters of motion picture men visiting In
the city. Manager Hite reports a continuation
of the excellent business which has been the
rule with his branch for a long time, and Is
looking forward to one of tho best summer
seasons he has ever had. Assistant Manager
Haynes went out on the road early last week
in quest of bookings, his itinerary comprising
numerous points In Kentucky and Indiana as
well as in Ohio.
The Feature Film Amusement Company, as
the enterprising exhibitors who have tor some
weeks been utilizing the Cincinnati National
League park as an airdome, call themselves,
has been drawing increasingly large audiences
lately, with the increasing warmth of the weath-
er, Mary Ptckford in "Tess of the Storm Coun-
try." one of her best roles, bringing a record-
breaking crowd on several nights last week.
The grandstand, of course. Is well covered, and
the screen on which the pictures are shown
is also provided with shelter, so that rain can-
not interfere with the exhibitions. So far,
however, there has been no trouble with rain,
the principal trouble with exhibitors 'for the
most part being a lack of rain, which has tend-
ed toward hot weather ; and the way of the
ball park exhibitors, therefore, has been as
smooth as they could wish.
Another step In the progress of the motion
picture as an educational medium of high order
was indicated recently in Cincinnati, when
President Charles W. Dabney, of the University
of Cincinnati, ordered a combined lantern, re-
flectiscope and projecting machine tor use in
the instruction of classes in the university.
The machine will be used. It is announced, for
the dissemination of Industrial and vocational
information by the graphc method, which has
been recommended by leading educators. Dr.
Dabney, moreover, has been instrumental In
getting a number of colleges and schools in the
Middle West interested in the formation of a
bureau for the exchange of educational and
scientific films and slides, which will guarantee
the use of a large number of such subjects,
and will at the same time be able to provide
something like continuous service through the
school year. A number of large industrial
concerns, such as the Standard Oil Company,
the National Lead Company, and others, will
co-operate in the work, furnishing films show-
ing their operations without charge. The lec-
tures which will accompany the pictures will
be tree to the public and will start with the
opening of the fall term of the university.
The city authorities of Cincinnati, recogniz-
ing the popularity ot moving pictures as an
entertainment medum, and following out their
policy of doing all in their power for the amuse-
ment and instruction of the poorer classes,
especially during the summer months, recently
inaugurated a plan ot showing a six-reel show
in one of the parks free ot charge, under the
auspices ot the board of park commissioners.
The films shown, of course, were not ot the
latest, but the large crowd which took advan-
tage of the tree outdoor exhibition was not in-
clined to be critical, and apparently enjoyed
things to the uttaost. Free motion-picture ex-
hibits will be given by the board at the va-
rious parks at intervals during the entire sum-
mer, it is announced.
Interest in the latest thing in serials, the
Thanhouser production of "The Million-Dollar
Mystery," stimulated to a high point by the
clever advertising In the daily papers and other
mediums used by the company, reached a cli-
max last week, when the Monday Cincinnati
Enquirer, issued on the day of the first exhi-
bition of the first installment, contained a full
page advertisement, announcing the starting
of the serial, with an outline of the various
startling features which it contains, the offer
of a cash prize of $10,000 for the best so-
lution of the mystery, and a list of the the-
aters in and around Cincinnati which will
show the series. These are as follows : The
Dolly Varden. the Mermaid, the Americus, the
Xordland Plaza, the Orpheum, the Queen Anne,
the Avenue, the Alhambra, the Glenway. the
Twin City, the Pleasem. the Arcade, the Tem-
ple (Newport) and the Lyric (Covington).
With the interest certain to follow the prize
offer, the stars who will be featured in the se-
ries and the number of theaters running the
InBtallments, "Tho Million-Dollar Mystery" bids
fair to break records In this latest department
of film production.
In it-s campaign to bring the next conven-
tion of tho International Association of Rotary
Clubs to Cincinnati, motion picture Dims de-
pleting the city's chief Industries and points of
interest will be an important part of the am-
munition of the Cincinnati delegation, which
attended tho gathering of the Rotarlans at
Houston. The Cincinnati Club Is the largest In
the world, and with this dfsttnctlon and the
aid of the most graphic means possible of
showing the attractions of the Queen City, the
local delegation Is hopeful of landing the prize.
Tho Colonial theater, of Dayton, Ohio, has
Just completed new decorations which are pe-
culiarly appropriate for tho summer months,
the lobby representing an Ice cave, whose very
appearance makes one cool. Drops representing
snow and Ice are hung from the celling and
sides of the entrance, while the floor Inside Is
similarly decorated, the floors being covered
with white cloth. In Imitation of snow. An
excellent ventilation system, and the liberal use
of electric fans, will aid In making the tem-
perature of the house all that its appearance In-
dicates, and the large audiences which are at-
tending Its offerings of vaudeville and moving
pictures attest to the success of the device.
The Ohio Motion Picture Company, recently
incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 by
W. S. Paxson, Charles Long and Bert H. Long,
of Cincinnati, the first of whom Is president,
the second vice-president and the last named
secretary and treasurer, is making preparations
for the execution of an ambitious program of
production and feature-handling, to begin in the
fall. The company has already made arrange-
ments for complete and exclusive rights to a
pair of six-reel productions, one American and
the other foreign, according to Julius G. Reed-
er, the active manager of the business, Mr.
Reeder, after a stay of some weeks in Ken-
tucky, where he was handling the booking of
the Rainey African hunt pictures on behalf of
the company, has come to Cincinnati, where
its headquarters will be located, and will here-
after travel out of this city. He will shortly
make a trip covering the larger cities of the
state, tor the purpose of Investigating conditions
preliminary to the company's campaign for busi-
ness later on.
The Orpheum theater, of Hillsboro, Ohio, pre-
sented to its patrons last week one ot the best
and largest productions seen in that town re-
cently, Helen Gardner's "A Princess ot Bag-
dad," featuring that beautiful picture star, be-
ing the offering. The prices were placed at
ten and fifteen cents for the occasion, but the
attractiveness of this six-reel production was
such that the attendance was unusually heavy,
instead of tailing off.
The Royal theater, owned at Marion, Ohio,
by J. A, Braden, was recently completely re-
modeled and redecorated, and a new front put
in, the first hot spell of the summer season
odering an opportunity tor this work, and giv-
ing Mr. Braden a chance to fit his theater for
an active summer campaign. A new ticket
booth was built in the center of the front, and
a new exit added to those in the front, being
cut in the east side ot the building. The in-
terior was repainted and papered and a new
ventilating system installed, which, with the lib-
eral use of electric tans, make the house one
of the most comfortable In the city. A pair
ot new Edison projecting machines are a part
of the new equipment added to the theater, the
use of which will enable shows to proceed with-
out interruption by the changing ot reels.
The Arena airdome is one ot the newest ot
the houses opened in Marion, Ohio, being recent-
ly completed tor the summer season, snd start-
ing off with fair-sized audiences. Vaudeville
is to be a teature of the performances, com-
bined with a new daily program ot moMon pic-
tures. The place is up-to-date in every re-
spect, being well lighted by electricity and
offering a cool place for an evening's entertain-
ment. Soft drinks are served, making an ad-
ditional attraction.
The management ot La Max theater, at Wil-
mington, Ohio, has adopted the plan ot ad-
vertising its coming attractions for ten days In
advance, giving the date and name ot each
feature to be shown, and featuring the names
ot popular stars. The plan has been found
to work admirably, as patrons are in this way
enabled to make a note of productions which
they wish to see. and to make their arrange-
ments to attend accordingly. The "Lucille
Love" series is one of the regular attractions
at this house, and is reported to be drawing
nicely.
Gene Gauntier in "A Fight for a Birthright,"
was the feature last week at the Gem, at San-
dusky, Ohio, where large audiences have been
the rule. The location of the city is such that
hot weather is rare, and the exbii>itors, there-
fore, find that business Is quite as good in
summer as in the winter, if not better, the
large number of summer visitors giving an
additional element to draw upon for audiences.
CASEY.
(Continued on page 320.)
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Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases Advance Releases
MONDAY, JULY 5th, 1914. MONDAY, JULY 13th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Eva the Cigarette Girl (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— That Boy from the Poor House (Drama)
—The Boiler Maker's Day of Rest (Comedy) EDISON— Qualifying for Lena (Comedy)
EDISON— Her Spanish Cousins (Comedy) ESSANAY— Sweedie the Swatter (Comedy)
KALEM— The Weakling (Third of the Alice Joyce Series— KALEM— A Diamond in the Rough (Special— 2 parts-
Special — Two parts — Drama) Drama)
PATHE— The Heart and the Circulation of the Blood (Bi- PATHE— A Russian Boer Hunt (Hunting) ...!..!.!.....!! .
olog}' — The Wine Industry. Marsala (Travel)
— Modes of Travel in Japan (Manners and Customs) SELIG — The Wilderness Mail (Special — Two parts — Drama)
SELIG— Reporter Jimmie Intervenes (Special — Two parts — SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 39 (News)
Drama) VITAGRAPH— The Soul of Luigi (Drama)
SELIG — ^Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 37 (News)
VITAGRAPH— The False and the True (Drama)
TUESDAY, JULY 14th, 1914.
TUESDAY, JULY 7th, 1914. CINES— Rival Actresses (Special— Two parts— Drama) ... .
CINES— Heirloom (Special— Two parts— Drama) EDISON— The Two Doctors (Drama)
EDISON— Face to Face (Seventh of "The Man Who Dis- ESSANAY— At the Foot of the Hill (Drama)
appeared" Series — Drama) KALEM — Accused (Drama)
ESSANAY— A Night with a Million (Comedy-Drama) LUBIN— He Was Bad (Comedy)
KALEM— Kaintucky Bill (Drama) —Tough Luck (Comedy)
LUBIN— Fooling Fanny's Father (Comedy) MELIES — Rags and Patriotism (Comedy)
— W''hile Auntie Bounced (Comedy) PATHE— (Title Not Reported)
MELIES — A Discolored Romance (Comedy) SELIG — An Egyptian Princess (Comedy)
PATHE— .\ Tiger Hunt (Indo-China— Scenic) VITAGRAPH— Fogg's Millions (Special— Two parts—
— The Ice and Snow (Drama) Drama)
SELIG — Algie's Sister (Comedy)
VITAGR.\PH — The Moonstone of Fez (Special — Two parts WEDNESDAY JULY 15th, 1914
— Drama)
EDISON — The Ever-Gallant Marquis (Comedy.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8th, 1914. —An Up-to-Date Courtship (Comedy).
EDISON- Andy Has a Toothache (Eighth of the "Andy" ESSANAY— The Fable of "Napoleon and the Bmnps"
Series— Comedy) (Comedy)
ESSANAY— A Boarding House Scramble (Comedy):.:::::.' KALEM— The Express Messenger (Special— Two parts—
K.\LEM— .\ String of Pearls (Special— Two parts— Drama) . ^J^^p
LUBIN-fhe Incompetent (Special-Two parts-Drama).. b^?l^T^?^", °p "? u"!, (Special-Two parts-Drama).
MELIES-The Hole in the Wall (Drama).... ^f ^i^^-J" l*^ ^^.t^f^^'iro
RATHE-Pathe's Weekly No' 44. 1914 (News) :::::::::::::: PATHE-Pathe's Weekly No. 45. 1914 (News) .
SELIG-Caryl of the Mountains (Drama).... SELIG-His Last Appeal (Special-Two parts-D
SELIG— Caryl of the Mountains (Drama).... oi:.l.ivj— ms i^asc ^ppeai vopec.ai— xwo p^ii i=.— i..rama) . . .
VITAGRAPH— Doctor Smith's Baby (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— The Arrival of Josie (Comedy) .
THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1914. THURSDAY, JULY 16th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— A Romance of Pueblo (Comedy-Drama).... BIOGRAPH— The Prospectives (Drama)
ESSANAY — Slippery Slim, Diplomat ((Comedy) ESSANAY — Snakeville's New Waitress (Comedy)
LUBIN — The Debt (Special — Two parts — Drama) LUBIN — The Cross of Crime (Special — Two parts —
MELIES — Good Fortune's Tardy Smile (Comedy) Drama)
— .\ Royal Survivor (Special — Two parts — Drama) .... MELIES — (Title Not Reported)
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 38 (News) SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 40 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Prosecution (Drama) VITAGRAPH— The Little Captain (Drama)
FRIDAY, JULY 10th, 1914. FRIDAY, JULY 17th, 1914.
EDISON-In the Shadow of Disgrace (Special-Two parts- EDISON-Meg O' the Mountains (Special-Two parts-
Drama) Drama)
Pa^A^^^^'V^'^^u ^t^T^^, (Special— Two parts— Drama) . . . ESSANAY— His " ' Stolen' ' 'Fortune ' (Special- two parts-
KALEM — Rube the Interloper (Comedy) Drama)
^ ,,„—^" Old England (Topical) KALEM— Wanted' 'an 'iieir ■('Co'medy)".'.".'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'-'.'
LUBIN— The Tribunal of Conscience (Drama) LUBIN— The Lie (Drama)
SELIG— Did She Cure Him? (Comedy) ... SELIG— Wggs Takes the Rest Cure (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Vases of Hymen (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— Pigs Is Pies (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 11th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH-Primitive Model (Drama) SATURDAY, JULY 18th, 1914.
EDISON— Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of "The Active Life BIOGRAPH— It Was Some Party ( Comedy)
of Dolly of the Dailies" — Drama) — Some Decorations (Comedy)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama) EDISON— Across the Burning Trestle (Drama)
KALEM— Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama) ESSANAY— Broncho Billy Puts One Over (Drama)
LUBIN — How He Lost his Trousers (Comedy) K.\LEM — The Fate of a Squaw (Drama)
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy) LUBIN — She Wanted to Know (Comedy)
MELIES — A Friend's Forgiveness (Special-=-Two parts — — All for Love (Comedy)
Drama) MELIES— (Title Not Reported)
SELIG— His Fight (Drama) SELIG— The Squatters (Drama")
VIT.-\GR.\PH— Lillians' Dilemma (Special— Two parts— VITAGRAPH— The Song of the Ghetto (Special— Two
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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1914. SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Greatest of These (Drama) KOMIC— "Bill," No. 1 (Comedy)
FRONTIER— The Broken Barriers (Drama) MAJESTIC— The Angel of Contention (Two parts— Drama)
REX— On the Rio Grande (Western— Drama) THANHOUSER— The Cooked Goose (Comedy)
MONDAY, JULY 6, 1914. MONDAY, JULY 6. 1914.
IMP— The Lady of the Island (Two parts— Drama) M^.T^-crr- ^-ki r- r , -^r „ ,t~
STERLING— Billy's Vacation (Comedy) AMERICAN— Cameo of the Yellowstone (Two parts—
VICTOR— At Mexico's Mercy (Western— Drama) ^„^-,„^ Drama)
KEYSTONE — (Title not yet announced)
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 25 (News)
CRYSTAL— Nearly a Stepmother (Comedy) TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914.
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery, Series
No. 13 (Two Parts— Drama) BEAUTY— The Other Train (Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— The Triangle Marriage (Comedy) MAJESTIC— The Only Clue (Drama
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1914. THANHOUSER— Bevorah (Two parts-Drama)
ECLAIR-Duty (Two parts-Drama) WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1914.
JOKER — Bess the Detectress, or, The Dog Watch (Comedy) « h^t^tdt/- a xt t7 . j t? ■ /t-, \
KTFQTnP—A Ranrh P^„n.nr. ^ Wpctprn—Drpm;, I AMERICAN— Feast and_Famme (Drama).
NESTOR — A Ranch Romance (Western — Drama) -d-d r\-^.inur^ t-u -c- ^ -o i ■ r-r' ,. t-. \
UNIVERSAL-Animated Weekly, No. 122 (News BRONCHO-The Final Reckoning (Two parts-Drama) . . ,
RELIANCE — How Izzy Was Saved (Comedy).
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1914.
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1914.
IMP— The Old Rag Doll (Drama)
REX— When Fate Disposes (Two parts— Drama) DOMINO— The Curse of Humanity (Two Parts— Drama) . .
STERLING— Snookee's Flirtation (Comedy) KEYSTONE— (Title not yet announced)
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914. ^^TUAL WEEKLY-Number 79 (News)
NESTOR— The Great Universal Mystery (Comedy) FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1914.
^9}^SS^~^i^*'"= the Love of Womeln (Drama).. kAY BEE— The Feud of Beaver Creek (Two parts— Drama)
VICTOR— A Beggar Prince of India (Three parts— Drama) PRINCESS— The Girl of the Seasons (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914.
TOKFR^^?nv7^Ro'^.'f Lh^ T.l^Jlt r^Z.Sv^''^^'^"^^ ' ' KEYSTONE-(Title not yet announced)
J UKliK — ^Love, Koses and 1 rousers (Comedy) tittta ■ktz-t- -ni tj i > ir /t t:) » t^ \
•' \ J / • RELIANCE — Blue Petes Escape (Two Parts — Drama)....
SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914. ROYAL — Mistakes Will Happen (Comedy)
ECLAIR— Willy Walrus and the Parisians (Comedy) SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914.
— Lily as Little Mother (Comedy)
FRONTIER— The Fight in Lonely Gulch (Drama) KOMIC— Wrong All Around (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— A Citv Beautiful (2 parts— Drama)
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914. THANHOUSER— The Leaven of Good (Drama)
c^^^T^YxT^.^ "l^, World Was Silent (Two parts— Drama) .. . MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914.
STERLINC^ — Almost Mairied (Comedy)
VICTOR— Out of the Valley (Western Drama) AMERICAN— The Lure of the Sawdust (2 parts— Drama) .
TTTPQnAV TTTTVii 101A KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
1 UEbUAY, JULY 14, 1914. RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl No. 26 (News)
CRYSTAL — Vivian's Four Beaus (Comedy) -t.ttt:.c.i-.ait tttt v ^A mi a
-What Pearl's Pearls Did (Comedy) TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914.
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery (Series BEAUTY— The Joke on Jane (Comedy)
TmTV'TrTJCA"!' V^-J-^u Pm""''"?- w%^--"-J-; MAJESTIC-The Old Derelict (Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— The New Cook (Comedy) THANHOUSER— The Substitute (2 parts— DramaJ .
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1914. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1914.
ECLAIR — Renunciation (Two parts — Western Drama) AirT-nrr-AXT \^ .u j \ ^ /t-, \
JOKER-Willy V^alrus and the Awful Confession (Comedy) •^^ERICAN-^outh and Ar (prama)
NESTOR-Her Grave Mistake (Western Drama) H??iSS^9r w"""'^! "^"'cf \"'!"'J-^ g^'?77-°'^T^H- ' ' ' :{
UNIVERSAL-Animated Weekly, No. 123 (News) RELIANCE-How Izzy Stuck to His Post (Comedy-drama)
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914.
IMP— Universal Boy (Series No. 1— Comedy) DOMINO— Star of the North (2 parts— Drama)
REX— The Sob Sister (Two parts— Drama) KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
STERLING— Love and Lunch (Comedy) MUTUAL WEEKLY-Number 81 (News)
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914.
pnwi?pV^i!'"c^'^'*'!i^"V?T*J?^ ^'°"l (Comedy) KAY-BEE-The City (2 parts-Drama)
POWERS-The Severed Hand (Three parts-prama) . . . PRiNCESS-(Title Not Given)
VICTOR— The Panama-Pacific Exposition Up-to-Date (Top. THANHOUSER— A Gentleman for a Day (Comedy)
and Edu.)
SATURDAY, JUJLY 18, 1914. SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914.
"101" BISON— A Mexican Spy in America (Two Parts— KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
Drama) RELIANCE— The Vengeance of Gold (2 parts— Drama) . .
JOKER— His Wife's Family (Comedy) ROYAL— The New Housekeeper (Comedy)
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James Kirkwood
Henry Walthall
Robert Harron
Donald Crisp
Ralph Lewis
Owen Moore
Edward Dillon
John Dillon
Earle Foxe
Courtenay Foote
Jack Pickford
Spottiswoode Aitken
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Mae Marsh
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Irene Hunt
Miriam Cooper
Mary Alden
Fay Tincher
Teddy Sampson
Mrs. Crowell
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"The Battle of Gettysburg"
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"Joseph in the Land of Egypt"
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"The Great Leap" 4 Reels
"Gangsters" 4 Reels
"Frou Frou" 4 Reels
"Moths" 4 Reels
"Ruy Bias" 3 Reels
"Legend of Provence"
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"Sapho" 6 Reels
"Seeing South America with
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"Robin Hood" 4 Reels
"Zu, Zu, The Band Leader"
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"The Floor Above" 4 Reels
"The Battle of the Sexes"
5 Reels
"The Dishonored Medal"
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"The Mountain Rat" 4 Reels
"Dope" 6 Reels
"Cardinal Richelieu's Ward"
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Henry
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"The Sparkling Comedy which has become a Classic."
PERFECT STAGING PERFECT ACTING WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY
Every showman will want to book it.
'She Stoops to Conquer' is a classic in celluloid; the lilm will be a great favorite at the cinemas.'
London Evening Standard.
For further particulars communicate with
World's Tower Bldg., 110 West 40th St., New York. Phone Bryant 8126
Sole American Distributors for THE LONDON FILM CO., LTD.
M. P. SALES AGENCY, Ltd., London
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Golden Gate Film Exchange,
LARGEST
BUYERS OF FEATURE PRODUCTIONS IN THE
NA/ESTEURN
Inc.
We Buy Only Upon Screen Examination
MANUFACTURERS AND PRODUCERS
Are Invited to Submit Their Propositions
To Our New York Office, 614 Candler Bldg.
EXHIBITORS
Are assured the cream of the market, and only subjects that embrace the
highest products of the moving picture realm. Careful attention is given
to Posters, Lobby Display and all Publicity matter.
WE RELEASE WEEKLY
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ETHEL GRANDIN
"THE QUEEN OF THE SCREEN"
Miss Grandin will send a personally autographed photograph to any of her
exhibitor friends writing and requesting one.
These Advertising Helps for Ex-
hibitors can be had from Henne-
gan & Co., Cincinnati, O.
Ethel Grandin One-Sheet Posters, 10c, ea.
Ethel Grandin Fans (Exhibitor's adver-
tisement on back), $16.00 per thousand.
Ethel Grandin Post Cards, $3.00 per thous.
Ethel Grandin Advertising Stamps, §1.50
per thousand.
Ethel Grandin Program Covers, three-
color offset — four pages, $6.50 per thous.
Ethel Grandin Pillow Tops, 50c. each.
Ethel Grandin Viva Photos, 11 x 14 in..
?6.50 per hundred.
CURRENT RELEASES:
Papa's Darling — Imp Comedy.
Girl Reporter — Two-Reel Imp Feature.
Ray C. Smallwood,
Directing Ethel GranJin pictures.
SCENARIOS WANTED
Fifty dollars a reel and upward will be paid for suitable vehicles for Miss
Grandin. One, three and four reel subjects wanted. _ Comedy dramas or heart
interest stories with melodramatic touch preferred. Will consider the purchase of
''picture rights" for works of recognized authors and playwrights. Correspondence
with successful photo-play\vr*ghts solicited.
Address: 1303 FLATIRON BLDG., NEW YORK.
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COUDERQ dired from the Follies Bergere, Paris, as ''SCRAPS"
IN "THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ"
The new Plant of the Oz Film Company, conceded to be the moit completely equipped and be^
appointed in California, if not in America.
It is here we are producing L. FRANK BAUM'S Wonderful Fairy Tale
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FIVE REEl^ NOW MAKING
RELEASE DATE WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED
The Oz Film Manufaduring Company
STUDIO AND LABORATORIES CI
Santa Monica Boulevard, from Gower to Lodi Streets
Los Angeles, California
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See Americans
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FLYING X <""^ AMEPICAN BEAUTY
FEATURE FILMS
"The Lure of the Sawdust ^^
Under direction of Thos. Ricketts.
A Two Part Feature Story Finding- Its Inception Under the I>iy \\'hite
Tops. Cnmedy and Tragedy — Three Rings. Ele])hants. Camels and all the big
features of a gala day. Release Monday, July 13th, 1914.
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AMERICAN BEAUTY
"THE JOKE ON JANE"
Featuring MARGARITA FISCHER and HARRY POLLARD
It's a Dandy.
Release Tuesday, July 14th, 1914.
"YOUTH AND ART"
Featuring WIXIFRED GREENWOOD and ED COXEX under direction of
Thos. Ricketts. Love. Genius. Success, Linked with Heart-Throbs.
Release Wednesday, July 15th, 1914.
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iHARGARlTA FlSCHER
Hai^ry Pollard
Supported by an All Star Cast
of World Famous
Photoplay Artisis.
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Enterprising State Right Buyers in Any Territory Not Mentioned
Above Should Secure This Great Feature at Once.
DO IT NOW! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! DONT DELAY!
EXHIBITORS wishing to book this unusual attraction, may ascer-
tain who controls the feature in their territory by writing us.
THIS COSTLY FILM PRODUCTION IS A MONEY-MAKER FOR BOTH STATE RIGHT
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Corcoran Tanks
For Moving Picture Film Development
PRICE LIST No. 6, JANUARY 1, 1914
Constructed of selected gulf coast cypress 2
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48 ins.
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32.00
80 Gals.
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3 Rack
48 Ins.
ll'/a Ins.
SO Ins.
34.00
lis Gals.
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4 Rack
5 Rack
48 Ins.
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141/2 Ins.
W'/s Ins.
SO Ins.
501ns.
36.00
38.00
150 Gals.
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6 Rack
48 Ins.
21^4 Ins.
SO Ins.
40.00
220 Gals.
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7 Rack
48 Ins.
24% Ins.
SO Ins.
42.00
255 Gals.
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48 Ins.
28 Ins.
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South Haven
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Canadian Factory
St. Hyacinthe, Quebec
Builders of many of the largest and
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Artistic orchestral instruments for
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Owners desiring good organs artistically
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Motion pictures for dem-
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They buy it for the service
it gives them.
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Cellulose Planchon, Inc.
Comet Film Co.
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C. & I. Film Mfg. Co.
The Coburn Trolley Track Mfg.
Co.
Columbus Theatre Equipment
Co.
The Claric's Shop.
The Columbia Feature Film Co.
Daines & Nickels.
Eyton Kinetograph Co.
'Educational Film Co.
Parish Art Store.
General Film Co.
Grand Trunk Pacific Ry.
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Harold Ives Co., Inc.
Industrial & Domestic Film Co.
Industrial & Educational Film
Co.
Knickerbocker Film Mfg. Co.
Laeramle Film Service.
Larkin Co., Buffalo.
Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Magnet Fifm Mfg. Co.
Mutual Film Corporation, N. Y.
Mutual Film Corporation,
Canada.
Advertisers' Motion Picture
Weekly.
Oshkosh Feature Film Co.
The Pastime Amusement Co.
Pacific Film Mfg. Co.
Papier Brothers.
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National Lead Co.
Phelps Can Co.
Progressive Film Co.
Royal Photo Film Co.
Runyan Advertising & Sales Co.
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St. Louis Motion Picture Co.
The Social Service League of
Mont.
Smalhvood Film Corporation.
Theatre Supply Co.
L'. "S. Film Co.
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Washington Film Exchange.
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of Texas.
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Phantoscope Mfg. Co.
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The Ught Which Does Not
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The day of the dark theatre has passed. This is due
primarily to the perfection of the EYE COMFORT
LIGHTING System. This system is neither an imitation
nor a substitute. It is based on fundamental principles
discovered by us and proven by long practice to be ab-
solutely correct. It is the original indirect lighting.
Indirect Light does not interfere with the clearness of the
picture on the screen. It has no glare and does not distract
attention from the pictures or cause headaches.
It lights the house evenly so that every one can locate a
seat and reach it without any confusion or noise. It relieves
eyestrain when one looks awaj- from the pictures because it
greatly lessens the harsh contrast between the brightly
lighted screen and the otherwise dark house.
The Eye Comfort Lighting System
is so good and so successful that it is imitated. But these imitations,
which are offered you because they are "cheap," lack the powerful one-
piece silvered mirror X-RAY EYE COMFORT reflectors which control
and direct the light by their scientific design and evenly light the house.
These are the most powerful reflectors made and require less current than
any others.
Fill in the blank below and allow our engineers to lay out a plan for
lighting your theatre. This won't cost you a cent and does not obligate
you in any way. But it will tell you exactly how much EYE COMFORT
LIGHTING for your theatre would cost.
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SEE IT IN ACTION AND BE CONVINCED
The Vista Motion Picture Camera
An American Product
l^V^H -^ high class, practical and reliable instrument, simple
in construction, and easy to operate.
Uses Standard Motion Picture Film
(Eastman or any other)
Can be used as a projector, with special projecting
attachment
'k\ Indispensable to up-to-date exhibitors for taking special
ij|\ event, topical or advertising films.
Capacity of magazines 150 feet. Instrument fully guaranteed.
Price of camera, with F 6. lens and two magazines, d^O A
com plete «|)«Jt/
With any of the following \vell known, anastigmatic lenses
Speed-F 3.5, Bausch & Lomb Zeiss Tessar, Steinheil, Carl d?CC
Zeiss, Voigtlauider «PU«/
-. — B Special projecting attachment $14.00
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PICTURE CAMERA COMPANY, INC. 5 West 14th St, New York
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SERVICE TO YOU
State Right Feature*
A Specialty
CONSUMERS FEATURE FILM SERVICE
INCORPORATED
Company Officers
Morton D. Harris, President
Reuben Levine, Vice-President
Dave Rosin, Secretary
William P. Cooper, Treasurer
R. Wilson More, General Counsel
General Offices and Picture Display
Suite 1504-1505 Michigan Boulevard Building
30 North Michigan Boulevard
CHICAGO
MILWAUKEE BRANCH
407 Manhattan Bldg.
133 Second Street.
Phone Grand 734.
It will pay you to book these FEATURES 2 — 3 — 4 Reel Subjects
Call, wire or write at once for dates. Special rates on weekly bookings
Title
A Cry in the Night
The Flames of Justice
Treachery
Prisoner of the Owl's Gang
Victory or Death
Woe to the Conqueror
Gambler's Revenge
The Valley of Death
The Outlaw's Remorse
Reels Title Reels
4 By Power of Attorney or Mvstery of Jack Hilton 3
4 The $1,000,000 Pearl Mystery 3
4 U. S. Army and Navy 3
4 Sheridan's Ride 3
4 The Wheels of Destiny 3
4 Two Destinies 3
4 Land of Darkness 2
3 The Massacre 2
3 In the Days of War 2
Unlimited quantity of single reels and comedy
BIG LOBBY DISPLAY AND PHOTOS
1-3-6-9 Sheets and Slides
OUR MOTTO— SERVICE TO YOU
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ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM COMPANY
PRESENTS
A TWO PART DRAMA OF THE FOOTLIGHTS
THE JOKE THAT KILLS
AN INSIDE STORY OF EVERYDAY LIFE BACK
OF THE FOOTLIGHTS PORTRAYING LOVE AND
JEALOUSY WITH ITS USUAL RESULTS FOLLOWED
BY AN UNUSUAL AND AWE-INSPIRING CLIMAX.
A TWO REEL DETECTIVE PHOTOPLAY
THE MYSTERY OF GREEN PARK
AFTER THE FAMOUS NOVEL BY ARNOLD GALOPIN
THE FIRST OF THE BARNET-PARKER SERIES OF DETECTIVE DRAMAS
SPLIT REELS
BUTTERFLY AND HIS DOG
MAGIC MATCHES
COMEDY
TRICK COMEDY
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM COMPANY
110-112 West 40th St. Telephone 3095 Bryant NEW YORK CITY
REAL FEATURES
NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER
THE THREE MUSKETEERS
THE BANKER'S DAUGHTER
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
FATALITY AND MYSTERY
RAINEY'S HUNT
A PARADISE LOST
HARRY LAUDER
SEALED ORDERS
THE SIGN OF
REAL FEATURES
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FIIM COMPANY
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
A MESSAGE FROM MARS
MYSTERY OF THE FATAL
PEARL
LIFE OF RICHARD WAGNER
VICTORY
THE SQUAW MAN
LOVE EVERLASTING
EAST LYNNE
THE DIVINE APPEAL
AND WE DO MORE THAN RENT YOU FILMS
Not all for all states — but some for each state.
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM COMPANY
Leaders in Filmdom's Progress
Schiller Building 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago
316
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THEATRE SEATING
We Maintain
Chairs in Stock
Finished in Standard Colors and in White
Extraordinary Values and Service
We can ship stock colors IMMEDIATELY. Special colors in five to ten days.
New York
15 E. 32d Street
Hmerican Seating Company
Demonstration Offices and Installation Service at
Chicago
14 E. Jackson Blvd.
9 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, O.
402 Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.
505-507 Audubon Bldg., New Orleans, La.
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526 Syndicate Trust Bldg., St. Louis, -Mo. 1009-1011 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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14 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, III.
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THE FIRST
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Standard 1000-foot reels.
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Attaches to any light socket.
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Price complete in carrying cases, $125.
Quick sales at good profits for exchanges and
suppl}^ houses.
Write for the new catalog and the best pro-
jector proposition ever offered.
Victor Animatograph Company, Inc.
162 Victor Bldg., Davenport, Iowa.
New York Chicago
1472 Broadway. 38 So. Dearborn
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Atlantis Atlantis
Now Accepting Bookings on
ATL A IM X I S
In Six Parts
for the States of
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Kentucky
(1 sheets, 2 styles ; 3 sheets, 2 styles ; 6 sheets, 9 sheets
PEERLESS FILM EXCHANGE
Phone Randolph 2345 201 Delaware Building
36 W. Randolph St., Chicago
Atlantis Atlantis
" AGF A " DE.VELOPE,RS
Give Perfect QUALITY
rhotographic ^-
The chemicals should be the purest, to give perfect results.
"AGFA" BRAND ~
is the STANDARD OF THE WORLD
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Correspondence Solicited from Producers
M. P. FORMULAES GRATIS
BERLIN ANILINE WORKS
213-215 Water Street, NEW YORK
318
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Ask the Man Who Owns One
The Automatic Ticket Seller and Cash Register
perfected over two years ago, has met a long-
felt want and is used daily by 21 leading cir-
cuits and thousands of theatres and amuse-
ment places throughout the country.
POPULAR
The cozy little house and magnificent
Strand Theatre, New York, considered the
finest Moving Picture Theatre in the world,
find it of equal value in giving them a strong
box office system.
OPERATION AND FEATURES
For 1 ticket depress foot lever only.
For 2, 3, '^ or S tickets first press proper
button.
Register under lock and key — read
your receipts at a glance.
Tickets are re-loaded instcintly. No
complicated machinery, and you are
always in business.
Can be operated by a child, owing to
its simplicity.
Issues various colors of roll tickets
directly into purchaser's hands and pub-
lic don't have to be educated.
No chance for a re-sale
come from the machine.
-tickets must
On Display at Dayton Convention
The Automatic Ticket Selling and Cash Register Co.
1476 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Type D (for 2 prices) installed
in Box Office.
Guaranteed against breakage
or getting out of order and also
that it will do the work for
which it is purchased.
MR. MANAGE-R AND OPERATOK
An important factor in GOOD PROJECTION is due a great deal to
the Condensing Lenses in your projection machine.
A cheap Condenser will produce a poor light, is subject to frosting,
and has many other defects.
For a GOOD LIGHT and satisfaction we recommend the well known
"FV" Condensers.
Try a pair and be convinced that they are the best. Price per pair, $1.50.
We Handle Supplies of the Better Kind.
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A Better Rewind
at a Less Price.
Ask your Ex-
change or Write
the Makers.
The Bell & Howell
Company,
1803 Larcbmont Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
MAKE TM YOURSELF SLIDES
Make them yourself. Written with pen and ink
or typewriter. Three minutes to make a slide. Used
for advertising slides, to announce future or feature
programmes, for chorus slides when chorus slide is
missing. We send four colors of gelatin. The slides
look well and anyone can make them. They are
handy also for announcing vaudeville acts. In fact,
they may be readily used for anj'thing you may wish
to say to your audience.
For the sum of $3.50 we will send, by parcel post, prepaid and
insured, the following:
24 cover glass, 1 package binder strips, 1 dozen mats, 1 instruc.
tion sheet, 1 form sheet and 50 strips assorted colors gelatin —
enough for from 300 to 400 slides. Order now. Address:
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO.
1733 West 9th Street Brooklyn, N. Y.
FIHAL WARNING TO
BUYERS
"Where Life's Cross-Roads Meet," three
reels made by Dadmun of Boston, is fin-
ished. Perfect photography, beautiful scenic
effects, stirring action, intensely interesting.
A screen visualization artistically created.
For particulars address
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1 Washington St. Boston, Mass.
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The Reiq-n 2f Terror
Queen Marie Antoinette is Condemned to Die
A. true to history dramatization of the great world famous novel by Dumas. It shows the terrors
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scenes, the mock trials, and the prisoners hurried in batches to execution. It is a wonderful film.
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622 Prospect Av., S.E. 392 Burnside Ave.
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810 Third Ave. 1312 Farnam St.
SALT LAKE CITY: 68 South Main St.
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1235 Vine St.
110 West 40th Street
WASHINGTON
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DENVER
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NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
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928 Main St.
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The
Perils
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Pauline
Pauline is ^vithout doubt the most jjopular cliar.icter in motion pictures. She is known and liked
from coast to coast, as the most daredevil — chance taking actress before the camera. As she said
the other day. "One of these days something will happen and poor Pauline will be a real
angel." She is backed up by the most extraordinary cast ever gathered together.
Pauline Pulls People — She's a Gold Mine
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A Pathe Made — Lightning Action — Human Interest Drama
Detective
Craig's
Coup
(5 Parts)
A drama so full of intense action and contagious interest that your patrons will rind their nerves
tense as piano strings which will not relax till the last foot of film has passed before them. Then
they will thank you for the opportunity you have given them.
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lis E. 23rd St. 715 Liberty Ave. 67 Turk St. 3210 Locust St. 214 E. Fayette St. 217 E. 5th St.
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622 Prospect Av.,S.Z. 392 Burnside Ave. 1235 Vine St. 7th and E Sts., N.W. 910 Gravier St.
SEATTLE OMAHA DENVER KANSAS CITY
810 Third Ave. 1312 Farnam St. * Nassau Bldg. 928 Main St.
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110 West 40th Street
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New York City
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for to-morrow that which you should do to-day;
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Power's 6A
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Edison's New Model "D''
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SAN FRANCISCO.
JOHN J. McARTHUR has secured a permit
J from the Board of Police Commissioners
to conduct moving picture exhibitions at 2465
Mission street, succeeding I. C. Ackerman.
Joseph Abrams has been granted a permit by
the Board of Police Commissioners to show
moving pictures at Van Ness avenue and Sut-
ter streets.
Emil Kehrline, who conducts the Kinema the-
ater at Fresno. Cal., was a recent visitor in
San Francisco and announced that he was
looking tor a local house of large capacity
where big productions might be shown at prices
up to 50 cents. In case a desirable theater
can be secured it is his plan to install a mag-
nificent organ and to feature motion pictures
on a scale new to the Coast.
Adolph Mayer, well known in local moving
picture circles, has left for Portland and the
Northwest with the feature production "Xep-
tune's Daughter," featuring Annette Keilerman,
where it will be shown for seven or eight weeks.
A very successful run of two weeks was recentlv
experienced at the Columbia theater here, and
for ten days the pictures drew largo crowds to
the Mason theater at Los Angeles.
The Gaiety theater is again lifted in the ranks
of local moving picture houses, but manager
Thomas O'Day advises that this may be but
temporarily. However, musical comedy is at an
end there for the time being, at least, and no
definite plans have been made for venturing
into this field again. The picture program
opened with the Pathe photoplay, "Sport in
Central Africa," at ten cents and twenty cents,
and this will be followed by Spartacus and
other notable features.
The California Motion Picture Corporation
announces that its first release will be Salome
Jane, from the story by Bret Harte and the
drama by Paul Armstrong. The company has
been working on this during the past week,
some of the principal scenes being made at
Camp Taylor in the redwood belt. An old
stage coach in use more than forty years ago
has been secured for this production, the ve-
hicle having the added distinction of being one
in which Robert Louis Stevenson had often
been a passenger. The ser\-ices of an old stage
driver, Joe Downey, have also been secured,
this pioneer having driven a stage in California
more than fifty years ago. The leading parts
in this production are being taken by Beatriz.
Michelena and House Peters. William Pike,
formerly of T.os Angeles, is also working in
Salome Jane.
History has been made this week at the
Portola theater, where the great Selig produc-
tion, "The Spoilers." has been shown. Manager
Eugene Roth of this theater says : " 'The Spoil-
ers' is not merely the greatest attraction we
have ever booked, but it has been creating a
furore here. The house was packed each day
we showed the picture, and each night hun-
dreds of persons were turned away. We have
secured the film for a second week's run and
this promises to be as good as the first."
The management of the Portola theater has
arranged a program for the summer that is
the strongest list of attractions, taken as a
whole, that it has ever secured. In addition to
"The Spoilers." the list includes "Home. Sweet
Home," "The Lite of Villa." "The Jungle,"
"The Escape," "The Christian." and a produc-
tion by .\ugustus Thomas in which Ethel Bar-
nrmore takes the leading role.
Owing to the fact that he is no longer an ac-
tive exhibitor. Charles Rothschild has resigned
as national vice-president of the Motion Picture
Exhibitors' League of America and W. H. Hilts,
first vice-president of the California state or-
ganization, has been appointed in his place and
will act as delegate at the Dayton convention-
Mr. Rothschild has also resigned as director of
the San Francisco local and George R. Knowles
of the Vicksburg theater has been elected to fill
this position.
M. E. Cory, of Cory Brothers, has left for the
IBast. accompanied by his wife and son. planning
to visit Chicago. Niagara Falls and New Torlr
before attending the Dayton conventltn.
The Golden State Film Company has com-
pleted its first production and the film was run
off recently at the Star theater at San Rafael
tor the inspection of the stockholders of the
company.
R. D. Wharton, formerly an exhibitor of
Eureka, Cal.. was in San Francisco recently on
a short visit. He has been spending part of
his vacation at Fresno and states that the air-
domes in that city have been doing a splendid
business, owing to ideal weather conditions.
The General Film Company has closed the
exclusive service department that has been
maintained at 948 Market street, and this is
now conducted at the enlarged headquarters of
the firm at 138 Eddy street.
The Panama-Aero Film Company has been
organized to place upon the market the pictures
taken in the Panama Canal Zone by Raymond
A. Duhem, wio covered this, territory with
Robert Fowler in an aeroplane. Offices have
been opened in the Pacific building, with M B
Dudley as general manager.
Fred Voigt, of Fresno, Cal., was in San Fran-
cisco this week arranging for features for the
Theater Fresno that is to be reopened in Sep-
■tember. after extensive remodeling work is
completed.
A special feature of great interest was re-
cently secured for Graumans Imperial in the
form of moving pictures of Mount Lassen,
showing the volcanic eruption that is now at-
tracting such widespread attention, these being
shown at this theater for the first time. The
pictures were secured by Milton A. Ayers. who
was outfitted for the trip by Raymond A.. Duhem,
the local representative of the Gaumont Com-
pany, and were taken at great risk within one
thousand feet of the crater. This volcano, the
only one in the United States, is still in action
and is attracting great crowds of tourists to
Northern California.
The Duhem Motion Picture Manufacturing
Company has_ moved to new quarters at 700
Hayes street, where a large plant for devel-
oping and printing motion picture films has
been installed. A large projection room is being
fitted up on an upper floor.
B. J. Kahn, who recently disposed of the
Glen Odeon theater in the Glen Park district,
has also sold his Grandview theater at Daly
City, this having been purchased by a Mr.
Haddock, a new man in the moving picture
field.
The Wigwam theater in the Mission district
is to be devoted in the future to moving pictures
and musical comedy, the picture features to
be handled by Ralph Pincus of the Portola
theater.
The Independent Film Exchange of San Fran-
cisco is preparing to establish a branch at Los
Angeles, this to be in charge of Harry Hunter,
formerly of Seattle, Wash. Mr. Hunter is now
in the Southern city and the selection of a
location will shortly be announced.
B. Mulvaney, formerly located at 948 Market
street, is now at the Independent Film Exchange,
116 Golden Gate avenue, where he is devoting
his attention to handling features.
The Elite Theater on Market street, opposite
Seventh, is advertising that it is the only house,
on Market showing Mutual movies at five cents
and is getting a good business.
W. W. Clark, who recently purchased the
Pastime theater at South Berkeley, has made
a number of improvements since taking over
the place. A new screen has just been in-
stalled, as well as a new Power's Cameragraph
Xo. 6 A. Plans are being made to enlarge the
house in the near future.
The Elite theater on Shattuck avenue, near
Vine street. Berkeley, has been reopened after
having been dark for several months. This
house is now being conducted by B. F. Hall.
H. von Emmel has disposed of the Majestic
theater at Willitts, Cal., to T. Weaver, and will
locate at Fort Bragg.
The cold weather experienced during June
caused the airdomes at Chico and a number of
other California towns to close for several eve-
nings and seek shelter.
Manuel Burrows has secured a permit to open
a moving picture house and dance hall at Co-
lusa, Cal.
The new Modesto theater, Modesto, Cal.,
opened on June 24, and it is devoted to moving
pictures and road attractions.
Frank Burgi has closed the Princess theater at
Willows, Cal., but will continue to conduct the
Fairyland in the same city. His assistant mana-
ger, George Rankin is preparing to take a
number of features out on the road.
The Broadway theater, Oakland, which is now
devoted to moving pictures, has booked "The
Old Curiosity Shop" and "Pierre of the Plains"
tor the immediate future.
"SNTien the steamer Matsonia arrived in San
Francisco harlwr recently with Henr>' McRae's
"101 Bison" Company aboard quite a sensation
was created, both on the vessel and on the
docks, when someone was seen to leap over-
board. Boats were lowered and a rescue effected
before it was found that the entire scene had
been filmed and that Marie Walcamp was the
center of interest.
Sol Lesser, president and general manager
of the Golden Gate Film Exchange, Inc., will
leave for New York early in June to make
purchases of big feature attractions. About
the same time M. B. Dudley, general manager
of the Pacific-Aero Film Company ; James
Keane, of the Keanograph Company, and George
F. Cosby, who is interested in the Golden State
Film Company, will leave for the metropolis,
J. M. French, of Sisson, Cal., recently visited
Portola with the idea of opening a moving pic-
ture house there but the plan was given up for
the time being.
The Wigwam Theater, at Fresno, Cal., has
made arrangements whereby a boycott of two
years' duration on the part of the labor coun-
cil has been raised.
John W. Considine, formerly leading owner of
the Sullivan and Considine vaudeville circuit,
is making a visit to Calfornia from his home
in Seattle. CHURCH.
MISSOURI.
"y HE ■'Million-Dollar Mystery" made its initial
■^ appearance in Kansas City on June •"
Contrary to original plans, the first installment
ot the picture was shown at the Tenth Street
theater instead of the Royal. Frank L. New-
man manager of the latter, decided to aban-
don his plans because of the fact that the pic-
ture was run at a house in the outlying dis-
trict simultaneously. The serial story of the
'Million-Dollar Mystery" is running in the Kan-
sas City Journal, aiding in stimulating interest
in the presentation of the film.
The new board of appeals to act on questions
regarding the fitness of pictures shown in Kan-
sas City houses was organized recently with
the election of Judge H. C. McDougal as presi-
dent and Trigg A. Long as secretarv. The
board established a rule that whenever the cen-
sor disapproves of a film he is to recommend
its withdrawal and seek immediate judgment
from the board. Under no circumstances may
the censor order a picture withdrawn without
the consent ot the board of appeals.
Judge F. M. McCoy, a well-known exhibitor
of West Plains. Mo., abandoned single life in
St. Louis recently, when he wed Mrs. Georgia
Collins, ot Chicago. Judge McCoy, who has
been active in politics for many years, is asso-
ciated with Norton Henry in the management
of the Famous theater at West Plains, where
the couple will make their home.
A new exhaust fan and ventilating system
has been installed in the Elite theater, at Gas,
Kansas.
One premium plan on which the authorities
tailed to frown was that handled bv E. H. Hill,
owner ot the Rex theater, of Arkansas City,
Kan., recently. Mr. Hill advertised that every
boy or girl bringing 1.000 dead flies to the house
would be admitted free. Twenty-five ot the
youngsters spent the day in swatting the fly and
earned passes to the evening peertormance. It
was suggested following the success of this plan
that it lies within the power ot exhibitors to
rid the entire country ot flies.
Devotees of the film at Hutchinson. Kan., have
made an aggressive effort to secure Sunday per-
formances at Riverside park. The constitu-
tionality of the Kansas initiative and referen-
dum is involved. The same question hag
caused much trouble in other Kansas cities and
has never been definitely decided. Hutchinson
has an ordinance prohibiting Sunday theaters.
A petition signed by more than 25 per cent of
the voters was filed with the city commission
calling tor a referendum of an ordinance which
would permit Sunday exhibitions in the park.
The commission refused to call the election and
mandamus proceedings were instituted. Tne
court withheld decision in the case.
Some Missouri exhibitors recently have at-
tracted attention by manufacturing serial pic-
tures to please themselves. A moving picture
man at Jefferson City, Mo., recently divided a
three-reel feature into as many parts, running
one reel each night. The plan is a bit costly,
but the success of some ot the better known
serials has been so marked that some members
of tlie industry are willing to go to almost any
length to secure them, or. as indicated, make
them by dividing a subject.
H. G. Montgomery, manager of the Iris thea-
ter, ot Sopeka, Kan., will shortly enter the
ranks ot Benedicts. Mr. Montgomery's engage-
ment to Miss Rose Hite, of Topeka, has been
announced. The nuptials will be celebrated In
October. Mr. Montgomery is amon- the more
aggressive exhibitors of the Kansas capital. He
has created comment by advertising liberally,
the copy being of an unusual nature at times.
Mrs. Josie Brown has re-entered exhibitors*
ranks at Trenton, Mo. Mr. brown formerly
operated the Elite, and has re-opened that
theater after remodeling it. While the theater
was undergoing alterations, the woman exhibi-
tor assisted in the management ot the Gem
theater.
J. W. Concannon has opened the Elite thea-
ter at Emporia, Kan., and closed the Electric
theater, which he also operates, for improve-
ments. Mr. Concannon expects to spend about
S5,000 on the Electric, one ot the most popu-
lar houses in Emporia. The theater is to be
reversed, the audience facing the entrances.
A new concrete booth will be erected and 425
new opera chairs installed. A new gold alumi-
num screen is to be purchased and other
changes made. The Electric will open in the
early tall.
Wliether a plan to give envelopes contain-
ing money to patrons was a violation of the
lottery laws was discussed at Topeka, Kan., re-
cently, wnen Lew Nathanson, of the Best thea-
ter, announced he would attempt it. L. L.
Kiene. county sherin, warned the exhibitor that
the plan was a lottery. Mr. Nathanson an-
nounced he would continue with his arrange-
ments as no blank envelopes would be distrib-
uted.
The suit of the Mutual Film Corporation,
which seeks to prevent Kansas official from
administering the moving picture censorship
law passed by the Kansas legislature mor«
than a year ago, will be carried to the United
States Supreme Court without an opinion from
Judge Pollock, of the Kansas State Supreme
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court at Leavenwortli, Kan. The court, at a
recent hearing at Leavenworth, gave its consent
to this action, stating that the chief question
involved Is one of constitutionality which
would in any case be finally passed on by the
highest court. Representatives of the State and
of the Mutual met at Leavenworti and signed
an agreement waiving trial in the lower court.
The Kansas censorship law provides that no
film may be shown in the State without a prior
inspection by the State school superintendent.
An inspection fee of $2 per film also is pro-
vided. If the superintendent does not approve
of a picture, the exhibitor may appeal to a court
composed of the Governor, the Secretary of
State and the Attorney general. The State of-
ficials themselves are not enthusiastic over the
bill and would not weep at its defeat, it is
said.
The Holt Feature Film Company, of -lan-
hattan, Kan., recently exhibited the film made
during Memorial week. While the production's
chief interest was because of the local sights,
a love affair staged by two students of Wash-
burn College formel the theme. The pictures
were shown at the Auditorium.
Perry Rhine, of Pittsburg, Kan., has pur-
chased the equipment of the Broadway theater
in that city and will remove it to the Mystic,
which he controls. The Mystic, which is under-
going renovations, will have a seating capacity
of 1,250 with the additional facilities. The
Broadway will be closed.
.J. Miloslowsky. operating the Palace and
Family theaters at Des Moines. la., recently
raised his admission prices irom five to ten
cents. The kiddies who had constituted the
exhibitor's most faithful patrons were unable
to stand the additional strain on their finances
and were forced to forego the animated drama.
Mr. Miloslowskj' has reduce<l to five cents.
"There is more money in ten-cent admissions."
confessed the exhibitor, "but not so much hap-
piness."
The Cassin airdome at Lawton, Okla., has
been converted into a church for the time
being, the congregations of the city holding
joint services on Sundays. The house was the
only one of the kind in Lawton. It will be
closed on Sundays, but will reopen on other
days.
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IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
A X ordinance, providing that no more m-tv-
-^ ing picture theaters be established in
Omaha, Xeb., was ordered drawn by the city
council, but a fight on the measure when it
came before the council as a whole was assured.
The Hanscora Park Improvement Club present-
ed to the commissioners a petition signed by 20i>
residents, protesting against the operation of a
moving picture theater at 25110 South Thirty-
second avenue, for which the excavation was
being made. The objectors were told there was
no existing law to prevent it and one was or-
dered prepared.
The Lebanon Milk Condensary. at Lebanon.
Ind.. was not getting all the milk its factory
needed. In order to reach the farmers quickly,
the Lebanon Business M^n's Association secured
the Olympic theater for three moving picture
shows, prepared refreshments and entertained
the men who had milk to sell or who ought to
go into the business.
F. S. Frazier, who has purchased the Mecca
theater, on Main street in Ashtabula, Ohio,
from John Freeman, has renamed it the Prin-
cess.
The Eclectic Film Company has opened an
exchange at 1.S12 Farnam street, in Omaha,
Neb., making the fourth film exchange for that
city. E. R. Pearson, who was at the head of the
General Film Company's office in Omaha, is
the manager. He is succeeded by C. L. McVey.
Henry Kauffman and J. E. Kirk, who were
with the General Film Company, also have
gone over to the Eclectic.
The American theater, at US South Michigan
street, in South Bend. Ind., announced a prize
contest for a new name, following the re-opening
after remodeling.
The Wonderland Airdome, "laying pictures.
has been opened at Vinton and Seventeenth
streets, in Omaha. Neh.
The Star theater, 1814 North Twenty-fourth
street. Omaha, Neb., was closed for a week
during remodeling under the new management.
The Empire theater, at Aurora, Ind., is oper-
ating its picture show in an airdome on all but
stormy nights.
When the circus came to Huntington, Ind.,
the Princess and Lyric theaters opened at 0
o'clock. The people found a place to sit down
and rest and see a show for a small price.
The films were stopped in plenty of time to
allow the patrons to get out and see the pa-
rade and they were given pass-out checks.
The Airdome at Huntington, Ind., got the
booking of the films of the Huntington Booster
Day celebration.
Manager P. L. Pennock, of the Luna, at Gir-
ard. Ohio, closed the house .Tune 24 for three
weeks to put in a new front, new ventilating
system and to make it a thoroughly modern
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DETROIT.
THE Detroit Motion Picture Exhibitors' L.eague
held a meeting Tuesday, June 2^, and elect-
ed the following officers for the ensuing year :
President, Peter M. Jeup (re-elected) ; vice-
president. August Kleist, of Pontiac ; secretary.
C. M. Orth (re-elected) ; treasurer, J. A. Ritter.
The members prevailed upon Jake Stocker to ac-
cept the re-election of treasurer, but owing to
business reasons Mr. Stocker begged to be ex-
cused, saying he would continue to give his best
efforts to the success of the association. On ac-
count of the prolonged siege of warm weather,
general condition-, in the motion picture field
were reported to be very quiet.
George Trendle and John Kunsky of the Ca-
sino Amusement Company, also A. J. Gillingham
of the General Film Company, participated in
the annual lake cruise of the Detroit Board of
Commerce, This year's trip was made through
the Soo locks to Duluth, Minn., returning the
same route. The boat, with fJ*M.f prominent De-
troiters aboard, left here on June IS and re-
turned June 22. The Hearst-Selig Company had
a cameraman on hoard who took motion pictures
of interesting happenings along the way. These
pictures were shown as a special feature on the
Temple Theater program during the week of
June 27.
Starting July 5 "The Eagle's Mate." with Mary
Pickford, starts an extended run at the Liberty
Theater. Manager Howard O. Pierce plans to
make it the greatest event in the history of the
moving picture industry, as far as Detroit is
concerned. He is arranging special music and
will have special souvenirs, in addition to a
number of other advertising features. Mr.
Pierce states that for the past four weeks he
has received at least a dozen queries daily ask-
ing "When will Mary Pickford be back?"
"Her Only Son," a Lasky production, enjoyed
good buE»'ness at the Liberty the week of June
22 despite the intense heat. In the past few
weeks the Liberty has been termed "the garden
spot of Detroit" for the reason that Manager
Pierce has not less than $300 worth of palms,
flowers and potted trees around the outside of
the building, both on Farmer street as well as
on Bates street. These have been placed at no
expense to the theatre through the great friend-
ship existing between Manager- Pierce and the
proprietor of the Bemb Floral Company, which
adjoins the theatre on Bates street. The effect
is one of beauty and adds very materially to the
general appearance of the Liberty.
Foundations are well under way for the new
Alhambra Theater, at Woodward and Kenilworth
avenues, for John H. Kunsky.
After two weeks of motion pictures, the Wash-
ington Theater abandoned the project and -will
remain closed the balance of the summer, open-
ing early in the fall with high-class stock pro-
ductions. "We found that we were out of the
district for motion pictures," said General Man-
ager A. E. Whitebeck. "We believe, however,
that next summer we shall be in a better posi-
tion to handle pictures, as by that time our par-
ticular part of the city will have been consider-
ably improved with many new buildings which
are now in the course of erection there. The
new Statler Hotel, adjoining us. is going to help
a great deal to bring a lot of people to that
section of the town."
The Bijou Theater, on Monroe avenue, which
was formerly situated on the second floor and
which was put out of business hy the State Fire
Marshal, has reopened. The theater is now lo-
cated on the first floor, which was formerly
given over to a penny arcade. Five cents will
be the general admission price, and ten cents on
special occasions. The building has undergone
a complete change at an expense of $15,000, and
the theater is a very comfortable one ; the gen-
eral scheme of decoration is green ; the seating
capacity is 350. all on the majn floor. B. C.
BXirdick is manager, and his offices will be on
the second floor front. The entire front has
been altered and repainted. The pictures are
shown on a plaster screen, said to be the only
one in Detroit. The mechanical equipment con-
sists of two Powers Six A machines, both motor
driven. The Bijou is controlled by the Detroit
Theatres, Inc., of which Wiliam F. Klatt is
president and general manager.
Architects Feldman & Seeley are taking fig-
ures on a brick theater to be erected on Fort
street West, near Campau avenue.
Architect F. Swirsky, 50 University building,
has plans in progress for a small theater, 35 b>
110 in size.
The Gladwin Park theatre at 20S4 Jefferson
avenue east, which is incorporated for $35,-
fM>0, opened its doors for the first time on
Saturday night, to a crowd that jammed every
inch of the playhouse. The building has a front-
age of 71 feet on Jefferson avenue and runs
back 1.5S feet. It is fireproof, walls are of con-
crete, brick and hard tile with heavy piers laid
all the way up with cement mortar to the bar-
ing plates of the hugh steel trusses that span
the auditorium. Plastering is on expanded lath
which is absolutely fireproof. There are over a
thousand electric lights used to illuminate and
decorate the building. The stage and border
Itehts are handled with dimmers and operated
from the stage. The stage is fitted for all kinds
of attractions, although at present it is the plan
of the company to play only pictures. Frank
Langlois is manager. There will be two per-
formances in the afternoon and two at night.
Admission price is ten cents, with 15 for the
box seats. The latter run along each side of
the theatre and altogether there are 144 of
them. A beauty of the theatre is that it is built
in such a way as lo give an absolutely clear
vision from every part of the aduditorium.
Instead of the seats being arranged in a straight
row across, they are on the semi-circle order.
The throw from the operating booth to the
screen is 106 feet, said to be the longest in the
city. An air washing machine keeps the thea-
tre at 65 degrees during the hot weather, while
in the cold weather the theatre will be heated
by indirect system of radiation. There are ten
36-inch ventilators in the ceiling ; the floors
have a covering of concrete so that in every
way the theatre is sanitary, dustproof and airy.
There is a duplication of everything in the
operating room, such as two Powers machines,
two rectifiers, etc. There are eight aisle lights
so that patrons can see just where they are
stepping. Pictures are changed daily. A $5,-
(KH) Wurlitzer organ has been installed. E. H.
Rogers, one of the stockholders, designed the
theatre. Mr. Rogers is an expert mechanic, and
had charge of the Lyceum, Detroit Opera and
Temple playhouses in their last stages of con-
struction.
C. Howard Crane, architect, will take figures
about the last of June for a theatre and store
building to be erected at a cost of #50,000 for
Arthur Caille.
Moving pictures showing the production of
steel tubes from the ore to the finished product
were shown at the annual convention of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers at
the Hotel Pontchartrain on June 23.
The Royal, Monroe and Farmer streets, now
has a verty attractive front. The box office has
been placed to one side, a brass railing ex-
tended along the entrance and another along
the exit which keeps each crowd separate. A
new gold fibre screen has just been installed.
SMITH.
ST. LOUIS.
JOSEPH WAGENR, the well known showman
J and moving picture promoter, formerly
connected with the Alps Amusement Company,
has returned to the exhibitors ranks after an
absence of four years. Mr. Wagner is manager
of the Liberty theatre and airdome. formerly
operated by Fred Huke.
The historical pageant and masque pictures
have closed at the Columbia after a successful
run and will now be booked at the neighbor-
hood houses. There is a strong demand for the
film and it is reported that the Kings Theatre
at SIS N. Kingshighway will open with the fea-
ture first.
Geo. C. Rose, manager of the Orpheum The-
atre at 5f>65 Easton avenue, is taking a vaca-
tion for the summer, and W. B. Laumann. an
executive for the Orpheum Co.. has added a
manager's work to his other duties. The com-
pany has built a handsome airdome on the
north side of the theatre, which is raised five
feet from the street level, and catches all the
breezes that blow.
At the Alps Theatre on Easton avenue they
are giving away silver certificates every Tues-
day and Thursday, four of which entitles the
holder to a piece of silverware.
Wm. H. Young, manager of the Easton-Taylor
Theatre, is taking a vacation, and his place is
being ably filled by H. Williams. An exhaust
fan and air cooling device has just been in-
stalled in the Easton-Taylor.
J. E. Merick has been put in charge of the
inspection and booking departments of the
World Feature Corporation in the Navarre
Building.
The Times Movie Review, the animated edi-
tion of the St. Louis Times, has made four
thousand feet of film showing points of interest
of Washington, Mo., a town forty miles from St.
Louis on the Missouri River. Washington is
noted, among other things, as being the original
home of the corncob pipe, and the location of
the only zither factory in the United States.
An example of how the moving picture in-
dustry has developed certain parts of this city
mny he had hy visiting the Welles ton district.
This section is almost an hour's street car ride
from downtown and would be almost unknown
to most of the residents of the city if it were
not for the many theatres and airdomes that it
supports. As it is, it is one of the best known
amusement centers of the city, and thousands
of people come to the brilliantly lighted street
every night. There are five theatres and air-
domes in Welleston almost within a stone's
throw of one another. The monster Hamilton
airdome, with its four thousand seats and
myriads of colored lights, the Orpheum theatre
and airdome. the beautiful Japanese patterned
Mikado Theatre, the Universal airdome and the
Fairy Theatre. The combined seating capacity
of these amusement places totals more than ten
thousand, and many visitors are drawn from
every section of the city. GIEBLER.
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OHIO.
'-p HE East Ninth Street Cleveland Realty Com-
-*■ pany has filed a petition in the Cuyahoga
common pleas court asking that a receiver be
appointed for the Grand Theatre, East 9th
street and Bolivar road, Cleveland, in an effort
to find out who is responsible for a debt of
$12,000, which the plaintiff says is due it for
twelve months rent.
Although a number of suspects have been
arrested none have been directly accused and
no definite evidence placed against them in con-
nection with the murder of L.eo G. Goldman,
manager of the Monarch Theatre, Cleveland,
wbo was recently murdered and robbed. The
reward of $1,000 offered for information leading
to the conviction of the slayers is expected by
police to be of material assistance in solving
the crime. Two suspects were arraigned in the
criminal branch of municipal court and held in
$2,0tK) bail for a further examination. Several
witnesses of the murder which occurred on the
night of May 29, almost in front of the Gold-
man home in East 96th street, were at police
headquarters in an effort to identify the men,
but failed to do so.
The contract has been awarded to William
Kolb. of Columbus, to build a $20,000 brick
semi-fireproof theatre on East Main street for
Carl G. Ludwig, 115 South High street.
Cleveland was selected for the launching of
the new Burton Holmes Travelettes and opened
Sunday, June 2S, at the Miles Theatre. They
will run for five weeks with a new Travelette
each week.
George Lighten, of New York, and W. Kulp.
of New Orleans, have joined the World Film
Corporation branch in Cleveland as assistants
to E. H. Painter, manager. They have had
long connection with the film producing and dis-
tributing branches.
The fcontract has been awarded to C. J.
Phelps, East Center street, Marion, to build a
brick, semi-fireproof theatre for the Marion
Photoplay Company at a cost of $20,000.
Plans will be ready soon for erecting a two-
story brick, steel and frame motion picture the-
ater for 0. H. Sebring at Sebring. O. The build-
ing will measure 40 x 70 feet, and was designed
by Architects Clepper & Owen, Youngstown.
George K Hicks secured the contract to build
a one-story hollow tile and stucco theater build-
ing for Foster Houston at South Charleston,
the work to cost $8,000.
Moving pictures of methods to be usel in
resuscitating the drowned are shown in the
city parks at Dayton by the welfare department
of the city. Life savers at Island Park posed
for the pictures, which were taken by the
National Cash Register Company's cameramen
Architect Blaird. of Cleveland, and Isadore
Weber, of Canal Dover, are taking bids on a
brick and reinforced concrete theater to cost
$18,000. to be located at Canal Dover.
J. Turnbull will build a theatre at Bellaire
Architect George H. Dieringer. of that place,
drew the plans and the building will be of brick
fireproof construction and cost $20,000.
The management of the Sebring Opera House,
Sebring. is preparing to add many improve-
ments to that popular amusement house and
when complett^d it will be one of the best pic-
ture houses in that part of Ohio. An entire
new floor of cement will be installed, new
chairs, a new arch front and a new ticket booth
are in the plans. The house will be open
through .Tuly 4 and then closed for two weeks
for repairs.
Manager Lambrigger has installed an ex-
haust fan that displaces 10,000 square feet of
air every minute at the Grand Theatre. Orrville.
F. C. Welty. the electrician, installed the sys-
tem, which gives the house a complete change
of air every ten minutes.
Quimby's Theatre at Zanesville has had un-
usual sucess of late in displaying films of cur-
rent events.
The Hipnodrom<i at Lancaster i? running pro-
grams of high class features and the manage-
ment is booking all the big specialties in the
market.
Special matinees were arranged foT- the Star
Theatre at Upner Sandusky for the lectures of
Miss Annette Shaw in connection with several
films.
O. L. Elsler has again leased the Crand The-
ater at Akron from Crouse & Houser. th° new
owners, and photoplays are new running there.
Akron theaters have an average dailv attend-
ance of fifteen thousand, according to M C.
Winters, manager of the Summit Amusement
Company. This gives approximately an aver-
age attendance of six hundred to each house.
The bis majority of the houses charge five cents
admission, althousrh some, including thp Bank.
Waldorf and Grotto, are ten cent theaters. Th<>
total number will reach almost thirty and all
are open the entire dav. The enuinment alone
has an average valuation of .S5.000 a theater
totalling at least $1.'>0.000. Asid-^.from thi-^ a
few, including thp Bank. Dreamland, Majestic
and Dome, own their own buiUlings. The im-
portance of thi?: is in the fact that Akron has
more theaters than anv other city its siz-? in
the f^ount^-v and probably more money invested
in tb° enterprise.
The Grade Teachers' Club members of Cleve-
land were the guests of the management of the
Metropolitan, Cleveland, showing "'The Rise and
Fall of Napoleon."
The Skydome at Chillicothe has inaugurated
a band concert every Sunday evening. An or-
chtstra is present each evening.
RARIDAN.
INDIANA.
THE airdomes seem to be the only houses not
complaining of the heat and poor business.
Indiana has been in the midst of a torrid wave
for the past two or three weeks that is un-
usual, and has had a depressing effect on
business.
The Progressive Club, whose home is the
Hume-Mansur building roof garden, is planning
some summer shows which will include motion
pictures.
Robert E. Chatten. receiver of the Jefferson
Theater Company, Goshen, filed an appraise-
ment of the property at $35,442.15. The prop-
erty will be sold at receiver's sale July '3. The
theater was erected in 1907.
The New Palace Theater. North Judson, has
been opened, and is enjoying a good patronage.
Free ■ ice water, extra fans, and ladies with
escorts free, is the Princess Theatre idea of the
way to fill up the house in Rensselaer while the
weather is hot.
Manager Geary, of the Star Theater. Mont-
pelier, raised the price to ten cents for the
Mexican war pictures and had big crowds.
The Coliseum Airdom? management. Muncie,
obtained expressions of opinion from about
twenty of the city's best known citzens on
"Samson" and run them in an advertisement of
the film. Inasmuch as every expression was
enthusiastic, it made a fine bit of publicity.
The Magnet Film Company is putting on a
film of the Elks state convention and silver
jubilee at Evansvile in a number of houses over
the state.
George Senger, owner of the Century Theater,
Mishawaka, has contracted to run all the Blache
and Solax features.
Ross and Dale Loomis, Amboy, who recently
opened, are doing a nice business.
"Give us a moving picture machine" is the
request of the Indiana Union to the Indiana
University trustees, "and we shall be happy."
The Indiana Union is the men's organization at
the state university. They would have the ap-
paratus put in use in the Student building and
give frequent shows.
The Crystal Theater, Columbus, is filling the
seats with a baby contest.
J. C. Kolsem, Terra Haute, will erect a mov-
ing picture house at 1237 Wabash avenue, to
cost $8,000.
M. L. Fleetwood is to open a house in Elletts-
ville. He will use the Universal service, and
vaudeville attractions will be given on Monday
and Tuesday. "Admission will be by ticket,
costing one dime," says Fleetwood.
Manager Sullivan, of the Princess. Vincennes,
gives away money each night, and it keeps the
house full. Of course there's a big $1 for some-
body, and a lot of pennies for others.
Frank Fletcher has traded the Union Grand
Opera House. Union City, for 552 acres of
Wabash River bottom land. The new theater
owners are Salathiel Boone and his three sons,
.James. Jessie and Robert, who will take the
management September 1.
The building at Montgomery and Calhoun
streets. Ft. Wayne, is to be the largest moving
picture theater in Ft. Wayne. It is to be built
of hollow tile and presed brick on a frame work
of steel beams. It is to be three stories high.
Charles Holden. manager of the Wallace The-
ater, Peru, has sold out to Allard Brothers, of
South Bend, owners of a string of about twentv
theaters in Northern Indiana. Michigan and
Illinois. Allard Brothers contemplate spending
about $1,000 on improvements, including a tile
floor, a canopy and marble fixtures and orna-
ments.
Joe Moore and 0. Stone will open a new
house in Clinton about July 15. Mr. Moore has
been operating the Rome Theater in Clinton,
but as the building is to be dismantled he was
forced to look for new quarters.
The Elks of South Bend went to Berrien
Springs. Mich., by auto and there put on a
motion picture scenario for a Chicago film com-
pany entitled "B'ig Brothers." Two waifs are
rescued from a mean constable, given a bath at
the town pump, an auto ride, a feast of good
things to appeal the stomach of a Goliath, fitted
out with new suits, and then tucked into bed
by the big brothers.
Cecil Burton and Harold Johnson have bought
the Universal Theater on South Fourteenth "
street, Newcastle.
The Pearl Theatre at Bass Lake has been
opened for the summer. Henry Vergin. man-
ager, has just finished a cement approach to the
thenter.
Michawaka industries will have a pla?e in the
International Harvester Company Servi^-e Bureau
industrilogs. "The Dawn of Power" and "The
Dawn of Commerce." E. B. Lockwood of the
T. H. C. is superintending the work.
Fred Skinner, manager of the Electric The-
ater. Rome City, is advertising moral and edu-
cational films. Rome City is a favorite resort
for church organizations.
The Alice Theater, Vincennes, is getting a
new plaster front that is attractive.'
"The Hour of Reckoning" was one of the
films being advertised in the lobby of the Or-
pheum Theater, Terre Haute, the night Elroy B.
Smith, Its wealthy owner, was shot by Mrs.
Myrtle Gibbons. Smith died instantly. The
woman charged Smith with being the cause of
the divorce being granted her husband. Mrs.
Gibbons is in custody, having confessed.
WILLIAM.
NORTHWESTERN NEW YORK.
"LJAROLD Edel, manager of the Strand theatre.
-*--*■ Buffalo, has^ closed a deal to erect in the ex-
clusive residenfial section of Rochester. N. Y..
a moving picture theater, with a seating capa-
city of 1500. Mr. Edel will not give out the lo-
cation until the deal for the site is closed.
There will be a large organ and a complete or-
chestra. The house will be known as the Re-
gent. Two other large theaters, one in Buffalo
and another in Syracuse, promoted by Mr. Edel,
bears the same name. He has taken an option
on a piece of property in Ithaca, N. Y., and
may build there a moving picture theater, seat-
ing 1200.
Dr. P. C. Cornell, manager of the Star theater,
[Buffalo, and Miss Jessie Bonstelle recently
awarded a prize to Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Quin-
ton of that city. The winners wrote a play,
"The Finger of Fate", which was accepted by
those in charge of the contest.
Jean Ceugneux, a prominent moving picture
cameraman, was a recent caller on George W.
Erdmann, manager of the Elmwood theater,
Buffalo. The local newspapers devoted consid-
erable space to a write-up of the visitor, who,
with a camera, will follow General Villa in
Mexico.
The Allendale Theater Co., which leased the
Allendale theater, Buffalo, has been incorpo-
rated, with the followiwng directors: J. Adam
Weiss, Frederic Ullman, George W. Erdmann,
Reginald Medlicott and Michael A. Crage.
Carnival Court, a Buffalo summer resort, is
using moving pictures with other features to at-
tract the crowds. Edward Tranter, sporting edi-
tor of The Buffalo Enquirer, is press agent for
this popular amusement place.
Traveling at full speed in an automobile so
that they could be taken by Oscar Simon, a
cameraman. Roy C. Bauer, operating the car,
and Robert Maxwell Smith, a newspaper man.
were seriously injured. The accident occurred
recently near Buffalo", when the machine was
going at the rate of ninety-five miles an hour.
Both men live in that city. The automobile
skidded and overturned in a ditch. As a result
of the accident. Bauer and Smith will be in
a Buffalo hospital for some time. The Buffalo
newspapers strongly featured the moving pic-
ture end of the story.
A theater will be built on Liberty street,
Batavia, N. Y. The house will he managed
by Constantine & Rheinhart.
Moving pictures of a municipal day celebra-
tion were taken recently in Syracuse. The
pictures will be shown at the Panama-Pacihc
Exposition next year.
Louis Green has been appointed Buffalo rep-
resentative of the Box Office Attraction Com-
pany. He was recently assistant manager of
the Academy theater. Buffalo. He formerly
lived in Boston and was with the Mark-Brock
theatrical enterprises for four years. At pres-
ent Mr. Green is making a special feature of
booking "East Lynne."
Paul B. Ellicott. representing the Empress
Film Company of Indianapolis, spent his vaca-
tion in Buffalo. He was formerly connected
with The General Film Company in the latter
city.
"The Colonial theater. Elmira. has arranged
to exhibit the film showing the Knights Templar
centennial conclave parade held recently in
Rochester, N. Y. About 120 Elmira men ap-
peared in the procession.
The Gayety theater. Buffalo, which features
burlesque, and occasionally moving pictures,
has closed for the summer.
Harold Edel. manager of the Strand theater,
Buffalo, is spending his spare time at Wana-
kah, N. Y.. on Lake Erie, where hi^ summer
home is located. During his absence the Strand
is ably looked after by his assistant, E. L. Hy-
man.
The new Maxine moving picture theater at
Seneca and Cazenovia streets, Buffalo, was
opened recently. The prices are ten cents for
adults and five cents for children. The house
seat'^ ROO and i? absolutely fireproof. It has
a perfect indirect lighting system. The venti-
lation and other features are up-to-date. The
Cazenovia district is ideal for a theater of
this kind and a heavy patronage is promised.
BILLY BISON.
When Writing to Advertisers
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MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Wisconsin and Illinois
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FILM STORIES
EDISON.
OVALIFYIXG rOR LEXA (July 13).— Hans
was head over heels in love with the cnarming
Lena Bimblebaek, domestic engineer of the
Brownson family. Lena liked Hans, but she
was not the kind to allow a little thing like
liking to blind her to her obvious course. So
she spoke to Hans firmly but kindly as follows :
"I don't marry no man only what has a auto-
mobile, some property and a Van Dyke whis-
kers."
Hans, crushed by this unexpected blow, crept
away. On the sidewalk he picked up a diamond
ring. Hurrying to a pawnbroker, he bashfully
slipDed the ring across the counter. The pawn-
broker gave him all he asked on the ring and
Hans nearly fainted. With an energy Napoleon
might have envied, Hans started his campaign
for hi? beloved. His first step was to buy an
automobile for twenty-five aoJiars. The man
who owned it assured him that it was cheap
at that price.
Hans next bought a plot of land in the heart
of the select residential part of Webb City. It
is true that Webb City existed for the most part
in the ingenious brain of the real estate dealer,
but that did not bother Hans. Then Hans
trimmed his whiskers into some semblance of
the style affected by the Dutch painter, and went
to call on I^ena. After her first shock of start-
led surprise. Lena willingly consented to take
an automobile ride out to their new property.
Before the ride was ended, Hans found him-
self secretly wishing that he had spent as much
as S^Ti.Ott and had bought a really modern car.
When he discoverRd that a small boy was catch-
ing sunfish in his Webb City plot, he found
it very hard to explain tilings quite satisfac-
torily to Lena.
The diamond ring had been lost by Mrs.
Brownson. Lena's mistress. She informed the
police that it was missing. Through the pawn-
broker, they traced it to Hans. So it happened
that when Hans returned from his ride, he was
incontinently throw" into a dark and gloomy
cell to weep and wonder mournfully whether
Lena would ever be his.
THE TWO DOCTORS (July 14).— Henry
Martin ana Bob Westerly studied together at the
same medical college, or better, they were both
at the same medical college, for whereas Mar-
tin threw himself into his work with a devotion
that brought upon him the opprobrious nick-
name of ■■grind" ; Westerly was entirely too
fond of a good time ever to let his studies
interfere with having one. As a result, it oc-
casionally happened that Westerly found it dif-
ficult to keep his work up to the level of that
of the rest of the class. On one such occasion,
he entered Martins room and attempted to steal
Martin's laboriously-prepared notes on an im-
portant thesis. Martin came in while he was at
work, and caught him. Instead of reporting
Westerly to the Dean, as he should have done,
however, he contented himself w^ith ordering
Westerly contemptuously from the room.
Years later. Martin had a modest little prac-
tice in the heart of the country. Westerly had
settled in the citv. Throueh methods which
were as unscrupulous as they were unorofes-
sional. he had become successful and rich.
Alice, a poor shop girl, nervously broken down
as a result of hard work, was given a fair ex-
ample of Westerly's methods when she went to
him for treatment. Westerly quite coldly and
simply refused to see her unless she paid in
advance, and when her money was all gone, told
her that he was not in business for love.
Through the generosity of her friends. Alice
was sent into the country. As luck would have
It. she came to the village in which Dr. Martin
lived. The doctor immediately took the girl
under his care. Thanks to his treatment, and
to the kindness of the people of the country-
side, she was soon completely cured.
When Dr. Westerly's health broke down, he
went on a shooting trip to recuperate. While
hunting in the woods, he accidentally shot him-
self in the arm. His guide helped him to Dr.
Martin's. Martin's first and natural impulse
was to refuse to treat his old enemy, but the
man's pitiful condition left him no alternative.
But when he called in Alice to act as a nurse,
and she recognized Westerly as the man who
had taken all her money, and then brutally dis-
missed her. it was almost too much for the
doc tor s forbearance. However, the two repaid
Westerly good for evil by nursing him back to
health and strength. But when the grateful
and remorseful patient offered to set Martin up
in a lucrative city practice. Martin refused
with thanks^and Alice kissed him.
THE EVER-GALLAXT MARQUIS (July 15).
— The Marquis was thp pest of the hotel. His
impulsive, romantic disposition, coupled with
an entirely un-American manner of expression.
made every man in the hotel extremely anxious
to show the Marnuis the interesting "-"^^ibilities
•f a coach wmp. For the Marquis lavished his
attentions upon every woman in the hotel. It
made not the slightest difference to him if she
were single, married or engaged. For each he
was a devoted slave, filled with oily smirks and
sleek insinuations. One day the Marquis die-
appeared for a time, and returned — honi soit
qui mal y pense — with a garter. This article
of apparel, he proudly informed the men, he
Intended to give to one of the ladies in their
party as a slight token of his esteem. Henry
promptly wagered the Marquis that none of the
ladies would accept his present. It was agreed
that the attempted act of presentation should
take place on the evening of a large masquerade
ball at the hotel.
On the evening of the dance the Marquis pur-
sued Alice to a quiet corner, and begged her to
accept the garter. Alice modestly retired be-
hind a curtain, and told the Marquis that if
she decided to accept his present she would
let him know. The Marquis waited in an
ecstacy of suspense. While he waited, the
guests in the plot crept up behind him. In a
few moments a remarkably well-shaped limb ap-
peared through the curtains. Upon it the Mar-
quis fastened the garter. Immediately after-
ward the groom upon whose leg the present bad
been fastened stepped out. Immediately after
that Henry challenged the Marquis to a duel to
the death.
The Marquis did not want to fight at all, and
it required considerable effort on the part of his
somewhat unsympathetic second to get him to
the duelling ground. When the sword was
placed in his hand he closed his eyes and thrust
wildly in the general direction of his opponent.
A groan of horror greeted nis effort. When
the Marquis opened his eyes he discovered
Henry stretched on the ground before him. The
horrified seconds warned the Marquis that his
only chance of escaping the electric chair was
to fly from the country at once. So. while the
Marquis fled wildly on an unsaddled horse,
Henry arose and went back to the hotel with
his friends.
AX UP-TO-DATE COUR'. SHIP (July 15).—
Abe Perkins and Si Prime were ardent rivals
for the hand of the charming widow Gray. The
widow rather liked both of them, but with typi-
cal feminine perversity, refused to express any
decided preference for either. Si's feelings may
be imagined when, calling on tie widow one
day, he discovered that she was going out rid-
ing in Abe's buggy. Si had rather hoped that
she would go walking with him. While Si was
sulking after his rival's triumphant exit, a man
on a motorcycle arrived on the scene. There
was a seat on the motorcycle whereon a passen-
ger might be carried. A sudden brilliant scheme
flashed into Si's placid rural mind. Hastily
diving into his jeans, he brought out a large
wad of money, and bought the motorcycle. A
few hasty directions from the man convinced
Si that running a motorcycle was ridiculously
easy. Mounting his newly-acquired property, he
set off in pursuit of the buggy.
As luf'k would have it. Abe had been obliced
to stop in order to mend one of the reins. The
widow, impatient of the delay, and filled with
astonished awe at iS's motorcycle, readily ac-
cepted his invitation to take a ride. Abe fin-
ished mending his trace, and rode despondently
back to town. When he drew up in front of
the village garage, his eyes fell on an automo-
bile for sale at an almost unbelievably reason-
able price. If Abe had known anything about
automobiles the price might well have given
him pause. But he didn't. So he bought it and
set out after the motorcycle.
Long since. Si had discovered that the motor-
cycle had not quite the same docile nature he
had at first fondly supposed. After ten minutes
of riding the widow was reducea to a state of
incoherent terror. Finally they hit a rocK — and
stopped. Just at this moment Abe arrived in
his machine, picked up the bruised and indig-
nant widow, grinned at his rival, and speeded
down the road at a spanking gait of six miles
per hour. The discomfited Si followed on his
wounded but yet unconquered motorcycle. When
Abe and the widow arrived at her home the ma-
(^hine gracefully and unostentatiously blew up.
While Si was laughing at Abe. the ruffled widow
swept into the house, vowing she woull never
speak to either of them again.
ACROSS THE BURXIXG TRESTLE (July
18). — Tom was an expert telegrapher when he
married Doris. During the course of their
courtship he had tauent her how to send and
receive, and as a result, at the time of their
marriage, she was almost as proficient as her
husband. Six months afterward Tom became
very ill. The doctor ordered him to go to the
mountains to recuperate. To raise the money
which was so badly needed to restore Tom to
health, Doris began to look about for some
means of livelihood. An advertisement in a
newspaper, offering a position to an unmarried
telegraph operator seemed to offer the best
chance. So Doris presented herself at the of-
fice of the division superintendent. When he
askel her if she were married she replied
defiantly in the nefative. The superintendent
engaged her. and assigned her to a wild station
on the mountain division of the railroad.
Jake Mills, the operator Doris relieved at the
station, was very indignant at his summary
dismissal to make room for the girl. He left
the station sullenly, muttering vague threats.
A few weeks later Tom was allowed to leave
the sanitarium. He came directly to the station
and Doris took him to the little home she had
prepared In the woods. Jake Mills saw them
together. Knowing that Doris must have been
unmarried to get her position, he jumped at the
obvious conclusion. On the morning after Tom's
arrival Jake came to the station and attempted
to kiss Doris. Her furious resistance angered
him beyond measure, and when he discovered
from a dispatch that the division superintendent
was coming to the station that afternoon, his
mind was in exactly the ri^ht condition to
prompt him to attempt a terrible revenge upon
the man who had discharged him.
Accordingly, he set fire to the trestle across
which the train must pass. Doris discovered the
fire, and while Tom held Jake at the point of
a revolver, rushed down the track and made her
way over the blazing timbers on the trestle.
Arrived at the other side, she staggered up the
track, and flagged the train just in time. The
rescued party reached the station just in time
fo rescue the weakened Tom from Jake's clutch-
es. The grateful superintendent readily forgave
Doris for her deception, and appointed her hus-
band and herself to a far more important posi-
tion, carrying with it a very comfortable salary.
MEG O' THE MOUXTAIXS (Special— Two
Parts — July IT). — Meg lived down in Carolina
in the shadow of the great Blue Ridge. When
she had been a little younger she had been
winsomely and strangely beautiful— a gypsy-like
elf of the woods and forests. Xow, she is
mad.... The neighbors said cruel things about
Meg. and turned their faces aside when she
passed. And from her little son, they shrank,
and turned away as from a thing accursed.
When Hugh Gregory opened a store in the
little mountain town-^and fell in love with the
widowed Darthea Westerly, he incurred the
bitter hatred of Simon Grant, who had long
courted Darthea. When Meg's little son ran
away, and Gregory found him, and gave him
back to his mother, the crazed woman thought
she recognized in him the father of her boy.
When she returned home she told her brother
that she had found her child's father. The
brother, infuriated, confronted Gregory, and
demanded that he marry his sister. Gregory,
naturally, refused indignantly. Simon Grant
met Jake. Meg's brother, while he was still
half insane with rage over Gregory's refusal,
and found him in a willing mood to listen to
Simon's scheme.
The next day, as Gregory and the colonel
were riding together, Jake, egged on by Simon,
fired at them from a barn. Gregory proved
himself a good Samaritan by saving Jake from
the infuriated mob which thirsted for his life.
Meanwhile. Darthea, who had fallen in love
with Gregory, learned of Meg's terrible accusa-
tion against him. The story naturally changed
her feelings toward the man, particularly when
Gregory, realizing the futility of argument, re-
fused to say a word in his own defense. Then
suddenly Meg came upon Simon Grant, and with
a miraculous flash of understanding, remem-
bered that he. not Gregory, was the man. But
with the passing of her madness. Meg's lif«
fluttered and went out like a candle in the wind,
but not before she had told Gregory and Dar-
thea tlie t^uth.
VITAGRAPH.
'■THE SOUL OF LUIGI" (July 13).— In the
poor Italian quarter of Xew York lives Luigi.
an Italian peasant and inventor, who is so ab-
sorbed in his work that he greatly neglects his
wife, Xedda. She is younger than he and fond
of pleasure. Xot understanding his neglect, she
strongly resents it. Tonio, a dissipated young
Italian, makes love to her. but she repulses him.
Luigi interests John Graham, a millionaire, in
his invention. One night Graham sends for him
in a hurry, just as he is about to take Xedda
to the theatre. She is hurt and disgusted and
Tonio sees his opportunity. Having received a
small legacy from Italy, he persuades Xedda to
elope with him. Luigi's proposition is taken up
by Graham, and he returns flushed with triumph
to tell Xedda, only to find a note saying she has
gone with Tonio. He curses her and vows to
henceforth devote himself, body and soul, to
money-getting. His invention is a success and
he moves to a wealthier neighborhood. Tonio,
after a short time, deserts Xedda. leaving her
with a little girl, Beata. Xedda worked day and
night to give the child an education. Years
pass and riches pour in on Luigi. but they
bring him no pleasure, as he has become a
man without a soul ; a miser. One day, Xedda
is ill and Beata out of work, when she sees
Luigi's advertisement for a stenographer. Af-
ter some difficulty, Beata secures the position.
Luigi without knowing why, takes an interest
in the girl, and his heart is softened. Chance
brings him and Xedda together. Dying, she
begs his forgiveness, which he readily grants,
acknowledges his own mistakes and before she
passes away, promises to bring un Beata as his
own child. His love for the g=rl brings back to
him the soul he had lost in his love for gold.
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"FOGG'S MILLIONS" (Special— Two Parts-
July 14). — Old Peter Fogg, uncle to William
Fogg, has a stroke of paralysis and is ordered
to the seaside by Dr. Jack Manly, who is in
love with Milly. William Fogg's daughter. Milly,
however, is in love with Loring, an adventurer.
whom Jim Marvin, William Fogg's gardener,
believes to be the man that eloped with his
(Jim's) wife. The gardener tells Manly of his
suspicions and swears vengeance should they
prove to be true. Milly, horrified, overhears the
conversation. Grace 5larvin, an adventuress,
hears of Peter Fogg's millions, and scheming
to get possession of them, scrapes up an ac-
quaintance with the old man.
Grace's pretended kindness and affection win
old Peter's love and he marries her. Loring,
hearing his old friend and sweetheart, Grace,
has married the Fogg millions, at once ceases
his attentions to Milly and hastens to the sea-
side to renew his acquaintance with Grace. Oid
Fogg finds Loring and Grace in each other's
arms, has an apoplectic stroke and drops
dead, leaving Grace his sole heir. She and
Loring return to town and announce their com-
ing marriage. Meanwhile, Jim Marvin's suspi-
cions concerning Loring are confirmed and he
visits the Fogg home, with the intention of
shooting his enemy. There he finds Grace is
his former wife. He has Grace arrested for
bigamy and frightens Loring so that he leaves
the place forever. Milly marries Jack Manly
and the Fogg Millions revert to the rightful
heir.
"THE ARRIVAL OF JOSIE" (July 15).— An
orphan and the drudge of the household, Josie
lives with her ill-tempered aunt, Frau Rhein-
hart, who keeps a small boarding house in Ger-
many. Life would be unbearable for Josie, were
it not for the fact that Miss Blake, one of the
boarders, an American girl, studying music, has
taken quite a fancy to Josie. When Miss Blake
finishes her course and leaves for America, she
gives Josie her address, saying if she ever
visits America, she must come and see her.
Josie is very sad at Miss Blake's going, and
things becoming unendurable, Josie decides to
go to America. She packs up, leaves the room
topsy-turvy and a note informing her Aunt of
her destination. Coming over on the steamer,
a drunken emigrant insults Josie and she is
protected by a young man, who, with his bride,
are on their honevmoon. Shortly after recov-
ering from an attack of seasickness, Josie gets
her first view of New York's tall buildings. Af-
ter some amusing incidents, due to her lack of
knowledge of American life, she finds to her sor-
row, the Slakes have gone West. She becomes
acquainted with Hank, a grocery boy, and
through him, secures a job as a servant with the
young bride and groom, she met on the steamer.
Several weeks later, while Hank holds her in
loving embrace, Josie has a vision of her Aunt's
consternation at finding her niece has fled, and
thinks to herself, "If Aunty could see me now!"
at the same time thinking of the appointed day
when she and Hank will be man and wife,
"THE LITTLE CAPTAIN" (July 16).—
While visiting General Forbes, a friend of his
Daddy, Sonny Jim imitates the soldiers at the
garrison and' feels certain that he was cut out
for one of them. The General tells him always
to help a comrade in distress. Later, a convict
escapes from prison and coming upon Sonny
Jim playing sentinel, askg help and says he is
a comrade in distress. Sonny Jim. remembers
the General's command, secures one of his
father's suits, a large chicken and an apple pie,
and finds the convict a hiding place in the cel-
lar. The loss of the suit is discovered and
Sonny Jim being questioned, confesses. The
General gravely tells him he and Shep have
aided and abetted a criminal and that they will
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while being "sentenced" in the little court.
Daddy, Jim and Mother Dear interrupt the
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vict who writes that he returns the suit with
thanks, and that after having seen his dying
wife, had given himself up to the aurhorities.
Sonny is forgiven, amid loud cheers. Some
weeks later, through the General's influence, a
pardon is secured for the convicts release.
Sonny passes the ofScial-looking document to
the warden, who tells the prisoner, the little
boy has secured his pardon. The convict breaks
down, and with tears of gratitude, gravely sa-
lutes Sonny, then, shaking bands with him, bids
all goodbye. Sonny Jim and his parents leave
for home, after receiving three rousing cheers
from the soldiers, and a cordial invitation to
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"PIGS IS PIGS" (July IT).— .\fter a strenu-
ous argument with Flannery, the local Express
.\gent. Mr. Morehouse refuses to pay the 30c
charges on each of the two guinea pigs shipped
him, claiming they are pets and subject to the
2.50 rate. F^annery replies, "Pigs is pigs and
I'm blame sure them animals is pigs, not pets,
and the rules says, 30c each'." Mr. Morehouse
writes many times to the Express Company,
claiming guinea-pigs are not common pigs, and
each time is referred to a different Department.
Flannery receives a note from the Tariff De-
partment inquiring as to condition of consign-
ment, to which he replies. "There are eight
now I All good eaters. Paid out two dollars
for cabbage so far." The matter finally reaches
the President, who writes a friend, a Zoological
Professor. Unfortunately that gentleman is in
South Africa, causing a delay of many months,
during which time the pigs increase to H50. At
last word is received from the learned man
proving that guinea pigs are not common pigs.
Flannery is then ordered to collect 25c each for
two guinea-pigs and deliver the entire lot to
consignee. There are now SOO and Flannery is
horrified to find Morehouse has moved to parts
unknown. He is about to give up in despair
when the Company orders him to forward the
entire collection to the Main Office, to be dis-
posed of as unclaimed property, in accordance
with the general rule.
"THE SONG OF THE GHETTO" (Special —
Two Parts — July IS). — Ernesto and Marius are
two struggling musicians in Milan. Rosa, their
landlady's daughter, worships Ernesto, who re-
turns her affection in a casual way. Ernesto
secures an engagement in America, and Rosa
pleads to go with him, but he will not hear of
it. Two years later, Mario tries his fortune in
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Mario dead when they meet. Ernesto is in love
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the wonders of her own voice. Yvette sings in
the streets of the Ghetto whese Mario recognizes
the unusual qualities of her voice, secures her
permission to try it out and she is bailed as a
wonder.
Discovering where Ernesto is playing, Rosa
waits tor him at the stage door. Ernesto scorn-
fully refuses to recognize Rosa and she swears
to be revenged. Mario and Y'vette fall in love with
each other. Later he discovers her real identity,
and angrily goes to her home. He arrives in
time to save her from the forced embraces of
Ernesto, for which she is grateful and gains
recognition for Mario bv singing his composi-
tion, 'The Song of the Ghetto." In the midst
of their success, Rosa, attempts to stab Ernesto,
but instead strikes Mario when he rushes be-
tween them. The wound fortunately proves
slight, Ernesto and Rosa beg his forgiveness,
which is granted, and Yvette acknowledges her
love tor Mario, as he entwines her in his arms.
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"A DIAMOXD IN THE ROUGH" (Special-
Two Parts — July lo).— Grim meets Valeria, an
heiress, at Mrs, Masterly's home, Hume, a for-
tune hunter who aspires to Valeria's hand, be-
comes intensely jealous when he learns that
Grim has fallen in love with her. Perceiving
this. Valeria who cares nothing for Grim, Arts
with him out of sheer mischief.
A bank failure wipes out Valeria's fortune.
The girl discovers Hume's real character when
the fortune hunter hears of her misfortune.
Grim, however, begs Valeria to marry him.
Piqued by Hume's action, the girl consents. A
revulsion of feeling overcomes the girl imme-
diately after the ceremony and she tells Grim
she hates him.
Too proud to plead with his wife, Grim de-
parts for the West on business. During his ab-
sence Hume endeavors to see Valeria. Heavily
in debt, the ne'er-do-well steals a purse dropped
by his friend Travis. The latter learns of
Hume's contemptible act after the money has
been spent. He gives the man twenty-four
hours in which to return the money.
Desperate, Hume calls up Valeria late that
night. The girl reluctantly consents to see him.
The wretch informs her of Travis' threat and
begs her for money. Amazed, Valeria shrinks
from him just as Grim returns home. Filled
with cold fury, the husband drives Hume from
the house. The following morning, Valeria is
informed that her husband has instituted pro-
ceedings for divorce.
Grim leaves on a hunting trip in an effort to
forget what has happened. Valeria, who has
discovered that she loves her husband, ascer-
tains his dp'^tination and follows him. While
pursuing a bear, the husband steps into a bear
trap. His agonized cries are heard by Valeria
who comes to his rescue. Later comes the
knowledge of his wife's love for him. His heart
filled with joy. Grim takes her in his arms.
"ACCUSED" (July 14).— Slocum receives a
sum of money in payment of a mortgage, in
the presence of his employer and life-long
friend. Kent. The man carelessly places the
monev under a book. When Slocum searches
for the money an hour later, it has disappeared.
Despite his protests of innocence, Kent believes
Slocum has stolen the money and discharges
him.
Bert. Kent's son. loves Dora, daughter of the
accused man. Filled with bitterness. Slocum
forbids hi- daughter to have anything to do with
the son of the man who has called him a thief.
Dora, however, promises to marry Bert when
her father's innocence has been established.
Shortly afterwards, the Slocums leave for the
mountains where they make their home.
Several months later. Bert and a chum leave
on a hunting trip. While chasing a deer, the
bov loses his way. He finally succumbs of cold
and exhaustion. As fate would have it, Slocum,
who lives close by, comes upon the boy. Re-
membering the wrong he has suffered, he de-
termines to let the son of his accuser perish, but
the thought that his daughter loves the boy,
causes him to pick up Bert, who is unconscious,
and carry him home.
At the same moment, carpenters making re-
pairs in Kent's offices, discover the missing bills
in a rat hole. Kent is overcome with remorse
when he learns of how he had wronged his old
friend. He immediately telegraphs to his son in
the mountains requesting him to inform Slocum
of what has occurred.
The telegram reaches Bert's chum just as he
is about to start out with a searching party.
The men finally arrive at Slocum's home where
the missing boy is found. Bert reads the tele-
gram and then hands it to Slocum. While the
man reads the message, Bert,, turning to his
sweetheart, reminds her of her promise.
"THE EXPRESS MESSENGER" (Special-
Two Parts — July ].>).- — Billy, an express mes-
senger, loves Ruth. The z'i^\ is Brent's stenog-
rapher. The boy is ordered to take charge of a
valuable consignment of jewels, which is being
sent to a distant city. Rand, Flint and Burton,
crooks, plan to steal the gems.
Holding up a telegrapher at one of the sta-
tions, the thieves strip him of his uniform, aft^r
which they bind the man. Clad in the telegra-
pher's uniform, Flint later hands Billy a forged
order, bidding him to turn the consignment over
to Flint and return to the city. Suspecting
nothing wrong, the express messenger obeys.
The crook succeeds in stealing the package and
jumping off the train while it is under way, he
returns to the city.
Billy sees the man walking with Rand and
Burton. Puzzled, the boy follows and sees the
men enter a saloon. Meanwhile, the telegraph
operator succeeds in tearing the insulation off
the wires with his teeth, and although bound,
manages to send his story to the office. Billy
learns of how he had been victimized when he
enters Brent's office. In his rage, the manager
discharges the boy.
Remembering he had just seen the thief,
Billy, accompanied by a detective, hastens to
the "saloon. They are seen by Rand and Bur-
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The two thieves head for their rendezvous:
Billy seizes bold of Rand. In the fight which.
ensues, the two fall through a skylight, land-
ing on top of Flint, who has been sorting the^
stolen gems. The crooks are captured after a.
hard battle. In recognition of Billy's work in-
recovering the jewels. Brent reinstates the boy.
■WANTED A.\ HEIR" (July 17).— Desiring,
to ascertain which of his poor relations is.
worthy of inheriting his fortune. Miller invites
them to spend a week with him. Tilly, a coun-
try girl, receives one of the invitations. Kiss-
ing her sweetheart Tom. a young farmer, good
bye, the girl leaves for the city.
Just before his relatives arrive, Miller ex-
changes places with his butler. It is his idea.
that as a servant he can better size up the pros-
pective heirs. The latter arrive and promptly
commence quarreling.
When Tilly appears, her simplicity and un-
affectedness appeal to Miller. Ignorant of caste
barriers, the girl strikes up a friendship with
the "butler," The other relatives regard
her with contempt. The following day, accord-
ing to a prearranged scheme, the "butler" an-
nounces that "Miller" has been stricken with a
contagious disease. All promptly flee with the-
exception of Tilly, who announces her intention
of remaining to take care of her uncle.
Later. Tilly sees the "butler," apparently
burglarizing the safe. In her attempt to cap-
ture the man, she discovers his true identity.
Delighted with the success of his experiment,.
Miller declares that Tilly is to inherit his for-
tune.
Just at this moment, however, Tilly receives;
a package containing a stick of candy and a
letter from Tom. The boy tells her how much
he misses her. Tilly declares that she would
rather go back to her sweetheart in the country
than be an heiress. Miller, unable to see why
she cannot do both, bundles her into his auto
and goes back to the country with Tilly.
"THE FATE OF A SQUAW" (July IS). —
Larkin meets Ethel, the daughter of a miner.
The two fall in love. While setting his traps:
shortly afterwards, Larkin is set upon by a.
band of Indians. A blow on the head robs the
man of his reason.
Wahnura, an Indian maid, comes upon the
trapper and takes him to her people. The girl
nurses him tenderly. Despite his affliction,
Wahnura loses her heart to the white man,
Ethel wonders at her sweetheart's absence. Be-
lieving he no longer loves her, the girl is heart-
broken.
Brown Bear, a Hopi Indian, falls in love with
Wahnura and decides to make her his squaw-
The maid repulses his advances. That day, the
girl goes to the settlement to dispose of some
beadwork. There she meets Dr. Watts. Learn-
ing that he is a "medicine man," Wahnura
brings Larkin to him. The surgeon sees that a
slight operation will restore the trapper to
health and bids Wahnura to return in a week.
At the end of seven days, the Indian girl has-
tens to the settlement. At the same time,.
Brown Bear arrives at the encampment of Wah-
nura's people, where he secures the c:iefs per-
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LU3IN.
TOUGH LUCK (July 14),— Boggs had a bad
breakfast because the cook is sick and he starts
to the office with a full-sized grouch. He kicked
a cripple beggar, who asks for alms, and gets
knocked down in retaliation, and when he fired
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book at him. In the afternoon the typist throws
a fit. He is trying to hold her down and keep
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when the trained nurse tells him it will only
last three weeks longer. He counts the pages
of the calendar, is overcome, and realizes that
he is sitting in the dough that should be the
breakfast biscuit.
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she will receive upon her release. Through the
ministrations of Chaplain Allway of the prison
Marie leaves that institution a reformed and
devout woman. She seeks out the Mortons and
begs for the return of her little son. Robert.
Chaplain Allway urges Morton to release the
child, declaring its possession by Marie means
her soul's redemption. Morton gives back the
boy and Marie, cutting loose from all associa-
tion of the past, makes a home in the West.
Here she marries Banker Harrison, a widower
with a little son, James, about the age of
Robert.
Fifteen years go by. Robert and James grow
to manhood. Robert becomes the cashier of
his step-father's bank and James is elected dis-
trict attorney. Both Robert and James are
suitors tor the hand of Mildred, the daughter of
Judge Early. Mildred gives her heart to Rob-
ert. James, through his jealousy, hates his
fortunate step-brother. Kidd Hogg, a pal of
Marie's criminal days, turns up. He demands
as the price of silence the sum of .$2,000. A
like sum belonging to Judge Early is Riven Har-
rison to keep over night. Marie is tempted to
steal the .$2,000 and rid herself of Kidd, but
rises above the temptation. That night Kidd
enters the Harrison home and steals the money.
Marie, thinking she had heard an unusual
sound, steals down to the room, but finds noth-
ing suspicious. She accidentally drops a jeweled
ornament. Robert, returning late from a social
affair, enters the room and finds the jewel.
He is seen in this room by James. Robert,
finding his mother not yet retired, enters her
room to restore her jewel. Marie, overcome by
the events of the day and night, falls in a faint
and from her bosom flutters the blackmailing
letter of Kid Hogg, which Robert reads.
The next morning when Judge Early and
Mildred arrive to get their money the theft is
discovered. James accuses Robert of the crime
dclariug he had seen him in the room at 3
o'clock in the morning. Robert, overwhelmed
by the conviction that his own mother is the
culprit, refuses to even deny the theft. Even
Mildred's wrath fails to move him. She casts
her engagement ring at his feet and James now
feels certain he will win her hand. Robert is
cast off bv Harrison and the event is kept secret
from Marie. Kid Hogg, celebrating his sudden
wealth, gets drunk and in a quarrel is shot and
fatally wounded. At the hospital he asks for
the district attorney. James comes to his bed-
side and receives as his antemortem confession
the statement that he (Kid) robbed the Harri-
son home. James is now confronted by the
problem of clearing Robert and losing Mildred,
or keeping silent with every probability of win-
ning her hand. James emerges from the strug-
gle a man of honor. He places the confession
in Mildred's hands and thus gains a mighty
victory.
HE WAS BAD (July 14). — Sam Johnson was
never regarded with great respect and usually
got the worst of it. George Spratt cut him out
with Mattie ■Washington. Henry Jefferson
knocked him down when he demanded the re-
turn of a loan of four bits and a bunch of
crapshooters cleaned him out. Then John Bax-
ter gave him a job sharpening razors. George
was the first to see Sam laboring with a hone
and enough razors to cut up the town. He
spread the word that Sam had suddenly gone
"bad" and the excitement ran high. The crap
players returned the money Sam had lost, and
more, too, before he asked tor it. Henry paid
back the four bits and refused to take the
change for a dollar, and Mattie ran all the
way to the Baxter yard to ask him to take her
to the hall. Then Baxter gave him a dollar
and an old dress suit for the job and Sam, with
his easily won reputation for badness put it
all over the others.
THE CROSS OF CRIME (Special— two parts
— July Ifi). — Ernest Halstead, his wife, and
their baby. Emily, are almost destitute in an
Eastern city. The man tries in vain to find
work. Desperate at the thought of his starving
wife and child. Halstead steals a sealed pack-
age of banknotes from an express office. He
eludes the pursuit of the police for a few min-
utes and hides the money. Later, however, he
is captured and taken to the police station. He
manages to slip a note to Leo Croft, a friend,
telling Croft to find the hidden money and give
it to Halstead's wife and also to tell her that he
has hurriedly left for Alaska. Halstead gives
the police the name of John Jones, determined
that his wife and child shall never know of his
crime. Croft, false, keeps the greater part of
the money himself and also saves Halstead's
note. Halstead is sent up and serves five years
of a ten-year sentence in the penitentiary. The
convicts revolt. Halstead saves the warden's
life and as a result he is pardoned. Returning
to his cottage. Halstead finds his wife dying
and hears of Croft's action. With his mother-
less little daughter. Halstead goes West and
starts anew in one of the cities of the Pacific
Coast.
Fifteen years pass. Halstead Is now wealthy
and retired, living at a handsome seaside home.
His daughter is engaged to marry Gordon St.
John, member of a proud and distinguished
family. Then Croft, the only man who knows
the connection between Halstead and Jones, the
latter a jail bird, blows town as a tramp. Croft
B. Franklin:
He's Squizzled at
Tele -Photo- Phone
MARVELOUS DEVICE PROVES ENTIRELY TOO MUCH
FOR THE OLD GENTLEMAN.
Veracious Ben III. is pilot
LEAVES CONVINCED TH.\T HIS KITE AND KEY
CERTAINLY "STARTED" SOMETHING.
By Benjamin Franklin III.
Last night I went down to the offices of the Chariot
Film Corporation, 110 W. 40th Street, New York City,
and ran across the shade of my illustrious ancestor,
Benjamin Franklin I., rubbering at the seeing telephone
machine. I bowed profoundly, and wished him good
evening.
"Why, hello, Ben," he said, sticking out his hand
with the lace cuff on it. "You 'rapped' me the first
thing, didn't you? I didn't suppose anybody would be
on."
"Oh. I was on the very minute I saw you come down
through the skylight," I replied. "This is a hot show,
grand pop, and no show like this would be complete
without yon."
"Well, judging from results, I did turn a rather
clever trick the day I got my kite out and unlocked tiie
lightning with my key," he said, sort of swelling up.
"Many a man has got his kite out since that day wlio
couldn't find his key. and who couldn't unlock anything
with it if be had it," be added, looking wise.
"This is some picture, grand pop." I said.
"Where's Tom Edison, Nick Tesla, Marconi, Alex Bell
and that hunch?" he a.sked.
"Marked absent," I replied. "We've got so many
new electrical wizxes now that we don't need them.
Come on, let's watch the show,"
"Sure," said my illustrious forbear, sitting down
beside me in the projecting room.
"What's that skididdus there?" he asked, as thft
screen showed the photographic apparatus of the tele-
photo -phone.
"That," I replied, with an ah* of superior knowledge,
"is the machine that attaches to the telephone, and
through which you can see the person you are speaking
to."
"And what in the name of George Washington and the
Revolutionary Fathers is a tele-photo-phone?" lie snorted.
"Why. grand pop. is it possible that you don't know
what a tele-photo-phone is? Why. a tele-photo-phone is
— hut wait, look, look at the picture — there it is."
And there was then unfolded to him the working of
the tele -photo- phone, hew it was possible to see through
it, and he actually did see thrown on the screen, the
picture of a convict trying to get into the inventor's
home, the wife telephoning her husband, and then tlie
whole scene enacted in two rooms, miles apart, all seen
through the tele- photo -phone.
"Boy." he demanded, "art joshing me?"
"Nary a josh," I declared. "This show is strictly
on the level." He staggered a bit and grasped me On
the arm. ' .
"Boy," he said, feebly, "break these things to me
gently. The old man's mind isn't as strong as it used
to be. I fear."
My illustrious ancestor just gazed and gazed, pressed
his hand to his forehead and sat back in his chair, he
was so astonished.
He then saw the throwing on of the current for the
working of the tele-photo-phone, and* the different
working.s, all portrayed in the picture.
"Hold on, Ben," he shouted, as the mysteries were
unraveled before his eyes, one by one. "you've got me
hanging on the ropes; I'll go down for the count in a
minute."
Then I explained to him all the wonderful advances
of electricity, such as flatirons run by electricity, bis-
cuits and pies being cooked by electricity, coffee brewed
by the same means, a sewing-machine run the same way.
clocks repilated by it, electric grates burned by elec-
tricity, a fan run by the same power, mUk churned by
electricity, and a moving picture machine operated by
electricity.
Then we saw the photo-gelea box thrown on the
screen, the box that holds the photographic apparatus.
"\rnai sort of an ornithorincthus is that?" he asked,
sorely puzzled.
T told him and he wobbled perceptibly.
Then he saw the tele-photo-phone save the blind wife
of the inventor, saw the despicable villain hurled flpom
the telegraph pole by a streak of lightning, where he was
trying to cut the wires for the demonstration that would
revolutionize the telephone; saw the skunk of a convict
who tried to injure the blind wife get killed by an elec-
trical holt from the skv: and last, the marvelous inven-
tion operating successfully.
"Well, jumping-gee-whillikensl" he exclaimed. "Now.
wouldn't that run a clothespin through your medulla
oblongata?"
When I tried to explain to him the workings of the
moving picture machine and how the pictures were made
and projected he just threw up his hands.
"Can't wait to see it." he said, "Can't stand it any
more; all too wonderful, I'll call again. I must blow
now. Goodbye."
And the shade of my Ulustrlous ancestor disappeared
through the skylight, humming
"This is the life
This is the life for me."
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recognizes Halstead and proceeds to blackmail
him. The strain is too much for Halstead's
broken system. He dies, his last word being a
solemn charge to Jenkins, his faithful old serv-
ant, to protect Emily from the blackmailer,
.lenkins carries out his trust at the sacrifice
of his own life, dragging Croft to death with
him. The girl never knows that her father was
a convict. . St. John discovers the truth, but
reveals the strength of his character in a con-
vincing way.
THE LIE (July 17).— Tom Phillips and son,
Bobbie, live in a cabin in the woods. Phillips
is a hunter and trapper. While he is away
Bobbie does a little hunting and trapping of his
own and his father, finding some of his traps
wrong and gun dirty, asks Bobbie about it.
Bobbie lies and his father says nothing further.
Later he catches Bobbie red-handed and Bobbie
confesses all. Phillips gets a heavy switch and
takes Bobbie indoors. When he comes out with
the boy in his arms there is evidence that Bob-
bie has had a severe licking. Bobby has learned
his lesson "never to lie" pretty well. A mil-
lionaire buys up most of Phillips' hunting
ground for a private preserve and establishes
game wardens. Also signs not to trespass. It
angers Phillips, who poaches despite the warn-
ing. The head warden is suspicious of Phillips
and trails him. There is a fight at a distance
and Phillips, wounded in the arm, gets home.
He hides, telling Bobbie not to tell where he is.
Bobbie is perplexed and when the wardens ar-
rive Bobbie is in a quandary. He finally tells
the truth, remembering the lesson his father
taught him, and his father is taken in hand.
His father is dragged out by the under warden
while the head warden tells Bobbie in answer
to his question that his father will go to jail.
Bobbie gives a cry and rushes out. followed by
the warden. Outside he sobs out his heart in
his father's arms and his father forgives him,
telling him he did right. The warden inquires
the reason when Bobbie pleads with him and,
learning about the lie. thinks that both have
learned a lesson. He tells Phillips he will re-
lease him if he gets away and, for the boy's
sake, he promises. At dawn we see them pass-
ing down the trail to a new life.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW f.Tuly IS).— Bob
Hulburt is detained at the office and comes
home in the small hours of the morning, Ida,
his wife, has been sitting up waiting for him.
When he shows up she drives him from the
room, and he is oliiliged to sleep on the settee
in the hall. Next morning things are so cold
about the house that the coffee fairly freezes
in the cups. Ida complains to her mother; so
does Bob. Mrs. Maynard reminds Bob that Ida
is very inquisitive. He takes the hint, and when
at dinner he receives a letter, he does the
heavy tragedy and runs from the house show-
ing the letter to everybody he meets. Ida fol-
lows aflame with curiosity. At last Bob gets
home again and shows Ida the letter. It is a
bill for five tons of coal. Ida starts in to
break the dinner china over his head but her
mother appears on the gcene and squares things
all around.
ALL FOR LOVE (July 18).— Eileen Spinach,
the belle of Dutch Gulch; meets Fritz Schultz.
the Beau Brummel of the rockies. Fritz
squints; Eileen smiles; Fritz falls. Then Roar-
ing Boh, a cowpuncher from Red Eye, arrives
and strolls out with his sweetheart, Eileen.
He leaves her for a moment to secure some
cigars. Beau Brummel Schultz. with oily mien,
slides up to little Eileen and speaks his mouth
out. The terror of Red Eye returns and with
guns ablaze and starts to write his name in
lead upon the anatomy of the masher.
Shirtless Homes, the detective, comes into
town, calls upon Chief Small, introduces him-
self and creates a sensation. The chief, whose
trouble over a gunman badly wanted, has caused
him to sleep badly, then produces a photo for
the peerless gaze of Homes. Shirtless swears
to bring in the man and while snooping he
observes Fritzie and Bobbie and starts after
them;
There is a riot call, turned in via phone,
which stops an interesting crap game. The
officer arrives in time to save Fritzie's life
from the spurting guns of Bob. As the cloud
of smoke clears away Shirtless, upon his steed,
rushes madly away. Bob is "pinched," Fritz
is absorbed bv other members of the police
force and together. Bob and Fritz, behind the
bars of justice, cry out their lament.
MELIES.
A DISCOLORED ROMANCE (July 7).— Joe
and Dave, who room together, are both madly in
love with Marion, the daughter of a wealthy
gentleman. She leads them both on. thereby
having a glorious time. Before calling on Mar-
ion one evening, Joe falls asleep. Dave, think-
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with shoe polish. Having finished the job Dave
takes a nap, and Joe decided to do the same to
Dave, not knowing it has been done to himself.
They both call on Marion at different hours that
evening and get anything but a cordial welconae,
being kicked out and landing in a heap on the
front steps. Upon returning to their rooms,
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the announcement of Marions engagement to
Sir George Rawlins, her father's choice.
THE HOLE IX THE WALL (July S).— Wal-
ter Atkin visits his fiancee, Isabel Olney, bring-
ing her a precious jewel. This excites the cu-
pidity of the butler who determines to steal it.
Something upsets Walter's usual calm nature
and he brutally attacks a colored servant and
Isabel's favorite dog. He is ordered from the
house, but, being madly in love 'R'ith Isabel, he
determines to see her once more. He cuts a
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someone trying to steal the jewel, rushes to
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her recovery tells of her frightful experience.
Walter has the butler arrested. Reconciliation
takes place and later Walter admits it was he
who was trying to force an entrance just to see
her once again.
GOOD FORTUXATE'S TARDY SMILE (July
9). — Thos Rolland & Co do a very large busi-
ness due to the cleverness of Mr RoUands young
assistant, George Jennings. Jennings is in love
with RoUands daughter and has the old man's
consent until he becomes jealous of Jenning's
business ability. He informs Jennings that the
man his daughter marries must have at least
$2O,0CH), a fifth part of the Jjwry he intends to
give his daughter Jennings, knowing it will be
a long time before he gel* this amount, becomes
despondent and tries suicide by lying on a rail-
road track. Just as he is about to be crushed
by the oncoming train he is saved by Rolland,
who proved to be a hero, realized how important
the young man is to his business and gladly
consents to the young people's marriage.
A ROYAL SURVIVOR (Special— Two Farts —
July 91. — A stranger was wrecked and thrown
up unconscious on the coast of Finisterre. When
consciousness returned his memory had fled. He
was taken in and adopted by a kindly Breton
fisherman. He grew to love the daughter, Annie,
and she returned his affection. One day a
newspaper fell into his hands. There was an
announcement that the Court of Gailistre had
gone into mourning. Month before. Prince Otto
Christian had gone upon a voyage and the ship
had been lost. The words Otto Christian was
the key the stranger had vainly sought. He
communicated with his people and a few days
later court officials came and he left for home.
Away amid the rejoicing of his home circle he
missed the little maid who had become so dear
to him. He finally reached a decision which
brought joy to him and to the little girl sitting
disconsolate in the house by the sea. Renounc-
ing his right to the succession. Otto became
"Prince Charming" in real life and married
Annie.
A FRIEXD'S FORGIVEXESS ( Special— Two
Parts — July 11). — Mr. Gamber. though fond of
his wife, was one of those men who do not be-
lieve in showing affection ; he was willing to
do anything for her and to make any sacrifice,
but he would not make those protestations of
love that, to some women, are almost more dear
than love itseif. He trusted her so implicitly
that he could not imagine any wrong in her, and
so he unintentionally threw her in the way of
Jack Sands. She allowed Jack to pay her at-
tention and soon began to traverse the down-
ward path that ends in shame. One day the
news came that Jack had been killed by a mo-
tor car. Jennie Gamber was in despair. She
had written letters to Jack which, if discovered,
would mean her ruin. The letters were found
by Jack's widow, who, though heartbroken at
her husband's deception, generously forgave
Mrs. Gamber and handed her back the letters.
It. however, was a lesson which Jennie never
forgot.
GEORGE KLEINE.
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involves him in a street brawl. Othello ar-
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favor and restoration of his rank through Des-
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Cassio, unsuspicious of treachery, obtains an
interview with Desdemona. lago lures Othello
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Othello, seeing the gesture, questions his en-
sign, whereupon the latter instills the poison
of jealousy into his master's ears, making him
to doubt Desdemona's relations with Cassio ;
the doubt intensified when the lady, in the kind-
ness of her heart, intervenes for Cassio. Hence-
forward, lago loses no opportunity to do his
best to add to his master's jealousy. He pro-
cures by st:ealth a handkerchief given by Othello
to Desdemona. and causes it to be found In
Cassio's possession.
Othello becomes convinced that his wife h^
been untrue to him. He determines upon her
death and charges his supposed friend. lago,
with the task of dispatching Cassio. Nothing
loathe, lago embroils Cass:o in a n'eht onibu
with Roderigo, a former suitor of Desdemona,
entangled in the meshes of lago. Cassio wounds
Roderigo. lago desire the death of both, and so
unseen, stabs Cassio. Meanwhile Othello goes
to the bedchamber of Desdemona and smothers
her to death. Emilia, wife of lago and the de-
voted servant of Desdemona, proves to Othello
that his wife that he has just murdered, is in-
nocent, lago kills Emilia. Othello wounds
lago. then kills himself. Cassio, who still lives.
is advanced to the government of Cyprus and
lago is reserved for a lingering torture.
ESSANAY.
"SWEEDIE THE SWATTER" (July 13).— Mrs.
Highstrung's maid leaves her at a very in-
opportune time, as she has just received a tele-
gram from some friends that they will arrive
in the city in time for luncheon. Jim, the hired
man, tells her of a good Swedish cook and Mrs.
Highstrung sends him post haste after her.
The new maid absolutely cannot rook, and the
meal she prepares arouses the ire of Mrs. High-
strung, who attempts to discharge her. The
antics of the cook trying to evade the mistress
and her guests are screamingly funny.
'■'T TT-TE T^OOT O^ THE H'LL" M"v 14K
— Great-grandfather Huxley, an old soldier, is
neglected by his grandson and wife. He feels
he is in the way and seriously contemplates
suicide. One night while the grandson's wife is
giving a party, the house catches fire and the
old man rescues their children from the burn-
ing building. The grandson and his wife realize
just how much the old man is to them and
they do all in their power to make his last
davs happy.
THE FABX.E OF "NAPOLEON AND THE
BUMFS" (July 1.5).— He was too big for this
world when a Phrenologist told him he was a
modern Napoleon. He tried to stop the traffic
and the crossing policeman raised a beautiful
billiard ball on his ivory dome. His wife
tested the new china, she got with coffee certi-
ficates, on his head, and it was a whipped
Napoleon that begged for mercy. He certainly
had met his Waterloo. The situations are
screaminglv funny.
"SNAKESVILLE'S NEW WAITRESS" (July
16). — Sophie Clutts secures a position at the
Snakeville Hotel as waitress. The men forget
their food for Sophie's soothing talk and win-
ning manner, until she finally puts the hotel
on the blink. The way the men try to win her
is delightfully comical.
"BRONCHO BILLY PUTS ONE OVER (July
IS). — Broncho Billy is a foreman on Roger
Newman's hanch and is in love with his daugh-
ter. Mae. Newman finds this out, discharges
Broncho Billy and sends Mae to visit her
brother in the East. Broncho Billy kidnaps
Mae from the stage coach and they marry,
squatting on Newman's land. Newman finds
this out — not that Broncho has married Mae,
but that he has squatted on his land. He in-
tends to get even, so takes Mae's pony and puts
it in Broncho Billy's corral. He then accuses
Broncho Billy of horse stealing, but is non-
plussed when he finds that Mae and Broncho
Billy are married. Mae saying : "And, besides,
father, a man wouldn't steal his own wife's
horse." Newman forgives them and the story
ends happily.
'■HIS STOLEN FORTUNE" (Special— Two
Parts — July IT). — Frank Wentworth. a young
adventure-seeking American, is left a vast for-
tune by a deceased uncle. After enjoying it for
six months and engaging himself to a charming
society belle, he discovers a letter from his
uncle, confessing that the fortune was stolen
from a poor Pole, named Max lUuski. and
charging Frank with the responsibility of re-
turning it to lUuski or his heirs. Frank in-
serts an ad in two or three of the city's lead-
in? daili-s. explaining th= situation. Mrs.
Holcombe. Frank's prospective mother-in-law,
dennun^ps him publi Iv. and the newsnaper~; ex-
pose the will and letter left by his uncle.
Illuskies seem to bloom in every street and
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the fact that he is the real lUuskl and heir to
the fortune. Franli's experience in attempting
to return the fortune to the proper heir Is the
foundation for a most thrilling twenty-four
hour experience, and when he is exhausted and
finally eludes everybody, he Is captured by an
attorney for the estate, who tells him that the
letter was merely a test of bis honesty, and
that he is rightfully the sole heir to the for-
tune. All ends happily as Frank claims his
sweetheart for his wife, and mother forgives.
BIOGRAPH.
THE BOILER-MAKER'S DAT OF REST
(July 6). — Tom Hammer, the boiler-maker, goes
oft the night shift to go home for his day's
' sleep. On arriving at his home he finds a note
from his wife, telling him she will be away for
the day. Tom is left to the mercy of the install-
ment man, the iceman, the gas inspector, etc.,
until, in distraction, he seeks the boiler factory,
where he sleeps soundly to the accompaniment
of familiar noises.
EVA, THE CIGARETTE GIRL (July6).—
Clarence Chical tries to lure Eva's love with an
apple. She scorns the gift and him with it. Eva
and two girl chums steal away to a secluded
place to smoke a cigarette. A villain of the
deepest dye is lurking near. He steals Eva and
carries her away to his mountain shack, there
to torture her with snakes. Clarence is informed
of the dastardly deed and rushes to the rescue.
He saves the proud beauty who repays him with
her true love.
A ROMANCE OF THE PUEBLO (July 9).—
Many are the tales, both legendary and roman-
tic, told of the dwellers of the ancient pueblo
of Laguna, New Mexico, and this story of the
love of a Pueblo brave for the daughter of ah
Apache chief is not only one of absorbing in-
terest but extremely poetic, having been made
among the old adobe huts, many of which were
erected over three hundred years ago.
HER PRIMITIVE MODEL (July 11).— In the
beginning man's equality was an ethical doc-
trine, but we seem to have grown out of that as
time has progressed. In truth, the same feeling
exists today that did when the world began, and
illustrations in a light vein of the brute's mas-
tery over the weak, to be in turn mastered by
the weak, where the rod of rule is love.
PATHE'S WEEKLY, NO, 43. 1914 (July 1).—
New London, Conn. — Yale-Harvard Varsity Boat
Race on the Thames River.
Amsterdam. Holland. — The Danish Sovereign
accompanied by Queen Wilhelmina visit the city
and pass in review the Guard of Honor, and are
conducted to the Royal Palace.
Portland, Oregon. — Rose Festival.
Wendover, Utah. — Completing the last "Gap"
of the first long distance telephone line between
New York and San Francisco.
Madrid, Spain. — Theodore Roosevelt arrives
to attend the wedding of his son, Kermlt, to
Miss Belle Willard.
Fall River, Mass. — Fourth annual open air
Horse Show.
Portland, Oregon. — Auto races, Portland Auto-
mobile Club, Rose City Speedway.
Valencia, Spain. — Monsignor Guisasola, Bishop
of Valencia, who has just been ordained Cardi-
nal.
Hammondsport, N. Y. — Launching of Rodman
Wanamaker's trans-Atlantic flyer "America."
New York Polo Grounds. — Giants-Cincinnati
Game, Saturday. June i'O. l'J14. Attendance. 35,-
(XK).
Picture Theaters Projecteci.
FRESNO, CALF. — T. C. White is planning to build a two-story theater
building, 9.5 by 150 feet, to cost ?10,000.
WILMINGTON, DEL.— Wallace E. Hance, 204 West 24th street, is
preparing plans for a one-story moving picture theater, 35 by 120 feet,
to cost $20,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Palace Amusement Company are having plans
prepared for a two-story moving picture theater, 50 by 147 feet, to cost
»20.000.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Joseph Donicale is having plans prepared for
a one-story moving picture theater, 24 by 45 feet, to cost $4,000.
WASHlNCrrON, D. C— Thomas P. Moore, 10th and D streets, N. W.,
contemplates building a one-story moving picture theatre, to cost
$12,000.
ALTON, ILL. — Paul Armstrong is having plans prepared for a modern
moving picture theater. Work will probably begin early in July.
AUGUSTA, ILL. — Charles Heslip contemplates the erection of a new
moving picture theater here.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. — The Bloomington Amusement Company is hav-
ing plans prepared for the erection of a new moving picture theater.
CHICAGO, ILL. — Anton Charvai, ISOl South Ashland avenue, is pre-
paring plans for a one-story moving picture theater, 25 by 120 feet, to
cost $12,000.
CHICAGO, ILL. — Edward Kounousky Is having plans prepared for a
one-story theater and store building, 97 by 125 feet, to cost, $45,000.
CARROLLTON, ILL. — Augustus Hoermann is having plans prepared
for a moving picture theater.
MURPHYSBORO, ILL. — Walter Tilford is having alterations made to
his theater building. The improvements will cost about $20,000.
SULLIVAN, ILL. — F. 0. Schloeser and Walter Warren of Mt. Vernon,
111., are having plans prepared for a modern moving picture theater.
FT. WAYNE, IND. — ^Wile Brothers, East Columbia avenue, have
awarded the contract to Henry Kaiser, 172S Sky Run avenue, for the
• erection of a two-story theater, store and office building, 75 by 130 feet,
to cost $50,000.
NEW HAMPTON, lA. — Plans are now under way by local Interest for
the erection of a new opera house to cost $30,(XX). Moving pictures are
to be exhibited in connection with high-class vaudeville,
SHEFFIELD, lA. — The commercial building occupied by Hunter &
Wartnably has been purchased by C. C. Carhart. As soon as the neces-
sary alterations are completed, the house will be operated as a high-
class meving picture theater.
EMPORIA, KANS. — P. J. Concannon is planning to remodel his mov-
ing picture theater. The improvements will cost about $4,000.
OTTAWA, KANS. — George P. Washburn & Son have prepared plans
to convert store building into a modern moving picture theater to cost
$5,000. Lessee, Dawson Gilly.
NEWPORT, KY. — The Colonial Theater at 9th and Monmouth streets,
will build an addition to their building and make extensive alterations,
costing $10,000.
PADUCAH, KY. — Rodney C. Davis and Rankin Kirkland are plan-
ning to build a new theater on the site now occupied by the Kozy
Theater. The new structure will measure 26 by 150 feet, and have
seating capacity of 500. A Wurlitzer pipe 'organ will be among the
equipm«^ts of the theater.
BALTIMORE. MD. — Jarden Theater Company, C. E. Whitehurst.
president, 210 East Lexington street, are having plans prepared for a
$300,000 theater building.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Daly Amusement Company are planning the erec-
tion of a $25,000 theater structure.
BOSTON, MASS. — Olympia Theater Company are having plans pre-
pared for a two-story theater building, to cost $200,000.
DETROIT, MICH. — Bigelow Estate will erect a one-story theater, 98
by 39 feet.
DETROIT, MICH.— William F. Klatt. 1106 Union Trust building. Is
planning to build a two-story theater' and office building, 90 by 2(K) feet.
ST. ^AUL, MINN. — St. Paul Amusement Company are having plans
and specifications prepared tor a modern moving picture theater to be
erected in the near future.
SPRINGFIELD, MO.— George Olendorf expects to open an airdome
early in July.
ST. LOUIS. MO. — Middle West Amusement and Construction Company,
Chemical building, are having sketches prepared for a three-story the-
ater building, to cost $25,000.
LEWISTOWN, MONT. — Slater Brothers will shortly commence work
on their new three-story theatre building, 50 by 90 feet, to cost $35,000.
FREMONT, NEB. — N. J. Johnson, Ames, Neb., will build an addition
to his theater to cost $6,000.
OMAHA, NEB. — Frank L. Barnes and others are interested in a
project to erect an airdome here.
BAYONNE, N. J.— Alfred Voss, Tompkinsville, S. I., N. Y., will erect
a two-story amusement building, 50 by 75 feet.
JERSEY CITY, N. J. — Frederick Hensell, 809 Savage street, contem-
plates, in the fall, building a two-story moving picture theater, to cost
$50,000.
NEW YORK, N. Y.— A. T. McKegney, 2468 Devoe street, has awarded
the contract to the Acme Metal Ceiling Co., 512 East 11th street, for
alterations to his moving picture theater, to cost $6,000.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. — Marcus Building Company, 1770 Park place, will
expend about $10,000 tor alterations and an addition to their moving
picture theater.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — ^Westland Amusement Corporation, 601 Broadway,
New York city, are planning the erection of a one-story moving picture
theater, 103 by 107 feet, to cost $25,000.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — David Meyer, 564 44th street, is having plans pre-
pared for a one-story moving picture theater, 50 by 1(X) feet, to cost
$10,000. .
BROOKLYN, N Y. — Morris Horowitz, 1644 Eastern Parkway, con-
templates the erection in the fall of a modern moving picture theater.
LONG ISLAND CITY, L. I., N. Y.— W. E. Paynter, Bridge Plaza, will
erect a three-story theater building, 118 by 120 feet, to cost $200,(XX).
OGDENSBURG, N. Y. — W. H. Daniels, Postoffice Building, is having
plans prepared for a one-story theater and store building, 75 by lf>5 feet.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.— Emil Wentzel, 1 Ocean street, will erect a
two-story moving picture theater, dance hall and bowling alley, 48 by
68 feet.
CLEVELAND, O. — Isadore Weber, Front street, is having plans pre-
pared for a two-story moving picture theater and apartment house, 29
by 144 feet, to cost $14,000.
CINCINNATI. O. — Clifton Amusement Company has awarded the con-
tract to the Ohio Building and Construction Company, 1434 Main street,
for the erection of a one-story theater building, 50 by 125 feet, to cost
$30,000.
COSHOCTON, O. — F. D. Jacobs is having plans prepared for the erec-
tion of a modern theater structure to be known as the New Cinderella
Theater.
NORMAN, OKLA. — Patrick Barry has leased a part of the postoffice
building, which he is having fitted up for the purpose of exhibiting
moving pictures.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— The hall building, 2023-25 North 17th street,
southeast comer of Fontain street, lot 40 by 89 feet, has been sold by
Harry Weinreich to Elizabeth P. George, subject to a mortgage of
$7,500. The building has been used as a moving picture theater and is
known as the Star Theater. Its assessed valuation is $15,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The Central Moving Picture Theater, Nos.
412-414 Market street, has been conveyed by the East Market Street
Realty Company to Morris Ritch for $15,000. subject to a mortgage of
$112,300. It is on a lot 30 by 113.3 feet and is assessed for $90,000.
The property was conveyed several months ago by Oscar J. Bamberger
to the East Market Street Realty Company for a nominal consideration,
recorded subject to mortgages amounting to $85,000.
PHIL.\DELPHIA, PA.— The Baltimore Theater, located at 5026 and
5028 Baltimore avenue, has been sold by Barrist & Co. for Nucom Kenin,
representing Charles Segall to John Bright, for an undisclosed consid-
eration, subject to mortgages of $24,300.
POTTSTOWN, PA. — H. D. Saylor is planning the erection of a one-
story theater building. 60 by 90 feet, to cost $10,000.
READING, PA. — Mrs. Mary A. Ernst, 701 North 8th street, has let
the contract to George A. Koch, 1024 Robeson street, for the erection of
a one-story moving picture theatre, 40 by 70 feet, to cost $4,000.
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UNIVERSAL IKE.
A CASE OX THE DOCTOR (June 23).— A
young lady doctor causes all the trouble in
Alkali flats. Up to this time the town had never
awakened. Then Louise arrived. Therj was
just two hitels in town, one owned by a widow
and the other by the mother of Universal Ike,
Jr. Louise set out for the widow's hotel. But
before she arrived her coming was heralded
and every cowboy in the town had engaged a
room there. When she went to register every
room in the place was taken. So she went to
Ike's hotel, engaged a room and hung out her
shingle.
Young Ike was the first who becam? ill.
Louise was called. B\it no sooner did Ike be-
come ill than every other man in the town
was overtaken with one kind of si-^kness or an-
other. Louise did her best to tenderly care for
each of them.
Then the village housewife began to scent
something wrong. They went to the hotel in a
body. They called in a" horse doctor. N'o borsj
doctor ev^r ruined so much romance in so short
a time. Louise and the veterinary e'oped to-
gether.
UNIVERSAL 1KB, JR.. AND THE VAMPIRE
(June 30). — After a long spell of quietude at
Alkali Flat things began lo brighten up. Horse-
thieves drove a number of stock away. The men
folks organized a posse. Although ike was not
married he. like the others, found the business
of chasing horse-thieves rather restful.
While the posse was camped in an old river
bed, Zingara, a beautiful gypsy girl, and her
father drove their wagon into the camp and
were invited to put up there tor the night. Zin-
gara made a hit with the cowboys. They for-
got all about the horse-thieves. They gave her
all the little personal trinkets they carried,
yet neither of them could aver that he was the
fortanate' man, Ike alone remained untouched
— at least he thought he was untouched.
Finally Zingara's father ruled that the man
who gave him the most money would get ihe
girl. Ike was made custodian of the spoils.
Then young Ike did a grevious thing. He tell
in love with Zingara, listened to her sweet voice
and eloped with her and her father, and the
goods which were left already in his trust. Then
Zingara did a grevious thing. One morning at
about three o'clock she and her father backed
up and left Ike asleep on the desert with only
his burro to carry Jiim to the nearest water-
hole.
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR.. BEARLY WON HER
(June 16). — Dad goes to get some money; but
the beehives are empty. There is a great con-
fusion until Ma finds some hair in the hive.
The sheriff, meanwhile, is searching for crimi-
nals. He meets Ma and Pa, sees the hair, de-
cides the thieves and his prey are the same
and seeks aid.
Ike asks for Louise's hand. Dad says his
son-in-law must have a reputation. Ike decides
that he will find the thieves and cover himself
with glory. The sheriff and his deputy are mis-
taken by Ike for the robbers and great is the
confusion that ensues. Meanwhile, three lively
bears have returned to the scene of their
depredations, the hives. Finding no more sweets
they climb through a window in Louise's house.
Trouble ensues. Finally Ike bravely ties up the
beasts with a sheet and then threatens to turn
them loose on the community again unless Dad
consents to the wedding. Needless to say, Dad
can't back out.
POWERS.
THE PEARL OF THE SEA fjuly 2>. — Myra
Benson has two lovers. Fat Dal ton, a hard-
working young fisherman, and Captain Dyson,
of the Fish Patrol. An order issued forbid-
ding the fishermen from using seines. Myra's
father, heing poor, breaks the law and is fined
$100. His boat is confiscated. Capt. Dyson
offers to pay the fine if Myra will marry him.
She refuses. She loves Pat. Pat buys a new
boat, secures a permit for "Myra Benson," pays
old Benson's fine, and gives him the new craft
and license. A month later the lovers are mar-
Tied and sail away on a pale pink sea as the
picture fdes.
THE SEVERED HAND (Three Parts— July
17 )_ — The Severed Hand, a society of Italian
criminals and blackmailers, swear to kill Danny
Dawson, who has turned traitor. Dawson has a
daughter. Nan. whom he mistreats. One day
while he is beating her. he is overtaken by
the rector and bis nephew. Dick Ralston. Rals-
lon punishes Dawson. Nan is taken in as 'a
member of the rector's houhehold. At inter-
vals, every time Ehiwson catches his da-ugfit&r
aloae, he beats her until Nan makes the threat
that if he returns again she will kill him. :
One night while Dawson is looking for his
daughter he is followed by Guinio and Pietro,
members of the Severed Hand Society. From
a distance Nan sees the Italians kill him. The
murderers escape. She runs to her dead parent.
A moment afterwards Dick Ralston and the rec-
tor arrive on the scene. In view of her recent
oath, they believe she is guilty. Although Rals-
ton loves her, she cannot convince him of her
innocence. To save herself from sunering for
a crime, her innocence of which she cannot
prove. Nan escapes with Guinio and Pietro.
After a lapse of ten years, Nan is known as
the Countess Messina. She is a secret agent in
the employ of the Severed Hand Society. She
maintains herself in splendor and has culti-
vated the bad habits of a certain class of Eu-
ropean aristocracy.
Dick Ralston is now chief of a division of
the secret service assigned to round up the
members of the Severed Hand Society. There is
to be a ball at a foreign embassy. Nan at-
tends for the purpose of stealing certain valu-
able documents from Captain Korsloff of the
Russian embassy. Ralston's men are already
on the trail. Nan lures Korsloff to her apait-
ments and there drugs him and steals the pa-
pers. For additional security she then goes in
hiding in a foreign quarter of the city, Rals-
ton and his men come to the apartments to
arrest her and find her gone. A woman whom,
however, can- render the most cleverly laid plans
useless. Cooped up with Guinio and Pietro, she
runs out of cigarettes. The ordinary brands
of cigarettes do not suit her taste and she
sends her maid to her apartment for a stock
of her own material, Ralston and bis men
follow the maid back.
The secret service men force their way into
the hiding place. As a last resort. Guinio re-
leases a cask of deadly fumes in the room.
Ralston and Nan recognize each other sim-
ultaneously. All are being overcome uy the
fumes when Nan drags Ralston to the open
window and compels him to inhale the: fresh
air. Guino is overcome, but his last effort is
Fin attempt to shoot Ralston. Nan anticipates
his move and kills him at a single shot. In
return for saving Ralston's life Nan goes free
and her old life is wiped out and forgotten
when she marries Ralston.
GOLD SEAL.
LUCILLE LOVE. THE GIRL OF MYSTERY
(No. 11— June 2o).^\Vhen Lucille escapes from
Hugo Loubeque's Mexican ranch, where she was
held prisoner, she falls into a veritable hotbed
of revolutionary activity. While hiding from a
troop of rebel soldiers she overhears a number
of Mexicans ploting against an American ranch-
man. Out of sympathy for her countrymen she
hurries to them and tells them of the danger
which threatens. Instantly the cowboys fiy to
arms and meet the advancing soldiers. In the
height of a fierce battle, with schrapnel and
bombs bursting about her. Lucille is grabbed
from her horse by a Mexican and carried away
from the scene of battle to a strange hacienda,
which is used as a base of operations by the
Mexican troops in the vicinity.
An instant after Lucille is locked in a prison
room she looks out of the window and sees an
automobile approaching. In that automobile is
Hugo Loubeque, and with a sinking heart she
realizes that it was through his activity that
she is again in his power. In a spirit of hope-
less desperation which lends her the strengtli
of a man. the girl wields a heavy bottle in the
air and strikes her Mexican guard senseless. In
order to perfect her plan of escape, which she
so suddenly conceived, she dresses herself in the
.Mexican clothes. Before she can leave the
room, however, a second soldier enters and it is
not until she disables him that she makes her
escape from the house. Once outside she jumps
into Loubeque's automobile and dashes away.
In the meantime the Mexican position has
been atacked by Federals. With soldiers mov-
ing in two directions during the progress of
battle. Lucille glides the machin'* toward the
/ raerican border. She is hofly pursued by a
detachment of cavalry, but she outdistances the
horsemen and arrives at the American military
V'eadquarters in safety. The oflBcers listen to
her story and aid her with money and clothes.
Now that she has thrown off Loubeque's power
Lu:'ille's first thought is of the papers which
sMe hid in the spy's San Francisco home, and
'ihe sets out to gpt possession of ihem. While
pn route to San Francisco bv train sh<? is rec-
oenized by Thompson, one of Loubeque's prln-
''ipal confederates. Thompson telegiaphs Lou-
beque of the girl's movements, and is Instructed
bv Loubeque to allow Lucille to en:er his home
without interference, but that when she is once
inside to hold her prisoner. Little suspecting
that the spy knows" of -trer movements. Lucille
disguises herself and enters Loubeque's house
t'l get the papers. She finds the papers, but a
p^oment before she leaves, the room in which
she is in hiding sinks to the celar. and she finds
herself trapped and Hugo Loubeque awaiting
VICTOR.
HER RAGGED KNIGHT (Two Parts— July
?.). — Bob Warburton, mu:^h against his will, is
made the guardian of a young girl, whom he
has never seen. His lawyer saves him consider-
able embarrassment and responsibility by giv-
ing the girl over to the keeping of an elderly
spinster. This spinster is narrow-minded and
unbearable. Flo proceeds to make life unen-
durable to her. and she finally decides to take
her to her guardian. Eliza, the spinster, writes
to Bob. informing him of her coming. How-
ever, before they arrive. Bob flees to the coun-
try, instructing his lawyer to tell his ward
that he has gone to Europe. Flo and Eliza
return home. Flo disapointed and the spinster
angry. Eventualy, Boh turns up in the neigh-
borhood, amusing himself with fishing, but un-
aware that his ward lives so close.
Bob decides that the creek is better for swim-
ming purposes than fishing, and so takes a diiv
His clothes are stolen by a tramp. He, in
turn, steals the clothes from a s:-are^row. Flo
meets him, and, in pity, secures him a job on
the farm. Bob soon finds himself in love with
the girl. When he discovers his relationship t)
her there is considerable surprise ; but love
makes all the difference in th^ world_
OUT OF THE VALLEY (July 13)'.— Bud Os-
borne, sheriff, is brutal by nature and as a re-
sult of his associations with criminals his out-
look is sordid ; he has no ideals or faith in m:n
The only thing good that he owns is a wife and
baby. Jack Lacy is wanted for the killing of
a gambler at Cripple Creek. He shot tt** cian
in self-defense and escaped because the case
against him looked bad. Lacy is now waiting
for the arrival of his wife, who is coming West
with an emigrant train. Osborne is offered a
reward of Sl/iOO if he wil capture Lacy. He
needs the money and so arrests Lacy.
Wliile the sheriff and his prisoner are re-
turning to town they are attacked by Indians.
Osborne is wounded. Lacy saves him. " Th>
Indian uprising is general and the emigrant
train in whi h Mrs, Lacy is traveling is like-
wise attacked. However, the emigrant^ suc-
cessfu:iy rt pel the Indians. While Lacy Is
helping the wounded Osborne alone b - meets
the emigran" train. Lacy's first thought is of
his wife and he leaves the sheriff to find her.
When Osborne recovers his strength he thinks
of his prisoner and of the handsome reward
for his capture He inquires after Lacy- and
goes to arrest him. Pushing back the flap of
the wagon Osborne looks inside. He set^s a
young woman on a straw mattress with a baby
on her breast and over the woman an 1 baby
is bending Lacy the outlaw. Osborne mounts
his horse and rides home to his own family.
FRONTIER.
'■THE RANGER'S REWARD" (July 19).—
Arthur is ordered by the head ranger to pro-
ceed to the Hole in the Wall country, and not
to return from there until he has captured
Smiling Joe, apparently an insane bandit. Joe,
however, is a normal being, when he i - cap-
tured by Arthur He schemes for his liberty.
J^e s-es Arthur looking at "^ portraif o^ a youn '
girl in his watch case. He tells Arthur that
the girl whose photo he is carrying is his
daughter. He elaborate^: and tel s of his once
owning a smal ran:;h in this region, how his
home was destroyed and he was driven out by
the cattlemen. At the conclusion of tb*^ tale.
Arthur decide=; to set him free again, but on
further thought takes him back to headquar-
ters. He then coes to Dolly's home and tells
her of his having arrested her father. Toe
makes a getaway from the ranger's office. Par-
sued he takes refuge in Dolly's hnme. Put the
rangers trace him and once again he is cap-
tured. Joe see=: Dolly and Arthur to-etber a'^d
gives Arthur th? laugh fo.- having fallen for
his untrue story. And as it happens Dolly's
real father returns unexpectedly f om the East.
IMP.
THE UNIVERSAL BOY (S*»rip=; No. 1— July
Ifi). — In this piece, Matty Roubert is intro-
duced to us whie he is still in bed of a morn-
ing. After going through his usual morning
exercises, eating his breakfast and receiving
his li^ssons from the private tutor, he departs
for the Imp studio. For Mattv is an actor. A'
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stars. King Baggot. William Shav and Frank
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Father consents. Matty climbs into a bie auti>
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the first row in a box at th^ Polo grounds.
Here the Giants are ' warming up." Matty,
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THE RENUNCIATION (Two Parts— July 15).
— John, a young prospector, is dying in the
desert having lost his way and run out of
water. He is rescued by Father Francisco, -yjio
takes him to the Mission where he is cared for
and nursed back to health. Later, john~leaves
the Mission and after a month's searching,
strikes gold. Deeply grateful to the monks for
their kindness, he desires to become one of th^m
himself ; he makss over all his property to the
Mission. The monks try to shake this deter-
mination, but John, having suffered at the
hands of Rita, a mean flirt, is steadfast.
Alice Martens, discouregad at her supposed
father's cruelty, goes through her dead mother's
trunk and comes upon an old packet of letters.
From one of them she learns that Martense is
only her foster father and that the monks at
the Xarier Mission had frequently befriended
her dead father. Alice packs her few belong-
ings, slips past her foster father, and starts
out for the Mission to learn more, if possible.
about her dead parents. Unaware of th^ hard-
Bhlp of the trip, she failed to provide herself
with sufllcient water and when she arrives she
Is In a critical condition. She is hou:-:ed in
old Maria's hut and here she makes an impas-
sioned appeal to the Monks. They d^fided to
keep her father, Father Francisco havin? rec-
ognized In Alice the image of her mother to
whom he was devoted.
When sickness breaks out among the Indians
Alice nurses them. In turn she is stricken.
John and old Maria nurse her back to health.
Later. Alice and John grow to he fast friends.
In a moment of passion John declares bis love
for feer. Throwing off his robe he take^ the
girl to the mission and implores Father Fran-
cisco to marry them. Taking the bag ol gold
which John had given the Mission, the Father
returns it and. amid the bowed heads of his
former brother monks, John is married.
TANGO VS. POKER (July 19).— Jones' wife
Is tango mad and when she decides to ^ive a
tango party he figures he is ?ntitled to have a
little poker game with his friends. After she
leaves, Jones' friends arrive. It heine a tj^'
town. Jones takes a baby carriage in which to
get beer.
Mr. Smith's maid takes the baby for an air-
ing and. meeting a policeman, leaves the car-
riage alone. While Jones is in a 3toro, a mis-
chievous kid charges the carriages and Jones
wheels home what he supposes to be a doz-^n
bottles of beer. Arriving home Mrs. Smith's
maid discovers instead of the baby, twelve cold
bottles. Jones and his friends are amazed wiien
they lift the carriage hood to find a cryine in-
fant. For a minute they are noB-plussed. Then
Jones, seizing the baby, rushes with it to Mrs.
Smith's house where his wife is tangoing, and
thrusting the child in the distracted mother's
arms, tells Mrs. "Smith that this should be a
lesson to her to be more careful of her child
while he returns to enjoy the poI:er p:-rly with
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•THE HOPES OF BLIND ALLEY' (Three
Paris — July 4) . — Old Jean Basse makes a
meager living for himself and granddaughter,
Pauline, by peddling his miniature statuary.
Pauline is in love with an unsuccessful artist
who lives on the floor above. Every character
who lives in the alley Is shown, with his or
her troubles and joys. Above everything else,
it has been old Jean's ambition to possess a
high silk bat. One day he receives a letter
from an attorney advising him that he has
fallen heir to the estate of a distant relative.
It creates a commotion in the alley because
all think that they are going to lose Jean.
But in his heart the good old man decides
that he will divide his wealth with his friends.
On the strength of the legacy Jean buys a
handsome silk stovepipe hat. It is a proud
day for him when he strolls into blind alley
thus spruced up.
The attorney calls to see him the next day
and leads him to his inheritance, the contents
of a small cottage. But everything has been
attached by creditors, save a few worthless
odds and ends in the attic. The only thing
he considered worth taking home is a dust-
covered painting.
Jean, feeling that he cannot now afford the
silk hat, sadly sells it back to the haberdasher.
Jean's home-coming is not as sad as might bo
supposed, for bis friends rejoice that their little
colony will not lose him. However the old
man's legacy is worth more than he at first
realized. The artist, Pauline's lover, no sooner
sets eyes on the old painting than he declares
it to be an original Van Dyke. Jean takes the
painting to a successful artist, who attempts to
buy it for two dollars. Jean, however, refuses
it. The famous artist then tries to steal the
masterpiece. Failing in this attempt he tries
to mislead Jean by admiring Pauline. But
all his schemes are defeated.
Pauline's sweetheart begins selling his pic-
tures, and on the day they are married, the
couple present Jean with a swell silk hat. But
for the old man the end has come ; he lies
sick unto death. As a wedding gift he gives
Pauline the painting, and as his life flickers
away he insists on wearing the silk hat.
"A MEXICAN SPY IN AMERICA" (Two
Parts— July 18). — Paul Sampson, son of Colonel
Sampson, commander of a United States mili-
tary' post on the Mexican border, returns from
Mexico accompanied by Captain Huraz of the
Federal army. Colonel Sampson's daughter,
Marie, is aflBanced to Captain Clifford of the
rnited States signal corps. Huraz makes a
favorable impression on Marie. Clifford watches
their friendly relations grow with disfavor.
Not only does he dislike Huraz. but he does
not trust him. Clifford finally denounces Huraz
to Marie. She believes his only motive is
jealousy.
Madame Golez. a crafty old woman who Is
well-versed in intrigue, is intrusted with a
message to Huraz. After a number of nar-
row escape-s from rebel pickets she penetrated
the American lines and delivers the message
commanding him to obtain a copy of the
United States signal corps cipher. Huraz uses
Marie as his tool in surveying the camp of the
signal corps. Then one night Huraz enters
Mar>e's apartments and steals a complete out-
fit of her clothes. Madame Solez disguises
herself as Marie and with Huraz steals into the
camp of the signal corps. i
Clifford is awake, ihinkine of the turn hla I
love affair has taken, when Hurac and Madame ^
Golez creeo into his tent. In the fight which
ensues Clifford observes a woman whom he
mistakes for Marie, steal a copy of the code.
The woman makes her escape. Huraz, however.
is mortally wounded by Clifford. Clifford gives
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and regains possession of the code. He returns
to the camp and accuses Marie of aiding Huraz
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cation, however, comes from an unexpected
source. A few moments before he expires
Uuraz confesses that be stole the clothes from
Marie's room. Clifford is touched by Marie's
sincere repentance.
REX.
"THE HOUSE DISCORDANT" (July 2).—
John Bruuton, a rich broker, middle-aged and
a widower, falls in love with Hazel, a young
jsociety girl. She returns his love. They are
XDarried. He takes his young wife home and
Ihere she makes the acquaintance of Alan
Bruntou. the broker's son. The acquaintance
ripens into a fast friendship. The father, con-
scious of his son's youth and fine looks, becomes
jealous. It grows upon him and he suffers in
silence.
One night the son, through no fault of his
own, is drawn into a cafe brawl. The affair
gets into the papers. The result of this is
that his father, already a victim of jealousy,
forbids him the house. The boy convinces his
step-mother of his innocence in the affair, but
liis father's ears are closed against him. Mary.
Alan's sweetheart, reads of the affair and is
convinced that Alan is blameless. Her father,
however, insists that she break with him.
Alan, with apartments down town, writes
his stepmother, appealing for her good offices
to the end of inducing Mary to elone with him.
His stepmother consents and arranges for the
elopement. Her husband, however, finds a por-
tion of Alan's note. The fragment of the orig-
inal note makes it appear that his son intends
eloping with his stepmother. His jealousy is
ocnfirmed. He goes to Alan's apartments and
demands his wife. Alan leads her from her
biding place, and then, to his father's aston-
ishment, produces Mary, his wife by not more
than ten minutes. The house of discord be-
comes a house of harmony.
"OUT OF THE DARKNESS" (July 19).—
A wealthy couple who have lost their only
child, decide to adopt an orphan. At the asy-
lum they see many children, but one little
fourteen-year-old, Ella, wins an immediate way
to their hearts, A few days after her adoption,
a thief decides to raid the house. Leaving
his pals, a woman and a dope fiend, to watch
outside, he enters the house. The child in her
room above, hears a sound and creeps down.
She finds no one and goes back to her room
again. But the thief has seen her — she is his
daughter. When his wife died, leaving him
alone with the girl, he could not care for her
and put her in the asylum. The father's heart
is torn but he realizes that she will be happier
in the new home. And out of the darkness
there comes to him a determination to be a
better man.
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N, Y.
Cartoons by Hy Mayer, world famous car-
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Transatlantic Flier Launched. — Rodman Wana-
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hottle of champagne over its prow — Hammiinds-
port, N. Y, Sub-title— Lieut. John C. Porte of
Soyal Navy, who was chosen to pilot the
"America" to England ; Glen H. Curtisss, who
huiXt the "America."
New York's Prize Babies, — M'ayor Mitchel
awards grand prize to winner in the one hun-
dred per cent, perfect baby contest — New York
City.
Columbia Boys' League — Seventy-five boys of
the Good Citizenship League go on sight-seeing
expedition to Philadelphia, Pa.
Sports in Mid-Pacific. — Pillow fight one of
many games indulged in by Universal actors
on return from China.
Blilitary Encampment. — Company of the Sev-
enth Regiment National Guards, composed of
;New York's millionaires, spend week-end in
camp — Van Cortlandt Park, New York City.
Monster Rose Pageant. — Bedecked in number-
less garlands of sweet-smelling flowers vehicles
parade through Portland, Ore.
Imposing Religious Ceremony. — Catholic
churches throughout the civilized world cele-
brate the feast of Corpus Christi — Cincinnati,
Ohio.
American Volcano Active. — Mount Lassen
inactive for many years, boils over in most
spectacular eruption — California.
Fire Heroes Rewarded. ^ — Fire fighters who
distinguished themselves by acts of bravery and
valor are presented with medals by Mayor
Mitchel. City Hall. New York City.
Worst Fire in Years. — Salem, Massachusetts,
devastated as flames sweep greater part of city.
rendering over 10.000 people homeless and caus-
ing tremendous loss of lives and property.
Intercollegiate Rowing Championship. — Co-
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HER GRAVE MISTAKE {July 1".).— Roger
Grant, foreman of the "Circle S" ranch, is
engaged to Isabel Norris, the old ranchowner"s
daughter. Previous to a dance one evening,
Grant receives the following letter from an
official of the National Giiard : "Anticipating
an attack upon pumping station, Silver Lake
reservoir, by the Federals, 1 request that you
arm your cowboys and protect it until our
troops arrive,"
Nunez, a Mexican spy, learns of the existence
of the letter and that night enters the ranch
house to steal it. Grant and Isable return from
the dance. She tells Grant to wait for her
signal and then return. Shortly after his de-
parture Isabel makes the appointed signal. An
instant later Nunez comes from his hiding
place, chokes the girl into insensibility and-
steals the letter.
When Grant returns, he finds Isabel upon
the floor, unconscious. Blame for the assault
is laid upon him. He barely escapes with his
life. The cowboys take after him. In the
meantime Isabel finds a piece of lace from
Nunez' hat. This, together with the fact of
the theft of the letter, convinces her that Nunez
is the culprit. She sets out to call the cow-
boys. In the meantime the Mexicans have at-
tacked the reservoir. Grant battles with them
single-handed and holds the great pumps until
the arrival of Isabel and reinforcements.
Nunez is captured and Grant vindicated.
WHEN EDDIE WENT TO THE FRONT
(July 17). — Eddie, the cub society reporter, is
assigned to go to the front as war correspond-
ent for bis paper. He journeys to sunny
Southern California, and is duly established in
the United States military headquarters. Seno-
rita Cascara is a simple Mexican maid who
lives with her father a short distance from
the border on the Mexican side. She is be-
trothed to Senor San P'edro, as violent a Ipve-
making-stab-in-the-back Mexican brigand as
ever lived. The senorita's father sends his
pretty daughter into the American camp to
sell fake relics. There she meets Eddie and
a violent equatorial love springs up between
them. Eddie buys all her wares and follows
her across the border into a hot-bed of rebels.
Senor San Pedro swears terrible vengeance
against Eddie. The cub reporter escapes
barely with his life. However be again listens
to the senorita's sweet voice and is again en-
ticed into Mexican territory. San Pedro and
his band of brigands pursue him and after a
most terrific chase Eddie finds protection in the
American camp. The fickle Senorita Cascara
transfers her affections to San Pedro and Ed-
die takes the first train for his home town. The
society column is good enough for him.
STERLING.
THE CRASH (July 2).— This comedy picture
has. in addition to several other big features
in the story, a terrific explosion when a house
and barn are destroyed. Another main feature
will be an automobile dashing over a cliff,
tumbling headlong down the mountainside and
crashing to pieces at the bottom. Immedi-
ately after this, a motorcycle, which is madly
pursuing this automobile, follows in its wake,
landing in the middle of the wreckage at the
bottom.
JOKER.
WILLIE WALRUS AND THE AWFUL CON-
FESSION (July l.T).— Willie accidentally gets
on the trail of a terrible mystery. In his
path he finds a paper on which is written.
"Harold Harbrave. you have blighted my young
life. I will have your villain's heart, though
I wade through blood to get it."
Willie goes on the trail. A negro woman
coming from a butcher shop with a carelessly
wrapped piece of meat leaves a gruesome trail ;
at least Willie thinks it grewsome and follows.
The trouble all started when Bessie Bump-
kins, amateur novelist, wrote a denouncement of
Harold Harbrave as one page in her forthcom-
ing novel. The paper blew away. Bessie, too,
went on the trail — of her wonderful writing,
assisted by her hero. In the end Willie gets
the worst of it. and the lady is at liberty to
continue her literary work.
HIS WIFE'S FAMILY (July 18).— Willie
loves Sal lie, the maid, but his mother objects,,
threatening to disinherit him. The young peo-
ple are married quietly and decide to keep the:
matter a secret.
A year passes and a baby comes to be another
secret. They place it in charge of a care-
taker. Willie has come to live with his new'.y
married sister, Stella, and has secured em-
ployment in the house for Sallie as maid.
The mother at last "hooks" a desirable wid-
ower and comes to visit her son and daughter
and the son-in-law, Jack Gay, The mother-
in-law decides she doesn't approve of Jack and
believes him unfaithful to Stella. This sus-
picion is aroused by a letter from the care-
taker to Sallie, saying that the baby must be
taken away as she can no longer look after it-
Hubby, learning of mother-in-law's hatred of
pianos, decides lo buy one, give it to his wife
as a present and so drive the woman out.
Complications pile upon complications until at
last the whole family is gathered in the shed,
where both piano and baby have been hid. The
baby finally reconciles all the warring members
of the family.
CRYSTAL.
VIVIAN'S FOUR BEauS (July 14).— Vivian
has three admirers. Don proposes to her. Sbe
tells him that she would never marry a bald
man. He decides to get a toupee. Charlie and
Joe each have toupees but Vivian's kid brother
manages to expose them in all their baldness
when they propose. She informs them, indi-
vidually that she would never marry a bald
man. Sbe gives up all hope of ever getting a
fellow who has some hair. Charlie and Joe
go out in the woods and decide to kill them-
selves. A fight results. They finally come
back to Vivian equipped with toupees, think-
ing that they would get away with it, but find
Vivian has already transferred her affections
to a man whose head is covered.
WHAT PEARL'S PEARLS DID (July 14).—
Pearl's husband comes home ill. She calls
Dr. Cross and sends the maid for more. Pearl
leaves the empty box on the table. She acci-
dentally breaks her pearl necklace and puts
the pearls into the box. Her husband feels
worse. She telephones the doctor to call again.
Hubby sees the bo'c of supposed pills and
swallows them. Then trouble starts. The doc-
tor calls with two other doctors and upon ex-
amination learns that the patient has various
diseases. Finally he discovers that he must
be operated on at once. Pearl suddenly dis-
covers that he has swallowed her pearls and
upon explaining, her hubbv is saved from be-
ing operated on.
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THE LURE OP THE SAWDUST (two parts—
JbIj 13). — Annette, a bare-back rider in a cir-
cus, is the object of the attentions of Henri
Dupree, a ring master. His attentions so arouge
the jealousy of Marie, another performer, that
she plans to cripple her rival. Placing a wire
across the hoops, through which Annette leaps,
while in performance on horseback, suggests it-
self and Annette is seriously injured. Annette
is taken to the hospital and the circus moves
on, leaving her behind. Dupree loses interest in
Annette as soon as she becomes a cripple.
William Ward, a young farmer, witnesses the
accident and becomes interested in Annette,
ajid he and his mother call on her while she is
at the hospital. Mrs. Ward, a motherly old
soul, offers her a home. The young people fall
in love and are married. Annette, although
happily married, still feels the call of the cir-
cus, and is caught on one occasion by her hus-
band dressed in her performing costume.
A year later the circus returns and Dupree
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ffreet her warmly at her performance, and the
audience go wild over her riding. Flushed with
the excitement and gratification, she listens to
Dupree's importunities to continue in circus
life. She remembers her baby and returns
home to her husband, who has worried over her
disappearance. She shows that she has put the
life definitely behind her by making a dress
for her baby out of her ballet suit, and her
husband, finding her so employed, is relieved of
any further uneasiness.
YOUTH AND ART (July 15).— Lord Golden
wishes a portrait of his wife by the eminent
artist. He introduces the young artist to his
wife and discovers that they had known each
other before. As the picture progresses the
young people feel their love revive. They part
in honor and dignity, but their hearts again
re-live the past when they shared their crusts
in bohemia and plighted vows that were to be
broken by ambition plus jealousy. So she
passed from his life to become a great lady,
while he gave himself over to ambition and
became a great painter, but —
"Each Iife*3 unfulfilled, you see;
It hangs still patchy and scrappy.
We have not sighed deep, laughed free.
Starved. Feasted. Despaired — Been happy.
This could but have happened once
And we missed it, lost it forever."
— Robert Broicning.
PRINCESS.
THE DECOY (July 3).— John Henderson and
his wife are noted "card sharps" who prey upon
traveling men, who believe that they are adepts
it poker and other games of chance. Mrs.
Henderson has a distant relative who lives in
a small country town, a widow with one daugh-
ter. Muriel. The girl is pretty and longs for
the cit" so her mother, believing the Hender-
sons to be the respectable people they profess
themselves, sends her daughter to the city on a
visit, in their care. The girl's beauty makes
a deep impression upon the unscrupulous pair,
and to Muriels surprise and delight she is
soon provided with beautiful clothes.
The Henderson's plan to use MurieVs beauty
to lure victims to the card table. Men of means
gladly call at the Henderson's suite at the
hotel, and always depart heavy losers In the
game of chance. A millionaire finally becomes
suspicious and consults the police, so the Hen-
dersons flee the city, but the girl is kept in ig-
norance of the life they are leading.
Boyd, a young business man, meets the Hen-
dersons at a summer resort and falls in love
with Muriel and into the clutches of her dis-
honest relatives. Love comes to Muriel at the
moment she discovers that the relatives for
whom she cherished so much regard are merely
unscrupulous gamblers. She threatens to ex-
pose them but hesitates to do so when they
convince her that it will be impossible to prove
her innocence. Finally, however, she braves
their anger, and denounces them as a detective
is about to place them all under arrest. The
Hendersons are led away to punishment, while
Muriel weds the man of her choice.
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Games, an old trainer of Harry's father, and
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daughter Harry is in love, carefully looks after
the horse. A bookmaker, Arthur Mower, pays
attention to Mignon, Games' daughter, and
when she repulses him he plans to prevent
Harry's horse from winning the race, and thus
at one stroke revenge himself upon Harry,
Mignon and old Carnes.
Two men in the pay of Mower try to dispose
of the valuable horse, but are discovered by
Carnes and Harry, who overpower them. The
barn takes fire, but Harry and his trainer fight
their way through the flames and bring out two
horses, but neither is the favorite. The two
men are so exhausted that they are incapable
of further effort. Mignon arrives, rushes into
the barn and brings the favorite out. The Har-
low Handicap is held, and Harry's horse wins.
Mower's confederates confess, and the book-
maker is arrested and sent to prison. Harry,
his financial troubles ended, marries Mignon.
A COOKED COOSE (Two Parts— July 5).—
Tired Tompkins and his pal, Dusty Ways, suffer
much persecutions at the hands of Dan Mc-
carty, a self-sufficient and tyrant policeman.
One day the two hobos steal a goose. They are
about to cook it over a fire in a vacant lot when
the policeman descends upon them. He has
them locked up. Meanwhile he takes the goose
home to have it cooked for his own family din-
ner.
The hobos escape from the lockup and. In
wandering and begging In backyards, see the
policeman's wife put the cooked goose out on
the window ledge to cool, the kitchen being in
the third story flat where the policeman resides.
She does this because the hotws have called the
policeman on the telephone from his dinner
with a begged nickel, as they have made up their
minds to steal the cooked goose. Seeing it put
out to cool, they resolve to climb up by a rope
that is hanging from a clothes line pulley near
the kitchen window of the policeman's flat.
After many futile efforts, and funny acrobatic
stunts, one hobo pulls the other man up on the
rope, and, just as he has seized the cooked
goose, the policeman returns. His enorts to cap-
ture the nimble hobos result in many funny in-
cidents, but finally the hobos get to the ground
with the goose and tie the policeman up in the
air. Here his wife discovers him and his rounds-
man catches him at home when he should be on
his beat.
Meanwhile the happy hobos have a feast on
the cooked goose, and afterwards visit outside
the lockup and torment the policeman, who la
incarcerated in the cell they lately occupied, for
fighting with his roundsman who detected him
"roped in and strung up,"
BEAUTY.
THE OTHER TRAIN (July 7).— In a dingy
little attic, in one of the cheapest tenements
in Xew York, a little old lady is huddled up in
a chair by the side of a table. In her withered
and trembling fingers is a letter, which in-
forms her that she will be admitted to the
poor house. She goes to the railway station
and asks the agent to inform her when the
train arrives. He answers in the affirmative.
She sinks into a bench and falls asleep. The
agent under stress of business fails to wake
her when the train arrives. She wakes up.
The agent approaches and tells her the train
has come and gone but that there will be an-
other at 12 o'clock. The old lady again falls
asleep. On the opposite wall dissolves of scenes
from her life appear. She sees herself a maid
again, pretty Mary Baxter. She sees again tlie
young minister, John Gordon ; she sees the
wealth of love that beams from his eyes and
tells his heart's story. She is his sweetheart
She hears again his plea for her love. Ah ! had
she but listened. Why did the beckoning figure
of "Fame" entice her away. She refused the
shelter of his l»ve and left her home. The vis-
ion fades. The little old woman tnins rest-
lessly on the bench.
Again a vision. Now she sees herself the
leading lady of a burlesque show. Her beauty
at Its zenith, her popularity at its height. She
has attained her ambition. The vision slowly
fades. The little woman, as though treubled
by restless dreams, turns again in her sleep.
Then a vision appears. The exterior of & the-
atre. At the entrance door is a large poster
featuring a beautiful woman in tights. "Babe
Baxter, the Queen of Burlesque." John Gordon
comes along. He sees the picture and stops.
He does not eee the gaudy poster — the woman
in tights, those big red letters ; he sees the lit-
tle New England maid, his little sweetheart,
Mary Baxter, who left home to seek her fortune.
He thinks of her innocence, her youth, her am-
bition. Then he thinks of the lines he so often
read :
"There were Ninety and Nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the Fold ;
But one was out on the hills away.
Far off from the Hills of Gold."
As he thinks of these lines, the poster dis-
solves into a vision of the blue hills of Beth-
lehem. He sees the shepherds tending their
flocks. They count their sheep and one is miss-
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ing. One shepherd looks about. He would look
for the lost sheep. The other shepherd tells
him to leave it. He shakes his head. "I love
that sheep better than the rest." He leaves to
seek it. John Gordon sees the bleakness of the
wilderness. He sees the little lost sheep stray-
ing, stumbling along blindly. He sees the shep-
herd come on and gently take it up and place
it on bis shoulder and return with it to the
fold. . The vision fades and John Gordon is
standing before the poster of Babe Baxter. He
enters the theatre. His appearance is greeted
with jeers. He heeds them not. His little New
England sweetheart is before him on the stage.
He goes lo her dressing-room. Two gentle-
men are with her. They retire with a smile of
derision. Mary Batxer and John Gordon are
alone. The modesty of former days returns
and she hides her thinly clad limbs from his
sight. He begs her to leave that life and to
come back to her old New England home. She
refuses gently but firmly. The vision slowly
fades and the little old woman is cuddled in the
corner of the waiting room.
Again a vision appears. She sees herself,
some years later, still an actress, but what a
difference. Her beauty that won all hearts is
faded. The form that commanded the price of
a leading lady is devoid of grace. She is forced
to accept minor pans. She sinks lower and
lower in her profession until even the meanest
parts are denied her. She totters from the stage
entrance, old, poor, feeble and gray. She tot-
ters across the threshold of her poor, dingy
attic. She reads again the letter from the
poor house. The vision fades. The little old
woman sits back in the corner. The station
door opens and John Gordon, the young mini-
ster, comes in and approaches the bent form,
gently touches her and beckons her to follow.
The head of the little old woman falls back
against the wall. The form is still but from
that form comes the spirit of Mary Baxter, pure.
sweet and young. She is clothed in white gar-
ments and a smile rests on her face. She
slowly follows John Gordon. Together they
slowly approach to the foot of the Golden Stairs.
Together they slowly mount to the throne of
God. An angel with golden trumpet announces
the coming of another soul. The agent in the
waiting room approaches and touches the little
old lady on the shoulder. People ask kindly if
she is going to take this train. He lifts his
hat. "She has taken the other train."
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
MUTUAL WEEKLY Xo 7s ( June 25) .—
Britain wins international Polo match. 50,000
spectators see the deciding game at the fashion-
able Meadow Brook Club.
Old "Grads" have their annual frolic at
Princeton University. Hon. Woodwrow "Wilson,.
President of the United States , becomes
'■Tommy" Wilson and joins in the fun with his
class of '79.
"John Gund." ridden by Jockey Andy Neylon,
won Latonia Derby. Eccentric motorcycle race
contest at Vernon. France, produces consider-
able excitement.
A big fire destrops "The Little Theater" at
Moscow. Russia. Loss. $500,000.
Beautiful mounts are exhibited at Erfurth
Horse Show.
Mrs. M. McGowan. Xew Jersey's first and onlv
policewoman.
Scenes on a California ostrich farm.
'■Srank'^ Ep^'^rs" t°st a new breathing helmet
in Breslau. Germany.
U. S- Post Department observes Flae Day at
Washing:on. D. C. Secretary of State Bryan de-
livers an address.
St. Louis Flag Day features largest banner in
the world. Carried by 150 men. Weight, 6(V>
pounds.
E. P. O. Elks observe Flag Day in Omaha.
Gen. Jno C. Cowin delivers address.
MUTUAL WEEKLY XO. 79 (July 2t.— Trans-
Atlantic Airship has First Trials at Hammonds-
port. X. Y. — Lieut. John Cyril Porte wil make
an early attempt to cross th? Otlantic Ocean by
air route.
A Carabao wallow in the Philippine Islands.
Mt. Lassen Volcano in Eruption — The only
active crater in the U. S. belches forth smoke,
ash and rock, endangering many lives.
PORTLAND. OREGON. Entertains Manv Vis-
^ itors with Uniaue Carnival Parade and Balloon
Races. — Arrival of King and Qu:en of P -rtland's
Rose Festival. A few of the many beautiful
floats.
Yale "Wins Famous Boat Race from Harvard
by One-Fifth Second.— The most heartbreaking
conte.'^t ever rowed over the Tham s course.
Harvard University Holds Class Day Exer-
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paper missies at the happy Harvard men.
Royal Aero Club of Santander. Spain, is En-
tertained by native bull fighters.
Perilous motor boating in the Snake River,
Idaho.
Louis of Baviere and Royal Princess Review
Troops at Munich, Germany. — The famous
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■■THE FEUD AT BEAVER CREEK" (Two
Parib— July 10 1. — In the mountains of Tennes-
see two factions have been carrying on a feud
for generations^the Hatfield clan and the Cole
clan. Jim Hurd. a member of the Hatfield
clan was mysteriously shot. The balance of the
Hatfield clan planned vengeance. Jeff Hurd,
nephew of Jim Hurd, neutral in the feud, is
called to take L-are of the Jim Hurd's ranch.
He meets Almirey Cole, falls in love with her
and determines to see her again, although he
was informed that crossing creek would mean
death to him. Almirey and Jeff are married, and
it is through their little daughter. Blossom, that
the feud is brought to an end.
DOMINO.
■'STAR OF THE NORTH" (Two Parts— July
If,).— Star of the North, daughter of Iron
Heart, a Sioux War Chief, is in love with Owah-
tonah. Black Kettle, a Cheyenne chief, hearing
of her beauty, comes to her father's village to
pay court to her. Iron Heart accepts the pres-
ents of Black Kettle, and betrothes his daughter
to the visiting chief. Star of the North and
Black Kettle leave for the Cheyenne Chief's Vil-
lage. The first night they camp their horses are
frightened by a bear. While Black Kettle is
away looking after the horses, Star of the
North escapes and takes refuge in a deserted
cabin. Black Kettle, unable to trail Star of the
North in the darkness, gives up the pursuit un-
til dawn. The Indian girl, tired out. goes to
sleep in the cabin, but is rudely awakened by
Jim Holt, renegade trapper, who returns to
his cabin after a night's debauch at the sa-
loon. After a struggle with him. she escapes,
takes his horses and goes to her lover. Owah-
tonah. . Fearing punishment by her father for
her broken engagement, Sta-r of the North and
her lover leave the village and seek refuge
with another tribe.
BRONCHO.
•■SHORTY TURNS JUDGE" ( Two Parts-
July 15).— Jim Walls, a ne'er-do-well, deserts
his wife in the East and drifts West. His
wife disguises herself as a boy, and follows him.
She obtains a position as piano player in the
concert hall and saloon where Jim makes his
headquarters. She finds him one evening mak-
ing love to Nell Bond, Shorty's sweetheart, and
shoots him from ambush. Shorty, who has
been looking for Nell rushes to the dead man.
just as the men from the concert hall come to
find out the cause of the shot. Shorty is ac-
cused of the crime, but makes a getaway and
lives with an Indian. He finds Judge Folsom
suffering from a rattlesnake bite: he takes the
.ludge to his dugout where the Indian nurses him
back to health. Shorty to play a joke on the
boys, disguises himself as the judge, presents
his letter of introduction to the sheriff, who has
been having trouble with some of the cowboys,
and puts them in jail. Shorty tabes his place
on the bench and finds that the sheriff is guilty
instead of the boys. He sentences him to six
months on the rock pile. The boys elect Shorty
as sheriff.
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is poor and during the rehearsal his part is
taken away from him and given to another,
as he fails to come up to the mark. The day
of the opening of the show comes and Stella
makes a great success. Wishing to congratulate
her. Andrew brings her a few cheap flowers.
.Ml his comrades laugh at this ridiculous pres-
ent, and after the dinner given lo Stella in
honor of her success, they suggest that a play
be given in which Andrew is to take the lead-
ing part. -A. theater is hired by Stella's rich
admirer and Andrew, confident of his success,
falls into the trap set for him by taking the
leading part in Roy Bias. The day of the
representation of the play has come at last, but
in the second act, at the moment when the great
love scene takes place, and .\ndrew thinks that
he has stormed a great success, the whole au-
dience arise, yelling and throwing all things
at him. In despair he leaves the stage, writing
a short note to Stella telling her that she has
killed all his ambitions, and that now he has
fiothing at all to live for. When Stella comes
to Andrews' dressing room, she finds the note
and begins to see the meanness of her silly
joke. She rushes to him home, only in time to
see him brought in by a policeman, with a
bullet in his chest. Realizing the wickedness
of her act. Stella helps the poor old mother to
nurse Andrew back to his health.
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dreamy sweep of these Gondola-ridden high-
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FOR THE MAKING OF OTHELLO the City Fathers
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first of Shakespeare's stories filmed in its proper en-
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HEPWORTH— AMERICAN.
THE TRAGEDY OF BASIL GRIEVE (Three
Parts). — Basil Grieve, a rising young novelist,
meets Vera Duncan and is strangely attracted
to her. Vera's admirer, Roland Nashley, is an
Inventor and is at work on a machine which
will net him a fortune it he can perfect it.
Vera, knowing that Grieve has become wealthy
through the success of his stories, decided to
marry him and so informs Nashley. The lat-
ter has just been assured of the success of his
Invention, but upon receipt of a note from Vera,
announcing her intention to marry Grieve, he
attempts to smash the machine, only being pre-
vented from carrying out his threat by an as-
sistant inventor.
Vera and Basil Grieve are married and as
time passes Vera's extravagances become an un-
bearable burden upon Grieve. Vera again meets
the now rich and successful Nashley and the
old love returns. Hard pressed tor money be-
cause of her losses at card parties. Vera coaxes
her husband to pay her bill. He consents, and
she makes out the check for the desired amount.
Suddenly her attention is attracted to a paper
on Grieve's desk, which is a part of his latest
novel. It is a note to the coroner and states
that although he is not insane, he is taking his
life for reasons known to himself. Vera con-
ceives a plan by which Grieve places his sig-
nature on the note thinking he is signing the
check.
Grieve, finding the note to the coroner miss-
ing, rewrites it and forwards his manuscript
to the publishers. Vera and Nashley plot to
get Grieve out of the way and with the note
to make it appear that Grieve took his own
lite. Vera plans poison in Grieve's food. The
publisher reads of Grieve's death and is sur-
prised at the similarity between the note found
by the coroner and the one Grieve used in his
novel. He accordingly sets a detective on the
case and he soon discovers that the signature
was obtained by a misrepresentation.
Vera's guilt is established but Nashley aids
her to escape in his motor car. The police set
out in another machine and a thrilling pur-
suit takes place. Suddenly the fugitive's ma-
chine becomes unmanageable and plunges oft
the road and blows up. Vera is taken, dying,
from the wreck and Nashley, uninjured, is made
to answer tor his part in the plot.
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THE PEARL OF THE PUNJAB (Three
Parts) — 'While on a hunting trip in North In-
dia, George Hamilton and his daughter Sarah
find a native hut in which a woman has just
died. Her little daughter, crying beside her
mother's body, touches the heart of the man
and he takes her to his home in Calcutta. She
grows up into a most beautiful young girl, but
is used as a servant by Sarah Hamilton. Cap-
tain Carruthers. a doctor in the British army,
is engaged to Sarah and on his calls at her
bouse is verv kind to the little orphan, Aissa.
This is so different to the theatment she is useo
to, that she expresses a deep devotion that win
last as long as she lives. Sarah is of a very
cold disposition and, though engaged to Car-
ruthers. does not seem to care very much for
him. She strikes Aissa in a fit of temper and
the doctor reproves her for it. To makes him
jealous she flirts with one of the oflBcers of the
regiment. She discovers that this officer is very
rich and throws Carruthers over to try to win
him Carruthers, suffering trom a fever, sees
Sarah flirting and in a fit of temper strikes his
superior oCBcer, badly wounding him. Some ot
the soldiers see the scene and report to the
commander, who orders Carruthers' arrest.
Aissa trvs to persuade Carruthers to escape, but
he refuses. She puts one ot the native drugs
in a glass of water he has asked for. and as he
becomes unconscious has him carried oft by
some ot his native servants to whom she has
explained his predicament. They take him to the
mountains where he regains his strength, but is
afraid to return on account ot his action. Sarah
achieves her purpose and marries the rich ofB-
cer, Colonel Allen. On a hunting trip later,
the Colonel is seized by an attack ot appendi-
citis. The party do not know what to do. as
they arr very far from medical aid. A native
beater tells them of a wonderful man who lives
in the next valley, who has been healing all
the natives who have been sick. They decide
to take the Colenel to him as a last resort.
They ride off without waiting for Mrs. Allen.
On their arrival at Carruthers' hut none of the
party recognize him and Carruthers does net
recognize the Colonel, as he has grown a beard
to hide the scar given him in the fight Car-
ruthers consents to perform the operation. Just
after he has started Mrs. Allen (Sarah) rushes
in. She recognizes Carruthers and he finds out
tor the first time on whom he is operating. He
is very much tempted to let the Colonel die,
but Aissa brings him to his senses. He finishes
the operation and pronounces it successful. The
Colonel regains consciousness and, recognizing
Carruthers, starts to sit up. The movement
causes a bleeding in the wound and his death,
not, however, before he begs Carruthers for-
giveness. Sarah does not seem to mind the
death of her husband and asks Carruthers
to return to civilization with her and be as he
was before. Carruthers spurns her request, and
turning to -A.issa proclaims that he will make
her his bride as she has shown that she is a
much better woman that any other he has ever
met.
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THE DEVIL'S EYE (Four Farts).— Among
the guests at the Countess Rita's Masouerade
Ball are her lover. Count Hugo, and the Barrys,
two brothers, whose fame as diamond dealers
has penetrated to every quarter or the globe.
They prevail upon the Countes to show them
her remarkable diamond. "The Devil's Eye,"
which is, without doubt, the largest uncut dia-
mond extant. She sends her lady companion to
the strong room to fetch it, and in the mean-
time the party break up and mingle with the
merry throng. Suddenly a servant appears to
announce the fact that the door of the strong
room is closed and the lady companion is a
prisoner. When the strong room is opened
again the lady is found to be dead, and "The
Devil's Eye" has disappeared. The police are
summoned, and the servant accuses Count Hugo
whom he observed near the safe.
Ere the police can find him. the Countess has
warned him of his danger, and promising to re-
turn when he has established his innocence, he
starts towards the Border, knowing that once
it is crossed he is safe from the bloodhounds
of the law. The actions of the Countess and
Hugo, who, in the excitement of the moment,
have acted very foolishly, intensify the police's
suspicion, and they follow hotly on his trail. It
is imposible to describe in a brief synopsis, the
manner in which the Count reaches the Border.
With consummate skill the producer of this
drama has made full use of the talent and un-
paralleled daring of an actor, who is never
more happy than when flaunting death in the
face. Three times three does he risk his life
jumping from high bridges, climbing perilous
heights, riding on horseback down steep preci-
pices, and, in fact, defying death in ever,- pos-
sible fonn. The chase is one succession of
thrills and daredevil feat, until at last the
Border is reached.
The Count's next step is {.o go to Amstrdam.
which, being the diamond market of the world,
is the place in which the thieves will seek to
dispose of their booty. After a trying time,
in which he finds himself staring death in the
face time out of number, he is surprised ta find
that the Barry brothers stole the diamond, and
have it in their possession. In order to prove
his case against them he taps the telephone
wires and records all their telephone conversa-
tions on the Dictaphone, thus obtaining valuable
evidence. He then communicates with the
Countess, and she avails herself of an invita-
tion to spend a week end at the Barrys house,
and is thus enabled to smuggle Hugo into their
house, where he learns that the diamond is
hidden in a basket which is suspended on a
wire stretched from one tall chimney to another
in the factory where the Barrys are conducting
an illegal process for improving the lustre of
diamonds.
The Count makes a bold bid to obtain the
diamond. He climbs out along the wire, until
h^ reaches the basket in which it is hidden.
His dangers are manifold, for the basket is sus-
pended at a great height, and while he is la-
boriously working his way towards it, a storm
arises. In order to prevent the B'arrys inter-
feing with Hugo, whilst performing this dan-
gerous operatien. Countess Rita steals up into
their secret laboratory, and kandcuffs one o' the
brothers. Finding that the game is played, he
makes his way to a switch, which has been
prepared to destroy the factory in the event of
such a discovery taking place. A few mcmen.s
later a terrific explosion rends the air : anu two
immense chimneys totter to the ground, and the
factory is blown to atoms. This brings the
Count hurtling from his perileus perch to tka
ground, but, fortunately, his fall is broken, an 1
hi> life saved. Hugo has now estabUshel his
innocence, recovered "The Devil's Eye," anA
brought the tkieves to justice. Xo obstacle re-
mains between him and the Countess, who toI-
comes him to th^^ kingdom of love with smll«8
of joy and happiness.
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with Stars in Motion Pictures
THE FIRST THREE OF A NOTABLE ARRAY
"MICHAEL STROGOFF"
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Unanimously endorsed by the critics and the trade press as a great production
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"THE RAGGED EARL"
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A thrilling, romantic melodrama with plenty of action and heart interest
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{Coming)
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MUSICAL DIRECTOR.— (Pianist) Experi-
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wishes to make a change. Address N. E. S.,
e/o M. P. World, N. Y. City.
LABORATORY MAN. — Three years' experi-
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toner ; expert color mixer. J. Jackowitz, 96
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WANTED. — Change of position by expert lady
pictnre pianist and singer ; best of references.
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AGENTS WANTED — For atlas work, map
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FOR SALE. — i98 shares of a total capitaliza-
tion of 1300 in the largest moving picture house
in Denver. Have too many interests and must
let loose of some. Address F. O. Browne, 25
XATimer St., Denver, Colo.
FOR SALE. — At Ft. Lee, New Jersey, desir-
able site for film manufacturing plant. 4 acres
on Main St. Improvements, for particulars ad-
dress Muirhead. 104 Fifth Ave., New York City.
THEATRES WANTED.
PICTURE THEATRES W.\NTED.— In any
section of the center west. If you have one for
sale write the Photoplay Investment Co.. Mus-
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THEATRES FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE VERNON THEATRE. — Corner 4th St.
and Vernon Ave., Long Island City, is for sale.
Sew Steinway tunnel next door opens soon, fac-
tory and apartment houses erected daily. Big
boom expected. Property fireproof brick oJxlOO.
Fully equipped, 2 machines. Gold Fibre Curtain.
Wuriitzer Orchestra, will seat 600. Everything
the latest. License new. business good all year.
One hundred per cent investment. Ten cents,
stage attached fully equipped. $10,000 cash re-
quired. Call if von mean business.
FOR SALE. — Open air picture theatre on one
of the principal streets and in a thickly popu-
lated section. Seating capacity over 50<>. Must
sell at once account dissension of partners.
Price reasonable. Jas. J. Keating. Jr.. 120 So.
Park St.. Elizabeth, N. J.
FOR SALE. — A motion picture theater in a
liTe Conn. City of 25,000, 411 seats, long lease.
only two other houses in the city. Good rea-
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a low price. R. V. Meehan. Danbury, Conn.
THEATER. — For rent or lease. On the East
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No competition. Now being altered. A gold
mine. Can be open for business from 10 A. JI.
to 11 P. M. Reasonable terms. Write to Bell
Improvement Co., 853 Southern Boulevard,
Bronx.
FOR SALE. — My finely equipped open air
Photoplay and Vaudeville theater, large stage.
well lighted in suburban Jersey town. No op-
position, no trollies and excellent drawing field.
Address F. A. W., c/o M. P. World. X. 1.
City.
PICTURE SHOW. — 30O seats Maryville. Mo.
Live city of (HXK) ; good show town, manager ill :
yi200 for quick sale. Box ,^S3. Davenport. la.
MOVING PICTURE THE.\TER.— Seating tKI'
on main street ia New Jersey : city of .W.O'tO :
clearing $T5 weekly ; six years lease : price
reasonable. Address G. C. c/o M. P. World.
N. Y. City.
EQUIPMENT WANTED.
WANTED — 200 to 400 opera chairs second
hand, also booth. Gem Theater. Peterborough
Amusement Co.. Peterborough. N. H.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE.
BRAND NEW. — Phantoscope complete. ?50 C.
O. D. Frank A. Holmes, Brewster, N. Y.
FOR SALE.— Model A. Williamson Perforator.
Shipped for examination.- Charge guaranteed
one way. Charles Simons. 405 11th St. N. W..
Washington, D. C.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES— For one, three
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Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
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Milwaukee, Wise, Commonwealth Power Co.
FOR S.\LE. — Any part of my moving picture
theatre ; opera chairs 65c each. Simplex ma-
chines $125. Power's 6-\ .<;100. All goods used
three months, have many other bargains in oth-
er fixtures. A. Glen, Room 200, Houser Bldg..
St. Louis, Mo.
FOR THE.\TER EQUIPMENTS. — Such as
seats, picture machines, etc.. see Lears Theatre
Supply Co., .509 Chestnut St.. St. Louis, Mo.
FOR S.^LE. — Bargain Schneider tripod tor
studio work panorams. tilts. Almost new ?30.
Charles Simon, 4<J5 11th St. N. W.. Washington,
D. C.
POWERS 6A. — With large lamp house, loop
setter, 14 inch magazines. 3-14 inch reels. Pow-
ers Rewinder, motor for machine, A. C. 110 V.
60 cycles. Sterling economizer, all for §200 cash.
Used two weeks. 4-16 inch oscillating fans .^15
each. Regulaion booth $40. lot chairs 20c each.
T. K. Thrasher. Confluence, Pa.
FOR S.\LE. — Complete electric light plant or
any part. Fairbanks Morse 4 H. P. special elec-
tric gasoline engine. 3 K. W. 110 volt D. C.
Dynamo. Rheostat, Meter and belt. Good as
new. Manager Lyric Theatre. Neoga, 111.
FOR SALE. — Motion picture theater equip-
ment. Powers No. 5 machine. Ft. Wayne Com-
pensare (2'JO volt) 140 chairs. New Bailey Pi-
ano. E.xhaust fan, booth, screen & supplies : a
bargain. §^425 cash ; everything in Al condition.
Lenox Family Theater. Lenox, Mich.
EDISO.N EXHIBITION MODEL— And Powers
No. 5 picture machines complete with upper
and lower magazines, new 110 volt Rheostat and
Bauch & Lomb lenses, also rewind, everything
ready to operate. U«ed only a few months.
Guaranteed first class condition. Will take $75
for either machine, will ship subject to inspec-
tion. Howard. 2(M Houser Bldg., St. Louis. Mo.
MOVING PICTURE THEATER CHAIRS —
2000 at $1.00 each will sell in small lots. Atlas
Seating Co.. 501 3th Ave.. N. Y.
FILMS WA.N'TED.
W.'VNTED. — Single reel also 3 and four reel
features with posters. Federal F. F. Co., 22ii
West 42nd St., N. Y. City.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RE.VT.
FOR S.\LE. — 100 single reels, also 2 reel
features with posters. Federal F. F. Co.. 22n
West 42nd St.. N. Y. City.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
PROFESSIONAL MOVING PICTURE CAME-
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lenses, $150. $225. Special cameras to order.
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MUSICAL INSTRUME.XTS FOR SALE.
ELECTRIC PIANOS.— With keyboards $140.
Orchestrian pianos with pipes $250 all guaran-
teed. Closing out electric piano business.
Every picture show has use for one. Send for
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tive music or 50c for 75 pages. Also how to
obtain mu^ic for 2c a copy. E. A. Ahern, Twin
Falls, Ida.
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practice of scenario writing. American Photo-
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ORCHESTRA LEADERS— PIANISTS. — $1
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work bv expert. New or 2nd hand cameras for
sale. Ray. ,'{26 5th Ave.. New York.
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"Full of action. . . Realistic scenes . . . Beau-
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lent photography."
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"The picture has an absorbing plot. It teaches
a valuable moral lesson and combines splendid
photography with ingenious acting; it is a mas-
terpiece."
Peter Schmidt, The Billboard:
"The story is well drawn. Dramatic punches are
liberally scattered. Staged in a masterly manner.
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"A photoplay of the most commendable tj-pe.
Excellent motion picture drama. Presents a
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEATURE. 214
ADVANCEMENT IN PROJECTION, THE.. 218
ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 246
ADVERTISING FOR THE EXHIBITOR 187
AMERICAN PRODUCT IN BRITAIN, THE. 192
AMERICAN STUDIOS AT SANTA BAR-
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AUGUSTUS THOMAS RETROSPECTIVE.. 2S2
BETZWOOD, THE GREAT 274
BOX OFFICE ATTRACTIONS CO 260
BRITISH NOTES 245
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CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RE-
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CATHEDRAL CHIMES FOR MOTION PIC-
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CHAT WITH THOMAS A. EDISON. A 18;>
CHICAGO LETTER
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COMMERCIAL USB OF MOTION PIC-
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COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed)... 255
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) 250
CONDITIONS AND FEATURES 224
CONCERNING ECLAIR ENTERPRISES... 207
DAVID W. GRIFFITH, MOTION PIC-
TURE DIRECTOR 184
DAY WITH SIEGMUND LUBIN 209
DEVELOPMENT OP THE MOTION PIC-
TURE, THE 197
DOOM OF LONG FEATURES PHEDICTED. 181
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 24a
EGGLESTON, MISS KATHARINE 259
EVOLUTION OF THE MOTION PICTURE. 200
ESSANAY'S NEW STUDIOS 200
EXCLUSIVE SUPPLY CORPORATION 261
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 293
EXPEDITING SERVICE 284
FACTS AND COMMENTS 228
CARBON IMPORTERS.
KIEWERT. CHARLES L., CO 360
REISINGER, HUGO 355
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FATHER OF THE FEATURE, THE 272
FEATURE FILMS STORIES 346
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GORDO.M, JULIA SWAYXE 236
GREETI.NGS AT DAYTON 287
IDEALISTIC MOTOGRAPHY 183
INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 338
I.VDEFENDENT RELEASE DATES 354
KINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED
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KLEI.XE OPTICAL CO., THE 270
LEADING AMERICAN PLAYERS 240
LEARNED BUSINESS FROM BOTTOM UP. 285
LICENSED FILM STORIES 320
LICE.XSED RELEASE DATES 350
LIFE OF A PHOTODRAMA, THE 196
LITTLE MARY' AND HER CORRE-
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LITERARY SIDE OF PICTURES, THE 199
LOST IN LUBl.N FIRE 267
■•LURE OF THE SAWDUST, THE" (Amer-
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MAGAZl.VES AND MOTIO.N PICTURES 194
MAPES, MISS AGNES 239
MARKETING A PROJECTION MACHINE. 278
MAURICE COSTELLO
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MOTIO.N PICTURE TR.\DE IN EUROPE,
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MOTION PICTURES AS EDUCATIONAL
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RAMO FILMS. INC 161
SAWYER. A. H.. INC 152-53-54-55
WARNER'S FEATURES, INC 158-50
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 106-67
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WESTERN FILM BROKERS 346
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MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 366
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BIASCOPE MOVING PICTURE CO 201
BIOSCOPE, THE 336
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 358
CASAVA.NT BROTHERS 312
CENTAUR FILM CO 302
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AMERICAN.
June 24 — Blue Knot, King of Polo (Drama)....
June 29 — The Little House In the Valley (Two
Parts-^Drama)
July 1 — Xature's Touch (Drama)
July 3 — Mein Liieber Katrina Catches a Convict
( Comedy )
July G — Cameo of the Yellowstone (Two Parts
— Drama )
July 8 — Feast and Famine (Drama)
July 13— The Lure of the Sawdust (Two Parts
— Drama)
July 15 — Youth and Art (Drama)
BEAUTY.
June 23 — The Tale of the Tailor (Drama)
June 30 — Via the Fire Escape (Drama)
July 7 — The Other Train (Drama)
■•101" BISON.
June 20 — The Forbiden Room (Three Parts —
Drama )
June 27 — The Old Cobbler (Two Parts — West-
ern Drama)
July 4 — The Hopes of Blind Alley — Three Parts
— Drama )
July 11 — Prowlers of the Wild (Two Parts —
Drama )
July 18 — A Mexican Spy in America (2 parts —
Drama )
BRONCHO.
June 24 — Desert Thieves (Two Farts — Drama)..
July 1 — Shorty G'ets Into Trouble (Two Parts
— Drama) ^.
July 8 — The Final Reckoning ~ (Two Parts — •
Drama)
July l.j — Shorty Turns Judge (2 parts — Com-
edy Drama)
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CRYSTAL.
June 30 — The Girl in Pants (Comedy)
— Her New Hat (Comedy)
July 7 — Nearly a Stepmother (Comedy) '
July 14 — Vivian's Four Beaus (Comedy)
— What Pearl's Pearls Dirt (Comedy)...
DOMINO.
June 2.5 — A Frontier Mother (Two Parts — Dr.)..
July 2 — His Hour of Manhood (Two Parts —
— Drama)
July 9 — The Curse of Humanity (Two Parts —
Drama )
July 16 — Star of the .\"orlh (2 parts — Drama)..
ECLAIR.
July 1 — Snow Drift (Two Parts — Drama).. >,..
July 5 — The Greatest of These (Drama)
July S — Duty Two Parts — Drama)
July 12 — Willy Walrus and the P'arisians (Com.)
— Lily as a Little Mother (Comedy)....
July 15 — Renunciation (2 parts — Western Dr.).
July 19 — Tango Versus Poker (Comedy)
FRONTIER.
June 21 — The Gun Men of Plumas (Dr.)
June 28 — On the Verge ( Drama )
July 5 — The Broken Barriers (Drama)
July 12 — The Fight in Lonely Gulch (Drama).
July 19 — The Ranger's Reward ( Western Dr. ) .
GOLD SEAL.
June 16 — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
(Series No. 10 — Two Parts — Drama)
June 2.3 — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
(Series N'o. 11 — Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
... (Series No. 12 — Two Parts— Drama)
July 7 — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery
(Series No. 13 — Two Parts — Drama)
July 14 — Lucille Love, the Girl of .Mystery. Se-
ries No. 14 (2 part.s — Drama)
IMP.
June 29 — Adventures of a Girl Reporter (Two
Parts — Drama)
July 2— The One Best Bet (Comedy)
July 6 — The Lady of the Island (Two Parts-
Drama)
July 9— The Old Rag Doll (Drama) .'.'.'
July 13— When the World Was Silent (2 parts —
Drama )
July le — The Universal Boy, Series No. i
(Comedy)
JOKER.
July 3 — Captain Kid's Priceless Treasure
( Comedy )
July 8 — Bess, the Detectress, or the Dog Watch
( Comedy)
July 11 — Love Roses and Trousers (Comedy)...'
July 15— Willy Walrus and the Awful Confes-
sion ( Comedy )
July 1,8 — His Wife's Family (Comedy)
KAY'-BEE.
June 26 — The Voice at the Telephone (Part 2 —
Two Parts)
July 3 — The Heart of a Crook (Two Parts —
Drama )
July 10 — The Feud ot Beaver Creek (Two Parts
Drama)
KOMIC.
June 21 — The Deceiver ( Comedy )
June 28 — The Wild Girl (Comedy)
July 5— "Bill" No. 1 (Comedy)
July 12 — Wrong All Around (Comedy)
KEYSTONE.
June 22 — The Eavesdropper (Comedy)
June 2,5 — Fatty and the Heiress (Comedy)
June 27 — (No release this day.)
June 29 — Caught in Tights (Comedy)
July 2 — (No release this day.)
LUX.
June 12 — A Family Feud (Comedy)
— View of the Alps (Scenic)
June 19 — The .Newlyweds (Comedy)
June 26 — A Day's Outing (Comedy)
— The Telephone Operator (Comdy).
MAJESTIC.
June 28 — The Tavern of Tragedy (Two Parts —
Drama)
June 30 — (Title not yet announced)
July 5 — The Angel of Contention (Two Parts
— Drama)
July 7— The Only Clue (Drama)
July 12 — A City Beautiful (Two Parts — Drama)
NESTOR.
July 1— The Lost Arrow (Drama)
July 3 — Those College Days (Comedy)
July S — A Ranch Romance (Western — Drama 1
July 10 — The Great Universal Mystery (Com.)..
July 1.5 — Her Grave Mistake ( Western Drama) .
July 17 — When Eddie Went to the Front (Com.)
POWERS.
June 19 — The Plot that Failed (Drama)
June 26 — The Love Victorious (Two Parts — Dr.)
.July .3 — Pearl of the Sea (Drama)
July 17 — The Severed Hand (3 parts — Drama).
PRINCESS.
.lune 19 — The Little Senorita (Drama).
June 26 — Professor Smith (Comedy)...
July .3 — The Decoy (Drama)
July 10 — Passing the Love of Women (Drama)
July 10— The Girl of the Seasons (Comedy)...!
RELIANCE.
June 29— Our Mutual Girl, No 24.
July 1 — Izzy the Detective (Drama)
July 4— The Weaker Strain (Two Parts Dr ) '
July 6— Our Mutual Girl, No. 25 (Drama)
July S — How Izzy Was Saved (Comedy) .
July 10 — A Wife from the Country (Drama)
July 11— Blue Pete's Escape (Two Parts— Dr ) '
REX.
June 28 — Lost by a Hair (Comedy)
July 2 — ^The House Discordant (Two Farts-
Drama)
July 5— On the Rio Grande (Western Drama)'
July 9— When Fate Disposes (Two Parts— Dr )
July 12— Plain Mary (Drama)
July 1(5 — The Sob Sister (2 parts — Drama)
July 19— Out of the Darkness (Drama) '.'.
ROYAL.
June 20 — Such a B'usiness (Comedy)
— The Busy Man (Comedy)
June 27— A Hasty Exit (Comedy)..
July 4 — Did She Run? (Comedy)
July 11 — Mistakes Will Happen (Comedy)!.'!.!
STERLING.
June 29 — It's a Boy (Juvenile — Comedy)
July 2— The Crash (Comedy) !
July 6 — Billy's Vacation (Juvenile — Cometly) '
July 9 — Snooke's Flirtation (Comedy)
July 1,3 — Almost Married (Comedy)
July 1(5 — Love and Lunch ( Comedy) ! ! ! ! !
THANHOUSER.
June 28 — The Widow's Mite (Comedy)
June 30 — The Harlow Handicap (Two Parts —
Drama)
July 5 — The Cooked Goose (Comedy) '.'.'
July 7 — Bevorah (Two Parts — Drama)
July 12 — The Leaven ot Good (Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
June 23 — Universal Ike. Jr., in a Case On the
Doctor (Comedy)
June 30 — Unievrsal Ike, Jr.. and the Vampire
( Comedy )
July 7 — Me, Him "and I (Comedy) !.!
July 14 — The New Cook (Comedy)
VICTOR,
June 29 — A Twentieth Century Pirate (Comedy-
Drama )
July 6 — At Mexico's Mercy (Drama)
July 10 — A Beggar Prince of India (Three
Parts — Drama)
July 13 — Out of the Valley (Drama)
July 17 — The Panama-Pacific Exposition Up-to-
Date (Topical and Educational)
FEATURES.
HEPWORTH.
June 22 — Creatures of Habit (Comedy)
Fair Game (Comedy) -:.-.
— Flotilla the Flirt (Comedy)
June 29 — The Cry of the Captive (Two Farts —
Drama)
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM' CO.
June 22 — The Bird of Prey (Two Parts— Drama)
June 29 — Sammy's Umbrella (Comedy)
Dupin Gets the Bird (C'omedy)
July 6 — The Mystery of Green Park (Two
Parts — Drama)
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.June 27-^Jane Eyre (Five Parts — Drama)
.July 11 — Lena Rivers (Five Farts — Drama)....
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Pathe, Selig, Vitagraph.
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BIOGARPH.
June 29 — The Honor ot the Law (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
June 2 — The Goat (Comedy)
— The Firemen's Social (Comedy)
July 4 — The Cracksman's Gratitude (Drama)..
July G — Eva. the Cigarette Girl (Comedy)
— The Boiler Maker's Day of Rest
(Comedy)
July 9 — A Romance ot the Pueblo (Com. -Dr.).
July 11 — Her Primitive Model (Drama)
EDISON.
June 27 — Dolly Plays Detective (Tenth o£ the
Dolly of the Dailies — Drama)
June 29 — The Revengeful Servant Girl (Seventh
of the Wood B. Wedd series — Com.)
June 30 — The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints
(Eighth of the Chronicles of Cleek
series — Drama)
July 1 — Back to the Simple Life (Comedy)....
July 3 — The Shattered Tree (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
July 4 — Molly, the Drummer Boy (Drama)....
July 6 — Her Spanish Cousins (Comedy)
July 7 — Face to Face (Seventh of "The Man
Who Disappeared" Series) (Drama)
July 8 — Andy Has a Tootache (Eighth of the
"Andy" Series) (Comedy)
July 10 — In the Shadow of Disgrace (Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
July 11 — Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of the
Active Life ot "Dolly of the Dailies"
— Drama)
July 13 — Qualifying for Lena (Comedy)
July 14 — The Two Doctors ( Drama)
July 15 — The Ever-Gallant Marquis (Comedy)..
— An Up-to-Date Courtship (Comedv)...
July 17 — Meg o' the Mountains (Special — 2
parts — Drama )
July 18— Across the Burning Trestle (Drama)..
ESSANAY.
June 30 — The Daring Young Person (Com. -Dr.)
July 1 — The Fable of "The Good Fairy"
( Comedy )
July 2 — Sophie Gets Stung (Comedy)
July 3 — Trinkets of Tragedy (Special — Two
Farts — Drama )
July 4 — Broncho Billy's Punishment (Drama).
July 7 — A Night with a Million (Com. Drama).
July 8 — A Boarding House Scramble (Comedy)
July 9 — Slippery Slim — Diplomat (Comedy)...
July 10 — Night Hawks (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
July 11 — Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama)
July 13 — Sweedie the Swatter (Comedy)
July 14 — At the Foot of the Hill (Drama)....
July 15 — The Fable of "Napoleon and the
Bumps" ( Comedy)
July ir — Snakeville's New Waitress (Comedy).
July 17 — His Stolen Fortune (Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 18 — Broncho Billy Puts One Over (Drama)
KALEM.
June 27 — The GVpsy Gambler (Drama)
June 29 — The Flaw in the Alibi (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — The Wire Chief's Reward (Drama)...
July 1 — The Fatal Portrait (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
July 3 — Fleeing from the Fleas (Comedy)....
— Trooping the Colors (Topical)
July 4 — The Political Boss (Drama)
July 6 — The Weakling — Third ot the Alice
Joyce Series — Special — Two Parts
(Drama)
July 7 — Kaintucky Bill (Drama)
July 8 — A String ot Pearls (Special — Two Parts
— Drama )
July 10 — Rube the Interloper (Comedy)
— In Old England (Topical)
July 11 — Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama)
July 13 — A Diamond in the Rough (Special —
2 parts — Drama)
July 14 — Accused ( Drama )
July 15 — The Express Messenger (Special — 2
parts — Drama)
July 17 — Wanted. An Heir (Comedy)
July 18 — The Pate of a Squaw (Drama)
GEORGE KLEINE.
June 9 — The Trap-Door Clue (Cello — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June l(j — One Woman's Way (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 23 — ^A Midnight Guest (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Cello — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 7 — Heirloom (Cines — Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
LUBIN.
June 27 — Who's Boss? (Comedy)
— His Sudden Recovery (Comedy)
June 30 — The Walko Sisters ( Comedy )
July 1 — The Living Fear (Special — Two Parts
— Drama )
July 2 — The Shadow of Tragedy (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
July 3 — The Doom ot Duty (Drama)
July 4 — It's a Shame (Coniedy)
— The Kidnapped Bride (Comedy)
July 7 — Fooling Fanny's Father (Comedy)....
— While Auntie Bounced (Comedy)
July 8 — The Incompetent (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 9 — The Debt (Special— Two Parts — Dr.)..
July 10 — The Tribunal ot Conscience (Drama)..
July 11 — How He Lost His Trousers (Comedy).
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy)...
July 14 — He Was Bad (Comedy)
— Tough Luck (Comedy)
July 15 — Codes ot Honor ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 1() — The Cross of Crime (Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
July 17 — The Lie (Drama)
July 18 — She Wanted to Know (Comedy)
— All tor Love ( Comedy)
MELIES.
June 27 — A Shadow On the Wall (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — One Suit of Clothes (Comedy)
July 1 — The Monk's Sacrifice (Drama)
July 2 — Womanly Curiosity (Comedy)
— The Prescription (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 4 — Hidden Death (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
July 7 — A Discolored Romance (Comedy)
July 8 — The Hole in the Wall ( Drama 1
July 9 — Good Fortune's Tardy Smile (Comedy)
July 9 — A Royal Survivor ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 11 — A Friend's Forgiveness (Special — 2
parts — Drama)
PATHE.
June29 — Visit to Paris (Travel)
— Rapids and Water Falls of New Zea-
land (Scenic)
June 30 — A French Village in Senegal, West
Africa (Scenic)
— Venomous Serpents (Educational) ...
July 1 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 43 — 1914 (News).
July 6 — The Heart and the Circulation of the
Blood (Biology)
— Modes of Travel in Japan (Manners
and Customs)
July 7— A Tiger Hunt (Indo-China) (Scenic)..
— The Ice and Snow
July 8 — Pathe's Weekly No. 44, 1914 (News)..
July 13 — A Russian Bear Hunt (Scenic)
— The Wine Industry, Marsala, Sicily
(Industrial)
July 14 — Through Bosnia and Dalmatia (Scenic)
— The Tombs of the Ancient Japanese
Emperors (Architecture)
July 15 — Pathe's Weekly No. 45 (News)
SELIG.
June 26 — The Captain's Chair (Drama)
June 27 — The Right to Happiness (Drama)
June 29 — The Leopard's Foundling (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 29 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 35
( News)
June 30 — Hearts ot Men (Drama)
July 1 — The Empty Sleeve (Drama)
July 2— 'Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 38
(News)
July 3 — Making Good With Her Family (Com.)
— Doc Yak Wishes (Novelty)
July 4 — The Little Hobo ( Drama )
July 6 — Reporter Jimmie Intervenes (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July (5 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 37
(News)
July 7 — Algies Sister (Comedy)
July 8 — Caryl of the Mountains (Drama)
July 9 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 38
(News)
July 10 — Did She Cure Him? (Comedy)
July 11 — His Fight (Drama)
July 13 — The Wilderness Mail (Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
July 13 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 39
(News)
July 14 — An Egyptian Princess (Comedy)
July 15 — His Last Appeal (Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 16 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 40
( News )
July 17 — Wiggs Takes the Rest Cure (Drama)..
July 18 — The Sauatters ( Drama)
VITAGRAPH.
June 20 — Father's Flirtation ( Special — Tiro
Parts — Comedy)
June 22 — Maria's Sacrifice (Drama)
June 23 — The Passing of Diana (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
June24 — The "Bear" Facts (Comedy)
June 2.5 — Happy-Go-Lucky (Comedy-Drama) . . .
June 2(5 — The Old Maid's Baby (Comedy)
June 27 — His Wife and His Work (Special —
Two Farts — Drama)
June 29 — The Gang (Drama)
June 30 — The Poor Folk's Boy (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
July 1 — The Circus and the Boy (Comedy)....
July 2 — Two Stepchildren (Drama)
July .3 — A Train of Incidents (Comedy)
July 4 — The Toll (Special — Two Parts — Dr.)..
July 6 — The False and the True (Drama)
July 7 — The Moonstone of Fez (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
July 8 — Doctor Smith's Baby (Comedy)
July 9 — Prosecution ( Drama )
July 10 — The Vases of Hymen (Comedy)
July 11 — Lillian's Dilemma (Special — Two Parts
(Comedy)
July 1.'? — The Soul of Luigi (Drama)
July 14 — Fogg's Millions (Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 15 — The Arrival of Josie (Comedy-Drama)
July 1,5 — Pigs Is Pigs ( Comedy)
July IR — The Little Captain (Drama)
July 18 — The Song of the Ghetto (Special — 2
parts — Drama)
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In a Fix (Asta Nielsen) 3000
Vengeance is Mine (Asta
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Call of the Child (Asta
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Spanish Blood (Asta Nielsen)380O
The Gypsy (Exclusive) 3000
Zigomar No. 1 2800
In the Eagle's Claw 2400
In the Midst of the Jungle.. 2600
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Battle for Freedom 2000
Secret of the Safe 3000
Gunmen of New York 3000
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Oliver Twist 4000
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Death Knell 3000
Dread of Doom 3000
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Benjamin's Career 2000
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A Triumph in Wild Animal Productions, Vivid, Gripping and
all Enthralling. A Story of Romance, Adventure and Daring:
Laid in the Ever Dangerous, Animal Infested Jungleland of Africa.
A WILD ANIMAL SENSATION
Four Fascinating Reels. Filled with Exciting Punches, Exceptional
Photography, Picturesque Backgrounds; Cleverly Acted by a
Selected Cast. A Feature of Features from the California Studios of
TOM NASH and BIG OTTO
Picturedom's Foremost Produ<:ers of Wild Animal Dramas.
Would You Draw Crowds to Your Theatre During the Summer
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The Majestic Motion Picture Company
In Its Two-Part Release of Sunday, July 19
The Painted Lady
Presents Two Favorite
Majestic Stars
Blanche Sweet
and
Dorothy Gish
iiianwUc iiweet
Dorothy Gish
We call the attention of exhibitors to the "Komic" comedy series of "Bill
the Office Boy," adapted from the well-known stories of Paul West, which
appear weekly in the magazine sections of 40 Sunday new^spapers. "Kom-
ics" are released only through Mutual Service.
The Majestic Guide for Exhibitors
(In which we endeavor to tell the truth about all Majestic releases)
THE ONLY CLUE (1 Reel) release date Tuesday, July 7 — A well jjresented detective story
ending with a thrilling- climax that is entirely novel.
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL (2 Reels) release date Sunday, July 12— A story of a young country
boy who seeks his fortune in Los Angeles and secures employment with a motion picture com-
pany. A novel and interesting picture featuring DOROTHY GISH.
THE OLD DERELICT (1 Reel) release date Tuesday, July 14 — An extremely appealing story,
fairly well presented, but not quite as well done as we should have liked.
THE PAINTED LADY (2 Reels) release date Sunday, July 19— We will tell you next week more
particularly what we think of this picture. Suffice it now to say that it seems on first examination
to be good and it features Blanche Sweet and Dorothy Gish.
D. W. GRIFFITH supervises the production of all Majestic releases.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
STUDIO
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Los Angeles, CaL
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Selig's Current Releases===Ger the Crowds
GREAT 2-REEL DRAMA OF THE
NORTHWEST
A Story of Loye and Adventure with a
Great Tragedy
"The Wilderness Mail."
By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD,
Featuring Bessie Eyton.
Released July 13th.
Produced amid the snows of the far
Northwest with dog teams, snow banks,
etc. A remarkably strong and gripping
story most decidedly acceptable to the
public. 2-Reels.
Released July 14tli.
"An Egjrptian Princess."
A delightful and happy comedy depict-
ing the adventures of a chemist who at-
tempts to bring an Egyptian mummy to
life — involving a jealous wife and a suc-
cession of shriekingly funny situations.
POSTERS. — You can order post-
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ductions, beautifully printed in
four colors, artistically illustrated
and up-to-date.
"The Wilderness Mail"
2 Reels, Released July 13.
ALL RELEASES
GENERAL FILM
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COMPANY
Released July 15th.
"His Last Appeal."
Depicting the struggle of an ex-conyict to de-
cide between right and wrong when it came to
a question of forging the Governor's signature
to a reprieve to save his employer from death
until explanations could be made. All ends hap-
pily. IN TWO REELS.
Released July 17th.
"Wiggs Takes the Rest
Cure."
The story of a victim of insomnia who wishes
to find relief. His adventures with a runaway
automobile and a desperate robber, whom he
finally captures, cures him.
Released July 18th.
"The Squatters."
The story of a society girl who forms a friend-
ship for I he Junoesque daughter of a squatter,
and their adventures in keeping peace between
an irate land holder and the settlers. Full of
dramatic incidents.
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Biggest Money Maker on the Market.
Biggest success in the biggest cities. Cro\yd>
have stormed the theatres in Chicago, New^ York,
"Xc^ to see the great photoplay made from Rex Beach's magnificent literary success.
Desirable territory still open. Write for particulars at once. Don't miss this great opportunity.
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A Spectacular
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spectacular --- because no other film production
equals it in size — \6 reels.
5pecfacu/ar--- because no other film production
equals it in costliness— $1,000,000.00.
Spectacular --- because no other film production
equals it in stars, settings, photography and dramatic chmaxes.
Spectacular --- because no other film production
is the motion picture version of a story by Harold MacGrath now appearing
in 200 leading newspapers.
THE
$10,000 MILLIOM $10,000
100 DOLLAR 100
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"By Harold MacGrath
Tharihouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
The first five episodes of this startling production
are now being shown at the better theatres throughout America.
Each episode is in 2 reels — released each week for 23 weeks. The story is by
Harold MacGrath — scenario by Lloyd Lonergan. The Thanhouser Film Corporation is the
producer — Syndicate Film Corporation the distributor.
Some booking dates are still open — but you must act quickly !
The Million Dollar Mystery is an independent release and may he obtained regardless of the
regular program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W. 23d Street. NEW YORK 166 W. WashindtonlStreet, CHICAGO
or Syndicate Film Corporation represeatative at any Mutual Exchaaz^ lo the United States and Canada
The Thanhouser . Three-a- Week
Tuesday, July 14, "The Substitute." An excit-
ing 2-rcel drama, throbbing with stirring scenes
from every-day life. Cast includes Mignon
Anderson. Carey Hastings. John Lehnberg, Wil-
ford Voung, Arthur Bauer and Joseph Phillips.
Friday, July 17, "A Gentleman for a Day." A beau-
tiful child drama; depicting the play spirit of chil-
uren and how it triumphs over an irate mother. In
this production is an exceptional cast of child actors,
including Leland Benham, Helen Badgley (the Than-
houser kidlet) and others.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New Rochelle, N. Y
Head European OfGces : Thanhouser
Films, Ltd., London. W. C, England
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Released Monday, July 20th
"MONEY TALKS"
iff A side-splitting "slapstick" comedy of unusual merit.
Released Tuesday, July 21st.
"MRS. BILLINGTON'S FIRST CASE."
An interesting comedy-drama concerning the aspirations of a female attorney. Story adapted
from The Munsey Magazines.
Released Wednesday, July 22nd.
The Fable of "Higher Education that Was Too High for the Old Man."
A GEORGE ADE comedy with a laugh in every foot and a shriek in every scene.
Released Thursday, July 23rd.
"SLIPPERY SLIM'S INHERITANCE"
A Western comedy sensation featuring Margaret Joslin, Victor Potel and Harry Todd.
Released Friday, July 24th.
"A LETTER FROM HOME"
(In Two Acts)
A photographic and dramatic masterpiece. A story of heart interest and true to life incidents
that is well worth your booking.
Released Saturday, Jidy 25th.
"BRONCHO BILLY AND THE GAMBLER."
A Western drama with a punch, featuring G. M. ANDERSON.
RELEASED THROUGH THE GENERAL FILM COMPANY'S FEATURE DEPARTMENT.
SATURDAY, JULY 18th!
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT."
(In Four Acts)
The story written by Louis Tracy that has stirred the entire universe. The novel your audiences
took delight in reading, because they were given the privilege to vote — to elect a photoplayer to
enact the leading role, that of John Delancey Curtis, in the photoplay production — and they elected
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
Your patrons want to see this production. Book it for them !
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
521 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago.
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The Twro
Now On the Great^
UNIVERSAL EXHIBITORS
Who ever dreamed that two such well loved stars i s Mary
program? The Universal has accomplished the seemingly
get into immediate touch with the nearest Universal excha
any exhibitor can resist the wonderful offerings and advant
MARY FULLER
For years this accomplished girl has delighted the people
of the civilized world as the lead in Edison films. For years
it has been supposed that she would always remain with
that company. But she has signed a contract with the Uni-
versal, as previously announced. When we notified the
exchanges a universal and telegraphic howl of joy came
back to us. Exchanges and exhibitors alike congratulated
us and told us we had accomplished the impossible. We
are buying some wonderful stories for ]\Iiss Fuller from
the_ best authors in America and you can rest assured of a
series of delicious treats. Miss Fuller will be under the
direction of Mr. Walter Edwin, who has been directing her
Edison successes, and will be co-starred with Air. Chas.
Ogle, also of the Edison company. Make all your advance
preparations for advertising the fact that you will soon be
sho\ving Mary Fuller pictures. Take fulle'st advantage of
the fact that she is well beloved by millions of moving pic-
ture fans. Handle it like great big news, for that's what it is !
VJS
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Marys
Jniversal Program
/ILD WITH DELIGHT
Uer and Mary Pickford could be secured on the very same
[ipossible achievement and it now invites all exhibitors to
e and profit by this double-headed scoop! I don't see how
tes of that Universal program! — Carl Laemmle, President.
MARY PICKFORD
We have enough Mary Pickford (Little Maiy) pictures to V
LAST US A YEAR ! " They were made by the Imp com-
pany before the Universal company was organized and
contain some of her most delightful pieces of work. Some
of the pictures were directed by Thomas Ince, now General
Director of the New York Motion Picture Co. Some of
them show KING BAGGOT and WILLIAM SHAY, those
itwo old stand-bys of the Imp. In some of the Mary Pick-
'ford releases you will also see David Miles, formerly of the
Kinemacolor and the Biograph ; likewise Owen Moore, for-
merly of the Imp ; and W. Robert Daly and J. Parrel Mac-
Donald, and so on. We have looked over every negative
with scrupulous care and have rejected those in which the
story was weak or which, for one reason or another, are
not suitable for present releasing. We have arranged the
very cream of the lot for early releasing and are now preparing strik-
ingly beautiful and attractive posters for them. Just imagine what it
is going to mean to YOU to be able to advertise a Mary Pickford
JDay without paying a veritable fortune for the privilege!
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All of the Universal Stars in a Single Picture !
What do you know about that?
All the Universal Screen Stars, both £,ast and
West, Rounded Up in a Great One=Reeler !
Never before, Nowhere, No place, in the History of the iMotion Picture Art,
has such a remarkable cast of Celebrities Been Gathered as in that AIOST
ORIGINAL FILM
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"THE GREAT UNIVERSAL MYSTERY
(Released under the Nestor Brand, Friday, July 10)
Described by the "Moving Picture World" as "Something out of the rut."' Never
again will your patrons have a chance to see all of their favorites of the screen in
a single reel!
Staged and produced by Allan Dwan, on the greatest stage in the world at the
Universal West Coast Studios at Hollywood, Califoriiia, and in the Imp. Victor
and Covtesville Studios in the East, and at the Universal executive offices in the
.Mecca Building, New York City.
The Foremost Personages in the Film World appear in the
picture.
President Carl Laemmie ; Secretary and Treasurer, R. H. Cochrane; General Manager, J.
C. Graham; West Coast Manager, Isidore Bernstein; Joe Brandt, Herman Fichtenberg,
ilaurice Fleckles, J. V. Bryson, and scores of others in the business end, mingle in the
rapid-moving action, with
Stars of the First Magnitude, including:
King Baggot, J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush, Ford Sterling, Florence Lawrence, William Clifford, Lois
Weber, Phillips Smalley. Rupert Julian, George Periol at, Vera Sisson, Louise Glaum, Bobby Fuehrer, Bess
Meredith, Ernest Shields, Grace Cunard, Francis Ford, Murdock MacQuarrie, Robert Leonard, Ella Hall, AI.
E. Christie, Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Victoria Forde, Edna Madson, Harry Schumm, Marie Walcamp, Sherman
Bainbridge, Max Asher, Bob Vernon, Louise Fazenda, Gail Henry, Herbert Rawlinson, Anna Little, Frank
Lloyd, Otis Turner, Frank Lanning, Lule Warrenton, Herbert Brenon, Cleo Madison, Frank Crane, Leah Baird,
William Shay, William Welsh, Allen Curtis, Frank Sm ith. Matt Moore, Bob Thomby, Wilfred Lucas, Fred
Balshofer, Ethel Grandin, Hobart Henley and hosts o f others.
It is the Greatest and Most Novel Single -Reeler Ever Filmed!
It is the only single-reeler that has ever carried specially designed six-sheets.
Book it now and give your patrons something to talk about for the next six months
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
CARL LAEMMLE, President.
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Reasons why the Universal is the
Best Balanced Program!
Gaze on this wonderful program for the week of July 20th !
It is an averag-e weekly offerin g of the Big U, the same as huy-
ers of Universal service get 52 weeks a year. Yet
Did You Ever See a More Enticing Program?
MONDAY, JULY 20:
VICTOR— Value Received (Two-Reel Western Dramai
(Vera Sisson and Warren Kerrigan)
IMP— The Sultan's Garden (Drama) .
(Marv Pickford Special Reissue)
STERLING— The Circus (Comedy)
TUESDAY, JULY 21:
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, The Girl of Mystery—
(2-R Dr.— Grace Cunard and Francis Ford— Last of
Series)
CRVST.'\L— Getting Vivian Married (Comedy)
VXIVERS.A.L IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., m Cupid s
Victory (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22:
NESTOR- Bv the Sun's Rays (Western Drama)
(MacQuarrie)
lOKER- Jimmv Kellv and The Kidnappers (Comedy)
"ECL.\IR— .-Mlah, 3311 (Three-Reel Drama)—
(Barbara Tennant and O. A. C. Lund)
AXm.^TED WEEKLY— Xo. 124 (News)
THURSDAY, JULY 23:
IMP— The Gateway of Regret (Drama)
REX— .\t the Foot of the Stairs (Drama)
(Bob Leonard and Ella Hall)
STERLIXG— Love and Lunch (Sterling)
FRIDAY, JULY 24:
XESTOR— All at Sea (Comedy)
POWERS— Kate Waters of the Secret Service--
(2-Reel Drama— Edna Maison)
VICTOR— Irene's Busy Week (Comedy-Drama)
SATURDAY, JULY 25:
TOKER— The Polo Champions (Comedy— Max .\sher)
"101 BISOX"— Olana of the South Seas (2-R. South Sea
Island Drama— Marie Walcamp and W m. Clifford)
SUNDAY, JULY 26:
REX— An .Awkward Cinderella (Comedy-Drama)
FROXTIER- When Memory Recalls (Drama)
ECLAIR-When Death Rode the Engine (\\ est. Dr )
(Robert Frazer and \\ . -A. -Myles)
and "The Polo Champions" will make you
"Kate Waters of the Secret Service" will stir
"Love and Lunch," "The Circus," "All at Sea'
split your sides with laughter.
"Allah 3311," "Olana of the South Seas" and
your blood and appeal to your imagination.
"The Sultan's Garden," the first Mary Pickford re-issue, will show Little Mary in her
e.xquisite youth and beauty.
"Lucille Love," Series 15, gives a smashing climax to a great serial
Romance and tender charm are embodied in "By the Sun's Rays, An Awkward Cinder-
ella" and "At the Foot of the Stairs."
"Value Received," "The Gateway of Regret" and "When Death Rode the Engine" are stir-
ring dramas of real life that will live long in your memory.
For General Interest You Can Not Match the Universal
Program.
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO-
CARL LAEMMLE, President
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^ LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
The Fortune Hunter, The BlacklBag, The Brass BowLEtc.
From the Standpoint of Sensationalism-'-From the
Standpoint of Punch—From the Standpoint of Sus-
pense and Drawing Power---You MUST Book ^this
Phenomenal Serial AT ONCE.
Better than anything producsdjlisrelofore, it will pro/eja^re/el-
ation in drawing power and concentrated action.
It is the serial of serials—and yet each and every installment
will be a complete story in itself. If you once see one, you
must see them all.
EVERY LEADING PAPER IN THE UNITED STATZS
AND CANADA, large, snail and inter-
mediate, will carry the story™every
man, woman and child will demand it.
"USE THE BRAINS GOD GAVE YOU"
and use them quick.
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Presents
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notable
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TheFainous Romance oF Official Life
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THE LITTLE
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A drama laid in the Redemption Depart-
ment of the United States Treasury, with
a tender love story ingeniously interwoven.
The Little Gray Lady is a strong, sweet
woman who wins the salvation of the weak
man she loves. The characters are real
people, not stage puppets, who relate a tale
of love and intrigue that gets down under
the skin.
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THOS. H. INGE
Presents
The Wrath of the Gods
OR, THE DESTRUCTION OF SAKURA-JIMA
6 PARTS
NOTHING LIKE IT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN
Pandemonium, thrilling and superb ! Lava flowing ! Houses
crumbling ! Villages burning ! The typhoon at sea.
The Most Wonderful Picture Ever Made in America
ENLARGEMENTS FROM THE FILM
RELEASED THROUGH MUTUAL AND CONTINENTAL EXCHANGES
New York Motion Picture Corp., 42„S'^i:°''dX,'?!;ew°Yo,t
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1 no LOb for one; 50 cents for sets of four; $1.00 for sets of eight.
MACK SENNETT
MABEL NORMAND
CHARLES CHAPLIN
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE
HARRY G. KEENAN
"BARNEY" SHERRY
RICHARD STANTON
THOS. H. INCE
GRETCHEN LEDERER
MARGARET THOMPSON
TSURU AOKI
ROY LAIDLAW
CLARA WILLIAMS
JAY HUNT
JOHN KELLER
MILDRED HARRIS
"SHORTY" HAMILTON
CHARLES RAY
WALTER BELASCO
FRANK BORZAGE
THOS. CHATTERTON
LEONA HUTTON
RHEA MITCHELL
A set of 8 by 10 Photos of Keystone Mabel, in four different poses, 50 cents
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORP.
LONG ACRE BLDG., 42nd STREET and BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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Mr. Lasky is in the mouatalns, Mr. Goldfish in Europe, our advertising man is
at Dayton, "nobody home" the papers want an ad, so I've got to write one. Please
forgive the punctuations, but read the Ad.
Signed— JOSEPH ROTHMAN, Esq.
Asst. Press Agent and Office Boy
(our regular start i
JESSE L. LASKY
PRESENTS
(We always start with Mr. Lasky's name because it means so much in the way of
fine shows and things
Harold MacGrath's Great Novel
THE
MAN
ON THE
BOX
' with the great actor and actresss ■
MAX
FIGMAN
AND
LOLITA
ROBERTSON
A Rollicking Military Romance in Five Parts
/ copped this out of the press book)
A Magnificent Photo-play production replete with thrilling episodes, vivid climaxes and
potent situations, and possessing a glorious vein of majestic romance. And a different finish.
• our advertising man was soinz to use the above next week, but I found it on bis desk and beat bim to it)
Released July 13
As soon as the
folks get back
BOOK NOW— There's a Distributor in every State
'Regular line In all our adsi
The still pictures from the coast look great. Mr. Figman is a great actor cind Miss
Robertson is wonderful. The story is attractive, full of thrills and from all reports is
a wonderfully reelistic photo-play. Messrs. DeMille and Apfel staged "The Man on
the Box" so you can imagine how good it is.
The whole world will want to give it the "once over"
( / got this from Tad la the Cartoons i
JESSE L LASKY FEATURE PLAY COMPANY
LONG ACRE THEATRE
JE55E L LA5KY
PRESIDENT
N.V. C.
W. 48th STREET
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Mexican War Pictures
Photographed under Fire by the
Mutual Film Corporation
under special contract with
GENERAL VILLA
Seven Exciting Reels. Direct from its only showing at
the Lyric Theatre, 42nd Street and Broadway, New York.
Crowd Pulling Posters, Still Pictures of Absorbing
Interest for Lobby Display.
3-Sheet Poster in Full Color.
FOR moiiths the newspapers of the whole world, and especially those of
the United States, have been full of accounts of the photographing of
battles in the Mexican war, under special contract with General Fran-
cisco Villa, the great rebel commander — probably the most talked-of man
in the world to-day. In every city, town and vil.age there is absorbing inter-
est not alone in the fighting, but in the life story of the man himself. Since
early in January daring camera men have carried Mutual cameras into the
thick of every fight and have made thousands of feet of film amid the roar
of artillery, the deadly hum of machine guns and the vicious crackle of rifle
fire. The brilliant sunlight of the tropics has made marvelous pictures — pic-
tures thriUing with nearness and the reality of actua^ sordid warfare. You
can almost hear the whistle of bullets as you see the spatters of dust in the
picture, and the shriek of the shells as rapid-fire guns on armored trains
leap back in the recoil.
Much of this film had to be cut out because it was too realistically horrible
to be publicly shown.
Some because it was obscured by the smoke and dust of battle.
Some was lost entirely by the shattering of cameras by bullets.
TWO THOUSAND FEET OF ACTUAL BATTLE SCENES HAVK
BEEN SELECTED.
These form the last two reels of the seven we offer.
Of perhaps even greater interest are the five reels made in the very dis-
tricts where the fighting was fiercest, showing by a series of exciting scenes
the TRAGIC EARLY LIFE OF GENERAL VILLA.
It would be impossible to tell the scenes of actual battle from those posed
to show the story, were they not separated and shown frankly by themselves,
to avoid the smallest suspicion of misrepresentation.
Here then is a story vastly more exciting, more absorbing, more thrill-
ing than the most exciting of fiction, where woe and murder and intrigue
weave a tale of tragic reality — with vast educational interest beside. Every
man and woman and schoolchUd ought to see and, what is more to the point,
WANTS to see these pictures.
The task of distribution of such a film is not the business of a company
vrith other interests.
Every picture house in the country — no matter what programme it shows,
no matter what its usual feature arrangements — should show these seven reels.
Just now, with hundreds of theaters closed for the summer months, the
possibilities of theater showings are enormous. The man who buys state
rights on this series, and then WORKS HIS TERRITORY TO CAPACITY,
has profit chances almost undreamed of— even in the moving picture business.
BUT— You must speak QUICKLY.
MEXICAN WAR FILM COMPANY
Room 1208, 71 W. 23rd Street,
NEW YORK CITY
STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE TO THIS V. C M I F I L L SERIES, fe
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Wonderful Reels of
ACTION
6,000 feet of film without a single superfluous
inch — An uninterrupted marvel of incessant,
throbbing, vital GRIFFITH big scenes!
SUCH IS
Home, S\veet Home
The Veritable Master-work of the Master
D. W. GRIFFITH
APHOTODRAMA of appealing, world-wide sentiment rendered into a series
of soul-stirring incidents- — First, the romantic, tragic and adventurous life of
John Howard Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home" — Then, three thrilling
episodes, showing how the magic thought of home is the dominant force in moments
of extreme temptation, anguish and heart-rending calamity — A heart drama of
mighty, profound struggles for love and life.
Now being released by the
Continental Feature Film Corp.
29 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK
AND ALL MUTUAL EXCHANGES
Other Pulling Continental Features Are:
"The Battle of Gettysburg"
5 Reels
"Joseph in the Land of Egypt"
4 Reels
"The Great Leap" 4 Reels
"Gangsters" 4 Reels
"Frou Frou" 4 Reels
"Moths" 4 Reels
"Ruy Bias" 3 Reels
"Legend of Provence"
4 Reels
"Sapho" 6 Reels
"Seeing South America with
Colonel Roosevelt"
3 Reels
"Robin Hood" 4 Reels
"Zu, Zu, The Band Leader"
2 Reels
"The Floor Above" 4 Reels
"The Battle of the Sexes"
5 Reels
"The Dishonored Medal"
4 Reels
"The Mountain Rat" 4 Reels
"Dope" 6 Reels
"Cardinal Richelieu's Ward"
4 Reels
"Wrath of the Gods" 6 Reels
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/oAn ^ar/ey^eorn —
The Saloon
Always Offers a
Warm Welcome to
the Workingman
The Liquor Bill
of the American
Nation is
$1,500,000,000
annually.
What per cent,
of this does the
Wage Earner
Pay?
John Barley-
corn Gives Tra-
gic, Realistic
Answer.
Some Experiences of
Jack London's Life
— Written by Himself
A Compelling Plea for Temperance
Don't Fail to Book This Picture
— it will surely bring
crowds to your theatre
Make Application Immediately to
American Feature Film Co., 162 Tre-
mont St., Boston, Mass. — New England
States: Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
and Vermont.
Wm. L. Sherry Feature Film Co., Inc.,
126 West 46th Street, New York City —
Greater New York and New York State.
Famous Players Film Service, Inc.,
404 Ferry Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., and
37 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, lit.
— Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Famous Players Exchange, 1331 Vine
Street, Philadelphia, Pa., and 71 West
23rd Street, New York City — New Jersey
and Eastern Pennsylvania,
.Famous Players Feature Co., 28 West
Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. — Dela-
vi^are, Maryland, Washington, D.C, and
Virginia.
Casino Feature Film Co., Detroit, Mich.
— Michigan.
Kansas City Feature Film Co., Kansas
City, Mo. — Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Iowa.
Famous Players Star Feature Film
Service, Temple Court Building, Minne-
apolis, Minn. — North and South Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Notable Feature Film Co., Salt Lake
City, Utah — Utah, Colorado, Montana,
Wyoming and Idaho.
Progressive Motion Picture Co., three
offices — Head office: 642 Pacific Build-
ing, San Francisco, Cal.; Central Build-
ing, Seattle, Wash.; Marsh -Strong
Building, Los Angeles, Cal. — California,
Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona
and New Mexico.
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BOSWORTH, Inc., 648 Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal.
William W.Hodkinson, Distributor, 110 W. 40th St., New York City
After September 1st All Bosworth Releases Handled Through Paramount Program
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Almost As iluic% As the telegraph
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
THE SAME DAY the Daily Papers
are running telegraphic reports of great
world events and happenings, THE
PATHE DAILY NEWS is showing on
the screen these events and showing
them in a way impossible for the
newspapers. THE PATHE DAILY
NEWS is the most important — most
interesting — most truthful — most prompt
distributor of "News When It IS News"
yet thought of and used. Daily papers
at best give one man's opinion (each
paper running a different story).
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS Shows Events As
They Actually Happen, When They Happen
For Further Particulars Address
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
1 CONGRESS ST.
JERSEY CITY, N.J.
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Book Eclectic Features for Big Profits
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
ATLANTA
Rhodes BIdg.
NEW YORK
115 E. 23rd St.
SALT LAKE CITY
BOSTON
3 Tremont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ave.
CLEVELAND
M South Main St. 622 Prospect Av.,S.E.
SEATTLE OMAHA
810 Third Ave. 1312 Famam St.
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabash Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
392 Bumside Ave.
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
211 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th & E Sts.. N. W.
DENVER
Nassau Bldg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
FILM COMPANY
110 West 40th Street MMlMHi'.'kVM-ll?^ New York City
'The Cream of American and European Studios"
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We Promised to Put Out the Greatest
Serial Film Ever Produced— WE DID IT
THE PERILS OF PAULINE
Still continues its unprecedented success. Pauline is making more friends daily. In
fact so great has become the demand for this serial that many of the exhibitors who
had at first booked for only one day of each episode are now demanding the film for
two and sometimes three days, so they can take care of all the patrons who are
Pauline fans. There is such an intensely interesting quality combined with some of
the most unusual, almost superhuman achievements in this serial, that it makes new-
friends of every one who sees it. And it is getting better every episode. There is
a reason.
PAULINE PULLS PEOPLE * » » SHE'S A GOLD MINE
COMING ! COMING!! COMING!!!
Some of the Greatest Sidesplitting, Riproaring, Laugh Creating One-Reel Comedies
You Ever Saw — Eclectic Quality — Nuff Said.
ATLANTA
Rhodes Bldg.
NEW YORK
115 E. 23rd St.
SALT LAKE CITY
68 South Main St.
SEATTLE
810 Third Ave.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
BOSTON
3 Tremolxt Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ave.
CLEVELAND
622 Prospect Av., S.E.
OMAHA
1312 Farnam St.
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabash Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
392 Burnside Ave.
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th & E Sts., N. W
DENVER
Nassau Bldg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
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Hook up with Sawyer
now— AT ONCE. If
your state is not sold
Sawyer will book you
direct, and
SAVE YOU
the Middleman's profit
— (the State-right buy-
er). Sawyer is the pro-
ducer— You are the
consumer — Sawyer
deals -with you direct.
You reap the benefit.
No theatre too big to
fit Sawyer's Features —
No theatre too small
for Sawyer's Features
to fit, and
Everybody Satisfied
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LIVING UP TO THE
LETTER
ONE YEAR AGO the All Star Feature Corp. began to
produce in Motion Pictures the writings of noted Play-
wrights, in each of which a Famous Star appeared, sup-
ported by the best available talent of the American stage.
During the year past others have come and gone,
attempting a similar policy with indifferent success. In
rare instances these have met with response depending
upon the courage and ability of the producers to select
Real plays and stars and to pay the enormous royalties
and salaries demanded.
Fooling the public by the substitution of cheap scena-
rios, bolstered up by a star, or the use of a leading man
or woman, who never really starred, in a low-royalty play
alleged to have been famous, are the very pitfalls which
the All Star has religiously avoided.
Every play has been a worthy one and every star an
American favorite of the public.
That the All Star has been eminently successful and
has stood alone, unsupported by factions, combinations
or stock floating schemes has been due to the tremendous
support of the Exhibitor and the Public of All Star Fea-
tures.
The coming year will witness even greater results from
a strict adherence to the All Star policy so ably demon-
strated in the past.
A Handsome Souvenir Booklet will be
mailed to any Exhibitor on request.
5\LIv STAR- FEATURE* CORPORATION'^
CLJTrve OF-Pices
220 W. -*£!l5 ST^ NEW YORK
Harry R. Raver
EXCLUSIVE XkOENTS IN PRINCIRAC CITIES OF THE. NA^ORI-D
AuousTua Thomas
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NOW COMES A STAR
The greatest box office magnet in all America. The
highest salaried leading lady in two dollar theatricals.
Sought after by film makers for many months, but finally
secured at a staggering outlay by the
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION
•ETHEL*
BARRYMORE
WILL POSITIVELY APPEAR IN AN
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
Written Specially by America's Greatest Dramatist
AUGUSTUS THOMAS
Supported by a Splendid, Selected Cast
''The NIGHTINGALE"
WILL BE SHOWN IN FIVE ACTS
IMPORTANT
Elaborate advertising matter has been
prepared for Miss Barrymore's great pro-
duction — thoroughly in keeping with the dignity and importance
of the Star. Send for handsome booklet and the address of our
agent nearest your theatre. _A
5\LL« STAR* FEATURE- OORPORATIOK*
Harrv R.Ravbr
KJCECLJTIVE OFP-JCES
220 W. .^^asS ST, NEW YORK
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w Went TO THE CUPBOARD
10 FIND THERE WAS NO MORE ROOM.
SnE knew THE cause
^^ Without a pause
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RELEASED
THROUGH SPECIAL
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
or, THE MOOR OF VENICE
FIVE PARTS
THE DIVINE SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
Made at Venice, Italy!!!
By the Photo Drama Company. "^THE SUPER FILM— By
All Odds the Most Pretentious, Beautiful and Accurately-
Screened Version of Shakespearean Stories!
MADE AT VENICE, ITALY. That's a Tremendous ad-
vertismg Feature in itself! VENICE, rendezvous of the
modern tourist— A very fountain-head of Romance and Ad-
venture! The waterways of Historic Venice
with its tales, ten centuries old, of Passionate
Loves and Fierce \'endettas — the indolent,
dreamy sweep of these Gondola-ridden high-
ways are scenes of the quaintest stories in any
language !
FOR THE MAKING OF OTHELLO the City Fathers
declared a half-holiday — canals were closed to modern
commerce, leaving only the aged palaces, the gayly-
costumed players and the clicking cameras of the
Photo Drama Company.
In OTHELLO, we offer a real masterpiece. It is the
first of Shakespeare's stories filmed in its proper en-
vironment, as the Master would have wished.
For Release Through
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
General Film Company
WEEK OF JULY 6th
Complete Line of Lithographs, Press Stories, etc.
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State St., Chicago
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COMEDIEl
9
ORDER MELIES
AMERICAN COMEDIES EVERY TUESDAY
as part of our regular five a week output
'NE4TH THE
P/1W
ONE OF THESE THREE BIG
OIAL. REATUFRE
RELEASED THROUGH THE GENERAL FILM CO.
ELIES
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KALEM MASTERPIECE FILMS
SHANNON OF THE SIXTH
A stupendous five-part production of Edward £. Kidder's famous play based upon the Sepoy Rebellion in India.
More realistic conflicts than are waged between the frenzied Sepoys and the English troops have never been
filmed. The destruction of the arsenal in which the English women and children have sought safety, and the as-
sault upon the walls of Meerut are among the awe-inspiring features.
Two 1-sheet, two 3-sheet, two 8-sheet, and one 24-sheet posters showing the most stirring incidents.
THE BOER WAR.
A spectacular five-part story of the conflict between the British and the Boers.
"Many of my patrons consider 'THE BOER WAR' the finest war drama they have ever seen," wrrites the owner
of the Theatre De Luxe, Dublin. Your patrons will be of the same opinion after they have seen the Battles of
Elandslaagte, Wagon Hill, Botha's Pass and Almond's Nek.
Two 1-sheet, two 3-sheet, two 8-sheet, and one 24-sheet posters depicting exciting scenes.
WOLFE, OR THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC.
A five-part historical production produced at authentic locations.
The attempt to destroy the English fleet by means of fire boats, the battles at Montmorenci Falls and on the
Plains of Abraham, and the death of Wolfe and Montcalm, are among the historic events depicted.
The two 1-sheet, two 3-sheet, two 8-sheet, and one 24-sheet posters instantly catch the eye.
H Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox"
i A Three-Part Story of the Revolution and Marion's
I battles with the British. 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
I The Death Sign at High Noon
I Marin Sais, Jane Wolfe, W. H. West and Paul Hurst
I in a Three-Part Drama showing one of the most
I exciting Indian fights ever filmed. 1, 3 and 6-Sheet
I Posters.
The Other Half of the Note
Featuring Irene Boyle in a Three-Part Secret Service
Story. 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
A Celebrated Case
A Four-Part Production of the famous old drama.
Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot and
Alice Hollister in strong roles. 1, 3 and 6-Sheet
Posters.
Released through General Film's Masterpiece Service
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EDISON
LADDIE
A new version of the celebrated Edison drama
In Two Parts. 2,000 Feet
THE great tragedy in a mother's life is when her children grow up and leave her. Some fifteen years
had elapsed since "Laddie" had left the old home for city life. Then, when the dear old mother
was to be turned out of house and home to let a railroad have right of way through the property, she
decided to surprise "Laddie" with her trip to his city oiflce. "Laddie" appeared to be glad to see her, but
the dear old mother felt his cold formality and went her way. Evidently "Laddie" was ashamed of
liis poor old mother. At length remorse for his conduct comes over him and he seeks her only to find
her at last frail and dying in a hospital, but barely in time to impress a kiss on her dying lips and receive
a mother's farewell smile. To be released Friday, July 24th
COMING EDISON
The Adventures of the Absent Minded
RELEASES
Professor.
Seventh "Octavius-Amateur Detective" story
Comed> — 1000 feet
To be released Monday, July 20th
A Matter of Minutes
Eighth "The Man Who Disappeared" story
Drama— 1000 feet
To be released Tuesday, July 21st
A Deal in Statuary
Comedy — 500 feet
His Wife's Burglar
Comedy — 500 feet
To be released Wednesday, July 22nd
The Last Assignment
Twelfth of the "Dolly of the Dailies" series
Drama— 1000 feet
To be released Saturday, July 2Sth
A Canine Rival
Eighth of the "Wood B. Wedd" sentimental
experiences
Corned} — 1000 feet
To be released Monday, July 27th
WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF "MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"
H. A. Du Souchet's famous comedy-drama with Walter E. Perkins in
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'THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR"
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"EAGLE'S NEST" _ 5 Reels. Now being produced in Colorado, with Edwin Arden,
the author, in the leading role.
"THE FORTUNE HUNTER" 5 Reels. By Winchell Smith, with William Elliott,
late star of the "Madame X" production, in the leading role.
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"The Cross of Crime" — 2 Reel. Thurs., July 16th
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"HE WAS BAD" "THE CROSS OF CRIME"
Comedy Split Reel Tuesday, July 14th Two Reel Drama. ..Thursday, July 16th
Sam Johnson is very unfortunate and getting the worst of it all
round, but he gets a job sharpening razors. Armed witn about a
score of the colored man's favorite plavthings he runs amuck and
quickly cleans up the town.
"TOUGH LUCK"
Comedy Split Reel Tuesday, July 14th
Boggs is cert-iinly in tough luck; everything goes wrong, but the
climax comes when it is found that the cook has smallpox. The home
IS quarantined and no one can get in or out for weeks.
"CODES OF HONOR"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, July 15th
A very powerful Drama, in which the Codes of Honor prevail
against a terrible temptation.
Sad consequences of adversity, temptation and the wages of sin.
Retribution and compensation.
"THE LIE"
Drama Friday, July 17th
A good trapper story with excellent moral lesson sustaining truth.
Backwoods atmosphere.
"SHE WANTED TO KNOW"
Comedy Split Reel Saturday, July IStli
Great Comedv picture with funny situation caused by family jars.
"ALL FOR LOVE"
Comedy Split Reel Saturday, July 18tli
A Romance of the Rockies much burlesqued. Will induce roars of
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"THE SOUL OF LUIGI" Drama
Monday, July 13.
Hid wife's de?!crtion turns his love to hate ami avarice. His soul is
awakened and love revived by the child of his wife's renunciation.
DOROTHY KELLY. JAMES MORRISON, GEORGE COOPER and
ANDERS RANDOLPH are the cast.
"FOGG'S MILLIONS" Two Part Drama
Tuesday, July 14
Old Fogg marries a young adventuress who hopes to inherit his
millions at his death. She is convicted of bigamy and the riehtfnl
heirs come into their possession. VAN DYKE BROOKE and an all
star cast.
"THE ARRIVAL OF JOSIE" Comedy
Wednesday, July 15
A stranger in a strange land, she falls into good hands. Her dream
of happiness is soon realized. Her joy is unconfined in her good
nature. JOSIE SADLER and BILLY QUIRK are the leads.
"THE LITTLE CAPTAIN"
Comedy-Drama
Thursday, July IS
He follows the general code of military discipline. He fullows it Imo
literallv. It is happily rectified and everybody pleased. BOBBY
CONNELLY in the title role.
"PIGS IS PIGS" Comedy
Friday, July 17
They become too many for BUNNY to handle. Hr is glad to get rid
of them at any price. Two of them increase to one thousand in a
shorter time than it takes to tell it.
"THE SONG OF THE GHETTO" Two Part Drama
Saturday, July IS
Calucci rejects Rosa, his old country sweetheart. He gains success
in America. His sweetheart follows him. Seeking vengeance, her
benefactor receives the thrust intended for Calucci. Calucci's love is
reawakened, and he and Rosa are reconciled. WILLIAM HUM-
PHREY, ANTONIO MORENO, CAROLYN BIRCH and EULALIE
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"THE APPLE"
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"ROMANTIC JOSIE"
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FiVe Releases Each Week
THE IDENTIFICATION
FEATURING HELEN HOLMES AND J. P. McGOWAN IN A TWO-PART DRAMA.
Just as the drug fiend's plot to marry an heiress is about to succeed, an auto explosion — without a doubt, the most
realistic ever filmed — frustrates his designs.
Released Monday, July 27th. Attention-attracting scenes on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
The Man With the Glove
FEATURING GUY COOMBS AND ANNA NILSSON
Because his nerve gives vsray during a hazing ordeal
at college, the word "coward" is branded upon Pen-
field's hand. He vows vengeance upon the man who
has humiliated him. His chance comes — but the course
he pursues gives the lie to the word burnt into his
flesh.
Released Tuesday, July 28th. Business-bringing 1 and
3-Sheets.
The Deadly Battle at Hicksville
FEATURING RUTH ROLAND IN A MARSHAL
NIELAN COMEDY.
The lemon bombardment, the bur-
lesque cannon duel and the ex-
plosion of the powder magazine
are some of the incidents which
fill this farce writh merriment.
Released Friday, July 31st.
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The Indian Agent
FEATURING PRINCESS MONA DARKFEATHER
IN A STIRRING TWO-PART DRAMA.
Filled with gratitude toward the Indian Agent who has
saved her brave's life, Anahka swears to repay his
kindness. Her opportunity comes when her hunger-
maddened people attack the whites.
Released Wednesday, July 29th. Striking 1, 3 and 6-
Sheets.
The Lad from Old Ireland
This drama — produced in Ireland — will be remembered
by exhibitors who ran it several years ago as one of
the strongest single reels Kalem has ever released.
The Irish lad's return in time to save his sweetheart
from eviction makes this a story of rare interest.
Released Saturday, August 1st. Superb 1 and 3-Sheets.
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Facts and Comments
AN old friend and reader otit on the Jersey coast
wants us to castigate all producers who insist
on displaying drinking scenes. "It seems a
shame," says our esteemed friend, "that fihn producers
cannot give the pubHc an interior setting without a bottle
of rum on the table, and every entrance of a player means
a glass of wine, etc. They even have little U I
drinking at the bar. I am not advocating temperance,
but think it's wrong." It may be quite true that there is
too much drinking on the films, but we really think our
friend is a little bit too severe and general' in his lan-
guage. No film ought to advertise drinking places, bitt
it is difficult to see how all drinkiiig scenes can be omit-
ted. Is the banquet in Macbeth a drinking' scene? The
whole story of the wedding at Canaan hinges on the wine
and the drinking of wine. No miracle could have been
wrought without the diminished supply of wine.
"Whatever our own personal views may be in the mat-
ter, no sane man will deny that men haye since time im-
memorial made feasting the occasion for drink, and a
true portrayal of life cannot absolutely ignore so patent
and oinious a fact. Where the offering of a drink is
part of the hospitable rites of a nation or an individual
it is dillicult to suppress it entirely if a complete story is
lo be tuld. .Such scenes are found in the literature of
every country and of every age from Homer to the last
best seller. Where drinking scenes are introduced need-
lessly, and do not form a logical part of the story itself,
they are, of course, aljsolute waste and indeed worse than
waste. We have more than one film which shows the
follies of intemperance, such as "Ten Nights in a Bar
Room," or "John Barleycorn."
* * *
IT is a notorious fact that in the midst of an un-
precedented overproduction of multiple reels there
is a painful dearth of good features which woukl
help the exhibitor to make money. TiiR Movixr, Pic-
ture World has recei\-ed more than one letter from ex-
hibitors who wonder what has become of the supply of
quality features. One correspondent writes to us
enumerating a long list of good features with which he
has made money and then deploring the fact that the
supply of this kind of films is giving out. He says he is
only looking for the best and wants to steer clear of "the
cheap stuff."
It is not easy to understand or explain the situation.
The prevailing opinion seems to be that there must be an
awful shrinkage in the production of cheap stuff before
we can look for a successful revival of long films of
quality. The seas""on is, of course, responsible for much
of the poor business, but old film men say that they have
never known a worse season than this. There is an un-
settled condition which has now continued for some
time, but it looks from the eft'orts which are being made
in many quarters as if the coming of the fall might bring
the hoped-for improvement.
* * *
ONE of our esteemed correspondents writing from a
Western state says in his letter to The Moving
Picture World that he anticipates hostile action
by the legislature of his state, owing to the epidemic of
"white-slave" and "drug-terror" films which recently
swept over his territory. After congrattilating The
Moving Picture World on its stand in regard to such
films our correspondent fears that the legislators "will
be glad of an opportunity to pounce on the moving pic-
ture business, and if there is anything in the world that
will offer them an excuse it is that kind of pictures."
We have done what we could to fight such filrhs, but the
fate of all these bad features ultimately rests with the
exhibitors. It seems to us that the organized exhibitors
might have done something to aid in the fight, but if they
have done anything it has escaped our attention.
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ANOTHER complaint in this week's exhibitors'
mail deals with the unreasonably hostile attitude
of the church people against the motion picture.
The trouble is a local one and our exhibitor says that in
spite of all he has been able to do the ministers in the
town are warning their congregations against attending
motion picture entertainments. The ministers probably
fear a diminution of the profits of their own entertain-
ments. This is a narrow attitude, to be sure, and the_
exhibitor who must contend with it has no other hope
than patient waiting. Eventually we have always found
the good, clean and entertaining picture is bound to win.
The wait, of course, is hard and unprofitable for the
time being, but, on the whole, much better than
surrender.
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What Constitutes a "Punch"?
By Luuis Reeves Harrison.
AS in the ring, the "punch" is felt rather than seen.
We may have a plot and characterization, strik-
ing types, charming treatment, splendid scientific
work, and even sensational episodes for billboard use,
and the audience will vaguely recognize that there is
something lacking. A Prussian spy of fierce beard and
glittering eyes ma}' engage an adventuress-with-a-soft-
spot-in-her-heart to steal the "papes" from the hero,
either a trusted soldier or an ambassadorial attache, and
we may be treated to an hour or so of dreadful suspense,
machinations of mystery, gorgeous balls, lovely gardens,
and the "papes" are finally restored by the adventuress
in a fit of remorse. If she does not die. she flops into
the hero's arms and we ask ourselves, "^^''hat of it?"
As one of the audience, I sit down to watch the screen
in good faith, trusting to those who have undertaken to
entertain me, hoping that they will. When I am guided
through a labyrinth of difficulties, step by step, I wait
patiently, not for something to happen, but for some
reason for all that is happening. Moment after moment
passes : men and women chase up and do\^'n and across
the screen ; some gasp, "My God !" Others look fur-
tively out of their eye corners ; some fight ; others weep ;
then tbe leading lady is taken into the arms of the lead-
ing gent, and all is over.
A gentleman of Marblehead recently claimed that I
wrote sensational dramas and against sensationalism.
He could not distinguish between the means and the end.
A dramatist may use exciting incidents of any kind to
obtain a hold on the unstable interest of a mixed audi-
ence ; he can use his imagination with the utmost free-
dom in devising schemes to grip and hold that interest :
he can be interesting at the expense of truth if he
chooses; he must never be truthful at the expense of in-
terest ; but all forms of development are but means to an
end. What I complain of is that they constitute elaborate
preparation for little or nothing whatever in the end.
There is no punch delivered in the average protodrama
but it can be put into any form from farce to tragedv.
Let us consider a certain adaptation from melodrama
recently shown at the Strand. A married woman of
sweet nature, designed for normal existence, is driven
to a state of mental dissolution by the pressure of out-
ward circumstances, extreme poverty, a thieving husband
of refined cruelty and the loss of her baby. She is on
the edge of self-destruction — having nothing to live for,
her hold on existence is frail. Along comes a true
friend. He sustains and strengthens her with manly deli-
cacy, while driving straight at a gang of degenerates led
by her husband. He is their Nemesis, working silentlv
and determinedly to thwart their schemes and punish
them according to their deserts, while restoring her to
that form of life for which she was intended and
equipped. That she inadvertently aids in retributive jus-
tice detracts nothing from interest, but the punch is felt
to be the power exerted in behalf of a gentle and un-
fortunate woman by the activities of one true friend.
And of us who have known bitter experience realize
that there are periods when our individual efforts seem
' unavailing, when at the last moment some kind heart
gives us encouragement and support needed to tide us
over to where we can once more take care of ourselves.
Those of us who have not tasted the bitter waters of com-
plete failure, who, nevertheless, observe and think, can
easily grasp the value of true friendship in a moment of
extreme peril. So there was a punch to the screen ver-
sion which brought a success, whereas the weak stage
play may have failed from lack of it. The punch was
not seen — it was not so intended — but it was delivered
and made a hit. To make it obvious is to lose half of
the eflfect.
Ambitious directors sometimes create an eflfective play
out of poor raw material, but they occasionally give so
much attention to this or that delight of treatment, valu-
able as a means to an end, that they lose sight of the end
and are really responsible for destroying what they sin-
cerely desire to improve. The audience enjoys skillful
interpretation and beauty of structure — people often ap-
plaud the treatment — but the after effect in a successful
play is too subtle for immediate analysis, and it is that
which brings men and women back again to the picture
show. The punch counts in the long run.
The author of screen dramas rarely sees in advance
all that may be made of his product — the director and
actors may' greatly improve it — but that author must
have a quality above mere craftsmanship, the ability to
think out clearly outlined conclusions of value, such as
have a bearing on modern existence. He must use inci-
dent and characterization to entertain, to enlist both emo-
tional and intellectual interest, but his finest achieve-
ment is to use his art and that of all participating in the
composite work of production as a delightful means to
some well-defined end. Without that end in view, it is
difficult for him to construct with sincerity, and without
initial sincerity of tone there may easily be false notes
from the best of starts to the inevitable conclusion.
We will eventually come to our own in photodrama,
whether or not it is sensational or elaborately ornamented
with beautv, and the plays will be quite as easily under-
stood bv those of small pretense as they are delightful to
people of critical tastes. Their simplicity will be an art
to conceal, or their vigor an art to enforce,^ a meaning.
When these plavs come, eminently human, with a signifi-
cance in their humanity, they will sweep like a refresh-
ing breeze through poster pretense, stale intrigues, cos-
tume inanities and threadbare themes, with a vigor and
freshness that will make them welcome to all classes.
It takes a soul to quicken a soul.
The soulless photodrama, the one having no especial
significance, may be pleasing in a small way, especially
to those directors who delight in embellishing scenarios
with cunning little devices of their own, but the biggest
interest of the audience is not in contemplating the di-
rector's cleverness but in getting something from the
photodrama. That something is Avhat lasts in memory.
The subtle effect that causes us to remember one pic-
ture, one statue, one book among many, is different than
our immediate pleasure. The latter is purely a question
of first impression, the impression that is made through
the eye for the pleasure of the moment, the flitting im-
pression of a passing crowd. What results from that
impression is quite another matter.
"Success," savs Richard Burton, "must rest upon
strong convictions. Along with the indispensable skill
in handling the form there must be that sympathy in life
which flowers in some proof that the plavmaker has
really been living, and therefore has something to say
about the great, confusing, inspiring life play from which
he makes his own little drama." Here is a great
natural school, unsurpassed in power and opportunity,
THE MOVING PICTURK WORLD
405
No Quarter and No Compromise
By W. Stephen Bush.
I
WHILE we are on the question of censorship let
us take a glance at some foreign dispatches sent
to this side of the water by the representative of
the Associated Press in" Berlin. The dispatches tell of
protests against the growing tax on films levied in the
name and under the pretense of censorship. American,
French and Italian firms have appealed to their respec-
tive ambassadors and threaten to quit Germany unless
some relief is afforded. The tax now amounts to about
half a cent a foot which, allowing for the difference in
the value of money, is near the point of confiscation.
The source, or rather the pretense, for all this taxation
is the alleged need of cen.sorship.
With censorship a legal fact and taxation under claim
of censorship a stern reality in Ohio and in Pennsyl-
vania, as well as in other localities, the political appetite
will soon grow by what it feeds on. The tax imposed
on films in the name of censorship is severe now ; what
will it be a year or two years from now? If we have
censorship in only one-fourth of the States with a grow-
ing rate of taxation the toll taken from the motion pic-
ture industry will feed a large horde of politicians and
make the production of motion pictures more costly and
more uncertain.
Here is an aspect of the censorship problem which is
well worthy of careful consideration. Let the right of
the state to exercise a previous legal restraint over the
publication of films be granted and you cannot fix a limit
for the cost of enforcing such a previous legal restraint.
Supposing the States raise the tax of censorship to ten
dollars for a thousand feet for every copy that goes
through the limits of their jurisdiction. It is difificult to
see what can be done to stop it. The courts are open, of
course, but litigation is notoriously expensive and long
drawn out.
The organized exhibitors of Pennsylvania have set the
first example of active and practical resistance to censor-
ship as the special enemy of the exhibitor. We earnestly
hope that every other organization of exhibitors will at
last rise to the enormity of the danger involved in legal
censorship and will attack the evil where it has found
concrete shape in legislation. Happily legal censorship
is still in its infancy. So far there is no legal censorship
in the overwhelming majority of the States.
Now let the exhibitors in every state which is as yet
free from legal censorship with all its ruinous conse-
quences get together without delay and enter upon a
vigorous anti-censorship campaign. ' It would be well to
start a National^ as well as a state campaign, but the
state campaign is needed immediately wherever legis-
lators talk of censorship. The Moving Pictltre World
has from the first opposed all kinds of censorship. It
has given practical and concrete evidence of its opposi-
tion and of its ability to expose the fallacies of censor-
ship where exposure was likely to do the most good.
■\\Tierever a bureau of education is started with the ob-
ject of enlightenine and influencine public opinion in the
matter of censorship the files of The Moving Picture
\\''oRLD will be found full of useful information. It is
well known throughout the industrv. and especiallv well
known among exhibitors, that this paper is readv and
always has been ready to provide its readers with good
materials in the fight against censorship wherever it 'may
be waged. On more than one occasion this paper has
sent its representatives before committees and legisla-
tures to plead the cause of the freedom of the screen
which means the freedom of the exhibitor. We arc
ready to do our share at all times, but the exhibitor must
take the initiative in his own territory. He must digest
the full meaning of the words, "that eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty."
It may seem impossible that a medieval institution,
repugnant both to the letter and the spirit of our laws,
can be resurrected in the twentieth century and in the
most progressive country in the world. We say it may
seem impossible, but facts show that the attempt has
been made in two states of the Union, one of them justly
accounted a leader in modern ideas. If we stand by
supinely the unholy union between the fanatic and the
politician will be responsible for more abortive change-
lings. The fanatic, often well-intentioned and always
reaching out for the impossible, sets up the public clamor
and creates a false public sentiment and an artificial de-
mand. The politician, wholly unconscious of and in-
different to any moral influences or considerations, is
quick to see the chances of creating new revenues for
the state and for himself, especially for himself. Using
the false public sentiment he forces the obnoxious but to
him and his highly profitable law upon the statute books
and the exhibitor begins to suffer.
The Fifth Avenue Board of Voluntarv Censorship
has recently sent out a circular in which it lays down
this strange principle: "Some form of local censorship
is inevitable." This is another one of those loose, care-
less and mischievous statements which one meets con-
stantly in the dialectics of censorship. ' It is a mere con-
clusion and cannot be accepted as evidence merely be-
cause our friends on Fifth Avenue choose to stand spon-
sors for it. The contention that there will always be
local censorship is not supported by any facts which we
have been able to discover in the circular. It is a naked
assumption and an unwarranted fear. Even if such
were the case, however, it has yet to be demonstrated
how an added state or National censorship is going to
improve matters. Let us hold fast to this self-evident
principle : All censorship is bad and unjustifiable. The
battle must be fought out on these lines no matter how
long it will take. Whatever is vicious in principle cannot
be made the subject-matter of compromise. We might
debate on the amount of the tax which the state exacts
for the privilege of showing motion pictures to the pub-
lic, but there can be no discussion or arbitration of the
viciousness of censorship. The experience of mankind
extending over many centuries and especially the experi-
ences of the English-speaking races have demonstrated
beyond all doubt both the folly and the ineffectiveness
of subjecting any medium of public expression to a
previous legal restraint.
We cannot lose in this fight if we are willing to perse-
vere. Reason and experience are fighting with us. The
press will be with us if we know how to make the right
sort of appeal through its columns. More important
than all else : Public opinion will be with us if we pre-
sent our side as it ought to be presented.
There are many ways of doing this, but we know of
none that is better than the establishment of a special
bureau in charge of competent men, thoroughly familiar
not only with every phase of the censorship question, but
also conversant with the avenues which lead to the best
and widest publicity. We must make our side knov;:i,
which is but another way of saying that we must ad-
vertise. We cannot begin too soon,
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"John Barleycorn"
A Filmed Adaptation of Jack London's Story, Bosworth,
Inc., Six Reels.
Reviewed b'' W. Stephen Bush.
WHEN it comes to delineating the struggles of the soul
Jack London writes with an X-ray concealed in his
pen. The psychological details of the ancient tight
between Reason in Man and The Evil Spirit in Alcohol have
never been portrayed with greater pathos and with greater
truthfulness than in his famous story of "John Barleycorn.''
.\I1 the stages of the struggle from aversion and reluctance
to half-hearted acceptance and to final slaverv are described
with unrivaled fidelity to truth and fact.
That such a story has lost nothing in its convincing power
when told on the screen will easily be believed. The set-
tings are with perhaps 'two or three exceptions taken from
Nature directly. This is one of the greatest charms of this
feature. The tale is one of the sea in great measure, and
we can almost smell the salt air and hear the murmurs of
the waves — so much is there of realistic atmosphere all
through the six parts. The underworld of sea-faring men
Scene from "John Barleycorn' (Bosworth, Inc.).
is brought before us in most faithful depiction; not always
a pleasant spectacle by any means, but well justified by the
scope of the story, which aims to show the dehumanizing
effects of strong drink on the frame and the soul of man. I
cannot bestow enough praise on the selection of the types;
even in these improved days we rarely see such fine and
subtle characterization. Such figures as "Scratch Nelson,"
Scene from "John Barleycon
iworth. Inc.).
or as the old saloonkeeper or the parents of the man who
struggles with John Barleycorn or the old colored nurse
are absolutely convincing. The same fine characterization,
no doubt in large measure the result of thoughtful and
F->instaking direction, will be found in every one of the
minor parts in the films.
The leading part was taken by Elmer Clifton. His was
no easy task, but he proved fullv equal to what was asked
of him. He enlists our sympathy from the first and skill-
fully sustains and stimulates it, ending with a strong and
impressive climax. The work of the children, notably that
of little Matty Roubert, was faultless. Viola Barry was a
trifle cold and seemed to lack sympathy.
John Barleycorn is not a drama, unless we choose to see a
drama in the lonely heart struggle of the individual. John
Barleycorn is a biography, roughly and somewhat loosely
scattered through the leaves of a diary. It is a record of
personal experiences, profoundly interesting and pathetic,
but lacking dramatic construction and not overrich in dra-
Scene from "John Barleycorn" (Bosworth, Inc.).
matic elements. It is the most powerful moral lesson ever
conveyed in films. Viewed as a graphic description it can-
not be blamed for a certain diflfuseness and a most minute
elaboration of details. In the drama proper such dififuse-
ness and such protracted lingering over details would be
inexcusable.
Of Mr. Bosworth and his superb head and figure we get
but a fleeting glimpse in the last scene, more's the pity.
The photography shows the advantages of the California
light. These advantages, however, are sometimes balanced
by the difficulty in handling such rich light.
MACDONALD JOINS OZ FORCES.
JFARRELL MACDONALD, whose most recent picture
was Samson, has joined the forces of the Oz Film Com-
• pany at Hollywood, CaL, as producing director. Mr.
Macdonald has made a name for himself during his years of
producing in which he has directed some of the best-known
film stars. Some of
his best-known works
are: "The Bolted
Door." "Sealed Or-
ders," "P a g 1 i a c c i."
"Francisca da Rimini"
and others. Among
the stars he has di-
rected are Paul Pan-
zer, Glen White.
Fritzi Brunette, Flor-
ence Barker, J. War-
ren Kerrigan, Edith
Bostwick and Arthur
Maude.
M r. Macdonald's
first work with the
new companj' will be
the direction of the
"Patchwork Girl of
Oz," from a scenario
by L. Frank Baum,
the well-known fairy
tale author. The Oz
company's new stu-
dios at Hollywood
are rapidly being
completed, and be-
cause of their modern
equipment will provide facilities second to none in the
country for the turning out of high-class work. It is the
companj-'s intention to specialize in the production of favor-
ite fairy tales, and "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Tik Tok
Man" are among the photoplays which have already been
announced for early presentation.
J. Farrell Macdonald.
facilities second to none in
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407
"The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel."
Two-Part Hepworth Release.
Reviewed by Louis Uecvos Harrison.
AI'H0TODR.\MA of exceptional photography and
beautiful settings, "The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel"
tells the story of a simple country girl suddenly in-
jected into the fast environment of London society, as it
was done some generations ago, and more or less as it is
reputed to be today. Tlie types are perfect; the characters
well differentiated liy the author; the exteriors chosen with
good taste; the costumes and furnishings are both suitable
and refined, and the story has a fine basic idea behind it.
But the whole play suffers from faulty technique, probably
that of the director. Not only is the presentation too
"stagey," but the skeleton on which it was reared was
worthy and capable of development considcralily Ijeyond
that achieved.
With the same fine cast for interpreters, with llie same
admirably chosen settings, with the same artistic pho-
tography, the same story could be made to hold an audience
Scene from "The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel" (Hepworth).
in closer sympathy for two reels or wath equal interest
over one or two more reels. The action is hurried along
as if so much had to be crowded into a certain space of
time, with a result that the actors are automatic rather than
spontaneous; _ they give us very little revelation of their
hearts and minds. Then the reason for action of characters
is not always properly clarified.
CAST.
Nan, a country girl Alma Taylor
Her Blind Mother Marie DeSolla
Jasper, village blacksmith Stewart Rome
Black, Meg, in love with Jasper Alice DeWinton
Meg, a female roughneck, loves Jasper; Jasper loves Nan;
Nan loves her blind mother, an aflfection naturally recipro-
cated. Mother and daughter have apparently lived in serene
happiness together, the blind woman depending entirely up-
on her child for companionship and guidance, and their
circumstances are good. Suddenly comes a grand lady on
horse — who she is, where she has come from, and why she
has paid this visit are left entirely to the spectator to
puzzle out for himself. To all appearances, she is an utter
stranger; yet Nan leaves her comfortable home and the
mother she loves to go with the fine lady, who might
easily have been announced in subtitle as Nan's town cousin.
However this situation was conceived, it is not conducted
in accordance with the admitted laws of life, and it loses
value accordingly.
We next see Nan in high society, at a function. A gentle-
man kisses her without provocation, and Nan runs away.
Another utter stranger, a gentleman who feels sorry for
the country girl, offers her the shelter of his house, and
she is there received and given magnificent clothes to wear.
Jasper has the blind mother write a note to Nan, and he
delivers it in person, though gossips have led him to sus-
pect that she has paid a price of personal dishonor for her
fine raiment. Nan then concludes to go home, and does so.
She whirrs her spinning wheel, that her mother may know
that she is home, and so the play ends — it ends in a blind
alley, for we have been led all along to think that there was
to be some sort of a solution to the relations of Nan and
the blacksmith. In less than a dozen words the story is
"Nan goes away, tries high life and comes back home." It
is quite apparent tliat the author infused a punch in this
story which was overlooked or disregarded by the director.
It is always interesting to note the effect on character
of a change of environment. Clyde Fitch had a happy way
of delineating the changes lo be expected when a simple
and sincere girl is suddenly thrust into the company of the
well-to-do class of pleasure-loving idlers, her effect on them
m f^ #1^^
Scene from "The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel" (Hepworth).
and their effect on her. With genuine observation and sym-
pathetic understanding of both types, an interesting clash
and contrast might easily have been set up in "The Whirr
of the Spinning Wheel." Therein, quite possibly, lay hidden
the author's purpose, the real punch of the otherwise pretty
story.
RUTH STONEHOUSE IN DENVER.
Miss Ruth Stonehouse, "The Colorado Girl," star of the
Essanay Company and graceful dancer, was the attraction
extraordinarj' at the opening of the new theatre de luxe.
The Plaza, in Denver, her home city, last week. Miss Stone-
house's appearance in person in this theatre created no little
stir, inasmuch as it was the first appearance of a screen star
in dramatic work in the "real" in the West; and the signal
honor of having the charming artiste's return to the city of
her birth to launch this new theatre which embodies the
higher ideals of the silent art was accorded this most suc-
cessful of Colorado's people of the screen.
Miss Stonehouse (in Center) Detraining in Denver.
Miss Stonehouse arrived in Denver on the afternoon of
her opening day and was met by hundreds of her admirers
and former friends, who welcomed her triumphant return to
the city of her birth. The newspapers pictured her arrival
and were generous in their praise of the exquisite charm of
her personality and dancing which was the crowning triumph
for the new theatre.
In appreciation of her splendid w-elcome and in honor of
her home State, Miss Stonehouse presented on the opening
day her own original dance conception, "The Colorado
Waltz," and followed it during the rest of her engagement
with selections from her extensive repertoire.
408
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"In Tune With the Wild."
A Remarkable Selig Photoplay in Three Reels, Emphasizing
the Close Bond Existing Between Wild Animal
Life and that of Man.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
IN "Thor, Lord of the J.ungle," an animal story released
by Selig some time ago, I was especially impressed by
the upward trend of pictures treating of wild animal life,
because of the sympathy shown for animals in captivity.
In the fine three-reel, filmed story of "In Tune with the
Wild," another long step forward has been taken, because
the lesson is distinctly taught that the killing of wild ani-
mals, for the mere sport of killing, is a crime that civiliza-
tion should frown upon. The great superiority of man over
other forms of animal life and the consequent license, sup-
posed to be his riglit, to dispose of their existence as he
deems fit are gradually being changed as the anthropocen-
tric idea is being modified by a clearer understanding of the
bond that exists between all forms of animal life that dwells
upon this small earth of ours.
It was only the other day that I read a report of a lecture
delivered before the faculty of the Universit- of Chicago by
the president of the LTniversity of Utah, in which the speaker
declared that the diflference between man's understanding
and that of animals was only one of degree, and that the
soul of man, which we are so much concerned about, has no
real place in a truly scientific analysis of man's make-up — the
anthropocentric idea that the sun, moon and stars, heaven,
the earth and its teeming subordinate life was all made for
man, notwithstanding.
And, strange to say, in the last two issues of the Metro-
politan Magazine, wonderful accounts of the intelligence of
the famous Elberfelt horses are given by no less an au-
thority than Maeterlinck, the celebrated dramatist and au-
thor. There we read that these animals have actually been
taught so as to express their thoughts in intelligible speech.
.\re we not close on the wonderful borderland that will
disclose sacred and binding ties between man and the lower
forms of animal life, ties that will prevent the indiscriminate
slaughter of creatures that think and suffer and enjoy, only
in a much less degree than we do. ourselves.
In the pictured subject under review two lions are killed,
and to escape the charge of inconsistency an explanation is
necessary. These lions were old, refractory and dangerous.
They had to be killed, and no one can bring the charge of
cruelty, as their taking off is swift and painless.
"In Tune with the Wild" was written and directed by
E. A. Martin, of the Selig western forces. The story holds
one with the thrill of one of Captain Mayne Reid's romances,
as experienced in boyhood. It has strong dramatic in-
terest, and the animals, while most essential, by no means
command chief attention. Moreover, the filmed story is
well connected and clearly told.
Miss Kathlyn Williams and Edwin Wallock share honors
in the principal roles. It is rather surprising to the specta-
tor at first to see Miss Williams afraid of wild animals, one
has become so accustomed to witness her daring in the
presence of lions, leopards and even of tigers. But the
story wills it so, and the missionary, Robert Wayne (Edwin
Wallock), mentally deranged, and a wild man of the jun-
gles, is seen living among the wild brutes fearless and un-
hurt. We see him pick up a leopard and carry it off, its
body encircling his neck, and at other times act in the midst
of a large company of jungle beasts as if he were one of
them. It is really remarkable.
The Captain Jones of William Stowell will be pleasing to
everyone who views these pictures, and "Baby" Lillian Wade
will charrn by her childish artlessness and beauty.
The atmosphere of the story has been well preserved
throughout. Scenes of jungle life in Central .\frica are
realistically reproduced. The attack on the missionary's
camp by savage natives and the rescue by a friendly tribe
are exciting incidents. So also is the scene showing the
casting of the missionary and his daughter into the pit
among the wild animals.
Robert Wayne, an Enp'lish missionary in Central Africa,
receives a letter that he has been left a legacy of £50,000.
He immediatel}' sets out for the Coast accompanied by his
wife and child. On the way he is ambushed by hostile na-
tives and severely wounded in the head, the wound causing
mental derangement. His wife and child are rescued by a
friendly tribe and return to Eneland, the wife believing that
her husband has been killed. Wayne, however, without rea-
Scene from One of Selig's Notable Wild Animal Productions, Entitled 'In Tune with the Wild."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
400
son and without fear wanders far into the jungle and livrs
with the wild beasts.
Seventeen years elapse. The babv child has grown to
young womanhood. The mother still mourns over the fate
of her husband. About this time Captain Jones, a noted
hunter, returns from one of his expeditions in Africa. He
meets pretty Edith Wayne at a party and is smitten by her
charms. He calls on her next day and brings with him
several photographs taken during his trip. One of these is
that of a wild man encountered in the jungle. Edith is
struck by the similarity of the features of the strange crea-
ture to those of her father, as sho.wn in a photograph taken
18 or 20 years before. Her mother, when shown the photo-
graph taken by Captain Jones, recognizes the supposed wild
n:an as her husband.
the machine stopped. The cuests filed out, laughing at the
realization that they had been "caught." Whether Barrit:
and Barker will be able to carry out their plan of incorporat-
ing the film in their Autumn revue remains to be seen.
Scene from "In Tune with the Wild ' (Seiig).
Captain Jones, accompanied by Edith and his company of
men immediately set out to .\frica. After hairbreadth es-
capes by Edith, the wild man is found and Droves to be
the missionary, Robert Wayne. At the sight of Edith he
recovers his memory and shortb' after joins his wife in
Eneland.
These films will be released in the near future, the date
not being fixed at the time of writing.
Englishmen Pleasantly Hoaxed.
Men and Women Prominent in Artistic and Social World
of London Appear in Barrie Revue.
ACCORDING to a long special London dispatch in the
New York Times, a "colossal but brilliant hoax" has
been put over on prominent Londoners bv Sir James
Barrie, Granville Barker and George Bernard Shaw.
Among the party were Premier and Mrs. Asquith, and with
them were ISO men and women well known in the artistic
and social life of the English metropolis. The note from
Messrs. Barrie and Barker was in the form of an invita-
tion to a "kinematograph supper in two acts" at the Savoy
theater; the hour was to be midnight.
As the guests entered the foyer of the theater at 11.30
a motion picture camera was clicking, and as the party sat
down to supper, which was served at small tables on the
stage, a battery of cameras was trained on the diners. This
was described as the first act.
The second act consisted of a revue arranged bv Frank
Finney. Well-known actors and actresses anneared in a
number of playlets. The cameras were focused alternately
on the stage and on the suests, now seated in the audito-
rium.
The action was interrupted on various occasions by gags
from members in the audience who took up their cues from
the dialogue on the stage, to quote from the Times' story.
The last of these carefully placed interruptions came from
George Bernard Shaw, who rose in his seat in the audience.
The camera was carefully trained on Shaw, who, after rat-
tling off a series of smart sayings, explained that he was
doing this merely to keep things going while the operators
were filming him and the audience. Shaw then went on
to .give an explanation of Barrie's supper party.
"You understand, a Scotsman doesn't give you a supper
for nothing," he said. "You are all supers in a revue which
Barrie is writing for Granville Barker. Y'ou'll have the
pleasure of seeing yourselves — and me — on the film, for I'm
working tonight for a greater dramatist than myself."
Seizing a property sword, Shaw brandished it. crying.
"Who'll follovi- me?" Chesterton and Barker cried, "I will
follow!" and charged the stage. Then the curtain fell and
Mere Fiberboard^Case Tabooed.
New Regulations Call for Film Shipping Cases of Wood and
Metal or Metal and Fiberboard — Effective October 1.
After October 1, 1914, tlie shipment of moving picture
films by express in anything other than tightly closed metal
cases enclosed in strong, spark-proof wooden boxes or in
spark-proof cases made of sheet iron not less than .02 inch
thick and lined throughout with fiberboard one-eighth inch
thick, or some other equivalent insulatin" material will be
prohibited by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Notice
to this effect has been sent out by the Bureau of Explosives
maintained by the various railroad and express companies
and empowered to enforce the regulations of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the various federal commis-
sions which regulate express shipments by public carriers.
This new ruling will be far reacliing in its effect upon
motion picture shippers throughout the country in that it
will eliminate the fiberboard shipping case which has been
in such general use for a long time.
The regulations under wliich film shipments have been
made heretofore were in two sections. The drastic change
which has been made has resulted from an amendment of
Section A, which formerly read: "In spark-proof metal cases
enclosed in strong and tight wooden or fiberboard boxes, or
fiberboard boxes or pails." This section now reads: "In
tightly closed metal cases enclosed in a strong, spark-proof
wooden box." Section B of the original regulations remains
unchanged and is as follows: "In spark-proof cases made of
sheet iron not less than 0.02-inch thick (No. 25 U. S. stand-
ard gauge) and lined throughout with fiberboard at least
one-eighth inch thick, or some other equivalent insulating
material. The covers of these cases must fit tightly and
must lap over the body at least five-eighth inch on the sides,
forming a tight joint."
At the Bureau of Explosives it was said that the new reg-
ulations were not the result of any particular accident which
had occurred recently in the handling or shipment of motion
picture films; they had been decided upon after a careful
investigation of numerous complaints registered by the ex-
press companies following disastrous fires and explosions.
One of these accidents of record was the burning of an ex-
press car with its contents at Belvue, Kan., March 13, 1909,
causing a loss of $4,250, the blame for which was laid at
the door of two small shipments of films, one in a leather
case and the other in an unprotected wooden box. A $41,-
000 fire near Wilmer, Tex,, in which motion picture films
being transported by the Wells & Fargo Express figured,
was also considered, it is understood.
In announcing the new regulations, the Bureau of Explo-
sives is also calling attention to alleged violations bf the
rules regarding the use of the prescribed yellow danger
labels on film shipments. It is claimed that there have been
many instances in which reshipments made by exhibitors,
exchanges, etc., have been made without the formality of
placing new danger labels, properly stamped, on the pack-
ages. Another violation of the Federal law mentioned is
the shipment of small quantities of liquid cement, an in-
flammable liquid, in the same package with films. The law
requires that such shipments be marked with a regulation
red caution certificate label and, to avoid complications and
questions, the Bureau recommends that cement be packed
and shipped separately.
"MUTUAL GIRL WEEKLY" NOT DISCONTINUED.
"Our Mutual Girl Weekly," published by the Reliance
Motion Picture Corporation, and edited by Arthur James,
is now in its eighth issue. The circulation has increased
in the last two weeks to appro.ximately 150,000 copies.
The report published in the Moving Picture World in
its issue of last week, to the effect that "Our Mutual Girl
Weekly" would be discontinued because of the resignation
of Mr. Philip Mindil from the Mutual corporation, was in-
correct.
It was also stated at that time that the Mutual would
discontinue its fillers service to newspapers. This, too, is
a mistake.
Preparations are being made to increase the size of "Our
Mutual Girl Weekly" to from 16 to 24 pages and place it
on a basis where it can compete with the best of the maga-
zines for women. The corps of writers and artists is being
reorganized, and the make-up of the weekly is being changed
to meet higher class magazine requirements.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Oubliette
A New Serial, Depicting Life in the Middle Ages, and by
Bison 101 Company — It's as Convincing as
a Modern Picture.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THE CAMERA becomes a vertable magic mirror to
us in this delightful picture of the days of Francois Vil-
lon, vagabond poet and scholar, who, between prison
terms for theft w-as wont at rare times to sit at the tables
of royal dukes and the like. Louis XL a somewhat crazy
monarch whom Scott has described so vividly in one of his
novels, was king and appears in the picture which is more
vivid than even that master novelist's words. Indeed, it
Scene from "The Oubliette" (Bison 101).
is remarkable how convincing and like real human life these
scenes from the long dead past are. Here we have men
in armor behaving like real flesh and blood people, and we
quite forget that we are not contemporaneous with them.
The scenario is by George Bronson Howard, and is ap-
pearing in The Century Magazine as a serial. The picture
la three reel installment of which is to be released each
month till it is complete) follows the story as a sort of
super-illustration. This gives to students of literature a
chance to compare the screen portrayal with a novelist's
word pictures of the tale and times.
Scene from "The Oubliette" (Bison 101).
Among the good things found in this first installment
are the backgrounds and scenes which seem not made but
found; indeed, some of them were necessarily found. There
are village streets with the look of actuality and interiors
full of naturalness that to most will accurately reflect the
times. Chimneys were not invented at that time and so
there were hardly fire-places of the kind shown, but this
is a very small matter and only cranks will kick about it.
There is one scene in which the royal castle appears.
Perhaps the producer took his people to Europe for that
scene; it looks so. One can see that one or two of the vil-
lage scenes were made; but they are good enough for the
purpose and carry the action vigorously enough. The cos-
tumes and armor — the nondescript of Medieval romance
in general — are perfectly serviceable. We can safely say
that there is no obtrusive note of anachronism in the whole
first installment. It has been produced in a reasonably
scholarly way.
Perhaps better than the staging even is the humanity of
the characters. The role of Francois Villon is taken by
Murdock MacQuarrie, who has made himself look like a
possible poet of the old days. Villon's face has been de-
scribed as crossed this way and that way with little lines
and as marred with cold, starvation, exposure and prison
straw. He was a great roisterer and admirer of tne sex,
as was counted proper in a poet of those days, and Mac-
Quarrie has put all this clearly, yet pleasingly, that is with
a touch of refinement, in his portraj'al of the poet. Then,
the picture of the old king will also please. He was a comi-
cal old individual and had queer ways. Most of his sub-
jects feared and perhaps hated him, but the spectator will
take kindly to him in the picture, rest assured of that. The
beautiful damsel of the poet's adventure in the inn is taken
by Pauline Bush, and she has capabilities that are well
recognized and is sure to win other friends by her work
here. The photographs are clear and life-like.
To sum up, we find the first installment of this picture
a very entertaining romantic story, full of lively and natural-
ly produced action, well-drawn characters, clear photographs
and fairly scholarly staging. We commend it highly as a
first-class offering and think that it will prove a door, as
it were, to better work of this kind than we have had before
as a general thing. There have been other offerings dealing
with these old-time, romantic days and some of them have
been excellent offerings. But this seems more natural to
us than any of the others we have seen. It is likely to
please the many and the critical as well. Certainly, Charles
Giblyn, the producer, deserves credit. May all of its reels
be as good as the first three.
VERSATILE MISS BILLINGTON.
FRANCELIA BILLINGTON, who plays leads in the
Reliance Mutual Movies, has attained considerable ver-
satility in her nineteen years. In addition to her abil-
ity to portray comedj' as well as emotional roles she can
take her place at the camera, focus it and turn the crank
with the skill and precision of an old operator.
Miss Francelia Billington.
Her interest in photography, which takes up most of her
spare time and considerable of her money, was responsible
for her learning to operate a motion picture camera. She
not only handles the camera but she has a darkroom in her
home where she develops her negatives and makes her
own prints. It was a natural step from the still camera to
the motion picture machine.
Miss Billington began her career as a movie actress as
the result of a joke. She appeared in minor roles with a
small concern in California, where she chanced to be seen
by a representative of the Thanhouser Company, who caused
her to be engaged. After a stay with the Thanhouser she
was transferred to the Majestic and later to the Reliance.
Nature was kind to Miss Billington and she was appar-
ently intended to play romantic roles. She is tall and lithe
and her personal charms have caused her to be known as
"The Beauty of the Screen." If the silent drama ever loses
her it will be because she decides to use her fine lyric so-
prano voice. Her mother is one of the. leading musicians
in Los Angeles and the daughter has been trained in music
by her mother.
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411
The President's Special.
Two-Reel Edison Revival of Melodrama.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
TllK ICdisoii Company lias always excelled in melo-
dramas founded on incidents connected with the train
service of our railroads, and has excelled itself in "The
President's Special," especially in the excitinc race between
a train crowded with children and an automobile driven by
Gertrude McCoy in dashinsj style, even if she did not make
the seventy miles an hour claimed by the amiable and able-
bodied publicity manager of the Edison Company. She
drove her own car in this spirited chase with a skill and
display of nerve that carried her into the front ranks of
girls who dare and do more tlian the avera.ge man would
Scene from "The President's Special" (Edison).
attempt or accomplish under the same circumstances. If
President Wilson saw this picture, and Miss McCoy called
upon him immediately thereafter in person to sue for polit-
ical recognition of American womanhood, our political struc-
ture might soon receive at woman's hands the housecleaning
it has long needed.
Director Charles Brabin visualized the story with the fol-
lowing cast:
Railroad President Robert Brower
Head Switchman Charles Ogle
His Wife Gertrude McCoy
Several other characters and numerous pretty children.
Scene from "The President's Special" (Edison).
Even the researchful Brower need not have been mentioned
— the work falls entirely upon Brabin, Ogle and dashing
Gertie. Brabin has provided a lealistic scene of wreck, in
double exposure, a vision of Ogle after he went to sleep at
the switch and permitted the picnic train to pass on a single
track, headed straight for the President's Special, coming
the other way. Ogle goes mad with visions of what is about
to occur, his mind picturing the wreck in all its possible hor-
rors, to the extent that spirits of the victims arise from the
wreck and denounce him. This looks like a triple exposure
from in front — at any rate, it is admirablv done.
Meanwhile, we are in a terrible state of suspense, until
Gertie realizes that a catastrophe is impending and starts
on her trust)' steed, her sivift little motor car, to overhaul
the picnic train: She rides with such a reckless disregard
for consequences that one becomes almost as anxious about
the brave girl as about the children in one train and the
well-fed President in another. .'\n actual screen view is
given from in front of the picnic train, speeding on to its
doom and tiertie driving her car at a terrific pace on a road
that parallels the track. She gains slowly, while telegraph
posts flash by, and puts on a magnilicent spurt just before
reaching a grade crossing. She stops her car where it
crosses the track in front of the approaching picnic train,
and it is halted only a few paces away from her. She backs
off, climbs aboard the engine and implores the engineer to
back at full speed. It is she who leaps off at the switch,
where Ogle has gone mad, and sidetracks the cars full of
children an instant before the President's special flashes by.
Miss McCoy has made a stirrin" melodrama — Brabin and
Ogle assisting — and a brand new reputation for herself at
the same time.
Comique Theater, Lynn, Mass.
IN the year 1907 Moe Mark of the Mark-Brock Amusement
Enterprises with headquarters in Buffalo, N. Y., owners
of the big Strand theater in Broadway, New York City,
and a string of other big picture houses throughout the coun-
try and Canada, built the Comique theater in Munroe street,
Lynn, Mass. This house has a seating capacity of nine
Mark-Comique Theater, Lynn, Mass.
hundred, and is open from 12 noon to 11 p. m. The admission
prices are five and ten cents.
A. Newhall, the man standing directly in front of the en-
trance to the theater in the accompanying illustration, is the
manager. The Comique has been in Mr. Newhall's hands
ever since it was opened and has always been a profitable
investment for Mr. Mark. This house was the first moving
picture theater to be started in Lynn.
According to information from Mr. Newhall, Mr. Mark is
building a big picture house in Lynn to be known as the
Strand. It will have a seating capacity of 2,500. He will also
build in the near future, another big picture theater in Wor-
cester, Mass., which will also be known as the Strand. This,
too, will have seating accommodation for 2,500 persons. Both
of these big new picture theaters will be run the same as the
Strand in New York City.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Eagle's Mate."
Miss Pickford Appears in a Strong Five-Part Famous Play-
ers Subject, Directed by James Kirkwood.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THE first of the Famous Players productions to be
shown in the Strand theater is "The Eagle's Mate,"
which began a w-eek's run at the big Broadway theater
on July 5. Practically every seat was filled on the after-
noon of Monday, the second day of the showing, and a silent
house it was throughout the five reels. It was the silence
significant of close attention and deep interest. The occasion
marked the release of the first "Little Mary" subject since
"Tess of the Storm Countrj-," that story of wonderful ap-
"heavy." There is unusual realism in the stand-up and knock-
down fight between Lancer and Fisher, when the former
learns of the carrying away of Anemone by his brutal cousin.
The veteran Russell Bassett has the role of the Rev. Mr.
Hotchkiss.
Of good situations there are many. Among these are the
carefully and widely staged battles between the moonshiners
and the revenue men; the scenes in the home of Sally when
Fisher is brought in wounded and she is compelled to pro-
vide for him; the dialogues between Lancer and Anemone,
in one of which she unexpectedly reveals a capacity for do-
ing some fighting on her own account; the wounding of
Lancer by Fisher and the denunciation by Anemone of the
man who later is frustrated by the little woman in his at-
tempt to deliver the Mornes into the hands of the law.
There are lighter touches, too, as when Anemone withdraNvs
Scene from "The Eagle's Mate' (Famous Players).
peal. Ditilicult indeed was the task assigned to Producer
Kirkwood that his initial picture in his new engagement
should also be the immediate successor of one of Miss Pick-
ford's greatest successes. Mr. Kirkwood has done well. He
has made much of a story remarkable more for steadily
maintained interest than for its ability deeply to stir the
emotions; there are numbers of situations that rouse the
blood and a few that reach the heart.
"The Eagle's Mate" is a tale of the hills, of men who make
their living outside of the law; primitive men in whom re-
bellion at restraint seems the concomitant of the rarefied air
they breathe — men inclined to make love in the same direct —
and brutal — manner as that in which they make war, either
on revenue officers or on their unneighborly neighbors.
Miss Pickford has the role of a gently reared girl who is
taken from her home in the valley and thrown in with the
moonshiners. We see her surrounded by luxury and by pen-
ury, or at least the outward evidences of it; she is equally
at home in both. Miss Pickford knows how to wear clothes,
but her success as an actress in nowise depends on that not
negligible attribute. As Anemone Breckenridge, the niece of
Sally Breckenridge, she is the center of interest throughout a
story which travels rapidly. There are no subsidiary actions
to suspend or divert the attention. The period of the play,
aside from a brief prologue, is of a few weeks at most.
Anemone is a most lovable character. Small wonder the
rough men of the hills fight over her, heedless of her as-
surance that such a combat is utterly pointless, as she would
marry neither. It happens that later on she does accept one
of them, which, of course, means only that she changes her
mind. She is as strong in her affection for the young eagle
which she fondles, for the dogs with which she romps, and
for the horse she rides as she is in her aversion for the men
by whom she is carried away to the hills.
Mr. Kirkwood as Lancer Morne, the youngster pulled out
of college by his immediate family when the head of the
clan is jailed, is a virile figure. He typifies the clansman
who automatically cracks through the veneer of textbook
civilization when the sight of his loaded rifle bears on a
feudal enemy. Ida Waterman as Sally Breckinridge, the
aunt and guardian of .\nemone and also the aunt and bene-
factor of Lancer — although her neighbors are ignorant of her
relation to the Mornc; — finely plays her part. Robert Brod-
erick, as the venerabk head of the Mornes, is strongly cast,
and so, too, is Harry C. Browne as Fisher Morne, the
Scene from "The Eagle's Mate' (Famous Players).
the tray of food from the convalescent Fisher until such
time as he promises to "be good"; or when Anemone, im-
prisoned in the Morne garret, refuses to eat the food until
she sees rats going after it, and her unexpected removal of
the dish from the floor and the division of its contents with
the rodents.
There are many charming backgrounds, of mountain and
valley. Mr. Kirkwood plainly has given much attention to
the artistic side of the production, to the camera work as
well as to the selection of settings.
EXCELSIOR COMPANY CELEBRATES THE 4TH.
The members of the Excelsior Company got together at
their studio in Lake Placid on the evening of July 4th and
provided a little comedy for some two hundred of their
friends — that is, for all but about a dozen of them. The latter
had been invited to attend what had been described as a
"badger fight," and were among those who left the studio
for a barn in an out-of-the-way place. While rules were be-
ing adopted for the combat between the badger, supposed to
be caged in a barrel in the center of the floor, and a most
ferocious bulldog, there was lively betting. The "pigeons"
were among the most eager to get down their money. When
all the currency was on the table a real officer of the law,
so the story goes, swooped down and "arrested" the party.
By a bit of legerdemain revolvers were located in the pockets
of those detained. The chilly officials were very unsympa-
thetic when the victims insisted they knew nothing of the
weapons. It was a bad quarter of an hour for some of them
before the situation was cleared up.
CONTEMPTIBLE BUSINESS ETHICS.
We are in receipt of particulars from the manager of the
.\lhambra Theater in Perry, New York, in regard to a
"pretty raw deal" he received from a film exchange in Chi-
cago, who are booking a "Hagenbeck- Wallace Spectacular"
film. After confirming the booking in writing and advising
that advertising matter was being; shipped, the date was can-
celed by wire and three days later another house in the
same town put out paper for the film. It is needless to add
that no reputable exchange would be guilty of such absolute-
ly inexcusable business practice and this case is only an-
other proof of the advisability of doing business only with
well-known exchanges of established reputation.
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413
"The Reign of Terror."
Six Parts. Eclectic.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
THIS six-reel feature of the Eclectic Company deals with
the dreadful days of the French revolution. At the time
of the opening- scene the King has suffered on the scaf-
fold, while Marie .Antoinette and her cliildren were undergo-
ing the cruelties of imprisonment in tlic Conciergerie. The
plot, legendary rather than historic, and therefore more pli-
able in the hands of the playwright, concerns itself with an
attempt to liberate the unfortunate Queen. The legend itself
was furnished by Alexander Dumas in his story "Le Cheva-
lier de Maison Rouge." The story opens with the Queen in
prison. The Chevalier de Maison Rouge visits his brother-
in-law Dixmer, and though Dixmer is supposed to be strong
for tlie Kevolution, enlists his help in a desperate attempt to
Scene from "The Reign of Terror" (Eclectic).
free the Queen. They gather together several of the loyalists
left in Paris and dig a tunnel to the prison. The Queen in
prison is subjected to the most gross insults. Her privacy is
invaded by the roughest of the rough characters who are her
guards and, in spite of the efforts of the gentlemanly officers
in charge of the prison, she has no peace whatever. A young
officer of the revolutionists is persuaded by the wife of Dix-
mer to get certain concessions for the Queen. One of these
enables her to take a little exercise in the courtyard of the
prison. On one of these walks she is presented with some
Scene from "The Reign of Terror" (Eclectic).
flowers, one of which contains a note telling of the plans of
the conspirators. This note is found by the guards and the
attempt to rescue her is a failure. Not to be disappointed, the
Chevalier makes a second attempt. The authorities fearing
this, have the Queen moved' to another prison. Di.xmer and
the Chevalier by a ruse overpower the warden and Di.xmer's
wife takes the place of the Queen in the cell. The plot seems
to be going to be successful, but is spoiled by the arrival of
one of the Queen's former guards. To prevent any further
attempts, the tribunal orders the Queen executed. This is car-
ried out, although the Chevalier and Dixmer make another
attempt to rescue her which results in their death. The wife
of Dixmer is placed in the common" prison with the other
prisoners. The officer who helped her to get to the Queen
has fallen under suspicion and is in the same plight — under
sentence of death. A friend of this officer, who has received
a mortal wound and who is high in the councils of the Revo-
lution, comes to her aid, but the plans for the flight are
discovered and the unfortunate daughter of the House of
.-Austria is sent to her doom, despite all that these loyal
subjects could do for her.
The photography is fully up to the splendid standard of the
Eclectic. The principal characters are well rendered, the set-
tings are historically correct as are the costumes. Some of
the senes, notably the arraignment of the Queen before the
Revolutionary Triliunal, were impressive.
M. O. Penn.
DISTINGUISHED not alone as an actor of- unusual
dramatic ability, M. O. Penn, Pathe leading man, is
a sculptor, painter and singer of very exceptional
talent. While he excels, perhaps, with the brush and pallette
— his landscapes and portraits being now on exhibition both
in America and abroad — it is in sculpturing, his hobby, that
he finds his greatest delight. Particularly striking samples
of his marked genius are two splendid casts which he has
just completed of the officers of tlic .\mcrican Pathe — Mr.
A. Roussel and Paul
Bonvillain. Prior to
tliese he made casts of
the Pathe star. Crane
Wilbur, and the well-
known Pathe directors,
Louis Gasnier and
Frank Powell. But it
was in Paris, where
niany of his casts are
now on exhibition, that
he achieved his success
as a sculptor.
He was born in the
United States in the
year 1870, and at the
age of ten years he
was sent to Paris to
get his elementary
schooling- and com-
mence his studies in
painting-. Under the
tutorship of Trupheme
and Besnard at the
Julian Academy he
progressed rapidly, and
later took up sculptur-
ing.
At the age of twenty
he found it necessary to provide his own livelihood, and
having an opportunity to do cabaret work at the Chat-Noir,
spent his evenings there, while his days he applied to the
more sober pursuit of his studies. It was not long before
Irequenters of the celebrated restaurant, noting the rapidly
developing dramatic possibilities of the handsome young
cabaret singer, began to call for him continually. At the
end of the winter, Penn, longing for excitement, which he
could not find in Paris, joined the French army and spent
the next three years in Africa.
When he came back to the French capital, he at once
took up dramatic studies in the Paris Conservatory under
Sylvain, and returned to the bright lights and music of the
Chat-Noir, where he made the acquaintance of Bruant, the
great revolutionary singer. Thus it happened that Oscar
Metenier discovered him, and appreciating his dramatic and
artistic possibilities asked him to take part in a new political
play which he, Metenier, was producing at the Grand Guignol.
It was the beginning of Penn's dramatic career. At the end
of two years he had become so accomplished that he or-
ganized a touring company, and with such headlines as
"Courtline" and "Severin Mars" traveled through France,
Belgium and Germany for about twelve years.
Returning to Paris, he played in the Theaters Athenee,
Geinier, Sarah Bernhardt, Apollo and Olympia. During this
time moving pictures had been pushing farther and farther
to the front, and with the demand increasing for first-class
talent Penn took up work in the silent drama, at the same
time carrying his regular legitimate roles. The French
house of Pathe saw in him a screen artist of unusual ability,
and so it came about that he played with them for several
years, taking leads in such prominent photo dramas as
"Saul," "Bourgeois de Calais," "Lecollier de La Reine,"
"Paillasse," "L'Or," "Mort de Lincoln," and others. At his
own request he was transferred to the American branch of
Pathe in Jersey City.
M. O. Penn.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Neff Withdraws — Pearce Elected
GREAT SURPRISE IN THE CONVENTION HALL AT DAYTON, O., WHEN THE FOUNDER OF THE NA-
TIONAL ORGANIZATION VOLUNTARILY STEPS ASIDE IN THE INTEREST OF HARMONY—
M. A. PEARCE OF BALTIMORE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF M. P. E. L. OF A.
CONVENTION OPENS AUSPICIOUSLY— OVERTURES BY I. M. P. A. REPRESENTATIVES AMICABLY RE-
CEIVED BY THE PARENT LEAGUE— NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY.
By JAMES S.
MONDAY, July 6, the first day of the fourth national
convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League
of America and of the second national exposition of
the organization, was merely a day of preliminaries at Day-
ton, O. The vanguard of the visiting members of the
League only had arrived, among them being the officers
of the Ohio state branch and the members of the national
Executive Committee.
Owing to the fact that July 4 fell on the preceding Satur-
day, much work remained to be done to get the exposition
in opening shape. By 2:30 p. m., however, Memorial Hall,
where the exposition is housed, was in readiness for the
formal opening. National Secretary George H. Wiley, of
Missouri, introduced Mayor Shroyer, of Dayton, who ten-
dered the keys of the city to the exhibitors. National
President M. A. Neff thanked the Mayor on behalf of the
League.
The forenoon was occupied by the registration of those
who had arrived and in the executive meeting of the Na-
tional Committee, consisting of M. A. Neflf, Orene Parker,
Covington, Ky.; R. L. Macnabb, of New York; Geo. H.
Wiley, of Missouri; M. E. Corey, San Francisco; W. R.
Wilson, Columbus, C, and T. P. Finnegan, of Texas. The
chief business of the committee during the session was the
passing of a resolution made by Mr. Wiley that the Na-
tional Committee should meet in e-xecutive session the seven
members of the Committee of Mediation appointed by the
International Motion Picture Association, at the recent con-
vention in New York City. The time was fixed at 7:30 p.m.
George H. Wiley also moved that the members of the
Missouri state branch be expelled and their charter revoked,
liecause of non-payment of dues. The mution was carried.
TUESDAY, JULY 7.
Tuesday's morning session convened at 10:30 o'clock.
Divine blessing was invoked by the Rev. M. E. Wilson, of
Dayton. Owing to the inability of Mayor Shroyer to attend,
J. M. Schweitzer, one of Dayton's city commission, took his
place. In his speech he referred to the splendid opportuni-
ties given exhibitors to form right and lasting impressions
on the minds of all the people. He marveled at the fact
that in a few years a big, powerful organization had been
built up by exhibitors. He congratulated e.xhibitors on the
fact that the people of the United States recognized that
they are endeavoring to educate and uplift as well as to
entertain, and he also accentuated the fact that e.xhibitors
have the power to help solve vital problems of the nation.
President Nefif congratulated Mr. Schweitzer on his tell-
ing remarks and asserted that the Motion Picture Exhibi-
tors' League of America deserves hearty recognition for
what it has accomplished in the interest of the moving pic-
ture business. He spoke glowingly of Dayton's fine spirit
and enterprise in recovering so rapidly from the recent
flood, and conveyed the thanks of the League to the Mayor,
the City Commission, officials and people of Dayton for
their hearty welcome and courtesies extended.
After a roll call of officers of the National League these
members were invited to the platform, as was also J. J.
Rieder, former National treasurer of Jackson, Mich. The
appointment of committees was ne.xt in order.
Committee on Resolutions: A. J. Diebold, Iowa; O. G.
Murray, Indiana; John Ek, Wisconsin; M. E. Corey, Cali-
fornia; William Fait, Maryland.
Committee on Credentials: T. P. Finnegan, Te.xas; W. C.
Hubbard, New York; W. R. Wilson, Ohio; Orene Parker,
Kentucky, and Dee Robinson, Illinois.
Auditing Committee: Ed Kohl, Ohio; W. W. Watts, Illi-
nois; Mr. Goddard, California; J. J. Rieder, Michigan, and
M. -A. Pearce, Maryland.
Committee on Good and Welfare: John Despinet, Louisi-
ana; August Kleist, Michigan; L. W. Brophy, Oklahoma;
E. C. Glamann, Kansas, and J. M. O'Dowd. South Carolina.
Committee on Ways and Means: L. H. Ramsey, Ken-
tucky; Tobias Keppler, New York; G. M. Luttrell, Illinois;
John J. Huss, Ohio, and M. A. Sybert, West Virginia.
Press Committee: J. A. Maddox, Ohio; C. W. Gates, Min-
McQUADE.
nesota; A. A. Wall, Alabama; Peter Jeup, Michigan, and
Dr. William Herbst, District of Columbia.
The Convention Committee, which will recommend the
place for the ne.xt national convention, was not named owing
to the non-arrival of many delegates who are expected later.
The reports of officers and the reading of the minutes of
the last convention were postponed until the afternoon
session, at the suggestion of Secretary Wiley. T. P. Finne-
gan then moved that a recess should be taken until the
Credential Committee could make its report to the conven-
tion. On an amendment by Mr. Jeup the convention ad-
journed until 1:30 o'clock, as per program.
The afternoon session was opened by the calling of the
names of delegates by states, as per registration with the
Credential Committee. At this session it was found that
sixty delegates in all were qualified to vote and that the
representation from twenty states was disqualified because
of non-payment of per capita tax. Much discussion was
raised over the admittance of the delegation from Minne-
sota, only two of which were present, on the ground of the
non-payment of per capita tax. The matter was finally
disposed of by permitting the national vice-president of
Minnesota, C. W. Gates, to participate in the deliberations.
The national secretary, George H. Wiley, then moved
that it be put into the record that all national officers, mean-
ing the president, first and second vice-presidents, secretary
and treasurer, two members of the executive committee and
national vice-presidents for the states, should be given the
right to vote. An amendment was made that this should
be done providing that membership dues had been paid up
to date. The amendment was lost and the original motion
was carried.
The reports of President Neff on moneys received and dis-
bursed for the past year and of his work as president and
organizer of the League were then read. After concluding
his written report Mr. Neff exclaimed with much feeling:
"If I got twenty thousand dollars a year I could have done
no better than I have done. I have given you all that God
gave me; I have- given you the best I've got." Great ap-
plause greeted him at the conclusion of his remarks.
The reading of the reports of National Secretary Wiley
and National Treasurer Orene Parker followed, and these,
together with the president's report, were referred by mo-
tion to the auditing committee.
President Neff then asked permission to read the follow-
ing telegram:
New York, July 7, 1914.
M. .A. Neff, Motion Picture Exhibitors' League,
Dayton, Ohio.
Statement that you are or were at any time on
pay roll of the Universal, or received any moneys
or gratuities from them in any shape or manner
whatsoever is unwarranted and a malicious false-
hood. You can use this telegram in any manner you
see fit. Wrote letter to Brandt yesterday.
CARL LAEMMLE,
President Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
The reading of the telegram was followed by general
applause.
National Secretary Wiley ne.xt read some of the communi-
cations received from members of the League throughout
the country on various matters. It was moved and carried
that they be referred to the resolutions committee.
In this connection Mr. Wiley informed the convention that
the Executive Committee of the League had met the medi-
ation committee, appointed by. the International Motion
Picture Association in New York, in Memorial Hall, on
Monday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Before reading the com-
munication received from Sam Bullock, secretary of the
I. M. P. \. committee referred to. Mr. Wiley specially in-
formed the convention that the meeting was strictly informal
and not an official meeting. The communication from Mr.
Bullock, bearing the date of July 6, and read to the con-
vention, was as follows:
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415
Report of Amalgamation Committees.
A preliminary nicctiiiK of the cuiumiltee on amal-
gamation of the LAI. P. A. elected at tlie New York
convention on Friday, June 12, 1914, and a similar
committee representing the M. P. E. L. of A. was
held at Memorial Hall on the above date.
Those present were: Messrs. M. A. Neflf, Ohio;
O. Parker, Kentucky; George H. Wiley, Missouri;
T. P. Finnegan, Texas; R. L. Macnabb, New York;
M. E. Corey, California, and Peter Jeup. Michigan.
.Mso S. H. Trigger, New York; Sam Bullock, Ohio;
F. J. Rembusch, Indiana; F. J. Herrington, Penn-
sylvania: W. J. Sweeny, Illinois; Judge Tugwcll,
California, and President Charles H. Phillips, e.x-
oflicio member of committee. Thomas Furniss of
Minnesota was absent, being delayed en route.
After a general discussion of the method to he
devised in order to bring the two organizations to-
gether it was decided that the I. M. P. A. members
should withdraw for a conference to enable them to
present some concrete propositions to work upon.
.^n adjournment was taken for that purpose.
After a recess of thirty minutes the I. M. P. A.
committee reappeared and the joint meeting then re-
convened, at which time the following propositions
were submitted to the joint meeting, with a recom-
mendation that the M. P. E. L. of A. submit the
propositions to the convention body for action.
This was agreed to unanimously.
President M. A. Nefif presided and George H.
Wiley acted as secretary of the joint meeting. The
resolutions submitted by Sam Bullock of Ohio were
as follows:
Resolved: That this committee cannot amalga-
mate with any organization under the terms of the
resolution by which we were elected, unless the said
organization is opposed in toto to all forms of legal-
ized censorship.
By F. J. Herrington, of Pennsylvania:
Resolved: That it be to the best interests of all
concerned, that the committee of the International
Motion Picture Association recommend the only
method of amalgamation that can be made possible
will be by the elimination of the officers of both
organizations and the control of the amalgamated
forces vested in a National Executive Board com-
prising the membership of the executive boards of
both organizations.
After the reading of the communication W. R. Wilson,
treasurer of the Ohio state branch of the league, moved
that it be laid on the table, as it meant the elimination
of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America, and
that suspended members of the National League be ad-
mitted in the usual way. M. A. Sybert. of West Virginia,
seconded the motion. After an extended discussion, which
displayed a marked amicable spirit toward the suspended
members of the League, in which Messrs. Phillips of Texas.
Hubbard of New York, Corey of California. Rieder of Michi-
gan. Wiley of Missouri and others engaged, Mr. Brylawski.
of Washington, D. C, moved that the original motion and
all the amendments thereto be laid on the table. This
motion was carried. Then Mr. Brylawski moved that a
committee consisting of the National Executive Committee
and three delegates from the floor should form the com-
mittee empowered to meet the mediation committee of the
I. M. P. A. in further conference. The motion was carried
and President Neflf named Messrs. Pearce, of Maryland;
Brophy, of Oklahoma, and Rieder. of Michigan, as the ad-
ditional members of the committee.
.\t this point the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock
\\'ednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8.
M. A. NefT Pulls the Big Surprise — Pearce Elected.
Before the election of national officers was taken up ac-
cording to program at Wednesday's morning session. Presi-
dent Nefl fairly stunned the convention with the announce-
ment that he was not a candidate for re-election. Nothing
rnore unexpected could have happened and the intense sur-
prise it created throughout the ranks of his friends and
opponents brought a hush throughout the convention hall
that lasted for several minutes. His speech will afTord un-
usual interest to readers. It is given verbatim.
Address of President M. A. Neff.
. "Gentlemen: There have been a great manj^ articles pub-
lished:, there have been a great many people who have
talke-d along the line of harmony, peace and good fellowship,
9nd" there have been a great many things done within the
last year to destroy the confidence of the motion picture
exhibitors of the country in any organization. There have
been a great many things said, kind and unkind, and it
has been done in the heat of passion probably, and men
more or less are given to those things when they arc
wrought up to a state of anger, but there is good in every
man and more good in every woman, and this world was
not built for people to wrangle and fuss over little things.
I believe that the people of this world were created to har-
monize. I don't believe that any man or men should stand
in the way of any body of people or any organization. I
believe that if a man is a man and holds respect for the
human race and the uplift and the advancement of civiliza-
tion and that he really holds at heart the things which he
advocates he will never hold ambition over love for that
for which he is working and laboring.
"We have never told a man, with the exception of one
or two, what I expected to do here this morning and what
I expect to say to you. I have served you faithfully for
four years. I have done the best I could. If I have made
mistakes, some of them I might be proud of and others
I am not ashamed of. Because if there was a mistake
made, it was made from the heart and in your interest,
not in mine. Now, gentlemen, we are about to elect our
officers for the coming year. Last year when the bolt came
at New York, no man knows the sentiment that was in
some of our souls; we did everything we could. I even
called some of the boys back and asked if they had not
better reconsider. And to-day some of those same people
have come here hundreds of miles. Why? Because the
love of the organization, I believe, is in their souls. I be-
lieve they still want to join this league and come back and
be one of us. Those men must have the sentiment some-
where in their makeup or they would not travel all this dis-
tance for that co-operation or amalgamation, or whatever
you may call it.
"It has been said that if certain conditions; in plain words
they have said that if Mr. Neff was not elected at this
convention that they would make application and come
back in thirty days. I am going to test the sincerity of
their remarks and leave it not only to the exhibitors of this
country but to the people throughout this country. We have
had a hard struggle, gentlemen; it has been no easy task,
and this morning, as I see and know, you are intensely
in earnest, and you are, as they say, on your toes. I have
figured over this delegation. I think I have every man
placed right, because when I am in doubt I take the safe
side and never count on the doubt. Now, ladies and gen-
tlemen, as I said before, I have served you and did the
best I could for you. I want to see peace; I want to see
harmony and good-fellowship, and I hope that we will get
together in a manner and way that will bring peace, har-
mony and good-fellowship to every exhibitor in this country.
(Loud applause.) First, I want to thank the states that
were so kind as to instruct their delegations for me. and
right here I release them from every instruction, and you
are free in this convention to vote for any man that you
desire and for whom you desire.
"And I say again that I will come before this conven-
tion, for the sake of harmony, for the sake of peace and
good-fellowship, and I will decline any nomination and
my name will not be presented. (Loud cheering.) If in
the future, gentlemen, you find that you need my services
you will find Ohio standing as solid as, the rock of Gibraltar,
and M. A. Neflf will be at your service, and I will do every-
thing possible that I can to advance your interest in the
future as I have in the past. I want to say in conclusion
that I appreciate the friendship of all of you and especially
my Ohio brethren; they have stood stolidly behind me
in every contest. They have traveled thousands of miles to
support me, and only last night they indorsed me unani-
mously, and there is not a man in the delegation from Ohio
that knew what I was going to say when I got up here
because I have been studying. I studied long last night
and studied this matter over and thrashed it out myself, and
I have come to the conclusion that, as one gentleman said
yesterday, if new blood will add strength and bring harmony
to this organization, I stand for the new blood. I stand
for anything that is honest and will advarice the interests
of the motion picture exhibitor and the entire industry, and
if I have created any enemies in this line of business, if
there has anything been done, it has been, ladies and gen-
tlemen, in the defense of the motion picture exhibitor, and
probably I have oflfended those whose interests were not
yours.
"Now, gentlemen. I think I have explained.it thoroughly.
I will not be a candidate for re-election and-thereis no
(Continued on page 446.) :-.'■: ' ' ".
416
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
II
Honor the Pioneers.
A Brief Sketch of One of Them — Harry Schwalbe Looms
Large in the Film World of the Quaker City —
Intelligent Aid to the Exhibitor One of
the Secrets of His Success.
By W. Stephen Bush.
MANY, perhaps most of the veterans of the motion pic-
ture industry, are distinctly young. The great and cele-
brated Trinity of "Pops" even are fatherly in
manners and experience rather than in j'ears. Harry
Schwalbe, than whom no man is better known in the ex-
change business, was comfortably on the right side of thirty
when the motion picture attracted him. He clearly perceived
its possibilities when the rest of his native city of Phila-
delphia indulged in its historic somnolence.
Harry Schwalbe had inherited a love of music and the
skill and talent generally coincident thereto. If these alone
had been his natural gifts he might today be the distinguished
leader of a band, but his name
would not be a household word
amon,g film men in that large and
populous section of our country
which is in commerce and travel
and in the newspaper zones more
or less tributary to the ancient city
of William Penn. Harry Schwalbe
had a keen eye for what is commer-
cially important and profitable in
human amusements generally. He
had the ability, strangely rare
among renters and dealers in films,
of telling a good picture from a
bad one. Rarest of all he knew
how to detach himself from his
own views and tastes ar.d judge of
the picture from the viewpoint of
the ordinary motion picture audi-
ence. Few men appreciate more
soundly than he does what is beau-
tiful in a picture or in a painting or
in a piece of statuar'-, but he never
sought to make the general public
share his views; he was always
willing to let the public do its own
picking and choosing and to cate.'
to the public taste rather than at-
tempt to mold it. All this sounds
like the definition of a real show-
man and that is exactly what
Harry Schwalbe is; practical to the
core, a single-minded believer in
facts and figures and realities only;
thoroughly familiar with the actual
needs of the e.xhibitors and brim-
ful of knowledge how to help the
exhibitor.
He learned the exhibitor's end of
the motion picture industry away back in 1905 and 1906 when
he ran a little show out in the industrial section of Kensing-
ton. His little theater, if theater it could be called, seated
about five dozen people and the show consisted of a thousand
feet or less, generally less. The show was continuous and so
was the attendance. The admission was five cents and a
crowded house meant three dollars, .^s the show only lasted
about fifteen minutes and ran from early morn to late at night
it was nothing unusual to take in more than a hundred dol-
lars per day. The little place in Kensington was soon en-
larged and it is still running at this hour, though now hold-
ing fifteen times as many patrons as it held in the beginning.
Other places, all of them of the store room variety, were
acquired by Mr. Schwalbe, who shortly after his entrance
into the exhibiting ranks associated with him in business Mr.
James McCaffrey, a musician of recognized talent and like
himself a practical showman of e.xperience. Schwalbe and
McCaffrey soon realized that the renting of films to exhibitors
would be the next big development in the industry and hav-
ing but moderate means at their disposal they started a co-
operative plan for the purchase and distribution of films in-
viting exhibitors to come in and share in the benefits. They
received scant encouragement. People whom they ap-
proached thought the pictures were but a fad doomed to
pass away sooner or later like anj' other popular craze. Ev-
erybody was willing to come in but anxious to wait. Strain-
ing their own resources to the utmost and .giving their days
and nights to the proposition in which they had unshakable
faith, the two young men ceased looking for other help and
Harry Schwcdbe.
won out. H ever success was achieved by hard work and
conscientious service without any admixture of luck what-
ever it was this same success of Schwalbe and McCaffrey.
The new concern called itself the Electric Theater Supply
Company and opened an office first in Twelfth street and
then in a little basement at 47 North 10th street. They soon
established an enviable reputation for fair dealing and ex-
pert knowledge. Lubin, Edison and Pathe, but Pathe more
than all the others combined, furnished the greatest share
of films in the days of 1907 and 1908 and the Electric Theater
Supply Company bought the entire output. Exchanges
sprang up in Philadelphia and in Baltimore and Pittsburgh,
but the Electric Theater Supply Company had the advantage
of the start and they never relinquished their lead. Schwalbe
and McCaffrey were active and influential members of the
old Film Service .Association at a time when the exchanges
and not the manufacturers dominated the market. Then
came the formation of the Motion Picture Patents Company,
causing a profound change in conditions, which is felt even
at this dav. The formation of the
M. P. P. Co. found the Electric
Supply Company at the flood-tide
of its prosperity; the old cramped
quarters in the basement had been
changed for the whole building
across the street, at 44 North 10th
street. A three-story modern
building scarcely sufficed to accom-
modate the wonderfully growing
business of the Electric Theater
Supply Company. The companv
was licensed by the M. P. P. C.
and now spread over new territory
going as far south as Tennessee,
as far north as Trenton, as far
west as the gates of Pittsburgh.
It supplied Eastern and Central
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
the District of Columbia, Virginia,
and West Virginia and had
numerous patrons in all portions
of the South.
It is difficult to induce Mr.
Schwalbe to speak. He is strictly
a man of deeds. Very thorough
and painstaking in the collection
r.f his facts, with an easy grasp of
figures and conditions, he delights
in action and rejoices in achieve-
ment. The .'•ecret of his success
and his popularity is not as well
known as it should be. .\ man who
builds up a business from the
humblest beginning into a concern
if immense size and corresponding
prosperity is well worthy of atten-
tion. His methods are not only in-
teresting but must be useful and
instructive to others engaged in the same line of endeavor.
When the General Film Company was formed and began to
absorb the exchanges of the country the Electric Theater
Supply Company shared the fate of the other exchanges, but
Mr. Schwalbe remained not only in charge of the old ex-
change, but as the manager of the General Film Compan)' in
the Philadelphia district he entered upon an enlarged field
and greater activities. He held this position for about four
years and only resigned recently to take a long-needed rest
and to embark in a new venture, which intends to exploit fea-
ture films of quality. To this new venture he has given the
old corporate name Electric Theater Supply Company, an in-
dication of the stability of his business methods, which de-
serves more than passing notice.
Not from his statements but from my own observations as
a daily visitor at the famous "44 North 10th" I know the
secret of Mr. Schwalbe's success. From the very beginning he
made the exhibitor depend on him for counsel and co-opera-
tion. The e.xhibitor's troubles were Mr. Schwalbe's troubles.
Lo'- before he left the employ of the Genera! Film Companj-
Mr. Schwalbe had become far more than a mere manager and
distributor of films. He knew not only every inch of the ter-
ritory which he served, but he knew about 95 per cent, of the
exhibitors and he was thorough!}' familiar with the industrial
conditions of the various localities, with theaters and their
histories and managements. He knew what the exhibitor in
a certain mining town needed and what the exhibitor in the
summer resort had to have. In many cases he knew the needs
of the exhibitor far more accurately than the exhibitor hini-
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
417
self. Of course his sympatliy with tlic exhibitor and his will-
ingness and ability to help practically soon became known in
the exhibiting ranks. .As a result Harry Schwalbe was be-
sieged by exhibitors with problems and troubles. His office
in the General Film headciuarters on \'ine street often looked
like the consultation room of a lawyer or doctor with a vast
practice. He acted as if his time and his knowledge belonged
entirely to the men whom he served with films. Intensely
loyal to his employer's interests he always proceeded on the
tlieory that the interests of the exhibitor were likewise the
interests of his company and that the two ought to be har-
monized in an intelligent practical way. .'Xs a result the busi-
ness in Philadelphia grew apace and showed pleasant profits
even in times of general depression. I have seen scores upon
scares of exhibitors from all points in his territory walk into
the office of Mr. Schwalbe perplexed and worried and come
out with new faith and new courage. One might truly say
that Atlas-like he carried the film burdens of his whole dis-
trict on his shoulders.
Neither he nor any man could have sustained such a task
very long but for a remarkable ability to "play while you
play." The thousands who have known him will testify that
"he worked while he worked." His friends will testify to the
ease with which he can shake off all cares and thoughts of
business and enter into his play with all the happy exuber-
ance of a boy. He loves the water and as commander of tlic
good ship "The Buster" he and his crew have achieved fame
along the Chesapeake Bay and all its tributary waters.
British Notes.
("Special Correspondence to the World.")
Samuel S. Hutchison, the president of the Flying .\ Com-
pany of Chicago, has arrived in this country and will pro-
ceed from London to the Continent before returning to the
States.
* * *
Charles Urban is making a valiant attempt to reform the
company which recentlv held the Kinemacolor rights. It
will be remembered that this concern has figured heavily
in the law courts during the past year upon matters of vital
importance to its patent rights.
* ' * *
The newest idea, and one which has incidentally proved
popular for newspaper competitors in this country, has been
exploited by an illustrated daily. .A prize of $100 w-as of-
fered for the best criticism of the film entitled "The Mid-
night Marriage." Most of the competitors resided in in-
dustrial districts and extracts from their contributions give
a good idea of the type of film still popular in working-
class neighborhoods. "Comedy is out of place in film melo-
drama," argues one amateur critic, while another avers that
"good plays are always an education and should be brought
within the reach of the poorest by being filmed." Several
of them held that cowboy stories and animal pictures were
still liked best.
* * *
Commencing in the autumn the English office of the
Kalem Company is to market a series of self-contained pic-
tures revolving around the adventures of one Nina, with
Miss Alice Joyce in the lead. Arrangements have been
made with a weekly paper to accompany each release with
the plot of the picture in story form.
* * *
Herbert Ponting's pictures of the Capt. Scott Antarctic
expedition attracted Mr. Roosevelt during his recent flying
visit to London. After seeing the pictures Mr. Roosevelt
communicated to Mr. Pouting that he did not know when
he had seen any exhibition which impressed him more, and
he would not, on anv account, have missed seeing them.
* * *
The newest recruit to filmdom from the variety stage is
Geo. Robey. He has written a corned}' entitled "The Ama-
teul" Anarchist," in which he takes the leading role.
* * *
Horace G. Plimpton, manager of negative production of
the Edison Company, sailed for New York last week.
* * *
It is announced this week that the T. L. Laskv Company
will in future place the selling and renting of its produc-
tions in Great Britain entirelv in the hands of J. D. Walker.
T. B. SUTCLIFFE.
David Horsley to do One-Reel Comedies.
Manufacturer and Producer Will Return to Active Studio
Work at Bayonne and Picturize Drawings
of Popular Cartoonists.
David Horsley announces that he will produce seven one-
reel comedies each week and distribute them through twenty-
nine especially organized offices, covering the United States,
Canada, Europe and South America.
"I have been working on this plan for the last six months."
said Mr. Horsley when interviewed at his big glass and con-
crete studio in Bayonne, N. J. "The big feature as a steady
diet was bound to go. Even if the grand army of 'regular'
5 and 10 cent exhibitors had been able to stand the expense,
the falling oflF of public patronage would have forced the long
film out. The very good — the unusual — feature will always
find a profitable market with this class, and with these prin-
ciples in mind I shall release from time to time a multiple
which I hope will live up to that much hackneyed and high-
sounding phrase, '.\ Film Masterpiece.'
HOLLAND BUYS SAN DIEGO THEATERS.
Charles A. de Lisle Holland has recentlv bought the
Queen and Exposition theaters in San Diego. Cal., and has
changed the names to the Parisian and the Illusion. It is
understood the houses will hereafter use the Mutual pro-
gram.
David Horsley.
"My new plans are already completed and the work of pro-
duction and ofiice organization is well under way, and the
first releases will be made in the early fall.
"I have many original comedies, secured from especially
engaged writers, but the basis of my plan is the famous comic
series which have been running in the great daily newspa-
pers. I have placed under contract the pick of the celebrated
newspaper humorists and comic artists — as many as I can
possibly use — for the seven comedies a week. I have also
under contract several directors who are 'specialists' and
whose names and demonstrated ability will insure the suc-
cessful working out of the scenarios. The actors are being
picked from the ranks of the trained 'screen' comedians, and
from a certain class of theatrical entertainers whose line of
work fits them peculiarly for broad, yet artistic motion pic-
ture comedies.
"The distribution of these comedies will be made through
twenty-six especially equipped offices in the principal cities
of the LTnited States and Canada, and three in Europe. I
am also going after the South American trade in a serious
manner and on a scale of magnitude which has never before
been attempted.
"I am after the best of the big exchange managers and
have a scheme of operation which will make their work more
than usually profitable. All of the work of production will
be made in the Centaur Film Company's studio in Bayonne."
Mr. Horsley was the founder of the Centaur Film Com-
pany, the oldest in the Independent ranks,
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^
"The Devil's Eye."
Apex Four-Part Thriller Is Filled With Astonishing
"Stunts" — Would Give Ringlets to Wooden Indian.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
IN this kind of picture there is apt to be a long and ex-
citing chase. The producer can use up more stunts in a
chase than by any other method. In this particular pic-
ture, "The Devil's Eye," there is one of the most startling
series of death-defying, hair-curling, make-you-jump-from-
the-seat kind of performances that this reviewer has yet seen.
They are so new and so absolutely unexpected that, with
all their ears-pricked-up and mouth-agape compulsion, they
have a quality so like comedy that they make you laugh.
This makes them all the better; it's high praise of them.
If you were watching a man suspected of a crime and
chased by a group of soldiers on horses and saw him drive,
horse, harness and wagon, over a high bridge; saw the fran-
tic beast kicking the wagon to splinters in the deep water
and apparently kicking the man and then saw a derrick send
down its hook and catching on tlie harness, draw both horse
and his rider out and set them safely on the bank, you
would have to laugh, we think.
Scene from "The Devil's Eye" (Apex).
The hero of this picture, after .going though this incident,
is riding on and still pursued. His horse stumbles or some-
thing and the rider goes off head first and lands right down
under the galloping horse's feet. We see him trampled and
he lies still. "He's badly hurt," we say and think that he
has taken one too many chances. The leading pursuer
comes up and dismounting bends down over the prostrate
form. Quick as a wink it comes to life and with a bound is
seated on the soldier's mount and is of? again. We have
seen this done before and done well, but not quite so unex-
pectedly done as in this instance. The laugh that follows it
is half astonishment and half relief at the evidence that the
player who took the chance is whole of wind and limb. How
he managed it is wholly beyond this reviewer.
At the end, and by way of last climax, we see a man
climbing out on a rope strung high up lietween two brick
towers. His object is to get the priceless diamond, "The
Devil's Eye." The villain has handcuffs on, but has been
left in his tower where all of his electric apparatus is. He
works over to one side and pulls down "the fatal switch."
Then, as though earth trembled, the towers bend in that
stiflf way that towers have when falling and the bricks and
dust are spread around their bases. The hero has now
proved that he did not steal the fabulously valuable diamond.
The pretty countess who loves him and who has been of so
much assistance to him in clearing himself of suspicion can
now marry liim and they begin the happy ending.
There are two rather startling X-ray dresses in the pic-
ture's early scenes that some may disapprove of. There is
nothing else at all objectionable in it. The photographs are
clear and we count the picture as a very desirable offering
for most places.
ITALA WINS CABIRIA CASE.
Mr. Justice Greenbaum on Wednesday, July 1, 1914, in
tlie Supreme Court, Special Term, in New York .County, de-
nied plaintiff's motion for an injunction to prohibit the
exhibition of the motion picture, "Cabiria," within the States
of New York and Northern New Jersey.
The motion was made in an action in which Morris Brod-
kin is plaintiff, and Harry R. Raver, Carlo Sciamengo, and
Itala Film Co. of .America are defendants.
Graham & Stevenson appeared for the defendants and
Lewis Werner for plaintiff. The decision:
By MR. JUSTICE GREENB.^UM.
Brodkin v. It.ila Film Co of .\m. et al. — The insertion ot the -word
"regular" before the word "releases" and the omission of the words
describing the size and number of reels intended to be covered from the
form ot the contract originally tendered to the plaintiff create an
ambiguity in the agreement and i)ermit the introduction of parol evi-
dence as to the sense in which the word "regular" was used by the
parties. The negotiations leading up to the execution of the contract,
as sworn to in the affidavits presented by the respective parties, present
a serious conflict upon the scope of the words "regular releases." The
contention of the defendants is strongly fortified by numerous affidavits
of persons of extensive experience in the motion picture business and
by the character of the business conducted by the plaintiff at the time
that the contract was entered into. The plaintiff admits that "the
composition 'Cabiria' is one of the most expensive and remarkable com-
positions for motion pictures ever produced." It is thus fairly arguable
that such a production was not intended by the parties to come within
the designation of "regular releases." Indeed, no force can be given to
such words if it were held to include such a presentation as "Cabiria"
is admited to be. Without intending by the foregoing to indicate any
view upon the ultimate merits of the controversy. I am of opinion that,
upon the papers presented, the right of the plaintiff to the relief sought
is not sufficiently clear to justify the granting of an injunction. Motion
for injunction denied.
JOHN W. GREY.
ONE of the factors in keeping the public posted on the
merits of Universal productions is John W. Grey. It
will be a year in August since Mr. Grey took up his
work at 1600 Broadway, and in that time he has made rapid
progress. His departments are, among others, that of special
features, the big U's big
stuff, for one thing.
.Among the subjects he
has booked are "Traffic
in Souls," the powerful
melodrama which made
a bundle of money and
started in its wake such
a mob of impossible
would-be imitators. Oth-
er features marketed un-
der the supervision of
Mr. Grey were "Sam-
son," "War in the
Clouds," "The Spy," "Lu-
cille Love," "Trey o'
Hearts," "Sky Monster"
and "Washington at Val-
ley Forge." He also di-
rects the department of
newspaper publicity,
which includes syndi-
cates and special stories.
Mr. Grey has had wide
experience in publicity
work. Among his earlier
connections were the
Palmer & Singer Motor
Car Company as sales
manager, the E. R.
Thomas Motor Car
Company as advertising
manager of the eastern
district, the Evening Mail as motor truck editor, the Frank
Seaman .Advertising .Agency, and he has also had his own
agency. He is one of the few film men who can afford to
live in New Rochelle, but this does not detract from his
even-tempered democratic geniality. He is always pleasant
to meet, and has a personality that is forceful without being
overpushful. . ::--;
John W. Grey.
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419
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
SOME of the "movie boys" gathered at a well-known
rendezvous frequented by players and representatives
of other branches of business were discussing the
good and ill fortunes in the field the other night when one of
them made particular reference to an expert in the mechan-
ical branch of the producing; line, remarking that the ad-
vancement the expert had made from the salary standpoint
was little less than phenomenal. In spite of his recognized
ability, his most ardent admirers were surprised that he
should attain such a high oosition on a salary list. The
"boys" were trying to reach some satisfactory conclusion as
to why and how some people are so highly favored. Some
said it was influence; others thought it unusual recognition
of merit; "it's their luck," others declared. To the surprise
of all in the party the e.xpert made his appearance. "Why,"
exclaimed one, "I though you were in . What brings
you back? Nothinsr wrong, I hope?"
* * *
What the expert told them is worth repeating here. It
brought up a discussion of the subject of contract between
employer and employee and enlightened them as to how
easily contracts may be broken if they become obnoxious
to the employer, regardless of the legal skill behind the
framing on either side. Let the expert tell it. "Well,"
said he, "I am here because written contracts are just as
reliable as civil service rules. I never took much stock in
what I used to hear of how people could be ousted from
government positions if their scalps were wanted, whether
or not they were under civil service appointment, but I have
changed my mind.
* * *
"Before I would give up my former job and go with the
people who were making overtures to me I insisted upon a
contract for a certain term. They were offering me double
what I was getting and it made me suspicious. I wanted
an iron-clad, double-riveted affair, and when they readily
agreed, I must confess, I sought the secrecy of my boudoir
and proudly viewed my chest expansion. In due time I left
New York for my new job and had carefullv stowed away
in my pocket a contract which my lawyer said was as good
as a government bond. 'You've got 'em bound and gagged,'
he said. 'Keep the work up to your standard and you will
be good for the full four years. If they break it 3'ou will
have no trouble collecting.' Boys, if I had the full salary
for the term in my hands before starting I could not have
left here with more confidence.
* * *
"Well, things went along fine for several weeks. There
was no complaint on either side. But when receiving my
salary one Saturday an officer of the company informed me
that business conditions did not warrant the expenses they
were under and asked if I would consent to a reduction in
salary. Naturally I was disagreeably surprised and called
attention to the fact that I did not seek the position and
they had readily asreed to all the conditions I had imposed,
and the amount of salary was fixed upon their own initia-
tive. It was finally agreed that a week's consideration be
taken.
* * *
"Up to that time the relations between us had been of a
most cordial character, but there was a sudden change. It
seemed that every conceivable word and action was put
forward to make my position as unpleasant as possible.
Nothing more was said about a decrease in salary. I saw
the plan was to let the contract run, but to make it as hard
as possible for me to keep my end up. I decided to stick.
There was no two-week clause in the contract and my work
was above reproach, so I made up my mind that any change
should come from them with full payment for the term.
All this time I was under legal advice and knew what I was
doing. I had them beaten to a frazzle. Compromise! not a
bit of it. Didn't my lawyer say I had as good as a govern-
ment bond?
* * *
"Ha, ha! say, boys, its rough lines; but I have to laugh
when I think of what followed. There were about three
weeks of high-grade persecution when suddenly the de-
meanor of everybody toward me changed. Compliments on
the work I was turning out flowed in from all sides. I was
the best that ever happened and everybody was so pleased
that the little hitch over salary had not led to my indignant
resignation. My conservatism and manly spirit in standing
for my rights had won general admiration.
* * *
"One night I went out and made arrangements for a sup-
per so I could have the heads of all the departments pres-
ent and tell them how much I appreciated their kindness to
me and how earnestly I would work so that I might con-
tinue to enjoy their co-operation and good will. It was a
great event, and I spared no expense to make it one of the
most enjoyable in my career.
* « *
"All during the following week I was a hero with my
fellow-workers and members of the company were delight-
fully pleasant when I met them. What a proud and happy
man I was!
* * *
"On the succeeding Saturday I was most agreeably sur-
prised at finding a ten dollar increase in my salary. Boys,
my heart was touched and I could not get to an officer of
the company too quick to express my gratitude. The money
was a mere trifle. It was the compliment paid to me.
* * *
"Hold on, boys! Don't cheer and applaud. You feel as
I felt, but not as I feel now. Upon the close of the follow-
ing week I received my regular salary, the ten dollar in-
crease and — notice that as I had broken m->' contract, my
services were no longer required. Can you beat it?
* * *
"Yes, they gave me the raise voluntarily, but my lawyer
told me I consummated the breach of contract by retain-
ing the additional money. I should have returned it at once
with the statement that mv contract only called for so much
and I was satisfied with that amount. But they jollied me
along so well after they found thc.v could not drive me out
that they completely disarmed me of all suspicion, and that
is why I am here.
* * *
"And now, my good fellow 'movie boys,'" continued the
expert, "let me tell you I have given my experience as a
warning to all of you to beware of the tempter. The next time
I get a good iob with a salary within reason a steam derrick
will not raise me out of it. If I had remained where I was
I would still be on velvet and the good (?) fellows who
made me a king for a week would still be looking for what
they got from me. No, I was not twenty dollars ahead on
the last two weeks. The supper cost me more than that.
Now, laugh. Funny, isn't it?"
* * *
With the approach. of the Fourth of July out-door exhib-
itors looked for a change of weather conditions that would
materially increase their receipts, but unfortunately there
has been bitter disappointment. Motion picture exhibitors
are not the sole sufferers. Bitter complaints come in from
all quarters, particularly park owners and others with out-
door amusements at the seaside. It is said to be the worst
season in years. One man at Coney Island who has always
been liberal in expenditure upon meals between shows was
observed standing at a bar one evening with a sandwich in
one hand and a glass of beer in the other. A friend jokingly
asked if he was cutting down expenses. "You bet," he re-
plied. "With seventeen hundred dollars to the bad thus
far, and July not here, I have to cut down." While the deficit
may have been somewhat exaggerated, it cannot be denied
that out-door amusements have been hit hard up to date. It
is said Coney Island was visited by 250,000 people on the
Fourth of July, but they kept moving to keep warm.
* * *
The airdome season in this vicinity has not sufficiently
developed to warrant a prediction as to what degree of suc-
cess will attend the places this year. For the same period
last year that the parks and other out-door places have been
open this year the business was much better. This has, in
a great measure, been due to the unusually low temperature
in the evenings. During one day this month the thermome-
ter registered the lowest in over thirty-four years, and on
another day the twenty-eight year record was broken. Still
the business has been pretty fair. None of the managers re-
port a big balance on the business for the rsonth, but nearly
all of them are very confident of results during July and
August. All agree that the pictures are not to blame and
the places that have not been making money can charge
the deficit to the weather alone.
420
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moving Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
Moving Pictures First Came from an American University.
THE Leland Stanford Universit}- claims to be the first to in
any way see the possibility of the moving picture. Leland
Stanford spent over $50,000 in its development and was
the pioneer of the present movement, according to the
curator of the Stanford museum, Mr. Harry C. Peterson, in
an address before the California Library Association in San
Diego recently, among other things he said: "The first mo-
tion pictures were taken to show the actions of a horse's
legs when running or trotting, over thirty years ago.
Twenty-four cameras were set in a row and strings attached
to the shutters were stretched across the track. As the
horse ran over the track he broke each string, causing the
shutter of each camera to open and close. It was from that
beginning that the great motion picture industry of today
started. It is interesting to note that the same shutter used
long ago is still used on motion picture cameras. After all
experiments of later days, a better one has not been found."
After describing the great growth of the moving picture
industry, with which every reader is familiar, he proceeded
to speak of the importance of filming all the famous and
historical missions of California; he said "Missions are an
asset to all California; they are the first points that East-
erners and Europeans want to see. We are trying to get
motion picture producers to bring out more plays in which
the missions figure as a background. The makers are willing
but find suitable plays hard to obtain, if they are to be
worked out to contain a certain amount of historical inter-
est. I have made a careful studv of the subject and I find
that tourists want to see the missions in photoplays, while
we also want support for the preservation in pictures at
least of these important crumbling buildings." No one will
deny that the above claim to the pioneer work of Leland
Stanford is well founded, and while many will be glad of this
American beginning, others will be also glad that this begin-
ning was in connection with an educational institution.
Widespread Preparations for Educational Work.
The work of educational kinematographv is moving along
new lines in a way which insures more promising results.
For some time it seemed that the production of educational
pictures might become extremely limited: indeed, some of
the big makers had already curtailed their efiforts in that
direction. Everyone interested knew that this was because
the right kind of appreciative efiforts had not been accorded
the work already done, and this in turn again was because
the great work of the universal adoption of the moving pic-
ture as an educative force was one which would have to be
taken up in a serious manner, with deliberate preparation by
existing authorities, and with other authorities which would
have to be brought into existence for that express pur-
pose; all this is now forthcoming.
It would almost seem that in all parts of the educational
world at once the spirit of the educational picture was ani-
mating the proper and necessary efforts for the desired re-
sults. The great number of organizations of good and
strong men which are gathering together in this country and
in Europe for the very purpose of exploiting the educational
pictures in all the various branches is almost perplexin,g on
account of their number and the nature of their individual
ideas and purposes. Leading men in all the higher walks
of life are joining these organizations for the furtherance
of that educative purpose with which they are fiiost nearly
and naturally associated with, such as schools, churches,
social, economic and commercial and scientific. Perhaps
one of the best indications of assured success is found in
the fact that in many of these organizations, men of wealth,
title, scholarship and legislative associations are among the
most interested; men who have nothing to gain in either
a scholastic or commercial sense, showing that their one
object is the underlying value which they are convinced lies
with the educational picture. Again, these organizations are
not founded upon a commercial but an educative basis, so
that their success is to be measured by results and not
profits, and educational results are the only ones sought for.
All Along the Line.
A structure referred to by educators of note as a school
building without an equal, in the state of California, in the
careful manner in which it has been designed, and the com-
pleteness of its equipment has just been dedicated to the
cause of education in San Jose, Cal. The "safety first" idea
prevailed, and then the moving-picture equipment with as-
sociate advantages make this imposing building one of
those on the highest plane of educational advancement in
America. These advantages are also to be used in making
the building a great civic center and lecture bureau which
will be of benefit to the whole community, making what
used to be a simple school house the verv heart of the
highest possible educational advancement for the benefit
of all ages and classes: any community is not only richly
provided for under such conditions, but it seems to possess
everything that present-day advances has to give.
"A Boy and the Lavi^."
This photoplay, the scenario for which was written by
Judge Willis Brown, of the Parental Court of Salt Lake
City, is the result of a challenge by moving picture people
of the East. It was maintained that the kind of pictures
Judge Brown advocated could not be produced with enough
of a "punch" to them to escape being classed purely and
simply as "Sunday-school pictures," and would fail of inter-
est to many people. Judee Brown is the founder of "Boy-
ville," a school community for boys in Salt Lake City, to-
gether with another in Michigan.
The laudable object of preventing the making of criminals
out of boj's is the noble desire of Judge Brow-n and his
work. The play he has written covers five films and is
drawn from actual experiences. Willie Eckstein, the lead-
ing character, is a very real person, and the story is woven
around him. He was driven from Russia after having been
jailed there for connection with an anarchist society which
he had joined after his father had been killed by the drunken
Cossacks. He came to America with the idea that the law
is an oppressor and, as a newsboy very soon got into Judge
Brown's court. It was to prevent the makin" of criminals
of just such boys that the judge induced some women to
purchase the farm which became "Boyville" and over which
this same Willie Eckstein became the first — mayor; the
prosperity and honesty of the boys together with the incul-
cation of true ideas of law in place of the perverted ones is
shown in the working out of the story. The inbred hatred
of law throufh a misinterpretation by means of oppression
is changed to that respect which Judge Brown successfully
teaches that true liberty is right when it does not inter-
fere with the risrhts of others. The film is highly com-
mended by those Jews who were acquainted with the boy's
parents and circumstances in Russia, and the censors, who
were all persons in high positions, regarded the objects and
results of the pictures very highly.
Vocational Education with Pictures.
The question of vocational education is one which is now
bein^ of necessity considered by those who are compelled
to take up the question of juvenile control. The Bureau of
Commercial Economics, with headquarters in Philadelphia,
is looking to the moving picture to solve one of the prob-
lems of practical and technical education. In commendation
of the work of the bureau Dr. Eliot. President emeritus of
Harvard, says it reminds him of what Benjamin Franklin's
father did for his son who was deciding upon the choice of
a trade. The father took the boy about Boston and showed
him work going on in as many trades as were then repre-
sented in the little town: and it was only after seeing all
of them that the son decided to be a printer. This is the
idea involved in the bureau's plan of practical education and
vocational suggestion. The work is maintained by endow-
ment funds and annuities and will be carried on throu.gh
schools, public institutions, settlement-houses, missions,
parks, play grounds and similar public centers; in no in-
stance will there be any charge for the service.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
421
Doings at Los Angeles.
JOHX BRENXAX is again at Santa 2\Ionica, having
made arrangements with the main ot'tice to open the
little beach studio as a comedy plant. He will turn out
only comedies, and some good work may be expected from
the versatile John E.
* * »
Horkhcimer Brothers, makers of Balboa features, are
negotiating now for the purchase of acreage near their pres-
ent studio. They contemplate spending $200,OU0 in building
an elegant new plant which will be larger and more per-
manent than the already large studio and plant that they now
are using.
* * *
Director Hunt is putting on a unique play at the Broncho
studio in the canyon. "The Village 'Neath the Sea" is the
title, and it is a pretty story of Indian love and legend.
Tsura Aoki, the pretty Japanese leading woman and Sessue
Hayakawa. also a native of Nippon, play the leading parts,
being made up as Indians, and they are good in this. Some
clever trick photography shows an Indian village under the
sea.
* * *
\\'ilfred Lucas and his company have gone up into the
mountains to get some high pictures for a series. There
were three machines and a motor truck loaded with play-
ers. At the Universal studio Murdock MacQuarrie and Pau-
line Bush are working hard in "Francois Villon," a new se-
ries. The former is seen in the part of Villon, which is a
good one.
* * *
One of the finest theater buildings in the residential dis-
trict is the Empire theater at Pico and Hoover streets. The
building is all of brick, with ornamental and fancy front.
It will be open about the 15th of July.
* * *
Kenneth Baum, son of the head of the Oz Film Co., took
unto himself a bride. Miss Dorothy Duce, of Chicago. The
ceremony was performed at the Baum home on Cherokee
avenue. The charming bride is the daughter of Herbert
Duce, editor of the Billboard. Both fathers are well-known
writers.
* * *
Director West, of the Broncho camp, has been working in
Los Angeles this month and has finished some good animal
pictures. Gladys Brockwell played the leading part, she
being the only woman in the picture.
* * *
The Oz Co. has started work in earnest. The other day
it did some big exteriors in a forest, and Louis Gott-
schalk. who composes music as the film is made, had his
piano moved out into the woods, and played with the camera
turning near him. Here were thirtj' dancing girls who kept
time to his music. There was a large castle, rocks, and
other props used in the real forest scene. This is a part
of the first production of the fairy tales.
Tom Nash has just completed his first three reel animal
feature at Bairdstown. It is entitled "The Mysterious Man
of the Jungle" and is a real thriller. He is to start another
multiple reeler in the well-equipped new studios.
iic ^ ^
There is hardly anyone left around the Albuquerque
studios, as everyone has gone to Catalina Island to be in a
three reel sea picture. The film is to show many scenes
of real typical sea life.
* * +
"Lucille Love" is completed. The last of the reels has
been shipped and Francis Ford has departed for a visit with
his folks back in Maine. Grace Cunard has left for Ohio
and New York to see her people also.
* * *
Saturday night (at the Photoplayers' Club') was laid aside
for the ladies and they certainly were there, and the eve-
ning was voted a huge success. The star entertainer of
the evening was Mvrtle Stedman of Bosworth's. who sang
some good songs. The newly organized .glee club also gave
■ a few numbers which were appreciated.
^ ^ ^
W. C. Cabanne is puttinp- on "Down by the Sounding Sea,"
a real old ocean story featuring Robert Harron, Wallace
Reid, and Mae Gaston. The storv is a romantic one, and
in it is a realistic shipwreck which puts in thrills. The
Mutual is always getting away with some big stuff anyway.
"The Mystery of the Hindu Image" from the machine of
Frank Woods, is being produced by Jack O'Brien. It is a
baffling murder story with plenty of detectives and thrills.
* * *
J. P. MacGowan and Helen Holmes have completed an
oil picture for Kalem. They went to Fullertun, where the
oil derricks arc located, and the dainty Helen is seen in
overalls. One of the large gushers is seen spouting many
hundred barrels of oil. The picture is a sort of new one,
and is good.
* * *
Director Barker, W. S. Hart, and the rest of the company
of Broncho players who are working in "The Two Gun
Men" have gone to the Grand Canyon to do some scenes
in the big western picture featuring Mr. Hart. About twenty
in all went to the Arizona scenic canyon.
* * *
Lloyd Ingraham is now directing Edna Maison at the
Universal. Ray Gallagher is playing opposite her. They
will do some high-class comedies.
* * *
The Cafe Nat Goodwin, run by the famous actor. Nat C.
Goodwin, is planning to inaugurate a special Photoplayers'
nigTit to be held once a month. The cafe is a beautiful one,
on a pier over the sea. Many local companies have used
the gorgeous rooms as settings for society films.
in ^ *
Thomas H. Ince, famous as general manager of the
N. Y. M. P. Co., is having built a complete Japanese vil-
lage and garden at his large home in Hollywood. He ex-
pects to use it for scenes in pictures supposed to be laid in
the flowery kingdom.
* * *
Leo Carrillo, a famous Orpheum entertainer who was
here on his vacation, rescued one of the Indians at the
Broncho camp and forthwith was taken into the tribe with
all pomp and ceremony attending the initiation. A bar-
becue followed and the new paleface brave was the honored
guest. He left recently for a tour of the Orpheum circuit
abroad.
* * ^k
"Vengeance of Gold" is the name of a real western film
being made at the Mutual studios. A panic-stricken burro
and a maddened rattler are used to good advantage in tht
picture, touching ofif the western atmosphere.
* * *
The Feature Film Co. opened its studio on the Venice pier
the evening of the 26th. Many invitations were sent out
and a large number of people were present to see the pic-
tures made. A film was exposed in the night, the scenes
being lighted by electric lamps. They have already made
several pictures in and around this city.
* * *
David Hartford, who directed for the .Albuquerque and
Robbins companies, has rejoine-^ the legitimate stage and
is with the Morosco forces here.
* * *
Every Friday night the Ocean ^ ark band has a special
concert, and the Vitagraph people directed the musicians
last week. George Kunkle played two good numbers. He
was followed by Anne Schaefer. Margaret Gibson, Jane
Novak, Stephen Smith, Jr., and several other members of
the western studio. The crowds are nearly doubled when
the moving picture people get up and lead the band.
* * *
The second number of the Script, the official paper of
the Photoplay .Authors' League is out. and it is a good
number, being full of interesting articles from the type-
writers of many local writers. The league is certainly doing
a lot of good, and many more members are signing up
and more are expected to send in for particulars. The
person who has had produced one script is eligible for mem-
bership in the league.
+ * *
Again old So! has favored Southern California \yith his
warm rays, and everyone is happy and busy grinding out
film. Many actor folks are moving down to the beaches
so they can go swimming in the surf. It is great, and most
everyone around here goes in dailv.
CLARKE IRVINE.
DAUGHTER BORN TO WALTER LEWIS.
The stork visited the home of Walter P. Lewis, of the
Biograph players, on Sunday. June 21st, and left a 7j/2-pound
girl. Both mother and daughter are doing fine. Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis have been in California all winter, returning
east on June 14.
422
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Music for the Picture
Conducted by CLARENCE E. SINN
A RECENT RELEASE of the Mutual Film Corporation
is "Home, Sweet Home." For this the producers have
had a prominent musician suggest music — both instru-
mental and vocal — which will add greatly to the effect in the
presentation of the picture. A copy of these suggestions
has been sent to the Moving Picture World and is here
given:
Music Cues for "Home, Sweet Home."
Particular care must be taken that music in this picture
should be played pianissimo; played to the picture, not
against it, except in instance as below noted.
Part One. (Prologue.)
(1.) CAt opening.) ''Love and Passion," by Messina.
First movement only, to scene where Payne leaves
to bid good-bye to his sweetheart.
(2.) (Song by female voice.) "Then You'll Remember
Me." All through scenes with his sweetheart until
sub-title: "It Will Be Happiness to Wait for Him."
(3.) "Love and Passion" movement repeated after sub-
title: "The Religious Mother Shocked at Her Boy's
Calling."
(4.) (In Payne's apartments.) "We Won't Go Home Un-
til Morning" at entrance of revellers; played softly
until their exit.
(5.) "Love and Passion" repeated at mother's entrance to
finish of scene.
(6.) "Then You'll Remember Me" (orchestra) very soft —
after sub-title: "I Will Await Thee Dear— My Boy."
(Through Payne's scenes with sweetheart and scenes
with worldly woman until finish of said scenes.
(7.) "Home. Sweet Home" (string quartette), when Pajme
composes.
First Episode.
Apple-Pie-Mary.
(9.) Any light air played lightly until old man is on with
accordeon.
(10.) Accordeon solo "Home, Sweet Home," from time ac-
cordeon is first seen playing on the screen until Bob
leaves restaurant to go awa}'.
(11.) "The Interrupted Rendezvous" Intermezzo by Gam-
blier until accordeon.
(12.) Accordeon solo "Home. Sweet Home," as accordeon
players start at road side inn, continued until Bob
leaves on horse.
Second Episode.
(This can be played forte all through latter half of episode.)
(13.) "Stradella Overture" (beginning at insert of brother's
eye through bushes, continued until just before dis-
covery of man singing and playing guitar during
fight of brothers).
(14.) "Home, Sweet Home" sung by male voice and ac-
companied by guitar whenever he appears on screen.
Discontinued at shooting of brothers and heard again
when singer is seen again on screen, when mother
raises knife to slay herself, then continue to finish of
episode.
Third Episode.
(IS.) Waltz, "The Wedding of the Roses," at opening until
sub-title: "The Homesick Boy's Rendering of the
Old Ballad."
!16.) Violin solo, "Home, Sweet Home," until scene breaks.
17.) "Narcissus" by Nevin until title: "The Old Ballad-
Yes?"
(18.) "Home. Sweet Home" (violin solo) again after title:
"The Old Ballad — Yes?" and continued until reunit-
iuT of husband and wife.
(19.) "Home. Sweet Home," by orchestra (strings and
reeds) in home scenes.
(20.) "Home, Sweet Home" (by female voice) after title:
"Ten Years Later."
(21.) "Kamennor Ostrow" (Cloister scene), by Rubenstein,
after title: "Allegorical." (Second movement and
ending only) played until finish of picture.
Special Notice.
For First Reel — Sixteen minutes.
For Second Reel — Fourteen to fifteen minutes.
For the remaining reels — Thirteen to fourteen minutes.
The last reel, however, should be run quite slowly from
the beginning of the allegorical part until the finish of the
picture. In any case, it should not run over one hour and
twenty-five minutes in all.
The producers have been at considerable pains to adapt
the musical accompaniment as given above, and it will re-
pay the exhibitor to follow the directions as closely as pos-
sible. I will take it upon myself to suggest that in such
theaters where the orchestra is unavailable an organ be used
for numbers 10, 12, (accordeon solo) 16 and 18 (violin solo)
and 21. Numbers 7 and 19 can be played in quartette style
on either piano or organ. Theaters using a pipe organ but
no orchestra will find this a fine subject for that instrument.
Where piano alone is used, it will be worth while to get
an ordinary reed organ if only for the sound effects men-
tioned in 10, 12, 16 and 18. Play melody only (no accom-
paniment) for violin solos. Use the singers bv all means.
If no guitar is to be had for numbers included in 14, the
accompaniment can be simulated on the piano.
"Wanted — Geographical Music."
Indianapolis, Ind., wants to get a complete list of songs
(names only) referring to the different States in the Union.
She says:
There are a number of these songs now half forgotten,
but which might be resurrected for moving picture music
purposes. It might be that some of the younger element
would not recognize them, but in the neighborhood
theatres such as the one in which I am playing there
would probably be enough old friends of the songs who
would introduce them to the strangers. Aside from the
fact that these melodies come in handy for pictures —
especially of the rural variety- — many of them are well
worth preserving, and the picture musician is as able
to help keep alive old songs as well as to popularize
the new. Here are a few as I recall them:
(Indiana.) "On the Banks of the Wabash."
(Kentucky.) "Mv Old Kentucky Home," and "She
Was Bred in Old Kentucky."
(Tennessee.") "The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee."
(Virginia.) "The Green Fields of Virginia," also "Carry
Me Back to Old Virginia."
(Maryland.") "My Maryland."
(Maine.) "'Way Down in Maine."
I have a dim recollection of a "New Hampshire" ballad,
popular about twentv years ago. Also something about
Colorado — "Where the Colorado Flows," if I am not
mistaken, though I do not recall the music of either song.
"Marching Through Georgia" is not appropriate for that
State, it being a Northern war song and not a Southern
song. There may be others whose names I have for-
gotten, and I would appreciate it if some one would
helo me to complete my list of old and new songs and
melodies which refer to the different States."
Still On Earth.
A letter from Will H. Bryant, musical manager of the
Varieties Theatre. Terre Haute, Ind.. assures me that he is
neither out of business nor out of the world, but has been
"too busy to write." He promises to let us hear from him
this summer, as his house contemolates running multiple reel
features, and Mr. Bryant thinks they will offer better oppor-
tunities musically than the single reel subjects.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
423
Advertising" for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Giving Up.
SOMETIMES we get a shock and one was contributed last week
when one of the department regulars sent In this letter:
The writer Is still In business, but I must confess to being
utterly worthless to that business just now. Haven't done a
thing worth while in some time, and my laziness Is costing a
nice little sum of money, which fact I am beginning to realize.
Certainly outdoor amusements these hot days and nights
make a form of competition hard to overcome by the Indoor
show, but I wonder It the average exhibitor like myself docsnt
fall to do his best?
As soon as trade diminished sharply I curtailed my feature
bookings. As it continued to fall off I reduced them further.
Now I find myself in the predicament of having to work harder
than ever to bring the people back again.
Had I kept things going as they were I feel confident that
my patronage would have more than compensated the expense
of the extras.
I have taken too much for granted, I feel sure, and in letting
the "pep" and "ginger" run out of my system why I naturally
aided dull business. My theater is cool, comfortable, pleasant,
and If there is any reason why I shouldn't be doing well It
can be charged largely to my own shortcomings.
Have taken on a nice lot of feature bookings and I am go-
ing to commence stirring things up. Will let you know how
I come out. In the meantime suppose you tell Mr. Picture
Show Man to beware of "lazing" about just because it's hot
weather.
The one saving grace of all this is that our correspondent Is honest.
He knows what's the matter, and he is going to reform, but how
many of you lack the energy to reform?
Keep Going.
It used to be said of the late B. F. Keith that he would spend
twenty-three cents, if need be, to get a quarter into his house, and
while it was seldom that his quarters cost him that much money, It
was that spirit that brought him his millions.
"When Summer came down came the heavy hangings, out came
the linen covers to the plush cushioned seats, the electric fans started
in, and "cooler than outdoors" meant something.
As a matter of fact an indoor house, properly looked after,
is cooler than an airdrome that has baked in the sun through a long
Summer day. The only thing is to make the people realize that fact.
This is a matter of explanatory advertising, fans and real', and not
merely theoretical, ventilation. And it is not really necessary to spend
more money for program. When it starts to heat up, start your cam-
paign of advertising and at the same time, for a few weeks, run an
occasional extra feature that will bring people in to realize that the
house is cool, but put more of your extra expense in current for fans
than in extra program and run the winter shows.
It is too late now for this advice to be heeded this year, but remem-
ber it for next time and meanwhile use a little trick stuff to get them
back. Get the house fixed up right and then advertise that you've
just made the interesting discovery that your house really is cooler
than an airdome.
If you have a house where there is much traffic, sacrifice a couple
of rows of seats to move the ticket taker inside. Leave room for peo-
ple and hang a big thermometer up inside the house and outside put a
sign that reads :
It's cooler inside than out:
Come in free, and judge for yourself.
Throw open the doors and let them come in. Few will want to
hang around and graft oft the show. Most of them will go outside
again, buy a ticket and come in to stay, if only you see to it that the
interior of the house keeps the promise you make. The very novelty
of the idea will bring many people in. It's up to you to hold them.
Very Bad.
We are not going to tell where the following comes from, but we
hope it comes to the eye of the guilty person. Just read this :
This program is presented by a theater that pays a manager
real money. Could you imagine such programming ! Samson,
Schweitzer and Limburger. The World's Strongest Trio. Don't
fail to see the greatest of all features. "Samson," in six acts
with Warren Kerrigan, and "The Adventures of Limburger and
Schweitzer," a Powers two-reel comedy.
Can you beat it? Champagne and castor oil is nothing to it A
strong biblical story and — a slice of cheese. The comedy is all right in
a mixed program, but the man who would wear a checked jumper with
a dress coat and waistcoat is a model of good form alongside this
combination — and yet some managers wonder why they make no money.
This clipping does not come from a rival manager, but from a patron
who has a sense of the fitness of the thing. Perhaps a strong comedy
might help to send the audience out in good humor, but it is not the
point to send them out laughing their heads oft at managerial stupidity.
When you have something like "Samson." build up on it with a heart
Interest story or something in keeping, or perhaps a light comedy, but
do not search the files for a rough comedy like this with which to make
your appeal to many persons In your audience who might be making
their first visit to the theatre. Don't let them think that all your
bills are a combination of "Samson" and cheese.
Abroad, Too.
It did not take B. Nichols long to pick up the newspaper end of the
new publicity ideas. The London Mail carries a column advertisemenll
of the Klaw & Erlanger Biograph features with a list of the leading
houses where these features may be seen. It will not be long befor»
such information will be printed as a matter of news.
Helping Wilson.
We are sorry that we cannot give space in full to a recent adver-
tisement by Frank Montgomery. He had been swinging around the
circle in the interests of his string of houses and then he came baclB
and wrote an advertisement for the Metropolis that is a gem. It l»
across four columns front page of one of the Saturday sections and
drops the full eighteen and a halt Inches. And less than eight Inches
are taken up in an advertisement tor his house. He tells of bis trip
and explains how he found Atlanta happy and the people talking pros-
perity. Birmingham and Memphis were deep In gloom, but Kansas City
was hustling and the people pleased. Then he came back to Jack-
sonville to find the hard times talkers and he suggests that If they
talked good times they would he more apt to have them ; the "psycho-
logical prosperity" of President Wilson. Then he modestly remarks
that times are good in Jax. nowhere more so than at his theatre, and
explains why. But long before he comes to the house he has every
resident of the Florida town thinking and thinking hard and this talk
of civic pride with a stinger in the tail for the theater will have a
more lasting effect than would eight pages of straight puffery for the
Grand theatre. It is stuff that sets the reader thinking, it is "our town"
talk, and that is admired in a place where they have no "sunstroke,"
but an alarming increase in fits and things when the thermometer goes
above a hundred in the shade. They breathe civic pride, and Montgom-
ery makes a strong appeal to that side of their natures.
It's all right to tell p.bout your show and what a fine show It is, but
It is a lot better to first get the interest and attention of the reader and
be sure that what you have to say will be read. It Is in this that
some of these Montgomery advertisements stand unique.
Facts and Figtires,
J. P. Gruwell. of the Monroe theater, Monroe, Wisconsin, writes that
he changed over from the newspaper to the motion picture business and
naturally stuck to the newspaper advertising. But he finds that his ad-
vertising appropriation takes about ten per cent, of the receipts where
he thinks that five per cent, should be sufficient, and he wants to know
If it is possible to get outside advertising in a country town for a cir-
culation of one thousand, and If there is any other distribution than
the mails or small boys.
There is no reason why a guaranteed circulation of one thousand
should not appeal to the local advertiser. It frequently happens that
the local paper offers no more. It may have a larger circulation, but
much of this will be out of town, a fact which must be figured. In a
town of less than ten thousand, an actual circulation of one thousand
copies should he a good talking proposition, provided that the house or-
gan is something more than a dreary recapitulation of the weekly pro-
gram. Even then it has some value, but if the editor makes it readable,
it possesses more than double the value, and surely an old time news-
paper man can make his sheet readable. Whether or not he can sell,
and at what price he can sell it, depends largely on what he offers, hut
that the house organ possesses a good advertising value for local trades-
men has been established beyond question.
As to distribution, there seems to be but three methods — through the-
mail, from house to house, and the door or box office distribution. The
first two or the last two may be used in combination, but the first or
second alone is better than the third alone. The trouble with the mail-
ing list is that it does not cover the entire section. The trouble wltb
the house distribution is the possibility that many may not read what
is left at their doors. The theater distribution is dependent on the
house patronage. Just what the local situation is is the important fac-
tor. If the sheet is made sufficiently attractive and readable, the peo-
ple will take it in and ask for it when they do not get it, and in time
a nearby mail circulation may also be achieved. The advertising space-
should be made worth at least fifty cents an inch. It may be made-
worth much more.
Mr. Gruwell sends in some of his local advertising. One advertise-
ment is five inches across two columns. It merely announces the story
and adds "a beautiful four-part story of a woman's unconquerable
faith." We think we could have said more than that about "Tess of
the Storm Country." More is said in a larger advertisement, but much
should be said in every advertisement, it the advertisement is to
possess .any value at all.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Good Inside.
The Best theater, Hillsboro, Tex., sends in a bulletin that is all
right inside, but the only thing that gives a hint on the outside !•
that the name of the bouse and
5c.— Bulletin — 10c.
Ifl done in red ink. This is the title, but it falls in the middle section
of a three division first page, where it should have risen to the top and
have been more smartly set. Inside is the weekly program, most of
It well written and displayed, and a white paper four sheet is bound
In, the cover being card. The latest issue promises to give more read-
ing matter, and so it will possess a stronger pull. A herald of a fea-
ture is also sent in loose. It would be well to use paper instead of
card for the cover and give it more the appearance of a publication
than a frank advertisement, and have the title rise to the top of the first
page.
the coming attractions. We have seen better art work, hut few mor«
effective advertisements. This should interest the Spotlight.
A Vitagraph Sheet.
The Vitagraph got out a very attractive press sheet for "Capt.
Alvarea" with four advertisements of varying size and enough press
matter to supply any house. A sheet like that is a big help to the
busy exhibitor and lets him get full value out of the subject.
Makes a Choice.
The Plaza Theatre, Montgomery, Ala., makes a choice of four subjects
from eight reels, taking two services. This paragraph is self ex-
planatory :
In order to give our patrons an incomparable program — a
program of par excellence, we are buying each and every day 7
reels of pictures and some days S reels (4 from the Licensed
Producers and 3 or 4 from the Mutual).
The pictures set out in this program are the ones chosen from
both programs which have received the most favorable criti-
cisms, and pronounced by those who are in position to know, to
he the best. If. however, in our judgment, after we have run
all of the pictures, we come to the conclusion that some of the
others are better than some of the ones here listed, we will not
hesitate to substitute and give our patrons the better pictures.
We will continue to run all of the pictures, 7 or 8 reels each
day. from 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 In the afternoon,
when our music and singing goes on.
They use a couple of fingers. On the current bill, an eight page
railroad folder style, they have Jimmie Hodges, but none of the pictures
In which he played while with the Lubin comedy company. It would
have paid them to have featured some of these. The folder is nicely
printed on better than usual stock and looks important, thereby making
the offerings seem important. The proofreading is a trifle careless, as
is evidenced in the duplication of a line for June 5th. The general
layout is excellent, the program running two days to the page and
being cut off by an ornament, which more distinctly marks the break
than a rule would do. There is room for more •house stuff," but only
four lines are used.
Same Old Trouble.
Ten minutes ago we wrote that the compositor looks at a job as a
Job where the advertising man should look at his copy as an adver-
tisement, and now comes J. W. Williams, of the Comet Theatre, Chicago,
to write that "I find a majority of job printers look at copy from a
mechanical point of view, where a man writing an ad looks at it from
a commercial point of view," and as a result the printer will not follow
copy.
Precisely, and the first man to yell for the printer's immediate death
if he followed some copy would be the man who prepared it. Before
the copy is prepared, get in touch with a practical printer and the
result will be a lot better.
The program itself, running over part of two pages, with a thirteen
em column of gossip on either side, is well set. the day and date being
given proper display and the arrangement of type being right, but the
outside pages do not look so well. It would be better to use all one
face, in roman and italic, and even an occasional full face line to gain
especial emphasis. The reading matter is good. All that remains is
the choice of type, and the printing office foreman can do more to help
there than we can. because he knows what is in the cases and in the
linotype magazines, which we do not.
That Mr. Williams does not ne^d an alarm clock to wake him up in
the mornings is shown by his handling of L-ucille Love, number five.
The six sheets show the lady in a cellar with a lot of monkeys. He
got a cage of real monkeys in front of the house to help along the idea,
and it brought in the people just as any appropriate moving advertise-
ment will. We wonder if he thought to make the six sheet the back of
the cage. It would have helped. We will be glad to see more issues of
the Comet.' We have a hunch it is going to get better.
Anti-Suicide.
George J. Forham, of the Griffin's Theatre. St. Catherines Ont.. sends
in a clipping from a Toronto paper that tells of a man who attempted
suicide, and when arrested murmured there was nothing left in life but
the pictures. He thinks that this is an example of how well the Canadian
theatres have their audiences trained, but we submit that a proper
training would prevent them from attempting to commit suicide at all.
Seems to be something wrong with that argument if they tumble into
the water when there are only the pictures left. They should live for
the pictures instead of dying for them. No profit whatever in an
audience of suicides. We appreciate Mr. Forhan's interest more than
we do his logic.
Wants Some Help.
H. S. Ford, of the Olympic Opera House, Tulia, Texas, admits that h*
is not very strong on advertising and asks help. This is his letter:
I have been a constant reader of your valuable paper ever
since I went into the moving picture business, and I now run two
theatres, one here and the other in Plainview, Texas, and it's my
desire to improve each week, and the Advertising Department
to Exhibitors always appeals to me, as I am a poor Ad writer,
I am ashamed to inclose a copy of my first house program,
but as stated above I want to improve, so I know of no better
way, and I want you to give it all the criticism coming, and I
assure you that I will derive benefit from each one. And
above all I want to request through your columns that as many
of the fellow exhibitors that will to please send me a copy of
their programs. I trust that I will receive a goodly number,
for I know I will gain some real good ideas from them.
Thanking you in advance for your criticism, and especially as
to size type I should use, and the arrangement in general.
Coming right down to it. a man who starts the game and presentlj
is running two houses must be some sort of a manager, even if he
wants help on advertising. He needs, though, to study the value lines.
Each man to his own trade, and the printer is a printer first of all.
Give him a job and his first thought is to turn out a good looking Job.
That's what he gets money on Saturday for. The manager, on th«
other hand, wants to play up his strong lines. Now on the front of this
program is a box that says
Every Friday
Famous Players
Xo advance in prices
Features with class.
The first two lines are twenty-four point, the third twelve point and
the last eighteen point. It looks all right, but the fact that there Is
no advence in prices is of greater interest to the public than the fact
that these are features of class. A transposition of the two lines would
not only have played up the no advance line but would more directly
have connected the "Features with class" with the Famous Players line.
Turning to the back page we find
**A Good Lit-
tle Devil."
The chief aim of the whole page is to advertise the film of this title.
Breaking one of the important words makes it look like the last word,
only. There was plenty of space to have done it thus :
A Good
Little Devil.
The eye will not take in the hyphenated word as quickly, and in an
advertisement the aim of the writer should be to get the line quickly
assimilated. Suppose that the proof had come from the printer in the
first form. Draw a circle around "A Good" and write "one line." Do
the same with "Little Devil," and the complete job will show the
second form.
The printer is not there to do the thinking for the advertiser. He is
there to stick type. But tell the printer you don't know a lot and he'll
help you to think, and a cigar and a couple of passes a week will help
him to think to help you to think. We are strong for the printer chaps
because we have met so many good fellows across the stone.
Take, too, a line "attend the matinees." That's all right, but tell
them why. Tell them it cannot help but be the same show and they'll
get a better seat. Then the advice means something.
Apart from this, things look pretty good, and with the suggestions to
be had from the programs that undoubtedly will come in. there should
be further improvement. We will be glad to get the programs regularly
for a time and sit in on the job, too.
Limited Censorship.
The Sunset theater. Fowler. California, has a new scheme in a lim-
ited censorship. The programs for Tuesday and Friday nights are
passed upon by a committee, one member of which is appointed by the
church and another by the Ladies' Club, a third being appointed by
somebody not clearly stated. This trio passes on the stories of the
films for those evenings. There has been some opposition from the
churches on the theater propositon. and this idea was used to counter-
act the opposition. So long as they hold to two off nights, the scheme
is not a had one, but it is seldom safe to recognize the need for cen-
sorship.
Just by way of contrast we note that the Church of St. James Aquinas
in Brooklyn is running an airdome. not as a religous scheme, but as a
money proposition. There is a vacant lot just back of the church,
which is used, and two shows are given nightly. This assuredly is the
more liberal and broad-minded point of view.
The Sunset is running a skydome just now. It is one of the few
we have seen that advertises the house and not the film. It is good
for a change. It runs:
THE SKYDOME.
A galaxy of Living Pictures.
Xot a Theater
Cartoons.
The Cameraphone publications now use a front page cartoon to fij
Where the ups and downs, the trials and tragedies of life, the
scenery and achievements of the world at large pass silently
in review.
OPEN EVERY NIGHT
Except Sunday. Come and enjoy a quiet, contemplative hour
beneath the stars in this cool retreat and you will go home
with a better knowledge of the ways of the world and the life
and scenery of other lands.
Admisson 5 and 10c every night except Sunday.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
No, Change.
SEVERAL recent paragraphs In other publications to the effect that
we contemplated spending next winter in Jacksonville seem to
have created the impression that this department is to be aban-
doned. This is not the case. We expect to keep right on with this
work.
Another Prize Contest.
Personally we do not like prize contests, but most people differ with
us. so here are the rules of the latest contest. This time the comedy
writers get their innings. Most contests are for the best play without
any restriction, and comedy has been ignored in favor of the more
telling dramatic story. This is for comedies only, two or three reel
stuff, and the prizes are one thousand dollars for the best script, five
hundred for the second and two hundred and fifty for the third, the
contest being conducted jointly by the New York Morning Telegraph
and the Chartered Theatres Corporation. These are the fully explana-
tory conditions governing the contest :
The comedies must be American in theme, scenes and character.
The term "comedy" will be broadly construed to include comedies, dra-
matic comedies, farce comedies and even farce not of the "slap-stick"
variety.
The contest is an open one. Only the principals and employees of
The Morning Telegraph, Chartered Theatres Corporation and the judges
are barred from participation.
Originality, pure and wholesome fun, clever situations (unusual but
not impossible), rapid action, clever and sustained plots — all and each
will have an important influence upon decisions of the judges. "Adap-
tations" and the "unconscious assimilation" of the work of other au-
thors, whether copyrighted or not copyrighted, are not wanted, and if
submitted will be rejected at the first reading.
The two-part comedies should contain from 60 to 90 scenes. The
three-part comedies should embrace from 90 to 135 scenes.
All scripts submitted must be typewritten, on one side of the paper. Size
of paper should be 8^ by H inches. The title of the play, but not
the name of the author, must appear at the top of the first page. In the
envelope containing the script must be inclosed another securely sealed
envelope covering, first, a slip containing the title of the play and the
name and full address of the author : second, a stamped and self-ad-
dressed envelope large enough to contain the manuscript in case it is
to be returned to the writer. The sealed envelopes will be placed in
the safes of The Morning Telegraph and will not be opened until after
the judges have rendered their verdict.
The scenarios submitted must be "full scripts" arranged as follows:
First, the title.
Second, the synopsis — Xot more than 500 words for the two-part nor
more than TOO words for the three-part scripts.
Third. "Explanatory notes," it any, and brief as possible.
Fourth, the cast.
Fifth, scene plot.
Sixth, action plot.
Full ownership of the three prize scenarios to be given the Chartered
Theatres Corporation upon payment of the prizes named.
For other than the prize-winning scenarios, and which may be con-
sidered available, the Chartered Theatres Corporation will make liberal
offers to the authors, which they may accept or reject.
All scripts and communications relating to the contest must be ad-
dressed as follows : Comedy scenario contest, .301 Putnam Building,
1493 Broadway, New York City.
All communications requiring replies must be accompanied by self-
addressed stamped envelopes.
Kinemacolor Not Bujring.
Perry X. Vekroff, editor for Kinemacolor, asks authors to take no-
tice that his company is not in the market for scripts at present. Due
notice will be given when the company recommences buying.
Wright's Second.
William Lord Wright is the author of the first book on photoplay
writing to come from the press. This was about four and a half years
ago. His second book. "The Motion Picture Story," has just been pre-
sented. There are two factors that enter in the judgment of a book
on photoplay writing, what is said and what has been omitted. Mr.
Wright not only offers sound advice, but he avoids the erroneous in-
formation that mars some otherwise helpful publications. He writes
fluently and understandingly and with a comprehensive knowledge of
his subject. The Cloud Company, Chicago, publishes the book.
In Retirement
E. M. Wickes. who has been doing the song and photoplay WTiting
departments for the Writers' Magazine, has retired from that publica-
tion owing to the at)olition of all department writers. He has not, at
this writing, made a new connection, but it is to be expected that he
will. He writes sound and helpful stuff and is one of those who
write with authority.
Spec Writes.
Ever since widespread publication was given to an IntcT>'Iew with
Frank E. Woods, editor for the Mutual Film Corporation, in which
he stated that but ten stories were accepted in a batch of about ten
thousand submissions, the statement has been mauled and tortured.
Now comes "Spec" to explain just what was meant. He writes :
I have read so many comments on the statement attributed
to me last winter, that our office found only ten photoplays
worth buying out of ten thousand submitted, that I think per-
haps a word In explanation may be permitted.
First, the reported statement was slighlty Inaccurate. It
should have been that we bought only ton out of ten thousand —
not that there were only ten worth buying. There may have
been many more worth buying that we did not buy. I'll bet
one of those big black cigars you smoke that there are a lot
of the writers of the rejected 9,990 who will agree with me
on this point.
Another important item to consider Is this: We had Just
opened this bureau and had advertised for scripts. I remem-
ber that you told me with a twi...-.e in that roguish eye of yours,
that we would be swamped with stories. We were. I think that
every writer In the country bundled up all the old. rejected
scripts he could find and sent them in. I remember one bun-
dle of twenty-five from one author, all neatly typed and each
Inclosed in a nice blue cover. Do you think you could Identify
the chap? Then there was another lot of two hundred from an
agency and numerous lots of ten or more from single writers.
So you may perceive it is not quite fair to base a percentage
statement that there is only one good story in a thousand, on
my experience. On the whole. I don't think there is very much
more worthless stuff, proportionately, in a thousand submitted
photoplays than in a like number of submitted short stories
or stage plays.
But I am going to take Issue with you on another point, and
that is in the matter of submitting by synopses. No editor that
I ever heard of reads all or any considerable part of the scripts
submitted. He decides by synopses. You did yourself when you
edited. It the synopsis was no good that settled it ; you re-
jected. So why ask the poor devils to wear out their type-
writers, use up countless reams of paper and pay but hard
earned money for postage, when nobody reads anything but the
synopses? Ah! but you say. in the one or two cases in a hun-
dred where the synopsis interests the editor he follows by
reading the script. Well, supposing he does — couldn't he just
as easily write to the author, as we all do with Roy McCardell.
and ask him for the script? He would then stand some chance
of receiving a script written in the style he desires. Every
producing company has its own notions of construction. A
script that would suit Edison or Vitagraph wouldn't suit us,
and the one that would suit us wouldn't suit them. For the
trained writer I think this is the only sensible course to pur-
sue. He would then be forced to study the styles of the differ-
ent producers and would become much more valuable as a
writer. However, if the boobs want to keep on pounding their
machines. I suppose it is their privilege, only I wish they
would inclose stamps for return postage.
For our part, we shall continue to read and decide only on
synopses. We want stories with plots, and any plot that can't
be put into a synopsis isn't worth buying. And also, any good
plot is worth buying, no matter how badly the script may be
constructed.
I haven't written this with any hope of convincing you, but
only to relieve my mind and to reduce, if possible, the weight
of our mail, providing you are kind enough to print this. Per-
sonally, I hope you will continue to educate the aspiring and
perspiring authors until tney can write the perfect stories. e.x-
actly the kind we want, constructed in exactly the way we want,
rhen. indeed, would the editor's life be an easy one — so easy
that his occupation would be gone.
■Very shortly after the interview was first printed we took precisely
the stand that Spec now takes — that he was swamped with the ac-
cumulated rejections of the great body of writers. The twenty-five
blue covered scripts to which he alludes came from our own crape-
draped morgue and were frankly offered by request as "seconds."
Some in the lot might have even been "thirds" for that matter. But
we are glao to have him confirm our theory and hope that the matter
will now be set at rest.
.-is to synopses, we've got to differ with him in the suggestion that
script writing will ever come to the point where the editor's occupa-
tion will be gone. But no real standard of merit will ever be achieved
through the submission by synopsis only. In this we hold with Mc-
Closkey that even where the plot of action Is hopeless, good has been
done in that the author has at least indicated his ideas and has been
made to realize the production possibilities and improbabilities in clean-
cut fashion.
That Mutual wants synopses only will be good news to those too lazy
to write out the full idea or too stupid to learn how, but plotting is but
half of photoplay writing, and we hope that the scheme vrill not be-
come general.
This is an age of specialism and there may come into the .leld the
plot specialist and the technical specialist, but while synopses are more
easily handled, synopsis writing does not make tor the fullest develop-
ment of the photoplay author nor of the photoplay as produced. .\ll
editors, as Mr. Woods does, read the synopsis only, but most want the
plot of action in case the synopsis warrants investigation.
Anyhow Spec has downed the ghost of that one-tenth of one per
cent, acceptance.
What Happened to Jones?
One of those persons with an unpleasantly long memory wants to
know what become of Marc Edmund Jones' intention of becoming a
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second Kipling or some one. It was just about a year ago that Mr.
Jones issued this modest defi :
Just now the thing that worries me is the invasion of the
photoplay field by literary writers of all kinds, who, with a
literary reputation, get a price I cannot get, and, while they are
responsible for some big pictures, yet sell a lot of stuff that 1
couldn't sell and wouldn't claim it if I wrote it. This gluts
the market, and it looks as if the photoplay writer, trained in
the work, is being sidetracked somewhat for the newcojners In
l.he field. And so here's my latest stunt :
I figure that photoplay writing is a better training for fic-
tion writing than when things are the other way around. And
so, if the literary writer is going to come in and "crab" the
photoplay game, it is up to the photoplay writer to retaliate —
whence enters little "Willie! With unbecoming lack of modesty,
and the rest of it. I hereby give notice that, as In one year I
have entered the photoplay game as an amateur, and risen to a
position with the leaders, so now, in my second year, I am go-
ing to sail into the fiction writing game and show up the gosh-
dinged bunch of writers that have come in to help me eat my
meal. A year from now I undertake to have as big a name
as a fiction writer as has any fiction writer that has entered
the photoplay game. And so that the humiliation may be the
greater. I hope they will bear in mind that the man undertak-
ing to do this cannot boast a high-school education, will have •
to write enough photoplays between to eat. and is one who has
never written anything for publication, outside of the photo-
play field and in non-payment amateur work. If I can scrape
a little money together, I'll publish the challenge in the Mirror.
In the meantime the fight is on ! Let all photoplay wrights
enter the fray.
The year is up, but the closest Jones has come to making a name
as a fiction writer has been as the author of a couple of Actionized film
stories in The Photoplay Magazine. Xot meaning Jones alone, we
admire the hen. She first lays her egg and then cackles.
Inquiries
Sporting Note.
The race is not always to the swift, but it helps a lot to be able to
run. ■
Stamps.
Do not buy a lot of two cent stamps and consider yourself supplied.
Get some fours and sixes and eights and tens. Then, if the editor sees
the letter with the single stamp he may stop to argue that you must
he a writer since you are prepared with the different denominations.
Those little things count, and they do not cost much besides thought.
Write for Mary.
Sometime when you have no other idea write Mary had a Little Lamb,
first as a comedy, then a drama, and without trying to follow the poem,
but the idea. Then write Jack and Jill and a few more nursery
rhymes, doing them both as serious and humorous stories. Don't argu©
It cannot be done. It can. What, for example, are Jack and Jill but a
man and woman who marry. He fails, and in his failure drags the
woman down to misery with him. Now do you get the Idea?
Specials.
Special releases for certain days seem to be passing. Memorial Day
was marked by no particular subject, though a few years ago thes«
were considered essential. One reason for this is the growing Impor-
tance of the world market as contrasted with the purely American
market No Fourth of July story ever sold largely on the other side,
and it does not pay to make a film for only part of the market. Write
the Christmas and the Thanksgiving stories If you must, but do not
waste postage on them.
Holidays.
It is well to take a holiday now and then ; not a very long one, but
a few days rest to get the brain back in trim. You'll feel better when
you come back and do better work once you get Into the swing again,
though it may be a little hard to buckle down again.
Values.
Give a child a box of paints and brushes and what he can do to a few
sheets of white paper, to say nothing of his face and hands and clothes
and anything else in reach Is terrible to contemplate. Give the same
materials to the real artist and the result is charming.
Give the same idea to the novice and the practiced man and the re-
sults are no more widely different. The beginner takes the Idea and
daubs it on paper. The practical man takes the Idea and puts parts of
it on paper in such a fashion that the commonplace idea becomes a
delightfully original story. The Idea is the same, but the technique Is
sadly different. Probably the artist as a child could only make mean-
ingless daubs and probably he spoiled many good sheets of paper even
after he started to study, but he kept on until practice made perfect
and he could sell his product to the art dealer Instead of the rag-and-
bottle-man.
It is all practice plus ability.
The Reason.
"Why don't you tell us how to write and sell plays instead of telling
us not to kick and to wait for the editor to act?" is the gist of a
letter lately to hand, and the writer does not realize that the advice not
to kick is as important to the sale of a story as an article on how to
handle leader. There is no use in writing plays if you cannot eventually
sell them, or some of them, and the way to market your product is to
play the game fairly, which Is the reason for these discussions.
Books on technique may be had that will give instruction in writing
plays, but the conditions of the moment need to be discussed, and the
periodical argument on playing the game fairly is just as important as
the periodical article on how to plot ideas.
NOTE — No inquiries can be replied to by mail. Look for your answer here. No question
can be replied to that necessitates the handling ef the manuscript. Always give yoor name
and address. It will not be published. A list of addresses, to which photoplays should b<
tent, will be supplied on receipt of a STAMPED AND SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. The
request should be made to the paper direct and not to this department, nor to the Answers Man.
SYNOPSES ONLY. — The Mutual Film Corporation and the Keystone
company prefer synopses to fully developed scripts. Other companies
will consider synopses if the author cannot write his idea in full. Will
all readers please make note of this. This information will not be
given again. ^
C. M. C. — See above. Editors do not keep lists of contributors. Tou
have not read the paragraph you quote from understandingly. The idea
is to send your best work to one company first, not to tell them that you
are doing this.
J. F. — Sterling is in the market for scripts rather than synopses. See
above.
NO NAME. — North American has not listed a release. The studio, w©
believe, is at Coney Island.
F. V. K. — Essanay is not buying because they are not in need of out-
side scripts. There is no "likely" market for kid scripts.
E. L. C. — You err in stating that Technique requires a scene plot.
Read the second paragraph of Chapter Five and you will see that it is
clearly stated that the scene plot is not an essential. Why not study
the book and get the full value from it? The scene plot will at least
help you to realize that at times you use too many different locations and
interiors. A single ream of twenty pound bond will weigh five pounds.
Your stationer should know that.
H. M. W. — Any firm that likes the idea will take your play. None
makes a specialty of that work. A rejection applies only to one studio.
Other studios may or may not have the same reason for rejection. Send
an envelope to the department for the required address.
R. F. — No company is "apt" to take a play with many leaders. If
the interest of the idea excuses the need of an excess of leaders any com-
pany might take it. No company would be likely to reject a play merely
because a negro is used. If, as you state, he has a lovely character, we
do not believe that the censorships would object. Crime must be pun-
ished to please the censors.
H. W. B. — No company Is under the slightest obligation to explain why
it does not accept a script and you will waste paper and ink asking.
C. C. H. — We know of no reliable person giving lessons in photoplay
lessons. If an editor takes the trouble to tell you just what he wants,
you are justified in supposing that he thinks you can eventually deliver
what he wants.
F. G. — If your story is better told without a "spectacular thrill" then
can the thrill and tell your story better. The thrill must be an integral
part of the story to get a grip.
GEORGIA — You take your life In your fair hands when you ask how
many scenes constitute a reel. No one knows any rule that applies.
Editors take from two days to three months to give a decision, depend-
ing on the editor and the circumstances. A two reel play commands a
better price than a one reel story, but not always twice as much.
F. J. — If you want your script read, it must be typed. It is not an
unfair rule. No one ever asked you to write scripts or sought to compel
you to buy a typewriter, but if you want to write you must follow the
rules of the game. People who talk about unfairness seldom get ahead.
They are too busy thinking over their wrongs. The rule of a 250 word
synopsis is that it saves time and a competent writer can keep inside
that limit. Amateurs write, but they seldom sell until they become
sufficiently pioficient to write plays. You have the wrong idea entirely.
J. M. S. — Shoot your story. It looks all right. But call your char-
acters by their right names all through. You speak of Eugene seeing
Eugene, which Is not Norman by a lot,
D. W. — We do not know anything of the script you speak oL It is
not possible to keep track of the thousands of scripts.
E. E. S. — Send out your script and leave it to the director to lay his
footage. The number of scenes has nothing whatever to do with length.
A. C. B. — You have nothing to do with putting the cast on the screen.
That Is up to the director in those companies where it is done. In the
same way you leave the sets to the director and the scene carpenter.
That is no worry of yours. On the other hand, it is not probable that
any such suggestion would help save a story with an excess of interior
sets. Write the big set and them merely "close-ups" and the scene
numbers of all such on the next line, without regard for the positions of
the camera. Your suggestion has been passed on to the Lubin people.
The point is well taken. Keep on hustling and you'll land.
J. W. H. — You would do well to send for a copy of Technique. Your
question covers far too much ground.
S. S. — ^et your local postmaster to take the matter up with the in-
spectors. It seems to be the only way to get action out of that firm.
E. L. H. — List of awards In a recent issue.
M. F. C. — Kinemacolor is out of the market.
MRS. R. S. — Change to a licensed company. Do not like the idea. Too
much of a circulation scheme.
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means the editor of this department.
Question No. 41.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending In
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only
the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking for high-
class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Suppose the decision as to question 40 to be in the affirmative,
and that there was available for fuelj gas, natural and artiii-
cial ; gasoline and kerosene. What would you do to determine
which would be best, frovi any and all points of viewT
Note: — As matters now stand, any operator Is likely to be confronted
with precisely this proposition at any time. Are you preparing, or are
you prepared to "deliver the goods" on such questions as this, or even
make an intelligent stagger at it?
Roll of Honor.
The Roll of Honor on Question Xo. 35 consists of Harry T. Dobson,
Toronto, Canada; Harry Grant. Placerville, California; W. A. Burton,
Trail, British Columbia, and Frank Willard, Jr., Marshallstown, Iowa.
I have selected brother Willard's reply as being best, everything con-
sidered, but am using two of the three very excellent drawings sub-
mitted by friend Burton. Incidentally the answer sent by Burton is
very neatly gotten up and the drawings are excellent.
Answer to Question No. 35.
By Frank Willard, Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa.
The Question ;
Suppose you were obliged to assemble the field coils of a motor
generator. What test would you make to determine whether or
not you had things connected right? How would you reverse
the direction of rotation of the armature (make the motor run
the other way) of a shunt-wound, d.c. motor? What effect
would this have on the brushes, and what would you do to
them? Would the motor be as efficient when reversed as it was
before?
The Answer:
After connecting the field coils a reliable test may be made
in the following manner. Get an ordinary pocket compass and
bring it near the end of the poles in rotation. If the end of the
needle which points north is attracted it is a south pole, if re-
pelled it is a north pole. The poles of the field should be al-
ternately north and south, and if any are not of the right polar-
ity they may be reversed by interchanging leads ; that is to say,
by connecting the leads of one to the leads of the next, and the
leads which were connected to the latter to the former. (It
will, of course, be understood that in making this test the field
must be excited. A good, strong battery will serve the pur-
pose. Ed.). The direction of rotation of the armature of a
d.c. shunt-wound motor may be reversed by interchanging either
the field leads or the armature leads. It is preferable, however,
to reverse the current in the armature. Reversal of rotation
of the motor will throw the brushes out of commutating plane,
and. as a result they will have to be located around the com-
mutator at the new commutating plane, which will be in a de-
cidedly dififerent position. If the direction of rotation Is re-
versed, and this is not done, the brushes will be at the point
where the sparking Is greatest. If It were not for self-induc-
tion and field distortion there would not be much of this effect
through reversal of rotation. But as a matter of fact the
brushes must be shifted the amount of the field distortion In
one direction, plus an equal amount of distortion In the other
direction. As the leads of the brushes vary in different motors
and under different conditions it Is Impossible to give the ex-
act position in which they should be set. In Interpole motors
they will t>e placed at the normal neutral plane; in multi-pole
motors the brushes must be set with same relation to pole
pieces. Reversal of rotation does not effect the efBciency of the
d.c. shunt-wound motor.
I have not given all of brother Willard's answer because In the matter
of brush shifting W. A. Burton, Trail, B. C, has much the best of It»
therefore I use that portion of his reply dealing with brush changing.
Burton says :
With regard to the effect of reversal on brushes. If the motor
be a modern one equipped with "radial" brushes (Fig. 1) there
will be no bad effect. All that needs be done in case of arma-
ture reversal is to rock the full set of brushes back against the
direction of rotation by means of the rocker device, provided
for that purpose, to the new neutral point which will be at the
point of least sparking. However, should the brushes be of
^'tangential" pattern, as per Fig. 2, it requires no great wisdom
to perceive what might happen, especially if the brushes be of
copper. In this case If the construction of the brush holder
permits, the brushes should be reversed also, and then rocked
back as previously explained. (If the brushes cannot be re-
versed then the armature cannot be reversed either, because
this kind of brush would not run with any degree of satisfac-
tion when pointed against the direction of rotation. Ed.). For
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referred to as "tangential" are not true tangential brushes.
The correct, true tangential brush is shown at A Fig. 2, and
with that type ol brush the change of direction would have no
eOect. except to require rocking them back to the new neutral
position.
All of which is correct. Brothers Burton, Dobson and Grant all sug-
gested the wiring of a D. P. D. T. switch, the same as Fig. 42, page
101, of the Handbook, so as to provide methods of quick reversal wher»
it is desirable to reverse a motor occasionally. Brother Grant sent in s
very neat drawing, and it was done on drawing paper with black ink,
too. I am using a portion of It to Illustrate the reversing switch prop-
osition.
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More Red Tape.
Brother L. C. La Grow, Albany, New York, shies his hat into the ring
of the optical controversy, jumps up and down on it three times, waves
his tightly clinched fists in the air, and delivers himself of the fol-
lowing, which we trust will hold Professor Wall for an indefinite pe-
riod.
After careful perusal of Professor Wall's criticism of W. 3.
James' excellent article on the M. P. optical system, I cajinoC
see how he (Wall) is justified in his attack, or how he has sub-
stantiated his assertions. Perhaps he is justified, perhaps he
has proven James in error, and I am merely deceived by my
own ignorance : for certainly Professor Wall is a learned and
careful man and would not proselyte. In the first place, it was
not necessary. I think, for James to note the refractive index
of various glass compositions in order to illustrate his meaning.
For practical purposes, in the operators* measurement of con-
densers, the comparatii^e atujics of convexity and concavity are
all it is necessary to know. James says: (first column, page
357, April 18th issue) "Positive lenses have a focusing point,
while negative lenses have only a virtual focus." Yet Pro-
fessor Wall asserts, in plain English, that James inferred
that a negative (concave) lens has no focus. James did not use
quite such excellent grammatical construction in describing the
idea of conjugate foci as does the professor, but he expressed
the same thought to our less analytical minds. I am sure that
none of us operators who read James' article even imagined
that he meant that any foci of a lens was on the surface of
that lens. Why does Professor Wall change the fraction in
his statement of the equation? Why not either adhere to the
decimal or the common? This is positively confusing to us of
the more or less unlettered mind. And, further. Wall says
James is in error when he subtracts % from % and has a re-
mainder of 4-8. or yi. And now, with all due deference to
the professor, I must say that he is positively in error in his
statement that all rear combinations have sharp foci, or will
project a sharp image. Some will and some will not. as you
or any other experienced operator very well knows. Why this
is so I do not know. I have always supposed the convexity of
the rear segment had something to do with it. Next, I would
like to ask Professor Wall how achromatizing of lenses is effect-
ed? If not by the combining of segments of different refrac-
tive power, and, as James says, crown and flint glass, then
most text books should be revised and corrected. As tor the
"objective ray," described by James and thrown out by Wall, I
do not believe that either of them knew anything about "it."
Something happens, that much is sure. If anyone can describe
what takes place in the tube, and immediately in front of it
better than James has, let him stand forth and describe his
theory in detail. Until then I would advise all operators to
work along the lines laid down by James. I do not like to
see anyone tear down a tenable fabric unless he erects some-
thing just as good or better. James has established and de-
scribed a system of measurement which any practical operator
can use. It is the first we have ever had. It may be crude :
there may be slight errors, but that will not prevent its use
in practice, nor does the system become useless, because he has
erred in his description of the chemistry of light. The James
article reached the point. It Is complete, and, in my humble
opinion, will remain the best on M. P. optical system description
for manv a long day. And I. together with many another
practical operator, thank Brother James and the Projection
Department most sincerely for its promulgation.
I do not intend to make any comment, other than to say that I
heartily agree with Brother La Grow when he says that James has
established the first system of measurement evolved which the ordinary
operator would be capable of using intelligently. I believe, as I have
said before, that much good is going to come out of all this dis-
cussioH. I think likely that Professor Wall himself made some as-
sertions he would not have made if he had studied James 'article a
little more closely : also I think some of his criticisms are well founded.
From the Big Boardwalk.
W. Carter, Atlantic City, New Jersey, writes ;
The Moving Picture World is the only paper for the boys.
My home is in Wheeling, West Virginia, but I came here hoping
to secure a summer position. What I found was to me surpris-
ing, and it is. I think, surprising to everyone else. too. Surely
some of the Atlantic City theaters must be trying to put the
picture business on the b-u-u-u-m. and do the job up brown.
Some of the houses are running fourteen reels, and running
them at a gallop. It's a case of now you see the picture and
now you don't. So far I have visited sixteen Atlantic City the-
aters, and about half of them produce good screen results. Here
are the names of some of the good ones : Virginia theater. Bijou
Dream. Million-Uollar Pier. City Square, on Atlantic avenue ;
Colonial and Royal. However, how can it be expected that the
operator will produce good results when the largest house in
town, seating 1.800. operates from 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. with
two operators anu one assistant, and the operating room is one
of the old timers made of sheet iron with a trap-door in the
floor?
Running a sixteen-reel program reminds me of a story. It happened
on our glorious Independence Day. In one of the northern tier of
Southern states a veteran of the Confederate army was addressing the
assembled multitude.
"Gentlemen." said he, smiting his chest and swelling up like a pouter
pigeon, "my record is a part of the history of this county. Why, gen-
tlemen I carried the last Confederate flag through this town."
From one of the rear benches a tall, be-whlskered individual up-ended
himself and said : "Yes, boys, that's right, he carried the last Con-
federate flag through this town for I saw him do it."
"Ah, it is indeed gratifying that one of my fellow citizens can lay
aside a feeling of envy and testify to the deeds of the past," declaimed
the speaker as his vest buttons began to pop from the strain.
"Yep, boys. Tuat is right. He carried the last Confederate flag
through this town, and he carried it so doggone fast you could not have
told whether it was the Union-jack or a small-pox warning."
And that's the way those eleven-reel five and ten cent shows are run.
The films go through so fast you cannot tell whether it is a moving
picture or a mighty poor imitation of a very bad joke. I am indeed
sorry to hear that Atlantic City has anything of that sort.
Usher Criticised.
A. C. Stewart, Waitsburg, Washington, shakes his fist under Brother
Usher's nose in the following :
Replying to Question 29 L. S. Usher says : "It similar instru-
ments are used, the errors will cancel themselves out." I be-
lieve Brother Usher's toot slipped when he made that statement.
but if I am in error he is cordially invited to hang one on me.
with the assurance that it will not only be taken in good part,
but will be appreciated. For thusly do we learn. This is my
understanding of the proposition. Simultaneous readings with
voltmeter and ammeter on a d.c. to d.c. set would be correct,
but with an a.c. to d.c. set the case would be different for this
reason : The motor would constitute an inductive load with
a power factor of say, perhaps 80 per cent. The load on the
generator side would be non-inductive, therefore the power fac-
tor would be unity. Now supposing the outfit to have an effi-
ciency of 100 per cent. If tested by the voltmeter-ammeter
method it would only show an efficiency of 80 per cent, because,
while the instruments on the generator side would be showing
volt-amperes, which would represent the actual wattage output,
those on the motor side would be showing volt-amperes 20 per
cent in excess of the actual input wattage, which would not be
fair either to the device or to its manufacturer. While either
the voltmeter-ammeter or watt-meter method may be used to
test the efficiency of a d.c. to d.c. set. only the watt-meter
method can be used for an a.c. to d.c. set.
With all and sundry of which the editor is obliged to agree. I re-
member not so very long ago I slipped up on that proposition myself,
though I know better. I simply did not think of it. I expected quite
some few of the departmentites to gleefully bombard me with letters
to the effect that I was in error, but it seems to have gotten by with-
out being noticed by anybody except myself.
Gets His Goat.
Victor A. Welman. Seattle, Washington, writes :
Was glad to see Professor Wall's criticism of James' arti-
cle. It was the inaccuracies and misstatements in this article
by one so high up in the profession which called forth my let-
ter on the subject of lack of knowledge on projection optics some
days ago. I am glad Professor Wall has taken up the subject,
but what gets my goat is that he and James, or some others
like them, have not gotten together their scientific and practi-
cal knowledge long ago. and dug out the answers to our ques-
tions. Fifteen years ago I was operating a Macintosh all-metal
dissolving stereopticon with lime light, the outfit being guaran-
teed to produce at least one burn per second, and it seems to
me that we have little or no more definite information on the
subject of projection optics now than we had then. Let the
Professor and Mr. James go to it and fight it out ; that is ex-
actly what we need. You may wonder why if I saw something
wrong with James' article I didn't explain what it was. The
answer is easy : I am just well enough informed on geometrical
optics to know when to keep still and hug my theories to my
manly chest. The less a man talks, you know, the longer it
takes the public to find out how little he knows.
Huh I You bet I do. And here am I stuck up on a pedestal and
obliged to emit a voluminous flow of speech every week. That Mac-
intosh guaranteed-to-burn dissolving stero brought forth a wide, juicy
smile, because 1 used to operate one of them myself. They were a sort
of metal-barrel arrangement, with just one thickness of metal, and
every time you touched the darned thing, well one touch, one blister,
plus emphatic and voluminous remarks.
Yes. that is exactly my view of it. Wall has the scientific knowledge
and James is well versed in the practical end and if those two can
be induced to pull in double harness on this subject there is no doubt
but that our knowledge of the optical system of the projector will be
very largely increased in a hurry. But as it is we're learning fast.
Chance for an Operator.
Down in Georgia a gentleman who has one or two other businesses
has been bitten by the motion picture-game bug. He has erected what
he says is a very pretty little theater in a town of l..^(X) with a sur-
rounding territory of between five or six thousand to draw on. He finds
that the theater is taking more time than he figured on and he has
not the time to give. He is only running one show a week. He states
that if some practical operator in a large city who has a little
money laid aside ($500.00) and is something of a business man. could
take this theater he could make money out of it. and have a nice
business in a nice town. He says, to sum up : "I honestly believe
that it is a chance which occurs about once in ten years, and that the
right man behind It could have something unlike anything else he has
ever seen." Now if some operator who has a $500.00 bank roll and
is capable of running such a business, wants to tackle this, I will be
very glad to supply him with the address on request.
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429
From Professor Wall.
E. J. Wall, Professor of Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
New York, writes as follows :
With reference to the edllor's remarks as to point to point
formation, and a projected Imago, I cannot understand his diffi-
culty. You cannot look upon the film at the ai)erture as an
original source of light which would emit rays In all directions;
but you mifeht look upon it as a secondary light source emitting
convergent rays. The correct way to consider the subject Is as
follows : the primary lii;ht source Is the crater of the positive
carbon. The rays emitted by this are taken up by the con-
denser and projected as a convergent beam In the direction of
the screen. This convergent beam we may. for the sake of argu-
ment, consider as a solid cone of light, a section of which at
any point must necessarily bo a uniform circle of light ; but
the base of the cone is the front condenser surface. This cone
of light is taken up by the objective and projected on to the
screen as a uniform circle of light. If you place any object
across that circle of light you project that object. We use a
silver image ( photograph ) and It is perfectly immaterial
whether we place that picture In contact with the base of the
light cone, as in the case of stereopticon projection, or whether
we place It at any distance from the cone base, as at the ma-
chine aperture plate. The only purpose the film serves is to
cut out the light, or portions of it. from some points of the
circle of light. Now as every point in this circle of light, or
object space as we call it, has a corresponding point in the
Image space (on the screen) you can get no light at the image
space point corresponding to the opaque point in the silver of
the picture being projected, and thus an image is formed. The
objective essentially projects the uniform circle of light point by
point, minus that which is stopped out by something, which In
our case is the photograph on the film at the aperture.
I have, of course, ignored any question of aberrations, and as-
sumed a solid cone of light, which, however, is actually not the
case ; but it is permissible to do this to clear up the point to
point formation of an image, and to drive home the one essen-
tial fact that what is projected is essentially the illuminated
surface of the condenser, or, theoretically, the nodal plane of
emergence. The fact that a silver image or film is placed in
the cone of light has absolutely nothing to do with the question.
The only action of the film is to cut out portions of the light
from the circle of light in a certain, definite way. But to
get this sharp we focus our objective on that particular plane,
or point in the length of the light cone at which the film cuts
it. We are not practically concerned with the condenser sur-
face, but merely with the picture, but all the same we are ac-
tually projecting the condenser surface, or a particular plane
of the cone of light, which is an aerial image of the condenser
surface. The question of scatter is not an easy one to explain
■without tables, charts and diagrams, but the editor has got
hold of the right end of the stick. Scatter is the diffusion of
part of a beam of light by minute particles, and the coarser
the particle or the greater the number of fine particles, the
greater the diffusion of the light in all directions. Ground
glass diffuses light because the rough surface of the glass is
composed of coarse particles closely compacted. Any direct
ray is entirely scattered in all directions and it is impossible
to see an image. But make your ground surface finer (very-
easy to do by photography ) and you get less diffusion and
therefore more and more of the direct ray passes through,
till it is possible to see or form a strong clear image, although
there is much diffusion. In the case of the silver image the
actual particles are so minute that we get "scatter," and not
general diffusion. To put it baldly : diffusion is complete
dispersal of the direct rays in all directions ; scatter is dis-
persal of only a minute fraction of the direct rays in all di-
rections. The editor's statement of refraction is correct, except
that he omits the angle of the prism. And his use of the
word "density" is open to question, unless he means optical .
density. Density in ordinary language is synonymous with spe-
cific gravity, and in all optical glass catalogs the specific grav-
ity or density is given. On the other hand we often talk
loosely of optical density, as meaning refractive index, though it
is as well to avoid this term, since it is liable to lead to
confusion, as it is also often applied to the color absorptive
power of a solution or glass.
Answering the professor's last comment first, with regard to optical
-versus specific gravity density. I shoiild suppose, as a matter of plain
language, that optical density is the relative clearness or transparency
-of glass, whereas specific gravity density would mean the relative
density of the molecules composing the glass ; in other words, the
specific gravity of the glass, and it is this that I had supposed con-
stituted the refractive index, but I am not sure. With regard to
the point for point theory. I guess I will never get that matter squared
around in my mind so that all the different points involved fit to-
gether. It seems -to me now that each ray passing through the film
just passes on through the objective lens and is shot out in a straight
line to the film, and according to this theory there cannot then be
any question of converging rays, it seems to me, except in-so-far as
the condenser cone is concerned. But I am going to close up my
countenance and button it up also, so far as this particular phase of
the mattei be concerned, until such time as someone can advance
a theory which I am able to accept as being beyond any question
of a doubt the precise action of the image in passing through and
out of the objective. I realize that it is quite possible that Professor
"Wall understands the matter thoroughly, but is unable to explain it in
a way that an ordinary layman can grasp. I know that is true in
some other things, particularly with relation to light. I also know
that even the highest authorities differ with regard to certain theories
In connection with the light ray. For instance, there are thoKe who
stoutly maintain that light Is propaKatnd In straight lines, and there
are thost- who just as stoutly maintain that It Is not. However, for
one thing I am thankful, and that Is that I think we can arrive at
a very substantial understanding of tho practical worklnKH of the
lonse system of a projector without having this particular piece of
highly theori'tlcal knowledge made clear. As to ProfesHor Wall's re-
marks about the condenser surface being what we really project, why
that idea I ciin n-adlly grasp and assimilate ; also it helpH me to
understand the whole proposition somewhat better, I think.
Another from Professor Wall.
Professor E. .1. Wall. Syracuse Unlvrrslty, Syracu.se, New York, con-
tributes the following:
I am afraid I can be of very little assistance too "Grafton"
In his lens trouble, without first seeing the lens, because 1 do
not recognize from his description what "leafed" means. I have
grave doubts whether oil would actually Impair the surface of
glass, unless the oil was strongly acid or alkaline. There Is one
thing that will very soon spoil any lens, and that Is the per-
spiration from a dirty finger. Under the aL-tion of heat this
will etch the glass surface In an hour or two. The only pos-
sible suggestion that I can make is that the heat has softened
the balsam used for cementing the front combination, and that
It has run slightly. This gives rise to tree-like markings,
which are very characteristic. (But that would hardly be
Grafton's trouble since melted balsam would either be near the
edges only or in easily discernible streaks. — Ed.).
His suggestion as to the separation of a metal is absurd.
Optical glass is a mixture of the silicates of potash, soda, lime
and arsenic ; with the addition of lead, in the case of flint
glass. No Iron advisedly enters into it. If It did the glass
would be deeply colored, like a common beer bottle. No amount
of heat, met with in a projector, can possibly cause separation
of any of the above metals, or cause devitrification, as we
call it. To effect this, the glass would have to become semi-
fluid and red hot and be kept at this temperature for hours. I
shall be pleased, of course, to examine the lens in question,
and report if it is sent on to me.
Mr. Wallace Clay's notes, page 14(M. are excellent, except In
one or two points. Mr. James is right about his concave
prisms or lenses ; no concave lens can produce a real Image, or
make convergent rays or any other rays cross at a point on the
opposite side of a lens to that on which they are incident. Mr.
Clay is also wrong about the crossing point of the objective.
This is always outside the front lens of the projection objective,
as now made.
With reference to the Editor's comment on the enormous ab-
sorption of light by glass, this is a little too sweeping, or else
his conception of "enormous" differs from mine. The facts as
regards the loss of light through a lens in transmission are
as follows : the absorption of light by the glass is 2.4 per cent
for every centimetre ( =0.39 inch) of axial glass thickness.
The loss by reflection from every glass-air surface Is 5.22
per c«it, the refractive index of the glass being assumed to
be 1.5 to 1.6. If we take a projection objective of 10 centimetre
focus (=4.0 inches), with 6 glass-air surfaces the total loss
by reflection and absorption is obviously 1 — (.9478)* — (2.4x.T73),
the axial thickness of glass being 0.773 cm. This equals
1-0.2936, or the total loss is 29.36 per cent. There are. of
course, other factors which one ought to take into considera-
tion, hut as they merely affect the decimal units we can ignore
them.
As to the absorption, according to Mr. Martin's photometric tests
the absorption in the condenser lens was considerably more than 50
per cent — as I recollect it, something like 60. The matter was pub-
lished in the department some time ago. This is doubtless to a con-
siderable extent due to the poor quality of condenser lenses. Professor
Wall should remember that my comment was aimed at the whole lens
system — not merely the objective; also his statement as to the absorp-
tion makes no allowance for different grades of glass. It is possible,
however, that he does not include that in his meaning of the term "ab-
sorption."
A Highly Technical Question. t
The editor of one of the Munsey magazines writes as follows :
Will you kindly do me a favor by answering the following
question? It is a request made by one of my readers. On the
Edison moving picture machine there is a small toothed wheel
which engages with the rack. Certain motion picture operators
claim this is a gear, while others claim that, being a part of the
racking movement it is not a gear, but a racking pinion. This
gear, or racking pinion, is known as the framing device. Also
please answer as to what is the correct definition of a gear when
used in this connection.
I am of the opinion that any toothed wheel designed to mesh with the
teeth on another toothed wheel, or rack, for tlie purpose of moving
second wheel or rack, or being moved by the second wheel or rack, could
properly be termed a gear. And I believe also that the term pinion
could be properly applied to the toothed wheel in question. According
to the best authorities on matters of this kind the term pinion is applied
to a small wheel meshing with a larger gear wheel or a rack, though
strictly speaking the term pinion would only apply when the teeth of
the smaller gear are cut into an enlargement of the spindle, so that the
gear and the spindle are actually one piece. The term gear by common
practice is applied to nearly all toothed wheels designed to engage with
other toothed wheels, while two or more toothed wheels meshing to-
gether are collectively termed gearing. There are many kinds of gears,
such as spur gears, beveled gears, etc. However, in the case cited I am
of the opinion either the term gear or pinion could be used with approxi-
mate correctness, and there would be little choice as between the two.
430
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Excellent Work.
By courtesy of the management of the Knickerbocker theater, the edi-
tor recently viewed "Cabiria," by the Itala Film Company, of which
Harry Raver is the American manager. There is only one word which
could be justly used to describe this photoplay, and that is magnificent,
and it was not magnificent in spots, but from start to finish. In places
the dramatic interest carried the audience to a point of self-forgetful-
ness, and that is as far as the legitimate drama itself can possibly go.
When the priest was about to throw the child into the fiery maw of
the God, and Axilla and his slave Maciste seized the child, hurled the
priest aside, and then the fanatics sought to seize them, the editor
really forgot where he was and to himself was saying: "Go to it, old
boy ! More power to you I" It was all so exciting that be for the mo-
ment really stood in front of that Temple, just simply itching to take
part in the scrap.
And now let me spoil all that by pointing a moral. This condition
could not have been possible but for the excellence of the work of the
operators. Jack Winick and Max Hollander, assisted by William Swee-
ney, who handles the arcs of the projectors. If the machines had not
been in perfect adjustment, or if there had been a heavy flicker or
shadows on the screen then the illusion would have been largely lost.
But as it was, the light was brilliant, the picture steady as a rock, and
the speed correct, so that these things, comt4Jned with the magnificent
photography and acting made the whole thing actually reincarnate it-
self on the screen, as though it really held in itself the breath of life,
instead of being only the shadow of that which had been.
The Knickerbocker theater has started an innovation. The idea of
the management is that the operator cannot attend to his arc and at
the same time have a sufficiently clear vision to properly project a
picture. There is a lot in this, but under a scheme of this kind there
should be a separate observation port to the left of the machine to b»
used by the light man. On two or three occasions there were slight
shadows on the screen which, of course, was chargeable to Sweeney,
the light-man ; but he was not really to blame, since he was com-
pelled to use the same observation port used by the operator, and
therefore did not have a clear, unobstructed view of th^ screen. It is
not practical to govern the light by the spot, but the man handling
the light must have a constant uninterrupted view of the screen, and
I would suggest to the Knickerbocker management that they provide a
separate observation port for the light-man. Outside of this I have no
criticism to make. The equipment consists of two Power's Six A pro-
jectors.
A Classic Wreck.
Harry Bowman, Boydton, Virginia, encloses a photograph of what
was left of his outfit after the storm of May I3th. He says he started
the following Saturday in a new tent and has opened his tent show
for the season.
Well, brother Bowman, It is quite evident that the storm did things
to you, but I see what apparently was the commissary tent still re-
mained in good order, so "you should worry." The department wishes
you a successful season, and I trust that the God of Winds will be
more kind to you in the future.
Foolish.
Roanoke, Virginia, asks :
What do you think of the operator who will resent the calling
of his attention to a mis-frame in his picture? He said I was
trying to start a rough house by tapping lightly on the wall of
his operating room.
It is hardly necessary to comment or even express an opinion. The
operator who allows a mis-frame to remain on the screen long enough
to require his attention to be called to it certainly ought to be promptly
discharged or at least have a good, hard calling down. He was the
one who was starting the rough house by committing an outrage on
the audience, always assuming, however, that he was not working for
a manager who requires the operator to thread a second machine, and
rewind a film while he is projecting one. If that be the case, there is
then some excuse for him, and the fault lies with the manager. It Is
then the manager who ought to be discharged.
Some Formulas.
Brother John Griffiths, Ansonia, Connecticut, contributes the follow-
ing to the fund of knowledge concerning the optical system of pro-
jectors :
The equivalent focus of a condenser combination that will pro-
ject a cone of light a certain distance varies with th^ distance
of the arc from the center of the combination, hence it is nec-
essary to decide on a definite fixed distance of the arc from the
condenser, and to maintain that position. By reason of the fact
that I have been getting excellent results with the arc 4^
inches from the center of the condenser combination, I have
adopted that distance as best suited to the general run of work,
and am enclosing formulas from which the attached table was
compiled. I send both, to the end that the table may be re-
vised to eliminate any errors it may contain. In anticipation
that some will say ; "Oh, well, I am getting fine results with-
out using the combinations as shown in the table," I will re-
mark: "Quite so!" The table merely shows the combination
necessary when the arc is approximately 4^: inches from the
center of the condenser combination. I shall be prepared to
dodge bricks as soon as this is published.
FORMULAS.
Formula for finding length of cone: Multiply the e.f. of the
objective lens by 4h^.
Formula for finding distance between center of condenser com-
bination and machine aperture: Multiply e.f. of the objective
by 2^.
Formula for finding e.f. of required condenser combination:
One divided by the distance of arc from center of condenser
combination, plus one divided by length of cone, equals one
divided by X, where X is the e.f. ot the required condenser com-
bination.
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4.13
4.42
4.35
4.29
4.45
4.48
4.44
4.5
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4.42
4.49
4.36
4.55
4.4i
4.45
Instructions for using the table. After placing the lamp
house in position move the arc until the spot is approximately
2 inches in diameter. If it should be found that the distance of
the arc does not agree with the distance of the last column of the
table then the condensers are not what they are supposed to be.
If the distance is greater than that in the table the condensers
are ot too long focal length, and it it is less their local length
is too short.
Note : The table Is compiled on the assumption that the arc
is 4^4 inches from the center of the condenser combination
which, I believe, is the best possible position. The different
distances shown In the last column of the table is due to the
limited number of sizes of condensers we have to choose from.
Upon all of which the editor refuses to be interv.ewed. ex -ept that
he does not understand the last formula. Since, assuming a cone
length of 20 inches, expressed as a fraction this would be
111
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4.5 20 X
any sense out of that particular proposition. As to the balance of
it I respectfully refer it to Professor Wall, brother James and the rest
of the department fans, who will no doubt dissect the table, and lim-
ber up its joints if it needs any limbering.
Disturbed His Slumbers.
Madison, Missouri, writes :
Enclosed Jind twenty-five cents, for which send me the ques-
tion booklet. Have been in the business for three years, and if
I knew as much as I thought I did when I began operating I
would certainly be some operator. But the questions have dis-
turbed my slumbers, and I believe every operator who wishes to
succeed ought to study them. Keep up the good work. As for
myself I am trying to deliver the goods on the screen to the
best of my ability.
I am glad to know that the questions have stirred you up, Madison,
and trust you won't allow yourself to re-enter slumberland. because
in this swift day and age the slumberer is likely to awaken to see
the dust of the procession disappearing in the dim distance, and him-
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THE MOVING
The Kindergarten Class.
A San Francisco corresp'indent In a letter to the editor says:
I must compliment you on the department, which seems to
have grown out of the kindergarten class, and to be proceed-
ing along lines which make real operators sit up and look
around a bit.
Yes, but you must remember that It Is only of late that the profession
of operating has advanced out of the "kindergarten" state, and It is not
very far out of it even now. When I started the old "Operators' Col-
umn" February 19, 1010. the whole business of operating was very
much kindergarten. There were very few, If any operators who had
any accurate knowledge of any of the various things which go to make
up projection, whereas the great mass of them knew Just about enough
to make a rather indifferent splice, thread a machine, and get a light
of some sort, but the "sort" was usually decidedly rotten.
The editor has recently been really surprised, and most agreeably
surprised, too. No longer than a year ago he could not name more than
two or three houses in all New York City where he could confidently
send a visitor. He can now name several times that number where the
projection is excellent, and in many instances all that could be desired
by the most exacting. He was surprised down in Philadelphia, because
In the few ttieatcrs visited he found operators putting on very good
work, even though badly hampered by totally unreasonably narrow ob-
servation ports. In the west, last summer, he found much to praise,
and comparatively little to criticise, therefore, taking everything Into
consideration, he Is prepared to say that operating as a whole has ad-
vanced out of the kindergarten class and naturally the projection de-
partment has advanced in proportion.
I firmly believe, however, that even now there Is still room for much
improvement in our very best work, or, in other worus, in the work of
our very best men. The actual result on the screen, as now put forth
by some of the high-class men. cannot. I think, be largely improved upon,
except that some plan be found through whicn we may secure a greater
stereoscopic effect. But I think we will find ways and means to put on
the same result at a considerable less expenditure of power and light;
also I think the light tone will be greatly improved. I do not think the
Ideal screen has yet been found. The lens system of the projector is a
miserable make-shift, particularly the condenser end, and that cannot
be changed, or at least it will not be changed until a practical positive
method of stopping breakage and discoloration is discovered. But the
former, I believe, is very nearly accomplisned and the latter is, I am
sure, only a matter of cost which will amount to nothing once break-
age is stopped, since the manager can well afford to pay even as much
as ten dollars for a set of condenser lenses which will produce high
class results if he can feel assured they will not break. I am also of
the opinion that our projection carbons can and will be vastly improved
by chemicalizing to improve the light tone.
And now, gentlemen, since we have advanced out of the kindergarten
class, let me ask that some of you stop acting like children, climb into
the band wagon and help us to place operating on a still higher plane;
secure for the operator that remuneration which is due him. and ad-
vance the knowledge of our profession to a point where the tyro can-
not enter into successful competition.
PICTURE WORLD
431
Kid Operator Injured.
Down in Fort "Worth, Texas, the Elk's theater on North Main street
had a fire recently. According to reports the machines in this theater
were operated without fire shutters, and the operating room ceiling was
so low that the operator could not stand upright. Early Eaton, a four-
teen-year-old boy, son of A. W. Eaton, superintendent of the Cleveland
Construction Company, was at the moment operating the machines. Ac-
cording to the report of a local paper young Eaton moved the machine
aside and climbed out through the observation port, falling twelve feet
down into the audience, sustaining probably fatal injuries. This boy
was relieving the regular operat^. The film became ignited, whereupon
Eaton grabbed it from the macnine and threw it on the floor behind
him. where it fell upon three reels lying upon the floor. Naturally
there were doings right then and there and escape through the door was
cut off. There was, of course, a panic in the audience, but fortunately
beyond the burning of 5.000 feet of film, and the serious injury to the
child operator, the scare was the most serious direct result. It is to
be hoped that the manager of this particular theater had to pay for
the 5.000 feet of film, in which case he will probably awake to the fact
that in the long run the employment of a cheap operator who will work
in a little, narrow, contracted cracker box and be satisfied to have
a fourteen-year-old boy for relief, does not pay very good dividends.
Enterprising,
Kavasota, Texas, writes :
Enclosed find $2.50 for the Handbook. Am never satisfied
with my screen results as long as there is any possible chance
for improvement. It is my desire to be above the grade of
mediocrity displayed by the general run of country operators,
meaning the operator in the small town where there is no ex-
amination required.
Assuming this man to be sincere, he Is the kind T like to help. It is
a very genuine pleasure to the editor to help those who help them-
selves. Navasota is taking precisely the right course to improve him-
self. He is preparing to combine practical experience in the operating
room with theoretical knowledge taken from hooks, and that, as I
have many times pointed out. is the quickest, surest road to excellence.
The man who refuses to buy b^rks and study, simply proclaims him-
self a laggard. He refuses to take advantage of the knowledge pos-
sessed by others who have specialized along certain lines, and he, more
than anyone else, is the loser. My compliments to you Navasota, and
may your wish become true, in the fulness of time.
Springfield, Illinois, Fight.
Sprlngfleld, Illinois, orders a list of the questions and says:
Will be glad at any time to give you any desired Informa-
tion with regard to conditions in Springfield. Local 323 Is now
engaged in a hard fight, but our men are loyal, and we have
been able to win over four of the eight houses. We hope
soon to be able to report more of them In line.
We are glad to know that the Springfield boys are winning out,
because, from what little I know of the matter, their demands are
just I would suggest, however, that Instead of offering to send details
It would have been more to the purpose If Springfield had incorporated
these aforesaid details in his letter.
For the reason that the Moving Picture World Is purely and wholly
a trade paper, which, to the best of its ability, serves all branches
of the industry, it is obviously Impractical for the projection depart-
ment, which handles all matters pertaining to operators, to take sides
In controversies as between different branches or divisions of the
trade, meaning, of course, in this Instance, labor disputes.
It Is the design, however, of this department to serve the best Interests
of the business, and it can and will set forth facts in any case of
this kind, and do what it can to induce one or both sides to listen
to reason. It can and will favor the side of the operator when It
shows that the operators' contention is right and Just, but It cannot
admit to Its columns letters from either individual operators or opera-
tors' unions, or from individual managers, or managers* unions, which
deal In abuse rather than argument. This department cannot and
will not uphold the practice of violence by either side, but Its columns
are open to either side to present a fair and square argument as to
the merits of the case. So far as I understand the difficulty in Spring-
field the contention of the operators' union Is based In justice, and
the managers are absolutely In error in fighting the men under the
conditions. The men have asked nothing unreasonable; in fact, they
might have asked considerably more, and still not have been unreason-
able. It is, therefore to be hoped the managers of the four houses
still holding out will soon realize the fact that in fighting a proposition
of this kind they are simply standing in their own light, for they
are fighting something which they ought to have voluntarily offered
their operators long ago.
Unsigned Letter.
From Springfield, Ohio, comes a letter signed only with the initials
of the writer. In this letter he charges the Springfield exhibitors, or
some of them, with very bitterly opposing the formation of an opera-
tors' union in that city. He says that Springfield operators go on
duty at 10 A. M. and work until 11 P. M., and that chief operators
get from $11.00 to .?14.00 a week. He also states that some of them
have to run gas engines.
In the first place, letters, in order to receive attention, absolutely
must be signed. The name of the writer will not be published if he
requests the same withheld, but as an evidence of good faith we posi-
tively must have it.
I would have thrown this letter into the waste-paper basket very
promptly, but, assuming the matter therein contained to be even ap-
proximately correct, it ought to receive publicity. I can hardly think
that the Springfield managers, either as individuals or as a body,
would be so foolish as to oppose the formation of a union or the
raising of salaries, If they are at any such ridiculous plane as that
named. It should scarcely be necessary to point out to the Springfield
exhibitors that it is the height of absurdity to place their projection
in the hands of fourteen-dollar-a-week men. A man can earn very
nearly that much shoveling dirt in the street, or chopping cordwood.
I am loath to believe Springfield exhibitors would make the income
of their houses very largely dependent upon the efforts of so cheap
a man. If they are doing so, then they stand in need of considerable
education as to the possibilities of projection. If they will come to
New York I will gladly show and demonstrate to them the difference
between the work of the well paid, high-class man and the work
of the cheaper variety.
Motiograph,
Moose Lake, Minnesota, writes :
Am using a 1912 lA motiograpK and having trouble with the
machine pounding. This pounding ali depends upon the position
of the framing device. When set so that the ball shaft lies
straight, it does not pound so much. Any operator having had
a like experience will please let me know what is wrong.
That is not at all necessary, Moose Lake. I can tell you what the
difficulty is with one hand tied behind by back. The bearings of the
ball shaft are worn. The remedy is new bearings.
OPERATORS
Are you perfectly satisfied with
the results you get on the screen?
The new second edition of the
MOTION PICTURE HANDBOOK FOR MANAGERS
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Comments on the Films
Licensed
MYSTERY OF THE FADELESS TINTS (Edison). June 30.— The
eighth of the series of the "Chronicles of Cleelj." In some re-
spects this is a meritorious offering, but it contains incon-
sistencies ; elements that are intended to be gripping and interesting
seem to be devoid of conviction. A well produced picture photographi-
cally, but hardly up to the standard this series has maintained here-
tofore.
THE WIRE CHIEFS REWARD (Kalem), June 30.— An exciting but
somewhat incongruous offering which embraces many gripping scenes.
The photography and acting are very commendable, but the action of
the plot contains many inconsistencies.
THE DARING YOUNG PERSON (Essanay). June 30.— This is a very
interesting pictureplay in which Ruth Stonehouse, in the character of
a wealthy broker's daughter, convinces her father, who claims that
chivalry is dead as regards young men of the twentieth century, that he
is mistaken. Richard Travers essays the part of her suitor and qualifies
in every respect. Well produced.
A FRENCH VILLAGE IN SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA (Pathel. June
30, — This is a travel picture which is very interesting and is on the
same reel with Venomous Serpents.
VEXOMOUS SERPENTS (Pathe), June 30. — On the same reel with
"A French Village in Senegal. West Africa." This is zoological and
educational in nature, but not very pleasant tor the majority of specta-
tors to view. ,
ONE SUIT OF CLOTHES (Melies), June 30. — This is not an original
plot, as it has been used by authors in farces, sketches, etc., many
times, but it is at least amusing. Imagine two impecunious young gen-
tlemen who have literary aspirations, reduced to the condition of the
possession of one decent suit of clothes. The finale has been cleverly
handled and introduces many laughable complications.
HEARTS OP MEN (Selig). June 30.— A man who has been unjustly
charged with crime flees to the desert, where he is relentlessly hunted
by the sheriff. Many thrilling scenes occur, including a realistic sand-
storm. During the action fate forces them to become friends, through
thirst. Ten years later a beautiful ending occurs, involving the progeny
of both the fathers who fought for their lives in the desert sands.
THE WALKO SISTERS (Lubin). June .30— This is a Lubin comedy,
somewhat better than usual. It gains many laughs and has been well
directed and photographed. The pouring rain scenes are very realistic,
with one or two exceptions. There is a vein of pathos blended in with
the comedy scenes that adds greatly to the plot. A very good number.
BACK TO THE SIMPLE LIFE (Edison), July 1.— A comedy that will
appeal to the picture going element forced to live in apartments. It is
concluded to escape the noise and other objectionable features of fiat
life by going back to the quietness of the country. The experiences
make good healtry comedv and the family is glad to get back to the
old flat. Sally Crute and Richard Tucker make this a good, entertaining
offering in all respects.
THE EMPTY SLEEVE (Seligl. July 1).— This is a well produced
and intensely interesting visualization, containing many heart interest
scenes that are all consistent. There is an out-of-tbe-ordinary episode
in the plot which is very gripping and intense. A wholesome and
happy ending makes this picture a most pleasing one to view.
THE CIRCUS AND THE BOY (Vitagraph). July 1.— This is a delight-
ful comedy : it takes one back to childhood's happy hours, when bare-
footed, in the early hours of the morn all the kids in town would start
out to meet the circus which had been billed for days. Looking at this
picture, any one who has had the experience, could feel the cool dust
of the country road squash up between his toes. Elaine Sterne is the
author of this beautiful picture, and Teftt Johnson has ably directed
It. Sonny Jim (little Bobby Connelly) has done the rest. No one is
too old heartily to enjoy this offering.
THE FABLE OF THE GOOD FAIRY (Essanayl, July 1.— This is a
comical story of a society woman who exploits her uplift ideas in her
own sweet way. With the assistance of her chauffeur she tours through
the districts monopolized by the poor and lowly. She is all hooked up
and carries a fist full of good advice, but when she attempts to deliver
it she meets up with many adventures and a good many other things
she fails to appreciate. Mabel Eaton is Mrs. Peacock ; Eddie Redway,
Lillian Drew and Louise Willis make this offering most enjoyable.
TWO STEPCHILDREN (Vitagraph). July 2.— Written by W. A. Tre-
mayne. and directed by Theodore Marston, it makes a very interesting
visualization in which James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly play the parts
of the two stepchildren. The plot is full of interesting incidents, which
take place both in the city and country. The closing scenes are quite
gripping, bordering on the tragic, but the ending is very satisfactory
and pleasing. It will interest any audience.
HEARST-SELIG PICTORIAL, NO. 36 (Selig), July 2.— Many in-
teresting scenes are shown, including the decorating of the New York
firemen with badges for bravery, scenes in Mexico and California,
Children's Carnival in Chicago, the route of the airship America, the
first lap of which is 1.140 miles, the second being CfVi miles to the
main land.
WOMANLY CURIOSITY (Melies), July 2.— This is what might be
termed a relief comedy — that is. it contains elements of real comedy — •
not slap dash. A wife whose bump of curiosity is abnormally developed
is made to realize this fact by her husband, in an original manner.
This is a well produced and acted offering in every resepct, and is
somewhat of a lesson to the female of the species.
SOPHIE GETS STUNG (Essanay), July 2.— This is the third and last
concerning the wooing of Sophie, of Snakeville. Margaret Joslin. Victor
Potel. Harry Todd. Bud Jerome and True Boardman go through a heap
of trouble, each attempting to outwit the other to marry Sophie. Many
humorous situations pertain ; disheartened they leave Sophie pining
after them, and this is where Sophie gets stung.
THE GOAT (Biograph), July 2. — This is on the same reel with "The
Fireman's Social," a burlesque comedy, which is certainly broad enough
in every sense as regards rough and tumble in the action.
THE FIREMAN'S SOCIAL (Biograph), July 2.— On the same reel
with "The Goat." This is another slap-stick comedy which is full of
chases, bumps and tumbles. There is one real comedy scene which
gets over in good shape.
A TRAIN OF INCIDENTS (Vitagraph), July 3.— There are many
laughable situations in this comedy, written by Elaine Sterne, and pro-
duced by GTeorge D. Baker. John Bunny and Flora Finch have the
leading parts. The plot is a splendid one for comedy purposes, most
of the scenes taking place on a Pullman car and a diner on an overland
train. Going, they start as strangers ; returning, they are all married.
See the picture and you will enjoy a good laugh.
MAKING GOOD WITH HER FAMILY (Selig), July 3.— On the same
reel with "Doc Yak Wishes." Absurdities seem to be the main feature
of this picture.
DOC Y.\K WISHES (Selig). July 3.— On the same reel with "Making
Good with Her Family."
THE DOOM OF DUTY (Lubin). July 3. — A western military drama,
written by Will M. Rltchey and produced by Tom Forman. This plot is
located on the Mexican border. Velma Whitman essays the role of
Rita Valdez, the daughter of a Mexican who lives on the American side.
(H. S. Wilson). Tom Forman. is cast as Captain Barter, commander of
a patrol. Many beautifully photographed scenes are embraced in this
picture which are also very gripping in action.
FLEEING FROM THE FLEAS (Kalem), July .3.— On the same reel
with "Trooping the Colors." .-^ boisterous comedy the plot of which
is quite original and which contains a love episode. The misadventures
of the rivals' hired dress suits and a dog. not saying anything of a
mess of fleas, furnish the comedy. The usual chase occurs, with police
mounted on skates.
TROOPING THE COLORS (Kalem), July 3. — On the same reel with
"Fleeing from the Fleas." A state occasion in England where the colors of
the various regiments embraced in the life guards, no member of whick
is less than six feet Ull, are trooped amid impressive ceremony before
Buckingham Palace.
THE LITTLE HOBO (Selig). July 4.— This is a story written by
Alfred H. Giebler and directed by Oscar Eagle. The little hobo (Leila
Frost) averts a collison after she has been befriended by Jimmie Max-
well (Harold Vosburgh). telegraph operator of "The lonesomest station
on the Western Division." The story is an interesting one and the
parts are well acted, but the water tank scene where the little hobo
stops the train is weak and unconvincing.
ITS A SH.\ME (Lubin). July 4. — On the same reel -with "The Kid-
napped Bride." Good tor laughs.
THE KIDNAPPED BRIDE (Lubin), July 4.— On the same reel with
"It's a Shame." Burlesque in the broadest sense.
THE POLITICAL BOSS (Kalem), July 4.— A story of political in-
trigue which involves the editor of a countn' newspaper, "Owl" Jack-
son a political boss ; Nonpareil Jones, a tramp printer : Clara, the
Judge's lovelv daughter, and the remainder of the nine hundred in-
habitants of Rayville. The newspaper office is destroyed by fire and
several other things happen.
BRONCHO BILLY'S PUNISHMENT (Essanay). July 4.— This is ad-
vertised as a startling drama that teaches a moral and features G. M.
Anderson. It requires and displays a wonderful amount of anguish
and gruesomeness to arrive at the moral part, in the finale.
MOLLY THE DRUMMER BOY (Edison). July 4.— An adaptation
from the novel written bv Harriet T. Comstock. It is directed by
George A Lessev. Viola Dana is Molly, the Drummer Boy. The cast
is a large one and contains many prominent Edison actors. The story
is a beautiful one in the novel form, but the adapter or director, or
both, have left much to be desired. This story could have stood two
reels ; however, it is very edifying.
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THE CRACKSMAN'S GRATITl'DE (Biograph), July 4.~A very
cleverly written and produced pU-ture-dnima, but with nUher a sud
ending. The story of the plot is somewhat improbable, but Uken as a
wbole It Is Interesting tor (he spectator.
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE (Vitagraph). July 6.— The story is not
very convincing, and while the staging and acting an* fair the oPfering
suffers some from lack of freshness and real life. Elizabeth R. Car-
penter Is the author and Theodore Marston put it on. The photography
Is not QuUe so good as the usual Vltagraph product.
EVA. THE CIGARETTE GIRL (Biograph), July G.— A burlesque that
appealed to many in the audience as funny and there is a good deal
of astonishing work In it. For example, there is a big bunch of snakes
that none dare to handle except the cry-baby hero and the double-dyed
villain.
Licensed Specials.
THE POOR FOLK'S BOY (Vltagraph). June 30.— This two-part
pictureplay is along the conventional lines of the mortgage on the farm
order, but has been well produced and contains much that is of heart
interest, particularly regarding the boy and his dog. The farm scenes,
especially the barnyard where swine and poultry are shown, are very
realistic. This is a well acted and clearly photographed production and
should make good in any house.
THE LIVIXG FEAR (Lubin), .Tuly 1.— A psychological drama by
Shannon Fife and produced by Joseph Smiley. It is in two reels.
The leading part, Richard Wayne, is played by Clarence Elmer, who Is
obsessed with a monomania for appropriating diamonds. The plot is
all very interesting, but in places seems to be padded considerably. The
acting is splendidly done on the part of every one in the cast.
THE FATAL PORTRAIT (Kalem). July 1.— In this two-part picture
the plot is filled with jealousy and love. Irene Boyle plays the leading
part, assisted by a strong cast. There are conventional features, and
although somewhat thrilling scenes occur the desired effect does not
seem to be obtained. The acting and photography are both creditable.
The finale is satisfactory.
THE SHADOW OF TRAGEDY (Lubin). July 2.— This is a two-reel
pictureplay written by Emmett Campbell Hall and produced by Arthur
Johnson, who plays the leading part in the last reel. It is very in-
teresting in character and has teen well produced. Twenty years elapse
between the first and second reel. Raymond Hackett plays little Robert,
supposed to be about ten years old. Lottie Briscoe and a splendid cast
mate this a most creditable offering.
THE PRESCRIPTION (Melies), July 2.— A dramatic photoplay in
two parts. This is a superior production and so well acted that sub-
titles are scarcely necessary. It illustrates the carelessness and in-
difference to charity patients in some hospitals. A human life is almost
sacrificed and a mother's mind almost bereft of reason by hurried
diagnosis of the case. A harmless prescription is given her by one of
the staff physicians who later receives a severe rebuke from the head
physician, who accidentally discovers the neglect and saves the child.
Beautiful scenes and light effects obtain in this production.
THE SHATTERED TREE (Edison), July 3.— A two-part pictureplay
written by B'en Wilson, directed by Ben Wilson, who plays the leading
part, one of the two brothers, the other being played by Harry Beau-
mont ; Bliss Milford and Gertrude McCoy play the female roles. The
remainder of the cast is made up of the leading Vltagraph players. It
is a story of two brothers, one good but bad, and the other bad hut
good. It is well directed, acted and photographed. The ending scene
contains a good "punch."
TRINKETS OF TRAGEDY (Essanay). July 3.— The plot of this two-
part picture contains intrigue and love. The death sign of a black
hand gang is introduced and causes much mystery until a detective
gathers in enough evidence, through a plot, and finally accomplishes a
solution. The photography in this picture is well done.
THE TOLL (Vltagraph), July 4. — Advertised as a special feature in
two parts. Elizabeth R. Carpenter is responsible for this creation and
Theodore Marston is the director. James Morrison, George Cooper,
Dorothy Kelly, Marie Weirman and several others labor hard to make
it interesting. Its main feature are stabbing, shooting and vengeance.
The photography and scenic effects are adequate.
THE WEAKLING (Kalem), July 6.— For extended review of this
picture, that has an unusually dramatic and interesting situation, see
page 3S of July 4 issue of the Moving Picture World.
REPORTER JIMMIE INTERVENES (Selig). July 6.— This two-reel
picture by W. E. Wing is not without the elements of popularity. It
deals with a young reporter and how he gets evidence that a certain
member of the City Council has sold himself to the railway trust. Y'et,
to tell the truth, the whole spirit of the picture is brutal, and only
brutal people could wholly enjoy it. The councilman's stenographer
betrays him to the reporter, who thereupon burglarizes the home of
the railway president and eavesdrops till he hears what is going on.
He then forcibly robs the president of the evidence of the bribe and
there is a chase which is not quite convincing. The staging and the
photography are fair.
Independent.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL NO. 24 (Reliance). June 29.— Light, breezy, fresh
and interesting, this serial picture keeps up to the mark very well.
A number of persons more or less well known are introduced this week.
Staging and everything else as usual.
DID SHE RUN? (Royal), July 4.— Very little fun comes directly
from the situations in this rough and tumble farce. It has a comedy
force of cops and a lot of comedy neighbors, especially one woman
who Is made to put on trousers by her "Hklrt" friende. Th^re Is very
little reason for this step, but from It there follows plenty of the usual
farcical happenings, for she is chased by the copB and tak(-.<^ refuge
in a house from which she pours water down upon them. It will make
laughter in most places; but It is not the kind of picture that would
make a reviewer laugh.
THE COOKED GOOSE (Thanhouser) . July u.~Two weary WUltes
and a cop furnish most of the fun In this farce, which Is cleverly worked
out, except that It hardly convinces us to see the tramps get tbe
goose away from the cop, once his hands have fastened on It.
It was stolen goods and he had found It on the tramps. His wife bad
cooked It and It was waiting for his copshlp to come home from the
prison when they steal it again and get away. However, it is a farce
and not a dissertation on sociology. It Is meant to make laughter and
will do so with a reasonable certainty ; for It is cleverly acted, well
put on and clearly photographed.
BILL NO. 1 (Komic), July 5. — A cleverly acted and diverting picture
with laughable situations and good characters. This promises to be ^
desirable series. This first number is ver>' good.
THE ONLY CLUE (Majestic), July T.— This clearly constructed pic-
ture of human fates develops to a new punch that is likely to stick In
the memory for some time. It gives us a yarn without any particular
moral, but it is clean. The "only clue" is a scar on the wrist of a
young blacksmith who is innocent, but thought to be guilty of murder.
He is "making good" in another city when some busybody writes to
the police about him and a detective comes to investigate. The smitli
is at work at his forge, to which his wife, not knowingly, directs the
detective. When the man learns what is wanted he burns off the scar
In the forge fires and the "only clue" is destroyed. It is well put on
and the acting is substantial, so that we can safely commend It as a
good offering.
HOW IZZY WAS SAVED (Reliance), July S.— A fresh and laughable
joke makes this lively farce a likely offering. It is worked-up well and
has a number of freshly thought-out things that brighten its develop-
ment. A safe and pleasing number.
THE 0 LD RAG DOLL ( Imp ) , July 9.— A picture of tender
sentiment that is pleasingly solemn and has the human quality that
will make It an excellent offering in theaters and in any church at all.
It is not religious ; it's a human picture. The father of a family gets
drunk and comes home discontented. There's a quarrel, from which the
two children (the Lees and as fine a little actress and actor as one
could find) hurry away upstairs and hide. The parents think that
they have gone to the street and are lost. Leah Baird and William
Shea play the leads and do excellent work in making it an exceptional
offering. The camera work is of high order. Both script and staging
are the work of Herbert Brenon and have the good quality that he
is apt to put into his pictures.
SNOOKEE'S FLIRTATION (Sterling), July 9.— A rough and knock-
about farce in the usual Sterling style. It is not so funny as the best
of this brand ; for the scheme calls for business a bit too rough for
more discriminating patrons. It is a sort of "Merry Wives of Windsor"
picture without the humanity and wit, but will make laughter.
THE FIGHT AT LONELY GULCH (Frontier), July 12.— A typical
western elemental picture with a fight between outlaws and sheriff with
his posse. The story is not strong enough to give much real life
feeling to what takes place, and although the revolver fight is well
handled, we are not so deeply interested as In some other films, where
the same kind of action has been better bolstered. The camera work
is of good quality and the scenes are well chosen.
THE LEAVEN OF GOOD (Thanhouser), July 12. — A picture of senti-
ment that will be likely to please the many, though it has no pre-
tentions to greatness. It has a character, called "Harry the Rat," a
gangster as evil as "they make them," but who shows that he has deep
in his nature a humanity that can he appealed to. There is no truth
in the story and it has not been put on in a way to hide its lack of
logic. The photography is clear.
PLAIN MARY (Rex), July 12. — In this number Lois Weber plays
the part of a college widow who decides to try the latest styles to
relieve her excessive plainness. The story which develops is not en-
tirely new, but it is put on attractively and is the kind that will please
the average audience very much.
WILLY AND THE PARISIANS (Eclair), July 12.— This is a colored
half-reel comedy, with a pretty French setting. It shows how some
country people conspired to get rid of their city cousins, who came
unexpectedly on a visit. A pleasing plot of the slight order.
LILY' AS A LITTLE MOTHER (Eclair), July 12.— This, on same
reel with above, is also colored. It shows how the little girl plays
mother to her dog. This should please women and children particularly.
OUT OF THE VALLEY (Victor), July 13.— A Western offering quite
out of the ordinary in plot. J. Warren Kerrigan plays the supposed
outlaw. He saves the sheriff's life during a realistic attack by In-
dians on the wagon train. The settings are typical and the photography
only fair, but the windup of the story is unusually pleasing. A good
Western number.
VIVIAN'S FOUR BEAUS (Crystal), July 14.— This is a laughable
but rather foolish picture and the plot is old enough to have more hair
on it than the four beaus could boast of. The poor old toupee is the
theme, as Vivian has vowed she will never marry a bald head. She
finally captures a man that her little brother's fish-hook doesn't uncover.
WHAT PEARL'S PEARLS DID (Crystal). July 14.— On the same reel
with "Vivian's Four Beaus." Pearl undertakes to treat her husband,
w^ho arrives home ill. She administers all the pills in the house to
him and in her excitement accidentally breaks her pearl necklace and
places the pearls in an empty pill box. The husband swallows them.
The doctor is called and administers an emetic. Somewhat amusing,
also otherwise.
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UNIVERSAL IKE AN'D THE NEW COOK (Universal Ike), July 14. —
A farce that will make laughter, tor it is speedy and there is fresh-
ness in it. A fair offering.
HER (7RAVE MISTAKE (Nestor), July 15. — A Mexican border line
story, with Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney and Agnes Vernon in the
cast. The chief interest centers about an attack on the pumping sta-
tion, which is about to be blown up when the hero arrives. There is
good suspense toward the close of this and the climax is exciting.
WILLIE WALRUS AND THE AWPTJL CONFESSION (Joker). July
15. — A burlesque number with William Wolbert as the detective and
Hess Meredyth as the hard-working novelist. The action is of the
eccentric sort and carries no particular plot with it. Many of the situ-
ations are decidedly funny and the character work good. A pleasing
number of its type.
THE UNIVERSAL BOY (Imp.), July 16.— Series No. 1.— One day
in the lite of little Matty Roubert is introduced in this picture from the
time he arises in the morning until he goes back to his bed at night.
King Baggot, William Shay and Frank Crane are shown at the rehear-
sals at the Imp studio. Later Matty goes to the ball grounds, where he
meets John McGraw. Scenes are also shown at the Globe theater, where
Matty sees himself on the screen.
PANAMA- PACIFIC EXPOSITION UP TO DATE (Victor), July 17.—
Some interesting bits that show how the work on the mammoth exposi-
tion is progressing. The photography, without being artistic, is clear
enough to give us a good idea of what is going go.
WHEN EDDIE WENT TO THE FRO.N'T (Nestor), July 17. — This
js a rather amusing comedy. Eddie is a cub society reporter and is sent
to the front as war correspondent tor his paper, on the Mexican border.
He meets with all sorts of adventures, falls in love, falls out again and
barely escapes with his life.
HIS WIFE'S FAMILY (Joker), July IS. — A domestic comedy num-
ber in which events are rather jumbled, at least the plot is so diffi-
cult to follow that the humor is confused and uncertain. An ordinary
release.
Independent Specials.
THE ANGEL OP CONTENTION (Majestic), July 5.— With Lillian
Gish as the Angel, this two-part picture works up a situation with
sharp, bold strokes that lay the whole inner meaning of it all quite
bare to us. But then in the development one feels a distinct lessening
of clearness and truth of meaning. The building up is far more con-
vincing than the development and the padding is almost all in the sec-
ond reel. The people of the Western village call Lillian "the Angel,"
because she has tended them in their troubles like one. and later, when
the stranger comes and takes her away from the sheriff, a fiance whom
she really doesn't love, they refuse to take kindly to him. How this
gets him into danger and how the magnanimous sheriff and the angel
save him make an acceptable offering. The staging, acting and camera
work are all good.
THE L.\DY OF THE ISLAND (Imp), July 6.— A romance in two
reels, written by Stewart Peyton and put on by Frank Crane. The
heroine is a poor, rich orphan left in the keeping of her villainous
uncle. She owns the Isle of Romance, where her home is, and two
young college men land there to camp out. In the working out of this
situation many things happen that are full of romance and pleasing,
but now and then the illusion runs a bit thin. Yet the story inter-
ests and has, as one of its features, a remarkably well trained dog
seemingly endowed with intelligence. This dog is used to effect the
rescue when the hero is shut up in the cellar and also to entrap the
villain and his son. There are scenes on water and on land. The
photography is good and the whole makes a very passable special
offering.
THE BEGGAR PRINCE OF INDIA (Victor). July 10.— A three-reel
romance in which the story slowly makes itself clear after obscurity.
This lack of sharp definition at first hampers it in the same way that
poor projection would hamper it as a picture. It never becomes what
could accurately be termed a picture with a punch, but it never fails
to interest : the quality of its story is not artistic or truthful. It is
a pretty picture filled with scenes in which graceful acting, well-chosen
or constructed backgrounds each add its part to a delightful whole.
The script was written by Edward Warren and produced by Charles
Beresford. The photography is clear.
THE SEVERED H.\ND (Powers). July 17. — A three-reel number
of international intrigue, written by Bess Meredyth, with Cleo Madison
and George Larkin in the leading roles. The first scenes are in Eng-
land and possess good atmosphere. Later the story shifts to Wash-
ington, D. C. The story is rather ordinary, but manages to get hold
of the interest and keep it. Miss Madison did some very pleasing work
indeed in the part of the countess ; we have never seen her to better
advantage. The story closes with the usual round up of the gang and
the reunion of the lovers.
DEBORAH (Thanhouser), July 7. — Clearly aimed to .please the many,
this two-reel offering in which is pictured the trials and sorrows of
Deborah, a Jewish girl in Austria of about a hundred years ago, is "a
good guess" from the exhibitor's standpoint. The story is likely to
convince the heart, although the mind will, if in a critical mood, find
much that is not strongly logical in it and a bit of mawkish senti-
mentality. It carries the clear earmarks of the stage melodramas of
the last period and includes a fine scene In which a Catholic priest
stands off a mob intent on lynching the Jewess and another big pic-
ture of the persecuted girl's forgiveness of the lover who had let him-
self be deceived about her. Maud Fealey takes the role of Deborah
and is adequately supported by a large and well-trained cast. The pho-
tography is excellent.
LUCILLE LOVE, No, 14 (Gold Seal), July 14.— The remarkable ad-
ventures of this heroine are continued. The thieving butler and Hugo
have another fight and it now looks as though the butler has been
shot ; however, we are left in doubt and may see him at his stealthy
work again. It has the suspense that we have expected and it makes
a very fair offering,
SHORTY TURNS JUDGE (Broncho), July 15.— A two-part picture,
where Shorty plays a joke on the boys. He disguises himself as Judge
Fulsom, who has been bitten by a rattlesnake, presents himself to the
sheriff, who has been having trouble with some of the cowboys, and he
puts them in jail. Later he finds the sheriff is guilty instead of the
boys and sentences him to six months on the rock pile. The boys
elect Shorty as sheriff.
THE SOB SISTER (Rex), July 16.— A two-reel number, written by
Harry Car, with Herbert Rawlinson and Anna Little in the leading
roles. This is a newspaper yarn and an entertaining one. The run-
away girl, whom the sob sister has aided, is about to be given pub-
licity of an undesirable sort when the managing editor learns she is
his own daughter. The climax has in it an element of surprise and
the views of the composing room and linotype machines should prove
very interesting. A good newspaper yarn enacted by a pleasing cast.
STAR OF THE NORTH (Domino), July 16.— This is a two-part In-
dian drama and contains many beautiful scenes. The plot is laid among
the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes and the parts in the cast are all well
rendered. The inevitable renegade figures in the cast and causes much
trouble. This is a creditable Indian drama.
THE CRUISE OF THE HELL SHIP (Balboa). — A three-part Box
Ofllce Attraction that is likely to please ; tor the story (it is one of
Jack London's and was called "The Sea Wolf") is out of the ordinary.
The staging is fair and the photography is clear. There are some
startling scenes of a wreck at sea that are good specimens of what the
camera can do in the illusion way when it is carefully manipulated.
These sea pictures are apt to be popular, and in this there Is good ac-
tion and a fair brand of sentiment.
CHAINS OP THE PAST (Box Office Attractions).— An artistic pic-
ture in three parts. The story is not unusual, but has been made
convincing by skillful acting and is full of subtilly registered points
that make it an interesting and acceptable offering. Among its best
assets is the leading woman, who is charmingly pretty and whose
drawing of her role, that of a woman full of the "Old Nick" and mar-
ried to an earnest professional man, is delightful. All of the charac-
ters seem individual and clear-cut personalities and this is also a
great point in the picture's favor. On the whole, a very good offering.
THE CITY (Kay-Bee), July 17. — This two-reel production is by Tom
H. Ince and William Clifford. Raymond B. West produced it. The
cast is a good one and the plot is a peculiar and original one, wherein
the son saves the father from financial loss.
Against Promiscuous Serials
W. C. Quimby, of Zaneaville, O., Writes that "Roars of
Disgust" Came from His Audience When Story
was "Left in the Air."
W. C. Quimby, of Zanesville, O., is sole owner of Quimby's
Amusement Enterprises, which, reading from the Quimby
letterhead, include "Quimby's $50,000 Sunny South, Largest
Floating Theater in the World — Musical Comedy"; Quimby's
Casino, Vaudeville; "Quimby's Airdome, Summer Stock,"
and "Quimby's New $50,000 Palace, photoplays." The fol-
lowing letter to the Moving Picture World expresses in no
obscure terms this prominent amusement man's opinions
upon the subject of "continued interest" pictures which has
come in for no little discussion within the past few months:
Editor Moving Picture World:
Dear Sir: — I wish to register through the columns of
your paper a most vigorous protest against the release of
pictures in serial form like the Kay Bee. We ran today
"The Voice at the Telephone," which comes in two sec-
tions. We got the first installment today (two reels), and
after getting the audience worked up to a degree of interest
a title is flashed, "This story will be continued next week."
If the inakers of this subject could have sat in the audience
and heard the roar of disgust and the words of protest as
they passed out they would pass up this thing for good
and all. I am under the impression that a good serial if
run on a specified day every week like "Kathleen" or "Mil-
lion Dollar Mysterv" is all right, providing not more than
one a week is used, but this indiscriminate sending out to
us exhibitors of these unheralded two-part serials is very
bad and is sure to work untold damage to the industry if
it is continued. The chances are that SO per cent, of those
who were here today will not be here to see the second
two reels, and there will be another 50 per cent, who will
be here on the day that we get the second part that
missed the first installment, and will not know what they
are looking at. Too many serials are going to play_ havoc
with those who run too many of them or I will miss my
guess. With kindest regards I am, Yours truly,
Zanesville, O., June 29. W. C. QUIMBY.
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To Boom the Educational Film
Plans of the Affiliated Societies Which Will Specialize in
Serving Churches and Schools — A Talk With
the Rev. Dr. William Carter.
DR. WILLIAM C.\RTHK, the wcll-lciiovvii lecturer, who
has for years been highly succcs.sful under the niau;ii;c-
nicnt of the J. B. I'ond Lyceum Bureau, is the director
of the Church, School and Social Welfare Film Company, in
which the Duke of Manchester is actively interested.
Offices of the company have been opened at No. 18 East
41st street. They will occupy the entire twentieth floor. The
company will he housed in the same offices with the Inter-
national Educational League, which is another division of the
same great project to make the kincmatograph furni.sh educa-
tion for both schools and adults.
Dr. Carter spends his entire time on working out the de-
tails of the plan and expects to have the companies ready for
actual work by the early part of fal'.
Dr. William Carter.
"We only organized three weeks ago," said Dr. Carter to a
representative of The Moving Picture World as he
sat behind a desk filled to overflowing. "These offices are
only temporary. There is a good deal to be done before we
can expect to get into working order. I want to say that
there is one field which it seems to me has never been covered
before and that is the production of religious pictures intend-
ed first and foremost for the churches. Religious films have
been made, some of them quite good, but no one has ever at-
tempted to supply the churches with special religious films,
such as we will try to give them. I cannot say definitely
when we will go into the producing of these films, but it will
be soon. In the meantime we intend to supply not only
churches but schools as well and social uplift organizations,
such as temperance societies, social welfare settlements, play-
ground associations, etc., with films specially suitable for them.
We think that along these lines we will have good use for
films dealing say, for instance, with the evils of child-labor,
bad conditions in tenements, etc. We intend with these films
to appeal not only to schools and societies but to the general
public as well. The subjects for this department of our edu-
cational film service will be chosen with this end in view.
Then we will have another department which will concern
itself exclusively with technical needs of the schoolroom. We
will make films teaching, for instance, geography, history and
even arithmetic. From these studies we will go into the high-
er and highest branches. I believe that our connections will
enable us to gather much valuable matter for the films. The
Rockefeller institute will aid us in the filming of surgical op-
erations and the practice of surgery generally, and it will not
be difficult to compile scientific and medical films which will
be of great use to medical colleges. I have received assur-
ances of support from the president of Princeton and of
California University. The movement will have expert co-
operation at every step. We hope to show the possibilities
of the kincmatograph as an educator in the most thorough
and practical fashion."
Dr. Carter spoke in the earnest, convincing way which has
made him famous as a platform orator. One could feel the
energy and the promise of practical results behind all this
splendid enthusiasm. He spoke of the profound interest
which the Duke of Manchester has in the promotion of edu-
cational films.
"The Duke." said Mr. Carter, "will probably spend six
months of the year collecting available subjects. His heart
and soul are in this work. He will visit every part of the
world and become the chief contributing editor to our kine-
matographic library. His knowledge of many interesting
parts of the world, India, for instance, will be of great help
in this work. His connections, too, will enable him to get
rare opportunities for filming things which have never been
seen or shown on films before."
"Do you propose to put out a regular servicer" Dr Carter
was asked. ^ain..
"Yes, indeed," Dr. Carter replied. "We have men engaged
at present to oflfer our contracts for service to the churches
in every part of the country. W^e expect to be able to furnish
a dependable weekly service by the first of October We
wi probably start with a weekly program of five reels We
will lease machines, screens and practically all the accessories
to tlie cliurches for a nominal amount and churches will be
privileged to use the machine and accessories while they take
our service. Thus we expect to have circuits of churches
just as there are circuits of theaters "
The Lnernational Education League is officered as follows:
President, the Duke of Manchester: general manager, Blair
_rasier: manager and director of the religious department,
the Rev. William Carter, D.D. Ph.D.
JAMES YOUNG DENIES RUNNING AWAY.
James Young, the Vitagraph director, while driving his
automobile recently accidentally struck down an eight-year-
old boy. The following day, the New York City papers pub-
lished a story, accusing Mr. Young of running away from
the scene of the accident, without trying to render any
assistance or even inquiring the extent of the boy's injuries
In fairness to Mr. Young, this assertion of cowardice should
be contradicted, and the following letter from Mr. Young
himself, will explain away the untrue assertions made re-
garding his conduct after the deplorable accident Mr
Youngs letter reads:
"I desire to state that the accounts published in the daily
papers regarding the accident are just about as far from
the truth as they could possibly be.
"I most emphatically assert that 'l did not run awav On
the contrary, I went to the drug store, examined the boy
who deliberately ran in front of my car, as is so often done
in this section, and ofifered to take the boy to the hospital
1 he druggist told me that he had sent for the ambulance
in the meantime, a crowd had collected around mv car
w-hen a man, Israel Luke bv name, advised me to" leave
the neighborhood, because of the threa'tening attitude of
the excited people. I gave him my card, yet hesitated to
eave, but the crowd was so threatening that I decided to
leave, inasmuch as there was no protection from the in-
furiated mob. I could not leave, however, until the man
Luke, who seemed to have influence, assured them that he
had my name and automobile number and could reach me
at any time. Even then, they reluctantly made way for me
to pass.
"I realize now that I should have notified the police, but
after seeing the boy, who did not seem to be badly injured,
and with the incidental excitement, I failed to advise the
police.
"In conclusion. I wish to repeat, and most emphatically,
that I did not run away in the cowardly manner stated by
the papers. Very truly, JAMES YOUNG."
MR. MICHELL GOES TO EXCELSIOR.
A. Danson Michell has taken charge of the advertising and
publicity department of the Excelsior Feature Film Com-
pany. Mr. Michell, who has had newspaper experience on
daily and trade journals, will alternate between the executive
offices at 110 West Fortieth street 3n4 the studio of tlie forn-
pany at Lake Placjcj,
436
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
McRae's Bisons Back from Hawaii
THE Henry McRae 101 Bison Company has returned to
the Hollywood (California) studios after a four months'
trip in Hawaii. From the moment the steamer left San
Pedro until it nosed again into the Los Angeles Jiarbor, four
months later, every moment was filled with interesting fea-
tures.
Director McRae had promised to ship a tw'o-reel picture
every week when once established in the islands. Motion
pictures taken in Hawaii had previously proved to be such
a failure that there was not a bit of suitable equipment to
be had on the islands. This necessitated building a studio
and developing plant.
.-Xctors are versatile folk. Therefore, though most of them
had never before handled carpenter's tools, the McRae com-
pany, to a man, donned overalls and got busy. Arms and
shoulders were sore, thumbs were pounded, but the grimy
favorites didn't care. The work had to be done quickly so
the promised schedule could he adhered to.
Everywhere in the islands the McRae. company received
flattering attention and made hosts of friends. Dinners,
dances, automobile rides, yacht rides, picnics, etc., saw them
as the guests of honor when there was not work to be done.
Every reel of the pictures turned out was filled with Bison
punch. Besides these thrilling touches, the educational fea-
tures, showing life of the natives in the present day and
during the historic past, the many industries and customs of
the country, and the carefulness of Uncle Sarn,'s protection
were all included.
The last feature picture made by the company on their trip
was "Our Enemy's Spy." A parade of five thousand soldiers
in the streets of Honolulu was used as one background, the
whole five thousand being halted for several minutes while
a scene was taken.
On the home trip the steamer was stopped in mid-ocean,
supposedly for a derelict crash. Eight or ten passengers, in-
cluding Bainbridge, Roselli and Marie W'alcamp. jumped
overboard, forty-four feet, a lifeboat being lowered to rescue
them. In the story. Cliflford is thrown overboard by his
enemy. -\ life buoy, dropped over when the panic occurs,
drifts within his reach and a day later he is picked up by a
pleasure yacht. These scenes were taken about four miles
from shore in water about five hundred feet deep.
All Universal employes and four hundred members of the
Los Angeles Rotary Club were gathered at the Hollywood
studios to greet the company on its return.
Norbert A. Myles
THE handsome and curly-haired cowboy who is at pres-
ent delighting the hearts of the feminine "movie"
patrons throughout the country by his splendid char-
acterizations and daring feats of riding in the western pro-
ductions of the Eclair Film Company is Xorbert .\. Myles.
Mr. Myles has been appearing in motion pictures almost
since their inception as a standard amusement, and has ap-
peared in important roles
with companies of such
prominence as Pathe,
Lubin and Kalem.
Born thirty years ago
in Deadwood. S. D., he
was brought up on a
ranch until he reached
the age of twenty. Mr.
Myles has experienced
every phase and condi-
tion of .vestern life, and
his present e.xcellent
horsemanship and won-
derful handiness with a
shooting-iron were only
acquired after years of
practice in herding cat-
tle and driving off the
various bands of rustlers
who at one time infested
the western grazing
lands.
Joining a theatrical
road companj' as one o'
its extras during its sta;
in Deadwood, Myle:
forced his way upward,
until he was assigned
the leading role in the
show the second season. He has played with repertoire
companies, worked in stock in various cities and left the
road organization of "Down in \irginia" to play western
leads with the Pathe Co., from which organization he shifted
to Lubin. After an engagement of one year with Lubin he
became affiliated with the Kalem players. He has been with
the Eclair Western Company at Tucson, Arizona, for the
past six months, and his work on the screen has been excep-
tionally good, especially in the story recently filmed from
O. Henry's novel, entitled. "The Stirrup Brotlier." in which
picture he played the lead.
^czjoR puciasis
Harry McRae Directing a Scene in the Japanese Quarter of
Hpnolulu-
Natives in a Battle Scene. The Background is Typical of
the Hawaiian Islands.
I
TMK MOVl.\(; PICTURE WORLD
437
'Forces "of Evil"
Evil
the
Wife Under Spell of Hypnotism Becomes Prey of
Doctor in a Three-Part "Leading Players'' Film.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
PHOTOGRAPHED in the lively backgrounds of
Riviera and filled with the contrasts of liRht and dark-
ness that bring out the inner quality of what any pic-
ture depicts, this three-reel "Leading Players" film, "The
Forces of Evil, or The Dominant Will," makes an enter-
taining offering. The situation is simple enough. An evil
but strong-willed doctor insinuates himself into the friend-
ship of a man and wife, happy in their two children and in
their mutual affection. There are some pretty home scenes,
and then it is made clear that the doctor has fallen in love
with the wife. She will have nothing to do with him at
first; but he hypnotizes her and she loses her will and her
knowledge of right and wrong. He forces her by the
strength of his will to forsake her happy surroundmgs and
iier home and, after leaving a terrible note that makes her
husl)and think she is willfullv untrue, go away with him.
Scene from 'The Forces of Evil" (Leading Players).
The husband, heartbroken, goes with his two children
to live on the sea coast of the south of France as though
to hide his sorrow amid lovely scenes of nature. The chil-
dren one day see the mother, whom they are mourning as
dead, and run to her. As though her mother love wakened
the dormant soul in her from under the hypnotist's spell she
remembers and holds out her hands to them. It is in vain.
The stroneer will of her captor renews his grip on her con-
science and he leads her away. Now, through this chance
meeting of her children, the father learns of her presence
at the place and comes upon her on the beach. There is a
struo-gle between him and the villainous doctor and he is
left lor dead, where later he is found by a coast guard and
Now as though these two encounters had weakened the
man's hold on the woman, she is not held down so completely
as before and begins to struggle with her horrible fate, ihe
villain makes her leave her husband's body lying among the
rocks and climb up with him to the height; but he can no
longer keep her from obeying him reluctantly. She turns
to look once more. He attempts to restrain her and there
is a struggle in which thev both go over the cliff together
and are discovered lying limp as death on the rocks. Ihe
husband, who has revived enough to sit up by the cabin ot
the coast guard, sees the two bodies taken past to the hos-
pital and recognizes his one-time wife. Both are terribly
injured. The Woman is to recover and the man is to die.
But he will not go without one more stab at the happiness
of the woman whom he has so badly ill-treated already.
When he learns that she has been forgiven and that he is
to die he writes to the authorities accusing the other man
of thr'owin'^ him over the cliff. This dastardly accusation
is refuted by the testimony of the woman, and the closing
scenes give several poetic pictures of happiness after tragic
sorrows. ... , , i_ -^ l ^ r
It is a picture that will please through its beauty of scenes
and will hold with suspense those watching the develop-
ment of the story. The acting is effective, and while all of it
is natural it has some particularly strong moments.
" The Lights o' London"
World Film Corporation Presents George R. Sims' Old-Time
Melodrama in Five Reels.
Reviewed by George Blaisdcll.
THEATERGOERS of a generation ago will be interested
in the five-part screen revival of George R. Sims' fa-
mous old melodrama, "The Lights of London," which
is being shown by the World Film Corporation. Picturego-
ers of today will like it. They may notice the adoption of
subterfuges, the use of convenient coincidences, the sort that
help the construction over the fence, so to speak; the acci-
dental dropping of a letter, the "meeting by chance" or the
escape of a prisoner when muskets are discharged at him al-
most pointblank. There is a lot in "The Lights o' London"
in the way of a story, much that appeals to the sympathy. It
is of human interest. The rightful heir, a riotous young
blood, is thrown out of his home by an irate father. When
the son goes to London he takes with him the daughter of
the lodgekeeper, and in town marries her. .\ nephew, Clif-
ford, procures the theft of the family strong box; the father
meets' his death in trying to prevent the robbery. It is a
long story before the accused and convicted son of the house
Scene from "The Lights o' London" (World Film Corp.).
is restored to his own and the guilty brought to justice, 1)Ut it
holds all the way.
There are good scenes of rural England and of the city.
We are shown the race over the turf on the issue of which
Harold, the son, drops what little money he has brought to
London with him. There are scenes of Regents Park, from
the bridge of which the villainous cousin throws his former
accomplice, now prosperous but still "-reedy, and sees Harold
save the one-time gamekeeper from drowning. There is an
exciting denouement in the courtroom, when the gamekeeper
comes to court with a lawyer, bringing with him the will
of the old squire, which in the commission of the theft had
been abstracted from the strong box. It is this instrument
which restores to Harold his father's estate, which unac-
countabh' has been permitted to remain in the possession of
the nephew. Clifford is denounced by his accomplice and
all ends happily.
The story has been staged as a melodrama — that is. if
acting may make it such. There is a tendency at times on
the part of many of the cast to overact, an absence of the
restraint which marks the work in the best English produc-
tions— and this is an English production — and in practically
all of the American. No attempt has been made to set the
story back to the period of its writing. "The Lights o' Lon-
don" is plainly a tale of today, as is indicated by the garb of
the characters and in the employment of automobiles and
telephones. The unraveline of the plot is skillfully done —
the story is clear.
BILLY FABLES WITH EDISON.
William Fables, for twenty-two years on the legitimate
stage playing animal parts, is now with the Edison company
as the "Goat" in the new series of "Buster Brown" comedies.
Mr. Fables was the "Bear" in the "Alaskan," and the "Par-
rot" in "Humpty Dumpty." He is known as the master of
animal parts and will prove a valuable factor in these
comedies from the comic cartoons.
438
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
«l
A Big New Enterprise.
The Liberty Motion Picture Company Has a Remarkably
Compact and Complete Plant at Germantown, Pa. — They
Have Begun to Make Pictures — Their Plans and Hopes.
By W. Stephen Bush.
IF THE BUILDING and furnishing of a most compact
and complete motion picture plant is evidence of the
optimism which still characterizes so many of our en-
terprises the Liberty Motion Picture Company may well
serve as the best possible example.
You probably never heard of the Liberty Motion Picture
Company, neither had I. That an undertaking of such mag-
nitude was carried on in ab-
solute quiet is, in itself, a most
remarkable fact.
The Liberty Motion Picture
Company is situated in quiet,
old historic Germantown, just
a few miles out of Philadel-
H. G. BOBB,
Vice-President and General
Manager.
JOHN OXFORD.
President.
pliia. An idea of its size may
l)e gained by a statement ot
the dimensions of the plot
upon which it has been built,
220x110. The building itself
is nearly two hundred feet
long and about fifty feet wide.
From cellar to the roof the
liuilding and all its equipments speak of careful planning,
aided by experience. The building and fitting of motion
picture plants has progressed like every other branch of the
industry. Improvements have been made in every phase of
the mechanical preparation. Probably all studios both here
and abroad have learned much by experience and have spent
large sums of money in experimenting and in introducing
improvements based upon these e.xpensive tests and trials.
The studio and plant of the Liberty Motion Picture Com-
pany seem to have benefited by all the lessons of the past,
for every modern improvement is to be found there.
The Liberty Motion Picture Company, possessing this
plant, which is nothing less than perfection in practical
miniature, is ready to produce pictures. Indeed, it has
started. It is always danger-
ous to prophesy, Imt it is safe
to say that no company either
here or abroad ever started
out with better promise. In
saying that the new company
C. D. GRUNNEH,
Studio Manager.
has taken advantage of every
practical improvement dis-
covered in the past I do not
mean to say it has
added no improvements of
its own. It has not only
shown remarkable skill and judgment in assembling the
improvements in use in other plants, but they have displayed
a mastery of detail and an almost inspired attention to de-
tails. I will mention but one
e.xample. Take the matter of
dressing rooms for the artists.
.\rtists are proverbially tem-
peramental, they work under
a severe strain; the slight-
est irritation and confusion of-
ten prevent them from doing
their best. I have often won-
dered how under the system of
keeping artists walking about
the studio ready for the
camera, but entirely uncertain
about the hour of their ap-
pearance, any useful work can
be expected of them. The
Libertv Motion Picture Com-
pany has roomy, well-lighted
and well-ventilated dressing
rooms. Look out of the win-
dows of any of them and no
disillusioning sight meets the
eye. Better still, there is a
short stairs leading directly
from the dressing rooms into the studios. It reminded me
of the quiet passages in an old monastery, where the monks
nr nuns pass from church to cloister with nothing to dis-
turb their peaceful contempla-
tion. Inspiration and the fire of
enthusiasm are very precious
and really indispensable in
the making of good pictures.,
jk ^^^^^lliik ^^^^^B Things are arranged in this
"■^^^^^ ^^^^^ plant in such a manner that in-
spiration and enthusiasm will
.V. E. MILL1G.\.\,
Director-in-Chief.
J. E. OVERTOX.
Factory Superintendent.
.JOSEPH SUTTOX,
Secretary.
be encouraged and kept alive
as long as possible. All this
may seem trifling and even in-
comprehensible to the direc-
tors and producers who turn
out films as the butcher turns -.>-j. -
sausages, but in all real friends
of the motion picture . such ■*. E. HIXDLE,
thoughful attention to detail Treasurer,
gives the hope of future quality.
The printing room, 22x45, contains at present six ma-
chines, but there is easily room for sixty more macnines.
which may, of course, be put in at any time. The printing
machines are arranged in such a way that repairs may be
made without any change or the admission of any light
and the work of making changes or repairs need not inter-
fere with any of the printers who may be busy at the time.
The printing room is connected directly with the developing
room and the films need not be sealed up and carried over.
The joining room, 18x60, is ample and contains a special
polishing machine. This room will accommodate more than
the necessary number of employees to run it. The develop-
ing room holds eight developing tanks, which are capable of
holding two frames each. A circulating system has been in-
troduced insuring an even temperature of the developers
all the year around. The hypo room has a capacity of
forty-eight frames at one tiine, the rinsing tanks are sup-
plied with constant running water. In the wash room as
many as one hundred and fifty frames can be handled at one
time. The equipments of the toning room are similar in
character and efficiency.. The drying room has a capacity
of 635 frames at one time. The drying room is operated
in the most modern wav: Provision is made for a supply
of dry, warm air, and by the working of a system of fans the
moist air is taken out as it settles. The same temperature
is maintained all the time. The plant operates on the plan
THE MOVING PICTl'Kl' WORLD
439
of one continuous wheel, which begins with the first step
in the preparation of the film and ends with the shipping
room. There is a projecting room 22.\-40. There is a com-
plete heating plant, a most thorough and e.Nccllent system of
ventilation. .\n elevator runs from the l)asenient to the top.
The nii.xing tanks in the chemical laboratories, one of the
most complete and workable I have ever seen, are run by
gravity, which, of course, is far superior to pumping.
There is a fioor devoted to the work of the stage carpenter
and to the wardrobe. Here again I was struck with the
characteristic of compactness and completeness.
There is one daylight studio and five stages supplied with
artificial light.
It is necessary to add that the company has leased a very
large farm within easy reach of Philadelphia, but with
many of the characteristics of virgin nature. There are
hills and rocks and lakes and rivers and, indeed, every
variety of natural scenery which may be imagined.
The company will release as its first issues two multiple
reels dealing with life in the Canadian Northwest.
The artistic director is Mr. \. E. Milligan. evidently a
man of ideas and inspirations. He has been connected with
the stage as a profession for fifteen years, and has had
considerable moving picture experience.
"I knew." he said, "that this company was in the process
of formation, and I knew that I would be called upon to
be the director-in-chief. I have sought to prepare myself
for this task .with all the means at my command. I have
directed and supervised many big productions in the past
two years. I do not feel like saying anything very definite
about our plans at this time: we propose to move slowly,
our facilities are such that we can undertake any enterprise
in films. Our first production will be portrayals of the
Canadian Northwest in dramatic form. We will not be
ready to make any plans for distribution until we have a
sufficient number of negatives on hand, say a dozen or so.
It may be that the educational and scientific film will receive
our attention. I do not believe that single reels are profit-
able at this time. We will not inake any single reels for the
present, with the possible exception of comedies. I do not
know that I can say more at this time. Our pictures must
speak for themselves."
MOTION PICTURE TRAGEDY IN COLORADO.
Leading Lady and Cameraman of the Colorado M. P. Co.
Drowned While Taking a Scene.
AN unfortunate and rather unnecessary undertaking by
the California Motion Picture Company, at Canon City,
Colo., July 1, resulted in the death by drowning of the
company's leading woman, Miss Grace McHugh, and the
cameraman, Owen Carter.
According to dispatches. Carter was operating on the bank
of the .\rkansas River where the current is very swift. A
scene was being taken in which Miss McHugh was crossing
the stream on horseback. The horse stumbled over a stone
and threw the woman, who could not swim. Carter, who
also could not swim, sprang in to save her and they were
both swept away. At last reports the bodies had not been
recovered. O. B. Thayer, manager and director of the com-
pany, was on hand at the time and an actor named Tom
Hardcastle was also a witness of the tragedy.
Miss McHugh was a niece of former Judge McCall, of
Denver. Carter's home was also in Denver. Miss McHugh
had made her name prominent in the northwest and had
been in theatrical work nearly all her life. She had recently-
gone in for aeronautics and had made some exceptional
flights for a woman. The facts of Miss McHugh's death
will not be used to further the sale of the picture in which
she was appearing at the time.
SAWYER TO MARKET SANTA BARBARA PRODUCT.
Contracts were closed by Sawyer, Inc., the past week
with the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company of Cali-
fornia. This company was formed a few weeks ago and is
financed by prominent business men on the coast. Studios
have been equipped in Santa Barbara and the first produc-
tion will be ready for showing before the end of July.
The officers of the new company include Dr. Elmer J.
Boeseke, president; O. \V. Boeseke, secretary: H. M. A.
Postley. treasurer. C. Lorimer Johnston is the director-in-
chief. He has taken with him to the new company several
of the best of his former employees, including his best
camera man.
The company will specialize on four-reel subjects, most ol
them pictures of well-known novels and stage successes.
Sawyer, Inc.. will handle the exclusive distribution of these
films throughout the world.
The Crucible of Flame.
A Three-Part Features Ideal Picture Dealing with a
Woman's Weakness and Designed to Please Women.
Reviewed by llanford Judson.
THIS is one of those pictures dealing with an unwise
marriage and, in its first part, there is a strong under-
current of sex interest. This is, we feel — perhaps with
not absolute conviction — to be harmless; for it is hidden.
The object of the story is to get the heroine in disgrace and
then to rehabilitate her bv showin" that she is self-forgetful
when the school in which she is teaching is on fire — "the
crucible of flame." Her disgrace came from the marriage in
a hurry and, if this were wholly an ordinary marriage it
would be a commendable situation. It is, we feel com-
lielled to point out, made to seem as though it were not a
marriage at all and suggests to a grown-up mind that in the
original picture, intended for a Continental audience, she
was baldly living with a man. Perhaps with young people
Scene from 'The Crucible of Flame" (Features Ideal).
of the age of sixteen this hiding of the truth will be more
dangerous than any bold statement of the fact. There is a
dilemma here: for if this supposition is wrong, the story
makes the marriage which should have been a thing merely
of pity, a thing of disgrace. The National Board of Censor-
ship has passed it.
It is a well-staged story with beautiful photography and
clear-cut, intelligent acting. There are two parts (three
reels) to it. One deals with the woman, who contracts the
foolish marriage and the other with the son that is born
to her. This boy, the' grandfather takes care of, though he
refuses to see his daughter again. He becomes the center
of interest of the latter half of the picture. For his evil
father blackmails the good grandfather and gets money
from him. Then the evil father's friends try to steal the
boy and he has a hard time escaping from them. Both
these parts give a very fair measure of suspense and, pro-
vided the audience is content with the peculiar tone of the
story, it should make quite an acceptable offering.
KING BAGGOT, JR., COMES TO TOWN.
There are two King Baggots in town. The little ten-
pounder who will be known as the junior of this combi-
nation arrived on Tuesda}'. July 7. The president of the
Screeners and Mrs. Baggot have been deluged with con-
gratulatory telegrams at their home, 517 West 113th street.
There were twenty-three of these sent from the Screen
Club in one batch. It is unnecessary to say that the members
of the organization which Mr. Baggot founded are taking
the liveliest interest in King Baggot. Jr. If his health
responds to the multiplied eflforts of the men of the Forty-
seventh street clubhouse the newcomer will have a
husky frame and a lon.g life.
Mrs. Baggot and King. Jr., are reported to be doing
nicely. Baggot senior is trying to look becomingly modest,
but he is far from succeedin.g.
GENE GAUNTIER TAKES EUROPEAN VACATION.
Gene Gauntier is going abroad for a complete rest — no
foreign pictures this trip. Her physician has ordered it so
— she must not even write a scenario! So she will sail
on the Kaiserin Augusta \'ictoria, for Lyckorna, Sweden,
via Hamburg and Gottenburg. Marguerite Gauntier. her
sister, has a" summer home there, where she hopes to re-
gain her old-time strength, which the past winter has
weakened.
440
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Wagner in Mexico.
Pathe Cameraman Relates Thrilling Story of His Experi-
ences with Huerta's Army in Battle — Has
Narrow Escape.
THE theater patron sitting in his seat in comfort and
safety, in a temperature 10 degrees cooler than that of
the street outside, little realizes as he watches in
Pathe's Weekly the war pictures from Mexico, of the
deadly perils undergone by the men who took them: of
their suffering and torment on arid deserts under a merci-
less sun, of daily danger from men even more merciless, to
whom the life of a fellow being is as little important as that
of an insect. But the infrequent and laconic letters from
such men as Fritz Wagner, of Pathe, tell stories that are
stranger than fiction and make even the occupation of the
war correspondent seem tame.
We have had occa-
sion to give brief men-
tion before in these
columns of Wagner's
experiences — of his ar-
rest by the rebels, in-
carceration in jail and
subsequent escape sans
camera, sans outfit,
sans money, sans
everything save life and
a garment or two to
conceal liis nakedness.
Xow come some de-
tails in a recent letter
from him which fill in
the gaps of the story
and make it almost
epic. Here are some
extracts:
"When I left the City
of Mexico for Torreon,
I intended to be back
in two or three weeks,
but since then I have
been learning that what
a Me.xican promises
and what he fulfills are
two different things. -A
Fritz Wagner.
letter fully detailing my experiences would be 30,000 words
long and such a letter is, of course, impossible.
"For a couple of days I- had nothing to eat and was forced
to drink from the mud puddles of the road. The consequence
was that when I reached Saltillo, w'hen coming back, I was
sick, deadly sick, and became little more than skin and bones.
I am not afraid, whatever may happen, but I never thought
I would come out alive from this trip.
"I have seen four big battles. On each occasion I was
■ threatened with arrest from the Federal general if I took
any pictures. He also threatened on one occasion when he
caught me turning the crank to smash the camera. He would
have done so. too. but for the fact that the rebels came
pretty close just then and he had to take it on the run to
save his hide.
"At Lagruna the battle became a rout and the disorganiza-
tion of the Federal forces was complete. Napoleon's retreat
from Moscow was but a disaster on a larger scale. It was
every man for himself and the Devil (or the rebels) take the
hindmost. I had saved my film and camera (60 lbs.) and
went on foot with this load through the desert for 25 miles.
I saw my end coming. Nobody would carry my stuff nor
could I get a horse at any price. Finally I met a friendly
Indian, who brought me to La Hipolita.
"For five nights I lay on the stones without a blanket, with
my films for a pillow and my camera in my arm. I was
afraid to take more than broken naps for fear my camera
would be stolen. .\s it was, when I finally got back to Mex-
ico after breaking jail I had left only a shirt, trousers, coat
and a pair of shoes. All the rest the rebels got. I tried hard
to save my films, but I guess I am lucky at that. Those that
I brought with me I had in my pockets. The rest made fine
kindling for the campfires of the rebels.
"When I arrived in the City of Mexico I got another
camera from the Pathe agent there and got busy again.
When Huerta heard I was back he sent two secret service
men to the hotel, who confiscated all my papers and films.
They did leave the camera. From then on I had the un-
pleasant experience of seeing myself constantly shadowed.
.•\ny time I would open the door of my room there would
be a murdsrous looking individual standing near by. .\t the
dining table would be another, who w-ould scarce take his
eyes from me. I became so nervous that the running of a
mouse across the room at night would make me jump up in
the bed in a cold sweat. I expected every moment to either
be thrown into some dungeon or else knifed in the back.
A man can stand an out and out fight — it is the deadly dan-
ger constantly impending that wears a man out.
"Finally one day Huerta sent for me and told me to de-
velop the films (under supervision) and project them for him.
He censored the films, had me cut out all the parts unfavor-
able to the Federals and then ordered the 'Salon Rojo' to
show them as advertising for his troops. Huerta was much
pleased with his show, otherwise I would have lost the
films. I saw my chance and decided to beat it before an-
other storm broke. I told the Chief 9f Police that Huerta
had O. K.'d the films and that it was all right for me to go
to Vera Cruz. The Chief was very decent and gave me his
card, which I used as a passport. I hid myself in a freiglit
car and finally got to Vera Cruz O. K.
"When Victor Miller, your cameraman, arrived with a new-
outfit for me, for the first time in weeks I was able to eat
with an appetite and sleep as a man should sleep."
Who of us would care to go through what this young man.
but little more than a boy, has gone through? Surely all ad-
venture, peril and knight errantry have not vanished from the
world, and the day of the dull, stale, flat and unprofitable has
not yet come to take the tang from the lives of men.
Edna Payne.
THE YOUNG L.\DY with the bewitching smile, ever-
laughing eyes and wonderful ease of manner who has
been captivating the hearts of photoplay fans by her
ingenue characterizations in recent Eclair Western produc-
tions is the same Edna Payne, who five years ago was a
prime favorite with
the stock-going pub-
lic of Brooklyn and
New York. Miss
Payne w-as the lead-
ing ingenue with the
Corse Payton Stock
Company, the Spoon-
er and Gotham Com-
panies of Brooklyn
and later at the -Acad-
emy of Music, New
York City. .\fter
closing with the ag-
gregation of stock
players at the .Acad-
emy of Music she en-
tered vaudeville and
played the big time
circuit both East and
West, both in single
act and a comedy
playlet, the latter of
which was staged by
the man who is at
present directing the
destinies of the West-
ern Eclair organiza-
tion.
.\ little over three
years ago Miss Payne became deeply interested in the
staging of motion pictures, and after a visit to the Lubin
Film Company while playing a vaudeville sketch in Phila-
delphia she was granted a chance to play a small part in
one of the productions being staged at the studio. Her
natural charm of manner, freedom from self-consciousness
and pretty features made her work an instant hit with the
director and she commenced a stock engagement which
lasted for two years as leading ingenue of the company.
When the train load of Eclair players pulled out for Ari-
zona, she was one of those aboard. .\ recent talk with
Miss Payne disclosed that she immensely prefers the pic-
tures to theatrical work for the simple reason that it
gives her much more time for recreation, reading, sewing
and the various other diversions which delight the hearts of
women.
Her natural breeziness of manner, ability to ride horse-
back and the great love of outdoor sports have proven great
assets in Miss Payne's Western picture work and although
she was born in New York she is strong for that part of
the country where the sun is always shining.
sajim FzAYJTMS
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
441
American Players in England
Miss Turner and Lawrence Trimble are Combining Work
in the "Halls" and in Features.
THE departure, a little over a year ago from the Ameri-
can sliore, of Miss Florence Turner occasioned con-
siderable comment in moving picture circles, and since
Miss Turner's has been unlike the visits of numerous otlicr
American photoplayers who have sojourned temporarily in
Great Britain, it seems (|uitc likely that many readers of the
World will be interested to know exactly what is detaining
the famous ex-Vitagraph star in the "old country."
1 met Miss Turner and her energetic manager. Mr. Larry
Trimble, also formerly with the N'itagraph Company, in Man-
chester recently. She was appearing at a local variety the-
ater, but tliis was not the only object of her visit to tlie cot-
ton ciiuntry. as a few moments' conversation soon elicited
that Miss Turner's
company was at the
moment engaged upon
an ambitious dramatic
production revolving
in theme around Lan-
cashire industrial strife.
"What brought you
and Mr. Trimble to
this country to pro-
duce films on your own
account?" I asked Miss
Turner.
"That question can
be answered in the one
word 'Individuality,' "
she replied. "After six
years strenuous work
ill the Vitagraph stu-
dios I felt a strong de-
sire to get to work of
my own. We came to
F,ngland, Mr. Trimble
and myself, about a
year ago, and through
a working arrangement
with the Hepworth
Company began to pro-
duce our own features.
We have not a large
company of players
and we engage our
supers as we require
them from schools or agencies."
"Speaking of agencies," interjected Mr. Trimljle. "only a
few weeks ago when we were at work upon a drama
'Through the ^■alley of Shadows,' I had to select our
supers from hundreds. Crowds of them came, but only a
few of them were suitable for the vacant posts. It is often
a very difficult thing to secure just the people you want de-
spite the large number of players available. In this con-
nection I had an agreeable surprise at Bary yesterday.
We were taking some factory scenes at the Co-operative
Wholesale Society's mill there and in the strike scene I had
to get three or four hundred work people coming out of the
mill at the time of a strike. A friend of mine had said pre-
viously that I should never be able to drill into these factory
operatives the style of acting required for motion pictures.
But I explained to them as well as I could what I wanted.
I asked them to imagine that they were going to work and
had been told their wages were to be reduced and that the
mill was to be closed. That simple appeal to the imagina-
tion worked wonders. Instead of filing past the camera
shouting and demonstrative, they walked past in a continu-
ous melancholy procession realistically suggestive of a band
of work people having just heard sad news. Their expres-
sions were wonderful, and scarcely one looked at the camera.
It will certainly make one of ttie best scenes in the film."
"HoW' long does your tour with your stage sketches con-
tinue ?" I asked.
"Only a fortnight. We are never away from the studios
for many weeks at a time," said Miss Turner. • "Then when
we are away it does not interfere so much with our work
as you would think. While we were appearing at a theater
in South Wales, for instance, we took some of our scenes
for 'Through the Valley of Shadows' in that district, and
now while we are in Manchester we are making the best of
the opportunity to complete most of the parts of our mill-
girl picture."
"Which of the Turner Films do you consider best and
why," I interrogated.
Florence Turner.
"That is somewhat difficult to say; both 'The Murdoch
Trial' and 'The Harper Mystery' took exceedingly well in
luigland and .\mcrica," said Mr. Trimble. "Perhaps the
preference might be given to the feature we are just com-
pleting, 'Tlirough the Valley of Shadows.' It is an unusual
story and the pliotography has turned out finely. The prin-
cipal movements in the drama center 'round a moving picture
studio and show tlie various processes of film taking. Our
newest picture play, the one we are working upon at Bary,
is one whicli I am convinced will be a success in the States.
We sliall shortly journey to Scotland again to make a few
scenes in a Scottish historical picture in which Miss Turner
will lead witli Jean, her collie dog. We have also good
plots in hand to work upon when we get back to London,
but it is our intention to visit the Continent. In fact, we
may go to Italy next winter."
"Don't you contemplate returning to the States again?"
"Not for some consideraljle time yet," said Miss Turner.
"1 shall probalily return for a short visit to New York
next Christmas if my
vaudeville engagements
will permit nie to do
so."
Both Miss Turner
and Mr. Trimble are of
the opinion that the
moving picture is rap-
idly coming into its
own in England. "The
theaters here are much
more elaborate than
those in .'America," says
Mr. Trimble. "I visited
one in Glasgow that I
could not believe was
a moving picture exhi-
bition. To me it seem-
ed fiiore like a large
hotel, and instead of
watching pictures I felt
I should have been ask-
ing for a cocktail." Mr.
Trimble also thinks
there is a growing dis-
satisfaction amongst
manufacturers with the
e.xisting principle of
censorship. "Let us
have a censor," he add-
ed, "but not one with - _, . , ,
arbitrary powers." Lawrence Trimble.
As the result of her varied activities, Miss Turner has
achieved an enviable position in the esteem of the British
amusement-loving public. She is in great demand in the
various music halls, where her sketches are alwaj's well
received, and the photoplays in which she appears are
invariably big drawing cards in the kinematograph theaters
throughout the British Isles, as well as on the Continent.
Attesting this popularity, it was announced not long ago
that Miss Turner had polled the largest number of votes
of any of the women candidates for honors in a prize con-
test recently conducted by "Pictures and Picture Goers," a
popular British kinematograph publication.
In her early career as a photoplay acress, while a mem-
ber of the Vitagraph Company of .\merica forces. Miss
Turner became quite popular in Great Britain, which has
always shown a decided preference for American-made
pictures, and it was therefore quite natural that she should
be welcomed witli open arms when she and Mr. Trimble
arrived in England for the purpose of perpetuating on the
kinematograph screen incidents and scenes of British life.
It is with considerable gratification, too, that the popular
.American star's English friends hear from the States that
the Florence Turner comedies are doing so much toward
raising the English photoplays to a position of prominence
which is more in keeping with the importance of Great
Britain than was the position occupied by English pictures
ntade some years ago. This realization that Miss Turner
and her associates are helping the standing of the English
photoplay is, moreover, helping the popular American play-
ers in their work here, for the English public seem only
too willing to co-operate when they are called upon to help
in the production of the Turner pictures. Factories and
homes are thrown open for the American players in order
that the required touches of realism may be secured, and
nothing seems too much trouble for the Britisher to do when
the interests of Miss Turner — and incidentally of the kind
of English photoplays she has been producing far some
time — are at stake. — J. B. S.
442
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What Are We Coming To?
By Frank E. Woods.
IF the amazing floods of feature pictures that are now
being offered to the exhibiting market has occasioned
alarm among many seasoned friends of motion picture
art, it is not altogether to be wondered at. There appears
to be no end to them. All that seems necessary to turn
out a great "masterpiece" is a camera, an alleged story and
a "come-on" with a pocketful of money to back the enter-
prise. The streets are full of "actors" and "directors," so-
called, and the resulting film can be advertised and booked
as the greatest thing ever, with just as much freedom as
can the picture of real merit.
The alarm over this over supply of rubbish comes from
the thought that it may soon disgust the public with all
motion pictures, and
thus set back the art,
if not irretrievably, at
least appreciably.
While it is true that
the big feature craze
is drawing a new
public to the lure of
the moving film —
people who have
never patronized the
shorter pictures to
any extent — it is at
the same time feared
that pictures so bad-
ly produced as are
many of those now
beino- exhibited can-
not hold this new
public, and in the end
will drive them back
to the theater, never
to be reclaimed.
While these fears
are not without rea-
son, as any one must
testify who is ac-
quainted with true
picture art and who
has condemned himself for one or a number of evenings
to sit through the torture of some of these amateur offer-
ings. I cannot bring myself to believe that the outlook is
as foreboding as it may seem. Not all of these features are
bad. and is it not more reasonable to hope that the disease
will cure itself?
How did it all come about? Originally all motion pic-
tures were mere fragments except the prizefight films.
v.hich were the first long subjects produced. Topical and
dramatic films were from fifty to one hundred feet in
length. Then came the longer dramas and comedies, which,
about six years ago, with the advent of D. W. Griffith as a
director, began to develop along artistic lines. With the
improvement in quality came a tremendous increase in
business, and .American producers made money so rapidly
that for a time they imagined that they had solved the
secret of the public taste. Because thej' had succeeded so
amazingly with pictures limited to one thousand feet, they
argued that the public would stand nothing longer, and.
besides, the single reel was the basis of the weekly service
schedules. A few saw further into the future, but they
were not the ones who held the pursestrings and their
opinions went for nothing.
There were not wanting significant, tangible indications of
what might be done with American multiple reels three
years or more ago. as I now recall. The Vitagraph Com-
pany made an experiment with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in
three reels, which it sent out a reel at a time, and the
profitable result was such that it should have been a
lesson to every producer. It went by, however, comparative-
ly unnoticed. Xine producers out of ten continued to de-
clare that the public would never sit out a long subject.
It was not until a few rather pretentious three and four
reel subjects came over from Europe and the state rights
plan began to be popular that any considerable thought
was given on this side to feature productions. Even then
the old line companies, as I shall call them, were slow to
wake up. They were making too much money from their
regular weekly releases based on the one reel unit.
It was "Quo Vadis?" in eight reels that awakened the
menagerie and set it howling. George Kleine's clean-up
on that one picture convinced everybody in the business.
Frank E. Woods.
and the Lord knows how many outside of it, that the big,
quick fortunes of the future would be in the long multiple
feature. "Quo Vadis?" big only in its length, its magni-
ficent settings and its really capable acting in spots, never-
theless held its spectators and broke all records for at-
tendance. If "Quo \'adis?" could do all that, what could
not a real, live, honest-to-goodness motion picture of similar
length do?
But still the old-liners saw not. They grudgingly in-
creased to two or three reels and occasionally four, and
some of them made the error of padding out short sub-
jects by the simple expedient of "stalling" in front of the
camera and lengthening the footage in each scene. They
left it for the outsiders, the incompetent, the inexperienced,
the theatrical adventurers, to jump in and seize the golden
opportunity. So the old-line manufacturers have only them-
selves to blame if they find much of their business stolen
away from them by a class of producers who have, with a
few honorable exceptions, learned as yet not the first rudi-
ments of the new art. And the honorable exceptions, it
should be noted, drew on the expert picture makers for
their management and direction.
And what a ruthless slaughter the inexperienced new-
comers are making of the rich dramatic material in their
hands? When one thinks of the vandalism they are guilt)'
of. one can only shudder in genuine sorrow. Great plays
and great dramatic novels are seized upon bj- these reckless,
unskilled butchers and are ground out into so many links
of moving picture sausage. The title of a play orbook or
the name of a great stage star is about all there is to the
most of them to recommend them to the attention of the
public. For a time these have sufficed, so great is the draw-
ing power of the motion picture. But nobody competent to
judge believes it can last, and hence the tears of many
of the old-line picture makers who now see good picture
material being wasted while a good share of the money of
the dear public goes into the coffers of those who formerlj-
scoffed at the films. If it were not so tragic it would be
funny, and I am not sure it is not funny in spite of its
iragedy.
Can we help smiling when we observe the gloom of the
old-liners at the temporary success of the enemy they had
feared and shunned, until recently, as one would a rattle-
snake?
I well remember how the manufacturers of the earlier
days dreaded the ogre of the theatrical man. If they saw-
one coming they would cross to the other side of the street.
No theater manager must ever be permitted to get so much
as the end of his nose into the picture business. This great
juicy picture field was all their mutton, and they proposed
to devour it. meat, bone and gristle, all by themselves. I
recall on one occasion when a theatrical manager of the
highest repute proposed to join with them in a small way.
It would have given them the benefit of enterprising theat-
rical methods in exploiting and production, without hamper-
ing the artistic development of the pictures. It would have
added to the mental equipment of the manufacturers the
very element they lacked — an expert knowledsre of the art of
catering to the public. It would incidentally have intro-
duced into the pictures in a regular way and under proper
auspices one of the greatest living American stars. Right
there the old-line manufacturers had their chance to fore-
stall the very movement that has since overwhelmed the
most of them, and they turned it down. They made no
secret of the reason: they feared the very idea of a theatrical
man. How. then, can we fail now to enjoy, just a little,
their discomfiture? Theatrical men were bound to come
into the business and they have now come in. as it happens,
mostly by themselves, and although they are making a mess
of it. it is not they who are suffering most — it is the old-
line manufacturers.' who are now scrambling, some of them,
for theatrical connections that are either worthless or too
late.
On the other hand, let us take a good smile at some ot
these same theatrical people, managers and players who
have latelv stepped so jauntily and' condescendingly into
pictures. 'Could there be anything more truly laughable
than the figure they cut? Yesterday scorning, scoffing, jeer-
ing at the pictures: today fawning, strutting and pretendmg
to save them! How long ago was it that one manager glee-
fully declared in a theatrical journal that they (the theatrical
men) had the pictures on the run? Today he is grand y
announcing "masterpieces" in the films. His stock of old
plays will be hashed over in the prevailing wretched way,
ruining their future possibilities if they have any, and he
will hope to retrieve his theatrical losses by trymg to
bunco the picture public as he so long buncoed the theater
public. I'll wager a few that he finds himself too late,
He scoffed just about six months too long.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORM)
443
And then there arc the belated actors and directors who
are "elevating" the picture art — yes, "elevating" is the word.
Listen to their talk, and then laugh! Watch their perform-
ance and laugh some more! They have come into the pic-
tures purely to show the old-timers Itow to put them on
and how to act them. They declare that the regular picture
makers, producers and players don't half appreciate the
I grand possibilities of the films. "Just watch us and we'll
show you a thing or two!" Then they proceed to show us
the same old stage stuff that the public long since sickened of
— the bombastic acting of the past — all coupled with the most
ignorant disregard of the carefully developed technic of the
motion picture. Some day these "elevators" may learn that
the very first principle of motion picture playing is to be
human — natural. The very essence of the successful mo-
tion picture drama is the illusion of reality. Very few of
the new comers seem to realize this.
What will be the outcome? There should very shortly
be a clearing of the atmosphere, so far as features are con-
cerned. Those who have rushed into the business unpre-
pared by experience will find themselves without a market
for their worthless wares. The public learns rapidly, and
will not for a very long time pay good money for nothing
but a name. On the other hand those recruits who have
wisely joined with trained producing companies, may last
and prosper thereby. Meanwhile the established companies,
adjusting themselves to circumstances and having the expert
people to properly produce the features of the future will
fill the public demand so w-ell that they will gain back the
business they now appear to have partly lost.
Incidentally, copyrighted books and plays, becoming re-
duced in available quantity, will give place to original sub-
jects written primarily or jointly for motion picture ex-
ploitation. It has been quite clear from the first that
some day great fiction authors will have in practical mind
possible picture royalties in the same w-ay that they have
long figured on possible stage royalties, and they will frame
their stories wisely for picture adaptation. Many of them
think the}' are doing this now, and have extravagant ideas
of the value of picture rights in their books. Eventually
they will learn just what is needful and will write especially
for the pictures or with picture rights in careful view.
-A.S for the one and two reel pictures, issued in regular
programs, I cannot see that they will ever entirely die out.
There is the same reason for their continued profitable ex-
istence as there is for the magazine and short story in the
printer's world and for the vaudeville branch on the speak-
ing stage. There will always be a demand for good short
pictures. If the bad ones die oflf who will weep? Speed
the day!
CHRISTY MATHEWSON SIGNS WITH UNIVERSAL.
Christy Mathewson, the Bix Six of the New York Giants
and perhaps the world's best-known baseball star, is to ap-
pear exclusively in a series of comedies and dramas for the
Universal Film Manufacturing Company. This was deter-
mined when Christy's name was finally secured to a contract
several days ago. This contract will run for a period of
one j'ear and calls for at least one release of two reels in
length every month.
As to who will play opposite Christy, has not yet been de-
termined upon. However, the plays will be staged for the
most part at the New York Imp studio. Credit for the
securing of Christy Mathewson is indirectly due to Joe
Brandt, manager of the "U" Publicity and Advertising de-
partments.
While Christy had not entertained any definite ideas of
entering the picture game prior to a few weeks ago, he was
approached by Mr. Brandt, who talked figures the size of
which the star could not consistently overlook. Consider-
able negotiation was had before the papers were finally
drawn up, but this done, Mr. Mathewson expressed him-
self as thoroughly in tune for the undertaking and enthus-
iastic over the prospect.
INDUSTRIAL M. P. CO. FILMING MICHIGAN FOR
PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
The Industrial Moving Picture Co. of Chicago has of-
ficially closed a contract with the Michigan Commission of
the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, whereby it will
put oil film thousands of feet of moving pictures which will
comprehensively and reliably illustrate the industrial activ-
ities, natural resources, beauties, etc., of the State of Michi-
gan. These films will be exclusively exhibited by The In-
dustrial M. P. Co. in the Alichigan Building at the Panarna-
Pacific Exposition during the entire time of the Exposition
at San Francisco. This is one of the biggest industrial
film deals ever put over and there were dozens of film com-
panies bidding for the contract.
John Ince
BEIXG a member of a family distinguished in theatricals
can bring a certain prestige to the player on the stage,
but the screen artist cannot depend upon that aid. Too
often his name is unknown; to the picture public he stands
on his merits alone. So it is that comparatively few people
know the Lubin actor-director. John E. Ince, comes from
a family long known in the annals of the .\merican stage,
and is a brother to Thomas H. and Ralph Ince, noted
directors with tlic .\ew N'ork Motion Picture and V'itagraph
companies respectively.
r ^' < ■ ~1 The Lubin player was
the last to enter the field
of photoplay, making his
first appearance before
the camera in the Phila-
delphia studio one and a
half years ago, and im-
mediately proving him-
self a photoplayer of
power and promise. He
came to the new and
larger public as an actor
with an established repu-
tation and needed only
to sound the possibilities
of the voiceless drama
before permanently cast-
ing his lot with the film
world. Ince's forceful,
intensely virile acting
and robust personality
are as potent on the ani-
mated screen as behind
the footlights.
.\lwa3's having played
parts such as Stephen
Ghent in "The Great Di-
vide"; Messala in "Ben
Hur": and with Blanche
Walsh in "Resurrection."
it is only natural that Mr. Ince should be cast for heroic
characters. He finds fullest expression of his individuality
and temperament in drama of the West, where the con-
flicts involved are those of red blood and brawn. Mr.
Ince's gifts as a director are not less than his art as an
actor. His generalship of the army of supernumeraries em-
ployed in his Civil War production, "The Price of Victory."
written for him by Emmett Campbell Hall, established him
as a director of sensational spectacles.
His modesty and reticence are oddly at variance with the
players' calling. The big actor-director is as shy of news-
paper publicity as a great man. When he leaves the studio
it is to jump into his Hupmobile and speed out of sight.
The greater part of his day has been spent in strenuous
work. He is lost until next morning and then he resumes
the responsibilities of his position, following always the
lure of his ambition — to produce a picture beyond criticism.
John Ince.
UNUSUAL INSTALLATIONS OF MOVING PICTURE
MACHINES.
A few of the recent equipments furnished by the Picture
Theater Equipment Company of 21 East 14th street, New
York City, give a very good idea of how the moving pic-
ture is being used to furnish entertainment and instruction
in all kinds of places as well as in moving picture theaters.
This firm has recently installed an Edison Model D with
Transformer in Dr. Saber's Sanitarium at Kingston on the
Hudson, a Motiograph 1914 motor drive equipment in the
Bloomingdale Hospital for the insane at While Plains and
Power's No. 6 machines in the First Christian Church ana
also in the Presbyterian Church in Ashland, Ky., and in the
Army and Navy Y. M. C. -A. in 28th street. New York City,
and also in the Brooklyn Branch and also a Power's No. 6
machine in the United Odd Fellows Association of Ilion,
N. Y.
This list of recent installations by the company is another
evidence of the steady increase of the moving picture as a
form of entertainment in institutions devoted to the uplift,
education and general benefit of all classes.
EARL METCALFE LOSES HIS MOTHER.
Mrs. Cora B. Metcalfe, mother of Earl Metcalfe of the
Lubin Stock Companj'. died on June 21st, following an op-
eration at the Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati. The deceased
was fifty-six years of age. The funeral took place in New-
port, Kentucky. Earl Metcalfe has the sympathy of the
entire Lubin studio and all his many friends in the trade.
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Among the Picture Theaters.
Apollo Theater, Washington, D. C.
As is befitting to the National Capitol, the city of Wash-
ington, D. C, is well supplied with beautiful, artistic
moving picture houses. These are not confined to any
one part of the city, for they are to be found in the North-
west, the Southwest, the Southeast and the Northeast, and
in this latter section is located the Apollo, at 624 H Street, a
photograph of which is herewith published.
The exterior is of ornamental brick and stone, with lights
over each of the three entrances, and a sign "Apollo" near
the roof. The center of the foyer is arched with two pil-
asters of rough ornamental brick at the building line, while
two pilasters at the far end of the arch, with marble bases,
are plastered to match the champagne colored walls. The
walls are paneled and decorated, and set to a height of about
three feet from the floor with marble. The arched way is
brilliantly lighted with a large electric arc and many smaller
lamps. The flooring is a monolithic one, with a mosaic work
border, and the word "Apollo" is inset in mosaic blocks near
the center of the en-
trance. At both sides
are ticket offices. The
foyer is brilliantly lighted
by three additional fix-
tures, chain hung, of the
direct-indirect type.
Entrance to the hand-
some interior is gained
through either of three
pairs mahogany finished
doors, the upper part of
which is set with glass
and curtained. Upon en-
tering the house, one is
immediately struck with
its beauty. A soft light
spreads over the theater
from a dozen electric fix-
tures, chain hung, similar
to those in the foyer.
The huge beams, forming
t h e ceiling supports,
plastered and decorated,
and the large pilasters
at the sides, give an ap-
pearance of massiveness.
The ceiling between the
beams is highly decorat-
ed and the walls between
the pilasters are paneled
with a white embossed border. On each side of the structure
are four stained glass windows which aid the two 36-mch
fans in the proper ventilation of the house. These furnish
ample aid in the summer to keep the house cool, although it
Apollo Theater, Washington, D. C.
is kept open only on rainy or disagreeable nights for the
Apollo Park is operated during the warm months and im-
mediately adjoins. During the cold winter months a modern
heating plant keeps the air at a comfortable and even tem-
perature.
Considerable attention has been given to sanitation and
the comfort of the patrons of the theater. The floor is of
cement and easily kept clean. The chairs, 766 in number, are
roomy and comfortable and are finished in mahogany. Two
retiring rooms, one for ladies, the other for gentlemen, have
been provided and a corps of uniformed ushers are ever ready
to assist patrons in any way they can.
Two Powers 6a machines project a picture, 14 by 18 feet,
on a gold fibre screen from a large and comfortable operator's
station. The films are run off at a uniform speed, without
that rush which so often tends to discourage patronage by
reason of the fact that it appears as though the management
wanted to clear the house in as short a space of time as
possible in order to refill
it with a new audience.
Thus the house is gain-
ing in popularity and is
getting its share of the
business.
.\ change was recently
made in the management
of this theater, and A. N.
Waters now occupies the
office at the rear of the
cashier's desk. Little
need be said of him in the
way of introduction, for
he is well known in the
moving picture field. He
came to Washington
some two or three
months ago following the
completion of a road trip
with George Kleine's
"Quo Vadis," previous
to which time he was
manager of the Prince
Theatre, in Jacksonville,
Fla., and of houses in
the Carolinas, Georgia,
and other Florida cities.
Thus it may be seen that
he has wide experience
in the moving picture
business, and he has had a like experience in vaudeville, the
fortunes of which he followed for a number of years.
C. L. LINZ.
WILLIAM PENN THEATER, PITTSBURGH, PA.
WITH the opening of the William Penn theatre, Pitts-
burgh, Pa., on May 4. there has been bestowed upon
the Iron City the distinction of having one of the best
equipped, most elaborate and costliest motion picture theatres
in the country. The new theater is under the management of
Harry Davis and Tohn P. Harris, the amusement magnates of
Pittsburgh, who leased the house for a long term of years.
The William Penn is located at the corner of Federal and Isa-
bella streets in the center of the downtown district of Pitts-
burgh and on the most widely traveled street in the city. The
central location of the house is of decided advantage to the
attendance as it draws from practically every part of the city.
Built of brick, terra cotta, steel and concrete, the theater
has a pleasing and imposing appearance from Federal street.
The elaljorate design of the facade stands out from the sur-
rounding buildings and at night especially, when the lights
are on full, the William Penn is a brilliant spot. The archi-
tects designs, besides calling for beauty, have made the house
as thoroughly fireproof as it is possible to make.
In the matter of program the house is distinct from the
other motion picture theaters of this city. Before the place
was opened it had been decided to make it an exclusive feature
picture theater, and running under the present program of two
changes of the bill each week the new theater has made a step
forward in the motion picture exhibiting business of the city.
The pictures are changed on Monday and Thursday. The
house opens at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and the running con-
tinues until 11.30 at night. The admission charge is 10 cents.
That an exclusive feature program is popular is shown by
the large nightly attendance. The theater is always filled in
the evening, when, in addition to the pit, the balcony is
opened. The comfort of the patrons of the house has been
especially studied. Every possible adjunct to a well equipped
theater has been secured. A tiled and marbled foyer, deco-
rated with photographs of the stars of the various producing
companies, and tastily set off with huge palms, leads to the
entrance to the auditorium.
Red carpets, hangings and decorations, under the subdued
interior light, make a beautiful appearance, and the entire tone
of the interior is of a restful, quiet type. An indirect lighting
system and perfect ventilation combine with the other features
to make the patron comfortable. The cooling system that has
been installed makes the interior of the house a decided relief
from the heat of the streets.
The orchestra chairs, and in fact, those of the balcony also,
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445
are numbered so that it a change in the present method of
selling tickets makes reserved seats necessary, the plan could
be put into operation at once. The angle of the floor makes
unnecessary the tilting back of the head of the spectator. By
building wide instead of long and making a proper grade in
the floor the screen is brought almost in a direct line with
every spectator's point of vision, and the craning of necks
that is so apparent in many of the new theaters is eliminated
entirely.
The music is furnished by a J2.300 Wurlilzer organ, with
an orchestra attachment. An additional piano is also installed
to make a change from the organ music. In following out the
policy of the management for "complete refinement" only the
very best music is played by the orchestra; no rag-time or so-
called popular music is given to the players and only the most
suitable selections chosen so as to bring out the correct atmos-
phere of the play in progress on the screen is used as an
accompaniment to the pictures.
The screen is placed about fifteen feet back from the foot-
lights on the stage and is enclosed in a shadow-1)ox. At the
present time palms help to create the coolness and repose that
is, so refreshing a change from the outdoor heat. The stage
is so completely equipped that the screen could be removed
and a play or vaudeville program put on at once.
EBBSai^>.L.
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William Penn Theater, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The balcony seats about 300 and contains the same high
quality of opera chair as on the orchestra floor. It is reached
by two interior fireproof staircases, which, running from the
foj'er up each side of the building, turn and meet at one en-
trance to the gallery. On this floor is a waiting room, fur-
nished in wicker furniture, and opening with wide windows
upon Federal street. Here also is a women's retiring room,
and the oftice of the house manager.
Two Powers 6a machines are in the operating room, which
is a model of up-to-date methods for protecting the operator
and conserving light. It is situated above the gallery at the
rear of the building and has a throw of 125 feet. Two ope-
rators are constantlj- on dut}% and these men, in keeping with
the general efficiency of everyone connected with the new-
theater, are thoroughly trained operators and give projection
the careful attention that characterizes a trained man.
A men's smoking room and a women's rest room are also
on the first floor, one to the right and the other to the left of
the auditorium. Five exits in addition to the main entrance
and exit, provide ample exit space in case of an emergency.
Although under the control of Messrs. Harris and Davis, the
new William Penn, as with the other theaters of the Harris-
Davis string, is under the supervision of a house manager.
Charles H. Preston, who was with Keith & Proctor for nine
years, is the manager of the William Penn. Several innova-
tions, such as serving ice water to the audiences, maintaining
a check room, etc., have been inaugurated by Mr. Preston.
That such methods in a motion picture theater are appreciated
by the best class of people may be seen nightly by observing
the general character of the audience. Xightly the curb in
front of the block in which the William Penn is situated, is
lined with motor cars.
The employees of the theater, number seven ushers. On
the night of the opening many handsome floral displays were
sent to the house by friends of the management. Gigantic
horseshoes, bouquets, potted plants, etc., were banked in the
loyer and quite an aflfair was made of the opening of what was
termed by one of the local newspapers the next day, "the
handsomest theater in America."
PENN SQUARE THEATER, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Ot'PORTL'XITV didn't have to use a gavel when it rapped
on the door of Emil C. Myer, of Cleveland, Ohio, man-
ager of the Penn Square Theater, that city. It was
just three years ago when the Penn Square Realty Company
built the pretty little theater at the corner of Euclid avenue
and East 55th street, Cleveland. The beauty of the little
house and the policy adopted by the owners brought about
a great deal of commendatory publicity along about the time
it was opened lor business.
Emil Myer was running a little motion picture house on
Halsted street, Chicago, then, and a short time after the Penn
Square was opened in Cleveland he heard of it. He noted
the location and its advantages — a junction corner through
which a great percentage of Cleveland's trafiic centers; a
business corner, and above all, in a very pretty and high-
class residential section.
Penn Square Theater, Cleveland, Ohio.
So Emil Myer came into possession of Penn Square. He
liked it, saw its big advantages and realized that it was one
place in a hundred for a theater. Since he acquired the
theater it has never been closed a single day.
There are 624 seats in the Penn Square and it is a rare
night, indeed, when each one of those seats is not occupied.
From an architectural standpoint the Penn Square is among
the prettiest in the countrj-. It is imposing without being
gaudy and both exterior and interior decorations have won
high favor in the eyes of artists. There is no mar in the
general effect and the simplicity of the interior arrangement
means an enhanced value to the entertainment. Penn Square
audiences find their theater properly lighted, properly venti-
lated and carefully attuned to their desires for entertainment.
Since his coming to Cleveland, Emil Myer has made his
way into the hearts of his fellow exhibitors and his audiences.
He is a member of the Exhibitors' League.
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one here authorized to present my name to this body and
never has been. One man among my friends asked me a
few moments ago who is to nominate me. I didn't tell
him because I have asked no one to nominate me, and I
hope no one will, I appreciate your friendship, and in fact
I want to be a friend of everybody, and above everything
I want the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League to endure
forever."
(Tremendous applause, after which the members of the
convention stood up and cheered.) After the roll call of na-
tional officers a motion for adjournment for thirty minutes
was carried. On reassembling the convention proceeded to
elect national officers. M. A. Pearce, of Baltimore, was
placed in nomination for national president by M. E. Corey
of San Francisco and seconded by Fulton Brylawski of
Washington, D. C. : he was elected unanimously and made
the following speech of acceptance:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: I certainly consider this
a high honor. When I came from Baltimore I didn't have
any intention of even accepting the presidency of this great
organization, but somebody kept pressing me and pressing
me until they impressed upon my mind the fact that there
is a time in a man's life when a certain duty presents itself
when he must act. even though it means sacrifice for himself.
"I am not going to go into a lengthy talk, as my policy has
always been to talk little and work hard, but I will tell
you that I will do everything in my power to bring about a
harmonious condition among all the exhibitors of the United
States of America. And everything possible to put the
League on a high plane and create a Board of Trade or any-
thing that will benefit the League as a whole. In every in-
stance everything I do, say or think in regard to the League
will be what you men want and not what I want myself. I
will not consider myself personally in any respect, but will
feel it always my duty to act and say what you want and
will be at your disposal for the entire year, at any hour
of the day or any hour of the night."
Election of Officers.
T. P. Finnegan of Texas and W. C. Hubbard of New York
were named and seconded for the office of first national
vice-president, Mr. Finnegan being elected by a vote of
48 to 25. The election of Mr. Finnegan was then made
unanimous. J. R. Carter of Arkansas named M. F. Corey
of San Francisco for second national vice-president, being
seconded by Fulton Brylawski of Washington, D. C. His
election was unanimous. J. E. Phillips of Texas placed in
nomination for national secretary W. R. Wilson of Colum-
bus, O., George H. Wiley, the present national secretary,
seconded. The election was unanimous. For national treas-
urer, O. N. Murray of Richmond, Ind., and Peter Jeup of
Michigan were named and seconded, Mr. Jeup being declared
elected by a vote of 50 to 26. On the motion of Mr. Mur-
ray the election was declared unanimous.
The report of the auditing committee was then read by
Ed Kohl of Cleveland and declared everything correct. The
report of the national secretary showed receipts of $4,746
and disbursements of $4,638. Adjournment was then made
until 2 o'clock.
The afternoon session was an open meeting, during which
addresses were made by representatives of the various manu-
facturers present. Brief remarks by the members of the
meditation committee of the L M. P. A., who were invited
to be present, were also made.
Manufacturers Making Exhibits.
WHATEVER the result of the Dayton Exposition may
be, and it is too early to sum up at this writing (Tues-
day, July 7), the exhibitors can have no complaint
against the manufacturers on the ground of the lack of
interest. Considering the location of the city, the disad-
vantages of the place in which the exposition is located
and the problematic success of the undertaking, it must be
said that the manufacturers have responded splendidly. The
main or major portion of the show was located in the base-
ment of Memorial Hall, and dependent entirely upon arti-
ficial illumination. The ventilation was none too good, even
with the assistance of large ventilating fans. In this base-
ment all the mechanical devices were placed. During the
intervals between the sessions of the convention, held in
the assembly room across the street, there was quite a
business-like hustle among the various booths.
On the main floor of the building booths were laid out
for the film manufacturers and feature film men with other
concerns not having displays of a mechanical nature. The
greater part of Monday was occupied by the manufacturers
in gettmg their exhibits in shape, and by Tuesday morning
the booths presented a good appearance. The firms rep-
resented include the following:
Nicholas Power Company of New York, by Fred W
Swett, Bert Bohannan and Herbert Griffin; a full display
of the Power product was made.
Mott-Le-Gaige Animated .Advertising Company of New
York, in charge of R. T. Ayres and H. L. Levy; demon-
stratiiig the Spiegel animated slide.
National Cash Register Company demonstrated a ticket
selling device.
Krause Manufacturing Company of New York, represent-
ed by M. A. Kraus and Leon Berg; showing a large line
of pictures of photoplayers for lobby display and post cards
of the players.
Egry Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, represented by
R. C. Ellis.
Dayton Power and Light Company, demonstrating its
special lamps and arc lights for theaters.
Ernemann Photo-Kino Works of New York, represented
by H. J. Hoffman; exhibiting printers' perforators, projectors
and cameras.
American Slide Company of Columbus, Ohio, represented
by R. J. Gardiner; showing slides and theater equipment.
Menger & Ring of New York, represented by Jacob Ring;
showing an interesting line of lobby display frames.
Wyanoak Publishing Company, New York, reprsented by
A. H. Byrd, A. A. Cormier and Tom Moore; showing a
complete line of lobby displays.
Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111.,
lepresented by O. F. Spahr and A. F. Sass; demonstrating
the Motiograph projecting machine.
A. J. Miller & Company of Bellefontaine, Ohio, represent-
ed by A. J. Miller, H. F. Miller and W. J. Rawlings;
showing a fine line of lobby display frames in brass and
copper.
Rex Film Renovator Manufacturing Company of Colum-
bus, Ohio, represented by R. D. Harnish and W. C. Moore;
demonstrating a device for cleaning film.
Buquo-Hohman Company, represented by William Hoh-
man; demonstrating a device for extending carbons.
Precision Machine Company of New York, represented by
H. B. Coles and D. F. Cowan; demonstrating the Simplex
projector.
Theater Specialty Company of Cleveland, Ohio,- represent-
ed by George W. Armstrong and W. R. Hughes; showing
a full line of special devices for picture theaters. In the
same booth Miss Bruce represented the Morgan Litho Com-
pany of Cleveland.
Newman Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati, repre-
sented by S. J. Newman and S. Newman; showing a com-
plete line of brass lobby frames.
Fort Wayne Electric Works of Fort Wayne, "Ind., rep-
resented by Julian Speer and Terry King; demonstrating
the Compensarc, rectifier-generator and other electrical de-
vices.
Automatic Ticket Selling and Cash Registering Company
of New York, represented by H. C. Simeral and Mr. Bow-
man: demonstrating ticket selling device.
Columbus Theater Equipment Company of Columbus,
Ohio, represented by Fred P. Reynolds and Leo Dwyer;
showing a line of theater specialties.
.Atsco. Inc.. of New York, represented bv Robert Kane,
H. B. Bryning, F. P. Bloomfield, J. W. Barlow and H. C.
Creedon; showing a very interesting line of devices, in-
cluding radium gold-fibre screen.
Recording and Computing Machine Company of Day-
ton, Ohio, represented by Mr. Whistler and Mr. Whitten;
showing ticket selling device.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company had a large display of
orchestra organs and supplied the music for the main hall
by means of a $10,000 unit-orchestra.
The Typhoon Fan Company provided the ventilating de-
vices for the exposition building and kept the temperature
at a very low degree. Its fans were everywhere.
On the main floor of the hall the Bobbs-Mer'-ill Company
had a big display of its Kathlyn book. All the stores where
books are sold in Dayton made big window displays of
this interesting work.
Other film and feature concerns on the floors were the
Seli? Company, represented by C. L. Hull; Famous Play-
ers Company, by Mr. Burlock; World Film Corporation, by
Earl Painter of Cleveland, and Clay Brehm of Cincinnati;
Lasky Features, by Harry Reichenbach; Warner's Features,
by H. Charnass of Cleveland and A. M. Williams of Cin-
cinnati: -Ml Star Features, by Joseph Farnham; Universal
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447
Film Manufacturing Company, by Joe Brandt; Pathe and
Eclectic Companies, by John Pelzer; Eastman Kodak Com-
pany, by George A. Blair; Essanay Film Manufacturing
Company, by Vernon R. Day; Schroeder Art Flowers, by
Mr. Schroeder of Cleveland.
The Bartola Organ Company was unable to get space
in the Exposition Hall and made a demonstration at the
Savoy Roof Garden.
Samuel Lapin of Philadelphia demonstrated his "Drumona"
piano attachment in the booth of Atsco, Inc., which concern
is handling it. He had many investigators.
FIRST SALE OF SUBJECTS AT AUCTION.
The New York Film Mart Inaugurates Its Novel Scheme .
and Many Buyers Attend.
IN further support of tlie contention that motion pic-
tures are no longer a luxury, but a staple necessity of
life, there was lield in New York City Tuesday, July 7,
what is said to have been tlie first auction sale of pictures
ever conducted in this country. The affair was of the plain,
old-fashioned type — sandwiches and coffee being provided
for prospective buyers in precisely the same way that a
"spread" is made a part of the sale of any old farm where
pigs, chickens, horses, implements, etc., are going under the
hammer — and the products of various well-known producers
•of motion picture films merely took the place of the pigs,
chickens, etc.
The novel sale was held by the New York Film Mart
in its offices at 126 West Forty-sixth street, and was ar-
ranged by Frank Winch, a well-known amusement publicitj'
promoter who is prominent in the affairs of the recently
organized company.
The sale lasted throughout the day. It is a conservative
estimate that fully SOO interested film men. representing
all branches of the industrj', were in attendance, going and
coming as they did as the professional auctioneer cried
his wares. During one of the early hours more than fifty
people were counted in the projection room where the sale
was being conducted. It is only fair to say that most of the
visitors were attracted by the novelty of the idea, but that
the venture was a business success is indicated by Mr.
Winch's announcement that the auctions are to be continued,
a sale being held on an average of once a. week.
The designation of the New York Film Mart explains
the auction plan of the company's selling scheme. The
concern has been organized for the purpose of trading in
motion pictures in the broadest sense of the term. In con-
junction with two other companies that occupy the same
suite of offices in the Leavitt Building, the New York Film
Mart control not a few feature pictures which are being
handled in the usual manner, either by the sale of state
rights or rentals to individual exhibitors. As a more im-
portant feature of the business, however, the company is en-
gaged in the business of "moving" for producers and other
state right and rental concerns such of their products as
may be placed in its hands. The auction sales, it is said, are
to be only one of a number of novel sales plans which are
to be adopted in this business of "moving" film merchan-
dise.
The prices obtained varied considerably, but there were
many instances where the negative and one print of a sub-
ject sold for IS cents a foot.
KENNETH CASEY BOUND FOR AFRICA.
Kenneth Casey, the Vilagraph Boy, is still on his lour
(if the world. The Moving Picture World has just received
a letter from the young man's chaperon dated June 8 and
written aboard the R. M. S. "Armadale Castle." while that
vessel was making its way along llu- i«iast of Spain. I he
letter reads as follows:
Kenneth Casey, known to the world as the \ itagrapli
Boy, is on his way to South .Vfrica, and will play the prin-
cipal cities there, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Dur-
ban, Gcrmiston. He has had a verv successful six months
in England and Scotland, and has been headlincr over some
of the best artists tlierc. He went to the Derby at hpsom
Downs, England, and placed his first bet on a horse named
Oriby. He said 'IThe old nag wasn't heard of. Just think
of how many nice things I could have had to eat for those
five shillings. This is my first and my last bet. Never
again!"
CULLEN NOW MANAGER FOR S. Z. POLL
Thomas H. Culleii, who for several years managed the
chain of theaters for Aechtler & McKenney, located at Re-
vere Cliftondale, and Peabody, Mass., is now connected
with the S. Z. Poli Theatrical Enterprises, as manager ol
the Palace Theater, Hartford, Conn., the handsomest house
on the Poli Circuit, which opened May 25. Since the
opening, the Palace has been playing to capacity, the vaude-
ville and motion pictures being above the average tor a
popular-price house. Mr. Cullen is well known among the
theatrical circle in Massachusetts and is very popular with
the profession, he being for some years a performer himselt.
HECTOR DION WITH FLORENCE TURNER CO.
A letter received by the Moving Picture World announced
the arrival in Endand of Hector Dion for the purpose of
joining the Florence Turner company of photoplayers. Di-
rector Larry Trimble, who wrote the letter, told that Dion
was at work producing a Turner comedy the second day
POTIKER'S VISIT TO THE FATHERLAND.
A. Potiker, a widely known figure in the feature film rental
and moving picture theater business in Ohio, who returned
from Europe July 4, is known in Cleveland as the "boy
wonder," having amassed a small fortune in the moving
picture business upon the capital earned by selling news-
papers. He left for his Fatherland in April on a pleasure
trip. After touring the Continent he went to his birth-
place in Bartfa, Lower Hungary, from which town he
came to America about seven years ago as an emigrant,
to starve or eat, according to his luck, there being too
many mouths to fill under the Potiker roof.
He was immediately spotted as being eligible for the
army. Then started his troubles. He asserted his acquired
American spirit so loudlv that two other policement aided
the first copper in escorting Potiker to the police station.
They didn't find any bombs for archdukes concealed about
him, but they did find a bank-roll that compelled respect,
as did also his persistent conversational waving of the red,
white and blue.
The United States consul was summoned and backed up
Potiker's claims to American citizenship. He was forth-
with released, but the affair somewhat took the pleasure
away from his visit to the ancestral manse. Potiker has
decided that when he again wants to see the home town
that he'll look it up in a geography and let it go at that.
Florence Turner's First Leading Man, Hector Dion (with
script). Producing His First Picture With the Florence
Turner Co., at Surrey, England.
after his arrival from the United States, and that he was
playing a small part in the corned" in addition to producing
it. The announcement will be received with interest by
many who have long awaited a renewal of the combination
which proved so effective in the early Vitagraph days.
GRAND CENTRAL EXPOSITION MANAGER'S NEW
JOB.
F. E. Samuels, manager of the Moving Picture Exposition
in New York for the last two years, is now hard at work
promoting the "first American Manufacturers' and Sales-
men's Cruise." The scope of this enterprise is to extend
American commerce in Central and South America and the
West Indies and includes a trip of 120 days by the S. S.
Kroonland, sailing October 14, 1914.
FINE PORTRAIT OF MARY PICKFORD.
The Wyanoak Publishing Company of New York has
produced an unusually good lobby portrait of Mary Pick-
ford by its photo-gelatine process, which was demonstrated
recently at the New York Film Trade Exposition. The por-
trait of Miss Pickford is hand colored and has been attract-
ing much attention in the lobby of the Strand Theater in
New York.
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THE AlOVING PICTURE WORLD
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"LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS" (GT. NORTHERN).
THE Great Xorthern Film Company has secured the film
rights to the famous novel. "Lay Down Your Arms,"
by Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, the noted Austrian
authoress and exponent of universal peace, who died in
Vienna on Tune 21 last. The Great Northern Company is
now at work on an elaborate five-part production of this
literary gem. which was an international success when pub-
lished in 1890.
"Lay Down Your .\rms." vividly pictures the miseries
which war causes in the
homes of the combat-
ants. It paints the
glories of war as only
sham. victories, not
worth the terrible sacri-
fices of human lives that
are exacted.
Baroness von Suttner
had, for many years, es-
poused the cause of
peace, her own life hav-
ing been embittered by
the horrors of war.
When a girl she had
been betrothed to Prince
Adolf Wittgenstein, who
was killed in a battle.
She won the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1905. In
fact, it is said that her
great activity in the in-
terests of arbitration
was what prompted Dr.
j -Alfred B. Nobel to offer
his peace prize. She
was at one time secre-
tary to Dr. Nobel and
was a member of the .Advisory Council of the Carnegie
Peace Foundation.
The Baroness was born in 1843, the daughter of Field
Marshall Count Franz von Kinskj'. She was married to
Baron Gundaar von Suttner in 1876. It was her book, "Lay
Down Your .Arms," which made her famous and she also
attracted wide attention as editor of "Die Waffen Nieder"
("Lay Down Your .Arms"), the magazine of the International
Peace Bureau in Berne, named after her novel. She was
Honorary President of the International Peace Bureau at
Berne, and she founded the Austrian Peace Society. The
Baroness traveled all over Europe, lecturing and enlisting
followers in her cause. Her husband worked with her un-
til he died in 1902. She visited America twice, in 1904 and
in 1912.
Baroness von Suttner wrote more than thirty novels and
novelettes, among which "Lay Down Your Arms" ranked
foremost. Some of her other works were: "The Inventory
of a Soul;" "The Age of Machinery," a journal of the
Hague Peace Conference in 1900; "Martha's Children," a
sequel to "Lay Down Your Arms;" "Letters to a Dead
Man;" "The Great Thoughts of Humanity," and "The
Romance of an Author."
Baroness Bertha Von Suttner.
SEVEN PROMINENT STARS IN FAMOUS PLAYERS
COMPANY.
The largest number of stars that ever worked simulta-
neously before the camera of one concern are now gathered
at the studio of the Famous Players Film Company, on
West 26th street, New York.
The long list of stage celebrities thus engaged in record-
ing the visual part of their art on the screen include May
Irwin. Henrietta Grossman, William Farnum, William Court-
leigh. Marguerite Clark. Pauline Fredericks and Mary Pick-
ford.
Maj- Irwin is engaged in a film version of her comedy
success. "Mrs. Black is Back," by George V. Hobart. Will-
iam Farnum is being presented in "The Sign of the Cross,"
Wilson Barrett's masterpiece. Henrietta Grossman will be
featured in "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch," a strong, emo-
tional domestic problem play, by Mrs. Burton Harrison.
William Courtleigh is appearing in "The Better Man," by
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the production of which is now
nearing completion. Marguerite Clark is cast in the title
role of "Wildflower," the novel by Mary Germaine.
Mary Pickford is engaged in a film version of "Behind
the Scenes," a charming play of theatrical life by Margaret
Mayo, author of "Baby Mine." Pauline Frederick is now in
Italy appearing in Hall Caine's greatest work. "The Eternal
City," the film adaptation of which is being produced in
elaljorate form under the direction of Edwin S. Porter and
Hugh Ford.
The negatives of these various productions, promising to
be among the most pretentious yet released by the Famous
Players, represent an initial cost of $300,000.
NEW CALIFORNIA PRODUCING CO. FORMED.
The L'nited Keanograph Film Manufacturing Company of
Fairfa.x, California, has been organized, built its studio and
spent appro-ximately $65,000 upon its first feature, without
anything being known about it in the East, and without pub-
licity of any other kind. James Keane is president and gen-
eral manager of this new organization.
Work has been in progress since Mr. Keane's Christmas
visit tJ New York, and in the opinion of the moving picture
men on the coast he has been building a studio that is worth
making great photoplays in. Sol Lesser, general manager of
the Colgate Feature Service, has contracted for the first pro-
duction for the eleven states of his territorv.
United Keanograph Film Mfg. Co., Fairfax, Cal.
From right to left: E. M. Asher. of the Golden Gate Film Exchange:
Irving Ackerman, director of the O rpheum Circuit, and owner of a
string of theaters from Los Angeles to San Francisco; D. J. Grau-
man, associate and Western Representative of the Marcus Loew Enter-
prises, and owner of Grauman's Imperial Theater, San Francisco :
James F. Keane, Director-in-Chief of the United Keanograph Film
Mfg. Co., and Maurice Asher, a San Francisco attorney.
This production will run into six or eight reels. The name
has not been announced. Nothing has been heard as to the
identity of the actors and directors.
Invitations will be issued for a special performance proba-
bly to be given in the Imperial, one of the finest motion pic-
ture theaters in San Francisco, which theater is controlled by
D. J. Grauman and his son. Sid Grauman. Mr. Keane will
probably make the trip to New York soon with Sol Lesser,
who is e.xpected to arrive within a few days.
THE TYPHOON FAN.
The Typhoon Fan Co. of 1544 Broadway, New York, has
been very much in evidence at this year's conventions, both
in New York and in Dayton, O. The big exhaust fans
that were in use on the mezzanine floor of the Grand
Central Palace, New York, were installed by the Typhoon
Fan Co. as their part of the model theaters at that ex-
hibition. The Typhoon fan is very much in evidence at the
current exposition of the M. P. E. L. of A. at Dayton, O.
These fans are powerful, big exhaust blowers averaging six
and eight feet in height and are the kind that can be had
by few dealers, if any, other than the Typhoon Fail Co.
These fans are wonderful ventilators and their power is
extraordinary. It is doubtful if there are any fans bigger
and stronger than the Typhoon fan.
CHANGES IN PATHE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT.
P. A. Parsons, hitherto publicity agent for Pathe films, has
turned over to Mr. Johnston of Eclectic, the publicity depart-
ment and himself assumes charge of a new department
devoted to posters, etc. The poster question has been
receiving more and more attention from Pathe, until now
it is felt that there should be one department devoted
to getting out the best posters in the business. Pathe has
now a staflf of five or six first-class artists who are de-
voting their whole time to making sketches for Pathe
posters with a punch.
THE MoviKr, picrrki'. world
449
Manufacturers' Advance Notes
"VALUE RECEIVED" (Victor).
It would seem that the old "barn-storminK" days, when
companies went out into the tank towns and played to the ap-
plause of decayed vegetables, slept on the trunks and seldom
got salaries, had passed. Here and there, perhaps, one does
find a company of players, even now, who still mark time to
adventurous and precarious ways of old, fighting a losing bat-
tle against the theatrical "trust," but enjoying it withal. It is
mostly the left-overs, who can spin rare tales; who have
passed through a wealth of experience that makes for fiction
and romance.
In "Value Received" it is as thou.gh one of those old-timers
turned over one of the leaves of his life and read us a story,
rife with atmosphere of days past, rich in romance, vivid in
action, which can only come from real life, never from a word
juggler. The spectators are carried out into one of those old-
time, rough ranch towns of the West to move among the ac-
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tors of a human drama of big appeal. You see and learn to
appreciate what these "barn-stormers" had to face, to appre-
ciate the good and the bad in them; also the audience is set
before you in review and out of the audience comes a ranch-
man to protect an actress, where her degraded husband had
failed, against the insults of his townspeople. It is the be-
ginning of the story that develops with rare originality, fresh
humor and considerable excitement. J. Warren Kerrigan is
the hero-ranchman in this play. \'era Sisson is seen as the
little leading lady of the theatrical company, who finds in the
blunt cattleman all the manhood which her husband lacks.
George Periolat, a man who has actually lived many of the
incidents in this play, is seen as the husband manager. The
Universal presents these splendid actors in "N'alue Received"
for your consideration. Released July 20.
CORRECTION CONCERNING MARGUERITA SYLVA.
Several weeks ago a notice was published in the trade
press referring to Marguerita Sylva and her work in the
forthcoming George Kleine production of "Carmen," in
which Madame Sylva plays the title role. The notice stated
that Madame Sylva "Had been brought to this country by
the famous English Actor, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, for
an extended American tour in 1896." Madame Sylva's legal
advisors state that such was not the case and that the dis-
semination of such information is damaging to Madame
Sylva's artistic and social success. Her first American Tour
was inaugurated in November, 1896, when she came to this
countrj' starring in "Carmen."
"FOGG'S MILLIONS" (Vitagraph).
The charm of this picture, besides the strong action and
excellent photography, lies in the depiction of a phase of
life that seems to be a modern tendency, the desire to gain
possession of money and position at no matter what cost.
A young adventuress, regardless of her marital relations,
determines to get possession of old "Fogg's Millions." She
Scene from "Fogg's Millions" (Vitagraph).
succeeds through cajolery and pretended love in making
him her husband. When the old man discovers her decep-
tion, he is stricken with apoplexy and dies from the shock.
She is arrested with her accomplice and "Fogg's Millions"
are claimed by the rightful heirs. The intensely dramatic
character of the play is more than evident in the hands of
\'an Dyke Brooke, as old Fogg, and Norma Talmadge, as
the adventuress. Their support is more than adequate, fill-
ing their several roles with great credit; Rose Tapley, Bea-
trice McKay, Kalman Matus and Harry Kendall. A drama
of this nature always makes a decided impression, because
it expresses the truth in a direct and unmistakable way.
Words fail to convey what the eye can see. This picturiza-
tion of one of the prevalent weaknesses of the present day
is a source of great satisfaction to those who liave thought
upon its enormity, but have not had within themselves the
power to properly express their opinions. It is one of the
greatest sermons on the sacrifice of woman's love to Mam-
mon, of youth to the golden calf of avarice, and the idoliz-
ing of position and wealth above character and all its virtues.
VICTOR ANIMATOGRAPH MACHINE.
The manufacturers of this machine advise that the sales of
their machine for the past few weeks have compelled them
to make a large addition to their factory equipment. They
expect to be in position to care for greatly increased busi-
ness by the end of August. They claim highly satisfactory
illumination and brilliancy of image from the optical sys-
tem of the Animatograph. The simplicity of the lamp ad-
justment for feeding the carbons is another feature that
they are proud of. Among the other advantages claimed
for this machine is the standardization of all parts, making
repairs a simple matter, the direct connection to lamp socket
or main line, eliminating special wiring and its portable ad-
vantage on account to light weight. The machine takes the
standard size of film.
KLEINE ISSUES CORRECTION. .
It is reported in the current issue of a film journal that
George Kleine is soon to release Belasco's "Heart of Mary-
land," with Mrs. Leslie Carter in the title role. This is an
error, as George Kleine has no interest in that production.
450
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"KATE WATERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE."
( Powers).
There is no use denying that people like to be thrilled,
mystified and held in suspense, and no play or story seems to
accomplish this as well as those which diclose the methods
and workings of a detective. In "Kate Waters of the Secret
Service" we have a real detective play that has the added
virtue of romance and human-interest; and it is a girl, young
and charming, who tackles the big problem of running down
criminals: work that is usually left for men to do. The char-
acter of Kate Waters was conceived and put into form by
Harry G. Stafford and Calder Johnstone, both of the Univer-
Scene from "Kate Waters of the Secret Service" (Powers).
sal's West Coast scenario department and experienced sce-
nario writers. Basing the plot on a domestic tragedy which
happens at a United States army post tlie writers have made
a story which will undoubtedly hold you in a firm grip of
suspense and mystery. It was written for Edna Maison, who
is featured in the title role. Miss Maison as an agent of
Uncle Sam takes up the task of unraveling vague clues and
matching her wits against hard circumstances and men. It
affords the leading lady an opportunity to do a character en-
tirely original; away from anything heretofore attempted.
Charles Giblyn, one of the Universal's new directors, pro-
duced the piece. In two reels, released July 24.
"ALLAH 3311" (Eclair).
This is the title of an exciting mystery play which will
be released by the Eclair Film Company on Wednesday,
July 22d. The leading roles in this three-reel production
are portrayed by O. A. C. Lund and Barbara Tennant, and
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the storv centers about the activities of the Rumanian se-
cret societies in Washington and their final undoing by Miss
Tennant as the girl detective. This film calls for the stag-
ing of some exceptionally good thrills, and Mr. Lund took
a company of Eclair players to \\'ashington in order to
secure the proper atmosphere and detail.
"CODES OF HONOR" (Lubin).
The story of Marie Bowditch is very dramatic and worthy
of a big stage production. However, the photoplay has
evidently lost no point of interest and tells the tale with
wonderful intensit}'. Marie, brought up to be a pickpocket
end criminal, pays her debt to justice, and with her little
boy Robert finds a new life full of hope and happiness.
Scene from "Codes of Honor" (Lubin).
Fifteen years pass, and the Nemesis of her early life breaks
with fury over her head and comes not only near wrecking
her future but destroying the love and happiness of her
son. Fate, however, wills it otherwise, and the end of the
story brings sunshine to two families. The Code of Honor
is a big factor in the denouement and gains a mighty victory
for a man sorely tempted to withhold a proof. The story
is written by H. A. Hallett and staged by Lloyd B. Carleton
with a powerful Lubin cast, including the well-known emo-
tional actress, Ormi Hawley.
"THE MYSTERIOUS MAN OF THE JUNGLE."
(Nash Motion Picture Co.).
The first of a series of wild animal features, now being pro-
duced by the recently formed Nash Motion Picture Company,
has been completed under the personal supervision of Thom-
as S. Nash and "Big Otto" at their studio and zoo in Los An-
geles and will shortly have its advance showing in New York
Scene from "The Mysterious Man of the Jungle" (Nash).
and London. The picture is four reels in length and depicts
the romance and life of a young California couple who be-
come the victims of fate in a strange and thrilling chain of
circumstances which reach a sensational climax in the animal-
infested interior of Africa. The accompanying illustration is
taken from one of the man}' exciting scenes which make this
a really extraordinary feature. Taking the success of this
first production as a criterion the Nash company will un-
doubtedly find its product in very popular demand by exhibit-
ors throughout the country. The release date on "The Mys-
terious Man of the Jungle" has not been announced as yet.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
451
"THE SOB SISTER" (Rex).
John Tracy, managing editor of the Times, is one of those
relentless fellows who believes in the publication of news re-
gardless of whom it hits or the harm that it may do to inno-
cent persons. Eventually he receives a lesson not to be for-
gotten. When the shoe came to be fitted on his own foot it
was a diflferent story. Incidentally there is a real, moving love
plot woven into the story. \cll Gwynn. Times reporter, who
comes under the newspaper sobriquet of "sob sister," is the
girl. Bert Randolph, sporting editor on the same paper, is
Scene from "The Call of the North" (Lasky).
the man. Xell is sent out to get a story on a girl who has run
away from boarding school. Nell gets the story and saves
the girl from an awful fate, but — well, the girl happened to be
the daughter of Trac}'. managing editor. Tracy didn't know
that when he forced Nell to write the story. When he found
out — but see the play. It is located in a newspaper office, at
least a large part of the action, and one of the big climaxes.
Anna Little and Herbert Rawlinson, two of Universal's
cleverest stars, are seen in the lead roles. James Dayton,
editor of the Universal's scenario department on the Coast,
wrote the script from the original story by Henr^• Care.
Otis Turner is the director. This is a two-reel production,
to be released July 16.
"THE CALL OF THE NORTH" (Lasky).
In "The Call of the North." in which Robert Edeson is ap-
pearing in the leading role, which he created, the Jesse L.
Lasky Feature Play Co., Inc., look forward to one of the most
perfect photoplays, from a standpoint of detail and atmos-
phere, ever produced in .\merica. Stuart Edward White and
W'ilfred Buckland aid in the production. Cecil B. DeMille
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and Oscar Apfel directed in conjunction. "The Call of the
North" has been ten weeks in the making and required a cast
of two hundred people. The scenes were laid in diflferent
parts of the West. The first reel was staged at the Lasky
studios, the next two at Great Bear \"alley, Cal., and the two
final scenes at Moose Factory, Canada. "The Call of the
North" will be the .\ugust release of the Lasky company.
"UNDER FIRE IN MEXICO" (Colorado M. P. Co.)
The live thousand Mexican Federal prisoners who are be-
ing held at Eagle Pass by the United States were given a
chance before a motion picture camera to show how good
they are as fighters. -As there were, of course, no bullets fly-
Scene from 'Under Fire in Mexico" (Colorado M. P. Co.).
ing recklessly about they were very brave — who wouldn't be?
■These real Mexicans appear in "L'nder Fire in Mexico," a
three-part thriller soon to be released throu.gh Warner's
Features, Inc. Their feats of horsemanship are surprising
and when they charge across the screen with battle flags
fluttering and sabres glittering you breathe easier when you
realize that it is only in a picture. The above photo shows
J. .\rthur Nelson, president of the Colorado Motion Picture
Corporation, in costume as he appears in "Under Fire in
Mexico." congratulating them on their successful work in the
production.
"THE RIVAL ACTRESSES" (Kleine).
George Kleine's Two-Part Feature Subject for Release
Through the General Film Company, Tuesday, July 14, 1914.
The fascination of the stage and the inability of young
girls to resist the lure of the footlights has been made the
subject of one of the latest and most delightful Kleine re-
leases, "The Rival Actresses." which tells the story of a
youthful performer who vi'ins her way to love and fortune in
spite of the jealous machinations of another player. How
she escapes the many pitfalls which lie in the path of pro-
fessional progress makes an intensely interesting tale, a tale
which is strikingly told by a selected company of world
celebrated players of extraordinary talent.
Scene from "The Rival Actresses" (Kleine).
Ruth Merrill, a young actress, scores a brilliant triumph in
a new comedy and incurs the enmitj' of a rival actress who
makes everj- effort to wreck her happiness. To this end she
encourages the stage manager of the company and a rakish
young millionaire in their attentions to the girl, finally bring-
ing about a misunderstanding between her and her fiance. In
the end. however, the truth comes to light and with her pro-
fessional success Ruth gains also the happiness of lasting
love.
452
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Notes of the Trade.
DAILY VITAGRAPH releases are still a feature of the Vitagraph
program and offer a pleasing addition to the incidental music and
novelties that have made the home theater of Vitagraph releases
the mecca of moving picture fans.
* « *
GTeorge Terwilliger, who just returned from St. Augustine. Florida,
with a troupe of Lubin players, is producing an unusual photoplay
which is original in every respect — plot, characters, scenes — and com-
ception. It was written for him by Lawrence McCloskey. Raymond
Hitchcock, Flora Zabelle and a selected Lubin cast are appearing in this
"Photophantasy" which Terwilliger is filming in five parts.
* * *
Through exclusive arrangements which have been made by the town-
ship of Tucson, Arizona, with the western Eclair aggregation, located
at that point, complete motion pictures will be taken by the Eclair people
of all points of interest in and about the town.
« * «
Charles Clapp, formerly on the Mirror staff, but more recently
scenario editor of the B'iograph. has severed his connection with that
company, and is at present enjoying a much needed vacation in the
"rural districts."
* * *
Hunter Bennett, assistant to the general manager of the World Film
Corporation, is now on an extended trip which will cover the entire
United States and Canada. Mr. Bennett will visit the twenty-two
branch offices of the corporation, and confer with the different man-
agers regarding the policy of handling the future output of the recent
combination of the World Film Corporation and the Shubert interests.
* * *
"Moonshine Molly," a stirring tale of life among the moonshiners, by
H. R. Durant, is being fiimed by W. C. Cabanne at the Reliance and
Majestic studios. The play tells a graphic story of love, intrigue and
hatred among the moonshiners in the Kentucky hills. Mae Marsh will
appear in the title role, assisted by Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Fred
Burns and Eagle Eye.
* * *
The World Film Corporation will release during the month of July
"The Lights o' London" in five parts and "The Great Stroke'' in five
parts.
* * *
Rose Tapley, one of the Vitagraph players, was given a birthday sur-
prise party at her home in East Orange, X. J., on Tuesday. June 30, when
thirty of her friends and neighbors took her home by storm, decorated
it from cellar to garret in yellow and green and gave the popular
Vitagrapher one of the most enjoyable occasions imaginable.
* * «
An entirely new brand for Warner's Features will be launched by
Jack Clark — one reel comedies, which will take that popular actor back
into his old field.
* * *
On Monday, July 13, the Vitagraph theater, New York City, will
offer its patrons another complete change of program. Two new feature
pictures are announced, Richard Henry Savage's six-part drama of
Russian life, "My OflBcial Wife," in whioh Clara Kimball Young will
be seen supported by an all star cast of Vitagraph players, and the
three-part comedy. "Uncle Bill," another of those clever farces from
the pen of Marguerite Bertsch.
* * *
J. E. Coolidge was stationed on a roof with his camera, getting ready
to make a panorama of the recent Salem fire, when the owner of the
building asked him to come down and assist in removing a sick member
of the family from the danger zone. Mr. Coolidge barely had time to
secure his camera and tripod and had to flee for his life. This is the
reason the Salem fire pictures in Mutual Weekly No. SO were all
taken from the ground and not from a roof elevation.
* * *
F. A. Kelsey is producing and playing lead in "The Saving of Y'oung
Anderson," a gripping story of police life adapted from the Adventure
Magazine at the Reliance and Majestic studies. The drama shows how
a young police officer, formerly a gangster, rises above his surroundings
despite the efforts of his former associates to pull him down.
* * *
The latest undertaking of the Lubin Company is a picturized version
of Winchell Smith's "The Fortune Hunter" with Ethel Clayton, the
charming Lubin actress, and William Elliot, late of the Belasco forces,
in the leading roles. This elaborate photoplay, in which over three
hundred people will appear, will be presented in five reels of two
hundred scenes. It is being staged by Barry O'Xeil.
« « *
A. B. Lamb, formerly of the Warner's Features. Inc.. is connected
with the B'uftalo branch of the World Film Corporation.
* • *
Leah Baird is now back at the Vitagraph studios. She will start her
first picture July 1, to be released in the very near future.
* * *
The famous Yale-Harvard Varsity boat races are shown in the issue
of the Mutual Weekly Xo. 79, and should dispel all doubt as to which
crew won the race.
* * *
Lionel Edel, formerly manager of the feature film department of the
General Film Company of St. Louis, has been appointed traveling sales-
man for the World Film Corporation.
* « *
Samuel Goldfish returns from Europe this week. The trip of the
Lasky chief was extremely successful. Mr. Goldfish will join his family
at Long Lake. X. Y., where he will spend a few w^ks with Jesse Lasky
on a fishing trip.
The Edison Company has had the exclusive right to the filming of the
various events which took place on June -tJ and 27 during the police
carnival at the Old Brighton Beach Race Course. Every important
action of such officials as Governor Clynn, Mayor Mitchel and Police_
Commissioner Woods was taken by the Edison cameramen.
« • *
C. C. McKibben has been appointed manager of the Buffalo office of
the World Film Corporation.
* * *
Sawyer. Inc.. have made arrangements with the Eaanja Film Com-
pany of Detroit to market their output of comedy films. This com-
pany, which is a new one in the field, although composed of old time
motion picture men. has already produced six one-reel comedies and is
turning others out at the rate of three every two weeks.
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The current release of The Mutual Weekly, Xo. 79. contains some
wonderful motion pictures of Mount Lassen in eruption. Mount Lassen
is the only active crater in the United States and the films were se-
cured under many difficulties and at great risk of life ; the Mutual
cameraman was compelled to flee the poisonous vapors several times.
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The new four-story building, an addition to the already extensive
Vitagraph plant, is now in course of construction at Brooklyn, X. Y.
This building is intended for the mechanical departments.
« * *
The Gem Feature Film Service has opened an office in Algoma, Wis-
consin, to supply feature service in that state. They are booking
good business on "Evangeline," "The Money God" and "The War Cor-
respondents."
* » *
Max Figman and Lolita Robertson are en route east with the negative
of "The Man on the Box." The first showing of this feature, the latest
from the Lasky studio, took place at the convention hall, Dayton.
* * *
Riding all alone in the tonneau of a giant 1915 model Fiat automobile.
Miss Margaret Gibson, the charming leading lady of the Vitagraph
Western studio, won first prize in the annual Bathing Girls Automobile
Parade, held Sunday, June 29, at Ocean Park, California. The first
place carried with it an award of ?50 in cash and a large gold and
silver loving cup.
* * *
The William A. B'rady Picture Plays Corporation now occupies its
newly completed studio at Fort Lee, X, J. At the opening of September
releases will be begun at the rate of one in each month. This number
will be increased as the organization gets into perfect running order.
* * *
The scenario for "The Rose of the Rancho." which is to be produced
by the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Inc., was submitted to
David Belasco this week. Cast and other details for the first Belasco-
picture are going forward rapidly.
* * &
It required only one day for the Edison carpenters and property
men to construct a village within the walls of Fort S-?huyIer. where
many scenes were taken for "The Viking Queen," with Mary Fuller and
about three hundred others in the cast.
« « «
The Sawyer Pompeiian projecting room was recently the scene of a
very interesting party. In compliment to Mr. Jesse Lasky. this room
was placed at his disposal, and he had as his guests Judge Dittenhoefer
and members of his family and friends, who witnessed the first showing
of a motion picture of Judge Dittenhoefer, which was made by Mr.
Lasky and presented to the Judge by Mr. Lasky.
* « :£
Wilfred Buckland, artistic director with the Lasky Company, con-
structed a stockade at Hollywood which Stuart Edward White, autlior
of "The Call of the Xorth," said is even more natural than the original
which formerly stood at Big Lake Tap, Canada, far north of the beaten
trails.
* * *
Ben Wilson has just been made a director in the Atlas Theater Cor-
poration and has received a certificate entitling him to 50O shares of
stock. The corporation will construct and operate one hundred motion
pictures theaters throughout the States.
* « *
In the "Beauty" subject "A Joke on Jane" Jos. Rich attempts to
play a joke on his wife, Jane. Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard
play opposite and as the story goes the wits of Jane are more than a
match for Joseph.
* • t
The Broadway Picture Producing Company are arranging the details
of Thomas E. Shea's 'The Man 0' Wars Man." or "The Fall of Vera
Cruz," which will be their next five-reel photoplay. Having completed
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," the release of which has been held
back, they are now pushing Mr. Shea's production so it will be ready for
August first release. Mr. Shea has secured Joseph LeBrandt to write
the scenario and together they will produce the photoplay. Miss Dixie
Compton will play Isabelle, the Mexican girl, opposite Mr. Shea.
s • *
"Business vs. Love" is a timely one-reel feature in which Vivian
Rich and Wm. Garwood play opposite in a domestic drama. The hus-
band is absorbed in his business interests and the wife is pining away
for the love and devotion she craves but does not receive. Release
July 22.
An interesting series of pictures in the Mutual Weekly, Xo. 79, is the
launching and christening of the transatlantic flyer "America," in which
Lieut. John Cyril Porte, of the British Royal Xavy. expects to fly
across the Atlantic Ocean.
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453
Thos. RU-kctts of the American Film Mfg. Co. has completed a two-act
.subjeit. 'At the End of a Perfect Day." This is one of the series "In
the Firelight' and "In the Moonlight" — both of which proved such re-
markable masterpieces.
* « •
Charles Itichman. recently seirured by the Jesse L. Lasky Feature
Play Company. Inc., for appearance before the camera, will, in all
likelihood, appear In Captain BarrhiKlon, In which he starred for
several years.
« * «
The B'astile. one of the most famou? prison-castles in history and the
razing of which marked the fall of the ancient French monarchy, has
been reproduced at Universal City. California, to be used in a series of
features written around the unique French character, Francois Villon,
who rose from a vagabond poet to the post of personal advisor to King
Louis XI. The first of the Francois Villon series is a three-reeler and
is entitled "The Oubliette." The role of Francois Villon is being played
by Murdock MacQuarrie. The director is Charles Giblyn, and such stars
as Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney play important parts. The story is
from the pen of George D'ronsou Howard.
* « *
Donald I. Buchanan is a new member of the Vitagraph staff, engaged
as special writer of st^enarios and assistant to Ralph Ince in the
directing of his pictures. Mr. Buchanan comes to the Vitagraph well
equii)ped. as he has written a number of special pictures for other
motion picture producers.
* • *
Madame Alice Blache is staging another one of her now famous
mystery dramas. Claire Whitney is playing the role of a bride.
Fraunie Fraunholz will also be seen in the new drama which will be
presented in four reels.
« « *
The Board of Panama-Pacific Managers for Massachusetts has ap-
pointed Dadmun, of Boston, photographer to make the motion pictures
of the state's industries, to be projected at the Exposition at San Fran-
cisco next year. These pictures will be exhibited at the expense of the
state and will cover every department of industry.
« 9 •
An exact reproduction of a section of the sewers of Paris was built
on the lot adjoining the Blache studio for an effect in "The Burglar and
the Lady," in which James J. Corbett is featured.
* * *
A publicity stunt, advertising the A. B'. C. Photoplays of lOS Prospect
avenue, C:leveland, in the form of a subpoena, has attracted considerable
attention. The writ has been cleverly gotten up and commands the
reader to appear at the above mentioned offices where Albert Blinlihorn's
Hepworth and Florence Turner productions are leased.
* « s
Kenneth D. Harlan, who accompanied Harry Schenclt, Charley Pin
and Vinnie Burns into the heart of Mexico, playing the part of the cub
reporter who witnessed the battle of Monclova. has made arrangements
with Madame Alice Blache whereby he will be seen in coming Solax
releases. Dan Baker, the well known comedian, is also appearing before
the camera under Madame Blache's direction.
* * *
The Wilfred Luca.5 company (Universal) has left Los Angeles for Big
Bear valley, in the top of the Sierra Madre Jlountains and forty miles
from San Bernardino. California, where the principal scenes of the first
installment of the "Trey O' Hearts'' series will be produced. The first
three-reel installment of this series is entitled "Flower O' the Flame,"
and it calls for subJime forests, rushing torrents and rugged mountains.
* * s
Albert Roccardi, of the Vitagraph players, familiarly kno"wn as Tony,
unden\'ent a serious operation at the Seney Hospital in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
on Wednesday, July 1. The operation proved a success and the patient
withstood the ordeal splendidly.
* * •*
"The Ranger's Reward" is a Frontier drama soon to be released
that has a surprising ending, and one that should take audiences
quite unawares.
* * *
Edward Jose, who took the part of Judge Harding in "The Stain"
and the Lieutenant in "The Corsair," both by Pathe. is taking one
of the principal parts in a new picture now under the direction of
Frank Powell.
* • *
In the indystrial parade, representing all industries of Southern
California, which took place a few days ago in Los Angeles and was
reviewed by the mayor, city officials and prominent men of the state,
the Universal company's representation led the march. While more
than one hundred industries were represented, those managing the
parade felt that the Universal was the leading industry of the section
and so it was given the first place.
* * *
Coming Frontier dramas featuring Dolly Larkin, Joseph J. Franz and
Arthur Allardt are "The Fight in Lonely Gulch," "The Ranger's Re-
ward," "The Broken Barrier," .'The Gun Men of Plumas" and "On the
Verge," all written by Karl R. Coolidge and produced by Joseph J.
Franz.
* « *
In the subject, "The Dream Ship," produced by Harry Pollard, are
used many properties of inestimable value. One rug alone is placed
at a value of over $10,000. The chair used as a throne is one that
was originally the property of a Spanish king. The scenes were
taken in the Gillespie mansion at Montecito, one of California's choicest
exhibits of natural and artificial beauties.
* « «
Miss Nellie Bell, who has appeared in recent Frontiers, has left
that company and has become the bride of Carl ' Viden, photographer
for the Kalem Company, at Santa Monica. California.
Thomas Ricketts, producer, shows his masterhand In "The Lure of
tho Sawdust." a two-part "Flying A" drama. The call of the white
tents and the warmth of the hearth arc depicted In truly artistic man-
ner. The subject Is sot for release July 13, 1014.
* • •
Miss OrmI Hawlcy. who plays opposite Andrew Mack In "Tho Ragged
Earl." the coming feature motion picture of Popular Plays and Play-
ers, Inc., of 1600 Broadway, New York City, has discontinued at-
tending social affairs during the production of the picture. She now
spends her evenings rehearsing for her work on the next day. The
same Is true of Eleanor Barry, who will also be seen In "The Ragged
Earl."
* • *
Gus Anderson, the Norwegian marvel, a Pacillc Coast lighter of con-
siderable repute, was with the Vitagraph Company, posing for Theo-
dore Marston. who directed the production of the light picture, "Th«
Greater Motive."
* • •
Sam J. Ryan, of "Tom Lewis and Sam Ryan" vaudeville fame, is
always a good laugh whenever he comes on tho screen. Ryan's
record is mostly vaudeville comedy, but his experience in pictures has
demonstrated the fact that he has something to offer to admirers of
screen comedy. His six-year engagement with George Cohan has fitted
him well for his present work in the Pathe studio.
« « •
Mai Wells, who has been a prominent member of tho Frontier Com-
pany, has enrolled with Sterling F.lms.
* * *
"Satan's Rhapsody" is the unique title of a new, splendid and costly
film soon to be released by George Klelne. The story features the fa-
mous actress, Lydia Borelli, whose sensational work in "The Naked
Truth," now playing at the Candler theater. New York, proved a
revelation to picture fans.
* • •
"The Ragged Earl," in which Andrew Mack will appear, the second
production of Popular Plays and Players, Inc., of IGOO Broadway. New
York City, is being produced from the adaptation by Benjamin S.
Kotlowsky. Mr. Kotlowsky is a scenario writer of considerable repu-
tation and has adapted several other stage successes for photoplay
production, including "Michael Strogoff," the first production of Popular
Plays and Players, Inc., in which Jacob P. Adler is starred.
« • *
George T. Fitzmaurice, who has been for some time at the head ot
the scenario department ot Pathe Freres, has become a director. Mr.
Fitzmaurice has written an exceptionally fine scenario tor a six-reel
feature and is directing the production himself. He has as his lead-
ing man William Roselle, in one ot the biggest casts that has ever
been used in an American production.
« « •
Colonel Jasper Ewing Brady, ot the Vitagraph, has completed the
scenario ot "The Chalice of Courage," from the novel by the Rev.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, LL.D. The play is in five parts and every
one full of action and intense interest.
* * •
A brand new animal picture, its main plot centering about the
life of the circus with its sawdust rings and tight ropes, is the propo-
sition upon which Director Fred Wright, of Pathe, is now working for.
a late summer release.
* ♦ ♦
"The Line-Up at Police Headquarters," the feature picture intro-
ducing George S. Dougherty. New York's famous detective and police
commissioner, produced by Gus Hill and William J. Counihan, has
been turning people away wherever the picture has been produced. At
the Tuxedo theater at 3d avenue and 42d street. Manager Shannon
booked the picture for a return engagement at once as it broke all
records of the house.
* * *
California's eccentric weather has at last settled down to business
and to malie up tor lost time the Frontier Company have been working
from 7 in the morning until C at night.
* ♦ •
The wardrobe used in the original stage production ot "The Ragged
■Earl," which is being produced as a feature motion picture by Popular
Play's and Players, Inc., with Andrew Mack in the title role, is being
reproduced by a specially engaged crew for the screen presentation.
* « *
Steve Snake is home, but not without a struggle. It required most
of the New Rochelle (N. Y.) police department, the volunteer life
saving corps, two motormen, three chauffeurs, a woman's screams and
Lila Chester, to corral the fourteen-foot python and return him safely
to the Thanhouser studio. Three weeks ago "Steve" was especially
engaged to frighten Florence La Badie, the heroine of "The Million-
Dollar Mystery." But he didn't do it. Instead, "Steve" crept out of
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Calendar of Independent Releases
Universal Film Mfg. Co.
SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914.
ECLAIR — Willy Walrus and the Parisians (Comedy)
ECLAIR— Lily as Little Mother (Comedy)
FRONTIER— The Fight in Lonely Gulch (Drama)
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914.
IMP — When the World Was Silent (Two parts — Drama)...
STERLING— Almost Mairied (Comedy)
VICTOR— Out of the Valley (Western Drama)
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914.
CRYSTAL — Vivian's Four Beaus (Comedy)
CRYSTAL— What Pearl's Pearls Did (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL — Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery (Series
No. 14) (Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— The New Cook (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1914.
ECLAIR — Renunciation (Two parts — Western Drama)
JOKER — Willy Walrus and the Awful Confession (Comedy)
NESTOR — Her Grave Mistake (Western Drama)
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly, No. 123 (News)
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914.
IMP — Universal Boy (Series No. 1 — Comedy)
REX — The Sob Sister (Two parts — Drama)
STERLING — Love and Lunch (Comedy)
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914.
NESTOR— When Eddie Went to the Front (Comedy)
POWERS— The Severed Hand (Three parts— Drama)
VICTOR— The Panama-Pacific Exposition Up-to-Date (Top.
and Edu.)
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914.
"101" BISON — A Mexican Spy in America (Two Parts —
Drama)
JOKER— His Wife's Family (Comedy)
SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 1914.
ECLAIR — Tango Versus Poker (Comedy)
FRONTIER— The Ranger's Reward (Western-Drama)....
REX— Out of the Darkness (Drama)
MONDAY, JULY 20th, 1914.
IMP — In the Sultan's Garden (Drama)
STERLING— The Circus (Comedy)
VICTOR — Value Received (Two parts — Western-Drama)..
TUESDAY, JULY 21st, 1914.
CRYSTAL — Getting Vivian Married (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery (Series
No. 15) (Two parts — Drama)
■ UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., in Cupid's Victory
(Comedy) : ...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1914.
ECLAIR— .Mlah— 3311 (Three parts— Drama)
JOKER — Jimmy Kelly and the Kidnappers (Comedy)
NESTOR— By the Sun's Ravs (Western— Drama)
UNIVERS-\L— Animated Weekly, No. 124 (News)
THURSDAY. JULY 23d, 1914.
IMP— The Gateway of Regret ) Drama)
REX— At the Foot of the Stairs (Drama)
STERLINC] — Love and Lunch (Two parts— Comedy)
FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1914.
NESTOR— All at Sea (Comedy)
POWERS — Kate Waters of the Secret Service (Two parts
Drama)
VICTOR— Irene's Busy Week (Comedy-Drama)
SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1914.
"101" BISON— Olana of the South Seas (Two parts-
Drama)
JOKER— The Polo Champions (Comedy)
Mutual Film Corporation
SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1914.
KOMIC— Wrong All Around (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— .A City Beautiful (2 parts— Drama)
THANH'OUSER— The Leaven of Good (Drama)
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Lure of the Sawdust (2 parts— Drema) . .
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl No. 26 (News)
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914.
BEAUTY— The Joke on Jane (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— The Old Derelict (Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Substitute (2 parts— Drama*
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1914.
AMERICAN— Youth and Art (Drama)
BRONCHO— Shorty Turns Judge (2 parts- Drama)
RELIANCE— How Izzy Stuck to His Post (Comedy-drama)
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914.
DOMINO— Star of the North (2 parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 81 (News)
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1914.
KAY-BEE— The City (2 parts— Drama)
PRINCESS— (Title Not Given)
TH.^NHOUSER- .\ Gentleman for a Day (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Given)
RELIANCE— The Vengeance of Gold (2 parts— Dram«) . . .
ROYAL — The New Housekeeper (Comedy)
SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 1914.
KOMIC— "Billy" (Series No. 2) (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— The Painted Lady (Two parts— Drama)
THANHOUSER— Harry's Waterloo (Comedy)
MONDAY, JULY 20th, 1914.
.AMERICAN— A Man's Way (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 27 (News)
TUESDAY, JULY 21st, 1914.
BEAUTY— Her "Really" Mother (Drama)
MATESTIC— .\ Red Man's Heart (Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Pendulum of Fate (Two parts-
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22d, 1914.
.AMERICAN — Business vs. Love (Drama)
BRONCHO— Shorty and the Aridville (Two parts-
Comedy) ;~ " ■ ■ ■ ; \'
RELIANCE— Izzy and the Diamond (Comedy)
THURSDAY, JULY 23d, 1914.
DOMINO— The Defaulter (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 82 CNews)
FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1914.
KAY-BEE— The Sherifif of Bisbee (Two parts— Drama)
MAJESTIC— Lest We Forget (Drama)
PRINCESS— (Title not given)
SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE— The Saving of Young Anderson (Two parts
Drama)
ROYAL — Milling the Militant (Comedy)
— Servants Superseded (Comedy)
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Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases Advance Releases
MONDAY, JULY 13th, 1914. MONDAY TULY 20th iQid
BIOGRAPH— That Boy from the Poor House (Drama).... mr,ri^xT>u -r , .
EDISO.V— Qualifying for Lena (Corned}') pnrcox^^r' v'!,'"^ "°' reported) .•
ESSANAY— Sweedie the Swatter (Comedy).. tUlbUA — ihe .\dventure of the Absent-Minded Professor
KALEM— A Diamond in the Rough (Special— 2 parts— (seventh ot the ••Octavious"-Amateur Detective Series)
Drama) = v t- f (Lomedy)
PATHE— A Russian' Boar' Hunt' '('Hunting')'. '.■.■.'.'.■. '.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.' f- w-V'V^'^^^ u"''^',,-'^?-',^* (Comedy) . .'.'.■.'.'.■.'.".■.■.■.'.■.■.'.■.■.■.".':
P.\THE— The Wine Industry, Marsala (Travel) tv.'\ L. t il- 1 n the VVolt s Clothmg (Fourth of the Alice
SELIG— The Wilderness Mail (Special— Two parts— Drama) pat'S^p" ^t"^n ^ cP^'ftr"^""- Pa^ts— Drama)
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 39 (News) i aIS^ t tt '-^^y^^)} .(Educational)
VITAGRAPH— The Soul of Luigi (Drama) J^™E— In French Guinea (Travel)
ci^T T^~4 ^^'°'"^" Laughs (Special— Two parts— Drama) ..
CINES— Rival Actresses (Special— Two parts-Drama).... ^T-f I?^v|>^u'*f ''''^ News Pictorial. No. 41 (News)
TUESDAY, JULY 14th, 1914. \ l i.A(jK.-\FH— Love the Clairvoyant (Drama)
EDISON— The Two Doctors (Drama) TTIFsinAV tttt v ■7i^* ini.i
ESSANAY-At the Foot of the Hill (Drama) UJibDAY, JULY 21st, 1914.
KALEM— Accused (Drama) CINES — The Stronger Tie (Special — Two parts — Drama)
LUBIN— He Was Bad (Comedy) ■ EDISON— A Matter of Minutes (Eighth of "The Man ^^'ho
LUBIN— Tough Luck (Comedy) Disappeared" Series) (Drama)
MELIES— Rags and Patriotism (Comedy) ESS.\N.\Y — Mrs. Eillington's First Case (Comedy-Drania )
PATHE— Through Bosnia and Dalmatia (Scenic) ." . . K.-\LEM — The Beast (Drama)
PATHE — The Tombs of the .\ncient Japanese Emperors, LL'BIN — Temper and Temperature (Comedy)
Annam (Indo-China) (Scenic) LUBIN— Worms Will Turn (Comedy)
PATHE— Water Falls at Aragonia, Spain (Travel) MELIES— (Title not reported)
SELIG — .\n Egyptian Princess (Comedy) PATHE — A Badger Hunt (Hunting)
VITAGRAPH— Fogg's Millions (Special— Two parts- PATHE— Life in Japan (Customs)
Drama) SELIG — The Lure of the Ladies (Comedy)
\TTAGRAPH— Bread Upon the Waters (Special— Two
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th, 1914. parts— Drama)
EDISON— Th« Ever-Gallant Marquis (Comedy
EDISON— An Up-to-Date Courtship (Comedy) WEDNESDAY, JULY 22d, 1914.
ESSAN.-\Y— The Fable of "Napoleon and the Beimps" EDISON— A Deal in Statuary (Comedv)
r^ , T'^^?r^iy.^ Vi ,-; EDISON— His Wife's Burglar (Comedy) '..'.'.
KALEM— The Express Messenger (Special— Two parts— ESSANAY— The Fable of "Higher Education that Was
, ,. D;'?™a) •••...•■ •■•••■.;•■•• Too High for the Old Man" (Comedy)
L■V.?i^l— *-?des of Honor (Special— Two parts— Drama) . . KALEM— The Rival Railroad's Plot (Special— two parts-
MELIES— Justly Punished (Drama) Drama)
Pl^THE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 45, 1914 (News) LUBI N— Who Seeks Revenge' ' '(Special'— 't wo ' ' "part's—
SELIG — His Last Appeal (Special — Two parts — Drama)... Drama) ..
VITAGRAPH— The Arrival of Josie (Comedy) MELIES— His Sense of 'Outy (Drama) '.'.'.'.['.".'.
^,TTTT,oT..„ „r..r , PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 46, 1914 (News)
THURSDAY, JULY 16th, 1914. SELIG— The Sealed Package (Drama).
BIOGR.-\PH— The Prospectives (Drama) VITAGRAPH— Buddy's Downfall (Comedy)
ESS.\NAY — Snakeville's New Waitress (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Cross of Crime (Special— Two parts— THURSDAY, JULY 23d, 1914.
AfT7T TI7C Tu' ' 'r" ' 1' ' r' V " T //-■■■' 'j \' BIOGRAPH — (Title not reported)
^ ELIES-The Test of True Love (Comedy) ESSANAY-Slippery Slim's Inheritance (Comedy )
Drfml) ^"'''""^ Deception (Special-Two parts- LUBIN-The False Shadow (Special-Two parts-Drama)
CKT ir tri.,.^„\' cJi:~' ivil' " 'td-'I" • V 'xT " Vn '/xt' ■ ' '■; MELIES — Wanted, a Sweetheart (Comedy)
V?T lr7?PM Th S^fl r . ^"^ 'r^°- ^ t^^^"^'? MELIES-When Preachers Leave Town (Comedv)
MTAGRAPH-The Little Captain (Comedy-Drama) SELIG-Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 42 (News)
FRIDAY, JULY 17th, 1914. VITAGRAPH-The Apple (Drama)
EDISON — Meg O' the Mountains (Special — Two parts— t-t,xt-v a -r tttt -r ^. ,
Drama) FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1914.
ESSANAY— His Stolen Fortune (Special— two parts— EDISON— Laddie (Special— Two parts— Drama)
Drama") ESS.^NA Y — .\ Letter from Home (Special — Two parts —
K.A.LEM — Wanted an Heir (Comedy) Drama)
LUBIN — The Lie (Drama) K.\LEM — The Binarville Fire Department (Comedy)
SELIG— Wiggs Takes Rest Cure (Drama) LUBIN— .\ Traitor to His Country (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Pigs Is Pigs (Comedy) SELIG— The Substitute Heir (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— The Winning Trick (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 18th, 1914.
BIOGR.\PH— It Was Some Party (Comedv) SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Some Decorations (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— ( Title not reported)
EDISON— Across the Burning Trestle (Drama) EDISON— The Last Assignment (Twelfth of the "Dolly of
ESSANAY — Broncho Billy Puts One Over (Drama) the Dailies" Series (Drama)
KALEM— The Fate of a Squaw (Drama) '. ESSAN.W— Broncho Billy and the Gambler (Drama)
LUBIN— She Wanted to Know (Comedv) KALEM— Defying the Chief (Drama)
LUBIN— All for Love (Comedy) .' LUBIN— A Matter of Record (Comedy)
MELIES — The River's Secret (Special — Two-parts — Drama) MELIES — Black Pearls (Special — Two parts — Drama)....
SELIG — The Squatters (Drama) SELIG — Footprints (Comedy-Drama)
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PHILADELPHIA.
POTTSVILLE. PA., is almost run out 01
nickels which is due to the tact that the
people hoard them up for the moving picture
houses. Out ot a consignment of $15U.(XJ0 the
Reading Coal and Iron Company did not get a
single nickle and found it very difficult to pay
the miners. The banks could not help out and
the scarcity is blamed on the moving picture
houses.
Mrs. Cyrus Xiver, a member of the State
Board of Censorship, is the originator of a rule
which was adopted by the State -Moving Picture
Board of Pennsylvania. It restricts kissing to
a limit of four feet. The rules that were de-
cided upon are as follows : Husband and wife,
three and a half to Ave feet; fiance and fiancee,
four to six feet : uewlyweds, five to seven feet ;
brother and sister, two and a half to three ana
a half; father and daughter, two and a half to
three and a half ; husband and mother-in-law,
two feet.
Plans have been completed for the erection of
a moving picture theatre at 22011 North Broad
street, this city, by Mahlon H. Dickinson. The
new structure, which will be erected on a lot
15 feet 10 inches bv 125 feet, is to be assessed
at $7,200. Work will be started some time in
the near future.
Motion picture exhibitors and film exchanges
in this city have been deeply interested in an
investigation carried on here by the Legislative
Commission on Fire Insurance. The investiga-
tion is being waged with an object of ascer-
taining the methods by which flre insurance
companies carry on their business, and \ras
formed at the instance of the last State Legis-
lature which will receive the report of the eom-
mission at the conclusion of its hearings. The
interest manifested on the part of the exhibi-
tors and exchanges here is due to the testimony
offered which, in some cases, shows the exorbit-
ancy of fire insurance rates and the unfairness
of the treatment accorded to policyholders. It
is hoped by the trade in this city that a cor-
rection of certain abuses followed by insurance
companies here and elsewhere will be recom-
mended by the commission to the next State
Legislature. The final lesult of the inveitiga-
tion is anxiously awaited by the motion pu -ure
trade in this city, as it is expected to have a
more or less important bearing on insurance
rates in which they are vitally interested.
Mt)ving picture proprietors desiring to give
performances on open-air property adjoining
their places of amusement during the summer
months mav do so without obtaining another
license, is "the opinion of City Solicitor Ryan
given recently to Director Porter of this city.
For the comfort of their patrons, several mov-
ing picture proprietors requested Director Porter
to permit them to give exhibitions in airdomes
on adjoining property. So long as the property
is confined to adjacent licensed theater property
and the requirements of the fire marshal are
fulfilled, the City Solicitor declared that he saw
no need for a second license, provided that no
attempt be made to give exhibitions in the en-
closed theater simultaneously with the shows
in the airdome. It the exhibition is to be trans-
ferred to a site some distance from the licensed
theater, then, Mr. Ryan holds, a new permit
would have to be secured.
The National theater, 10th and Callowhill
streets, this city, has closed for the season, and
will reopen in August with a Jewish stock com-
pany and moving pictures.
Harts theater, situated at Franktord and Nor-
ris streets, this city, has closed for the season
and will open with burlesque on or about the
fifteenth of August.
Broadway theater, 52d and Greenway avenues,
opened with flrsl-class feature films on Mon-
day, June 22.
Louis H. Cohen, of the Central Theater Com-
pany, has purchased the property at Broad and
Dauphin streets from Morris Miller and the De-
long Estate. The total assessed valuation of
the property is $30,500. The purchaser will
build a photoplay theater on the lot capable of
seating 1,200 persons. Morris L. .Miller has
taken a mortgage of ?30,000 on the entire lot.
A moving picture theater will be erected by
J. S. Rogers, for J. Ellis, of Burlington, .N, J.
The new addition to the moving picture game
will be a two-story brick structure seventy-five
feet by two hundred feet. CONGDON.
SAN FRANCISCO.
■-p HE SPOILERS," Seligs big production
^ has completed a two weeks' run at the
Portola theater, and all records for attendance
at the house have been broken. The doors
were opened at half past nine o'clock in the
morning to accommodate those who wished to
come early and by noon the capacity of the
theater would be taxed. During the afternoons
and evenings it was impossible to accommodate
the crowds and hundreds were turned away
daily. The price for the morning show was 10
cents but after twelve o'clock this was raised
to 20 cents.
Arthur S. Hyman. manager of the local branch
of "SVarner's Features, Inc., is very enthusiastic
over the decided turn for the better that busi-
ness has take nin this territory. The business
of this branch house has practically been dou-
bled within the past six weeks and in spite of
the fact that the force has been greatly aug-
mented it has been found necessary to work
nights to attend to all orders. The six reel
features being released by this firm are attract-
ing much attention and many inquiries have
been received in regard to "Mother Love" and
"The Light Unseen."
According to advices received from Lower
California the yacht lola. which left this city
several months ago with an expedition to se-
cure moving pictures for the California Motion
Picture Corporation, is lost with Captain J. H.
Syberg and George Woods aboard. The vessel
was last seen on May 28, and was headed for
Cape Lucas. She should have reached San
Diego by June 10.
The pictures showing Mount Lassen in erup-
tion have been a splendid drawing card at
Grauman's Imperial, together with Laskys' "The
Only Son." The attraction following this will
be Jack London's "The Valley of the Moon."
As soon as the announcement was made that
this picture would be shown inquiries com-
menced to come in to the management in re-
gard to prices and the length of the engagement,
and it promises to be the same great success
as "The Sea Wolf."
The Pacific theater, Hyde and Pacific streets,
has been opened by Charles Spaugh, formerly
of Merced, Cal. This handsome house is lo-
cated in a fine apartment and residence section
of the city.
Reports are current here to the effect that
the Marcus Loew interests have completed plans
for the erection of an Immense hippodrome with
a roof garden, the structure to seat about 4,000
persons. This is to be located in the vicinity of
Sixth and Market, and work is to be commenced
on it within ninety days. A cash prize of $500
is to be offered tor a suitable name. The new
house will be managed by Sid. Grauman who is
to have charge of the Loew interests.
The Arcadia Amusement Company has been
incorporated at San Francisco with a capital
stock of $50,000 by M. A. Fisher, D. L. Fisher
and Mannie Asher.
The Independent Film Exchange of this city
has opened a branch oflBce at Seventh and Broad-
way, Los Angeles, this being in charge of Harry
Hunter.
O. "V. Traggardh. who is now the sole owner
of the Union Film & Supply Co., has returned
from a trip to Los Angeles and the intervening
territory. While in the Southern city he moved
the branch quarters of the firm from the Paci-
fic Electric Building to 733 South Olive street,
in the center of the supply district. Mr. Trag-
gardh is preparing to make a trip to New York
early in July to purchase films.
Max Graf, who for some time has been acting
as traveling man out of the San Francisco of-
fice of the Eclectic Film Company, has been
appointed manager of the new branch house of
this concern at Salt Lake City.
The Eclectic Film Company has secured the
necessary permits for the installation of an ex-
hibiting room at 67 Turk street, and this will
be in operation as soon as the equipment can
be installed. This concern is also preparing to
construct a storage vault with a capacity of
five thousand reels to accommodate the im-
mense stock that is being carried here.
A prosperity dinner was held recently in the
nave of the Ferry Building, this being attended
by more than two thousand business men of the
city to celebrate the prosperous time now being
enojoyed. A feature of the great gathering was
a moving picture taken a few days ago in this
city by the Keanograph Company of Fairfax,
the scenario having been written and produced
by James Keane. The picture entitled, "Througb
the Portals of the Past." show the Queen of
Prosperity and the King of Optimism at the
famous Towne portals in Golden Gate Park
viewing with astonishment and admiration the
rebuilt city of San Francisco. 'Various scenes
throughout the city are shown, together with
many of its representative business men, and at
the end Pessimism, with his hammer is ban-
ished from the city. The part of the Queen of
Prosperity, "Miss San Francisco," is taken by
Cbarlotta de Felice, while the King of Optimism
IS portrayed by George N. Chesbro. The rather
ungrateful part of the Pessimist is taken by E
Alyn Warren. The banquet was largely at-
tended by the theatrical interests of the city.
.Marion H. Kohn, of the Globe Film Exchange
Inc., has abandoned his plan tor a trip to New
■i'ork. this having been made unnecessary by the
arrival here of New York parties to close a
number of deals that had been pending. This
concern has taken over the balance of the space
on the fourth floor of the Pantages building and
this will be occupied by the .\pex Feature Ser-
vice and the De Luxe Film Attractions The
-\pex IS to release three features a week in this
territory and the De Luxe Film Attractions will
handle "Sealed Orders," the "Elue Mouse" and
other attractions. These two exchanges will be
managed by Marion H. Kohn. and Morris Winik
will have charge of the Coast territory and other
branches to be opened at Seattle, Portland.
Denver. Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The
services of Ernest Bru, formerly with Simmonds
Features, have been secured tor road work The
Apex has taken over all of the features formerly
controlled by the Globe Film Exchange. Inc., and
■will in addition to these and its Apex films re-
lease a new brand to be known as the Strand.
Mr. Kohn retains all of his interests in the
Globe Film Exchange, Inc., but this will be
under the direct management of Isidore H.
Lichtenstein. and in the future single and multi-
ple reels of regular subjects only will be han-
dled.
Alton Tredick, recently with the Eclectic Film
Company at Seattle, Wash., has been appointed
manager of the branch maintained then; by the
General Film Company.
Geroge Ingert, recently with the World Film
Corporation, has been appointed manager of the
Portland branch of the Eclectic Film Company.
The Seattle branch of this concern is now under
the management of C. M. Simmons, until re-
cently with the General Film Company there.
The Family Theater at Kingsbury.' Cal., has
been purchased by -Anderson & Lorin.
The Liberty Film Company has been incorpo-
rated at Oakland. Cal.. with a capital stock of
.$2.5,000 by Emily Johnson, Sadie Lindblom, Til-
lie Hall. Alfred and Emory Johnson.
Brown Bros., of Salinas, Cal.. have agreed to
erect a concrete class A theater with a capicitv
of 875 for Berrier & Hanna. Plans have beeii
prepared by Architect W. Binder of San Jose,
California. CHURCH.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
'T'HE "Venice Theater Company which recently
-'■ was incorporated under the state laws of
Utah is erecting a new moving picture theater
at Nephi. The company has a capital stock of
$20,000. Thomas A. Foote is president, George
O. Ostler, vice-president, and Harry Foote, sec-
retary and treasurer.
Earl Elair is remodeling the Gleason Build-
ing at Wayzata, Minn., for use as a moving
picture theater.
The Willmar Opera House Company of Will-
mar, Minn., has been incorporated with a capi-
tal stock of $30,000. The incorporators are :
Alton, Gertrude B. L. M. and Walter B. Crosby,
Drusilla S. Baldwin and others.
Frank Hazelbaker. of Dillon. Mont., secretary
of the Montana Exposition Commission, has de-
cided that moving pictures which are taken in
Montana to form a part of the state's exhibit at
the San Francisco fair, will be shown in the
moving picture houses of Montana prior to the
opening of the exposition.
The Star theater at Missoula, Mont., has re-
duced its admission to five cents with no change
in the service.
Manager E. L. Davenport of the Palace the-
ater at Tacoma. Wash., secured the Tacoma ex-
hibition of the Stadium Day pictures for a
week's run. These films showed 40.000 Tacoma
residents at their festivities and were a tre-
mendous local attraction. They were taken by
Beverly B. Dobbs, who is noted for his .Alaskan
films, and will be exhibited with much pride at
the Panama-Pacific exposition by the state of
Washington.
The name Auditorium was abandoned and the
one of Majestic adopted, when that house in
Boise, Idaho, began a regime of moving pic-
tures. A strictly photoplay bill will be given,
at least during the summer.
H. O. Clark returned to Great Palls. Mont.,
full of ideas for the new $100.n<X) moving pic-
ture theater building which he will erect in that
city. He spent two months in the east with his
eyes open.
Willis & Richter have bought the Lyric
Theater at Dickinson, N. D.. from A. W. Free-
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459
mau, and both the opera house and the Lyric
are now buing operated under the management
of L. J. Willis. The Lyric wUl be the regular
home of the photoplay, while, aside from fea-
ture pictures on Wednesday evenings, the Opera
House will be devoted to theatrical attraclions.
The Dululh. Minn., News-Tribune is against
separate moving picture theaters for aduUs and
children. It says : "Why not make all these
attractions just sensibly fit for folk? and let
it go at that? Just now when they are winning
greater audiences by greater merit and by being
more worth while, seems a strange time to
classify them for retrogression."
The Bligh Theater at Salem, Ore., has fixed
its change days as Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
More and more of the houses are finding that a
daily change is not necessary to good business.
The riots in Butte, Mont., In the course of
the celebration of Miners' Union Day were
filmed by E. C. Schoettner of that city who was
prepared to take the parade. The pictures were
shown at the American Theater.
The Seattle theater in Seattle, Wash-, marked
its re-opening as a picture house with the
World's Special Films Corporation five reel fea-
ture "Joan of Arc."
A 1.20U foot film of the Portland, Ore., Rose
Festival caught thousands of faces and conse-
quently was eagerly watched by the patrons at
the Columbia theater in that city.
Under the direction of Miss Alice M Zierden, a
bureau has been established in Portland, Ore.,
which has an excellent assortment of 5,000 edu-
cational slides which will be loaned to the
schools of the state for use in connection with
their studies.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
James Buckley has erected a new building at
Woodvllle, Okla., to be used for a moving picture
theater.
When the petition was presented asking that
an election be called in Hutchinson, Kan., to
vote upon the question of Sunday shows, the
city commission refused to call the election.
1 nose who wanted the election tried to force It
by mandamus pruceediugs. The city then at-
tacked the constltutiouulily of the law which
allows an Initiative and relerendum vote on any
question, and the matter will be fought out in
the state supreme court.
MIDWEST SPECIAL. SERVICE.
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
SHOWS were given at the Airdome in Sapulpa,
Okla., while the Empress Theater was
closed for remodeling.
J. E. Feeney, the new manager of the Grand
Theater at Bartlesville, Okla., had an auspicious
reopening. The women visitors to his re-
modeled and redecorated photoplay house were
given flowers as souvenirs. The initial pro-
gram, including ■"Strongheart" and "Love, Luck
and Gasoline," were typical of the policy which
is to rule.
The Isis Theater, North Main street. North
Fort Worth, Tex., found that it paid to run the
pictures of the Grocers' and Butchers picnic
and baby show recently held in that city.
K. Beck, proprietor of Riverside Park at
Hutchinson, Kan., is responsible for offering the
authorities of that city one of the knottiest Sun-
day show problems they ever tackled. For some
time they have battled over the issue. Beck
proposed to construct a floating stage in the
middle of Arkansas River and on that give his
show. The city has no jurisdiction over a
navigable stream. The spectators could sit on
the bank and watch, and there is no penalty
attached to watching a show.
Handsome new electric signs have been in-
stalled in front of the Rex and Grand Theaters
at Carson City, Nev.
Moving pictures of the convention of Eagles
at L#ouisana, Mo., and of the Railroad Men's
Picnic were good local attractions when shown
at the Majestic Theater at Hannibal, Mo.
The "pay day" scheme of giving prizes to
patrons of photoplay houses has bumped into
the law in Kansas. At Topeka Manager Lew
Nathanson of the Best Theater was notified by
the sheriff not to conduct the performance. He
said that he had been notified by the county at-
torney that it was a lottery and not to per-
mit it. Nathanson denied that it was a lot-
tery, that each envelope contained real money
and there were no blanks.
Miss Amelia Hunter is managing the motion
picture theater which has been opened at Lorena
Park, Ardmore, Okla.
William Brink and Henry L. Van Warren are
now conducting the Epic Airdome, giving mov-
ing pictures at Henryettam, Okla.
Ministers of Argonia, Kan., are anxious that
the members of their congregations as well as
other photoplaygoers of the city see the best in
religious films and have been planning a series
of such pictures for the summer. They co-
operated with the management of the Ideal
Auditorium in bringing to Argonia the six-reel
feature "Samson."
The films of the May Day fete at the State
Manual Training Normal School which were
taken by the Kansas Motion Picture Company
of Wichita, Kan., are being booked in Kansas
houses by Fain Conner of Pittsburg, Kan.
The John Carter building at Weatherford.
Okla., has been secured by Stanset & Wilson of
Bennington, Okla., who will operate a moving
picture theater.
The members of the Rotary Clubs in the
United States were filmed in their annual con-
vention at Houston, Tex., by W. F. Bock of
Toledo. Ohio, who will supply every club in the
organization with a print.
E. H. Hill, manager of the Rex Theater at
Arkansas City, admitted twenty-five girls and
boys free to his moving picture show upon the
presentation of 1,000 dead flies each.
ILLINOIS.
THE management of the Majestic theater at
BoWidere gave a benefit performance for
the Ogalla and Minneawawa Camp Fire Girls ol
the Episcopal Church.
Manager Lamb of the Palm theater at Rock-
ford gets a suggestion of coolness out of the
fact that many of his windows and doors are on
the river side of the house. This, coupled with
his electric fan equipment, is a big help to the
hot weather business.
The Union Congregational Church at Peoria is
using moving pictures to raise a fund to pay the
expenses of the state convention of the Christian
Endeavor Societies.
Because W*arden E. M. Allen is a frequent
visitor to the capital, and convict-roadmaking
for Springfield has been persistently advocated,
there was more than unusual interest in the
■Lile in the JoUet Penitentiary" tilms, and the
Capitol theater, which had the Springfield ex-
hibition, cashed in on some of this.
The Lyric theater at Mattoon was closed for
several days while it was being remodeled and
redecorated.
W. H. Sullivan and B. J. Huff, Jr., expected
to have their new Empress theater, at 213 East
Main street in Galesburg, open about the first of
July. The house seats 300 persons.
The Kedzie Amusement Company of Chicago
has increased the number of its directors from
five to nine.
John Borden has erected an airdome in the
rear of his moving picture theater at Mather-
ville.
The I. and W. Amusement Company of Chicago
has been incorporated to do an amusement busi-
ness. The incorporators are M. M. Franey,
Asher J. Goldfine and Harry P. Manns.
Earl Mullin and W. C. Maske have purchased
the moving picture show at Rutland.
Harry Plunk has sold the Globe theater at
Monticello to Frank F. Miner, city clerk. Mr.
Miner will be assisted in the management of the
house by his wife. The Globe is the only photo-
play theater in Monticello.
The Vogue theater, on the west side of South
Fifth street in Springfield, recently closed for
ten days to make a number of changes in the
house.
Members of the United Spanish-American War
Veterans, department of Illinois, who held their
state convention at East St. Louis, were the
guests of Manager Joe Erber of the Avenue
theater at a special program of moving pictures
and vaudeville.
Prophetstown now has two moving picture
shows, Carl Marvel having opened a new theater
known as Dreamland, giving shows Wednesday
and Saturday evenings.
The Central Amus«nent Company of Peoria
has been granted a permit to erect an airdome
in the 300 block on Shelley street in that city.
The Grand moving picture theater has been
opened at Breese. Ben Frank is in charge of
the projection and Miss Rosie Glaud is cashier.
The Beardstown Amusement Company of
Beardstown has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $15,000. to do an amusement business.
The incorporators are L. W. Goodell, M. H.
Harris, R. H. Garm and R. B. Glenn.
Roy Rogan has assumed charge of the Gaiety
theater at Ottawa during the summer months.
Richard B'rown of Ivesdale was secured by
the merchants of that city to give his moving
picture show in the open air as an attraction
for country folk.
The pictures of the parade of the veterans of
Illinois taken at the annual encampment of the
IlliHois Grand Army of the Republic in Mattoon
under the direction of Manager Snyder of the
Airdome of that city, did a big business when
they were shown at his house.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union at
Galesburg has elected Mrs. Fred Nelson chair-
man of a committee on moving picture censor-
ship. Every member of the union is to act upon
the board. If any of the women see a picture
they think should not be run a request to dis-
continue it will be made of the exhibitor. Mrs.
F. Smith, who read a paper treating the subject
of the moving pirture show, said that in her
visits to the Galesburg houses in nearly every
case she found only the best of pictures being
exhibited. The exhibitors of the city have evi-
denced a willingness to work with the self-con-
stituted censors.
The Galesburg Street Railway Company at
Galesburg has started a moving picture show
at Highland Park. The show is housed under
canvas and the seating capacity is capable of
expansion. The Galesburg band has been en-
gaged to furnish music for some of the shows.
Bloomlngton may have another moving picture
and vaudeville house. Non-residents are uald
to be figuring on two buildings on .Main street
occuped by the Feicht and Buffalo saloons, with
a view to uniting them into a modern tneater.
Manager Hodson of the Oak Theater at Oak
Park has been laying emphasis upon the de-
sirability of reserving scats through a serial
like "Kathlyn" and "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery." He has found that his higher class pa-
trons are pleased with the air of distinction
given by this plan.
Harlem Park at Rockford Is featuring Its
free moving pictures this season.
A moving picture theater has been opened in
the opera house at Hlllvlew, giving shows every
Wednesday night.
Emil Berger made the opening of bis airdome
at Fourth avenue and Ninth street in MoUnc
free to the public.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
CINCINNATL
A RRANGEMENT3 are under way for a change
■^ in the management of the local office of
the World Film Corporation, G. J. Trask being
succeeded, according to the schedule announced
by Clay E. B'rchm, who was formerly in charge
of the Cincinnati branch for a short time. Mr.
Brehm comes directly from the New York offices
of the company.
Assistant Manager Haynes, of the Mutual Film
Co., returned a few days ago from a successful
trip through the territory surrounding Cincin-
nati, on which he rounded up some new business
and saw a number of the old customers of the
exchange. The Mutual program is going nicely
with exhibitors, Mr. Haynes reports.
Manager Hetteberg, head of the Eclectic or-
ganization in Cincinnati, expects to make a pro-
nounced hit with exhibitors with the pictures of
the world's tour made by the Giants and the
White Box last winter. He has just received a
number of prints of these pictures, and is de-
lighted with them. Some comedy was injected
into the film, making a more or less connected
plot, and this, as well as the opportunity of see-
ing the athletes in action in all parts of the
globe, is expected to make the pictures unusually
popular. Ted Snowhook, a Chicago film man of
wide experience, is a new member of the Eclectic
force in Cincinnati. He will be on the road In
this territory for the company.
Peter Blum is planning the construction in Mt.
Healthy, a Cincinnati suburb, of a photoplay
house which will contain seating room for 300,
measuring IT by 47 feet. The building will also
have stores on both sides of the entrance and
living quarters above. Architect Anthony Kunz
is preparing the plans and specifications.
Ed. Winkelman, of Cincinnati, is said to be in-
terested in negotiations which are under way for
the construction of a motion picture theater on
Sedam avenue, near Sixth street. This theater,
if built, will make the second new one in that
immediate neighborhood, another having been
started a few weeks ago by a company organized
for that purpose.
Frederick Burton, of Dayton, has filed suit
against Westerman S. W. Edgar for damages in
the sum of $5,000, which he alleges resulted from
Edgar's failure to comply with an agreement by
which Westermaff was to advance^him $2. .500 for
the purpose of purchasing a one-fourth interest
in the film production of "The Reckless Age."
The consideration for the agreement was an ar-
rangement by which the profits were to he
shared. Edgar alleges damages in the amount
indicated by reason of Westerman's failure to
produce the sum required in order to accom-
plish the deal.
The Columbia theater, of Dayton, was the ini-
tial producer in that city of "The Million Dollar
Mystery," running the first installment with a
high degree of success for several evenings last
week. The large amount of publicity which has
been used in connection with the" new serial
helped considerably in exciting curiosity and
drawing the crowds, and the Columbia, as well
as the other theaters elsewhere running the first
installment, profited accordingly.
The Orient Feature Company, of Toledo, O.,
has been incorporated with a capital stock of
3;20.000. for the purpose of producing motion
pictures and operating vaudeville and picture
theatres. The incorporators are Rosina M. Herb-
ert, I. A. Eppstein, John J. Ruben, Alice C. Epp-
steain and Hugh C. Dye.
The Eld Grand Theatre Company, of Bellaire.
0.. will add another to the list of motion picture
houses in that town, as the organizers of the
company, which has a capitalization of $5,000.
propose the immediate construction of an up-to-
date house. Those interested are Adolf Klein.
Harry Herzberg, S. G. Crow, Fred Spriggs and
Alma Dittrich.
Lafayette Roush, of Cincinnati, 0., who form- '
erly operated a motion picture house at Ripley.
O., a suburb, is in bankruptcy, and Is having"
some trouble with his creditors, who recently
filed a protest against his release In bankruptcy,
alleging that he bed failed to list his moving-
picture outfit at Its true value, that he used
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proceeds from tlie tlieater for the purpose of
buying property which was placed in his wife's
name, and that he committed other offenses
which militate against his discharge from his
debts under the bankruptcy law. The charges
made will be heard in a short time.
The Youngstown "Vindicator," one of the
daily papers of Youngstown, O., is advertising
itself in a unique way, and at the same time
giving many people pleasure. Each issue of the
paper contains a coupon, which is good for ad-
mission to an exhibition of "Creation." The
production is being shown at the Grand Opera
House, and has run for several days. Xo charge
whatever is made in connection with it, the
paper adopting this plan of giving its public a
treat.
The several motion picture exhibitors of Troy,
0-, recently decided in deference to public senti-
ment on the subject in that town which has
made itself manifest, to close their houses on
Sunday. The move was entirely voluntary, and
was followed by commendatory resolutions on
the part of the Troy ministerial association,
composed of the ministers of the town, praising
the exhibitors for their action. CASEY.
KENTUCKY.
THE Louisville airdomes have been reaping a
fairly good harvest during the past week or
ten days and the owners are well satisfied with
general conditions. The weather has been so
warm that, while people would go to the neigh-
boring airdome, ihey would not take the trouble
to dress up to come down town to a show. The
down town houses, however, were busy all week
as a consequence of the big Saengerfest of the
Xorth American Saengerbund, which was held in
Louisville June u'-l to '2S. This event brought
several thousand visitors to the city and helped
things remarkably.
il. Switow, president of the Switow Amuse-
ment Company of Louisville has sold the Dream
theater, at Madison, Ind., to L. E. Holwager,
who also operates the Little Grand at Madison.
This is the second of the string of houses owned
by the Switow Amusement Company which has
been disposed of within the past ten days.
Remodeling has commenced on the John C.
Lewis Company's building, and the new Fourth
Avenue Amusement Company, which is to build
what is promised to be the handsomest house in
Louisville, will push the work to completion
early in the fall.
The Preston theater, which is managed by
Sylvester Grove, is not being operated regularly
at present, but Mr. Grove is operating the air-
dome immediately adjoining. During bad weath-
er the regular house is open. The theater is
drawing good audiences and showing some very
good pictures, including several Mary Fickford
plays.
The Majestic theater recently erected a large
electric sign at the corner of Second street and
Broadway, which marks the intersection of two
of the busiest car lines in the city. This is one
form of advertising none of the other houses has
indulged in.
The motion picture program at the National
theater has been drawing fairly good audiences
ever since it was put on. This theater has a
washed air, fan-ventilating system and even on
the hottest days the temperature in the building
has been held at normal with perfect ease. It
has been the chief drawing card as a conse-
quence.
A. V. Sheckler, formerly manager of the Grand
theater, of New Albany, Ind., has been on the
road for the Switow Amusement Company for
some time looking after the various houses in
the string, but has given up his position with
the concern to take up road work under Man-
ager Fred Sheldon, of the Louisville Warner
office.
Ernest Carpenter has succeeded ■William Hunt-
er as manager of the new Crescent airdome.
which was recently established. Carpenter is
a very busy man just now. as he is also con-
nected with the Novelty theater and Carpenter
& Johnston, who take motion pictures. The
latter concern recently took motion pictures of
the Saengerfest parade, given in Louisville dur-
ing the past week. As the Saengerbund Is a
national society, the pictures may possibly be
handled by one of the weekly event concerns.
George W. Jacobs, of Dawson Springs, Ky..
was in Louisville recently making arrange-
ments to purchase machines and supplies for a
new house which will be opened on July 10 at
the Springs. The house is being built by Roy
Threlkeld. who has leased it to Jacobs for five
years. The house will have a seating capacity
of 370 and will probably be named "The Ken-
tucky." although the name has not been finally
decided upon. Mr. Jacobs is from Morganfield,
Ky.. and has been in the motion picture business
for fourteen years, six of which were spent at
Morganfield. Ky. He has also been connected
with houses at Mt. Carmel, Mt. Vernon, Albion
and Harrisburg. 111., besides with a house at
New Harmony, Ind.. and is well acquainted with
the motion picture business in small towns.
Manager Stout, of the Danville Opera House,
Danville. Ky.. has had a number of ventilators
built, extending from the ceiling to the roof. A
large number of electric fans have been in-
stalled, and it is now possible to keep the tem-
perature moderate.
The Orpheum theater, of Fulton, Ky., recently
showed some pictures taken in Fulton about two
months ago. These pictures showed in the lead-
ing places of business, public buildings and
large numbers of citizens, and made a hit with
the public. Manager Chlsholm was well pleased
with the results.
The Kentucky Tuberculosis Commission, lo-
cated at Frankfort, Ky., recently authorized a
plan of campaign by which it expects to cover a
rural section of approximately ten counties in
the state in a health education campaign. The
equipment for a moving picture exhibit which
was used successfully for a time last fall will be
augmented and the entire equipment vrWl be
mounted on an automobile so that various sec-
tions of counties not on railroads may be reach-
ed. C. H. Humphrey, of Lancaster, Ky., will be
in charge of the work. The pictures will be
supplemented with slides and a descriptive lec-
ture. The commission has also authorized the
preparation and printing of a large number of
pamphlets of the home cure of consumptives
which will be distributed at the lectures.
Information comes to Louisville that the Chi-
cago Association of Commerce, which sent a
delegation South, recently showed at a big meet-
ing in Chicago moving picture views that were
taken in Louisville, Lexington and other prin-
cipal cities. The pictures were viewed with
much complimentary comment concerning the
Pities visited and were received with enthusiasm.
It was declared that "the generation now in
command in the South will bring forth in the
next quarter of a century that which will aston-
ish the world. The panoramas of the two Ken-
tucky cities shown were as follows: Louisville-
Coal fleet of 30 barges, carrying 180,000 tons of
coal ; new bridge across the Ohio River, height
120 feet; two spans, each 620 feet, being the
longest simply supported bridge spans in the
world. This bridge is the property of the Ken-
tucky and Indiana Bridge Company. Views of
one of the largest distilleries of Bourbon whisky
in the country, the largest mahogany lumber
mill in the United States, and several views
taken in Cherokee Park. G. D. GRAIN, JR.
IOWA.
"T^HE stockholders of the Orpheum Theatre
i Company held a meeting at Fairfield and
ilecided to dissolve the corporation.
P. E. Sinnot of Waterloo has purchased the
Casino theater at Charles City from E. H.
rhambliss, who has been conducting it for a
short time.
Pence & Wagner opened their new Lyric the-
atre at Columbus Junction with "The Daughters
of Men." The new house, which has a seating
'■appcity of 280, is handsomely decorated and is
equipped for good picture and vaudeville shows.
Warden McLaughery. of the Iowa State Re-
formatory at Anamosa, has renewed his re-
quest to the state legislature for an appropria-
tion for equipment for a moving picture show to
be used in the entertainment and uplift of the
voung prisoners. A similar request was refused
two years ago.
Down town moving picture houses in Des
AToines have gone back to the five-cent admis-
sion. Business at a dime was not up to ex-
ppctation and when one broke away the rest bed
to follow.
The Opera House at Jessup has been leased for
one year to O. Palmer, who has been in the mov-
inp- picture business for some time.
Robert Ford is now sole owner of the moving
picture theater at Blockton, having purchased
the interest of his partner, William Cortner.
Port Wilbern's new movins; picture theater at
Siblev, which is under construction, will be
31x76 feet.
As the result of the purchase by Miss Frankie
Groom of Earl P. Hackett's interest in the Del-
nheu<^ theatre at Clarinda. the Delpheus. the
Bon-Ton and the Airdome are all under the
same ownership and management. W. H. Os-
bourn will be manager of the properties. Dur-
fns the summer picture shows will be given at
the .Mrdome. except on rainv nights, when the
Ron-Ton will be used. Tn the winter the Del-
nheus and the Bon-Ton both will be^given over
to nhotoplav bills.
Elmer Schlidt has pui*fhased the moving pic-
ture* show at Little Rof'k from Lee Miller
George A. Van Camp, a newspaper reporter
in Sioux City, has secured a camera and, under
thp name of the Animated Advertisine Associa-
tion, will film events and scenes in Sioux City
!ind vicinity. One of the first pictures he arranged
for was the auto races at the Sioux City Speed-
way on .Tuly 4. He plans to make pictures of
interest to residents nf Towa and have them ex-
hibited in theaters throughout the state.
Snvder Brothers have opened their new mov-
ine picture theater at Shannon City.
The management of the Electric theater at
West Point has leased from the villaee a lot in
the nark and opened an airdome seating 500.
which will give a few musical features in addi-
tion to three reels nf pictures this summer.
E. E. Obriham. who has nurcbased the Fam-
ilv theater at Cresco from Will James, will run
pictures Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday nights.
Miss Stella Russell, who will manage the
World theatre at Storm Lake for her father. J.
M. Russell, is a college graduate and former
teacher in the public schools. Consequently pa-
trons of the World are promised a program that
will be somewhat educational, although none of
the entertainment features will be sacrificed. D.
E. Fyock. w^ho sold the World, will devote his
time to the Casino theater.
After A. C. Colledge's Elite theater building at
Le Mars is completed it will seat 390, in addi-
tion to having a metropolitan front.
Harry Rick, who recently sold the Lyric the-
ater at Boone, will go into the furniture and
undertaking business at Williams.
The ordinance fixing a license fee of $50 a year
for five-cent moving picture shows, $100 a year
for ten-cent shows and $150 a year for fifteen-
cent shows was brought before the city council
at Council Bluffs and laid over. Its defeat was
predicted.
G. T. Hochwender, formerly in the moving pic-
ture business at South Omaha, Neb., has pur-
chased the Royal theater at Charles City from
.\rthur Kealing.
The Princess and the Cozy moving picture
theaters at Odebolt have been consolidated and
only the Princess will be operated in the future.
O. W. Larson sold a half interest in the Princess
to Harry Davis, owner of the Cozy. Davis will
be in charge of the house and Larson will look
after the bookings and other business affairs.
Lou Peters has purchased the Princess mov-
ing picture theater at Anamosa from Lee Lynch.
The Palm moving picture theater at 428
Brady street. Davenport, operated by George W.
Morrison and G. E. Nelson, was attached by
William Lillis. owner of the building upon a
rent claim. W. F. Blakemore was ordered to
operate the house, reporting to the court each
Monday morning.
The Lyric theater at Waterloo has fixed Friday
as special feature day.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ST. LOUIS.
^ HE SHENANDOAH THEATER, at Grand
'- and Shenandoah avenues, one of the largest
moving picture and vaudeville houses controlled
by the Associated Theaters Company, gave a
benefit for the pure milk and free ice save-the-
babies campaign, conducted by the Post-Dis-
patch, on July 11. A five-reel film entitled "The
Piper of Hamelin," was given. The Hughes
Printing Company contributed the programs.
The Shenandoah gave a benefit for the same
cause a year ago at which all box office records
were broken.
J. Ignatius Finnegan. of St. Louis, has pro-
duced a four- reel drama, entitled "Quantrell,
the Border Wars of Missouri." The film is
founded on the historic incidents of the civil
war. The reels were shown at Penrose Garden,
July 3 and 4. when a special program was pro-
vided, including fireworks for the benefit of
war veterans. Mr. Finnegan gave a lecture ex-
plaining the pictures in detail at every show.
The feature was made by the Y'ale Feature
Film Co., of St. Louis, and all the scenes were
posed on the spots of the actual happenings as
depicted in the drama.
A large water cooler has been installed in the
Easton-Taylor theater at 4472 Easton avenue.
Sanitary paper cups are furnished free to the
patrons.
The Mikado theater, 5049 Easton avenue, has
closed for the summer, but promises to open
early in the fall.
The Hamilton Airdome, which is the largest
and most handsome alfresco amusement place
in St. Louis, has the operator's booth located in
a beautiful pagoda, the lower floor of which is
used for a women's rest and retiring room.
The pagoda Is large and roomy, almost as large
as many small cottages, and with the fluttering
white curtains at the windows it looks like a
very attractive little home set in the middle of
the airdome.
E. W. Dustin, manager of the Eclectic Film
Company's branch, has fitted up a very complete
projection room at the Eclectic Exchange. 3210
Locust street. (TIEBLER.
MICHIGAN.
A ROOM in the Paquette Block in Sheboygan
-^ has been leased by Hennesy & Company,
who will operate a moving picture show. They
own houses in Detroit, Bay City and elsewhere
in the state.
The Grand Theatre Building in the Hermann
Building, on Calumet street, in Lake Linden, has
been remodeled for use as a picture theater.
An automobile equipped with an eight-note
set of horns is being used for advertising pur-
poses by the Majestic moving picture theater at
Battle Creek, Mich. A man beside the chauffeur
plays as the machine is driven through the
streets.
Manager James Champan of the Temple the-
ater at Carlo has remodeled his house. He also
is changing daily instead of every other day.
Charles Q. Carlisle will be manager of the
Mecca theatre, which has been opened at 110
South Washington street, Saginaw, by H. E.
Oppenheimer, Ed. C. Forest and Carlisle
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461
IN THE MIDDLE wiiST.
U' II. WINANS, couimissioiKT oi publlcily at
Ck-velaiid, Ohio, will nut use Ibe muui-
cipal i-xutbit room iu ihu cliy liall for moving
pictures iu connection wiili puolij welfare worlt,
but all films (or education o[ the public in
civic alTairs wlil be shown iu uie regular photo-
play house. The hru departmeni has refused
to allow the use of the exhibit room for this
purpose.
Home-made moving pictures, reels sbowing in-
dustrial and residential Llntun were shown at
the (Jrand Opera House in Linton, lad.
A new pipe organ has been installed in the
Columbia theater at Alliance, Ohio, which Is now
under the management of Lcmono Smith. It will
be used in conucLtlou with tbe moving picture
shows which will be alternated with other at-
tractions.
Andrew Cherry has made plans for the erec-
tion of a new building in Kacine. Ohio, to be
used as a moving picture theatre. Shows will
be given every night at live cents.
The women exnibitors of Omalia. Xcb., and
vicinity are given a good deal of prominence iu
a feature story in the Omaha World-Herald.
Miss LiiJiian M. Linstrom. who gave up a job as
stenographer to begin a successful career as the
manager of the Pastime, is paid a busintss
tribute by the Mutual exchange, "if she doesn't
get what she wants we get the devil," says one
of the office men. Other photoplay women who
are given credit for good work are Mrs. Nicholas
Amos, who is interested in three houses in
Council BIulTs, La., just across the river from
Omaha; Mrs. George Truman, of Lincoln; Mrs.
George M. Watradt, of Stanton; Mrs. Florence
Davis, of Madison ; Mrs. G. V. Higgins, of
Crawford; Miss Hoffman, of Elm Creelc ; Mrs.
A. K. Ackyrod, of West Point, and Mrs. Elsie
Oudcrkirk, of Franklin.
The Elk Grand Theatre Company of Bellaire.
Ohio, has been incorporated with, a capital stock
of $.j.Ol»H. The incorporators are Adolf Klein.
Harry Horzberg, S. G. Crow, Fred Spriggs and
Alam Dittrich.
A crusade to have signboards removed from
the entrances to moving picture theaters in Day-
ton, Ohio, is planned by the welfare department
of the city council.
The Big Brothers of the Elks" Lodge at South
Bend. Ind., had films made there, explaining
the nature of the work in befriending boys who
have not had a chance. In addition to pictur-
ing the parade which was a feature of a fra-
ternal picnic, a story of the rescue of two boys
who had been arrested, their encouragement and
rise in the business world is told. The films
will be shown to 1,400 lodges in the United
States.
Joseph Moore and Othro Stone of Clinton. Ind.,
have made arrangements to open a moving pic-
ture theater in the Stone Building on Main
street in that city.
Carl B. Kreutzer will be manager of the Lyric
theater, on South Broadway, in Peru, ind.,
which was purchased recently by his father.
J. J. Kreutzer, from Walker & Son.
The management of Krebe Park, near Hamil-
ton, Ohio, has added an outdoor moving picture
show.
An ultimatum has heen delivered to exhibitors
in Omaha. Neb., that unless white slave, blood
and thunder and the features generally .wild-
catted are tobooed, steps will be taken by the
Social Service Board for a censorship for all
pictures. T. F. Sturgess, chairman of this
board, does not like the number of white slave
pictures passed by the National Board of Censor-
ship. He says his organization wrote to the Na-
tional Board six month ago demanding to know
the reason for this influx. No reply was re-
ceived. Another letter (registered this time)
was sent. No reply was received to that. Mr.
Sturgess cited an agreement made last spring
by the Omaha exhibitors that all films of this
class would be suppressed.
"Jap" Wilson has sold the Red Mill theater at
Columbia City. Ind.. to S. H. Randall, who owned
it for a time and then sold it to Fred Hood. The
death of a sister-in-law and of the mother of
Mr. Wilson at Montpelier, Ind.. made it neces-
sarv for him to remove to that city.
IVIIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
ALDERMAN Ll'CAS of Madison, Wis., has
introduced into the city council an ordin-
ance aimed at immoral moving picture shows.
The building occupied by the Cem theater at
Rio was sold, and August Berkholtz closed the
show the last of June.
Plans for a moving picture theater, costing
S50.000. at Twelfth and Chambers streets, in
Milwaukee, were drawn for the Badger Amuse-
ment Company of that city.
The Bureau of Visual Instruction of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin. Extension Division, will
not compete with exhibitors, according to its
chief. William H. Dudley. The survey com-
pleted by the bureau shows that there are fifteen
schools in the state of Wisconsin owning mov-
ing picture machines, thirty more are negotiat-
ing for them, and it is expected that fifty more
will be installed before next Christmas. In the
live mouths that the bureau has been in oper-
allon demand has been mude for 45.UOtl feet of
lllm. A course of thirty-live lectures with ac-
companying Illms is planned for many schools
next year. There are ISO stereoiitlcons in use in
the Wisconsin schools, and for these the bureau
has 20,001) slides to loan.
Clarence A. Sterling, tormerly with the the-
atrical attraction '*The Rosary," is managing a
set of "Satan" pictures in Wisconsin. The Illms
went well as Saturday and Sunday attractions at
the Optra Hou^e in Marshlleld.
Unusual photoplays have gone into the Shun-
ert theatre in Milwaukee lor the rest of the
summer.
W. .M. Vance has rented the Broadway theatre
at Superior and opened It with a stock com-
pany, which gives tabloid dramas with pictures
between the acts. Two shows a night are given.
Labor troubles at the Broadway have been set-
tled and union men are being employed.
Ellwood S. Brown, of the Orpheura. at Hart-
ford, is booking the films of the Firemen's
Tournament at Oconomowoc. which he secured.
Small industries in Wisconsin will be shown
just as much consideration as the large ones in
taking moving pictures to he used at the state
exhibit at the San Francisco fair. The Wiscon-
sin Commission. D. E. Bowe, secretary, Ger-
mania Building, Milwaukee, will have direct
iharge of the film part of the display.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
MISSOURI.
A L. SCHWAHARDT, of Quincy. 111., has pur-
-*■■ chased the Gem theater, of Trenton, Mo.,
from Frank Rader and Mrs. Josie Brown. The
change 'was effective July 1. The former own-
ers have not decided on their future plans.
Charles Watts has opened a house at Turck,
Kan., the seating capacity being in the neigh-
borhood of iiOO. Edison machines have been in-
stalled, with other modern equipment. Evening
performances will be given.
A new airdome has been opened at Axtell,
Kan., Elmer Henricks being the proprietor.
A wedding was a recent feature at the Air-
dome at Atchison. Kan. The nuptials attracted
a good crowd, the usual interest in such oc-
casions being in evidence.
A. J. Thrun has opened the Reel-Electric
theater at Minneapolis, Kan., the house having
a seating capacity of about 300. The indirect
lighting system, a color scheme of green and
licensed pictures are various features of the new
theater.
M. A. Lewis, owner of the Navo theater at
Bonner Springs, Kan., has improved his theater,
installing a new Simplex projecting machine
and other modern equipment.
The latest addition to moving picture theaters
Ht Leavenworth, Kan., is the Princess, opened
on Delaware street by George H. Royer and J.
B'. Howell. The house has been thoroughly
renovated. Oscillating electric fans and other
devices for the comfort of patrons during the
summer have been installed.
Robert Dunlop, Oklahoma State treasurer and
gubernatorial candidate, has evolved a plan by
which he hopes to prevent Al Jennings, the
former outlaw, from doing too effective "beating
back." Mr. Dunlop has arranged for 1.000 feet
of moving pictures to be made of him. The
s"-enes will be taken on Mr. Duniop's farm near
Oklahoma city. The necessary heart appeal has
been provided, it is said, old oaken buckets, tat-
tered straw hats and other stage properties play-
ing important parts in the setting.
J. G. Tindale has closed the Elite Theater at
Gas, Kan., and will conduct performances at
Electric Park during the summer. The Elite
will be reopened in the early fall.
Howard Collins is remodeling a building at
Mcpherson, Kan., and will shortly open a mo-
tion picture house, to be known as Grace The-
ater.
Fred P. Bnrtlett has reopened his airdome at
Pleasant Hill. Mo., a few miles from Kansas
City. The initial offerinsr was "The Squaw
Man." admission being raised to fifteen cents
for the occasion.
Fred F. McClure. censor of moving pictures in
Kansas City, has issued a letter to the local ex-
hibitors, outlining the attitude of the newly
formed board. Pictures which have been passed
hv the National board of censorship will not be
inspected by the local department, unless a
complain is made. In that contingency, the ex-
hibitor will be asked to send the picture to
the municipal projection room in the Water-
work? building for inspection by Mr. McClure.
and later, bv the court of appeals, if the ex-
hibitor is not satisfied with the decision of the
individual. All pictures which have not been
passed by the National board must be Inspected
bv the municipal authorities before being
shown. All white slave and "dope" pictures
must be passed bv the local board, regardless
of action taken by the National board. In
closing his letter. Mr. McClure commented on
the class pictures manufactured and shown In
Germany, statins that be believed that this plan
would he adopted in the United States eventu-
ally. In other words, plctureti wblcb art; in-
uppropriute tor one eluss may bu entirely 111 (or
another, according lu the vlewB of the Kan»UB
City cuuHortihlp.
The cauiputgnlng which preceded the vote on
the fruucbiBe vxtenuiou of iho Mctropollluu
Street Hallway, of Kansaa City, provided a
topic of convtrdation In oxulbltors' circles. Both
.those who weru for and against the extvuslou o(
the franchise organized preceding the election,
which was held on July 7, li. U. Lappe, of the
Standard Amu.-iemenl Company, and Frank L.
Newman, of the Koyul Theater, were appointed
on a committee of two hundred to work for the
puusage of the measure.
Several changes have been announced by the
Kansas City branch of the Warner Feature Film
Company. Charles Warner, iormerly (n Kansas
Cliy with the American Feature Film Com-
pany, and also independently, has joined the
Warner exchange and will work on the roaa.
He probably will be made manager of the
branch a little later. Willi. im Warner, formerly
with the Morgan Film Company lu Kansas City,
but more recently with the Atlanta, tTa., branch
of the Eclectic, is anothtr aduition to the War-
ner branch. He will act as outside man. J. C.
Wolff will continue as manager for a time,
though he will eventually gu to Denver to spend
several weeks.
The Richlynn Amusement Company has begun
work on the remodeling of the theater. About
115 seats will be added to the total capacity,
bringing this up to about 550.
MURRAY.
WASHINGTON.
A BILL has been introduced into the House
■^ of Representatives by Congresman How-
ard, of Georgia, who seeks to compel all per-
sons, hrms, or corporations in the District of
Columbia engaged in conducting open air the-
aters, baseball parks, or other places of amuse-
ment where admission fees are charged by
owners, or lessees, to furnish free of cost to
the patrons of such places an adequate supply
of pure, cool drinking water, with sanitary
cups, which shall be placed in sufficient amount
conveniently accessible to all patrons. The bill
is apparently the result of Congresman How-
ard being forced to pay ten cents for a live cent
bottle of "tonic" at the ball park where, he
says, they have even gone so far as to take the
handles off the. faucets so that one is compelled
to patronize tlie vendors of soft drinks or go
thirsty. He also stated that other amusement
places were short on water acommodation.
Congressman Howard would have little diffi-
culty along this line is he would patronize the
Virginia Theater, on Ninth Street, Northwest,
for at that place it is possible to wet one's
whistle with a good brand of lemonade with-
out having to dig into one's pocketbook for
other than the regular admission. Mr. Howard,
if he has any, could also leave his children
there enjoying a first class show while he and
Mrs. Howard take in the sights or do their
weekly shopping.
Evidently the people of Washington do not
appreciate good shows, for they do not seem to
patronize those houses that show "big" things.
At least such was the case at the Casino The-
ater where Harry Crandall exhibited such films
as Jack London's "Sea Wolf," and others of
a similar type, and he is no longer operating
that theater. An effort has been made to edu-
cate the people to pay a fair price for a good
show, but without avail. They hedge at more than
ten cents per admission and only come across
with that amount when extras are shown. This
city is one of the hardest to satisfy in the way
of amusements, and the man who can size up
his clientele and keep them coming to his house
is a good one. Even the legitimate houses are
often hard put to please the people, for what
may have proven a howling success in other
cities will meet with a very cool reception here.
It is interesting to note that American manu-
facturers are cutting quite a figure iu the Euro-
pean markets, for during the month of March,
the last month for which figures are available,
we sent abroad approximately 2.",000.00(t feet
of film. Last year we sent only 3,000,000 feet
in the same month, but that was an off year.
In the nine month ending with March the total
amount exported was l-I6.0<J0,O0O linear feet,
which is nearly four times the amount ex-
ported during the same period in 101.3, and
three times that of the nine month ending with
March, 1012.
For the first time in the history of the mov-
ing picture industry a performance was given
on the White House grounds, although during
President Roosevelt's administration indoor ex-
hibitions were given, as also during the stay
here of President Taft. The screen was set in
the rose gardens behind the west terrace of
the White House and on this was projected
Oabriele D'Annunzio's historic drama, "Ca-
biria." The audience consisted of the Presi-
dent, his family, members of the Cabinet and
their families, jind a few other guests, number-
ing about forty in all. Tom Moore, of this city,
acted as manager and was assisted by Mrs,
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moore and a corps of operators. A grand piano,
presided over by Prof. Klein, of the Hippo-
drome, New York, was placed near the screen.
The machine was operated from a high table
placed at the rear of the line of chairs. Col-
ored lights were used to give tone to the pic-
tures. The performance proved a rare treat
to the distinguished audience, especially Mrs.
Wilson, who showed her keen appreciation of
this historical play.
The Washington Herald, a morning news-
paper, has made arrangements with the Photo-
play Arts Company, of New York, to supply
portfolios of moving picture stars. These
portfolios can be obtained from the newspaper
upon presentation of a coupon published in
each issue and ten cents. The portfolios are
seven inches by ten inches and are of calen-
dared paper. They average nearly two dozen
photographs each and are proving popular with
the moving picture fans here.
Andrew J. Thomas and Sherman H. Dudley
have taken over the American Theater, formerly
the Lyceum, and will hereafter run vaudeville,
catering to the city's colored population.
Thomas and Dudley are the proprietors of the
Howard and Dudley theaters and the lease on
the American Theater will run for five years.
Roulette dancing, the serving of refreshments,
and acommodations for about three thousand
people are the features which make the moving
picture theater, formerly a riding academy, at
Twenty-second and P Streets, Northwest, stand
out a little beyond the ordinary. Will F.
Thomas, who for a number of years was con-
nected with the B. F. Keith interests in this
city and in Philadelphia, and who has estab-
lished quite a little reputation as a lecturer
throughout this section, conceived the idea of
remodeling this large building to fit it for its
present requirements. It is open on all four
sides and is roofed with glass. By reason of
its situation, it is perhaps one of the coolest
places in the hot Capital. Music is furnished
by the B'oston Ladies Orchestra and this in it-
self is a treat. A section of the floor has been
marked off in squares and during the evening
roulette dancing is enjoyed by the patrons. A
wheel has been placed on the wall and when the
music stops this is spun. The wheel contains
numbers corresponding to those within the
squares on the floor and the couple occupying
the square containing the same number as that
on the wheel is presented with a souvenir. A
number of tables have been provided and at
these cool, soft drinks are served. A name has
not yet been provided for this new place, and
the management is offering a prize of $25 to
the person suggesting the one most appropriate.
The admission has been placed at ten cents.
The proprietors of the Washington Theater
have opened a very attractive airdome adjoining
their house. This park has a capacity of SOO
and is well fitted out. Brick booths have been
built to house the operators and cashier and
spacious toilet rooms of brick have also been
provided. Considerable care has been given to
the equipment, and the park comes well up to
all the rules laid down by the different branches
of the city government, in itself no small task.
A double show is run each evening when it is
possible to give an outdoor show. During in-
clement weather the performances are given in
the closed house.
Tom Eastwood has just returned from a trip
throught the Carolinas. where he went in the
interests of Warner's Features.
There is quite a little excitement along Ninth
street just at present due to the activity of the
so-called film censor. This lone policeman
seems to be taking exception to just about
everything, and anything, and his latest attack
is on the replacing of sign boards without a
permit. It seems that one of the managers of the
theaters located on this street noticing that his
display boards were getting in bad shape had
them taken off and replaced with compo-boards.
Mr. Policeman, noticing the decided improvement
thus made, haled the manager into court. He
refused to appear and now it will be a case ot
a jury trial — just to see who's boss. The sym-
pathies of the exhibitors in the downtown sec-
tion are strongly with the manager, for the
policeman has been declared by many to be
considerable of a nuisance.
The marked success attending the second
blow-out of the Screen Club of Washington is
prompting the officers to even greater efforts,
and the next affair to be "pulled off" will con-
tain many novelties. Just what these novelties
will be or what form the meeting will take
will not be divulged by President Dresner, but
it will be in the hands of an aggregation of live
wires, and something out of the ordinary may
be expected. Nothing in Washington has ever
had better success than the Screen Club and
its affairs, and from the support being given
both it would look as though their long exist-
ence will be unquestioned.
C. L. LINZ.
When Writing to Advertisers
Kindly Mention
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
DETROIT.
ON JULY FIRST the censoring of pictures by
Lester Potter came to an end. The police
department have a new plan for censoring mo-
tion picture nims. Potter will continue to do a
part of the work, as a member of the free lance
squad. Under the old system Potter censored
hims before they were shown at the theaters.
Now the work of censoring will be done at the
theaters while the films are being shown in
the regular way. "The idea of having the work
done through the free lance squad is to sepa-
rate it from the criminal end of the police de-
partment,"' said Commissioner Gillespie. "With
the new plan the olBcers can drop in unex-
pectedly on any show and shut off objectionable
features. The film people showed us quite
clearly that we have no right to censor films
before they are shown. All we can censor is the
theater, each ont? individually."
"That's me, that s me," said more than 5U0
members of the Board of Commerce at the
Temple theater on June '60 when the motion
pictures taken on the recent cruise to Duluth
were shown as a part of the regular perform-
ance. It was B'oard of Commerce night, and the
entire lower floor, boxes and mezzanine were
occupied by members and their wives, nearly
SOO in all.
The Calvert Theater Company, of which David
King is president, has completed a deal to build
two motion picture theaters in the North Wood-
ward district. The Kenilworth theater will be
built on the southeast corner of Kenilworth and
Woodward avenues, ground having already been
broken. Seating capacity will be 1,5W, costing
$75,000, and to be completed by October 15.
The other theater will be at the corner of Wood-
ward and Philadelphia avenues. The cost of this
will be $50,U0<.>, seating l,lNHj, to be ready by
October 1. Mr. King is now one of the principal
stockholders in the Calvert and National the-
aters.
George H. Riddell, manager of the Theater
Novelty Co., whose factory is at 15T3 Mt. Eliott
avenue, contemplates opening an office downtown
so as to be convenient for motion exhibitors.
Mr. Riddell, in addition to manufacturing a
number of novelties, will specialize in all sorts
of repair work for motion picture theaters. Mr.
Riddell, by the way, is also manager and stock-
holder of the Mt. Eliott theater, at Mt. Eliott
and Harper avenues, which seats 400 persons. An
interesting fact about this house is that since it
was opened two years ago, it has seldom played
to less than capacity. Three performances are
given daily, with extras on Sundays and holi-
days. It must be admitted that the success of
the Mt. Eliott theater is largely due to the effi-
cient management of Mr. Riddell. In the first
place he is always "on the job." to extend
the "glad hand" to his patrons, and to be of
any service to them that he can.
George Weeks, manager of the Universal Film
Exchange, returned June 29 from a business
trip to New York. Mr. Weeks reports local
business to be excellent.
Douglas Dickerson, manager of the Detroit
branch of the World Film Corporation, has
taken a two-year lease on the Harmonic theater,
corner of Russell and Leland streets, and has
opened it as motion picture house. The theater
was formerly a dance and lodge hall. It has
a 700 seating capacity, all on the main floor.
He has placed Frank Casper in charge, who, by
the way. has a fine tenor voice and will oc-
casionally render vocal selections as an "added
attraction." Performances will be given nights
and Sundays only ; there will be no matinees
on week days. The theater is in a thickly popu-
lated district of working people, and should
prove a very profitable investment for Mr. Dick-
erson. The opening took place July 4.
The Ford-Detroit Weekly (a weekly review
of local events filmed by the motion picture de-
partment of the Ford Motor Company) had its
first showing at the Garden theater on June 28.
It comyrised 500 feet. The photography was
excellent. Among the events shown were the
Detroit Tigers playing ball at Navin Field, the
General Hospital which Henry Ford is financing,
delivering mail to freight boats on the Detroit
River, and interior views of the Ford plant.
In the near future, the Ford-Detroit Weekly
will show pictures of John H. Kunsky's resi-
dence.
Manager Jewett of the Motion Picture Depart-
ment of the Ford Co., recently "pulled off a good
stunt" in connection with the Garden theater.
He notified the management that motion pic-
tures showing the audience coming out of the
house would be taken on a Saturday afternoon.
Merchants in the same block "got next" and
when it was time for the pictures to be taken
they were all standing in front of their stores.
The pictures were then shown the following
Saturday matinee, and created a surprise to
many of the regular patrons who saw themselves
in action. The Moving Picture Department of
the Ford is ready for work twenty-four hours
out of the day. A camera and outfit is attached
to a Ford car, and when a call come.=; in of a
fire or an important event, it is only necessary
for the operator to get in the car and go, as
everything is in readiness for making the
picture.
Delegates to the Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis, which met in Detroit from June 29
to July 0, were guests of Adolph Finsterwald at
the National theater on Wednesday evening,
July 1, to see the feature production entitled
"Spartacus." Mr, Finsterwald is president of
the National.
Notice is given that the partnership lately
existing between Teodozya Chylinski, Charles
Chylinski, Stel'ania Eminowi^s and Thadeus
Eminowics, carrying on a business as a moving
picture theater at 1093 Chene street, has been
dissolved by mutual consent, and in the future
the theater will be operated by "Thadeus
Eminowics.
In the statement of incorporation filed by the
Esperanto Film Manufacturing Co., of Detroit,
the principal stockholders are given as Alex W
Beal and J. A. Servis. SMITH.
INDIANA.
\\7 C. QUINBY and W. C. Dodds, represent-
»* • ing the Quimby Amusement Company, have
taken over the Jefferson Theater, Ft. Wayne,
and will continue to operate it as a moving
picture theater. The ten-year lease was ob-
tained, it is said, at a sum said to be in the
neighborhood of $80,UUU. W. L. Hill, who has
been managing the house, will be retained in
charge. As soon as possiule the house is to be
closed for repairs and the stage removed. In
its place bakonies will be erected for singers.
A new front is to be added, a $5,000 pipe organ
installed and an orchestra of eight pieces will
be a feature. W. C. Quinby, head of the com-
pany, has a chain of about twenty-one houses.
Tlie important part ol the eyebrows play in
the movie actors success is made the subject of
an editorial by the Indianapolis Star. It adds
"if you notice the movie heroes and heroines in
action you can hardly fail to note they all have
very powerful and expressive faces, with strong
lines, large and mobile features, heavy eye-
brows. The movies have been a wonderful boon
to the actor whose voice and enunciation may
have been execrable, but whose gift of facial ex-
pression is very great."
Moore & Stone expect to open the American^
as it will be called, in Clinton about August 1.
A feature will be music furnished by the Moore
family orchestra. The house will seat about
400.
The Lyric Theater, Peru, now renamed the
Colonial, has been sold by W. B. Walker to
former Mayor John J. Kreutzer, whose son, Carl
Kreutzer, will run the house. Extensive repairs
are being made.
The Luna-Lite Theater, Marion, has a stand-
ing invitation posted in the theater and in its-
advertising asking patrons to suggest pictures
in which they are interested, ottering to get
such pictures when possible.
W. C. Bowers, CrawfordsviUe, has equipped,
his motor truck with an electric generator and
plans to use the equipment to put on picture
shows. He will follow fairs and chautauquas
over the state.
The Switou Dream Theater, French Lick, Ind.^
has been sold to William Luckett and W. W.
Sloan, proprietors of the theater building.
The Methodist Episcopal Church picnic at
Webster Lake, near Huntington, was filmed by
order of the church and the "movie" will be
put on at a church entertainment, even the-
actors being required to put up to see them-
selves. One of the number was "rescued" from,
drowning by several "heroes."
Jacob Blosser bought the Eureka house, Roch-
ester, from J. E. Wilkinson, who expects to
open a house in Indianapolis.
H. F. Linton is to open a movie house in
Mulberry.
The Church Federation at Winamac, has en-
dorsed the Isis theater in its purpose to exhibit
only such films as have been passed by the
Chicago board of censors. Each week the Isis-
management sends a notice of its program to
Chicago for approval.
The merchants of Covington tried the experi-
ment of offering a free movie show to attract a
mid-week at town, showing the films on the
public square. The stunt succeeded so well that
it is to be made a permanent feature if a satis-
factory arrangement can be made with Eugene
Ford, who gave the first show. Ford is the
owner of the Family Theater, Covington.
The merchants at Odon are making arrange-
ments to add a free outdoor movie show to be
an added attraction to the weekly band con-
cert. A three hour show was given the night
of July 4.
Herschel Redding has sold his picture house
in Sheridan to Merde Trick of Terhune.
The North Vernon, Ind., airdome is putting on
a baby show as a puller for the crowds.
North Vernon has passed a license ordinance,
requiring the payment of $12.50 per six months
for a strictly movie house, and .$17.50 for the
house that has a stage for vaudeville.
The Weidis brothers have bought the Royal
Theater, Fairmount, from E. E. Rile.
R. E. Blackstone, manager of the Blackstone
Theater, Martinsville, since redecorating and
painting his house has added a pair of singers
and announces a purpose to put on a feature-
service regularly. WILLIAM.
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LICEN SED
FILM STORIES
KALEM.
THE BEAST (July -1). Allboush she loves
Jack Brandon, Edith is com|)elled to marry
wt-althy Jiinu's Melfonl to save her father from
jail. Marriage reveals Melford to be a drunk-
ard and a brute. Edith and bur husband visit
a fashionable cafe one rvenins- l)urin>,' their
absence. Marie, Edith's maid, and Brooks, the
butler, make merry in the library. The unex-
pected return of master and mistress linds the
servants unable to leave the room unobserved.
The two hide behind the heavy window por-
tieres. Melford. who is intoxicated, roughly
attempts to embrace bis wife. Filled with dis-
gust, Edith pushes him away. The man falls
striking his head against the floor. Unable to
revive him. Edith flees to her room in terror.
The morning papers inform Jack Brandon
that his former sweetheart has been arrested
on the charge of murder. He hastens to her
aid. Marie and Brooks, who are sweethearts,
are the principal witnesses against the unfor-
tunate woman. Shortly before the trial Marie
learns that B'rooks has fallen in love with an-
other girl and mentally vows vengeance. The
sigut of the butler openly flirting with her
rival on the day of the trial strengthens Marie
in her resolve. Called to the stand to describe
how Melford met his death, the maid springs a
sensation by declaring Edith innocent and re-
vealing the real slayer. Who the murderer is
and how the death of Melford occured is shown
in a denouement of wonderful interest.
"IN WOLF'S CLOTHING- (Fourth of the
Alice Joyce Series — Special— Two Parts — July
20). — Carter Cordon, a fortune-hunter becames
betrothed to Daisy Brooks, daughter of a mil-
lionaire. Frame, Brooks' attorney, calls at
the house to deliver some securities to his
client. Dick Worth, his chum comes with
him.. Carter is furious when he sees Daisy
and Dick become interested in each other
The fortune-hunter sees Brooks place the se-
curities in the library safe. Hard pressed
lor cash. Carter attempts to steal the docu-
ments, but is discovered in the act by Dick and
Brooks. The shock kills Brooks before he can
warn his daughter against marrying the scoun-
drel. Believing that Daisy loves Carter Dick
maintains silence. Later, he warns Carter that
he will hold him accountable for Daisy's future
happiness.
Realizing how deeply Dick loves Daisy, and
knowing that the girl loves his chum, Frame
plans to unite the two. Believing Carter is
merely marrying the girl for her monev. Frame
informs him that Brooks has died penniless.
The information reaches Carter on his wedding
day. 'ine man promptly prepares to flee. When
the bridegroom fails to appear. Dick, who is
among the wedding guests, suspects something
wrong and goes after Carter. The latter is just
about to go abroad. Furious. Dick thrashes
him and compels Carter to accompany him.
Daisy is overjoyed when the two apear. Frame
however, realizing the truth, denounces Carter
as a fortune hunter just as the marriage cere-
mony is about to take place. The scoundrel
slinks away.
Overcome with shame, Daisy faints in Dick's
arms. He carries the girl into the library
where she recovers. Then comes the knowf-
edge that Daisy's only reason for not breaking
her engagement was her pledged word. Happy
in the knowledge that Daisy has loved him all
the time, Dick takes her in his arms.
"THE RIVAL RAILROAD'S PLOT" (Special
— ^Two Parts — July 22). — Intense rivalry ex-
ists between the Midland and Northern Rail-
roads, both of which are trying to land the
government mail contract. The Northern hav-
ing established a record run. its rival deter-
mines to beat it. Ruth's sweetheart, Jerry, is
the fireman on the locomotive which is to try
to smash the Northern's record. Henley, a spy
for the rival railroad, attempts to bribe Jerry
and is knocked down.
At Henley's order, Jim Downs, his accom-
plice, enters Jerry's room on the day of the
run and knocks the boy unconscious. The
scoundrel then reports to Manton. the engineer,
that he is to substitute for Jerry, who has
been taken ill. Jim spills a chemical into the
feed tank which causes the water in the boiler
to form. The flyer comes to a standstill. Ruth,
at the station a few miles ahead, anxiously won-
ders what is delaying the train. An a'ttempt
to telegraph for information results in the dis-
covery that a falling tree has torn down the
wires.
Rushing to a siding where an engine is
standing. Ruth induces its crew to speed down
the track in search of the missing fiver. Jim
is tilled with dismay when thi- rescue locomo-
tive arrives. Billy revives and hastens tj tne
ufflce, where he tulls of what has happened. At
the same moment, dettTmlned to prevent the
breaking of the Northern's record, Jim attempts
to hold the engine crew up at plstul'.s point.
A desperate battle ensues. The scoundrel fln-
;illy falls from the cab and Is killed. The
break In the wires Is repaired. Ruth tele-
graphs her story Into the mam oUlci-. Just
as she flnishes, the answer conie.s, "Well done!
-Mall just arrived. Beat record by one minute!"
"THE BINGVILLE FUIE DEPARTMENT"
(July 24).— Kartoffel, Chief of the Fire De-
partment, and Schnitzel, Chief of Police, are
rivals for the hand of Minnie, the mayor's
daughter. Minnie, however, meets Bretton a
tire extinguisher salesman. The two fall in
love. The two chiefs, undismayed, continue to
press their suits. Schnitzel, however, is loved
by Tillic, an old maid. Driven to distraction
by the woman's pcrsistance, the Chief of Police
linally heaves her into a mudpond. Undaunted.
Tilly continues to pursue her idol.
In his effort to win Minnie. Schnitzel de-
velops into a bold, had plotter. To get hia
rivals out of the way, he sends Kartoffel off on
a wild goose chase and has tiretton arrested.
Minnie, however, turns the chief down hard.
Like all real villains he immediately plans
revenge.
The man hires Ferocious Flossie, a desperate
criminal, to disable the only piece of fire ap-
paratus In town and then set fire to Minnie's
home. The desperado succeeds in his foul de-
signs, but is seen in the act of setting the
house afire by Minnie.
The girl turns in the alarm and then runs
for help. Meanwhile, Chief Kartoffel finds that
his automobile hose cart has been rendered use-
less. Minnie meets Bretton who hastens to the
bouse and extinguishes the fire with his patent
extinguisher. When the mayor returns home
he learns how Minnie's sweetheart has saved
his residence. In gratitude he consents to the
marriage of the lovers. Schnitzel learns of this
with desnair. Death possessing no terror for
him, he takes the most desperate step he can
think of — he marries Tilly.
"DEFYING THE CHIEF" (July 25).— Run-
ning Elk and Snake Eye, are rivals for Ohon-
ka's hand. Although the maiden loves Running
Elk, Chief Big Bear, her father, favors Snake
Eye. The latter discovers a party of hostile
Indians in the vicinity. He suggests to the
chief that Running Elk be sent out as a scout,
hoping his rival will he captured and slain by
the foe. The chief consents and Ohonka's
lover is ordered to spy upon the war party.
Before leaving. Running Elk proceeds to his
sweetheart's tepee to bid her goodbye. Snake
Eye. who has followed the brave, is wild with
rage. Casting caution to the winds, the In-
dian steals after Running Elk with the inten-
tion of slaying him. But the latter hears his
foe approaching. The two engage in a deadly
knife-duel which is seen by a terrified squaw.
The fight ends with the death of Snake Eye.
The squaw hastens back to the camp where she
informs the tribe of what has occurred. Run-
ning Elk is made prisoner.
The warriors decree the death of the war-
rior. Lots are drawn to decide which of the
braves shall be the man's executioner. Obonka
sees the fatal knife drawn by one of the tribe.
Running Elk's death is to occur between the
hours of 10 and 12 o'clock that night. Prompt-
ly at 10 o'clock Ohonka, clad as a warrior, ap-
proaches the Indian guarding the tepee m which
Running Elk is confined. Believing her to be
the executioner, the brave allows her to pass.
The loevrs make good their escape. Later,
when the real executioner arrives, the ruse is
discovered. Just as the tribe is about to pur-
sue, their foes make an attack upon the camp.
While the deadly conflict rages, Ohonka and
Running Elk continue their flight until all dan-
ger of capture is past.
VITAGRAPH.
"LOVE, THE CLAIRVOYANT" (July 20).—
Annoyed by Broughton's attentions to Ruth, his
wife, John Masten becomes intensely jealous,
but makes no comment. Ruth, who is of a vi-
vacious nature, sees no harm in Broughton's
attentions. She gives a party, during which her
husband is called away, and while looking over
some reproductions of famous paintings, Ruth
sees one representing "Iche Liebe Diche" (I
L-ove You) and suggests to her guests they get
up tableaux of living picures. All are enthusi-
astic and Broughton agrees to assist Ruth as
stage director. Masten returns and through the
alcove window sees his wife in Broughton's
arms, posing as "Iche Liebe Diche." Not
knowing it is a tableaux, be rushes upstairs in
a frenzy of jealousy. After the party. Ruth
finds her husband packing up. He wildly ac-
cuses the girl of unfaithfulness, and giving her
no chance to explain. abruptly leaves the
house. Broughton learning of the trouble he
has unconsciously caused, tries vainly to see
Masten and clear up the situation.
Ruth makes up as a fortune-teller for a
church. Masten arrives, Is seen by Ruth and.
at her Instlk^ntlon, Eroughton Induces him to
have his fortune told. Not recogalzing her In
her gypsy make-up, he is astounded when Ruth
tells him he has wrecked his happiness by his
unwonted Jealousy. He leaves the tent and
(outside meets Broughton, who Ballsfatnorlly
explains the entire tableaux affair. Masten,
thoroughly repentant, begs his wife's forgive-
ness, holds out his arms, and Ruth, with a
little cry of gladness, comes to him and whis-
pers softly, "I Love You."
"BREAD UPON THE WATERS" (Special-
Two Parts — July 21).— Jean, an artist, takes
everybody's troubles upon himself. As often as
ho can sell a picture, he does so, and then
squanders the money upon "dcm good-for-
nothin' artists," as Mammy says. Falconer, an-
other artist. Is a heavy drinker and dies, leav-
ing Mary, Laura and Toodles, his children. In
sore straits. The artists are very sorry, but
know nothing they can do to help them, as they
have little to give. Jean, though poor himself,
takes the orphans Into his home. Having just
bought a new overcoat, Jean meets J. Gage Rus-
sell, an elderly and poorly-dressed man, on
the street, without a top-coat, and Jean forces
his own upon him, under the impression that
the old gentleman needs it. Old Russell sees
the humor of the situation and follows Jean,
learns his address and determines to Investi-
gate the artist's conditions, so struck Is he hy
his unusual generosity. Jean continues his life
of self-sacrifice for his friend's children and
finds it no small undertaking. Uussell. who Is
a millionaire, instructs DuBeon. an art critic
and picture dealer, to help Jean along by buy-
ing all his productions. DuBeen later tells Jean
he lacks soul that he must live some deep
emotion that will refiect in his work before he
will he great. All goes alon^ smoothly until
Jean is awakened to the state of his heart by
Harmon making love to little Mary and asking
Jean's consent to allow him to marry her. He
realizes his own great love for the girl, but in
a last supreme sairifice, hides it, and with
tears in his eves gives her to Harmon, while he
returns to bis studio to worshi[) at the shrine
of his high ideals of love. His soul awakened
to these great thoughts, he imparts them to bis
canvas and his fame spreads throughout the
world.
"BUDDY'S DOWxNFALL" (July 22).— Left
behind by his brothers on their fishing trip.
Buddy is disconsolate until he sees Lilly, a
stylish young lady from the city, who is visit-
ing Mrs. Boyd, their next-door neighbor. He
awkwardly makes her acquaintance. and it
proves to be a case of love at first sight on his
part. She is older . than he and although se-
cretly amused, is gracious to Buddy and he
acquires such a swelled bead that he passes
haughtily by his old friends, Grace and Elsa
Forster. Buddy invites Lilly to the Strawberry
Festival and she consents to go with him. She
meets his older brother, Arthur, they are mutu-
ally attracted and Buddy is made to feel that
he is a "Third Party." To prevent Buddy from
taking Lilly to the Festival, Arthur, on the
night of the affair, hides his brother's long-
trouser suit and the poor boy is obliged to go
in short pants. Lilly spies his abbreviated
trousers and, smothering a laugh, trips off on
Arthur's arm. Buddy accuses Arthur of play-
ing a trick on him and after a strenuous argu-
ment which nearly breaks up the Festival, Bud-
dy goes home sobbing with grief and shame.
The following day Arthur, after a severe scold-
ing from Mother, returns Buddy's suit. Buddy
dons his man's clothes, and later meets Elsa
and Grace. - aey are about to pass him by
when Buddy stops them and apologizes for his
previous rudeness. All are soon the best of
friends again and when Arthur goes by with
Lill, Buddy merely smiles in a superior man-
ner, showing that he has entirely recovered
from his "downfall."
"THE APPLE" (July 23).— Promising to
send for his sweetheart Roza, when he gets
settled, Hugo Hunfalvy leaves Hungary for
America. In New York he meets Louis Kap-
lan, an old friend, who owns a fruit store.
Louis' sister, Marie, is pretty and fiirtatious,
and is much impressed hy Hugo. He soon falls
under the infiuence of her wiles and buys part
interest in Louis' store. Some weeks later.
Hugo receives word that Roza is coming on the
next steamer. He is not over-pleased, as he had
almost forgotten her. When Roza arrives. Ma-
rie slyly calls attention to the newcomer's pro-
vincial manners and peasant clothes, causing
Hugo much embarrassment. Roza receives a
visit from her Aunt Sophia, who sees how
things are going and determines to help the girl.
Hugo marries Roza and they continue living
with the Kaplans. Hugo treats his wife very
coldly and the climax comes when he leaves her
to attend a theatre party with Marie, Roza
is heartbroken and goes to her Aunt's for sym-
pathy. Sophia is a wise woman, pretends a
sudden illness and insists only Roza shall
nurse her. Marie is no housekeeper and Hugo
soon misses Roza's neat ways and good cooking.
In accordance with her plans, Sophia gives
Roza money to buy modern dresses and fash-
464
ionable finery, so when Hugo calls and sees
Roza in her new clothes, he realizes she is very
beautiful. Awakened at last to the fact that
his wile is his dearest possession, he fervently
entreats her to come back to him. At first she
is cold and indifferent, but softens and finally
consents, provided he will buy a little home of
their own. He eagerly agrees, kisses her pas-
sionately and Sophia watches them in their hap-
piness.
"THE WINNING TRICK" (July 24).— Flor-
ence Trevor is a romantic young girl, who. al-
though brought up in luxury, has acquired an
idea that riches are not at all desirable. Al-
fred Fletcher, an extremely wealthy suitor, asks
her to become his wife, and while she likes him.
refuses, saying she will not marrj- a wealthy
man. Fletcher is amazed and rather crestfallen.
A few days later, he tells the girFs father he
intends taking Florence at her word and pro-
claim he is a poor man. Trevor and his wife
approve the plan and both appear shocked to
learn from Alfred that he is financially ruined.
Florence, however, experiences a change of
heart. When the young man calls and asks her
if she is- willing to become his wife, now that he
is poor, she throws herself into his arms. Her
parents make strong objections to the match and
the young people elope. At first all goes well,
although Florence has heaps of trouble keeping
house without the modern conveniences and lat-
est improvements. Her husband pretends to be
looking vainly for work. Threatened with evic-
tion for non-payment of rent, she tries to find
work herself, but meets with ill-luck and begins
to tire of poverty. Alfred secures a position as
butler in a -beautiful mansion and after seeing
the beautiful place and comparing it with her .
own cheap little apartment, Florence becomes
discontented. When Alfred returns, she hys-
terically tells him, "I wish I had married a
wealthy man." This is what he has teen wait-
ing for. The following day, she again visits
the mansion in hopes of securing a position as
maid. "The Master of the House" is announced,
and Alfred, elegantly dressed, steps into the
room. He has played "The Winning Trick"
and Florence, after recovering from her amaze-
ment, snuggles lovingly in his arms, declaring
she will never again long for poverty.
"ROMANTIC JOSIE" (Special— Two Parts-
July 25). — While employed as maid of all work
in the suburban home of Mrs. Bilkins. Josie,
who is of an intensely romantic nature, sees a
novel her mistress is reading, and is seized with
a desire to read it. Mrs. Bilkins goes to the
city and Josie takes advantage of the oppor-
tunity to "borrow" the book. She becomes so
absorbed in following the adventures of "Gwen-
dolyn and her lover" of Knighthood days, she
forgets all about the dinner* cooking on the
stove. When her mistress calls up on the
'phone. Josie is too much interested to pay any
attention and Mrs. Bilkins, alarmed, decides to
return home at once. Readin" feverishly. Josie
pays no heed to the smoke pouring from the
stove and soon the house is filled with it. Mean-
time, a policeman rings in a fire alarm and
calls out the reserves. The police and fire ap-
paratus arrive on the scene and set to work
extinguishing the "fire," while a large crowd
gathers. Mrs. Bilkins, arriving on the scene,
faints. Despite the clouds of smoke and
drenching streams of water, Josie. in the midst
of the turmoil, continues devouring page after
page until Hank bravely dashes in and carries
her to safety. She drops her book on the way
out and goes right back after it. Mrs. Bilkins,
who has learned there was no fire after all. be-
comes mad clear through and peremptorily
discharges Josie. who terselv replies, "I should
worry." Josie steals away to a quiet corner
with Hank and finishes reading the romantic
adventures of the hero and heroine.
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IT W.\S 30.ME P.'V.RTY (July IS).— Jack
loves Fanny Higgins. Her father does not ap-
prove. Jack, downcast and cast out. sees Pa
Higgins going to a party given by a gay so-
ciety widow. He follows and sees Pa join a
gay poker party, the slakes played for being the
players' wearing-apparel. Pa has lost nearly
everything but his B. V. Ds. Jack gets Fanny
as a witness to the scene — shocking : Fanny
gets into the room after Jack has frightened
the players, steals Pa's clothes and brings him
to terms. Jack gets Fanny and she returns
Pa's clothes.
SOME DECOR.'^TORS (July 18i.— Bilkins de-
cides on a general house cleaning. For this
purpose he employs a whitewasher, painter and
paperhanger. They quarrel over a can of beer
and "start something.'' In the melee that fol-
lows the house is wrecked. The police are
called and add to the confusion. The arm of
the la-n* reaches up chimneys, over roofs and
all over the place finally capturing the belliger-
ent workmen in the bottom of the lake. Bil-
kins at the finish is anything but clean.
THE PROSPECTORS (July 16).— The old
Prospector dies and leaves his daughter alone
in the uninhabited hills. Two other prospectors
come, a young man and an olcler one. They
meet the girl and the inevitable happens —
they love her, the young man with a poor and
noble love, the old man with the black primi-
tive passion of desire. The older one tries to
accomplish his purpose through treachery and
cowardice, but he only meets a just death,
while the manly youth and the courageous girl
move on to the life of love and happiness.
TH.\T BOY FROM THE POORHOUSE (July
13) . — To be in a poorhouse is a hard lot, but
to go from a poorhouse bound to a stern, cruel
taskmaster is still harder, especially when one
is a little boy. Then, to find an opportunity
to show one's inherent heroism and thus win
the gratitude of a rich man and the permanent
companionship of the rich man's son is perhaps
compensation enough. And thus it is with
"That Boy from the Poorhouse."
ESSANAY.
MO.VEY TALKS (July 20).— Mr. Forflush has
a great desire for spending money, but his sal-
ary does not warrant the luxuries his life neces-
sitates. The time finally comes when his cred-
itors hound him. .A. wild chase takes place,
which ends by Mr. Forflush jumping into a
huge puddle of mud, where he accidentally finds
a big wallet stuffed with bills. He is now able
to pay his creditors and all ends well.
MRS. BILLIN'GTOX'S FIRST C.\SE (July 21).
— Mrs. Billington had been a law student for a
number of years, and much against the "wishes of
her husband, determines to take a case as soon
as she receives her diploma. Her husband, a
prominent attorney, discovers who her client is,
and pays the prosecuting attorney a handsome
sum to allow him to handle the case. Mrs. Bil-
lington is defeated by her husband and the hu-
miliation stings her to the core. She later
agrees that the woman's place is at home, and
the river of marital happiness runs smooth once
more.
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chanan Bartlett. shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett.
farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things.
Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill
of expenciitures a month later from his son,
amounting to two hundred and fifty dollars. The
old man decides to investigate things, and the fol-
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compared to ihe rough treatmcni father received
at the bands of the eollege boys was Ukc a so-
cial four o'lloek tea. What they didn't do to
father wasn't worth doing, so the elderly gentle-
man decides to take his son back to the farm.
The story ends with Uuchanan hoeing the corn
Held In toe blistering sun.
SLIFPEHY SLl.M'S I.NHERITANCE (July
;;;!). — .\lustang felo and Slippery Slim are In
love with the fair Sophie. Slim borrows money
from his sister, so he may lavish gifts on the
woman of his heart. Sllm's sister Is In lovo
with .Mustang, but he spurns her love. One Une
raorniug Slim reeeives a letter from an attorney
to the effect that he has been left ten thousand
dollars. This he shows to Sophie, but she is
afraid to marry him for tear .Mustang will do
something desperate. Slim conceives the idea of
leaving a note for Sophie, In which he states
that he is about to commit suicide, and wants
her to marry him before he dies, thereby gain-
ing his fortune. Sophie rushes to Sllm's bed-
side where the marriage ceremony Is performed.
The queen of Snakevllle becomes furious when
she discovers that her husband is very much
alive and that the money was left to his sister.
Mustang rushes to Sllm's home only to discover
that the deceitful one's sister has been married
to another man. Business of collapse.
BRO.VCHO BILLY A.VD THE GAMBLER
(July -o). — Broncho Billy, aa express rider, is
married to Stasia Wynu. daughter of GTrant
Wynn. John Mackey. a gambler, comes to town
and Wynn loses all his money to him. B'roncho
Billy buys his wife a scarf pin, which her father
steals and loses to the gambler. Mackey is
caught cheating and is driven from town. Across
the border, Broncho sees Mackey and hears him
tell how a "beautiful girl" gave him the scarf
pin. Broncho recognizes the pin and grabbing
Mackey, takes him to his home where he con-
fronts Stasia. Stasia meanwhile has promised
her father not to betray him. However, the
father hears the commotion in the next room and
confesses. Broncho begs his wife's forgiveness,
which she willingly gives.
"A LETTER FR-DM HOME" (Special— Two
Parts — July '2i). — John Armory is appointed
special State's Attorney to investigate the tim-
ber land grafting situation. He breaks the news
to his fiancee. Ruth, and a week later they are
married. J. R. Zerkel, a timber king, meets
-Armory at the country club and offers him a
bribe to report things in a normal condition, but
the latter refuses to listen to him. The attor-
ney and his wife leaves Chicago for 'West-
chester, where he takes up active work in his
investigation. His time is limited, which neces-
sitates his neglecting his wife, which later
nearly breaks his heart when he discovers in
her diary that she is lonesome and wants to
return home. Zerkel sends a wire to Phillip
Bently. a banker in Westchester, informing
him to offer Armory a handsome sum to drop
the investigation. Bently tries and fails. A
tew days later Zerkel's right-hand man. Glut-
ton, arrives in 'Westchester under an assumed
name and tries to force Armory to accept the
bribe. Armory's love tor his wife prompts him
to accept, but she, aware ot the fact that her
husband has been acting strangely for a dav
or so, plays eavesdropper and is overwhelmed
with disgust when she sees her husband ac-
cept the tainted money. Later that evening she
confesses to her husband that she loves him
more than she does the big city, the bright
lights and everything she is accustomed to, and
if he will return the tainted money to the
crooked lumbermen, she will be perfectly con-
tented to remain in 'Westchester with him the
rest ot her life. Armory returns the money,
much to the discomfort ot Glutton and informs
that gentleman that he is going to see the in-
vestigation through and that the bribe offered
him will only be another piece of evidence for
placing him and his gang behind the bars.
MELIES.
"RAGTS AND PATRIOTISM" (July 14).—
Percy Perkins and Archie 'Van Cleve, two
knights of the road, read that the Americans
were beaten in the first International Polo
Match. This touches their sense ot patriotism '
to such an extent that they gather others ot
their kind, also two dilapidated horses, a col-
ored gentleman and a mule and challenge fio
Englishmen. Everything is going splendidly
for their side until a beautiful white cat walks
across Archie's face and he wakes up to find it
was all a lovely dream.
"JUSTLY PUXISHED" (July 1.5).— Mrs. Ox-
tord repels the advances ot Viscount Monmouth,
a man who has nothing else to do save play
Don Juan. Her husband's brother, who has been
estranged from the family tor years, pleads
with her to try and effect a reconciliation. She
promises that it he will wait for three days,
when it will be her husband's birthday, she
will try to win her husband's pardon. 'Viscount
Monmouth sees them together and informs
0,xtord that his wife is meeting a lover and
deceiving him. He, convinced against his will,
plans the destruction of the couple when next
they meet. However, he discovers the truth in
time and Vis.ount Monmouth himself falls Into
the trap he had caused to bo made. Next day
Oxford introduces his brother to all the neigh-
bors at the birthday party.
"THE TEST OF TRUE LOVE" (July IC).—
The daughter of a rich banker was afraid she
would bo married only for her money, so she
went Into the oince ot her lather's solicitor, dis-
guising her Identity. One of the clerks fell In
lovo with her and she returned his aflection.
but when she presented him to hor father as
her Intended husband she was told she would be
disinherited. This she risked, and her father
afterward explained that it was merely a test
of her affection as she had tested her hus-
band's.
"THE RIVER'S SECRET" (Special— Two
Parts — July 18). — Diamond mines seem to
gather bla<-kguiirds like a magnet gathers steel
dust. The chances of obtaining a stone whose
sale will make the vendor rich for life, attracts
ail those to whom honest work is abhorrent.
-Money is easily won and easily lost, and when
it cannot be made on the "1. D. IJ." — the in-
dependent diamond business — which consists of
selling stolen stones — well, there are generally
"pigeons" to be plucked. This engrossing story
tells how a scoundrel after fleecing his victim,
kills him and impersonates him with the idea
of gaining more money. Nemesis, howevtr.
finally overtakes him and he meets his death
in the very same river in which he had thrown
his earlier victim.
"A SUB'LI.ME DECEPTIO.M" (Special— Two
Parts — July IB). — A widow by effacing herself
and sacrificing her property brought about her
daughter's marriage with the man she loved.
Being flighty the girl nearly lost all through
a silly flirtation and was only saved at the ap-
parent cost of her mother's honor. However,
the daughter realized at last that this was too
dear a price and. confessing all, restored her
mother to the man who loved and honored her,
and obtained her own husband's forgiveness.
GEORGE KLEINE.
THE RIVAL ACTRESSES ( Cines— Special-
Two Parts — July 14). — Ruth Merill, a young
actress of great talent and beauty, is assigned
to an important role in a new comedy and
scores a tremendous success, thereby arousing
the jealousy and incurring the enmity of Ethel
Barber, an older player and a member of the
same company. Her continued success causes
her rival's envious heart to suffer all the pangs
ot acute jealousy and to seize upon every possi-
ble opportunity to halt her rise in the profes-
sion. Ruth's fiance is Harry Lowe, an artist,
and having failed in several efforts to injure her
professional standing. Ethel resolves to attack
her happiness by causing trouble between the
lovers. To this end she persuades the stage
manager to show Ruth marked attentions and
at the same time find underhanded means to
make Harry distrust his sweetheart's faith. She
finally succeeds in causing a break between the
two. Ruth is heartbroken, but. determined not
to allow Harry to see that she cares, begins to
accept the attentions ot Hudson, a millionaire,
who has been fascinated by her many charms.
Harry and Hudson, unacquainted with each
other, have a mutual friend in George Stewart.
One day Harry is at George's rooms when Hud-
son bursts in and boasts of his conquest of the
young actress, displaying a note which she has
written him, giving him a rendezvous, as evi-
dence ot his success. It is with difficulty that
Stewart prevents a bare-handed battle between
the two. "When he understands the situation.
Hudson suggests that Harry take his place and
meet Ruth at the designated spot. In the mean-
time Ruth has repented ot her hasty action and
persuaded the old prompter at the theater to
carry a note telling Hudson that she cannot
meet him as promised, and Instead ot his sweet-
heart, Harry finds the old fellow waiting for
him at the rendezvous. The two then hurry
back to the theater, and a moment later the
young people are in each other's arms.
EDISON.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABSENT-
MINDED PROFESSOR — (Seventh ot Octa-
vius — .\mateur Detective Series ot July 20). —
"When Octavius received a fetter signed by Pro-
fessor Harper, asking him to come out to his
country residence for the purpose of solving a
mystery, he felt greatly flattered. "When Oc-
tavius arrived at the Harper home, the professor
explained matters. For the past two weeks,
somebody had been regularly stealing from his
collection ot antiquities. Warning the professor
to say nothing of his presence in the house.
Octavius settled himself in the room with the
curios and waited. While he was waiting, the
professor received a telegram reminding him
ot an important engagement in the city that
evening. In the excited hurry ot departure,
the professor completely forgot about Octavius.
Thus it happened that when a mysterious fe-
male glided into the curio room, and abstracted
a few more of the professor's relics, and when
Octavius. starting to pursue her, knocked over
a few antique busts, the butler, hearing the
noise, and believing Octavius to be a burglar.
promptly collared him and threw him into the
wine cellar. In the wine cellar, Octavius found
the missing curios hidden In the pocket ot a
long coat. When the professor returned the
next morning, and efYecled the release of bis Ill-
used guest, Octavius' Urst question was as to Ibo
identity ot the person in me household who
owned a kimona with storks In it. The kimona
was the only thing he had been able to dlB-
ilngulsh clearly about the mysterious female
who swiped the relics.
The professor reported that the kimona be-
longed to his daughter. Octavius ordered that
the household be summoned before him. Ho
recognized the mysterious female at once. None
the less Octavius' duty was only too dear. So
be turned sudly to the professor, and Informed
him that his daughter was guilty of the theft.
The beautiful mystery was not the professor's
daughter. She was the second maid, and had
.Himply "borrowed " the kimona. The profes-
sor's real daughter came In Just in time to hear
Octavius accuse her of the crime. Things Im-
mediately became so lively that Octavius was
glad to escape alive.
A MATTER OF MINUTES— (Eighth of "The
.Man Who Disappeared" Series — July :il). — It
win be remembered that Nelson Wales had put
Ills sister into considerable danger and dlffl-
culty on account of the fact that that amiable
young man had forged her name to a mortgage.
John Perrlton, the man who disappeared for
.Mary's sake, saved her from an unpleasant
situation. The next day he came to the Wales'
house to call Nelson to account. Confronted by
his sister and the angry Perriton; Nelson, at
first, attempted to bluster his way out of the
situation. When that tailed to produce the de-
sired impression, he locked Perriton and Mary
into a room, and telephoned to the police that
he had captured John Perriton, the murderer.
"While they were locked in the room, John told
Mary the truth about the murder — that Nelson
had killed the butler, and that he, Perriton. had
.shouldered the responsibility for her sake. Mary,
filled with horror, none the less believed Per-
riton's story. The police arrived at the front
door, and John escaped through the window,
directing Mary to meet him at a certain station
on the railway line. John climbed to the roof
by means of a rain spout, and after a desperate
race with the detectives, succeeded in com-
pletely eluding them.
At Nelson's suggestion, the detectives, foiled
in their pursuit of Perriton, turned their atten-
tion to his sister. They followed her aboard the
express train which she took to keep her ap-
pointment with Perriton. Mary, discovering that
she was followed, sent a telegram to the train.
she knew Perriton had taken, telling him that
she would elude the detectives, and would meet
him at Vernontown. a junction point, where
they could catch a north-bound express. Mary
succeeded in eluding the detectives, by the
clever ruse of leaving the train, and quickly
slipping back aboard just as it was starting.
Meanwhile Perriton"s train had broken down.
Realizing that everything depended on making
the connection Mary had planned, he was at his
wits' end. The accident to the train would cer-
tainly make him miss the connection. An aero-
plane meet in the vicinity of the accident solved
the difficulty. Perriton hired an aeroplane just
as the express came into sight. Mounting into
the air, the great hirdlike machine raced for
miles against the speeding train, and reached
Vernontown in time.
A DEAL IN STATUARY (July 22).— Gerald
had a weli-developed artistic temperament and
a consequent aversion tor disturbing his beauti-
ful soul with thoughts of labor. He liked his
friends — and one friend, named Ethel. In par-
ticular— so much more than he did pottering
about with clay and marble, that his days. In-
stead ot being spent in the devoted concentration
ot purpose were filled with automobile parties
and tango teas. -\ curious lack of appreciation
of the real excellence of his motives on the part
ot his creditors led, after a time, to so many
insistent demands for payment that Gerald was
reluctantly forced to telegraph to his aunt, re-
questing the immediate gift of .Sl.OOO.
Gerald's .A.unt Jerusha knew something of her
nephew's proclivities, and promptly telegraphed
back that she would give him S.5.000 If he ever
finished a statue. Gerald, filled with delight at
such reckless generosity, replied that he had
two statues finished, and requested his aunt to
remit the $10,000 in any way she pleased. In
reply to this. Aunt Jerusha wrote that she was
coming to look at the statues. This put Gerald
in a rather uncomfortable position because the
two statues he mentioned had only existed in
his imagination. For a young man of his quick
mind, however, a little thing of that sort did
not make any particular difference, -\tter a lit-
tle thought, he hired his Japanese valet and the
gardener to pose tor the statues.
"When he showed Aunt Jerusha bis masterly
"Japanese Wrestler" and his equally excellent
"American Boxer" everything would undoubt-
edly have gone along all right, had it not been
tor" a small boy who had overheard the entire
scheme. The small boy stuck a pin in the ankle
of the -American Boxer, while -Aunt Jerusha was
inspecting the group. The sturdy boxer prompt-
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ly took a swing at his partner in crime, who re-
plied with a bewildering sucession of piu-jitsu
holds and ended by jumping on the boxer's
stomach. Aunt Jersuha went home. The
shock sobered Gerald to such an extent that he
actually went to work, and made enough money
all by himself to marry Ethel.
HIS WIFE'S BURGLAR (July 22).— When
ilr. Smith came home early one afternoon and
discovered that his wife was not in to welcome
him, he became highly indignant. Mrs. Smith
was very fond of gadding about. She loved to
play bridge and she loved to make calls and
lend her voice to the cheerful chatter that arose
to the accompaniment of clattering teacups.
The indignant Mr. Smith decided, as many a
sadder and wiser man has done, to teach his
wife a lesson. With the aid of a couple of pil-
lows, a suit of clothes, a hat and a pair of shoes,
he evolved a remarkably life-like dummy. He
placed it under Mrs. Smith's bed. allowing the
legs and shoes to protrude slightly. Then Smith
secreted himself in the closet and waited. Mrs.
Smith returned, beaming, from the party, and
went to her dressing table to remove her hat.
In the mirror her eyes fell on the two legs
under the bed.
Mrs. Smith gave one despairing shriek of hor-
ror and fled from the house. On the street,
she hastened to the nearest policeman and
breathlessly confided her terrible story. The
policeman summoned assistance and followed her
back to the house. Meanwhile Mr. Smith had
removed all traces of the dummy and had
started on a search for his eyeglasses. He had
just discovered them under the bed where he
dropped them while putting the dummy in
place. When the policemen entered, hauled him
from beneath the bed, swathed him in a sheet
to quiet his frenzied struggles and bore him
past the hysterical Mrs Smith on the front porch
to the station house. At first the sergeant would
not listen to the poor man's excuses, but at last
he consented to send for Mrs. Smith. Then Mr.
Smith had the pleasure of telling his wife just
how it all happened.
LADDIE ( Special — Two Parts— July 24) . —
The great tragedy in a mother's life is when
her children grow up and leave her. When her
son, John, left her to go to the city, Mrs. Carter
was utterly heartbroken for a time. But. be-
cause there was no help for it, she was philoso-
phical, and if she grew any sadder as the years
went by, her sorrow did not show in her patient
old face. When fifteen years had passed since
"Laddie's" departure, Mrs. Carter learned that
she must give up her home, on account of a
railroad which needed the property for its right
of way. Naturally enough, her first thoughts
turned to "Laddie." She decided to go to him
in the city and surprise him.
Mrs. Carter arrived at "Laddie's" house late
one evening. She was surprised at its prosper-
ous appearance. Laddie's infrequent letters
had not made her realize that her son had be-
come a rich and successful physician. At the
door, she told the maid to inform Dr. Carter
that a poor woman from the country wished to
see him. Laddie, with some impatience, con-
sented to see her. and the mother, with a glad
cry, flew into his arms. Laddie was glad to see
her, of course, but the poor mother soon felt
that something was lacking. When the realization
finally dawned upon her that Laddie was
ashamed of her, it nearly broke her heart. But
because she was too proud to stay where she
was not wanted. Mrs. Carter crept silently away
from the house after nightfall. After a few ex-
periences with the seamy side of city life, she
was taken care of by two kindly people who
were only too glad to do the lonely old woman a
good turn.
When Laddie realized that his own coldness
had driven his mother away, his remorse was
terrible. Every effort he made to find her, how-
ever, was in vain for more than a year. Then,
one morning, on his regular call to the hos-
pital, he discovered her in one of the wards —
dying. It was too late for the broken-hearted
man to do anything else than tell the frail old
woman that it had all been a terrible mistake,
but even that poor consolation was enough to
bring a smile to the dying lips, and a last stir
of joy to the mother heart at the thought that
she had really been loved after all.
THE LAST ASSIGNMENT (Twelfth of the
Dolly of the Dailies Series (July 25). — When
Dolly Desmond left the home of her youth to
embark on a journalistic career in the city, she
left the town in a state of furor behind her.
The story called "The Perfect Truth," the first
installment of which Dolly published in the town
newspaper, aroused so much resentment against
Dolly that the townspeople revenged themselves
by withdrawing their money from her father's
bank, Two or three months after Dolly went
away, the bank was in such straits that sus-
pension of payment seemed only a mattter of
hours. Then "The Perfect Truth" in its com-
plete form was published as a book. It met
with an immediate and startling success. Dolly
attained to fame and wealth almost over night.
The echo of her success reached her native town,
and people began to sit up and take notice.
It was one thing to feel themselves the butt of
the joke of an immature schoolgirl, and quite
another to know that they had been the material
from which a famous authoress had drawn her
inspiration. In the midst of the excitement,
Bobby, at the newspaper office, suddenly re-
ceived word that Dolly was coming to town.
The news was not an unmixed pleasure for
Bobby. He had an evil conscience. He had
been madly in love with Dolly before she left
town, and believed that she cared a good deal
for him. After she left, he fell in love with an-
other girl. However. Bobby's first duty in the
matter was perfectly clear. So he wrote up a
headline article for his paper announcing Dol-
ly's arrival. The town went wild with excite-
ment. Fame was about to fall upon it again
for the first time since Hank Bowers had been
lynched for horse stealing many years before.
All hatred and jealousy was forgotten and Dolly
was welcomed by a tremendous popular demon-
stration.
The first thing she did was to set her father's
bank on its feet again, partly with the help of the
money she had made and partly by the use of her
extremely persuasive tongue. In the midst of the
excitement, a stranger arrived in town — James
Malone, the enterprising business manager of
Dolly's paper. Everybody wondered who he
was. and Bobby was the first to find out. For
when he went to Dolly's house, with hanging
head, to explain how matters stood, she told
him that she was going to marry Malone. And
that is how we leave Dolly with one career be-
hind her, and another and far finer one ahead.
SELIG.
"REPORTER JIMMIE INTERVENES" (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — July 6 1. —The city editor re-
marked to his star reporter, Jimmie : "This is
the biggest steal that any corporation tried to
put over the municipality! Run it down, break
it up. and you will own the shop." Jimmie
went after the new assignment fast and furi-
ous, and the front pase of his paper began to
attract the attention of the populace to a new
condition of affairs, in which a railroad trust
appeared to be hiding behind an innocent ap-
plication made by a coterie of seemingly disin-
terested citizens, all of whom were associated
with big corporations.
Councilman Blake, a cold-blooded politician,
led the controlling faction of aldermen, and
while he had long been a "suspect" nobody
was clever enough to "put it over on him." At
the preliminary council meeting only a single
vote was required to give the "people's prop-
erty" to the railroad trust. The lacking vote
was Black, who. knowing his previous power,
reserved his right to hold the big job in leash.
At this point in the game, grim Grayson, the
head of the railway trust, came to the city se-
cretly, just as Blake expected he would, pray-
ing for a conference.
In tbe interim Reporter Jimmie met and im-
pressed Alice. Blake's stenographer, who felt the
power of his personality, and could not restrain
her interest in the story that was unfolding as
he came day after day for interviews. When
she learned that Councilman Blake was to be
a guest that night at Grayson's country home
she "tipped it off" to Jimmie by 'phone. He
managed to get unobserved into Grayson's house
and his sharp ears overheard the conclusion of
the bargain between the councilman and the
magnate. Blake hurried away, and Grayson sat
down to enjov reflecting that he had the win-
ning of the franchise fight in his pocket— signed
for a certainty by Blake. The alert Jimmie
leaped upon him, bound and gagged him. and.
possessing himself of the precious document,
escaped from the house and made a run for his
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horse he had concealed in the shrubbery. He
runs into the husky secretary of Grayson and
handed him a punch on the point of the jaw and
then proceeded to his horse. The secretary,
however, rallied for the count and took a shot
at Jiniraie. that came so close that it made a
brain bruise across his brow.
Grayson's man staggered to his feet, rushed
to the house and found his master trussed up
like a stuffed turkey. He released him, learned
the truth of the raid, and consequently, upon his
master's demand, rushed for his automobile.
The wounded reporter rides madly on and then
the automobile comes flashing into the scene.
Jimmie tried out all the tricks at his command
in fox chasing — in cutting across ploughed fields
and taking down narrow, rough lanes, but Gray-
son's car ate up the miles savagely and came
closer and closer. Xow they were in the city
limits, and on a shaded boulevard the car caught
up with the tired rider and his foam-flecked
steed. Jimmie was dragged from his horse, and
was about to be thrown in the car and carried
away when a mounted patrolman appeared and
asked impertinent questions. Jimmie thrust the
document in the officer's hand, when Grayson
declared his identity and insisted that a valu-
able document had been stolen from him. The
patrolman glanced at the document and the sig-
nificance of it appealed to him so powerfully
that he handed it back to Jimmie and told him
to "Beat it." Then he compelled the frantic
Grayson and his huskies to conform with the
speed laws so he could trot alongside their au-
tomobile through the park.
Things were happening in the City Hall in
the. interim and likewise at the newspaper office,
a sort of expectant hush that comes before great
news "breaks." The editor was about to order
the presses to start, giving up the expected
scoop as too late, when Jimmie with a bloody
handkerchief bound about his brow, and the
knock-out document in his hand, staggered in-
to the office with his smashing story. It was
a big thing and the bold-face type played it up
m scare-heads. The scene shifted to the council
chamber, Elake concluded his speech and the
voting was about to begin, when Jimmie darted
into the room and pushed the "extra" under the
nose of the astonished Blake, and then passed
other copies around so quickly that the great
franchise steal died a-bornin'. Blake's pretty
stenographer was at work early that morning
when the telephone rang and she recognized the
voice, unmistakably Jimmie's that said • "Hello
a fnend is talking. -Will you marry me?" It
wasn't hard to guess the answer, and when the
orange blossoms bloomed upon her brow two
months later, the newspaper that Jimmie helped
to the greatest scoop of the time was heavily
represented both in "among those present" and
the bridal gifts.
•■THE -n-ILDERXESS MAIL" ( Special— Two
Parts— July 13).— Jan. the hunter, is in love
with Marie, % French-Canadian girl. The same
charmer has captivated Otto, the driver of the
■Wilderness Mail, a vengeful and selfish individ-
ual. Mane has a half-sister. Joan, a decided
contrast to her — a sweet lovable girl not ordi-
narily bold or aggressive, but when aroused
firm to a finish. She resents the way her sis-
ter meets these two suitors, the one following
the other, as quite unworthy of a modest woman
and hotly tells her so. First comes good-na-
tured Jan, who presents Marie with the pelt
of a beautiful red-fox. He is hardly out of
signt in the woods when the mail driver comes.
and she greets him even more effusively with
kisses. He also gives her a present. Joan, out-
raged by her demonstration, speaks to Marie
sharply, and Otto tries to conciliate her ; but
she jn shame and mortification, runs to the
woods.
Otto soon drives his dog team along down the
snowy trail and meets Joan, roughly parleys
with her and tries to kiss her. She struggles
and screams. A little distance away in the
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woods, .Tan is talking with some woodsmen. He
hears Joan's cries and rushes to the rescue.
Otto is so sorely worsted, he can hardly stand
alone, but is helped to hfs feet by the two
woodsmen as Jan takes the girl away. The
news of Jan's victory has reached the settlement,
and the next morning he Is given a commission
to get a letter through to Fort Hope before the
Wilderness Mail reaches there, carrying advices
that would rob a good man of his fortune. With
a fresh dog team, and a big reward in view,
Jan forges ahead, and overtakes the phlegmatic
Otto idly dull from his beating. In crossing a
frozen lake. Jan falls through. Otto passes on
with a deaf ear to all his calls for help, sure
that his enemy will perish miserably. Happily,
Jan's dogs are more humane, and tugging at
their lines move him to safety on firm ice.
An outlaw lies in wait to rob the Wilder-
ness Mail. He is about to shoot the advancing
man when he discovers his mistake, for Jan is
again ahead. He lets Jan pass by, but when
Otto comes upon the scene, he kills him. Then
he climbs a tree over the scene of the murder,
and by dropping into the tracks of Jan. "cun-
ningly conceals his own trail. Soon two North-
west mounted police put in an appearance, find
the body of Otto, and observing the trail of Jan,
conclude he is the murderer.
Jan, unconscious of the crime that has been
committed, rushes on his way, delivers the pack-
et entrusted to him, so that the good news gets
there first, justice is done and the man's prop-
erty is saved. He then recuperates after his
long journey, takes the back trail home when
he is met by the mounted police, who arrest
him, accusing him of the murder of Otto. He
denies the charge strenuously and.r ankling un-
der the injustice of it. makes a stout resistaance.
but is eventually overcome and carried back to
Ft. Hope, bound as a prisoner. The news soon
reaches the settlement and the lone cabin of the
two sisters. Marie and Joan. The former im-
mediately writes a bitter note to Jan. upbraid-
ing , him wrathfully as the murderer of the
only man she ever loved. Joan is so firmly
convinced of the innocence of Jan that she con-
cludes to go to him, making a long journey
over the lonely trail to Ft. Hope. When she is
admitted to the prisoner, he describes his trip
in detail — how Otto left him to drown, and later
tried to shoot him : but that he had gone on
ahead unmindful of it. This reassures Joan
more than ever that Jan is innocent. There-
upon she determines an investigation upon her
own account, returns to the scene of the crime
and, by studying the situation carefully, ob-
serves how the murderer climbed the tree, tra-
versed the long branch, and dropped into the
trail of the man ahead. She then follows the
side trail which leads to the lonely cabin of
the outlaw.
Joan draws her revolver, enters the cabin and
finds the outlaw befuddled in liquor, mussing
over the plundered mail. She tries to arrest
him. but drunk as he is. he makes resistance
and endeavors to grapple with her. She shoots
him in the arm, then binds his hands behind
him and drives him before her back to the
headquarters of the oolice where she delivers
him as the real murderer. Hers was the most
unusual and daring deed, and was highly com-
mended by the authorities. .Tan is released
upon the confession of the outlaw, and the last
scene shows Jan and Joan entering their own
cabin in the dimming light, presumably after
the service in the little church in the clearing
where their wedding had been celebrated.
"A WOMAN LAUGHS" (Special — Two Parts —
July 20). — Clara is an attractive coquette, seem-
ingly wholesome, but really a most designing
person. Some facts of her past have become
known to a grave and studious gentleman, Dav-
id. He is seriously ill but during his convales-
cence he observes her assiduous attentions to his
friend. Louis, with growing alarm. He warns
his friend against the woman, but Louis mis-
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construes bis advice and persists in his affair
with Clara. This love, however, soon curdles to
hate. He associates David with his misfortune
and writes a note to Clara that he is "through
with them both — forever." In the loneliness of
his room, he tears up the photograph of the
heartless woman, and then goes to the side-
board to mix himself a libation. Just as he
places his hand on the electric water-kettle, an
accident at the distant power-house sends extra
heavy voltage over the wire, and he catches the
full current, which kills him.
David happens in to see Louis and finds him
-dead in the room with the fragments of the
photograph, the note and other s'igns of broken
hopes scattered about him. In a wild rage, be-
lieving that Clara's conduct had inspired his
friend to suicide, David rushes for her, drags
her back to the chamber of death, and tells
her that she must remain there until the police
come. She looks coldly at the dead man at her
feet — she has no regrets — her interests are cen-
tered in herself alone. As she sees the officers
coming, she clasps David by the arm, scornfully
ejtclaiming : "Let them come in. They will
find us both here." David is seized with a
great fear, as the epistle left by the dead man
would involve himself as well as the woman; so
he allows her to go out on '^or wicked way.
and she passes through the door with sibilent
laughter as he is left alone with his friend.
The officers come, examine the premises — they
see the burned handle of the kettle and observe
that the hand of the deceased is similarly
burned. This dissipates the theory of suicide,
showing that Louis was really electrocuted.
David seeking forgetfulness, goes West and
plunges into out-of-door business, improving
bier real estate holdings, and busying himself to
dull the aching grief caused by the ruined life
of his friend. Much to David's surprise and
regret, his trusted young engineer, Scott, comes
one day upon the scene accompanied by his sis-
ter and a dashing woman whom he introduces
as his fiancee. All at once the spectre of the
past rises, vicious and impertinent in the per-
son of the bold and resourceful Clara, whose
eyes challenge him to interfere with her affairs
by revealing the past. The coquette mischiev-
ously busy as of old, soon has an alliance with
a fashionable young idler. George, with whom
she travels about the country, while Scott is
busy in the affairs of his profession. David
is only too glad to have her out of his sight,
and is not surprised when he discovers her in
the arms of the ardent George, whom she has
chained to her chariot wheel.
Not to be too precipitant. David gives Scott
an inkling of the affairs, and the latter starts
investigating on his own account and soon sees
things for himself. He confronts Clara in in-
dignation, but she is cool and defiant, and tak-
ing off her engagement ring flings it at his feet.
He is too deeply humiliated to remain. He
rushes away, and then in desperation, draws his
revolver intent upon self-destruction. Happily,
David arrives at this moment, wrests the wea-
pon from him and finally calms the desperate
man. He tells him how Clara's laughter has
echoed through the sorrowing years — a trail of
misery and despair. Scott is for making away
with her at once, but David cautions him: "Let
her live, and make her pay."
That night as she is packing up, about to
leave, she gets a note signed by "George," ask-
ing her for a tryst at the old meeting place
just once more. She secretly leaves the house,
and upon reaching the hill, instead of finding
George, she comes face to face with Scott. She
feels that he is about to kill her. She turns
from the scene and flees back into the dark,
the embodiment of fear. When the morning
comes David meets Scott, but the latter has
triumphed over himself. He remarks : "She
is a woman. I cannot avenge the wrong she
put upon me." So the siren fades out of the
story— her palsied lips forgetting forever again
to frame a laugh.
"ALGIE'S SISTER" (July 7).— Old Man
Rocks, in a deseparate effort to cure his son,
Algie, of high life and the bright lights, sends
him out West to his ranch. The cowpunchers
make game of him. and he is the butt of their
pranks. They send him out with his arms full
of pails, to catch a long-horn steer long enough
to milk it; then they pull off- their famous
Western "sell" — the badger fight — so that, all
in all, he is exceedingly uncomfortable. One
fine day he sees an "ad" of a famous female im-
personator, who is out of an engagement, so he
secretly hires him to come to the ranch. This
man is some actor, and the simple cowboys fall
in love with him. introduced as Algies "sister."
All this causes a let-up of torment and a cor-
responding measure of regard for Algie. Then
old man Rocks comes out to the ranch and sur-
prises him. The actor's wit and abilities save
the day. however, until he and Algie can get
the old man alone. Imagine, however, the old
man's astonishment at finding himself singled
out from the crowd of punchers in the yard and
subjected to a perfect deluge of kisses. How-
ever, he sees the joke when it is later explained
to him and determines to give Algie another
chance in the outside world.
When Algie and his "sister" announce their
return East, all the cowpunchers accompany
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most any art picture frame maker
right here in my home city, and pos-
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then, should I order brass frames
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That's the kind of fellow we wsuit to get
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The corners are re-inforced with steel, has
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They are practiceilly un-wear-outable.
There's the argument. And we can back
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them to the depot, and there is a general de-
pression and some weepy times. Then comes a
surprise when the "sister" sends her photograph,
showing her as a boy, and they admit that Al-
gie. after all, had the laugh on them.
"CARYL OF THE MOUNTAINS" (July 8).—
Cars'l. a mountain maiden, vainly fights to keep
her father, Joe Nelson, from joining a moon-
shiner gang, whose chief is Speck Taylor, a man
she hales, one who has tried in vain to win
her. As Nelson joins the renegades, Caryl
meets Jim, a timber cruiser. Sometime later.
Speck Taylor comes to Nelson's cabin and im-
mediately picks a quarrel with Jim. The men
have a terrific fight in which Speck Is badly
worsted. One of his gang brings Speck the
news that Revenue men are in that region ; so
he writes a fake letter declaring that the writer
will lead them to the moonshiners' still. He
signs Joe Nelson's name, and slips it in the
latter's pocket. He then works it so that his
gang will visit Nelson's cabin and they will find
the letter on him. As the mountain-code
means death for the informer, the crowd give
Nelson short shift, and he is tied to a tree and
about to be shot when Speck tells Caryl her
father's life will be saved if she will give her-
self to him.
At this dramatic moment Jim appears, and
just as the executioner raises his gun to fire,
he drops from the shot of Jim's revolver, and
the rest of the cowardly crowd fly to cover.
Caryl rushes to her father and protects him
with her body. The Revenue men come upon
the scene and the moonshiners are eliminated.
Jim then explains the case to them, and the let-
ter reallv saves Nelson from prosecution after
all. Jim's heroic action and his adroit explana-
tion captivates Caryl and she twines her name
with his.
"DID SHE CURE HIM" ( July 10) .—Mrs.
Jenks. is fat and husky, and determines to cure
her husband of night running to the Lodge.
Jenks feels that the call has come and slides
out of the front door softly when a husky arm
comes after him through the crack in the door;
he is seized firmly by the collar, with a trick
of the jiu jitsu he is yanked back from view
and the door slams shut with a bang. Then
is shown a view of the cozy interior. Jenks
has a very important date at the club, and tries
to explain it. but Mrs. Jenks proposes to keep
him home and cure him of the thirst habit
with a fruit cure. Preparatory to administer-
ing the "treatment" she locks up his shoes. He
tries to escape from the window, but is shot up
and otherwise maltreated as a porch-climber
trying to effect a forcible entrance to his own
house. Mrs. Jenks again takes him in hand,
and puts the "treatment" into effect at once.
She makes him eat bananas, apples and grape
fruit until he seems to lose his waistline right
in view of the audience. As the fruit gives out.
she feeds him raw potatoes until he falls in a
fit. Cure or no cure, it is a sidesplitting comedy
filled to the brim with amusing activity.
"HIS FIGHT" (July UK — Young Dr. Brant
and his wife are very happy until Hai\shaw
appears on the scene. In the course of time.
Hanshaw wins the young wife, and the doctor.
returning home unexpectedly ope evening, finds
her in his "friend's" arms. In spite of his
wife's prayer for forgiveness, Brant makes Han-
shaw take the woman, divorces her and she be-
comes the latter's wife. In the years that in-
tervene. Brant has become a famous surgeon,
and the woman suffers her rightful punishment
for perfidv through Hanshaw's cruel treatment.
Ten years after the break and its forced ce-
menting. Dr. Brant is visiting a friend in his
summer home on the seashore. One dark and
stormy night a man rushes up and states that
the stranger in the new bungalow a mile up the
shore is dying of appendicitis. Instead of send-
ing for a surgeon across the Bay. Brant's friend
induces him to take the case. When the latter
arrives at the house, judge of his astonishment
when he comes face to face with his former
wife. It is Hanshaw who is dying. Now en-
?;ues a dramatic struggle — the woman still loves
Brant. She urges him to let Hanshaw die. She
says: "His life is in your hands tonight: Let
him die and take me back I" The woman's
mellow beauty, and the growing warmth of the
old love that has never cooled, sets Brant's brain
reeling. He catches the woman ii^ his arms and
seemingly surrenders to her demand. Then he
goes in to minister to the ailing man. He
locks the door behind him and is for the time,
fighting with himself for the helpless one. as-
sisted only by the maid. The woman waits
without— hopeful and joyous, seemingly tri-
umphant. Hanshaw will die and she will have
Brant back again. Dr. Erant returns to her
looking white and haggard. Has he let him
die? The woman flies to him. Gently, but
firmly. Brant puts her aside. His fight with
himself has been for justice. He tells ' her :
"Madame. I have done my best. Your husband
will live."
"AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS" (July 14).—
John Knutz, a chemist, thinks he has discov-
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discovery, he arranges with an Egyptologist for
the loan of a mummy. On this same day Mile.
Airaee. a Russian dancer, who is preparing to
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Egyptologist. White, to dance at his house in
order to secure correctness of costume.s. Mile.
Aimee. left alone in White's curio room, at-
tacked by headache, takes a powder which af-
fects her heart. She sits on the edge of the
empty mummy case, loses consciousness, and
falls into it. At this juncture the expressmen
arrive to convey the mummy to Knutzs labora-
tory. When the dancer recovers consciousness,
she steps forth from the case, and Knutz actu-
ally believes he has brought an Egyptian prin-
cess back to life. The dancer, unfortunately,
cannot speak English and is unable to enlighten
him.
Knutz's wife appears upon the scene, and
Mile. Aimee, observing her jealously, tries to
escape from the place and takes refuge in
Neighbor Dobbs' studio. Finding no convenient
place of concealment, she assumes a pose behind
a large empty frame. At this moment Dobbs
comes in with a committee who are passing
upon his work for certain mural decorations,
and they immediately close a contract on the
strength of viewing the living picture thev see.
After they depart, Dobbs, who is simply silenced
into astonishment, vents his admiration in Rus-
sian, which brings the dancer back to life. A
withered old crone comes into the studio, sell-
ing matches, and Dobbs suggests turning the
joke on Knutz for the curing of his jealous wife.
He gets the old matchseller to dress in the
gowns of the princess, making a withered and
fearful contrast to the beauty. She slips into
Knutz's laboratory, and when he comes back,
led by his jealous wife, they have a double
shock at discovering the old woman in the mum-
my case. This settles Knutz's faith in his elixir
of youth : he makes peace with his wife, and
does not waste any more time upon idle experi-
ments.
"HIS LAST APPEAL" (Special— Two Parts-
July 15). — Clark Gordon who served time for
forging a signature, was released from the peni-
tentiary— a changed man. Knowing the dangers
that surround a "jail-bird" he leaves the place
and goes to a far city. He secures work in
the stock and bond establishment of Bell &
Taylor— the former member of the firm being
particularly friendly and his sponsor in busi-
ness. Taylor is a tricky individual and serious-
ly involves the firm by selling absolute worth-
less securities. An invalid. Mad Muller, who
invests his all in these mythical properties,
reading of the firm's collapse, comes to remon-
strate with Taylor. The conversation between
the two men becomes so heated, that Muller
strikes Taylor upon the head with a seal and
kills him, and then flees. Bell, in the next office,
hears the heavy fall and rushes into the room.
At the beginning of the quarrel. Gordon fear-
ing trouble rushed out to get the police leav-
ing Muller and Taylor alone. When he returns
with the police, they find Bell on the scene, and
immediately arrest him. accusing him of the
crime on circumstantial evidence, and he is
convicted and sentenced on this charge to be
hanged.
Gordon learns from the confession of the real
murderer, a dying man, that his friend is in-
nocent, and as the Governor is away from home
in order to gain time, he forges the Governor's
name to a reprieve of the death sentence. This
is a daring and desperate remedy, but when the
Governor becomes acquainted with the facts, he
forgives and commends Gordon, who is happv
in havine his be^t friend reinstated in the
esteem of the worW.
"THE SQUATTERS" (July IS).— Helen Ral-
ston, daughter of a wealthy business man,
wearying of the empty life of fashion, decides
t^ give herself up to sociological work. She
is^ assigned to a rather hopeless district, occu-
pied by the fishermen squatters on the lake
shore. There she finds old Bill Simpson and his
handsome but ignorant daughter. Mary. She
teaches her how to read and write and then
shows her how to dress herself becomingly.
Mary's sweetheart. Antonio ■ Angelo. a rough
vindictive squatter, is much vexed as he ob-
serves .Mary emerging from her surrounding?
of ignorance. He blames Helen's teaching for
the change in his sweetheart, and spitefully
swears to get even.
Helen s father happens to buy the squatter's
land for a warehouse, and then has to hire
deputy sheriffs to oust the squatters. When
Mary hears of the situation, she hurries to the
scene and intercedes in time to stop blood-shed,
.^ngelo cuts the fishermen's nets and then incites
the fishermen against Ralston, declaring that
he was their greatest enemy. They lure Ralston
to their domain and decide to take him to an
island and starve him until he will agree to let
them live on the lake shore. In the fight he
drops his watch. Mary finds it, gives it to
Helen, and she recognizes it as her father's
watch. She sees trouble and begs the squat-
ters to save her father. They then get a launch
and pursue the runaways. Angelo threatens
them with a knife, but the vigorous Marv
knocks him out with an oar. In the conflict
that follows Helen is thrown into the lake but
IS rescued by Mary. Afterwards the squat-
ters are pursued by armed men, led by Harvey
Jiathews. Ralston is brought back to shore and
the vindictive Angelo attempts his assassination.
But again Man' rushes to the rescue knocks
Angelo down, and he is tied up and given over
to the police. Eventually, the Rev. Chas. Mark-
ham wins the stalwart Mary for his wife, while
Harvey Mathews and Helen wed as the ending
of the romance.
•■WIGGS TAKES THE REST CURE" (July 17).
— Jasper Wiggs. on the verge of a nervous
breakdown, is advised by his employer to take
a "rest cure." Poor Wiggs has scarcely been
settled at the sanitarium before the village offi-
cials begin a celebration, which noise drives
him wild. Unable to withstand the noise, Wiggs
leaves the sanitarium and goes into the moun-
tains, where he hopes to rest in peace. He pur-
chases an auto of ancient vintage, and before
anybody has a chance to explain the intricate
works of the machine to him he starts on his
way. Wiggs gets along all right until he tries
to stop it — and the more he tries to stop it, the
faster it goes. Constables endeavor to arrest
him for speeding, but he cannot stop. He final-
ly smashes into the side of a barn, and is
tossed into forgetfulness. Then the constable
and the undertaker exort him to the hospital.
While convalescing, he writes his wife, telling
her that he is going into the mountains to die
in peace. He hires a man to drive him there,
but on the way they encounter "Black" Dugan,
a desperado, who is pursued by the sheriff. He
compels Wiggs to exchange clothes with him,
and when the sheriff comes up Wiggs is in the
line of fire. Finally he signals to stop firing, ex-
plains the situation, and the sheriff almost
bursts with laughter at the close mistake Even-
tually Wiggs comes upon "Black" Dugan, who
is sleeping in the shade of an old sycamore,
thinking that he is immune from capture. All
the ferocity of Wiggs boils up over the indigni-
ties to which he has been subjected, and he
gives the desperado a terrible licking. He then
brings him back to the sheriff, bound and
gagged. When he returns to his office he finds
his employees mourning him as dead, but Wiggs
soon convinces them that his nerves are all
right, his muscles have regained their strength
and that he is once more a real "live one."
"THE LURE OF THE LADIES" (July 21).—
Jack Mcllvain, a club fellow, a society man. the
product of modern riches and idleness, seemingly
with nothing to do and less to think about, all
at once becomes impressed with the fact that he .
ought not be a bachelor any longer, and proceeds
to get a little advice on the subject from a
fortune teller, who lives in atmospheric condi-
tion and who needs a change of linen and bath-
ticket. This ancient and aromatic dame tells
the handsome young man annex of minus, that
the next young woman he sees that day will
become his wife. This misinformation bores
itself into the Mcllvain bean with such effect
that the young man breaks all precedent and
gets busy at once. He feels that he has been
grieving long enough in his bachelor quarters
as he looks over his photographs and sees more
fair faces in the rings from the smoke of his
cigarette. When he starts on his morning con-
stitutional he observes a young woman step into
a jewelry store, carelessly look over a few dia-
mond tiaras, and then pass them back to the
clerk with a look of utmost disdain. He imme-
diately takes her to be the woman of his fate
an heiress of unlimited wealth. She goes into
a barber shop where he goes to have his face
fixed, and turns out to be a manicurist. Al-
though his face is lathered he makes love to the
fair one, as she trims his digits.
All of a sudden he sees a skirt flutter by in
the street and rushes madly after it, pursued
by the manicurist and the barber. This young
woman goes into a sanitarium and the undaunt-
ed Mcllvain follows her and soon finds himself
trussed up in a straitjacket, pinned onto a
couch on the advice of the barber who pro-
nounces him insane. Eventually he manages
to get on his feet and walks down the street
with a couch attached to him ; he meets anoth-
er fair one and she thinking he is an unusual
man, listens to his proposal. She is an heiress
and when she leaves the room to get her father
and mother, he makes love to her French maid,
and her husky sweetheart coming on the scene,
fires him through the window. The jar of this
tames him for a while and he goes to his apart-
ments to think it over, and concludes to be
less precipitate in his courtship hereafter.
"THE SEALED PACKAGE" (July 22).— Brian
Godfrey and Arnold Lambert are clerks in the
diamond broker's office, both interested in Mil-
dred St. Pierre, the daughter of an old em-
ployee. For a while she is impartial but Arnold
is too impetuous in his addresses and she re-
pulses him.
Gilbert Howell, a traveling salesman of the
firm, puts into the vault a sealed package con-
taining valuable private papers. On the same
day is placed in the vault, a number of fine
uncut stones in a similar package. When How-
ard starts on his usual tour, he takes from the
vault what he thinks are his papers. That same
evening, old St. Pierre, recalling the fact of
leaving some verv important papers on his desk
is worried and decides to make sure by going
back to the office alone to place them in the
vault. Arnold Lambert, who is passing that
way. observes this move, and his scheming
curiosity is aroused. The following morning the
loss of the uncut diamonds is discovered, and
Arnold Lambert recalls his opportunity of the
night before in the presence of the old man
at the office and remarks it to Brian. The lat-
ter resents the imputation upon the integrity of
his hoped-to-be father-in-law, recalling that
Mildred said that any sudden shock would be
fatal to her father. Meantime Arnold has been
spreading the virus of the story through the
office and Brian, thinking to save Mildred s
father accuses himself of the theft. This is un-
looked for and Arnold, now believing she will
repudiate the man of her choice in favor of him.
•■phones her. Howell, opening his package m a
distant city, finds the diamonds, and realizing
his mistake, wires the office that he will forward
the diamonds at once. Arnold discomforted and
crestfallen, is discharged for his disgraceful ac-
tion in the matter, while Erian rises higher
than ever in the esteem of Mildred when she
learns of his sacrifice for her father.
■THE SUBSTITUTE HEIR" (July 24).— Jack
Benton a foolish old millionaire, falls into the
clutches of a designing femal^Julie Legrand
a French adventuress. She poisons the mind ot
her husband against his nephew, Charles Benton,
a worthy young man who has married the old
man's secretary. The uncle sends the young
couple away and di inherits his nephew, but.
through the' intercession of Aunt Nancy, a faith-
ful old colored retainer. Benton makes a will
leaving his nephew two-thirds of his estate in
case his own wife has no child.
When Benton dies, a sliyster lawyer tells the
precious relict if she only bad a child she could
have and hold all the Benton millions. This im-
presses the adventuress so favorably that she
bribes the old colored mammy to secure a child
from a neighboring orphan asylum, and when
the will is administered, she will produce it as
the heir of the Benton millions. In the interim
a baby boy comes to bless the home of the
younger Bentons. who are living in straightened
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circumstances. The faithful old colored woman
prevails upon the Bentons to let her take the
young child, the legitimate heir, to the house
of the scheming widow, as the foundling that
she desires to palm off as the rightful child
of old Joe Benton.
At the moment, however, when the adventuress
takes the oath, that the child presented is her
own, the daring old mammy, who has a strong
sense of humor, suhstitutes a colored child. This
is too much for even the brazen adventuress
and she promptly denies she ever had a child.
This is the psychological moment, the rightful
heir is produced, and thanks to the cleverness
of Aunt Nancy, the worthy young couple come
into their own, and the adventuress goes on
her stormy, scheming way.
"FOOTPRINTS" (July 24). — Paula and Robert
are betrothed and Mrs. Gray gives a party in
honor of her son at their country house where
Paula is a guest. A big moment of this func-
tion is when Mrs. Gray shows her guests a
valuable diamond necklace, which is rapturously
admired by Paula. That same night the neck-
lace disappears. This news is kept from the
guests, but Robert finds a handkerchief on the
floor in the room and secretly sends for Teever.
the noted detective. This disciple of Sherlock
Holmes finds a naked footprint upon the waxed
floor, evidently made by the thief taking the
diamond.
In order to find the duplicate toot he cleverly
suggests "a bare-foot party for the ladies." Mrs.
Gray cannot engage in this as she is bed-ridden
for the day by rheumatism and Paula is among
the missing. The detective has the imprint of
all the fair feet and finds that none correspond
with the copy on the floor of Madam's boudoir.
Paula rushes in late to join the party, and the
detective is astonished to find that her foot-
prints correspond with those on the waxed floor.
Poor Robert is heart-broken over this, but
swears Teever to silence. That night he is
awakened by an unusual sound ; he calls Teever
and tells him that a woman has left the house.
They follow her in silence. It is Robert's moth-
er in her nightrobe walking in her sleep. She
goes to a big garden urn and places something
in it. Then Robert awakens his mother and
conducts her back to the house. The detective
measures the foot-print left by the dew-wet foot
upon the stone walk and finds it identical with
that of Paula, and the one printed upon the wax
floor. Both men hurry back to the urn, and
there hidden among the plants is the casket con-
taining the diamonds. There had been no thief.
Mrs. Gray had concealed the diamonds there in
her sleep as a somnambulist, and so Paula's
wedding hells rang merrily without a doubt or
discord.
LU3IN.
•'TEMPER AXD TEMPERATURE" (July 21).
— Bill Benson and Dr. Gregory are pals. Bill
gets word that his mother-in-law intends pay-
ing a long visit and he begs the doctor to give
him poiFC... The doctor naturally does not give
it to him, but that evening the doctor is called
to the house to treat Mrs. Benson. Mother
bothers the doctor with her continuous flow of
conversation and he pretends to find her ill. He
slips a clinical thermometer in Mrs. Brown's
mouth to keep her quiet. Bill lilies the idea and
appeals to the doctor to give him one. Doctor
Gregory does so and Bill has a fine time. He
breaks" the thermometer but strips the wood
casing from a bath thermometer and makes
that do. He is telling Dr. Gregory all about it
over the phone when his wife and her mother
overhear him. Dr. Gregory gathers from /w^^at.,
he hears that he will be needed and hurries
to the aid of Bill. When they have nearly killed
Bill, they phone for the doctor shjd become
frantic when they can't get an ariswer. Dr.
Gregory walks in to the great relief of the two
women and presently we find Bill in bed wrapped
in bandages. With a thermometer in his mouth
he chews the cud of remorse while mother en-
tertains him with her prattle.
"WORMS WILL TURN" (July 211—6111 Rag-
gels, a tramp, is awakened from blissful slum-
ber by a police officer. Another policeman,
more kindlv than the first, dries the tears of
the tramp and loans him his handkerchief with
which to dam the further flow. Bill makes his
way to the hobo camp and tells his fellows of
the insult put upon him. They swear revenge
and a smart young tramp is told off to be the
instrument of fate.
The tramps conceal themselves in a deserted
spot and the single tramp goes to heave a rock
into the pit of the stomach of a policeman, who
happens to be Bill's oppressor. A chase ensues,
during which the tramp so plans his route as
to engage the interest of the other members of
the force. Two policemen catch him. but they
get into a fight as to which officer shall take
his captive to the station and the tramp breaks
away aeain. He leads the force to where the
other tramps are concealed and the roadsters
overpower the minions of the law. They take
possession of the station-house, throwing the
chief out of the window, and bravely repulse
a sortie; but in the end they are put to flight
bv a woman's wiles.
"A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY" (July 24).—
General Diego Gonzales, leader of a band of
Filipino insurgents, admires the daughter of a
Filipino named Galvo who lives not far from
whtre the insurgent leader has hidden his camp.
Gonzales offers his love to Maria but is repulsed.
Later he sees her meet Manuel Suarez, an in-
surgent soldier. He leaves for his camp to
think out a plan to seize the girl by force. Re-
turning to her father's shack. Maria finds a
company of United States infantry in seaich of
a band of Filipino insurgents. The girl and
her father say that they know nothing of the
hand and the captain withdraws. Maria then
hastens to warn Manuel of the presence of the
Americans. Manuel in going to tell the general
overhears Gonzales plotting to kill him and ab-
duct his sweetheart. Instead of telling Gon-
zales the news, Manuel rushes to warn hi-s
sweetheart, but finds a young Filipino officer and
his men there before him. He decides that the
only thing to do, in order to save Maria, is to
inform the American camp and tells Captain
Carter that he will lead him to General Gon-
zales' hiding place.
The American and his company start out with
Manuel . as a guide. Meanwhile Gonzales and
two of his soldiers go to the sentry post to kill
Manuel. They are puzzltd at finding him gone
and see the Americans advancing through the
jungle. Too late to warn his men at the camp,
Gonzales hides with his two men while the
Americans and Manuel halt in the clearing.
Manuel remains behind so that he may not be
spotted as an informer and the Americans
march on. After the troops are gone Gonzales
and his men pounce upon Manuel and rush
him away to the mountains. Carter and his
men surprise the insurgents, and after a fight,
take them prisoners. A squad captures the
Filipinos at Galvo's house. Maria searches
among the prisoners, the wounded and the dead,
for Manuel, but in vain. In the mountains
Manuel is tied to a tree and Gonzales tattoes
on his forehead the inscription, "Traidor ala
patrie," — a traitor to his country. He then starts
to kill Manuel, but is shot by a soldier of
Carter's company. Carter and his men take
Manuel back to Maria, who, seeing the inscrip-
tion on his forehead, turns away horrified. Car-
ter, however, explains the incident and all ends
well.
■■A MATTER OF RECORD" (July 25).—
Timkins pines for a little evening out once in
a w^hile. but Mrs. Timkins thinks a man's place
is at home. Timkins purchases a dictaphone
for office use, and soon after gets a great idea.
He dictates records, then instructs the night
watchman in the use of the machine. At home,
Timkins boldly tells Marian that he must work
at the office that evening and meets her scorn-
ful disbelief with an air of injured innocence,
telling her that if she does not believe him she
may call him up ou the telephone every fifteen
minutes. Marian doesn't see how he can beat
this game, so she agrees. When she calls up
the watchman answers, tell^ her Mr. Timkins
will be there in a moment, then turns on the
dictaphone on which he has placed one of the
prepared records. Marian is quite satisfied anj
the headache Timkins has next morning elicits
her deep sympathy — she knows he worked al-
most all night at the office. The scheme con-
tinues to work beautifully.
A short while later Timkins is dictating let'
ters to the dictaaphone, when Marie Forrest, a
rosebud, traveling as a typewriter, brings him
a batch of typed letters. They are alone in the
office, and Timkins trifles a bit, forgetting to
stop the -recording dictaphone and Marie comes
back real readily. That night is another se-
lected for "work at the office" and Marian, ac-
cording to custom, calls up every fifteen minutes.
-Stie gets perfectly satisfactory responses until
^ alibtit 11 o'clock.when the sleepy watchman gets
hold of the wrong record. Marian hears a short
business letter — and then ! She of course thinks
Timkins at the office' all right enough, but the
question of where he is isn't nearly so interest-
ing as what he is doing. Next day Mrs. Timkins
telephones on behalf of Mr. Timkins, who is
indisposed, that Miss Forrest may seek another
job. that she (Marian) will do Mr. Timkin's
typewriting in the future.
"WHO SEEKS REVENGE" ( Special — Two
Parts — July 22). — Colonel Latham, commanding
an army post in the West, has incurred the ha-
tred of Mike Hogan. a worthless soldier. The
post is attacked by Indians at a time when the
Colonel's wife is about to give birth to a child.
Together with the wife of a soldier, who is in a
similar condition. Mrs. Latham is conveyed to
the safest building, and while the battle rages
both women become mothers, the colonel's child
being a girl, the soldier's a boy. Hogan. in
handcuffs, is in an adjoining room. One of the
Indians makes his way into the building and
kills the surgeon. The soldier's wife is the In-
dian's next victim, but before he can murder
the infant. Mrs. Latham has succeeded in reach-
ing a carbine and shoots him. The shock and
excitement is too much for her strength and
she dies. Hogan makes his way into the room
and the opportunity suggests to him a fiendish
revenge on the Colonel. He transposes the in-
fants, placing the Colonel's daughter in the
arms of the soldier's wife, and the soldier's son
beside Mrs. Latham. He then takes the carbine
in his manacled hands, and when the Colonel
and others enter, poses as the slayer of the
Indian and savior of the babies. Hogan is re-
leased by the grief-stricken Colonel, and g^ins
more credit by oTering to take care r -Mi-
dler's baby, the fatlier having been ki i •
child (the Colfcnel's daughter) is turi^.^ . . „* u?
Hogan and his wife.
Twenty years elapse ; the Colonel, retired, has
established a manufacturing business in the
East and amassed a fortune. His factory is aa
unsanitary firetrap ; his employees, young girls,
overworked and underpaid. The one tender ■
thing in the Colonel's life is his love for Rod-
ney, whom he expects to embrace the military
career. Hogan's wife is dead, and he has be-
come a drunken loafer, living upon the slender
wages earned by Rose, whom he has forced to
secure employment in Latham's factory. Rod-
ney comes home for a vacation, meets Rose and .
falls in love with her. Hogan's hope is that
this may result in the girl's ruin, in whicbi
event he proposes to tell the Colonel the truth
and enjoy a fiendish vengeance.
Rodney, for the first time becomes interested
in the factory and its employees and is horri-
fied at the conditions. He protests to the Colonel
and is told not to concern himself. Latham
is informed that Rodney is infatuated with one
of the factory girls, and orders bim to drop the
affair. To his astonishment Rodney declares •
his intention of marrying the girl and a quarrel
ensues. Rodney declares that he will not return
to West Point, but will devote himself to ex-
posing conditions in the Colonel's and other fac-
tories. Soon after, Rodney and Rose disappear
together, and Hogan thinks his plans have suc-
ceeded. He tells Latham that Rose was his
child and taunts him that she is now ruined by
the boy he has loved as his son. Latham is
broken hearted to think that he is responsible
for the fate of his wife's child. Later, the
Latham factory burns. Hogan has seen Latham
enter the factory building, and is frantic of the
idea of his being killed — he wishes him to live
and suffer his grief and shame. He determines
to rescue him and tries, but at the expense of his
own life. The old Colonel is rescued by Rodney-
Rodney and Rose have returned with the hope
of affecting a reconciliation between Rodney and
Latham, and when the latter learns that the
young people are married, his thankfulness is
great and he welcomes them home. It seems
needless to disclose to them their true relation-
ship to himself and Latham keeps the secret.
"THE FALSE SHADOW" (Special— Two
Parts^July 28). — John Mason and his friend,
Fred Sterling, a doctor, are both in love with
Grace Gordon. John knows nothing of Fred's
love. He proposes to Grace and is accepted-
Grace's father, a strong believer in eugenics,
gives his consent to the marriage, but suggests
that John submit to a medical examination.
John goes to Fred, telling him of his engage-
ment, and asking him to make the examination.
Fred finds John in perfect health, but seeing a
way to put his rival out of the way. he sub-
stitutes a drop of blood from a diseased patient,
and tells John he cannot be married.
Overcome by the blow. John writes to Grace's-
father, telling bim the result of the examination,
and asking him to keep the real truth from
Grace. He is unable to apply himself to the
magazine illustrating at which be has made a
success, and goes down the scale until he is a
mere outcast, hoping only for death. Sterling^
renews his attentions to Grace, but finds her-
broken hearted over John's disappearance. She-
ftills ill and Fred attends her. All his skill is
of no avail, and with Grace on the verge of
death, he decides that John must be brought
back. He tells the father of his act. He and
the father go in search of John.
Meanwhile the artist has taken a little room
in a tenement. His money is gone and his
clothes are in rags. He sits in the squalid
room, praying for death. In the hall below,
two children are playing with tin cans filled
with burning paper. They hear their mother-
coming and fearing punishment hide the cans
behind a barrel of trash. Fred and Gordon
searching for John, come to the tenement. It
is in flames. At an upper window they see-
John. Fred dashes up the burning stairs. John
has welcomed the fir: as a means of egrss from-
life and locks the '^T-r The doctor > i'''^ *'ut:
John will not ansv— r. i^r •' tears a r'-i-; :■' v
the burning stair tt^''^ rr' reaks In r>-^ ''"'
He tells .lohn the truth — that he is not tainteif
with disease. The two men try to escape, but'
find the stairway cut off. Fred is nearly over-
come, and John drags him back into the room-
The only way of escape is by the window. They-
climb out and succeed in reaching the roof. They
see a fire ladder and make their way toward it.
John reaches the ladder and turns to help Fred.
As he reaches out bis hand, the roof collapses
and Fred is carried down into the flames. John
returns with Gordon to Grace's bedside, where
he takes her in bis arms.
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INDEPENDENT
FILM STORIES
UNIVERSAL
GOLD SEAL.
LUCILLE LOVE, THE GIRL OF MYSTERY
(No. l:^ — June oO). — True it is that Lucille has
regained possession of the priceless documents,
still she is in a more dangerous position than
ever before. She again finds herself Hugo
Loubeque's prisoner in his San Francisco resi-
dence. Her position is especially dangerous
because Loubeque is now thoroughly tired of
the extreme bother she has caused him. She
realizes that he is now in deadly earnest, and
when he demands the return of the papers
she promptly hands them to him in fright and
misgiving. A fortunate incident to divert
Loubeque's anger occurs when Thompson, the
crook-butler, enters. Lucille accuses him of
stealing her jewels, and to prove her assertions
she takes the "stolen" jewels from his pocket.
Ix>ubeque's pent-up anger and impatience then
breaks in ail its fury on the butler. The spy
knocks the man down and strangles him almost
into insensibility.
While Lucille is waiting for her fate to be
decided she glances listlessly out of the barred
window.
Outside of the house she sees Lieutenant Gib-
son, the man she loves, and who is in the same
predicament with her father in that both will
be dishonored unless the documents are recov-
ered from Loubeque before he finds an oppor-
tunity to use them. Lieutenant Gibson has
tracked Lucille to this house. However, Lou-
beque sees Gibson almost as quick as does Lu-
cille, and he at once begins giving orders to
his men that they may forestall an attack.
However. Lieutenant Gibson is just as quick
in action as Loubeque, and before the spy can
get his forces together Gibson's men attack the
house, batter down the front door and begin
fighting in the corridors and upon the stairways.
Loubeque realizes that his force is outnumbered
and commands all to escape through the un-
derground tunnel. Lucille is carried into the
tunnel, but in covering the retreat of his men
Loubeque hesitates a moment too long and Gib-
son dashes in and holds him up at the point of
a revolver. Loubeque holds up his hands and
backs against the door. Gibson looks around
and gives an order, and as he does so the door
against which Loubeque leans quickly pivots
and the spy disappears.
Loubeque joins his men in the tunnel. They
escape with Lucille to an automobile. The girl
soon realizes that she is being taken back to
Loubeque's estate in Mexico.
Once arrived at the hacienda. Thompson, the
butler, begins to smart under the ill-treatment
given him by Loubeque. The butler rebels
against the spy and takes Loubeque's chauffeur
into his confidence, and between them they plan
to liberate Lucille and escape themselves. They
communicate their plans to Lucille and all three
decide that that night at the third hoot of the
owl, they will escape in Loubeque's automobile.
Loubeque becomes suspicious of the conspira-
tors, and when he can learn nothing by other
means, he plays possum. He pretends that he
is asleep, and watches the three people out of
the corner of his eye.
Already the owl-hoot signal has been twice
given, and Lucille is ready to escape, when Lou-
beque jumps to his feet and grapples with the
astonished butler. While they are fighting the
spy drops the documents. Lucille picks them
up. She herself gives the third signal, jumps
over the balustrade, climbs into the automobile
and speeds away with the chauffeur.
After everpowering Thompson, Loubeque
dashes to the front of the house just in time to
se^ Lucille being whisked away in his ma-
chine. He calls his men together. They mount
their horses and give chase.
REX.
AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS (July 23).
— The husband learns of his wife's love for the
other man, but does not suspect that she is
planning to elope. The new maid arrives. The
busband. in his happiness, finds time to be kind
to her. Used only to harsh words the little
maid hesitates In her plan of theft.
Night comes. The crooks, unsatisfied with the
maid's attitude, decide to commit the robbery
themselves. The stool pigeon has told the po-
lice who surround the house. Only a moon-
beam lights the room at the foot of the stairs.
The crooks hear a sound. With the trembling
maid they hide as the wife comes down stairs,
ready for flight. The lover enters. The police
run in. Thinking the lover Is the thief, they
attack him. In and out of the moonlight patch
they struggle. . Behind the curtains the maid
. asks for the revolver and fires. The struggle In
the moonlight ceases. The light flashes. The
lover is lying dead across the table. The hus-
band, aroused, comes down the stairs. The
maid explains that the lover is a thief and so
she shot him. The detective carry the body
out and the husband's honor is saved to the
world. But he knows and sends the faithless
wife away. A gleam of hope comes to him^ from
the faithful maid as he goes up stairs again.
The crooks come out of hiding. The little maid,
now strong in her love for the husband, covers
them witb the gun and drives them from the
house.
AX AWKWARD CINDERELLA (July 26).—
The college boy, Bob, comes home after a four-
years' absence. Immediately he calls up his
friends Betty and Brownie and their mother, a
typical society matron. Bob tells them he is
coming right over. Consternation reigns. It
is the maid's afternoon out and they could not
so far belittle themselves as to open the door.
So the little slavey, Ella, is pressed into service.
Awkward, shy, inquisitive, she greets the vis-
itor, who is amused and interested in her.
Again he sees the little maid and something
neither can explain draws them together.
The night of the big masked ball arrives. The
mother and her daughters go as Bob's guests.
The little slavey in her old colthes is left at
home. She finds an extra costume and decides
wildly to brave the danger. Decking herself out
she attends the ball, but the shoes of the sis-
ters are too large for her and she is forced to
wear her own old ones. Bob finds the unknown
woman at the ball and is strangely attracted to
her. They — well, you know the rest of the Cin-
derella story. They lived happily everafter.
WHEN FATE DISPOSES (Two Part— July
ft). — Bob is a successful American artist in
Paris. His studios are the haunt of Paris stu-
dents, and many are the gay scenes enacted
there. But while all is gay in the big rooms
below. Ella, an American" girl, who lives in a
single room on the floor above, is weeping with
disappointment and fear. She has failed to
sell her pictures; poverty is near.
Bob meets her in the hall, and her fresh, unr
spoiled young, beauty attracts him. Still, the
girl is disheartened, but an old musician cheers
her.
Madame Valerie, a successful French woman,
and her nephew, observes the girl's attraction
for the stalwart Bob. His heart has gone out
to the little girl above. He goes to her room
to invite her to join the party below. The
nephew, a gay young fellow, is won to Ella on
first sight, and she responds. The old musi-
cian, knowing the world and the hearts of
men and women, approves of the younger man.
The time goes on. Bob helps the little girl
with her painting, and she, grateful for this aid.
imagines herself in love with him. They be-
come engaged, and a celebration is arranged.
Madame Valerie and Alan, her nephew, are
among the guests, both distraught. Alan goes
into the next room and begins to play on the
violin a plaintive love song. Drawn as by some
spell, Ella moves toward the inner room. It
is the call of youth to youth. Bob realizes his
true position in the girl's affections. He calls
her. and telling her he has made a mistake,
asks her for his freedom. Unconscious of the
terrible wound she is giving him, she gives back
the ring and joyfully goes back to Alan and
happiness. Bob sinks back, the light gone out
and only deep friendship, and the unknown love
of Valerie to support him.
UNIVERSAL IKE.
A TRIANGLE MARRIAGE 'July 17).—
Daughter is a sweet and simple thin" but not
easily managed. Mother picks Harry. Dad
prefers Johnny. Daughter herself has her
heart set on Billy.
A mild war is declared when daughter sees
a way to solve the matter. She tells mother
that she will marry Harry, Dad that she will
wed Johnnie and whispers slyly to Billy that
he is the man.
Promptly the mischievous maid writes two
letters. She tells Harry to dress as a boy and
come over that evening to elope, promising to
be dressed as a woman with heavy veil. The
other missive informs Johnnie that he is to
dress like a woman with a heavy veil and be
ready to elope that night
At the appointed hour, father and mother pre-
tend sleep, each certain that the favorite is to
win the girl. Harry and Johnnie, in their re-
spective disguises, slip around the house and
into each other's arms. With all haste they
are away to the justice of the peace and are
married. Meanwhile the girl and Billy are try-
ing to get aay from the house. Mother and fa-
ther discover them and the chase begins.
After a riot and a marriage on the run Billy
and the girl are tied safely for life.
from a visit. Reuben throws over Lizzie and
bestows his attentions on May. Lizzie com-
plains to her father who kicks Reuben out.
Reuben hires two ruffians to kidnap his lady-
love. The kidnappers become confused and kid-
nap the wrong girl.
Meantime May's real lover arrives and urges
her to go auto riding with him. Reuben Is
waiting at the justice's office. The kidnappers
are pursued by the farmer. Funny situations
pile up durin" the chase. Arriving, Lizzie rec-
ognizes Reuben and makes a dive for him.
Reuben realizes that something is wrong and
attempts to escape. Father and the neighbors
arrive, but when the father discovers it is Liz-
zie that has been carried off and not May. he
holds the crowd back to allow the marriage to
take place. Reuben throws Lizzie out of the
window, the father shoves her back again.
There is a wild scramble until Reuben makes
his escape and bikes it down the road.
LOVE AND LUNCH (Two Parts— July 23).—
Ford secures the consent of his sweetheart to
marry him, but sweetheart's fond parents in-
sist that Ford find himself some kind of work
to do before he attempts to take a wife. Now
Smith has a lunch wagon. Jones, his waiter, is
a single man and will, in spite of the boss' ob-
jections, flirt with the girls. Smith's wife
finally objects, insisting that Jones should have
a married man working for him. Ford
hears of this and applies. When asked if he
is married. Ford replies in the affirmative,
thinking that he will be married shortly after
he gets the Job. Ford gets the job.
Peggy comes to the lunch counter, glad that
her fiance has now secured work and anxious
to congratulate him. Ford suddenly finds him-
self in an embarrassing position — he cannot
talk with Peggy on account of the boss's rule.
When she persists. Ford finds himself under the
necessity of treating her roughly and finally
throwing her out of the place.
Jones finds Peggy weeping and to comfort
her. asks her to marry him. Peggy consents
and they act upon the decision. They return
to the lunch counter, after the knot has been
tied, where Ford observes them making love.
This is more than Ford can stand : he leaves
his counter and reprimands Peggy for her ac-
tions. Smith discovers that his waiter. Ford,
is neglecting his work. When Ford returns, bit-
ter at the discovery that his girl has gone and
married another man. Smith fires him and gives
the job to Jones who applies tor the position
on the ground that he is now married. Of
course, a fight results; the lunch wagon runs'
away ; the gas tank explodes ; the police are
called and It ends in a general rough-house.
STERLING.
ALMOST MARRIED (July 13).— John Smith,
farmer, has two daughters, one pretty and the
other fat and unattractive. The farmer wishes
to marry off the fat daughter to Reuben, a
neighbor. Lizzie and Reuben think well of the
match until the pretty daughter. May, returns
CRYSTAL.
GETTING VIVIA.N MARRIED (July 21).—
Vivian's Pa and Ma are anxious to marry her
off. They have Percy call, but Vivian discour-
ages. Then Harold is invited to court her by
the parents. Vivian makes herself appear
homely thereby driving him away. Later Vi-
vian is approached on the street by Percy who
insists on paying her unwelcome attentions.
Charley happens to be passing by and ob-
serves this and thrashes the flirt. Then he goes
into the bakery and securing some pies, chases
Percy. A pie he throws happens to strike
Vivian's Pa in the face.
That evening when Charley visits Vivian. Pa
recognizes him and kicks him from the house.
Vivian, in spite of the efforts of her parents,
escapes and accompanies Charley. They start
for the minister's on a bicycle. They have
numerous adventures where the girl's fa-
ther has preceded them. But when the old
man learns that Charley is anxious to marry
his daughter, he willingly gives his consent to
the surprise of the young people.
IMP.
THE LADY OF THE ISLAND (Two Parts-
July 6 ) . — The story opens after the death of
Vivian's father, with the reading of his will,
Vivian is made sole heiress, while her uncle is
placed over her as guardian for a term of years.
Should she marry, the estatfe goes to the hus-
band. The uncle, Ralph, determines to marry
his own son. Jack, to Vivian, and as the es-
tate is on a secluded island, he is confident
that matters will work out his way.
We are then introduced to Teddy and Brian,
who leave in a motor launch to look for what
Brian calls "the land of romance." They arrive
at Vivian's island and make camp. Vivian,
meanwhile annoyed by the attentions of Jack,
complains to her guardian, and declares her
intention of returning to the mainland. She at-
tempts it that night, but is injured in a trap set
by the father and son. Brian and Teddy hear
the girl's cry; they rush to her assistance, only
to be met by father and son. who order them
from the island as trespassers. As the girl
lies unconscious on the bed, the guardian takes
her picture to be used as a lantern slide. His
purpose is to throw the picture by means of
a lantern, into Vivian's room, showing her dead.
It is his scheme to drive her insane or to sui-
cide.
Teddy, while roaming around the boose in-
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vestigating, is captured and made a prisoner
in the cellar ; his boat is overturned to give
Brian the impression that he is drowned. Later,
a nurse comes to the island to care for Vivian ;
she soon suspects something wrong, and informs
Brian whom she has met, of her fears. Vivian
asks Brian to take her from the island. The
plot discovered, the nurse finds herself also a
captive with Teddy in the cellar. Vivian and
Brian carry out their attempt to escape, but
are foiled. It is Teddys dog that rescues him
Irom the cellar, and it is the dog which, while
swimming to the mainland carrying a note for
help, meets the boys in the rowing skiff. Fol-
lowing the race to the isand. there is a terrific
fight. But the guardian and his son are cap-
tured and made prisoners in the cellar them-
Later, there is a double wedding : Brian and
Vivian and the nurse and Teddy. Visiting the
island in a launch, they send the dog off to the
cellar with a package. The dog pulls the bolt
and the guardian and his son stagger out ; they
open the package left by the dog. It is a. wed-
ding cake; and the two men are glad to get
even a wedding cake to eat.
IN THE SULTAN'S GARDEN (July 20).—
Lieutenant Robins, young naval officer, is smit-
ten with Haydee, the favored inmate of the Sul-
tan's harem, whom he has seen. Haydee. in
turn, becomes interested in the handsome young
American and manages to write him a note to be
delivered to him on his warship lying in the
harbor. The note implores Robins to effect
her rescue. The adventurous boy attempts it,
but fails. .^ ,
Haydee, being unusually beautiful, a close
espionage is kept over her movements. When
Robins succeeds in climbing the wall, he is ob-
served and captured by the Sultan's guards.
He is confined in a dungeon and sentenced to be
executed at daybreak. Haydee is condemned to
be sewn up in a sack and cast into the sea as
a penalty for her secret love affair.
However, a servant who is fond of Haydee.
manages to place a knife in the sack and when
the girl is thrown into the sea. she cuts her
bonds and swims to a ship. Once aboard, she
startles the commander with her story. The
commander, having little liking for the sultan.
sends his troops to effect the escape of the
condemned officer. There is a dash and a one-
sided battle ; Robins is freed. But before the
soldiers and Robins can escape to sea. tht- Sul-
tan's forces are re-inforced and the battle con-
tinues. Finally, the guns of the ship are
turned on the natives and the men gain shelter.
On board Robins finds his Oriental sweetheart ;
his brother officers envy his adventure and at-
tendant result.
THE GATEWAY OF REGRET (July ^M) . —
Gwendolyn's mother is the keeper of a notorious
gambling house. Her daughter has been reared
in a convent and knows nothing of her mode
of living. One night a derelict, who has gained
entrance into the gambling house in order to
beg from the players, is seen by the mother
and is ejected. In his maudlin way he swears
to be revenged. The next day his curiosity is
aroused, and he follows the mother to the con-
vent and learns of the daughter's identity.
Seeing his opportunity for revenge he tells the
daughter that the mother is ill. She hurries to
the house. Disgusted by the surroundings she
leaves and is swallowed by the great city.
Gwendolyn is employed as a chorus girl. Be-
fore long there is a mutual affection between
her and the star. Finally he asks her hand in
marriage. She hesitates. She gives the moth-
er's address and tells him he must see her
mother first. He goes to the house, is over-
whelmed with grief when he sees the gambling
resort, and, going back to the girl, tells h^r
their marriage is impossible. She staggers
away to spend the night on a bench in the park.
The next morning -she is taken to a hospital.
A large audience gathers to see their fa-
vorite star. He comes upon the stage ; the
realization of the wrong he has done the in-
nocent girl overwhelms him and he collapses.
A note is brought him from the girl in the hos-
pital. Throwing an ulster over his costume he
hurries to the hospital. He tells her that her
past beloags to herself and that her future be-
longs to him.
JOKER.
JIMMY KELLEY AND THE KIDNAPPER
(July 22). — The world has been cruel to Jim-
mie Kelley the detective. He decides to blow
his brains out and end his misery. He raises
his trusty revolver to his temple. At the crit-
ical moment his .eye falls upon newspaper and
he reads that a great reward is offered for
rounding up of a band of kidnappers. Forth-
with he forgets his dark project and goes in
search of an honorable kidnapping friend. He
proposes to his friend that he kidnap young
woman then he, Kelly the detective, will work
on the case, discover the woman and split the
reward money with the kidnapper. The crook
agrees. He steals Bess, the daughter of a
wealthy hanker. He ties her hand and foot in
a bam, sets his infernal machine to exploue at
twelve and notifies the girls father that if two
hundred dollars is not forthcoming, his daugh-
ter will be blown to a Kingdom Come.
The hysterical father employs Kelley to fer-
ret the mystery. Kelley makes for the old barn
where the girl is hidden. The gunpowder is
sizzling. The intrepid Kelley fights his way
into the death trap and saves the girl. The
grateful father hands him the reward. But the
kidnapper is watching from a distance. He
cannot wait for the division of the spoils. He
runs up and demands his share. The girl iden-
tifies the crook as her abductor and the brave
Kelley and the trustworthy kinapper are led
away to jail.
THE POLO CHAMPIONS (July 25).— The
English polo team, of which the Duke of Mike,
and the Earl of Jake are members, challenges
Foxy Bean, manager of the American polo team,
to a championship game to be played in .\mer-
ica. The Britishers, after being properly dec-
orated with the order of the Boston Garters by
the Prince of Whales, leaves England's shores
on the backs of their ponies, swimming across
the Atlantic Ocean. They arrive safely in
America and are greeted in a right royal fash-
ion by the opposing team. The great match
is pulled off. Through the superior playing of
the Duke of Mike and the Earl of Jake, the
Britishers win the game. But the Americans
resent what surely seems unfair methods dis-
played by her opponents and a free-for-all
results. The B'ritishers, however, are saved by
a number of American heiresses who witness-
ing the distress of the blue-bloods, rush to their
rescue.
NESTOR.
BY THE SUN'S RAYS (July 22).— Bandits
capture a gold shipment from the Colorado
mines. Where did they get the information that
the shipment was to be made? A detective is
sent from the company's Chicago office to aid
.lohn Davis, mine superintendent, in finding the
criminals. Under their very noses another ship-
ment is stolen. Frank Lawlor, clerk in the
office, loves Davis' daughter. Dora. The girl
feels a strange repugnance for the man. When
the detective Murdock arrives, her woman's
heart awakens. Lawler is angry, but conceals
his feelings.
Another shipment is to be made. Murdock
gathers a posse and sends them out. He is
starting himself for their hiding place when
Dora comes along on her horse. Love drives
out other thoughts for a few moments, when
a sudden fiash of sunlight strikes their faces.
Murdock is startled. Taking his field-glasses
he sees Lawler on a distant hill, flashing a sig-
nal with a mirror to some one below. The
treacherous clerk returns to the office. Mur-
dock, leading the posse, capture the accom-
plices. Dora is holding Lawlor at the office by
pretending to accept his hated love making
when the posse returns. Seeing the game is
up, Lawlor attempts to escape, is shot and his
body brought back. Dora and Murdock ac-
knowledge their love as the picture fades.
ALL AT SEA (July 24). — Alice Moore pre-
fers young Bob Chester. Father and mother
can't seem to agree with her. The Moores are
spending the summer at Vorando Beach. Bob
IS at the nearby Tent City. At last the sit-
uation in the minds of Mr, and Mrs. Moore,
become desperate and they decide to take their
daughter back to San Francico. Alice deter-
mines to outwit them and is secretly married
to Bob. Alices brother arrives. Their greet-
ing is effusive. Bob is jealous.
The whole party leaves on shipboard for the
northern city. Alice, angry that Bob doubted
her love, will not tell who her brother is. Bob
disguises as a steward to avoid her parent's
wrath. Complications galore arise. Brother is
angered at the presumptious steward and his
sister's disgraceful flirtation with him. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore suddenly discover the identity of
the steward. Then trouble certainly does fol-
low. At last, however, things come straight.
The secret of the marriage comes out. Every-
body is forgiven and the picture fades as the
sun goes down.
ECLAIR.
ALLAH .^^11 (Three Parts— July 22). —Of an
afternoon. Jack Bond, a young author and
newspaper man, is handed by his editor a news-
paper clipping which tells of the disappearance
of the daughter of the Roumanian Ambassa-
dor, who has been recently murdered. Bond
sees in the clipping the inspiration for a novel,
dealing on international politics.
That night while Bond is working in his room
over his novel a girl suddenly enters. She is
pretty and appeals, with tears in her eyes, for
help and protection against pursuers. Bond
succeeds in turning her pursuers aside and then
asks for an explanation. She informs him that
she is the daughter of the murdered Ambasso-
dor. It would appear that the Turkish League
had been planning to acquire Roumania and.
fearing the Ambassador's opposition. had
threatened him with letters signed "Allah S.Sll."
Defying them, the Ambassador had been kid-
napped and his dead body was found later. Re-
gina vowed to track the members of the league
and avenge the death of her father. Her only
clue was the "Allah Soil," which suggests
Turks, Learning these details, the young au-
thor volunteers to help her.
At Bond's suggestion. Regina frequents the
cafes. One evening she observes the mysterious
number on a cane and follows the owner.
Later. she secures employment with the
stranger, who is a Turk, as a maid. She learns
the secrets of the society. All that is needed
for the conviction of its members is a certain
book. Bond, in the meantime, has discovered
that radium is used in the cane for a weapon.
Bond is captured and imprisoned. Regina re-
leases him and, by the aid of the radium cane,
overpowers the leader and steals the book.
Bond called the police, who arrive in time to
save the girl and boy from death.
"WHEN DEATH RODE THE ENGINE"
(July 20). — A price is placed on the capture
of Jose Estrade. a notorious outlaw, by Sheriff
Webster, Hearing of this the bad man sends
one of his assistants to the Sheriff's house to
pin a dagger to the dining room wall, to which
is attached a note of warning. Angrv at the
outlaw's temerity, the Sheriff offers a reward
for his capture, dead or alive.
Awaiting his opportunity, the desperado en-
ters the Sheriff's home and after beating Mrs.
Webster sets fire to the cottage and steals the
baby. The officer returns in the nick of time
and. dashing into the blazing house, liberates
his half unconscious wife. A posse is organ-
ized, and led by the Sheriff, they pursue Jose.
Carrying the child. Jose mounts a giant lo-
comotive and. knocking the engineer senseless,
starts upon a wild ride, closely followed in
another engine by the Sheriff. The two trains
gradually draw together and Webster leaps
across to the opposite cab. The outlaw knocks
him unconscious and jumps with the baby. Re-
covering his senses, the Sherift follows and a
terrible battle ensues, wherein they roll from
a precipice into the water. After a terrific
struggle the Sheriff overpowers the bandit and
leads him back to the posse.
BISON.
OLANA OF THE SOUTH SEAS (Two Parts--
July 25). — The story opens when the subjects
of King Kula celebrate the marriage of his
daughter Olana to Chief Polapo. a handsome
young warrior. While the wedding feast is
at its height, Xewaka. another warrior and re-
jected suitor of Olana, is plotting with a Ka-
huna, a witch doctor, for the abduction of the
princess. A sleeping potion is prepared from
the awa-root and Olana drinks it, believing
that it is ordinary drinking water.
When the Princess falls into a deep sleep,
the king calls the witch doctor to cure his
daughter. However, the sorcerer declares the
girl is dead and beyond his help. Chief Po-
lapo. the young husband, is heartbroken. Olana
is carried to the royal burying ground, which
consists of a spacious cave, and left there for
dead. Soon after the mourners have left, how-
ever, Xewaka and the sorcerer arrive and re-
vive the sleeping girl. Xewaka then carries
her to a neighboring island, of which King Lo-
pikana has a single daughter named .\eola.
Neola sympathizes with Olana, but the two
girls cannot communicate with each other, as
they speak different languages.
King Popikana is a bitter enemy of Olana's
people, and when the treacherous Xewaka of-
fers to lead them through a secret entrance
into the realm of King Kula, Lopikana accepts
the offer. The hostile forces invade the realm
of King Kula and a war of extermination be-
gins. After a long siege of fierce fighting
the forces of I^opikana are defeated. Xewaka
is slain in hand to hand combat with Polapo
and King Kula kills Lopikana in battle. In
the meantime Olana has made Xeola understand
the particulars of her abduction. Xeola is
touched and prepares to send Olana back to
her husband and people. While King Kula's
subjects are celebrating their victory, Polapo
appeals to the Gods to return his young wife.
The great Gods are well disposed toward the
lover, and even while he is praying Olana
returns.
VICTOR.
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one day by his uncle's minister, who. not
recognizing him. offers to take him on an ex-
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The Uncle, his own country in a weakened con-
dition through debauches, is anxious to enlist
the aid of Jahan to i rotect it from the hills-
men. At the palace of Rajah Jahan, the Min-
ister is humiliated and ordered away. Hyzem,
wandering through the courtyard, meets the
Princess, Jahan's daughter; it means love for
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On returning to Jahans palace, the party is
attacked by hillsuien and completely wiper! out.
with the exception of Hyzem. He escapes and
returns, only to be made prisoner by his uncle
for leaving the palace. Later, the sister of the
hillsmen's chief is captured. The uncle seeks
to make her a part of his harem, but is re-
pulsed. In a drunken debauch the uncle sends
for his nephew. Hyzem, and offers him the
^rl. The girl stabs the uncle, and, with the
aid of Hyzem, escapes.
In the mountains Hyzem is received as a
brother. He thinks of his Princess and makes
his way to her palace. It is the evening of
the Princess's betrothal to Borla. Hyzem is
captured and held as a thief ; he refuses to
state his mission. Hyzem is assisted to es-
cape by the Princess, and she, in turn is ca;.-
tured by the hillsmen. It is in the hills that
the beggar prince meets her again, and she ac-
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he is the rightful possessor of the throne which
his Uncle now occupies and urges him to re-
turn and fight for it. This Hyzem does ; he
meets with little resistance, and in the end we
have him married to the pretty Princess, with
the consent and blessings of her father.
AT MEXICO'S MERCY (July 6).— Jack Des-
mond is superintendent of a mine in Mexico.
The quarter's shipment of thirty thousand dol-
lars in gold is ready, when Romero. Mexican,
demands tribute. Jack refuses to pay it. He
is shot and his sweetheart. Brenda. goes for
help. Meanwhile Gen. Cardillo has left his
wife and child in neutral territory'. The child
escapes from its sleeping mother and runs into
the woods. Jack, wounded, but trying to get
back to civilization, meets the child and man-
ages to carry it to its home. The mother is
Intensely grateful.
Brenda has been captured by the soldiers and
thrown into prison. Later Jack is captured
and stood up to be shot. Gen. Cardillo, learn-
ing that Jack is the man who brought back
his child, saves his life, merely putting him
in the prison. Romero decides to get rid
of both Jack and the general. He plants a
charge of powder in the cellar and escapes.
But Brenda has appealed to Uncle Sam before
the Mexicans caught her, and the U. S. soldiers
attack the prison and rescue her and Jack
just in time before the place blows up.
IREXES BUSY DAY (July 24).— Mr. Peck,
a wealthy old man, has a ward, Irene, whose
father has left a will saying she is to marry
Peck when of age. The picture opens with
Irene bidding her school-girl friends good-by.
Peck takes her home. George meets Irene
and they become mutually interested in each
other. Peck observes the infatuation and drives
George away from his house. Next day at
church George again forces his attentions on
Irene along with other boys. Peck, in order
to keep Irene i^uspotted. dresses her as a boy.
Irene in this disguise gets into an embarrassing
position one day and is rescued by George.
who does not recognize. Later. Irene tells
George that she is being forced into marry-
ing Peck. Disguised as an apple woman,
George gains entrance to Peck's grounds ; while
the housekeeper is in the kitchen, George puts
Irene beneath his apples and escapes. Peck
hears of it and gives pursuit, but arrives at
the church too late. George has made Irene
his wife and gives Peck the laugh.
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companies unite in forming spectacular parade
which is viewed by thousands in Hoboken, X. J.
Dispossessed — Forced to move in hurry, auto-
mobile comes to rescue and moves own garage
to new location. — Los Angeles. Cal.
All for the Cause — Xoon hour speeches by
prominent suffragettes are becoming popular
among Wall Street brokers. — Xew York City.
Some Boat Race — Unole Sam's stokers hold
exciting race in which shovels are used for oars
and washtubs for boats. — Manila, P. I.
Juvenile Police — Schoolboys from East Side
patroL streets after hours and assist greatly in
rounding up of bad boys in the neighborhood. —
New York Citv.
Unique Industrial Parade — The Universal
Film Manufacturing Company, largest industry
in Southern California, heads nimble dollar
prosperity parade held by business men of Los
Angeles, Cal.
Aviators Race — Spectacular celebration of the
nation's birthday is furnished by birdmen in
50-mile race over New York. City.
Early Morning Blaze — Large manufacturing
plant destroyed by flames in one of the most
stubborn fires ever fought in Manchester. X. H.
World's Most Powerful Fire Boat — With her
enormous pumps set in motion hy Mayor Mitchel
the "William J. Gaynor" forms grand spectacle
on her trial trip up the Hudson. — Xew York
City.
Tango Stops War — Officers and friends of
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Bomb Wrecks Tenement — I. W. W. bomb
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To the Happy Hunting Grounds — The old "Re-
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1903, now to be demolished for its lead and cop-
per.— Erie Basin, Xew York.
Here's to Luck !— May the new America cup
defender prove as successful as the old "Re-
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Cyclone Destroys City — Many homes ruined
and business section severely damaged when
cyclone strikes Watertown. S. D.
Independence Day^On 13Sth anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of Independence
President Wilson delivers a patriotic speech.
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BEAUTY.
"A JOKE OX JAXE" (July 14).— Rich, who
is somewhat of a grouch, refuses to accompany
his pretty young wife to a card party. Being
a "spunky" little woman, Jane goes by herself-
Left alone for the evening, Rich determines to
make her sorry and hatches a scheme. Sum-
moning Wise, his friend, he obtains his assist-
ance. Rich goes to his wife's room, and re-
moves the contents of her jewel case. He then
gets Wise to securely bind and gag him. His
scheme is to make Jane believe, on her return,
that a thief had rendered him helpless. Wise
goes home and foolishly confides the joke to his
wife. Mrs. Wise secretly sends Jane a note,
informing her of the trick. Highly elated.
Jane shows the note to her friends and hastens
home.
Meanwhile, "Second Story" Ike, a burglar,
looks in and discovers Rich gagged and helpi
less. Entering, he relieves him of all of his
possessions, including Jane's jewels, which Rich
has placed in his pocket. Delighted over the
easy haul. Ike then starts out to ransack the
house. "^Tiile he is thus engaged, Jane comes
home and proceeds to torture poor Rich, who
is utterly helpless. She tickles him nearly to
death. Finally she shows him Mrs. Wise's
note and for punishment, decides to leave him
tied up for the night. Poor Rich struggles
frantically at his bonds, but owing to the gags
in his mouth, is unable to tell Jane of the rob-
bery. She bids him "good-night" and goes to
her room highly amused. Entering she is horri-
fied to discover a man in the closet and nearly
faints. Slamming the door shut, she locks him
in and summons a cop. Ike is dragged off to
jail and when Rich gets the gag out of his
mouth he solemnly swears never again to in-
dulge in a practical joke.
THANHOUSER.
DEBORAH (Two Parts— July 14). — Deborah,
a beautiful Jewish maiden, driven rrom her
home in a large city, found refuge in the woods
near a small town. With her was two of her
own faith, a woman and an old man named
Abraham. During her wandering Deborah met
Joseph, the son of Lorenz, burgomaster of the
town, and neither the girl's inherited hatred for
the Christians, nor the young man's contempt
for her race could prevent love coming to them.
Its arrival swept away the least traces of racial
and religious enmity, and Deborah and Joseph
resolved to journey to the new world and a new
life.
Xathan, the town's schoolmaster, unknown to
the people of the place, was an Apostate Jew,
who feared exposure- He feared and hated the
people of his own race. Discovering the attach-
ment between Joseph and Deborah, he informed
the burgomaster, and then persuaded Joseph to
consent to a test of Deborah's love. The test
was to be a bag of gold — a bribe for the girl
to give up Joseph. He contrived the affair in
such a manner as to make Joseph believe that
Deborah accepted the bribe, and Joseph, broken-
hearted, consented to marry Anna, the pastor's
niece, who loved him since childhood. Deborah,
not hearing from Joseph, comes to the town and
is horrorstricken at his accusation. Later, af-
ter his wedding, he learns of Deborah's inno-
cence, and seeks her forgiveness ; but De-
borah curses him and leaves the village, telling
him she will return in later years to witness
the damage her curse has wrought.
Several years pass, Joseph and Anna have
a pretty little daughter. Joseph, his interest in
the Jews aroused, secures an order from the
Emperor permitting the Jews to settle in the
town. Deborah returns to the town, and nearly
falls a vactim to Xathan, the schoolmaster, who
incites the citizens against her. Her life is
saved by Anna, and later when Joseph returns
and she realizes his nobility of character, jshe
forgives him for the past. The schoolmaster
is exposed, driven from the village and dies.
Deborah goes forth into the world alone.
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since childhood. Ignorant of the fact that he
has become a member of a notorious gang of
thieves> she exhausts all her funds in a vain
search. Penniless and despondent she wanders
into City Hall Park. Jim Kelly, Harry's old
partner, in crime, finds Nell sobbing on a bench
and takes her to bis room^ Following a con-
lesson as to his mode of livlihood, and after
a promise to lead a better life, they marry. Five
months later finds Jim in dire straits. With no
money to buy food and medicine for his sick wife
and unable to find work, he agrees to accompany
his old pal, Harry the Rat. on a safe-blowing
venture. Just as the ■"Rat" it about to force
the safe, Jim seems to see the face of his sick
wife and remembers his promise. Telling the
"Rat" that he has decided not to blow the safe,
he turns to leave, but the "Rat," believing him-
self betrayed, Springs on Jim. In the struggle
that follows Jim knocks the "Rat" unconscious
and escapes. Regaining consciousness, the "Rat"
goe-^ in search of Jim to revenge the trick which
he imagines has been played. He finds Jim in
his room with his sick wife. From behind a
partly open door he hears their story, from which
he learns that Xell is bis sister. Overcome he
tip-toes to Jim and informs him of that fact.
Then, after slipping a roll of bills into the as-
tounded Jim's hands, he kisses his sister and de-
parts.
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
MUTUAL. WEEKLY. NO. So (July 0).— An-
nual Intercollegiate Boat Rates are rowed over
the beautiful Hudson course at Poughkeepsie,
X. Y. Cornell wins the "Junior Eights."
Mile. Pellet ier, female aeronaut of Auxerre,
France, thrills spectators by perilous para-
chute leap from aeroplane.
Mrs. "Jimmy" Watts, another daring avia-
tress. says flying is fine for the nerves.
Alonzo Trinqual. believing that the world
will be destroyed by another deluge, has built
an ark to emulate Xoah.
"Better Babies week observed in Xew York.
Mayor Miichel presents the prizes. Johanna
Wiggers, the HX* per cent, baby, and winner
of the grand prize.
Trial trip of Xew York City's newest fire-
boat, the "William J. Gaynor."
Extremely warm weather drives Xew York's
population to the seaside resorts.
Historic city of Salem. Mass.,* partially de-
stroyed by .S20.00n.rH:N) fire.
The Autoped. — Boston man shows new ma-
chine within reach of everybody.
Hispano-American Exposition is opened at
Earl's Court by the Lord Mayor of London.
DOMINO.
! THE DEFAULTER (Two Parts— July 23).—
Jim Latimer, a typical rounder, juggles his
books and absconds with his employer's money.
A tramp who has stolen Latimer's coat is found
dead, and the papers in the coat lead the de-
tectives to believe that it is Latimer who has
been killed. His wife marries again, but keeps
her former marriage a secret from her hus-
band. One night she is aroused by her child
crying : going to the nursery to quiet her she
hears a noise down stairs. She secures a re-
volver and investigates, and discovers her for-
mer husband. Jim. in the act of stealing the
silver. She kills hira. in self defense, and her
secret is never known to her husband.
BRONCHO.
SHORTY AXD THE ARIDVILLE TERROR
(Two Parts — Julv il2).— Shorty and the boys
ride into Aridville. To meet Bessie Gordon,
whom the boys think is a dentist. Shorty feigns
a toothache. Upon going to the office to have
his tooth pulled. Shorty discovers the husband
of Bessie and his firtation proves serious, as
he is compelled to have his tooth removed to
carry out his bluff. Two-Gun-Bill, the terror of
A ridville. comes to town to quench a desert
thirst. Shorty and the boys plan to have Two-
Onn-Bill flirt with Bessie and play the same
joke on him. Two-Gun-Bill goes to Bessie.
She grii^^s him gas. When he comes out of the
gas. he shoots up the place and runs Dr. Gor-
don from the office. The Dr. climbs in his old
machine and a chase follows.
KAY BEE.
THE CITY (Two Parts— July 17)— John
Hodges, son of a miserly Xew England farmer.
is forced to leave home and find work in a pool
room in Xew York City. Silas Hodges, his fa-
ther, advertises that he is desirous of investing
some money, to which he receives a reply. Jim
Walters, a crook, replies to the advertisement
and induces him to invest $1,000.00 in a fraud.
His son, who is cashier in the poolroom, goes to
the bank to cash the check. He notices that the
check is endorsed by his father. In the mean-
lime the pool room is raided by the police.
Mr. Hodges escapes and returns to the country.
John also hurries, home and restores to his fa-
ther the $1,000.
AMERICAN.
"A MAX'S WAY- (Two Parts— July 20).—
Henry and Louise had gone through college
together. Afterward, Henry went out to pursue
his career, that of a geologist, meanwhile let-
tiUfe business gradually crowd out Louise, who
never forgot to love him. On a vacation Henry
came in contact with an old mountaineer and
his young granddaughter, Gladys, a sweet, girl-
ish product of the mountains. Soon interest
grew to infatuation. Career was forgotten.
They were married and very happy for awhile,
but Henry's ambition again came to the front,
and he decided to go back to the place of his
work. In the city, Henry steadily followed in
the footsteps of success, shaking off, for a time,
the thoughts of his child-wife, off in the moun-
tains with her old grandfather.
Louise, the girl who had always loved him.
soon realized the hopelessness of her love.
Gladys, back in the mountains, was broken-
hearted. Louise's unrequited love for Henry
undermined her health and she had to be sent
up into the mountains to regain her strength.
One day she heard a melody ; she followed the
sound and came upon Gladys. A prank of
Providence brought together two women whose
hearts were given to one man. The two be-
came fast friends. Meanwhile Henry was suc-
cessful, but not happy. Thoughts of his child-
wife came until finally he started for her. She
was gone! For five years he searched to no
avail. She sings at a big reception. By a
strange coincidence Harry comes to the same
reception. He is greatly affected bv the sing-
ing, but does not recognize in this cultured
woman his little mountain Gladys. She recog-
nizes him, but controls herself. After the solo
■^he goes into the garden. He starts to follow.
He watches, and as this woman battles with
herself, the old crude instincts return — she tugs
at her ear. Henry recognizes her through this
mannerism. He goes to her — his wife — but she
spurns him. Louise, who is present, stands a
witness to the scene, and realizes that the man
she loves pleads for the love of another.
Gladys is adamant. Henry leaves her. Louise's
love for Henry forces her to him. He pours out
his story to her. not knowing that every word is
a wound. Louise, realizing now that her love is
hopeless. leaves him. She goes to Gladys and
savs, "I saw all; you must go to him." Gladys
will not relent, so Louise, desperate in her love
for the man and her wish for his happiness,
lets out the secret that Henrv is the man she
has loved and begs Gladys for the sake of her
love to go to him. Gladys loves Henry deeply.
Her pride is broken by Louise's magnanimity,
and husband and wife are reconciled.
■■BUSIXESS VS. LOVE" (July 22).— Chester
Stanley, who desires to control M. L. S. stock,
neglects -is wife. She takes this neglect to heart
and causes herself a great deal of unhappiness.
One day on reading a portion of a letter ad-
dressed to her husband, she learns that if
Craig and Son, business rivals of her husband,
gets financial assistances and push M. L. S.
stock, they will force her husband to the wall.
It is a question now of love vs. business and
Agnes decides to enter business and if possible
crush her husband, so that havine lost every-
thing he may return to her with his love.
She pawns her jewels and raises a large sum
of money. This she places in the hands of
Craig & Son with instru tions to buv M. L. S.
stock. With this monev they steadv the market,
restore confidence and M. L. S. stock goes up bv
leaps and bounds. Just before the closing of
the stock-market, .Agnes gives orders to sell
her stock. She returns to the offices of Craig
& Son and finds that she has made a fortune of
nearly SlOO.OTHt In the meantime. Chester
Stanlev faces ruin. He goes to his home, his
mind temporarilv unbalanced and decides to end
it all. In his room he kisses the picture of his
wife and draws a pistol from the drawer of his
writing desk. He is about to commit self-
dp trur-tion when Asncs comes into the room.
He sees the check for $HXi,00i) made out to his
wife and cannot grasp its meaning. He hides
the revolver and asks for an explanation. She
tells him how she made the money and looking
up she says : "Chester, after all a" little love is
just as important as business." He understands
and draws Agnes into his arms.
RELIANCE
"OUR MUTUAL GIRL" (Xo. 2G— July 1^).—
Upon the urgent invitation of Mrs. Knickerbock-
er and Margaret, Dunbar arrives at the Knick-
erbocker home and accompanies aunt and niece
to the Waldorf-Astoria Roof Garden, where thev
have dinner far above the humming motors of
Fifth avenue.
Upon their return to Mrs. Knickerbocker's
house they find Ada and "Kid" Joseph awaiting
them. "Kid" Joseph notices Margaret's increas-
ing interest in Dunbar and Mrs. Knickerbocker's
apparent approval of the intimate friendship be-
tween the two. The "Kid" is not much pleased
with the turn in affairs and visits Madge Trav-
ers to tell her he has information which will
prove that Margaret's professed friend, Dunbar,
is a crook.
Visiting Mrs. Knickerbocker soon after her
talk with "Kid" Joseph, Madge tells Margaret's
aunt what she has learned. Mrs. Knickerbocker,
however, is incredulous and displeased. When
he learns that Madge Travers has failed to con-
vince Mrs. Knickerbocker of Dunbar's duplicity,
"Kid" Joseph personally visits Dunbar and
warns him to cease visiting Margaret. Dunbar
sneers at the young gangster's threats.
Unconscious of the tension surrounding her.
Margaret visits the studio of Penrbyn Stan-
laws, the famous illustrator, who sketches her
in colors. She spends a delightful afternoon in
Mr. Stanlaws' place.
Shortly after Margaret and her aunt return
home, they have two visitors. Dunbar and "Kid"
Joseph. The "Kid" again demands, in a whis-
pered conversation, that Dunbar cease his at-
tentions to Margaret, but when Dunbar smiling-
ly shakes his head in negation, the "Kid" steps
before Margaret and Mrs. Knickerbocker and
denounces Dunbar as a dangerous crook. Eoth
Margaret and her aunt are shocked at the ac-
cusation and reiterate their confidence in Dun-
bar.
"IZZY THE DETECTIVE" (July 1).— Izzy.
because of his own laziness, has lost his job.
Misfortunes never come singly, however, and
hot upon the heels of this disaster Izzy learns
that his girl has deserted him. Despite all his
efforts to connect with a new position. Izzy fails
to do so. He has about plumbed the depths of
despair when he reads the advertisement of a
fake detective asrency : "Be a Sleuth — Ten Les-
sons for Ten Dollars."
Izzy always had had a sneaking ambition to
be a regular Sherlock Holmes and he at once
subscribes his ten dollars. He receives his ten
printed lessons together with a number of plac-
ards advertising rewards for criminals, who long
since have passed to their fathers.
The office boy employed by the detective
agency in taking the photographs of the crimi-
nals to the printers, has lost one of them and
in. order to hide his own careles^ne=;s substitutes
the photograph of a prominent English noble-
man then visiting the city.
Izzy. of course, picks out the photograph of
the nobleman and as the latter passes through
the streets has him arrested. His false accusa-
tion enmeshes him still deeper in difficulties and
poor Izzy is put in solitary confinement for in-
sulting the representative of a foreign govern-
ment. After spending some time in jail he is
released and warned to get a regular job or be
imprisoned again on a charge of vagrancy.
"THE WEAKER TRAIX" (July 4).— Fnr-
sythe. a young military student of good family
and independent means, marries Maisie. the
daughter of a hotel keeper, while at school but
shortiv after graduation heeds the pleas of hi-
parents and family who deprecate his union
with one who in their opinion is beneath him in
social station. Forsythe deserts his wife and re-
nounces her.
A child is born of the union. The bov grows
to be a man but is not very successful at hi'?
work and finally, so that he may not he a bur-
den unon his mother who has reared him as
best she can on her limited means, he enters
the army.
The son spends several vears in the ranks and
flnallv is appointed a corporal. War breaks out
and he is delegated to guard a certain post in
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order to prevent one o£ the enemy's spies from
breaking through the cordon.
While on duty the young man hears of his
mothers fata] illness and leaves his post with-
out permission. The son learns his father's
name at his mother's death bed. and Is astound-
ed when he remembers that the commander of
his regiment bears the same name and initials
and undoubtedly is his parent
Upon his return the young soldier is called
before Forsythe and sentenced to death for hav-
ing deserted in time of war. When Forsythe
asks the young man why he committed such a
breach of honor, his son tells of his mother's
death and Forsythe realizes that he has sen-
tenced his own son to execution. That night he
aids his sou to escape by exchanging his cape
for the corporal's uniform worn by the young
soldier but is shot himself when he attempts to
leave the guard house.
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■•THE WHITE SLAVE CATCHERS" (June
^8). — Sam contemplates suicide. Sadie's dad
has repeatedly kicked him out of his domicile
and even Sadie has begun to lose faith in her
hero. Sam is reduced still further in spirits
when Sadie tells him that her father has threat-
ened to have him arrested as a white-slaver it
he shows up around her home again.
Instead of committing spicide Sam hits upon
a brilliant plan ; he decides to elope and be mar-
ried on the wing. Sadie being agreeable, thev
pack their telescopes and set out for the pas"-
torate of the minister in the next town.
Here come complications. Sadie's dad ap-
prised of the elopement, calls in the police.' Two
score eagle-eyed detectives are summoned.
Bloodhounds are hastily fed with raw meat and
roused from their kennels. Church bells are
rung and the local Anthony Gumstalk mounts
his velocipede to overtake Sam. the white-slaver.
Sam and Sadie find the minister's house in
good time ,but. woe is me ! his reverence is not
home. Sadie, however, foils the detectives by
blacking her face and posing as the rector's
maid. The detectives, weary with their unwont-
ed exercise, determine to call it a day and lie
down in the pastor's parlor for a nap.
Anon, the minister returns home. Sadie, hast-
ily washing her face, explains matters to him,
and while the sleuths of the law sleep on, Sam
and Sadie are made one and indissoluble. Mean-
while Anthony Gumstalk has sent a note to the
head of the detective bureau in Sadie's home
town. "Can a White Slave Be Black?" is the
gist of the note. Sadie's father and the ser-
geant of detectives receive the message and
hurry to the minister's, feeling that things have
taken a dark turn. When they arrive Sam and
Sadie are leaving with their marriage certificate.
Papa and the sergeant obtain relief by casting
stones at the detective force.
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A KN'IGHT OF KNAVERY (Three Parts) —
Alice Moran secertly marries Raol Courtala.
Her cousin, George Dubois, is an insistent
suitor tor her hand and his advances became s>
impertinent that she has to reprove him. The
slighted suitor, becoming suspicious of an In-
terchange of notes between Courtais and Alice,
bribes Robert, the banker's servant, to spy on
the banker's daughter. Learning that Raol is
m Alice's room, he informs the banker wBo
hurries to the girl's boudoir and there denounces
the presuming man and the girl. The girl ac-
knowledging Raol as her husband, is disinher-
ited. Raol later calls upon the old man, whose
constitution has been undermined by the shock
The old banker receives him kindly and forgives
On his way home, Raol stops in a cafe where
he meets Dubois. There he tarries for an hour
On the morning following, Robert, the spy, goes
into his master's room where he finds him dead
Courtais is arrested, charged with murder Cour-
tais attempts to establish an alibi bv calling
upon Dubois to prove that he was drinking with
him in a cafe at the hour the crime was com-
mitted. This statement Dubois repudiates and
the defendant is committed to fifteen years' de-
portation. Alice, after her husband has gone
to the land of stripes, goes to live with her
uncle, whose gambling soon acomplishes his
rum. Alice, without means, accepts Dubois' offer
of aid. He continues his importunities for her
to mary him. This she refuses to do.
In the meantime, Raol in the far-oil penal
colony, has managed to escape. He hides in a
barrel which is being shipped to the home
country and manages to make a friend on the
native shore who gives him the means with
which to make a new start. A clever engineer
is Raol and he succeeds in perfecting an inven-
tion he had secretly begun before his disgrace
which invention brings him position and wealth
Convinced that Dubois had some malice in hav-
ing him "sent away," Raol engages a detective
In disguise, Raol goes to Dubois, who has car-
ried on his uncle's banking business He man-
ifests such a wonderful interest in a certain
stock on which he plunges heavily (whose value
Is fictitious), that Dubois also buys strong Raol
sells his own stock which had been purchased
tor him and Dubois finds himself with an enor-
mous amount of handsomely engraved paper
and about seven cents in cash.
Understanding that the end' is near, the usur-
per runs to the place by the lakeside where
he had hidden his uncle's last will which be-
queathed the propertv to his forgiven daughter
Hs is watched by the detective, who fails to
prevent him from hurling the casket containing
the document into the water. Dubois is cap-
tured and arrested. A diver Is sent Into the
lake depths for the casket which Is recovered.
It contains proof that the dead banker's prop-
erty was left to his daughter and that there was
no motive for any criminal act on Raol's part
The villain then meets the same fate to which
he had committed his rival — deportation
MERA, THE MEDIUM (Three Parts).—
Harry Wright, visiting Lord Chester, expresses
admiration for his picture. "A Glance Into the
fast, which tells of a moment, tra"ic terrible
In the life of a celebrated fortune teller. Lord
Chester tells the storv of the picture
. ,',''" "'?,^'°^° of X lived Zira, an old fortune
feller, with her servant, Harel. In the same
house lived Alice Janere. who beggel her to
reveal the secrets of her future, but Zira's lins
were sealed. She had promised Alice's mother
that never would she fell the girl what might
befall^ m the tomorrow. 'I will be your fortune
teller, said Alice's mother, 'and your fortune
IS both spiritual and material. The savings of
my lifetime are for you,' and the mother went
to a picture on the wall and released a spring
which allowed the portrait to open outward
In the cavity lay a humble treasure of Jewels
and money.
"There were other ears who heard, other eyes
that saw. John, the betrothed of Alice com-
ing to visit her, paused in the doorway He
closed the door softly again and went away,
the light of avarice in his eyes.
"The next day brought evil doings. An un-
scrupulous woman with whom John had been
intimate, blackmailed him for twenty-five hun-
dred dollars. John, weak and dissolute, went
to the home of his fiancee. in the dark of the
night. His knife mutilated the picture. He
stuffed the treasure into his pocket. A sound
at the door, Alice's mother entered. A struggle.
Out of the door fled the criminal : on the floor
was stretched a dead woman. The shock and
the fight had stilled her heart lor evermore.
John returned to his apartment. The black-
mailer called and demanded the hush money.
A struggle outside the door.
"Alice, having discovered her mother lying
dead on the floor and the domestic bank rifled,
went to her fiance for aid. ushing into the
room she attempted to embrace nim. He re-
pulsed her. Alice noticed the pearl neckiace
and locket which belongs to her mother on the
blackmailer. The truth came upon her. 'You
are the murderer of my mother,' she cried as
she fell unconscious."
"Zira adopted the bereaved Alice. A short
time later Zira died. Going to another town
Alice led a double life. As Ethel Landier, she
was sought and respected as a wealthy and
beautiful young woman ; as Mera the teller of
fortunes, she was the talk of the community.
Mera learned much as to the inner lives of
people while in her pose as an heiress. Eaves-
dropping at a reception one evening, she over-
heard a young girl telling a friend about her
sweetheart. His picture was in a locket. It
was loose and when the e-irl rose it dropped
to the floor. The features were those of John,
the false lover — of John, the burglar — of John,
the murderer.
"John's new fiancee was eager to visit Mera,
but John was averse. He decided to visit the
fortune teller himself to learn how much she
might know. He went to the house at 13 Mys-
teria street. Mera entered her residence, which
connected with the fortune telling house by a
secret passageway. In a mirror's reflection
Mera studied the features of her betrayer.
Mera was guarded in her readings, her object
being to allow him to think that she had little
ability in telling the past or the future. She
said that at the next masque ball at midnight a
black domino would appear.
"At the masquerade ball at midnight the wom-
an of the black domino walked quietly and si-
lently into another room. He followed in doubt
and in fear. He tried to pull the masque
from her face. A revolver flasned in her hand.
'Do not look into my face,' said the woman
behind the domino, 'for it conceals death —
death to you.' A faintness came upon him. A
few minutes later he was found unconscious.
The black domino had disappeared
"John, anxious that bis bride-to-be should
be given a roseate reading by the fortune teller
went to Mera again and seeked to bribe her
into giving a false reading to the girl. 'I will
paint you as you deserve,' said the seer sternly.
His money lay untouched on the table, but John
believed that it had accomplished its mission.
He took his fiancee to the house of mystery.
■Your future will be clear to you if I expose
the past,' Mera said, and by a manipulation of
cards, she called back to John's memory the
things that had been. Enraged, John rose to
his feet and grappled with the medium. He
pulled the wig and the concealing spectacles
from her face. A shot rang out from the rear
from the revolver of Harel. 'To look uoon my
face was death to you. I told you.' murmured
the medium. This is the story of a wonderful
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from the table a lucky winner. Being naturally
a close observer, his eyes fell upon an in-
scription on one of the dollar bills, "We are
held prisoners by a Chinese gang at Cosia,
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his friend, Gov. Morton, speak. Through him
lie secures a letter of introduction to the mer-
chant, asking him to permit two close friends
to have the use of his hunting grounds.
The next 4ay Lister and Brand start out on
their journey, well prepared for all contin-
gtDcies. At their destination they are met by
Mr Wu Chung Foo and escorted to his home,
Oq the way Wu Chune. trying to make his
g-i€sts uncomfortable, explains that his ground
is the exact location where so many people
ha^e mysteriously disappeared. This does not
se: fear in Lord Lister but a firm resolve to
carry out his plans. A peculiar stare in the
eyes of the yellow man gives Lord Lisier
grounds for suspicion. At his home they are
introduced to his adopted daughter Hattie, and
not many words had i*-- ■ b r.*een Ihem
before she cultivates a strong likin? for Charles
Br&nd.
Wu Chun^ suspects that the purpose of their
visit is to gain his secret. Xot approving of
their purpose, and of the friendship which
has sprung up between Hattie and Charles.
Wu Chung informs the agent of his subter-
ranean city to capture the latter, and to set
him to work in the mine as a slave. That
night the detective decides to go one step fur-
ther into the mysten- and. disguising himself
as a shadow, he ventures into the private room
of the master of the house. Here he learns
of the secret door built in one of the walls
which leads to the solution of the enigma. As
Wu Chung passes in. Lister follows, but his
steps are halted by an iron gate to which he
has no key.
TTie next day while out riding, Hattie and
Lister discover that Charles, who had ridden
aheah. has mysteriously disappeared from his
borse. To lessen the grief of Hattie. Lister
acquaint^; her with the circumstances of which
she had not the slightest knowledge. When
the matter is explained to Wu Chung, he
catches the accusing eye of Lister and decides
to rid himself of his second burden.
In a like manner as his friend, the detective
is seized by an ape and carried into a cave
through rocks. Horrified at her second dis-
covery, Hattie determines to master the situa-
tion. She obtains possession of the key. and,
with gun in hand, gains entrance to tlie sub-
terranean city, where many white men are
held as slaves and worked' to death in her
foster father's mine. Having presence of mind,
she runs for the help of the soldiers. They
arrive in time, capturing the criminals, and
giving Wu Chunc the just measures he de-
serves. Hattie is once more safe in the arms
of her lover and the white men are freed,
while Lord Lister, their liberator, having ac-
complished his purpose, happily looks on.
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"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER' (Three Parts).
— Mr. Hardcastle. an old-fashioned country gen-
tleman, has a daughter. Kate, whom he designs
to rmrry young Marlow, the son of his old
friend Sir Charles Marlow. Letters on the sub-
ject have passed between Hardcastle and Sir
Charles, and it has been arranged that young
Marlow shall pay a visit to the Hardeastles.
with the hope that the two young persons may
develop a mutual interest that will fulfill the
wishes of their parents.
Young Marlow, as it happens, though hale-
fellow among men and quite at his ease with
women of the humbler classes, is shy and em-
barrassed in the presence of ladies of 'means and
position. He dreads the visit to the Hardeastles.
but is persuaded to go by his friend. Hastings,
who is in love with Mrs. Hardcastle's niece.
Constance Neville. Hastings volunteers to ac-
company young Marlow in order to be near his
own fair one. and thus to seek opportunity to
defeat the plan of Mrs. Hardcastle, who in-
tends that Constance Xeviile shall wed her own
son by a former marriage — Tony Lumpliin, a
loutish, prankish young man.
When Hastings and young Marlow stop at a
tavern to enquire the way to Mr. Hardcastle's
house, they fall in with Tony, who is carousing
with the frequenters of the tavern. Tony plays
a practical joke; he directs them to Hardcastle's
houser but tells them that it is an inn kept by a
man who poses as a gentleman. Hastings and
Marlow go to Mr. Hardcastle's house, and, think-
ing the place an inn. lord it about and give
blunt orders in a fashion that drives their be-
wildered host almost to distraction.
Hastings is first to discover their mistake.
He comes face to face with his beloved Con-
stance, and she sets him right. He decides,
however, to keep young Marlow in the dark, for
he knows that his friend will take the first ex-
cuse to depart when he has once learned the
iruth about the supposed inn. So Hastings tells
young Marlow that Miss Neville and Miss Hard-
castle happen to be stopping in the house. Young
Marlow is then introduced to Miss Hardcastle,
but he is so overwhelmed by shyness [hat he
dare not raise his eyes to look al her. and he
escapes from the tcte-(i-tcte as quickly as he
can. Later, however, meeting Miss Hardcastle
in the housewife's dress which her father re-
quires her to put on every evening, he mistakes
her for the barmaid, and at once, with all con-
fidence, develops an interest in her. She does
not al first undeceive him. but rather leads him
on, for she recognizes his merits. When it is
obvious that, because of the supposed difference
in their stations, there can be no further rela-
tions between them, she at last tells him that
he is in Mr. Hardcastle's house, and that she is
a poor relation of the family. Young Marlow
professes his love for her, but he is extremely
disturbed by the realization of his unmeant
rudeness to Mr. Hardcastle, whose genial reas-
surances, when the mistake has been explained,
barely induce the young man to remain in the
house. The sudden arrival of the senior Mar-
low helps to clear the situation, but there is still
some confusion due to the fact that young Mar-
low does not yet suspect the true identity of
Miss Hardcastle.
Meantime Hastings, with the assistance of
Tony — who is quite out of sympathy with his
mother's plan to marry him to Miss Xeviile —
has planned to elope with his fair one. Tony
gets Miss Neville's jewels out o£ his mother's
apartment and hands them over to Hastings,
who gives them to young Marlow to care for.
Young Marlow at once places them in charge
of Mrs. Hardcastle, whom he supposes to be the
"landlady." Thus Miss Neville has to give up
the idea of taking her jewels with her. The
elopement is later frustrated by Tony's stupid-
ity in asking Mrs. Hardcastle to read him a
note sent to him by Hastings. Mrs. Hardcastle.
in a high dudgeon, sets out with her niece by
carriage to place the girl in charge of a rela-
tive : but Tony, who accompanies the carriage,
so manages that after a boisterous journey the
carriage stops in a pond near the place where
ir started : and while Mrs. Hardcastle. thinking
they are many miles from home, is hysterical
over imaginary danger from highwaymen. Miss
Neville slips from the coach into the waiting
Hastings' arms. She decides against eloping,
however, and induces Hastings to take her back
to the house.
The confusion as to young Marlow's attitude
towards Kate Hardcastle is finally cleared up
when his father and Mr. Hardcastle, after wit-
nessing from behind a screen a tender love pas-
sage, suddenly appear and make young Marlow
aware of Kate's true identity. Hanpy relation-
ships are quickly established, and Hastings and
Constance, returning at the moment, are for-
given by Mrs. Hardcastle.
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MR. BTNGLES' MELODRAMA (Three Farts).
— Mr. Bingles sees a melodrama one night in
the theater and makes up his mind to become
as actor. He becomes acquaisted with an au-
thor, who has a play for sale. and. after a read-
ing, determines to produce it. Bingles sees a
drama ti? agent, engages a company and begins
rehearsals. The author is not satisfied with the
cast selected by Mr. Bingles and is especially
dissatisfied with the fact that Bingles is to play
the hero. According to the terms of his contract
with the producer, the author can select certain
members of the cast, and proceeds to do so.
much to the discomfiture of Bingles. who has
to nay a week's salary to the discharged artists.
The opening dav arrives and the play is to
be "tried on the dog" in a small town, several
miles distant from Mr. Bingles' home. The
railroad fares take Bingles* last cent, but he is
oDtimistic and being broke does not worry him.
Everj'thing is in readiness and "Sir. Bingles pre-
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The play begins, and every contretempts that
could be thought out by a congress of pessim-
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tbp Sl.'O.noo production.
The author is among those present and be-
comes incensed, in sympathy with the audi-
ence, at the way his work Is being treated. He
enlists the services of several small boys, who,
under his guidance, go out between acts and buy
all the available vegetables and soft fruits, and
a basket of eggs. Various other members of
the audience "get wise" to what is going to
happen and prepare to be in at the finish. The
play, which becomes worse as the action pro-
ceeds, finally ends and applause from the im-
patient audieuL-e brings Bingles before tht-m to
be met with a shower of vegetables, etc., and
Bingles realizes that all is lost.
Tne company, disgusted, finally wend their
way to the railroaa station. Bingles tries to
obtain transportation by leaving his watch as
security, but to no purpose. The company is
in the last stages of dispatr when the author
arrives and purchases tickets for every one but
Bingles. who is left to wait ten hours for an-
other train or walk the railroad track. Some
five hours later Bingles is seen entering his
home a sadder but wiser man,
SHADOWS OF THE PAST (Three Parts).—
Mark Stetson, a scheming politician, entangles
the Brandons, husband and wife, and their
friend, Antoinette, in his smuggling schemes and
engineers their arrest, to protect himself. The
picture opens with the liberation from prison,
of the trio and their determination to lead a
respectable life. Stetson, who has kept track of
the three, knowing of their release, visits them-
in their home and insinuates that he still has
them in his power. Fearful that his infiuence
might again drag them from the straight path»
they flee the city.
Five years later, Brandon, by perseverance
and industry, has achieved a position of trust in
an insurance company, and Antoinette, a situ-
ation as secretary to Haddon. the popular can-
didate for Governor, who has fallen in love
with her and presses her to marry him. An-
toinette promises to become his wife, but not
until after the election. Stetson, a supposed
friend of Haddon, visits the lawyer's office, sees
Antoinette and follows her home. He discovers
she is living with the Brandon's and deter-
mines to use them in his scheme of selling Had-
don to the opposition candidate. Brandon re-
sents the politician's advances of friendship, but
is compelled to accede to his wishes, though not
until after a desperate struggle in which the
wily schemer obtains the upper hand.
During the nomination dinner the Brandons
are to induce Haddon to visit a famous cafe,
by telling him he will find Antionette and Stet-
son there together, cause a disturbance, create-
a scandal and endanger the candidate's chances
for election. In the meantime. Stetson makes
love to Antionette in sight of Haddon, She re-
sents his attentions, but because of his knowl-
edge of her past is compelled to accept them.
He proposes she help him in just one more in-
nocent little scheme and then he will go out of
her life forever. Still fearful of him. she con-
sents and they leave together. Stetson takes
her to his apartments. Antionette becomes sus-
picious when she finds the doors locked and
demands to know what he intends doing. He
tells her he is going to break Haddon. Think-
ing Antionette is safe in his power. Stetson:
'phones Brandon to go ahead. She gets an ink-
ling of what Stetson intends doing and by a
clever ruse escapes, and. by taxi, makes all
speed to reach the cafe and Haddon in time to
prevent the fulfillment of the plot.
Stetson and his female accomplice follow in
another machine. Antoinette's taxi dashes across
a railroad track just in time to escape an on-
coming train. Stetson, trying to follow, smashes
into the engine and the occupants of the auto
are hurled to their death. Antoinette reaches
the cafe before the Brandons have had time to
carry out the politician's orders and they, sur-
mising something has gone wrong, decide to
make the best of the situation. Haddon pur-
chases a newspaper extra giving details of the
accident. Antoinette, no longer fearing, her
Nemsis, tells Haddon of her past, and, he. for-
giving, all ends happily.
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THE WILL. 0' THE WISP (Four Parts).—
Larry Thorn, a novelist and man of wealth,
loves' and is engaged to Miss Julie Rider. While
at a fashionable ball, Larry discovers Julia en-
couraging the attention of Baron Von Keller.
Some nights later at the club the Baron insults
Larry and an arrangement to fight a duel is
made" between them. The Baron, really afraid
of meeting Iarr>-, sends word of the challenge,
living time and place, anonymously to Julia.
Julia arrives in time to stop the duel, returns
the engagement ring to Larry, and shows her
preference for the Baron. Larry becomes piqued
and discouraged with women and society in gen-
eral and decides to go away and forget. He
takes up a sort of hermitage in a river bottom
section of the country, where he builds a shelter
in a tree.
In this vicinity there lives a blind old miser
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with an only dnughtcr, very pntty. but n wild,
unmlu.atfil impulsive iTi-ature who has never
known a motlu'r's love or care. In fad. has
seen lew people outside of her assoeiatlon with
the blind father. Larry ehanees by the old
man's house and sees this odd little ereature.
answerinj! to the name of Hazel. He only gives
her a passing thought, but later when alone in
the forest the thought of her eonies back and
she becomes an Inspiration to him for a great
novel. .Mien, a wealthy farmer in the vicinity,
sees Hazel and beeause of her odd manner and
wonderful beauty, desires her for himself. He
calls on her father and with a big sum of gold
and whiskey buys her from the old man.
Hazel, from her attic room, overhears the
bargain and that night escapes to the woods.
After hours of (light she walks into a bed of
quicksands. Larry Is startled from his sleep by
her cries for help and arrives in time to save
the girl from a certain death. He carries her to
his camp, recognizes her and olTcrs to take her
back home. She" tells him why she ran away
and begs him to help her. Larry linds a home
for her with an old farmer's widow, who soon
brings out the good qualities in the girl, dresses
her neatly and when Larry calls to see her he
can hardly believe Hazel the same girl. He con-
tinues his novel with Hazel as the central figure
and unconsciously falls deeply in love with her.
The heavy rains set in. the 'rivers break their
banks and the entire country is flooded.
Farmer Allen, unable to get his purse back
from the old, blind father of Hazel, finds his
chance for revenge yhen he sees the old man's
little farm flooded. He calls at the house, tells
the old miser of the rising waters and offers to
lead him to safety. The old man gets his treas-
ure box from its hiding place. Allen wrests it
from him. locks the old man in the room to die
like a rat in a trap, escapes with the treasure
bo.\ and rows up the river, but meets with dis-
aster and Allen and the miser's hoard are swal-
lowed by the whirlpool of muddv waters. Hazel,
hearing of the rising water, calls upon Larry to
go to the rescue of her blind father. The' old
man's house has been washed into the river bed.
but the old man has managed to get on the roof
where Larry, after some daring feats, finally
rescues him and brings him to Hazel. Larry
takes Hazel and her father back to his home,
marries Hazel and gets a specialist to restore
the old man's sight. His novel, inspired by
Hazel, becomes a big success and he takes Hazel
to a ball given in his honor where, in a beau-
tiful gown, she does honor and credit to his
standing, and becomes the social favorite of the
season.
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JL\N"'S E.XEMY (Three Parts— Biograph K.
& E.). — 'VN'arwickshire. England. — W'arriner and
his neighbor. General Sir Arthur Stanton,
through a dispute, become enemies. ■V\'arriner.
starting on a hunting trip, accidentally dis-
charges his gun and is killed. Tom "Warriner
believes his father was murdered by Sir
.■\rthur and swears vengeance. Grace Lisle is
Sir Arthur's ward and prospective daughter-ih-
law. Her brother Fred, is Harry Stanton's pal.
Tom Warriner. now known as "Drake." is pro-
prietor of a gambling house. His accomplice
is Sarah Banks, an adventuress. Fred Lisle
becomes infatuated with Sarah and loans her
lodge funds entrusted to his care. Harry dis-
covers Fred's haunt. Drake, recognizing Harry
as the son of General Stanton, determines to
ruin him. Harry meets Sarah and is fasci-
nated. Sarah tells Tom she intends to marry
Harry. Fred implores Sarah to return the
loan, but she only laughs. Drake brings about
Harry's downfall. Harry is so infatuated with
Sarah that he marries her. Fred confesses to
Sir Arthur, who promises to make good the
money is Sarah does not. They visit Sarah.
Harry in an intoxicated condition enters witli
Tom. Sir Arthur is dumbfounded and demands
. an explanation. Harry tells him that Sarah is
. his wife.
"i'ears pass and Fred Lisle, now a clergyman,
advises Sir .Arthur, who is in poor health, to
go to the Riviera for a rest. On the Riviera,
Harry. Count Lanski. Drake and Ikey (a book-
maker) gamble until Harry loses all his money,
the Count being the winner. Sarah starts a
flirtation with the Count. Harry' is about to
seek solace in drink when he meets Grace. She
begs him to stop drinking and he promises.
Drake, worried over the money he owes the
Count, learns that Sarah is about to elope with
him and tells Harry who insults the Count.
resuHing in a duel. Drake sees a chance to
have the Count killed. He loads only one pistol
The signal Is given to lire and the Count fallB
(lead. Drake tells Harry that he Is Tom War-
rlncr ami that he Intenus to swear that Hurry
murdered the Count. Ikey, a secret witness,
for.es Tom to inform the crowd that the Count
committed suicide.
Later In Lonuon. Sir Arthur, learning that
Harry Is in the city, searches for him. Polly
and Adolphe. formerly servants in Drake's
gambling house, now married, conduct a lodg-
ing house. .Mrs. Sanders quarrels with her
husband. li'iU. Grace and Krctl ai)pear and
interfere. In the crowd that has galhered are
Sarah and Drake. Fred questions them as to
Harry's whereabouts, but they plead Ignorance.
Harry is now Working as a watchman. Tom
and Sarah bribe Sanders to get Harry inloxl-
catcd. Ikey notiflcs Grace where Harry Is
working. Harry is discharged and Sanders takes
his place. Sarah learns that (Jrace Is coming
for Harry. She bargains with Sanders to spoil
Grace's beauty by throwing vitriol in her face.
Grace finds Sanders, who has fallen asleep, in
Harry's place, and is about to awaken him
when his child volunteers to lead her to the
overseer to obtain Harry's new address. Sarah
is furious because her plan is foiled and shakes
Sanders, who wakes up and dashes the vitriol
in her face by mistake.
Ikey takes Harry to the lodging house and
Tom follows them. The police,- thinking Harry
threw the vitriol, arc about to arrest him,
when Ikey and Polly prove that Sanders is the
guilty man. Sanders is arrested. Harry at-
tacks Tom. Mrs. Sanders is taking care of
Harry at his father's home. Sir .\rthur for-
gives Harry. Ikey. in the meantime, has strui-k
it rich and loans Tom money. Tom decides to
desert Sarah. She pleads with him and they
have a fight during which Tom kills her. He
is arrested and dies in prison. Harry and
Grace are married and Sir Arthur at last
realizes his fondest dream.
ONE 'n^ONDERFUL XIGHT (Essanay— Four
Parts — .July 1.S). — Eight hours is not a very long
time, yet it completely changed the lives of a
girl and a man. A man's life was fanned out
by fate, criminals were caught and punished,
and a battle of wits took place, while the mys-
tery baffled Xew York City. The Earl of
Valletort insisted that his daughter. Lady Her-
mione, marry a Hungarian Count. The Count
saw a clear path to the throne of his country.
-Money was necessary ; he must have wealth ;
thus his choice of Lady Hermione. The Earl
himself had no money. When his wife passed
away she left every dollar, and a big estate it
was. to her daughter. The Count promises to do
wonders for the girl if the latter would arrange
to have his daughter marry him. The Earl
tries to force his daughter to marry the Count,
but he was not the man of her heart, so she
escaped to America. She considered the mar-
riage vile, and would avoid it at any cost. She
took with her a plotting Frenchman, who was
known to her father. She was not aware of this
at the time, so when she arrived in America,
she decided to marry him. (He agreed to pro-
tect her with his name, nothing more.) She
had arranged to marry Jean de Courtois to es-
cape the Hungarian nobleman, disappear sud-
denly and later secure a divorce.
De Courtois tries every method imaginable
and every excuse ever invented to delay the
wedding. He finally meets a newspaper re-
porter, whom he had met in America before,
and gives him the whole story, but not his
permission to use it. De Courtois promises he
will give his consent in a day or so. and keeps
the scribe waiting so long that he becomes dis-
gusted. A few days later the scheming Hun-
garian gets in touch with a few o.uestionable
characters, who make their headquarters on the
East Side in Xew York. He instructs them to
wateh de Courtois. Henry Hunter, the news-
paper reporter in mention, insisted that de
Courtois allow the wedding to take place imme-
mediately. but the latter complained of having
lost the license. The Count's men have learned
of this through their leader, Antoine. They
also were aware of the fact that Hunter was
to get another.
.John Delancey Curtis, with his friend, Howard
Devar. arriving from China, register at the
Central Hotel, and. unknowingly, secures a
room quite near that occupied by de Courtois.
That night the Count is overpowered by the
Hungarian's paid men. bound and gagged to
await the arrival of the newspaper reporter.
Hunter arrives and just as he steps from the
taxicab. is killed. Curtis is the only eye wit-
ness. The police demand tha£ he hold himself
ready for the inquest in the morning.
Lalu that night, while strolling up Uroudwuy,
Curtis discovers thai he Is wearing the cout ot
the murdered man. In the pocket he discovers
u marriage license, inudu out to bady llermloqc
and Jean de Courtois. This thrills Curtis, and
ho decides to see Lady H<*rmlone and llnd oul
Just what the license means. He arrives at her
quarters and Is Informed thai the man lo whom
she was to be married was nothing to her, ex-
cept as a protector from the Hungarian. Curtis
believed thai de Courtois bad been killed. He
was not aware of Ihe fad that the newspaper
reporter had been senl for thi' license, aiiu now
Lady Hermione believes what Curlls hud told
her. Curtis ofTers himself as a bodyguard, and
she accepts him, marrying bim a lew miDUlcs
later.
The Earl arrives in Xiw York, is Informed of
the whereabouts of his daughter, and rushes to
the ininister's home, only to discover that Lady
Hermione Is married. They try to Interfere wllh
t'urtis, but the young American, tilled with
siilrlt and enthusiasm, iiunches the Count In the
eye. scaring the Earl almost out of his wits.
CurtLs and his bride catch a taxicab and leave
the Infuriated nobleman bewildered. They se-
cure a suite at the Hotel Plaza. When the
American returns to his room at the Central
Hotel he Is met by the Karl and the Count, who
furiously reprimand him. Steingall. chief of
detectives, links Curtis with the murder of dc
Courtois.
De Courtois is later discovered In the room
almost exhausted. He refuses to talk. Steingall
found telegrams from the Earl, asking to delajr
the ceremony until his arrival — and that he, de
Courtois, would be paid well. Curtis manages
to convince the detective that he is guiltless
and later discovers the car in which the murder-
ers had escaped. He follows the machine. With
the aid of the detectives. Curtis and Devar cap-
ture the East Side assassins.
The Earl endeavors to have Curtis arrested
on the charge ot abduction, but when Steingall
makes it plain to the Count and Earl that they
must leave this country immediately, or he will
arrest them in connection with the murder ot
the reporter, they are glad to leave. The ad-
venture brought about an undying friendship be-
tween Steingall. Curtis and Devar. and it is said
by those who know that Curtis and Lady Her-
monie lived happily ever after — in fact, she did
not remember that she had married him for a
bodyguard, for she loved him with her whole
heart and soul, and he worshiped the ground
she walked on.
SHANNON' OF THE SIXTH (Kalem— Five
Parts). — Ram. High Priest of the Temple of
Delhi, urges his people to throw off the British
yoke. Word of the uprising reaches General
Kimber who is in command of the troops at
Calcutta. Summoning Captain Arlington and
Lieutenant Shannon of the famous Sixth, he or-
ders them to proceed to Delhi with their troops.
Arlington and Shannon are rivals for the hand
of Dora, the commandant's daughter. Although
secretly betrothed to Surrada, the beautiful na-
tive girl employed as Dora's maid, Arlington is
filled with jealous rage upon discovering that
Dora loves his rival. The captain has tired of
Surrada but fears to cast her off because of the
scandal she may create. Shortly afterwards,
Arlington and Shannon reach Delhi where they
succeed in restoring order. The High Priest
Ram. however, lays his plans for a general up-
rising and on Sunday, May In, IS.", the famous
massacre at Meerut, which started the nation-
wide mutiny, commences. Thousands of Eng-
lish men. women and children are slain.
Ram and his followers make their way to
Delhi. At the sight of the priest, the Sepoy
troops turn upon their white officers and slay
them. At the first sign of danger. .Arlington
flees. Shannon, however, rallies the white troops.
The soldiers are finally compelled to make a
stand about the arsenal. The women and chil-
dren beg Shannon to slay them, should the na-
tives prove victorious. Knowing the terrible
fate which must befall them should they fall
into the hands of the Sepoys. Shannon consents.
The women and children are placed in the mag-
azine of the arsenal, while Shannon makes
preparations to destroy the building in event of
defeat. The soldiers are beaten back. The vic-
torious natives rush into the arsenal to cap-
ture the women inside. Shannon lights a fuse
leading to the powder stored in the building.
The awful explosion which follows rends the
walls asunder, bringing death to the hundreds in
the building, .\rlington makes his way back
to Calcutta where he informs General Kimber
that Shannon and his men have been slain by
the 'natives. Believing her sweetheart dead.
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Dora is grief-stricken. Arlington attempts to
console her but is spurned.
By a miracle. Shannon has escaped death in
the explosion which destroyed the arsenal. Slay-
ing a native, the lieutenant disguises himself in
the man's clothes. After many days he reaches
Calcutta. Dora is overjoyed to see her lover
alive and uninjured. Fearing lest his cowardice
be revealed, Arlington implores Shannon to keep
eilent. The latter consents. General Kimber
marches upon Delhi with his entire army. A
tew days after her father's departure, Dora de-
cides to follow. Accompanied by a bodyguard
of natives, she sets out for Delhi despite Sur-
rada's pleas. The treacherous natives, how-
ever, deliver the girl into the hands of Shah,
king of Delhi. Inflamed by her beauty, the king
decides to make her the queen of his harem.
Overwhelmed by the fate which menaces her
mistress, Surrada slays the man guarding their
room and escapes from the palace. The native
girl makes her way out of the city to the British
encampment. 'While she informs General Kim-
ber of his daughters plight, the murder of the
guard is discovered. Dora, is thrown into a
dungeon to await torture and death.
Kimber. Arlington and Shannon are horrified
upon hearing Surrada's awful news. Shannon
and Arlington beg to be allowed to go to the
girl's rescue. Because of his seniority in rank,
the honor falls to Arlington. Accompanied by
Surrada, the man hastens towards the city
gates. The two arrive a moment too late and
are locked out of the city tor the night. Un-
willing to return to camp, Arlington and Sur-
rada enter the Temple near by where they de-
termine to hide for the night. There the cap-
tain sees the great diamond which forms the
eye of the idol Brahma. Filled with greed, Ar-
lington forgets his mission and unknown to
Surrada, pries the jewel from its resting place.
Umballa, a servant in the Temple, sees the thief
at work, and is knocked unronscious after a
struggle with the Englishman. To hide the
jewel, Arlington returns to camp where he an-
nounces his failure. Unable to sleep. Shannon
strolls beyond the lines. Learning of Arling-
ton's failure upon his return, the man de-
nounces him as a coward. Later, the thief wraps
the diamond in a cloth and gives it to Surrada
He tells the native girl that it contains his
mother's jewels.
The following morning. Ram, Umballa and a
number of natives arrive at the camp and inform
General Kimber of the theft of Brahma's eye
Having promised that the sacred edifice should
not be molested, the British commander vows to
find and punish the offender. Umballa sees
Shannon. Mistaking him for his assailant the
native accuses the lieutenant of the theft. Cir-
cumstances point to Shannon as the vandal
Kimber orders him to his tent. Shortly after-
wards, the British troops make an assault upon
Delhi. While the attack is going on, Surrada
suspecting the truth, comes to Shannon and
gives him the package. Heart-broken because
of her lovers deception, and fearing the curse
of B'rahma, the girl suicides before Shannon can
interfere. The lieutenant sees that the British
are being repulsed. He rejoins his men. Calling
for volunteers Shannon announces his intention
of blowing up the city gates. Accompanied by
three men. the lieutenant crawls to the gates
where he plants several sacks of powder A
few moments later, the huge doors are torn from
their hinges by a terrific explosion. Led by
Shannon, the British enter the city and sweep
all before them. King Shah hears this news
with dismay. Furious, he determines to wreak
vengeance upon the daughter of the British
commander. Dora is tied to the muzzle of a
loaded cannon. After lighting the fuse the na-
tives flee. The maddened rebels make a last
stand in the city streets. A number of them
surround Arlington. Facing death, the man's
courage comes to the surface. Six of the natives
fall by his sword. A spear thrust through his
breast brings Arlington low. Attracted by a
woman's screams for help. Shannon and his men
dash into the palace courtyard. The gallant
soldier sees his sweetheart's awful danger.
Slashing her bonds. Shannon pulls Dora aside.
An instant later, a terrific roar appraises the
fainting girl of the awful danger trom which sh«
had been rescued in the nick of time.
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•THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE"
(Five Parts!.— A feud between the Tollivers
and Falins has existed for many years. Jack
Hale, a New York Mining Engineer, comes into
the country and searches for coal lands. He
hears of coal on the Tolliver land and. after in-
vestigating, begins large operations, during
which he falls in love with June, dajghter of
Juda Tolliver.
Dave Tolhver, nephew of Judd, has long loved
June and becomes frantically jealous of Jack.
June first loves Jack with childish simplicity,
but through the duplicity of her cousin Dave,
she learns her love for Jack is more than
childish fancy. Jack wants her sent to school
and with the consent of Judd furnishes funds
for her education.
Judd and Dave Tolliver are moonshiners,
whose unlawful business is discovered by Jack,
who has been appointed sheriff, and after a
desperate attempt by Dave and his friend Red
Fox to kidnap June. Jack decides to send June
to New York to finish her education. The coal
interests prove bad ; failure stares Jack in the
face. Dave in a feud fight with the Falins, kills
Bob, a friend of Jack's, with Judd's gun. Old
Judd is accused and arrested.
Jack sends his last dollar to June and she re-
turns to her old home, a beautiful society girl,
but when she learns Jack has had her father
arrested, she turns on him. She seeks the Tol-
livers and demands a rescue of her father, in
which a terrific fight between the Tollivers and
Falins takes place. Judd is seriously wounded
and the Tollivers put out the white flag and are
notified they must leave the country in forty-
eight hours, which they do, carrying the wounded
Judd with them.
After many miles of travel Old Judd dies, but
in his last breath denounced Dave and tells
June to go back to Jack. After Judd's death
she cannot give up her first love for Jack and
at last gives up Dave and goes back to her old
home. Dave follows and in an attempt to de-
stroy June's old home with dynamite, he is
foiled by Jack, who grabs the ignited can of
powder and accidentally throws it into the
dynamite cabin, which is blown to atoms, kill-
ing the wicked Dave, who has been spying from
the cabin's interior. June and Jack are hap-
pily married by the Old Justice, their trysted
friend. Uncle Billy, at the foot of "The Lone-
some Pine."
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"THE 'WHIRR OF THE SPINNING 'WHEEL "
(Two Parts). — Jasper, the village blacksmith,
is in love with Nan, the daughter of old B'lind
Judith. Nan has long wearied of the village
and has no intention of spending her whole life
in it. She accepts Jasper's devotion in a half-
hearted and indifferent sort of way. Black Meg,
the village ne'er-do-well, is herself desperately
in love with Jasper. Things are in this con-
dition when one day Nan's beauty is observed
by the tire-woman of Lady Betty Hastings, the
wife of a noble of great wealth and influence
who, although she spends most of her time in
London, has a country seat in the little village,
which she occasionally visits. The woman is
so enthusiastic in her praises to her mistress
of Nan's good looks and charming appearance
that at last Lady Betty's curiosity is aroused and
she condescends to pay a visit in person to old
Judith's cottage. Lady Betty offers Nan a po-
sition as her maid. Nan, therefore, a few days
later departs for London. Before she goes, she
does her best to comfort her mother, and prom-
ises that she will come back to her again, say-
ing, "One day I will return and creep in softly,
and when you hear the whirr of the spinning
wheel, you will know that I have come back to
you again." Nan begins to realize that life in
the great city is not quite all that she pictured
it, and that service with Lady Betty is not
going to be as light and pleasant as she thought
when she first took the situation. Lady Betty's
friends consist of a fast set of dissolute men
and women, and their strange behavior both
distresses and disgusts the innocent country
girl. One evening, when a ball is in progress.
Lady Betty rings for Nan to come down to the
ballroom, wishing to show her guests her "funny
little country mouse," as she calls her. One of
the men present, who is half drunk, clasps her
in his arms. Nan is taken aback, and bursts
into tears. She receives no sympathy, however,
from Lady Betty, who, after rating her sharply
for being such a cry-baby, dismisses her to her
room. This scene has been witnessed by Sir
'^'alter Carnaby. who follows her and offers her
a home with his sister. Her departure is
noticed by the spiteful tire-woman, who informs
her mistress than Nan has run away to Sir
Walter Carnaby. On arriving at Sir W^alter's
mansion. Nan is met by his sister who takes
an immediate fancy to the girl. Many months
pass, and Nan. in the delightful whirl of the
new life that opens up before her, forgets all
about her lonely old mother. At length the old
lady's distress becomes so great at hearing noth-
ing of her daughter, that Jasper volunteers to
go to London and find out what has become of
her. On reaching Lady Betty's, he is told by
the tire-woman her version of what has hap-
pened, and is overwhelmed with grief at the
sad news. He goes to Sir Walter Carnaby and
succeeds in getting an interview with Nan, who
appears quite pleased to see him, and he gives
her her mother's letter. She soon realizes, how-
ever, from Jasper's conversation that he be-
lieves her to be guilty, and in a fit of indigna-
tion orders him from the house. Jasper re-
turns to the village, and not daring to tell
Judith what he believes to be the true state of
affairs, comforts her with lies, saying that he
has seen Xan, and that she is getting on splend-
idly. In the meantime, however, the tire-woman
has been to the village again, and has told her
version of the story to Black Meg. All this
time Nan's conscience has been reproaching her
for leading a life of idle luxury in London,
while her mother is living in loneliness at home.
She returns home and creeps softly in at the
door, she slips into an empty chair and sets
the spinning wheel going. The wheel has been
idle and silent ever since she went away, and
directly her mother hears it she remembers her
daughter's promise on the eve of her departure.
Clasping her in her arms, she folds to her heart
the prodigal who has returned at last.
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"THE IRON MAN" (Three Parts. — At Roche-
combe Castle a large house-party is assembled.
The young countess of Servenac and her hus-
band prove excellent hosts ; they are newcomers
in the district and appear to possess fabulous
wealth. Late one night the Count receives a
mysterious visitor. In the library one of the
panels slides noiselessly up at a touch trom a
lever hidden under the table, a coarse-looking
man creeps through the opening and leaves a
small chest, which contains valuable jewels,
with the Count. A week or so later Servenac
makes the acquaintance of a wealthy young
American, Phillip Travers, from whom he learns
that Travers is motoring to Marseilles that
night to join his yacht, intending to start on a
trip to the Indies. The Count appears to take
a particular interest in the fact, and later pre-
vents Travers carrying out his plan, by dis-
abling his car by a shot at the tire from the
roadside. The chauffeur finds it will take two
or three hours to repair the damage, and a
peasant is hailed by Travers, who, on hearing
that he is the landlord of the "Black Bull" Inn,
which is near at hand, decides to wait at the
inn. Once inside the "Black Bull" he is drug-
ged robbed and his body placed in the cellar.
His' chauffeur, calling a little later, is informed
that his master did not stop at the inn, but
drove straight on towards Marseilles.
Some weeks later the police, having entirely
tailed to discover a clue to the mysterious dis-
appearance of Phillip Travers, the case is taken
up by the celebrated detective, Barnet Parker.
Finding that the "Black Bull" is the only inn
between the spot where the motor broke down
and Marseilles, Barnet Parker engages a room
at the inn. and finding the landlord's manner
rather suspicious, he determines to make a
thorough search. During the small hours he ex-
poses the callers. One large cask gives a hollow
sound to his tap ; he removes the top, and on
crawling through finds his way into a second
cellar Flashing his electric torch around he
finds a scrap of paper; it is a torn bill, but the
name Phillip Travers is quite distinct ; here is
a valuable clue. Pursuing his investigations,
Barnet Parker finds a stone staircase, which ap-
parently has no exit. Before leaving, the de-
tective makes a careful plan of the two cellars,
and by its aid next day he discovers that the
subterranean passage through which he has
passed must lead to Rochecombe Castle. He
must now find a means of penetrating the Cas-
tle and a plan is quickly formed. Under the
assumed name of Lord Chilton, he becomes ac-
quainted with the Servenacs and is soon on in-
timate terms with them and in due course re-
ceives the invitation to Rochecombe Castle,
which he has been angling for. Several guests
are at the castle, and Bridge, tor considerable
points, is the chief amusement. Lord Chilton
has extraordinary luck and wins large sums
from the Count. This appears to annoy Serve-
nac and he fails to hide his chagrin. But it is
dangerous to win money in the castle, and late
that night the detective is requested to go to
the library with Servenac to inspect some pic-
tures. Bending over the prints, he is seized
unawares by Servenac and his accomplice and
pushed against a suit of armour. Some in-
genious mechanism is released and the iron
arms close on Barnet Parker like a vice. He
is bound and gagsed. and then the sliding panel
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opens ; ht* is carried down a flight of sups and
lull m ihe cellar. Uui be recognizeb liis sur-
roumiings al once and remembers noticing ihe
electric switchboard. After niiiuy struggles bo
manages to get the switch between his teelb,
and by forcing It backwards and torwurus burns
the ropes which bind him ; then swinging him-
self over a deep stream, which separates this
cellar from the rest unuer the house, he llnds
his way out into the garden and round to the
library window. Meanwhile the Count becomes
nervous as the electric light goes out, and the
Countess begs him to go down to the switch and
hnd out what is wrong ; theretore, when Barnet
Parker enters the winaow, it is the work ol a
moment to push the accomplice into the arms
of the Man of Iron and to stitle the screams of
the Countess. He makes the two captives se-
cure, and in response to a tapping on the panel,
raises it sufficiently to allow tjervenac's head
to come through, aud then quickly lowers it on
his neck, thus neatly catching him like a rat
in a trap. Then cooly walking to the telephone.
the detective phones for the police, having car-
ried out most successfully his ingenious plan.
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"THE LIGHTS O' LONDON" (Five Parts}.—
Harold Armytage is entertaining a party of
sporting and race-course associates when Squire
Armytage returns and orders his son's com-
panions out of the house and bids Harold choose
between them and him. Father and son part in
anger, and Harold prepares to go to London
after an interview with Bess Marks, his sweet-
heart.
Bess refuses to be parted from Harold and _
they plan to go away together. They are mar- '
ried In London and soon after, when looking for
work, Harold meets one of his old racing
friends, who persuades him to go to the races.
There his friends, in collusion with a book-
maker, put Harold on to a "wrong un" and
Harold, ruined, goes home to Bess and con-
fesses the truth. The pinch of poverty comes
and the landlady turns them out. They tramp
back to his father's home in the hope that his
father will forgive him, or at least help Bess.
In the meantime Clifford Armytage, Harold's
cousin, who is looked upon as the heir, has
been making love to Hetty Preene, a frivolous
girl, daughter to Seth Preene, one of tbe Squire's
gamekeepers. Seth Preene sees Harold and
Bess, and tells Clifford of Harold's arrival in
the neighborhood. Clifford is terribly alarmed
as the old squire has been mourning the absence
of his son, and Clifford fears he will forgive
him. Clifford and Seth plot to rob the old squire
and put the blame on Harold.
When Squire Armytage sees his boy he nearly
relents, but a fresh quarrel ensues and Harold
goes, leaving his wife to the care of her old
father. The robbery takes place. The squire,
who has surprised Preene, is struck down by
Seth and dies before he can exonerate Harold,
who has been arrested and accused of the crime.
Seth gives Clifford the family jewels he has
stolen, but he retains the will he found with
them, which leaves the estates to Harold, think-
ing he can hold it over Clifford if Clifford tries
to pjay him false. Harold is sentenced to seven
years, and Clifford orders B'ess to leave the
place. She goes to London and takes a room in
the house of a family of sbow-people named
Jarvis and nurses the boy, Shapespeare Jarvis
when the old people go on tour.
Meanwhile Clifford has induced Hetty Preene
to leave her father, and takes a house for her
in St. John's Wood under the promise that he
will marry her. He gives ber the Armytage
jewels. Some time after Harold has been a
convict he learns that Bess is ill and the
thought tortures him and he determines to es-
cape. Just as he is about to fall into the hands
of the warders in search of him, he meets with
Joe Jarvis, who shelters him in his London
home, where to his joy, Harold and Bess are re-
united.
Seth Preene, now a well-to-do inn-keeper on
the money paid him by Clifford, is sorrowing
for his daughter and is half suspicious that
Clifford has had a hand in her leaving home.
Clifford denies this, but drops a registered let-
ter receipt giving Hetty's address In London.
Seth thinks Clifford is paying money to Bess,
and determines to pay a trip to London to find
out why, if possible. Just as this happens,
while Clifford is dowTi in the country, Hetty,
who is very vain, has gone to the theater wear-
ing the Armytage jewels, and in leaving drops
a diamond bracelet which is taken by a
coster to the police. Clifford, alarmed for the
safety of the bracelet and fearing that some one
will discover that it is part of the jewelry re-
ported as stolen from Armytage Hall, gets the
police to issue a reward and comes to the police
station to identify it.
There he sees a reward bill announcing the
escape of Harold, and having kept himself in-
formed of the whereabouts of Bess, he instantly
jumps to the conclusion that Harold may come
to the house where she is living. He offers to
point her out to a detective and takes him to
the address, at which Harold arrives with the
old showman and his wife.
Shakespeare Jarvis. who is devoted to Bess,
sees tbe detective and instantly rushes homo
with the news. Tbe police enter and Harold
after a desperate struggle makes bis escape.
Seth Preene comes to London and goes to
Hetty's address, arriving just after ClUTord has
got tbe bracelet and warned Hetty about wear-
ing th«-m in publi.. When he has gone to his
club, Heiiy puts all the jewels on and is ad-
miring herself when her father Is shown in.
Seth, e.x|)ecting to see Bess, is overwhelmed to
tind Hetty, and realizes her shame. He goes
off in a fury to Hnd Clifford and meets the be-
trayer of his daughter on a bridge over the
canal in Regent's Park, near which Harold and
Bess are resting In their flight. Seth Preene
liercely tells Clifford that if he does not make
Hetty his wife within a week be will tell the
whole truth and send Clifford to prison in place
of Harold. Clifford turns on him and after a
tierce light throws Seth over the bridge into
tbe canal. Harold hears Seth's cries for help,
throws off his coat and rescues Seth, who is
astonished to see in the man who has saved
bis life the young master his evidence sent to
prison. In gratitude he tells Harold to go back
to the Jarvis' house and wait till he comes. He
will pay his debt.
Harold and Bess return to the showman's
home but are discovered by Clifford and the
police, and after Harold has thrashed Clifford
he escapes by the window only to be arrested
and taken by the police. But just as Clifford
has denounced Harold, Seth Preene, who has
telegraphed for the will to bis lawyer, in whose
custody he has placed it for safety, arrives, and
denounces Clifford and gives Harold the will
which makes him master of his old home. A
King's pardon is soon obtained for Harold, who
returns with Bess to Armytage Hall amid the
acclamations and rejoicings of the tenants.
cllle off when the earth gives way and the two
fall.
Llvroy Is rescued. Gregory learns that Lu-
cille Is reviving. He knows that she has booh
her children at ber bcdBldc. and feela that bo 1b
no longer the tyrannical lord of the unhappy
woman. Before dying, ho writes to the District
Attorney charging Llvroy with throwing blm
over the cliff.
Lucille confides her story to Dr. JarMer. Dr.
Jarller tells Mr. Llvroy Luelllc's story of the
Influence Gregory had over her will. The chil-
dren take the hands of both their parents and
this loving link joins them together forevermore.
ITALA.
"AN AERIAL REVENGE" (Three Parts).— That
mother and daughter should become rivals for th
hand of a man is not so unusual when taking
into account similar circumstances of this char-
acter in the past. However in this case tbe man
most desired by these two women proved to be
an adventurer and a viUian of the worst type.
He, pretending to love the daughter, engendered
in the mother's heart a feeling of affection for
him through which he hoped to gain intimate
relations with her uncle, the secretary of state,
with a view to procuring secret documents for
a rival country. Strange to say the adventurer
was introduced by a cousin of the younger girl
and carried on his love affair for a time suc-
cessfully.
Fate ordained that the adventurer should ac-
company the mother and a party on a trip to
the Alps and here mid snow-capped mountain
peaks he worms his. way into her affections.
Upon their return he succeeds in gaining an
audience with tbe secretary of state and ob-
tains his confidence. He is later brought face
to face with the young girl whom he has de-
ceived, and through the efforts of a life-long
friend of the family his villainy is exposed.
Realizing that his cleverly contrived plans
failed, the cowardly villain seeks refuge in
flight. Having access to the vaults where state
documents are kept he secures a number of these
and finally reaches the railroad station where,
unfortunately for him, the hero of the story dis-
covers him buying a ticket. Both men board
the same train and a struggle ensues while go-
ing at great speed. The villain makes a wild
leap from the fast moving train and succeeds
in reaching the hangar of the aerial club,
where he bribes an official to loan him an aero-
plane in which he endeavors to reach Germany.
Our hero is hot on his trail, however, and by
a clever ruse also succeeds in securing an ero-
plane, and a mad race in midair follows. The
hero overtakes the villain and reaching a height
far above him finally swoops down on the
criminal and he is precipitated to earth, where
he is later found, mangled and bleeding, among
the wreckage.
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"FORCES OF EVIL" OR "THE DOMINANT
WILL" ( Three Parts) . — Dr. Gregory falls in
love with Mrs. Livroy, and is repulsed. He
puts her under hypnotic influence, and wills
that tbe poor weak woman come to his house
at eleven o'clock. She joins Gregory who carries
her off.
Mr. Livroy cannot tell his little ones, and
they are made to believe that their mother is
dead. The children gather small trifles belong-
ing to their mother to keep fresh her memory.
Mr. Livroy sells his home and removes to a
luxurious villa on the Riviera.
One day the children are startled by the ap-
pearance of their mother in a by-path of the
park, but the image, seen for a moment only,
disappears. The children see their mother pass
again and run toward her.
Mr. Livroy goes in pursuit of the couple and
overtakes them on the cliffs. A terrible strug-
gle takes place between tbe two men and Liv-
roy is struck down. Gregory is carrying Lu-
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"THE CRUCIBLE OF FLAME ' (Three
Parts). — Mr. Ruggers and his daughter. Irene,
live a peaceful life In their country cottage, hav-
ing for their neighbor and only visitor the
country doctor.
Into this life of seclusion, however, there
comes a disturbance In one Agnes Dely, Irene's'
school companion, who has become an actress,
and leads a gay life In the city. Irene Is in-
vited to spend a short time with her and see
something of the world. She goes In spite of
the disapproval of her father. During her ab-
sence the doctor confesses his love for Irene,
and asks for her hand In marriage. Irene re-
turns, but is, Indeed, unhappy. She has learned
the lesson of the world by bitter experience,
and is confessing her secret to the doctor, when
her father overhears and drives her from home
in utter humiliation. A year later Irene pleade
with her father, but with no success. In de-
spair she abandons her child on her father's
doorstep, and goes on her way.
Mr. Ruggers receives the child and adopts him
as his own. Six years pass. Irene's child Is
the idol of his grandfather, while the doctor's
friendship is as strong as before. Irene has be-
come a school mistress for poor children. A.
flre breaks out in tho school and Irene hero-
ically rescues one of her pupils. She Is In-
jured .and. owing to her bravery, a reconcilia-
tion with her father is brought about.
Meanwhile the child's father extorts money
from Mr. Ruggers by his legal right to the boy,
and some evil associates kidnap the child with-
out his knowledge. Fired by paternal love he
runs to warn the child's grandfather, but Is too
late. The boy has freed himself and arrived
home safe. Ruggers, seeing a shadow, shoots,
and the vendetta is concluded. Finally Irene
marries the faithful doctor, and thus happiness
sheds Its light once more over the family of
Ruggers.
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"THE EAGLE'S MATE" (Five Parts).— The
Mornes of Virginia are a lawless mountain clan,
a strong, flerce folk, scornful of any law save
that writ large in their own hearts. They dwell
on a nearly inaccessible peak called the Eagle's
Eyrie, and because of their craggy abode and
their fierce natures are called tbe "Eagles."
Lancer, son of the Rader, has been sent to col-
lege by Anemone's aunt. Mrs. Breckenridge. who
is a Mome berseir, though Anemone, her petted
and cherished niece, is ignorant of this fact, as
are the rest of the townspeople. Lancer's fa-
ther is arrested for moonshining. and Lancer
shakes off the shackles of civilization and leads
the clan to the rescue of his father, joining the
Mornes in their lawless life in the Eyrie. Fish-
er Morne, the brutal and uncouth cousin of
Lancer, falls in love with Anemone, and being
repulsed by her. abducts her and carries her off
to the Eagle's Eyrie. Lancer and Anemone have
met and have felt an irresistible attraction for
each other. When Anemone finds Lancer at the
Eyrie, she begs him to save her and send her
back to the valley. But with tbe wild daring
of his clan. Lancer tells her be Intends to have
her for himself, fights Fisher for her, and con-
quers. Anemone marries Lancer to save her aunt
from paying the immense ransom Fisher would
exact for her return, but tells Lancer she hates
him — and finally convinces him that she does.
In anger. Lancer replies that he will never
speak a word of love to her until she asks him
to. and they live in the Eyrie as strangers.
Fisher shoots Lancer and lays the crime oa
Anemone. The wounded Lancer demands that
Anemone be returned in safety to her aunt, de-
claring she is innocent. Anemone learns that
the sheriff is leading a posse up to the Eyrie to
attack the Mornes, who have been betrayed by
the traitor, Fisher, and she returns to lead the
clan against the representative of the law, for
she has learned to love Lancer and now longs
to be herself considered an "Eagle." She
reaches the clan in time to warn them, and the
baffled posse returns. Anemone's aunt, at the
crucial moment loyal to the Mornes, comes to
the Eyrie, and shows them through the action
of the traitor, Fisher, the folly of outlawry and
its inevitable end. Lancer, now the acknowl-
edged leader, through the sweet influence of the
noble little Anemone, recognizes the truth of bis
aunt's words. The Mornes promise no longer
to rebel against their State. Lancer and his
bride begin their honeymoon in tbe Eyrie, and
Anemone is at last truly happy as the Eagle's
mate.
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"THE MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE" ( Four Parts).
—Leopold brother of the King of Savonia. is, m
the absence of direct heirs, Crown Prince of
the kingdom and heir to the throne In t ace of
the laws which declare that members of the
royal family must only marry those of blood
eaual to their own. and without the knowledge
of the King Leopold has wedded Stephanie, a
beautiful peasant girl, and lives with her in a
village in the hills whenever he is able to escape
from the court. A year after the marriage he
receives an urgent summons from fatepnanie.
and finds on reaching his mountain home, that
a son has been born to him. The fact com-
pels him to inform Stephanie that, by the laws
of Savonia. their marriage is illegal and that
the child can never be recognized as his heir
and successor as ruler of Savonia.
Paul grows to manhood in the mountains
without knowing his father's name, but on her
deathbed Stephanie tells him her unhappy story,
and he learns that it is the Crown Prince Leo-
pold who has broken her heart and deserted
her at the dictates of worldly ambition. Alone
in the world he determines to seek his fortune
in Savonia. Satanella. a woman of the woods,
has fallen in love with him, but he rejects her
advances, and in doing so makes her his enemy
for life. Prince Leopold, on the death of Prince
von Strelsburg, one of the chief nobles of ba-
vonia writes to the dead man's son and daugh-
ter Prince Eugene and Princess Astrea, inform-
ing them of their loss and acquainting them of
their father's will, which direct that, on attain-
in" her twentv-first birthday, Astrea shall be-
come the wife of Captain Rudolph von Scars-
bruck Scarsbruck, a man of good family but
dissolute habits, soon learns that Astrea dis-
likes him and intends to take full advantage
of the two vears of freedom left her by the will.
He therefore takes advantage of her brother
Eugene's weak character to involve him in
losses at cards, and getting him into his pow-
er by these means, readily obtains his assistance
by the promise of 100,000 crowns if his suit is
successful.
.Two years pass, and it is the eve of Astrea's
twenty-first birthday. Paul has proved a suc-
cessful soldier, and to celebrate the winning ot
his commission, has invited several of bis sol-
dier friends to meet him at the "Golden Drag-
on " Eugene and Scarsbruck are seated at an-
other table in the same inn. Satanella. now
living a gay life in the capital, sees and recog-
nizes Paul, and tells Scarsbruck and Eugene of
his history. When Paul asks them to drink
with him. thev conten>ptuously refuse, and Eu-
gene uses insulting expressions regarding Paul s
mother. The voung officer knocks him down,
and on Eugene drawing his sword, defends him-
self and severelv wounds the Prince. Scars-
bruck orders soldiers to arrest Paul, but de-
claring that be will not surrender until he has
proved Eugene a liar. Paul succeeds in getting
away. Astrea. when the hour approaches when
she will be no longer able to refuse the husband
"imposed upon her by her father's will, goes for
counsel and guidance lo the old priest. Father
Gerard, in the private chapel of Strelsburg Pal-
ace. Paul, hard pressed by the soldiers with
Scarsbruck at their head, takes refuge in the
chapel and. questioned by Astrea. tells her that
the blood on his sword is that of his mother's
slanderer. Astrea sees in his appearance a way
out of the difficulties which beset her. She
tells him her story, and concludes with the ap-
peal : "Make me your wife and we will say
good-bye forever."
Paul, moved by the evident distress of the
beautiful girl, agrees to her request ; and with
the hands of the clock showing a few minutes
to midnight, the strange wedding ceremony be-
gins with the man and woman and the priest
alone in the still chapel. Before the ceremony
is completed, Scarsbruck and his men are heard
at the door demanding admittance. Urged by
Astrea, the priest completes the ceremony, the
angry soldiers battering at the door forming a
stranee accompaniment to the benediction. On
the stroke of twelve the ceremony is over, and
Astrea, hastilv directing Paul to hide in a small
inner room, goes with the priest to admit the
angry Scarsbruck. The latter tells Astrea that
he is searching for the man who has wounded
her brother: but bv a great effort, she maintains
her self control and denies that anyone is hid-
den in the chapel. Ten days later Paul is cap-
tured and brought to the barracks handcuffed
at Scarsbruck's orders. Astrea enters and scorn-
fully denounces Scarsbruck and her brother for
their cowardice. A moment later Prince Leo-
pold enters and orders Paul's handcuffs to be
removed. Paul asks him for a private audience.
and when it is refused asks again in a low
voice: "In the name of Stephanie." 'Leopold
orders Scarsbruck and Eugene from the room,
and hears Pauls story. The gallant bearing of
the young soldier touches him, and he declares:
"I will acknowledge you as my son," but Paul,
with the memorv of his mother's wrongs still
before him, replies hotly : "I will not recognize
you as my father."
Von Scarsbruck and Eugene, learning that
Astrea loves Paul, plot to ruin her reputation.
Hidden below her window at night, they see her
throw her handkerchief from the balcony to
Paul below, and, after he has walked away.
Scarsbruck climbs up the balcony to her room
and threatens that unless she promises to marry
him he will remain there all night, and so hope-
lessly compromise her. Paul hears suspicious
sounds, and returning, also climbs into the
room and attacks Scarsbruck. The latter suc-
ceeds in ringing the bell, and sneeringly tells
the lovers that Eugene and Father Gerard will
shortly come to investigate, and that his desire
to ruin Astrea's reputation will be achieved.
Paul's answer is to place a revolver to his head
and force him behind a screen. When the priest
and Eugene enter, only Astrea is visible ; and
Scarsbruck. with the revolver muzzle pressed
to his forehead, dares not utter a word, and
Eugene and Gerard withdraw.
Paul contemptuously orders Scarsbruck from
the room ; and in response to a challenge, agrees
to fight him in an hour's time. He retires to
his room to prepare for the encounter. Satanella,
still nursing the hatred .bred in her by Paul's
rejection years before, has hidden behind cur-
tains, and with a revolver, taken from a case on
the table, fires, severely wounding Paul in the
arm. Despite the handicap, he is about to keep
his engagement when Astrea enters. and,
snatching up his own sword, bars the door and
declares she wjll not allow him to fight until he
has recovered. A moment later, as von Scars-
bruck and Eugene enter, she slips behind the
curtain. Von Scarsbruck taunts Paul with cow-
ardice, and Astrea, stepping forward, releases
Paul from his promise and tells him to fight his
rival at once. With his sword held in his left
hand. Paul succeeds in holding von Scarsbruck
at bay ; but Eugene treacherously warding off
one of his thrusts, enables von Scarsbruck to
run his sword through Paul's body. As Astrea
is doing her best to staunch the flow of blood
from the lover's wounds. Prince Leopold enters
the room. In response to Astrea's questioning
Ioo'k he declares: "Princess, he is my son."
King of Savonia, and able to make and unmake
laws. Leopold summons Paul before him and
offers to legalize the marriage with Sti-phanie.
and to make Paul heir to the throne. The young
man's answer is to lead Astrea to his father,
and to present her as his wife. Leopold will
not recognize his son's marriage with a woman
not of royal blood : and Paul will not, like Leo-
pold himself, put her aside. Xeither will give
way. and in the end Paul and Astrea leave the
court and capital forever.
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"THE ONLY SOX" (Five Parts I. — Thomas
Brainerd^ sr.. as a prospector, is a dutiful and
loving husband and father. Two children. Ger-
trude and Thomas, jr., are born while the Brain-
erds live in a log cabin in the mountains. Brain-
erd strikes gold, goes to Xew York, where he
becomes a financial power. He neglects his wife
— devotes every moment of his time to his grow-
ing industries, simply supplies funds to his fam-
ily— and his wife, alone and melancholy, is fas-
cinated by an artist and consents to "sit" for
a painting. Feeling her neglect keenly. Mrs.
Braineid becomes a victim to the wiles of the
artist, who. however, is killed by the husband of
a former victim before the affair has progressed
too far.
Brainerd. learning of his wife's affair with
the artist, orders her from the house. Thomas,
ir., sides with and accompanies his mother.
Heretofore a worthless spendthrift. Thomas now
becomes ambitious and joins interest with a
penniless inventor, goes West, establishes a fac-
tory, makes a go of it, sells out to his father at
an enormous advance, convinces his father that
his mother is innocent and. as he transfers the
invention to his father's firm, sees his mother
in his father's arms, which example he imme-
diately follows by proposing to the girl he has
always loved.
"THE MAX OX THE BOX" (Five Parts).—
Lieutenant Bob Warburfon is wounded during
an encounter with the Indians and taken to the
home of Col. Annesley for medical treatment.
Recovering, Bob finds that his service in the
army has expired and he says he is penniless.
However he is rich in romance and becomes
fascinated by the Colonel's daughter. Betty.
Betty, not knowing who Bob is, offers him a
position as coachman, which he accepts. Many
and varied are Bob's experiences as "The Man
On the Box" of the Annesley coach.
Becoming implicated in a plot to defraud the
United States Government of important plans,
he thwarts the attempts of a Russian Count and
saves important plans. Betty, while visiting
Bob's sister, who is a dear friend, learns from
Bob's photograph who he is, but allows him to
continue as coachman. Bob is entirely ignorant
of Betty's knowledge of his identity.
Betty's father loses his money ; then Bob dis-
closes his identity and admits he is the pos-
sessor of a large fortune in his own right :
however. Betty's and Bob's romance is one of
pure love and, after a series of intrigues, plots
and counter-plots, all of which "The Man On
the Box" foils, the couple are married and live
happily ever after.
ECLECTIC.
THE PERILS OF PAULIXE ( Xinth Episode).
— Rescued from the savage Indians, Pauline
promises Harry to be good and not get mixed
up in any more adventures. But she finds it
impossible to long endure the quiet life of the
ranch, and as a harmless experiment they alt
agree to let her take part in moving pictures.
She goes to Pathe Frdres, finds Chief Director
Gasnier, and is taken along on a trip to Devil's
Island as one of the angels in a production of
"Paradise Lost."
Business affairs keep Harry back temporarily,
and Owen, who has booked himself as one of the
"lost souls," leaves Hicks behind to hold Harry
on the main land. At last when Harry is ready
to go he finds that the regular steamer has
sailed. He gets a fast motor boat but the owner
has been bribed by Hicks, and he maroons
Harry on a desert island. On Devil's Island the
production of "Paradise Lost" has started, and
a young desolute player named Booth has be-
come enamored of Pauline. Owen sees an op-
portunity and bribes him to carry her away.
Pauline is nearly distracted. In the nick of
time to prevent this scoundrelly abduction
Harry scrambles up on the shore from an im-
provised raft on which he has made the trip
from the island on which he was marooned.
Rushing up he knocks Booth out. Pauline
flees away to the shore, sees a hydro-aeroplane,
speaks the pilot who agrees to take her to the
main land. They have barely started, however,
when the pilot lights a cigarette. The match
he carelessly tosses away, lights on one of
the wings and in a few moments the machine
is in flames. Coward that he is. he grabs the
only parachute and leaves Pauline to her fate.
Quite equal to the emergency, however, Pauline
rights the plane and lands in safety, fully de-
termined to take no further part in such foolish
experiences. She has not reckoned, however,
upon the villainous jilans which Owen and Hicks
are perfecting for her destruction.
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During the Fren:;h revolution whi:h changed
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the reins of government and caused the im-
prisonment of Queen Marie Antoinette.
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in-law Dixmer, who is supposed to be strong
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to rescue her is a failure
Xot to be disappointed the Chevalier makes a
second attempt. The authorities fearing this
have the Queen moved to another prison Dix-
mer and the Chevalier by a ruse overpower
the warden, and Dixmer's wife takes the place
of the Queen in the cell. The plot seems to be
going successfully when it is spoiled ^y the
arrival of the Queen's former guards. To pre-
vent any further attempts the revolutionary
tribunal order the execution of the Queen.
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Dixmer make another attempt to rescue her
which results in their death.
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July 15 — Renunciation (2 parts — Western Dr.)
July 19 — Tango Versus Poker (Comedy)
July 22— Allah-.3311 (3 parts— Drama)
July 26 — When Death Rode the Engine (West-
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July 12 — The Fight in Lonely Gulch (Drama)..
July 19 — The Ranger's Reward (Western Dr.)..
July 26 — When Memory Recalls (Drama)
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July 6 — The Lady of the Island (Two Parts-
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July 9 — The Old Rag Doll (Drama)
July 13 — When the World Was Silent (Three
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July 16 — The Universal Boy, Series No. 1
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July 20 — In the Sultan's Garden. (Drama)
July 23— The Gateway of Regret (Drama)
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July 2— Fatty's Finish (Comedy)
July 4 — Love and Bullets (Comedv)
July 6 — Row Boat Romance (Comedy)
July 9 — (Not yet announced).
July 11 — (Not yet announced).
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— View of the Alps (Scenic)
June 19 — The Newlyweds (Comedy)
June 26 — A Day's Outing ( Comedy)
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July 7 — The Only Clue (Drama)
July 12— A City Beautiful (Two Parts— Drama)
July 14— The Old Derelict (Drama)
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July 24 — Lest We Forget (Drama)
July 26 — The Mystery of the Hindu Image (2
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July 17 — When Eddie Went to the Front (Com.)
July 22 — By the Sun's Rays (Western-Drama).
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July 15— How Izzy Stuck to His Post (Comedy-
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July 18 — The Vengeance of Gold (2 parts— Dr.)
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July in — Out of the Darkness (Drama)
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June 2 — The Goat (Comedy)
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July 6 — Eva, the Cigarette Girl (Comedy)
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July 9 — A Romance of the Pueblo (Com.-Di.).
July 11 — Her Primitive Model (Drama)
July 13 — i nat Boy From the Poorhouse (Dr.)..
July 16 — The Prospectors (Drama)
July IS — It Was Some Party t Comedy)
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July G — Her Spanish Cousins (Comedy)
July 7 — Face to Face (Seventh of "The Man
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July 8 — Andy Has a Tootache (Eighth of the
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July 10 — In the Shadow of Disgrace (Special
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July 11 — Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of the
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July i:^ — Qualifying for Lena (Comedy)
July 14 — The Two Doctors (Drama)
July 15 — The Ever-Gallant Marquis (Comedy)..
— An Up-to-Date Courtship (Comedv)...
July 17 — Meg o' the Mountains (Special — 2
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July IS — Across the Burnina Trestle (Drama)..
July 2(1 — The Adventure of the Absent-Minded
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July 21 — .A. Matter of Minutes (Sth of "The
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July 22 — A Deal in Statuary (Comedy)
— His Wife's Burglar ((?omedy)
July 24 — Laddie (Special — 2 parts — Drama)...
July 2j — The Last Assignment (Twelfth of the
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July 4 — Broncho Billy's Punishment (Drama).
July 7 — A Night with a Million (Com. Drama).
July 8 — X Boarding House Scramble (Comedy)
July 9 — Slippery Slim — Diplomat (Comedy)...
July 10 — Night Hawks (Special — Two Parts —
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July 11 — Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama)
July 13 — Sweedie the Swatter (Comedy)
July 14 — At the Foot of the Hill (Drama)
.July 15 — The Fable of "Napoleon and the
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July IG — Snakeville's New Waitress (Comedy).
July 17 — His Stolen Fortune (Special — 2 parts —
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July 18 — Broncho Billy Puts One Over (Drama)
July 20 — Money Talks ( Comedy)
July 21 — Mrs. Billington's Fir.st Case (Comedy-
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July 22— The Fable of "Higher Education That
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July 23 — Slippery Slim's Inheritance (Comedy).
July 24 — A Little From Home (Special — 2 parts
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July 2.'5 — Broncho Billy and the Gambler (Dr.).
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July 6 — The Weakling — Third of the Alice
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July 7 — Kaintucky Bill (Drama)
July 8 — A String of Pearls (Special — Two Parts
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July 10 — Rube the Interloper (Comedy)
— In Old England (Topical)
July 11 — Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama)
July 13 — A Diamond in the Rough (Special —
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July 14 — Accused ( Drama)
July 15 — The Express Messenger (Special — 2
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July 17 — Wanted, An Heir (Comedy)
July 18 — The Fate of a Squaw (Drama)
July 20 — In Wolfs Clothing (4th of the Alice
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July 21 — The Beast (Drama)
Jul" 22— The Rival Railroad's Plot (Special—
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July 24 — The Bingville Fire Department ( Com. i
July 2n — Defying the Chief (Drama)
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June 16 — One Woman's Way (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 23 — A Midnight Guest (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Celio — Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
July 7 — Heirloom (Cines — Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 14 — The Rival Actresses (Cines — Special —
2 parts — Drama )
LUBIN.
July 4 — It's a Shame (Comedy)
— The Kidnapped Bride (Comedy)
July 7 — Fooling Fanny's Father (Comedy)
— While Auntie Bounced (Comedy)
July 8 — The Incompetent (Special — Two Parts
— Drama )
July 9 — The Debt (Special— Two Parts — Dr.)..
July 10 — The TribunaTof Conscience (Drama)..
July 11 — How He Lost His Trousers (Comedy).
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy)...
July 14 — He Was Bad (Comedy)
— Tough Luck (Comedy)
July 15 — Codes of Honor ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 16 — The Cross of Crime (Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
July 17 — The Lie (Drama)
July 18 — She Wanted to Know (Comedy)
— All for Love ( Comedy )
July 21 — Temper and Temperature (Comedy)..
— Worms Will Turn (Comedy) '. . . .
July 22 — Who Seeks Revenge (Special — 2 parts
— Drama )
July 2.3 — The False Shadow ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
.Tulv ?4 — A Traitor to His Countrv (Drama)...
July 2.5 — \ Matter of Record (Comedy)
(Special —
MELIES.
June 27 — A Shadow On the Wall
Two Parts — Drama) .... ,
June 30 — One Suit of Clothes (Comedy) .'
July 1 — The Monk's Sacrifice (Drama)
July 2 — Womanly Curiosity (Comedy)
— The Prescription (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 4 — Hidden Death (Special — Two Parts^
Drama )
July 7 — A Discolored Romance (Comedy)
July 8 — The Hole in the Wall (Drama)
July 9 — Good Fortune's Tardy Smile (Comedy)
July 9 — A Royal Survivor ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 11 — A Friend's Forgiveness (Special — 2
parts — Drama )
July 14 — Rags and Patriotism (Comedy)
July 1.5 — Justiv Punished ( Drama )
July Ifi— The 'Test of True Love (Comedy)
July 16 — A Sublime Deception ( Special — ^2 parts
— Drama )
July l.S — The River's Secret (Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 21 — (Title not reported).
July 22 — His Sense of Duty (Drama)
July 2." — Wanted a Sweetheart (Comedy)
July 2'"'' — When Preachers Leave Home ( Special
— 2 parts — Comedy )
July 2.5 — Black Pearls (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).
June 29 — Visit to Paris (Travel)
— Rapids and Water Falls of New Zea-
land (Scenic)
June 30 — A French Village la Senegal, West
Africa (Scenic)
— Venomous Serpents (Educational) ...
July 1 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 43 — 1914 (News).
July 6 — -The Heart and the Circulation of the
Blood (Biology)
— Modes of Travel in Japan (Manners
and Customs)
July 7 — A Tiger Hunt (Indo-China) (Scenic)..
— The Ice and Snow
July 8— Pathe's Weekly No. 44, 1914 (News)..
July 13 — A Russian Hear Hunt (Scenic)
— The Wine Industry, Marsala, Sicily
(Industrial)
July 14 — Through Bosnia and Dalmatia (Scenic)
— The Tombs of the Ancient Japanese
Emperors, Annam ( Indo China) —
I Scenici
— Water Falls at Aragonia, Spain
I Travel )
July 15 — Pathe's Weekly No. 45 (News)
SELIG.
July 3 — Making Good With Her Family (Com.)
— Doc Yak Wishes (Novelty)
July 4 — The Little Hobo (Drama)
July 6 — Reporter Jimmie Intervenes (Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
July 6 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 37
(News)
July 7 — Algie's Sister (Comedy)
July 8 — Caryl of the Mountains (Drama) ...
July 9 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 38
( News )
July 10 — Did She Cure Him? (Comedy)...!.'"
July 11 — His Fight (Drama)
July 13— The Wilderness Mail (Special— 2 parts
— Drama)
July 13 — Hearst-Selig .News Pictorial, No. 3a
(News)
July 14 — An Egyptian Princess (Comedy)...!!.
July 15 — His Last Appeal (Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 1(5 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 40
(News)
July 17 — Wiggs Takes the Rest Cure (Drama)..
July IS — The S'^uatters (Drama)
July 20 — A Woman Laughs (Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 20 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 41
( News )
July 21— The Lure of the Ladies (Comedy)....
July 22 — The Sealed Package (Drama)
July 23 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 42
( News )
July 24 — The Substitute Heir (Comedy)
July 25 — Footprints ( Comedy-Drama )
VITAGRAPH.
July 1 — The Circus and the Boy (Comedy)....
July 2 — Two Stepchildren (Drama)
July 3 — A Train of Incidents (Comedy)
July 4 — The Toll (Special — Two Parts — Dr.)..
July 6 — The False and the True (Drama)
July 7 — The Moonstone of Fez (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
July 8 — Doctor Smith's Baby (Comedy)
July 9 — Prosecution ( Drama)
July 10 — The Vases of Hymen (Comedy)
July 11 — Lillian's Dilemma (Special — Two Parts
( Comedy )
July 13 — The Soul of Luigi (Drama)
July 14 — Fogg's Millions (Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 1.5 — The Arrival of Josie (Comedy)
July 10 — The Little Captain ( Comedy-Drama I .
July 1( — Pigs Is Pigs (Comedy)
July 18 — The Song of the Ghetto (Special J
parts — Drama )
July 20 — Love the Clairvoyant (Drama)
July 21 — Bread Upon the Waters ( Special — 2
pa rts — Drama )
July 22 — Buddy'.-; Downfall (Comedy)
July 2." — The Ajiple ( Drama i
July 24 — The Winning Trick (Comedy)
July 25 — Romantic Josie ( Special — Two parts —
( Comedy )
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INDEX
ADVERTISIXG FOR EXHIBITORS -123
AMERICAN- PLAYERS IN EXGLAXD 441
AMONG THE PICTURE THEATERS 444
BILLINGTOX, MISS FRANCELIA 410
BIG NEW ENTERPRISE, A 438
BRITISH NOTES 417
CALENDAR OP LICENSED RELEASES. . 456
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RE-
LEASES 454
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed)... 432
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independent) 433
•'CRUCIBLE OP FLAME, THE" (Features
Ideal) 439
DAVID HORSLEY TO DO ONE-REEL
COMEDIES 417
"DEVIL'S EYE. THE" (Apex) 41.S
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 421
"EAGLE'S MATE. THE" (Famous Players) 412
ENGLISHMEN PLEASANTLY HOAXED.. 40!>
TO CONTENTS.
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 45S
FACTS AND COMMENTS 403
FIRST SALE OF SUBJECTS AT AUC-
TION 447
FEATURE FILM STORIES 48''
"FORCES OF EVIL" (World Film Corp). 437
HONOR THE PIO.NEERS 416
INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 474
INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 490
INCE, JOHN 44-^
"IN TUNE WITH THE WILD" (Seligl....' 408
INQUIRIES 426
"JOHN BARLEYCORN" (Bosworth, Inc.). 406
LICENSED FILM STORIES 463
LICENSED RELEASE DATES '. . . 402
MANUFACTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 449
McRAE'S BISONS BACK FROM HAWAII 436
MERE FIREBOARD CASE TABOOED 409
MOVING PICTURE EDUCATION 4')o
MUSIC FOR THE PICTURE 422
.NO QUARTER AND NO COMPROMISE 405
NEFF WITHDRAWS— PEARCE ELECTED 414
OBSERVATIONS BY MAN ABOUT TOWN 419
"OUBLIETTE. THE" (Bison Kil)... . . lio
PAYNE, EDNA AAn
PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT, THE 42X
"PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL, THE"' (Edison) 411
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT ,,...°°' I27
"REIGN OF TERROR, THE" (Eclectic). ' 413
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed)... 463
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent) 474
STORIES OF THE FILMS ( Featuresr 48*
TO BOOM EDUCATIO.NAL FILM 435
WAGNER IN MEXICO 440
WHAT ARE WE COMING TO' 442
WHAT CONSTITUTES A PUNCH 404
"WHIRR OF THE SPINNING -WHEEL
THE" (Hepworth) '407
TO ADVERTISERS.
CARBO.N IMPORTERS.
KIEWERT, CHARLES L., CO 504
RESINGER, HUGO 500
ELECTRICAL. & MECHANICAL EdUIP-
MENT.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 502
BELL & HOWELL, THE CO 49T, 499
CALEHUPF SUPPLY CO 489
DETROIT E.NGINE WORKS 503
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 499
PORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS 503
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 501
HALLBERG, J. H 464
HOKE, (JEORGE M, SUPPLY CO 488
KIMB1.E ELECTRIC CO 499
MOORE-HUBBLE CO 304
PICTURE THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO 500
SMITH, L. C, & CO 502
STRELINGER, CHARLES A,, & CO 494
TYPHOON FAN CO 500
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND M'F'G
CO 458
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURE FILMS.
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION. .392-93
APEX FILM CO 471
BOSWORTH, INC "386
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO .504
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO 501
CONTINENTAL FEATURE FILM COR-
PORATION .385
ELECTIC FILM CO 388-89
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM CO 477
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO 467
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 378-79
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY" CO 498
GENERAL FEATURE FILM CO 501
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN FILM CO 477
LASKY", JESSE L., FEATURE PLAY' CO 3S''
LIBERTY MOTION PICTURE CO 481
MEXICAN WAR FILM CORP 384
NASH MOTION PICTURE CO 465
NEILSON, P. O .. "50"
OZ FILM MANUFACTURING CO ' .377
PASQUALI AMERICAN CO 475
SAWYER, A, H., INC ' 390-91
SOUTHERN STATES FILM CO .501
STERLING CAMERA & FILM CO 470
TWE.NTIETH CENTURY FEATURE FILM
CO. 48J
WARNER'S FEATURES, INC. .'.!,,' .' 47.-;
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 394-9T
Features Wanted.
Responsible Philadelphia Exchange would
like to hear from reputable manufacturers
who desire to work their shows on percent-
age. If interested, address
MR. EXCHANGE MANAGER,
2925 N. Ringgold St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FILM BROKERS.
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 50I
FILM EXCHANGES.
APEX FEATURE SERVICE 470
BRADENBURGH, GEORGE W '489
ECONOMY FILM CO ! ', " ' 488
GREATER NEW YORK FILM RENTAL
CO 49.>
LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE...'.!".;!!!.'!'" 466
NORTHERN FEATURE FILM EXCHANGE .501
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE CO 501
WENIZ, ISADORE 4^8
INDEPENDENT FILM MANUF.\CTUR-
ERS.
AMERICAN FILM MANUFACTURING CO 491
GAUMONT CO 383
MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO...!!!" 506
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORPOR-
ATION 380-Sl
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION 370
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTRINtj
CO 372-73-74-73-76
LENS MANUFACTURERS.
BAUSCH & LOMB 489
LICENSED FILM M.INUFACTURERS.
BIOGRAPH COMPANY 457
EDISON, THOMAS A "'399
ESSANAY FILM MANUPACTURI.NG c'6, 371
KALEM CO 390, 402
KLEINE, GEORGE 396
LUBIN MANUFACTURING CO 400
MELIES FILMS 397
PATHE FRERES " .387
SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 507
VITAGRAPH CO, OF AMERICA ! ! ! 401
MISCELLANEOUS.
ARMY & NAVY STORE CO 466
AMUSEMENT SALES CO 499
BIOSCOPE, THE 30-1
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 48''
BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE CO..!! 489
CENTAUR FILM CO 493
COMMERCIAL PILMERS 489
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS "496
CORCORA.N, INC., A J 498
DADMUN CO 498
EASTMAN KODAK CO 493
GUNBY BROS ' 5X4
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE c6"'!! 50'^
CO /Afro THE —
AfOV/AfC PICTURE BUSINESS
KRAUS MANUFACTURING CO,,,. 493
MECCA REALTY CO 489
NATIONAL MOVING PICTURE "(30 494
NATIONAL TICKET CO 490
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR ' CO 498
RAW FILM SUPPLY CO '497
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORA'TION 489
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE CO. . ' " 502
■THEATRE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE.!!!! 488
J. SPAULDIN(3' & SONS CO 4^
THEATRE SPECIALTY MFG. CO. 458
TRADE CIRCULAR ADDRESSING c6' " 489
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO. 504
WYANOAK PUBLISHING CO ! ! ! ! ! 493
MOTION PICTURE CAMERA MANUFAC-
TURERS, i^r^^.-
SCHNEIDER, EBERHARD 503
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYERS CO,,,. 495
DEAGAN, J, C ^?
SEEBURGH, J. P., PIANO CO,'. 483
SINN, CLARENCE E !!!..!! 503
OPER.-V CHAIR MANUFACTURERS.
AMERICAN SEATING CO 505
ANDREWS, A. H., CO SS
BENNETT SEATING CO '!! .505
HARDESTY MANUFACTURING CO.! 505
STEEL FURNITURE CO 505
WISCONSIN SEATING CO !.!!!! ^^
POSTERS AND FRAMES.
AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO 458
NEWMAN MANUFACTURING CO ' " 468
THEATRE SPECIALTY CO ! ! 346
PROJECTION MACHINE MANUF4CTUR-
ERS.
ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 502
PHANTOSCOPE MANUPACTURI.NG CO ! ! " 498
POWERS, NICHOLAS 50S
PRECISION MACHINE CO !.!!..!! 455
PROJECTION SCREEN MANUFACTUR-
ERS.
CENTER, J. H.. CO 350
DAY & NIGHT SCREEN CO ,. 505
MIRROR SCREEN CO !503
SONG AND ADVERTISING SLIDES.
ERKER BROS 49a
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO !!! fffi
THEATRICAL ARCHITECTS.
DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 503
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495
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THE FOTOPLAYER
Designed and built expressly for Motion Picture Theatres
May be played manually or with Roll giving
Instant Change of Musical Selections
PLAYER PIANO, REED ORGAN, PIPES, DRUMS, CYMBALS,
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word, cash with order ; 50 cents minimum
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SITUATIOXS WAXTED.
MOTIOX PICTURE.— Machine operator, long
experienced, married, steady man, desires posi-
tion Greater Xew York. O." Clauss, US Hunting-
ion Ave,, Woodhaven, L. I.
C.4MER.\M.^X. — Expert photographer (sixth
year), understanding own laboratory work,
wishes to make immediate connection with re-
sponsible firm or one just starting. First class
oHers only considered. J. J. P.. care Moving
Picture World, X. Y. City.
AT LIBERTY. — Moving picture operator ;
have had .j years" experience. Address H. H. B.,
4^0 Beech St.. Warren, Pa,
CAMERA.MAX desires position. Good photog-
rapher. Frank E. Artz, 1712 W. Monroe St.,
Chicago, 111.
PICTURE PIANIST.— Sober and reliable. Or-
chestra experience. Cueing pictures a specialty.
Best references. Lester H. Ransberger Mar-
shall, Mo.
MANAGER. — Fourteen years" experience. Six
years in Xew York and Boston. At present em-
ployed. Want to make change. Open for position
as manager for some reliable theater. Missouri
or Kansas preferred. Others also considered.
Expert on ventilation. In touch at all times
with things pertaining to picture business. I
can and do get the business for you summer and
winter. Reference. Address L. "Wire, 8(X» Main
St., Evanston, 111,
OPERATOR— Thoroughly experienced all ma-
chines, wants position Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa.
./. W. Farrell, L'liljS Prairie A\e.. Chicago, 111.
CAMERAMA.X. — Experienced, references, wants
steady or temporary work, with or without cam-
era. A. L., 1:11 West 10th St,, X. Y. City.
OPERATOR. — Wants position, married, 12
years' experience, sober, reliable, competent. Am
also good advertiser. Address R. E. Gooden,
Deandi Theater, .4marillo, Texas.
MOTION PICTURE CAMERAMAX.— ( Have
best camera. Desires position with reliable firm.
Understand laboratory work and am expert on
projection. Have worked for large concerns Re-
liable, care Moving Picture World, N. Y. City.
HELP WAXTED.
AGENTS WAXTED— For atlas work, map
work and Mexican War map ; unusual oppor-
tunities for intelligent men with ability to sell.
Write tor particulars, Rand McNally & Co.
Dept. B. Chicago. 111.
WANTED.— Summer months, directors of ex-
perience. Must be thoroughly proficient. Also
cameraman with A-1 outfit. For particulars ad-
dress Feature Producer, care Moving Picture
World, New York City.
BUSI.XESS OPPORTU.XITIES
PARTNER WANTED.- Operator with fifteen
hundred dollars to invest in live picture house
in growing Central Iowa city of eight thousand.
This is a good proposition for the right man.
Address Box 124. .\mes. Iowa.
WANTED A PART.NER.— To go through Hol-
land. Have machine and films. Luback 1109
Manhattan Ave.. Brooklyn, N, Y.
FOR SALE. — ins shares of a total capitaliza-
tion of l.'idO in the largest moving picture house
in Denver. Have too many interests and must
let loose of some. Address F. O, B"rowne, 2-3
Larimer St., Denver, Colo.
THEATERS WAXTED.
W.\XTED — To buy modern equipped picture
theater, Illinois or Iowa. .Must be bargain. State
all first letter. .Address P. M.. care Moving Pic-
ture World. X. Y. Citv.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR REXT.
FOR RENT — Beautiful new theater in New
Jersey : one thousand seats. Deposit of one
year's rent reouired. H. Williams, 6tiO River-
side Drive, N. Y. City.
THEA'i'ER. — 300 seats, family patronage, in
growing Chicago neighborhood. Clearing ST."}
week ; no competition : good lease : ,'i:,'>,tM.Kl, Open
to rigid investigation. P. S., 42S So, Harvey
Ave., Oak Park, III,
FOR LE.\SE. — Theater ."iCiO seats, stage, fully
equipped, li! miles from N. Y. town of 4<I,(KI0. Ap-
ply for further particulars to M, Siedlitz, 11 W,
lltith St., N. Y. City.
PRETTY NEW THEATER.— .Just opened.
Owner cannot operate. Only one in town ; $500
cash. Postmaster, Roswell, Ga.
FOR S.\LE. — Picture theater in Southern town
of S.iHMt. Only two shows in town. Well equipped
for playing vaudeville. F. Y., care Moving Pic-
ture World. N. Y. City.
FOR SALE — Crystal Theater : five-year lease
and full equipment. Only theater in college town,
population two thousand with students. Owner
going east. Investigate quick. Twelve hundred
fifty dollars ($1,2.jOI cash. F. W. Dorland,
Peru, Nebraska.
THE VERNON THEATRE.— Corner 4th St.
and Vernon Ave., Long Island City, is for sale.
New Stelnway tunnel next door opens soon, fac-
tory and apartment houses erected daily. Big
boom expected. Property fireproof brick 05x100.
Fully equipped, 2 machines. Gold Fibre Curtain,
"Wurlltzer Orchestra, will seat 600. Everything
the latest. License new, business good all year.
One hundred per cent investment. Ten cents,
•tage attached fully equipped. $10,000 cash re-
quired. Call It vou mean business.
Ein'IPME-VT FOR SALE.
EQUIP your stage with a complete outfit of
fire-proofed scenery at no expense to you. Write
us. giving dimension of stage. We will mail you
photographs and full particulars. All scenery is
fully mounted ready to install. Boon Scenic
Studio (Dent. H). Hicksville, Ohio,
EXHIBITORS.— All tor 50c prepaid, bottle
"Magnetic" film cement, oil and ^ bottles (as-
serted colors) "slide ink," .N'ational Theater
Co., "Supplies," Brookville, Ind.
LATEST. — Phantascope complete for sale,
with 101) carbons, $50. Address R. H. Co.. Lock
Eox 21. Schenectady, N. Y.
DEALERS. — Send for the trade price. Brass
slides 25 cents, clock slides ,50 cents, special
slides up to 7,5 letters 50 cents. Brass one, three
and six sheet poster and photo frames. Exit
sigas. Send for price list. R. Buettner, 110
West .51ih St., N. Y. City.
BUILDING. — Has been leased to government
for post office, buyer has till Sept. 1 to move.
I'sed less than year. ."iSG seats. Pow-ers Ga ma-
chine, screen. 5 sets scenery and rigging, motor,
piano, etc. W. C. Krabiel,' Winterset, Iowa.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES— li..:-inch mould-
ing. 1 sheet, .$.3.00 : .3-inch moulding, 1 sheet,
,$T..50 ; without glass easel, 75c extra : 3 sheet,
.^S.OO. Check must accompany all orders. C. A.
Buettner. 10 East 14th St., -N. Y. City.
POWERS NO. 5. — In perfect condition, suit-
able for traveling showman, complete $f).i. .Ad-
dress P. T. E. Co.. 21 East 14th St.. N, Y. City.
POWERS NO. C. — Complete mechanism, over-
hauled and in perfect condition, $110. .Address
P. T. E. Co., 21 East 14th St.. N. Y. City.
BRAND NEW. — Phantoscope complete, $50 C.
0. LI. Frant A. Holmes, Brewster, N. Y.
FOR SALE. — Model A. Williamson Perforator.
Shipped tor examination. Charge guaranteed
one way. Charles Simons, 405 llth St N. W..
Washington, D. C.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES.— For one, three
and six sheets. Also brass easels, brass railings.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
Co., Cincinnati. O. 101 4th Ave., N, Y.
FOR SALE. — Any part of my moving picture
theatre ; opera chairs 65c each, Simplex • ma-
chines $125, Power's 6A $100. All goods used
three months, have many other bargains in oth-
er fixtures. A. Glen, Room 200, Houser Bidg.,
St. Louis, Mo,
FOR THEATER EQUIPMENTS.— Such as
seats, picture machines, etc, see Lears Theatre
Supply Co., 509 Chestnut St.. St. Louis. Mo.
EDISON EXHIBITION MODEL.— And Powers
No. 5 picture machines complete with upper
and lower magazines, new 110 volt Rheostat and
Bauch & Lomb lenses, also rewind, everything
ready to operate. Used only a few months.
Guaranteed first class condition. Will take $75
for either machine, will ship subject to inspec-
tion. Howard, 204 Houser Bldg.. St, Louis, Mo,
FILMS WANTED.
FILM WANTED. — The American & European
Film Co.. 43 Cedar St.. N. Y. City, will purchase
single reels and features at rock-bottom prices
for spot cash. Must be good morally and physi-
cally.
WANTED. — Single reel also 3 and four reel
features "with posters. Federal F. F. Co., 220
West 42nd St., N, Y. City.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT,
FOR SALE, — 100 single reels, also 2 reel
features with posters. Federal F. P. Co., 220
West 42nd St.. N. Y. City.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
PROFESSIONAL MOVING PICTURE CAME-
RAS.— Two sizes. Tripods. Zeiss-Tessar 50 m
lenses, $150, $225. Special cameras to order.
Repairing all makes. R. W. Pittman, 50 West
St., N. Y". City.
MUSICAL I.XSTRUMENTS FOR SALE.
NEW SELF-PLAYI-\G.— Self-interpreting pipe
organ for picture show. Can deliver in thirty
days. Pipe Organ, care Moving Picture World,
Chicago, 111.
GRE.\T CHANCE. — To add grand music and
special attraction to your moving picture the-
ater. .An Orchestrelle by the Aeolian Co. Hand-
some instrument in perfect condition. Can be
played by hand or with perforated music rolls.
Taken for debt. Cost $1.S00. will sacrifice for
.$650. including $200 worth of music. Address
for further particulars and photograph. Quick
.\ction, care Moving Picture World, N. Y. City.
ELECTRIC PIA.XOS.— With keyboards $140.
Orchestrian pianos with pipes $250 all guaran-
teed. Closing out electric piano business.
Every picture show has use for one. Send for
circular. J. F. Herman 1420 Pa. Ave., Washing-
ton, D, C.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEE ME FIRST.— Before building your the-
ater. Moving picture theaters a specialty. T.
John Folks. .A.rchitect, Second National Bank
Bldp-., Paterson. N. ,T.
PHOTOPLAY WRITING. — Evening course of
three months' instruction in the theory and
practice of scenario writing. American Photo-
play School, 243 West 125th St.. N. Y. City.
Mirroroide Is the World's Best Screen, Bar None
Over 7500 In Use
IT DOES NOT TAKE EITHER
SPACE OR WORDS TO SELL AN
ARTICLE OF MERIT TO A MAN OF
BRAINS
Over 7500 In Use
Let Us Send You Our Large Free Samples.
Test: Compare with any screen on earth — seeing
is believing — your o"vvti eyes the evidence.
Made in Silver White, Pale Gold and Silver. Flesh in
a medium or heavy matt finish. Sold the world over
inider a positive S-year guarantee at 33 1-3 to 361-9 cents
per square foot, $3.00 to $3.25 a square yard— and it's
canvas.
AGENCIES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES
THE J. H. CENTER COMPANY, Inc.
Newburgh, N. Y.
nil-: MOVING PICTURE WORLD
497
The B.&H.Film Perforator
Established New and Higher Standards of Accuracy —
Uniformity — Speed — DurabiHty
HAS NO EQUAL IN DESIGN
WORKMANSHIP— PERFORMANCE
Used and indorsed by the following:
American Film ^[aiuifacturing Company, (3) ; Centaur Film
Company, (3); Crystal Film Company, (2); Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company, (10) ; Eastman Kodak Company. (9) ;
Thos. A. Edison Company, (8) ; Eclair Film Company, (3) ;
Evans Film Manufacturing Company, (2) ; Horslcy Labora-
tories, (3) : Kalem Company. (7) ; Kincmacolor. Company of
America (2): G. Melies, (2); Xew York Motion Picture Com-
pan3', (5) : Pathe Frercs. (2) : Reliance Motion Picture Com-
pany. (2); Solax Company. (2): Tlianhouser Fi'm Corporation.
(2) ; Universal Film Manufacturing Company, (9) ; Willat Film
Manufacturing Company, (12): and many otliers.
Orders are now being received for Perfor-
ators for July and August Delivery. Write
for Prices and Further Information.
Standard Film Perforator
1803 Larchmont Avenue
The Bell & Howell Company, ^^nTcl^fe'
-:- FIRE-:-
IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH
"A G F A"
NON-FLAM
STOCK
can be shipped either in the raw or finished state through the United States Mails
Superior Photographic Quahties
Long Wearing Base Non-Peehng Emulsion
Formulae Book, Samples, etc., Gratis
RAW FILM SUPPLY CO.
Sole American Agents
15 East 26th Street, New York City
498
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE PHANTOSCOPE
Motion pictures for dem-
onstration and instruction.
They buy it for the service
it gives them.
American Tobacco Co.
American Coal Products Co.
Al Bartlett Film Mfg. Co.
Atlantic Screw Works.
Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Barret Mfg. Co., N. Y.
Barret Mfg. Co., Ala.
Barret Mfg. Co., Chicago.
C. R. Baird Co.
The Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Columbian Optical Co.
Cincinnati Motion Picture Co.
Cellulose Planchon, Inc.
Comet Film Co.
The C. R. Film Co.
C. & I. Film Mfg. Co.
The Coburn Trolley Track Mfg.
Co.
Columbus Theatre Equipment
Co.
The Claric's Shop.
The Columbia Feature Film Co.
Daines & Nickels.
Eyton Kinetograph Co.
Educational Film Co.
Farish Art Store.
General Film Co.
Grand Trunk Pacific Ry.
The Holt Feature Film Co,
Harold Ives Co., Inc.
Industrial & Domestic Film Co.
Industrial & Educational Film
Co.
Knickerbocker Film Mfg. Co.
Laemmle Film Service.
Larkin Co., Buffalo.
Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Magnet Film Mfg. Co.
Mutual Film Corporation, N. Y.
Mutual Film Corporation,
Canada.
Advertisers' Motion Picture
Weekly.
Oshkosh Feature Film Co.
The Pastime Amusement Co.
Pacific Film Mfg. Co.
Papier Brothers.
Pennsylvania Ry. Co.
National Lead Co.
Phelps Can Co.
Progressive Film Co.
Royal Photo Film Co.
Runyan Advertising & Sales Co.
Raths & Seavolt.
Repass, Harries & Co.
Superior Film Mfg. Co.
St. Louis Motion Picture Co.
The Social Service League of
Mont.
Small wood Film Corporation.
Theatre Supply Co.
U. S. Film Co.
United Shoe Machinery Co.
Washington Film Exchange.
Washington Railway & Electric
Co.
Young's Studio.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Agricultural & Mech. College,
of Texas.
Culver Military Academy.
Georgia State College of Agri-
culture.
Howard University.
Iowa State College Mech. Arts.
Int-^rnational Health Commis-
sion.
Kansas State Agricultural
College.
Lewiston State Normal School.
Louisiana State University.
Michigan State University.
North Dakota Agricultural Col.
Ohio State University.
N. Y. State College of Agricul-
ture.
Oregon Agricultural College.
Purdue University.
Pennsylvania State College.
State University of W. Va.
South Carolina State College.
University of Oregon.
Utah Agricultural College.
University of Alabama.
University of Nebraska.
University of Wyoming.
Agricultural Experiment
Stations.
Virginia Agricultural Exp. Sta.
Phantoscope Mfg. Co.
Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
THE DADMUN FEATURE READY
Exclusive U. S. or State rights for the big three-reel
"Nancy Mine, or Where Life's Cross-Roads
Meet."
Fine line pictorial paper.
Write or wire Dadmun, Boston.
In Preparation: "THE SPIRIT OF THE YAQUIS," a
series of astounding adventures, enacted with the as-
sistance of the Kolb Bros., the famous explorers of the
Grand Canyon of Arizona.
FEATURES OF MERIT
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO.
220 West 42nd Street New York City
WANTED
by an independent New York
Company a
COMEDY DIRECTOR
who has had experience and
who has original ideas
MANUFACTURER XYZ
Moving Picture World
New York City
EYE COMFORT
Lighting System
So necessary to the success of every
Motion Picture Theatre that we
engineer 60 Theatres a month.
This is a free service to Motion
Picture Theatre Managers.
Distance Screen to Rear of Auditorium
Ceiling Height
Width of House
Height Under Balcony
Distance Rear Auditorium to Front of Balcony.
Name
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO.
Chicago— 229 W. Jackson Blvd. New York— 6 E. 39th St.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
499
Yes, Here We Are Again!
and here we will be again and again and again — and, take
it from us, we couldn't be here again if we did not have
the right stuff, and we would not be here again if we did not
sell our stuff, and we would not be here again if the live
theatre ow^ners did not recognize the right
stuff, and the theatre owner w^ill not be here
long if he does not get the right stuff.
The theatre owner who has a carpenter make a rough box
for his patrons to drop their tickets in will be laid to rest in a
rough box while the man who buys the right stuff will be put
to rest in a soft cushioned one with silver trimmings, up-tn-
date men carrying it and a band to play the lead. The lead —
Security Ticket Chopper j^g^^y^ ^ -phg ^.^g Q^g Ig^js ^j^^j the Others try tn follow
but they can't for by-n-by they get decrepit and finally with one foot in the hole
and the other on a banana peel a live one gives him a little shove and over he goes,
and 'tis better so, for we don't want dead ones anyhow. Now, almost dead one,
if one of your feet is in the hole and the other is not yet on that banana peel
there is still a chance.
Get busy and write us. We will give you the chance
AMUSEMENT SALES CO.
WOODWARD AND WARREN AVENUES, DETROIT, MICH.
^KERs
Erker's
The House to
tie to"
Every Exhibitor Needs Supplies
We Have Them — Everything You Need
We've Got the Goods — Waiting for Your Orders
Our Catalogues will explain all
608 Olive Street St. Louis, Mo.
(c
The Besl--T£RM1NAL-The Bell
Simple in Construction
Easy to buy or use
A3 efHcient as terminals costing twice as much
At your exchange or write to manufacturers
THE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY
1803 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
J. SPAULDING & SONS CO.,
Manufacturers jyj^^^J FIBR^E^ pjjj^ Q^^^^
of
Meet all new requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Prices on request. Address all correspondence A. B. Hodges, Main-
ager. Film Case Department, 448 Broome Street, New York City.
We have facilities to fill all orders promptly.
The only alternating "-i^
current fan that reducci
electric current consump
tion (and consequently venti
lating cost) in direct propor-
tion to every speed reduction-
Run it afj-^ speed for a sraaU
"house" and it uses up only %
as much current as when you
run it full speed for a packed
house. Kimble Ventilation is
the most economical — also
the most efficient. Write
for the Red Catalog and
get ttie facts.
Kimble Electric Co
633 North Western Avcnut.-,
Chicago, Illinois. /f///^0
Wmmmimm/mmif/Mm""'"'
PUT in your own
lighting plant and
pay for it with
your Central Station
bills. A Foos gener-
ating set will produce
current for less than
3 cents per kilowatt,
and is more reliable
than service from a
Central Station.
Ask for Bulletin 98.
Springfield, Ohio.
500
POWERS
We Equip
Motion
Picture
Theatres
Completely
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
You Can't Drive a Nail
with a Sponge no matter how much you soak it.
Don't run that old, eye-straining,
business losing machine and keep
soaking new parts in it
Be Economical
Obtain one of these Modern Machines and save money
\Ve can show you How. Alake us prove it
W rite, wire or call and
.ASK .-\BOUT THE
Power's 6A
Simplex Projector
Motiograph 1914
Edison's New Model "D"
Picture Theatre Equipment Co.
21 East 14th Street, New York City
The Largest Motion Picture Supply House in America
SIMPLEX
Headquarters
for the
Mirroroide Screen
A. C. to D. C.
Generators
Converters
Rectifiers, etc., etc.
EDISON
VENTILATION COOLING HEATING
Heating and cooling problem revolutionized by Typhoon System.
You keep cool in front of a desk fan and not in back; apply this com-
mon sense and blow the air into your theatre.
A 48" Typhoon Multiblade Blower has sixteen blades, an ordinary
exhaust fan has six; it is the blades that do the business.
A Typhoon Tubular Air Warmer will heat and ventilate at the same
time. ^
The low price of effective apparatus will surprise you. Catalogue
"W* gives information.
TYPHOON FAN CO.
NEW YORK CITY
1544 BROADWAY
THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
501
Bargain Prices
in State Rights
FOR THE
3 Reel
Feature
[WITH LECTURE]
<:>•
Pictures taken at \ er''
Cruz, Puerto "'and Tarn"
pico, since April 22, 1914-
A combined educational
and war feature that gets
the crowds. Shows the
havoc war has created —
the modes and customs —
the beautiful and bar-
barous.
Southern States
Film Company
27 West 7th
Oklahoma City, Okla.
((
Booking now for
ILLINOIS and WISCONSIN
Vampires of
the Night"
(A Greene photoplay' )
In five reels
General Feature Film Co.
5 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.
^B ^ ^
Deagan Unaphone
Deagan Octaphone
Deagan Marimbaphone
Deagan Xylophones
Deagan Cathedral Chimes
Deagan Organ Chimes
Deagan Bells
ARE A FEW OF THE MANY MUSICAL
ELECTRICAL NOVELTY IN.^TRU-
^lENTS WE MAKE FOR M0\ ING PIC-
TURE THEATRES.
All our instruments are played from a piano key-
board. Any piano player or drummer can play
them. Easy to install and cheap to maintain. Bet-
ter than any vaudeville act and costs less. Just the
thing to stimulate dull "summer-months-box-office-
receipts." Better write today for our Catalogue "F."
J. C. DEAGAN
Slog 1776 Berteau Ave
CHICAGO, U. S. A.
^^f" CAMERA MEN
Furnished for all Occasions
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO.
4108-22 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, III.
PRINTING and DEVELOPING
FILM TITLES
Give us a trial. AU work guaranteed.
Prompt service. Prices right.
If there is any event that you want photo-
graphed, we can furnish expert- camera men.
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE CO.
Phone, Central 2853, 5 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago
We Buy and Sell Second Hand Films
and Moving Picture Machines
WESTERN FILM BROKERS
37 So. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, III.
TYPE W FLAME ARC
Powerful LAMPS Economical
For brilliantly illuminating
the outside ol your theatre
GenersJ Electric Company
feieril Dfficr,
Schprect-d' H V
Northern Feature Film Exchange
Suite 405, Schiller Building, Chicago
Phone Central 622S
Please Tell Them You Saw it in
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
When Answering Advertisements
502
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE MOTIOGRAPH 1914 MODEL IS A LEADER
for Rock Steady Pictures, Lon^ Life, and Small Up-keep
MR. EXHIBITOR — V u cannot take a chance on a machine that is not
made of the best material and with parts hardened. Competition is too keen.
Every nickel and dime counts. You want a machine that is on the job at all
times. The Motiograph is a money saver as well as the best picture projector
made. Let us prove it.
Eastern Office:
THE ENTERPRISE OPTICAL MFG. CO., 564 West Randolph St., Chicago.
21 E. 14th St., New York City. Western Office: 833 Market St., San Francisco.
BOOKINGS AND OPEN TERRITORY FOR
"THE SPOILERS"
For the States of
OHIO, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INDIANA and ILLINOIS
(EXCEPT COOK COUNTY)
WRITE OR WIRE
F. O. NIELSEN,
720 Schiller Building
CHICAGO, ILL.
—WE EQUIP YOUR THEATRE COMPLETE—
Edison, Powers, Simplex, Motiograph and
Edengraph Machines and Genuine Parts.
Photo and Poster Frames, Indirect Lighting Fix-
tures, Curtains and Screens, Rebuilt Machines,
etc. Cash or Time. Send for catalog today.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY COMPANY
160A No. Fifth Ave. - - - Chicago
DEVELOPING and PRINTING
carefully done for professionals and amateurs
The largest factory in the world devoted exclusively to
Manufacturing Commercial Moving Pictures
Prices and factory description sent at your request
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE CO.
Watterson R. Rothacker, Gen. Mgr.
223-233 West Erie Street, Chicago
MAKE 'EM YOURSELF SLIDES
Make them yourself. Written with pen and ink
or typewriter. Three minutes to make a slide. Used
for advertising slides, to announce future or feature
programmes, for chorus slides when chorus slide is
missing. We send four colors of gelatin. The slides
look well and anyone can make them. They are
handy also for announcing vaudeville acts. In fact,
they may be readily used for anything you may wish
to say to your audience.
For the sum of $3,50 we will send, by parcel post, prepaid and
insured, the following:
24 cover glass, 1 package binder strips, 1 dozen mats. 1 instruc-
tion sheet, 1 form sheet and 50 strips assorted colors gelatin —
enough for from 300 to 400 slides. Order now. -Address:
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO.
1733 West 9th Street Brooklyn, N. Y.
»\ ¥ /\ ri /^ /\ ¥X W^ Oldest Moving Picture
THP kIIIxI III^H ''^■""^ '" ^'^^"^ Britain
1 IlL 11 1 1 f II 1. J 1 f 1 Pj and the Best Advertis-
-—— »^*V^fc^^/>^* «^ ing Medium, Bar None.
Yearly Subscription, $3.50. Single copies, 10 cents, Post Free
85 Shaftesbury Avenue LONDON, W., ENGLAND
1 %*Sl'^ ^"^ LCSMITH REWINDING SET =^5^;.
1 *P^8 EMBRACES THE FIRST NOTEWORTHY W^h
I j IB IMPROVEMENTS TO REWINDING §1/
I if ■ MECHANISM SINCE REWINOINC If
fe»l' J^BECAME NECESSARY. PRICE $ S.oeil^
■ — 1^ excuAHCE OP AOOPESS L.C.SMITH CO. ^i**- -
Br« rsBOiKC US FOR LEAFLET. SCHENECTADY.H. Y. »n . ftKOVXi;
)
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''THE BLACK TRIANGLE"
The Powerful Five Reel Detective Feature
IT'LL MAKE YOU FORGET THE HEAT
yj.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
503
Orchestra Music
FOR MOVING PICTURES
The Orpheuni Collection of dra-
matic and descriptive music for
Piano and seven orchestra parts.
Piano can be used alone. In two
series :
No. 1 and No. 2
Piano. 58 cts. each. Both series,
$1.15. \'iolin. 40 cts. each ; both 75
cts. Ccllo-&-Bass same price as
violin. Flute 35 cts. each. Both
series. 65 cts. Clarinet. Cornet and
Trombone same price as Flute.
Drums. 30 cts. each. Both series,
55 cts.
Send for free sample page and fur-
ther discounts : 3d series ready for
piano only : 58 cts.
CLARENCE E. SINN
ISOl SEDGWICK ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
FILM MAKING
OUTFITS
for Professional Film \York, for
the Manufacturer, Traveler, Ex-
plorer, Scientist and Private. The
well-known fool-proof Junior
Camera, 200 feet capacity; Tripods,
Tilts, Printers, Developing Outfits,
Projectors, Lenses, Polishers,
Measurers, Menders, Winders.
Special Film Work. Quick, re-
liable repair.
Establ. 20 years. Largest Inst, in U. S,
EBERHARD SCHNEIDER
^9 Second Ave. New York
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS
of General Electric Company
1402 Broadway
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
COMPENSARC
That's the device that saves Moving Pic-
ture men two-thirds on their electric light
bills, and yet gives better light. Did you
see our ad last week? Well, don't look it
up. Just write for our
BOOKLET 15018
Oi^ucmieiitcil
TliecLtres
PLASTER RELIEF DECORATIONS
Theatres Designed Everywhere
Write for Illustrated Theatre Catalog. Send us
Sizes of Theatre for Special Designs.
THE DECORATORS SUPPLY CO.
Archer Ave. and Leo St., CHICAGO, ILL.
MOVING PICTURE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Used and highl}^ endorsed by the United States Army.
Biggest Sensation in the Moving Picture World. Can be
operated by a boj' 10 years old. One customer writes :
"Plant running like a top and delivering the *juice' right along every
day for our moving picture house. Costs us about one-tenth as much
as public service. Also pumps water to all our buildings, 2,000 gallons
per day,"
Write today for Bulletin 101. It is a mighty interesting booklet.
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS, Dept. 102. DETROIT. MICH., U. S. A.
Manufacturers of the Wonderful
REMBUSCH PATENTED GLASS MIRROR SCREEN
And all other kinds of Curtains for Moving Picture Pro-
jectioD, White Opaque, Glass Transparent Screens for Rear
Projection, Goldcloth Fibre Screens, Mirrorcloth Fibre
Screens, Seamless with Stretchers or Rollers.
Phone Seven-Eleven F. J. REMBUSCH, Pres.
MIRROR SCREEN COMPANY, INC.
SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA
"The first big Mirror Screen went into the Empire Theatre in Detroit,
Mich. It is in use yet and I will forfeit SIOOO.OO if you can beat it.
It is six years old. Think, six years old."
Nine different finishes. For "wide or narrow houses.
''THE BLACK TRIANGLE''
The Powerful Five Reel Detective Feature
IT'LL MAKE YOU FORGET THE HEAT
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE
BRIGHT
WHITE
LIGHT
(CALCIUM EFFECT)
so Desirable for
Moving Picture
. .^ Projections
uj ^H is ONLY produced with
BIO
CARBONS
They Are
"The Carbons You Want"
Charles L. Kiewert Co.
NEW YOBK
163 GrecDwIcb SI.
MILWAUKEE
114 HaroB St.
SAN FRANCISCO
143 Sec«B4 St
■«3E=:
-^rtV^BBEC:
OUR
OUR
FEATURES
Sealed Orders
Neptune's Daughter
Brewster's Millions
The Squaw Man
TERRITORY!
ILLINOIS
WISCONSIN
NEBRASKA
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
MICHIGAN
OHIO
IOWA
Love Everlasting The Divine Appeal
Harry Lauder A Paradise Lost
The Three Musketeers Life of Richard Wagner
The Banker's Daughter gast Lynne
A Message From Mars Mystery of the Fatal
The Battle of Waterloo Pea'"'
Rainey's Hunt The Vicar of Wakefield
Victory Fatality euid Mystery
Special Prices During July and August.
Some Excellent Territory on Some of These
Features Is Offered.
Celebrated Players Film Co.
LEADERS IN FILMDOM'S PROGRESS
64 W. RANDOLPH STREET. Schiller Building CHICAGO. ILL.
Purchasing an
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER
means
A satisfied operator Distinctive work
A pleased employer And a short day
Speed
Accuracy Stability
Exclusive features, proved by winning every International
Contest, stamp the UNDERWOOD as supreme
UINDERNA/OOD
"The Machine You Will Eventually Buy"
Your negative developed, printed and titled complete
5c. per foot
Delivered within 12 hours
Titles 6c. per foot
GUNBY BROS., Inc., 145 West 45th St., N. Y. City.
NO>.SATURATOR>NO ETHER* HO OXONE:
H0.EXPEHSIVE::CHEMICA1.S V .;5:~6^^^-^^
EXHIBITORS BEST FRIEHD. -
NEVER FAILS.: ^
EofCARBlMQViNGPIi
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' A SCIENTIFIC FACT.
MOORE-HUBBELL ACO. Ta MASOHIC TEMPLE-CHICAGO
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Fn5
"PAVE WITH CONCRETE — NOT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS"
Your intentions are not right if you are looking for the cheapest you can find. H your intentions are not right you're doomed. Thia is
the day of real things. The "make believes" — the substitutes— the cheap things — are left for the cheap. The "road down the hill" is strewn
with them.
'IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN HILL— SEE THAT YOUR BRAKES ARE WORKING."
"THE
PEERLESS"
THE DAY and NIGHT SCREEN
■■THE
PIONEER'
THE ONE SCREEN OF QUALITY— THE ONE REAL SCREEN—
"THE HONEST SCREEN FOR THE HONEST EXHIBITOR"
YOU CAN BUY IT ON YOUR OWN TERMS !
MAIN OFFICE, 291 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. TELEPHONE 1951 WORTH
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Sanitary
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Price
IRON
Opera Chairs
immediate shipment
on many styles; Sec-
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out-of-door seatinj;^.
Send measurements
for KREE SEATING
PLAN. Mention this
paper.
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Pittsburgh, 31$ BissellBIk.: Boston. 69 Pearl St.
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''THE BLACK TRIANGLE''
The Powerful Five Reel Detective Feature
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The Majestic Motion Picture Company
Will Release Sunday, July 26,
An Unusual and Thrilling Detective Story
In Two Parts
The Mystery of The Hindu Image
COMING SOON
Mae Marsh
and
Robert Harron
in a two part drama
"MOONSHINE MOLLY
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By H. R. DURANT
whose short stories appear regularly in the
magazines.
Paul West's "Bill the Office Boy"
series are announced for release as
"KOMIC" features as follows:
No. 1— BILL'S JOB, Sunday. July 5
No. 2— HOW BILL SQUARED IT FOR HIS
BOSS, Sunday, July 19
Xo. 3— BILL TAKES A LADY TO LUNCH, Sun-
day, Aug. 2
Others to follow
MAE MARSH
Who appears exclusively in Majestic releases and "Griffith" special
features.
^he Majestic Guide for Exhibitors
(In which we endeavor to tell only the truth about all Majestic releases)
THE OLD DERELICT (1 reel) release date Tuesday, July 14. An extremely appealing story by Mary Rider
Mechtold (author of "The Mountain Rat" and many other motion pictures and magazine short stories), fairly
well presented by the director, but not quite as well done as we should have liked.
THE PAINTED LADY (2 reels) release date Sunday, July 19. Featuring Blanche Sweet and Dorothy Gish in
a well-produced drama of unusual strength, adapted from Charles S. Thompson's short story in "The Cavalier"
magazine.
A RED MAN'S HEART (1 reel) release date Tuesday, July 21. Adapted from Walter Archer Frost's short
storv. A picture of telling strength well presented with a strong cast of Majestic players.
Lest we forget Cl reel) release date Friday, July 24. Well acted and rather interesting, though not
quite equal to what we would like Majesties to alwaj'S be. (
THE mystery of THE HINDU IMAGE (2 reels) release date Sunday, July 26. We believe this release
will prove a remarkable offering but willtell you more definitely next week.
D. W. GRIFFITH supervises all Majestic Productions
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Biggest success in the big-
gest cities.
Biggest crowds ever con-
gregated.
Biggest photoplay from
Rex Beach's biggest
book.
Desirable territory still
open. Write for particu-
lars at once. Do not miss
this chance.
NOTE: We are booking "THE
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Mockery of
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FEATURING KATHLYN WILLIAMS AND CHARLES CLARY.
RELEASED JLiLY 20th
A big SELIG two-reel drama, in which a woman's mockery of an honest man causes a tragedj-.
The Lure of the Ladies
Astonishing Adventures of an Idler.
RELEASED JULY 21st.
A jolly comedy, full of laughs, telling the adven-
tures of a club fellow and idler, who wants to marry
every pretty girl he meets.
The Substitute Heir
It Was Surprisingly Black.
RELEASED JULY 24th.
One of humorist Roy L. McCardell's funniest
comedies, depicting the laughable incidents which
take place when a black baby is substituted for an
heir to a millionaire.
The Sealed Package
A Mystery of Missing Diamonds.
RELEASED JULY 22nd.
The story of a mistake, which almost cost a young
man his lady-love, but which ends happily when a
missing package of diamonds turns up.
Footprints
The Trail of a Somnambulist.
RELEASED JULY 2Sth.
Relating the astonishing events which follow the
taking of a diamond necklace by a sleep-walker.
A particularly interesting and enjoyable story.
ALL RELEASES THROUGH GENERAL FILM CO.
4-Color Posters for Advertising "The Adventures of Kathlyn"
SELIG posters the brightest and best for pub-
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One-sheets on all releases ; one-sheets, three-
sheets and six-sheets on all multiple reels.
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Flo LaBadle as
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Intensely
Dramatic
Every episode — every scene
— of The Million Dollar Mystery throbs with
human emotion. The intensely dramatic situations
cleverly portrayed by beautiful Florence LaBadie are
exceptional examples of the motion picture art.
THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
MYSTERY
By Harold MacGrath
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
The most exciting thrills in
this stupendous production are still to come.
Under-water pictures, Flo LaBadie's dive off an ocean
liner, a fire at sea, the dash of an automobile over a
cliff — these are a few of the thrills coming. Remember, SIO.OOO
will be paid for the best 100-word solution of The Million Dollar
Myster>-.
2-reel episodes of The Million Dollar
Mystery are now being released every week. The Mil-
lion Dollar Myster>- is an independent release and may be ob-
tained regardless of the regular program bemg used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W. 23rd St. » New York 166 W. Washinfiton St.. Chicaso
or Syndicate Film Corporation Represeatattve at Any
Mutual Exchaaife In the United States and Canada.
The Thanhouser Three -a- Week
Sunday. July 19lh — "Harry's Waterloo." A side splitting comedy m which Harry Benham plays all the parts.
Tuesday* July 21 si — "The Pendulum of Fate." An exceptionally good two-reel drama bringing out the talents of the
Thanhouser Twins, Marion and Mandeline Fairbanks. Also included in the cast are Mignon Anderson, Ethyle Cooke, Morris
Poster, Dave Thompson and Riley Chambeilin.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Head European Office. TbaQbouser Filmv. Ltd.. London. W. C. Eniiland
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GEORGE ADE'S
photoplay comedy series is being enjoyed by every person who attends the motion picture theatres.
The Fable of
"THE COMING CHAMPION WHO WAS DELAYED"
will be released July 29th. Your audiences are waiting for it.
Released Monday, July 27th
"SWEEDIE AND THE LORD."
One of the funniest of the "Sweedie" series.
Released Tuesday, July 28th
"A CLASH OF VIRTUES"
A drama of Wall Street. Adapted from The Munsey Magazines.
Released Thursday, July 30th
"SNAKEVILLE'S HOME GUARD"
One of the funniest of the Snakeville photo-farces showing "Slippery Slim" as a "reel" hero.
Released Friday, July 31st
"THE SEVENTH PRELUDE"
(In Two Acts)
By Lillian Bennet-Thompson
An unusually interesting detective story adapted from The Munsey Magazines.
Released Saturday, August 1st
"THE SQUATTER'S GAL."
A dramatic story of love and the battle of a squatter for his Western home.
Featuring G. M. ANDERSON.
THE GREATEST PHOTOPLAY DRAMA OF THE DAY
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT."
(In Four Acts)
(RELEASED THROUGH THE GENERAL FILM COMPANY'S FEATURE DEPARTMENT
SATURDAY, JULY 18th)
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
's at his best in this wonderful mystery play of heart throbs and dire deeds. Thousands read the serial
novel written by Louis Tracy. It is the biggest fea ture of its kind ever produced in a photoplay.
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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MATTY ROUBERT
"THE UNIVERSAL BOY"
"Little Matty" has been known as the most precocious photoplj
actor on the American screen. For over two years he charm
Universal patrons by his delightful delineations of juvenile charact
in Powers comedies. Now the Universal is featuring him in a n<
series of pictures, entitled "THE UNIVERSAL BOY," which m;
best be described as a Comedy-Travelogue. The first installment
released under the Imp brand on Thursday, July 16, and shows Mat
at the ball game at the Polo Field in New York City, hobnobbii
with John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, and lat
he meets Annette Kellermann, queen of the sea.
In the forthcoming series, which will be released every oti
Thursday, Matty will meet all the celebrities of the day, including Ba
ney Oldfield, Col. Roosevelt, Oscar Hammerstein, the Secretary '
War, Lindley M. Garrison ; the Cornell rowing crew ; the leaders 'I
the Boy Scouts, and all of the personages that are nearest the hea
of the wideawake American boy. They will hold the boys in breat
less interest.
Book These Great Attra
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particulars about "The Universal Boy" and the Ch
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['. "Young America" into your theatre in never-ending
acturers to cater particularly to the manly, sport-
^that Leads the way!
CHRISTY MATHEWSON
"PREMIER PITCHER OF THE WORLD"
"Matty," or "Big Six," as Christy Mathewson, the star pitcher of
;New York Giants is affectionately called, is the popular idol of
ty American boy between the ages of six and sixty. The tre-
jidous drawing power of the originator of the "fadeaway" has
in well demonstrated during his appearance in vaudeville. Besides
jig an all-round athlete, he is an actor of no mean ability.
■ After much persuasion, and strong financial inducement, the Uni-
5al has finally obtained his contract to appear upon the screen
jusively in Big U attractions. Matty will begin to pose immedi-
iy, for a series of photoplays dealing with incidents in his life as
mpion athlete. Everyone will want to see them. Remember, they
|i appear exclusively on the Universal Program.
ons For Your Patrons
ire now to your nearest Universal Exchange for full
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MABEL NORMAND
CHARLES CHAPLIN
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE
HARRY G. KEENAN
"BARNEY" SHERRY
RICHARD STANTON
J. FRANK BURKE
THOS. H. INCE
GRETCHEN LEDERER
MARGARET THOMPSON
TSURU AOKI
SESSUE HAYAKAWA
ROY LAIDLAW
CLARA WILLIAMS
JAY HUNT
JOHN KELLER
WEBSTER CAMPBELL
W. S. HART
WALTER EDWARDS
GERTRUDE CLAIRE
MILDRED HARRIS
"SHORTY" HAMILTON
CHARLES RAY
WALTER BELASCO
FRANK BORZAGE
THOS. CHATTERTON
LEONA HUTTON
RHEA MITCHELL
JEROME STORM
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A THREE-REEL PHOTOPLAY DRAMA ENTITLED
THE TRAGEDY OF BASIL GRIEVE
THE STORY OF AN AMBITIOUS WOMAN WHO MARRIES AN AUTHOR FOR HIS NAME AND MONEY
A TRAGIC STORY TOLD IN A GRUESOMELESS MANNER
THREE PARTS
SOME TERRITORY STILL OPEN
THE CRY OF THE CAPTIVE
A PLEASING PRODUCTION OF HEPWORTH EXCELLENCE
TWO PARTS
WELL RECEIVED WHEREVER SHOWN
A THROW OF THE DICE
A STIRRING DRAMA OF INDUSTRIAL STRIFE
TWO PARTS
SPLIT REEL COMEDIES
ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER POORLUCK MINDS THE SHOP
HEPWORTH AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
110-112 West 40th St. A. BLINKHORN, Pres. NEW YORK CITY
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM COMPANY
PRESENTS
TO THE STATE RIGHT BUYER THE TWO-PART DRAMA ENTITLED
THE JOKE THAT KILLS
A VIVID PORTRAYAL OF LIFE BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS AND A STORY THAT INTERESTS THROUGHOUT
TWO PARTS
A SINGLE REEL BARNET-PARKER DRAMA!
WHO WAS THE THIEF?
A CLEVER SOLUTION OF A PROFOUND MYSTERY
FEATURING THE RENOWNED DETECTIVE OF FICTION, BARNET-PARKER
THIS SINGLE REEL COMEDY IS A SCREAM
FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY
THE EXPERIENCES OF A BASHFUL BUT DETERMINED SUITOR
SOME TERRITORY STILL OPEN FOR THE TWO REEL DRAMAS,
"THE MYSTERY OF GREEN PARK" AND "THE BIRD OF PREY"
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM COMPANY
110-112 West 40th St
Telephone 3095 Bryant
NEW YORK CITY
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THE GREYHOUND
FIVE PARTS
By Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner
Scenario by Louis Reeves Harrison
the dean of photo playwrights.
An unusual drama produced on a realistic and massive
scale.
Reports from exhibitors show that this feature is bring-
ing box office returns in excess of any 5-part feature on
the market today.
Read the criticisms.
State rights now selling — the best territory still unsold.
Beautiful lithographs, heralds, lobby display and other
advertising matter.
Wire territory interested in and we will wire our terms.
OUR NEXT PRODUCTION
NORTHERN UGHTS
We produce only plays that have created a success on the
legitimate stage.
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORPORATION
Executive Offices, 220 West 42nd Street, New York
European Office: 7» Rupert Ct., London W.
Studio and Laboratory: Grantwood, N. J.
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of the strongest dramas
woven about the legal ma-
;ry that sometimes fastens
joils upon the innocent and
lits the guilty to go un-
cted. The story, in which
'oung district attorney
iws honor, position and
■ in the scales against a
(lan's love, is distinctly
;1. How love conquers a
nd is stronger than death,
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ADOLPH ZUKOR, President
D4N1EL FRDHMAN.Managing Direclor EDWIN S. PORTER.Technical Director,
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H' ' Lightning'never strikes twice in the same place."
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LIGHTNING
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Dear Sirs : — We desire to inform
you "The Lightning Conductor" gave
the utmost satisfaction to our people,
and we want you to give us a return
date soon. • • •
Yours very truly,
EMPRESS THEATER,
July 7th, 1914. Ft. Smith, Ark.
LOOK!
Sawyer, Inc.
Gentlemen : — "We take it for grant-
ed that you will be very much pleased
to learn that "The Lightning Con-
ductor" made a decided hit at our
theater. We played to capacity at all
showings and hundreds were turned
away. Many of our patrons are ask-
ing for a return showing, about which
I will see you later.
Yours very truly,
COLONIAL AMUSEMENT CO.,
July 13th, 1914. Stamford, Conn.
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Sawyer, Inc.
Dear Sirs : — "The Lightning Con-
ductor" is a splendid picture and uni-
versally pleased my audiences. Yet
the receipts failed to pay my ex-
penses by $7.55. I am not complain-
ing, however, as I am trying to build
the Iris up to a high standard, and I
feel' that my loss was a good invest-
ment. I will take the matter up soon
for a return date. Yours truly,
H. Grady Montgomery,
IRIS THEATER,
July Sth, 1914. Topeka, Kan.
Hundreds of Letters on^file In our offices from tickled Exhibitors everywhere.
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NOW READY!
The first Mexican war story dealing
with the all too well-known deadly Mexican
"Snipers" whose treacherous methods of warfare have startled
the civilized world
"The Mexican Sniper's Revenue"
IN THREE PARTS
A most wonderfully interesting and extremely exciting feature, full of go and
action through every foot of film.
FULL LINE OF PAPER THAT WILL PACK ANY THEATER
THE LAMBS GAMBOL
3 Parts
A Topical Feature, showing this cele-
brated actors' organization on their
recent whirlwind tour. Nine stars
that have never before been seen in
any one picture, and is rightly
termed The Million Dollar Feature.
Produced at the Strand Theater, New
York.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
JOSEPH
and His Coat of Many Colors
6 Parts
Without question the most intense
biblical photo play ever produced.
Beautifully photographed. We do not
hesitate to pronounce it the equal of.
if not better than any other. John
Sainpolis as "Joseph."
STATE RIGHTS or RenUI.
THE CONVICT HERO
3 Parts
A thrilling photo play of the life and
adventures of Rufus Dawes, showing
the whipping post, the capture of the
ship by the mutinous convicts, and
the drawing of lots by the castaways
as to who shall be sacrificed for food.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
LATEST SOCIETY DANCES
Featuring All the New Steps by the
Favorite Society Dancers
A. BALDWIN SLOANE and
GRACE FIELD
One Reel Topical
Showing all the latest dancing steps
and teaching same by moving pic-
tures. A decided novelty.
BOOKING ONLY.
NELL GWYNNE
5 Paris
Featuring Nellie Stuart, Australian
leading emotional actress. Miss
Stuart was paid the largest cash
bonus ever given to any individual
to pose for one picture.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
THE QUEEN OF THE
SMUGGLERS
4 Parts
A melodramatic story taken fr
real life and founded on fact.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
BATTLE OF VERA CRUZ
2 Parts
The first picture ever taken of a real
battle. Not an inch of this film is
faked. A very wonderful picture.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
WHITE DOVE'S SACRIFICE
3 Parts
A fine western with a very exciting
scene in which the heroine is pur-
sued and treed by a grizzly.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
Sir Henry Irvlng's Greatest Success
THE BELLS
4 Parts
As played by this eminent actor for
forty years.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
SAVED BY THE BOYS IN
BLUE
3 Parts
A rattling good picture full of action
every minute with Uncle Sam's Boys
"Johnny on the Spot" as usual.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
THE BUSHRANGER'S
BRIDE
3 Parts
An exciting feature of wild life in
-Australia.
STATE RIGHTS or Rental.
TO BE RELEASED IN AUGUST
THE MYSTERY OF THE
HANSOM CAB
3 Parts
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND
4 Parts
BOOK DIRECT WITH SAWYER
Write or wire SAWYER now. Get on SAWYER'S books. Book your features
direct, and save the middleman's profits. SAWYER'S System Saves the Exhi-
bitor Money.
OFFICES BEING ESTABLISHED EVERYWHERE.
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There is a thrillins touch, an artistic value to Eclectic features
which give them that added something necessary to make them stand head and
shoulders above the ordinary so-called features. Eclectic features make friends
wherever shown.
5 PARTS
WHEN ROME RULED
5 PARTS
This is an exceptionally strong dramatic story of the trials of the early Christians in
the land controlled by the priests of the gods worshipped by the Romans. The story has
different plot to any other and is rich in situations that will make your patrons sit up and
take notice. Especially is this true where the lion jumps down from the rocks and carries
off a live sheep from the herd. This is a Pathe-made drama featuring some of the best
Pathe artists in a very beautiful scenic and historical feature.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
ATLANTA
Rhodei Bids.
NEW YORK
115 E. 23rd St.
SALT LAKE CITY
BOSTON
3 Tremont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ave.
CLEVELAND
(8 South Main St. 622 Prospect Av.,S.E. 392 Bumside Ave.
SEATTLE OMAHA
SIO Third Ave. 1312 Farnam St.
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabash Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
DALLAS
Andrews BIdg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th & E St»., N. W.
DENVER
Nassau Bldg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
FILM COMPANY
New York City
The Cream of American and European Studios"
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This Is The One Serial Film Which
Has Lived Up to Every Advance Notice
THE PERILS OF PAULINE
The acid test has been appHed to The Perils of Pauline many hundreds of
times and under the most adverse circumstances, and every time this great
serial has more than proved its worth. It has been the means in many cases
of turning a losing season into a big money making one. We know because
we have the letters in the office telling us of it. You are the one to suffer if
you do not book it.
PAULINE PULLS PEOPLE
SHE'S A GOLD MINE
I LOVE THE NURSES
A One Reel Pathe-Produced Screaming Comedy which is difterent from what
you have been used to.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
ATLANTA
Rhodes BIdg.
NEW YORK
lis E. 23rd St.
SALT LAKE CITY
BOSTON
3 Tremont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ave.
CLEVELAND
68 South Main St. 622 Prospect Av., S.E.
SEATTLE OMAHA
810 Third Ave. 1312 Famam St.
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabash Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
392 Burnside Ave.
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th «r E Sts, N. W.
DENVER
Nassau Bldg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
FILM COMPANY
New York City
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Th ree of f he seasons tf reafesf Feaf ures
The infinite variety of Warner's releases makes for success on unusually broad
lines. Below are described three new Warner's Features. Each one is entirely
different in character from the others, yet all three have the big human appeal
that sways audiences and builds business.
Th«
Doi Farle;y in
the ihrillm< story
of Indian vengeance
LUST^'REDMAN
An out- of- the- ordinary frontier picture that makes the red
blood tingle and puts every nerve on the 'qtii^iive. It grips
the interest from the first — and the grip tightens as the tale
unfolds. An especictlly tense scene is the night vigil of John
Brent and his wife in their lonely cabin with the Indians
steedthily approaching.
Book Ihese powerful fealures now^ Wriieyournearesf Warners Exchange
WARNER'S FEATllRESJnc. l30-W-46^St. NewYork
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An Attraction
Brilliant light has a wonderful "pulling
power." Flaming arc lamps outside your
theatre help attract the crowd; your house
is recognized 'way down the street.
Good illumination also shows up the
signs, making them brighter, more easily
seen and read.
Further, a well lighted exterior is one of your most telling advertise-
ments, giving your theatre a cheery, inviting appearance. Install
Type W
Long Life Flame Arc Lamps
These powerful units are especially adapted to illuminating the outside-
of theatres, being substantially constructed and weatherproof. Type W
Flame arc lamps are easy to install and economical to maintain — they give
a long period between trims and require the minimum of attention. The
operation in service is so satisfactory that there are thousands now in use
all over the country. .::v
Make your theatre the "brightest spot on the street." Write to our
nearest office for further particulars.
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JESSE L. LASKY
PRESENTS
THE POPULAR ROMANTIC ACTOR
THE CALL Of THE NORTH
0Y GEORGE BROADHURST
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Paramount
Daniel Frohman, Charles Frohman and Henry W. Savage
In association exclusively with
raousPlai^orsriliTiG).
MARY PICtSFORD.
DUSTIN PARNUM
David Belasco
In association exclusively with
ossoLLas^rQalurcPlaij 6.
Jack London's Film Stories
Made by
HOBART BOSWORTH
osworih, Inc.
.^
he Productions of these three foremost
Paramount Pictures
Distributors, I 10 West 40th St.,
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Releases for First Three Months :
DATE
MAKER
PLAY
STAR
Monday, Aug.
31
Famous Players
"Lost Paradise"
SEPTEMBER
H. B. Warner
Thursday, Sept
3
Bosworth
"Odyssey of the North"
Bosworth
Monday,
7
Lasky
"Virginian"
Dustin Farnum
Thursday,
10
Famous Players
"Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch"
Henrietta Crosman
Monday,
14
Bosworth
"Burning Daylight"
Bosworth
Thursday,
17
Lasky
"Bobby Burnit"
Edward Abeles
Monday,
21
Fcunous Players
"Such a Little Queen"
Mary Pickford
Thursday,
24
Bosworth
"Pursuit of Phantom"
Bosworth
Monday,
28
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OCTOBER .
Thursday, Oct.
1
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*
Monday,
5
Famous Players
"Marta of the Lowlands"
Bertha Kalich
Thursday,
8
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Monday,
12
Lasky
"The Rose of the Ring"
Charles Richmond
Thursday,
15
Famous Players
"Aristocracy"
Star to be announced later
Monday,
19
Bosworth
"The Hypocrite"
Smalleys
Thursday,
22
Lasky
"The Battle"
Star to be announced later
Monday,
26
Famous Players
"County Chairman"
Maclyn Arbuckle
Thursday,
29
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NOVEMBER
Monday, Nov
2
Famous Players
"Behind, the Scenes"
Mary Pickford
Thursday,
5
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Monday,
9
Famous Players
"Strictly Business"
John Barrymore
Thursday,
12
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Monday,
16
Lasky
"Rose of the Rancho' David Belasco's Famous Success
Thursday,
19
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Monday,
23
Bosworth
"Chechako"or"SriiokeBellew"
Bosworth
Thursday,
26
Lasky
"Texas"
Star to be announced ratei
Monday,
30
Famous Players
"Wildflower"
Margaret Clark
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are invited to correspond regarding twenty- six
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distributing offices which I am about to open ■
in the principal exchange centres of the United
States and Canada. Must be familiar with
specific territories,
David Horsley
Centaur Film Co. Bayonne, N. J.
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Public Idols
Names coupled with master
photo-play productions which
spell positive success and
mean " crammed houses. "
LEW
DOCKSTADER
In a Stirring Comedy Drama of
Civil War Days
"DAN"
By HAL REID
5 ACTS
COMING!
ETHEL
BARRYMORE
In an Original 5-act Play
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS ]
"The Nightingale"
With a TremendousJAU-Star Cast.
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WHEN IN DOUBT TRY APEX FEATUR
THE DEVIL'S EVE-The Storyof a Great Diamond and its Travels-
THE SECRET SEVEN-A Big Dettfctive Story with a Great Pimch-
AN ALPINE TRAGEl!^ Y— A Novel Drama of a Royal Household-
THE MIDNIGHT MARRlAGE-From Walter Howard's London Success-
THE DAREDEVIL DETECnVE-Oetective Hayes, the Movie Marvel-
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER— A Fine Real Russian Drama-
-4 Parts
■4 Parts
-5 Parts
-4 Parts
■4 Parts
-4 Parts
APEX FILM CO.
145 W. 45th Street — NEW YORK— P. P. Craft, Manager.
European Office— H. Winik, 35 Little Newport St., London
ifatrH HcFft^^t*
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THE LIVING DEAD
Ninth story in "The Man Who Disappeared" series
A drama by RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD
When John Perriton and Mary Wales fled to Albany to escape the detective who sought to arrest
Perriton on a supposed murder charge, they planned to escape across the border to Montreal. Finding
this futile they took the river boat back to Nevir York and supposed they were safe, till at supper the
detective spied them and ordered Perriton locked up in his stateroom. How he escaped through the
partition into Mary's room adjoining and then jumped overboard and finally landed in New York safe
and sound is an exciting episode. Released August 4tli — 1000 feet
COMING EDISON RELEASES
Saturday, August 1st
Farmer Rodney's Daughter
Drama 1000 fret
Monday, August 3rd
A Tango Spree
Comedy 1000 feet
Wednesday, August 5th
A Change of Business
Comedy 500 feet
Wednesday, August Sth.
Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady
Comedy 500 feet
Friday, August 7th
The President's Special.
A ne-.v version of the celebrated Edison drama.
In T\VO Parts 2000 feet
Saturday, August Sth
One Touch of Nature.
Comedy 1000 feet
WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF "MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"
"H. A. Du Souchet's famous comedy-drama with Walter E. Perkins in
the title role. To be released on August 15th through the masterpiece service
of the General Film Company.
Order Edison posteri of the MORGAN LITHOGRAPH CO., Cleveland. Ohio, direct.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
239 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J«
Makers of the Edison Kinetoscope, Model "D."
TRADE MARK
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Iherc mj* an old Vfoman wflo lived m a Sfibe ,
5fic fiad so many Children sftfididnt knowwftattodo,
Dnlil one datj sftc saw a SfioW
¥fiicli made her lau^ and forM her ww .
. Hw mind was setto keep tMancn, ^,
And send a son % eacn WORLD FILM branch!
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RELEASED
THROUGH SPECIAL
FEATURE DEPARTMENT
or, THE MOOR OF VENICE
FIVE PARTS
THE DIVINE SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA fj
Made at Venice, Italy!!!
By the Photo Drama Company.' THE SUPER FILM— By
All Odds the Most Pretentious, Beautiful and Accurately-
Screened Version of Shakespearean Stories!
MADE AT VENICE, ITALY. That's a Tremendous ad-
vertising Feature in itself! VENICE, rendezvous of the
modern tourist — A very fountain-head of Romance and Ad-
venture! The w^aterways of Historic Venice "
with its tales, ten centuries old, of Passionate
Loves and Fierce Vendettas — the indolent, i
dreamy sw^eep of these Gondola-ridden high- |[
ways are scenes of the quaintest stories in any
language !
FOR THE MAKING OF OTHELLO the City Fathers
declared a half-holiday — canals were closed to modern
commerce, leaving only the aged palaces, the gayly-
costumed players and the clicking cameras of the
Photo Drama Company.
In OTHELLO, we offer a real masterpiece. It is the
first of Shakespeare's stories filmed in its proper en-
vironment, as the Master would have wished.
For Release Through i
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
r
General Film Company
WEEK OF JULY 6th
Complete Line of Lithographs, Pres< Stories, etc
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State St., Chicago
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THREE SPLENDID MONEY-GETTING SUBJECTS YOU
CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW !
They're making money every minute — these three ! ! !
Call up any General Film Office (Special Feature Depart-
ment) and make a date !
We vouch for them absolutely ! From the standpoint of
story, photography and general dull-season possibilities,
we believe them to have no equals in inexpensive summer
attractions.
Let us suggest you try them.
ANNE BOLEYN
A story of the Second Wife of Henry VIII. Every School Child Knows
the History of Her lU-Fated, Doom-Laden Marriage. Anne deposed Queen
Catherine, only to give way in time to the new Court Beauty, Jane Seymour.
The Courtship, Marriage and Death of Anne Boleyn is one of the Crudest,
Weirdest incidents in the annals of English History. As a Picture, It's a
WINNER ! THREE PARTS
A KINGDOM AT STAKE
The Pretty Child Queen is Marked by Anarchists for Murder. But, Luckily,
her Native Sweetness wins the Heart of the Chief Conspirator, Her daily
Companion and Instructor. How the Plot failed How the well-meaning
but misguided revolutionists were condemned to Die, only to be pardoned
at the Eleventh Hour by their childish, loving little Monarch, makes, we
firmly believe, the most pleasing, dainty, thoroughly-charming hot weather
offering we have seen this summer. Already many theatres have cashed in
on "A Kingdom at Stake." Have You? THREE PARTS
OTHELLO
Truly a wonderful subject, made from the Divine Shakespearean Tragedy
of that Name. Staged at Venice, Italy, in the environment of the Original,
Following Closely the Thread of Shakespeare's Beautiful Story. But — And
Here's a Vital Point — You Need be no Shakespeare Student to enjoy the
wonders of his written story. All its dramatic power and intensity have been
retained three-fold in the film version. Again we say, A Truly Wonderful
Subject. You will find in it great box-office possibilities. If you haven't
booked it. Do It Now ! FIVE PARTS
BOOKING NOW THROUGH
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL FILM COMPANY
, Complete line of Lithographs, Heralds and Photographs ;
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State Street, Chicago.
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ThePATHE
Printing Press
is the greatest —
News When It
man first
commun
PATH E DAILY NEWS
Every ex-
hibitor in
the country can get .^,^^,^^^
THE P AT H E
DAILY NEWS direct by mail "iTTe^aph ^
every day from our branches— no delay
— direct irom us to your theatre. The R^-i'-^^ds
exhibitors who have already secured THE PATHE
DAILY NEWS are more enthusiastic than we had
expected. It has proved to be what every one has
been looking for, and has created a widespread
and an enormous increase in revenue, which sho
The Public Want To See THE PATHE
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS ADORE 3S YOUR NEAREST BR.\NCH, OR
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
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DAILY NEWS
most perfect — most prompt method of distributing
IS News" ever used by humanity since Prehistoric
conceived the sign language as a means of
icating his thoughts and actions. THE SAME
DAY the daily papers, with all their facilities for
gathering news, are telling people their opinion
of events, THE PATHE DAILY NEWS will give
your patrons an opportunnity to form
their OWN opinion by show-
ing them the
events as they actu-
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pened.
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Picture Message
ATLANTA
Rhodes Bids.
NEW YORK
lis E. 23rd St.
CLEVELAND
622 Prospect Av.,S.E.
SEATTLE
810 Third Ave.
BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS LOS ANGELES
3 Tremont Row 5 So. Wabash Ave. Andrews BIdg. 114 E. 7th St.
PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS SYRACUSE
715 Liberty Ave. 67 Turk St. 3210 Locust St. 214 E. Fayette St.
PORTLAND PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON
392 Bumside Ave. 1235 Vine St. 7th & E Sts., N. W.
OMAHA SALT LAKE CITY DENVER
1312 Famam St. 68 South Main St. Nassau BIdg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
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"THE WOLF"
IVIASnrEFSPIECEIS
6 Reels By Eugene Walter
(Now obtainable through the General Film Masterpiece Service)
TO BE RELEASED SOON
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR"— 5 Reels. By J. Hartley Manners
NOW IN PREPARATION
"EAGLE'S NEST"— 5 Reels. By Edwin Arden.
Now being produced in Colorado, with Edwin Arden, Broadway's popular actor, in the
leading role.
"Who Seeks Revenge" — 2 reels — Wednesday, July 22nd.
FIVE RELEASES
"TEMPER AND TEMPERATURE"
Split Reel Comedy Tuesday, July 21st
\ ery lunny niother-iii-law story with sorrowful experiences lor
the poor henpecked husband.
"WORMS WILL TURN"
Split Reel Comedy Tuesday, July 21st
Fierce engagement between a bunch of hoboes and the rural
police, in which the tramps bravely win out.
"WHO SEEKS REVENGE"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, July 22nd
A dramatic story of the Frontier. An Indian raid on the Armv
post, in which two mothers are killed and the infants changed.
"The False Shadow"— 2 reels— Thursday, July 23rd.
EACH WEEK
"THE FALSE SHADOW"
Two Reel Drama .Thursday, July 23rd
A drama based on the theory of eugenics. A dishonest physician
examines "a rival's blood and falsely pronounces it diseased.
"A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY"
Drama Friday, July_ 24th
Very ;fxciting incident, with military and insurgent aanrosphere;
a story of Hearts and Arms.
"A MATTER OF RECORD"
Comedy Saturday, July 25tli
Very funny domestic comedy in which the dictaphone plays a
star role, a huge twenty minutes' scream.
A Comedy Every
Tuesday and
Saturday
TWO-REEL FEATURE
Every Wednesday
and Thursday
LUBIN POSTERS
A Drama
Every
Friday
By Our Own Staff of Artists — One and Three Sheets with Single
and Split Reels. One, Three and Six Sheets with all Multiple Reels.
Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office ... 154 West Lake Street
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"Love, the Clairvoyant"
Comedy-Drama, Monday, July 20
It finds a way to teach the husband his jealousy is the obstacle
to his happiness. His wife's disguise completely unmasks his
besetting fault. MAURICE COSTEIXO and MARY CHARLESON
in the leads.
"Bread Upon the Waters"
Two-Parl Drama^ Tuesday, July 21
The practice of his high ideal imparts soul to his art. bringing
htm fame and fortune. Experience is a great teacher. ETIENNE
GIRARDOT and an all-star cast.
"Buddy's Downfall"
Comedy, Wednesday, July 22
With the loss of his trousers, he makes a bad impression. When
he recovers them, he sallies forth and his revenge is sweet. PAUL
KELLY in the title role.
"The Apple"
Drama, Thursday, July 23
The woman tempts htm with her finery. His eyes arc opcnc<l
and he is glad to plead for his wife's forgiveness. DOROTHY
KELLY, JAMES MORRISON and an all-star cast.
"The Winning Trick"
Comedy, Friday, July 24
A young wife believes money is the root of evil. The lack of it
she finds is very inconvenient. She is more than glad when she
learns she has married a wealthy man. LILLIAN WALKER,
ARTHUR ASHLEY, CHARLES ELDRIDGE and MRS. KIMBALL
are the cast.
"Romantic Josie
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Two-Part VITA-LAUGH Comedy, Saturday, July 25
Even the house afire and the presence of the firemen can not
destroy her love of romance. Drenched to the skin and surrounded
by flames, Josie Sadler continues to read her book.
"HIS KID SISTER"
Drama MONDAY, JULY 27
"JOHN RANGE, GENTLEMAN"
Two Part Drama TUESDAY, JULY 28
SIX A WEEK
"OFFICER KATE"
Comedy WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
"THE GREATER MOTIVE"
Drama THURSDAY, JULY 30
"PRIVATE BUNNY"
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"THE VIOLIN OF M'SIEUR"
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KALEM'S FIVE-A-WEEK
THE VAMPIRE'S TRAIL
The strongest story of its kind which Kalem has
—Moore, Robert Walker and Harry Millarde in the cast
Released Monday, August 3rd
The Chief of Police
A strong sociological drama. How a man, impris-
oned for another's crime, finds justice at last, fills this
with heart interest.
Released Tuesday, August 4th. Eye-catching 1 and 3-sheet Posters
( Don't Monkey With the Buzz-Saw
One of the Marshal Nielan-Ruth
Roland farces. Hypnotizing his
wife and her mother, Henpeck
c-oes out on a high old time. His
lownfall will make you laugh for
v/eek.
Released Friday, August 7th
A Two-Part Feature of
the Alice Joyce Series
produced since "The Vampire." Alice Hollister, Tom
supporting Miss Joyce.
Striking Scenes on 1, 3 and (-sheets
The Operator at Black Rock
Helen Holmes is featured in this Two-Part Drama.
The holdup of the Fast Mail; the runaway train, and
the leap on horseback from a fifty-foot cliff, among the
ctirrintr Qr^nr*; Released Wednesday, August 5th
snrnng scenes. ^ ^ ^^ (-sheets that attract attention
Grey Eagle's Revenge
Shooting blindly, the redskin slays his best friend.
The manner in which he expiates his crime will hold
observers wride-eyed.
Released Saturday, August 8th
Superb 1 and 3-sheet Posters
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Facts and Comments
RUMORS are rife to the effect that the early
part of autumn will see a fourth program in the
field. The rumors seem to be well founded.
They will be eagerly discussed and commented upon by
exhibitors all through the country. By many the idea
of a fourth regular program will" be received with dubi-
ous shakings of heads, while others will welcome such a
program. We state the rumors not to make them the
subject of speculation but to call attention to the con-
tinued unsettled conditions in the film markets both here
and abroad. Six months ago the thought of putting out
a fourth regular program would have moved the laughter
of the experts; today it is thought possible to put it out
and make a success of it.
A'ariou? inferences will be drawn from the probable
appearance of a fourth regular program. ^Nlany will
argue that the domination of the long film is nearing its
end. while others will point to defects in the present
regular services as the probable cause of a fourth ven-
ture. Both theories may be right and both theories may
be wrong. There is no question that both exhibitors and
the public are getting sick and tired of the padde<^ multi-.
pks with which the market is flooded at present It
must not, however, be inferred that the public will not
welcome a genuine feature even of great length, pro-
vided alwavs that the greater length is justified by proper
dram.itic a'ction. 'I'here is ample evidence right here in
our big motion picture theaters that the multiple reel of
genuine quality is still the backbone of every successful
high-grade program.
W hile (111 this subject wc wish to call the attention of
all our readers to the very remarkable fact that the
I'.nglish market cuts the length of many features mi-
ported either from here or from the Continent. In look-
ing through the files of our British contemporaries the
writer noticed a dozen instances of long films which
appear in greatly reduced footage whenever they get into
the English market. Features for which the ex-
hibitor on this side of the water pays at the
rate of four thousand feet melt away to three
thousand on the other side. This fact again emphasizes
the power of ithc exhibitor in England. Me simply will
not take padded stuff, and rather than lose his whole
feature the producer or importer makes the excisions
which the exhibitor insists upon. How often have we
heard the cry of the exhibitor: "This feature is not bad.
but it ought to be boiled down to three thousand feet ;
there is a thousand feet of padding in it." Well, the
British exhibitor is not content with merely voicing his
protest in an academic way. lie takes the knife and
makes the cut. We hope that similar radical measures
will ultimately prevail on this side. Padding is an evil
that hurts the popularity of the whole motion picture
entertainment, and we must fight it relentlessly.
* * *
WE are moved to remark once more upon the
high value of a competent staff of assistants in
every good-sized motion picture theater. There
is no doubt that the public after a while become familiar
with the faces and the characteristics of the employees
and eventually they become attached to faithful and
courteous ushers, doormen, etc. r)f course, it is the busi-
ness of the competent manager both to instruct and to
inspire his employees to intelligent service. But recently a
little usher in the biggest theater in the city was severely
and most unreasonably "heckled" by a disgruntled patron
who probably didn't know his own mind. The usher
having been trained to courtesy and having the example
of his chief before him never lost his patience nor
changed his courteous demeanor. He bore the outburst
of the scolding patron, assured him that they were al-
ways doing their best and bade him goodbye in the mili-
tary style of salutation, which he had been told to
observe. Such a spirit can only breathe in an atmosphere
of real success.
* * *
READERS of The Moving Picture World have
no doubt read the new regulations for the trans-
portation of moving picture films. These rules
are prescribed under a recent act of Congress and are
more stringent than those heretofore in force. The older
and more liberal regulations we are sorry to say have
been poorly observed and this laxity no doubt was re-
sponsible for these later and sharper regulations. It
ought not to be necessary to point out that these latter
regulations may be made more stringent if there is any
disposition to evade their faithful observance. All those
who are practically interested in this matter ought to re-
member this and observe the new rules with care and in
all details. A further step in the direction of stringency
will mean more loss of time in transportation and more
pxpense.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Decency Pays
Bv Louis Reeves Harrison.
//"■"AM carrying out the original hunches of B. F.
I Keith," said the Little Giant of the Big Time in a
New York G7o/)c interview. "When A. Paul Keith
and I succeeded to the Keith circuit, we were wi.se enough
to see that B. F. knew a great deal about human nature,
and that he had this business of making his theaters par-
ticularly attractive to women down to a fine science. We
ha\e only gone on with it. At the Monday rehearsal
each week, for instance, the house manager cuts out of
every act any suggestive business or lines. Men some-
times like that sort of thing — women almost never. Con-
trary to public opinion, the red light plays and risque
acts are not popular with women."
These statements are from a man of proven success.
who crowds his favorite house twice a day in summer
without the aid of a roof garden. He protects women
in the audience from what may be offensive to refined
tastes, so that his place may be safely frequented by men
who take their wives, sisters and mothers with them to
an entertainment. He secures public confidence by re-
specting the public. He is not cited as an example for
publicity purposes. His marvelous success is confessedly
the result of a policy long advocated in the production
and exhibition of moving pictures, and it is on that ac-
count of high illustrative value. Cleanliness of audi-
torium, of stage, of dressing room are in harmony with
cleanliness of his offerings to those who frequent his
places of amusement. Decency pays
In business, in friendly intercourse, in all personal re-
lations between himian beings, indecency never succeeds
in a large wa}', so much more to the credit of men and
women who make up the body of organized society.
JJ'c are society. Our entire civilized body of men and
women, having common interests and aims, constitute
what is known as "society" in its broad sense. That we
are capable of being imited in a great body for the com-
mon good proves our tendency and indicates unmistaka-
bly that we are organized to better our interests, decide
our questions and settle our problems in a manner that
shall conform to the best in all of us. That is obvious.
It is so obvious that one wonders at the lack of common
sense on the part of many picture producers who incline
to degrading or demoralizing portrayals, and on the part
of those who show them to women and children.
A man who starts out to make an individual success
among his fellows finds it necessary to be frank and com-
panionable in a becoming way, to wear suitable clothes,
to avoid indelicacy of act and word. If he aims to com-
mand respect, he will try to keep obscenity out of his
conversation, and rare is the intelligent man who would
write what would be regarded as a publication of his own
low tastes. Does not the man who permits moving pic-
tures to be released for widespread circulation among
men, women and children also publish the character of
his taste when he goes against the popular demand for
cleanliness in such presentations ? In opposing the pre-
vailing custom among right-minded people, is he not pro-
claiming his own unfitness for production ?
A number of reliable producers are turning out photo-
plays that delight all classes at the little theaters and, at
the same time, inspiring confidence in both the exhibitors
and the entire art of moving pictures. It is that confi-
dence which fills the small places of entertainment with
millions of patrons every day. Are not the occasional
promoters of film indecency injuring the whole business
by thrusting emanations of their own personal nastiness
upon the attention of a general public? Who is buying
their degrading- output ? Who is spoiling the business as
a whole for the sake of appealing to a comparatively
small number of immature minds, weaklings and deca-
dents? They exist — otherwise censorship would be an
unimportant formality.
\Mien a policy of decency becomes a heritage among
successful theater managers, when the brightest and most
successful handlers of vaudeville talent in such a city as
this, men who weigh and measure public taste with ex-
treme care, decide, as has been illustrated, to eliminate
profanity and anything that even suggests what is low
and degrading, when improprieties are relegated to the
garbage can in New York, it is folly for exhibitors in
smaller communities to present screen indecency, how-
ever veiled. No man can draw a straight line between
morality and immorality in any art of expression, but
the line between decency and indecency is another matter.
^^'hile the most successful manager of vaudeville shows
finds that decency pays and the manager of New York's
biggest motion-picture theater insists on decency, there is
a bigger issue than is involved in the success of this or
that individual. The few producers of moving pictures
who turn out what is low and suggestive, and the few
exhibitors who permit such screen portrayals, are guilty
of injuring the whole business to their temporary inter-
ests and off-color tastes. It is not generally believed to
be a wise policy to permit politicians to take a hand in
eliminating the Unfit because of the menace of tyranny
and indiscriminate censure that might easily follow their
efforts. It is, however, possible for those exhibitors who
stand for what is best in the new art to do all the purify-
ing that is necessary.
"The day is coming," says Mr. Aitken in his admirable
article on quality, "when the open program will pre-
vail, and it is coming soon. The exhibitor will then in-
sist on seeing the pictures he offers to his patrons before
he books them. Then will the death-knell of the inferior
picture be sounded, and there will be no resurrec-
tion. The intelligent and honest manufacturer will not
look upon this reform as a hardship, and the intelligent
and honest exhibitor will welcome it as a godsend."
Manly words, and so much to the point that they deserve
repetition. Add to them the pointed observations of
Paul H. Cromelin in the same issue and we have a highlv
valuable prophecy. He says, "It is interesting to observe
that the exhibitor is emerging from his quiescent and
passive attitude. He is coming more and more to recog-
nize that he has a duty to his patrons and to himself to
see that his program is the kind required." The kind
required by intelligent and honest audiences is obviously
not the indecent play.
The ethical effect of an art creates its position in gen-
eral culture. The place it takes in the formation of char-
acter is of tremendous interest to people whose aims are
those of our own families. The problems of idealism and
realism and all the other "isms," while they may be solved
in many cases by contrasting what is low in human nature
and methods of living with superior traits and conditions,
the aim is spiritual purification. What is indecent has
no other aim than an appeal to morbid tastes in the minds
of lop-sided weaklings. Moving pictures are not "The
World's Newest Plaything." Their production and ex-
position constitute an art. Though a young art, its health
and energy are already well assured. It is destined to
live well and live long. It is being built out of our-
selves, and what is built out of the universal human heart
is built forever.
THE MOVINC I'urr
WOKl.I)
545
Censors and Supercensors
By W. Stephen Bush.
MORE meddling and more disreijard of the ancient
wisdom of leltini,- well enough alone is threat-
ened through the oftiee of the Commissioner of
I-icenses in this city. Relying on a section of the Mov-
ing Picture Ordinance, the Commissioner i3ro])oses to es-
tablish a sort of post-graduate censorship in addition
to the work now done by the Fifth Avenue Board. The
section on which the Commissioner bases his activities
reads as follows :
"Through its inspectors, the Department of Li-
censes shall inspect the character of exhibitions in
motion picture theatres, and said inspectors shall
report to the Commissioner of Licenses any offense
against morality, decency or public welfare contained
in said exhibitions."
The Movi.ng Picture World has fought for clean
pictures from the first day of its publication until this
hour and always will be found advocating clean pictures
and likewise favoring measures for the legal suppres-
sion of immoral, indecent or obscene pictures or so-called
crime pictures. L)ur view has always been that public
opinion crystallized into law was amply competent to deal
with objectionable pictures, and we always pointed out
that the existing statutes were sufficient to abate any of
the evils now existing. In addition we looked with favor
upon a method of voluntary supervision and control by a
body of men and women representing civic societies and
organizations for social betterment, it is hard for us
tiierefore to understand what good purpose is to be
served by a second Board of Censorship, which prac-
tically censors the decisions of the first board. It is one
of the inherent absurdities of censorship of all kinds
that you are bound to start an endless chain the moment
you begin censoring.
We are told by the Commissioner that his office has
received "numerous complaints against moving pictures,
most of which have been submitted for proper criti-
cism, but a few of which have been passed by the Na-
tional Board of Censorship." In the very next sentence
• the Commissioner says that "the National Board of
Censorship does its work well, and only in rare instances
is it that the Department has found something which
has slipped through their rigid criticism." What a con-
tradiction in terms ! \\'hen pictures slip through a cen-
sorship it ceases to be rigid.
Now behold how elaborately the stage is set for the
work of this semi-official and extra-censorial board.
In order to deal with these "wild-cat films," which the
Commissioner tells us constitute but five per cent, of all
the moving picture films exhibited in this city, a sub-
sidiary board of censors is to be created. The commit-
tee of seven which the Commissioner has named for this
purpose are highly estimable and representative men and
women, but it is not at all apparent by what subtle
process or hidden virtue they are qualified to re-censor
what has already been censored. The Commissioner goes
on record as saying: "Wliile some improper films may
not be withdrawn for two or three days under this
method it is believed that the practice of exhibiting im-
proper films will cease almost entirely just as soon as
it is found that the loopholes in the work of the National
Board of Censorship have been filled up."
We will not pause to inquire here what legal authority
the Commissioner has for making such appointments ;
for the sake of argument we will even go further and
concede that he has such authority. The question is,
does not his work supersede the work of the old cen^
sors, voluntary and experienced? He himself says that
the O. K. of the old board is no longer an absolute
guarantee to the exhibitor that a film thus aijproved may
be shown without molestation. Of course, there never,
was any legal assurance to that effect, but it has always
been well understood that the "imprimatur" of the Fifth
.\\enuc Board was to be respected. This feeling of
certainty which greatly helps the exhibitor to get his best
judgment to bear on his daily program is now gone.
There are censors and supercensors.
The Commissioner believes that his plan has "the added
advantage that improper films will not be advertised be-
fore their withdrawal, as in the old plan, which in-
volved court procedure." We cannot quite grasp the
full meaning of this last sentence. As he himself admits,
a film may be showing for three or four days before his
extraordinary vigilance committee are able to locate it.
Now a run of two or three days does enough harm if the
picture is bad enough to come within the legal inhibition.
His action then in the case of such a film would be no
quicker and no more effective than the old plan "whifli
involves court procedure." He surely will not deny that
he is subject to lieing enjoined by the Supreme Court.
He may by an ill-advised step advertise a bad picture
and stimulate public curiosity and then find himself
served with an injunction restraining him to interfere.
We must confess that the present plan, which leaves
mere questions of ethics and taste to the voluntary Fifth
Avenue Board and which relegates all objectors on the
ground of immorality, etc., to the law and the police,
seems good enough to be let alone. The plan has worked
well. About two years ago the late Mayor Gaynor w'ent
on record as saying that the pictures were passable mor-
ally with negligible exceptions. He said so at a public
hearing, declaring that the sources of his information
were reports of fair and reliable investigators. No one
dared to challenge the statement of the Mavor. No one
will care to deny that since then the pictures have ad-
vanced rather than gone back in their morals.
Another fatal defect in the Commissioner's plan is his
assumption, implied rather than expressed, that the ex-
hibitor is either unwilling or incapable of rutting bad
films out of programs which may be offered to him. Now
we are in a position to assure the Commissioner that
the exhibitor is the very first to object to an objection-
able film. Let him remember that the w-orst offenders
in the matter of the "white-slave" and the "drug-terror"
films were theatrical men rather than motion picture men.
If his inspectors come across any films which are bad
enough to invoke the law against them it is their duty
to lay the facts before the District Attorney and pro-
ceed against such exhibitors and producers in the crim-
inal courts. Such a method of procedure is not only
most consistent with both the letter and the spirit of
the law, but it is the fairest way to all.
The worst of this censorial mania seems to be its epi-
demic character. Everybody wants to play at it. Now
that w-e have censors and supercensors, the latter re-
censoring the former, we cannot escape the question :
Who will re-censor the supercensors?
Censorship is a dismal swamp with no exits, ^^'ho-
ever attempts the dreary paths eventually finds himself
in a barren wilderness or in a cul de sac. The choice is
entirely his. We do not know how long censors and
supercensors will continue to rage. Crazes and supersti-
tions are among the things that the human heart is heir
to. All we can do in the meantime is to pray for light.
546
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
PEACE WITH HONOR
Amalgamation of Warring Factions Accomplished At Eleventh Hour — Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League of America Meets International Motion Picture
Association on Friendly Basis — Every Prospect Now for Strong United League
GOV. COX, OF OHIO, PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT
SPLENDID BANQUET
THE fourth annual convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America came tj a close at Dayton,
Ohio, on Saturday, July 11. The delegates had been in session the entire week. The two principal events
were the declination of a renomination by President M. A. Nef¥ and the ensuing election of Mr. Pearce, of
Baltimore, on Wednesday, and the agreement Ijetween the league and the International Motion Picture Asso-
ciation, which was represented at the convention city by President Phillips and a committee of seven. The action
of the league in ratifying the terms of amalgamation was unanimous. The association will be given four members
on the executive board of the league. The association asked for no other recognition. The convention closed
with the best of feeling prevailing between those who during the past year had displayed so much animosity.
There is every reason to believe that the result of the Dayton Convention, following closely upon the associa-
tion meeting in New York City and amicably concluding the negotiations at that time initiated, will be an organiza-
tion of exhibitors that will be cohesive, large in numbers, and strong in influence.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7. chision that he was unable to ascertain whether or not such a
Afternoon Session. - project could be financed The matter was laid upon the
, , table upon a motion to that effect by M. E. Cory ot Lali-
The session of Wednesday afternoon was largely occupied fornia.
with routine business. The meeting came to- order- at 3 :'l 5 - Before adjournment President Neff announced the follow-
o'clock. On motion President Neflf appointed 0rene "Parker ing committee to meet with the manufacturers' committee:
of Kentucky, Otto Ludeking of
Ohio, O. G. Murray of In-
diana, C. J. Law and Fulton
Brylawski of the District of
Columbia, as a committee ■ on
constitution and by-laws.
To select the ne.xt place of
meeting J. M. Kaufman of
Ohio, Dee Robinson of Illinois,
J. G. Stamper of Kentucky,
N. Gates of Minnesota, and Dr.
William Herbst of the Dis-
trict of Columbia were appoint-
ed.
Secretary Wiley handed to
President Neflf a draft for
11,620.57, the same being pay-
ment of salary in full for the
past year.
A motion was ofifered by
Peter Jeup and discussed at
some length, to admit the dele-
gates from the International
Motion Picture Association.
Max Stearn of Ohio, L. W. Bro-
phy of Oklahoma and A. J. Die-
bold of Iowa were appointed a
committee to escort the gentle-
men, who afterwards addressed
the convention, expressing their
appreciation of the courtesy.
A delegation of manufactur-
ers making exhibits at Memo-
rial Hall were also admitted
and given the privilege of the
floor. Remarks were made by
F. J. Rembusch, Joe Brandt,
Tom Moore, Joe Farnham, H.
B. Coles, Mr. Charnass and
Mr. Kane.
.\fter listening to the remarks of the several speakers a
committee was appointed to meet with the manufacturers'
committee at the Hotel Bechtel in the evening.
. --Xt this point in tlie proceedings Treasurer Parker present-
ed President Xeflf with a purse, made up by the delegates,
amounting to 9274, as a slight token of appreciation of his
long and arduous services to tlie league. In accepting the
purse President Neff declared that he would use the money
to purchase some lasting memento of the friendship and
good will expressed thereby.
_ A resolution adopted by the executive committee at Cin-
einnati last Januaray authorizing the president to investigate
the question of establishing a trade paper for the league, to
be owned and published by the league, was brought up. In
reporting President Neff said that he had arrived "at the con-
Marion A. Pearce,
President of the Motion Picture ExLibitors' League of America
Photo by Bachract= Baltimore.
L. H. Ramsey, J. R. Carter, W.
W. Watts, T. P. Finnegan.
W. R. Wilson, M. A. Pearce.
Peter Jeup, M. E. Cory and
F. Brylawski.
Conference with the Manufac-
turers.
The conference between the
manufacturers' committee and
the committee from the exhibit-
ors was held at 10 o'clock Wed-
nesday evening at the Hotel
Bechtel. There was a good
representation of manufacturers
present to meet the committee
of exhibitors and there was con-
siderable discussion upon the
subject as stated by the follow-
ing resolutions:
July 8th, 1914.
Resolved. Whereas the mo-
tion picture industry is now one
of the foremost in the world,
it is proper that an exposition
of motion picture art be held
annually or semi-annually.
To serve the best interests
of all concerne'd it is deemed
advisable that this exposition
shall be conducted under the
joint auspices of exhibitors,
manufacturers and jobbers.
In view of the above it is re-
solved by the various represent-
atives of the manufacturers,
distributors and jobbers at the
Dayton convention that:
.-\n organization be formed
for the purpose of conducting
an annual or semi-annual exposition of motion picture art.
.-'vt such e.xposition organization shall be composed of the
various manufacturers, distributors, jobbers and representa-
tives of all allied lines of trade to the motion picture industry
as a whole, and also of the motion picture exhibitors, either
as a national body or individual.
That in the perfection of the plans for such an organization
and in order to bring about the successful promotion of an
annual or semi-annual exposition we desire the co-opera-
tion of any and all o.hibitors collectively or individually,
granting to them the fullest rights and privileges in the
promotion and conducting of these expositions.
That a corporation shall be formed for the purpose of con-
ducting these expositions, incorporated at a nominal figure
anfj each manufacturer or jobber or distributor sh^ll be ?8-
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547
titled to purchase not more than one share of the slock, the
balance heing deposited as treasury stock.
That such exposition company desires the exhibitors to
hold the national convention or meetings at the place selected
for such exposition, and that the profits from a block of
treasury stock of not more llian 50 per cent, shall be devoted
to the reception and entertainment of the exhibitors at siich
conventions; further that a portion of the net profits or a
block of treasury stock of not more than SO per' cent! shall
be given to the national league or association. ■ '._" " .
There was a feeling of resentment among the exhibitors
that the manufacturers should contemplate running the ex-
positions of the future, and while the manufacturers present,
of whom Mr. F. J. Rembush was the principal spokesman,
declared that the purpose of the meeting was merely to dis-
cover some basis for mutual co-operation, tlicy got little com-
fort out of the conference. It was declared tliat tlie project
would work to the benefit of the exhil)itor and it is possible
that some good may come out of tlie matter.
The manufacturers represented were F. J. Rembusch-of the
Mirror Screen; E. E. Fulton of the E. E. Fulton Company,
Chicago; D. M. Sachter of the Searls Engine and Manufac-
turing Company, Sheffield, Pa.;
H. B. Coles of the Precision
Machine Company, New York;
Ernest Glantzburg, Typhoon
Fan Company, New York; F.
W. Swett of the Nicholas Pow-
er Company, New York; Jacob
Ring of Menger & Ring,
New York; A. H. Byrd and
Tom Moore of the Wyanoak
Company, New Y'ork; Rebert
Kane of the Atsco, Inc., N-eiv
York; R. D. Hanish ."of the
Re.x Film Renovator Company.
Columbus; George C. Dwyer
of the Theater Equipment
Company, Columbus; G. W.
Armstrong of the Theater Spe-
cialty Company, New York;
H. Charnass of Warners Fea-
tures, New Y'ork; A. M. Brally,
Cosmograph, Morehead, Ky. ;
J. H. Hennegan of Hennegan
Company, Cincinnati, O.; F. A.
Nolan of the Cincinnati The-
ater Supply Company; S. J.
Newman of Newman Manufac-
turing Company, Cincinnati; L.
J. Gardiner of the American
Slide Company, Columbus, O.;
M. A. Kraus of the Kraus Manu-
facturing Company, New York; W. G. Maxey of the Bartola
Organ Company, Oshkosh, Wis.; W. J. Johnson of the Mov-
ing Picture News and Fred Beecroft of the Dramatic Mirror.
THURSDAY, JULY 9.
The Parade.
The -parade of the delegates and manufacturers scheduled
for Thursday morning lost some of its novelty through lack
of interest on the part of the manufacturers, wlio failed to
prepare decorative floats as had been announced, but there
was a good turnout in automobiles which supplemented the
delegations of exhibitors on foot and a very good showing
vi'as made. Two bands of music helped to enliven the event,
and though, it was held at 9:30 o'clock in the morning a
fairly large crowd of Dayton's citizens lined the streets to
witness the affair.
To create interest in the parade prizes were offered for
various qualifications, as follows: Tallest exhibitor, won by
P. J.' Raburg of Dayton; heaviest exhibitor, won by G. W.
Hill of Cincinnati; shortest exhibitor, won by A. B. Pother
of Dayton; lightest exhibitor, won by T. P. Finnegan, Jr., of
Dallas, Texas; oldest e.xhibitor, won by J. J. Rieder of Jack-
son, Mich.
Many of the automobiles in the parade were tastefully
decorated and the Bartola Company really captured the event
by supplying everyone who took part with a small balloon
upon which the advertisement of the firm was printed.
A bit of comedy was injected into the parade by Tom
Moore of the Wyanoak Company, who secured a street
sprinkler and labeled it the "water wagon," supplemented by
sundry other inscriptions, upon which rode a number of
fellows with soothing bandages about supposedly aching
heads. This got many laughs from the crowds.
The marshals were James Bamber and L, O. Shank, on
horseback, the latter riding a very handsome "high school"
stepper, Grace S., attracting considerable attention.
New Officers of the M. P. E. L. of A.
Lett to Right— T. P. Finnegan, Dallas, Tex., first vice-president;
M. A. Pearce, Baltimore, president ; Peter J. Jeup, Detroit, treas-
urer ; M. E. Cory. San Francisco. second vice-president ; W. R.
Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, secretary.
Pictures of the parade were taken in motion and in the
evening projected upi^n tlie screen at Memorial Hall.
Afternoon Session.
President Nvjl announced that the Honorable John J.
I.entz, who had given his sei'viccs free of charge for the past
three years as counsel for the league, had tendered his resig-
nation, th'e same,^to be accejpted at once, owing to the fact that
lie. is running for. the .Ufiited States, Senate on the Demo-
cratic ticket. Mr. PhiUips of. Texas, after President Neff
had read" the letter to the'conveiition, moved that the resig-
tjation be accepted and that the sincere thanks of the con-
vention be conveyed to Mr. Lentz through the national sec-
retary. The motion was seconded l)v VV. \V. Watts of Illi-
nois, and was carried unanimously. .Mr. Neff also announced
that ex-Senator ^Foraker, chief counsel for the \L P. E. L. of
America', who had also given, his services to the league for the
past.three' years without^charge, had notified him that such
services would be rendered until .\ugust 1st, the date of the
expiration of Mr. Neff's terni as president. Mr. Neff stated
that Senator Foraker had notified him that he would be glad
at any time to give counsel and advice to the league as he
was greatly interested in the
future progress and advance-
ment of the organization.
The reading of the report of
the committee of resolutions
was next in order.
A communication from sev-
eral outside sources requesting
the support and assistance of
the league for the protection of
dumb animals in the making
of moving pictures, received
attention from the resolutions
committee, which had framed
a resolution conforming with
the requests. .-Vfter much dis-
cussion a resolution granting
the assistance and co-operation
asked was accepted anil adopt-
ed by the convention.
That too many multiple reels
were now being placed on the
market, whereas the exhibition
business had been built on the
variety of the programs offered
to the public, and that more
good single reel subjects are re-
quired, also that the padding of
multiple reels, as now practiced
by several manufacturers, be
severely condemned, was sug-
gested in a resolution, and passed by the delegates.
The present expensive plan of conducting the business of
the league and some changes in tlie constitution and by-laws
were referred to the constitution and by-laws committee.
A resolution referring to the able services rendered the
league for three years by M. A. Neff, with great good to all,
was adopted as read, with sincere appreciation of the services
rendered.
The retiring national secretary, George H. Wiley, and re-
tiring National Treasurer Orene Parker were also subjects
of eulogistic resoliitions, for the zeal and ability shown in
the discharge of their, duties.
The report of the special committee appointed by the con-
vention to meet the mediation committee of the I. M. P. A.
created the most important discussion of the afternoon ses-
sion. T. P. Finnegan, chairman of the special committee,
after briefly recounting what had been done at the meeting,
made a motion to elect four members of the I. M. P. A. to
the executive board of the M. P. E. L. of .\merica, the un-,
derstanding being that the suspension of the members of the
I. M. P. A., should be lifted and that they should enter the
state organizations of the M. P. E. L. of .-Vmerica in the
usual way. After a heated discussion in which Lem Miller
of Cincinnati, Abe Stern of Columbus, Dr. Herbst of Wash-
ington, D. C; Mr. Brophy of Oklahoma, Mr. Hubbard of
New York, Mr. Payne of Maryland, Mr. Rieder and Mr. Jeup
of Michigan, Mr. Phillips of Texas and others participated,
the following motion by Mr. Phillips of Texas, moved as a
motion as a substitution for the whole, was carried unani-
mously and succeeded by great applause:
"That the suspension of any and all expelled members,
whether they be of the I. M. P. A. or otherwise, be lifted
and that they be reinstated to the M. P. E. L. of America
upon application to their respective state locals for initiation,
the dues of such re-instated members to begin on their re-
instatement, and that from the members of the I. M. P. A.
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so re-instated the incoming president is hereby instructed to
appoint two as members of the national executive board of
the M. P. E. L. of America."
President Neflf congratulated the convention on arriving
at this decision, which he considered liberal and an important
step towards the adjustment of differences between the two
organizations. Abe Stern, who had opposed going so far
in making concessions, approved of the motion and remarked
that the I. M. P. A. mediation committee should be satisfied,
as they will have the opportunity, if their present claims are
correct, to secure a majority of members in the national exec-
utive board at the next national convention.
The report of the good and welfare committee was next
read. Among the matters treated of were:
That the national executive committee be empowered to
appoint a national organizer for the league.
An amendment that the by-laws be revised so as to cover
the change of location in the national president's place of
residence, the new president residing in Baltimore, whereas
the outgoing president resides in Cincinnati. It was shown
that the M. P. E. L. of .America is a corporation and that
Automobile Parade of Exhibitors at Dayton.
it must have an active ofiice in the state of Ohio, the state
of incorporation, and that the president could have his office
in any state in the Union.
That exhibitors have the right to book as many reels per
week as they wish, from any exchange they wish, ten days'
notice to be given to the releasing exchange in case the ex-
hibitor changed his place of renting.
It was then moved that the report be accepted and not
adopted, but that the various sections should be discussed and
afterwards accepted and adopted, which was immediately
done as follows:
The secretary and treasurer's bond to be placed at $5,000,
a reliable bonding company's bond being required.
That the president's salary be reduced to $250 per year.
This was done as the incoming president, Mr. Pearce, re-
quested such action.
That more truthful advertising methods be adopted by
manufacturers, exchanges and exhibitors.
That more single reel subjects and fewer multiples be man-
ufactured.
That it be recommended that moving picture programs
shall not exceed three reels for five cents and not more than
five reels for ten cents.
That exchanges be condemned for their present system of
charging for posters returned in damaged condition.
That all regular moving picture theaters are to be given
preference by exchanges in furnishing film service, as com-
pared with airdomes, dramatic theaters, etc.
That it be recommended that manufacturers discontinue all
serial stories in film form, unless placed on the regular serv-
ice without extra charge.
FRIDAY, JULY 10.
Morning Session.
Although the question of censoring pictures had been
scheduled for Friday morning that matter was laid aside to
enable the delegates to give further consideration to the all-
important matter of amalgamation. It was thought when
the delegates voted on Thursday to give the I. M. P. .\. a
representation of two members of the executiv£ committee
that such arrangement would be satisfactory. But the me-
diation committee wanted four and put up a very strong
argument for that further concession. Many of the dele-
chafes who had voted on the proposition on Tliursday had re-
turned to their homes; those remaining favoring the proposi-
tion to allow four committeemen to the mediators, the whole
matter was opened up and discussed at considerable length
and with some fervor. The discussion ended finally in grant-
ing the two additional members and there was renewed re-
joicing.
The discussion of the question of cenorship was disposed of
in a most summary manner. The time was short and the
delegates were impatient to get to other business. A few
addresses were made, but none of the speakers advanced any
real arguments either for or against censorship. In the end
this resolution was adopted which, though rather poorly con-
structed, and indefinite as to its meaning, seems to express
the feeling of some of the exhibitors regarding the matter:
Baltimore Delegation.
Left to right — William 1- ait. jr.. liallimore : Mr. List, Frederick ;
liarry Klein, M. A. Pearce, Harry Lewy. Harry B. Cook, and Frank H.
Durkee, all of Baltimore. (Photo by Mayfield.)
Whereas, The censoring of motion pictures is illegal, unde-
sirable, un-American and an insult to our business; and
Whereas, The submission by the motion picture exhibitors
to censorship in any form is unmanly and un-.\merican,
therefore be it
Resolved, That at this time the Motion Picture Theater
E.xhibitors' League of America go on record as opposed to
censorship in every form and that its executive officers be
instructed to combat censorship whenever and wherever it
may be attempted.
L. E. Miller, H. E. Vestal, M. A. Neflf of Ohio and Dee
Robinson of Illinois spoke against the resolution. It was
supported by Peter Jeup of Michigan, L. H. Ramsey of Ken-
tucky, M. E. Cory of California and L. W. Brophy of Okla-
homa. W. R. Wilson attempted to amend it by having the
word "again" inserted just before the word "attempted" in
the last paragraph, but the insertion was not permitted and
the resolution was adopted by a vote of 18 to 7 against.
At this point Mr. Wilson said that under the circumstances
he would be obliged to resign his office as secretary of the
league. This was not taken seriously by the members present,
but it transpired later that Mr. Wilson was about to be
offered the vacancy upon the Ohio Board of Censorship,
which would place him in an untenable position under the
instructions of the resolution.
Peace With Honor.
Once the censorship matter was disposed of the matter
of amalgamation was taken up. On motion of Peter Jeup oi
Michigan the constitution and by-laws were amended to in-
crease the executive board from seven to nine members and
the action of the previous day to grant the I. M. P. A. faction
a representation on that board of two was reconsidered.
A new motion was then moved the adoption of the reporl
of the committee on amalgamation, which was to the eflfect
that the returning faction be given a representation on the
board of four members. The vote on this question stood 23
to 10 in favor of the adoption of the report and it was de-
clared carried and a committee was appointed to notify the
representatives of the I. M. P. A. to that eflfect.
During the afternoon session the question of fixing the
time and place of the next convention was brought up and
referred to the executive committee for adjustment.
The ways and means committee through its chairman. Mr.
Ramsey of Kentucky, oflfered some tentative figures on the
receipts and expenditures. The committee's recommendation
that the salaries of the officers be changed was adopted as
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follows: President, $250 per annum; secretary, $1,200;
treasurer, $300.
An amendment to Article 5, Section 1, making the repre-
sentation of states three delegates at large and three alter-
nates at large, with one delegate for each twenty-five mem-
bers was adopted. This materially increases the representa-
tion of each state at the annual convention.
A resolution that all schemes, country store propositions
anr coupon plans be eliminated from picture theaters was
adopted. Another amendment was made that ofiiccrs should
hold their oflices till their successors were elected and quali-
fied, and members of the executive board were authorized to
give pro.xies to other meml)ers of the board if they could not
attend meetings of that body. Someone made a motion per-
mitting state delegates to give proxies, but that was not
adopted.
The I. M. P. .\. delegation were present and took part in
the proceedings of the afternoon, .\djiiurnmcnt was taken
until 10 o'clock Saturday.
SATURDAY, JULY 11.
The Wind-up.
A brief meeting of the convention was held on Saturday
morning. Nearly all the delegates had left by that time so
that barely a quorum was assembled wlieu President Ncff
called the meeting to order.
VV. R. Wilson, the newly elected secretary, who had re-
signed in a rather informal manner the day liefore. reiterated
his desire to be relieved of the office. By a unanimous vote
of those present his resignation w'as accepted.
When it came to tilling the vacancy there was some diffi-
culty met in finding a suitable man. A proposal to re-elect
George H. Wiley, the retiring secretary, was rejected upon
the ground that he was ineligible and had declared puIiHcly
that he would not accept the office for another year. A
proposal to permit the executive committee to fill the va-
cancy vvas also rejected.
The matter was finally disposed of by rescinding the pre-
vious action accepting Mr. Wilson's resignation.
A resolution was adopted thanking the press for the kind
treatment of league matters and the convention adjourned
without a day.
Later the friends of Mr. Wilson prevailed upon him to
accept the secretaryship of the league and he at once secured
the necessary bond of S5.000 and will take over the books and
records of the organization.
BANQUET ON ROOF.
Governor Cox Guest of Exhibitors and Utters Prophetic
Words Regarding Censorship — Much Good Eats.
AI5.\X(JL'LT was given on the roof of the Algonciuin
Hotel, Dayton, Ohio, on the evening of Friday, July
II). by the Motion Picture Lxhil)itors' League. About
one hundred persons were present and the affair was digni-
fied and pleasantly informed by the presence and speech of
tiovernor James M. Cox of the State of Ohio, .\fter the
aforesaid entirely edible ban(|uet had been duly and satisfac-
torily consumed by the guests, the toastmaster. Judge Rollin
VV. Baggott of Dayton, introduced a number of speakers, who
paid various compliments to the exhibitors and the city of
Dayton. Governor Cox was then introduced. After indulg-
ing in the usual amenities he said:
"I understand that you passed a resolution against censor-
ship today. I feel complimented because I know that you
did not want any example of inefficient censorshii) to be set
up in another state in comparison with ours. 1 am reminded
by your action of a story of the Texas lawyer whose brother
wrote to him saying that he proposed to come to Texas to
practice law; that he intended to be an honest lawyer and
that he was a Republican. The brother immediately replied,
urging him to come at once; as an honest lawyer he wouhl
have no competition and as a Republican he would be a bird
of such rare plumage that the Game Warden would protect
him. .\nd so I feel that Ohio is a bird of such rare plumage
that you want to protect it.
"Nevertheless, I am going to talk frankly to you: I don't
know as much about showing pictures as you do, but I do
know ten times as much about censorship as you do, and I
want to say to you that it will not be long before j'ou will
be begging Congress to protect you. I want to preserve
your business, but you never will preserve it unless you
regulate it. Motion pictures is one of our most useful activi-
ties and unless you regulate that business you will soon be
put out of business, every mother's son of you."
Governor Cox called attention to the effort that had been
made to regulate the railroads and declared that the railroads
today would not go back to the old days and the old meth-
ods, for thej- know that if those methods prevailed govern-
ment ownership would certainly follow.
"li you do not regulate your business," he continued, "you
will have government ownership of motion pictures. No new
law is perfect; it must be tried out by experience: but I will
Group of Well Known Exhibitors and Film Men on the Steps of Memorial Hall, Dayton, Ohio.
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say to you that as long as I am Governor of this state no
appointment that will be distasteful to the exhibitors will be
made. I want to see the picture shows properly run so that
any man, woman or child may see them. The law is here
to stay; it is a well intended desire to conserve your business
by formulating a plan to bring about the salvation of your
business."
Delegation from Washington, D. C.
Left to right, standing — Fulton Brylawskl ; Harry Crandall,
Payette, Dr. W. B. Herbst ; sitting, Morris Davis and J. P
John
Morgan.
Governor Cox paid a high compliment to M. A. Neff and
later, in reply to something on censorship by another speaker
he added: "It is apparent that other states will not act as
Ohio does. A federal board ought to be established, for it
can do the work best. Manufacturers ought not to be put
to the expense of peddling their films to censor boards. I
predict that you will have a federal law within a few years."
In the course of his remarks the Governor announced it as
his intention to appoint W. R. Wilson of Columbus, Ohio,
who was elected secretary of the league, to fill the vacancy
on the Ohio censorship. This was the first authoritative an-
nouncement from the Governor on this subject and it was
greeted with cheers.
ROTHAPFEL'S BIRTHDAY REMEMBERED.
Mr. Samuel L. Rothapfel, the general manager of the
Strand theater celebrated his thirty-second birthday a few
days ago. He had no idea that the fact was well known to
everybody connected with the Strand, but it was made aware
of it when a committee of his employees waited upon
him and after congratulating him on being so young in years
and so old in experience presented him with a valuable
cigarette case, finely chiseled and engraved. On the inside
were words of dedication and Mr. Rothapfel's famous mot-
to: "Go get them." Mr. Rothapfel was astonished for once
in his life, but as usual soon found the inspiration demanded
by the moment and made a neat address of appreciation.
Some of the Maryland Exhibitors Attending Their State
Convention at Baltimore, June 25.
Trigger Talks of Amalgamation
The Chairman of the Association's Mediation Committee
Sees a Bright Future for the Exhibitors' Organization.
SAMUEL H. TRIGGER of New York, chairman of the
mediation committee on behalf of the International
Motion Picture Association, returned to the local head-
quarters of the exhibitors at the Hotel Marlborough on Sun-
day, July 12. When seen by a World man later Mr. Trigger
was in a satisfied frame of mind.
"Amalgamation? Why, there was nothing else to do," he
said. "Ninety per cent, of the exhibitors present in Dayton
were strongly in favor of it and would have nothing less.
Oklahoma was pledged for Neff, but the delegates announced
that they would Ijreak away unless amalgamation was as-
sured. So, too, did Texas. What about the constitutional
ineligibility of Judge Tugwell to serve on the executive board
by reason of there already being one man from California on
the board? Why, I haven't heard of it. Our nominations
were accepted by the league. However, if the story prove to
be true another man can be named. Here is the report of the
mediation committee representing the association, and it is
now being sent out to all branches:
To the Members of the International Motion Picture Association :
Pursuant to a resolution passed at the New York Convention, the
members of your committee elected with full power to bring about an
amalgamation of the two national organizations met at the Dayton Con-
vention of the M. P. E. L,. on Monday, .Tuly 6. and proceeded with the
business in hand with the following members present : Samuel H.
Trigger, New York, chairman ; F. J. Rembusch, Indiana ; Sam Bullock,
Ohio : Judge Tugwell, California ; Fred J. Herrington. Pennsylvania :
William J. Sweeney. Illinois. Charles H. Phillips, president of the I.
M. P. A. (ex-officio member of the committee), made up the full com-
mittee of seven. Delegate Thomas Furniss of Minnesota being delayed
en route.
A proposition was made at the first joint committee meeting with the
M. P. E. L. of A. committee in the form of a resolution presented by
Delegate Bullock that this committee cannot amalgamate with any or-
ganization under the terms of the resolution by which we were elected
unless the said organization is opposed in toto to all forms of legalized
censorship. The second resolution by Delegate Herrington provided
"that it be to the best interests of all concerned we recommend that the
only method of amalgamation possible will be by the elimination of the
officers of both organizations, and the control of the amalgamated
.forces should be vested in a National E.xecutive Board comprising the
membership of the executive boards of both organizations."
The above resolution opened the way for consideration of amalgama-
tion plans by the convention body, and after several days' earnest
effort by the committee with counter propositions from the convention,
it was decided to insist upon four representatives upon the Executive
Board of the M. P. E. L. of A. and to recommend a cessation of hos-
tilities between the two bodies. This proposition was rejected and re-
turned with an offer of two representatives to be appointed by the in-
coming president. This proposition was. in turn, rejected by your com-
mittee, and at a final meeting, on Thursday, previous to the departure
ol Delegates Herrington and Furniss, it was agreed to Insist upon
having four representatives or no amalgamation. This was finally agreed
to by the convention body on Friday, and our committee nominations
for the new Executive Board of the M. P. E. L. of A. were accepted by
vote of the convention. They are as follows : Charles H. Phillips, Wis-
consin ; .Wm. J. Sweeney, Illinois ; Judge Tugwell, California ; Fulton
Brylawskl, Washington, D. C.
Messrs. Herrington and Furniss stated before leaving that they had
no desire to serve, but agreed to maintain the demand for representa-
tives. Chairman "Trigger said New Y'ork did not seek any honors.
The committee succeeded in having the convention indorse the princi-
pal measures passed at the I. M. P. A. convention, including the Na-
tional Board of Censorship resolutions, and every member of the new
Executive Board of nine is a stanch supporter of the New Y'ork Na-
tional Board.
The result of the work of your committee and the convention body at
Dayton means that the object for which we have fought so long has
been accomplished. "Principles," not "individuals," is our future
watchword. From now on we get a new deal in everything. It is no
longer "Let's get together." We nre together, and, such being the case,
legalized censorship is doomed ; a National Board of Trade is in sight
and a membership of (oi thousaiid united exhibitors is quite possible
by the time the next annual convention is held. Let every friend of
the cause put his shoulder to the wheel. There is no longer any excuse
or reason for remaining out of the parent body, or unattached. Let us
again unite, co-operate, and fight against the common enemy. ■
SAMUEL BULLOCK.
Secretary of the Committee on Amalgamation.
"It was Friday morning when our committee for the first
time overcame the objections to allowing us to sit in the ses-
sions," continued Mr. Trigger. "Then we were given the
privilege of the floor. We told them that we had traveled
thousands of miles, had remained in Dayton for a week, and
we felt that that proved we were sincere in our desire to have
amalgamation. We only asked what was just and fair. On
Friday afternoon word was brought to our hotel that the
league unanimously had passed a resolution giving us four
representatives on the executive board. We replied that we
would immediately send notice to all association members
that we were to join the parent body. The committee at-
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tended a session of the league, and speeches were made by
Messrs. Tugwell, Sweeney, Rembusch and myself. We told
the new president that we were with him, that all of us be-
lieved a better man could not have been chosen. Personally,
I think Mr. Pearce's election was the best thing that could
have happened.
"It is my intention to call a meeting of the New York State
organization; a good, big meeting. I will ask to attend that
meeting President Pearce and also Mr. Brylawski of Wash-
ington. I sincerely believe we will have a thousand members
in New York State before the year is over. You know then-
are many exhibitors at the present time who do not realize
the licnelits of national and state organization. Just as an
illustration here is a letter I received this morning from Bing-
hamton." Mr. Trigger went on to explain that since the
break last year the Binghaniton exhibitors have affiliated
with neither one side nor the other. He said that just as
soon as the men up there heard of the amalgamation they
asked the state organization to do something for them.
The letter is self-e.xplanatory:
.Mr. Samuel H. Trigger, New York City.
Dear Sir — You no doubt will be surprised on receipt of this
letter, but we are in trouble and we need your assistance.
We have been open Sundays in Binghamton tor the past ten months,
and now the Mayor has notified us to close up Sundays on the advice of
his Corporation Counsel. We have decided to fight the authorities and
are determined to keep open, and we are willing to do all we can as a
unit, but don't you think that the League ought to be willing to come
along and help us fight this battle? Y'ou know if we can win this it will
mean victory for the exhibitors of the whole state, and if we lose it, it
will mean a loss to all the exhibitors of the state. Kindly advise me
en receipt of this letter what your league would be willing to do, as this
is your opportunity to show the actual benefit of the league. Kindly
advise me if you would care to come up to Binghamton. or would you
want me to come down to see you and see what can be done in regard
to this matter?
Please do not delay in answering, as this Sunday we will be forced to
close up and we have to get right in the harness and try to do what we
can to stop interference with our business. NED KORNBLITE.
"Now." continued Mr. Trigger, "we are going to send a
committee to Binghamton, and with it we are going to send
our counsellor. You may be sure we are going to try to keep
those houses open. Right here is the first fruit of amalgama-
tion. This letter from Binghamton indicates to me that the
exhibitors of the United States will have more confidence in
the power of organization than they have ever had before.
"The National League a year ago, according to the state-
ment of President \Viley before the bolt took place, had a
paid-up per capita tax on 2,860 members. At the conven-
tion held in Dayton the number of members was 1,216, show-
ing a lack of confidence all over the United States. New
York, with 1,600 exhibitors, was credited with 80 members.
The International had only 460 in the whole state. Now
with the two combined and with the prevailing confidence
that is bound to result, we ought to have a convention here
which will be the largest ever held in any state in the Union.
New York City and State will work for the new president
as we have never worked before. Mr. Pearce is a high-
class exhibitor and a man of the strictest integrity. That
I know from a knowledge and acquaintance that is personal.
He took the presidency only after he was assured that he
would be satisfactory to all parties. We have a right to
expect much from him."
CONVENTION FLICKERS.
They were ALL there.
* * *
Everybody thought Joe Farnham contracted poison ivy or
was stung by a bee.
* * *
In his usual big hurrv style, Charles Feature Abrams made
a quick jump from St. Louis to Dayton to say hello to the
boys. In less than half an hour he was out of town agam.
Thev have some train service in that town.
* * *
Harry Reichen'bach. displaying his indomitable Irish spirit
rushed into Memorial Hall and claimed a front row booth
at the last minute, and after transplanting all the movable
furniture and potted palms from the reception hall to his
booth, he sat on the furniture and made ready to receive all
the State Rights buyers, but he didn't come.
* * *
Joe Universal Brandt was very much on the spot. He start-
ed the rush for Palm Beach suits and by the time I got there
Tuesday morning there was none left. I had to take one that
Babe Farnham didn't buy and have it made over. After the
next shower it will fit perfectly.
* * *
Ex-President Neflf of the National League denied the ru-
mor that he would retire from active business, and is ready
to accept a good position with a salary.
One of the features during the meeting was a luncheon
party out at the Olt Brothers Brewery (no adv.). William
M. Seeley, one of the well-known showmen of the Middle
West, and at present managing the picture entertainment at
Soldiers' Home, in Dayton, was host. The luncheon party
was a huge success. It reminded one of the old-fashioned
boarding liousr hiiulics. "Nothing to cat" as in the ac-
The Bill Seeley Relief
companying cut, the eats were noted by their absence. How-
ever, we were not to be denied our mid-day ^privilege',' for
Tames Eagan, the gentleman on whose right shoulder reits
another man's hand, took the crowd in hand and provided
a real chicken dinner with all the accessories, after which
we were photographed for the gallery.
* * *
Miss Gerda Holmes, the charming Essanay leading woman,
was seen very little, owing to the fact that she almost always
was in the center of a large and admiring crowd of picture
fans.
* * *
Doc. Travers, of the Essanay company, was very entertain-
ing in his manj' impersonations, especially that of the Bleed
Hound (his special).
* * *
Vernon R. Day, general manager of the Essanay company,
was there with the usual happy face over the round front.
Day's faculty of making himself liked at the conventions has
not left him yet, and they all hated to say good-bye to him.
* * *
M. A. Kraus, of the Kraus Manufacturing Company, New-
York, was the very busiest little man there. He was sorry
that he went to the convention, because he opened up some
new accounts which will claim so much of his attention that
he won't be able to catch the early train each night for his
summer sea shore residence (more than two rooms, hence
residence).
» * *
Mr. Byrd, vice-president of-the Wyanoak Publishing Com-
pany, made a good representation of Buffalo Bill on parade
with his two Indian aids.
* * *
Al. Lichtman, lately identified as sales manager of the Fa-
mous Players productions, but now president of a new fea-
ture film producing company, stopped in long enough to say
howdy.
* * *
General Booster Blair, of the Eastman Kodak Company,
was. there with a big booth and a little fan.
* * *
There was quite some e.xcitement in the hotel lobby Tues-
day night when the sudden drop in steel was announced.
One of the passenger elevators in which Harry Reichenbach
was riding dropped one and a half stories. Outside of a good
shaking up locally and internal fright he was all right.
MAC.
552
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
GOOD PICTURES SHOWN AT DAYTON.
One of the most interesting features of the Dayton expo-
sition and the one that appealed to the public, was the ad-
vance display of pictures by several of the manufacturers
represented. The subjects shown were:
Warners Features — "Tricking the Government," three
reels; "Bringing in the Law," three reels; "Facing the Gatling
Gun," three reels; "Daughter of the Tribe," three reels; "A
Born Warrior" and "E.xiled." a six-part subject divided into
two three-reel parts, and "The Light Unseen," a six-reel
subject featuring Marion Leonard. Also "Children of the
West" and "Twilight," each three reels.
L'niversal — "The Return of Twins Double," three-part
Gold Seal; "Snooker's Flirtation," one-part Sterling; "When
Fate Disposes," two-part Re.x; "Prowlers of the Wild,"
two-part 101 Bison: "Helping Mother," two-part Rex; "The
Love \'ictorious," three parts; "The Oubliet," three-part
101 Bison; "When the World Was Silent," Three-part Imp.
Selig — "In the Days of the Thundering Herd," five parts;
"In Tune With the Wild," three parts; "Willie." two-part
Western comedy.
Essanay — "Snakeville's New Waitress," one part; "Stolen
Fortune," two parts; "Slippery Slim's Inheritance," one part;
"Broncho Billy and the Gambler," one part; "The Fable of
the Coming Champion," one part; "At the Foot of the
Hills," one part.
Pathe — "The Stain," six parts; "Detective Craig," five
parts; "A Royal Iniposter," five parts, hand colored; Salem
fire and the Pathe Daily News. At the Keiserhof Roof Gar-
den, in connection with the Partola organ display, these
Pathe pictures were shown: "Colonel Heeza Liar, Farmer";
"The Man Higher L'p," "The Tramp," three parts; "Antony
and Cleopatra," two parts; "Conquest of Claire," two parts;
"The Phantom Thief," three parts.
KRAUS MFG. GO'S. EXHIBIT AT DAYTON.
This display was of great interest to the Exhibitors as it
contained all the publications this concern make for the
moving picture industry. The large hand colored pictures
of the individual actors created a widespread interest as well
as the colored enlargements of the scenes of some of the
important feature productions. The smaller pictures as well
as the real photographs of the players and the various styles
of players post cards, which latter were liberally distributed
to the visiting exhibitors, was the cause of a large gathering
of people almost continually during the entire time of the
exposition.
KING BAGGaT ENTERTAINS HIS BROTHER.
Thomas Gantt Baggot, a younger brother of King Baggot,
was entertained over the Fourth by the head of the Screen
Club. Mr. Baggot, who represents Bradstreet's in Terre
Haute, Ind., was on his first visit to the metropolis — and he
admitted that he had enjoyed the trip.
JOHN C. DAVIS DEAD.
Treasurer of the New York State Branch of the Interna-
tional M. P. Association, Passes Away at His Home.
JOHN C. D.WTS, treasurer of the New York state
branch of the International Motion Picture Association,
died at his home in Saugerties on Sunday, July 5.
Mr. Davis was fifty-eight years old. He leaves a wife,
two daughters and six sons.
The .immediate cause of
death was septic pneumonia,
which followed an operation
for stomach trouble.
Mr. Davis was the man-
ager of the Orpheum Thea-
ter of Saugerties. He was
educated in the old Sauger-
ties Academy and Eastman's
Business College, in Pough-
keepsie. He entered the
shoe business with his fath-
er, and in 1877 he became
the sole owner. Later he
was in the clothing business.
Mr. Davis was postmaster
during the term of President
McKinley. He was a mem-
ber of the Village Board and
of the Board of Education.
He was also a Freemason
and an Odd Fellow. He was
a large real estate owner.
Several years ago Mr.
Davis turned his attention to
theatrical affairs. He built the Orpheum Theater, which
proved a success from the first. Mr. Davis has been as-
sisted in the management of this house by his sons. He
was as popular with his patrons as he was with his fellow-
exhibitors. He was an exhibitor who made it a point to
know and personally to meet each night those who attended
his house. His death will be widely regretted. The funeral
of Mr. Davis was attended by representatives of the I. M.
P. A. from Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, L'tica, .\lbany and
New York City, on Wednesday, July 8th.
John C. Davis.
NEW BILL AT VITAGRAPH THEATER.
"My Official Wife," in Five Parts, and "Unele Bill," in Three,
Make a Strong Program.
THE \'itagraph theater on Monday, July 13, made its reg-
ular monthly change of bill. The features of the pro-
gram were the five-part drama of Russian life, "My
Official Wife," and the three-part comedy "L'ncle Bill." .\
large audience enjoyed the presentation and was most liberal
with its applause. The drama is an adaptation bv Marguerite
Bertsch of the story by Richard Henry Savage. It is of un-
usual strength. Clara Kimball Young is featured in the role
of Helene Marie, a Nihilist leader. Supporting her are Harry
T. Morey, Rose Tapley, Mary Anderson, Arthur Cozine. L.
Rogers Lytton, Eulalie Jensen, Charles Wellesley, Louise
Beaudet. Earle Williams and Helen Connelly. The picture is
produced by James Young.
Ralph Ince produces "Uncle Bill," a melodramatic farce in
three parts. The fun is continuous. In the cast are Donald
Hall, William Humphrey. Julia Swayne Gordon, Constance
Talmadge, Billy Quirk, .\nita Stewart. Albert Roccardi. Jack
Brawn and Anders Randolph. The Vitagraph theater has a
program that ought to pull heavily even in the hottest
weather.
Typhoon Fan Co.'s Exhibit at Dayton.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
553
"A Tale of Old Tucson"
One-Reel Edison Drama Adapted from Eugene Clancy's
Story of the Same Name. Adapted and Directed by
Richard Ridgeley.
Kfviewid hy Louis Reeves Harrison.
C.\ST.
Sanchez lohii Sturgeon
His Daughter AIal)cl Trunelle
Mexico Williams Bigelow Cooper
Ned Shannon Herbert Pryor
Tcdro Yale Boss
OF finished workmanship, '•.\ Tale of Old Tucson" owes
much to Mr. Ridgeley's fine instinct for telling a story
in pictured form rather than his ardent love of scenic
beauty. The scenes are not made inconsistently beautiful
Scene from "A Tale of Old Tucson" — (Edison)
in this screen portrayal — they are chosen well and have the
right atmosphere even though vegetation is occasionally
implanted for the occasion. There is a fidelity to what is
required that really constitutes the finest kind of artistry
in motion picture production. Mr. Ridgeley is fortunate
in his company. Mabell Trunelle gives intensity to any
role she assumes and without sacrifice of dignity. She does
not mouth and mince and strain for effect — lier methods are
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quiet and subtle, but they are none the less effective. With
comparatively little dramatic opportunity as the daughter
of Sanchez, she enlists attention and holds it by a natural
endowment, a fine personality.
The story is not particularly new, nor has the author gone
deeper than excellent construction, not far enough into
characterization, but it holds up through skilled treatment
and strong interpretation. The plot might easily stand am-
plification. Sanchez is in debt to a gambler, Mexico Will-
iams, and the latter is willing to take the daughter of San-
chez in liquidation. The story opens at a point when Sanchez
must lose his ranch or sacrifice his daughter in a marriage
to a man she dislikes. This story is brightened by the ab-
sence of a true but impecunious lover — the daughter of
.Sanchez is heart-free — but a stranger is on liis way lo reach
her heart by a roundabout course.
Riding over the hills in search of adventure or fortune,
as the case may be, is Ned Sliannon, prospector, and he
comes upon Sanchez at a critical moment. Sanchez has dis-
posed ol a property which will enable him to pay Mexico
Williams, and is carrying home the coin, when he is stricken
with fatal illness. His dying request is that Shannon shall
pay the gambler and save the ranch. Shannon and his
faithful I'edro bury Sanchez and start out with good inten-
tions. Shannon stops on the way, is lured into a game of
chance and loses the fortune entrusted to his keeijing.
Senorita Sanchez rides in quest of her father and is directed
to a house which proves to be the gambling establishment
of Mexico Williams. Senorita dares the (iod of Cliance,
and is soon supported by Shannon. The latter, directed by
llie invisible force of destiny rescues Senorita from danger-
ous perils and recovers by courage what he lost in a moinelll
of weakness. Faithful I'edro is nearly murdered l)y Mexico
Williams, but the villian gets his deserts, and all ends hap-
piiy-
The girl of spirit and moral decency, living in a rude
environment, is a favorite character with the tellers of screen
stories, but one would hardly think it suited to one of Miss
Trundle's exquisite methods. She fills the bill, however.
in dashing style, acts with vigor, rides as if lo the saddle
born, and rises to all her opportunities. Pryor, also, does
well and Vale Boss, but Bigelow Cooper is reverting to
tlieatricalisni. His movements and gestures are those of
the stage, so obviously artificial that it must be a relief to
see him in a self-revelation. He is covering an interesting
personality with over-acting. These stories record a phase
of life that is passing away, one that most of us have never
seen, and it takes a good plot, superior direction and fine
interpretation, such as that of "A Tale of Old Tuccson," lo
make them of value.
CARLYLE BLACKWELL FOR HIMSELF.
Will Manufacture Blackwell Films to be Distributed
Through Alco Film Company.
C.\RLYLE BLACKWELL, the popular photoplay star,
has recently been supplying the trade with a (|uantity
of startling news, but his most daring news was dis-
closed this week when it transpired that he had left the
Famous Players Com-
pany to manufacture
his own brand of film.
About three months
ago, Carlyle Blackwell,
one of the most prom-
inent and popular film
stars in America, left
the Kalem Company,
with whom he had
been associated for
over three years, to .go
with the Famous Play-
ers, in whose current
release "The Spit-Fire"
he starred.
Mr. Blackwell intends
to produce a three-reel
feature once a month
with himself in the
leading role. The sub-
jects that he will pro-
duce will be well-
known works by fa-
mous authors. He has
big plans in connection
with his newly-formed
producing company
which will be an-
nounced shortly.
Mr. Blackwell will leave New York about the 18th of July
for his studio which is now in course of construction at Los
Angeles, California. He will travel by motor and stop long
enough in the largest cities to say a few words to his many
admirers.
■Mr. Blackwell's productions will be released through the
newly-formed Alco Film Company, of which Al. Lichtman.
former sales-manager of the Famoiis Players, is president
and general manager. Mr Lichtman has big plans for the
.\lco Company and will shortly announce his new policy by
distributing quality films throughout the world.
Carlyle Blackwell
554
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Silent Bell"
Pasquali American Offers a Four-Reel Picture of Times
When Italy Was Struggling for Independence.
By Hanford C. Judson.
TO ONE born and brought up in Italy and come to
this or any other country, as many of our citizens
have, these films made in the home land, dealing with
its history, and filled with glimpses of its streets, typical
buildings and the verj' home ground, must have a special
and strong appeal. The subject matter of this particular
oflfering, namely, the struggle of patriotic Italians to throw
oflf the galling yoke of oppressive Austria, is one likely to
stir in Italian hearts feelings of no small compass or shallow
depth. The picture is called "The Silent Bell," and tells a
story of the devotion of a courageous child who saves his
father by the same method used in Cromwell's time in Eng-
land by the sweetheart of a condemned royal adherent, she
Scene from "The Silent Bell" — (Pasqualii
who clung to the tongue of the curfew bell that was to give
the signal for execution. The hero of this picture had to
get up before the dawn, work his way through lines of
sentries and climb to the bell tower. His was not the good
luck of the English girl; for the bellman was not deaf, and
he must havn felt that his efforts must necessarily be in
vain. He clung to the bell in full sight of the courtyard
beneath where his father stood with fellow conspirators
waiting to hear it ring and knowing that the signal would
be quickl}- followed by the command to fire bullets that
Scene from "The Silent Bell" — (Pasqualij
would bore their way through flesh and bone and bring
them to the stilly darkness of the grave. Yet this boy,
too, was fortunate; they tore him from his perilous hold
upon the swinging bell and brought him down to the officers
in charge of the execution. But it so happened that just at
that time peace had been declared and also that the order
to free all political prisoners had been sent. The delay
served only to hold oflf the execution till this order arrived
at the fortress and so served to save the condemned wholly.
The subject matter of the offering has this strong appeal.
Of its story we can safely say that it will interest. It is
not strong in any true sense when compared with the best
pictures that the Pasquali Company has sent from its studio.
It never holds us in that tight grip when all our feelings
are awake and at the service of our minds in its eagerness
to get all the meaning of the story. The acting of the
chief conspirator, father of the hero who is a child of about
five, is excellent. This part is taken by Signor Capozzi.
The Princess Ruspoli, a very pretty woman, takes the role
of the boy's mother. Her acting has the qualities of good
breeding and personal dignity to be expected in one of her
social station. The boy acts his part well enough and will
satisfy. For most of the lesser figures in the picture we have
only the warmest praise and commendation. There are many
soldiers and other figures who are perfectly natural in their
business. Perhaps the weakness of the picture lies in the
fact that the scenario often fails to discriminate between
what is essential to the story, the thing that we are inter-
ested in greatly, and that which is of secondary and passing
interest only. The four reels have many wholly delightful
scenes, bits of some Italian city, gardens, the entrance of
some beautiful palace, a prison, the court where the execu-
tion is about to take place and other places of great interest
and beauty. The photography is of high grade throughout.
H. OLIVER BODINE.
H OLIVER BODINE, advertising and sales manager
of the Raw Film Supply Co., Nev; York, became in-
• terested in photograhy twelve years ago, doing spe-
cial photograhic work for National publications and large
corporations in the Middle West. In three years he located
and built up one of the
largest photo sup'ply
businesses in the coun-
try in Racine, Wis., a
city of 40,000. After
that he was three years
in charge of advertis-
ing and sales of the
Wollensak Optical Co..
at Rochester, manufac-
turers of photographic
lensei and shutters.
Mr. Bodine has been
in charge of sales and
advertising of the Raw
Film Supply Co. for
the past six months.
He is thoroughly post-
ed on photographic
chemistry and hns
large acquaintance m
the photographic
trades. He is the au-
thor of many articles
on various branches of
photography, an authority on pictorial photography and has
won many cups, medals, etc., awarded throughout the world.
Mr. Bodine leaves shortly for an extended trip through Eur-
ope, taking up while there the technical end of the motion
picture industry, being accorded special favors by the famous
German company. Actien Gesellschaft fur Anilin Fabrika-
tion, and the Belgian company, L. Gevaert & Co., as well as
other large producing companies of France, Italy and Ger-
many. This experience will round out a knowledge of the
photographic branch of the motion picture business. Upon
his return to the United States, Mr. Bodine can say in all
truth that he is thoroughly posted on all branches of the
business, both from a technical and practical standpoint.
H. Oliver Bodine.
JOHN S. EGAN GOES TO CANADA.
A man who has made himself felt in the busy field of mo-
tion pictures since his entrance some si.x months ago is John
S. Egan, manager of the Kineclair and educational depart-
ments for the Eclair Film Company, Inc. His activities with
the latter company ceased on Monday, July 20, at which time
he left to become manager of the Ramo exchanges in
Montreal and Quebec. Mr. Egan, while with the Eclair
Cornpany had much to do with getting the Kineclair home
projector in saleable shape and did much to establish the
repute of educational films.
Mr. Egan will make his headquarters in Montreal. It is
expected through his energy and ability Ramo productions
will go through with a rush in the Canadian territory. The
new manager is a brother of Agnes Egan Cobb.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
555
"The Angel of Contention"
Two-Reel Majestic — Written by Will Levington Comfort
and Directed by John O'Brien.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
The .A,ngcl Lillian Gish
Her Daddy Spottiswoode Aitken
Sheriff Magoon George Seignian
Jack Colter R. .\. Walsh
THE dominant note in "The Angel of Contention" is
very clearlj- indicated in the title. Lillian Gish is the
angel in a rough settlement of cattle men. They are
hard drinkers, hard fighters, of lawless tendency, yet pos-
sessing enough inborn honesty in their make-up to show
deference to the helpless little woman in their midst. The
Scene from "The Angel of Contention" — (Reliance)
demure little angel is loved by the big and manly sheriff.
A sheriff must possess unusual courage to enforce law in
a community where men make laws for themselves, more or
less according to the demand of conditions under which
they live; and the laws in this sheriff's community are to
get the drop on your enemy after giving fair warning, and
to string up a man who shoots under other conditions.
In one case it is murder; in the other, it is simply shoot-
ing quicker or straighter than the other fellow. Such is
the simple code in Sheriff Magoon's small community when
he falls in love with "The Angel" and decides to propose.
He has the diamond ring all ready and shows it to the
boys in the saloon where they meet, drink, gamble and
Scene irom "The Angel of Contention" — (Reliance)
shoot. The proposal thereupon becomes impersonal — it is
an affair of the community. The whole gang goes with him.
The big sheriff is not averse. Notwithstanding that the
"Angel's" father has died, and she is wholly unprotected at
his cabin, the big sheriff is afraid to go alone. Even as
he approaches the cabin, he weakens and tries to escape;
but he is encouraged by the others until he reaches the
door. His courage vanishes at the crucial moment, and he
makes a break for liberty.
A few stiff libations at the bar start him over again, and
this time he encounters the angel outside her cabin. He
induces her to wear the ring, and the community gives
three cheers. Now the angel has contracted a habit of
her sex, that of helping tlic helpless. She has tied up the
wounds of some of the toughest characters; has nursed
them through illness; has been what she is named. The
tenderness in her nature which would lead her to care more
for a drooping flower than for one carefully nourished is
her dominant trait; so, when Jack Colter comes along and
is badly wounded by a renegade Indian intent on revenge
but a bad shot, as he hit the wrong man, "The Angel"
nurses Jack back to life and health and falls in love with him.
The Sheriff gives up, like the big-hearted fellow that he
is. The Angel marries Jack Colter and bears him a little
replica of herself in due time, but the boys never forgive
Colter for stealing the Sheriff's girl. The renegade Indian,
still intent on his deferred vengeance, reappears at about
the time Colter has a quarrel with the man the Indian in-
tends to kill. The Redskin aims better the second time,
kills his man by firing through the window of his cabin.
Of course the innocent man is accused and lynched — that
is the regulation thing in hundreds of Western photodramas
— and the boys will not even believe the .'\ngel when she
swears that Colter was at home when the murder was com-
mitted. She rides for the Sheriff — also the regulation thing
— and they reach the scene of hanging just in time to save
Colter. It is the big-hearted Sheriff who shames the gang
into recognition of their many obligations to the Angel, and
the father of her child is saved.
Miss Gish, in her e.xquisite characterization and mental
revelations, lifts this old melodrama out of its class into
a play of deeper human interest, and George Seigman
aids materially with his delicious comedy work. To their
delicacy of interpretation is due an atmosphere of feminine
sweetness and masculine nobility that beautifies and warms
the whole play.
VITAGRAPH STAG DINNER AT SCREEN CLUB.
."^bout fifty of the male members of tlie X'ita.yraiih L'oiii-
pany studio forces .gathered together on July 11 for what
was called the "Initial Reunion and Dinner." The affair
took place in the summer garden of the Screen Club, New
York City. A regulation banquet table was spread for the
stars, under the stars, while numerous vaudeville performers
working on the "open time" looked on from adjoining hotels
and boarding houses.
The Vitagraph partj- arrived from the Brooklyn studio in
thirteen motors, all owned by various members of the party.
With \'itagraph pennants flying they cut quite a dash as they
came along the Rialto where it seemed everyone on the
street knew them and waved a salute of kindly recognition.
.\ccording to the original plan there was to be no toast-
master and the first man attempting to make a speech was
to be serenaded with vegetables and other food as a re-
minder of early days. If Tack Bunny had not been there
there probably would have been no toastmaster, but whenever
J. B. sits at a table, no matter how small the party, 'all hands
look to him for the cue. He just naturally becomes toast-
master without a word being said, because he is a born toast-
master, in the Gus Thomas class. Anyhow, Bunny did what
presiding there was to be done. His first utterance was a
"General Order" for the removal of coats.
.\mid mirth and music (the latter by three Ethiopian rag
dispensers), the dinner proceeded until some of the party,
regardless of the vegetable edict, and with the hardihood of
early days, felt the craving for speech stealing over them.
There were many funny speeches and stories pulled during
the dinner. At 8 P. M. the party adjourned to the Winter
Garden in a body and enjoyed the show while dividing honors
with the actors on the stage for public recognition. After
the theater the party returned to the Screen Club and had
another feed at the same tables. Arthur Leslie presented
the Vitagraphers with a large floral horseshoe, which turned
out to be a good meal ticket, because the \'itagraph boys
pulled him in and made him eat. A list of those at the
spread follows:
John Bunny, Maurice Costello, Wallie Van. .\rthur Leslie,
James Young. Bernard French. A. Victor Smith. Charles
Chapman, James Morrison. Jack Harvey. Theodore Marsden.
Nicholas Duncan, \'an Dyke Brooke. Billy Quirk. Lee Beggs.
Bert Dorris. John Rankin. Dick Leslie. Tefft Johnson, Darwin
Karr. Paul Scardon. George Baker. George Cooper, Charles
Wellesley. Joe Curran. Arthur Ashley. Mr. Mills, William
Shea. Edward Thomas. Walter .\ckerman. Charles Eldridge.
Frank Lawrence. Wilfrid North. Earle Williams. Harry
Morey. Charles Stratton, Gladden James. Harry Waldron.
Hughie Mack. Arthur Cozine. Charles Gaskill. Eugene Mul-
len. Dwight Cleveland. Pete Le Grasse. Captain Cochran,
Charles Fisher. Bob Gaillord, Jack Bulger, Mr. Bellmore, Mr.
Amant, Sam Spedon.
556
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moving- Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
THE "NEW FOURTH."
THE Fourth of July is now quite distinct from that of
our fathers so far as its observance is concerned; while
the object in view is the same the methods are diflfer-
ent. To call it "safe and sane" certainly does not convey the
idea that former observances were not either safe or sane,
but it does mean that by the common heritage of man whosf
tendencies are not uplifting, it is possible to wander awaj
from not only the original purpose but also from the orip-'-
nal methods. In this wandering away celebrations of joy
had become excuses for noise, and when noise runs riot it
spells danger; the great nuisance of unbridled power, the
attendant loss of many young lives, added to which were the
still larger number of maimed and disfigured, caused think-
ing observers to call a halt on such dangerous patriotism.
The public thought was turned by the very force of cir-
cumstances in the opposite direction, in the place of danger
there must be safety and in the stead of a wild riot there
must be a sane and thoughtful observance; thus, there was
born the "safe and sane" idea of celebrations.
There was, however, a great lack of that something which
would fill out the time, be sufficiently entertaining, give a
possibility of incorporating the idea of the day with com-
plete satisfaction; there was something needed; what would
supply the need? In this crisis comes the most timely mov-
ing picture, instantly it w^as seen to possess all the desired
qualifications of the occasion. Pleasing to children, enter-
taining to adults, instructive to the patriotic and full of pleas-
ure to all, the moving picture has made complete the "New
Fourth" and now patriotism can only run riot in profitable
directions. The orator of the day may appear everywhere,
speaking in the universal language of the picture; the new
citizen as well as the old may see again upon the screen
those scenes which gave birth to the day and occasion, the
birth of the world's greatest republic.
Nowhere has educational kinematography become at once
the most powerful, popular, instructive and entertaining
force than in its place on the program of the New Fourth
which it has made. It was the writer's privilege to attend
the open air services and series of entertainments in a sub-
urban town on the Fourth of July in which the moving picture
had its proportion of space in the plan and scope of the oc-
casion, and it is within the range of truth to say that it was
the greater part of the whole; it literally made the day. with-
out it even the "safe and sane" program would have been
quiet to the extent of dullness, and tame to the ultimate
extent of weariness; in a few years of such days there would
soon be a return to the old degraded methods. With the
moving pictures added all is diflferent, there is tone, power,
attraction and interest of the non-flagging kind, people saw
again the scenes of old, history repeated itself, patriotism
was newly awakened: music, speech and picture, with ap-
propriate illuminative fireworks, produced a holiday of the
most perfect kind, fulfilling the object in view in the high-
est and best possible way, without noise, riot or danger: but
on the contrary, with intelli.arence and pleasure, to the high-
est satisfaction of all, marking another triumph for the
powers and possibilities of the educational pictures.
THE PLAYGROUND EXHIBITION.
Perhaps one of the most beneficial uses of the moving pic-
ture at the present time is the free outdoor or playground
exhibitions for children. It is becoming one of the best
opportunities for city authorities to solve the problem of
the street playing troubles, while at the same time it is tak-
ing occasion to give instruction through pleasure. New
York and other large cities are bv these means finding time
passing amusement for the children, while teaching them
such helpful subjects as "safety first" and "spotless town,"
besides dealing with subjects of "disease by flies" and then
branching out into all kinds of sports, nature subjects, scenes
and travel: of course there is always a plentiful supply of
the comic without which a series of pictures would be a
hardship on the child mind, children's pleasures must be well
se.Tsoned with good rollicking fun. For the benefit of the
rising generation, for civic betterment, use the moving pic-
ture. Use the moving picture; the moving picture cannot
be used too much.
OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE.
Never before in the history of the world have the great-
est opportunities and best privileges been so linked as in
the powers of the moving pictures. In .\merica every one
is appalled at the stupendous scope which kinematography
is taking in its widespread capabilities. When it is found
that 16,000,000 people daily see the pictures and that of
this number more than half are children, or to make a
striking comparison, the moving picture attracts and en-
tertains more children than do the Sunday schools, libraries,
or indeed all sorts of institutions intended for juvenile in-
struction or betterment. These are facts which have come
before Congress through the House Committee on Educa-
tion, and which have brought to the front the great re-
sponsibility resting upon authorities in the handling of the
privileges and opportunities of the moment. .\s go the pic-
tures of to-day, so will go the men and women of to-morrow.
The best use of this opportunity is not locked up in cen-
sorship, that is a secondarj' matter; the primary work is in
the nature, class, and making of the picture; it is here where
the best men. the best ideas and methods are required.
There is no doubt that for the best educational results, the
makers of the pictures will b£ compelled to have directors
capable of meeting the occasion, men who know what is
wanted and how to meet and supply these wants. The ques-
tion has to be met squarely. Kinematography is here as
a new, capable and sufficient power, its scope is overwhelm-
ing and, like a mighty ocean, we must either ride upon its
surface or be engulfed in its depths; those who are wisely
equal to the occasion will render noble service in taking
every opportunity to fill the privilege oflfered.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
There has been received at the office of the Moving Pic-
ture World during the last few weeks some forty or fifty
notices from newspapers in all parts of the country, announc-
ing that the moving picture equipment is being installed in
as many churches. This is a good sign. From the be-
ginning churches have taken the lead over the schools,
chiefly due to the enterprise of the pastor and local church
workers. This does not mean that the schools are behind,
a school-master is not as free as a pastor who is able to
go ahead with any advantage. The school-master must
wait the pleasure of the authorities, and such large and
weighty authorities move slowly; the time will come, how-
ever, when these large bodies will themselves have been
moved by the moving pictures, because they are moving
everj'thing and everbody, and when these authorities act,
they will put the pictures in all the schools at once; then
they will be ahead of the churches.
RIVALS.
For some time we have been reading how- the moving
picture house is becoming the rival of some other force,
power or habit. About the first to complain was the saloori;
they lost the poor man's nickel, they lost the young man's
patronage, they lost the home trade: they admitted that the
pictures were better temperance workers than all the human
reformers in all ages put together: the pictures have prac-
tically killed half of the worst part of the liquor traffic.
The cigarette was the next to groan; the departing nickels
were not going up in smoke any longer, they were feeding
the mental and pleasing faculties of the former smokers,
who now realized that there was something better than
either the cup or the smoke. The cheap pool-rooms next
fell in line and joined the Society of How^lers; they evi-
dently had lost their cue. for the two and a half cents per
was no longer attractive. The cheap music hall is almost
a thing of the past; they did not howl and go out of busi-
ness, they wisely converted themselves into picture houses
and became successful. The policeman on the street com-
plained with gladness that loafing was a thing of the past
in a large measure, the district attorney of a very large city
THE MOVING I'lCTUKl-: WORLD
557
said tlic picture house had taken tlie undesirable idlers from
the street, and found them somewhere to go and something
to do.
The latest rival has appeared in the daily newspaper; the
press began to complain that tliey were feeling the effects
of the new channel open for the flow of the small coins; with
noted press wisdom, however, they did not complain, they
knew very well that the power of the picture was a righteous
one, so they fell in line, although at first they tried to con-
(|ucr liy abuse. A New York paper which was the first to
complain about the pictures when it found tliat the cents
were going from them has now allied itself with a large
picture house and they are working together in the gather-
ing and publishing of news. Other papers are falling in
line and the press and the pictures are working in part-
nership with great mutual profit. It has been said that
kinematography is the greatest discovery next to that of
printing; here it would seem there is a common relationship,
and it is well fitting that they should work together, there
cannot possil)ly be a better partnership; the Press and the
Pictures can educate the world.
POWER'S INSTALLATIONS IN NEW PLACES.
The constantly broadening held of motion pictures is in-
dicated by the following list of recent sales provided by the
Nicholas Power companj', which is busily engatred in mar-
keting its Cameragraph 6.\ projecting machine:
The First Christian Church of .-Kshland. Ky., and tlie
Presbyterian Church in the same city have each purchased
a machine of tlie latest model, with dissolvini- view attach-
ment, through the Picture Theater Equipment Company, of
New York City.
The Feature Film Company, of Pittsburgh, have installed
a motor driven 6A at the Central High School of Min-
neapolis.
To provide pleasure and instruction for the American
fighting men, 6.\ installations have been- made on the United
States Receiving Ship "Hancock," the U. S. S. "Delaware"
and at the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. in New York City.
The following interesting sales to the trade are also re-
corded: Variety Film Company of Honolulu, Hawaiian
Islands (2): Eclair Film Company, for its new studio at
Fort Lee, New Jersey: Moorish Gardens at 110th Street and
Broadway, New York Citj': Fox .\irdome at Atlantic City
(2l; D. R. Faunce, theater at .\tlantic City. The United Odd
Fellows of Ilion, N. Y., have also purchased a 6A.
OF INTEREST TO DEAF-MUTES.
The Rev. John Henry Keiser, pastor of St. .\nn's Church
for deaf mutes, recently assembled his parishioners, at the
church, 511 West 148th Street, New York, and narrated to
them, in the sign language, the story of "Cabiria," and his
impression of this photoplay, after seeing it at the Knicker-
bocker Theater, the past week.
Albert V. Ballin, a member of the Deaf Mute's Union
League, narrated his version of the story to the members of
the league, at their headquarters, 139 West 125th Street.
Rev. Keiser and Mr. Ballin, after witnessing an exhibition
of "Cabiria" were so impressed, that arrangements, as above,
were made, in order that the deaf mutes of the citv might
be made aware of the fact that the masterpiece of photo-
plays is being presented, motion pictures being one of the
few amusements that really appeal to the deaf and mute.
J. P. Seeburg.
J. P. SEEBURG.
J p. SrJCBURG, president of the J. 1'. Seeburg Piano
Co., of Chicago, has won an important position in
• the automatic piano, orchestrion and motion picture
player field of the United States. Not only for his creation
of the ".\rt and Design" on the automatic instruments is he
entitled to much credit, but the character of the Seeburg
instruments thron.a;hout, and the innovations of a practical
character which are being continually embodied in them.
together w i t h the
policy of constant im-
p r o v e m e n t in the
smallest detail, wher-
ever possible, stamp
their maker as a pro-
gressive of the highest
type.
Mr. Seeburg has
been identified with the
piano trade practically
all of his life. In 1886
at the age of fifteen he
became engaged at a
western piano factory
where he mastered the
technical points of pia-
no making in all of its
phases. Possessing the
natural ability and in-
clination for his chosen
trade, and cpnscicnti-
ouslv devoting his at-
tention to the work,
especially detail, Mr.
Seeburg's genius a s -
serted itself, and won
for him foremanship
and finally superin-
tendency.
In 1895 he went to
Rockford, 111., and be-
came one of the organizers of the Kurtz-Seeburg Co. After
a few years he sold his interest in the business and re-
turned to Chicago where he founded the company engaging
in the manufacture of automatic pianos. This company
in 1907 was organized as the J. P. Seeburg Piano Co. In
this comparatively short time the latter has developed into
the largest exclusive manufacturers of automatic pianos,
orchestrions, and motion picture players west of New York.
The company is now shipping the Seeburg Motion Picture
Player to all parts of the country.
Mr. Seeburg is a man of ideas, and is responsible in no
small degree for the progress made in the field in -which
the name of Seeburg has become a by-word. Inaugurating
a firm business policy at the outset, and adhering thereto
with a fixity, he has placed his business on a safe sane basis.
He believes in the square deal for everyone, as employees
and customers alike can testify. In the trade generally
Mr. Seeburg enjoys an enviable reputation, and is looked
upon as a practical man who is progressive in the true
sense of the word, and knows his business from the ground
up.
Recognizing that a perfect product must be the result of
a perfect organization, Mr. Seeburg spared no expense in
getting together the best workmen to be had. Pains-taking
attention, even to the most minute detail, is the slogan of
the Seeburg factory in all departments, and that the poliqy
is closel}' followed is best demonstrated by the Seeburg
instrument itself. As nearly perfect as an automatic in-
strument can be it is a "producer" for the live dealer as
it can be depended upon to give satisfaction at all times.
This point is essential to automatic success.
While personally devoting all of his time to his business,
Mr. Seeburg takes an' interest in matters pertaining to the
niano trade, and commercial affairs generally. He is a mem-
ber of the National Piano Mfg. Association. National .\s-
sociation of Piano Merchants of .\merica. Chicago Piano
& Orffan .\ssociation. Chicago .\ssociation of Commerce,
and Illinois Mfg. ."Association.
The company has just settled in their new large factory
building, and are prepared to turn out their goods better
than ever before.
A Studio "Exterior" for "Thou Shalt Not," Being Taken
at the Rams Studio, New York,
A CORRECTION.
On page No. 213 of the World's July 11th issue there is a
picture of a group of Edison Players. George Lessey was
the director of this Bermudian party and not C. Jay Will-
iams, as stated in the caption under the cut.
558
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1
New California Producers
The Santa Barbara Moving Picture Company Will Release
Its Subjects Through Sawyer, Inc.
THE first production of the new producing company re-
cently formed in Santa Barbara, Cal., and known as the
Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, promises to
be one of the big novelties in the motion picture field.
The picture will be released about August 1, and will be
shown in New York shortly before that date. The entire
output of this new company will be marketed by Sawyer, Inc.,
and the initial showing will be made at that company's
offices.
The title is "The Envoy E.xtraordinary," and is in four
reels. The story was written by Lorinier Johnston, and Mr.
Johnston has brought to bear on the subject all his experi-
ence and knowledge of motion picture craft. In these times
of threatened and in some countries actual war the subject
will be particularly timely.
The picture was intended for a six-reeler, but upon the ad-
vice of Sawyer, Inc., the story has been condensed into four
near Santa Barbara, they have placed at Mr. Johnston's dis-
posal their homes and furnishings.
The clima.x of the picture will aflford a rare thrill. Mr.
Johnston's plan is not to feature any particular player, but to
make his productions stand on their merits, and to attain this
end he has secured some wonderful dramatic scenarios that
will win out on the merits of tlie stories and not on an art-
ist's name.
The second release will be started the last week in July
and will be an American drama of the people.
Mr. Johnston has with him as his cameraman one of the
most successful of the early men in the game, Roy Over-
baugh.
As leading woman with the Santa Barbara Company there
has been selected Miss Caroline Frances Cooke, widely
known in the photoplay world for splendid work with the
Selig Polyscope Company. Miss Cooke's early stage experi-
ences were with the Frohman companies in New York. Her
first photoplay work was with the Selig Polyscope Company
at the Chicago studios, and she later headed the company
which Selig sent to Florida. Just before joining the Santa
Barbara company. Miss Cooke was with the American Film
Manufacturing Company. She is the wife of Mr. Johnston.
The officers of the company are Elmer J. Boeseke, presi-
dent and general manager; G. W. Boeseke, vice-president;
H. M. .\. Postley, treasurer; A. R. Edmondson, secretary.
Miss Caroline Frances Cooke.
stirring reels, ,vvhich. teem .with. action and thrills. A beauti-
fub love, story runs throughout, 'and the situations are all very
unusual. ^ ■, .'. .' •„..._.";■, ./ • ■ ■
The 'central, th'e.me.deals with diplomatic machinations, but
the old stereotyped methods of using stolen plans and papers
as the motive have been avoided. The action is sustained by
the interest in the declaration of war between some of the
most prominent European nations, the story taking place in
1916, which enables the author to use his imagination in util-
izing the advanced inventions of war engines, etc. Sensa-
tional situations abound throughout and include among other
things a real international polo match, a wonderful fight
and stirring scenes on an ocean steamer.
One scene that will attract universal attention is the re-
ception to the Forei.gn Ambassadors given by the Prime
Minister of one of the foreign powers. In this scene are
many society women of California, who appear in the gowns
worn by them on the different occasions when they were pre-
sented at the foreign courts. Over six hundred persons ap-
pear in the production, numbering among them prominent
players.
Many of the scenes were made in Montecito, a beautiful
town near Santa Barbara which has been overlooked by other
moving picture companies. As some of the stockholders of
the Santa Barbara Company have beautiful homes in and
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR.
UNIVERSAL IKE. JR., in the Universal release of that
name, has a four-decked name, Wilhelm Robert Mc-
Bain Feuhrer, but no one around Universal City, Cali-
fornia, knows it. "Bobby" Fuehrer it is with Universalites
from the general manager to the newest cowboy.
Bobby was born in New York City fifteen years ago and
early imbibed a knowl-
edge of the American
language as it is spoken
by the boys of that
metropolis.
Bobby is first of all
an actor — then boy. in
which he differs from
the usual movie hero.
"Naw," says Bobby
wlien questioned regard-
ing his attitude toward
the great American
game. "naw. baseball is
all right, but it's me for |j
dis actin' bizniss any
day in de week.
"O' course, I jes as
soon be a pitcher like
some of dem guys or a
batter like Wagner, but
then, it's working, jes
like movie actin' and
what's the diffrunce?
Say, I gotter git back to
the scene. Them bears
is gitten' narvus."
Bobby went to public
school^or a while — but teachers had a terrible habit of
expecting one to study, and when a feller spelled "cat" with
a "k" there was always a holler, so he decided that he'd
rather be on the stage anyway. Then followed a series of
child parts which gave the boy excellent experience in dra-
matic lines. His last engagement was with Maude Adams.
Then pictures grabbed him and it looks now as though he
will be a movie actor indefinitely.
Bobby Feuhrer.
$100,000 THEATER FOR TERRE HAUTE, IND.
Maurice Less, proprietor of the Lyric Film & Supply Co.,
Terre Haute, Ind., his wife and S. Uffenheimer, recently filed
articles of incorporation at the capital of that state for the
incorporation of the American Theater Company. The pur-
pose of the company is to build a number of movin.g picture
theaters, the principal one of which will be that which is
being erected in Wabash avenue, Terre Haute. The build-
ing will have a SO-foot frontage and a length of 162 feet. It
has been estimated that the structure will involve an expen-
diture of $50,000. The interior will be handsomely furnished
and appointed. The seating plan calls for the accommoda-
tion of 1,100 persons, and there will be fifty boxes. Mr.
Less is also the owner and manager of the old American
Theater. Work on the new theater was begun on July 1
and will be kept at high pressure until the house is com-
pleted,
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559
ONK of the local newspapers devoted half a page last
Sunday to a scnii-huniorous article on tlic nlm mart
undertaking in this city. The writer stated that as
there is an army of scenario writers and companies by the
hundred turning out millions upon millions of feet of screen
stuff, there is a glut and the selling of films outright at
auction has been decided upon by some wise men as a
method for working off the surplus and easing the market.
* * *
There is a prevailing opinion in the motion picture field
directly adverse to all that has been said in favor of the
auction idea, notably from the regular exchange men and
exhibitors, who declare that the scheme only tills a long-
felt want on the part of irresponsible people who should
never be allowed an opportunitj' to get into the business.
As exhibitors their competition is not feared. It is the in-
jury they do to the trade as a whole that occasions the
resentment. Irrespective of claims that may be made by
those behind the auction business, and others, there is no
glut of real, good, up-to-date subjects in the film market,
and the interests of all legitimately concerned in the motion
picture business would be better served if films having onl}-
the auctioneer's block as an outlet were consigned to the
iunk heap and not placed in the hands of what may quite
properly be called barnstormers.
* * *
It may be interesting to the promoters of the auction idea
to learn that possibly among the most interested spectators
and inspectors, presumaljly as buyers, have been people work-
ing in the interest of the United States government. Natural-
ly many will ask, "Why?" The answer is that for some
time Uncle Sam has felt that he has not been getting all
the revenue he should from the film business in the form
of duties, and his representatives have been quite active in
trying to find the cause. Every branch of the business is
being closely watched and several people who have become
quite extensive handlers of films are under surveillance. The
motion picture business all over the world, as all know, has
grown to amazing proportions and the importations to this
country run into millions of feet. For several years the
government looked upon the business as thousands of people
did, giving it comparatively casual notice, but now films
are receiving as much close attention as any other line of
goods imported. It is stated that activity on the part of
the government officials received its first incentive through
the operations of certain people whose identity with the
picture business, upon investigation, did not size up to the
amount of importations they were making. The conclusion
reached was that if the small fr}' were handling so much
it was time to sit up and take notice, so that now the film
branch of the customs house department has grown in im-
portance second only to the very high grade of importations.
* * *
In view of the fact that the percentage of foreign made
films exhibited in the United States is quite small compared
with the home make it maj- surprise many to learn that the
importations are so large and' that the government should
feel called upon to press operations. The explanation is that
the government is satisfied there is nothing wrong in con-
nection with importations made by established and legitimate
concerns. It is concerned regarding other importing opera-
tions, two classes of which are under marked suspicion.
* * *
People who have not been connected with the importation
business presumably do not know that there is a Federal
law which permits return to this country, free of duty, goods
that have been made here and exported to foreign countries,
provided thev have not been improved upon, or otherwise
handled on the other side so as to alter them in part or
whole so as to make them other than purely American made
goods.
» * *
Uncle Sam suspects that some people have been trying
to put one over on him in taking advantage of the American
goods returned provision. Official statements have not been
made, but there is sufficient information at hand to warrant
the conclusion that Uncle Sam is not on a wild goose chase.
It is said that certain renters and exhibitors have gone over
to the other side and bought up large quantities of films said
to have been made in the United States and exported. These
goods arc bought second hand. Under these conditions the
purchasers would be entitled to get the goods back to this
country free of duty. But Uncle Sam has found that certain
domestic and foreign companies manulacturing here also
manufacture the same subjects on the other side, and he
suspects that many of the second hand goods purchased
abroad and bearing the names of companies manufacturing
in the United States, and sought to be brought back here
as American goods returned, are really made from negatives
sent to or made in the foreign country, and if such is the
case the government wants Juty paid.
* « «
\\'hen spoken to regarding this phase of the importation
business some of the makers of films in this country have
treated the matter quite indifferently. Among the statements
made was "Such business cannot hurt us as it would have
done years ago, and under existing conditions it would not
pay us to try to stop such traffic if it really exists. Goods
bought second hand on the other side cannot enter into
serious competition with us here, because they are old issues
and generally show usage after they have gone over the
foreign circuits. Our market requires a constant supply of
new stuff. The second hand stuff goes to a cheap trade we
do not supply or reach and accounts for the advertisements
frequently offering our subjects at less than what it costs
us to make them. Still, we hope the government is correct
in its suspicions, as the exclusion of second hand stuff from
the market is at all times desirable, and if the officials can
suppress their importation it will be a great service to the
legitimate makers, renters and exhibitors who are trying to
maintain a high standard of exhibitions."
* * *
The second class of importations under suspicion is that
of negatives made in foreign countries and brought to the
United States presumably for exhibition to the market and
to pave the way for sales when the positi\es are sent from
the other side. A bond is furnished for return of the nega-
tive within a certain period and it is admitted without pay-
ment of duty. Nine out of every ten men in the film busi-
ness reading this will declare it ridiculous. They will say
that for such purposes dealers would naturally bring over
a sample positive print and the duty on positives is so small
that no one would try to evade it by resorting to such red
tape as has been outlined above. All of which is quite true.
But the writer is reliably informed that negatives have been
brought over for that declared purpose, bonded and returned.
And, after all, the statement is not as ridiculous as many
may think. For this reason: There is a strong suspicion that
the positives that are supposed to come to this country on the
strength of the preliminary exhibit of the negative never
come to this side. Why? Well, it may be that the exhibit
was a failure and no sales could be made. And it may be
that before the negative under bond was returned enough
positive prints to fill orders were made from it, thereby sav-
ing the duty on the negative and on the positive prints that
might have been made from it upon its return to the other
side. This is the most serious of the two suspected cases.
It is not known that the game has been worked. At least
no direct accusation has been made, but from what has been
learned it is believed that government officials are not satis-
fied that the evasion has not been made.
* * *
A man well known in importation circles said a few days
ago: "I have been engaged in custom house work for a
long time and, believe me, there is no line of business that
presents a more shrewd, scheming class of people than those
who come to us. I have met the best of them, but none have
surpassed an element that has come to the front since the
moving pictures have attained their tremendous growth. But
I do not wish to be misconstrued. The element I speak of,
as a rule, strikes me as being of the piker stripe. They
seem to be a class of people who sit up nights figuring how
they can get into the film competition at minimum rates, and
I think they are about at the end of the rope. The govern-
ment people have waited and watched and I guess you have
the right dope when you believe Uncle Sam has something
up his sleeve. My experience has taught me there is noth-
ing in the customs business he cannot reach when he goes
after it. I am confident, from what I have heard, that the
government looks upon the motion picture business as among
the most legitimate and important of our industries, and
that none of the suspicions in mind attach to the companies
of established reputation. The game sought is the piker ele-
ment I have spoken of. and I don't mind telling you that I
think the officials have the number of more than one of them."
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Music for the Picture
Conducted by CLARENCE E. SINN
"Look Who's Here."
WILL H. BRYANT, once leader of an orchestra in In-
dianapolis, now in charge of the \"arieties Theater,
Terre Haute, Ind., makes his little bow. It has been
some time since cousin Bill has had anything to ofter, but
he says he has been busy. Let's forgive him and hear what
he has to say for himself:
Your synopsis for "Quo \'adis?" and the arranged
piano score gave me sufficient ideas by which to lay
out a nice program. We have had several good features
since, but none so meritorious as "Les Miserables." Play-
ing this feature twice daily, and playing every reel, I
determined to lay out a program that would not be tire-
some to use. .-Km enclosing a synopsis which may be of
some use to others — at least giving an idea of the gen-
eral sentiment.
[Unlike the ordinary releases, "Les Miserables" will be
e.xhibited for a long time to come; for that reason this
musical program may be of interest to many. — Ed.]
"Les Miserables."
(1) "Affection Idyl" (by Himan) until Jean breaks in
window.
(2) Continued "hurry's" through several prison scenes
until title: "A Chance for Me to Escape."
(3) Mysterious until Jean takes rope, then:
(4) Continued "hurry's" until Jean is seated in church-
yard.
(5) Semi-plaintive ("Garden Matinee" by Friml ) until
Jean enters wall door, then:
(6) "Boreas" (Trinkaus) or religioso p. and f. accord-
ing to action until end of reel, where Jean kneels
under tree.
(7) "Southern Reverie" (or Gavotte) until Fantine in
factory office:
(8) Plaintive until title: "Fantine Sells Her Hair."
(9) "Cupid's Caress" (Witmark) or "Charme de .^mour"
p. and f. according to action until end of hospital
scene. Then
(10) "Heart to Heart" (Witmark pub.), increasing the
tempo and repeating agitato, then continuing
through scenes until title: "Shall I .\llow .\nother
to Suffer for My Deed?"
(\l) "Madame Butterfly Selection" (eliminating the Star
Spangled Banner and following .\llegro Moderato)
repeating the moderato in D, until Jean grabs chair;
then into next movement, repeating andante in G.
until Jean leaves Fantine's body, then proceeding
until Jean escapes from jail and runs away.
(12) Xeutrai lively until Cosette sent for water: then:
(13) Waltz Lento p. and f., according to action until
Jean gives Cosette the doll.
(14) "Cavalieri? Rusticana" selection, playing through to
Intermezzo, after which play
(15) "Sneaky" hurry's until title: "In the Convent Gar-
den."
(16) Neutral melody until vision of wagon breakdown;
back to
(17) "Heart to Heart" (agitato movement) once, then
(18) Semi-plaintive until scene with nuns.
(19) Religioso until next scene. Waltz, gavotte and
waltz to fill in scenes until title: "Rebellion 1832."
(20) "Marseillaise Hym" p. and f. until soldiers kneel
and fire.
(21) "Hurry's" continued through several scenes p. and
f. until Marius laid on bed. Plaintive until title:
"Javert Commits Suicide."
(22) Selection from "Pagliacci" repeating Intermezzo
melody (in E.) until title: "\\'edding of Cozette
and Marius."
(23) Then into Minuet (slow). .\Ilo. for scene with
Thernardier and into sob song for death scene
and end.
(N. B. — These tempos and strains are based on the
operator's running each reel in fifteen minutes with two
machines, consequently there are no delays in changing
reels.)
I want to call attention to the manner in which Mr. Bryant
"humors" his music to fit the action, and cuts or repeats
movements to fit the lengths of scenes. He uses selections
from "Madame Butterfly." "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pag-
liacci," and such movements as are inconsistent with the
sentiment or action, he eliminates. Mr. Bryant says of "The
Spoilers:"
This is one of the most difficult to lay out a program
for I have found. Opening with a boisterous popular
rag or march and changing to a plaintive at title: "Glen-
ister Breaks Ofif With Cherry Malotte," then back into
the first number for finish of prologue. From first to
last have plenty of hurries and marches, saving the
longest hurry for the big fight scene in the last reel,
with a love melody from title: "Convalescent," until
end.
Stock Music for General Work.
Miss Florence L. Currier, Barton \ermont, says:
I am quite gratified to find you deem my articles on
photoplay music worthy of a plate in the Gloving Pic-
ture ^^'orld. I have had a large number of inquiries
from the smaller up-countrj- theaters asking about music.
Several have asked what I considered a good safe mu-
sical program for a four-reel program where nothing
other than a brief synopsis is known beforehand, and
I have forwarded the enclosed selection which I believe
will take care of any four reel program, and at least
1)e not disconcerting. I have assumed that the pianist
would have some of your agitato, weird and creepy
stuff memorized. With that and these numbers I think
any good pianist can make the gentleman who is getting
disgusted with picture music, forget about the music
and become interested in the pictures. .And, after all,
that is w'hat we want. Here are the numbers:
(1) "In Merry Merry May" (from Baron Trenck).
(2) "Madrid." a Spanish intermezzo (Jentes).
(3) "Take a Step" (from "The Quaker Girl").
(4) "Red Man." Indian Intermezzo (Longboat).
(5) "The Montenegran Patrol" (from Winsome ^^'in-
nie), very old.
(6) "Nights of Gladness \\'altz" (.\ncliff).
(7) "The Kiddies March" ( Evlyn Bloom).
(8) "Cupid's Garden" (Ma.x Eugene).
(9) "In the Shadows" (Finck).
(10) "Reverie" ( C. J. Bond).
Miss Currier further says:
I believe with these ten numbers and a little dramatic
music any good pianist can handle a full week's pro-
gram and produce a setting for photoplays that will
bring the management the congratulations of his pa-
trons, and that it will actually afford several weeks
good stuff if used in a discriminating manner.
I presume Miss Currier means by "discriminating manner"
that the pianist is not supposed to confine himself (or her-
self) exclusively to these ten numbers for the entire week.
Miss Currier is a new friend to the department, but a
diligent one. This is her third communication within a few
months, and I am sure the readers will join me in trying
to make her feel welcome.
TWO NEW THEATERS FOR DETROIT.
The Calvert Theater Company, Detroit, Mich., of which
David King is president, will build two big picture houses
in that city. One of them, to be known as the Kenilworth,
will have a seating capacity of 1,500. This house will cost
$75,000, and is expected to be ready for occupancy by Oc-
tober 15. The other house is to be erected by the Kahn
Realty Company and will be leased for a long term of years
by the Calvert Theater Company. It will seat 1,200 and
will be open bv October 1. Both houses axe situated in
North Woodward avenue.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
561
Doings at Los Angeles.
THE annual bathing girl's automobile parade at Ocean
Park was a great affair, and was seen by close to 50,000
people. Miss Margaret Gibson, who has been starred
in so many \itagrapli western releases, was the lucky win-
ner of first place, which brought a prize of $50 in cash and
a pretty gold and silver loving cup. W. H. Clune and
Eddie Dillon were two of the live judges who had to decide
on the lieauteous one. The weekly cameramen were there
and snapped some good pictures of the long parade.
* * *
And next came the dog show at \'enice, a sister city of
Ocean Park, and andtlier sister of Santa Monica, the three
located on the shore of a crescent l)ay about 16 miles from
Los .\ngeles. Bosworth entered liis "Snookums," a dog
that has been a hero in "Burning Daylight" and other north-
ern London stories. Lucius J. Henderson and wife en-
tered Dido and Pico, two beautiful Maltese terriers, and they
both won prizes — firsts, too. The youngest dog was sold
to Richard Bennet. the actor, who is here on a vacation,
having closed at one of the tlicaters. Mr. Rendcrson is now-
organizing a company and will soon start making films.
* * *
And again on the beach at Santa Monica, the local com-
panies of the New York, X'itagraph, Kalem, Universal, and
several others not entered, will be parading in the Fourth
of July procession which will be four miles long. This is
a great event and all kinds of decorated floats and automo-
biles will be seen. Prizes will also be awarded to the best
ones. The moving picture companies will be there hun-
dreds strong.
* * *
J. P. McGowan. of Kalem fame, and his leading lady, were
mixed up in a runaway last week and J. P. passed up the
chance of a good press story by catching the team and
wagon in which the actress was riding. He averred a real
accident, anyway. They were on their way to a small oil
city where a film was being made. Thej- journeyed 60
miles each day to this location.
* * *
When asked how much film went out of the tanks at the
Balboa, H. M. Horkheimer said: "Well, at the present time
we are running full blast, and three shifts; we want to
double that, but the film that goes out amounts to about
6,000 feet of negative film a week, and 150,000 feet of posi-
tive film in the same time, the latter being the finished
product that is run on the machines in the theaters. We
are the only company in the west to print all positive film
on the grounds."
* * *
Quinn's Superba Theater is nearly ready to open, and
probably by the time this paragraph is printed the elegant
new coast theater will be playing to full houses. This new
photoplay theater is one of the best in the city, and is fin-
ished in the latest style.
* * *
There is not much real news from the Tom Nash-Big
Otto animal farm-studio, but everywhere around the place
is something doing, and animals are working in the pictures
everywhere. They are making some good films.
* * *
Cleo Madison, directed by Wilfred Lucas, has finished a
very good scenic -picture taken in Bear Valley, one of the
remote settings that attracts all directors. It took five
motor cars to haul the principals, a large cast being taken
to the mountain location.
* * *
It is funny that so many beach pictures are being put on
during this time of the year. It must be that the players
are either hankering for a vacation, or else they like to do
stunts in the water. It is generally admitted that Los An-
geles is pretty warm in the summer, and the beaches are
nice and cool. Splash!
* * *
Selig has put on many wild animal pictures, but in none
has Adele Lane appeared, but she did the other day and,
much to her surprise, and the surprise of others, said she
was "not afraid in the least." Some people seem to make
friends with animals, while others are never able to ap-
proach them.
* * *
If the Lasky studio continues to outgrow its quarters and
expand so rapidly, the company will have to build a new
concrete studio near the Bosworth place, for the plot of
ground now used bv Lasky is pretty well covered with road-
ways, stages, buildings, and everything. An addition to
one of the stages is being put on. Robert Edeson and
James Neil are jointly directing "Where the Trail Divides."
Everything is humming here.
» * *
Richard Spencer, who was editor of scenarios for the
N. Y. M. P. Co., has departed for the east to remain there
for some time to enjoy a well-earned holiday. He left on
the first of July.
* * ♦
Edna Maison and Ray Gallagher arc bcine directed by
Loyd Ingraham, late of Essanay, in a scries of comedies.
Ray has had good luck with the comedy part, but to get
good comedy he had to have a few mishaps. While doing
a funny actor's stunt, he fell off the stage and sprained his
ankle and was holjbling around for two days. .At the beach
where they made a summer comedy, the unlucky leading
man was stung by a stingarec on the sole of his foot. This
put his pedals out of order, and he has been lookingsort of
wry. Mr. Ingraham is taking over the old Power's com-
pany.
* * »
"The Clansman" is being produced by David W. Griffith
at the Mutual studios. A full company is being used in this
big film, which is said to be extraordinary.
* * *
"Damon and Pythias," the four-reel feature film done by
Otis Turner, of Universal fame, was run oflf to a private
audience of about 1,000 people at Clune's auditorium. .Al-
though not present, reports came out that the film was a
decided success and Herbert Rawlinson had done excellent,
and William Worthington as well. Flank Lloyd was one
of the hits in the film. Cleo Madison was also good.
« * *
Peggy Hart, who plays leading parts in Hartigan's Pathe
company, is a good swimmer, and for a woman, is excellent.
Recently the company was at the beach, and Miss Hart
actually helped to save a man from drowning^
British Notes.
THE announcement has licen made this week that one
of the leading music-hall and variety syndicates is to
experiment with a mixed programme of artistes' turns
and moving pictures. Oswald Stoll (whose principal estab-
lishment is" the London Coliseum) will shortly exhibit for
the first three days of the week an up-to-date programme
of moving pictures, and the remainder of the week will be
devoted t'o the usual programme of theatrical turns. It is
expected that the innovation wmII be met with a torrential
protest from the music-hall artistes' trade unions. The offi-
cials of one federation have already worked themselves to
a fever pitch of excitement about it.
* * *
Subjects strong in sentiment and human nature, not neces-
sarily of a sensational or even of a mildly exciting nature,
are ahvays popular in England. About two years ago the
Selig Co. released here a short picture, entitled "Me and
Bill," which was an allegory with a modern setting upon
the seven ages of man. So great has been the clamor for
a reissue that the producing company is shortly to place
upon the market an enlarged version of the same picture.
* * *
Walter MacNamara, formerly of the Universal Co.. and
the author of the film, "Traftic in Souls," is at the moment
directing a few productions of his own in London. He is
very reluctant regarding the nature of these, but it is safe to
predict that the rnost notable of his pictures will be modeled
along the lines of the one above named.
* * *
.\ small, but enterprising. Manchester film company took
a number of remarkable scenes during the past few^ days in
connection with a version of Sir A. Conan Doyle's story,
"A Study in Scarlet." One of the scenes taken at Southport
on the sand dunes was a representation of a march of 400
Mormons under the leadership of Brigham Young.
* * *
.\ private company is preparing an 8.000-foot industrial
film of British industries. The film is being compiled in
sections, each taken in one of the centers of the industry
or trade it illustrates. Last week the Birmingham Chamber
of Commerce visited a local picture house to see the length
of celluloid depicting Birmingham industries. When com-
pleted, the film will be exhibited in the 100 leading cities of
the world. r t j
The Parliamentary Bill promoted by the City of London
to impose far-reaching restrictions upon celluloid stores, and
in particular film warehouses, has been defeated tt-t-t-
J. B. SUTCLlrrJl.
562
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Advertising- for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
JUST what are you^a manager, an accident or an offense? Do not
write and tell us, but figure it out and tell yourself. George Car-
penter, In Real Reels, the house organ of the Notable Feature Film
Company, leads us up to this question with this editorial from his
gingery little four page mustard plaster. Read this three times, please.
Once will not be enough.
IF NOT, WHY NOT?
"Caprice." with Little Mary Pickford in the title role, was
put on at a Curtis street theater in Denver last December for
a nickel. Subsequently it was taken to a suburban theater,
the York, in Denver, where it went to capacity for all three
shows in one night at ten cents. It is now being brought back
to the Princess theater on Curtis street in Denver for ten cents
next week.
Times do change !
The question that arises is, why was it ever put on for five
cents. It played capacity at five cents, again capacity at 10
cents and is coming back at the latter price when it will un-
doubtedly go to capacity again.
And yet there are exhibitors who claim they must play for
five cents because the other fellow makes that his price.
Now has it soaked in? Here is what has always been considered
a pretty fair play. If Mrs. Brown Potter plays "For Love," and Mrs.
Potter Brown plays "She Said She Did," it is not always easy to
tell who is the better player, but put them both in Caprice or A Scrap
of Paper or Divorcons or something like that and you can judge
them both. Miss Pickford played this test piece and it was put out.
A big theater in the center of what might be called "cheap and pica-
yunish Denver" (will Jim Noland please write us a letter) didn't
have the nerve to charge ten cents. It put it on for a nasty little
nickel and it remained for a man out in the suburbs to get ten cents
for it. Now it is being brought back to the center for ten cents, but
what makes the manager think that it would not bring fifteen cents?
Until about seven thousand exhibitors {not managers) get it through
the coagulated conglomeration they call brains, that the picture is no
longer a five or ten cent proposition, we are going to keep on talking
in this tone of voice. When a dead head for twenty odd years is will-
ing to walk up to the box office and plank down half a dollar or a
dollar for something that is worth the money, can't you figure that the
fans will be willing to go above a ten cent limit?
Of course you must do a little something for the extra money, per-
haps a couple more strings in the orchestra pit, and more carefully
rehearsed music, but can't you realize that you'll get more than the
$14 two extra pieces of music will represent, and even if you don't,
that the fact that you have gotten away with a twenty-five cent propo-
sition will bring it back to you on the next deal? If we had to buy
some of that extra fine Kraus stuff to get the audience into the bouse.
■we would divide the Kraus bill between that show and the next and
still figure a profit.
Catch Up.
The man who still thinks that a picture cannot possibly be worth
more than a dime is so far behind the procession that he can no
longer hear the music. He will have to run to catch up or he cannot
even know whether he is in t'le step or not. Mind you, there are
lots of features that are not even worth the twentieth part of a
nickel, but there is enough really good stuff to permit the live wire
to charge double his usual price of admission twice a week and still
be entitled to stand in the door as they go out and expect to be
thanked.
England is waking up to the fact that what they have been doing is
rotten, and now some of the companies are trying to suit the American
market and are doing it, American companies are doing more good
work and there is no longer the question of "what" but of "which"
in spite of the thousands of feet of junk turned out. Keep in touch
with what is good, offer only that, and if you keep on charging ten
cents and no more, you deserve what is coming to you. More than
this, the man who does not now offer seats reserved a week in advance
is not getting what is coming to him either, and is not giving what
his patrons are entitled to. Lots of people are not willing to stand in
line who will gladly pay an additional ten cents a seat to have their
chairs reserved. If you run two shows a night you can reserv them
twice. But get away from the idea that you are still catering only to
the five-cent people or the quarter man will come along, settle down
beside you and leave you only your nickel patrons. There is not much
money in the five-cent man alongside the quarter man.
Right now with business bad in many quarters there is a chance for
the ten cent man to jump up and with reserved seats coax the former
two dollar man to like the quarter picture better, but it cannot be
done without an advance sale. Think it over. We have.
Is It Friendly?
A western house sends in an odd pass with the statement that this is
given out by an opposition house with the dates punched to validate the
pass only on the nights that the other theater shows features. Naturally
the other manager thinks that this is done on purpose, and argues
that as the giver is the state vice-president of the Exhibitors' League
it is not a good example. If this is the purpose of the pass it is cer-
tainly not nice, but the idea may be used in cleaner fashion by others*.
Here it is :
FRIEND PASS
"A Friend Is Nature's Masterpiece"
I have notic,ed that you are a regular patron of the Lyric Thea-
ter. To show my appreciation of your patronage, it gives me
pleasure to offer you this Friend Pass that will Admit you free
of charge MON., TUES.. WED.. THURS., FRI., OR SAT.
Week commencing Week ending 1914
All I ask in exchange for this complimentary is, that you write
your name and address on the back of this card and return to
me after it has expired, so that I may have a correct record
of you on my Friend List.
Used in its legitimate employment of building up a mailng list, the
idea is good, but underhand fighting is seldom advantageous in the
long run, and all is not fair in war as in love.
Using Locals.
This picture shows the Rex theater. Nebraska City, Neb., with two
animal features being advertised, the Judgment of the Jungle and The
Divine Appeal. It is interesting in that two pictures of animals, appar-
ently borrowed from the local art dealer are used to supplement the
regular paper. The result would have been better had these been placed
on easels, and at the same time they would have been safer from the
attack of the tobacco chewer. but possibly they are featured down
front for the sake of the photograph the same way the reel case has
been added to the decoration for no apparent reason. The painting
above the box office seems to have come with the reels. Very often
the straight paper can be helped out by some local stuff and a credit
card will frequently cut the rental to nothing. An announcement that
the picture is "Loaned by Smith's Art Store" will not turn trade
away and may help Smith and the house management. The lion's
head over the box office is another special that seems to go with the
film but which might have come from a local taxidermist where there
happen to be taxidermists.
Plenty of Postals.
The Lotus theater, West End, N. J., is going in heavily for post-
cards. They get out two or tnree a week and they seem to be getting
better all the time. One of the most novel is an adaptation of the con-
tagious disease matter so many exhibitors have used. This time it is
printed as an extract from a paper and the matter is set in regular
column width. On either side is a fragment of another column, as
though a part of the whole page had been lifted and reproduced. The
last paragraph is new and worth while. It runs ;
DON'T HURRY — we don't — ^thafs why we get such good pro-
jection. We take the proper time and give the acting its full-
est value. You are entitled to the best projection and the best
Photo riays.
WE GIVE THEM BOTH.
They run only features — big features with seats reserved in advance,
and make a noise like a regular theater. Every card carries a catch-
line and we think that this constant plugging will have a strong effect
on the summer residents of the Long Branch section.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
563
Here's the Haynic.
We've said a lot about ihc Haynic theater. Falrmount, Minn., and
here Is a photograph of the home of Hay and Nicholas. It Is the sort
of place you can tmaginc would house two such bustlers and It Is
evident that they draw the automobile trade. Here is tbelr bill of par-
ticulars, taken from a recent door knob special.
WE HAVEN'T AND WE HAVE.
WE HAVEN'T the largest theater In the northwest. We
haven't the most elegantly equipped theater ever built. We
haven't ail of the modern conveniences that we hope to have
some day. But
WE HAVE a large, high, airy room that is flooded daily with
sunlight, the greatest disinfectant known.
WE HAVE a cooling system that is simply great. We are
forcing 13,000 cubic feet of cool air into the room every min-
ute. We do not merely stir up a breeze by means of fans and
thus give an impression of coolness, but we supply you with
plenty of fresh, clean air that is taken from the outside and
cooled before being forced into the room.
WE HAVE screens on all doors and windows, which add
much to the comfort of our patrons.
WE HAVE the best pictures that money can buy. We are
buying the cream of the output of nearly all of the makers
and our programs are not excelled anywhere.
WE HAVE the latest and best projection machinery made
and our pictures are clear, distinct, fiickerless and steady.
And here's a sound argument in favor of the new prices that we
hope you can use in your own advertising. It is intelligent, intelligible
and convincing.
FUNNY, ISN'T IT?
Have you ever heard your neighbor grumble a little because
the tendency in the picture show business is toward a slightly
higher admission price? If so, did you take the trouble to
tell him why? He argues that a picture show is a picture
show and he ought to be able to buy it for ten cents. He prob-
ably never stopped to consider that a little while ago a picture
show for which he paid his little dime consisted of three reels of
old, scratched, rainy, blurred, dilapidated film that ought to be
on the junk heap. Today for that price we give him four reels
of new. bright, clean, up-to-the-minute pictures that are care-
fully chosen from the output of the best studios of the entire
world. Sometimes we add a high priced special feature, making
a program of six or seven reels, and then we charge him an
extra nickel.
Now this good neighbor of yours wouldn't expect one of the
Fairmont stores to sell him two bushels of new potatoes for
the price of one bushel of last year's crop. Oh, no, nothing of
the kind. But he does expect the picture show to do just
that with the commodity it has to sell. Funny, isn't it?
They seem to have settled on a four-page doorknob done in ten
point type with 24 and 36 point black lines that are clear and read-
able. Perhaps they'll send you one if you ask, and please ask them.
We'd like to reply to all the requests we get for samples, but we have
not the time nor the space to be in the sample business, no matter
how willing we may be.
Some Do.
Some people find it possible to get out the invitation form adver-
tising without using Old English or all capitals. C. R. Blubaugh, of
the Vaudette theater, Fort Scott. Kan., seems to have gotten good re-
sults without the recourse to either of those offenses. As he has some
left he will be glad to send them to those who will enclose a stamped
and addressed envelope. His offering was for Brewster's Millions and
he writes that 250 mailed out brought results. Next time he is going
to use the papers for Paid in Full. He is looking for the most effec-
tive medium and wants to know what we think. We would put it in
about this order: A really readable house program, one containing
something more than merely the program, a door knob special, the
straight house program, blank back postcard portraits with the ad on
the other side, the newspapers and throwaways. This, of course, for a
town of 10.000. For a smaller town the perambulating novelty ad-
vertisement would come about third. In any case the answer is wholly
dependent on the cost of newspaper advertising, which varies too much
to be figured accurately.
Mr. Blubaugh's invitation is set in monotone type, upper and lower,
and a more attractive face might have been chosen, but it can be
read and read easily, and that is the main point of any advertising.
Next time he should not permit the printer to stick to one size of type.
The name of the attraction, for example, should be much larger than
the body type, aa well as the name of the house, and the name of the
house i^hould not share the lino with the address, but rise above It,
though the addre^ts should be given In all cases, even where the whole
town poHltlvcly knows that the theater Is at the corner of Droad and
Main streets. It at least gives the "big city" air to the matter and
creates the unrealized but comforting feeling that the town is big
enough for street addresses.
Mr. Wall Has Been Thinking.
S. E. Wall, of Plain City. Ohio, has been doing some thinking, and
while he suggests that It may belong to Mr. Richardson, it doesn't,
and anyhow If it did we would not give It to him because be Is trying
to kill us by coaxing us to ride in the bind saddle of bis motorcycle.
Mr. Wall writes ;
I am herewith submitting my latest stunt, which In some
respects might properly be under the department conducted by
Brother Richardson, but It is advertising, and mighty good ad-
vertising, especially In a "tank town" where ventilation has
never been looked after as closely as it might have been.
I had the tinner make an air shaft of galvanized iron 24
inches In diameter and 12 feet long, running it from the alley
window in with the mouth at the side of the curtain. In the end
next to the alley we put a IG-lnch exhaust fan and 2 feet In
front of this exhaust we put a water spray simitar to a garden
hose spray and connected it to the hydrant with a rubber hose.
I had him make a dam across the shaft between the fan and
spray and by tilting the shaft a liti.e and arranging the over-
flow plug accordingly we have a pond of water ;{ Inches deep
and about 4 feet long directly In front of the fan. In soldering
the spray the nozzle was directed towaru the fan and the force
of the fan prevents the water from striking it. making a sort
of mist directly in front of the fan. A curve In the shaft pre-
vents the water from being carried out into the room, making
it delghtfully cool and damp and besides that, making ONE OF
THE BEST TALKING POINTS imaginable. I placed another
fan in a 24-inch shaft over the front entrance to draw the air
out, and Wall's WATER-COOLED-AIR is the sensation of the
season ; the cost of installation was very moderate, labor and
material on the shafts amounting to less than $10 and aside
from actually cooling the room so that it really is comfortable
on hot nights, it not only gives me something to talk about but
causes OTHER PEOPLE to talk in a favorable way about
the house, which is the best kind of advertising you can get. Ac-
cording to one of the enclosed door knob weeklies I was seem-
ingly very mad at a remark I overheard, but as a matter of
fact I wasn't the least bit ruffled, but only wanted to "reiterate
with increased vehemence" that we have WATER-COOLED-AIR
and can prove it.
Possibly it is a little late in the season now for others to
install water-cooled-air but I wanted to try the plan out before
saying anything about it and I find that it works fine, the only
thing to guard against is being careful that your water Is not
turned on too strong or you will give your audience a shower
bath ; but that can be adjusted very easily at the faucet.
Herewith enclosed find a few of my recent issues of the door-
knob weekly ; if this stuff gets by the waste basket, I will oil
up my 1001 model Remington about Nov. 1 and tell you about
our heating system.
A Kick and a Comeback.
Here are the two door knobs ilr. Wall speaks of. He is not the first
to supply the kick and the comeback. But we want to warn him that
if he does not get busy before Nov. 1 we shall have to advertise for
him. Meanwhile make note of tnis scheme for next season if it is too
late for this. The scheme is unique and more attractive than the
straight water curtain generally used.
WATER-COOLED-AIR. sounds good, don't it— it feels fine
too — that's the kind of a ventilating system we're installing — •
a 24-inch airshaft, in which is a powerful EXHAUST FAN
drawing in pure air at the rate of 1,200 cubic feet per minute,
passing through a spray of water cooling it while passing
through this shaft into the room. Another EXHAUST FAN with
the same capacity draws the air out of the room. CHANGI.VG
THE AIR ENTIRELY every seven minutes, which is a decided
improvement over the ordinary fan, which only stirs up the
hot. breath-laden air, and leaves it to be breathed over and
over again.
Pictures changed daily — but the air is changed EVERY
SEVEN MINUTES.
We Are AU "Het Up."
One night last week, while the house was packed to its ut-
most capacity we overheard someone sarcastically remark. "I
wonder where the water-cooled-air is he has been talking
about?" At the time the remark was made there were
nearly twice as many people in the house and lobby as we
could seat, and under those conditions we are frank in our ad-
mission that the ventilation is inadequate, in fact it is not
within our province or means to install a ventilating system
that would take care of an audience that doubles our seating
capacity, but when anyone insinuates that we have no ventilat-
ing system, we will gladly take him by the hand and lead
him or any other Doubting Thomas to where the 1.200 cubic
feet of water-cooled-air is injected into the theater every min-
ute— we said it last week; we are saying it this week and we
can say it ?nv ^thor week, without fear of contradiction, that
the air is absolutely changed every seven minutes.
564
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Just Work.
ABOUT every so often we get a letter from someone who wants to
know the secret of success and we write that it is hard work and
we know about half the time that we are getting ourselves dis-
liked if not actually hated, for lots of seekers after the secret know
perfectly well that it is not work but some sort of trick that the big
fellows jealously guard from the little fellows to keep them down.
They know that there is something that makes it easy to write and sell
scripts and they want to know what it is. and when they are told work
and nothing but hard work, backing up a foundation of intelligence,
they feel that they are being cheated.
This may sound foolish to you. but there are hundreds of people who
actually feel that way, who cannot or will not understand that work
is the foundation of it all. We've had two letters lately from a Y. M.
C. A. superintendent. In the first he spoke of the aid given him by a
western writer and adds that he thought that the Y. M. C. A. had all
the red blooded men. but that he is delighted to find the spirit of
comradeship so strong among the photoplay writers. That is not
astonishing. We do not believe that in any line of work will the man
who needs and who proves that he deserves help go helpless. Turning
to the other point, he has several correspondents, and lately he has
epitomized the sum of their advice and finds it works out into the
four letters that spell W-O-R-K. He writes:
I wrote my fellow Xew Mexican. Edwin Ray Coffin, and asked
him what was the key to his success and back came the word.
WORK. I wrote my friend Shannon Fife, who was a cub re-
porter in Dallas when 1 was assistant general secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. there, and came the one word, "WORK, old man,
WORK and lots of it." Then when Fielding was here in Las
Vegas I backed him up in his study one day and asked for a
one-word description of the secret of his success and smiting
the perfectly good arm of his easy chair he said with an em-
phasis which only Fielding seems capable of. ''WORK, d
hard WORK." Now you come along and tell me what I can
work up to with a little or rather a lot of "WORK." Work
must be the answer and so it's me for "Travaco" (the Mex for
work) .
Work is the answer to it all. and "work" is the answer that any
man who has arrived will give because he knows that he got there
through work and that all those he knows got there through work.
If you waste your time looking for short cuts, stop it. There is no
short cut.
And if you are willing to work you'll be helped to work in the right
way and along the proper lines, but so long as you sit on your haunches
and yelp no one will have any disposition to help you. Take off your
coat and go to work and you'll find that work will not only help you to
the point where you can write plays, but in the meantime you'll find
that your work, your mental effort, will better fit you for your regular
vocation. That, too. may sound foolish, but it is not. You exercise
your brain with plots and scenes and your brain instead of getting
tired will become more alert, more responsive to your daily thoughU.
Foolish as it may sound, you can sell ribbon or real estate better if
you try to write plays or indulge in any other mental exercise, and
so. if you never do write a play that sells, you will at least have gained
a better chance in your own business. Think that over.
WiU Be Better.
A number of correspondents who have written in complaint of the
methods of a certain studio are advised that the matter has been
taken up with the proper persons who promise an immediate investi-
gation.
Back to the Old Home.
Miss Jessie Simth. who used to be leader editor for the Vitagraph.
and who switched to the North American, has been coaxed back to
the old job in the cellar of the Flatbush plant. Miss Smith has a
positive genius for sub-titling, a somewhat rare accomplishment.
Pupils.
Because we occasionally speak of the work of our pupils, we get all
sorts of applications for positions as pupils. As we have explained,
we believe that we can best keep in touch with the troubles of the
beginner, and so make this department useful, by overseeing the work
of one or more beginners, but we prefer to pick these pupils personally
and it is a waste of stamps to write in. whether you are willing to pay
for the service or not. We have no pay pupils. Please make a
mental note of this and save us writing a letter the next time you see
the word in this department.
A Double Punch.
It may help the student of the real technique to study the climax
of Long May it Wave, a Lubin comedy scheduled for release June 20th.
This is a rather good example of the double climax. A man takes his
wife to see a play in which the American Flag waved overtime, as used
to happen in the palmy days of melodrama. The climax of each act
is salvation through the flag. A few nights later he comes
home late with two flags, and defies his wife. This is the natural and
expected climax. It is funny but it is not startling, for several scenes
back you saw him pick up the flags. You knew then how it was going
to end. A moment later the wife offers him a drink, apparently to cele-
brate the victory. He lays down the flags for a glass. She grabs him.
No one expected that. It will get more laughs after the laughs would
seem to have been exhausted, but it should be borne in mind that this
second kick must come like a flash to have any real value. It must
not be something requiring elaborate explanation. It must seemingly be
unpremeditated and must come as a total surprise.
Just About That Way.
Arch Macdonald contributes a sane analysis of the synopsis pub-
lished for copyright purposes, when he writes:
Just a line to voice my opinion in regard to the magazine
publication of a photoplay synopsis with the intention of hav-
ing it copyrighted. I believe that this tends to do the author
more harm than good. As soon as an author writes a script
he will send the synopsis to the magazine for publication.
The magazine Is put out and the story is read by most all the
editors and hundreds of photoplaywrighis. near and real. In
the course of a few days, but more likely weeks, the script
arrives at a studio and is read. Somewhere in the past the
editor remembers of having read of the same idea or story
before. Perhaps it was in some other script, a short story,
or a produced photoplay. Maybe he recalls of having read it
in synopsis form in a magazine and maybe he does not. Any-
way, he has read or heard of the idea or story at some pre-
vious time and considers "it has been done before." Again,
he may also leave the script alone, knowing that the synopsis
has been published and has been read by hundreds, some of
whom may be unscrupulous enough to draw ideas ver>' much
similar therefrom and perhaps a couple may copy the main
idea or plot into their own stories, thus flirting with the copy-
right law. In either case the editor would be open to be-
lieve that some other company might beat him out with a shady
imitation of the same story.
Very few editors remember where they have seen a story. It is
enough that they have seen it, and most editors know that the pub-
lished suggestion will be used.
Printed Scripts.
A linotype operator sends in a printed cast and synopsis, explaining
that it is easier for him to run a type machine than a typewriter.
There are many printers who do this and they cannot understand that
editors are prejudiced against the practice. With the type standing
there is always the suggestion of more than one copy going out, and
this is in every way a bad plan. Just in passing the author submitted
the story, a comedy, in a photoplay contest. Most contests give the
decision to dramas, so the effort is wasted.
The Vitagraph Contest.
The Sun-Vitagraph contest was decided while we were out of town,
but the decision of the judges has already been published. It is
worth noting that most of the money went to people who have already
written for Vitagraph ; not through prearrangement, but simply because
these had learned to write Vitagraph stuff. It does not. as one or two
writers have sought to suggest, indicate that there was any collusion.
To the contrary it seems to show positively that the award was made
absolutely on merit and merit alone since the award went to those who
wrote Vitagraph stuff. Undoubtedly many writers were thus intro-
duced to the Vitagraph and sold stuff at the regular rates of payment.
It is this and this feature alone that really offers the outsider a chance.
Daniel Frohman Teaches.
Daniel Frohman has an article in the July Woman's Home Com-
panion on "How to Write a Moving Picture Play." There is much
meat in the story, which is recommended to all readers. The best point,
perhaps, is the statement that in the stage play the story starts before
the rise of the first curtain, part of the opening act being taken up in
explanation, where the photoplay shows the first essential action, but
even meatier is this paragraph :
Action, however, is not the thing within itself that makes a
moving picture play a success. Unless the adaptor or the writer
keeps constantly in mind the ethical purpose and the dramatic
character of his story, he is likely to run amuck. His scenes
must not be extraneous to this important principle: there must
be no "padding." no filling out with scenes that have no con-
nection with the story. If the continuous chain of episodes
Is broken by some extraneous incident, merely for the sake
of picturesqueness. the effect is weakened, just as it is in
a play.
One Copyright Question.
Grant Maxwell offers a new angle when he asks : "Can an author
copyright an actual happening?"
This is a matter that may interest others. An actual happening is
common property and cannot be copyrighted. On the other hand a
distinctive treatment of that happening can be copyrighted. For ex-
ample no one could copyright the San Francisco earthquake. It was,
however, possible to copyright Will Irwin's story of the earthquake
that appeared in the New York Sun and allied publications. The
earthquake could not be copyrighted, the facts could not be copy-
righted, but the story as a whole was literature and could be copy-
righted ; not only "could" but "was."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
565
A Human Document.
Often the experiences of the outside writer are more Important than
the writings of the veteran and we believe that the average reader will
derive both profit and comfort from this letter from the Rev. Clarence
J. Harris, who wrote in some time ago to tell how he had mastered
the two reel Idea. He says :
It has been so long since I invaded your sanctorum. I am
taking the liberty to write you. with many thanks for what
you and the "Moving Picture World" have been to me. I realize
nothing can be done with photoplays outside of work. I am
visited and written to by a good many, since I received several
friendly, well-meaning writeups. I probably see one to your
scores, yet I see enough to convince me that tot> manv expect
to icritc photoplays icithout icork. "Why. that's work I" gasped
a woman one day as I showed her a carbon copy. She acted
real provoked with me and failed to understand why one had
to put so much technique Into the work. The last visitor, a
young man. I asked to leave my study three times, and then
I had to open the door and say good-bye twice ; yet he. not
knowing enough to go home when told, expected to write
dramas that would keep an audience of thousands from going
home.
Here is what I have done during the past four weeks, which
I tell you to show l am working and if work can do anything
for me, I shall "get over" some time. I worked seven years
before I placed a single drama, as I have told many ; but the
seven years were spent in the study of story writing. But back
of that I had twenty years of literary and ministerial work.
During the past four weeks I rewrote a novel of 50.000 words
Wrote one five-reel photoplay.
One three-reel from a MS. story.
Four two-reels.
Three one-reels.
Rewrote five two-reel stories with new plotting.
Gave one lecture, "Relation of Art to Literature."
One lecture on Browning.
Preached every Sunday.
I have read every moving picture paper available here, which
includes most of them I think. I always buy at least fifteen
literary and story magazines a month, read two daily papers
and my church papers. I always attend the motion picture
theater at least five times a week, and when my own pictures
come here I see them usually several times, study my carbon
and if there is a change, find out why it is there. I have a
large family and many social duties. I do not work nights and
I am growing fat and thcy tell me tup preachinf/ and lecturitif/
has doubled in value and my audiences seem to bear out the
statement. / consider my greatest returns from photoplay writing
in my increased worth as n preacher and lecturer. Everything
relating to writing seems changed. My sales are very satisfac-
tory and many encouragements come to me from various
sources. A New York editor who knows how to encourage wrote
me yesterday, among other things : "I selfishly wish you'd send
me all of your scripts because I enjoy reading them, whether
we can use them or not. They are good because them ^gl ways
carry a message." This pleased me greatly and doubled my
zeal and ambition. One thing I determined not to do : to let
no produced picture of mine be a standard and with every sale,
I study the sold article and then re-write all I have on hand.
Three times out, unsold, if properly submitted means rewriting
for me, and my best sales have come from rewritten stuff.
You do. not know it. but one two-line paragraph of yours
in the "World" set me right several months ago ; I rewrote every
drama I had written after reading it. It related to the au-
thor's position with the audience. I could never tell until then
how far to take the audience into my confidence and how to
keep up a suspense. You say tell all. show all and let the
audience enjoy the suspense of the characters and not have to
worrj- over what it did not know itself.
I could tell you a good many things I have learned from
the "World" and your "Technique," for all of which I am
grateful.
I keep a- great deal of stuff ahead : one drawer full. Often
I "feel" more like writing in one line than another; often
several dramas are nearing completion at the same time. A
two-reel drama a week does not seem like over-doing it. but in
re-writing I find I get help for new plotting. A mailing day
once a week I like, as suggested in your column. Looking
a MS. over several times after it is ready to leave gives a
chance for many changes of value.
I work very hard over titles, and being a great reader and
admirer of Browning, I draw heavily on him for inspiration
and help in title making. Any one to read "Pauline" alone
will get a great fund of material. Xo poet plays so beauti-
fully with words as Browning, and strikes chords which,
brought out in drama, are beautiful. Titles like these I got
by such suggestion. "Treading the Purple." "The After-
Glow," "The Morn-Blush," "The Help-tune." "The Shadowy
Third," "The One Word." "The Crag's Sheer Edge." "The Sun
Road." and a limitless number of others are in this great
poet's work.
I have taken a good deal of your time and promise not to
write again for a good while. I read my "World" from cover
to cover everj- Tuesday morning with religious precision, but
strange as it appears, though many have called on me and
written me, I haven't found any of the over-zealous yet who
have seen the "World" at all and I tell every one I will talk
only after "Technique" and the "World" are in his hands. I am
a student, and I am working hard, I am astonished with my
financial returns bnt most gratified over the general uplift
the work is to me in my profession.
Mr. Harris is by no means the only minister who has found the
scrt-en helpful, but he Is one of the few who also helpH to make the
screen helpful by giving to the Rcreen what will help the pulpit.
What that Ik Ih this: It Is stories that carry a lenson in the guise of
an iittnictivv story. Most mlniHiers who try to write scriplK try to
wrlti- Hcrmons. SermonK an* all well enough in the pulpit, but the
lews a screen story looks like a sermon the mort* helpful It Is apt to
be. He does not write stories "with a moral." He writes stories
that arc morals and yet not preachments, and editors welcome his
output.
And read what he said about work. That In Itself Ik a story with
a moral. Like all who have arrived, he has arrived through work.
Working from Synopses.
All methods of working are intere-sting. Here Is what Is a new
Idea to us ;
Would you kindly advise me through your columns (f you
consider the following plan practical for acquiring technique?
I am In a position to secure the "Vitagraph Bulletin* each
month, and this paper, as you know, gives a very full synopsis
of each play. Now, would It be a good plan to take the synop-
sis of a stor>* and write a script from it, keeping to the plot
as given and then when the film is released, compare your
script with the one turned out by the author (as far as It Is
possible to do so), seeing where you have fallen down In sus-
pense, new business, etc. In the future the errors made in that
script could be avoided and another one built up and compared
the same way. One writer need not be used altogether, but a
different one could he used each time, so that there would be no
danger of acquiring a style which In itself might not be very
good. Of course. It is not Intended that the idea or scripts so
handled ever be offered for sale.
I have been writing for the past five months, but have confined
myself to plotting and synopsis, never venturing to turn out a
finished script. I wrote one, my first one, one-half hour after !
had learned the form scripts should be submitted in. I hope
that when I send in my second It will not make the trip to and
from New York in five days as the first one did.
This scheme, in a sense, will be helpful in determining the value
of the student's plot development, but it does not seem to us that It
will possess great value. The trouble is that what is needed to be
studied at the first Is less the development of the idea than the crea-
tion of an idea. The Vitagraph synopses run pretty full. They give
a reasonably good idea of how some author has treated a certain
theme. It may be valuable to see how close you can come to the
author's treatment, but it would be of infinitely more use to try and
do something wholly different. Take the Vitagraph comedies and make
them into dramas and vice versa and more good will result than an
effort to see how closely one can copy the Vitagraph author's style.
One man has made a real name for himself in photoplay by copying
as well as he could the stories he saw. writing in the business of each
scene, the inserts and leaders, but he has a prodigious memory, and
this scheme is to be commended principally as a study of form. It
would be better, we think, if our correspondent took his Vitagraph bul-
letin and instead of studying the development tried to study^out just
what it was that made the story a story and not a failure, and for this
the back part of this paper each week provides much more material
than the publication of any company.
Plots.
Did you ever hear the old stor>- of the man who was to die unless
he told a story that would last forever? He started in by telling of
a granary w^ith a knot hole in the room and a locust came and took
a grain of corn "and another locust came and took another grain of
corn," and so on for about eleven nights when they found out he was
going to build another granary as soon as he had emptied this one
and so they put him to a horrible death. Lots of alleged plots run the
same way. They can be cut off into a thousand foot lengths or run
on to a million feet without getting anywhere. The thing to do is to
Jciwv: where you are going to stop before you start. If every script sent
into the studios was a plot and not merely a collection of incident, the
percentage of acceptance would be vastly larger. If Uncle John started
to drive Aunt Mary from Hick.^ville to Hohokus and got robbed on the
way. it Is not a story. If he knew he was going to be attacked by
robbers and took means to defeat them, it is the story of how he de-
feated the robbers, and the interest lies in exact proportion to the ,
charm with which you invest Uncle John and the suspense you use
in telling the story.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy-six pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developmg the "Punch. Condensing the
Script, Writing the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, Talking Pic-
tures, Copyrights, etc
In cloth, two dollars. Full leather, three dollars. . , . ,
By mail postpaid. Add ten cents if registration is desired.
Address all Orders to
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
17 Madison Avenue, New York City
566
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Projection Department
Conducted by F. H. RICHARDSON
Manufacturers* Notice.
IT IS an established rule of the Moving Picture World and of this
department that no apparatus or ether goods will be endorsed or
recommended editorially until such articles have been demon-
strated to a member of our staff. In case of apparatus pertaining to
projection this means the editor of this department.
Question No. 42.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission
to use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, other-
wise only the name of the city will be used. Theater managers look-
ing for high class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Suppose the engine piirchased to be capable of usiyig kero-
sene or gasoline. What steps would you take to determine
which is best,, all things considered? Supjiose it icas finally
decided to use gasoline, tell us how you would arrange your
supply to insure safety^ usitig diagrams to illustrate, if nec-
essary. What kind of oil system you would prefer for the
plant, and why?
Roll of Honor on Question No. 36.
There is just one man entitled to be on the Roll of Honor on question
36, and that is Joseph H. M. Smith, Forth Worth, Texas, who has
sent in correct reply to the whole question, but he did not go into
details on the first part of the question nearly as much as did friend
Gates of Brooklyn, and I would have been obliged to redraw all the
sketches and that would have taken more time than I could spare.
so that while I am publishing a portion of the replies of Gates and
Dobson, Smith is the man entitled to the credit this time. And I
want to say right here, that while, unfortunately, brother Smith is
not a very good draughtsman, and is not so fluent with language as
some, his replies to the questions, taken as a whole, have been
as good as those of any man on the Roll of Honor. The reason that
none of brother Smith's replies have been published lies wholly in
his lack of ability to set forth his ideas fluently, and in a proposition
of this kind the editor does not like to do too much revising.
Answer to Question No. 36.
The Question :
If you had no rheostat and wanted to control the speed of a
small d. c. motorj what icould you do? Shcnv. by sketches, the
correct connection for regulating rheostat of a shunt ivound
motor, including best location in the circuit; series motor;
compound wound motor; other motors.
John Gates. Brooklyn, New York, replies to the first part of ques-
tion 36 as follows :
If I had no field rheostat and wanted to control the speed of
a small d. c. motor I would proceed to make one. I would get
5. Switch
r FvSEb.
72 UllEO^TAT,
some small wire, about Xo. 22, preferably German silver, though
ordinary iron wire would do. I would secure a speed indicator
and. after having stretched nay resistance wire in insulators
on some convenient wall or on the floor, I would connect one
end into the field circuit, and then would scrape off the insula-
tion an inch or so from the other end of the broken field cir-
cuit. I would attach the load to the motor and touch the raw
Fig. 2 — Wiring Connections of a Series Motor,
Fuses or Switch Shown.
D. C. No
end of the field circuit wire to the end of the resistance wire
opposite the end connected to the other end of the field circuit,
at the same time having somebody to work the speed indicator
on the armature shaft and ascertain the speed. I would then
slip the wire along the resistance until the motor attained the
lowest speed desirable, whereupon I would cut off the remainder
of the resistance. I would then coil up the resistance wire by
winding on a mandrel in a lathe, or in some other convenient
HAit/'S.
fuiei.
Switch.
Sr/\T*T1NG
SHOVrFi£Lt>
SSftltS F/£LO.
Fig. 1 — Wiring Connections of D. C. Shunt Motor.
Fig. 3 — Wiring Connections of Compound Wound Motor.
way, and cut it into as many pieces, or coils as I wanted speed
variations, and would build it into an adjustable rheostat, which
I presume any competent operator knows how to do. I would
then attach this rheostat in series with the field of the motor,
and this resistance would then regulate the speed of the motor
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from minimum to maximum simply by moving Iho lover In tho
usual way.
Tho second half of question 36 la replied to by Harry T. Eobson.
Toronto, Canada, as follows :
On a shunt wound d. c. motor the speed may be changed by
Inserting variable resistance in the armature circuit as at R,
Fig. 4. leaving the field circuit unchanged. This method has
the advantage of simplicity, cheapness and wide range, but
has the disadvantage that the voltage consumed in the resist-
ance represents waste power; also when the load is fluctuating
the speed will increase as the load increases and vice versa.
(This latter would also ho true with resistance In series with
the field.— Ed.) The second method is to vary the strength of
the field by inserting a variable resistance In series therewith.
By varying the resistance in the field of a shunt motor, the
density of the field is varied, hence tho speed Is controlled to
a very great extent. The method Is simple, and there is Uttlo
Fig. A — Speed Control by Resistances in Armature Circuit.
energy wasted. The speed may be adjusted by small steps,
but the field must not be weakened below the point of satis-
factory commutation. These methods are also available for
use with the series motor.
Sketches 1, 2 and 3 are of shunt, series, and compound
wound d. c. motors. They are self-explanatory.
Brother Dobson's reply leaves considerable to be desired. It would
be unnecessarily wasteful to control a shunt wound motor by means
of resistance in series with the armature, also the same thing would
be true of a compound wound motor. As to the series motor, why {his
would be, so far as I know, the only method of electrically controlling
its speed. On account of the great waste involved I would not regard
it as practical to control the speed of a series wound motor by re-
sistance. If I am wrong in the foregoing I am perfectly willing to be
set right.
New York Local No. 306,
At the time of the last convention the then auxiliary to Local
Union 35 was in debt to the national organization in the sum of almost
$1.<XM. The editor was a delegate to the convention, and while ho
firmly believed a direct charter ought to be granted, he was somewhat
in doubt as to the advisability of the operators striking out for them-
selves just at that time, due to the aforesaid condition. However, his
fears proved groundless, as Local Union 306 has, since its inauguration
less than a year ago, literally performed wonders. It has now a mem-
bership of over six hundred in good standing. It has paid off the
aforesaid indebtedness, and now has practically Sl,0Oi).CK> to its
credit in the bank, all of which i=; some record. It forever answers
the oft-made statement that the New York operators are unable to
properly attend to their own affairs. In addition to paying off this
debt, and accumulating a bank roll the union has constantly main-
tained a business agent in the field, and has also maintained offices
in the heart of the theatrical district, where the secretary-treasurer
or business agent is constantly on hand to attend to the business of
the organization.
Just what effect the recent introduction of a former band of dis-
senters into the union will have remains to be seen. Unquestionably
there were many good men among them, but we are informed that
although this element was only admitted about a month before the
last election its leader proposed to run for president, and was only
prevented from so doing by being declared ineligible. The union has
advanced sufficiently that it is possible it might even succeed with this
man at Us head, and It Is certainly a credit to the mcmborahip that
I am able to say this, for ordlaaniy his leadership would prove ruin-
ous.
Tho editor of this department has nothing but good wishes for
Local Union 3<>0. He stands ready to do anything, within reason,
to forward tho Interest of that organization, because bo Is firmly
of the opinion that a thorough and effective organization is necessary
If tho projection of moving pictures In this city Is to be raised to a
uniformly high plane of excellence.
The present plan of organization Is not, however, I believe, the beat
possible. The Jurisdiction of Local .'iOO extends over all that vast
territory called Greater New York. This Includes Staten Island and
the Bronx, tho extremities of which are, at a guess, nearly fifty
miles apart. In any event. In ord<.T to cover Greater New York City
in any effective way. Local 30C will have to have at least four business
agents, and probably five. In the Judgment of tho editor it would bo
a much bettor plan if the city wore divided Into sections, and each
section have its Individual business agents, answerable, however, to
the central office as well as to his section. This Is, of course, only
the roughest kind of a crude outline, but something along these lines
would. I think, be preferable to the present arrangement, though this
is only an expression of my own Individual opinion.
At the risk of seeming officious I wish to offer the local this advice,
which I have already proircred many times to Its officers ; Don't take
in any and every body, simply because they are running, or trying to
run. a projection machine. In the long run I Ilrmly believe the organi-
zation will be more powerful, and receive greater respect from the
managers If it only accepts Into membership operators of genuine
ability.
Something Worth Studying.
In the old days when the editor was a cahow youth, just beginning
to sprout a moustache and notice the beauty of the poultry, you
could scarcely enter a single home without seeing upon Its walls a
nicely worked motto, in worsted, reading: "God Bless Our Home."
Now. regardless of whether or not that particular home was Justified
in asking a blessing from the Creator, it was a good motto, but
in this later day we have mottoes which are more to the point when
it comes to practical every day affairs, and here is one to which I
desire to call the particular attention of operators.
"DO IT JUST AS THOUGH THE BOSS WAS AROUND."
In how many operating rooms do you find men who will, in tha
parlance of the street, work their fool heads off while the boss Is
right there on the job watching things, but just let Mr. Boss go down
town, or across the street, or anywhere out of the theatre, and the
operator is aware of that fact; what happens? Why the "work your
fool head off" idea is immediately abandoned, and for It is substi-
tuted "do as little as you can."
The moving picture operator who wishes to succeed in any large
way must establish for himself a reputation for reliability and high
class work, and there is only one possible way in which that can be
done, viz : B"y the production of excellence in results on the screen,
not sometimes, but oil the time. The absence of the boss does not
make any difference to that kind of man. He works just as con-
scientiously when the boss is away as when he is ther»; In fact he
religiously follows the motto: "Do It Just As Though the Boss Was
Around."
I do not want to go Into any long winded dissertation on this
particular topic, because I am going to spring a few more on you
from week to week, but operators will do well to give this matter a
little serious consideration, and hold a heart to heart communion
with themselves. If you want to remain in the "just-barely-get-by-
class." and barely receive the union scale, if there is one, or the low-
est figure going if there is not one, then this matter will not interest
you, but if, on the other hand, you want to get up to the head of
the classes, and establish for yourself a reputation which will get you
more than the union scale purely by reason of the excellence of your
work, or where there is no union scale will get you the highest figures
paid, then you have got to work conscientiously and produce excellence,
not simply because the boss is watching you, but because that is the
only kind of work that will advance you in your profession.
From New Mexico.
F. J. McCarty, Clovis. New Mexico, orders a question booklet, and
makes the following pertinent remarks.
The projection department and the Handbook have been a
great help to me, and will, I am sure, continue to be. I am
enclosing a few patches which speak for themselves. If the
operator ( ?) making them puts up the same grade of projec-
tion, as no doubt he does, it is a cinch he is not an owner of
the HandbooK. And now to top this off, I have just got to
give the exchange a dig. since our service comes direct there-
from. And now, I defy you to come to Clovis and get any-
thing on me — because the distance is too great for that motor-
cycle of yours, but when the heat becomes too great in Gotham
you might try a trip to this land of sunshine, where you will
always find the latch string hanging out.
Yes. brother McCarty the patches speak for themselves, and some
of them fairly scream. One is five eighths of an inch wide, and
seems to have been put together with tobacco juice, but the opera-
tor failed to match the sprocket holes. Another has the holes mis-
matched, and there is about half-a-picture stub on each end. Cer-
tainly it is the exchange that ought to get the hardest dig. An ex-
change which allows films to go out in such wretched condition is
simply trying to murder the goose that is laying its golden egg. I
am well aware of all the arguments the exchange man would put up
against this, but to my way of thinking there is no possible valid ex-
cuse. Glad to know the Handbook and department have helped you.
It will. I am sure, help anybody who wants to be helped.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Change in Powers Motor Drive.
Something like a year ago the Xichoias Power Company placed on
the market the first friction motor drive. The innovation was ac-
cepted by the trade as being correct in practice, and excellent in
operation. Like most first improvements, however, the drive was
found to be in some ways susceptible to improvement, and that im-
provement has now been made as follows :
In the old model the large friction disc was on the motor shaft
and revolved therewith, driving the friction where on a countershaft
carrying the belt pulley which supplied Power to the mechanism.
In the new model this arrangement has been reversed, the large fric-
tion drive being on the counter shaft which carries the belt pulley
driving the mechanism, and the leather disc wheel on the motor
shaft, the same being stationary, and the friction disc movable, so
that the same relative speeds are attained by shifting a lever lo-
cated in front of the lower magazine, horizontally instead of vertical-
ly. One of the objections of the old model, or rather one of the
imperfections which developed through use lay in the tendency to
vibration, which operated to loosen up the joints of the stand. This
was due. in some measure, to the failure of operators to handle the
device correctly. In the new mode! this tendency has been entirely
done away with. One of the best features of the improvement lies
in the fact that, by means of set screws R-32, Fig. 3, and lock nut
tion wheel moved toward
in the present model the
the center
opposite obt,
of the disc to
ains, and when
lessen the speed,
the machine is at
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Fig. 1 — View from Right Side.
R-33, Fig. 3, the operator is enabled to instantly regulate the amount
of tension between friction wheel. R-I.5, Fig. 1, and disc wheel R-13.
Figs. 1 and 2. This is an extremely important improvement, since
by the old method of supplying this tension by means of springs,
the tension was fixed and was usually considerably greater than was
necessary, which had a tendency to flatten the leather disc if the
machine stood still with the wheel and disk together for any con-
siderable length of time. The improvement in regulating lever R-2tt,
Fig. 2 — Bottom View.
Fig. 3. is of inestimable value from the operator's standpoint, since
with the new arrangement of the lever he can now make exact
changes in speed by placing the thumb of his right hand against the
magazine. This gives him a fulcrum to work from, and he can move
the lever exactly as much or as little as he wishes to, a thing which
absolutely could not be done with the old lever. Another feature
lies in the fact that the device needs no oiling except a drop oc-
casionally at point R-o2, Fig. 2. where it butts up against the end
of the spindle on belt pulley R-17.
Taken altogether there seems to be a very decided improvement in
this device as against the old moi-el. And by the way, another fea-
ture I nearly overlooked is that wuereas in the old model the fric-
»-J2
Fig. 3 — Front View.
rest the friction wheel is entirely off the disc. The
of parts is given for the convenience of our readers,
preserved as this is the catalog of numbers by which
ordered.
List of parts :
following list
It should be
parts may be
Bracket.
Bracket
Bracket
Head
Xut
R-1 Base.
R-2 — Adusjtable Support
R-3 — Adjustable Support
Bolt Washer (4).
R-4 — Adjustable Support
Bolt (4).
R-5 — Base Support Hex
Bolt (2).
R-6 — Motor Support Screw
(4).
R-7— Guide Rod Set Screw (5).
R-S — Motor Support Screw (4).
R-9 — Base support filhead screw (2)
R-10— Bell Crank Stud.
R-] 1 — Sliding Carriage Adjusting
Screw.
R-12 — Controlling Lever Spring.
R-i:i — Friction Disc and Shaft.
not sold separately.
R-14 — Friction Pulley Washer.
R-in — Friction Pulley Driving
Disc.
R-16 — Friction Pulley Hub.
R-17— Groved Belt Pulley.
R-ls — Sliding Carriage.
R-lJi — Friction Pulley S h af t
Washer.
R-2<>— Stop Collar.
R-21— Set Collar.
R-22 — Universal Flange.
R-23 — Motor Shaft Coupling.
R-24 — Friction Pulley Shaft Coup-
ling.
R-2ri — Friction Pulley Shaft.
R-26 — Controlling Lever Pivot
Screw.
R-2T— Bushing (4) ( non-oiling) .
R-2S — Controlling Lever Spring
Screw (2).
R-20 — Controlling Lever Pawl.
R-^^O — Controlling Lever Pawl
Pivot Screw Xut.
R-31 — Controlling Lever Pawt
Pivot Screw.
R-M2— Thrust Screw.
R-33— Thrust Screw Lock Xut.
R-34 — Controlling Lever Washer.
R-3r,— Bell Crank Link.
R-36— Bell Crank Screw.
R-37 — Bell Crank Link Stud Xut.
R-3.S — Bell Crank Link Stud.
R-.■-;f^— Guide Rod (2).
R-4l> — Lever Link Stud Washer
(Cotter pin end).
R-41 — Lever Link Xut Washer.
R-42 — Lever Link Siud Cotter Pin.
R-43 — Lever Link Stud.
R-44— Lever Link Stud Xut.
R-4r — Lever Link Coupling Screw
(link end).
R-46 — Lever Link Coupling Screw
(bell crank end).
R-47— Ratchet Casting Bolt Wash-
er (2).
R-4.S— Ratchet Casting Bolt (2).
R-4;i— Ratchet Casting.
R-r>(> — Controlling Lever.
R-51 — Lever Link Coupling.
R-52 — Lever Link for variable
speed.
R-r)3— Bell Crank.
Screens.
A. J. B. Robert. Quebec, Canada, says :
I have a cotton screen IS feet by 14 feet on which I have
put a coat of aluminum, but it does not give a good effect.
The picture is not clear. What would you advise me to do
to give a finishing touch to the screen? What is best to use
for a home made screen suitable to roll up?
Coat your screen with alabastine. muralite or some form of white
calcimine. You are not very likely to get satisfaction from a home
made aluminum screen. As to a home made screen to roll up. I
think you will find one painted, as per directions on page 338 of the
Handbook, will be best. Xow don't say I am trying to force you to
buy a Handbook, although for your own good I would even do that if
I could. I have given these formulas and directions in the depart-
r-'ent so often that I do not think it is right to consume valuabl(6
space in reiterating them when they may be had in permanent form
by remitting $2. .10 to the Moving Picture World for a copy of the
Handbook, a four hundred and twenty-five page work which everj^
operator and manager should own.
THE MOVING PICTLR1-: WORLD
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A Cooling and Ventilating Plant.
W. E. Doyle. Fresno. California, writes :
Am sending you photographs of our eoollng anil ventilating
plant. It works anil the nirilomes had nothing on \n when the
thermometer stood around HH' degrees, and we started the
matinee with t»:i degrees and ran up to Ts during the evening.
The thing Is best shown plctorlnlly.
Photograph No. 1 shows the front of the theater. Lltho-
eraphH are never used anywhere near the theater, with tho
exception of single sheets on toe sides of the lobby : but stills
are much In evidence.
Photograph No. 1! showH where the air passes through a
spray of cold brine and over trays of Ice,
Photograph So. .'t Is the inside of the eight foot fan which
sends fresh air Into the house at the rate of .'Itt.txip cubic
feet per minute, changing the entire house every three minutes.
Photograph .N'o. 4 Is the other side of the fan with Its li> h. p.
motor. This fnn sets Into (he ground three feet.
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Photograph No. 5— Floor of the Kinema Theater before seats were put in, showing Mushroom Outlets for Cooled Air.
570
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
In photograph No. 5 we see the mushroom outlets under the
seats before the seats were put in. Since this picture was made
many more mushrooms have been added. The body of the bal-
cony forms a plenum chamber, letting air up to the audience
from beneath the seats, and in the ceiling underneath the
balcony through iron grills. Also this photograph shows our
24x28 plaster screen tilted back about two feet from the per-
pendicular, to the left of which is our beautiful organ, played
from the pit.
This seems to be a very complete ventilating plant, and I have
given considerable space to its illustration, because I think the matter
will be of much interest to many managers. There is real dignity
and quiet beauty in the front of this theater. Moreover, the absence
of cheap posters and the substitution therefor of the exce^ent form
of advertising shown is highly commendable. Let us have some data
as to pounds of ice used per hour.
Results in Philadelphia.
Saturday, June 13th. I set sail (gasoline sail) for Philadelphia, arriv-
ing in that classic village at 5 :M0. It took over an hour to remove
the some several coats of dust and poke some food into our counte-
nance, so it was 7 p. m. when I entered the Casino, which has its
pretty front very badly spoiled with many large posters. I sat me
down directly beneath one of the side lights, an incandescent under
a green shade having an open bottom. I found this light very con-
venient for making my notes, but exceeaingly annoying to the eye
when looking at the picture. Manager of the Casino take note. The
projection light at this house was Wiiite and brilliant and in the main
fairly weh handled, though there was a constant tendency- to a very
slight yellow at the bottom of the picture, and at 7:10 there occurred
a bad discoloration which lasted about five seconds. When I went in
the first reel of "Daughter of the Tribe" was on. The second part
of this reel came on out-of-frame. but throughout its length the
speed was correct, and on the whole I can compliment George Elwell.
chief operator, and his assistant, John Brown, on their work, when
I take into consideration the fact that the observation ports, which
are round in shape, are but little more than glorified knot holes —
too small altogether; otherwise the operating room, while not what
it could and should be by consi-jcrable, is not bad. The equipment con-
sists of two Power's Six A.
At 7 :55 I entered the Princess on Market Street. At first, although
the light was brilliant there was an almost constant slight discoloration
at the top. Afterwards the light became brilliant, and free from fault,
except occasional discoloration which very evidently occurred at the
time of adjusting the arc. I hunted up the manager, gave him my
card, and asked if I might go to the operating room, tut he evidently
feared I intended to plant a stick of dynamite therein, or swipe the
whole works ; at least he commenced to- make inquiries as to "what I
wanted to go there for." so I relieved his mind by not going. All
of which, I presume, means that the Princess operating room would
have been found open to very decided criticism. That's only a guess,
but .
At 8:50 I visited the Stanley Theater, one of Philadelphia's best
moving picture houses. The Stanley is a large beautiful theater, with
a commodious balcony, a beautiful front, and a finely decorated inter-
ior. It has commodious and tastefully fitted up rest rooms, and all
the modern conveniences found in dramatic theaters. At S :oS a new
reel came on with the title out of frame, also the title was so short
that I was unable to read it, and there was a bad discoloration of
the light at the bottom for a few seconds. Thi? was the worst fault
I found in the projection, and such other faults as were present were
undoubtedly due to the fact that the port holes of the concrete operat-
ing room are only four inches wide, and after looking at the picture
through them I feel sure that the operator would not always be able
to distinguish faint shadows on his screen, particularly on that long
throw, x'he operating room is eight feet deep by ten feet wide, and
is situated away up at the back .of the gallery far above the screen.
The throw is long and the pitch is steep. The machine, two Power's
Six ^, had to be set very high for the light beam to miss the seats.
The whole thing is badly planned and badly arranged, due, apparently,
solely and entirely to the ignorance of the architect, and to the won-
derful and marvelous brand of law makers Pennsylvania is blessed (or
cur.'^ed) with. The operating room should have been located very
differently, and could have been, with but l.ttle sacrifice of seating
capacity. The advantage gained would have more than made up
for any loss of seating the proper location may have caused. I was
highly amused at one feature of this room. The "intelligent" law
makers have fixed 4x12 inches as an allowance for observation ports,
l)Ut they allowed a hole something like fifteen inches square to be cut in
the front wall of this operating room for the spot light, although there
is no spot light in use. In other words these idiots (I can call them
nothing else in view of the facts), who make the laws of Pennsylvania,
will deliberately hamper the work of projection, and by so doing injure
the enjoyment of the people by lowering the standards of projection
and add to the work of the operator unnecessarily by limiting the
observation port to an opening 4x12. and then turn around and allow
a hole twelve or fifteen inches square right beside the observation
port. Piffle! And then some more piffle! But if Pennsylvania man-
agers would exercise a little common sense, and examine the picture
on page 78 of the Handbook, they could, by the expenditure of a
very few dollars, overcome th^ idiotic restrictions imposed, and give
their operators a port four inches high by twelve inches wide, and
make this port adjustable to any height. If the Solomons of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, or the city officials are so mortally scared
that they insist on six inches of concrete, why. make the sliding
shutter of concrete six inches thick. It could easily be done, and is
simply a matter of a heavy countppweight and pulleys and a chain,
instead of a rope. For the love of heaven satisfy those law makers
you have down there, but some time when you have a chance, pro-
cure a diamond drill, and see if you cannot bore a hole into some
of their skulls and pour in a little common sense,. You would prob-
ably break several drills in the attempt, but it is worth trying
nevertheless.
I know this is putting matters pretty strongly, but I, for one,
am utterly disgusted with this kind of legislative drivel. There is
no reason in the 4x12 restriction. A shutter twelve inches wide will
drop just as quickly as one four inches wide, and a hole four inches
wide will show smoke just as quickly as one twelve inches wide
would, and it is the smoke which creates ihe panic. But the really
amazing part of the whole thing is that the Pennsylvania legislators
enact into law a purely silly observation port size restriction, and
then take absolutely no adequate means for insuring the quick closure
of those ports when a fire occurs. Is it any wonder that we get
discouraged' and disgusted with this sort of tomfoolery? The work
in the Stanley Theater is injured by those little, narrow slits, mis-
called observation ports, and the work in practically all other Penn-
sylvania theatres is injured by the same thing; or at least the work
of the operator is made doubly hard. I must compliment the work
in those theaters I visited, in view of the difficulties under which the
operators labor. Projection in the Stanley is in charge of H. D.
Cheney and Silcox Goldberg.
I had intended remaining until about 3 p. m. Sunday, but when I
arose Sunday morning it looked very much as though the skies were
going to weep, so I lost no time in getting at least a few miles nearer
home before the storm broke ; but after all it was a false alarm, and
I might as well have remained. However. I'll come again some other
time, and try and stay longer. I would suggest that the Philadelphia
union see that marked copies of this article reach the authorities
responsible for the legislation named, whereupon I will doubtless be
invited by the aforesaid law makers to visit the City of Brotherly
Love again — not.
Six Years an Operator, but Still a Student.
"William A. Bantle, Camden, Xew Jersey, orders a Handbook, and
says :
I have been at the operating game for almost six years. I
have always followed the projection department closely and
have found it of great benefit. I am working in one of the
largest houses in North Camden, and have one of the best
bosses I ever had. Any supplies I need I can get without hav-
ing to use a nail puller or a corkscrew. I certainly feel sorry
for the boys who have to work with nothing to work with, as
set forth by one of the brothers a few weeks ago. Expect to
visit New York in the near future and want to stop and see
you.
The latch-string is always hanging out. brother. What you say
merely shows that your manager is a man of good sense, and one who
is wise in his generation. While I believe a manager should keep
close watch over expenditures, still, as this department has time and
again pointed out, it is not true economy to scrimp on operating room
supplies. If you have an operator whom you can trust not to waste
supplies, then I would advise you to make a change and employ one
whom you can. The man who does not possess judgment and good
sense enough to be trusted with carte blanche to purchase operating
room supplies, certainly is not the man whom you can trust with as
important a matter as the projection in your theater. My own way
of doing this would be to tell the operator to get whatever he needs
for the operating room, but to render a weekly or monthly itemized
report of all supplies on hand, and of all supplies purchased. The
manager can then examine this report, and if he finds there is an
undue consumption of any particular item, can take the matter up
with his operator and see where the fault lies. This is the business-
like way of doing things. It puts your operating room on a business
basis, and when the operator knows he has got to make an accounting at
the end of the week or month he is going to be careful what he buys,
and be economical in the use of supplies. But. on the other hand,
if you keep nagging at the poor fellow, and doling out supplies in
minute quantities, if he is a man fit to handle your projection ha
will stand for it just about two days, and then tell you to go plumb
to an unmentionable plaee^at least that is what your humble ser-
vant would do. The capable man — the man of brains, won't stand
for that sort of business. He feels it to be an insult both to his
intelligence and his integrity, and if he does stand for it he soon
says to himself, well thr -lanager does not trust me, and wants to
run the whole business. "1 should worry." and promptly proceeds to
get careless. Frankly I do not blame him. My advice to managers
is to employ an operator, pay him a good salary, leave him a clear
field in the matter of supplies, and demand results on the screen, ac-
cepting no excuse for faults in the projection. If your operator can-
^not, or will not work that way satisfactorily, fire him and get one
who will.
OPERATORS
Are you perfectly satisfied with
the results you get on the screen.''
The new second edition of the
MOTION PICTURE HANDBOOK FOR MANAGERS
AND OPERATORS
420 Pages
Illustrated
$2.50 Each
Postage Paid
By F. H. Richardson
will be the standard textbook on the subject for many years
Address all orders and remittances to
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Licensed
HSR SPANISH COUSINS (Edison). July C— A comedy by George A.
Lessey with a first-class situation but not robustly developed. It
got a scattering of laughs but never captured the whole house.
The New England spinster, somewhat slangy by the sub-titles, is in-
vited to Spain by her aristocratic cousins with the intention of fleecing
her. She is simple enough to be easily buncoed but they are too
foolish to be able to fleece her. There are interesting backgrounds and
it Is well photographed.
ALGIE'S SISTER (Selig). July 7.— A photoplay written by Edwin
Ray Coffin, produced by Gilmore Walker, which tells how cowboys are
sometimes easily tricked. The cast is made up of Barney Furey. Charles
Wheelock and Lester Cunco. Algie Rocks is too fond of the bright
lights and his father sends him to his Western ranch. The cowpunch-
ers attempt to make him the butt of their pranks in all sorts of stunts,
but in the end Algie not only turns the tables on them but also on his
father, and wins out gloriously. This is good comedy.
FOOLING FANNY'S FATHER (Lubin), July 7.— On the same reel
with "While Auntie Bounced." Very much ridiculous but laughable.
WHILE AUNTIE BOUNCED (Lubin), July 7.— On the same reel
with "Fooling Fanny's Father." This introduces a circus acrobat who
works on the bounding net. He is in love with a niece of a maiden
aunt who does not like circus actors. The sweethearts entice auntie
to examine the bounding net and throwing her on it start her to bounc-
ing and while she is going up in the air they hunt up a minister.
There is real humor in this offering.
A NIGHT WITH A MILLION (Essanay), July 7.— This is a Francis
X. Bushman release which has been adapted from a magazine story
embracing the strange adventure of a clerk who is supposed to be a
broker and entrusted with a million dollars in bonds. After going
through many adventures, serious, tragic and amusing, on trains, auto-
mobiles and so forth, he eventually finds that the bonds belong to a
crank and have been void for twenty years. This is a very good
picture.
KAINTUCKT BILL (Kalem), July 7. — A moonshiner's story that is
about on a par with many others that fill the Alms. The characters
are made up of a sheriff, who is the worst moonshiner of the lot. hut
is brought to the realization of his duty after he has sworn to uphold
the law. Revenue officials, moonshiners and the sheriff's sweetheart.
Annie, daughter of old Zeb, a member of the moonshiner's gang, make
up the cast. The usual stirring events occur.
FACE TO FACE (Edison), July 7.— The seventh story of "The Man
Who Disappeared," directed by Charles J. Brabin, with Marc MacDer-
mott. Miriam Nesbitt and a strong cast. This is really one of the
most interesting of this series, embracing in its plot methods of bribery
and graft, in both a political and business sense. Obviously, the proofs
optically obtained which embroil several members of the legislature,
seem to be far fetched. Many thrilling scenes occur in the development
and in the end the escape of the girl is exciting.
CARYL OF THE MOUNTAINS (Selig), July 8.— The plot of this pho-
toplay is laid in some isolated district among the "moonshining" peo-
ple. It is, however, an interesting story and contains many beautiful
scenes in the backwoods and mountains, which are artistically photo-
graphed. Kathlyn Williams. Thomas Santschi. Harry Lonsdale and
Roy Watson have the leading roles.
DOCTOR SMITH'S BABY (Vitagraph) July S.— It is a delightful privi-
lege to view a real and legitimate comedy at all times. In this ex-
ceptionally fine offering, no horse play, chases or slap-stick elements
predominate. It very plainly pleased a big audience and was received
with great laughter. The acting and all the details are adequate.
Maurice Costello and Mary Charleson have the leading roles.
ANDY HAS THE TOOTHACHE (Edison). July .S.— This is the eighth
of the "Andy" series, and does not lose anything by comparison with
the others ; it is so literally human. Not only much comedy pertains
but sympathy cuts a figure also. The old draw-the-line episode, and
I dare you knock a chip off my shoulder "kid thing" takes the grey-
heads back to the back-lot and country life. Andy through a "scrap"
loses the offending tooth, after escaping the dentist. This is a laugh-
able comedy.
A BOARDING HOUSE SCRAMBLE (Essanay). July S. — This is a
broad and almost absurd number, which gains nearly continuous laugh-
ter. It certainly is a scramble, as far as eggs are concerned. Its
rural atmosphere lends a pleasurable smack, especially to those who
have experienced life in country boarding houses. The photography and
acting are commendable.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL NEWS. NO. .38 (Selig), July 9.—
This is a very interesting number and covers almost the entire world
with its topical views. The audience evinced great interest.
ROMANCE OF PUEBLO (Eiograph), July 9. — This is a comedy drama
photoplay which might also lay claim to be educational, from the
fact that It contains many beautiful scenes in the historical Pueblo
country.
SLIPPERY SLIM— DIPLOMAT (Essanay), July 0.— A decidedly amus-
ing comedy with the scenes laid in the west. Victor Potel, Margaret
Joslln and Harry Todd get In their usual good work. Slippery Slim
is In love with Sophie Clutts, as is also Mustang Pete and a gang of
cowboys. Slim is postmaster of Snakeville and u^^es his position to win
Sophie, and the way he does it furnishes the comedy.
PROSECUTION (Vitagraph), July 9.— Written by .1. Herbert Welch
and directed by Ulysses Davis. The leading parts are played by Al-
fred D. Vosburgh and Margaret Gibson. This Is a pictureplay that con-
tains much heart interest, intermingling sorrow and joy, and It also con-
tains much intensity. The plot Is laid among the miners in a Western
camp where a strike is in progress. The photography is excellent, as
is the acting.
THE VASES OF HYMEN (Vitagraph), July 10. — This Is a real
comedy by Russel E. Smith and directed in a superior manner by George
D. Baker. John Bunny and Flora Pinch, assisted by William Shea
and Ethel Corcoran, make this a most delightful and laughable photo-
play. The theme of the plot hinges on the fact that both are lovers
of antiques and discover twin vases in a shop window. Flora buys one
and Bunny the other and through the shopkeeper they become ac-
quainted and after many amusing situations the two ornaments prove
to be veritable vases of hymen.
DID SHE CURE HIM? (Selig). July 10. — This is a somewhat amus-
ing comedy wherein the husband is addicted to associating with old
John Barleycorn and the wife is advised to try the apple cure. She
coops him up and feeds him with apples until the supply Is exhausted.
then she tries raw potatoes, at which he balks. Whether the cure was
effective or not the picture fails to demonstrate : however. It Is quite
laughable.
THE TRIBUNAL OF CONSCIENCE (Lubin). July 10.— A very Inter-
esting offering, wherein a retired wealthy banker, realizing that his
son has become a worthless spendthrift, adopts a novel expedient.
suggested by a faithful old family servant, to bring him to a sense of
his shortcomings. In the plot the son is informed that the father has
committed suicide through impoverishment. Nothing is left him but a
picture of his mother, the sight of which brings him to realize his
weaknesses and places him on the path to manhood. In the finale he
finds his father is alive and ready to welcome his boy as a man.
IN OLD ENGLAND (Kalem). July 10. — On the same reel with
"Rube, the Interloper." The firing of the King's salute, a Rugby foot-
ball game, Scotland vs. Ireland, southern cross-country run, at the
Royal Ascot races.
RUEE. THE INTERLOPER (Kalem). .luly 10.— On the same reel
with "In Old England." The Art part of this comedy gives promise of
a very laughable number, and throughout there are amusing complica-
tions, but the introduction of absurdly madeup policemen spoil an other-
wise could-have-been-made comedy.
HIS FIGHT (Selig), July 11. — The theme of this plot embraces the
everlasting triangle of a wife, a husband and another man. The wife
is fascinating but faithless. She is discovered and divorced by her
husband and comes to grief through another marriage. There Is
much heart interest in this offering and a surprising story is unfolded.
MANDYS CHICKEN DINNER (Lubin). July 11.— On the same reel
with "How He Lost His Trousers." A colored preacher is invited to a
chicken dinner. Unfortunately the chicken escapes. Another chicken
must be obtained so the preacher will not be disappointed. The owner
of a poultry farm and a constable help along the comedy and the
usual chase occurs. It is quite amusing.
HOW HE LOST HIS TROUSERS (Lubin), July 11. — On the same
reel with "Mandy's Chicken Dinner." The unfortunate adventures of
a young naval officer who upon arriving in port attempts to visit some
friends, on invitation, but is mi-taken for a harmless lunatic. Several
funny situations occur, but in the termination all ends happily.
LAME DOG'S TREACHERY (Kalem), July 11. — An Indian drama
full of the usual intrigues, treachery and so forth, of the Redman.
This is not a pleasant photoplay to view. The scenes and photographs
are the best part of it.
BRONCHO BILLY AND THE SHERIFF (Essanay), July 11.— This
contains the usual cast : G. M. Anderson, Carl Stockdale, True Board-
man and Marguerite Clayton. This is a Western drama concerning a
cowardly sheriff and a heroic cowpuncher. There is a love theme
running through it and also an intrigue, concocted by the sherifT, who
fails in his schemes and Broncho Billy wins not only the office but the
girl in the finale.
DOLLY AT THE HELM (Edison). July 11.— This is the eleventh of
the series of the active life of Dolly. Act'^n Davies is the author
and Walter Edwin is the director. Mary Fuller, supported by Charles
Ogle. Carlton King and Yale Eoss make of this newspaper story a most
interesting offering. The cast is a large one and the newspaper office
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scenes are well presented. Dolly makes a "scoop" and wins out against
long odds.
THE PRIMITIVE MODEL (Biograph). July 11.— There is no gain-
saying that this is an original plot in every respect. It concerns a
girl artist who is competing for a prize at an art exhibition. She
selects as her model an athletic young blacksmith and horse-shoer.
There is a surprise at the ending of this picture that is gratifying.
THE SOUL OF LUIGI (Vitagraph), July 13.— A fairly interesting
story, a bit unconvincing, is told in this picture. There is nothing
especially noteworthy in it and one feels watching it that its author
turned it out merely to do a day's work and that he himself was not
overly interested. It is pretty well acted and fairly staged. It is
one of those average offerings that don't add to its maker's reputation.
QUALIFYING FOR LENA (Edison), July 13.— A burlesque farce
that made some laughter, but that cannot safely be counted with the.
best funny pictures. It seems to be a commercially put-together piece
but well acted. Little credit belongs to its author, Torrey Ford, for its
fun comes from such things as the unusually big smoke of the auto-
mobile. C. Jay Williams produced it.
THAT BOY FROM THE POORHOUSE (Biograph). July 13.— The
story of this picture fails to make a deep impression on us. That boy
lacks what would make us sympathetic and we cannot give to his
adventures the attention that a really interesting picture would ex-
cite. It is clearly photographed and has interesting backgrounds.
Independent.
Licensed Specials.
THE MOONSTONE OF FEZ (Vitagraph). July 7. — This two-part
photoplay was written by Robert W. Ritchie. Maurice Costello and
Robert Gaillord directed it. The mysterious disappearance of a woman
in Algiers furnishes the plot. Its solution is rather astonishing. Mr.
Costello plays the lead and Constance Talmadge plays opposite. The
theme of the plot deals with the black plague and also contains incon-
sistencies. To tell the plain truth, this offering has many faults in its
construction and although interesting is not up to the usual Vitagraph
release.
THE INCOMPETENT (Lubin), July S. — A two-reel dramatic picture
that has been staged with a great deal of care, concerning detail and
selection of cast, location and photography. It tells a story of a young
man devoid of business ability, who marries an heiress and then en-
deavors to speculate, using his wife's money. Dire results occur,
financially and otherwise. This is an interesting number and really
superior to the ordinary.
A STRING OF PEARLS (Kalem). July 8. — A two-part detective
story featuring Helen Holmes, it contains many stirring scenes which
are well produced. The plot of this offering is rather unusual — it keeps
you guessing during the final scenes, and thus holds a gripping interest
to the close.
THE DEBT (Lubin). July U. — This two-part photoplay depicts the
sad experiences in the life of a girl, who has been brought up in the
country but comes to the city (rather a conventional theme), to obtain
a position. She meets with many adventures, finally becoming a chorus
girl. This is an interesting and gripping number which contains many
beautifully photographed scenes. The two leading people accomplish
some thrilling stunts. The ending is original and beautiful.
IN THE SHADOW OF DISGRACE (Edison). July 10.— This two-part
photoplay was written and produced by Richard Ridgely. It is a sort
of Maud MuUer story boiled down ; in theme, however, it has been
cleverly written and directed. Mabel Trunnelle is the lovable Norah
and is ably supported by Bigelow Cooper, Anna Leonard, Yale Benner,
Herbert Prior and Allen Crolius. There is much heart interest in the
plot and suspense as lo the outcome, which eventually results in a
satisfactory ending. The photography and scenic effects were extraor-
dinarily beautiful.
NIGHT HAWKS (Essanay). July 10. — This is a melodramatic photo-
play in two parts that Is certainly filled with punches and grips enough
to satisfy those who are given to such phases. Ruth Stonehouse. Fran-
cis X. Eushman and Rapley Holmes furnish the thrills. The action in
this offering got over the orchestra leader's head in fine shape. Rapley
Holmes is certainly a heavy villian. This is a superlative feature.
LILLIAN'S DILEMMA (Vitagraph). July 11.— Special feature in
two parts. George Ridgewell is its author and it has been ably directed
by Wilfred North. The cast is made up of Lillian Walker, Wally Van.
Paul Kelly. Albert Roccardi, Kate Price and others. The plot is lo-
•cated in a boy's school. Lillian gets herself into all sorts of predica-
ments which are extremely amusing. This photoplay is greeted with
spontaneous laughter. It is a well acted and photographed legitimate
comedy.
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH (Kalem). July IX — A two-part offering
that is. we think, decidedly the best and most interesting on today's
list. There is nothing great about its situation or about it as a pro-
duction. But it shows a quality of good workmanship all through that
keeps the spectator wakeful and concerned as to the outcome. A very
fair offering.
THE WILDERNESS MAIL (Selig). July Ki.— The opening situation
of this two-part picture is obscure. The spectator cannot tell what it
is about and is not deeply interested. The second reel and the closing
scenes of the first, however, have action that can be undersf^od and
that interests. There are many fine scenes with deep snow under the
bright rays of a clear sun, or shadowed ; in open spaces and in the
woods, and these the camera sets effectively before us, though we can-
not at all times see faces clearly enough to distinguish characters. It is
better than fair as entertainment
THE LAND OF LIBERTY (Majestic), June 26. — Not a story, but an
extremely interesting and instructive series of scenes taken in and near
Ellis Island. New York City, and showing immigrants entering the Land
of Liberty. It shows, for example, how the immigrants are fed on
Ellis Island while they are waiting to be passed through and what they
are given to eat. It also shows many interesting faces of grown-ups
and children. The photographs are clear and the whole is an offering
that is very likely to be popular with the average patron born in
America.
THE SUFFRAGETTE BATTLE OF NUTTYVILLE (Majestic), June
30.— A farce very like the Keystone comics, but showing a lack of the
wealth and fertility of incident found in offerings of that brand. Doro-
the Gish keeps it from being dull by the quality of her playing, but
there is too much sameness and too many palpably reasonless tumbles
in it. Christie Cabanne is the producer.
LOVE AND BULLETS (Keystone), July 4.— A farce in which a comi-
cally contrived mystery mixes a tough of bugaboo feeling with its fun
in a way that helps not a little. It is a somewhat different kind of
offering from what we have been used to from Keystone or any other
studio and will, we think, be amply acceptable. A good offering.
A ROWBOAT ROMANCE (Keystone), July (i.— This farce is not up
to the standard of this studio. We were not able to see anything funny
in it, but believe that it will find many who will laugh over its doings.
Keystone farces are (of this ready and rough kind) the very best that
have been given us. But the peculiar Keystone faculty of freshly and
constantly varied sameness loses its convincing liveliness in this offer-
ing. Perhaps it is because there is no perfect clown among the players,
the character on which the fun most depends is not comical enough.
A GIRL OF THE SEASONS (Princess), July 10. — A picture of Muriel
in winter, spring, summer and autumn. In each season she gets a new
lover and they come the same night to propose so she introduces them
all at the same time to her elderly husband. It is too slight to be
really effective, but has pretty scenes and makes a fair offering.
A WIFE FROM THE COUNTRY (Reliance), July 10.— An acceptable
offering telling a story that is made convincing by the excellent work of
the cast, producer and others. A rich man's son is a drunkard and
h'is father buys his consent to marry a girl in a country community in
order to make him reform. Some time later she discovers by a note
that her father-in-law and not love-at-first-sight has been the cupid of
her romance, but it all turns out well.
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN (Royal). July 11.— Good lively stuff a la
Keystone. It is full of astonishing tumbles and rough play.
LOVE AND SALT WATER (Keystone), July 11.— A sea-side farce
with a good situation and with business that brings out many a laugh.
It makes a good offering and is a sure entertainer.
THE WORLD'S OLDEST LIVING THING (Keystone), July U.- On
the same reel with the farce is this, a beautifully photographed scenic
giving us glimpses of some interesting things, some of which have been
shown before. It is short.
WRONG ALL AROUND (Komic). July 12.— Wife sends for her moth-
er to tame her "brute" of a husband. Mother comes, but gets into the
wrong house and finds a poor hen-pecked man whom she begins on.
The brute is listening through the wall and enjoying it. But explana-
tions clear the mix-up and then there is a little time left to show what
happens to hubby. A good release, light, but comical and entertaining,
ALMOST MARRIED (Sterling). July l.'i.- Rough farce that is a bit
more vulgar than usual with this make. There is nothing offensive in
it. but the business is rougher and broader. The gallery may like it
very well.
THE OLD DERELICT (Majestic). July 4.— A not very likely situa-
tion hampers this picture from the start and it never becomes quite
convincing. The story aims at sentiment and though it has a long
moment of intense suspense, it is not effective. Franelia Bilington
and others play it well as far as was possible.
A JOKE 0.\ JANE ( Beauty), July 14.— A lively farce that will
be found freshly entertaining and good amusement. The plot is well
constructed and does not depend on rough business, but on the fun in
its one laughable situation. Marguerita Fisher and Harry Pollard play
the leads. A good offering.
YOUTH AND ART (American). July 1."!. — With some very commend-
able and interesting scenes, this picture's story is too obscure to be
effective as a whole. The scenario seems weakly put together. The
players do well and the photography is clear.
HOW IZZY STUCK TO HIS POST (Reliance). July 35.— Izzy. a can
of glue, a chair to be mended, make the situation. After spilling the
glue. Izzy sits to get a good smoke before mending the chair. He re-
mains seated all night till a yeggman comes. It is a well handled,
slight incident, but is interesting, amusing and has a good laugh at
fhe close. A good offering.
A BEACH ROMANCE ( Sterling) , July 16. — Robert Thornby pro-
duced this picture featuring "Billy" and three other youngsters who
have become well known in pictures. The story is. of course, nothing ;
but the acting of the kids will delight spectators who like a little
quiet amusement with their more vigorous offerings. It is a cute picture.
A GENTLEMAN FOR A DAY (Thanhouser) , July 17. — A pretty pic-
ture, giving a dream that a little poor boy has in which he thinks that
he is a rich boy. It has a thoroughly delightful comedy prologue full
of poetry and childhood spirit and the dream scenes are graceful and
filled with beauty. All the chief players are children and among them
that most charming of child players, the "Kidlet," is prominent. A
picture that will be wholly enjoyed.
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THE RANGER'S REWARD (Frontier), July 10.— This Is a Western
bandit story, and a good ont*. The character of Smiling Joe, the bad
man, is particularly well portrayed.
TANGO VERSUS POKEH (Eclair), July 1!>.— A farce of society
life in a dry town, it has several not very convincing little things.
dry. obvious moments, that keep It down, but there Is some freshness
in It. loo. Only a fair offering.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL. NO. 24 (Reliance). July 20.— There is certainly
good stuff In this serial and it does credit to its author, Irvin Cobb,
and to its producer. Jack Noble. It Is a high-class offering. In which
we tlnd nothing that is cheap or stale.
GETTING VIVIAN MARRIED (Victor). July 21.— Pa and Ma want
to get her married and introduce the candidates. To scare them off
Vivian does astonishing things and cuts up capers enough to effect her
object. The changing situation impresses one as always kept fresh,
and there are many amusingly pictured jokes in it with enough rough
and tumble work included to delight that large percentage of patrons.
the average spectator. It is certainly not an elegant picture, but It Is
one sure to make laughter and has nothing very objec:tionable. The end-
ing is weaker than the t^rst two-thirds of it.
I LOVE THE NURSES (Eclectic), July 21.— Charles Arling sustains
the fun in this comedy right to the end of his appearance. There
is a bit of a drop when the successful rival is made to simulate mirth
which cannot be described as infectious. A man looking at a picture
always feels better when he selects his own time to laugh. The
subterfuge by which the man smitten with the nurse is removed to the
hospital gels over easily. The ensuing scenes in the room are provoca-
tive of laughter, especially the flirtation with the nurse, the burlesque
operation and the escape and capture.
THE WOOING OF BESSIE BUMPKINS (Joker), July 22.— In this
eccentric farm comedy Bess ^Icrredyth plays the country girl wooed by
two rivals. The humor is entirely of the horse-play type and never
becomes genuinely amusing.
BY THE SUN'S RAYS (Nestor), July 22.— A Western number of
about average interest. Murdock MacQuarrie appears as, a detective In
search of gold thieves. The looking glass signals give the rendezvous
away, and this leads to a roundup of the bandits. Agnes Vernon is the
girl in the story.
THE GATEWAY OF REGRET (Imp), July 23.— A one-reel offering
of dubious character. Gwendoline Pates is the daughter of a woman who
runs a house of ill fame. A man, for purposes of revenge, sends the
girl to the house to see ht-r mother, whose occupation she does not
know. She finds the mother badly intoxicated. This is certainly not
entertaining and has nothing whatever to commend in it.
AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS (Rex), July 2.'^.— A crook story,
with Robert Leonard and Ella Hall in the cast. The latter plays the
maid. The story works up to quite an exciting situation at the foot of
the broad staircase. The maid shoots the wife's admirer because of her
own regard for the husband. Nothing extremely new in this, but it is
put on well.
THE POLO CHAMPIONS (Joker). July 25.— A comical burlesque
which closes with the King decorating the returning champions with
the Noble Order of the Lemon. Each champion has an American
heiress with him and the significance of this is doubtful. It is the
kind of picture that will please people who are up-to-date more than
the gallery — it would be a dandy offering for fashionable watering
places, like Newport or their equivalent on the other side of the pond.
The script is by Captain Peacock, and it is cleverly played. There is
enough action to keep even the uninstructed amused.
BOBBY'S PLOT (Reliance), June 27. — Youthful lovers are helped by
the girl's kid brother, Bobby, who "puts one over" on the station
master, whom the cruel aunt wants the girl to marry. Bobby goes to
the next town and sends a telegram (he had been taught by the lover)
that makes the station master think the aunt is heir to riches. This
elderly man marries her before he hands her the telegram and the
youngsters are also permitted to wed. The aunt is well played to be
comical ; the other characters are more or less conventional. One can
count the offering as fair. It is not "a real live picture."
Independent Specials.
BLUE PETE'S ESCAPE (Reliance), July 11.— From George R.
Chester's story in Munsey's. this two-part picture starts out with a
snappy incident in which a detective (Sam De Grasse) saves a gang-
ster, foot-fast in a switch, from being run over by an express. He is
palming himself off as Blue Pete in order to find one of the gang, a
man he wants, called Chicago Red. Many of the scenes were taken
along a railroad and the interest is kept at a high level while we watch
the detective's adventures with the gang which accepts him, not with-
out suspicion, as one of their kind. How the gang planned a safe
cracking and how the cops, tipped off, were foiled by the toughs makes
a verj- exciting picture and brings the action quickly to a tense, ner-
vous climax in which, with the help of the detective's pretty sweet-
heart (Billie West), the criminals are rounded up. It is a good offering.
WHEN THE WORLD WAS SILENT (Imp), July 13.— A fine three-
part picture by Harvey Gates and staged by Herbert Erenon. The
thing that happened when the world was silent in the dead of night
is new and startlingly sensational. For the cast-off sweetheart of a
great musician, after chloroforming her victim, pours nitric acid in his
ears and he never hears again. He was about to marry the other
woman, but now this society girl thinks better of the bargain. The
author has made the viilainess who did this thing still love the musi-
cian and has made it plausible. He brings her back to the injured man
and lets her marry him, yet holds a clue over her bead. This clue is
in the hands of the mans butler and will some time fasten the guilt on
her. The author then complicates it by making the musician need the
woman and love her. The butter now proves that nhe Ih the guilty ono
and the author, with a Hawthorne-llke touch, starts out to make her
live a "third degree" life la the house with the butler - knowing all.
Yet hero he weakens by letting the husband Into the secret at once
and gets the happy ending by an expedient that Ih Hpolled by con-
ventional atmosphere. It Is needless to say. well acted and excellently
staged. Both author and producer have done praiseworthy work.
THE RENUNCIATION (Eclair), July l.'i.— A well-photographed two-
reel offering, featuring Robert Frazer and Mildred Bright. The girl
casts off her lover and he joins an order of monks. Later she comes
to the monastery. The old monk's interest In her Is at first very ob-
scure and the story Is poorly constructed here. Later her lover re-
nounces his vows and marries the girl. In spite of numerous short-
comings this is an entertaining picture, with a setting in the giant
cactus country.
THE VENGEANCE OF GOLD (Reliance), July 18.— Typically a West-
ern picture, this two-part offering gives only fair entertainment. The
story is not strongly convincing, nor Is it one that stirs pleasant emo-
tions. If It had been a powerful showing of real life, the latter short-
coming would not have mattered much. The girl refuses a poor lover
for a man who soon falls. Time changes the financial status of the
men and the once rich man now steals from the other. The thief dies
In the desert and the once poor lover gets the girl.
LUCILLE LOVE. No. 15 (Gold Seal), July 21.— This ends the series,
with the heroine at home with her rubles and the "papers" In the
hands of "Washington." Lucille has found out the secret of Hugo's
house (it Is some house) and with this knowledge she is able to get
those papers from him. by turning the tables (that is almost literal)
on him. This part is -sure to make a great deal of hearty laughter.
ALLAH-:i.111 (Eclair), July 22.— A three-reel offering in which the
scenes are fragmentary and difficult to follow. Barbara Tennant plays
the daughter of the ambassador from Roumania, pursued by some vin-
dictive Turks. O. A. C. Lund appears as a novelist to whom the girl
appeals for protection. His part in the story is apparently to get ma-
terial for his novel, but the whole scheme of the production is hard to
follow and uncertain in meaning. In the end the writer promises
not to publish what he has written. This does not seem to be a very
strong production any way and has many faults in construction.
LOVE AND LUNCH (Sterling). July 'SA. — A two-reel farce picture in
which the many will find laughter even in the first reel which is, to
a reviewer, rather dry from repetition. In the second reel, when the
lunch cart is running away and the cops are in full chase, all will
laugh and heartily, for it is very funny.
ICATE WATERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE (Powers), July 24.—
Charles Gyblfn. producing this two-part picture with the help of a
good cast, has made interesting a rather poor story and his picture is a
very fair offering. It is a girl-detective story with an army life back-
ground. As a love story it is nil. the love part being dragged in by
the heels, and there are no deeply popular elements in it except the
triumph of justice, which makes the second reel acceptable. It has
action aplenty, but it is not probable nor wholly logical. The heroine,
sent from the secret service office in Washington, proves that a run-
away lieutenant is innocent of the crime of murdering his colonel and
that the guilty one is a captain. The acting, staging and photography
save it as entertainment. The authors are H. G. Stafford and Calder
Johnstone colaborating.
HIS BROTHER'S WIFE (Gene Gauntier).— With its prologue that
is somewhat of a hinderance, this Warner's Features picture makes a
fair feature offering in three reels. The situation is not very deep or
original, but is interesting and has been developed in a lively and
entertaining way. The story is of modern life, but is a kind of reflex
of such romances as Pelleas and Melisande developed in a more healthy
and clean-hearted way. Gene Gauntier plays the young wife of a man
(Jack Clark) who has married her out of pique. His younger brother
( Malcome Sinclair) is the friend of the wife whom her husband soon
neglects. Blinded by anger he accuses his younger bnther while he him-
self is the only one who has done wrong; but the close sees everybody
happy. The acting of all three of the cast will justly be popular. The
photography and staging are good. Gene Gauntier is the author and
Jack Clark the director of it.
THE WITNESS INVISIBLE (Film Releases of American). — A three-
reel offering with excellent photography and very pretty scenes. The
story will hold interest, for while it is weakly constructed and rather
obscure in places, it has much that is of great temporary interest.
There is a new situation in it. for instance, when a father finding his
son whom he thinks a murderer, under the power of chloroform, goes
through a struggle before be resuscitates him. Some of the acting is
vigorous, some of it is weak. As a whole it will get by. but is not a
sure feature offering.
STORMS OF THE HEART (Great Northern). — This four-reel picture
of Scandinavian life will strike many as filled with Ibsenesque sug-
gestions. It has a new and deeply human situatinn, well played by
Betty Nansen. who is supported by an intelligent and skillful cast of
players, one of whom (the young daughter of the widow) is every whit
as vigorous and convincing as the great leading woman herself. It is
a picture for thoughtful people, for it is substantial and presents a
vivid criticism of life that is authoritative — that is. the author in pic-
turing the tragic ending of a mother's sacrfice for her empty-headed and
selfish daughter, shows a first hand and nerve- touched knowledge of
the forces that underlie life. It is a big offering for the right audience
and for the average audience it will be a good deal better than fair.
THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Louis Pennent) .— .A.n offering in four
reels that we feel sure will "lake" extremely well in places where
people read newspapers and are wondering at those "wild women," the
English suffragettes. It is . the first picture, so far as we know, that
has tried to put the inner qualities of this fanaticism before us. Suffra-
gettes will probably think it an epic of their great cause, while others
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will see in it a clear-eyed showing of the truth about it. The heroine
is the wife of the chief justice and she is so much a fanatic that she
places a bomb in the cellar of her husband's house as a rebuke to his
sentencing her to three months' imprisonment for complicity in an un-
successful attempt on the prime minister. Looking in at a window she
finds to her horror that her husband and child are at home. In the
picture are many scenes of great interest aside from their place in the
story that they make convincing. Of such are street scenes taken in
London in which suffragettes figure and also one showing a beautiful
church that is being burnt by the wild women. A very interesting num-
ber, and a good oflt'ering to liven things up where business is dull. It
will start talk.
THE D.A.Y OF RECKOXIXG ( U. S. Film Corp.).— This three-part
■Warner's Features offering gives Civil war-time scenes, with a big bat-
tle, and then switches to the frontier and provides wild west incidents.
The plot is somewhat loosely connected. The first heroine dies and
her daughter becomes the center of interest. The villain, who had made
the first heroine, now dead, think her husband untrue during the war,
has fled to the west and has her daughter with him as his own daugh-
ter. Her father, trying to find her, comes to the village and becomes
very friendlj' with her. Her "father" gets the stranger suspected of
cattle stealing — he is the culprit. The girl saves her friend and the
incident is the means of bringing a general clearing up of the tangle.
There is entertainment in it, but it cannot be called a sure feature
offering.
LIFE'S CROSS ROADS (.Vafcor). — The chief weakness of this three-
part 'Warner's Features offering is the abrupt and inartistic way ot
registering its meaning. The sub-titles also are blunt in their state-
ments of the picture's moral purpose and, now and then, make it even
amusing, unconsciously. The banker's older son marries his stenog-
rapher and is disowned, yet becomes successful. The younger son
marries the extravagant society girl the father wanted his older son
to wed and in time comes to ruin and death. The old man wanders
through the streets without means of support and the older son takes
him in. There are some excellent things in it ; but is too naive in
setting its storj- before us.
THIS IS LIFE (Ramo). — A three reel farce a la Keystone with little
plot (though it is kept fairly concrete) and depending strongly on its
rough run-and-tumble business of a kind that is well known from other
pictures of this type. The second reel contains a clear situation with
enough complication to keep it funny. The offering is as good as, if
not better than, the average picture of its kind and <^hould, now that the
craze for this sort of thing is in the air, take well.
MISS RUBY HOFFMAN.
AFORTHCOMIXG feature release by the Pathe is the
five-part film, "The Taint," now in the making. Not
only is the story one to arouse a great deal of inter-
est— it is said to be one of the strongest ever handled by
the Pathe — but the new picture will serve to introduce a
new screen star. Miss Ruby Hoffman. Frank Powell, who
is directing the new feature, is responsible for Miss Hoff-
man's entry into the mo-
tion picture world. She
is a most beautiful ■wom-
an, a brunette in type,
and she makes an ideal
subject. In addition to
her personal charms,
Miss Hoffman has a
splendid reputation
which she has made for
herself on the legitimate
stage and in vaudeville.
It was her splendid ap-
pearance that first at-
tracted Daniel Frohman
two years ago when he
produced "Detective
Keen" in vaudeville, and
Miss Hoffman stood out
strongest in the cast of
Frohman players. Like
many others, she began
as a stock actress and
was leading woman for
Eugenie Blair for sev-
eral seasons. She then
came under the notice
of William A. Brady,
that manager giving her
an important role in the
road company of "The
Gentleman from M i s -
sissippi." This was fol-
lowed by two engagements under Wagenhals and Kemper,
playing in "The Woman in the Case" and in "Seven Days,"
doing Florence Reed's part in the latter play. Until lately
Miss Hoffman has been seen in several vaudeville sketches
along dramatic lines. But like many other clever folk of
the stage the call of the movie camera sounded and she
wisely barkened to the call.
PATENTS COMPANY FILES INJUNCTION AGAINST
THANHOUSER AND UNIVERSAL.
Alleged Infringement of Edison Reissue of a Camera Patent
oraiited to Edison in 1902.
THE Motion Picture Patents Company has commenced
an action in the United States District Court against
rhanhouser Film Corporation to enjoin the latter from
manufacturing and selling its films on the ground that the
camera employed by the company has infringed on the Edi-
son reissue patents controlled by the complainant.
Judge Hand issued an order directing the defendant to
show cause why a temporary injunction should not be
granted pending the determination of the issues raised in
the litigation. George F. Scull, vice-president of the Motion
Picture Patents Company, subscribed to an affidavit reciting
that the defendant film company for several months past has
been using a motion picture camera in the production of
motion pictures which constitutes an infringement of the
Edison reissue patents which have been controlled by the
complainant for several years.
Not only has the Thanhouser Film Corporation been guilty
of infringement of the Edison patents, Mr. Scull alleges,
but he asserts in the affidavit that the corporation has antici-
pated the suit and the possibility that an injunction might
issue by using the alleged infringing cameras to a large ex-
tent, thereby producing sufficient motion picture negatives to
enable it to continue in business in the sale and rental of
photo plays in the event the court enjoined the corpora-
tion from using the camera.
The complaint alleges that by reason of the alleged unlaw-
ful acts of the defendant the complainant has suffered and still
suffers great and irreparable loss and injury and has been
and is being deprived of great gains and profits which would
otherwise accrue to it. In addition to the injunctive relief
triple damages based on an accounting of the alleged profits
are asked for by the complainant.
Heretofore the Motion Picture Patents Company has
pressed a number of actions to protect its rights under the
Edison reissue patents but has limited previous suits to
motion picture cameras and their use. But in the present
action the company has gone farther and seeks to virtually
suspend the business operated by the defendant.
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company is named
as the defendant in a similar suit filed simultaneously with
the Thanhouser action. John R. Taylor represents the com-
plainant in both actions.
The validity of the Edison reissue patents was only re-
cently upheld by Judge Mayer, who issued an injunction per-
petually enjoining the L^niversal Film Manufacturing Com-
pany, the Independent Moving Picture Companj' and the
Imp Film Company from using the Warwick camera, which
was held to infringe the Edison claims. An appeal has been
filed by the defendants and a stay has been granted on their
filing bond of $80,000.
Miss Ruby Hoffman.
K. & E. VS. BROADWAY PICTURE PRODUCING CO.
Injunction Sought Against Film Manufacturers for Produc-
ing "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
Klaw & Erlanger commenced an action in the United
States District Court on Monday against the Broadway Pic-
ture Producing Company, which recently produced "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in motion pictures, and the
Eagle Feature Film Company, which has been granted the
rights to the photo play in New York State.
The complainants alleged that they acquired exclusive
dramatic rights to the novel written by John Fox, Jr., and
published by Charles Scribner's Sons prior to October 12,
1911. when they presented the play entitled "The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine" at Atlantic City with Charlotte Walker.
Since that time, the complainants recite, the play has been
presented by two companies under the management of Klaw
& Erlanger and has proven a popular and profitable play.
In fact they assert they expect to present the production
during the coming theatrical season in the anticipation of
realizing further profits.
It is alleged the Broadway Picture Producing Company
unlawfully ' conspired a.gainst the complainants to make or
cause to be made for exhibition the moving picture of "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" without the consent of the
dramatic producers. As a consequence of the presentation
of the production in moving picture theaters it is alleged the
value of the play on the stage will be impaired.
.\n injunction restraining the producing company from
tnanufacturing and leasing the films and a restraining order
preventing the Eagle Company from exhibiting the films is
sought in addition to an accounting of the alleged profits
which may have accrued to the defendants.
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"The Little Gray Lady"
Jane Grty Has the Lead in a Most Successful Adaptation
by the Famous Players.
Kevic\vi;(l liy George Bluisdcll.
IX "The Little Gray Lady," the five part adaptation of
Channins Pollock's story by the Famous Players, Pro-
ducer Francis Powers has given us not only a splendid
story but he has told it unusually well. It was shown at the
Strand the week of July 12. where the writer was fortunate
enough to see the initial running on Monday noon to the
organ accompaiiinicnt. Jane Grey, as .\nna (jrey. the "little
gray lady." ha.< the lead, -hut really there are four principals
Scene from "The Little Gray Lady" (Famous Players).
in this storj-, and the work of this quartet as well as of
the remainder of the cast is excellent. Hal Clarendon, who
usually is seen in "heavy" roles, appears to decided advantage
here in the part of a member of the Secret Service. Possibly
we would have had a more popular ending of the story had
the detective been the winner of the bride rather than that
she should go to the weak, the vacillating Perry Carlyle.
vv-ho displayed perseverence aplenty when studying for his
civil service examination, but who forgot his sweetheart
back in Ohio, and also his mother, when in \\'ashington City
he fell under the spell of the dashing Ruth Jordon.
Scene from "The Little Gray Lady'' (Famous Players).
Jame? Cooley sustains the part of Perry Carlyle. He does
well in a ditiicult assignment, the portrayal of an honest man.
unable to withstand the lure of a pair of bright ej-es and a
myriad bright lights, turned thief as well as ingrate. Jane
Fearnle3' in the role of Ruth, the daughter of Mrs. Jordon,
the keeper of the boarding house where are staged some of
the most dramatic of the many good situations, is convinc-
ing, compelling. If many women who watch the unfolding
of this story are inclined to condemn Ruth and revile her
victim, the men will be disposed to bestow on the woman the
harsher expression, and they will pit}' the man because they
will better realize the strength of the alluring temptation
he encountered.
There are other players who contril)Ute to the making of
this fine picture. Julia Wolcott is the gentle old landlady.
Kobert Cunimings and Mathaleen .Vamold portray Mr. and
.Mrs. Graham, llie friends and l)enefactors of both .\nna Grey
and Perry Carlyle. Sue Balfour is the motherly Mrs. Carlyle,
who never learns what a had son Perry has been. Edgar
Davenport is John Moore, the stern chief of the Secret Ser-
vice.
The exteriors of "The Little Grey Lady" and some of the
more impressive of the interiors are staged in the Capital
City. It is said Mr, Powers received substantial aid from
Government authorities in the making of tjie picture: certain-
ly there is atmf)sphere. The large room representing a part
of the Treasury Building is an unusual setting. Immediate-
ly there is wonder on the part of the observer whether it is
Washington or the studio — there are so many great rolltop
desks. Then, again, the matter-of-fact way in which the chief
of the Secret Service marks the hills when setting a trap for
the crooked clerk materially heightens the illusion. The
locker rooms of the women and the men. and tlie employes
passing out at noon time — all of them seriously bent on their
own affairs — are minor but by no means inconsequential fac-
tors. -Another detail deserving of praise is the accuracy with
which the director has preserved the identity of the four
rooms in the boarding house — all entered from the same
hall. Much of the story is told in the rooms of Anna Grey.
Carlyle. the detective and the Grahams. The cafe scenes
are elaborate and well done: and so is all of the staging.
"The Little Grey Lady" is straight drama. The story holds
throu.gh sheer strength of plot, and depends in no measure
on the spectacular. Surely Miss Grey is fortunate in the
medium through which she makes her bow to picture fol-
lowers. She splendidly fits the character of the "little gray
lady." the woman who sticks tight to the man she loves, de-
spite his crimes, and ignores the love even as she recognizes
the depth of the friendship and the self-reniniciation of a
better man. The production is one in every way worthy of
the studio from wdiich it comes.
ECLAIR FORCES GO TO TUCSON.
Players and Employes Will Remain at the Big Arizona
Studio Pending Completion of Fort Lee Plant.
IT is announced this week Ijy the 'general manager of the
Eclair Film Company. Inc., that the entire producing
force engaged in the making of American-Eclair films will
be moved on Monday. July 20, to the spacious and modern
studio erected by the company at Tucson, Arizona. The
Eclair studios at Fort Lee. N. J., will be closed down tein-
porarily. This move was necessitated bj' the fire which com-
pletely destroyed the laboratories of the Eclair Companj' last
March and caused the companj' to start the erection of a
complete new factory and studio building. Until this work is
finished. .\merican-Eclair films released on the L'niversal
program will be produced at the Western Studio in Tucson.
In a recent interview given bj- the general manager of the
Eclair company he stated that the conditions for turning out
good pictures at the western studio are ideal, both from the
standpoint of weather and scenic locations, and some of the
recent Eclair western productions shown will well bear out
this statement. The mechanical and production equipment
of the company at its Tucson studio is sufficient to take care
of a large force of artists, mechanics and factory people, and
improvements are constantly being added, wliich will make
these studios the equal of the new buildings which Eclair is
erecting at Fort Lee. X. J. It is announced that the players
and employes will return to Fort Lee upon the completion of
the company's building operations.
CAPT. A. J. ROSER, KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
The Xew York office of the \\'orld was favored last week
with a visit from Captain .\. J. Roser, an American e.xhibitor
of Kingston. Jamaica. The Captain is a Spanish War veteran
who made his first trip to the Indies with the army. He
went back later to seek his fortune and is still there seeking
his fortune. He was not overly optimistic about conditions
down there: not that there is anything the matter with the
Islands, but the trouble is with the natives themselves.
The native help is so unreliable and lazy that the captain
is obliged to rely almost entirelj- upon automatic devices to
operate his place of business. That is why he is now in the
states looking for new things that work themselves. He
says the electric current there is alternating, but that it is
more intermittent than alternating. If it is possible for a
live wire to do anything in the West Indies. Captain Roser
is the man to accomplish it. He is a fine. big. handsome man
full of resourcefulness and courage, with a never-saj'-die
spirit about him that makes it a real pleasure to meet him.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Foreign Trade Notes
THE AMERICAN FILM INVASION IN ENGLAND.
By Edward M. Roskam, President Life Photo Film Corp.
ON MY arrival in London I had the good fortune of meet-
ing an old friend of mine, Mr, J. Frank Brockliss, one
of the most active and energetic film men in England,
who unselfishly spent the rest of the day in taking me around
the film district, especially to introduce me to the London
film men whom I had not yet met. The offices of the ma-
jority of film manufacturers and feature film buyers in Lon-
don are small and unpretentious looking, although the amount
of business transacted is enormous.
I had the pleasure of meeting tlie heads of the following
companies: Walturdaw, Ruflfles, Cines, Gaumont, Pathe, Hep-
worth, Motograph, Charles Urban Trading Company, Mr.
J. Frank Brockliss, Mr. Jury, Mr. Smith of the Viagraph
Company, as well as Mr. Winik and his many friends.
Mr. Jury, possibly the hardest man to see in all England,
gave me one hour of his very valuable time. Mr. Jury has
had a few very unsatisfactory experiences with .American
film men, and when I met him he was very sore against them.
One American representative who had been in his office the
day before threatened that if Mr. Jury and the rest of the
Englishmen did not take in his company's productions, that
he would open up his own exchanges and theaters and put
Jury and other film exchanges in Great Britain out of business.
The same man stated that it was ridiculous for the foreign
trade to demand that five, six and even eight-reel subjects be
cut down to three or at the very most four thousand feet
The outcome of this meetin"^ was a hasty and forced e.xit of
the visitor.
This is decidedly the wrong attitude to take with respect
to the foreign film market. The error committed by this
.American, who evidently determined upon impressinff Eng-
lishmen with the force of American business men, lay in the
fact that he did not reckon with different environment as
well as social and business customs on the rther side. Before
even attempting to talk business I moved among men so-
cially, visiting the various offices and places of exhibition in
order to determine what manner of men I had to do business
with. I found that their ways are not our ways and hence I
was prepared to talk business with Mr. Jury and the others.
I, for the time being, was an Englishman, and hence was
received with all the courtesy possible and accomplished re-
sults otherwise impossible of attainment.
Mr. Jury then showed me a list comprising 5,000 of the
biggest and best exhibitors in England, any one of whom
will veto a production not favored by him or the rest of a
film organization that is the strongest in Europe.
After a si.xty-minute pleasant chat I left Mr. Jury feeling
that I had changed his ideas regarding Americans and their
productions.
I closed with the American and Continental Film Com-
pany of No. 7 Rupert Court, London, and have granted to
them the e.xclusive European agency on all our past and fu-
ture productions. The American and Continental Film Com-
pany's offices are situated in the heart of the London film
district, and Mr. Bowden, the general manager, is vi'ell known
and respected as highly as any film man in Europe. Mr.
Bowden will either sell our negatives outright or will make
up prints for the various buyers of exclusive films for Eng-
land. France, Germany, Italy, Australia, South Africa and
the colonies.
My refusal to sell outright was placed largely upon my
observation which compelled me to form the conclusion that
the time will come in the near future when the demands of
the English and continental markets will be very similar to
those in America. Until that time arrives the American pro-
ducers can hardly expect to realize the worth of other pro-
ductions on the other side, but above all things and at all
times will it be necessary, in order to dispose of any release,
feature or otherwise, to have perfect acting- and a consistent
story, consistently portrayed. The Englishmen and the
Frenchmen are particularly keen in picking out inconsisten-
cies and defects that would at times escape the eye or judg-
ment of the American critic, and I have been fortunate, when
showing the first two productions of my company, in hav-
ing them express opinions that were laudatory.
I have spent four pleasant weeks studying the foreign
market and now know exactly what kind of productions Eng-
land and the continent are interested in. The length of a
subject, of course, depends upon the story, but 4,000 feet is
the ma.ximum length that they will buy.
A low estimate of the amount of prints that can be sold in
England and on the continent is twenty-four at the rate of
eight cents a foot for sixteen and six cents a foot for the
balance of the prints, which are sold in Germany, Italy and
South Africa.
Upon my return I was more than surprised to find out that
our studios and laboratory at 102 West 101st street were
no more. The fire department were not all to blame, how-
ever, as the building had been condemned over two years
ago. Twenty-four hours after our eviction all our machin-
ery, studio equipment and negatives were safely stored in
our "new building at Grantwood, N. J.
SID OLCOTT AND PLAYERS IN IRELAND.
Sidney Olcott and company of photoplayers, etc., who left
these shores a few weeks ago, are now located at Beaufort,
Ireland, where they will remain indefinitely, producing the
pictures that will be known as the "Sidfilms."
Sid Olcott and Co. En Route for Ireland.
Left to right — Patrick O'Malley, Will Reneck. Valentine Grant, Stan-
ley Henderson, Mr, Olcott, Fred Gunning, Mrs. Lawrence Santley ;
Hal Young, cameraman.
On the trip over on the .\driatic the company made many
scenes on sfiipboard, including the sports in which a num-
ber of prominent New Yorkers took part and also some
scenes in the steerage.
Beaufort is in County Kerry in Ireland, which is in the
Lakes of Killarney neighborhood, being between the village
of Killarney and the Gap of Dunloe, through which famous
mountain passage all the tourists pass to reach the lakes.
The Gap is only a mile or so from where the Sidfilms studio
will be erected.
Mr. Olcott has visited Beaufort before, and the entire
countryside welcomed him back. Everyone in the vicinity
is very much interested in the work and anxious to do what
they can to help. This is especially true this year, since the
natives have learned that Mr. Olcott is now at the head of
his own company and so is more directly benefited by what
they are able to do for him.
In London Mr. Olcott purchased a seven-passenger Fiat
limousine which has been shipped to Ireland for the use of
the company in seeking out the prettiest of the many won-
derful locations thereabouts.
THE .\10\IXG PICTL'RF. WORLD
577
Film Conditions in China
Odd Experiences of a Returning Pilgrim Who Went to the
Flowery Kingdom On Small Salary and Returns a
Director- General.
By Hugh Hoffman.
THli Moving Picture World was recently favored with
a visit from Mr. R. F. \'an \'elzer, formerly a journey-
man camera operator, but now the active head of a
Chinese company which has been organized in Hone Kong
to manufacture photoplays for the home trade, using only
Chinese actors, stories and settings.
Mr. Van Velzer's story is interesting from many points of
vjew, and the good fortune that has opened up to him is
typical of the windfalls that sometimes come into the paths
of men who venture into strange lands.
It was only last September that Mr. \'an Velzer was out of
work in New York, looking for a position as cameraman.
There was a China iob on the tapis that none of the regular
"I went across the bay to a suburb of Hong Kong and in-
duced the members of a Chinese amateur dramatic club to
do some of their plays before the camera. The salaries were
ridiculous, as will be evident when I tell you that the leading
man was engaged at $22 a month and second leads at $11.25
per month. But I found out later that they were all sons
of Chinese merchants, some of whom were wealthy. They
were a fine set of boys, well educated, and nearly all spoke
English fluently. Some of them were splendid actors and
we had many pleasant days together.
"We did first a native drama, entitled "The Defamation of
Choung Chow." With my experience and guidance the pic-
ture turned out well and when shown in public proved to be
wonderful drawing card. It packed theaters every night for
a month, being the only picture on a European bill that held
over from day to day. The reason of its great popularity
was because it was a Chinese piece entirely. The news of it
spread like wildfire and it was clearly demonstrated then
and there that China is a virgin field for Chinese drama.
"We made three other subjects during my stay there.
These were: "The Haunted Pot," "The Sanpan Man's
Dream" and "The Trip of the Roast Duck," the latter a
rough "chase" picture. All of these pictures had phenome-
nal runs at the native theaters. So pronounced was their
success that the fathers of some of my boys took notice of
them. But I was getting nothing out of it and the boys were
poorly paid, so I decided to come home to America. It was
then I discovered that I had gained the confidence of my
boys and their fathers — hence the rapid organization of the
South China Film Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Van Velzer Making Sub-Titles — Drying Drums in
Laboratory Are Visible Through Window.
cameramen seemed to want. The salary seemed good and
the prospects were painted in glowing colors, so he took a
chance and started away to that queer land accompanied by
his wife and their little daughter.
He found out very quickly after arriving that it costs an
American about ten dollars a day to live there if he would
live like an American. There is no middle class in China, so
far as an American is concerned. It is a case of live among
the white people at high prices or live in the squalid native
quarter at low prices, which at best is a wretched existence.
Mr. Van Velzer, having scanty funds, was obliged to Quar-
ter his family with the Chinese and set to work to save
enough money to get back to America. He says that he
went through a very depressing period of time among the
Chinese during which he worked from twelve to sixteen
hours a day building and operating a laboratory and training
Chinese help.
After eight months he found himself worn out by hard
work and a nervous and physical wreck. The filthy Chinese
food had reduced his weight twenty pounds and was telling
also upon his family. By this time he had saved enough for
passage back to America and had handed in his resignation.
On the night before he was to leave for America a party of
wealthy Chinese merchants came to his dwelling and asked
him to consider an offer to remain in China. As a result of
this conference the South China Film Manufacturing Com-
pany was formed right there in the street beside his house,
and the next day Mr. Van Velzer left for America with sev-
eral thousand dollars to purchase the necessary equipment
for a first-class laboratory and studio to be erected in Hong
Kong. This stran.ge burst of confidence on the part of the
Chinese Mr. ^■an Velzer ascribes entirely to common little
courtesies on his part toward the Chinese with whom he had
come in contact during his daily work.
"The Chinese," said Mr. \'an Velzer. "appreciate courtesy.
The firm I was working for was unreliable and domineering.
They treated the Chinese exhibitors in a contemptuous way
at their film exchange and the Chinese were obliged to put
up with this treatment or get no show. For my part I was
promised everything to work with and got nothing. It de-
volved upon me to build my own studio and laboratory and
find my own actors.
The Mirror Dramatic Club of Hong Kong. Probably the
First in Which Women Have Had a Part.
"Now, I am going back as director-general of the company
to make films in earnest. I have a much better opinion of
the Chinese than I had at first. I find that if they are treated
right they are the fairest, squarest men to do business with
that I have found anywhere. They never go back on an
agreement and they never agree to do anything they do not
intend to fulfill. I also find that they are intelligent and
make good laboratory hands, the girls as well as the boys
and men. It is the purpose of our companj', not only to
manufacture pictures, but to establish a circuit of theaters in
which to show them.
"While there is no rule against it. the women of China
have never acted. On this account I found it better to use
female impersonators, but the women have talent; there is
no doubt about that. .\t first they are camera-shy and in-
clined to giggle, yet they have fine facial expression and a
little patience will brinq- it out.
"There are two classes of exhibitions in Hong Kong, or
perhaps I should say, two classes of audiences. The first
exhibition is given in the early evening for Europeans at
prices ranging from fifty cents to $1.50. Later the same pro-
gram is shown to the natives for prices approximating five
and ten cents. The Chinese do not understand our society
dramas but they do like ."^lap-stick comedy and "cowboy"
pictures.
"The water of Hong Kong comes from mountain sorings
and is so cold and clear that it is ideal for laboratory pur-
poses."
Mr. Van Velzer is enthusiastic over his new prospects and
is anxious to return to China. He allowed us to read some
of the letters he has received from his boys. Thev are
mostly all typewritten in good English by the writers and all
of them express endearment for their director whom they
beseech to come back to Hong Kong as soon as possible.
578
THE :\IOVING PICTURE WORLD
Congratulations Due on Dayton Outcome.
CONGRATULATIONS are in order: congratulations to
exhibitors generally and to the other two great depart-
ments of the moving picture industry, because ot the
recent reconciliation at Dayton of the parent organization
of exhibitors and the seceding faction.
Being present during the proceedings of the first four days
of the convention, I know how tense interest was along the
line of concessions, and how hard it was to make some o
the conservative members budge. Luckily there were several
on the liberal side who never lost sight of the vital impor-
tance of reamalgamation. and who saw not far off m the
future the death of both factions should they fail to come to-
<^ether at this crisis. Reider and Jeup, of Michigan; i-hilUps,
of Texas, and Brophy. of Oklahoma, were foremost among
those wdio advocated "going the limit" to bring the seceders
back. . ■ .u c t
The man who made reamalgamation possible, in the hrst
place, bv declining renomination as president when \-ictory
was in s'ight by a vote of nearly two to one, looms up bigger
than ever as a member of the League. M. A. N eflf will go
down in the history of organized exhibitors as the founder
of the Moving Picture Exhibitors' League of .\merica. Hi>
wise counsel will be at the disposal of the organization, and
his services will lie given without stmt, if needed, during the
ensuing vear. , r v o ♦
The hands of the incoming president. M. A. Fearce, o:
Baltimore, should be firmly upheld during his term He
will have many difficult proldems to face, and their solution
will be made easy by the united and earnest support of mem-
bers of the League. .11 „„„
Now that peace and harmony and co-operation have been
restored to the organization, there should be no place in the
mind of any memirer for the dead past. It is decently buried.
The steady growth of the League in membership and mtlu-
ence shouUfbe the aim of every member throughout the
coming year.
For Safety in Chicago's Picture Theaters.
The fire in the Ashland Theater June 27 will result in a
new picture theater ordinance which will minimize the danger
of fire from burning films or faulty wiring. The ordinance
will be ready for the consideration of the City Council im-
mediatelv after the summer recess. After the fire in Ashland.
\ssistant Chief Building Inspector Kelling declared that the
fault is not entirely that of the proprietors of such theaters,
but in the lack of proper legislation. Mr. Kelling stated that
the moving picture business had progressed so rapidly that
legislation in the past few years had not kept pace with it.
and that out of 630 or more picture houses now in the city
not one of them failed to comply with present ordinances.
In manv instances moving picture houses which are oper-
ating under the old Class B ordinance, and not affected by the
new'ordinance of January. 1911, providing for fire-proof con-
struction, have voluntarily taken measures for the safeguard-
in<r of their patrons. The new ordinance, w-hich became
effective in January, 1911. required theaters seating more than
300 and not exceeding 1,000 persons to be fire-proof con-
struction, with exits on each side leading to a street or ally
of a minimum width of five feet.
The report of Theater Inspector A. F. Olsen submitted to
Building Commissioner Ericsson after the explosion and fire
in the Ashland Theater showed that the building proper was
fire-proof and the safety measures governing exits and aisles
were in excess of the law's requirements. According to In-
spector Olsen's report the .\shland, required to have 4'-4
feet of exit and aisle space, has 14^' feet of exit and 5 feet of
aisle space, an excess of 10 feet and a half-foot respectively.
Inspector Olsen declared that in the case of the Ashland
Theater it was purely a case of carelessness, an exposed film
becoming ignited from the arc light in the machine booth.
Records on file in the Building Commissioner's Department
show that the old style houses of the "store" type are gradu-
ally being eliminated, not through adverse legislation, but
by the law of the "survival of the fittest." Of this type seven-
ty-f^ve houses voluntarily were abandoned last year, and an
equal number are expected to leave the field this year. Com-
missioner Ericsson says of Chicago moving picture theaters
that with the exception of a few of the cheaper kind they
have done more than is required by law for the safety of the
patrons. Danger still exists, Mr. Ericsson admitted, but he
said his department was pow-erless to act until new legislation
is passed. In the larger theaters the managers in many in-
stances have gone out of their way to build fire-proof film
pits absolutely apart from the rest of the theater so that
the danger of a fire spreading is minimized. The changes
suggested by Mr. Ericsson will be put into form by one of
the assistant corporation counsel and then will lie sent to the
Council judiciary committee.
New Picture Theaters for Chicago.
Notwithstanding the large number of moving picture and
neighborhood theaters already in Chicago, plans ar.e under
way for the erection of half a dozen or more new buildings
devoted to kinematography. Building permits have been is-
sued for the erection of a three-storj' structure at 551-559
Belmont avenue, to contain a theater, stores, and flats. an<l
for the construction of a two-story brick theater at 2433-43
Lincoln avenue. The former will cost $130,000 and the latter
$100,000.
Besides these, plans have been prepared for a one-story
theater at 4030-34 West Madison street, to cost $100,000. .\
$150,000 structure is to be erected at East Sevent3--fourth
street and Cottage Grove avenue, which will contain a the-
ater, five stores, and twenty-five flats. Another theater, for
which plans have been prepared, will be located at 3435-41
Lincoln avenue. It will be two stories high and will cost
$100,000.
Pictures to Revolutionize Teaching Methods.
At the recent convention of the National Education Asso-
ciation, held in Minneapolis, at a special meeting devoted to a
discussion of the use of moving pictures, it was held that
they are destined to revolutionize the present methods of
teaching. It was the consensus of opinion that the pictures
give visuality and quicken the imagination of the child to a
far greater degree, in a few minutes' time, than the text-
book would in days of study. Subjects covering the curricula
from kindergarten to the graduate course already are in use.
it was stated, in a few cases, and others are being prepared
for use in every branch of science.
Lauder Film Lost.
The Celebrated Players Film Company of Chicago an-
nounces the loss of the one-reel Harry Lauder film, entitled
the "Comedy Golf Game." The picture was shown at the
Regent Theater, 6746 Sheridan road, Chicago, on June 16,
and was reported returned to the office of the Celebrated
Players Film Company about 12:30 the same night. The
employee of the Regent Theater who was intrusted with the
film asserts that he left it in the elevator of the Schiller
Building on the night above mentioned, since which time no
one Connected with the Celebrated Players Film Company has
seen the film. All theater managers are warned to be on
their guard against doing any business with this copy of
the one-reel Harry Lauder "Comedy Golf Game," as the
Celebrated Players Film Company owns the exclusive rights
of exhibition for the entire United States.
Chicago Film Brevities.
William N. Selig sailed from New York for Europe on the
"Imperator" Saturday, July 18. The Rev. Joseph Tonello will
accompany him. Mr. Selig will travel throughout Europe
during the trip, making London his headquarters. He will
return to Chicago in about five or si.x weeks.
* * *
Ed Kohl, oj Cleveland, who was appointed chief sergeant-
at-arms of the Dayton convention, motored all the way from
Cleveland to Daj-ton. He was accompanied by ^liss Ger-
trude Kohl, Master Edward Kohl, and Miss .\gnes Fox. The
party stopped over at Columbus and Springfield while en
route. Mr. Kohl tells the story that the machine ran over a
chicken at Norwalk. Ohio, and that in its death throes it
cried: "Cheep, Cheep trip." while a sad-eyed pig nearh-
grunted, "Oi! Oi!"
* * *
The story of the Kathlyn series has been syndicated in the
Kellogg list of the Western Newspaper Union. About 15.000
papersin the association are using the story. The sale of
the Bobbs Merrill issue of the Kathlyn story in book form
has been so great that the publishers have been obliged to
run their plants night and day to meet the demand.
* * *
Sol L. Lesser, general manager of the Golden Gate Film
Exchange, Inc.. of San Francisco, made a pleasant call at our
office last week.
nil': .M()\i.\(. I'Rri'Ki-: wuki.d
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Al kosi-iulial. tornuTly Iraveliii!' roprcsciitalivf out of
Chica.yo tfr Warner's Fi-aUin-s, is imw traveling sincial rcp-
resentativi; of the World Film Corporation. Mr. Rosenthal
recently nia4e an extended trip tl\roiigh the South. He
reports business very Rood in that territory, notwithstandiiiia;
the hot weather.
* * *
Harry H. Young, formerly with Warner's Feature Film
Company, is now traveling representative out of Chicago for
tile World Film Corporation.
* * «
William Buehler, formerly assistant tlirector of Kinema-
color in Los .-Vngeles, paid a call at the World ofllce last week.
Mr. Buehler has certain plans in view wliich will probably
necessitate making Cliicago liis temporary home in the near
future.
* * ♦
After three months' fight in the Federal Court of Xew
York State for the possession of "Rrewstcr's Millions," .\lfred
Hamburger gained the decision over tlie Jesse L. Lasky Fea-
ture Play Company. Mr. Hamburger will show the celeljrated
comedy at the Ziegtield Theater for an extended engagement.
* » »
Annette Kellermann is still drawing crowds in "Xeptune's
Daughter" al the Fine .\rts Theater. Tlie business for ten
weeks has been so remunerative that .\lfred Hambur.ger has
decided to continue the feature all through the summer.
* * «
The moving picture rights of "Diane of the. Green Van," the
best story of 1914, thus far, by Leona Dalrymple, have been
purchased by William K. Selig. Tliis is the ten-thousand-
dollar prize novel selected by Miss Ida M. Tarliell. S. S.
McClnre and George N. Madison, appointed judges for the
occasion, as the best of over 500 manuscripts sulimitted in
the great novel contest, which brought out many stories
of exceptional merit.
* * *
Williain Sievers. of the New Grand Central. St. Louis, paid
a call at the World office during his recent visit to Chicago.
L"nfortunately I was not in at the time.
* * *
"Cabiria" continues to draw well-filled houses at the Illinois.
It's pronounced success points to an all-summer run.
* * *
"The Christian" at the Olympic continues to draw large and
well-pleased audiences.
* * *
C. A. Frambers, president of the Chicago Photoplaywright
Club, with headquarters at 3Z23 West Polk street, this city,
paid a visit to the World, office recently. The club meets
once a week in a downtown theater and the members criticise
the pictures show-n and one another's inanuscripts. The
members are Miss Maibelle Heikes Justice, Harry S. Burton,
Charles Buckley. C. J. Caine and Louis J. Bass.
APEX OPENS IMPORTANT EXCHANGES.
Dallas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Territory to be Sup-
plied by Apex Feature Service.
ENCOURAGED by the excellent results secured in
Atlanta, the Apex Feature Service has opened ex-
changes in Dallas. San Francisco, and Los Angeles,
renting their feature productions direct to exhibitors. The
Southern states, with Atlanta as a center, have heretofore
been considered undeveloped territory from a standpoint of
the distributor of feature films. In less than four months'
time the Apex Film Company has demonstrated that the
Southern States are as good as any other section of America
for feature productions, and the up-to-date exhibitors in that
territory; have been quick to grasp the opportunity of secur-
ing the feature service supplied by the Apex office in Atlanta,
which handles not only tlie Apex productions, but also the
Blache, Solax, Itala, Greenels Feature Photoplays, and other
productions. Morris Levison, who rendered such excellent
service in developing the Atlanta territory, is now in Dallas
opening commodious oflices for the Apex Feature Service in
that city, and has been succeeded by O. P. Hall, one of the
best known showmen and film men in the entire South.
Morris Winik, who came from London especially to open
the Apex exchanges on the Coast, has fitted up spacious
quarters at the Pantages Theater Building. San Francisco,
and secured the services of Marion H. Kohn as manager of
that office. Mr. Winik is now in Los Angeles, where he has
just rented oflices at 802 South Olive street, from which the
Southern California exhibitors will be served by the Apex.
Joseph Simmonds, of the Apex Film Co., intends to visit
his old home in San Francisco in a sliort time, taking time en
route to visit the Ape.x offices in Atlanta. Dallas, and Los
Angeles.
Hodkinson on Visit to Coast.
Tells What Paramount Picture Corporation Intends to Do
For Exhibitor.
WILLI, \.\1 W. H()1JKIN'S<J.\, the ,;;eneral manager of
the Paramount Pictures Corporation, lef: last Wetl-
nesday for a tour on the Pacific Coast. He will visit
Seattle, San Francisco and Los .Angeles, v, here '.le expects to
confer with the managers of his exchanges. Me will be l-acU
. in New York ready to devote himself entirely to the details
of working out the plans of the Paramount Pictures Cc-pora-
tion in the middle of .'\ugust.
"I want to emphasize," said Mr. Hodkinson to a reporter of
The Moving Picture W^irld, "that we expect to do more for
the high-class exhibitor than was ever done before, \\c will
make him the king pin of the amusement world in his c>wn
territory, and with such an organization uaok (i him he may
well consider hiniself the personal representative r.f the great
names and forces that are arrayed within the ranks of our
organization. He will be glad to help us in widening the
gulf which even now divides the 'movies' from the motion
pictures. We will give him the aid of a U-W and systematic
method of national advertising, but of this I will tell you
more later on as soon as our plans are perfected in every
detail."
L. Frank Baum
THE president and general manager of the Oz Film
Manufacturing Company, L. Frank Baum, is perhaps
as well known to the children of the world as any
other living man. He has written and published twenty-six
books of fairy tales, the best known of which are the scvc- ■;
Oz books. His fairy tales have been translated and pub-
lished in many foreign countries, exceptionally large sales
being reported from
Germany. In the
United States alone
over four million
copies of his books
have been sold dur-
ing the last five
years. From 1881 to
1883 Mr. Baum
played the leading
part in "The Maid of
Arran," a dtama
written by himself,
in which he toured
the country. He also
wrote "The Wizard
of Oz," which was
produced at the
Grand Opera House
in Chicago and ran
for eight years. This
was the first of the
modern extravagan-
zas. "The Woggle
Bug," his next musi-
cal comedy, was pro-
duced at the Dear-
born Theater, Chi-
cago. His latest
musical extrava-
ganza was "The
"Tik Tok Man of
Oz." produced by
Oliver Morosco at
the Majestic .The-
ater, Los Angeles,
in 1913.
Mr. Baum made a successful tour throughout the country
in 1908 and 1909, giving an illustrated lecture on fairy tales
taken from several of his best known books. He organized
the Oz Film Manufacturing Company in Los Angeles this
Spring, realizing the trernendous field open to a company
producing quaint fairy stories, full of clean comedy, love
and adventure, teeming with transformations, illusions, ap-
pearances and disappearances. The first film will be a five-
reel feature of "The Patchw^ork Girl of Oz." taken from his
book of the same name. This subject has been under work
since June 15 and will be ready for release very soon. Over
nine thousand feet of film was taken to cover the first four
reels, of which the very best photography and cleverest of
scenes were selected. No expense has been spared to make
this first picture a sensation, Mr. Baum spending all of his
time at the plant.
L. Frank Baum.
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THE xMOX'IXG PICTURE WORLD
The Vampire's Trail
Kalem Two-Reel Picture Gives Interesting Development to
an Important Situation — An Intimate Story of
Domestic Life.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
AYOUXG mother wants to be with her child so much
that she is cross to her husband when he asks her to
spend a pleasant evening with him away from home.
The husband in consequence seeking diversion and relief from
business cares alone, drifts away from her. This is a good
situation, and the authors of this picture, which makes use of
it, (there are two of them, Benjamin Barondess and Michael
Potter) have stated it in a simple, direct way that leaves no
opening for melodrama, but a fine chance for true dramatic
Scene from "The Vampire's Trail" (Kalem).
development. It will be noticed that both husband and wife
are not drawn as all good or all bad nor are they presented
in a way that compels us to sympathize one way or the other.
They are merely set there in their home life with this little
entanglement that they must either unravel or trip over to
the destruction of the home. The average spectator will
probably not see himself or herself in either of them. They
Alice Joyce and Tom Moore in "The Vampire's Trail."
will be to him acquaintances only, not wholly approved of as
wise human beings, but decidedly of interest, they will be
seen as in some things foolish human beings, good gossip
material.
When the second reel is opening we find that things have
got to such a pass that the husband invites the singer, with
whom he has begun a somewhat unsafe friendship, to attend
a party at his house and there introduces her to his wife.
The spectator's mind hesitates here, for a moment, thinking
that it is a bit unbelievable and perhaps it is. But the au-
thor's intention is to get her in the house and in some natural
and convincing w'ay to have some contagious disease break
out. The child gets sick while the party is in progress and
the singer lingering behind, is quarantined and compelled to
remain there for several days. This singer is the vampire,
and it has been her intention to get nation-wide publicity by
eloping with the man whom she doesn't love. She has been
persuaded to take the step by her reporter lover. The queer
trick thus played on her by chance (she had thought that he
would elope with her that night) puts her in the frame of
mind that makes her give her hacracter "away." She cares
nothing for the sick baby and persists in playing rag time
airs. Then her persuading the butler to play cards with her
and to get out the wine bottle also makes her seem a most
undesirable person. The reporter, wondering why he gets no
definite news about the elopement, comes to the house and
they, while talking through an open window, are overheard
by the wife, who is thunderstruck to learn that she had been
entertaining a woman whose sole object was to entrap her
husband into an elopement. This is naturally all off now,
and we are never sure that her scheme had appealed to the
man. We prefer to think not, for if it had, the wife could
have forgiven him, but how could she ever have respected
his common sense or strength of character afterward? That
she does take him back into her love and confidence makes
it sure that he w-as not fooled so wholly as the adventuress
had hoped or persuaded herself. The role of the young wife
is taken by .\lice Joyce; that of her husband by Tom Moore
and that of the adventuress by Alice HoUister. All three of
these have excellent roles and all capably fill the require-
ments of them. The production was put on the screen by
Robert G. Vignola and has many lovely scenes. The photog-
raph}- is fine.
George Soule Spencer
GIORGE SOULE SPENCER is a native of the Badger
State, born and raised in the City of Milwaukee. The
L'niversity of Wisconsin is his .\lma Mater and Delta
Upsilon the- Greek letter fraternity whose pin he fondly
wears. Mr. Spencer is a grandson of Piatt R. Spencer, the
founder of the Spencerian system of penmanship. Mr.
Spencer's father, Robert C. Spencer, is the founder of the
great s^-stem of Spen-
cerian Business Colleges.
Leaving college, where
he specialized in studies
helpful to an artist pro-
fession, the stage, young
George enlisted as a
member of the Madame]
Modjeska Company, as
juvenile man. Three
vears under her banner |
('98-'99-1900) was a fine
schooling for a boy fresh
from the ranks of the as-
piring amateur. For two
years Mr. Spencer played
Sir Edward Mortimer in
Schiller's "Mary Stuart"
to the Madame's hopeless
queen, a role made fa-
mous in this country by
Maurice Barrymore.
■.ntis Skinner and Jas.
Haworth, and various
nt<-er eoually important
roles. Since his first
schooling Mr. Spencer
has appeared in import-
ant parts with Kelsey and
Shannon, Henrietta
Grossman. Cecilia Loft-
us. Vireinia Harned.
Wm. H. Crane, Francis Wilson, Henry Miller, Bertha Kalich
— several non-star productions — and was featured in "Lost
River," "The Devil," and four of his own stock companies.
The motion picture play is not entirely new to Mr. Spencer
as he appeared in the first cast picture, by special engage-
ment, produced by the Edison Company some four years
ago, "A Victim of Bridge." by Richard Harding Davis; also
Don Jose in "Carmen" with Pilar Morin, "The Rival Scul-
ports," "Our Mutual Friend," and several others while ap-
pearing in New York on the stage.
Mr. Spencer is now one of the Lubin leading men at the
home studio, Philadelphia, attached to the company directed
by Barry O'Neil.
George Soule Spencer.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORI.n
581
"Held for Ransom."
A Four-Reel I. S. P. Detective Story Release.
Reviewed by R. C. McElravy.
THE producers of this film have chosen a simple, straight-
forward plot and relied upon ingenious and exciting
incidents to furnish the proper degree of novelty. In
this they have been quite successful and the four reels con-
tain much of an entertaining nature.
The daughter of Millionaire Brewster is abducted in the
opening scenes and Byrnes, king of detectives, is called upon
to recover her. The subsequent happenings follow in rapid-
fire succession and perhaps in a little too mechanical way.
But novel touches here and there keep the observer inter-
ested. The den of the crooks suggested the stronghold of
Prof. Moriarty in William Gillette's production of Sherlock
Holmes, but this film oflfering at no time possesses the tension
of the well known stage drama.
Scene from "Held for Ransom" (I. S. Plaut).
The detective's impersonation of the gang leader — his cap-
ture— the pocket mirror signal — the dwarf in the mysterious
bag — the message sent by a carrier pigeon — all of these
devices are welcome in a yarn of this character. Such inci-
dents often serve to hold the attention better than bald
efforts at sensationalism.
The crooks are finally rounded up and the girl rescued,
but not until the ransom money has been obtained. The
entire fourth reel is given up to chase, the gang in a motor
launch pursued by an automobile and motorcycle. This
Scene from "Held for Ransom'
Plaut).
In the Land of the Lost.
Four Reels. Sterling Camera and Film Company.
EXCEPTION.\LLV fine photography is the outstanding
merit of this production. Next to this most commend-
able feature are the settings, all of them taken outdoors
and chosen with a good eye for the fitness of things. The
rockbound coast of Maine opens up great opportunities for
a capable photographer, and the cameraman who di<l the
practical work of this production is more than just capable;
he has original ideas and knows how to make them tell on
the screen. ,
is conventional, but becomes genuinely exciting in certain
respects. One thriller consists of a fall from a high bridge
by one of the crooks, when the detective cuts the rope.
Then comes the crowning sensation, in which the sleuth
is seen climbing up Eiffel tower after the gang leader. The
latter makes some perilous swings across the heavy steel
framework and is last seen falling from the top of the
immense structure — a dummy, of course, being providentially
substituted in this instance.
For a story lacking any great originality of plot this works
out in an entertaining manner. It is not a gripping produc-
tion, except perhaps in the final scenes, but the incidents
are fresh and pleasing. The photograph}- is generally clear.
Scene from "The Land of the Lost" (Sterling C. & F. Co.).
The plot is of the old-fashioned melodramatic school, with
an exceptionally fierce and irredeemable villain. He plays
the part of a scheming nobleman. Baron de Coverly (Oh
shades of Addison!). By holding the lure of a title before
the fascinated eyes of the heroine he wins the unsophisti-
cated maiden's consent to marry him. Before the wedding
takes place, however, the hero appears on the scene and at
once becomes the object of the tender regard of tne heroine
and the victim of the uncompromising hatred of the baron.
My, but how these two men do detest each other. Even when
thrown together on a solitary island the villain keeps on pur-
suing. He was wicked when in his cups, but he was not a
bit better when sober. Needless to say. Nemesis is right
there pursuing the villain in turn and Vv-e rejoice at his
destruction, especially after he had tried to get away with
the old hermit's cash.
There are impressive moments in this melodrama, the in-
cident of the old hermit being particularly worthy of mention.
The double e.xposure work was fine throughout. The acting
was in keeping with the nature of the subject.
ABRAMS TOURING COUNTRY WITH FEATURE
CARAVAN.
Charles (Feature) Abrams left New York July 1 on a
feature sales expedition which will carry him into nearly
every state in the Union. He has taken several trunks full
of film of varied brands, including "The Black Triangle"
and subjects of the Great Northern Special, Great Northern
Preferred and Film Releases of America.
Accompanying him as general aid will be little Louis
Goldstein, the seventeen-year-old salesman, who. during his
apprentice days, was known as the film business's "popular
ofBce boy."
Abrams's itinerary includes Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo,
Cincinnati. Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Duluth, St. Paul,
Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Wichita, Denver, Salt
Lake, Los Angeles, San Francisco. On the way back he
will stop off in Nevada, Texas and cities in the south. He
will be absent between four and five weeks.
B. NICHOLS FINDS OVERPRODUCTION.
B. Nichols of London, who returned to England on
Tuesday. July 7, following a short business trip, said, in the
course of a pleasant call on the World just before sailing,
that he had found the market in the United States suffering
from the same disease at present afflicting the film industry
in England — that is, overproduction. He added that in his
opinion the longer subjects are all right if they are good,
but — the longer the story, the better must that story be.
582
THE MOX'IXG PICTURE WORLD
Two Big Productions Coming.
A Peep Behind the Scenes Where They Made "The Call of
the North" and "The Virginian."
DUSTIN FARNUM, now of the Jesse L. Lasky hosts,
has just returned from the sublime scenery of South-
ern California, where he took part in the filming of
"The Virginian." playing the titular part of that widely-known
and higlily popular play. He saw some of the work on an-
other coming Lasky production. "The Call of the North."
Mr. Farnum gathered inuch good material in the way of film
lore and he knows how to tell the story.
"The pictures of 'The Call of the North,' " said he to a
representative ol The Moving Picture World, "were made in
the southeastern part of California, in and about Bear Lake,
which is about 6,800 feet above sea level. The presence of
the author of 'The Conjurer's House,' upon which the storj'
of "The Call of the North' is based, did much to help us.
The author, as you know, is Stuart Edward White. The
Director v.';
C c 1
'c. We ^^d the services of Mr
Dustin Farnum, a Permanent Lasky Star, in "The Virginian."
Buckland as artistic director. One of the pretty things with
which we took infinite pains was the building of a stockade
which is an e.xact reproduction of a trading post in the old
days of the Hudson Bay Company. Mr. White drew the
plans himself. Robert Edeson plays the leading part. The
play is full of the atmosphere of the old days, when the man
who dared to invade the domain of the gigantic monopoly
was sent on the 'long traverse' — that is to say, sent to his
death. He was plunged into the northern wilderness, and an
Indian aptly named 'I e .Shadow of Death was sent to fol'.ov.'
him and make sure of the invader's death, if by any chance
Scene from "The Call of the North" (Lasky).
he threatened to get out of the forest alive. Tlie climatic
changes in this section of the country are startling. .Mjovo
the snow line the air is extremely thin, making breathirig
difficult and producing headaches and slight hemorrhages.
Here you get into the t-^'mendous pine forests, which give
the play its realistic atmosphere. On the other side of the
snow line often at a distance of a few miles you finti the
cactus, the sage brush and the rattlesnakes."
Speaking of the production in which he himself is featured,
Mr. Farnum called attention to the curious fact that the
town of Newhall in that vicinity is the most typical old-
fashioned western town in e.xistence today because luo in-
i;.^ The Lasky Producing Staff in California.
FrdlSn- right to lett — Robert Edeson. appearing in 'The Call of the
-Xorth" ; Stuart Edward White, author ot that play; Dustin Farnum.
star of "The Virginian": Max Fig man. who plays in "The Man on
the Box" for Lasky ; James Neil, heavy man of the Lasky Company ;
Theodore Roberts, character man in "The Call of the Xorth" ; Thomas
W. Ross, who played the leading role in "The Only Son." and Oscar
.\pfel. chief director of the concern, with Cecil B. DeMiUe. director
general, seated at his favorite desk, and Pluto, the Lasky mascot. In
addition to the stars shown in the picture. H. B. Warner. Rita Stan-
wood and Cbas. Richman are also at the Lasky studios.
habitants expressly keep it so for the benefit of the moving
picture directors. It brings a lot of business to the to\\n and
pays. He spoke, too, of the curious fear and clumsiness of
his real cowpunchers in the presence of water. They hated
to get into a canoe, he said, and felt thoroughly out of theii
The Rescue from the Broken Stage Coach. Scene from "The
Virginian."
element, affording a lot of involuntary comedy. He said that
while these men among themselves use a vocabulary beside
which the most violent outburst of a longshoreman looks like
chaste and classic diction they always honor the presence of
a lady and never overstep the boundaries of Ches:erfield
within the sound of fair ears.
'I'll
MONIXC; I'lelLKI'. WOKl.D
583
Europe Hungry for Quality
Samuel Goldfish, Treasurer and General Manager of the
Jesse L. Lasky Company, Returns from Abroad After
Arranging for the Distribution of His Company's
Productions — His Views and Observations
on the Markets of Europe.
By W. Stephen Bush.
SAML'l'L GOLDFISH a few weeks ago took a message
III quality to the film marts of liuropc and now he has
rctiniied with glad tidings of success. The treasurer
and general manager of the Jesse L. Lasky Company had for
some time past considered the problem of distributing tli-'
productions of his company in luirope in tlie most expedi-
tious and advantageous manner possible. He finally decided
to take a personal survey of conditions in luirope. It was
his object to study the situation in the various countries of
Europe and then to place the productions of his company
within the reach of every first-class exliibitor in England and
on the continent.
Mr. Goldfish is earnest, quiet-
ly but ceaselessly active, he is
keen and persevering, but he is
not talkative. Tliough liis visit
to Europe was unheralded, the
objects of his coming and the
gigantic plans of his company
soon Ijecome known and in all
his travels from the day of his
landing on the coast of England
to his return home he was be-
sieged by reporters and by film
men generally for information.
It did not take Mr. Goldfish
long to discover that his gospel
of quality supported by many
concrete examples he had
brought with him fell on fertile
ground not only in England,
where eager high-class exhib-
itors insisted on bookings
whether or no, but in every part
of the European continent.
Mr, Goldfish not only knows
how to understand a situation,
how to dominate it or profit by
it, but he is equally capable of
describing it. He aims for the
center of the target and gener-
ally makes the bell ring. His
speech is always marked by a
desire for brevity and concise-
ness, delightful qualities which
make tjie interviewer's task
rather easy.
He was immersed in work
when I called on him, but thi;
condition is normal and habitual
with him and never interfered
with our talk.
"We have held back releasin.g
our productions in Europe,"
said ^Ir. Goldfish, "until 1 had a
chance to go over and cxanJne
the European situation. When
I reached Europe I four.d this
situation: The productir.r.s sent
over by most American manu-
facturers today are sold to buy-
ers, who are something on the type of a state right buyer here;
some of these men have exchanges, others had no exchanges
of their own, but sold through exchanges, and thus a produc-
tion often passed through three and four hands before it
reached the man wdio actually booked it. We did not want
such productions as ours handled in any such manner. We
came to the conclusion that we would handle them over there
as we handle them over here. I made arrangements with the
J. D. Walker Films, Limited, of London, to distribute our
entire product in England; in Germany we made similai ar-
rangements with the Duesseldorf Film Manufacturers. Tiiese
latter, called the 'Duesseldorfer Film-Manufactur,' are the
largest renters in Germany and fully capable of doing our
films justice. Similar arrangements for the handling- and
distributing of our productions have been made in France,
Russia and other foreign countries. I feel tliis is the only
way to create an incentive for producing high-quality films
on a big scale. As to the assertion that England and E'.irope
generally do no longer want the long films, let me saj- this:
Samuel
Long films must be able to stand the length, there must be
action all the way through, action and quality. 1 had ; roof
of tlli^ myself; some of our plays got immediate bookings.
Indeed, I spoke to a number of exhibitors and when 1 ex-
plained our program of i|uality to them they all said that
such productions as ours were the thing wanted in England.
Some said, after viewing some of our plays, that they felt
encouraged to build new houses, knowing that we will be
able to give them a steady supply of high quality productions.
I explained to them what we were doing to insure quality in
every detail and toUl them that we had a special director, who
does not take part in the actual work of direction but who
merely takes care of the artistic details. They were delighted
to hear that Mr. Belasco would give his personal attention to
the production of his famous masterpieces and eagerly asked
me liow soon they might expect the release of 'The Darling
of the Gods.' We will go all over the world to insure quality
and variety. We feel so confident of the merits of our pro-
ductions that we are willing to play to the public direct, we
are willing to depend on the box office receipts, we think
we can take a chance with the public. The men on the other
side are begging for good stufif.
I feel we have the materials
and the organization to give
them what they want."
"How did you find conditions
gcnerallv in Europe?" I asked
Mr. Goldfish.
"I have been in England.
France, Germany. Austria and
Italy," replied Mr. Goldfish,
"and have been in close toucli
with active film men of every
country. Conditions in England
are good, and as I have told you
the long filiTi of quality is sure
of its market. Conditions in
France are very poor. The
French are behind us, but they
are beginning to build liig.ger
theaters all through the country;
theaters of a kind that will lie
able to handle big high-class
productions. There is such a
theater now being built m Paris
and it is approaching comple-
tion. The cheaper shows aie
dying out rapidly, the quality
films are just arriving. Condi-
tions in Germany are not very
good. To be sure, thej' have
some beautiful theaters, notaldy
in Berlin, but here, as elsewhere
in Europe, the public begins to
sift the mass of productions and
will only accept the best. They
like good productions and re-
joice in a full dramatic story,
but it has to be legitimately
dramatic, not merely a shooting
or killing affair. We will begin
releasin,g in Europe on the first
of September. Our first picture
will be 'Brewster's Millions.'
In the beginning of the same
month one of my companies will
leave for Japan to stage and
Goldfish. produce 'The Darling of the
Gods.' Another company will
be sent to Arabia to stage and
produce Edgar Selwyn's 'The Arab.' We are sending two
companies to England to produce two famous English plays.
Let me say in conclusion that mj' visit to Europe has con-
vinced me of our future successes there. I do not want to
laud my own pictures exclusively; no. all pictures of high
quality will find a profitable welcome throughout Europe "
"ALKALI IKE' BACK FROM ABROAD.
Augustus Carney, long known to photoplay followers as
"Alkali Ike" and more recently as "L'niversal Ike." returned
recently from his trip to the British Isles in less than a year.
Mr. Carnej' seems to be acquiring the crossing-the-big-pond
habit. Seen the other day at the Screen Club he said he was
resting up a bit and casuallj' looking over the field. He said
he had not had a long stay in \ew' York for so many 3-ears
that it looked particularly good, and possibly if things came
his way he might locate in the old town. The old-time
comedian has lost none of his quiet, quaint philosophj-.
584
THE MOMXG PICTURE WORLD
Famous Players Acquire Big Subjects
They Are from the Pen of Sir Henry Arthur Jones, the Well-
known English Dramatist.
SIR HENRY ARTHUR JONES, the celebrate'd English
playwright, who arrived from London recently, presum-
ably for the purpose of making a study of dramatic con-
ditions in America, made an early visit to the studios of the
Famous Players, which will shortly release in feature film a
number of Sir Henry's more noted successes.
The distinguished dramatist, who singled out the Famous
Players from a number of other concerns for the privilege
of filming his works, took a keen interest in the activities at
the West Twenty-sixth street studio, and became enthusiastic
over a scene in the course of production from "Behind the
Scenes," a play of theatrical life by Margaret Mayo, in the
film version of which Mary Pickford plays the leading role.
Sir Henry was visibly impressed by the degree of realism
aimed at in the scene, which represented the interior of a
metropolitan theater, with actors constituting the audience
watching what purported to be an entire musical comedy
company on the stage.
The visitor was taken through the various departments of
the studio and factory, and expressed amazement at the won-
derful manner in which the intricate mechanical agencies
were co-related with the artistic branch of the huge plant.
Sir Henry Arthur Jones and Daniel Frohman.
In a conversation with Adolph Zukor and Daniel Frohman,
respectively President and managing director of the Famous
PIa\'ers, Sir Henry said:
"It is more than amazing how elaborately and with what a
wealth of detail these scenes are produced. That theater
scene provides one answer for the phenomenal development
of your company, here and in England, and for the general
advancement of the film play. That scene, with the vast
audience in the auditorium and the great number of people
performing on the stage, is as much like a real theater as any
I have ever seen. The people supposed to represent the
musical comedy company are as elaborately costumed and
carefully trained as if they were giving a performance at the
Winter Garden. I anticipate with a great deal of eagerness
the appearance of my plays in films. I have seen a number
of productions of the Famous Players in England, and they
have met with the highest appreciation. The camera can do
many things that cannot be attempted on the stage."
Sir Henry Arthur Jones has for the past year been be-
sieged by the leading film producers of the world for the
film rights of his famous successes. As under similar condi-
tions in the cases of Charles Frohman and Henry W. Savage,
the Famous Players finally succeeded in securing these works.
.A.mong the plays by Sir Henry .Arthur Jones that will be
produced in motion pictures by the Famous Players are "The
Masquerader." "Saints and Sinners," "The Dancing Girl," and
the most celebrated of all his works. "The Silver King,"
which has just been given a command performance before the
King of England, and the film version of which is now being
produced abroad under the direction of Edwin S. Porter and
Hugh Ford.
"After the Ball"
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon Make Screen Debut in
Photo-Drama's Six-Part Dramatization of Famous Song.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
HERE is a singular combination of society drama and
thrill-filled melodrama. Portraying the former are the
old-time stage stars, the couple inseparable off the
boards as well as on, Herbert Kelcey anl Efne Shannon, In
his interpretation of John Dale, the uncic who tells to the
little girl on his knee the pathetic story of his love, the
one-time matinee idol sustains the interest and sympathy
to the end. Miss Shannon is charming as Louise, the older
sister of the youngster whose indiscretions bring so much
trouble to his parents and who is also the cause of the es-
trangement of Louise and her lover no longer youthful. For
Mr. Kelcey plays his role as he is, his iron-gray hair un-
touched by the artifice of make-up. Furthermore, he ac-
Herbert Kelcey and EfKe Shannon in "After the Ball."
centuates this phase when in the humility of the love that
has come to him in the strength of his prime he half-
seriously, half-jocularly, wonders if Louise will have an "old
duffer" like him. Surely, these two make a fine pair of
lovers.
Supplementary to the main action in "After the Ball."
which the Photo-Drama Company, Inc., has dramatized in
six parts from Charles K. Harris' famous song of the same
title, is an underworld story containing thrilling moments.
These occur in the steadily downward career of Gerald, the
brother of Louise. There is a hand-over-hand clothes-line
escape from a house besieged by police; there is a -36-foot
jump from a bridge into the water, the camera registering
the entire course of the fall: and there is a pursuit of a
train by a motormounted policeman, who jumps from his
machine to the rear platform, only to lose his quarry when
there is a jumo into the river below as the train passes
over a bridge.
There can be no question that the chief interest of pro-
duction centers about the personalities of the two stage
favorites, although it is possible that in houses where the
sensational is liked this interest may be divided to an extent
by the misadventures of Gerald. The picture is well staged,
and there is a good supporting company. Pains have been
taken in the working out of the story; for instance, in
tre race-track scene, the principals were a part of the throng
at the course, and not cut in by subterfuge. "After the
Ball" should be a popular picture.
GREENSBORO, N. C, GETS NEW HOUSE.
A new moving picture theater was opened in Greensboro,
N. C. on July 10, by Messrs. Smith & Burkhimer. The
expenditure involved $3,000 in furnishing the house. N. C.
Smith is the resident manager.
MRS. MAX ROTHBERT KILLED IN AUTO ACCI-
DENT.
Max Rothbert, the well-known and popular representa-
tive of the Acme Metal Ceiling Company of New York,
met with a deplorable accident near New Brunswick, N. J.,
July 6, when his automobile skidded and turned over, killing
Mrs. Rothbert and injuring himself so severely that it is a
question whether he will recover.
Mr. Rothbert is an expert on theater equipment and has
such a great fund of structural information at his com-
mand that the New York exhibitors look upon him as an
indispensable citizen.
The funeral services for Mrs. Rothbert were held at the
home of her mother. Mrs. Greenstein. 126 East 118th street.
New York, where Mr. Rothbert now lies in a critical con-
dition.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
585
The Universal Boy
Matty Roubert
Matty Roubert, Now Appearing in a Series of Universal
Comedies, a Most Interesting Youngster.
WHEN a political, social, theatrical or sporting celeb-
rity goes on tour through this great country of
America, as a rule one of the tasks he or she is forced
to repeat time and again is shaking hands with some boy
whose fond parent has dragged hmi
forward to meet the great so-and-so.
.\nd ever afterward that boy's parents
and perhaps the boy himself boasts
of the wonderful event; it is a land-
mark in the boy's life. But there is
one little fellow in this country whose
daily work is to meet important per-
sonages, shake hands and talk with
them. Matty Roubert is the boy's
name — and he is just seven years old.
Matty is known as the "Universal
Boy" in the Universal series of com-
edies and dramas of that name, and
as one of the main incidents in these
plays he calls on persons whose fame
is spread over the world and more
than often becomes thoroughly ac-
quainted with them.
Never before has a boy passed
through the experiences that this little
fellow is going through at the present
time. He is meeting and visiting with
people that other .boys — and many
grown-ups — would give their eye teeth
to even get in speaking distance of.
And while Matty enjoys it all highly,
he takes it as a matter of course; it
is all a part of the play he is appear-
ing in; and that is what interests him
most.
A short time ago Matty accom-
panied his father up to the New York
Polo grounds. When the New York
Giants were warming up Matty walked out on the field
and hailed the world's most famous baseball club manager,
John McGraw. He laughed and joked with him, and all the
time the Universal's camera clicked awa}% taking the scene
that was later to be a part in the first of the "Universal
Boy" series. Then Matty joined Jimmy Ford, the mascot
of the Giants, and played ball with him. Returning to
town, he encountered Miss .Annette Kellermann, the beauti-
ful water queen; and this all in one day.
A few days later he visited Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay; Barney Oldfield, the auto speed king; Lincoln Beachey,
the brilliant aviator; Oscar Hammerstein, famous opera im-
presario, and others.
Matty is a well-managed son of William and May Rou-
bert. This was the first thing we found out the other day
when we visited Matty at the New York Imp studio, for
Matty's parents are usuallj- in the neighborhood when
Matty as
Ford Sterling
he is working for the screen. Matty had a few moments
to spare and so came and lanted himself beside the writer,
who was tingling the keys of a borrowed typewriter. Matty
watched the manipulation with wide open eyes for a few
moments and then demanded that he be given a trial at it.
That's Matty — he has his eyes in every direction, always
ready and aiting to learn something new — to have some
new experience.
Another thing higly evident in the make-up of this young
man of seven is an in-
ordinate love of work —
work of the kind that
appeals to him. Every
morning, so he assured
us, he is up bright and
early to take his usual
exercises, talking with
his parents the while
about his day's work,
which is always laid
out for him the day
previous. He is won-
derfully active for a
boy of forty-five
pounds, and, what with
his dark Buster Brown
hair, snapping hazel
eyes and round, rosy
face, he will attract fa-
vorable attention wher-
ever he happens to be.
We watched him act-
ing before the camera.
While at this he is
never precocious; he
listens to instructions,
never talks back, and
while he is usually al-
lowed to carry out his
own ideas in matters
of acting, he follows
Matty's greatest ambition is to be a director of motion
picture comedies when he grows up. He has traveled a great
deal and has seen much, and he should know. When he was
two years old he traveled over Europe. Later, he toured
America and lived in many of the big cities. He first ap-
peared in pictures with the Vitagraph with Mary Fuller in the
first three-reel photoplaj- ever produced in this country. He
also layed in Biograph productions and with several other
companies, but the Universal will always be his home, he
declares.
Matty meets Secretary of War
Garrison and other notables.
New Feature Exchange in Boston.
The Phoenix Feature Film Corporation has recently en-
tered the field of Boston, Mass., and is prepared to give excel-
lent service to New England exhibitors from its offices at 164
Federal Street. The Phoenix Exchange will buy three and
four reel features of reputable make on the territorial rights
plan. The concern was incorporated in May, 1914, by F. J.
Peters and E. P. Osborne.
rmn Wire's
In Front of White House.
Matty Meets Columbia Crew.
East Side Boys' Police Parade.
586
THE :movixg picture world
ILENE HUME.
DESPITK her agre. Ilcuc Hume has the reputation of
being one of the iirst of the photoplay girls to be
a genuine picture stock actress. It was over three
years ago when reijular picture "stocks" were few and far
between and what
there were hadn't so
many meniliers at
tiiat.' Ilcne Himi2. then
hardly fifteen, was the
stock ingenue witn Irv-
ing Cummings and a
mighty tiny company
at the Champion Studio
in Coytesville, N. J.
Champion, it will be
remembered, was one
nf the small group of
Independent producers
releasing through the
then active Motion Pic-
ture Sales Company.
Miss Hume later went
with Eclair, switched
to feature work and
made a lasting hit in
■'Smashing the \icc
Trust," shared vaude-
ville starring honors
with Jessie Bushley in
the latter's well-known
shop girl sketch, and
is now back at picture
work with Kalem in
Director Lawrence's
Eastern Company. Her
friends in the profession and admirers everywhere are ex-
pecting this little lady to rise to eminence shortly owing to
her increased advantages where she now is.
Ilene Hume.
AMERICAN TO MANAGE AMBROSIO STUDIO.
F. J. Goldsoll. an .\merican. residing in Paris, who
has several theaters in Europe, formerly associated with
A. H. Woods of New York, as well as with Cines of Rome,
and to whom credit is accorded for a great part of the rapid
rise of this film concern during the last two years, has
just been appointed commercial director general of the
Societa Anonima Umbrosio. of Turin. Italy. Mr. Goldsoll has
immediately begun to install .American push into the business
by engaging numerous high salaried people in all depart-
ments.
QUIMBY PURCHASES THEATER.
The Jefferson Theater, at Ft. Wayne. Ind.. which has a
seating capacity of 1,250, has been taken over by the Quimliy
Amusement Company of Zanesville. Ohio. W. C. Dodds.
formerly manager of the Quimby Theater at Zanesville. has
been placed in charge of the new acquisition. A big pipe
organ is being installed at a cost of $5,500. The house will
be redecorated and remodeled. A ten-cent admission is
charged.
N. A. M. SHOWING INTERESTING PICTURES.
E.xport .American Industries, the official international or-
gan of the National Association of Manufacturers, in its
132-page issue for July, contains two interesting and finely
illustrated articles on motion pictures. Harold Burnett
Gregory writes under the title of "The Motion Picture Mill,"
an informing story bristling with statistics. ,\rthur J. Lang
of the Nicholas Power forces, in "Behind the Scenes of Mo-
tion Pictures." writes for the layman on the "mechanics" of
the industry. He traces the history of projection from the
beginning, describing the crude methods and machines of the
early days and the watch-ljuilt devices of the present time.
WILLIAM H. RUDOLPH OFF ON TRIP.
William H. Rudolph, vice-president and general manager
of Sawyer. Inc., left New York on Tuesday for an eight-Hay
trip, traveling as far west as Denver. Mr. Rudolph promises
that on his return he w'ill announce the addresses of .fitteen
of the twenty-six exchanges which Sawyer, Inc.. intends
opening.
$40,000 PICTURE HOUSE FOR ST. LOUIS.
The Mound City Photoplay Company, of St. Louis, Mo.,
a newly organized S120,000 corporation, of which .\. D.
Stevens is president and manager, is to build a $40,000
moving picture theater at 117 North Sixth street, that city.
The new house is scheduled to be open on October 15. The
new structure will have a seating capacity of 800 persons.
The dimensions of the new house are to be 28 by 140 feet,
and its location is in the heart of the citv.
THANHOUSER GROUNDS A PUBLIC PARK.
"Thanhouser Park." surrounding the Thanhouser studio,
was dedicated by the residents of New Rochelle Tuesday,
July 7. So proud are the New Rochelle people of their
citj-'s star industry that they turned out with bands of
music to honor the man who is keeping the name of New'
Rochelle before the w-orld. J. Hite. president of the Than-
houser Company.
POCAHONTAS, lA., TO HAVE PICTURE HOUSE.
Messrs O'Donnell and Thornton, of Pocahontas. Iowa,
have purchased a one-story brick building which they are to
r&inodel into a first-class moving picture theater. The di-
mensions of the structure are 25 by 80 feet. During the
summer season Messrs. O'Donnell and Thornton operate an
airdome at Pocahontas.
NEW CLEVELAND HOUSE.
.\ moving picture theater. 127 by 164 feet, is announced
to be erected at the corner of E. 103d street and Superior
Avenue. N. E., Cleveland, Ohio. When completed the Doan
Square Realty Company will purchase the house. It is to
be built of brick, steel and concrete. The contract calls for
a two-story house.
BURSTING GAS TANK ENDANGERS MADAME
BLACHE.
\\'hile staging a complicated water scene recently for a
new Blache photodrama entitled "The Mysterious Bride."
Madame .Alice Blache narrowly escaped serious injury when
a large glass tank gave way under the pressure of the water
and scattered broken glass in every direction.
"Our Mutual Girl" (Norma Phillips; visits Lieut. John C.
Porte and Glenn H. Curtiss at Hammondsport. The
picture shows the hull and engines of Porte's
Trans-At.antic Flyer.
Komaine neluint
1. s
jjuccting His Company at Colorado
Springs, Col.
"Ill-: Movixt; picTURi'. world
587
PATHE STOCK CO. TO BE DISBANDED.
So many capable directors have availed tlieiiiselvcs of
the opportunitv oi making pictures for I'athc under the new
contract afforded by that concern that it is now unneces-
sary for them to make any films themselves except the
Perils of Pauline." That series Tathe has contracted to
deliver to the Eclectic h'eature Film Company, and as it
seems to be growing in popularity as tlie story advances
no one but the Eclectic Company can tell when this big
serial will be finished.
.\s the new directors for Pathe and the old directors
working under new contracts, of course, want to engage
their own people, it has been found unnecessary to keep
the Pathe stock company other than those engaged in the
"Perils of Pauline." This condition will result in the re-
leasing of a number of very clever actors and actresses.
The Pathe studio in Jersey City will be utilized by the
Pathe Company onlj- for the making of the "Perils of
Pauline." .\t all other times it will be at the service of the
directors working under contract with Pathe. When the
"Perils of Pauline" have been completed in their entirety
the Pathe studio will be utilized entirely l)y the contracting
directors.
Henceforth the Pathe company will act in the capacity of a
him publishing concern. This means that they will put
out the subjects made by their contracting directors in the
same manner that a book publishing house handles the books
written by its authors under contract.
"HAVE TRIED MANY, BUT "
Terrell. Texas. July 11. 1914.
Moving Picture World. New York, N. Y.
Dear Sir: Herewith attached you will please find our check
No. 611 to cover another }-ear's subscription to your valuable
paper. We could not properly conduct our business without
the valuable assistance gained from j'our great journal. I
do not see how any exhibitor can afiford to be witTiout
it. We have tried many, but none can replace the M. P. W.
Wishing you every success, we are,
Yours truly,
GWYNN & BYAR,
By M. H. Gwynn.
ROBERT W. FRAZER.
AMONG the party of Eclair players who recently arrived
in Tucson, .\rizona, where the Eclair Film Company,
Inc., has erected a new studio, was Robert W. Frazer,
or, as he is familiarly known to "movie" patrons, Bol^ Frazer.
It is the intention
of the company to
feature this well-
know n photoplay
artist in a series of
realistic and "some-
what different"
Western p r o d u c-
tions. Since reach-
ing the Western
studios Mr. Frazer
has done some re-
markal)le work in a
two-reel Eclair re-
leased Wednesday,
July 15. entitled.
"The Renunciation."
In helping to carry
out the plan of
original Western
productions. M r .
Frazer will endeav-
or to get away en-
tirely from the
over-dressed hero
cowboy and give
h i s characteriza-
tions with a touch
of the true artist.
This Eclair play-
er needs no intro-
duction to photoplay fans as he has been playing leads
before the camera for the last three years. His motion picture
career has been interrupted two or three times by calls from
the legitimate stage, during which period he played the lead
in "The Million" and more recently delighted the hearts
of the matinee girls by his work with the Cecil Spooner
Stock Company. He has returned to his old love, however,
and from now on will be seen exclusively in Eclair Western
productions. He is young, married, ambitious in his work
and claims New York City as the place of his birth.
scjcmus puir^Ra
BURTON HOLMES TRAVELETTES TAKE WELL IN
CHICAGO.
There is every reason to believe that the Burton Holmes
Travelettes, which began a season of five weeks at the
Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Monday, July 6, following
a long run of "The Spoilers." have come to stay. Owing
to exceptionally hot weather they did not open to big
business, but before the end of the week the Studebaker was
selling to capacity every afternoon.
Jones, Linick & Schaeffer have taken an option on the
next five subjects to be released in October. Mr. Holmes
has forty subjects available for this purpose and creates
five new ones every year.
NEW HOUSE FOR MILWAUKEE.
Dr. Oscar Strauss is having a picture and vaudeville
house erected at Third and Center streets, Milwaukee, Wis.,
with a seating capacity of 850. The plans call for trim-
mings of terra cotta for the front which will be finished in
marble, and for ornamental windows and a stained glass
marquise over the entrance. Space will also be provided
for a rest room.
THEATER OPENED IN AURORA, ILL.
The new Orpheum theater, Water and Main streets Au-
rora, 111., has been opened. Harry Hargrave is the pro-
prietor and manager. The front is well lighted by power-
ful lamps with an aggregate candle power of 12,000. A
musical outfit has been installed at a cost of $10,000. The
house is nicely furnished and appointed.
Charlotte Burton, of the American Film Mfg. Co., in a
scene from "A Man's V/ay."
REMODEL AUDITORIUM INTO PICTURE
THEATER.
The Auditorium theater. Galesburg. 111., has been re-
modeled into a first-class moving picture house by the
Baker-Dodge Amusement Company. The management has
installed a new Power's machine. The pictures are project-
ed on a screen 19i/l by 15 feet. Prices ot admission are
ten cents for the lower floor and five cents m the balconies.
Children are admitted for five cents.
588
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
LYDA BORELLI IN "SATAN'S RHAPSODY" (Kleine).
"Satan's Rhapsody" is the unique title of a new, splendid
and costly film soon to be released by George Kleine.
The story features the famous actress, Lyda Borelli, whose
sensational work in "The Naked Truth," playing at the
Candler theater, New York, proved a revelation to picture
Lyda Borelli.
fans. The story of "Satan's Rhapsody" centers about a
barter made with Satan to restore youth and beauty to an
old woman. From title to tailpiece the allegorical scenes
of the film are absorbingly interesting and magnificently
staged. Special music has been written by the celebrated
Italian composer, Pietro Mascagni.
THE ACTOR STILL LIVES, BUT
James Keane. president, general manager and director-in-
chief of the United Keanograph Film Company, recently
took out his company to put on a scene near the First
National Bank of San Anselmo, Cal. E. Alyn Warren, an
actor depicting a rabid anarchist of the violent type, was
told to peer through the glass doors outside of the office
of the cashier of the bank, and, by a few manipulations
of his Captain Kidd eyebrows, scare that official out of
his habitual self-possession. It was intended as a joke,
but it had an unforseen comeback. A few weeks prior a
cracksman in all seriousness had robbed the bank of sev-
eral thousand dollars, and the cashier and his clerks, ap-
prehensive of a return trip, had practiced gunplay and
iiecome so proficient that they could hit a tree if it stood
still. Consequently there were firearms behind the counters
when Warren came a-scaring. Warren supplemented his
instructions by climbing in through a back window, shov-
ing a heavy-calibre pistol before him. Two shotguns and a
revolver with three itching trigger-fingers were about to
make a dead actor out of the live Warren, when Keane,
running in, yelled: "Don't shoot — he's only an actor," and
saved funeral expenses.
PHILLIP DWYER WITH EDISON.
Phillip Dwyer, well known on the legitimate stage for his
portrayal of various animals, is now appearing in the role
of the dog "Tige" for Edison in the "Buster Brown" series.
Mr. Dwyer has appeared at the New York Hippodrome as
the "Lion" in "The Society Circus" and the "Yankee Circus
on Mars." He has played "Tige" in the original "Buster
Brown" production and is without a doubt the world's great-
est impersonator of dogdom.
Motion Pictures as an Aid to Art
By Penrhyn Stanlaws.
THE bringing of a million persons directly into one's
studio and permitting them to watch one at work on
a canvas, comes as a somewhat startling thing when
one considers its possibilities. And then when this million
persons is joined by other millions, an artist may feel almost
as though the whole world were looking on.
As a means of spreading the desire and cultivating a taste
for art, the motion picture has possibilities beyond all other
human inventions. One draws, let us say, a cover design
for a great magazine. The circulation may be tremendous
in a magazine way, but it is almost slight when the motion
picture is contrasted with it. The motion picture makes it
possible to show to the many, the processes through which
the artist goes in arriving at the finished product. This
tends to arouse a sympathetic interest in art and in artists.
If they be skilful and their work meritorious, so, in pro-
portion, will the sympathetic interest be increased.
It has now become trite to say that motion pictures are
in their infancy but my own experience in drawing Miss
Norma Phillips (Our Mutual Girl) before the lens of a
motion picture camera gave me the suggestion that the
motion picture art is limited only by the imagination of
those who follow it. Thus its possibilities are certainly
greater than can be definitely prophesied.
I confess that, when I was drawing, I had no thought
that millions of persons were looking in at my studio door;
otherwise I might have been the victim of some slight em-
barrassment. I proceeded naturally with my work though,
of course, somewhat faster than is usual with me. I regard
the experience and the result with considerable pleasure.
JAMES O'NEILL.
James O'Neill, of Solax and Blache features, will be re-
called for his successes on the legitimate stage in such at-
tractions as ".\n American Gentleman" with Rose Stahl and
Helen Ware, "Up York State," with David Higgins, and
"The Men of Jimtown," with Howell Hansell. He scored
his greatest stage success, however, in "The Burglar," by
James O'Neill.
.Augustus Thomas, in which he starred for ten years. As a
motion picture star he received immediate recognition and
has been appearing in Solax and Blache photodramas for the
past two years.
Mr. O'Neill graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
as a dentist where he was a fellow student of Fred Mace.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Among The Picture Theaters
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SCOLLAY SQUARE OLYMPIA, BOSTON, MASS.
THE Scollay Square Olympia, Boston. Mass., is probably
the most representative moving picture and vaudeville
house in New England to-day. It was opened last
November, and involved a big outlay. The plans were by
Clarence H. Blackwell. The theater is reached from Scollay
Square by a broad vestibule, approached through a high
archway of Indiana limestone, thickly studded with lights,
.^bove the entrance arch, which extends two stories, the
building is carried in limestone to the top, and is crowned by
a large clock with illuminated hands and dial, above which is
an electrical display of announcements, supported by three
tall poles. The other vestibule is crowned by a round vault,
decorated with interesting paintings by Emil Pollak-Otten-
dorf, the talented Viennese artist. On one side is an alle-
gorical figure representing "Romance," a beautifully draped
figure swinging in a bower of roses, against a strong back-
ground, shaded from warm orange at the bottom up to a pale
green at the top. On the other side is another allegorical
figure representing "Dance," silhouetted against a background
which picks up the pale green shades of the top of the other
side, and strengthens down to a deep, warm purple. Each
figure is bathed in moonlight, and the contrast of the cool
tone of the figures, with the change in the background is a
very striking and novel one.
In the center of the outer vestibule is an ornamental ticket
Scollay Square Olympia, Boston, Mass.
booth, and beyond this, on the left, is the entrance to the
moving stairway, from the ground floor to the gallery lobby.
The inner vestibule has a handsome dado on each side of
antique Breccia marble, and a ceramic floor. Toward the
rear, the balcony stairs are taken ofif at one side, and the
gallery stairs at the other, both leading by easy ascent to the
various parts of the house. The auditorium is finished in
mahogany and marble and the seating is ample in dimensions
and arrangement. There are large boxes on each side of the
proscenium arch at the different levels. The decoration of
the Olympia was directed by Mr. Blackall, and is a very
carefully studied adaptation of the Florentine Renaissance
motifs. The box draperies are of deep, rich blue silk velour,
heavily embroidered in gold. The same color is carried
around on the top of the box, and balcony, and gallery rail-
ings. The main tones on the finish about the boxes are in
shades of gray and gold. The stage is fully equipped. The
space under the auditorium is used for smoking room, lava-
tories, ushers' rooms, and for ventilating chambers and dress-
ing rooms. Under the entrance lubby, there is a large tea
and cloak room. Dean VV. C. Sabine, of Harvard, an expert
on acoustics, was adviser in this field. No less important is
the heating and ventilation. An artesian well was sunk
nearly 600 feet, to obtain a source of pure, cold water. Fresh
air is passed through a chamber, where it is washed, and
where in summertime the air is cooled to a temperature from
10 to 20 degrees below the outside temperature. The ingress
and exit is through Trcmont Row, but for emergency, exit
courts have been left on the sides of the auditorium. Pro-
visions against fire are most complete. The theater is entirely
of fireproof construction. All the windows are of metal, with
metal sash glazed with wire glass.
The lease of the house is in the hands of the Scollay Square
Olympia Company, a Massachusetts corporation consisting of
N. H. Gordon, Max Shoolman, A. E. Lord, Frank J. Howard
and Erne;! H. Horstmann.
ISTRIONE THEATER, JACKSON, MISS.
THE Istrione Theater, under the management of H. A.
Carleton, was opened on June 15. It was built by the
Istrione Theater Circuit, which has in contemplation
the construction of other photoplay houses in different cities
in Mississippi. This is one of the most magnificent photo-
play houses in the state, and also one of the largest. It has
a seating capacity of 750 in addition to mezzanine boxes and
a smoker's balcony. The interior decorative effects are very
artistic, and the color scheme of green and brown is pleasing
to the eye.
An up-to-the-minute heating and ventilating system is em-
ployed, and all air entering the theater, whether hot or cold,
is absolutely pure. It is filtered outside the building, being
passed through filtered water, so the air within the building
is constantly changed. Each seat has a cooling box which
is provided with a shutter, and the party' in the seat can
regulate the amount of cool or warm air passing through
by pushing the shutter wide open, half open, or closed.
Istrione Theater, Jackson, Mich.
The musical equipment of the Istrione consist of a pipe
organ, a Knabe concert grand piano, and a Seeburg "motion
picture player."
The projection room is of solid brick, heavily lined with
asbestos, all wires heavily insulated, and is equipped with
two of the latest model Simplex projectors. This part of the
theater is in charge of Clarence Cage and J. C. Landen, Jr.
The Istrione Theater Circuit, with headquarters in Jack-
son, Miss., is incorporated, the incorporators being H. A.
Carleton, J. C. Landen and Z. Carleton. H. A. Carleton is
also manager of the Dixie theater.
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NORDLAND-PLAZA, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
THE Nordland-Plaza tlieater, now just nearing its first
anniversary, is one of the handsomest and most con-
sistently and continuously prosperous photoplay houses
in Cincinnati, Ohio, largely by reason of the policy which
has been pursued by the management of running only high-
class pictures, and otherwise maintaining a tone which has
proved attractive to a first-class clientele. The building was
completed in July, 1913, succeeding a smaller house operated
by the same interests on the same site, under the name of
the Nordland.
It has a seating capacity of a little over 1,100, although
this does not give an adequate idea of the size and roominess
of the house, as economy in space was the last consideration,
and comfort the first. The aisles are wide, and the seats so
spaced as to give ample room for each person in the audi-
ence— another thing which has undoubtedly gone far toward
making the house successful. The dimensions of the building,
60 by 198 feet, show a little more clearly its size; and the
fact that it cost $75,000, exclusive of the value of the ground,
which is worth another $2S;000, indicates that no expense
was spared in making the house all that it should be to meet
the approval of the discriminating.
It is as nearly fireproof as it is possible to make a theater,
in which a certain amount of wooden and fabric furnishings
must be used. The floors, partition walls, stairs and founda-
tion supports are all of concrete, the remainder of the struc-
ture being of fireproof hollow tile and brick. The operating
room, which is situated on a roomy balcony, is entirely of
steel, save for a concrete floor, with two ventilators piercing
the roof. Three machines are used.
Nordland Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio.
An unusually deep and well-equipped stage is a feature, as
the management originally intended to run vaudeville. W. E.
Brown, who has been the head of the house since the estab-
lishment of the little Nordland, four or five years ago, and
is now president of the Nordland Amusement Company, the
corporation which owns the property, soon decided, however,
that it was a mistake to attempt to mix high-class pictures
with vaudeville, and cut out the latter item entirely. The
stage is about 30 feet wide and 23 feet deep, with 90-foot
flies, and downstairs dressing rooms and toilets are provided.
Mr. Brown is especially proud of his ventilating system,
which is operated by electric power generated in his own
plant. A 40-horsepower engine, run by gas, furnishes current
for this purpose, as well as for lights inside the building and
on the street in front, for the projecting machines and for the
motor by which the big Wurlitzer orchestrion is operated.
In addition to the fan system, which draws out the foul
air and supplies the fresh, a unique feature is a series of
openings in the roof, six by eight feet, covered in winter and
rainy weather by sliding doors which can be removed or
closed in five minutes. The use of these openings in warm
weather, in connection with the fan system, makes the house
cooler and pleasanter than outdoors.
The interior of the house is furnished in rough plaster,
panels in gray, increasing in size as the floo.r slopes toward
the stage, and surrounded by a white finish, giving a quietly
artistic eflfect. The same is true of the front, which is in
white enameled brick, trimmed with stone. The $10,000 Wur-
litzer instrument which furnishes the music has a vox
humana attachment. It is cleverly operated by Miss Johanna
Gross. John King is the chief operator. The other members
of the force, including the superintendent and a neatly-uni-
formed corps of ushers, number about ten.
PALACE THEATER, NEW YORK CITY.
THE accompanying illustration is a view of the exterior of
the Palace theater, 2404 Second avenue, New York.
The structure is a new one and was completed in March
of this year. It is one of the prettiest and well conducted
exclusive picture houses on the upper East Side of New York
City. The theater cost $14,000 to build, and is owned by I.
Silverman and B. Marks.
The dimensions of the edifice are 60 by 100 feet, and the
auditorium has a seating capacity of 600 persons. But a few
seconds are necessary to empty the house through its seven
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large exits. The operating room is of concrete and is 10
by 17 feet in size. Two motor driven Power's 6a machines
are used. The musical accompaniment is rendered by a
symphony orchestra.
One of the many features of the Palace theater is its remov-
able roof, making it an airdome in summer. This idea works
out splendidly in the warm nights and the owners are very
well pleased with their new house. Messrs. Silverman and
Marks are e.xperienced picture men, having owned the
Nicoland at 768 Westchester avenue and the Gem at 368 E.
149th street, Iioth of New York City.
TWENTY-NINTH ST. THEATER, KANSAS CITY, MO.
THE accompanying illustration is a view of the exterior
of the Twenty-ninth Street theater at 2904 Brooklyn
avenue, Kansas City, Mo. It is owned and managed
by Edward Lefevre, a comparatively new entrant into the
exhibition business. This house has a seating capacity of
five hundred, and charges admission prices of five and ten
cents. On each side of the stage is a bo.x draped in velour
One of tliese recesses is used by musicians. There is also
Twenty-ninth Street Theater, Kansas City, Mo.
an organ directly in front of the stage. The screen is sur-
rounded by lattice work which in turn is festooned with
rosettes. Greenery plays a prominent part in the interior
decoration. Mr. Lefevre has abolished vaudeville from his
programs, as he has found that good inoving pictures are
all which are needed to fill his house. He likewise has aban-
doned the country store scheme of soliciting business. "I
believe we shall be better off by cutting out these tilings,"
says Mr. Lefevre.
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591
THE FAMILY THEATER, MONTREAL,
;anada.
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THE Family Tlualcr is owiifd by tli
Aimisciuent Co., of Xew York, ami is ideally localcd on
Notre Uaiiie Street West. This handsome theater seats
1.950 persons and is under the management i>f Maurice West.
The exterior is of brtiwn sandstone with terra cotta trim-
mings. The floor in the lohhy is t>f white tile, the wooden
furnishings being of mahogany. The color scheme of the
interior is old rose embellished witli graceful tracings in gold.
Beautiful bronze candelalira are to be seen on the walls, set
apart at equal distances. The boxes can seat lifty, and give
Family Theater, Montreal.
an unobstructed view of the stage, which is thirty-five feet
wide and twenty-five feet deep. Women's retiring rooms,
men's smoking rooms, and the manager's office are all on the
mezzanine. The gallery is very large and is capable of
seating a thousand persons. It is supported by the cantilever
plan. The projection room is absolutely fireproof. Two
Simplex machines are used. A six-piece orchestra is em-
ployed.
The Family's policy is two shows a day. Five and ten cents
is the price at matinees, and ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty,
thirty-five cents is charged in the evening.
THE REGENT THEATER, MASON CITY, IOWA.
THE Peoples Amusement Company, Inc., a corporation of
Mason City, Iowa, of which P. E. Johannsen is presi-
dent and general manager, opened on March 23
its big palatial moving picture theater at 208-210 South Main
street, that city. The cost of construction w^as in excess of
$60,000, and the dimensions of the structure are 45 feet by
186 feet. The Regent is situated in the principal section of
the city, and is built of iron, steel and concrete, making the
place absolutely fireproof. The entire front of the Regent,
as well as the ticket office, is faced with white enameled
terra cotta. The lobby has a mosaic tile floor with marble
wainscoting.
-The auditorium proper is reached through three large
double mahoganj' doors, trimmed with brass, and the interior
decorations are in various hues of Venetian blue. The seats
are roomy and are upholstered in leather. The stage is a
large one, and the screen is at least twenty-five feet from the
first row of seats. The auditorium has seating accommoda-
tion for nine hundred persons. Music is rendered by a
$10,000 Photoplayer, which is always appreciated by the
patrons of the Regent. An entertainment consists of four
reels, and the shows are changed daily.
The picture booth is separate from the theater proper, and
is 8 by 44 and 10 feet high. As the Peoples Amusement
Company, Inc., in giving the information about the theater
did not mention where the operating booth is situated, we
perceive from the accompanying illustration of the front
of the Regent, that inasmuch as there is nothing there to
indicate an operating room, it presumably is situated directly
outside of the back of the theater, where it is most likely to
find that important part of the picture house when it is not
built ill the inside. There are two machines, a Simplex and
a Powers 6a, both of which are motor driven, a spotlight
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and a double dissolving stereopticon. Both the alternating
and the direct current are used.
Mr. Johannsen for the past three years prior to the opening
of the Regent theater, had been the proprietor and manager
of the Orpheum theater in Mason City.
UNIQUE STAGE SETTING.
MANAGER SCHROEDER of the Majestic Theater,
1777 West Twenty-fifth street, Cleveland, has beau-
tified the stag:e of his house, as shown in the illus-
tration. It is a unique and effective decoration and has
elicited much favorable comment from patrons of the
theater. Mr. Schroeder didn't find it necessary to take
off the roof or tear out the walls, or even to remove
the stage. He inaugurated his big week with Than-
Stage of Majestic Theater, Cleveland, Showing Unique
Decoration.
houser's "The Million Dollar Mystery" and this unique
decorative scheme. He arranged a special stage setting, the
screen removed to one side so that the orchestra could be
accommodated on one side. A grassy lawn-like effect was
secured by laying a green drop from the stage to the audi-
torium incline (not shown in the photograph). Lights of
varied hues w-ere thrown on during the intermissions and
Japanese lanterns hung throughout the theater.
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ALLENDALE THEATER, BUFFALO, N. Y.
ONE of Buffalo's finest moving picture theaters is the
Allendale on Allen street, near Elmwood avenue.
The house was opened September 23, 1913, and the
estimated cost is $120,000. The Allendale is now being con-
ducted by the Allendale Amusement Co. This concern re-
cently leased the house from L. Michaels, who built it and for
some time was the proprietor.
The house _,seats 1,100 and is eflfectively lighted and venti-
lated. The seats are upholstered and comfortable, with plenty
of knee and elbow room. There is an indirect lighting sys-
tem. In the centre of the ceiling is a large dome, which is
artistically decorated. There is a suction fan in the dome.
AUendale Theater, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Allendale is of brick and substantial in construction.
The architectural effects are pleasing to the eye. The deco-
rations are in old rose. There is an eight-foot exit court
and plenty of entrances, so the house can be emptied quickl}-.
The boxes are roomy and comfortable. The stage is 30 by
35 feet, and is large enough to accommodate vaudeville or
dramatic performances. The screen has a setting of red
velour. The front of the stage is beautified with trailing
vines, ferns and natural flowers.
Interior of Allendale Theater, Buffalo.
There is a complete sprinkling system and hose for use in
case of fire. The operating room is in the rear of the bal-
cony and is equipped with two Powers 6a machines and one
dissolver.
There are well-kept toilet rooms and a private office for the
manager. There is an eight-piece orchestra which makes it
a point to supply music which fits the pictures. Special con-
certs are also given. The Allendale front is brilliant with
scores of electric lights and there is an electric flashing sign.
During the hot weather there is a cool palm garden, to
which patrons may pass from the theater. Cosy seats are
provided. This feature is proving very popular. W. G.
Kaliska is manager of the theater. He was formerly assist-
ant to Harold Edel, manager of the Strand theatre, Buffalo,
a Mark-Brock house. Among his plans to please his patrons
is to flash news bulletins on the screen. He has arranged
with the Buffalo Courier to telephone him this live matter as
soon as it is received off the wire. The service is crisp and
timely and much appreciated. During the week the matinees
are from 2 to 5 p. m., and the evening performances from 7
to 11 p. m. The Sunday shows run continuously from 2 to 11
p. m. The general admission is 10 cents and the boxes are 25
cents.
Mr. Kaliska recently had Miss Helen Todd address an
Allendale audience. She is a prominent suffragette of Cali-
fornia. Her lines were bright, and the feature, which was
unheralded, was a pleasant surprise. Mr. Kaliska has a live
mailing list and sends out plenty of advertising matter. He
followed this plan recently to attract Buffalo school teachers,
pupils and others interested in education to "Evangeline," in
moving pictures, at the Allendale. There was a hearty re-
sponse and capacity business resulted. He also advertises
extensively in the Buffalo newspapers.
PORTOLA THEATER, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THE Portola theatre, 779 Market street, San Francisco, Cal.,
enjoys the distinction of being one of the largest houses
in that city devoted exclusively to motion pictures, and
has the added distinction of being located in the very heart of
the downtown section, near Fourth street. While the en-
trance to this popular house is on Market street, the theater
proper is on Stevenson street and is reached through an un-
usually long tiled lobby. This arrangement is most ad-
vantageous as the noises of Market street are entirely
eliminated. The theater has a seating capacity of 1,100. A
perfect heating and ventilating system forms an important
part of the equipment. The house is carpeted throughout
with a Wilton floor covering of the highest grade in a soft
toned brown, and this is kept clean by means of a vacuum
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The management caters especially to women and children.
Spacious and perfectly appointed reception rooms for women
are to be found off the main lobby, and a colored maid is
constantly in attendance. The projection is a matter of much
comment, the distance from the operating room to the screen
being one hundred and forty-two feet. In the booth are in-
stalled two of the newest type Motiograph machines. Much
of the success of this house is doubtless due to the fact that
first-run pictures only are shown, and that great care is exer-
cised in the selection of subjects.
The Portola theater was erected shortly after the rehabilita-
tion of the downtown district, following the great fire of 1906,
and for some time was conducted as a combined vaudeville
and moving picture house. The vaudeville features were
eliminated tvv'o years ago and the house has been operated as
a moving picture theater since then. It is conducted by the
Popular Amusement Company under the efficient management
of Eugene H. Roth, assisted by Harry David.
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Manufacturers' Advance Notes
•IL TROVATORE" (Centaur).
The scenario of this production of II Trovatore is found-
ed upon the original antique drama, Leonora of Savilla, by
Gatteres, and upon the famous Verdi opera, the libretto of
which was written by Commanaro, who also closely followed
the Gatteres drama. It was written by Charles Simone,
under whose direction the picture is being made.
Striking effects and an accurate and concentrated unfold-
ing of the plot have been obtained from skillfully planned
artificial sets rather than from remote "natural" scenes, and
buildings "in the exact locale of the story," as they say in
film advertisements.
Scene from "II Trovatore" (Centaur).
With the specially constructed sets, all of these matters
are taken into account and the plot is unfolded with celerit}'
and clear simplicity. The scenic work has been in charge of
J. E. Pinto, the Italian scenic artist and sculptor, whose pro-
ductions at the Scala, Milan, and San Carlos, Naples, and
later for certain Italian film concerns have made him re-
nowned. Fully four months' time was devoted to the plan-
ning and construction of the ponderous and elaborate sets.
In some of these scenes, notably the Battle of Pelilla, as
many as six hundred people and one hundred and eighty
horses were used.
The cast of II Trovatore contains the names of many well-
known artists, several of whom have starred or played lead-
ing parts on the legitimate stage; Jean Thrall, Agnes Mapes,
Morgia Litton, Georgette Leland, Julia Hurley, Carolyn
French, Lorma Russell, Grace Renard, Charles Tricoli,
Frank Holland. Fred Loomis, George Bancroft, M. E. Han-
nafy and others.
The production is in six reels, and it is expected to be
readv for release on August first.
ECLAIR PLAYERS PERFORM AT FRONTIER CELE-
BRATION.
-\ company of Eclair players left the Western studio at
Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, July 3rd, for Prescott, Arizona,
to attend what is known as "Frontier Day Celebration,"
which is held each year during July. This is one of the big-
gest events of its kind in the West and annually draws thou-
sands of people from all parts of California, Arizona and
Texas, .\mong the Eclair players who journeyed to Pres-
cott were Mildred Bright, Edna Payne, Joe Ryan, Norbert
A. Myles and Hal Wilson, and it is the intention of the
Eclair players to take a complete motion picture of the do-
ings during Frontier Day Celebration. Joe Ryan will enter
the bucking and roping contest. In the eighty-mile auto-
mobile race, for which a prize of $1,000 is oflPered, Miss Edna
Payne, a leading Eclair player, will ride with one of the con-
testants. The novelty of this announcement has attracted
many motion picture patrons who will watch with interest
while Miss Payne risks her life in a mad dash around the
eighty-mile course.
"WHO SEEKS REVENGE" (Lubin).
This is a most thrilling and dramatic story of the frontier
picturing the hazard of western life before the Indians suc-
cumbed to enforced civilization. A post is attacked by the
redskins and two women who have just given birth to babes
are killed in the raid, a worthless soldier, who has a grudge
against the Colonel of the regiment revenges himself by
transposing the two babes and the Colonel brings up the
boy, and the soldier offers to adopt the girl who is really
the Colonel's daughter. Twenty years elapse and by chance
the boy and the girl meet, fall in love and marry. During
the action of the latter part of the play there is a big fire
scene and the Colonel, who has retired from military life
and become a manufacturer, is rescued by the boy he believes
to be his son. In the end the secret of the changeling is
discovered, but the marriage brings two children instead of
one to cheer the Colonel's declining years. The Photo Play
is directed by Colonel Joseph Smiley. For those who enjoy
melodrama the picture will be appreciated.
"CIRCLE 17" (Rex).
"Circle 17" draws a vivid picture of a famous Italian secret
organization — tells a gripping human-interest story of love
and adventure and intrigue. It was staged and directed by
Otis Turner at the Universal's Pacific Coast studios. It
was written by Phil Walsh, who has written many Universal
successes, and it has been interpreted by a splendid cast of
players, headed by Mr. Rawlinson and Anna Little and Will-
iam Worthington.
Professor Bartoli has incurred the enmity of the society.
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Scene from "Circle 17" (Rex).
With his daughter he flees to America. As they start to
board the steamer, an agent of the society attacks Bartoli
and would stab him, but for the timely interference of Cap-
tain Rawfon, U. S. A. That is the beginning of a series of
incidents strange, enthralling and interest sustaining. It
is young Captain Rawdon who, in America, interferes in the
plan of the black-handers and saves, at the risk of his own
life in a terrific fight in a river boathouse, Bartoli's daughter
from an awful death. This is a two reel drama and will be
released Tulv 30.
KLEINE-CINES BIG WILD ANIMAL SUBJECT.
From the jungles of central .A.frica comes news that the
Cines Company stationed there has just completed a big
wild animal subject usin"- the jungle animals instead of
trained beasts. This company sailed for Africa last Febru-
ary with Anthony Novelli and other Cines "leads," in charge
of Professor Fausto Salvatori.
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"THREE MEN AND A WOMAN" (Lubin).
In a Lubin photoplay entitled "Three Men and a Woman"
a yacht was needed and George Terwilliger, the director,
purchased the well known Herreshoff model called "The Cos-
sette." It is supposed to take tire and the seamen desert
in a panic leaving Kempton Greene. Earl Metcalfe and Anna
Luther on board. Greene (in the play) shows the yellow
streak and jumps for the boat being lowered by the crew.
He misses the boat and struggles in the water hanging on
Scene from "Three Men and a Woman" (Lubin)
to a piece of wreckage. While the boat load of sailors pulls
away, Metcalf throws the yacht raft overboard and with Miss
Luther, who is unconscious, jumps into the sea. Green fights
for the raft but Metcalfe beats him ofif and saves the girl.
Greene is drowned (according to the play) and the yacht
burns until a boiler explosion takes it to the bottom. "Some"
expensive stunt and pretty tough on Kempton Greene; how-
ever, he worked as usual next day.
UNIVERSAL WEEKLY STAFF— IN NEW YORK.
Herewith is a photograph of Mr. Cohn and his camera men
working in and around the East. Reading from left to right
they are: Eugene Cugnet, camera man; John Cohn, editor;
W. R. Goodwyn. who has just returned from Mexico after
six months' service with Carranza; U. K. Whipple, head
Universal Weekly Camera Squad
York.
camera man; Joseph Rucker, who has just returned from
Vera Cruz after passage down there on a United States
battleship and witnessing and securing pictures of the first
encounter with the Mexicans; Edmund Starring, for many
years connected with European weeklies and now a star
Animated Weekly camera man.
BUILDING PICTURE THEATER IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
A two-story picture theater is being built on the site of
the old Garden theater on Elm street. Dallas, Tex., which
will be known as the Garden. The cost of the new house is
estimated at $20,000, and is announced to open on Labor
Day. The structure will be fireproof throughout and suffi-
cient exits will lie provided for. The house is owned and
controlled by the Garden Theater Company, composed of
R. J. Stennet, W. J. Brown and other Dallas business men.
MISS LA BADIE JUMPS FROM SHIP'S DECK.
Florence La Badie, heroine of "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery," has added a new deed of daring to her already long list.
Miss La Badie leaped into the water last week from the deck
of the George Washington, as that big ship steamed past
Sandy Hook. Passengers on the deck of the liner were ap-
praised of the girl's intention, and cheers followed her as
she threw herself into the waters below. A camera op a tug-
boat caught Miss La Badie's leap and her struggles in the
water. Strong swimmer as the young woman is, the waves
caused by the movement of the big liner tossed her about.
Director Howell Hansel, megaphone in hand, stood on the
tugboat shouting encouragement to Miss La Badie. Tower-
ing above her the great hulk seemed to spell destruction to
anyone caught within its suction. Miss La Badie responded
to the instructions of Director Hansel and plowed through
the waves until the ship had left her far astern, giving full
play to the camera. Then a rope was thrown to the actress
and she was pulled aboard the tug.
"WHEN DEATH RODE THE ENGINE" (Eclair).
This is the Western Eclair release for Sunday, July 26th.
The production is in one reel and the thousand feet are
cramiTied with e-xciting incidents, sensational climaxes well
calculated to bring any audience to its feet. There is a race
Scene from "When Death Rode the Engine" (Eclair).
between two giant locomotives, a fight in the cab, a death
struggle under water and finally a most realistic lynching
"bee," wherein the villain gets "his" and the sherifif does his
duty. This Eclair Western film was shown during the Ex-
position at the Grand Central Palace and created comment.
SOL LESSER IN NEW YORK.
With the purpose of buying features that look good Sol
Lesser of the Colgate Film Company of San Francisco came
into New York a few days ago. . He is now conferring with
the manufacturers of some of the famous productions for
exhibition rights in the eleven Western states in which he
has booking oflfices.
Mr. Lesser reports conditions on the coast as being a
fierce fight in which the fittest will be the survivor. The
coast exhibitors have developed keen appraising abiliities
and with them the day of picture 10 per cent, and paper
90 per cent, is past. Mr. Lesser has carefully analyzed the
situation and has the money-drawing potentialitiies of each
feature that he buys figured down to the decimal.
The "boy impresario." as he has been called, will continue
his policy of keeping a New York office, with George D. Mac-
Intyre in charge, witli instructions to buy only those features
which will stand up on their merits with the thermometer at
blood heat.
"The Black Triangle," first of the W^ebb Detective Series,
was his first purchase.
SHIPMAN LEAVES PAN-AMERICAN.
Ernest Sliipman has disposed of all his interests in the
Pan-.-\merican Film Company and resigned as general man-
ager of that firm. After a few weeks' vacation. Mr. Shipman
will become active in connection with new plans to be
announced later in these columns.
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"THE LOVE VICTORIOUS" (Gold Seal).
This play is original and distinct in Lvcry way and the
Universal are releasing it nnder the Gold Seal brand because
of this — l>ecause its appeal is tremendous, because there is
acting in the picture of tlie finest quality to be had.
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Scene from "The Love Victorious" (Gold Seal).
"The Love Xictorious" is an allegory of the fall of woman
tlirough the ag-ency of Evil and his side partners. \'anity.
Flattery, Lust and \'ice, and her redemption through the
instrumentality of the Christ Spirit as symbolized in the
Good Man. The sordid and beautiful, all the attributes of
Good and Evil, are personified and each plays his part in
his figurative pageant of human life. Produced at the Uni-
versal's West Coast studios, the piece was directed by Wil-
fred Lucas. It is three reels and will be released July 28th.
MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. 81.
It is not often that a cinematographer is lucky enough to
be on the spot at the moment an unscheduled and serious
accident occurs.
Sucli luck is the desideratum of all photographers and it
is conceded, happens only once in a long life-time. But, this
"once-in-a-life-time" event was given recently to a French
representative camera man of the Mutual Weekly, when he
secured pictures of the big aeroplane accident which caused
the death of two daring birdmen. Messieurs Bourhis and
Pelletier. at the aerodrome of Buc near \'ersailles, France,
and which is shown on Mutual Weekly No. 81, released
July 15th. .
(Dn the same number of the Mutual Weekly No. 81 is
shown the result of the terrific bomb explosion, which
wrecked a New York tenement house and caused the death
of three anarchist plotters, who were presumably manufac-
turing the bomb for use on the Rockefeller estate in revenge
for the Colorado mine-strike. The Mutual Weekly camera-
man, as usual, was on the job early enough to secure pic-
tures of the falling debris and shows the recovery of one of
the mangled bodies by the firemen and police.
Ever}- subject in this number of the Mutual Weekly is of
surpassing interest and among the many may be mentioned
the violent storm vhich recently caused much loss of life
and property in Paris: two Frenchmen fight a real duel for
the love of a pretty model, a steamship wreck, tangoing on
the beach at Coney Island, and several others too numerous
to mention.
'EVANGELINE" DOING BIG IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Canadian Bioscope Company's 5 reel production of
"Evangeline." which J. R. Starck is exhibiting at the Garrick
Theater. Philadeplhia. is doing well in that city. Opening
the Monday after July Fourth, business has climbed at each
succeeding performance, the first week totalling well over
$2,000. and the second week with a better start in the fore
part and with the benefit of the excellent newspaper reviews,
bids fair to exceed this figure by several liundrd dollars.
"Evangline" will doubtless be a strong favorite every-
where as the subject is well known to every school child in
the country, the study of Longfellow's classic poem being a
part of the regular school work in nearly every city of the
United States. The Canadian Bioscope Company has pro-
duced a fine sample of the motion picture art and one which
truthfully and adequate!}' portrays Longfellow's Ijeautiful
love romance.
"IN TEMPTATION'S TOILS" (Kleine).
Miss Francesca Bertini, idol of the picture fans of two
continents and leading player in the big opera picture, "Pier-
rot, the Prodigal," which recently completed a successful
run at the new Candler theater, New York, is again pre-
sented to her .\merican admirers in George Kleine's two-
part feature sul)ject, "In Temptation's Toils." In this ad-
miral)ly planned and splendidly produced photoplay she has
a part unusually well suited to her extraordinary talents, a
part in which slie appears at her very best.
"In Temptation's Toils" tells a story of the keenest human
interest. Spurned, the woman plans revenge, but love con-
quers, and with it comes her redemption.
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Scene from "In Temptation's Toils" (Kleine).
Appearing with Miss Bertini in this latest Kleine release
are several other players of international reputation, including
Albert Collins and Emilio Ghione. Artistic studio settings
and well-chosen out-door scenes, all magnificently photo-
graphed, add greatly to the beauty of the subject. ''In Temp-
tation's Toils" will be released through the General Film
Company, and the release date is given as Tuesday, July 28.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" (World Film Corp.).
Like n.i.iy of the famous plays which have been lately
screened by the World Film Corporation, "Uncle Tom's
Cabin" will shortly be shown in a most realistic and dra-
matic film. Irving Cummings, the well-known motion pic-
ture actor, again distinguishes himself in the role of Harris,
Mary Eline, the Thanhouser kid, as Eva. Sam Lucas, the
well-known colored actor of seventy-two, is Uncle Tom.
This production is one of the most elaborate yet attempted
by the World Film Corporation. It is the outcome of many
months of careful and patient work through many parts of
the South and the ice-covered North. During the production
when little Eva falls overboard and Uncle Tom goes to the
rescue, it develops in spite of his age. Uncle Tom, like the
moving picture artist, was game and made the leap, not
thinking or remembering that he could not swim. Miss
Eline, who is an expert in reality, saved his life. Uncle Tom,
in turn, got the credit of saving her life in the film. It might
be added that had it not been for Irving Willett, who is
responsible for the wonderful photography of this produc-
tion, both little Eva and Uncle Tom would have lost their
lives.
"THE SEVENTH PRELUDE" (Essanay).
A new and particularly interesting mystery photoplay will
be released by the Essanaj' Company on Friday, July 31. It
is "The Seventh Prelude" by Lillian Bennet-Thompson,
adapted from the Munsej- magazines. This play is in two
reels and there is not one dull moinent in it from start to
finish. The mystery begins with the opening scene and is
not solved until the very last minute. The unusual feature
of the play is that the spectator has not the least idea of
the outcome, until the final scene. Richard C. Travers and
Gerda Holmes play the leads and their wojk is declared to
be artistic all the way through. Mr. Travers plays the part
of a detective and Miss Holmes is the heroine, who is slowlj-
being driven insane by hearing the mysterious strains of
Chopin's "Seventh Prelude" at a certain hour every night.
This classic was being played on the piano by her father the
night he was struck down by an unknown assassin's bullet.
The young detective solves the mystery and all ends happily.
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THE HEIRLOOM (KLEINE).
A storj' of love, self-sacrifice and the making of a man
is graphically told in George Kleine's two-part feature film,
"The Heirloom," which was released through the General
Film Company Tuesday, July 7. The plot concerns the
adventures of Lord Hawley, a young nobleman, who, when
he finds himself face to face with financial ruin, refuses the
assistance of friends, sells even the unencumbered portion of
his estate, and through his own efforts wins his way to
happiness and fortune.
"The Heirloom" can be aptly described as a comedy-
drama, a branch of the drama which has heretofore been
somewhat neglected by motion picture makers. It com-
bines tense dramatic situations with amusing comedy inci-
dents in such a way as to heighten the value of both. The
scenario abounds in opportunities for splendid acting and
clever character portrayal, and none of these has been over-
looked by the seasoned players who w-ere selected to inter-
pret the story.
NEW HOUSE FOR EARLVILLE, ILL.
Contract has been awarded F. M. Edgett for the erection
of a picture theater 36 by 66 feet with a 16-foot ceiling in
Earlville. 111. The plans call for a fireproof house having
concrete foundation and cement floor.
Notes of the Trade.
ROBERT LEONARD, well-known star and director of the Rex Com-
pany at the Hollywood studios, has just completed a charming
society comedy entitled "The Wall Between." It is the romance
of a college youth and the girl next door, who is petted and pampered
by her parents and treated as a child. Robert Leonard plays the part
of the college youth and Ella Hall that of the girl.
• * *
The Princess Ruspoli signed a contract with Pasquali & Co.. of
Italy, and takes the leading part in a startling war drama, "The Silent
Bell," which is soon to be released in this country.
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Otis Turner is producing a two-reel picture entitled "Kid Reagan's
Hands," in which Herbert Rawlinson plays the name part, a young
prize fighter. Anna Little plays a young widow.
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Cleveland is to be added to the limited list of cities in which "Cabiria"
is to be seen this summer.
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Mr. Eduarde Sola has left the management of the well known Spanish
film revue, "El Mundo Cinematografico," to take charge of the man-
agement of the branch office of the Eclair Company, which is to be
opened in Barcelona.
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A wonderful feat of horsemanship is shown in "The Tavern of Trag-
edy," by Russell E. Smith, produced by Donald Crisp, at the Reliance
and Majestic Hollywood studies. The heroine jumps out of a third
story window on to the back of a horse.
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Director Charles Giblin has well under way the second feature of
the Francois Villon series. This is entitled "The Higher Law" and is
of the spectacular period of French history during the reign of Louis
XI. Murdock MacQuarrie plays the title role and is supported by such
actors as Pauline Bush and Lnn Chaney.
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Beginning the sixth week at the fashionable Knickerbocker theater,
"Cabiria," which has since June 1, the date of its American premiere,
taken New York. Chicago. Atlantic City and Asbury Park by storm,
has been one of the few "heat defiers" that has been drawing capacity
audiences daily.
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Robert Leonard, actor and director of Rex dramas, is just completing
another of bis far-famed "Boob" comedies. It is entitled "The Boob's
Xemesis." Ella Hall plays the principal female role.
• • •
A forty-inch sand filter with a capacity of fifteen hundred gallons an
hour has been installed in the laboratory at the Universal Pacific Coast
studio. This is the largest filter to have yet been installed in a motion
picture laboratory. The drying room at the Hollywood laboratory has
also been enlarged and a new eleven-foot drying drum installed.
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The fact of a man ceasing to belong to his own personality is the
basis of the most recent Curtis (Joker) comedy. The principals in
this comedy are Max Asher, Bob Vernon and Louise Fazenda.
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Despite the fact that this is the very worst time of year for trying to
sell anything, Arthur Rosenbach, sales manager of the Excelsior Fea-
ture Film Company, Inc., reports he is closing several very desirable
deals on the Excelsior Film Company's picture. "The Toll of Mammon,"
in four parts, featuring Octavia Handworth.
• • •
Reaves Eason, after a day's successful hunting, attempted to slide
down the face of a steep hill so as to make a short cut. He tripped
and was thrown heavily to the ground, sustaining internal injuries.
He is confined to his rooms in Edgerly Court and it will be some days
before he will be able to report for duty to the American Film Company
at Los Angeles.
Director Joseph de Grasse is producing a drama by Rupert Julian,
leading man in the Rex company. It is entitled "The Hole in the Gar-
den Wall" and is one of those beautiful romances which in the past
has established the quality of Rex dramas. The leading female role is
played by Elsie Jane Wilson.
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Stanley H. Twist has withdrawn his contracts and other interests
from the Pan-American Film Manufacturing Company and has severed
his relations with that concern. Many of these contracts will hereafter
be handled by the Inter-Ocean Sales Company, which is preparing to
start active operations within the near future, and which will act in
the capacity of manufacturers' representative.
* * *
■How Bill Squared It for His Boss" is the title of the second of the
■'BiU" series by Paul West, being issued in the Mutual program under
the Komic brand.
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Since the first installment of the Edison series, "The Man Who Dis-
appeared," Mark MacDermott has appeared in a succession of thrilling
feats. He has engaged in a fistic battle on a roof's edge and has
ascended to a dizzy height in an aeroplane. In a forthcoming release,
"A Dive for Life," his wonderful ner\'e is put to the supreme test.
He is pursued by a detective aboard a Hudson River liner and in
making his escape leaps from the top deck into the water, a distance
of seventy feet. A long swim to shore was made and MacDermott,
after taking a brief rest, was prepared to undertake a new thriller.
* * *
Harry Eytinge, the Edison heavy, is planning a large celebration for
the opening of his new summer home at Rye Beach.
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"The Toll of Mammon," the four-part Excelsior Feature Film Com-
pany, Inc., release which received high criticism from the trade press
was recently reviewed by several medical men. Their remarks regard-
ing the moral of the picture were most satisfactory.
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Sydney Ayres is producing in two reels a romance of Kentucky. A
great many stories have been written around the uncouth mountaineer.
the moonshiner and the revenue officer, but "The Trap" is a more ap-
pealing story and different in many ways to most scenarios written
around these subjects.
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The latest Christie (Nestor) comedy is entitled "A Troublesome
Wink." A most dignified and respectable housewife is afflicted with
a nervous disease of the eyes which causes her to wink at the most
inopportune moments. The principal parts are played by Eddie Lyons,
Lee Moran and Victoria Forde.
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J. Warren Kerrigan will shortly be seen in the role of a prosecuting
attorney. The story is entitled "Weights and Measures." Vera Sisson
and George Periolat play principal parts in the production. Jacques
Jaccard is the director.
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Miss Charlotte Burton will assume the leading role in "Lodgings for
a Night." now being produced for the "Flying A" by Tom Ricketts.
Miss Winifred Greenwood was cast lor the lead, but owing to the acci-
dent she recently met with will not appear in this production.
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Wives who find their husbands are so much absorbed in business
that they are neglecting their helpmates may learn something about
how to arouse their husbands by seeing the American Mutual film
"Business Versus Love."
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Thomas Nash, of the Nash Motion Picture Company, and his Eastern
representative, Stanley H. Twist, leave Los Angeles this week, arriving
in New York on July 21. Mr. Nash brings with him the first release
under the " 'Big' Otto Brand," a four-reel animal picture, entitled
"The Mysterious Man of the Jungle. During Mr. Nash's stay in New
York his headquarters will be with the Inter-Ocean Sales Company,
HO West 40th street. New York City.
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Harry Pollard will soon begin production of "A Miid-Summer Love
Tangle." written especially for the "Beauty" brand by Miss Isobel M.
Reynolds of New York. This is a bright comedy and the major part of
the work will devolve upon Margarita Fischer.
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"Dave," the only living lion athlete, is a new arrival at the Selig
plant in Chicago. "Dave" had his education with a circus, his prin-
cipal stunt being to make long leaps, demonstrating muscular ability.
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A baffling murder mystery, in which a secret band of Hindu mystic
figures is finally solved by clever detective work, is "The Mystery of
the Hindu Image," a Majestic Mutual two-reel feature, scheduled for
early release.
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William Bechtel is back in harness at the Edison studio after a four
weeks' stay at Mt. Clemens, Mich., where he was recovering from a
severe attack of rheumatic trouble.
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The Rosary, which will be in elaborate form and portrayed by the
leading Selig celebrities, has been practically completed, and the an-
nouncement of the date for its release will be made in a short time.
It is anticipated that this production will be a typical Selig success.
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How a phrase may have two meanings is illustrated in "The Painted
Lady," a two-reel Majestic Mutual feature. In this story a girl at-
tempts to save her sister from the wiles of a scoundrel by winning the
scoundrel herself. Blanche Sweet and Dorothy Gish play the sisters,
each having a role well suited to her talents.
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A variety of pretty bathing costumes will be shown in "Ethel's Aunt. '•
a lively farce soon to be issued as a Komic Mutual release
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Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Pictur<^ Men Gathered By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
CINCINNATI.
A DDING still further to the accumulated evl-
■^^ dence to the effect that Cincinnati is one of
the most progressive cities in the country when
It comes to the use of motion pictures tor pur-
poses other than those of pure entertainment, the
city health department recently had pictures
taken at a public swimming pool of a demon-
stration of the -'■oper method of rescuing and
resuscitating a drowning person. The "slunt"
was staged in the most realistic manner possi-
ble, a day being selected when the big pool at
Chester Park was swarming with bathers. A
cabaret actor played the part of the victim, and
his rescue was effected by the captain of the
life-saving crew, while two of the medical staff
of the health office demonstrated first aid after
the life-saver had towed the victim to the shore
in the correct manner. The Universal Flm
Company's local photographer took the picture,
which will be exhibited locallv for educational
purposes, and probably elsewhere as well, and
is expected to be .the instrument of saving not
a few lives.
Local moving picture men were much sur-
prised at recent developments in connection with
the supposed plan for the purchase of the
Park Hall theater, in Oakley, a Cincinnati sub-
urb, by James Carragien. The first intimation
that the plan was not all it appeared to be came
when F. A. Nolan, of the Cincinnati Theatrical
Co., which handles motion picture and theatrical
supplies, caused the issue of a warrant for Car-
ragien, charging him with tendering a worthless
check of the amount of $370. It is also alleged
that Carragien collected the receipts at the thea-
ter named for two evenings, and then disap-
peared without having paid over any part of the
agreed purchase price of the house. The police
are looking for him, but so far without suc-
cess.
The University of Cincinnati has received the
first of the equipment which it will use in tbe
illustration by motion pictures of lectures on
natural history, engineering and other subjects.
Efforts are being made to obtain films illustrat-
ing great engineering works, such as the Pana-
ma Canal, city planning schemes and the great
universities of the world, to name only a few
of the innumerable possible educational sub-
jects, and the film exchanges and producing
companies are expected to be of great assistance
in this respect. Over 400 reels have already
been obtained for use in the several ei-ucational
institutions which will follow this latest deve-
lopment in educational ideas, and others are in
process of completion.
A private exhibition of motion pictures of the
recent disastrous fire at Salem. Mass.. was given
in Cincinnati last week. Manager Royal, of Keith's
theater, inviting the chiefs of the fire depart-
ments of the several cities in this vicinity and
other public officials to witness the pictures as
of interest in their work. One of the causes
of the spread of the fire, it was pointed out. was
the secret storage of explosives in factory base-
ments, which is not permitted in Cincinnati.
The pictures were unusually clear and distinct,
and were much enjoyed by the select audience
which saw them first in Cincinnati, as well as
by others who visited the theater to see them.
St. Peter's Cathedral, of Cincinnati, recently
gave an entertainment for the benefit of the
church which included motion pictures showing
the golden jubilee of Father Murray, the pas-
tor Other amusements attracted a large crowd
to the church courtyard, where the affair was
held. The use of motion pictures by churches
is becoming one of their best drawing cards, as
an amusement device which Is beyond criti-
cism, as long as the right kind of films are
used.
The Hippodrome Theater Co.. of Cincinnati,
has closed a deal by which it acquires title to
several pieces of property in Newport. Ky., in
the center of the city, which will be used as a
site for a motion picture house that will be
one of the largest in the three cities of Cin-
cinnati. Covington and Newport. Architects are
now at work on the plans, and work will start
in time to finish the house for the early part
of the coming fall season, it is hoped. I. Fran-
kel. of the Hippodrome Co.. will manage the
house.
Thf visit of the traveling health exhibit of
the State Board of Health to Hamilton, O.. at-
tracted considerably attention recently, but the
most interesting feature there, as elsewhere, was
probably the motion pictures exhibited by the
department, a number of reels botnf used, all
of which spread the gospel of good health in
some specific manner. Among the pictures shown
was one entitled. "Hope" which presented a
really good story, cove-red the campaign for
the erection of a tuberculosis hospital, and
showed the service which such a hospital gives,
incidentally pointing out the proper method of
treatment of the disease.
The Orpheum. in Canton. 0., found Than-
hauser's "The Million-Dollar Mystery," a big
drawing card recently, when the first Install-
ment of the widely-advertised serial was shown
to large audiences. The views of submarine
life was particularly appreciated, being decided-
of the baseball season Is on, the management of
popular Thanhouser stars who figured in the
cast appealed strongly to the "fans".
Taking advantage of the fact that the heart
of the baseball season is on. the management of
the Lyceum theater, at Canton. O.. presented re-
cently an attraction calculated to draw "fans"
of all persuasions In the two-reel Kalera en-
titled "Home-Run Baker's Double." This pic-
ture, which shows the famous Athletic slugger
in actual action, as well as In an interesting
story, drew unusually well at the Lyceum.
The new theater of the Marion (O.) Photo-
play Co.. recently organized by Edward F.
Sharpless. is about finished, little remaining to
be done to make the house one of the best in
the city. The house Is to be known as the
Marion, and will be ready for opening in ample
time for the fall season. CASEY.
KENTUCKY.
T> US i NESS with the Louisville exhibitors is
-*-' fairly good in spite of the very warm weath-
er, though it is the night crowds that the thea-
ters are having to depend upon. Audiences dur-
ing the daytime are very small, as there are
very few people upon the streets, except those
on business bent.
L. J. Dittmar. of the Majestic Amusement
Companv. Louisville. J. Johnson Musselman and
Fred Sheldon, of the Warner Feature Film
Company of that city, recently purchased the
Mexican war film, known as "War with Huerta."
and have the state rights for Indiana and Ken-
tucky. A special company has been formed,
known as the Mexican War Film Company, for
the sole purpose of booking the reel. It is not
incorporated. Practically every house in Louis-
ville has shown it. and arrangements are now be-
ine made in Indiana by Musselman.
The Commercial Film Manufacturing Com-
pany has established permanent offices at Third
and Main streets, Louisville, in the Postal Tele-
graph Building. The pictures which are taken
at Straws' Mills. Clark County. Ind.. will be
developed in a long developing room which is
now being fitted up at the Louisville office.
The whole third floor of the building has been
leased and for the present there will be room
to spare. Among the films which the companv
has in course of preparation or just completed
are: a two-reel comedy entitled "Snoopy Sim
Freaking Into Jail." a three-reel feature "The
Interrupted Wedding" and a two reel feature of
"^foonshine Molly." The latter is a straight
Kentucky picture and Is expected to make a hit
throughout the Central District.
The National Commissary Managers' Associa-
tion will hold its fifth annual convention in
Louisville. August 18-20. It Is probable that the
motion picture men of the city will be able to
talk some of the delegates into buying motion
picture machines to enliven things around the
various mining camps and other isolated camps
of the country. A motion picture machine Is
to be used during the course of lectures In show-
ing the general store managers the proper ways
to arrange stock and to conduct a store. Somp
of the timber companies and mine owners of
the state have thrown up flimsy picture houses,
in the small mining towns, which have shown a
nice return on the amount of capital invested.
J. W. Ne«;tor. proprietor of the Nestor Fea-
ture Film Company, which maintained an of-
fice at 103 West Broadway. Louisville, has sold
out his business to the Owl Feature Film Com-
pany. Mr. Nestor was formerly of Clarksbure,
W. Va.. but has been In the film business in
Louisville for some time. He is also connected
with the Redfern Clothing store of Louisville
and expcctfl to give his whole attention to the
latter coDcorn for tbe present.
M. IT. Thatcher of Louisville, formerly gov-
ernor of the Canal Zone, has announced that bis
new motion picture house In Parkland will bo
completed and ready to operate about July 20.
A small house In this district wan operated very
successfully a few years ago. and the nrw house,
which Is Incorporated for jlH.OOO, Is expected to
be a hummer.
A contract has been made by the Kentucky
Y. M. C. A., for showing Dr. Frederick A.
Cook's pictures, "The Truth About the North
Pole," and the pictures will be shown at prac-
tically every association town In the state.
The Majestic Amusement Company, Louis-
ville has put up a paper cup dl.'^pen.'jlng machine
which dispenses paper cups free of charge dur-
ing the hot summer montbn, therebv adding to
tbe attractiveness of the theater as a place to
go In the hot weather. The majority of the
houses have the penny In the slot system, claim-
ing that free cups become a nuisance because
children will make too many trips to tho paper
cup machine, as It is a novelty. However, at the
Majestic, the machine Is put up high and It
would be necessary for an adult to accompany
the child to the machine. In this way the house
will not be bothered so much with the bad prac-
tice,
H. R. Hunter, formerly manager of the
Crescent Air Dome. Louisville, Is now on the
road for H. D. Tlcknor, local manager for the
Univer.sal Film Company. He was formerly
with the Swltow Amusement Company, during
which time he traveled around the circuit of
houses. He also managed the house at Madl-
sonville, Ky., for a time.
The Columbia theater, of Ashland, recently
showed a number of pictures which were taken
in the home city. Manager Martin was rather
put out over a typographical error In one of the
daily newspapers, which announced that the
show would be held on Tuesday night Instead
of Wednesday. G. D. CRAIN. JR.
W
MISSOURI.
ORK on the remodeling of tbe Willis Wood
theater. Kansas City, has begun. The
changes will be completed in time for the open-
ing of the house early in the fall. About $35.-
000 is to be expended by the Standard Amuse-
ment Company which has secured a ten-year
lease on the theater.
A hearing will be held at St. Louis on July
20, by Special Commissioner Henry P. Law.
of Warsaw, in the alleged film trust case. The
hearing at St. Louis, with others to follow at
Kansas City, and other film centers in Missouri,
will be held to determine whether or not a film
trust exists in Missouri. The State attorney
general in his application for the appointment
of a special examiner alleged that the film dis-
tributing companies in Missouri are acting in
violation of the anti-trust laws. A combination,
a conspiracy, a community of interests and In-
terlocking directorates are a few of the things
the attorney general believes to exist.
Cyrus .T. Jacobs, manager of the Globe thea-
ter in Kansas City, will be married to Miss
Clara G. Wheeler, of Chicago, in the near fu-
ture. Following the ceremony, the couple will
spend a month in Canada. They will make their
home in Kansas City.
Lewis Rundle's lease oB the Auditorium, at
Rock Port, has expired and John Mears. the
owner, has assumed the management of the
motion picture house. Mr. Mears celebrated
the change by giving a free uerformance on
July 4. The pictures were followed by a dance
in the theater.
The Lyric theater, one of the handsomest mo-
tion picture houses in Kansas, was thrown open
to the public at Goodland recently. J. R.
Sprague is the owner. The Lyric has a seat-
ing capacity of 400 and Is modern throughout.
C. H. Toung. of Atchison, Kan., Is contemplat-
ing the purchase of the Atchison theater. If
the deal Is consummated. Mr. Toung will spend
.?10.000 In improvements and will bring first
class attractions, both in the field of motion
pictures and drama, to the theater.
The management of the Varsity theater at
Lawrence. Kan., has invested money in linen
covers for the seats. The covering constitutes
a good protection against both dirt and germs.
Thev may be washed without damage. While
the innovation is a costly one in some respects,
it is attracting much favorable comment.
The Dixie theater has been opened at Linneus.
by Carlos Western. The house is a new one.
being erected by Mr. Western especially for the
purpose to which It Is being put. A full orches-
tra, a dozen exits and plenty of oscillating fans
are a few of the features of the new house.
Much excitement was created at Cottonwood
Falls. Kan., recently, when a man who had never
seen a moving picture was unearthed. The curi-
osity Is W. T. Smith, a wealthy landowner and
agriculturist. Mr. Smith owns several thousand
acres of land, and has traveled considerably dur-
ing his fifty-nine years of life. How he over-
looked taking in a moving picture show during
the last few years he Is unable to explain. Mr.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Smith has decided to complete his education by
attending an exhibition at a Cottonwood Falls
theater on his sixtieth birthday, which arrives
in August. Elaborate preparations are being
made for the event.
W. H. Daly, a well known exhibitor of Pitts-
burg. Kan., was discharged after a jury trying
the Sunday blue law case had been out two
hours. The jury stood nine to three for acquit-
tal. The case is one of a score which will be
tried in the immediate future- Despite the re-
sult of the initial test, the county attorney an-
nounced that all others would proceed as orig-
inally scheduled. The result of the first, how-
ever.' has given Pittsburgh exhibitors much con-
fidence and it is believed that public sentiment
will result in the discharge of all the defend-
ants. Most of the moving picture theaters of
Pittsburg have continued Sunday operations
since the members of the W. C. T. U. began their
campaign. One airdome which presented vaude-
ville, however, has discontinued Sunday per-
formances because of the fact that it was nec-
essary to give bond for each actor in case of ar-
rest.
Marty Williams, formerly with the J. W.
Morgan Film Company in Kansas City, and later
with the Alaska Feature Film Company, found
the lure of the motion picture business too
strong for him and has returned to his old love
as special representative of the Mutual Film
Corporation. Mr. Williams will travel out of
Kansas City. About six weeks ago. he an-
nounced he was through with the moving picture
industry. A good deal of comment was aroused
by his renunciation in view of his prominence
in the business. Then came his return.
The resignation of J. Erwin Dodson, Kansas
City, manager for the World Film Corporation,
has been announced. Mr. Dodson left the com-
pany on July n. He was succeeded temporarily
by R. L. White, soecial representative of the
company. Mr. Dodson has not announced his
future plans. Prior to coming to Kansas City
about April 1. he was connected with the Fort
Smith. Ark., branch of the Universal. Mr.
White probably will select a new manager in
the near future. The Kansas City offices are,
in the Gloyd building which has become a sort
of community center for film men.
MURRAY.
MONTREAL.
THE LAST IXSTALLMEXT of Selig"s "The
Adventures of Kathlyn" was shown to a large
and interested audience at the Imnerial here.
On that occasion the management presented
every lady patron with a handsome souvenir
photo of Kathlyn Williams, the leading lady.
J. E. H. Wise, organizer and engineer of the
Ontario Safety League read a paper on "Safe-
ty First" before the Canadian Electrical Asso-
ciation, in this city, and illustrated his lecture
with moving pictures.
Mr. Herring, of the Mohnt Royal, does not let
much slip by him. Coolness is everything now-
adays, and Mr. Herring has taken in hand the
ventilation of his theater- He has installed a
large fan 00 inches in diameter, worked by a
o-horsepower motor, which exhausts lO.OiK) cubic
feet of air a minute, sufficient to chanye the
atmosphere of the theater every five minutes.
The Mount Royal has also had its draperies
changed, and the North End house looks sum-
mery and cool.
James Travis, formerly manager of the
Casino, is back with his old love again. Since
his return the theater has taken on quite a new
aspect. It will not be long before the Casino
regains its old time popularity.
Tom A. Byerle, formerly in the exchange
business in Texas, has been appointed Mon-
treal manager of the Canadian Universal Film
Exchange.
G. E. Hems worth, the popular manager of
the Chrystal Palace, has not been feeling very
well lately and is going away for a well earned
vacation. His many friends wish him a good
holiday and complete recovery. During his ab-
sence the theater will be in charge of Mr.
Howard, of Toronto.
Maurice West has installed a ffold fibre screen
in his theater, the Family, and he reports good
results from it. "The Million Dollar Mystery"
is booked at this house.
An interesting article entitled : "Montreal. A
City of Cinemaniacs," recently appeared in
Beck's Weekly, and makes the following statis-
tical statement: ". . . Eight hundred thou-
sand people a week pass through the seventy-five
moving picture theaters of Montreal, viewing
200, (HKI feet, or close upon forty miles of film.
The exact seating capacity registered
at the City Hall is 5T.n20. . . . Eight hun-
dred thousand people! That represents a quar-
ter as much again as the total population on
the Island of Montreal. .
A new theater, the Colonial, has been opened
on Arthur Street. Port Arthur, cnt. It is
claimed that Colonial is the second largest pic-
ture theater in Canada. GALLAGHER.
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
T OUIS MEYERS has opened a new theater
^-^ at German town, Xeb.
S. F. Rolph, manager of the Royal theater
at Fullerton, Xeb., has awarded the contract
for a new moving i)icture theater, 25 x 120 feet,
to be erected on Broadway in that city.
Jack Howard, who has been associated with
Wall Brothers of Freemont, Xeb., in their
photoplay enterprises, has purchased their
house at Xorfolk, Xeb., and has assumed charge
of it. Robert Wall, who has been managing
the Xorfolk house, returned to Fremont to
take charge of the properties at that place.
The First Methodist Church of B'razil, Ind.,
is using moving pictures.
Petitions, circulated by J. Stafford and Fred
Dunnavant. exhibitors at Xiles, Ohio, asking
that a referendum vote be taken on the Sunday
closing ordinance was filed with the super-
visors of elections at Warren. StatTord declares
it to the interest of children who rove the
streets on Sunday that the shows be operated.
He also avers the wealthier people are driving
in their automobiles to Girard and Youngs-
town to attend the photoplay shows and that
the poorer people who have no cars are de-
prived of this pleasure.
President Goldberg of the Omaha, Xeb., Ex-
hibitors League, indignant at the charge of the
Social Service Board that the exhibitors had
broken faith in the matter of showing unfit
pictures, named a committee to confer with the
board. He declared that the only white slave
pictures shown in the city were exhibited in
a regular theatrical house which was in the
picture business only temporarily. Aside from
this there was one objectionable film shown in
a downtown house, but it was stopped by the
Exhibitors League.
Three reels of moving pictures are shown
each evening at the playgrounds in Mingo,
Ohio.
The Empress theater at Omaha, Neb., show-
ed the moving pictures of the convention of the
Nebraska State Editorial Association.
Manager Garman of the Orpheum theater at
Lincoln. Neb., is giving travelogues each Mon-
day. Wednesday and Friday night.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
pRANK COOK, manager of the Orpheum the-
J- ater in Milwaukee, for ten years connected
with the Saxe Amusement Company, has re-
signed to accept a position as general manager
of Nielsen Quality Feature Film Company of
Chicago.
A "hot weather price" of five and ten cents
is featured by the Monroe theater at Monroe,
The problems of the electrical storm season
are again upon the manager. At the Unique
theater in Waukesha there was a crash and
the theater was in darkness. The patrons were
reassured by a voice : "Keep your seats ; a
transformer across the street was struck by
lightning and all the lights on this circuit are
out of commission."
The building inspector of Milwaukee reports
that the fifty-four photoplay houses in the city
have an aggregate seating "capacity of Jio.Oll.
W. I, Winnegar. who has been managing
the Majestic theater at Lake Geneva, has leased
the Chenny property in Williams Bay and will
operate a moving picture theater. G. A. Van
Slyck, owner of the Majestic, will take charge
of his house.
The White House theater of Racine has be-
gun its summer schedule of opening on Satur-
day evening, Sunday matinee and night with
three acts of vaudeville and pictures.
The Lyric theater at Fort Atkinson which
was closed July 1 for redecorating expects to
reopen early in August. The house opened for
special business on July 4 and 12.
Members of the Wisconsin Banking Associ-
ation endeavored to secure for their convention
at Milwaukee July l."> and 10 the films teaching
thrift. The release date was fixed for Sep-
tember 15.
In a new ordinance, as published, at Madi-
son, it is provided that where there are no side
aisles in moving picture theaters the center
aisle shall be four feet six inches wide. Alder-
man Bourke, who fathered the measure, de-
clared it was originally six feet, and an-
nounced his intention of finding out who altered
the provisions.
The second showing of "Judith of Bethulia"
at the Bijou theater in Appleton was by request
of the patrons of the house.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ILLINOIS.
BODKIX & KEANE of the Star theater at
Evanston have projected the idea of show-
ing "Made-in Evanston" films. Advertisements
were inserted in local papers asking for scen-
arios by Evanston writers. These are to be
produced in local settings under the direction
of James E. Byrnes of the Greenwood Inn. who
has had film experience. There will be no at-
tempt to start a plant in Evanston ; the films
will be sent to Chicago for development. They
will be shown first at the Star and then put
into circulation. It is hoped to show at least
one of this kind of pictures each week.
The Cort moving picture theater was opened
the first of July at 110 North Adams street in
Peoria.
P. S. Colley of Wilmette has leased the Ma-
jestic theater at Waukegan. He opened the
house with stock musical comedy and moving
pictures. To be more exact the house an-
nounces that it is "featuring feature pictures."
Colley contemplates organizing a circuit of
houses which can be booked out of Waukegan.
The Grand theater at Macomb recently had an
all-feature week with no extra admission
charges.
The Beardstown Amusement Company, just
incorporated, has entered upon its career in
operating the Princess and the G*em moving
picture theaters in Beardstown.
Harry Bloston has retired from the manage-
ment of the Wildey theater at Edwardsville.
being succeeded by W. A. Edwards, who has
leased the house from the Edwardsville Invest-
ment Company. The policy of pictures and
vaudeville will be continued during the sum-
mer, but in the fall one big show a week will
be booked. The house was closed for about ten
days for some improvements. Bloston con-
templates the sale of his airdome in Edwards-
ville and engaging in the show business in
some other city.
The Lafreva Amusement Company of East
St. Louis has been incorporated to do an amuse-
ment business. The incorporators are Lillian
Landau, E. A. Haussman, C. E. Elmer, Louis
Landau and Monroe Weiler.
About twice a month the patrons of the
Opera House at Harvard will be given a vau-
deville show in connection with the moving
picture bill. Manager W. D. Saunders gets 10
and 20 cents for these augmented shows.
Manager George Howard of the Bijou theater
at Monmouth closed his house July 4 for three
weeks of remodeling and improving.
A juvenile automobile worth $■"><> was given
away by the Mirror theater in Moline for ad-
vertising purposes.
Free moving pictures are now being given at
the Illinois ball park in Galesburg.
A benefit performance for St. Joseph's church
introduced the new Empress Skydome at Gran-
ite City to many likely to become regular
patrons.
The Maywood theater in Maywood got ten
cents admission when it gave a serial show in
regular magazine fashion. The patrons who
had followed Kathlyn through her adventures
were interested in "The Million Dollar Mystery"
before they left the house.
Patrons of the Haish Auditorium in De Kalb
paid only five cents to see "The Merchant of
Venice." t i- *
Illinois' prison pictures. "Lite m the Joliet
Prison," reached photoplay goers in Clinton in
connection with a stock company bill at the
Airdome. , , ^ , ,
The Grand Opera House. Harold J. Johnson,
manager, at Jacksonville, has inaugurated
Tuesday. Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
Fifty cents worth of trading stamps are given
with each ten cent admission to these matinees.
Two cents enabled any child under twelve
years of age in Freeport to see the Kleinschmidt
■•Arctic Hunt" pictures at a special 10 o'clock
show given by Manager Guiteau of the Majestic
theater.
Censorship of public amusement places, par-
ticularly moving picture theaters, is aimed at
in a petition presented to the city council of
Carthage.
The Virginia theater at Hooperston has been
offering stock company shows in connection
with such attractions as "Hiawatha" and serial
pictures. Prices for the combined shows are
ten and fifteen cents.
W W W^atts of the Vaudette Amusement
Companv of Springfield has closed the Vau-
dette theater at Ashland and Fifty-fiftb streets
in Chicago, at least temporarily. Some im-
provements are being made to the house while
it is idle. , .
F M Edgett expects to have his new moving
picture theater in Earlville ready for occu-
pancy about the first of September.
Moving pictures will not be shown at tTie
Gaiety theater in Ottawa after its reopening
August 20. , . . -
Metcalf & Kincaid have opened their airdome
in the north side of the public square in Green-
ed d.
The Opera House in Paris, which is now run-
ning pictures, is conducting a voting contest.
The Grand theater at Moline had a camera
man on the streets for the purpose of making
Plms which would inject local color into the
Grand program.
Oakland business men will give free moving
pictures every Wednesday night this summer.
Edward Brick is in charge of the operation
at the new Orpheum theater which has been
nuenpd at Water and Main streets in Aurora by
Harrv Hargrave. Hargrave, the Aurora photo-
play'pioneer, has a good illumination scheme
for what was one of the darkest corners in the
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illy. A Wurliuer orchestra and an automatic
ticket-seller are innovations for Aurora.
The Airdome at Kiversldo Park, MeHenry, is
in its third successful season. Pictures are
shown at ten cents.
£:ikharl will have an airdome playing pic-
tures. A building for the purpose has been
ercL-ted by John Uushell and James Taylor.
The City Commission at SprinRlield has pass-
ed the ordinance which will make it a hard
matter to ioiate a moving picture theater in
any of the residence sections. In order to open
a show anywhere outside of the lire district it
will be nefessar>* to secure the consent of prop-
erty owners within 4W feet each way of the
site.
Secretary of State Harry Woods of Spring-
field has issued a charter to the Chicago Herald
Movies with a capital stock of $l*.O0(i. The in-
corporators are Francis E. Matthews, Harold R.
Hrown and Harry AV. Wayman.
The moving picture theater at Xebo has
raised the admission for children over ten years
old to ten cents.
When the new Village theater at Wilmette
was opened a speech was made by Edward F.
Kelly, who is interested in the house. He an-
nounced the intention of the owners to make it
a community moving picture house and invited
suggestions at all times. He introduced to the
public A. L. S. Parr, manager of the theater,
while the organist at the new Kimball pipe
organ "played the picture" with "Has Anybody
Here Seen Kelly?"
Arrangements have been made by the Bio
theater at Moline whereby the Between Times
Circle of Kings Daughters will have charge of
the production of "The Chri-tian" at that house
in September.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
lienellt performances were given two days at
the Novelty theater In Topeka. Kan., tor the
I'nited Commercial Travelers. A band con-
cert in front of the theater eiich night at-
tracted considerable business.
Moving pictures of the Mystic Shriners at the
Atlanta convention shown at the Folly theater
In Oklahoma City, Okla.. for the benefit of the
.Masonic Home at Darlington. Okla. In con-
nection there were a number of pictures of
Oklahoma events, and the Masons fostered an
unusual attendance.
.MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IOWA.
"p AYMOXD SL.\rSON and Ernest Landis have
-^^ purchased the Princess moving picture
theater at Monticello from Eugene Byers.
L. D. Hendrix. manager of the Star theater
at Mt. Vernon, and C. J. Hodgson, a photogra-
pher of that city, have purchased ' equipment
for a moving picture airdome and will tour the
state with it. The moving picture business
will be supplemented with photograph work.
The Star will be operated by Mrs. Hendrix in
the absence of her husband.
The patrons of the Crystal theater at Cedar
Rapids wanted t6 see "Tess of the Storm Coun-
try" again and got it.
The Majestic theater at Waterloo is now un-
der the personal management of George M. Fen-
berg, who has been operating it, and has re-
turned to a moving picture program at ten
cents for the first floor and five cents for the
second.
In addition to the three reels of pictures,
three acts of vaudeville are given by the movie
airdome which has been opened on Locust
street, between Seventh and Eighth street, in
Des Moines.
The Lyric theater at Lovilla has been re-
moved from the Carr Opera House to an out-
door location.
Fred Foster, who has opened a moving pic-
ture theater in Huraeston. will give a show each
Saturday night.
"Every week we notice a tendency for the
raising of the standard of motion pictures in
this city," remarks the Cedar Rapids Saturday
Record. "This is especially true as to the Pal-
ace and Isis theater. It is such houses as
these that will make the motion pictures in-
viting to the best of our citizens."
The Des Moines Film & Supply Co., Des
Moines, has opened an oflSce in tlie Utica Build-
ing. The office will be under the management
of R. C. LiBeau, an experienced exchange man.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
r> Y URGING the use of moving picture ex-
-^ hibits the management of the Wichita
(Kan.) Fair and Exposition and the Ninth
Annual International Dry Farming Congress
and Soil Products Exposition and International
Congress for Farm Women believes that a pleas-
ing departure will be made from the "tinsel
and cheesecloth booths." Announcement has
been made that the lecture room of the Forum
will be fitted up for projection and the con-
cerns which have films to exhibit will be fur-
nished light, power, etc., free.
Confederate veterans of Dallas. Tex,, went to
the Hippodrome theater in a body the night of
July 4 to see the special Independence Day
attraction. "The Battle of .Gettvsburg." The
public was invited to come at the same time
and hear the real "rebel yell."
A men's Bible class with a membership of
4.'i0 was filmed one Sunday morning in the First
Methodist Eoiscopal Church at Wichita. Kan.,
by Walter B'ell of the Kansas Motion Picture
Company.
The Christian Church of Atchison. Kan., has
purchased a moving picture machine and will
show Biblical and educational pictures free
every Saturdav afternoon to children under
fifteen yea'-s of age.
T
ST. LOUIS.
HE St. Louis County Republican candidates
heW a meeting at the Lock wood Garden.
Lockwood and Gore avenues, on July 7. and in-
stead of serving beer to their prospective con-
stituents, they entertained them with moving
pictures and music. One of the reels shown
was a local weekly which contained a school
))icnic given a few weeks ago wherein most of
the candidates participated, and were caught by
the camera. The crowd seemed to enjoy the in-
novation of moving pictures at a political meet-
ing and the liquid refreshments usually con-
sidered indispensiblc on such occasions were not
missed.
The New Favorite Summer theater, Cherokee
street and Iowa avenue, which has been run-
ning light opera with moving pictures between
the acts, showed a straight bill of pictures
last week, with "A Million Bid" as the feature.
William Sievers. manager of the New Grand
Central theater Grand and Lucas avenues, has
been beset with so many requests for a re-
engagement of "Les Miserables" that the feature
will be shown for the third time during the
week beginning .luly 12.
Lionel G. Edel. formerly manager of the fea-
ture deparatment at the General Film Exchange,
in this city, has been appointed as a traveling
representative salesman for the World's Fea-
ture Cor-^oration.
Frank Danner. manager of the Elite Airdome.
Eighteenth street and Park avenue, advertised
a "Nigger Baby Contest" at his theater recently
When the "babies" ma^e their appearance they
proved to be boys of the neighborhood black-
ened up, some of them as old as eighteen years.
The contest caused much laughter, and closed
with a milk drinking race between the "ba-
bies," that brought down the house.
Warner & Co., managers of the Fairdome. 3100
Arsenal street, are now also managing the
Arlington -airdome at Union avenue and North
Market street.
Joseph Rathheim, manager of the Hudson
Airdome. Twelfth and Hickory streets, where
the audiences of the Hudson theater. Eleventh
and Park are entertained during the summer
months, has a good plan to increase the ad-
mission price of his theater. He opened the
season with two ten cent nights each week, and
by giving features and special programs he has
gradually worked up until he now gets ten cents
admission five nights a week, and this in a
neightwrhood that has been accustomed to paying
five cents for its pictures.
A bill has been passed by the House of Dele-
gates, which, if acted upon favorably by the
Citv Council, will provide a season of eight
weeks of free moving pictures at the downtown
playgrounds. The schedule provides for a two
hours' performance at a different park or play-
ground each night. Park Commissioner Davis
is outlining the plans now, and films of a
historical scenic and educational character will
be used. If the law goes into effect the shows
will begin July l.^i.
The California Garden. California avenue and
Sidney street, and the Aubert Garden. Aubert
and Easton avenues, which are under the same
management, are conducting a contest that is
nroving very popular with their patrons. A Shet-
land pony and cart are offered as prizes for the
most popular boy or girl under sixteen years of
age. The votes are earned by the contestants
and their supporters through attendance to the
gardens, and through purchases of merchan-
dise from different dealers in the neighborhood,
a dry gooas store, a grocery, a meat market,
a bakery and a drug store, all give votes, ten
votes with each ten cent purchase. In addition
to this two hundred votes are given to any
boy or girl under sixteen who sells a family
book of twelve tickets to the gardens. The
twelve tickets are sold for a dollar in this
manner.
Fred J. Murphie is now manager in charee
of the World's Feature Corporation's offices in
the Navarre building.
William O. Reeve, manager of the Eighteenth
Street theater, has built an airdome directlv
behind the theater, that seats. 1.40;> persons
Mr. Reeve is the tetith exhibitor to operate the
Eighteenth Street house, and although the place
was considered a non-producer when be took
charge, he has built up a big patronage. He be-
lieves in features and makes Thursday and
Saturday of each week special nights.
GIEBX.ER.
SAN FRANCISCO.
A PERMIT hUH been granted by the Board of
^*- Police CommlHsloners to Edward Caro to
operate a moving picture theater at SiTt Valen-
cia street.
The Santa Clara County CommlsKlonent of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition are pre-
paring to make an elaborate Hhowlng of Stan-
ford College life at the Exposition by means of
moving pictures.
The Portola theater scored another great suc-
cess with Its recent offering. "Home Sweet
Home." Crowded houses were the rule through-
out the week.
"Doc" Hart, well known ah a lecturer on
criminology, and who has been connected with
Davis Bros, in their poster exchange. Is now In-
terested in the Heidelburg theater. Oakland. Cal.
The Thanhouser serial production Is being
shown at Fresno. Cal. in the Pastime theater
and the first release was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
A. A. Cuneo will shortly open a new moving
picture house at Bakersfield. Cal., one of the
leading oil centers of the State.
A. D. Bynon, who recently opened an air-
dome at Weed, Cal.. has closed this on account
of the cold weather. Frequent showers and cool
nights interfered with the business.
The Bell theater at Livermore. Cal., is now
under new management and a number of
changes in policy are being made.
G. A. liradbury is preparing to open the Idle
Hour theater at Grass Valley, Cal.
The Floriston Commercial Club of Kloriston.
Cal., Is giving a moving picture show in the
opera house every Sunday evening.
C. B. Clark has opened an attractive theater
at Pacific Grove. Cal., this being known as the
Colonial.
Work is under way on the theater building of
James Beatty at San Jose, Cal. The building
permit calls for an expenditure of $<J,)H>«».
Moving pictures were taken recently at Oak-
dale. Cal.. by Claude C. Laval, official photog-
rapher of the San Joaquin Counties Associa-
tion. The pea canning industry was depicted in
detail, the entire operation being shown from
gathering the vines and the shelling by machin-
ery, to packing and labeling. The film will be
shown at the Panama Exposition in San Fran-
cisco.
The Hippodrome theater, recently opened at
Fresno, Cal., as an open air amusement place,
has been meeting with great success. A num-
ber of pictures taken by the Fresno Film Com-
pany are being shown there, must interest be-
■ ing taken in the local views.
The city of New York is preparing to erect a
pavilion of its own on the Panama-Pacific In-
ternational grounds at San Francisco and will
expend .^lOti.rHiO on a municipal exhibit. One
feature under consideration is that of showing
moving pictures illustratng city work in various
departments.
Manager D. M. Linnard of the Hotel Mary-
land, Pasadena. Cal., is planning to erect a
theater building to have a capacity of 4^nX) per-
sons, and to be known as the Maryland Court
Gardens. It is to be largely of steel and glass.
Mary Pickford in "The School Teacher and
the Waif" was the attraction recently at the
Sequoia theater. Sacramento. Cal., and was a big
drawing card. Souvenir pictures of this popular
star were given free to the lady visitors.
Plans are being drawn by Architect Lewis
Cowles for a theater to be erected at Santa Rosa.
Cal., at an estimated cost of $l.oO.O(X». F. E.
Barrett and J. M. Whittingham are among those
interested in the proposition.
CHURCH.
MICHIGAN.
OF. GILLEN has assumed the management
of the Family theater in Jackson. A three-
reel show will be given.
Manager Beeman, desiring to change the name
of his house from the Swastika, announced a
voting contest for a suitable title. Each patron
for a week was given a card on which to sug-
gest a name, the most suitable one receiving $'»
in gold. Only names of six letters or less were
eligible.
H. R. Hiller, cameraman, chanced to be sum-
mering at Spring Lake and when the .?1.'><X<XK)
steamer the Manistee, burned to the water's
edge at Spring Lake he was fortunate enough
to get about five hundred feet of good pictures.
These will be excellent attractions for many
Michigan houses.
The moving pictures of the Boy Scouts in
Grand Rapids were not shown in the theaters but
were exhibited at various school houses to aid
a fund for the youths.
Two nine-reel programs were recently shown
for ten cents by the Grand theater at Calumet.
Mr. and Mrs. LaMore have opened the re-
juvenated Airdome at Eaton Rapids and will
follow a high class photoplay policy.
Robert Dunham of Marshall has purchased the
moving picture theater on Trowbridge street in
Allegan from Manager Richter, who will devote
his time to a theater which he recently pur-
chased in Otsego.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
(Continued on page (J04.)
600 THE MOMNG PICTURE WORLD
Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases - Advance Releases
MONDAY, JULY 20th, 1914. MONDAY, JULY 27th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The World and the Woman (Drama) ■mr^r-o .t,z^ ^ j, ^ c ■ ,, , • ^- . .^
EDISOX— The Adventure of the Absent-iMinded Professor a-l<JljRAPH— Gwendolyn the Sewing Machme Girl (Com-
(Seventh of the "Octavius"— Amateur Detective Series) m r^nr>\ i^u" ' c J ' ' ',' ' "^' • ' ' "V ' 'A • A ; \' • '
(Comedy) BIOGRAPH — Search, the Scientific Detective (Comedy)..
ESSANAY— Money Taiks"(Comedyy.'.V.V. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. .'". EDISON— A Canine Rival (Eighth of the "Wood B. Wedd"
KALEM— In the Wolf's Clothing (Fourth of the Alice ttcc AVaV- ^c ""^^^-^^ ■ V ■■■ -^ ■■■■-■■■:■ ■
Joyce Series) (Special— Two parts— Drama) i? a t V^f ■^^^"r^/'^'^w?"'^.'^^,^"'''* (Comedy) .^. . .
PATHE— The Crayfish (Educational) fe* ifrV- J, Identification (Special— Two parts— Drama) . .
—In French Guinea (Travel) PATHE— The Hosts of the Sea (Educ.)
SELIG— A Woman Laughs (Special— Two parts— Drama) .. c-c-t rr- —Conee Cultivation, Santos (South America) (Ind.)
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 41 (News) SELIG— A I'lve Hundred Dollar Kiss (Special— Two parts—
VITAGRAPH— Love the Clairvoyant (Drama) c,7t t?-'"^^^^ ■ Vi' i- " W ■•• o- •■••-•,■•;,••■ ^i" \; •■■ ;
SELIG— Hearst-Sehg News Pictorial, No. 43 (News)
TUESDAY, JULY 21st, 1914. VITAGRAPH— His Kid Sister (Comedy)
CINES— The Stronger Tie (Special— Two parts— Drama) . . TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914.
EDISON— A Matter of Minutes (Eighth of "The Man Who CINES— In Temptation's Toil (Special— Two parts— Drama)
T-c-c--'?\?APP,^"/,'^" ^„^m',?^^ (Drama) . . EDISON— The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius (Ninth of
ESSANA\— Mrs. Bilhngton s First Case (Comedy-Drama) the "Chronicles of Cleek" Series) (Drama).
KALEM— The Beast (Drama) ESSAN.\Y— A Clash of Virtues (Drama)
LUBIN— Temper and Temperature (Comedy) KALEM— The Man With the Glove (Drama)...
,,^,,^— ^YSf"?^ ^^'" '^"'■" (Comedy) LUBIN— The Question and Answer Man (Comedy)
MELIES— (Title not reported) MELIES— (Title not reported)
PATHE— A Badger Hunt (Hunting) PATHE— The Straits of Bonifacio (Sardinia) (Travel)
^^, ,^ — L'fe ■" Japan (Customs).. —Hemp Throwing (New Zealand) (Ind.)
SELIG— The Lure of the Ladies (Comedy) SELIG— Muflf (Drama)
\TT.AGRAPH— Bread Upon the Waters (Special— Two VITAGRAPH— John Ranee, Gentleman (Special— Two parts
parts— Drama) — Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22d, 1914. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914.
EDISON — A Deal in Statuary (Comedy) EDISON — Something to a Door (Comedy)
— His Wife's Burglar (Comedy) ESSANAY — The Fable of "The Coming Champion Who Was
ESSANAY— The Fable of "Higher Education that Was Delayed" (Comedy) -.
Too High for the Old Man" (Comedy) KALEM — The Indian Agent (Special — Two parts — Drama) .
KALEM — The Rival Railroad's Plot (Special — two parts — LUBIN — The Lure of the Car Wheels (Special — Two parts —
Drama) Drama)
LUBIN — Who Seeks Revenge (Special — Two parts — MELIES — An Actress's Son — (Drama)
Drama) PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 47, 1914 (News)
MELIES — His Sense of Duty (Drama) SELIG — The Mother Heart (Special — Two parts — Drama)..
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 46, 1914 (News) VITAGRAPH— Officer Kate (Comedy)
^'fT.l^GilpHituldy'^s" Do^:nS[Tc^L-edy) ! ! : ! . : . . : '. '. : : : Thursday, JULY 30th, 1914.
THURSDAY. JULY 23d. 1914. ^'""Si^l^T.L)''. .?!. .'^"."^". .''."''.".°.°.' . .^'.'."'.^'"'".""°.
BIOGRAPH-The Cheeseville Cops (Comedy) ^T^imM'^xT^"'''^'/'''"^''..^" w ^"^'■^,i^°'?'^^4 ;•••
-The Show Busters (Comedy) . . LUBIN-Three Men and a Woman (Special-Two parts-
ESSANAY — Slippery Slim's Inheritance (Comedy) \r-c-\ tcS t-'u' ' "'t- i' ' " tj 'i- '/r^' ' " j' \
LUBIN-The False Shadow (Special-Two parts-Drama) MELIES-The Trowserless Policeman (Comedy) .
MELIES-Wanted, a Sweetheart (Comedy) . ^^, .^ h 7q f-^^-^^P^i^'-^T x?"'!^^?/^"'^
-Why Preachers Leave Home (Comedy) SELIG-Hearst-Sel.g N ews P'ctonal, No. 44 (News)
SELIG-Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No 42 (News) VITAGRAPH-The Greater Motive (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Apple (Drama) FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914.
FRIDAY JULY 24th 1914 EDISON — Th« StufT that Dreams Are Made Of (Special —
' •* ' ■ Two parts — Comedy)
EDISON — Laddie (Special — Two parts — Drama) ESSANAY — The Seventh Prelude (Special — Two parts —
ESS.\NAY — A Letter from Home (Special — Two parts — Drama)
Drama) KALEM— The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (Comedy)
KALEM — The Bingville Fire Department (Comedy) LUBIN — Within the Noose (Drama)
LUBIN — .A Traitor to His Country (Drama) MELIES — Music Hath Charms (Comedy)
SELIG— The Substitute Heir (Comedy) SELIG— When the Cook Fell 111 (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— The Winning Trick (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— Private Bunny (Comedy)
SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1914. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914.
BIOGRAPH-The Little Widow (Drama) BIOGRAPH-The Man Who Paid (Drama)
EDISON— The Last Assignment (Twelfth of the "Dolly of EDISON— Farmer Rodney's Daughter (Drama)
the Dailies'' Series (Drama) ESSANAY — The Squatter's Gal (Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy and the Gambler (Drama) KALEM— The Lad From Old Ireland (Drama)
KALEM— Defying the Chief (Drama) LUBIN— She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy)
LUBIN — A Matter of Record (Comedy) — The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy)
MELIES — Black Pearls (Special — Two parts — Drama).... MELIES — Honor Redeemed (Special — Two pars — Dr.)
SELIG — Footprints (Comedy-Drama) SELIG — Love vs. Pride (Drama)
VITAGR.\PH— Romantic Josie (Special— Two parts— VITAGRAPH— The Violin of M' Sieur (Special— Two parts
Comedy) — Drama)
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Universal Film Mfg. Co.
SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 1914.
Mutual Film Corporation
SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 1914.
ECLAIR— Tango Versus Poker (Comedy). KOMIC— "Billy" (Series No. 2) (Comedy)
FRONTIER— The Ranger's Reward (Western-Drama) MAJESTIC— The Painted Lady (Two parts— Drama) .
REX— Out of the Darkness (Drama) THANHOUSER— Harry's Waterloo (Comedy)
MONDAY, JULY 20th, 1914. MONDAY, JULY 20th, 1914.
IMP— In the Sultan's Garden (Drama) .\MERICAN— A Man's Way (Two parts— Drama) .
STERLING— The Circus (Comedy) KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
VICTOR— Value Received (Two parts— Western-Drama) . . ■ RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 27 (News)....
TUESDAY. JULY 21st, 1014. TUESDAY, JULY 21st, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Getting Vivian Married (Coi.iedy) BEAUTY— Her "Really" Mother (Drama)
GOLD SEAL— Lucille Love, the Girl of Mysterv (Series MATESTIC— A Red Man's Heart (Drama)
No. IS) (Two parts— Drama) THANHOUSER— The Pendulum of Fate (Two parts—
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., in Cupid's Victory
(Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1914.
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22d, 1914.
AMERICAN-— Business vs. Love (Drama)
the Aridville (Two
ECLAIR— Allah— 3311 (Three parts— Drama) BRONCHO— Shorty and
JOKER— Jimmy Kelly and the Kidnappers (Comedy) Comedy)
NESTOR— By the Sun's Rays (.Western— Drama) ,
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly, No. 124 (News)
THURSDAY. JULY 23d, 1914.'
parts^
NESTOR— By the Sun's Rays (Western— Drama) .. ; RELIANCE— Izzy and the Diamond (Comedy).
THURSDAY, JULY 23d, 1914.
DOMINO— The Defaulter (Two parts— Drama) .
IMP-The Gateway of Regret ) Drama) KEYSTONE-(Title not g^^^^^^ . . . . .^.
REX-At the Foot of the Stairs (Drama) MUTUAL WEEKLY-Number 82 rNews)
STERLING — Love and Lunch (Two parts — Comedy)
FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1914.
FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1914.
KAY-BEE— The Sheriff of Bisbee (Two parts— Drama)
MAJESTIC— Lest We Forget (Drama)
NESTOR— All at Sea (Comedy) PRINCESS— The Cavalry at Fort Meyer. \'a. (Scenic).
POWERS — Kate Waters of the Secret Service (Two parts
Drama)
VICTOR — Irene's Busy Week (Comedy-Drama)
PRINCESS— Harvesting Ice (Scenic)
SATURDAY, JULY 25th, 1914.
SATURDAY, JULY 2Sth, 1914.
"101" BISON— Olana of the South Seas (Two parts-
Drama) ROYAL— Milling the Militant (Comedy) .
JOKER — The Polo Champions (Comedy) — Servants Superseded (Comedy)
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE— The Saving of Young Anderson (Two parts
Drama)
SUNDAY, JULY 26th. 1914.
ECL.\IR — When Death Rode the Engine (Western-Drama).
FRONTIER— When Memory Recalls (Drama/
REX— -A.n .\wkward Cinderella (Comedy-Drama)
MONDAY, JULY 27th, 1914.
IMP — When Romance Came to .\nne (Two parts — Drama)..
STERLING— .\ Wild Ride (Juvenile Comedy)
VICTOR— Out of the Valley ( Drama)
SUNDAY, JULY 26th. 1914.
KOMIC — Leave It to Smiley (Comedy)
M.\JESTIC— The Mystery of the Hindu Image (Two parts
— Drama)
TH.\NHOUSER— From Wash to Washington (Comedy)...
TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Their Parent's Kids (Comedy)
— Charlie's Toothache ( Comedy )
GOLD SEAL — The Love Victorious (Three parts — Drama)..
UNIVERS.\L IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., In His City Elop-
ment (Comedy)
MONDAY, JULY 27th, 1914.
AMERICAN- The Broken Barrier (Two parts-
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 28 (News).
-Drama) .
TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914.
BEAUTY — A Midsummer Love Tangle (Drama)
MAJESTIC— Down, by the Sounding Sea (Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Messenger of Death (Two parts-
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914.
ECLAIR — The Dupe (Two parts— Drama) AMERIC.A^N— Does It End Right? (Drama)
JOKER — Wooing of Bessie Bumpkin (Comedy) BRONCHO — The Long Feud (Two parts — Drama)
NESTOR— .\n Indian Eclipse (Drama) RELL\NCE— The Sheriff's Prisoner (Drama)
ANIM.^TED WEEKLY-Number 125 (News)
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1914.
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1914. DOMINO-The Curse of Caste (Two Parts-Drama)
IMP— Universal Boy (Series No. 2) (Comedy) KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
REX— Circle 17 (Two parts— Drama) MUTUAL WEEKLY-Number 83 (News)
STERLING-Troublesome Pets (Comedy) FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914.
FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914. ^ AMERICAN-.\11 on Account of a Jug (Comedy)
NESTOR — Maggie's Honest Lover (Comedy) * KAY-BEE — An Eleventh Hour Reformation (Two parts-
PO WERS— The Tangle ( Comedy ) Drama)
VICTOR— The Mad Man's Ward (Two parts— Drama) PRINCESS— The Target of Destiny (Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914.
"101" BISON— Tribal War in the South Seas (Two parts— KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
Drama) RELIANCE — The Gunman (Two parts — Drama)
JOKER— Wifie's Busy Day (Comedy) ROY.-\L— The Baker Street Mystery (Comedy)
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"TA ETROIT feels honored in having one of its
^-^ delegates to the National Motion Picture
League Convention elected treasurer of that or-
ganization, the successful person being Peter
Jeup of Detro.t. Mr. Jeup is president of the
Detroit Motion Picture Exhibitors' League, which
position he is now filling for his second term.
After an association with John H. -^unsky
for many years — ever since Mr. Kunsky has
been in the motion picture industry — M. W.
Schoenherr has tendered his resignation, the
same having taken effect July 15. Mr. Schoen-
herr has not as yet decided on his future activi-
ties, although he is planning to buy a small
theater devoted to moving pictures. He was
for several years manager of the Columbia
theater on Monroe avenue, and for the past
year has been general manager of the Casino
Amusement Company, which comprises all of
the Kunsky theaters, and the Casino Feature
Film Company, which has the e.xclusive Michi-
gan agency for Famous Players and Jesse Lasky
feature films. The resignation of Mr. Schoen-
herr came as a surprise to the local field.
The Avenue theater on lower Woodward
avenue discontinued its season of melodramatic
stock on July 12 ana starting July 13 started
a short season of moving pictures. Pictures
will continue until August 23. when they will be
replaced by the regular stock season. Frank
Drew will continue as manager of the theater.
The Liberty broke all records since it opened
the week of July 6 when it offered Mary Pick-
ford in "The Eagles Mate." Hundreds were
disappointed every day. On Sunday, Juy 5.
which was the first day, the crowd extended
from the box office to Monroe avenue ; on Mon-
day the crowd was even greater. Every day
the business showed an increase. Manager
Pierce tried to secure the picture for a second
week in order to accommodate hundreds of his
regular patrons who were unable to gain admis-
sion the first seven days, but he could not ar-
range it on account of future bookings. Follow-
ing its exhibition at the Liberty, "The Eagle's
Mate" was shown at the Empress and the Gar-
den, each for two days, following which it went
to Grand Rapids.
According to Attorney-General Grant H. Fel-
lows of Michigan moving picture exhibitions
may be proiiiDited on Sunday by an ordinance
in a village incorporated under the general laws
of the state. Such was the ruling which he
made on July 6.
A. E. Whitbeck, general manager of the New
Orpheum theater, at Lafayette and Shelby
streets, announces that the house manager of
that playhouse will be Harry P. Williamson.
He is a well known Detroiter. The Orpheum
will open its doors about the first week in
September, according to present plans.
Louis Schneider, head of the Michigan Amuse-
ment Comoany, which controls the Grand Cir-
cus theater, has been before a jury in the
United States district court owing to a suit in
which the Detroit Bridge and Steel Works asked
that the company be declared bankrupt because
it paid certain accounts in full while other
creditors have been permitted to go unpaid.
Judge Arthur Tuttle, who heard the case, re-
fused to aajudge the Michigan Amusement Com-
pany a bankrupt, which ruling came as a re-
sult of the showing of testimony by attorneys
for the amusement company that the firms seek-
ing to get the adjudication had based their
complaint on bills paid by an unofficial re-
ceivership appointed to conduct the affairs of
the Grand Circus theater.
Architect C. Howard Crane has started to
take figures on the two-story office, store and
theater building on Woodward avenue, near
Willis, for A. Arthur Caille. This theater will
be devoted to vaudeville and pictures, and will
be called the "Majestic." It will be a fireproof
structure of steel and terra cotta in the Italian
Renaissance style. The site has 122 feet front-
age on Woodward and is 176 feet deep ; the lobby
alone will accommodate 600 persons : the ex-
terior will be made attractive by an arrange-
ment of boulevard lights and shrubbery. The
auditorium will accommodate l.S.'jO. There will
be no galleries, but in a chain of 30 auto boxes.
2.S0 more persons can be taken care of, thus
bringing the total capacity to over the 2.000
mark. In the rear of the auditorium there will
be an electric fountain which wil render musi-
cal selections during intermissions. The theater
will be equipped with a large stage that will
make possible the presentation of elaborate spec-
tacular productions. There will be eighteen
dressing rooms. Allowance will be made for
an orchestra of twenty pieces and in addition
a .'510.000 pipe organ will be installed. There
will be rest rooms and retiring rooms with at-
tendants in charge. Male ushers are to te em-
ployed. A score of exits will make it possible
to empty the entire house in less than two min-
utes. There will be a washed air system of
ventilation. The indirect lighting system will
be used and the chandeliers will be fitted with
prism glass pendants. The officers of the com-
pany are K. Arthur Caille, vice-president :
Frank W. Westbrook, secretary and Harry Gold-
stein, who will also be the house manager.
W. D. Ward has resigned as manager of the
Detroit branch of the Mutual Film Corporation
and has been succeeded by G. J. Trask, former-
ly manager of the Cincinnati office and more
recently district manager for the Mutual of
Cleveland, Detroit. Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
Arthur Lucas, of the home office of the Mu-
tual company, was a visitor in Detroit on
July 10. SMITH.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
\Y M.\THEWS for the last year operator at
' ' • the .\Ibert theater in Albert Lea. Minn.,
has embarked in business for himself at Elmore,
Minn., where he has taken over the management
of the Lyric theater. He is succeeded at the
Albert by John Carmichael.
The Church Club at St. Paul. Minn., is using
moving pictures in connection with its com-
munity club work.
Clark & Jarvis of Gladstone, N. D., have pur-
chased the interests of Swain. Anforn & Bur-
mester in the opera house and moving picture
show at Glen UUin, N. D.
Announcement has been made by the manage-
ment of the Pastime theater at Mankato. Minn.,
that owing to the unusual number of outdoor at-
tractions in Mankato and the fact that the firm
has purchased the Minnesota and Iowa rights for
a feature, the Pastime will not run regularly
in July and August. During these two months
a number of multiple reel features will be shown.
The regular schedule will be resumed September
6.
W. M. Duke obtained his license for an air-
dome at Tenth Street and Hawthorne .\venue
in Minneapolis, Minn., by promising not to run
any vaudeville. Officers of the First Baptist
Church and the Northwestern Bible and Mis-
sionary Training School withdrew their objec-
tions to the theater as a new neighbor when it
was agreed to run only moving pictures.
John Cox has sold his moving picture theater
in Salem, S. D., to L. P. Pardee who has as-
sumed charge.
The new Ruby theater, with a seatins capacity
of TOO, has been completed at Chelan, Wash.
"The Theater Wide Open" is the inviting sum-
mer slogan of the Grand at Rochester, Minn.
The Duluth & Iron Range railroad is conduct-
ing a moving picture "Safety First" campaign
for its employees in Minnesota.
The city council of Tacoma, Wash., has prac-
tically decided to allow owners of moving picture
theaters to operate their own machines after
passing an examination. It is understood the
examination for the owners will not be as strict
as for the regular operators.
Frederick W. Moore of Salt Lake City, Utah,
will be the general manager. It is said, of the
Western Youth Photo Play Company which is to
be incorporated with a capital stock of §50,000.
J. M. A. Spencp, president of the Youth Photo
Play Company of Xew York and Chicago, has
been active in the organization of the company.
Willis Brown, judge of the first juvenile court
in Utah will direct a number of the productions.
Negotiations have been made, it is reported, for
a half block in Salt Lake City to be used as a
studio. Settings will not be confined to Salt
Lake, but the natural beauty of the state will
be featured.
MIDWEST SPECI.\L SERVICE.
INDIANA.
THE INDIANAPOLIS exhibitors are being
cherked up by the police on Sunday. Since
the city administration took over the Citizens'
Charity Association, the funds for which came
entirely from exhibitors who donated in propor-
tion to the number they could seat, various
methods have been tried by the city to collect
the donations. When the association was man-
aged by the Exhibitors' League, and the funds
dispensed bv the league management, there was
no way to enforce donations, and many who
kent open on Sunday, ostensibly for ''charity,"
were in reality giving nothing to charity. When
the city took charge the lame ones were made
to march up and pay or be closed up. Then
Mayor Eell decided the city could not counte-
nance Sunday opening unless it was certain a
portion of the money was going to charity and
the city took charge. Now the city is not
satisfied that each exhibitor is paying his Just
proportion and the police are on watch with
thumb dials to get an accurate count upon the
attendance. The city also is laboring to get
proper co-operation with other charity organiza-
tions to be sure that the funds they dispense
are not in duplication of expenditures by other
organizations. The exhibitors are watching the
citv's efforts with a great deal of interest, and
are particularlv well pleased at the effort hein?
made to see that all exhibitors pay their full
proportionate share of Sunday receipts into the
charity.
H. A. Bandy. Indianapolis manager of the
Mutual Film Corporation, believes that their
new quarters over the Keystone theater, to be
about ideal. Ed Sourbier, when he built the
Keystone theater, negotiated a lease with the
Mutual people on promise of building quarters
to their order. One feature of the arrange-
ments IS a steel and concrete vault for storing
films. All paper is being sent out reinforced
with clotii a-uing much to its durability. Spe-
cial departments for this work have been in-
stalled and all the partitions are open at the
top, permitting of good ventilation.
The Star theater lan, Hope, broke down and
the house management took a quarter page in
the local paper to announce its repair. The
advertising value of ventilation is not overlooked
in hot weather.
Samuel Berman has been made receiver for
the Grand and Tokyo theaters, Logansport. The
Tokyo has been closed as it is not believed it
can be made profitable on account of its loca-
tion. The Grand will be continued as it is not
in bad condition and can be made profitable.
The idea of turning the churches over for the
exhibition of motion pictures in promotion of the
pla'-~rouna and recreation movement for chil-
dren is making headway in Hammond, where
it is likely some such step may be taken.
The Luna-Lite theater, Marion, is selling cou-
pon books containing twelve admissions for
fifty cents. The Luna-Lite, in announcing the
booking of the Pathe daily news service, is
listing in regular newspaper type and style
aIongs.de its display advertising the news fea-
tures to be shown. It makes good readable
publicity.
The New Era, Columbus, is offering free ad-
mission to any one clipping six consecutive ad-
vertisements of the house from the Herald, a
daily newspaper.
crimes Brothers, Crawfordsville. owners of
the Arc theater, have installed a Wurlitzer pipe
organ.
The Indiana branch of the Moving Picture
Exhibitors' League of America, in convention at
North Vernon, elected O. G. Murray, Richmond,
president; J. C. Trulock. Aurora, vice-president;
G. B. McClelland, second vice-president ; W. E.
Phillips, North Vernon, secretary ; W. Curl, New
.\lbany, treasurer, and J. C. Lockwood national
vice-president.
Henry G. Rosenhush has bought the Victory
theater, Union City, from L. N. Botkin. Carl
Rosenhush will look after the ticket office and
Miss Minnie Rosenhush will be at the piano.
The Star theater, Hope, has installed an elec-
tric piano.
William Lightner. manager of the Yale the-
ater, Princeton, will move to a better location
a few doors around the corner where the side-
walk traffic is heavy. R. L. JENNE.
NORTHWESTERN NEW YORK.
A FORMAL, opening of the redecorated offices
■^"^ of the World Film Corporation at 23 West
Swan street will be held at an early date. F.
W. Young is in charge.
The B'uffalo Bureau of Building has issued a
permit for the construction of the Palace the-
ater by the Palace Theater Company at 327
Main street, that city. This new moving picture
house will be located opposite Shelton Square,
between North and South Division streets, and
wil cost $SO,000.
Harry G. Johnson, who about four years ago
became manager of Carnival Court, a Buffalo
summer park, which has a moving picture
show, is dead from an attack of heart failure.
For some time he was a sport promoter and
publicity agent and was formerly a newspaper
man. He was 3S years old.
The M. A. Myers Amusement Company, which
will conduct moving picture and other amuse-
ment resorts and do a realty business, has been
incorporated in Buffalo with a capital of $200.-
000. The directors are Merlin A. Myers, 0. G.
Hoefler and T. C. Pierce, all of Buffalo.
In the new Bell Telephone building. Buffalo,
moving pictures illustrating the work of the tele-
phone girl and the great value of the telephone
in daily life are being shown. Films taken in
familiar places in that city are offered.
The coolness of the Academy theater, Buffalo,
is being advertised extensively by M. B,
Schlesinger. manager of that house. An or-
chestra under the direction of Henry Sticht sup-
plies and music.
Bertram S. Forbes has been appointed organ-
ist of the Elmwood moving picture theater,
Buffalo. For years he was organist of the Cen-
tral Presbyterian Church of that city. He also
accompanied many noted singers at Convention
hall, Buffalo. A new Skinner four-manual
organ will be played for the first time shortly
at the Elmwood. Manager Erdman of that the-
ater announces that there will be a special
musical program to dedicate the instrument.
There is an eight-piece orchestra in addition
to the organ.
Joseph Schuchert and Frederic Ullman are
erecting a moving picture theater at Genesee
and Pratt streets. Buffalo. The house will seat
1.200 and will be up-to-date in every detail.
J. Kauffman has succeeded Frank Frane as
Buffalo manager of the Greater New York Fi'm
Rental Co.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
605
J. M. Ward, manager of the Gayety theater.
Buffalo, accompanied by Mrs. Ward, has ar-
rived from a trip to Duluth and other points up
the lakes. He will reopt-n the Gayety for the
regular season In August. This house regularly
plays burlesque, with occasloDal Sunday per-
formances of moving pictures.
The Majestic theater, Buffalo, will open Its
regular season in a few wcelcs, with dramatic
productions. This house recently played George
Klelne's attractions. John Luughlin is man-
ager of the Majestic and Edward Scanlon press
agent. They have had wide experience In their
respective lines. BILLY BISON.
PHILADELPHIA.
ACMAKTEU has bccu granted in the State
of I'unnsylvania to tlie Easton Producing
Company with a capital of $3,00U. The incor-
porators are J. Fred Osterstock, W. Clayton
Hacitett, Robert Welch, Abraham Leveton. Julie
Chamelin and Harry Dortur.
The South Street theater, 1120 South street.
this city, has been conveyed by George B. Mc-
Crauken to Joseph W. Cummings for a price
not disclosed, subject to a mortgage of $45,U00.
The assessed valuation of the property is $50,-
000.
The management of the Exposition theater
has lieen turned over to Walter Martin of this
city. Mr. Martin was for many years pro-
prietor of the Vineland theater. He reports
business with the former as being very good
considering the summer season.
In a final effort to complete the sum of $150,-
(KV for the erection of a more efficient building
at the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos-
pital, 54th and Thompson streets, this city, a
series of moving picture exhibitions were given
at the Franklin theater, 52d street and Girard
avenue. The Franklin theater ha^ been put
on sate by the proprietors.
Two frame buildings, 123-125 South Thir-
teenth street, Harrisburg, Pa., have been razed
in preparation for the building of a moving
picture theater by Bender Brothers. The build-
ing will be of briclt and hollow tile and will be
fireproof throughout. Large windows will be
built along both sides of the theater and exits
will be provided at the front and rear and on
the sides. It is expected that the theater will
be finished by September 1. The manager will
be Albert M. Bender.
A film theater is being erected for Kahn &
Greenberg at 2425 North Broad street, this city.
The new theater will be one story high, and of
brick and terra cotta. The seating capacity is
750.
The Belvidere theater, 8320 Germantown
avenue, had its grand opening on July, 1,
showing six reels of films. The place was well
patronized. The price of admission is 10 cents.
A charter was granted in the State of Penn-
sylvania to the Lyman H. Howe Film Company,
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with a capital stock of
$40,000. The incorporator is S. M. Walling-
shaw, the treasurer of the company.
Plans have been completed by G. Allen Wil-
son for the erection and completion of a mov-
ing picture theater at Frankford, Philadelphia,
which is to cost $20,000. The theater will have
been completed about the end of September,
and will show only feature films.
Another moving picture theater will shortly
be added to the long list already doing busi-
ness in AUentown. Pa., with the erection of a
theater in the West End. The permit was
granted to John Fegley, representing the West
End Amusement Company. The new theater,
which will be a one-story brick structure, will
be completed as soon as possible.
The Nixon Theater, Tarantum, Pa., is closed
for a period of two weeks owing to the com-
plete renovation of the house. Manager Reed
will open on July 20.
Samuel Greenberg has awarded the contract
for the erection and completion of a theater
building to be erected at 3Sth and Chestnut
streets, this city, to L-eroy B. Rothschild. The
new building will be a one-story structure of
glazed terra cotta and fireproof throughout,
and will have a seating capacity of 1,300. Work
on the building is being hurried as much as
possible.
The Apollo theater, 52d and Girard avenue,
has discontinued its week-day matinees, having
one on Saturday only. CON(jDON.
WASHINGTON.
CONSIDERABLE has been said concerning
the effect of moving pictures upon the eye,
but. according to the Optical Journal during
the recent convention of the Optical Society of
the State of New York, held at Albany. N. Y..
a representative of the Albany Knici^erbocker
Press interviewed President P. A. Dilworth
as to eye-strain caused by attendance at moving
picture exhibitions. Dr. Dilworth was quoted
as follows : "The eye-strain due to moving pic-
tures is, in my opinion, overstated. I do not
think it at all harmful to the optical organs,
provided the eye is more than 20 feet from the
screen and the projecting apparatus Is ono of
the more perfect machines which docs not have
a too notlcablo flicker. This Is the cause of
the strain on the eye and thu fatigue which
sometimes follows.
"Tbe subject U one which, so far as i know,
has been too llttio studied and is a little out of
the line of optometry ; so, regarding blindness
whlcli might result I cannot Hpeak with au-
thority. Speaking from the broad platform of
per;ional observation, however, 1 believe that
while the lllckerlng in some cases causes irri-
tation of the eye, blindness to my knowledge
has never resulted. Should this strain be
noticed. It would be a good plan to rest the eyes
for a few moments by closing them."
With u view to increasing its summer at-
tendance, the management of the Virginia The-
atre, on Ninth street, Northwest, is offering
various vacation trips to patrons holding tickets
bearing lucky numbers. The ttcicets used are In
two sections, each one numbered, and one section
is deposited In the ticket box while the other is
retailed by the patron. A public drawing takes
place on Friday evenings, at which time all
patrons are urged to be present. The first
prize consists of a round trip ticket to Atlantic
City, N. J. ; the second prize, a round trip
ticket to Old Point Comfort, Va. ; the third, a
round trip ticket to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. ;
fourth, two round trip tickets to Chesapeake
Beach (good any time) ; (Ifth, two round trip
tickets to Marshall Hall, Va. ; sixth, two round
trip tickets to Great Falls, Va. ; seventh, two
reserved seats at Poll's Theatre ; eighth, two
reserved seats at the Columbia Theater; ninth,
a pass for three months admitting two persons
to the Virginia Theater, and, tenth, pass for one
person for three months to the Virginia The-
ater. The prizes range In value from ~A) cents
to about $3.50.
The continued heavy rains are working havoc
with the business of the airdomes, yet on fair
nights they get perhaps a little more than their
share. The Maycroft, on H street, in the North-
east section, is one of these. This, perhaps, is
due in part to tbe snappy manner in which
Fred Stein and his corps of ushers handle their
audiences. In no legitimate house is the crowd
seated more expeditiously and with less con-
fusion than here and there is a constant move-
ment among the patrons. A vacant space in
front of the high board fence is used to stable
baby carriages, and as this place is always
filled with these pushomoblles, it Is readily
seen that the Maycroft is a family resort ex-
tremely popular.
The Moving Picture World correspondent has
heard so much about "ice cooled" theaters that
when he hears of such a place he is inclined to
be a trifle skeptical. However, he had an op-
portunity to inspect the ice plant at the Cosmos
Theater on Pennsylvania avenue the other day
and was surprised at the efficiency of that plant.
This is an exceptionally large house, yet in no
part was it uncomfortable, although on the
outside the mercury in the thermometers was
soaring. In the refrigerating room the pipes
were scovered with an icy coating and the tem-
perature was about sixty degrees. The process
in use is a water-cooling one, running water
being kept at a temperature of about forty de-
grees and forced through pipes and over a fan-
like structure. A powerful blower draws the
air through the water while further on in its
course is a contrivance which withdraws all
moisture. Thus the house is kept cool bv pure
dry -air. C. L. LINZ.
OHIO.
CJ. PHELPS was awarded the general con-
• tract for construction of the Marion The-
ater at Marion, O. He bid $11,040. The work
has already progressed, and it is expected to
have the house in operation September 1.
Architect Anthony Kunz, Jr., Cincinnati, has
plans in preparation for a two-story prick pic-
ture house for Peter Blum at Mt. Healthy. 0.
A. M. (Tordon, Illuminating building. Cleve-
land, has had plans drawn for a $100,000 the-
atre building and apartment block, to be erected
at the corner of East TOth street and Hough
avenue. It will be four stories, of terra cotta
and reinforced concrete, SOxlGO feet. It will
be known as the Madison Square theater.
I. C. Craig received the contract for the erec-
tion of a brick, fireproof theater and office
building for E. Purvis at Logan, 0., to cost
$15,000
Judge W. J. Wright, of Warren county, heard
the case of the Dayton View Theater. Dayton.
0.. in which Trvin Wuichet seeks an injunction
against Joseph H. Thai who plans a theater
next to his residence.
O. L. Taylor, proprietor of- the Maiestic
Theater. Lancaster, has taken on "The Million
Dollar Mystery," and has had marked success
with the first series.
The Union Lumber Company has awarded the
'contract to build a two-story motion picture
building for Isadore Weber at Canal Dover, to
cost .«;18.000.
Architects Maetzel. Tresselt & Bassett. Co-
lumbus, have plans in progress for remodeling
a theater at 77 North High street for J. W.
Swain, lo cost |15,000.
John R. Elliott, It Is understood, will be
named manager of the new Hippodrome Theater
at Voungstown on completion of that structure,
lie was manager of the Park theater and later
itie Grand Opera House.
Manager Clark of the Opera House at Ash-
land, gavo the proceeds of "Judith of Belbulla"
to the Ladles' Association of the Congrega-
tional Church for one day's performance last
week.
The latest addition to Cleveland's amuse-
ment world is the Melba, and it Is a particularly
valuable acquisition to the West Side. The
house was opened July 15 with a big program
of feature releases. The Melba seals 450 per-
sons and has the first plaster screen to be seen
in Cleveland. Its decorations arc of old gold
and ivory with mahogany furniture. C. P.
Goepplnger. who is manager of the Wonder-
land theater, Is also manager of this new house.
Forced ventilation has been adopted, circulat-
ing Iced air. A three-piece orchestra Is used
for the performances.
Andrew Scbiappacasse, 51 years old, pioneer
motion picture man and one of the proprietors
of the Alt Heidelberg cafe at Akron, died re-
cently. He went to Akron from Cleveland
about three years ago. He Started the National
Theater at Akron about eight years ago and
the National is now managed by* his brother
I>juis.
The contract for the new picture theater and
commercial building of the Doan Square Realty
Company, Superior avenue and East 10.3d street,
has been awarded to the Rowland A. Curry
Company. The auditorium will seat 1,600 per-
sons. RARIDA.V.
PITTSBURGH.
THE Pitt Theater Company, GTS Penn avenue.
is in the hands of a receiver as the result
of an equity action by the National Printing
Company of this city, a creditor. The printing
concern alleges the theater company has out-
standing obligations of $12,500. The assets are
given as equipment and are valued at $15,000.
For several months the Pitt theater has been
devoted to feature motion plays.
Notice has been given that an application will
be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania to se-
cure a charter for a corporation to be known as
the Russellton Amusement Company. The in-
corporators are S. W. Church. Henry B. Kell and
Walter Halley. The new concern will operate
a string of motion picture houses throughout
Western Pennsylvania.
A novel method was instituted by the leaders
of the recent Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
facturing Company employees' strike at East
Pittsburgh to "spot" men who deserted from the
ranks of the strikers. A moving picture camera
and operator were placed on an elevated plat-
form before the entrance to the plant and pic-
tures taken of all the men who returned to
work. The films were shown later at strikers*
meetings.
Two motion picture theaters will be part of
the "model" town to be built by the American
Zinc and Chemical Company at Langloth, Pa.
The manufacturing plant was recently estab-
lished at that locality and in order to provide
homes for the workers and their families the
company will build a town to include besides
the residences, three schools, three churches and
two motion picture theaters.
The standards of safety for the conduct of
moving picture theaters in the state of Penn-
sylvania was given out last week by the State
Industrial Board. This law regulates and
standardizes machine tools, woodworking ma-
chinery and mechanical transmission of power.
The standards were prepared by committees
representing safety experts, managers, superin-
tendents, supply firms, casualty company inspec-
tors, architects and engineers.
C. E. Carlton of Butler, Pa., is erecting a
spacious building on Main street, that city, part
of which will be used as a motion picture the-
ater. The theater will have a seating capacity
of GOO.
The Fort Pitt Film Company has opened aa
office in the Cameraphone Building. Fifth ave-
nue. They will specialize on commercial pic-
tures.
The Minerva theater, one of the largest mo-
tion picture concerns in Pittsburgh, has installed
a splendid Photoplayer valued at $4,000. The
installation of this expensive Photoplayer is
quite in accordance with the policy always fol-
lowed by the management of the Minerva the-
ater : namely, in eiving Its patrons the best
possible value for their money.
The Standard Amusement Company of Con-
nellsville. Fa., with a capital of $10,000. has been
granted a state charter. The incorporators are
John M. Robinson. D. F. Hurley and S. A.
Coughanour. The new firm intends to operate
a chain of moving picture houses In Connells-
ville and nelghborfne towns.
The Henrv Gluck Amusement Company has
leased the old Colispum building on South Mil!
street. New Castle. Pa., and will convert it into
a motion picture and vaudeville theater. ^ Exten-
sive improvements are being made. MANLEY.
606
THE MOVING PICTL'RE WORLD
Picture Theaters Projected.
Sandusky. O. — A handsome and modern new theatre and office build-
ing is being erected by Charles L. Blatz on Jackson street, opposite
the Hotel Rieger. between Market and Washington streets. The prop-
erty and building complete, will represent an investment of approxi-
mately SdO.OOO. The structure is ot modern fireproof construction, solid
brick and concrete being used throughout. It will have an eight-foot
basement from the curb-line to the center of the building, as well as
an eight-foot basement under the entire stage. The building will be
three and one-half stories high and 1-3:; feet long, covering the entire
lot. A modern store and large lobby will occupy the front portion of
the building, having tiled floor and beautifu.iy decorated walls. An
ornamental marquise will extend over the sidewalk. At the right of the
lobby will be the entrance to the upper floors which will be fitted up for
modern offices, three being provided on each floor, fronting on Jackson
street. The manager's office will be located to the right of the lobby.
Entrance to the theatre proper will be through the lobby to the foyer
and thence to the auditorium. The floors will be of four-inch con-
crete, in which the seats will be set. The walls will be handsomely
decorated and the seats and furnishings will be of harmonizing colors.
Toilet rooms and drinking fountains will be provided on each floor. Fire
lines will be established at advantageous points. The building will be
heated by the vento system and a vacuum cleaner equipment will be
installed for the entire building. The lower floor will slope down to
the orchestra pit and every seat will be in plain view of the picture
screen, which is to be about twenty-five feet from the first row of seats.
The seating capacity will accommodate about .SOO persons. Two of the
very latest motion picture machines will be installed and will be ope-
rated by thoroughly experienced men. A modern lighting plant will
be installed in the basement Which will supply current for the machines
and furnish light for the entire building. Mr. Elatz has named the
Ivonhoe after his niece Miss Ivon Gamble.
Slippery Rock, Pa. — J. L. Friedman & Bro., are having plans pre-
pared tor a modern moving picture theatre to be erected here during the
summer.
Philadelphia, Pa. — The moving picture theatre. 2217-Ki-21-2o North
2'Mh street. lot 74 by ISO feet, has been sold by Samuel Margolis to
Samuel Levick for a price not disclosed, subject to mortgages ot ?(1(>,-
(Xxi.
Philadelphia. Pa. — The moving picture theater at the northeast cor-
ner ot 24th and Cambria streets. 124 by fiO feet, has been sold by John
J. Grelis to Abraham E. Altman for a price not disclosed subject tn a
first mortgage of SlO.fXm. A second mortgage of ?20,(!<». given by H.
Green to John J. Grelis, has been recorded.
PhiUidelphia. Pa. — Settlement has been made by Green & Altman for
the Susquehanna theater, 1710 Susquehanna avenue, recently pur-
chased by them, through Comly & Mangle, real estate brokers, from
the Susquehanna -\venue Amusement Company. The conveyance was
made subject to a mortgage of ,?40.000.
Philadelphia. Pa. — The premises at the southeast corner of Broad and
Dauphin streets, and the adjoining property, 2253 Xorth Broad street,
lot 40 by I.'m feet, have been purcuased by Louis H. Cohan, represent-
ing the Central Theatre Company, from Morris L. Miller and the De
Long estate, respectively. The total asses.sed valuation is $30..>00. The
purchasers will build a photoplay theatre on the lot capable of seating
12110 persons. Morris L. Miller has taken a mortgage ot $30,000 on
the entire lot.
Allentown, Pa. — Frank F. Seiberling. 6iH Xorth 6th street, is having
plans prepared for a one-story moving picture theatre, 30 by 80 feet,
to cost S7.0110.
Chambersburg. Pa.— William P. Britsch has leased the New theatre
to J. E. Mariiley of Harrisburg. The name has been changed to the
Orpheum.
Easton. Pa.— C. Frank Schwep. ;W South 12th street, has let the
contract to R. T. and C. D. Stewart. Reeder building, tor the erection of
a one-story moving picture theater, .3fi by 00 feet, to cost $6,300.
Franklin. Pa.— E. E. Bailey Co . Oil City. Pa., are preparing plans for
a two-storv brick and steel fire-proof theater building, to be built in
this city within the next tew months for the Orpheum Theatre Co,, to
cost $17,000.
Providence. R. I. — Hippodrome Corporation. Charles Allen, treasurer.
7.")3 Westminster street, are planning the erection of a three-story
hippodrome theater. 200 by 123 feet.
Providence. R. I. — The Fair, Inc.. have awarded the contract to
Fanisgliette Bros. Co.. Ififi Broadway, tor the erection of a two-story
theater building, to be known as the Gaiety theater.
Madison. S. Dak — S. K. Leen is having plans prepared for a one-
story theatre building, to cost $20,000.
Bellefourche. S. Dak— Leo Peterson is having plans prepared for a
modern moving picture theater to be erected in this city in the near
future. , . Tt- .,
Aberdeen. S. Dak.— Willard Richards and Andrew Hedman of Wauhay.
are having plans and specifications prepared for a commodious moving
picture theater to be erected in the early fall.
Nashville. Tenn. — J. H. Bradford and others are interested in a pro-
ject to erect a large modern moving picture theater in this city.
Sulphur, Texas. — The Carothers Brothers are having plans prepared
to convert their property here into a modern'moving picture theater.
Seattle. Wash.— Alexander Pantages has let the contract to Hans
Pedersen for the erection ot a six-story theater and office building, 111
by 120 feet, to cost about $.3,50,000.
Tekoa Wash.— H. L. Willette is having plans prepared for a mod-
ern moving picture theater which he proposes to commence work on
verv shortly, ,. ... v j
d'oTH.^M. ALA. — The city officials are planning to build a hand-
some and commodious theater and city hall building.
MOBILE ALA.— E. W. Barnett. who is associated with the Mon-
arch Film Company, is having plans prepared for the erection of a
modern moving picture theater in the fall.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Plans are under way for the erection of a
large moving picture theater in this city for the exhibition of high-
class photoplays. The house will have seating capacity for about 1,80')
persons.
CHICAGO. ILL. — A. E. Ortenstein is planning the erection ot a
modern moving picture theater here, with seating capacity of 1.000.
CHICAGO, ILL. — National Theater Company is having plans pre-
pared for a three-story theater and office building. ."iO by 12.1 feet, to
cost $30,000,
HU.VTLEY, ILL. — W, J. Ehlert is building a moving picture theater
to be completed and opened in the early fall.
HILLSBORO. ILL. — Edward Fellis will shortly commence the erection
of a modern moving picture theater. The structure will be one-story
and contain, all the latest equipment.
MOLINE. ILL. — .\. J. Reeves has plans under way for a moving
picture theater, work upon which will be commenced in about a month.
M,\NHATTAN, ILL. — John Koerner has purchased a business building
pnd is having plans prepared for a two-story moving picture theater
which he will erect upon the site.
G.\RY. IND. — Venus Amusement Company. A. J. Obreshk president,
are having plans prepared for the remodeling and the addition of
one story. 23 by 123 feet, to their present theater building.
TERRE HAUTE. IND. — Charles Woos is having plans prepared for
a commodious moving picture theater, to cost about $73.0^X1.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Plans are under way for the erection of a mov-
ing picture theater at the corner of Bardstown road and Bonnycastle
avenue.
DETROIT. MICH— John H. Kimsky and others. 2206 Dime Bank
building, are planning the erection of a two-story theater, 60 by 120
feet.
DETROIT. MICH.— W. F. Klatt is planning to build another theater
building. It will be a three-story structure, .30 by 60 feet.
DETROIT, MICH. — The Gladwin Park Theater Company are having
plans prepared for a two-story brick moving picture theater.
HUDSON. MICH. — Ezra Dodge will shortly break ground for the
erection of a new moving picture theater. v
H.\LLOCK, MINN. — William Krumholz is having plans prepared for
a large moving picture theater for the exhibition of high-class photo-
plays.
MINNE.iPOLIS. MINN. — Among the moving picture theaters in the
course of construction in this city are the Hennepin Arcade. New
Palace and New "Sase.
WIXDOM, MINN. — The Windom Theater Company are having plans
prepared for a modern moving picture theater to be erected here in
the fall.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — H. B. Lappe. 1.5 North 10th street, will re-
model his theater building to the extent ot $23,00l>.
LEXINGTON. MO. — Roy Culbertson and George Supe are ru.^hing the
work on an airdome which they expect to open here in a few weeks.
OMAHA. NEB. -Samuel Goldsmith. 2210 South 32d street, is having
plans prepared for a one-story moving picture theater, 27 by 10t> feet,
to cost ?3,C00.
OMAH-A, NEB, — J. Marsh, 3310 Lafayette avenue, is having plans
prepared for a one-story moving picture theater, 50 by 106 teet, to cost
$7,000,
FLUSHING, L, I,, X. Y. — Albert Hergenhan of Manhattan is having
plans prepared for a $25,000 moving picture theater to be erected in
the near future.
MEDIN.^, N. Y. — Vincent White is having plans prepared for a mov-
ing picture theater, to cost $10,0t!0.
COLUMBUS. OHIO. — Work has been commenced on the new Chap-
man theater and the builders expect to have the structure completed
for the opening on August 1.
MARION. OHJO. — Marion Photoplay Company are to erect a one-
story moving picture theater to cost $23.00^>.
TOLEDO. OHIO. William Unger, Post Office building, Bucyrus,
Ohio, is preparing plans for a one-story moving picture theater, 32 by
117 feet, to cost $12,CKXIv.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Jordon Brohers' Amusement Company. Temple
and Crown streets, are having plans prepared for a five-story theater
and office building, 1.32 by iTi feet.
WlLMl.VGTON. DEL.— Wallace E. Hance. 204 West 24th street. Is
preparing plans for a one-story moving picture theater, 30 by 70 feet,
to cost $3,1100.
INDIANA H.^RBOR. IND. — George Walcis is planning to build a one-
story mo^■ing picture theater. 23 by 120 feet.
F.^RMERSBURG. IND. — A new opera house is under construction
here by Thomson & McLanahan. There will be seating capacity for
about .3<X» persons. The owners expect to have the structure completed
early in September.
ROCK ISL.A.XD. ILL. — The Majestic theater of which J. P. Quinn is
manager, will shortly expend about $4,000 for improvements to their
building.
DEC.\TUR. ILL. — C. E. Surface, 129 Xorth Illinois street, has awarded
the contract to W. E. Knight. 1121 Xorth College street, for the
erection of a one-story moving picture theater and store building, 40
by 1.30 feet.
CHICAGO, ILL, — S. W. Marx, 7 West Madison street, is having plans
prepared for a one-story theater and store building, 8.S by 163 feet, to
cost $40,000, Seating capacity of theater will be about .SOO.
COGGOX. IOWA. — This village is planning to erect a one-story the-
ater. 44 by 00 feet.
WICHITA. KAXS. — O, D. Barnes is expending $5,000 in remodeling
bis moving picture theater. Same has been leased to J. G. Holland.
B.XLTIMORE. MD. — Isaac Cluster, 660 West Baltimore street, is ex-
pending ,$5,000 for alterations and an addition to his moving picture
theater.
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FILM STORIES
KALEM.
"THE IDENTIFICATION*" ( Special— Two
Parts — July 27). — Selwyn, a lawyer addicted to
drugs, Is sent to prison for five years. Aided
by Kimball and McAllister, the man escapes
from the penitentiary. Dr. Bell and Bess,
daughter of a millionaire, are sweethearts. The
surgeon is notified by the police of Selwyn's
escape and informed that the man is likely to
approach physicians in an effort to secure drugs.
While out horsebacking. Bess Is caught in a
thundershower. A stranger comes to her as-
sistance and offers her his coal. The two ride
towards her homo. Dr. Bell calls when the
storm passes shortly afterwards. In the kind
stranger, the physician is startled to discover
the escaped convict. Later, because of Selwyn.
Bess and her sweetheart quarrel. Selwyn dis-
covers that Bess is an heiress and plans to
make her his wife. Bell, perceiving that his
sweetheart is fascinated by the drug fiend,
warns the man to leave town. Ey a clever
ruse, however, Kimball and McAllister make
the doctor a prisoner. Selwyn seizes the op-
portunity to urge Bess to elope with him. The
giri foolishly consents.
Wliile motoring to the minister's, an explosion
wrecks their machine. Bess is uninjured, but
Selwyn is rendered unconscious. The man is
taken to a farmhouse nearby. Bell, meanwhile,
has outwitted his captors and made his escape.
He meets the farmer to whose home Selwyn has
been taken and learns of the accident.
While waiting for the doctor, Bess learns of
Selwyn's terrible habit. The man becomes vio-
lent and is about to kill her when Bell and the
farmer arrive. The two struggle with the
crazed man. The exertion proves too much for
the drug fiend's heart and he dies. Realizing
how greatly she has wronged Bell, Bess begs
for forgiveness.
"THE INDIAX AGENT" ( Special— Two Parts
— July 20). — Jack heads a party of white men
who are traveling westward. The boy has been
commissioned to establish an Indian agency.
Manuel, a Mexican desperado, and two of his
men, join the party. Jack rescues Chief Red
Eagle, when the man is injured by a fall. The
Indian agent takes him to camp where the red-
skin is gi\'en medical treatment. Anahka, the
chief's squaw, believing him to have been cap-
tured by the whites, leads her tribe in an attack
upon the camp. The chief, however, stops the
fray and tells of the white men's kindness.
That same day. Chief Red Eagle overhears
and frustrates a plot by Manuel and his men
to kidnap Bess. Jack's sweetheart. The Mexi-
cans are forced to flee. Arriving at his destina-
tion. Jack establishes the Agency. The follow-
ing summer, famine descends upon the Indians.
His supplies exhausted. Jack is unable to com-
ply with their demand for food. Anahka pre-
vents an attack upon the Agency but the red
men threaten to return at the end of three days.
Two days later, Anahka, passing near some
underbrush, overhears Manuel and his accom-
plices ■ planning to hold up the stage coach
which is due to arrive the next day. Knowing
that a reward of .$1,000 has been offered for
Manuel's capture, the squaw arranges a trap
which results in the Mexican's arrest when the
the holdup is attempted. Securing the reward,
Anahka purchases provisions and drives furi-
ously towards the Agency. The Indians begin
their attack and Jack and Bess face a terrible
fate. Red Eagle, vainly endeavors to prevent
the fray. Anahka drives up with the provisions.
The savages immediately cease their attack and
■the lives of the whites are saved.
"THE DEADLY BATTLE AT HTCKSVILLE"
(July 31). — Jim and Dick, rivals for the hand
of Dolly, learn that war has broken out. Jim
announces that he intends to fight for the
South. Just to be contrary. Dick enlists in the
Northern Army. Six months later, the rivals
meet on the field of battle. Jim finds that his
battery has run out of cannon balls. Undis-
mayed, he sends a squad of men to a nearby
lemon grove with orders to return with a good
supply of the fruit. These are placed into the
cannon and fired. One of the lemons hits Dick
in the eye.
The Northern troops are about to charge
when they hear the 5 o'clock whistle blow.
Like all good union men, they promptly quit
work for the day. Dick sees Jim all alone.
Promising his men overtime wages he secures
their aid and captures his rival. Jim is sen-
tenced to die at sunrise. The following morn-
ing poor Jim is led out to be shot. When
placed in front of the firing squad, he is ao
adept at dodging, that bullets fail to touch
'hina. Dick thereupon orders two of his men to
hold Jim while the rest shoot. Bui the only
result Is that the soldiers arc slain.
An Idea strikes Dick and he tries to shoot
his rival with a cannon. Jim, however, catches
the projectiles and remains uninjured. Filled
with rage, Dick has Jim tied to the muzzle of
thu gun. Just as he Is about to shoot, the
iommander-ln-chlef arrives with the news that
th.* war Is over. With heavy heart, Dick re-
Upases his rival. The two hasten home and
proceed to Dolly's hou.se. The girl is delighted
to see them. Beckoning to a man with an 'a-
fant in his arms. Dolly Introduces the rivals lo
her husband and son.
■THE MAN WITH THE GLOVE" (July 28).—
Clyde Penfleld, freshman. Is made an object
of ridicule by Walter Holmes, campus leader.
Humiliated by Holmes in the presence of Hazel,
his sweetheart, the freshman attacks Holmes,
but Is worsted. Believing Clyde a coward. Hazel
contemptuously breaks their engagement.
Holmes resolves to give the freshman a thor-
ough hazing. Clyde Is summoned before a coun-
cil of masked students. Unnerved, Penfleld
breaks down when challenged to a revolver duel
and pleads for mercy. Filled with contempt,
the leader of the masked students brands the
word "Coward" on the back of Clyde's left
hand. This act of wanton cruelty results In
Holmes' dismissal from college, but Clyde
swears to be further avenged.
Years later, Clyde, president of an Investment
company, is known as "The Man With the
Glove." because his left hand Is always covered.
Learning that his old foe. Holmes, is pressed
for money. Clyde loans him .?ri,00._f, receiving
a mortgage on the man's home. Holmes is Ig-
norant of Clyde's identity. Unable to pay the
debt. Holmes is driven into bankruptcy, after
Clyde reveals his identity. The man is hound-
ed by his Nemesis. Distracted by poverty and
the illness of his wife and child. Holmes at-
tempts to kill the man who has caused his
misery. His effort goes for naught and Clyde
has him arrested.
Holmes pleads to be allowed to see his wife
and child before being taken away. Clyde con-
sents and with an officer, accompanies the
man home. There he is astounded to ^nd that
Hazel is Holmes' wife. Touched by their misery,
Clyde brings about Holmes' release and paves
his way towards his former prosperity. That
night, in the privacy of his library, Clyde re-
moves the glove from his left hand and serenely
gazes upon the brand to which his noble con-
duct has given the lie.
VITAGRAPH.
"HIS KID SISTER" (July 27).— "Sis is com-
ing home for a visit!" This is the announce-
ment Dan Kenney, a young ranch owner, makes
to Ted. his foreman, and the boys. With a
whoop, they dash off to meet the 4 :40 train.
Ted is in love with the girl, and she with him,
but Dan. her brother, causes them both much
anxiety because of his fondness for gambling.
During an exciting game that night. Dan is ac-
cused of cheating. There is a fight and Dan
shoots his opponent. Ted hustles him out, un-
observed, and brings him to a cave in the foot-
hills. On his return to the ranch house for
horses. Molly insists on accompanying him to
Dan's hiding place. After seeing the men on
their way to the border, she turns back home,
is mistaken by the sheriff and posse for her
brother and leads them a merry chase, finally
reaching the barn at the ranch house slightly
ahead of the men. There she hurries in and
climbs through a trap door into the loft. The
sheriff decides to starve "their man" out. Molly
finds a basket of apples in the loft and feels
sure of her vantage. As the hours pass, both
parties fall asleep. Molly awakens and know-
ino- her brother is now safely across the border,
slides down the rope and greets her "captors"
with a sweet smile. The discomfitted sheriff is
obliged to acknowledge defeat. Later, far across
the border, Dan. now a conscientious worker.
3nd with no longer a taste for gambling, heartily
sanctions Ted's engagement to "His Kid Sister."
"JOHN RANCE. GENTLEMAN" (Special.—
Twn Parts — July 28). — John Ranee, a young
hospital interne, becomes ill from overwork and
foe^^ to a summer hotel for rest. There he meets
L'^sbia Vane, a frivolous, pleasure-seeking girl,
who flirts with him. On return to the city,
Lesbia scorns John's love and flouts him. He
is heartbroken, leaves the hospital and takes
up medical work among the sailors. He meets
an old friend. George Cummings, who is about
to start on a cruise around the world. John
tells him of Lesbia. without disclosing the girl's
name. Cummings, while abroad, meets and mar-
ries Lesbia. Three years later, he returns with
her to America and invites .John to come and
visit them. Lesbia is cold and indifferent to
her husband's love, and when she and John
come face to face, realizes she really loves him.
She essays the role of temptress, but John turns
from her coldly. Later, her husband over-
hears Lesbia passionately declaring her love for
his friend, who tells her. "I love you as of
old, but your husband is my dearest friend."
Cummings is dazed, and disappears, leaving a
note saying he wishes to make Lesbia mmA
John happy by bis action. John flndB Che note,
and later, his friend's body, realizes the tre-
mendous Kacrlflce Cummings has made, and de-
termines his own renunciation shall be as sreftl.
Shortly afterwards, when Lesbia tells him. "I
am free. I am wealthy ; let us be happy," Joha
sternly hands her the note left by her husband.
Her better self is awakened and with an un-
derstanding of the nobility of the two mea,
turns sadly away, leaving John Raoce aloa«
with the consciousness of having been true t*
bis friend and himself.
"OFFICER KATE" (July 20).— Being an ex-
ceptionally strong-minded woman. Kate Slmp-
klns decldcK to Join the Suffragettes, and her
meek little husband makes no objections. Tba
ladles are urging the mayor to appoint police-
women to the force, and after some argument, he
agrees to give them a try-out. Kate Is dectdad
upon to be the first policewoman. She experi-
ences trlaKs and tribulations while on the force,
of which she never dreamed, and almost wlshaa
she were simply Kate Slmpklns again Instead
of "Officer Kate." Meanwhile, her husband has
grown very tired of doing housework, so hires
a very pretty girl as housekeeper. Kate, after
spending a very unpleasant evening on fixed
post In a heavy rainstorm, comes home and
finds her husband and the new girl there. Ev-
erything seems to be running smoothly, and her
husband appears quite contented. Kate flies Into
a rage, almost pushes the girl out the door, and
orders her not to come back. After meditating
over the fixed post business, and a few more of
her trials while on the force. Kate decides home
is the place for a woman after all, and If she
does not do the housework, and keep her hus-
band company, some one else will. She tarns
to her hubby, greets him afflectlonately and
vows never to leave home again, and to resign.
at once from the police force.
"THE GREATER MOTIVE" (July 20).— Bob
Hammond, a promising young boxer. Is tafcea
East by his manager to meet some of th«
better man in his class. Bob promises bts
sweetheart, Maggie Dowling, he will return and
marry her. In the Bast he becomes champion
in his class, and is known as "The Battler."
Among his new friends, he temporarily forgets
Maggie, and she, tiring of waiting for hfm,
marries his old sparring partner. Jimmy Kelly,
who has become quite a fighter himself. Bob's
manager plans a tour of the country and Bob
tells him to make the first stop Pittsburgh, his
old home, where he plans to marry Maggfe.
Kelly and his wife are in bad straits. Maggie
having just recovered from a long Illness, their
resources are sadly depleted. Kelly reads of
the coming of the "Battler," and signs to fight
him. winner take all. When "The Battler"
learns his old friend has married his sweet-
heart, he is furious, but is glad when he re-
members he is to fight him. as he plans to
give Kellv a terrible beating. Before the fight,
"The Battler" hears of the awful straits of the
Kellys, and he experiences a change of heart-
After thinking it over, he determines to let
Kelly defeat him. so that he can win the moneT,
hrins it home to his wife, and help to restore
her health. All is carried out as he plans, and
although experiencing the sting of defeat f<^
the first time, knows that he has performed a
good service and it will make her happy.
"PRIVATE BUXNY* (July 31).— Working as
a farm hand for Mr. Finch. Bunny is in love
with Flora, his employer's daughter, and all
goes well until Ezra Wilson, a former resident
of the town, returns from the city to see his
old frienf's. Ezra, resplendent in a brand new
Subway Guard uniform, makes a deep Impres-
sion when he tells everybody he is "connected.
with a railroad." Flora is simply carried away
by him and gives Bunny the cold sboalder.
Eunny leaves for the city determined to win
both fame and fortune. In the city, he notices
a sign reading, "Able-bodied men wanted for
U. S. Army." and after seeing a vision of him-
self marching down Main Street at the head
of his troops while Flora looks on admiringly.
Bunny becomes a recruit. He has quite a few
mishaps, is badly hazed by the other recmits,
does all the hard work, causes the drillmaster
to lose his temner. an„ is finally put on guard
duty. Here he falls asleep at his post. Is ar-
rested and sent to the guard house, where the
sentinel carelessly replies to Banny*s inquiry,
"Oh. they will only shoot you at sunrise!"
Bunny spends a very bad night, and before dawn
manager to escape, boards an outgoing freight
and arrives at his home town next day. There
he and his uniform create a sensation, nora
humbly begs to be taken back, gives him a Mb
dinner party, and things look very bright t»-
deed. In the midst of the jollification, the
Sergeant from his regiment stalks In and ar-
rests Bunny as a deserter. Amid Jeers, tba
poor man is marched away with a ball and
chain on his leg and placed in dnraaoe tC*.
"THE VIOLIN OF M'SIEUR" (Special— Tw»
Parts — August 1). — When Pere Ceroms bent his
fine old classic face over his violin and plaTed
"The Last Rose of Summer," Yroiine, Ua
daughter, and Napoleon, his dog, woald
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to his side and drink in the exquisite melody of
the fine old Cremona. France was then on the
verge of war. An old collector hears of Pere's
wonderful Cremona and offers him four thou-
sand francs for it, which is refused. War
breaks out, the Prussians capture the town
and one, pushing old Pere aside, chucks little
Yvonne under the chin. The old man, unable
to restrain himself, smashes his precious violin
over the soldier's head. Yvonne and her lover,
Jean, escape, but Pere Cerome is taken pris-
oner. After years of suffering in the Prussian
prison, he is released and revisits the little
town, but does not know a soul, nor can anyone
tell him where Yvonne and Jean are. At
seventy, penniless and alone in the world, the
poor old man is in despair, until he finds his old
dog. He secures a cheap violin and one day,
while playing it in a little by-street of Paris,
a child smiles at him, from a window. Pere
smiles back and plays' once more "The Last
Rose of Summer." The old days appear to
him in a vision. As the last strain quivers on
the air, there before his eyes is Yvonne in the
flesh, and behind her, big Jean, himself. With
a prayer of joyful thanksgiving, the old man
greets his loved ones, and is soon welcomed by
his loved ones. Many evenings thereafter
Yvonne and little Yvonne kneel by the fireside
and stroke Napoleon's shaggy coat while
grandpa plays the old familiar song.
EDISON.
"A CANINE RIVAL" (Eighth of the Wood B.
Wedd series — July 27). — When Wood B. Wedd,
at his friend Darby's instigation, began to pay
marked attention to the beautiful Dora Wayne,
he ran up against a snag from the very start.
Dora owned a dog. Wood B., who hated dogs
collectively and individually, would not, how-
ever, have minded the mere fact that Dora
owned a dog, had it not been that she seemed
to care so much for the brute. Gyp, the dog,
had a disposition which had evidently been
spoiled in his youth. Realizing that Wood B.
bated him, he took no pains to conceal his own
feeling toward Wood B. Wedd. Accordingly,
Gyp would, on occasion, bite Wood B.
When Dora went away from town for a few
weeks, and asked Wood B. to take care of her
precious Gyp while she was gone. Wood gladly
consented, not because he loved G"-^ but because
he hoped that his noble spirit of unselfishness
would make an impression on Gys's mistress.
Gyp did not care a bit about the change in domi-
cile. He made himself perfectly at home in
Wood B.'s house. Inside of a week, he ran It.
Wood B. was afraid to assert himself in the
slightest degree.
One morning, while the enslaved Weed was
taking his master out for a walk. Gyp espied a
cat, and, thrilled with the possibilities of chase
and mortal combat, escaped from Wood B. and
set off in pursuit. Wood B., torn between con-
flicting desires, followed. After Gyp had led
Wood B. into an extremely unpleasant alterca-
tion with a washerwoman, he disappeared.
Wood B., filled with horror at the possibility
of Dora returning, and finding that he had lost
her precious Gyp, advertised in the papers, of-
fering a reward for the dog's return. After a
vivid experience with a few hundred boys carry-
ing lost strayed, and stolen dogs. Gyp was final-
ly regained in an extremely disheveled condi-
tion. Dora returned, and Wood B. hurried to
her with the dog. Dora told him sweetly that
he might keep Gvp to remember her by. Then
she introduced Wood to her new dog. and the
man who had given it to her — her husband.
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Boronoff, the great Russian violinist, offered his
services for a great popular concert, the pro-
ceeds of which were to be placed in a fund for
the purpose of regaining the stolen masterpiece.
Boronoff owned the most valuable violin in the
world — a real Stradivarius, unequalled in work-
manship and tone. At his hotel in London, he
demanded that the proprietor provide a sate' for
the proper safekeeping of his beloved instru-
ment as well as for his valuable collection of
gold and silver medals.
Shortly after the safe had been brought to his
room, 'Vera North, one of the leaders of the
militant party, called on Boronoff, and begged
him not to hold the concert because it would
conflict with a large mass meeting planned by
the suffragettes. Boronoff refused to grant her
request, and Miss Xorth hysterically warned
him to be careful how he opposed the interests
of her party. When Boronoff went out that af-
ternoon. Miss North came back to the hotel and
went up to his room. The next morning, Lon-
don was startled by the news that the master's
violin had been stolen.
Hamilton Gleek, assigned to the case, went
directly to the hotel. In the violinist's rooms,
he met Boronoff, and Paradine, his protege.
Paradine did most of the talking. The great
violii 1st seemed strangely quiet. The safe had
been opened, the violin and medals extracted,
and the seals replaced on the safe. A hatpin
found on the floor seemed to point to Vera
North as the thief. Gleek had Miss North
brought to the hotel, anu questioned her. She
stoutly maintained that she had only come to
the violinist's rooms to leave a note of apology
for her rudeness to him. How Cleek's sharp
eyes discovered the clue to the solution of the
mystery must be left for the film to explain.
Suffice it to say that in an extremely dramatic
moment, he clapped handcuffs on Paradine,
tore the disguise from the supposed violinist,
and discovered the real Eoronoff, bound and
gagged behind some tapestry.
"SOMETHING TO A DOOR" (July 29).—
The fact that her father had absolutely forbid-
den them to speak to each other did not pre-
vent Bessie and Jim Ferris from being very
much devoted to each other. Mr. Hammond was
absolutely unable to see Jim in the light of a
prospective son-in-law, however, and the young
people were obliged to exercise considerable in-
genuity to see anything of each other at all.
One evening, Mr. Hammond went down to an
important business engagement. Bessie prompt-
ly called Jim up, and asked him to come over
and see her. Jim, in spite of his protests, bor-
rowed a new overcoat from his roommate and
went to the Hammond home.
As he and Bessie were sitting in the parlor,
saying exactly what they thought about each
other, Mr. Hammond returned unexpectedly.
Jim hid behind the piano. Mr. Hammond sent
his daughter off to bed. and settled down in the
parlor to read. After three hours of agony for
the unhappy Jim, Mr. Hammond also left for
bed. Jim crept stiffly from behind the piano,
and stole to the door. He knocked a vase over
in the ball, and in his desperate hurry to escape,
slammed the door on his friend's overcoat. Mr.
Hammond aroused by the noise, came down
stairs, looked out through the glass on the door,
recognized Jim. and with a smile of satisfaction,
telephoned to the police asking them to come
up and arrest a burglar in a light overcoat on
his porch.
Jim overhe rd Hammond's remarks, slipped
out of the overcoat and fled. Mr. Hammond,
discovering bis flight, came out on the porch
to get the overcoat. The door slammed behind
him. He put the overcoat on for warmth.
When the police came, they, not unnaturally, ar-
rested him. Meanwhile, Jim had been obliged
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to confess to his friend what bad happened to
the coat. Fifteen minutes later, the police sta-
tion was the storm center of a small sized riot.
Afttr the ownership of the coat had hecn Anally
established, Jim's friend finally settled the situ-
ation by threatenine to write the whole affair up
for the newspapers.
"THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE
OF" (Special— Two Parts— July 31).— When
Nellie and the man she loved were forced, by
the cruel vaKarles of fortune to go to the cil*
and earn their living, terrible things Immediate-
ly beg:*n to happen to them. When Nellie's em-
ployer tried to make love to her, and Joe
knocked him down, the thwarted villain swore
to wreak a cruel and unusual vengeance upon
the pair, which the same he immeaiately went
and started for to do. He was aided in his
nefarious plans by a friend in human form —
the villainess. She loved Joe. but he was cold.
So she decidea to make things warm for him.
When Joe took Nellie Into a corner drug store
to buy her an ice cream sody. the villain blew
up the sodh fountain. The villainess imme-
diately thereafter, shut Joe into a folding bed,
and when Nellie's prompt assistance spoiled
her gentle little plan to crush the young man's
neck, she took Joe, with the villain's help, and
chained him in the path of an express train.
But again, they reckoned without Nellie.
Nellie lived up to what wa.'? expected of her as
the heroine of the piece. She broke the chains
and released her hero. The affectionate pair
withdrew to a shack for refuge. The villain
hurled a bomb at the shack, utterly annihilat-
ing it. Joe and Nellie were hurled high into
the air. Looking down, they saw their uncouth
enemies laughing at them. Incensed by their
lack of sympathy. Joe dropped a piece of the
window frame, which he had brought with him.
on the villain's head. Unfortunately, the vil-
lain was only stunned. Hardly had Joe and
Nellie reached the ground when the villainess
shut Nellie in an office safe, and hurled the
safe from the top of a high office building. It
took all of Joe's efforts to rush down the stairs
in time to catch the safe at the bottom of its
terrible fall.
But Nellie's brave efforts were all in vain, for
after she had rescued Joe from prison, and after
a sensational fight with the villainess, inter-
rupted by the inopportune arrival of a mouse,
Joe decided to marry the villainess. When dear
little Nellie pleaded with him. he gave her a
rude push in the face. Then Nellie woke up,
and discovered that the mortgage had been re-
newed on their home, and that she and Joe
would not have to work for their living after
all.
"FARMER RODNEY'S DAUGHTER" (August
1). — John Rodney's mind was set on having
Dora, his daughter, marry Rosier Barclay, a
rich neighbor. Dora was equally convinced in
her mind that she would not marry Barclay,
and that she would marry John, When Rodney
caught John making love to Dora, he promptly
discharged him that night. Dora met John in the
garden, ran away with him, and married him.
When John and Dora returned to her father's
farm. Rodney refused even to speak to his
daughter. The young couple settled down in a
little house not far away from the Rodney farm.
Several years later, Dora. John and their lit-
tle son were in rather hard straits. Through
Barclay's influence John lost his new position
in the village store, and a serious illness pre-
vented him from seeking other work. Dora's
mother and brother did their best to help the
poor young wife without Rodney's knowledge,
but they could not do much. One day. Hiram.
Dora's brother, took her small son out to play
in the hay fields. Rodney came upon the child,
and without in the least knowing who it was.
felt strangely attracted to it.
A curious intimacy sprang up between the
two. and Bobby got into the habit of running
out into the fields to meet his friend. One day.
his mother missed him. and went to look for
him. She found him playing with her father-
When Rodney discovered that hi? little playmate
was his own grandson, he at first turned bitterly
away, but the ties of blood overcame his foolish
stubborness, and turning again, he took his
daughter and grandson into his arms.
ESSANAY.
"SWEEDIE AND THE LORD" (July 27).—
Mr. and Mrs. Skidoo receive a letter from Lord
Bunkum, saying he is coming to pay them a
visit. They decide they do not wish to see the
Lord, so they leave, telling Sweedie to inform
his Lordship they have been called away. Mean-
time a tramp finds the Lord's letter, which Mr.
Skidoo has dropped, and decides to impersonate
Lord Bunkum. Sweedie. at the time, dresses up
as Mrs. Skidoo. Then things begin to happen.
After a screamingly funny dinner party the
Skidoos return home and Sweedie and the bogus
lord land in the duck pond.
"A CLASH OF VIRTUES'* (July 28).- Young
Evanston forges his employer's check in order to
make good his margins on a wheat deal. He
loses and Weatherbee gives him until morning
to make good the forged check. His sister learns
of his crime and pleads lo vain with Weatborboe
for leniency. Desperate, she forces an entrance
to the flnander'H offlce that nlRht and recovers
the forged check. Gordon, the financier's son. Is
in love with Winnie. He returns to the office
that night and finds her. Winnie's brother also
returns in an attempt to recover the check. The
three meet In a ten.'jcly dramatic situation. Gor-
don makes good the chetk, announces bis en-
Ka^ement lo Winnie and all ends happily.
THE FABLE OF "THE CO.MING CHAMP-
10.\ WHO WAS DELAYED" (July L»S)).— The
rniuiug "champ" decides he is so good he can
go around a Dub like a Cooper around a Bar-
rel. He books up with a Foxy Manager. They
arrange to pick out Soft Ones to begin with and
work up to the championship. They find a Hors-
Been. After the Coming Champ and the Phy-
sical Wreck sign articles, they begin training.
.Mthough the coming champ was satisfied his
hard Punches would kill the poor old Has-Been.
he begins to worry. When the battle opens the
Has-Been does a marathon in pursuit of the
Coming Champ. The Coming Champ was doing
fine work until somebody turned off the Sun-
Light.
•SNAKEVILLE'S HOME GUARD" (July 30).
— Slim organizes a regiment to protect Snake-
ville against the Mexicans. Sophie, for whose
hand Slim and Mustang Pete are rivals, induces
Pete to join. Pete, although he dislikes the
idea, enlists, and the way Slim puts him
through the manual is uproariously laughable.
Pete finally deserts, hides beneath the drill hall
and fires two revolvers in such a way that Slim
believes they are being attacked by the enemy.
Slim tries to escape, but is caught and driven
out of town on a mule. He finds the Mexicans
hidden in a house, locks the door on tuem and
when Pete, Sophie and the rest of the defenders
arrive, he has the enemy's arms and Is in com-
mand of the situation. Sophie falls into his
arms and Slim is hailed as the conqueror.
"THE SQUATTER'S GAL" (August 1).—
Broncho Billy learns that part of his land is oc-
cupied by a "squatter." He orders the "squat-
ter" evicted. The latter starts out to kill Billy,
but Bessie, the "squatter's" daughter, prevents
him. She pleads with Eilly to permit them to
remain on the land. Billy immediately falls in
love with her. He returns with the girl to the
"squatters" house only to find that it has been
burned by a posse sent to evict the father and
daughter. Billy offers them his own home and
then writes his mother he "has a hunch" he is
going to be married soon.
"THE SEVENTH PRELUDE" (Special— Two
Parts — July 31). — Jack Gordon, a private detec-
tive, becomes interested in a mysterious mur-
der, which has baffled the police. W^arren, a
wealthy widower, whose hobby is music, has been
shot to death in his home one night while play-
ing Chopin's "Seventh Prelude." Only two peo-
ple are in the house at the time — -Alice Warren,
his pretty daughter, and James Cummings, her
uncle. Warren's will contains a provision ap-
pointing Cummings executor of the Warren for-
tune and guardian of Alice, she being under
a.^e. To this Alice objects absolutely, and Cum-
mings can do nothing. The girl now develops a
strange mental hallucination, apparently. Each
night, at the very hour of her father's death,
she hears the "Seventh Prelude" being played
in the great mansion, and declares it to be her
father calling to her. Cummings consults a psy-
chologist, who begins to treat the girl for an
apparent form of insanity. It is at this time
that Gordon becomes interested in the case, se-
cures all the facts of the murder from Alice,
and declares his intention of saving her.
Learning from the lawyer that Alice has ob-
jected to Cummings as her guardian and execu-
tor of her fortune. Gordon thoroughly examines
the Warren mansion and decides on immediate
action. With his assistant Hall, he goes to the
Warren home that night and in the most extra-
ordinary manner overcomes Cummings in a des-
perate hand-to-hand struggle, discloses a hid-
den phonograph in a closet with a piano rendi-
tion record of Chopin's "Seventh Prelude" and
unravels the mystery of Warren's death. Cum-
mings himself had committed the murder, and
balked by Alice's objection to him as executor
and guardian, had shrewdly planned to have her
declared Insane by playing the phonograph rec-
ord each nisht at the hour of Warren's death,
thus overruling her objection in court and gain-
ing free access to her fortune. Luckily Gor-
don's handling of the case brings the murderer
to ' justice, Cummings confesses and Alice is
saved.
SELIG.
"A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR KISS" (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — July 27). — Vivian Swift is
very popular with the young men and has made
a specialty of luring them into her snare and
making them feel foolish when they discover
that she has been merely playing with them.
The society boys at the country club have been
the special victims of her wiles. Vivian in-
tends no wrong, but does not realize the extent
to which she has prompted her young tnen
friends to discuss her fiirtatlous cbarader.
Three of the most attractive men In the clabh
Tom, Dick and Harry, have been In Europe for
some time and have not yet become acquainted
with Vivian. On their return to the club, tba
other fellows hasten to tell them of the heart-
less actions of Vivian and all agree that It
would be well If she could be taught a lesson.
The dlscuBsion culminates In a wager of %SO0
that either Tom. Dick or Harry will, after «
week's endeavor, be able to obtain Vlvlaiv'a
consent to being kissed.
Tom has the first try. He flatters Vivian In
every way imaginable and she rises to the gnlt
with great eagerness, yet, when It comes to
the final point of permitting Tom to kiss her.
she evades the Issue with great cleverness. &nd
Tom's chances for winning the bet expire by
limitation after a busy week.
Next Dick comes into the field, and has bU
week of try-out. Dick permits himself to be
placed in all sorts of positions where sympathy
will be aroused, such as being thrown from •
horse, becoming disinherited, threatening snt-
clde — all of which brings out a lot of lAusha.
Dick fails to win the wager because he cannot
persuade Vivian to permit him to kiss her with-
in the week's time.
Now comes Harry. There are constant dis-
cussions at the country club where the gay
parties of young people congregate for dancinc
and entertainment, and the two judges, one of
whom is a minister, bob up and down oijTiMri-
ously from behind settees, fountains, and Ttoob
all sorts of unexpected places, because It is 09
to them to decide if the wager shall have bean
won or lost. Harry has adopted an entirely nev
policy for the conduct of bis campajga. He
announces that he believes that the interest of
a girl can best be obtained through apparent
disregard for herself. In other words, he be-
lieves that If he leaves the girl alone, her curi-
osity will be excited and It will be an easy mat-
ter for him to become acquainted with her and
win the wager. There are a number of comical
scenes in which Harry successfully evaxlee
Vivian, and dodges opportunities for being In-
troduced to her. He does this in such an os-
tentatious manner, that Vivian becomes peri-
tively angry and shows a strong determination
to compel him to meet her and be introdvoed.
When he considers that she has been sufflcientJy
led into the trap, permits himself to be cornered
and introduced to her.
Vivian seeks opportunities for proving to
Harry that she is an entertaining and charmlnc
girl. Harry continues his policy of apparent
disregard for her, until he discovers that he
has actually fallen a victim to her lovelineia,
and wishes that he had not made the wager.
In fact, Harry falls desperately in love with
Vivian, and she apparently reciprocates. The
funniest of all the scenes is where Harry brln«i
Vivian to shore after a rough canoe trip on
the lake, arriving at a fisherman's hut in the
pouring rain. The two ever-present judges are
on the job, and have concealed themselves la
the fisherman's hut. Harry takes off his co«t
and places it about the shoulders of Vivian to
shelter her from the rain. The contact cause*
Harry to lose his self-restraint, and seizing her
in his arms, he presses a kiss upon her willing
lip. Out bob the two judges, and the wad oC
$500. the amount of the wager, is handed to
Harry, who scorns it. He cleverly extricates
himself from a most embarrassing situation
by answering Vivian's inquiry as to who the
young men are, by stating that he had arranged
for a clergyman and best man to see him hap-
pily married to her. The wedding ceremony la
performed In the pouring rain by the yoony
clergyman and everybody is happy.
"MUFF" (July 2.S).— Janet and Doris Ben-
tham, orphan girls of moderate means in a
small New Jersey town, become seiuxated
through the impulsiveness of Doris, wtw is a
light-hearted girl of sixteen years, winsome —
loved and mothered by her devoted elder sister.
Doris becomes infatuated with a handsome cir-
cus rider, unprincipled but clever. She elope*
with him. Her husband trains Doris to become
a circus rider. Doris is injured in a fall fn>m.
her horse two years after leaving home, and
finding that her injuries will prove fatal, she
makes her husband promise he will give their
infant boy to her sister. Janet : also that he
will recompense Janet for taking care of and
raising the child. Lablanche. the unscmpuloua
husband, does not care to recognize the respon-
sibility of the child after the death of his wife,
Doris, but having some remnant of decency la
his heart, notwithstanding his general law-
lessness, he takes the infant to the home of
Ja^et, and leaves it lying on the door-step. In
order to disguise any clues that might be fol-
lowed concerning the parentage of the child,
Lablanche removes all its clothing and places
the tiny baby inside a large fur muff. _
The old maid aunt adopted the child and
learned to love it with all the tenderness of a
mother's heart. The baby grew up a handsome
young man. but owing to the circumstances of
his being found on the doorstep, he bore the
nickname of "Muff." As the ytears go on he
finds a sweetheart, but due to his reckless ways
and the frequent admonitions which he recelrea
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from his adopted mother and his sweetheart, he
runs away to the city and falls among evil
companions. Among these crooks is Lablanche.
his father. These crooks encourage Mufi to en-
gage in a burglary. An old lady is stopping
at a hotel and is reported to have a lot of
money. She is no other than Janet, the foster
mother of Muff, who has come to the city to
find her missing loved one. The robbery takes
place, but immediately after the identity of
Muff is revealed. The horrified Lablanche dis-
covers thai he has made his own son an ac-
complice and that they have perhaps murdered
the loving sister of his dead wife, and the
foster mother of Muff. The shock reforms La-
blanche, who goes West to try and make a
man of himself. Muff, thoroughly repentant, re-
turns to his own home with happy Aunt Janet,
and his sweetheart Polly.
"THE MOTHER HEART" (Special— Two
Parts— July -V>). — Carolyn Carter was the
daughter of rich parents. Her mother was a
typical worldly woman, a society leader, whose
only aim in life was to dominate her social set
and uphold her position in society. Little Caro-
lyn was a warm-hearted child, whose sympa-
thies were with children. In her early days
she manifested this particularly, by her love of
dolls, and her preference to play with them,
dressing them and handling them as though
they were really alive ; and also, as she grew
older, in making life pleasant for the little chil-
dren in the neighborhood. As she grew in
beauty, her inclination toward children seemed
to increase. She had no sympathy with her
mother's social ambitions, and as a consequence
she felt lonely in the great big house with all
its wealth of magnificent furnishings, pictures.
etc.. and she really had no person to whom she
could look for sympathy and whose tastes were
in accord with her.
Mrs. Carter finally satisfies one of her great
ambitions, which is to marry Carolyn to a
wealthy roue Fordyce. and Carolyn finds her
maidenly thoughts and ideals rudely shattered.
Her home conditions become unbearable — she
runs away from home and obtains a divorce. In
the locality where she finds refuge from the
frauds and shams of society, Carolyn becomes
acquainted with a handsome shepherd — a mag-
nificent specimen of manhood, but wholly with-
out education. He has always been a student
of nature, and his education has been of the
heart instead of the mind. The natural affilia-
tion of the two instinctively affectionate beings,
culminates in a romance which presents one of
the most beautiful pictures ever produced. It
is filled with heart interest, and is one of the
most remarkable exposures of the fallacies of
society life ever produced. Of course, they are
married and Carolyn realizes her great ambi-
tion— a little child blesses their union.
"WHEN THE COOK FELL ILL" (July 31).
— Patsy, the cook of the "Flying U" ranch, is
passionately fond of canned corn. Every time
he goes to town to buy supplies for the camp,
cases of canned corn head the list. Patsy may
forget at times to order a special brand of to-
bacco for the boys, or some of the trimmings
that go to make a camp dinner more acceptable,
but he never fails to order the canned corn.
Every day for breakfast, dinner and supper,
the big kettle of canned corn forms the principal
article of diet. The boys being "good fellows"
stand this for a long time until they feel that
they cannot accept corn as the main article of
diet any longer. Then they revolt and refuse to
be served from Patsy's huge kettle any more.
Patsy is sensitive, and his feelings are hurt,
but his appetite for canned corn is still un-
impaired. After the boys walk out on him and
scorn the breakfast of canned corn. Patsy re-
tires to the cook tent with the kettle and
gorees himself to repletion from its contents.
The boys are sore and hungry, but they leave
the -^amp for the range to perform their regular
day's work. As the boys disappear in the dis-
tance. Patsy is taken with terrific cramps. He
has a horrible suspicion that he has been pois-
onefl. His examination of the empty corn
cans suggests ptomaine poison. The camp is
deserted and the boys will not return until five
o'clock in the evening. Patsy spends hours of
agony and realizes that he has had too much
of a good thing. After a day of suffering, the
boys return to camp. No dinner in sight. Patsy
is discovered groaning in pain. They realize
his desperate condition. They are glad that
Patsy has had a lesson, but do not want him
to die. Weary, one of the boys rides off to
town to get a doctor, while the rest prepare the
supper. After many adventures with the doctor
who is in no condition to travel, Weary brings
him to camp. In the meantime, a good Samari-
tan, a stranger with a big whisky bottle, has
doctored Patsy with liberal decoctions of liquor,
so that the doctor's services are not required.
All decide to climb on the "water wagon."
"LOVE VS. PRIDE" (August 1).— Rosemary
Darcy is the daughter of parents in modest
circumstances. They live the simple life.
Rosemary has a wealthy and childless aunt,
whom she has not seen since she began her
education at school. Shortly after her gradua-
tion she is invited to visit her aunt and is en-
tertained lavishly by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall.
Another visitor, Grace Danton, becomes at-
tached to Rosemary, and they become fast
friends. Rosemary is delighted with the luxuri-
ous surroundings in the Marshall home, because
she loves good things of this world.
Stephen, the man of Rosemary's heart, is not
wealthy, but a simple hearted man of fine char-
acter and high ideals. He lives in her home
town, and they become engaged. Upon the
death of Mrs. Marshall some time after Rose-
mary's visit. Mrs. Darcy and Rosemary proffer
their sympathy to the widower, who appre-
ciates it and urges them to continue their
visit indefinitely. He is especially attracted by
the youth and brightness of Rosemary. Mar-
shall goes to visit the Darcys for a few days,
but before his departure he asks Rosemary to
marry him. Her love for Stephen inclines her
to refuse the wealth widower, while her pride
and ambition urge her to accept the oppor-
tunity for wealthy^ and social advancement. She
casts Stephen aside and marries Marshall. Not-
withstanding her marriage, she endeavors to
keep Stephen in love with her. promising to
marry him upon the death of her husband,
whose departure from this world she looks for-
ward to eagerly, but Stephen has become dis-
gusted with her worldly ideas and no longer
loves her.
Stephen falls in love with Rosemary's closest
friend, Grace Danton. and marries her. Rose-
mary feels this keenly. The years pass, finding
Rosemary a childless and disillusioned woman,
but still charming and beautiful. Marshall
does not die as anticipated. She finds herself
a slave of the helpless old man, while Stephen
and her dearest friend, Grace Danton, live in
love and happiness surrounded by their chil-
dren.
MELIES.
"WANTED. A SWEETHEART" (July 28).—
Two girls put an advertisement in the paper
stating they desire to make the acquaintance of
a young gentleman with a view to marriage.
To the numerous replies they receive from the
ad. they send the same answer, designating the
place of meeting and that each lover is to have
a rose in his mouth. About thirty old beau
brummels appear to keep the appointment,
the girls enjoying the joke from a neighboring
window. All goes well until they upset the box
rontaining the answers to their ad., which
falls at the feet of two of the disappointed ones.
^R the srirls reach the street to recover their
Iptter=, they are made to pay the 'Penalty of a
kiss to each of the two disappointed lovers.
"HIS SENSE OF DUTY" (July 22).— \ coun-
trv doctor loses hi^ savings in a stock deal. A
wirlow, one of his wealthv clients, is stricken
with a peculiar malady and after bringing a
noted professor for a consultation thp doctor
learns that her life can only be saved by either
a violent emotion or a strike of sudden good
fortune. The widow realizes her end is near, so
makes her will in favor of the doctor and his
daughter. She shows it to the doctor and he
deliberately burns it up. In doing this he
makes the woman believe she is not a hopeless
invalid and after regaining her health she asks
to be a big sister to the doctor's young daugh-
ter and a daughter to the doctor. They come
to live with the rich widow and as a final re-
ward she presents the doctor with an auto for
calling upon his patients.
"BLACK PEARLS" ( Special— Two Parts-
July -5). — Two members of the "swell mob' a
man and a woman, planned to get a famous
dancer's black pearl necklace, valued at .$UH),-
OtX). First, they tried burglary, but the man
was nearly caught, and had his hand bitten ia
the struggle. Then they tried more skilful
plans : the man pretended to be a Count, and
the woman became the dancer's maid. The
sham Count in time won the dancer's heart,
and she consented to marry him. At the mar-
riage breakfast the Count refused to take off
his gloves, and this aroused a detective's suspi-
cion, but that evening the Count tried to get the
jewels. Luckily the detective hastened back
just in time to catch and unmask the criminal.
PATHE.
PATHE WEEKLY NO. 45. 1914 (July 15th).—
Salem, Mass.— ihe work of destruction and re-
construction progresses. Menacing walls and
towers left by the fire are destroyed.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Wanamaker balloon "Amer-
ica III." National Race Entry, makes 65
miles in maiden trip.
New York City, N. Y. — While preparing a
bomb, three I. W. W. agitators are wiped out
and a score injured by a terrible dynamite ex-
plosion, which wrecked a 6-story building on
Lexington avenue and demoralized the East
Side.
Evansville, Ind. — German Day Celebration —
Historical Pageant and Turnfest.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Before a vast throng, na-
tional in its scope, members of Congress and
Governors of the 18 original states were present
when President Wilson delivered a 4th of July
address at Independence Hall.
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Three Baby Lions, first
born at Cincinnati Zoo.
Albany, N. Y. — Golden Jubilee Celebration of
the Rt. Rev. T. M. A. Eurke. Bishop of Albany.
New York City, N. Y. — City's New Fire Boat,
"William J. Gaynor" making her trial run.
Moscow, Russia. — Disastrous fire in heart of
this city's commercial center, destroys Alexan-
der's Passage built in 1878.
Charlottesville, Va. — University of Virginia
Summer School celebrates Independence Day.
Paris, France. — The latest coiffures and Paris
fashions.
PATHE'S WEEKLY, NO. 44, 1914 (July 8).—
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Inter-collegiate eight-oared
varsity race of four miles on the Hudson. Won
by Columbia. Time, nineteen minutes thirty-
seven four-fifths seconds.
New York City. N. Y. — Mayor Mitchel presents
"Honor Medals" to fire heroes.
New York City. N. Y. — "Baby Week" prize-
winning babies of Greater New York.
Salem, Mass. — $20.000.0(K> fire destroys "The
City of Witches." Over three square miles in
ruin. Twenty-two thousand made homeless by
flames.
New York City. N. Y. — New wireless telephone
sensation. Inventor Dr. D. G. McGaa talks
from Steamship Tyler, at sea. to New York
Herald office.
Madrid. Spain. — Marriage of Kermit Roosevelt
to Miss Belle Willard.
Syracuse. N. Y. — Golden jubilee Turn Verein
celebration.
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"THE QUESiiON AND ANSWER MAN*
(July liS). — Ben Johnson, a young ntwsitaper
man. is in charge or the question department
of the "Heart and Home " column for the
"Globe."* His assumed name In answering lov-
ers who are in trouble Is Madame Leonora.
Freddie Nix, a bashful lover, has written to
Johnson's department seeking a method by
which he may win the hand of Mabel Wiggins.
Johnson advises him to discard his bashful-
ness. Freddie tries, but to no avail. In de-
spair he visits the newspaper plant to seek
advice. Here he encounters Johnson, instead
of Madame Leonora, and the men have a great
amount of fun at Freddie's expense. Johnson's
advice to Freddie this time is : "Take the gir!
flowers : and lend the father money."
FreMldie leaves encouraged. Mabel appre-
ciates the flowers, but to escape Freddie she
goes autoing with another beau. Freddie at the
same time insists upon lending Mabel's father
a goodly amount of money. Wiggins Is so
dumbfounded that he takes the bills to an ex-
pert to see if they are counterfeit. Johnson's
next rule is: "Have a rival hanging around, so
that you can show him up." and Johnson de-
cides to go with Freddie and act as the rival.
While Freddie is in the parlor with Mabel.
Johnson, armed with a box of chocolates is
just outside the portieres engaged in conver-
sation with Mabel's grand-dad. He has relieved
Johnson of most of the candy before Freddie
calls in Johnson to be introduced to Mabel.
Johnson falls in love with Mabel at first sight.
He plays the rival so well that Freddie hurries
him from the house. The next time Freddie
comes Johnson says : 'Buy an automobile for
the girl and provide some sort of pleasure for
the father." The boob buys a little two-seated
runabout and call.s to take Mabel out driving.
At the same time he has arranged with a little
German band to have them secretly enter the
hallway of Wiggin's home and give him the
"pleasure" advised by Johnson. Johnson, who
has now been in love with Mabel for some time,
procures a marriage license and goes to the
Wiggins home, determined to propose and wed
her without delay. As he sits alone in the
parlor, not knowing Mabel is out driving with
Freddie, the German band strikes up in the
hallway. Wiggins, in a frenzy, rushes down-
stairs and. unable to quiet the band, goes into
the parlor. W^ith Johnson's back turned to him
he is mistaken for Freddie and forcibly ejected
from the house. Johnson leaves the house in
the touring car he has hired. On his way
home he encounters Freddie's car. It has gone
completely to the bad. Fre:'die is on his back
under the car in the middle of the roadway,
while Mabel, thoroughly angry, sits neglected
and alone. This is the chance of Johnson's
life. His car draws up and Mabel accepts his
invitation with delight to enter. It starts to
rain and Freddie, unable to start his car. dis-
covers the absence of Mabel and walks home,
drenched to the skin. The last scene shows
Johnson and Mabel settled in the back seat of
their touring car, Johnson reading the mar-
riage license to her.
, "THE LURE OF THE CAR WHEELS" (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — July 29). — Craig Archer, twen-
ty years old. lives with his father and mother
in a small Eastern city. The boy is a dreamer.
a victim of the wanderlust. He reads books of
travel and adventure, and the click of train
wheels as they pass over rail joints is a con-
stant lure to take the road. Craig's father
finally puts him to work in an office. The office
is a prison to Craig. He hears the call of the
car wheels and runs away, traveling on the
brakebeams of a freight train.
A year passes. Craig has a pal now. Happy
Mike, a typical tramp. After beating their way
across the continent, they arrive at a small
Western city. Craig goes up town to rustle
grub. He runs across two old men, Robert
Hanson and Luther Byers. the latter a lawyer,
who are engaged in a fist fight over a political
difference. Craig separates the men and meets
Hanson's pretty daughter, Betty. Craig falls in
love with the girl at first sight. He resolves to
settle down and gets rid of his sneering tramp
pal in a spectacular fashion. Craig obtains jani-
tor work in Byers' law office. During his spare
moments the boy reads law. Byers likes Craig
and encourages him. The lure of the car wheels
comes again, but Craig easily resists the call
with the inspiration of his love for the girl.
Four years pass. Byers is dead. Craig has
succeeded to the large law practice. Chiefly
through Hanson. Craig is nominated for mayor.
Craig tells Hanson that he is going to ask Betty
to marry him. Hanson, delighted, speaks to the
girl before Craig has declared his love. Betty
says she loves no one and that she has no in-
tention of marrying Craig. Hanson, however,
finally persuades her to say yes. pointing out
that his political future will be assured thereby.
Craig proposes and Betty accepts him. Then
the girl meets Ralph Wills, Craig's campaign
manager. It ir- a case of love at first sight on
both sides, but Betty realizes that it is too
late, now that she has promised to marry Craig.
The day before the wedding. Craig accidentally
learns that Betty does not love him. that she
loves Ralph instead. It is the turning point.
Craig goes to his rooms, crushed, despairing. He
hears the call of the car wheels again and gladly
answers It. On the threshold of his great suc-
cess, he dons his old clotbee and boards a freight
train bound for anywhere.
THREE .MEN AND A WOMAN { Special— Two
Ports — July .'{!>). -Duncan Cadnmn, a civil en-
gineer, la much older than his wife, Olive, who
Is very much of a butterfly. The two quarrel
when Duncan, thlnklnc she la ashamed of his
lack of society manners, objects to going to a
reception with her. She meets John Temple,
who is Cadman's direct opposite, and Is for the
moment interested in him. Temple becomes In-
fatuated with Olive, and his bold attentions
cause many an embarrassing moment for Olive.
Cadman misconstrues what he sees of the affair
and becomes jealous. Howard Brooks. Cad-
man's young assistant, Is badly injured about
the time Cadman is called South to work on
some lighthouse construction. Ho brings hlra to
his own homo and when he leaves, fearing
Temple's nearness, places Olive under his pro-
tection. Hrooks has already fallen in love with
his nurse and her pity and sympathy for him
and her pique at Cadman's attitude bring about
a fooling she thinks is love for Braoks. When
a friend from the South writes Brooks to take
a trip south in his yacht, he gets Olive to run
away with him. Temple has overheard the ar-
rangement and ships with a motley crowd as one
of the crew, there being a seaman strike on at
the time. Olive regrets the move when they are
out of sight of land and begs to be taken back
but Brooks refuses. That evening fire breaks
out and the crew become panic stricken. So
does Brooks. Temple and the captain fight the
crew but fail. The captain Is killed and Temple
left for dead. Brooks breaks away from Olive
and leaving her in a faint, jumps in mad terror
for the lowered boat but misses it and falls into
the sea. Temple rescues Olive after he gets to
his feet and, throwing over the hatch, leaps
overboard with her. On the hatch there is
room for only two and he fights Brooks who
tries to come aboard, finally forcing him under
and down. Cadman and his men have seen the
fire out to sea and go in rescue boats. He finds
his wife unf^onscious in Temple's arms. Temple
scorns to give him any reasons and when they
reach land stands up bravely before Cadman,
who tells him he is going to kill him. Olive
comes to in time to prevent Temple's death and
to explain. Cadman offers his hand but it is re-
fused. He leaves and finds Brooks bodv washed
ashore far from the point where husband and
wife stand reunited.
"WITHIN THE NOOSE" ( July 31 ) .—Roy
Blake, a cowboy, works on the "Circle A"
r->nch. He is in love with Nell, daughter of
the manager, George Brooks. The picture opens
with the robbery of a bank in a Western town,
the escape of the outlaws, and the pursuit by a
band of vigilantes. Three days elapse and the
outlaws, after having scattered, come together
at the Brady ranch to divide the spoil. Thrown
off the trail, the vigilantes still search the
country. Roy proposes and finds that the girl
returns his love ; he gives her his ring to ce-
ment their engagement. They go to Brooks and
ask his permission to marry. The ranch mana-
ger is angry, declares that his daughter shall not
marry a cowboy and makes the girl give the
ring back.
As Roy returns disconsolate to his bunkhouse.
he receives a letter from Brady urging Roy to
join his boys. A bunch of cowboys come upon
the downcast Roy and attempt to cheer him up
by shouting and firing their revolvers in the
air. Brooks hears the noise, appears on the
scene and declares angrily that the next man
who fires in the yard will be discharged. Nell
leaves the yard for a horseback ride. She over-
takes a Mexican who insults her. Nell fiehts
him off but he is rapidly overcoming her when
Roy from a distance shoots. The shot strikes
the Mexican's hand ; he drops the rein and es-
capes. Nell's horse bolts and carries the girl
home, where she falls on the porch in a faint.
Brooks hears the shot and finding Roy at the
gate, discharges him. ref.using to listen to ex-
planation.
Returning to his bun-^ouse. Roy determines
to go over to the Brady ranch, not knowing
that it is the headquarters of the outlaws. He
writes a note to Nell, telling her of his inten-
tion and giving it to a cowboy to deliver. WTien
the cowboy reaches the house, he finds Nell un-
conscious and summons Brooks. Rny reaches the
Brady ranch and is welcomed by Brady and his
outlaws. WTien Nell reads Roy's note, she re-
proaches her father for discharging Roy and
tells him of the circumstances of the shot.
Brooks reads Roy's note and tells Nell that the
boy has stumbled into a nest of outlaws. Brooks.
sorry that he has misjudged Roy. determines to
bring him back from the Brady ranch. When
he goes into the house to get his revolver. Nell
mounts her horse and starts for the Brady
ranch. The vigilantes advance upon the Brady
ranch. Nell, reaching a hill, summons Roy bv
the use of a signal. As Nell is telling Roy the
state of affairs, they are startled by the sound
of shooting. Looking down into the Brady
yard they see the vigilantes capture the outlaws.
"THE RISE OF THE JOHNSONS" (August
1). — Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, a colored couple, are
in very hard luck. The grocer donates a few
dollars and Johnson, on bis way to market,
meets a sporty coon acquaintance who Invites
him to shoot craps. Johnson wants to play but
Is afraid the police will raid the place. The
booster takes Johnson to the rear of the build-
ing and shows him a chute running from one
of the upper windows to use If escape from po-
lice Is necessary. Johnson enters the club and
gets In the game. The players get very noisy
and a patrolman Investigates and discovers the
chute. He phones for a patrol wagon, which Is
backed under the chute while several ofHcers
force their way Into the room above. The
gamblers, panic stricken, rush for the chute
and are loaded Into the wagon. Johnson gathers
all the money from the table and makes for
another window, thinking to hang outside until
the raid is over. One of the officers closes the
window and he lannot get back. He hangs on
as long as he can and then drops, but to bis
surprise he only drops a few Inches and lands
on a pile of packing cases. He hastens home
with money In every pocket. Next day he pays
all his bills, visits the jail, looks pityingly at
the prisoners, then returns home to a gorgeous
banquet with two servants in attendance.
"SHE GAVE IHM A ROSE" (August 1).—
Two lovers bid each other a prolonged good
night at the garden gate. The boy finally
leaves and the girl enters the house. Two bur-
glars appear to rob the place. One stays on
guard outside the hedge, while the other enters.
The lover returns with a guitar and serenades
the girl. The burglar in the dining room doesn't
know what to do ; he is afraid to go and afraid
to stay. The girl appears at the window and
tells her lover she will come down. The bur-
glar's pal slams a bucket over the serenader's
head and runs him off the place. The girl
comes down stairs and in the very dim light
mistakes the burglar for her lover. She kisses
and pets him hurriedly and gives him a jewel
case; then he hurries awav. He thinks he has
a valuable box of jewels. He meets his pal. who
has captured the guitar. They exit hurriedly to
examine their prize. When they open it they
find nothing but a rose with a love message at-
tached. A lively fight ensues. The lover re-
turns with two officers, who take away the
crooks and leave the lover to mourn his broken
guitar.
BIOGRAPH.
THE CHEESEVILLE COPS {July 23).— A
fast-moving tale of crime and love, in which
a brave Cheeseville officer, reduced to the ranks,
comes in for his own amid the glamour of the
gorgeous city carnival to which the members
of this rural police force have been invited to
head the parade.
THE SHOW^ BUSTERS (July 23).— Barn-
storming at best is not a cinch, but that it
has its opportunities is not to be denied, and
the troupe engaged by the Hicksville Board of
Trade to play a thrilling drama for the benefit
of the Local Home for Toothless Tobacco
Chewers gets its chance. "Nuf" said.
THE WORLD AND THE W^OMAN (July 20).
— The woman has the misfortune to be accused
of the murder of her husband and even after
she is acquitted by the jury she is still con-
demned by public opinion, even by the man
she has learned to love. But when she reaches
her darkest hour the clouds disperse and the
sunlight of love falls upon her.
THE LITTLE W^IDOW (July 2o).— To be left
a widow with two children in a wild section
of the west and to have to defend your little
savings from murderous ruffians is a harrow-
ing experience. But then, to find a manly pro-
tector for yourself, your children and your
money is perhaps sufficient compensation.
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THE TANGLE (July 31). — Dolores loves Tom.
the Americano. But sbe also flirts with Pedro.
DBe of the attendants to the old monk. Tom
objects. He and Dolores quarrel and he leaves
fcer. She sees Pedro slip ihrough a gate with a
knife in his hand and follows him. -As she comes
to the gate Pedro is not in sight and the old
mosk is apparently dead on a nearby bench for
blood stains iie upon the tiled floor. Dolores
flees to Tom and asks him to kill Pedro for his
noDstrous deed. Tom soon discovers that Pe-
dro has only killed a chicken and the quarrel
is made up.
REX.
"THE SOB SISTER" (Two Parts— July 16).—
Helen. Tracy's daughter, becomes dissatisfied
■with boarding school and threatens to run away.
In her dilemma, Helen's mother appeals to the
clever sob-sister for assistance. Xell visits the
school and exacts a promise from Helen that
she will remain there. Bradley, a dishonest
flgbt referee, is "shown up" by Bert Randolph,
sporting editor of the Times. Bradley swears
to be revenged upon both Randolph and the
newspaper. A budding romance is under way
between Randolph and the sob-sister.
Helen's promise to remain at the boarding
school is short lived. A midnight feast of pret-
ty girl pupils results in punishment for Helen.
She crawls from a second story window and
escapes. Afraid to eo home, the runaway girl
takes refuge in a city park. She is found by
Bradley, who sees his opportunity to even the
score with the newspaper. A country corre-
spondent stumbles upon the story of Helen's
flight. Unable to secure her name, he telegraphs
meagre facts to Tracy, the managing editor.
Tracy assigns the "sob-sister" to the story.
Meanwhile Bradley has taken Helen to a cafe.
The sob-sister, who has stopped in the cafe for
a hasty lunch sees and recognizes Helen. From
an adjoining booth she learns enough to know
that Bradley is intent upon harm to the girl.
Utilizing the telephone, she summons Bert Ran-
dolph. When Bradley takes the girl to an evil
resort Randolph effects a rescue. "With the
story in her possession, the "sob-sister" returns
to the ofBce. Endeavoring to shield Helen, she
tries to dissuade the managing editor from using
the story. Her pleas fail. When she completes
her story she is discharged by Tracy for in-
subordination. Tracy, without reading the story,
orders it printed on the front page of the news-
paper.
Bert Randolph goes to Tracy and discloses
the identity of the runaway girl. Tracy stops
the press. When he offers the sob-sister her
«]d position she refuses telling him that she is
to marry Randolph. Tracy raises the sporting
editor's salary.
-BEHIND THE VEIL" (Aug. 2).— Phil was
bard ; he separated from his wife when suspi-
rion fell upon her and took his baby girl with
him. Phi! took a house in another town that
he might not meet his wife and thereby be
forced to remembrance of the woman he still
Joved.
Lois was a woman and a mother and her
heart yearned for her child. She wrote Phil a
Jetter telling him that she intended taking steps
to see her child in spite of his precautions to the
contrary. Phil refused to consider the letter.
but instructed the housekeeper never to allow
the child out her sight.
Shortly afterward, the appearance of a veiled
woman aroused the curiosity of the women of
the Deighorhood, but she conducted herself
modestly and gossip died out. One day Phil's
child wandered up the street and as she toddled
along j:he heard her name called. She recognized
the voice and ran into her mother's arms.
Shortly after, Lois sent the child back home.
That night, when Phil returned home, he left
the front door open. Later, in the night, the
ehild decided to return to her mother and in
the darkness she groped down the dark stairs
and out of the front door. Lois was interrupted
In her bitter meditations bv a gentle knock at
the door. She opened the daor and it was her
baby girl. All the bitterness fled and <=he took
the child in her arms and wept. Phil found
her there with their child in her arms, weep-
ing and his eyes dimmed and he forgot all past
disagreements. After that there was no fur-
ther use for the housekeeper.
IMP.
■WHEN THE WORLD WAS SILENT" (Three
Parts — July Vi). — ^Will is a young musician of
the modern school, rich in his own right, who
has a consuming ambition to make a name for
him.self as a pianist. For years, however, he
has had only one other interest — Leah. She has
been his friend, sweetheart and adviser and has
continued to love him passionately, always with
the hope that some day he would marry her.
Then the time comes when Will meets a society
girl. She is flattered by his good looks and abil-
ity on the piano and Will, in turn, believes that
marrying her will further his career. He de-
cides on this step and informs Leah that they
must part.
Leah, in a moment of passion one night, and
knowing that it is only his ambition that keeps
Wilt from her, enters his apartment, chloro-
forms him while he sleeps and pours poison
into his ears. Then she escapes, taking a silver
tea set to make robbery appear as the motive.
Will, with his hearing gone and unable to
play, is thrown aside by the society girl. His
butler, a laithful fellow, swears to bring the
person, guilty of poisoning his master to jus-
tice. Time passes: Leah marries Will, though
the latter does not know her guilt. They are
happy and it is through her that the musician
is led to take up composing. Also, she teaches
him the language of the h. s. It is the butler
who secures the evidence against Leah. While
he decides to remain quiet, now that his master
is happy. Will finds out.
Leah is driven from the house. Several years
pass by. Will has become famous by his com-
positions mainly through the efforts of a concert
pianist. Madam Genez. Through the music
publisher.^ a great recital is arranged — Will is
to meet the pianist whom nobody seems to know
much about.
At the recital. Will comes face to face with his
wife. Though he had driven her out, she had
toiled to became a great player simply to play
his pieces and make him famous as a slight
atonement for her crime. Reconciliation comes
in a scene that is rife with pathos.
"WHEN ROMANCE CAME TO ANNE" (Two
Parts — July 27). — When the play opens, Anne is
a poor little forlorn sort of girl who owns no
clothes to speak of and whose hair is drawn
back so tightly that it pulls her features quite
out of shape. In the village of Rlverton, where
she lives with her father, they call her homely
and dowdy, and in all the town, romance loving
Anne is the only girl without a beau. When
Anne watches the young couples going by, arm
in arm, she wishes that she, too, could join them
on the arm of some young cavalier.
Mark Lane, bachelor, lives all alone and to
Anne he is the ideal man. But he refuses to
notice her along with all the rest of the girls in
the village. However, a day comes when the
man realizes that he should be married. He
visits Anne's father and has dinner at the house.
Anne is unusually attentive, and Mark comes
to believe that she would make him a good wife
and housekeeper. All brimful of joy Anne con-
sents, when he asks her, and the marriage fol-
lows shortly after. He takes his bride home
and the girl soon finds that Mark doesn't love
her. He discourages all show of affection. Anne
catches sight of her face in a big dishpan she
has polished and again realizes her ugliness
and sobs over the hopelessness of it. As time
goes on. Mark is kind and fair with her.
One day an invitation comes for Mark and
his wife to attend a barn dance. Anne runs out
into the fields with it and begs her husband to
go. Mark cares little about it, but consents
after his wife urges. Returning to the house.
Anne meets a peddler — and in her pocket Anne
has the first money she ever earned. She
bargains with the peddler and buys goods
— laces. Mark won't be ashamed of her
at the dance. Every night after he has gone
upstairs Anne takes out her precious dress
and sews upon it- Then the night of the
party comes around. Anne doesn't know it, but
her dress is a botch, noorly put together and ill
fitting. At the dance .\inrk finds farmers to talk
to and doesn't notice bis wife. Other girls
laugh at her. Heartbroken, the little wall flower
creeps out of the place and rushes home alone.
Mark follows her and upbraids her for putting
him in an embarrassing position.
Days pass. One afternoon Anne washes her
hair and goes into the fields to dry it. There
she meets an artist who is painting. He asks
her to pose for him. Anne does, only to be dis-
covered by her husband, who sends her to the
house angry. But the sight stirs Mark — awakens
something in his heart heretofore unknown.
Next day Anne comes out on her porch and to
amuse herself twines roses in her hair. The
artist, passine. stops at the gate and their con-
versation of the day before is resumed. Mark,
unable to work, for a demon of unrest and jeal-
ousy has taken possession of him. goes to the
house to find the artist again with his wife.
Furious, be orders the man away. Then Mark
turns to Anne and she stares at him with de-
mure eyes full of wonder at his rage. She
creeps a bit closer to hinr j.nd smiles at his
anger. Mark raises his arm half threateningly
— she only comes closer and when Marks arm
descends it is to enfold his flower bedecked wife
close to his heart.
U.NIVERSAL BOY (July 30).— Matty's parents
are suddenly called to Europe. Matty is left in
New York in charge of his aunt. 'Shortly after
bidding his parents goodby, Matty calls his
aunt's attention to a newspaper headline which
reads: "Race Between Automobile and Aero-
plane at Erighton Beach. Beachy vs. Oldfield."
Well, of course. Matt induces his aunt to take
him to the aviation field, and of course Matty
met Barney Oldfield, the famous "speed King."
who instructed him in the matter of handling a
racer. Then Matty crossed the field and was
introduced to Lincoln Beachy, the aviator, and
asks him about the race.
Next we have Matty up at Oyster Bay, where
his adventure-loving spirit has drawn him to
meet Col. Roosevelt. There is a big crowd on
hand. Matty breaks away from his aunt, as
the Colonel appears and climbs onto the run-
ning board where the Colonel greets him and in
an outburst of enthusiasm invites the little fel-
low into his car. Mr. Roosevelt then introduces
our hero to the Mayor of Oyster Bay and later,
during the speech of welcome on the part of
the Mayor to the ex-President, Matty, in his
great delight, leads the cheering of the excited
populace. After the reception, Matty and his
aunt return home.
On the day following this we find Matty down-
town in New York City standing before Ham-
merstein's Victoria theater at 42d street and
Rroadway. He earnestly scans the week's bill
and then is struck with the idea of going into
vaudeville himself. With this in mind he pre-
sents himself to Oscar Hammerstein, the famous
impresario, and he tells Matty to be back for
the matinee and he will give him a "try-out."
Matty returns to the theater and gives im-
personations of well-known vaudeville and
screen favorites, such as Harry Lauder, Ferd
Stwrling. and King Baggot, and he concludes with
an impersonation of Miss Gertrude Hoffmann in
her celebrated Salome dance. During this
dance, his aunt enters the theater and Matty's
career as a Taudeville artist comes to an end.
BISON.
■•TRIBAL WAR IN THE SOUTH SEAS" (Two
Parts — Aug. 1). — Lihula, King Kalana's daugh-
ter, is greatly loved by the young chief. Makapa.
Makapa's mother is a witch-doctor and it is her
consuming ambition that her son wed Lihula.
Poloka, a rival witch-doctor, has it nlanned that
his son. Lono. marry the King's daughter. The
rivalry between the two lovers, however, comes
to an unexpected issue when the King's son
meets with an accident and is injured. Poloka
brings all the sorcery at his command into play
and fails to heal the injured man. Makapa's
mother then tries her hand and cures the prince.
As a reward for her services King Kalana gives
his daughter to Makapa.
Poloka becomes enraged at his son's rejection
and with his son desert his tribe and joins the
band of a rebel chief. Thus allied with a power-
ful tribe Poloka and his son Lono return to
their own island, and steal Lihula now the wife
of Makapa. Xo sooner does Makapa learn of
the abduction of his young wife, than he sum-
mons all his men and prepares for war. Through
her black art Makapa's mother learns of the
whereabouts of Lihula. Makapa's warriors land
on the island of the rebel chief and a war of
extermination begins. As was said before the
fighting comes to a climax when Makapa and
Lono engaged in a fierce duel with the primi-
tive weapons used by the Polynesians. Makapa
slays Lono and carries his young wife back to
her people.
CRYSTAL.
"THEIR PARENT'S KIDS" (July 2S).— Vivi-
an's mother is being courted by Dave's father.
Vivian, is attending a girl's high school, while
Dave is about to graduate from college. The old
people deceive each other by saying they have
a child who is about ten or eleven years old.
Vivian's Ma writes her a letter to come home,
telling her to don a child's outfit, while the
Colonel writes the same to Dave. The young
people obev orders and things begin to happen
round the house. Eventually they tire of play-
ing kids and don their regular clothing. Dave
discovers Vivian and chases her : it winds up
by his being thrown into the lake. Finally the
old folks admit their deception and decide that
their love for each other is still the same, and
Vivian and Dave become good friends.
"CHARLIE'S TOOTHACHE" (July 28).—
Charlie suffers very greatly with a toothache.
He tries all sorts of remedies, but is unable to
alleviate his pain. He finally ties a rope to the
gas jet. thinking he can pull it out by walking
awav but instead puUs the equipment from the
ceiling and floods the house with the odor. Com-
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
613
motion reigns and most of tbe tenants suffocate.
He then tries other stunts which succeed only Id
generally broakinR up the house. He dives out
of tbe window onto a woman washing and preci-
pitates her into the tub. Still surterlng he runs
out into the street where ho gets Into an argu-
ment with a young man and they engage in
fisticuffs. During the battle the young man
hits Charlie on the jaw and knocks the bad tooth
out, whereupon Charlie embraees him joyfully.
STERLING.
"A WILD RIDE" (July 27).— Billy and Olive
are sweethearts, Desmond is also In love with
Olive and on numerous occasions Olive has
turned down Desmond's love making and finally
slapped him in the face and ordered him away.
Desmond, angry, swears revenge. He follows the
lovers while taking a ride in the gondola and
follows them from there to the roller coaster.
Billy and Olive get inside the coaster and start
to play. Desmond looks around and seeing no
one in sight, gives the coaster a shove, which
starts it off on its journey. The coaster races
around the track at a high speed and the chil-
dren scream to attract the attention of one of
the attendants. But the machinery becomes un-
manageable and he calls the assistance of the
police. The police come to the spot and after
several funny and unsuccessful attempts to stop
the coaster, they get into another and give
chase. After several funny situations they fin-
ally get it away and give chase.
The coaster in which Billy and Olive are in
meantime has stowed down and stops in some
obscure spot. Billy and Olive jump out and get
away. The police find that they cannot stop
their coaster. The coaster gains speed and the
other attendants who have arrived on the scene
are unable to stop it. Desmond in the mean-
time, horrified at his rash act, runs away from
the scene. Billy takes Olive among the rocks
on the beach and the picture closes with Olive's
head resting on Billy's shoulder.
GOLD SEAL.
"LUCILUE LOVE. THE GIRL OF MYSTERY"
(No. 13 — July 7). — Taking advantage of Lou-
beque's quarrel with Thompson, his butler, Lu-
cille picks up the priceless documents from the
floor, where they fell during the scuffle. She
runs out of the hacienda, jumps into Loubeque's
machine with the chauffeur, who has decided to
aid her, and begins a w^ild dash toward the
American frontier. Loubeque takes after her in
another machine, and a spectacular and thrill-
ing chase begins. The country is rough and the
roads are rough and in bad shape. Loubeque
can better stand the rough handling than the
girl, and as a consequence he gains on her
rapidly. Knowing what his fate will be if the
spy overtakes him, Lucille's chauffeur loses his
head while driving the machine over a dug-
way. The sight which Loubeque then witnesses
freezes his blood and causes him to cover his
eyes that he may see no more. Lucille's auto-
mobile swerves, hesitates and then dashes from
the dug-way and topples from the edge of the
cliff into the terrible abyss.
When she regains consciousness she finds her-
self in bed, with Loubeque caring for her and
administering to her injuries. The papers are
gone, and she is set back to the point where she
started. The futility of fighting the purposes of
such a man as Loubeque, with ail his
physical power, determination and keen
sense of intrigue, dawns upon the girl
and leaves her without an ounce of fighting
energy. Unasked, she agrees to give up the
fight which has already cost her so much and
return to San Francisco. In her heart she has
begun to admire Hugo Loubeque — his steadfast-
ness to a purpose which could actuate only a
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Loubeque has a feeling for Lucille which is far
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However, Loubeque has never lost sight of
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wrecked his life. Thus when he arrives in San
Francisco with Lucille he at once begins nego-
tiations with a Lieutenant Hadley to turn over
the papers to the Department of State and thus
dishonor Lucille's father. He makes an ap-
pointment to meet Hadley at a cafe, and there
deliver the papers to him. Lucille learns of his
plans and accompanies him to the cafe. Know-
ing that the spy will not talk business in her
presence, Lucille feigns illness and is excused.
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She hires one of tho cabaret dancers to allow
hor to uBc her clolheB and dance In her place.
Lucille dances la the cafe, and now and then,
when she edges near Louheque, she overhears
portions of his conversation. Then a most un-
expected thing happens. Lieutenant Gibson,
Lucille's sweetheart, hapnens Into the cafe. He
lunnot believe his eyes when ho sees Lucille,
the only daughter of General Sumpter Love, as a
cabaret dancer. Lucille also sees Gibson and
runs to him with the light of recognition and
love In her eyes. But GIson pushes her from
him in disgust. He can have nothing to do
with a cabaret dancer. She pleads with him,
but he will not listen to an explanation and
rushes from the cafe.
UNIVERSAL IKE.
•THE NEW COOK' (Juy 14).— Boys on Circle
Ranch dissatlsfled with the cooking, decide to
have the cook discharged. The ranch owner
sends Ike to town to bring a new cook back.
In the meantime, the cook's daughter has ar-
rived to pay her mother a visit. Ike mistakes
her for the new cook and takes her back to the
ranch. The boys, not knowing the relationship,
trv to make love to the girl and knock the old
lady The daughter obJecU, telling the boys the
old cook is her mother. She leaves her three
children and baby with Ike to take care of while
she returns to help mother.
The ranch hands now plot to get rid of the
mother by kidnapping the baby. Ike reWrns to
the house and baby is discovered missing. The
hunt starts. Ranch hands In the "^^"n,"^
write a note and place It on the floor, telling
them the baby will be returned when the mother
lea^s the ranch. The three children forgotten
in the house, find a gun which is accidentally
exDloded The old lady and daughter enter and
find the children all lying In a bunk and imag-
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THE WOOING OF BESSIE BUMPKIN (July
■xjT -Bess Bumpkin was probably the most
f^kward shrew who ever lived in a small vil-
l3Ee Thus, when it was announced that any
couple who would consent to be married at a
soecial marriage matinee at the opera house
^Sb? paid one hundred do';"^' <"f„ ^
Bumpkin grasped at the ".PP"'"""/, , '° /e^d
Bess off on one of her admirers. Bess agreea
fo the plan and Phil and Willie were advised
that Bess would marry the one who got to the
opera houslfirst on the afternoon of the mati-
°^Bach of the suitors secured a light surry and
the race commenced. Phil was tje,. first to
drfve away with the girK Then WiUie^ man-
neprl to eet her into his buggy. Then wiiiies
buler lolt a wheel. Willie, however, arrived
flrft^wilr Be'ss at the church mt to the con-
/arr"BuVlin'''lhe''^a;^arrU''1i.rtdrbeen
made to another couple.
WIFE'S BUSY DAY (August 1).— Henry
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On his way to the office, Henry meets fasci-
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proposition that will gain her a supper, car-
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is compromising situations and laughable in-
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"THE BUND'S AWAKENING" (August 2).—
Dolly ArrlTea at a little western hotel and se-
carea a Job as waitress. The cattle buyer also
oomes to the hotel, awaiting the arrival of the
cattleman with whom he expects to do busi-
ii«Bs. To the hotel proprietor's wife, Dolly
tells her story. Two years ago her father sent
her East for an education. There she met and
jnjtnied a youjig New Yorker, and for this her
father, who had planned that she marry an-
other, disowned her. She soon saw that her
husband was tiring of her and one night she
left him. Since then by degrees, she had been
working her way West.
Two gamblers discover that the cattle buyer
is carrying a large roll of money. They scheme
to get it. That night they issue from their
room and enter another — the wrong one —
Dolly's. Arthur hears her screams and comes
to her aid. In the fight that ensues the two
card men fall through the bannisters to the
lobby below, where the sheriff takes them in
(Charge. In Arthur, Dolly finds her husband
and soon learns that she erred in believing be
was tiring of her. The belated cattleman ar-
rives and overjoyed to find in Dolly, his daugh-
ter, is only too glad to offer his forgiveness
aad congratalations.
UNIVERSAL.
ANIMATED WEEKLY NO. 123 (July 15).—
Launching of "Nevada." — Latest U. S. battle-
ship christened "Nevada" and successfully
launched In Fore River Shipbuilding Yards —
Quincy, Mass. Sub-Title: Eleanor Ann Siebert
the sponsor. Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels. Gov. Oddie of Nevada. Assistant Sec-
retary Roosevelt.
Disastrous Storm Hits Paris. — Tremendous
downpour causes cave-in of streets and under-
sroond railroad in parts of Paris, France.
Metropolitan Bloomer Girls. — Champion suf-
fragette baseball team defeats New York's col-
ored giants — New York City.
Exhibitors meet. — National convention of mo-
tion picture eihibitors held in Dayton. Ohio.
Active Week for I. W. W. — Unable to obtain
permit for public funeral of three of their
members killed by bomb, memorial meeting is
beld in Union Square — New York City.
Unique Engineering Feat. — Without blocking
traffic Lehigh Valley Railroad replaces old steel
bridge with 650-ton concrete girder span, Buf-
falo. N. T.
Latest Mode in Paris. — Some beautiful gowns
worn by fashionable Parisiennes.
People's Regatta on Schuylkill. — Noted crews
from far and near battle for honors in annual
races — Philadelphia, Pa.
James J. Jeffries.— Ex-champion pugilist
visits mammoth studios of Universal Film Mfg.
Company — Hollywood, Cal.
The Royal Ascot. — King George and Queen
Mary attend the famous English classic —
Epsom Downs. England.
Impressive Funeral Ceremonies. — Many prom-
inent men pay last tribute to ex-Senator Edwin
Bailey, well-known Democrat — Patchogue, N. Y.
Japanese Squadron Attends Barbecue. —
Mikado's sailors from visiting Japanese train-
ing ship give exhibition of their skill — Wood-
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Largest Gun in World. — New 16-inch gun
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AN INDIAN ECLIPSE (July 29).— Lawson
Is a new Indian Agent at the Beaver Creek
Reservation. Muriel, a local girl, makes friends
with the agent, to the disgust of Jim Hill, a
dlssolnte trapper, who follows her, jumps into
her wagon and drives her horse at break-neck
speed from the village. Lawson sees the act,
mounts his horse, and overtakes the wagon.
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In revenge the ira;>per slays an Indian and
then telle the Chief that he saw Lawson kill
him. Lawson and the girl are captured by the
Indians and brought to their village as prison-
ers. Beaver Tail is the son of the Chief, and
a recent graduate from Carlisle. Being a
warm friend of Lawson, he assists in the lat-
ter's release. Lawson finds an old almanac in
his pocket and notes that an eclipse of the
sun is due. He plots with Beaver Tail to fool
the Indians and so Beaver Tail tells the Chief
that Lawson will prove his innocence by a sign
from Ti-ra-wa (the Indian god). As the
eclipse comes on, Lawson points dramatically
to the sky. The darkness over, Lawson is re-
leased. He takes Muriel home and on the
way, while crossing a deep ravine on a log
bridge, Hill attempts to follow and attack
them. In doing so, he slips and falls to his
death.
MAGGIE'S HONEST LOVER (July 31).—
Maggie's dad works at the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position grounds and Maggie takes his lunch to
him every day. Eddie, !:3r sweetheart, is a
carpenter, also in the Exposition employ. The
dirty foreman loves the girl and there is de-
cided trouble between him and the carpenter,
Eddie. Dad objects to the foreman and the
foreman retaliates.
At last the villain sees that his only chance
is to take the girl by force. With Eddie and
the girl scampering hand in hand through the
grounds below, the foreman plots with two
workmen on the roof of a nearby building to
attack Eddie. The girl is captured and, amid
piles of lumber in the Foreign Arts Building,
the foreman ties her up and sends for a min-
ister. Eddie takes the minister's place and
rescues the girl. Dad and mother come to the
rescue and a burly policeman arrests the fore-
man and his accomplices.
VICTOR.
OUT OF THE VALLEY (July 27).— Bud Os-
borne, sheriff, is brutal by nature and as a re-
sult of his associations with criminals his out-
look is sordid ; he has no ideals or faith in
men. The only thing good that he owns is a
wife and a baby. Jack Lacy is wanted for the
killing of a gambler at Cripple Creek. The
The man killed in self-defense and escaped be-
cause the case against him looked bad. Lacy
is now waiting for the arrival of his wife who
is coming West with an emigrant train. Os-
borne is offered a reward of $1,000 if he will
capture Lacy. He needs the money and so
arrests Lacy.
While the sheriff and his prisoner are re-
turning to town they are attacked by Indians.
Osborne is wounded. Lacy saves him. The
Indian uprising is general and the emigrant
train in which Mrs. Lacy is traveling is like-
wise attacked. However, the emigrants suc-
cessfully repel the Indians. While Lacy is
helping the wounded Osborne along he meets
the emigrant train. Lacy's first thought is of
his wife and he leaves the sheriff to find her.
When Osborne recovers his strength he thinks
of his prisoner and of the handsome reward for
his capture. He inquires after Lacy and goes
to arrest him. Pushing back the flap of the
wagon Osborne looks inside. He sees a young
woman on a straw mattress with a baby on her
breast and over the woman and baby is bending
Lacy, the outlaw. Osborne mounts his horse
and rides home to his own familv.
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31). — The island on which baby Flo is, is oc-
cupied by one inhabitant, an old hermit. He
discovers the little waif, whom he raises. Flo,
as she grows up. is a rough but pretty girl, the
only person in the world the old hermit loves.
He guards the island against any invasion
and no one is allowed to put foot on it except
a young fisherman who has won his way into
the graces of the old man by supplying him
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is in love with Flo and often takes her sailing
on his boat. He teaches her how to sail it.
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dogs and the boat are ber only amusements ou
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of his loved one, their lives at an end.
ECLAIR.
"THE DUPE" (Two Parts— July 29).— Tom
Roberts, working for a dishonest mining man,
inherits .$TO,(k;K). He plans immediate marriage
with his sweetheart, Grace. Wallace, his em-
ployer, invites him to his home, where he meets
Borden, a promoter, and Vivian, the weak
willed but beautiful daughter o£ the mining
man. She fascinates Tom and he calls again.
Meanwhile Grace's mother is sick. Grace writes
Tom that she is leaving for Foston.
Time goes by and, as Wallace intercepts
Grace's letters, Tom hears nothing from her
and imagines she has forgotten him. Borden
endeavors to sell him some worthless stock but
the young fellow fights shy. Wallace deter-
mines to get him through his daughter and to
this end, while Tom and Vivian are dining at
Meadowbrook Inn, he has his chauffeur steal
Tom's car. They are marooned for the night
Tom stays at a neighboring farm house until
the morning. As he is inquiring after Vivian
at the Inn, the father enters, and. assuming
an outraged and angry attitude, tells Tom he
shall either invest his fortune as he dictates
and marry bis daughter or he will expose the
occurrence to the world. Trapped in the snare
and partly fascinated by the girl's charms,
Roberts decides to marry Vivian.
Meanwhile Grace's mother dies and the girl
returns and inquires at the office for Tom.
She is told by Wallace that the young fellow is
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Beaten and in despair he turns from the house.
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to Wallace's office. While waiting, the breeze
from an electric fan blows a telegram, stating
that the Apollo Mine has struck ore. from the
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"IN THE DAYS OF OLD" (August 2).— Ro-
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"FIRELIGHT" (Two Parts — August 5).—
John Marten, a millionaire twice over. Is money
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On the day of their tenth anniversary, of
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HER •REALLY" MOTHER (July 21) —
Please, I'm Kathie Stanton, and I'm looking
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Puck, per order. The Fairy Queen."
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"THE BROKEN BARRIER" (Two Parts-
July 27). — On the night of her wedding to Jack
Hillery, a prominent member of New York so-
ciety, Eunice Cosgrove, who is the daughter of
a newlyrich and socially ambitious family, finds
a letter from her mother to Jack proposing the
marriage and offering Eunice's fortune in return
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marry him. The young wife, upon reading the
letter, jumps to the conclusion that Jack has
married her for her money and on her wedding
trip asserts that their marriage shall be one of
form only and that she will be his wife merely
in name.
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happiness in social affairs. Jack saves Eunice
from the consequences of a private supper with
a well known club man, and both young people
realize that their love for each other has grown
Btronger. In his weakened financial condition,
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recoup at the same time that Eunice with an
arersion for her money starts speculating wild-
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"DOES IT END RIGHT?" (July 29).— Rich-
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hideous countenance.
This continual reminder of his misfortune
proving too much for his soul, he retires to
his country estate where he will be removed
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"ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A JUG" (July 31).—
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THE LONG FEUD (Two Parts— July 29).—
Yancey and Harper are two old mountaineers.
A feud has existed in their families for years.
Yancey and Harper are discovered shooting at
each other in the opening of the story. They
are stopped by the rain. Returning home,
Harper tries to persuade his only son, Frank,
to go out and become actively engaged in the
feud. Frank refuses. Yancey likewise has
his daughter, Louisa, swear a blood oath on the
Bible against the Harpers. She takes the oath.
Frank Harper leaves home and goes to the
city where he becomes a practicing lawyer in
eight years. He returns to the village upon
being informed that his old father is grieving
for him. While there he meets Louisa Yancey.
who is now a beautiful young woman. A love
affair ensues. They are discovered by old Yan-
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ordering her to go out and shoot Frank Harper.
She. remembering the blood oath, attempts to do
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with Frank who assures her of his love. Old
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seen by Louisa, who makes a quick cut across
a dangerous marsh in order to warn Frank
Harper of his impending danger. In doing so
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rescue. He makes a rope of the horse's bridle
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Yancey appears on the scene and being unable
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him in the hand. Later he sees that it is his
daughter whom Frank is trying to save
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KAY BEE.
THE SHERIFF OF BISBEE {Two Parts-
July 24). — Bud Farone, a saloon keeper of Bis-
bee, Arizona, resorts to selling whisky to the
Indians in order to get money to perform an
operation on his little invalid daughter. The
citizens of Bisbee are disgusted with their sher-
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nominate Ed Simms to run for sheriff in place
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interests, reports it to the men of Bisbee. Bud
Farone makes his escape and the angry citizens
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redeem himself, Blake goes in search of Farone,
Farone finds Blake asleep, disarms him and
then informs him that if he will give his wife
$500 of the reward that is offered for him that
he will let him take him back to town. Blake
agrees. After he has brought Farone back to
Bisbee and has had him locked up. he throws
the key to the cell in his window, then goes to
Simms' office, telling him that he holds no en-
mity and insists on his taking a drink with him.
While they are in the saloon. Farone makes his
escape. When the citizens find that Simms has
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position again. Blake is reinstated. The oper-
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Farone and the child join Farone, who has
escaped into Mexico.
DOMINO.
JIM CAMERON'S WIFE ( Two Parts— July
30). — Jim Cameron becomes desperate at his
failure to get work, and resolves to hold up the
stage in order to provide necessities for his wife
and sick child, Mildred. Mrs. Cameron discov-
ers him in the act of making a mask and pleads
with him to give up the thought of such a thing.
A $500 rewarad is offered for the outlaw. Andy
Stiles, or any member of his gang. Anticipating
a holdup of the richly laden stage, the sheriff
plans to take passage on the stage in the dis-
guise of a minister. Andy Stiles and his gang
hold up the stase. but they are overpowered
by the sheriff. Andy is injured and flees from
his pursuers, taking refuge in Mrs. Cameron's
cottage. She is unaware that she is bandaging
up the outlaw's wounds and upon seeing the
posse coming to her cabin, tells Stiles to run
for his life. Stiles then reveals his identity to
her. Begging her to remove the bandages, he
shoots in the air and claims that she has
captured him. thereby receiving the ."JoOO reward.
When the posse arrive they are surprised to see
that she has been brave enough to capture Stiles.
Jim comes home to find his flnancial problems
solved by the $500 reward earned by his wife.
Ann Haggerty, an inmate of a girl's reforma-
tory, to Mrs. Sinclair and tells her the girl is
her daughter. Mrs. Sinclair, when she recovers,
refuses to believe that her daughter has died
and takes Ann to her heart. The girl's rascally
brother, "Bull" Haggerty. learns of his sister's
good fortune and secures a position as groom
with the Sinclair family where he blackmails
his sister.
The girl finally triumphs over her fear of
■■B"ull,'* defends Mrs, Sinclair's property and re-
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who visits Mrs. Sinclair from the West.
•■A GENTLEMAN FOR A DAY" (July 17).—
Leland is a young boy, whose mother is a
seamstress in a little country town. He likes
to go swimming with other boys. His mother
catches him just as he is getting ready to go
to the swimming hole, drags him home, and
spanks him soundly. The punishment takes
place on the porch and is witnessed by a little
girl who passes by in an automobile. She
laughs gleefully, and her merriment makes
Leland very sad. Sadly he wishes he was a
rich boy.
The boy falls asleep and dreams that his
mother is very wealthy and that he is sent to a
private school. There he meets Helen, the lit-
tle girl who laughed at him, and is alternately
favored and ignored by her. The boys who used
to play with him laugh at him and call him
"Cissy," and Leland yearns for the old days.
He wakes and finds that it was only a dream.
His mother tells him that he csn go swimming
and he runs joyfully off to join his playmates.
•'THE PENDULUM OF FATE" (Two Parts-
July 21). — Two sisters spent the summer at a
seashore resort, and Bess, the younger, fell in
love with a life guard who had saved her from
drowning. Her sister Alice was engaged to a
wealthy banker and little Bess did not dare to
tell of her romance. On the day that Alice was
married, however, Bess cut herself off from all
family ties by eloping with the young life guard.
Her parents never saw her again and didn't
know that she and her little giri had taken
refuge with her husband's father after the
death of her husband. The old fisherman was
kindly to his daughter-in-law. and when she.
too, passed away, he took the best care of the
little girl.
About thirteen years after the elopement,
Alice, her husband and their only child, a girl,
were on a yachting cruise and put in at a small
fishing village because the banker had some im- •
portant telegrams he found he must send at
once. Marion, his daughter, went ashore in the
boat with him, accompanied by the nurse. While
the father was away the nurse and the sailor
from the yacht wandered off to look around the
place, leaving Marion alone. Suddenly she was
confronted by another little girl who looked ex-
actly like her. but who was shabbily dressed.
The rich little girl envied the other, however,
because she was bare-foot and could go in wad-
ing.
As a lark, Marion suggested that they ex-
change clothes and the poor child was thor-
oughly willing to do so. After they exchanged
garments Marion, now dressed as the poor little
girl, ran up the beach to go in wading with
some other children, while Madeline "played she
was a lady." She leaned over the side of the
ship's boat to learn all about it, slipped and fell
inside, hitting her head against a plank. It
knocked her unconscious and when the banker
arrived a few minutes later he naturally thought
that his own child had been badly injured and
made all haste to get her on the yacht. There
she recovered, but, to the banker's grief, she de-
clared she was not his child, but belonged to
an old fisherman. He and his wife both knew
it was delirium and they called in eminent
specialists, who failed to accomplish much. In
the meantime the real rich child had been taken
in charge by the man she thought was her
grandfather and she could not convince him
that they had never met before.
Marion escaped from the house, leaving a note
for the old fisherman, and managed to reach
New York through her own confidence and quick
wit. Traveling by freight train is slow and by
the time she got home the old fisherman was
there ready to grab her. There were mutual
explanations, and the two little girls who look-
ed so much alike found that they were really
cousins. The old fisherman discovered new
friends and a new home ; for the banker and his
wife never forgot the care he had taken of the
poor little girl who was one of their own.
A CORRECTION.— In last week's issue, on
Page 47.9. under the head of Thanhouser, a story
was published of "The Leaven of Good" as being
released on July 17. This is incorrect ; the pic-
ture was released on July 12. On July 17 "A
Gentleman for a Day," a synopsis of which is
herewith published, was released.
and makes a night of it. He takes home a
tramp, who is mistaken by Sadie's friends for
Izzy. Sadie is informed that her sweetheart is
going to perdition. She reads a note of Izzy's,
telling her she will be to blame if he fills a
drunkard's grave.
Sadie sends a messenger after the tramp, with
a note telling the supposed Izzy that he will be
forgiven if he returns. The tramp is puzzled
by the note, but returns to Izzy's home. The note
drops from the tramp's pocket ; Izzy picks it up,
and a few minutes later is dashing madly in the
direction of Sadie's home.
"A WIFE FROM THE COUNTRY" (July 10).
— Jack Bruce is warned by his father that un-
less he stops dissipating he will be disinherit-
ed. Bruce, Sr., is saved from the hoofs of a
runaway team by Mary Thorner. Bruce thinks
the girl an ideal wife for Jack, and, upon his
return, urges Jack to visit her, telling him that
he will settle $100,000 on him if he marries her.
Jack goes to the country and wins Mary's heart.
They are married and return to town. Bruce
finally falls really in love with his wife.
"BLUE PETE'S ESCAPE" (Two Reels— July
11). — Detective Burton mixes with crooks for
years and never appears at head quarters, and
is very successful. B'urton proves of great as-
sistance in cleaning up the town. Posing as the
notorious "Blue Pete," Burton becomes friendly
with "Chicago Red." "Chicago Red" tells Bur-
ton he plans to rob the Goodall Construction
Company's safe, and Burton agrees to help him.
"Pittsburg Slim," tramp friend of "Chicago
Red," is jealous of "Blue Pete," and follows
them to the scene of their job.
The police capture "Chicago Red," but "Blue
Pete" is permitted to escape. "Pittsburg Slim"
sees through the trick, and when "Chicago Red"
also escapes the two trail Burton to his sweet-
heart's home. The police arrive in time to
capture "Red" and "Slim." and Burton is saved.
"HOW IZZY STUCK TO HIS POST" (July
15). — Izzy loves Mae. the village belle. A yegg,
posing as a canvasser, comes to town and nearly
steals Mae away from Izzy. Izzy varnishes a
chair with quick-drying glue. In his absence
Mae and the yegg enter the store. Izzy returns
and sits down in the chair. Mae asks Izzy to
take her home, but Izzy is compelled to refuse.
Mae leaves with the yegg. Izzy frees himself,
but his trousers and part of his person are left
on the chair.
Afraid to pass through the streets. Izzy spends
the night in the store. He is awakened shortly
after midnight by the yegg trying to break open
the safe. Izzy captures the yegg, thereby be-
coming the town hero, and cementing himself
even more strongly in Mae's regard.
"OUR MUTUAL GIRL (No. 27— July 20).—
While arranging Margaret's hair. Lewis. Our
Mutual Girl's maid, drops a mirror to the floor
and breaks It. The maid, being superstitious, is
much frightened at this, and decides to go to a
fortune-teller to find out what to do about the
matter. Margaret, becoming curious herself,
goes with Madge Travers to see Madame Dolores,
a seeress.
Madame Dolores assures Margaret that she
will not be affected by the incident, but warns
her that she is beset by a grave danger, and
should go to the seaside.
At the Highlands Margaret mounts an observa-
tion tower to watch the ships out at sea. The
watchman leaves at sunset for the day. and.
not knowing that Margaret is in the tower,
locks her in. Margaret manages to attract Dun-
bar's attention, and the Man of Mystery, with
bow and arrow, shoots a cord to her. A rope
ladder is attached to the cord. Margaret then
makes her way, hand under hand, to safety.
KOMIC.
"WRONG .\LL AROUND" (July 12).— Spotty
Jones abuses his wife, and she determines to be
revenged. She calls her mother to her aid.
Jones, apprised of her coming, changes name-
plates in the hall, and when the mother-in-law
arrives she goes to the wront apartment. Never
having seen her son-in-law. she opens hostilities
on the occupant of the apartment, the hen-
pecked Mr. Hicks. Mrs. Hicks, returning unex-
pectedlv home, finds a strange woman beating
her husband. Mrs. Hicks is busy lambasting the
intruder when the father-in-law bursts open the
door and sees Mrs. Hicks beating his wife.
Jones tries to square things, hut his ex-
planations don't clear him. and the film ends
with Jones attacked from all sides.
THANHOUSER.
'■THE SUBSTITUTE" (Two Parts— July 7).—
Grieving over the death of her daughter, Mrs.
Sinclair, a wealthy widow. loses her miud. Af-
ter trying a dozen other expedients to restore
her reason, the widow's physician introduces
RELIANCE.
"HOW IZZY WAS SAVED" (July S).— Izzy
is late for his appointment with his sweetheart.
Sadie. Sadie takes no excuses and accuses Izzy
of drinking too much. Izzy denies her accusa-
tion. He takes back the ring be has given her
MAJESTIC.
"THE ONLY CLUE" fJuly 7).— Jim Brough-
ton quarrels with Tom Collins and knocks Tom
against the curb. Jim believes he has killed
him. and robs a detective to get money to fiee.
The detective determines to "get" the man who
robbed his house, feeling sure he can identify
him by a long scar and a twisted finger on his
left hand. Years pass. Broughton has married
and is hapny when the detective, passing
through the foundry In which he works, thinks
he recognizes Hroughton. Broughton, in des-
peration, plunges his hand into a mold of molten
metal, and thus destroys the detective's only
clue.
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■•THE OLD DERELICT- (July 14j.— Foster,
a young married man in comfortable circum-
•Unces, gets drunk and attacks his wife. Real-
lilng that he cannot control his appetite lor
drink, Foster settles all his property on his
wile and goes away. Foster drifts to the mines ;
his craving for liquor keeps him down. Through
all his misfortunes he clings to a little tin box
containing a Masonic emblem. Thirty years
pass. Foster, changed beyond all recognition
returns to his old home. He finds that his
daughter has married and has two pretty chil-
dren.
Foster saves the children from being injured
in a gun-powder e-tplosion, but is mortally
wounded himself. The derelict tries to conceal
Ui« trinkets which will identify him. His son-
in-law discovers the old man's secret, and de-
stroys ail evidence of his identity.
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. SI (July 16).—
Terrific bomb explosion wrecks tenement house
N. Y. City. Three 1. W. W. agitators are vic-
tims.
Boston, Mass., holds swimming championship.
Two French aviators, Bourish and Pelletier,
are killed in aeroplane accident at Versailles,
France,
AlViwmsa Kissling and Maurice Gotlieb,
ftrlisfts of the Latin quarter, Paris, France,
fight exciting duel tor the love of a pretty
model.
The dancing craze hits Coney Island. Bathers
tangoing on the beach.
Xlr. Kermit Roosevelt, son of ex-President
Theo. Roosevelt, marries Miss Belle Villard at
Madrid, Spain.
Violent storm of wind and rain causes loss
of life and property in Paris, France.
The steamship "Oriole," in collision with an-
other vessel, "turns turtle" in the Thames
River, London, England. ■
V. S. Customs officials seize and destroy
$50,000 worth of opium, smuggled into Los
Angeles, Cal.
The old cup defender "Reliance," which
triumphed over the "Shamrock" in 1903, is
kelog broken up in a Brooklyn shipyard.
First International Cycle Car Races are held
at Detroit, Mich.
ECLECTIC.
DETECTIVE CRAIG'S COUP (Five Parts).—
GoTernment sleuths, headed by Detective Craig,
have succeeded in running down a gang of
Uetropolitan counterfeiters. Although their
Information as regards the location of the gang's
kangout and its plans is complete, they are un-
able to produce evidence against the man cir-
culating bad money. Suspicion rests, however,
oa James Dalton, a clever crook, who rarely
visits the counterfeiters room. Dalton gets rid
•f his bad money through unsuspected "fences."
Ha has just succeeded in using Bob Brierly, a
yonng prodigal from the west, who dropped his
aooney on the great white way for this pur-
^se. When the bartender who_took the bad
money discovers it he calls in the police.
Dalton, as usual, escapes while Bob. Inno-
cant of the part he has played, is caught and
convicted. Released from jail he meets Mae
Edwards whom he had formerly befriended.
She recommends him to her employer, a banker,
and Brierly secures a responsible position.
Thinking he has eluded the detectives. Dalton
comes to the bank to look the ground over
>reparatory to a robbery which he is planning.
Ha runs into Brierly and tries to make him an
accomplice. Bob, who has married Mae Ed-
wards and wishes to lead an honest life, re-
laxes. Dalton advises the banker that Hob Is
an ex-convict and Bob loses his position. Dal-
ion's persistent efforts make it impossible for
Bob to get work and he is forced to joint the
crook. Craig has been shadowing Dalton and
knows that Bob is takin? part in the proposed
robbery against his will. Having made hia
ylans beforehand Craig frustrates the robbery.
DaltOB alone gets away by going hand over
hand across an electric cable between two sky-
scrapers. He is later caught in an exciting
motor-boat chase. Craig then vindicates Bob
and the banker gives him back his old position
Bob goes home and tells Mae. and iheir cup of
happiness is t.Iled to overflowing.
A ROYAL IMPOSTOR (Four Parts).— Prince
Ludwig, of Gravania, is very wild and indulges
himself in many dissipations which reflect no
credit on the good name of the reigning family.
He has a double in his servant Enrico whom he
dresses in his uniform when he leaves the pal-
ace so that his absence will not be noticed.
Enrico is in love with a pretty peasant girl,
Valerie, who in turn is faithful to him. On
one of the rides through the royal parks Prince
Ludwig sees the girl and falls desperately in
love with her. True to Enrico, however, she
repulses the Piince. He not being used to have
his wi.shes frustrated has the girl kidnapped
and brought to his room in the palace. Before
the Prince returns Enrico accidentally enters.
Valerie tells him of her plight and he helps her
escape through a secret passage.
Valerie has no sooner disappeared from the
reom than the Prince enters and a quarrel
starts between him and bis servant in which
the Prince is killed. Xews comes almost simul-
taneuosly that the king is dead, and Enrico
dressing himself in the prince's uniform goes
out and passes himself off as the prince. Later
the body of the suposed servant, but in reality
the prince is found, and the blame is laid upon
the newly made servant-king. The cabinet de-
cides to make way with the king because of
his scoundrelly action in killing his servant.
When Enrico goes to the home of Valerie to
declare himself truly the trap is laid by the
chief of police. Valerie recognizes her true
lover and tries to aid him to escape, but the
paths are too well guarded and the false Enrico
falls a victim to his own ambition.
THE RBIGX OF TERROR (Six Parts.— Dur-
ing the French revolution which changed the
government of France from a monarchy to a re-
public, the lowest citizens of Paris seized the
reins of government and caused the imprison-
ment and death of the flower of the French no-
bility. .Among these was Queen Marie Antoin-
ette. This photo drama shows the attempts made
by her friends to get her out of the power of
revolutionists and is built up from the cele-
brated novel "The Chevalier de Maison Rouge,"
by Alexander Dumas. The story opens with the
Queen in prison. The Chevalier de Maison Rouge
visits his brother-in-law Dixmer, who is sup-
posed to be strong for the revolution, and enlists
his help in a desperate attempt to free the
Queen. A young officer of the revolutionists is
persuaded by the wife of Dixmer to allow the
Queen to take a little exercise in the courtyard
of the prison. On one of these walks she is pre-
sented with some flowers, one of which contains
a note telling of the plans of the conspirators.
This note is found by one of the guards and the
attempt to rescue her is a failure.
Xot to be disappointed the Chevalier makes a
second attempt. The authorities fearing this
have the Queen moved to another prison. Dix-
mer and the Chevalier by a ruse overpower the
warden, and Dixmer's wife takes the place of
the Queen in the cell. The plot seems to be
going successfully when it is spoiled by the
arrival of the Queen's former guards. To pre-
vent any further attempts the revolutionary
tribunal order the execution of the Queen. This
is carried out. although the Chevalier and Dix-
mer make another attempt to rescue her which
results in their death.
GAUMONT.
"THE FALSE MAGISTRATE" (Fantomas No.
5). — Having committed murder in Belgium, Fan-
tomas is sentenced to life imprisonment. Two
crimes committed in France suggest to Inspec-
tor Juve that the ■ Fantomas gang is still at
work. He conceives the idea that if Fantomas
is set free it will be possible to follow him and
capture him and the remaining members of the
gang. The villain escapes from prison and
makes his way to the railroad station and
boards a train where he is tracked by private
detectives. W^hen the train stops at a country
station. Fantomas alights with the intention of
making .good his escape, but he finds that he is
being followed by two detectives, whom he
recognizes. He goes back to his carriage, which
leads the detectives to think he is quite safe,
but he crosses the train and leaves by the oppo-
site door, jumping into the baggage wagon of
the train on the opposite rail. Just at that mo-
ment the tram moves and a magistrate who
happens to have nearly missed the train' also
jumps into the baggage wagon. Fantomas who
was hiding, attacks the magistrate, and after a
severe struggle in which he is victorious as-
sumes the disguise of the magistrate and takes
his clothes and papers. He continues the jour-
ney as the magistrate, successfully rescues cer-
tain criminals, who are brought before him to
be tried, and manages to blackmail several
members of society, with whom he is brought in
contact. While here he is recognized by Fan-
dor, the young and clever Journalist who
happens to come into the district and who has
suspicions as to the authenticity of the magis-
trate. He decides to keep watch upon him His
suspicions are well founded and he identifies the
magistrate as none other than Fantomas \f-
ter much trouble, he is able to get papers
committing Fantomas to prison, but Fantomas'
suspecting his immediate arrest, issues an order
to the head warden, and tells him that it is
Detective Juve s intention to be arrested dis-
guised as Fantomas. The warden is not to tell
a soul of the detective's intentional disguise,
but is to let him remain in nrison until li
o'clock midnight, when the head warden is to
personally release him. The police, not sus-
pecting anything of this, feel quite ' safe when
Fantomas is put in the cell and securely barred
and locked. His scheme works favorably and
once more Fantomas is at large.
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"GYPSY LOVE" (Five Parts).- Herve has
neglected his wife, Blanche, and has left her for
weeks at a time, while he amused himself on
the Rivieri and at Monte Carlo, Blanche's
loneliness has been relieved by Guido, and their
friendship has finally culminated in an unwise,
attachment. Blanche, not daring to entrust
Guide's love letters to the post, gives the packet
to Mme. Ruisor, the wife of the Mayor of Na-
ples, and writes Guido telling him to call on
Mme. Ruisor and obtain them. Guido calls at
the Mayor's residence expecting to obtain the let-
ters from Madam Ruisor, but is received by the
Mayor. Guido, at a loss to explain his call on
Mme. Ruisor, the Mayor's suspicions are
aroused, and he searches his wife's writing-desk
where he discovers the packet of letters. His
horrible fear seems confirmed by the first letter
he sees. "I cannot bear to think your husband
has a parent's right to our little girl."
It happens that Vyamar at this time applies
to the mayor for a permit allowing his band of
gypsies to encamp in the city. When the Mayor
Ruisor suddenly conceiving a fiendishly cruel re-
venge upon his supposedly unfaithful wife, goes
to the nursery, seizes his infant daughter, Dolly,
rushes with her to his office and hands her over
with a purse of gold to Gyamar and commands
him to leave immediately with the child for
parts unknown. Gyamar obeys forthwith. When
his wife returns the mayor realizes his blunder:
tut all efforts to recover their child prove futile.
Little Dolly is soon accustomed to her nomadic
life and she and little Azucena have become
inseparable friends. It is not until Dolly is
about eighteen years old that a decisive turning
point occurs in her life.
Old Gyamar's lust for gold has led him to sell
the now beautiful gypsy dancer to an infamous
nobleman of great wealth, but Erik, a young
gypsy, aided by Dolly's loyal friend Azucena,
succeed in saving Dolly who now throws in her
lot with the youth. Erik, feeling justified in
leaving Gyamar. At the first inn Dolly and Erik
enter, two acrobats induce the young people to
join them and form an acrobatic troupe. They
agree and after much rehearsing Erik and
Dolly become skillful members of the "Black
Devils" as they style their troupe.
Dolly's father is now Minister of War. On
one of his horseback rides he meets an old
gypsy and inquires of her if she ever visited
the town before. She refers him to the gypsy
chieftain, and he recognizes old Gyamar. He is
overjoyed and promises Gyamar anything within
his power if he will but restore his daughter.
The old man cannot forego this opportunity of
gain and bethinks him of Azucena. He presents
Azucena as the missing Dolly and Ruisor is de-
lighted with her.
The joy of the parents is of short duration,
for Azucena, overwhelmed by the love showered
upon her by her supposed parents, is unable to
continue the deception and she confesses that she
is not Dolly but Azucena. With this clue and
every power of the government at his command
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the Minister of War soon leams tlie whereabouts
of the "Black Devils." It requires no second
Slimpse from Madam Ruisor to reveal the ident-
ity of Dolly. Erik, the acrobat-lover of Dolly, is
glTen a position in the government by the Min-
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not cherish an acrobat as a son-in-law. even
though he be a professional man, and it is not
lens after that the young people are married.
WARNER'S FEATURES.
"THE MEDICINE BAG. "—In the olden days
the mail stage-coach left the frontier town of
Saint Joseph, and headed across the prairie to
Santa Fe was guarded by the escort of mounted
sen. It was a Journey of 2.000 miles, beset
with the dangers of wild animals, prairie fires
and ferocity of lurking Indians. Here and there
OH the outskirts of civilization were the cabins
which the early settlers erected on the prairie.
1b one of these houses dwelt Anna and her aged
father. Anna was the sweetheart of Dan, one of
the mail-coach guards, and her heart would
Jump for Joy when in the distance she saw the
stase-coach approaching across the flat plains.
On one of these trips Dan befriended an Indian,
Two Feathers, who had fallen from his horse
and was dying. As a reward the grateful In-
dian gave Dan his precious medicine bag, tell-
iBC him that bad luck would never come to him
•r anyone else who possessed it.
Anna and Dan set their wedding day and as.
m hetrothal pledge he gave her the magic medi-
cine bag. Soon after this the red skins under
the terrible chief Black Kettle went with war-
ynlnt and tomahawk upon the bloody war path.
They surprised and robbed the stage-coach, then
attacked and set in flames the little cabin of
Anna's father. She was captured by Two
Feathers, who recognized the medicine bag
and took her under his protection, intending to
return her to Dan in gratitude for his kind
serrlces.
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the Indian's tomahawks went with all haste to
warn his sweetheart of the savages' outbreak.
When he arrived at the cabin he found it in
rains. Anna gone and her father severely
wonnded. He was almost distracted with grief.
When casting his eyes on the ground he recog-
Blxed the gaudy eolered scarf which belonged to
Two Feathers ^^ He started to overtake them, and
rascne his betrothed. For miles across the un-
dnlatlng plains he and his companions trailed
the gnllty tribe and at last reached the Indian
encampment. His companions realizing that they
were not strong enough to attack the savages dis-
patched one of their members to Fort Leaven-
worth to ask the aid of the army in freeing the
captives. Two Feathers and his wife took Anna
tnto their wigwam and were treating her with
the kindest of attention. Dan's heart was sorely
troabled about the safety of Anna and he could
not wait until the morning for the troops to ar-
liye, but resolved to go single handed into the
Indians' camn. He entered the wigwam of Two
Feathers and was about to kill him when he
learned from Anna herself that she owed her
life to the Indian. In the cool mornin? air the
soldiers' bugles sounded the charge and the
troops from all sides rushed in upon the In-
dians. The first to die was Two Feathers, who
fell lifeless into the arms of his wife with a
tinllet In his heart. Dan and Anna after giving
faithful words of consolation to the weeping
sqnaw turned their ponies' noses toward civiliza-
tion to be married, pledging themselves never
to forget Two Feathers' kindness or to part
with the magic medicine bag.
"HER LAST HOPE". — Robert after rescuing
L.ncy the star of the moving picture company
where he Is employed, from a fire which con-
sumes the plant is infatuated with her charms.
The pair leave Italy and go to America. In doing
this he abandons his sister Olga to live as best
as she may on the scanty earnings of her worth-
less and drunken father. Shortly after this the
father dies from his dissipation, and Olga dis-
evnraged In her light against want and poverty
Aecldes to accept the attentions of a wealthy
connt. In America Lucy has grown tired of
Robert and casts him oft. After much privation
he secures work, and by his ability and clever-
ness advances to a position immediately under
the head of the concern.
Robert now makes efforts to discover the
whereabouts of his father and sister through the
aid of an investigating agency. Unable by those
means to do so, he asks for a leave of absence
to return to Italy and carry on the search him-
self. His employer consents on the condition
that he accompany his wife and daughter Mary
when going abroad. , ,, :„
On the voyage the two young people fall in
love, and their attachment Is sanctioned by her
mother. . .
In Italy at a masque ball he discovers his
sister now a notorious woman. Upon seeing him
she mihes Into his arms ; his fiance in spite of
expl«n»t1ons leaves in a jealous rage. Robert
wrttec her a touching letter of farewell, in which
he states the situation, shouldering all the
blame for his sister's mistakes and misfortunes.
He ends by saying that henceforth he will live
for her, thereby giving her every opportunity
to redeem herself in her own eyes and the eyes
of the world. He and his sister then leave for
Venice where Mary and her mother have also
gone,
Olga here meets a man who knows of her
past. He makes advances to her which she re-
sists. He then exposes her publicly before the
guests of the hotel at which they are stopping.
As a result she is shunned by all, and in shame
and with breaking heart goes to her brother's
apartment for -consolation. He is talking to
Mary and her mother. Olga while waiting be-
hind a curtain for them to leave, learns from
the conversation for the first time of Robert's
broken engagement, and the sacrifice he is
making so that she may start life anew. Robert
and his sweetheart are reunited and the story
enus Jappily on board an ocean liner steaming
westward toward the New World. He conse-
crates himself to Mary, and resolves to forget the
sadness of the past, and determines to win fame,
fortune, and happiness in America, the "Land
of the free, and the home of the brave."
"THE ROM.A.>iY RYtE." — A young farmer
visitt»c a gypsy camp to have his fortune told,
meets the gypsy princess and falls in love with
her. She pretends to return his affections. She
warns him of of a plot which the men of her
tribe have laid to rob him, and he is induced
to place in her hands for safe keeping, a large
amount of money. He is attacked by the girls
jealous gypsy lover, but overpowers his assail-
ant. When he goes to reclaim his money, with
great cleverness, and in a flood of tears, she
declares that it has been taken from her, mean-
while patting the knet in her sash where she is
concealing the money.
The youth touched by her apparent grief for-
gives her and after rescuing her from violence
at the hands of her gypsy-sweetheart, he takes
her to his own house to live with his mother.
Here she is w...,.al, ungrateful, and disrespect-
ful to the kind old mother of her sweetheart.
Her only desire is by fair means or foul to ob-
tain from him every cent she can.
He blinded to her faults by his love, marries
her. Before the flowers of her bridal roses have
faded, she heartlessly forces bis mother from
her home, to live with friends on a neighboring
farm. Ungrateful for the home, love and sta-
tion that her husband has given her, she turns
upon him, bleeding him with fiendish rapacity of
his money. In vain he reasons, pleads and
makes a costly peace offering to her. She meets
her old gypsy lover, and conspires with him
to rob her husband of his last dollar and then
run away together.
The hour of her desertion arrives, the gypsy
goes to her house to carry out the robbery. As
she is about to leave the only home she has ever
known, the faint voice of an awakening con-
science whispers to her that perhaps she is not
doing right. Her companion insists upon having
every dollar she has extorted from her husband.
She refuses to deliver it. The man at the pistol
point attempts to force it from her, in the strug-
gle he is shot and killed. Her husband hear-
ing the report of the revolver, rushes into the
house, sees his wife, whom in spite of her fail-
ings he has always trusted, arising in alarm
from the dead body of the gypsy. Her head
falls in shame, her conscience fully awakened
thunders burning reproaches into her ear.
With breaking heart she sinks to her knees
before him, begging forgiveness. But his faith
in her is shattered, his eyes are opened, and he
refuses to take her back. Deserted by her hus-
band and her former associates she determines
by work and service to win back the home and
love she has lost. At last the gray haired moth-
er whom she has treated so cruelly is touched by
her efforts. Forgetting the injuries of the past
the noble old lady pleads with her son for the
forgiveness of the wife. The pair are reunited.
She has learned by bitter experience it is only
by a life of love, duty and unselfish devotion
that lasting happiness is attained.
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THE WIT.N'ESS INVISIBLE. — George Neville,
son of Professor Henry Neville, an eminent
professor of medicine, received a letter from
Hedda, a former flame, reminding him of past
promises. Neville, meeting Hedda. tells her that
his engagement to marrv another girl "Uite in-
terferes with Hedda's plans, but that he will
adhere to his word to make an experiment in
manufacturing artificial diamonds, which experi-
ment, by its publicity, will be of great aid to
her.
Elvira, a famous dancer, is playing at the
same theater, and she and her manager are
angered by the publicity given to Hedda through
the heralded scientific endeavor. Elvira, notic-
ing that a mysterious masked man (Neville)
has several times visited Hedda's dressing room,
determines unon discovering his identity. Hedda
is waiting for Neville to come to her with the
final solution for hardening the artificial gems
when she Is alarmed by the arrival of an at-
tendant bearing the visiting card of Professor
Neville.
George arrives. Warning Hedda not to allow
a vial of powder to get into connection with
a powerful acid lying in a shallow pan, he Is
nearly finished when he is startled by seeing
his father's card. He attempts to flee. Begging
htm to complete the experiment, she struggles
with him and in so doing upsets the acid into
the powder. A revolver lying on the table is
exploded and Hedda falls dead across a couch.
Professor Neville and several other men of
science had been knocking at Hedda's door.
Hearing the shot, they all rush in, to find the
actress dead, and to see a man running down
the fire escape.
In the dead girl's hand is found a locket,
wrenched from the chain of the man with whom
Hedda had struggled. It contains the photo-
graph of George Neville. George is arrested at
his home. Professor Neville begs permission to
interview him alone. George, stumbling into the
laboratory, overturns a vial of chloroform. He
falls. His father enters. Suicide? The Com-
missioner of Police enters, and thinking George
is dead ^- his own hand, goes away. Shall he
allow his son to die? Shall he give him back
to life as a felon? A Spartan father is the
professor. He telephones for the police and re-
vives the boy. who comes back to consciousness
to find himself a Prisoner. The police, uncon-
vinced of George's guilt, begin an investigation.
How the truth was found presents a train of
intensely interesting incidents, revelation rather
to be seen than written.
I. s. p.
HELD FOR RAXSOM (Four Parts).— Brew-
ster, a millionaire, and his daughter, Ruth, were
out for a walk. Brewster stopped to shake
hands with a friend, while Ruth loitered behind
and played with her dog. The millionaire turned
just in time to see his daughter driven away
in an automobile. Hailing another he gave
chase, but in vain. He engages Detective
Byrnes, and shows him an anonymous letter he
has received. The captors of Ruth learn of
Byrnes' connection with the case, and devise a
plan to capture him. Later three men in a car
are detected watching Byrnes' house, and the de-
tective suspects a trap. By a clever ruse he
captures two of the crooks, and forces them to
tell him the location of their den. He advises
Erewster to meet the crooks at the place named
in their letter. Disguised as one of the crooks
Byrnes is successful in enterinp- their den. but
they were warned to be on the lookout by one
of the crooks who escaped capture by the de-
tective. As the daring detective enters the
room a man springs from behind a door. The
detective, on the alert, jumps back, only to fall
into a trap. Leaving him. the crooks go to the
appointed meeting place with Brewster. By
means of a small pocket mirror the detective
reflects the sun's rays and attracts the atten-
tion of two of his men waiting outside.
At the meeting place Brewster is induced by
the crooks to enter their car. As they are
about to drive away a motorcycle with a chair
attachment passes. As it pisses the man in
the chair, unnoticed by the crooks, drops a
mysterious looking bag. from which a dwarf
of a man wriggles, and climbs onto the back of
the car. At the end of the ride the dwarf
sends a note to the detective by means of a
carrier pigeon. In the house where they take
Brewster his daughter is shown to him — im-
prisoned in a small cell-like room. The crooks
demand $10,000 for her release. Just as Brew-
ster delivers the money, the detective and his
men break into the room. In the scuffle which
follows Barney Lee. the Master Crook, escapes.
A thrilling chase ensues between the crook in
bis auto, and the detective on his motorcycle.
A clever scheme to elude the detective fails.
By means of a rope, which his chauffeur lowers
from a high bridge, Barney Lee escapes from
a motor boat. The detective arrives on the
bridge and cuts the rope, and so foils the escape
of one of Lee's accomplices. He then follows
Bo.rney Lee. who seeks refuge in the Eiffel
Tower". The chase uo the tower, and the crook,
in desperation, climbing out onto the beams, is
intensely thrilling: and then, retribution is
meted out to the Master Crook, when his foot
slins. and his body falls from the dizzv height.
The detective recovers the money and restores
It to Brewster. Ruth is delighted when Byrnes
hands her the beautiful carrier pigeon which
enacted such an Important part in this thrilling
adventure.
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"AFTER THE BALL"' (Six Parts).
A little maiden
Climbed an old man's knee.
Begged for a story.
Dn. Uncle please.
Why are you single?
■^Tiy live alone?
Have you no babies?
Have you no home?
The storv he tells her follows :
John Dale is an eminent bachelor lawyer
who has never felt the sting of cupid's dart. A
millionaire friend of John's invites him to join
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d yachting puny. The girl that John may have
been waiting lor appears in the person of
Ijouise Tate, who is accompanied by her father,
James Tale, it is love at tirst si^ht. John is
made a welcome visitor at the Tate home. The
family consists of four persons, .\ir. and Mrs.
Tate, Louise, the daughter, and Gerald, the
son. While at college Gerald played games of
cards with the other students which caused
them to be expelled from the Institution.
Gerald's father, learning of his son's disgrace,
is enraged beyond measure and is about to or-
der Gerald from his home when Louise and her
mother intercede for him.
Gerald finds his mother's necklace upon the
library floor where it had fallen in her at-
tempts to s". ield her son from the father s at-
tack. Gerald takes the necklace to a pawn-
broker and pledges it, intending to gambk- and
try to win enough money to pay his debts and
have sufficient left to redeem the ne-klace.
Gerald soon loses the money on the races. Af-
ter missing her jewels the mother summons de-
tectives, who find the missing jewels in the
pawnshop. While the pawnbroker is receiving
bis check from Mr. Tate, Gerald walks into
the room and is recognized as the one who
pawned the necklace. He is ordered from his
father's house forever. For his reckless dissi-
pation he is sent to prison for four years.
After escaping from prison, he returns to the
city to obtain honest employment but is found
by one of his former pals, who forces him by
threats of exposure to join them again.
In the meantime John Dale and Louise have
become engaged. The annual Charity Ball is
announced. This item comes to the attention of
Gerald's underworld friends who select him to
go to the ball to play his supposed trade of a
thief, yet in his heart, he had made up his
mind not to do anything dishonest. He goes
to the ball where he meets his sister, Louise,
who nearly faints when she sees him. As she
totters Gerald places his fingers to his lips to
indicate silence, and John just turns in time to
catch Louise and assist her to an anti-room.
While he goes for a glass of water Gerald ap-
pears, and while fondly kissing his sister, is
discovered by John who becomes so enraged
that the glass falls from his hand and is broken
to pieces.
John, never having met her brother, stands
rooted to the ground by the supposed unfaith-
fulness of his sweetheart, and demands to know
why that strange man was kissing her. John
takes Louise home where the quarrel is renew-
ed and the couple, misunderstanding each other,
never met again. John turns over his office to
a junior partner and sails for a tour of the
world.
In the meantime Louise has slowly been
dying of a broken heart. Gerald again breaks
away from the gang. 'and under an assumed
name, obtains employment in a large factory,
where he is discovered and brought back to
the prison, where he saves the life of a keeper
and his term is shortened for the deed.
Returning to the city, he learns of his sister's
illness and, without being seen by his parents,
he gains admission to her room, and soon he
learns for the first time that he had been the
cause of the lovers' quarrel. Louise, before she
dies, exacts a promise fropi her brother that
he will explain the scene at the ball to John.
The death of his sister kills all the ambition
in Gerald, who drifts again to his underworld
friends, one of whom has selected a place for
good pickings, as the owner of the bouse is
away. It happens to be the home of John Dale,
who has unexpectedly returned to his native
country.
John dispatches Briggs, his valet, with a note
to Louise, asking if be may call, but is met
by an old servant who tells him that Louise
is dead. John is stunned by the news. The
night of the robbery. Gerald is forced to climb
into the window first where he discovers the
photograph of Louise and, picking it up ex-
claims, ""My sister," which is heard by John
Dale, who draws his revolver and compells
Gerald to hold up his hands. In that position
he is found by the next member of the gang.
He cries to his chum to stand aside as he levels
his gun at John, but Gerald sacrifices his own
life by jumping in front of John, who, tearing
the mask from his visitor's face, discovers it
is the man whom he saw kissing his sweetheart
that nieht at the ball. With his last dying
breath Gerald says to John "My sister shielded
me that night at the ball, because I was an
escaped convict." John is thunderstruck. "My
God ! Her brother. What a fool I was not to
have listened to her explanation." The scene
dissolves back to the little child with her arms
around her Uncle John, who murmured.
That's why I'm lonely,
No home at all.
I broke her heart, pet.
After the ball.
SELIG.
THE SPOILERS ( Seven Parts) .— Glenister
and Dextry, co-owners of the "Midas." the
richest mine In Alaska, after celebrating their
good fortune, leave Nome to spend the winter
In the "States," but before leaving Glenister
arrives at an understanding with and bids good-
bye to Cherry Malotte. a dance hall girl who
he has become interested in. Before their re-
turn to Alaska on the following spring a plot
is hatched in Washington. D. C, to juggle the
Alaskan land laws in such a manner as to rob
all the rich miners of their property, and to
that end a corrupt judge is appointed with in-
structions to obey the orders of Alex. McNam-
ara. the genius of the entire conspiracy.
The judge is dispatched to Nome at once, but
on the eve of sailing from Seattle, he is taken
ill and is forced to entrust certain important
documents to his niece, Helen Chester, who thus
becomes the innocent agent of the conspirators.
Helen sails, but en route to Nome smallpox
breaks out on the ship and she is threatened
with thirty days quarantine. She manages to
escape, with the assistance of Glenister and
Dextry, who have taken passage on another ship.
The two men are ignorant of the nature of
Helen's errand, and gallantly fight and defeat
her pursuers, then smuggle her on board their
own ship and protect her until she arrives at
Nome, where she delivers to Struve, McXamara's
agent, the secret papers entrusted to her. Glen-
ister, who has fallen in love with the girl, saves
her life in a street brawl at risk of his own.
then secures living quarters for her with the
wife of his mine superintendent.
In due time Judge Stillman and McNamara
arrive in Nome and with the help of Struve's
rascally firm hesin their machinations. The
new faction shortly assumes control of all the
mines, including the "Midas." and Glenister,
because of his love for Helen, prevents the
miners from using violence against Judge Still-
man and prevails upon them to let the law
take its course. Cherry Malotte. the beautiful
dance hall girl, returns from Dawson City, dis-
covers Glenister's love for Helen and determines
to combat it. In this she is assisted by the
Broncho Kid. a gambler and an outcast, who has
recognized in Helen Chester his own sister,
whom he has not seen since boyhohod. and
who misinterprefc^ Glenister's feeling for Helen.
Glenister and Dextry find that the Nome court
will grant them no relief and decide to send
their lawyer. Bill Wheaton, back to San Fran-
cisco with an appeal to the Federal courts. To
secure money for this purpose they arrange to
rob the sluices of their own mine, which they
succeed in doing, but are saved from capture by
Helen, who recognizes Glenister in time to send
McNamara's men on a false trail. Later the
Broncho Kid suspects Glenister of the robbery
and advises McNamara to search his cabin be-
fore there is time to conceal the gold, but
Cherry learns of the plan and with her quick
wit foils McNamara's effort.
Wheaton returns from San Francisco with a
writ from the Federal court which Stillman re-
fuses to recognize. thu=: making plain the nature
of the conspiracy. Becoming fearful of out-
right violence McNamara undertakes to remove
the gold dust taken from the Midas and other
mines to a place of greater safety, but Glenister
and his friends storm the bank and are prevent-
ed from taking forcible possession of the gold
only by the timely arrival of troops sum-
moned from the nearbv post. For a second
time Wheaton is dispatched to the States for
aid from the superior courts.
Meanwhile Glenister becomes convinced that
Helen has been a conscious accomplice of "The
Spoilers" and intends to marry McNamara; so
In a reckless mood he spends a desperate night
in the Northern gambling hall, playing faro.
The Broncho Kid, who is dealer. i)lots to ruin
Glenister with the assistance of Cherry as "case
keeper." At the crisis of the game, when his
money is gone. Glenister wagers his interest in
the Midas and is prevented from losing only
by Cherry's declaration that "the cases are
wrong."
Cherry saves Helen from a drunken miner
and learning her identity, prompts her to sus-
pect the truth of the situation in which her
uncle figures. Realizing the great wrong that
she has helped to do, Helen undertakes to reme-
dy it. and overhearing the judge and Mc-
Namara arranging for Gleni.ster's immediate ar-
rest, she finds him and enables him to escape
with a posse at his heel. With the aid of Cherry
Malotte. Glenister ■ makes good his flight, sum-
mons his friends, and decides to make an end
of the looting of the mines by destroying them
with dynamite, thus checking McNamara's ac-
tivities until Wheaton can invoke further aid
from the Federal courts.
Wrapped in a world of mystery and uncer-
tainty Helen appeals to McNamara's accomplice,
Struve, who offers to put her in possession of
the truth if she will go with him that night to
a distant roadhouse for supper. Conscious of
her peril Helen agrees. The miners, under
Glenister's leadership, dynamite the Midas and
defeat their enemies in an exciting battle in the
midst of which Glenister hears of Helen's dan-
ger and rides headlong to her rescue. He ar-
rives only to find Struve badly wounded and
to hear that Helen has gone away with the
Broncho Kid. Heedless now of all save Helen's
safety Glenister rides into town and there en-
counters McNamara at Struve's office, where the
latter had gone to destroy the documentary evi-
dence of the conspiracy. The two men fight a
terrific hand-to-hand battle in which Glenister
triumphs. Wheaton arrives in time to effect
the arrest of the conspirators, on instructions
from the Federal court and Helen produces the
proofs of guilt which she had secured from
Struve. Justice is done and Helen confesses
her love for the man she had helped to wrong.
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THE LAND OF THE LOST (Four Parts) —
John R. Bradley, a wealthy ship builder, seeks
a title for his daughter. Miriam. Mr. Eradlev
introduces Baron de Coverly, a fortune hunter
to Miriam. The baron becomes an ardent suitor
and after a short courtship Miriam consents to
be his wife. They start for a long cruise on Mr
Bradley's new schooner, Carpathia. Captain
Hastings is taking his son. Gilbert, a rising
young artist, on the cruise. Miriam and Gilbert
become friends and the jealousy of the baron is
aroused. During a drunken frenzy the baron
sets fire to the schooner. Mr. Bradley and Mi-
riam escape in a boat ; the baron jumps into
the sea and causes the disappearance of the
father. The girl left helpless, Gilbert, grabbing
a piece of wreckage, binds her to it and starts
his battle for life.
With the dawn of day Gilbert guides the now
unconscious form on the spar to a cave of rocks.
Fate casts the baron upon the same island.
Gilbert makes bow and arrow with his pen knife.
Sighting a duck, he raises his bow and watches
the arrow strike true, swings a rope across the
chasm and begins to cross hand over hand.
The baron is surprised to see the duck fall at
his feet, looks for the archer, and sees Gilbert
crossing the rope. Hatred and revenge takes
hold of the baron and he cautiously creeps to
the edge of the rocks, where he begins to sever
the rope. Gilbert is cast upon the rocks below.
Taking the duck the baron looks for shelter.
Seeing a fire he goes cautiously forward and
finds Miriam. She tells him Gilbert was also
saved. A look of fear comes across his face as
Miriam leaves to look for Gilbert. Gilbert, stag-
gering along the road, hears her coming. As
she tells him of the baron he realizes who cut
the rope, but ever manly, he does not tell of
the baron's cowardly act. Miriam looks to the
baron for protection, tut his selfishness shows
his true character. Gilbert shows her many
acts of kindness which rouses the jealousy of
the baron. The selfishness of the baroil causes
Miriam to break the engagement and seek the
protection of Gilbert.
W'ith growing trust and confidence. Miriam
acknowledges her love for Gilbert. Gilbert
leaves to explore the island. Aflame with jeal-
ousy, the baron follows him. Gilbert discovers
a very old recluse, the lone inhabitant of the
island, and after efforts. Gilbert gains his confi-
dence and the old man tells his story. The
baron listens but disappears as the old man
finishes his tale. The baron follows the old man
and sees him fondling his treasure. The baron
watches the old man close the chest and totter
away toward his hut. Seizing the treasure, the
baron is gloating over his find, when the old
hermit, looking back, muttering over his treas-
ure, sees the baron. Seizing his stick, he at-
tacks him. Weak and feeble, he is overcome
by the baron and his body is cast from the
cliiTs into the sea.
The baron running from the cliffs, his mind
aflame with the deed, is confronted by the form
of the old hermit. In fear and terror the baron
flees from the form of the old man. Reaching
the place where the treasure is hidden he be-
gins to gloat over it. As he fondles it the ac-
cusing finger of the old man is again pointed
at him and the thread of reason again is
strained. He runs from the place as the old
man slowly fades away. Encountering Gilbert
on the way he makes a murderous attack on
him. Gilbert watches his chance and by his
superior training gains the upper hand over the
baron. During the fight for his life Gilbert
hears Miriam calling as though in need of help.
By a carefully aimed blow Gilbert leaves the
baron on the ground and goes to see what is
happening to Miriam. Standing at her hut she
sees a thin line of smoke against the horizon.
Not believing her eyes she watches until the
vessel is clear against the sky. Wild with jov
Miriam is still calling when Gilbert comes to
her. Showing him the vessel in the distance
they hurry to the flag station. Snatchine the
flag out of the ground Gilbert waves it wildly.
It is sighted bv the passing- vessel. The cap-
tain orders a boat lowered and they start to
rescue them. The baron, hearing the shouts,
comes on the cliff, sees the boat taking Miriam
and Gilbert aboard. Shouting and calling, he
is about to go forward when the form of the
old man raises to forbid him. The baron be-
comes a raving maniac. On the vessel we leave
Miriam and Gilbert flooded in lieht from a beau-
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AMERICAN.
July 20 — A Man's Way (2 parts — Drama)
July 22 — Business Vs. Love (Drama)
July 27 — The Broken Barrier (2 parts — Dr.)...
July 29 — Does It End Right? (Drama)
July 31 — All On Account of a Jug (Comedy)...
Aug. 3— At the End of a Perfect Day (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 5 — The Widow ( Drama)
BEAUTY,
July 14 — The Joke on Jane (Comedy)
July 21 — Her "Really" Mother (Drama)
July 28 — A Midsummer Love Tangle (Drama).
"101" BISON.
July 18 — A Mexican Spy in America (2 parts —
Drama )
July 25 — Olano of the South Seas (2 parts —
Drama )
Aug. 1 — Tribal War in the South Seas (Two
Parts — Drama )
BRONCHO.
July IS — Shorty Turns Judge (2 parts — Com-
edy Drama )
July 22 — Shorty and the Aridville Terror (2
parts — Drama )
July 29 — The Long Feud (Two Parts — Drama)..
CRYSTAL.
July 14 — Vivian's Four Beaus (Comedy)
— What Pearl's Pearls Did (Comedy)...
July 21 — Getting Vivian Married (Comedy)....
July 28— Their Parent's Kids (Comedy)
— Charlie's Toothache (Comedy)
KEYSTONE.
July 6 — Row Boat Romance (Comedy).
July 9 — (Not yet announced).
July 11 — (Not yet announced).
KOMIC.
July l[i — Bill Xo. 2 (Comedy)
July 26 — Leave It to Smiley (Comedy)
Aug. 2 — Bill Takes A Lady to Lunch (Comedy)
MAJESTIC.
July 19 — The Painted Lady (2 parts — Drama)..
July 21 — A Red Mans Heart (Drama)
July 24 — Lest We Forget (Drama)
July 2(5 — The Mystery ot the Hindu Image (2
parts — Drama)
July 28 — Down by the Sounding Sea (Drama)..
Aug. 2 — Moonshine Molly (Two Parts — Drama)
NESTOR.
July 17 — When Eddie Went to the Front (Com.)
July 22 — By the Sun's Rays (Western-Drama).
.July 24— All at Sea (Comedy)
July 29 — An Indian Eclipse (Indian-Drama)...
July ol — Maggie's Honest Lover (Comedy)
POWERS.
July 17 — The Severed Hand (3 parts — Drama).
July 24 — Kate Waters of the Secret Service
(2 parts — Drama)
July 31 — The Tangle ( Comedy)
PRINCESS.
July 10 — The Girl ot the Seasons (Comedy)
July 17 — The Veteran's Sword (Drama)
July 24 — The Cavalry at Fort Meyer, Va.
( Scenic )
July 24 — Harvesting Ice (Scenic)
July 31 — The Target of Destiny (Drama)
FEATURES.
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July — The Devil's Eye (4 parts — Drama)
July — The Secret Seven (4 parts — Drama)
July — The Midnight Marriage (4 parts — Dr.)...
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July — The Tramp (3 parts — Drama)
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July — Detective Craig's Coup (5 parts — Dr.)...
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July 13 — Butterfly and His Dog (Comedy)
— Magic Matches (Comedy)
July 20 — The Joke That Kills (2 parts — Dr.)..
July 27 — Sammy Is Too Cautious (Comedy)....
— Peter's Perseverance ( Comedy)
DOMINO.
July 16 — Star of the North (2 parts — Drama)..
July 23 — Jim Cameron's Wife (Two Parts —
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July 30 — The Curse of Caste (Two Parts —
Drama)
ECLAIR.
July 15 — Renunciation (2 parts — Western Dr.).
July 19 — Tango Versus Poker (Comedy)
July 22— Allah-3311 (3 parts— Drama)
July 26 — When Death Rode the Engine (West-
ern— Drama )
July 29— The Dupe (Two Parts— Drama)
Aug. 2 — In the Days of Old (Juvenile — Drama)
FRONTIER.
July 19 — The Ranger's Reward (Western Dr.)..
July 26 — When Memory Recalls (Drama)
Aug. 2 — The Mind's Awakening (Drama)
GOLD SEAL.
July 14— Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery. Se-
ries No. 14 (2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — Lucille Love, the Girl ot Mystery (Se-
ries No. 15 — 2 parts — Drama)
July 28 — The Love Victorious (Three Parts —
Drama )
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July 16 — The Universal Boy, Series No. 1
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July 20 — In the Sultan's Garden (Drama)
July 2.3 — The Gateway ot Regret (Drama)
July 27 — When Romance Came to Anne (Two
Parts — Drama )
July 30 — The Universal Boy (Series No. 2)
(Comedy)
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July 18 — His Wife's Family (Comedy)
July 22 — Jimmy Kelly and the Kidnappers
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July 25 — The Polo Champions (Comedy)
July 29 — Wooing ot Bessie Bumpkin (Comedy).
Aug. 1 — Wife's Busy Day ( Comedy)
KAY-BEE.
July 17 — The City (2 parts— Drama)
July 24 — The Sheriff of Bisbee (2 parts — Dr) .
July 31 — An Eleventh Hour Reformation (Two
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RELIANCE.
July 20 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 27 (News)
July 22 — Izzy and the Diamond (Comedy)
July 25 — The Saving ot Young Anderson (2
parts — Drama )
July 27 — Our Mutual Girl. No. 28 (News)
July 29 — The Sheriff's Prisoner (Drama)
Aug. 1 — The Gunman (Two Parts — Drama)
REX.
July 16 — The Sob Sister (2 parts — Drama)
July 19 — Out ot the Darkness (Drama)
July 23 — At the Foot of the Stairs (Drama)...
July 2(t — An Awkward Cinderella (Comedy-Dr. )
July 30 — Circle 17 (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 2 — Behind the Veil ( Drama)
ROYAL.
July 18 — The New Housekeeper (Comedy)
July 25 — Milling the Militant (Comedy)
— Servants Superseded (Comedy)
Aug. 1 — The Baker Street Mystery (Comedy)..
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June — The Lightning Conductor (6 parts)
June — The Lambs AU-Star Gambol (Topical)...
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July — The Toll ot Mammon (4 parts — Drama)..
FAMOUS PLAYERS.
June 20 — Spitfire (4 parts — Drama)
July 1 — The Eagle's Mate (5 parts — Drama)..
FE.4TURE PHOTOPLAY CO.
July — The King of the Beggars (4 parts — Dr.)..
July — The Human Wolves (5 parts — Drama)...
July — Wu Chung Foo (4 parts — Drama)
FEATURES IDEAL.
June — Whom the Gods Destroy (3 parts — Dr.).
June — The Actress' Redemption (4 parts — Dr.).
GAUMONT.
June 13 — Kronstadt (3 parts — Drama)
June 27 — The Iron Man (3 parts — Drama)
HEPWORTH AMERICAN.
July 13 — The Tragedy of Basil Grieve (3 parts
— Drama )
July 20 — Once Aboard the Lugger (Comedy)...
— Poorluck Minds the Shop (Comedy)...
July 27 — The Whirr ot the Spinning Wheel (2
parts — Drama )
LA SKY.
June 15 — The Only Son (5 parts — Drama)
.July — The Man On the Box (5 parts — Drama)..
LEADING PLAYERS FILM CORPORATION.
June — The God ot Death (3 parts — Drama)
July — Germania (5 parts — Drama)
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORP.
July — The Greyhound (5 parts — Drama)
July 16— On the Beach (Comedy)
July 20 — The Circus (Comedy)
July 2.3 — Love and Lunch (2 parts — Comedy).
July 27 — A Wild Ride (Juvenile — Comedy)...
July 30 — Troublesome Pete (Comedy)
THANHOUSBR.
July 19 — Harry's Waterloo (Comedy)
July 21 — The Pendulum of Fate (2 parts — Dr.).
July 26 — From Wash to Washington (Comedy).
July 28 — The Messenger of Death (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 2 — The Butterfly Bug (Comedy)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
July 14 — The New Cook (Comedy)
July 21 — LTniversal Ike. Jr.. in Cupid's Victory
( Comedy )
July 28 — Universal Ike, Jr., in His City (Elope-
ment ( Comedy)
VICTOR.
July 20 — Value Received (2 parts — Western-
Drama)
July 24 — Irene's Busy Day (Comedy-Drama)...
July 27 — Out of the Valley (Drama)
July 31 — The Mad Man's Ward (Two Parts —
Drama )
NASH M. P. CO.
July — Mysterious Man of the Jungle (4 parts —
Drama)
July — The Land of the Lost (4 parts — Drama)..
OZ FILM MFG. CO.
July — The Patchwork Girl of Oz (5 parts — Dr.).
PASQUALI.
June 29 — The Chimney Sweeps of the Valley of
Aosta (5 parts — Drama)
July — A Mexican Mine Fraud or the Game That
Failed (5 parts — Drama )
POPULAR PLAYS AND PLAYERS, INC.
June I — Michael Strogoff (5 parts — Drama)...
July — The Ragged Earl (Drama)
THE CANADIAN BIOSCOPE CO.
June 1 — Saved From Himself (3 parts — Dr.).
WHITMAN FEATURES.
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June 27 — Jane Eyre (Five Parts — Drama) . .
July 11 — Lena Rivers (Five Parts — Druna).
WORLD FILM CORP.
July — The Lights o' London (5 parts — Drama).
July — The Great Stroke (5 parts — Drama)
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"The Broken Barrier"
A Two Act Society Drama
Featuring ED COXEN and W INN 1 FRED GREENWOOD
Under direction of Thos. Ricketts
Release Monday, July 27th, 1914
AMERICAN "BEAUTY"
"A MID-SUMMER LOVE TANGLE"
Retined comedy featuring MARGARITA FISCHER and HARRY POLLARD
Release Tuesday, July 28th, 1914
"DOES IT END RIGHT?"
"ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A JUG"
Featuring \VM. GARWOOD and VIVIAN RICH in Featuring GEORGE FIELD and IDA LEWIS in a
a dramatic gem. screaming comedy.
Under direction of Sydney Ayres. Under direction of Thos. Ricketts.
Release Wednesday, July 29th, 1914. Release Friday, July 31st, 1914.
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Pathe, Selig. Vitagraph.
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Pathe, Lubin, Melies, Selig, Vitagraph.
Wednesday — Edison, Essanay, Kalem, Lubin,
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Friday — Edison, Essanay, Kalem, Selig.
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Saturday — Biograph. Edison, Essanay, Kalem,
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BIOGRAPH.
July 11 — Her Primitive Model (Drama)
July 13 — loat Boy From the Poorhouse (Dr.)
July 16 — The Prospectors (Drama)
July 18 — It Was Some Party (Comedy)
— Some Decorators (Comedy)
July 20 — The World and the Woman (Drama)
July 23 — The Cheeseville Cops (Comedy)
July 23 — The Show Busters (Comedy)
July 25— The Little Widow (Drama)
KALEM.
July 11 — Lame Dog's Treachery (Drama)
July 13 — A Diamond in the Rough (Special —
2 parts — Drama )
July 14 — Accused ( Drama )
July 15 — The Express Messenger (Special — 2
parts — Drama )
July 17 — Wanted, An Heir (Comedy)
July 18 — The Fate of a Squaw (Drama)
July 20 — In Wolfs Clothing (4th ot the Alice
Joyce Series — Special — 2 parts — Dr.)..
July 21 — The Beast ( Drama )
Julv 22 — The Rival Railroad's Plot (Special —
2 parts — Drama )
July 24 — The Bingville Fire Department (Com.)
July 25 — Defying the Chief (Drama)
July 27 — The Identification ( Special — Two Parts
Drama )
July 28 — The Man with the Glove (Drama)....
July 29 — The Indian Agent ( Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 31 — The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (Com-
edy)
.^ug. 1 — The Lad (rom Old Ireland (Drama) .
GEORGE KLEINE.
June 16 — One Woman's Way (Cines — Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
June 23 — A Midnight Guest (Cines — Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Celio — Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
July 7 — Heirloom ( Cines — Special — 2 parts-
Drama)
July 14 — The Rival Actresses ( Cines — Special-
2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
EDISON.
July 11— Dolly at the Helm (Eleventh of the
Active Life of "Dolly of the Dailies"
— Drama)
July 13 — Qualifying for Lena (Comedy) July
July 14 — The Two Doctors ( Drama)
July 15 — The Ever-Gallant Marquis (Comedy).. July
— An Up-to-Date Courtship (Comedv)..
July 17 — Meg o' the Mountains (Special — 3 July
parts — Drama )
July 18 — Across the Burning Trestle (Drama). July
July 20 — The Adventure of the Absent-Minded
Professor ( 7th of the Octavius Amateur July
Detective Series — Comedy) July
July 21 — A Matter ot Minutes (Sth of "The
Man who Disappeared" series — Dr.).. July
July 22— A Deal in Statuary (Comedy)
— His Wife's Burglar ((jomedy) July
July 24 — Laddie (Special — 2 parts — Drama)...
July 25 — The Last Assignment (Twelfth of the July
"Dolly of the Dailies" series — Drama).
July 27 — A Canine Rival (Eighth of the Wood July
B. Wcdd Series — Comedy) July
July 28 — The Mystery ot the Lost Stradivarius July
(Ninth of the "Chronicles of Cleek"
series — Drama) July
July 29 — Something to a Door (Comedy)
July 31 — The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of July
(Special — Two Parts — Comedy)
Aug. 1 — Farmer Rodney's Daughter (Drama).. July
.\ug.
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LUBIX.
11 — How He Lost His Trousers (Comedy).
— Mandy's Chicken Dinner (Comedy)...
14 — He Was Bad ( Comedy)
— Tough Luck (Comedy)
15 — Codes of Honor (Special— 2 parts-
Drama )
16 — The Cross of Crime (Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
17 — The Lie (Drama)
18 — She Wanted to Know (Comedy)
— All for Love ( Comedy)
21 — Temper and Temperature (Comedy)..
— Worms Will Turn (Comedy)
22 — Who Seeks Revenge (Special — 2 parts
— Drama )
2.'! — The False Shadow (Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
24 — A Traitor to His Country (Drama)...
2.T — A Matter of Record (Comedv)
28 — The Question and Answer Man (Com-
edy)
29 — The Lure of the Car Wheels (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
30 — Three Men and a Woman (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
31 — Within the Noose (Drama)
1 — She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy)
1 — The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy)..
July 22 — His Sense of Duty (Drama)
July 2.'3 — Wanted a Sweetheart (Comedy)
July 23 — When Preachers Leave Home ( Special
— 2 parts — Comedy)
July 25 — Black Pearls (Special — 2 parts — Dr.).
PATHE.
June 29 — Visit to Paris (Travel)
— Rapids and Water Falls of New Zea-
land (Scenic)
June 30 — A French Village in Senegal, Wert
Africa (Scenic)
— Venomous Serpents (Educational) ...
July 1— Pathes Weekly. No. 43—1914 (News) .
July 6 — The Heart and the Circulation ot the
Blood (Biology)
— Modes of Travel In Japan (Mannen
and Customs)
July 7 — A Tiger Hunt (Indo-China) (Scenic)..
— The Ice and Snow
July 8— Pathe's Weekly No. 44, 1914 (News)..
July 13 — A Russian Boar Hunt (Hunting)
— The Wine Industry, Marsala, Slcll7
(Industrial)
July 14 — Through Bosnia and Dalmatia (Travel)
— The Tombs of the Ancient Japanese
Emperors, Annam ( Indo China) —
( Scenic)
— Water Falls at Aragonia, Spain
( Travel )
July 15 — Pathe's Weekly No. 43 (News) „ .
SELIG.
July 11 — His Fight (Drama)
July 13 — The Wilderness Mail (Special — 2 part*
— Drama )
July 13 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 89
( News )
July 14 — An Egyptian Princess (Comedy)
July 15 — His Last Appeal ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 16 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 40
(News)
July 17 — Wiggs Takes the Rest Cure (Drama)..
July IS — The Squatters (Drama)
July 20— .\ Woman Laughs ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 20 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 41
( News )
July 21 — The Lure of the Ladies (Comedy)....
July 22 — The Sealed Package (Drama)
July 23 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 42
( News )
July 2-l^The Substitute Heir (Comedy)
July 2o — Footprints (Comedy-Drama)
July 27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 43
) News )
July 27 — A Five Hundred Dollar Kiss (Special —
Two Parts — Comedy)
.July 2? — Muff f Drama)
July 29 — The Mother Heart (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 30 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 44
July 31 — When the Cook Feil 111 (Comedy)
Aug. 1 — Love vs. Pride (Drama)
ESSANAY.
July 11 — Broncho Billy and the Sheriff (Drama)
July 13 — Sweedie the Swatter ( Comedy)
July 14 — At the Foot of the Hill (Drama)....
July 15 — The Fable of "Napoleon and the
Bumps" ( Comedy )
July 16 — Snakeville's New Waitress (Comedy).
July 17 — His Stolen Fortune ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 18 — Broncho Billy Puts One Over (Drama)
July 20 — Money Talks ( Comedy)
July 21 — \Trs RilliiiFton's First Case (Comedy-
Drama)
July 22 — The Fable of "Higher Education That
Was Too High For the Old Man"
( Comedy )
July 23 — Slippery Slim's Inheritance (Comedy).
July 24 — A Little From Home ( Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
July 2.^^ — Proncho Billy and the Gambler (Dr.).
July 27 — Sweedie and the Lord (Comedy)
July 28 — .\ Clash ot Virtues ( Drama)
July 29 — The Fable of "The Coming Champion
Who Was Delayed" (Comedy)
July 30 — Snakeville's Home Guard (Comedy I...
July 31 — The Seventh Prelude (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 1 — The Squatter's Gal (Drama)
MELIES.
June 27 — A Shadow On the Wall (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
June 30 — One Suit ot Clothes ((Jomedy)
July 1 — The Monk's Sacrifice (Drama)
July 2 — Womanly Curiosity (Comedy)
— The Prescription (Special — Two Parts
— Drama )
July 4 — Hidden Death (Special — Two Parts —
Drama )
July 7 — A Discolored Romance (Comedy)
July 8 — The Hole in the Wall (Drama)
July 9 — Good Fortune's Tardy Smile (Comedy)
July 9 — A Royal Survivor ( Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 11 — ^A Friend's Forgiveness (Special — 2
parts — Drama )
July 14 — Rags and Patriotism (Comedy)
July 15 — Justly Punished (Drama)
July 16— The test of True Love (Comedy)
July 16 — A Sublime Deception (Special — ^2 parts
— Drama)
July 18 — The River's Secret (Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 21 — (Title not reported).
VITAGRAPH.
July 11 — Lillians Dilemma (Special — Two Parts
(Comedy)
July 13 — The Soul of Luigl (Drama)
July 14 — Fogg's Millions (Special—^ parts —
Drama)
July 15 — The .Arrival of Josie (Comedy)
July 16 — The Little Captain (Comedy-Drama).
July 17 — Pigs Is Pigs ( Comedy)
July 18 — The Song of the Ghetto (Special— 2
■parts — Drama)
July 20 — Love the Clairvoyant (Drama)
July 21 — Bread Upon the Waters ( Special — 2
parts — Drama)
July 22 — Buddy's Downfall (Comedy)
July 2-'^ — The Apple (Drama)
July 24 — The Winning Trick ( Comedy)
July 2.5 — Romantic Josie (Special — Two parts —
(Comedy)
July 27 — His Kid Sister (Comedy)
July 2.S — John Ranee, Gentleman (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 29 — Officer Kate ( Comedy)
July 30 — The Greater Motive (Drama)
July 31 — Private Bunny ( Comedy)
.\ug. 1 — The Violin of M'sieur (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
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CLASSIFIE^D
ADVERT IS EM EN Tij
Classified Advertisements, three cents per
word, cash with order; 50 cents minimum
postage stamps accepted.
srrr atio.\ s w a .n tki>.
CAMERAMAN— Desires iiositlon, total abstain-
er, reliable. Willing to travel. C. B. 13., care
M. H. World. .\. Y. City.
EVERYTHl.NG COMES TO HIM WHO
HUSTLES— while the other fellow waits, and
that's the reason I'm hustling now. Manager —
Operator — Musleian. 3ti years old, red-headed
and Irish, and will be at liberty September 1st.
A li.'ilHI volt — lt>;!;i ampere live wire, and am not
afraid of any man from Missouri. What ean
you offer'.' Address "Lucity," care .MOVl.NG
PICTURE WORLD, .\. Y. City.
COMBINATIO.V I.N'STRU.ME.NTALIST and
Tocatlst (one man), carrying a half ton of
chimes. Electrical novelties, Xylaphones.
Marimbaphone. Sa.xaphone, Solelte Drums.
Traps, Bells, etc. : also extensive library.
Originator of Unusual Musical Features. Ex-
pert experience in every line Theatrical and
Photoplay work. Open to first-class managers
only : those desiring the best. Address Instru-
mentalist. :Ho E. South St., Indianapolis, Ind.
P1.\X0 PLAY'ER (young man) desires posi-
tion in motion picture house. Jack Rosen, 189))
Crotona Parkway, Bronx, X. Y. City.
M. P. OPER.A.TOR — Experienced operator
wants position in Conn. State. .Address F. W.
B.. care of M. P. World. N. Y'. City.
.MUSICAL DIRECTOR (Pianist) experienced
and reliable, for vaudeville and Moving Pic-
tures (Union Man), with best of reference and
large library of orchestral music, wishes to
make a change. Address Nat E. Solomons. Box
S91. Martinsburg. W. Va.
HELP WANTED.
AGENTS WANTED— For atlas work, map
work and Mexican War map ; unusual oppor-
tunities for intelligent men with ability to sell.
Write for particulars. Rand McNally & Co.,
Dept. B, Chicago, 111.
CAMERAM.AN — Everywhere (except N. T.
City), owning outfit, can learn of valuable serv-
ice being established for weekly news pictures.
Cameras and perforated negative film for sale.
RAY'. 326 .5th Ave.. .New York City.
Al OPPORTUNITY ofler to live wire. Want-
ed, manager to take entire charge of new pic-
ture house in Penna. town of S,.300.^ Good op-
portunity for one who has made good. Don't
write unless you are thoroughly experienced and
will bear strictest investigation. No boozers.
Write all in first letter. 1-.3-S care Moving
Picture World. N. Y. City.
■ MANAGER WANTED for Moving Picture
House. Must be first-class man with best of
references. House seats over 2.000. Located in
best city in middle west. Address F. O., care
Moving Picture World, New Y'ork City.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
"COMMERCIAL FILM EXCHANGES? Write
us about buy. sell or exchange proposition.
OMAHA FILM EXCH.\N(7E, Omaha. Nebr."
THEATER FOR LEASE — In course of con-
struction, seating 1.000. with airdome, very
classy building. 11 miles from New York town
of 100,0(XI people : act quick. CLASS, 230 Mar-
ket St., Newark, N. J.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
PROFESSIONAL MOVING PICTURE CAME-
RAS.— Two sizes. Tripods. Zeiss-Tessar 50 m
lenses, $150, $225. Special cameras to order.
Repairing all makes. R. W. Pittman, 50 West
St., N. y. City.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
ATTENTION !— Travelling showman. .300 reels
film for sale and moving picture machines at
a bargain. WESTERN FILM BROKERS, 37
So. Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 111.
FILMS FOR SALE— Two hundred (20O) fine
foiuiiiercial Keels at :>."». <Ki each. Send us
amount to cover express charges. Will ship
subject to your examination. Aildress OMAHA
FILM EXCHA.NGE, 14th and Douglas Sts..
Omaha. Nebr.
FILM SERVICE— At low rental price of all
the leading makes. I.NDEPE.NDE.VT FIL.M EX-
CHANGE. .37 So. Wabash Ave.. Chicago. HI.
FOR SALE —Two 3-reel features, auto bandits
of Paris and Terrors of Russia, with l-3-(i
sheet posters ; price, $75 each. Write tor our
list of educational subjects for sale. ROYAL
FEATURE FILM CO.. 145 W. 45th St., New
York City.
EQUIP.MENT FOR SALE.
FOR SALE. — Any part of my moving picture
theatre ; opera chairs G5c each. Simplex ma-
chines .$125, Power's 6A $100. All goods used
three months, have many other bargains in oth-
er fixtures. A. Glen, Room 200, Houser Bldg.,
St. Louis, Mo.
FOR THEATER EQUIPMENTS.— Such as
seats, picture machines, etc.. see Lears Theatre
Supply Co., 509 Chestnut St.. St. Louis, Mo.
EDISON EXHIBITIO.N MODEL.— And Powers
No. 5 picture machines complete with upper
and lower magazines, new 110 volt Rheostat and
Bausch & Lomb lenses, also rewind, everything
ready to operate. Used only a few months.
Guaranteed first class condition. Will take $75
for either machine, will ship subject to inspec-
tion. Howard. 2f)4 Houser Bldg.. St. Louis. Mo.
URAJVD NEW. — Phantoscope complete, $5« C.
O. D. Frank A. Holmes, Brewster, N. Y.
FOR SALE. — Model A. Williamson Perforator.
Shipped for examination. Charge guaranteed
one way. Charles Simons, 405 11th St. N. W.,
<7asblnKton. D C.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES.— For one. three
and six sheets. Also brass easels, brass railings.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
Co., Cincinnati, O. 101 4th Ave.. N. T.
POWERS 5 — Excellent condition. $.55. worth
twice that ; $10 cash, rest collect subject inspec-
tion. CLY'DE ORR, Fayette St.. Pittsburgh. Pa.
ALW.\YS ON HAND— Slightly used moving
picture machines and chairs at a bargain.
WESTERN FILM BROKERS. 37 So. Wabash
Ave.. Chicago. III.
MOVING PICTURE MACHINES for sale,
for rent and exchange, in first-class condition.
CHICAGO MOVING PICTURE SUPPLY' CO..
37 So. Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 111.
FOR SALE — 1,000 5 C. P. carbon lamps, col-
ored, white and frosted. Ten cents each. Also
sockets mounted on boards. COLONIAL THE-
ATER. Galesburg. 111.
FOR SALE — Complete equipment moving pic-
ture theater, including .30') seats, gold radium
screen, booth, motiographs. etc. COLONIAL
THEATER. Galesburg. 111.
DON'T READ THIS unless you want some
extra quality features cheap. Also $650. Peer-
less electric piano and Edison machine. Ad-
dress H. V. Y'OUNG. Linden, Iowa.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND CHAIRS at cut
prices. Equipments bought and sold. We save
vou money on outfits. Designs and plans free.
.JOS. REDINGTON, Scranton. Pa.
FOR SALE — One hundred single reel come-
dies, dramas, westerns, etc. ; all of them in
good shape, some with paper and some without.
$5.00. $7.00 and $10.00 each. Also a .Number
5 Power machine, rebuilt complete, $110.(10.
REGAL FILM CO., 922 Columbia Bldg., Cleve-
land. Ohio.
FOR SALE— Bargain, 645 Millner Mfg. Co.
Theater Chairs, like new. heavv castings. 5-plv
backs and seats. CARR & SCH.\D. 74.<! Penii
St.. Reading, Pa.
FOR SALE — One automatic nickel in the slot,
popcorn machine, guaranteed in perfect order
and never used but just u llltlt- ; cost $2.50. will
take $100 from a quick buyer ; 1 brass rib de-
veloping drum for two hundred feet film, coat
$78 will take $.50 and throw In lead lined pan.
Address E. D. .MacFEE, Petersburg, Va.
EQUIP.ME.NT WANTED.
CA.MERA WANTED— Want 2d-hand Prest-
wich with tripod If good condition and cheap.
Box 620. ABheville, N. C.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR RENT.
PRETTY NEW THEATER— Just opened.
Owner cannot operate. Only one in towo ; $500
cash. Postmaster, Roswell, Ga.
FOR LEASE. — Theater .500 seats, stage, fully
equipped, 16 miles from N, Y. town of 40.000. Ap-
ply for further particulars to .M. Sledlltz, 11 W.
116th St., N. Y. City.
THE VERNON THEATRE.— Corner 4th St-
ftnd Vernon Ave., Long Island City. Is for sale.
New Stelnway tunnel next door opens soon, fac-
tory and apartment houses erected dally. Big
boom expected. Property fireproof brick 55x100.
Fully equipped, 2 machines. Gold Fibre Curtain.
Wurlltzer Orchestra, will seat 600. Everything
the latest. License new, bu.siness good all year.
One hundred per cent Investment. Ten cents,
stage attached fully equipped. $10,000 cash re-
qalred. Call If vou mean business.
FOR SALE OR RENT— Opera House with
moving picture business. City 3,000, prosper-
ous community. Reasonable terms. Closing
estate. .MRS. CORA PRATT, 1243 Washtenaw
Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
FOR SALE — Moving Picture Theater in West
Virginia town. Harrison County, population
3.201) : no competition ; have fine location ; have
own power plant ; small running expenses ;
good business. I have lung trouble, is my rea-
son for giving up ; will have to leave for my
health. I can pack my house every time wheD
my health permits to attend business. Ad-
dress A. C. (R. F. D. No. o. Box 138), Clarks-
burg, W. Va.
FOR SALE — Picture Theater, town 40.000;
400 seats, good proposition for live wire. Best
location in city, good equipment, six shows Id
town, long lease, must sell, .\ddress. LUNA
THEATER, Danville, 111.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE.
NEW SELF-PL.A.YI.\G. — Self-interpreting pipe
organ for picture show. Can deliver in thirty
days. Pipe Organ, care Moving Picture World.
Chicago. 111.
ELECTRIC PIANOS. — With keyboards $140.
Orchestrian pianos with pipes $250 all guaran-
teed. Closing out electric piano business.
Every picture show has use for one. Send for
circular. J. F. Herman 1420 Pa. Ave., Washing-
ton, D. 0.
MISCELLANEOUS.
COMPLETE ARCHITECTUR.A.L PLANS for
convertible motion picture theater. Closed
structure in winter, open air roofless inclosure-
in summer. Prices .$.50. HOMER JOSEPH
D0DG1E. 615 Lamont St.. Washington. D. C.
FILMS AND MOVING PICTURE MACHINES
— For anvthing else in that line. WESTERN
FILM BROKERS. 37 So. Wabash .\ve.. Chicago,
111.
Representing big interests in the photoplay
industry in the United States, we are de-
sirous of obtaining a number of theatres now
in operation or to be built, with seating ca-
pacity of 600 or over in the various cities of
the country. Only Grade A houses will be
considered.
SYDCO AMUSEMENT CO.,
331 Madison Ave., N. Y. C.
BOOKINGS AND OPEN TERRITORY FOR
"THE SPOILERS"
For the States of
OHIO, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INDIANA and ILLINOIS
(EXCEPT COOK COUNTY)
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CHICAGO, ILL.
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If you would use motion pictures as an aid
in salesmanship, you need THE PHANTO-
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If you would use motion pictures as an aid
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If you would use motion pictures as an aid
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If you would have a machine you carry as
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tools other than your two hands, you need
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If there's any doubt in your mind about its
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great number of users of THE PHANTO-
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Just as with the automobile, and as one
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And yet there are many machines which
have been in almost continuous service, since
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and sweeter than ever.
The price is $100 complete — Motor driven
$125.
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Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
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Played either manually or
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1803 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Wise Exhibitors Use
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A five hundred foot "local" featur-
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Let us tell you how little it will
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from. Every film with title and sound condition. No Junk. Everything for the exchange
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■'.\iirr seeing this concrete and informative publication, I am inclined to the belief that
every theatrical manager as well as every caterer to the public entertainment owes it to
himself to mark well the vast improvements in theatre seating, and also to render his
Iiublic such s-r\ice as may be meted out to it through the now possible comfort while
seated in a playhouse." ROBERT GRAU.
When yo-.i b .y Opera Chairs. learn something about Theatre Seating. Read what Robert
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Good Light Means Big Crowds
The Sandow Moving Picture Electric Light Plant gives perfect light any
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Released Every Monday and
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Representatives in all
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For Week Beginning Monday, July 27
BigjSelig 2-Reel Com«dy
A Five Hundred
Dollar Kiss.
One of the Greatest Laugh-
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Released July 27th.— A hila-
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comical adventures of Tom,
Dick and Harry, in their cru-
sade against a heart-breaking
coquette. Each tries to win a
kiss and a wager of $500.00 A
laugh in every scene.
When the Cook
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Patsy Had Too Much of a Good
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Released July 31st.— One of B.
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comedies, pictured in a succes-
sion of exciting scenes, pro-
duced by cowboys, train rob-
bers, sheriffs, etc. Featuring
Frank Clark, Wheeler Oakman
and Tom Mix. Full of fun.
The Mother
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Great Selig 2-ReeI Drama.
A Revolt Against Hypocrisy.
Featuring BESSIE EYTON
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Released July 29th.— .\ suc-
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ciety girl, who rebelled against
the methods of the idle rich and
finally found peace and happi-
ness in the simple life.
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A Father's Reformation.
Released July 28th.— One of
Roy L. McCardell's love dramas
with a great moral. The story
of a circus queen, an unscrupu-
lous husband, a baby, and an
old maid. Full of laughs and
tears.
A FR-E HUNDRED DOLLAR KISS.
LOVE VS. PRIDE
The Story of a False Ambition.
Released August 1st. — .\ drama with a moral, depicting the error
of a girl who is the slave of ambition and pays the full price. A
powerful lesson.
Watch for "The Rosary"
Another Big Selig Feature
Pictured with absolute fidelity to every detail. No
expense spared to make this production a typical Selig
success.
Ask your Exchange about it.
Have you booked "The Spoilers"?
Biggest success of the season in New York,
Chicago, etc.
Desirable territory still open. Write direct
to SELIG POLYSCOPE COMPANY,
General Offices, 20 E.Randolph St., Chicago. 111.
The Adventures of Kathlyn. SELIG 4-COLOR POSTERS
Exhibitors who have not booked this world-
wide sensation, write now for full story —
novel length. FREE. Ask for terms.
Exhibitors! Brighten your lobby display and get the
business by using Selig four-color posters. Also order
same for posting.
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For 100 Words!
FIRST, we offer the most spectacular motion pic-
ture production ever brought out— The Million Dollar Mystery,
the 46-reel dramatized version of Harold MacGrath's great story.
SECOND, we offer the benefit of the remarkable
interest aroused in these startling motion pictures by the 200 leading news-
papers now running the story serially, simultaneously with the appearance of the films.
THIRD, we offer $10,000 for the best 100- word
solution of this baffling mystery.
THE
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By Harold MacGrath
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
Can you think of a more powerful attraction— a bigger drawing card for the dull summer
months ? Six episodes of The Million Dollar Mystery are now appearing at the better theatres. Two-
reel episodes are being released each week. The entire play is full of thrills. It has been enacted by
an all-star Thanhouser cast including Florence LaBadie, Marguerite Snow, Lila Chester, James Cruze,
Alfred Norton and Frank Farrington,
BOOK NOW I The Million Dollar Mystery is an ladependeat reieaseaad may be obtained regardless of the program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 West 23rd Street, New York 166 West Washington Street, Chlcaco
or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at Any Mutual Exchange In the United States and Canada.
The Thanhouser Three -a- Week
Tuesday. July 28» *'The Messenifer of Death** — two reels. A thrilling story of adventure in the Indian civil
service. Very capably portrayed by Charles Mather, Mignon Anderson, IrWng Ciiminings, Ed. Fray, John Lehnberg and
Eugene Moore. Jr.
Sunday. August 2, ** The Butterfly Bnif." A mirth-provoking one-reel comedy bringing out the exceptional talents
of Harri' Blakemore, Fan Bourke. Helen Badgley. Doris Farrington and Renie Farrington.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New Rochelle. N. Y.
Head European Office. Thaahouser Films. Ltd.. Londoo, W. C Euftland
Tbanbouser releases will continue to be features of the Mutual Program
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the most beloved character of the entire motion picture world, is awaited eagerly by millions of his
admirers each week. '
G. M. ANDERSON
the originator of this famous Western character, is appearing in new features regularly. Do not
fail to book these wonderful photoplays. Released every Saturday.
Released Monday, August 3rd.
"IN AND OUT"
A story of two comedy musicians who were forced to turn sailors to save their lives.
Released Tuesday, Aug^ust 4th.
"HER TRIP TO NEW YORK"
A story of pathos that lays bare a woman's heart and a man's thoughtlessness.
Released Wednesday, August Sth.
THE FABLE OF
"THE BUSY BUSINESS BOY AND THE DROPPERS-IN"
By GEORGE ADE
A humorous comedy of the tired business man, his funny visitors and too many cocktails.
Released Thursday, August Sth.
"SLIPPERY SLIM'S DILEMMA"
In which "Slim" spreads a laugh every minute and again gets the best of "Mustang Pete."
Released Saturday, August Sth.
"BRONCHO BILLY'S FATAL JOKE"
A Western drama of mining life, showing the big heart of Broncho Billy. FEATURING G. M.
ANDERSON.
- Released Friday, August 7th.
"THE MOTOR BUCCANEERS"
(IN TWO ACTS)
A gripping photoplay of adventure that cannot help but hold the interest of any audience. Story
by Edward Franklin, adapted from The Munsey Magazines.
OUR POSTERS ARE DISTINCTIVE. They will boom your business. Lithographs are in full four
colors. You can order these from your exchange or direct from the Essanay Film Manufacturing
Company. Your lobby display will look attractive if you use photographs of ESSANAY players,
8x10, $3.00 per dozen. You can secure these from the PLAYERS' PHOTO CO., 177 N. STATE ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
521 First National Bank BIdg., Chicago, 111.
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There have been other offerings dealing with tl\ese old-time, romantic days, and some of them have been excellent offerings. But
this seems more natural to us than any of the others that we have seen. It's as convincing as a modern picture. — Moving Picture
World.
Here is the first installment of a new series of romantic photo-plays that will make film history! They
are from the pen of
GEORGE BRONSON HOWARD
and are to be released simultaneously with their appearance in story form in
CENTURY MAGAZINE
They depict the romantic adventures of Villon the mediaeval poet.
The first two Century Magazine stories, "The Romaunt of the Rose" and "The Oubliette" are combined in
a three-reel photodrama entitled
"THE OUBLIETTE"
which will be released under the "101 Bison" brand on August ISth. This story, and each of the succeeding
stories of the Villon series will be complete in itself I
DIRECTED BY CHARLES GIBLYN
MURDOCK J. MAC QUARRIE AS FRANCOIS VILLON
PAULINE BUSH AS PHILLIPPA.
HARRY F. CRANE AS KING LOUIS XL
LON CHANEY AS BERTRAND DE LA POYNE.
A magnificent replica of the famous Bastille, with turrets, moat, portcullis and drawbridge complete, was
built at enormous expense, at Universal City, Cal., especially for this Production.
Superb Photography, Wonderful Atmosphere of Mediaeval Times,
Blood-Tingling Situations.
MAGNIFICENT LITHOGRAPHIC PAPER— 6-SHEETS, TWO 3-SHEETS, TWO 1-SHEETS.
PRESIDENT CARL LAEMMLE SAYS:
The Francois Villon series embody all my ideas of what the ideal photoplay should be. The stories
bristle with action, thrill with unexpected and ingenious situations, and portray the elusive spirit of France
in the Middle Ages in a wonderful way. I am proud to recommend them to Universal exhibitors.
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
CARL LAEMMLE, President
The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe
1600 Broadway at 48th Street. New York City
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tempt to run a *'.eatre without consulting the likes and dislikes of the people
who PAY RE'^', MONEY INTO YOUR BOX OFFICE.
I ascribe my r-^ccess in this business to the fact that I have always kept in touch
with the people 'o whom I looked for support — namely, the exhibitors. You look tc
the people for -vour support, so it's up to you to keep in touch with them.
You may THINK that your people want long padded features but you MAY b(
thinking all wrong. Maybe something is going on in the back of their heads. Maybe
they haven't told you what they talk among themselves.
Encourage them to COOPERATE WITH YOU. Make it easy for them to tell you
what they like and what they dislike. Tell them that you are in business not to please
yourself, but to make monej' ; and that the quickest way to make money is to PLEASE
THEM, not yourself.
Let your motto be: "Look ahead all the time 1" And then live up to your motto.
CARL LAEMMLE.
SOME UNIVERSAL NEWS
MARY FULLER and her company, including her director Walter Edwin and her leading man,
Charles Ogle, have gone to the mountains of Pennsylvania to begin the first of her new special
Universal features "The Heart of the Night Wind" from the pen of Virgie E. Roe. It will be
filmed amid magnificent natural scenic beauties and has a story of rare interest.
MARY PICKFORD is at her best in the charming play "A Normandy Romance," the second of the
Imp special re-issues, released August 3d. The public has gone wild over the Mary Pickford Imps.
The display of one of the Morgan Lithograph Co.'s one-sheets in your lobby on the day you show
Little Mary will insure you a full house.
THE UNIVERSAL BOY with Little Matty Roubert in the leading role, is winning the hearts of
every boy, and his mother and father and sister, too. Each section is complete in itself, and see-
ing one, your patrons will want to see the next. Released every other week under the Imp brand.
Installment 3, released August 13, shows Matty meeting the leaders of the Boy Scouts of Amer-
ica, and Secretary-of-War Lindley M. Garrison.
FORD STERLING is doing some of his funniest work in "A Dramatic Mistake" and "At Three
o'clock," the Sterling comedy releases of Aug. 6 and 13, respectively. Watch out for them !
H. PATHE LEHRMAN has just left for the Pacific Coast, where he will organize a new comedy
company to work under the Universal. His chief comedian is Billie Ritchie, than whom there is
no funnier English character delineator. Announcements of release dates will be made soon.
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
CARL LAEMMLE, President
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RICHARD STANTON SESSUE HAYAKAWA MILDRED HARRIS KMtA Mii^Miii-i-
J. FRANK BURKE ENID MARKEY "SHORTY" HAMILTON JEROME STORM
A set of 8 by 10 Photos of Keystone Mabel, in four different poses, 50 cents
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORP.
LONG ACRE BLDC, 42nd STREET and BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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Ojo Discovers the Magic Brains
Scenes from the
Wonderful Feature Film
of L. FRANK BAUM'S
Whimsical Fairy Tale,
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The patchwork
GIRL OF OZ"
Just completed. A marvelous filmization that will make the w^hole world
wonder, laugh, and be happier and brighter through its influence. Com-
plete musical score composed to fit
every scene by Louis F. Gottschalk.
The Oz Film
STUDIO AND
Santa Monica Boulevard
LOS ANGELES,
'Che Crooked Majician Completes the Mc^ic Powder of Life
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Nothing Jollier, Daintier,
more Magnificent and Absorbing,
has ever been made
in Motion Pidures.
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GIRL OF OZ"
Competent critics positively assert that in this, their first great feature film,
The Oz Company has created a nevv^er and better era and opened a new
vista in the field of Picturedom.
Watch for announcements of date
of release.
Manufaduring Co.
LABORATORIES
from Gower to Lodi Sts.
CALIFORNIA
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POSTAGE STAMPS
A new craze is sweeping the country
It has not reached every section yet, but
judging by the way it has caught on in
cities where it has made its appearance,
it will soon embrace every city, town
I and hamlet.
It is the collecting of "postage stamps"
[bearing the latest portraits of American
[motion picture actors and actresses. Of
[course, these stamps are not actually
Igood for postage, but otherwise they
Irepresent postage stamps. Uncle Sam
■will not permit an exact copy of the de-
Isigns used by the United States
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In some cities nearly all motion picturel
theatres are handing them out free, with]
the eompliments of proprietors, ^o alf"
patrons who ask for them. They have^
proved such a popular novelty that they I
are fast superseding the giving away ofjj
postal cards bearing the photoplayers'I
portraits and other souvenirs that have]
heretofore been in vogue. As stamps of
different players are given on different
days, it ensures a big attendance, as
the fans do not want to miss the day
that a stamp of their particular favoritej
is being distributed.
xour FREE sample set of 100 valuable stamps is ready
for you, Jylr. Exnihitor. Also a free stam^ alhum.
Sim.'ply mail the cow^on.
This same set is heing oought hy the ;^uolic at one dollar.
It has cost thousands of dollars to make the steel engraved stamp dies
from which these sets have been struck off.
Therefore you will appreciate receiving the valuable sample set which
enables you to actually see how rich looking these beautifully colored stamps
are. They have gummed backs and are of the color of real postage stamps.
Seeing is believing, and after seeing these stamps you will believe the above
clippings from newspapers and trade papers which tell how the public are
crowding motion picture houses, that give away only ONE of these stamps with
each admission.
The Famous Star Series stamps are the only stamps obtainable bearing the
latest portraits of all the most popular photoplayers, both licensed and indepen-
dent. There are one hundred different stamps in this series. As everyst amp
bears a different portrait of a famous star, "fans" come day after day for a hundred
days to get each different stamp in the series in order to complete their collection.
The '"fans" by showing these stamps to their friends will attract hundreds of new
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ognized, as the stamps are nearly three |
times as large as actual postage stamps,
and the portraits are perfect reprodtic- 1
tions of photographs. It is impossible!
in a newspaper illustration to show hovg
really attractive they are.
► A collection of these stamps will soon]
be of undoubted cash value, as new de-
signs are constantly being made and thel
first ones will in time grow very scarce^
All those who have collected post
stamps know that some series which are
no longer used bring fabulous prices,
high as a thousand dollars havine often!
been paid for "an. old., cancelled postage"!
stamp by some enthusiastic collector!
iwho needed it to complete his collection I
and who had neglected to secure it inj
the days when it could have been had [
_the asking.
patrons. Other exhibitors have found this
to be true. You will bless the day you
sent for a free sample set. Or are you
going to neglect this opportunity and allow
your competitors to be the first to make
money out of the stamp craze in your
neighborhood? It is impossible to show in
black and white nn this pa^c, the beauty,
clearness and rich brilliancy of color of the
actual stamps.
Your valuable sample set is
ready for you and will be sent
by return mail.
ARTHUR LESLIE
P. S. I also wish to hear from supply houses,
exchanges and others in those cities where the stamps
are not already a popular craze, roho wish to be the
first to handle these money getting stamps.
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Tear out and mail NOW
^ VALUABLE COUPON
Arthur Leslie
1505 Broadway
New York.
For this Coupon and 5 two
cent stamps (which I enclose to i^Sv
cover cost of handling and l^^M
mailing) send me tree a complete
set of 100 different portrait
postage stamps and a stamp
album.
Exhibitor's Name
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City and State
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To the Ambitious Exhibitor
WITH all this juggling of your future by the alleged powers
that be, have you, Mr. Exhibitor (with as much investment
at stake as the average producer of films), figured out
where you come in?
You read the trade papers and every week vou read of new
organizations that claim they will do this and that, but they really
only found a new way of getting your monev after you got tired of
their old method.
We want your money, too. Without it we couldn't exist. Neither could
anyone else. BUT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A GOOD RUN FOR
YOUR MONEY AND LET YOU DICTATE WHAT y5u WANT FOR IT
1 hat s perfectly square, isn't it ? In fact, by this method all legitimate enter-
prises have prospered.
We are not philanthropists, neither do we think that we can revolutionize
the motion picture business, but we do believe that with your support and our
knowledge of trade conditions, we can procure for you the best program
that brains can produce.
Under our system we will supply you one attraction a week that will
prove Its quality by the number of dollars that it will bring into your box
ornce.
Companies may affiliate and organize to make you take their entire out-
put whether you like it or not. But —
No One Can Monopolize Ambition and Brains
The Alco system is co-operative as well as creative and will procure only
such hlms for the enterprising exhibitor as can be profitably exhibited in his
WE SCOUR THE EARTH FOR YOUR ATTRACTIONS AND THFY
VouRl^ms'^^'' '"* ^''''^ territ5iyVy''pSpl'e Wl?0 1^^^^^
If you have the ambition to own your own exchange and protect vour
theatre with a program obtained from the world's quality mart— write inime-
diately for our exchange proposition.
FIRST RELEASE
THE POPULAR
CARLYLE BLACKWELLiN
4 Reels
By Charles Neville Buck
Produced
AL. LICHTMAN
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YOU COME IN?
To the Independent Producer
You have been worrying of late. Well, we don't blame you;
we have spent several sleepless nights ourselves trying to
solve the problem of selling good pictures the same as one
sells good merchandise.
Of course, you know the rule that if you make better merchan-
dise than your competitor, you have every reason to expect a better
market. You know, however, this is not so in the picture business.
Past history of the film business teaches us that the one that
sold the most films was the best politician. Undoubtedly you are
not a politician because you are INDEPENDENT.
Up to now you depended on a little income from the STATE
RIGHTS BUYER, but alas! and alack! he is gone. Those of him
that didn't go broke, organized and left you out in the cold.
But They Didn't Take Your Brains With Them
So, thank God, we still have a chance. All you have to do is
make GOOD FILMS and make them better than anyone else and
the ALCO will give you a market.
Our market is open to anyone in the world that has or can
produce films of quality. We don't care about their length.
Length Don't Make A Feature
They have to be good in drawing and pleasing power — then they will
be good in financial power. We don't care if they are 1,000 or 12,000 feet
long as long as their pleasing power is long enough to reach into the pockets
of the public.
The quicker you get in touch with ALCO, the quicker your worries will
be over, without combining or without conspiring. AIco will market your
films. All you need is the knowledge of producing quality films.
SEPTEMBER 1st.
PHOTO PLAY STAR
"THE KEY TO YESTERDAY"
by Favorite Players Film Company
LM CO.,Inc
DISTRIBUTORS
4 Reels
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TO THE EXHIBITORS: You can be perfectly certain how i
your patrons will take D. W. GRIFFITH'S MASTERPIECE::
"Home, Sweet Home"!
YOU take it— and they'll take it, just as all who have seen it took it
The
Opinions
of the
Motion
Picture
Press :
Read what authorities say about it around the country !
Louis Reeves Harrison in
the New York Moving Pic-
ture World writes:
Leading
ManagerisJ
Opinions :
The
Opinions
of the
Great
Metropolitjm
Daily Press:
"HOME, SWEET HOME, a Photo-
drama of beautiful motive, of exqui-
site treatment, imbued with the per-
sonality of brilliant Griffith."
"An appreciation of genius by genius."
"An enchantment of the screen."
The N. Y, Dramatic Mirror
says:
"You will want to see HOME,
SWEET HOME because the hand of
David W. Griffith is felt in every
scene ; you will want to see it be-
cause of the photography ; you will
want to see it because never before
has a cast of equal strength been
gathered together in one picture un-
der such a master hand."
Victor Watson of the New
York American says:
''The master art of the 'Movies'
beautifully done."
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The New York Herald
states :
"Perfect in every detail."
The Manager of the Strand
Theatre, New York City, the
most beautifully appointed
motion picture theatre in the
world, wired:
"The most beautiful picture I ever
saw."
Los Angeles, Cal., turned
out en masse to see it open
Clune's Auditorium and thou-
sands were turned away dis-
appointed.
W. H. Clune of Los An-
geles, Cal., wired:
"The most wonderful picture ever
shown. My theatre seats over 3000
people at first class prices and we
turned them away every day."
BOOK n NOW!
Released through
Thus, from Coast to Coast, has HOME, SWEET HOME made
its appeal to human hearts.
This great picturization of the song that has reached all hearts
cannot fail to reach the hearts and minds of your clientele.
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Extracts from a Letter addressed to the
Continental Feature Film Corporation by
D.W.GRIFFITH:
Above all — be careful in the selection of
films you offer your exhibitors.
Inartistic picturization of plays written
primarily for the speaking stage
DO NOT MAKE GOOD FEATURES !
Even ''stars'' of the speaking stage, when
hedged about with aged and out-lawed traditions of
the spoken drama —
DO NOT MAKE GOOD FEATURES !
FAMOUS NAMES ALONE, unbolstered by artistry,
in however big type they may be advertised —
DO NOT MAKE GOOD FEATURES !
Only films played by real artists OF THE
SCREEN, the subject matter big, gripping theme —
dramas, written especially for the Screen,
presented in an ARTISTIC MANNER —
DO MAKE GOOD FEATURES !
YOU WANT YOUR HOUSES FULL
GRIFFITH FILMS WILL FILL 'EM
Mr. Griffith personally directs films produced by the Majestic and Reliance Companies and re-
leased as part of The Mutual Program, as well as the big theme-dramas which are booked through
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Corporation
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Mr. State Rights Buyer:
Are You Ready for Big Business ?
The hot weather season — the dull booking period,
will soon be over. Will you be prepared for your
exhibitors? Will you have the features they want?
— or, will you have to choose from those your com-
petitor turned down?
Two of the most sensational thrillers
ever filmed NOW READY
The Sacrifice of Pauline
A succession of thrilling scenes lead up to the committing of a crime by Pauline's son,
who flees from the country, leaving his mother to face the harassing situation. She is
arrested, tried and convicted. Afterwards Pauline averts the marriage of her son to the
daughter of the man he wronged.
Four Parts ^^ A Punch In Every Scene
^^-'^HELD FOR RANSOM ^''-'^
Shows the thrilling adventures of Detective B3a-nes in solving a great mystery. Scenes
like the fall from the dizzy height of the Eiffel Tower; exciting races between motorcycle,
automobile and motorboat; the ingenious trap into which the detective falls; and the
sensational drop from High Bridge hold the interest throughout.
Territory Still ^vm On
Hoodman Blind 5 Parts
Across the Continent. .4 Parts
King Charles 4 Parts
The Lure of Millions. .4 Parts
The Master of Death. .4 Parts
Great Python Robbery . 4 Parts
Where is Coletti? 4 Parts
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A RUN
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Wednesday, Drama Thursday, Comedy
ELIES
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THE PERILS OF PAULINE
The remarkable thing about this most remarkable of all remarkable films is
that Pauline's Perils get more perilous as they go along.
A hot pace was set in the early episodes. The reason this serial keeps drawing
more people all the time, i? that Pauline not only keeps up with the original
pace — but she goes way beyond it.
PAULINE PULLS PEOPLE
SHE'S A GOLD MINE
THIS IS THE LIFE— WHISKERS
One reel American Pathe made comedies.
Quick moving, fast, furious action.
Both these reels are patron-pullers — they are the sort that bring people back
the next week for more of the same kind.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
ATLANTA BOSTON CHICAGO
Rhodes BIdg. 3 Tremont Row 5 So. Wabash Ave.
NEW YORK PITTSBURGH SAN FRANCISCO
115 E. 23rd St. 715 Liberty Ave. 67 Turk St.
SALT LAKE CITY CLEVELAND PORTLAND
68 South Main St 622 Prospect Av., S.E. 392 Buniside Ave.
SEATTLE OMAHA
810 Third Ave. 1312 Famam St.
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th & E Sts., N. W.
DENVER
Nassau BIdg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Sts.
CINCINNATI
217 £. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St.
FILM COMPANY
New York City
'The Cream of American and European Studios"
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Pathe made, 4 parts. Fealuring-Crane Wilbur in the leading rule, supported by Edward Jose
and an all star cast.
Based on Lord Byron's great story of the same name. Full of mystery and sunshine of the
Mediterranean and the magnetic influence of a beautiful slave girl for whom men gladly risk
their lives and lose them. Action, action — corsairs, harems, battles, raids, escapes and trea-
sure caves, a truly Arabian Night's adventure, while through it all there runs the influence
of the irresistible Greek girl Medora. A plot_of exceptional strength, a setting of alluring
Orientalism, and a story which breathes with the first sdreening and faJfly pants at the
climax.
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES
In this film is introduced some new players, among them is an actress in the leading part who
is an exceptional "find." She will take your patrons' hearts by storm — she will, without
doubt, be one of the greatest actresses ever offered to the moving picture public. Look
for her — she is in "When a Woman Loves."
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
FILM COMPANY
New York City
"The Cream of American and European Studios'
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THE BOUNDARY RIDER
Featuring Thurlow Bergen in the leading role.
A dramatrc five part attraction of the Revenue service and the North woods. An exciting
story with a new sort of hero, a former broker's clerk whose employer becomes involved
with opium smugglers and is killed. Suspicion falls on the clerk who is obliged to flee to
Canada where he joins the force of fearless boundary riders. From the lawless opium
smugglers of New York to the wild free life of the northern boundary riders this film is
an accurate depiction of inside facts and has more thrills per foot than any detective play
in recent years.
The Eclectic Fihn Company has put over another big scoop. We have secured all future
issues of
Colonel Heeza Liar
The famous series of American cartoon comedies by F. R. Bray.
Everybody knows the Colonel. In the first Eclectic release, the Peerless Prevaricator
gets several barrels of fun out of the "River of Doubt."
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
ATLANTA
Rhodes BIdg.
NEW YORK
115 E. Z3rd St.
SALT LAKE CITY
M South Main St.
SEATTLE
n« Third Ave.
BOSTON
3 Tremont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ave.
CLEVELAND
622 Prospect Av.,S.E.
OMAHA
1312 Famam St.
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabash Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
392 Bumside Ave.
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg,
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th Street
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th & E Sts., N. W.
DENVER
Nassau Bide.
MINNEAPOUS
4th & Hennepin St«,
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St.
NEW ORLEANS
91» Gravier St.
KANSAS CITY
»2t Main St.
FILM COMPANY
New York City
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While the daily newspaper s are giving their opinions on the
big events of the day, you can be SHOWING THESE SAME
EVENTS to your patrons in
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
People no longer have to take the conflicting "opinions" of
different newspapers — they can see with their own eyes the big
world happenings a few hours a f ter they occur, and while they
are still NEWS.
The theatres that run the PATHE DAILY NEWS are
catering to the demands of the wide-awake American public,
which is always looking for something new. THE PATHE
DAILY NEWS is both news and new.
ATUNTA
Rhode$ BIdg.
NEW YORK
lis E. 23fd St
CLEVEUND
622 Prospect Av.,S.E.
THE PATHE
1 CONGRESS STREET
SEATTLE
810 ThinI Alt.
BOSTON
3 Tremont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ay«.
PORTLAND
392 Borniide Ave.
OMAHA
1312 Farnam St
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabasb Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Tnrk St
PHIUDELPHIA
1235 Vine St
DAILY NEWS
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
SALT LAKE CITY
68 Sooth Main St
DALLAS
Andrews BIdg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St
WASHINGTON
7th & E StJ., N. W.
DENVER
Naisaa BIdg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th & Hennepin Stj.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5th St
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravler St
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St
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Yes, you say as you look at the picture, "common-place wreck," that's all. But the joke is,
no such wreck happened at all. It's what might have happened had not a fast automobile
overhauled the train and prevented what seemed to the overworked tower-man an inevi-
table head-on collision. The thrill of the reel is not in the collision but in the heroic act of
a brave woman in an automobile who headed it off by her pluck and courage. To be Re-
leased Friday, August 7th.
COMING EDISON RELEASES
Saturday, August 8th
One Touch of Nature
(Comedy) 1000 feet
Monday, August 10th
All for a Tooth
(Comedy) 1000 feet
Tuesday, August 11th
A Tale of Old Tuckson
(Drama) 1000 feet
Wednesday, August 12th
Andy Learns to Swim (9th Story)
(Comedy) 1000 feet
Friday, August 14th
The One Who Loved Him Best
(Drama) 2000 feet
Saturday, August ISth
While the Tide Was Rising
(Drama) 1000 feet
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WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF "MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"
H. A. Du Souchet's famous comedy-drama with Walter E. Perkins in
the title role. To be released on August 15th through the masterpiece service
of the General Film Company.
Order Edison posters of the MORGAN LITHOGRAPH CO., Cleveland, Ohio, direct.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
239 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J*
Makers of the Edison Kinetoscope, Model "D."
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A New Idea in Series Stories
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— Every story embraced in
the Alice Joyce Series is
complete in itself and has
no bearing upon any of the
productions which follow.
— Which means that your
patrons are not compelled
to wait two or more weeks
for the continuation of a
story. !i Having paid to see
a complete show, they get
what they are entitled to in
every production of the
Alice Joyce Series.
— It is due to this fact that
the Alice Joyce Series is
playing to BIG business.
Get your share of it. Start
with "THE VAMPIRE'S
TRAIL," and show your
patrons the best drama
Kalem has produced since
"The Vampire."
Forthcoming Two = Act Features
of the Alice Joyce Series
The Vampire's Trail
Just as she is about to elope with Payne, the actress
is quarantined in the home of the wife whose life she
had endeavored to blast The outcome is surcharged
with interest.
Released Monday, August 3rd
The Brand
The fire which destroys the reformatory; Mary's hero-
ism in saving the inmates, and, later, Rosie's dastardly
attempt to blackmail the girl, among the incidents
which make this of unusual appeal.
Released Monday, August 31st
Gratitude is foreign to his base nature. He brings misery upon the heiress who
marries him and betrays the men who save him from death. Believing him dead, the
heiress remarries. What follows will hold you spellboimd.
Released Monday, September 28tli
The most attractive scenes in the above productions are shewn on one,
three and six^sheet posters. Get them —they will help fill your house
KALEM COMPANY, 235-9 West 23d St., NEW YORK
The Old Army Coat
Produced at Jacksonville, Fla., during the recent re-
union of Confederate Veterans. Leroy's efforts to
wrest a fortune from the old Veteran's ward results
in a series of absorbing situations.
Released Monday, August 17tli
The Mystery of the Sleeping Death |
A tale of reincarnation which will astound observers.
The mysterious trance into which Harrison and Lizzie
fall, and the ancient Hindu legend told on the screen
make this a story decidedly out of the ordinary.
Released Monday, September 14th
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or, THE MOOR OF VENICE
FIVE PARTS
THE DIVINE SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
Made at Venice, Italy!!! I
By the Photo Drama Company. 'tHE SUPER FILM— By
All Odds the Most Pretentious, Beautiful and Accurately-
Screened Version of Shakespearean Stories! ^
MADE AT VENICE, ITALY. That's a Tremendous ad-
vertising Feature in itself! VENICE, rendezvous of the
modern tourist — A very fountain-head of Romance and Ad-
venture! The w^aterw^ays of Historic Venice
w^ith its tales, ten centuries old, of Passionate ^^
Loves and Fierce Vendettas — the indolent,
dreamy sw^eep of these Gondola-ridden high-
wrays are scenes of the quaintest stories in any
language !
FOR THE MAKING OF OTHELLO the City Fathers
declared a half-holiday — canals were closed to modern
commerce, leaving only the aged palaces, the gayly-
costumed players and the clicking cameras of the
Photo Drama Company.
In OTHELLO, we offer a real masterpiece. It is the
first of Shakespeare's stories filmed in its proper en-
vironment, as the Master would have wished.
For Release Through
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
General Film Company
NOW BOOKING.
Complete Line of Lithographs, Pre** Storie*, etc.
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166 N. State St., Chicago
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THREE SPLENDID MONEY-GETTING SUBJECTS YOU
CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW !
They're making money every minute — these three ! ! !
Call up any General Film Office (Special Feature Depart-
ment) and make a date !
We vouch for them absolutely ! From the standpoint of
story, photography and general dull-season possibilities,
we believe them to have no equals in inexpensive summer
attractions.
Let us suggest you try them.
ANNE BOLEYN
A story of the Second Wife of Henry VIII. Every School Child Knows
the History of Her Ill-Fated, Doom-Laden Marriage. Anne deposed Queen
Catherine, only to give way in time to the new Court Beauty, Jane Seymour.
The Courtship, Marriage and Death of Anne Boleyn is one of the Cruelest,
Weirdest incidents in the annals of English History. As a Picture, It's a
WINNER ! THREE PARTS
A KINGDOM AT STAKE
The Pretty Child Queen is Marked by Anarchists for Murder. But, Luckily,
her Native Sweetness wins the Heart of the Chief Conspirator, Her daily
Companion and Instructor. How the Plot failed How the well-meaning
but misguided revolutionists were condemned to Die, only to be pardoned
at the Eleventh Hour by their childish, loving little Monarch, makes, we
firmly believe, the most pleasing, dainty, thoroughly-charming hot weather
offering we have seen this summer. Already many theatres have cashed in
on "A Kingdom at Stake." Have You? THREE PARTS
OTHELLO
Truly a wonderful subject, made from the Divine Shakespearean Tragedy
of that Name. Staged at Venice, Italy, in the environment of the Original,
Following Closely the Thread of Shakespeare's Beautiful Story. But — And
Here's a Vital Point — You Need be no Shakespeare Student to enjoy the
wonders of his written story. All its dramatic power and intensity have been
retained three-fold in the film version. Again we say, A Truly Wonderful
Subject. You will find in it great box-office possibilities. If you haven't
booked it, Do It Now ! FIVE PARTS
BOOKING NOW THROUGH
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL FILM COMPANY
Complete line of Lithographs, Heralds and Photographs
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State Street, Chicago.
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"The Lure of the Car Wheels." Released Wed., July 29th.
A Comedy Every
Tuesday and
Saturday
TWO-REEL FEATURE
Every Wednesday
and Thursday
A Drama
Every
Friday
FIVE RELEASES EACH WEEK
"THE QUESTION AND ANSWER MAN"
Comedy Tuesday, July 28th
A good story of the Editon'a! room, caused by a mix-up of proper
names and nom de plumes. The newspaper man joins in the love
game and wins out.
"THE LURE OF THE CAR WHEELS"
Two-Reel Drama Wednesday, July 29tli
Strange adventures of a boy with a mania for travel. He is nom-
inated for Mayor, but his sweetheart forsakes him and he turns again
to the Lure of the Wheels.
"THREE MEN AND A WOMAN"
Tw^o-Reel Drama Thursday, July 30th
One of the most sensational melodramatic pictures ever released.
A ship on fire and heroic rescue.
"WITHIN THE NOOSE"
Drama Friday, July 31st
A strong and graphic picture of the operation^ of Western outlaws
and bank robbers and the justice meted out by the Vigilantes.
"SHE GAVE HIM A ROSE"
Comedy Saturday, August 1
A roaring comedy love episode, in which two burglars very much
interfere with an ardent pair of sweethearts.
"THE RISE OF THE JOHNSONS"
Comedy Saturday, August 1
Very laughable incident which takes place in a coon crap joint.
Mr. Johnson wins out beautifully.
LUBIN MASTERPIECES
NOW READY
"THE WOLF"— 6 Reels
B}- Eugene Walter
TO BE RELEASED SOON
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR"
6 Reels. By J. Hartley Manners
NOW IN PREPARATION
"EAGLE'S NEST"— 5 Reels
By Edwin Arden
with Edwin
in the leading^
Now being produced in Colorado,
Arden, Broadway's popular actor,
role.
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Three Men and a V/o-^-n." Released
July 30th.
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and SpHt Reels. One, Three and Six Sheets with all Multiple Reels.
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"His Kid Sister"
Comedy-Drama, Monday, July 27
She comes to her brother's rescue and repays him iof his love
and kindness. She has the laugh on the sheriff afttf a daring ride
and a slide down a rope. MARGARET GIBSON iir the title role.
"John Ranee, Gentleman"
Two- Part Drama, Tuesday, July 28
He will not violate friendship. Refuses the love a woman had
denied her husband. He sacrifices it for the sake of honor and
self-respect. ANTONIO MORENO, NORMA TALMADGE and
HARRY KENDALL.
"Officer Kate"
Comedy, Wednesday, July 29
She becomes a policewoman. Her husband gets a good-looking
hired girl to run the home. Kate resigns from the force and
makes her fixed post at home. KATE PRICE in the lead.
"The Greater Motive"
Dramia, Thursday, July 30
Bob has never been whipped. He takes the count for the sake
of his old sweetheart and her kids. She needs the money worse
than he does. DOROTHY KELLY, JAMES MORRISON and
GEORGE COOPER are the cast.
"Private Bunny" Comedy, Friday, July 31
JOHN BUNNY makes a big hit in his reg^entals and defeats
his rival. FLORA FINCH just worships her hero. His glory is
cut short by his courtmartial for desertion.
"The Violin of M'sieur"
Two-Part Fantasy, Saturday, August 1
Exactly as presented 75 times on the stage of the \'itaKraph
Theatre, Broadway, New York Citv, introducing CLARA KIM-
BALL YOUNG, ETIENNE GIRARDOT, JAMES YOUNG, HELEN
CONNELLY and the VITAGRAPH DOG.
"DETECTIVE AND MATCHMAKER"
Western Comedy MONDAY, AUG. 3
"WARFARE IN THE SKIES."
Two-Part Military Drama. TUESDAY, AUG. A
SIX A WEEK
"SECOND SIGHT"
Vita-Laugh Comedy ..WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5
"MEMORIES IN MEN'S SOULS"
j>rama THURSDAY, AUG. 6
"THE LOCKED HOUSE"
Comedy FRIDAY, AUG. 7
"THE HOUSE ON THE HILL"
Two-Part Drama SATURDAY, AUG. 8
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Mr. Barnes of N. Y.
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THE, RAJAH'S VOW
An All-Star cast in an Absorbing Two -Act story of the Orient
It costs the lives of Lord and Lady Thomas; it almost causes the death of a Hindu girl by suttee. It makes
this one of the most absorbing stories of the Orient ever filmed.
Released Monday, August 10th. Scenes which instantly attract attention on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
Old Man Higginbotham's Daughter
Featuring Irene Boyle in a Rural Drama.
Falling into the rapids, the young fanner is whirled
down the stream. The outcome of the accident fills
this simple story with heart-interest.
Released Tuesday August 11th. Striking 1 and 3-Sheets
m A Substitute For Pants
Featuring Ruth Roland in a
Marshal Nielan Comedy
It's a divided riding skirt, and Billy,
r.nning for office, finds it beats
rousers to a standstill in landing
che feminine vote.
Released Friday, August 14th
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At the E,nd of the Rope
Featuring Princess Mona Darkfeather in a Two-Act
story of the West
Unable to climb back to the cliff above, the outlaw is
about to drop to the ledge below. He glances down.
Waiting for him with knife upraised, is his foe.
Released Wednesday, August 12th
Eye-catching scenes on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
Near Death's Door
Helen Holmes in a Drama of the Hills
The tremendous upheaval wh'rh hurls tons of rock
and earth skyward, and the landslide which buries three
people, two of the great scenes.
Released Saturday, August 15th. Superb 1 and 3-Sheets
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Facts and Comments
1^ a recent issue of The ]\Iovixg Picture World we
printed the complaint of an exhibitor out on the Pa-
cific Coast, who almost despaired of success because of
the unrelentingly hostile attitude of the church people of
his town. By a curious coincidence an exhibitor in Canada
writes to us telling of how he, too, encountered violent
opposition on the part of church people and how he over-
came it. When this exhibitor about two and a half years
ago applied to the authorities for a license he precipitated
a bitter campaign against the application. The question
was made the topic of hostile sermons in more than one
church and the pulpits rang with denunciations of the
motion picture. Our exhibitor took hold and conducted
his theater in such a manner that in the course of time he
converted his enemies into friends. He writes to us say-
ing that recently his advertisement was solicited "for a
publication in connection with one of the churches pre-
viously most opposed to us," He concludes by saying:
"We are pretty proud of this mark of confidence and
trust that our experience may be the source of some en-
couragement to those who with a high standard in view
have not as yet received the recognition their efforts de-
ser\'ed." \\^e hope that our friend and correspondent will
favor us with a full recital of the valuable work he has
done fur the benefit of his brother exhibitors all through
the country.
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THE number of exhibitors who insist on screen exam-
ination before booking features for their houses is
happily on the increase. Discriminating and pro-
gressive exhibitors are in a position to do a great deal
toward eliminating the cheap and nasty "features," fre-
quently misnamed "sensational." A correspondent in a
large town in Eastern Pennsylvania controlling a first-
class theater with a large capacity protests that there are
too many "so-called features." He makes a suggestion
which is well worth pondering by every exhibitor who has
the welfare of his profession at heart. He thinks that the
"reputable houses ought to start a movement to eliminate
exchanges that buy only cheap and inferior films." In
England, where the exhibitor has far more power than
here and where it pays the producer and the exchange
to consult the exhibitor, the danger to the industry from
cheap and inferior films has been minimized, though Eng-
land has the open market. The growth of the exhibitors'
influence is a benefit to the entire motion picture industry.
The rights for the exhibition of motion pictures of the
first flight of quality are nowadays being sold upon con-
ditions. These conditions insist upon a proper, adequate
and dignified presentation and upon a minimum price of
admission which is consistent with the nature of the at-
traction. We look upon this practice, which is becoming
the settled policy of the quality concerns, as a sure sign
of the great future which is in store for the high-class
progressive exhibitor. We have seen many splendid pic-
tures tortured, mutilated and massacred by clumsy and
ignorant methods of presentation, and it will do us all a
lot of good to see good pictures in good hands._ Much
remains to be done to properly educate the public. The
writer remembers how years ago patrons looking at the
"Passion Play" wanted to know when the vaudeville
was going to come on', and how one man after seeing
"Dante's Inferno" wanted his money back because there
had been no dancing.
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NEW YORK is famous for occasional displays of
stupidity by its official guardians of the peace, but
the record went to pieces the other day when a
policeman arrested some make-believe cowboys, who were
"doing a Western," because they carried old revolvers.
He might have found out by the simple process of asking
that the revolvers were not loaded and were really useless
because they were "props" and not honest-to-goodness
shooting irons, but the impulsive bluecoat never stopped
to think and haled the entire troupe before a magistrate,
who of course promptly discharged the actors, who had
no intention of violating the law, even technically.
* * *
THE generosity of motion picture men, and especial-
ly of exhibitors, is powerful. Whenever a great ca-
lamity strikes a city or town involving distress and
misery for widows and orphans the theatrical people
have never been slow to ofifer their aid. A valued cor-
respondent from Calgary, in Canada, speaks in a letter
to The Moving Picture World of the prompt relief
given by the management of the Rex theater in Alberta.
He devoted the gross receipts of two days to the succor
of the widows and orphans of 197 miners that were killed
in an accident at the Hillcrest mine some time ago. There
are other examples of this generosity too numerous to
mention. No institution exists today more in sympathy
with human red-blooded Hfe than the motion picture
theatre.
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"Psychological"
By W. Stephen Bush.
THE distinguished and scintillating writers of news-
paper paragraphs who supply us with so much
whipped wit per day have never told the full story
of President Wilson's use of the word "psychological" as
applied to business depression. The facts as they are now
becoming known show that the President used the word
in the course of a conversation with a timid capitalist
who was shaken with fear and dared not open his mills.
The President, according to the story, "labored"' with
the man and exorcised the evil spirit of Fear, sending the
man home with renewed confidence and a determination
to start up his factories.
The association in the minds of our public of the nickel
with the motion picture entertainment is largely if not
wholly "psychological." In the city of Denver an exhibi-
tor owning a very large and a very fine theater devoted to
motion pictures showed the Vitagraph success, "A Mil-
lion Bid," and paid a handsome amount for printer's
ink to glory in the fact that he was showing this picture,
which fetched fifty cents and a dollar on Broadwav in
New York, for the small sum of one nickel, half a dime,
the twentieth part of a dollar. If this friend of ours is
not suffering from an advanced case of "nickelitis'' we
will hand in our resignation as diagnostician right at this
minute. There is an illustration for you of the "psycho-
logical." You may say : Well, the man probably had a
bad competitor or two who forced him into this close and
feverish adherence to the nickel. Pas du tout, or, as they
say in Cork, "divvle a bit." Another theater in the same
imperial city was showing "Les Miserables" at ten and
twenty cents, selling 75 per cent of the higher priced seats
as against the dime chairs.
You know that the public is very apt to look at the
motion picture through the eyes of the exhibitor who
projects them in his theater. If he insists on the nickel
as the sacred and unchangeable price of every motion pic-
ture entertainment we must not blame the public for mak-
ing five cents a synonym for the motion picture. The
public can be educated if the right sort of teacher comes
along. Now the first requisite of the right sort of teacher
is courage. If he believes that his show is worth more
than five cents he must have the courage of his con-
victions. If on the first night of his change from the
nickel to the dime or better his attendance shows a
marked falling off he may feel the northwind blow about
his feet, but he must guard against the chills penetrating
to the heart. Let him go on with a program which is
worth not less than ten cents, and unless he is handi-
capped by extraordinary difficulties he is bound to win
out.
Let us ask ourselves this plain question: Can the art of
producing good motion pictures endure on a five-cent ba-
sis? Can the cost of a proper and thorough and intelli-
gent distribution of films be borne on the support of the
nickel ? Is it possible to give first-class exhibitions at-
tracting the best elements of the public on an admission
of half a dime? We are all agreed on the answer. We
know that the pictures have broadened and improved in
all respects, that they are worth more because they cost
more, and that the public can be made to see the facts if
properly enlightened. Only a short time ago I received
letters from several cities in the East and the South urg-
ing that something be done to relieve ruinous competition
and all the evil effects of nickelitis. In one verv large
city not far away a canvass was made among exhibitors
to ascertain the sentiments of the majority in regard to
raising the price from five to ten cents. It appears that
80 per cent of the exhibitors were in favor of a raise, while-
20 per cent were opposed. The progressives decided to-
start with raising the price on Saturdays, and at last ac-
counts they have been fairly successful. Now it seems
to me that the 80 per cent ought not be intimidated by the
twenty. The twenty may have special reasons for clinging-
to "nickelodeon" prices, and they may be grasping at
straws just at the point of going down for the third and
last time. The worrying about what the 20 per cent are
going to do, it seems to me, is somewhat illogical and
unreasonable. Let them go where they please; that is
their blessed privilege, but let the progressives keep on.
their way unswervingly.
How can we relieve the public of this misconception
that the motion picture is indissolubly associated and
bound up with the nickel? Why, we are doing it right,
now. Such theaters as the Strand are doing it and doing it
better than I have any power to describe. Let us get the
facts of the great change in the cost and quality of the
motion pictures into the newspapers of the entire coun-
try. Here is a splendid chance for the recently reunited
organized exhibitors of the country to demonstrate the-
usefulness of combined action. Let them establish a bu-
reau for the dissemination of these facts. Properly-
dressed in news form items about motion pictures are
welcome in pretty nearly every newspaper office in the
country. The only modern industry at all comparable
in importance and prosperity to motion pictures is the
automobile industry, and how many millions of dollars
have been spent in enlightening and conciliating public
opinion for this new vehicle. The motion picture in-
dustry as such has done next to nothing to influence pub-
lic opinion in a systematic and persistent way. \\'ith far-
greater opportunities than any other industry we have
been far less active. The Moving Picture World
has done its utmost to supply educational literature
to all exhibitors who have asked for it and will
continue to do so in the future, but the exhibitor must be
the one to attend to its distribution in his own locality.
Yes. indeed, the nickel price is largely psvchological.
Happily such a state of mind can be overcome by rea-
soning. We recommend no other form of exorcism but
calm thinking. If we are mistaken and if the nickel is a
good thing for the development of the industry why we
are ready to listen to any argument that may be advanced
in opposition to our belief. In fact, we would like noth-
ing better than a free and full exchange of opinions in
these columns. If there are two sides to this question and
if the low price is an advantage we want to know the rea-
sons why. In the meantime we cannot help reflecting on
the fact that even in the poorest countries in the world'
the average price of admission to motion picture theaters
is higher than in our country, which beyond all question
is the best, the most enlightened and the richest country.
There is an exhibitor somewhere in the South who in
order to hurt his competitor came otit with a signed
statement in the local papers, saying "that any exhil)itor
of motion pictures charging more than five cents admis-
sion was imposing upon the public." He is a type that
must be eliminated completely before any widespread
improvement can be expected. He is free, of course, to
charge five cents, or even less, but why go otit of his way
to utter deliberate falsehoods about other people? No
good can come of such actions. A man who is guilty
of them not only hurts his competitor but pitifully de-
means himself and advertises the peanut size of his soul
to all the world.
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Drama and Life.
By Louis Reeves Harrison.
IT IS highly interesting to note the many points of view
from which development of modern drama is regard-
ed, particularly for those who study screen production
without bias against or in favor of stage presentation.
The stage has given us so much in the way of talented
directors and interpreters, to say nothing of material for
photoplays, that an inclination toward its methods is to
be expected, though a one-sided tendency is not altogether
desirable in any innovation. Adherence to the accepted
rules of dramatic technitiue is of benefit to the photo-
playwright in the way of general knowledge, but the ap-
plication of these laws to photodramatic structure and
treatment is about as suitable as the formulation of any
new art according to rules and regulations applied to some
older art, that is with extreme caution, if at all.
On the other hand, inasmuch as we are in a stage of
•experimentation, there is no reason why we should revolt
against all forms of past construction, particularly those
which use a representation by actors for the e.xpression of
ideas, for the exposition and correction of errors, by ap-
pealing to the mind through the emotions. There is some-
thing to be said in favor of this method. Few men are
logical enough to accept easily what is reasoned out by
induction, whereas nearly all have emotional sensibilities,
which can be aroused, stimulated and directed towards
the underlying significance of a story.
Now the new'ly-fledged critic tells us that a play of
any kind must be "true to life." To what life? To whose
life? Our existence is full of varied experiences, all of
which do not occur to the newly-fiedged critic. A great
deal that might seem improbable, if not impossible, to
him is a matter of actual experience in the careers of
other individuals, not living according to his means nor
in his environment. Being true to this or that individual's
knowledge of what happens, or is liable to happen, is of
minor importance to the main issue, that of appealing in
a pleasurable or convincing sort of way to the imagination
of most people in a mixed audience.
There is pleasure to be found in the realistic treatment
of a story, that of seeing the characters act under un-
usual or even usual circumstances, so that our emotions
are excited from sympathetic understanding of their sit-
uation, but making that action plausible is an art, and very
largely an art of skilled preparation for what is to occur.
Only a man of dramatic instinct, or one long trained in
successful methods, knows how essential it is to fore-
shadow the spirit of a play during the earlier scenes.
Realism of treatment is a great help, but subtitle hints
of w'hat is to follow contribute more heavily toward mak-
ing a story "true to life" than an actual portrayal of ex-
istence.
As to how much of a photodrama shall be devoted to
preparation only a general idea can be given, and it de-
pends upon what the author is preparing for. A great
deal that occurs during the exposition and development
makes ready for the climax, so that a very large pro-
portion of some plays mav come under that head. A
play is sometimes unjustly criticised because it starts
slowiy and does not attain full speed until it is more than
half over. That is very apt to be the case where there
is a big climax with several characters involved. It is not
always possible to start with a bang, and it would often
be fatal to interest in the main issue if diversion was at-
tempted where the plot should be advanced. It is far
better to stand for such unintelligent criticism and hus-
band the strong scenes, placing the culminating point as
near as possible to the end.
There is verity of life portrayal in such methods. No
effect that is wonderful or startling occurs without ante-
cedent causes. Information leading up to the high scenes
need not have the appearance of doing so — it may be
covered to an extent — but it should clearly define the re-
lations of principal characters and their attitudes to one
another. This must be done, even at a sacrifice of initial
interest, otherwise curiosity about the outcome may be so
materially lessened as to destroy suspense. A life por-
trayal, therefore, becomes a mind portrayal in the ex-
position. Some motive or mental condition is behind the
conduct of all leading characters. Climax cannot be made
powerful nor catastrophe convincing without it.
The naturalness of a story depends largely, it would
seem, upon the author's insight into humanity as a whole, ,
but character delineation, contributing heavily to inter-
est in what is related, has its limitations. Authors err on
that side quite as much as directors err in attempting ac-
tion of the puppet variety. I recall an instance of a
bright magazine waiter who asked for friendly advice on
construction. The scenario had been constantly refused
because overcharacterization had made it tedious to read.
A few touches of live action, and presto ! it sold for more
than the average price paid, and it has proven a decided
success on the screen. The story was overbalanced with
characterization, a better fault by far than lack of that
essential, as proven by the price it brought.
It is a fine thing to have one strong and logical char-
acter in a stor}% one fully portrayed, eminently human,
seemingly alive, but interest aroused in this central figure
must be held by the effects of environment, the influ-
ence of other characters, the force of circumstances, as
all these work out the purpose and plot. Therein is the
life, the soul, the spirit of drama, with enough realism
of detail to make the story plausible. Neither should
theme be all-important nor characterization subservient —
one is a supporting part of the other in a well-balanced
composition. That is exactly as with ourselves. Each of
us has a character made up of natural capacity trained to
a certain point in active resistance to adverse forces. We
are all players in little dramas of our own.
^^'hile the development of modern drama may be re-
garded from many points of view^ by critics, exhibitors
and audience in final judgment and by authors, directors
and interpreters in the formative stage, there is emerging
from the ronfu;ion of opinion certain well-defined tynes
of play. These range from split reel to multiples in size
and from slapstick to noble tragedy in aim, but it is com-
ine to be recognized that the best of them make us better
acquainted with the world in which we live. Behind the
eye watching the screen is the mind, hence our intellectual
sense is demanding that which counts most. That which
counts most is what brings into view a knowledge of life,
incomolete though it may be. Sensations are aroused less
by what life there is in drama than by what drama there
is in life. Moving pictures may not always teach bv
loeical methods, but they are rendering a lot of mental
soil fit for cultivation. They are playing an interesting
part in a universal scheme of mind development, and
wherever they stimulate right knowing they start a course
of right doing, their tendency being ethical as well as
psychological.
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"Othello"
The Great Shakesperian Trageay Finely Filmed in Five Parts
and Now iieing keiea^ed by George Kleine
Througn tne oeneral Film Co.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
THE production of "Othello" in films, or of any other
of the Shakesperian tragedies, is a tremendous task,
a task that must be worthily done when once under-
taken, so bright is the light of public opinion that is brought
to bear on the result. In sucli a task as this, with the pro-
ducer of the required ability and the cast of the most capable
type, moving pictures undergo the most severe test that
can be placed upon them to carry the story clearly and to
visualize the complex action of the characters intelligently.
Take the character of lago, for example. Without the
spoken word it is impossible to judge of the labyrinthic
subtleties of his abnormally wicked soul. Pictures are im-
portant to reveal him in his full hideousness. If tlie most
expressive face had many hundred times its power to reveal
thought and if gesture would be multiplied as many times
to assist, even then the pictures would fail to convey the
hidden workings of this human serpent's mind. The true
nobility of Othello and the sweet gentleness of Desdemona
can, indeed, be grasped through the medium of pictures, as
is shown in these Ambrosia films; but the spoken word is
also required to acquaint us with the "barbaresque grandeur
and simplicity about the movements of his soul'' and of
the unswerving loyalty and fidelity, even to death, of his mur-
dered mate.
For what reason, I am unable to see, the Ambrosia treat-
ment of the story makes it appear that Roderigo's suit tor
Desdemona's hand was favored by Brabantio, her father.
On the contrary, when Roderigo, with lago in the back-
ground, appears before Brabantio's house and w'akes him
from his midnight sleep to warn him of his daughter's elope-
ment, the irate old man, before he is made aware of his
daughter's absence, tells him:
"In honest plainness thou has heard me say
My daughter is not for thee."
As a whole, however, the picture story follows the Shakes-
perian account pretty closely.
We are not favored with a list of the people in the Am-
brosian cast, the oversight in a him of such prominence
is rather unusual nowadays. Everyone will be attracted by
the impersonators of Otiieilo, Jago, Lassio, Desdemona and
Emilia.
The "noble Moor" has been well represented, both in
physique and in mental parts. It is hoped that the swarthy
features of his double in the pictures will not be mistaken
for those of African type. The nose shows the difference
at first glance; the thick lips — "what a full fortune does the
thick lips show," says Roderigo in jealous hate — are a coun-
terpart of those of the Moor as conceived by Shakespeare.
The gentleness, the nobl.emindedness, the horrible fury of
the man are well brought out. The death scenes of Desde-
mona and theMoor have been discreetly shortened.
The commanding character, as seen in the films, is that
of lago. The part is excellently cast. The actor who sus-
tains it has the face, the njauner and the youth essential,
and is gifted with a fine appreciation and the art of expres-
sion.
Cassio is also in able hands, and the artist has succeeded
in conveying by his characterization'tbe- reason for Ojjiello's
preferment of Cassio to the place of. Iagp,as captaipof the
guara. Roderigo is also very acceptable.. - .
The selection of Desderfiona's representative was most
happy. She is a charming woman, less attractive than Emilia'
in physical beaiity, but revealing a soul and devotion, worthy
of her great prototype. ,.
Great praise is due Ambrosia. "for the artistic settings of
the drama. The main scenes were laid in \'enice by Shakes-
peare, and the Ambrosia people took due advantage of that
fact. The Grand Canal,, the Palace of the Doges and other
favored spots in \enrce are given us as the)' are today. I.
understand that, in order to take the scenes on the Grand
Canal, without having them marred by the busy rush of,
everyday life, all traffic was suspended by order of the
municipal government for half" a day. ^
The attack on the Turkish fleet near Cypress is both pic-,
turesque and full of action. . This, scene is rendered rnore
attractive for the educated eye by reason of the fact that
the \'enetian authorities loaned for the occasion galleys. of
the time now held guardedly as valuable relics of the early
Scene from "OtheUo" (Kleine).
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679
Scene from "Othello" (Kleine).
part of the fifteenth century. It will be noted in the pictures
showing the engagement that a large Turkish vessel, dis-
masted, but still pouring shot on the X'enetian fleet, is blown
up. It will be remembered that in the Shakesperian story
a great storm scattered the Turkish ships, many of them
being sunk and others disabled. The show'ing of the disabled
vessel in question was to conform as closely as possible to
the original narrative, and this observance of history deserves
due commendation.
Lindenwald in Pictures
Palatial Home for Walter E. Hering Affords Settings for
Lubin Drama.
When a man of wealth with an estate of 200 acres and a
palatial mansion with everything that money can afford
places his entire house and its sumptuous grounds at the dis-
posal of a motion picture company, and then with attractive
wife, proniinent socially, insists upon entertaining his guests
of the day, the occasion is of more than passing moment.
Walter E. Hering, the Philadelphia Dusiness man last week
gave an entire day and personally entertained Joseph W.
Smiley's Company from the Lubin studios, at "Lindenwald,"
his magnificent country seat on Old York Road, and there
Joe Smiley and Company Doing "Water Stuff."
was nothing for the comfort or use of the Lubin players
which the millionaire manufacturer had neglected.
Director Smiley is producing a spectacular melodrama,
"The Spy's Fate," a feature photoplay, based upon the causes
which led up to the present crisis in Mexico. William H.
Lippert, the author of the script, had called for the exterior
of a sumptuous estate.^ In the play are magnificent scenes
of splendor, the ball room of a millionaire's home, a beauti-
ful conservatory with flowers and fountains playing, where
exquisitely gowned women, promenaded at a function in
honor of the .\merican Ambassador.
In the making of the picture which the author drew. Di-
rector Smiley thought of the palatial home of his friend, ilr.
Hering, and at the request of the director, the home of the
society man was turned over to the Lubin players. Even
tlie delicately furnished apartments of Mrs. Hering were
placed at the disposal of the actresses by the hpstess and
there the players donned their ball room gowns. !
In all more than a score of scenes were taken at "Linden-
wald," and at the conclusion of the days work, Mr. and Mrs.
Hering completed their entertainment by serving luncheon
to their guests and then conducting them to every nook and
corner of the estate on a tour of inspection that the Lubin
players will not quickly forget.
In the making of "The Spy's Fate" Director Smiley has
used nearly 100 players. There are nine principals in the
cast of this multiple feature and how the tank was filled
in which the foreign spy imprisons the .Vmcrican .Ambassa-
dor, attempting to drown him, and the entire company of
Lubin players is shown in the accompanying photograph.
"Heart Beats"
Senior L. Lombardi Has the Leading Role in New Features
Ideal Ottering from Charles Jjarlington's Melo-
drama, "A Useless Crime."
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
PERHAPS among Italian actors known to screen pat-
rons in .\merica, L. Lombardi has the most enthusi-
astic following. In this three-act picture, "Heart
Beats," from an old time melodrama 1)y Charles Darlington,
".A. Useless Crime," he has the part of a butler who has prom-
ised his dying mistress that he will look out for her son. His
faith, unfaithful, keeps him falsely true to this promise even
to the attempted murder of his master, the baron, father of the
boy, and the destruction by fire of the ancestral dwelling.
It is not a wholly convincing character, but it furnishes a
well-spun )'arn, full of melodramatic action and makes an
entertaining picture without special artistic pretensions, but
calculated to hold the attention. It gives the actor no real
chance for art.
Scene from "Heart Beats" (Features Ideal).
The action of the story begins when this butler finds,
looking over the shoulder of his master, that a will has' left
all of his fortune to a new wife, thus disinheriting the son
whom he had promised to protect. The boy is about six
years old and naturally needs an ally if he is to have the
place in society that his coming rank demands. It has been
shown in earlier scenes that the baron's second wife has mar-
ried at the pleas and threats of her avericious father rather
than at the dictates of her own heart. She had another pref-
erence, a poor man; but refused him to take the more bril-
liant match. Later, this other man sends to her a letter
asking for an interview at midnight and the butler intercepts
it long enough to steam the envelope, open and learn its
contents. Then he warns the baron who, under pretence of a
journey, lies secretly in wait for the lover to appear. The
butler, too, is waiting in the trees and suddenly throwing a
cloak over his master's head, strangles him and throws him
into a swiftly running mill stream. He is not drowned, for
some peasants drag him to shore further down and care for
him until, several months later, he has recovered.
The lover, w-ho has heard the struggle, making his way
out finds the baron's pistol and Puts it in his pocket. The
butler has now destroyed the will, but knows nothing of the
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codicil and the step-mother is still sole heiress. The police
arrest her on suspicion of murder and her lover, having the
pistol, accuses himself of the crmie to shield her. The baron,
who has kept the fact of his rescue secret, comes back and
lives unknown in a never-used part of the manor house to
watch what comes of the situation. The butler, who has not
succeeded in safe-guarding the interests of his little protege,
finds a man, the e.xact likeness of the "dead" baron, burglar-
izing the house and compels him to act the part so that a
new will can be executed and witnessed. This dummy fools
both the wife and the lawyer and is about to make a great
"get away" with all the negotiable papers he can lay his
hands on when the real baron appears in the room. There
is a struggle in which the building is set on fire. The false
baron is killed and the real one escapes with his son.
The eye finds it pleasant to watch all this and the atten-
tion is interested waiting to see how it is going to turn out,
alhough the mind is not at all willing to accept it as a picture
in which real things of humanity or of life's fates are put on
view. The scenes and backgrounds have an atmosphere that
suggests a world filled with pleasant or at least acceptable
fates. The acting is good, although the role of the leading
player gives him no real chance to put his art to the test.
The photography is clear.
A School Film Exchange
Wisconsin University Supplies Films for Schools of That
State.
THE University of Wisconsin has gone into the film
exchange business. Under the charge of W. H. Dud-
ley, the Department of \'isual Instruction of the E.x-
tension Division is now prepared to supply the schools of
the state with motion picture films and lantern slides of an
educational character, free of charge.
A survey of the state of Wisconsin disclosed the fact that
while 225 schools are equipped with stereopticons, there are
on an average only fifty slides to each machine. Fifteen
of the schools are equipped with motion picture projectors.
To supply the need of a cheap method of securing new
films and slides the Department of \isual Instruction has
secured 50 reels of film and prepared 1,500 lantern slides.
The slides are made up into sets of 85, accompanied by a
lecture, and are sent around the state on circuits from one
school to another. To those schools having motion picture
projectors a reel of film is also sent.
The service is weekly. The slides remain at a school from
two to three days in order that the children may be pre-
pared for the pictures they are to see.
The only cost to the school is that of sending the set on
to the next school in the circuit. The routing of the sets
has been planned so that the service in any case should not
cost more than 35 cents on each package, or about $12 a
year. Arrangements for special service and for the supplying
of films or slides on a particular subject have also been made.
The motion pictures are expected to prove valuable in
interesting parents to come to the schools and so keep them
in touch with the work that their children are doing.
SELIG JUNGLE-ZOO.
Elaborate plans are being carried out for the beautifying
of the great Horticultural and Zoological Exposition, which
will be" permanently maintained at Eastlake. Los Angeles,
Calif., by Wm. N. Selig, head of the Selig Polyscope Com-
pany. Mr. Selig has made arrangements with a prominent
sculptor, who is building groups of elephants, and other
groups showing lions, tigers, and other wild beasts in
picturesque and artistic attitudes. Plans for an extensive
horticultural building are being prepared and in every way
the great Selig Jungle-Zoo will be one of the most re-
markable places in the entire world.
Mr. Slig has ambitions to create for the American public
a place of entertainment, and devised especially for educa-
tional purposes which will outrival the great establishment
of Carl Hagenbeck, in Germany.
\'arious parts of the lands which are now enclosed by
the high wall which Mr. Selig had built to keep out in-
truders and to keep the denizens of the jungle-zoo within
bounds, are being converted into natural conditions such as
prevail in various tropical countries. The wild animals find
everything provided at the Selig Tungle-Zoo that they have
been accustomed to in the past. When Mr. Selig invites the
public to view his great Jungle-Zoo out at Los Angeles, they
will view scenery and look upon jungle dwellers exactly as
they exist in their habitat. It is expected that the work will
be completed in time for Mr. Selig to entertain the public
when the Panama Exposition opens next year.
"The Gilded Kidd"
A Bright Two-Reel Edison Comedy, Written by Mark Swan,
and Directed by C. Jay Williams.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
Harry Kidd Arthur Housman
K. K. Kidd, the famous financier. .. .Robert Brower
Elsie Lucas Slsie MacLeod
Tom Graham Edward Earle
The Bear Man William Fables
The Jailer Edward O'Connor
Bill Nabb, a prisoner Carlton King
A HIGHER form of comedy than its action might in-
dicate, "The Gilded Kidd" does not lose its personal
element, while directed against an impersonal institu-
tion, that farcical old structure we once revered and now
regard as non-progressive, the law. There will be laughter
at what is ludicrous in a situation on which the story is
founded, but it will be laughter of those who have outgrown
Scene from "The GUded Kidd" (Edison).
an antiquated and pompous institution, and who are superior
to what is obviously defective in its assumptions. It assumes
equity, but it is the greatest known exponent of inequity.
Isothing makes the entire code more ridiculous than its
unequal enforcement.
The "Kidd" is simply an indulged young man, whose
scrapes are paid for in cash by his multi-millionaire father
to an extent that nothing he can do is regarded as a violation
of law or even a personal offense. An illegal act of his is
Scene from "The Gilded Kidd" (Edison).
treated by the police as an amusing episode, while a tramp
is sent to jail for six months because he did exactly the
same thing. A party of club friends pronounce him im-
mune, declare him to be above all law, and he offers to
bet that he can achieve imprisonment within three days.
This wager is taken up by his rival in love and the stakes
are that the loser shall absent himself from the young lady's
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The Kidd is far from being a brilliant schemer. He at-
tacks the fabric of society in a very mild way, attempting
■only minor public offenses, but his victims refuse to punish
him, preferring to settle with the old man or merely laugh
.at his antics, the vagaries of gilded youth. He commits
one misdemeanor after another with perfect impunity, but
even the officers laugh as soon as they recognize the Kidd.
They have come to regard him as an amusing character.
So lie is, but what he does would nevertheless be punished
if committed by a poor or friendless wretch. U'hat is
tragedy for them is comedy for the privileged Kidd, whose
only claim to privilege is that of being the son of an
•enormously rich and indulgent father.
In despair, he goes to his father and asks him pitifully,
"Won't you please buy nie a prison?" He fakes suicide, but
it is discovered that there is no poison in his liottle. He
declares he has just killed a man, but he cannot produce the
corose. He arranges at the last moment to take tlie place
of a prisoner who is to return in twenty-four hours, for
whom he gives cash bail in addition to the personal security
of his own corpse. The prisoner sends word, "I ain't never
■comin' back. Forward my mail to Canada." The Kidd's
sweetheart visits the prison in company with others, includ-
ing the rival, and a stupid jailer tells the girl that "Kidd"
is in for breach of promise — the other prisoner's crime —
tinder an assumed name. The rival walks off with the girl
and the Kidd finds himself a prisoner in dead earnest.
The play is well cast straight through, and handled with
skill. The performance of Arthur Houseman as the "Kidd"
is that of a veritable star. The play, while written purely
for entertainment, has a good stiff punch.
Hal Wilson
OXE of the well-known and popular motion picture actors
of today is Hal Wilson, the character man and assistant
director of the Eclair Film Company at its Western
studio, Tucson, Ariz. !Mr. Wilson numbers a period of thirty-
five years as his theatrical experience, during which time he
has played every character from that of Tom, the newsboy, in
"The Chimes of Lon-
don." to the leading
character role in the
famous rural P'ay,
"Way Down East."
He has appeared in
England and all
through the Conti-
nent, in Africa, Aus-
tralia, and has toured
both South and North
America from coast
to coast. He claims
as his birthplace the
small to\vxi-of Lowell,
a few miles outside of
London. England, and
after m.any years of
drudgery as a boy in
the mills of that
town he ran away
with an itinerant cir-
cus, \vhose uncertain
route finally left him
stranded in the south-
ern part of Australia.
He was fortunate
enough to secure a
small stock engage-
ment, and after gaining much valuable experience, joined a
travelling organization of players who, with a repetoire of
well-known productions, toured the continent and then went
to South Africa. Mr. Wilson left the company to be featured
in a vaudeville sketch, entitled "A Dark Night." In this pro-
duction the veteran actor played seven different characters.
His travels brought him to America just at the time the
motion picture was becoming popular and after a short en-
gagement with the Biograph Company he was secured as
leading character man with the Vitagraph Company. He re-
mained with this company for four j'ears and because of his
many characterizations became known as the Vitagraph
"trade-mark." He was induced to leave the latter organiza-
tion last summer and join the American-Eclair Company at
the studio at Fort Lee, and when the Eclair people sent a
number of plaj-ers to their Western studio. Mr. Wilson was
picked as assistant director and leading character man.
ECZIOB^JJIYZeSi
Porter and Ford Return Home
Famous Players Film Company's Noted Directors Return Ln
Triumph from European Invasion.
OX Wiilnesday, Edwin S. T'lrter, technical director of
the Famous Players Film Company, and Hugh Ford,
the acknowledged master in the Broadway theaters of
stage direction, and who has recently abandoned the legiti-
mate stage and joined the producing staff of the Famous
Players Film Company, returned from a four months' trip
to Europe, where they succeeded in accomplishing photo-
graphic feats which never liefore have been even attempted.
Their first picture was "The Eternal City," in which Pauline
Frederic will lie starred, and the scenes which they secured
in Rome will mark a new era in dramatic picturization.
For the first time in the history of motion pictures the two
directors succeeded in filming the Vatican, and in fact every
historical and beautiful spot in the Imperial City as a back-
ground for a drama. It is the first time that the authorities
of Rome have given permission for the ancient city to be
thus put upon the screen, and the importance of this achieve-
ment both from a commercial as well as from an artistic
and historical standpoint cannot l)e overestimated. Messrs.
Porter and Ford also succeeded in arranging to use thous-
ands of the soldiery as w'ell as hundreds of railway officials,
government officials and, in fact, succeeded in immortalizing
in its outdoor aspects with absolute detail every phase of Hall
Caine's wonderful story. They found, however, in spite of
general belief to the contrary, that it was impossible to obtain
a studio of the magnitude necessary to properly reproduce
the interior scenes as the Famous Plaj-ers Film Co. produc-
tions demand that thcv should be done, and after searching
not only Italy, but Paris and London as well, they come back
to America, where the enormous studio of the Famous Players
Film Company on West Twenty-si.xth street. New York,
could make production possible.
There was one point, however, as to foreign superiority,
that the .American directors agreed upon, and that was in the
cheapness as well as intelligence of the supernumeraries.
"The Italian extra people seemed to have far more apprecia-
tion of what the picture and scene meant and of what they
were supposed to be expressing." said Mr. Porter, "while
their rate of pay is so low that it is possible to use far greater
numbers in making spectacular scenes than could be employed
without bankrupting an American producer."
"At the Old Cross Roads"
To be Filmed by the Select Photoplay Producing Co. — Estha
Williams in Leading Part.
Arthur C. Aiston has closed a contract with the Select
Photoplay Producing Company, of New York City, and they
have already commenced to film "At the Old Cross Roads,"
a play which enjoyed for fourteen seasons undisputed artistic
and financial success, the tours extending in that period from
coast to coast.
The story of the play is wonderfully adapted to film usage,
abounding as it does in pathos, comedy and intense dramatic
situations. The scenes are laid in the picturesque South, with
its wealth of sunshine and its balmy air perfumed by myriads
of fragrant flowers. The period being slavery days, brings
scenes^ of times gone by, the beautiful octoroon, the old col-
ored mammj- and her numerous pickaninnies, the southern
colonel, the hard-hearted plantation owner, and many other
characters true to time and locality.
Estha Williams, who for eight consecutive seasons was
seen as "Parepa" in ".\t the Old Cross Roads." has been
specially' engaged for the same part, and her connection with
the picture play will increase its value materially, for she wjll
be recognized as the popular original of the role from one end
of the country to the other.
Frank Dear, the well-known director, who recently pro-
duced, among others, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," has
been engaged by the Select Photo-Play Producing Company,
and will have entire charge and supervision of the technical
end of the filming of "At the Old Cross -Roads."- ■
KLEINE STILL WITH GENERAL FILM.
Contrary to any other rumor or report. George Kleine has
not left the General Film Company. He is still one of the
principal stockholders and will continue to make his usual
Tuesday two-reel release through this company. The only
change that has taken place is the Tuesday two-reel release
for X'ew York City will go through Mr. Kleine's X'ew York
branch office. The General Film Company will continue to
supply their other branches throughout the country.
682
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Painted World"
A Two-Reel Vitagraph Drama of Strife Between Humanity
and Natural Law — Directed by Ince.
Reviewed bj' Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
Eloise Murree Julia Swayne Gordon
Yvette Murree Anita Stewart
Maid Janice Cummings
Murree Harry Northrup
Manager R. A. Roberts
IT is a bold move on the part of Ralph Ince to put on
such a play as enables us to appreciate the tragedies we
see, for, notwithstanding their truth and strength, unin-
telligent men in the moving picture business vaguely imagine
that "tragedy" is a little too heavy for the average mixed
audience. That mixed audience is a misunderstood quantity.
It likes variety, and tragedy that contains elements of vital
Scene from "The Painted World" (Vitagraph).
importance to us, that affects our emotions and stirs what
is fine in 'us, is as keenly enjoyed as any other form of
drama, and common consent of mankind has determined it
to be the highest and noblest dramatic form.
With its action entirely grouped around three characters,
an actress, her daughter and her husband. "The Painted
\\'orld" presents a vivid picture of what is described in its
title and enforces by way of a punch that a child is the
most sensitive of all living things to environnient. Sur-
roundings act upon it as the movements of a moving-picture
Scene from "The Painted World" (Vitagraph).
company act upon the camera. Every earlj' influence leaves
its impress upon the keenly sensitive mind of a young child,
often dominating later training but inherited traits as well.
This is all so perfectly in accord with the ideas of Luther
Burbank that I take the liberty of quoting him; "Can we
hope for normal, healthy, happy children if they are con-
stantly in ugly environment? Are we not reasonably sure
that theses conditions will almost swamp a well-balanced
normal hereditj' and utterly overthrow and destroy a weak
though otherwise good one?" I might also quote Froebel:
"As the beginning gives a bias to the whole after-develop-
ment, so the early beginnings of education are of most
importance."
Eloise Murree is a very natural type of woman. She
is fond of all that caters to her vanity in the public acclaim,
the private attention, the luxury of living that falls to her
lot as a successful vaudeville star, one whose distinguishing
attraction is that of a shapely figure, nicely supplemented
by easy morals. She is a two-sided creature, with a maternal
nature that is the more intense because of its limited grati-
fication. Yvette, her only child, is not neglected, but she is
ai?ected by conditions that leave a deep and pernicious in-
fluence on her mind during the formative period of life.
During tender years she obtains more than one glimpse of
her mother's gay entertainments and her father's alcoholism.
The mother suddenly recalls that her little girl is without
education and determines to make her a "lady" by sending
her to private school through an attorney, who describes
the actress as a wealthy woman of leisure engaged in con-
stant travel. Yvette flourishes under favorable environment,
while her mother flourishes in a profession where success
may be attained without any appreciable amount of intellec-
tuality. The father, meanwhile, sinks into a state of drunken
decadence.
The child is a beautiful flower in her "teens" when she
leaves the school and rejoins her mother. Her father chances
to see the tvvo together and visits their apartment with
results that bring about poignant scenes in rapid succession.
His brutal struggle with the mother mars her face for life,
destroying one eye, and he succeeds in poisoning the mind
of his own daughter with visions of the painted world until
the girl is led to visit a theater where her mother exhibits
her physical charms for "a thousand a week."
The young girl's mind reverts to earlier scenes, and she
falls an easy victim to a manager introduced by her own
father. She returns home intoxicated and not only declares
her weariness of her mother's tj'rrany of affection, 'out
blames her parents, "What could be expected from a child
of two such as you?" This bitter ingratitude and the hope-
lessness of the mother's struggle against natural law bring
about the final tragedy. She has failed in her natural mission
because she has lived "her own life," and she yields to insane
impulse with a terrible ending for the careers of all three.
Miss Gordon carries oflf the honors with one of the finest
pieces of work she has ever done, but Anita Stewart and
Harry Northrup perform in masterly fashion. This strong
trio carries the emotional play through diflicult scenes to
a consistent and impressive conclusion. Not the least inter-
esting feature of "The Painted World" is the presentation
of its characteristic scenes in an actual theater, that of the
Vitagraph Company.
EVERYTHING COMES TO HIM WHO WAITS.
Toronto, 10th July, 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World:
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paj'ment of two copies weekly of j'our publication, com-
mencing with rsSile dated 18th July. Please address (Mr.)
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R. S. Tickner, 43 Parkway Avenue, Toronto.
We hope to have the opportunity some time to tell the
story of how a certain portion of public opinion has changed
towards us since the time — two and a half years ag:o — our
application for a license was assailed from the pulpits and
otherwise bitterly contested, until the present, when our
advertisement is solicited for a publication in connection
with one of the churches previouslj- most opposed to us.
\\'e are pretty proud of this mark of confidence, and trust
that our experience may be the source of some encourage-
ment to those, who, with a high standard in view, have not
at yet received the recognition their efforts deserved.
We have always subscribed (locally) to the Moving Pic-
ture World, and have derived great pleasure and instruc-
tion from its pages. Yours very truly,
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President Suburban Amusement Co.
THE I. S. P. CO. STARTS FALL RELEASES.
Starting on the 16th day of July with "Held for Ransom,"
a detective storj' in four parts, the I. S. P. Co. begins its re-
lease of several features that are on a par if not better than
some of the past releases, such as "The Great Python Rob-
bery" and "Detective Finn." The next picture is a story of
deep heart interest and thrilling incidents that tell a story
of a mother's love and self-sacrifice. It is in four parts
and the title is "The Sacrifice of Pauline."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
683
"The Trey O' Hearts"
New Universal Serial, from Louis Joseph Vance's Story, an
Eventful Melodrama of Thrills That Are
Bold and Unexpected.
Reviewed by Ilanford C. Judsoii.
' I -^ WO installments of the new serial, "The Trey O'
I Hearts," have been shown, and if the whole produc-
tion lives up to the promise of these first five reels
it should make a very desirable offering. Tlic date of the
first release which, with the prologue, is three reels in
length is August 11, and this is to be followed by a weekly
installment (for fifteen weeks) of two reels each until the
whole is complete. The author of the story, Louis Joseph
\'ance. has won a host of followers by his stirring novels,
and this will, we feel safe in predicting it, be tlie best adver-
tisement he could have. When spectators see his name in
connection witli the things that take place in this picture,
they'll buy his books; they'll want all of tbcni.
to destroy the hero's father. He passes on to the son his-
hatred. The first reel of the picture proper begins with the
villain's attempt to crush and destroy this son, now grown,
up. We are not shown what this, his first, scheme is, but
he contrives it so that the young man and one of his daugh-
ters will meet and fate makes them fall in love; so the first
step brings nothing, yet leaves tl>e way open for a new
attack. The villain has a follower (Ray Hanford) who is
everyvyhere and manages to overhear all important con-
versations, and, with this man's help, it looks as . thoiJghi
the victim has little cliance to escape.
The villain's second card (this kind of a tale suggests, a
game in which fate deals and the cards are played under-
the influence of dominions and powers while the spectator
watches) is the other daughter. She is by nature like Her
evil father, and her he sends with a definite plan, this-
time to effect his death in the wilds of Canada. But fate
again plays against the old man. The girl fails to kill the
youth, gets in danger herself and is rescued by him. She-
falls in love with him and is soon ready to kill her sister
from jealousy. We don't remember seeing anything like
this in other pictures. Of course, it is merely going the-
other pictures one better; but it is noticeable as new and.
will count highly in favor of this picture's success. The-
staging, backgrounds and photography included are e.xccl-
lent. There is villainy personified in the vindictive old
paralytic, and many of the characters stand out clearly.
The^oung people do very well with their parts. Most
spectators will probably count it worth while seeing this
first installment, even though it leaves them still "in the air.'"
Scene from "The Trey C Hearts" (Universal).
It gives a good old melodrama romance, but full of the
new quality the times demand and with the fresh liveliness
of action and color that only a born spinner of yarns can
give. It invites the closest attention, and when the install-
ment is done leaves in the spectator just the state of mind
that the born exhibitor wants and strives to get in his
patrons a state of mind that insures another call at the the-
ater on the date set for the next installment, if not sooner.
Of course, if we criticised the production as a work of art we
could find faults, no doubt, but it never pretends to be any-
thing but an exciting adventure story, full of suspense. This
first installment gives entertainment in good measure. That's
what it started out to do, and so it is a big success. The
means it uses to accomplish this end are simply the action
and reaction of hate and love. These things surround the
hero (George Larkin) with, as it were, a triangle. There's
the vindictive old man (Edward Sloman) as pure hate, one
of his daughters as mixed hate and love, and the other
daughter (Cleo Madison) as pure love. The three young
people make themselves a trey o' hearts. Also when the
old man wishes to promise destruction to the hero he con-
trives to send him a real three of hearts. For the hero,
danger follows the three of hearts, but, so far, he has escaped.
The picture has a wealth of minor characters, some friends
of the hero, some adherents of the old man. The villam
and the hero are both rich men.
The prologue shows these two girls and the hero as
children, and makes plain why the old man hated and helped
Good Subjects Announced
California Company to Do "Salomy Jane" and "Mrs. Wiggs;
of the Cabbage Patch."
THE members of the dramatic cast of the California-
Motion Picture Corporation have drawn oflf their'boots,.
unbucked their pistols, stacked their sawe'di oflf shot-
guns in a neglected corner and bacfced th'e ^vtigife- Atage
coach u_nder_ cover. .The stage .driver of yesfer'day-lias! be-
come, the -proud master of- a circus ring and tTie caj^iGJous-
dauglllerliif-Jhe'niining'g.amp'the' belle of a ramshackle-:out-
cr6ppijTg~to'-a.larg.e.city..".Tiiere "has. been' a marvelous "me'ta--
mdrpKosis" dyef-Dlglit' ""Mere'mustaches have given place to-
fulPgTd-wnI"B'ea.f21s" 'afid-t.andaged' arms to peg legs. Dress,.
man-ner's,"-_ages",;-dispdsjtio"ns .and physiognomies have under-
gone"'.niitfaculQus'- change". , "Salomy Jane" has been.com-
plete'dla'n'd !'MrsT_ Wiggs pf the Cabbage Patch" has made its.
adyeiTt t)n fheL~sJiidio stage.
-By--a contract recently J;e'rminated with the Liebler Com-
paqj? "the 'California Motion Picture Corporation has secured
the exclusive rights to this latter copyright, which, through
its. pathos and humor, has delighted both as a novel and an
offering on the legitimate stage. Alice 'Hagan Rice, who-
w^at-e the book and collaborated on the play, is now ranked,
thropgfi strength of it, as one of the foremost of American
writer^.-. Jler advice and criticisms have been- an invaluable
factor- .Lttthe preparation of the motion picture scenario.
Beat-Fiz^^Mich^lena, the delightfully beautiful prima donna,,
who played tlie role of Salomy Jane in the previous pro-
duction, ■ is appearing as Lovey Mary in "Mrs. Wiggs.'-'
House Peters is also oiie' of the big characters in the new
photoplay. Andrew Robso'n, erstwhile "Yuba Bill" in "Salomy
Jane," is playing the part of Mr. Wiggs in a checkered career
of renegade, circus ring master and repentant husband.
AD-FILM MAKERS TO ORGANIZE.
With a view to bettering trade conditions, eliminating the
irresponsibles who are entering into the industrial motion
picture field, and correcting other unwholesome conditions,
a call for a meeting of industrial advertising film manufac-
turers to take up these matters has been issued.
This call is signed by H. J. Elkin, manager of the Indus-
trial Department of Pathe Freres; Arthur N. Smallwood, of
the Smallwood Film Corporation, and J. M. Torr, editor of
Moving Picture Publicity. It asks the attendance of all
manufacturers of industrial films at a meeting to be held
August 15 at Hotel Shelbourne, Brighton Beach, New York
City.
Matters of great importance to all those interested in
bettering conditions will be discussed.
One of the topics to be considered will be the formation
of a National Association of Ad-Film Manufacturers.
The attendance of all those interested is urgently re-
quested.
Replies should be sent to Arthur N. Small-wood, 175 Fifth
avenue, New York.
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684
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Scales of Justice"
The Famous Players' Five-Part Adaptation of Reinhart's
Story Is Well Staged and Interestingly Presented.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THERE are many factors of excellence in "The Scales
of Justice," the five-part adaptation by the Famous
Players of the story of John Reinhart. Paul McAl-
lister in the role of Robert Darrow, the district attorney who
resigns his office rather than proceed with the trial of the
woman he loves, is featured. Mr. McAllister's portrayal of
the officer of the law who quits rather than prosecute a
woman whom he believes innocent is convincing. The law-
yer he gives us appears something of a dreamer; likewise a
Scene from "The Scales of Justice" (Famous Players).
man whose course is determined by the dictates of an active
conscience. If in the beginning we are not .particularly at-
tracted to him he wins us slowly but nevertheless surely.
Jane Fearnley has the part of Edith Russell Dexter, whose
unhappy marriage is quickly shown in the early part of the
story, leaving the major portion for the working out of the
main action. We see the gradually developing love between
the woman and the lawyer and the uneven course it pursues.
Miss Fearnley finely fits the role.
Mark Price, who interprets the part of Philip Russell, the
stern old grandfather, gives a strong performance. The old
Scene from "The Scales of Justice" (Famous Players).
man disinherits his granddaughter on her first marriage and
makes his will in favor of Elliot, his business manager, and
the son of an old friend. Later, through the influence of
his charming great-granddaughter, Edith is restored to the
graces of her grandfather. Owing to strong circumstantial
evidence Edith is arrested for the old man's mysterious mur-
der, and her troubles begin all over. Hal Clarendon, as Wal-
ter Elliot, the thieving business manager and would-be hus-
band of Edith, is forceful. He is a lifelike villain.
There are two characters in this story that bulk big, even
if one be the smallest in the large cast. These are Katherine
Lee, the six-year-old who plays Alice Dexter, and Daniel
Jarrett, who sustains the role of Jim Crump, the tramp who
enters the scene at the wrong time for his own welfare. Lit-
tle Miss. Lee, who will be remembered as the baby mermaid
in "Neptune's Daughter," wins all hearts, just as she wins
the heart of her theretofore unrelenting old great-granijfather.
By her naivete and graces she centers a large share of the
interest about herself and holds it throughout. Daniel Jar-
rett adds materially to the strength of the story. His Jim
Crump is a hardened old sinner, melted imder the- ministra-
tions of a child. This sterling player of wide experience —
he was a member of the old Sothern repertoire company —
makes a distinct hit. Crump is the man who sees a
crime committed and who is at the denouement the instru-
ment of justice.
The picture, which is produced imder the direction of
Thomas N. Heffron, is finely staged. Mr. Hefifron's mastery
of the great throng listening to the installation speech of the
district attorney is notable. So, too, is his handling of the
tense scenes at the trial. The story is clearly told and holds
all the way. It is remarkable more for steadily, consistently
maintained interest than for dramatic splashes. The treat-
ment of the tragedy is skillful, plainly surrounding the event
with all the mystery that has attached to a contemporary
event in real life, of which it will remind while in no particu-
lar resembling. With its good cast, good story, fine back-
grounds and carefully planned interiors, "The Scales of Jus-
tice" will furnish excellent entertainment.
What Color Is Ham?
James Montgomery Flagg Says It Is Purple Under the
Studio Lights — Actors Resemble Cold Storage Pie-eaters.
PROB.ABLY the best two-handed catch-as-catch-can illus-
trator in .\merica is James Montgomery Flagg. Flagg
already is artist, author, playwright, song writer, ballad
maker, president of the Dutch Treat Club, genial citizen and
general all-round hustler. But now he has put another notch
on his gun by going into motion pictures. Flagg recently
made a charcoal study of Miss Phillips for Our Mutual Girl
serial. He told the Dutch Treaters all about it the other
night.
"I've learned a lot from that stunt," he said. "I used to be
able simultaneously to write a story with my left hand, illus-
trate it with my right, dramatize it with my left foot and set
it to music with the toes on the right pedal extremity. Be-
lieve me or not, I found that when that chap was grinding
Artist Flagg iVieets the Mutual Girl.
out pictures of me while I worked I could speed up more than
I had supposed any artist in or out of captivity could. There
was a gentle stimulus in the steady crooning of the camera-
handle. Next to the most difficult thing for the novice to do
after keeping inside of the imaginary slice of pie that is
formed by the range of the camera, is to eat what is brought
in to you if you stay near the mercury lights. When you
foolishly lift up the lid of a ham sandwich and see purple
meat with sea-green borders of fat where you expected pink
and white, it's enough to make you change your religion if
you happen to have one and, with a low, gurgling moan, make
a dash for good old daylight.
"And the make-up. Especially under the lights. Actors
look like a bunch of people who have been in cold storage
for three years and whose first meal on emerging had been
huckleberry pie! There's a difference on the screen. There
they look fairly human."
'nil'. .M()\ IX(; I'lCTURE WORLD
685
"Chasing a Million"
A Three-Part Novelty Burlesque by "Leading Players" — Its
Second Title Is "Or Around the World in
Eighty Days."
Revicwoil liy Haiilord C. Judson.
THIS three-reel picture, made for the sake of laughter,
has many excellent things in the way of comical situa-
tions and thrills that will prove diverting and amusing.
There arc bare places in its three reels; but this foolish,
rough and tumble stuflf seems to be a trump with audiences
this hot weatlier and the offering will probably prove ac-
ceptable with the majority, as a whole, while it is sure that
all will enjoy the truly funny things with which it is tilled.
It doesn't seem to be a cheaply put-together offering, nor is
it a studio-made picture. There is plenty of outdoors in it,
with ocean and dry land, rocky coast, jungle and desert.
There are wild animals loose in it and one of its really
fine scenes is a heavy thunder storm at sea — taken in a
studio. Init the real thing in the fun line for all that.
Scene from "Chasing a Million." (Leading Players).
It opens with a prologue in which we are introduced to
the Rajah of Yeabo; his vizier, the Gink; and his priestess,
Punkette. They are on a vacation from the Straight Settle-
ments and are doing the delights of gay Paree, where they
meet Piggy, the flower girl, and her two steadies, Nutty and
Cremo. When the royal party departs things must have
seemed slow and the grand announcement in the "Continen-
tal Lyre" of a great race for a million to the Island of
Bunco, where the latest copy of the "Lyre" has been hid-
den, must have been welcome. The first to get this and re-
turn to Paree is to get the million (if it's there).
Pigg3'. Xutty and Cremo are late at the start; but make
up for it by extra exertions which soon carry them way
ahead of all other competitors. After earning prize money
by throwing the bull in a real bull fight (it isn't hush money)
Cremo gets to the ship first. Piggy missing it by a hair,
follows in a rowboat and catches it at Port Said, at which
port, too. Nutty, who has swum the seas, climbs aboard.
From that point the rush across the desert is begun. Cremo,
to pay for his good lunch at the start, is now selected for a
meal b}- a crocodile, who chews him up but can't digest him.
Cremo carries a pair of pliers with which he cuts his way
out of the reptile's stomach and rejoins his two comrades
in misery and with them enjoys many a sad experience with
man eating cannibals and with pirates of the Strait Settle-
ments, where, greatly to their surprise, they meet again their
old friend the Rajah — "How people will meet!" So the ad-
venture is carried on until they come to Bunco, only to find
that an ape has already discovered the copy of "The Lyre"
and has^ torn it. Yet there is enough left for each to have
his portion, which after more troublous voyaging they bring
back to gay Paree. only to find that the "Continental Lyre"
has gone into bankruptcy and that there is no million for
anyone.
"The Rat"
Box Office Attraction Company Has Strong Two-Reel Of-
fering in New Balboa Picture of Gangster Life.
Reviewed by Hanford ( '. Jud^nn.
ONE'S attention is caught at the opening of this picture
by the cliaracters inlroduced and the scenes in which
we find them. It is a picture of gangsters is some city
whose slums l)(>rder immediately on the sandy beach, foot-
marked and littered by flotsam and jetsam with docks where
a row-boat can hide and slatternly shanties where thieves,
gangsters and wharf-rats can gather for mischief or lie con-
cealed when the police are looking for culprits. There is
noticed at once a convincing naturalness in these scenes as
the liaunts of just these characters whose doings also seem
([uite in keeping, and certainly provide a tale that holds at-
tention from the first minute till the close.
The story is not melodrama after the regular pattern.
It isn't a love story primarily and while it has villainy and
heroism of a kind, they arc not over exaggerated enough to
be obviously unconvincing. The best things in the offering
are the, what may be termed, by-products of the talc, inci-
dents and bits of unexpected business that show an intimate
and authoritative knowledge of the life and characters por-
trayed. Yet the story is planned to hold us in suspense and
makes use of the melodramatic form to get the swing needed
to carry us along. Roughly outlined it is this: .-N. pretty
slum worker passing in her car saves the "Rat," a gangster,
from the roughs of another gang. Her father is the district
attorney and has a bit of evidence that will harm another
gang. This collection of pretty roughs — as pretty, soine of
them, as one could wish — abducts her to force her father to
give up this letter. The "Rat" hears of it and with the help
of his comrades is the means of saving her.
There is good individuality in the different characters as
the players draw them and, of these, one of the most vivid is
the man with a gash across his face. The photography is
excellent.
"The Eagle's Refuge"
Warner's Features Offer a Milano Three-Part Picture Giving
a Winter Story in Switzerland — It Has Wonderful
Photography.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THE x'VIps in winter are magnificent as a background for
a story. Even photographed as perfectly as in this
offering, they will hardly take the place of good action;
but when, as here, they set forth a story that of itself holds
attention, they heighten the value of the offering greatly.
This picture plot is not new at all, but the action which it
keeps concrete is almost wholly entertaining and there strung
on it incidents that are often startlingly fresh and sensational.
Its climax is an avalanche which the mountain hurls down
upon the "eagle's refuge," a cabin in which the heroine's
burglar lover, whom she thinks a marquis, is engulfed. There
is a telephone in the cabin and the imprisoned man calls her
up where she is staying at one of the great San Moritz hotels.
She and her true lover go to the rescue, but the entombed
victim on the upper mountain slope has overturned his oil
lamp and set the cabin on fire. The fumes of burning stifle
him and they find hiin dead.
The story will prove entertaining, but the best thing about
the picture is the fact that its action carries along through
scenes of the every-day sports of winter merrymakers in
.Alpine places. It is full of the hoUiday spirit, with skating,
sleighing, ski-ing and the like, till one in this sultry summer
weather forgets all about the heat. It opens at one of the
big hotels and introduces an engaged couple, then the "mar-
Quis" comes and pays attention to the girl who, for a time,
is carried away with the honor of being courted by a noble-
man. Then jewels begin to be missed and a somewhat un-
convincing detective is called. They find the right man, but
his escape is astonishingly unconventional, yet quite believ-
able. All the snow pictures are photographed and toned in
a way that brings out the beauty of the distant hills wrapped
in their white and blue silence and doesn't neglect the charms
of the foreground with golden light slanting across white
snow and laying blue shadows from the trees. It provides
as a whole very good entertainment.
BUILDING THEATER AT WATERLOO, IOWA.
The market place of J. H. Hoover, situated in West Fourth
near Washington street. Waterloo, la., has been torn down
for the purpose of building a theater. The picture house
is now in course of construction. J. E. Bryant of Cedar
Falls is the lessee of the new moving picture theater.
SIEGEL RETIRES FROM POEM-O-GRAPH COMPANY.
.\. E. Siegel, for some time connected with the Poem-o-
Graph Compan}', of Cleveland. Ohio, announces that he has
severed his connections with that concern, in which he held
a half interest, and will enjoy a much needed rest, continuing
his headquarters at 516 Columbia Buildin.g. Cleveland. N. P.
Fleischer has purchased the interest of Mr. Siegel and will
locate in Cleveland nd take up all matters of the company
not completed by Mr. Siegel.
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Tom Inte.
Ince and Sennptt Coming East
'' TKeii-''Visit'-M^y;Meah the Two ^en Are to Mahufactilre for
4 '»"-'■'" ^"Themseive^arfd It May Not.'
HIi;ti(i-0 ichief directqr? ;of tl-|e New Yqrlf ^otiqij pic-
. ture f^6mp3ny— Thomas H. Irlce, director .general of tlie
Kay-Bee,.^ Broncho and QoiTi,ino braijdSj .^nd Mac-k Sen-
j' liett, creator a^id |direct,or of Keystone' cbmerfies — If ft Los
,. Angeles early..i;3',th(e weiek, a;%d;VfiJ! arrive in New York Mpn-
^ay, July 27. The' departure of Messrs.' Ince and Sennett was
■ • . • unexpected, and the
• ;.l^. :....."..■ . /...[-ir'.i.j 'i.i '^.-.IJo-I purpose qf ^thglr,- sudden
';•"=.; ■'"•}:' ■'■/''i.i' Ta . ^. ,:.. ■ coming to the metropo-
lis has given rise to a
variety of rumors.
One . report had it
that there had been a
disagreenient between
Ince and Sennett and
their employers and
that the directors were
preparing? to cut loose
and go on producing in-
dependently. This
rumor was scouted on
Tuesday by a film man
who is looking after the
interests of the direc-
tors in the East, and
who requested that his
name be 'kept out of
the story.
"The facts in the
ina-.tter are simply
these," said this man.
"Mr. Ince and' Mr. Sen-
nett have been working
Constantly for the past
- . „ . ,, , . . three years in Cali-
fornia. Duriftg.all this time their whole attention has been
devoted to the development and perfection of the pictures
they 'have had in charge.,- The result has been that they have
made a worldwide. ,r-eputation for the brands they have di-
rected and for the company making them. They feel now,
however, that the time has come for them to give close at-
tention to their personal aflfairs, and with that end in view
they are coming to New York to seek a readjustment of their
arrangements with their employers. There has been no dis-
agreement of any kind, and only the kindliest feeling exists
between the parties. It is a case of simple business, and if
the new arrangements prove satisfactory the two men will
continue to turn out the
favorite brands for their
present employers."
Thomas H. Ince
stands among the lead-
ers of motion picture
directors. He comes
of an old theatrical
family, his father hav-
ing been a well known
legitimate performer.
Mr. Ince had been an
actor for twenty years
before entering the pic-
ture field. "Tom" Ince.
as he is familiarly
known in the trade, be-
came actively engaged
in motion picture work
in 1911, having adopted
the silent drama against
the advice of his
friends. He was suc-
cessful from the start.
He is a man of forceful
character as was shown
by his action when,
after a steady run of
three weeks' bad weath-
er this spring, he moved
the entire plant of the
Kay-Bee, Domino and
Broncho brands in one night from Santa Yenz Canyon, near
Santa Monica, to Edendale, a distance of twenty miles, and
resumed work at the latter place the next morning. He is
a close student of his profession, a quiet and highly in-
genious worker, and is a master in handling big productions.
Mack Sennett.
As a comedy creator Mack Sennett is a genius. The Key-
stone comedies, which he originated and has largely directed,
are popular in all parts of the world. Mr. Sennett was for
inany years a well known comedian on the legitimate stage.
He became a motion picture comedian in 1909, doing his first
^work before the camera with the Biograph Company. His
"success as a director was meteoric, and in 1912 he had gained
such a reputation that the New York Motion Picture Com-
pany offered him flattering inducements to join them and
create a new coriiedy. Mr. Sennett accepted, and the result
was the Keystone — not simply a new brand, but a brand new
style of comic presentation. Mr. Sennett had made the
laugh a study and had carefully analyzed its causes. About
the time he created the Keystone he had reduced laugh
provoking to an exact science, and had evolved certain set
formulas and a given number of set situations that were
absolutely sure to bring "the laugh." Mr. Sennett has the
unique distinction of being the only director who works with-
out a scenario.
Arthur Leslie
IT is not generally known that Arthur Leslie, chairman
of the Press Committee of the Screen Club, is a grand- '
son of Frank Leslie, of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly
(now Leslie's Weekly), whose name was a household word
for many decades, as Frank Leslie was the first publisher to
start a successful illustrated paper in this country. Arthur
Leslie's mother, Ada Vrooman Leslie, was well known as a
literary woman and was
•-r^"
A';>>'j
/^^\.
editor-in-chief of seven
magazines conducted and
owned by his father,
.\lfred Leslie.
While Arthur comes
i ,,^« ol magazine stock, he
E ^»' ^*^i^ early chose newspaper
■jj^JB^Iti. '.'^^SQl, : vvork for his life's career.
^^^^P*^ '"^Sk ' Graduating from Trinity
Chapel Parochial School
in West 25th street, he
started with the old
Associated Press and
worked on nearly all the
New York papers as re-
porter or desk man. tn
1900 he started the Les-
lie Newspaper Syndi-
cate, which owned its
own mechanical plant,
and supplied over two
hundred newspapers with
syndicate matter.
Leslie claims to be the
first one to have intio-
duced newspaper half-
tones, the advent of
which marked a new era
in newspaper illustration.
By extensive traveling
and attending newspaper
conventions he cultivat-
ed a wide acquaintance
among editors and pub-
lishers throughout the country, which led to the publication
of a book, entitled "2,001 Newspapermen I Know."
Two years a.go this fall he started the first Motion Pic-
ture Newspaper Syndicate throughout the country, which,
to nuote from a letter to him from John Bunny, "put the
motion picture on the newspaper map," as the press had
hitherto failed to give the motion picture anything approxi-
mating equal recognition with the drama m its columns.
Mr. Leslie adopted the policy of never charging a photo-
playcr for newspaper notices, which course was so appre-
ciated by the profession that when he ran for the Board
of Governors of the Screen Club he received the highest
number of votes ever cast in the history of the club for
a candidate running against other candidates. He still has
another year to s-erve. Mr. Leslie, besides running his
newspaper syndicate, is the first one to place on the market
a complete line of stamps bearing the portraits of all the
well-known players, both licensed and independent. He
secured their written permission, giving him exclusive rights
to do so several months ago. Blessed with the saving
grace of humor, when the writer asked him how he would
sum up his achievements he replied, "Just say that I am
fair, fat and forty."
Arthur Leslie.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
687
Moving Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
SUBMARINE KINEMATOGRAPHY.
ML'CH proiniiK-ncf is l)eing given in tlio press to the de-
velopments in submarine kinematograpliy. to readers
of this paper it must seem verj' belated now; the
Educator gave the same extensive notices of those things
now appearing in papers sonic months ago. It may be wise,
however, to draw additional attention to the fact that like all
other branches of moving picture work, the trend is always
progressive, for nothing in the line of the moving picture is
anything else than increasingly educational. Every phase of
this work only tends to increase the prestige of Jules \'erne,
who. without doubt, prophesied to a degree of which he had
not the slightest idea of fulfillment. It must of course be
recorded that so far as "A Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea" is concerned, it is the moving picture that has made
possible the sulimarine developfneht. The Messrs. William-
son of Xorfolk. Va., who have been the pioneers of this work,
are to be commended for what they have already accom-
plished, as well as for what they will be able to do in a much
. larger measure in the future; they will no doubt be further
helped by many suggestions which are sure to come from
scientific men in each branch of successful kinematography.
The first pictures taken are in the region of the Bahama
Islands, where it is well known that the richest and most
varied forms of marine life, the most variegated coral reefs
and lie clearest water, form a combination favorable to most
perfect photography. In the deep recesses of coral caverns
it was not at all unusual to secure perfectly exposed n,ega-
tives at l-75th of second, with a lens opening of f6.3. These
submarine experimenters tell us that the beauties of the
subaqueous forests are amazingly entrancing. The wonderful
panorama offered by the lacelike lengths of coral reef, with
their thousands of most brilliantly hued tropical fishes, far
■surpass anything of the kind on the earth above the waters.
There is no doubt that no class of educational pictures will
■be more welcome than these, and the Educator is leading
in impatient interest to see the first film enlarged upon the
sqreen.
A SHARK HUNT.
Stories are not uncommon of fights with man eating sharks,
tiit tjhe actual description of one at close range is very un-
comnion, while the picture of one has of course never been
taken-,; such a thing was in the realm of impossibilities.
Kjtiematography has, how-ever. made nearly all things pos-
sible.''^long such lines, and one of the first uses of submarine
rnoving picture photography was to take a picture of this
extraqrdinary event. .\ native diver was found willing to
erlgagie in mortal combat with one of these kings of the deep,
and clear pictures were taken showing him. as with a strong,
cleail;StrOke with a sharp knife, he succeeded in disemboweling
the fifh, thus ianamg a deatn blow in the monster's vitals.
Other interesting pictures of the ocean's depths were taken
whicti-will.be seen. ia-c04ir-s#.of— tinve, so tIiat^p^iGtur.es-of deep
sea life will be one of the forthcoming greatest additions to
the educational films. ■ ■ '- ■ ^■' ■
THE OBJECT IN VIEW. • " ' " '•,' ".■• V
Those who have charge of a. moving picture "business
in any capacity have n'ecessanly some definite. object in view;
of course, in the majority of instances it isi' financial^the'
old slogan, "not in business for fun," will fit here 'aS well
as anywhere else. ' Tnat money making is not always. the-
object is, of course, possible vyith moving pictures a;s with
scores of other things; there are. those with other objects
in view, so long as expenses are paid. There are springing
up a number of associations whose slogan is "Betterment
and Not Money," the ide^'btfin.g.to; souse the pictures that
all profits shall go to the better uses or applicatioris of
the pictures. Both Philadelphia and New York have now
their interchurch associations for the purpose of getting all
the "church good" out of' the pictures they possibly can.
From the beginning the ch.urches have wanted the pictures,
and although "getting together" has been a prolonged mat-
ter there seems to be a growing desire on the part of the
makers to meet the wishes and requirements of the churches
as never before.
"Commercializing recreations" is another object in view
by another society in Chicago. Finding too many organiza-.
tions for the purpose of solving the "uplift" problem, they
are now going to try the pictures because it appears that
they may be able in the use of them to combine many of
the ideas of the varied and divided societies at present work-
ing for similar results, yet at divers points. The foundation
thought which has now brought the moving picture to this
great work is the discover}' that they "keep families to-
. gether" in _a.\Yay that has never been experienced before.
Previous amusements were always of such a nature that
children could not understand those to which their elders
went, and the varied moral nature of the attractions were
such that going together was out of the question. Good
clean picture shows have removed all these disabilities, and
the unify>ing of family life has been one of the biggest suc-
cesses of the pictures, as well as one of the greatest benefits
to the great middle class society. It is undoubtedly along
these lines that the .great and most troublesome Sunday
problem will be solved.
The Sunday question is the most annoying one in the
business today. In every community there are "wars and
rumors of wars" between the exhibitors and their supporters,
and their opponents, the law officers, and those whose code
of morals is oflfended. The growth of these "betterment"
organizations will finally, settle this question. The chief dif-
ficulty will be found- in the fact that when the question is
settled it will be upon the basis of serving the people with
t^e pictures without more than paying returns. Just how
far this will be received by those who are out for money
remains to be proved.
NOW AND THEN.
If any one who is familiar with the growth of movlhg pic-
tures exhibitions has any doubt as to the decided advance
along lines at once refined and cultured he has only to visit
the Strand Theater in New York. In every way there is here
evidence of the highest possible attainment in moving picture
exhibiting. The building, the ushers, the conveniences of
seating and seeing, the orchestra, the lighting of the house,
the projection of the pictures and the selection of the pro-
gram are absolutely perfect, according to the highest ideals
of today. In such a place the thought of the older days, to-
gether with the talk of censorship, causes one to shudder,
as with that hatred of discord where there is perfect harmony.
The program the writer has just seen was a most evenly
balanced one of drama, comedy, topical and scientific.
Interspersed with songs of the highest character, sung by
artists, the contrast between the vulgar rag-time and colored
song slides of but a short time ago was commendable to the
utmost degree, and in a way to lead us to hope that the latter
are now things of the past, for no- One- who visil-s the Strand
will ever wish for the return of those "good old days." It
must be especially noticed here that the introduction of edu-
688
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
cational pictures in such a program is a splendid test. They
were well received, and it certainly goes to prove that the
public taste has also been lifted to that degree where it was
ardently hoped it would be.
Alice Joyce Series Popular
Each Picture Tells a Complete Story — Many Good Numbers
Scheduled for Release.
That the Alice Joyce Series has hit the bull's-eye of popular
favor is apparent from the demand for the subjects embraced
in the series, wherever motion pictures are shown.
An ordinary Alice Joyce production has invariably proved
to be the strongest kind of an attraction. Alice Joyce in a
series of features, however, is proving a tremendous draw-
ing card and is an indication of the great interest taken in
this star by the photoplay public.
Aside from Miss Joyce's popularity, the series is a success
because it embodies a new idea in series stories. It is a
frequent cause for complaint that the average serial story
leaves the motion picture patrons high and dry — that the
observers are compelled to wait a considerable period to
ascertain the outcome of an exciting climax. This was taken
into consideration and every one of the features is complete.
The stories ot this series are written by prominent authors
with the result that these features are not merely a succession
of incidents strung together, but strong American dramas of
more than ordinary interest.
x\mong the features which are to be released are "The
Vampire's Trail," said to be the strongest drama Kaleni has
produced since its famous "The Vampire"; "The Old Army
Coat," which was filmed in Jacksonville during the recent
Confederate Veterans' Reunion; "The Brand," a strong socio-
logical drama; "The Mystery of the Sleeping Death," an un-
usual story which deals with reincarnation, and "The Viper."
The most prominent Kalem stars appear in the casts sup-
porting Miss Joyce. Some of these players are Alice HoUis-
ter, Tom Moore, Marguerite Courtot, Harry Millarde, Jere
Austin, Henry Hallam, Helen Lindroth, and others. "The
Vampire's Trail" is the next feature of the series scheduled
for release. It will be issued Monday, August 3.
American Players Celebrate
Hold a Regular Jollification on July 4 Near the Lakes of
Killarney.
"Hurrah for Old Glory." That is indeed a stirring cry
when you hear it from Americans in tiie mountains of Ireland.
The Sid Olcott International Feature Film Players have their
studio this season on the main road from Killarney to the
famous Gap of Dunloe and the Lakes of Killarney. In
front of the studio hangs a big American flag, and since about
every part)' of tourists who pass has at least one American,
that cry rings out many times a day. Almost every party
of the hundreds 'h'ho come this way each day stop and spend
hours with the company, watching Mr. Olcott direct his
players. They go away fast friends of all and enthusiastic
boosters for the gentlemanly director.
There was quite a discussion, friendly, of course, in the
Olcott camp as to just how the Fourth of July should be
celebrated. This season about half of the company are
English and there are a number of Irish members. But the
company have declared themselves the "Olcott Happy
Famil}-." and so they decided to have a British-American
celebration. Consequently, the exercises were closed with
two of the players made up to represent John Bull and
L'ncle Sam shaking hands.
It happened that the weather was quite uncertain, and
that gave more time for the exercises, since with the rain
as persistent as it has been, all have been anxious to get out
and work in every bit of sunlight which has peeped through
the hurrying clouds. The accompanying photo, which shows
Uncle Sam and John Bull and the company, was taken just
after the exercises in the studio. It was taken in a shower
and so is not as clear as it would have been otherwise.
Despite the weather obstacles, the willingness of the com-
pany and Mr, Olcott's thorough knowledge of the country
combined with his tremendous popularity here, owing to his
past five or six visits, will surely give him the greatest pic-
tures of his career this summer. F. C. GUXXIXG.
Beautor;, County Kerry.
Sidney Olcott and His Company of PlayeVs Celebrating July 4 in Ireland.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
689
CHICAGO LETTER
BY JAS. S. McQUADE
"Hold-Up Unionism" Condemned.
IN a recent article in the Journal of Political Economy
Professor Robert F. Hoxie, of the University of Chicago,
writes as follows upon what has come to be known as
"hold-up" unionism.
"This variety is usually to be found in large industrial
centers. In outward appearance it is conservative; it pro-
fesses a belief in harmony between employer and employe.
It claims to respect the force of contract and professes re-
gard for law and order. In reality, it has no abiding prin-
ciples. It is boss ridden and corrupt, tlie memlicrship for
the most part being content to follow blindly the instruct
tions of leaders so long as they 'deliver the goods.' On
the whole, its methods are a mixture of open bargaining,
coupled with secret bribery and violence."
Recently, in this city, E. A. Franke, owner of the Cali-
fornia Theater, on 26th street and Trumbull avenue, had his
theater wrecked, at a loss of $1,000. because, it is alleged.
he refused a demand made by Jack Miller, business agent
of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes,
Local No. 2. The trouble arose over an operator who was
sent out by the International and was claimed to be unable
to do the work.
The Chicago Tribune adds its great weight to the removal
of the evils of "hold-up unionism" in the appended editorial:
Hold-up unionism, or boss unionism, is now in the public eye in
Chicago. Punishing the grafters in the labor movement may frighten
a few other scoundrels from making bribery and blackmail a part of the
business agent's career. A radical cure for this threatening situation,
however, can only be accomplished by the workers themselves waking
out of their present indifference and scrutinizing their leaders before
they elect them, instead of following blindly men without any sense of
honesty but with a faculty for playing politics, which is the case
at present.
As the TrWunc repeatedely has urged, the main internal problem of
unionism, and the evil which reacts most hurtfully upon the cause of
organized labor, is the same as the problem and the evil of Ameri-
can politics, the predatory boss. Just as states and cities are mis-
represented through the control of the machinery of politics and gov-
ernment by professionals, so are unions. Why. then, may not the same
process of reform which has removed the worst evils of practical
politics and is going to better conditions year by year, be adapted
to the reform of union government? The plug ugly and ballot box
stuffer once ruled elections in many districts. He has gone. The
polls are now safe. At this time we "are simplifying the machinery
of party control and working for a more direct influence of the elec-
torate upon officials- Why cannot some analogous means be adopted
applicable to all unions by which the peaceful intelligent member may
express his will without danger from blackmailers, bullies, or fanatics?
Wild Cat Motion Picture Stock.
Not all men believe the fairy tale's of moving picture stock
companies at the present time. Yet rnany bite. It was
only the other day that a friend asked me about certain
stock that was being sold, the issue being- made by the own-
ers of a number of theaters, already built and in operation
for some time. A friend of his, a chauffeur, had bought
some ol it. When that chauffeur sees his money again he
will have few hairs on his head.
John M. Oskison, of Chicago, in order to educate his
fellows on the mysteries of motion jpicture stock, recently
wrote the following letter to the Chicago News:
Stock for sale in motion picture combinations is the new feature
the "movies" have prepared for the public.
Lately Wall street has. brought together various motion picture pro-
ducing and film leasing companies : another combination has been
formed in the West, and a great $25,000,000 corporation is talked of.
And we who patronize the "movies" are being asked to subscribe for
stock in these corporations.
And what wonders of moneymaking the motion picture pioneers have
accomplished — if you believe all the stories told by the sellers of stock !
Says one promoter :
"Probably no other form of enterprise — not even petroleum or steel
— has brought sudden wealth to so many men. Each year now sees
a new crop of motion picture millionaires. Most of them, especially
the pioneers, began with little or nothing."
Do you wonder why the public is being "let in on the good thing"
by wav of Wall street? Well, so do I. and I have found out that the
business has got to the point where the competition between pro-
ducers and lea,sors of films is so fierce that many of the companies
must get together, raise more capital, enlarge their markets — or fail.
And It Is stock in these combinations which is being offered to you
and me.
Motion picture people say that the cost of producing pictures in this
country is very much higher than in Europe — so high that a success-
ful picture Just about pays for its cost. Profit comes from selling
the^ right to reproduce the films abroad.
Now, abroad the film makers are not asleep ; they naturally want to
cover their own field — and as they can make pictures cheaper than
American producers (because all labor costs are much lower) their
competition will grow more and more severe. They will come to
America with their pictures and make the American producer's road
harder.
No, I do not anticipate that all buyers of slock In the motion pic-
ture corporations will bo enrolled anionK the mlllionHlres of the
future— not because of such purchaHcs. at any rate.
A Wild and Woolly Circular from San Francisco.
George Kleine's branch manager in San Francisco has
furnished circulars from that city which shows to what
depths unclean and unfair competition has sunk among some
e.xliibitors there.
(Jne of the circulars before me is printed in English and
Italian. .\t the bottom is printed ".New Theater," and, op-
posite, the name, "Michaels," evidently the owner of the
house and the man responsible lor the outrageous mis-
representations in the circular under scrutiny. The circular
is headed "Wild Men! Cannibals!" and following are ex-
cerpts from the reading matter:
People who eat one another, and declare that human flesh Is sweeter
and of better flavor. The shilucks in South Africa are a war-like
race of African negroes who live in huts of earth and straw. Leopards,
hippopotami, wild herds of elephants, lions, glraircB, monkeys and other
animals are shown, as well as cannibals, in a motion picture feature
in five parts, entliieil "Sport and Travel in South Africa." These pic-
tures will be shown to-day at the ".Mew Theater," liroadway street,
near Stockton. They were shown at the Gaiety for 10 and liu cents,
we will show it for u cents.
Then there will be another r-reel feature called "The Latent Spark,"
and one of our Keystone comedies and one of our famous Keystone
comedies.
We wish to explain that the Keystone, advertised on two Sundays by
an inferior house, belongs to a grade known as "junk." They are about
a or 10 months old, full of "rain" or scratches, dirt, and enough
to blind the best pair of eyes on earth.
We don't like to say this, but it "gets our goat" to see fakes, at-
tempts to impose on the public, and we deem it our duty, unpleasant
though it is. to notify the public and discourage these attempts.
We. of course, hope this practice will be discontinued, as it does
them more harm than us. Still a junk reel of ancient vintage Is
not a pleasant thing to behold and injures the business In general.
We hope this offense will not be repeated ; our advice Is, give a
good, wholesome show, and above all steer clear of "junk" reels, if the
other fellow has Keystones let him have them; not all Keystones are
good, in fact some are pretty punk, they can't all be good. If you
can't show Keystones, show something else and leave the other fel-
low alone.
Can members of the League in San Francisco do some-
thing to get this man "Michaels" and his competitors to
work along sane lines of business?
Municipal Moving Pictures in St. Louis.
Recent dispatches from St. Louis show the great success
atteriding the presentation of free moving pictures to dwell-
ers in the glictto of that city. Park Commissioner Dwight
F. Davis converted Columbus Square, a sunken city block,
into a melting pot on Saturday, July 18.
Ten thousand children of Russian, 'Italian, Greek, German,
Irish and other nationalities, with their parents, attended,
according to reports. Scenes of St. Louis, the New York
zoo and of American industries were shown on the screen.
A Catholic church, a Jewish synagogue, a police station
and a public school fronting Columbus Square were used for
the park commissioner's experiment. Four blocks away a
free municipal band concert competed with the moving pic-
ture show for the popularity prize, but only 2,000 attended
the concert.
The following morning the park commissioner began to
answer scores of inquiries from other cities as to the suc-
cess of the municipal moving picture shows. The presenta-
tions, with new reels, will be given every night during the
summer in various sections of the city.
Chicago newspapers have taken up the plan, and similar
exhibitions may soon be seen here.
Chicago Film Brevities.
John Pribyl, personal representative of William N. Selig,
recently underwent an operation for gall stones at the
Michael Reese Hospital, this city. He is recovering slowly
but surely, and his numerous friends await his return to
active duties with hearty interest.
* * *
"One Wonderful Night," Essanay's famous four-reel pro-
duction, adapted from Louis Tracy's story in the Ladies'
World Magazine, with Francis X. Bushman in the leading
role, opened at the Studebaker Theater on Monday, July 20,
for a run.
* * *
Victor Eubank has been appointed .manager of Essanay's
publicity department in the place of Don Meaney, resigned.
Mr. Eubank has been on the Associated Press, this city,
for some time past and has worked in various capacities
during the last ten years on the Tribune, Record-Herald
and the Hearst papers.
* * *
"The .Spoilers" was presented at Dayton throughout con-
vention week by F. O. Nielsen, who owns the rights to
il.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois (outside
of Cook County). The pictures were shown at the Victoria
Theater, the leading legitimate house, to overflowing audi-
ences, at 25 cents .admission. The projection was admirable,
and the pictures were the talk of the town. Frank Cook
was Mr. Nielsen's representative, and Monty Gloss was at
the projecting machine. It was an education in moving
picture projection for exhibitors of Dayton to view "The
.Spoilers," as presented. A return date has already been
arranged in the same theatre, in the fall.
* * *
Don Meaney, formerly head of Essanay's publicity depart-
jnent, has accepted the position of advertising and sales
manager for the Photoplay Productions Co., with head-
quarters in the Candler Building, New York City. Mr.
Meaney has been with Essanay for the past two years. He
will leave for New York about August 5.
* * *
Frank Tichenor, general manager of the Photoplay Pro-
ductions Co., of New York City, paid a visit to the city on
Wednesday, July 15, and remained over until July 20, when
he returned to New York.
* * *
Ed. M. Henle, owner of the Palace Theater, Muscatine,
la., paid us a visit on Tuesday, July 14. He reported very
encouraging business at the Palace, a new house, which was
opened early in February last. The Palace seats 800 people
and cost $45,000, including the value of the lot. Admissions
of 5 and 10 cents are charged for programs of three and
four reels, the higher price being charged for feature pro-
grams. A description of the Palace, with illustrations, will
appear in a later issue of the World.
* * *
F. O. Nielsen, owner of the Parkway, North Clark
street and Diversey Boulevard, informs me that the Snake-
-ville comedy, "The New Waitress," by Essanay, raised such
a volume of laughter in his house, Saturday, July 18, that
pedestrians passing the doors on Clark street formed a large
crowd in their desire to learn the cause of the merriment.
The patrons of the Parkway are staid, substantial people
who usually smile at a comedy, but in this case they broke
all records, according to Mr. Nielsen.
* * *
"John Barleycorn," adapted from Jack London's story of
that name, is now running at Orchestra Hall, having opened
Monday, July 13. The attendance has grown gradually from
the opening day, and wide interest is taken in the pres-
•entatidns.
* * «
Tacoma, Wash., it appears, has outdone every other city
in the severity of its censorship ordinance. The depiction
of crime on the screen or on the stage, henceforth, will be
severely punished, thirty days in jail or $100 fine, or both,
Taeing the penalty for disregarding the ordinance.
* * *
Prince Jaime, the deaf and dumb six-year-old son of the
King and Queen of Spain, finds his greatest amusement in
a moving picture theater, which has been specially built in
the royal palace for his use.
• -'" ■ * * *
Jacob Muha, for fourteen months operator at the Green-
wood Theater, Madison, Mich., called at the World office
last week. Mr. Muha is now looking for a position as
operator in Chicago. The Greenwood, owned by William
Johnson, is showing to very fair business.
* * *
F. C. McCarahan has advised this office that he has
resigned the presidency of the Superior Feature Film Co.
and disposed of his interest: also that J. R. Hattsteadt,
who was an equal owner of the stock with him, now con-
trols the concern entirely. The business will be conducted
without change of policy, except that it will be materially
increased by an added list of attractive features soon to be
announced., Mr. McCarahan is now spending a much needed
vacation at the home of his parents in Maysville, Ky. His
future plans will be made knovyn within a few weeks.
* .* *
The ordinance authorizing the issuance of an exhibitien
permit for moving pictures "for adults only" has been ap-
proved by the council committee on judiciary. The council
will pass on the ordinance imrnediately after the summer
recess.
STANDARDIZATION.
Discussion in Trade Papers Recommended as a Means of
Bringing It About.
THE Moving Picture World for July 11th contained
a brief interview with Nicholas Power on the subject
of standardizing the mechanical equipment of the mo-
tion picture business. Speaking from the depths of hia
experience as a builder of projectors, Mr. Power protested
vigorously because of the failure of motion picture machin-
ery builders to agree upon a sianaara oi nini pertora-
tion and to establish a uniform point in the camera at
which the picture should start. The interview commands
attention because of the prominence of Mr. Power in the
motion picture field, and especial interest attaches to it
because it is seldom that any mention of the standardiza-
tion of film processing machinery finds its way into print.
It is hoped that Mr. Power will follow this interview with
a more exhaustive statement of the problem and the means
necessary to its solution.
There can, of course, be no diflference of opinion— among
the informed — concerning the importance of standardization.
The maker of films, the manufacturer of motion pictures,
the builder of projectors, the exhibitor, all submit daily to
annoyance and loss by reason of the confusion which exists
because of the lack of standardization. And the patron of
the motion picture theater is being denied pleasures that
might be his if the question of standardization had received
due consideration.
The problem of standardization is of sufficient importance
to command the attention of the leaders in all departments
of motion picture activity. And just as the motion picture
industry had its origin in scientific investigation, so the
standardization of tlie mechanical equipment of the mo-
tion picture business should be accomplished through the
application of scientific principles to the problems awaiting
solution.
The question of standardization has not been given the
publicity it deserve.^. -\s before stated, the maker of motion
pictures, the manufacturer of projectors and the exhibitor
have found in the absence of standardization a constant ir-
ritant. But they have not aired their grievances through the
motion picture press. Thev should do so. The problem is
as vital as that of censorship. The discussion of it in the
columns of the papers published for the trade might well
share space with many of the topics now considered there.
The upward trend of the rnotion picture business is a
matter of common knowledge. Its progress is due in a
large measure to the intelligent publicity afforded bv the
trade press. Its continued progress is certain. But its ad-
vance should not be hindered by imperfections in its me-
chanical equipment. And it is just here that publicity can
render signal service.
Let all who are even remotely interested in standardization
contribute to an intelligent thorough-going discussion of
that subject. Let the demand be for a single universal
standard of perforation as established by a formally adopted
perforation gauge, and for machines so built as to insure
the maximum of efficiency in their operation, in order that
nothing may stand in the way of perfecting the manufacture
and projection of the motion picture. Out of such a dis-
cussion there will surely come a better understanding of
the needs and difficulties incidental to the making of mov-
ine pictures, and to the manufacture and use of motion
picture machinery, and, eventually, standardization.
FRANK M. BYAM.
Sales Manager Bell & Howell Co.
TO PICTURE "THE OPENED SHUTTERS."
.\ four-reel film version of the famous novel, "The Opened
Shutters." bv Clara Louise Burnham, the distinguished
authoress, will be produced at once by Director Otis Turner
at the L^niversal Pacific Coast studios. The scenario for this
powerful story was written by Lois Weber (Mrs. Phillips
Smalley), and such noted motion picture stars as Herbert
Rawlinson, Frank Lloyd, William Worthington and Anna
Little will appear in the cast.
"The Opened Shutters" will be an innovation in the matter
of feature films because the story is founded upon the ultra-
modern aspects of mental science and conduct. It is intense
and awe-inspiring because in it the heart is laid naked and
emotions battle with emotions. It is not a story of quick
and melodramatic action, but of slow and convincing emo-
tional development. At the end of the story the physical
aspect of the characters is the same as when the story begins,
but their minds and hearts have changed.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
691
Crystal Sued by Patents Company
Plaintin Seeks to Enjoin Film Company from Disposing of
Its Products, Alleging Camera Infringement.
THE Motion Picture Patents Company has commenced
an action in. tlie United States District Court to en-
join the Crystal Fihii Company from disposing of us
products, on the ground that the latter has been using a
motion picture camera vvliich constitutes an infringement of
the claims embodied in the Edison reissue patents controlled
by the plaintiff.
John R. Taylor, counsel for the Motion Picture Patents
Company, declares he has concluded the only practical
method of proceeding against competitors guilty of infring-
ing the Edison patents is to practically tic up the business
■of the offenders. Consequently, instead of merely asking for
injunctive relief restraining the alleged infringing companies
from using the machines, he is going a step further and pray-
ing that they be enjoined from selling or leasing motion pic-
tures or photographic negatives.
In the complaint, the Motion Picture Patents Company
.alleges that the defendant anticipated an action might be
brought to obtain an injunction restraining it from using
the camera which is claimed to be an infringement and pro-
duced a large supply of photoplays in order to enable it to
•continue business without interruption in the event that a
temporary injunction might be issued to enjoin the company
from using its camera.
Consequently, the complainant asserts, its rights can only
properly be safeguarded by the issuance of a sweeping in-
junction preventing the defendant from using the machine
and also from selling or leasing any motion pictures or
photographic negatives which it may have on hand.
In addition to the injunctive relief, the complainant asks
for an accounting of the profits which it is alleged have
accrued to the defendant as the result of the alleged infringe-
ment of the Edison patents and triple damages based on
the accounting applied for.
Judge Mayer recently sustained the claims embodied in the
Edison reissue patents controlled by the Motion Picture Pat-
ents Company, but an appeal is now pending from the
•decision.
The defendant company consented to the entry of a decree-
admitting that it has infringed on the claims embodied in
the reissue patents held valid in Judge Mayer's decision, and
Judge Hand appointed Alexander Gilchrist, Jr., clerk of the
United States District Court, special master to take testimony
as a basis of assessing damages against the defendant.
Al Lichtman's New Organization
Alco Film Company Organized with a Radical Plan for the
Distribution of Quality Films.
AL LICHTMAN, until recently sales manager of the
Famous Players Film Company, and who during the
period prior to his resignation from that concern was
responsible for the merchandising methods and innovations in
the distribution of feature films now generally adopted by all
the leading feature film concerns of the country, has formed
the Alco Film Company and established offices in the Heidel-
berg Building, Times Square, New York City, for the dis-
tribution of quality films. When it became public some
time ago that Mr. Lichtman intended to sever his associa-
tion with the Famous Players to launch an enterprise of
his own, speculation and surprise were expressed. He now
has stated his policy, as radical as some might have expected,
as logical- as all who know Mr. Lichtman knew it would be.
Mr. Lichtman's study of the feature film market from its
very inception to its present development — a development in
which he has greatly assisted — has given him a broad knowl-
■edge of the feature film business and its intricacies and pos-
sibilities. This valuable experience will now be devoted to
the combined interests of the distributor and exhibitor.
The plan of the Alco Film Company, of which Mr. Licht-
man is president and general manager, is a novel one, as
under the arrangement he has worked out a quality film sub-
ject is bound to receive the recognition and financial returns
which are its due, against the present method, which may
be illustrated as follows:
A certain company may be releasing many reels a
week, of which only an insignificant percentage can be con-
sidered of a high quality, although it receives not equal but
better returns than an independent manufacturer who is
compelled to exploit and distribute his film in an individual
and unsupported manner, although the latter film may far
excel and in every respect surpass the former. Such an in-
equitable and illogical method of distribution, Mr. Lichtman
contends, is in direct contrast to the principles and laws
of business operation, and cannot long continue.
The plan which Mr. Lichtman intends to inaugurate, and
by wliich he hopes to combat the pernicious inliuences that
encourage a system as above described, is to organize a
circuit of the largest picture theaters throughout the country,
one in each of the largest cities of the United States. These
theaters will book one meritorious feature tilm a week,
obtained from any reputable source, through the Alco, for
which the theater will pay the highest justified and possible
price, in return for which the Alco will give these respective
theaters throughout the country exclusive privileges in their
cities for a certain period. This policy will enable the the-
ater to charge a higher price of admission than has hereto-
fore been within the range of the exhibitor, and without
a fear that after pursuing a complete advertising campaign
for the picture a competing exhibitor can obtain the same
film within a short time thereafter and reap the profits
of the otlier's enterprise. To effect this security, after the
week's run the film will not be shown in the city for a
term of six months, during which time the lilni will play
the smaller towns throughout the country, distributed from
the Alco exchanges, which will be established at an early
date in the principal cities of the United States. This or-
ganization will distribute only the highest grade productions
available from the world's market, and the length of film
will not determine its elig:ibility, for Mr. Lichtman believes
that the word "feature" is a misnomer as applied to the
number of films exploited under that title, and a one-reel
production may have as large a drawing and pleasing power
as the production of eight reels and will be so presented
and exploited by the Alco Film Company.
This plan does not limit itself to the products of any cer-
tain manufacturer, but will enable the Alco Company to
obtain its productions from the markets of the world. In
brief, any corporation or individual having a good production
can find a safe and certain market through the Alco Com-
pany. Any exhibitor who wishes to be independent of any
film faction and who desires to select his program from the
quality mart of the world, without dictation or persuasion
from concealed powers, will be welcomed into the organiza-
tion, provided he has a theater sealing at least one thousand
people, located in a city of a population of 200,000 or over.
From appearances, the organization of the Alco Film Com-
pany is the first decisive step toward the thoroughly open
market.
BARR AND BRUNSWIG ARE TOGETHER.
Barr and Brunswig is a new team of spotlight singers.
While the combination is new, the two young men have had
wide e.xperience and likewise success. They have traveled in
the United States, in Mexico and in parts of Canada. Mr.
Barr has been connected with such companies as the New
Colonial Opera Company, Neil O'Brien's Great American
Minstrels, etc. Mr. Brunswig has been associated with,
among others, the "Piff, Paff, Pouff" Opera Company, Rich-
ard Mansfield's Heidelberg Quartet and the New York Opera
Company, but is best known in connection with the late
team of Brunswig Brothers, which was broken through the
death last October in a railroad accident of one of the
brothers.
Barr and Brunswig are catering only to the highest class
houses. For stage use they have selected full dress suits
of the latest style, with silk hats and canes. They also
are wearing on the street a striking garb of English walking
suits and silk hats and carrying canes. Thus it is their aim
to advertise on the outside their appearance at the local
theater. Mr. Brunswig has a deep, rich baritone voice, and
Mr. Barr has a robust tenor; and these blend finely. Barr
and Brunswig are open for engagements beginning Sep-
tember 1.
RUTH STONEHOUSE'S TRIUMPH IN DENVER.
Miss Ruth Stonehouse, the Essanay's most popular photo-
play actress, who went to Denver recently for the opening
of the New Plaza motion picture theater, has returned to
the Chicago studio, after two weeks of triumph in the
Colorado metropolis. The Denver crowds filled the theater
at every performance to see Miss Stonehouse in her classical
dances, and she was feted by society on every occasion.
One of the principal events of the engagement was a ban-
quet given the star by the General Film Company. With
Manager Ben E. Drum in charge the banquet was one of the
most successful of its kind ever given in Denver. Those
who were lucky enough to be among the guests witnessed
dancing that astonished and delighted them. Miss Stone-
house danced "The Colorado Waltz," and her own interpre-
tation of the "Dance of Love" and the "Geisha Girl." She
concluded with "Salome."
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
WITH little more than a month left to elapse before
the opening of the fall and winter season, the amuse-
ment world presents an exceedingly active appearance,
much more so than was anticipated a few weeks ago.
Although arrangements for the coming season were under
way at that time, and the press workers were kept busy
forecasting the wonders their respective companies were
acquiring, there was a pronounced nervousness on the part
of nearly all concerned as to the financial complexion of
the campaign to come. It is very gratifying to see that
this feeling has almost completely disappeared, which is due
to the recent government and industrial reports, especially
those pertaining to large crops now being and to be har-
vested, and preparations by the railroad companies to handle
them. While in some political quarters there has been a
disposition to discredit these reports, it is quite evident
that they are accepted as reflections of actual conditions by
those vitally interested. A mere announcement that im-
mense crops were in sight and railroads were preparing to
handle them might not justify crediting it with dispelling
the uncertainty that existed a few weeks ago; but it has
been followed by the placing of large orders by the railroad
companies for increased motive power and most encouraging
reports from the steel manufacturing centers. One railroad
has placed an order for 85 new locomotives and 60 have
been ordered by another. The Homestead Steel Works has
one order for 85,000 tons of steel to be used solely in build-
ing two big bridges which are to span the East River, this
citj'. In a Pittsburgh suburb between 2,000 and 3,000 addi-
tional men are to be put to work on a large steel rail con-
tract, and the Homestead plant also has a $4,000,000 contract
for supplying steel to replace the destroyed bridge that
spanned the St. Lawrence river at Quebec. Added to these
forecast^ of prosperity come announcements that two large
sheet and tin plate and steel and iron companies in the
western part of Pennsylvania have consolidated and increased
the capital stock from $5,000,000 to $7,500,000, the increase
to be used in improving and extending the plants; and St.
Louis tells us that a company employing 4,000 men will
resume operations at its rolling mills on August 1st and
the sheet and tin mills will resume on August 3d.
* * *
To the people engaged in the purveying of amusements,
such forecasts of industrial revival are of as great signifi-
cance as they are to those who supply the markets of the
country with the necessaries of life. It may be said that
they are of greater importance to the people engaged in
the motion picture business. It is upon the working people
that the thousands of picture houses throughout the country
depend for support, and there is more truth than fiction
in the old saying that the working people will often do
without necessaries of life in order to secure a little recrea-
tion. Therefore, when revivals of industry come, the picture
people are among the first to reap the benefits to be derived
from the resources of the working classes.
* * *
There are indications other than an industrial character
to justify the motion picture people in looking forward to
the next fall and winter season as one of the best in a finan-
cial sense in the history of business. During the summer
season thus far consumed movements based upon sound
judgment have developed what must, in conjunction with the
promising trade conditions, operate to the interest of every
legitimate manufacturer, renter and exhibitor.
* * *
At about this time last year all branches of the "legiti-
mate" and vaudeville fields were arrayed against the motion
pictures to try and regain the business the pictures had
taken from them; even the combined vaudeville and picture
houses were in the movement against the straight pictures.
This was shown for months by an evident desire of the
combination houses to prejudice the public against the
pictures. To this end they exercised the greatest indifference
in the arrancement of the motion picture parts of their
programs, and were frequently criticised for willfully trying
to create disgust on the part of their patrons towards mov-
ing pictures. But the photoplays were too much for the
opposing forces. The combination houses were compelled
to recognize their merit; vaudeville houses I)y the score
changed their policies and are today featuring pictures,
and "legitimate" houses all ever the country joined the
exodus to the "movie" field.
* ♦ ♦
Last year the motion picture field was also handicapped
by disorganization among the exhibitors and by an inactivity
on the part of municipal authorities in various parts of the
country that gave free rein to a malignant faction that has
persistently tried to put a stamp of immorality upon all
motion pictures in order to exterminate them. " Although
the popularity of the pictures is greater today than ever, it
is not what it should be, and will be by the close of the
coming season.
* * *
This statement is warranted by conditions of recent de-
velopment. At the Exhibitors' Association convention in
Dayton, O.. the two factions of exhibitors became amal-
gamated. Everything points to united efforts hereafter in
behalf of everything looking to the welfare of the business
as a whole. Last year some exhibitors favored official
censorship, while the majority of them opposed it. The
effect of this was felt when the test case on censorship
no\y before the United States Supreme Court was tried in
Ohio and when a call was made for a united protest by the
exhibitors before the committee at Washington, D. C.,
against Federal censorship. One of the direct results of
the Daj-ton convention is an amalgamated campaign against
official censorship. Another commendable step taken at
the convention and which gives to all concerned an advan-
tage which did not exist last year (and which must benefit
all legitimately in the business) was the sentiment
in favor of throwing open of meetings of the exhibitors'
league to the manufacturers. While the amalgamation and
friendly overtures to the manufacturers have not taken
official form, conditions warrant the assumption that the
spirit exists and formal adoption is only a matter of brief
time.
* * *
The meeting of manufacturers with exhibitors will be a
most important factor in the promotion of the business.
The New York exhibitors will support the movement to
a man and, as the Xew Yorkers showed up pretty strong
at the convention from a standpoint of intelligence and rea-
son there is hardly a doubt that the exhibitors and manu-
facturers will get together snd in joint session discuss
problems and solve them to mutual satisfaction. The busi-
ness must suffer to a more or less extent so long as troubles
between exhibitors and manufacturers and between ex-
hibitors and exchanges remain unsettled; and the only
way by which they can be settled is by personal
conferences. That is the only way by which the exhibitors,
exchange people and manufacturers can be brought to an
understanding and true estimation of each other. Many
exhibitors look upon the exchange men as instruments cre-
ated by the manufacturers to force the exhibitors into a
servitude for the enrichment of the manufacturers, and many
of the latter frequentl)' look upon e.xhibitors as ungrateful
and scheming adventurers; all of which tends to maintain a
state of uncertainty and turmoil that injures everybody. Mr.
Samuel Trigger, one of the most prominent of the New
York exhibitors, says that ninety per cent, of the complaints
within his knowledge made to the manufacturers have been
readily adjusted.
* * *
Another condition in favor of the e.xhibitors this year is
the sane policy adopted bj' the municipal authorities of
Greater New York to solve the censorship problem. It is
believed by the best informed motion picture people in this
city that the plan of Commissioner of Licenses Bell will not
only solve the problem, but will eventually become a prece-
dent for municipalities throughout the country and seekers
for soft political berths will be routed with the unreasonable
reformers. They also believe that had the Commissioner's
plan been in operation last year there would be no political
censor boards scattered through the country and no test
case awaiting decision.
* * *
Summarizing conditions, the horoscope for the motion pic-
ture season of 1914-15 shows determined efforts by manufac-
turers to maintain a high standard in all respects; a re-
united exhibitors association; joint meetings of exhibitors,
renters and manufacturers; united campaign by the exhib-
itors against official censorship; Commissioner Bell acting
in co-operation with the National Board of Censorship, and
united support of that Board by all exhibitors, renters and
manufacturers. These conditions, with the industrial fore-
cast, look good to us. Hope the cameraman has made no
mistake and that development will show the picture as grat-
ifying as it appears upon this screen.
TIIF. -MOVING PICTURE WORLD
693
Foreign Trade Notes
BRITISH NOTES.
THE seemingly impossible has been accomplished.
Mr. George Bernard Shaw has been filmed. It was
a clandestine aflfair and took place at the Savoy The-
ater last niglit (July 9th), where Sir J. M. Barrie had in-
vited a company of literary and theatrical celebrities to see
a new production of his. The performance was timed for
midnight, and as the guests arrived and entered the theater
they walked full into the field of vision of a number of
moving-picture cameras stationed in different parts of the
auditorium. Whether G. B. S. knew of the plot or not,
his arrival brightened the situation from a kinematographic
point of view, for he picked up an axe and bolted up the
staircase in search of Sir J. M. Barrie in a manner that
would shock all modest Shavians. A part of the new play
when staged for the public will consist of the projection
of the film taken last night.
* * *
The new moving-picture tax levied the other day in Ger-
many to the tune of nearly 24 cents per meter of film has
aroused widespread comment. That an attempt will be made
to impose a similar but not perhaps so heavy a duty upon
films exhibited in this country is extremely probable, and
at no very distant date — with what success experience alone
will show. In Parliament recently Lloyd George was asked
whether he proposed to introduce an amusement tax to apply
to theaters and picture theaters. The reply given was that
the matter was alreadj' under consideration. Exhibitors are
already discussing the possible effects of a picture tax which,
if created, promises to be analagous to the last land tax.
When this was made law, the landlords promptly raised their
rent charges and the burden fell upon the worker. There-
fore the suggested amusement tax could only have the effect
of increasing the price of admission to theaters. But be-
fore any such imposition can materialize in Great Britain
it will first have to resist the attack of three formidable
bodies, the manufacturers, the renters and the exhibitors
associations, besides an enormous public outcry. Five years
ago a tax upon "the pictures" might have been a feasible
proposition to many, but today the majority of press and
pulpit are on the side of the kinema, and a tax, if levied,
can at the most have only a very limited existence.
* * *
E. D. Horkheimer, of the Balboa Film Corporation, of
Los Angeles, is at the moment looking round London in
the interests of his firm, and Samuel S. Hutchinson is still
with us. A rumor is going the rounds this week that the
"Flying A" president has come to terms with several Eng-
lish authors for the reproduction of their works.
* * *
Hector Dion, formerly with the Vitagraph and Biograph
companies, both as producer and player, arrived in London
recently to join Miss Florence Turner's company at Walton-
on-Thames.
* * *
It has fallen to Thos. W. Hands, the municipal librarian
of Leeds, to be the first public librarian in England to
realize the value of the moving-picture film as a record for
preservation for the use of the rising generation. He has
proposed to the authorities in charge that a collection of
films illustrating local life and customs, ancient buildings,
etc., be immediately commenced.
* * *
A fresh batch of witnesses appeared for examination be-
fore the Parliamentary committee inquiring into the dangers
of celluloid on Tuesday. The principal point under discus-
sion was non-flam film-base, its advantages or disadvantages
over ordinary celluloid stock. Will Barker (of the Barker
Co.), A. Wood (Gaumont), W. Blake (Eastman Kodak) and
A. J. Gale (an extensive exhibitor) each were of confirmed
opinion that the compulsory printing of moving pictures
upon non-flam base would precipitate a most unsatisfactory
and disastrous state of affairs in the trade. "
J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
PARIS NOTES.
FELIX ISMAN, the American theater promoter and real
csiate owner, has leased the great and beautiful
Champs Elysees Opera House in the Avenue Mon-
taigne, Paris. Isman tried to secure the theater some months
back, but his plans were frustrated. Now, however, he is ia
full possession, and his dream of giving Paris the most sump-
tuous moving picture production ever attempted will be
realized next month. August 27 will see the first ex-
hibition in Paris of Gabriel d'.'Xnnunzio's wonder film,
"Cabiria." Incidentally it will 1)C the initial pul)tic perform-
ance of the Isman way of screening moving pictures.
Immediately the Boston Opera Company had vacated the
Opera House, cables began to arrive from across the At-
lantic, and by wire Isman has directed the preliminary work
of gathering together an efficient staff and planning the
transformation of the auditorium. Within a few days sev-
eral score of woakmen were engaged on the job. Thus when
on Friday, July 3d, Feli.x Isman stepped across from the
Plaza Hotel to the Champs Elysees Theater, he found his
stupendous undertaking well in hand. Interviewed by the
writer that morning, he said: "For the moment I can tell
you nothing that you do not already know. I have only just
arrived and have barely had time to look around. A little
later on, however, I will be able to give you some particu-
lars."
Parisians are evincing enormous interest in the project.
The opening of the Isman season of picture plays will be an
important event.
I am informed that Henry Ziegler, the American film mer-
chant and vaudeville man, is dickering for the Paris Opera
House.
F. J. Goldsoll, the American proprietor of the Cines Palast,
Berlin, and till recently director of the German Cines Com-
pany, has just become director general of the Ambrosio
Company. Goldsoll has engaged an entirely new stock com-
pany of moving picture players. He has also secured the
services of Signor Caserini, who has been associated with
the Gloria Company. JOHN CHER.
KNOX GETS "CABIRIA" FOR SOUTHEASTERN
STATES.
At what is said to be the highest price ever paid for
limited territory on a motion picture on a pure rental basis,
exhibition rights to "Cabiria," the Itala Film's Torino master-
piece, have been sold by Harry R. Raver to Frank Rogers,
of Knoxville, Tenn., for fourteen Southern states. The price
is in excess of $50,000. The states are Virginia, West Vir-
einia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Te.xas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
In these states Rogers may exploit a single copy of
"Cabiria" during the life of the contract, which runs for
fifty weeks.
Clauses in the contract provide for the exploitation and
presentation of this wonderful picture in a manner^ consist-
ent with its dignity. The cities and towns where "Cabiria
is to play must be liberally billed, and the picture must be
accompanied by an orchestra of not fewer than twelve
pieces and a leader. Prices of not less than 25 cents at
matinees and 50 cents at evening performances must be
charged. This contract is most important because of the
sum involved and because it opens up a comparatively
unexplored method of exploiting a film of sufficient merit
to constitute an evening's entertainment in itself.
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Houston, Tex., July 12, 1914.
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for a renewal of the best book ever printed. Your issue
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Doings at Los Angeles.
DIRECTOR ALBERT W. HALE, who recently left
the Majestic company to direct John E. Brennan in
special comedies at the Santa Monica studio, has
finished his first reel, a roaring comedy, which shows a
painter having a dream. The title is "Daub Has a Dream."
Daub is a painter. The picture surely is a roarer. Much
improvement has been done here, and the studio is running
along smoothly, everyone working to make good pictures.
Mr. Hale starts immediately on "Waiting at the Church," a
farce comedy, which is a promising one, with Betty Taere in
the lead opposite Mr. Brennan. Sixty extras will be used
in this one-reel funnigraph.
* * *
Al. Christie, producer of Nestor comedies, has been sick
for two weeks and has had to lay off making those funny
pictures. He has been touring around the country in his
big car with his wife and mother. They are now staying at
the Merritt Jones Hotel at Ocean Park, where Lee Moran
and Victoria, Eugenie and Arthur Forde are also sojourning.
Christie expects to be able to work again soon.
* * *
There are many incorporations made in this city, some
of which no data can be gained from. Here are two:
Masterpiece Film Co., with directors: A. H. Hedderly, L. W.
Blinn and F. C. Hill. Capital stock is $300,000. The Tom
Nash Co. has also incorporated for $100,000. The Sunset
Film and Comedy Co., with Norman P. Taylor, E. E. Smith,
A. P. Haynes at the head, also incorporated for a hundred
thousand.
* * *
William Franey, late of the Joker comedies, has joined
Marshal Neilan at his Hollywood Kalem studio, where he
will appear in some of the snappy comedies that the young
director is putting out with Ruth Roland as the leading lady.
* * *
A. R. Eraser and son and daughter-in-law and a party
from Ocean Park visited the Sterling studios last week.
Mr. Fraser is the man who built the million-dollar pleasure
pier at the beach, which was later destroyed by fire in 1912
and rebuilt immediately after. Ford passed out a number
of autographed pictures of himself in comedy make-up.
* * *
Jane Bernoudy, of the Universal, the champion horse-
woman of the world, and also a roper of fame, has pur-
chased a new pony. His name is Johnny, and he is 14
hands high. She says she is going to use him to rope
from. The little horse is at Miss Bernoudy's Santa Monica
home.
* * *
Robert Thornby, of the Sterling company, is working at
Venice-by-the-Sea with a juvenile company, using the mini-
ature railroad and the racing coaster in the film. The
amusement resort is a good place to make comedies, and
Bob takes his kiddies there frequently to get good settings.
* * *■
Producer Kelsey, of the Reliance studio, is going to ex-
plode a wagon of dynamite in a coming picture. The story
is "The Wagon of Death" and the hero sends his brother
to the beyond to save his sweetheart from death. Donald
Crisp is finishing "The Idiot," a strong heart interest story
of life.
« * *
Miss Margaret Gibson, famous as a Vitagrapher, who won
the $50 prize for the handsomest bathing costume in the
girls' parade at Ocean Park, took the freshly signed check
to a real estate dealer near her home and planked it down
on a beautiful $2,000 lot which she is buying in the fashion-
able Palisades district of Santa Monica. Sometimes it pays
to win prizes. The lot is now nearly entirely paid for, and
Miss Gibson is going to build a bungalow on it soon.
* * *
Jack W. Kerrigan went to Mexico in a motor car with
a party, and was gone for four days over the Fourth.
They went in a big Simplex, making the long trip to the
war country in record time. Since returning, Kerrigan
has been busy answering his correspondents. He received
a beautiful cigarette holder in a handsome silver case with
his name on it. Many other presents are being received by
this star of the screen, and his letters of thanks cause him
many hours' work.
* * *
The Robbins company is busy at work on a comedy
■which is a real comical picture. Jack Phipps is in the lead-
ing role opposite Miss Dixie Stuart. They go buggy riding
in the country near their farmhouse, and she falls out of
the vehicle. Really she did fall, and suffered a painfully
sprained ankle, and has been hobbling about between scenes
on a crutch. This company is progressing nicely, having
built an outdoor stage, and dressing rooms.
* * *
Tom Fortune, of Lasky's, says that the studio is full of
thousands of dollars' worth of valuable antique furniture
being used in "The Ghost Breaker," and that one old clock
is valued at $550. "Where the Trail Divides" and "What's
His Name" are both being produced here at the same time,
and poor Tom is about the busiest man in seven countries.
The total valuation on the antiquated furniture is $30,000.
Three pictures are worth $100 apiece.
* * *
Barney Sherry and W. S. Hart, playing in the western
film, "The Two Gun Men," and the company directed by
Reginald Barker have returned from the Grand Canyon
after doing some dizzy scenes along the top of the big bluff.
They report a fine trip — not. Barney says the beach looks
good to him again, as it was 130 in the ice boxes up in
Arizona.
* * «
Lasky's studio is being again remodeled and improved,
additions having been built. A carpenter shop has been
added, as has a stage strip 60 feet wide; 27 new dressing
rooms were built and are now in use. They have an old
chest there 300 years old, which was handed down in a
Spanish family of the Southern California country.
CLARKE IRVINE.
Hemment Making Good.
Wild Game Photographer Has Interesting Experience in
Wildest Africa.
By F. H. Richardson.
FOR months past J. C. Hemment; who took the first
series of the Paul Rainey African pictures, has been
in the wilds of Africa strenuously engaged in secur-
ing a new series of wild game pictures. The writer is in
receipt of a letter written aboard the S.S. "Gascon," of the
Union Castle line, "at Aden, or near it, on the Indian Ocean,"
mailed at Port Said, June 27, in which friend Hemment an-
nounces his return to civilization. In the course of the let-
ter the following items occur:
For five long weeks I was in hot chase after a bunch
of elephants that were big enough to pull the Singer
Building down and possessed of enough ivory to supply
the billiard ball chasers for time and eternity. Then
at Buffalgton, the greatest lake in the world, we ran
into a bunch of hippo that made many a mouth water,
and these were only two of many experiences. I am
now on mj' way home, a happy and satisfied man. Have
made approximately 20,000 feet of film, not all game,
but every foot of it interesting. Kings and queens have
turned out in their royal robes and performed ancestral
stunts for the benefit of the moving-picture camera of
Yours Truly; this in three different Protectorates. These
pictures show the native customs, dances and usages.
My buffalo hunt is one great, big, red-letter thing, and
I'll tell you all about it when we meet beside the Great
White Way, about the last week in August. I have
developed tests from each film, right along as I made
them. Talk about a hot box! Just try a dark room
tent in equatorial Africa and you will find it out-sweats
the sweatiest kind of Turkish bath. My colored auto-
chromes have come out fine, and I have about five gross
of 4 by 5's. Have had some jungle fever, but am all
right now.
As is well known to those in the "in," Hemment ranks
second to none when it comes to matters photographic.
He has had ample previous African experience, arid we may
therefore confidentially expect that the pic'ttires he will be
prepared to show upon his return will be something entirely
out of the ordinary, and something that will make one great
big hit. He will remain in France long enough to develop
the whole 20,000 feet.
We are glad Hemment has met with success, because not
only is he a hard worker, and therefore deserving, but Jack
is also one of those men concerning whom our English
brother would remark: "He's a blooming good chap, doncher
know, old top."
Later, from another source, it was learned that George
Outram. a noted hunter, who was with Hemment in Africa,
is coming on to this country to lecture on the films. In
his earlier daj's Outram matched his prowess at England's
national game, cricket, against that of the present King
George V.
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Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
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Just Plain Rotten.
• OMPETITION' may be the life of trade, but it Is very evident that
some exhibitors have no decent Idea of what competition is. We
offer in evidence a paragraph from our pimento-flavored con-
temporary, Real Reels, of Denver. This is the offering :
CAN YOU BEAT THIS?
Live and let live, is a good old adage that apparently does
not hold good in Sanpete County, Utah. One of our customers
writes to the effect that everj' time he runs a Famous Player
subject or any big feature that his opposition promptly puts on
a five-cent and free show — five cents preferred, but if the people
won't come for a nickel the doors are thrown open to every-
body. If we printed what we thought of such tactics we would
be arrested.
Now Real Reels is published by a feature film company handling the
Famous Players' stuff, and if this were all, the item would be passed
over as scarcely worthy of comment, save as a local scrap, but it is in
line with several other items from several other exhibitors in widely-
separated parts of the country, and it is evident that Editor Carpenter
is voicing his just wrath over a condition of affairs that is nothing
less than vile. A person running a theater cannot meet just and fair
competition. He sees that on certain nights his contemporary gets all
the business. He immediately throws his own house open free. It
does not matter that such tactics must inevitably ruin the man using
them. Perhavs, in the meantime, he has mined the business of some
other man, and being himself ruined, feels immune from legal proceed-
ings ; feels himself safe. Like Mr. Carpenter, we feel that if we
printed what we really think of such tactics, we would be arrested for
criminal libel as well as illegal use of the mails, perhaps.
Even Vice-Presidents.
Ani mind you, one of these men, not the man referred to in the above
paragraph, but another man, is the State vice-president of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League, a man expected, by virtue of his office to
set an example of decency to others, and yet he takes this fashion of
"fighting" his competitor. He has not the manhood, the decency, the
guts, if you will pardon the word, to fight attraction with attraction, to
match wit against wit — he has no wit — he can only lie down like a
hamstrung calf and bellow. He is not a manager, he is not even a half-
excuse for a manager, in spite of his office, he is a weak-kneed, yellow-
livered excuse for an imitation of a full-grown, yellow-blooded man.
This is written before the results of the convention are known, but we
hope that someone had the nerve to bring this matter up and set it
forth in its true light to all the exhibitors in the convention and all
whom they represent. We do not know what the legal aspect of the
matter is. Very probably it varies in the different States, but if there
is any one particular thing that seems to this writer to be small and
mean and cheap and all else that is nasty and picayunish, this is it;
the pin-headed fool who can't manage his own house, trying to ruin the
business of another man who has got a little enterprise.
It does not matter that a man cannot put in a good enough show in
his five-cent house with which to offset the other man's efforts. It is
not the fault of the live man that his competitor is still dangling along .
with a five-cent show unable to raise either price or program. If he
cannot afford to make use of a ten or fifteen-cent program he should
do the best he can with his puny nickel program. The other man man-
aged to get a ten-cent house, and to fiood a town with free tickets on
the night of the other fellow's feature program, is getting about as close
to the dogs as anatomy permits an alleged human being to get. Outside
of that It might be a good idea.
New and Mighty Good.
If you are looking for a good-natured "sting" get some small manila
envelopes and have some such printing as this done on the face :
Enclosed find a LEWS Patent, One-Piece Coat or Skirt
Hanger, the invention of our operator. Accept with our compli-
ments, Vaudette Theater, West Point, Georgia. J. W. Llewellyn,
Manager.
If you ask for "pay envelopes" you'll get about what you want. Now
advertise a souevenir night and lay particular stress on the "one-piece"
hanger that may be carried in the vest pocket. Advertise that each
person attending on a certain evening will receive one. Now get a
couple of pounds of two-inch wire nails. Wrap them up so carefully
that no one will suspect that it is a nail at all. Hand them out. The
laughter the nails will raise will overcome the disappointment and leave
the whole crowd In good humor. To help along the effect try to have a
bill just a little bit better than usual that night or pick out some feature
night Mr. Llewellyn very thoughtfully sent one of the hangers to
show the idea, and a whole pack of envelopes. Most of these have been
filled and given out, and we have yet to find a person who will not
admit that a two-inch nail is not other than an efficient one-piece coat
or skirt hanger, even though it is not the sort of hanger that most per-
sons expect. It is one of the cleverest catches that we have seen in
some time.
O — E — Again.
Eugene O'Keefe, of the Luna Theater, Billings, Montana, sends IB
some programs and a copy of an Invlmtlon sent out for "A MiUloo Bid."
And what do you suppose the type is? It's a fussy-looking Old English,
that dear, good Old English, that has been in the type cases since Gut-
tenberg discovered the art of printing from movable types. Of all the
hundreds of styles in the A. T. F. book, with Engravers' Shaded, and
Litho Title Shaded, and the various styles of Typo script and all th«
other good things, the printer had to have one more whack at the goo*
old stuff. If we had a printer who ever dared to set a job for us i»
Old English, we would either kill him or sue him for damages. No on«
but yap printers ever uses Old English for Imitation invitations now.
Don't deal with the yaps, or people will think you are a yap yourself.
If Old English was a pretty face, or legible or anything but an affront.
we could understand Its use, but at the present day no one but back-
woods printers, kids with five-dollar card outfits and a few other ever
use the stuff, and It most assuredly and emphatically should not be used
for matter that a manager wants people to read. We thought that even
Montana was further along than that. The card Is well worded, but few
people have the patience to weary their way through ten lines of puzzle-
stuff. Mr. O'Keefe says that It brought out a select crowd, so perhaps
they have plenty of time In Montana, even though that is no excuse.
The program is better, being readable. There Is a rather attractive
front page, done with type and a single ornament, clean-cut and clear.
On page three is given the weekly run with a special story of the blj
feature on page two and a little gossip on page four. Including the an-
nouncement that those visiting the theater on Monday will receive tree a
photograph of Miss Joyce on request. Mr. O'Keefe asks for suggestion*
oa the program. We see nothing In particular to suggest changes on,
either In the copy or the setting. Both are well done for the size of the
sheet. The only Improvement would be an increased size or number of
pages, preferably the tetter, perhaps an Increase to eight pages with a
page of chat about the house, a couple of pages for the coming attrao.
tlons and two more pages of gossip.
Another Haynic Argument
The Haynic Theater, Falrmount, Minn., almost always" is good for
copy on something they produce. Here Is the latest from their D. K.
special that others can use with benefit :
THERE'S A REASON.
This little heart-to-heart talk hasn't a thing to do with the
breakfast food business and the man who invented the phrase
has chased himself over into the Happy Hunting Grounds, but
we simply had to steal his thunder because we wanted to
impress upon you that there IS a reason.
If you haven't been wearing ear muffs for the past several
weeks you must have heard a lot of talk about the wonderful
pictures the Haynic has been showing. THERE'S A REASON.
In fact, the reason is quite numerous. For one thing, we are
not confined to the output of one concern ; we are baying In the
open market THE "VERT BEST of nearly all the bigger manu-
facturers. We care not who makes them ; If the pictues are
good the Haynic buys them.
For another thing, we have the best, clearest, steadiest pro-
jection possible to obtain. We ask you to notice the clean,
distinct, clear-cut effect of our pictures — that they are as clear
and distinct at the extreme edge as in the center. Please note
also, that they are steady. You have undoubtedly seen pictures
that wiggled and wobbled around on the screen until they gave
you the impression of a setter pup chasing his tall. Ours are
not of that kind. There is no eye strain, no fatigue in Haynic
pictures. THERE'S A REASON,
We like, too, the way they phrase their announcements of coming:
subjects. They do not promise too much nor too little, and are not
afraid to admit that an occasional reel Is not quite up to standard.
Another Clip.
Harold and Helen Ballon, of the Olympian, Seattle, give another good
clip paragraph for program publishers in this comment on Shakspeare:
"All the world's a stage and all the people players," writ
William Shakspeare some years ago. Little knew the hard that
his playful jest would become a real, genuine fact in the days
to come. The silent play is acted upon the world's stage, any-
where and everywhere, by anybody and everybody.
Now and then a little "highbrow" stuff helps a lot and it was the
Ballous who started that quotation from Omar on Its rounds some time
ago. There is a lot of it hanging around if you know where to go
after It.
"Two Fers."
The Spruce Theater, Philadelphia, is making special terms to the
kiddles for the Saturday matinees during the summer. They print a
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coupon good for two children if presented with five cents at any
Saturday matinee, and print two on one weekly program. Another pro-
gram carries this argument :
If you feel fatigued after a warm day's labor come here
in the evening and brighten up. It will fit you for a better
day's work on the morrow.
That's all right as an argument, but it is lacking in snap. This
might be better :
If it's hot at home, come here.
You'll work better tomorrow.
The shorter, crisper the argument the more apt it is to be read and
believed. Spanking a man with a feather pillow does not have one-
tenth the effect that the same weight of lead pipe will have. In your
advertising use lead pipe rather than feather pillows. Vastly more
effective and convincing is the line :
Send your children to the Matinees and you KNOW they're
safe.
That tells something. It tells it smartly. Some men get as much as
$10,000 or $15,000 a year for telling commonplaces smartly. Make a
noise like that much money in your advertising and you'll GET IT.
But you'll have to do it all day and every day, not merely by fits and
ierks. Chester Beecroft got a good job the other day. We would like
to bet he did it on the stuff he wrote for the General Film. Surely you
ijemember the "Bill" stuff. So did his new boss.
Would You?
The Lehigh Orpheum, South Bethlehem, Pa., sends in a post card for
a recent Kalem that starts interestingly with the question
Would you sacriflce your beauty to save your sweetheart's life?
That line, we think, is of greater Importance than the Alice Joyce
JIne just below, and yet it is set in body type where Miss Joyce gets
a fat blaclt linq all to herself. The public at large is more interested
in the proposition than in Miss Joyce and the fans would find her name
in six point, though there is plenty of room for the two lines in bold
type. The point is to find what line will most directly interest the
greatest number and play it up accordingly. The question line is easily
tbe strongest here and should have been featured. The entire advertise-
ment is a little bit too much the work of a job compositor and not the
adyertising man. though they have a man who can write lines. We
wish the ad man tor the Orpheum would get so familiar with the
print shop that he can call the foreman and at least three printers by
their first names. It would pay him, and pay him well.
It Pays to Advertise.
It pays to advertise in this paper. We've said so before and very
evidently lots of others think so. We said recently that Woodland
Park, somewhere, seemed to be a nice place, and right away it de-
velops that the park is in Louisville, Ky. A. V. Oldham, the president
of the company, supplies the information and a weekly program
folder that drops into poetry. This is the poem. It can be made to
fit any two syllable park and three syllables it you are careless :
-BE A BOOSTER-
When you see the Woodland trying,
Hard to give you a good show.
You can boost it up a trifle :
That's your cue to let folks know
That you're not a-going to knock it.
Just because it ain't your "shout,"
But you're going to boost a little,
For they've got "tlie best show out."
But their best advertising is the picture of a place so attractive
that we wish we were there right now. If they will send in a good
photograph we will be glad to run it.
Another One of Those.
And just as we have found Woodland Park comes a sample from some
flace. The post mark looks as though it might look like Los An-
jeles it the canceler had not tried to make a quarter turn with the
3tamp. Anyhow Mr. Frank Egan announces that the Little theater
s going to have some remarkably good shows, and he announces It
with a choice of type that would please any printer as much as It
would please any patron. It is pretty just to look at, and it makes
you feel that a man who can get up such advertising could not possi-
ily offer a poor attraction. It is all print, but it looks all hand cut
work merely because someone picked out the type with care. It this
«omes to the eye or eyes of Mr. Egan, will he please send some
■ore and tell if our guess is correct. And if he will offer to send
amples to others, he'll more than double the debt.
With Ribbons.
Frederick E. Mortimer, of Freeport, Maine, is no more careful to
tell ns where he lives, but the man in the post office has less muscle,
so we know. He sends in a well printed card inviting us to come with
our better half "to meet Miss Lucille Love." A white satin ribbon
Badge is inclosed with the request that it be worn, which no doubt lent
"an air" to the occasion. We think some people would be coaxed to
attend just to wear the badge. That may seem foolish, but try it
yourself sometime.
We Are Waiting.
■We are waiting to hear from the Third Street theater, Easton, Pa.,
aNint that dramatic company they were going to start making plc-
ares with. We should hate to think they were fourflushing. Mean-
time they are keeping the camera busy (they have a camera) with
school commencements, local firemen's parades and such things. Just
in passing we like their top line that reads "Ninety minutes from
Worry." They will be closer to it than that when they start their
dramas, but meantime it listens well and may cheer them up.
Still From Missouri.
Here is a letter from Philadelphia. Our statement that the small
town man seems to show more hustle is getting under the urban
skin. Here is the result :
In the issue of June 27th I notice you hand some bouquets
to the small town manager, and no doubt a great many of
that class will, as a result, be induced to send in their small
bit. We have three suburban towns running part time, as
much as they will stand. The inclosed speaks for itself. It
is printed on thin stock as we have them inserted in the morn-
ing papers. For house-to-house distribution we use post
cards on manila stock.
We do not want to hurt anyone's feelings, but we think that the
insertion of extra matter in newspapers is a grave error. Most of the
big papers are in arms against this "magpie" circulation, and even
where this crusade is not on we think that most every man resents
a circular fluttering from his morning paper. He takes the paper
for the news, not as a vehicle for a lot of truck, and he will not read
the stuff that is not in the paper. Most people feel that this is a
cheap effort to get into a paper without paying for the privilege and
will resent it as an imposition. We know that the man who leaves
papers at our door knows better than to offend in this matter, because
he has been warned against it. It is like the darkey funeral tailing
on to the circus parade to get the benefit of the free band, and it
creates a sentiment the reverse of favorable.
We still think that the small town man plays the game better, but
we are open to conviction if the big town people have pride and wit
enough to match the small town offering. Hustle is represented by
more than an inserted throwaway in someone else's paper.
More Than He Paid for.
Recently we spoke of an advertisement put out by Frank Montgomery
for his Jacksonville house. This was a four column, down the page
advertisement that urged Jacksonville patriots to boost instead of
knock. We said then that the advertisement was something more
than the space it filled, but it seems to have gotten all Jacksonville
talking and it was made the text for a pulpit sermon the next morn-
ing. Here is an extract from the report :
Sunday, at the morning service at the First Christian Church,
Rev. J. T. Boone, pastor, had a great deal to say about "Boost-
ing." He was calling attention of the Sunday school class to
the value of boosting the Sunday school for a bigger attend-
ance, and used the argument of Montgomery, the Moving Pic-
ture Man. He held up for observation the four-column ad-
vertisement Mr. Montgomery had in Saturday's Metropolis. He
called attention to the beauty of the advertisement in two col-
ors, and to the text of the ad, which was on "Boosting." He
showed how well Mr. Montgomery is boosting, not his own busi-
ness so much, as everything in general and the city of Jack-
sonville as a whole. Then he read an extract from a boost-
ing editorial in The Metropolis, and heartily commended all
this boosting, and called attention to the results bound to ac-
crue if everybody boosts the city and the State as these have
done, and described how it would build a big city here.
Dr. Boone urged his Sunday school pupils to become boost-
ers— to boost for a bigger and better Sunday school, and told
them It they would boost consistently, persistently and con-
stantly they could do it. And he is right. Hearty, constant,
persistent, intelligent boosting will build great things, Sunday
schools, communities, churches, counties, states and countries.
But, mind you, Montgomery backs this up. He does not merely talk.
When we were down in Jacksonville in January Montgomery referred
us to the largest stationer there for a small purchase. They did not
have it in stock. In June we were down again and were looking tor
something more important. This, too, was not in stock, and we good
naturedly "kidded" the manager about his boasted store. The next
night the owner of the store himself was at our hotel to show that
the article we had wanted in January had been put in stock at once,
and to promise that the other goods would be in stock when we want
them in the fall. It vas a small matter, less than a ten dollar pur-
chase, but Montgomery had too much pride in the town he brags about
to let a man go away saying that he could not get what he wanted.
He had gone to the trouble to hunt the merchant up and pass along
what was not even intended as a complaint. It's no wonder that when
Montgomery announces himself as a booster that people take him seri-
ously, because he is a booster in the best sense ot the word. He is
identified with the whole town and not merely with his picture houses.
And it is what lies back of the advertisement that makes it so effec-
tive.
Are you a part ot your town or are you merely living oft It?
Not Bad.
Lubin's two reel "Kiss Me Good Night" is caught up by the Lehigh
Orpheum South Bethlehem, Pa., to form the catch line ot a card that
merely reads: Kiss Me Good Night at the Lehigh Orpheum, Tues-
day, June 30. . , , ^ v.
More would have spoiled the advertisement. They used just enough
to pique curiosity with an unusual line, and at the same time they
insure the card a longer life, for the rural swains are bound to hold
on to the printed advertisement to help out their bashtulness. Soma
one down there evidently stays awake
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I
7 THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT ^!::^
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
OWING to the delay sometimes necessary In replying to Inquirers
through this department, It is announced that In future replies
to questions relating to the technique of photoplay writing will
be replied to by mail, replies of general Interest being repeated for the
benefit of others. Where the questions are simple and may be replied
to brleQy. the annotations will be made directly on the question sheet.
In case a more elaborate treatment is required and the subject is of
general interest, the carbon of the printer's copy will be sent. This Is
not an invitation to seek to start an elaborate personal correspondence,
and questions that seem to be written for no other purpose than to
draw a personal reply will be Ignored and the stamp confiscated. Neither
Is It the idea of this writer to do the work that should be done by the
correspondent. If you want to know what company is likely to have a
child seven and a half years old. nine feet tall and with blue eyes, do
not enclose a reply envelope. Read the synopsis printed in each issue
and find out for yourself. This is intended merely to expedite the
answering of questions asked by earnest students of photoplay who
may be inconvenienced by the delay of two or three weeks required for
a printed reply. If there is any tendency to start a comedy feature
the offer will be withdrawn. It is up to the readers of the department
to be nice.
Under no circumstances whatsoever will the manuscript of any person
be handled. We cannot even look at synopsis.
Edison Wants Ones.
The Edison company wants good one reel scripts and wants some
quickly. Not long ago they were overstocked and advised contributors
that they would not be in the market for a time. Now they have re-
sumed buying and ask that announcement be made that they are again
in the market for powerful one-reel dramas.
Goes on a Month.
Announcement is made that the Telegraph-Chartered Theatres Cor-
poration prize contest will close September 15 instead of the middle of
August as originally announced. Scripts should be gotten In by then.
That Sun Stuff.
Honestly, It we were n«» such a fat, good-natured cuss, in spite of
what some of you think, we might be tempted to get sore at the number
of persons who have written to us about the Vitagraph-Sun contest
when we never had even the littlest thing to do with the contest and
never had a script in. Now to reply to a whole lot of people, please
listen :
The Sun wanted something that would get it readers, on the propo-
sition that some ot the readers would stick after the contest was over.
The Vitagraph wanted some advertising, as all companies do, and it
would not be able to buy such advertising as it received out ot next
year's profits. They got together. They ran a contest. They ran it
absolutely on the level. They paid out a certain sum In prizes and
purchased between two and three hundred other scripts. But they can-
not afford to hire one clerk to spend two days looking up the script of
yours that did not get a prize when there are about a thousand others
who each want a script-hunter for two days. Tou gambled a script
against a thousand dollar prize. You lost. Be a sport and take your
loss. Don't be wolfing around asking to have your script sent right back.
It was the Vitagraph-Sun contest. Read the Sun to see If you won.
If you did not win you lose. You lose your script if you did not have
the forethought to carbonize it, and If you are not in the suplementary
list ot three hundred. If you are, see it in the Sun. This is their
graft, not ours, and we don't want to spoil the Sun's game. If you
think the Sun ran the contest Just to oblige you, you lose again. They
ran it so that several thousand persons would each buy a copy ot the
Evening Sun every night until the excitement dies down. We cannot run
a private Inquiry bureau and defeat the Sun's ends. It would not be
clubby. Ask the Sun. You were gambling about a hundred copies ot the
paper against the thousand dollar prize. If you drew a blank pay for
the ticket, anyhow.
Hartigan Wants Slapsticks.
p. C. Hartigan, a former Kalem director who now is doing comedies
for the Pathe Freres, apparently on footage, writes, returning some
straight comedy : "Owing to the fact that this branch of the company
Is to confine itself tor the present, at least, to slapstick comedies, I am
returning your scripts. As things are now on a smooth running basis
here, we promise not to hold scripts longer than a few days." His ad-
■dress Is 406 Court street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Inquest Clubs.
We want to see the coming season end with an Inquest Circle In
•every photoplay writing center In the country. Most of those already
established have done great good in bringing the Isolated writers to-
gether and getting them into the atmosphere ot the work, and we want
to see more of them established.
But wo want to see them conducted on the lines of the Inquest Club
ot New York City, and not along the cut and dried lines, tor we be-
lieve that the rules laid down make tor the best and most permanent
organization. Many of the local Coroners have started out to pattern
their organizations on the lines of the usual literary club, and this do-
teats the end ot the club. The rules are very simple.
The first is that there Is but one ofScc, the Coroner. There are no
other officers and no membership list, therefore no election of members
or oOlccrs and no opening tor the arise of friction. It you don't like the
Coroner you quit the circle. If you do like the Coroner you can remain
a member as long as you behave yourself and the Coroner likes you.
The second rule Is the complement to the first. Since there Is no
membership there can be no membership tecs or dues ot any sort. The
Coroner can colleclr no monies, nor can the circle bold a library or any
other sort ot property.
The third rule is that the Coroner shall not recommend any book,
periodical or publication of any sort, nor recommend any school, course
or any other mode of instruction. This applies to this paper and its
publications as well as to the publications ot other concerns.
The fourth rule Is that the Inquest for meetings sball be held not
less frequently than once a month between September and May in-
clusive, either at the home of some member or at some restaurant
where the charges on the bill ot faro shall be within the means of the
membership, and preferably after visiting some photoplay program or on
a night immediately succeeding.
These are the rules that interest the membership. It is also under-
stood that the Coroner shall deal equitably with the members ot the In-
quest, but the Coroner is answerable only to the Coroner ot the parent
body and not to the members ot the local Inquest.
In other words, some competent person undertakes to gather about
himself or herself the other writers ot a city for the purpose ot study
and discussion. Each can help the other without losing any personal
advantage, and already the Circles in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New
Orleans and elsewhere have done much to develop writers into sellers.
It you want to start an Inquest Circle in your city write in. In the
tall the various circles will be advertised at least once a month and an
effort made to keep in intimate touch with them.
Miss Justice's Ideas.
Miss Maibelle Helkes Justice writes so sanely on the subject ot the
recent Vitagraph contest, that we print her letter in full, merely adding
out own "Amen." She seems to have said about all there is to say ot
the squarest prize contest on record. This is what she writes ;
The big Vitagraph-New York Sun photoplay contest Just
closed, in which you may have already noted I won two awards
In the Supplementary Prizes, one on "The Under Man," a three-
reel society-business drama, and "The Psalm Singers," a two-
reel, out-of-doors comedy drama of new idea, has been partic-
ularly interesting to me during the past three months for the
fact that the Sun has been publishing so widely a call for ideas
and plays from the big literary authors, stating thus the Vita-
graph Company, as well as the newspaper which is the vade
tnecuTn. for news ot many literary homes, hoped to raise the
standard of the silent drama. I have always had faith that the
fiction author was by experience qualified to make a good "photo-
playwright. However, it was a distinct disappointment to me.
and must have been to the Sun and Vitagraph as well, that out
of the great mass ot 3,500 scripts sent in to the contest, to find
among the successful "fiction-writer entrants" a number ot less
than you could count on the fingers of one hand. It was further-
more a big surprise to me, for I have heard incidentally that
about 40 per cent, of the unsuccessful contestants were the big
writers — many of them famous. I scarcely expected to win
the big prize, but if for no other reason I am mighty glad to
have "made good" among the very small "fiction representa-
tion," whose plays have been added to the major prizes. And
alas ! this further demonstrates the fact to me, that the big
author so wide and wildly advertised with poster credit, has
been brought to the front by the assistance of the patient and
experienced staff-writer. There are exceptions to this rule,
I know — but here was a contest opened to the whole world, and I
am amazed. If not a little ashamed, of our best writers, tor
allowing such a chance for photoplay recognition to get by
them. But it certainly shows that the photoplay author is
born, not made. Photoplay writing stands absolutely in a class
by itself. Mabel Herbert Urner, Madison Cawein and the tew
others of us who were successful, I trust will now hold on to
the game — which truly I have found the most fascinating in
the whole catagory of writing — or at least try to hold up the
literary end ot the profession.
Personally, I had no time to prepare for the contest I simply
took what represented my regular week's work, but as my aim
has always been to not allow the standard of one of my scripts
to fall beneath the other, I trusted that what was sent, al-
most at the last moment, might qualify as my usual work.
Stress of contract work did not permit me to write a long mul-
tiple. Yet my plays went in as finished, playing scripts. When
I began the photoplay game a little over a year ago, it was
expressly with the view of building up from the fundamental
start on a sound foundation. No synopsis only for me. The
Joy in writing scripts is to do them from begining to end, and
weigh them out In logical construction the same as it one were
to weigh them on a scale.
In the contest meanwhile, one notices the names ot many ot
the regular, experienced scenario writers among the successful
ones. This Is gratifying to all concerned, I feel. In this con-
test, scripts had to speak for themselves, and Sun-Vitagraph
is to be praised and thanked tor this edict, as it gave every
aspiring photoplaywriter in the world a chance, If he would
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but try, regardless of name or reputation. Yet, even the regular
script man might have made a better showing in number.
But perhaps the most striking instance of all is the great
number of newcomers recorded on the honor roll, from whom,
no doubt, fresh ideas, or synopsis-drafts will be purchased.
Their winning may have just been a streak of luck, but from
these men and women — many of whose names we have never
heard — will likely come the photoplay dramatist of tomorrow.
The printed list in the Sun is quite a remarkable outlay — and
here is success to all of them.
In completing a twenty-four-reel series, and a twelve-reel
series of multiples for William N. Selig, aside from other
multiples as the fancy struck me, my work for the last four
spring months is almost at an end. An eight-by-ten shack, and
my periodical love for the great north woods, is luring me. So
the first week in July will find me flying somewhere, without
an address. I have accepted short invitations from Newport,
R. 1., and Big Moose in the Adirondacks, mid-summer, but there
are wilder spots I know of than these, and in the fall when
Mr. Selig sends a company north to produce my Northwesterns,
It is my idea to go along, aad likely find a couple more plays
again, on the ground. So far my work has been identified with
the Selig and Essanay fiJm companies, whom 1 have noted the
Moving Picture World has designated as my "first loves," but
one rightfully and naturally feels a loyalty to those who ad-
vanced her first interests. But as I come to think of It, it was
Vitagraph who accepted my very first script in synopsis form.
"Stolen Ideas."
Just a couple of weeks ago we wrote a story and shot it out and two
days later saw what might have been the twin sister to the script, so
we sent a telegram and called the script back. The story was written
the day the film was released and there was no possible chance of col-
lusion or fraud of any sort
It is this sort of thing happening every now and then that make us
alow to accept the numerous claims of stolen ideas unless the titles and
names of characters are also identical, which puts it out of the accident
class.
Exact Technique.
In our Technique of the Photoplay, in one of the sample scripts, the
scene has an automobile "entering." Later the occupants re-enter the
car and "car off."
A chap who likes to split hairs and then split the splits and again sub-
divide wants to know if the auto should not exit since it entered.
The aim of technique is to get the best possible action and tell It
understandably to the editor and director. If this is done it does not
matter whether the car is off, exits or is removed from the scene. Any-
thing that gets over the fact is sufficient. Properly the occupants should
•'enter in car" and "exit in car," but if the car enters and is off the
director knows what is wanted. The sample script was purposely writ-
ten In loose technique to convey that fact, but this writer wants to be
painfully exact, apparently. Some time ago a literary purist who read
one of our scripts was horrified to read this scene :
6 — Street — Jim on — Nell enters — Jim lamps Nell — chases her.
He thought that we should be ashamed to turn out such work, and
maybe we would be if the story were intended for a stranger editor. In
such a case we might have written :
6 — Street scene — Jim Is standing In the near foreground — Helen
enters — Jim's attention is attracted by Helen's pulchritude — he becomes
enamored as she passes across the stage — as she leaves the scene he
starts in pursuit of her and also exits from the scene.
However, it was intended to be produced by Arthur D. Hotaling, and
he did not have to send us a night letter to ask what "lamps" and
"chases" meant. He got the scene over quite comfortably. This is not
a defense of the script written in slang, which is seldom excusable. It
is intended to point out that painful accuracy may detract from the
spirit of the story.
Credit to Authors.
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there lived a Young and
Earnest Author. He still lives and he is still Young and Earnest, but
he no longer Shoots Off His Mouth about Credit to Authors, because he
got a Studio Job, and he knows what This Writer knew Several Years
Ago, to wit, that "Written by" looks Good on the Script, but is a
Blamed Lie in Most Cases. Dropping the (Jeorge Ade Style of capital-
ization, here are his amended conclusions :
Before I joined the staff no one shouted louder or harder
than I for credit to authors on the screen, and no one belittled
the work of the staff writer more than I did. Nowadays every
time I see an author credited by my company with a picture
I cannot restrain a laugh, because I know how little that writer
had to do with the finished picture. Even men of the stand-
ing of and and write stuff which
at times has to be touched up, and as for the ordinary run of
authors we are seldom able to use more than the bare idea of
the story they have sold. And as you probably know, there is
a big difference between working up one of your own pet
Ideas, and taking another fellow's and trying to make a good
picture out of it. For instance, a few weeks ago my firm
bought an idea for $5 of joining the volunteers and
being put through the drill for recruits. The idea appealed
to Mr. and was turned over to me for development, and I
had to write one thousand feet of action around It. Still more
recently they sent out an order for a number of slapsticks with
all exteriors. The output was falling behind, the studios were
overcrowded, and they wanted to get 25 or 30 scripts on hand-
right away that they could turn over to directors to go out and.
make in one or two days. I gave them five in two weeks. Not
so bad. B'ut in returning to the scripts that we reconstruct.
no matter how much work we do on them, we are never heard"
of, except on pay day, and I guess the bosses think that suffices.
We are very seldom pressed for original work. There is gen-
erally so much reconstruction and picturizing to be done that
the bosses would rather have us devote our efforts to this stuff
than write new stories. And we put so much of our own
stuff in the stories we fix up that in the long run it about evens
itself up. But as I said before, giving credit to the original
author in cases like this is a joke.
It is not so very long ago that this chap was one of the most in-
sistent howlers for credit on the screen, both in the Inquest Club and
wherever else he happened to be. He wrote letters t« such papers as-
would print them, arguing against the "injustice" of the practice and
praising such companies as did credit the author. Now he is with one
of the crediting companies and he is honest enough to admit his error
because now he knows.
Personally we should like to see authors given full credit where sucb
credit is deserved. We have always said that, but we have added that
the time is not yet ripe to kick with any justice back of the complaint.
Here is corroborative testimony from one of the most anarchical of the
old guard. If you won't take our own word for it, perhaps you wilt
accept his.
And by the same token when we say anything along similar lines,
please realize that through personal touch and in correspondence we
have a vastly larger horizon than your own, and so a wider and more
authentic knowledge.
Manufacturing Stories.
Don't manufacture stories. Write them. Do not take certain factors
that ought to make good stories because they have been used before
and seek to make them over into another story. If you cannot give the
#old factors new treatment drop them until you can.
If you are an old and practiced hand you can give the new twist and
you are justified in using the old elements, but the new writer needs
to be most careful of the material he selects.
For some reason writers seem fond of the Inventor who has hi&
Invention stolen. Several good stories have been done on this theme,
but In every instance the author has given new twists to the old string.
The beginner does not know the tricks, and so the resultant story is
merely the story of the inventor who gets his idea swiped and gets !*■
back again and that is as fiercely interesting as the story of last we&'s
ball game.
There are ten thousand people trying to write stories who cannot get
ahead merely because they cannot get away from the conventional ideas
and strike out on new lines. Now and then some of them do hit out, but
they get so far out that they are worse off than before.
We have not the slightest idea that any large number of persons will
accept this advice, but the man who up to date has not made a sale will
be most likely to take money from the manufacturers if he will stop
trying to sell and put in one full year merely studying plots, what
makes them plots, what can be done to make them other plots and why
this last should be done. Then he can take up the detail of selling
with a better chance of success because he at least knows something of
his subject.
Back to One.
Several managers of theatres have wrlten lately of their efforts to
test out their audiences on the subject of their preference for single
reels and multiples and almost without exception the decision has been
in favor of the one reel subjects, the voting being as high as 75% in
favor of the singles where it was announced in advance that one night
a week a two or three reel story would be shown.
This does not fairly Indicate the preference of the spectators, for It
deals with the double reels as they are and not as they should be, and
this is a factor that should be kept In mind. Not all two reel stories
are worth two thousand feet of film, but it is clear that there is a
stronger and constant demand for one reel subjects, and where there
is a demand from the public the manufacturer must eventually supply
what is wanted. It will not only give an opening to the beginner, who
is not able to handle two reels competently, but it will also give the
real writer a market for stories he has not the nerve to try and pad into
two reels.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy- six pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developing the "Punch, Condensing the
Script, Writing the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, Talking Pic-
tures, Copyrights, etc.
In cloth, two dollars. Full leather, three dollars.
By mail postpaid. Add ten cents if registration is desired.
Address all Orders to
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Projection Department
Conducted by F. H. RICHARDSON
Manufacturers' Notice.
IT IS an established rule o( the Movlog Picture World and of this de-
partment that no apparatus or other goods will be endorsed or
recommended editorially until such articles have been demonstrated
to a member of our staff. In case of apparatus pertaining to projection
this means the editor of this department
Important Notice.
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication It Is Impossible
to reply through the department In less than two to three weeks. In
order to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps, (less than
actual cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply, by mall,
without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed In neat
booklet form. They may he obtained by remitting 25 cents, money
or stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get
a copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you can-
Bot answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 43.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending In
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only
the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking for high
class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Would you recommend a belted or a direct connected engine
and dynamo f Oive reasons for your answer. How would you,
in some simple, inexpensive, egective manner, dea4en the engine
exhaust, without creating any back pressure on the engine?
What is back pressure, as applied to an engine; what is its «/-
tectf What is compression and its effect, and how is its amount
changed/
Roll of Honor on Question No. 37.
Again the Roll of Honor Is short, and I have got to do considerable
■tretchlng to Include anybody in It at all. However, the replies by
the three brothers named are fairly good ; Joseph H. M. Smith, Port
Worth, Texas ; Eugene A. Upstill, Long Pine, Nebraska, eind Boston,
Mass.
Answer to Question No. 37.
By Eugene A. Upstill, Long Pine, Nebraska.
The question :
Can you use a motor wound for single phase current on two or
three phase, or a two phase motor on a single phase or three
phase? If your answer is yes, show, by sketch, how you would
connect. What is "single phase", "two phase" and "three phase"
current, and what in your opinion are the advantages or dis-
advantages of the various phases? Suppose you had the choice
of single and poly-phase current for that new theater, the same
to be used for incandescent lighting, tan motors and to pull a
motor generator set. Which would you advise the manager to
Install, and why would you give that advice?
The Answer :
You can use a single phase motor on one phase of either a
two or three-phase system, as per sketch No. 1, but you cannot
use a two-phase motor on a single phase system. A single phase
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system is merely a two-wire system in which each wire Is posi-
tive for every half cycle and negative for one-half cycle. A
two-phase system is one which makes use of two alternating
currents which differ in phase by 90 degrees, or one-half cy-
cle. A three-phase system is one which makes use of three
simple alternating currents separated by 120 degrees, or one-
third of a cycle. A two-phase current can be run on a three-
wire system, or on two separate two-wire systems. The poly-
phase is the better for the central station, and for persona
using motors, but it has no advantages for lighting. The
question docs not give the tize of the fan motor It Is pro-
posed to use, but for anything not exceeding '/t h. p. It Is bet-
ter to use single phase, since it will cut the expense of wiring.
However, for a heavier motor, such as the motor of a motor
generator set, poly-phase current is best by reason of the fact
that with single phase the action on the motor armature is
somewhat similar to the action of a reciprocating engine, there
being a "dead center" every half cycle, whereas with poly-phase
current there would be no "dead centers," and the armature
Is always working. With three-phase the pull Is more equal
than with two-phase. In fact, with three-phase current, the
pull on the armature Is to all Intents and purposes uniform.
Sketch No. 1 represents a two-phase system with four wires,
and sketch No. 2 represents a two-phase system with three
wires, and Indicates method of connecting motors thereto. For a
three-phase system with six wires you could connect a single
phase motor as per sketch No. 1, but It Is, of course, neces-
sary that you always get the two wires of the particular phase.
A two-phase motor would be connected to both circuits of a two-
phase system, or to two phases of a three-phase system. With
a three-phase system It would be as per sketch No. 2.
The above answer is correct as far as it goes, but It Is not very sat-
isfactory. Nevertheless, It Is the best of the lot. The answer only
covers part of the question, to start in with, and then the motor con-
nections are not shown In very good form. There was one very good
answer, but It was mixed up so badly that I could not be sura in all
respects just exactly what the brother meant, and It would not be fair
to others to assume that he had the right Idea when he didn't and to
put It right myself, therefore, I have simply published the best answer
that came. If any of the department fans wish to elaborate on this
answer I shall be glad to hear from them.
Keeping Oil Off the FLltn.
The operator of the Pastime theater. Union Hill, New Jersey, sends
In the following scheme for keeping oil oft the film In a Simplex. Ha
Bays:
Place a cloth over the crank shaft. Inside the machine, with
a small weight at the ends to keep the same stretched down
away from the sprocket. This is the only place the oil will get
on the film, and the use of this plan would stop much argu-
ment at the exchange.
When the front part of the gate (Simplex) Is pushed back
If you will put a light piece of tin around the Inside of the
tube with a small piece of corset steel to hold It tight against
the side of the tube, you will protect your lens from oil.
I have no Simplex mechanism at hand, therefore cannot follow tha
idea very closely, though from the sketches submitted I take It that
Union Hill means that the film rubs against the crank shaft at times,
and from it accumulates oil. If this is the case the cloth scheme
would, of course, stop the trouble. I would suggest to the Simplex
Company, however, that if there is any trouble of this kind a guard
could easily be arranged to prevent the film touching the shaft. As to
the lens Idea I don't think I quite understand though doubtless Simplex
users will, therefore the suggestions will probably prove of value. But
allow me to suggest that if only one drop of good oil Is placed on a
bearing (not a patent kerosene mixture but a good oil) It Is enough,
and no trouble would then be experienced from oily film or lens.
Am I Wrong?
Alfred Fowler, Alliance, Ohio, writes :
I am going to answer a couple of questions propounded Itt
May 30 issue. With regard to acetone cement, let me say
It is all right, provided you do not scrape the emulsion off
the film. Leave the emulsion on and put the whole thing
in acetone as directed, which makes a good cement. On May
23rd, page 1113, I noticed an article entitled "Danger ! Pol-
son !" by Mr. Lorence, New York City, with regard to moisten-
ing the film with the tongue causing bad teeth. I mUst say
brother Lorence is perfectly correct. My teeth were good until
about six months ago when It cost me $30 to have them fixed,
and the dentist told me it was due to the habit of moistening
the film when making patches. I did not believe him. but now
I have to. Last night I had a thermometer in my operating
room and It stood at 99 degrees, and that Is not the hottest
it has been either.
I wonder if the editor is wrong In directing that the emulsion ha-
scraped off in making acetone cement. I never heard of using film
In making cement without scraping off the emulsion, hut maybe you
have got one on me this time ; at least brother Fowler seems to think so.
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Cameron's New Projector.
For some time past, at least here in New York City, rumors have been
afloat that there was a new projector in course of invention, which
would soon be launched upon an unsuspecting and confiding filmdom.
This machine was to be known as the "Cameron," and, as usual, each
individual who undertook to describe the peculiarities of the forthcom*
ing projector had an entirely different yarn to tell.
At the late convention the Cameron was in evidence in the Atsco
booth, where it received its full share of attention, therefore it seems
that the time has arrived to tell you and show you exactly what the
new-born infant looks like, how much it weighs and the probable color
of its hair.
The Cameron machine is the invention of Mr. James A. Cameron, and
his associates in the Cameron Picture Machine Company, Brooklyn,
_N. V. It has been in course of development during the past six years,
and the final product shows some decidedly unique features, the actual
value of which will only be demonstrated thoroughly and finally by
actual use under varying theater conditions. However, the editor is
T>repared, even at this time, to say that it has features which look de-
cidedly promising.
As will be seen in the above illustration, the projector has an odd-
shaped lamp house, which gives a rather peculiar appearance, from the
American point of view. In fact, the general get up is somewhat in line
with one or two European projectors.
The lamp house has ample ventilation, the same being at the back,
and left-hand side of the hoed. The door is so hinged that it shuts
■by gravity — an excellent idea indeed. The observation hole in tbe door
of the lamp house — one on each side, is of ample dimension, and is pro-
tected by red and green glass, which gives the operator a chance to
examine his arc without any eye strain whatever, also these holes are
located in the right place. The lamp house slides on the ordinary
sliding ways, very similar to those employed in the Edison and Pow-
er's machines, with which everyone is familiar. The lamp itself is of
heavy, rigid construction, and has all the movement necessary to en-
able the operator to handle his arc, and force it into any desired posi-
tion.
The lamp takes a 6-inch carbon below and a 12-inch one above. The
back of the lamp house is entirely closed in, and, in short, the lamp
and the lamp house are fully up to the requirements of modern practice.
The condensing lenses are protected by heavy metal holders, and the
condenser casing is thoroughly ventilated, so that, as far as I am able
to see, the condenser arrangement is quite satisfactory, provided a
method be added whereby the distances between the lenses can be readily
altered by the operator.
As will be seen in the first illustration the machine is supplied with
a friction disc motor drive, located under the table, the table being
cast iron, light in weight, but rigid. Above are seen the details of this
motor drive, the regulating handle of which is conveniently located at the
side of the table, as shown. The weight of the motor itself provides
the pressure between the friction disc wheel and the friction pulley,
but the amount of this friction may be controlled by two heavy screws
at the top of the motor. The table legs are of 1 1-2 inch tubing, and are
adjustable, so that the machine may be set at any desired angle.
The magazines are of pressed steel, 14 inches in diameter, round in
shape and very rigid. And now we come to the mechanism.
Detail View of the Mechanism of the Cameron Projector.
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I
The heart of the moving picture projector is the Intermittent move-
ment, and In the Cameron, we have a decidedly unique proposition. The
Intermittent sprocket Is entirely done away with, and there Is no star
•or cam, or anything corresponding thereto. The intermittent of the
Cameron is what may be termed a modified type of the old "beater"
movement The beater movement, at one time popular, but now falling
into disuse, contained grave faults. Not only did It have a decided ten-
-dency to scratch the film, but it was the mortal enemy of all weat< or
loose patches. With the beater movement a loose patch meant a stop
Mechanism Open to View.
in the show, because it was promptly pulled in two. The Cameron
movement, however, while it retains the many very excellent points of
the beater type, apparently gets around its weak ones, though it is
true that my judgment in this matter will have to be supplemented,
and proven out by acurate use over an extended period of time under
varying conditions ; also I am not altogether certain as to how It will
handle first run film, the emulsion of which is often quite soft, though
Inclined to believe there will be little or no trouble on this score.
As will be seen in the illustration the film comes down over the aper-
ture, and passes through a slot in S shaped arrangement A. Now "this
S shaped arrangement'' is the intermittent of the Cameron machine.
moves up and down under the aperture, and that the whole Intermittent
has an oscillating, or rocking movement, being carried by shaft B.
The framing device is decidedly unique. Projecting through a slot In
the lower front of the machine we seo shaft C, with a kuerled knob
on its end. This is the framing lever. It will be observed that this lever
joins split casting D. which rides on fixed central casting E, and re-
volves around the same at the will of the operator, being locked by
means of a clamping screw on the end of the framing lever, C. Now
this split casting carries the "conveyor sprocket" F, Its Idler bracket
G, and gear H. which moves the sprocket. The operation Is as fol-
lows: When the operator wishes to frame his picture, he gives the
kuerled knob at the end of the framing lever a slight turn, which re-
leases the framing device. Ho then raises or lowers the end of the
framing lever, which has the effect of moving the conveyer sprocket
either up towards the intermittent movement, or else In the opposite
direction, and this in turn alters the position of the film In the aper-
ture. since the registration of the film at the aperture Is governed by
the conveyor sprocket.
And now a word of explanation with regard to the offlce of the "con-
veyor sprocket," and how it acts. As has been said, the Cameron ma-
chine has no intermittent sprocket, star or cam. The film Is pulled
down out of the upper magazine by upper sprocket 2, which feeds It
down into the gate in the usual way. The film passes down through
the gate and Is stretched across from the bottom of the aperture plate
to conveyor sprocket F without there being any lower loop. Conveyor
sprocket F revolves continuously ; that Is to say, It has no Intermittent
movement, and normally it would simply pull the film down through the
gate and across from the bottom of the aperture plate to the con-
veyor sprocket In a straight line. Between the bottom of the aperture
plate and the conveyor sprocket, however, is the intermittent S shaped
arrangement A. Now bear In mind the fact that the conveyor sprocket
is pulling the film straight along continuously but intermittent A is
rocking, and its point moves precisely ^ of an inch each time, so that,
although conveyor sprocket F pulls the film continuously, still that
portion between the point of A and top of the gate receives an inter-
mittent movement just the same as that imparted by the Intermittent
movement of other projectors. The main advantages claimed for this
movement by its inventor are the lack of parts of considerable weight
having high Inertia, and therefore subject to considerable wear; the
absence of the effect imparted by worn intermittent sprocket teeth ;
the production of a picture free from any movement whatever due to
worn intermittent parts.
These are the main claims made by the inventor. It is not my pur-
pose to comment on them at this time, preferring rather to leave the
matter to the judgment of our readers, and to the tests of time. I will
say, however, that I have witnessed the performance of one of these
machines which has been running continuously for almost one year in
the Hanover theater. Brooklyn. The manager of the Hanover informs
me that it has had no repairs at all during that time. The picture
projected by this machine was excellent. It ran a rather old commercial
film in good shape, and Mr. Cameron claims that the movement is
easier on patches than any other movement in existence, but this, again,
I cannot corroborate. It will have to be proven by actual comparative
test. It is a very broad claim ; still it may be true. Let us hope It Is.
Front Part of Machine with Mechanism Closed.
and its action is to pull the film down, rather than to strike it down as
the beater did. This movement has the advantage that there is prac-
tically no limit to its possibilities in speed. That is to say, it can be
made anywhere from one to one, to one to twelve, or even more. In
fact, Mr. Cameron informs me that the movement actually has been
used for a considerable time, in experimental practice, at one to twelve.
This, however, proved to be too severe on the film, and It was cut down
to one to seven and a half, which it is now, and which It Is the design
that it will be when the machine is placed on the market. It Is very
difficult to actually describe a movement of this kind, but I think the
Illustration will do more than anything else to help you understand it,
bearing in mind that point 1 of the S shaped intermittent movement
The Entire Machine.
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Below the conveyor sprocket will be seen a second, or lower feed
sprocket, i, which feeds the film into the lower magazine. This sprocket.
Is not absolutely necessary, but is placed there to prevent a double pull
on the film at the conveyor sprocket ; that is to say, a pull from above
and the take-up pull from below. The loop between the two sprockets
Is to take away from the conveyor sprocket the strain of the take-up.
It is, as I said before, not necessary, hut the machine operates better
where this loop is present.
want to see tried out In practice before passing final judgment the
thing, as a whole. looks decidedly promising.
The Lamp House.
The shutter is "something else again." In the illustration K Is the
shutter, and L the lever which actuates it. the lower end of this lever
being connected directly to a small, counterbalanced pulley on the end of
the fly-wheel shaft. The shutter moves up and down across the aper-
ture with an oscillating, reciprocating movement. In effect it is a two-
wing shutter, and, by reason of the rapidity of the intermittent, accord-
ing to the Inventor's figures, it only cuts 30 per cent, of the light, which
gives an available Illumination of 70 per cent. ; far more than anything
that has heretofore been attempted. Mr. Cameron Is a firm believer In
the fact that his shutter is the ideal one, and it must be admitted
that there are things to be said in its favor. For instance : It cannot by
any possible circumstance get out of time with the Intermittent ; there-
fore travel ghost would seem to be an impossibility with this mech-
anism. However, on the other hand, it is a reciprocating movement,
and. In effect, a two-wing shutter, therefore the editor must he noncom-
mittal on this particular proposition. Frankly. I don't know, and
won't know until such time as I have seen this projector worked out in
actual practice on the screens of several theaters, under varying condl-
The Motor Drive.
tlons. If Mr. Cameron can make gocd on this proposition. It certainly
will he a big thing. But he will have to "show me" in this shutter
matter. However. It will be a simple matter to substitute an outside
revolving shutter.
The automatic fire shutter is as positive in its action as any I havu
Been. The film tension is supplied by two very long springs, which act
on tour shoes, X-X-X-X, each one approximately 2ii inches in length,
thus giving a total distribution of tension over 11 inches of shoe sur-
face, and this. In the judgment of the editor, is an excellent proposition.
The mechanism is inclosed, except some of the gearing on the off side
of the machine, the fly wheel and fire shutter governor, which are outside.
One thing which impresses the observer is the simplicity of this mech-
anism and the ease with which it is taken to pieces. At a guess I
should say that the whole mechanism could be taken apart in less than
five minutes, and It could be reassembled in almost the same time.
The Cameron machine will be on the market in a short time, and,
while, as I have said before, there are certain features which I shall
Ground Detector.
John R. Gibson, St. Louis, Missouri, makes the following query :
I have been told one of the machine manufacturers Is
grounding the arc lamp by means of incandescent lamps. 'Will
you please give me your opinion of this proposition, and wheth-
er or not it is a practical method of grounding.
No, friend Gibson, it is not a practical method of grounding, nor
do I understand it is designed to be such. The scheme Is not ap-
proved by the New York Department. The reason for requiring the
grounding of all-metal projection machines is as follows : In case
the machine is insulated and a heavy positive ground, is established,
then the lamp house, mechanism, table and magazines are all charged!
Now suppose the interior of the operating room to be lined with metal,
or to have a metal frame which Is grounded, and suppose the opera-
tor in putting in a reel to touch its edge to the metal of the operat-
ing room and the magazine. Right then and there he will get a good,
big, fat spark and possibly the film would be ignited.
The grounding of the machine obviates this. The scheme of the
manufacturer In question Is to attach a ground wire to one side of
the lamp socket, and run a wire from the other lamp socket to the
top carbon arm, then the same thing is done with the lower car-
bon arm. and, of course, the Instant a ground is established, the
lamp connected to the carbon arm the ground is on will light. That
scheme is all right, viewed purely and solely as a ground detector,
but, due to the high resistance of the lamp filament, and Its small
current carrying capacity, it is not an effective ground from the
point of view above named. The scneme simply amounts to a per-
manent test lamp, or rather two test lamps, and it is all right In Its
way, but the objection lies In the fact that In order to make the
scheme operative the machine must be Insulated. This scheme was
used to some extent by operators In Chicago several years ago, but
Its use was discontinued.
First Run Troubles.
W. H. Mullally, East Orange, New Jersey, has troubles of his own
as follows :
I am called upon to run a large feature every day, and many
of these are first runs, which spell trouble, and means a lot
of cleaning of the tension shoes between reels. Recently I
received a seven reel feature, absolutly first run. These films
nad never been on, or through a machine. The films looked
as though they had not been thoroughly dried after being de-
veloped, or maybe it was due to the weather, it being very wet
that day. But be that as It may, the film seemed to be dead,
like a damp piece of paper, and each layer clung to the one
under It. I have a motor-driven Simplex, but the motor
could not pull this film through. I had to crank It for the
first two shows, after which the motor did the work, but In
order to run the film I was obliged to loosen the tension
springs, and push the film trap away back with my thumb ;
this caused the picture to jump up and down on the screen,
and I was compelled to stop in the middle of the reels at least
once during the first two shows and clean the emulsion off the
shoes, besides cleaning them after each reel. In fact there
were so many stops that the patrons complained. I have
often seen emulsion come off films In flakes and dust and leave
a little deposit on the tension shoes, but the emulsion on these
reels came off like gum and caked hard in the runners. Also
it peeled off like steel shavings from a drill on both sides
of the picture, and would hang in the aperture and show on
the screen. For these reasons I thought the film was not prop-
erly dried, or not dried at all. The second day the fllms
were curly and full of life, and I had no trouble. 'The sprocket
holes showed some effect of the heavy pull, and I reported
same immediately to our office, and used as much care as I
could, but the exchange criticised my handling of the films, and
sent in a bill for something like $10 for damage. I claim
they should be thankful the film was not entirely ruined, and
that our house should have a rebate to offset the spoiling of
the show by improperly dried film. I would like to have
your opinion.
I could not give It unless I had personally examined the reels. If
you have stated things exactly as they were, and the emulsion was
so soft that each layer of film stuck to the one next to it, then most
emphatically the exchange is not entitled to any damage, because
the film was not properly dried. I think that would be an Indisput-
able proposition. However, had you been a consistent reader of the
department, and the Handbook you would have long since learned
that even conditions as bad as this can be handled by the opera-
tor who "knows how." Next time you have a proposition of that
kind you get an ordinary tallow candle, and every few turns of
the crank touch it to the upper sprocket, or if you cannot do that
by reason of the construction of the machine then make a roller out
of a section of the candle, and, exercising your ingenuity a little,
place it on a wire spindle and attach it in such way and at such a
point that it will rub lightly on the film track, on the emulsion
side. This will deposit sufficient tallow to, It not entirely stop the
trouble, at least help it to a large extent. You should also grease
the tension shoes with the tallow before threading the machine each
time. Also never dean the emulsion off the tension shoes with a
steel instrument : always u«e a silver coin, or better still a wet
cloth. If you use a knife blade, or screw-driver point you will scratch
the steel and aggravate the trouble.
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Meniscus Bi-Convex Condensers.
9 Laemmic Film Service, Minneapolis. >Iinncsotn. has sent to the
department an ample stock of Us now lenses for testing purposes. Id
this proposition the rear lens Is meniscus: that is to say the convex la
on one side and the concave on the other. The front lens Is a bl-con-
vex : that is to say convex on both sides. Tests show there is a very
decided improvement In the light when these lenses are used, and that
the Improvement Is well worth the additional price of these lenses,
wnere the condt-nser system is carefully matt-hod to the objective.
I find, however, two objections, one of which can, I think, very readily
be overcome, hence amounts to little. The other is more serious, but
I do not think sufficiently so to destroy the value of the proposition. The
first objection lies in the fact that while each one of the two lenses
costs $2, and the meniscus, when placed in an ordinary condenser holder,
will crack just as readily as will a plain cheap plano-convex lens; but
this. I believe, can be entirely eliminated by using an Elbert holder or
one like it, and lining the grooves in that holder with very thin as-
bestos. The second difficulty lies In the tendency of some of the lenses
to turn a light straw color, though that feature did not show up In
the meniscus lens of the sets I had, but only in the bl-convex. The man-
ufacturers claim that this Is not present in all the lenses, and that even
when it is present it is often possible, after using the lens a short time,
to reheat it, whereupon it will again become a pure, white lens. Wheth-
er this Is true or not I do not know. The manufacturers also claim that
If the lenses are handled with ordinary care only a small percentage
would discolor at all. What they mean by "ordinary care" I don't
know, but, at any rate, I do not regard this discoloration as serious
enough to overcome the good points of the lenses, and if this tendency
can be eliminated these lenses will certainly have the strongest in-
dorsement this department can give them.
The Laemmle film service has this matter up with the manufacturers
now, and they hope to be able to entirely stop the discoloration. These
lenses do not turn green or purple ; If they turn at all It is always a
light straw. As the matter now stands I recommend the lenses with
the addition of the Elbert holder for the meniscus. If the discolora-
tion Is eliminated I will not only strongly recommend them, but urge
the substitution of the meniscus-bi-convex combination for the plano-
convex in all projectors, using, however, a proper holder, such as the
Elbert or one on the same order.
Meniscus-Bi-Convex Condensers.
Charles R. Bozett, Brooklyn, New York, writes :
With regard to the meniscus-bi-convex condenser combina-
tion advertised by the Laemmle Film Service of Minneapolis. I
tried a set out under the best possible conditions. Have two
Power's Six A machines with adjustable rheostats. Have been
using piano convex condensers with fairly good results, but
the Laemmle ad sounded good to me, so I asked the manager
to buy a set and he did. I put them in one machine, leaving
the piano convex combination in the other, of course. Now,
under ordinary conditions I have the adjusting lever of my
rheostat at half past six, meaning straight down, which gives
about 30 amperes. When I put in the new lenses it was nec-
essary to move the lamp house up toward the head in order
to get a clear field, and I cut my amperage down to 22.
And now comes the good news. I actually get a better screen
illumination and sharper definition with 22 amperes than I
did with the old condensers at 30 amperes. Last week we
moved outside to the airdome, where I have a 4-inch back
focus Gundlach objective, giving a 17 foot picture at about
S5 feet. The operator who formerly held the open air position,
Arthur Crothers, paid me a visit and was surprised at the
results. He asked what amperage I was using. I told him
30, whereupon he declared it was necessary to use 40 to get
results last summer, using piano convex condensers. In order-
ing these sets of condensers the operator should give the focal
length in inches the same as In ordinary condensers ; for
instance : Two 6 1-2 Inch, or back lens 7 1-2, front lens 6 1-2,
also the width of condenser desired.
I do not know what brother Bozctt means by "width of condenser
desired." If he refers to the diameter of the lens, I have not been
Informed that these lenses come in any other than the 4 1-2 inch
diameter. The meniscus-bi-convex combination, which the brother
has, has been dealt with in the department recently. If the manager
will order a lens holder from John D. Elbert, San Francisco, at the
same time he orders the lenses I am prepared to indorse that menis-
cus-bl-convex proposition right now, with the qualification, however,
that there seems to be some tendency to turn a very light shade
of yellow, but they don't all do this and perhaps you will be lucky.
and even If they did I believe the benefit Is great enough to more
than make up for the tendency to slight discoloration. I cannot, of
course, consistently recommend tfle purchase of costly lenses of tbia
kind except thoy be used in conjunction with a lens holder simllftr
to that put out by Elbert, because when a manager pays $2 for
condenser lenses he does not feel disposed to stand for any breakage,
and naturally the rear lens (tho meniscus) will be just aa liable
to break as will the ordinary plano-convex, though I do not think
it will be any more liable. The reason why you get better effects
from the lower amperage when using these lenses lies In the fact
the meniscus lens and the bl-convcx taken together have a shorter
e. f. than the piano convex combination of equal separate length, and
this brings the arc somewhat closer to the lens. Moreover there Is
not so much loss at the back surface of the back lens by reflection.
The reason you get better definition lies In the fact that this com-
bination is in effect a three lens combination, and therefore to
a large extent corrects spherical aberration, and, I believe, also, to
some extent at least, reduces chromatic aberration. I think Brother
Bryson of the Minneapolis Film Service Is to be thanked for having
sprung this proposition on us. It comes just at the right time, too,
when there is a holder on the market which will, if not entirely
stop, at least will very largely reduce breakage, so that we feel
justified In recommending a high priced condenser lens, which we could
not consistently do before.
Licensing of Schools.
New York City writes :
In June 20th issue Is an article entitled "High Class Comedy,"
the comedy consisting of replies made by applicants for oper-
ator's license when facing the Board of Examiners. I am my-
self, or have been a student at an operator's school In this city.
I was highly interested in the article, but was in no way sur-
prised at the answers given by applicants for license. If you only
knew the kind of Instruction pupils in these schools, or at least
the one I attended, are given, you would readily understand the
why and wherefore of the answers. There are no demonstra-
tions, no practical operating, and very little explaining at the
school. There are not even the necesssary machines and tools
for learning. I believe there should be a license exacted from
all moving picture operators' schools, for the reason that, at
least in some of them, would-be-operators are simply being de-
frauded of their money, and can never hope to pass a compe-
tent examination through knowledge gained at the school.
As to the licensing of schools, why presumably they are licensed,
though I am not certain about that either. In any event, however, the
only effect of a license would be that In case of fraud being proven
the license could be revoked. But, as a matter of fact, the same
thing can be done, In effect, by making a complaint to the proper au-
thorities, whereupon the proprietor of the school would undoubtedly be
made to answer in the courts, and would, in effect, be put out of busi-
ness were the charges substantiated. There is no need at this time for
schools. They are, in the opinion of the editor, perpetuating a fraud,
at least to the extent of holding up inducements to men who pay
for a course, well knowing that the student will find when his course
Is completed that, even though he be a competent operator, the field
is already overcrowded with experienced men. There is, even now,
a long waiting list, numbering, I think, close to a thousand, of appli-
cants for examination for licenses, and, moreover, there are far more
licensed operators right here in New Torlt City than there are jobs.
Shutter for Half Size Lens.
Th ! Nicholas Power Company Informs us that It has designed a
shutter to give perfect results when working with half size objec-
tive lens. As operators who have used these lenses well know, there
is a heavy travel ghost when the ordinary shutter Is used with a
half-size objective, unless the lens be stopped down to about one
half its diameter. This can, of course, be overcome by increasing
the width of the main blade, but when this is done the width of the
main blade Is so disproporitonate to the width of the flicker blade,
or blades, that heavy flicker results. The Nicholas Power Company
has designed, and is prepared to furnish a shutter blade to take care
of this proposition, and those using a Power's machine and half size
objective, can now obtain the same from that company, in either
two or three wing style. This blade, of course, cuts a rather heavy
percentage of the light, but it nevertheless gives perfect results on
the screen.
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Licensed.
SWEEDIE THE SWATTER (Essanay), July 13. — This comedy num-
ber is excellently photographed but it is unfortunately not strong in
plot interest. The mere employment of the eccentric hired girl does
not serve to rouse the interest of observers and the subsequent pro-
ceedings do not catch hold. The auto chase and other closing features
had plenty of action but for some reason the number. did not prove
much of a winner.
THROUGH BOSNIA AND DALMATIA (Scenic). The Tombs 0/ the
AndeJit Japanese Emperors, Annam (Indo-China — Scenic) and the Wa-
ter Falls at Aragonia, Spain (Travel — Pathe), July 14. — A triple-sub-
ject reel that is highly interesting from an educational point of view.
AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS (Selig). July 14.— Written by Lewis S.
Cornell and produced by Walter Clark Bellowe. This is a rather wild
and wonderful picture production but never-the-less it is interesting.
Several complications occur which are quite amusing. Frank Weed, as
an old chemist, Vere Hamilton, as his wife. Grace Darmona and
Palmer Bowman are the principals and make this a highly enjoyable
offering.
ACCUSED (Kalem), July 14. — The caption of this should be "Wrongly
Accused." A sum of money is missing which is a payment on a
mortgage and is carelessly left on the desk. It later disappears. An
employe is accused of having stolen the money and is discharged. The
whole plot is somewhat far-fetched and covers a wondrous amount of
territory, but in the final it is discovered that a rat was the purloiner
and it all ends happily.
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL (Essanay), July 14.— This without ex-
ception, is a picture that appeals in heart interest and Mr. Commer-
ford, while being an old actor in the legitimate line, loses nothing in
the silent drama. His work is magnificent. Some heroic action is
made necessary by the author, hut the grand old man meets the re-
quirements. This picture will not fail to please any audience anywhere.
THE TWO DOCTORS (Edison). July '4. — Charles M. Seay has writ-
ten an interesting photoplay that is out of the ordinary and George A.
Lessey has ably produced it with a splendid cast, including Augustus
Phillips, Joe Manning, Sally Crute, John Sturgeon and others. It illus-
trates the different dispositions of two men — in the profession of medi-
cine—one careless the other careful. The outcome is very satisfactory,
and a life lesson is taught.
TOUGH LUCK (Lubin), July 14.— Written by E. W. Sargent and pro-
duced by Frank Griffin. This is a real comedy and Billy Bowers made
of Mr. Boggs a laughable character. Julia Calhoun was Mrs. Boggs and
helped along, as did the others in the cast. The plot is a good one.
On the same reel with "He was Bad."
HE WAS BAD (Lubin), July 14. — On the same reel with "Tough
Luck." Another of E. W. Sargent's, directed by Gerald T. Hevener.
John and Matty Edwards are the principals in this and with the assist-
ance of a good cast of colored people they make it a sprightly offering.
THE EVER-GALLANT MARQUIS (Edison), July 15.— An entertain-
ing half-reel comedy, with Harry Beaumont appearing as the marquis.
His proposed present of a valuable garter to one of the ladies gets him
into a duel. Good light comedy.
AN UP-TO-DATE COURTSHIP (Edison) July 15. — This, on same reel
with above, proves amusing. The widow's rivals take her riding in a
buggy, on a motorcycle and finally in an auto. The latter explodes.
This has some laughs in it.
THE FABLE OF NAPOLEON AND THE BUMPS (Essanay), July 15.
^This comedy number opens with some interesting views of the author,
George Ade. He is seen feeding chickens on his farm and later in the
act of writing the scenario which follows. The story is that of a young
clerk who consults a phrenologist and gets an idea that he is another
Napoleon. Bitter experiences cure him of the notion. An original con-
ception worked out entertainingly.
THE ARRIVAL OF JOSIE (Vitagraph). July 15.— This comedy num-
ber gives Josie Sadler an opportunity for some clever character work.
The opening scenes are in a boarding house in Germany where she
waits on table — very clumsily. Later she comes to America, where she
meets the German grocery boy, impersonated by Billy Quirk. They, of
course, fall in love. There seemed to be no particular climax to this,
but it makes a pleasing character sketch.
THE PROSPECTORS (Biograph), July 16. — A pretty Western story
in which two prospectors love the same girl. She prefers one and is
forced to defend herself with a gun from the other. The picture is not
very novel in plot but is finely photographed, sincerely acted and con-
tains many attractive Western scenes. Its leisurely development gives
strength to the story.
SNAKEVILLE'S NEW WAITRESS (Essanay), July 16.— A typical
ranch comedy, abounding in scenes that are true to the life, such as
washing up for meal time, etc. Sophie's arrival means the usual strife
to win her. Slim's efforts to tcke her horseback riding were amusing.
This proves very pleasing.
THE LITTLE CAPTIVE (Vitagraph), July 16.— A good story with
the scenes laid at a military post where Sonny Jim, played by Bobby
Conelly, is taken on a visit. The manner in which he aids the escaped
convict to get away makes an appealing yarn and the closing scenes
were particularly effective. A pleasing number with a touch of heart
interest in it.
PIGS IS PIGS (Vitagraph), July 17. — This classic bit of humor is
here told in pictures and to see the express company floundering about
trying to determine whether guinea pigs is pigs, while the family of
the original two is multiplying as though to cover the earth, is very
laughable. The price for pigs is five cents more per pig then than for
domestic pigs and the consignee won't take them on the pig rate. It is
well acted with Bunny as the expressman. A good offering.
WANTED AN HEIR (Kalem), July 17. — This farce in which a wealthy
old man gives all his relatives a try-out and finds in the awkward but
true-hearted girl the only worthy one, may be not new ; hut as here
put on gives good fun to those who watch and will be a good number
on the program. Ruth Roland and John Brennon play the chief roles
and add much to the amusement. There was a reasonable amount of
laughter and it ought to go well everywhere.
THE LIE (Lubin), July 17. — About three years ago a picture made-
in France utilized this excellent idea in an effective offering. Here, with
the self-same situation and the self-same development, the picture is
much weaker, mostly from the fact that the idea is suited to a different
environment and fails to fit well with the American lite. It doesn't con-
vince and Americans will not see these game wardens, who have the
right to enter the cabin of even a poacher, or this poacher as native
or very interesting. Hardly better than fair as entertainment.
WIGGS TAKES THE REST CURE (Selig), July 17.— 'While Wiggs,
as a man unconvincingly needing a rest, is a bit of a drag, his cure
makes the picture lively and furnishes good fun. Two-thirds of the
picture seems wasted film and the rest makes a good offering. The idea
is not at all new. The photography is clear enough.
THE FATE OF A SQUAW (Kalem), July 18.— A typical story of
Indian life, with a pathetic twist at the close. The white man, after
losing his memory, is cared for by the Indian girl whom he had be-
friended. When he recovers his senses he leaves her for his former
sweetheart. Charles Bartlett and Mona Darkteather play the leads very
acceptably.
BRONCHO BILLY PUTS ONE OVER (Essanay), July IS.— This is an
exceptionally good example of the Broncho Billy series. It pictures
Marguerite's thirteenth birthday, though she must have been a little
older to marry so speedily thereafter. The story is a pretty one and
contains much good humor. Carl Stockdale rises to the occasion by
giving us a thoroughly amusing and absolutely convincing picture of an
irate male parent. He really infuses new life into this stock character ;
more of these carefully studied renditions are needed on the screen. A
good ranch comedy number.
THE SQUATTERS (Selig). July 18.— There is a good story In this
film, but it is so loosely developed that very little feeling gets into the
various scenes. It concerns the ousting of some squatters from a fac-
tory site, the girl and her lover appearing as sociological workers. The
action seems quite scattering at times so that the scenes failed to rise
to a strong climax.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW (Lubin), July 18.— This half-reel, written
by E. W. Sargent, makes a snappy little offering. The inquisitive wife
makes a wild chase after her husband to find out what a certain letter
contains. The communication turned out to be a coal bill. This brought
laughter from the audience.
ALL FOR LOVE (Lubin), July 18. — A half-reel, with above, which
depicts the efforts of Shirtless Holmes, detective. Romaine Fielding,
who wrote the comedy, appears in it and he and the village types man-
age to stir up considerable amusement of a rough-and-tumble sort. The
photography is usually clear, but might have been improved in places.
ACROSS THE BURNING TRESTLE (Edison), July 18.— This pro-
duces an impressive story written by Francis Lynde, entitled "lo
Christmas Canyon," when it originally appeared. It shows how the
young woman at the station crossed a burning trestle to save an on-
coming train. This is sincerely acted and vividly presented ; it brings
up the climax with a decided punch. The cast includes Mable Trunnelle.
Herbert Pryor and Yale Benner. A very good release.
IT WAS SOME PARTY (Biograph), July 18. — This half-reel subject
is quite breezy in treatment, as the men and women at the poker party
exchange shirts and dresses. The game is raided by the anti-gambling
society. This Is broad, but will pass.
SOME DECORATIONS (Biograph), July 18.— The housecleaning spell
at the Bilkins' residence becomes a very ludicrous knock-about affair.
For rough-house amusement this is well pictured and full of life. It
will bring laughter. On same reel with above.
THE WORLD AND THE WOMAN (Biograph), July 20.— The novelty
In this unusual situation gives a fresh interest to the story which is
quite possible. It is the love story of a woman who had been acquitted
but whom the world still accused and tells us how she finds vindication
many years later in a note left by her husband who had committed
suicide and had not been murdered. The acting is not strong. Com-
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meats in tbc theaturs tell us Ibat tbe people are gettlOK mighty sick
of iDslnocrely-actcU and written love scenes. In spite of tbese, tbls pic-
ture makes a good offering.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (Edi-
son), July 20. — This Octavlus picture will probably be amusing to tbe
patron who has not seen many good comedies; but to .the old-timer who
has seen the best adventures of Octavlus. this number will have a
falling away In interest and may Id consequence bore him. Octavlus
suffers by comparison with tbe best that be has done.
LOVE CLAIRVOYANT (Vitagraph), July 20. — There is good enter-
tainment in watching tbe development of this situation, although tbe
situation in itself has nothing typical or truly interesting — it is tbe old,
jealous husband story, and we bave seen many of it. Expectation
Is kept wakeful until tbe climax which Is weaker than tbe development
of the misunderstanding that brings the trouble to a bead.
Licensed Specials.
FOGG'S MILLIONS (Vltagrapb). July 14. — This is a well-produced
two-part plcttire in all respects, and It holds the attention of the spec-
tator by its sheer worthiness. It contains much that demonstrates
human frailties, which In tbe end — in sequence — boomerangs to punish
the culprits. Elizabeth R. Carpenter must be given tbe credit for
having produced a splendid vehicle for a superior cast. Van Dyke
Brooke, who plays the leading part, Peter Fogg, is the director. Jack
Harvey portrays in a natural manner tbe wronged husband. Norma
Talmadge, Kalman Matus and Harry Kendall are in the cast.
CODES OF HONOR (Lubin), July 13.— Sincere acting helps to make
convincing this story of the girl shoplifter. Her husband is shot, she
is sentenced to prison and her boy child adopted by a family. In later
years, after her redemption, she is released and takes the boy again.
The piece then shows how the young fellow's love affair is almost
wrecked by tbe reappearance of Kidd Hogg, an old pal of his mother
and father. But all turns out right in the end after Kldd's confession.
This type of story has come to be quite conventional, but when skill-
fully handled, as in this instance, it proves interesting. Ormi Hawley
plays tbe lead very acceptably.
THE LAST APPEAL (Selig), July 15. — This two-reel number has
numerous faults in construction and is quite improbable, but it gets
hold of the interest very strongly toward the close. Quite a lot of sus-
pense is aroused over the prospect of Bell's execution for murder. The
hero-convict forges a stay of execution and thus saves his employer's
life. Tbe ex-convict was entirely lost sight of for quite a while, as
the crime was being shown and during subsequent scenes. This gave
the observer time to almost lose interest in him. The confession of
the real criminal and his deathbed scene were needlessly horrible. This
number has a strong story interest in spite of its shortcomings.
THE EXPRESS MESSINGER (Kalem), July 15. — This is a two-part
drama of railroad life, written by E. W. Matlack. The tramps learn of
the proposed shipment of diamonds by express, impersonate trainmen
and get tbem from the expressman. Then follows an exciting chase
over roof tops and the final recovery of the gems. This is consistent
and well handled, though it rouses no very great emotions in the ob-
server. The photography is only fair in places. It contains one en-
tirely new situation, where the operator short-circuits the wires with
his watch and sends a message. This makes a railroad story of about
average merit.
A SUBLIME DECEPTION (Melies), July 16.— This story of high
social life is very artistically developed. The handsome widow takes
the blame for her married daughter's flirtation, but in the end the girl
confesses and all concerned are eventually made happy. This number
is enacted by an especially pleasing cast and contains many attractive
scenes. It is well worth while.
A HOUSE BUILT BY ELECTRICITY (Melies), July 16.— This com-
pletes the second reel of above. It is an extremely clever piece of trick
photography, in which an entire house is seen to rise from ruins. This
is, of course, accomplished by reversing the film, but the effect is
astonishing. An exceptional novelty.
THE CROSS OP CRIME (Lubin), July 16. — A two-reel number writ-
ten by Will N. Ritchey and enacted by a good cast, including L. C.
Shumway and Louise Dunlap. Ernest steals an express package con-
taining money and the crime follows him all his life, even threatening
the happiness of his daughter after she grows up. The chief draw-
back in such a story is the lack of agreeable scenes, but it is sincerely
presented and depicts vividly the terrible consequences of crime. The
penitentiary scenes, where Ernest helps quell the mutiny, were well
put on. This is somewhat sordid but strongly presented.
MEG O' THE MOUNTAINS (Edison), July 17.— A two-part melo-
drama by Richard Ridgely and set in a Southern community. The story
is fashioned after the regular, semi-rural romance ; but it has suspense
in a measure and an entertaining quality. The characters are really
ordinary, though the author has endowed Meg with a partial freshness
that pleases. The incidents are well thought out and seem new all
through. Mabel Trunnelle plays Meg and is the only truly strong ele-
ment in the offering. The author is also the director.
THE STOLEN FORTUNE (Essanay), July 17. — A two-reel chase pic-
ture on the grand scale. It will make laughter but there is too little
variety in the incidents after the hero has advertised for one Illuskl
whom he is led to think the rightful owner of his fortune. The whole
city of Chicago turns out to be either Illuski himself or a near relative
of that person who, in reality, is fictitious, merely a scheme on the
part of the dead uncle who left the fortune to the hero to try his
honesty. If it had continuously convinced it would have been much
funnier. It is only a fair offering.
THE SONG OF THE GHETTO (Vitagraph), July IS.— A two-reel
story of Italian life in Italy and this country. It pictures a double
love affair. Rosa's status in the story is always rather vagne. The
love affair between Yvette and Mario occupies chief interest in the mind
of the observer and its development is pictured in an attractive, orig-
inal way. The cast ia an agreeable one throughout. The photography
Is good and tbc whole production bolda the interest very well In spite
of a somewhat hazy idea as to the relationship of characters Id tbe for»
part of the photoplay.
A WOMAN'S LAUGH (Sellg), July 20.— The story of this two-part pic-
ture Is decidedly unpleasant and there is a too thinly veiled suggestion
of brutality In the climax. A maD who has, ao the picture says, beoD
ill-treated by a light flirtatious woman, invites her out Into a lonely
place and then lets her go because he did not want to hurt her good
name. There is an appeal In this to numbers ; but not to tbe best.
IN WOLF'S CLOTHING (Kalem), July 20.— Alice Joyce two-part pic-
ture that, In spite of Its rather artificial situations, creates marked
suspense. It accomplishes this by tbe boldness of its artifice. Like a
swiftly moving cloud. It has, with no substance at all, a quality that
carries away one watching It. The photography. In this print, la not
quite up to Kalem quality, but Is fair. A good offering. W. E. Wing
Is tbe author.
Independent.
THE VETERAN'S SWORD (Princess), July 17.— The story is weak
to the point of being at least, at times, foollsb. Yet here Is some-
thing in the atmosphere of the thing that makes the spectator wish that
it were better, one would like to see something convincing of sucb
interesting people as these characters. That what Is shown could have
happened is more than doubtful, and we dare not call it a good offering.
The camera work and the staging are, like the acting, excellent.
THE NEW HOUSEKEEPER (Royal), July 18. — A picture that sug-
gests the French rather than the American method of making a farce.
Yet its humor is understandable and will be acceptable to the average
patron. It is breezy and lively and a very fair offering.
HENRY'S WATERLOO (Thanhouser), July 19. — A picture In which
the same player takes part of all the characters, and there are nine of
them. This entails double exposures aplenty and they arc all simply
perfect. It is a tour de force for the camera man rather than for tbe
actor; for playing different roles is his business. An offering that will
interest especially the spectator who realizes that the roles are played
by the same man, and we think that most will. That some may not, Is
due to the actor (Harry Benham) who is competent.
THE CIRCUS (Sterling), July 20.— This is a knock-about comedy,
with a circus side-show setting. The fire-eater sets the tents ablaze-
and a wild scramble ensues. Good stuff of its kind, but the photography
is only average.
MUTUAL GIRL NO. 27 (Reliance), July 20.— Perhaps it is too much
to expect of any serial to keep up to the high level that this one haa
maintained for so many weeks. Vet while the present installment is a
good deal weaker in interest than those that have just gone by, it is-
very fair and is probably only sparring for wind In order to get a new-
set of situations going. Norma meets Mme. Delores, the fortune-teller,
who gives her some of the usual stuff — stuff that may be, we must con-
fess, of deep interest to some who take stock in such. But there are
many whom it will make weary.
A RED MAN'S HEART (Majestic), July 21.— The gratitude that
obtains even in the heart of a savage is clearly shown in this photoplay
and makes of it a rather interesting plot.
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR., IN A CUPID'S VICTORY (Universal Ike),
July 21. — Ike, Jr., and Louise grow up together and decide to get mar-
ried. The wedding preparations are a very jumbled affair. Better
costuming and cleaner settings would have made this more attractive.
The story is not very funny and, as a whole, this low comedy offering
is only fairly successful.
THE PENDULUM OF FATE (Thanhouser), July 21.— A two-part pic-
ture taken mostly along the shore. It has a prologue in which one
daughter of a rich man, after being rescued by a life-guard, elopes, and
the other daughter marries a banker. In this part there is much con-
ventional love-making with kisses and the like. Then, after skipping
several years, the conditions of the two cousins (Fairbanks Twins who
look alike) are contrasted. One is the orphan granddaughter of a
poor fisherman and the other is with her parents on a beautiful yacht.
Fate gets them mixed up, and parents and grandfather both think it a
touch of the brain, until after a well-handled, speedy climax, all are
happy ever after. It was built commercially for the twins ; and is not
especially convincing, yet will please on account of its theme ; its
players and the pretty backgrounds and well-handled scenes.
IZZY AND THE DIAMOND (Reliance), July 22.— One feels that this
story strives to be interesting rather than is so spontaneously. The
incident is slight and not convincing. Yet it is very well acted and the
general handling of it is as perfect as could be with this material. A
fair offering.
LEST ■SVE FORGET (Majestic), July 24.— Produced by Jack O'Brien.
It is a very interesting photoplay in all respects. Raoul Walsh, Ralph
Lewis, Marian Cooper, and Mrs. Cromwell have the leaAng characters
and do fine work. The photography is of the best and the beautiful
scenes taken in Hollywood, Los Angeles, add to the beauty of this
offering.
THE SHERIFF OF BISBEE (Kay-Bee), July 24.— This is a peculiar
sort of plot, but has probably been taken from an actual occurrence.
A candidate for sheriff denounces a friend for selling liquor to the
Indians. The depredator lays himself amendable to the law for the
purpose of obtaining money for an operation on his child. It is a very
interesting and absorbing plot.
IRENE'S BUSY WEEK (Victor), July 24. — Irene Wallace makes a
cute appearance as a boy in portions of this film. The story itself is
not clear at the beginning and, in spite of interesting possibilities for
a good comedy, fails to get over strongly.
WHE.N DE.A.TH RODE THE ENGINE (Eclair), July 26. — This Is
melodramatic and full of intense, Tivid action. Robert Frazer plays the
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flherlff who pursues the Mexican with the baby. We fear the baby
would have been killed any number of times during the exciting chase
on engines and subsequent struggle. But it all goes to make a very
successful offering of the thriller variety.
AN AWKWARD CINDERELLA (Rex), July 26.— Robert Leonard and
Ella Hall appear in this pretty story, based on the old Cinderella fairy
tale. The serving maid goes to the ball in a borrowed costume and
loses one of her ungainly shoes, but, of course, the hero discovers her.
Pretty in treatment and cleverly handled.
WHEN MEMORY RECALLS (Frontier), July 26.— In spite of the un-
usual villainy displayed by one of the characters and his tendency to
Indulge in the melo-ello stuff, this may be considered a fair release.
THEIR PARENTS' KIDS (Crystal), July 28.— This same very farcical
situation has been used a number of times already. It is a stock prop-
erty, though laughably ridiculous and will, in this handling, make a
serviceable number.
CHARLIE'S TOOTHACHE (Crystal), July 28.— On the same reel with
the farce just noticed, this comic will surely make 'em laugh. It is
Ibroad yet free from vulgarity and can be relied on.
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR., IN HIS CITY ELOPEMENT (Universal Ike),
July 28. — This Ike, Jr., number struck us as much funnier than the
-average of the series. Ike's struggles to get his wife and the goat to
the city were certainly ridiculous, and the sleeping-car scenes were
test. For just plain horseplay this is well worth while and Is free
from offense.
JIMMY KELLY AND THE KIDNAPPERS (Joker), July 30.—
<;omic burlesque that mixes fun with melodrama in a way to please the
average spectator. One fails to find In it much wealth of incident ;
.and repetition makes portions of it a bit slow, but it has a good deal
of truly laughable business.
AN INDIAN ECLIPSE (Nestor), July 30.— This Is a well-pictured
Indian story, but it opens a little too vaguely to be strong. The best
scenes are where Lawson saves his life by foretelling an eclipse of
the sun. An old idea worked out on the screen in a fairly entertaining
manner.
MATTY, THE UNIVERSAL BOY (Imp), July 30. — "Matty Breaks
Into Vaudeville" is the subtitle of this installment and the best thing
(in fact the only good thing in it) is the wonderfully clever tnita-
tlons of Matty, who, on the stage, "takes off," and to laughable per-
fection. Ford Sterling, King Bagott in Absinthe, Gertrude Hoffman and
■Harry Lauder. This is the truly funny part and fills the best por-
tion of the film. The celebrities that he meets and all of the a la
Mutual Girl stuff in it is rather thin and uninteresting.
THE TANGLE (Powers), July 31.— Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
appear in this. The girl requests her lover to kill Pedro, thinking
'he has murdered the priest. But it develops that Pedro merely slaugh-
tered a chicken with the bloody knife. This is neither humorous nor
dramatic, and hence does not make any great success one way or the
other. The garden scenes were attractive.
WIFIE'S BUSY DAY (Joker), Aug. 1. — There are good laughable
jokes in this picture, but it is rough and a bit more vulgar than usual.
(It is very likely to make 'em scream in most places.
Independent Specials.
"THE PAINTED LADY (Majestic), July 19. — It is hard to see how
this two-part picture got its name, which has been used before ; it
doesn't seem to apply here. The first part shows how one sister
(Dorothy Gish) came to the city to escape her mother's old fashioned
ways and there went wrong, and how the other sister (Blanche Sweet)
came to rescue her. The inner significance of the situation is kept
down and ought not to offend. The first reel lingers a little and the
picture's whole meaning and object is accomplished in the second,
which shows how the other sister accomplishes her purpose. In this,
there is much of the unexpected (it is bold and convincing) and much
that is powerfully dramatic and the close gets hold of real life in a
strong-souled way that is commendable. It ought to go well. In the
first reel there are several places where one notices Griffith mannerisms
(whether he made it or not) and these, seen so often, weaken it; but
.at the climax, Blanche Sweet's acting is mighty flue.
A MAN'S WAY (American), July 20. — A two-part offering contrast-
ing a man's and a woman's idea of a career. It is not clear-cut and
fails to get to its destination convincingly. The man's dreams are
-vague and he neglects the love of an intellectual woman for bis dreams.
Later be marries a girl of the hills, whom he teaches to read and
write, but leaves her to return to his "ambitions." She becomes ac-
^quainted with the first woman, who takes her to the city and makes
a great opera singer of her. The man has now found a mine, meets
her again and she forgives him. The camera work, including some
perfect double exposures, is highly commendable and there are some
lovely scenes in it. The general handling and the acting are fine.
JIM CAMERO.N'S WIFE (Domino), July 23.— A two-part western
melodrama of well known type in which, at the end, the outlaw, so
badly wounded that he can neither escape or fight, lets the wife of Jim
claim the reward for his capture. This money saves the little family
from the "wolf at the door," which had been growling of late. In the
picture, there is plenty of fast riding, shooting off of pistols, a stage
hold-up and other things that are liked by the more elemental specta-
tors. A fair rather than a noteworthy offering. The photography is
clear and the characters are played pleasingly.
WHEN ROMANCE CAME TO ANNE (Imp), July 27.— An excel-
lent two-part picture, which was put on by William Drew and in which
Gwendolin Pates plays a homely (wouid you believe it?) rube-like
girl, horribly awkward but a good cook. A rough but well-to-do
farmer marries her, because he needs a wife and she is in love with
liim. He is hard in his ways to her, but she finds a way to look very
3)retty and an artist comes. The farmer has to fall in love with her — he
had wanted to do it before, but thought it unbecoming to be a kissins
kind of man. This is only a very rough outline of an unusually inter-
esting picture story. It has some wonderful photography and will
please by its many good points. A desirable offering.
THE DUPE (Eclair), July 29. — A strong, well developed story of
how two crooked business men make a dupe of a young fellow who
inherits a fortune. Later the fake mining stock develops into the real
thing and the hero is richer than ever. Robert Frazer and Mildred
Bright play the leads, with Helen Marten as the daughter of one of
the crooks. This is an unusually strong offering of its type, working
up naturally and easily to a fine climax. A good release.
CIRCLE 17 (Rex), July 30.— A two-reel number, with Herbert Raw-
llnson, Wm. Worthington and Anna Little in the cast. The old Italian
and his daughter are pursued by the Black Hand after leaving Italy
and the hero is kept busy saving them from death. This is unusually
well constructed and acted for this type of picture. It has a good
story value and the climax is strong.
TRIBAL WAR IN THE SOUTH SEAS (Bison), Aug. 1.— A two-reel
production, taken in the Hawaiian islands. The members of the
Bison company compete with the natives in shedding their wearing
apparel and the makeups on the whole are very breezy. The story
follows the conventional trend of this type of tales, having to do with
rivalry for the hand of the king's daughter. The number closes with
the tribes in combat. A few native sports were introduced In the
course of the story.
THE MYSTERY OF ROOM 17 (Warner's Features). — A three-reel
picture from the Milano Studio. It makes fun of a terribly tragic
situation and gets a good laugh "over." One can see perhaps that the
situation is not being developed with relentless logic, but it is as logical
as many offerings. In fact, it makes a very fair story, giving us
earnestly enough the adventures of a wee lad in the hands of a crook
who makes his living by selling children. The baby is born to the
sister of a countess, whose husband doesn't know anything about it.
The sister is dead and the countess is looking out for the child, when
she loses track of it following a fire in the baby home. The laughable
turn at the end is all unexpected and adds much to the value of the
film. A pretty fair offering.
A FIGHT FOR LOVE (Warner's Features). — A very enjoyable melo-
drama offering of "the good old kind" and in three reels. It is kept
lively, if not at all times sternly logical, has interesting backgrounds
and is pleasingly acted. It is also competently staged and clearly
photographed. A tale of a love that didn't run smooth, it has its
double-dyed villain, its heroine and its hero, whom the unscrupulous
man schemes to supplant in her affections. The Pyramid studio made
it in Westchester County, N. Y., and it is a picture that will surely en-
tertain and can safely be counted on.
LETTER FROM AN OPTIMISTIC EXHIBITOR.
Allentown, Pa., July IS, 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World;
Dear Sir: Under Facts and Comments I noticed that a
correspondent enumerated a long list of good features, and
then deploring the fact that the supply of this kind of films
is giving out.
Would it not be a blessing to the exhibitor who is buying
a "cat in the bag" on the majority of multiple reels to start
a depot through which the exhibitors could exchange com-
ments and views on features? I would gladly contribute
several dollars to supply such a bureau. Through the Pic-
ture World I have had some great productions, that I
could conscientiously boost, while on the other hand, some
are not worth showing, not saying anything about the price
you are obliged to pay for them. So-called "Features" are
getting too numerous and unless the reputable houses
start a movement to eliminate exchanges that buy only
cheap and inferior films, the cause will suflfer.
I think "The Adventures of Kathleen" and "Perils of
Pauline" series have done more to stimulate and build up
business than all the special features combined. When you
padk a house of 1,400 capacity in thirty-five minutes after
opening the door, as I have done the last few weeks, it is
enough proof of some unusual interest.
My business last week was bigger in "velvet" than any
week, except one in 1913, and only during January of this
year did I "clean up" more money.
For the benefit of those who think it's too hot to get
crowds in the summer I wish to state that I had a ventilator
put in the center of my auditorium, 12x12x12 feet; have two
large exhaust fans going and six oscillating wall fans,
windows and doors open, making it more comfortable than
in the parks. Anyone can have a fan for the asking, but
seldom any use them or have occasir^" to.
Have also installed a "Wurlitzer LaitOrgan," Style "H";
a Gold Fibre Screen, showing pictures in full daylight; use
G. E. M. C. rectifier and the best machines and lenses pro-
curable. Think my pictures are better than any others that
I see. The ventilator in the center of my auditorium works
wonders in creating circulation of fresh air. I use heralds
with features, which brings good results. Run a daily ad. in
all the papers, also a notice as per enclosed clipping.
By giving a clean show, perfect projection, the best pic-
tures, good music and comfort, there is no dull season.
Yours very truly.
Manager Pergola Theater. D. E. KNOOR.
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Censor on Rampage
Breitinger, of Pennsylvania, Objects to John Barleycorn —
Film Men's Defiance— Show Picture at Y. M. C. A.
J LOUIS BRElTlXCiER, one of the censors of the Key-
stone State, has come out as an opponent of "John Bar-
• leycorn," believing- it appears, that "John Barleycorn"
is not quite as black as the films have painted him. The
representative of the Bosworth Co., which produced the
picture, is William E. Smith. He and C. E. Pierce, who
staged the moving picture story, have endeavored lor sev-
eral days to overcome Breitinger's objection thereto, but
Breitinger has been obdurate.
In despair, Smith and Pierce gave a free exhibition of
tlie picture at the Young Men's Christian Association of
Philadelphia to an audience of ministers and temperance
workers. The audience pronounced the picture a strong
moral lesson.
"Mr. Breitinger's chief clerk threatened me with arrest
if we dare show the film
here this afternoon,"
said Mr. Smith. "That
was a mere foolish
threat, however, as the
law clearly permits us to
give private exhibitions
of a picture of a char-
tered association with-
out the approval of the
board of State censors.
We gave this exhibition
merely to demonstrate
that there is nothing in
the slightest degree ob-
jectionable in the pic-
ture and that there is no
sound reason whatever
for its rejection by Mr.
Breitinger.
"Of course, we under-
stand well enough what
interests object to this
picture. In California
we were offered $25,000
to suppress it until after
the November election.
But the picture went on
in California, and it will
go on here as sure as
there is justice in the
land.
"We told Mr. Breiting-
er that he could not have
any reason for suppressing this picture, as it has been ap-
proved as a strong temperance argument by ministers and
church workers all through the land. We offered to submit
all the written church indorsements to him. But he waived
them aside with the remark that he did not care a rap for
them because all those ministers, church workers and tem-
perance people 'are biased, anyway, against the other side.'
This 'other side' that Mr. Breitinger talks about is, of course,
the rum side, and that seems to be the only side Mr. Breit-
inger is considering.
"He refused to give us his objections to the picture in
writing. But his verbal objections were all opposed to the
pictorial attack on rum. He has insisted that nearly every
scene in which booze is shown in its hideous features shall
be eliminated or softened and that an extra 500 feet of pleas-
ant domestic life be added to rob the picture of its dramatic
climax. That is impossible. Jack London has written a
story and we have produced a picture that teaches a lesson.
We do not grant any State censor the right or power to
strip either the story or the picture of its educational value."
Written down from memory, Mr. Pierce gave out some of
Censor Breitinger's su.ggestions for improving Jack Lon-
don's temperance story as follows:
Reduce "the scent '•!^-; boy drinking beer from pail.
Reduce drinking scene at Italian picnic. Eliminate caption
about boy's fear of Italians.
Eliminate caption about no deal being consummated with-
out Barleycorn.
Reduce drinking scene after return to yacht.
Reduce Japanese drinking scene.
Reduce drinkin.g scene in saloon after sailors' payday.
Extend domestic scene at end, showing the true reforma-
tion of the man.
At Censor Breitinger's office in the Franklin Building it
■was said that he was out of town and that no action would
be taken against the men who exhibited "John Barleycorn"
at the Y. M. C. A. until Breitinger's return to the city.
Among those who witnessed the presentation of the pic-
tures were the Rev. Harry M. Challant, of the State Anti-
Saloon League; Secretary Eastman, of the Y. M. C. A.; a
number of ministers and several prominent women.
J. Louis Breitinger.
The Great Stroke
World Film Corporation Shows an Interesting Five-Part
Crook Picture with a Military Beginning.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THE World Film Corporation will release on July 27
"The Great Stroke," a five-part crook drama, with an
army touch in tlie first part. It is an interesting story,
and it is punctuated by incidents that thrill. The maker of
the picture has not hesitated to permit the hero-crook to go
not only scot free of punishment for his later crimes, but has
given to him liis old sweetheart, who will, it is to be assumed,
in the future protect the hero from himself. If there are a
few instances where the action is facilitated through thinly
veneered artifice — as, for instance, when tlic accomplice ol)-
tains a position as messenger in the jewelry establishment,
application for which certainly would have subjected to
severe scrutiny the record of the man — there are also stunts
that more tlian compensate. One of the latter is the climb
along the side of the moving train and the photographing of
the criminal under the car as he executed his "great stroke"
of putting to sleep by the anaesthetic route the bearer of the
package of pearls.
The acting is of the best quality. If the story be melo-
dramatic certainly the work of the players is not. At the
head of the excellent cast is Anthon De Verdier, a man of
fine stage presence and worthy to rank with the best screen
stars. He has the figure of a soldier, and he knows how to
wear a uniform. He has the part of Lieutenant Egan, an
officer who spends at cards much of the money of Colonel
Hudson, his uncle. When the colonel shuts down on the
supply the young man steals from the family safe in order
to meet a debt of honor. If this be a singular way of meeting
the obligation he follows it up by the unexpected, promptly
Scene from "The Great Stroke" (World Film).
confessing his misdeed.- He is arrested on complaint of the
uncle and sent to jail for two years. On his release he
proceeds to make good his threat to his uncle — that he will
continue a thief. Mary, the colonel's daughter, is Egan's
steadfast friend. It is through her influence and her aid that,
already hunted by the police, he is induced to take ship with
her for parts that are new and to start right. Miss Agnes
Norlund has the role of Mary; what she has to do is well
done. Colonel Hudson gives us a good performance.
The picture is carefullj' staged. In the beginning there is
the smart military air that practically always obtains in
Scandinavian pictures — and we are making a guess that this is
from that geographic section. The release of the former
lieutenant from his two years' term in prison is impressive.
The use of the reflectors on an upper floor of the criminals'
abode to show who is at the door below is novel on the
screen. The elevator and the doors work perfectly. From
a spectacular viewpoint the scenes about the railway train
and under the carriage are the best. The later happenings,
where the police net is narrowing about the band, are full
of interest. The picture is well photographed.
I
708
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
A Group of Eclectics
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
"The Royal Impostor" — Four Parts.
THIS^ brilliantly colored picture is entitled to great
praise. _^ The plot, reminiscent of the "Prisoner of
Zenda," is well conceived and consistently carried out,
developing very strong dramatic situations, especially in
the last two parts.
J- he king of one of the mythical Balkan states dies and
leaves the kingdom to his son. a dissolute prince, who is
disliked by the court and the populace. This prince bears
a striking resemblance to one of the soldiers of his army.
This soldier is in love with a girl of his own class, and
they plight their troth before he goes away to the front.
By an accident the prince meets the young girl and, en-
chanted by her beauty and modesty, he covets her. She
tells her lover of her danger, and the latter kills the prince.
Confronted with the consequences of his terrible act. he
decides to take advantage of his striking resemblance to the
prince. He casts the dead body of the prince out of the
window of his castle into the sea below and then dons the
uniform of his double. The deception is at first successful,
and even when the body of the prince is found, the dis-
covery of the real situation is delayed by the belief of the
girl that the body cast up by the waves is that of her lover.
A number of interesting situations now arise, and the
struggle in the soul of the prince, tormented at once by
his conscience, and constantly tempted by a desire to see
his sweetheart, is depicted with great dramatic power. The
impostor tries to give the people kind and beneficent laws,
which is distasteful to the court. The killing of the sup-
posed soldier is attributed to the prince, and his ministers
use the girl, who thinks that the prince is the murderer,
to further their own purposes. The girl, in the belief that
the man on the throne is the murderer of her sweetheart,
lures the former into a room, ready to stab him to death.
She then makes the terrifying discovery that the man whom
she had promised to kill was not the murderer of her lover
but. on the contrary, her lover himself. She lets him escape,
but the conspirators gathered around the house where the
lovers met are on the alert, and when the supposed prince
steps out of the door he is attacked and killed.
The acting is good, the settings all appropriate and at
times very striking and impressive. The photography leaves
nothing to be desired. In these days, when colored pictures
of merit are very rare, such a feature as "The Royal Im-
postor" will be very acceptable on the program of every
exhibitor.
"The Corsair"— Four Reels.
Turks, pirates, veiled ladies from harems, dancers, eunuchs
and soldiers pass in kaleidoscopic disorder on the screen, and
when the end comes we are mildly wondering how so much
trouble could originate in such a short time.
It appears that a band of pirates abducted several women
Scene from "The Corsair" (Eclectic).
from the harem of a sultan. The living spoils are brought
before the chieftain of the pirates, impersonated by Crane
\N'ilbur. This actor, well known for his success in juvenile
leads and similar characters, was ill cast for such a ferocious
part and made a first class parlor pirate.
What there was of the spectacular in the picture was good,
notably the scenes in the harems. The settings were appro-
priate and beautiful, almost without exception, and the pho-
tography of the best. A little pruning would do no harm.
"When Rome Ruled" — Five Parts.
This featijre, made in this country, scarcely keeps the prom-
ise which Its title implies. In visualizing classic themes,
and especially stories dealing with any period of Roman his-
tory, high standards have been set in the past, and whenever
a production falls decidedlv below this standard it is apt
to disappoint the public, which is now used to the best.
The introduction of artificial scenery for outdoor settings
is scarcely ever justified, but in a big production dealing with
a big subject it is particularly displeasing. The story deals
with the early Christian era, and it appears that the high
priests of the temple of Jupiter, singularly enough named
Caiphas, is desperately in love with a Christian maiden. A
lot of intrigue follows, during which the Christian maiden
is supposed to be greatly harassed by lions. The young lady
is finally thrown into an arena, of which, however, we see
but a very small corner. Through a happy accident, she is
released at ttie last moment by her gallant lover, and her"
rival, who opened the door leading to the arena to get her
flowing robes out of the jamb, is in some way thrust into
the arena. We get a flash of the rival and the lion in em-
brace, but it seems by no means a hostile embrace. No
doubt the lady knew the lion. It is probable that she was
the trainer, for, as an actress, she was impossible.
The acting of the other principal characters was quite
acceptable, with the exception of the man taking the part
of the high priest. He both looked and acted like Eddy
Foy, which was rather preposterous for a high priest of
Jupiter. The photography was good throughout, and some
of the outdoor settings were well chosen.
"Detective Craig's Coup" — Five Parts.
This is one of those modern detective stories which have
attained quite a degree of popularity with moving picture
audiences. It abounds in interesting and novel detail and
dramatic situations. The story is written around the tragic
adventures of a young man who became the innocent victim
of counterfeiters and was cast into prison for four years.
Though anxious and determined to avoid the gang of coun-
terfeiters which had been the cause of his original undoing,
he is dodged by the leader at every footstep and threatened
with exposure. He loses one position after another through
the persistent hounding of Dalton, the chief of the gang,
and is at last compelled to join the gang. He is determined,
however, to shake off the gang at the earliest possible
moment, and, learning of their plan to rob the bank of his
former employer, he sends a message of warning. The rob-
■ bery is discovered and all the members of the gang are
arrested. The young man who had given the warning is
arrested, too, but his innocence is established, and every-
thing ends happily.
There are many clever situations, such as the counterfeiters
in their den. The ruse of Detective Craig in spying upon
them is a decidedly original piece of detective work, while
the scheme of the counterfeiters to make their den look like
an artist's studio at the approach of the slightest danger is
both startling and amusing. The chase of the criminals on
the waters of the Hudson, the police boat acting as the
pursuer, is full of thrills and strongly realistic. Settings and
photography are decidedly good, and the acting leaves little
to be desired. The part of the unfortunate victim of cir-
cumstances was taken with considerable skill, enlisting and
holding the sympathies of the audience. The feature, it
seems to me, could be made to gain in strength by being
made somewhat shorter.
"MONEY." (United Keanograph FUm Co.)
"Money" is the name of the big, spectacular, six-reel pro-
duction which the United Keanograph Film Co., of Fairfax,-
Cal., announces for its first offering to a market discriminat-
ing. Its theme is timely, dealing with the financial, political,,
social and economical question of the day. In as much as.
money is something which interests everybody more or less,,
particularly more, the title is one close to the interests and
ambitions of all of us.
James Keane, president and general manager of the com-
pany, was also the author of the scenario and producer of
the picture. George Scott was in charge of the carnera work.
Massive is the adjective to describe the production and it
will class with the colossal master films of all brands. In one
scene 2,000 men are used.
The subject deals with the power of the man who con-
trolled the world, and his downfall through his overrating of
his ability to conquer public opinion, the mighty agent which
has humbled the strongest. The press of New York is a
prime factor in bringing equity and justice to the working-
man. Throughout runs the love theme, its motives closely
interwoven with the rest of happenings.
4
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
709
Indiana Exhibitors Protest
Think They Should Have "One Wonderful Night" in the
Regular Service— It is in G. F. Co. s Exclusive
Program Now.
When the McClurc Company was promoting the contest
for the hero of the picture, "Une Wonderful Night, it called
upon the exhibitors of the country to assist them in securing
votes for the contestants and to give publicity to the forth-
coming feature. The Essanay Company won the prize and
made the picture. It was good enough to be put in the Gen-
eral Film Company's exclusive service and that makes the
exhibitor pay an extra price for the picture if he wants to
"^"Naturally the exhibitor who has given some time and energy
to popularizing a picture in advance is inclined that he ought
to come in for some consideration when the picture is re-
leased; hence, the kick from Indiana which is published here-
with :
McClure Publishing Company, New Yorlt.
Gentlemen : The Essanay Company are producing your story 'One
Wonderful Night." The exhibitors over the country who took an in-
terest in your voting contest, expected to be able to run this picture
in their regular service, the same as we ran "What Happened to
MarV and "Who Will Marr>- Mary?"
After millions of people take an interest In this story and in the
voting contest, expecting to see their favorite actor on the screen,
they are to be disappointed because the Essanay Company are re-
leasing this picture through the General Film Company's exclusive
program.
Gentlemen, do you know what the "Exclusive program" Is? It is
a program the price of which is prohibitive. We exhibitors pay so
much a week for our program ; it we use any picture in the exclu-
sive program we must pay for our regular service and then pay an
additional price for this so-called exclusive picture.
Do you gentlemen think this is fair? We exhibitors and the show-
going public boost this voting contest and then the public, our clientele,
are prohibited from seeing our favorite actor because we exhibitors
cannot afford to pay for this exclusive program.
It looks to me as if the General Film Companj' was making capital
out of your advertisement. If the picture was in their regular re-
leases it would be shown in every town, village and city in the country.
As it is. there will be a great many localities that will not run the
picture, they can't pay the extra price. .Our patrons want to see this
picture, they are interested, they want to see the man they elected,
and we exhibitors feel that j-ou should take his matter up with the
General Film Company and the Essanay Company and demand that
this picture be released in their regular program and taken out of
the exclusive service. The Indiana Exhibitors' Association and the
Indianapolis Managers' Association have asked their officers to write
your company and ask that you demand the General Film Company
to play fair in this matter and give the exhibitors and the general
public a chance to run and see these, their pictures. Very respectfully,
Indiana Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association.
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There are two sides to every question and especially this
one. The McClure Company spent a lot of money promotins;
the Hero contest and what the exhibitor did in aiding thern
was contributed entirely to the McClure Company. When
the Essanay Company secured the right to make the picture.
"One Wonderful Night,'' it also spent a lot of money in the
efiort to make a good picture and one that would come up to
the advance announcements. It is just possible that the
maker of the picture believes that it is entitled to get back
some of that money by charging a higher rental price for it.
It is also a question if the picture would receive the proper
presentation if it was released in the regular service. Too
many excellent subjects have been ground through the pro-
jector at extra speed and with no reference to their good
qualities because they were distributed in the regular way.
But if an exhibitor is compelled to paj' a special price for a
picture he is more likely to give it special attention in an
effort to get his money back.
However, the Indiana exhibitors are entitled to present
their kick and The Moving Picture World prints it at its
face value.
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"THE BROKEN BARRIER" (American).
The "Flyino- \" company, under direction of Thos. Rick-
etts, scores a tremendous hit in the two-reel production
"The Broken Barrier." Winnifred Greenwood and t-d
Coxen play the leads and are ably supported by George
Field as the villain, and other American stars.
The topic exploits domestic strife of which the underlying
cause proves to be unlimited wealth.
MAINE TO BE INDEPENDENT.
At the last meeting of Maine State Branch No. 29, M. P.
E. L. of A., it was unanimously voted to relinquish the charter
and to form a state league absolutely independent of any
national or international organization. A committee was
appointed to communicate with the exhibitors of the state
and invite them to become members of the new organiza-
tion, and this work has been vigorously prosecuted by A. P.
Bibber, Music Hall, Lewiston, Maine, chairman of the com-
mittee. Mr. Bibber has received about fifty applications
for membership, and he has called a meeting, to be held
at Portland on August 4, for the purpose of organization.
Developments thus far indicate that the state league will be
a big success.
Scene from "The Broken Barrier" (American).
Mr Coxen, as a man of principle, spurns money as an in-
centive to marriage, and W'innifred Greenwood, in the
sweet innocence of her youth, is dominated by love only.
An unlooked for circumstance intervenes and the ship ot
matrimony strikes a snag at the very launching.
The plot is not a particularly heavy one, but requires
marked ability and the production is a testimonial ot the
calibre of "Flying A" talent. The settings are gorgeous and
the photographic quality is immense. The subject will be
released July 27th.
710
THE MOVI>^G PICTURE WORLD
At the Sign of the Flaming Arcs.
Bj- George Blaisdell.
HONORS are coming fast these days to Miss Elaine
Sterne, the winner of the thousand-dollar Evening
Sun-\itagraph scenario contest. This remarkably
successful young woman has received notice that she has
also been declared the winner of a $250 prize in the Collier
short-story competition, where nine thousand stories were
submitted. Miss Sterne's first scenario was accepted by
the \ itagraph Company last September. It was a sino-le
reel and was entitled "The Circus and the Boy." It was
released July 1. Since the acceptance by the Vitagraph
Company of this initial effort of the young woman who
seems to write stories with the same facility as that with
which she invents photoplays she has received checks for
thirty-five scripts. The story that won the Vitagraph con-
test. It will be recalled, was a five-reel subject, entitled "The
bins of the Mothers." The Vitagraph Companv is proceed-
ing with Its production, which will be under the direction
of Ralph Ince, with Miss Anita Stewart in the leading
role. ^
In a recent chat with Miss Sterne she admitted she was
receiving many requests for scripts. She says that she
tries to write one play a week, be the same one reel or
more. While she devotes much thought to planning a
story, and especially to the drafting of a thorough synopsis
once she begins the manual work of putting the tale oii
paper she usually finishes a play in a day and a half.
Miss Sterne's experience with the pen antedates her work
x°'"J , ^<=''«^e"- She has written children's stories for St
>.icholas among other fiction efforts. She admits that she
.u ^ ""u^ "°, P=^''t'cular study of dramatic construction al-
though she_ has taken a course in short-storv writing at
f;°l^ .1^ ,?"'f5"u-- y °"^ ^""^ ^ dramatic style it seems
to me he should be able to write both for the screen and
comeT^''w.'n t\' '^'''- ■ "^""'^'"^ ^° ^ P^^f"' drama or
comedy. Well, I have written quite a number of kinds of
t?<=V"'v ''"'^t"? ^°'"!,d'«, but I must confess I like dramas
best. les, I have done some work for Selig and the
Universal. In fact, as to the latter. I have just finished
a story for one of their particular stars.
. What remarkable things the producers are able to do
.n putting on a story! I often wonder how they are -oing
but'TfiTd'th '°'"' °^"^' *'''"°^ ^ P"t i" the scenados^
ct^,^;L^ *^" °" *h^ ?"""• While I said I neve;
that T ^^rt^^^T construction, perhaps I should tell you
cnllfL u "^''^ ^ ^1°'^ "'"<^>' °f produced pictures I
counted the scenes and noted their length; I followed the
action and watched the introduction and ihe de ek>pment
goJd %!c°uTes. ' '"^' *° ^'^°'''' ^"^^ '"^"'°d °f makinTth:
of")h!%--.'"''P'''u?'^ "''^^" ^ '^^'■""ed that I was the winner
of the \itagraph;s contest? You may be sure I was I
never dreamed of such a thing coming\o me I submitted
only one story. I had another outlined in my m"n? but
decided to hold ,t back and to make it into Tbook \nd
of course, now I am glad that I did " '
Miss Sterne received her check from the Vita^raoh Com
pany on June 13. She is not superstitious. On? fmporta^t
f '",, connection with the reception of the chec"^s hat
It reached her betore she was twentv-two vears old Sureh
she has made a remarkable record "in the few months shl
has been writing for the screen. In spite of her youth
her head is unturned. She realizes that success means
harder work; harder work, because if she harrlr;,wn^^
exnr'/;'%'r^"*'°".°'.P''-°'°P'?>- followers mucf^^ll be
t^f. -n K^ ^"^^"^ u'*'^ '' P'"^ *° t^y to write stories
that will be adjudged better than their predecessors W th
youth, ab, ity and ambition on her side, we may' expect
much of Miss Sterne in the years to come. "^^pccr
* * *
The wjiter was permitted the other day to get a peek
at a studio print of an unusual picture of King Baggot's
Here is a two-reel story in which all the characters, and
there are eleven of them, are portrayed by one actor. In
the cast are two women. It is safe to say nothing ap-
proaching this has ever before been attempted, certainly
not in the United States. Of double exposure we have
had much; yes, and triple exposure, too. It is doubtful
If there has been anything produced which approximates
this subject in synchronization, in the exceptional co-
relation of the actions of the characters in the scene We
have had striking instances of synchronization in isolated
cases or t\vo or three in a picture, but in this story of
Mr. Baggot s there are many. The title of the produc-
tion IS Shadows, ' and the name was suggested bv the
many exteriors in which the rays of a low sun p'lay a
picturesque part. The script is by George Hall
The story is one of the detective series in whicn \Ir
Eaggot has been featured. The role of the detective is
played straight. One of the chief characters is a Chinaman
.\nother one of prominence is the "heavy." A German inn-
keeper is most naturally portrayed. So. too, are the women
characters, which are the first Mr. Baggot has essayed.
\\ hen 1 started making this picture," said the Imp's lead-
ing man, "I had no idea of the amount of work it would
involve. I believed I could do it at odd moments It
took me a good part of five weeks, as I had the re<^ular
\vork to keep up with. I have received most efficient as-
sistance from Mr. Schellinger, the cameraman: he has taken
deep interest in making the double and triple exposures
synchronize. Some scenes we had to take three and four
times to get the results we wanted. I found one of my
greatest difficulties in the dovetailing of the gestures of the
triple exposure.
As the picture was shown in studio and not in plot
sequence rio attempt will be made at this time to review the
story, saying that for the finished production, which has
every indication of carrying an interest on the side of the
dramatic as well as on that of the novelty It is safe to
say that none will follow the working out of the storv
with more interest than Mr. Baggot's fellow players and
producers and those who have knowledge of the technical
side of picture making. tecnnical
* * *
George Lessey, the well-known player and director who
tor so long has been seen in Edison films, on Monday,
July 26, goes to the Imp studio to assume the direction
of King Baggot's company.
* * *
Ormi Hawley dropped into New York one evening last
h"t she°";'vi:"mn""'- /y^?" °^' °^ ''^ f"^"ds remarked
that she « as more sylph-like than when he saw her last
tt routh'"^his^|-L'ter."'^^- '''■' ' ""'' '— fi- P-"''^ -
* * *
Hasn't somebody got a scheme for eliminating mosquitoes
rom .°r"t" P'""'^ ?i^5"- Writing just after returning
trom a two-hour, one-sided battle with the invisible pests-
of BrontK'n°T.,'''^" '""^*''' '" °"^ of the highest parts
abn^^nil^~^"^ " ^ temptation to say that °'airdomes"
^^h^.u /""'~^'-'' "°t ^" unmixed pleasure. Adding
to the alleged entertainment was Thanhouser's "Remorse"
4s atorv^?" '"^ drunkenness-and that's no pun it
was a story of elopement, forcing a wife to take her babv
and return to her father; the dearth of a mother caused by
itheT a^L"^ ^ worthless son, and then the murder of a
tather as he was trying to prevent a robbery of the same
sot s winnings at the gaming table. Cheerful! No? a bit
of It! We stuck It out just to see how much miserv could
^or"r™^t:f°-*"° "''■''=• u^? ^^ ^"^'^ there was a moral
chance for h/''"K"7 J" '^^ intimation that there was a
cnance for him, but the man that story was meant for
would never spend any money to go to see pctTres even
Screen ^"fficiently sober to follow the figures on the
* * *
-reat motion ^"i'*"^ /'""'*^ "■"'• the foundation of the
tfple cannot ZTJM"'^'''^'^-- T^e rebound from the mut
tipie cannot mean the elimination of the lon<^er oicture
It will mean, though, as an average, more judiciousfy con!
iFs T '-f ™""J "«~" "S, ->«l
There is one phase of this subject of single or plirfi
[est i°s alive ton'""'"'^ '^^'""^ ''"'^' ''"t whi°ch never"he
T^ti,;n<, A ■ '"E"" ^."'°"^,, the more prominent players
Talking during the New York convention with a well-
known licensed player he pointed out that since last Sep-
tember he had taken part in but eight pictures "Miss ■ "
he continued referring to one of his studio mates, "has been
cast in but SIX. We get out of touch with our people Of
course, it is pleasant to be chosen for leads in the bicTstuff
biit It means taking us off the screen so far as many^of our
friends are concerned, as the longer subjects may never
reach the smaller communities. If it were given me to de-
cide, I d prerer the shorter pictures."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
711
Miss Anita Stewart
ONE of the most popular young women on the screen
is Miss Anita Stewart of the Vitagraph Cornpany.
Her rise has been rapid; it had to be, for she is not
yet twenty years old, and she received a high school
education before entering picture work. Miss Stewart was
graduated from the grammar school as the youngest mem-
ber of her class. In
Erasmus Hall High
School, a famous Brook-
lyn institution, one of
her studies was vocal
music and piano. She
appeared in several
amateur operas, taking
small parts with distinct
success. Miss Stewart's
striking features were
reproduced by several
artists on calendars and
high-class pictorial lith-
ography.
Miss Stewart's work
in motion pictures is due
primarily to the fact
that she is the sister-in-
law of Ralph Ince, Vita-
graph director. For the
first six months she
filled unimportant roles,
learning the business
from the bottom up.
Her first important role
was the lead in "The
Wood Violet," released
i n November, 19 12.
The sketch of Miss Stewart furnished by the Vita-
graph Company says this interpretation remains her greatest
success. Possibly the writer of that biography never saw
Miss Stewart's remarkable work in "A Prince of Evil," a
two-reel Vitagraph, released a year ago. In one scene of
that production she attained a height of emotional portrayal
that beyond question placed her in the first rank of dramatic
mterpreters. Aliss Stewart has had other successes, among
which were "The Lost Millionaire," "The Treasure of
Desert Island," and "A Million Bid," the latter the first of
the Broadwaj- Star Features. Miss Stewart has been select-
ed as the lead in the thousand-dollar prize scenario written
by Miss Sterne.
Miss Anita Stewart.
Carlton S. King
THERE are. many who have enjoyed the acting of
Carlton S. King, as the hero in a number of photo-
plays put out by the Edison Company, but there are
only a few who recognize in them the Carlton S. King,
comedian. Mr. King is meeting with great success, al-
though his identity has been submerged in the assigned
roles. What we want
to see is some of his
comedy, the line which
made him in the South
and West.
He is a product of the
Middle West, having
first seen the light of
day in St. Louis, the
Missouri city that has
contributed much the-
atrical talent to the
world. After an early
education in the public
schools Mr. King took
to amusing people. He
is not what could be
called a dressing-room
comedian, but is a sort
of combination of the
late Sol Smith Russell
and Raymond Hitch-
cock. Many of the
critics have dubbed him
the "serious comedian."
This is a fitting expres-
sion because Mr. King has a serious view of professional
work and early realized that a thing worth doing, was
worth receiving his best efforts. This is the real reason
his characters in photoplays, while different from produc-
tions in which he made a success on the operatic stage.
Carlton S. King.
stand out prominently. However, the sooner the Edison
directors offer the opportunity for his comedy work the
better it will be for all concerned.
In the part of Theobold, in "Alma. Where Do You Live?"
his success on the road was only second to that made by
the late Charles iJigelow, who created the role in the New
York production. Mr. Weber was seeking another similar
part for Mr. King when, in October, 1913, Mr. King joined
the Edison stock.
Harry F. Crane
HARRY F. CR.\NE, who is playing the part of Louis XI
in the "Francois Villon" series (Universal), is one of
the few survivors of the old school which has a but
passed into history. In his time he supported Edwin Booth,
Lawrence Barrett. Stuart Robson. McKee Rankin, Frank
Lawlor, Katie Estelle,
Kittie Blanchard and
other great stars who
were well known to the
generation.
After the Civil War,
in which Mr. Crane
served as a drummer
boy, he went on the
stage against the wishes
of his father, who was
a Baptist minister. His
first part was a juvenile
role in "David Copper-
field." At the opening
of the Grand Opera
House in St. Louis, Mr.
Crane distinguished
himself in the leading
juvenile part in "Pov-
erty Plats." Following
this engagement he
played leading parts in
"Oliver Twist," "Sea of
Ice," "Black Crook,"
and other well-known
productions until his
father prevailed on him
to leave the stage.
Crane then took up the
study of medicine and
become a graduate phy-
sician. He practiced
medicine for many
years in Buffalo and
finally, on account of his wife's health, he went to California.
The practice of medicine had never appealed to him and
through all the years of his practice the call of the stage had
always been strong in his blood. He had taken an interest in
motion pictures since their beginning and once he arrived
m Los Angeles, he set aside all thought of medicine and
went back to his first love — the stage, but this time the
motion picture stage. Since he has been with the Universal
he has distinguished himself in every part which has been
given him.
Mr. Crane is a half-brother of Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, ex-
Congressman and member of the Standard Oil Company.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Harry F. Crane as King Louis XI
in Francois Villon Series
(Universal).
J. A. Koerpel Sells His Theatre.
J. A. Koerpel has just sold his Palace Theatre, and under
those circumstances has sent in his resignation as vice-presi-
dent of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of Greater
New York.
_ Mr. Koerpel was one of the hard workers of the associa-
tion, and the organization loses a valuable officer, whose
services have been appreciated by all his coworkers. At
present he is summering at Port Henry, N. Y., and upon his
return it is said he will afliliate with some large film corpo-
ration.
CORRECT ROSTER OF KANSAS LEAGUE OFFICERS.
Through some unexplained circumstances the report of
the latest meeting of the Kansas State League, the list of
officers elected was wronglj' published in the Moving Pic-
ture World. To get the matter straight, the following
correct list is printed: W. B. Moore, Galena, Kan., presi-
dent; Archie Blue, Salina, Kan., first vice-president; Fred.
Savage, Great Bend, Kan., second vice-president; W. H.
Willey, Mulberry, Kan., treasurer; P. J. Concannon, Em-
poria, Kan., secretary; C. E. Glaman, Wellington, Kan.,
national vice-president; Guy E. White, Beloit, Kan., ser-
geant-at-arms.
712
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Laemmle Wins St. Louis Suit
Circuit Court Nullifies April Election of the St. Louis Film
and Supply Company — Swanson Enjoined.
THE suit of Carl Laemmle and others against William
H. Swanson and others for the control of the St.
Louis Film and Supply Company, which has been on
trial in the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis and State of
Missouri, Judge Cave presiding, has been decided in favor
of the plaintiffs, as follows:
Now at this day the court, having heretofore, to-wit : on the 2ith
day of June, 1914, heard the evidence offered in this case, by the
respective parties, and having talten the said cause under advisement
and being now sufficiently advised in the premises, doth find the
issues joined in favor of the plaintiffs, and doth order, adjudge and
decree as follows, to-wit :
That the pretended election of directors of the Universal Film and
Supply Company, held April 22, ...14, by defendant Swanson, and the
pretended election of officers by defendants on said day, be set aside
and tor naught held, and that defendant Swanson and defendants
Garesche, Rosenthal and Bryant be perpetually enjoined from acting
or attempting to act as directors or officers of said company by virtue
of said pretended election or elections.
That defendant Swanson forthwith indorse and surrender to stock
of said company standing in his name as trustee at the time of said
election of April 22, 1914, together with the five hundred (500) shares
of stock thereafter issued by defendant Swanson to himself as Trus-
That the shares of stock attempted to be issued by defendant Swan-
son to defendants Vital W. Garesche, Barney Rosenthal, John Noelker
and Alfred Bryant, or to any other person on or after April 22, 1914.
be canceled and for naught held, and that defendant Swanson forth-
with surrender to John H. HoUiday the stock certificate book and
stock certificates of said company, together with the minute book and
seal of said company, and that a meeting of the stockholders of the
company tor the election of directors to serve during the ensuing year
and for such other business as may properly come before the meeting
be held at the office of the Company at 2116 Locust street, in the
City of St. Louis, Mo., on the 27th day of July, 1914.
It is further ordered and adjudged by the court that the costs of
this proceeding he taxed against the defendants, and that execution
issue therefor.
Draft filed.
POPULAR WINDOW DISPLAY.
Perhaps at no time has it been more forciblj- demonstrated
the great hold that moving pictures have on the general
public than was displayed during the recent exhibition of 800
photographs of popular him favorites in the windows of
Brock & Co., jewelers, on Broadway, the principal business
thoroughfare of Los .-Vngeles.
In arranging for a unique window display, Brock hit upon
the idea of exhibiting the photographs of screen favorites.
Photographs of almost every film star known in the United
States and Europe were secured and placed in the big dis-
play windows of the jewelers. The first day of the exhibi-
tion was almost a riot. The display windows were on a
Miss Edna Goodrich
MISS EDN.\ GOODRICH, the famous international
beauty, most recently seen in the magnificent pro-
duction of "Evangeline," at the Park Theater, was
secured by Samuel Goldfish of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature
Play Company, Inc., for a forthcoming production, for that
concern, of one of the classical Belasco successes
in motion pictures.
Miss Goodrich, who is
now in London, prepar-
ing for her participation
in a big English produc-
tion, will journey to the
Lasky studio at Holly-
wood, Calif., where she
will make her first ap-
pearance before the
camera. She starred for
several years with Nat
Goodwin in several
plays and bears a world-
wide repute for her
beauty and talent. With
luxurious dark hair,
huge black eyes and
clear-cut features, this
famous beauty should
make a capital screen
type. It took consider-
able persuasion on the
part of Mr. Goldfish to
secure Miss Goodrich
for the movies, and af-
ter prevailing upon her
to appear, promised her
that if she liked the
work and found every-
thing agreeable, Lasky was not amiss to making her a per-
manent Lasky star.
Immediately after her appearance at the Lasky studios
in September, Miss Goodrich will return to London in
time to open in her English production, the latter part of
November. In all likelihood, she will appear in "The War-
rens of \'irginia" or "The Darling of the Gods."
Miss Edna Goodrich.
line with the sidewalk. The exhibition opened Monday
morning, and before eight o'clock a dense throng gathered
in front of the store and blockaded the sidewalk. Two
policemen were detailed in front of the store, arid the men,
women and children were compelled to form in line and
take their turns at viewing llie pictures. Each person was
permitted to stav only three minutes to watch the exhibition.
.\ lin; more than a block long, walking two abreast, soon
formed, and the two police otticers were compelled to send
for reinforcements to assist them in keeping the crowd in
line. The never-ending throng of sightseers continued to
watch the displav until luidnight. The following day was
a repetition of the first day's exhibition. Crowds gathered
early in the morning and continued to gaze at the photo-
graphs until after midnight.
"FIRELIGHT." (Eclair.)
.\ most beautiful production which will be released by the
Eclair Film Company, Inc., on Wednesday, August 5th, is
"Firelight," a two-reel feature. O. A. C. Lund and Barbara
Tennant are the leading players and their roles call for strong
dramatic work. The heart of the story is furnished in visions
Scene from "Firelight" (Eclair).
from the flickering firelight and the reflections shown there-
from bring together man and woman, who have been drifting
further and further apart. The story is from the pen of Mr.
Lund, who, besides playing the leading male role, directed
the production.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
713
Faversham for All Star
THROUGH his ijorsiuial representative, Mr. Gallagher,
William Faversham, the international stage favorite,
luis eabled his acceptance of an offer made for his debut
in motion pictures with the All Star Feature Corporation,
under the direction of Augustus Thomas, Director General
of production for that concern.
It has been freely rumored for many months past that
Mr. Faversham had completed negotiations with various con-
cerns and just as often
l.as been denied that
these negotiations have
been successfully con-
summated. Since his
leaving America, the All
Star Company has been
in constant touch with
Mr. Faversham by cable
and word has just been
received through his rep-
resentative that he has
accepted and signed the
contract tendered by the
.-Ml Star Company.
The amount to be paid
^j *■>■♦' ^^'■- Faversham for his
It '^ appearance before the
^ motion picture camera
L. V • — ' ■*• has not been disclosed
by the All Star Com-
pany, but it is well
known that his price is
one far in excess of what
has heretofore been paid
to any person appearing
1 ■% "^^^^^^A '" motion pictures. It
m A -^^^^^M "X ^^ '^' ^^ remembered that
/\M ^^^^^ V the All Star Company
it IM . ^^^B has paid Ethel Barry-
more a sum exceeding
$10,000 for her services,
and it is rumored that
Mr. Faversham's con-
tract is in excess of even
this amount.
The subject chosen for
a vehicle in which this
most popular of all stars is to be seen is "The World," a most
complete spectacular drama, which has enjoyed, in years gone
by, a phenomenal universal success as a theatrical attraction.
The star character in this production will give Mr. Faversham
every possible opportunity to displaj- the versatilities and
dramatic accomplishments for which he is famed.
The value of this appearance in motion pictures it would
seem is greater than anything before offered to those wide
awake picture show-men of the world who appreciate the
value of a name such as is offered in this coming production,
both as to star and play.
The name of Faversham is almost a household word and
the theatrical career of this man is a most remarkable one.
His first stage appearance was in 1885, in England, and a
short time after that he came to America, where he appeared
in "The Prince and the Pauper," and as Valentine Day in
"Featherbrain," in 1889, and in 1892 as Prince Haldenwald in
"Aristocrac}'."
Under the direction of Charles Frohman he has been seen
amongst other successes in "Lord and Lady Algy," "Brother
Officers." "The Younger Son," "Diplomacy" and as Romeo
with Maude .\dams in "Romeo and Juliet." His first appear-
ance as a star was made in 1901 at the Criterion Theatre as
Don Cesare in "A Royal Rival."
Mr. Faversham sails from England on the 29th, aboard the
Olympic, and will arrive in America about the Sth of August.
Everything is in readiness for him and he will immediately
begin work on the production of "The World," at the Yon-
kers Studios of the All Star Feature Corporation.
William Faversham.
A. F. DITTMANN VISITS NEW YORK.
A. F. Dittman, proprietor of the Dittman Theater, Browns-
ville, Texas, w-as a visitor to New York following the Day-
ton convention. It w-as Mr. Dittmann's first trip to the cit}"
in seven years. The Dittmann seats 800 and uses licensed
and Mutual service. Mr. Dittmann says Texas has been
untouched as yet by the censorship bug, the people being
generally satisfied with the work of the National Board.
Mr. Dittmann came north partly to get awa}' from the
intense heat, which he sa\-s this summer has been unusually
oppressive.
Edwin S. Porter of the Famous Players taking a Scene in
Rome for "The Eternal City."
LEON WAGNER A PHOTOGRAPHIC SHARP.
Leon Wagner, of
is a motion picture
vention, and he is
scenes, placing, foe
then developing the
live, and finally asse
plete. Mr. Wagner
ing circumstances i
product, "The Land
the Sterling Camera and Film Company,
genius. His camera is of his own in-
capable of selecting locations, staging
using and grinding the camera handle,
negative, printing and toning the posi-
mbling it and projecting the picture com-
s control of light conditions under try-
s his strong point. His latest Sterling
of the Lost," is a photographic gem.
"TYPHOON" DID THE TRICK.
In the Moving Picture World's story of the Dayton con-
vention it was noted that the ventilation of the basement
exposition floor was not as good as it should have been,
"even with the assistance of large ventilating fans," and for
that President Glantzberg makes a protest. An explanation
is due Mr. Glantzberg that the remark to which he takes
exception was written before his fan in the cellar was work-
ing to full capacity. After the third day of the exposition
the full battery of "Typhoon" wind jammers were working
and the air in Memof'al Hall was the best ever.
Scene from "The Envoy Extraordinary" (Sawyer, Inc.).
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
I
"RESCUED BY WIRELESS" (101 Bison).
Down in the South Seas there are certain islands belong-
ing to Uncle Sam where civilized law depends pretty much
on individual taste tor its enforcement where white men are.
one might say, kings unto themselves. In one of these
islands this drama, "Rescued by Wireless," is laid. Written
by Henry McRae and actually produced by him in the Poly-
nesian archipelago, the play is a powerful one of love and ad-
venture. Aside from the stirring dramatic features of the
story, it carries a big educational interest; in the background
is shown all the wonders of that far distant land. The na-
tives are shown making tapa cloth from the bark of wauke
trees; water buflalos are seen in their native haunts; groves
of papia trees and spreading fields of rice dot the landscape
here and there.
Scene from "Rescued by Wireless" (101 Bison).
One of the spectacular and stirring incidents in the piece
we find in the second reel: Alarie Morgan, an American
girl, has been captured and carried off to the mountains by
a band of drunken natives under the leadership of Bain-
bridge, a wireless operator. A mysterious wireless message
calls for help and this is received by Capt. Clifford, in charge
of the transport and Marie's lover. There is a race to the
island, pursuit into the mountains and a fierce battle, natives
in great numbers matched against Uncle Sam's soldiers, num-
bering few, who iight modern arms. Not only is the battle
thrilling, but it is unique and rare.
The principal parts have been enacted by such players as
Wm. Clifford, Sherman Bainbridge and Marie Walcamp,
players who were chosen for their ability and fearlessness,
to accompanj' Mr. McRae on the tour through the South
Seas.
As to how the heroine of the play is rescued by wireless — •
well, that is one of the exciting incidents of the play that
you must see to enjoy properly.
The play is in two parts and will be released August 8th.
CO-OPERATIVE PROJECTION ROOM FOR
WASHINGTON.
Harry Warner, of Warner's Features, Inc., has made
an offer to share with the local exhibitors the cost of a
projection room in Washington, D. C, where the local pic-
ture house managers could see in advance all releases. This
would enable them to judge whether the subjects offered
them suited the peculiar needs of their respective following.
"I believe that the exhibitor who does not study his clien-
tele and select the film that it demands is trifling wit'a his
business," explained Mr. Warner. "It is needless to say
that there is more money in pleasing your patrons than
there is in being indifferent. This projection room is an
idea whic'n I have had in mind for some time past, and I,
as an exchange man, have long since realized that co-opera-
tion between the exhibitor and exchange is not only desir-
able, but necessary, av.d this plan will be the instrument
through which our desire will be accomplished."
The Washington picture men are said to be enthusiastic
over the plan, and anticipate its early realization.
"WHEN WAR THREATENS" (Kleine).
A nation on the verge of war sees many exciting events
take place, and a series of these furnishes the basis for George
Kleine's remarkable photodrama "When War Threatens," a
two-part feature subject described as delightfully sensational,
with a thrill in every frame of film.
Scene from "When War Threatens" (Kleine).
The storj' is a gripping one and the situations are intense.
Lieutenant Tom Shelley, a young naval officer, is in love
with his admiral's daughter, but the young woman prefers
Richard Hyde, apparently a substantial business man, but in
reality a spy in the pay of the foreign power with which war
is threatened. A series of dramatic scenes, which take us
into the council chambers of nations, dens of spies and upon
the decks of battleships, shows how the young lieutenant
saves his country and wins his bride.
In producing "W'hen War Threatens" the manufacturers
have spared no pains, and the result of their efforts to create
a motion picture of extraordinary appeal is a splendid testi-
monial to their ability. The subject is admirably planned,
faultlessly produced and photographically excellent. It de-
livers its "punch" with telling force. The release date
through the General Film Company is set for .-Vugust 4.
MISS BRAY VISITS HER HOME.
Helen Bray, ingenue of the Biograph, spent two weeks at
home in St. Louis with her sister, Mrs. J. N. Fining, at No.
6003 Gates Boulevard, in the beautiful Cabanne district.
Though Miss Bray is widely known and popular in St. Louis,
she declined invitations to social events and devoted the
vacation to resting. On the way from Los Angeles she tar-
ried a week in Kansas City, where she also has many friends.
She has returned to New York, where she will resume work
in the Biograph studio. Miss Bray has an influential follow-
ing in this territory, yet she is an industrious artist and be-
lieves in achieving on merit alone. Managers of several of
the large circuits in St. Louis and Kansas City are desirous ol
getting photoplays featuring Miss Braj-, and in this event
they will exploit the exhibitions. Hereafter the actress will
appear in her own name. She has been practicing and train-
ing conscientiously, and is now equipped to take the most
exacting roles. Miss Bray had the good fortune of being
selected for a leading part after playing only a few weeks.
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715
"WHEN A WOMAN LOVES" (Eclectic).
The subject of this feature is the conflict which must always
ensue between the husband absorbed and engrossed in busi-
ness on the one hand and the wife her soul athirst for love
and yearning for reciprocity. In this situation, which is well
portrayed in these films, the serpent usually anpears in the
guise of the "friend," who offers to suiiply the affection which
the husband is too busy to spare. This theme, though surely
not entirely new, is enlivened by some exciting and interesting
incidents which give a great deal of zest to an otherwise
hackncved storv.
Scene from "When a Woman Loves" (Eclectic).
The picture was made by the Pathe players on our side
of the water. The acting was good, and the dressing up of the
types showed some skill.
The outstanding merits of this production, however, are
the fine settings and the perfect photography. In the matter
of settings this feature will bear comparison with the very
best and this applies to indoor settings as well as outdoor
settings. Time was when more care was taken with outdoor
than with indoor settings, greatly to the harm of artistic pro-
portions. In this feature an equal degree of excellence marks
both kinds of settings.
"THE MOTOR BUCCANEERS" (Essanay).
"The Motor Buccaneers," a thrilling story of intrigue and
adventure, adapted from The Munsey Magazine, is one of the
most interesting of the recent Essanay productions. It is in
two acts. In it Francis X. Bushman is seen at his best and
Ruth Stonehouse, as usual, is perfect. The story is woven
around an eccentric millionaire, a young lawyer and a num-
ber of unique criminals. William Nash, the athletic young
lawyer who is portrayed by Bushman, inherits the manage-
ment of the Gilton estate. A mysterious package is given
into the keeping of Nash, to be called for by Edith Elsden,
who is played by Ruth Stonehouse. Then follows a series of
thrilling adventures in which the girl is captured by the
conspirators and rescued by Nash. There is an automobile
race that is declared to be the most realistic of its kind.
Needless to say, the young lawyer overcomes the con-
spirators, saves a railroad and wins the beautiful Edith for
his own. The production is booked for release Friday, Aug-
ust 7th. Other members of the cast who do exceedingly
clever work are Thomas Commerford, Wm. Robinson, M. C.
Von Betz. John H. Cossar, Rapley Holmes and Arthur
Steinguard.
MISS FULLER AND COMPANY GOES TO MOUN-
TAINS.
Miss Mary Fuller will enact the lead in "The Heart of the
Night Wind." which will be her first picture with the Uni-
versal Film Company. Accompanied by her director, Walter
Edwin, together with Charles Ogle. Ed. Mortimer and an
enlarged companj', Miss Fuller left New York July 17th, for
Shohola, Pike County, Pa., where, amid some of the most
beautiful settings in America, this play and several others,
including "Hearts C the Hills," by Hal Reid, will be produced.
"The Heart of the Night Wind" is from the book by Vingie
I. E. Roe and was adapted to picture form bj' Captain Leslie
T. Peacocke, of the L'niversal scenario department. In three
reels, the play allows Miss Fuller a splendid part, combining
vigor, emotion and some highly spectacular feats. Miss
Fuller, Mr. Edwin and Mr. Ogle, make up the nucleus of the
cast in the new series. They will be absent for two months
or more.
"THREE MEN AND A WOMAN" (Lubin).
The George Terwilliger "fans" will simply rave over this
melodrama, which is the latest sensation written and pro-
duced from his fertile imagination. To get true atmosphere
a big Lubin troupe was sent to St. Augustine, Fla., and
evolved some of the most daring scenes ever put into a
photoplay. The dramatic spectacle of a ship on lire is clev-
erly pictured, with the crew in panic and mutiny. The
boats are lowered and the seamen fight for their lives. Anna
Luther, the woman of the story, is left on the blazing ship,
unconscious, with only one man to save her from the flames.
Scene from "Three Men and a Woman" (Lubin).
The man throws a hatch overboard and, taking the woman
in his arms, leaps into the sea, swims to the hatch and suc-
ceeds in lifting her on to the raft, at the same time beating
oft the villain of the story as he madly tries to save himself.
Still swimming, the man pushes the hatch to shore. The
terrifying situation is truly acted without any camera tricks
or dummies, and illustrates the daring of the three players
who work out the scene. The cast included Herbert Fortier,
Anna Luther, Kempton Greene and Earl Metcalfe, all of
whom had to be expert swimmers.
"THE SENATOR FROM THE WEST" (American).
Tom Ricketts, in his production of "False Gods," is cer-
tainly exerting himself, and is ably supported by his whole
company. Most of the settings represent scenes in Wash-
ington and New York's most swagger society, and call for
elaborate gowns and fixtures. Into this ultra-fashionable
society is introduced the little unsophisticated wife of a
western cattle man, who has just been appointed senator.
She wears simple, home-made gowns and does not try to
conceal her simple but honest nature. In this part Miss
Winifred Greenwood, if anything, surpasses herself. She
is essentially an emotional actress, and whether swayed by
emotion or stirred by pathos her versatility and histrionic
ability assert themselves. It is a difficult part for any woman
to play, but the production will add to Miss Greenwood's
already enviable reputation.
Miss Josephine Ditt has been speciallj' engaged to take
the part of the lobbyist. Miss Ditt is of the adventuress
type of actress and won a reputation in several notable plays,
particularly "The Foreign Spy." In her present part it is
her duty to pamper and cajole the unsophisticated senators
and congressmen who come to W'ashington to represent
their constituents. The part is ably taken by Miss Ditt, who
by her wiles entices, ensnares and dishonors the very men
site should protect.
DR. H. C. STAFFORD AUTHOR OF VILLON SERIES.
In our review qf the new serial by the Universal Film
Manufacturing Company giving scenes from the life of Fran-
cois Villon we misunderstood a reference to the author of
the story which is running in the Century Magazine, viz.:
George Bronson Howard, and credited the script for the
offering to him, whereas it was done by Dr. H. C. Stafford,
one of the L^niversal Company's regular scenario weavers.
We are glad to make this correction the more as it is an
unusually capable piece of graphic drama construction, and
the man who did it is worthy of all his credit. Howard's
deepl)' interesting story, so writes Calder Johnstone, of the
company's Pacific Coast scenario office, proved verj- hard to
translate into effective picture scenes.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"AT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY" (American).
This is another of the popular two-part feature produc-
tions from the American "Flying A" studios. The story is
a beautiful conception of patient love and intrigue in which
W'innifred Greenwood as Dorothy Preston, actuated by her
filial love, sacrifices her own interests to what she believes
to be her mother's preference. Readily she could have
retracted the words that sent her lover, Oren Evans (Ed
Scene from "At the End of a Perfect Day."
Coxeni. to distant parts had not a rival lover. Slid But-
terfield (George Field), abused the confidence placed in him
by the unsuspecting women. In later years a kind fate
brings the two together and the climax is reached at the
end of a perfect daj-, the incessant prayer of Dorothy for
years.
The dramatization furnishes numerous opportunities for
the select cast to exploit its histrionic abilities. The
lightning and storm efiects and tinting are presented with
a rare realism, and the details are carried out in' a manner
that substantiates the marked ability of the producer, Thos.
Ricketts. The subject not only merits, but will receive,
unqualified approval. It will be released Monday, Aug. 3d.
"THE SACRIFICE OF PAULINE" (I. S. P. Co.).
The I. S. P. Co. has released a four-reel feature, called
"The Sacrifice of Pauline," which deals with the ever new
subject of a mother's devotion for her son. The son is a
worthless scamp who blackmails his mother at her place
of employment. The mother is employed as a housekeeper
in the family of a well-to-do citizen, and the son, despite
her protests, robs the safe in the home of the mother's
employer. In his flight he is stopped by the wife of his
Scene from "The Sacrifice of Pauline'
P. Co.).
mother's employer and he kills the woman to get away.
Suspicion points to the mother as an accomplice in the
foul deed and, as slie refuses to give any information, the
jury find her guilt}' and she is sentenced to prison. In the
meantime her son has become rich and is on the point of
marrying the daughter of his victim when the whole truth
comes out and the murderer drowns himself. Acting and
photography are good, and the settings are appropriate.
"MAN AND HIS BROTHER" (Victor).
"Am I my brother's keeper?" A world-old question, true,
but pertinent always when it comes to answering the ques-
tion in a practical and personal way. The selfish, indiflferent,
ignorant person says, "I am not my brother's keeper; I
refuse to be held responsible in any way for what he does."
But are we not all responsible, in some degree or other, for
the downfall of the other fellow? Men and women make
Scene from "Man and His Brother" (Victor).
the world, and they make the conditions which superinduce
moral and mental decay. Concrete eflfort of society with the
individual is a potent factor which makes the world better
or worse.
In "Man and His Brother," played by the Universal's
famous screen star, J. ^^"arren Kerrigan, you have the case
of two brothers, one good and the other bad. Technically,
the good brother is in no way responsible for the wrong-
doings of his brother, yet the rich, red blood of human sym-
pathy runs through the big fellow's heart, and he sacrifices
his own happiness that the repentent fellow might go free
to start life anew. Did the man do right? That is for
you to answer.
The role of the man altords Mr. Kerrigan a role aptly
suited to him — that of a Westerner. Playing opposite is
Miss Vera Sisson, clever and winsome. The settings are
all of the West and in the open, showing picturesque back-
grounds of rugged mountains, plains covered with cattle, and
green cattle. The play is in three reels and will he released
.\ugust 3rd.
PRETTY SCENE FROM "NANCY'S HUSBAND."
A particularly pretty scene from "Nancy's Husband" pro-
duced by Harry Pollard at the American studios under the
"Beauty" brand. Harry Pollard is here shown spooning with
Margarita Fisher, whilst Fred Gamble takes it all in. There
are many such lovely spots in Santa Barbara, where the
flowers bloom all the year round and occasional fog is the
only thing which prevents the continuous taking of scenes in
the open air. Mr. Pollard is a crank on getting the right
scenery to fit his stories and he and Miss Fischer take long
automobile rides to look up new locations.
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717
Sawyer Has "Zone" Plan
Believes It Will Give Better Service to the Exhibitor —
Now Oliers Eighteen Subjects.
CAKi\\ING out ihiir original plans as announced in
these columns several weeks ago Sawyer, Inc., have
already started the establishing of branch offices. Mr.
Sawyer announces that next week a list of the offices at
present in operation will be published. This information
will give the exhibitors in the different territories controlled
by each branch office an opportunity to book the Sawyer
Features direct.
Sawyer, Inc., have inaugurated a new and unique plan for
the distribution of their films. Instead of following the
former custom of dividing the country into States they have
arranged the United States into "zones." This will enable
the e.vhibitors in even the very smallest towns to secure
the Sawyer pictures without loss of time in transportation.
Mr. Sawyer informed the writer that it is the company's
intention to have thirty of these zones in operation on or
before September 14th. This will mean that this new and
enterprising company will be able to handle thirty prints
of every subject marketed through its organization. This
company, at the present time, is offering eighteen subjects,
ranging from three to six reels in length and the booking
office wliich was established in connection with the New
York office has been steadily booking from three to six
prints of each subject in the New York territory.
Mr. Sawyer further states that the establishing of these
zones is the result of his careful study of the marketing
conditions and is the development of plans started by him
over a year ago. The distributing office in each zone will
furnish to the exhibitor a complete program.
Sawyer, Inc., have already inade arrangements to market
a series of one reel comedies produced by four different
manufacturers. With the contracts already in hand and
the productions now under waj', the Sawyer Company will
be in a position to release at least three feature subjects
each week and also a minimum of three one reel comedies
each w-eek. After the first of October these releases w-ill
be increased to six of each every week.
At the present time Sawyer, Inc., are handling the pro-
ductions of eight different manufacturers and with the addi-
tion of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company and
three other western companies, whose releases will be shown
during August, the company will represent over a dozen
high class manufacturers.
John D. Williams Going Abroad
JOHN DIXON WILLIAMS, the well-known Australian
film man, until recently connected with the Bosworth
Film Company, has started on an important business
tour, which will take him to pretty nearly every part of the
world. He left on board the Aquitania on Tuesday, July 22,
in the interest and as
the special representa-
tive of Hugh Mcintosh,
the famous vaudeville
promoter. Mr. Williams
will leave England for
India in the middle of
August, and will then go
to Africa and Australia.
In speaking to a rep-
resentative of The Mov-
ing Picture World, Mr.
Williams said that his
associate. Mr. Mcintosh,
intended to enter the
film field in a large way.
Williams and Mcintosh
liave formed an organi-
zation, w-hich is to be
known as "The Interna-
tional Film Circuit,"
which will specialize in
monster productions of the "Cabiria" kind. B}' the way,
the new combination has acquired the Australian rights for
"Cabiria," and Mr. W illiams will help to properly introduce
and present the great play in the theaters of Australia.
"We propose," said Mr. ^\'illiams, "to go into the world's
film market for films of the highest type of quality. We
prefer to handle features on which we can obtain the rights
for the entire world. I am thoroughly convinced of the
fact that the era of big productions in the world of motion
pictures has only just commenced. There is no limit to
the dramatic and photographic possibilities of this new art.
While, no doubt, big productions may be looked for in this
countr}', I believe that the old country, especially Italy,
John D. Williams.
enjoys advantages for making first-class films oi high quality.
We may some day go into Italy ourselves and bring away
some memorable films. Yes; 1 mean that we may produce
them in Italy ourselves, but nothing definite has been
arranged as yet. I do not know just how long I will be
gone, but I think I will return in the early part of next
year. 1 expect to come back here and take full charge of
Mr. Mcintosh's interests in this country. In my absence
Chris. O. Brown will have charge."
.\ party of friends accompanied Mr. Williams on his way
to the dock of the Aquitania and bade him "bon voyage."
Great Southern Film Co.
That'r the Name of a New Picture Producing Organization
a: Birmingham, Ala. — Capitalized for ?. Million.
A.\. W'.VLL, prominent among the exhibitors of the
South and manager of the .Alcazar and Vaudette The-
• aters of Birmingham, Ala., has been named as presi-
dent of a new million-dollar motion picture manufacturing
corporation to be known as the Great Southern Film Manu-
facturin.g Company. The new company will have offices
in the Brown-Marx building and hopes to begin operations
within the ne.xt thirty days.
The company intends to do a general picture manufactur-
ing work, and officials of the company state the company is
planned to be the largest of its kind in the South. A site
has been obtained on Shades Mountain, and here the films
will be produced, Birmingham and industries being used as
a background from time to time.
President A. Ale.x Wall will make a trip to Nev.- York to
procure actors and actresses for the new company. It is
planned to engage the services of six or seven ue'll-kiiown
players for a beginning, and to increase the size of the com-
pany as needed. While in New York. Mr. Wall will also
make arrangements for booking the films of the Great South-
ern Company through the larger New York agencies. It was
stated one large company had already expressed a willingness
to handle the films.
The officers of the company associated with President
Wall are Dr. R. J. Strickland, Vice-President; C. H. (llasser,
Secretary and Treasurer, and Judge Alvin M. Douglas, Gen-
eral Counsel; B. M. Wood is Fiscal Agent.
Picture Men in Town
Frank T. Montgomery, the well-known exhibitor from
the South, was in New York City the past week. He was
stopping at the Imperial.
Messrs Balshofer and Zimmer of Los Angeles are at the
Hotel Astor.
A. J. Gilligham of Detroit has been spending a few days
in the city. •
H. Z. Levine, who for several months has been managing
foreign publicity for the Universal Company, with offices
in London, is in the city on a flying visit.
Notes of the Trade
Arrangements are being made by the World Film Corporation to open
branch offices throughout Europe. Judging i"rom the fact that 30# copies
of "Protea 11" have been sold throughout Europe, it is evident that the
World Film Corporation will have another winner.
* • *
Harry Solter is directing Miss Florence Lawrence in a new play that
is said to have a plot far away from the conventional. It is not only
a mystery, but a mysterious mystery. In two reels, the action keeps
one guessing every moment. It is rife with surprises and ends up in a
whirl of action and excitement. Matt Moore is playing opposite Miss
Lawrence.
* * *
"Quo Vadls," George Kleine's first great picture, played a four-day
engagement, starting Monday of last week, at the Xational theater.
Louisville, during one of the hottest spells of that hot region. The
National management called the Kleine offices on the long distance tele-
phone on Thursday, July 16, and arranged to show the picture the re-
mainder of the week because of the splendid business.
* * *
The Empire City race track was invaded by the Blache players during
Saturday's meet and a number of interesting scenes taken for a four-
reel racing feature now in preparation. Little Vinnle Burns appeared
on the track made up as a jockey and took part in a spirited dash
down the home stretch, where she had an e.xcellent chance to show
her horsemanship and easily held the lead which the story called for.
* * «
When Mabel Trunnelle makes another trip to Palenville In the
Catskills she will exercise great care that no riding coat oi red ma-
terial is placed in her trunk. The fair Edison equestrienne was pur-
sued by an enraged bull but escaped being attacked by driving her horse
at breakneck speed.
* * «
"The Secret of the Ring," a splendid three-reel release, is scheduled
for the General Film Company, August 10, hy George Kleine. This is
one of the best "Three Reelers" yet made by Cines. The story was
photographed in Seville, Spain.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
John Haas, who was given a tnrec months' leave of absence by
Madame Alice Blache so that he could accompany James Slevin to
Rome and take motion pictures of the Pope, has returned to the Blache
studios. Although Johnnie has the unique distinction of being the man
who not only actually took motion pictures of the Pope, but was wel-
comed and entertained in the Vatican, he never introduces the subject
into his conversation and cannot be even coaxed into talking about his
most interesting experience.
* * «
Due to the tremendous demand for "The Castaways." produced by the
World Film Corporation, it has been necessary to send two copies to
each of their twenty-two offices throughout the United States.
Sally Crute, the Edison leading woman, may be found on any Sun-
day or holiday in her fisherwoman's garb at Sound Beach on Long Island
Sound. A mess of forty flounders in one day is no mean catch for a
beginner.
* « •
Ned Burton, who for the past fourteen moutba has been a member of
the Pathe Freres Stock Company, has been specially engaged to play
"Horigan." the grafting politician, in "The Man of the Hour," now
being filmed at Fort Lee. N. J., by the Peerless Features Film Com-
pany, the new organization of the Brady-Shubert-Eclair Companies.
* * «
The announcement of the wedding on June 24 of N. Paul Stoughton.
auditor of exchanges for the Universal, and Viola Van Loan, formerly
an assistant secretary to J. C. Graham, has been received by Mr.
Stoughton's many friends at the We^t Coast studios. The marriage cere-
mony took place at Riverside. 111. Mr. Stoughton made many friends
on the occasion of his recent visit to California and all congratulate him
and Mrs. Stoughton.
* * *
Walter L. Hill, formerly manager of the Jefferson theater. Fort
Wayne, Ind., desires to say that he is not connected with that house,
having remained as manager after the sale to the Quinby Amusement
Company only until the property could be properly turned over to the
new owners.
* * «
J. A. McKinney, secretary of Warner's Features, Inc., on last Sun-
day hauled up from! the sea thirty-five weakfish. In company with a
few friends with rod and reel he anchored his boat off of Oak Island
beach. One after one he pulled in the struggling fish until his arms
grew tired.
* * «
General Alvaro Obregon, commanding the western division of the
Constitutional army, has contracted with Byron S. Butcher for the
motion picture rights with his branch of the rebel army. Butcher has
been with several Mexican armies during the past four years as war
correspondent and will also continue in the newspaper game.
To join Obregon he must make a 1.500 mile trip down the west coast
by rail, stage, pack train and handcar, as rebel and federal for months
have demoralized railroad communictions from the border to the City
of Guadalajara.
* * *
Recently while Director Otis Turner was taking some race scenes for
the four-reel production of "Damon and Pythias" a farmer came in
sight down the road and looked as if he might walk -^to the field of
the camera and spoil the picture. Mr. Turner sent his assistant, Robert
Rosos, to head him off. The farmer understood ig
"Taking moving pictures, are you? Well, I've got my ideas about
being photographed and you bet you're whoopin' I won't get in the pic-
ture!"
* * *
Richard Xeill of the Edison Company is a member of the Delaware
State Society of the Cincinnati. He heard the postman blow his whistle
one morning. To his surprise he found the postman busily engaged
in reading a postal card from the society addressed to him. "Why, do
you know Mr. Neill. I am a member of that society. Well, I am glad
that the boys stick so well together." Whereupon the usual handshake
took place. Richard is satisfied that future mail from the Cincinnati
will suffer no delay in delivery
* • «
One of the best parts allotted Howard Crampton, imp character man.
in years is the role he plays in "In All Things Moderation," a two-
reel play just finished by Frank Crane and his Imp company. While it
is a straight character part, it can be considered the lead. Mr. Cramp-
ton is playing the sea captain in the present Imp production being di-
rected by Frank Crane, "On the High Seas."
« * *
L. A. Thompson and the L. A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company
have retired from the Day and Night Screen, Inc., having sold their
interests.
? + *
William W. Scott, manager, press agent and actor, has a forty-week
contract which he has just signed by which his Lucille LaVerne company
will make Richmond, Va., its home next winter. The idea is to play an
occasional movie star for a week or two, supported by the LaVerne com-
pany. The first will be John Bunny, who will appear on its opening
week, in August. There will be other movie stars later.
* * *
The Colgate Film Exchange. Inc., has bought the California, Oregon
and Washington Pacific Coast rights to "The Toll of Mammon," a four-
part Excelsior Feature Film Co., Inc.. production. This picture has
also sold to the Electric Theater Supply Company of Philaaelpuia for
Eastern Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland. District of Columbia and
Southern Maryland. The picture was made in the Adirondack Mountains
of New York.
* * *
The Shubert Film Corporation has moved its headquarters to the oflSces
of the World Film Corporation, 130 West 46th street. New York.
« « •
The correspondence from fans addressed to May Abbey, the Edison
comedienne, has grown so extensive that she contemplates engaging the
services of an amanuensis.
* • •
Lewis J. Selznick, general manager of the World Film Corporation.
is on a business trip to Boston.
« * •
The latest "Universal Ike, Jr.." is entitled "Universal Ike, Jr.. Gets
City Broke" and the story is built around an excruciatingly funny
trunk elopement.
« * •
Andy Clark of the Edison "Andy" series, has discarded his baseball
uniform for a bathing suit. But the change is only temporary — until
the picture "Andy Learns How to Swim" is finished.
* * *
George Kleine made a flying trip to New York last week in connec-
tion with important affairs of his New Yor.. office. Mr. Kleine is pre-
paring to launch a surprise in the form of a multiple reel release which
he claims will make former mighty subjects tame by comparison. The
Kleine Optical Company has experienced a remarkable rush of orders
during the past two weeks due to the sudden activity on the part of
Middle West churches in installing projection apparatus. From the
records it would appear that a larger number of churches than ever
before will show regular programs of motion pictures this fall. Kleine
Optical Company has had more than its share of this sort of business.
* « *
For the first time in her motion picture career Laura Oakley, chief
of police of Universal City, has been cast to play the part of an Indian
woman in Henry McRae's newest drama, "The Half-Breed." Miss Oak-
ley is a versatile character woman and her portrayal of such a role
will, in all probability, add something new to the subject.
* * «
Elmer E Redmond, of the Blache company, during the staging of a
thrilling scene by James Johnson recently stopped a runaway. He was
waiting to grasp the bridle and bring the animal to a sudden stop. But
the spirited thoroughbred took the bit in his teeth and made a wild
plunge just as Mr. Redmond leaped toward him. The actor was thrown
violently before he was rescued. With the exception of severe bruises
and a slightly wrenched knee, the plucky leading man was not badly
injured, although by some freak of the accident the collar of his coat
was removed as cleanly as if cut off by a tailor. When projected upon
the screen the scene was found to be as realistic a feat of heroism as
has ever been performed for the benefit of a camera.
* « «
Since Carlton King, of Edison, has declared his intention of purchas-
ing an automobile he has received an abundan-e of literature and sam-
ple parts of a machine — from rubber tire to carburetor. As Carlton
leels that some company might send him a sample automobile, he is
in no particular hurry to purchase one at present.
* * *
In stating that Sol Lesser, president and general manager of the
Colgate Feature Service had conti acted for the first feature of the
United Keanograph Film Company of Fairfax, Cal., an error was made.
The policy for the handling of the company's product has not been
announced but it is expected that the general plans will be made pub-
lic within a short time.
* * *
Dusk was coming on and Herbert Brenon. in his car, was. a day or
so ago, on the other side of Staten Island and desirous of getting back
to New York without the necessity of lighting up. Once on the road,
he opened out and overtook a big white machine. Howbeit. the white
machine had some speed itself and was loath to be passed. A race
resulted, with Bronson's car finishing in the lead at the ferry. It was
there an arrest occurred and it was there that Brenon discovered that
the driver of the rival white car was none other than Bob Burman, one
of this country's foremost "speed kings." There was a glad hand shake
between the two men and Brenon paid his fine satisfied that his im-
ported car was some speedster.
* • •
H. J. Brown of the Empire theater, North Yakima. Wash., desires in-
formation as to the whereabouts of Simon Sulomonski, alias Simon Solo-
mon, who has absconded with about $100 of collections on screen adver-
tising. He will pay twenty dollars for information leading to his arrest
and conviction. Sulomonski's home is Norfolk, Va., and he may be in
Erie County where the sheriff has a warrant for his arrest. He is
five feet six inches in height, is dark and has a bald spot on top of
his head. Weight is about 120 pounds.
* * *
Stanley H. Twist left New York on Monday. July 6, for San Fran-
cisco where he has important business to transact. He will spend one
day there and one day in Los Angeles, returning to New York imme-
diately. Mr. Thomas Nash, president of the newly formed Nasu Mo-
tion Picture Company, will return to New York with Mr. Twist and
will bring with him the first two wild animal pictures produced by this
company.
* • *
At the Strand theater the main feature picture production will be
Channing Pollock's charming romance, "The Little Gray Lady," in
which Jane Grav will be seen in the title role. The scenes of the play
are laid in Washington and the plot deals with the official life at the
capital as it ^s today.
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Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gathercf? By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
DETROIT.
THE Maxwell Motor Car Company of this city
has completed arrangements for a nation-
wide advertising campaign by the use of moving
pictures showing the various stages of manu-
facture of Maxwell cars. The company has
forty college boys — from Harvard, Yale. Prince-
ton and others — who will hanOle the pictures in
mfferent cities. The pictures will be shown in
moving picture theaters where it Is possible to
get them, otherwise halls or theaters will be
leased outright. The college boys will go with
the films and handle the necessary publicity
campaign and look after all of the details.
The campaign will be continued during Au-
gust and September and possibly longer.
Police Commissioner Gillespie, Police Secre-
tary Walters, Police Capt. Marquardt and Har-
bor Master Kline were the "stars" of the Ford-
Detroit Weekly the week of July 13. Each time
that they were on the screen was followed by
applause from the moving picture fans.
The Detroit Local of the Motion Picture
Operators' association recently held an elec-
tion of officers with the followinsr result: Presi-
dent, James Murtagh (Columbia) : treasurer.
Sam Johnson (Empire) ; Corresponding Secre-
tary. Carl Beals (Empire) ; Treasurer and
Member of Executive Committee (Family) ;
John A. McDonald, Business Agent (Liberty) ;
Recording Secretary, Frank Merriful (Palace).
A purse of "old was presented to M. V.
Schoenherr, general supervisor of the Casino
Amusement company and the Casino Feature
Film Company, on the evening of July 15, it
being the last day of his connection with those
concerns. The purse was made up by employes
of the various theaters controlled by the Ca-
sino company and was given to Mr. Schoenherr
after the close of the theaters that evening as a
token of respect and good wishes. The pre-
sentation speech was made by Eddie Murphy,
assistant manager of the Columbia. As report-
ed last week. Mr. Schoenherr will not take up
any active work for the immediate future, but
will rest and probably enter the business as
a theater owner some time in the fall. Harry
Goldberg has succeeded Mr. Schoenherr as gen-
eral sales manager of the Casino Feature Film
Company, with which concern he has been as-
sociated for some time. He has proven him-
self to be capable of handling all matters per-
taining to the business, having had many years'
experience in the movine: picture industry.
Plans are said to be under way by the Casino
Feature Film Co. which, when announced, will
be a great surprise to the local industry, due
to the immensity of the deal.
The Empire Uieater has installed a a.uestion
box in the space used for the main exit, and
above the box hangs this sign : "Please drop
your suggestions here." Manager Starr says
he is averaging at least a dozen suggestions
per dav.
Mr. Anderson, who owns the Clay theater,
has recently purchased the Acme Theater in
Highland Park. The Acme was somewhat run
down and neglected when he first took hold, but
by making improvements and putting on better
pictures he is gradually building up a new
clientele of matrons as well as placing the bouse
on a more profitable basis.
On Tuesday evening. July 14. the Annette
Kellerman film "Xeptune's Daughter" reached
its 100th exhibition at the Detroit Opera House.
To celebrate the occasion the management of
the theater distributed fitting souvenirs.
SMITH.
ST. LOUIS.
T OHX H. GEN'TXER, manager of the Retina
J theater. 20th and Market streets, has an
elegant booklet entitled "The History of Our
Flag,'* which he distributes free to the patrons
of his theater. The book is printed in colors,
has a very comprehensive history of the flag
which is traced back to the old country seat
of the Washington family in Northamptonshire.
England, who used the red and white bars and
stars on their, heraldic shields. Mr. Centner
had a special night at the Retina on July 2.
the occasion being the showing of the last reel
of the Selig feature, "The Adventures of Kath-
lyn." It was one of the biggest nights the
theater has ever had. and 2.500 of the flag books
were given away.
The St. Louis Star, an evening newspaper,
has launched a local events film under the
name of the The new Era Film Company. The
first release was shown July 11 at the Paris
Airdome. Morganford road and Juniata street.
The first reel was interesting and well re-
ceived. It contained scenes taken in the vari-
ous parks where safe and sane Independence
celebrations were held, pictures of the fireworks
display at the Federal League Park, which are
said to ho the first films of fireworks ever made,
scenes In the Montessori School, and bits of
life near Tenth and Carr streets, a poor neigh-
borhood which was taken to show that the
children of this district have only the streets
for a playground. Mr. Watts, circulation man-
ager of the Star, has the managing of the new
film in charge, and the camera work is done
by Mr. Helmerich.
Ramona Park is showing Hiawatha, the In-
dian Passion Play, to the largest audiences of
the season, and for this reason the run will be
extended indefinitely.
The City Council of St. Louis has appropri-
ated .$2,000 to exhibit moving pictures in the
parks and playgrounds of the downtown dis-
tricts. The first performance will be given on
July 19, the day that the bill becomes effective,
and every night thereafter for a season of eight
weeks. Educational, historical and scenic films
will be given the preferences by the managers
of the exhibitions.
H. R. Fisher, manager of the Fisher Theater
and Garden, at Grand avenue and Natural
Bridge Road, has Installed a ticker, and is giv-
ing the patrons of his garden and theater th<i
baseball scores by innings.
GIEBLER.
KENTUCKY.
\\T ITH Government records showing up to
'* 112 in the shade, street temperature on
Fourth avenue, the Louisville exhibitors are not
expecting a very large run of business. The
airdomes are drawing to capacity in most cases,
but afternoon business is better than evening
patronage just now. This condition is brought
about by the fact that there are a few shop-
pers on the street in the afternoons, but the
streets are practically deserted at night.
H. B. Strube. proprietor of the Empire Thea-
ter, of Louisville, on the return trip from Day-
ton, O.. stopped off for a few days with friends
at Cincinnati, O.
M. Switow. president of the Switow Amuse-
ment Company, and the Fourth Avenue Amuse-
ment Company, Louisville, has given up his
oflQces in the Realty Building and has re-estab-
lished them at the Crystal Theater, which is
one of the Switow string. All business of the
companies will hereafter be handled from this
office.
Arthur Scheckler. of Louisville, has pur-
chased a half interest in the Alice Theater,
of Corydon. Ind., from his uncle. Manager
Hampson, and will leave Louisville shortly to
take over the active management Of the thea-
ter.
Billy J. Reeder, of the Ohio Motion Picture
Company, of Cincinnati, 0.. has been cancelling
bookings on the Paul J. Rainey African Pic-
tures with some of the Kentucky exhibitors
on account of a fire at Bleich's Theater, Owens-
boro, Ky., during the past week. The fire
was a small one and destroyed one reel of the
series. The CMfton Theater of Louisville liked
the picture so much that they refused to can-
cel, and will run the five reels, leaving the
missing one, which is in the middle, out. A
special matinee is to be given for the children.
The Majestic Theater, of Louisville, is now
being redecorated inside and out. Manager
Dittmar decided to take advantage of the pres-
ent dull spell, and get the work done before
the fall rush. One-third of the house is be-
ing scaffolded and worked upon at a time,
which leaves plenty of room for the present
crowds. Paint is an article which Mr. Ditt-
mar firmly believes in. and he keeps the house
up to a high standard at all times.
William Schoeffler. proprietor of the Palace
Theater, of Louisville, is working over plans
and estimates for building a new .$15,000 thea-
ter on the back part of the lot now occupied
by the theater. It is proposed to use the
present theater as a lobby for the new one.
if the deal goes through. In this way the old
theater will he enabled to run until the new
one is about completed.
The Crescent Air Dome, H. R. Whiteside b
new playhouse In Crescent HIU, has found it
advantageous to break Its agreement with tbo
ref ! dents of Crescent Hill, and was open for
Its first Sunday night performance this 'veok.
However the first plnture shown wa.s the alx-
rocl production of "Sampson." As the picture
is a Biblical play the residents failed to ob-
ject strongly. A fairly good crowd was In
attendance.
"From Hop Field to Table" Is a bill which
has been shown at a number of the Louisville
and Kenturky theaters recently. This pi<tjro
shows the Wiedemann Browing Company's plant
at Newport. Ky.. and displays the complete
process of beer making, from the growth of
tbo hop to the cool, foaming article as poured
from a bottle. It Is needless to say that the
picture is a cool one and Is taking well with
the Kentucky exhibitors. J. Howell, of To-
ledo, O., has been secured to mako lectures
along with the picture. Mr. Howell talks la
a very interesting way. and does not over-
emphasize the advertising features of the pic-
ture.
"Quo Vadls." the great feature play, is be-
ing shown at the National Theater for ten
cents. This is the first time the big play has
ever been shown In Louisville for less than
fifty cents. The original George Kleine produc-
tion Is the one being shown, and It Is making
an Immense hit with the patrons of the theater.
Work on the new Cherokee Amusement Com-
pany in the Highlands Is well under way and
will probably be completed before October.
This house was recently incorporated for $15.-
(KK). but had a good deal of trouble with the
residents of the district, who started to get
an injunction against the building of the thea-
ter. After it was shown that no vaudeville
would be run the original plans were allowed
to be put through.
The Broadway Amusement Company of Louis-
ville has started a popularity contest, which
looks as if it would be a great thing for the
company's chain of theaters. Prizes amounting
to a large sum will be awarded to the suc-
cessful contestants. The prizes include a S500
Wurlitzer piano and a trip to the Panama Ex-
position. There are about fifty prizes in all.
An arrangement has been made with some of
the downtown department stores whereby the
latter give so many votes in the contest with
every dollar's worth of merchandise, and cou-
pons are given with all tickets sold at the box
offices of the seven theaters in the string.
The Switow Amusement Company, of Louis-
ville, recently furnished some Biblical pictures
and the necessary equipment for showing them
at a bi» Chautaua.ua. held in Glenwood Park,
near New Albany. Ind.
The Fourth Avenue Amusement Company, of
Louisville, has started work on its new thea-
ter in the old John C. Lewis building, and is
making rapid progress. A large force of work-
men has been employed, and the steel work is
going on rapidly. This job will be a big one
and will take several months to complete.
The Louisville Evening Post is making ar-
rangements to get out a special edition shortly,
which will eive a lot of space to the local ex-
hibitors. Photographs of the playhouses, the
managers, etc., will be shown along with a
quantity of reading matter. This pajier has
been a strong booster of the local exhibitors in
many ways. Daily descriptions of the plays
at the various houses are given and also serial
stories on all the big serial pictures.
Carpenter & Johnston, the well known
namera men of Louisville, are spending a few-
days at Frankfort. Ky., where they are taking
motion pictures of the tig plant of the E. H.
Taylor & Sons Company, which manufactures
the celebrated "Old Taylor" whisky. This is
one of the finest distillation plants in the coun-
try, and the pictures will he used for adver-
tising purposes and shown probably at the next
meeting of the National Wholesale Linuor
Dealers' Association.
The Columbia Theater, of Louisville, which
was recently purchased by William Beverly
Wheeler, was closed a few days during the
past week for renovating purposes. Paint has
been used liberally inside and out, which adds
ronsiderably to the appearance of the theater,
which is the oldest in the city. The box- office
has been moved back against the wall of the
theater so as to give more room in the lobby.
The Opera House at Hodgenville. Ky,. which
was owned jointly by Phil Simons, of Louis-
ville, and a Chicaeo man. has been sold to
C. L. Hereon, of Hodgenville. The plant has
been dark for several weeks, but Is expected to
do better business under the new management.
.Judge W. A. Kinney, of the Princess Amuse-
ment Company, of Louisville, left recently for
a two weeks' trip to New York. He expects
to make a study of the Eastern show houses
while away, and will seek good ideas to work
out in his local houses.
The Star Theater, of Louisville, has made
arrangements to run the Famous Players' ser-
vice in the new house hereafter. Dustin Farn-
ham, in "Soldiers of Fortune." -will be the first
of the new pictures to he shown. A large elec-
tric lighted star has been erected in front of
the house.
G. D. GRAIN. .TR.
720
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SAN FRANCISCO.
■Tn HE moving picture operators of this city
A are preparing to give a big ball at tbe
Auditorium, Page and Fillmore streets, some
time in August. The previous events of this
character have been very successful and
preparations are being made for a heavy at-
tendance.
Work on the Globe Theater in tbe Mission
district is progressing rapidly and preparations
are being made by Turner & Dahnken to open
this house during the first week of August. At
one time the Globe Theater was the most popu-
lar amusement place in the Mission district
and it is believed that under the new man-
agement, and with the improvements that are
being made, it will immediately come into pub-
lic favor again.
J. L. Warner, who recently left for New York
after having had charge of the San Francisco
office of Warner's Features for several months,
is again in charge of the business here. Arthur
S. Hyman, who succeeded Mr. Warner as man-
ager of the local branch, is no longer con-
nected with this concern.
The International Film Producers' Agency
Company has been formed by Nat Magner,
formerly manager for the Kolb & Dill Co..
and Charles H. Cavanagh, formerly manager
for the Ferris Hartman Musical Comedy Com-
pany, both well known in the Coast amusement
field. This concern will handle feature at-
tractions. Offices have been opened at room 407
Pacific Building and quarters are also being oc-
cupied at Davis Bros.' poster exchange, 158
Eddy street.
Arrangements have been made with the San
Francisco Call for running Thanhouser's "The
Million Dollar Mystery" story, the first install-
ment to appear in the issue of July 20. Three
installments a week will be published until all
of the back numbers of the serial have been
a'iven to the public. The production is being
shown with great success at a number of lo-
cal theaters and is being enthusiastically re-
ceived, even without tbe benefits of newspaper
publicity. Ben S. Cohen, district manager for
the Syndicate Film Corporation, spent a few
days in the Los Angeles territory.
An invitational presentation of "Cabiria"
took place July 10 at the Gaiety Theater, just
previous to the commencement of a week's run
of this great photo-spectacle, many of the lead-
ing exchange men and theater owners attend-
ing. This production is now being shown to
canacity houses at 25 and 50 cents for tbe
matinee performance, and 25, 50 and 75 cents in
the evening. An orchestra of thirty pieces and
a chorus of thirty voices render an appropriate
setting to this masterpiece. From the size of
the attendance and the favorable comments that
have been expressed, it might be safe to as-
sume that there will be no pressing demand
for a return to musical comedy at the O'Far-
rell street ^^aybouse as long as there are pic-
tures of this calibre to be' offered.
The Theograph Film Company has been in-
corporated here with a capital stock of $1.-
000.000, the directors being J. Wallace. F. H.
Doyle and G. G. Fraser. The company r^ro-
poses to make and handle films of an educa-
tional character. F. H. Doyle of this new
concern was formerly a well known photogra-
pher here and at once time was connected
with the Eastman Kodak Company.
Walter G. Preddey, who has been manufac-
turing specialties for motion picture projec-
tion machines since the inception of the mov-
ing' picture business, is now located with Davis
Bros.' Poster Exchange at 158 Eddy street,
where a large line of supplies is being car-
ried in addition to the devices of his own in-
vention and manufacture.
Louis Loeb, formerly with the General Film
Companv here, is now connected with the Los
Angeles" office of the World Film Corporation.
The Irish Theater Company has been incor-
porated with a capital stock of $25,000 to
operate a concession at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition in 1915. The inter-
ested parties are P. J. Kelleher, J. Mulcairn,
M. Devers. S. O'Brien and J. J. Barry.
A tentative recommendation has been made
by the Exposition and Welfare Committees of
the Board of Supervisors to restrict fly-by-night
shows and concessions during the Exposition
year. Morris Meyerfeld. head of the Orpheum
circuit, appeared before the committees and
represented the theaters.
Rice & Einstein, Berkeley, Cal.. who have
up to the present time confined their opera-
tions largely to commercial work, are ready
to release a six-reel Chinese production. A
studio was erected on Grove street, near their
laboratories.
The Edison Theater at Newman. Ca!., has
been sold by Ben Levy to Buell & Johnson.
who have taken possession.
Mike Athens, a well known exhibitor at
Fresno. Cal.. was In San Francisco recently
and announced that the Majestic Theater would
be reopened at the close of the summer season.
With James Rogls he conducts the Wigwam
Theater.
The Happy Hour Theater bas been opened
at Grass Valley. Cal.. by J. A. Bradbury.
The Hippodrome Airdome. opened recently at
Fresno, Cal., is under the management of J.
Curtis.
K. Kimura, who conducts the Fair Theater
at Fresno, Cal., is also operating an airdome
known as the Fair.
F. G. Hyde has purchased the Una Theater
at Exeter, Cal.. a thriving city in the citrus
belt of Central California.
The Modesto Theater has been opened at
Modesto, Cal., by A. A. Richards and is show-
ing moving pictures, vaudeville and road at-
tractions.
The Star Theater at Benicia, Cal., has been
opened by W. S. Howell, after having been
closed for some time.
Work is progressing very rapidly on the ad-
dition to the Varsity Theater of C. L. Mehrten
at Berkeley, Cal., and this will he completed
early in August. The entire stage and decora-
tions have been moved back intact
A stock company is being formed to erect
a theater at Santa Rosa. Cal., to cost in the
neighborhood of $50,000. The building will be
fireproof and will seat 1.200 persons. J. M.
Whittingham and F. E. Barrett are interested
in the project.
Cardinet Bros.. Oakland. Cal., are preparing
to erect a one-story moving picture theater at
Twelfth and Kirkham streets to cost $14,000.
Clay N. Burrell, Albany Building, is preparing
the plans.
Moving pictures were taken recently of thirty-
six Chinese gamblers in a den at San Diego,
Cal. The attempt of the Chinese to rush the
police officers from their feet, the heavy barri-
caded doors and the complete gambling outfit
were filmed and the pictures used as evidence.
Claude C. Laval of Fresno, Cal., has been
appointed official photographer for the San
Joaquin Valley Counties Association of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition and is
now engaged in making moving pictures to be
shown in 1D15.
Paul R. Sprague. who conducts a moving
picture business at Quincy. Cal., has purchased
the Bartlett candy and ice-cream parlors in
that city.
F. L. Clark, who recently disposed of the
Dayton Theater at Los Angeles, Cal., was in
San Francisco recently in the interest of the
screen business be conducts.
The Linden Theater of Oakland, Cal.. has
been reopened after having been closed for sev-
eral weeks.
The Vim Theater. Richmond. Cal., has been
sold to R. Blake, who has taken possession.
Articles of incorporation of the American-
Kuropa Film Co. of Los Angeles have been filed
with the Secretary of State. The capital stock
nf the concern is placed at $75,000.
The Advance Film Company has been inf'or-
porated at Lns Angeles, Cal.. bv A. H. Hed-
derly. F. C. Hill and L. W. Blinn. The capi-
tal stock is placed at $.300,000. These parties
have also incorporated the Masterpiece Film
Manufacturing Company with a like capital
stock.
The Los Angeles Film Corporation has filed
articles of incorporation at Los Angeles. Cal.,
with a canital stock of $100,000, the directors
beine: T. S. Nash. A. E. Rudell, J. Davis, S. B.
Smith and R. F. C. Leithold.
The Sunset Film & Comedy Co. has been
incorporated at Los Angeles, Cal., by E. E.
Smith. N. B. Taylor and A. P. Haynes. The
capital is placed at $1,000,000.
The Star Theater. Fruitvalc. Cal.. has been
completely renovated and rewired and has been
reopened as the Pioneer Photoplay.
"The Million Dollar Mystery" is being shown
at the Pastime Theater at Fresno. Cal.. and
the story is being published in the Fresno Re-
publican. This production is being featured at
the Isis Theater at Modesto, and at the Rex
Theater at Berkeley.
C. H. Doyle is planning to erect a theater
at Merced. Cal.. to cost approximately $26,000.
A benefit for the Turlock baseball team was
recentlv given at tbe Wonderland Theater, Tur-
lock, Cal.
CHURCH.
CINCINNATI.
■p\ URTNG the recent extremely torrid period
-'-^ In Cincinnati, during which heat records
have been broken almost daily, with no rain
until a few days aeo to moderate the high tem-
peratures, the business of most of tbe picture
houses has naturally suffered, as people gen-
erally show a strong disinclination to get in-
side of four walls during real summer weather.
This same weather, however, bas been the
cause of increasingly good business at the
Orpheum. where the "Sky Theater" has good
claim to be called the coolest place in the city.
It is elevated far above the sidewalk, and is
open to the sky, giving a chance to the breezes,
if there are any. to circulate among the audi-
ence. Good programs have been the rule. In-
dications are that the summer Is going to prove
a fine one for the Orpheum management.
The Essanay production of "The Good-For-
Nothing." featuring G. M. Anderson, drew well
last week at the Grand, where Manager Llpson,
of the Family, is making a strong bid for sum-
mer business by showing new features regu-
larly.
The stringency with which the building com-
missioner's office of Cincinnati intends to en-
force all the fire regulations applicable to mo-
tion picture theaters, in the interest of safety,
is indicated by recent warnings given to a num-
ber of operators to the effect that they may
have their licenses canceled if they continue
to permit persons other than operators or as-
sistants to occupy the machine booth with
them. It is understood that a report has come
to the building commissioner to tbe effect that
some operators have fallen into the habit of
letting some boy friend, or an usher, run off
the last reel of the program, while they re-
turn to change into street clothes. This prac-
tice, according to Commissioner Rendigs, is in
direct violation of the law. and will he pun-
ished by forfeiture of license if any operator
is caught at it.
The fact that fire insurance companies gen-
erally decline to issue policies on the quarters
occupied by film exchanges on account of the
undoubtedly hazardous nature of the risk grow-
ing out of the infiammable quality of the films
is of little moment to the Cincinnati office of
the General Film Co., as its new quarters at
Elm street and Opera place, into which the office
and organization has finally been moved, are
perfection itself when it comes to fire protection
and fire prevention, as well as from other an-
gles. The building is constructed throughout
of non-inflammable materials, and is also as
nearly fireproof as possible. Cement is the
principal construction material used, while the
films themselves, which constitute the fire risk,
are stored, inclosed in their reels, in metal
cases, arranged in tiers of shelves, like the
books in a library. All scraps of films are
scrupulously placed in metal waste baskets, or
boxes, placed beside each worker. The offices
of the exchange are on the ground floor, while
the film departments are above. Manager
Frank Smith will conduct the feature depart-
ment, while B. M. Clinton, formerly manager
of the feature department, leaves to take up
new work. B. M. Clinton has become con-
nected with the producing end of a leading film
concern in New York, it is announced, handing
in his resignation last week to Manager Frank
Smith. Mr. Clinton has had a wide experience
in dramatic work, on the legitimate stage as
well as In motion pictures. Manager Smith
an the entire General force gave Mr. Clinton
a big send-off, loaded with their best wishes.
G. J. Trask, who was until recently Cincin-
nati manager of the World Film Corporation.
has been made manager of the Mutual Film
Company's Detroit office. W. D. Ward, for-
merly of Columbus and Cleveland, and a well
known film man throughout Ohio, Is the pres-
ent,manager of the Mutual office in Detroit.
Mr. Trask will assume charge within a short
time.
Clay E. Brohm, the new manager of the
Cincinnati World Film Corporation's office, has
already settled into the harness nicely, and has
great hopes for big business on the several at-
tractive releases announced by the company for
the immediate future.
Indications are that Cincinnati is to have
another branch film exchange, as the Box Office
Attraction Company, of New York, has an-
nounced that it will establish a branch in Cin-
cinnati, among other leading cities where this
will be done. Several well known Cincinnati
film men, on the strength of this announce-
ment, are negotiating for the local management
of the new company, but nothing has yet been
made public as to the make-up of the staff.
Leon Berg, manager of the Lyric Theater, in
Dayton, showed true hospitality to visiting
delegates to the convention last week of a
rather unusual nature. Through a represen-
tative of the Melachrino Company, the con-
cern manufacturing the cigarettes of that name,
he obtained a large quantity of the smokes,
and distributed them to the visiting exhibitors,
and few got away from Dayton without this
much-appreciated souvenir.
■'The Spoilers," a seven-reel Selig feature,
made its initial appearance in Southern Ohio
at Dayton, 0., last week, being shown at the
New Victoria. The picture was shown for the
entire week without a let-up in attendance.
One of the few municipal executives of the
country, if not the only one, who is also a
photoplay magnate, is J. S. Davis, mayor of
New Boston. O. He operates a lively and well-
patronized house there, recently making ar-
rangements for some new construction. On
account of the rather small size of New Bos-
ton. Mayor Davis' duties in his official capacity
do not keep him very busy, and he therefore
decided to add to his income and his interests
by entering the nicture business, which he has
done with considerable success.
The manager of the Cub Theater, of Wil-
mington. O., recently advertised his program
rather cleverly by characterizing it as "one
mile of high-class film at every performance."
Also, realizing the popularity of the big
Famous Players releases, he takes the precau-
tion of advertising regularly that Monday Is
Famous Players day. in order that those who
desire to see these productions may keep tab
of them without trouble. The Cub has pros-
pered accordingly, demonstrating again the
truth of the ancient adage to the effect that
It pays to advertise. CASEY.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
721
MISSOURI.
p ARL BORNSCHEIN. well known exhibitor
^ of Ellsworth, Kan., was married recently,
his bride being Miss Clementine Powers, of
Ellsworth. Mr. Bornscheln. with his father,
operates the Elite, one of the popular motion
picture houses at Ellsworth.
The White Way, a new theater at Concor-
dia, Kan., win be opened to the public In the
immediate future. The house will be the hand-
somest in Concordia, belnc a now structure.
Office rooms arc included in the upper floors
of the house.
A recent visitor to Kansas City was L. C.
Bauer, of the Dutchess Theater, of Gallatin, Mo.
Mr. Bauer had a surprise in store for film
men, being accompanied by a winsome young
woman whom he introduced as Mrs. Bauer.
The exhibitors bride was formerly Miss Kath-
lyn Kline, of Gallatin.
F. R. Marcell. of Mar>*svllle, Mo., has opened
quarters in that town for the purpose of taking
moving pictures of scenes of local interest.
L». H. Weber, owner of the Cozy Theater, of
Marshall. Mo., has followed the example of
many other exhibitors throughout the State by
opening an airdome on property adjoining the
theater. The open air theater will be used
during the summer, the orthodox house being
available in inclement weather.
The Trio Theater at Gait. Mo., has been
completed and will be opened to the public
shortly. G. W. Rusk is the owner of the new
house, which has a seating capacity of 350. A
five-piece orches^a will dispense music. A
program made up of moving pictures exclu-
sively will be shown,
Alvin Lundgren has added about 400 seats
to the airdome at Minneapolis. Kan.
P. H. Wolfe, proprietor of the Majestic Thea-
ter, at Wilson. Kan., has opened an airdome.
The Majestic will be renovated and will be re-
opened early in the fall.
The Rex Theater, of Hamilton. Mo., has un-
dergone improvements. The seating capacity
has been enlarged and the stage remodeled to
conform with modern requirements.
A, L. Schtthardt has resumed the manage-
ment of the Gem Theater, of Trenton, Mo.
Mrs. Josie Brown, formerly connected with
the Gem, has reopened the Elite Theater in
Trenton.
Archie Blue, manager of the New Theater at
Salina, Kan., has been appointed on a com-
mittee to make arrangements for a fall car-
nival in Salina. Mr. Blue left recently for the
North to arrange for the affair, which is an
annual one, and attracts hundreds of visitors
to the city.
The Electric Theater, operated in Kansas
City. Kan., by the Grubel Brothers, has been
closed pending the remodeling of the house.
About $30,000 is to be spent in making the
theater one of the handsomest on the Kansas
side.
H. P. Christie, operator at the Byjo Theater,
in Kansas City, has returned from his vacation
considerably richer than when he left. This
was made passible by Mr. Christie's powers
as a ventriloquist. The operator lost a leg two
years ago and decided at that time to make a
living on the stage. He developed his powers
and has appeared in vaudeville from time to
time. His ability scored a hit with residents of
Ottawa and other towns visited during his vaca-
tion, which cost him nothing.
R. L. White, who has been special represen-
tative of the World Film Corporation, will
manage the Kansas City branch Indefinitely.
J. Erwin Dodson left for New York, after giv-
ing up the management of the World's branch.
Mr. White probably will resume road work
in the fall, but will remain in Kansas City
for the present.
The Crystal Theater, located at Twelfth
street and Grand avenue, has been closed by
Roy Snipp. the former manager. The house
was in a district thickly populated with mov-
ing picture houses and was unable to com-
pete successfully. The Wonderland, the Twelfth
Street Theater and two others are within a
block of the Crystal, which has had an in-
teresting career. The house has inclined
tow^ard pictures of the more sensational kind,
and has had more than one disagreement with
the local censors.
J. W. Cotter has opened the Star Theater,
at Joplin, Mo. The house is an old one, but
has been remodeled, the seating capacity be-
ing brought up to 1.000 and other changes
made. Under the new regime, the Star is the
largest motion picture house in Joplin.
Hot weather has apparently affected the mov-
ing picture business in Kansas City to a lesser
degree than might have been expected. Exhibi-
tors have done everything possible to secure
low temperatures within their houses, with a
fair degree of success. Kansas City residents
apparently have appreciated these efforts and
have responded by continuing their visits re-
gardless of weather conditions. High class at-
tractions also have had something to do with
the big business, while one of the biggest wheat
crops in the history of Kansas also has in-
jected more confidence into local residents.
P. J. Concannon has begun improvements In
his theater at Emporia. Kan., planning to spend
about $0,000. Mr. Concannon is the new sec-
rotary of the Kansas league, and has met with
more than an ordinary measure of success us
an exhibitor.
A new $20,000 home for silent drama Is to
go up ut Marshall. Mo. Kenncrly & Stlegu-
meyer, St. Louis architects, have completed
plans for the new structure, and the contract
has been awarded. The Identity of the* owner
has been withheld.
If some genius would Invent an electric light
which would repel, rather than attract, winged
insects of all kinds, he would win a fortune
and the everlasting gratitude of Kansas City
exhibitors. Most of the latter believe In Illumi-
nation and plenty of it on the exterior of their
theaters. During the hot weather, the use of
electric current has bad some unpleasant ad-
juncts, thousands of insects hovering around
the lights.
Ml'RR.W.
WISCONSIN.
THE Orpheum theater at Mihva,ukee has aban-
doned Its policy of exclusive pictures ana
returned to continuous vaudeville, A good many
pictures will still be shown.
The Grand Opera House at Stevens Point got
a lot of business with a local picture "Stevens
Point — Wisconsin's J*ride."
M. J. Judell of Milwaukee has been appointed
manager for the Syndicate Film Corporation
at Minneapolis.
Mrs. Jessie L. Davis has opened the Victor, a
new moving picture theater at Hartland.
The -Mruomc at Fort Atkinson gave a benefit
for the local firemen. The pictures of the state
firemen's tournament at Oconomowoc and other
fire thrillers were shown.
The three omnibuses used to carry rural
children to the consolidated schools at Frederic
are now also being used for the purpose of tak-
ing the residents of the school district to pic-
ture shows and other social center programs at
the high school in Frederic. A territory of
fifteen miles around the town is covered in this
manner. The plan was suggested by E. J. Ward
of the University of Wisconsin E.xtension De-
partment.
A number of improvements for the Lyceum
and Gem theaters in Barbaboo have been de-
cided upon by Garrison & Pratt. The Gem will
have a new front.
John Olsen, proprietor of the Star theater
at Beloit, has leased the opera house at Brod-
head and will operate moving picture shows
there each Wednesday and Saturday night.
The new theater at Pewaukee will be known
as the Owl.
The South Side Amusement Company, which
has filed articles of incorporation at Sheboygan,
has purchased a lot on South Twelfth street,
near Clara avenue, in that city for the erection
of a moving picture theater. The capital stock
of the company is $10,00i!). The incorporators
are Ernest Aldag. Jr., William Bickle, F. W.
Kuster and Gus Radke.
The new Auditorium theater on East Main
street in Waukesha, now in course of construc-
tion, is expected to be opened early in Septem-
ber.
Moving pictures taken in Hawaii for the
United States Department of Interior, a lec-
ture and native music by five Hawaiians made
up a novel act used by the Idea, a moving pic-
ture theater at Fond-du-lac.
Frank Vick, Jr.. who purchased the Colonial
moving picture theater on Washington street
in Manitowoc from a stock company, has sold
his interest in the house to E. M. Carstens, who
will operate the place.
The Peoples Theater company has filed its
articles of incorporation at Sheboygan. The
company w^ill do a moving picture business
with a capital stock of .$8,000. The incorpora-
tors are A. Dauplaise, Napoleon La Page and
H. W. Dietrich.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
MICHIGAN.
W'lLLIAM KETTENBEIL has opened the
»♦ Alcazar theater in the location formerly
occupied by the Grand theater at Lake Linden.
The Marx theater at Wyandotte recently was
closed while a number of improvements were
made in the interior.
As a part of the celebration of the Foruth of
July in Cadillac 4.000 free tickets to the three
motion picture theaters were given out. About
eighty per cent, of these were used.
The new Temple theater at Sault Ste Marie
is practically complete. It will be operated as
a high class moving picture house,
Attorney-General Fellows of Michigan has
given an opinion that movine picture exhibitions
on Sunday can be prohibited by ordinance in a
village that is incorporated under the general
laws of the state.
A new opera house is included in the plans of
Secretary W. A. Seegmiller of the Improvement
Association at Owosso.
"It's getting next to people that counts.'* says
the Ishpeming Iron Ore in showing the value of
moving pictures in church work.
Julius B. Kirby has been re-elected president
of the Franklin Theater Company at Saginaw.
Herbert W. Merrill la vlce-preHldenl, David A.
Swinion. secretary, and Poter Mltut, treasurer.
It Is expected to open the new ibtuicr some
time In September.
Negotlullons between William Yost of Fenn-
vllle and J. W. Hlmebaugb of Holland for the
sale of the Royal theater In Holland to tho
former are said to have been called oif. Hlme-
baugh has t;iken charge of the theater at Mac-
utnwa park.
.Martin Thomas, manager of the liljou theater
at Iron Mountain, had the Fourth of July cele-
bration events and number of other notable
things in Iron Mountain filmed for use as an
attraction In his house.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
THE plan of letting out the camera work for
the films to be shown at the Washington
state building at the lair ut Sun Francisco,
deeming it a concession, has not worked out
satisiactorily anJ some new method will be de-
vised by the Washington State Commission. The
contract was let to a northwestern company
whK-h encountered objections all over the slate
when It started to work, and by mutual agree-
ment the contract was cancelled.
The Alaska Theater on Second, near Spring.
in Seattle, Wash., has been installing a new
Skinner pipe organ with full orchestra effects.
The Star Theater at Billings, Mont., re:--ently
tried an all-comedy bill, declaring that In hot
weather it was advisable to show nothing to
make the patron weep.
More features is the policy of Manager Sand-
ers of the Ogdcn Theater at Ogden, Utah. The
Famous Flayers and Lasky productions will be
given a great deal of attention.
Joseph Clossett has been granted a permit
in Portland, Ore, to erect a one-story brick mov-
ing picture theater, costing .$24,0tK), on First
street, between Main and Madison streets.
The Opera House at Wolf Point, Mont., has
been sold to Chris Jensen of Poplar.
The Farrell Investment Company of Port-
land, Ore., has been granted a permit to erect
a two-story fireproof concrete theater and of-
fice building costing $100,000, on Stark street,
between Park and West Park streets, in that
city. The building will be occupied by a mov-
ing picture theater operated by the National
Amusement Company.
C. H. Karns has opened a moving picture
show at Castlewood, S. D. He formerly operat-
ed a house at Iroquois.
Moving pictures of the deciding game in the
fight for the grade school baseball champion-
ship of St. Paul. Minn., were shown at the
Gaiety and Como theaters in St. Paul, and at-
tracted a large juvenile patronage.
J. P. Schramm has sold his moving picture
theater at Gedora, S. D., to H. L. Keyes and A.
W. Fox.
A. C. Ruby of Portland. Ore., has taken out a
permit to erect at Fifth and Burnside streets,
in that city, a motion picture theater costing
S.^0.000. The building will be three stories high
and will he of concrete.
Features presented at the Star Theater in
Billings. Mont., are given a serial number as
"Masterpiece No. S." This house recently ad-
vertised advance prices without specifying the
admission.
E. O. Buhler, secretary of the Minnesota State
Forestry Commission, recently took 400 feet of
film at Star Island, near Cass Lake. He will
use the pictures to show that where the timber
is conserved the land makes attractive sum-
mer camping places, contrasting it with other
portions where the land has been denuded.
J. F. Hawley has purchased the Topic The-
ater at Sandstone. Minn., from Manager Hull,
who had possession of it only a short time after
buying it from J. M. Ingraham.
John Cox has sold his picture show at Salem,
S. D.. to Lew Parody.
Grant & Swanson, with the New Grand moving
picture, probably will occupy the new building
at Lake City, Minn., which is being erected by
D. C. McKenzie.
The new Princess Theater on Pembroke street.
in Wabasha. Minn., has been opened.
The Northern Film Company of Duluth. Minn..
has filed articles of incorporation in St. Louis
County, Minn. The company, which is author-
ized to have a capital stock of $'yO.OOO. has for
its object the manufacture and merchandising
ot motion picture films and the exhibition of
moving pictures. J. K. Murray, of Proctor.
Minn., is president: J. S. Barrows, of Minne-
apolis, vice-president: J. S. Barrows, of Mlnne-
Duluth. secretary and treasurer.
A. McGowan, of Marysville. Wash., has leased
a building on Stewart street, in Puyallup.
Wash., and opened a moving picture theater.
Frank Hazelbaker. Dillon, Mont., secretary
of the Montana Exposition Commission, savs he
has been notified that parties are endeavoring to
secure contracts for taking moving nictures in
various port'-- of the state, giving the impres-
55io-n that the films will be shown at the San
Francisco exposition. The commission has no
offenTs. Any individual or association can pay
for a section of a film and have any industry
photographed. These pictures will not only be
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
shown a' the exposition but will be exhibittd in
theaters throughout Montana.
The Minnesota Stale Supreme Court has hand-
ed down a aecision that moving picture theaters
may operate cu the sJabbath in Minnesota with-
out violuiiiig ihe statutes, provided that they
are so conducted as not to seriously interfere
with the religious liberty of a community. The
caie of Jcscph C. Houck against Charles C.
Ingels and oiuers had been appealed from the
Ramsey County District Court.
"Brainered, the Busy City of the Cayuga
Range' was the title given for the moving pic-
tures of Brainered, Minn., made under the direc-
tion of E. A. Adams, manager of the Park
Theater in that city. In addition to the interest
created by any local picture. Manager Adams
increased the attendance by offering a prize to
the patron identifying the most persons.
Hay & Nicholas of the Haynic, at Fairmont,
Minn., will book the films of the Minnesota
State Firemen's Association in other Minne-
sota houses. The 2,OU0 feet will be used by the
Commercial Club for advertising purposes. The
initial production of the pictures was made on
the night of July 4 at the Haynic.
Motion pictures of the operations at the
mines of the Utah Copper Company, the Ne-
vada Consolidated Company and the iron dig-
gings at Hibbing, Minn., will be used by the
United States Bureau of Mines in its exhibit at
,the San Francisco exposition.
General Manager l>. S. Smith of the Dan
Patch Electric Line made arrangements to have
a moving picture camera man go over the route
to Mankato, filming the principal scenic attrac-
tions.
Rev. J. E. Holley is making a 10,000-mile au-
tomobile tour of the United .States,- exhibiting
moving pictures of the "Passion Play" in
churches in the towns where he stops. He is
now in the northwest.
Residents of Pendelton, Ore., had a really
patriotic celebration of the Fourth of July.
Instead of fireworks they had free moving pic-
tures of the Panama Canal and the Panama-
Pacific Expositicn.
The Bijou and the Lounge Theaters at Huron,
S. D., closed their doors for two or three weeks
during a Chautauqua assembly.
The police of Walla Walla, Wash., ruled fire-
crackers off the street on July 4. The Bijou-
Grand, at its morning show on that day, gave
safety firecrackers to each juvenile patron.
The return engagement of "Quo Vadis" to
Seattle, Wash., the second time at the Mel-
bourne Theater was played at a ten-cent ad-
mission.
The Commercial Club of Grand Forks, N. D..
on a boosting tour, took along its moving pic-
ture reels, which were shown in the theaters at
the towns which it visited.
E. A. Dobell has sold the Scenic Theater at
Hastings, Minn., to C. Jensen.
The Moore Opera House at Moore, Mont., is
being remodeled for use as a moving picture
theater, to be operated by A. N. Freun, form-
erly of Chester, Mont.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
t^-yOP O' HOUSTON," the "elevated" moving
-»- picture show in Houston, Tex., is doing
good business during hot weather. This show
on the top of one of the largest buildings (it is
230 feet) in the city has express elevators for
its patrons.
W. A. Roberts has sold the Gayety Theater
at Durant, Okla., to Miss Leah Bea Vert, who
has changed the name to the Bea Vert Theater.
The Orpheum Theater at Leavenworth, Kan.,
has installed a new Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra
and a new mirror screen.
F. C. Howard of Alva.. Okla., is now giving
moving picture shows twice a week at Avard,
Okla.
The Princess. Imp and Joie theaters at Fort
Smith, Ark., are participating in a voting con-
test with other business of the city in which
winners will get a free trip to the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition at San Francisco next year.
A new Hippodrome, costing §30,000, is to be
erected in Terrel Tex., it is reported.
The Cameragraph Company of Phoenix, Ariz.,
a foreign corporation, has been granted permis-
sion to do business in the state of Kansas with
a capital of §9,250.
Cecil Mears has closed his airdome at Blythe-
ville, Ark.
Plans for the Arkansas state building at the
fair at San Francisco, which have just been
submitted to the state commission, show that it
will contain a moving picture theater.
Henry Reed has leased the Cozy Theater at
Wagoner, Okla., and plans to use principally
moving pictures in its operation.
Changes in the policy of the Rex Theater at
Waco. Tex., will make it exclusively a feature
house, using the Frohman K. & E. and Kleine
productions.
A. J. Key of Marshall. Mo., has awarded the
contract for the construction of an opera house
at that place to cost $17,000.
An airdome. plaving pictures, has been opened
at Farmersville. Tex., by W. F. Comes & Son.
who also operate the Palace Opera House ana
Dreamland Theater at that place.
"Words failed" the Hippodrome Theater, at
Dallas, Tex., when it tnea to tell how the Con-
federate Veterans at "The Battle of Gettysburg"
paid the grandest tribute ever made to a film
in Dallas. But the advertising man at least
conveyed the idea with : "Rose as one man and
cheered continuously as Pickett's Noblemen
charged the heights to the strains of "Dixie."
• * • If you could have seen these dear old
fellows" eyes wet with tears of memory and
seen their shoulders shaking with sobs you
could then appreciate the realism of this pic-
ture."
Transfer of stock has shifted control of the
Hippodrome Theater at Waco, Tex., to Waco
parties ; Dallas stockholders formerly were in
the majority. W. D. Rondthaler has succeeded
M. D. Singleton as manager. One change in
policy is that hereafter there will be no more
Sunday shows at the house. The new manager
is featuring "The Million Dollar Mystery."
The Royal Theater at San Antonio, Tex.,
heeded the requests of his patrons and gave four
consecutive days to return engagements of Mary
Pickford in four of the Famous Players fea-
tures.
The Iris Theater (a photoplay theater) Kirk-
ville. Mo., "extends a cordial invitation to all
lovers of good moving scenery." Moore &
White opened the house July 6.
When the Houston, Tex., chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution wanted
to raise a fund to buy flags for some of the
schools the management of the Isis Theater
came to the rescue. Appropriately enough, the
film shown was from J. Fenimore Cooper's "The
Spy."
Wasson & Swindler, already operating two
moving picture houses at Navasota, Tex., have
purchased from Chester Hardy the Grand The-
ater at that place.
Instead of a bulky exhibit at the State fair
this year the Northwestern State Normal School
at Alva, Okla, is going to take the school via
the moving picture route to the thousands of
visitors to the exposition. About 1.500 feet of
film, showing the different departments will
be exhibited each day. The contract for the
pictures was awarded to the Kansas Motion
Picture Company of Wichita. Kan., and the
work was done by Walter Bell. The pictures
which Bell recently made at Pittsburg. Kans..
of the State Manual Training School were a
good attraction at the Marple Theater in
Wichita, inasmuch as they were shown soon
after the buildings at Pittsburg were destroyed
by fire.
A benefit for the Boiler Makers* Union was
given by the Peoples' Theater at Beaumont,
Tex,
Local capitalists at Ballinger. Tex., are con-
templating the construction of a new theater
building there, it is reported.
According to press dispatches W. T. Smith, a
large land owner near Cottonwood Falls, Kans..
expects to celebrate his sixtieth birthday, some-
time in August, by attending, for the first time,
a moving picture show.
J. G. Holland contemplates conducting a prize
contest in order to secure a name for his new
moving picture theater at 118 East Douglas ave-
nue in Wichita. Kans.
The Majestic Theater at St. Joseph. Mo., prob-
ably will follow its regular winter policy of
moving pictures and vaudeville.
From Shreveport. La., comes the news of a
ruse used by striking moving picture operators
to "pull out" an operator who was still work-
ing, unaware that his fellows had quit. The
management of the house refused to allow any-
body to approach the operating room. A tele-
gram failed. The strikers fixed up a registered
letter and as the manager dared not interfere
with the delivery of the United States mails, it
reached the lone worker. He quit and the man-
ager had to take care of the projection. Through
the efforts of the Central Trades Council it was
agreed to arbitrate the difference and tJie next
day the houses were running as usual.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
OHIO.
•y HE Kleervue Film ' Company will break
I- ground at Elyria soon for a big studio. A
building permit was recently secured for the
erection of a S30.000 plant. Cleveland canital
is interested in the company. Players will be
engaged and films staged as soon as the plant
is completed. The Lake Shore Electrical line
informed the Kleervue it will be about two
weeks before a switch from the main line to
the property of the company is completed. For
the past two years the Kleervue has been mak-
ing arrangements to install a plant at Elyria,
but the financing has just been arranged.
Manager E. W. Hanley has closed the Family
theater at Marion and will not reopen it until
alterations and a complete renovation is com-
pleted. The front will be reconstructed to do
away with the steps that lead to the entrance.
The state industrial commission has appoint-
ed W. R. Wilson, proprietor of the Schiller
theater. Columbus, to the motion picture cen-
sorship board at a salary of $1,500 a year.
Free naps in Cleveland moving picture
houses are tabooed. They'll have the law on
you if you try to purloin a night's lodging in
a film theater. A youth named William Eckles
fell asleep in the Sun theater in Superior ave-
nue recently and didn't wake up until early
in the morning after the place had been locked
up. A policeman heard him moving about in-
side, arrested him for violating the property
ordinance and hauled him into police court.
The Wonderland theater on North Main
street, Marion, has been sold by John J. Hab-
litzel. who has managed the place for a year,
to Frank Weaver. The new owner has been
associated with Hablitzel in the management
of the house for some time.
The Ohio commissioners to the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition are considering favorably 'he
suggestion made some time ago that instead of
sending carloads of cattle and agricultural
products and art exhibits to the big show, Ohio
be represented by up-to-date motion pictures
showing some of the things the Buckeye state
is achieving in all lines of endeavor. Motion
pictures of farming and dairy operations, of
Ohio's public men and of the large industries
are contemplated in the project. Daniel B.
Terly. one of the Ohio commissioners, is work-
ing hard in favor of the plan. He figures that
the cost of transporting cattle and other ex-
hibits could be saved if the pictures were shown
in the Ohio building at the Frisco exposition.
A. Faranacei has had plans drawn for a thea-
ter at 12022 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, to cost
$9,000. The house is to seat 500 people and will
be of fireproof construction.
P. F. Sarver, of Sidney, has purchased the
Bijou Theater at Piqua, O., from Ziegenfelder
& Mote of that city. After making extensive
alterations the name of the house will be
changed to Lyric, the name under which Mr.
Sarver conducted a theater in Sidney. The pro-
prietor has had 20 years' experience in the man-
agement of theaters and more recently has been
interested in picture houses. In addition to
vaudeville and films he intends to present sev-
eral theatrical attractions.
The Fotoplay Theater, of Fairport. celebrated
its first anniversary recently by presenting the
four-reel picture, "A Prisoner in the Harem,"
in addition to its regular program.
J. Orrin Donovan, of Dayton, is planning the
establishment of a motion picture studio in that
city. He is endeavoring to have the Cincinnati
Film Company transfer its plant from Cincin-
nati to Dayton or establish a Dayton plant with
a corps of cameramen and the rest of the outfit.
Clarence Runey is manager of the Cincinnati
company. Donovan expects that the diversified
scenery about Dayton, the Wright aviation field
and other attractions will aid him in influencing
the Cincinnati company to make the change.
The Dayton Journal has offered a prize of 55
for the best motion picture scenario in connec-
ction with a contest being conducted by the Day-
ton Herald for the selection of the most beauti-
ful girl in that city who desires to appear in
the movies. The best scenario submitted in t.ie
Journal contest will be used in which to star
the winner of the Herald contest. A Cincinnati
film concern will furnish the rest of the actors^
stage the play and make the films.
The roof garden movie theater of John K.
Schwinger at Marion has been closed by Deput}-
State Building Inspector Carl Wilke, ofFindlay.
E. M. King, for several months manager of
the Majestic Theater, Lorain, O., has resigned
to become associated with the Niles Theater,.
Cleveland. I^ewis Thompson, of Cleveland, wilt
be manager of the Majestic.
The Lyceum Theater at Canton is giving away
two automobiles in a unique contest which its
management is conducting for the benefit of
patrons.
Fred J. Hughes & Co., architects, Dayton, re-
cently took bids on the theater building for
Messi^. Young & Adler. who will erect a build-
ing in the public square at Troy.
Adam Shuman, proprietor of the Fairy Thea-
ter, is branching out in other lines at Upper
Sandusky and purchased the restaurant of
Henry Reamsnyder. He will continue to operate
the theater.
A one-story brick and reinforced concrete
theater building is to be built for George D.
Jones, 309 Schofield Building, Cleveland, and
plans for the structure have been made by
George Kemple, architect.
A two-story brick and concrete nickelodeon
will be built on N. High street, Columbus, for
Dr. Clovis Taylor. Bids will be taken August 1.
The Wonderland Theater, East Ninth street,
near Superior avenue, Cleveland, has been sold
by Max Lefkowitz to Sam Herchkowitz for
$10,000.
Thai & Aftel, architects, Toledo, are asking
bids on a theater building for the Orient Fea-
ture Company.
The Carlyon Theater, Superior avenue and E.
124th street, Cleveland, will undergo a complete
renovation and he redecorated in the near fu-
ture. Manager Horsey is determined to keep
his hou?e thoroughly up to date. He will install
a unit lighting system.
Mrs. O. L. Trippet will build a theater at
1P.<15 St. Clair avenue. Cleveland.
RARIDAN.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
ILLINOIS.
ILI^INOIS organizations, as a rulu, are tak-
ing lUlle interest In the progress of the
Smith- Hughes bill tor a nailoual censorship ot
moviug pictures which is now before Congress.
A luw of the newspapers, however, do not be-
lieve that a federal regulation of the Ulms is
the best plan. Aurora is the one community
that is the exception, in that city the Juvenile
Protective Associatlou is lending its eflorts
toward the passage of the bill and the congress-
men from that uistrict and the Lnlted iilates
senators from Illinois have been asked to do all
they can for it. Some time ago a survey of the
moving picture theaters in Aurora was maue
under the direction of the Juvenile Protective
Association. Tours of Inspection were made
by Miss Pearl Diest, social worker for the or-
ganization ; Miss Anne forsyth, Aurora police-
woman, and representatives of other societies
declared to be for uplift. The results of this
survey were not made public, but were sent to
the redoubtable Major Kunkhouser, of the Chi-
cago censorship, for his expert opinion. The
movement among Illinois organizations which
arc being urged to go to the aid of the Smith-
Hughes bill is due to the agitation of Uean
Walter T, Sumner of the Social Service Board
of Chicago.
The airdome picture shows in the state have
had the advantage the last week, although
weather conditions have been a little more
favorable for the regular photoplay houses. The
Springfield exhibitors still continue under a
heat hoodoo, the thermometer there registering
some days as much as eighteen degrees higher
than in Chicago.
E. P. Thompson is erecting a new airdome
at the southeast corner of the public square, in
Plymouth, which will be devoted to moving
pictures.
Arthur Rue has rented the Onstott Building,
on Main street, in Forest City, and equipped it
for use as a moving picture theater.
The Producers' Company of Chicago has been
granted a charter by the secretary or state to do
a moving picture production and amusement
business with a capital stock of $1U,UU0. The
incorporators are Frederick WuU", Mrs. Eliza-
beth Paul and Gerald Barry.
Manager M. C. Stuart of the Lyric Theater at
Robinson has installed a new Wurlitzer Or-
chestra.
Dellwood Park, near Joliet, has been trying
to get an expression from its patrons as to
their p-reference — Kinemacolor or black and
white pictures.
The Orpheum Theater at Aurora overwhelmed
the photoplaygoers of that city with the eight
reels oi "The Christian" for the regular price
of 5 cents.
Motion pictures are on the program for nearly
every night at the Chautauqua at Ottawa.
L. Parker and "Walter Perrine, who have pur-
chased the Miller Moving Show, on Railroad
street, in Anna, will hereafter conduct the
house as the Princess.
The Lafe Weinberg properties, on South
Prairie street, in Galesburg, are to be remodellea
into a theater 44x100 feet, which will be equip-
ped for moving pictures and vaudeville. The
front will be of enameled brick and terra cotta.
A big pipe organ probably will be installed. The
name of the lessee has not been given out, but
it is reported a stock company will be formed
to operate the house.
Because the old Joliet Theater, now undergo-
ing a transformation, is located on the Lincoln
Highway in Joliet. Manager Louis Ruben has
announced that in the future the house will be
known as The Lincoln Theater.
The churches, city officials and a booster pa-
rade in Woodstock were filmed for John C.
Miller, of the Princess Theatre Film Company,
of that city.
Local pictures were shown at the Star Theater
in East Moline, July 3.
Watching the making of moving pictures was
one of the diversions of the Fourth of July
crowd at Al Fresco Park, Peoria. Films were
made of the explosion of a balloon in the air
and other events about the resort which were
shown later to local patrons.
Pictures of a department store picnic, made
by Osgood, the local cameramen, were on an
interesting bill at the Auditorium at Calesburg.
Two days of talking pictures recently were
introduced into the schedule of the Colonials at
Galesburg.
The I. C. IT. Film Company of Chicago has
been incorporated with a capital stock of S5,000
to develop, lease and deal in moving pictures.
The incorporators are William F. McCracken,
Jr.. Xorman H. Pritchard and Urban A. Lavery.
Patrons of the Majestic Theater at Albion
had a novelty in the form of local pictures taken
by Roy Elwess. This house also has been con-
ducting a "Country Store."
The Newberry Amusement Company of Chi-
cago has been granted a cnarter by the secre-
tary of state to do a moving picture business,
with a capital stock of S2.400. The incorporat-
ors are Meyer Morton. Herbert M. Lautman and
I. Karl Davidson.
Pitncr's moving picture show at Fairlleld was
open the afternoon of Booster Day. July 4, und
out-of-town persons were admitted free, tickets
being furni.shed by the merchants of the ctty.
J. E. Mitchell has been planning a number of
changes to the Carbondale Opera House at
Curbondalo and the house will bo converted Into
a moving picture theater.
The Frank T. Thompson Big Tent Show,
playing pictures, has been making week stands
ut Uuvis Junction, Stlllmun Valley, byron and
other northern Hllnois towns. The company
carries its own electric light plant and an air
calliope and has been welcomed in the theutcr-
less towns.
Tho Fourth of July special program with
"The Battle of Gettysburg" inaugurated the
anniversary week bills of the Playhouse In Oak
Park. .\ whole week of features was given by
Manager Hugh Flannery in celebration oi the
rouuaiug out of the iirst successful year. Both
the interior and exterior of the theater were
appropriately decorated.
As a part of its rejuvenation plan the Bijou
Theater at Monmouth has installed a seven-piece
Wurlitzer Orchestra.
Again the moving picture show is the fore-
runner of progress, nringing to mankind the
modern inventions. The Lyric Theater at Win-
chester auvertises that its oscillating lan Is tue
fir.st one in public use in Winchester.
R. A. Shobc of Kentlaud is manager of the
Electric Theater, which has been opened at
Sheldon.
The editor of the Wllmette News, at Wil-
mette, tells the public the moving picture
shows are attracting children away from the
public library, but ho does not do it to alarm;
he feels that the shows, whose programs are
watched, are doing an educational work in a less
tiresome manner.
Bart Brcsee is in charge of the Village Air-
dome at Averyville, a suburb of Peoria, while
Mr. and Mrs. Will Forbes are conducting the
Airdome operated at Princeville by the same
owners.
A crowd of SCO persons was turned away from
the night show when the Grand, at Rockford,,
ran the first installment of "The Million Dollar
Mystery," and the management is pushing its
matinee business.
The Home Circle Skydome has been opened
at Nineteenth and State streets, in East St.
Louis, by Charles Roach. A five-reel show is
being given for five cents.
Anticipating that other Illinois cities will do
as they have done in the past, and pattern
after Chicago, downstate communities are
watching the Chicago plan to segregate the
adults and children at moving picture shows.
One editor thinks "the young grow older earlier
nowadays," and adds "Might it not be well to
acknowledge the fact that the suppositional
'young person' really ceases to exist as a 'young
person' at a suprisingly tender age?" Any
measure barring males and females under 21
years of age, as suggested, certainly would seri-
ously affect small city exhibitors.
W^hen the name for the house at Streator,
conducted by W. E. Hearst, was selected a year
or so ago, all sorts of possibilities for clever
advertising were seen. Now it just naturally
falls into the idea of evading the hot weather,
when used in such lines as this: "Come in I
The weather's always fine at Dawn."
Moving picture trips to "The Holy Land." the
"San Francisco Disaster," "The Life of Moses,"
"The Life and Conversion of John Bunyan"
and other religious subjects in films, illustrated
songs and sermon-lectures are the methods
used in the evangelistic meetings being held in
the Presbyterian Church at Mt. Zion by Rev.
G. K. Little of Freeport.
In addition to its four-reel program the Oua-
taga Theater, at Upper Alton, one night had a
cracker-eating contest "between three red-
heads."
Frank Talbot, formerly of St. Louis, severed
bis connection with the Skydome at East St.
Louis, which he had been conducting for Louis
Landau, Jr., and returned to St. Louis.
"Mary Pickford Weeks"- have been conducted
with success by two Illinois managers. The
Star Theater, at Aurora, had the little favorite
in seven different pictures in as many days,
while the Princess, at Peoria, in a review gave
consecutively for two days each five of the
Famous Players features in which Miss Pick-
ford starred. The Park Theater, at Cham-
paign, was unable to handle the crowds the first
time, and brought "Caprice" back for a second
engagement.
G. W, Bradbury, experienced moving picture
man oc Rochelle, has purchased the Venetian
Theater, at Waterman, from Mr. Lewis. He
made a number of improvements to the house
before it was opened to the public under his
management.
C. N. Jacob has sold Dreamland Theater in
Chatsworth to H. V. Allford of Kankakee, who
has assumed charge. Jacob has purchased a
moving picture house in Bloomington.
The redecorated Hippodrome at Alton has
been opened. Manager "W. M. Sauvage has an-
nounced his intention of making the Hippo-
drome an exclusive picture bouse until the Air-
dome is closed for the summer.
Construction of the new opera house at Hey-
worth is rapid. The bouse 1b being erected by
a company of which A. S. Jonc*ii itt president.
Papers of incorporation have been issued at
SprlngUeld to one of the mot^t novel moving
picture enterprises yet chartered In the state.
The Jones Brothers Rallroitd Moving Picture
Shows of SprlngUeld. with u capital stock ot
$l',300, expects to follow to a certain extent tho
methods of circuBmen. Edward Jones of Spring-
Held Is at the head of thu project. Other In-
corporators uro Anna M. und Ralph C. Jones. A
Jones Brother Railroad Circus was started In
SprlngUeld a few years ago but was shortlived.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
P FFORTS to advocate l.-KisUitlon to permit
•*-• the opening oi moving pl<-ture theaters on
Sundays and to fix by agreement a minimum
admission prlco of 10 cents, met with little sup-
port and much opposition at a meeting of pic-
ture theater owners and managers here on Sat-
urday, July 20. The meeting was held in the
Imperial Theater In Stratford avenue, conducted
by Albert Skidmore. Twenty-four managers or
owners of motion pictures attended and a pre-
liminary organization of an association to be
known as the Motion Picture Theater Managers'
.Vssociation of Bridgeport was effected. There
are about 40 motion picture theaters In Bridge-
port and those ut the meeting hope to Interest
the other managers and secure them as mem-
bers.
Charles Brody, manager of the Elite Theater,
was chosen presiuent pro tern and permanent
officers will be elected at an another meeting to
be held in the near future. Several theater
managers in this city have been actively advo-
cating the opening of picture theaters on Sun-
days, though without success. Moving picture
shows are permitted on Sundays In Waterbury
and New Britain and were allowed In Hartford
until about two years ago. The men behind the
movement to open the theaters here on Sundays
are largely responsible for the effort to organize
the theater managers, although the majority of
those who joined the association are opposed to
opening Sundays, and so expressed themselves
during the discussion of the proposition.
No agreement could be reached on a minimum
admission of 10 cents. Some favored 10 cents
for evening performances with a 5-cent matinee.
That is the prevailing rate of admission, al-
though some theaters charge 10 cents to all
parts of the house in the afternoon and 10 and
1.5 cents in the evening, and 25 cents for box
seats. One or two of the larger downtown thea-
ters show for 5 cents general admission after-
noon and evening with a few reserved seats at
night for 10 cents. It was the managers of
these latter theaters who objected to the raise
in price and prevented definite action. The
matter will be taken up again at the next
meeting.
All were opposed to a state board of censors
which has been "reposed and endorsed by sev-
eral of the pastors' associations in the larger
cities, as well as in Bridgeport, It is the plan
when a permanent organization is effected to
take steps to have representation at Hartford
when the legislature meets in Januar>' to op-
pose the passage of legislation which may cre-
ate a board of state censors or which may take
from or supersede the local authorities in the
censorship which they now exercise.
Invitations have been sent to every motion
picture theater in the city to attend the next
meeting, and it is predicted that a majority
will enroll with the association.
BOOTH.
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
PAUL HOPPEN sold the Radio theatre at
Kearney, Neb., to L. Dittonm, an experi-
enced moving picture man of McCook. Neb.,
who has assumed charge of the house. Hoppen
will operate the airdome at Kearney for the re-
mainder of the summer.
B'ecause the front of the building has a
colonial effect, J. J. Kreutzer & Son, Carl, who
purchased the Lyric theater at Peru, Ind., from
Walker & Son, have changed the name to the
Colonial. The house was reopened the first day
of July after being closed for remodeling.
Children paying five cents admission to the
Elite theater at Defiance, O., are admitted free
to the Lion. The Lion recently gave an ex-
hibition of "Joan of Arc" for the benefit of the
Women's Federated Clubs.
Little Jane Francke, the two-year old daugh-
ter of Charles Francke. manager of the Airdome
and Krug theater in Omaha. Neb., was filmed in
a number of cute poses by J. C. Henoweth.
moving picture man from the University of Ne-
braska.
"The managers of the Orpheum and the Gem
are a credit not only to the business of the city
but to the movie business in general," says the
Republican of Plymouth, Ind.
James Keever and A. Wolk of Portsmouth,
Ohio, have secured a tent, projecting apparatus.
20.000 feet of film and a portable electric light
plant and will give week stands of moving pic-
ture shows at small towns in Ohio.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDIANA.
ONE of the first acts ot Manager Charles
McCall on taking charge of the Arc The-
ater, Monticello, was to give a benefit tor
charity. McCall succeeds Jack Burhorn as man-
ager. The theater is owned by George L. Fries,
of Kankakee, III.
Manager Mike Maas of the Dreamland Thea-
ter. Mt. Vernon, is having his house redecorated
and overhauled. The inside color scheme will be
white, and the front and lobby given a mahog-
any finish.
One of the attractions at the Connersville
Free Fair is to be a motion picture show.
Though no charge is being made tor seeing the
show, an ampitheater is being built and seats
will be charged for, the management being of
the impression these seats will pay for the film
service, perhaps more.
Manager W. F. Lightner gave away roses to
the women at the formal opening of the new
Yale Theater in Princeton. The new theater
occupies the lower floor of the Sprowl building,
which was remodeled tor the purpose. It is
nicely arranged for safety, ventilation and sani-
tation. The machine booth is asbestos-lined and
has a concrete floor, and two Powers 6A ma-
chines have been installed. A gold fiber screen is
in use. Three sections of comfortable seats make
the seating capacity near SOO. Enough fans
have been installed so that Manager Lightner
declares there is a complete change of air every
two minutes.
Frank Holland, manager ot the Orpheum The-
ater, Terre Haute, with the Terminal Photo
Play Company, will make a moving picture to
fit "the song "On the Banks of the Wabash."
The film will be made on the Wabash River
near Fort Harrison. The song was made the
Indiana state song by the last legislature.
Judge J. S. Lairy refused to permit Sam O.
Berman, receiver for the Grand and Tokyo the-
aters, Logansport. Ind., to accept a price of
?2,500 for the Grand, holding that the property
should bring more money. The Grand has al-
ways been a good money-maker. The houses
were owned by Reite & Seithers. The Tokyo
has been closed.
Jap Wilson. Nappanee, Ind., sold the Red Mill
Theater at Columbia City, to G'eorge Brookins,
of Columbia City. Brookins now controls all
three picture houses in Columbia City.
Perry Thurston, owner of the Crystal Thea-
ter, Union City, will soon open a house in Ver-
sailles. The new house is to be called the Jewel.
Walter Talley. pronrietor of the Empire Air-
dome at Milan, is building another at Dillsboro.
Two shows a week, Tuesday and Saturday, will
be given. The admission is five and ten cents.
WILLIAM.
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LYNCHBURG, VA.
APID progress is being made on the two
new motion picture theaters which are
now in the course of construction in the
heart of the business section of the city. One is
being built by Hubert C. Elliott, a Roanoke
capitalist on Main street, in close proximity to
two of the old-established theaters, being just
across the street from the Gayety, and the other
is being backed by M. L. Hoffheimer, of Rich-
mond, who is interested in a string of theaters
throughout the South. This theater is on Main
street, but further away from the theater quar-
ter. It is staled unofficially that only pictures
that will appeal to women and children will be
offered at the Hoffheimer Theater as soon as it
is opened to the public, but there is a rumor
that vaudeville will be put on to compete with
the other vaudeville house which has been op-
erating for several years.
W. H. Hendrix, who came to Lynchburg from
Durham, X. C, several days ago to take charge
of the Universal Theater, succeeding J. B. Grav-
er, who was promoted by the Piedmont Amuse-
ment Gompany to a position on the road, did
not remain long and Mr. Graver was recalled
to assume the management of the new Lynch-
burg house until other arrangements could be
made. The Universal is the most attractive
house In Lynchburg.
Dr. Chas. A. Pryor's Mexican war pictures in
four reels did a big business July 8 at the Gay-
ety Theater. They were offered with a multiple
reel Keystone, and large crowds packed the the-
ater all day.
The Trenton Theater is now being managed
by Corbin Sheild who has been identified with
many Wells' theaters throughout the South in
recent years. He was formerly in charge of the
Academy of Music in Lynchburg several years
ap'o and is known to be a capable and efficient
theatrical man. Since assuming the manage-
ment of the Trenton Theater, he has increased
the business of the house to a noticeable extent
and is making good right off the reel. He has
contracted to secure the Jesse L. Lask;y Fea-
tures on regular release days.
The Belvedere Theater, one of the oldest and
most reliable in Lynchburg, is showing the
Famous Players' releases as often as they are
being produced, and every day that these fea-
tures are offered the house is packed to capacity.
The Mary Pickford pictures are the biggest
favorites, and Manager Cobbs is anticipating a
big business when he gets "The Eagle*s Mate."
BABER.
IOWA.
TTARRY L. FISHER, a mail carrier, and F.
^-^ W. Walker, assistant postmaster at Musca-
tine, have been granted a patent on a non-re-
winding film reel. The inventors declare that
the device can be attached to machines already
in operation or built into machines in the course
of manufacture with little deviation from the
original model. The film is wound upon the
lower reel from the outside to the center. The
attachment consists of a transmission rod con-
necting the two reels ; the lower reel being
placed at an angle of about 45 degrees ; the
reels are reversible and have detachable sides.
When in operation one side is removed from the
lower reel, a band is placed on the other side,
four spring fingers guide the film into the band
as fast as it is released from the upper reel.
After the film has been run through the lower
reel is released, the band removed and the de-
tachable side placed into position.
Harry Smithers has leased a building in Shef-
field and equipped it for a moving picture
theater. He will call his house the Star.
David Prior of Nevada has purchased a mov-
ing picture theater in Fayette.
John Wilkens now has a monopoly of the
moving picture business at Reinback, having
purchased the equipment of William Wolff and
taken over the latter's lease on the opera house.
Picture bills at the opera house will be con-
tinued on Thursdays and Saturdays, at least
temporarily. Wolff will have charge of this
show.
L. O. Brewer of Dumont, formerly a news-
paper man there, has purchased the Iris Theater
at Hamburg from L. H. Carder.
With enthusiastic loyalty to his new home. F.
Schafer has called the house, which he recently
acquired in Fairfield. "The Fairfield." He has
installed a new Wurlitzer Orchestra and made
a genuinely attractive theater out of his pur-
chase. Later, he announces, he expects to have
special pictures for the children.
R. L. Lamb has sold his moving picture
equipment to George H. Garson, a furniture
dealer of Pilot Mound, who has fitted up the
Airdome at Pilot Mound and will operate a
photoplay show this summer.
F. J. Smid's new Ideal Theater on Four-
teenth avenue, between Second and Third
streets, in Cedar Rapids, opened to a good busi-
ness with Mary Pickford in "Caprice." Famous
Players' features will be used every Sunday.
A profitable special attraction at the Tsis
Theater in Cedar Rapids was the reel of the
Elks State Convention at Iowa City.
Denton, Wiggington & Co. has opened a mov-
ing picture theater at Macedonia.
A new moving picture theater at Akron is
contemplated by H. W. Johnson.
C. W. Hill has opened a photoplay house at
George.
Allender & Junkins have sold their moving
picture theater at Vail to Ed Quirk and Frank
Sheridan.
The new moving picture house to be operated
at Independence by F. C. Knee of Waterloo will
be known as the Allerton.
Mnvine picturp theater licenses at Council
Bluffs will remain at $.50 a year, the ordinance
demanding an increase being defeated 5 to 3 In
the citv council.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
MONTREAL.
nr HE MARK-BROCK people and Lawande
* Bros have come to terms, and the result is
that the Scala theater will be operated by the
former. Louis B. Hecht will continue to man-
age the house, and announces that it will be
closed for some time in August, pending ex-
tensive alterations and improvements.
Elaborate preparations are being made here
for the initial showing of Universal's "The
Trey o' Hearts." The story will run serially
in the "Herald and Daily Telegraph."
Mr, Herring, manager of the Mount Royal
theater in the North End, has taken a much
needed rest. During his absence the house will
be looked after by J. Lanthier. Mr. Lanthier
has had plentv of experience in the exhibiting
business, having been connected with various
theaters in Ontario and the United States,
"The Million Dollar Mystery.'* Thanhouser's
big serial, is doing excellent business at thif:
theater.
The immortal Blograph biblical drama "Jud-
ith of Bethulia." had a revival in Montreal at
the Imperial. The scenes showing the storming
of the walls of Bethulia. and the scene be-
tween Holofernes and Judith in the former's
tent were ereatly enhanced bv the playine of
Prof. MacClvmont on the Hope- Jones Unit
Orchestra. Recent features at this theater
were "Mr. Barnes of New York." Kathlyn Wil-
liams in "The Leopard's Foundling." and Marv
Pickford In Biograph's "The Beast at Bay."
and "Wilful Peggy." The ventilation at the
house is well looked after. It requires 1200
lbs. of Ice daily to cool the air in the audi-
torium. A new water-cooler has been installed
in the fover. The prices have also been
changed. The new prices In the evening are
fifteen cents for orchestra seats, ten cents In
the gallery, and twenty-five cents for box
seats.
So far no one has been awarded the liberal
prize offered by the management of the London
theater to the gentleman or lady who does not
laugh at the comedy offerings on Bunny Night
at this theater. Mr. Kashin. the manager, cer-
tainly knows a funny film when he sees it.
Mr. Wright, manager of the Princess thea-
ter, the local Shuberts house, has secured for
two weeks the wonderful motion pictures
depicting the death-defying adventures of the
famous photographer, Paul J. Rainey, in the
jungles of East Africa. It is stated that this
will be the only presentation of this subject in
Canada, as they will be taken direct from Mon-
treal to Chicago, where they remain for a year.
A further step towards the advancement of
Canadian education, is the announcement that
the Dominion General Film Corporation, Ltd.,
Royal Trust BIdg., Montreal, is to specialize
in the producing of educational moving pic-
ture films, under an Advisory Board consisting
of eminent Canadians. The enterprise deserves
encouragement and all wish them success in
their undertaking.
The photoplay editor of Beck's Weekly is
making a strong plea for changes in favor of
the exhibitor. He also sheds a little light on
the question of Canadian-made films. We
quote from a recent article. "In Canada, at the
moment, the production of moving pictures is
insignificant. With a mis en scene, un-
equalled in variety, beauty and magnificence,
with a population including every attribute of
the picturesque, and with no lack of wit or in-
telligence on the part of its sons and daugh-
ters, Canada has not yet been able to make a
commercial success of film production The
chief reason for this state of affairs appears
to be a certain apathy on the part of the Cana-
dian public, to the commercial possibilities of
the business. I have before me as I write the
prospectus of a company exclusively Canadian
launched under a directorate including some
of the best known, the ablest and the most re-
spected men in this city, that has utterly failed
to obtain the moderate amount of capital re-
ouisite to enable it to carry out its scheme of
Canadian film production. It seems ridiculous
that for want of a few thousand dollars in thi?
city of wealthy men. this enterprise so promis-
ing of results alike gratifying to the commer-
cial, the educational and the ethical instincts
of Canada should be languishing in abeyance.
"Coming now to the actual exhibition of
moving pictures in this country, and particu-
larly in Montreal, it appears that the industry
suffers in some respects from a lack of sym-
pathy on the part of the authorities, both pro-
vincial and municipal. A curious instance of
this has been brought to my notice on my pre-
liminary peregrination in search of informa-
tion, and is typical of the attitude of the offi-
cial mind towards a matter new to its intelli-
gence. A well known manager recently im-
ported a celebrated film founded on a classic
English work of fiction, from the Old Country,
where it had had a great success and was much
appreciated for its beauty and interest. The
film had been used several times and was in-
voiced to the purchaser at four cents a foot,
the price actually paid for it. The film did
not reach its destination and on enquiry the
purchaser was informed that it was held up by
reason of a false declaration havin'^ been made
as to its value. He was told that 8 cents per
foot was the proper price for films and that
duty must be paid on that figure. No explana-
tion or discussion was entertained, and my
friend, who had already paid duty and charges
to the amount of $21.62 was mulcted in a fur-
ther $27-11 before he was able to secure pos-
session of his film."
GALLAGHER.
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LICEN S ED
FILM STORIES
VITAGRAPH.
DETECTIVE AND MATCHMAKER (August
:i). — "Red-Eye Bill," a reformed dare-devil, Is
delighted to receive from a wealthy uncle a
present of a wonderful horse, whose name is
■"Intellect."' Bill "introduces" his sweetheart,
Pegg>*. to the horse, and the animal takes a
great liking to her. Later, through a combina-
tion of circumstances, Bill Is suspected of a
■crime, and when he sees the Sheriff and his
men coming thinks he is wanted for some old
misdeeds. He gallops furiously away, and they
succeed in capturing only his horse, which es-
capes In a novel manner, and proves a most
t^ffeclive messenger between Bill and his sweet-
heart. As a result, Peggy gets the local at-
torney on the case, and eventually the real
culprit is apprehended. Shortly after Bill is
restored to honorable citizenship, he meets
Jane, pretty and coquettish, and becomes in-
fatuated with her, although "Intellect" shows
■strong disapproval of the girl. Hearing of
Bill's wealthy uncle. Jane urges an early mar-
riage, and the two make hasty preparations.
The horse seeras to know what is going on,
for he hides the girl's wedding clothes, and
then intercepts a note between the two, which
effectually puts an end to the affair. **Jn-
tellect" then goes to Peggy's home, kneels for
her to mount and carries her to Bill. She
dismounts and the horse gently nudges its
master towards Pegg>'. indicating plainly that
Bill shall kiss her. He takes the hint and
"Intellect" nods his head in approval. After
the wedding ceremony, the horse brings the
happy couple a most surprising gift, which
■causes a hearty laugh from all present.
WARFARE IN THE SKIES ( Special— Two
Parts — August 4). — Richard Lawrence, an
Army Aviator, introduces his friend. Count
"Zurich, to Zenia. his father's beautiful ward.
The Count becomes infatuated with the girl
and determines to win her. General Lawrence,
Richard's father, is ordered to prepare for
war. as Prince Dureseign is gathering an army
to overthrow the government. In a terrific
battle, the forces of Dureseign are driven hack.
Zenia and Richard fall in love, he proposes
and she accepts bim. Dureseign's forces are
greatly augmented in numbers, surround Gen-
eral Lawrence's army and the General sends
his son in a fast aeroplane for reinforcements.
After an encounter with the enemy's sharp-
■shooters, he gets safely away. Count Zurich
flies to the enemy's camp and traitorously ar-
ranges to bombard General Lawrence's ram-
parts by aeroplane, for which Prince Dure-
seign is to deliver Zenia into his hands after
■defeating the General's army. Richard, re-
turning in his air machine, seeing what the
Count is preparing to do. charges full speed,
directly at the Count's machine. With a fear-
ful crash, the two aeroplanes collide in mid-
air and fall to the ground in a mass of wreck-
age. The Count is killed instantly. Richard
is badly injured, and Zenia disguises herself
and goes to the enemy's hospital to nurse him.
She is recognized and ordered shot as a spy.
"Richard escapes to his own lines, returning
in an aeroplane in time to rescue the girl by
•dropping bombs into the enemy's midst. He
swoops down, helps her into the machine and
brings her back to his father, where, after a
glad reunion, they receive his blessing. Re-
inforcements arrive. Prince Dureseign's army
is decisively defeated and the warfare in the
skies is ended.
MEMORIES IX MEN'S SOULS (Special— Two
Parts — August 6). — To prove his assertion that
every man of forty has met and held the hand
•of Romance, Jones tells his fellow club mem-
bers the stor>' of Graham's life. Graham is
also a club member, of an extremely reticent
nature. While working as a poor artist In
Paris, Graham falls heir to a large legacy and
at once sails for New York. On the steamer,
he meets Eleanor Emmons, a romantic young
girl, traveling with her chaperone. the ac-
• quaintance ripens into love and the two plight
their troth. On arriving in New York, she
is met by her guardian, who hurries the girl
away. Then follows the old. old story. Her
guardian, who wishes the girl to marry his
own choice, takes her far from New York and
intercepts all correspondence between the young
people. Five years later, Eleanor, hopeless of
ever hearing from her lover, marries her guar-
dian's choice, while Graham is married and
the father of a little boy. Eleanor Is left a
wealthy widow, learns of her guardian's du-
plicity In separating her from Graham, and
determines to come to New York, In hopes of
finding Graham and explaining the cause of
"their separation. He does not recognize her
when she fn'eets blm, after the first shock
of surprise, his old lovo returns with an almost
overwhelming power. Ho is about to forget
the present conditions and all. when his little
Bon enters. Graham Is brought back to a
realization that it is now too late, and point-
ing to the child, says simply, "My son!' and
. buries his bead on his arms, while she <'oc8
.sadly from tho room and out of his life
forever.
THE LOCKED HOUSE (August Tj.— As the
pompous Mayor of Smlthtown. Bunny gets a
little shock on reading of the attempted assassi-
nation of the Mayor of New York, but when
his wife suggests he get police protection,
laughs at her. He antagonizes some of the
local politicians and they send blm a threaten*
ing letter. Bunny nearly faints when he re-
ceives it, but manages to keep up a brave ap-
pearance in front of his wife. Meantime, the
Police Commissioner orders the Mayor pro-
tected and, without advising Bunny, appoints
four detectives to watch bim. Mrs. Bunny
sees two strangely-acting men outside the
bouse, and becoming alarmed, 'phones Bunny,
who, seeing two more suspicious characters
outside his office, nearly collapses. After
partaking of an elaborate lunch with wine,
Bunny feels much better and bravely walks
home just to show the "desperadoes" he does
not fear them. His courage oozes, however.
when he spies the two men and he sneaks
around the back way. Finding his wife has
locked every door and window, he gets in the
cellar and starts to ascend by the dumbwaiter.
It gets stUv-k half-way up and Bunny is un-
able to budge it. His wife hears the racket,
and feeling sure it is a maurauder, hastily
calls the police. A squad of oflicers arrive
and order Bunny, who has fallen fast asleep
in the dumbwaiter, to surrender. Receiving no
answer, the cops fire their revolvers. This
wakes Bunny up with a start, sending the
dumbwaiter crashing to the cellar. He is
pounced on by the policemen, and after a
terrific struggle, subdued. When they see it is
the Mayor, all feel very sheepish. Bunny,
looking as though he had been in a train
wreck, furiously announces he will "break"
every one of them. They leave hastily, while
Bunny's wounds are cared for by his sympa-
thizing wife.
THE HOUSE OX THE HILL (Special— Two
Parts — August S). — Mary Dean, the ambitious
wife of a laborer in the Newcomb Soap Fac-
tory, lives constantly in hopes of some day
being the mistress of the Great House on the
Hill, the home of Mr. Newcomb. the Boss. Her
burning ambition drives her husband on and
on, until he is advanced to assistant foreman.
Then step by step. Tom Dean is promoted, un-
til at last, from the office of Vice-President, he
reaches the President's chai^. through the death
of Mr. Newcomb. Tom purchases the Newcomb
Mansion and the desire of Mary's heart is ful-
filled. She finds, however, that her children
have gradually grown away from her in their
luxurious environment, and become snobbish
through the ideas she has inculcated. Her hus-
band, detesting the artificialities of the new
life, pleads a business trip and steals off like
a truant school-boy to their old home on Mc-
Ginnis Alley. Here he is genuinely happy and
comforable, with only his old pipe for com-
pany. Mary sees an old neighbor, notes the
wealth of affection bestowed on the woman by
her children, which she, Mary, had never re-
ceived, and begins to realize she has missed
the greatest thing In life — love. One night,
overcome by a poignant longing to visit once
more the familiar scenes, she steals out unob-
served. A drunken factory hand accosts her in
front of the little house on McGinnis Alley.
Just then the door flies open and her husband
appears. He drives off the intruder, leads his
wife into the house and with his arm about
her shoulder, points to a little worsted motto
on the wall, reading: "There's No Place Like
Home."
"SECOND SIGHT" (August 5).— Near-sight-
ed, testy and an almost Impossible-to-live-with
old crank. Ponsonby makes life miserable for
his wife and those around him. At breakfast,
one morning, he accuses his wife of injuring his
glasses in some way. She meekly suggests he
ought to change them. He gets his hand
caught in the sugar bowl, meets with other
awkward and embarrassing mishaps and stamps
out bellowing with rage, to the oculist for a
pair of tortoise-shell glasses. Shortly after-
wards, he and his wife. Sarah, their maid, go
to their bungalow at Indian Lake, where Pon-
sonby becomes absolutely unbearable. Sarah,
cleaning up. is scared by Ponsonby. and pulls
down the stove-pipe, scattering soot all over
him. The women beat a hurried retreat and an
exciting chase follows, during which Ponsonby
whose glasses are in his wife's possession,
blunders into many painful accidents. He is
chased home at full speed by a big black bear
and the affair winds up by bis knocking over
the stove and burning down the bungalow.
After recovering from his experiences, his wife
hands bim over his glasses and gently re-
proaches him for his outburst of temper. He
admits be has made a fool of himself, and with
his arm around bis happy little wife, says: 'i
have learned my Ifsson, I'm cured of my bad
temper forever 1" His eyes fairly twinkle with
good nature, and when their guide sympathtzee
with blm about the loss of their bungalow. Pon-
sonby says be Is now too happy to worry about
anything.
MELIES.
"WHY PREACHERS LEAVE HOME" (Spe-
cial— Two Parts^ — July 25). — The Rev. Dr. New-
man receives a telegram requosting his servlcee
at a wedding at Redvlllc. While on the train
be gets into conversation with a whiskey sales-
man. The minister being near-sighted and
slightly nervous believes he has arrived at the
proper station and grabbing a suit case disem-
barks. He finds after the train has pulled out
that he has mistaken RosevlUe for Redvtlle.
He makes the acquaintance of the President of
the local bank who asks blra to spend the night
as there Is not another train for Redvllle un-
til the morrow. The maid takes his suit case
to the room be is to occupy and having a strong
sense of smell for a certain commodity opens It.
Much to her delight she finds It stocked with
whiskey and starts In to satisfy her desire.
This act causes dinner to be postponed, due to
the food being slightly overdone. As the host
and his guest are about to retire the Bank
President reads of a man going through the
country Impersonating a minister who Is a very
heavy drinker and who has the habit of pass-
ing worthless checks. His suspicions aroused
he orders the maid to get the minister's suit
case and upon opening It be discovers the hor-
rible stuff. Convinced this is the Iraposter he
has him arrested at once. Meanwhile a young
lady takes the seat In the train left vacant by
the minister and attracts the attention of the
whiskey salesman, who, wanting to be atten-
tive opens his suit case and much to bis sur-
prise finds a Bible and a minister's garb. This
convinces the young lady, who is a sister of the
prosperous bride that this is the Rev. Dr. New-
man. He is made to get ofT at Redvllle by the
bridal party and attends the dinner party the
night before the wedding. He Imbibes a bit too
freely and after supper starts dancing the
tango much to the surprise of the young peo-
ple. He then makes an excuse and retires. For-
tunately a burglar breaks In his room and after
a struggle the burglar, who had intended
chloroforming his victim, is chloroformed and
the salesman changes clothes with him and
escapes. The burglar awakes and accidentally
upsets a table which awakens the other mem-
bers of the household. He escapes, however,
and is pursued by a posse which the sheriff
gathers together. The whiskey salesman mean-
while discovers a motorcycle. Both the whis-
key salesman and the burglar are captured in
Roseville. where the Rev. Dr. Newman is ex-
periencing the humiliating ordeal of reposing In
the county jail. After many explanations the
Bank President realizes the great injustice he
forced on the real minister. The burglar es-
capes in the excitement, the Whiskey Salesman
has to telegraph his firm for more travelling
expenses and the Rev. Dr. Newman arrives at
Redvllle the next day in time to marry the
much worried young couple.
"MUSIC HATH CHARMS" (July 31).— An
old man and his son are positively daffy on the
subject of music much to the annoyance of his
wife, who is built on suffragette lines and be-
lieves somewhat in their tactics. They receive
a telegram that they have been left some money
by the death of an uncle, so draining the family
treasury for new clothes they start for the
lawyer's office. Much to their surprise instead
of finding they have been left money they re-
ceive a rather decrepit old horse, a broken-
down cab and a trunk. While returning home
with their Inheritance they pass a man carry-
ing a musical Instrument. They make a trade
with him. agreeing to give him the entire out-
fit of horse, etc., for his instrument. The
new possessor opens the trunk and finds a large
amount of money which he refuses to give them
saying it was all in the deal. They return
home, and while missing the money realize
that the charm of music Is really more valu-
able than real money.
"AX ACTRESS' SON" (July 29).— No one
must know the age of an actress, as if it were
known it would be useless for her to make
herself appear young. For this reason a cele-
brated actress once kept dark the fact that
she had a son of 21, and used to meet him by
stealth. He met a young girl whose father
worshipped respectability, and his mother pre-
tended to be old and infirm, so as not to meet
the father. One day she and her son were
dining together when they were surprised by
the girl and her father. The girl thought the
mother was a dangerous rival, but the latter
wrote, explainine matters, and offering to meet
the father. In the end her actress" charm com-
pletely conquered him. and there was a double
marriage.
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Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases Advance Releases
MONDAY, JULY 27th. 1914. MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914.
BIOGR.A.PH— Gwendolyn the Sewing Machine Girl (Com- BIOGRAPH The Meal Ticket (Comedy)
edy) EDISON— A Tango Spree (Comedy)..' .
BIOGRAPH— Search, the Scientific Detective (Comedy).. ESSANAY— In and Out (Comedy)
EDISON— A Canine Rival (Eighth of the "Wood B. Wedd" KALEM— The Vampire's Trail (Special— two parts— Dr)"
Series) (Comedy) PATHE— Picturesque Gagrey (Travel)
ESSANAY — Sweedie and the Lord (Comedy) Russian Zoo, Oskama-Nova (Zoological) . . . . .'. ..
KALEM — The Identification (Special — Two parts— Drama") . . SELIG — Etienne of the Glad Heart (Special Two parts—
PATHE — The Hosts of the Sea (Oceanography) Drama)
Coffee Cultivation, Santos (South America) (Educ.) . . Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 45 (News)
SELIG — A Five Hundred Dollar Kiss (Special — Two parts— VITAGRAPH— Detective and Matchmaker (Comedy-Drania)
SELm-H^eirst^Seiig News PictoVial,No.'43'(Newsj :::::::: .,„^, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914.
VITAGRAPH— His Kid Sister (Comedy) LINES— When War Threatens (Spec— Two parts— Dr.) .. .
EDISON— The Livmg Dead (Ninth of the "Man Who Dis-
TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914. appeared" Series— Drama)
CINES-In Temptation's Toil (Special-Two parts-Drama) I^.^A^^^,^ rwVP,/°p^'* X?'^ (D""«' •
EDISON-The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius (Ninth of t t IRT^ A F t l r A Pplice (Drama)
the "Chronicles of Cleek" Series) (Drama) h^a^ i tV'^'t'^ (Comedy) . .
ESSANAY— A Clash of Virtues (Drama) i,,pr .pc '^° i^P-, J,"^-^ (.Comedy) . . .
KALEM— The Man With the Glove (Drama) MELIES— The Family Outing (Comedy) ,
LUBIN— The Question and Answer Man (Comedy) pathtt"~t ^^ • °'"f' \^ ° ^/c°"T^ 'V -/t^-,- •■•■.■■■•■••■•
MELIES— (Title not reported) PATHE— Trammg Army Dogs (Sweden) (Educational)....
PATHE-The Straits of Bonifacio (Sardinia) (Educational)'. cpr rr ~'rl ^^^5"^ Wedding (Customs)
-Hemp Throwing (New Zealand) (Horticulture) .... vTTAr^IpH W^rfl ^^"'^ ' ' qi'-' ' ' ^c ' ' •-• ; ' '^^ '
SELIG Muff (Drama) VliAGKAFH — Warfare in the Skies (Special — Two parts —
VITAGRAPH— John Ranee,' Gentl'e'm'a'n '(Special— Two parts Drama)
— D''ama) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1914.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914. EDISON-A Change of Business (Comedy)
EDISON— Something to a Door (Comedy) — Famt Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady (Comedy)
ESSANAY— The Fable of "The Coming Champion Who Was ESSANAY— The Fable of "The Busy Business Boy and the
Delayed" (Comedy) Droppers-m (Comedy)
KALEM— The Indian Agent (Special— Two parts— Drama) . KALEM— The Operator at Black Rock (Special— Two parts
LUBIN— The Lure of the Car Wheels (Special— Two parts— , ^ —Drama)
Drama) LUBIN— The Man With a Future (Special— Two parts—
MELIES— An Actress's Son— (Drama) „^P/ama)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 47, 1914 (News) MELIES— A Mother's Error (Drama)
SELIG— The Mother Heart (Special— Two parts— Drama) . . PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 48, 1914 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Officer Kate (Comedy) SELIG— The Reporter on the Case (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Second Sight (Comedy)
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1914. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914.
^^°p^ant-D;;ma)^" °^ """'^" Driftwood (Special-Two siOGRAPH-The Man and the Master (Drama)
ESSANAY-Snakeviil'e's 'iiome ■Guard '(Comedy') ■.".■.■.'.■. '.'.'. . .' ?nmM'^^"^''P1',''^ ^!-"?'' ^jJ^^""'? (Comedy) . . . . ^
LUBIN— Three Men and a Woman (Special— Two parts— LUBIN— A Daughter ot Eve (Special— Two parts— Comedy-
Drama) ur.;
MELIES— The 'frowserless' Pol'iceman' (Com'edy) ' .' .' '.'.'.'. .' .' .' MELIES— A Matrimonial Advertisement (Comedy) • • ^ - • ■ -
—210 vs. 213 (Special— Two parts— Drama) ^ttt rr- '^ i c °r 1""°""" ^^^■''?^}r^T.° ,2^''^''T^'' '^ ' '
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 44 (News) vT'FaT^^pu ?/ ^^ ''^^- ^^^IT'"^}' c"' ^^ ?^™?\- ' '^^ • '
VITAGRAPH— The Greater Motive (Drama) VITAGRAPH— Memories in Mens Souls (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1914.
EDISON-The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of (Special-
Two parts — Comedy) EDISON — The President's Special (Special — Two parts —
ESSANAY— The Seventh Prelude (Special— Two parts— Drama)
Drama) ESSANAY— The Motor Buccaneers (Special— Two parts—
KALEM— The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (Comedy) Drama)
LUBIN— Within the Noose (Drama) KALEM— Don't Monkey With the Buzz Saw (Comedv)
MELIES— Music Hath Charms (Comedy) LUBIN— A Siren of the Desert (Drama)
SELIG— When the Cook Fell 111 (Comedy) SELIG— The Skull and the Crown (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— Private Bunny (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— The Locked House (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Man Who Paid (Drama) BIOGRAPH— They Would Bandits Be (Comedy) '
EDISON — Farmer Rodney's Daughter (Drama) , • — The Deadly Cheroot (Comedy)
ESSANAY— The Squatter's Gal (Drama) '. EDISON— One Touch of Nature (Comedy)
KALEM— The Lad From Old Ireland (Drama) ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama)
LUBIN — She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy) ...., KALEM — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama)
— The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy") LUBIN — Love and Flames (Comedy)
MELIES — Honor Redeemed (Special — Two parts — Dr.)... MELIES — Gratitude (Special — Two parts — Drama)
SELIG — Love vs. Pride (Drama) SELIG — Carmelita's Revenge (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Violin of M' Sieur (Special— Two parts VITAGRAPH— The House On the Hill (Special— Two parts
— -Drama) — -Drama)
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SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 1914.
ECLAIR— When Death Rode the Engine (Western-Drama).
FRONTIER— When Memory Recalls (Drama)
REX — An Awkward Cinderella (Comedy-Drama) .
MONDAY, JULY 27th, 1914.
IMP — When Romance Came to Anne (Two parts — Drama)..
STERLING— A Wild Ride (Juvenile Comedy)
VICTOR— Out of the Valley (Drama)
Mutual Film Corporation
SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 1914.
KOMIC — Leave It to Smiley (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — The Mystery of the Hindu Image (Two parts
— Drama)
THANHOUSER— From Wash to Washington (Comedy)...
TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Their Parent's Kids (Comedy)
— Charlie's Toothache ( Comedy)
GOLD SEAL — The Love Victorious (Three parts — Drama)..
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr.. In His City Elop-
ment (Comedy)
AMERICAN-
KEYSTONE-
RELIANCE-
MONDAY, JULY 27th, 1914.
-The Broken Barrier (Two parts — Drama)..
-(Title not given)
Our Mutual Girl, No. 28 (News)
TUESDAY, JULY 28th, 1914.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914.
ECLAIR — The Dupe (Two parts — -Drama)
JOKER — Wooing of Bessie Bumpkin (Comedy).
NESTOR— An Indian Eclipse (Drama)
ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 125 (News)..
BEAUTY — A Midsummer Love Tangle (Drama)
MAJESTIC — Down by the Sounding Sea (Drama)
THANHOUSER— The Messenger of Death (Two parts-
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1914.
AMERICAN— Does It End Right? (Drama)
BRONCHO— The Long Feud (Two parts— Drama)
RELIANCE— The Sheriff's Prisoner (Drama)
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1914.
IMP — Universal Boy (Series No. 2) (Comedy).
REX — Circle 17 (Two parts — Drama)
STERLING — Troublesome Pets (Comedy) . . . .
THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1914.
DOMINO— The Curse of Caste (Two Parts— Drama) .
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 83 (News).
FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914.
NESTOR — Maggie's Honest Lover (Comedy)
POWERS— The Tangle (Comedy)
— On Lake Starnburg, Bavaria, Germany (Scenic) .
VICTOR— The Mad Man's Ward (Two parts— Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914.
"101" BISON— Tribal War in the South Seas (Two parts-
Drama)
JOKER— Wifie's Busy Day (Comedy)
FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1914.
AMERICAN — All on Account of a Jug (Comedy)
KAY-BEE — An Eleventh Hour Reformation (Two parts-
Drama)
PRINCESS— The Target of Destiny (Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE — The Gunman (Two parts — Drama)
ROYAL — The Baker Street Mystery (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2d, 1914.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2d, 1914.
f Sr;x4T"^l" ^^i ^P ii* ^'"^ Juvenile-Drama) KOMIC— Bill Takes a Lady to Lunch— Never Again! (Com.)
FRy^l^^^^T^,^^ Mind s Awakenmg (Drama) MAJESTIC— Moonshine Molly (Two parts— Drama)
REX— Behmd the \eil (Drama) THANHOUSER— The Butterfly Bug (Comedy).....
MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914. MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914.
i^^^i\$n'"'^''P' Romance (Drama) ■■■■■■■■■■ AMERICAN— At the End of a Perfect Day (Drama)
?-T^-?^D ^:r ^^fh-^^T, ^'^u (J>ii'enile-Comedy) ... KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
VICTOR— Man and His Brother (Two parts— Western Dr.). RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 29 (News)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914.
'?-^)'^-^^rT^°'^l ^^^ ^^°."i^'^y\--}y-----<T---ru\ ■• BEAUTY-A Suspended Ceremony (Comedy-Drama 1
GOLD SEAL---The Trey o Hearts (Series No. 1— Flower o MAJESTIC— The Idiot (Drama)
UNI vlTslL^TKEl-'LW;7s°a[^I™e^Jr-.'-s Legacy (Come-d;j '. ! THANHOUSER-The Guiding Hand (Two parts-Drama) .
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1914. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5th. 1914.
_^^ .TD IT- 1- 1 -T- T^ N AMERICAN— The Widow (Drama)
r^h'^l '^u ^f-Vl^'l Pa/ts-Drama) BRONCHO— Jim Regan's Last Raid (Two parts-Drama) . .
xip^xn^ 17*' }\\'^ T "^ ?' i ^"'J.i'r^ ■; • • • ■f^ ; RELI ANCE-Izzy and His Rival (Comedy)
NESTOR — For Old Time s Sake (Western Drama)
ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 126 (News)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914.
DOMINO— The Thunderbolt (Two parts— Drama) .
,„„ „., , „ KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
IMP— When the Heart Calls (Two parts— Drama) MUTUAL WEEKLY— No. 84 (News)
REX — The Symphony of Souls (Drama)
STERLING— Dramatic Mistake (Comedy) FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1914.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1914.
KAY-BEE — The Gangsters and the Girl (Two parts — Dr.)..
xTT-r-^^T, x^ PRINCESS— Her Dutv (Drama)
NESTOR— Detective Dan Cupid (Comedy) RELL\NCE— On the Border (Drama)
POWERS— The Man of Her Choice (Drama).
VICTOR — The Coast Guard's Bride (Two parts— Drama) . .
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914.
"101" BISON — Rescued by Wireless (Two parts — Drama)..
JOKER— That's Fair Enough (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not given)
RELIANCE — The Bank Burglar's Fate (Two parts — Dr.)..
ROYAL — Ringing the Changes (Comedy)
— Miss Glady's Vacation (Comedy)
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The intermittent movement is the most vital point in a motion picture projector, therefore it is
tlie lirst feature of the machine which we will discuss in these weekly talks.
It is a well known fact that the intermittent sprocket must be started and stopped sixteen times
or more each second. Whenever it starts, it pulls down three-quarters of an inch of film and then
must stop dead still. The least movement or quiver is fatal to a steady picture.
To suddenly start or stop a rapidly moving body
requires great power and means much strain on the
parts employed. The circumference of the Simplex
intermittent sprocket travels three-quarters of an inch
in one sixty-fourth of a second, or at the rate of 2880
ft. per minute, thus giving some idea of what it means
to bring it to an instant stop.
To reduce the strain and vibration to a minimum, it
is necessary, first, to make the parts as light as possible
consistent with good mechanical principles ; and
second, to keep the circumferences of the rotating
parts near the center of rotation, so as to reduce the
peripheral speed and the consequent strain of stop-
ping it dead still.
A glance at the cut will show that the intermittently
moving parts of the Simplex carry out these principles
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"HONOR REDEEMED" (Special— Two Parts
— August 1). — An old generaTs son squan-
dered all his wealth and at last his father
refused to help him any more. But his mother
had a softer heart and would even sell her
jewels for him. At last the smash came and
as he had forged a signature he had the al-
ternative of payment or arrest. His appeal to
his father was in vain, but his mother lis-
tened and to save him from dishonor stole from
her husband to pay what he owed. He prom-
ised to reform and enlist and either to wipe
out dishonor in honor or die in the attempt.
By a fine act of heroism in storming an Arab
fort he won fame and the Legion or Honor and
thus wiped out his former disgrace. His
mother, who had been ill at his departure and
her own shame, soon recovered at the glad
tidings and his soldier father readily forgave
him and asked him to come home.
"THE TROUSERLESS POLICEMAN" (July
30). — A Moving Picture Company is about to
take a scene but find they are short a pair of
policeman's trousers. A Cop comes along and
after much persuasion is induced to loan his.
To escape embarrassment he jumps into an
empty barrel which an unkind person starts
on a long roll. Just as he has told his supe-
rior officer a fine tale of heroism the leading
lady of the movies spoils the whole thing by
bringing back bis trousers.
ESSANAY.
"IN AND OUT" (August 3).— Hans and Fritz
are two street musicians. Hans plays the flute
and Fritz the bass violin. They have great
trouble in finding a boarding house where they
are congenial with their fellow boarders, and
many side-splitting scenes take place. They
finally strike a house where rats, bugs and mice
annoy their peaceful slumbers, and after Hans
has shot an enormous bed-bug that has carried
Fritz to the ceiling, they are chased from the
boarding house. They head for the lake, and
with the howling mob on one side and the lake
on the other, they are forced to use Hans' bass
viol as a raft and navigate on the stormy
waters until it is safe for them to go ashore.
"HER TRIP TO NEW YORK" (August 4).—
Ruth marries Harry and he promises that for a
wedding trip he will take her to New York.
She makes all preparations for the trip, but he
never takes her. Each year he has some ex-
cuse that he cannot afford the journey. She,
believing that some day he will take her, lives
in anticipation of the great pleasure. At last
after many years, she breaks down from hard
work. The doctor is called and he reminds
Harry that he never took Ruth on the prom-
ised wedding trip. He sinks on his knees at
her bea-side, and after telling her of the won-
derful trip they are going to have, Ruth be-
gins to recover.
"THE BUSY BUSINESS BOY AND THE
DROPPERS-IN" (August 5). — The Busy Busi-
ness Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird
with the intention of tearing off a week or two
of correspondence in an hour or so. But the
Napoleon of finance recks not with the Man
with the Funny Puzzle, the Fruit Vender, the
Insurance Agent with the Flowing Vocabulary,
and last, but not least, with Rube. After two
busy hours one letter is started. It's a gay
life and about noon Mr. Busy Business is mak-
ing fine headway. The Rube is the last straw.
He demands to be shown the gay White Lightt
and to Revel in the Ecstacy of Chop Suey.
The Busy Business Boy gives up the Ghost and,
with the Rube in tow, starts out on the cock-
tail route. It's a busy finish. Moral : Work
is a Snap but Intermissions play Hob with the
Nervous Svstem.
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mates, also rivals for the hand of the fair
Sophie. Slim claims to be a singer and guitar
player. Sophie invites them to call, especially
asking Slim to bring his guitar. Mustang
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"BRONCHO BILLY'S FATAL JOKE" (Au-
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an offer of one hundred thousand dollars for
his claim. The offer is overheard by Rundell,
another prospector, and he proposes to sell his
claim also. Broncho Billy hearing of this,
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prospector blasts he is so delighted at his good
fortune that he falls dead from heart failure.
Broncho Billy sends a note to Marguerite,
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her father, and realizing that he was the cause
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claims, she thinking that Broncho Billy's claim
belonged to her father. He then notifies the
Consolidated Mining Co. that he does not wish
to sell. When he sees the girl's sweet face, he
falls in love with her.
"THE MOTOR BUCCANEERS" (Special-
Two Parts — August 7). — William Nash, an ath-
letic young lawyer, inherits a practice which
includes the management of the Gilton Estate.
Nash and Gilton are none too friendly, because
the youn^ lawyer is anxious for big business,
while Gilton is somewhat old fashioned. Nash
is entrusted with an envelope for Gilton and
locks it in the office safe. Later John Carling,
the great financier, calls and gives a sealed en-
velope into Nash's keeping, to be delivered
when a messenger appears with the mysterious
pass word. The messenger proves to be Edith
Elsden, a beautiful girl. Nash accompanies her
to her Uncle's home and meets Lowe and Brow-
din, two financiers. Later Nash discovers that
Carling. the financier, is in reality in Paris and
has been impersonated by Keator, a noted crook.
Keator p-iears disguised as Carling, knocks
out young Nash and escapes. Nash recovers
consciousness, takes Edith and drives to the
office, where he finds the safe rifled and Gilton
unconscious on the floor. Gilton revives, ac-
cuses Nash and falls senseless. Morley, an old
bookkeeper, whom Nash inherited with the law
practice, enters at this moment and charges
Nash with murder.
The night watchman enters and holds Nash
for the arrival of the police. Meanwhile Edith
is abducted by motor car bandits, who drive
her to a shack in tne country where the false
Carling has been forging railroad proxies. At
dawn Nash escapes and hurries to the rescue
of Edith. In a terrific hand to hand battle,
the young lawyer knocks out the principal buc-
caneer and forces a confession from Keator.
The storv is concluded with a thrilling race
to the city. Nash arrives just in time to stop
the conspiracy to steal a railroad. He saves
the day and, best of all. wins Edith for his
wife.
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clusion.
"A BIT OF HTMAN DRIFTWOOD" (Two
Parts — July 30). — The man's weakness Is sub-
morgea In the woman's strength and her sacri-
fice saves him. In the ensuing years the lesson
taught him bears its fruit and In maturity bis
is a noble work— that of giving light to the
blind, when, at the heleht of his new-found
happiness, ho finds that the sin of his youth
has found blm out, and then comes despair —
darkness.
"THE MAX WHO PAID" (August 1).— When
a man sinks to the depths, the saddest part Is
the misery brought to those who love him
most. But should he seize a chance for redemp-
tion, therein lies his loved ones' consolation.
EDISON.
A TANGO SPREE (August .1). — The one per-
son In town who did not approve of the tango
was Mr. Sparks. It wasn't only that Mr
Sparks did not approve of the tango ; he abom-
inated It. When girls attempted to buy slip-
pers In his store, he sold them on the provi-
sion that they should not be used for the tango.
Finding two of his clerks practicing the obnox-
ious steps, he discharged them on the spot,
and his rage upon discovering his butcher prac-
ticing a now glide and dip with his assistant
resulted in Mr. Sparks getting rather roughly
handled.
At just about the time that Mr. Sparks'
mother came down to pay her son and daugh-
ter-in-law a visit, some people in the village
engaged a hall, which Sparks owned, for a
small entertainment. When Sparks discovered
that the entertainment in question was to be
a tango party, he flatly refused to allow his
hall to be profaned in any such way. On the
evening of the dance Mr. Sparks retired early.
He was awakened by one of his boarders, some-
what sketchily disguised as a burglar, threat-
ening "him with a patent cigar lighter, the
boarder forcing Sparks to give him the key
to the hall.
Sparks, suspecting a trick slipped on a dress-
in=' gown after the boarder left, and rushed to
his beloved hall. Sure enough, it was filled
with people dancing. But Sparks' anger was
quickly turned to sheer incredulous amazement
for the first person he saw dancing was his
wife and the second was his dear old mother.
Realizing that it was all up. he gracefully sur-
rendered and joined the party.
THE LIVING DEAD (Ninth of the "Man
Who Disappeared" Series — August 4). — When
John Perriton and Mary Wales fled to Albany
to escape her brother. Nelson, and the detective,
that amiable young man had set on their track,
their first plan was to take the express for
Montreal. The fact that Mary recognized her
brother and the detective on the train made
them realize the futility of attempting to es-
cape across the border. After some thought,
they decided that their wisest plan was to re-
turn to New York. Accordingly they took one
of the steamboats running down the Hudson.
Nelson Wales and the detective, after going
through Albany with a fine tooth comb, decided
that there was no use in looking further. Ac-
cordingly, they came aboard the same boat
Mary and John had taken.
That night at dinner. Nelson looked across
the tables, and saw Perriton and Mary. Filled
with triumph, he ordered the detective to arrest
the supposed murderer, Perriton, realizing the
uselessness of resistance, quietly submitted to
being locked up in his stateroom. Mary, whose
stateroom was next, racked her brains to think
of a way to rescue him. The detective, eager
to make assurance doubly sure, stationed him-
self at John's door, and the situation seemed
hopeless. At last, she examined the wall of
the stateroom and discovering that the panels
were fastened in place with screws.
Inspired by a gleam of hope, she unscrewed
one of the panels. John crawled throu^'h the
gap. Affairs were Improved, but still almost
hopeless. But Mary's quick brain met the dif-
ficulty. Under her directions, John waited un-
til she had left the stateroom, and then cau-
tiously followed. Just as she came opposite
to the detective and her brother, Mary pre-
tended to faint. They naturally rushed to her
assistance, and in the moment they did so, John
shot past them, and rushing to the stern of the
boat, jumped overboard. After a long, hard
swim, he reached shore in an exhausted condi-
tion. Mary, on the boat, had been unable to
see whether or not he reached the bank. She
feared the worst, however, and her joy may be
imagined, when John Perriton, safe and sound,
came to her in New York.
A CHANGE OF BUSINESS (August 5).—
The Widow Robinson was a person of very
strict habits and tastes. She had Conscientious
Scruples. Accordingly, she was very careful
about the sort of people she met. If they were
not Perfectly Respectable, the/ were absolutely
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Taboo as far as abe was concerned. Hence,
whon Mrs. WInslow, whom the widow was vls-
iUng, attempted to present Saloon-keeper Jones
to her, the Widow ttlted her cbln untti it mado
an angle of -iri decrees with her cervical verte-
brae, and directed a flxcd and awful stare at
a spot some distance above tbo head of the
unfortunate Jones.
A few days later, Jennie, the widow's little
daughter, ran away from her littlo playmates,
and entered Jonca* saloon. With a savoir falro,
remarkable in one so young, she advanced to
the bar and demanded a drink. After his tlrst
moment of surprise, Jones flUed a goblet with
icy cold milk and Rave It to her. Meanwhile,
the widow had disrovercd that Jennie was miss-
ing. Wild with alarm, she aroused the nelRb-
bors. and instituted a search throughout the
vicinity. When a gentleman who "bad Just
happened to drop into the saloon" informed the
widow where her daughter was, the poor woman
nearly fainted. The thought that a daughter
of hers had deliberately entered such a place
was almost unbearable.
After she had rescued Jennie from the sa-
loon, the widow was forced to listen t" numer-
our encomiums on her daughter's part in praise
of Saloon-keeper Jones. Almost unconsciously,
the child's praises influenced her. and she
founu herself half wishing that he were In
some more reputable business. For his part.
Jones decided that he could not possibly get
along without the widow. As the most obvious
course of winning her, he sold out bis saloon,
and opened a drug store. And so It happened,
when he advertised for an assistant, the widow
at once applied for the place.
FAINT HEART NE'ER WON FAIR LADY
(August 5). — BiUie did not look It, but he was
of the stuff of which the heroes of old were
made. Speak, if you will, of Tristan and
Isolde, of Dante and Beatrice, of Paolo and
Francesca, but speak also of Billie and Nellie.
for never did lover of old suffer more than he
to win the lady of his heart. Nellie's father
was BilHe's employer, and be cared less than
nothing for Billie as a son-in-law. When the
young man had the effrontery to ask him for
his daughter's hand, Mr. Bailey promptly dis-
charged him. Before he left the office, Billie
placed a paper on Mr. Bailey's desk, repeating
his request. Shortly afterward, he sent Mr.
Bailey a telegram with the same prayerful
words : "I love your daughter. Will you let
me marry her?"
Mr. Bailey's temper, at no time of the best.
was seriously impaired by Billie's insolence.
TMien Billie met him as he was leaving bis
office, and again made his modest demand.
Bailey was so much enraged that he pushed
him down the elevator shaft. Billie. a little
the worse for his fall, met him at the foot of
the stairs. Mr. Bailey, frightened by such in-
human persistence, fled. Billie followed. In
the excitement of the race, neither noticed
where he was going, and as a consequence
both were struck by an automobile.
In the hospital to which they were taken,
Billie again begged Mr. Bailey for his daugh-
ter's hand. Mr. Bailey promptly left the hos-
pital. That night, when Mr. Bailey, covered
with bandages, came down to dinner, and dis-
covered Billie at the table, he, for one wild
moment, considered the feasibility of strangling
the young man and burving him in the back
yard. But the sight of Billie's woe-begone and
plaster-covered face, proved too much for Mr.
Bailey, so, making the best of a bad bargain
he gave him Nellie and his blessing.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL (Special— Two
Parts — August 7). — John Farley and his wife
were in very comfortable circumstances. They
owned their own little farm and, as a result,
were able to live very nicely on John's Income
as a railroad switchman, and to put money In
the bank as well. The one great drawback to
the farm, was the fact that it was so far from
the tower in which John worked. Tired out
from his long day's work, John was frequently
nt-arly exhausted when be had finished the long
walk home. As a surprise to her husband.
Mrs. Farley one day took the money she had
saved UD, and bought a second-hand automobile.
After that. John Farley always rode to and
from his work.
One day, a note was brought to Farley telling
him that Flood the other operator, was sick,
and unable to go on duty. Farley sent word
to his wife that he would not be able to come
home, and settled down for an additional eight
hours on his station. Just as Mrs. Farley came
down to brine her husband bis dinner, a mes-
sage came over the wire directing Farley to
sidetrack train No. 4f* In order to make way for
the President's Special. Before she left. Far-
ley happened to mention to his wife that No. 49
had been chartered for a picnic party.
After his wife had gone, the overworked
Farley fell asleep. He was awakened by the
roar of a passing train — No. 4f>. It was too
late to do anything, and the agonized man real-
ized that nothiner could prevent a terrible ca-
tastrophe. Mrs. Farley, at home, saw the pass-
ing train, noticed the children waving flags, and
In a moment of utter horror, realized what had
happened. There was only one thing to do.
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Jumping into the automobile, she raced after
the flying train. A long road lay alongside of
the railroad track, and down this she tore, the
little automobile straining every fibre to over-
haul its gigantic rival.
Meanwhile John, out of his senses with the
horror of it all, paced up and down the switch
tower, picturing the terrible scene which must
result when the two fast trains met each other
in head-on collision. But the miracle hap-
pened. Xellie reached a crossing before the
excursion train, and forced it to stop. Acting
on her frenzied commands, the engineer backed
the train down to the siding just in time. The
President's '^^ecial tore by and Nellie rushed
in to carr>- a message of incredulous joy to the
crazed man inside the switch tower.
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE (August 8).— Mr.
Bradley had a very serious case of nerves. The
cares and worries of his tremendous business
interests reacted on his disposition to such an
extent that he stayed in a perpetual state of ill
nature. Everything seemed to go wrong, and
nothing whatever pleased him. One day, Mr.
Bradley set out to keep a business engagement,
in his automobile. The car broke down on a
lonely country road, and Mr. Bradley, after
telling the chauffeur exactly what he thought
of him, decided to walk the balance of the
distance.
After he had taken out a portion of his spleen
on a wasps' nest, with somewhat unforseen re-
sults. Mr. Bradley lost his way. After wan-
dering about for some time, he met Freckles.
Freckles was sitting beside a stream fishing.
When Mr. Bradley angrily demanded that he be
set upon his proper road at once. Freckles
America. Aileen is filled with grief when her
sweetheart informs her of his plan to leave
for the United States. Despite her pleas. Terry
leaves the "Quid Sod" for the new world. The
lad from old Ireland secures a position the day
following his arrival at New York.
As time passes, the pressure of his work
causes the memory of Aileen to grow dim in
Terry's thoughts. Back in County Cork, the
colleen waits in vain for word from her sweet-
heart. Poverty lays its heavy hand upon Aileen.
Her mother's illness and death leave her in
sore financial straits. Unable to pay the rent
of her humble cottage, the maid is threatened
with eviction.
Word of Aileen's plight comes to Terry just
as the lad is elected mayor of the city. Filled
with remorse. Terry turns his back upon his
society friends — and the heiress who would be
his for the asking — and boards a steamer for
Ireland. He comes not a moment too soon.
Even as he reaches the thatched cottage which
has long been Aileen's home. Terry sees the
worn furniture being carried out. Filled with
rage, the lad enters Aileen's home and con-
fronts the landlord who is berating the colleen
because of her failure to pay the rent. Terry
thrusts the money into the man's hand and
helps hipa on his way with his good right foot.
The following Sunday finds the banns an-
nouncing the approaching marriage of Terry
and his sweetheart read by the parish priest.
THE VAMPIRE'S TRAIL (Special— Two
Parts — August 3). — With the birth of her son,
Laura's affection for her husband is submerged
in her mother-love for the child. Deprived of
his wife's companionship. Horace drifts away
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crime, the captor suggests that the burglar
relate the circumstances which drove him to
burglary.
Breaking down. Keenan, the burglar, consents.
According to his story, he had been sent to
prison, although innocent, on the charge of
robbing his employer. After spending four
years in prison, the real culprit was discov-
ered and Keenan secured his release.
Continuing, the man tells of how he found
his wife and child in dire poverty. Applying
for his old position, he was informed that his
prison term made him undesirable as an em-
ployee. Keenan then tried to secure other jobs,
but detectives invariably traced him and by in-
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convict, caused his discharge. Driven to des-
peration by want. Keenan determined to prey
upon society. His effort to burglarize Frank-
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Franklin regards Keenan with a peculiar
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fronting Franklin. Dazed by the discovery,
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Continuing, Franklin declares he has long
sought for a private secretary who could oe
of aid to him in his sociological work. Be-
lieving his prison experience has well fitted
him for the position, the chief of police of-
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ex-convict accepts.
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commanded him to keep back from the bank,
lest he spoil the fishing. Mr. Bradley's wild
anger was suddenly quieted by the sudden
catching of a fish on Freckles' part. Interested
in spite of himself, he settled down to watch
the boy. Then, waxing enthusiastic, he cut
himself a pole, and started to fish. too.
The long and short of it all was that Mr.
Bradley forgot all about his business engage-
ment and settled down to a real outins with
Freckles. They cooked their fish, and ate them
with berries gathered by Freckles ; they played
mumbley-peg: and, finally, when the sun grew
hot, went in swimming. The freedom and care-
lessness of it all wrought a miraculous change
in Mr. Bradley. The frayed irritability of his
ruffled nerves was smoothed out as though by a
hot iron. So when night came on, he sent
Freckles to Mrs. Bradley with a note telling
her that he thought he would stay out in the
woods for a few days. "Perhaps," he conclud-
ed, "It may improve my temper." Mrs. Brad-
ley smiled curiously when she read her hus-
band's letter. When Bradley awoke next morn-
in". he was surprised to find himself wrapped
In a blanket. Not far away, Mrs. Bradley,
wrapped in another blanket, was sleeping on fehe
ground. When she awoke, she informed her
husband that she thought the best thing to do
was for both of them to stay out there for a
month.
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THE LAD FROM OLD IRELAND (August
1). — The glorious blue skies and the green fields
of County Cork have no beauties for Terry.
Filled with the fire and ambition of youth, he
dreams of the fame and fortune to be won in
from her. The man falls into the toils of Rita,
an actress.
The woman loves Dugan, a reporter on a
yellow sheet. Dugan suggests that Rita elope
with Horace as a means of getting publicity.
The unscrupulous woman agrees. Horace falls
into Rita's net and the two plan to elope upon
the occasion of a reception given by Laura,
which is to be held a few days later.
Laura Is amazed to find the notorious actress
among her guests, upon the night of the affair.
Shortly afterward, a frightened maid informs
the hostess that her child is ill. All the guests
depart, with the exception of Rita, who waits
for Horace. A doctor declares that Laura's
baby has a severe case of diphtheria and the
house is quarantined.
Rita is furious when she discovers she can-
not leave the house. Enraged by the collapse
of her infamous scheme, the woman reveals
her true self to Horace. Thinking of the lit-
tle wife who is fighting for their child's life,
Horace turns from Rita in disgust.
Several nights later, Dugan, impatient for
news, steals to the rear of the house. Evad-
ing the police on guard, he attracts Rita's at-
tention. Laura comes upon the two and learns
what her neglect of Horace has brought about.
She confronts the actress, who shrinks in fear
from the enraged wife. Thus Horace finds
them.
Falling to his knees, the husband acknowl-
edges his baseness and begs to be forgiven.
But Laura, taking him in her arms, declares
the fault to have been her own.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE (August 4). — Dis-
f'overing a man burglarizing the safe in his li-
brary, Franklin captures him by a clever ruse.
Shrewdly sizing the thief up as a novice in
thousand dollars carried in the express car of
train No. 3 is the prize sought by Gregg and
his band of outlaws. Two of the gang board
the train at the yard, while the rest of the
band hide along the track near Black Rock,
where the holdup is to take place.
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DON'T MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ SAW
(August 7). — Between the nagging of bis wife
and the bullying of his mother-in-law, poor
Ilenpeck leads an awful life. His grief over-
comos him one evening and the man stop Into
a liquor emporium to drown his troubles. Wife
and mother-in-law are waiting for Henpeck
upon his return several hours later. What hap-
pens to poor hubby speedily sobers him up.
Discovering that Profegsor Orbs, a hypnotist,
is his neighbor, Henpeck induces the man to
teach him the science. So well does he ab-
sorb the lessons that several nights later, Hen-
peek causes his wife and mother-in-law to fall
into a slumber Just as they finish supper.
Stealing from the house, hubby meets Bunt,
a chum. The men meet a couple of chorus
girls and proceed to have a hilarious time.
Aided by his hypnotic i^owers, Henpeck Is en-
abled to get away from home every evening.
A burglar enters the house during one of
Henpeck's excursions. The thief is seen by
Professor Orbs, who summons an ofTlcer. The
two men enter and capture the crook. Discov-
ering that Mrs. Henpeck and her mother re-
main motionless during the struggle, the hyp-
notist investigates and ascertains the cause.
He breaks the spell.
The ladies learn of Henpeck's scheme and
plan his downfall. When hubby ■ attempts his
usual stunt the following night, the two pre-
tend to succumb. When Henpeck leaves the
house, however, his wife and her mother are
close behind. They see him meet Bunt and
the chorus girls.
The enraged pair follow' Henpeck to a lob-
ster palace. Mrs. Henpeck sees her worse half
place his arms about the chorus girl and kiss
her. Unable to restrain her wrath, she de-
scends upon luckless Henpeck and drags him
home by the ear.
GREY EAGLE'S REVENGE (August 8).—
Chaplain Scott, whose kindness wins for him
the love of the Indians, loses his heart to Na-
turich, daugher of Chief Grey Eagle. The
chaplain later learns that the maid loves Lieu-
tenant French.
A distorted sense of humor causes one of the
soldiers to hurl Chief Grey Eagle into a stream.
Enraged, the red-skin turns upon his tormen-
tor and stabs him. Returning to his camp,
Chief Grey Eagle meets the chaplain, to whom
he tells the story.
The kindly minister hastens to the fort,
where he finds Col. Thome, the commandant,
dispatching a force to place the chief under
arrest. Unable to alter the commandant's de-
cision, Chaplain Scott returns to the Indian en-
campment and induces Grey Eagle to submit
to arrest.
The chief is roughly handled in being taken
to the fort. Word of the treatment accorded
Grey Eagle reaches the tribe and they threaten
to take to the warpath. Realizing the serious-
ness of the situation, Col. Thorne heeds Scott's
advice and releases the Indian.
Furious at the manner in which he had been
treated, the redskin resolves to lead his tribe
in an attack upon the soldiers, liearning of
this, the chaplain rides toward the Indian en-
campment to turn Grey Eagle from his pur-
pose. The chief sees the chaplain approaching.
Failing to recognize his friend, the redskin
shoots and slays him.
Discovering his awful blunder, Grey Eagle
resolves to expiate his crime. Seeing the
soldiers approaching, he deliberately draws
their fire. The next moment, the Indian chief
topples across the body of his white friend.
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WHEN WAR THREATENS (Special—Two-
Part — August 4). — Richard Hyde, a spy In the
pay of a foreign power, wins the heart and hand
of pretty Winifred Colburn. daughter of Ad-
miral Colburn. commander-in-chief of the navy.
He is jubilant over his conquest, not only be-
cause of the triumph of his love affair, but also
because war is threatening between the two
nations and he feels that his position as the
son-in-law of the admiral will place him In a
position to secure important navy department
secrets without much difficulty.
Amart, the Admiral's orderly, however, is
suspicious of Hyde from the first, probably
largely because of his fondness for Lieutenant
Tom Shelley, an unsuccessful suitor for Wini-
fred's hand. He soon becomes convinced of the
spy's treachery and lays a trap to catch him in
the act of betraying department secrets.
Winifred, meanwhile, misunderstands Hyde's
secret meetings with a woman confederate, and,
while in search of evidence of what she believes
to be his faithlessness to her. finds a cipher let-
ter in his pocket. Suspecting it to be a love
missive, she turns it over to Shelley, who is
an expert at deciphering codes of various kinds,
for translation. Missing the letter, Hyde at-
tacks his wife when he learns she has made
away with it, and shoots and seriously wounds
Shelley when the latter interferes. As he was
in his own house when the shot was fired, he
claims that Shelley was trespassing and suc-
ceeds in making his story believed in court.
Soon, however, the spy walks unsuepectlDgly
into the trap laid by Amart, who, by tapping
the tolephono wires, has learned the location of
tho spies' headquarters. When government
agenU raid the place, they And Hydo In the act
of accepting a large sum of money In payment
for a Bet of new battleship plane which he is
about to deliver to the country's enemies. In
the meantime, Shelley has translated the code
letter, which contains matter clinching Hyde's
guilt, Seeing himself caught, ho Urea a bullet
Into his own brain, leaving Winifred free to
marry the faithful young lieutenant.
SELIG.
ETIENNE OF THE GLAD HEART (Special
— Two Parts— August 3). — EtJenne Cloquol, a
young woodsman, is in love with Marie, the
pretty daughter of Paul Le Groux, a salmon
fisher. Kticnne has such a sunny disposition
that he has become generally known as
"Etlenne of the Glad Heart." Notwithstand-
ing his sunny disposition, be has a fierce tem-
per when aroused, so that those wbo know
him realize that it will not do to press him too
far. The plans for the marriage of the young
couple have all been arranged, and Etlenne
goes to the lumber camp to put in a final win-
ter with the expectation that he will have
enough money saved In the spring so that he
and Marie can marry.
Olaf, a young trapper, is a handsome fellow,
but unscrupulous. He chances on to the cabin
of Paul, and becomes a boarder with the fam-
ily. Naturally, he is attracted by Marie, and
realizing her engagement to Etlenne. plans to
gain her affections. One of Etienne's accom-
plishments is the playing of the guitar, and It
has been his custom to carry this instrument
with him when he visited his sweetheart. They
discover that Olaf is even a superior perform-
er on the guitar, and Marie begins to show an
interest In him as a result of his pleasant
ways and musical skill. During Etienne's ab-
sence In the lumber camp Olaf makes prog-
ress in the winning of Marie, her parents be-
ing unsuspicious of the change in her affec-
tions. While Etlenne is in the lumber camp he
rescues an Indian named Peter from a terrible
death, and Peter has become his faithful friend.
Peter accompanies Etienne on his return from
the lumber camp. Just about the time of
Etienne's return, old Paul becomes suspicious
of Marie, and discovers her in the act of sew-
ing a tiny garment^ which confirms bis sus-
picions that there is something wrong. Paul
demands the attendance of Etlenne, believing
him to be the culprit, and wishing to bring him
face to face with the disgraced girl. At the
cabin door, they meet Olaf returning from a
trapping trip. They face Marie and Paul com-
mands that his daughter shall name her be-
trayer. Marie is overwhelmed with shame,
and does not speak. Etienne, to whom the In-
formation is wholly new, at once grasps the
situation, and springing upon Olaf, endeavors
to kill him with his bare hands. Marie's moth-
er intervenes and saves Olaf's life. The dis-
graced girl is driven from home, accompanied
by Olaf. her betrayer.
The home-like cabin of Paul becomes a place
of sorrow. Etienne has lost his spirit, and one
night he takes his beloved guitar Into the
woods and hides it. Peter, believing that
Etienne will once more be happy, rescues the
guitar and takes it to the cabin, unknown to
Etienne. The love of the mother impels her
to urep Etienne to undertake a search for Ma-
rie. She misses her only child, and her heart
yearns for her. She has not had word of her
for months, and does not know whether Marie
be alive or dead. TEtlenne consults with his
friend Peter, and it is finally decided that a
search shall be made for the outcast girl.
Peter finally locates the cabin in which Olaf
and Marie are living. He accompanies Etienne
to the place, and they find the couple Inslde.
Olaf's heprtless and brutal treatment of M^rie
enrages Eti-^nne. but Peter restrains him. They
watch the cabin In secret until Olaf goes for
an Inspection of his traps. Then they hur-
riedly enter the cabin, uree the overjoyed girl
to escape under their protection and the three
hasten away and embark in Peter's canoe for
the return trip. They are goine to tnke Marie
tai^k home. Olaf returns unexpectedly to the
cabin a short time after their departure. He
notes the absence rff Marie and cannot under-
stand it. His skill in woodcraft discloses th^
tracks of Marie and her two companions, ani
he follows the trail to the river. There h*^
notes the marks which show that another cano^
has been hauled up at the landing. Furious
with rage, he springs? into his canoe, and fol-
lows with all the hastp and sneed that his skill
can supply. Down the winding river he fol-
lows the heavily loaded canop containing thp
girl and her two friends. Etlenne and Peter
are also experts at the battle, but the added
weight in their canoe renders their progress
slower than that of their frantic nursuer. Olaf
finally eets within range, and pulling- his six-
shooter, he empties it at the occupants of the
canoe. They proceed uninjured, and throw-
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tinues to paddle after them. The leading
canoe is propelled to the shore, and Marie and
Etienne disembark in haste.
Olaf drifts past undecided as to what his
next step shall be, but Peter, realizing what
the friendship of Etienne means to him and
what the despicable acts of Olaf in connection
with Marie have meant to his friend, he
dashes after Olaf, and upon arriving along
side, he launches himself like a catapult on
the shoulders of the doomed Olaf, upsetting
the canoe, and both floundering into the ice
cold stream. Peter returns alone. The anxious
mother accepts the return of Marie with all of
a mother's love. Gruff old Paul accepts the
situation, while Etienne, with the sunshine
once more in his heart, accepts his rescued
guitar from the grinning Peter, and happy
hearts beat once again.
THE ORDEAL (August 4). — Paul is a young
hospital surgeon and Esther is a lovely nurse.
She has fallen in love with Paul, although he
is engaged to Miriam Burke. While walking
on the pier at a seashore resort, a little child
falls into the water. Paul refuses to spring
into the water or attempt to save he child,
this office being performed by another man.
Miriam calls Paul a coward and returns her
engagement ring scornfully. Upon his return
to the hospital where Esther is employed as a
nurse. Paul tells her everything. He explains
that he is not really a coward, but does not
know how to swim. His viewpoint was that had
he sprung into the water, he merely would
have sacrificed his own life, or made it neces-
sary for someone else to save him. This he
did not consider would be heroic. Esther
agrees with him.
Mrs. Eurke, the mother of Miriam, is brought
to the hospital for an operation. Miriam comes
with her. Dr. Gunn. assisted by Paul, together
with Esther and another nurse, are engaged in
the operation, when the hospital takes fire.
The time when the fire broke out was a criti-
cal period in the operation. To move the pa-
tient would mean certain death. Dr. Gunn con-
tinues heroically at his work. The smoke blind-
ed him. The other nurses flee when the roar-
ing flames threaten to engulf them. When the
doctor fails, Paul insists that Esther shall
lead him and Miriam to safety, and he will
continue. Esther returns through the smoke
and flames to be by Paul's side. Together
they battle to save Miriam's mother's life,
■until at last the operation is successfully
concluded. Esher and Paul stagger through
the hall carrying the unconscious patient, and
the party is saved.
Paul slowly recovers from his burns. *Esther
and he are fellow patients. She persuades the
nurse to wheel her in her chair to the bedside
of Paul, and there she kneels by his side
There is a pretty love scene. The door opens
softly and Miriam tiptoes into the room, her
face aglow with love for Paul, her hero. Paul
and Esther do not hear her enter the room,
and Miriam realizes that she Is intruding. She
recognizes the fact that Paul can never b°
anything to her, as he is evidently deeply in
love with Esther. Miriam closes the door and
withdraws.
THE REPORTER ON THE CASE (August
5). — Reporter Jimmie was gloomy. There had
been nothing doing in the way of news worth
his while as a star writer, for a week, and he
tarried a grouch. Nothing worth while ap-
peared in the morning "extras." so after stick-
ing around the office for a while, he decided to
visit his old friend. Detective Barnes. Here
he found that Dame Fortune had opened the
door for him.
In the meantime, Giles, heavy Jowled and
villainous in appearance, and looking as if he
owed the whole world a grudge, flnished his
prison term and came back home. He was
broke. He decided to raise some money ; so he
prepared himself by lighting his lamp, loading
his revolver and writing a note. The note
he thrust under the door of Emery's house.
The note warned Emery to come across with
money, and if not. Giles would give the papers
an interesting story and a convict photograph
of him. Mrs. Emery found the note when she
opened the door, and read it. Emery was
sick abed, so his wife, guessing at once who
had written the blackmailing note, went
through the darkness to where Giles was
stopping. Mrs. Emery carried a loaded pistol
with her. Giles, in his pleasant way, took
away her money, but declared that It was not
sufficient. Then she gave him her jewelry.
This nearly satisfied him. but he wanted her
wedding ring also. Mrs. Emery would not
part with her wedding ring without a strug-
gle. A lively tussle for the ring followed.
The policeman on the beat heard a shot. In
the house he found Giles dead on the floor
from a bullet wound. He telephoned to police
headquarters of his discovery.
Jimmie had .iust seated himself for a chat
with Detective Barnes when the telephone mes-
sage came. They visited the scene of the crime
and found clues, among which were the ini-
tials on the jewelry, which led them to Mrs.
Emery. Anticipating a visit from the police,
the clever woman was prepared for them. She
explained the jewelry saying that the house
had been robbed the night before. Giles was
a burglar by reputation, and the significance
was unmistakable. But Mrs. Emery overlooked
one thing — Jimmy found her wedding ring
clutched in Giles' hand. He made Mrs. Emery
confess her visit, although she denied the shoot-
ing. Detective Barnes insisted on arresting
Mrs. Emery, but Jimmy begged for twenty-
four hours' time in which to clear up the
mystery. How he cleverly did this is unmis-
takably shown in the last scenes. An entirely
'new and fascinating situation is developed
while Jimmie, as usual, triumphs.
THE SKULL AND THE CROWN (August
7) . — Dr. , Loring is the jovial head of an in-
sane asylum. His particular friend. Jack,
calls one day to present a curiosity in the
form of a peculiarly shaped skull. Jack takes
a stroll through the corridors, and during
his absence Betty, the doctor's niece, enters
the office. Betty has secured the regal robes
of a queen to wear at a masquerade. With
natural curiosity she notes the skull on the
doctor's table and asks about it The doctor,
being in a jovial mood, and feeling free to
play a joke on his friend, tells Betty that the
skull belongs to one of the inmates, who fan-
cies himself to be Hamlet. When Betty leaves
the office, she forgets her crown ; so when
Jack returns, he asks the doctor who owns the
ornament. The doctor sees an opportunity for
furthering the jest ; so he informs Jack that
the crown belongs to a patient who fancies
herself to be the Queen of Navarre. Jack feels
sorry for the poor girl and suggests that he
would like to meet her, unless she is too in-
sane. The doctor falls into the plan very
nicely and later, when Betty comes back in
searcb of her crown, she expresses the desire
to see the poor young man who fancies he is
Hamlet.
The wily doctor arranges a meeting in the
reception room, and each one endeavors to
play the assigned part with due fidelity be-
cause the doctor explained that either one
would become violent if it were apparent that
the other might be pretending. The scene in
the reception room is a particularly ludicrous
one. "Hamlet" plays his part with a full
measure of insanity injected, and the force of
the scene frightens the bogus queen, who flees
in dismay. On the following day Jack and
Betty meet on the public street. Each believes
the other to have escaped from the asylum,
and following the doctor's instructions, eac^i
plays the part assigned. The police arrest
them, and they are taken to the station. The
desk sergeant telephones the asylum for the
padded wagon, in which thev ride In conster-
nation in to the presence of Dr. Loring, who
explains the joke with great gusto, but to their
comical dismay.
THE JUNGLE SAMARITAN (August 11).—
When Prentice died, his widow and her oldest
daughter, Elouise. were forced to find comfort
in the little fund that he left for their sup-
port. Donald, the widow's stepson, sensitive
to the fact that his rough clothes and plodding
ways were not agreeable to them, left to be-
come a wanderer, and little Helen, the younger
daughter, crept away to her darkened room
and cried — but Donald did not know this. He
joined an animal-hunting expedition and be-
came lost in the African wilds. One day he
found his way blocked by a lion. His gun
wounded the charging beast, and the second
bullet laid it low. Later a leopard, resenting
the human intrusion, leaped upon him before
he cound draw his weapon. A terrible strugele
ensued in which the man finally choked the
snarling, raging beast , into Insensibility with
his bare hands. Then a great wave of pitv
surged through Donald's heart. He took tho
animal to his hut. nursed It back to health, ani
thereafter they were daily companions in the
hunt.
During his absence a smooth stranger In-
duced Mrs. Prentice to invest all her funds
In a crazy project. Then Donald returned,
and through a peculiar and dramatic manner
made the adventurer refund the money to Mrs.
Prentice. The stepmother and her daughter
were delighted to have the luxuries of life
again, so much so that they foreot to welcome
Donald as a member of the family after he had
saved them, and he again turned his back upon
the old home, and was about to wander away,
heavy-hearted and alonp. It was then that he
heard a soft voice calling his name, and he
turned to see Helen with outstretched arms.
"Are you going to leave me asain?" she aske-T
with a sob. Amazed, but deliehted. that hi«?
secret love for her was reciprocated, Donald
took her In his arms and then they turned
and walked away together down the long road
to happiness.
CARMELTTA'S REVENGE f August St.—
.Tack Furth, a young civil engineer, and Jane
Ross, a beautiful New York girl, are engaged.
His employers send him to Mexico to Inspect
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Mexican, wooes Carmellta, but she has been
attracted by the engaging personality of Jack,
and discourages the affections ol Manual.
Carmellta loses her heart to Jack, but he does
not reciprocate. He has thoughts only for
Jane. Manual becomes fiercely jealous, but
Carmellta does not heed him.
When Jack's work in Mexico is finished, he
returns to New York without a thought more
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Life seems all sunshine and roses to them.
When a lovely little baby came to their home,
they thought their happiness was complete.
Carmellta was inconsolable. Her spirit of un-
rest prompted her father to take her with him
to N"ew York on a business trip. There she
meets Jack face to face. Her violent pas-
.sion causes her to plot the death of her suc-
cessful rival. She sends Jack a decoy tele-
phone message, causing him to leave home for
an hour. Seeing him leave the house, Carme-
llta obtains admission, and stealthily makes
her way to the room occupied by mother
.and child.
In the meantime, Jane had been startled by
a cry from the child. Hurrying to its assist-
ance, she found it in the throes of a violent
attack of croup. Her inexperience renders her
"helpless to relieve it. Carmellta steals into the
room and prepares to deal the blow, which will
result fatally for Jane. In her anguish, Jane
wheels about and observes her. Her only
thought is tor the safety of her child. She
appeals to Carmellta to save the baby. Then
Carmellta is torn between two passions — one of
vengeance, one to make Jack happy. Her bet-
ter impulses win. and she seizes the child,
directing Jane to hasten for a doctor. Their
united efforts save the child. Jack returns
home and is amazed at the explanation of
Jane, who credits Carmellta with having saved
the child. Carmellta returns to her Mexican
home. Manual again enters the lists, and is
finally successful in winning her hand even if
not her heart.
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"A FATAL CARD" (August 4).— Judge Hold-
er, a police magistrate, tias an occasional
thirst ; and he also likes an occasional game of
noker. He is indulging in both of these vices
in a back room of Jake's place. At the time
his thirst has been pretty well assuaged, he
gets into a scrap with Green about the game.
Green loses his temper and chokes him, but
Smith and Brown separate the men. In maud-
lin sentimentality, the Judge gives Smith a
Jack of Diamonds to be presented in token
of his debt ; then a policeman leads the Judge
home and all the others present make a rush
to get a Jack of some sort against an hour o£
need.
Next morning the Judge remembers having
given a card but does not remember to whom
he gave it. He catches Jack Drake kissing
his daughter. Bess, and refuses his consent to
their engagement but changes his mind when
Jack flashes a card. On his way to court the
Judge has several encounters, each terminating
in the flashing of a card by a most unlikely
person. He is pretty well riled by the time
,he gets on the bench. The first prisoner
brought in. is Smith who has been arrested for
fighting. Smith is the only man who law-
fully holds a card but he is a bit too late.
The Judge sentences him to a ten-day term ani
when Smith starts to argue, the Judge knocks
him out with his gavel, and the unfortunate
Smith is dragged to durance vile.
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"HE WOKE UP IN TIME" (.August 4).—
Huns lluds it rathtT tiresome reudiug a novel
so curls up on a park bench and takes a
nap. He dreams that he is sleeping in the
woods and is aroused by the talk of a gang ot
train robbers who have just held up the ex-
press cur and have a whole chest of gold.
Arming himself with a club he dashes off in
the direction of the law breakers and, with lion
hearted courage, kills the entire gantj and
makes off with the money. He ties his trouser
legs at the bottom so that he can take the
money he cannot carry in his pockets.
Down the road he meets his old crony, Jake,
and they go oft together to spend the money.
Jake picks up the coin that Hans cannot con-
veniently carry. They invest in full dress suits
and call on a charming lady, drawing on
themselves the wrath of a French count and
his friend the baron. There is a duel and
by stratagem they are getting the better ot*
it, when a cowardly friend of the count throwh
a stone and knocks Hans out. The count and
the baron then proceed to stick him in the
ribs. Hans wakes up to find that the swords
are really the clubs of two policemen who
warn him not to go to sleep again. Jake,
too, comes along and takes up an old grudge
he has harbored against Hans, and begins to
let out his wrath. It is not long before the
two tramps are arrested and taken to jail.
THE MAN WITH A FUTURE (Special-
Two Parts — August 5) . — Ann Trevor, daughter
of a confirmed old crook known to the police
as "Dad," rebels at the life of dishonesty she
is accustomed to, and her father agrees that
Ann shall lead a straight life. In announcing
this, Dad angers Dick Dickson, his accom-
plice, who wishes to marry Ann. The three
set forth to perform the last burglary in
which Ann is to have a part. The trio is
surprised by the police. Dad and Dick are
captured. Ann, desperately wounded, escapes.
She is found by Henry Scott, a physician, on
the latter's front stoop. Henry saves Ann's
life by an operation and promises to keep her
secret. He is impressed by her sincerity and
determines to assist her. Henry's friend, John
Grayson, district attorney, becomes enamored
of Ann during his frequent calls at Henry's
home, and proposes marriage. Ann holds him
off until she can ask Henry's advice. Henry
conceals his own love for the girl and urges
her to seek happiness in marriage with John.
Ann's married life progresses happily. When
her little son is two years old, Dad and Dick
are released after having served their terms.
Dad is in ill health. Soon he and Dick, hard
pressed for funds, plan another burglary. They
are suspected by detectives and "Runt" Hollins.
a stool pigeon, is sent to spy on them., Dick,
passing Ann's home by chance, sees her enter
her carriage with her child. Dick hurries to
tell Dad he has discovered Ann's whereabouts.
Dad vehemently prohibits Dick from annoying
Ann in any way. Dick leaves and goes to
Ann's home and demands money of the terri-
fied young mother. Ann grants the request.
The next day. fearful for the future, she goe^
to the crooks' headquarters to plead with Dick
to stay away from her home. After a pa-
thetic " reunion with Dad, she tells him of
Dick's actions. In the midst of this scene
Dick arrives, followed by Runt, the stool pig-
eon. Ann is concealed in a secret closet. Dick
and Runt quarrel and Dick kills the stool
pigeon. The police arrive to find Dad alone
with the dead body of Runt. Dad is arrested
on suspicion. When the officers leave, Ann,
terrified, emerges from her place of conceal-
ment, having witnessed the whole affair. Ann
guards her secret, fearful lest her evidence in
behalf of her father will expose her past and
wreck her married life. Her husband, John,
prepares to prosecute Dad for the murder of
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the stool pigeon. Ann goes to lleury for ad-
vice. Ilotli then go to Dud's cull, wliere Ann
pleads with her father to be allowed to testify
In his behalf. He steadfastly refuses. Meao-
whlle John has s.een Henry and Ann quite
often together. He suspects unfaithfulness on
Ann's part. On the day the trial Is under way,
Dick, driven desperate by hunger, rlsKs another
call on Ann for funds. Ann, In terror, fights
hlin olt. Dick is killed by a patrolman while
escaping. In the midst of the trial Ann stag-
gers Into the courtroom and before the eyes
of her dumbfounded husband, she bares her en-
tire past in giving tno evidence that frees
Dad. The sudden shock is too great for Dad,
in his weakened condition, and the old crimi-
nal dies in his daughter's arms. Henry enter.s
with news that the real murderer has been
killed. John cannot hold out against the pa-
thetic appeal of his young wife for his former
love, and he freely forgives her.
"A SIREiN OF THE DESERT" (August 7).—
On adjoining homesteads on the edge of the
desert lived Roy 'Webster and his Intended
bride, May Mason. May had prepared her
gown but longed for a veil, and Roy was
persuaded to make a journey to the town in
search of the desired article. In a typical
dance hall, a woman known as the Desert
Siren charmed the miners and cattlemen.
There Roy met her. Unskilled In the ways of
the world he fell a victim of the woman's
fascination but resisted the spell and rode
away from town only to be drawn back again.
His frequent visits to town aroused In May's
mind the suspicion that he had acquired a
passion for gambling and she induced her
father to follow Roy. The father learned the
truth and returning to his daughter was unable
to prevent her reading in his face the real rea-
son for the frequent absences of her lover.
Soon afterward news ot a rich gold strike in
another region reached the town, and there
followed a mad rush for the new "diggings."
The town was practically deserted and Bellerin
Blake with his outfit of girls and gamblers
was among the leaders. At the water hole
where the stampeders camped the first night
a fight broke out over the Siren and Monte
Culbert. the gambler, lost his life. The up-
roar terrified the Siren so that she rushed in
a panic away from the water hole. All night
she wandared until she dropped e.xhausted.
Meanwhile May. seeking to forget her misery,
rode out into the desert. She came upon the
unconscious Desert Siren and putting her on
her horse hurried home. Roy, going to town
again to see the Siren, found everything de-
serted and returned disconsolate. Passing
May's house he decided to stop and visit her
and entered just in time to find the Siren
restored to consciousness. In the recognition
between Roy and the Siren May found her
worst suspicions confirmed. Bursting Into tears
she rushed out of the house throwing herself
sobbing on the ground outside. Left alone In
the house with Roy. the Siren demanded to
know the reason for the other woman's tears.
Roy explained but urged that his passion tor
her was stronger than his old love for May.
Despite her life there still existed within the
heart of the Desert Siren a spark of true wom-
anhood which would not let her be the means
of separating the lovers. Realizing that Roy's
attachment tor her was not lasting she bared
her lite and shattered his illusions. Then tak-
ing him by the hand she leads him outside ani
restores him to the girl, herself shrinking
quietly out ot the background and out ot the
lives ot the two reunited lovers.
"LOVE AND FLAMES" (August 8).— Eileen
Field, a choice flower from the Garden ot
Baconrine's Beauties, while casually strolling
along one of the city thoroughfares is an-
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noyed by the worst of the town's pests, viz.,
Percy Montmorency. He follows her to her
home, but he is made to leave by her father's
unseeming mirth. Chief Smaltz, head of Ba-
conrine's crew of conflagration exterminators
and incendiary nemesis, inspects his motley
crowd and leaves to seek amusement. He ob-
serves Eileen and being a suitor for her fair
lunch-grabber, stops for a short chat of several
hours and repairs to his domicile to refresn
the inner man with much fodder. Percy, be-
coming peeved at his many rebuffs, etc.,
liquors up at the town emporium of refresh-
ments and then gets devilish and smokes three
successive cigarettes, nonchalantly tossing om
into an assortment of debris. Said action causes
a 'fire and we see the yellow tongues of flames
angrily licking up Eileen's abode, for it was
in this vicinity that this dastardly deed was
done. An alarm is turned in. Baconrine's
finest finally launched their craft and only
wrecked half of the building and six firemen.
They did not succeed in extinguishing the
flames, even though they used nearly all of
the town's good water. Behold ! Eileen ap-
pears from beneath the ruins as if reincar-
nated and struts majestically forth, between
the ranks of firemen and suitors alike. Spurn-
ing them all and she departs, leaving behind
hearts dripping with woe and unrequitted love.
■■A DAUGHTER OF EVE' (Special— Two
Parts — August 6). — EUss Dayton is a good
farmer, but a "close" husband and a poor
provider. He hopes for a match between his
daughter, Janet, and Hiram Brown, a neigh-
bor's son. Janet considers Hiram a bore, and
she is delighted when he goes to New York
to try to become a millionaire. Even old Dave
Pringle, who has been stone-deaf ever since
the battle of Gettysburg, is tired of Hiram's
noise. Janet meets Milton Wright, who is
beginning law practice in Springtown. Through
Dayton's minister. Milton secures a welcome
at the farm. Mrs. Dayton sees that Jan»t's
one chance for happiness has come, and tries
to induce her husband to buy Janet new
clothes and a piano. The old man refuses.
Using her egg-money for the dress, Mrs. Day-
ton anticipates an expected legacy and ab-
stracts §200 from her husband's desk. She
sends for the piano. Dayton admits that the
money spent on the new dress has been well
spent, and his enjoyment at church the next
Sunday is heightened by Janet's triumph. Mil-
ton, too, admires the improvement. Mrs. Day-
ton gives him an invitation to dinner. But
Mrs. Dayton's joy over Janet's happiness is
lessened by the return of Hiram who has
come home to sell fireless stock among his
neighbors. To her dismay, Dayton promises
to invest providing that Seth Perkins, the
village oracle, does likewise. This postpones
the disclosure of her theft, and Mrs. Dayton
prays fervently for the legacy to arrive. Day-
ton prefers Hiram for Janet, and Milton's
suit is frowned upon. The storm-clouds gath-
er. Mrs. Dayton receives word that her
legacy will not materialize. Her undoing seems
inevitable. Janet is let into the secret, and
they have a talk with the minister.
Meanwhile Seth Perkins has invested with
Hiram, and has made the discovery that he
has been buncoed. He has engaged Milton to
square accounts. Milton hears Mrs. Dayton's
story and gives Janet $200 to put into the
desk, sends the pair home, and makes an ap-
pointment with Seth and the town constable
to meet in Dayton's barnyard. Janet is to
wave a handkerchief the moment her father
"invests" with Hiram. To his wife's bewil-
derment, Dayton finds money in the desk. He
exchanges the $200 for the worthless stock.
Janet waves the handkerchief. Seth sees it
first, and by the time Milton and the constable
have separated them, the pair have had a
watery fight in the horse trough. Seth has had
his money's worth. Hiram is decorated with
handcuffs and dragged before Dayton, who
has just learned from the minister that he
has been swindled. As a son-in-law, Hiram
has lost charm. The old man ponders gloomilv
as Milton hands him back his investment.
Subdued he hands the .9200 to his wife. "You'd
better buy 'em a wedding present." But the
present was bought with the original S200.
because Mrs. Dayton receives a letter marked :
"Returned, wrong address." And even old
Dave Pringle. stone-deaf, was on hand to
hear the wedding march.
PATHE.
••PATHE'S WEEKLY No. 46, 1914' (July
22). — Sebastopol, Russia. — Annual visit of tie
Czar, Czarina and Czarevitch and reception by
Military and Civil Authorities.
Gargan, France. — Max Pignol in his "Death
Defying Dive."
Los Angeles, Cal. — Vice-Admiral Kuori and
a thousand officers and cadets from the train-
ing ships Asama and Azuma visit San Pedro
Harbor.
New York City, X. Y. — Thousand attend the
I. W. W. Memorial services in Union Square
without any violent demonstration, Alex. Eerk-
man presiding.
Quincy, Mass. — The U. S. Battleship "Nev-
ada," Goliath of the Navy, is launched in the
presence of Secretary Daniels and high govern-
ment officials.
Asheville, N. C. — Governor Craig reviews a
troop of Cavalry from Fort Meyer at the cele-
bration held at Students camp here. Under the
supervision of U. S. Army officers, any college
student or high-school graduate is eligible to
this camp.
New York City. N. Y. — Miss Rose Marlow,
only woman steer thrower.
St. Louis, Mo. — National Elimination Balloon
Race.
Tacoma, Wash. — Montamarathon Classic Auto
Race held at Speedway, witnessed by 30,000
people.
London, England. — Harvard crew winning
the Grand Challenge Cup of the Henley Re-
gatta.
Fire Island, N. Y. — Kermit Roosevelt and
Bride aboard the Imperator returning from
their Honeymoon.
Paris, France. — The latest fashion in Capes.
IX FRENCH GUIANA (Jub- 20). — The valley
of the Santa River rich in tropical foliage and
scenic grandeur is one of the real beauty spots
of French Guiana, South America. From the
coach windows of the little single track rail-
road, which winds in curious curves up the
valley, one sees the ruins of the old village of
1 abouna. full of historic interest but sad in
its significance. Further on the falls of the
Santa, with its cascades resplendent in rainbow
beauty, dash headlong into a thickly wooded
valley below and flow peacefully over moss
covered rocks.
THE CRAYFISH (July 20).— The crayfish or
fresh water lobster is usually found under-
neath the protecting rocks of shallow river
pools. Like the most of his cousins in the
great family of crustaceans, he is a night feed-
er and rarely ventures out from under the
great rocks or submerged stumps during the
day.
'ue crayfish is particularly fond of the com-
mon garden or angle worm and small chub
fish or minnows. His claws, strong and pow-
erfully built for the seizure of his prey, are
so firmly attached to his body that one will
easily bear his entire weight. The head and
thorax of the crayfish are so closely attached
as to be practically one part with the rest of
his body. For this reason he is unable to
move his head, but nature, ever thoughtful and
ingenious, has provided him with eyes which
can be projected from or drawn within his
shell-like covering at will. Though not par-
ticularly disturbed when taken from his nat-
ural element, water, the crayfish eagerly re-
turns to it when the opportunity affords. Like
the lobster he is a substantial article of food
and always a tasty addition to the menu.
A BADGER HUNT (July 21) .—With a long
white snout and small piggish eyes the ra-
pacious little badger, a member of the great
bear family, is one of the most destructive
animals with which the farmer has to con-
tend. A night prowler, he is omnivorous, and
does great damage to the crops as well as
among the fowl of the farmyard.
A typical rural pest, the badger slinks away
at the first streaks of dawn, and the daylight
disclosing the various scenes of his various
depredations, finds him safe in his underground
home. The mischief committed by the badger
during his nocturnal visits provokes the wrath
of the farmer, who. with keen scented dogs,
trails the animal to its hiding place. There
one dog is selected to attack the badger in
its tunnel retreat.
With his ear close to the ground the farmer
follows the underground battle, and when he
thinks the dog has driven the badger to a
point sufficiently near the surface, he digs
down into the badger's hole. Quite the equal
of the dog, the little badger, almost exhausted,
moves backward under the new opening. Care-
fully dropping a long handled pair of steel
pincers the farmer catches the badger around
the neck and lifts him struggling to the sur-
face. There the frightened animal, blinking
but still fighting, is deposited alive and unhurt
in a heavy bag. The darkness inside the bag
quiets the badger and he is quite safely taken
home by the farmer.
LIFE IX JAPAX (July 21).— Kioto, once
the capital of Japan, is annually t-e scene of
a peculiar religious ceremony which draws
thousands of witnesses from all parts of the
empire.
COFFEE CULTIVATION (Santos) (July2T).
— What is sweeter incense to the nostrils of
the hungry man than the aroma of that most
delightful beverage — coffee. And yet how litttle
is known to the lay mind concerning the cul-
tivation and handling of this, one of the most
important of South -America's prolific products.
When the berries are ready for piciiing ( they
grow on bushy shrubs averaging 8 to 12 feet),
the host of workers throng to the fields and
quickly garner the ripened crop. When the
beans are sifted and winnowed, these pro-
cesses removing the leaves, twigs, etc.. the
coffee is measured, put in sacks and trans-
ferred to the mills, where it is washed and
sorted. After many handlings, which are
essential to the thorough drying and prepar-
ing of the beans for market, the coffee is
graded and sacked and then brought to the
warehouses from whence it is shipped to all
parts of the civilized world.
THE HOSTS OF THE SEA (July 27).— To
the naturalist, ever on the lookout for strange
and interesting creatures. Dame Nature is a
seemingly neverendless provider. On the in-
teresting film under this title appear some of
the sea's most grotesque and freakish products.
Strange little crustaceans such as the callians,
squills, dwarf crabs only an inch long, tiny
swordfish. etc.. are all shown in their native
haunts by the aid of really fine photography.
THE STRAITS OP BOXIFACIO (Sardinia)
(July 2S). — Its swirling waters reflecting cu-
rious and changing silhouettes against the
sky, the Straits of Eonifacia. in Sardinia, af-
ford one of the most interesting boating trips
to be found in Southern laly.
HEMP GROWING (New Zealand) (Julv
L'S). — One of the most important industries of
New Zealand is the growing of hemp. Reed-
like in appearance, it attains a height of from
ten to twelve feet, and is harvested by the
natives wih a sharp hook-shaped knife. Bun-
dlers follow the cutters and the hemp is
stacked on big carts and carried to the factory
where it is washed, cleaned and dried.
The next step consists of feeding the sepa-
rate reeds into a special machine which splits
them Into long slender filaments. These fila-
ments, washed by a mechanical conveyor, are-
then allowed to drain a full day. after which
they are carried to the bleaching field and
exposed to the sun for about a week.
Thoroughly dried, the hemo filaments are-
done into bundles which are taken to a sep-
arate factory where the center stem of each
filament is removed. This process of taking out
the woody part of the hemp reed is called
"scutching." When it is completed the hemp-
is a finished product ready for compression
into bales and transportation. Conveyed bv
boat and rail to the great mills it is converted
into rope, mats and many other useful articles
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-FIRELIGHT" (.Two Parts— August 5).— John
Marten is a millionaire twice over, he is money
mad and a slave driver. In his chase after the
dollar he has completely neglected his faithful
wife and closed his heart to love. It is on the
tenth anniversary of John Marten's marriage
to his wife, an occasion of which Marten has
no knowledge, that the men at the plant strike.
Furious at this action. Marten declares he will
break his men ; be plans to import foreign
labor.
A message is received by Marten's wife to
the effect that the strikers intend killing her
husband should he leave the house that day.
Neglected and lonesome among her luxurious
surroundings, her love for the money master
is overpowering ; she is frantic with fear. Going
up to the garret she brings down an old chest,
and, drawing a chair up to fireplace, she ex-
tracts one after the other various articles
which are reminiscent of the days when she
and her husband were young.
Observing this. Marten's heart is touched and
memories awaken thick and fast as he gazes
in the fireplace. Together they fondle the vari-
ous objects, see a picture of their first meeting,
their boy and girl courtship, and finally their
happy wedding dances before their eyes. Then
the baby comes and as Marten sits clasping the
tiny shoe, the flames reveal the picture of his
thoughtless and indifferent ways. Memories of
the little one's death and his absence at the
time comes before him and then the mad, mad
struggle for money and more money. As each
remembrance flares up and then dies, the
thought of the strikers returns.
Marten starts for the factory. His wife man-
ages to draw him back at her side. Of a sud-
den the true nature of the man overwhelms him
— the veneer shuffles off, and, remembering it is
the tenth anniversary of their wedding, he tele-
phones his secretary to meet the demands of the
strikers and remains home to make amends,
in some slight way, for the lost years.
"MOONLIGHT" (August 9).— Paul La Blanc
graduates from the seminary with high honors
and his father, an ignorant, but domineering old
man, looks fondly forward to his son becoming
a priest. Rose Miqueleon, one of the local
parishioners, meets Paul. They are mutually
attracted. In the privacy of his room, the
young fellow paints a picture of the Madonna,
with Rose as the subject. The priest of the
parish calls in regard to Paul. The latter's
sister finds the painting and brings it to the
father. The priest recognizes Rose as the in-
spiration of the painting. Paul's father becomes
furious, while his mother slashes the canvass
to bits.
Gossip reaches the parents' ears that Paul is
paying attention to Rose. One night, taking
down his raw-hide whip, the father and mother
follow the pair. His anger increasing at every
step, the old man is about to burst upon the
couple when the pale moonshine peeps softly
through the clouds. Jt awakens memories in
the old man's mind and brings back the days
when he and his wife were young and In the
embrace of romance. The spell wears off, how-
ever, and his narrow mind enraged at the
course his son is pursuing, he again starts
after them. Hiding in the bushes they see Paul
tenderly bid Rose good-night and leave, giving
her a spray of lilac. The girl, wrapped in her
dreams, drops the flower and Paul's father, ad-
vancing angrily, picks it up. As he gazes at
the love token the moonlight again bathes the
landscape and softened by the mighty god of
love, husband and wife resign themselves to
the inevitable.
VICTOR.
"VALUE RECEIVED" (Two Parts— July 20).
— Jack Carruthers is a rough ranchman, but
the reai gentility of his make-up is shown In
his tenderness for his mother. One night they
start out for town to see the show. Frances de
Vere is leading lady of the show and her hus-
band is manager. A coarse, brute, he forces
her on the stage that night though she is ill.
The show is so bad that the cowboys determine
to break up the performance. Armed with vege-
tables they bombard the actors. Frances faints
and Jack protects her. Seeing she is ill. he
and his mother decided to take her home. When
the manager objects. Jack, not knowing the
man is her husband, knocks him down.
De Vere remains in town and makes ardent
love to Dolores Vasques. a little Mexican girl.
De Vere promises to marry her but finally tells
her he is married. She tells her father, a
Mexican with the old traditions, and he prom-
ises revenge. Meanwhile Frances has recovered
her health. She hesitates to tell them she is
married to De Vere. Jack loves her and tries
to tell her but she draws away, terrified at the
new feeling in her heart for him. Next morn-
ing De Vere decides to take his wife away.
Frances has gone, leaving a note for Jack tell-
ing him that she is married. The boy is
stricken with despair and De Vere leaves, laugh-
ing cruelly. Outside De Vere meets his fate
from the old Mexican. Jack realizes that Fran-
ces must be stopped. Madly he rides after the
train which has already started. Without a
thought of the danger she runs to the platform
and gives herself to his arms.
"THE COAST GUARD'S BRIDE" (Two Farts
— August 7 J. — Steven Graves, a petty revenue
officer, secures a position as Coast Guard on
a lonely island off the coast of Maine. Prior
to his departure to the island he marries Irene,
a pretty, light-hearted girl, who loves him
withal. On the island where the couple take
up their future home there is an eccentric, wild
hermit who hides away in an improvised cave.
After Steven and Irene are settled on the
island and when the days pass by with dull
monotony, Irene begins to pine for other so-
ciety besides that of her husband. Again, she
runs across the hermit and thoroughly fright-
ened, she begs her husband to secure a new
position in the navy yard and take her back to
the village. Steven, believing that he is doing
the right thing by his wife — that his kindness
should make up for her lonesomeness — is ob-
stinate ; he laughs at her fears and refuses.
Time comes when a desperate desire comes
over Irene to get away. Determined, she writes
a note asking the finder to come and take a
pretty girl away from the island, places the
letter in a bottle and casts it into the sea.
Steven finds the bottle, reads the pleading note,
replaces it in the bottle and casts it again into
the sea. Then he awaits developments, always
watching.
Sim Brady, a friend of Flashy Nellie, a resort
keeper, finds the bottle and shows the note to
Nellie. They determine to secure Irene and use
her as a white slave. In the meantime the
hermit has been watching Steven on his daily
rounds ; he gets a wild desire to gain possession
of Steven's telescope.
Sim Brady sets out in a boat for the island
and Irene, observing his approach, comes down
to the landing and informs him of her troubles.
He offers to take her back and she agrees.
Steven, the while, sees them leave from where
he waits behind a cliff. The hermit comes upon
him from behind — there is a desperate fight,
during which Irene and Brady get away. Steven
finally overcomes the hermit and rushes to the
boat landing ; he takes his own boat and sets
off in pursuit.
Brady takes Irene to the resort and turns her
over to Nellie. The latter locks her in and
orders her to mingle with the sailors and other
frequenters of the resort. Steven finds out
from a drunken sailor where Irene is being
held. Rushing to the place, he finds the door
locked- He breaks in through a window and,
following a terrific fight, in which the inmates
join, he succeeds in escaping with his wife. He
takes her back to the island. On the next day
he received a letter which notified him that he
has been appointed to a position at the navy
yard. Realizing his position in the matter, Stev-
ens informs Irene, foregives her for the esca-
pade, and both rejoice.
JOKER.
"THE THIRD PARTY" (August 5).— Bess is
in love with her art, even to the extent that
she neglects her husband. To be neglected
angers Ernie. A quarrel is the result. At
dinner that night Bess receives a telegram
telling her that her brother will pay her a
visit. Ernie has never seen the brother and
Bess knows this, and makes use of the knowl-
edge. She decides to make Ernie jealous. As
Ernie is going to work the next morning he
bumps into a stranger, whom he watches go
into his house. He follows and finds his wife
in the arms of another man.
He is angry and goes to his room to think.
There he decides to make Bess sorry by mak-
ing her jealous. He uses his faithful butler to
carry out his plans. Dressing him as a girl,
they go into the adjoining room of Bess and
Phil. A terrible battle of who can love the
loudest takes place. Bess and Ernie realize how
hopeless it is and both desert their mates. They
collide upstairs and tell each other what they
think. Phil and the butler get there in time to
avert a tragedy. Explanations are made. Bess
denounces art and Ernie promises never to be
mean again.
'THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH" (August 8).—
Scbultz's daughter. Mandy. has given her heart
to Bob, a fine young fellow, except that he has
no money. This is papa's objection and argu-
ment in favor of Heinie, who. although rather
elderly, possesses wealth. Now, Bob has a
giddy spinster sister. Sophia, who. although well
fixed with money, has never had an offer of
marriage. She writes all about this lament-
able fact in her diary "Oh, how gladly I'd give
$10,0uu for a life mate." This diary falls mto
the hands of her brother Bob shortly after he is
reiused Mandys hand.
Bob tells his love troubles to Sophia, who
advises to elope. Bob and Mandy take this
advice. They are discovered by Schultz and
Heinie, who pursue them. To escape the irate
Shultz and Heinie, Mandy and Bob rush to
Sophia's house and take refuge in the latter's
boudoir, dragging with them the minister. Bob
disguises himself in one of Sophia's dresses
and her false curls. When the enraged Schultz
bursts open the boudoir door he is greeted by
what he thinks is an adorable woman. Bob,
blushing, lowers his veil.
Later, Schultz proposes marriage to the sup-
posed woman. Bob, with joy, sees his chance
to win the $10,000 offered by Sophia for a soul
mate. He excuses himself and in another room
forces Sophia to don his dress, including veil.
Sophia, bewildered, is then showed into the
room with Schultz. Hardly believing her ears,
Sophia accepts his offer and they are married
on the spot. Bob then claims the $10,000, which
is gladly given him. Schultz discovers the im-
position, but learning that Sophia is wealthy,
decides that nothing could be better.
POWERS.
•KATE WATERS OF THE SECRET SERV-
ICE" (Two Parts — July 24). — The Secretary of
War receives a decided "jolt" when the dally
papers assail the department for lack of zeal
in running down the murderer of Colonel Allen,
late commandant of the Presidio at Monterey,
California. Kate Waters, of the Secret Service,
is sent to the scene of the murder with a letter
to Colonel Prentice, the successor of Colonel
Green. In his household she -assumes the role
of housemaid in order to learn all she can
from the troopers. Lieutenant Bronson flirts
with her and she "jollies" him in turn.
The commandant's orderly is given a note
written by "Pony" Collins, an officer who
wounded Lieutenant Bronson on the night of the
murder and later disappeared. Kate and the
orderly have become friendly and, appreciating
the fact that the orderly Is the fountain-head
of all post gossip, she "nurses" his regard for
her. At her pouting demand, he shows her the
note and from it she locates the whereabouts
of the missing Collins. Accordingly she visits
the underworld section of San Francisco in the
guise of a cabaret singer.
One night while she is singing a patriotic
song, Collins enters under the influence of
liquor. Seeing the flag in her hands, he comes
to a military stand. Kate joins him at a table
and then notices his West Point class ring.
After a few drinks he "loosens up" and tells his
story, relating to the dinner party at the col-
onel's house ; how he saw the colonel's wife
join Bronson in the gardens and make love to
her ; how he and the colonel joined them and
how he ordered Bronson to leave with him ; how
he demanded that Bronson cease his atten-
tions to Mrs. Allen ; how they came to blows ;
how he was arrested and ordered to his quar-
ters ; how he saw from his window the colonel's
wife come from her home and meet Bronson,
all dressed to go away ; how the colonel came
from the house after her and picked up a note
she had dropped; how he, Collins, broke his
arrest and ran to Mrs. Allen to prevent her
going away ; how he saw Bronson meet the col-
onel ; how he saw their quarrel and how Bron-
son shot and killed the colonel ; how he met
Bronson and shot at him ; how he broke from
his captors and came to 'Frisco.
Kate persuades Collins to go back with her.
She reports to the colonel, resumes her role
of maid ; meets Bronson, and by accidents gets
the keys to his room. The same day she
forces a confession from Mrs. Allen and that
night "frisks" Bronson's quarters and flnds the
incriminating note which he had written Mrs.
Allen, bidding her meet him and run away.
With this evidence she brings Collins to the
commandant. Bronson is sent for and placed
under arrest. Later Collins is reinstated and
he and Kate become sweethearts.
"THE MAN OF HER CHOICE* (August 7).—
In "The Man of Her Choice" the girl, the man
and the servant are cast away upon an unin-
habited island — yes, and the dog. The girl and
the man are engaged by the Man. being just
an ordinary lower-case man after all, thinks
first of himself and his comfort. The servant
finds edible berries and the man must have the
largest portion because he is the master. The
servant catches fish and the man must have
the biggest one. In fact, the servant becomes
a man and the man a servant — to his own com-
fort.
The girl watches these things, little things,
unnoticed in the whirl of civilized life, but
bringing su'^h a message in the waste of sand
and sea. The servant, who has become a man.
loves the girl and she knows. When they are
rescued and she is in peril of returning again
to the false standards for which stands the man
who is servant, the girl decides she is woman
and takes the man of her choice — the servant,
who has become man.
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"SOME COP" (August -4).— Charlie is a
tramp ; he is chased by a policemau but escapes
into the house occupied by another policeman ;
he hides in a closet. The policeman disrobes
and goes to sleep. Charlie changes clothes
with a cop. He goes out into the street, sees a
policeman and immediately runs ; he goes into
another house where a poker game is in ses-
sion, and proceeds to break it up. He takes all
the money in sight.
A burglar enters Vivian's home. She runs to
the window and calls Charlie, who is at the
other window. Her father returns ; the burglar
escapes; Charlie goes into the house and pre-
tends that he is having a terrible hght with the
burglar. Vivian waits outside. Her father
enters and Charlie proceeds to beat him and
then tie him up. Vivian, hearing the rumpus,
telephones the police station. Charlie changes
clothes with his father, who is arrested. Charles
escapes. Finally Charlie is seen by the first cop
and is captured. He is brought to the jail.
Vivian's father is released. Charlie is left to
"suffer for his sins.
NESTOR.
"FOR OLD TIMES SAKE" (August 3).— The
outlaw shoots up the saloon and kills a man.
He escapes into the hills. The sheriff and a
posse ride out after him. The miner has left
his little shack and started for the town when
he stumbles at the edge of a cliff, falls and is
terribly wounded. Unconscious, he lies in the
blistering sun. The outlaw, having eluded the
posse, finds the miners body and some instinct
makes him dismount to aid the stranger. Think-
ing himself free of pursuit, the outlaw carries
the miner to the little shack. Here he proceeds
to make him as comfortable as possible.
The sheriff comes to the cabin. Tbe outlaw is
cornered and gives up, telling the sheriff how
he rescued the miner. The latter decides to
leave the outlaw with the doctor. Then the
outlaw discovers that the unconscious miner is
an old college friend. He does everything pos-
sible for him and goes out for water. The sheriff
comes back with the doctor. Not finding the
outlaw, the sheriff thinks he has broken his
promise to remain. The outlaw brings in the
bucket. As the picture ends tbe outlaw, not
wishing his friend to know the truth, says, "The
sheriff and 1 have to take a prisoner back to
jail."
"DETECTIVE DAN CUPID" (August 7j.—
Love-lorn Bob is infatuated with a young wo-
man whose name he does not know. He has
been following her around for a week and he
feels that his heart will burst if he does not
get an opportunity to declare his passion. One
day he follows her to a park and there con-
ceives an idea. If he could only steal her hand-
bag and later return it to her at the hotel, using
the incident as an introduction, the rest, he be-
lieves, would be smooth sailing. He puts his
Idea into execution. However a nearby police-
man sees him steal the handbag and gives
chase. B'ob makes good his escape. Upon ex-
amining the purse he finds that it contains a
costly diamond necklace. The next morning he
awakens to find himself a notorious felon with
a full description of himself in the paper.
However, he learns that her name is Miss Vic-
toria Van Allen. Tbe girl's father employes
Detective Potts to recover the jewel and land
the thief.
Then Bob begins a wild and sensational career
in attempting to return the necklace to Vic-
toria and at the same time elude the sagacious
Potts. He disguises and Potts disguises. They
discover each other's identity and each as-
sumes a new disguise.
Howbeit the course of true loves leads to
victory. Bob is forgiven and his suit accepted
by Victoria, while Potts is presented with a fee
large enough to lull his conscience in forget-
fulness.
FRONTIER.
"A FRONTIER ROMANCE" (August 0).—
Dolly, the leading lady, tells Arthur, the lead-
ing man, that his suit is hopeless. In her dress-
ing room she recalls the days when she first
met Joe, and promised to return, a promise un-
kept. And later, the baby arrived. She was
obliged to leave her home in search of work
that the baby might be properly brought up.
In the region where the moving picture
studio is located a robbery occurs and the
bandit takes to the hills. That same day the
moving picture company goes out into the can-
yon to film some scenes. The leading man. in
-tiandit make-up, goes around a bend in the
road, and there awaits the director's signal, as
an answer to which he is to fire a shot. The
sheriff and his men ride up in search of the
real bandit. They see Arthur, who is masked,
carrying a roll of bills in his hand. When he
fires a shot in answer to the signal, thinking
that the bullet is meant for them, the posse
returns the fire and Arthur falls, wounded.
Impatient at the delay the director hurries to
the scene, and, with the aid of his scenario,
soon convinces the sheriff that he has shot a
moving picture actor. Nearby Joe, the real
bandit, has been watching the entire proceed-
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"THE SYMPHONY OF SOULS" (August 6).—
A struggling musician lives with his aged moth-
er in their tenement home. Often he plays to
himselt on his violin, little dreaming that each
note is eagerly absorbed by the sightless girl
across the hall as she awaits the home-coming
of her slaving, worn-out mother from the fac-
tory.
Time comes when the sightless girl must
bear the added burden of the death of her moth-
er. The musician and his mother come to her
succor, and she is given a home. The musician
now has a new source of inspiration and his
upward climb is rapid. A wonderful symphony
emanates from his busy pen, wholly inspired
by the blind child's love.
One day the musician sees in the newspaper
an item in which the father of the blind girl's
mother offers a reward for information con-
cerning either of the two. He has repented of
his action in sending away his only daughter
for contracting an unapproved marriage and
now offers his home to both. The musician's
heart is torn by conflicting emotions. Finally
duty prompts him to write the wealthy grand-
rather of the little blind girl, telling him all.
The parting causes heart-aches, for the call of
the musician's love has been answered by the
heart of the blind girl.
The wonderful symphony continues to grow
and at last is given to the world, directed by
its creator. In a box sits the blind girl and h,er
grandfather. The musician on the verge of
success asks the hand of the woman he loves
and his dream is realized.
"THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR" (August 9).—
Julian is a club man and fond of cards. His
wife, about to become a mother, is making baby
clothes. Julian tells her he is off for the club
for a few hours. She begs him to remain at
home as she feels nervous. Julian refuses to
listen and goes. Several times during the game,
he becomes preoccupied in thought, thoughts of
his wife at home. In the meantime his wife
calls excitedly for the maid.
Back to the club — the hour is midnight, the
players are leaving. Julian, a little tired, and
worse for liquor, falls asleep with his head
upon the table. Outside his wife's window a
ruffian prowls. The wife is in bed. She hears
a noise near the window. A coarse, evil face
is pressed against the window pane. The wife
shrieks and falls back on the bed, apparently
lifeless. Julian wakes with the vision of his
wife's terrified face before him. He hurries
home. He is met by the doctor and maid, who
inform him his wife is dead. The shock af-
fects his mind and later he is seen seated in
the garden with an attendant. He has a little
baby's frock, which he has picked to shreds.
A vision of his wife appears, beckoning him. He
follows : she leads him through the woods, out
to a precipice He steps out.
At the club Julian falls from his chair, he
has had a bad nightmare. On arrival home he
is met by the doctor and nurses. The doctor
whispers in his ear. Julian walks on tip-toe to
his wife's bedside. His wife is lying quietly
with a new-born baby beside her. Julian falls
on his knees and asks forgiveness.
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"WHEN THE HEART CALLS" (Two Parts-
August 0). — A wealthy father disinherits his
son on learning his intention to marry a chorus
girl. The son defies his father and marries the
girl. Together they go to live on a farm.
Time passes and poverty follows the young
people, though their love for each other grows
stronger. And all the while the old man, alone
in his mansion, misses his son. Pride, how-
ever, prevents him calling the boy back, and
the days pass in loneliness. His great wealth
brings him no happiness. While plowing in the
fields one day the son, weakened by hardship
and anxiety for his wife and children, is sud-
denly stricken with paralysis. The family is
plunged in gloom. The small savings disap-
pear; the wife tries to hide the worst of it from
the children and the husband. One day the old
father leaves the mansion for a few weeks' visit
to a small country village — he hopes to get
away from the old familiar scenes and forget
the sorrows that press upon him.
Meantime the two children beg their moth-
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Shortly after we find them by the lake shore
picking flowers. Nearby the old grandfather
is strolling. The children are wading in the
water — ^they get out beyond their depth and
t1.?ath threatens them. The grandfather hears
their cries for help — he rushes to their rescue.
Once safe on land, he takes them to their moth-
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mother greets the children frantically and
thanks the old man. Strangely fascinated by
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A.VIMATED WEEKLY -No. VJl (July 22).—
Water Sports. — Swimming, canoe and yacht
racing are among the favored sports of sum-
mer vacation folks. Subtitles :
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of polo and frolic in the briny deep — Glen Is-
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Canoe Tilting. — Spectators experience many
thrills as canoes battle for supremacy — Larch-
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Water Cvcling. — The new sport of water cycl-
ing.— The new sport of water cycling becom-
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Yachting. — Yachts form beautiful marine pic-
ture at start of race tor Blackton Trophy —
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Gala Day in Golden State. — Vasatt throng
unites in making memorable occasion of car-
nival at San Diegoo, Cal.
Trooping of the Colors. — Glorious spectacle
furnished Britons upon birthday of King
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Seabright Tennis Tourney. — Best players
from all parts of the country compete in tour-
nament to pick team to retain historic Davis
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TREY O* HEARTS I First Installment— Three
Parts— August 11 ) .—The first reel of this in-
stallment is taken up by the prologue. Sen-
eca Trine middle aged and powerful in the
financial world. had married a girl much
younger than himself. The girl was forced
into the marriage through circumstances rather
than through love she felt toward Trine. In
fact she loved another. Wellington Law. At
the opening of the prologue we find Trme s
wife the mother of twin girls, unhappy in
thoughts which still haunt her of her old sweet-
heart Law. Law. on the other hand, is married
to a cool, calculating woman, is the father of a
In the course of time Trine begins to suspect
the affection that his wife still feels for Law
and with a bitter heart, he undertakes a
scheme to ruin his wife's sweetheart. At a ball
one evening, he secures positive proof of his
wife's attitude toward him. and his determina-
tion to ruin Law crystallizes into definite ac-
tion. A month later Trine's plans of revenge
against the man whom he believes has robbed
him of his wife's love, are carried to com-
pletion— Law is ruined.
Desperate and desiring fresh air. Law drives
into the countrv in his automobile. As fate
would have it. he accidently runs down Trine.
Discovering the identity of the wounded man.
he flees. Trine recovers but is left a para-
lytic for life. It is followins this that Trine
plans to kill Law and he writes him to this
effect. Law is already broken down, mentally
nnd phvsicallv. and when he begins to find
here and there a trey o' heart card — Trine's
sign of approachiner revenee — h** takes the eas-
iest way out bv killing himself, after sending
his bov to Europe,
At the opening of the plav proper Law. -Tr..
i'; a prosperous: youn?^ business man in Lon-
don. Trin'^. still in America, has not foreot-
ten hi-i plan of revenge; he awaits the time
■when Law. .Jr.. is thp hapniest to strike him
down. Rosp. one of twin daughter^!, he sends
to Kurone for the p'TPose of meeting and se-
curing Law's lovp- Hnsp. however, i'^ una warp
of her father's intpnti-^ps : she hnc; hi^h ideal'^
nnd a tender heart while hpr sistpr, .Tudith. is
^q rd and revengeful, the prototype of her fa-
ther.
Law, Jr., meets Rose at a watering placa,
and it is a case of love at first sight with bota.
It is at this point that Rose receives the first
strange letter from her father, hinting at her
love and assuring her that she will never
marry Law — that he will die before that. Law,
for the first time, finds a trey o' hearts and,
acquainted with the fued. suspecis Its mean-
ing. Rose, fearful for Law's life, departs, tell-
ing her sweetheart that she will send him a
rose — a token of love — if she ever needs him.
Through his agents Trine is informed of the
complete affair. Through him a rose is sent
from America to Law — -he hopes to get Law
into America where he can the better kill him.
Law receives the rose and leaves London, in-
tending to go by way of Canada to his sweet-
heart. Informed of this. Trine sends his daugh-
ter Judith into Canada to meet Law and bring
him back, dead or alive.
Once in Canada. Judith surrounds herself
with bribed half-breeds and prepares to carry
out her father's wishes. She follows Law
into the mountains and captures him. Law be-
lieves he stands before Rose, but is informed
otherwise ; he is left to die, tied hand and foot
in a forest fire. Law manages to break his
bonds and escapes to the river bank. Far out
in the stream he observes Judith departing
with her guide in a canoe. He shoots and
kills the guide. Judith, in the canoe without
an oar, floats toward the rapids and falls be-
low. Law, realizing her plight, rushes to a
log spanning the rapids, leans far down and
drags the girl out of the onrushing canoe.
What with his wounds. Law is exhausted
after this. Judith helps him to a clearing in
the woods and holds his head while he falls
into a deep sleep ; and to Judith comes the first
awakening of love. But she leaves the man
sleeping; and the man, when he awakens, finds
on his breast a rose where he expected to find
a trey o' hearts,
"LUCILLE LOVE, THE GIRL OF MYS-
TERY" (No. 14— July 14). — After her humilia-
tion in the eyes of the man she loves, and after
failing to secure the information she sought to
secure by eavesdropping on Loubeque in the
cafe, Lucille returns to her hotel crestfallen
and without hope. However, good fortune comes
from an unexpected source, and by a strange
stroke of circumstances Hugo Loubeque is again
outwitted in an attempt to deliver the docu-
ments to Lieutenant Hadley. By previous ar-
rangement, Hadley was to communicate with
Loubeque by carrier pigeon and arrange for a
definite meeting place. As Lucille sat at break-
fast before an open window the pigeon, bound
for Loubeque's room, was attracted into Lu-
cille's window by the crumbs upon the table.
She took up the bird and began fondling it,
when faue discovered Hadley's note, and then,
wrote another, a misleading missive, and sub-
stituted it for the original. The pigeon then
was liberated and flew to Loubeque's room with
the counterfeit message.
In the meantime, Thompson, the crook-butler,
steals into Loubeque's room in an attempt to
avenge himself upon the international spy.
While Thompson is still hiding in his room, Lu-
cille enters with the intention of drawing Lou-
beque out and making him speak. She is un-
successful, however, and leaves, but not before
she realizes that something is wrong. Some-
thing is wrong. Loubeque has heard some one
behind his curtain, and then begins to steal
forward toward the spy. Lucille is watching
from the fire escape. She watches Loubeque
wait for an opportune moment, and then swing
around on the butler and disarm him before he
can put his murderous plan into execution.
Loubeque then telephones the police that there
is a thief in his room.
Loubeque hesitates in having Thompson ar-
rested, however, when the butler tells him that
he will tell the police all. Thompson awaits
his chance, and attempts to kill Loubeque, who
is too quick for him, and shoots him. He
drags Thompson's body out of his room and
into Lucille's room.
In the meantime the girl has entered Lou-
beque's room and begins searching for his pa-
pers. The police enter and arrest her as a
thief. Despite her objections she is taken to
the police station. While this is happening,
however. Loubeque discovers that Lucille has
been arrested in error. Then he does a strange
thing. As long as she is in jail she cannot in-
terfere with his plans. It would have been the
most natural thing in the world for him to have
left her there. Instead of doing this, he at
once communicated with the police and in-
structed them to release Lucille, as she was not
the thief, and was arrested in error. Lucille
is set free. She is coming to understand Lou-
beque less every day. She realizes, and had
had demonstration of his iron will. She had
done everything in her power to defeat him. and
even to attempt to kill him. and then he is in-
strumental in having her released from prison.
He is an enigma, a paradox.
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turn informs Ike of the fact and bids him come
at once before father changes his mind. While
Louise is getting her wedding dress ready, Ike
purchases himself a dress suit. He steals a
horse and buggy and starts for the train. The
horse refuses to hurry. Ike builds a fire under
him. The horse goes far enough to set the
buggy on fire, leaving Ike in a worse predica-
ment than ever. He thinks quickly, unhooks
the horse and mounts him. but the horse bucks
and throws Ike off. Ike reaches the station
tired and dirty just in time to catch the train.
Meantime Louise has tried on her dress and
decides that she must have a train. Her wishes
are granted by mother. Mother has left father
to watch the wedding cake, but be goes to sleep
and lets it burn.
The rest of the uproarious comedy deals with
the many unhappy adventures that Ike and his
sweetheart pass through before the wedding
ceremony is finally performed.
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A MIDSUMMER'S LOVE TANGLE (July 28),
— Judge Lynn sends his family, consisting of
his wife. Trixy, his daughter, and "Buddy," the
young son, to his country home at Lakeside.
Judge Lynn makes it a practice to visit his
family for the week end. Jack Weston, a young
gentleman of leisure, visits Lakeside and meets
Trixy. Jack takes Trixy out sailing and
arouses the ill-will of "Buddy" when he re-
fuses to allow that young gentleman to ac-
company them. "Buddy" promises to get even.
That same evening the Judge unexpectedly re-
turns. The following morning, the Judge is
reading in the library, Mrs. Lynn and "Buddy"
present. The Judge comes across an article in
the paper that interests him. It is to the effect
that Slippery Sam, the notorious diamond thief,
is supposed to be in the neighborhood of Lake-
side disguised as a woman. Trixy is passing
tlirough the room at the time dressed for
yachting and carrying several papers, maga-
zines and a substantial lunch. The Judge stops
her and reads the article to the women folks
and warns them to be careful of their jewelry.
"Buddy" is particularly interested and goes to
hli father and is shown a photograph of the
diamond thief. Trixy asks Buddy to carry the
lunch. He agrees to do so feeling that his
reward will be a sail on the lake. He is much
disappointed to find his sister and her sweet-
heart believe in the old adage "two is com-
pany, three is a crowd." He is very angry and
gets into an old boat and sits down to devise
ways and means to effect a revenge. He de-
cides to go in for a swim. In the meantime
the Judge is uncomfortably warm. In his
walk through his grounds, the Judge sees his
son in swimming. He goes and draws him
into the boat and gives him a licking for go-
ing swimming on Sunday. "Buddy" goes ashore
and walks toward the house. The Judge sits
In the boat. It is very warm : the water is
cool. There is a temptation. He yields and
Is soon swimming about. From a distance
"Buddy" sees this and when his father swims
out into the lake he decides to even up mat-
ters. He returns and steals the Judge's clothes.
The Judge returns from his swim and misses
his clothes, wraps some gunnysack around him-
self and wades ashore. He comes to a tent
and stops to investigate. He enters, expecting
, to find some man's clothing. He finds nothing
but ladies' wearing apparel. Knowing It is the
only decent way he can get home he dons one
of the dresses which belongs to an old maid
who owns the tent.
Meanwhile. "Buddy." seeing his father dressed
up in woman's clothes, hurries home and gets
the paper relative to Slippery Sam. This he
takes with him and goes to meet Jack Weston
and his sister. He shows the paper to Jack
and tells that worthy he knows where Slippery
Sam is. Jack, wishing to prove his prowess,
accompanies "Buddy." They see the Judge
flitting from tree to tree as though to hide.
"Buddy" points him out as Slippery Sam. Jack
has never seen the Judge, and knowing how the
capture of a notorious thief will help him with
his suit, summons up all his courage and ar-
rests the Judge and forces him to accompany
him to the lock-up. The Judge protests but all
to no avail. In a short time the Judge is lib-
erateu. That night Jack, not knowing the
trouble he has stirred up for himself, calls on
the Judge and asks for the hand of Trixy. There
fs a mutual recognition and Jack beats an igno-
minious retreat notwithstanding the entreaties
of Trixy. But Jack still hopes to win the fair
liand of Trixy.
AT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY (Two
Parts — August 3 ) . — Dorothy refuses Oren for
her mather's sake and, aided by Stid. Oren's
rival, Oren goes west, while Dorothy's mother
grieves over the uncalled-for sacrifice of Doro-
thy, showing Dorothy the handsome white silk
wedding dress she was saving for her as Oren's
bride. Months later Oren writes. Stid, on ac-
count of Mother Preston's mislaid glasses, reads
the letter for her and steals a self -ad dressed
envelope which hopelessly separates Dorothy
and Oren. Oren marries, while Stid presses a
hopeless claim on Dorothy, finally getting his
father, chairman of school-board, to discharge
her. Dorothy relents, takes Stid's ring, but at
the side of her dying mother, removes the ring
and Stid enters to see mother's silent hands
holding the ring which settled his fate, awak-
ening his manhood and causing him to hand
Dorothy an intercepted letter. Dorothy opens
the letter ; a tiny card announces the birth of
"Dorothy Preston Evans," Oren's baby. W^ith
the card pressed to her lips, Dorothy rises
above her double grief in complete resignation.
Fifteen years later Dorothy has surrendered
to circumstances and unconsciously enhanced
her years by extreme plainness and humble
'servitude to her boarders, whose gayety seems
far separated from her years. Widowed Oren,
with his fifteen-year-old daughter, arrive ; they
board at Dorothy's. Oren is visibly disap-
pointed in appearance of Dorothy and seems
to be entranced by attractive Miss Everlyn, a
boarder. Oren's daughter grasps the situation
and, deeply in love with Dorothy after whom
she is named, she sees that Dorothy's inner
beauty is not equalled by her outer appear-
ance. Dorothy, in her window, witnesses the
frolic of her paired-off boarders and in tears,
prays that her long-shadowed life may have one
perfect day.
The Perfect Day dawns with resolutions to
make her boarders happy by the seaside.
Dorothy refuses to go, but before the picnic
lunch is served Oren's daughter, displeased
with her father's attentions to Miss Everlyn.
goes for Dorothy, who refuses to go on account
of no clothes. Oren's daughter pulls her into
the bedroom, produces one of her own charm-
ing dresses. The girl sees the old leather
trunk, is curious, and Dorothy shows the girl
her mother's white silk dress. Altho over 50
years old, the girl declares it is exactly the
style of today and commands Dorothy, dressing
her hair and making her wear the wedding
dress. Later the picnic party is thrown into
a flutter by Oren's daughter bringing Dorothy,
dainty, handsome and modest, as a euest.
Oren comes to his senses and serves Dorothy
while Dorothy overhears insinuations from Miss
Everlyn and later by the beach declares to Oren
she hates him and herself for her indecent
actions. Dorothy hurries away, but from the
heights sees Oren pushing out on the water
alone. Dorothy, about to tear off her dress and
bob up her hair is startled by flashes of light-
ning ; a storm is coming. She rushes to the
kitchen ; the girls come in ; no one knows where
Oren is and Dorothy is sure he will drown on
the rough sea ; she hastens away for help.
By the seaside before the terrible sea, she sees
tiie overturned boat, and cries out a prayer
while Oren, who was home, finds Dorothy by
the sea where her tears are convincing and her
love seen by Oren and as the day ends Dorothy
wins her wish, closing her "Perfect Day."
THE WIDOW (August 5). — A young widow
finds it impossible to recover from her grief
and in desperation determines to move to a
small place where she will know no one and
can get away from the painful associations
which constantly reopen the wound of her grief.
Her faithful maid accompanies her and they
carry out their plan. The widow refuses to re-
ceive anyone and to the alarm of the maid
gives herself over to melancholy. The mystery
attachine to the life of the widow arouses the
gossips. The maid in desperation asks the
minister to come in and see her mistress one
day as he is passing. He rouses the despondent
woman by pointing out to her the beauty of
the service. She plans a children's hospital
and becomes the good angel of the village, for-
getting herself in the misery of others. The
gossips seeing many men visit her home, such
as the architect, lawyer and even the minister,
rouse themselves to anger and decide to make
her quit the neighborhood. They are con-
founded by the minister who discloses her
identity as the "Good Angel."
MAJESTIC.
THE AXGEL OF COXTEXTION (Two Parts
— July 5). — Nettie is beloved by all the boys
in the mining camp. Magoon, a big, jovial
miner, loves her most of all, however, and asks
her to become his wife. Nettie is in love with
Colter, a young Easterner, and though it pains
her to do so, tells Magoon of the fact. Ma-
goon leaves town to become sheriff of the ad-
joining county.
A murder is committed in the mining camp,
and Colter is unjustly accused. Nettie rescues
him from jail and sends him to Magoon. The
sheriff with admirable self-sacrifice hides his
rival, and, when the posse arrives, points out
what Nettie has done for the boys of the min-
ing camp. Colter is released, and all the boys
escort him back to Nettie.
THE BEAUTIFUL CITY (Two Parts— July
12). — The country boy, despite the advice of a
fellow- townsman, goes to the city, where, after
an encounter with a motion picture holdup
man, is engaged as property boy in a studio.
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His fellow-townsman comes to the city when he
learns that his wife, from whom he has become
estranged, is dying. After his wife's death the
countryman falls in with his wife's worthless
brother and attempts to rob the house where
the country boy is living.
The landlord's daughter, who has been a
kind friend to the country boy, calls for help
when she sees the two men trying to make off
with money which her father has entrusted
to her. The country boy saves the girl from
the tramps, and secures the release of his
fellow-townsman, who promises to lead a better
life in future.
THE PAINTED LADY (Two Parts — July 19).
• — Jess, a country girl, leaves home when her
sister tries to boss her. Later she secures em-
ployment in a department store in the city.
There she meets Jake, a good-for-nothing, who
promises to marry her. Jane, Jess's elder sis-
ter, follows her to the city and secures em-
ployment in the same store. Jane soon leams
that Jake does not intend to marry her sister,
and, pretending to be Infatuated with him her-
self, decides to give her sister proof of her sup-
posed sweetheart's true character.
Jess hides in Jake's rooms and Jane enters
with the ne'er-do-well. Jake attempts to force
Jane to his will with a revolver. Jane promises
to be his sweetheart, provided he signs a note,
presumably to Jess, saying: "I am tired of this
life," etc. Jake signs the note, and when Jane
fails to keep her promise there is a struggle
for possession of the weapon. In the confu-
sion the revolver is accidentally discharged
and Jake is killed. The girls pin the note to
his chest, and the police, believing it to be a
case of suicide, make no investigation.
A RED MAN'S HEART (July 21).— Long
Pete, champion rough and tumble fighter of the
mining camp, has soundly thrashed every man
in the settlement except Aaron Dill, a giant In-
dian. Pete is in love with Madge, the daughter
of a newcomer to the camp, who refuses to
have anything to do with him while he con-
tinues to carouse and fight. Pete gives un his
old habits for her and his companions think
he has turned coward.
They torment him beyond endurance, and
Pete once more forgets himself and beats up
the whole camp, winding up by attacking Dill.
Peter and Dili agree to go to the mountains
and have it out to the death. Dill sets a bear
trap in Pete's trail, and Pete stumbles and
breaks his arm in the jaws of the steel trap.
Despite his agony, he determines to meet Dill
at the appointed place.
Passing Dill's cabin, he finds Oneida Jim, an
outcast Indian, attacking Dill's squaw. Pete
soundly whips the Indian and ties him in a
corner. Dill's wife begs Pete to stay, fearing
that Oneida Jim will break loose again. Mean-
while Dill returns, and the two are about to
fight it out in. the cabin when Dill's wife ex-
plains matters and the men patch up their
quarrel.
KOMIC.
HOW BILL SQUARED IT FOR HIS BOSS
(July 19). — Mr. Hadley, Bill's employer, shows
Bill a picture of Alice Mordaunt, his fiancee,
and tells his office boy to admit her at once
when she arrives. Bill goes out to lunch and
returns to find his employer kissing Ethel,
Hadley 's sister. Bill is properly horrified at
such duplicity, but. faithful at all times to
his employer, attempts to slip in a notet warn-
ing his boss to ~et the "other dame" out of
the way when Alice arrives.
Alice, however, intercepts the note, sees Had-
ley kissing a strange woman and leaves in a
rage. Hadley hurriedly explains things to Bill
and sends him after Alice, who, when every-
thing is explained ,is mollified and greets Ethel
affectionately.
PRINCESS.
THE VETERAN'S SWORD (July 17).— Col.
Saunders, a veteran of the Civil War, cher-
ishes a sword presented to him for gallantry
at the Battle of Gettysburg. John Boyd, a
young married man and a friend of the veteran,
is accused of theft and placed in prison. Col.
Saunders and Mrs. Boyd appeal in vain to
Boyd's employer to obtain the young man's
release. The employer consents on condition
that Col. Saunders give him his Gettysburg
sword which he has long coveted. The veteran
makes the sacrifice but incurs the displeasure
of his old commandery comrades who believe,
because of his silence, that he has disposed of
the weapon for money. Boyd's innocence is
proved and his young wife explains his act
to the veterans. Soon after Col. Saunders re-
gains his sword and his comrades celebrate the
event in the old colonel's home.
he jerks a handkerchief from his pocket and
the diamond falls into a bowl of cracked ice.
When the stone is missed Izzy is told to find
it or lose his job. Izzy, after searching high
and low, despairs of ever recovering it. He
drops into the lunch room for a soft drink,
and absent-mindedly cools his fevered brain by
sucking ice from a bowl on the counter. One
of the pieces of ice nearly cracks a tooth, and
Izzy discovers it to be the lost diamond. Izzy
comes in for the congratulations of the whole
office, which had been under suspicion.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL NO. 28 (July 27).—
Following Madame Dolores' advice Margaret,
Mrs. Knickerbocker, Dunbar and the entire
party sought in the beautiful cities between
the North and the South Atlantic coast for
"One with a red rose, in a cottage by the sea."
At Long Branch Margaret was introduced to
John Stuyvesant, the son of Mrs. Knickerbock-
er's old friend, Natalie Stuyvesant, who before
her marriage was a Barasdale. Dunbar, not
any too cordial to his rival in the first place,
became enraged when Margaret went off for
an automobile spin with the tall young so-
ciety man. That evening Stuyvesant made con-
siderable progress with Margaret in his quiet
way. Dunbar sought trouble with the young
New Yorker, and might have strangled him if
Aunty had not come upon the scene.
Fearing more trouble between the two as-
pirants for Margaret's affections, Aunty next
day requested the party to pack up. Then
Margaret saw, standing on the porch of a cot-
tage near the hotel, a woman of middle years
walking up and down. In her corsage was the
long-sought red rose.
"Tell me," inquired Margaret of the woman,
"do you know Madame Dolores?"
The woman smiled.
"Yes, my child. She has told me of you,
and I am to give you a message. A man who
would marry you is threatened oy great trouble
and sorrow. I see a scandal hovering over him
like a cloud. Beware, for if you marry him
you share his humiliation."
VENGEANCE OF GOLD (July 19).— Mary Lee
breaks her engagement with Jim, her penniless
suitor, to marry Carroll, a wealthy miner.
Later Carroll loses his fortune and abuses
Mary. While prospecting, he meets Jim, who
is returning across the desert to civilization
with a burro laden with gold. Carroll shoots
Jim and leaves him for dead.
Carroll returns home and packs up, telling
Mary that he is going to leave her now that
he has gold enough to have a good time In
town. Mary shoots after him as he leaves and
punctures his water can. Carroll, when far in
the desert, discovers that his water is gone.
Later his burro, frightened by a rattlesnake,
bolts and returns across the desert to Carroll's
cabin. Carroll succumbs to thirst in the desert.
Meanwhile Jim, badly wounded, drags him-
self to Carroll's cabin, where Mary nurses him
back to health.
BRONCHO.
"JIM REGAN'S LAST RAID" (Two Parts-
August 5) . — Jim Regan is a worthless drunk-
ard. His wife, Anna, a good woman, refuses to
live with him. She staggers out and into the
forest where she is picked up by a wagon train.
She informs her rescuers that she is the -last
survivor of an Indian massacre. By the rescu-
ing party she is taken to Silver City. In or-
der to become self supporting she obtains a po-
sition in a dance hall and saloon run by a man
named Channing. Channing is a very clever
man, and Anna's personality attracts him. She
works in his dance hall and his devotion to her
is shown when Bill Williams, a drunken pros-
pector, attempts to embrace her. He kicks
Williams from the place. Anna and Channing
finally fall in love, but to all of Channing's
proposals of marriage Anna gives him a re-
fusal, although informing him that she loves
him.
At this time Jim Regan is notified by a
band of his associates that they are about to
pull off a holdup of the saloon and dance hall.
Jim Regan joins them. Meanwhile Anna, on
the night of the proposed robbery, has left the
dance hall and is going homeward. Upon her
way she overheard the proposed plans of the
robbers. She is captured by them and tied up
in a deserted hut. They repair to the saloon
and overpower Channing who has retired. They
are engaged in cracking the safe when Anna
frees herself from her bonds, returns and
shoots Jim Regan through the window. He at-
tempts to reveal her secret but death seals his
lips. Channing and Anna are united after the
death of Jim Regan.
RELIANCE.
IZZY AND THE DIAMOND (July 22) .—
Izzy's boss, a jeweler, carries uncut diamonds
around in his pockets. At lunch one noon
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old sweetheart, goes to lunch with him. He
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fans the fuel of her discontent and after many
secret meetings urges her to leave her hus-
band. After a quarrel, Cory leaves home, tell-
ing Marion he will spend the night at a hotel
and later she can start proceedings for di-
vorce. Her former sweetheart, Graham, watch-
ing the house, sees Cory leave, and comes to
Marion. While they are downstairs, a burglar
breaks in. He starts to take silver from Mari-
on's bureau, but stops as he sees John Cory's
picture, whom he recognizes as the attorney
who at one time saved him from prison. On
his way down stairs to make his escape, the
burglar overhears Graham persuading Marion
to leave. Andrews realizes that this is the
time to return his debt to Cory. He binds
Graham to his chair and makes Marion go up
stairs where he tells her who he is and what a
friend her husband has been to him, and finally
persuades Marion of the folly of eloping with
Graham.
In the meantime Graham has succeeded in
getting to the phone and reaching the officers.
When the ofiBcers arrive, Marion hides the
burglar in the closet and also her silver ; then
tells the ofiBcers that the burglar got out of
the window with all her silver. They go in
search of him. Marion then tells Graham to
leave. After parting with the burglar and
making him a present of her husband's picture,
she calls up John. He hurries home and they
are reconciled.
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than terror. Crump goes to serve his sen-
tence, a happier man than ever before, and
Darrow takes up his life anew, having learned
that love is the greatest law and outweighs all
else in the scales of Almighty Justice.
DOMINO.
"CURSE OF CASTE- iTwo Parts— Julv 30).
— Kata, a high class Japanese, is desirous of
marrying Kissmoia, a low caste Japanese girl
of the Etss. The father of Kato, a stern old
aristocrat, refuses his consent to the marriage.
The girl Kissmoia. realizing that she may
cause oer lover the displeasure of his father.
takes her pack and leaves. Kato. who has seen
her leaving, rushes after her and begs her to
remain until he interviews his father and tells
him of his love for her, and that marriage is
his fondest hope. She remains while Kato in-
terviews his father. The old man sternly re-
fuses to consider the alliance, and Kato leaves
his father's house and marries the girl of his
choice .
A short time later he is living in a Japanese
fishing village and while devotedly loving his
wife, he also has many sorrowful moments
when thinking of his aged father whom he also
loves tenderly. Kissomoia sees this sorrow of
her husband. Kato receives a communication
from his father telling him that the old man's
days are numbered and requesting that he re-
turn and live with him during the declining
days of his life. The letter also specifies that
under no circumstances will the proud old
father receive his wife into the house. Kato
unwittingly drops the letter which is discovered
by Kissmoia. She resolves to forever remove
herself from the pathway of her husband whom
she believes she is dragging down. She leaves,
goes to the ocean and there commits suicide by
leaping into it. After a bitter all night with
himself, the love of Kato for his wife over-
comes that for his father and he rushes into
her room only to find that she has gone. He
sees the note which she left and becomes fran-
tic. A searching party is organized and Kato
discovers the body of Kisomoia floating in the
surf at nightfall. While the surf washes
around him, and with the body of his dead wife
clasped in his arms, he stares vacantly out to
sea. and the picture dissolves with them in that
position.
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"Xevada. ■ Uncle Sam's new superdreadnought.
is launched at Quincy, Mass.
Another monster ship takes to the water in
Germany. Count Zeppelin christens new trans-
Atlantic liner at Vegesack.
The late Joseph Chamberlain. England's
grand old statesman, on his last campaign.
New York anarchists, killed in recent bomb
explosion, are eulogized in Union square. In-
spector Schmittberger with TOO policemen keeps
order.
Many beautiful floats compete for supremacy
at the Flower Carnival held in Halle, Germany.
Annual water sports regatta at Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho.
The Fashionable Authors' League of Paris
entertains many notables with a dancing car-
nival.
National elimination balloon race starts at
St. Louis.
"Water Cycling." a new sport.
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destroyed by dynamite.
Exciting hurdle jumping at the Derby Horse
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THE LITTLE GRAY LADY" (Four Parts).
— Anna Gray is a quiet, high principled young
woman who falls in love with Perry Carlyle, a
weak, young clerk whose own extravagant
tastes, and the dissipations induced by endeav-
oring to please Ruth Jordon have combined to
plunge him into both debt and dissatisfaction
at his lot.
He finds that his position in the Treasury
department enables him to obtain possession
of pieces of mutilated money and that by past-
ing them together he can induce tradesmen to
accept them for good bills and so add con-
siderably to his income. In a very few days,
however, the Secret Service men are on his
trail and it is only owing to the heroic self-
sacrifice of Anna that he is saved from the con-
sequences of his crime. Ruth in his trouble
discards him. and as he realizes that her af-
fection was inspired only by ,mercenar>' mo-
tives, while Anna loves him sincerely for him-
self alone, he is swept in a revulsion of feeling
to a love for her which is as deep and lasting
as her own.
There are moments of the most tense and
thrilling suspense while Anna is concealing
Perry from the police and when she confronts
Ruth and struggles with her for the evidence
which will clear or convict Perry, the situation
is tremendous as the two wonaen struggle with
all the fierceness of love, passion and despair.
■'THE SCALES OF JUSTICE" (Five Parts).
— Robert Darrow. District Attorney of Russell-
ville. meets and loves Edith Dexter, a young
widow, grand-daughter of Phillip Russell, the
community's leading citizen. Russell wants
Edith to marry the son of his life-long friend.
Walter Elliott, to whom he has given the man-
agement of his business. Elliot, unknown to
his benefactor, has juggled with the firm's
money, and the old man, discovering a short-
age, telephones Walcott, his legal adviser, to
go over the books and see what is wrong. El-
liot learns this, fears Walcott will discover the
truth, and hopes to make certain changes in
the ledgers before it is too late. That night
Edith gives a lawn-party, and Darrow is the
favored guest. Old Russell observes that she is
slighting Elliot, and a violent quarrel follows.
In a frenzy, Edith at last seizes a paper-knife,
threatening to take her life if her grandfather
does not cease his persecution. Miss Tripp, an
old maid, and Elliot, witness the quarrel, and
the former believes Edith to be threatening her
grandfather. That night Phillip Russell, while
going over the books alone, is struck down and
his murderer fiees. On account of the recent
quarrel, and because she inherits the bulk of
the old man's fortune. Edith is suspected. Dar-
row protects Edith, and against his own sense
of duty, conceals the knife he finds on her per-
son. Bill Crump, a horse thief, is discovered
lurking about the premises, and is finally
charged with the crime, but as no proof can
be found against him, the affair is temporarily
suspended. But Elliot, being finally rejected by
Edith, engages a detective to whom he gives
clues which seemingly convict Edith, and in
spite of Darrow's great love, he is forced to
sign the warrant for her arrest. While in pris-
on. Crump, awaiting his sentence for horse
stealing, is befriended and comforted by little
Alice, Edith's child. The night before the trial.
Darrow. torn between the conflictinsr forces of
love and duty, goes to Edith and tells her that
alive the evidence against her could not be
wrested from him. but dead it can be easily
taken from his hand. From his frenzied man-
ner Edith divines that he contemplates suicide
to liberate her. and she urges him to do his
duty and prosecute her, telling him that the
truth will in some way come to their rescue.
Darrow lacks her faith, and goes home to spend
a sleepless night. Crump overhears Edith's
plea with Darrow, and this determines him to
a great decision, for he, too. has been strug-
gling between two strong emotions, love and
fear. The trial takes place, and Darrow is
forced to cross-examine the woman he loves,
as she stands on trial for her life. If he re-
main true to his oath to the State, he must
produce the concealed and condemning evi-
dence ; if he remain faithful to the woman, he
must sacrifice honor and duty. In a paroxysm
of grief he breaks down during the cross-ex-
amination, and resigns his office rather than
publicly prosecute his fiancee. But the love
of little Alice has conquered the hardened
Crump, who comes forward and confesses that
he had seen the real murderer strike the fatal
blow, and that fear had kept him silent until
that moment, when sympathy proved stronger
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■THE GREAT STROKE' fFive Parts).—
Colonel Hudson, tired of paying the debts of
his nephew. Lieutenant Egan, refuses once and
for all the Lieutenant's demands. Having
pledged his honor as an officer for payment
of his debts. Egan, in despair, forces the Hud-
son safe and takes $2,500. Boldly admitting
the theft, Egan is denounced by his uncle and
sent to jail. In departing he makes a threat
that inasmuch as he has been branded a thief
he will remain one.
After two years' imprisonment, he is freed
and at once returns to the home of his uncle,
and again robs the safe. He is discovered by
Mary Hudson, his cousin and sweetheart, who
induces him to return his booty and take a
new start. Personally furnishing the funds for
this, she bids him, for her sake, to become a
better man. Instead he falls in with a gang
of crooks, of which he becomes leader, under
the name of "Dr. Morris." Having received
word that the firm of Herzog & Company are
to spend a special messenger with a valuable
shipment of pearls on a certain train, "Dr.
Morris" personally conducts the party.
Stepping from his compartment, crawls un-
der the car and bores a hole through the floor,
into the one occupied by the messenger, and
forces deadly fume, by the aid of a specially
design apparatus, upon the unsuspecting mes-
senger. The messenger, becoming stupified,
does not regain consciousness until the "Doc-
tor" has taken the pearls and Is well on his
way home. Detectives are employed and a re-
ward offered for the return of the goods. Be-
ing famous pearls, the sang has difficulty in
disposing of them, so decide to accept the re-
ward. During the transactions, the hiding
place of the gang is discovered and they are
tracked, but outwit the police. During the es-
cape, in an automobile, "Dr. Morris" jumps
on the running-board of a car. going in the op-
posite direction, and leaves his comrades for
the authorities. Going back to the home of his
sweetheart, he seeks forgiveness, and they im-
mediately sail to foreign lands to find happi-
ness and respectability.
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THE SILENT BELL.— This drama tells a
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the noblest and best of Italian blood, aided by
France to throw off the Austrian yoke In the
year 1S(>5, and their escape from death through
the courage and heroism of a child. The scene
opens with the secret meeting of the chiefs of
the revolution in an old house. They are re-
ceiving the last news from the sub-committees
of the other districts before the signal to attack
the Austrian government. Rinaldo Ramardo,
the private secretary of Prince Paul, the leader
of the revolutionary movement is introduced as
a new member, he is desperately in love with the
Princess Paul, and when his love is repulsed he
plots .revenge. Prince Paul trustingly shows the
new member Rinaldo, the secret exit from the
house to be used in case of emergency.
Rinaldo, driven by his insane passion, in-
forms the commander of the citadel of the plot
against the government. When the conspirators
are surprised in their next meeting they make
their escape with the loss of only one member,
but he unfortunately carries the list of the
leaders. They are fill quickly run to earth.
Prince Paul among the number. He had trusted
for his escape to the secret exit from his house,
but the traitor. Rinaldo. has stolen the key.
He bids a touching farewell to his devoted wife
and little boy Victor.
Overcome with grief at the lengths to which
his passion for the Princess had driven him, the
traitor kills himself and begs forgiveness with
his dying breath. The Prince is quickly con-
demned to death and a proclamation posted in
the city announcing the execution of the po-
litical prisoners at dawn the following morning
when the bell from the Red Tower rings the
signal, but on the morning of the execution,
little Prince Victor, his son, passes the sentinels,
climbs the old belfry tower and swings from
the clapper of the citadel's bell, preventing the
death signal. He is brought before the Austrian
Commandant and pleads together with his mo-
ther for his father's life, but without avail. In
the nick of time a dispatch is brought in de-
claring peace between the French and Austrian
armies, and little Victor has saved his father's
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Gordon, and the only clew he left as to where it
may be found is contained in the following ab-
stract of his will: ■■I bequeath to my niece,
Josette Percy, my entire estate, which is safely
hidden in a place indicated by the directions
written in my hand in ink that only becomes
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legible when subjected to heat. The writing will
be found on the back of my prehistoric Egyptian
parchment X. L. B. in my strongbox on the
library table in my house in Paris." This
parchment she finds has been stolen. She is in
despair until, while reading the morning paper,
she sees an account of the liberation of the
famous Lupin from prison.
It takes a thief to catch a thief so she ap-
peals to him to recover her fortune. The ac-
commodating Lupin soon decides the famous
Egyptian collector. Sir Rhulend, would know
if it had been ottered for sale, and sure enough
Sir Rhulend has bought it. In the night-time
he cleverly picks the sate and secures the docu-
ment ; but disturbed by a noise leaves the safe
door open.
A trusted servant steals the priceless an-
tique jewelry also kept there, and Lupin is
forced to set about tracing this to. He identi-
fies the servant's thumb prints on the safe door
with those on the bottom of a smoked plate and
shadows the thief to his confederates' den. The
thieves capture him, but he cleverly makes his
escape, not forgetting to take the jewelry. He
replaces the real stones with imitation ones
an- returns them to Sir Rhulend, wins Mrs.
Percy's love and flees with her, leaving poor
Sir Rhulend a gently sarcastic note to console
him for his loss.
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■•CH\SI\G A MILLION" or "ROUND THE
WORLD L\ EIGHTY DAYS" (Three Parts).—
Noon, at the Place Pignalle Noon is not
the hour for crime or wrong doing There
are too manv people on Montmartre Heights.
The wealthy Rajah of Y'eahbo is courting Piggy-
a nice little flower seller at I'Abbaye. This
displeases Nutty and is equally displeasing to
Cremo both of whom are warm admirers of
the fair one. Time goes on. A race is an-
nounced. A million dollars in coin is to be
the reward of the first one who finds the hid-
den copy of "The Lyre." A million Cremo
and Nutty feel sure they will win it. A train
passes. Cremo jumps on to the engine and
hangs to the buffer a'nd thus arrives at Mar-
sgIIIgs
The 'same day in the arena of Marseilles one
hundred dollars is offered to the pluckiest bull-
fighter. Nutty fights the bull with the peril-
ous horns and wins. Then he takes a first
cabin aboard a boat just on the point of sail-
ing Piggy catches the steamer and Cremo
swims after his friends and overtakes them at
Port Said. Cremo pours out his affections to
PiEST in words warmer than the sun. Nutty
beiide himself, challenges his rival to mortal
combat. Armed with their pillows the duell-
ists assail each other with furious blows. Sud-
denly a storm bursts out. The waves run moun-
tain high ; the ship cannot withstand the shock
and splits asunder. Amid the flashing light-
ning the three travellers plunge into the sea
and come ashore on the coast of Egypt. Over-
come by emotion and fatigue. Nutty falls asleep
on the sand. A magnificent alligator taking
nitv on him, swallows him at a single gulp.
Frightened, Piggy and Vremo, -who were asleep
hard by and who were awakened by the grit-
ting ot the teeth of the voracious beast, escape
into a neighboring forest, only to fall into the
claws of a lion. The lion, however knows a
thing or two. He has studied the classics and
'*" Nuttl^s ^not^dead after all, having escaped.
All is going well when alas! a horde ot sav-
ages surround the travellers! They are espe-
cially sweet on Piggy in whom they see a toott-
some morsel, but thanks to her mystic powers
the poor girl hypnotises the savage set to
euard her and they all succeed in escaping, on-
fv however, to fall into the hands of sotne
ragged, insqlent pirates who bring them before
[he ruler of the island, who turns out to be no
other than the powerful Rajah of Yeahbo
The presence of Piggy rejuvenates the Rajah
but offends the jealous Punkette.
Nutty and Cremo, intent upon getting that
million dollars, plan a flight. Too late ! The
rajah discovers all of the two fugitives have
to hide themselves behind the statue of the
god Buddha. A religious ceremony commences.
Punkette, the inexorable priestess of the divin-
ftv demknds nothing less in her invocation of
the goddess than the death of Piggy, accusing
her of coming to brave the god in his own
eternal temple. The fanatics break loose, wea-
pons agleam. Nutty and Piggy come out of
their hiding place and all is not and confu-
sion ! The three racers fly like zebras.
One fine day the trio arrive at the enchanted
isle the goal of their mad race. How great is
their surprise when they find "The Lyre in
the hands ot a gigantic man-monkey. The
monkev, astonished at their advent, flies away
with the precious paper but Piggy once more
resorts to her mystic powers. She hyponotizes
the beast and at last succeeds in obtaining pos-
session of "The Lyre." And now tor home.
Thev divide the journal between them. Our
racers arrive home with all speed. To get to
the capital. Nutty and Piggy charter a bal-
loon whilst the up-to-date Cremo must pat-
ronize the latest Invention, and hangs on to an
aeroplane. Hard luck pursues Cremo. The bi-
plane takes fire in the air and makes a miser-
able descent in the middle of the lake. Cremo
hangs on to the trolley of a car. Truly his
life may be said to hang upon a thread. Once
again the three friends find themselves re-
united in a motor car that Cremo drives to the
barrier where it unloads its precious contents.
■With all speed they fly to the office of "The
Lyre," only to flnd, alas ! that the proprietor is
bankrupt and has fled leaving only the proverb-
ial "rabbit" in the till and this rabbit is the
only prize received by the redoubtable three
for their mad chase to the Pacific Isle.
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"HEART BEATS' or "THE USELESS
CRIME" (Three Parts).— Lady Linderdale is
dying and at her last gasp her old servant,
Richard, swears a solemn oath to her he will
watch over her child who is the sole heir.
Three years have passed. Lord Linderlade,
the celebrated poet, has composed an opera in
which the famous artiste. Hazel Clarke, takes
part. At the rehearsal and on the evening ot
her triumph, the poet is fascinated by her and
asks for her hand. Hazel is flattered but does
not accept his offer. She loves and is loved by
Arthur Morris, a colleague in art, and she is
faithful to her betrothed. However, old Clarke
has ruined himself at the gaming tables and
by his deep cunning touches his daughter's
heart by making her forsee their sad future
of poverty and her consequent impossibility ot
marrying Morris and her necessity for marry-
ing the rich poet. Hazel yields. The news of
of such a marriage terrifies Richard. He
makes entreaties to his master but to no avail.
The child is to have a step-mother but Richard
decides he will watch over him ready to stoop
to crime. He has sworn it.
As Hazel is now a rich woman her father
continually demands money. Her husband who
is deeply attached to her one day shows her
his will. Richard also has seen it. It is in
favor of the woman. He feels an intense
hatred for his master and mistress. He does
not yet know how but he intends to destroy the
will. Hazel has locked it up in a desk in her
boudoir and substituted another will. Morris
cannot make up his mind to go away without
seeing the woman he loves, and writes implor-
ing her to grant him an interview at night in
the pavillion of the garden. The letter is inter-
cepted by Richard who begins his deadly web.
He shows it to Lord Linderdale who decides to
prevent the affront to his name so accepts his
servant's advice and feigns a departure. In
the night Lord Linderdale decides to kill Mor-
ris, but a hand of iron grips him strangles
him his revolver falls. The stalwart
servant lifts him up and takes him toward the
river into which he throws him. He then has-
tens to his master's study and destroys the will.
Morris goes sadly away. Not even a single
kiss has he had from the woman who willingly
sacrificed her happiness for her father. "While
Morris crosses the avenue he sees something
shining brightly on the ground and picks up
the poet's revolver. Lord Linderdale has been
rescued and brought back to recovery. His
wife is anxious over his absence. Richard
feigns ignorance of the reason tor his delay.
Hazel remembers the document telling how, in
case of death, the poet's property would law-
fully pass into the hands of his wife. Richard
spies every movement, sees all, reads the few
lines and is thunderstruck. He has only made
the winning game ot that woman ! Richard
must get rid of her. He denounces her to the
police. Evidence is against Hazel and she is
arrested on the charge of having murdered her
husband.
Morris, having learned all from the news-
papers, hastens to save her. He declares that
he is the murderer producing before the eyes
of the jury the revolver which he had taken
from the poet on that tragic night. Again does
Richard find himself powerless. The castle is
now left in his care. In the meantime, the
missing lord who is supposed to be dead, enters
his castle by stealth. From a deserted room
he will be able to watch like a ghost. During
the night a terrible vision haunts the troubled
dreams of Richard. He runs from his room.
Mad with terror he reaches the drawing room
and there surprises a house breaker at work.
After throwing the rascal to the floor. Richard
becomes like a person struck by lightning. The
thief has an extraordinary resemblance to his
deceased master. A substitution takes place.
Richard will present the poet in court. Lured
by the promise of a high reward the thief puts
on the poet's clothes. Linderdale observes all
and smiles. Richard is happy. He will have
another will drawn up by the false Linderdale
bequeathing all his fortune to the little one.
Hazel finds a change in Lord Linderdale. The
disguised thief knows that some millions In
shares belonging to Lord Linderdale are In the
hands of the family lawyer. He telephones to
him and tells him to bring all the shares at
once. The enormous sum is now in the hands
of the thief ! However. Richard watches and
that same night surprises the thief as he is
trying to escape with the stolen fortune. In a
hand to hand struggle they fall togetner on the
carpet, ine petruieum escapes iiom a croken
lamp, catches fire and in a lew minutes the nre
Ijas spread. A ghost tnen appears, two hands
are seen stretching out ana me three aisap-
pear. Richard recognizes his real master and
stands like one petrified. He attempts to make
his escape but it is too late. The flames sur-
rounu mm aiiu maKe mm tneir prey. Ine poet
succeeds in saving his child, since he is be-
lieved to be dead ana knowing that by his mar-
riage to Hazel he has broken her neari, what
would be the use of returning to life'? Dick-
son is found dead in the ruins.
A year passes. Morris and Hazel are mar-
ried. A letter from Mr. uouglas, the family
lawyer, arrives saying ■ The late Lord Lmaer-
dale who met his death in the fire or Linuer-
daie palace last year has oequeathea to you
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"MAN'S ENEMY" (Biograph K. t E —
Three Parts).— u arwicKshire, Engiano. — "Svar-
riner and his neighbor, Gen. Sir .\rtnur Stanton
through a dispute, become enemies, ft arriner
starting on a hunting trip, acciaentaily dis-
charges his gun and is Killed, lom \v arriuer
believes his rather was murdered by Sir Arthur
and swears vengeance. Grace Lisie is Sir Ar-
thurs ward ana prospective aaughter-in-law.
Her brother Fred, is Harry Stanton s pai.
Tom uarriner, now known as "JjraKe," is
proprietor ol a gamoling house. His accom-
plice IS Sarah banss, an auventuress. r red
Lisle becomes infatuated with Saran aua loans
her lodge lunds entrusted to his care, tiarry
discovers Freds haunt. Drake, recognizing
Harry as the son ot General atanton, ucter-
mines to ruin him. Harry meets Sarah ano is
fascinated. Sarah teas Tom she intcnus to
marry iiarry. i- red implores Sarah to return
the loan. Out she only laughs, urase uriugs
about Harry s downfall. Harry is so infatuated
with Sarah that ne marries her. !■ red con-
fesses to Sir Arthur, who promises to maae
good the money if Sarah does not. They visit
Sarah. Harry in an intoxicated conuiiion en-
ters with lom. Sir Arthur is uumoiounded
and demands an explanation. Harry tells him
that Sarah is his wife.
Years pass and Fred Lisle, now a clergyman,
advises air Arthur, who is in poor heaan, to
go to the Riviera for a rest. On the Riviera,
Harry, Count Lanski, Drake and Ikey (a book-
maker) gamble until Harry loses all his money
the Couut being the winner. Sarah starts a
flirtation with the Count. Harry is aoout to
seek solace in drink when he meets Grace.
She begs him to stop drinking and ne prom-
ises. Drake, worried over tne money he owes
the Count, learns that Sarah is about to elope
with him and tells Harry who insults tne
Count, resulting in a duel. Drakes sees a
chance to have the Count killed. He loads
only one pistol. The signal is given to Are and
the Count falls dead. Drake tells Harry that
he is Tom Warriner and that he inteuds to
swear that Harry murdered the Count. Ikey,
a secret witness, forces Tom to inform the
crowd that the Count committed suicide.
Later in London, Sir Arthur, learning that
Harry is in the city, searches tor him. Polly
and Adolphe, formerly servants in Drake's
gambling house, now married, conduct a lodg-
ing house. Mrs. Sanaers quarrels with her
husband. Bill. Grace and Fred appear and in-
terfere. In the crowd that has gathered are
Sarah and Drake. Fred questions them as to
Harry's whereabouts, but they plead ignorance
Harry is now working as a w^atchman. Tom
and Sarah bribe Sanders to get Harry in-
toxicated. Ikey notifies Grace where Harry is
working. Harry is discharged and Sanders
takes his place. Sarah learns that Grace is
coming tor Harry. She bargains with Sanders
to spoil Grace's beauty by throwing vitriol
in her face. Grace finds Sanders, who has
fallen asleep, in Harry's place, and is about
to awaken him when his child volunteers to
lead her to the overseer to obtain Harry's
new address. Sarah is furious because her
plan is foiled and shakes Sanders, who wakes
up and dashes the vitriol in her face by mis-
take.
Ikey takes Harry to the lodging house and
Tom follows them. The police, thinking Harry
threw the vitriol, are about to arrest him.
when Ikey and Polly prove that Sanders is the
guilty man. Sanders is arrested. Harry at- ■
tacks Tom. Mrs. Sanders is taking care of
Harry at his father's home. Sir Arthur for-
gtves Harry. Ikey. in the meantime, has
struck it rich and loans Tom money. Tom
decides to desert Sarah. She pleads with him
and they have a fight during which Tom kills
her. He is arrested and dies in prison. Harry
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Canadian forests. But on his death bed his
father made a confession, that twenty years ago
he met a squaw of the Ojibway tribe and that
a girl child was born. She was now up in
Nipissing country with a French-Canadian
family, who adopted her by arrangement with
the father. Old Beaubien"s last words to his
son exacted a promise that the boy would
find his half sister, educate and care" for her
and give her a liberal share of the estate.
As soon as affairs were settled Jules started
on his quest to find Annette. Arriving in the
Nipissing country, he found that the family
moTed from the valley, but he was informed
that a woodsman, Baptiste Le Grande, could
tell, him all about the girl, as he had been
her sweetheart. He loved the girl with all
the strength of his rough manhood, but a
city man came along and betrayed her. Bap-
tiste tried to tell the storj', but his rage would
not permit him to be coherent and Father
Paul continued. He told Jules that the se-
ducer abandoned the girl and had gone back
to America. Annette, knowing she was dis-
graced, ran away from her foster parents and
wandered to the camps where the women of
the trappers tried to care for her : she became
delirious, but she never mentioned the man's
name. When her child was born she wan-
dered out into the storm with her babe in her
arms, lied down in the snow and died, and the
wolves ate her and the child. The rage of
Jules and Baptiste was terrible. They swore
to find the man and kill him. Baptiste took
a cruifix from his bosom, both men kissed
the symbol, and for two years the quest of
vengeance continued. In the Indian summer
Jules heard that frequently parties of en-
gineers would quarter at Andrew McTavish's
house in the forest. Here Jules and Bap-
tiste resolved to put up for a while. Two
other men arrived, Mr. McDonald, a civil en-
gineer, and his assistant. Mr. Huntley, who
were surveying for a Canadian railroad. Mac-
Donald was a splendid specimen of physical
manhood, about forty years of age and very
entertaining. His ability at bis profession
made him rich and with all he was a man
of courage and likeable.
McTavish's daughter, Hilda, a fascinating
girl, did the cooking and housekeeping, and
it was not surprising that MacDonald and
Jules soon noticed that each were contesting
for the smiles of the Scotchman's daughter.
Hilda was not adverse to the pleasantries of
the good-looking boarders, for her life was
far from being a happy one, her mother not
being able to stand tt-e irascible McTavish had
run away when Hilda was a child and the
father vented his revenge and hatred upon
the daughter. Soon the rivalry between Jules
and MacDonald became an open book. Jules
loved Hilda, while the other man was simply
playing for a dishonorable advantage. One
day the men admitted their rivalry face to
face. Jules was willing to play the game fair.
The rogue laughed in the other man's face,
admitted that he had a wife in America, but
boasted of his power over women. In his
bravado he told of an affair some years ago
with a little half breed girl up in the Nip-
issing country. It was the story of Annette.
Jules would have killed him on the spot, but
he was a man of honor ; he could not assassi-
nate, he must fight this fiend. Then he must
tell also Baptiste, who would also want to
kill him, and commit this deed he would if
Jules fell in the fight. McDonald, feeling he
was losing ground with Hilda, planned to work
her ruin through the father. He told Mc-
Tavish that he had a good mother in America
that would care for and educate Hilda and
that then he would marry her.
The old Scotchman was only too willing to
get rid of the girl and demanded of her that
^he would go with MacDonald. Jules had tld
Hilda of the good love and the bad love and
she learned to love Jules. When McTavish
.ordered her to go with McDonald she resisted ;
the old man in his rage would have seized
her by the throat and strangled her. but Jules
bore him to the floor of the cabin, while Bap-
tiste from outside the window covered Mac-
Donald with his Winchester. The fight was
desperate and long, but Jules seized Hilda and,
with Baptiste and Huntley, who discovered his
master's villainy, the four hastened to the
creek r.nd in a canoe which had been fur-
nished with supplies for the trip, made towards
the Canadian railway for Montreal. MacDonald
followed and Jules left the party at a landing
to meet him. A desperate duel was fought, in
which MacDonald was killed, and Jules and his
party after burying the body hastened to his
home and happiness.
IN Tl'NE WITH THE "WILD (Selig — Three
Parts — July 31). — Robert Wayne, a sturdy Brit-
ish missionary, stationed in South Africa, is
cheered by the presence of his charmins wife
and baby daughter. Edith. The brother of Mrs.
Wayne is living with them, and puts in bis
time enjoyably hunting big game, while one of
his duties is to bring the mail into the interior
where the missionary lives, from the nearest
mail station. Wayne and his family live in a
negro village where the natives are especially
friendly to them and where their eminence as
white people, give them a certain dignity and
prestige which makes life more comfortable for
them under the circumstances. In the mail, one
day. a letter comes to Robert Wayne announcing
that he has fallen heir to fifty tnousand pounds
as a legacy, and he at once determines to re-
turn to England* with his family for the pur-
pose of taking over his fortune. In the big
covered veldt wagon, the party begins the treck
toward civilization.
One of the olaymates of Edith has been a lit-
the negro boy, the son of the chief of the village.
They have been great chums, so after the big
wagon departs, he steals away from the village,
and. by taking a short-cut through the jungle,
is enabled to strike the party in camp. How-
ever, while on his way through the forest, he
notes the approach of a large party of natives,
and secretine himself in the hollow trunk of a
tree, he overhears the plot to capture and de-
story the party of whites. Before he reaches
the camp, the treacherous chief of the hostile
war party, visits the camp and persuades the
missionary to go to the assistance of a wounded
native, this being a ruse on his part to deplete
the fighting force at the wagon, and therefore
make its capture more readily accomplished.
After walking a short distance from camp.
Wayne is struck down from behind by an assegi
after which the chief rejoins his party, and
they surround the wagon, wounding the de-
fenders, killing the little nesro boy and setting
fire to the camp. The chief of the friendly
tribe, whose son has run away to join the white
party, goes in search of the boy with a large
following of his villagers. Thev arrive at the
was-on camp in time to rescue >Trs. Wayne and
little Edith, together with Mrs. Wavne'-r brother,
and take them in safety back to the village.
Robert Wayne recovers consciousness after
several hours anrl hurriedly makes his way
back to the burnefi wagon. His mentality suc-
cumbs to the terrible catastrophe as h*^ believes
thp entire party to have been destroyed. Insane
with grief and horror, he staggers into the
jungle and becomes a wild man — fearless and
disrp^ardful of the daneprs of wild animals.
Mrs. Wayne and Edith, accompanied by Mrs.
Wayne's brother, are discovered seventeen years
later in Enaland livine a auiet life, while their
thoughts freqiipntlv turn to the husband and
father whose life they believe was taken bv the
savage natives in South Africa. Robert Wayne
becomes a hairy, powerful wild man. and his
adventures with leopards, linns and other fero-
cious beasts of the jungle, furnish many )f the
TTiost interesting features of this picture play.
Capt. Jones, a British sportsman, and partv
meet the wild man of the jungle who protests
aeainst their killing bis ferocious pets, his ap-
pearannp oc^urrins' at a time when a nh'^to-
pranb is be'ne takpn of a huee lion which has
inst been killed Wlien the ni'^ture is devploped.
it shows the wild man distinctlv. Unon the re-
turn of the partv to Eneland. Cant. Jones meets
Ff^ith Wayne and shows her the photograph,
which she reco'enizes as her father. A rescue
■nartv sets nut from Fngl^nd on the following
day to locatp the missing Robert Wayne. Edith
aw^ her uncle go with the narty.
The wild man has wandered from hi-^ jungle
camp- and Edith, in her pa*rerness to aid in the
sparch. rides off alone and is captured bv a hos-
tile banr? hpiongine to the villasp of Chief
Roola. Within a few hours of this incident.
Robert Wayne, the wild man. is also captured
hv another partv from the sarae village. Chief
Boola has established a businpss of catching
and selling wild animals to Ensrlish hunters,
and having heard of the power possessed by the
wild man of thp jungle ovpr the beasts of prev.
determines to throw him into a huge pit where
he keeps the wild animals, which he has on
hand ready for sale, and enjov the snectacle of
spping the wild man control them. Boola tells
Edith that he will add her to his harem, but
her horror and dismav are so marked, that he
dptermines to throw her into thp wild animal
pit together with the "white man."
Cantain Jones, on hi-^ return to camn. dis-
covers the absence of Edith and rides off hastily
in seamh of her. He stumbles upon a large
partv of Fnglish hunters who are on their way
tn the village of Boola to buy wild animals.
He is perishine from thirst and. uoon being re-
vived, accompanies the nartv. Upon nearine the
village, thev are met by a jealous wife from the
harem of Boola. who. out of revenge and jeal-
ousy, tells the partv the frightful fate assigned
to the wild man of the jungle and the "white
maiden." A fter a brisk encounter between the
warriors of Boola and thp members of the white
narty. they reach thp village in time to witness
the domination of the jungle beasts bv Rnbert
Wayne, wlio ^qs recovered his mentality upon
heholdine Edith, whom he recognizes ; and the
final scenp shows the intrenid Captain Jones
clasping Edith in his arms, while the benevolent
countenance of the once wild man of the jungle
beams upon them with fatherly pride.
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WHITE DOVE'S SACRIFICE (Three Parts).
— In the opening scene, little Emma starts oui
with her father and mother to visit some
neighbors. Before reaching the neighboring
rant;h, ihey meet the school teacher and one
of her pupils, Billy, who informs Emma's
parents that the Indians are on the warpath
again. Taking the teacher and Eilly into the
wagon, they turn about and start back for
home. They are met by one of the .cow-boys,
who has ridden to overtake them and apprise
them that the Indians are between them and
the ranch. They discover that the Indians are
gaining on them and take refuge in a deserted
log hut. During the fight that ensues. Emma's
father and mother and the school mistress are
killed by the Indians, the cow-boy is wounded
and left for dead. Little Emma has hidden
away from the Indians and Billy, less fortu-
nate, is taken by them and adopted by the
tribe. After the Indians leave, Emma crawls
out of her hiding place, the cow-hoy recovers
consciousness, and together they escape.
Ten years later we are given a view of the
Indian camp, with Billy as the adopted son of
the chief of the tribe. Little Emma has
grown into a dashing young lady and is keep-
ing house for the cow-boy, who has brought
her up from a little child. On one of Emma's
rides she overtakes a coon, which crawls out
to the end of a branch overhanging a river.
Emma, in crawling out on the branch to cap-
ture the coon, falls off into the river, and is
rescued by Billy, who to all appearances is a
full blooded Indian. Emma is frightened by
Billy and starts on the run for home, drop-
ping her hat in the excitement. She has an-
other adventure on the way, being treed by a
large black bear. Billy has followed her, seek-
ing an opportunity to return her hat, and ar-
rives just in time to kill the hear and again
save Emma's life. This time, Emma is not
quite so fearful of her rescuer, and an ac-
quaintance is formed. On Billy's return to the
Indian camp, he is informed that he must
marry Wliite Dove, the daughter of the chief.
Billy having fallen in love with Emma, re-
fuses, and is made prisoner, sentenced to die
at dawn if he does not obey the chief's com-
mand.
White Dove, who loves Billy, learns of his
love for the white maiden and in the unselfish-
ness of her affection aids him to escape. Billy',-;
identity is finally established ; he renounces
the Indians and their customs and once more
takes his place among his white brethren. The
acquaintance of Emma and Billy ripens into
mutual love, and the story leaves them happv
together. White Dove takes up her daily life
again in the camp, heart-broken at her loss,
yet consoled by the thought tha the man she
loved had been made happy by her sacrifice.
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— Galen Albert and Graeham Stewart are em-
ployees at an important trading post in thp
great Northwest. Albert marries Elodie. Rand,
one of the traders, instills jealous thoughts in
Albert's mind, pointing to Stewart as the guilty
man. Alber. who is factor at the post, con-
demns Stewart to travel the journev of death.
Stewart makes the long journey, first giving
his son to an Indian woman. Stewart dies
after five days and Galen Albert is made fac-
tor at Conjuror's House Post, the most im-
portant in the North. This constitutes the
prologue.
After twenty years young Stewart, a free
trader, defying the laws of the trading com-
pany, is captured by the factor's Indians, and
condemned to make the journey of death as did
his father. The factor's daughter. Virginia. ^
meets and falls in love with Ned Stewart and
promises to aid him. The journey of death
consists of a man being compelled to walk
across the bleak, barren, snow covered plains,
five hundred miles to civilization, without food
or arms.
Young Ned conspires with Pieard and pro-
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on the journey of death. The rifle, however.
is taken away from him and he is sent on the
horrible trip. Virginia's pleadings are of no
avail.
Rand, who orisinally caused the breach be-
tween Albert and Stewart's father, witnesses
Pieard giving the rifle to Stewart and tells
Pit'ard's sweetheart, Julie. that unless she
"throw Pieard over'' and become his wife, he
will tell the factor of Picard's traitoriously
aidine the condemned Stewart. Julie, at an
opportune moment, shoots and vitally injures
Rand, who confesses with his dying breath
to having wrongfully injured Graham Stewart.
The factor relents and sends a rescue party for
young Stewart, who has bv this time reached
civilization. Realizing that Virginia loves
Stewart, the factor sends her to meet him and
the brave woodsman begins life anew with his
bride from the wilds.
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THE PHANTOM THIEF (Three Parts).—
"Wildemar, a man of wealth and influence, has
been robbed of a pearl necklace worth many
thousands of dollars. His secretary, who has
been the only man in the room when the rob-
bery took place, is accused of the tneft and
arrested. Nick Winter, the great detective, is
called to unravel the case but cannot find any
proof that the secretary has had anything to
do with it. He has an inspiration and has
himself appointed as secretary to Wildemar.
Wearing a disguise that prevents Wildemar
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employer is in great need of money. He also
finds out that Wildemar has put in a claim
for insurance on the stolen necklace.
While in the library Wildemar gets a letter
from one of his friends enclosing ten thousand
dollars. He is called out for a few minutes
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money is missing. He accuses the new secre-
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tell who he is. They go out of the room for
a few minutes and when they return they
find that it has been upset and that several
articles are missing. Nick is invited to stay
for dinner and while attempting to carve the
chicken runs across the pearl necklace basted
within the fowl. They all leave the table and
rush to the butcher around the corner but he
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the lights are suddenly turned out and Winter
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WHEN ROME RULED (Five Parts).— In one
of the Roman colonies in North Africa lives
with her father a beautiful young Christian
girl, Nydia. A high priest of Jupiter, one of
the principal Roman gods, sees her and desires
to have her for one of the vestal virgins. He
sends his attendants to seize her but Is pre-
vented by the passing of Caius, the son of the
Roman governor. Caius is verv much im-
pressed by the beauty of Nydia arid after leav-
ing her safely at her home rides on to the
court.
The high priest, angry at being so easily
thwarted, takes some of his attendants and
goes to the home of Nydia to seize her. Thev
are not successfi-' although in the struggle
Nydia's father is killed and their home is
burned. Nydia escapes to the desert and hides
in a cave. A shepherd passes and one of his
sheep is carried off and eaten by a lion. The
cave where Nydia hides is the lair of the lion
and she is terrified as he comes in and stands
on a rock near her and roars at her. The shep-
herd goes to the city to get help to kill the
wild beast and lands at the palace of Caius
just as a large company are celebrating the ar-
rival of the young woman whom Caius is to
marry. He leaves the feast and goes to help
the shepherd. They find the cave, capture the
lion and at the same time discover Nydia.
Caius takes Nydia to his father's house and
declares his intention of keeping her under
his care. His father objects, she being a Chris-
tian. In spite of protests Caius places Nydia
in a home, where he goes to visit her. On one
of his visits he is followed by the highpriest
and his father. The high priest enters the
room and accuses Nydia of seducing Caius.
In a struggle that follows Caius kills the high
priest. His father has Caius carried off by
two attendants. He accuses Nydia of the
crime. In spite of her protests she is con-
demned to be thrown to the lions. Caius' be-
trothed tells him of the event and he rushes
to the lions' den to help Nydia. His betrtothed.
who has been instrumental in stirring up trou-
ble, opens the door of the den to watch with
satisfaction the end of her rival. Caius sees
the door open and seizing Nydia, makes his
escape. They manage to escape to the desert,
where Caius adopts Christianity.
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES (Three Parts).—
Henry Warring, a middle-aged business man,
brings his pretty bride, Eleanora. into the
beautiful home he has built and furnished for
her. Delightful surprises meet Eleanora at
every turn, and in rapture with the bright rosy
atmosphere of her new life, she fails to under-
stand a growing disinterest on the part of her
husband. The truth is that Warring has found
that his business affairs have become involved
during his recent absence, and that only the
closest aT^^lication on his part will save him.
Harry Lighthall. society idol, bachelor and
friend "of Warring's, has 'met Eleanora at the
country club and is later given the freedom of
the Warring home. Eleanora's pretty winning
ways attract him, and taking advantage of
Warring's apparent neglect of his wife. Light-
hall steps in and under the pretense of com-
forting her. tries to win her heart. To please
his passing fancy he has spurned Mary Bay-
liss, an old and true friend, who when she
discovers his fickleness writes to Warring tell-
ing him of the attentions which are being
prpssed upon his girl-bride by Lighthall.
Warring's shock at hearing of the infidelity
of his friend and the faithlpssness of his wife.
added to his business troubles nearly unminds
him. Momentarily unbalanced, in desperation
he contemplates suicide. Having seen Elean-
ora go away with Lighthall to a brilliant so-
ciety masked ball to which he repeatedly re-
fused to go he suddenly changes his mind and
follows. Masked. he* sees Lighthall take
Eleanora. dressed in a Yama-Yama cnstump.
into an ante-room, where he presses his suit
but is sternlv repulsed. The ball breaks up
shortly, and Warring starts to follow the cou-
ple home. On the way thev unintentionally
give him the slip by returning to get a for-
gotten cloak.
Warring returns, goes to his wife's room
full of a determination to end the affair then
and there. Eleanora. who has been home all
the evenine. having sent the maid in her plan*;
when her husband refused to eo. Is dumbfound-
ed. There is a scene in the lower hall in which
tragedy is about to enter when the door opens
and Lighthall and the maid burst into the
room. Hesitating a moment. Warring sudden-
ly sees the real situation. Eleanora has been
only too true to him and he feels his base-
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sobbing fhild-wife from the floor he takes
hpr to him and asks her fnr^ivenpss. while
Liehthal!. caught in his dunlicity. leaves the
house shamefaced — an outcast.
"THE PERILS OF PAULINE" ^ Tenth Epi-
pode> . — Pauline has been through so many
hairbreadth escapes whirh the villainous Owen
and his henchman. Hicks, have arrangpd for
hpr in the hope that she would meet with an
untimely end. that Harry has at last rebelled
against his position of protector. He claims
that he should be allowed to arrange all fu-
ture escapades. Pauline consents to this and
Harry plans something of his own that will
entail no danger. But he calculates without
the villains. Owen hears his plans and makes
arrangements to do the same thing, but with
men of his own who will not be so careful as
the ones Harry has made the arrangements
with. Harry's plan has been to take Pauline
with him to see the work of some smugglers.
He has cooked the plan up with some of his
friends to show Pauline sqmething that will be
near enough to the real thing to impress her.
However, Owen overhears the plan and ina-
mediatelv gets in touch with Hicks, who goes
to the wharfs and picks up some of the hang-
ers on. He pays them well and drills them in
their parts. They come to the house and ask
for Pauline. The butler refuses them entrance
but Owen carries the message to Pauline, who
thinks they are the men sent by Harry. In
spite of the apparent protests of Owen, Pau-
line insists on going away with them. They
take her to a lonely deserted inn along the
coast and lock her up. She discovers a tele-
phone on the wall and. having become sus-
picious of their inttentions, tries to phone
Harry. She only gets the message started
when her guard discovers her and tears the
phone out. The men become alarmed and
take her away to another place. Harry has
heard enough to give him an idea of the loca-
tion of her place of detention and starts to get
her. When he arrives he finds that she has
been removed. The pirates have left a trail
which he follows. He loses it but meets a boy
who has seen them pass and with fresh In-
formation he locates her prison. The men have
taken her to an old lighthouse some distance
from the shore and have rowed away. Harry
and the boy rush to the life-saving station but
find that the lifieboat crew have gone out on a
call, taking their boat with them. They dis-
cover a rocket gun and a breeches buoy, which
they take to the top of the cliffs. Loading the
gun. Harry shoots a line to the lighthouse
and passes Pauline a cable and the life buoy.
She starts to come ashore but is seen by the
pirat-es, who give pursuit. Harry sees that
they will overtake Pauline before he can pull
her ashore so he loads the gun again and,
taking a desperate chance, fires at their boat.
His aim is true and the sinking of the boat
enables Pauline to get safely ashore.
Bound Volume No. 20
APRIL TO JUNE, 1914
Now ready for delivery. Price $1.50
Expressage or postage extra
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SITUATIONS WANTED.
HOUSE MANAGER— Sober, experienced and
reliable. Seven years on executive slaff of va-
rious amusement enterprises. Reasonable sal-
ary. Age ."M. An Elk and Shrlner. E. V.
Mack, GOr> Eastt Ave., Hamilton, Ohio.
CAMERAMAN with outfit makes fine mov-
ing pictures anywhere. Produces features —
Industrial and advertising. Expert, care Mov-
ing Picture World, N. T. City.
THE ERSOX ORCHESTRA.— At liberty after
Sept. 1st. Violin, cello, piano and drums. Ex-
perience in hotel work, Moving Picture Theater,
concert and dancing. Only flrst-class offer
taken in consideration. The Western States
preferred. Address ERSON ORCHESTRA,
Hendersonvllle, N. Car.
THE ELEPHANT SAID TO THE PLY on
entering the ark : "Don't Push I" Whereupon
the fly said to the elephant : "Get a hustle on.
kldl" THERES A REASON why I'm hustling.
Manager, operator, pianist, 3G years old, 15
years' experience, red-headed, blue-eyed, Irish,
sober, a 2..'^(^^ volt, ].r»53 1-2 amp. live wire.
At liberty Sept. 1st. What can you offer? Ref-
erences exchanged. Address "Lucky," care
Moving Picture World, X. Y. City.
C.\MER.\MAN with own outfit and expe-
rienced lantern slide maker, with good refer-
ence, wishes position. Will go anywhere. M. W..
care Moving Picture World. X. Y. City.
MOVING PICTURE OPERATOR.— Six years-
experience on all machines and spot lights ;
also good electrician : New York license. Best
of references. EDWARD RINCHEY, 161 W.
13th St., X. Y. City.
HELP WANTED.
CAMER.A.MAX. — Everywhere (except N. Y.
City), owning outfit, can learn of valuable
service being established for weekly news pic-
tures. Cameras and perforated negative film
for sale, Ray, 326 5th Ave., X. Y. City.
WANTED. — Agents to book features and
comedies (wonderful subjects) in Greater New
York. Xew York State and Xorthern Xew Jer-
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stating experience, to U. F., care Moving Pic-
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OUR FILMS UNDER VERY ATTRACTIVE
INDUCEMENTS TO THE THEATERS ON A
VERY REMUNERATIVE COMMISSION BA-
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TURE WORLD, CHICAGO, ILL.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR RENT.
FIRST-CLASS PICTURE THEATER in town
of 5.000. 10 cents straight. One other house.
Everything in fine condition : a bargain. Best
reasons for selling. Address MARS THEATER,
Sturgis, Mich.
FOR S.iLE. — Two fully equipped up-to-date
motion picture theaters. Seating capacity 400
and 30tJ. Population. 10,000. Only ones In
town. Address W. R. S., care Moving Picture
World, N. Y. City.
FOR SALE— Open air picture theater, best
location In town of 7.00O, (JOO seating capacity,
all new equipment and first class. Good rea-
sons for selling. KANE REALTY CO., Kane,
Pennsylvania.
FOR SALE. — Theater and rooming house
combined. Theater seats 400 : 10 rooms, all
furnished; steam heat. Building and all,
•flS.CWO.OO. Theater and rooms, $l,."i00.00. Will
pay Interest on ?2o.000.00. Must take It quick
if you want it at this price. Long lease and
low rent on building. Everything new. H.,
care .Moving Picture World, Chicago, 111.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
FOR SALE.— I'wenty single reels, military,
travel, comedy and drama, in good shape. Price,
.$20.<i0. WILLIAM MEATH. Brightwaters, Long
Island, X. Y.
FOR SALE.— Cheap. Fifty 2, 3 or 4-reel
features. 500 commercials. Write for lists.
ROEERT RICHTER. 71 W. 23d St.. .N. Y. City.
ATTENTION !— Travelling showman. ."iOO reels
film for sale and moving picture machines at
a bargain. WESTERN FILM BROKERS, 3"
So. Wabash Ave.. Chicago, 111,
FILM SERVICE— At low rental price of all
the leading makes. INDEPE.NDENT FILM EX-
CHANGE. .37 So. Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 111.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
PRESTWICH LATE MODEL.— Perfect con-
dition guaranteed. Vision attachment, dalmey-
er 3, S-50 mm lens, carrying case, extra mag-
azines, tripod, panoram. tilt. Rock ridged :
$250 takes all. Will ship subject examination
receipt S30 security. Free instruction. Camera,
Box 32. Huguenot Park, X. Y.
MOTION PICTURE CAMERA for sale, $30.00.
Good condition. Zeiss-Tessar f3. 5, 72 mm
lense. Tripod with panoram and tilt, $20.00.
R. E. CROCKEii. Bethel, Me.
PROFESSIONAL MOVIXG PICTURE CAME-
RAS.— Two sizes. Tripods. Zeiss-Tessar 50 m
lenses, $150, $225. Special cameras to order,
''epairing all makes. R. W. Pittman, 50 West
St., N. Y. City.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE.
OPERA CH.MRS. — 1.200 new. imediate de-
livery ; 9Sc each. Will sell in small lots.
ATLAS SEATIXG COMPANY, 501 Fifth Ave.,
N. Y. City.
GUIL PASTILS one dollar. Holders, 35c and
75c. Send for circular. Box 771, Norfolk.
Virginia.
FOR SALE. — One Motiograph machine com-
plete : one Fort Wayne compensarc ; one large
suction fan and two silver screens, all In fine
condition. Any or all of the above at a bar-
gain. Address LEWIS C. DAHLKE, 740 S.
Armstrong Ave., Kokomo, Ind.
FOR SALE. — Any part of my moving picture
theatre ; opera chairs (>5c each. Simplex ma-
chines $1^5. Power's 6A $100. All goods used
three months, have many other bargains in oth-
er fixtures. A. Glen, Room 200, Houser Bldg.,
SL Louis, Mo.
FOR SALE.— One Edison .Moving Picture
Machine In flrst-class condition : been used
about (X) days. Ten doz. folding chaira, new.
Must sell. A sacrifice for $173. Address Box
110, Stillmorc, Ga.
FOR THEATER EQUIPMENTS.— Such u
seats, picture machines, etc., see Lean Theatr*
Supply Co., 509 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo.
EDISO.N EXHIBITIO.N MODEL.— And Powers
No. 5 picture machines complete with upper
and lower magazines, new 110 volt Rbeostsl »ai
Bausch A: Lomb lenses, also rewind, everything
ready to operate. Used only a few monthi.
Guaranteed flr.'it class condition. Will take $75
tor either machine, will ship subject to Inspec-
tion. Howard, 204 Houser Bldg.. St. Louis. Mo.
ALWAYS O.N HA.N'D- Slightly used mOTlng
picture machines and chairs at a bargain.
WESTERN FIL.M BROKERS, 37 So. Wabasb
Ave., Chicago, 111.
MOVING PICTURE M.^CHI.NES for sale,
for rent and exchange, In first-class condition.
CHICAGO -MOVING PICTURE SUPPLY CO,
37 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.
FILMS FOR SALE— Two hundred (200) fine
Commercial Reels at $5.00 each. Send ns
amount to cover express charges. Will ship
subject to vour examination. Address OMAHA
FILM EXCH.\.\GE, 14th and Douglas Sta.,
Omaha, Xebr.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES.— For one, thre»
and six sheets. Also brass easels, brass ralllnsa.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Htg.
Co., Cincinnati, O. 101 4th Ave., N. Y.
XEW AXD SECOND-HAXD CHAIRS at cut
prices. Equipments bought and sold. We save
you money on outfits. Designs and plans free.
JOS. REDIXGTOX. Scranton, Pa.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
FOR SALE.
NEW SELF-PLAYING.— Self-interpreting pipe
organ for picture show. Can deliver In thirty
days. Pipe Organ, care Moving Picture World,
Chicago, 111.
ELECTRIC PIANOS. — With keyboards $140.
Orchestrian pianos with pipes $250 all guaran-
teed. Closing out electric piano business.
Every picture show has use for one. Send for
circular. J. F. Herman 1420 Pa. -Ave., Washlaj-
ton. D. C.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SCENARIO WRITERS WILL FIND IT TO
THEIR I.NTERESTS TO COMMUNICATE
WITH I. C. U. FILM CO., REPUBLIC BLDG.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
SEE ME FIRST. — Before building ^our the-
ater. Moving picture theaters a specialty. T.
John Folks, Architect, Second Xational Bank
Bldg., Paterson, N. J.
COMPLETE ARCHiTECTUR.4.L PLANS for
convertible motion picture theater. Closed
structure in winter, open air roofless Inclosurc ■
in summer. Prices .$.50. HOMER JOSEPH
DODGE, 615 Lamont St., Washington, D. C.
FILMS AXD MOVI.NG PICTURE MACHIXTSS
— For anything else in that line. WESTERN
FILM BROKERS, 37 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago,
111.
F. O. NIELSEN, booking
"THE SPOILERS"
For the States of
OHIO, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INDIANA and ILLINOIS
(EXCEPT COOK COUNTY)
WRITE OR WIRE
720 SCHILLER BLDG., CHICAGO
758
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
^^INDEX
ADVERTISIXG FOR EXHIBITORS 693
AL LICHTMANS NEW ORGANIZATION.. 691
ALICE JOYCE SERIES POPULAR 688
AMERICAN PLAYERS CELEBRATE 6S8
AT THE SIG.X OF THE FLAMING ARCS.. 710
BRITISH NOTES '. 693
CAMERON'S NEW PROJECTOR 700
"CHASI.VG A MILLION" (Leading Players). 685
CENSOR ON RAMPAGE 707
CHICAGO LETTER 689
CRYSTAL SUED BY PATENTS COMPANY'. 691
CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES.. 726
CALEND-^R OF INDEPENDE.NT RE-
LEASES 728
CRANE, HARRY F 711
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 694
DRAMA AND LIFE 677
"EAGLET'S REFUGE. THE" (Warner's). 683
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 719
FACTS AND COMMENTS 67.'5
-ASBESTOS SUPPLIES.
H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO 734
C.4RBO\' IMPORTERS.
KIEWERT. CHARLES L.. CO 766
REISINGER, HUGO 763
ELECTRICAL, <S MECH-4XIC.\L EQCIP-
MEXT.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY* CO 764
BELL K- HOWELL CO.. THE 76:;
CALEHUFF SUPPLY CO 767
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS 769
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 76.J
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS 767
FULTON. E. E 7-33
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 767
HALLBERG. J. H 7.30
HOKE. GEORGE M. SUPPLY CO 733
KIMBLE ELECTRIC CO 76S
LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 765
MOORE-HUBBELL CO 763
PICTURE THE.\TER EQUIPMENT CO 7.55
PHOTO-CINES (G. Gennert) 766
SMITH. L. C. & CO 768
STRELINGER. CHARLES A., & CO 742
TYPHOON FAN CO 7.5S
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND M'F'G
CO 74S
MISCELLANEOUS FE.iTl'RE FILMS.
AICO FILM CO., INC &54-.53
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATIO.n'. . . . 741
ALBUQLERQUE FILM CO 768
APEX FILM CO 745
ARCTIC FILM CO 7.59
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO 731
CHICAGO FE-\TURE FILM Co 767
CONTINENTAL FE.ATURB FILM CORP. 658-.5n
ECLECTIC FILM CO 662-63-64
ECLIPSE-URBAN FILM CO 7.55
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO 76S
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 650-.51
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO 767
GENERAL FE.ATURE FILM CO 7.34
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN FILM CO 7.53
LASKY, JESSE L.. FEATURE PL.A.Y' CO... 6.57
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORP 7.53
NEILSIEN, F. 0 737
O Z FILM CO., THE 648-49
PLAUT. I. S.. CO., THE 660
PASQUALI AMERICAN 743
SA-WYER, A. H., INC 737
UNITED KEANOGRAPH CO 746-47
WARNER'S FE-\TURES, INC 749
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 666-67
FILM BROKERS.
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 724
TO CONTENTS.
F.WERSHAM FOR ALL ST.AR 713
FE.A.TURE FILM STORIES 750
■GILDED KIDD. THE" (Edison) 680
GOODRICH. MISS EDNA 712
"GREAT STROKE. THE" (World Film)... 707
GRB-A.T SOUTHERN FILM CO 717
"HEART BE.\TS" (Features Ideal) 679
HEMME.NT MAKING GOOD 694
INCE AND SENNETT COMING EAST 686
INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 738
INDEPENDENT RELEASE D.A.TES 760
INDIANA EXHIBITORS PROTEST 709
KI.XG. CARLTO.N S 711
LAEMMLE WINS ST. LOUIS SUIT 712
LESLIE. ARTHUR 686
LINDENW.\LD IN PICTURES 679
LICENSED FILM STORIES 725
LICENSED RELEASE DATES 762
M-\NUF.\CTURERS' ADV.A.NCE NOTES... 714
MOVING PICTURE EDUCATOR 687
TO ADVERTISERS.
FILM EXCHAXGES.
.\PEX FEATURE SERVICE 732
BRADE.NBURGH. GEORGE W 769
ECONOMY FILM CO 724
GREATER NEW YORK FILM RENTAL
CO 762
LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 744
NORTHERN FEATURE FILM EXCHANGE 733
SOUTHERN FEATUHE FILM EXCHANGE 742
WENIZ, ISADORE 724
IXDEPEXDEXT FILM M-iXtFACTlR-
ERS.
AMERICAN FILM M.A.NUFACTURING CO. 761
GAUMONT CO fi-56
MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 770
NEW Y'ORK MOTION PICTURE CORPO-
RATION 647
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION 642
UNIVERSAL FILM MA.NUFACTURI.NG CO.
644-45-46
LEXS M-\XL'F.\CTrRERS.
GUNDLACH-M-\NHATTAN CO 619
BAUSCH & LOME OPTICAL CO 763
LICENSED FILM M.\NlF.\CTfRERS.
BIOGR-\PH COMPANY 727
EDISON. THOMAS A 668
ESSAN.iY' FILM MANUFACTURING CO... 643
KALEM CO 669, 674
KLEINE, GEORGE 670-71
LUEIN MANUFACTURING CO 672
MELIES FILMS 661
P.ATHE FRERES 665
SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 771
VITAGR.A.PH CO. OF AMERICA 673
MISCELL.^N'EOrS.
ALL COMEDY FILM CO 7.35
ARMY & N.A.VY' STORE CO 744
.\MERICA.N CINE-MULTIPHONE CO 76S
B.-i-RR & BRUNSWIG 734
BONR.\Y- FILM CO 734, 7.33
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 764
CENTAUR FILM CO 7&5
COMMERCIAL FILMERS 7.33
CL.\SSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 7.57
CORCOR.A.N. INC.. A. J 742
E.\STMAN KODAK CO 765
GUNBY BROS 764
ESTREICH BROS 7.35
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE CO 764
KRAUS MANUFACTURING CO 763
LESLIE. ARTHUR 652-53
LEWIN, MR.. OF BERLIN 739
OBSERVATIO.VS BT THE MAN ABOUT
TOWN 692
"OTHELLO" (Kleine) 678
•PAINTED WORLD, THE" (Vitagraph) . . 682
PARIS NOTES 693
PHOTOPLAY-WRIGHT, THE 697
PORTER AND FORD RETURN HOME 681
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 699
PSYCHOLOGICAL 676
"RAT, THE" (Box Office) 685
"SCALES OF JUSTICE, THE" (Famous
Players) 684
SCHOOL FILM EXCHANGE, A 680
SAWYER HAS "ZONE" PLAN 717
STANDARDIZATION 690
STEWART, MISS ANITA 711
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed) 725
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent).. 738
STORIES OF THE FILJIS (Features) 730
■TREY' 0' HEARTS, THE" (Universal)... 683
WILSON, HAL 681
WILLIAMS, JOHN D.. GOING ABROAD.. 71"
NATIONAL MOVING PICTURE CO 767
N.\TinN.\L TICKET CO 760
NATIONAL X-RAY' REFLECTOR CO 767
PREDDEY. W. G 764
RAW FILM SUPPLY' CO 759
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORATION 769
ST\ND.\RD MOTION PICTURE CO 767
SYDCO. .\MUSEMENT CO "33
THEATRE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE 734
TO SUBLET 733
TRADE CIRCULAR ADDRESSING CO. ... 768
VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO 764
WYANOAK PUBLISHING CO "59
MOTION PICTURE C.\MER.V MANUFAC-
TURERS.
SCHNEIDER, EBERH.4RD i34
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
.\MERICAN PHOTO PL.\YER CO 751
ni^sr, AN J. C "40
SEEBURGH, J. P.. PIANO CO 76-8
SINN, CL.ARENCE E 767
OPER.\ CH.VIR MANUF-iCTURERS.
AMERICAN SE.^TING CO 769
.ANDREWS, A. H.. CO 769
BENNETT, SEATING CO 769
HARDESTY M-A.NUFACTURING CO 769
STEEL FURNITURE CO "69
WISCONSIN SEATING CO 769
POSTERS AND FR.\MES.
AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO 600
MILLER. -\. S. & CO 765
NEWM.\N MANUFACTURING CO 748
THEATRE SPECIALTY CO 733
PROJECTION MACHINE M.iN'lIFACTUR-
ERS.
ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 768
PH'^NTOSCOPE M.ANUF.\CTURING CO... 764
POWER. NICHOLAS 772
PRECISION M.\CHINE CO 729
PROJECTION SCREEN MANUF.\C-
TURERS.
GENTER. J. H.. CO i-^b
D.AY' & NIGHT SCREEN CO io9
MIRROR SCRE.^N CO 735
SONG AND ADVERTISING SLIDES.
ERKER BROS 763
NIAGARA SLIDE CO 718
UTILITY TRANSP.\RENCY CO 763
THE\TRIC.\L ARCHITECTS.
DECORATORS' SUPPLY CO 767
VENTILATION COOLING HEATING ^>^
Heating and cooling problem revolutionized by Typhoon System.
You keep cool in front of a desk fan and not in back; apply this com-
mon sense and blow the air into your theatre.
A 48" Typhoon Multiblade Blower has sixteen blades, an ordinary
exhaust fan has six; it is the blades that do the business.
A Typhoon Tubular Air Warmer will heat and ventilate at the same
time.
The low price of e£Fective apparatus will surprise you. Catalogue
"W" gives information.
TYPHOON FAN CO.
NEW YORK CITY
1544 BROADWAY
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
759
THE SAME OLD STORY
Give the World the Best PALACE THEATRE
You Have and the Best Tacoma's Picture Palace
Will Come Back to You UM Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wash.
Mr. Beverly B. Dobbs, Agent Day & Night Screens, Seattle. Wash
ONLY
FIRST RUN
PICTURES
June 23, 1914.
My Dear .Mr. Dobbs: Notwithstanding your very substantial guarantee, and even after wc had given you an order for a Day & Night
Screen, candor compels me to admit that I was sceptical concerning it s merits. It has now been in use for a considerable period and not
only does it meet our requirements most fully, but it has our unqualified endorsement. Quite apart from the fact that it is absolutely the
Lyric Amusement Co.
"THE
PEERLESS"
DAY and NIGHT SCREEN
"THE
PIONEER"
THE SCREEN OF QUALITY— THE SCREEN DE LUXE— THE LOW-AMPERAGE SCREEN
MAIN OFFICE, 291 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. TELEPHONE 1951 WORTH
Branch 0£Gces and Distributing Centers at
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LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE. PARIS, BERLIN, LONDON
SUPERIOR GR AD ATToN
In Motion Pictures can be readily obtained with
JJ THE DISTINCTIVE
- - - FILM - - -
For the reason that it contains "more than the usual" amount of silver in the emulsion
Specify "AGFA" and Watch Results. Formulae Book, Samples, etc., Gratis
RAW FILM SUPPLY CO., Sole American Agents
"A G F A
15 EAST 26th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
"Safety First" with "Agfa" Non-Flam
GET THE CROWD
COMING YOUR WAY
You can increase your attendance and have
everyone rooting for you.
It will cost you less than lj4 per cent, of your
srross.
Write for the Plan
In connection with our Photo Gelatine Repro-
ductions we ofifer this week
ALICE JOYCE
22x2«
LOBBY DISPLAY
One Single Tone $0.50
One Hand Colored L50
Wyanoak Publishing Co.
136 W. 52nd St., New York
Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt's
Arctic Hunt
in six reels
Native and Animal Life in the
North. A revelation of life and
affairs in the frigid zone. An inti-
mate, close range study of Moose,
Caribou, Sea Lion, Polar Bear, Great
Kodiack Bear, Walrus and mil-
lions of Birds on rookeries, Icebergs
the size of twenty-story buildings,
precipitated headlong into the sea.
Chance to secure the bargain of a
lifetime in Exclusive State Rights
Lecture, Press matter, Lobby display. Lantern Slides.
Attractive Litho Paper 24 Sheets, 6, 3 and 1 Sheets
Ai*/«fi/> Film Cn. Suite 1209— 220 W. 42nd St.,
rirCllC Flini V/0« New York. Pboae,Bnant3SS9
760
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEPENDENT
RELEASE DATES
KEYSTONE.
July 6 — Row Boat Romance (Comedy).
July 9 — (Not yet announced).
FEATURES.
APEX.
July 11 — Love and Salt Water (Comedy) r,,,^ tl. ri.i„iiv i- /• _ t^
-Worlds Oldest Livinc Thine (Com.).. -{"^-JS! ?!!iL.= 1=^^. J* P^^s-Drama)
AMERICAN.
July 27 — The Broken Barrier (2 parts — Dr.)...
July -ja— Does It End Right? (Drama)
July 31 — All On Account of a Jug (Comedy)...
Aug. 3 — At the End of a Perfect Day (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 5 — The Widow ( Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Trap (Two Parts — Drama)....
Aug. 12 — The Butterfly ( Drama)
BEAUTY.
July 21 — Her "Really" Mother (Drama)
July 28 — A Midsummer Love Tangle (Drama).
Aug. 4 — A Suspended Ceremony (Com. -Dr.)..
"101" BISON.
July 25 — Olano of the South Seas (2 parts —
Drama)
Aug. 1 — Tribal War in the South Seas (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 7 — Rescued by Wireless (Two Parta —
Drama)
BRONCHO.
July 22 — Shorty and the Aridville Terror (2
parts — Drama )
July 29 — The Long Feud (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 5 — Jim Regan's Last Raid (Two Parts
— Drama)
CRYSTAL,.
July 14— What Pearl's Pearls Did (Comedy)...
July 21 — Getting Vivian Married (Comedy)
July 28 — Their Parent's Kids (Comedy)
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Aug. 4 — Some Cop (Comedy)
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July 23 — Jim Cameron's Wife (Two Parts —
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July 22— Allah-3311 (3 parts- Drama)
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July 29 — Wooing of Bessie Bumpkin (Comedy).
Aug. 1 — Wife's Busy Day (Comedy)
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J»Iy 20 — The World and the Woman (Drama) . .
Joly 23 — The CheesevlUe Cops ( Comedy)
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July 25 — ^The Little Widow ( Drama)
jDly 27 — Gwendolyn, the Sewing Machine Girl
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— Search, the Scientific Detective (Com-
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July 30 — A Bit of Human Driftwood (Two
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Ang. 1 — The Man Who Paid (Drama)
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Jaly 21— A Matter of Minutes (Sth of "The
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Jaly 23 — A Deal In Statuary (Comedy)
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Jvlr 24 — Laddie (Special — 2 parts — Drama)...
Jmly 2S — The Last Assignment (Twelfth of the
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l»ly 27— A Canine Rival (Eighth of the Wood
B. Wedd Series — Comedy)
Jnij 28 — The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius
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aeries — Drama)
July 29 — Something to a Door ( Comedy)
Jaly 31 — The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
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Aac. 1 — Farmer Rodney's Daughter (Drama)..
Aug. 3 — A Tango Spree (Comedy)
Aug. 4 — The Living Dead (Ninth of the 'Man
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Aug. 5 — A Change of Business (Comedy)....
— Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady
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Aftg. 7 — The Presldentt's Special ( Special —
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Aug. 8 — One Touch of Nature (Comedy)
BSSANAT.
J«ly 20 — Money Talks ( Comedy)
July 21 — Mrs. Blllington's First Case (Comedy-
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Jmir 22 — The Fable of "Higher Education That
Waa Too High For the Old Man"
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July 23 — Slippery Slim's Inheritance (Comedy).
July 24 — A Little From Home ( Special — 2 parts
— Drama)
July 25 — Broncho Billy and the Gambler (Dr.).
July 27 — Sweedle and the Lord ( Comedy)
July 28— A Clash of Virtues ( Drama)
Jmly 29 — The Fable of "The Coming Champion
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J«Iy 30 — Snakevllle's Home Guard (Comedy)...
July 31 — Tha Serentb Prelude (Special — Two
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Aug. 1 — The Squatter's Gal (Drama)
Aug. 3 — In and Out (Comedy)
Aug. 4 — Her Trip to New York (Drama)....
Aug. 5 — The Fable of the "Btisy lousiness Boy
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Aug. S — Slippery Slim's Dilemma (Comedy)..
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Aug. S — Eroncbo Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama).
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July 21 — The Beast ( Drama )
Julv 22 — The Rival Railroad's Plot (Special —
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July 24 — The Bingville Fire Department (Com.)
July 2n — Defying the Chief (Drama)
July 27 — The Identification (Special — Two Parts
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July 28 — The Man with the Glove (Drama)....
July 29— The Indian Agent (Special — Two Parts
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July 31 — The Deadly Battle at Hicksville (Com-
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Aug. 1 — The Lad from Old Ireland (Drama).
Aug. 3 — The Vampire's Trail (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 4 — The Chief of Police (Drama)
Aug. 5 — The Operator at Black Rock (Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw
( Comedy )
Aug. 8 — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama)
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Two Parts — Drama )
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Cello — ^Special-
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July 7 — Heirloom (Cines — Special — 2 parts — •
Drama)
July 14 — The Rival Actresses (Cines — Special —
2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
LUBIN.
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— Worms Will Turn (Comedy)
July 22 — Who Seeks Revenge ( Special — 2 parts
— Drama )
July 23 — The False Shadow (Special — 2 parts^
Drama)
July 24 — A Traitor to His Country (Drama)...
July 2.5 — A Matter of Record ( Comedy)
July 28 — The Question and Answer Man (Com-
edy)
July 29 — The Lure of the Car Wheels (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 30 — Three Men and a Woman (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 31 — Within the Noose (Drama)
Aug. 1 — She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy)
— The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy)...
Aug. 4 — A Fatal Card (Comedy)
— He Woke Up in Time (Comedy)
Aug. 5 — The Man With a Future (Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
Aug. 6 — A Daughter of Eve (Special — Two
Parts — Com. -Dr.)
Aug. 7 — A Siren of the Desert (Drama)
Aug. 8 — Love and Flames (Comedy)
MELIES.
July 11 — A Friend's Forgiveness (Special — 2
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July 14 — Rags and Patriotism (Comedy).'.'
July 15 — Justly Punished (Drama)..
July 16— The Test of True Love (Comedy).
July 16— A Sublime Deception (Special— 2 parts
— Drama) T. . . .
July 18 — The River's Secret (Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
21 — (Title not reported).
22 — His Sense of Duty ( Drama)
2.'? — Wanted a Sweetheart (Comedy)
23 — When Preachers Leave Home (Special
— 2 parts — Comedy )
July 25 — Black Pearls (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
29 — .\n Actress' Son (Drama)
30 — The Trouserless Policeman (Comedy)
31 — Music Hath Charms (Comedy)
1 — Honor Redeemed (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July
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PATHE.
July 20 — In French Guiana (Scenic-Edu. ) . . . .
— The Crayfish (Educational-Biology)..
July 21 — A. Badger Hunt (Animal-Edu.)
— Life in Japan ( Customs )
July 22— Pathe's Weekly Xo. 46, 1914 (News).
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— The Hosts of the Sea (Oceanography
July 28 — The Straits of Bonifacio (Sardinia)
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— Hemp Growing (New Zealand) {Hor-
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July 29— Pathe's Weekly No. 47, 1914 (News).
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July 20 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 41
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July 22 — The Sealed Package (Drama)
July 2.3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial. No. 42
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July 25 — Footprints (Comedy-Drama)
July 27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 43
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July 28 — Muff (Drama)
July 29— The Mother Heart (Special — Two Parts
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July 30— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 44
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Aug. 1 — Love vs. Pride (Drama)
■Aug. 3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 45
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Aus. 4 — The Ordeal (Drama)
\ug. .5 — The Reporter on the Case (Drama)..
Aug. 6 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 46
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Aug. S — Carmelita's Revenge (Drama)
VITAGRAPH.
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July 21— Bread Upon the Waters (Special — 2
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July 22 — Buddy's Downfall (Comedy)
July 2.3 — The Apple ( Drama)
July 24 — The Winning Trick ( Comedy)
July 25 — Romantic Josie (Special — Two parts —
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July 27 — His Kid Sister (Comedy)
July 28 — John Ranee, Gentleman (Special-
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July 29— Olflcer Kate (Comedy)
July 30 — The Greater Motive (Drama)
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Aug. S— The House On the Hill (Special —
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goods and the very best service —
Eastman film.
And it is identifiable. Look for
"Eastman" on the perforated
margm.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY,
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
MAKE TM YOURSELF SLIDES
Make them yourself. Written with pen and ink
or typewriter. Three minutes to make a slide. Used
for advertising slides, to announce future or feature
programmes, for chorus slides when chorus slide is
missing. We send four colors of gelatin. The slides
look well and anyone can make them. They are
handy also for announcing vaudeville acts. In fact,
they may be readily used for anything you may wish
to say to your audience.
For the sum of $3.50 we will send, by parcel post, prepaid and
insured, the following:
24 cover glass, 1 package binder strips, 1 dozen mats, 1 instruc-
tion sheet, 1 form sheet and 50 strips assorted colors gelatin —
enough for from 300 to 400 slides. Order now. Address:
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO.
1733 West 9lh Street Brooklyn, N. Y.
Perfect Daylight Projection Is Obtained Only by Common Sense
If you want to obtain perfect projection and ]
it the same time have your theatre bright as
day, yon must obtain these results through your 1
lens, condenser, carbons and curtain. We |
manufacture the BBIGHTASDAY CURT^UN
EMULSION, which is universally endorsed by
the best exhibitors in the country. Send us
$7.50 and we will send you one set of Bright-
asday Curtain Emulsion, enough to paint your I
curtain several times, besides black border as
weU.
We also are exclusive importers of the
famous Jena pure white meniscus bl-convex
and piano condensers. The meniscus, hi- fAon ncTTPB bpct
convei condenser combination will improve «UWU DLI iLn Dtdl
your light 50 per cent. Sold as follows: -_^ piano One Menlscos One Menlscui
oiJTrirc Fie 1 One Piano One Bi-
PRICES Fig. I pjg 2 Convex Fig. 3
Jena Imported Piano Condensers $1.50 each. Half Doz.. J7.50
Jena Imported Meniscus Condensers 2.00 each. Half Doz., 9.00
Jena Imported Bi-Conves Condensers 2.00 each. Half Doz.. 9.00
Jena Imported lIenL<:cus Bi-Convex Combination $4.00 per Pr.
Jena Imported Meniscus Bi-Conves Combination Half Doz., $20.00
Add 20c. additional for postage.
For infMTDation concerning Unproved and perfect projection address
Prejfttiog Dept. LAEMMIE FILM SERVICE. 252 HenneolH Ave.. Minneapolis, Minn.
A. J.
MILLER
& CO.
Bellefontaine,
Ohio
Makers of
fine Brass
and Copper
Display
Frames
Write Ui
PUT in your own
lighting plant and
pay for it with
your Central Station
bills. A Foos gener-
ating set will produce
current for less" than
3 cents per kilowatt,
and is more reliable
than service from a
Central Station.
Ask for Bulletin 98.
Springfield, Ohio.
THE CENTAUR
FILM COMPANY
The Oldest Independent Film
Manufacturer
Has the largest com-
mercial plant in America,
the most up-to-date equip-
ment, and an organization
second to none.
Printing and developing
in any quantity. Quality
guaranteed. Prices
interesting.
CENTAUR FILM CO.
BAYONNE, N.J.
766
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1^
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THE
BRIGHT
WHITE
LIGHT
(CALCIUM EFFECT)
so Desirable for
Moving Picture
Projections
is ONLY produced with
BIO
CARBONS
They Are
"The Carbons You Want"
Charles L Kiewert Co.
NEW YOBR
I6S GrecDwIch St.
MILWAUKEE
114 HaroD St.
SAN FRANCISCO
i43 SecoDi St.
WILLIAMSON'S
PHOTO CINES
ENSIGN (ZrJ)
CINEMA CAMERAS
TR IPODS
PERFORATORS
Printing Machines
CHEMICALS
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
G. GENNERT
24-26 East 13th St., New York /
n
LkMl
For sale or lease an ideal Film
Plant; four-story concrete building;
hall 75 X 110; stage, electrical equip-
ments; fine water, which is drawn
from steam; other buildings, to-
gether with 31 acres of fine rolling
land and scenery; will sell for half
its cost; 30 minutes out.
S. L. PAKAS,
35 Nassau St., New York
r
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
767
Orchestra Music
FOR MOVING PICTURES
The Orplu'um Collection of dra-
matic and descriptive music for
Piano and seven orchestra parts.
Piano can he nsed alone. In two
series :
No. I and No. 2
Piano. 58 cts. each. Both scries,
$1.15. \"iolin. 40 cts. each ; hoth 75
cts. Ccllo-&-Bass same price as
violin. Flute 35 cts. each. Both
series. 65 cts. Clarinet. Cornet and
Tromhone same price as Flute.
Drums, 30 cts. each. Both series,
55 cts.
Send for free sample page and fur-
ther discounts ; 3d scries ready for
piano only ; 58 cts.
CLARENCE E. SINN
1501 SEDGWICK ST.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
FEATURES
OF MERIT
Feature Photoplay Co.
220 West 42nd Street, New York City
CO INTO THE
MOVING PICTURE BUSINESS^
MAKE MONEY FASTI
BE YOUR OWN BOSS!
530 TO $50 PER NIGHT CLEAR
No Experience Needed
Wefomish you with machine, film,
curtain and complete outfit ready to go
to work with ON OUR MST PflYMEMT PUM.
Writs Now tor Our Large FREE CacarosuSo
NATIONAL MOVING PICTURE CI.
Dcjrt. M. P., Ellsworth BldD-, Chlfra«o
TYPE W FLAME ARC
[Powerful LAMPS Economical
For brilliantly illuminating
the outside of your theatre
General Electric Company
Ge.ieral 0fficr,^^Schenectady,N.Y.4Qe'
0]*]ici]iie]itcil
T]iecLti«es
PLASTER RELIEF DECORATIONS
Theatres Designed Everywhere
Write for Illustrated Theatre Catalog. Send us
Sizes of Theatre for Special Designs.
t
THE DECORATORS SUPPLY CO.
Archer Ave. and Leo St., CHICAGO, ILL
BEST
OF
CAMERA MEN
Furnished for all Occasions
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO.
4108-22 Lincoln Ave., Chicago, ML
PRINTING and DEVELOPING
FILM TITLES
Give us a trial. All work guaranteed.
Prompt service. Prices rigrht.
If there is any event that you want photo-
graphed, we can furnish expert camera men.
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE CO.
Phone, Central 2853, 5 S. Wabash Ave.. Chicago
COMPENSARC
That's the device that saves Moving Pic-
ture men two-thirds on their electric light
bills, and yet gives better light. Did you
see our ad last week? Well, don't look it
up. Just write fur our
BOOKLET 15018
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS
of General Ekctric Company
1402 Broadway
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
CALEHUFF SUPPLY COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Jobbers for Powers, Edison, Motiograph and Simplex
L^fNG SUPPLY HOUSE IN AMERICA
Wagner Converters
Brass and Wood Frames
Mercury Arc Rectifier
Flame Arc Lamps
Automatic Ticket Registers Ticket Choppers
Exit Signs
Slide Ink
Carrying Cases
Tickets
Condensers
Pianos
Chairs
Asbestos State Booths
Ft. Wayne Compensarcs
Fire Extinguishers
Fire Boxes
Carbons
Cement
Trap Drum Effects
MIRRO« SCREENS
PROMPT SHIPMENTS BACKED BY A SOLID GUARANTEE
A Few Slightly Used Machines
N. W. corner 13th and Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
EYE COMFORT
Lighting System
So necessary to the success of every
Motion Picture Theatre that we
engineer 60 Theatres a month.
This is a free service to Motion
Picture Theatre Managers.
Distance Screen to Rear of Auditorium
Ceiling Height
Width of House
Height Under Balcony
Distance Rear Auditorium to Front of Balcony
Name
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO.
Chicago— 229 W. Jackson Blvd. New York— 6 E. 39th St
768
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SEEBURG '^MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS'
It has solved one of the Big
Problems of the Moving
Picture Business.
Played either manually or
automatically, it produces
real music for the pictures.
"The Wonder of them all"
-Get Complete Information on it by Addressing -
J. P. SEEBURG'PIANO CO., Manufacturers, 209 s. state'^^street' chIcago, ill.
Moving Picture Theatre Mailing Lists For Sale
20,192, covering United States and Canada, price $40.00, or $3.50
per thousand for such states as you want.
670 Film Exchanges, U. S $3.50
70 Manufacturers and Studios, U. S 1.00
34 Moving Picture Machine Mfrs. and Dealers 1.00
231 Film Exchanges, Foreign Countries 3.00
520 Moving Picture Theatres, Foreign Countries 3.00
Ask us for full particulars.
TRADE CIRCULAR ADDRESSING CO.
166 West Adams Street, Chicago
Established 1880
THE L.CSMITH REWINDING SET
I EMBRACES THE FIRST NdTEWORTHV
E IMPROVEMENTS TO REWINDING
I MECHANISM SINCE REWINDING
L BECAME NECESSARY, PRICE $S.°e
OCT OME FROM YOUIt • r CMITU r l\ '
f-rf#/«*(;£-o*/Jz?*«f L.C.5MITM CO.
TMUhOvHc US FOR LEAFLET. SCHENECTAOY.N. Y. tii .
The only alternatine
current fan that reduce*
electric current consump-
tion (and consequently venti-
lating cost) in direct propor-
tion to every speed reduction.
Run it at J4 speed for a small
"house" and it uses up only J4
as much current as when you
run it full speed for a packed
house. Kimble Ventilation is
the most economical — also
the most efficient. Write
for the Red Catalog and
get the facts.
Kimble Electric Co.
633 North Western Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
lyr ^^ "T* ¥ ^^ 'p I The undersigned have purchased
1 1| V-/ X lv^£j land are the absolute owners of the
J. C. S. Rousselot patent No. 928,070.
Claim 1 of said patent reads as follows: "1, A device for producing
stage noises, comprising a portable casing, a plurality of different
stage sound producing devices arranged within the same and each
device having means exterior to said casing to control the operation
of said device." All infringers will be prosecuted and those who have
purchased sound effect machines from other manufacturers will be
compelled to pay royedties.
American Cine-Multiphone Co., Mifrnfan*'^^"'
ALBUQUERQUE FILM MFG. CO.
FEATURING MISS DOT FARLEY
(DIRECTION G. P. HAMILTON)
Releasing Through Warner's Features, Inc.
INQUIRE FOR OPEN TERRITORY ON
IVIAIVIIVIOIM
IN FOUR PARTS
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILIVp COMPANY, Inc. HO West 40th Strtet, New York
MOTIOGRAPH SATISFACTION
What is there about the MOTIOGRAPH that makes MOTIOGRAPH owners so loyal, so enthusiastic? You will
have to admit their feeling is different, unusual, remarkable, compared with the Exhibitors satisfaction with other make
machines. NOW WHY? The answer is worth knowing if you are seeking the best machine made. Talk with a hun-
dred MOTIOGRAPH owners using the different models from the beginning many years ago. They will all tell you:
"My Motiograph runs always, I can always depend on it. Such a thing as a machine failing to run or break down or wear out, never
enters my mind. From what my friends tell me I know it costs me less to run and maintain my Motiograph than they pay out for the
machines of other makes, and I notice they all come to see my machine in operation when they want to buy and will ask 'Will you buy
another Motiograph?' Yes, when I buy my next machine, but, I'm not in any hurry about it, my Motiograph is as sound and serviceable
as any machine on the market today, regardless of its several years' service."
That is what Motiograph users will tell you if you ask them. After all, that is what you want to buy — Satisfaction— No matter what you have
in mind to spend, put in Motiograph Satisfaction, and you will get your money's worth. Write for catalogue.
THE ENTERPRISE OPTICAL MFG. CO., 564 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111.
EASTERN OFFICE 21 E. 14th St., New York, N. Y. WESTERN OFFICE, 833 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
769
Non-Break
able and
Sanitary
STEEL X .na
CAST
IRON
LOW
Price
Opera Chairs
imiufdiate shipnu-nt
on many styles; Sec-
ond Hand Chairs:
out-of-door seating.
Sen<l measurements
for FREE SEATING
PLAN. Mention this
paper.
* STEEL FURNITURE CO.
Grand Rapids, ^rich. ; New York, l.'iO Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, :I1S Bissau BIk.; Boston, 00 Pearl St.
"In view of the new Era of Palatial Theatre Building created by the advent of the two-hour
photoplay, it is good to know that the problems of seating the vast crowds, attracted by
a new art's increasing vogue arc simplified greatly through the publication of the booklet,
'Seating for Modern Theatres.*
"After seeing tliis concrete and informative publication, I am inclined to the belief that
every theatrical manager as well as every caterer to the public entertainment owes it to
himself to mark well the vast improvements in theatre seating, and also to render his
public such service as may be meted out to it through the now possible comfort while
seated in a playhouse." ROBERT GRAU.
When you buy Opera Chairs, Icam somotbing about Theatre Seating. Read what Robert
Grau says about our methods in his De Luxe edition, "The Theatre of Science."
THE RIGHT PLACE TO BUY THE RIGHT CHAIRS.
AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY
Display Rooms luid Installation Service
U E. Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO 15 E. 32nd St., NEW YORK
Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Forty Other Large Cities
STEEL OR IRON
STANDARDS
AGENCIES:
H. S. Ansley,
1476 B'way, Long
Acre Bldg.,
New York City.
•Phone 5619 Bryant
California Seating
Company,
720 South Hill Street,
Los Angeles, Cal.
H. A. Johnson Seat-
ing Company,
1214J^ Third Ave.,
Seattle, Wash.
Steel Standards
win not break
FOR EVERY PURPOSE
1,000 STYLES
ESTABLISHED 1865
WRITE FOR CAT. NO. 31
A. H. Andrews Co.
115-117 So. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, 111.
Branches in all Leading Cities
New York Office
1472 Broadway, Long Acre BIdg.
Seattle Office
508-10-12 First Ave., So.
San Francisco Office
782 Mission St.
The
"Standardized" Theatre Chairs
Do you want a life-saving chair?
Do you want a space-saving chair?
Do you want a sanitary chair?
Do you want a scientitically built, double
standard chair?
We operate the largest exclusive the-
atre chair factory in the world, ANT>
SELL DIRECT TO YOU. WRITE US
The HARDESTY MFG. CO., Canal Dover. Ohio
MOVING PICTURE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Used and highly endorsed by the United States Army.
Biggest Sensation in the Moving Picture World. Can be
operated by a boy 10 j'ears old. One customer writes :
"Plant running like a top and delivering the 'juice' right along every
day for our moving picture house. Costs us about one-tenth as much
as public service. Also pumps water to all our buildings, 2,000 gallons
per day."
Write today for Bulletin 101. It is a mighty interesting booklet.
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS, Dept. 102. DETROIT, MICH., U. S. A.
CAMERA MEN
OF PROVEN ABILITY
furnished for all occasions. We send
our men to any quarter of the globe.
Special lighting equipment suitable
for making interior scenes under any
and all conditions rented with com-
petent electricians by the day, week
or month.
We make educational, dramatic
or industrial pictures to order.
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORATION
"Specialists in Industrial Motion Picturei"
949 Broadway, New York City
G. W. BRADENBURGH
802 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Cheapest House in the Trade
for Second-Hand Films
ALL FILMS SUPPLIED WITH POSTERS. WRITE
FOR LISTS. EVERYTHING FOR THE EXCHANGE
CARRIED IN STOCK, Leader— $5.00 per 1,000 ft. ; cement,
$1.00 per quart ; titles, S ft., 40c. Films renovated and re-
paired, $1.00 per reel. Developing, printing, and camera
work at moderate rates. Jenkins-Armat 1915 Mod'il
Camera, 200 ft. capacity, $150.00.
WANTED FOR EXPORT—
HIGH-CLASS FILMS, ALL MAKES
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MR. ADVERTISER
MR. ADVERTISER
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD your'^stoIWo THE PEOPLE IT OUGHT TO REACH
770
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Majestic Motion Picture Company
announces as its two-reel feature
for release Sunday, August 9
the exciting picture
The Tavern
of Tragedy
in which the leading part is played by delightful
DOROTHY GISH
DOROTHY GISH
Also for release August 4
THE IDIOT
A one reel character studv with Robert Harron in the cast
THE KOMIC "BILL" Series by Paul West has caught on with the pub-
lic and is reasonably sure of proving a strong drawing card. "BILL" No. 3,
"BILL TAKES A LADY TO LUNCH," will be released Sunday, August
2. No. 4 will be released Sunday, August 16.
THE MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
DOWN BY THE SOUNDING SEA (1 Reel) Release date, Tuesday, July 28— Not especially strong,
but having a pleasing artistic touch in story, acting and scenic beauty, featuring Bobby Harron.
MOONSHINE MOLLY (2 Reels) Release date, Sunday, August 2 — A mountain moonshine story
with Mae Marsh and Robert Harron in ideal parts. The picture should please with its quaint char-
acter touches and its thrilling moments.
THE IDIOT (1 Reel) Release date, Tuesday, August 4 — Another Bobby Harron character study
ending in a thrill.
THE TAVERN OF TRAGEDY (2 Reels) Release date, Sunday, August 9— Featuring Dorothy Gish.
A story of unusual plot and incident and of gripping interest.
Studio,
Business Offices:
4500 Sunset Blvd. MajeStic MotiOH Picture Co. 29 union Sq west,
Los Angeles, Cal. '' New York City
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
771
SELIG 3-REEL SPECIAL
Released Friday, July 31
IN TUNE WITH THE WILD
Featuring KATHLYN WILLIAMSl
IT'S A SELIG!— A daring, startling, vivid
and elaborate animal picture-drama, utilizing
the celebrated Selig Jungle-Zoo wild-beast
actors. A truly great production.
THREE THRILLING REELS
Taken through miles of jungle scenery,
showing elephants, tigers, lions and leopards
in action, and wild African tribes at war.
IT WILL GET THE MONEY!
Don't hesitate I Ask your exchange nowl
Don't let a competitor beat you to it I
RELEASED THROUGH GENERAL FILM CO
FRIDAY, JULY 31
Special one, three and six-sheet posters in
four colors.
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SELIG CURRENT RELEASES
ETIENNE OF THE GLAD HEART
Big 2-Reel Romance of the Northwest
RELEASED AUGUST 3— A story of red-blooded
frontiersmen. Fighting, trapping and love-making.
Featuring BESSIE EYTON and WHEELER OAKMAN.
THE ORDEAL
Love Clarified by Fire
RELEASED AUGUST 4
— Sweet simplicity wins the
battle of love against
haughtiness and riches.
THE REPORTER ON
THE CASE
^gain Jimmie Is at His Best
RELEASED AUGUST 5
^A clever reporter and a
detective unearth a crime.
THE SKULL AND THE
CROWN
A Psychological Comedy
RELEASED AUGUST 7
— The joke of a jovial asy-
lum doctor and its comical
consequences.
CARMELITA'S REVENGE
A Romance of a Lost Love
RELEASED AUGUST 8
— A story of jealousy and
hatred, culminating into
afTection.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
First in War — First in Peace — First in Popularity
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES.
Everybody wants it! Best pictures of news events from
all over the globe. Released Mondays and Thursdays
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
One of the Big Features
GREAT many motion picture theatres are
) A.(g5 fitted up with large, roomy seats, wonderful
illumination, beautiful interior decorations,
and to the eye of the ordinary observer everything
ifc perfect.
Granted that all these things are as perfect as
pos 'e, there is absolutely no reason why the big
feati lotion pictures) by which you hope to make
the t a success should be overlooked.
screen, I
should cei
eration tha
^sentation of these pictures upon the
most scientific and advanced manner,
ly be given as much, or more, consid-
:he other appointments of the theatre.
For th highest efficiency, durability and per-
fect projection of motion pictures, we recommend
Power's Cameragraph
No. 6 A
Nicholas Po\ver Company
Ninety Gold Street
New York City
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Vol. 21, No. 6
August 8, 1914
Price 10 Cents
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"You've Set the Pace"
We quote from one of thousands of commendatory
letters received by us referring to THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY:
"You've set the pace in film productions with THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY. Certainly
you have brought to light the finest photography, the most beautiful settings, the best balanced
cast of characters I have ever seen in any photoplay. The acting is exceptionally good. That this
movie will establish a new record for attendance is a foregone conclusion."
$10,000
{or
100 Words!
THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
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for
100 Words!
By Harold MacGrath
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY is being released in 2-reeI Episodes once
each week. The entire production takes 46 reels. Episode No. 7 has just been released. Bookings for all Epi-
sodes can be arranged by applying at once. THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY is an Independent release and may be obtainea
regardless of the regular program being used. Apply to
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 West 23rd Street, New York 166 West Washlnjiton Street. Chlcaso
or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at Any Mutual Exchaniie In the United States and Canada.
THE THANHOLSER THREE-A-WEEK
Tuesday, AuiiusI 4th, "The Guidinii Hand," A beautiful society drama in two reels. Portrayed by Arthur Bauer,
Carey L. Hastings, Morris Foster, Mignon Anderson and John Reinhardt.
Sunday, August 9th, "The Tell-Tale Scar." A clever drama of Itahan life, featuring Morris Foster, Mayre Hall,
J. S. Murray. Mrs. Farrington and Mitchell Lewis.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATIOIV, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Head European Office, Thanhouser Films. Ltd., London. W. C, Enifland
Tbanbouser releases will continue to be features of tbe Mutual Program
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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LONG ACRE THEATRE W. 48th5TREET
JE55E L LA5KY
PRESIDENT
NY. C.
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TREAS. & GEN'L MAMAME
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EITHER DAILY OR SUNDAY
There is a paper in your town that will advertise your theatre for
you, but you must booit THE TREY 0' HEARTS now
RELEASED AUGUST 4th
U/iIVER5AL FILM MArtUFAaURIfiG ^MWY
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A Strong Pair to Draw to
C. Jay Williams
Who will produce his famous come-
dies at the Universal West Coast
Studios in California.
Two of the Best Directors
in the World Who Have
Left the Edison Company
to Apply their Talents to
-Making-
(UNIVERSAL)
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Best Pictures On Earth!
You All Know Them
By Their Remarkable
Achievements
George A. Lessey
Who will direct the popular Imp-Uni-
versal star, KING BAGGOT, at the
Eastern Universal Studios.
Every Week the Bi^ U Has a New Sensation to Chronicle
LAST WEEK we contracted with the great baseball pitcher CHRISTY
.MATHEWSON (BIG SIX) of the New York Giants, to appear exclu-
sively in Universal Motion Pictures. The first of the series has just
been started !
THE WEEK BEFORE we signed up MARY FULLER, her director,
WALTER EDWIN, and her leading man, CHARLES OGLE, for a
series of new special Universal features, the first of which will be Vir-
gie E. Roe's great stor}^, "The Heart of Night Wind."
WE ARE PRODUCING a new series featuring Little Mattv Roubert,
called THE UNIVERSAL BOY, which is setting the kiddies'of America
wild with delight.
WE HAVE PAID LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE an enormous sum for
writing the "TREY O' HEARTS," a motion-picture serial that
eclipses them all.
Do these facts mean anything to you, Mr. Exhibitor? Use the
brains God gave you ! Write, wire or GO to the nearest Universal
Exchange and demand that Universal Program before it is too late !
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
CARL LAEMMLE, President "The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe"
1600 Broadway, at 48th Street New York, N. Y.
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Second Installment of the Great Serial Story by Louis Joseph Vance,
running in 1500 American newspapers simultaneously with its appearance
on the screen. Featuring Cleo. Madison and George Larkin. Full
of spectacular thrills and daring adventure, with a vital love theme
dominant.
Gold Seal Two-Part Drama Released August 11
Universal Boy, Number 3
Little Matty Roubert has some new adventures, among which he
visits the Champion Rowing Crew of the Columbia University, and
meets Howard Purdy, manager; Irving Hadsell, captain; and Jim Rice,
coach. Every boy in America is watching out for this series
Imp Comedy Travelogue Released August 13
"In All Things Moderation"
A domestic sermon that will strike home with telling force.
Imp Two-Reel Drama Released August 10
"The Price Paid"
Deals with political graft and its penalty. It is timely.
Eclair Two-Reel Drama Released August 12
"AT THREE
FORD STERLING will make you roar with his comedy,
O'CLOCK," Released August 13.
"HER TWIN BROTHER" (Joker-Aug. 12). "THE BARNSTORMERS"
(Powers-Aug. 14) and "WILLIE'S DISGUISE" and "SOME COOKS"
(Crystai-Aug. 11) offer hilarious fun.
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"The Oubliette"
First of the Francois Villon Series by George Bronson Howard,
appearing in the Century Magazine. Featuring M. J. MacQuarrie and
Pauline Bush. Wonderful portrayal of life in Mediaeval France— Thrill-
ing incidents, superb photography, ingenious situations.
"101 Bison" Three-Reel Drama Released August 15
"Through the Flames"
An e.xquisite story of real life, involving the comradeship of two
firemen, and the love of one for a little seamstress. Anna Little and
Herbert Rawlinson play the lead roles, with William W orthineton as
the other pal.
Rex Two-Reel Drama Released August 13
"Honor of the Humble"
Shows Florence Lawrence in another of her appealing roles of lowly
life.
Victor Two-Reel Drama Released August 14
"On Rugged Shores"
Shows the Nestor comedians under Al. E. Christie in a straight
drama. It reveals your favorites, Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and Victoria
Forde in a new light.
Nestor Drama Released August 14
"The Hedge Between"
Plays upon ihe heartstrings.
Rex Comedy Drama Released August 16
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Three Big Thrills
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Released Monday, August 10th
"Topsy-Turvy Sweedie"
One of the ever-lauehable comedies.
Released Tuesday, August llth
"Stopping the Limited"
A comedy-drama showing how father was
forced to "come across." Adapted from The Mun-
sey ]\Iagazines.
Released Wednesday, August 12th
The Fable of
"The Manoeuvres of Joel and
Father's Second Time on Earth"
Another of the big ADE comedy hits.
Released Thursday, August 13th
"Slippery Slim and His Tombstone"
A comedy film in which there is a laugh in
every foot.
Released Friday, August 14th
"A Gentleman of Leisure"
(IN TWO ACTS)
A new sort of mystery photoplay which shows
that appearances are often deceptive. Adapted
from The Munsey Magazines.
Released Saturday, August 15th
"Broncho Billy Wins Out"
One of the big dramatic incidents in the career
of the famous western photoplay hero. Featur-
ins G. M. ANDERSON.
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THE OZ FILM
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CAST in their New Era Picfture
of L. FRANK BAUM'S
Whimsical Fairy' Tale
L. FRANK BAUM
Author of the famous Oz Fairy Tales,
vthosc genius maizes possible a newer
and belter era in Motion Pictures
The patchwork
GIRL OF OZ
OJO. a Munchkin Boy MISS VIOLET MacMILLAN
UNC NUNKIE, Ojo's Guardian Mr. Frank Moore
DR. PI PT, the Crooked Magician Mr. Raymond Russell
MARGOLOTTE, His wife, who makes the Patchwork Girl Mile. Leontine Dranet
JESSEVA, his daughter, betrothed to Danx Miss Bobbie Gould
JINJUR, a Maid of the Emerald City Miss Marie Wayne
DANX. a Noble Munchkin Mr. Dick Rosson
THE SOLDIER WITH THE GREEN WHISKERS Mr. Frank Bri^ol
ROZYN, the Village Fiddler Mr. Ben Deeiey
THE WOOZY, a Quaintness Mr. Fred Woodward
THE WIZARD OF OZ Mr. Todd Wright
THE SCARECROW Mr. Herbert Glennon
THE COWARDLY LION Mr. Al Roach
THE HUNGRY TIGER Mr. Andy Anderson
THE ZOOP, a Mystery Mr. Fred Woodward
THE MULE, who is Everybody's Friend Mr. Fred Woodward
OZMA OF OZ, the Ruler of the Emerald City Miss Jessie May Waljh
THE ROYAL CHAMBERLAIN Mr. William Cook
THE TIN WOODMAN Mr. Lon Musgrave
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THE PATCHWORK GIRL THE MARVELOUS COUDERC
(Positively first American appearance, on Stage or Screen)
Together with Eighty Others as
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This stirring stury of the Mexican border-land is conceded by critics to be
the best film of its kind yet produced. Its remarkable success is due to the orig-
inality of the scenario, the realism of the pictures and the splendid acting of Aliss
Grace McHugh, the gifted star who lost her life in its production. It is some-
what consoling to reflect that in this great drama Miss McHugh has be-
queathed to us an example of her work at the height of her powers. The part
of Anita, the Mexican smuggler's daughter, is exactly suited to her. From her
first meeting with the Texas Ranger, through all the intrigues, conspiracies,
fighting and love-making, to her break- neck night-ride for the troops to save her
sweetheart and back in the gray dawn at their head, her work is marked by
superb technique, marvelous poise and undaunted courage.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY :
From the Motion Picture News: — "The picture can
take its place with the foremost pictures of its kind.
Warner's Features control the picture and^ in their
projection room, where the censors and reviewers wit-
nessed the production, it was acclaimed without one
dissenting voice the best yet.**
From the New York Telegraph:— "To the obvioii'
advantage of being a timely play, 'Across the Border'
adds the assets of good photography, good action
and a setting which makes an excellent background
against which to project lively action of the hard-
riding, hard- shooting type."
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The Biggest and Brightest Star
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In an original Photoplay by
Augustus Thomas
"THE NIGHTINGALE"
A story filled with dramatic action —
with situations and climaxes of the
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Every Wednesday and Friday — a super-excellent Multiple Reel Feature. Every Tuesday — Ameri-
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is not released — Short Foreign Conjedy— a Cartoon Comedy, or short scenic Edu-
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The magazines build up their big circulations by serial stories. Pauline and her Perils are to the
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movies, folks ahva3-s look to see where the "Perils" are playing — your surest and biggest puller.
PAULINE PUTS PROFITS IN YOUR POCKET
Colonel
Heeza Liar
The famous one reel comedy character by the
inimitable J. R. Bray. The Colonel is a character
that gets 'em just below the third vest button.
His next adventure, on "The River of Doubt,"
will double your patrons up with laughter.
Get Out and
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ONE REEL AMERICAN COMEDY
The Eclectic Company is earning a big reputa-
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Get Under" would make a blind man laugh —
just to hear the others laugh.
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pen that they still are the freshest sort of news.
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
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more interesting than the printed sheet. It brings the actual
happenings into your theatre for your patrons to see with their
own eyes and they far prefer it to a newspaper.
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FEATURE PHOTO PLAY
Three-part Adaptation of H. A. Du
Souchet's Comedy -Drama
"MY FRIEND from INDIA"
With the Quaint
Comedian
WALTER E.
WALTER E. PERKINS [j "iliKK.lINo
in his original role of August Keene Shaver
A really good three-part comedy. As full of laughs as the
spoken drama. Mr. Perkins as a fim-maker is the same
success before the camera that he is on the stage.
To be released through the special service of
THE GENERAL FILM CO., INC.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th
Aug.
COMING EDISON RELEASES
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Sat. 22 — In Lieu of Damages — Drama 1000
Oblain one, three and six sheet posters and attractive two color heralds
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Shubert Feature
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In 5 acts. To be released Aug, 24th \
A Moral Lesson That Every Man, W^oman
and Child Should Learn
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THE GREAT STROKE
In 5 acts. Book it now
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
In 5 acts. To be released Aug. 10th
From the famous story by HARRIET BEECHER STO\^E. IRVING CUM-_
MINGS as Harris. Mary Eline, the THANHOUSER KID, as Eva
ANOTHER SHUBERT FEATURE
77ie CHIMES
BY CHARLES DICKENS
In 5 acts. To be released Sept, 7th
Featuring TOM TERRIS, the famous English actor and
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an ace of diamonds.
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He's .1 horse worth having. He has a keen sense of human nature
and a keen sense of humor. He docs some funny and remarkable
things. An all-star cast.
"Warfare in the Skies"
Two Part Drama Tuesday, Aug. 4th
The battle is terrific, bombs bursting in mid-air and the clasliing
of winged foes are a sight surpassing description. Treachery is
overthrown and the end brings peace and happiness. EDITH STOREY
and EARLE WILLIAMS, in the leads.
"Second Sight"
Vita-Laugh Comedy Wednesday, Aug. 5th
If foresight was as keen as hindsight, Ponsonby would not have
lost his temper and his bungalow. He sees things differently now.
He and his family are happy. DAN CRIMMINS, LOUISE BEAUDET
and ROSA GORE are the cast.
"Memories in Men's Souls"
Drama Thursday, Aug. 6th
The presence of the child and his responsibility for it, saves llu;
father from dishonor. lie remains loy;il to his child and his wifi-,
VAN DYKE BROOKE, NORMA TALMADGE and ANTONIO
MORENO.
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Bunny is locked out. pets caught in the dumb-waiter and mistaken
for a burglar. FLORA FINCH helps him out of his predicament.
"The House on the Hill"
Two Part Drama Saturday, Aug. 8th
It is the fulfillment of the wife's ambition. She satisfies her social
aspirations, but loses the happiness she had hoped for. By a coinci-
dence she finds the sought-for joy. An alt- star Viiagiaph cast.
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How fate foils
THE STORM AT SEA
An All-Star Cast in this story of a Sister's Sacrifice
The tremendous seas which toy with Jim's craft, and
the lightning bolt which shatters the masts, among the
wonderful events.
Released Tuesday, August 18th. Striking I and 3-Sheets
THE BOND ETERNAL
Featuring Marin Sais in a Two-Act Drama
Nora's reason for keeping from the young physician,
the knowledge that he is her son, makes this one of the
most appealing stories you have ever shown.
Released Wednesday, August I9th. 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
that attract attention
SHERLOCK BONE^HEAD KIDNAPPED BY INDIANS
A Ruth Roland-Marshal Neilan
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tective to capture a smuggler is a
scream. The chase across the river
brings this to a rip-roaring finish.
Released Friday, August 21st
Princess Mona Darkfeather in a Western Story
Infatuated by Wahnah, who he believes is of Indian
blood, the outlaw attempts to carry her away. Then
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Facts and Comments
WE think it our duty to call attention to the follies
of official censorship and to the evils that result
from it to the growth and development of the
motion picture art. Official censorship is still young; it
is not a hardy plant. In Ohio it has been suspended more
than once, and it is now leading the sad existence of a
statute which is not indorsed by public sentiment. In our
neighboring state of Pennsylvania it has just started, and
we have had some decisions which have moved the laugh-
ter of the world. The latest display of censorial stupid-
ity was made over the film "John Barleycorn." All who
have seen this picture agree that its moral lesson is pow-
erful ; indeed, there is a good deal more morality than
drama in the production. Naturally enough, the film was
enthusiastically approved by temperance societies and all
the elements which stand for total abstinence, while on
the other hand it e.xcited the resentment of the liquor
interests. Enter: J- Louis Breitinger, official censor of
the state of Pennsylvania. He says he cannot pass the
film because it exaggerates. He is not satisfied with the
size of the happy ending; he says he wants the happy
ending much longer. This is clearly invading the realm
of art rather than of ethics. Just when and where J.
Louis Breitinger qualified as a dramatic critic has not
been revealed to mortal man.
We knew it would come to this. Clothe a man or,
worse still, a woman, with arbitrary power to rule in
matters of morality and you cannot set any limits. Cen-
sors will go from ethics to matters of taste and finally to
rules of dramatic construction. It is agreeable to the
friends of the motion picture, and indeed to all Ameri-
cans who take pride in their liberties, to note the fact that
the press of Philadelphia takes a strong stand for the
freedom of the screen. One of the papers prints a scene
from the films which Breitinger will not allow to be
shown. Of course, no attempt will be made to stop the
paper from circulating a picture which Breitinger says
must not be shown in any moving picture theater in
Pennsylvania. Where is the logic of this situation? Why
is the newspaper privileged to print unhindered what the
exhibitor may not show without running the risk of being
cast into jail? Censorship is its own worst enemy. It
may be trusted to array public sentiment against itself.
The weight of public opinion and the self-respecting ex-
hibitors, which constitute more than 99 per cent, of the
exhibiting body, will eventually crush censorship.
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44 A STRIKING parallel," says a Western paper,
/\ "might be drawn between the depiction of crime
■^ in moving pictures and stories of crime in news-
papers. Most, if not all, the arguments against pictures
of crime might be used with equal propriety against news-
paper articles giving details of crime, and, on the other
hand, the arguments in favor of publication of such mat-
ter in newspapers might be applied to the presentation of
this class of films." We cite this remark because it has
a special significance just now when the newspapers in
this city are giving up the lion's share of their front page
to two so-called murder mysteries. What would be
thought of the motion picture producers if they emulated
this horrible example and tried to show scenes in and
about the locations of the murders? Happily, no pro-
ducer even thinks of such a thing. If crime is to be the
chief theme of newspapers the pictures will not_ follow
such a policy, which is really destructive of justiceand
productive of a disgusting morbid feeling in the public.
r'Vy HE good effects of the recent reorganization of the
I exhibitors of the country are beginning to be felt
even thus early. The newly-elected president of
the League has received letters from exhibitors all over
the country congratulating him on his election and ex-
pressing an anxiety to join and to be active in the organi-
zation. While the blight of censorship threatened to dis-
rupt the organization a second time the work of really
useful construction had come to a practical standstill.
Now, with this danger out of the way and with the
League committed unequivocally against all forms of
censorship, there promises to be a great revival of inter-
est in organization. The new president will play no poli-
tics and is anxious to have the exhibitors all over the
country to understand this. He has splendid plans for
the creation of a national bureau of assistance which will
render an equivalent in service to every exhibitor who
pays dues to the national organization. The great body
of exhibitors in this country consists of intelligent men,
thoroughly in love with their calling and anxious to co-
operate for the common good, not only of themselves but
of the industry at large. These men will now be given a
chance to show what they can do, and the results will
surely be beneficial to the growth and the prestige of
motion pictures in every state of the Union.
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Greater Power Hath No Art
By Louis Reeves Harrison.
NEARLY two years ago an organization was dedi-
cated to the proposition of encouraging good stage
plays, "by the people and for the people," and
behind it was a belief in what has come to be recognized
as "dramatic instinct" in people. This belief is founded
on a profound knowledge of human nature. We need
to be charmed and stimulated in order to set going the
finer energies within us. When we feel that we are being
forced to attack difficult problems, such as many pre-
sented in the old system of education, there is a revolt
within us that clogs the wheels of thought. This leads
to no desirable ends. There is lacking a pleasant recep-
tive condition that exists in our minds when we expect
to be entertained.
Have you ever noticed how the presence of one bril-
liant talker in a mixed society seems to depress slow
thinkers, either to silence them altogether or arouse their
hostility? The swift methods of one are out of tune with
the others, out of harmony with the whole, and this is
the effect an impatient teacher has upon children with
characters yet in the formative period. That is one rea-
son why we used to hate school. When minds are not
properly receptive, they are not alert. It is not possible
for such minds to absorb thoroughly ; so much that is ap-
parently learned is soon forgotten. How about the pretty
stories we read, the little rhymes we heard? Drastic
means may cultivate mental power to an astonishing ex-
tent for purposes of examination, but it is only a flare
that leaves darkness more intense after it is over. Those
things which get a foothold in us and grow are the things
to which we naturally incline or which are so presented
as to offer strong attractions to our attention. It is on
this account that we so often acquire wrong views instead
of actual knowledge.
At a certain advanced stage of mental development
hard facts and logical theories alone appeal to the mind,
but the great mass of people are not in that stage. They
are chiefly occupied with problems of maintenance and
reproduction. When not thus occupied they seek relief,
recreation or what is agreeable in companionship or pub-
lic entertainment. They go to the picture shows in re-
ceptive mood, ready to laugh or sympathize, with no in-
herent dislike for what they see, generously disposed be-
cause of the low cost, in shape to exercise their highest
faculties to advantage if some noble truth is presented in
screen story. In what other kind of gathering can be
found daily so many people free from bias, open to con-
viction, ready to absorb whatever is presented to them in
convincing form? The man who has splendid ideas to
promulgate, who can cover his purpose by subtlety and
dramatic skill, has an audience of countless millions wait-
ing for him in the picture shows.
You may talk yourself out of breath in the rostrum,
you may harangue all your friends until you lose them,
you may drive your family into a state of nervous irrita-
tion, if not chronic melancholy, by your assertive preach-
ment, and yet be a well-meaning individual. You want
to be helpful, but the little you accomplish for good is
outweighed a thousand times by what could be done with
the same expenditure of effort where minds are tactfully
prepared and put in a receptive condition for the truth
to be impressed. Along with active energy, hand in hand
with it, goes active resistance. There was once a gentle-
man, whose nationality I will not reveal, who made so
much fuss on a ship that they threw him overboard. He
swam pluckily along until he came to an island where a
man stood watching him. '"What's your government?"
shouted the swimmer. Then, before a reply could be
made, he added, "I'm agin it." This is an old story, but
it illustrates what is in many of us, a revolt against im-
posed control. We prefer to think things out for our-
selves.
Moving pictures are presented under one disadvantage.
If you are reading this article and do not agree with it,
or do not like it, you can turn over the page and seek
what you want elsewhere. You cannot thus escape a dull
page in the little theater. You are compelled to give up
the evening's performance or sit through what bores or
repels you. This, however, is the fault of present meth-
ods of production rather than of the art itself. It is repe-
tition, imitation and cheap treatment of screen stories
that repel an audience. People do not leave charming
treatment of an original story, even if it does not wholly
suit their ideas and ideals. Then underlying sincerity
counts. When a photoplay is obviously an edited and re-
edited series of incidents strung together without defi-
nite purpose or honest theme, it wears on an audience
more than any other form of release. Considerable in-
genuity has been exercised in rearranging dull plays, or
in bracing them up by the use of supporting subtitles,
and this, together with a few tons of lurid "paper," has
proven sufficient to advantageously market the conglom-
erate things, but such products are makeshifts. They are
usually purchased for billboard purposes — they represent
about as much real value as side-shows outside the main
tent — more bait for the unthinking. Many foreign fail-
ures have been thus reconstructed, but they rank with
stale imitations and "exblowzhun" dramas. The gradual
elimination of such "features" will dispose of the one
serious disadvantage under which moving pictures labor.
Evolution in the organic world is now commonly un-
derstood, and it is almost as well recognized that evolu-
tion takes place in the social world by much the same
methods. The constant increase of brain development
now going on means a finer individual consciousness and
a wider distribution of appreciative intelligence. As we
constantly improve as individuals, we lift society to a
higher plane. We improve because we want to — not be-
cause we have to, so that old, old love of the story, noth-
ing more than deep interest in varied human experience,
has grown to what is now denominated as "dramatic in-
stinct." Dramatic instinct is so widely distributed that a
very large percentage of the average audience is highly
critical and keenly sensitive to the merits and defects of
screen portrayals.
The most powerful forces working for social freedom
at present are hidden ones. They elude the orator. Lit-
erature does not uncover them. There even seems to be
a confusion of opinion on the subject of "social freedom"
among clear thinkers and men of science. But moving
pictures, treating feeling in its relation to function, and
reaching out all over the world, have suddenly and silently
become a tremendous civilizing factor. The best of them
are in themselves a step toward social freedom, if it
means the greatest happiness of the greatest number. If
moving pictures do no other good in the world than that
which they are constantly doing, they possess a greater
power than any other art in relieving the tedium of life,
in curing the human race of what cannot be otherwise
briefly described than as "Chronic Pessimism."
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A National Moving Picture Theater
By W. Stephen Bush.
FROM time to time the newspapers of the country
start a discussion on the necessity of having a Na-
tional Theater. Some years ago the movement for
the erection and endowment of such a theater had pro-
gressed beyond tlie theoretic stage ; plans actually had
been prepared and subscriptions • had been collected to-
ward the creation of a fund for making a start. It had
been intended to build the National theater in the City of
Washington. The project ultimately failed. We have
now a strong repertory of genuine American plays, racy
of the native soil, but we have no National Theater.
Nor are we likely to have such a theater in the apprecia-
ble future. This is not the place nor is this the time to
reopen the discussion as to the propriety of establishing
a National Theater.
It does seem to me, however, that the establishment of
a national motion picture theater, such as we now actu-
ally have in this city, would and does work infinite good
to the development of the motion picture art. I have
referred to it as the National Theater, not because it is
supposed to deal with plays reflecting our own peculiar
national views and habits of life. I choose the term
national rather because the theater has already become
a recognized pattern for the presentation of motion pic-
tures. One cannot go to the Strand Theater without
meeting one or more exhibitors from different parts of
the country anxious to witness the performances and
eager to profit by the advice as well as by the example
of the management. We speak so confidently because
the great undertaking has passed the experimental stage
and has become a permanent institution founded for the
most part on the methods of presentation. The feeling
is spreading all through the country that the motion pic-
ture is entering upon a new era of quality, and that this
theater is the alpha and omega of this new era. The
reason is obvious enough. The big production, repre-
senting the highest effort for the time being, is sure of a
worthy presentation and of the heralding which it de-
serves. One could not think of a better incentive to the
producers of quality.
The significance of such a theater, its inestimable value
to the industrj' and its reliability as an unfailing indicator
of quality lie in the fact that the theater is free to choose
its program from the best the world affords. The mo-
ment such a theater lets itself be guided or even influ-
enced by any considerations other than the considerations
of quality its usefulness begins to wane immediately, its
patronage, both in numbers and in kind, is bound to suf-
fer, and it ceases to be what it should ever strive to be :
A beacon light for all the world in search of quality in
motion pictures.
A theater devoted solely to motion pictures and filled
to overflowing on torrid afternoons and on hot nights
deserves to be studied closely. It must profit us all and
it must benefit exhibitors in particular to become familiar
with the ideas and the methods which insure such rare
success. At some time in the near future it may be our
pleasant task to detail with a generous allowance of space
all the items which go to create this success. We hope in
this way to render a real service to all our readers, but
at this time we have room only for a brief outline of some
of the main features, and even these we must indicate
rather than describe.
One of the great characteristics of the improved order
of presentation is the creation of an atmosphere which
will favorably predispose the audience in its judgment
upon the performance on the screen. The old orators
were experts in this way of winning an audience right at
the start. The creation of such an atmosphere is, of
course, the work of a genuinely capable exhibitor. A
thousand small things go toward creating such an atmos-
phere, and they are things mostly that are much easier
felt than described. Indeed, they are subtle and elusive.
Nor can it be expected that an exhibitor will learn the
lesson which the theater in question teaches by just a
flying visit. The details are there, but they require care-
ful study and plenty of time. It is worth a day or two
to learn the science of pleasing your audience before the
performance begins.
Next to the atmosphere the music is one of the deter-
mining factors. Much has been written since the early
days on the value of music as an adjunct of the motion
picture, and we all know there has been considerable im-
provement in the last five or six years. The illustration
of the picture by means of music is an art, which, up to
recent days, has never been practiced. The old idea of
abruptly changing the music with every passing scene
and working effects with the orchestra, as it were, is still
prevalent in many theaters. Even such music, of course,
is better than no music at all, but it is very far indeed
from the best and most artistic manner in which music
can be made to aid or rather to illustrate the passing
pictures on the screen. Especially the big features with
a big story need the best aid that music can give them.
Now, the method in vogue at the Strand is to select a
"motif" in harmony with the prevailing atmosphere of
the play. Transposing and counterpointing this govern-
ing "motif" indicates but does by no means define this
new method of enlisting music in aid of the motion pic-
ture. Here, too, of course, experience must count. It
requires days of study and observation to grasp the prin-
ciple of the thing. Judging from the effects of this kind
of music on the audience we must conclude that no other
system of employing music can be compared to it. It
seems to bring the psychology of the picture closer to us ;
it seems to illustrate the subtler meanings of the play ;
it destroys the hideous effect which follows from what is
known as "playing the pictures." In features which offer
special possibilities in the development of the music it
creates an operatic quality which is most pleasingly novel
and exceedingly popular. The music, based on one com-
prehensive and complete "motif," really and truly ac-
companies the picture, and, as it were, magnifies it.
There is no reason in the world why exhibitors every-
where cannot use this system. It will need painstaking
selection and elaboration in every instance, but it will
always be worth while.
If the growth of the big production is to be assured,
if we are to have plays more like "Cabiria" and "Quo
Vadis?" etc., we must have houses in which they can be
adequately represented. The first question that arises in
the mind of the big producer or, rather, the producer of
big things, is : "Where can I show these plays in a be-
fitting manner, charging a befitting price?" At present
the number of such houses is small, but we are glad to
observe from advices all over the country that the num-
ber is growing. No doubt the news of the gratifying
and extraordinary success of our own standard theater
here in the city, our truly national motion picture theater,
has reached the ears of enterprising capitalists, and more
homes for the really big creations of kinematography are
being built everywhere.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"One Wonderful Night"
Essanay's Production of Louis Tracy's Widely Read Novel
Filled with Stirring Heart Interest Throughout.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
MANY complaints have been made of the evils of
padding by exhibitors, of late, and these complaints
have been founded on good and reasonable grounds.
In direct antithesis to such padding, "One Wonderful
Night," in four parts, will commend itself as an exemplar
toth for condensation of story and for continuous rapid
action. Indeed, so true is this the spectator will find added
pleasure in viewing the films a second, a third, and even a
fourth time.
When one remembers that the many incidents, the plotting
and counter-plotting, the changes wrought in the lives of
the principals, and the triumph of good over evil in the
face of almost insuperable difficulties all take place within
the eight short hours of a single night, condensation and
rapid action must of necessity govern the production, in
order that the spectator may insensibly join in the winged
rush of events. The word "winged" is used advisedl}', for,
at the close, one unconsciously inhales a deep breath, just
as if the pace had been a telling one physically.
Director E. H. Calvert has put forth his finest efforts in
the production. He has succeeded in visualizing the story
SO that it will make a strong appeal to those who have al-
ready read it in serial or book form as well as to those who
have not. The former will have their interest heightened.
because they are furnished the actual scenes amid which the
incidents of the story took place and the living action of the
characters in person: the latter will be enabled to follow the
story at first hand bj' visualization, connectedly, dramatically.
Exception may be taken to the method employed by Mr.
Calvert in the introduction of the characters at the outset.
The dialogues accompanying these instructions will have
the tendency to confuse the spectator as to the point where
the photoplay actually begins. The dividing line is indi-
cated on the film, however, by the subtitle, "Dusk. The
beginning of 'One Wonderful Night,' " but many may over-
look it, as I did, at the first viewing.
All the stirring scenes of the photoplay have been brought
out spiritedly and realistically. The wild chase of Lamotte,
one of the three bad men of the story, through the crowded
streets of New York, out to Riverside Drive, at a point on
which he drives his auto over a frowning embankment, bare-
ly escaping death by jumping from the machine before it
crosses the edge; the attack on Hunter, the newspaper man,
bv the ruffians Martiny and Rossi, and the gallant attempt
of Curtis to seize them;' the knockdown of the Hungarian
Count Vassilan by a sledge hammer left by Curtis, who has
just married the heroine of the story in the Little Church
.\round the Corner; the "roughhouse" in the restaurant,
in the Hungarian quarter, and the capture of Martiny and
Rossi are as real as the actual could make them.
THE CAST.
John D. Curtis, a civil engineer Francis X. Bushman
Horace P. Curtis, uncle of J. D. Curtis John H. Cossar
Mrs H. P. Curtis, his aunt Miss Helen Dunbar
Lady Hermione Miss Beverly Bayne
Marcelle, her maid Miss i..illian Drew
Howard Devar Bryant Washburn
Earl of Valletort. father of Hermione Thomas Commerford
Count Vassilan. who seeks Hennione's hand Rapley Holmes
Steingall. chief of detectives E. H. Calvert
Clancy, an assistant Harry Mainball
Henry R. Hunter, a newspaper man Howard Watrous
Jeane de Courtois. a schemer L,eo White
Antoine Lamotte, i Ed Babille
G. Martiny, > the conspirators Chas. Hitchcock
Ferdinand Rossi, ) M. C. Von Betz
Lawyer Schmidt Robert Bolder
The entire cast is to be commended; not only for marked
abilitv in individual work, but for fine "team" work as well.
Scene from "One Wonderful Night" (Essanay).
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
811
It is always pleasant to see the members of a dramatic, or
photodramatic, company combininR as a unit to make the
big scene true to life, just as each player does his or her
level best in the scenes where he or she holds the stage.
It is due as much to the enthusiasm displayed while acting
in combination as it is to clever individual actinc that
"One Wonderful Night" makes a strong appeal, not over-
looking, of course, the influence of the tine story of the
photodrama.
I am frankly of the opinion that no better choice could
have been made by the readers of the Ladies' World for
the hero of "One Wonderful Night" than Francis X. Bush-
man. In the role of John D. Curtis Mr. Bushman is exceed-
ingly happy. In his impersonation Curtis is a clean-cut
American gentleman; fearless of consequences when the
right is at stake, and gentle as a woman in affairs of the
heart. There is never a sign of braggadocio or of the-
center-of-the-stage mannerism in Mr. Bushman's character-
ization. In the scenes which he dominates he makes Curtis
create the impression that he is onlv playing the part of a
man and a gentleman, who has never a thought other than
to meet in the best and most effective way the difliculties
Ihat confront him. In the scene where Curtis arrives at his
apartments and discovers the note left by Lady Hermione,
charging him with deceit, Mr. Bushman discloses the true
gentleness of the character of the hero. There is no ex-
plosion of expletives; no burst of passion at being wronged;
just a deathlike sickness of the heart, expressed in sorrow-
laden eyes, at being so grievously misunderstood. For rne
the acting in this scene carried greater weight than that in
any of the other scenes where ths hero seizes the broad eye
of the multitude.
Miss Beverly Bayne is charmingly sweet as Ladv Her-
mione, and Miss Lillian Drew in the part of her maid, Mar-
Scene from "One Wonderful Night" (Essanay).
celle, is pleasing. The two strong characters, the Earl of
Valletort and Count Vassilan, are excellentl}' impersonated
by Thomas Commerford and Raplev Holmes. There is a
suppressed humor in the Count of Mr. Holmes that catches
one's risibilities.
E. H. Calvert, in addition to his activities as producing
director, has given us a very faithful impersonation of Stein-
gall, chief of detectives. Steingall's assistant, Clancy, is ably
represented by Harry Mainhall. who, by the way, is "some
shucks" himself as a director. But I came near overlooking
Bryant Washburn, whose Howard Devar is presented in
Mr. Washburn's customary finished style of acting. Jean
de Courtois, the schempr, is cleverly drawn b}' Leo White,
and John H. Cossar and Miss Helen Dunbar make the parts
of Mr. and Mrs. Horace P. Curtis stand out prominently.
Lamotte, Martiny and Rossi, a trio of cutthroats, live up
fully to their reputations in the care of Messrs. Babille,
Hitchcock and Von Betz. The lawyer Schmidt of Robert
Bolder is a well-drawn character. But the messenger boy,
who figured so prominently in the "roughhouse" in the
Hungarian restaurant, must not be overlooked. He plays
his little part with enthusiasm and will be heard of some
day.
"One Wonderful Night" was released Saturday, July 18,
through the feature department of the General Film Co.
Standardizing of Film Perforation
Accuracy and Uniformity Lie at the Very Foundation oi
Motion Picture Projection.
By Frank M. Byam.
ALE.VDING manufacturer of motion picture projectors
recently declared the absence of a universal standard
of film perforation to be the chief obstacle in the
way of presenting artistic motion pictures. No one familiar
with the subject will question the truth of this statement.
.Accuracy and uniformity in film perforation lie at the very
foundation of motion picture projection. Without these,
the maker of film and the manufacturer of motion pictures
equally with the builder of projectors and the exhibitor may
be — and is — liopelessly handicapped in the effort to reach the
screen and the public with pictures of the highest excellence.
Great improvements have been made in film perforation
since the days of the earlier investigators. It is now pos-
sible to so construct a perforator as to insure the maximum
of precision, accuracy and uniformity in its performance.
Perforators of various types may diflfer in principles of
design and in character of construction; they may not be
equally durable or efficient; but there is no reason why the
perforations they make should not be uniform in size and
shape or why the various specifications governing the lay-
ing out of the perforation gauge should not be uniform.
It is interesting to note some of the theories that have
been advanced concerning perforation as they have found
expression through machines built to perforate motion pic-
ture film. Some of these theories are wholly incompatible
with the standardizing of film perforation. And first, as to
the perforation of one hole on each side of the film at
each down stroke of the punch.
This method of perforating would exclude standardiza-
tion because it is impossible to perforate a uniform number'
of holes for each foot of film with a machine making onff
hole on each side of the film at each down stroke. Per'
forations of this type depend upon the shuttle to control
the film on its travel through the machine, but the tension
of the film varies with changes in the physical condition of
it, and since the shuttle engages with the perforations on
the forward or leading edge only it is incapable of cor-
recting the register of it so as to insure accuracy and
uniformity in perforation. The film might be brought to
register by means of pilots. But perforators of this type
rarely carry pilots having more than two pins — one on
each side of the film. Pilots so constructed will not regis-
ter the film properly for accurate and uniform perforation,
for the reason that they do not come in contact with the
film by engaging with the perforations at a sufficient number
of points, nor are the points of contact distributed over 3
sufiicient area. The best practice in the construction of
pilots as an aid to proper placing of film for perforation re-
quires the use of at least four pins on each side of the pilot.
One rather voluminous writer on film subjects commends
perforators the gauge of which may be altered at the will
of the operator. Naturally^ the use of such a perforator
would discourage standardization. With every operator en-
abled to alter the gauge at will there might easily be as
many different gauges of perforation as there were perforat-
ing machines in service. Fortunately, machines of the types
just discussed have not come into general use.
The thing of prime importance in the standardization of
film perforation is the perforation gauge. And this brings
us to a consideration of the subject of film shrinkage. It
is not possible to determine in advance to just what extent
shrinkage will take place in a given strip of film under vary-
ing conditions. But it is possible to determine in advance
the maximum shrikage under average conditions of hand-
ling. It is ver}' generally accepted as settled that the maxi-
mum shrinkage of motion picture film under average con-
ditions is three thirty-seconds of an inch per foot. And it
has been found possible to establish a perforation gauge
based upon that shrinkage which provides the precision and
accuracy necessary to perfect perforation, while at the same-
time making due allowance for shrinkage.
The task of building machines to perforate film to a giver*
pauge may well be left to the discretion of the manufac
iurers. But they should have no option as to the specifica-
tions governing the perforation gauge. These should be
arbitrarily established and rigidly adhered to. It should
be made possible to use film prepared by any perforator
in any camera — to pass it through any printing machine
without delay or difficulty — and to handle it successfully in
any projector. That is to say, there should be set up a
definite universal standard of film perforation to which the
film movement mechanism of all motion picture machinery
should be made to conform.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Man on the Box"
Strand Audience Delighted with New Lasky Feature — Mac-
Grath's Story Makes Fine Picture Comedy in Five Parts.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
LOVE is never more sincere than when it laughs. The
truest and most wholesome — we do not sav greatest or
deepest — love story isn't a cry of the soul. Humor is
indeed a saving grace. It is always smiling cant, hypoc-
risy and sentimentality out of the door to keep life healthy.
And how it clears any work of art from these deadly things!
A photoplaywright with it as an intermediary between him-
self and his audience can put the boldest things on the
screen and get all the effect of dash without leaving in the
spectator's way any of that trash the unconvinced imagina-
tion has to throw out before it can enjoy the picture.
The new Jesse L. Lasky feature, "The Man on the Box,"
from Harold MacGrath's novel, is a thoroughly wholesome
love story in which laughter buoys up sentiment all the way
through and keeps it fresh, convincing and delightful. There
was a happy, light-hearted note in the laughter at the Strand
Theater, breaking out again and again while the picture was
being shown, a note that showed the audience feeling the
heart-interest and humor at the same time and thoroughly
enjoying itself. It is a love story, but one in which the fates
take all direction out of the hands of the characters and
plays pranks with them. The man — Lieutenant Bob War-
burton — never in the world intended to become coachman
of the girl — Betty Annesley — until fate invited it. He had
.seen her in Europe and had tried to scrape acquaintance
Scene from "The Man on the Box" (Lasky).
with her on the ship. Back in Washington, he finds his
sister invited to a grand ball and, for a prank shaves and
takes the place of her coachman; but reads his number up-
side down and, later, gets the wrong ladies. The result is
played and produced to be very amusing; for while many of
the situations have a rollicking irresponsibility that natu-
rally compels laughter, even in the places where the fun
isn't so inherent the players act the irresponsibility and get
it over. It is safe to say that in the whole five reels when-
ever the picture expected a laugh the audience responded
and almost always heartily. But it is the sincerity of the
love story that makes the humor so contagious. One has
to admire the clever means used to work up these two to-
gether. The construction of the plot — even though it has
one or two scenes (.when the .\nnesleys and Bob are at
Monte Carlo) that might be cut out with no loss — shows a
good deal of human wisdom.
The prologue is an Indian story and shows Bob domg a
thrilling deed of heroism. The emotional content of this
is worked up so well that the audience broke in with ap-
plause and one could hear ejaculations here and there.
Thus at the start we are made deeply interested in the hero
©f the love story to follow. One would say that it surely
needed a touch of Irish blood to make one be like Bob, a
Sun loving, dependable-irresponsible, likable sort. He is
-layed by Max Figman admirably. Bob wasn't the man to
Rvesdrop: but this is a comedy, and we are not made sure
Jiat it is intentional. Betty Annesley is the daughter of a
■olonel who is gambling away his soul. For a long while
she thinks Bob merely the groom she has hired. She's in
*oy8 with him, but never admits it to herself. The plot
helps her by giving her many reasons to admire him. Yet
to keep love, refinement and dignity shining through this
particular situation at the same time took art, and Lolita
Robertson, who has this role, does it all in a most charming
way. The man who has Colonel Annesley in his power, in
that lesser side of the picture, its melodrama, is named Kar-
loff, and is played by J. W. Johnston, who gave to the part all
it required. He, with his black boar's tusk mustaches and
conventional villainy, is a clear-cut and commendable figure.
.\lso one would not need to search for something to say in
praise of each and every one of the cast, vivacious and sin-
cere as a whole. The staging, too, is of high merit. Espe-
cially good is the fake runaway scene, with Bob on the box,
and Betty, whom he thinks his sister, inside; and also the
calvary charge upon the Indians in the prologue, which
would have been better if the line had not halted for that
instant when good tactics sacrificed something of verve.
The photography in all the important scenes is of the best.
The whole is surely a very good offering to entertain and
please.
THE C.\ST.
Lieutenant Bob Warburton Max Figman
Scout Colonel C. F. Le None
Colonel Raleigh Fred Montague
Jacic Warburton Fred L. Wilson
Nancy Warburton Miss Betty Jonson
Kit Warburton Mabel Van Buren
Charles (Chuck) Henderson Harry Fisher
Colonel Annesley James Xeill
Betty Annesley Miss Lolita Robertson
Russian .Embassador h. B. Carpenter
Count Karlotf j. w. Johnston
Gevaert Colored Base Film.
Interesting Description of the Belgian Company's Product
Now Being Marketed by the Raw Film Supply Co.
THE Gevaert Company of Belgium is marketing in this
country through the Raw Film Supply Company, IS
East Twenty-sixth street. New York City, sole Ameri-
can agents for Gevaert products, a new product which will
undoubtedly be of vital interest to the motion picture
industry. The stock in question is standard positive emulsion
coated on a colored base, which eliminates the necessity of
tinting with aniline colors which has been in vogue for sev-
eral years, and which not only required additional apparatus
and labor but had many drawbacks as well. The principal
objection, however, to tinting has been the fact that the dye
or stain did not tai<e evenly throughout the film, and often-
times more or less trouble was caused by excessive densitive
color on those parts of the film resting on the bottom of the
fnishing or drying frames.
To eliminate these disagreeable features, the Gevaert Com-
pany, after experimenting a number of years, finallv suc-
ceeded in arranging for the exclusive use of the Silvio Coca-
nari's patent for a colored base. Editors of the trade journals
and large producers throughout Europe unanimously accepted
this new product, and it is being used extensively and has
practically taken the place of tinting or staining throughout
Europe. Colors are absolutely fast to light and are handled
identically the same as ordinary stock. At the present time it
can be obtained in the following colors, but others are being
added to the line, and special tints and shades can be fur-
nished at no extra cost on initial orders of 25.000 feet: Light
red and dark red, pale blue and light blue, orange and yellow,
light green and verde green, mauve and pale violet, and rose
and pink.
The price of this distinctive stock is practically the same as
the ordinary, and the Raw Film Supply Company will gladly
send samples, etc., to any reader of the Moving Picture
World making inquiry for same.
D'ANNUNZIO HAS ANOTHER SICKNESS.
Gabriele D'Annunzio, the author o'f "Cabiria," now being
shown at the Knickerbocker and throughout the country,
has had another illness in Paris from which for a time he was
not expected to recover. Signor D'Annunzio is only 51
years old.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Editor Moving Picture World. New Y'ork:
I value your paper very highly. Keep up the good work.
Rid the country of cheap trash. WILLIAM G. BELL.
Austin, Texas.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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"Dan"
Hal Reid's Emotional and Stirring Melodrama of War Times
Makes Fine "All Star" Picture— Lew Dockstader
Plays Dan.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
ONE of the most emotional of war-time melodramas, full
of verve and action, and of the heartbreak of war, is
"Dan," by Hal Reid. Its hero is a gray-haired darkey
slave. At once servant and friend, often familiar in ways
that would have been impertinent in one whose heart was
not so true, he self-importantly imagines that the care and
guardianship of the familv. yes, and of the whole South, rests
upon his stooping shoulders. There are sincere touches of
mixed pathos and comedy in this; for he is often of great
service to the family that owns and loves him, and in the
end he gives his life to free his young master — he is shot at
sunrise by Union soldiers.
Scene from "Dan" (All Star).
The All-Star Feature Film Corporation has filmed this
story in five reels, with Lew Dockstader in the titular role,
and has made an offering that deserves and will enjoy a good
measure of popularity. It has been photographed in some
place that passes perfectly for the woods and meadows of
Virginia and has a fine old Colonial dwelling in perfect re-
pair fitting finel}' into the story as the big house of the
Dabneys, owners of Dan and staunch supporters of the
Southern cause. As will be remembered, there is a double
Scene from "Dan" (All Star).
love story in "Dan." As the picture opens, the Hammonds,
Northerners, brother and sister, John and Elsie, are visiting
the Dabneys. John loves Grace Dabney and Elsie loves
Raoul Dabney; yet, when the news of the firing on Sumter
comes, there is no bitterness in the leavetaking. The four
lovers are lovers still, and in this there is a humanity and
bigness of heart that helps the story not a little. At this
point Elsie Hammond leaves until the closing scenes; for the
action in major part transpires when the two armies are botb
holding ground not far from the Dabneys' plantation. There
are several battle pictures with scenes somewhat unequal in
merit, but with some absolutely perfect glimpses, a charge,
a corner of a battlefield, etc., that are truly alive and that
stir one with their tenseness and abandon. The danger in
picturing battles comes when men are lying behind breast-
works or are waiting. At such moments it is apt to be too
plain that there is no real peril; for at such times the actors
look lazy rather than excited. This picture suffers only in
one or two places from this defect, and in it the action, sel-
dom permitted to rest, carries over into far more important
scenes that again quicken the emotions or tingle in the
nerves.
The object of the picture is to give spectators a sense of
the thrill of life with its tears and laughter. Its author shows
his good sense in getting down to real business right away.
VVe are introduced to Colonel Dabney (Hal Reid) and his
darkey servant, Dan (Lew Dockstader); then to Grace (Gail
Kane) and Lila, her blind sister (Lois Meredith), who is,
with the possible exception of Hal Reid's Colonel Dabney,
the most effectively pictured character in the whole cast.
Miss Meredith is especially fortunate in emotional moments
and adds tremendously to many of the picture's scenes.
War is already in the air and "Stonewall" Jackson calls on
his neighbor Dabney, to talk it over. This is another ex-
cellent character and is played by John H. Pratt. Friends
of the Dabneys from the North, the Hammonds (Beatrice
Clevenger as Elsie and W. D. Fisher as John) arrive. The
scenes of lovemaking use up little space and are made inter-
esting by the humorous interest that Dan takes in the gen-
eral happiness. It is good, sincere work and does the great
comedian credit as a picture player. Raoul Dabney is played
by George Cowl with intelligence and ease.
All this is what might be termed the front-door side of the
melodrama's situation. We find the story's villain in the
white overseer, Jonas Watts (William Conklin), a brutal and
evil man, who rules the Dabney's back-door servants, the
field hands. The picture had hardly started when it was
reported to Colonel Dabney that he was preaching freedom
and riches to the negroes. He is anxious for war and tur-
moil, because he is in love with Grace Dabney and thinks to
use the times to pull her down to his level. It is naturally
Dan, inconspicuous and despised by Jonas, who saves her
from his distressing attentions. Later on, in the picture,
Jonas is to be a sergeant of the Union army and is to at-
tempt to capture Grace under cloak of thinking her a South-
ern Spy, and is too frustrated by John, a Union officer, who
is stealing a visit to his sweetheart between battles.
The climax of the picture, as we have noted, is the heroic
death of Dan. And the action works up to this point through
many not closely knit incidents, but all of them logical
enough and all adding in some measure, as was necessary,
to our appreciation of his deed. It is no censure of the sub-
ject to say that with less material in use the picture might
have been more concrete and so set this off even more effec-
tively. For our hands are so full after watching the adven-
tures of Dan's betters that we feel we let slip some of the
emotional content of this most noble deed of all when it
comes. Just as the story stands it is effective and emotional.
The photography is clear and effective. We feel very sure
that where the offering is shown to any kind of responsive
audience the house will be filled with applause and laughter.
It is a picture that surely ought to be shown with patriotic
music and good sound effects; for where it is properly put
on the screen it is sure to be a strong winner.
CHINESE HUMOR SEEMS THE REAL THING.
The "Universal Boy" (Matty Roubert) had one of the
strangest experiences of his young but adventuresome career
the other day when the Honorable Yon Yang Ying, Chinese
Consul General, visited him at the Universal's Imp studio for
the purpose of posing before the camera in a scene with
the little fellow in his latest series entitled "Matty Solves a
Chinese Kidnapping Mystery." When the Universal Boy
asked Mr. Ying how he liked being a moving picture actor,
he replied with an Oriental twinkle: "Oh, it's all right be-
ing an actor, but I wouldn't like to be a cameraman; his life
must be one continual 'grind.' "
KLEINE'S "SPARTACUS" TO OPEN BIG NEW HOUSE
The Ivanhoe Theater, now nearing completion at San-
dusky, Ohio, and expected to be ready to inaugurate its
season about September 15. is one of the finest picture
theaters in America. Manager Blatz has spared no ex-
pense. He will pursue a policy of running only the best
of features, opening with George Kleine's eight-part spec-
tacle "Spartacus; or. The Revolt of the Gladiators," which
recently completed a highly successful run at the Auditorium,
Chicago.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner"
Two-Part Edison Drama of Patriotism — Written by J. W.
Blake and Visualized by George A. Lessey.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
President Madison Charles Sutton
Dolly Madison, his wife Mrs. William Bechtel
Oeneral Stricliler, U. S. A .' Warren Cook
Major Armistead, commanding Fort McHenry ...Joseph Girard
Captain Potter ( aids to the Ben Wilson
Captain Skinner J President Saul Harrison
Francis Scott Key Augustus Philips
Dr. Beanes Carlton King
Helen, his daughter Gertrude McCoy
The Physician William West
General Ross of the British Army Harry Linson
His Aids :
Richard Neill, Duncan McRae. Harr>' Beaumont,
Edward Earle.
Lieutenant Cusack Richard Tucker
Admiral Cockburn R. M Joe Manning
SINCERELY patriotic and vitualized bv a splendid list
of capable interpreters, "The Birth of ^he Star Spangled
Banner" is worth while on its own account, and it is
bound to make a hit at this moment. Whenever the old
fighting spirit of our men, particularly those of Colonial and
Revolutionary ancestry, is stirred by the prospect of war.
there slumbers a volcano of enthusiasm in the hearts of
Americans. No other nation has passed through such a con-
stant succession of warfare during the Nineteenth Century as
our own. None has put such vast armies into the field. Dur-
ing the Rebellion there were more troops in the Northern
Army than Germany ever used, and the field of operations
extended over a line that would reach from London to the
Scene from Edison Patriotic Drama.
Cataracts of the Nile. That war, between brother and
brother, saw the fiercest engagements ever waged by armed
forces, and the sons of those brothers, now united under
Old Glory, are ready to defend it at any cost.
All is seemingly quiet from Atlantic to Pacific in our land.
From shore to shore reigns a surface peace, but the forces
below are only slumbering, and it would take very little to
fan them into fierce flame. The rebellious elements of Eu-
rope are mixed in with the conquering determination of early
Americans, and the national spirit is intense though un-
demonstrative on most occasions. It bursts out occasionally
at a mere flash of the national emblem, spontaneous and
impassioned, and this photodrama, depicting incidents lead-
ing to the birth of the flag, is sure to call forth more than
one enthusiastic demonstration.
We have come out of the storm and anguish of our wars
a better and a stronger people, but the elements of caution
and protection have not been eliminated from our natures.
There is still a haunting sense of peril for those who are
near and dear to us, quickly aroused by menace on border
or coast. Our men are as ready as ever to fight for their
ideals, and there is embodied in the Star Spangled Banner
recognition of a unity of purpose and a unity of heart, some-
times forgotten in our eagerness to "get on" with our busi-
ness and social duties. The Edison two-reel photodrama is
well calculated to call forth a spirit that should send us to
the relief of the ignorant, unhappy and incapable people on
°"I,,^°"'^^''" border, that of conquest for world-betterment.
There is a serious attempt made to render the presentation
of "The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner" historically ac-
curate— that IS, to follow carefully whatever accounts are
dependable of events at that time, and this constitutes an
additional value, especially for those not familiar with the
story of our country's birth. This attempt is manifest in
attention to detail and in depicting what led up to the in-
Scene from Edison Patriotic Drama.
spiration of Frances Scott Key. The actors are no longer
struggling to get into the center zone of camera immortality,
but are imbued with a sense of responsibility, each to portray
his allotted characterization. And there is no overacting.
Measured up by purely artistic conventions, irrespective of
the effect of our national emblem, the entire production is
entitled to the success it is bound to achieve.
HUNTER BENNETT IN WEST.
Hunter Bennett, assistant general manager of the World
Film Corporation, who is making a transcontinental trip
embracing the twenty-two branch offices of his company,
arrived in Kansas City from St. Louis last Wednesday. In
St. Louis W. P. Cuff was appointed manager to succeed
Fred Murphie, R. L. White, formerly special representa-
tive of the Mutual, was appointed manager of the Kansas
City office, to succeed J. Erwin Dodson. R. S. Shrader,
manager of the Universal Film Exchange, Louisville, was
appointed manager of the Indianapolis office for the World
Film.
Mr. Bennett's trip is for reorganization, to take care of
the immense plans outlined by General Manager Lewis J.
Selznick. He states that in the future policy in releasing
the Feature productions of Messrs. Shubert, William A.
Brady, Owen Davis, Charles Blaney and Cecil Spooner plays
and spectacles the success of the World Film Corporation
is an assured fact. "America," the New York Hippodrome
spectacle; "The Whip," the Drury Lane success: "The Gen-
tleman from Mississippi," "Across the Pacific" and "The
Lure" have already been produced. Some future releases
are "Way Down East," "Bought and Paid For," "In Old
Kentucky," "Baby Mine," "The Blue Mouse," "The Witch-
ing Hour," "The Fortune Hunter," etc.
Mr. Bennett is making a thorough study of conditions in
each section, conferring with exhibitors and exchange men,
and, needless to state, on his return to New York City will
be one of the best authorities on the feature film situation
in the LInited States.
VITAGRAPH TO PRODUCE "HAMLET."
The cast for the Vitagraph Company's magnificent produc-
tion of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy, "Hamlet," has been
selected, and Director James Young is now busily engaged
with rehearsals of what is expected to be the most oreten-
tious film story of a classic ever photographed. L. Rogers
Lytton will be seen as Claudius, Lionel Belmore as King
Hamlet, James Young as Prince Hamlet, Julia Swayne Gor-
don as Queen Gertrude, Charles Kent as Polonius, Arthur
Cozing as Laertes and Clara Kimball Young as Ophelia.
Every attention is being paid to detail so as to insure his-
torical accuracy in scenic embellishment, costuming and
effects.
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"The Masked Motive"
Five-Reel Eclectic Offering Tells Good Story FuU of Sus-
pense— Worthy Offering of Scope and Interest.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is a marked scope and breadth of interest in the
newest Eclectic offering, which was made in France
and gives a big .emotionally effective story of French
life. It deals with one of the great and universally popular
themes, a mother's love for her baby. M its climax we find
two mothers with one baby between them and each think-
ing it is hers. These women are dear friends, althougli
of entirely different stations in life. The child of the rich
countess, a widow, has died; but her doctor for his own
selfish purposes has kept the secret from her and has
brought the child of the poor woman to her as her own. He
is the head of a French state foundling asylum; he loves the
rich widow, who has been very sick, and a few weeks
before he had advised her to send her baby to the country
where it would get perfect care. But he found, after making
a promise to bring it back to her, that it was dead. The
poor woman had also been sick and her doctor had advised
her against nursing her baby. She tried to get a wet-nurse.
but her drinking husband had spent all lier money and she
was compelled to take it to the state foundling asylum from
which the doctor managed to steal it. While the rich woman
was sick the poor one tried to get to her to ask aid so that
she could keep her baby, but the porter wouldn't let her in.
Now, in her trouble, she comes to get comfort, for she has
found that her baby has been stolen. The rich friend puts
the baby into her arms. The poor woman looks at it and
joyously claims it as hers. The evil doctor is present, pro-
nounces her crazy and has her taken to a private asylum for
the insane. The suspense becomes marked to a degree at
this point, though it has held the spectator's attention all the
way through. Of course, in the end, the doctor is discred-
Scene from "The Masked Motive" (Eclectic).
ited and the right mother gets her own child. The rich
woman gets her girlhood sweetheart back and the poor wom-
an's husband reforms. And all this is done in a most pleas-
ing and heart-satisfying way.
This is merely the core of the story, its primary heart-
interest. One of the first things noticeable about the offer-
ing is its scope, and by this we refer not only to the number
of radically different experiences that its author makes his
characters pass through, the distinct human sorrows and
human joys, but to the extent of the picture's backgrounds.
We have, for instance, the rich home of the countess con-
trasting with the home of the workman and his wife. Then
we are shown the kind of temptations that assail the count
and those that confront the laborer. Then we have a picture
of that very interesting institution, the state foundling asy-
lum, and one of the private insane asylum. There are city
and country scenes and a few glimpses of what represents
Africa. There's a persuading touch of liveliness about them
all that stands for realism and is most entertaining.
The story opens by showing that the secretary of the rich
girl's father is so deeply in love with her that when she
marries the count he goes away to Africa. The poor girl is
seamstress to the rich girl. She marries a workingman and
both marriages are at the same church on the same day.
One party arrives as the other is leaving and both wedding
parties meet again at the public park. This seems to be a
delightful and truthful glimpse of Parisian life. It is fresh,
convincing and entertaining. The acting, especially of the
workingman's wife, is natural, strong and sincere. The work
of this actress makes strong those scenes wherein her work-
ingman husband' and his best friend (two finely portrayed
cliaractcrs) are troubling her by their growing fondness for
the wine shops, and especially it makes those emotional scenes
when slie finds her money to pay the wet-nurse gone and that
scene outside of the foundling asylum deeply affecting. The
big scenes in the last act give her full play, and she makes
them tell powerfully. The countess is by contrast weak, but
plays intelligently and does well enough. The doctor, in a
rather conventional villain's part, holds up his end, and there
are many cxccUently-drawn characters in the lesser figures
of the picture. The staging and photography are worthy,
and the whole makes a much stronger and more pleasing
effect on the spectator than the usual offering. We dare
commend it as a strong picture and, as an offering, a very
safe guess from the exhiljitor's viewpoint.
Goodwin Company Files New Suits
Declares It Is Anxious to Preserve Its Rights During the
Life of Its Patent.
THE Goodwin Film & Camera Company commenced
an action in the United States District Court last Mon-
against Lumiere Jougla Company, Celluloses Plan-
chon. Inc., and Claudius Joulailon to compel the defendants
to respect the rights embodied in the patents granted to the
late Rev. Hannibal Goodwin, which are controlled by the
plaintiff.
The bill recites that prior to May 2, 1887. the Rev. Mr.
Goodwin invented original photographic pellicles and de-
vised a process for producing the same which revolution-
ized the art of photography and led to the remarkable de-
velopment of the motion-picture industry. His inventions
were embodied in patents which were duly taken out and sub-
sequently assigned to the company, it is alleged.
For many years the validity of the patents have been the
subject of litigation, principally in the thirteen years' suit in
which the Eastman Kodak Company was the defendant, the
papers recite. Pending the determination of this suit in-
fringement actions against other competitors were not
pressed, but with the termination of that suit in favor of
the plaintiff's rights the Goodwin company avers it is anxious
to preserve its rights during the life of the patent.
It is alleged that since the decision of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals sustaining the validity of the
Goodwin patents was issued the defendants have continued
to infringe on the rights of the plaintiff, although repeatedly
warned not to do so. Moreover, it is claimed that the action
of the defendants has been taken despite the fact that such
film concerns as Pathes Freres, the Raw Film Supply Com-
pany and the Celluloid Company have recognized the plain-
tiff's rights and have compromised damage claims and ar-
ranged to pay a royalty to the plaintiff during the life of the
Goodwin patents.
The plaintiff charges that as a result of the alleged in-
fringement it is being deprived of material profits and
benefits which would otherwise accrue to the company under
the Goodwin patents and asks that the defendants be en-
joined from continuing the acts complained of and directed
to make an accounting of all profits.
KLEINE ATTRACTIONS BOOMING.
The intermingled atmosphere of business and aura of con-
geniality that pervades the New York Headquarters of the
Creorge Kleine Attractions, Candler Theater Building, 226
West Forty-second Street, not only spells a hearty welcome
to exhibitors but makes it a sincere pleasure to carry on
negotiations in a place where the atmosphere of gentility is
at all times so manifest. The result is the New York head-
ciuarters of the Kleine Attractions is consistently making
rentals, and if anything is exceeding its profits of the spring
season.
To the energy, perseverence and affability of William E.
Raynor, general eastern representative, and Frederick L.
Ferguson, New York branch manager, are principally due
this marvelous condition. Sticktoitiveness has been the
motto of this happy combination of amusement men. And
it has been a successful one. Raynor and Ferguson are
mapping out an aggressive and progressive campaign for
the fall and winter season that bids fair to make the financial
returns of the New York headquarters of the George Kleine
Attractions enormous.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Spotted Panther"
Humorous Banter is the Peculiarity that Distinguishes the
Newest Leading Players' Picture, in Five Parts.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE are two ways of burlesquing anything. One way
is to stand boldly at one side and give a wide, open-
mouth laugh at it; and this is the way the gallerv likes
its burlesque. The other way is to prick it with that keen
rapier, irony, the while one pretends to be its friend. This
way calls for a far more intellectual kind of humor and is
liked by people of broader and keener-edged interests. "The
Spotted Panther" is a melodrama of India, beautifully staged,
and its producer has forced even these perfectly contrived
backgrounds that pass for India, and yet are not India, to
run a needle-point into a certain kind of home-made exotic
picture that he wants to banter. He is a highbrow, and it's
plain even in his subtitles; for he names his heroine Sita,
showing acquaintance with the Ramayana. One will also
find other classic allusions in his names and terms, and he
has taken the more subtle method of treatment. With the
right audience it will be a roar of laughter; but many of his
rapier pricks are so subtly administered that simple minds
might miss his points; so he has provided, as a keynote to
the main story, a prologue in which he has handled his action
in a more broadly humorous way that will set even simple
minds laughing with the object of getting them started.
Probably this will be sufficient to make the whole go well
with the general spectator who, having the keynote, will fol-
low with understanding and enjoyment the whole of the
production.
The action opens at Calais, in France, where we find Cap-
tain Corcoran, whose ancestors have always "cut their way
Scene from "The Spotted Panther" (Leading Players).
through life," starting out with his servant and pet panther
to get the wonderful manuscript of the Gouroularamtah for
the great e.xplorer, Escartefigue. We get a glimpse of him
on some sort of a boat, and then he is in India. His worst
enemies are the English; but he manages to reach the throne-
room of Maharaja Holgar, where that potentate is enjoying
himself in the company of his court and the lovely Sita. At
first he is to be boiled in oil; but in the next scene he is the
Rajah's good friend and is soon to be the protector of Sita
from the English. There is a "sensational" burning of the
city, a capture and a rescue, and all the romantic properties
of the kind of picture satirized.
One of the best points made is the use of the panther with
spots — it's a leopard. This beast has no real part in the
story; but it licks the princess' toes and in another scene
scares the English colonel away from his picnic luncheon,
oranges, wines, etc., under the trees — a nooning in the mid-
dle of the attack on the pagoda where the hero has taken
refuge with Sita. Another point is the use of a man with a
modern rifle — this repeater is fairly rubbed in. And another
comical point is the imprisoning of the English colonel in a
basket in his tent and in the middle of his camp. It is. as a
whole, a very clever piece of work, and picture fans will, we
feel sure, take keen delight in it. Photographically it is
perfect.
Mr. Hite Shows Underwater Pictures
President of Thanhouser Company Has Received Commenda-
tion from Smithsonian Institution.
RESIDENTS of New Rochelle were accorded the first
public exhibition Thursday of the under water pictures
taken by the expedition to the Bahamas in April, re-
cently shown to the Smithsonian Institution and the National
Press Club at Washington. More than three hundred promi-
nent people of Westchester County responded to the invita-
tion extended to them by Charles J. Hite, president of the
Thanhouser Company, and the man who financed the Wil-
liamson tube and brought this wonderful invention into prac-
tical use for science. The pictures were shown at the North
Avenue Theater, in New Rochelle, the thrilling under water
scenes — man battling with sharks, and sharks battling among
themselves — bringing rounds of applause from those privi-
leged to be present at this first public exhibition. 'These
pictures will be first shown at the Broadway Rose Gardens.
Mr. Hite has received recognition from the Smithsonian
Institution and the commendation of its scientific members
for the expedition he sent to the Bahamas, which obtained
the only motion pictures extant of life under the sea. Mr.
Hite took the pictures to vVashington and offered to the
Smithsonian Institution the first view of them. The result
was that many of the scientists went also to the National
Press Club, where Mr. Hite, accompanied by J. E. and
George Williamson, and Carl Gregory, expert cameraman,
explained to the Washington correspondents the dangers of
robbing the sea of its long held secrets.
Mr. Hite, in commenting on the expedition to the Smith-
sonian scientists, said: "Except from the lips of divers, who
have descended to the shallow depth of 100 feet, the world
has lived in total ignorance of the life beneath the sea.
Science has evolved little thus far beyond telling soil and
sounding the depths.
"No man, until the Williamson invention was made prac-
ticable, could tell of the life below. The new invention brings
to science the sea's actualities of life, the long lost ships, the
Imperators of other days, the hidden reefs, the variegated
corals, the moving things. It has spelled success, and proved
a real step in scientific progress." A complete loP' of the
expedition is to be presented to the Smithsonian Institution
to remain in its archives.
PICTURE PLAYHOUSE FILM EXPANDING.
The Picture Playhouse Film Company has just absorbed
the business of the National Feature Film Company at 1126
Vine street, Philadelphia, and has retained Simon Libros,
the president and manager of the former company, as man-
ager of the Philadelphia exchange. Mr. Libros has been
doing a big business with the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
exhibitors, and will now be in a position to give them much
better service than formerly, as thi new company has already
for release six new plays secured from different American
and European producers, and will continue to release each
week one or more of the best of the market here and abroad.
Several American companies have made arrangements for
supplying the new company with features, and it has con-
tracts for foreign features already signed.
As fast as the management can handle the business ar-
rangements it will open offices in all the principal cities,
including Canada, where the company is now completing
arrangements for its exchange in Montreal. Its New York
offices are located at No. 110 West Fortieth street, and it has
commenced booking its plays with the New York exhibitors.
BLACHE MAKING "EDWIN DROOD."
Charles Dickens' latest novel, "The Mystery of Edwin
Drood," which was never completed owing to the author's
death, is being produced in motion pictures by the Blache
studios. The well-known English actor, Tom Terriss, has
dramatized the novel for picture presentation and completed
the famous story in the manner that he thinks Dickens in-
tended. He will play the part of John Jasper, made famoiis
as a stage character by Sir H. Beerbohm Tree in His
Majesty's Theater, London, and will collaborate with Her-
bert Blache in the staging of the photodrama.
Messrs. Blache and Terriss recently completed an elabo-
rate multiple reel production of "The_ Chirnes" by Dickens,
in which a number of the Tom Terriss Dickens Associate
Players appeared. Mr. Terriss has made a life study of
Dickens' works, and his version of what actually happened
to the much discussed Edwin Drood and the guilt or inno-
cence of the man accused of his murder promises to be of
unusual interest.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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"Uncle Bill"
Vitagraph Farce in Three Parts, Written by Marguerite
Bertsch and Directed by Ralph Ince.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
Uncle Bill Donald Hall
John Mason, his nephew William Humphrey
Julia Mason, Johns wife Julia Swayno Gordon
Gladys, Julia's sister Constance Talmadge
Jack Trent, a mutual friend Dllly Quirk
Vivien Trent, his wife Anita Stewart
Mason, Sr., John Mason's father Albert Roccardl
"Oiley" Curlcy, gentleman crook .lack Brawn
Murray, of the Money Powers Anders Randolph
IT is a serious undertaking to produce a three-reel comedy,
even with such a splendid cast as that of "Uncle Bill."
So largely is its success a question o'f interpretation that
the actors in this case virtually create out of their personality
what holds interest. That personality is very marked in
nearly every one of the performers — each is an artist in his
Scene from "Uncle Bill" (Vitagraph).
or her way — but Billy Quirk easily carries off the honors.
He is a born comedian of tho screen, and his long training in
brilliant company makes him a veritable star whenever he is
gfiven comedy opportunity. Very largely to his work is due
the element of fun in "Uncle Bill" — it is a hodge-podge of
old stage devices — and only when he was in evidence did the
Vitagraph Theater audience laugh.
Rarely do I see a play where I can judge of its effect
on an audience. The reviewer is obliged to prejudge — and
from the audience point of view, "Uncle Bill" gets over after
a long struggle to that end. The serious portion, essential
as it is to the complicated plot, is given undue attention for
a farce. On the verge of election, a gubernatorial candidate
is obliged to see the "Boss" in quest of campaign funds, and
there is a general state of uncertainty about results be-
cause his wife and his father become mi.xed up in the antics
of Mr. and Mrs. Trent, Billy Quirk and Anita Stewart. Uncle
Bill, a convenient millionaire, is expected, but he turns up
prematurely and is obliged by force of circumstances to shift
his identity.
This gives the inevitable burglar, opportunely engaged in
robbing the house, a chance to assume the role of "Uncle
Bill," with a string of ensuing complications that are better
suited to stage than to screen presentation. From amid the
mass of scattered forces, however, gradually emerge the
comical Billy and charming Anita. Their marital infelicities,
misplaced jealousies and flirtatious tendencies prove the sav-
ing clause. Billy and Anita put life and spirit into the play,
with a result that the audience begins to laugh and is thor-
oughly satisfied at the end.
KLEINE MAKING ONLY BIG SUBJECTS IN AMERICA
The announcement that George Kleine had begun the
manufacture of pictures in America in addition to import-
ing from Europe has resulted in hundreds of scenarios being
submitted to Mr. Kleine's Chicago offices. For the benefit
of free-lance photoplaywrights it may be said that Mr.
Kleine, for the present at least, will manufacture in this
country film subjects adapted from well-known legitimate
productions only. The first of these will be "Officer 666"
and "Stop Thief," both universally popular melodramatic
farces, splendidly fitted for production in motion picture
form.
"In Temptation's Toils"
A Two-Part Kleine-Celio Subject, Passing Fair in Quality,
with the "Triangle" as the Basis.
AMOXG the recent General Film releases appeared a
two-part Kliene-Cclio subject, entitled "In Tempta-
tion's Toils," that, while it was based upon the eternal
"triangle" — two women and a man this time — the story pos-
sessed a dainty bit of heart interest and was clearly and
logically told in the picture. The cast of characters is not
at hand beyond the information that Francesca Bertini plays
the leading woman's part of Helen Turner, the wife of George
Turner. Mile. Bertini is one of the leading photoplayers
now contributing to the Celio productions, and is an actress
of unusual attainments. There is no great opportunity for
her to display her ability in this subject, but she does per-
form her part with womanly grace, and, though one is not
Scene from "In Temptation's Toils" (Kleine).
wholly in sympathy with her at times, she finally proves that
a woman's instincts are, at bottom, good.
The picture opens with Dick Turner visiting his brother,
George. George's wife, Helen, is a very beautiful woman,
and the two fall in love almost at sight. While Helen is
very strongly drawn to her husband's brother, she realizes
the impossibility of the situation and begs Dick to go away.
He does so, but takes with him a rose Helen has dropped to
treasure as a remembrance of his love. Not long afterwa.rd
he marries another woman and a lapse of time shows him
nicely ensconced in the bosom of his family with a bright
boy of an interesting age.
Then comes word of the death of his brother George
while on a hunting trip, and Helen comes to live with Dick's
family. Helen attempts to renew the spark of love in Dick's
heart and he yields momentarily to her advances, but the
little boy happens along at a critical moment and he is re-
minded that his family's honor is at stake and firmly rejects
Helen's suggestion that a divorce be secured so that he may
marry her.
Her love scorned, Helen reminds Dick that love often
turns to hate, and she leaves him, threatening to bring dis-
grace upon the family name which they hold in common.
The succeeding scenes show Helen leading a rather hilarious
life among the cafes, where she meets a famous lion-tamer.
The suggestion comes to her that through the performer she
may be able to bring Dick to regret his decision, so she plans
to appear in public as the lion-tamer's assistant.
Word of this gets to Dick through the daily papers. He
is broken in health and rapidly nearing his end. 'The news
of Helen's determination shocks him, but he makes a final
appeal to her to save the family name from disgrace. He
writes her a letter, inclosing with it the rose which he has
treasured all the years, and sends it to Helen through his
little son. It is handed to her just as she is preparing to
appear with the lion-tamer. The recollection of her love for
Dick is awakened, and the appeal of the dying man is
sufficient.
Later, as Dick is on his death-bed, Helen is sent for, and
there is forgiveness all 'round. There are a number of very
beautiful scenic effects in this subject.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Opera Singer's Triumph"
Destruction of Big Hotel by Earthquake and Fire Gives
Thrilling Rescue Scene in Itala Offering.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
A WELL rounded melodramatic story with a sensational
rescue of the heroine from a big hotel wrecked by an
earthquake and set on fire, makes the newest Itala
offering, in three reels, noteworthy. These earthquake
scenes are astonishingly well produced and carry an unmis-
takable thrill. One rather expects such things, made
usually in a studio, to be more or less baldly artificial. Even
the best of them seem to the experienced eye somewhat
contrived. But in this picture these scenes compare very
favorably with another Itala offering of last year, "The
Palace of Flame." Yet it is only in their realism that
these two pictures compare. In the first, the rescuer had
to combat the fierce flames; in this, although there is
flame, his chief peril comes from the precarious condition
of the great building whose walls have been terribly shat-
tered b}' the 'quake. The tottering walls, the twisted bal-
cony railings and broken beams, all lit by the ruddy glow
of flames, are the background of the brave deed. There
was danger to the actor, whether his work was done in a
studio or in a truly ruined house, and he was not able to
accomplish his "act" without great muscular effort and
courageous belief in his ability to land right when swinging
over a dangerous place on a rope made of bedclothing torn
into strips. The rescued opera singer kept perfectly her
seeming lifelessness even while being lowered through a
tangle of beams and falling walls. She, too, shows grit.
When she is safe the hero falls, and it was not wholly
acting; for he comes down fast and sudden on scattered
Scene from "The Opera Singer's Triumph" (Itala).
bricks. If it was acting, then the liystanders, too, acted
well a very natural concern.
There is only a light villain in the story. He is a rich
man who in the opening scenes loved the girl a little, but
wanted to delay the engagement when he found that she
had no dowry. She becomes a famous opera singer; meets
a composer whom she helps to fame, and falls in love with
him. He it is who saves her when the hotel is wrecked
and the two come home together. In the meanwhile the
girl's father has again become rich. The former lover hears
her sing and his love is rekindled. He calls on her and
wants her to forgive him. She tells him that she never
was his enemy. He is pleased to hear it; but the composer
comes into the room and she then introduces him as her
fiance.
The acting is good, as is the staging and photography.
The offering is one that will be quite acceptable.
REARDON AUTHOR OF "IN WOLF'S CLOTHING."
The Moving Picture World's reviewer of films was in
error in giving credit to W. E. Wing for the recent Kalem
picture, "In Wolf's Clothing." The author of this lively,
effective and entertaining offering is Mark S. Reardon.
Miller's theater, Los Angeles, was filled with men from the
railroads of all grades to see J. P. McGowan's "The Express
Messenger," in which their favorite, Helen Holmes, was fea-
tured. This stirring Kalem play was made there, and a
number of railroad men can be seen in it. Both McGowan
and Miss Holmes are really interested in the railroads and
make a specialty of this class of story, so that they are well
known all along the coast and are popular with railroad men.
Will E. Sheerer
ONE of the oldest and best liked actors of the Eclair
stock company is Will E. Sheerer, character man,
famous for his many roles. Mr. Sheerer has had a ripe
experience in the field of theatrical work, and before his
entrance into pictures was known both in this country and
abroad as a "good actor." During the twenty-three years
which he has been
back of the footlights,
he has missed but two
seasons. During the
Spanish - American
War, he fought the
enemy in Cuba. On
one other occasion he
fell for the lure of
Wall Street. As a
stock and bond sales-
man his native shrewd-
ness brought him rap-
idly to the front, but
the call of the stage
was too strong. From
the beginning of his
theatrical career, Mr.
Sheerer has played
character parts and is
acknowledged to be a
past master in make-
up. He is known to
have performed the
remarkable feat of
appearing in three
different characters in
a well-known play,
and for years delight-
ed vaudeville audi-
ences with a protean act, during the course of which he im-
personated ten different people. Four years ago he secured
an engagement with the Edison company, and after a brief
experience at that plant appeared in Vitagraph films. Fol-
lowing this he played character leads for Bison, Nestor.
Reliance and Crystal, and from the latter company was
taken over by Eclair. Thus far Sheerer has appeared in ISO
Eclair releases, and his remarkable mastery of make-up com-
bined with true ability to act has made him one of the most
popular players of the company. Two months ago this ver-
satile artist was sent to the Western studios of the Eclair
company at Tucson, Arizona, where he expects to remain,
and we can look for him to repeat his character success in
western productions.
STANDARD GETS EXPOSITION CONCESSION.
The Standard Film Corporation received this week the fol-
lowing telegram from its San Francisco representatives:
"Have closed contract on behalf of Standard Film Corpora-
tion for the exclusive motion picture concession of the Pan-
ama-Pacific Exposition, including theater, studio, commer-
cial, topical, serial story and official kinematograph privileges
in the face of the strongest competition. Have already
started work. Really remarkable contract. Unlimited
possibilities."
The company announces that its men are already on the
ground taking pictures of the work. The contract is re-
garded as important.
The Standard Film Corporation will have the world's
booking rights on all pictures taken in the Exposition
grounds, as the contract especially provides for the exclusive
taking of pictures by the Standard Film Corporation in the
fullest sense of the term.
MARY PICKFORD ANNOUNCEMENT MISLEADING.
A recent advertisement of a film-producing company, in
announcing that Mary Pickford films made two or three
years ago are to be reissued. led to the belief on the part of
many that Mary Pickford was now in the service of that
company, and suggested by the subtle use of the word
"henceforth" that her future productions were to appear only
on the program in question. No verification is required of
the fact that Mary Pickford is at present under contract with
the Famous Players' Film Company, in whose productions
she appears exclusively. For the sake of exhibitors who are
not fully acquainted with the situation, it is explained that
any other company releasing Pickford films are merely re-
issuing old productions in which this star appeared, and any
other inference from the current announcements of other
companies is unjust, both to Miss Pickford and the Famous
Players' Film Company.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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A Growing Type
Pen Picture of Samuel F. Wheeler, President of Pennsyl-
vania's Organized Exhibitors — His Policies Are Ag-
gressive but Constructive — A Great Conven-
tion to Be Called Soon.
By W. Stcplu-ii Bush.
THE intelligent and progressive exhibitor of whom it is
written that lie shall possess more power in the in-
dustry is not a mere fiction. You may have thought of
him as a creature of editorial optimism, a sort of lay figure
to whom the writer of paragraphs addressed his profound
wisdom. Let me assure you now that the I. A. P. E. is a
veritable concrete, malleable fact. I have just had a most
inspiring and refreshing talk with a full grown and well
developed specimen of the I. A. P. E. I do not mean to say
he was a rare specimen, but I do mean to say he was a very
fine specimen, and in telling of him I know that I am describ-
ing not only an individual, but a type of exhibitor whose
activities are rich in promise for a further and wider uplift
of the motion picture.
Samuel F. Wheeler, the president of the organized ex-
hibitors of the Keystone State, is a natural leader of men.
As I sat beside him in the Manufacturers' Club in Philadel-
delphia. talking of our common
idol, the motion picture. I was
impressed with his easy grasp
of difficult problems and his
direct logical thinking. Mr.
Wheeled in manners and ap-
pearance suggests a success-
ful practitioner at the bar, and
this is exactly what he is. He
has practiced law in the city
of Philadelphia for about
fourteen years, and I think he
must have begun at twenty-
one, because under the law he
could not have begun sooner.
He has a pair of keen blue
eyes, pleasing regular features
and the mobile mouth of an
able and trained public speak-
er. All through our talk I
gathered an impression of
great latent nervous energy.
I asked Mr. Wheeler how
he became an exhibitor of mo-
tion pictures.
"An odd enough story," he
replied, with a reminiscent
smile. "About five years ago
some clients of mine consulted
me as to the best way of get-
ting out of a contract for the
purchase of a small moving
picture theater. I told them
I would take over the con-
tract myself, and thus entered
the ranks of exhibitors with
an investment of about ?12S."
Mr. Wheeler to-day is the
owner of three theaters — the
Belmont, with a seating ca-
pacity of 1,325; the Fifty-sec- Samuel F
ond Street Theater, seating
1,000, and the Apollo Theater,
seating 1,400. All these theaters are prosperous, and their
owner acts as the general manager, thinking no detail too
trifling for his personal attention. About two years ago Mr.
Wheeler decided to join the local organization in Philadel-
phia. The Philadelphia organization has had its ups-and-
downs, mostly downs, and when Wheeler joined it there was
a small membership and a very scant capital of enthusiasm.
The exhibitors were at the mercy of every politician. While
they were banded together in a nominal union, they were
unconscious of their real strength and power.
After Wheeler entered the organization the members often
turned to him for advice and he set an example which they
found it profitable to imitate. About a year ago the fire mar-
. shal of Philadelphia sent notice to the exhibitors that they
rnust display upon the screens of their theaters a slide which
displayed the words "Fire Notice" in large red letters. The
notice sounded like a third alarm, and was altogether apt to
provoke a panic. The exhibitors were greatly worried. A
special meeting was called, and Wheeler went upon the plat-
form declaring that he had absolutely declined to comply
with the Fire Marshal's demand. He strongly advised his
brother exhibitors to do the same. He explained to them
that tliere was on legal force behind the Fire Marshal's order,
and that he proposed to call upon the Director of Public
Safety and the Fire Marslial to tell them openly how he was
posed to ignore the order. He was as good as his word, and
accompanied by a committee of exhibitors, he practically
told the officials to mind their own business. The officials,
who up to that time had found exhibitors meek and sub-
missive to the point of servility, were struck dumb by the
spectacle of an exhibitor insisting upon his legal rights.
They blustered and threatened, but the calm and positive
attitude of Wheeler had put courage into the hearts of his
fellow-exhibitors.
"The panicky slide was never shown and is by this time
entirely forgotten. Now the local and state authorities con-
sult with Wheeler before taking any action affecting motion
picture theaters, and they find it a very convenient arrange-
ment. Mr. Wheeler has been appointed a member of the
Motion Picture Standards Commission, which is a branch of
the Department of Labor and Industry. The appointment
came from the commissioner directly. It was natural now
to see the exhibitors elect Wheeler their president. In spite
of many adverse circumstances there was an increase in the
membcrsliip of the Philadelphia local, a business manager
was appointed, and permanent headquarters were opened at
1327 Vine street, in the very
heart of Philadelphia film
district. At a convention of
the exhibitors of the state,
held last May in the city of
Wilkes-Barre, Mr. Wheeler
was elected president of the
state organization.
"There are three things for
which I want to enlist the aid
of every exhibitor in the State
of Pennsylvania," said Mr.
Wheeler. "First, and above
all things, we want to knock
out the present censorship
law. I believe that the courts
will declare the' act unconsti-
tutional, but irrespective of the
decision of the court, we want
to go to the Legislature and
work for the repeal of this
law. This law has come to us,
not in response to a public de-
mand, but rather as a defiance
of public sentiment. The pa-
pers in this city are against
the law. one of them openly
advocating its repeal. The
idea of one man and one wom-
an regulating the amusements
of eight million people is ri-
diculous. We want to be ready
for an active campaign in the
fall, when a new Legislature
will be elected. We want to
pledge every candidate to vote
for a repeal. I asked the Mov-
ing Picture World to urge an
organization of this state by
counties, every county should
have its local. I am going to
arrange for a big and repre-
sentative state convention to
be held within the next thirty days or so in a centrally lo-
cated city of the state. Governor Tener, Senator Boise Pert-
rose and Mr. Brumbaugh will be there to address the exhibi-
tors. I believe that they will help us.
"Ever since the organized exhibitors in the state and in
the nation have declared against censorship of all kinds, all
factionalism in this state has come to an end. The Western
contingent of exhibitors, who used to hold aloof from us
entirely, have assured me of their support in formirig as big
and as representative a state organization as possible. In-
deed, I received assurance of support from every part of the
state, and I have every reason to believe that this conven-
tion which I propose to call will be the biggest ever held in
Pennsylvania. We will also take a decided stand on the
question of a liberal Sunday. In this respect Pennsylvania
has been rather backward, but we will tackle the question
without fear. If the law will not allow us to show vaitdeville,
we want to have the law forbid the showing of moving pic-
tures in regular theaters. Besides these three big questions,
other problems of exhibitors will be considered, and I have
no doubt that some good results will follow."
Wheeler.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moving Pictures Will Guide in Vocational Selection.
MODERN methods of education are paying heed to the
important fact that while some young men are guided
by instinct and natural aptitude to their proper vr ca-
tions, b}' far the largest number cannot rely on themselves
to select the lifework that will suit them best and serve their
communities in the fullest measure.
Moving pictures are also being used to aid young men in
determining their trade or calling. When early educational
advantages have been lacking, it is found still more difficult
to make a wise choice. In such cases the popularity of mov-
ing pictures will serve to furnish important information.
This new movement in industrial education has been made
by the Bureau of Commercial Economics, with offices in
Chicago. This bureau is an association of the leading insti-
tutions, manufacturers, producers and transportation lines in
this country and abroad, and its work will be the spreading
of industrial and vocational information through the medium
of moving pictures.
"The work of the bureau will be maintained through en-
dowment funds and annuities," says the Chicago Sunday Ex-
aminer, of .Tuly 26. "No expense is involved for any insti-
tution to which these lectures or reels are sent; they are
available, however, only when admittance to the public is
free. The bureau will display its reels and slides not only
in universities, colleges, technical and agricultural schools,
high schools, public institutions, settlement houses, missions,
commercial clubs, and at trade conventions, but also with
powerful projectors, operated from auto trucks, in parks,
playgrounds and other centers for the general public.
"A broad field of subjects and trades is covered in the
films and lectures which the bureau is prepared to provide.
There are ten headings, as follows: Mineral, agricultural,
horticultural and forestry; animal husbandry; industrial, com-
merce and transportation; public health and service; social;
domestic economy; historical; scientific; religious; travel.
Under these headings practically every occupation is treated.
"The films which can be supplied give opportunity to see
men in all sorts of actual work, from mining and refining
ores to cultivating fields and orchards or carrying on the
many activities planned to improve the life of the poor of the
cities. It is only necessary to run through the bulletin of
the bureau to find pictures on almost any theme that is
desired. The bureau has already arranged for courses in
eighteen states which will reach a student body of over
30,000."
Secret Service Officer Seizes Famous Players Films.
Captain Thomas I. Porter, head of the United States secret
service in Chicago, who was invited by Second Deputy
Superintendent of Police Funkhouser to be present on July
22 at the meeting of the municipal board of censorship, when
viewing "The Little Gray Lady," a four-reel moving pic-
ture subject by the Famous Players Film Company, imme-
diately confiscated the films after being run. Among the
objectionable actions found in the films by Captain Porter
were:
A young government clerk tearing small portions from
bills and then putting them together, so as to form a $100
note. This is done a second time.
The clerk passes one of the spurious bills he has made.
The clerk is arrested by a secret service man. A friend
of the clerk then appears and succeeds in bribing the officer,
thus enabling the wrongdoer to flee the country.
"That is the most objectionable film I ever saw," said
Captain Porter. "It shows bribery of government ofiicials,
and also criminality, because of the fact that the alleged
hero is shown making this money."
Captain Porter's action attracts much attention, from the
fact that the story of the films in question is adapted from
a successful drama, written by Channing Pollock and acted
many times before the public without any objections by
government officers. Miss Jane Grey, who was the star in
the stage production, is also the star in the photoplay.
Where Censorship Belongs.
Moving pictures are now filling such an important place
in national life among all civilized peoples that they should
reveal a nice discrimination in the selection of subjects and
a similar discrimination in the method of production. If
directing producers and manufacturers will only become
their own censors in such matters, there vi'ill soon be an end
to this Babel of censorship that now resounds throughout
this country.
But the scenario editor must not be omitted from the list
of those responsible for the outcries against certain films.
He should, indeed, be held mainly responsible; for his fiat,
in most cases, determines what stories shall be filmed and
what shall be rejected.
It is truly astounding, at this advanced stage in the mak-
ing of moving pictures, that any undesirable subjects should
be permitted to pass the intelligent scrutiny of any reputable
manufacturing film concern in this country. Laxity, no
doubt, is partly induced in some cases by the tremendous
demand for scenario material and the failure of the supply
to meet it; but would it not be far better in the end for
the manufacturer and the industry to reject the undesirable
stories before money is expended on their production, rather
than that he and the whole trade should suffer by the clamor
for censorship?
It seems clear to me that the question of censorship, in
a large measure, is in the hands of the manufacturers of
films. Leading manufacturers have already recognized this,
and other manufacturers, who are inclined to exploit the in-
dustry for personal gain, will find that they will be forced
by the inexorable law of demand to conform with public
opinion, or else fall hopelessly behind in the race for ex-
istence.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Phil H. Solomon, traveling representative of "The Spoil-
ers," for F. O. Nielsen, returned from a two weeks' trip
recently through Wisconsin and northern Michigan. _ He
reported very warm weather and quite satisfactory bookings
for "The Spoilers" in the large houses in the territory
covered.
* * *
Fred W. Schaefer, of the Schaefer Theater Company,
Inc., S South Wabash avenue, this city, returned Monday,
July 27, from a western tour which was devoted to business
and pleasure. Quite an extended visit was made in Colorado.
* * *
E. T. Peter, president of the Texas Film Corporation,
Dallas, Texas, passed through the city on July 21 on his
way to the scenes of his old home at Oconomowoc, Wis.,
where he will spend a vacation of several weeks. Mr. Peter
stated that the conditions in film circles in Dallas are very
promising.
* * *
J. L. Carlton, of the Carlton enterprises. New York City,
also visited the city on the same date, and was seen with
Mr. Peter. He left for St. Louis Tuesday evening, after
which he returned to the city and will shortly leave on a
trio to the Coast.
* * *
O. W. Holt, president of the Holt Feature Film Company,
Manhattan, Kansas, paid a visit to the World office last
week. The Holt Feature Film Company produces educa-
tional, industrial, scenic and special feature films. Mr. Holt
stated that he was figuring on large contracts and that he
was going to New York City in the interests of the general
business of his company.
* * *
The Standard Motion Picture Company, 5 South Wabash
avenue, this city, recently filmed German Celebration Day
at the Federal League ball park. These pictures cover all
the important proceedings of the day, and have been con-
densed to a single reel. They were booked by a nurnber of
theaters in the city, the first showing being at the Casino, on
West Madison street.
* * *
J. H. Bunte, general sales manager of the Seeburg Piano
Company, left his office Saturday, July 25, to spend a few
weeks in northern Wisconsin. During his activities in the
northern woods and lake region Mr. Bunte will endeavor
to take off some of the superfluous avoirdupois acquired at
his desk since his last vacation.
* * *
Among the unclaimed and abandoned merchandise recently
sold at the United States appraisers' warehouse. West Har-
rison street, this city, was a film, entitled "Revolution in
Mexico."
* * ♦
"Cabiria" is showing no signs of palling on the eyes of
the multitudes that visit the Illinois Theater, where the
spectacle is breaking all records. On the contrary, the sold-
out sign appeared three times last week on the front of the
theatre, and many were turned away disappointed.
* * *
It is whispered that the Annette Kellermann pictures in
"Neptune's Daughter" have so popularized the Fine Arts
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
821
Theater that it may be used as a permanent film house
during the winter. The rumor is that Alfred Hamburger's
lease of the house has been extended.
* * *
The final presentations of "The Christian" were given
at the Olympic Sunday, July 26. The house is now being
redecorated, and will be in shape to receive "Potash and
Perlmutter," which will open the regular theatrical season at
the house, early in August.
* ♦ *
It was announced, about the middle of the week of July
20, that the Studebaker would close its doors for the sum-
mer on Sunday, July 26, but the policy established by the
management has been continued. On Monday, July 27, the
Photoplay Productions Company presented "The Littlest
Rebel," Edward Peple's well-known Civil War drama, done
in films. This play made a big hit at the Chicago Opera
House two seasons ago, with Dustin and William Farnum
in the cast. E. K. Lincoln, the former Vitagraph star, heads
the cast in the photoplay.
* ♦ *
Major W. Gordon Lillie ("Pawnee Bill") was in the city
last week. The chief object of his visit was to view Selig's
big western photoplay, "In the Days of the Thundering
Herd." All the principal scenes of this western photodrama
were taken on "Pawnee Bill's" big ranch near Pawnee, Okla.
Bessie Eyton is the heroine and Tom Mix the hero of the
photoplay.
* * *
The Star Theater, 68 West Madison street, this city, was
opened on Saturday, July 25. The opening program was
"The Mother of Men," a three-reel military feature by
Warners, and two soldiers paraded in front of the theater
during the day. The entire building on Madison street, at
the number mentioned, has been remodelled at an outlay
of $60,000, in order to give space for this house. The loca-
tion is considered one of the best in the city, and although
the seating capacity is onlj- 300 it is expected that the Star
will do fine business. Only feature service, of all makes,
will be used, and the admission will be 10 cents. The ex-
terior of the theater is made especially attractive day and
night by a spectacular rotating electric sign, which has
been built by Marx Brothers, of this city. The sign covers
a depth of two stories on the front and is considered one
of the most attractive electric signs in the city. Bodkin &
Keane, owners of the Star and Vaudette Theaters, in Evans-
ton, have leased the building and theater for a term of years.
* * *
Perry E. Conner, of the cine department of the Eastman
Kodak Company, paid us a pleasant call last week.
* * *
"One W^onderful Night," Essanay's big four-reel feature,
was given its opening presentation at the Parkway Theater,
Saturday, July 25. Mr. Nielsen informed me that it broke
all records for the warm season.
* * *
Harold Martin, the operator in the Princess Theater,
Galesburg, 111., was overcome and was unconscious for
thirty minutes as the result of breathing the combined gases
in the fireproof booth during a recent fire. The audience
had no knowledge of the fire whatsoever, as all the openings
of the perfect booth closed automatically just as soon as
the fire started. It was a close shave for Operator Martin,
however.
* * *
The I. C. U. Film Company, this city, at a directors' meet-
ing, held Monday, July 27, decided to investigate the pos-
sibilities of pictures of English industrial plants, and with
that object in mind decided to send their secretary, William
Stuart, to England at once. Mr. Stuart will sail on the
Lusitania Tuesday, August 4.
"NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER" CLOSES GLOBE RUN.
Owing to the necessity of Charles Dillingham needing the
Globe Theater for rehearsals for his new productions, the
engagement of Annette Kellermann in "Neptune's Daughter"
terminated on Sunday evening, July 26, after a run of over
two hundred performances, which, by the way, sets a high-
water mark for this season in motion picture productions.
WORLD FILM RELEASING CHILD DRAMA.
"Tess of the Mountain Country," a very realistic and beau-
tifully acted drama with an all-star juvenile cast, will be
released shortly by the World Film Corporation. Small ac-
tors, mere babies, have the power to hold the attention of the
audience and present a play which is not only pleasing but
gratifying.
Horsley Adds to His Forces
Signs Up Harry Palmer, Newspaper Humorist, and Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Fahrney.
HARRY P.A.LMER, author of "Babbling Bess," one of
the most popular and ingeniously humorous serial
comics which have appeared in the daily newspapers,
has been placed under contract by David Horsley, and will
commence work for the Centaur Film Company on Au-
gust 1. Mr. Palmer will make his headquarters at the
Bayonne studio, where he will not only create the famous
"I Didn't Do Nothin', But I Won't Do It Again" series,
but will arrange them in scenario form and personally
assist the stage directors in working them out before the
camera.
.Arrangements have already been made through the New
York daily in which the drawings originally appeared to re-
sume their publication in its columns and to have them
appear simultaneously in fifty-one of the leading news-
papers throughout the United States and Canada. This
is the first step in Mr. Horsley's plan, recently announced,
to produce seven one-reel comedies a week, and the only
case on record of a prominent newspaper humorist con-
ducting his entire campaign from a motion picture studio.
Milton Fahrney and his wife, Alexandra Phillips, have
also been signed up by Mr. Horsley, and are now actively
engaged in producing one-reelers for the Centaur Company.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Fahrney are old-time Horsleyites, having
been on the stafiE of the Bayonne producer for the last six
years, doing their principal work on the Pacific Coast, where
each earned a brilliant reputation. Mrs. Fahrney has won
high honors as a scenario writer.
Mrs. Julia Hurley, remembered for many artistic per-
formances in many productions, has so far recovered from
her recent severe attack of grip that she has resumed her
work in the six-reel production of "II Travatore," which
Charles Simone is now rushing to completion in the Centaur
studio. Mrs. Hurley is portraying the witch, one of the
most exacting parts in the piece, and it is said by those
who have watched the progress of the production that she
is giving the finest performance of her long professional
career.
W. E. REEVES, BIG NICKEL, PORTLAND, ME.
IN the busiest part of the greatest thoroughfare of Port-
land, Me., is located one of the biggest straight motion
picture houses in New England. It is known as the Big
Nickel theater, the idea of a "Big Nickel" being intended to
convey the meaning that it is a ten-cent house, as well as
that it is a big house.
Some appreciation of its
bigness may be gained
from the fact that it has
1,5(50 seats, all on one
floor; and there is a
large amount of floor
space utilized for lobby
and aisles; a finely fur-
nished office, and a con-
venient and commodious
entrance hall. The front
of the main entrance is
handsomely done in
white, and is brilliantly
lighted at night. The
house makes a specialty
of the Famous Players
Film Company master-
productions and has ex-
elusive Mutual Film
service.
The genial and very
capable manager of the
B i g Nickel is William
E. Reeves. Mr. Reeves
was born in Portland
and has always made his
home there. He is well known in the theatrical world, hav-
ing been manager of the Big Nickel for the past three years.
For five years he has been connected with the Greene and
Abrams amusment enterprises, and previous to that he was
connected with the old Portland theater, the New Porltnad,
?nd B. F. Keith's theaters in that city. He has met with
signal success in every position in which he has been placed,
and is held in high esteem by the thousands of patrons of
the Big Nickel as well as by his associates in theatrical
circles.
William E. Reeves.
822
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Foreign Trade Notes
BRITISH NOTES.
THE Selig Company's motion picture serial revolving
around the "Adventures of Kathleen" is now being is-
sued. It is no exaggeration to say that it is being ad-
vertised on a scale more extensive than any other American
production exhibited within these shores this year. News-
papers and posters are the media selected, and from the
statement that running advertisements have been ordered in
sixty leading provincial papers, apart from London, some
adequate idea can be formed of the thoroughness with which
E. H. Montagu is conducting the campaign.
* * *
A London film-renting house appears to have been col-
lecting information and statistics in relation to the quantity
of American films in this country, and reference is made in
a circular to exhibitors of their prominence in British mov-
ing-picture programs. Last year 40 per cent, more films
from the L'nited States were imported to these shores than
in the previous year, making the American contribution to
our total film imports 60 per cent. On the other hand, films
imported from Germany to Britain have decreased by 10
per cent., while the French and Italian imports remain un-
altered.
* » *
The Irish-American producer, Walter Macnamara, has
been actively at work at Kew producing a historical film
from the chief incidents in Irish political life since 1782.
From the time and money expended upon the production
already the film, 7,000 feet in length, promises to be unusually
good. Mr. Macnamara has sailed for America.
* * «
"Kismet." the Oriental mystery play which proved such a
theatrical success two years ago, is the next stage master-
piece to be translated for the screen. A company has been
registered in London to undertake this and will begin work
shortly in the northern suburbs.
* * *
Messrs. Jurys have acquired the British rights of Bos-
worth Company's adaptation of Jack London's novel "The
Sea Wolf." J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
From Another Correspondent.
Museums in England will have their cinematograph rooms
according to Curator of Public Museums Howarth at the
Museums Association Conference. Classes from neighbor-
ing schools would attend the museum film sessions, accord-
ing to the conference delegates, and obtain education under
an authoritative guide. The danger to film pictures by the
militant suflfragettes is a problem now confronting the con-
ference.
« * *
To eject a patron from a moving picture house before the
program is finished is a breach of contract on the part of
the management, according to Lord Justice Buckley, who
has just dismissed an appeal against a jud,gment of £150
damages brought by the Picture Theaters, Ltd. A theater
patron got the damages on assault charges. Lord Justice
Phillimore's sympathies were with the picture people, but
he said they broke their ticket contract when they ejected
their patron. Lord Justice Kennedy concurred in the ver-
dict, which is of much moment to film exhibitors here.
SOUTH AFRICA.
THE South African moving picture theaters, with very
few exceptions, are now all controlled by the "African
Films Trust, Ltd.." which causes a certain sameness
about the performances all over the country. As the general
manager of the trust said, laughingly, "What is shown here
this week was in Cape Town last week and will be in Durban
next week."
I went to the opulent looking offices of the trust the other
day, and wondered how all this wealth of departments and
employees could be the outcome of the receipts of shows
which are resorted to principally by the lower middle class.
And even so, the entrance prices of 2s., Is. 6d., and Is. are
prohibitive to many. There is one bright little exception,
the Tivoli, where, for 6d., one can see a good, varied and
by no means vulgar program. This week I saw the beau-
tiful Domino drama "True Irish Hearts," one of a long string
of interesting features.
At the Carlton, "Orders Under Seal" was screened. In
spite of the terrific booming of this Danish picture for the
last three months in all the local papers, it is a good play,
worthy to take its place with the best productions. The
acting is refined, the photography splendid; otherwise there
would be a danger of melodrama.
Space does not permit to write at length about the colossal
venture of Mr. Schlesinger, the strongly silent director of
the A. F. T. to put the whole of South Africa upon the
screen, acted, filmed and produced here, by negroes and
Africanders. The first part,' "The Great Trek," is nearly
completed. A. M. H. B.
Johannesburg, June 23.
MAURICE WEST, FAMILY THEATER, MONTREAL.
IN Maurice West one finds a young yet well-versed man
in the departments of the moving picture and the theat-
rical business. Mr. West, who has been in Montreal
seven years, is now managing the Family Theater, one of
the Mark-Brock Amusement Company's houses, and is one
of the most genial and
successful exhibitors i n
the Canadian metropolis.
He is a native of
Worcester, Mass. M r .
West at one time man-
aged the American tour
o f Constance Crawley
and Arthur Maude, the
well-known and gifted
E n g 1 i s h artists, who
only recently appeared
before the camera. In
looking over the field he
found that Montrealers
were exceedingly fond
of vaudeville, but noted
that only one house was
endeavoring to supply
the demand for this form
o f entertainment. H e
consequently opened a
vaudeville booking agen-
cy— the first of its kind
in the Canadian city. His
motto, "Nothing too big
or too small for me to
handle," together w- i t h
h i s genial disposition,
brought him almost immediate popularity and success. Three
years ago the People's Amusement Company were entering
the Montreal field, and were looking for experienced men
capable of managing vaudeville and moving picture thea-
ters Mr. West's successful career brought him to their
notice. The People's Amusement Company's houses have
since been taken over by the Mark-Brock Amusement Com-
pany of Buffalo, and Mr. West has been devoting energy
and experience to the furthering of his principals' interest
in Montreal. During the last three years Mr. West has
managed the Alexandra, the Scala. and the Family theaters.
Of the three, two are still owned by the Mark-Brock peo-
ple— the Scala and the Family.
WORLD AN EXHIBITOR'S BUSINESS FACTOR.
Editor Moving Picture World:
Inclosed find money order for $3. to cover renewal of my
subscription. The World and my films are what keep my
business going. H. THOMAS.
Airdome Theater, Orange, Texas.
Maurice West.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
823
Music for the Picture
Conducted by CLARENCE E. SINN
Russell Sanborn, a Noted Boston Organist.
E RUSSELL SAN'BORX, a prominent organist of
Boston, is another convert to the moving picture. Last
• fall he was urged to play for a heavy photodrama, for
which was wanted high-class organ music, but at that time he
had never done anything of this sort and was afraid it might
hurt his musical reputation. After mucli urging he accepted,
making it a condition that he should have full sway regarding
the selection and adaption of the music, and determined he
would build up the character of moving picture music rather
than let it injure his reputation musically. This was a very
good resolution, as he found it a subject worthy of the serious
attention of a good musician and not in the least injurious
to a well-established reputation. His music for that photo-
drama pro_i:ed a drawing card, for the people, after going to
see the picture, went again to hear Mr. Sanborn's music.
.■\fter plajing this, he continued in the work, and his playing
has been spoken of as the leading "music for pictures" in
Boston.
Mr. Sanborn is a noted concert organist, and has in his
studio the largest and most modern pipe organ for teaching
purposes of any studio in this country — probably in the w'orld.
He has partially promised us an article on organ music for
the pictures, w^hich I am sure will be welcomed by the organ-
ists now playing in picture theaters. Mr. Sanborn has given
organ recitals from coast to coast, and is well and favorably
known by admirers of tliat instrument.
Of Interest to Organists.
C. R. Hartzell, organist at the Trianon Theater, Birming-
ham. Ala., sends us the following, which we would be pleased
to have commented upon in a constructively critical way:
ORG.\X MUSIC FOR THE TWO V.'VXREVELS.
Open With Cavatina (by Raff).
Improvise upon some Southern air until Carewe receives letter from
Vanrevel, then :
Gavotte from "Mignon" (ThomasJ. play through twice: then
"From the Land of the Sliy Blue Water."
Cadman, organ arrangement by Eddy.
Part I.. No. 1.5. — Serenade (Schubert). Part I., N'o. 19.
The Minnett (Schubert). Part I.. .No. 20.
Vse harp effect on organ with theme. ("Old Folks at Home.")
Part I. — No. 22. Nocturne (Chopin. Organ arrangement, Lemare).
Part 2. — No. 2. "Fanfare." Dubois
Part 2. — No. 4. "Old Folks at Home"
Variations and Finale (by D. Buck). Part 2.. No. 9.
Love Song (Nevin). Organ arrangement by Dr. Smith.
(No. 2.)
Part 2. — No. 10. "Narcissus" (Nevin).
Part 2.— No. 11. "Woodland Sketches."
McDowell. No. 6.
Part 2. — No. 12. "Love's Old Sweet Song," until end.
A Bunch of Good Things.
A;iother recent acquisition to the department, George P.
Montgomery, Musical Director Rawlins Theater, Albany, Ga.,
contributes: "Noticed by music cues for 'Judith' in July 11
Moving Picture World, you said: Send in another.' Here
it is":
CAPTAIN ALVAREZ (Part 2).
1. "Bunch of Roses" (Spanish March — Stern) until scene where
Wainwright returns from ride and speaks to Bonita.
2. "Shooting Star" (Ser. — Fischer) until appearance of Tirzo in
gondola.
3. "Mexican Kisses — Habanera" (Fischer) until title "I Suppose You
Know .Mrs. Wainwright."
El Castello Waltz (.Ascher) until title "You Will Need a New Name."
5. "Clavelitos" — Spanish march (Schirmer) until Bonita sees visions
of fighting.
6. Hurry (Fischer Series XI. No. 14) until end of reel.
PART 4.
7 "Carmencita Overture" (Fischer), start at polacca movement,
play until title "I Had to Come Back."
8. "Dark Eyes" (Remick) until title "The Battle.'
9. Hurry (Fischer Series IX. No. 3) until title 'Convoy On Way
wiih Million in Currency."
10. Hurry (Fischer Series IX. No. 11) until title "After the Capture
of Convoy."
11. ■ .Morenia — South American Dan.?e" (Wltmark) until end of reel.
PART G.
12. Hurry (Wltmark Series, No. 12) until title "With the First Light
of the Morning."
13. Hurry (Hawkes Series, No. 11) until title "A Forest Fire Com-
plete."
14. Hurry (Haw-kes Series, No. 12) until title "Don Arams Re-
turning."
I.'). "On the Meas Grand" (Feist) until title "You Have Ten Minutes.'"
Ifi. "Merango — Cuban Dance" (Stern) until title "Vive Lk> Republic."
17. "Carmencita" (Feist) until end of reel.
Mr. Mont,gomery is playing with orchestra, leading with'
piano, and says he "humors" the inusic to the action; also
plays piano and forte according to action. He adds: "I also
notice some one wants 'geographical music' Here are a few
titles with publishers' names:
Ohio — "Ohio" (Remick).
Virginia — "When It's Springtime in Virginia" (Wltmark).
Illinois — "In Dear Old Illinois" (Haviland).
Tennessee — "If I Get Back to Nashville. Tennessee" (Haviland).
Mississippi — "Mississippi Mamie" (Mills), "Mfsslsslppi Dippy Dip"
(Stern). "Neath the Mississippi Moon" (Meyer).
Colorado — "She's Sleeping by the Silvery Rio Grande."
Georgia — "In Dear Old Georgia," ".My Little Georgia Rose."
Alabama — "Alabama — Way Down Yonder."
California — "On San Francisco Bay" (Wltmark). "Frisco Rag" (Von
Tilzer). 'only Pal I Ever Had, Came from Frisco Town" (Remick).
New York — "Down Where the Silvery Mohawk Flows" (Stern), "Put
Me Oft at Buffalo," "Sidewalks of New York,'" "My Best Girl's a New
Yorker."
Maryland — "Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay" (Remick). "On the 4-11-44
tor Baltimore" (Wltmark), "Back. Back. Back to Baltimore" (Remick).
Kentucky — ""Kentucky Love" (Harms). "My Bill from Louisville"
(Snyder), "'I Am Looking for My Old Kentucky Home."'
Florida — "Florida Flo."
Louisiana — "Louisiana Lou."
Te.xas — 'My Heart's Tonight in Texas.""
Arizona — "My Mona from .\rizona.'"
New Hampshire — "My Old New Hampshire Home.""
I
Gee! It must have taken a lot of trouble to dig all of those
up. The correspondent who asked for them should be well
pleased. It just goes to show that the world is full of helping
hands, and if a fellow really wants anything (within reason)
somebody, somewhere, is usually ready to help him out.
Many thanks. Cousin George. Come again.
ALBERT ROCCARDI'S NOVEL MEDICINE.
Albert Roccardi, of the Vitagraph Players, who recently
underwent a severe surgical operation, indirectly inaugurated
a new use for motion pictures. While in the hospital and
unable to move, he thought of his picture, "Uncle Bill," now
being shown at the Vitagraph Theater, in which he cavorts
around like a two-year-old. Realizing his helplessness, he
became remorseful and was firmly convinced that he would
never be able to move again. His condition seriously re-
tarded his recovery. His surgeon learned the reason, called
up the Vitagraph studio and arranged for a private showing
of "Uncle Bill," which Roccardi had never seen, to be given
in his hospital room. The showing of the' picture acted like
magic. The sick man was soon laughing at his antics on the
screen and his ambition was rekindled. In less than a week
he walked out of the hospital, and both surgeon and patient
ascribe the rapid recovery to the influence of a picture.
LONG MAY SHE LIVE.
Editor World:
Please find inclosed check for 53 in payment for another
year of your indispensable journal. Like a ship without a
rudder or compass; like the play of "Hamlet" without
Hamlet; like home without a mother, so would the silent
drama be without the Moving Picture World. Long may
THOMAS M. THATCHER,
Manager Gem Theater.
Somerset, July 21, 1914.
824
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Camera in Construction History
Through Medium of Pictures Animated Record of Expo-
sition's Building Is Unfolded to Whole World.
By Alfred G. Andersen.
^T~^ ^^ Panama-Pacific International Exposition is the first
I undertaking of its kind to be conveyed as an animate
reality in every stage of its evolution from ground-
breaking to opening day to the very doors of the inhabitants
of the most distant corners of the world. The film is the
medium through which this epoch-making task is being car-
ried out. Thanks to the perfection of the moving picture
process, the people of China, South Africa, Australia, India,
Europe and the American continent have followed the
gi'owth of the great Exposition City at San Francisco from a
desolate stretch of waste land to the magnificent fairy city
it is today as closely as have the citizens of San Francisco
themselves, and every ceremony that has occurred on the
grounds has in this manner been attended by the inhabitants
of every town and village of the world where a moving pic-
ture house exists. Even the most ignorant peasant in the
backwoods of Russia and the coolie of the Indian jungle,
people who cannot write their own names, have in this
fashion been treated to a course of instruction in building
construction from the laying of the cornerstone to the last
touch of the painter's brush. It is the greatest single enter-
prise that has ever been undertaken in the moving picture
industry. The firm of Miles Brothers of San Francisco, the
Exposition's official motion picture photographers, alone has
taken 100.000 feet of film of the Exposition, to which must be
added numerous reels taken privately b^' other moving pic-
ture concerns, and by railroad companies. The number of
"scenes" or "situations" recorded approaches half a million.
The camera advertising of all previous expositions has been
confined to a few isolated and lifeless lantern slides.
The first film taken of the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition records the breaking of ground by President Taft
on October 14, 1911, a ceremony that was attended by 100,000
people on the spot where it actually occurred and later wit-
nessed by countless m^lions in moving picture houses
throughout the world, as has been the case with every cere-
mony held on the grounds since, .\bout six weeks later the
writer attended a moving picture show in far-away Manila.
The program included an edition of Pathe's Weekly, record-
ing a week's principal events in the bi'" world. One of these
was the Exposition ground-breaking ceremony at San Fran-
cisco, which was thus witnessed in all its lifelike details by
a heterogeneous audience composed of several hundred
.\mericans, three or four times as many Filipinos, and a lib-
eral sprinkling of Europeans and Chinese in a tropical land
many thousands of miles away from the actual scene. To
make the spectacle all the more realistic, the big Manila
audience gave vent to a round of enthusiastic applause as the
President of the United States dug the spade into the ground
and turned the first lump of earth on the Exposition site, just
as the spectators at San Francisco did. .\bout the same time
the same animated scene was witnessed by audiences in
thousand of other motion picture houses throughout the
world.
Incidentally, a certain pathos attaches to this particular
film, for it was the last picture taken of the late Mayor Archi-
bald Butt, who was then military aid to President Taft. A
few months later this gallant officer heroically sacrificed his
life in order to save women and children in the awful Titanic
disaster. The same picture showed also the late Madame
Nordica, the American queen of opera, and the late Charles
de Young, son of the publisher of the San Francisco Chron-
icle, who was in charge of the ground-breaking ceremonies.
The next film was taken on March 14. 1912, and showed
the starting of actual work on the Exposition, together with
the first ceremonies of a building site dedication on the
grounds on the same reel. The same day a film was taken
of the dumping of heavy rocks into San Francisco Bay to
complete the breakwater inclosing that portion of the Expo-
sition grounds which had to be reclaimed. .\ month later,
on .April 13, the moving picture camera was set in motion
again to record the starting by Charles C. Moore. President
of the Exposition, of the dredger John McMullen, which
pumped 300.000 cubic yards of silt from the bay into what is
now a good portion of the area occupied by the main exhibit
palaces.
Thus three important steps in the fundamental construc-
tion of the Exposition City were given to the world in motion
pictures: The ground-breaking by President Taft, the com-
pletion of the break-water guarding the reclaimed area, and
the starting of the dredger which pumped the silt into the re-
claimed portion of the grounds. The people of all lands
saw how the Exposition builders went about their task of
creating the ground for the great celebration. It was a
revelation to engineers and an education to laymen.
As time advanced and the task of reclaiming and leveling
the ground was superseded by the work ot buildmg con-
struction, the motion picture cameraman became more active.
Instead of appearing on the scene once a month or less, he
first came several times a week and finally every day. Every
ceremony held under the auspices of the Exposition, every
site dedication and every ground-breaking celebration has
been faithfully recorded in detail by the untiring cameraman
and shown_with minute precision to interested multitudes
of moving picture audiences the world over.
On September 5, 1913, the French Commission, headed by
M. Albert Tirman, dedicated the site of France's Exposition
Building. It was ^ magnificent celebration, attended by high
government officials, officers of the army and navy. Ex-
position officials and thousands of spectators. Half a
dozen moving picture cameras recorded the impressive cere-
monies, and two weeks later the people of Paris witnessed
how the French Commissioners had iDeen feted on the Ex-
position grounds at San Francisco. A few weeks later the
same event was witnessed by French moving picture audi-
ences in New Caledonia, French Indo-China, Morocco and
French Guiana.
In like manner the people of other countries have been
shown where their pavilions are located on the Exposition
grounds and how the sites have been dedicated with pompous
ceremionies by their respective commissioners. The same ap-
plies of course to the different states and territories of the
United States.
A novel film taken by Miles Brothers shows the complete
construction of the great Palace of Machinery in half an
hour. The actual time consumed in its construction was ten
Breaking Ground for Hawaiian Pavilion, San Francisco.
months. .\ moving picture camera, protected from rain and
sun by a hood, was placed on top of the Service Building
on the E.xposition grounds and pointed toward the huge ma-
chinery structure the day the work of construction was
begun. Every five minutes the camera snapped a picture
automatically. It recorded ninety-five pictures a day for ten
months, at the expiration of which the palace was com-
pleted. On the screen the spectator sees the fmmense edifice
rising slowly from the ground until it appears in its com-
pleted state at the end of thirty minutes. Aside from its
general novelty and interest, this film has a tremendous
educational value for structural engineers and builders.
Another Exposition film of absorbing interest is that re-
cording from four different angles the blowing up of Ganiboa
dyke and the attendant ceremonies on October 10. 1913.
When President Wilson pressed the button in the White
House at Washington, there was a host of moving picture
men present in San Francisco at a simultaneous celebration
to record the event, and at the same time moving picture
cameras were busy at Gamboa photographing the bursting
asunder of the huge mass of earth and rock.
Such great film manufacturers as Pathe, Universal. Gau-
mont and Selig have taken numerous moving pictures of
events and scenes at the Panama-Pacific International Ex-
position for their celebrated weekly pictorial news, which
have been shown to audiences in all lands and climes. The
result of the extensive use of motion pictures to record the
history of the great international celebration at San Francisco
in 1915 is that practically every visitor, no matter what part
of the world he may come from, arrives with a thorough pre-
conceived idea of what he may expect to see, and those who
have not the means for making the long journey may actu-
ally attend the Exposition at home; the motion picture brings
it right to their doors.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
825
Doings at Los Angeles
Hl-lKl'. is a gi">il i.-i)niiiulruiii, ccmccivctl by Cecil Uc Millo
and Fred Klcy. ui tlie Lasky studio. They incorporated
tlic titles of every picture tliey have done at the new
-tudio. Here it is: "If The Squaw Man was The Only Son
111 The X'irginiau and had The Master Mind of The Ghost
Breaker, would Brewster's Millions keep The Man on the
Box frimi hearing The Call of the North?' We added —
Xo, but Hollywood.
* * *
At the jardin dc Dansc, a tcrpiscliorcan temple of tango,
Monday niyhts are Movie nights, and last week Cleo Madi-
son of the Universal was the queen of the floor. All the
^tars of (ilnidom are to be honored at these balls.
4: N< *
. This sounds rather funny, but it is true. Albert W. Hale,
director of Kalcm comedies at Santa Monica, produced his
third Kalem story last week, and on the 13th, while doing
Scene 13, the camera buckled the film, and a retake on the
spot had to be taken. Later the film was spoiled, and a later
retake had to be made. Mr. Hale is not superstitious, but
he does not like 13s.
It is said that several prominent men here are starting
the Twcntielli Century Players Film Company, which will be
a daily news producer, sending out film, it is said, fifteen
minutes after the event happens. The company-to-be is
negotiating for state contracts and expects to start work
soon.
* * *
RoUin -S. Sturgeon and a company of Vitaplayers, includ-
ing Otto Lederer, .\nne Schaefer, George Holt, Mary Ruby,
and others, have returned from a ten days' excursion into
the heart of the desert, where they did some wonderful
.American Sahara scenes. They report a hot time and trip,
but say that the people up there treated them royally.
Harry Carr. editor of the Pink Sheet of The Times here,
wrote a good script and sold it to the Universal for Herbert
Rawlinson to star in. It is "Kid Reagan's Hands" and is a
story of the life of a pug. Rawley certainly did well in the
ring, for he is a regular athlete.
* * ^
Saturday evening the Oz Film Company ran the first four
reels of its new feature, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz." This
was the first time any of the pictures had been seen on the
screen, and all who saw the film pronounced it wonderful.
This picture abounds in wholesome comed}', and is strange
and enchanting in its quaint situations and marvelous trans-
formations. The trick effects are most surprising. The film
will be released about the first.
* * *
The Balboa company spends in Long Beach each month
about $5,000. This proves that it is rather comforting to
have a well-organized and permanent company operating in
one's city. The people there appreciate that fact, too.
Nothing is too good for the players, and any scenes desired
are always at the disposal of the directors.
* * *
The Mutual Players are putting on a comical film, "A Phy-
sical Culture Romance," which shows a beautiful girl, an
athlete, winning the man of her choice from a rival. Her
physical development aids her greatly in the suit. Margaret
Edwards and Fay Tincher are the girls and Tod Browning
is the boy.
* * *
In "The Ghost Breaker," being put over at the Lasky
studio, a barrel of rats are used in one scene. Some white
rats were bought and doused with lamp black. This was
their make-up. ."Ml day they waited for their scene, and
after being used w'ere returned to their dressing rooms.
* * *
Many famous stage people are to be found at the new plant
of the Oz Company, among them being Violet Macmillan,
Marie Wayne and Ben Dealy. Fred Woodward is also here
doing animal impersonations. He is the "woozy," a wonder-
ful mythical animal that flashes fire from its eyes and sets
fences afire.
Irene Hunt and Bob Burns are being featured by F. A.
Kelsey in a great newspaper story being produced at the
Mutual. A good setting was the interior of a big daily here.
The story is a good one.
* * *
Jack Adolfi, directing "The Inner Conscience" at the Mu-
tual, recently was an impromptu life guard, together with
Frank Bennett and Sam IJe Grasse. Olive huller (icildeu,
playing the lead, was supposed to be rescued from the water.
.Ml was ready for the scene to be rehearsed, and the di-
rector had not instructed the lady in details, but the re-
hearsal started. The director became satisfied and told her
to stop. She heeded not his words, and soon the three
men jumped in thinking she was really d^rowning, but found
that she was only doing her best to make it a good scene.
Miss Golden is a powerful swimmer, but before the scene
was being made she had nut advised -Adolh of her aquatic
ability. CLARKE IRVIXL.
HENRY S. NORTHRUP.
HK.VRV STOBO XORTMRUP. of the Vitagraph players,
was born in Paris, France, July 31, 1877. His father,
Nelson A. Northrup. was born in Flmira, N. Y., and is
a descendant of a Northrup who arrived in Boston in 16o4.
Helen Wallace Stobo was the maiden name . of Henry
Northrup's mother. She came from Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr. Northrup, or Harry, as he is known to his friends, at-
tended the public
schools in San Francis-
co, finishing his educa-
tion at the University of
California. .^ftcr leav-
i n g college, he joined
the Frawley Stock Com-
pany of San Francisco,
this not only being his
first moneymaking posi-
tion, but also his first
theatrical engagement.
The stock company ex-
perience was the step-
p i n g stone to greater
achievements for Mr.
Northrup, as his love
for the work and h i s
natural ability soon won
for him an enviable rep-
utation as an actor. He
attracted the attention
o f influential Eastern
managers, and it was
not long before he was
offered a Broadway en-
gagement which result-
ed in his staying in New
York, on Broadwa}',- for
eighteen years, appear-
i n g in the support o f
such eminent stars as E. H. Sothern, Henry Miller, Mary
Mannering, William Faversham. Bessie Tyree, Virginia
Harned and Wilton Lackaye. playing important leading
parts in "The Round-Up" and "The Heir to the Hoorah,"
and starring in Clyde Fitch's last comedy, "Girls." One of
his most important New York engagements enabled him
to appear at Daly's Theater for twenty-six consecutive
weeks.
Mr. Northrup's advent as a motion picture artist was at
the request of one of the Vitagraph heads. He did not
care for the silent drama at first, but the fascination of
posing before the camera became stronger as- he became
accustomed to the work and he is now a staunch adherent
of the picturized story. The most important pictures in
which Mr. Northrup has appeared include "The Test,"
"Vanity Fair," "The Christian," "The Painted World."
"Four Thirteen," "The Right of Way" and "Under the
Daisies." His Lord Robert Ure. the "heavy" in "The
Christian," was a marvellous characterization.
Henry Stobo Northrup.
EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE STRAND.
The Strand Theater has now a fully equipped emergency
room where patrons or employees of the theater can receive
medical attention in case of accident or sudden illness. The
Strand has every conceivable innovation for the comfort and
safety of its patrons, and in spite of the fact that the man-
agement realizes that the emergency room might never be
actually used, no expense has been spared in fitting up the
room in which reclining chairs and cots have been placed.
A large assortment of surgical dressings, antiseptic solutions,
medicines a'.d drugs and general anaesthesia are placed in a
large cabinet made for the purpose. Dr. J. Victor Wilson
has been placed in charge of this department, and the em-
ployees are given instructions in first aid to the injured,
under his direction twice weekly.
826
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE moving picture people of this city are awaiting
with great interest the outcome of the latest censor-
ship fight in Philadelphia. It presents phases which
sre. in many respects, noveT and which diflfer from those
that developed in similar contests in other parts of the
country, although the the main question at issue is the
same — the constitutionality of official censorship. The film
brought to the front in the issue is "John Barleycorn,"
which is heralded as a powerful temperance sermon based
upon personal experiences of the author. The chairman of
the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors is determined
that the action in the film shall be toned down and the
representatives of the producers are equally resolute that
the picture be produced in its entirety. To this end the
latter will endeavor to restrain the censors from interfering
with the production of the film by carrying the question into
the courts and attacking the constitutionality of the law
which created the Board of Censorship.
* * *
One of the novel phases of the case is that the producers
are fighting the Board of Censorship armed with written in-
dorsements of the subject from ministers, church, temper-
ance and Young Men's Christian .Association workers. In
other words, we find the people who have persistently
fought for censorship arrayed with the producers against the
board of their own creation. The controversy has become
a bitter one, so much so that the chairman of the Censor-
ship Board objecting to the picture is charged with taking
the view of the brewgry interests by toning down the power-
ful temperance sermon involved in the production.
* * *
It is but fair to say that the accused official declares that
lie is a total abstainer and that he is not connected with
the liquor interests. .And, in the minds of many who
have been discussing the case here, it is immaterial whether
or not he has such connections.
* * *
The stand the official has taken for the first time brings to
the front a test of how much the censorship agitators are
willing to give and take in the fight they are making. Thus
far they have shown absolutely no disposition to concede
anything. In the present case there is opportunity to force
them to show their hand and see if they can be induced
or forced to be at all liberal in the consideration of all
concerned. It is not at all improbable that, should the con-
troversy partake of this character, it may be shown that
official censorship is not alone inimical to the moving picture
interests, but that it also infringes upon the rights of other
industries and citizens. It may forecast a situation wherein
other than professional reformers may make demands upon
the Boards of Censors.
* * «
A man of this city prominently identified with the liquor
interests had considerable to say on the matter. "I realize
that whatever I might say on the subject," said he, "would
carry little weight in conveying to the reformers my ideas
as to what is just and equitable, because they naturally
would charge that prejudice actuated any argument I might
make. But let me tell you that this Philadelphia case em-
bodies some very important points. Being connected with
the liquor business and knowing the campaigns that have
been conducted against us for years by the same people who
have been boosting the censorship question I have watched
developments closely. The chief crv the reformers have
made to get censorship has been against immorality in the
moving pictures. This is their cry today, although they
have been unable to show that 10 per cent, of the pictures
exhibited have not been censored, or that half that per-
centage, or even a quarter, are immoral pictures. To them,
I have observed, this is of no importance. They want
official censorship regardless of all claims made in favor
of the pictures.
* * *
"The fight made by the Philadelphia official," continued
the liquor dealer, "is one that will invoke the attention of
the liquor interests throughout the country. The liquor
industry and traffic is legalized by the government, and
those engaged in it are entitled to the same protection as
all other citizens so long as they observe the laws. My
position is that if this film story of 'John Barleycorn' con-
tains exaggerated or ridiculous situations that tend to un-
justly work against the liquor interests, those interests have
a right to demand that such parts be eliminated, regardless
of the indorsements given by the reformers and church and
temperance workers. If we are to have boards of cen-
sorship for the films they must act in the interests of the
people at large and not limit their operations to the benefit
of a particular sect or class. Commercial interests and
private rights in all quarters must be protected by the
boards, and if the laws under which they are created do
not permit this the whole structure is unconstitutional. I
can realize how eager the reform element is to have such
topics placed before the public in the most forcible light
that can be given them; I know, and they know, that the
moving picture as a factor in the temperance field has •
practically outclassed the platform work by recognized prac-
tical results. Records will show that thousands of saloon-
keepers have been put out of business by them. But if
^uch pictures go beyond the bounds of reason, casting undue
reflections upon us people and creating false notions re-
garding us and our business the boards of censorship must
set matters right."
* * *
-Another who took part in the discussion said he thought
the greatest mistake of the whole situation has been the
refusal of the reform element to concede that there has
been any virtue in the views of others than themselves.
This blindness has served only to create political berths at
the expense of innocent people. "These people," said he,
"are inconsistent. Their surveillance of regular moving pic-
lures is of the most rigid character to detect the slightest
suggestion of offense, while subjects conveying their own
ideas of propriety are indorsed, regardless of the force
given them, or others who may be offended."
* * *
.\ moving picture man said the latest Philadelphia case
is another confirmation of what the people in the picture
business have predicted from the time official censorship
was first agitated. It is a strife-breeding measure, with no
more practical purpose attached to it than the creation of
political offices. "The one unique point brought out by
the case." said the exhibitor, "is the refusal of the censor to
pass the picture without eliminations, although it is strongly
indorsed by churches and religious societies. It is almost
a daring independent stand to take, but it is a good one.
1 think, for it brings to notice for the first time that boards
of censorships should not be maintained solely as instru-
ments in the hands of those who caused their creation.
* * *
"I am not interested in the liquor interests' arguments, for
the reason that I have never become convinced that moving
pictures impress themselves upon the minds of those that
see them, as many people contend they do. Take the old
play of 'Ten Nights in a Bar-room.' There was a hummer
that conveyed as strong a temperance lesson as can be
given, but I do not think any saloonkeeper or liquor dealer
was put out of business by it. I do not believe the stories
that people have been led to commit crimes by reason of
impressions received from motion pictures: nor do I believe
that such impressions put saloonkeepers out of business.
* * *
"I know that picture houses have forced the closing of sa-
loons, in many parts of the country where the working people
predominate: but that was because many of such people
found in the picture places a source of recreation which
they preferred to bar-rooms. In the majority of the smaller
towns of the countrv the men coming home from work at
factories, mines, mills, etc., had only the saloons and pool
;ind billiard rooms to turn to in the evenings until the
development of the moving picture business brought the
small theaters to their doors and a boon to themselves
and families. In my own house I run all the best pic-
lures I can get. and among them I class temperance themes,
provided the story is w^ell put together and the subject is
■n keeping with my regular run. It never occurs to me
that when I run temperance-teaching pictures that I am
i.ntagonizing my saloon-keeping neighbor, nor when I put
on a picture showing the rascality and punishment of a
storekeeper do I feel that I have cast a reflection upon
my friend Hans, the grocer near me. Nevertheless. I believe
that the people who are so exacting in the elimination from
pictures of those things which touch their sensibilities
should show enough of the good side of human nature to
enable them to insist that the sensibilities of others be not
unnecessarily offended."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
827
Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
House Program?
SWINGING into lino, the Topnotch Indiciitor. the house organ of
the M. P. Sales Agency, London, prints this argument In favor of
the right sort of house program :
When we see a picture paiace program bounded on north,
oast, south and west by the advertisements o£ local trades-
people, we always feel that the manager of that theater is
bartering away one of his most valuable assets. It stands
to reason that if spaces on a program are worth good money
to the butcher, the baker and the local laundry, those spaces
must also be of no small value to the exhibitor himself.
Indeed, for a few shillint-s the exhibitor is disposing of
advertising space worth as many pounds to his theater. Were
he to utilize a good portion of the program in advertising
forthcoming feature and exclusive films, he would gain far
more in business than he would lose in advertisement revenue.
Let part of your program by all means, but take care to
reserve some of the best positions for your own advertising
announcements. It will pay you,
We are in favor of some foreign advertising, enough, in fact, to
pay the cost of publication, if the charge to the outsider Is sufficient
to pay publication costs without almost entirely crowding out the
matter for the house, but we have always argued that if the space
is worth money to the grocer or the butcher, it should be worth
money to the house manager — perhaps more money than is received from
the outside sources.
The great trouble is that a manager starts a program and takes
a few outside advertisements. He is not a good solicitor and so
he gets the advertisements not because he has something valuable to
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"Famoos Playera of Fiance,"
Pnseot
"THE AaVEHTURESS"
Three Parts.
A Btory foil of romancs
showiDg the jreAdfa] outcome
of the. affiliatida with a treach-
erous and scbemin^; adveDtur-
C33. Tb« «TerIastiag love of a
beautiful cbaincter for her
father, even though he has
spurned and casft l«r off for
thia lowly woman and the
ftWnL-tmTTjg,
, "FACE TO FACE"
Seventh story of "The Man
Who DUappeared."
"A NIGHT WITH A MnXIOK"
A strange adTenture of a
cl«rh who 13 nuBtalcen for a
broker and entrusted with a
millian doIIarB in bonda. With
Franda X Baahman.
SALE ON
Men's
Straw
Hat,
Panamas,
Barry
Shoes,
and
Shirts.
FpaolH. Rioter
FINE
PLUMBING
steam aod Hot
Water Heating.
3ia FERRY STREET
LEE
SOCKS,
13-15
South Third St.,
Easton, Pa.
sell, but because lie sells sometbing of value so cbeaply. He regards
all of this money as "velvet." It is money tbat comes in in checks
and bills ; hard money, and so he sells more and more space, crowds
his own program and announcements into smaller compass and thinia
he is making money.
It may be that he Is, but It does not look that way to us, for be
looks to the program returns and not to the bo.x receipts. He sees
that his program nets him $18 a week. He thinks he Is making that
$18, where it may be that if he took that $18 worth of space him-
self it would earn him $.36. The $18 is something deflnlte and tangible.
He can see that his program earns it. He cannot see that if Smith
and Jones and Brown give him $18 for advertising, it is because
they will make more than $18 from its use. He does not stop ta
consider that $18 worth of space in his own program may be worth
more than $18 to him, and so he crowds what he thinks is his
advantage until he is printing the program on the edges of the
sheets instead of on the faces. Then people stop reading the program,
and Brown and Smith and .lones stop using the space because the
program no longer interest.'i, and the manager has nothing at all.
Crowding the Program.
In the column opposite is a page from the Third Street Theater
Program, Easton, Pa. But we want to add that the Third Street
uses a half column of reader and two full pages of well-chosen
house stuff in each issue, so we do not give them as a "horrible
example," but to show how some houses similarly sell their space
without reserving two pages for the chat that makes the publica-
tion known and read. In passing we might add that lately the Third
Street has at last followed our repeated suggestion that where this
form of make-up is used the program be boxed in with heavy rule.
It looks much better than it did a couple of issues ago. Without
the saving of two pages this program would be a waste of money so
far as the house is concerned, but those two pages help a lot.
As a broad proposition, at least one-third of the space should go
to the house. A full half would be even better. The remainder
should sell at a price that will permit the publisher to come clear of
his expense. The trouble is that too many offer space for too little.
It is all that space in some programs is worth, because It Is not a
readable sheet, offering nothing but a catalogue of films. But where
the program carries a proportion of reading matter that interests,
the circulation becomes highly specialized. It reaches all homes In
the vicinity of the advertiser's store, it is paid for on the basis of those
reached and not the general circulation that a daily paper gives,
and it is read by a large number of probable purchasers. In the cities
the house organ of the locality theater is a better medium than
the general daily paper because it reaches only those in the neigh-
borhood and reaches those reasonably well. It is not what you pay
or what you get that counts. It is what you get for what you pay.
The two factors must be considered jointly.
Looking Forward.
We believe that in the course of time the photoplay theater program
will carry the national advertising precisely as the dramatic theaters
now advertise the nationally advertised goods, but the program of the
dramatic house carries reading matter on practically every page to
coax the reader to peruse every page, and the photoplay theater must
do the same. Already there are companies offering colored cover
programs at very low prices. The next step will be the partly printed
program supplied free by the printers in return for the fact that the
national advertising is carried, the local man getting his return from
the local advertising that is added.
Already there are many men who can get out a program that Is
worth taking home and reading all the way through, and the number
is increasing as other managers come to realize the value of the
attractive house program in contrast with the cheap sheet that cannot
possibly interest.
Dramatic theaters count on the program privilege as a certain
asset and some of the larger theaters get upward of $10,000 a year
from the program publishers and do nothing but supply the copy for
the house matter. It is not yet possible to do this in many sections
since the program is not received sufficiently far in advance but this
is an evil that is being gradually eradicated. There is a brilliant
future for the house organ. It remains only for the managers to
realize the promise.
Slow but Good.
We have always contended to John Williams Kellette that Xew
Rochelle was a slow town. Now we can prove it. The Neptune theater
came out June 2d with a letter written April 2oth. That is no great
speed for the home of the Thanhouser company, but the text is good
still. It is a doorknob special and reads :
It has just come to my notice that a short time ago you were
offered an attractive price for the rental of your theater, for a
few days, by an individual who desired to exhibit on your'screen
a feature called "The Traffic of White Slaves." This tempt-
ing offer was made you during the cold weather, when your
business I imagine was not very good and I presume the amount
tendered would have helped you out financially.
In spite of this, you refused the offer on the grounds, I am
828
TilE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
tolfl. that the showing o( such a picture would be an irreparable
detriment to the morals of children and young people.
I wish, Mr. Fercken. to highly commend you tor this act of
integrity on your part, for it clearly shows that you are in the
business to exhibit only the highest class of photoplays ; and
that you are endeavoring to exclude from your theater features
of such immoral and objectionable order.
I sincerely trust that you will continue to live up to this
policy, and I will, whenever the opportunity presents itself,
speak in the highest terms of the Neptune theater and its
management. Very respeitfully yours,
Mrs. M. .Magnin,
(Local Censor)
Note — I sincerely thank you Madam. Your presumption is
correct. The tempting offer to make some easy money and
enjoy a few days' vacation was indeed hard for me to forego.
That makes good advertising for a family house, but it should have
been run sooner. At least there is one manager who looks beyond tho
days and sees that the ten dollars of the moment is not as big as tha
dollar a week for weeks and weeks.
She Gave a Party.
Olive Robertson, daughter of J. T. Robertson, of the Lyric theater.
Libertyville, 111., is a fortunate young miss, for every birthday she
gives a theater party at her father's theater and invites her teachers
and schoolmates to see a special program. This year there were about
200 guests at the special performance. Olive is the little girl in the
checked dress under the first "s" in "harness." Her father writes
that he does not contribute to this department, though he likes both
this and the projection department. 'We shall have to get the Sheriff
after him if he does not come across with some other advertising ideas,
though this is both a novel advertisement and a pretty fancy. Take
two hundred children and give them a thoroughly good time (and
the new National Theater opens in September. As a matter of
fact, however, I am rather a busy corpse, putting in fully 14
hours a day watching two shifts of about one hundred men each
gradually rounding out the great structure in form. Contracts
with a penalty large enough to make it worth while call for the
completion of the theater part by September :;0 and the offices
and stores by October 1.
I have a neat project designed to popularize the National
even before it opens. I am sending two boys and two girls
with a chaperone to the Panama Exposition at 'Frisco. The
boys and girls are selling coupon books of titkets of admission
With each book there is a certain voting power and in addi-
tion they earn 10 per cent, on what they dispose of. It is
now va;-ation time and quite a goodly number are out hu-tling
and the results are fine. The various state societies are also
taking up the projert and I shall offer a series of trips to them
also on the same plan. My children's play ground, in charge of
a professional play leader, is being talked about a great deal
I succeeded in convincing my associates that it would be a wise
idea to allow our employees to own stock. _,n.\ as a result the
more important positions will be held by competent people who
will be directly interested in the profits.
It may sound like "bull" to say it, but I absolutely could not
exist as a motion picture man without the Moving i'i. ture
■World.
An Airdome Front.
Luke J. Scott, of Warrensburg, Mo., is the only one yet to respond
to our request for airdome fronts. The display shows the movable
frames Mr. Scctt wrote about, but not all are in use. Mr. Scott has just
been bumpinj over the local feature. He induced a commercial com-
pany ti film a school pageant, but when the school would not promise
to purchase a copy, he had a hard time inducing the company to flnish
up 700 feet which was put out as a feature, and which ran for three
nights to only 1 1 0:j persons, most of whom kicked at the photographic
quality. The idea was all right, but there seems to be something the
matter with the town people. It must be discouraging to run in an
apathetic locality like that. The Alumni Association sold tickets on a
mind you Mr. Robertson also conducts a restaurant) and we think
that business and pleasure will walk hand in hand.
Costly, but Good.
Royale ^V. Rotherwood, of the General Film Company's Kansas City
branch, sends in an advertisement got up by C. F. Mensing, of the
Mensing Amusement Company, operating the Lyceum, Orpheum, Gem
and Palm theaters, Leavenworth. Kansas. It is this card :
FOUND !
A Cool, Comfortable Theatre with the
"MUTUAL MOVIES"
Come Just Once Anyway,
HERE'S THE PRICE f:^
LYCEUM THEATRE
Opens Sunday. June 2Ist
'Chuck" Tovvnsend, Manager
Where the fist points a perfectly good buffalo nickel is pasted on
the card. When a man not only urges you to come but incloses the
price, the least you can do is to go. This is an expensive advertise-
ment, but to make business it is worth what it costs. It is just the
proper size to go in a 6 3-i envelope on which is printed a large red
"Lost !"
We wish that more exchange managers would be good enough to
send on the ideas that are turned in to them.
Gee! Here's Winstock.
Melvin G. Winstock still has his castor in the ring while waiting for
lis new house in Portland, Oregon. He writes :
I don't blame you for thinking that I was dead. In fact,
quite by accident, some person did spread the rumor a few days
ago here that I had dropped dead from heart disease. It may have
started from some one who hopes that event will occur before
pcrcontagu basis wiih a house-to-houso canvass, and there was plenty
of advertising. We don't blame Mr. Scott for hoping for an open-
ing in some live town where his hustle will be better responded to.
Showy.
H. S. Ellis, of the Masonic theater, Hinton, West Virginia, calls
this an "everyday" front, and explains that he uses 22x28 photo-
graphs of the star players, in addition to a banner and posters, and
smaller pictures for those featured in the single reels. This makes
a showy and attractive lobby and the balancing of the important stars
with the smaller one reel pictures gives an orderly efTect. Mr. Ellis,
however, did not have the large pictures of Miss Cunard and Mr. Ford.
This is a good example of a lobby carrying about all the pictorial
matter that the house can stand without carrying a sheet too much.
I
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
829
THE FHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Sensation.
T T 7" E cannot blame the writer wlin ro-i'nily wrolt- : "Is it ncces-
\V ^"^>' ^° have some sensational incident in your story, if the
story can be better told without it? I am moved to make
this inquiry by seeing in so many advertisements the recapitulation
of the sensational features of the releases offered."
You cannot blame a writer for wondering if sensation Is necessary
to a sale when the advertising pages are crowded with cuts of sinking
ships, racing automobiles and falling aeroplanes, but these are not
stories that are offered, they are merely sensations with some inci-
dents, as a rule, and a majority of the patrons of photoplay want
plays and not wrecked autos.
Lacking the tense, gripping story, something can be done with the
manufactured story that is wrapped around some sensational scene,
but these can be prepared best by the studio or order writer and it
is useless to compete with the man who knows just what is wanted,
but there is always a good market with the regular companies for the
story that really is a story, that is interesting because of the narra-
tive and not on account of the extraneous features that are introduced
to bolster up a weak cause. Mechanical punch is not the true punch,
but it is made to do where the genuine article is lacking and a story
of some sort must be had.
Lately there has been a marked reversion to the one-reel script,
and the man who will keep on writing stories instead of looking
for chances to sneak a bomb under an unsuspicious tugboat will make
the most money in the next two years.
Censorship.
It's getting to the point where pretty soon an author will not be able
to write any sort of story without running afoul of some censor-
ship individual's private dislikes. The other day we suggested to
Arthur Hotaling that we would presently be writing stories about
animals and he pointed out that probably the S. P. C. A. would
step in on that. But the situation is reaching a point where it ceases
to be humorous.
Checked Slips.
Louis B. Siegel writes that one script of his came back from two
companies and the first editor marked it "Plot too slight" and the next
"Plot too complicated." Then some other people write that some
editors are real mean because they will not help the novice by tell-
ing him what the matter is.
Mr. Siegel also writes :
I notice now and then you give a warning not to read over
your columns hastily, but to study them. I never thought this
would have any meaning to me, but that it was meant for
others. But since I have been unbinding the "World," that is
taking the pins out and removing your columns and placing
them together and making a small volume, I found in reading
the back numbers that most of the "meat" was as interest-
ing as ever, and I got out information I overlooked some pre-
vious time. I now at my leisure time take out my Photoplay-
wright and read it over and over again.
If the stuff in this department is any good when it is v/ritten. it is
just as applicable a year from now. It is not what you read, but what
you read and understand that counts. Keep the back files and study
them. You may have passed over an item then that now has a direct
bearing on some recent trouble of your own.
Working Methods.
One correspondent writes that he thinks up six plots, picks out
the best two and works on these, passing from one to the other and
developing them tandem. We know of a writer for the dramatic
stage who works on all the acts of his play at the same time, pass-
ing from one act to the other as he tires of one situation, but we think
that it is a better plan to stick to one idea until it is done, and use
all the plots as soon as they get ripe. It is possible to have a dozen
or more incomplete plots stirring around in one's brain, but as a rule
it is well not go to the machine with one until it is about ready to be
put on paper. If you think of an idea and it does not seem just
right, make a note of it, then put it aside until you are ready for
it, and in time it will work right if you have had enough experience.
Have only one plot to work on paper, but have a lot of plots sprout-
ing in your brain and keep turning them over and over until you hit
on the right treatment. The story that seems impossible to-day may
be to-morrow's hit. It doesn't pay to have only one idea at a time,
nor yet only six.
Getting Plots.
William Wright Farmer says in a recent letter;
Plots come to me largely from viewing some object, for in-
stance some folks look at an old board fence, and the fence is
all they see. I can see the fence and more ; I see a giant
forest, the lonesome wood chopper, the saw mills, the means
of transportation, the planing mill, the carpenter and the fin-
ished fence, and every act in the construction of that fence
opens up either the basic idea of a plot or suggests some inter-
PKtine incident. Plots are in everything I see. The other day
I saw a man hanging a picture of his mother on the wall. It
flashed in my mind that I had a mother who was dead,
memories came thick and fast and «oon I said : "If I were
real bad and left my mother and went uway and neglected to
write her for years and suddenly I was to be confronted with
a picture of her as she was when she kissed mo good-by, dont
you think I would want to come home?" On this thought I
wove a plot probably not suitable for production, but yet It
demonstrated to mo that everything I looked at had moro
behind It than just what I saw at first glance. I have never
known the time whtn I could not find some Interesting inci-
dent behind the object.
That first instance Is all right as an Illustration, but It does not
yield a photoplay plot. It's all very well to see the giant forest, the
lonesome wood chopper and all the rest, but that does not make a
plot. It might make a good industrial story, but they are not buy-
ing industrials. The thing to do is to train the imagination to have
the board fence suggest something that will work Into a photoplay.
That same board fence — possibly because it was so low — might sug-
gest a high spite fence. That might make a good comedy or it might
work into a tragedy, but a giant forest is not a photoplay possibility
unless there are a man and a woman under the branches and a story
of life in progress. Mr. Farmer has the right Idea, each step sug-
gests an idea. The neglected mother plot, too, is a bit ancient, but
Mr. Farmer has the underlying idea of seeing something suggestive
in anything- A hundred people might write a hundred plots suggested
by a board ftnce, and there might not be a single fence of any sort
in any one of the hundred stories. If you see a board fence and
write a board fence story, you might write the same story that would
be suggested to another man, writing about a board fence, but if you
see a board fence and write a story about a man who thought of a
great advertising scheme and won the girl's father with it, it is less
likely that the other fellow will also have noticed that the board
fence carried a sign that stated that "Hickory Hops Helps the Help-
less." That is the way to use a board fence in getting ideas.
Oh, WeU.
Here is the sort of letter that comes in more often than we like to
see them. The writer says :
Your article in the issue of the "World" under date of 20th
inst. entitled "Xot Story Alone" and "Merwin's Message," has
interested me considerably. Your reference to the building
of the house reminds me of the instructions that most com-
panies give for writing photoplays.
They say get a typewriter and some paper, write only on
one side, follow our style of play, and always send a stamped
self-addressed envelope for the return of your script. Doing
the above does not sell your scripts any more than buying the
material for building the house will enable you to build a
house.
Now, I buy the material for building, start work, and in
time the house is completed. I offer it for sale. No one buys.
Why? The house is built wrong, it will not last. Your ad-
vice then is to build another and keep on until I build a house
that is salable or until I can build without making mistakes.
Now, if some experienced builder should see my first house
and tell me that I should have built a foundation 18 inches
thick instead of only 12 inches, that the beams should be
2x8 instead of 2x6 and that the roof is wrong, then could I
not on my second attempt correct these faults and have a
good house on the second trial?
The same thing applies to the writing of photoplays. I can
select a plot, study the technique, write what I see on the
screen and keep on plugging, but where do I arrive? Would it
not be better if some experienced writer would take me and
point out where I was right and where I was wrong?
Mr. Merwin almost appeals for some one to help develop or
train writers for the future, but who are the ones to do it?
The editors have never offered me a suggestion, and it takes
some nerve to stick to a game where there is no encourage-
ment from anywhere with the exception of yourself, but you
do not know where we are stuck. You say write. Write a
hundred, write three hundred, then ask? Well, when I say
I have written 30 photoplays, I do not mean that the idea
came to me to write, then started in at once. Your article,
"It Worked," is suitable to me. I had my sister take down in
shorthand what I was seeing on the screen, we then wrote it
out on the typewriter. We did not miss a movement. I had
that and other "home-made" scenarios to study, and I did
for IS months : then I wrote* my first and not until I was
familiar with the action in general of what was necessary.
Now, if it were really the matter of building a house, which is an
exact science, the writer could go to some school and study archi-
tecture. There he could find out whether twelve or eighteen inch
foundations were the proper ones for a house of his size and weight.
But some one had to build a lot of houses to discover that twelve-
inch foundations were too slight. Many of the first houses were not
built on foundations, at all, and a lot of them very probably tum-
bled down. Now, we know that eighteen-inch foundations are the
proper width for a certain house. But even today a man cannot go
out into the highway and shout out that he is going to build a house
and have half a dozen other builders rush up and beg him never to
build a house with twelve-inch foundations. He has to go to school
and find out, and after school comes the school of experience, work-
ing for some other architect and at last the personal business success.
But here is a man who wants to announce that he is going to write
plays and right away have six or eight companies send their edi-
tors to tell him all about it and sit and hold his hand when he writes.
That is not the way to success. It is the direct road to failure. Get
a typewriter, write stories, and learn to learn by your failures. This
writer seems to have all of the mechanical helos. but he has not the
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willingness to study that really wins success. It is no part of the
editor's job to teach the beginner. He is paid to pick out the good
plays for his boss, not to educate the uneuucated. It gets tiresome
sometimes to hear these yawps about unhelpful editors. They are
editors, not teachers, and while they help where they can, they do not
help the people who are spending more time sending out S. O. S. sig-
nals than wrii.ng. Write and study and perhaps you will arrive at
the point where editors loill give help, but they cannot waste their
time on the people who forever complain that they are not helped
without doing much to prove themselves worthy of such help.
A Study System.
Reducing to brevity a late letter, the correspondent writes that each
day he spends a portion of his time studying plotting, analyzing plots
of produced stories, taking up clippings, etc. He also has a list of
"plot points," which we imagine to be the strong points of various
plots. He is a court reporter and can take down the running synopsis
of plays, which he subsequently studies. He lists good and bad leaders.
He has written five scripts and he has a large scrap hook of clip-
pings. He wants to know what we think of his system.
We think he is going to work without result for a long time. He
will be so busy with the various points he studies that he will over-
elaborate his stories, or be unduly cautious. In a word he is going
to work too hard. He now spends, he says, an average of fifty hours
on a script and then he does not send it out. We think he is wise.
We do not believe that they will sell yet.
But we do believe that some day it will dawn on this hard worker
that he knows about script writing, and he'll know what he knows. He
will not score the immediate success that others will gain ; indeed he
will be doomed to many disappointments, but some day he will find
himself and then he will know all about script writing because he has
studied all about it.
It is a slow process; too slow for the average man, but the writer
who has the courage to persevere will eventually win and keep on
winning because he has something beside accident back of him.
Just the other day an editor wrote: "If we had an opening Blank
would get it. He assuredly can have the first opening there is." And
Blank followed almost precisely the same thankless course of study
and now he is selling seventy-five per cent, of his stuff.
There are few long distance students, but they make the lasting
successes.
He*s There.
This is an extract from a personal letter, and not intended for pub-
lication, but honest now, wouldn't yvu like to be the person this editor
speaks of? Listen!
Got a letter from suggesting certain alterations in a
script we bought from him a month ago and the suggestions
are good. That person is interested in improving his already
good work — never yells about prices, credit or warns that "au-
thors will soon assert themselves and claim their due" — but just
plugs to supply better stuff. He has ability and he's in earnest.
Don't know whether he is earnest because he has ability or has
ability because he's in earnest, but his way makes a hit with
me and although I don"t suppose it's on his mind, he's taking
the very shortest route to all the good things that can come to
a writer.
And in the very next mail comes a letter from the author himself
asking for a little help on a knotty point. Even though he is one
of the regulars now, he still has his doubts now and then, which makes
this a double lesson for the man who is still fighting. The point is that
he is never satisfied until he has done his best and never feels that he
has done his best. In that is the entire secret of success if both as-
surance and diffidence are properly moderated. And note his frame of
mind and note also that this editor has noted his frame of mind.
Interior Sets.
The other day we watched a director pounding out a half-reel
comedy and noted that he had used eight interior sets. "It is too
many," he admitted, "but they are necessary to the story," which was
no excuse at all. When we have an idea that calls for too many in-
side sets, we make it go stand in the corner with its face to the
wall until it promises to go in two or three interior settings. Don't
write a story that has too many interior settings or too many inserts
or too many leaders. If it is the right sort of story, it will come
around and behave itself in time. You may think you must posi-
tively have a kitchen set and yet come to find out that the back
doorstep will not only do as well but perhaps be better.
That is one of the first things that a beginner should learn, that
no story mtist be written as it is first thought out. This morning
we did a split that first came to us five weeks ago. It was not
right, and it did not get right until a word in the morning paper the
man next us was reading gave the hint that swung the story over
into the "written" column.
But please remember that "set" and "scene" as used here are not
synoymous. The "s^t" is the scenery, the physical structure. The
"scene" is the action played in the set. You can have many in-
terior scenes if you do not have many interior sets. A set may take
several hours to build, a scene may take only a few minutes to re-
hearse and play. That's why.
Pen Names.
Before you set out to establish a pen name, provide an alibi. But
before even that, make certain there is some good reason why your
own name will not do. If you find a reason, then tell your bank
that you have taken a pen name and when you try to cash a check
made out to some one else they'll know how it is.
And if the only reason for the change is that your name is John
Smith and you think Percival Maltravers will look better on the
screen, don't. It will make the editors laugh a little, but it will do
no other good service.
Please Don't.
"I think there should be more plays with sad endings. My reason
is that they would teach a lesson. Sad endings would make people
think."
This from a recent letter. Xow we'll confess that there are lots of
plays where the sad ending, the unhappy ending, the unpleasing, but
helpful ending, would be the best. But those who advocate the *'sad"
ending do not care for the sad ending for their script submission. The
story that ends unhappily is all right, but the trouble is that the story
of the submission ends the same way. You don't get a check and the
story is not made, and even the reformer likes to eat now and then,
no matter how high-minded may be his purpose.
Editors know that the story that ends unpleasantly is not liked. It
is his job to pick out stories that are liked. He is picking stories to
please the public because the stories that please the public please the
boss. If you, in your turn, will strive to please him, you are more
apt to get checks, and checks are the signs of success because they
show that you can write what is wanted.
We have sold lots and lots and still some more stories that have
ended "and so they were married and lived happily ever after," and
we were happy, too, but the sob stuff all lies in our morgue and it is
likely that it will stay there. Write to please the editors. What
pleases them is the sort of story that sends a man out feeling that
the Gumph stories are mighty good stories. Don't try to be a long-
haired reformer. Try to be a bald headed bank depositor.
The Ones Who Count.
Don't try to please your family or your friends when you write a
photoplay. It is the editor who is most apt to pay you checks. Try to
suit him, even if he is foolish.
Inquiries
NOTE — Xo inquiries can be replied to by mail. Look for your answer
here. No questions can be replied to that necessitate the handling
of the manuscript. Always give your name and address. It will not
be published. A list of addresses, to which photoplays should be sent,
will be supplied on receipt of a STAMPED AXD SELF ADDRESSED
ENVELOPE. The request should be made to the paper direct and not
to this department, nor to the Answers Man.
J. T. M. — We have no record of a Biograph of that title.
I. H. S. — The Vitagraph winners were announced in a recent issue.
There were about 300 scripts purchased or for which offers were
made.
B. C- — Many scripts were held for consideration. See above. Per-
haps yours is in that lot. If you have not heard, inquire of the Sun,
though it was not promised that scripts unaccompanied hj return
covers would be sent back.
S. W. — See above, please. A close up is a scene and not part of the
larger scene. That is. it is given a separate scene number.
C. R. — The question will be taken up in detail later on. All scripts
are read in synopsis only, but all synopses are read. That the com-
pany asked for the action should indicate clearly that they want the
action sent. Companies that announce they are not in the market may
now and then purchase an occasional script, but it seldom pays to
bother them.
C. T. L. — Surely use a green ribbon if you have to. The black record
is merely suggestive as the best to use, not the only one that
can be used.
C. A. M. — There is a good reason why an editor should hold a
synopsis more than ten days. He is trying to interest some director in
it. probably. A commercial film is one more than .30 days old. as a
rule. A commercial subject is one made for the special use of some
commercial company and not for general release. A "spot" is any
location. It indicates that no particular style of background is re-
quired. It is used where wood or water would be equally available.
See Technique of the Photoplay for those simple definitions, since you
have the book. Unless some special costume is needed, leave the mat-
ter of dressing to the director.
L. B. — Your plot seems to be reasonably new. The title you sug-
gest is good, though perhaps too close to "McCloskey's Stolen Sym-
phony."
R. J. H.— Edison usually holds scripts eight to twelve weeks. We
do not like prize contests. Neither do we like visions, because the
directors do not like them. Do not buy shares.
A. M. K. — There is small chance for a boy as a playwriter. He has
not the necessary experience in the world. At the same time it will
be a good plan to start now against the time when you can write. It
might be a matter of several years.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy- six pages of actual text.
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this means the editor of this department.
Important Notice.
Owing to the mass of matlL-r awaiting publication it is impossible to
reply through the department in less than two or three weeks. In order
to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps (less than actual
cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply, by mail, with-
out delay.
First seventy-five questions are now ready and printed in neat boolc-
•let form. They may be obtained by remitting 2o cents, money or
stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 44.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise
only the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking for
high class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Suppose your theater used a total of 200 eight c. p. Iamj}S on
its front, 2'i sUrtccn c. p. lamps in lobby^ stairways, etc., which
burned continuously, 50 sixteeii c. p. lamps in the indi7'ect light-
ing systcjn, half of uhich Mimed continuoxisly, and half turned
off during the performance. iJi addition there were two pro-
jectors, each ttsing 40 amperes^ one dissolvcr using 15 amperes
per lamp, and one spotlight ji^ing 12 amperes. What capacity
of generator (d. c.) tcould you reco^nmend, and ^ohat h. p.
engine? Suppose you used a. c, and all proejction current wa3
taken through an economizer, using GO amperes at projection
machine arcs, 20 per lamp at dissolver aiid 20 o?*. the spot.
What, if any, difference would that make in current consump-
tion? Suppose all projection current was taken through a mer-
cury arc rectifier, using first named amperage on arcs, what
then?
Roll of Honor.
John Mason, Toronto, Ontario, and Joseph H. M. Smith. Fort Worth,
Texas, are the only two entitled to the roll of honor, and even they just
barely scratch in. The others were either entirely off, or very badly
in error on one or more points.
Later : A late and correct reply to Question 38 was received from A.
C. Stewart. Waitsburg, Washington. He springs a new one when he
says, "If you have 110 volt current and it was changed to 220 you might
get a transformer for the purpose of stepping up the voltage if it be
Reply to Question No. 38.
By John Mason, Toronto, Oni., Canada.
The question : —
Suppose you have direct current and d. c. fan and mtchine
motors. The current supply is changed to a. c. Would it be
practical to run your ytiotors temporarily on a. c? If you think
it uould, tell us how you \could do it. Suppose you have 110
volt supply, and it is changed to 220^ or vice versa, what icould
you do about your jnotors?
The answer ; —
If the supply were changed from d. c. to a. c. and I had not
been able to get a. c. motors installed, I would disconnect the
leads to the brushes, removing the brushes and put a copper ring
over the commutator to short circuit the armature coils. I
would then connect the supply wires to the field coils, and thus
run the motor as an induction motor, though it would be neces-
sary to have a starting compensator. I would do this to all
the shunt wound motors. A series wound d. c. motor might be
run on a. c, providing its armature has a laminated core.
The shunt wound motors I would only use temporarily, and
would watch them carefully, lest they become dangerously
heated. If the supply were changed from 110 to 220 I would
connect two 110 volt motors in series across the 220 circuit, or
place one 110 volt incandescant lamp in series with the motor.
If the supply were changed from 220 to 110 I would discard the
motors, as it would not be possible to make a 220 volt motor
run on 110 volts without rebuilding it.
Brother Mason has overlooked one or two important points. He Is
correct in connecting two motors in series, providing the motors be of
the same size and be pulling the same load, or, in other words, consum-
ing the same amperage. He makes the same mistake that Brother Smith
did in saying that ho would connect a 110 volt Incandescent lamp tn
series with the motor. He could only do this with a motor requiring a
maximum of one-half ampere of current. Brother Smith, however, gives
the following :
If I had 220 volt current and it was cut to 110 I would weaken
the field of the motors, or, in case of a d. c. 220 volt motor, I
would cut out one field coil if it had two. If It had four coils
I would disconnect two coils, thus making a 110 volt motor.
I am not sure myself about this stunt of cutting out field coils, though
I do not believe it would work. My own opinion of this wl\olc business
is that, while theoretically the transforming of a d. c, motor Into an
induction motor, as suggested by Brother Mason, will work; practically
it won't work, because of the fact that the motor would "run its fool
head off." My understanding of this matter is that the armature of a
motor thus treated would instantly attain enormously high speed, and
would, in fact, tear itself all to pieces. To settle this whole matter and
see what's what. I refer the question to the General Electric Company,
and now have a reply from one of their best technical men, which reads
as follows :
Have your letter of the 7th inst., attaching copy of Ques-
tion Xo. 38, with answer by John Mason, Toronto. Can. In gen-
eral the comments which you have made on Mr. Mason's answers
to the various parts of this question are correct, so there are
only a few details which I can add. With regard to fan
motors, d. c. fan motors are generally series wound and, there-
fore, theoretically, can be operated on alternating current, but
it will be necessary to operate them on very much lower volt-
age than normal, as there would be considerable sparking at
the commutator and heating in both the armature and field
if operated at full 110 volts.
As regards operating a shunt wound motor as an induction
motor, it is possible to arrange the motor so that it will operate
this way, but, as you say, it is more a theoretical than a prac-
tical experiment.
Regarding 110 volt machines operated on 220 volts, this, of
course, can be done by using resistance. Two hundred and twenty
volt motors can be operated on 110 volts, but will just barely
run, and will develop no power. They can be changed to 110
volt motors, but I would not recommend it be done except by
an experienced electrician, familiar with this type of motor ;
preferably returning it to the factory, where the field coils will
be connected in parallel instead of in series. It is not prac-
tical to cut out the field coils. Cutting out two field coils would
change the characteristics of the motor entirely, as practically
two poles would be eliminated.
As a general answer to the whole question, I should say that
it would be much better in every case where changing the volt-
age, or changing from alternating to direct current, or vice
versa, to immediately send the motors to an expert in the same
city, or return them to the factory for rewinding or such changes
as are necessary. Of course, in some cases it is necessary to
buy new motors. I appreciate that an operator wants to do all
he can to save the manager all needless expenses, but I do not
consider that any man can be an expert in all branches of
electrical business. Small motors are particularly designed to
fulfill certain requirements, and it takes a specialist to redesign
them for other requirements.
Question No. 34,
The answer to Question 34 should have appeared in July 11th issue.
but for reasons stated it was held over, and the Wagner Electric Com-
pany, manufacturers of the Wagner Rotary Converter, were requested
to formulate a reply to the same.
Answer to Question No. 34.
By the Wagner Electric Company, St. Louis, Mo.
The question : —
Wliat is the action of a rotary converter when changing a.c.
to d.c? What is the direct method for starting a converter of the
size and type tised for moving picture work? Illustrate its
connections by sketch, icith explanation. Should the voltmeter
connected across the d.c. side of a converter fluctuate badly and
you were finable to remedy the fault, to what would you at-
tribute it? What would be the probable cause of the trouble?
The answer : —
The rotary converter combines the motor and the generator
in the one machine, with a single field and single armature
winding. The motor action is that of a synchronous motor,
which accounts for the fact that it must be speeded up to
nearly full speed before it can run as a motor. Therefore, it
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must be started either as an alternating current motor or by
some external means.
The Wagner single-phase converter is started as an alternating
current single-phase series motor by closing a four-pole switch
in the starting position for about five seconds, tben quickly
reversing the switch to the running position. In reversing the
switch the change is made from a series motor to converter.
The converter is then able to supply direct current.
Fig. 1.
The action of the single-phase converter after it has started
is as follows: In the figure, the coiled ring represents the
armature winding of the converter. This winding cutting
through the field magnetism produces a voltage in the direction
of the arrow C. The alternating current is admitted to the
armature from the slip rings shown as circles in the center of
the armature. This current enters the armature in the direc-
tion of the arrow I and divides, part going in the direction of
the arrow A, and part in the direction of arrow B.
That part of the current B, which goes in opposite direction to
the voltage generated by the armature, produces the motor
action. That part of the current, namely A, which goes in the
direction of the voltage produced by the armature, produces
the generator action.
The alternating current, therefore, comes in at the lead c,
through the slip ring, through the lead from the slip ring to
the armature in the direction of the arrow i. In the armature
it divides, part going in the direction of the arrow A, and to
the brush a, when it again divides, part of it flowing out
through the direct-current brush a to the arc, part of it con-
tinuing on through the winding of the armature to the point
X, from which it goes to the other slip ring and out through
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B, being against the direction of the produ:;ed voltage, is
motor action to the point of contact of brush b, and from brush
b to the point X. being in the direction of the produced voltage,
Is generator action.
The likelihood of inherent troubles in electrical machinery
is comparatively remote, as each machine receives a thorough
test at the factory before it is shipped, and as a general rule,
electrical machinery will be found to be as reliable, or even
more so, than any other class. Modern alternating current
generators, and, in fact, all modern alternating current appara-
tus, is designed to have practically the same wave form. There-
fore, if the modern rotary converter be run from an old type
generator, whose wave fojm is different from that of the con-
verter, a phenomenon known to eleciri:al engineers as hunting
will sometimes occur. This simply mean:? that the armature
of the converter will oscillate first, faster, then slower, than the
normal speed. If this oscillation occurs there will be an oscil-
lation of the voltmeter needle, which is in the direct current
circuit. About the only remedy that is satisfactory in this case
is to insert an inductance coil in the direct-current circuit.
This will choke out practically all of the voltmeter oscillations,
so that the effect cannot be noticeable on the screen. This is
comparatively rare at the present time, as most of these ola
type alternators have found their way to the scrap pile.
Sometimes these oscillations occur, due to a very unsteady
steam or gas engine driving the alternating current generator.
That is. the speed of the engine varies from time to time, due
to very unsteady action of the governor. In this case there is
little that can be done to remove the oscillations in the direct-
current circuit. Oscillations of the voltmeter in the direct-
current circuit, produced by the latter cause, are not influenced
by the type of converting apparatus used. They are caused by
a variation of the alternating current voltage with the speed of
the engine, which, in turn, affects the direct-current voltage.
The connections for Wagner single-phase converter are given
in Figure 2, from which any electrician can readily connect up
the machine.
The description of the electrical action of the Wagner Rotary Con-
verter is verj' complete and, I presume, all other rotary converters
would have essentially the same electrical action. The explanation and
the reason for "hunting" is particularly of value to operators, since it
not only indicates the probable cause thereof, thus enabling the oper-
ator to trace out and locate aC the power house, but in certain cases it
indicates the remedy.
Our thanks are due the Wagner Electric Company for the trouble
they have taken in compiling this excellent reply.
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the lead D. The other part goes in the direction of the arrow B,
but as it is flowing against the direction of the direct current
in the brush a, it continues through the armature winding in
the direction of the arrow E, and out through the slip ring
and lead d. The current going in the direction of the arrow A.
being in the same direction as that of the produced voltage, is
generator action. That part of it that goes between the brush
a and the point X on the armature, being opposite to the
voltage produced on that side of the armature, is motor action.
That part of the current i, is going in the direction of the arrow
Mistaken Practice.
A new house, the Hanover, has just opened in Albany, New York. Its
operating room equipment consists of two Power's Six A machines, taking
a. c. through a choke coil. My correspondent asks : "What do you think
of a manager who installs a choke coil in an operating room of an up-
to-date theater? Some paradox, or rather some contradiction, is it not?"
I do not care to express an opinion as to the act of this individual
manager, but I will try to point out the fact that it is a big mistake to
install an ordinary choke coil in preference to a transformer or a current
rectifier of some kind. I am informed that out on the Pacific coast
Brother Preddy makes a choke coil which really produces satisfactory
projection light. I have testimony from a number of operators to this
effect, and therefore we will accept it as a fact, but, leaving Brother
Preddy's device out of the argument, I am prepared to say that I have
never yet seen a choke coil which I would even think of installing in an
operating room of my own. They are an unsatisfactory device from the
power company's point of view. They are at least no more economical
than a transformer, and the quality of the light delivered by an arc
controlled by a choke coil is not, in my opinion, anywhere near as
excellent as the light from an arc controlled by a transformer. But why
use either a choke coil or a transformer? We now have at least two
satisfactory mercury arc rectifiers, and quite a number of fairly efficient
and satisfactory motor generator sets, as well as one or two rotary con-
verters which deliver acceptable results. On the face of it, judged
merely by the superficial showing the transformer, or choke coil, has the
best of any of the devices, because the transformer or choke coil has a
very high efficiency, whereas the efficiency of a rectifying device runs
from 6.5 to 80 per cent., which means quite a loss. This fact is, how-
ever, offset by the further fact that, in order to secure the same cur-
tain brilliancy it is necessary to use a very much higher arc amperage
with a. c. than with d. c, so that, on the whole, the actual efficiency
of the choke coil, the transformer and the rectifying devices is not so
very different, and, it anything, a little in favor of the rectifier, basing
our calculations on screen brilliancy, which is the only true foundation
to work from. But all this simply comes back to the thing which is
becoming of late to be to some extent recognized, and that is when a man
builds and equips an operating room it is the height of foolishness to
do it without first consulting with a projection engineer whom he has
reason to believe has a thorough knowledge of all these various tech-
nical points, which are, after all, intensely practical points, because
they have directly to do with the final result on the screen of his
theater.
InsufBcient Data.
Oswald Fillmore, Harriman, Tennessee, writes :
We are having trouble with our fuses and want your help.
Our equipment consists of two Power's motor-driven machines
with a Fort Wayne compensarc for each projector. We also have
a fan and two lights. Fuses on operating room circuit are 75
amperes and cause no trouble, but those on the transformer on
the pole outside cause all kinds of difficulty. The superintendent
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of our light plant iusists on fusing with such small fuse wire
that wo uro leaving delay after delay. Am sending you a piece
o( the fuse, wbich Is about 0 inches long when in a block. Do
you think It Is large enough to supply two machines? It melted
before the first reel was run. How many amperes will solder
wire carry, and would it bo permissible to use the same In case
of emergency? Our connections arc all good.
Now here is a brother who sends in all kinds of data except the par-
ticular thing I need. If friend Fillmore Is the possessor of a copy of
the Handbook I would suggest that he study the electrical action of
transformers and. having done so, he will come to an understanding of
the fact that the number of amperes taken from the supply wires, when
delivering a given amperage on the secondary, is entirely in proportion
to the voltage of the supply. Yet he does not tell me what the voltage
of the supply is. Without measuring I should say that the fuse wire sent
is about Mo or 35 ampere capacity, and if the primary voltage is high
that certainly ought to be sufflcient to supply the whole theater, but it,
on the other hand, the primary voltage is comparatively low, say 250,
then it may be too small. You say you are using GO amperes at each
arc, or a total of 120 amperes. .\t 35 volts this would be 4,200 watts,
or, in round numbers, 40 amperes taken^ f rom the primary of the com-
pensarc, or, in other words, 40 amperes taken from the secondary of
the pole transformer. The fuses, however, are not on the secondary,
but on the primary of a pole transformer, so that if you ascertain the
voltage of the supply wires and divide 4,200 by that voltage you will
get appro.ximately the amperage taken through the pole transformer
fuses by your operating room arcs. If the primary voltage was 2,000, a
two-ampere fuse would very nearly supply both those arcs, or, in other
words, supply 120 amperes at 35 volts, or 40 amperes at 110 volts. Do
you see the point? This figuring leaves out the power factor, but in a
pole transformer the power factor is so high it cuts no figure, and any-
how you could not very well figure it accurately. The result, as before
indicated, will only be a rough one, of course, but it will show you
pretty near the size fuse needed. Don't use solder wire for fusing.
Don't know its carrying capacity.
From London.
Jack H. Titford, 33 Haggeston Road, London N'. E., England, writes :
These few lines are to let you know that in me you have a
greatly interested reader of the department. I only wish that
our "Kine" (brother Tittoru refers to the Kinematograph Lan-
tern "Weekly, a London publication. Ed.) would start a depart-
ment similar to yours. I believe it would be a great help
towards improving the condition of operators over here. I
am a member of the X. A. C. 0., (presumably National Asso-
ciation Cinematograph Operators. Ed.), our only union, and we
do our best to obtain fair pay for good work, but there are
so many wasters at the game that good jobs are tew and far
between. You see we get very little support from our trade
papers. It would make things better if we had some one to
stick up for us like you do for the operators in America. I
may tell you that your articles on projection (published in the
Kinematograph Lantern Weekly, London, last year. Ed.) in-
terested our boys over here, and we would like some more
of the same kind in our "Kine." I have been operating for
more that sis years, using all kinds of motors and generators,
and am now taking it easy in a trade show room, running a
new Ernemann of the enclosed type, and it's some machine
too. Shows a picture like a rock at nine minutes a reel,
with the, gate runners so loose that they have only enough
tension to keep the film in the gate. I believe the shape of
the top loop is what keeps the picture steady with such a loose
gate. I think I have taken up enough of your time, so will stop
right now.
It is, of course, gratifying to know that the projection department
interests operators in Merry England, and that men over there appre-
ciate what we have been trying to do for the operator here. We would
be glad to have friend Titford set forth the conditions surrounding
the work in England at some length, giving some details as to con-
struction of operating rooms, fire proofing requirements, size of obser-
vation ports, salaries of operators, hours of labor, etc., and so on. It
would make mighty interesting reading for our boys over here. I
am sure. I receive quite a number of letters Irom England, but this
is the first one in quite some time which contained anything which
could be used for publication. I have long since noticed that your
English trade papers do not pay much attention to the improvement
of projection. Ours did not do it here for quite some time.
.\5 to another series of articles in the Kinematograph and Lantern
Weekly, that can be done all right whenever the editor of that dis-
tinguished publication wants it done. However, it is somewhat dif-
ficult to handle a matter of that kind from such a long distance. I
think if the English trade papers made an earnest effort they could
surely find someone over there capable of taking up the work of a
projection department and pushing it to a successful conclusion. 'Un-
doubtedly it would prove of vast benefit, not only to the English oper-
ators, but the business as a whole. Meanwhile, though it would involve
much delay, due to the long distance and the difference in conditions,
our English brothers are welcome to the department ; and its editor
and this paper will do anything possible to help the cousins across
the sea.
Lynn.
A Question.
Massachusetts, propounds the following :
and tucy said 1 was wrong. 1 am going to put the question to
you, and although at first thought you may agree with them. I
want you to give It a little inside matncmatical consideration.
The question: If you set the outside shutter of a Power's
Six A mechanism in perfect time with the teeth of the inter-
mittent sprocket and run the film through, there will be no
travel ghost, but If there is a two hole Jump (piece of Sim
cut out) in that film, I claim that It In lifting or lowering
the framing device you should happen to move the film Into
frame with your hand on toe carriage while the motive force
of the intermittent sprocket is stopped, this occurring in a
fraction of a second, you change the lime and position ot the
intermittent sprocket teeth with the shutter, and that, as a
result, there will be a sligui., perhaps scarcely perceptible,
travel ghost during the projection ot the balance of that Dim.
I refer only to Power's Six A machine. Understand that the
shutter and aperture plate of that machine are in fixed rela-
tion to each other. This is confidential. It you wish It so,
because the Nicholas Power Company would not care to have
you admit this tiny mechanical error. 1 would thank you
very much for the correct answer, as 1 want to tome back
at those brothers over in Boston, who all thought I was just
a little bit crazy to ask and argue such a question.
There is not anything particularly confidential about this, brother.
If the Nicholas Power Company had made a mechanical error, even
that fact would not stop me from answering, because an error ought
to be made public and corrected. However, there is no error.
I do not quite understand what you are driving at. You say II
the framing is done with the hand on the carriage of the machine
during the time the intermittent is on the lock. 1 fail to see what
that would have to do with the matter, but you are right in that
there is a slight change of the shutter with relation to the aperture
of Power's Six or Six A machine when the carriage is framed. This
change is. however, very slight, and not sufflcient to be objectionable.
This is due. as 1 understand the matter, to the fact that the toggle
gear meshes on one side with a gear of small diameter (gear 677,
Fig. 115, page 272 of the Handbook) and on the other side with a
gear of large diameter (gear 680, Fig. 117, page 276 of the Handbook),
and that, the toggle gear being moved straight up and down, there
is some slight change caused in the relation ot gears 077 and 680,
and this, ot course, makes a corresponding, slight alteration in the
position of the shutter with reference to the intermittent sprocket.
I think this is all the explanation that is needed, but if it is not
satisfactory you are at liberty to come again.
At Last — An Architect Who Investigates.
Recently Mr. George King, an architect ot Berkeley, California,
was called upon to design and superintend the construction of a
moving picture theater in Fresno. California. Now the average archi-
test, (and I am sorry to say that, until Mr. King appeared on the
scene, the term "average architect" included, to all intents and pur-
poses, every architect), who has been called upon to design a moving
picture theater has apparently not even had the faintest glimmering
of an idea that the operating room could possibly be ot any particu-
lar importance : moreover, though apparently possessed of little or
no knowledge concerning the requirements of practical projection,
these architects have taken absolutely no steps to inform themselves
on the subject of projection and its requirements, or to consult with
those who have the required knowledge, and thus, by one of these
means, acquire the skill necessary to plan a really practical, efiicient
operating room, and locate it in the best possible manner. It is a
hard, cold fact that the moving picture industry is today suffering
immeasurably by reason of the futile pttempts of architects to plan
operating rooms without any adequate tdea or knowledge ot the re-
quirements of practical projection.
Mr. King did nothing ot this sort. Instead, not having a consult-
ing projection engineer within convenient reach, he did the next best
thing, and called into consultation two practical projection men, W.
E. Doyle of Fresno, and a Mr. Woods, presumably W. G. Woods, San
Francisco. These three gentlemen, after consulting the Handbook, com-
bined the theoretical knowledge possessed by Mr. King, together with
hints obtained from the Handbook, and the practical knowledge of
Messrs. Woods and Doyle, and then they planned and located the operat-
ing room, and I venture to assert that it was properly planned and
properly located.
Would that we had more architects like Mr. King. If we had we
would not have $270,000 theaters with the operating room, so foolishly
planned .^at the ceiling had to be torn out before the machines could
be gotten in, and thousands of other theaters in the operating rooms
of which equally ridiculous blunders have been perpetrated. My
compliments to Mr. King, and may his tribe increase.
I have been operating projection machines tor three years,
and am a member of Local 1S2. I. T. S. E.. Boston. I would
like to ask you to answer a scientific question in mechanics in
which I am confident I am right. It is a question which I have
never heard put. I asked fully a dozen operators at a meeting
of the union, men with many years more experience than I.
Wants to Say a Word or Two.
L. C. LaGrow, Albany, New Y'ork, writes :
With regard to W. S, James' reply to question 31, I would
like to say a word or two. (Huh I that is twenty words al-
ready, .Ed.) Don't think I am knocking or am not in the
main satisfied with Brother James' reply, but it seems to me
that he should have mentioned one very important factor which
he entirely ignored, viz : the counter current generated in
the armature of the motor after it has attained its speed.
This counter e. m. f. acts as resistance, and, as I understand
it. takes the place of outside resistance, either In series with
the armature or field, after the motor has attained its normal
speed. It has also built up a generation which I would like
to see worked out. If I err, correct me.
As regards your last remark concerning the generation I do not
know what you are driving at, brother LaGrow. If j-ou mean the
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armature generates a counter e. m. f. you are, of course, perfectly
correct, but this counter e. m. f. does not entirely take the place of
resistance in series with field or armature in all types of motors. I
hardly feel myself competent to deal fully with this matter and
will ask that some of our experts on motor action comply with brother
LaGrow's request, and deal with this matter fully. According to my
understanding of the thing the designer of the motor carefully calcu-
lates its armature so that It will generate a certain counter e. m. f.
at a given load, or, in other words, a given amperage consumption,
or putting it still otherwise, at a given armature speed, but when it
comes down to the finer points of this particular proposition, I do
not feel sufficiently posted to deal with the matter, By-the-way, why
doesn't brother LaGrow come across with a few answers himself?
He used to do it. Get busy friend LaGrow, get busy!
That Automatic Dowser.
Fred R. Klink, Canton, Ohio, inventor of the automatic dowser re-
cently described in this department, and later criticised by brother
Rodgers, writes :
In reply to D. E. Rodgers, June 13th issue, I want to say
that he is to a very large degree in error. It would be im-
possible for the operator to forget to open the switch after the
show since the little buzzer, which brother Rodgers has evi-
dently overlooked, would instantly warn him when the circuit
closed. And as to not closing the switch when starting the
show, why there are lots of men who would forget to come
in out of the ram unless some one told them to, therefore
the switch should be located on the machine table where men
of this type could not help but see it when they were threading
up. I will not say that it is impossible for any substance to
interfere with the operation of the dowser, but the instrument
has been in actual operation for approximately a year, and in
all that time it has never failed to work a single time. The
Alhambra Theater, this city, has two of them on its machines,
and has never had any trouble beyond the breaking of a small
spring, which is negligible. As to using high resistance, I
do not recommend it as there are a great many operators who
do not understand the principle of it. Also in case of grounds
in the lamp there would he trouble, as one side of the dowser
is grounded to the frame. Everything considered, I therefore
think dry batteries are best. Erother Rodgers speaks, of a
dowser held open by an electro magnet. There is one of this
kind of a foreign make, but. so far as I know, it has never
been used in this country, or anywhere else for that matter. I
ran across its description in getting my patent.
All of which is respectively referred to our readers. We have al-
ready expressed our opinion on the proposition, and see no reason to
change it. While the dowser is not perfect, (I don't know of any-
thing in this vale of sorrow and tears is, for that matter) I think it
is a very good device, and one which will give at least reasonable
satisfaction in actual use.
England Orders the Questions.
Victor G. Brown, whose letter head bears the legend, "operator- elec-
trician, gas, petrol and oil engines," Electra Palace, Elsecar, Yorkshire,
England, encloses money order and says :
Kindly send me, soon as possible, copy of the booklet of
questions. Also can you inform me of the address of the
Exhibitors' Association of New York?
There is nothing of particular interest in this letter, except that when
an operator in far off England is enterprising and interested enough to
get busy on these questions, certainly it ought to point a moral to op-
erators here in the United States and Canada. The address of the
Exhibitors' Association of New York is Broadway and 36th street, Hotel
Marlborough. Telephone 271 Greeley.
Position of the Shutter— Travel Ghost.
From D. E. Rodgers, Manitou, Colorado, comes the following :
Travel ghost, as seen on the screen, is of two kinds : short,
well-defined and very brilliant, and long-drawn-out, and very
much diffused. The former is very objectionable, and produces
a decided fiicker effect, something similar to having the shut-
ter too early. When changing pictures the intermittent moves
the film down. With the shutter removed, and the crank turned
slowly, the picture on the screen would be seen to move up. As
the machine is threaded with the picture up-side-down, and re-
versed right and left the light rays must cross somewhere be-
tween the film and the screen, but more of this later. Between
the film and this crossing point the light ray from a point of the
picture would follow the film down during the movement of the
intermittent. Between this crossing point and the screen, the
light follows the picture on the screen in an upward direction.
If the shutter travels upward in intercepting the light, and is
placed between the screen and this crossing point, it is mov-
ing in the same direction as are the light rays caused by the
movement of the film, and this produces the weak, diffused travel
ghost, which is not unnecessarily long because the shutter in
short order overtakes the upward movement of the light caused
by the downward movement of the film. Where it is not prac-
ticable to entirely dispense with travel ghost this is the kind
most desirable if a smooth picture is to be obtained. We all
know that it is better to have the shutter a little too "late"
than a little too "early." If the shutter travels upward in inter-
cepting the light, and is placed between the film and the cross-
ing point of the light it is intercepting the light in an opposite di-
rection to the movement of that light, and this produces the
very brilliant, short, and well defined travel ghost, which cer-
tainly is very objectionable, and gives a bad effect on the screen.
If the shutter travels upward in intercepting the light, and is
placed at a distance from the objective equal to three-fourths of
its focal length (measurement being made from the center of
the lens barrel — not tube) the effect on the screen is about as
good as can be obtained. If the shutter moves down through
the light it must be closer to the lens, but I am not saying
just where it should be, since my experiments were all made on
a 1013 model Simplex. The above is sufficient proof that the
light rays do cross in front of the objective, just as "Camden.
N. J." says they do. However, lest any cynical soul be not yet
firmly convinced. I offer the following indisputable proof. In
making this test an up-to-date, motor driven projector, throw-
ing a picture on a brilliant screen must be used, and, even so,
it is recommended that a light weighted strap be used over the
shutter shaft. The shutter is traveling "up" through the light,
and is placed within one-quarter inch of the lens. A Vita-
graph sub- title is on the screen. This gives us white-on-
black at top, center and bottom of the screen. Carefully observe
the travel ghost. At the top of the screen it is going down —
the shutter is "early." At the center of the screen it is equally
divided above and below. At the bottom of the screen it is all
going up, and the shutter is "late." This can only he caused
by shutter-travel, which is represented by the number of de-
grees through which the shutter travels from the time it en-
ters the light until it has all the light cut off. A little thought
will show to any operator the relation between this and the fact
that the light rays cross in front of the lens. Since writing
this letter it has occurred to me that some one may say that
at least a part of the travel ghost may have been in the film.
This is possible. However, I have repeatedly observed travel
ghost as herein described, and have subjer-ted the film to a most
thorough examination, and it is not often that travel ghost is
found within the film itself.
With regard to the position of the shutter and its direction of its
travel as affecting travel ghost ; while I have not given this matter
much thought, still brother Rodgers' argument seems to hang together
pretty well, so I pass it along for the consideration of the department
fans. However, let me remark that "flicker" and travel ghost are
two separate and distinct things, having no relation to or bearing
on each ther ; also the measurement spoken of would have to be from
the E. F. point of the tube, not the lens jacket, in order to be of
any value.
A Very Much Open-Air Show.
J. W. Myrtle, manager Beveiiy and Art theaters, Staunton, Virginia,
writes :
Enclosed find photograph of my outfit used to show pictures at
Woodrow Wilson's home.
. - *V A.
The pictures w,Tr ^iuiun tn [\i>- cuKts di thr .stauiHiui .Mili-
tary, 4(10 in number, who were on a week's camp. The juice was
made by my Detroit outfit (located near the screen J and the pictures
showed up fine.
Well, brother Myrtle, that is certainly some stage setting all right.
I do not think a moving picture screen ever had a more artistic back-
ground. Certainly your operating room has plenty of ventilation and
ought to be thoroughly fireproof, as there seems to be nothing but the
soap box to burn.
Slide Coating.
The Carter Climax Company, Brattlfborn, Vermont, sends in a bottle
of Carter's Climnx Coating for aunoumement slides. There is sufficient
coating in the bottle for a great many slides. It is applied with with a
soft, flat brush, and the same coating may be used several times by
wetting the brush with water and rubbing over the coating. It dries
hard, and can be written on with a pointed instrument without flaking.
For quick work this compound certainly is excellent. It can be washed
off in.-stantly with a wet cloth. Mr. Carter says he has used the coating
for three years, and finds it indispensable in his work. He is. as I
understand it, a practical operator, now employed at the Princess the-
ater, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Never Too Late to Begin.
Alfred De Gregory, Brooklyn, New Yoik, orders a set of the ques-
tions, and writes :
I got Swoope's book from the Public Library. It is very good.
Will get one of my own and a set of Hawkins' Electrical Guide
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soon. I might be late In starting to study, but It is never too
late to begin.
Rtgbt you arc brother. It Is never too late to begin, and the worst
enemy to himself is that man who thinks otherwise.
workman never has, and cannot possibly have, and that feeling alone la
worth a whole lot to any man. Act the part, gentlemen! If your sal-
ary does not actually depend on It. at least It Is very largely InQuenced
by It.
Shocking Discussion.
Some weeks ago I published a K-tter from Seattle, Washington, with
regard to the effect of placing the rheostat on the positive or negatltve
of a d. c. circuit. My comments on this letter have moved Seattle to
come back with the following:
Concerning the shock question, with the resistance on the
negative wire: "shock" is the result of a short being formed
through the human body, or part thereof, and lis intensity depends
principally on the voltage, but the seriousness of any result-
ing burn depends upon the amperage passing through the short.
Current carrying conlaLl fnm a circuit whose voltage Is Just
enough to overcome the resistance of the body, but through
which a very high amperage flowed, would cau>e little or
no perceptible shock, though a serious burn might result while,
high voltage :?nd low amperage would cause a serious shock
but no burn. la a moving picture projection arc circuit there
are three places to get a shock: (a) behind the rheostat,
where the potential difference is usually 110 volts or '2'20 : (b)
around the rheostat, where the potential differcn.e is ab,iut Co
volts, and (c) across the arc, where the potential differeUL-e is
about 4S. Admitting that the location of the rheostat makes
no difference on the arc voltage, which your own experience
proves to be the fact, regardless of the reason, then the in-
tensity of the shock explains itself, since the only shock you can
get in the lamp house is from the arc voltage, or from the pD-
lential difference between the upper and lower carbon. And now
let us go back to our water analogy. The intake pressure would
make no difference in the speed of the wheel or in the power ex-
erted by the wheel, provided the tail race pre.=;;fure was suffi-
ciently high by reason of stopping down its outlet, and thus
limiting the quantity of water. In the lamp house we have
the same condition. You might conceive of a condition where
the potential difference between the positive wire and the
ground was l.onO volts, and between the negative and the
ground !)."»0 volts, and the lamp would burn the same as though
it was on a oU-volt circuit, and no more additional insula-
tion would be ner-essary in the carbon arms, but the insulation
between the wires and carbon arms, and the lamp house and
ground would necessarily be sufficient to withstand l.fiOO volts
pressure.
I am obliged to take exception to your last remark. You say that
"1 might conceive of a condition where the potential difference between
the positive wire and the ground is 1,000 volts, and between the nega-
tive and the ground 050 volts, and that the lamp would burn the same
as though it was on a 50-volt circuit, and no more insulation would be
necessary in the carbon arms."
If I understand you correctly you are entirely wrong, by reason of the
fact that there is no potential difference between a wire and the ground —
none whatever, except in so far as the ground offers a current-carrying
path to the other wire; therefore the only potential difference possible
would be between the two wires. The ground has nothing whatever
to do with the matter. It is simply offering a path from one wire to
the other. I won't go further into this maatter just now. because per-
haps I have misunderstood your meaning. You are quite correct in
your statement that it is the voltage which causes what we term
shock and the amperage which prcduces the burn. Of course, as a rnat-
ter of fact, this discussion from one point of view is of no particular
practical value, but nevertheless anything that tends to give us a bet-
ter understanding of electrical language is of value, and of direct
value, too. You may be correct in your explanation of the main
question. The thing sounds plausible.
Incidentally here is a question for operators: Which would produce
the heaviest shock and have a greater tendency to produce burn, touch-
ing the two binding posts of the rheostat, or the two carbon arms of
the lamp?
"Act the Part; Your Salary Depends on It."
The above is the subject of a card put out by one Snyder, who deals
in lids, straw, felt, plug and otherwise, for the human cranium. There
is a world of thought contained in that little sentence, act the part;
your salary depends on it, and sure enough your salary docs depend on
it. If you act like a rummy, and place shadows on the s:reen instead
of a clear, white brilliant light ; if you act the lazy part and gawk
out of the front window when you should be watching your picture ; if
you keep your machines dirty, oily or greasy; if you point the oil can
at the projector and squirt oil indiscriminately all over it, instead of
carefully putting one drop on each bearing, and. in consequence, your
film gets all covered with oil ; if you polish your lenses once a week,
instead of every day ; if you throw your tools down on the floor, or in
a heap on a table, instead of putting them neatly in order; if you have
a dirty, littered up operating room instead of a clean, neat one ; if you
are dirty and slovenly in your personal appearance instead of neat and
clean ; if you talk like an East Side tough, instead of like a gentleman,
then you are not "acting the part," and you need not hope to mount to
the top of the ladder of financial success in your calling.
It is very true that even when you "act the part," recognition of that
fact is slower than it should be, but if you do act the part, and continue
to act the part, either you are enormously unlucky, or the time will
come when, at least to a considerable extent, the result will be recog-
nized in your pay envelope, and, moreover, aside from any financial con-
cideration, you will have that self-respect which the careless, slovenly
Locating the E. F.
Roy A. Goggln. Esthervllle, Iowa, writes:
On page ltJS5, June 20lb Issue, I notice you tell Chicago to
moasure tho exact distance between the two combinations of
his objective and make a file mark on the barrel, and that will
be the point of c. f. According to my Idea the e. f. Is not al-
ways half way between the two combinations. It might be If
the two combinations were exactly alike, but, as a matter of
fact, the front and rear combinations are different, so their fo-
cus win be also different ; at least that Is the way with pho-
tographic lenees. My method of locating the e. f. of the lens
Is to remove the back combiration and get the b. f. of the front
combination In the usual way ; also get the b. f. of the back
combination forward ; that is to say, turn it around so that the
bulge is forward, the same as the front set Is. and take the
point backward from the front set and the point forward from
the black set and the distance will be the e. f. I suppose
brother James and Professor Wall will sit down on me, but
I live out here near Mis.?ouri, and will have to be shown that
I am wrong. In writing of your trip you say your motor-
cycle snaked five hundred pounds through the Berkshire Hills.
Does that include the weight of the machine, or only the load
that was on the motorcycle? In the former instance, allow-
ing 350 pounds for the motorcycle, which is about what they
weigh, that would allow 150 for you and Mrs. R., not counting
in the heavy grip. Therefore, for heaven's sake, how much
do you and Mrs. R. weigh respectively? Please explain for my
wife's benefit as she is the one who brought the question up.
Well, taking your own figures and allowing 75 pounds for the grip, I
would weigh 110 lbs. less than nothing. However, the weight of the go-
devil was not included, so that poor motor really pulled fully 800 pounds.
As to "showing you," why I will proceed to try and do it, brother
Out-near-Missouri. You say, take the point backward from the front
set and the point forward from the back set, and the distance will be
the equivalent focus. Now, according to my poor, weak, feeble mind
that does not really mean much of anything. If you mean that you
add the two together and the result is the point of e. f. I cannot agree
with you. since by that method it would be impossible to locate the point
of e. f. on the lens barrel at all, as the e. f. would be longer than the
aforesaid barrel. If you mean that the b. f. of one will just meet the
b. f. of the other, why use both to locate the mark? I think, friend
Goggin. you slipped a cog or two. and are entitled to come again with
a more lucid explanation of your idea.
Transparent Ink.
The Transpero Fluid Company, Chicago. Illinois, sent in sample
bottles of their Transpero Slide Ink. It comes in red, blue and green.
This ink is used to write directly on glass, after having first cleaned
the glass thoroughly, of course. It writes without spreading, and is
clear and beautifully colored. Unquestionably the transpero ink will
deliver the goods in the matter of writing slides on raw glass without
any special preparation. It can therefore be recommended to those
who have occasion to do that kind of work.
Machine Trouble.
Robert C. Harrell, Prescott, Arkansas, writes :
Am having trouble with my Power's machine. The machine
itself sets steady and the picture is steady, but there is vibra-
tion in the mechanism, and tho framing device, unless it is set
very tight, continually works down, thus throwing the picture
out of frame. We are using sixty day films. Could the stiff-
ness of these films cause the trouble? Please help me out as
I am getting a little nervous.
Frankly, brother Harrell, I cannot figure out what is wrong with
your machine. If you have described things correctly there is nothing
I can see that would cause the trouble. However, I am referring your
complaint to the manufacturer and will ask him to correspond with
you direct. It may be necessary to send your mechanism In to the
factory.
The Albany Union.
The Albany Operators' Union is endeavoring by every means in its
power to improve the working conditions and raise the salaries of
Albany operators. It is to be hoped that in the near future Albany
will have an adequate examination, and it is al.so to be hoped that the
examination really be adequate, because a farcical one is worse than
none at all.
Boston Local.
We are informed that Boston M. P. M. O. Local Union Xo. 182 has
accepted the proposition of the Exhibitors' League and signed a three-
year contract. The Exhibitors' League covers practically all the houses
in Boston and the eastern part of Massachusetts. We are not fully
informed as to how satisfactory the agreement is. but suppose it is
at least fairly so, or the Boston boys would not have stood for It.
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Comments on the Films
Licensed.
A BADGER HUXT (Pathe), July 21.— On the same reel with "Life
in Japan." Dogs trail a badger to its den, where there is an interesting
fight which continues on land and water, the animal being captured
by human aid.
LIFE IN JAPAN' (Pathe), July 21. — On the same reel with "A Badger
Hunt." Showing some very interesting scenes and customs of the
"Flowery Land."
TEMPER AXD TEMPERATURE (Lubin), July 21. — On the same reel
with "Worms Will Turn." This is a mother-in-law comedy written by
E. P. Sargent. There are many funny scenes which received much
laughter.
WORMS WILL TURN (Lubin), July 21.— On the same reel with
"Temper and Temperature." This is one of those plots wherein police-
men and tramps come into conflict, and chase after chase predominate.
It is very hilarious in action and received a great many laughs.
THE LURE OF THE LADIES (Selig), July 21.— The plot of this
comedy photoplay is made up of a good many foolish things indulged
in by a society man. who has nothing else to do but to get into trouble,
which he accomplishes in an alarming manner. In spots it gains some
laughs.
THE BEAST (Kalem). July 21. — This offering is very melodramatic
in nature. It is well photographed and the direction is meritorious, in
an artistic sense, but, taking all in all, it is not very pleasant to view.
Alice Joyce is the feature and does her usual good work and the acting
of all the others in the cast is well done. The denouement is quite a
surprise.
A MATTER OF MINUTES (Edison), July 21. — This is the eighth of
"The Man Who Disappeared" series, written by Richard Washburn
Child and produced by Charles J. Brabin. Marc MacDermott. Miriam
Nesbitt and Barry O'Moore have the principal parts. There are the
usual melodramatic incidents. An exciting areoplane race with an ex-
press train is shown. This is an absorbing number of the series.
MRS. BILLIXGTOXS FIRST CASE (Essanay). July 21. — In the plot
of this photoplay there is a conflict between a husband and his wife,
which develops considerable interest. The wife has studied law and
received a diploma for practice. Her husband is also an attorney and
in her first case she finds that she comes into opposition with him.
With the aid of the district attorney, who is an intimate friend, they
eventually convince her that a woman's place is at home ; marital
happiness reigns supreme.
THE FABLE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION THAT WAS TOO HIGH
FOR THE OLD MAX (Essanay), July 22— A collection of college pranks
give life and fun to this picture which is quite laughable. The fable
is not impressive and the picture would have been much better if it
could have been made in some college team just after some athletic
victory. Then it would have been convincing. .\ very fair offering.
THE SEALED PACKAGE (Selig), July 22.— A melodrama not strongly
constructed and in which the end can be foreseen too soon. There is
no villain in it; but the older clerk is fired at the close most unjustly
to make him seem villainous^he ought to have planned to get his fel-
low-clerk into trouble and it could have been easily done by making
him willfully place the sealed package in the grip of the traveling sales-
man. Again, if the salesman had been shown as in great need of money
tliat would have kept the end in doubt longer. A rather weak offering.
BUDDY'S DOWNFALL (Vitagraph). July 22. — Buddy, about fifteen,
has a girl, but another maid comes to town and Buddy would rather
take her to the church festival. Big brother sees to it that he comes
to grief, howbeit in no very convincing way ; but the pain is only
temporary, for Mother sees to it that he has a good time after all.
There are many good bits of comic character-drawing in it and it will
amuse pretty well.
A DEAL IN STATUARY (Edison). July 22.— There is only one bit of
wit in this slight offering by Richard Xeill and put on by Charles Seay.
The fight of the two fake statues (the janitor and the valet) as finished
product, posed by the impecunious sculptor to get §10,000 from his
aunt, made a laugh. It is broad and there is very little to it.
HIS WIFE'S BURGLAR (Edison), July 22.— On the same reel is this,
also a rather slight offering of farcical nature, written by R. Koehler
and produced by Charles Seay. Jessie Stevens and -.an Mason help it
out : but the only real fun in it is at the very end — that Is laughable.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL, XO. 42.— Close views of Gen-
eral Villa and his Mexican advisors are found in this number, which
also contains many other features of interest.
THE APPLE, OR, MAKING ROSA STYLISH (Vitagraph). July 2.:J.—
The story of two young immigrants who come to America, presumably
from Italy, though the character makeups are not entirely clear. Hugo
thinks Rosa is not so stylish as the new girl who has attracted him.
but her aunt evolves a scheme which transforms the girl into a beauty
and wins back her lover. The story is pretty and entertaining and the
photography very attractive throughout.
THE CHEESEVILLE COPS (Biograph), July 23. — This is a half-reel
burlesque, featuring a company of eccentric police. The action of the
piece centers about a parade, apparently taken during a Fourth of July
celebration. Two crooks steal a watch from Major U. R. A. Stiff, and
the deposed police inspector captures them and wins the girl. This is
well pictured and contains a moderate amount of amusement.
THE SHOW BUSTERS (Biograph). July 23. — On same reel with
above. The stranded show troupe take the places of some amateur actors
and are driven out of the theater with a hose. The photography is
good and this gets numerous laughs, particularly in the closing scenes.
SLIPPERY SLIM'S INHERITANCE (Essanay). July 23.— A good
ranch comedy number, in which Slim is advised that he has inherited
a fortune. Sophie weds him when he is supposed to oe dying, intending
later to marry Mustang Pete. But Slim recovers and holds her to the
contract, though the fortune fails to materialize. This works up gradu-
ally to quite an amusing climax.
THE WINNING TRICK (Vitagraph), July 24. — A comedy number.
with Lillian Walker and Arthur Ashley in the leads. She plays the part
of a romantic girl who insists on marrying a poor man. He conspires
with her father and pretends to lose his wealth ; later Lillian is glad
to learn they are not poor. This makes good light amusement and is
altogether a pleasing offering. The photography is excellent.
THE SUBSTITUTE HEIR (Selig), July 24. — This yarn, by Roy L.
McCardell, proves a very pleasing one. The widow of the deceased
millionaire tries to defeat the nephew and rightful heir by claiming
she has a child. But the colored maid substitutes a black baby. The
closing scenes in this prove laughable and it makes a good comedy
offering.
A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY (Lubin). July 24.— A Filipino story,
written by Will M. Ritchey. The hero, if he could be so termed, be-
trayed his country to save the life of his sweetheart. The situation is
quite an interesting one. The characters do not many of them look the
part of natives, but the settings are suggestive of the Philippines. This
does not work up the suspense that was possible, but it makes an enter-
taining story.
THE BIXGVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (Kalem), July 24.— An ec-
centric comedy number, in whit^h the chiefs of the fire and police de-
partments love the mayor's daughter. The fun in this is of the slapstick
sort, quite amusing in its way. but perhaps discounted somewhat by
innumerable offerings of the same type that have gone before. These
situations are none of them extremely new.
THE LITTLE WIDOW (Biograph), July 25.— A slight plot with little
suspense keeps this picture from really getting hold of the spectator.
One will like the acting and the characters : but in the tale itself he
will see only material that has been done before and so often that he
will at once feel that the outcome is to be according to precedent.
THE LAST ASSIGNMENT.' TWELFTH OF THE DOLLY SERIES
(Euison). July 25.— Dolly accepts the heart and hand of the Comet's
managing editor. It is a simple slight love story with much of the
quality of the others of the series and furnishes fair entertainment.
The acting is high-grade and so the incident is made convincing.
BRONCHO BILLY AND THE GAMBLER (Essanay). July 2.o.— Bron-
cho Billy pictures are still popular with audiences. This is a fairly
good specimen of them. It has action, is well built and holds attention.
The acting is as always, convincing for the most part, and the photo-
graphy is fair — now clear and now a bit thick.
FOOTPRI.XTS (Selig). July 25. — A somnambulism story with a rather
unconvincing train of evidence, throwing suspicion of the theft of dia-
monds on the fiancee of the son of the house. It is proved that the
footprints of the man's mother are the exact size as those of the
fiancee and she never knows that anyone had suspected her of taking
the string of gems. It is too improbable to be wholly entertaining, but
has some good scenes.
DEFYING THE CH.^F (Kalem), July 25. — An Indian story with
interesting action. It is fresh and has a quality that makes it seem
very plausible. We commend it as a good offering, naturally acted and
cleverly photographed.
A MATTER OF RECORD (Lubin), July 25.— A fresh idea gives life
to this acceptable little comedy written by "Emmett Cambell Hall and
put on 'by Harry Myers. The joke lies in what the office phonograph
reported to wifey. Her worthy spouse was henpecked and it came to
him one day that he could have wifey call up the office any evening
r.nd that his voice through the phonograph would answer. It did
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SO and to his great satisfaction once or twice; but lie was not aware
tbat bis pesky contraption ovrrbcaiO him talking to his stenographer,
and so the next evenlns it reported U all to wlfey. Well, ihoro was
trouble for the man ; but the spectators liked it.
Licensed Specials.
BREAD UPON THE WATERS (Vitagraph), July 111.— Special feature
in two parts. Written by William Addison Lathrop and directed by
' Wilfrid North. The plot of this photoplay illustrates how sacrifices
made for others return a thousandfold, and eventually bring fame and
fortune to a struggling artist. Etlenne Girardot does splendid work as
Joan. Lillian Walker was enticing as Mary, and Audrey Berry and
Jacqueline Brown as Laura and Toodles, twt) little girls, are clever
little actresses. A most worthy offering.
WHO SEEKS REVENGE (Lubln). July 22.— A two-part melodrama
thoroughly commercial in that it Is made up wholly of the "good old
things" thai are always sure of a fair approval by the majority. The
story follows the plan of villainy frustrate and love triumphant. It
opens at an army post in the Indian days in the West an,, closes In
the East after a sweatshop fire in which the real villain dies. It Is
clearly photographed, is full of incidents, some of them very convincing,
and is always understandable. Emraett Campbell Hall is the author
and Joseph Smiley put it on.
THE RIVAL RAILROAD'S PLOT (Kalem), July^2.— A two-reel rail-
road picture, full of dandy scenes and pictures of locomotives belching
the blackest of black smoke. These stirring scenes and its good photo-
graphy make it a very entertaining offering in spite of the weakness
of the story. We doubt whether a rival railroad could hire a stable
sweeper to act as fireman on the locomotive that was to race for a mail
contract and have him dope the water-tank so that the engine would
"prime" ; but it seems all right in a picture. That that same stable
boy would, without special orders, overstep this when his plan had
gone awry and pull a pistol at the rival engineer is hardly convincing
enough for a picture. There is also a very weak, i onventional scene in
the train dispatcher's office that most will think unconvincing, 'ihese
bits of slipshod work hurt the picture without anywhere near killing It.
E. W. Matlack is author and J. P. McGowan put it on.
THE FALSE SHADOW (Lubin), July 2o. — A strong production in
two reels, written by Frank Howard Clark. This concerns a young artist
■who submits to a eugenic examination before marriage. The villainous
doctor says his blood is infected and he is unfit to weu. The artist be-
comes an outcast and is only saved from utter degradation by the doc-
tor's confession. The plot is original and convincingly worked out. The
fire scenes toward the close were startlingly vivid and, as a whole, tbis
production is a superior one, though the doctor's crime was truly a
diabolical one. John Ince, Vilette Stringer, Robert Whittier and George
Trimble play the leads very acceptably. A good offering.
WHY PREACHERS LEAVE HOME (Melies), July 23. — This offering
devotes two entire reels to depicting a commonplace plot. The idea of
the preacher and a traveling whiskey salesman getting mixed up bas
been used before and the action here is not fresh enough in incident to
hold the attention. This could have been told very easily in one reel,
and even then it would not have been very successful.
LADDIE (Edison). July 24. — A new version of this well-known two-
reel success. It is one of the simplest and most appealing photoplays
ever made. The boy grows up and" goes to the city, where his aged
mother follows for a visit, after fifteen years. He is a little ashamed
of her old-fashioned ways and neglects her. Margaret McWade was
very strong in the mother part and Ben. F. Wilson was pleasing as the
grown-up Laddie. This brought tears to the eyes of the audience and
tells a story that will no doubt continue its previous popularity.
A LETTER FROM HOME (Essanay), July 24.— A two-reel offering
from a story by Edward Boltwood, in which Richard C- Travers plays
the part of State's Attorney "Honest Jack" Armory. Gerda Holmes is
the wife, who gives up her longing to move back West when she learns
that her husband is considering selling out to the land thieves on her
account. This has a strong close, though the characters were very slow
in developing a definite interest. The opening scenes seemed vague and
purposeless, but were later helped out by the dialogue inserted as
subtitles. This is an offering of about average merit.
ROMANTIC JOSIE (Vitagraph), July 2.5.— A two-reel comedy that we
dare not commend as a sure offering of entertainment. Most of it seems
dead and, though there are a few laughs and parts that are fairly
amusing, as a whole, it is wholly lacking in real vigor.
Independent.
THE BAHAMAN PINEAPPLE PLANTATION (Princess), July 24.— A
clearly photographed topical full of interest. It shows the whole proc-
ess of growing and marketing pineapples.
HARVESTING ICE (Princess), July 24.— On the reel with the fore-
going, this jumps from summer on a tropic isle to winter in New York
and it, too, is clearly pictured. These instructive topicals should prove
acceptable.
FROM WASH TO WASHINGTON (Thanhouser) , July 26.— A beautiful
travelogue of the Capitol Citj' in which, in a dream, a washer-girl
^Margarite Snow) dreams that she and her sweatheart (James Cruze)
take a "flying" trip to Washington. They just jump about from here
to there in the city and we see the sights that they are looking at. It
ought to make a good offering. The photography is perfect.
LEAVE IT TO SMILEY (Komic), July 26. — A laugh-maker that is a
sure guess for exhibitors. The theatrical company has gone broke and
two of the players dccido to get out. How they get along on their wlt»
makes fresh Irresistible fun. Well acted and clear, it maken a fine
offering.
A WILD RIDE (Sterling). July 27.— This film story Is enacted by
children. The boy rivals strive ox-er their lady love at a beach resort,
the wild rldo being taken on a Bcenic railway. In this they were pur-
sued by a burlesque police force. Not much plot to this; It proves
fairly amusing.
Ol'R MUTUAL GIRL, NO. 28 (Reliance), July 27. — Long Beach and
West End cottages at the seashore of New Jersey make the background
of this installment and are clearly photographed and Interesting. The
story continues on its new tack smoothly and with enough interest to
satisfy.
TROUBLESOME PETS (Sterling), July :iO. — The master of the house,
tired of the monkey and parrot, kept by his wife, puts one In the pantry
and the other down the well. The parrot's cries for help roune the
neighborhood. There are no extremely laughable places in this, but it
is lightly amusing throughout.
BILL SQUARES IT WITH THE BOSS (KomIc), Aug. 2.— A comedy
that will make friends for the exhibitor. Bill (Tammany Young), the
boss (Tod Browning), and the stenographer (Fay Timher) are all so
funny that they only need to have a chance to make a good laugh. Then
there is in the situation a spontaneous fun that Is wholiy contagious
and it makes one of those thoroughly delightful offerings that are cer-
tain money-getters for all who exploit them. A dandy offering.
THE MIND'S AWAKENING (Frontier), Aug. 2.— This Western offer-
ing has quite an entertaining plot. The new waitress finds both her
husband and her father at the hotel and the reunion follows a night
encounter with some would-be thieves. Dolly Larkin and Arthur
Allardt play the lovers. Not handled very strongly but contains good
plot material.
BEHIND THE VEIL (Rex), Aug. 2.— A story by Lois Weber effec-
tively appealing to kindly human sentiments and staged by the
Smalleys. with their usual skill. The man and his wife (Phillips
Smalley as the man and Lois Webber as the woman) have been sep-
arated and the child, an important character in the plot, is with the
father. There appears in the village a woman who always wears a
veil and the neighbors wonder. It is the mother who comes to be near
her child and the denouement which is convincingly worked up, too,
brings about the satisfactory reconciliation between the separated pair.
It is a good picture, clearly acted and human. The photography is
excellent. We commend it.
IN DAYS OF OLD (Eclair), Aug. 2. — A picture played almost ex-
clusively by children and with a story that is given as a dream. Its
villain is a medieval potentate who falls in love with the wife of one
of his lords. The jealous queen kills the lady by poison roses: but it
is only a pretended death and enables the husband to rescue her from
the wicked court. It is a very pretty offering, charmingly costumed
and set ; but is commendable most for its novelty.
THE STORM BIRD (Powers), Aug. 4.— A sea story, with Edna MaisoD
and Ray Gallegher as the lovers. The principal action centers about
the young mate's row with the captain on board the vessel. The small
boy and the girl come to his rescue. This is about an average offering.
SOME COP (Crystal), Aug. 4.— Charles De Forrest and Vivian Prescott
play the leads in this rough farcical offering. It is not ver>" funny on
account of lack of spontaneity more than anything else and it is a bit
vulgar.
MAGGIES HONEST LOVER (Nestor). Aug. 4.— A rough-and-turable
farce with the partly constructed buildings of the San Diego Exposition
as background. The burlesque characters are workmen on the construc-
tion job and the heroine is the daughter of the sand-pile man. The
foreman is the villain and a subtitle lets us into the secret of his being
a "dirty scoundrel." Maggie's honest lover, the carpenter, can look
innocent after throwing a brick. It ends with a chase and will please.
THE THIRD PARTY (Joker), Aug. 5. — Husban^ is jealous of his
wife's brother whom he has never seen, so he makes tne butler dress in
one of his wife's gowns and then she is jealous. To tell the truth,
there is very little left to this particular situation ; but the players in
this case have done all that they could by clever acting and have suc-
ceedea in putting some comic atmosphere in it.
SYMPHONY OF SOULS (Rex), Aug. 6.— Not very dramatic or effec-
tive, because the story is neither sensational or inevitable and the love
between the blind girl and the music-master, who has taken her
and cared for her when orphaned, does not powerfully convince. We
feel too sure that he is going to give her up to her grandfather in the
end. It is a fair offering, not a big or noteworthy one. The photo-
graphy is clean.
THE MAN OF HLxi. CHOICE (Powers), Aug. ".— A rather weak pic-
ture. The story might have been suggested by "Admirable Cricbton" ;
but it has been, it seems, hurriedly thrown together and the relation-
ships of the characters does not convince. There is too much unim-
portant business that shows nothing new to us and this makes it dry.
In the best scenes tne photography is fair.
THAT'S FA-xt ENOUGH (Joker), Aug. 8. — A burlesque containing
much rough stuff that will entertain the large number of those who like
this sort of thing.
A MIDNIGHT VISITOR (Rex), Aug. .S.— A cleverly thought up offer-
ing that will give good entertainment. The rather gay and festive hus-
band would go to the club. There, after drinking a bit too much, ne
sleeps and dreams of a burglar who scares his wife to death, tie falls
off the chair and, on reaching home, finds that there has been visitor;
but that it was the stork and not a yeggman. This has been pictured in
such a way as to bring out a sure laugh when the true inwardness of
the situation revealed to us. We can count it a very good offering.
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ALL AT SEA (Nestor), Aug. S. — A comical sea-side romance, taken
at Coronado Beach and then on shipboard, and full of beautifully photo-
graphed scenes. There was a good deal of laughter while it was on,
chiefly because of the spirited acting, and it makes a very fair offering.
Independent Specials.
SHORTY AND THE ARIDVILLE TERROR (Broncho), July 'S2.—A
two-reel farce that is pretty sure to be counted good entertainment. It
has an amusing plot, but there is much rough action included an- this
gives it a broad appeal and makes it a safe offering. The wife of the
frontier village's dentist has a way of coaxing into the ofifice cow-
punchers with perfectly good teeth and getting a fee out of them. The
"Terror" comes to town and is put on to the "good thing." He, himself,
has some misgivings, but perseveres until the dentist and his wife get
him under gas. But when he comes out of it he wrecks the office, and
there follows a typical chase with tumbles, shooting and many other
diverting actions.
THE MILLION-DOLLAR MYSTERY NO. 6 (Thanhouser), July 20.—
This reviewer had not seen the former installments of this picture and
comments on it as a spectator in the same predicament. What he sees
going on is indeed a mystery ; but he doesn't know whether it is so
intended or not. nor at first does he know to which side is to give his
allegiance, nor who is the heroine and who the villainess. He sees
much that keeps him interested. For example, he sees the box"
thrown overboard and sink to the bottom of tpf sea where it disturbs
the sand and sea-weeds. It is all perfectly* photographed and the
players are natural and act skillfully.
THE MYSTERY OF THE HINDOO IMAGE (Majestic). July 26.— A
good, exciting detective story in two parts. A man is found dead in his
librarj', killed by the knife of his ward, who the day before had been
abusive to him. His fingers still hold the head of the Hindoo image.
The ward is convicted, but while the detective is working on the case
he escapes. The detective has a stirring adventure in the apartment of
a Hindoo swamii whom he proves to be the culprit. But before this is
accomplished, the ward is recognized and again brought to a cell.
There's a shiver-making snake scene in it and the plot is constructed
to hold interest well. Acting and camera work are good. An excellent
■offering.
THE MILLION-DOLLAR MYSTERY. NO. 7 (Thanhouser), July 2".—
'"Ine Doom of the Auto Bandits" is the special title this week and the
two reels give us a self-contained and exciting episode. This reviewer
"has not seen the first three numbers of this picture and has not got it,
as a whole, quite clear from seeing the last four (this is the seventh
installment). He can understand the episode and found enjoyment as
■well as suspense in it ; but who the characters are he doesn't yet know.
THE MESSENGER OF DEATH (Thanhousert, July 28. — A two-reel
picture of the Indian frontiers in which hill people attack a compound
left in the care of a sergeant (Irving Cummings) with a handful of
men and the sister of the captain to the guard. There is very little
dramatic action in it, hardly enough to fill out one reel, and the ending
is tragic without the deep significance that makes tragedy worth while.
A weak offering.
THE MADMAN'S WARD (Victor). July 3L— This two-reel subject
features Florence Lawrence. Others in the cast are Charles Craig, John
C. Brownell and William O'Neill. The chief interest in this picture
centers in the star, who is seen in one of her favorite roles of a young
and carefree girl brought up by the madman, and also in the fine ocean-
shore backgrounds. There are good situations in the second reel.
A MAN AND HIS BROTHER (Victor). Aug. -.—This two-reel subject,
in which Warren Kerrigan plays the lead, holds all the way with the
exception of the last one or two scenes, whicn are weakened by an
unmoral ending. It shows Mr. Kerrigan in a typical Western role,
formerly so familiar to his followers.
FIRELIGHT (Eclair), Aug. 5. — A two-part picture of sentiment in
which a man, who is making bis millions every year and grinding down
everyone he comes in contact with, has a fierce strike on his hands.
His wife, who seems very tearful, knows that one of his striking work-
ers is waiting to shoot him. She detains mm with stories of their
youth, courting and married life. These include some very pretty
scenes and result not only in saving the man from being shot, but in
giving him a change of heart. It is well photographed and will make
a good -offering.
RESCUED BY WIRELESS (Bison i. ug. 7.— This two-reel number,
produced by Henry McRae in Honolulu, is a combination of story and
scenic novelties. The story halts while we look at tapestry being made
from bark, pineapples growing, rice fields, water buffalo and e like.
This being disposed of, the story moves ahead and stirs up quite a lot
of excitement in the second reel. William Clifford, Sherman Bain-
bridge and Marie Walcamp play the leading parts. This holds the
interest in spite of its faulty construction from the story standpoint.
THE RAT (Box Office Attractions).— A two-reel story of the under-
world, chiefly remarkable for its close attention to settings and char-
acter details. It has the further recommendation of dealing with low
life in a manner which at no time proves depressing, as it calls out the
better traits of the gang members. Henry King plays the part of the
"Rat," who comes to the aid of Marian, the millionaire's daughter, when
she has been abducted. This is one of the best offerings of this type
we have seen and is played by a well-balanced cast.
THE HUNCHBACK OF CEDAR LODGE (Box Office Attraction).— A
three-reel balboa ghost story, set in old Virginia and with a romance
woven into it. It will entertain and please without exciting any special
admiration, excepting the stage-craft of the haunted library scenes with
the hidden treasure chamber behind the walls and secret panel. We
have seen muoh cleverer camera work than that in the picture of a
storm in this offering. The hunchback villain kills his father and gets
his brother suspected (both love the same girl) ; but years later this
brother finds his skelton stretched across the hidden trunk of gold and
gems in the secret closet, and this is a very effective close to a series
of good scenes. Some of Balboa stories are of the best ; but, as in this
case, original stagecraft and camera work give a popular and enter-
taining quality to even its commonplace and commercial stories.
OLE BR.A.NDEIS' EYES (Box Office Attractions) .—A four-reel Bio-
scope picture taken along some beautiful mountain lake, like Como,
with tremendous backgrounds and lovely bits of landscape : ilex trees,
garden walks, marble steps and the rough twists and bends of a bill-
side city's ways. Hans Ewer's novel furnished the scriptwright with his
story which is half mystical and deals with an artist, Ole Brandeis,
who gets the faculty of seeing peopie as they truly are. The spectator,
after seeing one or two transformations, begins to speculate on how
this or that other character in it is going to turn out. The gallery will
hardly understand the meaning of it all, but it will be an entertaining
exercise to instructed patrons. There is a ragged heroine who alone is
good and true, and what she appears to be, and the rich artist finds
this out. A good offering for the right place; but one that we fear
that the general spectator will not be enthusiastic over. It is well
acted and the backgrounds are artistically photographed. Its double-
exposures are poorly matched.
THE TOLL OF THE WAR-PATH (Warner's Features). — A three-
part Albuquerque picture of early Western days which has a loss of
memor>' incident and a heroine who finds herself innocently with two
husbands. In the first reel the story engages our attention easily and
holds steadily throughout. Its heroine (Dot Farley) is pretty and
vivacious and makes a very acceptable cow-girl with her easy and
graceful riding. There is plenty of Indian fighting and battle smoke,
and sufficient action to get past with the audiences as a good offering.
Yet it has no special strength.
HOW JOH.\NNA SAVED THE HOME (Warner's Features).— On the
same reel and used as a filler to close the last part is this comical
laugh-maker by Dot Farley. It is slight, but acceptable, and being a
comic Indian picture, goes well with the foregoing.
THE LEGACY (Warner's Features). — A three-reel detective story,
made in France. It is fairly interesting as a story, although if it had
been cut down to about tw'o reels of film we would have had a more
clear-cut and snappy picture without losing a thing of the story. The
little heroine is stolen by her evil brother whom the grandfather has
cut off from his inheritance and this is done to force the mother to give
him a part of the money. It has some unusual scenes in the last reel
showing a mine where the youth and his gang take the little sister to
hide her and to which the great detective follows. The photography is
clear and the story makes a very fair feature offering ; but without
special strength.
THE HUMAN SOUL (Box Office Attractions). — A three-part Balboa
offering with a most unusual theme and with one scene that is truly
startling. There are two distinct stories, neither of whic-h is convincing.
In the first, where the man photographs the raising soul of his dying
wife, there is no heart appeal except momentary emotion, due to good
acting. The second is wholly commonplace except that the finding of
the photograph years afterward by the man's daughter, which keeps
her from running away with a worthless scoundrel, is merely a new
incident. Both the stories are trashy, yet they interest, partly due to
flashes of good acting, but most to the clever camera work. As a whole,
the picture has enough life to please and will be liked. It is a safe
offering, not a great one.
LASKY TO MAKE "HEART OF MARYLAND."
The first of the Belasco plays to be put into motion pic-
tures will be "The Heart of Maryland," according to a de-
cision reached by David Belasco and Jesse L. Lasky. The
scenario has been arranged by Mr. Belasco and turned over
to the Lasky Company, which will make the production.
The company will be sent into Southern Maryland, where the
scenes of the play are laid. Starting at Frederick, the com-
pany will traverse the famous Shenandoah \'allev and Brad-
dock's road, which runs through Cumberland, west, along
w^hich the Army of the Potomac marched.
Several scenes will be laid at Harpers Ferry. Greene
Springs. W. Va., and along the Potomac River, through
Maryland to Piedmont, W. Va. There will be 300 players in
the cast, and the picture will be 5,000 feet in length.
VITAGRAPH COMPANY IN NORTH CAROLINA.
At Bat Cave. X. C, Ned Finley, the Vitagraph director, has
pitched camp in a tent far up on the slope of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. His company is located at Hendersonville. about
seven miles from Finley's tent. Mr. Finley felt the need of
quiet and exclusiveness, where he could meditate about the
many scripts which he has in the course of production and
keep in close communion with nature, absorbing the local
color and associations.
Editor World:
Inclosed find check for $3, for renewal of my subscription
to the Moving Picture World, which I call the Exhibitor's
Friend and far superior to any others I have as yet seen.
P. R. SCHILLING, The Eureka.
Oswego. N. Y., July 23.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
839
"Lupin, the Gentleman Burglar"
Fourth Episode of Lupin Series — Interesting Three-Part De-
tective Story — Released by Pasqucdi-American.
DETECTIVE stories are always interesting; these
Lupin subjects are unusually so, largely because of
tlie cleverness of the principal cliaracter. Lupin, and
the unexpected ending of the story as well as the richness
of the interior settings which mark the latest and fourth
episode of this scries, now ready for release by the Pasquali-
American Company under the title of "Lupin, the Gentleman
Burglar." This subject is in three parts and is full of action
from the opening scene.
The first part is mostly in the way of an introduction to
the real exploits of Lupin. James Gordon has shuffled off
this mortal coil and left his vast estate to his niece, Mrs.
Josette Percy, beautifully voluptuous, and, presumably, a
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Scene from "Lupin" (Pasquali- American).
widow. According to the will she is to find directions for
securing the estate of her uncle in a rare volume of Egyptian
lore, written in such a manner that the application of heat
to the page will disclose the instructions. When a search is
made for the book it cannot be found — some one has made
away with 'it.
About this time the famous gentleman burglar Lupin is
released from prison, and a notice to that eflfect printed in a
newspaper is shown to Mrs. Percy. The matter suggests to
Scene from "Lupin" (Pasquali- American).
her the advisability of "setting a thief to catch a thief," so
she sends for Lupin and tells him of her dilemma. Lupin
sets at work at once upon the theory that Sir Rhulend, a
famous collector of Egyptian relics, would naturally be the
person to acquire the lost parchment if it was offered for
sale. Thereupon he determines to make the acquaintance of
Sir Rhulend and the waj' in which he docs it is ingenious.
Disguising himself, Lupin awaits outside Sir Rhulend's door,
and when that personage emerges for his morning walk
Lupin steals his v,'atch and runs away. Me gains sufficient
distance to make another change in his disguise so that,
when his pursuers arrive, he appears before them in gentle-
manly attire, restores the watch to its owner, indicating that
the thief has just escaped.
Refusing a reward in money Lupin gains what he desired
— an invitation to visit the collector and inspect his treasures.
Thus he is able to discover the whereabouts of the lost parch-
ment and the way to secure it. In this he is unwittingly
aided by Sir Rhulend's valet, who plans to rob his employer
on the same night that Lupin steals the book from the
safe. For the furtlier adventures of Lupin the writer respect-
fully refers readers to the picture itself, assuring them that
they will be fully repaid for their effort.
Along with the thread of sense that runs through this
story there is a fund of humor, for Lupin's exploits cannot
be taken in sober seriousness, even though he does employ
an occasional device of the true investigator of crime. In
this picture he concludes by returning to Sir Rhulend, not
the real jewels stolen by the valet, but imitations, while he
bestows the genuine treasures upon Mrs. Percy, whom he
marries. This is his little joke and reveals the real Lupin,
at heart Still a burglar. The subject is one that is certain
to entertain.
Robert Edeson, Lasky Star
WITHOUT doubt one of the leading romantic actors
on the American stage, and one of the most digni-
fied of stars, Robert Edeson, having just completed
his first motion picture production, "The Call of the North,"
for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, is so enam-
ored of the attractiveness of screen drama, pantomimic act-
mg and the general appeal of the camera, that the public is
to see this estimable player in several more photoplays.
"The Call of the
North," which will be
seen at the Strand
Monday, August 10,
considered by Mr.
Lasky and all con-
cerned in its produc-
tion as the most attrac-
tive subject yet created
by the Lasky organiza-
tion, is said to be at-
mospherically and his-
trionically a perfect
picture. Immediately
after witnessing the
production in a private
studio, Mr. Goldfish, ex-
ecutive head of the
Lasky Company, tele-
graphed Mr. Edeson
suggesting that he re-
main at Hollywood in-
definitely and Mr. Ede-
son replied by stating
that he was so well
pleased with "The Call
of the North" that he
would like to do his
other famous stage
success. "Where the
Trail Divides," which
is a sequel to "Strong-
heart," in which Mr. Edeson starred for several years.
"Where the Trail Divides" was secured by Mr. Goldfish,
and will be the December release of the Lasky company.
Stuart Edward White, author of "Conjuror's House," from
which "The Call of the North" was made into a stage play,
said that the picture production was as near perfect in de-
tail and locale as man and nature combined could make it.
Robert Edeson.
KLATT BUILDING ANOTHER HOUSE.
A moving picture theater of Colonial construction is in
the course of erection on the south side of East Grand
boulevard, near Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich. It is be-
ing built by William F. Klatt. The plans call for a moving
picture emporium artistic in exterior and interior design,
with a seating capacity of L550. The theater will have the
latest appointments, and will cost about ?70,000 to construct.
840
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SAWYER ANNOUNCES NEW OFFICES.
Film Mart Intends Distribution Through Completed List of
Thirty or More Prints.
Sawyer, Inc., are this week publishing the names and ad-
dresses of their first series of Zones to be used for the dis-
tribution of the Sawyer pictures. When the thirty offices are
under way and in operation, it will mean a distribution of at
least thirty prints and in the cases of the larger cities, such
as New York and Chicago, additional prints will be needed.
Realizing that direct booking will be the only solution for
the manufacturer. Sawyer, Inc., have gone ahead on their
zone plan and the manufacturers who are booking through
Sawyer, Inc., think they have adopted the right method for
marketing their pictures. The list of the new affiliations of
the Sawyer company show some interesting facts. The Saw-
yer interests are handled in Chicago by the Union Film Com-
pany. Mr. Hopp, the president of this company, is too well
known in the motion picture trade to require an introduction.
The southern office, which is located in Knoxville, Term.,
is managed by Frank Rogers, who has made a name for him-
self as a successful theatrical man. The New England m-
terests of Sawyer, Inc., will be handled by the Phoenix Film
Company, 164 Federal street, Boston. This company is a
newcomer, but from its personnel it should be very success-
ful. Mr. Osborn and Mr. Peters, the two active members
of the company, are both up-to-date, aggressive young men,
with ample capital to successfully carry on the business.
In Albany F. G. Terwilliger has in the past three weeks
thoroughly established the Sawyer programs in the north-
ern and eastern part of New York State. Mr. Terwilliger
has been in the film business a number of years. Other con-
nections made are mentioned in the Sawyer, Inc., advertise-
ment on another page of this issue; it gives full particulars.
increase of the New York Motion Picture Company's produc-
tions. At the time this issue of the Moving Picture World
was sent to press the parties were still in consultation.
CAPTAIN ROSER MISQUOTED.
There appeared in the issue of the Moving Picture World
of July 25 a paragraph which purported to be an expression
from Capt. A. J. Roser, of Kingston, Jamaica, relative to the
citizens of that town. Captain Roser later called at the office
of the Moving Picture World and stated that his remarks
had been misunderstod and that he did not utter anything
of a nature uncomplimentary to the citizens of Jamaica.
The Moving Picture World is informed that Captain
Roser has invested a large sum of money in building and
beautifying his theater in Kingston and we are glad to pub-
lish this explanation in his behalf. Captain Roser is an
Englishman and veteran of the Boer War, in which conflict
he won his commission for signal bravery and soldierly abil-
ity; he is a gentleman of excellent character and has the
respect and patronage of his townsmen.
COLLINS NEW EDISON DIRECTOR.
John Hancock Collins, for four years with the Edison
Company, has recently been promoted to the position of di-
rector. Under his former title of stage manager, Mr. Collins
was responsible for the grandeur of the settings in the Edi-
son films and conceived the idea for the magnificent booth
with the fountain at the recent exposition held at Grand
Central Palace. He is an ambitious and aggressive youth,
who possesses all the qualifications necessary for the success
of a stage director.
JOYCE FAIR WITH EDISON.
Joyce Fair, the little ten-year-old actress now playing in
"The Dummy" on the legitimate stage is being featured as
"Mary Jane" in the "Buster Brown" comedies of the Edi-
son Company.
INCE AND SENNETT IN TOWN.
As stated in the Moving Picture World of last week, Tom
Ince and Mack Sennett, directors of the New York Motion
Picture Company, who are located at the company's plant
near Los Angeles, Cal., arrived in New York and have been
in consulation with their principals for several days regarding
future plans. Notwithstanding the statement that there was
no friction between Messrs. Ince and Sennett and the com-
pany by which they are employed, it seems that some have
drawn that inference from the story of last week. Accord-
ingly, at the request of the interested parties, we reiterate
the previous statement that the relations between all parties
is of a most cordial and satisfactory nature and that the pres-
ence of Messrs. Ince and Sennett in New York is for the
purpose of outlining future plans for the betterment and the
KEANOGRAPH FILMS A BIG FIRE.
Realism painful to many people who have a strong dislike
to being awakened at 4 o'clock in the morning marked the
taking of one of the major scenes in the spectacular photo-
play "Money," now nearing completion by the United Keano-
graph Film Company of Fairfax, Cal. For fifteen miles
around the sky was illuminated on the morning of July 24.
The clanging of fire engines, whose noise was accentuated
because of the studio's location in a mountainous country,
and the echo and re-echo of shouts, orders, cries for help,
etc., made a mad din sufficient to bring even the heaviest
sleepers to protesting consciousness.
James Keane, president and general manager of the com-
pany and director of the photoplay of which he is also the
author, has gone to enormous expense in getting effects. His
engaging of 2,000 people for one scene is significant of his
methods.
PEARL WHITE THROWN FROM CAB.
As the heroine of "The Perils of Pauline" Miss Pearl
White seems to be able to go through almost everything
and escape without physical harm, but when she takes up
some perfectly harmless diversion something is sure to hap-
pen. The other evening Miss White felt a desire to indulge
in the ancient and almost forgotten pastime of riding in a
hansom cab through Central Park. Everybody knows that
this is a real kindergarten game, but do you suppose that Miss
Pearl Pauline could get away with it without something hap-
pening? Hardly had she begun to enjoy the sensation of doing
something safe and sane when the cab horse stumbled com-
ing down a hill and pitched Miss Pearl out on her head.
The fall reduced her to a state of insensibility, sprained her
wrist and bruised her painfully about the arms and face. An
ambulance surgeon wanted to take her to a hospital, but
when Pearl came to she insisted on continuing the drive.
MARGARITA FISCHER AS TRIXY.
Miss Margarita Fischer as Trixy in "A Midsummer's Love
Tangle" (Beauty), has a delightful part. Margarita Fischer
is one of the most vivacious actresses appearing on the
screen, and her part is brimful of mischief and intrigue. In
one of the last scenes in particular her versatility is called
into play. From the winsome madcap she becomes the de-
mure little maiden who wheedles from her father his consent
to an interview with her sweetheart, although the interview
ends most disastrously for all concerned. Harry Pollard is
himself some yachtsman, and as a great many scenes necessi-
tated a sailboat, he thoroughlyy enjoyed the production of
"A Midsummer's Love Tangle."
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION APPOINTS AMALGAMA-
TION COMMITTEE.
A committee consisting of Philip Rosenson, A. A. Corn,
Lee A. Ochs and William Brandt of the New York City
.'Association of E.xhibitors, has been appointed to represent
that organization in the matter of amalgamation with the
New York City Local of the State League. The League
Local is represented by a committee consisting of John J.
Wittman, M. L. Fleischman, Louis Harris, J. Becker, James
Deegan and Mr. Fineblatt. Up to the present writing noth-
ing definite has been decided upon. A meeting of the com-
mittees was held at the Marlboro Hotel on Friday, July 31.
McGRAW AS "DETECTIVE SWIFT."
Toward the end of August the Eclectic Film Company will
release a three-part picture entitled "Detective Swift," in
which John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Giants,
will play the leading part, the character being that of De-
tective Swift. Many of the scenes of this subject were taken
during the trip of the Giants and White Sox around the
world. The play was written by Frank McGlynn, who also
directed its production. This subject should awaken a lively
interest among both baseball and photoplay fans.
BODINE GOES TO EUROPE.
H. A. Bodine, director of sales for the Raw Film Supply
Company, sailed July 30 on the SS. President Grant of the
Hamburg-American line for a tour of Europe. He will visit
the plants of the Raw Film Supply Company and the Am-
brosio Film Company and will study trade conditions
generally.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
841
"The Boundary Rider"
Smugglers Float Opium in Logs Down Mountain Stream
in Eclectic Offering Made by Wharton Company.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is an interesting shifting of the center of atten-
tion in a new Eclectic live-reel story made in America
by the Wharton Company. Of course, in depicting
anything but the simplest situation the attention has to be
called away from this group of characters and given to that
until, at the climax, all that arc left are found closely inter-
locked in the final struggle, when each has given to him his
proper and particular fate. In "The Boundary Rider," not
a love story, but a tale of adventure in which detectives
help an innocent fugitive and victim of circumstance who,
so to speak, is hustled into the race they have already begun
with a well organized band of opium smugglers, the author,
instead of beginning with a complicated situation, has opened
with a simple one, complicated it, and simplified it again
at the close. Tliis more direct and concrete way of telling
a story is dramatic and more effective on the screen, though
to a novelist the elaborate way is usually preferable.
The chief feature of the picture is the clever way in which
the smugglers get their contraband across the boundary. A
moimtain torrent flows from the Canadian side and, a mile
or so across the border, falls over a precipice, and under this
is a grotto where men can stand and, screened by the curtain
of water, collect the logs full of opium sent down stream
by confederates across the line. The hero of the tale is
the boundary rider, an official of the customs department.
Scene from "The Boundary Rider" (Eclectic).
He is also the fugitive and had been the innocent clerk of
the smugglers' "fence" in an American city. The chief
smuggler had come to this man's office while the clerk was
out and there had been a quarrel. The "fence" was found
dead and circumstance had accused the clerk who, escaping,
had got a job as a rider.
Two detectives are especially interested in the case. One
is a woman and she has a clue that none but she knows
of and which is to be used at the end to clear the rider and
to convict the murderer. In order to have the hero again
accused of murder at the very time when he has courageously
arrested the chief smuggler, the man detective is to be in
the neighborhood of the stream on vacation. We are shown
that the chief smuggler, after a quarrel with his servant,
has employed a Chinaman — the woman detective in disguise.
She is not recognizable, and her unmasking at the climax
gives a tingle of surprise. The one weakness of the plot is
that we are not made particularly interested in that China-
man soon enough. That we are kept in ignorance of her
identity is — it rr.ay be — a good point; but it would have been
better to have attracted attention to her in some significant
way earlier in the action. When we find her seeking through
the smuggler's trunk for something — it's the proof of her
clue— we wonder what she (we think her just a Chinaman)
is doing; but at this point it is more apt to seem irrelevant
than significant and the suspense at this point is so intense
that we don't give it the attf.ition it warrants. There are
several ways of handling this character better than the author
has here done. But, though we feel a slipping of the pic-
ture's (hitch as we approach the clima.x, we are so near the
top of the hill that we get over, notwithstanding. It is a
good offering, with much interest and suspense, and we com-
mend it as entertainment. The acting is conventional, but
intelligent — just what was needed for this kind of story. The
staging and photography are both competent, while those
scenes that show the stream and the smugglers' method of
getting the opium over the boundary are particularly tine.
Flickers
DON MEANEY, who until very recently managed the
pul)Iicity department of the Essanay Film Company,
will, after August 3, hold the same position with the
Photoplay Productions Company in New York City. Our
best wishes are his.
* * *
J. Parker Reid, Jr., leaves New York City this week for a
two months' stay in the mountains. Mr. Reid has not
looked quite himself
for some time, and we
trust that this short
stay will produce the
desired results.
* * *
I received a postal
card from Joe Univer-
sal Brandt during his
hurried trip through
Galveston, Texas. He
said he rode right in
and turned around, and
rode right out again.
He sure is the greatest
hustler in the business,
barring none.
♦ * *
H. Z. Levine is back
in the United States
after a four months'
trip on the continent
in the interests of the
Universal Film Manu-
facturing Company.
Get him to tell you of
the five-thousand-mile
motor trip he had advertising Lucille Love. It's interesting.
Don Meaney.
Harry Reichenbach, the mouthpiece of the Lasky Fea-
ture Play Company, is another one of the warm-weather
commuters. The Brighton Beach Hotel, if you please.
* * *
Al Lichtman has at last got into his own, and as president
of the new Alco Feature Film Company should make the
presence of that organization felt. He is used to traveling
in big company, having attained his experience while sales
manager of the Famous Players' Film Company, which
position he held from the beginning of that company's
existence.
* * *
Harry Lande, president of the Feature Photoplay Com-
pany, is advertising a new and wonderful feature. It is a
boy, and a nine-pounder at that. Congratulations are com-
ing his way.
* * *
Vice-President and General Manager Rudolph, of the Saw-
3'er Company, has just returned from a flying trip of ten
days, in which he touched at all the principal cities as far
west as Denver. While away, Mr. Rudolph established ten
branch offices, and made arrangements for the early open-
ing of live more.
* * *
Hector J. Stryckmans will shortly announce the title and
release date of a multiple-reel feature which has been taking
up the past six weeks of his time. He claims it to be "one
of the best yet." MAC.
NEW HOUSE FOR WATERVILLE, ME.
F. D. Robinson has opened a moving picture theater in
Waterville, Me. The name of the new structure is the
Royal, and it has a seating capacity of 400. According to
reports, the Royal is in the best location in Waterville,
which city has a population of about 15,000. The Royal
is nicely appointed, and Mr. Robinson has been doing good
business since the opening.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Curse of the Scarabee Ruby."
A Three-Part Gaumont Subject Dealing with the Theme of
Dual Personality — Many Interesting Scenes Well
Photographed.
THE theme of dual personality has been portrayed many
times and in many ways in pictures. It is possible
that the Gaumont Company has discovered a new way
of presenting it in the subject "The Curse of the Scarabee
Ruby," released August 1. The picture is in three parts and
has sufficient action to hold interest as well as being a well
told story.
In the first part we are told that two sisters, daughters of
the high priest Yuma, are guardians of the sacred ruby hung
about the neck of their god and that one of them is mortally
wounded when the other, with the aid of her lover, attempts
to steal the sacred gem. The father, discovering the at-
tempted theft and his dying daughter, pronounces a curse
Scene from "Curse of the Scarabee Ruby" (Gaumont).
upon the Scarabee ruby, decreeing that the body of who-
ever should subsequently wear it should be entered by two
conflicting spirits — one good and the other evil.
Hundreds of years afterward Peter Sylvester buys a quaint
jewel at the shop of a collector and presents it to his fiancee,
Mona Dorsay. From that time Mona, always sweet and
maidenly by day, becomes possessed with an impulse to
consort with the lowest characters at night. But whatever
Scene from "Curse of the Scarabee Ruby" (Gaumont).
her nocturnal excursions iiiay be she wakes up in tlie morn-
ing unconscious of what has happened during the night.
Through the second part of the picture is shown scenes
of Parisian cabarets and dance halls where Mona lives a wild
night life and is especially useful to the gang of thieves
with whom she associated in luring wealthy strangers into
tfie toils of the thieves. Peter happens, accidentally into one
of these haunts and recognizes Mona among the others, but
when he calls to see her in the morning she is so sweetly
unconscious of his suspicions that he is completely dis-
armed. At another time he makes a visit to the dance hall
to be sure that he is mistaken, but when he sees Mona he
attempts to take her away and is wounded in a fight that
immediately occurs.
Telling his suspicions to his father, Peter attem.pts to solve
the mystery he is certain envelops his sweetheart. News-
paper stories of an escapade in which Mona was concerned
are shown both the girl and her mother, but nothing can
be explained. It is then decided to watch the girl, upon
the theory that she is a somnambulist. That night she is
detained when she attempts to leave the house, and the
father removes from her neck the fatal jewel, which he takes
home with him. Upon making an examination of the jewel
he discovers the inscription explaining the fatal charm of the
sacred Scarabee. Showing this to his son they decide to
destroy the ruby then and there.
Next day everything is explained to the mother and the
lovers are again united and happy, Peter having given Mona
a new pendant upon which there was no curse. Thfere are
a number of very beautiful interior scenes in this subject;
the dance hall scenes are lively and interesting and the pho-
tography throughout of good quality.
"A Romance of the Sawdust Ring."
Two Reels — Domino.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
THIS is an exceptionally good circus story in two reels,
which, by the way, are remarkably free from padding.
The plot itself is of the melodramatic variety, which
means that the hero, the heroine and the villain revolve
around a complicated situation until virtue finally triumphs.
The circus atmosphere has never been portrayed with greater
fidelity than is shown in these reels. This is the sort of
merit which an audience always appreciates. The circus
itself is always interesting, and such a lifelike portrayal is
Scene from "A Romance of the Sawdust Ring" (Domino).
equally so. The leading part is taken by Paul Borzage,
whose clever work in "The Wrath of the Gods" will be
remembered. Not the least striking feature of this acceptable
production is the handling of the wild animals in connection
with a logical development of the plot. The whole thing is
managed with consummate skill and conveys an irresistible
impression of reality. The attack of the leopard upon the
Hindu who intrigued with the ringmaster for the destruction
of the heroine's sweetheart was startling in its realism. The
photography, settings and acting are uniformly good.
BILLY MASON NOW WITH WHARTON, INC.
Smiling Billy Mason, Essanay's former farce comedy star,
has become associated with Wharton. Inc., at Ithaca, N. Y.
Mrs. Mason (Alice Forrest) has also joined the company.
Mr. Mason will change the style of his work to light
juveniles to suit the class of dramas that he will appear in
at the Wharton studios.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Cleveland Exhibitors Unite
Joint Meeting of Members of League, Local No. 1, and
Photoplay Board of Trade.
THE last vestige ot disruption in tlie ranks of Cleveland
motion picture exhibitors disappeared Wednesday, July
22, when members of the Motion Picture Exhibitors'
League, Local No. 1, and members of the Cleveland Photo-
play Board of Trade brought about complete amalgamation.
As a fitting blessing to burial of the hatchet, M. A. NefT,
retiring president of the national organization, who by
chance was in Cleveland, made a short talk. He expressed
gratification on the outcome of the meeting and the fact
that general harmony and good-will has so quickly followed
the Dayton convention. President Megowan, of the League,
called the meeting to order and served as chairman. He
made it plain that the meeting was not that of the League,
Local No. 1. but an open meeting of exhibitors at which
each one was invited to voice his opinion on the best means
to accomplish reunion of the forces which were split just
a year ago.
Sam Morris, president of the Photoplay Board of Trade,
explained that the board would dissolve as soon as certain
obligations were met and business on hand cleared up. He
offered the suggestion that members of the Board, who
seceded from the League a year ago, be entered on the
roster of the League as members, and that they be notified
of that action and the necessity of pa3'ment of dues. If
the members then disregarded the dues they were to be
stricken off the enrollment automatically. His suggestion
met with favor, and a resolution to push the enrollment
was taken. Secretary Horsey of the League and Secretary
S. A. Lustig of the Board then proceeded to check up the
members, .\nother meeting, to take place Wednesday,
July 29, at the "old home" in the Columbia buildinp- was
agreed upon, there to complete reorganization. President
Megowan, speaking for himself and other officials of the
League local, announced that the wishes of the majority
would be respected and that the present officers would re-
tire in favor of new if such conclusion was reached at the
next meeting.
Former President NefT, by coincidence, was in Cleveland
at the time of the meeting and the exhibitors sent a com-
mittee to bring him before them. He expressed pleasure
at the action of the exhibitors in effecting peace and offered
his assistance in any way it could be utilized. He then
warned the assemblage that concerted action only would
stave off legislation that would be directed against film
theaters, and advised them to cement their relations into a
strong organization that would go to the front as a body
whenever occasion should arise. RARIDAN.
AUSTRIA ANTICIPATES PICTURE STORY.
By Her Declaration of War She May Bring About in 1914
What Johnston Predicted for 1916.
When Lorimer Johnston wrote the scenario for "The
Envoy E.xtraordinary," which is now nearing completion by
the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Co. in California, he little
dreamed that the story of this picture, the time of which he
laid in 1916, would become a reality in 1914. The story is
based on a supposed international war of nations, and with
the present reports from Europe of the clash between the
Austrians and Servians, which may embroil the other Euro-
pean nations, it looks as though Mr. Johnston had made
a very true forecast of European conditions. However, Mr.
Johnston's story brings about a happy arrangement among
the powers, "The Envoy Extraordinary" helping to avert
the threatened war.
Jack Nelson, who plays the Envoy, is well known as a
great athlete as well as a clever actor. The big punch of
the picture lies in a situation similar to that now taking place
in Europe. As the declaration of war is about to be signed
"The Envoy Extraordinary" rushes to the table where the
Emperor is sitting, seizes the declaration of war and destroys
it. The papers carried by the Envoy show to the assembled
Ambassadors that they have been laboring under misap-
prehensions brought on by a foreign officer, who is trying
to bring about a war to further his own selfish interests.
This picture will be released by Sawyer, Inc., about August
15, and should prove a most timely subject.
Mr. Johnston is well known among the motion picture
trade as a producer of high-class pictures, and this new pic-
ture will strengthen for him the position he now holds as
one of the great American directors. The Santa Barbara
Motion Picture Company has spared no expense in producing
this subject, which will be in five reels.
An Injustice Corrected
Editor the Moving Picture World,
Dear Sir: In your issue of July 19, you saw fit tn publish
a supposed grievance from the manager of tlie .Mhambra
"Theater, Perry, New York, complaining of the treatment he
received from a film exchange in Chicago, booking the "Ha-
genbeck-Wallace Spectacular" films. This is only another
instance of managers of rival houses trying to make a goat
of the film companies. In order to set your paper and the
trade right on this matter, the facts briefly are as follows:
Our traveling representative arranged the deal with Mr.
Hampton of LeRoy, N. Y., for a tentative number of ex-
hibitions of the subject in "near-by territory"; details to be
furnished us in a later mail, as to the boundaries of such
territory.
Meantime the manager from Perry got wind of the fact
that the first-class house in his town — which was his opposi-
tion—had secured the picture from Mr. Hampton, of LeRoy.
This was before any advices had reached our office of Hamp-
ton's closing the deal with our road representaitive. The
.■\lhambra man at Perry got busy quick, and booked the pic-
ture direct from Chicago; our office having heard nothing
up to that time of such town being booked by anyone ac-
cepted the booking. The following day advices reached our
office from both our road representative and Mr. Hampton,
of the arranging of this deal, and by a later mail, that same
day, we received contract from Mr. Hampton, specifying the
names of towns in the territory contracted, which included
Perry. N. Y. ; whereupon, we immediately wired Perry that
Mr. Hampton, having taken over Western New York, from
Elmira to Buffalo, for a limited time, we would have to cancel
his single date, and offered him the feature at a later date,
after the Hampton contract had expired. This was before
the Alhambra man had received or done any advertising
whatever. The Alhambra man at Perry was booked on the
9th, and canceled on the 10th, for reasons given, and was ex-
tended every courtesy, and advised promptly by both letter
and wire, of the facts, as above cited, giving the reasons for
the cancellation, so the Perry man hasn't a leg to stand on
from the standpoint of truth and fair-dealing from this firm,
as the date he originally desired was the 17th, or seven days
from the time of cancellation on the 10th, giving him ample
time to book any feature he could get for a week later. The
Perry man is not "out" anything, and he has seen ht to mis-
state the facts, and to make it appear that he is the injured
party.
Nearly every film company has had a similar experience
and the "raw deal" is nearly always handed to the film peo-
ple by certain exhibitors who, in trying to frame up, some-
thing on their opposition, use the film concern as a "patsy"
and then set up a wail when detected in such transactions,
and they fail to get away with it.
Hoping that in the spirit of fair play, you will favor us with
a publication of our side of the story as widely as the previ-
ous misstatement was circulated, we are. Yours truly,
GRAPHIC FEATURE FILM CO.,
Exclusive Lessees "Hagenbeck-Wallace Spectacular Films."
July 21, 1914.
BURNS ACTS IN HIS OWN STORY.
WeU-Known Detective Putting On Screen the Details of a
Counterfeiting Case.
William J. Burns has returned to New York from Wash-
ington, D. C, where the final scenes were taken for the
moving picture production of his best-known Secret Service
case, the Philadelphia-Lancaster counterfeiting mystery. In
the films this restaging of the case will be known as "The
$5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot." It is in 600 scenes and six
parts. The picture has been produced under the personal
direction of Mr. Burns, in order that the details be correct:
and the detective appears in nearly all of the scenes, together
with former members of the Secret Service.
This is the first time that anj' actual detective case has ever
been presented, showing the exact manner in which the
crime occurred and was detected. Mr. Burns explains that
he is appearing in these films in order to give the public a
correct idea of detective work, and to show that it is merely
an application of common sense.
The scenes were taken at the Treasury Department, Wash-
ington, Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Lancaster and
New York City. Mr. Burns shows on the screen how the
Monroe-head hundred-dollar silver certificates were made.
These counterfeits were so remarkable that it necessitated
the Secretary of the Treasury recalling the entire issue of
that currency, amounting to over twenty-seven million
dollars. These pictures will be presented at a special en-
gagement at a Broadway theater, beginning in August.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Comsumers of Chicago Expanding
Company Intends Erecting Studio and Finishing Plant in the
Vicinity of the Lake City.
The Consumers Feature Film Service, of Chicago, is mak-
ing great advancement, and has increased its capital stock
•to $1,500,000. The new company is to be hereafter known
as the Consumers Film Corporation. The firm has executive
offices in the new building facing Lake Michigan at 30 North
Michigan Boulevard and a central film exchange in the Mai-
lers Building, 5 South Wabash avenue. R. Levine, vice-presi-
dent of the company, is now in New York purchasing all fea-
tures possible that will conform to the high standard set by
the company. He will remain east indefinitely, making con-
tracts with producers and importers. That this company
means business is assured by the fact that there is no stock
for sale to the general public. The organization has a unique
method of supplying service to the exhibitor that does not
require the use of outside capital.
The Consumers Film Corporation has arranged to open
offices in most of the large cities of the United States, under
the supervision of district managers. The firm now has about
fifty features, all of merit, and as fast as Mr. Levine's pur-
chases are made in New York the prints will be shipped to
Chicago for distribution among the company's exchanges.
Morton D. Harris, president of the company, stated to the
representative of this paper that he expects to be able to
make a general announcement to the trade within the next
thirty days, at which time the company will offer in its ad-
vertising a service to e.xhibitors that will cause them to make
application by wire. Mr. Harris further said that the organ-
ization is practically complete, and that the men at the head
of the different departments are thoroughlv familiar with
all branches of the film business. The company's manufac-
turing plant will be one of the most complete.
The company is at this time negotiating with the owners
of 160 acres of beautiful woodland, upon which, if purchased,
the studios and finishing plants will be erected. Mr. Harris
stated that he could not announce at this time the exact loca-
tion of the property, but said that it is not a very great dis-
tance from Chicago, and that the natural scenic effects are
wonderful.
"A GREAT MISTAKE."
Newly-Organized Renowned Players' Film Company Starring
Mme. K. Lipzin in Five-Part Photoplay.
MME. K. LIPZIN. widely-known star of the Yiddish
stage, who has not only played with great success
in her own theater in New York City but has also
appeared at the head of her own traveling company in all of
the principal cities of the L^nited States and Canada, has
hearkened unto the call of the "movies."
For the past four weeks Mme. Lipzin has been playing be-
fore the camera under the direction of the Renowned Play-
ers' Film Company, of the Candler Building, 220 West Forty-
second street, which is engaged in making as its initial photo-
play production a five-part picture, entitled "The Great Mis-
take." Prominent in Mme. Lipzin's support are Jacob Cone,
Harold Vosberg, and little Katharine Lee, the clever child
artist who has already won her photoplay spurs by appearing
in such productions as Annette Kellermann's "Neptune's
Daughter" and the Famous Players' "Scales of Justice."
Jacob Cone is general manager of the Renowned Players'
Film Company, which plans to make a number of important
productions within the next few months. "A Great Mistake"
will be released about September 1, territory in this country
being covered from the New York office and in Europe from
offices already arranged for in London, Paris and Leipsic.
PAUL BOURGEOIS MAKING ANIMAL PICTURES.
Paul Bourgeois has organized the Paul Bourgeois Wild
Animal Features, Inc., and has established a motion picture
studio at Asheville, N. C. He vv'as one of the pioneer wild
animal picture makers. Eight years ago he was in Paris
with Pathe and Gaumont. In the United States he has
worked with Vitagraph. Eclair, Solax and Blache, and has
just finished a six months' contract in St. Augustine, Fla.,
with Pathe. Mme. Bourgeois is an actress and animal trainer,
and has played heavy leads in many pictures.
The Bourgeois Company will release shortly a big feature.
The scenery and costumes were made especially for the sub-
ject. The scenes with the lions and tigers are taken without
cages. Mr. Bourgeois has discovered a new way to photo-
graph these subjects without danger of the animals running
away, hurting people or without having any conflict between
the different species of animals. Ten elephants are used in
the production.
PATENTS COMPANY AND LASKY AGREE.
The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Inc., is
named as the defendant in an action on file in the United
States District Court to enjoin the film company from
using the camera which it has been employing in its busi-
ness on the ground that the machine infringes on the claims
embodied in the Edison reissue patents controlled by the
Motion Picture Patents Company. In addition to injunctive
relief the complainant seeks an accounting of the profits
vvhich it is alleged have accrued to the defendant by reason
of the alleged wrongful use of the camera, and the court
is asked to assess triple damages against the Lasky Com-
pany. Not only does the complaint demand an injunction
restraining the defendant from using its present camera
or any other machine embodying the Edison claims, but it
seeks an injunction stopping the Lasky Company from
leasing photoplays manufactured through the use of the al-
leged infringing cameras to exhibitors.
The Lasky company consented to the entry of a decree last
Monday enjoining it from continuing the acts complained
of in the bill. An order was entered suspending the injunc-
tion, however, under a stipulation permitting the Lasky com-
pany to continue business without interference. It is under-
stood the measure of damages will be adjusted amicably by
the parties out of court.
Famous Players to Settle Suit Out of Court.
An action was begun in the United States District Court
on Tuesday, July 28, against the Famous Players' Film Com-
pany by the Motion Picture Patents Company to enjoin the
defendant film company from infringing on the claims em-
bodied in the Edison reissue patents controlled by the
plaintiff.
The Famous Players' Film Company consented to the
entry of a decree admitting that it has been guilty of an
infringement of the claims recently held to be valid in the
litigation between the Motion Picture Patents Company and
the Independent Film Manufacturing Company in which the
Universal Film Manufacturing Company was subsequently
brought in as a defendant. The famous Players' Company
also consented to the incorporation of an injunction in the
decree, and has signified its intention of adjusting the ques-
tion of damages out of court to the satisfaction of the
plaintiff.
INJUNCTION AGAINST ITALA AGAIN REFUSED.
On Monday, July 27, Justice Greenbaum in the Supreme
Court in New York County, denied the second motion made
by Morris Brodkin for a reargument of his former motion
for an injunction restraining Harry R. Raver, Carlo Scia-
mengo and Itala Film Company of America from exhibiting
"Cabiria" in New York and New Jersey, the ground of the
justice's decision being that he had covered the issues pre-
sented to him on the former motion.
SMALLWOOD TAKES ERNEMANN AGENCY.
The Smallwood Film Corporation, of 175 Fifth Avenue,
have contracted with the Ernemann-Photo-Kino Works, of
Dresden, Germany, to handle their projector, known as the
Ernemann Kinox, in the United States. The agreement en-
tered into between the Smallwood and the Ernemann com-
panies gives to the former the exclusive right to distribute
the Ernemann projector in the New England States, New
York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
The Ernemann projector has the same movement as the
Ernemann rnoving picture camera. It has a series of three
condensers, and the illumination is from a nitro-incandescent
lamp. The lamp throws an illumination of 50 candlepower
on a consumption of si.x volts. The projector is shaft-driven
and has only one sprocket. The framing device frames an
entire picture. It is easily carried, weighing but twenty-five
pounds, rheostat included.
MACKIN— CALDWELL.
The third marriage in Kalem's Jacksonville forces is an-
nounced. John E. Mackin and Mrs. E. C. Caldwell are re-
ceiving at Kalem House the congratulations of their many
friends. Mrs. Mackin was the widow of Edward C. Cald-
well, son of Commodore Caldwell, U. S. N. She is well
known in Boston and has made a host of friends during her
year's stay in Jacksonville.
Mr. Mackin was for seven years a member of James K.
Hackett's company. He has also played in the support of
Virginia Harned and of John Mason.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
845
"THE TENTH COMMANDMENT" (Imp).
Director Herbert Brenon of the Imp Company has just
finished "The Tenth Commandment," a drama in three
parts. The producer of "Neptune's Daughter" believes this
tale of domestic life will prove to be one of the strongest
pictures he has made. William E. Blaisdell is the author of
the script. Mr. Blaisdell's story contains some unusual situa-
tions of heart-interest, of thrill and of pathos.
William E. Shay has the role of a doctor in love with his
profession and also his wife. Ruth Donnelly portrays the
wife, unreasonably jealous of her husband and misled by
a designing acquaintance into a step that, while indiscreet,
is nothing worse, but which nevertheless results in a separa-
tion. Miss Violet Mersereau is the nurse who successfully
conceals from the doctor her love for him and who hesitates
Scene from "The Tenth Commandment" (Imp).
not to maintain her place at the operating table as the build-
ing burns about her, aiding the doctor operating upon his
own child, but the fatherhood of which he believes to rest
upon the man who destroyed his home.
William Welsh has the part of the man who brings un-
happiness to the doctor's family and who perishes in the fire
started through his drunken carelessness. Little Katherine
Lee will be seen in the role of the child who is caught under
the doctor's knife as the hotel breaks into flames, and who
cannot be removed until the operation is completed.
There is a large supporting cast. The Universal Com-
pany has expended a goodly sum on the production, espe-
cially on the fire scenes. If the players are to be believed
these have unusual realism. While these enhance the in-
terest, at the same time the picture easily will carry on its
straight dramatic quality.
BOX OFFICE ATTRACTIONS DOING BIG BUSINESS.
The Box Office Attractions Film Rental Company is open-
ing its own offices for the distribution of its pictures all over
the United States and Canada. This will naturally place it
in the closest touch with its patrons and give it a more
efficient control of the distribution of its films. As is well
known, this company deals not only in big feature ofiferings,
but also in strong single-reel pictures. About the beginning
of August it has decided to begin production of pictures, and
these at the start will be mostly comedies to fill the special
demands of picture spectators. This single-company propo-
sition is full of interest and will be watched with the closest
attention by all film makers in the business. One thing
quite apparent at the present time is the breadth of appeal
in its ofiferings and the popular quality of most of its stories.
The Balboa Company's output, of which they have bought
much, is almost universally popular.
"THE FORBIDDEN TRAIL" (Kleine).
Another one of the popular Kleine series of two-part sub-
jects featuring Miss Francesca Bertini, an international
favorite among the popular photoplav actresses of the day,
will be released when "The Forbidden Trail" is offered by
the General Film Company, Tuesday, August 11. In this
unusually powerful photodrama. Miss Bertini is said to prove
beyond question her right to be classed among the leading
emotional players of Europe and America. The scenario
has given her splendid opportunities, and she has overlooked
not a one.
"The Forbidden Trail" tells the story of a young woman
married to a middle-aged arctic explorer. Subjected to con-
Scene from "The Forbidden Trail" (Kleine).
slant outbursts of unfounded jealousy on the part of her
grizzled husband, she finally rebels. Then youth meets
youth, and together the young wife and her husband's friend
walk "the forbidden trail." The climax is a startling one,
something new in pictures. The subject was produced un-
der the personal direction of Emilio Ghione, one of the
foremost directors on the Continent, and he himself is a
member of Miss Bertini's supporting cast, as is also Albert
Collins, a player well and favorably known in both Europe
and America.
KLEINE'S "VENDETTA" THROUGH GENERAL FILM.
Thousands of ardent admirers of the novelist Marie Corelli
will hail with enthusiasm the release of George Kleine's
splendid four-reel feature "Vendetta," through the Special
Feature Department of the General Film Co., September 1.
The film story is adapted from Miss Corelli's powerful novel
of the same name, and in telling the thrilling tale in picture
form, the manufacturers have overlooked none of the splen-
did opportunities given them by the novelist. The photoplay
follows the original book version closely, visualizing all of
the tensely exciting situations so familiar to Corelli readers.
UNITED STATES FEATURE FILM AT WORK.
Indians, riders, horses, actors and actresses are now being
pressed into service by the United States Feature Film
Company of Chico, Cal., for the making of the first feature
film to be put out by this company. George Sontag is per-
sonally superintending the action and will be a leading char-
acter in the first picture, which will be a six-reeler under
the title of "Evans and Sontag in the Folly of a Life of
Crime." The companj' is controlled by Chico capital.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"THE CALL OF THE NORTH" (Lasky).
THE call of the North," which will be released bj' the
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, August 10,
sums up as one of the most artistically arranged and
most minutely detailed of the year. It is said to have cost
$40,000 in money and four months in time. When the picture
went into rehearsals, Stuart Edward White, author of "Con-
juror's House," from which the play was taken, spent four
weeks in Canada, engaging Indians and various types signifi-
cant of the northern woods. Fifteen Big Tiger Indians were
secured. A foraging party then went on the hunffor a cer-
tain type of canoe peculiar to the Tiger Tribe Indians. One
Scene trom "The Call of the North" (Lasky).
was located at Ahitiba, Canada, far north of Winnipeg. This,
together with the Indians and a number of spruce trees, were
transported to Hollywood, Cal., where the first stages of the
photoplay were set.
Twenty Silver Fox and eighteen Black Fox furs grace
the interior of the Hudson Bay Post at Conjuror's House,
where the latter scenes are staged. One hundred players
journeyed from Los Angeles to the Great Bear Valley, in
Lower California, where the)' camped for five days while the
water scenes were being enacted, and then, after being joined
by the eighteen Indians, the company traveled to Moose
Factory, Canada, for the final score of scenes. The final four
reels of this five-part play are exteriors, two of which were
taken 8.800 feet above sea level.
"THE PRICE PAID" (Eclair).
The Eclair Film Company, Inc., has turned out a very
creditable political drama in the production "The Price
Paid," a two-reel feature, released Wednesda)-, August 12;
Featuring Robert Frazer and Edna Payne, this picture tells
Scene from "The Price Paid" (Eclair).
the story of political grafting and a man's weakness of char-
acter, both of which bring down heavy punishment upon
the heads of the offenders. The story itself is most in-
teresting.
CLEO MADISON HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Cleo Madison, who is being featured in the "Trey o'
Hearts" serial (Universal), underwent the crowning sensa-
tional incident in her life recently during the filming of
"White Water," the second installment of the series.
For the purpose of injecting realism into the picture and
that the specified business of the story might be carried out
to the letter, she allowed herself to be carried a half-mile
through rapids of the San Gabriel river. It was a task
which would cause a strong man and a good swimmer to
flinch; but Miss Madison does not know the name of fear.
Scene from "Trey of Hearts" (Universal).
and it is not a question what her director, Wilfred Lucas,
can prevail upon her to do, but what he can prevail upon
her not to do.
The waters of the San Gabriel river are icy cold. The
channel of the river not only runs down a steep incline, but
the bed of the river is strewn with large holders. Although
Miss Madison is not an expert swimmer, she plunged into
the cold water and piloted herself through the dangerous
rapids without mishap. The result was a most convincing
piece of realism.
"A SUSPENDED CEREMONY" (Beauty).
The Beauty Company, under direction of Harry Pollard,
has put out a feature single-reel production under the title
of "A Suspended Ceremony." This is a beautiful sequel to
the subject "A Midsummer's Love Tangle," although each is
a complete story in itself. There is ample opportunity for
additional subjects, and it '? hoped that subsequent releases
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will take up the trend of the story where it stops with this
installment.
Margarita Fischer plays the lead, and she is supported by
an apt cast with little Kathie and Peter the Great, the Beauty
English bull terrier, playing the iinportant roles. Harry Pol-
lard plays opposite to Margarita Fischer, and the two stars
do some exceptionally clever work.
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847
"A DAUGHTER OF EVE" (Lubin).
William Kitchcll has writti-ii a very simple but pretty story
of farm life and the sweet little conspiracies among a good
family to secure advantages, the chief quantity being love.
While you have to laugh at the little sins of the dear old
mother the tears will come to your eyes when you realize
that it is all for her beloved daughter that she makes mis-
Scene from "A Daughter of Eve" CLubin).
takes. Dame Fortune is kind, however, and straightens out
the discrepancies which caused embarrassment. The right
man gets the girl, and in the end the sun shines through the
windows of the honest homestead. The picture is beautifully
staged by Barry O'Neil, who is a past master at pathos, and
the cast includes Ethel Clayton, Joseph Kaufman, Charles
Brandt and Mrs. George Walters, with many others.
"THE CELLAR OF DEATH" (I. S. Plaut Co.).
This three-reel feature is modeled on a popular detective
story. It abounds in interesting situations, and thrills are
scattered all through its scenes. It deals with a secret or-
Scene from "The Cellar of Death" {I. S. P. Co.).
ganization of which a man high in society is the chief.
He keeps an opium joint into which he beguiles the friend
and assistant of a famous painter. From his victim he ob-
tains the keys to the painter's safe, in which the famous
Gordon diamonds have been put for safe keeping by their
owner, who has come to be painted in the studio. A girl
of the underworld whom the painter has selected for a model
falls in love with him and becomes jealous of his aristocratic
visitor. She betrays the secret of the diamonds to the
chieftain of the villainous gang. He invades the painter's
home and steals the diamonds. Later the artist himself is
caught by the villains and cast into the cellar of death, a
dreadful place which the villains slowly fill with water, thus
drowning their victim. The jealous girl, tortured by re-
morse, now hastens to rescue the artist and everything ends
very happily. The photography is good, the acting is good
and the settings are well chosen.
MISS BESSIE BARRISCALE IN BELASCO PLAY.
Miss Bessie Barriscale, at present playing leading roles
in the Belasco stock company, Los Angeles, and who origi-
nated the role of Juanita in David Belasco's road production
of "The Rose of the Rancho," has been secured by the Jesse
L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Inc., to appear in the
motion picture production of that play.
"The Rose of the Rancho" w^ill be one of the first Belasco
productions from the Lasky studio, and will be staged in the
mission country in Southern California. Miss Barriscale has
long been identified with Belasco productions. She has
played the part of The Girl in "The Girl of the Golden
West" and the leading role in "The Warrens of Virginia."
Notes of the Trade
NED FINLEY, directing Vltagrapher, down In the wilds of North
Carolina, rode into the nearest town the other evening to Oil with
his favorite white wine the demijohn attached to his saddle. The
serenity of the return trip was broken by a rough "Hold up your
hands." They went up. Two revenue ofBcers examined the contents of
the jug and laughed. They had the hilarity all to themselves, as it was
several minutes before the Vitagraph man discovered any comedy In the
situation.
« • *
The Five Steuarts, formerly with the Biograph, will shortly be seen in
feature specials.
* • t •
"Bennie of Lubinville" is no more of Lubinville. He now is Mr.
Bennie Zeldman, "Publicity Liberty Motion Picture Company, Ger-
mantown. Pa." In his four years as nominally telephone operator at the
Lubin plant he met a host of film people. More than that, he found
time to do many things other than his prescribed work, especially In
a publicity way, so he comes to his new work with a wide knowledge
of his game." He was in New York last week on his way to Newport.
IJe^said It was just a case o' a bit of a vacation before starting in on
his Bennie of Libertyville job.
* * *
Will R. F. Van Velzer, the Chinese film man, kindly forward his ad-
dress to the office of the Moving Picture World?
* * *
H. B. Coles has resigned as general manager of the Precision Machine
Company, manufacturer of the Simplex. Mr. Coles is succeeded by J. E.
Graef.
* * •
The recent conflagration in Salem, Mass., literally showered sparks
and embers on the roof of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company's
warehouse. Owing to the tact that the building was protected by the
Johns-Manville Asbestos Roofing it remained unharmed while structures
about it were burned to the ground.
* • •
W. E. Marsden, formerly superintendent of the Troy branch of the
New York Telephone Company, has been given complete charge of the
office force of the J. H. Genter Company, manufacturers of Mlrroroide
screens and curtains, in Newhurgh, N. Y. The dull season, bo called,
has not affected Mr. Genter's plant, as he has this week taken on three
more men.
* • •
E.xhibitors are warned that the American rights, including copyright,
for the Cines tour-part feature, "The Golden Beetle," are held by George
Kleine, 166 North State street, Chicago. It is reported that a spurious
copy of this film is in circulation in the United States and that several
exhibitors have already been victimized. Word from the Kleine offices
states that no steps to prevent further imposition upon theater men
will be left untaken.
* * *
J. N. Arens, manager of the Frontier Company, is on crutches as a
result of attempting to break the world's record in roller skating. A
small bone in his leg is broken, but he soon hopes to regain his full
locomotive powers.
* • *
Much credit is due Roy Sheldon tor the way he made up for the
unique character of the old hermit in the four-part photoplay, "The
Land of the Lost," the latest production by the Sterling Camera and
Film Company. Mr. Sheldon had much difBculty keeping his make-up
in condition, being subjected to warm waves, rain, and impromptu sea
baths, but he finally overcame all difficulties and has been. able to pre-
sent a character, in the films, that is at once unique, novel and inter-
esting.
* • •
"The Miner's Baby" Is the title of a nex/ Western picture written
by F. McCrew Willis and produced by Sheriff Arthur Mackley at the
Reliance and Majestic Hollywood studios. A baby that is responsible
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
for reuniting an estranged couple plays a prominent part in tbis pro-
duction. Aside from directing tbe production Mr. Mackley also plays
lead.
• • •
A travesty on "CamiUe," in which Bess Meredyth will play the part
of Sarah Heartburn, is to be the nest Joker comedy, produced under
the direction of J. G. Blythstone. The scenario was written by James
Dayton, head of the West Coast scenario department, and it bids fair
to be both funny and clever.
• • •
From the offices of George Kleine comes the word that his big six-
part subject, "The Lion of Venice." is now ready for booking. Ex-
hibitors have shown great interest in the appearance of this remarkable
film and requests for time are flooding the various Kleine branches.
"The Lion of Venice," like Kleine's "Othello," was made at Venice,
Italy, upon the historic scenes of the original mediaeval stor^. For its
making the Council of the City of Venice stopped all traffic on the
Grand Canal for an entire day and made of it a festive occasion gener-
ally.
• * •
The first drama which will be produced by the Rex company of which
Joseph ^e Grasse is director and in which Pauline Bush is to be fea-
tured, is entitled "The Girl Who Was Afraid of Love." The story was
written especially for Miss Bush by Caroline Willey and contains a pow-
erful character delineation of a super-bashful and sensitive girl who al-
most wrecks her life in attempting to dodge its principal issues.
• * •
Jesse L. Lasky. president of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com-
pany, Inc., is now at Los Angeles, visiting the studio of his company,
where three productions are in the making — "Where the Trail Divides,"
with Robert Edeson ; "What's His Name," with Max Figman and Lo-
lita Robertson, and "The Ghost Breaker," with H. B. Warner and Rita
Stanwood.
• * •
A doctor of medcine who swims two miles through a raging sea with
his medicine case strapped to his back to save the father of his sweet-
heart— J. Warren Kerrigan will be seen in this role in a Victor drama
Just completed. It is entitled, "There Is a Destiny," and is laid in a
fishing village along the coast of Southern California,
• * •
A realistic drama of mining life is shown in "The Stolen Ore." pro-
duced by the Reliance Company. Sheriff Arthur Mackley directed the
picture and played the lead. Eugene Pallette and Mrs. Crawford also
take prominent parts.
« • •
At the Reliance and Majestic studios Jack Adolfi is producing "The
Inner Conscience," a thrilling romance, in which a launch at sea plays
a prominent part Frank Bennett and Sam De Grasse are featured in
the production.
• • •
Sol Lesser, of the Colgate Feature Service of the Pacific Coast, left
New York last week after a ten day stay, taking with him some fea-
tures of high merit. Included among these were "The Spoilers," the big
Selig Special, for which Lesser has obtained the California exhibiting
rights, and "The Black Triangle." On the latter five-reel detective pho-
toplay he has booking rights in eleven Western States.
• • •
Arthur Rosenbach, sales manager for the Excelsior company. Inc., has
returned from a successful selling trip through the Middle West.
• * *
Director J. W. Kelley and Cameraman Angel are among the latest
arrivals at the Eclair Western studio. Tucson, Arizona.
« • *
Starting away about four weeks ago with three trunks full of features.
Charles (Feature) Abrams and Louis Goldstein, his assistant, have just
returned to New York without the features but carrying orders amount-
ing to $12,000.
Among the state right men to whom they sold were A. A. Weiland and
Meyer Silverman of Pittsburgh, William R. Finley of Toledo, Ben D.
Crose of Indianapolis, Wolverine Feature Film Company of Detroit.
General Feature Film Company of Chicago, Swanson-Crawford Film
Company of St. Louis and Herrick Feature Film Company of Des
Moines.
• • •
The rapid manner in which territory on "The Toll of Mammon," the
four-part production of the Excelsior, has been disposed of is con-
clusive evidence of Its worthiness. Although only released a few
weeks the following states have been sold to the buyers mentioned :
Golden Gate Feature Film Exchange, California, Oregon and Wash-
ington : Electric Theater Supply Company, Eastern Pennsylvania. Mary-
land, Delaware, District of Columbia, Southern New Jersey and Vir-
ginia; M. & W. Feature Film Company, Greater New York and Northern
New Jersey ; Grelle Feature Film Company. Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia ; Empress Feature Film Company, Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky ; Superior and Peerless Feature Film Company of Chicago.
Illinois, jiowa and Nebraska.
• • •
A gripping romance, with its setting in Mexico during the recent war
trouble, is told in "On the Border," being produced by Jack Adolfi at
the Reliance and Majestic studios.
Irene Hunt is featured as a Spanish dancing girl, who at the risk
of her life saves her sweetheart, an American officer, from assassination.
Eugene Pallette plays the lead and Sam De Grasse and Frank Bennett
take prominent parts in the production.
• • «
Webster CuUison, managing director of the Eclair Western studio
located at Tucson, Arizona, is in New York on business connected with
the organization of two new companies for the studio in cactus land.
• • •
El Munde Cinematograflco on July 8 gave a dinner in honor of Jesus
Artlgas. coproprietor of the firm Santos y Artigas of Havana. Mr.
Artigas stayed a few days in Barcelona, whence he started on a jour-
ney through Europe.
« « *
The Picture Playhouse Film Company's producing force kas just
returned from Panama, where it made a three-reel picture called
"Desperado of Panama." This subject teems with sensational episodes
and realism. The officials on the canal gave the company every oppor*
tunity to make use of the natural advantages of the Zone, and the arm?
aided. The picture will be released soon.
• • «
Frank Brownlee, for many years working stage manager for Charles
Frohman's Empire Theater Stock Company, New York, is with Whar-
ton. Inc., at Ithaca, X. Y.. in the capacity of general stage manager.
« • «
The Sterling Camera and Film Company, producers of "The Land of
the Lost." announce that with recently acquired capital it will increase
its producing facilities and that there will be no limit to quality of
future productions except that approximate lengths will be 3,500 feet.
Good prices are being offered for acceptable scenarios.
« • •
The directors of the World Film Corporation expressed themselves
as having had a very enjoyable afternoon recently viewing the second
part of the wonderful and well-known feature Protea, under the name
of Ptjtea II. This five-reel feature has been pronounced equal in in-
terest and thrilling incidents to the sister which preceded it.
• • «
"The Chimes," by Charles Dickens, will be produced in five acts by
the World Film Corporation about the middle of September, the leading
role being played by Tom Terris, the famous English actor and greatest
living impersonator of Charles Dickens' characters. During the scene
where Lil, the daughter of William Fern, makes her escape from the
house of Sir Joseph Bonley by jumping from the fourth story window.
Miss Vinnie Burns, who took the part, was badly injured and com-
pelled to spend three weeks in a hospital and three at her home.
« * «
In a scene from "The Kiss of Death." a forthcoming Pathe release
now being produced by WTnarton, Inc., at Ithaca, N. Y., a trolley car
was sent over a bridge into a 200 foot gorge and dashed to pieces. This
picture has a strong touch of mysticism in it. derived from the move-
ments of an East Indian rajah in America. It is in four reels, release
date not yet announced.
• • *
Due to the expanding business of the World Film Corporation it has
been necessary to add five more new offices to their now spacious quar-
ters.
• * «
Will E. Ellis, formerly scenario editor for the Colorado Motion Picture
Company, is now located at the Eclair Western studio, Tucson, Arizona.
in the same capacity.
« * *
A. Danson Michell, publicity man for the Excelsior, left July 27 for
a month's work at the studio of the company in Lake Placid, New York
• • •
The program at the Strand Theater for the week of August 3 will in-
clude "Avenging Hearts." adapted from Poe's "Telltale Hearts." It
is a Mutual-Griffith production. The seventh Eclair scientia subject
will be another of the pictures shown.
• • *
John Ince of Lubin is a collector of candlesticks. He has nearly two
hundred specimens, representing every period of civilization. His
pleasure in their possession outweighs tempting offers to part with bis
treasures.
• * «
Power's Cameragraphs have been installed on the battleship North
Dakota and also on the Prairie: in the Y. M. C. A., Rockton, S. C;
P. T. Powers' Airdome, Sheepshead Bay. New York City, and the Broad
Street Grammar School, Providence, R. I.
• • «
Frederick Church, who was with the Essanay Company for over five
years, has joined the Frontier Company at Santa Paula, Cal., as lead-
ing man.
• • •
The third picture of the Excelsior company is now completed and
work has been commenced on the fourth. The scenarios from both the
second and third pictures are taken from well known booka The sec-
ond will be released some time in August.
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iBteresting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gathered By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
KENTUCKY.
f^OOL, weather has helped things considerably
^-' with the Louisville e.\hibitors during the
past week. Saturday night found the majority
of the downtown bouses packed to overflowing,
and business is about as good right now as In
the early spring or fall.
Although the motion picture bouses were noti-
fied recently that they would have to enforce
the law concerning standing In aisles and at the
back of the house, tew of the exhibitors have
paid any heed to the order so far. Manager D.
Levenson, of the .N'ovelty Theater, however Is
enforcing It strongly, as he is averse to allow-
ing his house to become jammed.
R. S. Shrader. who, for a number of months
has been in charge of the Louisville office of the
Central Feature Film Company, has given up
his position with the company and has gone
back to Indianapolis as general manager of the
World Film Corporation. His new offices are in
the Willouehb.v building. A. C. Farrell, of the
Indianapolis office of the Central Film Service
Company, was sent to Louisville to take charge
of the local office. Mr. Farrell has been pur-
chasing agent for the main office, but is catch-
ing onto the booking end of the game rapldy.
Work at the .Majestic Theater is progressing
rapidy. but the remodeling will not be com-
pleted for about two weeks more. The loss of
one-third of the house at a time is being felt,
hut it is a great deal better than to have to
close the whole show while the work is being
done.
C. W. Simmons, manager of the Gem The-
ater, of Monticello, has booked the feature
■•War With Huerta" for July 2.'5. Admission
prices will be raised to fifteen and twenty-live
cents, the largest prices ever asked at Monti-
cello. C. P. Davidson, of the Lyceum Theater,
of Middlesboro, has booked the same feature for
July 28 and he will also raise his prices. The
Me.Tican War Feature Film Company, of Louis-
ville, is more than satisfied with the results
obtained with the big war feature.
Manager D. Levenson, of the Novelty Theater
Company, Louisville, has organized the Novelty
Film Company, which has purchased a quan-
tity of comedy stuff, features and old films. The
new company will have as its object the booking
of fourth and fifth reels for exhibitors who
wish to run a long program. Details have not
been completed so tar, and it will probably be
thirty days before all arrangements are com-
pleted. Mr. Levenson, William Le Compte and
Ernest Carpenter recently made a trip to St.
Louis and Kansas City, Mo., where they picked
up a quantity of good, used material. Fred
Sheldon, local manager of the Warner Feature
Film Company, and R. S. Shrader. of the Cen-
tral Feature Film Company, promoted lie Idea
but turned the proposition over to Mr Leven-
son to work out, when Mr. Shrader decided to
go to Indianapolis.
Although a large number of people prophe-
sied that the new Star Theater, on Fourth ave-
nue, Louisville, would not be successful. It Is
being proven that the "knockers" were looking
at It from the wrong viewpoint. Manager L. J.
Dittmar, who has made such a brilliant success
with the Majestic Amusement Company, is also
heavily interested in the new enterprise and has
worked out the same Ideas in the new house
which made the old one so successful. Although
it is a poor time of year to open a new down-
town show, this house has been literally Jam-
med for the past few days.
Manager Harry Bilger. of the Hopkins The-
atre, Louisville, through some of his able as-
sistants, put on a Negro Tango Contest last
week, one of the best drawing cards ever shewn
at the local bouse. The regular run of pic-
tures was shown in addition to the contest and
the house was crowded. The gallery became
so crowded with "dusky brethren" that the sale
of tickets to the upper floor had tn be stepped.
The Woodland Alrdome, Louisville, whl-h is
operated by Alt Oldham, had a series of three
picnics at the big enclosed park during the past
week. Ten cents covered admission to the park
for the picnic, and the pictures were naturally
the main attraction.
The Broadway Amusement. Ixjulsville. which
has taken out a building permit for the erec-
tion of a new $.50,000 theater, has decided not
to tear down the old theater for the present, but
to operate it until the new building is com-
pleted. After this the old theater will he made
into an alrdome for hot weather. New ground
has been pur'-hased adjoining the old theater.
It was Impossible to get this ground at a rea-
sonable Ugure until the owners found that the
Amusement Company would build without it,
and then they came running with a proper pro-
posal lor the sale of their ground.
•Quo Vadls,^' which started at the National
Theater. Louisville, last week for a three days'
run, became so popular at the reduced admission
price, that the three-day run was drawn out to
one week, with admirable results. The house
will close August 1 to be put in shape to open
as a Keith vaudeville house this fall.
The Crescent Air Dome, Louisville, is con-
tinuing its new policy of running on Sunday,
directly contrary to agreement made at the
time the building permit was made. The fea-
ture ••Sampson" was shown the first Sunday
and on the past Sunday the three-reel "Thea-
dora.^^ of the Warner Feature Film Company,
was exhibited. This latter picture was also
shown at the big Chautauqua at Glenwood Park
near .New Albany, ind., last week, by the Switow
Amusement Company. The residents of the
neighborhood have not even peeped on tho
subject so tar and a large number of persons
who were expected to oppose the Sunday movies
are the first to pay admission on Sunday even-
ing.
'•The Million Dollar Mystery," produced by
the Thanhouser Company, made a tremendous
hit with the patrons of the Walnut Theater dur-
ing the past week. This feature has had a
great deal to do with making the house popular
with the Louisville people.
Peter Knopf, Louisville, who, for a number of
years was in the retail grocery business on
Frankfort avenue, that city, is making arrange-
ments for the building of a new motion picture
house to cost in the neighborhood of ?:in.O(X)
shortly. No definite plans have been made so
far, but it is certain that a house will be built.
Frank E. Schoeffel, of Louisville, the Frank-
fort avenue butcher, who recently acquired the
Palace Theater, on Shelby street, from John
Rearidon, has confirmed the reports concerning
his building a new motion picture theater back
of the present theater, whir-h will be used as a
lobby. The new theater will cost about $16,000
and the plans are now being prepared. The
Palace is the theater which has the honor of
being on a belt car line on which no car fare
is taken up.
A cyclone which struck the city of Hender-
son on Thursday, July 16, did about $.")O0.OO0
damage to the business section of the town.
The Nickelodeon Theater was unroofed and par-
tially demolished and the rest of the theaters
were put out of commission on account of the
power house being partly wrecked. The town
was In complete darkness after the storm, which
happened about 6 o'clock in the evening, and
the newspapers were printed by candle light and
oil lamps. A few people were killed by falling
masonry, and a large number were injured. A
steamboat at the landing was blown high and
dry on the bank. The power house is again
running and the damage Is being repaired.
Although the work has been going on for sev-
eral days on the new theater of the Fourth Ave-
nue Amusement Company, of Louisville. In the
old John C. Lewis building, the building permit
was not taken out until this week. The permit
calls for an expenditure of $2.'i.000 and a theater
with a seating capacity of more than 1.000. D.
X. Murphy & Brother are the architects.
G. D. CRAIN. JR.
CINCINNATI.
"yHE Casino Theater, at Linn and Clark
-■■ streets, which has been under construction
for several months, will be completed and opened
within a few weeks, it is announced, and moving
picture tans all over that part of the city are
looking forward to the event with considerable
interest. The building is certainly one of the
handsomest in the city devoted to photoplays,
and the announcement of the management that
only first-run pictures will be used indicates that
no expense will be spared to make the programs
attractive to those attending. It is also under-
stood that the music will be a feature. The
date of the opening will be about the middle of
Au^nst.
Extensive remodeling is going on in the Gay-
ety theater, which recently closed for this pur-
pose after several weeks of motion pictures, fol-
lowing the end of the burlesque season. One
of the most expensive and Interesting features of
the work is the installation of an electric plant,
wbi"h will generate current on power furnished
by triplicate gas engines. The management has
a block electric franchise, and will furnish cur-
rent to a number of concerns in the immediate
vicinity of the theater. Cables will be run to
these bouses. Including two or three picture
shows on Fifth and Vine streets, and current
furnished them for all purposes. The engines
are so constructed that In case the natural gas,
which is now used as a fuel by most people In
Cincinnati, gives out oil can be substituted, and
the Gayety management expects to llnd con-
siderable profit In Its venture Into the electric
central-station business, although this, of course.
Is purely Incidental.
A welcome visitor to the Cincinnati Mutual
offices last week was "Billy" CUIIord, who la a
native of Urbana, O. Ho was accompanied by
another Urbana citizen, Leon Berg, who man-
ages the CUBord Theater, •'Billy^s^^ house, in bU
home town. The comedian will take to the road
shortly with his popular show, •Believe Me,"
after a rest of some weeks at Urbana, where
he was In personal charge of bis theater.
Manager C. C. Hlte, of the Cincinnati branch
of the Mutual, has found the business of the
office outgrowing Its quarters, and is looking
about for roomier offices. He and Assistant
Manager Haynes have been on the trail of new
business with signal success lately, as usual,
and the move In question Is becoming a matter
of real necessity.
Moving pictures were made last week of what
Is believed to be the solitary survivor of the
once numerous variety of bird known as the
passenger pigeon, at the Cincinnati Zoo. Many
persons now living can remember when the
flocks of these birds passing over in their flights
North or South darkened the skies, and con-
tinued for days at the time, in countless mil-
lions. Ruthless slaughter finally wiped them out.
however, and the Cincinnati specimen is now
the only one known to be alive. There Is a
standing oiler of $1,000 for a mate for It, but
none has yet made Its appearance, although
there are frequent reports of other birds being
captured. They always turn out to be some other
bird, however, and it was therefore thought de-
sirable to take pictures of the lonely survivor
of its race to preserve for the naturalists of fu-
ture generations. A number of prints will be
made In order that museums and Institutions
of learning may be supplied.
It is reported that the Cincinnati motion pic-
ture concern under the management of Clarence
Runey may move to Dayton, If the Greater Day-
ton .Association, of that city, which is after It.
can make the proposition sufflciently Interesting.
J. Orrin Donovan, of Dayton, has taken the
matter up and is making a strong bid for the
location in that city of Mr. Runey's organization,
which has given Cincinnati a vast amount of ex-
cellent advertising through the motion pic-
tures which he has taken for the "Animated
Weekly^^ of the Universal Film Co., and the
possibility of getting similar advertising for
Dayton appeals strongly to the live business mer
up there. The fact that the Wright aeroplant
factory and aviation field are located in Dayton,
not to mention the Soldiers' Home and other
points of general interest, would make the city
a good location for a concern handling new£
subjects, although the greater size of Cincinnati
is a difficult fact to get away from.
The Central BMilding Co., of Dayton, is making
rapid progress toward the work of constructing
a twelve-story office building on Main street, op-
posite the City Hall, the first floor of which will
he devoted to a handsome and up-to-date motion
picture house. Excavation is about finished, and
Work will be rushed with a view to having the
building ready for occupancy as soon as possible.
Nothing is known as yet regarding the arrange-
ments for the lease of the theater.
Akron, O., will he featured in moving pic-
tures in its own picture houses and then it
others ail over the country, following the taking
of its fire department in action, In a parade and
In exercises. More than $100,000 worth of equip-
ment was gathered together to be immortalized
by the moving picture route, and local exhibitors
bid keenly for the honor of exhibiting the film
first.
Joseph Thai, of Dayton, 0., who recently made
all preparations for the construction of a motion
picture house in that city at Salem avenue and
Lexington street, has been halted, temporarily,
at least, by an injunction suit Instituted by
Irvin Wuichet, a resident of that neighborhood.
So tar the injunction has not been issued, the
court taking the matter under advisement until
after the evidence and the arguments have been
heard.
One of the youngest •'stars" yet seen In mov-
ing pictures was recently photographed for the
edification of those who want to know what a
prize baby looks like, in the person of Velma
Louise Eads, of 1914 Knox street. Cincinnati,
who was the winner of the gold medal awarded
by the Health Department of the city several
weeks ago for the most perfect baby in the city.
More than three hundred babies, of all ages up
to three years, were entered, but Miss Eads,
aged one year, was found to be the finest speci-
men among the half-dozen or so 100-per cent,
babies selected from the several hundred en-
tries. Clarence E. Runey took her in motion
for the Animated Weekly, and she will gladden
the eyes of several hundred thousand people In
the course ot the film's journeys. CASEY.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
MICHIGAN.
i<r> EST" is the name to go on the new elec-
■■-' trical sign ordered by Manager Beeman
at Benton Harbor. When he announced his in-
clination to cast off the old title "Swastika"
hundreds of suggestions poured in, but "Best"
was the favorite.
The motorcycle is a dandy little first aid to
the manager whose films have gone astray. "Wil-
liam Wright, of Charlotte, found one night that
his program had been carried to Lansing, bui
a telegram to Lansing and a twin-cylinder f r.sh
across country enabled him to open the show
only a few minutes late.
The Camera Shop at Grand Rapids has been
doing some good moving picture work and the
films have proved popular at the Ramona The-
ater.
The Temple Theater in Bay City is being re-
modeled.
Jake Irrer has opened the Lyceum Theater, a
new moving picture show, at 500 Belinda, corner
Fitzgerald, in Bay City. It will be a five-cent
house.
Herman F, Stewart, the new pipe organist at
the Elite Theater in Kalamazoo, is an accom-
plished musician, having spent some time in
studying the pipe organ for accompanying photo-
plays.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
A/TANAOER J. B. OLIXGER. of the American
l\X-'tieater at Milwaukee, is running the "Lucille
Love" serial for the second time, giving two
reels a day with his regular show.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
and the Yahara Club, at Stoughton, want the
moving picture shows in that citj' regulated.
They have filed with the city council a petitior
asking that the license fee be increased from SliH
to $50 a year and that an ordinance be passed
prohibiting the showing of vile, obscene, sug-
gestive or sensual pictures and films depicting
suicides, robberies or holdups. They also want
exhibitors to refuse to admit children under five
years of age after S o'clock at night unless ac-
companied by their parents.
Members of the Manufacturers' and Jobbers'
Club of La Crosse acted as ushers at the Bijou
and Lyric Theaters in La Ccrosse when the 2,600
feet of local pictures were shown. The films
were made by the Advance Motion Picture Com-
pany of Chicago.
The Empire Theater at Fond-du-Lac, now un-
der the management of F. R. Moquin and F. W.
Barbeau, will book vaudeville. The house has
been remodeled.
T^e moving picture show at Hurd's Opera
House in Boscobel has been closed while im-
provements were being made to the house.
Since the warmer weather began and events
are being held outdoors which attract big crowds
the cameramen have been busy on the local pic-
tures. The Advance Company made a series at
Green Bay for Manager H. K. Timm of the
Orpbeum and the Commercial Club. The Prin-
cess, at Kenosha, had a home-made comedy
with a hydroaeroplane flight and the Grand Air-
dome, at Fort Atkinson, showed pictures of all
its industries.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
\'ANCOUVER, Wash., may have an anti-noise
ordinance whicli will protibit any kind of
advertising by moving picture exhibitors, that
is designed to catch the ear of the downtown
crowds.
W. A. Richardson ot Miles City, Mont., and
others, have formed the Powder River Wild
West Shows. They will carry feature moving
pictures of the recent roundup at Miles City and
give both pictured and actual examples of horse-
manship and skill.
Exhibitors at Fairmont, Minn., will not open
their houses on Sunday, having no desire to
antagonize public sentiment.
Manager Drey of the picture show at Hank-
inson, N. D., showed the pictures taken in Hank-
inson by the Minneapolis business men on their
trip through the northwest.
Haths & Seavolt ot St. Paul, Minn., had an
exhibit of moving picture machines suitable for
u^ in school rooms at the convention of the
Nsrtional Education Association in St. Paul.
'^t Happened in Joyland," the first scenario
ever written and produced in South Dakota,
was shown at the Idle Hour Theater in Aber-
deen, S. D., recently. It was produced by the
Idle Hour Company and acted by Watertown
people.
J. M. Totten has sold his interest in the Milo
Theater at Little Falls, Minn., to E. J. En-
Qulst ot Ortonville, Minn.
Two local companies of militia at Kalispell,
Mont., worked to make the production of "The
Battle of Gettysburg" at the Empire Theater In
that city a success. They shared in the pro-
ceeds, MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
npHE race problem is bobbing up persistently
-^ in front of exhibitors in the middle west.
Four trials have been held in Ypsilanti, Mich,,
in an effort by negroes to force moving picture
managers to grant them privileges with white
persons. Albert Renne, manager of the opera
house at Ypsilanti. has again been acquitted.
His last accuser was Manchester Roper, col-
ored, who declared he was discriminated against
on account of his color and refused a downstairs
seat. At Danvill, 111., a negro woman has filed
suit for $500 damages against the owner of a
moving picture theater there because, on July 3,
she says she sought to buy a ticket and wao
informed tfiat colored person's were not admitted.
From San Diego, Cal, there comes word that the
colored residents are taking exceptions to the ad-
vertising of the Plaza, a moving picture house,
which announces that it is "For white people
only." A petition signed by fifty negroes was
presented to the city council asking that the
theater be prohibited from advertising in what
they call this offensive manner.
Sankey H. Randall, who has had considerable
experience in the moving picture business, and
Fred Mygrant, who has been pianist at the
Lyceum, have leased the Tuttle Opera House at
Columbia, City, Ind., and will give moving pic-
ture shows at five cents every night, except
Saturday. Their house has a seating capacity
ot 400.
The Lyric Theater at Fort Wayne, Ind., has
ordered a new $5,000 pipe organ from the Hen-
net Organ Company of Rock Island, 111.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
Mrs. M. F. Felix is now sole owner of the mov-
ing picture shows in Cuba, having purchased
the Smith k Blankenburg Theater. The Bell
and Airdome Theaters will be closed on Mon-
day and Tuesday evenings during the hot
weather.
"The Million Dollar Mystery" is making a hit
at the Princess Theater in Springfield. The first
business was so good that on the days when the
serial is to be shown the house will open at 11
a. m. instead of the usual hour.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ILLINOIS.
THE expected "moving picture censorship
planK in the platiorm of Roger C. Sullivan,
Democratic canaidate for the Lnited States Sen-
atorship from Illinois, has made its appearance.
The Chicago gas and biscuit magnate has an-
nounced that he will favor the federal regula-
tion of films. It is probable the films of Sulli-
van, which w^ere made by the Industrial Moving
Picture Company ot Chicago, will be used in
downstate theaters as a part of the campaign.
The American Theater, George Dissinger, man-
ager, at East St. Louis, has taken over the
scheme which was worked by the Majestic The-
ater now closed. Tickets given out by the East
St, Louis merchants will be honored by the
American.
There is no need to let the regular advertis-
ing space in the newspaper go to waste while
the bouse is closed for repairs. The Bijou The-
ater at Monmouth now and then reported just
what progress was being made and kept the in-
terest alive for the re-opening.
A moving picture show has been opened in
Beamer's Hall at Laura. Shows will be given
each Thursday night.
Manager Windt, of the Opera House at Dun-
dee, has adopted a weekly program for advertis-
ing his moving picture shows.
The Capitol Theater at Springfield is now-
issuing a program. The house is also co-operat-
ing with merchants in a ticket distribution plan.
The committee of business men at Villa Grive
who are giving free moving picture shows in the
streets each ilonday and Friday night, divided
the contract for furnishing the service between
Blair & Clausen of the Airdome and Morrison
Brothers of the Lyric Theater. They will alter-
nate in projecting the pictures.
Managers of theaters and newspaper repre-
sentatives were the guests of Mrs. Conrad
Streiwing of the Crystal Theater, at Decatur,
for a special showing of the first ot "The Mil-
lion Dollar Mystery."
Managers in Carmi did not hold to the ten-
cent admission and patrons were soon again
able to see three reels for five cents.
Manager Hurley of the Main Theater at Carmi
has been conducting a baby show contest. He
also has been working with a local paper which
gave four tickets to the theater with every dol-
lar paid on back subscriptions.
Robert T. La Grille and his partner, William
T. Middleton, ot the Grand Theater, at Sterling,
recently were at Decorab, la., where it is said
they were investigating a new picture and vau-
deville house, in the course of construction, with
a view to taking a lease on it.
The Princess Theater at Gibson City is making
special arrangements to take care of the kiddies
at the Saturday afternoon show if the parents
are unable to go along.
A special bid tor the patronage of unescorted
women and children is made by the Elite The-
ater at Galeshurg.
Construction of the new Opera House at Hills-
boro, to be conducted b.v Ed Fellis. has begun.
Seating only 300 persons, the new Empress
Theater, which has been opened at Galesburg
by Huff & Sullivan, must go after the business
on the plea of coziness and excellent proje.tion.
They prepared for this by handsomely decorat-
ing the little house and installing modern
equipment.
Robert and A. J. Weilk have purchased the
Princess Theater at Rochelle from their brother
Edward, who will remove to Chicago.
SAN FRANCISCO.
•-r HE EMPRESS THEATER, Sid Grauman
i manager, will install an additional balcony
of steel and concrete at an estimated cost ot
$7,000, the contracts to be let in the immediate
future.
The Sherman theater, at Twenty-second and
Mission streets, has compleetly overhauled the
equipment of the operating room and has in-
stalled two new Simplex machines.
The York theater has made a number of im-
provements in its operating room and has in-
stalled an additional projection machine, a new
Motiograph having been selected.
The Golden Gate Film Exchange, Inc., has
received word from President Sol Lesser, who
is now in Xew York, to the effect that the Cali-
fornia rights for the great Selig production,
"The Spoilers" has been secured.
A. R. Moore of Porterville, Cal., whose opera
house at that place was destroyed by fire re-
cently, was in San Francisco this week making
arrangements for rebuilding the house. It is es-
mated that this will represent an investment
of .$25,000. Mr. Moore recently disposed ot the
Wigwam airdome, and is thus out ot the mov-
ing picture business for the time being.
The Gadfrey-Stow Co. has been appointed of-
ficial cinematographers for the Panama-Paci-
fic International Exposition and has opened
offices in the Exposition Building at Pine and
Battery streets.
The' National Film Producing Company, for-
merly located at 111 Turk street, has removed
to the Hirsch-Kaiser Building on Post street,
where larger quarters have been secured.
\ number of substantial improvements are
being made at Bennett's Victoria theater on
Sixteenth street, near Mission, the work in-
cluding the construction ot a new ticket booth.
Some unusual moving pictures of heavy
blasts were taken recently by Edward H. Kemp,
Commercial Building, for the Trojan Powder
Company, which will use them for advertising
purposes. One of the blasts contained seven-
teen tons of powder. Mr. Kemp is now getting
in some of the new model Motiograph projec-
tion machines, and one is in successful opera-
tion at the Tivoli.
The California Camera Club, Commercial
Building, held a benefit outing and barbeque at
Mission San Jose on July W. to swell the fund
for the restoration ot historic old Mission San
Jose de Guadalupe. Many motion picture cam-
eramen were in attendance.
Moving pictures ot the great automobile
parade held recently under the auspices ot the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition were
shown this week at the Empress theater and
were of more than ordinary local interest.
Nine thousand feet of film taken in the Far
North by moving picture operators sent out
iast spring on the whaling and trading vessel,
Herman, are on the way to this city to be de-
veloped. In addition to securing some wonder-
ful hunting pictures the rescue of Captain Bald-
win and crew of the ill fated Karluk of the
Stetannson expedition was recorded. The mov-
ing pictures are controlled by H. Liebes & Co.,
which outfitted the vessel ; Edward H. Kemp,
who furnished the operator and camera out-
fit, and Eugene H. Roth, who has the selling
rights. „ .« . 1
le Pacific theater, Hyde and Pacific streets,
recently controlled by Charles Spaugh, is now
under the management of Messrs. O'Leary,
Henderson and Narver.
The Portola theater experienced the greatest
run on "The Jungle" last week that has been
enjoved in any one week since the first ot the
year, except 'during the engagement of "The
Spoilers." ,
The Flag theater, 1473 Stockton street, has
been disposed of by Mr. Mason, owing to the
illness of his wife. Mr. Connell, the new owner,
is now featuring a Universal program.
Nick Turner, owner ot the Majestic theater
at Chico, Cal., was here recently and stated
that improvements to cost several thousand
dollars were to be installed in this house short-
ly.
' X. K. Stout, formerly the local representa-
tive of the Film Svndicate. is now representing
the Pacific Mutual Film Corporation as road
man.
P J. Hanlon, a well known amusement man
of Vallejo, Cal.. was here this week and ad-
vised that in his house of a seating capacity
ot .328 "The Million Dollar Mystery" was
shown to 1327 persons in one day.
"The Eaele's Mate." a Famous Players pic-
ture, has completed a highlv successful run at
Grauman's Imperial, the house having beer
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851
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filled to capacity regularly in spite of the tact
tha this Is uow tbe vacation period. This thea-
ter Is the Mary Plckford house of San Francis-
co, and the mere announcement of the presenta-
tion of a subject In which she appears brings
a flood of telephone Inquiries for reservations
and a display of limousines that would do
credit to a playhouse in opera season.
The Gaiety theater has setled down for a
long run on *'Cablrla.'* and a record for at-
tendance Is expected to be established. This
feature will be shown for at least four weeks,
and probably for six weeks.
Edward H. Kemp has secured the agency In
this territory for the Green film cleaner and
now has the machines In stock.
The offices of the Globe Film Exchange, the
De Luxe Film Attractions and the Apex Fea-
ture Service are now in running order and are
very busy, .\rrangements have Just been made
with the Life Photo Film Corporation to take
all Its releases for the Coast, the "Greyhound"
to be the first release, followed by "Northern
Lights." These will be handled through the De
Luxe Film Attractions department. "Sealed
Orders" have been booked for the Princess
theater in this city for four days and the
"Blue Mouse" is booked for the Tlvoli for the
week of August 9. A branch office of these
exchanges has been established at 802 South
Olive street. Los Angeles, under the manage-
ment of Charles Klopot. formerly with the
Golden Gate Film Exchange, and within two
weeks another branch will be opened at Seattle.
Wash. One copy of "Sealed Orders" has been
sold to W. H. Clune. of Los Angeles, who will
handle the California territory south of Bakers-
field.
Charles C. Moore, president of the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition Company, was
the guest of honor recently at a banquet given
by the engineers of the C. C. Moore Company,
of which he is also the head. Moving pictures
of scenes on the Exposition grounds were a
feature of the entertainment.
The Weed Lumber Company has purchased
a late model Motiograph projection machine and
has installed this at Weed. Cal.. for the benefit
of its small army of sawmill employees. The
airdome opened there this summer by private
interests has been closed.
Ben Kahn, formerly of Daly City. Cal.. Is
planning to open a moving picture show in the
opera house at Caljstoga, Cal.. and will give
weekly shows in some of the surrounding towns.
He plans to invade the field at St. Helena at a
later date.
Charles Rohrer will shortly open an airdome
at Marysville. Cal.. opposite the public library,
and will also show moving pictures in some
of the surrounding mining towns.
Mrs. J. P. Meaney. who conducts a moving
picture house at Sunnyvale, Cal.. has opened the
Edison theater at Redwood City.
H. B. Scott is preparing to give a show
once a week at Point Arena. Cal., and has made
arrangements for a Golden Gate service.
The Standard theater at Le Grande. Cal.. is
now closed, but will be opened as soon as ex-
tensive remodeling work can be completed.
The "The" theater conducted by WIUH
Thompson at Visalia, Cal.. recently scored a
great hit with pictures taken tor this exhibitor
of the Fourth ot July celebration held in that
city.
L. W. Millsap has leased the Elite theater
at Woodland. Cal., for the summer months
from Mrs. Hunt. He was formerly the opera-
tor in this house.
The Globe theater at Petaliima, Cal., has been
disposed of to Allen & Holm.
Armory Hall. Visalia, Cal.. owned by Messrs.
Spalding, Mitchell and Levis, is to be remodeled
at a cost ot $15,000 and will be devoted to stock
productions and moving pictures. Swartz.
Hotchkin & Swartz ot Fresno, Cal., are the ar-
chitects.
Oliver Powell has purchased the Interests ot
Mr. Johnson in the Star theater, Crescent
City. Cal.
W. Olsen has purchased the interests of Mr.
Van Buren in the Crescent theater. Los Eanos.
Cal.. this house now being owned by Shields &
Olsen.
The United States Features Film Company
has been incorporated at Chico, Cal., with a
capital stock of 550,000. the directors being
George Sontag. George Drake. Stuart Thomas.
Mrs. Alice Contant and James A. Thomas.
George Sontag was a member of the Evans and
Sontag band of outlaws that perpetrated a se-
ries of train robberies in Tulare County in the
early nineties. Of late years he has been on
the lecture stage in the interests ot reform.
He has six ot his own features, each six reels,
to commence work with.
J. A. Elston and George Clark are preparing
to erect a moving picture theater at Telegraph
and Durand avenues. Berkeley. Cal.. the house
to cost about $12,000. W. H. Ratcliff. Jr., of
Berkeley, is the architect.
A five-story theater and office building Is to
be erected at Long Beach, Cal.. tor C. A.
Markwell of Los Angeles. J. Fred Markwell ot
Spokane. Wash., and Frank Markwell of Berke-
ley. Cal.
The Elite theater, Shattuck avenue and Vine
street, Berkeley, Cal., Is entertaining its pat-
rons with pinno and vlollo music on Saturday
and Sunday evenings.
A two-story concrete theater building Is to
be erected at Sunnyvale, Cal., by A. Schurra.
.Alexander Pantages Is preparing to enlarge
his theater circuit on the Const and announces
the erection of six new bouses. Two of these
will be In California, one at Fresno and the
other at Stockton.
Plans are being made for tho erection of a
new theater at Merced, Cal., by a stock com-
l)any and C. D. Douglass, manager of the Elite
theater, has submitted a proposition to lease the
house. The theater Is to seat 1,(KX) persons.
Howard Davis making arrangements to erect
a two-story concrete theater building at Au-
burn, Cal.
Sunday closing at DInuba. Cal.. was recently
defeated at a special election, the proposed ord-
inance to close all places of business and
amusement on that day being voted down.
Work on a splendid new theater to cost in tho
neighborhood of $25,000 has been commenced at
College and Ashby avenues. Berkeley. Cal., and
will be rushed to an early completion. The
structure will be located in one of the most ex-
clusive residence districts of the College City
and will be of unusually attractive design and
fire-proof throughout. The main floor will have
a seating capacity ot 500, while the balcony will
be large enough to accommodate 2.50 persons.
The new house has been leased to Messrs.
Beach & Krohn. who conduct the Lorln Photo-
play theater with so much success, and under
such efficient management It promises to take
Its place at once as a popular play house. It Is
planned to show some of the world's film mas-
terpieces In this new theater and arrangements
are being made to book "Cabirla." "The Spoil-
ers," "The Christian" and other great attrac-
tions. Plans are also being made by these ex-
hibitors to enlarge the capacity ot their present
house to 1200.
A highly interesting private exhibition ot
moving pictures was given on the morning ot
July 14 at the Gaiety theater. San Francisco,
under the direction of M. B. Dudley, manager
ot the Panama-Aero Film Co.. which controls
among others the series ot pictures of the Pan-
ama Canal, taken by Ray A. Duhem of this city
from the aeroplane ot Robert G. Fowler, the
well-known California aviator. Great Interest
is being shown in these pictures through tbe
action of the United States Government, which
accuses the cameraman and aviator, together
with Riley A. Scott, a writer, and Charles K.
Field, a publisher, of violating the statutes pro-
hibiting the photographing or publishing of
photographs of Government fortifications.
The exhibition was rendered doubly interest-
ing by the appearance on the stage of Robert
G. Fowler, who was introduced by George F.
Crosby of the film company. Mr. Fowler gave
a splendid talk on the efforts ot other aviators
to cross the Isthmus and of his preparations for
the trip. He told in forceful language ot his
meeting with Col. Goethals and ot securing per-
mission for the flight and for the taking of pic-
tures. The Governor ot the Isthmus is quoted
as saying "I have never placed any obstacles
In the way ot other aviators and will place
none in yours. We have nothing here to con-
ceal from any one."
Aviator Fowler then paid a -lowing tribute
to Cameraman Ray A. Duhem and cited several
instances where rare courage was shown by
the latter. In one case the aeroplane was sud-
denly forced to seek a landing place on the
water and before it could be started it was
necessary that the propeller In front be turned.
Mr. Duhem showed his mettle by divesting him-
self of his clothing and plunging into the water
and starting the engine. In returning to his
seat a shark brushed against him leaving a
great welt, but the monster was frightened
away by the whirr of the propellor. At an-
other time while over the Culebra cut the aero-
plane struck an air pocket and dropped six
hundred feet before it could be righted. Dur-
ing this tense space of time Mr. Duhem ground
away at his camera and a remarkable picture
is the result. Those who now view the film
have a taste of the sensation of a fall through
space with none of the dangers. Another time
the gasoline supply gave out and a picture was
taken during the glide to the ground, a unique
feature being a view of the propellor in the act
of stopping.
Tne pictures commence with views of the
Canal Zone taken six or seven years ago by
Edward H. Kemp, and show scenes in some ot
the leading cities, ruins ot old Spanish build-
ings and work on the old French canal project.
Work on the great Gatun and Milafiores locks
is shown In detail, as well as the excavating In
the Culebra cut. The blowing up of the Gam-
boa dike is shown, as well as the operation of
the gates of the locks and the passage of the
first vessel through them.
Then follow the pictures taken from the aero-
plane covering the entire canal from the Paci-
fic to the -Atlantic side and showing the vast
project In practically a completed form. Maps
of the Isthmus are shown, together with fig-
ures showing tbe cost ot the Canal, the films
forming an educational treat of compelling in-
terest. A feature ot tbe pictures that attract
special attention. In view of tho recent action
of the Government, are views of the .\ao8 Is-
lands In tho Buy of Panama where the laracst
guns In tho world arc to bo mounted. PIctucsa
are al.so shown of target practice with the
great disappearing guns that form a portion of
the coast defence. M. B. Dudley, of the Pana-
ma-.\ero I'llm Co.. will leave shortly for tbe
East and expects to exhibit the pictures before
the authorities at Washington. D. C.
The four local men who are accused of vio-
lating the statues are at liberty on their own
recognizance and the preliminary hearing has
been postponed at the request of the Gorern-
ment officials until August 10.
CHURCH.
MISSOURI.
A COOL wave trickled into Kansas City from
-'^ tho North recently and hammered tho tem-
perature down to a point where electric faro
wore superfiuous In motion picture bousr'S. At-
tendance Immediately expanded and exhibitors
enjoyed unusually good business as a result.
While the cool weather Is not likely to last
long members of the trade take the attitnde
that every little bit helps at this season, and
all are optimistic over present conditions.
That there are some live, breathing human
beings In Kansas was indicated at PlttsbnrF.
when W. H. Daly, an exhibitor of that city, was
found not guilty of violation ot the Sunday la-
bor law. It took a jury of twelve good men
and true exactly five minutes to decide that Mr.
Daly had not broken the law in any regard. It
was the exhibitor's second trial, the first re-
sulting In a hung Jury. The members of the
W. C. T. U. and others who were pushing
the charges against Mr. Daly and his fellow
exhibitors are about ready to drop the various
cases which are pending, having reached the
conclusion that there Is little or no chance of
conviction. It was planned for a time to try the
cases at Glrard. Kan., the county seat, but this
line ot action also was abandoned. Pittsburg
exhibitors probably will continue with Sunday
performances, public opinion apparently being
strong for the Sabbath exhibitions. Organized
labor has proved a potent ally. The 150 em-
loyees ot the Joplln & Pittsburg railway, an
interurban line, are striking, and are spending
much of their spare time at the moving pie-
ture theaters of Pittsburg and adjacent towns.
One or two moving picture houses have been
forced to close down because ot lack of power
as the result of the tie-up of the interurban's
facilities. The majority, however, have their
own plants, or have made arrangements for
current from other sources and are running
without inconvenience.
Exhibitors of Topeko. Kan., are planning to
operate on Sundays, believing that public senti-
ment is in favor of. rather than against such
a policy. F. C. Smith, of the Best theater,
with other exhibitors, is circulating a petition
with this end in view. The houses will attemut
to run Sunday shows as soon as 5.0<^0 nanxes
have been secured. If the local authorities op-
pose this move, the case will be taken to the
lower, and later to the supreme court, which,
it is believed, will sustain the validity of Sun-
day performances, properly conducted. Sunday
exhibitions seem to be growing In favor In Kan-
sas, the reaction having come after a reform
wave.
E. H. Hill, who recently admitted the
youngsters of Arkansas City. Kan., to his thea-
ter where a hundred dead flies were presented,
created another furore among the kids when lie
announced that each boy or girl who cleaned
his back yard would be admitted to a matinee
without charge. A cleanup campaign never be-
fore seen In Arkansas City resulted. Three
hundred boys took advantage of the offer, pre-
senting letters from their mothers to prove
their contention that they had cleaned the yards
thoroughly and well. Moving pictures of the
enthusiasts were taken In front of the thea-
ter before the performance.
July 18 was Balie Waggener's birthday. This
statement means a great deal to exhibitors and
children of Atchison. Kan., where Mr. Wag-
goner has played fairy godfather to the kiddies
on his birthday for a good many years. On ■
the recent occasion, the philanthropist, who is
In poor health, was conflned to his home by
orders of his physicians. This made no dif-
ference as far as the youngsters were con-
cerned, however. Mr. Waggener had leased
every moving picture house in Atchison and the
children were admitted without charge.
"Home, Sweet Home," played the Royal
theater, in Kansas City, four days. Instead of
the usual two. as the result of scores of re-
quests from patrons of the house. The fllm w,as
remarkable in a good many respects. It was
conceded. A feature from a mechanical view-
point, was the handling of a scene showing two
racing horses, the picture being taken from the
side of the road, and the trees being shown
flying by. Appropriate music accompanied the
film at the Royal and aided in Its success.
K. C. Beck, owner of an amusement park
at Hutchinson. Kan., also is county sherflt.
(Continued on page 856.)
852 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases Advance Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914.
BIOGRAPH The Meal Ticket (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— The Condemning Hand (Drama)
EDISON— A Tango Spree (Comedy) EDISON— All for a Tooth (Comedy)
ESSAN A Y— In and Out (Comedy) ESSAN A Y— Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (Comedy)
KALEM The Vampire's Trail (Special — Two parts — Dr.).. KALEM — The Rajah's Vow (Special — Two parts — Drama).
PATHE Picturesque Gagrey (Travel) PATHE — From Grenoble to Aix Les Bains (Travel)
Russian Zoo, Oskama-Nova (Zoological) — Typical Russian Dances (Dancing)
SELIG — Etienne of the Glad Heart (Special — Two parts — — A Rousing Reception (Comedy).
Drama) SELIG — Willie (Special — Two parts — Comedy)
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 45 (News) — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 47 (News).
VITAGRAPH Detective and Matchmaker (Comedy-Drama) VITAGRAPH — Through Life's Window (Drama) . . .
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
CINES— When War Threatens (Spec— Two parts— Dr.) ._. . CELIO— The Forbidden Trail (Special— Two parts— Drama)
EDISON— The Living Dead (Nmth of the Man Who Dis- EDISON— A Tale of Old Tucson (Drama)
appeared" Series— Drama) ESSANAY— Stopping the Limited (Comedy-Drama)
ESSANAY— Her Trip to New York (Drama) KALEM— Old Man Higgenbothan's Daughter (Drama)
KALEM— The Chief of Police (Drama) LUBIN— He Wanted Work (Comedy) .
LUBIN— A Fatal Card (Comedy) —The Cook Next Door (Comedy)
He Woke Up In Time (Comedy).. MELIES The Burglar Alarm (Comedy)
MELIES— The Family Outing (Comedy).. PATHE— The Art of the Furrier (Vocational)
—Easy Come, Easy Go (Comedy).. ■.•••■■ —Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay— Industrial). . .
PATHE— Training Army Dogs (Sweden) (Educational) .... SELIG— The Jungle Samaritan (Drama)
—A Basque Wedding (Customs) VITAGRAPH— David Garrick (Special— Two parts— Com-
SELIG— The Ordeal (Drama) edy-Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Warfare in the Skies (Special— Two parts-
Drama) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12. 1914.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1914. EDISON— Andy Learns to Swim (Ninth of the "Andy"
EDISON— A Change of Business (Comedy) Series— Comedy)
Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady (Comedy).... ESSANAY — The Fable of "The Manoeuvres of Joel and
ESSANAY The Fable of "The Busy Business Boy and the Father's Second Time on Earth" (Comedy)
Droppers-in (Comedy) KALEM — At the End of the Rope (Special — Two parts —
KALEM— The Operator at Black Rock (Special— Two parts Drama)
Drama) LUBIN — The Downward Path (Special — Two parts — Drama)
LUBIN The Man With a Future (Special — Two parts — MELIES — Sinews of the Dead (Drama)
Drama) PATHE— Pathe's Weekly No. 49, 1914 (News)
MELIES — A Mother's Error (Drama) SELIG — The Family Record (Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 48, 1914 (News) VITAGRAPH— The New Stenographer (Comedy)
SELIG— The Reporter on the Case (Drama) THTTR<ir.AV ATTrTTCX iq ioia
VITAGRAPH— Second Sight (Comedy) THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914. BIOGRAPH— Mix-up at Murphy's (Comedy)
BIOGRAPH The Man and ^^f^ M^f ,■" (Dra^.a) ESSANAY-7£r;'s",!m''and It'TTr^XsLTlllL^y-, ..:
EumN-IlfSt^rofEv^^sS^^ ^"^nV^ama?^ "^^^' ^^'^"'°"^ (Special-Two pVrts-
T-, •, urama;
MELIES-the' Shield of 'innocenc;' (Special-Two parts- ^^^^^^Z^Ring^by 'Fo^cr(°CoVedyT.T^''° parts-Dr.).
SEL?G-Hear"st:Seiig NeWs Pictoriai,' No! '46 '(News) .' ." .' .' ! .' .' ^?^19:^??,"T!;''-Sf& News Pictorial, No." 48 '(News) '. '. .' ! ." !
VITAGRAPH-Memories in Men's Souls (Special-Two VITAGRAPH-The Horse-Thief (Drama)
parts— Drama) FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1914. EDISON— The One Who Loved Him Best (Special— Two
EDISON— The President's Special (Special— Two parts— parts— Drama)
Drama) • • ESSANAY — A Gentleman of Leisure (Special — TTwo parts —
ESSANAY— The Motor Buccaneers (Special— Two parts— Drama)
Drama) ••• ••• KALEM — A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)
KALEM— Don't Monkey With the Buzz Saw (Comedy) .... LUBIN— Latin Blood (Drama)
LUBIN— A Siren of the Desert (Drama) SELIG— Meller Drammer (Comedy)
MELIES— A Matrimonial Advertisement (Comedy) —The Day of the Dog (Comedy)
SELIG— The Skull and the Crown (Comedy). VITAGRAPH— Polishing Up (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH-The Locked House (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914. SATURDAY. AUGUST IS, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— They Would Bandits Be (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— The District Attorney's Burglar (Drama)
—The Deadly Cheroot (Comedy) EDISON— While the Tide was Rising (Drama)
EDISON— One Touch of Nature (Comedy) ESSANAY— Broncho Billy Wins Out (Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama) KALEM— Near Death s Door (Drama)
KALEM— Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama) LUBIN— They Bought a Boat (Comedy)
LUBIN— Love and Flames (Comedy) —The Puncture-Proof Sock Man (Comedy)
MELIES Gratitude (Special — Two parts — Drama) MELIES — Voice of the Bells (Special— Two parts — Drama).
SELIG— Carmelita's Revenge (Drama) SELIG — Nan's Victory (Comedy-Drama)
VITAGRAPH-The House On the Hill (Special— Two parts VITAGRAPH-The Wheat and the Tares (Special— Two
—Drama) parts— Drama)
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Universal Film Mfg. Co. Mutual Film Corporation
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2d, 1914. SUNDAY, AUGUST 2d, 1914.
ECLAIR— In the Days of Old (Juvenile-Drama) KOMIC— Bill Takes a Lady to Lunch— Never Again! (Com.)
FRONTIER— The Mind's Awakening (Drama) MAJESTIC— Moonshine Molly (Two parts— Drama)
REX— Behind the Veil (Drama) THANHOUSER— The Butterfly Bug (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914. MONDAY, AUGUST 3d, 1914.
IMP — A Normandy Romance (Drama) AMERICAN — At the End of a Perfect Day (Drama)
STERLING— .\ Race for Life (Juvenile-Comedy) KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
VICTOR— Man and His Brother (Two parts— Western Dr.) . RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 29 (News)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Some Cop (Comedy) BEAUTY— A Suspended Ceremony (Comedy-Drama)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 1— Flower o' MAJESTIC— The Idiot (Drama)
Flames) (Three parts — Drama) THANHOUSER— The Guiding Hand (Two parts — Drama) .
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike Jr.'s Legacy (Comedy)..
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1914.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1914. AMERICAN-The Widow (Drama)
ECLAIR— Firelight (Two parts— Drama) BRONCHO— Jim Regan's Last Raid (Two parts— Drama) . .
JOKER— The Third Party (Comedy) RELIANCE— Izzy and His Rival (Comedv)
NESTOR— For Old Time's Sake (Western Drama)
ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 126 (News) THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914.
TTjTTDcriAv A TTr'TTCT /;»», loiA DOMINO — The Thundcrbolt (Two parts — Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1914. KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
IMP— When the Heart Calls (Two parts— Drama) MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 84 (News)
REX — The Symphony of Souls (Drama)
STERLING— Dramatic Mistake (Comedy) FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1914.
FRIDAY AUGUST 7th 1914 KAY-BEE — The Gangsters and the Girl (Two parts — Dr.)..
,,^^.^^„ ^ . J ^ . ^ ' ' PRINCESS— Her Duty (Drama)
NESTOR— Detective Dan Cupid (Comedy) RELIANCE— On the Border (Drama) . .
POWERS— The Man of Her Choice (Drama)
VICTOR — The Coast Guard's Bride (Two parts — Drama)... SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1914. KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
„,„,„ T^r^^x, X, , „r- , ,^ RELIANCE— The Bank Burglar's Fate (Two parts— Dr.)..
101 BISON— Rescued by Wireless (Two parts— Drama) .. . ROYAL— Ringing the Changes (Comedy).
JOKER— That's Fair Enough (Comedy) —Miss Glady's Vacation (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1914. SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1914.
SSk'^Ty^TT:J^^°°,"''^'^' (Drama) KOMIC— Ethel's Teacher (Comedy)
FRONTIER— A Frontier Romance (Western— Drama) .... MAJESTIC— The Tavern of Tragedy (Two parts— Drama) .
REX— A Midnight Visitor (Drama) THANHOUSER— The Telltale Star (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914.
J,^P— In All Things Moderation (Two parts— Drama) AMERICAN-The Trap (Two parts— Drama)
STERLING— A Strong Affair (Comedy) KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
VICTOR— Simple Faith (Drama) RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 30 (News)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914. TUESDAY. AUGUST 11, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Some Crooks (Comedy) BEAUTY— Suzanna's New Suit (Comedy)
rr^j r, ^ifl) -^V °'^°"'"? (Comedy) ..... . . ......... M.\JESTIC-The Saving Flame (Drama)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey o Hearts, Series No. 2 (White THANHOUSER— Stronger than Death (Two parts— Drama)
water — Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERS.\L IKE — Universal Ike, Jr., In the Dangers of WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 1914.
a Great City (Comedy) ' '
AMERICAN— The Butterfly (Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914. BRONCHO— Shorty and the Fortune Teller (Two parts—
ECLAIR— The Price Paid (Two parts— Political Drama)... /^°"^f4y— Drama)
JOKER— Her Twin Brother (Comedy) ..'.'. RELIANCE-So Shines a Good Deed (Drama)
NESTOR — 38-Calibre Friendship (Western — Drama) TtrTTt>cr>Av att<-tict i :i ,n,yi
-\NIMATED WEEKLY— Number 127 (News) THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. °° DramaT"^. ^°"!'"".°.^"^'.^'''^".''.^'".^ !^^:^ .^^^]^
IMP— Universal Boy (Series No. 3— Comedy-Travelogue) . . KEYSTONE- (Title not given.)
REX— Through the Flames (Two parts— Drama) MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 85 (News)
STERLING— At Three O'Clock (Comedy)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914.
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^^„„ ' KAY-BEE — The Stigma (Two parts — Drama)
NESTOR— On Rugged Shores (Drama) PRINCESS— A Rural Romance (Comedy)
POWERS— The Barnstormers (Comedy) THANHOUSER— In Peril's Path (Drama)
VICTOR — Honor of the Humble (Two parts— Drama) .
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914. T^r-VQXOVT. .x- , • ^
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TOTf pp ?^K."^ u^ Oubliette (Three parts— Drama) RELIANCE— The Wagon of Death (Two parts— Drama) . .
JUK.tK— What Happened to Schultz (Comedy) ROYAL— Cupid Dances a Tango (Comedy)
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Intermittent Movement
The intermittent movement is the most vital point in a motion picture projector, therefore it is
the first feature of the machine which we will discuss in these weekly talks.
It is a well known fact that the intermittent sprocket must be started and stopped sixteen times
or more each second. Whenever it starts, it pulls down three-quarters of an inch of film and then
must stop dead still. The least movement or quiver is fatal to a steady picture.
To suddenly start or stop a rapidly moving body
requires great power and means much strain on the
parts employed. The circumference of the Simplex
intermittent sprocket travels three-quarters of an inch
in one sixty-fourth of a second, or at the rate of 2880
ft. per minute, thus giving some idea of what it means
to bring it to an instant stop.
To reduce the strain and vibration to a minimum, it
is necessary, first, to make the parts as light as possible
consistent with good mechanical principles ; and
second, to keep the circumferences of the rotating
parts near the center of rotation, so as to reduce the
peripheral speed and the consequent strain of stop-
ping it dead still.
A glance at the cut will show that the intermittently
moving parts of the Simplex carry out these principles
and are made so accurately (correct to 1-10000 inch) that we obtain snug fit without undue friction or
wear, practically noiseless action and no vibration or back lash. The shape and size of the intermittent
sprocket teeth also have much to do with the steadiness of the picture.
DO NOT CONFUSE the cam and star or Geneva movement as used in the Simplex with similar
movements of other makes of machines. The principle may be the same, but the distinctly Simplex
method of design and accuracy accounts for the great difference in results.
WE CAN PROVE that the intermittent movement as employed in the Simplex projector excels in
Steadiness of picture at fast as well as slow speed.
Ease on sprocket holes of film.
Elimination of rapid wear. >
Ease of adjustment and replacement.
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(Continued from page Sol.)
The unique situation of the county sheriff
staging a moving picture exhibition on Sunday
and being arrested by city officials, was thus
encompassed. Mr. Beck installed a projecting
machine on an island and ran the pictures off.
the audience viewing the screen from what
ordinarily is the back. Mr. Peck argues that
inasmuch as the island is navigable, it is gov-
ernment property, and not a possession of the
city. While the performance was a success
financially, the city authorities announced they
would not allow future shows. Mr, Beck re-
fused to submit to arrest, but later gave him-
self up. His brother, John Beck, superinten-
dent of the park, also was arrested. The po-
lice court judge who tried the case withheld
decision.
Paul A, Englers, for the past six months
manager of the Kansas City branch of the Mu-
tual Film Corporation, has terminated his con-
nection with that company, and joined the Gen-
eral Film Company, as special representative
in the South. He will be succeeded by Marty
Williams, who recently decided to return to the
exchange business, after planning to enter other
lines. Mr. Englers is deservedly popular in
Kansas City and news of his change occa-
sioned much regret. Headquarters will be at
Dallas, Tex. From that center, he will cover
practically the entire South as special repre-
sentative and assistant district manager. Mr.
Williams, the new Mutual manager, has had a
good many years' experience in the exchange
end of the moving picture industry, and is
familiar with conditions in both Kansas City
and the Southwest.
The Alamo theater, operated jointly by the
Standard Amusement Company and the Richlyn
Amusement Company, recently closed its doors.
The house may be re-opened in the fall. It
is located at Thirty-fourth and Main streets,
and is one of the handsomest theaters in the
residential district of Kansas City, boasting of
a canopy containing hundreds of electric
globes.
Girl U'^hers are being used successfully by
Joseph Stiebel, manager of the Apollo theater,
at Thirty-Second and Tmst. Mr. Stiefel pre-
sented the Eclectic feature, "The Stain," to
his patrons recently and reaped a harvest with
the gripping picture. MURRAY.
IOWA.
THE Majestic moving picture theater at Fort
Dodge has changed ownership. It was own-
ed by Bert Smiley and Charles Carter, but was
put up at auction, being bid In by Smiley for
$2.(X)0. Later Smiley sold it to H. J. Lego, an
automobile man. and Thomas L. Murphy, of the
Plymouth Clay Produ ts Company of Fort Dodge.
The new owners planned to take advantage of
the hot weather lull July 15 to August l.'i by
closing the house for a number of improve-
ments.
It is reported Oelwin will have a fourth mov-
ing picture house, to be located in the new
building bein^ erected by G. H. Phillips.
A new opera house, costing $'),000, is to be
erected at Oto. G. W. Burkhead, architect, of
Sioux City, drew the plans for a two-story, 40x
100, brick structure.
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DETROIT.
r> USINESS in Detroit is holding up wonder-
J-* fully well for this time of year, and espe-
cially when taking into consideration the ex-
treme warm weather.
A company is being promoted by Detroit
capitalists to erect a first class moving picture
theater in Walkerville, Ontario, which is di-
rectly across the river from Detroit. It will
be known as the Garden Theater Company,
Ltd., of Ontario, and will build a theater to
cost not less than $25,000. The company will
be composed of H. E. Walker, Major S. C.
Robinson. U. G. Reaume, L. F. Murphy, all of
Walkerville, and Forbes Robertson and F. M.
Delano of Detroit. A site has been secured
on Wyandotte street, and it is the intention
of the company to make the house similar
to the Garden in Detroit. The services of C
Howard Crane of Detroit have been secured.
The theater will have a seating capacity of
600. There will be 12 boxes, four in front and
eight at the rear of the house, with a mez-
zanine circle. The company will probably In-
corporate for about $40,000. The Castle The-
ater Company of Detroit has been incorporated
for $10,000 to operate the new Castle theater on
Hastings street, which will be completed In a
few weeks. The principal stockholders are
David Rosenthal and Nathan Schreiber, both of
whom are also the principal stockholders in
the Circle theater on Hastings street.
Motion pictures will be used by Chase S.
Osborne, who Is a candidate for Governor of
Michigan on the Republican ticket. Every-
where that he talks and everything that enters
into the campaign will be photographed by a
moving picture camera. With it he will have
"canned" speeches so that where he Is unable
to appear throughout the stat- he will use the
pictures and a talking machine. It Is, of
course, proposed that this means of publicity
will only be necessary in the smaller towns.
A new theater to be known as the Rose-
bud will be opened early in August on Gratiot
avenue, near Eeaubien street. It will seat 450
persons and be an up-to-date and modern
playhouse. Bert Williams, manager of the
Woodward theater, will also manage the Rose-
bud, which is owned by H. S. Koppin, real
estate and automobile manufacturer.
SMITH.
ST. LOUIS.
HP HE DATES of the municipal moving pii
J- shows to be given in the parks and p
picture
public
playgrounds have been changed by Park Com-
missioner Davis in order to prevent conflicting
dates with the free band concerts. Free moving
pictures are shown every night of the week
at one of the following places : Carr Square,
Pontiac Square, Lyon Park, St. Louis Place,
Mullanphy Square, Lafayette Park, Yeatman
Square, Desoto Place, Dakota Park and Pine
street playgrounds. The free pictures are prov-
ing a decided hit and are attended by large
and enthusiastic crowds.
R. T. Edwards, promoter of the Times Movie
Review, a current events film, has organized a
moving picture and magazine publicity scheme,
which he is working through the American
Magazine Association, to increase the circula-
tion of the various magazines controlled by the
association. The plan includes the nomination
of popularity candidates throughout the state.
Managers of moving picture theaters in all
towns will announce the contest with slides
and the winning candidate will be featured in
a film which will be taken of the town. Votes
will be secured through subscriptions for the
magazines.
The Paris Airdome gave a very successful
benefit for a Woodmen Circle woman's lodge on
July 20th. This was one of several benefits
A. Wittman, manager of the Paris, has given
this summer, and the events have materially
increased his patronage in the neighborhood.
Before they printed the last installment of
"Lucile Love," the St. Louis Times began
printing "The Million Dollar Mystery.'* The
interest the story is creating should increase
the size of the audiences of the theaters run-
ning the feature.
The Broadway theater. Broadway and St.
Charles street, after using an all feature pro-
gram for several weeks, has gone back to the
Mutual program and will feature Keystone
comedies. GIEBLER.
OHIO.
CHARGES that liquor interests are exerting
their influence to prevent film theaters fro.ra
showing "John Barleycorn" before the vote on
the state-wide prohibition next November were
made at a meeting of temperance leaders to the
censor board at Columbus. The board ordered
the drinking scenes in the film cut to a
"flash." Temperance organization and church
people approve the film and protest that the
board's order would mean mutilation of the
whole story and moral. In filing their protest
with the censor board a committee, consisting
of Wayne B. Wheeler, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League ; the Rev. W. H. Miller,
pastor of a Columbus Methodist church, and
Mrs. Lillian Burt, president of the Columbus
branch of the W. C. T. U., intimated that they
would carry their case to Covernor Cox unless
the board reconsidered its order. Despite the
approval of church and temperance organiza-
tions the censor board ordered the drinking
scenes cut on the theory that their effect on
children would be unwholesome. The commit-
tee's charge that liberals are attempting to sup-
press the film because they fear its effect on
public sentiment angered Mrs. Mary Murray
Miller, one of the three members. She de-
clared no pressure had been brought on her.
E. K. Gordon, representing the company which
produced the film, replied that he could show
the copy of a letter from the repre=:pntative
of a certain liberal organization In which the
producers were offered $25,000 if it would with-
hold the film for six months in Ohio and a num-
ber of other states in which prohibition is
being agitated.
The Oliver Motion Picture Supplv Company
received the contract to equip the new theater
under construction in East 9th street, Cleve-
land.
Two of the four picture houses In Findlay
have changed owners. The Rnval, formerly
owned bv T. E. Wrieht, and the Victory, owned
by 0. H. Mergentb a 1 *='r of Fostpri a . were sold
to W. T. Huber. of Tiffin. Mr. Huher has just
sold the Sigma theater at Tiffin and will move
to Finrilev. The Vif'torv was taken over by
Mr. MergeT>thalpr the first of Jannarv bv Mr.
Wrieht. The latter has owned the Rnvnl for
about three years. At one time Mr. Wrisrht and
Mr. Huber wpre partnprs in the Luna and
Malpptic tbeatPTs at. Fostorla.
E-^ward S Chnnpl, of Toledo, is running the
Mnnrop Gnrdnn t^ipater 'n that pitv and the out-
door effect has won wide patronage.
Ceylon Strong of Wooster is giving Creaton
its nrst real picture theater. His house seats
about 200, and he is running mixed programs.
George L. Kettler is his operator.
The "Wanuerlust" oveituuh. Cleveland thea-
ters for a week. "Rolling Down to Kio" carried
Metropolitan audiences uown to South America
by means of a Burton Holmes travelette. "The
Rise and Fall of Bulgaria" was oflered at the
Star. Glimpses of darkest Alnca with the
hunting of big game by Paul J. Rainey attract-
ed audiences to the Hippodrome. The Opera
House presented feature hims aud "A Mexican
Spy in America" was shown at the Alhambra.
Manager Emery is following the Sunday con-
cert policy and Maurice Spitalmy has been lead-
ing the orchestra.
The Family theater at Salem is conducting a
coupon contest with a little auto truck and a
Ben Hur racer as prizes.
The Gilger management donated that pretty
little Norwalk theater for the Children's Home
entertainment last week ana a musical program
was given.
The Grand theater at Zanesville has inaugu-
rated a "magazine day" on which occasions
every woman patron is given literature and
magazines concerning their favorite players.
Common Pleas Judge Frank E. Stevens has
appointed Aaron H. Skall, ISoT East oSd street,
Cleveland, as receiver for the Grand theater.
East Uth street and Eagle avenue. He is au-
thorized either to operate the theater or lease
it. The appointment of receiver resulted from
a suit to collect rent. RARIDAN.
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
'T' HE banishment of a negro from the city is
-*• a peculiar scene in some pictures made at
Alva, Ukla., for a boosting proposition. The
town is proud of the fact that a negro is not
allowed to light there and in the film a colored
man was given the hose by the fire department,
ducked in a tank of water and chased out of
town.
The management of the International Dry
Farming Congress, to be held at Wl h.ta, Kan..
made a contract with the Kansas Motion Pic ure
Company of Wichita to film every week the
events leading up to the congress Itself. Kanias
theaters will get a chance at these pictures.
A three- reel feature dealing with the San
Francisco earthquake was shown at the Grand
Theater at Carson City, Nev., when a benefit
show for the local band was given.
C. H. Russell, secretary of the Oklahoma-
Panama, Exposition Commission, has decided to
have the Southwestern Normal School and the
town of Weatherford put into pictures and the
reels shown in Oklahoma houses before they
make their trip to the fair.
"Leave your fans at home" warns the Hippo-
drome Theater, at Corsicana, Tex., instead of
giving a description of its cooling system.
The local pictures "A Romance of Lovers'
Lane." were held over two days by request at the
Colonial Theater in St. Joseph, Mo.
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"ALL. FOR A TUOlll ^Ausust iO). — It all
started when Samanthy had a new tooth put Into
her mouth. Unfortunately, it was a little loose
to the setting, but as Samuntby did not know
this, there was no cloud on her horizon whatso-
ever. When she went into town to do some
shopping, Samanthy decided, in a properly wife-
ly fashion, to buy her husband a present. Ac-
cordingly, she bought him a beautiful calabash
pipe, which had been reduced from four dollars
to twenty-nine cents. After that she bought
him a book dealing with the Catacombs in Rome.
Finally she bought herself a box of caramels.
On her way home on the train, she opened the
box of caramels and helped herself to a piece.
This move was distinctly a feux pas. For the
candy was hard and gummy, and Samanthy 's
tooth, as we have hinted, was far from firm.
Her feelings when the tooth came out in the
candy, transcend all our poor efforts at rhetorical
description. So troubled was she by the acci-
dent, however, that she left the beautiful cala-
bash pipe In her seat on the train.
Arriving home, she filled Cy's ears with la-
mentations over her unfortunate mischance. Cy,
wearied at length, took the book she had bought
him and retired to the porch. The first picture
Cy saw in the book was a view of the Catacombs
showing a weird and awful assortment of skulls
and bones. As he was reading the ghastly par-
ticulars, he fell asleep and dreamed that he and
Samanthy were walking about In just such a
place as he had seen in the picture. After he
had dropped candle grease in his eye, and had
been severely bitten by an enraged skeleton, Cy
succeeded In extracting a large tooth from one of
the skulls. This tooth he thoughtfully placed
in Samanthy's mouth.
It was several sizes too large for her, and she
didn't like it at all. Cy, himself, did not care
very much for the general effect of it, and when
he shrank away from the bitterly complaining
Samanthy, he was very glad to wake up and
find that she was sitting beside him with no
awful tusk In the place of the missing tooth.
"AXDY LEARXS TO SWIM" (Ninth of the
.\ndy Series — August 12). — Andy had all of a
small boy's natural antipathy for water. His
idea of a thorough toilet was to dip one finger
into a pitcher, and then to rub it briskly with a
towel. His mother naturally did her best to
correct Andy's unsanitary instincts In this di-
rection, but without a great deal of success.
Andy's natural horror of water was intensified
by a drop of water he saw under the microscope
of a sidewalk exhibitor. The mere thought that
the wriggly horrors he had seen might touch
him affected him so strongly that he decided to
get along with as little as possible to drink, let
alone allowing any of the noxious fluid to touch
his face and hands.
But when he was sent on an errand to Coney
Island, on a very hot day. the sight of the cool
breakers was too much for Andy's resolution.
When a young lady of Andy's own age remarked
that the water was fine, and that he had better
come in, he rushed to the bath house, got a
bathing suit and a few minutes later was hav-
ing the time of his life in the breakers. When
he got home that evening, his mother was much
impressed by his inexplicable cleanliness. His
first swim at Coney Island had a tremendous
effect on Andy. He entirely lost his dread of
the water. Every spare moment found him with
a crowd of extremely scantily-clad urchins, prac-
ticing the various intricacies of diving, the
trudgeon and the crawl.
One unfortunate day. Andy's sister discovered
.\ndy in swimming, and promptly went and told
her mother. The vials of parental wrath were
immediately spilled on Andy's devoted head, but
while he was attempting to escape his mother,
an accident occurred which changed the entire
complexion of affairs. A little girl slipped and
fell overboard. She was on the point of drown-
ing when Andy gallantly dived In and rescued
her. So, of course, he escaped a whipping, and
once again found himself In the proud position
of a hero.
•THt; 0.\E WHO LOVED HIM BEST (Special
— Two Purta — Drama. — Colin Keun had two
daughters. Florence, the eluer, was a shallow,
Buhemlng girl filled with a great and all-cum-
prehensiw selllshucss. Julia, the younger, was
made of liner htuff. When Colin, one uny, auked
his daughters which of them loved him the but-
ter, Florence Immediately prolussed her owu un-
dying artectlon for her father in terms of exag-
gerated endearment. JuUu said nothing. Colin
at once Jumped at the conclusion that Florenee
loved him and that Julia did not. So, when
he made his will, he left all his money to Flor-
ence, stating that he felt confident that :.be would
always take care of her sister.
When Derrick Webb asked Florence to marry
him, he nearly broke Julia's heart. She bad
always cared a great deal tor Derrick, and had
always cherished the fond illusion that he cared
for her. Shortly afterwards Colin had a stroke
of apoplexy. Florence came upon her father
lying apparently dead on the shore. After the
first moment of horror, she was unable to repress
the words of satisfaction which rose to her lips,
"Now I shall have all the money."
The old man. reviving at the moment, heard
her. and instantly realized how much he bad
been mistaken. After he had been helped back
to the house, he attempted to change his will,
but died just as his hand was reaching for the
pen. So Florence Inherited the estate after all,
but Derrick, discovering that he also had made
a mistake, married Julia. A year or two later,
misfortunes had brought Derrick and Julia to a
condition of extreme poverty. When Julia beg-
ged Florence for help, the elder sister laughed.
The ghost of old Colin relieved them of their
difficulty by causing a window shade to fall.
When Derrick climbed on the old chair, which
was the only remembrance of her father Florence
had allowed Julia to keep, the bottom fell out of
it. In the debris Derrick and Julia found the
bills and gold watch which Colin had secreted
there before he died.
"WHILE THE TIDE WAS RISING" (August
15). — Fred Bowers, a fisherman, is going out to
the fishing grounds in his motor boat one morning
when he sees an aeroplane in trouble. The aero-
plane falls into the water, and Fred, going to its
assistance, saves George Almy, the aviator, from
drowning. Almy repays his rescuer by proceed-
ing to fall in love with the girl Fred intends to
marry. Ruth, the girl in question, is at first
unable to make up her mind, but Almy's polished
manner and suave ways soon begin to have an
effect, and she finally decided to elope with him.
Fred, in his motor boat, sees them starting
out in another boat, and follows them. Almy,
discovering that they are followed, puts on all
speed in an attempt to escape, but finding that
it is useless, puts Ruth in a deserted shack on
the shore, and with her wraps still in his boat,
sets out again with the idea of leading Fred
astray far down the coast, and then of landing
and making his way hack to Ruth by automo-
bile. Fred, seeing Ruth's wraps in Almy's
boat, believes she is still there, and follows.
Finally, after a desperate chase, he overhauls
the ex-aviator. A terrific fight ensues in which
the brawny fisherman is eventually victorious.
Meanwhile, Ruth, shut in the shack, discov-
ers that the tide is beginning to overflow the
floor. As time passes, the water grows higher
and higher. She is boxed in like a rat in a
trap with no possibility of escape. Fred finally
succeeds in forcing Almy to confess where he
has left the girl. Overcome with horror at the
realization of what the rising tide will do. he
bends every effort to get to the shack in time.
He gets there just as Ruth has given up all
hope, and rescues her from the hungry waters.
Needless to say, Ruth realizes that she has
made a mistake, accepts Fred, and dismisses
the ungrateful Almy from her affections.
KALEM.
THE RAJAH'S VOW (Special— Two Parts-
August 10) . — With his dying breath, the Ma-
harajah compels his young son. the Rajah Lai
Chahda, to vow to exterminate the family of Sir
Edward Thomas, the man who stole his favor-
ite wife and gave him his death wound. Years
later the Raiah, who has come to England,
learns that Mae. daughter of Sir Edward, is
about to wed Lieutenant Fitzhugh. Remember-
ing his vow. the Hindoo sends Sir Edward a
dagger. The Englishman and his Oriental wife
are tcrrined upon receiving the death mcsBagft
Mue and bcr buHbanU leave for Indlu. The fol-
lowing morning all England Is htlrred by th«
mysierlouj muriier of Sir and Ludy Edward.
The Kajah reiuruH to Inalu. Ad limu pdbsei.
brooding over hie vow unneiiles the man a mind.
It »eemd to hlui us though the spirit ol bis
father were bidding him to complete bts work
by dlaylng Mae. One of hla men, dlegulsed as
a servant, attempts to poison the girl, but the
plot IS discovered In the nkk of time. A Hccond
attempt is made when a deadly cobra la hidden
In the room where Mac's infant son is at play.
The father discovers the child's awful peril
and shoots the reptile just as It Is about to
strike. Enraged at the frustration of bis plans,
the Rajah determines to slay Mae with bla own
hands.
Calling upon the woman, ho informs bcr of
his purpose. As he raises bU arm to strike,
Mae pleads for her life. The thought of klUlDg
a defenselc:^^ woman stays bis bund and the
Rajah departs. That night, at a feast given by
him, it seems to bis disordered mind as though
his fathers spirit were bidding htm to cxpiutc
bis failure tu fulfill the vow. Emptying a vial
of poison Into his winecup, the Rajah proposes
a toast to his approaching death. Raising his
cup in full view of his horrified gucsUi, Lai
Chahda quaffs the deadly draught
OLD MAN HIGGENBOTHAM'S DAUGHTER
(August 11). — Jared Higgenbotham, an ardent
advocate of temperance, sees Alec, bis pros-
pective son-in-law, taking a drink. He orders
his daughter Matty to break her engagement.
Upon her refusal, the girl is told to choose be-
tween her father and her sweetheart. Matty
defies her father and marries Alec. Although
passionately devoted to his daughter, the old
man Is too stubborn to forgive her. Matty and
Alec purchase a farm In an adjoining county.
Later, every spot on the old place reminding
him of his daughter, Higgenbotham sells his
farm and prepares to move.
With the birth of her child, Matty is filled
with Intense longing to see her parents. Alec
accedes to her request and sets out with Matty
and their child on a visit to the old home. Dur-
ing the journey Alec stops at a stream to fill
his water jug. A sudden attack of vertico
causes him to fall into the water. The swiftly-
running stream carries him along. Worried by
her husband's absence, Matty leaves her child
in the buckboard and searches for him. The
shattered jug at the water's edge tells of what
has befallen Alec. Half crazed with fear, Matty
runs down the stream in an effort to find him.
Two girls, out fishing, discover Alec In the
nick of time. The stricken man is carried to a
house nearby. Matty finds her husband just as
he is restored to consciousness. Remembering
she had left her child alone in the wagon, Matty
hastens back to the spot, but finds the buck-
board gone. Meanwhile, the Higgenbothams
come upon the wagon and discover the child.
Ignorant of the fact that It is their grand-
child, they make their wav to the nearest house.
There they find Alec and Matty, who are frantic
with fear. In the surprise and happiness which
follows, a reconciliation is effected.
AT THE END OF THE ROPE (Special — Two
Parts — August 12).— Manning, his Infant daugh-
ter, and Pete are the sole survivors of an In-
dian attack upon the settlement. In the flight
of the three the child Is wounded on the wrist.
The fugitives come upon a lost mine. Im-
pelled by greed, Pete strikes Manning across the
head in an attempt to slay him. The Indians
come upon the half breed imediately afterward.
Pete takes refuge in the mouth of the mine and
meets a miserable fate when the entrance is
sealed. Believing Manning dead, the redskins
take bis child with them. The girl is adopted
by Chief Brown Bear.
Twenty years later, an insane white man
roams about the hills. Spring Breeze, the chief's
daughter, comes upon him when he injures his
leg. Filled with pity, the maid takes him to
her people. Mexican prospectors who enter
the camp, learn that the old man has several
gold nugeets in his possession. They entice him
from camp and torture the man to make him
reveal where he found the gold. Discovering
the old man's absence. Spring Breeze gives the
alarm. The chief and his warriors later find
him in the Mexicans' power. In the fleht that
ensues, one of the Mexicans falls. His com-
panion, however, makes his escape after vic-
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Chief Brown Bear pursues the prospector
and takes a short cut to intercept him. Mean-
while, his mind restored by the blow, the old
man recalls the past and in Spring Breeze dis-
covers his daughter. The chief sees the Mexi-
can loop his lanat about a boulder and endeavor
to slide to a ledge below. When half way
down, the Mexican finds that his rope is twelve
feet short. About to drop to the ledge, he ais-
covers Chief Brown Bear waiting for him with
knife uplifted.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR PANTS (August 14).—
Billy and Sammy, rivals in politics, are also
rivals in love. Billy, however, is favored by
Kitty, the object of their affections. Coming
upon his rival in close confab with Kitty, Sammy
attempts to butt in. A lusty kick delivered by
Billy, shoots Sammy out into the road. The
man collides with Carr. Kitty's father. Learn-
ing the cause of the trouble, Carr chases Billy.
The ranch owner orders his daughter to marry
Sammy. The girl has a mind of her own, how-
ever, and flatly refuses. A compromise is af-
fected when Kitty promises to marry the man
who wins out at the coming election.
Billy, candidate on the suffragette ticket, is
favored by the ladies. Sammy, on the Bull
Goose ticket, realizes Billy's popularity with
the fair sex is liable to mean defeat for him-,
self. The man thereupon plots to kidnap his
rival on the morning of the election. His scheme
is successful. Billy is spirited away and after
his trousers are appropriated, is locked in a
barn five miles from town.
Kitty has witnessed the kidnapping. Learn-
ing of her sweetheart's predicament, she throws
her divided riding-skirt into the barn and bids
him don them and dash back before the polls
open. Clad in the divided skirts. Billy mounts
Kitty's horse and dashes for the town while
his sweetheart hides in the hay. In the midst
of a speech denouncing his rival, Sammy sees
Billy coming. The polls are about to open
when Billy, mounting the veranda of the build-
ing, boldly makes a bid for the feminine vote.
In fact, he announces that his sympathies are
so strong for the suffragettes that he has donned
split skirts.
Billy is elected by a overwhelming majority.
After donning trousers, the boy returns to the
barn and throws the skirt toward the pile of
hay in which Kitty is concealed. Meanwhile,
bowed down with woe, Sammy endeavors to
drown his sorrow in the flowing bowl.
NEAR DEATH'S DOOR (August 15).— Upon
learning thai his daughter Helen has secretly
married Charles Dwyer. Ford, a self-made man,
declares that the boy must prove his metal be-
fore he can claim Helen. Charles consents and
goes to work in the Ford construction camp, up
in the hills. Charles discovers that Anna, camp
waitress, bears a striking resemblance to Helen.
Jack, a foreman, loves Anna. The man becomes
intensely jealous of Charles. Anna attempts
to explain, but Jack declines to listen to her.
In anger, the waitress does her utmost to in-
crease his jealousy. The quarrel is patched up,
however, when the two meet upon the mountain-
side shortly afterward.
Unknown to Jack and Anna, preparations
have been made to blast the side of the hill
above them. Just as the immense charge ***
dynamite is about to be exploded, Charles sees
their danger. Shouting a warning to his as-
sistant, the boy plunges to inform Jack and
Anna of their peril. Jack watches Charles ap-
proach with a scowl. The foreman aims a
blow at him. Charles dodges and then knocks
Jack down. A terrific explosion rends the air.
Hurling Anna to the ground, the boy throws
himself atop of her to shield her from the
avalanche of earth and stone which rushes down
the hillside.
Ford and Helen have motored out to see the
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Charles' assistant arrives upon the scene and
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filled with dread, accompany the men. Shovel-
ing furiously, the rescue party come upon the
victims in the nick of time. Hours later, when
Charles regains consciousness, the smile on
Helen's face and the grip of Ford's hand tell
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•THROUGH LIFE S WINDOW (August lUj.
— Shy and diffident, wealthy Arthur Chester has
often longed lor love, but has never met his
ideal. Mrs. Harcourt, a not over-wealthy so-
ciety woman, desires to make a rich match lor
her daughter. Helen, who is engaged against
her mother's will, to Lieutenant Tresham. The
South Africa War breaks out and Tresham
goes to the fron. Some months ait^rwards
he is reported killed. Chester meete Helen,
tails in love with her and, with the aid of Mr.
Mintoe, a friend of the Harcourt's, carries on
an ardent courtship. Helen at first refuses
him, but at last yields to the wishes of her
mother and marries Chester. A year after-
wards Tresham, who has only been wounded,
turns up, begs Helen for a last meeting, which
she grants. She tells Tresham she loves him
and always will, but will remain true to her
husband and vows. Their conversation is over-
heard by Chester, and his love for Helen is so
great that he resolves to free her that she may
be happy with Tresham. Leaving evidences of
having destroyed himself, he disguises himself
and disappears. Later, he hears of Helen's
marriage to Tresham, and is happy in the
knowledge that she is happy. After a lapse of
five years, warned by his doctor his heart is in
bad condition, Chester is seized with a desire to
see Helen once more. He visits his old home,
sees her through the open doorway with her
husband and child, and as he is leaving is
stricken with heart failure. They discover him
and he has Just strength to kiss Helen's child
and give them his blessing.
■•DAVID GARRICK" (Special— Two Parts —
August 11). — At the theater, Ada Ingot watches
enraptured, the acting of David Garrick in
Romeo and Juliet. He notices the girl in the
audience, and after the play, fascinated by her
beauty, watches her leave the theater, accom-
panied by every evidence of wealth and social
position. With a sigh, he realizes she is not
fur him. Ada's father discovers her infatu-
ation for Garrick, and insists she put him out
of her mind, as he wishes her to marry her
cousin. Chivy. Ingot then promises Garrick a
large sum if he will leave that part of the coun-
try. The actor coldly refuses, then says, ''In-
vite me to dinner with your friends and I will
endeavor to cure your daughter of this fas-
cination." At the dinner. Ada is shocked to
note Garrick's boisterous behavior and the fact
that he is apparently drinking excessively
She speaks pleadingly to him and Garrick nearly
loses his control, but manages to go on with the
despicable part, although his heart urges him
to tell Ada the truth, ^ At last the ordeal is
over and Garrick returns home tired and heart-
sick, leaving Ada miserable and her father re-
gretting the whole affair. Later in the evening.
Smith, one of the dinner guests, tells Ingot he
just saw Garrick and that the actor was not
intoxicated in the least. Ingot shame-facedly
admits the truth and he and Ada hasten to
Garrick's home to make amends. In appreci-
ation of the actor's sterling qualities. Ingot
says, ••Mr. Garrick will you do me the honor
of accepting my daughter for your wife?" As
Ada and Garrick clasp each other in their arms.
Chivy enters and almost faints at the sight.
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at a play, and gives the couple his blessing.
"THE XEW STEXOGRAPHER" (August 12)
— The Arm of Brown and Robinson, real estate
dealers, advertise for a new stenographer
Lucille Montgomery, a scrawny old maid but
an expert worker, replies, and is engaged. Her
employers and Cutey, their clerk, admire her
work, but they question whether it repays them
.for having to continually look at her awful
face. One morning she fails to appear, and
sends her niece. Lillian, with a note, explain-
ing that the girl will make a capable substi-
tute. As the niece is an absolute and radiant
beauty, as well as being a wonderful stenogra-
pher, joy reigns supreme in the office, and im-
mediately Mr. Brown invites her out to lunch
Robinson, his partner, proclaims his sincere
admiration, and showers attentions upon the
girl. Cutey, the clerk, also becomes very busy
in the adoration line, causing considerable
jealousy. Secretly all three men hope that
something will happen to prevent Lucille from
ever returning to the office. The fascinating
stenographer does not reciprocate anv of the
love-making, a fact which puzzles the three
greatly. Some time later, a weazen, sawed-off,
funny-looking specimen of manhood enters and
asks for the new stenographer. When she ap-
pears, the freakish-looking individual opens his
arms, the beautiful typewriting queen madly
rushes into them, and then she introduces the
little fellow to the three business men as her
husband. They faint dead away. After their
recovery, Lucille, of the funny-face, enters and
endeavors to soothe the broken hearts of the dis-
appointed lovers. Her face restores them to
norman mentality, and after the departure of
Lillian and her husband, the three men feel
even Lucllle's face is a great blessing in dis-
guise as thev fully realize they will be immune
from her wiles.
-THE HORSE THIEF (August 13).— With a
bunch ot other cowboys. Jack Raynor is travel-
ing the range on a fence-repairing expedition.
They stop to repair a broken section, aua in
the course of their labors, an old quarrel breaks
out between Jack and another cowboy called
'The Sullen One." During the 0ght, Banks, a
foreigner, in the country only a short time
approaches the group, and seeing the cowboy's
fresh mounts, takes Jack's horse, leaves his
own exhausted animal in its place, and resumes
his journey at full speed. The boys are all so
absorbed that no one notices the Incident until
they return to their horses. Then, catching
sight of the fugitive in the distance all give
chase, and the man is stopped with a lariat in
a very effective manner. The foreigner begins
to realize he is in serious trouble, for the crime
ot horse-stealing is one ot the worst offenses a
man can be guilty ot in that section. The boys
find the sheriff is away, and the spirit of the
wilder West still being extant, the cry of
'Lynch the horse thief" goes up. Banks is ac-
cordingly led away volubly protesting he did
not take the horse with the intention of stealing
It. Fortunately for him, Sally, the sheriff's
daughter, learning or the boys' intentions ar-
rives on the spot in time to prevent the lynch-
ing. She questions the frightened man, who ex-
plains that he was in urgent need ot a doctor
and that was why he had taken such desperate
measures. She also learns the reason of his
haste, and convincing the boys a doctor is
needed at once, all dash off to town The
Physician is escorted to Banks' cabin just in
time to welcome an addition to the Banks
family. In partial atonement for their error
and hasty action, the bovs take up a collection
among themselves, and present it to the happy
father.
"P0LISHIN-(3 UP" (August 14).— Personal
criticism is the cause of a severe quarrel be-
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tween Bunny and Flora, his wife, and both,
unknown to each other, decide to "polish up"
their manners and appearance. John "dolls up"
in silk hat, cane, etc., and while out walking,
flirts with two pretty girls, Maude and B'elle,
who invite him down to Orange Beach on the
following day. Greatly to his delight, his wife
informs him she is going to visit her sister,
although she really intends to visit Orange
Beach to "polish up" a bit, acquire the latest
fashions, etc. The following day John goes to
the beach and takes Room IT at the hotel. He
meets Maude and Belle and they indicate that
their room is just across the hall. Meantime.
Flora arrives and registers under the name ot
"Evangeline Gray" in room No. IG. She sprains
her ankle. The doctor attending her pats her
hand soothingly and she coquette.? with him.
She becomes acquainted with Maude and Belle
and all swap confidences concerning the "Old
Dear in the next room" and the ".N'ice young
Doctor." The girls suggest they have a little
supper party with "Evangeline." and the doc-
tor, so that evening. Bunny, with his arms
around the two girls, enters Room 10 and con-
fronts Flora, whose hand is being aEEectionately
petted by the doctor. Flora keels over in a
taint while John sinks into a chair, exclaim-
ing, "My Wile !"
For a while serious trouble is threatened,
but at last the confusion subsides. Flora and
Bunny deciding it "is Six of One and Half a
Dozen of the Other," begin to see the humor
of the situation. He suggests they have the
party just the same, and proposes a toast to
their new friends.
"THE WHEAT AND THE TARES" (Special-
Two Parts — August 15). — In a game of cards,
Stillwell, a voung Southerner, incurs the hatred
of Collins, an unscrupulous scoundrel. Seeing
a chance for a double revenge, Collins goes to
LaVinge, father of Edith, with whom Stillwell
is in love, and demands payment ot an old
gambling debt. The old man has not the
money, and Collins, by threats and cajolery,
induces him to agree to give him his daughter
in marriage, thereby cancelling his indebted-
ness. Edith, although disliking Collins, con-
sents to marry him tor her father's sake. Later,
Stillwell Is accused of killing old LaVinge. and
Collins, on the witness stand, testifies he saw
Stillwel strike the fatal blow. Stillwell is
found guilty and sentenced. Now that her
father is gone, Edith pays up his debt by turn-
ing the plantation over to Collins and refusing
absolutely to marry him. While in prison
Stillwell, receiving letters from home, gets the
idea ot writing the Uncle Eben series of stories,
which become very popular. Black Bart, a
road agent, the man responsible for old La-
Vinge's death, is hounded by the law. He finds
protection in Edith's home temporarily, and
learns from her Stillwell is serving sentence
tor a crime which he committed. Bart leaves
his hiding place, Is seen and fatally shot by the
officers. Dying, he confesses to the killing of
old LaVinge. Stillwell is at once freed, and in
disguise returns to his old haunts, where he
plays a game of cards with Collins, and wins
the plantation back from him. He then reveals
his Identity and has Collins arrested for per-
jury Stillwell and Edith are married and live
quietly on the beautiful old Southern plantation
over which there had been so much contention.
SELIG.
WI. .IE (Special — Two Parts — August 10). —
Willie Clark is in love. His girl. Jane Feth-
erly thinks a great deal of him also. Willie,
whose training has made him a home boy and
a mama's pet, fears the loud voice and sten^
torian tones ot Jane's father. Jane urges Wil-
lie to take the fatal step and speak to her
lather, which Willie finally does under pro-
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test. Jane's father fives Willie the laugh, in-
timating that Jane requires a "man" for a
husband instead of a "Willie boy." Willie be-
comes dejected, and upon returning home, finds
Jim Rucker, a Texas cattleman, on a visit to
his father.
Tiliie asks Rucaer for a job on the cattle
ranch, and Jim, having in mind the necessity
for entertaining his cowboys at times, thinks
it a dandy idea, and engages Willie. Willie
departs for Texas, taking with him all the
boudoir necessities, includiUK a powder-puff,
scent bottle, manicuring outfit, etc. Willie
wears a monocle attached to a ribbon, and
thinks this to be as neuessary a part of his
equipment as his hat which, by the way. is a
Broadway production, such as cowboys have
never seen. The arrival of Jim Rucker and
Willie is bailed most heartily by the boys, who
at once see visions of sport during the long
evenings, with Willie in the leading role. Life
for Willie on the "Flying U" ranch becomes an
unceasing round of gaiety, with Willie unani-
mously elected as the "goat." Outside his win-
dow in the evening they watch him oerform his
twilight toilet with powder-puff and manicure
outfit. They put up jobs on him, so that when
he climbs into his bunk the bottom falls out.
As he is scenting his pajamas with toilet wa-
ter, ready for retiring for the night, tbey ruth-
lessly lasso him and drag him out into the
moonlight where a violent tossing in a blanket
leaves him groaning and bemoaning his un-
fortunate fate. Night after night his friends,
the cowpunchers, awaken him with war dances
and blood-curdling yells. They shoot out his
lamp : likewise shoot off the neck of his ink
bottle. Willie feels despondent and wants to
go home. He makes no pretense at being hap-
py, but the friendly cowpunchers of the "Fly-
ing U" ranch do not want to lose Willie. He
is too good a thing to let go, so they continue
to utilize their combined ingenuity, making
Willie's life not worth living.
Willie is finally introduced to a lantern-
jawed, Roman-nosed, flea-bitten horse, which
makes no secret of its intense delight for Wil-
lie, on the spot. Willie tries to ride him, but
the horse is determined he shall not. The rest-
lessness of the horse is abetted by the actions
of the cowboys, so that the brute finally runs
away and lands Willie on his back in the cor-
ral. The enthusiasm of the cowboys increases
with their successes in making Willie's life
miserable. There seems to be very little work
done on the ranch, except the entertaining of
Willie. Jim Rucker does not officially recog-
nize the baiting of Willie, but keeps out of the
way, 80 as not to Interfere.
The horsemanship exercises of Willie are
screams. The cowboys pretend to help him. but
irritate his horse and make it perform antics
which drive Willie into a frenzy of terror.
Willie tries to run away from his tormentors,
but they la<=so him and drag him back. He
wants to obtain a closer view of the cattle,
so one of his tormentors drags him at the end
of a lariat through the herd and Into a pond
where Willie splashes and splutters and nar-
rowly escapes from drowning. Then the worm
turns. The c^ok is the first one to receive the
brunt of Willie's displeasure. Willie pounces
on him. pushes his head into a flour basin
and treats him violently. Willie accumulates a
pair of "6-guns" and starts on a rampage. He
huddles the punchers together and makes them
dance and do acrobatic stunts. He chases them
around like a flock of hens. He has everybody
•n the ranch on the run. Thev develop bursts
flf speed which would be a credit to a mara-
thon. WlUie loses his eye-glass, and his pink
eomplexlon assumes a deep brown hue. His
carefully preserved toilet preparations are
thrown out of the window. Everybody on the
ranch jumps sideways when Willie comes Into
view. Tn a short time he is the boss of the
job. Willie completes his career of conquest
fcy ducking the punchers, one bv one. In a horse
trough. Rucker, who has evaded responsibility
In the affair, is treated to a short dose of a
popular medicine by Willie until he begs for
Kercy. From a "lah-de-dah" WIIMe, the hero
•f the picture becomes transposed Into - weath-
er-beaten, muscular cowpuncher ; so that Jim
Rucker finally wires back to the Clark home,
as follows :
"The kid Is O. K- He has licked every punch-
er on the ran^h ; he has borrowed m'>ney enough
from me to buv a hundred head of cattle and
starts east tomorrow to marry the girl. Don*t
keep him long; we need him out here.*'
There is rejoicing by Willie's father, who
goee to confer with Jane's pa. Willie comes
back home a different young man. and bis
people are proud of him. while Jane likes
ilm better than ever. So they are married.
N.WS VICTORY (August 15V— .Tack Hal-
tfane. a clever young artist, but without wealth.
Is desperately in love with Trma Keith. Trraa
ts the spoiled darling of Indulgent parents and
a society queen. The admiration of her many
suitors has turned her head. She plays the part
•f a coouette In Rociety. and few realize that
beneath her veneer of selfishness, she possesses
a woman's heart. She tells Jack she will not
marry a poor man ; so he determines to go
»w2uy to the seashore where he will not be tor-
mented by the sight of her beautiful but co-
quettish self. Jack departs, and at the seaside
meets Nan, a fishermaid, who assists her father
with his nets. Jack goes with them on their
fishing trips and becomes interested in a friend-
ly way in pretty Nan, who proceeds to fall in
love with Jack.
Irma misses Jack, and tires of the flattery
and homage of her admirers. Her better nature
asserts itself and she realizes her unjust treat-
ment of Jack. She suddenly awakens to a
sense of her deep love for Jack, and impul-
sively decides to follow him to the fishing
village. She finds Jack in the company of
Nan. who is innocently forgotten by Jack in
his joy at again seeing Irma. Nan's heart is
torn by jealousy as she witnesses the joyous
companionship of Jack and Irma. Wlien she
sees them in a loving embrace, her jealousy
turns to frenzy, and she resolves that Irma
shall not take Jack away from her. The hotel
in which Jack lives and in which Irma Is
stopping, catches fire at night. There is great
excitement in the village and the entire build-
ing is apparently doomed to destruction. The
limited fire-fighting facilities of the village are
of no avail against the raging conflagration.
One by one the guests stagger out through the
smoke and flames, and finally Jack makes his
appearance. Nan is among the spectators and
is greatly relieved at his escape. Jack, how-
ever, immediately looks about In search of Irma
and not finding her. declares heroically that he
will re-enter the blazing hotel and rescue her.
The men believe this would be suicidal, as the
whole interior seems to be a mass of fire.
They restrain Jack, who struggles violently to
escape. Nan bravely rushes into the burning
building and saves Irma, realizing that her
great love for Jack would rather see him the
husband of her rival, than that he should be
forever be unhappy through having lost his
sweetheart.
"MELLER DRAMMER" (August 14).—
Goldie. the bright young daughter of Farmer
Meadows, is engaged to mirry Harold Mon-
taine. a romantic young farm hand. Alnng'
comes Jim Blufisoe. a regular villain, whose
polish and citified manners impress Goldie so
that she is induced to elope with him. Harold
is heartbroken, while farmer Meadows turns
his daughter's picture to the wall. Harold
swears vengeance and after a hearty meal,
starts on the trail of the villain.
Two years later Goldie is living with her In-
fant child in abject poverty in a western min-
ing town. Jm ilUreats her, and tears up the
marriage certificate which he throws out of the
window. However. Dennis Casey, the low co-
median, savps the pieces. Tom Dalton. a big-
hearted miner, saves Goldie from a beating
when Jim tries to indulge in this pastime. In
the fight which follows. Jim stabs Tom, and ap-
parently kilts him. Jim then goes through a lot
of cold-blnoded stage business, lights a cig-
arette and flicks the ashes in the face of the
prostrate man, and sets fire to the cabin to de-
stroy evidence of the crime. But Tom is not
dead, and the faithful Dennis rescues him.
Harold !« at last on Jim's trail. Jim learns
of his pursuit and engages Indians to ambush
him. Harold with bis trusty gun. kills all the
Indians and follows this feat by shooting Jim
and five other desperadoes with one bullet from
his revolver. Onp st'^rmy night Goldie returns
home. Farmer Meadows forgives her after
Dennis and Tom arrive and exhibit the mar-
riage certificate. They vouch for her good con-
duct and when Harold follows them shortly all
ends in true melodramatic style with everybody
happy.
•■THE DAY OF THE DOG" (August 14>.—
A lively little comedy which tells the story
of a cur dog that was given a borne through
the finding of a stick of dynamite.
THE FAMILY RECORD (August 12).—
Daniel Segram, dressed In the garments of a
sea captain, and showing evidences of having
plenty of money, wanders into a second-hand
book store, picks up a family Bible and is
shocked to find his own death record written
there. The book seller notes his astonishment
and they become acquainted. Segram tells his
story.
"Jane Collyer and I were both orphans. My
employer. Hatch, was in love with Jane, but
she accepted me and we were married. The
brute discharged me and I was unable to obtain
other employment for some time. My wife
bought this Bible in which to Inscribe our fam-
ily record. One day I shipped on a vessel bound
for the tropics. My wife beggeu me not to go.
but I felt there was nothing else for me to do.
Our ship went down in a terrible storm and I
was cast away on an uninhabited island. A
box of boojfs which washed ashore from the
wreck saved me from going insane, as 1 had
something to distract my mind. I discovered
that the Island waters were a veritable treasure
house of fine pearls. For thirty years I read
and re-read the old books, lived like a sav-
age, and spent my time In gathering pearls,
the finer ones of which I made Into a necklace
to take home to my wife in case I might be
taken off by a ship. Finally I was rescued. On
coming back to civilization, I found everything
changed. The old landmarks had vanished. The
buildings I knew in my childhood were torn
down. Where my home stood is am ofllce
building. My wife and friends have gone away,
and I do not know where to find them. This
Bible is the first trace I have found."
The bookseller examines the record of the
Bible and sees the recorded marriage of Dan-
iel Segram's wife with Hatch. The name of the
clergyman who performed the marriage is also
given. Daniel traces his wife through the
clergyman, who accompanies him to the poor-
house. The old woman is overcome with joy.
She explains that Hatch treated her brutally
and she obtained a divorce. She had married
Hatch to escape starvation. After leaving him,
she sold everything, including the Bible, to buy
food. "Then she was taken into the poor house.
Daniel clasps bis old love in his arms while a
smile shines through his tears. From his
pocket he takes the pearl necklace and places
it around her neck, and the minister remarries
them.
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"HE WANTED WORK' (August 11).— John
Jackson is driveu from home with a promise
that unless he brings some money back he
will have his heart carved out Mandy acts
as though she meant it, too. He tries for a
couple of jobs, and gets one as a hod carrier
on a new building, but the Irish contingent
refuse to work with a black man and he is
chased away. He stumbles on a suitcase lost
by an actor and tries to pawn it, but only
succeeds in getting kicked out. The suitcase
contains wardrobe and John gets the brilliant
idea of making up as an Irishman and get-
ting that hod carrying job after all. Things
would have gone nicely had not one of the.
workman, wetting down the bricks, playfully
turned the hose on John as an invitation to a
scrap. That washes oft the make-up and the
deception is exposed. John starts to run
but a couple of bricks reach him before be is
gone far and presently he is buried under
the pile of hricks which has been moved from
where it was to where John is by the angry
hod carriers.
THE COOK NEXT DOOR (August 11).—
Nora, a cook becomes the heiress of a distant
relative. By the terms of the will ihe must
live in the testator's house. As the house
is In a fashionable district and as it is known
tnat she has been a cook, her reception is
mi!d. A paragraph in the paper gives her a
hint and she decides that if they have been
looking tor a cook she'll give them the sort
of cook they have been expecting. Then the
people next door decide that she shall be in-
vited to a party where she will be shown up
Nora accepts but her appearance is a surprise
to all. The host proposes to her, to the great
distress of his two daughters, but she shows
that her heart is true to the policeman she
is engaged to.
THE DOWNWARD PATH (Special— Two
Parts — August 12). — Henry Bliss, a retired
millionaire, has a wild son, Warre», whose
escapades become so notorious that the Bliss
family declares they will give him bo money
outside of hi" allowance. Warren, despe.rate.
forces the drawer of his father's table, gets the
combination to the library safe, and steals
money. "The Rattler," a veteran crook, on a
scouting expedition, looks in the library window
and sees the boy take the money. "The Rat-
tler" also notes that Warren places the com-
bination card in his pocketbook. The crook
follows Warren and sees him enter a gay cafe.
Hurrying to his shabby flat. "The Rattler"
finds his daughter. Olga. who assists her father
in his crooked deals. He urges Olga to go to
the cafe, meet Warren, dazzle bim and get a
cnpv of the safe combination from his pocket-
book. As the girl is eagerly starting for the
cafe, Felix Kirk, a convict who has just com-
pleted a term for burglary, comes in. He has
decided to get a Job and go straight, so that
Olga and he can marry. He begs the girl to
give up her work. Olga promises to think about
it when she has finished this job. The girl
goes to the cafe, meets Warren through some
friends and by a clever ruse obtains a copy
of the safe combination without the knowledge
of Warren.
The next evening "The Rattler" enters the
Bliss residence and starts to rifle the safe in
the library. Father and son come home un-
expectedly and "The Rattler" is trapped In the
library. Bliss is in a rage over the discover}'
that Warren has taken money from the safe.
During a violent scene, Warren kills his fa-
ther. "The Rattler," having seen the murder,
then attempts to escape. In an exchange of
shots between "the Rattler" and Warren, the
former is wounded in the leg, but raaaages to
escape from the house and get to his fiat.
Warren calls the police and tells them that
his father was killed in a flght with a burglar
they discovered rifling the safe. The next
morning. Olga calls Felix from ais honest Job.
"The Rattler" is unable to walk and he must
get rid of a box of jewels he took from tie
safe. Felix is persuaded to take the Ewag te
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a "foncc." At the ""fence" Felix is arrested iu
a raid, the stolen jewels found on bini. and be
Is accused of the Ullss murder. The shadow-
graph Is worked in the third degree. Olga
and "The Rattler" finally succeed in freeing
Felix of the murder charge, and "The Rattler"
gives himself up for the robbery. Warren
weakens and confesses.
VTHE HEART REBELLIOUS" ( Special-
Two Parts — August l.'i). — Bart Wcndel, a pay-
master for the Western Ore Company, leaves
his Western surroundings for a vacation. In
the city he falls in love with Helen Burns,
a young woman who, through the influence of
her unscrunuious father, is an adventuress.
Pursuing her father's directions, she leads
Wendel to believe she intends to marry him,
and at the same time accepts large sums of
money from the unsuspecting lover. Wendel
finds out Helen's intentions. He is a stern,
uncompromising man and really being in love
with Helen, quickly puts an end to '-or trick-
ery by carrying her away by force from her
apartments and forcing her to live up to her
agreement to wed blm before he returns West.
When he reaches the West he has with him a
sullen, resentful wife.
Helen chafes under the domineering methods
of the man who has determined to make her
conform with his way of thinking. She writes
her father telling him of her whereabouts
and drop'-ing broad hints that a burglary of the
safe in the office, containing a large amount
of money, would be very easy to accomplish.
Meanwhile Wendel continues to rule Helen with
an iron hand, not treating her unkindly but
determined to break her stubborn spirit. In
the bare little office of the isolated ore com-
pany, Helen is virtually a prisoner; she grows
more and more desperate and one day she
escapes. In her flight through the woods she
falls over a cliff and is dangerously wounded.
him slight attentions. Gains has a sister who
is devoted to htm and, being like himself of
tow Intelligence, believes with him that his
infatuation for Lucia Is not hopeless. Knowing
Lucia's love for flowers Gains carefully se-
lects the choicest blossoms of bis own culture
and sends them to her. Pleased by this Jlttle
thoughtful attention. Lucia sends for Gains and
thanks him. He misinterprets her motive and
decides that the time to make a formal pro-
posal has arrived. He dons his best clothes
and starts for the mansion.
Meanwhile Lucia's 'English fiance, a young
nobleman, has arrived at the villa for a visit.
Gains arrives at the villa Just in time to wit-
ness an unmistakable love scene between Lu-
cia and her fiance. Brokenhearted he returns
to his humble home where Rosa is waiting
lor the news. His grief and her disappointment
combine to produce an abnormal mental state.
She proposes to kill both the lovers but her
brother sternly forbids It. Then, unknown to
him, she conceives a scheme for ridding her
brother of his rival. A hot-blooded admirer
of hers, Tony, is chosen as the instrument.
She seeks Tony and tells him that an English
stranger has insulted her and made an ap-
pointment to meet her that night at a summer
house on the grounds of the estate. She urges
Tony to go In her place and when the Eng-
lishman comes, avenge her. This he consents
to do and she takes him to the place and
conceals him.
Then having ascertained that the English-
man is living at the village hotel she finds
a messenger and dispatches him to the hotel
with a decoy note signed with the name of
Lucia, and asking for a meeting at the sum-
mer house. She does not realize that the
forgery is too crude to deceive. Her brother
has left the house to seek consolation at a
drinking place and she decides to send him a
the building and goes from ofllcc to ofBco, seek-
ing some one with only one shoe. The shoe
is tossed about from place to place and Tom-
kins follows close on its trail but does not
overtake it until a tramp finds it and throws
it in the water. In the meantime the guests
arrive at the Tomklns house and Mrs. Tom-
kins Is on the verge of nervous prostration
waiting for her gown. The guests leave In
disgust before Tomklns arrives. Mrs. Tom-
kins has hysterics. Tomklns writes up an ad
for bis puncture proof sock and puts It on
exhibition.
"THEY BOUGHT A BOAT" (August 15).—
Jack Burns and Billy Plale buy a motorboat.
Having more enthusiasm than nautical knowl-
edge, they invite their friends for a trip.
Swelled with the Importance of ownership, they
invest in gorgeous uniforms and engage a
cabin boy who weighs three hundred pounds.
They are about to make a trial when the
government inspector warns them that they are
lacking in necessary equipment, such as lite
preservers, fire apparatus, fog horns, lights,
etc. They buy enough equipment to sink a
battle ship and when it is all loaded on the
launch with the cabin boy on top it comes
near swamping the boat.
They put "out to sea," however, and their
friends watch them from the shore. They
discover that the boat leaks and a panic en-
sues. They try to bail the water out with
tin cups while the cabin boy puts the pump
hose overboard and pumps water Into the boat.
The water gains rapidly and they yell loudly
for help. An old sailor wades out to them to
see what is the matter and tells them that they
are aground in about ten inches of water and
they had better walk ashore. They return to
their room wet and disgusted, discard all that
savors of nautical atmosphere, and decide to
buy a croquet set.
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Wendel nurses her back to health. She is so
changed by his kindness that gradually shame,
remorse and the desire to love succeeds her
former selfish, unprincipled traits. Finally they
are reconciled and start to live an entirely
different life.
One day Helen's father appears at the plant,
instead of his former helpmate in dishonesty
he finds an entirely changed woman. Helen
refuses to give him any assistance in robbing
the safe. He angrily shows her the letter she
has written him and, using this as a lever,
defies her to prevent him carrying out his dis-
honest intentions. Helen is terrified. She can
say nothing to Wendel. because she knows her
father would betray her secret and she would
lose the love of her husband for good. For
two days she remains in a constant state of
terror. Then her father, with the assistance
of a treacherous employe, enters the oflSce in
the dead of the night, covers Wendel with a
revolver and proceeds to rob the safe. A des-
perate struggle ensues and, in order to save
her husband's lite, Helen drives her father from
the place at the point of a gun. Wendel,
badly wounded, is tenderly cared for by his
devoted wife. Her bravery has convinced him
of her loyalty and love and the future opens
bright for the happy couple.
"L.\TIN BLOOD" (August 14). — Gains, an
Italian gardener, Is an employee on the estate
of the rich and beautiful Lucia. His emo-
tional nature makes him fall madly in love
with the mistress but his dull brain prevents
his realizing how ridiculous his passion really
is. Lucia does not suspect this feeling toward
her so her kindly disposition leads her to show
note, summoning him to a spot near the am-
bush, where she has arranged to meet Tony
after the assassination, and dispatches this
by the same messenger. The messenger, in
a befuddled condition, mixed the notes and
Gains, receives what he believes is a sum-
mons from Lucia. Rosa goes to the appointed
place to wait. The Englishman, receiving a
cryptic mes'^age which puzzles him, goes to
solve the mystery and meets Rose. He asks
her if she knows anything about the note.
She sees that it is the one intended for her
brother «nd slowly the realization of the mis-
take comes to her. She rushes to the sum-
mer house to warn Tony but on the way she
meets him slinking out of the grounds. He
tells her that she is avenged. As she files
to the summer house she sees that her trap
has caught her own brother.
"THE PUNCTURE PROOF SOCK MAN"
(August 15). — John Tomklns, the Inventor of
a puncture proof sock. Is so enthusiastic on
the subject that he can think and talk of
nothing else. While engaged in his office with
a customer, he receives a message from his
wife requesting him to bring home her new
evening gown without fail as she must wear it
at a reception she is giving that evening.
Tomkins secures the gown but on his way
home he meets an acquaintance. He imme-
diately begins to talk socks and by way of
demonstration he pulls off his shoes, which he
places on the rail of a viaduct and promptly
knocks it off in one of his extravagant ges-
tures. The shoe falls on the head of an
Italian organ grinder who thinks it was thrown
from an office window above. He rushes into
MELIES.
"THE FAMILY OUTI.VG" (August 4).— The
Jones' start out on a picnic much against the
wishes of father Jones. He realizes only too
well what it means when one has twelve chil-
dren. They hire a cab which is as old as the
horse he drives. After all getting Into the
cab the poor old horse refused to pull, so Fa-
ther Jones has to get out and walk and also
carry the lunch basket, which weighs consid-
erable. A new start is made, then trouble
begins in earnest. The shafts of the rig pull
out, one of the wheels comes off and after a
long walk without using the contents of the
lunch basket they return home, where Father
Jones is given a severe lecture regarding the
unappreciativeness of man.
"EASY COME EASY GO" (August 4).— Two
maiden sisters make a bargain with a truck-
man to move them from one room to an-
other. They do not tell him that their room is
on the second and the other room is on the
sixteenth fioor. The elevator refuses to let
the truckman take the furniture up in the
car, so he tells the sisters unless they double
the price he will move the stuff back again to
the second floor which he had brought up to
the sixteenth.
In the meantime a new tenant has moved
some of his furniture into the second floor
room. The truckman having received his in-
crease in pay and not noticing the new fur-
niture starts taking it to the sixteenth floor.
The new tenant, believing he is being robbed,
calls in the -olice, who make the truckman
cart the pieces back to the second floor and
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also make him pay $10 to have the piano tuned
as they teel his rough handling is responsible
tor Its peculiar tone. The truckman is so dis-
gusted he returns to his cart, putting up a
sign, "For Sale, Cheap."
■'THE SHIELD OF INNOCENCE" (Special-
Two Parts — August 6). — Gilbert Darman loved
a rather sporty woman and when he found out
her true character and the tact that she was
betraying him with another man he killed
. himself. His twin brother swore to avenge
him and when the woman settled down to
lead a respectable lite with her innocent
daughter he set out to win the girl's affec-
tions. When the mother discovered his iden-
tity his revenge was complete as the girl was
dying of love for him and he refused her.
In the end her innocence touched him and he
returned to her at the mother's prayer. The
mother went out into the world to repent her
former life.
"A MOTHER'S ERROR" (August 5).— Fif-
teen years had elapsed since Mrs. Coleman's
son had been kidnapped by the family butler,
who took this method of revenge for being
discharged. John Gilbert, poor and out of
work, answered an ad in the paper, which
brought him to Mrs. Coleman's home, and he
secured the position. He had received the
wrong kind of training since childhood and
when he saw a safe open the temptation was
.more than he could resist. Mrs. Coleman
caught him in the act and getting a revolver,
shot him as he was about to escape. The next
day a letter came from the detective agency
who had been trying to locate her missing son,
stating they had learned he was alive but in
very poor circumstances and was using the
name John Gilbert. Realizing she had shot
her son the mother was heartbroken but the
services of a noted physician pulled him
through his illness and a happy reunion re-
sulted.
"GRATITUDE" (Special— Two Parts— August
8). — A farmer who owns a very intelligent
dog died. His successor, not liking the dog.
becomes enraged and shoots him. The dog had'
become ouite attached to the new farmer's
little girl and when the latter is kidnapped
by a gypsy the dog rescues her and returns
her to the parents. The farmer thereupon
regrets his past actions and treats the animal
kindly ever after.
"ONLY A DREAM" (July 28). — Jerry and
■Tom, tramps, see a boatcrew out for prac-
tice. Jerry had rowed in a college crew in
his younger days. They fall asleep and Jerry
has a dream in which he aeain rows in a
rtice which he wins. Suddenly thely wake
up in the water having been kicked off the
pier by a watchman.
"210 VS. 213" (Special— Two Parts— July
30). — Two young men are in love with a beau-
tiful and popular young girl. She favors one
but rejects the other. The latter in revenge
closes a switch which will cause the locomotive
carrying the girl's wounded father to collide
with an approaching engine. To prevent the
collision the lover lassoes the switch, turns
it over and the engine takes the siding, where
it runs off the track, crushes into a house
and kills the villain.
"A MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT"
(August 7). — A young lady under an assumed
name advertises for a husband and the ad
is answered by her brother. A meeting is ar-
ranged but the latter is unable to keep the
appointment and sends a friend of his. It is
a case of love at first sight and when the
brother learns that the lady is his sister he
sees the humor of the situation and blesses the
lovers.
BIOGRAPH.
THE MEAL TICKET (August 3).— Colloqui-
ally, a "Meal Ticket" describes a means of sup-
port and the little show girl was the bread win-
ner for her husky father and brother. When
the income of the two was threatened, the
brother contrived a scheme, which, strangely
enough, resulted in the happiness of all.
THE MAN AND THE MASTER (August 6).—
In the strife between capital and labor justice
may be submerged in personal prejudice, but
through the guidance of say. a higher power,
man is brought to regard his fellow as a brother
and then is when we find the realization of the
true brotherhood of man.
THE DEADLY CHEROOT (August 8). — The
cigarmaker fills an order from the "Blow-'Em-
Up Society" for a loaded cheroot and a fresh
iceman steals the cheroot. The cigarmaker
wouldn't mind the iceman lighting it, but he
tries to do so in the home of the girl they both
admire, and the cigarmaker's efforts to prevent
an explosion makes for a lively time.
THEY WOULD BANDITS B'E (August 8).—
Three cowboys love Broncho Nell without suc-
cess, but when "Cactus Charley,'' a "bad man,"
makes Nell feed and kiss him, they are inspired
to be bold, bad bandits, and, being amateurs,
they meet an unlooked for finish.
ESSANAY.
"TOPSY-TURVY SWEEDIE" August 10).—
Mr. Rhyme, a poet, is distracted at his work
by the different noises in his home. To cap the
climax his aunt arrives, bringing with her all
her pets. She also brings "Sweedie," her cook,
who insists on fighting, and a general free-for-
all battle occurs into which pie throwing and
rolling-pin combats enter. Sweedie finally wrecks
the place completely, driving the poet from the
house and finally taking possession.
"STOPPINGT THE LIMITED" (August 11).—
Hugh McKinnon, a manufacturer, is angry be-
cause the R. R. superintendent refuses to stop
the limited No. 19 at Bangor. He refuses to
allow his daughter, Nancy, to marry Dan Saw-
yer, so they decide to elope. They start in
Dan's auto and break down near the R. R. sta-
tion. No. 19 has just stopped for water and
they jump aboard. McKinnon sees them board
the train, and wires the superintendent that
passengers have boarded the limited at Bangor.
The R. R. official wires back, "Impossible, if
what you say is true, will make Bangor regular
stop." The irate father is forced to forgive the
couple in order to get proof that No. 19 took
aboard passengers at Bangor, but he does so
and the R. R. is forced to "come across."
"THE FABLE OP THE MANOEUVRES OF
JOEL AND FATHER'S SECOND TIME ON
EARTH" (August 12). — Old man Suggs was
feeling Kippy one day, so his son Joel, a little
short of pocket money, persuades him to sign
over all his property to him, and relieve the old
gent of all the worry, he said. Shortly after,
Joel got a hunch that the old Duffer was a
nuisance, so sent him to the home for the desti-
tute. The old man lived there for some time,
then decided that Joel, the Fox. has sluffed one
over on him. He gets a lawyer and finds that
his son's attorney left a loop-hole, and the deeds
he held were valueless. Old Suggs then cuts
loose and paints the town Green. He turns his
son out, then gets married and settles down to
take life easy. Moral : Bring up your father so
he won't be ungrateful.
"SLIPPERY SLIM AND HIS TOMBSTONE"
(August 13). — Slippery Slim takes out some life
insurance. Shortly after he decides to see some-
thing of the world, and sallies forth. Mustang
Pete, his rival for the hand of Sophie, imme-
diately begins to press suit, and when Slim re-
turns, he finds Sophie and Mustang mounting at
his tombstone, which they bought with his in-
surance money. Thinking Slim a ghost, they
flee with Slippery in hot pursuit. Slim never
hesitates until he proves that he is really alive,
thus defeating the wily Mustang Pete and his
evident intentions of taking over his homely
widow, "Sophie Clutts."
"BRONCHO BILLY WINS OUT" (August 15).
— Broncho Billy and the coward are both in
love with the scchool teacher at Snakeville.
Broncho is accepted, and the coward, mad with
jealousy, induces the unsuspecting rival to carry
through a mock hold-up. When Broncho Billy
appears as a highwayman, the school teacher
shoots at him. The coward has left the crowd
and fires at Broncho. The girl is held for shoot-
ing her sweetheart, but when the coward ap-
pears, she accuses him. and backs up her state-
ment by showing that her gun contained noth-
ing but blank cartridges. The coward is driven
across the state line, and Broncho Billy, badly
wounded in the shoulder, soon recovers and mar-
ries the school teacher.
"A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE" (Special-
Two Parts — August 14). — For three months
Smith EUicott has lived in the town of Waverly.
He is liked by all. but the fact that he keeps
his business a secret and associates with "Old
Man Weaver," a suspected murderer, brings
criticism down upon him. In spite of the mys-
tery which seems to surround the young man,
he is loved by Dolly Eraser, much to the cha-
grin of Charley Bratton, one of her most ardent
admirers. One day, while out hunting, Bratton
sees EUicott give "Old Man Weaver" some
money. Bratton immediately hurries to Dolly
with the information that EUicott has been hav-
ing transactions with a suspected criminal. Dolly
refuses to believe him, despite the circumstances
which seem to put EUicott in the wrong.
The next afternoon, EUicott meets Phyliss,
Dolly's young sister. She climbs a tree for a
bird's nest and he leaves her to go home alone,
as he has a dinner engagement. Here the plot
begins to develop, for Bratton engages a couple
of crooks to kidnap Dolly's sister and also to
waylay EUicott, the idea being to make Dolly
think her young sister Phyliss has been ab-
ducted by EUicott. After a series of thrilling
incidents during which there is a mob scene,
"Old Man Weaver" rescues Phyllis from the
hands of two ruffians. EUicott escapes and ev-
erything ends happily. The mysterious busi-
ness of EUicott is cleared up when it is made
known that he and "Old Man Weaver" have dis-
covered a substitute for putty, and the money
which Bratton saw pass between them was to
finance the deal.
PATHE.
PATHE'S WEEKLY NO. 47, 1014 (July 29).
— NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. — United States
Battleship "Florida," Admiral Fletcher's flag-
ship, whose big guns helped capture Vera Cruz,
reaches New York.
VENICE, CAL. — Prize winners at Bayside
Kennel Club Dog Show.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. — Army and Navy
Medal of Honor Legion of the United States
of America.
NEW YORK HARBOR, N. Y. — George R. Mee-
han breaking record in the Tribune Marathon
swim, from the Battery to Sandy Hook. Dis-
tance 22 miles. Time, 7 hours, 18 minutes.
SOFIA, BULGARIA. — Anniversary of Saint
Cyril celebrated in presence of the Royal Fam-
ily of Bulgaria.
BUC, FRANCE. — Latest invention, consisting
of a pneumatic chest protector and helmet, for
protection of aviators, is given severe tests.
GRAVESEND BAY, N. Y. — International Sail-
ing Canoe Race between United States and Can-
ada, won by Leo Friede, American defender.
HUDSON RIVER- N. Y.— Miss Dorothy Bauer,
14-year-old girl, s?;complishes marvellous feat
of swimming from Nyack to Tarrytown. Time
in water, four hours.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.— Lightning bolt starts
spectacular night fire, destroying a large cooper- A
age plant. ■
LYONS, FRANCE. — Grand Prize Amto Race ■
held under the auspices of the Automobile Club
of France.
DENVER, COL. — Annual Convention and Pa- 1
rade of Benevolent Order of Elks.
PICTURESQUE GAGRY (SOUTHERN RUS-
SIA) (August 3). — The architecture of Southern
Russia is thoroughly dlsinctive and the rambling
grey stone palace of the Prince of Oldenburg,
with its extensive grounds and well-kept drives
is a gem that is greatly admired by the tourist.
In the great park, quiet even in mid-day, one
sees the various shrubs, flowers, trees, etc., of
this beautiful country. Gagry is one of the
oldest of the Russian provinces and the ruins
of its old fortifications fill the spectator with
wonder and awe. Not the least of the carious
spectacles are the ruins of an old church which
dates back to the sixth century.
The Russian takes great delight in the mili-
tary and the Cossack escort, a fine body of
horsemen, is the pride of the Prince of Olden-
burg. In the village when the day is done the
natives, always lovers of music, take great en-
joyment in the National dance called the Les-
ginka.
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THE CIRCUS (July L>0).— The villagers and
village boob prepare to see tUo circus which has
just arrived in town. While one of the ele-
phants is taking his bath the boob annoys him.
Bill, the trainer, warns the boob, but too late —
the elephant has taken a quantity of water in
his trunk and gives the boob a bath.
The boob tells the manager, who is a rival of
Bill for the love of one of the performers. They
get Into an argument. Bill throws the manager
into the water. The manager swears revenge and
exits. Bill ties one end of a rope to the ele-
phant's harness and the other end to the
lemonade stand outside the circus tent. When
the elephant walks oft, he pulls down thi
stand and throws lemonade over the manager.
Meantime the show is going on In the tent.
The audience is disgusted and commence to
throw rotten vegetables at the porformors. Then
the fire appears. Everything seems well until
he takes a drink out of a bottle which he sup-
posed to be filled with water. His assistant.
when filling the bottles, made a mistake and
poured gasoline into the bottle. The flre-eater
spits the gasoline out. It Ignites the flames of
hot coals which he uses in his act, setting fire
to the stage. The rural fire department arrives
and in attempting to put out the fire nearly
drown the audience. Rill and the manager are
fighting on the stage and as the people run out,
ther get the water from both sides.
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REX.
CIRCLE 17 (Two Parts— July 30) .—Professor
Bartoli has incurred the enmity of a secret
Italian society. With his daughter he flees to
-America. As they start to board the steamer, an
agent of the society attacks Bartoli and would
have stabbed him, but for the timely interfer-
ence of Capt. Rawdon, U. S. A.
A year passes. Bartoli has established him-
self as a music teacher in New York, while
.■Anita has a flower stand on the street. Capt.
Rawdon. coming home on furlough to visit his
mother and sisters, stops at the flower stand to
buy some carnations. He recognizes in Anita
the girl whose father he saved in Italy. The
girl's gratitude, for she too remembers the inci-
dent, pleases the stalwart officer. She gives him
one of her father's cards and Rawdon promises
to see her again.
Reaching his home. Rawdon is welcomed by
his family. His mother deciding to give a
musicale in honor of his homecoming, he shows
Bartoli'3 card with the suggestion that the
Italian supply the music. The mother agrees,
writes a note, to which Rawdon adds a post-
script inviting Anita to attend the musicale.
Bartoli receives the note and writes directions
to his daughter to follow him to the Rawdons.'
He goes out and the Italian agent of Guiseppi
Draga, leader of Circle 17, enters and changes
• the address on Bartoli's note.
In this manner Anita is taken by the society.
Bartoli worries that she does not appear at
Rawdon's and the Captain at last suggests that
they go in search of her. .After some time they
trace her to a dirty dive and after a hard fight
kill the villain and rescue the dark-eyed hero-
ine.
THE HEDGE BETWEEN (August 16).—
Ella is the idol of her grouchy old father, who
seems bent on keeping her a child. Although
she has reached her eighteenth birthday, she is
under the continual surveillance of a governess.
To add to these galling conditions, her doting
old father presents her with a large doll as a
birthday gift.
In the house next door. Bob is welcomed home
from college by his mother. She is the exact
opposite of Ella's father, kind and benevolent
and proud of her big, handsome son. After
greetings are over, Bob wanders out under the
trees to smoke. Ella eludes the vigilance of her
governess and goes outside to meditate upon
her hard lot. She wanders down to the great
hedge which separates her fatlier's home from
that of Fob's mother. Looking over the bar-
rier, she catches sight of Bob. He sees her
tor the first time. It Is a case of love at first
sight. They chat In a friendly manner until
the girl's governess bundles her Into the bouse.
Bob tells bis mother of the girl.
Anotber meeting occurs. Bob gives the girl a
note just before she is again captured by t^e
persistent governess. This note proves to be a
plan for their clopment that night. Ella out-
wits both her father and the governess and tbo
marriage Is performed. The grouchy old father
Cakes Bob's mother to task for what has hap-
pened. She endeavors to calm bis Ire. 'The
"storm" Is finally quelled by the sight of the
two happy young people approaching. The old
folks decide that the other Is not so bad after
all, and we are led to believe that they follow
the example of the young folks.
VICTOR.
THERE IS A DESTINY (August 19).— Jack
Baldwin, M. D., just graduated. Is spending
the summer at a sea-side hotel with several of
his fraternity friends. Jeanne De Jean and
her grandmother live on an island a short dis-
tance from the coast. While the old man has
a pension, they add to this by selling fish at the
hotel across the channel.
One morning Jeanne is seen by Jack and his
friends. They admire her beauty. "Sport"
Hamlin, one of the party, tries to flirt with the
girl. He is cut coldly. On returning to his
friends he offers to wager a hundred doilar.s
none of them can do any better than he did
Jack, already interested in the girl, takes up the
bet. Jack, to carry out his plans, secures a job
as a boat man ; he believes that his chance with
the girl would be better if she thought him in
her own station of lite. Following this, it is
only a matter of a few days before Jacks makes
the girl's acquaintance through the grandfather.
Observing Jack's success, "Sport" Hamlin
grows envious. After be is knocked down for
making an insulting remark to Jack, he goes
to the old man and informs him of Jack's decep-
tion. Fearing for his grandchild, the fisher-
man refuses to allow them together again.
A week goes by. Jack finds that he loves the
girl. The old fisherman is stricken with
heart trouble. There is a storm. The girl
telephones to the mainland. Jack, with his
medicine case strapped to him, swims the chan-
nel and revives the old man. Explanations fol-
low. Jack and Jeanne's destinies are fulfilled.
childhood sweetheart. Picking up bis suitcase,
Willis slowly leaves, while Dolly swoons oo
the table — a lady that was.
POWERS.
THE BARNSTORMERS (August 14).— A dra-
matic company, stranded in a small town, owe
a large bill at the hotel. The hotel keeper's
son has been strongly attracted by the sou-
brette of the company and they plan to use
this fact to their advantage. "They oiTer the
boy's parents to take him into their company
as an actor if the father will finance them to
the next town and cancel their hotel bill. The
simple parents are delighted at this proposi-
tion. In the next town they have poor success
and a great many difficulties. Bills pour in and
the hotelkeeper, now box office man, is broke.
The trunks of the company are attached, and
the old man at last realizes that he is in bad.
He breaks with the company and. having no
funds, wires home to his wife for money to re-
turn. He received an answer telling him and
his son that he can walk. They accordingly
turn their backs upon their late failure and
homeward wind their weary way.
FRONTIER.
MEMORIES OP YEARS AGO (August 16).—
When, after thirty years, Willis returns to the
little western mining camp, he finds that things
have changed greatly since the bonanza days.
In strolling about he comes to an old syca-
more tree where, years ago. he and Dolly had
carved their names. To him it recalls mem-
ories.
He and Dolly were practically engaged when
Walter, a gambler and a drunkard, stepped in
and won her. They were married. Unable to
bear seeing the girl' he loved with another, Wil-
lis left for another state. Later he learned
that the husband had, in a drunken brawl, been
killed.
As the memories are recalled to him Willis
takes his knife from his pocket, and cuts away
his name. A little later, on his way to the sta-
tion, learning that he has an hour before the
train is due, he stops In at a saloon to rest. In
the back room, the wine room, he sees a drunk-
en, depraved woman. As he stares at her and
she at him, they recognize In each other their
CRYSTAL.
SOME CROOKS (AukusI 11 ).— Jimmy, ^e
safe blower. Bturis out to rob a safe in wblcb
Bomo JfwelH buvc boon placed. As bo 1b about
to make a getaway Gerald, tbe GeDtlcmao
Crook, enters and forces him to dtngorgc.
CTerald Is on bis way out when Vivian, the
beautiful LIgbt-Fingered Lady, makes ber ap-
pearance and takcB tbo spolU from Gerald. As
Vivian Is making her departure, the owner of
tbe Jewels comes on the scene of action and
calls a policeman. Tbe policeman, however,
proves tbo greatest crook of all. Aa be i« about
to make a cleanup, he Is caught by a real guar-
dian of tbe peace. Each crook accuses the
other, with tbe result that all are sent to Jail.
WILLIE'S DISGUISE (August 11).— Willie
decides to play a Joke on his elders. So be
dresses up In Pa's clothes and dons whiskers
Just like Pa's. In tbe street he plays a trick
on a policeman. When Pa comes along be gets
tbe blame. Pa Is sweet on tbe school teacher.
Pearl. Pearl likes Pa, but does not like bis
whiskers, so Pa cuts them off. Willie keeps
his on. One minute Pearl sees Pa with his
whiskers on and the next with them off. Pearl
nearly loses her mind. Incidentally her jealousy
is aroused by seeing tbe supposed Pa with bis
arms around Arabella. Willie also causes lots
of trouble for Arabella and her suitors. How-
ever. Pa catches him and Willie "gets his.**
GOLD SEAL.
LUCILLE LOVE. THE GIRL OF MYSTERY
(No. 15 — Two Parts — July 21). — Hugo Lou-
beque, the international spy, falls Into tbe trap'
which heretofore be had used to defeat those
who opposed him. Plan as a man will, unfore-
seen coincidences arise which confound reason
and place tbe work of a lifetime at naught.
It happened thu^ with Loubeque. When Lucille
learned that Loubeque was to meet Lieutenant
Hadley at his (Loubeque's) home, she at once
hastened to tbe rendezvous herself. As she
was the first to arrive, she took a look through
the house of so many terrors. When she be-
held a picture of lioubeque upon the wail, the
thought of all his crimes and the bitter hatred
of her father overwhelmed her, and she raised
her revolver and fired into the face of the pic-
ture.
Even before the echo of the report had died
away an amazing thing happened. She saw the
floor of a bedroom slowly sink out of sight-
Had she not known what had already transpired
in that house, she would have been, indeed,
confounded. Lucille removed the picture from
the wall, and behind it found a switchboard. It
was from this board that Loubeque controlled
all the traps, staircases and sliding ways and
floors of the house. Forthwith she tested every
switch. One caused a staircase to disappear,
while another caused a desk to sink into the
floor. No sooner than she had mastered the sys-
tem of switches than Lieutenant Hadley ar-
rived. In an instant she laid ber plan of ac-
tion. She informed Hadley that Loubeque was
not there, but that he would leave on the Gold-
en State Limited that night. Hadley was sat-
isfied and left.
A few moments later Loubeque arrived to
keep his appointment with Hadley. Instead of
Hadley be found Lucille. As Loubeque leaned
against the desk Lucille pressed the proper
button and Loubeque fell through the floor
with the heavy desk upon him. While he was
still in a stunned condition, Lucille crept into
the cellar and removed the documents from his
inside pocket. An instant later Loubeque re-
covered and ran after the girl, but he was just
one minute too late. She ran to the mouth of
the secret tunnel, and just before Loubeque
grasped her in his arms she closed down and
locked the iron gate. This was her moment at
last. She could laugh and Jibe the spy, and
he was helpless to harm her. But time had not
ceased to be precious. Lucille rushed to the
railroad station and caught the outgoing train.
Loubeque also arrived, but he was too late. Lu-
cille was gone forever with tbe papers. Re-
turning to bis home. Loubeque told Gibson that
Lucille was on ber way to Washington with the
documents, but Gibson thought the spy was
lying to him. Each took a sword, and they de-
cided to settle the argument with blood. In
the midst of a terrible duel, however, tbe house
was surrounded by detectives, and Loubeque saw
that he must escape while there was yet time.
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L^ubeque took a package from his pocket con-
taining Lucille's costly necklace and banded it
to Gibson, with instructions to take it to the
Secretary of War. A moment later Loubeque
disappeared and the floors of the house tumbled
into the cellar, trapping those who had come to
arrest a spy.
Lucille delivered the documents to the Secre-
tary of War at Washington, and thus saved the
name of her father and of her sweetheart, Lieu-
tenant Gibson. Gibson arrived while Lucille
was yet with the Secretary. He fell at Lu-
cille's feet and begged her forgiveness for mis-
judging her, and she was only too willing to
re-establish him again in her heart. That night
Loubeque wrote in his diary : "My debt of hate
toward Sumpter Love is cancelled, for no hate
can outlive love in the man who has known
Lucille." Loubeque loved Lucille.
THE LOVE VICTORIOUS (Three Parts-
July 28). — Facile as a child, lovely as a flower,
the woman takes up her journey along the
road to life. She is happy in her innocence
because she loves and is to marry Good, her
life-long companion. One evening, on her way
to a store where she is to purchase material for
her *Tousseau, she is accosted by fawning Vice
and smiling Lust. But she shrinks from them
in terror. She has not yet made the acquaint-
ance of Evil, but is soon to meet him.
As Woman passes the stage door of a theater,
Evil and his first lieutenants, slant-eyed Vanity,
and a silver-tongued Flattery, are attracted by
her freshness, innocence and youth. Through
the cunning offices of Flattery, the Woman is
enticed into Vanity's dressing-room. There she
is arrayed in costly silks and laces, and she sees
in herself the fairy princess of her dreams come
to life. After the play she is taken to a cafe.
She is dazzled with the many lights and the
brilliant colors. She is intoxicated with the
glamor and the music, and the hot lips of Evil
plant a kiss upon her hand. She forgets the ex-
istence of Good, her first and true love. Good
seeks her out in the cafe and pleads with her
to return home to hpr mother. But the poison
in the wine has penetrated her heart and she
turns from Good to Evil with a passing smile.
A year elapses. The woman has lost her
freshness. She comes to know the meaning of
lassitude in the world of plenty. The false
feathers have begun to fade. Evil tires of the
wornout Woman and bestows his caress upon
Youth, the most recent acquisition to his court
of tired gayety. The Woman is outraged at
being thrown aside, but through the cunning
of Flattery she is cast out of the house.
Woman hastens home and learns that her old
mother died of a broken heart six months be-
fore. Good again appeals to her, but she is
blind to his beauty, and again casts him aside.
N'ow she naturally falls in with Lust and Vice.
She knows them this time, and allows them to
lead her to the underworld. She drinks the cup
of depravity to its dregs. In a low dive of the
underworld she again meets Youth, who. like
herself, has been cast off by Evil. However,
the beholdment of Youth in the talons of Lust
causes an awakening in the Woman. In the
fallen Youth she sees herself ; she realizes what
a terrible creature ■'he is, and, like the myriad
of others before, she decides to take her own
life.
At the crucial moment, when she holds the
vial of deadly poison to her lips. Good and Evil
come upon the scene and battle for her. The
advantage is with one and then with the other.
Sh** bp<!itatP'= anH Ipanc nvpr thp tahlp. Before
her is the old family Bible. Her eyes shift from
the death-dealing poison to the holy writ. Long
forgotten memories of Good return to her. She
sees herself not a'^ an angel of the devil, but as
a daughter of God. The scales fall from her
eyes, and before her Good is kneeling, her old
sweetheart- She shrinks from him as thoueh
she might contaminate him. But in all for-
giveness and sweetness he takes her up in his
arms and guides her to the Great Tomorrow.
TREY 0' HEARTS (No. 2— Two Parts— Au-
gust 11). — The second installment shows Alan
alone in the woods, lackins food and all equip-
ment. Judith has meanwhile s'one to her camp
and sent one of her Indian guides to track Alan.
Feeling himself followed, .Alan gets more and
more nervous. Finally he slips over the side of
a cliff and falls into the river. Judith, fiishing
with the second Indian guide, rescues the young
man and has him taken to her cabin.
Rose meanwhile receives a note asking her to
visit Alan's lawyers. She find<; that Alan is
overdue and the lawyer is worripd. Trine's
spy. Marrphet. tells him of the note and he
a'^cusps Rose of disloyalty. When he starts to
ring for a servant to confine her. she pushes
the helpless man away, rummages through the
desk until she finds papers acknowleds-in?
Trine's treachery toward Alan and Judith's
plan to kill him at Snirit Lake. Ro<;e imme-
diately starts for the North despite her father's
ansTv protest.
Alan has been deep in the ravages of fever
and Judith h^'^ nursed him with an awakening
loTP and tenderness. She send? one of the
guides to a nearbv villaeie for quinine. He pro-
ceeds to get frightfully drunk and the next
norning she goes after him, cutting the one
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rose on the bush outside and leaving it near
Alan's bed.
He awakes, finds himself alone, and gets up
weakly. Judith and her guide pass Rose and
the trapper with her unknowingly. When the
latter arrives at the cabin Alan thanks the
mystified girl for nursing him.
Rose has left her trapper to warn her of
Judith's approach. He does, and she persuades
Alan to launch a canoe and go away with her.
They push off as Judith and her Indian run
into the clearing. Alan is almost successful in
threading the white water when his paddle
breaks and he and Rose are dumped out. They
make the shore in safety and Judith is about
to shoot him when something stops her. Slowly,
her face is buried in her hands, she drifts out
of sight. Rose, with her quick woman's intui-
tion, guesses that Judith has commenced to love
Alan. Together the two start towards civiliza-
tion, leaving Judith alone with the guides.
JOKER.
HER TWIN BROTHER (August 12).— Jos-
ephine Brown, expecting to visit the seaside
with her Aunt Helen as chaperone, is disap-
pointed when auntie's quarantine upsets their
plans. Having no one else she makes up her
mind to be a boy for the time being and go
alone. At the hotel where "Joe" goes, there i?
a gay crowd of young people. The girls think
"Joe"' too cute for anything, and overwhelm him
with attentions. The young men think him a
sissy, and try teaching him to be a sport.
"Joe's"' troubles begin when "he"' falls in
love with Fred Stark, one of the popular young
men. "Joe"' butts in on Fred's flirtations, and
the girls resent it. "Joe" manages to conceal
"his" feelings until he comes across Fred kiss-
ing Minnie Hall. She breaks down and bawls.
Being unable to stand the strain. "Joe" decides
to leave. A letter from Auntie helps matters.
"Joe" writes a note to Fred saying that he is
obliged to go home, and commending to his no-
tice his (Joe's) twin sister who is to arrive in
a few days. Fred promptly falls a victim to.
Josephine's charms, and they become engaged.
When Fred asks auntie for "Joe's" address, so
that he can write and ask him to be best man.
the fat is in the fire. Josephine is obliged to
confess.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SHULTZ (August
16).— Shultz's wife despaired of curing her
hubby of his dreadful drinking habit; that is.
until her brother, Chauncie Aleut, an actor,
came to visit her unexpectedly. Aleut arrived
just before Shultz came home. Aleut is
dressed to exactly resemble the tipsy
Shultz. He then takes his position behind the
fram^ of the large mirror from which the mir-
ror itself has been removed. When Shultz con-
ceitedly goes*to gaze at himself in the mirror,
Aleut, his double, greets Shultz with his self-
same ge^^tures and characteristics. Then gradu-
ally Shultz begins to see in his supposed image
changes which he is well aware does not belong
to his own personality.
Finally these changes become so awfully dif-
ferent that Shultz well imagines he has Uie D.
T'^. In terror he rushes to the bedroom raving.
While he is hugging wifie another deception is
played en him. He suddenly realizes he is
hugging a hideous baboon. It does not take
him long to forswear all strong drink, and
later, he proves that his oath was a hearty one.
NESTOR.
ox RUGGED SHORES (August 4).— Mary,
the lighthouse keeper's pretty daughter, is be-
trothed to Jack, the son of a hardy fisherman.
Jack's fester brother. Phil, is none too honor-
a^^'e a fellow and. if the truth were known, he
has wronged Carmen Felipe, a little fisher girl.
The girl appeals to Phil to marry her, but he
throws her aside in scorn. She then appeals to
honest Jai^k. and wbei» he remonstrates with his
fcFte" brother he is advised to mind his own
business.
One nisht Mary and Jack agree to meet In a
cave near the lighthouse. The same night Phil
takes Jack's boat and. with two other rough
characters, he engages in smuggling a shipload
of goods. While Jack is going to keep his
tyr-t with Mary he is waylaid by Carmen who
tells him that her father is intoxicated and is
be^tin? her mother. Jack goes to her home
and sets matters rieht there. In the meantime
Mary Ua?- Jack's boat on the water and con-
clur'es thnt he is not coming to meet her.
Tlip following morning revenue officers make
an investigation and. as Jack's boat was seen
leavine its moorings. Jack is. arrested and
rharsed with smuggling. Carmpn knows who
the r'='al smugglers are and sh** aopea^s to Phil
to save his foster brother. Phil refuses and
threatens Carmen if she informs on him. Car-
men's sense of justice, however, overcomes her
fear and she notifies Jack's father that Phil
i?; the sTiilty party and not Jaok. This bit of
information i'? set before the revenue men. Phil
and his companions are captured, while Jack
is rplpased and hurries to break the good aews
to Mary.
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38 CALIBRE FRIENDSHIP (August 12).—
Jack go«s Into the little mining town to gel
"grub." A letter is brought by a messenger
to Bill, saying that his little girl in the east is
dying end begging bim to come at once. Bill
takes from their cache the sack of gold they
have saved. Carefully he divides It and is
planning to leave the rest, when he discovers
that a Mexican has come up and watched him
through the window. Afraid, he takes the cen-
ter from a loaf of bread, stuffs in the gold and
puts back the bread. Then he writes that he Is
going away, but has no time to explain. Jack
comes back. Bill is gone. He cannot under-
stand until he finds the note. He wonders at
It. Suddenly a cruel suspicion creeps into his
mind. He examines the cache. The gold is all
gone. Like a knife in his heart comes the as-
surance that Bill has taken all the gold. But
Bill receives a telegram that the child is bet-
ter, returns to the house and the truth comes
out. Friendship is back acnln on its pillar.
ECLAIR.
THE PRICE PAID (Two Parts— August 12).
— Tim Clancy was a politician. He was a con-
tractor Incidentally. He wanted and secured, by
, breaking down a good man's moral code, the
I contract to build the new city water system.
Specifications called for the best. He put in
I the clieapest. The impairing of the city's
I health was the result. But Tim Clancy pays
for this piece of crookedness — pays dearly. Also
[ the poor victim suffered. And It Is all worked
i into a story of heart interest — action and a
forceful climax.
To the end of securing the contract for the
city's new filtering plant and water works, Tim
Clancy instructs his confederate, Warren, to
offer a bribe to George Austen, an upright
young ofBce holder who handles the bids. Aus-
ten, who is married and has a child, throws
Warren out at the mere suggestion of a bribe.
Clancy searches around for other means to
reach .\usten. Hp learns that Austen's wife is
a "climber," ambitious and longs for an auto-
mobile. Through him a local automobile com-
pany visits Mrs. Austen and interests her in one
of their machines. In time she prevails upon
her husband to buy the car. In order to meet
the payment Austen accepts the bribe and
awards the contract to Clancy.
Time passes. Through the cheap work and
grafting done in the erection of the filtering
plant, an epidemic of typhoid fever seizes the
city. Orders are issued to drink onlv bottled
waters : the poor suffer as a result of this. Aus-
ten is panicstricken and his cup of bitterness is
added to when his child drinks the city water
and is stricken.
Meanwhile Clancy's automobile has run down
a child and his dauffhter. who has fainted,
drinks some of the polluted water.
Austen's child recovers, but is left blind to
the vain mother and weak-willed father as their
punishment. Clancy's daughter dies and the
grafter realizes, only too late, that his dis-
honest methods have hrousht the hand of pun-
ishment heavily upon his head.
"A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE" (AugU'^t Ifi).
— Georee Austen and his wife, after fifteen
years of married life, find themselves growing
apart. The husband so far foreets his marital
vows as to pay attention to another woman. A
sale is announced at a leading jewelry store of
a wonderful pearl. Foth the wife and the
woman, with whom Austen is infatuated, covet
this gem. Austen buvs the pearl and leaves his
card with the salesman. Naturally thinking
:t is for his wife, it is sent to her. Austen
returns too late to prevent the serious error.
He is frantic with worry. The faithful Mrs.
Austen, receiving the pearl, realizes at once
what has happened and, shutting her eyes to
the tragedy in her life, she forwards the pearl
to her husband's object of attention. The woman
receives it and is overjoyed. When Austen
.-alls he is dumbfounded to find that the pearl
has arrived at its proper destination and the
selfishness and shallow love of the woman opens
his eyes. A quarrel follows and in a rage she
returns the pearl to him. Returning home he
presents the jewel to his wife and with bowed
head realizes that he has been neglecting a
pearl of great price at his own hearth.
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THE OL'ULIETTE (Three ParU— August 15.)
— Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and phil-
osopher, and biB friend Collin, leave the vaga-
bond camp and Btart for Parle. En route to
that city, Villon's heart Is touched at sight of
the eviction of an elderly couple from their
poor home. Whereupon bo empties his own
and Collin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then
resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs
of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of
corpulent monks. For this breach of law both
Villon and Collin are arrested and thrown Into
prison. They succeed la overpowering the turn-
key and, assisted by Colon, who Insists that his
friend don the clothes of the turnkey, Villon
makes his escape. Collin Is tried, convicted and
hanged.
At the foot of the gibbet, Villon's farewell to
the swinging Collin Is Interrupted by the en-
trance of the Chevalller do Soissons. Villon
resents the knight's tirade against the corpse
of Collin. Fight ensues and the crafty vaga-
bond slays the Knight, using as a weapon a
great stone. The rich purse, armor, etc., of
de Soissons proves too strong a snare for the
impoverished Villon, who quickly changes habll-
liments with the dead Knigbt, props the body
against the gallows and then continues on bis
way to Paris.
Philllppa de Annonnay, the fair ward of the
Chevalller Bertrand de Pogne, Is held prisoner
in an inn. Villon chooses this inn wherein to
satisfy the cravings of hunger. Here he meets
de Poyne Phillips. From her window she sees
the entrance of Villon and determines to ap-
peal to the strange knigbt. An animated dis-
cussion between Villon and de Pogne is in-
terrupted by a scream from Phillips. Villon
starts to climb the stairs to the gallery of the
inn. De Poyne bars the way and a terrillc
battle with swords ensues. The fighft continues
up the stairs and toward Philllpe's window,
through which the girl reaches as the fight con-
tinues on the balcony and stabs de Poyne, who
falls to the floor below, dead. Villon conducts
Pbillipa safely to her castle, then resumes his
Journey to Paris.
Having dissipated the proceeds of the de Sols-
sons adventure. Villon hies himself to a garret,
where he spends his time in courting the muses.
Louis XI, the "Prowler." determines to test
the loyalty of Villon. To this end, the king
hies himself to a dungeon in the bastille, causes
the arrest of Villon, then ofters that worthy his
freedom If he will help overthrow the king.
Villon indignantly refuses to purchase his free-
dom at such a price. Whereupon Louis re-
veals himself to the poet and presents Villon
with a hound copy of his (Villlob's) manuscript,
which was the first hook to be printed Id
France. Then Louis knights him, bestowing
upon Villon the title Chevallier des Loges.
IMP.
"IN ALL THINGS MODERATION" (Two
Parts — August 10). — .\t the beginning of the
play one is taken into the Graham family. There
is the mother, a timid creature who leads a life
of drudeery ; there is the father. David, harsh,
overhearing in his religious convictions ; there
is the three grown children, Mary, Winnie and
Tom. And in this family we get the contrasts —
the man (in the father) who carries his relig-
ion too far and the girl (Winnie) who loves
pleasure too much. In the house the father Is
the dominate figure; in his presence there Is
constrained silence and the children hate it
all. thoueh submitting. Then we are taken
into the fields and introduced to Winnie's lover,
Harry. That night the three children steal out
for an evenine's fun. returning, all but Tom,
before the father enters the house. Tom has
had a glass too much, and when he faces big
father there is a dramatic scene In which hit
father tells him he is going to the devil. A
cane is raised — the mother steps in and re-
ceives the blow.
Mrs. Graham is suddenly taken sick. Gra-
ham, taking the matter lightly, blames her suf-
ferings onto the children. The father finds
her, later, instructing the children to always
obey their father. He rebukes the children for
making a fuss over their mother, sends thena
to bed and turns down the light. There. In
the . dark room and alone, the mother passes
out of this life, glad that It Is ended. Time
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TO THE EXfflBITORS: You can be perfectly certain how
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"Home, Sweet Home"
YOU take it — and they'll take it, just as all who have seen it took it
The
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"HOME, SWEET HOME, a Photo-
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sonality of brilliant Griffith."
"An appreciation of genius by genius."
"An enchantment of the screen."
The N. Y. Dramatic Mirror
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"You will want to see HOME,
SWEET HOME because the hand of
David W. Griffith is felt in every
scene ; you will want to see it be-
cause of the photography; you will
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has a cast of equal strength been
gathered together in one picture un-
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Victor Watson of the New
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"Perfect in every detail."
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"The most beautiful picture I everj
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Los Angeles, Cal., turned
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Clune's Auditorium and thou-
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W. H. Clune of Los An-
geles, Cal., wired:
"The most wonderful picture ever
shown. My theatre seats over 3000i
people at first class prices and we!
turned them away every day."
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its appeal to human hearts.
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Have you ever had OLD HOME WEEK in your town ?
Surely you have ! Ever}^ town has had one some time
or other.
Remember how the crowds of people, young and old,
came flocking back to the old home nest; some after years
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Why not hold a HOME, SWEET HOME, week of
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It is calling people back to their homes all over the
country.
The song that reaches all hearts, in photoplay form will
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pockets for the admission fee at your theatre.
And the same hand that brought you the price of admis-
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away the ready tears brought forth by this wonderfully
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passes. The two girls and boy, tired of their
father's preaching, decide to enjoy themselves
in spite of it all. Then Harry asks for thp
hand of Winnie. He is refused by the father,
who says that she is to marry a man of relig-
ion. The pair elope and go to live by them-
selves. Tom, the son, leaves home under a
cloud. The old man disinherits both of them.
Mary, who has shouldered the work left by her
dead mother, also marries ; and thus the old
man is left alone with seemingly no one to care
whether he lives or dies. Yet when he is sick
Mary comes to visit him, only to be rebuffed.
Winnie, in the meantime, is discovering that
Harry is a drunkard. After a brutal assault
upon her, she goes to her father to be taken in.
The father refuses, telling her her place is by
her husband's side. Winnie returns; there is a
scene in which the husband, crazed with drink,
kills the girl. When Mary and her husband
enter the house they discover both the husband
and the wife dead. Harry ended his own life
on the realization of his act, leaving a note to
the old man telling him to preach less and
practice more. Y'ears passed by and a child
blesses the home of Mary and her husband.
This child, unknown to the parents, makes the
acquaintance of the old father. And this is the
beginning of the regeneration of him. Tom re-
turns, now a man and prosperous. Over the
grave of his dead sister he meets his father ;
and for the fii'st time the old man softens. In
the end the regeneration of the father is com-
plete and there is a happy reunion all around.
UNIVERSAL IKE.
UNIVERSAL. IKE. JR., IN HIS CITY
ELOPEMENT (July 28). — Drummer Jones
makes his annual trip West. He stays at the
Thatch Hotel, run by Louise's mother. Ike is
janitor of the hotel. He and Louise are sweet-
hearts. After the trunks are placed in the
drummer's room he unpacks his samples. Louise
has been watching from her room. When she
sees her way clear, she hides herself in the
trunk. When Ike returns with the second trunk,
Louisa informs him of her plan. Ike is to lock
it up, and they are to elope to the city.
All these preparations are made outside of
the drummer's door, who overhears the con-
versation, but pays no attention to it until he
bears a disturbance in the office and inquires of
its cause. In the meantime Ike has almost
forgotten his last order by Louise, "Not to for-
get her pet goat." Ike gets it and all three
mount the train for the city. At the hotel
Louise is missed, and her parents are informed
by the drummer of what he overheard. They
get the sheriff and start in pursuit. On the
train Ike. Louise and the goat are getting along
fine until approached by the train newsboy.
The goat decides to make a cleanup. As a re-
sult the hoy and Ike get into a fight.
Louise has trouble with a strange man oc-
cupying the upper berth. At last everything
rights itself and they arrive next morning in
the city. A hotel porter thinks that Ike and
Louise are coming to his hotel and grabs their
suit case. Ike gives chase with a gun. The
old folks arrive and continue the chase. The
goat gets sick and Louise and Ike start to
take it to a hospital. On the way to the sta-
tion they meet her mother and father and the
sheriff. The sheriff claims Ike as his prisoner.
Mother takes a hand and knocks the cop down,
gets the pair and starts on her way, leaving
the cops much the worse for the battle.
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"A SUSPENDED CEREMONY" (August 4).—
Judge Lynn is a social climber and decides
that his daughter. Trixy, shall marry Archi-
bald Tendervery. There is another reason why
the Judge is anxious for the match. He ut-
terly despises his daughter's choice of a sweet-
heart. Jack Weston. The Judge is entertain-
ing Archibald at his summer residence in Lake-
side. Notwithstanding the vigilance of Mrs.
Lynn, Jack and Tj-ixy continue to meet. The
Judge feeling that his wife is not competent
to keep her eye on Trixy, sends for his maiden
sister. Aunt Sophie arrives and is appointed
guardian of , Trixy. Trixy despises Archibald
and avoids him as much as possible. Buddy
and his father, the Judge, go out fishing in a
boat. The day is uncomfortably warm and the
Judge, after a time, dozes off asleep. Buddy
looks around for something to do and decides
to play a joke on his father. He gets a hold
of the Judge's line and fastens an old boot to
the hook. He pulls the line just enough to
waken the Judge, who under the impression
he has a bite, reels in his line. The Judge
looks at the boot and then at Buddy. He puts
two and two together with the result that Buddy
gets another spanking.
The Judge rows to shore and the first thing
that meets his gaze is Trixy and Jack in a
love scene. The Judge, already angry, breaks
into a passion when he sees the lovers to-
gether. He separates them and threatens to
blow the head off Jack if he ever finds him on
his grounds. There is the usual tears on the
part of Trixy. who is marchea off to the house
and locked in her room. Aunt Sophie receives
instructions net to allow Trixy out. The Judge
now decides there will be no more fooling ; his
daughter must marry Archibald Tendervery and
at once. Archibald goes and procures a li-
cense. The Judge arranged with the local Jus-
tice of the Peace to row over to his house that
evening and perform the ceremony. In the
meantime Buddy to get even with his father,
decides to help Jack and Trixy. He carries
Jack a note from Trixy, acquainting him with
the situation. Jack writes back and tells Trixy
to be ready to elope when she gets his signal.
He also procures a license but cannot find the
Justice of the Peace. He is much worried.
That evening he sees the Justice going towards
the lake. He overtakes him and the Justice
imparts the information he is going to perform
a marriage ceremony over at the Judge's. WTien
thev get near the landing Jack Informs the
Jus'tice that he is one of the parties to the
ceremony. .\t the landing he sees Buddy who
promises to help him out. Buddy, by Intrigue,
gets Aunt out of the house and Jack assists
Trixy from the room. They reach the boat.
Jack showing his license.
Meantime the maiden sister returns and
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"Blue Pete's Escape" a two reel Reliance
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Another from the Majestic Studio, "The
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The "Izzy" series of screaming comedies
help to bring them back.
Here are some more that you will hear
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"Fatty's Finish" Keystone.
"Blue Knot King of Polo"— a fine Drama
from The American.
"The Water Dog" one of Keystone's best.
"The Severed Thong" a stirring two reel
Majestic drama, supervised by Griffith.
"Nancy's Husband" — a one Reel Beauty
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"A Red Man's Heart" from the Majestic,
and on the way there is the
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misses Trixy. She gives the alarm. The Judge
and Archibald start in pursuit, but Jack, the
Justice and Trixy are on the lake. Jack, fearing
they will be overtaken, tells the Justice to
marry them. They stand up and the ceremony
begins.
The Judge and Archibald come vplthin talk-
ing distance and the Judge tells the Justice
he forbids the marriage. The Justice goes
right ahead. The Judge stands up In the
canoe and shakes his flsts at them. The canoe
Is overturned. The Justice is about to say the
words that bind the young lovers when Trlxy,
afraid her father will be drowned, has Jack
throw him a rope. The wedding is interrupted.
The Judge is pulled into the boat and the first
thing he does is to toss Jack overboard. Jack
swims ashore and vows he will get Trlxy yet.
AMERICAN.
"THE TRAP" (Two Parts— August 10).—
Old Buck Sage and his two grown sons operate
a moonshine distillery in the Kentucky moun-
tains. Sage's daughter. Nan, is insulted by
her cousin. Hank, who in turn, is thrashed by
her brother, Bud. Hank, seeking revenge,
writes an anonymous letter to the revenue offi-
cers, informing them of Sage*s illicit distillery.
Allen, a young revenue officer, is sent to lo-
cate the still and secure evidence. By Im-
personating a fugitive law-breaker he gains
access to the home of the moonshiner, who
offers to shelter him as long as he wishes.
They conceal their moonshine operations from
him, however, and he is baffled in every at-
tempt to locate the still.
Nan is greatly impressed by the detective
and he finally decides to play the part of a
lover and, by gaining her affections, obtain the
needed information from her. The unsuspecting
girl is an easy victim of his plan and full
of confidence in him, is soon persuaded to be-
tray the location of the still. He immediately
writes to his superiors, informing them of his
success and entrusts the letter to a boy to
mail. The boy encounters the moonshiners,
whose quick suspicions are aroused by the ap-
pearance of the letter and they repair to the
home. of a neighbor woman to have her read it
to them. Nan overhears the woman as she
reads it aloud. She is heartbroken by the dis-
covery of her lover's perfidy but her grief
quickly changes to vindictive hatred and she
determines to lure the detective to his death.
She makes an appointment with him to meet
him in a lonely spot and arranges with her
brother Bud to lie In wait and shoot him from
ambush. Bud conceals himself near the ap-
pointed meeting place and awaits the appear-
ance of Allen.
As the time for the assassination draws
near, Nan's savage anger cools and her love
for Allen begins to overcome her desire for
Tengeance. Finally, unable to resist her feel-
ings longer, she dashes madly through the
woods to intercept Allen and warn him of the
plot. She arrives at the meeting place before
him and is instantly shot by Bud, who mistakes
her for Allen. Bud returns to his home sat-
isfied that he has killed the detective. Allen
shortly after discovers Nan, wounded and in
a dying condition. With her dying breath she
reiterates her love for him and exacts a prom-
ise that he will spare her father and brothers.
Allen is filled with pity, remorse and shame
by the unexpected result of his double-dealing.
He returns to the city, downcast and regret-
ful, and keeps his promise to the dying girl by
informing his superiors that he has been un-
able to find any evidences of guilt.
"THE BUTTERFLY" (August 12).— Two
sisters love the same man. He proposes to the
more frivolous one and the older one hides her
love. Five years pass, the shallow Marie finds
herself bored with domestic life and mother-
hood.
In the meantime Lydia is deeply attached to
the children and still carries her love for the
man. He naturally turns to her for sympathy,
■which he fails to get from his wife, but lavishes
an indulgent love upon the pettish Marie. He
treats her as a child. Marie, bored with do-
mestic life, feigns illness and the doctors or-
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unscrupulous man appears upon the scene and
attaches himself to Marie. The mild flirtation
develops into a serious affair and Lydia, though
tempted to let It go, and thus get the love of
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giving an excuse that Marie is not well. In
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LEAVE IT TO SMILEY (July 26).— With the
opening performance a fizzle, the members of
the Nightingale Light Opera Company are de-
cidedly on their uppers. -Smiley" and the
tragedian, however, decide upon a plan whereby
they may eat and drinli. After the tragedian
has finished a thirteen-course dinner in the
city's best restaurant, ••Smiley" enters and
bangs him on the head with a wicked looking
club. The tragedian hurries from the restau-
rant to chase his assailant and incidentally for-
gets to pay his bill. The same trick is played
elsewhere successfully. Finally the tragedian
and ■•Smiley" are discovered by their irate
dupes reinforced by two of the village cops. A
long chase follows and at the finish 'Smiley"
and the tragedian get "theirs."
BILL TAKES A LADY OUT TO LU.XCH—
-NEVER AGAIN (August 2).— Bill, the office
boy, was about as untidy a young man as one
could imagine until Cenevieve Reilly, a girl of
his own age from another office, attracted his
attention. Prom then on Bill gradually trans-
formed himself into a 'reg'l'r dude," as Jealous
Izzy Katz, a fellow office boy termed him. Bill
finally summoned enough courage to ask Gene-
vieve out to lunch. All went merrily until
Izzy and some of the other boys poked their
heads through the door and began to guy Bill
unmercifully. In his anger Bill hurled the
dishes and food at his tormentors who promptly
"slung" them back. Both Bill and his 'lady
friend" were ejected, but Bill was somewhat
solaced when -he discovered that in their ex-
citement the restaurant waiter and cashier for-
got to collect for the lunch.
ETHEL'S TEACHER (August 9).— Deacon
Titus takes Ethel to the seashore. Hugh, her
sweetheart, dons woman's clothes and follows,
introducing himself as Ethel's teacher. Ethel's
real teacher arrives later and when all go into
the water Hugh's deception is discovered. Hugh
puts his "female riggin' " in the deacon's bath-
house and goes home in the latter's clothes with
Ethel, while the deacon is obliged to put on the
discarded lady's costume. He is chased away
by the irate merry-makers.
"BILL" (August 10).— Bill, the office boy,
wants the boss to get an electric tan so he
warms the thermometer up, and makes him
think it is very warm. The fan is brought and
put in BilTs room by mistake. Jimmy, the
electrician, teaches Bill how to gamble with the
fan by numbering the blades. The idea works
out well, though there is going on in the Boss'
office a conference between Trust Magnates, and
the Boss would like to know why the fan hasn't
arrived. Various other office boys join the lit-
tle game outside, for nickels, and one loses
under what he thinks is fraud. So he goes
downstairs and complains to a policeman, who
comes upstairs to raid the game. In the mean-
time, it has ended in so loud an argument that
the Boss has come out and found the fan, and
taken it into his private office. There the
Magnates see the numbers on the blades and BUI
is sent for to explain them. He does so, and
the Magnates get interested and open a game
themselves, to Hadley's disgust, he wanting
them to attend to business. At the thick of
their game, when they, like the office boys, begin
quarrelling, the policeman breaks in and comee
near arresting them, being persuaded not to
only by Hadley's entreaties and something else.
The policeman goes out. mollified, and Bill 1*
made to clean the numbers oft the fan, after
which business is resumed, and Bill is sent out,
to count up his earnings.
A PHYSICAL CULTURE ROMANCE (August
23). — Fay, owing to her unattractiveness, falU
to win the boys. Seeing the success with which
her sister breaks hearts, she becomes moroge
and despondent. Later, at school, she makes a
confidant of the teacher of physical culture,
who takes a personal interest in Fay. and telli
her of her unrequited love. The teacher as-
sures Fay that if she will promise to follow her
instructions things will be different and her hap-
piness will be complete. Fay starts in to win
her goal, and after much patience and persever-
ance, during which many funny complications
arise, she accomplishes her purpose and has
the satisfaction of turning the tables on those
who at first would have nothing to do with her.
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BRONCHO.
SHORTY AXD THE FORTUNE TELLER
(Two Parts — August 12). — Shorty is conducting
a little drinking bout at the settlement "boosery"
when an old Indian fortune teller, Bess, wan-
ders in and proceeds to tell Shorty he is des-
tined for large sums of money and a title.
Shorty's head suffers an immediate inflation,
and he repulses the ardent but somewhat em-
phatic advances of Gussie, the Swedish cook at
the ranch, Gussie proceeds to throw various
household utensils after the retreating Shorty
and he is unmercifully "guyed" by his men.
Shorty again visits the local "Palace of Chance"
and wins large sums of money from the dealer,
who, after handing Shorty his wad. announces
that the bank is cleaned out. Shorty and his
friends proceed on their way, rejoicing.
Meanwhile Carlos, a sinister bandid, and his
henchmen rob the stage. On the vehicle are
two little girls, Doris and Mildred. Mildred
escapes into the bushes and wanders in the
woods losL Doris returns on the looted stage
to the settlement. Shorty and his friends are
fired upon by the bandits. They retreat and
Shorty comes across the little girl. He holds
the pass against the attacking bandits while the
others leave hurriedly for the settlement and
bring the posse. The bandits are repulsed ; Car-
los is killed, and a reunion takes place between
the sisters at the village hotel, Doris hanging
around Shorty's neck, much to that gentleman's
embarrassment.
MAJESTIC.
THE MYSTERY OF THE HINDU IMAGE
t Two Parts — July 26 1 . — John Stafford is un-
justly arrested on the eve of his marriage for
the murder of an old gentleman whose body
was found in his guardian's library. The young
man is taken to the penitentiary, but eludes his
guards and escapes.
His sweetheart engages a noted detective who
finds a small Hindu image in the hand of the
dead man. Following this clue the detective
learns that the image is symbolical of a Hindu
secret sect known as "The Black Adepts." He
trails two Hindus and finally arrests them. He
finds in their possession the other part of the
Image in which is secreted a valuable ruby.
Young Stafford is recaptured, but is saved from
execution when news of the arrest of the Hin-
dus is telegraphed to the penitentiary.
DOWN BY THE SOUNDING SEA (July 2S).—
Alice, an old beachcomber's daughter, and Bob,
a young fisherman living on an island remote
from the mainland, discover a man tied to a
rough raft floating in the wreckage of a yacht
along the shore. The man thus cast up by the
sea is taken to the cabin of the old beach-
comber, where he recovers. Bob, jealous from
the first because of the attentions which Alice
bestows upon John Ward, the man from the
sea, one day finds them sitting together on the
sand and attacks the convalescent stranger.
Only the arrival of a ship containing Ward's
wife and daughter prevented a tragedy. With
Ward safe in his wife's care, however. Bob sees
how foolish he has been and together he and
his sweetheart stand with their arms entwined.
In the last scene of the photoplay, watchin;
Ward and his wife and child sailing away for
the mainland.
MOONSHINE MOLLY (Two Parts— August
2). — Molly Boone's father has been sent to
prison for twenty years for alleged complicity
In the killing of a revenue, officer. Uriah Hud-
son, whom she secretly suspects of having a
hand in sending her father to prison, is her
persistent suitor. A new school teacher corner
to the little Kentucky village and Molly, al-
though a grown woman, becomes one of his
pupils. Lawson Keene, the school teacher also
becomes Molly's suitor, and Uriah, jealous of
him, betrays him into the hands of the moon-
Bfalners, declaring that Keene is a revenue officer
In disguise. Molly saves Lawson from death.
It Is proven that the school teacher is not a
revenue officer but a Pinkerton detective sent
there to apprehend the murderer of the United
States marshal. Keene proves that Hudson
committed the murder and shortly after Molly's
father is released from prison and the young
couple are married.
THE TAVERN OF TRAGEDY (August 0).~
Jameson, a Northern spy, visits a Southern
tavern where he and the tavernkeep^r's daugh-
ter fall in love with each other. The tavern-
keeper plots to murder the spv for the war
bounty placed upon his head. His stepdaughter
enables Jameson to escape and Jameson in-
duces her to flee from her stepfather's wrath
with him.
THE IDIOT (August 4). — There lived in a
country an Idiot who was very devout, attending
church regularly, and sinsing on all occasions
when joy possessed him the old hvmn "Halle-
luiah." He was not of great assistance on the
farm. His fath«^r would have preferred a strone;,
healthy lad who could have eased bis shoul-
ders of the burdens of his declining years.
Likewise his mother would have welcomed a
daughter who could have saved her bent back
and rheumatic joints from the grind of house-
work. Therefore, they cuff and elbow the
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Idiotic son about which mistreatments he ac-
cepts silently and as a matter of course. He
feeds the pigs, goes to the postoffices, loves the
woods and is kind to dumb animals.
One day the house catches fire and his mother,
choked by smoke, falls in the burning building.
The neighbors try ineffectually to extinguish
the flames and are forced back by the heat.
The father, a coward at heart, hearing hi»
wife's cries, implores the watchers to rescue
her, but none respond. The frantic old man
then sinks to his knees and asks God to help
him. As if in response to his prayers, the idiot,
his son. whom he has kicked about, staggers
into the flames, rescues his mother, and chant-
ing the familiar hymn, falls dead at her feet.
THE SECOND MRS. ROEBUCK (Two Parts —
August Iti). — Mabel Mack's mother is deserted
by her father and the mother dies. All that
Mabel retains of her family history is a group
photograph of her father, mother and herself,
in a locket which she always wears. Mabel be-
comes a stenographer for the rich Samuel Roe-
buck and marries him, becoming a second
mother to his little girl, who has learned to
love her when visiting her father at the office.
The marriage is a bitter blow to Roebuck's
sister Katherine, who has been the mistress of
the house since the death of his first wife.
Previous to the marriage of Roebuck and Mabel.
Roebuck had objected to an intimacy between
Katherine and an actor named Francis Carry 1.
He had forbidden Katherine to have anything
more to do with Carryl, and as Katherine was
dependent on her brother, she has pretended to
obey.
After the marriage of Roebuck and Mabel.
Katherine seeks in every way to humiliate Ma-
bel on account of her uncultured ways. Mabel
learns of Katherine's secret intimacy with
Carryl. who desires to marry her on account
of her supposed wealth. When Mabel dis. overs
that Carryl is her cwn father, she realizes what
a blow it will be to her husband to have his
sister marrv such a scoundrel and sh? inter-
feres, warning Carryl not to carry out his In-
tentions. But Katherine naturally misunder-
stands the evident recognition of Carryl and
Mabel and is filled with jealousy and rage.
She repudiates Carryl and telephones for Roe-
buck for the purpose of exposing his wife's
supposed previous relations with Carryl. Roe-
buck arrives and Carryl is forced, by the group
photograph, to acknowledge himself as Mabel's
father. Roebuck forgives Mabel. Carryl slinks
away and Katherine finding herself whipped
humbly bows to the inevitable. Mabel permits
her husband to think that it was she who had
come to meet Carryl, her father, and that Ma-
bel's only offense had been that she had sup-
posed Mabel was meeting a lover and had sought
to expose her. Thus Katherine's intended elope-
ment is kept a secret and she becomes Mabel's
friend.
"THE SAVINGT FLAME" (August 18).— A
young fisherman lives in a rude hut by the sea
with his young wife. He is a rough lad and
thinks only of his day's toil, while she dreams
of romance, which her husband, though he loves
her, has failed utterly to supply. One day a city
man. camping near by, sees the pretty young
wife, and talks of love to her, which the lonely
girl allows herself to listen to.
The husband returns unexpectedly from a
fishing trip, finds her out with the young city
man in the moonlight and, following them home
unobserved, he sees the wife kissed by the man.
In a rage, he forces the city chap out on the
sands to fight for his life, first tying his wife
to a chair and locking her in so she may not
escape his wrath when he finished with the
city man.
She. feeling that she will be responsible
whichever one kills the other, upsets herself and
her chair and overturns the table on which a
lighted lamp is placed and sets the shack afire.
The two men see the flames before, commenc-
ing their fight and rush back. The husband
tries to get the city man to rescue his wife and
the man. turned coward, runs and the husband
carries his wife to safety himself. Assured of
her innocence of wrong, he resolves to put a
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little more romance into his life and his wife's
In future.
"THE INNER CONSCIENCE"- (August 21).—
During the period of convalescence Ironi an ill-
ness brought on through worry, the neglected
wife of a thoughtless, though good- hear ted
young fisherman, finds herself hopelessly in love
with her attending physician, in whom she has
diBCOvered an old friend and sweetheart. Hav-
ing striven in vain to still the feeling that is
growing in his heart, the physician stifles his
conscience with the thought of her domestic un-
happiness, and in an almost unreasoning anger
against the man who apparently placed so little
value upon her love. Finally, when the fisher-
man husband is away on a trip, the pair elope
in a launch. During the storm which follows,
the boat is capsized, and the doctor is finally
rescued and revived — by the very man he was
about to wrong. The latter, unconscious of the
terrible crisis which affairs have reached, ques-
tions the doctor concerning the wife's condition.
Then the working of the inner conscience be-
came manifest. Rescued by another fishing
party, the woman, as a result of her experience,
lies at death's door. The tireless efforts of the
grateful doctor, alone, can renew the spark of
life; and, although the doctor has relinquished
the hope in his heart, when he leaves, it is in
the full realization that the happiness which
has since been denied her would now be here.
THANHOUSER.
"FROM WASH TO WASHINGTON" (July 20).
— With her week's wash only half done. Diana
drops her work to peruse the Paris fashion
magazines. Poring over the beautiful fashions
delineated in the highly colored pages of the
publications, Diana falls asleep.
She dreams that she is wealthy and a society
leader in Washington. Men of national repu-
tation bid for invitations to her thes dansants
and eligible young millionaire statesmen and
military officers spend most of their time trail-
ing her about. Diana finally wakes up to find
that she still has the hardest part of her day's
washing before her.
'■THE MESSENGER OF DEATH" (Two Parts
— July 28) . — Jack Tennant, a young English
officer stationed with his wife at a post deep
in the wilds of India, leaves on a tour of in-
spection of his district, entrusting his wife to
the care of a faithful old sergeant.
While the officer is away Raj, a villainous
native chief who has long coveted Tennant's
wife, makes an attack on the post. Mrs, Ten-
nant keeps a diary of the siege. Upon Ten-
nant's return he finds his wife, the faithful old
sergeant and several of his soldiers dead.
The last entry iji Mrs. Tennant's diary seems
to indicate that she has killed herself rather
than be dishonored, but no powder marks are
found upon her body. From the fact that no
bullets in Mrs. Tennant's revolver are exploded
the physician arrives at the real solution and
concludes that the old sergeant had determined
to save her from a fate worse than death. The
physician keeps his discovery to himself and
the young officer's wife is duly buried with all
the honors due a heroine.
"THE BUTTERFLY BUG" (August 2).— Pro-
fessor Notty. the naturalist, attempts to sort
out his bugs and other flora and fauna, but bis
wife, the neighbors the ashman, the children
In the attic, the iceman, a housecleaning maid
and a boy with a reflecting mirror torment him
into a frenzy and he is unable to work. Pro-
fessor Notty rushes from garret to cellar in his
flight to obtain peace and finally runs madly to
the local insane asylum and demands admission.
He is chased by his family and friends, how-
ever, and after be is saved from incarceration
Is rjepaid by seeing his tormentors punished.
RELIANCE.
- "THE SHERIFF'S PRISONER" (July 29).—
John Walsh, a miner, leaves his wife and haby
behind on his barren claim, and takes his small
store of gold to the settlement where he loses
at the gaming table. In a fight which followa.
Burns, a cow-puncher, kills Walsh.
Mrs. Walsh attempts to work her dead hus-
band's claim, but in a few weeks breaks down.
A doctor who is called in declares that only the
transfusion of a healthy person's blood can
save Mrs. Walsh's life. Burns, a fugitive, ap-
pears and agrees to submit to the operation.
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While the mob who seek Burns are held off,
the doctor proceeds with the transfusion. Mra.
Walsh's life is saved, but Burns, weakened by
hunger and exposure, succumbs, happy in hav-
ing made amends for his crime.
"THE GUNMAN" (Two Parts— August 1).—
The owner of the Pitchfork ranch of which
Thorne is manager finds that many of his cat-
tle are disappearing. He orders Thorne to get
the cattle back or lose his job. Thorne employs
Bass, a gunman, to get the thief, whom he hints
is Tom Farrell, his sister Mattie's sweetheart.
Bass finds Farrell to be a square young fellow
and Mattie, despite her rebuffs, an "up and up
little gal." Incidentally Bass discovers that
Thorne himself, has been stealing his boss's
cattle and threatens to expose the rancher un-
less he makes good the stolen cattle and gives
Mattie a piece of property for a wedding pres-
ent. Thorne complies reluctantly and the gun-
man acts as best man at the wedding.
"OUR MUTUAL GIRL" (No. 29— August 3).—
Margaret has found The Woman with th« Red
Rose, as bidden to do by Madame Dolores. She
has learned the secret that The Woman holds
for her. It is fraught with either menace or
joy — but which? Only distance and the flight
of time can give the proper perspective to that.
And then, while Our MutUdl Girl, Mrs. Knick-
erbocker, Madge Travis, Margaret's friend, and
Howard Dunbar, The Man of Mystery, are dis-
cussing the excitement of the preceding days
while Margaret's quest was on, Our Mutual Girl,
with characteristic impulsiveness, abruptly
changes the topic of conversation. Water that
has gone over the dam, ever has been unin-
teresting to Margaret. Barring her artistic
standards, she is a post-futurist in action.
She had met Lieut. John C. Porte, who will
try to fly across the Atlantic in his huge air-
boat, in the early Winter. And now, as the
hydro-aeroplane rapidly nears completion^ the
New York newspapers are fllled with stories of
this remarkable undertaking. Margaret, ever
an omnivorous reader of the day's news, sees
a story of Lieutenant Porte's trying-out flights.
Instantly she makes up her mind to go up in
The America. And, the idea once implanted in
her swift, fertile brain, action rapidly follows.
She broaches the subject to her aunt. Mrs.
Knickerbocker remonstrates. Miss Travis ob-
jects. Dunbar teases, and foolishly adds to
Margaret's determination to go up by wagering
with her that she will not fly.
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And that night Margaret leaves her aunt's
Fifth arenue bouse, to go alone to Hammonds-
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minutes later, she is away in a wonderful-
down-tbe-wlnd flight in The America with Porte,
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xone aloft in the trans-Atlantic flier.
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to Mrs. Knickerbocker's house and collects her
i^iCer from the astounded Dunbar.
"IZZT AND HIS RIVAL" (August 5).— Izzy
And Chester are rivals for Nellie's hand. Nel-
lie's father is perfectly willing to lose his
daagbter, but stipulates that the first of her
two suitors to raise $1,000 will be favored. Izzy
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"ON THE BORDER'" (August ").— An Ameri-
caa officer quartered in Mexico saves a young
Mexican dancing girl from insult and rough
treatment at the hands of Pablo and Marto. twtt
nmeh-neck Mexicans. In revenge the two Mex-
icans plan to kill the American oflacer, and the
dancer. In gratitude (now grown into love
throagb constant association), plans to save
Going to the oflScer's room in the barracks,
Cetting there only a shade ahead of the assas-
slas, she finds the room empty, and hides be-
felad a curtain, immediately after which the
officer comes in and sits at his desk. At the
same moment the hand of one of the Mexicans
appears on the sill ready to fire at the officer.
bat before his finger can press the trigger the
dancer plunges her knife into his hand, pinion-
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and his men to the window and the attempt on
his life Is discovered and the assassins taken
away to a cell. The fainting of the dancer be-
hind tbe curtain brings the realization to the
officer of her work in his behalf and ^they find
happiness in each other's arms.
"THE WAGON OF DEATH" (Two Parts—
Angnst 15). — Bob Reynolds, a driver for a nitro-
^ycerine wagon at the oil wells, is much morti-
flad by the conduct of his younger brother Paul
who Is dissipated. Through Hob's fiancee and
his own Innate decency. Paul reforms and takes
a Job at the oil wells with Bob and falls hope-
lassly In love with Bob's sweetheart. Nell. Bill
Xrans, a bad man and formerly one of Paul's
cronies, resents his refortn and later insults
Well, being well beaten up by Paul for his
pains.
Later Evans holds up Nell's father as he and
Ifell are carrying the pay roll over the hills to
the wells, but Paul rescues them. Bill after-
wards returns to wreak vengeance on Paul, but
seeing Paul's great love for his brother, decides
he will revenge himself on Paul through his
brother and plans a terrible death for Bob. His
scheme Is to frighten the team of Boh's wagon.
BO that tbey will run away and kill Bob, but
before he can consummate his terrible purpose
be gets drunk, asks a ride from Bob. is refused
and they fight, Bob being thrown off into the
load. The horses, frightened, run madly down
tbe hill with the drunken Bill on the seat.
Panl, up in the hills, sees the runaway with
whom he thinks Is his brother on the seat. At
tbe foot of the long hill he sees Nell driving
slowly up tbe bill blissfully unconscious of the
terrtble wagon of death dashing toward her.
Choosing between death for his beloved brother
and tbe girl be loves, Paul chooses death for
the brother and shoots at the wagon, the con-
cnssion of the shot blowing it to bits. Believing
he has killed his brother, he leaves a note for
Nell telling her of the circumstances and pre-
pares to flee the town, but en route meets his
brother, safe and sound, and all is serene.
"FOR THE LAST EDITION" (Two Parts—
August 22). — Bess Landers secures a job as
special writer on a daily paper and meets there
Robt Harry, a young reporter, who is not very
snccessful. They become acquainted and finally
fall U lore.
Barry is ordered to dig up a story on a local
strike situation, the true details of which are
being withheld by the big firm of grain men re-
sponsible. He is unable to get any news and
fears for his job, and tells Bess about it. While
the latter is at lunch, she overhears an office
boy from the grain firm's office telling another
boy that he and the entire office staff have been
sent away for the afternoon because his boss is
going to have a meeting regarding "sending for
the soldiers on account of the strike," etc. Bess
tells Bob of the tip and they go together to the
office. A guard is on duty to prevent anyone
entering and Bob starts a disturbance that
draws him away long enough for Bess to slip
in and hide in a closet. From her hiding place
she learns of a plot to have two private detec-
tive (in the employ of the firm) blow up a
fright car containing grain, claim that the
strikers did it and thus have legal cause for
calling out the troops on the grounds that the
strikers precipitated the first violence.
Bess is locked in after she secures her evi-
dence and the guard discovers her, but she
eludes him by sliding down a fire hose which
she unwinds and throws out a window, gets her
tip to Bob, who hurries back to the office to
start his "beat." Bess gets the police and they
catch the two detectives red handed as they
blow up the freight car. She bands her final
evidence over to Bob and a great big story se-
cures Bob a raise and the two marry.
"THE STOLEN ORE" (August 26).— Dad
Holton and his little girl Leota live and mine
near Stormy Creek. Dick Raleigh, a young
thrifty fellow, loves Leota, but Dad objects to
his attentions. Tom Andrews, a prospector,
while inspecting some likely looking ore on
Bear Mountain, while testing it with the ham-
mer is struck in the face and falls to the
canyon below. He is nursed back to health by
Leota and Dad, who give him work in their
little mine. During Leota's absence to town, a
cave-in occurs at the mine, almost killing Dad.
Andrews sees a chance to get some good-paying
ore, together with their little savings.
Leota on her return from the store with sup-
plies, is met by Moriette, a renegade Mexican.
who drags her from the saddle. Her horse re-
turns back along the road she came and is met
by Dick Raleigh, who gallops back in time to
save Leota. They return to the camp just as
Andrews is leaving with his booty. A fight oc-
curs and Dick takes him back to the sheriff,
leaving Leota to nurse her injured father. Later
on we see Dick and Leota living happy with Dad
and the baby in their new home.
lishing the story of Katherine's life with him
in New York. As he is about to enter, he Is
struck by a thunderbolt and killed.
DOMINO.
THE THUNDERBOLT ( Two Parts — August
6). — Katherine Davis lives with her mother and
sister, Grace, in a village. Grace is engaged
to the village parson, David Corson. Katherine
determines to go to New York to make an art
career for herself. Against the wishes of her
mother and sister she leaves the village. Upon
her arrival in New York she experiences hard-
ships. While going to her art school one day
she is seen by "Oily Welch," a man who trades
in the virtue of women. He determines to
possess the girl. He calls upon her in the art
school, having previously seen her enter, com-
pliments her upon her imaginary talent and
finally persuades the girl to accept the money
and allow herself to be set up in a luxurious
studio. Katherine, however, repulses the ad-
vances of Welch, but he is willing to play a
"waiting game." Meanwhile David Corson, the
village parson, is invited to attend a meeting of
his class in New York. He goes to the city and
is there entertained by his friend. Smith. The
class reunion follows and Corson prepares to
leave again for the village. While walking to
the station, he comes across Welch and Kathe-
rine, who are coming from a house in a Ten-
derloin street. He persuades the girl to return
with him to the village in spite of the objections
of Welch.
Welch, in a spirit of revenge and desire, fol-
lows the girl to the village and tries to compel
her to return with him to New York, threaten-
ing her with exposure of her past in the village.
Katherine is about to yield, fearing the con-
demnation of her village friends should they
learn of her connection with Welch. David
Corson meets Welch, however, follows him to
his meeting place with Katherine and soundly
thrashes him. Next Sunday Welch repairs to
the Tillage church with the intention of pub-
KAYBEE.
THE GANGSTERS AND THE GIRL (Two
Parts — August 7). — Molly Ashley, a child of the
slums, is charged with being an accomplice to
a shoplifter. Although innocent, she is con-
victed of shoplifting and sentenced to two years'
imprisonment. Jim Tracy, the leader of a band
of gangsters, rescues Molly. The following
morning Detective Stone is assigned the task of
locating and running down Jim Tracy's gang.
In order to secure evidence against the gang,
he disguises himself as one of the gangsters,
runs into their place and pretends that the
"cops" are after him. Tracy and the gang take
him in. Molly falls in love with Stone and dis-
covers his true identity. One of the crooks gets
sore at Jim Tracy and betrays them to the
police. Jim accuses Molly of betraying them.
Stone resents his accusation. A fight follows
and Jim is killed. Stone takes Molly away and
gives her a chance to be self-supporting.
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THIS IS THE LIFE — Henry, pursuing his
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joying himself, writes his Unce Hiram back
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on tome money of which he is badly in need.
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THE CORSAIR (Four Parts). — On a raid by
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out of the band. The Lieutenant, thirsting
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of the plans of the band. The Sultan has been
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expedition Is successful and in the absence
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the booty which is hidden in the cave as he
intends to return alone some other time to
secure it. When the chief Corsair returns he
is told of the attack by his father who has
seen the whole proceeding. The Corsair is
aroused and plans a ruse to get "Medora back.
Medora has been taken to the Sultan who
places her in his harem and makes her one of
his favorites. The Corsairs dress up as wom-
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palace to show the Sultan his beautiful cap-
tives. When in the interior of the palace they
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the chief is made a prisoner. On Medora's
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That evening the Lieutenant goes to the cave
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The same evening Medora plans to escape
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When they arrive they discover the Lieutenant
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ing him back to the cave the Corsair closes
the secret door, locking the Lieutenant in so
that he cannot escape. The Corsair and Medora
then sail away, leaving the Lieutenant to his
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WHISKERS.— Eilly Blink and Willie Wink
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love, Mazie and Madge, are unacquainted. In
their hasty preparations for their respective
outings for the day, Billy and Willie exchange
coats. While Billy is automobiling with Mazie
his car stops and he prepares to locate the
trouble. Taking off his coat, he gets to work.
A photograph in his pocket attracts Mazie's
eye. but, alas, it is not her picture.
Explanations are futile, and. in rebuff. Ma-
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home. Life is ho longer worth living and he
decides to end it all.
Practically the same difficulty confronts Wil-
lie for Madge has found a photo of the strange
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Billy decides to hang himself to a water
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was not meant for a scaffold and Billy's weight
brings it down. The pipe snaps and a deluge
ensues. Whiskers, a notorious burglar, is "vis-
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tracted by the noise. He finds Billy and at
pistol point orders "Hands up.' Billy begs
Whiskers to shoot. Whiskers demands money
for the murder. Billy consents. Whiskers'
feet get cold but he agrees to have a friend
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A strong friendship springs up between Dick
Thornton and Harry Gideon, two young artists
sharing the same studio. Harry takes Dick to
his home, where he meets and falls in love
with Harry's sister. Sybil. They become en-
gaged. While Harry seeks a gay time Dick
works untiringly and becomes a successful ar-
tist.
Harry receives a call from Foster, a com-
panion, who secretly runs a night club, an
adjoining opium den, and is head of a gang of
thieves. He invites Dick and Harry to join
him at cards at the club. Dick declines, but
Harry, hoping to recover some of his losses,
consents. At the card table he soon loses ev-
erything and being physically and mentally
fatigued, readily yields to Foster's persuasions
to visit the den. There he smokes the deadly
drug. As time goes on Harry's visits to the
den increase, while those to his home are less
frequent.
Lady Gideon is anxious to have a painting
of Sybil wearing the famous Gideon diamonds,
and as Harry seems indifferent. Dick undertakes
the task, first having to complete a painting
for the Academy, for which he has great diffi-
culty in finding a model. Finally he goes to
the club with Harry in search of one. Here he
is successful in finding Nanetta, who readily
agrees to pose. The picture nears completion
and Dick considers himself in a position to com-
mence the painting of Sybil, and an appoint-
ment is made. Unknown to Dick his model has
fallen in love with him, and when he greets
Sybil affectionately Nanetta is insanely jealous
and swears revenge. At the conclusion of
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the Gideon diamonds in a small safe. She
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key. waits until he is asleep in the opium den.
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many hours of suspense and struggle the water
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AMERICAN.
Aug. 5 — The Widow (Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Trap (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 12 — The Butterfly ( Drama)
Aug. 17 — False Gods (Two Parts — Drama).
Aug. 19 — Their Worldly Goods (Drama)....
BEAUTY.
July 28 — A Midsumer Love Tangle (Drama).
Aug. 4 — A Suspended Ceremony (Com. -Dr.).
Aug. 11 — Suzanna's New Suit (Comedy)....
'■101" BISON.
Aug. 1 — Tribal War in the South Seas (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — Rescued by Wireless (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 15 — The Oublette (Three Parts — Drama).
ERONCHO.
July 29 — The Long Feud (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 5 — Jim Regan's Last Raid (Two Parts
— Drama)
Aug. 12 — Shorty and the Fortune Teller (Two
Parts — Drama)
CRYSTAL.
July 28 — Their Parent's Kids (Comedy)
— Charlie's Toothache (Comedy)
Aug. 4 — Some Cop ( Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Some Crooks ( Comedy)
— Willie's Disguise (Comedy)
DOMINO.
July 30 — The Curse of Caste (Two Parts —
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Aug. 6 — The Thunderbolt (Two Parts — Dr.)...
Aug. 13 — A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (Two
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ECLAIR.
July 29 — The Dupe (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 2 — In the Days of Old (Juvenile — Drama)
Aug. 5 — Firelight (Two Parts— Drama)
Aug. 9 — Moonlight (Drama)
Aug. 12 — The Price Paid (Two Parts — Political
Drama )
Aug. 16 — A Pearl of Great Price (Society Dr.)
FRONTIER.
Aug. 2 — The Mind's Awakening (Drama)
Aug. 9 — A Frontier Romance (Western-Dr. ). . .
Aug. 16 — Memories of Years Ago (Drama)
GOLD SEAL.
July 28 — The Love Victorious (Three Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 4 — The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 1 —
Three Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 11 — The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 3)
(■White Water) (Two Parts — Dr) . .
IMP.
July 30 — The Universal Boy (Series No. 21
( Comedy )
Aug. 3 — A Normandy Romance (Drama)
Aug. 6 — When the Heart Calls (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 10 — In All Things Moderation (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 13 — Universal Boy (Series No. 3 — Com-
edy— Travelogue)
JOKER.
Aug. 1 — Wife's Busy Day (Comedy)
Aug. 5 — The Third Party (Comedy)
Aug. 8 — That's Fair Enough (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — Her Twin Brother ( Comedy)
Aug. 15 — What Happened to Schultz (Com.)..
KAY-BEE.
July 31 — .4n Eleventh Hour Reformation (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — The Gangster and the Girl (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 14 — The Stigma (Two Parts — Drama)
KEYSTONE.
July (3 — Row Boat Romance (Comedy)
July 9 — (Not yet announced).
July 11 — Love and Salt Water (Comedy)
— World's Oldest Living Thing (Com.)..
KOMIC.
Aug. 2 — Bill Takes a Lady to Lunch — Never
Again! (Comedy)
.\ug. 9 — Ethel's Teacher (Comedy)
Aug. 16 — Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 of the
"Bill" Series — Comedy)
MAJESTIC.
Aug. 2 — Moonshine Molly (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 4 — The Idiot (Drama)
Aug. 9 — The Tavern of Tragedy (Two Parts —
Drama )
.\ug. 11 — The Saving Flame (Drama)
Aug. l(i — Her Mother's Necklace (Two Parts —
Drama)
NESTOR.
July 31 — Maggie's Honest Lover (Comedy)
— On Lake Stamburg, Bavaria, Germany
(Scenic)
Aug. 5 — For Old Time's Sake (Western-Dr.)..
Aug. 7 — Detective Dan Cupid (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — 38 Caliber Friendship (Western-Dr.).
Aug. 14 — On Rugged Shores (Drama)
POWERS.
July 31 — The Tangle (Comedy)
Aug. 7 — The Man of Her Choice (Drama)
Aug. 14 — The Barnstormers ( Comedy)
July 2-
PRINCESS.
at Fort Meyer,
-The Cavalry
(Scenic)
— Harvesting Ice (Scenic)
July 31 — The Target of Destiny (Drama)
Aug. 7 — Her Duty (Drama)
Aug. 14 — A Rural Romance (Comedy)...
Va.
RELIANCE.
Aug. 3— Our Mutual Girl, No. 29 (News)
Aug. 5 — Izzy and His Rival (Comedy)
Aug. 7 — On the Border (Drama)
Aug. 8 — The Bank Burglar's Fate (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 1C>— Our Mutual Girl, No. 30 (News)
Aug. 12 — So Shines a Good Deed (Drama)
Aug. 15 — The Wagon of Death (Two Parts —
Drama)
REX.
July 30 — Circle 17 (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 2 — Behind the 'Veil (Drama)
.\ug. 6 — The Symphony of Souls (Drama)
Aug. 9 — A Midnight Visitor (Drama)
Aug. 13 — Through the Flames (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 16 — The Hedge Between (Drama)
ROYAL.
.\ug. 1 — The Baker Street Mystery (Comedy)..
Aug. 8 — Ringing the Changes (Com.)
— Miss Glady's Vacation (Com.)
Aug. 15 — Cupid Dances a Tango ( Comedy)
STERLING.
Aug. 3 — A Race for Life (Juvenile-Comedy)..
Aug. 6 — A Dramatic Mistake (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — A Strong Affair (Comedy) '..
.\ug. 13 — At Three O'clock (Comedy)
THANHOUSBR.
Aug. 4 — The Guiding Hand (Two Parts — Dr.).
Aug. 9 — The Telltale Star (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Stronger Than Death (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 14 — In Peril's Path (Drama)
Aug. 1(5 — Arty the Artist (Comedy)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
July 28 — Universal Ike, Jr., in His City Elope-
ment ( Comedy )
Aug. 4 — Universal Ike, Jr.'s, Legacy (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Universal Ike. Jr., in the Dangers of
a Great City (Drama)
VICTOR.
.\ug. 3 — Man and His Brother (Two Parts —
Western Drama)
.\ug. 7 — The Coast Guard's Bride (Two Parts
— Drama)
Aug. 10 — Simple Faith ( Drama )
.\ug. 14 — Honor of the Humble (Two Parts —
Drama )
FEATURES.
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July — Dan (Five Parts — Comedy Drama).
August — The Nightingale (Drama)
APEX.
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July — The Midnight Marriage (4 parts — Dr.)..
August— The Devil's Fiddler (Three Parts-
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ECLECTIC.
-The Corsair (Four Parts — Drama)
-Colonel Heeza Liar — Explorer (Car-
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-Whiskers (Comedy)
-The Boundary Rider (Five Parts —
Drama)
-The Masked Motive (Five Parts — Dr.)
-Perils of Pauline No. 11 (Two Parts —
Serial)
-Get Out and Get Under (Comedy)
-All Love Excelling (Three Parts — Dr.)
-The Siren (Five Parts — Drama)
ECLIPSE-URBAN.
July 13 — Butterfly and His Dog (Comedy) ,
— Magic Matches (Comedy)
July 20— The Joke That Kills (2 parts— Dr.)..
July 27 — Sammy Is Too Cautions (Comedy)....
— Pete'r's Perseverance ( Comedy )
August-
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July 10 — The Little Gray Lady (Four Parts —
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July 20— The Scales of Justice (Five Parts —
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July — The King of the Beggars (4 parts — Dr) . .
July — The Human Wolves (5 parts — Drama)...
July — Wu Chung Foo (4 parts — Drama)
HEPWORTH AMERICAN.
July 20 — Once Aboard the Luger (Comedy)
— Poorluck Minds the Shop (Comedy)...
July 27 — The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel (2
parts — Drama)
LASKY.
July 13 — The Man on the Bos (5 parts — Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Call of the North (Five Parts —
Drama)
LEADING PLAYERS FILM CORPORATION.
July — Germania (5 parts — Drama)
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORP.
July — The Greyhound (5 parts — Drama)
NASH M. P. CO.
July — Mysterious Man of the Jungle (4 parts —
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July — The Land of the Lost (4 parts — Drama)..
OZ FILM MFG. CO.
July — The Patchwork Girl of Oz (5 parts— Dr.).
PASQUALI.
July — A Mexican Mine Fraud or the C7ame That
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July 8 — The Chimney Sweeps of the Valley
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July 14 — The Silent Bell (Three Parts)
July 21 — Lupin, the Gentleman Burglar CThree
Parts)
POPULAR PLAYS AND PLAYERS, INC.
July— The Ragged Earl (Drama)
UNITED KEA.NOGRAPH.
.\ugust — Money (Six Parts — Drama)
WARNER'S FEATURES.
August — Under Fire in Mexico (Drama)
August— The Toll of the Warpath (Drama)
.\ugust — Life's Cross-Roads (Drama)
WORLD FILM CORP.
July — The Great Stroke (5 parts — Drama)
.\ug. 10 — Uncle Tom's Cabin (Five Parts — Dr.)
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Release Da+e- Monday. Aug, 10, 1914-.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Featuring MARGARITA FISCHER and HARRY POLLARD.
"A SUSPENDED CEREMONY"
A Comedy that will please. Second Installment of "A Midsummer's Love
Tangle." Each part complete in itself.
Release Tuesday, August 4th, 1914
NEXT WEEK
"SUZANNA'S NEW SUIT"
It's a Dandy
"THE BUTTERFLY"
A Society Drama permeated with Human Interest.
Featuring WINNIFRED GREENWOOD and ED COXEN. Under direction of Thos. Ricketts.
Release Wednesday, August IZth, 1914.
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RELEASE DATES
Aug. 13 — Slippery Slim and His Tombstone
( Comedy)
Aug. 14 — A Gentleman of Leisure ( Special —
Ttvo Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — Broncho Billy Wins Out (Drama)...
Aug. 6 — The Shield of Innocence (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — .4 Matrimonial .\dvertisement (Com-
edy)
.\ug. 8— Gratitude (Special — Two Parts — Dr.).
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Taaedky — Bdlien. Essanay, Kalem, Geo. Kleine,
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Saturday — Blograpb, Edieon, Essanay, Kalem,
Labln. MellM, Sellg, Vltagraph.
BIOGRAPH.
July 27 — Gwendolyn, the Sewing Machine Girl
( Comedy )
— Search, the Scientific Detective (Com-
edy)
July 30 — A Bit of Human Driftwood (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 1 — The Man Who Paid (Drama)
Aug. 3— The Meal Ticket (Comedy)
Aug. 6 — The Man and the Master (Drama)....
Aug. S — They Would Bandits Be (Comedy)..
— The Deadly Cheroot ( Comedy)
EDISON.
July 27 — A Canine Rival (Eighth of the Wood
B. Wedd Series — Comedy)
July 28 — The Mystery of the Lost Stradlvarius
(Ninth of the ""Chronicles of Cleek''
series — Drama)
July 29 — Something to a Door (Comedy)
July 31 — The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
(Special — Two Parts — Comedy)
Aug. 1— Farmer Rodney's Daughter (Drama)..
Aug. 3 — A Tango Spree (Comedy)
Aug. 4 — The Living Dead ( Ninth of the "Man
Who Disappeared" series — Drama) .
Aug. 5 — A Change of Business (Comedy)....
— Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady
(Comedy)
Aug. 7 — The Preeidentt's Special ( Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
Aug. 8 — One Touch of Nature (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — All for a Tooth (Comedy)
Aug, 11 — A Tale of Old Tucson (Drama)
Aug. 12 — Andy Learns to Swim (Ninth Adven-
ture of Andy — Comedy)
Aug. 14 — The One Who Loved Him Best (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — While the Tide Was Rising (Drama).
ESSANAY.
July 27 — Sweedie and the Lord ( Comedy)
July 28— A Clash of Virtues ( Drama)
July 29 — The Fable of "The Coming Champion
"Who Was Delayed" (Comedy)
July 30 — SnakevlUe's Home Guard (Comedy)...
July 81 — The Seventh Prelude (Special — Two
Parts — Drama >
Aug. 1 — The Squatter's Gal ( Drama)
Aug. 3 — In and Out (Comedy)
Aug. 4 — Her Trip to New York (Drama)....
Aug. 5 — The Fable of the "BMsy Business Boy
and the Droppers In" (Comedy) . .
Aug. 6 — Slippery Slim's Dilemma (Comedy)..
Aug. 7 — The Motor Buccaneers (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 8 — Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama).
.\ug. 10 — Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Stopping the Limited (Com. Dr.)....
Aug. 12 — The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel
and Father's Second Time on Earth
( Comedy i
KALEM.
July
July 27 — The Identification (Special — Two Parts
Drama)
July 28 — The Man with the Glove (Drama) j„iy
July 29 — The Indian Agent (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
July 31 — The Deadly Battle at Hicksville ((3om-
e-Jy) July
Aug. 1 — The Lad from Old Ireland (Drama). ^yg
Aug. 3 — The Vampire's Trail ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 4 — The Chief of Police (Drama)
Aug. 5 — The Operator at Black Rock (Special Aug.
— Two Parts — Drama)
.4ug. 7— Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw
(Comedy)
Aug. 8 — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama) Aug.
.\ug. 10 — The Rajah's Vow (Special — Two .\ug.
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 11 — Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter Aug.
( Drama )
.\ug. 12 — At the. End of the Rope (Special — ^ug.
Two Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 14 — A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)
.-Vug. 15 — Near Death's Door (Drama) .\ug.
GEORGE KLEIXE.
June 30 — The Bondage of Evil (Cello — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 7 — Heirloom (Cines — Special — 2 parts —
Drama )
July 14 — The Rival -\ctresses (Cines — Special —
2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — The Stronger Tie ( Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug -1 — When War Threatens ( Cines-Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
LUBIN.
July 28 — The Question and Answer Man ( Com-
edy)
July 29 — The Lure of the Car Wheels (Special^
Two Parts — Drama)
July 30 — Three Men and a Woman ( Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 31 — Within the Noose (Drama)
Aug. 1 — She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy)
— The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy)..-
Aug. 4 — A Fatal Card ( Comedy)
— He Woke Up in Time ( Comedy)
.\ug. 5 — The Man With a Future (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 6 — A Daughter of Eve (Special — Two
Parts — Com. -Dr.)
Aug. 7 — A Siren of the Desert (Drama)
Aug. 8 — Love and Flames (Comedy)
.\ug. 11 — He Wanted Work (Comedy)
— The Cook Next Door (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — The Downward Path (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
.\ug. 1.^ — The Heart Rebellious ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
A\ig. --i — Latin Blood (Drama)
Aug. 1.") — They Bought a Boat (Comedy)
— The Puncture Proof Sock Man (Com.)
MELIES.
July 28 — Only a Dream (Comedy)
July 29 — .\n Actress' Son (Drama)
July 30—210 Vs. 213 (Special— Two Parts —
Drama )
July 30 — The Trouserless Policeman (Comedy).
July .31— Music Hath Charms (Comedy)
Aug. 1 — Honor Redeemed (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
.\ug. 4 — The Family Outing ( CDmedy )
— Easy Come Easy Go ( Comedy)
.\ug. a — .A Mother's Error (Drama)
July
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PATHE.
■Coffee Cultivation ( Santos, South
America) (Educational)
— The Hosts of the Sea (Oceanography)
28 — Tile Straits of Bonifacio (Sardinia)
( Educational )
— Hemp Growing (New Zealand) (Hor-
ticultural )
29— Pathe's Weekly No. 47, 1914 (News).
3 — Picturesque Gagry (Southern Russia)
(Scenic)
The Russian Zoo (Oskania-Nova)
(Zoology)
4 — Training .Army Dogs (Sweden)
(Military-Edu.)
A Basque Wedding ( Manners and
Customs)
5 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 48 (News)
10 — From Grenoble to Aix Les Bains
I Scenic)
10 — Typical Russian Dances (Terpsicho-
rean)
11 — The Art of the Furrier (Vocational) . .
Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay)
( Industrial )
12 — Pathe's Weekly. No. 49 (News)....
SELIG.
27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 43
( News)
27 — A Five Hundred Dollar Kiss (Special —
Two Parts — Comedy)
28 — Muff (Drama)
29— The Mother Heart (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
30— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 44
( News )
31— When the Cook Fell III (Comedy)
1 — Love vs. Pride (Drama)
3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 45
( News )
3 — Etienne 6t the Glad Heart (Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
4 — The Ordeal (Drama)
5 — The Reporter on the Case (Drama)..
6 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 46
( News )
7 — The Skull and the Crown ( Comedy) . .
8 — Carmelita's Revenge ( Drama)
10 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 47
( .News)
10 — Willie ( Special — Two Parts — Comedy)
11 — The Jungle Samaritan (Drama)
12 — The Family Record (Drama)
i;^ — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 48
(News)
1-1 — Meller Drammer (Comedy)
—The Day of the Dog (Comedy)
15 — Nan's Victory (Comedy-Drama)
VIT.AGRAPH.
27 — His Kid Sister (Comedy)
2S — John Ranee, Gentleman (Special — •
Two Parts — Drama)
29 — Officer Kate ( Comedy )
30 — The Greater Motive ( Drama )
31 — Private Bunny (Comedy)
1 — The Violin of M'sieur ( Special— Two
Parts — ^Drama )
3 — Detective and Matchmaker (Com-Dr)
4 — Warfare in the Skies ( Special — Two
Parts — Military-Dr. )
."i — Second Sight (Comedy)
() — Memories in Men's Souls (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
7 — The Locked House (Comedy)
8 — The House On the Hill (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
10 — Through Life's Window (Drama)....
11 — David Garrick (Special — Two Parts —
Comedy Drama )
12 — The New Stenographer (Comedy)....
13 — The Horse Thief (Drama)
14 — Polishing Up (Comedy)
15 — The Wheat and the Tares (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
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Moving Picture
Men United
W'c ha\c' not had i>nc tell us that our
plan for incrcasin.i^- attendance at thea-
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It costs less than 1 j _. [)er cent, of your
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U you are not usin.y- it write us for the
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In Lobby Displays We Offer This Week
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30 X 40 Single Copy in Sepia . $3.00
Single Copy Hand Colored 5.00
22 X 28 Single Copy in Sepia 50
Single Copy Hand Colored L50
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NEW YORK
THE CENTAUR
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The Oldest Independent Film
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Has the largest com-
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Printing and developing
in any quantity. Quality
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interesting.
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THE BUSINESS END
iif your theatre is the l!OX OFFICK. Ilic film itKiki-rs
liirnish the attraction for vou, and WE can help voii
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POST CARDS are sure BUSINESS HL'IEDERS, and
whether vou have an open air or closed theatre, the
extra inducement in the shape of a PHOTO PLAYERS
POST C.'\RD WILL DR.XW THEM SURE.
Our Big Lobby Pictures of the Stars Draw Crowds of
Admiring Fans
^emi-Photo Post Cards, $3.U0 per tliousand; tormerly
sold for $4.00. Over 400 different players.
Hand Colored Post Cards
For the better class of Souvenirs, 60 of the most pop-
ular players, all factions, $10.00 per thousand.
Photo Post Cards
For hand coloring. NOTE: The Public buy cards
from stationers and color them. It's a new fad —
60 Popular Players $5.00 per thousand.
PHOTOGRAPHS, SIZE 8 x 10, of all the prominent players. Aiso-
ciation and Independent, 400 different names, 20 cents each.
LARGE PICTURE, semi-photo, glazed finish, size 11 x 14, $1 per
doz. ; 43 prominent players.
LARGE PICTURES, HAND COLORED, size 11x14. Prominent
.\ssociation players, $2.00 per set of 12.
Photographs for lobby display of the two and three reel features
uf all of the Mutual multiple reels— set of 6, $1.00. Always ready
10 days ahead of release.
Special 22x28 Hand Colored Pictures ol 27 Favorites
75 Cents Each. Framed $2.50 Each
KRAUS MFG. CO., 14 East 17th St., N. Y.
Send for Catalogue of over 400 players and samples free. Write us,
giving details of your dull nights, and we win send you a remedy.
The Light Which Does Not
Interfere With
Projection
The day of the dark theatre has
passed. This is due primarily to the
perfection of the EYE COMFORT
LIGHTING System. This system is
neither an imitation nor a substitute. It
is based on fundamental principles discovered by us and proven by long
practice to be absolutely correct. It is the original indirect lighting.
Indirect Light does not interfere with the clearness of the picture.
It has no glare, does not distract attention or cause headaches.
It lights the house evenly. It relieves eyestrain.
The Eye Comfort Lighting System
is so good and so successful that it is imitated. But these imitations,
which are offered you because they are "cheap," lack the powerful one-
piece silvered mirror X-R.\Y EYE COMFORT reflectors which control
and direct the light by their scientific design and evenly light the house.
Ttiesc are the most powerful reflectors made and require less current than
any others. .
Fill in the blank below and allow our engineers to lay out a plan lor
lighting your theatre. This won't cost you a cent and does not obligate
you in any way. But it will tell you exactly how much EYE COMFORT
LIGHTING for your theatre would cost.
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Kimble Fans Draw the Movie "Fans"
There's no use talking, you can't fool the public. They're not going to a hot, stuffy
moving picture house just because it has good {)ictures and is nearby. They're going where
they can see good pictures and still be comfortable, even though it is several blocks farther
down the street.
Ventilate your theater with Kimble Fans and you will have full houses on the hottest
nights. It's a joy to go where the air is always fresh and wholesome.
Kimble Fans may be used as either intake or exhaust. Simply pull the chain. They
may be run fast or slow or anj- speed between. They reduce operating cost in direct propor-
tion to every reduction in speed. No other fans have these features. Xo other fans can
give as good ventilation at as low a cost. Write for the Red Fan Catalog and learn the
facts.
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■^
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WE SELL ONLY APPAR.\TUS APPROVED AND USED
BY THE LARGEST FILM PRODUCING COMPANIES
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Precision Tripods, Printers, Light Regulators, etc. You get a square deal if you purchase from us
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CARRIED IN STOCK, Leader— $5.00 per 1,000 ft.; cement.
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WANTED FOR EXPORT—
HIGH-CLASS FILMS, ALL MAKES
ommnn Nense
Perfect Daylight Projection Is ObtainpH
If you want to obtain perfect projection ani
at the same time baie your theatre bright a
day. you must obtain these results through you
k-ns. condenser, carbons and curtain. W
manufacture the BRIGHTASD.W CI'RTaD
EMIXSION, which is univer^Uy endorsed b:
the best exhibitors in tbe countrj-. Send il-
$7.50 and we will send you one set of Bright
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rurtain several times, besides black border at
weU.
We also are exclusive importers of the
'amous Jena pure white meniscus bi-convex
uid piano condensers. The m'- niscii.': . bi -
convex condenser combination will improve
your light 50 per cent Sold as follows
*Ss<, 1 One Piano One Bi-
PRICES fTS- ^ Fig. 2 Convex Fig. 3
Jena Imported Piano Condensers $1.50 each. Half Doz.. $7.50
Jena Imported MenLvus Condensers 2.00 each. Half Doz., 9.00
.lena Imrorted Bi-Convex Conden.^ers 2.00 each. Half Doz.. 9.00
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.\dd 20c. additional for po^tage.
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Y()u'\'e often oxerhcard that
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commendation, brinn;s as
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fa\'orable comment on the
picture story itself.
The " clearest pictures''' are on East-
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In addition to superior quality and the
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A Friendly Tip
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''The new Universal serial story, 'THE
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\'ance, will be the hit of the new season.
You can take my word for it that it is by far
the hottest, liveliest, most exciting, most
interesting^ story ever shown in movmi; pic-
tures before a discriminating public. You
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sure, 'LUCILLE LO\'E'' was a big money
maker, but THE TREY O' HEARTS' will
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a record-breaking business the day you show
the picture, for a period of fifteen weeks. It
will cost you a little extra money, but it is
well worth it. 'A word to the wise, etc' "
CARL LAEMMLE, President
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The Majestic Motion Picture Company
offers for its two part feature
release of Sunday, August 16
Her Mother's
Necklace
DOROTHY GISH
An entertaining Society Comedy Drama
in which the leading part is taken bv
DOROTHY GISH
Who is seen in one of her best
characterizations in this feature
The "BILL" Stories, by Paul West, the well-known humorist, are
issued as regular Komic releases each alternate Sunday. No. 4, "BILL
SAVES THE DAY," will be released August 16.
THE MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
(In which we endeavor to tell the truth about all Majestic releases)
THE IDIOT ( 1 reel) Release date Tuesday, August A — A character study by Robert Harron.
ending in suspense and thrill. An excellent picture.
THE TAVERN OF TRAGEDY (2 reels) Release date Sunday, August 9— A Story of unusual plot
and exciting interest featuring DOROTHY GISH.
THE SAVING FLAME (1 reel) Release date Tuesday, .August 11 — We will give definite advice
abotit this picture next week.
HER MOTHER'S NECKLACE (2 reels) Release date Sunday, August 16— Our opinion of this
feature is correctly given above.
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"WILLIE"— A Two-Reel Selig Comedy
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Eight episodes of the Million Dollar Mys-
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ingjthroughout the country. Each episode includes t\vo full reels.
The entire production will take 46 reels. Two reel episodes are now being releated every week.
This spectacular motion picture production has
awakened all America to the wonderful possibilities of the film
drama. Remarkable interpretation of each part by a cast of stars, exceptionally
beautiful settings and genuine thrills characterize every scene. Nearly 200 leading newspapers
are now running this startling story by Harold MacGrath simultaneously with the appearance of the films.
A REMINDER: $10,000,00 in cash will be paid by the
Thanhouser Film Corporation for best 100 -word solution of the mystery.
This powerful attraction is drawing big crowds
everywhere. Exhibitors can arrange bookings at once by apply-
ing to the Syndicate Film Corporation. The Million Dollar Mystery is an inde-
pendent release and may be obtained regardless of the regular program being used.
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Tnesday, Aui. II. "Stronger Than Death." A thrilling two-reel society drama featuring Harry Benham, Mignon
.\nderson and Ethyle Cooke.
Friday. Aud. 14. "In Peril's Path." A drama of political intrigue. Leads played by Carey L. Hastings. Leland
Benham, Marion and Madeline Fairbanks and Justus D. Barnes.
Sunday. Autf. 16. "Her Bi|t Brother." A beautiful play of child life. The cast includes Roy Hauck. Dorris Farring-
ton, Alice Turner and Charles Mather.
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'Buffalo
The last of the great
Indian fighters, Colo-
nel Wni. F. Cody and
Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles (re-
tired) of the United
States Army, are the
leading players in this
most realistic film of
the age.
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This picture, which
has been APPROVED
BY THE UNITED
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MENT and made un-
der the DIRECTION
OF THE WAR DE-
PARTMENT, has at-
tracted the attention
of the entire world.
"THE INDIAN WARS"
As a Money-Maker this film is without an equal. The Adver-
tising Possibilities of the picture are unlimited. It is a FIVE-REEL
THRILLER THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER.
1000 INDIANS, many of whom were leaders in the original
battles ; 12th U. S. CAVALRY, and MANY OFFICERS now retired,
again took their places in the re-enacted scenes.
H;cn^A«I^<^1K. r^««^^4^ and all scenes TAKEN ON THE EXACT LO-
IStOnCally LOrreCt cation of the orldmal battles.
State Rights Now Ready Get Busy !
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EXHIBITORS — Write or wire us at once and if your state has not been sold, we
will book you direct. _ , , ^
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heroes, such as is Cleek, the Detective in the photoplay series of that name, in which he created the
leading role.
Ben Wilson's advent to the big U forces makes new film history!
Be prepared to take advantage of this wonderful scoop by ordering NOW a full line of WIL-
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Let the fans know that Ben Wilson is playing at your theatre!
It Will Mean New Patrons to You! It Will Get You the Coin!
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CARL LAEMMLE, President
"The largest film manufacturing concern in the universe."
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Another
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THE BIG
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BRINSLEY SHAW
Heavy Man
HARRY C. MYERS, leading man and director, is one of the most popular of
screen idols. He excels in society drama and refined comedy roles. Dashing,
handsome, athletic, he is the beau ideal of the matinee girls.
ROSEMARY THEBY, leading lady, piquant, graceful, talented, has a tre-
mendous following among moving picture patrons.
BRINSLEY SHAW, who will play the heavy roles in this company, will be
remembered as one of the most subtle villains in moving pictures. He is a
recruit from the legitimate stage upon which he scored an enviable success.
The Universal now has the strongest personnel of any film company
extant. Every week the Universal has some new sensation to
chronicle.
Universal exhibitors always have some novelty to offer their
patrons. Use the brains God gave you and join the Universal
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Every time I come from the projection room I feel that Universal
are now getting the BEST PROGRAM IN THE WORLD, but
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES THE DIAMOND NIPPERS
Jack of Hearts Kerrigan and Vera Sisson
in a strong political drama. Kern gen
lovers will pack your hovse to see him in
this master role.
Victor Two-Reel Drama. Released Aug. 17
THE DIVORCEE
A striking strong drama that will hold
them quiet. Lots of punch for a single.
Powers Single Reel Drama
Released Aug. 21
HOLE IN THE GARDEN WALL
A Sunday Rex that will beat anything re-
leased so far. Rupert Julian and Elsie
J^ne Wilson certainly do themselves jus-
vice in this strong drama.
Rex Single Reel Drama. Released Aug. 23
BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA
Three snappy reels of action with a plot
that takes a new turn and photography
that cannot be excelled.
Eclair Three Reel Drama
Released Aug. 19
Max Asher will make them double up with
glee in this zippy whirlwind comedy.
From six to sixty will roll over with gig-
gles and laughter.
Joker Single Reel Comedy
Released Aug. 22
THE LURE OF THE GEISHA
The South Sea Islands is the spot picked
for this great McRae Drama. A new line
of scenic effects — and you know the punch
McRae puts into all his stuff. Japs by the
score are used to make this two-reeler
true to life.
101 Bison Two Reel Drama
Released Aug 22
A.ND DON'T
THE TREY
STORY No. 3 —
A Corker — A World
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also on account of its being the MOST COMPLETE PROGRAM
you EVERYTHING YOU NEED. -CARL LflEMMLE, President.
A BOWL OF ROSES
Tl»e favorite, "Bob Leonard, " z.pp:ar'd ct
his best in this Thursday Rex. \ oj'U like
it and your audience will wonder hew it*s
done.
Rex Single Reel Drama. .Released Aug. 20
PASS KEY NO. 2
Tbat's a funny name all right lor a com-
edy, but it isn't halT as funny as this
Joker is. Ernest Shields is there strong,
too.
Joker Single Reel Comedy
Released Aug. 19
'^RGEIT
O' HEARTS
THE SEA VENTURE
Beater is All We Can Say
MANUFACTURING CO.
ON THE HIGH SEAS
A strong heart-rending drama of the
o^een. with Dorothy Phillips and Alex
Gaden at their best. You can't beat this
cna for punch.
Imp Two Reel Drama. .. .Released Aug. ZO
A LUCKY DECEPTION
Wein You would not believe it possible,
even of Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and little
Victoria Forde, but they certainly put
over a great big wallop when they made
this Curtis comedy. Two solid reels of
j.ne'e and laughter without a breathing
spell.
Nestor Two Reel Comedy
Released Aug. 21
HIS WIFE'S FLIRTATION
shows Ford Sterling himself at his best.
Released August 20th. LOST IN THE
STUDIO is the name of Billy Jacobs' new
masterpiece. Released August 17th.
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Three Big Laughs
Three Big Thrills
G. M. ANDERSON
Released Monday, August 17th
'Sweedie and the Double Exposure"
How a boy causes war in the household with his
camera.
Released Tuesday, August IStli
"The Black Signal"
A heart-interest drama, showing how a governor
refused to pardon his own son who was condemned to
hang.
Released Wednesday, August 19th
The Fable of
"The Two Mandolin Players and the
Willing Performer"
How two wise guys got hooked by their country
cousin. Written bv GEORGE ADE.
RUTH STONEHOUSE
Released Thursday, August 20th
"Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent"
A comedy in which Slim, after all his head work, fails
to reap the reward.
Released Friday, August 21st
"The Masked Wrestler"
(In TWO ACTS)
A thrilling mystery drama of big men and brave
deeds.
Released Saturday, August 22d
"Broncho Billy's Wild Ride"
A dramatic episode that leads to the reformation of
an outlaw. Featuring G. M. ANDERSON.
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to the minute.
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Oct. 1st)
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SHERMAN FEATURE FILM
SERVICE, Temple Court Bldg.
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"SAWYER"
Lasalle Theater
AUGUST 20
Written and produced by
Lorimer Johnston
EXTRAORDINARY"
PARTS
Love and War, and bearing di-
ean Crisis. A wonderful fea-
ature at present that is right up
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ZONE 16-Knoxville
FRANK ROGERS
Knoxville, Tenn.
ZONE 17-Dallas
WILL OPEN
AUG. 24
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WILL OPEN
SEPT. 1
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NELL GWYNNE
S Parts
THE CONVICT HERO
3 Paris
THE BUSHRANGER'S BRIDE
3 Parts
READY NOW
"Her Brother's Disgrace"
3 PARTS
912
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A Page On Features
For the ensuing- season the following- Paramount Fea-
ture Films, composed exclusively of Famous Players,
will be properly distributed to exhibitors throughout
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Lasky Productions
"The Only Son" - - ■
"The Man On the Box" •
"The Call of the North"
"Bobby Burnit" - - ■
"The Virginian" - - ■
With Mr. Thomas Ross
With Mr. Max Figman
With Mr. Robert Edeson
With Mr. Edward Abeles
With Mr. Dustin Farnum
together with such unusual box office attractions as the
adaptations of Popular Plays originally produced by
Mr. DAVID BELASCO
Messrs. COHAN AND HARRIS
Messrs. LIEBLER & CO.
The exclusive booking rights of
"Neptune's Daughter" - With Miss Annette Kellerman
belong to us for Illinois and Wisconsin.
HONEST EFFORT COUPLED WITH CON-
SCIENTIOUS SERVICE HAS ITS REWARD ! .
Celebrated Players Film Company
Leaders of Filmdom's Progress
64 West Randolph Street CHICAGO
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Beginning Monday, August 10th
At the
NEWYORKTHEATRE
THE DRAMASCOPE CO.
Will Present
WM. J. BURNS
THE GREATEST LIVING DETECTIVE
IN THE
$5,000,000
Counterfeiting Plot
In 6 Parts
A Restaging of His Most Celebrated Secret Service Case, the
PHI LADELPHI A.LANCASTER COUNTERFEITING MYSTERY
Why Every Exhibitor Wants This Picture
\. Mr. Burns acts in nearly every foot of it.
2. Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, author of "Sherlock
Holmes," appears with Mr. Burns in one part.
3. Scenes are actually taken at the Treasury Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C; Moyamensing Prison,
Philadelphia; Lancaster, and New York.
FOR STATE RIGHTS, BOOKING, ETC., APPLY TO
The Dramascope Company,
110 WEST 40th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
914
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The WAR
or THE FRANCO-GEP
400 STUPENDOUS SCENES
Taken on the Actua
\A/II-I- BE REI.EASEC1
THE FIRST AUTHENTIC PHOTOPLAY TO DE-
PICT THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE REIGNING
RAMO FILMS, Incj
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WAR!
INC., ANNOUNCE
of WARS
MAN INVASION OF 1914
400 STUPENDOUS SCENES
Battlefields of France
\A/ I T M I IM A \A/ E E K
SATION OF THE WORLD
C. LANG COBB, Jr., Manager Sales and Publicity
COLUMBIA THEATRE BUILDING, NEW YORK
918
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News is something that happens ! Most folks hear about
it but few SEE it ! If they could see it happen they would jump
at the chance — hearing about it only stimulates their desire to
see just w^hat did take place.
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
shows what happened as it happened when it happened. It's
big new^s in which all the w^orl d and his w^ife are interested, and
it's the day's news issued daily. That's why all the neighbor-
hood will come to your theatre to SEE what they've heard about.
It makes new^ patrons out of former passersby.
ATUNTA
Rhoda BKg.
NEW YSRK
115 E. 23rt St
CLEVEUND
622 PmpKt A».,S.E.
THE PATHE
1 CONGRESS STREET
SEATTLE
810 ThM An.
BOSTON
3 Treaont Row
PITTSBURGH
715 Liberty Ay«.
PORTLAND
392 BirluKe A«e.
OMAHA SAN FRANCISCO
1312 FajTiam St 67 Turk St
CHICAGO
5 So. Wabasb Ave.
PHIUDELPKIA
1235 Vine St
DAILY NEWS
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
SALT LAKE CITY
68 Sooth Main St
DALUS
Andrews BIdg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 LocDSt St
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7tll St
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St
WASHINGTON
7tll & E Sts., N. W.
DENVER
Nauao BIdg.
MINNEAPOLIS
4th II Hennepin Sti.
CINCINNATI
217 E. 5tll St
NEW ORLEANS
910 Gravler St
KANSAS CITY
928 Main St
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THE SIREN
Six reels which spell tragedy for an alluring woman and
the men she allures — fishermen to noblemen, her own
husband, too, are burnt in the flame she keeps burning on
the altar of her vanity. She fully senses her unusual power
over men and doesn't hesitate to use it, leaving a trail of
bitterness and desolated families behind her until a hand, not
a man's hand, reaches out from the wreck and snaps the
cord of her ill-fated career.
NICK WINTER
AND THE LOST PRINCE.
A 3 reel comedy drama continuing the adventures of the
great detective.
There is no other character shown on the screen who can
do so many different things in so many dift'erent ways. li
you have seen him you know that it is so. If you haven't
seen him you must do so in order to appreciate the remark-
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attempts of the law-breakers to trap the great detective.
Eclectic's 4-a-week
MONDAY — The Perils of Pauline, every two weeks. Short
Subjects alternate weeks.
TUESDAY — American one or two reel comedy.
WEDNESDAY — Super-excellent multiple reel production.
FRIDAY — Surpassing attraction of several reels.
THE ECLECTIC FILM COMPANY
now. 40th Street
New York City
"The Cream f,of American and European Studios"
JUL
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THE PERILS OF PAULINE
She has
more nerve than any girl
Pauline's only fault is that she's too courageous,
you've ever seen, in the films or out.
But it doesn't take any nerve on your part to give Pauline a run. She's as reliable as
the best pitcher in the league and draws as big a crowd. Even in the tightest of places
she's ready to step out on your screen with the same assurance of getting across, and re-
stores all the old confidence in yourself, and your patrons' confidence in you. A serial film
— each episode complete in itself.
YOU TAKE NO|GAMBLE ON PAULINE— SHE'S A SURE BET
THE MASHER'S MISHAP ".Szttlt^^^^
i^^.^<^*i[^ 3v Somebody else's mishap is always funny. The Masher's Mishap comes up to the
^^^^^^^^^ .nark, and the Eclectic marks for humor is getting ever harder to reach— the kind of
laughter that leaves wrinkles.
■117 ART ^® *''® P^'epared to furnish the following Multiple-reel Eclectic Features
'' *»•** • dealing with modem European warfare:
THE LAST VOLUNTEER— 6 Parts— Scenes of carnage at seat of Austrian-Servian' War.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH^t Parts— A tale of Franco-German warfare.
WAR IS HELL — 4 Parts — Showing the havoc wrought by air-craft — awful realism.
NAPOLEON — 5 Parts — Historical drama of the world's most famous warrior.
ALL LOVE EXCELLING— 3 Parts— Stirring scenes in the Crimean War.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM
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Rhodes Bldg. 3 Tremont Row 5 So. Wabash Ave.
EXCHANGES FOR YOUR
SAN FRANCISCO
67 Turk St.
PORTLAND
392 Bumside Ave.
NEW YORK PITTSBURGH
lis E. 23rd St. 71S Liberty Ave.
SALT LAKE CITY CLEVELAND
tS South Main St. 622 Prospect Av., S.E.
SEATTLE OMAHA
81* Third Ave. 1312 Famam St.
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40thlStreet
DALLAS
Andrews Bldg.
ST. LOUIS
3210 Locust St.
PHILADELPHIA
1235 Vine St.
LOS ANGELES
114 E. 7th St.
SYRACUSE
214 E. Fayette St.
WASHINGTON
7th 4 E Sts., N. W.
DENVER
Nassau BIdg.
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MINNEAPOLIS
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CINCINNATI
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NEW ORLEANS
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Everything of Interest to the
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THE MOST COMPLETE LIST OF THEATRE EQUIPMENT WITH PRICES AND DESCRIP-
TIONS PUBLISHED ANYWHERE. Neatly arranged, quickly accessible, with all repair parts for
machines printed on one page and numbered for convenience in ordering. From Taper Pin to Im-
ported Anastigmat Lens, from tickets to curtain, no item too small to be listed or too large to be
carried in stock in our three big warehouses.
THE KLEINE OPTICAL CO. is the largest and oldest wholesaler and retailer of motion picture
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for more than 15 years enables us to offer you all that is best in theatre equipment. Prompt service,
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THREE SPLENDID MONEY-GETTING SUBJECTS YOU
CAN HAVE RIGHT NOW !
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They're making money every minute — these three ! ! !
Call up any General Film Office (Special Feature Depart-
ment) and make a date !
We vouch for them absolutely ! From the standpoint of
story, photography and general dull-season possibilities,
we believe them to have no equals in inexpensive summer
attractions.
Let us suggest you try them.
ANNE BOLEYN
A story of the Second Wife of Henry VIII. Every School Child Knows
the History of Her Ill-Fated, Doom-Laden Marriage. Anne deposed Queen
Catherine, only to give way in time to the new Court Beauty, Jane Seymour.
The Courtship, Marriage and Death of Anne Boleyn is one of the Crudest,
Weirdest incidents in the annals of English History. As a Picture, It's a
WINNER! THREE PARTS
A KINGDOM AT STAKE
The Pretty Child Queen is Marked by Anarchists for Murder. But, Luckily,
her Native Sweetness wins the Heart of the Chief Conspirator, Her daily
Companion and Instructor. How the Plot failed How the well-meaning
but misguided revolutionists were condemned to Die, only to be pardoned
at the Eleventh Hour by their childish, loving little Monarch, makes, we
firmly believe, the most pleasing, dainty, thoroughly-charming hot weather
offering we have seen this summer. Already many theatres have cashed in
on "A Kingdom at Stake." Have You? THREE PARTS
OTHELLO
Truly a wonderful subject, made from the Divine Shakespearean Tragedy
of that Name. Staged at Venice, Italy, in the environment of the Original,
Following Closely the Thread of Shakespeare's Beautiful Story. But — And
Here's a Vital Point — You Need be no Shakespeare Student to enjoy the
wonders of his written story. All its dramatic power and intensity have been
retained three-fold in the film version. Again we say, A Truly Wonderful
Subject. You will find in it great box-office possibilities. If you haven't
booked it. Do It Now 1 FIVE PARTS
BOOKING NOW THROUGH
SPECIAL FEATURE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL FILM COMPANY
Complete line of Lithographs, Heralds and Photographs
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State Street, Chicago.
926
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MYSTERY OF THE OCTAGONAL ROOM
Tenth mystery in the "Chronicles of Cleek"
By Thomas W. Hanshew.
Squire Shadbolt's wife had disappeared. When Cleek arrived at the house and investigated he found
the body of Maurice Ward back of the panels in the Octagonal Room. The only apparent cause of his
death were some pricks in the skin of his hand. Could vou solve these mysteries? Cleek will.
To be released Tuesday, August 25tli
COMING EDISON RELEASES
Frida-v. August 21
The Gilded Kidd
Comedy 2000 feet
Saturday. .August 22
In Lieu of Damages
Drama 1000 feet
Monday, August 24
Nearly a Widow
Comedv 1000 feet
Tuesday. August 25
The Mystery of the Octagonal Room
Drama 1000 feet
Wednesday, August 26
The South African Mines
Scenic Descriptive 450 feet
Buster and His Goat
Comedy 550 feet
Friday, August 2S
The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner
Drama 2000 feet
Saturday, August 29
Treasure Trove
Drama 1000 feet
Monday, August 31
The Buxom Country Lass
Comedy 1000 feet
Order Edison posters of the Morgan Lithograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio, direct.
TRADE MARK
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239 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J.
Makers of the Edison Rinetoscope, Hodel "D."
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^he play that has touched a Million Hearts
KIT. THE ARKANSAW TRAVELER
A Three-Act production of the famous drama in which the late F. S. Chanfrau toured the country for
years. No mere stage production could ever show the sensational steamboat fire, the terrible bowie-knife duel in
the water and the other extraordinary events with the realism of this photoplay story. Such famous stars as Alice =
Hollister, Marguerite Courtot, Jere Austin and James B. Ross in this great story.
The „cenes of the 1, 3 and 6-Sheets will rivet attention und draw the crowds into your theatre
Other M oney=Tnaking Kalem Masterpiece Features
SHANNON OF THE SIXTH
A Stupendous Five-Act production of Edward E. Kidder's famous
drama, based upon the Sepoy Rebellion in India.
Two 1-Sheet, two 3-Sheet, two 8-Sheet Eind one 24-Sheet Posters.
FRANCIS MARION. "The Swamp Fox"
Marguerite Courtot and Guy Coombs in a Three-Act Story of
the American Revolution.
Striking scenes on the 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
THE DEATH SIGN AT HIGH NOON
A Three-Act Western classic featuring \V. H. West, Marin Sais,
Jane Wolfe and Paul Hurst.
Stirring events on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
THE. BOER WAR
A Five-Act Story of the struggle between Britain and Boer which
critics declare the most realistic war production ever filmed.
Two 1-Sheet, two 3-Sheet, two 8-Sheet ajid one 24-Sheet Posters.
A CELEBRATE.D CASE
Featuring Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot and Alice
Hollister in a Four-Act picturization of the famous drama.
1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters that attract attention
THE OTHER HALF OF THE NOTE"
An exciting Three-Act Story of a Secret Service detective's solu-
tion of a baffling smuggling mystery.
Superb 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters
WOLFE, or THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC
Every scene in this spectacular Five-Act historical drama produced in authentic locations in Canada. The battles of Montmorenci
Falls and Plains of Abraham, among the sensational events. Two 1-Sheet, two 3-Sbeet, two 8-Sheet and one 24-Sheet Posters.
Released through General Film Masterpiece Service
928
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LLJBIIM IVIA.STEFR^IEOES
(Released through the General Film Company's Special Service)
NOW BEING SHOWN WITH WONDERFUL SUCCESS
''THF WOI F " ^y Eugene Walter
■^ * " * ^ ■■ X^AJi f '•\^ beautiful a picture as was ever made" 6 REELS
Produced by Barry O'Neil and the notable Lubin All Star Cast.
"THE ERRING," »" George Terwilliger ^^^^^^^ ^^^^
A striking forceful drama of modem conditions.
TO BE RELEASED SOON
"THE FORTUNE HUNTER," ^^ ^'"'••'" 5™*
With WUliam Elliott, late star of "Madame X" Co.
"THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR," ^^ ^ ""*'''^ '^^""%'i,
A wonderful production with the famous Lubin All Star Cast.
"EAGLE'S NEST," By Edwi„ Arde„.
Produced in Beautiful Colorado, with Edwin Arden in leading role.
FIVE REGULAR RELEASES EACH WEEK
5 REELS
REELS
"HE WANTED WORK"
Split Reel Comedy Tuesday, August 11th
Terrible consequences of a negro trying to palm himself off as an
"THE COOK NEXT DOOR"
Split Reel Comedy Tuesday, August 11th
A cook becomes heiress, the folks try to humiliate her, but she
gets square.
"THE DOWNWARD PATH"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, August 12th
A stirring melodrama of evildoing, a wayward son's awful crime.
'THE HEART REBELLIOUS"
Two Reel Drama Thursday, August 13th
A worthy man innocently marries an adventuress and conquers
a rebellious spirit.
"LATIN BLOOD"
Drama Friday, August 14th
A drama of the Latin race, a misguided love and unfortunate
consequences.
"THEY BOUGHT A BOAT"
Split Reel Comedy Saturday, August 15th
Two boobs buy a cheap motor boat and have some sad experiences.
"THE PUNCTURE PROOF SOCK MAN"
Split Reel Comedy Saturday, August 15th
The inventor of a puncture proof sock gets into trouble by his
enthusiasm.
"BACK TO THE FARM"
Comedy Tuesday, August 18th
"THE DREAMER"
Two Reel Drama Wednesday, August 19th
"HIS BROTHER'S BLOOD"
Two Reel Drama Thursday, August 20th
"THE LOVE OF ORO SAN"
Drama Friday, August 21st
"SOMETIMES IT WORKS"
Split Reel Comedy Saturday, August 22d
"MAKING AUNTIE WELCOME"
Split Reel Comedy Saturday, August 22d
ismn
Special One, Three and Six Sheet Posters
Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office - - - 154 West Lake Street
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"Through Life's Window"
Drama Monday, Aug. 10th
To complete his wife's happiness he disappears from her life. She
remarries. Vnknown he gazes on her fulhllment of his wish and
dies happy. MAURICE COSTELLO in the lead.
"David Garrick"
Two Part Comedy-Drama
"The Horse Thief"
Drama
Thursday, Aug. 13th
That's what they call him. The posse are about to lynch him.
They learn the truth, congratulate him on becoming a lather and
give his child a substantial welcome. An all-star cast.
."
Tuesday, Aug. 11th
His acting wins the love of a beautiful girl. Complying with her
father's wish, he tries to destroy her love. He wins her father's
respect and consent to their marriage. CLJVRA KIMBALL YOUNG
with an all-star cast.
"The New Stenographer"
Comedy Wednesday, Aug. 12th
A "Silent Comedy," by J. Stuart Blackton, exactly as enacted 250
times on the stage of the Vitagraph Theatre, Broadway, New York
City, by FLORA FINCH, ETIENNE GIRARDOT, HUGHIE MACK,
WALLY VAN, LILLIAN WALKER and ALBERT ROCCARDI.
"Polishing Up'
Vita-Laugh Comedy
Friday, Aug. 14th
BUNNY goes away to improve his manners. FLORA FINCH, his
wife, does the same. They hide it from each other. They suddenly
meet in the midst of new associations and something happens that
proves a surprise.
"The Wheat and the Tares"
Two Part Drama Saturday, Aug. 15th
A perjurer sends an innocent man to prison. He is foiled bv an
unexpected confession. His victims are recompensed and everybody
rejoices in his downfall. JAMES MORRISON, DOROTHY KELLY
and GEORGE COOPER are the principals.
SIX A WEEK
"PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN"
MUitary Drama MONDAY, AUG. 17
"AN INNOCENT DELILAH"
Two-Part Drama TUESDAY AUG. U
"TAKEN BY STORM"
Comedy WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19
"THE WOES OF A WAITRESS"
Drama THURSDAY, AUG. 2«
"THE HONEYMOONERS"
Comedy FRIDAY, AUG. 21
"ULY OF THE VALLEY"
Two-Part Drama ..SATURDAY, AUG. 22
VITAGRAPH ONE, THREE AND SIX-SHEET POSTERS.
The Vitagraph Co. of America, E. 15th St. and Locust Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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"GOODNESS GRACIOUS"
"MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK"
"LOVE, kl^S'^ GASOLENE"
''CAPTAIN ALVAREZ"
'SHADOWS OF THE PAST"
'•:m- BINGLES' MELODRAMA"
THE POPULAR VITAGRAPH STAR
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
ASSISTED BY EARLE WILLIAMS, HARRY MOREY,
L. ROGERS LYTTON AND STAR CAST IN
"MY OFFICIAL WIFE "
BY RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE
THE MOST STUPENDOUS DRAMA OF RUSSIAN
LIFE EVER FILMED. 5 THRILLING PARTS
ANOTHER OF THOSE FAMOUS B. S. F. COMEDIES
BY MARGUERITE BERTSCH
"UNCLE BILL"
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THE PRIMITIVE INSTINCT
Featuring Marin Sais in a strikingly original Two-Act Drama
Elena's dream; the primitive man's attack upon a lion; the father's rescue of his babe from the raging flames,
just a few of the incidents which make this one of the most remarkable productions of the year.
Released Monday, August 24th. Scenes that instantly rivet attention on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
m The Counterfeiter's Plot
I The Secret Service detectives' midnight attack
I upon the counterfeiters' den and the deadly battle
I in the dark, bring this to a sensational climax.
I Released Tuesday, August 25th. Striking 1 and 3-Sheets
B When Men Wear Skirts
Ruth Roland as the poor-but-
honest barber who loves the bash-
ful manicurist (Marshal Neilan)
makes every foot of this burlesque
a roar.
Released Friday, August 28th.
The Cave of Death
Princess Mona Darkfeather in a Two-Act Western
Drama.
With upraised knife, the Indian crouches above the
cave, waiting for his foe to emerge. Unca saves her
sweetheart — but at a cost which will wring a gasp from
spectators.
Released Wednesday, August 26th.
Superb 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
The Car of Death
Helen Holmes in a Railroad Drama.
With the speed of a deer, Kate rushes down the
track to derail the dynamite car which menaces the
picnic train. The explosion which follows is tremen-
dously exciting.
Released Saturday, August 29th. Attention-attracting
1 and 3-Sheets.
KALEM COMPANY, 235=9 West 23d St., New York
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Facts and Comments
THE most outrageous governmental interference
with motion pictures, far surpassing even the dras-
tic regulations of Russia, is suffered by the ex-
hibitors in British Columbia. A friend and reader of
The Movixg Picture World in Vancouver has sent
us a copy of these "Regulations." The licenses are ex-
cessive. As our correspondent says, "Some of the picture
shows here have to pay a fee which amounts to about
$225 per year." An exhibitor is liable to a fine and pos-
sibly loss of license if he displays a film showing the
approval of other censors than censors of British Co-
lumbia. The government makes it a crime to display
other than censored films, but declines to be responsible
for what happens to the films while they are waiting for
inspection. If they are burnt up or torn or injured in
any way whatever the exhibitor or the exchange, as the
case may be, has to bear the loss. A special approval of
the censors is required for the use of "phonographic or
talking machine records or similar contrivances for the
reproduction of sound." The words or sounds are as
much subject to censorship as the pictures. Even
churches conducting a motion picture entertainment are
taxed ten dollars, the same fee bfing exacted Of sho>vs
given by educational institutions "or in aid of charitable
work." The operator and the "apprentice operator" do
not escape; tliey have to pay an annual license too.
Particularly foolish and severe seem to be the regula-
tions governing the licensing of film f.xchangcs. The gen-
eral licen.sc for film exchanges is three hundred dollars.
An exchange paying this fee may have as many reels as
it wants to [)Ut on its shelves. An exchange handling
only ten feature subjects is taxed only fifty dollars. This
of course enables an outsider to come into the territory
with ten features at a time and "clean up" in competition
with the man who is a resident of the province and pays
six times this tax. The exhibitors in this Canadian prov-
ince have no organization, and this hostile legislation,
almost confiscatory in its character, was enacted without
the slightest opposition of the exhibitors. We cannot
think of a greater object lesson to exhibitors who have
so far done nothing toward organizing and co-operating.
THE war now in jirogress in Europe will undoubt-
edl\- aft'cct the film situation here. Even now, be-
fore there has been any serious clash, communi-
cation between the two continents has been greatly
disturbed and a blockade of European ports in the course
of the conflict will exclude the bulk of European im-
portations for some time to come. .As the export of films
goes principally to England, and as England is in a posi-
tion to guard and convoy her commerce, the loss in ex-
ports may not be very serious. Inasmuch as we have
in the past suffered from an overimportation of cheap
features so-called the situation is not without its com-
pensating advantages.
IN many of our first-class theatres features consist-
ing of more than one reel are now put on without
any intermission whatever. The consoling assur-
ances at the end of each thousand feet that "the next
part will follow immediately" are cut out and instead
of a promise there is the immediate performance. It is
of course ever so much better to present a great feature
as a whole rather than in pieces. This applies we think
to all features under six thousand feet. \Miere the fea-
ture exceeds this length a pause like the interval between
two long acts is appropriate, but we ought to get away
from the ancient phraseology such as : "One Minute
While We Change the Reel." The old clumsy and un-
dignified way of presenting a multiple reel still obtains,
we are sorry to say, in even some of our best theatres
in this city and always takes away from the real merit
of the performance. Let us get away from measuring
films of quality as if the strips of celluloid which record
so much art and effort were simply merchandise like
cloth or ribbons.
MANY exhibitors in the states afflicted with cen-
sorship complain to us of the habit of legal cen-
sors who distribute passes to their friends,
wholesale and retail. To put it mildly, we consider such
acts on the part of the censors a high-handed proceeding.
There is not, as we read the laws, the slightest legal
warrant for any such action. In Pennsylvania scores and
more than scores of "inspectors" are appointed who are
wholly unknown to the law. These men and women are
presented with free admissions at the expense of the ex-
hibitor. We are glad to learn that some of the exhibitors
in Philadelphia have declined to recognize these passes.
If these exhibitors stand firm, as we beheve they will,
the matter is bound to get into the courts, and we have
no doubt whatever that the final outcome will be in favor
of the exhibitors. We OHght to resist pett)' abyses of this
nature to the utmost,
932
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Organized Exhibitors
By W. Stephen Bush.
T
HE idea seems to prevail in some offices that
censorship is merely a topic of discussion, an
argument as it were in a moot-court, a sort of
target for theoretic spitballs. There is a tendencj', too,
in certain quarters, to regard much discussion of cen-
sorship as inopporune, and this extreme willingness to
avoid further warfare upon censorship is especially
strong on the part of the iDeaten sponsors of censorship.
It is quite plain that the movement for imposing taxes
and restrictions on motion pictures has received a check :
it threatened to pass Congress when at the critical mo-
ment The Moving Picture \\'orld halted its progress.
Another powerful blow at censorship was delivered at
Dayton when the convention declared against censorship
of every kind. Now that the spectre of censorship
looms less horribly than it did some months ago the
movement for genuine co-operative organization among
the exhibitors has grown with encouraging swiftness.
From letters at this office and from interviews with the
new president of the League and state presidents it is
jiretty clear that the League has a future of the greatest
usefulness before it.
• In the two states where official censorship exists an
active campaign for a repeal of the obnoxious, un-
.\merican laws is under way. The anti-censorshi]) senti-
ment is the strongest possible cement for binding the ex-
hibitors together and uniting them in one common or-
ganization. The need of the hour is the strong state or-
ganization. These organizations will become more rep-
resentative, including the exhibitors in every state who
have achieved success in their profession, who stand
high in the esteem of their communities and who enjoy
the confidence of their brother exhibitors. We cannot
help commending the idea of the president of the organ-
ized exhibitors of Pennsylvania, who intends to organize
the state by counties. With slight modifications, due to
less densely populated territories, the same plan might
well be followed in every state.
One of the" obstacles in the successful agitation for
union has been the neglect or indifference of exhibitors
in paying their per capita tax. The cause in large part
of this neglect or refusal has been a widespread distrust
and apathy caused by the advocates of censorship who
controlled the working machinery of the national organi-
zation. Now that this cause for distrust has been re-
moved there is every reason to believe that the per capita
tax will be paid with more readiness. Owing to the
prominence of politics within the organization the ex-
hibitor hesitated to lend an active and enthusiastic sup-
port. He found it difficult to understand why he should
contribute. The benefits he had a right to expect from
his membership in the national organization were invis-
ible to the naked eye. The plans of President Pearce
are for the elimination of politics of any sort and for
constructive, useful work. With the united support of
strong and representative state organizations he hopes
to be able to start a Bureau of Assistance, such as has
often been advocated in these columns. It is proposed to
accumulate valuable information at headquarters ; a li-
brary for the exhibitor as it were. A digest of the laws
touching motion pictures in every state is to be prepared
and plenty of data are to be gathered which may be sent
to the exhibitor who is fighting legal oppression of any
kind, whether it spells censorship or fanatical restriction
on the modern Sunday or hostile and confiscatory legis-
lation of any kind. In time a legal bureau mav be created
which specializes in all the problems aft'ecting motion
picture interests equipped with able counsel ready to go
to any threatened point and do special service in co-op-
eration with local counsel. After all, the exhibitor has
a right to know why he should pay a per capita tax to
the national organization. Once you convince him that
the money is used for the benefit of the whole organiza-
tion and that he derives at least an indirect advantage
from it he will be quite willing to contribute.
Before we can have a powerful and valuable national
organization we must have large and representative state
organizations. \\'hatever direct and tangible benefits
come to the exhibitor just at this moment come neces-
sarily through the activity of state organization. Looking
over the state organizations as they now exist one can-
not help noticing that their membership is small in pro-
portion to the lunnbers of existing exhibitors in any given
state. There are, roughly speaking, about fifteen thou-
sand reg^llar e.xhihitors in the United States. Allowing
for small theatres, which change their owners more fre-
quently, and making other deductions, an estimate of
twelve thousand is rather conservative. How many of
these twelve thousand do now belong to the League'
How many representatives have been active in the ranks
within the last twelve months ? The answers to these
questions can be easily given by any one even slightly
familiar with the facts. The Moving Picture World
was the first newspaper to urge the advantages of or-
ganization upon exhibitors. Columns upon columns of
this pa])er have been devoted to advocating the promotion
of organization. If until now the^e advantages ha\e
scarcelv been felt by the exhibitors the cause must be
sought in poor leadership. \\'ith a new regime the im-
provement ought to be great and immediate. The aiiu
of the new president is to increase membership. He has
never been identified with any faction and has always
been an uncompromising foe of censorship. He has in
an extraordinary degree the confidence of the community
in which he has resided practically all of his life. His
firm was one of the earliest pioneers in motion pictures
in the South, and the old firm name Pearce & Schreck
was always popular with exhibitors. ]\Ir. Pearce is con-
du( ting and has conducted motion picture houses of
splendid repute. He is a practical man and in thorough
sympathy with the needs and problems of his fellow ex-
hibitors. He realizes that by far the larger part of the
state organizations stand in need of strengthening and
he is anxious to do his share toward this all-important
work.
This is the day of the exhibitors' great opportunity,
and the time to start the new constructive work is the
present moment. The new president believes in friendly
relations between the exhibitors and the other branches
of the industry. The idea that the interest of the exhibi-
tor is inconsistent with a friendly attitude toward ex-
change and producer is a most pernicious notion and
should never have been encouraged. There has been_ a
growing mutual s}Tnpathy between exhibitor and dis-
tributor and producer, greater and more real to-day than
ever before in the history of motion pictures. Kine-
matography is like a big tree one cannot injure any part
of the tree without hurting the tree itself.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
933
Screen Stories
.oris Ri;k\i;s IIakrison.
WHAT is more attractive, wiial more misunder-
stood than the story? From earliest times it
has been handed down to us, passing from
generation to generation, through unnumbered centuries,
as universally loved today as it was before poets per-
fected its form. We can go back beyond the dark ages
and find the essence of poetic legend in those archives
l)erpetual, mental storehouses of iieople, as replete with
thought and feeling as in modern limes. .The one artis-
tic expression ot life that has known few modifications
of sentiment, whatever its changes of form, is the story.
It may have gradually acquired strength and intellection
— it may gain artistic truth and beauty on the screen
— but it still tints the gray activities of life with the
bright and varied hues of imagination, just as it al-
ways has done.
Let us acknowledge the moral importance of every
material law, especially where it is considered in re-
lation to the ends of human existence. I^et us bow to
all the precepts that guided us through the intricacies
of conduct. Let us not detract in the least from those
basal principles which have served to indicate how we
must live if we would be of some use to ourselves and
to society. I\Ioral culture is, however, not the result
of any single influence, and the influence most likely to
be of power with us is that to which we incline, the
one which comes nearest to possessing a universal charm.
Is it not the story? Does it not appeal to what comes
nearest to being innate morality, a sense of justice and
injustice that is very keen among children? Is not an
interesting experience of what is best in human life
quite as effective ethically as preachment?
\Miat is there more difficult to teach, for instance, than
love of kin. That sentiment must spring straight from
the spirit within us. There is little need of telling a
loyal heart what it should feel, but how that feeling
should be manifested is quite another matter. For in-
-stance, a screen story showing the delightful courtesy
displayed in entertaining friends and acquaintances and
the indift'erence to courtesy among members of a family,
where coarseness irritates and irritability is gi\en free
vent, would have the power of example. \Miat greater
force is there in education than example? In the strug-
gle for supremacy that constitutes life there is a con-
tagion caught by those down in the struggle from those
who are succeeding. The right sort of a screen story has
a similar eft'ect, for the right sort depicts a great character
whose ideals are communicated to the audience.
Plays without a single great character in them, such
as I am often called upon to review and expected to
praise because of adequate treatment, are really useless.
They do not enlist common sympathy, and they may
lead to a fatal separation between thought and feeling.
The element of feeling, so essential to success in a
drama, is really a means to an end, and that end is a
vigorous assertion of character representing one or an-
other fine attribute, hence the heart should be quickened
in a drama of the mind's illumination. I lay stress on
characterization because, in a-ny expression of life, the
chief study of mankind is man. We should show- what
man has done and what he can do, particularly in acute
moments, when his full energies and nobility are called
forth, in order to lay hold of that first essential to dra-
matic success, interest.
The whole drift of screen stories that win is ethical.
The villain inevitably co-operates in his doom. The man-
ly hero overcomes cowardice in himself and brutal
egotism in others to the end that womanhood and child-
hood should be protected and justice done to human-
kind. Such is the general tendency of popular plays,
though it ma_\- be covered by sensational incident or
comedy entertainment to keep moralizing out of sight.
Mere i)ortrayal of evil, such as that in vice pictures,
does not win because it repels popular sentiment, even
when it sup])lies material for thought. The bideousness
of vice is valuable in proportion to its apijlication in sus-
taining what is best in the whole of our lives. The story
that is purposeless causes the true purpose of great
stories to be misunderstood.
The story has come to be lightly regarded as what is
merel)- entertaining, irrespective of truth in its details.
That is because it is told in action and without moral
precepts. It really oft'ers the charm of variety by its
presentation of what is good and bad in human nature
and comes nearer the truth than the most monotonously
good sermon ever preached. The basal elements of hu-
man nature are not in accord with any code of morals ;
they are usually in revolt against codes of all kinds, and
are attracted by what beautifies, charms and delights.
We love the story because it dri\-es home its point by
enlivening example. Through the poet, through the nov-
elist, we have been able to see all the variegated colors
of human character as sunlight is split up by the spec-
trum. We recoil from the sermon, whether of the pul-
pit or the parent, and go to the font that satisfies our
thirst as to the heart of Mother Nature for emotional
stimulus and mental vigor, to our well-loved story.
The lack in most screen stories is that of sincerity.
Thev are written for what they will bring rather than
for what they can give. It has been a matter of surprise
to producers that I refuse to prepare this or that drama
for visualization, particularly when it has done fairly
well on the stage. A great deal that is false and mis-
leading has been profitable in theatres, but I refuse to
perpetuate what is of no further value and particularly
what is an error in the light of modern knowledge. .Any
dramatist may be wrong in his premises or misled by
them, but he will more surely carry conviction if he
writes what he believes to be true or in accord with the
best authorities to be found. Nothing convinces that
is not founded on conviction, and I have no patience with
retelling a story on the screen in anything like the man-
ner of its stage presentation. Such methods are as inane
as would be an attempt to reproduce the structure of a
novel on the stage.
This New Art is far enough advanced to stand on
its own foundation for popularity and to develop along
lines best suited to its requirements. It is time for tal-
ented dramatists and gifted novelists to forget fonn
and treatment in the older arts and prepare a story for
visualization so that the director can produce it as writ-
ten. \\'hatever changes are to be made for its improve-
ment can be worked out before scene rehearsals begin,
so that the idiocy of making up the story while "going
along" will be forever eliminated from high-class pro-
ductions. The plans of the architect should be perfected
before contractors get on the job, so that the completed
structure will be admirable in all of its proportions, a,
splendid interpretation of hutuati life.
934
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Censors Defied
"John Barleycorn," Unblessed of Censors Showing in Gar-
rick Theater at Philadelphia— Managers Wait in
Vain for Patrol Wagon — J. Louis Breitinger
Threatens— That's ALL.
By W. Stephen Bush.
PHILADELPHIA has now furnished ample proof of the
fact that a weak law unsupported by public sentiment
cannot be enforced. Up to the time of going to press
the uncensored pictures known as "John Barleycorn'' were
being shown at the classic Garrick Theater, Chestnut and
Broad streets, without any let or hindrance by the authori-
ties, charged with the enforcement of the censorship law.
The exhibition went on not only without the official appro-
bation of J. Louis Breitinger, who is head censor hereabouts,
but in clean, open and blithesome defiance of that more or
less redoubtable official.
The exhibition opened very close to schedule time, 11
A. M. Monday, August 3. W. E. Smith, who represents the
Paramount Picture Corporation in Philadelphia, C. H.
Pierce, the special envoj' of Bosworth personally and Bos-
worth, Inc., and also of Frank A. Garbutt displayed them-
selves publicly and invitingly, courting apprehension and
longing for the patrol-wagon, but both of them were sin-
cerely disappointed.
Smith, as well as F'ierce, had a crown of martyrdom cun-
ningly concealed about his person, but the precious emblem
went dusty before the day was out. The censor failing to
act, disappointed their fondest hopes.
Ripples of Excitement.
The day was not entirely uneventful. The humid and
Iieavy atmosphere which prevails in Philadelphia in mid-
summer, even on the river and on the roof gardens, was
somewhat enlivened by an incident which occurred around
noon. A dapper young man called upon Smith, telling him
that he came from Police headquarters and was the Secre-
tary of the Superintendent of Police. The hopes of Mr.
Smith rose high. He looked around for tlic telephone book
to notify his bondsman. Mr. Pierce then appeared in the
oflfin,g. and learning of the identity of the caller looked as
criminal as possible. .Alas! the young man wanted nothing
more than two seats for the night performance. He went
away smilingly while Smith and Pierce were quite discon-
solate and wandered into the adjoining drug store to drink
a few grape-juice cocktails in honor of "John Barleycorn."
Again, in the evening, something happened which for the
moment threw us all into an ecstacy of anticipation. .\ man
who, by his appearance, might have been a rustic Sherlock
Holmes, presented one of the celebrated blue cards which
Mr. Breitinger distributes with such sweeping generosity
in and about Philadelphia. The blue card bore a legend set-
ting forth that the bearer thereof was an inspector under
the authority of the Board of Censors and must be admitted
into the show forthwith. Pierce and Smith had a minute
before the appearance of this man registered a solemn vow
that they would utterly ignore any of the "Breitinger Blue
Cards." Mr. Pierce, in his blandest manner, started to in-
form the man that his card would be good only if reinforced
by the regular price of admission. It was then that the
mysterious stranger revealed his relationship to J. Louis
Breitinger.
"I am," he said, "a cousin of Mr. Breitinger and Breitinger
is my name." Pierce and Smith exchanged significant
glances, as if they would say "The Hour Has Come."
Nothing happened, however. The cousin passed into the
theater and although I joined in the wait for his return he
simply escaped us.
Comments on J. Louis Breitinger.
Even then, however, we were slow to give up hope. It
was near midnight when Pierce and Smith at last retired
unpunished, and alas, even unarrested. They had a camera
man ready to make a record of the first censorship arrest,
but his services were not required. It is possible, though
by no means probable that arrests will follow in the near
future. While waiting for something to turn up the methods
and policies of J. Louis Breitinger were the theme of in-
terested discussion in the fine, spacious lobby of this noble
theater.
Said one well-known exchange man: "I wish I knew
Breitinger's office hours, but they seem to be kept more or
less secret. He examines, or fails to examine reels just as
exactly as he pleases. It often happens that I am under
contract to deliver a certain feature on a certain day, but
my explanation of this circumstance never seems to move
Breitinggr.. I ail) rfoing alj I can to comply with the law;
my certified check for the examination fee and my applica-
tion blank go to Harrisburg at the earliest possible moment,
but this does not seem to facilitate matters in Breitinger's
office. Up to a few days a.go we did not even get a receipt
for the reels which we delivered to him, and we get no
written record of his approval when he is g:raciously pleased
to bestow his approval. I guess, sometimes, he forgets
that he has examined and approved a film. In one case an
assistant in my office brought back word to me that Breit-
inger had approved a certain film. I then sent the film on
a circuit only to get a letter from Breitinger warning me
that I was releasing a film which he had neither seen nor
approved. I wonder what kind of bookkeeping he does and
whether he keeps a record of his work. Why, only a day
or two ago, he returned a reel with his verbal approval and
I at once put it on the screen. After the picture had been
running for a few days he sent word that he must see it
again. .\s far as I know the law requires Breitinger to ex-
amine films but he seems to delegate considerable part of
this work to others, among them a callow youth whom I
met in his office the other day. The idea of this young man
passing upon the entertainment of his elders struck me as
particularly amusing, and I made bold to ask him whether
he expected to tell his parents what shows thev might
safely attend. The young man thereupon burst into a pro-
longed fit of indignation and I discreetly withdrew."
Character of the Audience.
One of the unique features of this uncensored exhibition
m Philadelphia was the character of the audience which had
come to attend the performance. The audience consisted
of the finest types of the city noted for its .genuine .\merican-
ism. Men and women in about equal proportions watched
the picture with the close attention which is frequently more
eloquent of approval than a burst of applause. The manner
and the language of the audience, as I saw them file into the
theater, bespoke good breeding and refinement. The be-
havior of the audience in the theater itself reminded one of
the best traditions in the classic show houses of the coun-
try. Ninety per cent, of the spectators reported approval
of the film as a moral lesson on especially prepared ballots
wliich were handed to them in the lobby, as they passed out.
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the picture as a
moral lesson. \'ery close to 2,000 persons saw the picture
on Monday and the bo.x-office receipts were highly satisfac-
tory.
The prices were 25 and 50 cents for the night performance
and 25 cents for the matinee, which means breaking records
in a city like Philadelphia where the nickel is still the pre-
vailing price of admission. Among the patrons were nu-
merous well known doctors, clergymen of all denominations
and many social workers. These latter had been invited to
attend tlie show at the expense of the management.
Why No Arrest Was Made.
Breitinger must have realized the danger of making an
arrest under the existing circumstances. If the law were
defied he knew it was being defied with the active encour-
agement of the best people in Pliiladelphia. It was quite
plain to him that the embodiment of a vicious principle can
be stronger than the principle itself and instinctively per-
haps he retired, figuratively speaking, behind the lofty bar-
riers of his official dignity, keeping an impressive, and more
or less dignified silence. A few days before the exhibition,
and on the first day of the performance, Breitinger was pur-
sued by reporters who demanded to know what he was
going to do if "John Barleycorn" was shown without his
official "O. K." He is said to have replied to some that the
eliminations demanded by him had been carried out. If
he was correctly reported, he is evidently mistaken, because
the managers of the exhibition laid special stress on the fact
that no attention whatever had been paid to his orders.
.•\nother reported him as saying "tliat he would not inter-
fere with the performance until the Court of Common Pleas
had passed upon the constitutionality of the law." I tried
to reach Breitinger myself but he had left in the early part
of the afternoon, it was said, for Atlantic City.
Probable Effect of Breitinger's Failure to Act
Exhibitors all over the State of Pennsylvania, and in-
deed, all over the L^nited States, cannot help drawing the
conclusion that Censorship of every kind and description is
weak and foolish and cannot resist the attack of Common
Sense coupled with courage. The city of Philadelphia and,
indeed, the State of Pennsylvania, has been filled with
strange rumors about an understanding, or a sort of al-
liance between Breitinger and certain groups of the or-
ganized producers, or rather their representatives in this
territory. It has been stated that one of these groups is
paying for the rent of the Philadelphia projection room,
THE MOVING PICTURE WURLD
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where Breitingcr insists all films examined in I'liilailelpliia
must be taken. Rumor has it that even tlie ice water and
the services of an electrician are paid for in this way. No-
hody knows how many films lireitinger himself examines,
hut it is well known that some features come out of his
office and are approved in the twinkling of an eye, while
others have to wait for some time. It is said, that at least
on one occasion, the examination of certain films then on
the screen were intcrruiited to make way for another brand
of film. This may be perfectly jjropi-r and entirely within
the discretion of the censor, l)ut it naturally gives rise to
comment. With this uncensored exhibition .going on in
the (iarrick Theater the prestige and iiilluence of Brcitinger
as a conscientious and fearless othcial may suffer. The
friendly understandings and alliances may come to an end.
Press Strong Against Censorship.
The press of I'hiladclpliia is unanimous in its opposition
to censorship. The North .\merican, a notable advocate
of local option, claims that Breitingcr and a relative and
naTnesake in the same otiice with him have on more than
one occasion represented powerful licpior interests. The
inference is drawn that Britinger might be somewhat pre-
judiced in judging sucli a film as "John Barleycorn." It is
only fair to Breitingcr to say that there is little if any evi-
dence to show that he represents liquor interests. It is im-
possible to say whether his professional affiliations have in
any way influenced his action as a censor. The legal men
licliind this fight are strongly of the opinion that Breitingcr
would not have a leg to stand upon if he attempted to bring
the promoters of this uncensored exhibition into court.
I'rom information which has reached me from reliable
sources I believe that an attempt is to be made to smoke out
the censors in Ohio somewhat in tlie same fashion which
seems so effective in Pennsylvania. "John Barleycorn" will
be shown without the permission of the Ohio censors. If
an arrest follows, public opinion, it is expected, will be ar-
rayed against censorship and strengthen the demand for the
repeal of the obnoxious Ohio law.
Making and Breaking Laws
How One City Won Its Fight Against the Sunday Closing
Law — A Familiar Story of Political Conniving.
S-UNDAY performances in theaters were made an issue
in Wenatchee, Washington, a thriving city of 5,000 in-
hibitants, and after contests in court and at the polls
the playhouses now do business on Sabbath days. The
court litigation, which involved the constitutionality of the
city ordinance forbidding performances and motion pic-
tures on Sunday's, was decided against the theatrical pro-
prietors; but they won their case before the people at a spe-
cial election which recalled from office a majority of the
council that enacted the so-called Sunday-closing law, and
in the places of the ousted officials there were chosen suc-
cessors who repealed the obiioxious legislation.
The Sunday theater opponents, prompted by two or three
clergymen, organized themselves secretly: and, at the regu-
lar municipal election last December, there were council-
manic candidates who had pledged themselves, unknown to
the public, to support a Sunday-closing ordinance. When
the newly-elected council, which consisted of seven mem-
bers, was installed earlv in January, two of the officials
were found to be committed to closing theaters on Sundays.
These two were helpless by themselves, but one of them,
guided by a minister of the gospel, at once interested him-
self in a series of trades that eventually resulted in the
enactment of his desired Sunday-closing law.
To get support for the anti-theater bill, this conniving
councilman pledged himself to vote for the removal from
office of the incuiiibent chief of police, and in return there
was given the Sunday-closing measure the support of two
other councilmen, one of whom was a personal enemy of
the chief of police and the other of whom expected his
father-in-law would be chosen as the new chief. With the
two councilmen who were originally favorable to the anti-
theater law and the two who were influenced by the trade
on the chief of oolice, there were four councilmen, a ma-
jority of one, ready to enact the Sunday-closing measure:
hut. as the mayor was known to be ooposed to such legisla-
tion and was sure to veto it, another councilman was re-
quired in support of the hill, so there would be five affirma-
tive votes — two-thirds of the council — sufiicient to pass the
law over the executive's veto. Accordingly a councilrnan
who sought the position of assistant city engineer for him-
self and who. to achieve his purpose, wanted a personal
friend made city engineer, was persuaded to support the
Sunday-closing bill in consideration that he should be al-
lowed to name the city engineer.
liy live against two votes, the anti-theater aw was enact-
ed h'ebruary 4. It was vetoed by the mayor who, in his
message, staled that the ordinance was inspired by a few
clergymen who e.\pected its enforcement would increase the
attendance and donations at church services. It was passed
over the mayor's veto, it became law. The theaters closed
.Sundays.
Thereupon, J. E. Ferguson, of the Wenatchee theater, the
leading motion picture and the only vaudeville house in the
city, started suit in court to test the constitutionality t>l the
ordinance and at the same time, under the law of the state
of Washington, he initiated a movement for the recall of
four of the five councilmen that voted to enact the Sunday-
closing law.
The litigation over the constitutionality of the ordinance
dragged slowly. The validity of the enactment was upheld
ill tlie superior court, froin which an appeal was taken by
Mr. Ferguson to the state supreme court. The supreme
court, late in May, likewise found in favor of the legality
of the law.
Separate, however, from the litigation involving the con-
stitutionality of the ordinance, ))ut almost as dilatory, was
the movement for the recall of the four councilmen. They
and the subordinate city oflicials, such as tlie city clerk and
the city attorney, resorted to all sorts of tactics to delay
and defeat the recall proceedings.
The charge against the four councilmen was vote-trading,
and this was alleged to be such misfeasance and malfeas-
ance in ofiice as to warrant their recall. The city clerk, act-
ing on the advice of the city attorney, refused to regard
vote-trading as either misfeasance or malfeasance and de-
clined to issue blank recall petitions. Thereupon, Mr. Fer-
.guson, through his lawyers, applied to the superior court for
a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk to issue the peti-
tions. Following the hearing on the application, the court
held that the trading of votes had been generally instead of
particularly set forth, and that the clerk, in the absence of
detailed allegations regarding the trading of votes, was
justified in declining to issue bank recall petitions.
The charge was amended to meet the view of the court,
and was a second time presented to the clerk. He again
refused to issue the petitions. He was mandamused again,
but this time, on a change of venue, before another judge,
who held the charge sufficient.
As a consequence, the clerk had to issue the petitions.
Within a week after he did so, thev were i-eturned to him
with enough signatures to justify the calling of an elec-
tion. At this juncture, one of the accused councilmen re-
signed office, and the other three accused councilmen went
before a third superior court judge for an injunction to re-
strain the clerk from setting a date for the election, their
plea being the same as was involved in the previous hear-
ings— the insufficiency of the charge. In this action of the
councilmen against the clerk they were represented by a
private, and he by the city attorney. The plan of both
sides was for the city attorney to inake a losing defense
for the clerk. Both sides vigorously resisted the entrance
of Mr. Ferguson's lawyers into the case, but the judge
recognized them as "friends of the court." The charge was
again held sufficient, and the judge, though the councilmen
took an appeal, refused to sta3% pending the appeal, the call-
ing of the election. The clerk fixed the date as far away as
he possibly could under the law — May 5.
When the election was held, the appeal of the councilmen
was still pending in the supreme court. Ultimately, the ap-
pellate tribunal decided against them, thereby establishing
a precedent — namely, that vote-trading is malfeasance and
and offense of such gravity as to warrant removal from of-
fice. At the polls, on May 5. by an overwhelming vote,
the councilmen were recalled from office.
In the places of the resigned councilman and the three
recalled councilmen. successors were named who immedi-
ately repealed the Sunday-closing ordinance.
The theaters have larger attendance Sunday evening than
any other evening in the week. But Sunday business will
have to be mighty good a long time before Mr. Ferguson
recoups the expenditures he made over a period of five
months to test the constitutionality of the closinglaw and
to bring about the recall election. Altogether, his outlay
amounted to $1,200 for attorney fees, court costs and election
expenses, and to offset this sum he received in voluntary
contributions.
MINDIL HAS PUBLICITY OFFICE.
Philip :Mindil. who organized the publicity of the Mutual
Film Corporation and who, according to Roy McCardell, of
the New York World, "found press agentry a trade and
raised it to an exact science." has opened a general publicity
office of his own in the Times Building. New York. Asso-
ciated with him is Robert S. Doman.
936
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Avenging Conscience"
D. W. Griffith's Remarkable Production in Six Parts for the
Mutual Film Corporation Reflects the Spirit of Poe.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
The Nephew Henry B. VVahhall
The Uncle Spottiswoode Aiken
The Sweetheart Blanche Sweet
The Italian George Seigman
The Detective Ralph Lewis
GRIFFITH has absorbed the whole spirit of Edgar Allen
Poe and reflected it in "Avenging Conscience." Foe's
remarkable genius, his rejection of customary forms,
liis crystalline imagery, his gloom, his grandeur, his abrupt
transitions from scenes of exquisite beauty to those of ghast-
ly horror, all the spell that transports us from the baseless
fabric of a delicious dream to common and hideous reality,
the marvels of his powers of contrast, dwelling one moment
in a heaven of ideals and another in a hell of mental torture,
are reproduced with marvelous fidelity on the screen. Grif-
Scene from "Avenging Conscience" (Reliance).
fith exhibits not only a sympathetic understanding of his
subject from start to finish, but seems deeply sincere in his
effort to perpetuate the genius of a man too harshly criticised
liecause of his private errors, too little praised until this late
day for his splendid public service.
"Through many a night of want and woe
His frenzied spirit wandered wild
Till kind disaster laid him low
."Xnd Heaven reclaimed its wayward cliild.
Through many a year his fame has grown —
Like midnight, vast, like starlight sweet.
Till now his genius fills a throne
And nations marvel at his feet."
Eliminating from our minds the harsh opinions of what
was the once popular conception of the man, one has only to
look at portraits of Poe to feel that his dreamy soul was a
sad one. His face is the embodiment of tragedy, with some-
thing of the dark fatalism in it that marked the countenance
of Edwin Booth. His face is that of a poet, but drawn away
from its mental sweetness by physical tendencies that are at
once sensual, sorrowful and sepulchral.
It is so with "Avenging Conscience." Delighting you with
its flashes of exquisite beauty at one' moment, the very es-
sence of spiritual charm, it moves you at another to pity
and then to horror.
I can very easily see how such a photodrama would baft'le
a critic whose knowledge of Poe's works was either vague
or superficial, but it did not baffle the vast audience that sat
spellbound at the Strand during an appropriate presentation
of the work. I feared that my own interest might be en-
tirely that of a playwright in watching the constructive
methods, so I looked around and listened to the occasional
comments. The audience sat enthralled. An old lady back
of me did not wholly grasp the meaning of Walthal's mas-
terly portrayals of terror, but her escort swiftly explained.
A stout gentleman next to me betrayed **notion during the
sorrows of sweet Blanche. There were words of praise to
be heard here and there, but the general tribute was a silent
one, that of close attention, until the crisis was over, and
there was generous applause all over the house at the con-
clusion.
Poe's strange fascination seems to lie in his handling of a
primitive emotion, that of fear, which enlightenment has not
wholly eliminated from our hearts. He could translate his
thrill prose and he gave us a few exquisite examples of
poetic genius. All that is in Grifiith's "Avenging Con-
science,"— all that and more. There is something in the
photodrama that Poe's own works seem to lack, "The Mes-
sage." There is a message in .\nnabel Lee —
"Our love was stronger far than the love
Of those who were older than we —
Of many far wiser than we."
But this message is only tinkled in the poem — it rings out
clear and sweet in the screen story. And the big message,
the grand theme fairly thunders, like the Strand's organ, in
portraying the terror of them who usurp the privilege of
Him who declared, "Vengeance is Mine," in the hollow of
Scene from "Avenging Conscience" (Reliance).
whose hand rests the sceptre which a certain plumed knighl
of Europe imagines belongs to him — to "Me und Gott."
Never has a play driven home the lesson "Thou shalt not
kill," as has "Avenging Conscience."
The story is "illustrative" and as such is eminently suited
to screen visualization. It is that of an uncle who has set
his heart on his nephew's literary success, who sees all his
plans about to be thwarted on the verge of success by tlia!
little tyrant "Love." The clash l>etween intellection and
natural emotion results in a hypothetical series of dramatii-'
incidents which can not be given in detail without spoilin.y
the story for those who have yet in store the pleasure of see-
ing it. On that account, a synopsis of the action is omitted.
The form and treatment are those of the screen alone, and
the acting raises all five principals, in proportion to their
relative importance, to a very high rank, that of veritalile
artists. Walthall and Blanche Sweet have as far exceeded
themselves as to deserve the highest compliments on their
work.
Poe professed to be an apostle of what was beautiful in
art, and Griffith has taken him at his word. He has not
faltered at the horrible, but he has more than balanced it
with a long succession of beautiful scenes and a spiritual
ending, whose daintiness barely saves it from being an anti-
climax. Griffith depicts the horrible, but he overthrows it
with scenes of delight that charm the senses, and moments of
delicate humor in contrast with tender sentiment. It is such
a tribute as any man of sympathetic appreciation would lie
glad to pay to him
"Whose soul went down to death in loneliness
A death too pitiful for aught save silence
Too mournful in its wretchedness for tears.
But not with death he dwells. Above his dust
Time's slow impartial hand has made for him
A shaft, memorial, builded of the stones
Which Hate and Envy cast upon his grave
He dwells not with the shadows."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
937
Four Delightful Comedies
Cosmofotofilm Offers Comedies of Costermonger Charac-
ters from W. W. Jacobs' Stories, Produced by
George L. Tucker.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
AT a time when many pictures are being made that are
commercial imitators of former successes, anything
witli a fresh viewpoint and a new atmosijliere is greatly
to be desired. These four offerings of the Cosmofotofilm
I'ompany are full of the peculiar humor of W. W. Jacobs, a
niiui wild may be called the luiglisli counterpart of our O.
Henry, but one whose way of looking at life is quite different.
There is refresliing vigor in the situations he has drawn in
three of these stories — one of them, "The Beauty and the
Barge," is of slighter texture than the others — and in all the
characters are, for the most part, new and very much alive.
The four pictures get their best quality from these most
Scene from "The Bosun's Mate" (Cosmofotofilm).
entertaining characters. Each of them is convincing as a
village "personage." Every community has one or two par-
ticularly interesting characters who furnish talk and enter-
tainment to their neighbors, and Jacobs has a wonderful
faculty of catching such in some characteristic pose and ex-
hibiting them to us. George L. Tucker, whose work in pic-
iIkii rescue the landlady. She shows that she is in no need
of protection and marries the soldier. Besides these three,
there arc four or live other characters that are well worth
seeing; for every character in it affords good amusement.
The action is natural and convincing. The staging anil
scenes are full of life and atmosphere, and the photography
is all that could be desired.
"The Beauty and the Barge."
The barge of this single part picture is a sort of river sail-
boat, and its elderly captain is susceptilile to the fair sex.
There's a widow with "a line of rentable cottages" who wants
him and he has engaged himself to her in spite of a gardener
who is jealous and tells her about him. The captain is
Ijlayed by Cyril Maude, and he and the widow are the
picture's center of interest. .Vnother couple — the daughter
of a major who hates naval men, and her beau, a young lieu-
tenant on leave of absence from his ship — elope away on
board the barge, leaving the captain on the bank and the
WMdow chasing him along it. There are many excellent
scenes, of a tavern, of the widow's home, of the barge, etc.;
but the action, wliile nearly always of interest, is not so
engrossing as in the otlier three pictures. The fine acting,
the staging and photogra|>hy make it a good offering.
"Lawyer Quince."
The central character of this one-reel rural love story is
truly a village personage, a cobbler whose Solomon-like
decisions are counted final by his neighl)ors. His son is in
love with tlie pretty daughter of a farmer who wants her to
marry someone better. The farmer catches the young peo-
ple spooning in the barn and locks tlie boy up: then he gets
the cobbler to make a hypothetical decision, all the time
laughing in his sleeve. When the boy fails to come home
to supper the cobbler begins to scratch his head. The way
he solves the difficulty makes a tiptop endiii,:.: t" ;i good
Scene from "The Beauty and the Barge" (Cosinofotofilm).
ture making is well known here, has put them on the screen
for us with a naturalness and truth that are sure to win
warm commendation from spectators. The photography of
all four pictures is clear and effective.
"The Bosun's Mate."
There's a good humorous situation in this single reel pic-
ture and it never fails to interest, chief!}' because every yard
of film is made to count; none of it is padding. The bosun
"has his eye on a tavern landlady who needs a man to pro-
tect her." His croney, a retired soldier, comes along and
the bosun pays him to play burglar in order that he may
Scene from "The Third String" (Cosmofotofilm).
comedy. This picture is filled with worthwhile and natu-
rally acted characters; the situation and the action are ex-
cellent, and it has been staged and clearly photographed in
perfect background and sets. A very good offering.
"The Third String."
This is a two-part comedy with as little padding as any
of the others and with more human substance that makes it
the best offering of the four. The "third string" is probably
the owner of '"The Jolly Pilots," a tavern with a very pretty
barmaid (Jane Gail). Two of the habitues fight a battle for
her; but the owner marries her. An ex-prizefighter loves
her; but she has tired of him. He is always waiting outside
the tavern door and won't let the girl walk out with anyone
else except him, so she's kept in. Ginger Dick also loves
her; but is far from being of fighting timber. A couple of
his friends get his photograph in fighting togs. He looks
fierce and they name it the "Australian killer." The girl's
old steady, the "basher," is going to kill Ginger; but the
keeper of the inn arranges a regular mill with an — only im-
plied— understanding that the girl will take the winner. He
then persuades the basher that she will like him better if he
loses. The fight is very amusing and the basher has a hard
time getting knocked out. Everyone bets on him except the
innkeeper, who gets all the money. Afterward the girl mar-
ries him. The producer and his players have put lots of real
humanity in it all and have made a very desirable offering,
clear and simple in its story, well staged and photographed.
93S
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"False Gods"
American
Reviewed by Jas. S. McQuade.
AN engrossing story, showing a man's baseness and liis
wife's saving nobility of character, has been filmed in
two reels by the American, under the title of "False
Gods," with Thomas Ricketts as directing producer.
The scenes are laid in the West and in fashionable Wash-
ington. The early ones show hardworking life on the farm
and happiness, with little of the world's goods; the later
are set amid wealth and honored position, yet clouded by
dishonor that brings the wrongdoer to the verge of ruin
and death. Though not at all didactic in treatment, the
filmed story gives an impressive object lesson on the dangers
Scene from "False Gods" (American).
to which some of our representatives are exposed in the
national legislative assemblies at Washington, and on the
swiftness of retribution after a man has once stooped to
commit a crime.
A serious defect of the production — one, indeed, that raises
a storm in the mind of the spectator, because it makes the
story unconvincing — is the inappropriate costuming and
make-up of Mary Kirk, by Miss Winifred Greenwood. John
Kirk, her husband, who has become a millionaire and a
Scene from "False Gods" (American).
United States Senator, keeps nagging his wife with the ques-
tion, "Why don't you dress like other women?" Yet his
wife is one of the most attractively gowned women at recep-
tions. And she looks the most stunning, too! One rubs
one's eyes and wonders what is the matter with John Kirk.
Nor is there any good reason why the bucolic John Kirk —
with the smell of farm soil still fresh on his body — should
set himself up as "arbiter elegantiarum." This is a fault of
the scenario, however.
With the exception referred to. Miss Winnifred Green-
wood sustains the part of Mary Kirk with her well-known
art of characterization. John Steppling makes a capital John
Kirk. Our old favorite, Ed. Coxen, as Bad Penny Tom,
treats us to fine character work. Miss Josephine Ditt gives
a strong, convincing portraiture of Estelle Wilson, adven-
turess and lobbyist, and George Field is just as effective in
the part of Dick Baird, the partner in crime of Estelle.
John Kirk and his wife Mary work hard to make both
ends meet on their little farm out West. Tom Fitch (Bad
Penny Tom), a ranch hand, is obsessed by the desire to
make a fortune as a prospector. Mary Kirk furnishes him
with a grub stake out of her small savings, against the
wishes of her husband. Tom gives her a signed document
that her husband will get half of what he may make in the
venture. He makes a rich strike, and soon afterwards he
and the Kirk are millionaires.
John Kirk buys his way into the United States Senate.
He is ashamed of his plain little wife's appearance, and leave^
her at home, while he makes his residence in Washington.
There he falls into the hands of Estelle Wilson and her com-
panion, Dick Baird, who induce him to vote for a nefarious
bill. This vote costs Kirk the respect and support of his
constituents.
John Kirk does not stop after his first act of wrong-
doing. He becomes infatuated with Estelle and secures a
divorce from his wife, at tlie cost of half his fortune, in
order to wed the adventuress. She and Baird work Kirk's
ruin, and then she deserts him. He is about to commit
suicide when Mary and Tom Fitch arrive in the nick of
time and save him.
"Susanna's New Suit"
Beauty Film
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
A "BEAUTY" film, under the title of "Susanna's New
Suit," fills a quarter of an hour divertingly and pleas-
antly. Margarita Fischer is. of course, the mainstay
of interest and chief mirth producer.
The dainty comedienne has a strenuous time in trying
to live up to the character of Susanna \'an Dusen, a sprightly
young wife who divides her affections among her husband,
her mother and bargain gowns. To satisfy an inordinate
desire to possess every natty dress that appeals to her, she
sometimes finds it highly diplomatic to pla3- her doting hubby
airainst his mother-in-law, and her tears against bnfli.
Scene from "Susanna's New Suit" (Beauty).
There are many Susannas, but it is questionable if there
are any, even the most modern, that can come up to the
stride of this Susanna. She has "gall" and "cheek" quite
sufficient to disturb the peace of many homes, and yet win-
some ways and looks that sway men's hearts as the wind
does the aspen leaf. But she meets her WaterK'o in this
film comedy, although she does win out in the end — due
to the distraction of hubby, who thinks her dead in a rail-
road wreck, when she has been fighting tooth and nail at a
liargain sale, losing her purse and undergoing such rougii
usage in the melee that being in the railroad wreck might
have been preferable.
So glad, indeed, is hubby over the fact that Susanna is
alive, notwithstanding her fearfully "mussed-up" appearance,
he takes her to his heart and whispers in her ear that he
will buy her suits enough to last for a lifetime. Thj re-
lease date is August 11.
SIEVERS TAKES ALCO FEATURES.
Al. Lichtman, president of the Alco Film Company, has
signed a contract with William Sievers, Secretary and Gen-
eral Manager of the New Grand Central Theater Company
of St. Louis, whereby the latter company will handle the
Alco program exclusively, in the states of Missouri, Iowa.
Kansas, Nebraska and southern Illinois.
The program will consist of one high-class feature a week,
that will be a photo dramatization of a famous novel or play
with well-known artists in the leading roles. This will be
supplemented by one-reel comedies in which only famous
comedians will appear.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
f)3<3
"The Guiding Hand"
A Two-Reel Thanhouser Story — Written by Philip Lonergan
— Humanizing and Well Acted.
Reviewed l)y Louis l\ccvt.-s ll;irrison.
Stevens \rthur Bauer
Mrs. Stevens Carey I- Hastings
Jolin, their sun Morris Foster
Mignon, a l)liiid .uirl Mi^non Anderson
Dr. Russell Dave Andrada
AHUM.'VNIZING and well-acted drama, "The Guiding
Hand" gently reproves the selfishness of those whose
circumstances should make them unselfish, hut whose
finer i|ualities have to I>e brou.ght out in the crucible of
bitter e.xperience. The Stevens family, consisting of a
wealthy l)usiness man engrossed in his \vorl<, his wife and
their son, is representative in a way of many others in our
civilization. The wife and son have no ideals, nothing to
Scene from "The Guiding Hand' (Thanhouser).
do, and the lack of work or incentive to work seems to
exercise a demoralizing effect among the rich quite as much
as among the poor. The wife is gambling at bridge whist
to the extent of exchanging her jewels for paste imitations,
while the son has become a chorus girl Johnnie and bar-
room sport of dress suit calibre.
The husband is strong, and in his strength is unsuspicious
of the weaklings his wealth and indulgence has created.
He is slightly bored when Mignon, a blind niece, becomes
Scene from "The Guiding Hand" (Thanhouser).
his charge, but he is not otherwise unkind to the helpless
girl. The dense selfishness of both mother and son are
exhibited in their early treatment of Mignon, but that myste-
rious sweetness of character which sometimes comes to the
blind — perhaps in compensation for their affliction — is the
ruling spirit in Mignon's character and she insensibly wins
her way to the hearts .->f all in the household.
Stevens capitulates in a lonely moment to the blind girl's
charm of simple goodness, and Imih liis wife and son yield
in time to an influence so gentle that it draws with invisil)le
llireads. The whole family is on the way to gradual better-
ment when a sudden impulse of the wayward son lays bare
the wrctclied fabric of their stjcial pretense. The Ijoy al-
lempts to steal his motlier's jewels in the dead of night
;cnd is caught by the father. The latter's fury draws the
mother, and tlien is made the humiliating discovery that her
jewels, like lier social position, are a hollow mockery, are
a l]ase imitation of the real tiling.
Tragedy is very near when the blind girl, in an exqiiisile
matinee of white silk, appears and succeeds in calming the
infuriated husband and father until the whole incident can
be hushed up. The story continues along well-known lines,
during which the Iilindness is cured by the customary spe-
cialist, but it has olilained a strong grip in the beginning
and sympathy holds through to the end. There is an ex-
i|iiisite inirpose in the drama, and it is faithfully consideru<l
(luring most of the presentation. Mignon Anderson as the
blind girl does not have to act — her sweetness is obvious —
and she easily carries off the honors, though this not in
detriment to the well-l)alanced cast. The story is clean,
sympathetic and sure of an appeal to all classes.
Carlotta De Felice
CARLOTTA DE FELICE was brought up on milk—
and pictures. Her father, the celebrated painter,
Angelo de Felice, whose "Christian Martyrs" (posed
for Miss de Felice's mother) for many years attracted art
lovers' eyes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, served lu-r
daily with perspective and color. When slie grew up to be .-i
little girl and later a
liig girl the artist and
camera sought her
early and often. It
was a clear case of ar-
tistic eugenics.
As one of the lead-
ing women of the
Vitagraph Company,
she earned the righ'.
to popularity by the
beauty that Nature
furnished and the act-
ing ability that she de-
veloped for herself. In
the Vitagraph prciduc-
tion of "The Chris-
tian" she will be re-
membered as Polly
Love. Her Madonna'
in "Christmas Story,"
and salient work in
"Heart-ease," "H^ r
"Sweetest Memories, '
"Mrs. Upton's Device,"
and others were of the
quality to make her
daddy feel proud of
her.
In addition to being
a leading woman. Miss
de Felice is also a
wife. James Keane is
the discerning hus-
band. But in casting
her for the leading
part in "Money," the
massive six-reel feature production, Mr. Keane wasn't
moved l')y luisljandly afifection. He's too good a business
man not to pick actresses when lie wants actresses.
"Money," made by the United Keanograph Film Co., of
Fairfax, Cal., of which company Mr. Keane is president,
general manager, author of the scenario and producer of
the picture, wasn't especially written for her, but she
couldn't have had a better part if it had been.
Looking natural in front of a camera isn't Miss De
Felice's sole accomplishment. A French-Italian, according
to her family tree she has the talents of both races. She
can sing good enough to make a living at it if she wanted
to, and as conversationalist she reminds one of Madame
de Stael.
Most of her education she received abroad, but she doesn't
rub it in by telling we Americans how inferior we are in
the way of culture. She looks and talks 100 per cent. United
States and if you tell her that George M. Cohan invented
the Star Spangled Banner, she won't believe you.
Carlotta de Felice.
940
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Siren"
Henri Krauss of Jean Valjean Fame Has the Lead in This
Notable Six-Part Eclectic Subject.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THE Eclectic Company is releasing "The Siren," a six-
part production of the Paris Pathe company. In the
hands of an ordinary company the subject might have
proved an ordinary picture. In the hands of this great
cast certainly it is a great picture. At the head is Henri
Krauss, who for many years to come will be remembered by
picture lovers as the superb Jean Valjean of Pathe's "Les
Miserables." In "The Siren" Mr. Krauss divides the inter-
est and the honors with Mile. Mistinguett, who will also be
remembered as the daughter of the Thenardiers in the
dramatization of Hugo's story, .\nother great player is
Mile. Cecile Guyon. who sustains the role of the wife of the
fisherman Pierre. So, too. there is Paul Capellani in the
part of Pierre.
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"The Siren" is a story for adults. It is a tale of a coquette
who from unaccountable motives marries a doctor much
older than herself and when detected in unwifely conduct
promptly moves to Paris and becomes a courtesan. F'er-
nande beyond question is a plain-faced woman; but the
seeming handicap is more than counterbalanced by her com-
pelling manner with men — her vivacity, freedom, abandon:
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her boldness and commanding resourcefulness. She brings
to her feet and easily controls the Parisian men of the
world; but she meets her match in a little fishing port of
Brittany. Pierre, lusty and simple, is made to feel the lure
of the siren. He is not of the same clay as are the wise
men of Paris. He cakes seriously the attentions of the
woman who looks upon him as one who will amuse her on a
holiday. He comes nearer to winning Fernande than has
any of his predecessors, but his partial triumph brings about
the tragic death of the siren at the hands of the mother of
Pierre, crazed by the humiliation to which the fisherman has
subjected his wife.
Mr. Krauss as Dr. \\ illiams holds the sympathy from the
first. It is in a professional way that he meets Fernande —
he is called in to attend her father. His grief at the dis-
cover}' of his wife's probable indiscretion is moving. His
rage and humiliation as it is borne in on him later that his
worst fears are but the truth are wonderfully portrayed. His
confrontation of the heartless wife and his sudden departure
from the house through fear that he will slay her constitute
one of the dramatic episodes of a play containing many
strong situations. Matching it in depth is his meeting with
Fernande late in the story. He has agreed to go with an
old friend to endeavor to overcome the infatuation of a son
for a bad woman. He finds his wife. She pleads with the
doctor, she puts her arms about his neck — and he yields to
his old love, only to be ridiculed.
The story is not all gray in its color. There are lighter
touches, as, for instance, when Fernande, in Paris, is sur-
rounded by her wildly competing admirers. Her affections
are of the moment and are transferred from one to the other
without apparent rhyme or reason. Her dancing provides
unexpected entertainment. Also her simulated drowning
when, clad in her one-piece bathing suit, in waist-deep water
she calls to Pierre to save her, may provoke a smile.
Miss Guyon has scant opportunity for revealing her splen-
did talent. She makes much of that, however. The mother
of Pierre is a virile figure, just as the sort of mother one
would expect of such a son. When she seizes a mallet and
batters out the life of the woman who has done her best to
break up her daughter-in-law's home she furnishes the cul-
minating tragedy. It is consistent with the lovable character
of the old doctor that, under the plea of the unwritten law
he has taken the life of an unfaithful spouse, he assumes
the blame for a crime he was powerless to prevent.
If "The Siren" lie strong stuff, it is powerfully presented.
FRANK McGLYNN.
AN.\TI\'E of San Francisco, the home of the staiae
genii, Frank McGlynn in early life leaped into promi-
nence in the theatrical world liv liis clever perfor-
mance of Clon. the dumb spy in the Frohman production.
"L'nder tlie Red Rolie."
Later he joined the
Henry Miller Companv
and played "De Farge"
in "The Only Way."
McGlynn made his en-
trance into the motion
picture field with the
Edison Company in the
year 1909 and has ap-
peared in character and
heavy roles in numer-
ous films. In the fall
of last year he left the
company in order to
accompany the Giants
and White-Sox in their
trio around tlie world.
With \'ictor Miller as
liis cameraman he di-
rected the pictures of
the baseball gaiues
pla\ed in the different
countries visited and
also played the part of
the "baseball Ijug" who
liad worked his way into the gaiue and could be found in
the bleachers rooting for his hoiue team. By his cheerful
disposition and genial nature he became a great favorite
of John McGraw, the little Xapoleon of baseball, and all
his staff of players. He was known as "Happy McGlynn '
during the trip, which lasted four months, seventy-three days
of which were spent on the water.
McGlynn has returned to the Edison Studio and is busily
engaged in portraying those difficult character roles which
have gained him many admirers among the people who de-
light in the histrionic filtn.
Frank McGlynn.
KALEM NEEDS MORE ROOM.
The success of the .\lice Joyce series and the normal in-
crease of the business have necessitated some changes at the
Kalem offices on West Twenty-third street. The large and
well-equipped projection room was needed for an addition
of printing machines and is now undergoing the necessary
alterations. -^ temporary projection room has been rigged
up in the mean time. Such changes in midsummer bespeak
an extraordinarj' degree of success and prosperity.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
941
"The Buxom Country Lass"
One-Reel Edison Character Comedy — Written by Mark Swan
Ridiculous Human Pretenses.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
C.'^ST.
Countrj- Lass Cora VVilkins
Wood B. Wcdd Wm. Wadsworth
Darby Jenks Arthur Housman
PRICKING some of the many weak spots in luiinan
nature, "Buxom Country Lass" ridicules human pre-
tense through a series of amusing incidents. Wood
ii. Wcdd is still in search of a wife and imagines that he
has found a very desirable article in the Country Lass, a
rather mature one, particularly as she owns a farm in her
own right. He pictures, as has many a contemplative matri-
monial aspirant before him, tliat marriage witli a woman of
Scene from "The Buxom Country Lass" (Edison).
|)roperty means a release from responsibility and the worry
(if self-maintenance. In fact. Wood B. is a very human
young man, a type of almost as many as are now wearing
last year's straw hats.
The Country Lass accepts his proposal of marriage with
a proviso: he must show that he can do one day's chores
and work on the farm. Wood B. is slightly disturbed at
the prospect, but he is not discouraged. He has a "fidus
Scene from "The Buxom Country Lass" (Edison).
achates." one of those faithful friends who are willing to
help out in an emergency, by the name of Darby Jenks.
A deep-laid scheme is formulated to magnify the efforts of
Wood B. by secretly supplementing them so as to make
a decided impression on the Country Lass. Wood B. ap-
pears in person at supper time and undertakes the job. It
begins at three next morning, when he is aroused from
deep sleep to water the horses, milk the cows, chop wood
and start the kitchen fire before breakfast.
The antics of Wood B. and Darby Jenks are amusing,
without straining for effect. There is, indeed, quite a home-
ly little lesson in the labor these two attempt to perform,
a glimpse of why boys leave the farm. The men who are
attempting to fool the Country Lass encounter their most
amusing difficulties in searching fer fresh eggs. Darby's
suspicions are aroused by what he hears in one; he opens
it piece by piece, shown in small scope, and a little chick
steps out of the fresh egg. Other fresh eggs, left for a
few minutes in a basket on the wash boiler are transformed
to chicks, and Wood B.'s nretentious cheat is finally dis-
covered.
It is a very small but very lively cast. Houseman and
Wadsworth prove to be a funny team, a screen Weber and
Fields, in their solemn stupidity, and Cora Williams per-
forms her small role with credit. "Buxom Country Lass"
is a simple and homely little comedy, but it will bring more
than one spontaneous laugh, while offending none.
The Moving Picture of the Future
Romaine Fielding, Lubin Producer, Says Time Is Coming
When There Will Be a Director of Directors.
'T^liN years ago you could not have dreamed, to say noth-
I ing of predicting, that the very cream of the speaking
actors and actresses of this country and abroad, would
have abandoned their old profession to appear in the silent
drama, before that grim recorder, the camera," says Ro-
maine Fielding, Lubin star.
".\lmost any prediction may be made today, as to the
development in motion pictures during the next ten years,
and without fear of question. The day has gone by for
good, when any actor with a few years' experience niav
aspire to the directorship of a company.' The up-to-da:'.-
director nnist study, and study hard. Above all else. Ik-
must be a post-graduate in luiman nature to know accurate-
!■- the limitations of the human material he is working an:l
to realize its expansive (|uality likewise.
Romaine Fielding.
"Of course, of the routine and the technical he must be a
past grandmaster. While the mechanical improvements
will be made by leaps and bounds, so will the directing end.
The time is not far distant when there will be created a
general director of directors. This will bring about greater
uniformity and cohesiveness. It will weed out some of the
careless workers and strengthen some who are now weak.
The public will reap the benefit. It is anything but a
veritable playground, for the conscientious director. Many
uninformed think his lot an ideal one. The old axiom 'Look
before you leap' applies most truthfully to the actor in
moving pictures.
"The profession is not the 'bed of roses' so many think it
and are taught to believe. I try to impress on those actors
whom I direct one very important fact, 'Ask, if you are in
doubt,' or 'Look before you leap.' That facilitates the pro-
(mction, saves the disposition of the director, and, to be
more practical, economizes time and avoids the wasting of
film. There are millions of dollars destroyed on N. G.
scenes through the stupid interpretation of half-baked actors,
who haven't the sense when uncertain to ask the director
what he desires.
"But then, none of us is perfect, but to get sorne\vhere
near the goal of perfection we are striving to attain is an
interesting game."
942
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Oath of a Viking"
Picture Playhouse Film Company Offers an Interesting
Subject Based on the Lore of the Norseman.
MANY wildly beautiful scenes of rugged coast and tur-
bulent seas lend artistic value to a coming release of
the Picture Playhouse Film Company entitled "The
Oath of a Viking," a three-part subject dealing with a story
of the ancient Norsemen. There are many stories of this
character which should make good pictures, but this one
is the first that has been produced by an American company.
According to the story a Viking and his band of followers,
sojourning in summer camp, are visited by Olaf, son of a
neighboring king, who has fled from his own country be-
Scene from "The Oath of a Viking" (Playhouse).
cause of some infraction of its laws. With the band is the
daughter of the Viking. Lydia. Her loveliness causes Olaf
to seek to marry her. The girl is in love with Nordo, one
of her own tribe, so she rejects Olaf's proposals. Where-
upon Olaf offers to fight any one for the right to marry
her. Nordo is selected and (51af is defeated.
Later, when a messenger comes from the father of Olaf
demanding that he be returned for punishment for his of-
fense, Olaf escapes. Under the taunts of the messenger
the viking swears to produce Olaf alive or to sacrifice his
Scene from "The Oath of a Viking" (Playhouse).
daughter to Odin. From his hiding place Olaf hears the
oath and plans revenge against Nordo and Lydia. Again
the hunt for Olaf begins. Nordo finally overtakes him and
in the encounter Olaf is hurled over a cliff into the sea
where he simulates death so successfully that Nordo is com-
pelled to tell the Viking that he killed Olaf.
Reminded of his oath the old viking prepares to fulfill it
and, with appropriate ceremonies Lydia is cast into the
sea. Nordo has prepared for this emergency and rescues
the girl, keeping her in hiding.
Believing that Lydia is dead, Olaf enters the camp of the
viking to taunt his enemies. While this is happening Nordo
sees Olaf in the camp and hastens to return with Lydia.
The viking is overjoyed to find that his daughter is alive
and he blesses her espousal with Nordo, who saved her life.
The costuming of the players is in keeping with precon-
ceived ideas of the Norsemen; there is a-r>Ienty of action to
hold the interest. Light effects have been used to heighten
some of the scenes and there is an under water scene that
is as beautiful as it is novel. The leading characters were
taken by James Gordon, who plays the Viking, E. .^. Turner
is Nordo and Betty Harte is a lovely Lydia. The release
date is August 10.
Naomi Childers
THERE has seldom been seen in New York a more beau-
tiful girl than Miss Naomi Childers. better known as
the "Grecian Girl" of the N'itagraph Company. Not
only is her beauty a thing to wonder at, but it is enhanced
by her modest demeanor and charming personality. Under
the direction of Captain
Lambert, of the V i t a -
graph Company, she has
risen rapidly into mov-
ing picture prominence
during the last year, and
is now one of the lead-
ing women of the com-
pany.
Some of the greatest
artists have painted and
modeled her, enraptured
with the purity of her
Grecian type. In St.
Louis, of which city she
is a native, she was in
great request for society
functions, at which she
gave classic readings and
dances. She was widely
known for these accom-
plishments both East and
\V e s t , and deservedly
popular whereever she
shed the light of h e r
loveliness and charm. It
was with reluctance that
her many friends at St.
Louis heard of her deci-
they have followed her
Naomi Childers.
sion to come to New Y'ork, but
career with pleasure, and gloried in her successes
Miss Naomi Childers' principal achievements on the film
screen, for which she has posed during the last year, are:
"Hearts of Women," "Price of \'anity." "The Crucible of
Fate" and "The Spirit in the Clay." On .\ugust 20 she will
be seen in a comedy entitled "The Woes of a Waitress" and
on .\ugust 31 in a comedy "The Wrong Flat."
SCHWERIN BUILDING NEW HOUSE.
C. F. Schwerin, treasurer of the Essanay Amusement
Company, Inc., which operates the Palace theatre at 1968
Amsterdain avenue. New Y^ork City, has organized the
Janice Amusement Company in Flushing, Long Island, New
York. The new company has razed the Old Tavern hotel
at the corner of Broadway and Main street. Flushing, which
hotel has been in existence for 168 years, and has in course
of construction upon that site an up-to-date moving picture
theater. The name of the new theater will be the Tavern,
and it will have a seating capacity of 600. The Janice Com-
pany has scheduled the opening of the house for September
15. It will be a strictly first-class moving picture theater
with feature picture programs two or three days a week.
The admission prices have not yet been decided upon. The
officers of the company are Harry Levy, president; C. F.
Schwerin, vice-president; Joseph Lande, treasurer; and H. D.
Davis, secretary.
LESSEY DIRECTS KING BAGGOT IN FIRST
PICTURE.
"The Man Who Was Misunderstood," a two-reel drama
bv George Hall, will be the first picture that King Baggot,
Imp Star, will appear in under the direction of George Les-
sey. It will be remembered that Mr. Lessey recently left
the Edison companv after two years of directing to join the
L'niversal. With this splendid pair, Mr. Lessey and King
Baggot, pulling together, some big things in Imp feature
plays are promised.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
943
Harry R. Raver
Interesting Sketch of One of the Busy Men in the Motion
Picture Business — A Long Amusement Record.
HAKRV R. RAVER, ex-travtliiii' iiuitioii picture exhibi-
tor, press representative for carnival and exposition at-
tractions, promoter and manager of street fairs and
fall festivals on a large scale; sales manajjer. scenario reader
and publicity dopester for many film companies; manager of
film exchanges and theatres, and now the leading figure in a
half dozen enterprises of importance, has always been a warm
friend of the critic and struggling news-gatherer on trade
and amusement journals and throughout his entire career
there has never been a change of attitude toward "the boys."
Raver has lieen asked for a photograph for publication
many times, but his answer has always been;
"Devote the space to the company; I don't believe in per-
sonal boosting when my associates are doing their share of
the work."
.\t any rate, Harry Raver's experiences are worth record-
ing. They cannot be covered here in full, Init a brief sum-
mary of his career tells this much:
Hailing from Youngstown, Ohio, at the age of thirteen,
Raver decided to join a circus
in spite of his pious father's
and mother's wish that he re-
main at school and later edu-
cate himself for the ministry.
But the wanderlust was in his
blood and, in spite of frequent
journeys home to partake of
the fatted calf, he got his gait
finally and was able to eke out
an existence as museum lec-
turer and general amusement
"handy .-Kndy," until 1899, when
he joined Bostock's Zoo at the
Philadelpliia exposition. There
he was transferred from the
front of the show on the mid-
way to the publicity depart-
ment. Bostock was noted for
his high class methods of
reaching the columns of the
press, so Raver's schooling
was of the best. His work
among the schools of Philadel-
phia brought nearly every
pupil to the Bostock attrac-
tions without even distributing
a handbill at the school house
gate.
Lubin operated his "Cineo-
graph Theatre" on the same
midway that year and did a
tremendous business. Raver
decided to buy a machine and
some films, and he did. "May
Irwin and John Rice Kiss,"
"Street Scene in New York,"
"Birth of Venus." "Sappho
Kiss," "Shooting the Chutes,"
"Unlucky Fisherman" and
other features of the day were among the lot.
joined a repertoire company playing at 10-20-30
Harry R. Raver.
Then he
_ . _ ^ _ He ran
his machine between acts, played small parts, hustled props
and sang illustrated songs for a whole season without draw-
ing a cent of salary.
When he found this didn't pay, Raver found a partner and,
just following AIcKinley's assassination, took out the "Mc-
Kinley Pictures" with other novelties, playing the Middle
W est theaters with success. Carnivals were becoming popu-
lar and black tents for showing pictures in the day time were
being used. Raver joined a carnival company and later the
Parker shows. Here he gave Parker the title "Amusement
King" and made him famous all over America as "The man
who rose in ten years from a court house janitor to the
world's greatest carnival showman."
Parker grew until he had over 100 cars and more than
1.000 people. Raver leased a 25-car outfit from him and in
sixty weeks did a gross business of over $200,000. Raver
took his profits and lost them in the hotel and jewelry busi-
ness in Dakota and Iowa during the following year. "Bill"
Swanson was an old carnival friend of Raver's and when he
learned the latter was foot-loose wrote him to coine on to
Chicago and learn the exchange business. Raver did publicity
work for Swanson. managed his chain of theatres, supported
two families meanwhile, finally going to Omaha to take
charge of Swanson's exchange at that point. Then he went
to Washington in a similar capacity ard later landed in Balti-
more, where he operated the first of the chain of Consolidated
Film & Supply Co.'s ofiiccs. Raver later promoted and or-
ganized the Motograph Co. of America and built a model stu-
dio and laboratory at Baltimore in 1908. Then he came
to New York to study politics and secure a market. His per-
sonality made itself aparent to such an extent that he was
elected secretary and treasurer of the .\ssociated Independent
Film Manufacturers, which, after a strenuous fight wormed
its .way into the Moving Picture Sales Co. and Raver had a
selling franchise and became a director on the board.
Patent litigation scared Raver's capital in Baltimore and
he lost his franchise in the Sales Co. He could not release
films. Then he worked as sales manager for the Yankee
Film Co. and the Atlas Co. until Doctor Cook "discovered
the Pole," when he exploited perhaps the first dramatic sub-
ject ever sold on a state rights basis: "The Truth About the
Pole."
The .-Kmerican Eclair was being launched and Raver was
engaged as sales manager. In two weeks he was promoted
to the position of general manager and again became a di-
rector of the Sales Co. .V split was inevitable and the Film
Supply Co. of America came into existence with ten inanu-
facturers. Raver was elected secretary and became a stock-
holder. He also managed the
Ijusiness successfully until an-
other split occurred, which
formed the Mutual on one
side and the Exclusive Supply
Corporation on the other.
The latter handles features
only. Raver is now part own-
er of the Exclusive. \ year
ago he formed the All Star
Feature Corporation' to pro-
duce well-known plays with
well-know-n stars. He did his
own publicity work, answered
all letters and managed to sell
every territory in the United
States and Canada ffir every
.\11 Star film for a solid year,
and accomplished this before
".\rizona." the first release,
was completed. This stands
as a record for salesmanship
hard to beat.
Raver has been a stock-
holder and director general of
the Itala Film Co. for two
years. During this time he
has been urging the parent
firm in Turin to concentrate
on one massive film. "Cabi-
ria" is the result of his per-
sistency and the whole world
is now sounding its praises.
Raver wanted President Wil-
son to see "Cabiria" and he
talked it over with Augustus
Thomas. The film was shown
at the White House to the
whole Cabinet and their wives.
Raver said he would give "Ca-
biria" a premier that would "knock 'em oiT their feet," and
he did. It cost a pretty penny to secure the grand ballroom
of the Hotel Astor, an organist, special music arrangement
by Manuel Klein, elaborate souvenir booklets for the in-
vited guests and dinner for his friends after the exhibition.
Then he opened at the Knickerbocker, after vainly trying to
secure the Metropolitan Opera House. For eight weeks
Raver's friends have hesitated to ask for complimentaries.
Selling out every night at 25 cents to $1.00 a seat and dupli-
cating the New York success in six other cities.
Raver's showmanship is easily apparent in his handling
of this big film.
HE SURELY GETS VALUE RECEIVED.
Kendallville. Ind., July 29.
Editor Moving Picture World:
Inclosed find check for $3 in payment for Moving Picture
World to .\ugust 31. 1915. I surelv get value received.
WM. H. GAPPIXGER, Princess Theater.
A CORRECTION.
On page 874 of last week's issue, under the head of
Majestic, the title of that company's release for August 18,
was given as "The Saving Flame." Since publishing that
story the title has been changed to read "The Inner Con-
science." Exhibitors will please note this.
944
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moving Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
CONSULAR REPORTS ON EDUCATIONAL FILMS.
The regular reports which come from the United States
Consuls in various parts of the world are not only always
interesting, but form a safe guide for manufacturers and
agents to follow, the particulars being authentic.
ITALY (Consul Perry— Turin).
"In the city of Turin, Department of Piedmont, Italy
(population 440,000), there are 76 motion picture theaters,
which may be divided into three groups. Theaters of class
one, 2 in number, accommodate about 1,000 persons each; of
class two, 9 in number, 500 each; and of class three, 65 in
number, 300 each. Turin is one of the most important film
centers of the world, and practically all manufacturers are
represented here, either b}' direct agencies or exchange bur-
eaus. Paris and Rome, with their important film production,
are only a iew hours distant.
"The class of film most popular for this locality is the
sentimental or romantic, involving a love theme, or the pic-
turesque Indian or cowboy film, and all reading matter must,
of course, be in Italian. Films of nearly every make in the
world are shown here, althougli very naturally those made
in Turin predominate. American films are known in this
market, but have not a large sale. Xo prejudice exists against
them, and it is simply a question of desirable subject matter
and a satisfactory price.
"As previously mentioned, there are eight film manufac-
turers located in Turin; in the rest of Italy there are nine
at present — four at Rome, two at Milan, one each at Naples,
Catania and Velletri. Two additional companies are con-
templated at Turin and one each at Rome. Naples and
Genoa, so that in six months' time there should be 22 manu-
facturers in all Italy, with 10 located in Turin. Several arti-
cles have been written in an efifort to introduce the use of the
cinematograph into public schools and other educational in-
stitutions, but up to the present time very little has been
actually accomplished."
The great value of more profitable agricultural pursuits
shows the Yankee-like wideawakeness of the Italians:
"The .Agrarian Co-operative (Mutual) .\ssociation of Rome
has organized, by means of motion pictures, a very thorough
propaganda of agricultural co-operation. Free shows, begin-
ning October 1, 1914. will be given in all the principal agri-
cultural centers of Italy and will depict scenes that demon-
strate the advantages of mutual co-operative assistance which
will insure against losses conected with agriculture, etc. So
far motion pictures have not been introduced into schools or
educational institutions of this vicinity; some schools and
colleges make arrangements with cinemas to give special
shows for scholars on certain days."
There is no doubt that some American pictures of Western
implements and methods could be shown in all parts of Italy
for both educational and commercial advantage, the publica-
tion of this consular report may therefore lead to mutual
advantage in this respect.
RUSSIA (Consul Snodgrass — Moscow).
"The majority of the films used in Russia are of foreign
manufacture and include the Pathe, Xordisk, Cines. Gaumont.
Gloria, Deutscher Bioscop. Eclair, Itala, Echo, .-Vmbrosio,
Denmark. Tanagra, Continental. Film d'Art Vitagraph.
Eclipse. Milano and others. A few years ago various Amer-
ican films were shown in Moscow, such as the Biograph,
Lubin, Essanay, etc., and proved very popular, and it is
thought that they would be much in demand if introduced
again in this district. The duty on imported films is 39.9
cents per pound. They are shipped in tin boxes and then
forwarded by parcel post.
"Motion pictures have recently been introduced into schools
and other educational institutions, and it is believed that this
branch of the business would offer the best opportunities to
foreign firms desirous of entering the motion picture field in
Russia, Such institutions are not bound, as other exhibitors
are, to rent for a given period at a stated price froin a par-
ticular firm. Would-be exporters of films should bear in
mind, however, that the Russian regulations concerning cen-
sorship differ considerably from those of other countries, one
of the first stipulations here being that the films do not con-
tain scenes which show a lack of respect to the imperial
family; then they must not contain allusions or scenes which
would oflfend the religious feelings and beliefs of the people,
in consequence of which no pictures depicting sacred rites,
showing holy images, saints, etc.. are allowed. The exactions
regarding pictures that tend to violate the laws of decency
and propriety are similar to those in other countries."
From the body of these reports it appears that children are
well cared for in the countries which are here named. Either
special e.xhibitions are given for them or they are frequently
given such programs as may be suitable for the parents and
guardians to take their young charges.
SPAIN (Consul Dumont— Madrid).
"The films most in favor are those made up from historical
novels or incidents, such as 'Quo Vadis,' 'The Three Mus-
keteers,' 'Spartacus,' etc., following which come war, cowboy
(--American), detective, and intrigue films, then scenic, comic,
educational, chases, etc. The reading matter and announce-
ments must always be in Spanish. Many makes of films from
Europe and the United States are in use, but the French
and Italian predominate. The only .\merican films in great
favor are those showing far-West scenes with cowboys and
particularly Indians. Spanish children, who form half of the
audiences, are extremely fond of Indian scenes. Other Amer-
ican films, such as comic, drama, etc.. are considered crude
in gestures and actions compared with similar films from
European manufacturers. Films showing weekly current
events all over the world usually have one or two American
scenes.
"Educational films are little used. At the great universities
occasional exhibitions are given by some lecturer, but none
at the public schools. There are no trade papers devoted to
motion picture interests, and liut two manufacturers of films
in this consular district, which comprises nearly half of
Spain. Of the two. Pathe Freres take Spanish scenes of all
kinds, while the Union Cinematografica takes bullfights only."
In Malaga the consul reports "Educational and industrial
films are exhibited from time to time and are reported to
lie fairly popular."
SWITZERLAND (Consul Holland— Basel).
flakes of films now being shown are Gaumont, Pathe.
Eclipse, Pasquali. Bioscope, Edison, Imp, Eiko, Mester and
Projektion. Rental prices for films vary. For the better
grade of films 4 cents a foot is paid for the first week, with
a declining scale to one-fourth of 1 cent a foot for the last
week. The average lease for a film is for 10 weeks, IS
weeks being the maximum. In some cases where there is
a dernand for special features as much as 10 to 15 cents a
foot is paid per week for films.
"Motion pictures have not been generally introduced into
schools and other educational institutions except in cases of
medical and geographical demonstrations. A cantonal law
IS being prepared restricting the admittance of children to
motion picture theaters. Some Swiss cantons have already
enacted restrictive measures. One theater in Basel censors
its own films and does not permit children to see pictures
indiscriminately."
NOTES.
Children everywhere will be pleased with the forthcoming
Edison series of the famous Buster Brown; this extraord-
mary youngster of course could not long stay off the screen,
and we may expect that he will be given a much larger lease
of life than ever before, he stands a fair chance of going
round the world now, with the faithful Tige as famous as
himself.
* * *
Gold and Diamonds, and- then Diamonds and Gold, riches
unfold are soon to be released free for everybody — on the
screen — with a temptation impossible to comply with, for
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
945
llu'se richi-s arc in far away South Africa. Tlic Edison com-
pany has tilnicd the mines of Kimherly and I'retoria where
the "blue earth'' yields up its glistening secrets, and the
Transvaal gold field with its Rand mine producing more gold
than any other similar section in the world.
» * «
The topical films continue to grow in power of usefulness
as well as in popularity, with I'athe as the pioneer, and witli
folloxyers of no mean order the news of the world in pic-
ture is now one of the most educating parts of the moving
picture success. The exhibitor who docs not run a regular
series of these subjects is. behind the times and does not de-
serve the support of those who want the best irr pictures.
Wherever there is a picture house these pictures should be
shown and the school children should almost be compelled
to see them.
* * *
"Time, Faith and I'atience work wonders.'' This is the
motto of a fabled fairy god-mother in the story books of old.
It is a good and safe motto to be written over everything
that is good. Four years ago we wrote asking that the
children be given special attention in the coming uses of the
moving pictures; this was at the lime when the cry was to
keep the children from the picture houses as frorn some foul
or loathsome place. Thanks to the educative forces of the
pictures this has all changed. Time has eradicated the evil;
I'aith in the power of the picture has been more than justi-
fied, while Patience has "had her perfect work." One of
the most common reports .gathered from newspaper clip-
pings from all parts of the United States is the special and
careful provision now being made for children, they are evi-
dently being given first thoughts. In the moving picture
world as in religious and secular education it is being proved
that the good of the cliildren is the good of all. The house
or the program that provides for the children is assured
success from first to last.
* * *
The latest and one of the best combinations yet made for
educational kinematography. is that between Chautauqua and
the moving pictures; there are no two forces working for the
highest and broadest and most widespread educational de-
velopment than these two. that they will richly supplement
each other is a foregone conclusion to all acquainted with
the workings of each. The managers of Chautauqua re-
cently had the Pathe Company take pictures of the original
Chautauqua surroundings with its picturesque bluf?s and gen-
eral atractive scenery. In the Chautauqua lecture circuit the
moving picture will prove one of the greatest and most valu-
able additions, for it is here in the highest realms of edu-
cational work that some of the best illustrative teaching can
be done, more than this there are no educational forces at
work which will prove more appreciative of the value of
the moving picture than those of the Chautauqua circle;
iheir uses will prove also a great incentive to the more im-
mediate uses of the moving picture in all classes of educa-
tional work, hastening the too long delayed time marked for
the adoption of the moving pictures in schools everywhere.
"ANIMATED CATHOLIC MAGAZINE."
As its name implies, it is an Animated Magazine of 6,000
feet "issued" every six weeks, starting October 5, and ex-
hibited in 1,800 parish halls and church basements in the
United States and Canada; and later in foreign countries.
Each "issue" of the "Magazine" will feature the "Lives of
the Saints" in 3,000 feet, and besides will have 1,000 feet of
a Modern Catholic drama; 1,000 feet of an Historical Catho-
olic episode; 400 feet of Catholic chronology, and 600 feet
of good, clean farce comedy. The enterprise has the sanc-
tion and authorization of leading eminent priests, and will
be shown Cardinals Gibbons, Farley and O'Connell before
it is sent out for presentation, thus eliminating the chance
of any matter of an un-Catholic nature creeping into the
"issue."
The "Magazine" is the product of the Emerson-Currier
Cinematograph Corporation, with offices at 1449 Broadway,
makers of the "EESEE" films, and incorporated under the
laws of the State of New "5i'ork for $50,000, with the follow-
ing officers; William D. Emerson, president and general
manager; George R. White, vice-president; Bernard P. Cur-
rier, secretary, and J. Hugh Fish, treasurer. The firm will
feature Mabel Emerson, late of American, Atlas. Columbia
and Canadian Bioscope; supported bv Latona Currier, Orette
-\lretus. late of Kalem and American; Frederick Bernard,
late of Selig Polyscope. American. Kalem. etc.: Hugh Fish,
late star of "The Collegians"; Bert Currier, and other equal-
ly well-known players. The productions will be under the
personal direction of William D. Emerson, late of American.
Atlas, Columbia and Canadian Bioscope, who devised and
directed the following Features for those firms; "Geronimo's
Last Raid," "Andrew Jackson," "Father Marquette," "The
Story of Starved Rock" (the last three being made while
in camp with 45 persons at historic Starved Rock in cen-
tral Illinois); "Secret Service Steve," "The Midnight Ride
of Paul Revere," "The Hidden Hand," "The Midnight Ex-
press," "From Sing Sing to Liberty," "The Great "Taxi-Cab
Mystery," "In the Enemy's Power," etc., etc., assisted by
George R. White, well and favorably known in moving
picture circles in and about (ireater New ^'ork.
"The Old Army Coat"
Two Parts — Kalem Company.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
THIS short but compact feature gives the Kalem star,
.Mice Joyce, an opportunity for an appeal to the heart
and she makes the most of the opportunity as was to
be expected.
An old confederate soldier, the uncle of a worthless spend-
thrift nephew, is passing his declining years in the com-
pany of his ward, a charming young woman, the grand-
daughter of the old man's sweetheart. The latter in the
early days of the civil war had refused the veteran and mar-
ried another man, who fell in battle. In the course of time
the veteran chooses the grandaughter for his steady com-
panion. The old soldier discovers the utter worthlessness
of his nephew and decides to disinherit him, bequeathing all
Scene from "The Old Army Coat" (Kalem;.
his property to his ward. Death comes upon him suddenly
after he has made his will and the ward, fearing that in the
excitement following her guardian's death the will might
fall into the hands of the nephew hides the document in her
guardian's old army coat. A passing tramp steals the coat
and, as the will cannot be found, the nephew is declared the
old man's heir and takes possession of the estate. In the
mean time the lawyer who had drawn the will is sorelj'
puzzled but gives up his investigation after a little eflfort.
In its wanderings the army coat falls into the hands of a
farmer, who uses it as a scarecrow on his fields. The ward,
now a school teacher in the countrj-, hides behind the
scarecrow to escape the annoying attentions of the nephew
and thus discovers the precious document which, despite
winds and storms, is well preserved and leads to the true
heir taking the property away from the villainous nephew.
ACQUITTED OF DISCRIMINATION.
On July 29 a jurv in the Recorder's Court at Rochester,
N. Y., acquitted J. J. Farran. manager of the Colonial thea-
ter in that city, of the charge of violating the State Civil
Rights Law. The action was brought at the instance of
Frank Tress, an Italian, who claimed that Manager Farran
discriminated against him in compelling him to occupy a
seat in the gallery of the Colonial. In its defense the Co-
lonial Theater Company brought out the fact that the seat
in the gallery occupied by Tress was as good as any seat
on the first floor, also that there was no discrimination
against him because he was an Italian.
Five actions of this character have been brought against
the Colonial Theater management during the past month
and in only one has a verdict been obtained against it, and
when the jury awarded the complainant $100. This case
has been appealed.
946
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Standardization and the Motion Picture Camera
By Frank M. Byam.
THE establishing of a definite universal standard of
film perforation is a matter of the first importance
to all who are engaged in the motion picture busi-
i.ess. But there are other problems that deserve serious
consideration. If there were set up a formally established
perforation gauge, it would still be necessary to standardize
certain features of camera and printer construction and
operation.
Painstaking care and fidelity to detail must mark every
process in the making and displaying of the motion picture.
Of these processes none is of greater relative importance
than the printing of the film. The best .'-jrk >- f the camera
may be robbed of half its value by carc..;ss or imperfect
printing; or indiflfercnt negatives may be made to produce
f.ood pictures by exercising intelligence and care in print-
ing. Since the process is important, it should be simplified
as far as possible by the use of properly-designed machines
— and by standardi.'^ation. .\n ideal equipment would be one
consisting of perforators, printers and cameras, the film-
movement mcei:arism of all of which should be built to
conform to I'm same perforation gauge. But machines so
standardized would not remove all the difficulties that stand
in the way of perfect printing. One of these difficulties
arises from the failure of camera manufacturers to agree
upon a uniform point on the film at which the pictures
should start.
Some cameras are so constructed that the picture begins
on a line drawn across the film through the perforations.
In others, the start is made from a line set midway between
the perforations. The choice as between the two pomts in
no way affects the taking of the pictures. But when, in
the making up of the negative film, strips of film on which
the pictures start from a line midway between the per-
forations are mixed with strips on which the line goes
through the perforation, the way is open for trouble in
printing and projection. So far as printing is concerned,
the frame may be changed to suit the changes in the film,
and errors in printing thus reduced to the minimum. But
this confusion of standards lessens the. efficiency of the
printing department, and the positive print reproduces the
errors, whether they are few or many, so that they appear
upon the screen. A careful operator may. by frequent
changes in the framing of his picture, get fair results from
such a film. But no operator — no matter how competent
he may be — can wholly overcome the disadvantages which
arise from failure to standardize the processing of the film.
The remedv lies with the camera builders, who should agree
upon a definite uniform point on the film at which all pic-
tures should start.
In support of the method of starting the pictures at a
point on a line drawn across the film, midway between
the perforations, it is urged that:
This method facilitates splicing, because the film joinder
extends from side to side of the film without interruption.
The splice is stronger than it would be if the cut were
made throu.gh the perforations, because the perforations are
surrounded by two thicknesses of film at the splice.
This method of splicing aids in bringing the film to a
perfect register for printing, by presenting a perfect perfora-
tion on each side of the film at the point of splicing.
While something may be said in support of each of the
methods of establishing a point at which the picture should
start, it is conceded that the thing of first importance is
to establish the starting point and then to adhere strictly
to the method adopted, whichever it may be.
At present, some manufacturers of cameras do not fol-
low either of these methods of starting the picture, but let
the line fall where it will. And the problem is still further
confused by the use of the cheap and inferior cameras with
which the market has been flooded in recent years. The
character of the construction of many of these cameras is
such that even if they were to be adjusted to a given stand-
ard as to the startin,g of the picture. 'they could not be de-
pended on to maintain that standard. Too little attention
has been paid to this question of camera construction. No
matter what the name of the camera may be or what may
be claimed for it. it should be made to measure up to cer-
tain standards of efficiency before it is accepted as a means
of making motion pictures. This criticism is not aimed at
cameras of whatever type that have proved their worth in
the motion picture studios of the world, but rather at the
instruments which have been tried and found wanting. While
cheapness has been found to be coupled with inefficiency
throughout the motion picture field, it has been clearly
demonstrated that motion picture machinery must — in de-
sign and constTuction — maintain the highest standard of
efficiency, if the mechanical development of the motion pic-
ture business is to keep abreast of its artistic development.
The question of standardization may well receive careful
consideration at the hands of men who believe that the
motion picture business — great as it is — is greater still in
its possibilities of growth. And in the solution of this
problem, as of all problems connected with the motion pic-
ture business, increased attention should be paid to those
whose approval may be understood but whose criticisms are
only guessed at — the patrons of the motion picture theater.
Standardization, and indeed improvement in all directions,
may be urged on behalf of the maker of film, the manutac-
turer of rnotion pictures, the builder of projectors and the
e.xhibitor. But the real "persons at interest" are, after all,
the men and women and the boys and girls who patronize
the motion picture theater. They are paying the bills of
the motion picture business and are entitled to receive full
value for their investment. They are constantly growing
more discriminating. They will find a way by which to
make their criticisms heard and heeded unless, indeed, the
evolution of the perfect picture is hastened by the men who
have assumed the responsibility for the making of it.
Gaston Bell
GASTON BELL, of the Lubin Company, was born in
Boston of English parents. He was educated in his
native town and was a choir boy under Warren .\.
Lock, of Harvard College. His first appearance on the stage
was as a Spanish boy in the opera "Carmen," with Marie
Tempest. He did not follow the stage until he had finished
his studies and then
for two years in New
York he prepared for
the stage. His first en-
gagement was with
Daniel Frawley in his
stock company in the
West. He has played
many parts in the last
twelve years, among
them Little Billie in
"Trilby." with the all-
star cast, in New York;
"Brewster's Millions,"
with Edward .\beles;
"Julie Bon Bon." with
Louis Mann and Clara
Lipman: the Columbia
Stock Company in
Washington, the Shu-
bert Stock Company in
Brooklyn, in vaudeville
in several sketches,
and in productions un-
der Charles and Daniel
Frohman; his last be-
ing in "The Seven Sis-
ters," under Daniel
Frohman, with Charles
Cherry and Laurette
Taylor, playing Baron
Gida. He then went
into pictures at the 'Majestic, then with Marion Leonard
playing leads, and then for a year with Kinemacolor as lead-
ing man. "Nathan Hale" was one of his biggest pictures at
that time. He is at Lubin's now, under Barry O'Neil, in fea-
tured plays, such as "The Third Degree, "The Lion and the
Mouse," "The Gamblers," "The Wolf" and "The House Next
Door." His hobby, aside from his work, is the country with
his dog, at his summer home in New Jersey.
Gaston Bell.
LEHRMAN STARTS PRODUCTION WORK.
Henry Pathe Lehrman, producing comedies for the Uni-
versal program at the Pacific Coast studios of the Universal
on July 27. He will fill the position of supervising director
for three comedy companies, the products of which will ht
released under the brand-name "L. K. O.,' meaning "Lehr-
man Compan}'." Abraham Sterns, brother of Julius Sterns,
who has had considerable experience in the business end of
motion picture manufacture, has been chosen as Mr. Lehr-
man's business manager.
Mr. Lehrman took with him from New York three actors
who will play the leading roles in his first company. They
are Billie Ritchie. English comedian; Henry Bergman, well-
known character man, and Gertrude Selby, famous as 3
vaudeville arti$t.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
947
Mrs. Boissevain's Talks on Pictures
The Young Lawyer-Suft'ragette Declares the Screen Needs
Real Drama — Favors Shakespearean Productions.
By Florence Margoli<-S.
ISN'T it lair to suppose that the very mention of suffra-
gette, lawyer and orator when applied to a woman con-
jures up a bluc-stockingcd vision, bespectacled anil garbed
in rainy-day skirt and hair drawn tightly back? Well, Inez
Millliolland Boissevain is not only a suffragette but a suf-
fragette-general, and on horseback when in parade. As a
lawyer, slie is keen and discerning, and can sum up a case
to the satisfaction of the sternest jury; as an orator she is
eloquent and convincing. But docs your conjured vision
of her concur with the fair reality? Not by the longest
shot. She is young, with eyes and face aglow, and a smile
that positively irradiates her law office; dressed exquisitely
and possessed of a grace that charms — tliat's Inez Mil-
holland to the eye.
Ensconced in one of her client's chairs, I felt by that little
look she wafted at nic tliat it
was time to propound the ques-
tion: "What is your attitude to-
ward the motion picture move-
ment?" She anticipated me by
saying in her inimitably firm
and decisive manner: "You
know I really never talk ot
anything but suffrage and law,
but I am so very much inter-
ested in the 'movies' that I am
glad of this opportunity to talk
about them.
"As an educational factor,"
she continued earnestlj-, "they
are of incalculable importance.
They are a mighty conserver of
time and energy, and are so
forcible a medium of reaching
the mind. Tliat the memory
retains best and longest that
which it has acquired through
the sense of sight has long
since been scientifically proven.
Now then, just think" — this
with one of Inez Millholland's
characteristic gestures — "Just
think with what wonderful re-
sults history, geography, biol-
ogy, physics, chemistry and
even economics can be taught
by the aid of motion pictures.
Do you know that one after-
noon's reel lecture in evolution
is about the equivalent of six
weeks' study at college?"
To mv objection that the ex-
hibitor would hardlv find these
bills box ofiice attractions, Mrs,
Boissevain flashed back at me:
"You mark my word that a
series of motion picture lec-
tures on any of the mentioned
subjects would pack houses
much more densely than any
of the clap-trao of today i n
which the heroine has the nine lives of the proverbial cat.
If exhibitors would only realize the one great incontrover-
tible truth that the masses respond most freely to what is
best and biggest and loftiest, that is, to fidelity in presenta-
tion of life, for that is what they understand, their success
would be assured. Such understanding- means knowledge;
knowledge means self-preservation. What we mean by
good is that which is good for race development. It is this
mass instinct for the best that is responsible for progress
and evolution, else, you know, we still would be swinging
from the trees." At this point, I suggested the censor, only
to be met with a very emphatic statement.
"Censorship is an impertinence. It amounts to this: that
a few appointed or rather self-appointed individuals choose
?nd select and pass on the style and nature of my amuse-
ment. It is nothing less than a dictatorsliip that every
sense of democracy revolts against, and it is undeniably a
most hazardous check on progress. Why, let the people
saturate themselves in all the rankest stuff that the screen
can_ portray, if thev want to: that's all right, for they will
rapidly get sick of what is bad and untrue and clamor for
what is good. Take care to set up alongside of what is
Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain.
1 ad all that you can in the way of beauty and truth and
lidelily to life. No, it is not a dangerous experiment, be-
cause it is contrary to all truth wlien it is said that evil can
be perpetuated. Some people may demand and enjoy the
salacious more than others, but you just continually set up
against the vulgar the aesthetic, and there is little danger
of the former winning out. For the latter spells life and the
former destruction, and preservation ol life is most lunda-
nu-ntal of all impulses.
"What ail unlimited range of possibilities and what enor-
mous potentialities does this great modern development,
the motion picture, possess! It occurs to me what a splen-
did medium it is for Ijreaking down race barriers, for in-
stance, and for the production of vast humanizing influence.
The magic camera can be brought into play in any and every
obscurest corner of the earth and reproduce the various
humans as they live and are. And when they appear on the
screen before our eyes we are certain to find that in the
last analysis we are all alike — and a bond uf inter-human
fellowship is at once effected."
From her deeply reflective and philosophic mood tliis de-
liglitfuUv fenlinine oracle sud-
denly and witliout decent notice
turned a pair of great luminous
eyes full upon me and ejacu-
lated: "Why in the name of
common sense don't those
bright business men. the ex-
hibitors, demand and get real
drama for their screens? Why
don't they unite and through
concerted action break away
from the everlasting sameness
of theme? I am intensely in-
terested in pictures, and I go
anywhere and everywhere they
are shown, searching for what,
I am convinced, can be beauti-
fully done, yet invariably I find
artificial clap-trap and a b s o -
lutelv meaningless tommyrot.
.\lways. I know what is going
t o happen. Everything d e -
nends upon the merest mechan-
ical incident. Someone's hat is
turned awry by a brisk wind,
and, voila, a denouement. Now
you understand that that is not
real life, and it is imperative
t li a t it disappears from reel
life.
"\\'ith the truly marvelous
development of kinematogra-
p h y , it is now altogether
possible to transmit the entire
range of human emotion. True,
the voice is missing, but what
of bodily gestures and facial
expression? What can be more
absorbingly interesting than to
see a great, passionate strugcrle
within truly depicted on the
face? Of course, I don't mean
those ridiculous contortions
that are hurled from the screen,
as it were, upon an unoffend-
ing audience. It is the great-
est mistake to misjudge the public by asking them to enjov
such careless stuff. Give them the real and they will respond
with alacrity. Make overtures to the man and woman on
the street and you will go right every time. What they
want is what is really wanted. Study their tastes and your
theaters will be stormed for admittance. For, j^ou know,
the man in the street will not put up with second best.
"I admit very readily the legitimacy of the thrill, but }'0U
need not necessarily go up in a balloon, or blow up a bridge,
or throw on the screen a squad of police and firemen in
order to produce the thrill. Not at all. It is far easier and
more subtle and more satisfactory to produce it through a
fair and true interpretation of heart-matters and the conflict
of wills and ideas. No, not those sob-stories.
"You asked me what I would do, or what policy I would
pursue were I a motion picture manufacturer. Well, I
would do Shakespeare. I would have his works filmized and
thereby furnish untold delight to an immense public. In
everything I would put on the screen, I would insist upon
scrupulous accuracy of interpretation and detail and I would
try to steer clear of anachronisms in events and costumes
and of bad and inappropriate music."
948
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Doings at Los Angeles
GEORGE LARKIX, playing the lead with Cleo Madison
under the direction of Wilfred Lucas in "The Trey
o' Hearts," writes a letter from the San Diego hotel,
saying that the company doing so many sea pictures for
this big film is well and happy, and making some good pic-
tures. George says in part, "Have been here two weeks and
expect to be here another. Are making many scenes on
board yacht, schooner, motorboat, etc., for the third, fourth
and fifth installments of this series. Outside of thirty-foot
falls down the sides of cliffs, forty-foot backfalls into water,
a few drowning scenes, swimming rapids, jumping from
boats, and other stunts, I have nothing to do 'till tomorrow,'
as they say." George says he received a fine bull terrier
from an admirer down there, a wealthy dog fancier who
trailed the company while the pictures were being made.
The players are to return next week.
* « *
Raymond B. West, ex-cameraman, former technical
worker, and all around studio expert, who has been directing
for some time a long list of good plays for Thomas H.
Ince's western outfit, has done a good one which received
much credit when developed. It is "The Right to Die," a
strong and interesting drama of how a man wishes to kill
himself, but seeing his ghost, desists, and then does. In
this production West directs, puts the punch in the heavy
scenes, and turns the crank part of the time.
* * *
James M. Tally, a moving picture magnate well known in
this city has recently opened to the public a new theater
known as The Palace of Pictures, which is one of the best
playhouses on Broadway. The cost of the house was $1S,-
000, it being a Class "A" building, with a seating capacity
of 450, and is equipped with a cold-air ventilating system.
The house runs only multiple-reel features which are first
run in the city. The lobby is a feature of the theater,
being finished in elegant style with plenty of illumination.
* * *
Cecil De Mille is doing great things with the old Lasky
studio. The stage has been enlarged to 60 by 200 feet, and
two tiers of dressing rooms have been added. Many other
improvements are being made, including a series of paint
coats everywhere.
* « *
The third issue of Script is off the press and the Authors
seem to be striding well toward a certain point. Anyway,
the little booklet has been found quite welcome in most
every studio and home. Many non-members are inquiring
where Script can be bought. It is sent to members only.
Photoplaywrights should apply to the secretary, 604 San
Fernando building, this city, care of the Photoplay Authors'
League.
* * *
Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, who worked so hard
•with the big series and who went on their vacations to
the east, have returned and are glad to be back in the
southland. They will resume work soon at the same old
stand.
* * *
"Pathe" is back. H. Pathe Lehrman, formerly director
for Keystone, and later for Stering. has organized a com-
pany of players who will work at the Universal studios,
releasing through the same program. "Pathe" intends doing
feature comedies of merit.
* * *
L. Frank Baum, president of the Oz Company, has in-
stalled a complete plant for making costumes, as the wear-
ing apparel for Oz films is so unique and quaint that no local
costumer keeps anything like what is used in these films.
Work is going on here at a lively pace, and already the
first big picture is out of the laboratorv and in the projec-
tion room, making quite an impression on the people who
saw it completely run.
* * *
Ruth Roland and Marshall Nielan have done six 1,000-
foot comedies in three weeks, which is just double what the3'
usually do. The little company returned from a trip to
Santa Barbara, where a Roman comedy was made in the
costly and beautiful gardens of one of the millionaires of
that city. The film is a wonder, some of the most beauti-
ful phoptography marking it as a feature, regardless of the
script, and even that is a winner.
* * *
Robert Thornby is putting on a funny film with Billy
which is entitled "Lost in a Studio," being a day of Billy's
life. He gets lost: locked up in the film vault, and a frantic
search is made. Finally the little chap is discovered in the
dark box of steel and concrete. The film is a corker.
Frank Montgomery and five automobile loads of players
went to the famous Bear valley to do a real Western this
week. It is a surprise to hear that "Monty" is doing some-
thing other than Indian. The big truck was one of the
naptha wagons which was overloaded with grub and shelter.
* « *
D. A. Lithicum, H. E. Roach and I. N. Nance are at the
head of the Rolin Film Company, which was last week in-
corporated for $10,000. There are so many film companies
being launched that it is a hard matter to run them down
and get details. It is not known whether this firm is to
• produce, sell, or buy.
* * *
William D. Taylor is with the Balboa, and not the Vita-
graph, as many people who have seen "Captain Alvarez"
naturally think. The big man from the land of Erin is
busy directing at the Long Beach plant, and is doing fine
work. E. D. Horkheimer says that the company expects to
really double its working force, output, and plant inside of
a year.
* « *
.\n election was held on the 28th at Santa Monica, and
it was a sight to see the campaign, men come for the
Vitagraph plaj'ers in automobiles and take them to the
polls with their make-ups on. Some people not familiar
with the little moving picture city thought that a "movie"
election scene was being put on and watched the proceed-
ings for nearly an hour, thinking that more "colored" peo-
ple would appear to vote. The colony here are all voters,
and the women folks take great pleasure in casting their
vote.
* * *
G. O. Post and E. Powell, two city correspondents of
Pathe's Weekly, took several hundred feet of the balloon
race which started at the beach in Venice. They secured
some good film, which was shipped east immediately.
* * *
The Educational Film Company has leased the entire tenth
floor and roof of the Knickerbocker Building on Olive street,
near Seventh, for ten years at an approximate rental of
$50,000. The building will be transformed into an up-to-
date moving picture producing studio. This company is
said, by local people, to be the first of its kind in this
country.
* * *
"Tammany Young" is on the fifth of the "Bill" series of
office boy adventures. He organizes the other boys into
a union and leads them in a strike for a raise. This one is
quite amusing.
* * «
The Photoplayers are almost reorganizing the club, which
has sort of lost its charm for the many film folks here,
and the officers are striving to make the place what it
used to be. Lately the dinner nights attendances have les-
sened and the managers are worried. They are planning
a series of interesting events, hoping that in bringing the
members closer together club life will again prevail. The
slump in interest was caused pnrtially by summer, which
has taken many members oflf to the resorts and beaches,
where athletics, surf baths, fishing, and many other pastimes
offer more pleasure than in the hot city at the club. Fred
Mace, president, will probably be replaced, as he is in
Europe, and his return will not be made for some time.
* * *
H. B. Warner is on his way to the east with "The Ghost
Breaker" in his vault-trunk. Max Figman leaves in another
week with "What's His Name." "Where the Trail Divides,"
featuring Robert Edeson, is already half finished and the
st?r will depart soon with his precious film. Edward .-Vbeles
will arrive soon to play a return engagement with the Lasky
company, being featured in "Bobby Burnitt." Soon "Ready
Money" will be drawn on for this notable actor, after he
has gone through with the other million.
CLARKE IRVINE. ■
CATHOLICS TO HAVE CENSOR BOARD.
A well-defined movement is on foot for the establishment
of a Catholic board of censors composed of fifty eminent
priests, who will pass upon all motion pictures intended
to be shown in the churches of the parishes in America,
The movement has the sanction of Right Reverend Mon-
signor Michael T. Lavelle. Vicar General, and will be used
to censor the new Catholic moving pictures issued every
six weeks by the Emerson-Currier Cinematograph Corpora-
tion featuring Mabel Emerson, and known as the "Animated
Catholic Magazine."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
949
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
IT is painiul to hear remarks made by some magnates (?)
in lilmdom centers upon the effect the European war
will have on the motion picture business. The sensa-
tionalists are hysterical in their prophecies as to the growth
of business the exhibition of war pictures will bring to
distributors and exhibitors in this country. Their warped
mentality sees nothing but dollars and cents. But little
trace of sentiment is shown regarding the devastation and
misery the war will bring. To them, perhaps, the greatest
and most horrible war the world has ever known appeals
solely as a cold-blooded business proposition — an oppor-
tunity for gain by those outside the calamity zone.
* * *
Enthusiasts of this character are doomed to receive a
surprising jolt that will not only bring their senses back
to a normal degree but also teach them that the public
will not allow its intelligence to be challenged by reckless
and unreliable portrayals of incidents attending the lament-
able situation in Europe. Such promoters, it may be reason-
ably expected, will put upon the market war stuff that will
be such in name only, and the exhibitors of the country are
warned against them. Such exploits will injure the business.
Momentarily sensational advertising will bring big box-
office receipts and at the same time so disgust the patrons
as to injure the efforts of legitimate producers and ex-
hibitors to give the people authentic reproduction of inci-
dents attending the great war. Exhibitors who wish to
continue in the business and have any respect for the in-
telligence and sentiments of their patrons will spare nothing
in determining whether or not war subjects that may be
offered them have any real merit, and not allow themselves
to be carried away by sensational printed matter and the
importunities of over-zealous and dollar-seeking manufac-
turers and agents.
* ♦ *
Some of the so-called magnates lay great stress upon the
fact that thousands of dollars were brought to the coffers
of the theaters by the exhibition of motion pictures touch-
ing upon incidents attending the Spanish-American War.
The conditions of that time and those existing today were
vastly different. At the time of the war, motion pictures
appealed to the public only as a novelty. The only authen-
tic pictures exhibited then showed preparations for the
departure of armies and navies, soldiers in camp and war
vessels at their moorings and sailing up and down rivers
and bays. The motion picture business had not sufficiently
developed to enable the taking of real actions on land, or
sea; pictures purporting to show such actions were fakes
which had as an excuse for their exploitation shrewdly
worded announcements, such as, "A reproduction of inci-
dents reported from Manila Bay." The better educated
class of people could not feel offended. The less fortunate
patrons, when they learned that the pictures which they
believed were representations of real incidents brought to
them by a wonderful science, became so unfavorably im-
pressed that for several years after it was difficult to con-
vince them that bona fide subjects were actual reproduc-
tions of incidents snapped by the camera upon the scene
of action. It was the latter class of people that formed the
nucleus for the immense patronage motion pictures now
enjoy, but that patronage was not forthcoming until after
years of endeavor made by legitimate producers to remove
impressions made by the crude and fake productions.
* * *
Today the motion picture form of entertainment is entirely
free from the old-time atmosphere of novelty. The people
no longer marvel over the means by which reproductions
upon the screen are accomplished. Even the youngest of
the patrons, by reading and study, have become so lamiliar
with the motion picture art that they can tell almost to a
nicety how pictures are taken and reproduced, and can
detect fakes in an instant. They know that the motion pic-
iure_ camera in the course of development in the picture
business has taken its place side by side with the printing
press, and it is now possible for the film manufacturers to
give them authentic scenes of action in all parts ol the
world, whether it be a battle on sea or land, a society func-
tion, a great hunt, or any other incident that goes to help
fill the news columns of the press. All this means that
whatever, or whoever, pretends to p-ive the people authentic
representations of incidents attending the great impending
war must be on the level, and any exhibitor who aids those
things and people that are not so may as well go out of
business before the war gets started.
* * «
There is another thing to be considered: Diplomacy must
be exercised in the presentation of subjects, no matter how
authentic and trutliful they may be. There must be no
imaginary standard of perfection, no blind effort to catch
the rabble and gale of popular favor. The population of
this country is distinct in itself. No other country on the
globe has as great a number of varied nationalities, creeds
;ind sects in touch with each other, and purveyors of
amusements cater to all of them; so that to be successful
and hold the patronage, the managers must endeavor to get
as near as possible to the point of pleasing everybody and
offending none. To this end exaggerated situations must
i e omitted and vivid views for conditions touching upon
the horrors and miseries of war must also be avoided. In
this respect the motion pictures must rise above the stand-
ard of the daily press and become its superior in the dis-
.= emination of v.'ar news. The press has a means of escape
which motion pictures do not enjoy. Thousands of people
read with avidity descriptions of devastation of lives and
property at scenes of battle. An equal, if not superior, num-
ber, take warning from the headlines and pass over such
accounts. Their sensitiveness and sympathies will not per-
mit them to read them. Thus the newspapers escape offend-
ing people of this character. With motion pictures it is
different. In a flash the situations are portrayed upon the
screen, and the effect is planted before the class of people
spoken of can avoid it. If the effect is made there is but
one alternative for the offended ones, and that is to ignore
picture houses that exhibit war pictures. This patronage
the exhibitors cannot afford to lose, because it cuts the
business to an extent that materially affects the gross.
* * *
Of course, it is a difficult matter for a producer or ex-
hibitor to determine exactly the character of pictures that
will not offend some of the patrons to some degree. That
cannot be expected. What can be done is reflected by a
very opportune comment in a current issue of a leading
newspaper, which stated that there still remains a chance
that somebody who will mobilize the common sense of the
powers involved in the impending war. That is the key-
note that should prompt the motion picture people. The
zeal of those at the scene of action must be scrutinized.
The mere fact that a film truthfully represents some scene
before, during or after a battle does not justify its repro-
duction upon the screen. It is noted that already one
company is busy heralding forthcoming war productions
and refers to the Austrian legions pressing over the bodies
of their own and the fallen of the Serb defenders. There
is a phrase in current parlance which, although more forcible
than elegant, conveys the exact idea — "have a heart." It is
recalled that at the time of the last great earthquake_ in
Italy motion picture views were taken of the devastation.
Copies brought to this country drew immense audiences to
the places oif exhibition, but it was soon found necessary
to cut out some of the scenes because they were so ghastly
that both patrons and press admonished the exhibitors to
make the changes.
* * *
There is one thing the enthusiastic war picture agents and
exhibitors apparently overlook, and that is the interest of
the manufacturers. All now engaged in the manufacture
of subjects cannot divert their whole attention to the war.
The market would be glutted. Companies producing on the
other side will not be able to complacently continue the
operations of the past with a state of war all about them.
American manufacturers, it is feared, will be hit hard by
the same conditions, and, after all, the war will not prove
the boon to the motion picture business that some short-
sighted people seem to think it will be. Although this
country has thus far fortunately escaped connection with
the unfortunate condition of affairs on the other side and
will profit by immense exports of foodstuffs and other
articles, a conservative view of the situation does not pre-
sent an assuring condition for the motion picture business.
It has been stated that in war times places of amusement
are the l^st to close, that the o'cited and nerve-strung
populaces seek them as a means for diverting the mind;
and the motion picture houses will be the last to feel the
effects of the European war. This is true, but the manu-
facturing end of the motion picture business on the other
side cannot be expected to enjoy more tranquility and
stability in a state of war than other industries, and exporta-
tions of motion pictures from this side will suffer from
money stringencies before the exportations of necessaries
of life. The foreign trade of American motion picture manu-
facturers is tr=mendous, and it is bound to feel unfavorable
effects of the war.
950
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
BRITISH NOTES.
PRIVATE exhibitors of notable films for the benefit, ob-
viously of trade buyers, sometimes develop into minia-
ture social functions and some of our leading firms
might almost be suspected of competing with each other
for the distinction of treating film-reviewers most liberally.
But it cannot be argued that this mild form of inducement
to visit one particular trade show is alone peculiar to the
moving picture industry, it exists in every department of
commerce where two parties meet for buying and selling,
yet there is a limit — or at least should be — to everything
and at a Sunday review in the North where intoxicants
"ad lib" were provided for the "refreshment" of the re-
viewers its necessity was all the more evident. I think a
good idea economically and otherwise, would be for manu-
facturers and renters to combine for the purpose of ac-
quiring a large central building which would permit of six
dififerent exhibitions being given simultaneously. The larg-
est theatre could be reserved solely for the exhibition of
features, the second for dramas, the third for comedies and
so on. The various manufacturing or renting firms might
be charged fixed rates to have their films exhibited. From
the reviewers' point of view some such organized mode of
exhibiting releases would greatly facilitate their task.
* 3|C H<
Mr. Benito Nicholls, the manager of the Moving Picture
Sales Agency has returned to London from a visit to the
United States.
* * *
As a purely democratic institution the moving-picture
theater is no more. Society has succumbed to its charms
and now that the London season is terminating there ap-
pears to be a great vogue for moving picture exhibitions
at country house parties. A London firm of projector deal-
ers claim to have under execution sixteen orders from nota-
bilities to fit up modern installations at their private houses.
In a few cases it is stated that feature films have been
booked by these aristocratic amateur exhibitors upon release
dates.
* * *
The recent revival in the art of boxing in England ex-
cited the public appetite for pictures of the recent Carpen-
tier-Smith contest. Two years asro films of this tyne were
severely criticised and often prohibited, but so far the Car-
pentier-Smith pictures have gor" unharrassed To sav they
were taken under difficult conditions by artificial light the
photography is extraordinarily good.
T. B. SUTCLIEFE.
FroTi Another Correspondent.
Moving picture films in which are depicted snow scenes
are in gre^t demand in the cinema houses of London and
vicinity. The warm weather in London is having its ef-
fect on the picture palaces, but the slump is believed to be
only temporary, inasmuch as there are many people looking
for sites for picture houses. Fowler Pettie, chairman of the
Exhibitors' .\ssociation, says cinema houses that ffo into
receivers' hands are much soucht after just now. He savs
the houses are a "boom." Last year, it is said, nearly $10.-
000,000 was invested in the cinema business in this country,
bringing the total to over $75,000,000. Mr. Pettie savs: "I
can see no end to it unless another form of entertainment
equally popular and cheaper is invented."
Lurid drama with a moral kick — several moral kicks, in
fact — is the type of film East London desires. The East
End. that quarter in whicli London's poor huddle and fight
for the grimy copper that will admit them to the nictures,
is as particular about its subjects as about its melodrama.
The Daily Chronicle publishes a typical bill from an East
End house and a West End house, the latter being the
"hiehbrow" quarter, as follows:
West End — Comics, 3: drama Crefined) 1: historical, 1;
Scenic. 1.
West End — Comics, 2: big sensation. 1: drama, 2.
The East End wants nothing on the "mollycoddle" or-
der. The rest of London may have its pastoral and Shakes-
pearean productions.
* * *
During the year ended March 31, 1914, the net profit of
cinema houses in London derived from Sunday shows was
about $163,225, according to a report just submitted to the
London County Council. By regulation the profits from
all Sunday cinema shows go to charitable institutions and
societies. The report shows that the total gross receipts
from Sunday moving picture theaters in licensed premises
during the year was nearly $850,000.
* * * '
George Robey, probably the leading music hall comedian
of the United Kingdom, has been photographed by the
Burns Film Company, and will soon appear on the screen
here trying to hide an anarchistic bomb in his soup. The
popular comedian is to the 'alls what Sir Herbert Tree is
to the stage. His debut only demonstrates the close ties
between the moving picture business and the regular theat-
rical profession here.
OLCOTT PLAYERS ATTRACT TOURISTS.
They do say that the town of Killarney in Ireland really
lives off the tourist, but you certainly must give them credit
for being quick to see new ways of getting the money.
The Sid'Olcott International Players had hardly started
on their season's work near the famous Gap of Dunloe, just
outside of Killarney, this year before requests poured in
from all the Killarney tourist hotels for post cards and any
other literature which might be distributed among the in-
coming tourists, of whom about two hundred arrive each day.
The hotel men promptly distributed these cards and the
result has been that every party which starts for the Gap and
the Lakes stops at the Olcott studio for a few hours, it being
on the main road.
The tourists are very eager for information as to how the
bi,g feature pictures are made and they literally swarm about
the studio when the company is working on the stage, with
the mountains and lakes in the background, or when they
are out on one of the roadways.
The hotel men who have been so quick to see this oppor-
tunity get their returns through the fact that now almost
every tourist who comes to Killarney s^ays one day longer
than before Mr. Olcott came, some in fact staying over two
and three days to see some unusually big scenes in features
that they have taken a particular interest in.
Mr. Olcott is also being blessed by the natives this year
for the fact that he has brought rain. There had been a
little dry spell before he came but there has been a shower
of some duration every day since his arrival, with several
very good storms. It has been a case of sneaking out for
exteriors every time the sun showed his face. Mr. 01cott]s
visit has certainly helped tlie Killarney neighborhood this
year.
RAY FILM COMPANY— NEW ORGANIZATION.
A new film company, headed by an old moving picture
man, has recently begun operations upon an extensive scale.
The Ray Film Company, Inc., whose president is Clarence
F. Ray, for many years connected with rnany of the various
film companies in executive capacities, is now in the field
for industrial work, having recently secured the contract
for the Panama-Pacific Expos'tion motion pictures for the
State of West Virginia. This contract will involve tTie
taking of between 16,000 and 20,000 feet of the beauties,
industries, etc., of the scenic grandeur of the State of West
Virginia. Although many of the largest companies in the
business were opposing competitors, the award was made
to the Ray Film Company. Inc., and the officers of that
comoany feel pride in that fact.
Wm. J. Schoonmaker. vice-president: George H. Borst,
secretary, and Frank T, Reeve, treasurer, complete the
roster of the officers of this enterprising corporation. The
company's offices are located conveniently at 326 Fifth
avenue. New York City.
M()\'IXG PICirRF WOKI.D
951
Advertising- for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Well, How Can He.
THIS letter is not from an exhibitor, but from one of our pliolo-
l)I«y writing friends. It supplies Its own comment. Tills writer
has made no study of house managements and feels no particular
Interest in their conduct, but he shows what an outsider thinks of the
way some houses are run. It comes from a Massachujetts town:
Can you beat this?
Dropped into tlie REEL, a little house on Main street in town
here. The admission was a five cent piece. Tried to offer my
ticket to the doorkeeper, but he would not take it. so passed
on in and took a seat. The picture on was "Two Up a Tree,"
Pathe. released Dec. 24. There was a very slim house, and
I sat through a series of pictures all as old. and most of them
so far out of date that my flic does not give them. Between
two of the reels the operator, a union man by the way,
flashed a crudely written sign on the screen to the effect that
EljEVEX reels were shown daily at the house, a Warner fea-
ture, two two-reel licensed and four single-red licensed pic-
tures. Then came a slide to the effect that the management
would give aw-ay tomorrow a carnation, "the best that money
could buy." to every patron. This was followed by. "Look
on the back of your tickets. They are good any day between
II a. m. and l.:iO p. m. or between 4 and G.30 p. m."
Down in a little town in Florida there is a real estate
dealer by the name of Kenney. He has signl;oards strewn
about the country in the neighborhood of this town which read.
"There is a real estate dealer in that undersells any
other dealer." (Then in big letters), "How KE.N'.VEY do it?"
I steal this phrase to question the business methods of the ,
management of the REEL — How KEN'NEY do it?
Hurray '.
Harold Ballou, of the Olympian, Seattle, has a. lot of quiet fun in his
mimeograph Xews Letter. A recent paragraph runs :
Some time ago in order to show our willingness to run our
playhouse any way the greatest number wanted it run, we of-
fered to go into the lottery business and stay in it until pinched
by the authorities, but nobody enthused about it.
We wonder how many others really uid go in and find that too few
enthused about it to make the idea profitable. Most persons are clever
enough to prefer a good show to a cheap lottery with a couple of small
p"izes.
All Caps.
The Shawmut theater, Boston, sends in a card announcing the publi-
cation of "The Million Dollar Mystery" in the Boston Globe and the
showing of the film in their house. It is set almost entirely in capi-
tals and we think that most persons looked at the solid type and threw
the card away. It is not easy to read twenty-eight lines in solid twelve-
point capitals. It strains the eye. Counting the entire advertisement
there are forty-three lines, but one of which is in lower case. The
main point of an advertisement is to get it read and this is not pos-
sible in an announcement with the monotonous capital letters. A card
for "Caprice" is much better done because it carries less reading and
plenty of cut. The Shawmut has done some capital advertising, notably
their first souvenir book of the house, but it seems to leave too much
to the printer, or else the advertising man worships strange gods.
Keeping Up with Cupid.
R. P. Greer, of the Theatorium, I'niontown, Ala., writes that the
town has been flooded with invitations to June weddings lately and so
he got out an advertisement in invitation form. The outer form is ad-
dressed in typewriter type.
TO YOU.
CITY.
This is not as good as would have been a personal address, but perhaps
these were also used. The invitation reads -
Y'OU ARE CORDIALLY IXVITED
TO S^E
WASHINGTON' AT VALLEY FORGE
FRIDAY" EVEXIXG
JL'XE XIXETE&XTH. XIXETEEX FOURTEEN
AT S AXD 0 P. M.
THEATORIUM R S V P
10 AXD 200 BY COMING
The smaller card that is customary reads : "Bring some one with you."
This is a good idea about once a year and the time of weddings is the
best time for its use. but if printers down in Alabama still cling to
OH English type, they should be educated to some of the more modern
and more easily read faces. The main point is that the advertisement
follows the fashions and so is timely, which is the great thing.
Perhaps Boy Scouts.
The Rex Theater, Hopkinsville. Ky.. sends In a picture of tba
house with a troop of Boy Scouts, but no letter explains the stunt
that was tried In connection with "Soldiers of Fortune." though
perhaps the Scouts were invited to attend the performance In a body.
With the photograph comes several copies of the "Rextra." Tlic first
Issue was a six-by-eight, tour-pager on white paper. Later It turned
into a four-pager on stilt cover paper and then it began to take up
white inside pages. The advertising Is not permitted to overrun the
house stuff, except that there Is a double middle page given some
local concern. The good positions, with this exception, go to the
house matter, which Is one reason why they can get double-page ad-
vertisements.
One funny break states as "Our Policy" the fact that the inari-
agement is "unutterably opposed to the exhibition in their theatei"
of pictures of the sensational type" and on the next page in heavier
type is announced "One of the most sensational pictures ever thrown
on the screen will be 'The Battle of the Sexes'." In connection with
the announcement of policy, the billing is unfortunate, no matter 'what
fae film itself may be.
Some of the other matter is more useful and is passed along to
others.
The Movies and the Public.
Many people are interested in moving pictures. The business
has advanced until it is past the experimental stage. Not
only that ; it is past the stage where the possessor of a few
seats, a cheap machine and a worn-out film service can
cater successfully to your pleasure.
I want you to get my idea of a first-class picture snow ; what
the aim of the management is and why we have adopted the
policy we have.
A man grew famous over night by giving his book the title
"Pigs Is Pigs." I make my bid for notoriety by saying "Films Is
not Films — Always." Recently I saw films advertised for .?3
per reel.
-Xot for rent, but for sale, at that price. Think of it ; less than
half the price we pay for rent tor one day's use. 1 can
furnish you with six reels for the same price you now pay
for four. I can furnish you ten at no greater cost to myself
than I now pay for four.
Do you want quantity at a sacrifice of quality?
_ I hope not, tor you will be disappointed when you attend
the REX.
If you know of any way by which we can improve the
REX. any way by which we can add to your comfort and
enjoyment. I certainly will appreciate your telling me about IL
I am always on the lookout for something that will make
your visits more enjoyable. One thing is certain ;■ it is you
that I am trying to please, and if you don't tell me -when 1
do and do not please you, how am I to know?
We run our exhaust fans during the night so as to carry
the cool night air through the house, and by the time morning
comes we have the house cool and sweet. This insures the
theater being nice and cool all afternoon.
952
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Is It Fair?
Is It fair to allow one man to work on Sunday and maKe
another not work? Is it fair to allow one man to operate his
business on Sunday and not permit another to do so? Is it
lair to allow an outsider to come into Hopkinsville and give
a Sunday afternoon entertainment and not permit a home
institution to do so? Is there any difference between an en-
tertainment given by the Chautauqua on Sunday afternoon for
pay than that offered by the picture shows on the same day?
Answer these questions for me. Is it fair? Is it consistent?
The Open Sunday.
The question is put squarely up to the ministers and the
public in general regarding the Sunday opening. The coming
Chautauqua intends giving an entertainment on Sunday and
charging admission.
Last years program wiM give tb^ people s'^m'* i'^^'x. "f what to
expect. It is nothing more or less than a vauieville performance.
The people who take part in it are not go"!^ '^n^ueh to era^e the
vaudeville stage. If they were, you can bet your bottom
dollar they would not be traveling around with a tent show.
The Chautaugua has grown away from the element that gave
It its start. Originally it was a movement of the churches
to supply good clean entertainment to the smaller towns and
was a source of good. It is getting to be more of a com-
mercial affair every day. fewer men reaping the profits from
the enterprise. We have no kick coming on the class of
entertainment offered. It is. as a rule, splendid. But I put
the question to you in all fairmindedness, WILL YOU PERMIT
AN OUTSIDE ENTERPRISE TO COME TO TH^S CITY AND
GIVE A SUNDAY PERFORMANCE AND CHARGE ADMIS-
SION, AND NOT LET THE HOME MERCHANT STAY OPEN
ON SUNDAY FOR THE SAME REASOX? '^he Rex has no
desire to open on Sunday, but we are in favor of closing up
everything that is operated for profit on this day or open
up everything that is not of a .demoralizing nature. We do
claim that if our show is a source of good during the week,
that it is as rau^h good, if not better, on Sunday. WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
ARE YOU AFRAID TO DECLARE WHERE YOU STAND?
IM NOT.
Undoubtedly the Chautauqua is becoming more and more of a side-
show affair with everything from Secretary of State to trained dogs
as the attractions, and the shot is timely. Stuff like that puts ginger
Into the program and makes it read. Sometimes you can advertise
your house best by talking about something else, if you can talk
Intelligently and interestingly.
Certainlv Not.
George E. Carpenter, of the Real Reels, issued by the Notable Fea-
ture Film Company of Salt Lake City, wants to know if we think that
his publication is a wasted effort. We certainly think nothing of the
sort. We have already quoted from the publication and expect to use
a lot more, for it is straight from the shoulder educational stuff that
helps the manager help himself by hustling. It tells him how to hustle
and urges the need of it. Here is some more gingery advice. It is
something that even the small town exhibtor must come to.
We appreciate the fact that the daily change of pr^gram has
many advocates. Some call it progressive ; others aver that their
town is too small and a daily change is imperative.
Be that as it may. there are indications in our office that the
average exhibitor throughout this intermountain region is taking
a tumble to himself. During the past two weeks we have had a
number of orders to make bookings for two or more consecutive
days as against one day only, heretofore in vogue in the smaller
towns.
The average exhibitor realizes that in order to get business
he must advertise. He also realizes that on a daily change
his advertising is of little benefit. Where he can run a subject
two or three days, his paper, newspaper advertisements and
above all, the word of mouth advertising done voluntarily by his
pleased patrons are a great investment. He pays express
charges in and out on his films, and this seven days in the
week is quite an item. The money he spends in this and seven
different sets of paper, slides and cuts, moufats up each month
in surprising fashion.
For less money he can wage a strenuous advertising campaign
on something really worth while and deliver the goacs. And his
patrons will come again and bring a friend.
Most exchange house organs are merely catalogues. This is a news-
paper. Of course it helps the exchange if the films are kept longer, but
it helps the managers more. Take the matter of paper alone. You
might be able to use ten sheets where you can afford hut five a day.
Get ten and keep the film two days and you get more than double the
effect.
But this is merely a small matter. Take the big view. It now and
then happens that a good dramatic performance comes into New York
and is jumped on by all the critics though it pleases the public. If
the manager has the nerve to stick on, he can win out almost entirely
through the advertisement by word of mouth of the persons who have
seen the show. It goes in ever widening circles until the whole town
knows it is a good entertainment. In the same way the Monday night
crowd is the best possible advertisement for the Tuesday night per-
formance, if the Tuesday program is the same as Monday's.
Mr. Arnold Has Moved.
S. A. Arnold, of Mena. Ark., has gone on to Stuttgart, in the same .
ptate, and is running the Airdome there. The house has been givin*^
vaudeville and has not been run properly in any department. Right
after Mr. Arnold took hold the knell of vaudeville was sounded in tbis
wise:
MORTUARY.
Just plain oderiferious, that's what the
VAUDEVILLE
was at the Airdome last night, like a boy who played truant,
trying to make a good excuse to save himself from punishment.
that's what I am trying to uo this morning — honest. The only
excuse I can offer is, "I won't do it again if you let me off this
time."
The act Monday night is closed ; they nor any other will never
appear at the Airdome under the present management.
But starting tonight and every Tuesday we will present a
Pathe Weekly of Current Events. Tonight's Weekly will show
American Troops landing at Vera Cruz. American Aeroplane
Scouting. Effect of United States Bombardment, Fighting in the
Streets of Vera Cruz — and other live topics.
His next stunt was a telegram by •Western Onion" regularly ad-
dressed and delivered by uniformed telegraph boys, being signed for la
the usual fashion. It was addressed inside to "Mr. and Mrs. Yourself"
and advised the recipient to be at the Airdome that night to see "The
Perils of Pauline." Mr. Arnold writes that the scheme worked ex-
cellently.
Another stunt is a small book about two inches square, eight pages.
On the cover is printed :
A FULL LIST
OF ALL
PICTURE SHOWS
THAT ARE
BETTER THAN THE
AIRDOME.
The other pages are blank. It is merely a changed treatment of an
old idea, but it works about every so often. Mr. Arnold suggests that
it would be a more permanent advertisement if the inside pages were
waxed that they might be used for keeping stamps in. It might pay
some novelty house to get these up in quantity for home printing. If
someone does Mr. Arnold should be entitled to a complimentary lot.
We are glad to see Mr. Arnold back in harness. Some day we want to
see him at the head of a circuit. It is not only in advertising that h^
shows he knows his business. j
Doing Their Best.
If, in this picture of the Besse Theater. South Omaha, Neb., there
seems to be a preponderance of Col. Cody's picture, remember that
these one-sheets, a legacy from the old "Bill show," was all the
pnper that could be had. The six-sheet is for Biograph's "The
Battle of Elderbush Gulch." The Besse seats 6S0, and, although a
five-cent house, it ran for three days at a quarter.
Col. Cody is wt;i known in Omaha. lor bis ranob is not Tar from
there, but at that it takes nerve to take an eight-reel subject into
a five-cent house at a quarter price, or perhaps "inelligence" is a
better word than nerve. It takes more intelligence than nerve to
see that a big feature will do better a third day than a hrst, but
G. L. Atkins could see it.
Matters of Size.
C. G. Haney, of the Star theater. Hampton. Iowa, thinks his seven
by nine program too large but explains that the printer preferred that
size. As the sheet is folded once it makes a handy size and one that
is neither too large nor too small. The program is merely the titles and
a brief underline, but the work is well displayed, and is clean and read-
able. Later on we hope that Mr. Haney will work over to some read-
ing matter apart from the program, but this is a good starter and
he avoids the mistaKCs that many have made. The princpal use of a
program is to get its facts over to the reader in comprehensive fashion.
One line we do not like. It runs : "We never change our prices.
They are always five and ten cents." There is no reason why this
should be so. Many houses are outgrowing the ten cent limit. Get
ready for it now with an occasional fifteen cent feature and the quar-
ter price for features that are worth that much will come in time.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
953
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Compact, Complete and Comprehensive.
VERY lately we examined the work of a correspondent. She wrote
a most entertaining letter, displayed more than average intelli-
gence in a general discussion of photoplay matters, and in every
way seemed to be one of those who were standing on the threshold
waiting to advance to sut-cess. and so we studied one of her scripts
and we were shocked. It was loose in construction, rambling, awkward
and about everything else we could mention. She had had sample
scripts, books, personal advice and all the rest, and still she was not
able even to give her script the knowing look, let alone a professional
development.
Were she the exiepUon this would be of no consequence, but she Is
eminently typical of fully half the writers whose scripts we have seen.
She has not the flr.^t idea of what to do or how to do It, and she doesn't
seem to be able to catch the idea.
If you were told to draw a straight line from A to B, the chances are
thai you could do it. Then if you get a copy of a script or copies of
several s:?ripts. why don't you go from A to B in a straight line instead
of something that looks like a spiral after a three day's drunk.'
You are told to move from one scene to the scene that advances the
next pari of the plot. But you go to the third next development and
have to vision back to get in the forgotten matter. Some of you never
do get it in. If you cannot read and understand it is useless to try and
do anything. If you study you can underi=tand, but if you want to act
like a heaven-born genius and rise superior to study, you will only land
in a place that is about as remote from heaven as can well be imagined.
Some years ago there used to be a little group of theatrical men who
each noon occupied a certain table in a well known Xew York restau-
rant. One of them had a little trick done with two toothpicks and some
skill. It was so seemingly simple that it was irritating when it could
not be at once caught, and it was a sort of initiation at the table that
newcomers were coaxed to essay the trick and the initiates sat around
and did the trick in con:rert. Sometimes the newcomer would get sore
and quit. Some would catch it almost at once. It took us about seven
weeks.
Now writing plays Is precisely like getting that toothpick trick. It
Is simple once you know it. Some people get the trick offhand and
others take weeks or months, but every man who has two hands can
learn the toothpick trick and every man and woman who has a brain
and imagination can, with practice, learn to write scripts. The point is
to keep on practicing, and practicing with an idea to get the trick.
Lots of people would waste a whole box of toothpicks and not get the
trick because they were going through the motions hut not studying;
not applying the full intelligence of their minds to the work in hand.
In the same way hundreds of persons honestly believe that they are
studying writing pictures when in reality they have not even begun.
It is a simple thing to learn, if you once can get the trick. We
worked seven weeks with the toothpicks and then all of a sudden it
came. As a rule it is the same with scripts. You work and study and
you seem to learn nothing, and then some morning you wake up and
you know all about writing scripts and you go ahead and write and sell.
Others think they are working, but they are not working along the
right lines, and they never gel anywhere and never will, in spite of the
simplicity of the thing once the trick is caught.
In the first place learn what a story — a plot — is. and also what
It is not. This story interests you. WHY? This story is "rotten."
Again, WHY? Here is a story you think might have been made much
better. WHY' and HOW? Learn to profit from the mistakes of others.
Then go on to the next step. Learn the construction of the script.
Study printed or typewritten examples to see how briefly and yet how
explicitly the action is told. Note that it is told in action and not in
description. You do not say that Jane enters, bats her eyes, looks sad,
clasps her hands and comes slowly to the front of the stage. Y^ou say
that Jane enters. The run of the story will tell the director whether
she enters soulfully or on stilts. You do not tell that the room is
eighteen feet deep and three feet wide. It would do you no good if you
did. The camera will get the same fan shaped line no matter what you
ask for because that is the natural law of optics. In time you will
learn to get your scenes in from two to ten lines instead of from fifty
to one hundred.
At least you are starting, but you have n'-t gone very far. The concise
statement of the scene in action is merely a matter of mechanics, but
the next step is a matter of intelligence. This is placing the scenes in
their proper order to get the best possible effect. This is partly a mat-
ter of practice, but more a matter of intelligen-c developed by practice.
John goes out of a scene. A sixteenth of a second later he is five hundred
miles away. How did he get there? If there is nothing in between to
show his journey or at least suggest it, use a leader, but instead of
using a leader it is better to show John getting on a train, get some
other related action in which John does not appear and then run a leader
to the effect that John calls on his lawyers, or whatever else he does.
But showing a train means going down to the railroad station and
waiting for a train to happen along. Instead, show John with a suitcase
shaking hands with someone. He exits. Then someone also exits in
another direction. In the next scene someone tells someone else that
John has gone. Xow the leader and the mind is prepared for John's
flve-hundred-mile jump.
Now that you get John to the other city follow him and tell what
happens next. unles=; what happens next happens to some other char-
acter, perhaps in the town John came from. Do not merely write
scenes. Write scenes that mean something. Just the other day a man
who knows how to write, but cannot yet write photoplays, admitted that
bis scenes did not tell much, but "they would make pretty pictures." He
was told that he waa writing a story, not merely pretty pictures.
But having arranged the scenes In their most logical order, try and
see if you cannot make one scene help the other. This morning we
wrote a script. The climax happened all in one setting. We wrote It
In live scenes becaube a 200-foot scene would be criminal In a farce
comedy. We broke It into thirty-foot lengths and cut out some of the
action. To break we had a man looking through a window and laughing
at what was Inside. If he were merely a man looking through the win-
dow, he would not have belonged and he would not have been funny, bo
we made him the husband of one of the women in the room, and now
It was so natural for him to laugh that he would lead the laughter og the
audience. We were not born with thu inherent knowledge that that was
the way to get the most humor of u break cut-back. But we were born
with some brains and the rest was practice and study brought to the
point where we did It instinctively. Uefore we wrote the story we knew
the scene would run too long and we wrote In the husband all through
the play for no other real reason than to use him to cut back to. though
we made him work In the earlier scenes as well merely to excuse his
presence and get laughs. That's another of your tricks, to give a value
to characters introduced for some specific purpose and to make them
seem to belong instead of holding them until the precise moment when
they are needed, when their sudden and unexplalnd introduction will
check the interest until the per.son is mentally accounted for.
So make this your map of study :
Learn what a plot Is and why.
Learn to write scenes in action.
Learn when to write scenes and when leaders will be better.
Learn when an insert of some sort will be better than a leader.
Learn to write your scenes in their proper order.
Learn how to make all scenes help the other scenes of the play.
B'e concise, complete and comprehensive. Say what you mean, mean
what you say, and say it pointedly and with the fullest effect.
Work.
"Why do you always talk about work, and work." asks a
correspondent. "Why don't you cheer up sometimes?"
Ble»s your heart* the most cheering things In the ^vhole irorld
is the knowledge that %vork ivili f^et ns almost anyivhere. AVere
it not for that fact, nork ^tooIcI be mere drudf^ery and not the
helpful means t» a hopeful end. *'\Vork** Is almost Hynonymoas
with "hope" except to the lazy, fnr work is not the hi»pe hut the
assurance of arrival at a desired consummation. Hope Is more
or less a chimera. AVork is positive; absolute. With work yon
can win all things, but it must be T^'ork and not playing at
work. It must be steady, unremitting labor, not merely sporadic
effort.
Work, to the ^vorker, is the most blessed word in the lan-
guage. To the loafer alone it means nothing.
Mr. Wiltermood Says:
Frank M. Wiltermood, a newspaper man, has returned to the Balboa
Company as photoplay editor. He writes :
The company is in the market only for two-reel, three-reel
and fcur-reel dramas. The concern is not producing comedies,
costume plays, Indian or civil war scripts, its purpose being to
film only high-class feature produc^tions that avoid morbid
episodes such as lost memory, alcoholism, kidnapping, crime
of all sorts, perversions of humanity, pistol wielding, indelicate
parentage of children and other sordid themes. The taboo also
is placed against such ancient situations as villains and autos
falling over cliffs, characters with birth marks who appear late
in the story to learn their identity, the putting of incriminating
letters in the hero's pocket, the hero who goes to the West and
is followed in after years by his Eastern sweetheart, the moon-
shiner's daughter who falls in love with a revenue officer, the
rich manufacturer's son who uses his father's products and
becomes seriously ill, the two sisters or the two brothers who
become lost to each other and later engage in conflict, the steal-
ing of necklaces, jewels from the eye of an India god or other
precious gems, the European nobleman who comes incognito in
America and toils as a menial — or any other of the antique
dramatic episodes made trite by usage since Xoah sailed the ark.
An Investment.
Just lately a correspondent waxed indignant because he was told that
he must type his scripts. This, he argues, is "unfair" since it per-
mits the man who can run a machine to submit hundreds of useless
ideas while he, with ideas that he knows are much better than those
on the screen, cannot do anything with them.
This sort of communication is irritating. Even a shoestring peddler
must make an investment in shoelaces before he can start out as a
merchant, and yet a lot of people seem to think that photoplay com-
panies are created for no other purpose than to hand out checks to
rank novices. A typewriter can be hired for three months for five
dollars. If the man with the ideas that are so much better than those
he sees on the screen is not willing to gamble five dollars and a little
time on the value of those ideas, he is not entitled to any return. Noth-
ing venture, nothing have was written long before photoplays came in,
but the proverb still holds true.
No one is being begged to write scripts these days : at least not the
novices. They are told that if they want to try and sell they must
have the stuff typed, but as a street car conductor is told he must
buy a uniform and a carpenter has to purchase a kit of tools. That's
simple enough, isn't it?
Superficial.
It is better to fully assimilate one single fact about photoplay writing
(or anything else for that matter) than to get an erroneous impression
of a dozen ideas.
Just the other day a reader noted in the inquiry column a statement
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THE .MO\'IXG PICTURE WORLD
that the scene plot was not essential, and wanted to know If this
had become so since "Technique of the Photoplay" was written. She
had the book, but she overlooked the definite statement that the three
essentials of the photoplay were the synopsis, the east and the plot of
action and that "a scene plot is useless save to give a hint as to the
number of scenes unless the play is so developed that the director follows
the script exactly." Probably she read this, but did not assimilate the
information, passing on to the instructions for writing the scene plot
where such was used.
It is useless to try to write photoplay unless a careful study is made
of the subject and every bit of advice is assimilated. Cultivate the
habit of thinking over what you have read until you are certain just
what a statement means before passing on to the next. It is the only
way to get ahead.
Go Lose It.
We are violating no trade seret when we announce that while gun-
powder is used to shoot a projectile out of a gun or cannon, the powder
does not accompany the hereinbefore mentioned projectile in its flight.
In the same way, a starting idea may be used to shoot a plot on its
journey and yet be left behind. While this is no new discovery, it is
one that still seems to be a stranger to a lot of people who write "I
read your excellent department every week."
Came to us lately a lady with an idea. Some of it was good, but it
was weighted down by a lot of undischarged gunpowder in the shape
of an original starter. She was urged to take it home and lose it.
She came back with the same product of the Du Ponts hanging around.
It was still bad, so we took the idea from her and wrote a salable
story that had not the slightest suggestion of the original plot.
She could not lose the idea because that was the central idea of the
story. All else she thought she thought about that one thing, and while
some of the added thoughts were good the main idea was too poor to
pass, and so it kept on clogging the plot and the action. Dropping that
and using the comparatively new development it suggested made it
useful.
Learn to discard oii.u clement of the story that becomes unpromising,
no matter how good it may have looked at first. It is the only way
in which you will ever get ahead. If you have a story and another one
comes along and fights for the place and looks better than the first,
retire the first, take the second and perhaps you can take up the first
later on and either get a story then or graft another story oH of it.
Any man can dig into the rock and bring out copper ore mixed with
gold. He gets the day wages of the laborer. The chemist who devises
means tor separating the gold from the copper gets more wages, be-
cause he works with his intelligence. Your original plot may be mixed
gold and .base metal. Learn to separate the two and use that which is
the better. As a novice you will be apt to hold to the first idea and
"fix" that us. because that is what you started with. The trained
writer knows how to tell the gold from the copper. More than that,
he will swit"h in the middle of a story if a new development presents
itself and discard the original climax entirely. You will remain in the
novice class just so long as you persist in using the plot you started
with to the detriment of the new ideas that present themselves.
Just for an example we have written two comedies on the title of a
dramatic two-reeler and we have not yet read the story of the two-
reel drama. Probably it is a good drama, but the point is that there
were the suggestions tor two farce comedies in the title alone.
More!
Here are some extracts from another of those circulars :
"Experience and education not essential."
Experience, meaning practice, is most assuredly essential. A fair
education is not essential, but advisable,
"Invalids can succeed."
Invalids may possibly succeed, but a healthy and alert mind is one of
the essentials.
"Learn in five days" time."
Taken in connection with the statement that the investment of one
dollar will enable the purchaser to write photoplays, this five-day limit
is a downright lie. The price has been reduced to .50 cents, we believe.
"Each story accepted means from .^^.^ to ^I.iO for you."
Many companies still pay from ten to twenty dollars each for scripts.
The statement is not correct.
The circular further advertises "valuable advice of Mr. Lawrence
McCloskey. of the Lubin Company."
We are sending the circular on to Mr. McCloskey. He has given
valuable advice, but not to schools. The use of his name is not author-
ized. It was Emmet Campbell Hall, of the same company, who was the
last straw on the back on the Xational .\uthors' Institute. We hope
that this is an augury.
Teaching.
One of the most appreciated compliments we ever received came in a
recent letter from a correspondent in whom we have been interested for
a couple of years. He has grown beyond the labored, words-of-one-
syllable stuff, and when he called tor help recently we told him what
the matter was and left him to find out the cure, feeling certain that
the diagnosis would permit him to find his own remedy. We simply told
him that he tried to cover too much ground in his premise — the start
of the story — and told more than was needed. Back came this letter :
I wonder if you realize that vou have a gift even more rare
than that of authorship — that of teaching. The real teacher
never states things baldly. He merely puts the proper spade
into the hands of the student for that student to dig out his
own information. Instead of writing "ten pages" about how a
gold mine looks inside you use 3fi words to point the way to the
mouth of the mine and say. "C?o in and dig." Thus, your little
hint did me more good than many pages would have done, and
I have conquered that lagging premise.
That should be the point of all teaching, to direct thought, not to en-
deavor to do the thinking for the pupil, and if vou will guide your own
studies along the same line, you'll get where this writer has done,
l.racticiilly unaided, in something like two years.
When you ask the way, dont expect to "be lifted into an auto or a
magic carpet and be transported thither. Find your direction and do
your own walking. It is vastly better for your legs, whether physical
or mental.
Tricks.
When a man tells us that he cannot possibly help having twenty-five
interior sets in a one-reel story we speak to him as he deserves. When
a woman tells us the same thing we wait until she goes out and then
pray for a book agent to come along so we can tell him what we think
of him and relieve the brain of the stored up remarks. Now look at
this.
We want to use an ofHce set once in which to have a letter delivered.
Ans. We don't. The messenger meets the man just coming out of the
office building.
We want to use a kitchen once to establish the cook. Ans. We
don't. The cook comes to the back door.
We want to use a parlor for a proposal. Ans. He proposes on the
front steps.
We want to use a bedroom to show the old maid's wig. Ans. We use
a bust instead.
We want to use a physician's office to show that Jack is a doctor.
Ans. We bring him out of the house with a satchel such as doctors
use. He opens the satchel, looks at some bottles, and goes on.
We want to use a theater set to show the heroine is an actress, Ans.
We use a billboard with eighteen cents' worth of stock lithographs.
We must use a railroad station scene to show that Bill buys a ticket
to Texas. .Ans. Show the platform. Fill comes from the station with
the ticket in his hand.
We must show the interior of a street car to show that Frank has no
carfare. Ans. Show Frank search his pockets. He can find no money.
He takes a chance and boards a car. The car comes into the next
scene. Frank is put off.
We must show a steamer to show that Frank goes to Europe. .\ns.
Use a leader.
We must have a toy store to show that the Colonel buys a present
for little Geraldine. Ans. Show him entering a toy store. Cut back to
Geraldine. Show the Colonel coming out of the store with a package.
Show him giving it to Geraldine.
We could film a couple of pages with similar avoidances, but these
instances should be enough. If you a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y M-U-S-T show
all exteriors you can even show a death bed or a man in prison on a
lawn. Don't think you cannot. Know that you can.
No. Reasons.
Here are some of the reasons recently advanced for taking up photo-
play writing :
"To show my husband I could earn as much money as he could."
"My father was a literary man, too."
"My compositions were always praised at school."
"I have nothing to do in the afternoons."
"I guess I am as good as ."
"1 have had a spell of sickness and need some money."
"I said to myself 1 could do better than the awful stuff I see In tb*
theatres."
Can you beat it?
Inquiries
>>ote. — Inquirers dealing with photoplay technique will be replied to
by mail if the questioner will inclose with his question a stamped
and fully addressed return envelope. These inquiries must be ad-
dressed. Inquiry Department. The Moving Picture World. Box 226,
Madison Square Station. Xew York City, and in no other manner.
Requests for lists of manufacturers' addresses should be addressed
to the paper and not to this department.
S. G. — A photoplay "can" be made from a copyrighted book, just as
you "can" steal a man's watch, but it is not well to be caught at
it. The sale of a book to you gives you the right to read it and loan it
to your friend to read. The copyright line is legal notice to you
that if you dj more than that you invade the rights reservea by the
author.
F. A. R. — Do not evoke such unpleasant memories. For modern
talking pictures try Edison or the Imperial. The company you men-
tion curled up its toes in the long agone leaving several sincere
mourners.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. S.A.RGEXT
Xot a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventj'-six pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developing the "Punch," Condensing the
Script, Writing the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, Talking Pic-
tures, Copyrights, etc.
In cloth, two dollars. Full leather, three dollars.
By mail postpaid. Add ten cents if reg^istration is desired.
Address all Orders to
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
17 Madison Avenue, Xew York City
TITF, MO\qNG PICTURF. WORLD
95S
Projection Department
Conducted by F. H. RICHARDSON
Manufacturers' Notice.
IT is an osiablishtd lul,. of the MOVlNti PICTIKE WORLD and
of this department that no apparatus or other goods will be en-
dorsed or recommended editorially until such articles have been
demonstrated to ;\ member of our staff. In case of apparatus per-
taining to project on this means the editor of this department.
Important Notice,
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication it is impossible to
reply through the department in less than two to three weeks. In
order to Rive prompt service, those sending 4 cents in stamps (less
than act\i-il cost I. will receive carbon copy of the department reply
by mail without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booklet form. They may be obtained by remitting 27> cents, money
or stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get
a copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 45.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise
only the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking for
high-class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Whiit voltaric generator would yon recommend if it is to sup-
pli/ iiieauaesccii't liiihtitiri only? Ij it is to supply projection
current cnlyf If it is to supply both? Giie reasons for each
reply. How low could the voltage of an ordinary compound-
wouud generator be, and still operate a projection arc success-
fullyf How high could it be? Is resistance absolutely nec-
essary in series with a projection arc supplied by an ordinary
compound-wound or shunt generator of large or small capac-
ity. Give lull details and reasons for your ajiswcr. Many
things arc involved here, so consider carefully.
Roll of Honor.
The Roll cf Honor on Question No. 39 consists of .\. C. Stewart,
Waitsburg. Washington ; Harry T. Dobson, Toronto, Canada, and Jo-
seph H. M. Smith. Fort Worth. Te.xas.
Reply to Question No. 39.
By Joseph ri. M. Smith. Fort Wonu, Texas.
The Question :
Suppose you - received from the authorities permission to
drive your projectors with m''tDr-. Your employer owned
two small motors of proper voltage. How would you deter-
mine whether or not the motors were heavy enough for th
work? Suppcse these motT> were found to be of sufficient
piwer. but there were no field rheostats to govern the sp?9d.
Ynu ccu'd get plenty of small iron wire, about the size of a
wire en a broom, how could you. without any figuring, deter-
mine a'.curately and quickly how much of this wire would be
sufficient?
The .Answer :
There are two ways of determining whether a motor is
heavy enough to pull a projection mechanism. First, if your
motor does not heat above normal after running an ordinary
reel yen may conclude that it is large enough for the work.
Second, you can take the voltage and the ampere capacity from
the name plate and multiply the two together and divide by
740. which will give you the horse-power, and while Ik horse-
power is large enough, ^ horse-power would be better, and
would be ample for the work in hand. You could, of course,
ascertain by correspondence with the manufacturer of your pro-
jector the horse-power reQUire^. to operate it, and this would
perhaps be the simplest way.
That part of the question dealing with field resistance is best replied
to by .\. C. Stewart. Waitsburg, Washington, who says :
If you have no field rheostat to govern the speed, disconnect
one end of the field winding from its terminal and connect it
to some fine iron wire. Now touh the terminal from which
you disconnected the field winding with the other end of the
iron wire, turn on the current, and by sliding the iron wire
back an.l fcrth on the terminal. Ki:h the load on the motor,
you can find the exact spot whi^h will give the right results.
By marking this spot, and winding the iron wire in spirals and
mounting these spirals on insulators, and making a sliding or
other suitable contact, you will have created a field rheostat
with which you can regulate the speed of the motor. In mak-
ing the experimental test care must be taken that the iron wire
is not short circuited on itself at any point or points as this
would cause an erroneous reading.
A Real Manager.
Recently the management of the Guodwin theater, .N'ewark, .\ew Jer-
sey, employed the writer to go over to their house and examine their
projection, critlci/.e the same and make suggestions (or ImiirovcmcnL
The Goodwin theater Is managed by William Webbe and his mother.
Mrs. Charles Webbe, but, insofar as the actual management of the
house be concerned, Mrs, Webbe was the real "man behind the gun,"
and a mighty cai>able 'man" she is, too. The Goodwin tlnaler i«,
within its limits, as pleasing a house to the eye as the writer has
looked at in many a day. By ■within its limitations" I mean that It
is merely one long, wide room, with a ceiling panelled with heavy
beams. The walls and ceiling are of a most pleasing shade of deep
tan. panelled in a very light tan. and the indirect lighting system em-
ployed in connection therewith gives one of the most restful and thor-
oughly distributed illuminating effects it has been my fortune to ob-
serve. The ushering is done by young ladies, and the term "young
ladies' means just what it says ; they are handsome young women and
not frivolous girls.
.he day of my visit Kleine's "Cleopatra" was on, and although it
was a matinee, price 15 cents and in the middle of summer, the house
was fairly well filled. In the evening the prices were l.j to ■J.'j cents.
Mrs. Webbe was busy at the switchboard, handling the house lights
and the careful attention she gave to that detail was Illustrative of her
thoroughness.
The picture was good, too, but it was not sufficiently good to suit
Mrs. Webbe. The light was brilliant; it was well handled and the
speed was correct, but Mrs. Webbe informed me that these various
things were only so because she watched the picture every moment of
the time and promptly notified the operator when anything was wrong.
Xow. it is a matter of regret to me to have to chronicle that fact,
but in the interest of the operator himself, as well as the organizatioa
to which he belongs and to the business as a whole, it is necessary t»
do so. The management of the Goodwin is paying the union scale; it
is willing to pay much more than the union scale if necessary, ia
order to secure the class of service it wants and, gentlemen of the
Newark union, under these conditions it is absolutely up to yoii to
provide 3Irs. Webbe with an operator who icill meet her requirements,
even though it should be necessary to go outside of your own unloa
to procure that kind of a man.
I do not wish to be understood as intimating that it would be neces-
sary to go outside of your organization, but in this case you are
dealing with a real manager, a woman who very thoroughly under-
stands what she wants, who is determined to have what she wants,
and v'ho is willing to pay the price, even to the extent of very con-
siderable above the union scale. The union scale in Newark is
.•fl.S.iKI. I suggested to Mrs. Webbe that .'fl.'^.liO was not sufficient to
attract a really high-clajs operator. She inquired how much would
be necessary. I told her that I thought, in a city like .Newark, .?2.">.0tt
would do it. Quick as a flash she said : "7 will pay it gladly for a
man who will put high-cla.'is projection on my screen ami krrp it
there." By this Mrs. Webbe meant a man to whom she could de-
liver the films with the confidence that they would be projected to her
screen in the best possible manner without any coaching on her part;
that they would not be run too fast — nor too slow ; that no shadows
would appear on her screen ; that there would be no travel ghiost, or
any other fault in the projection, except that inherent in the films them-
selves.
In order to secure this kind of projection it would be necessary that
the operator give his whole and undivided attention to the screen every
second the picture was running, Mrs, Webbe spoke very highly of the
perscnality of her oi>erator, but the fact remains toat he is not de-
livering the goods on that class of job. I believe he is a man whe
will make a first-class operator some day, but there were faults. There
was travel ghost, but he was too far from the screen to observe the
focus of the picture closely without an opera glass ; there was alto-
gether too much light In the operating room ; there was a fault is
both his projection lenses, and although ho knew it was there, he
didn't know what it was, and, while the foregoing might not be counted
very heavily against him. he did not, according to Mrs, Webbe, watck
tls s reen continuously and thus, from time to time, grave faults ap-
peared ; also I saw one reel started with the title out of frame, which is
decidedly crude worlc.
Illustrative of the willingness of the manas-ement of the Goodwin t»
spend money to get results, the first thing I did was to suggest to Mrs.
Webbe that the operator ought to have a pair of good opera glasses
with which to look at his picture and see if the focus was at its best-
Mrs. Webbe disappeared and in five minutes was back with three pairs
of high-class glasses which we tried out. and. if I remember rightly,
she bought the .^11^. ."0 pair. Now. gentlemen of the Newark union,
it is not a question of money in the Goodwin theater. Of course,
Mrs, Webbe. being a real manager, is not going to throw any money
away, but she is willing to pay the price necessary to get results, and
if is up to you.
I have expended considerable space in describing this condition, for
the simple reascn that this is the same thing other unions are con-
fronted with. There are, in almost all cities, managers who want re-
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ults and are willing to pay for them, but it is not every union which
contains within its ranks men who can and will deliver this class of
work.
The management of the Goodwin is going to succeed, and it is
▼ery much up to the Newark union to help them succeed, because the
class of projection Mrs. Webbe insists upon is going to force other
Newark houses to do likewi.^e, and this will necessitate the paying of
higher prices for higher class work.
By the way, I nearly overlooked one important feature of the Good-
win. Mr. William Webbe has charge of the music. Mr. Webbe is
BD accomplished musician and the theater is equipped with a magnificent
organ. Mr. Webbe sees every picture before he plays for it and plans
and arranges the music and effects. Too much cannot be said in
praise of his work in this connection.
After leaving the Goodwin I went around to another bouse where
they have a new Baird projector, and a mirror screen. There was
a heavy and disagreeable flicker, and at one time a nice golden yellow
discoloration of the light which extended half way up the picture,
yet when I called the operator's attention to it he did no know what
I was talking about. In justice, however, it must be said that the
regular operator, who is also the manager, was absent, but the fact
remains that the audience was paying the regular admission price, and
therefore, the class of work I witnessed was rather tough on them.
rt is a matter of sincere regiet to me to be obliged to say this, but
right is right, and there is no excuse for such work. In this instance
the doorkeeper left the door, went up and gave the operator my card,
and the operator left his machine, came clear around through another
room, doicn a flight of stairs and talked for probably thirty seconds
before inviting me up to the operating room, though I believe there
was a reel boy with the machine, but of this I am not certain ; it
runs in my mind I saw a boy there. After leaving this house I went
to the Strand theater, where I met brothers V. A. Schaube and J. V.
Valentine, both of the Newark local. The brothers were working under
some difficulties, as there is altogether too much light in the operating
room, and they are taking current from a generator which is not
heavy enough for the work. Under these conditions I do not care
%o comment on the results.
lent operator's library, though in addition it would not do any harm
to have a copy of "The Electric Motor," by Burns, which can ha
obtained by remitting $l.oO and a stamped envelope to the editor, who
will forward the order to the publisher. Both the Hawkins' set and tha
Burns' book have the hearty endorsement of this department. Swoope's
work is also excellent.
License Information — Again.
Arapahoe, Nebraska, writes :
I have been operating in this part of the state for the past
two years without, however, securing a license. I would now
like to go to a larger city, preferably Kansas City. Can you
tell me how to proceed to get a license? I believe I am com-
petent to operate any show to the satisfaction of the mana-
ger and all concerned, but I have never taken a license ex-
amination, and am absolutely ignorant as to how to proceed
to get one. and get a job.
In the first place, Arapahoe, if you went to Kansas City or any other
large place where there is a uniqn, you would have to apply for mem-
bership and be received into the union before you could go to work
In any house controlled by the union, also before your application to
the union couid even be considered you would have to reside in the
city for a period of six months. This may seem to you arbitrary and
unreasonable, but there is a very good and logical cause for the six
months' residence requirement. The getting of a position in a large
city is no different from getting a position in a small town; you have
simply got to find the opening, apply for the job, get it, and then make
good, except that as a general proposition all houses employing union
men obtain their operators directly from the business ofiices of the
organization, and in many cities they cannot obtain them otherwise
without having the scrappiest kind of a scrap on their hands. As to a
license you would have to apply to the proper authorities in the city
In which you wish to work, and the method of application, as well
as the department to which you apply, varies in different cities. You
would then have to be examined, and in some cities. New York for
example, the examination is very stiff, whereas in others it is merely
a farce. The examination is an oral one, and is whatever the indi-
vidual examiner sees fit to make it. Some of them merely ask you
if the moon is made of green cheese, collect the fee and give you
a license; others may vary the performance by inquiring as to the
probable state of the weather tomorrow before they collect the fee,
while in other cities you will have to have a very thorough under-
standing of electrical action, some knowledge of lens action, and
a comprehensive knowledge of the motic-n picture mechanism in order
to pass the examination and secure a license. As a rule cities giving
a really effective examination either chnr?e no license fee at all or a
merely nominal one, while in many instances cities in which the ex-
aminaton is a farce exact a stiff fee. In the latter municipalities it is,
of course, simply a grafting proposition. It is a case of "cough up"
If you want to work.
Electrical Books.
J. Eeardsley, who fails to give his place of residence, says :
On page 1258. May 30th issue, under heading "Westinghouse
Reflector," you say : "Ohio orders Swoope's book." Kindly let
me know what book this is. Have both Handbooks, and like
to keep informed on good electrical works.
The book referred to is Swoopes "Lessons in Practical Electricity,"
14th addition, which can be had by remitting $2.00 to the editor,
who will forward same to the publisher. However, I have unearthed
a much better sot of works, in six limp bound, leather covered, gilt
edged volumes, entitled "Hawkins" Electrical Guide." This work is
$6.00 and can be had by remitting $1.0(> to the Theo Audel Company,
whose address can be obtained from their advertisement in tbe July
11th issue, and then paying $1.00 per week until the sum of $G.OO has
been paid. This set of works is very good indeed, and, taken in con-
junction with the Motion Picture Handbook, will form a very excel-
The Reading of Motor Curve Performances.
I break my rule of having nothing but original matter in tbe de-
partment by inserting the following,, which was sent in by a correspond-
ent. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the publication from
which it was clipped. It will be well for operators who handle motors
to study this article carefully, using their own motors to make com-
parative tests on. They may unearth some very valuable information
conierning their own plants.
Every person who owns, or ever expects to own or have charge
of an electric motor should be able to read motor perform-
ance curves. These tell the whole story of the motor's ca-
pabilities and limitations at almost a glance to those who can
read curves— but to the average person, and evi n to many
engaged in electrical pursuits, a performance curve drawing
looks something like a railroad map and there his information
ends. Consequently he denies himself, many times to his disad-
vantage, information that might prove exceedingly valuable.
Nowadays, more than ever before, motors are sold on their
"curves." It is not enough to simply say a motor has 25 horse-
power capacity, because a 25 horsepower motor might mean
several things. For instance, it can mean that the motor's
momentary maximum output is 25 horsepower ; or that its output
is 25 horsepower at rated voltage for one-half hour, or maybe
for one or two hours or continuously. It is true that electrical
associations have laid down rules, but each motor manufacturer,
nevertheless, rates motors according to bis own ideas.
The result is that electrical engineers and all experienced
motor buyers now demand curves showing the actual perform-
ance of the motor under all conditions of service. A motor per-
formance curve drawing shows the exact output in horsepower
for all speeds, the amount of current or amperes it consumes
for any horsepower or speed with its capacity, the torque
or turning power developed, and the efficiency, under all con-
ditions.
The curves here shown give the performance of a direct cur-
rent motor rated by its manufacturer at 20 horsepower. Each
curve on the drawing is read between the ampere scale across
the bottom, and its own scale along the side. In the drawing,
"Torque" means prunds pull exerted at one foot radius (from
the shaft) ; "H.P." means horsepower: "R.P.M." means revolu-
tions of the shaft per minute: "Efficiency" means per cent, of
current of amperes converted into useful work.
To find the operating characteristics of this motor, locate the
point where, at its normal rating. 20 horsepower, the "H.P.
Output" curve intersects the 20 H.P. horizontal line. This point.
it is seen, is on the 75 ampere vertical line (scale across bot-
tom of drawing) : at 20 horsepower then, the motor takes 75
ampere^ of current. The other characteristics are indicated by
the different curves at the points where they intersect the 75
ampere Iin,e. Thus, by following the 75 ampere line down to
the "Torque" line, it is seen by referring to the side scale,
that the torque developed is IfiO pounds: similarly its "Speed"
is found to be 660 r. p. ra. and its "efficiency" a trifle over
88 per cent.
Now as another example assume that it is desired to know
the conditions if this same motor was put to 25 horsepower?
service. By the same method we see that to do this extra work.
It will consume O.'i amperes; develops 220 pounds of torque,
but the speed is reduced to 580 r. p. m., and the efficiency Is
now under SS per rent.
The drawing shows that this motor can develop as high as
40 horsepower (end of "H. P. Output" curve), but this is In-
advisable, for while the torque is then over 600 pounds, the
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speed is only 4'20 r. p. m., and the efficiency drops way down to
78 per cent.
The rated output of the motor Is. therefore, somewhat ar-
bitrary. Any high grade motor has considerable range of power
to take care of overloads. The momentary overload capacity
should be about three times the rated capacity, bo it Is of great
importance to know Just what the motor can stand and what
change will result in the speed, and how the overload affects
the torque, the efflclency, and the current taken from the supply
circuit.
By foliowing this explanation, the performance curve of any
motor can be Intelligently read by anyone.
placed in the lank up to a certain level, then basket K Is filled with
carbide and the ba^*ket Is Inserted into the tank, whereupon, by revolv-
ing crank O the carbide is gradually spilled over the top of the basket
(which Is not really a basket at all, but a cylinder with an open top
end) onto th** surface of the water, where It Is instantly transformed
into gas. The gas supplies Its own pressure, and the tank la charged at
Ozo-Carbi Light.
From time to time this deparimeiu has inquiries concerning the prac-
ticability and efficiency of various light making outfits. It Is, of course,
beyond the province of the department to draw comparison as between
various outfits. We can. however, and, in fact. It is a part of the office
of this department to set forth the facts concerning various devices con-
nected with the operating room. Moore, Hubbell & Co.. Chicago, Illinois,
are the manufacturers of the outfit for making "ozo-carbl" light. This
light is made by burning carbide (acetylene) gas with a compound gas
called "ozo." which is really a modified form of oxygen. These two
gases are used together in tht same kind of a jet as that used for
ordinary oxygen and hydrogen in making the regular calcium, or lime
light. In making ozo-carbl, two tanks are employed, one for the carbide
and one for the ozo gas. For a long time after carbide or acteylene gas
became a commercial article, attempts were made to utilize it for cal-
cium light, but until the perfection of the gas compound known as ozo
it was not a practical proposition. The brilliancy of calcium light de-
pends entirely upon the degree of heat to which the lime can be raised.
FIG. 1.
just as the brilliancy of the electric arc depends upon the degree of
heat to which the carbon can be raised. The hotter the lime the brighter
the light. Now it is claimed, and I think the claim is a just one, that
acetylene or carbide gas has a more intense heat, and hence produces
a brighter light than any other known single gas. Oxygen and acety-
lene cannot be burned together in a calcium jet, so that the secret of
the Moore-Hubbell process lies in the production of the compound ozo
which will do what plain oxygen will not do — play in the same yard
with calcium gas, or. in other words, burn in the same jet. the same
as oxygen and hydrogen burn together. The manufacturers claim that,
not only will this light produce a greater brilliancy, but that it will do
it for less money than will a plain oxygen-hydrogen calcium light. With
this outfit no saturator or vaporizer is required ; there is no gasoline, nor
is any ether employed. The gases can he made by burning a::*! storing
under pre-sure in steel tanks provided, whereupon they are ready for
use at any lime.
In Figure 1 we see the portion of the outfit used for making the ozo
gas. .\ is an ordinary plumber's furnace for heating the retort, though
any form of heat may be used. R is a shield to go over the retort and
help confine the heat, thus making it more intense. C is a retort in
which the chemicals are placed, and to which heat is applied to generate
the gas. DD is a compound wa^h-bottle whic-h is filled with water. The
gas, as it is made, must pi=s through this water, which frees it from
impurities, whereupon it p:;sses through high pressure hose E, and into
the main tank, where it is ccnfned by needle valve V. There is a safety
valve provided, so that th° element of danger Is eliminated. With one
set of chemicals, called Chenii^al No. 1, it is necessary to first fill the
main tank with fifty or sixty pounds of air by means of a hand pump,
but by using a serond set of somewhat more costly chemicals, known as
Chemi al Xo. 2. no air is necessary. The process of making ozo gas is
very simple, indeed, and the directions sent out with the outfit are re-
markably complete, so that even the novice cannot possibly have much
trouble in handling the outfit. Enough gag is made at one time to last
for several shows.
Figure 2 shows the carbide making part of the outfit. The process is
the reverse of the old way of dropping water on the carbide. The
carbide is contained in a basket at the top of tank P. This basket has
a false bottom which is raised or lowered by crank 0. Water is first
Ficr. 2. ■
^0 pounds. The whole process, as I said before, is remarkably simple,
and it seems to me that any one of ordinary intelligence nught to be
able to handle the outfit with the aid of the instructions supplied. Hoth
the outfit and the gas has the indorsement and approval of this de-
partment.
The Heating of Glass.
Some time ago considerable was said on the glass heating problem, and
the answer given, several times, was probably the correct solution of
the matter- John GTriffiths. in a discussion of this subject, brought up
the question of the absorption of light rays, and their relation to the
heating effect. Perhaps some of his difficulties may be cleared up by
the following, contributed by S. E. Shaw, Ithaca, Xew York.
In the first place, it probably will not be amiss to ask
what is the nature of light? It is a form of radiant energy
which acts in waves, the frequency of which determines the
nature of the result. At one end of the scale is sound having
a frequency of 15 cycles per sec. for the lowest audible sound,
running up through wireless waves, visible light, and on up to
ultra-violet light, having a frequency of about 10'^. The wave
length of the lowest sound is about 66 feet, and that of the
ultra-violet light about -OOOiU inches in length. (The brother
should have explained, in detail, precisely what is meant by
"wave length." Presumably he means that sound waves are
the distances named from each other. — Ed.) These are all forms
of radiation, and since they are energy they must finally be
dissipated in the form of heat. Therefore, if light is absorbed
by a medium, there is bound to be a rise in temperature in
proportion to the amount of light absorbed. But here is the
point, all light rays are heat rays, but do all heat rays have the
nature of light? This is evidently not the case. B'etween the
frequencies of wireless and Herzian waves and invisible light
waves there is a field called infra red rays, the exact nature of
which is not known. Formerly they were called heat waves
but that was incorrect. It is merely a form of radiation which
possesses greater heat quantities than the other forms, and,
since they do not manifest themselves visually, audibly, or
magnetically, it was naturally thought that they were a special
form of heat wave. This is the principal form of radiation from
the sun by which the earth receives its heat supply. They re-
ceive their name, infra-red, from the fact that they are below the
visible red rays in frequency, and while really a red ray. are not
visible to the eye. Now, an electric arc not only gives ofT light,
but also a great amount of radiation in another form, a good
share of which is in the nature of infra-red rays. The luminous
efficiency of the d. c. arc (percentage of radiation propagated
as visible light) is 1.66 per cent., so that evidenily the other
forms are very large in proportion to the actual light produced.
Since the infra-red rays are large in comparison to the light
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rays, ami give up the most heat, the greater heating effect will
be due to these rays and not to the light rays, and thus we see
that the glass does not get hot exactly in proportion to the
light which it absorbs.
The piece of blackened tin will, of course, get hotter than the
polished tin. Here again, the right rays are not entirely re-
sponsible for the heating effect. The heat rays, or invisible
rays, follow the laws of light for reflection. Therefore the heat
rays, as well as the visible rays, are reflected from the polished
surface, but the black surface is a very good absorber, in fact,
a perfect black body is a perfect absorber, or radiator. For
this reason the lamp house of a machine should get considerably
hotter if carbon is allowed to collect on the inside walls than
if it were kept well cleaned and polished, and also a black
film will get hotter in the aperature than a clear piece of cel-
luloid. The rougher a surface, the greater will be its absorb-
tion. In the experiment mentioned by Griffiths, the tempera-
ture, as registered by the thermometer, cannot be taken as a
measure of heat, unless the pieces of iron or tin are of the same
dimensions and material. Temperature is simply a measure of
heat intensity, and not one of quantity. This is evident, for it
takes more heat to raise the temperature of a certain body to
some certain point than it does to raise the temperature of a
smaller body of the same material to the same point. Would it
be worth while to carry out experiments to find the heat absorbed
by different materials, at various points before the light enters
the condensers, and after leaving them? Your department should
certainly be a boon to the operator, for it not only helps him out
in his difficulties, but greatly increases his knowledge along cer-
tain lines in a way which the best correspondence sfhools could
not even commence to do. Perhaps you won't like the com-
parison, for your pages certainly show anything but love for
the schools that would make a Steinmetz of young or old for
§100 a chance, or less. I wish you and your department the best
'of success.
I do not feel competent to enter into a discussion of this particular
matter. I have printed this exceedingly well-written letter because any-
thing which increases our knowledge of the action of radiant energy is
valuable to the operator, and certainly there is considerable in this
letter well worthy of study, though I hardly imagine that the practical
advantage gained would justify the labor necessary to carry out the ex-
periments suggested, and determine the amount of energy absorbed at
various points ahead of and behind the condensers. But, of course, any-
thing of tiiat kind is more or less interesting, purely as an experiment.
Yellow in Projection Surface.
In a recent comment the editor express-ed skepticism as to the desira-
bility of yellow in a projection surface, and for this he was taken to
task by the Atsco Company, manufaoturers of the radium gold fibre
screen. Xow the editor has nothing to apologize for in this connection,
ano therefore does not purpose to apologize. However, it is but fair
to say that he only expressed his own individual opinion, and after an
extended argument with some of the experts of the aforenamed company
he is willing to admit that he may be in error. The claim of the ad-
vocators of the radium gold fibre screen is that yellow serves to soften
the harshness of the white light, and that the effect is not a diminu-
tion of the brillian'^y of the light, but a changing of its tone. In other
words, they claim that, while admitting that the introduction of yellow
into the light ray itself would tend to not only decrease the brilliancy
of the ray. but work injury in other directions, the introduction of yellow
into the surface has no such effect, but only, as before indicated, serves
to soften the tone, and eliminate the halo or glare which is to some
extent present when perfectly white semi-reflecting screen surfaces are
used.
The editor has pointed out to the Atsco people the fact that the
columns of this department are at all times open to them, or to anyone
else, to set forth any argument or any proof they may have of the cor-
rectness of their position in this or any other matter pertaining to
projection. This department has no "axe to grind" for anybody. It
seeks only wholly and solely to serve the best interests of the projection
end of the moving picture industry as a whole. Primarily it, of course,
to a certain extent, purports to represent the moving picture operator,
but beyond, and further than this it also represents all things having to
do with projection.
ff a yellow surface is the best surface we want to know it, and if
it is a fact that a yellow tint in the projection surface adds to the gen-
eral results, then the question naturally arises how far shoQld this yel-
low tinting be carried ; what is the limit — the point where increased
efficiency ceases and deterioration in results sets in? This is a very
live topic, and we welcome discussion from the experts of the Atsco
Company, or anyone else capable of shedding light on the screen
question.
Swindled by a School.
Brooklyn. New York, writes :
May a new reader of the World, and a would-be-operator, ask
a question or two? 1 am a "graduate"' of one of our numerous
operators' "schools" who failed to pass the city examination
for a license. Put of a dozen questions asked by the examiners
only one was ever even so much as mentioned at my "school."
and that was the carrying capacity of wires. They (presumably
the examining board. — Ed.i told me I did not know how to
operate a lamp on a. c. The only question pertaining at all
to a. c. was concerning the using of a rheostat on d. c. and
changing to a. c. What effect would this have on the amper-
age? I answered that it would in'^rease the amperage. It
seems to me my answer was correct, but they say no. I made
no explanation of why the amperes were increased, simply
answering as above. Can you tell me where I was wrong?
Have you any information, or can you tell me where to get it,
concerning rheostats in projection circuits, and how to prop-
erly test the rheostat for ground when not in circuit? Also a
more complete explanation of the three-wire system? I am
going to try for a license again and would gladly purchase
this information or instruction, but I am through with schools.
Now here is a man who has been swindled out of a tuition fee. That
is harsh language, but it is the straight truth. Without exception, I
believe, these schools solicit students on the representation that they
will make practical operators of students and enable them to secure a
license. Of course, the student ought to have sense enough to know
that he cannot learn a trade or a profession in a month or in three
months. Common sense should tell him that a trade which could be
learned in three months is not worth learning, but it seems that it does
not. This, however, does not relieve the school from the charge of
questionable practice.
With regard to your answer that the effect of changing from d. c. to
a. c, same voltage, with a rheostat for resistance; it was absolutely
correct. There would be no difference whatever in the electrical re-
sults, except that the amperage at the arc would be somewhat in-
creased, and if the rheostat coils were already working- to capacity od
d. c. they would be overloaded on a. c. This is due to the fact that an
a. c. arc is considerably shorter than a d. c. arc of equal amperage,
and therefore has less resistance. I do not think, if you made that
answer, and made it in that way, the examiners told you you were
wrong. If they did it was you who were right and the examiners who
were wrong. It is safe to say, however, that you are in error in saying'
that the examiners declared that answer wrong. I have, myself, time
and again switched from a. e. to d. c, without making any change
whatever in my rheostatic resistance, but the use of resistance on a. c.
is poor practice, since more than half the energy is wasted, whereas a
transformer wastes almost nothing at all.
The information on rheostats contained in the Handbook is very com-
plete and I do not know of any work anywhere that even approaches
the Handbook in completeness on this particular subject. As to testing
the rheostat for ground when not in circuit, it would take up too much
space and require considerable illustration. Moreover, I don't like to
give it in this connection anyhow ; it would look too much like deliber-
ately coaching you on an examination question. I would suggest. Brook-
lyn, that you go just outside New York City limits, and serve an ap-
prenticeship, combining it with study. It will be a slower process, but
a much better one, and a more effective one. The examiners don't want
you to have a lot of answers by heart ; they want you to know what
you are talkiup about, and when you get your knowledge through a com-
bination of experience and study, the information obtained is real in-
formation, because it means a thorough understanding of the whys and
wherefores of the matter.
Getting Light.
Walter C. Rawles. Suffolk, Virginia, asks:
Can a good picture be projected at 71 feet, using 60 cycle,
110 volt a. c, 40 amperes, through a Fort W^ayne compensarc
having a capacity of 30 to 60 amperes, using % carbons? Any
suggestions will be appreciated. We use Xo. 4 wire from the
main switch to the machine room, and Xo. 6 from the main
mactiine room switch to the projectors.
You have not told me either what kind of curtain you use. or what
size picture, both of which are exceedingly important items. By very care-
ful work, using a 5g inch cored carbon above and a 1^ inch or 0-16 cored
carbon below, you might project a very fair 12-foot picture on one of
the semi-reflecting types of screens, hut if it be a plaster or a cloth
screen, or if the picture be larger than 12 feet you should by all
means use 60 amperes. I am only telling you what you mioht do. but
that does not mean you ought to do it. For myself I would not for a
moment consider anything less than 60 amperes, and for that GO
amperes I would try first % cored above and % eored below ; second
^i cored above and 0,16 cored below, using whichever gave the best
general results. Your wiring is O. K.. but in this connection I would
call your undivided attention to pages 107 to 201 and 204 to 212 in-
clusive of the Handbook, a copy of which I suppose you have. If you
have not I would humbly suggest that you get busy and remit $2.-"tO to
the Moving Picture World and get one without delay. It will be the
best investment, I think, you ever made.
Worth a Hundred.
A. C. Stewart, Waitsburg. Washington, sends 25 cents for the question
booklet, and says :
Have squandered six simoleons for a set of Hawkins' Elec-
trical Guide. They fully justify your recommendation. At a
rough guess I should say there is about a hundred dollars'
worth of information in each one.
Friend Stewart, for your information I will say I am mighty careful
not to recommend a thing until I am thoroughly satisfied it is really
worth the money, and will deliver the goods along the lines intended.
This applies not only to books, but to machines, appliances and every-
thing else connected with projection.
A New Publication.
The Flickerless Publishing Company. Boston. Mass.. comes out with
a four-page publication called "The Flickerless." the same being, as I
understand it. fathered by the Corbet t Theater Equipment Company.
Presumably the publication proposes to serve a purely local field, and
incidentally to act as a convenient advertising medium for the Corbett
Theater Equipment Company.
Volume 1, No. 1. of the publication contains a number of items of local
interest, and. as a means of purveying; strictly local news doubtless the
new publication will find a fertile field, and an appreciative following.
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"HIS KID SISTER" (Vitagraph), July 27.— Good western, nitliough
perhaps the best of It is the fearless riding and the atmosphere.
"A C.^.\I.\E RIVAL" (Edison). .July 2T.— This is the eighth of the
Wood B. Wedd series. William tt. Wadsworth pursues his funny bent and
makes mirth. He is aided by Arthur Housman. The hit of the piece
is a short and sharp argument between a cat and a dog. Neither is
hurt.
"GWENDOLYN', THE SEWING MACHINE GIRL" (Biograph). July
27. — There are in this melodramatic comedy situations that moved to
mirth — as. for instance, the humble sewing machine girl going to her
home of luxury and having her drooping spirits revived by quafflng
champagne from the tall glass ordinarily associated in the mind with
imported beer.
"SEARCH, THE SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE" (Giograph), July 27,—
On the same reel is this short comedy, not very rich in fun,
HE.\RST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL NO. 4:i.— Interesting number as
a whole. There were good views of the Larchmont yacht race, of the
baby hippo and of the printing of United States currency.
"THE .MYSTERY OF THE LOST STRADIVARIVS " (Edison), July
28. — This is the ninth mystery in the "Chronicles of Cleek" series. The
plot embraces the story of the lost Stradivarius written by Thomas W.
Hanshaw : George A. Lessey is the director. The usual cast headed
by Ben Wilson obtains in this offering. We wish to say in connection
with this photoplay that the acting, photography and all else is of a high
order. The complications in the plot are of a most interesting nature,
"A CLASH OF VIRTUES" (Essanay), July 2,S,— A young employe of a
Wall street broker forges his employer's check to make good on his
margin in a wheat deal. He loses and is given a certain time to redeem
himself. His sister is involved and to save her brother she makes a
heroic effort to clear things up, even to the sacrifice of herself. The
plot of this offering embraces several peculiar complications that are
absolutely absurd. Otherwise it is entertaining.
"THE STRAITS OF BONIFACIO" (Saridina), (Pathe). July 28,—
On the same reel with "Hemp Growing," The Straits of Bonifacio afford
one of the most interesting trips to be found in Southern Italy, This
picture shows some of the beautiful water effects,
"HE.MP GROWING" (New Zealand), (Pathe). July 28.- On the same
reel with "The Straits of Bonifacio." An interesting picture portraying
one of the most important industries of New Zealand.
"THE .MAN WITH THE GLOVE" (Kalera), July 28.— This is a photo-
play the theme of which involves in the plot the hazing of a new col-
lege student. Clyde Penfield (Guy Coombs) during the foolish cere-
monies is branded on the back of his left hand with the word "coward."
Humiliated, he vows vengeance on the perpetrators. He is forced to
wear a glove. Later, through good heartedness, he alleviates the suf-
fering of his former persecutor's family, by ministering to the welfare of
his wife and child. There is a intensified interest in this offering and
it is meritorious,
"MUFF" (Selig), July 28, — This is a story of a father's reformation
•written by Roy L, McArdell and filled with a lot of impossible com-
plications which are claimed to work out into a great moral. An un-
scrupulous husband, a baby, an old maid and various other characters
make up the cast. It is very conventional in theme. The direction,
acting and photography are adequate. It seems to please.
"THE QUESTION AND ANSWER MAN" (Lubin), July 2S.— A good
storj' of the editorial room, caused by a mix-up of proper names and
nom de plumes, featuring Lottie Briscoe and Arthur Johnson, sup-
ported by a good cast in every i-espect. The photography and acting
are up to the standard and it can be recommended as a good release.
PATHES WEEKLY NO. 14. July 29. — The Grand Prix automo-
bile race is the most interesting item in this week's number. It is all
good.
"OFFICER KATE" (Vitagraph), July 29. — Written by William Addi-
son Lathrop and produced by Ned Finley. Officer Kate is played by
Kate Price and her husband is Dan Crimmins. There are many scenes
which are supposed to be really funny, but are more ridiculous than
comical. In the end. through jealousy, Kate is convinced that her place
is at home. A fair offering.
"SOMETHING TO A DOOR" (Edison), July 29.— This comedy is
written by Mark Swan and is a real one and has been ably directed by
C. J. Williams. Elsie MacLeod. William Wadsworth. Arthur Housman,
Carlton King and several others make of this picture production a hi-
larious comedy, which kept the audience in uproarious laughter.
"THE FABLE OF THE COMING CHAMPION "n'HO WAS DELAY'ED"
(Essanay), July 29.— By George Ade, which will be enjoyed by every
person who attends motion picture theaters. It is a master conception
and illustrates the difference between bombastic ideas and indifference.
This picture is worth the price of admission to any theater where it is
advertised regardless of the other attractions. The theme of the plot is
a prize fight and the termination is a surprise all around. The whole
thing is a laugh from start to finish.
"THE GREATER MOTIVE" (Vitagraph). July .'!0.— The author of this
Is Viola Burhans and It Is dlrecte<l by Theodore .Marston. George Cooper,
James Morrison and Dorothy Kelly have the leading roles. There Is a
love theme that is interesting, and a sacrifice on the part of the lead-
ing characters that gets over with gripping interest. The photography
and acting are both first class.
"S.N'AKEVILLE'S HOME GUARD" (Essanay), July .'Ml. — A ridiculous,
but at that, a funny picture, located In Snakevllle, Slim organizes a
regiment to protect the town from the .Mexicans and persuades Pete to
join. There is much action of a fulsome nature, but Slim makes good
in a wondrous manner and wins the girl in the end,
"PRIVATE iiU.N'.NY" (Vitagraph). July ol.— Written by William A.
ThcKlen and directed by George D. Baker. Bunny is in love with his
employer's daughter Flora, but when Ezra Wilson returns from the city
in a brand new subway guard uniform. Flora is carried away with him
and gives Bunny the cold shoulder. He goes to the city and becomes
a recruit, but it Is not all as represented and he deserts and goes back
to the village and makes a sensation. The sergeant arrives and arrests
him as a deserter, taking him away to break stones. Even the most
sober-minded person would have to laugh at this picture,
"THE DEADLY' BATTLE AT HICKSVILLE" (Kalem). July «!.—
Featuring Ruth Roland in a Marshal Nielan comedy. There are some
incidents in this photoplay which, while they are absurd, cause some
merriment. Dick and Jim are rivals for the hand of Dolly, and when
the war breaks out one fights for the North and the other for the
South, After quite a few adventures, the war being over, they return to
find Dolly has married another man. Photography and acting are good,
"WHEN THE COOK FELL ILL" (Selig), July ?.!.— This Is one of B.
M. Dower's great western comedies. It features Frank Clark, Wheeler
Oakman and Tom Mix, Patsey, the cook, gives the boys so much canned
corn they kick against it, and the cook eats such quantities that he is
taken sick. There is the usual long ride for a doctor and a hard time
getting the doctor back to the camp, for he has been imbibing too
freely. When they get to the camp they find the cook in the same con-
dition. Next day they are hoisted on a water wagon, A fair offering,
"WITHIN THE NOOSE" (Lubin), July .31. — This is written by William
M. Ritchey. The leading characters in the cast are L. C. Shumway.
Tom Forman and Dolly Larkin. This is a western story embracing
cowboys, horseback rides, etc. Considerable exciting incidents obtain.
The Vigilantes are introduced and in the finale capture the outlaws.
The closing scene might have been cut out to advantage.
"FARMER RODNEY'S DAUGHTER" (Edison). August 1,— While
this is an old theme the photography which pertains is beautiful and
takes one back to the old farm days. The selection of scenes are ad-
mirable, and the director, Richard Ridgely, must be complimented. The
cast, which include? Mabel Trunnelle. Bigelow Cooper, Y'ale Benner, Anne
Leonard. Allen Crolius and Herbert Prior, could not be excelled. Through
the influence of a little child consequent happenings occur and the fam-
ily once estranged are reunited.
"THE LAD FROM OLD IRELAND" (Kalem), August 1.— A reissue
of the film entitled "A Romance of Old Erin." Released November 2:5.
1910, and was considered one of the best of those days and worthy of
a reproduction and presentation now. As remembered the plot con-
cerns an Irish lad who arrives in America and, through vigorous efforts,
he is enabled to avert the cruel landlord. Gene Gauntier plays the
leading character in a finished manner and the picture will compare
favorably with other productions,
"THE SQUATTER'S G.\L" (Essanay), August 1,— Featuring G, M.
Anderson (Broncho Billy). Learning that a squatter has located on
his land, he personally proceeds to order him to vacate. He meets the
squatter's daughter who so attracts him that he rescues her and her
father from trouble and eventually marries the "gal."
"THE MAN WHO PAID" (Biograph), August 1.— A conventional
and long-drawn-out story of anguish that has no real motive or moral.
The photography, direction and acting is up to the Biograph standard.
"SHE GAVE HIM A ROSE" (Lubin), August 1.— On the same reel
with "The Rise of the Johnsons." Written by John A. Murphy.^ An
episode concerning two lovers who inadvertently get mixed up "very
much" with two burglars. The ardent pair of sweethearts eventually
win out in good shape.
"THE RISE OF THE JOHNSONS" (Lubin). August 1.— On the same
reel with "She Gave Him a Rose." and written by the same author.
John and Mattie Edwards and Babe Hardy have the leading roles and
make of this a laughable and entertaining comedy. The incidents which
occur in the various scenes kept the audience laughing heartily.
"LOVE VS. PRIDE"' (Selig), August 1,— The story contains a powerful
lesson to those who have ambitions, and it is really worth the paying of
the price. Its action is not so awfully pleasant to view, but the results
depicted may prove valuable to the unsophisticated. The photography
and acting were very good.
"DETECTIVE AND MATCHMAKER"' (Vitagraph). August .3,— This
is a picture-play in which a horse plays the leading part, his name is
"■Intellect," and he certainly lives up to the caption. He seems to be
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He foils the villain, protects the heroine and finally straightens things
out to suit himself. This Is some horse play.
"IX AND OUT" (Essanay), August 3. — An old-fashioned, slap-bang
comedy, featuring a couple of German comedians, who are street musi-
cians. It is ridiculous in theme but gets many laughs. It will please
in the majority of houses.
"A TAXGO SPREE" (Edison). August 3.— There is a laughter produc-
ing element in this comedy. An old crank who is opposed to the tango
and all other dances, because he does not approve of them, attempts to
taboo what he considers the obnoxious steps. He succeeds in getting
rather roughly handled by the other inhabitants of the town who object
to his censorship and is finally won over and does the tango with his
dear old mother-in-law.
"A MEAL TICKET" (Biograph), August 3. — A comedy containing
quite a number of funny situations. It is well photographed, directed
and acted.
■■PICTURESQUE GAGRY" (Pathel, August 4.— Gagry is a beautiful
resort on the coast in Southern Russia. This perfectly photographed
scenic and topical gives some lovely views of the place and its en-
virons.
'•RUSSIAN ZOO" (Pathe) August 4. — On the same reel with Gagry
views is this series that will surely interest. It shows some strange
and outlandish animal. Is well photographed and full of instruction.
"TRAINING" ARMY DOGS" (Pathe). Augut 4.— Dogs are always in-
teresting to the general spectator. These are Airedale terriers and very
well trained animals. The offering should prove acceptable.
"BASQUE WEDDING" (Pathe). August 4. — No one knows to what
race the Basque people belong or how it was that they got their place
in Europe. They live in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. They
are all noblemen ; for once in the Middle Ages when they come to the
rescue of a Spanish king he enobled the whole tribe by way of re-
ward. This picture of their marriage customs is, we think, an especi-
ally worthy offering. It is clearly photographed.
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"THE IDENTIFICATION" (Kalem). July 27.— J. P. M;:Gowan pro-
duces this two-part picture. He also plays the part of Selwyn, a
slave of drugs. It is a strong impersonation. Helen Holmes plays the
opposite role — her work is interesting. The picture is well made. There
are thrilling situations, the escape from prison being especially so.
There are splendid exteriors of the South. If the subject as a whole is
not over pleasant, there can be no question as to its dramatic quality.
"JOHN RANGE. GENTLEMAN" (Vitagraph). July 28.— This two-part
picture is very commendable in all respects. The author is Elizabeth
R. Carpenter and the director. Van Dyke Brooke, has ably produced it.
Norma Talmadse, Antonio Moreno and Harry Kendall have the leading
roles. The theme of the plot is full of heart interest and illustrates that
even when a man is tempted by a woman whom he dearly loves he re-
mains faithful to his friend. Mr. Moreno makes of John Ranee a noble
character. This is a superior number.
"THE INDIAN AGENT" (Kalem), July 29.— This two-part picture-
play features Princess Mona Darkfeather, and while it is intense in plot
and interesting in theme, it contains inconsistencies. The photography,
scenes and acting are surely adequate, especially where the hunger-mad-
dened Indians attack the whites. This is an entertaining number.
"THE MOTHER HEART" (Selig). July 29.~Bessie Eyton and Wheeler
Oakman are the principals in this two-part pictureplay in which hy-
pocri'y is the theme of the plot. A wealthy society girl who rebels
against the methods of the idle rich finally finds peace and happiness
in the simpler life. This is a very well produced story in every way.
The photography and acting on the part of all are up to the standard.
"THE LURE OF THE CAR WHEELS" (Lubin), July 29.— This two-
part plot contains much that is intense and interesting. It illustrates
the strange adventures of a boy imbued with a mania for wander-
lust. Many scenes are shown where he takes his chances in and under
freight cars. Finally he arrives in the west, where he locates, makes
good, and receives the nomination for mayor of the town. A love affair
obtains, in which his sweetheart forsakes him and he turns again to tlie
lure of the wheels. This production is worth the viewing.
"A B'lT OF HUMAN DRIFTWOOD" (Biograph), July 30.— This two-
part photoplay contains much that is interesting and demonstrates the
inborn strength of the woman. There is much heart interest and in the
end the man is compelled to realize the indiscretion of his youth. A well
made picture in every respect, with not a very pleasant ending.
"THREE MEN -AND A WOMAN" (Lubin), July 30.— By George Ter-
williger. author and producer. This is a sensational melodrama and
the entire company was sent to St. Augustine, Florida, to produce it.
Some of the most daring scenes put into photoplay are involved in this
plot. Anna Luther. Kempton Greene, Earl Metcalf and the entire cast
are certainly expert swimmers. This offering is full of thrills and will
certainly make good on any program.
"THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF" (Edison). July 31.—
A new version of the celebrated Edison comedy in two parts, directed
by Charles H. France. The leading characters are played by Gladys
Hulette, Harry Eytinge, Cora Williams. Richard Tucker, Gertrude Mc-
Coy and William Bechtel. Nellie woke up and discovered that the
mortgage had been renewed on their home and that she and Joe would
not have to work for their living after all. A superior comedy, well
produced and out of the ordinary run of pictureplays.
"THE SEVENTH PRELUDE" (Essanay). July 31.— This two-part
photoplay, written by Lillian Bennet-Thompson, is an unusually inter-
esting detective story, but reminds one somewhat of Sherlock Holmes
and his pal, Dr. Watson. A wealthy man is shot while playing Chopin's
"Seventh Prelude" and it keeps one guessing as to who fired the shot.
A detective examines the Warren mansion and after a desperate strug-
gle, catches the culprit. It holds the attention of the audience al^.
through. The photography is very clear throughout, both the interior
and exterior scenes. The acting is beyond criticism.
"THE VIOLIN OF 'M'SIEUR" (Vitagraph). August 1.— This has been*
reviewed at length in the Moving Picture World, and appeared at the
Vitagraph Theater, Broadway. New York City, seventy-five times, where*
it made a great hit.
"ETIENNE OF THE GLAD HEART" (Selig). August 3.— A two-reel-
romance of the Northwest. Bessie Eyton and Wheeler Oakman play-
the leading characters. ' here is much intensity in the plot of this pic-
tureplay, which has been ,'nely directed. The acting is superb. It holds
the interest of the audiei je strongly. The scenes in the North woods
are beautifully photographed. This is a production well worth seeing.
"THE VAMPIRE'S TRA/L" (Kalem). August 3.— A two-part feature^
of the Alice Joyce series. Alice Hollister. Tom Moore, Robert Walker
and Harry Milarde are in the cast supporting Miss Joyce. There are
many complications in the plot which are interesting. The husband, who,
after erring, acknowledges his baseness, is forgiven, and happiness
reigns supreme in the finale. The photography is to be commended.
Independent
"THE SHERIFF'S PRISONER" (Reliance), July 22.— A western doc-
tor performs a transfusion of blood operation at a moment's notice in a-
miner's shack. The sheriff's prisoner, a gambler, who has killed the-
miner, gives his blood to save his victim's wife, weakened by her ex-
ertions to provide for her baby. It is not exactly a pleasant story, nor
can it be called convincing, but it is pretty well put on and there Is
much in it that will help to make it a popular offering. The pho-
tography is clear and the backgrounds well chosen.
"THOSE HAPPY DAYS" (Keystone), July 23.— Farce that will make-
laughter, though there have been pictures by this company that have
been richer in comic incident and snappier in their bu>iness. The cops
try to get a lifeboat out through the surf and it is as funny as can be-
toward the end of the reel.
"THE GREAT TOE MYSTERY" (Keystone). July 25."This farce
opens at a shoe store at which a sissy boy clerk falls in love with a
pretty girl whose great toe is seen modestly coming out of the toe of
her stocking. Her husband objects and when Willy calls there are
doings at the house, up and down the stairs and up and down the dumb-
waiter. It is sure to make 'em laugh. The cops appear.
"SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE" (Keystone), July 27.— A farce bur-
lesque of a somewhat different type from u=ual. It fits Charles Murray,
the comically officious lieutenant, to a tee and his playing keeps it a
laugh-maker. There is sure to be laughter long and loud at most of it
"ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A JUG'' (American), July .31.— A farce that
will prove diverting to a good many. Hen-pecked Heine has written his
farewell note ; but just before he jumps in he sees a friend with a
jug and gets from it Dutch courage to wait awhile. The constable finds
the note ; Mrs. Heinie is appraised of the suicide and there's a great
dragging of the creek until the two soaks are discovered asleep in a-
row boat. It is pretty well acted ; has some rough business and is
clearly photographed.
"THE TARGET OF DESTINY" ^Princess). July 31.— Very pretty
scenes around some country village give a pleasing tone to this picture;
but the story is not strongly worked out. That attempt on the part of
the rich youth's father to buy off the pretty country girl is nothing less
than trite, too trite for a place in any carefully-written offering at the
present time. And this is not the only thin bit of business in the pro-
duction. On the other hand there is many a delightful bit of posing in
it and the loveliest of backgrounds. Truly it is a gem of photography.
"BILL TAKES A LADY TO LUNCH" (Komic). August 2.— This is the
third of the "Bill" series, and makes a good offering. Some time ago-
E. S. Kiser of Chicago wrote a series of office boy sonnets that were
widely liked and highly praised. This picture series has much of the
same atmosphere as the sonnets. The humanity in them, perhaps a bit
twisted for the sake of the fun, is the thing in them that makes them
go. The players are perfectly chosen. Tod Browning, as all will re-
member, is the boss. Fay Tincher is the stenog and Tammany Young
the office boy Bill.
"THE BUTTERFLY BUG" (Thanhouser), August 2.— Professor Notty,
the "butterfly bug." has a hard time finding a quiet place in his home In^
which to classify his collection of butterflies. This situation has been'
used a few times already and is also rather slight. There is little sub-
stance to this offering.
"OUR MUTUAL GIRL," Series No. 29' (Reliance), August 3.— In this
number Margaret leaves Long Breach for New York, where she visits
the Waldorf-Astoria. Pictures of the famous Rubenstein club are shown-
and Sousa's band leading the march to dinner. Later she rides witb
Lieutenant Porte in a hydroaeroplane. An interesting number.
"A RACE FOR LIFE" (Sterling), August 3. — A "kid" story, with
Little B'illy and his pals in the cast. The girl is abducted by the boy
villain and the miniature engine bears down upon her as she lies tied
to the railroad tracks. This gets up quite a little suspense, even though
of a burlesque nature. The whole experience turns out to be Billy's
dream. A good number enacted entirely by children.
"A SUSPENDED CEREMONY" (Beauty), August 4. — This is a good
light comedy number, in which Kathie Fischer plays the mischievous
lad. Harry Pollard and Marguerita Fischer are the lovers. The at-
tempted wedding in the boat made a novel scene and the situations, as
a whole, are amusing.
"UNIVERSAL IKE"S LEGACY" (Universal Ike), August 4.— This low
comedy number shows Ike and his sweetheart, together with the goat and
the old folks at a hotel. The fun is of the broad sort, such as the goat
nibbling at the old man's whiskers. A fire breaks out and there is a
chase over the roof tops. This is funny in spots.
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"IZZY AND HIS RIVAL" (Reliance). August 5.— Both Izzy and his
rival must get a thousand dollars and the Hrst one In will have tho
girl. Izzy almost gets the better of his rival ; but the rival has him
arrested and so he loses out. It Is comical and will surely make
laughter. We count it a serviceable offering.
•'THE WIDOW" (American), AuRUSt '».— The story told by this pic-
ture Is a bit too trite and sentimental to hold with marked strength ; It
falls to convince. Yet there are some very prettily posed scenes In It
and the photography Is clear.
■A DRAMATIC MISTAKE* (Sterling). August 6.— This Is a typical
Ford Sterling number, with the comedian in the part of Vlrglnius. His
performance is Interrupted by the police and there is a grand scramble
on all bands. A lot of fun in this of the rough-bouse sort and it will
bring many laughs.
"HER DUTY" (Princess), August 7. — An open and shut melodrama of
pronounced type. The gallery will, no doubt, like it much ; for it has the
good situations. To the rest of the audience it will be delightful as
unconscious comedy; for it is such a rich specimen of its kind.
"OX THE BORDER" (Reliance), August 7. — Irene Hunt and Eugene
Palette play the leads in this love affair between a Mexican dancer
and an American soldier. The makeups are good, likewise the atmos-
phere and settings, but the melodramatic plot lacks the sense of pas-
sionate reality necessary to make it a complete success. A fairly strong
offering.
■•RINCriN'G THE CHAN'GES" (Royal). August 8.— A farce that is quite
rough. A rich old aunt Is belabored by her big nephew who has found
his sister's beau dressed, on purpose, just as the woman is. He runs
in a door just as the aunt runs out and the nephew of the rich aunt
doesn't know that he Is ruining his own prospects. The reviewer found
no amusement in it ; but these farces give pleasure only to those In the
right mood for them. We would count it a gamble for any audience.
"MISS GALISPYES VACATION" (Royal), August S. — On the same
reel is this farce of a somewhat different kind. It seems to us rather
dry; surely it isn't convincing. Miss Galispye is a very pretty actress,
and when she arrives in town all the men folks are at her feet. It Is
hardly probable that they all would be at her feet at the same instant
though.
Independent
"A TELL-TALE SCAR" (Thanhouser) , August 9. — A first-class offer-
ing with a thrilling hand-to-hand struggle at the close. Pietro, the
barber, recognizes his customer as a badly-wanted individual, follows
him to his den and attacks him single-handed. The struggle scene
arouses considerable suspense and is well staged.
"MOONLIGHT" (Eclair), August 9. — This picture illustrates how an
Ignorant, domineering old father is conquered by love scenes which he
Tiews in the moonlight between his son and his sweetheart. There are
come incongruities, but the pholokraphy in this picture and tinting are
extraordinary.
"A FRONTIER ROMANCE'* (Frontier), August 9.— This story gets a
good start, of an original nature, but at the close becomes conventional.
The calling up of scenes in the girl's life by means of a calendar was
a pleasing touch and the observer becomes quite interested in her. The
cast is a pleasing one, with Dolly Larkin, Joe Franz and Arthur AUardt
In the leads. The photography is very good in places and below the
standard in others.
"SIMPLE FAITH" (Victor). August 10.— This film story tells of the
rivalry of two young fishermen over a girl. One cuts the other's nets
SO- that he fails to make a haul and thus loses the girl temporarily.
The religious feature of the disciples in a boat came too much as a
surprise. Something of the kind should have been suggested earlier in
the story to give it proper weight. The close seemed somewhat over-
. sentimental.
"SUSANNA'S NEW SUIT" (Beauty), August 11.— There is enough
to this offering's situation to make it substantially amusing. Especi-
ally good is the ending, in which Susanna (Marguerita Fisher), comes
home to her husband (Harry Pollard) — they have had a quarrel over
the price of a suit — and he thinks that she has been killed in a train
wreck en her way to mother's — and is tattered and torn from a bargain
eale. The picture is quite sure to excite laughter and makes a service-
able and likable offering.
"SOME CROOKS" (Crystal), August 11.— Vivian Prescott has the lead
in a short comedy not notable for spontaneous humor.
"WILLIE'S DISGUISE" (Crystal), August 11.— On the same reel as
the foregoing. The leads are played by Pearl White and Chester Barnett.
"HER TWIN BROTHER" (Joker), August 12.— In this comedy of
summer foolery Bess Meredyth, in trousers or in skirt, makes fun.
"AT THREE O'CLOCK" (Sterling). August 13.— In this number Ford
Sterling appears at his best. He determines to die because of a girl
and arranges with Profs. A. Sassin and M. Balmer for hii death at three
o'clock. Later he changes his mind and there is the usual wild chase.
This contains a lot of funny situations.
"THE IDIOT" (Majestic), August 4. — A good piece of character work
Is accomplished by Robert Harron in this offering. He appears as an
idiot boy who saves his mother from a burning house and later goes
for his pet bird only to meet with a fatal end. The story is well worked
out and has a pathetic close of genuine appeal.
"IN PERIL'S PATH" (Thanhouser), August 14.— This is a very en-
joyable small-town stor>-. The country politician succeeds in becoming
appointed postmaster in place of the widow who had succeeded her hus-
band to that office. But the widow's small boy saves him as he lies in-
toxicated before an approaching train, so he refuses to take the post-
office. A simple, appealing plot, well photographed and nicely presented
throughout
"THE BARNSTORMERS" (Powers). August 14.— A hard-up troupe
persuades a country landlord that bis son can act and then takes the
two along to the next »top. It Ib the ruse of the Ingenue to get th«
troupe out of a tight place. The show In which the son "acts" Is given
and wc sec how the people take to it. Tho Hchcme 1b worked eo thMt
tho old man loses both way^ and, as his wife won't send money, he an4
son walk home on the tracks. The burlesque characters arc fair and
will make laughter; but there is nothing especially noteworthy In the
offering one way or the other. The staging, and all that, is fair.
"PASS KEY NO. 2" (Joker). August 14.— A burlesque farce that
tears passion to shreds for sake of the laugh. The scheme Is Tcry
slight, but it is full of rough happenings and will make many laughs.
Fair, but not up to the best of Its kind.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO SCHULTZ" (Joker), August l.'*.— A rough
offering that will go well. It is both fresh and broad, and, if not
wholly elegant, Is tho kind of stufi that Is in demand Just now with the
many. It shows how Schultz Is cured of the D. T.'s ; but this is done
in a new way and Is cleverly acted.
Independent Specials
"MABLES NEW JOB" (Keystone). July IG.— A two-reeler full of tb«
lively and breezy quality of this studios usual output. All of it is laugh-
able, if not new, and Mabel Normand is as comical as usual, which
means that there is a good deal of real fun In it; she Is better far
than any other' player in it At the ending episode of the second reel,
when the cops get busy and things begin to happen, the picture becomes
truly laughable. Of course, it is not elegant, this rough and tumble
business.
"THE LONG FEUD" (B'roncho), July 20.— This two-part photoplay Is
a conventional moonshine story. Innumerable forest scenes are produced
which are good to look at The plot embraces a feud between two famil-
ies and the old theme of the son of one and the daughter of the other
family falling in love. However, it is interesting.
"THE CRUISE OF CASTE" (Domino), July 30.— This two-part pic-
ture play contains some of the most beautiful scenes imaginable, but the
story is full of anguish and has a tragic ending. A lower caste Japanese
girl marries a man of caste, who is ordered home. The wife commits
suicide to free him to return. There is real emotional Interest In thia
picture.
"AN ELEVENTH HOUR REFORMATION" (Kay Bee), July 31.—
A two-part photoplay, written by Thomas H. Ince and Richard V.
Spencer. Walter Edwards is the director. Gretchen Lederer is fea-
tured. It is a rather unpleasant story of marital infelicity of a coutcb-
tional order, although there are some intense and interesting scenee
"Which are well made.
"THE GUNMAN" (Reliance), August 1. — A two-reel western from
the story of George Patullo with action enough to make it a good at-
tention holder. The acting and staging are the things that differentiate
it from the early type of pictures of western life. The dishonest fore-
man tries to get the young cowboy, who loves his daughter, convicted of
stealing the missing cattle. When the gunman finds him out, he makes
a bargain with him and destroys the evidence on condition that he let
the young people get married. This is rather weak on morality,
"THE PROPERTY MAN" (Keystone), August 1. — A two-reel picture
of the funny things that happened behind the scenes in a vaudeville
theater. There are very few people who don't like these Keystones.
They are thoroughly vulgar and touch the homely strings of our owm
vulgarity. Some of the funniest things in this picture are vulgar —
they are too vulgar to describe ; but are too funny to pass for vulgarity
when only seen. They are not the best pictures for a parlor entertain-
ment, that is true. There is some brutality in this picture and we
can't help feeling that this is reprehensible. What human being can see
an old man kicked in the face and count it fun?
"MOONSHINE MOLLY" (Majestic), August 2.— The story of this two-
part offering is sensational rather than deeply human, although it has
a tense enough, though rather elemental situation at its climax. The
author is H. Durant, and Christie Cabanne put it on. The titular role
is taken by Mae Marsh, who is not quite so sure in her portrayal as
usual, not on account of limited imagination but from lack of human
experience not astonishing in one of her years. For instance, she pats
a touch to Miss Tichner's kind 6f work in it at one place and one can
catch several changes of tone in Molly that spoil her consistency. Rob-
ert Harron. in the role of Jud, is more satisfactory. The work of Miss
Marsh, of Mr. Harron and of the supporting players makes it a good
offering.
"THE WILES OF A WOMAN" (Thanhouser). August 3.— This is No.
8 in the Million Dollar Mystery series. The incident is not self con-
tained and is left "in the air." Yet none can deny that the two reels
interest. This reviewer knows nothing about the story, as a whole, and
sees no reason why what is shown here should have a part in any
story of a million dollars. None such will find in this part any reason
why he should come to see the rest of it. It is, of course, finely acted
and the photography is about perfect.
"AT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY" (American). August 3.— A
two-part offering telling a sentimental story of great improbability.
Very simple minds might take much pleasure in it; but no honest re-
viewer can command it as being at all like human life or as being aa
interesting offering for discriminating patrons.
"THE GUIDING HAND" (Thanhouser). August 4. — A two-part offer-
ing that tells a pretty story and would have been a strong release ia
one reel. At the end the blind girl has her sight restored, as is usual
in these stories. She is sent, an orphan, to her uncle whose family
is walking in dangerous places and brings love and light to them. Thia
is very pretty, but to have her marry the rake of a son seems hardly
convincing. One thing it is very strong on, and that is photography —
some of its scenes are nothing less than lovely. It will be liked for its
good things.
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"WHEN THE HEART CALLS" (Imp), August G.—A two-reel num-
ber, witb Wm. E. Shay. Mrs. Walker and Violet Mersereau in the cast.
Billy marries a chorus gir! against his lather's wishes, is disinherited
and they go to a farm. Six years later the father becomes reconciled.
after saving his two grandchildren from drowning. A most obvious
plot, but handled so attractively that it appeals. The country scenes.
including the corn field, daisy field, swimming pool, etc.. are pleasing.
Just pretty freshening up of an old theme.
•"THE G'AXGSTERS AND THE GIRL" (Key Beet. August 7.— A two-
part picture, play introducing the denizens of the slums. There is a love
theme running through the plot which is not intensely interesting. The
photography and direction seems to be the best part of the picture.
Many exciting scenes occur, such as they are.
"THE COAST GUARD'S BRIDE" (Victor), August T.— A two-reel
■amber, with Irene Wallace and Walter Miller in the leads. The lonely
wife on the island puts a message in a bottle and afterward goes away
with the man who found it. He takes her to a fast house, from which
her husband rescues her just in time. The old hermit who was intro-
duced in several scenes for some reason drops out of the story. This
production, as a whole, cannot be called strong; some of the photography
is badly marred by static rays. The story itself is moderately enter-
taining.
"THE OUBLIETTE" (Bison lol). August 0. — A new series which is
to follow a serial story running in the Century Magazine. It is extremely
carefully staged and well-acted picture and very sure to attract atten-
tion. One of the best serial stories, judging by this first installment,
that has been offered. It will make a hit in places where patrons want
action and art in their pictures. We have noticed it at length. For
review see page 410, issue of July IS, 1914.
"THE TRAP" (American), August 10. — A two-reel, revenue man and
■Qoonshiner's daughter melodrama. The story is not new and the reve-
nue man. for whom the girl gives her life, is only a sneak ; but there
is good acting and some excellent situations that compensate for its
weakness. Vivian Rich plays the girl to William Garwood's revenue
man, and the best of the complete Flying A stock support them. The
scenes are also commendable. A very fair picture.
"IN ALL THIXGS MODERATION" (Imp), August 10. — This two-reel
•ffering gets hold of elemental passions and stirs the observer, not al-
ways pleasantly, but in a beneficial way. It demonstrates how a puri-
tanical father is finally made more human and less fanatical in his relig-
ious beliefs. This only happens after his wife dies and one of his
daughters and her drunken husband meet with a tragic end. There
feave been many stern parents just like the one Howard Crampton pic-
tures, whose very narrowness defeats their own desire for good. Alex-
ander Gaden. Dorothy Phillips and Ruth Donnelly are also in the cast.
This is a strong oiTering.
"THE PRICE PAID" (Eclair), August 12. — A two-part story of how
a contractor, a city political boss, artfully gets a would-be honest com-
missioner of the public water supply to take ten thousand dollars and let
him get a big contract. When the water supply becomes contaminated
the children of both catch the disease and the boss's daughter dies.
The story is plainly striving to put a lesson in its message and this
lessens its interest. It is weak, though the staging and photography -are
good.
"SHORTY AND THE FORTUNE TELLER (Broncho), August 12.— A
desirable two-part farce of wild west days. It has some rich comedy in
it and it is, almost all. fresh and amusing. Shorty, with his fortune
told, gets the swell head and acts like a lord on the ranch. What his
sweetheart, Gussie the Swedish cook, does to him makes the first hearty
laugh. Then the action becomes excruciatingly funny when things begin
to happen in a way just as foretold. He does win much gold (Gussie
had already given him his title), becomes as drunk as a lord and. being
drunk, saves a beautiful lady from danger. It is a well-constructed and
convincingly funny picture and makes an excellent offering. T. H.
Ince put in on from C. G. Sullivan's script.
"A ROMAN'CE OF THE SAWDUST" (Domino). August i:V— A circus
life story and a melodramatic romance that makes a reliable and effec-
tive offering that is sure to give entertainment to and please the many.
The situation is not new; but it winds up a tangle in a very acceptable
way and then uses many excellently handled and thrilling happenings
in straightening it out. The villain, for vengeance, l-ets loose the wild
animals, a lion, a tiger and leopards, and they stir things up well. All
this is put on with skill and pictured by perfect photography. A good
effering.
"THE STIGMA" (Kay-Bee), August 14. — A picture of a woman who,
because her husband, a doctor, is too busy to pamper her, ruins three
lives. This subject matter is not highly inspiriting : but, perhaps it is
used to permit a reconciliation in Alaska winter scenes after the actor.
who is the cause of the breaking up of the home and whom the doctor
had caught and branded on the face, dies. It is only a fair, average
offering, acceptable because it is like better pictures and because there
16 good acting and photography in it.
"IN THE LIONS JAWS" (Box Office Attractions).— Telling a story of
passion and made in Germany, this three- reel offering, which is very
well acted if not wholly convincing as to its lesser incidents, should be
very acceptable in most places. It is sensational and will surely hold
attention on account of the passion in it. if for no other reason. The
staging will be liked and there are many fine scenes and backgrounds.
The feature in it is the narrow escape of a man from a den of hungry
lions into which he descends before a motion picture camera. His predi-
cament is contrived by the story's villainess, because she loves him and
knows that he is in love with the pretty movie ingenue. Some interest-
ing scenes in a German motion picture studio are included. The pho-
tography fs excellent.
"THE SILVER LINING" ( Balboa— Box Office Attractions). — There
are two distinct stories told by this three-reel Balboa picture. The
first is the story of a fisherman's daughter whom a rich man marries
vnder an assumed name and then deserts, and the second is the story of
her daughter after the mother's death. This second part, which fills
the third reel, is much better than the first part of two reels' length.
They both show a knowledge of what has been and is popular; bu'
particularly in the first story one sees too many places where hurried
direction has quite distroyed the illusion of reality. It is well photo-
graphed and will hold attention as well as give entertainment to the
many ; but no one will admire it as a strong work of art. It is a weak
production, but a fair offering.
"COLONEL HESA LIAR AS EXPLORER" (Eclectic) .—The quality
of these delightful pen and ink comedies is well known and we have
heard exhibitors wish they could get more of them. One thing will
particularly make fun in this number is the expression of the cannibal
cook preparing the pot for Hesa. It is all good and full of Bab Ballad
flavor.
"THE UNEXPECTED" (Box Office Attractions).— A three-part offer-
ing picturing an elemental struggle with detectives on one side and
smugglers on the other and relieved by a love story with "the unex-
pected" ending. This ending with its touch of humor, though not at all
a new expedient, gives at the close a little pleasant fun that adds to
the pictures entertainment value. The film opens and closes with
beautiful sunset pictures, looking out to sea ; was taken on a rough moun-
tainous shore and has some fine views of up- leaping surf. There are
one or two minor breaks in the production, as the difference between
the sticks the old woman takes up and those she puts down ; but the
story, because it is well acted and because of the little thrills in it,
carries well, though not a "convincing" picture. The photography is
clear and commendable.
Lillian Walker
LILLIAN WALKER, the Vitagraph motion picture star,
was born in Brooklyn. N. Y., April 21, 1888. The name
Walker is a combination of her own family name and
a stage nom de phinie, her father being Andrew Wolke,
which generally has developed into Walker in English. Her
mother was Caroline Petersen. Both parents were born and
raised in Sweden; three generations before on the father's
side having emigrated
from Germany, and her
mother's family being
Swedish as far back as
the records go.
Miss Walker was edu-
c a t e d in the Brooklyn
Public Schools a n d a t
Erasmus Hall High
School. Her first posi-
tion was as a telephone
operator, but upon the
death of her father it- de-
veloped on her to be-
come the main support
of the family, so she cast
about for a more profit-
able emplojnnent. At first
slie worked as a profes-
sional model, and as
such gained sufficient lo-
- cal reputation to secure
her first theatrical e n -
gagement, which was the
ingenue part in the
melodrama called "The Little Organ Grinder," in which '
Maurice Costello, the famous X'itagraph Player, was the
leading man, and Mrs. Mary Maurice, also of the \'itagraph
Company, was the old lady. It was a one-night stand or-
ganization in which the work was exceptionally hard.
When Miss Walker returned to New York she secured an
engagement with the "Follies of 1910." in which she was the
end dancer and did specialties throughout the performance.
Preferring to remain in New York she again adopted the
calling of a model and while thus employed, many of her
photographs were seen by Commodore J. Stuart Blackton,
one of the \itagraph owners. Her photographs made her
look possible for motion pictures and she was given a try-
out with absolutely wonderful results, inasmuch as blondes
with light eyes have an exceptionally hard task before them
to succeed in motion pictures. Miss Walker's first picture
was in a drama called "The Inherited Taint." in which she
played the leading part opposite Mr. Costello. Her ability
as a comedienne was soon established and since then she
has generally appeared in the lighter form of motion pic-
tures, her greatest success being in "Cinderella's Slippers,"
"The Wonderful Statue." 'Love's Quarantine." and in the
series of pictures in which she was known as Miss Tomboy,
the greatest of these pictures being "Love. Luck and Gaso-
line." a three-reel comedy.
Throughout the civilized world Miss Walker's nick-name
is "Dimples." She is an excellent swimmer, a good rider
and has made many trips in aeroplanes. Miss Walker has
never appeared in motion pictures for any concern other
than the \'itagraph Company of America.
Lillian Walker.
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The War and the Pictures
Many Continental Factories Already Closed — American
Makers May Profit Largely by this Calamity.
THE suddenness with which the war cloud rose and
burst in Europe centers all attention on the main
event at the outset. The immediate effects of war
on tlie moving picture industry at first escaped the at-
tention of nearly every one interested. Then when the
great money centers of the world were rocked by the
convulsion and the leading national stock exchanges
were closed to prevent the sacrifice of securities that
were considered gilt-edged in time of peace, every man
of business began to ponder carefully how his pros-
pects might be affected.
American film manufacturers are very happily situated
as compared with their European brethren. They have
the entire home market unimpaired. Indeed, the home
demands for tlieir product will be greater than ever, be-
cause the importations of films from abroad will be
reduced to only a small fraction of their former volume.
Countering this advantage, though not overbalancing it,
will be the reduction in the foreign demand for the
American product. The Continental demand will be al-
most nil. This condition works advantageously for the
American maker, who will find an increasing demand in
England and other continental countries with which our
relations are not entirely interrupted.
This statement is borne out by advices from a number
of the French factories which indicate that very little
will be done rn the way of production for some time to
come. It is believed that Italian producers will be
able to continue producing unless Italy should find
it impossible to maintain neutrality. In case Italy
is forced into the fight the big producers in that country
will have to suspend production. In Germany, of
course, everything is at a standstill and will be until the
issues are decided.
Owing to the fact that the greater part of the World's
market has been supplied from London and that com-
munications between that point and other countries will
be seriously impaired arrangements are being made to
supply American pictures direct. Australian buyers,
though already getting many of their American pictures
by way of San Francisco and Vancouver, are perfecting
arrangements to get more by those routes. Undoubted-
ly some other arrangements than those now existing will
have to be made in the case of South Africa.
Attention of American producers is directed to the
South American market which will be seriously afifected
by the suspension of the Continental companies.
Here is a field that has never been cultivated by Ameri-
can producers, mainly for the reason that the South
Americans were not interested in the class of pictures
made here. It is just possible that the failure of the
customary supply may induce our South American neigh-
bors to consider our product. It would not be a bad
idea for American producers to study the requirements
in those countries and make an attempt to introduce
their pictures.
\\ e append some expressions regarding the situation
from a number of manufacturers and importers which
will be of interest:
Eclair Company.
Claude Patin, the secretary of the Eclair Companj', said
that the war had given his company considerable concern.
In the first place. Charles Jourjon, the president of the com-
pany, was already in the field, as was also Albert Vandal,
one of the largest stockholders of the corporation and the
head of the technical departments as well as the general
director of the company in the absence of Mr. Jourjon. Mr.
Patin. as an officer of the French army, is himself awaiting
the notification of the French Consul at New York as to his
day of departure to join the colors. Secretary Patin said
dial up to Wednesday he had received from Paris little defi-
nite irilorniation as to the situation there. He said all the
managers in Berlin, Vienna and Belgrade had been called
back to Paris, but he was in doubt as to how they would
reach the French capital. The Eclair offices in Paris are
still open, with a much reduced force, while the factory is
closed. Every able-bodied man under forty-five years of age
has been called.
While the Paris studio has been closed, Mr. Patin pointed
out that there arc on hand there sufficient negatives to supply
.•\nierican demands for at least eight months, and that un-
doul)tedly there would not be much difficulty in getting that
to this ciHintry, if not directly, at least by way of England.
These sul)jects range from single to five reels in length.
"Our .\nierican branch is going to continue business as
usual," continued Mr. Patin. "It is our intention to in-
crease the American product to such an extent as to bal-
ance the absence of output in France. We have studios in
London and Berlin, which may discontinue production, and
one in Italy, which undoubtedly will continue. To all offices
still open we will ship direct where possible — to Italy, St.
Petersburg and London, for example."
Universal Company.
Joe Brandt, speaking for President Laemmle, at the office
of the Universal Company, said he did not believe the war
would materially affect the product of his concern. In the
first place, he did not believe the English market would be
seriously disturbed, and Great Britain, he said, was the big
factor. He estimated that the sales of American film in
the British Isles would on the average about double the sales
on the entire Continent. Mr. Brandt pointed out that in
France and Germany practically all the men employed in the
cinema business will be liable for military duty and that it
will follow that the taking of these men from their em-
ployment will in many cases close theaters and studios.
He added that quite a number of men employed in the
laboratories of the Universal will be called abroad. Among
these are the superintendent of laboratories, Mr. Barletier,
who came to this countr}- with Mr. Brenon on his return
from Europe and later filmed "Neptune's Daughter"; his
technical knowledge, however, was so marked that he was
taken from the camera and placed in an executive position.
Vitagraph Company.
Albert E. Smith, of the \'itagraph Company, said that the
Paris factory of his company had been closed, as the entire
force had been drawn to the colors. Roland A. Reader is in
charge of the Paris office. The English trade of the Vita-
graph Company will be taken care of through the office in
London, in which city it has established a factory for print-
ing. Mr. Smith said the information reaching his company
was to the effect that practicallj' all of the studios in Eu-
rope had been closed.
Kalem Company.
William Wright, vice-president of the Kalem Company,
said that, judging from the cable advices received by his
company, the sales of Kalem may be increased in England
by reason of the closing of the Continental studios. It was
Mr. Wright's belief that, while the company would be shut
out of Germany and Austria, the markets of France, Russia
and Italy would not be materiallj- disturbed. As regards
conditions in Australia, Mr. Wright said the company would
continue as it had been doing for a year now — shipping direct.
Pathe Company
Herbert Hoagland, manager of the Pathe establishment
in Jersej' Citj', declared that very little news had come from
the other side of the water. "Of course," he said over the
wire to a World man, "the studios and factories in Paris
are now manned bj' girls — do you get that? Seriously,
though, with the exception of heads of departments, men
above the age limit, all our employes are reservists, and
thej' have gone to the front. Vice-President Bonvillain. who
for man}' months now has been here, has been called to the
colors and will leave on Saturdaj' or Tuesday. Rene Monca,
one of the office force, has alreadj- gone. Vice-President
Rouselle has been called. Roger Nicolet. manager of the
Bound Brook factory, was in France on vacation when hos-
tilities broke out and immediatelj' donned his uniform. An-
other one of our men was on the high seas when war was
declared. His vacation will be in the field fighting the bat-
tles of France. Chief Producer Gasnier is also another
awaiting a call from the Consul.
"There are Pathe studios in Moscow, Berlin, Milan and
London, as well as Paris. We expect to continue to get
negative through in some waj', from Milan or London per-
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haps, and from Paris we may be able to get film through
Barcelona, where there is a Pathe office. We don't antici-
pate being materially handicapped."
Gaumont Company.
Mr. Wilde, of the Gaumont office in Fortieth street, said
that his company had been unable to get much definite in-
formation as to conditions in Paris. He assumed that the
studios were closed. He said there was quite a number of
employes of the company at the factory in Flushing who
were French reservists and were awaiting a call.
to be looked for is the increased demand for American of-
ferings in Europe after the war and undoubtedly while the
war lasts and for some time after we will send more
American films abroad than before."
World Film Corporation.
Lewis J. Selznik, of the World Film Corporation, said
that he believed so far as his company was concerned the
turmoil in Europe would not be at all for the worse. He
said he had received a wire from his general manager in
Canada that it looked as if the company's interests would
be improved by reason of the war. Mr. Selznik stated in the
course of his conversation that the World Film had de-
cided to discontinue the importation of foreign subjects and
that in the future all productions marketed by the company
would be of American make. He said that the action was
not based on any lack of quality in the foreign product,
but was simply in line with the wishes of the customers of
the company.
"We are closing contracts very rapidly with theater man-
agers," said Mr. Selznik; "in fact, we closed $200,000 worth
last week. You can see that the only way the war can
affect us is through the houses that have contracts with us.
If conditions should get so that theaters could not make
good we would be hit. We do not expect that, however.
It is a fact that 90 per cent, of our product has been foreign,
but after canvassing the situation we find our exhibitors
prefer American. Then again, we have had so much trouble
with the copyright laws — they are lax and are enforced only
with difficulty. We have had our experience with pirated
films, which we have been compelled to locate and seize. It
is not the fault of the manufacturer. A man buys a subject
for South America, as he represents, and then shoots it to
the United States. As we are not exporting film at present
we are relieved of apprehension on that score. Our inten-
tion is not to sell film in Europe, although we have two
men over there now looking over the situation. We have
quite a number of negatives on hand, which for the present
we are keeping under cover. The World Film Corporation
is in what you might call a beautiful position."
Apex Company.
P. P. Craft, of the Apex Film Company, said that he had
hopes of getting his German productions through Rotter-
dam. As to his English supply Mr. Craft said that he be-
lieved that would not be materially interfered with. It was
his opinion that such concerns as Cricks & Martin and the
British and Colonial would continue to manufacture. He
said he had a number of releases ahead, and that where
during the dull season he had maintained his program he
certainly would make every effort to continue doing so
during the growing business of the fall season.
Great Northern.
Ingvald C. Oes, of the Great Northern Film Company,
looks optimistically at the situation. The Denmark studio
expects to continue to make pictures and hopes to get its
product to both Americas without more than a temporary
delay. It has a strong organization looking after its in-
terests in South America, where there have been many
French pictures sold, and hopes to get a good piece of the
business necessarily uncared for.
Pasquali- American.
At the Pasquali Company's offices, Vice-President G. Al-
bert Amato said the American Company has just received
a cable from the home office, and while some immediate de-
lay in getting films is looked for, no lessening of the Pas-
quali output or serious difficulty in shipping it to America
is expected.
Warner's Features.
At Warner's Features Office this statement was given out:
"Naturally the war will prevent us from obtaining our usual
supply of foreign films. We have, however, booked for
future release a number of carefully chosen pictures and
hope that before this supply is exhausted the war will be
over. In any event, the large number of American pro-
ducing companies which release through us are fully com-
petent to meet any demands made upon them. One result
American Itala.
Harry Raver, of the American Itala Film Company, is not
worrying about the supply of Itala films. He has extra
prints of "Cabiria" now in customs, enough to keep up with
the demand here for the masterpiece for some months. Be-
sides this, he has a number of the ordinary Itala features
already in the country and has been assured from the
Italian offices of his company that he need expect no great
delay in its regular service. He sees a bright prospect be-
fore American and other producers who can keep up the
quality of their product, due to the breaking up of ^le picture
service from France and Germany. For the American market
alone is sufficient to give them a living and a small margin
of profit, and every picture they make is good for use in
the time when there will be a new demand for films in
Europe. He also thought it probable that Italian and foreign
makers generally will be likely to make film especially to fill
the American market, since their home sales will be slight.
Mutual Film Corporation.
"This most unexpected and deplorable war, which will
cost Europe millions in treasure and in men, if the present
conditions are not suddenly and unexpectedly helped, is
bound to bring about a general prosperity for the United
States," said Mr. Aitken at the Mutual offices at 71 West
23d Street. "I believe that as soon as the trade conditions
are adjusted we will see the most prosperous business this
country has ever seen.
"The direct effect on the motion picture business is to
cut off exporting and importing, and as soon as conditions
are adjusted the increase in domestic business will more
than take care of any export loss, and with importation cut
off American films will be in greater demand.
"The increase in the attendance of the motion picture thea-
ters, noticeable in times of stress, is the first evidence of the
prosperity that is to come. The conditions of the busi-
ness generally are healthy, and the houses and the manu-
facturers are ready to take care of the increased pressure.
General prosperity helps any amusement business, and be-
fore the Fall this prosperity will begin to be felt in all ■
strictly American industries."
Mr. Aitken's statement is especially significant because
he is interested financially in the moving picture business in
England, France, Germany and other parts of Continental
Europe through the Western Import Company.
Carbons and Lenses and Film Stock.
Although there are large stocks of imported carbons and
condensing lenses in the United States at the present time
— possibly enough to last till the war is over — nothing of
that character can be obtained until hostilities and work
is again resumed in the factories. All our good carbons
come from abroad, principally from Germany, likewise con-
densing lenses.
American lenses have not come up to the requirements of
motion picture projection and the domestic brands of car-
bons will not burn with evenness and brilliancy in projec-
tion machines.
The Raw Film Supply Company announces that it will
not solicit new business until the receipt of film stock from
abroad can be guaranteed. It is understood that the works
of the Berlin Aniline Works, makers of Agfa film, has sus-
pended operations. The Raw Film Supply Company say
that they have enough film on hand to enable them to take
care of their old customers for a considerable period and
that what they have will be used to that end.
LEVINE WANTS TO GO BACK.
H. Z. Levine, who recently returned from Europe, where
he had charge of the Universal publicity and advertising,
has announced that he is no longer connected with the Uni-
versal forces. Carl Laemmle has oflfered Mr. Levine a posi-
tion with the organization here, but the latter is determined
to go back to England, — after the present international
war scare, — where he will establish a "buying and selling"
agency. In the meantime Mr. Levine will take a vacation
and while away from the metropolis will write for news-
papers and periodicals on his novel experiences on the 5,000-
mile "Lucille Love" tour over England, Scotland and Wales.
He will also contribute a series of articles to the Moving
Picture World on the English market covering advertising
and selling phases.
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965
CHICAGO LETTER
BY JAS. S. McQUADE
Judge Willis Brown in a New Role.
JUDGE WILLIS BROWN, the widely-known originator
of the "Bov City" plan, intended to develop in youth
sound business and moral habits, has conic to the front
recently in a new endeavor by serving in the capacities of
scenario writer, actor and producer of a tilm devoted to the
life story of a Russian boy, whom he has brought to a sense
of law and order by means of the plan referred to.
Judge Brown established "Boy Cities" in Charlevois, Mich.,
and Gary, Ind., several years ago, and W. N. Selig at the
time aided him in his work by devoting a reel of pictures
to the operation of his plan in the former town. It proved
an interesting film, and a whole page in the old Film Index
was given to a review of it by me.
The Judge is now located in Salt Lake City, where he
continues his adopted life work with all his former en-
thusiasm. One day he wrote to a cynically inclined maga-
zine editor as follows: "If I owned a motion picture house
I would show children the pleasing, helpful things of life.
I would make it possible for all parents to send their chil-
dren to my house, etc."
The editor took the Judge at his word and wrote in an-
swer: "If you can write a scenario for a motion picture
play that will come up to the requirements you set and still
be of sufficient interest to attract patrons to a theater I
would be delighted to see it — and I'm sure there are many
others who would, too."
The Judge, nowise disconcerted, took the editor seriously;
wrote the scenario and carried it to the man who had dared
him. The latter showed it to several moving picture pro-
ducers, who declared it worthy of being filmed. The re-
sult was that Judge Brown appointed one of his proteges
of the Salt Lake "Boy City" to sustain the leading role,
while he and other members of the company contented them-
selves with the subordinate parts. Judge Brown also served
as director.
The other day, in the City Hall of Chicago, the five reels
were viewed by the municipal board of censorship, and
after several cutouts were made the films were passed.
The Chicago Herald has made arrangements by which
all children in the city under 16 years of age may see it
free during the next 30 days in various moving picture thea-
ters, at special matinees. Whenever the attendance is too
large for all to attend such matinees, the tickets will entitle
holders to see the presentation at the regular exhibitions.
Willie Eckstein, a Russian youth, appears in the leading
character of "A Boy and the Law," the title of the filmed
subject. Under the firm yet gentle guidance of Judge
Brown, this lad has been taught the evils of Nihilism and
brought to understand the better plan of right doing and
right living.
Willie accompanies the pictures wherever shown, and re-
cites the story of his life as thev are being run off. The
first matinee was given at the Empire Theater, 673 West
Madison street, on Saturday, August 1.
Through the arrangements made by the Chicago Herald
with the owners of the play and the theater managers, it is
hoped that every boy and girl in Chicago will be given an
opportunity to profit by the lesson given in the pictures.
This lesson is said to be no less valuable to parents, for it
shows how to keep boys who are inclined to be "wild" away
from bad associations and busy in ways that are beneficial.
Complimentary tickets admitting boys and girls of 16
years or under may be clipped from the Herald each day,
the tickets being good only on the day they are printed.
Interesting Actions in British Court.
Two actions at law, cited by Kinematograph. in the issue
of July 23, will be read with interest by film renters and
exhibitors in America.
One action was brought by the Ideal Film Renting Co.,
of London, against the Gem Electric Theater, of Bristol.
The plaintiffs claimed about $141 for films rented to the de-
fendants: the latter made a counter-claim for $163, which
included the price of the films and posters charged against
them, damages for loss of prestige, the cost of new films
ordered because of breach of agreement by plaintiffs, and
incidental expenses.
The defendants stated that they ordered a new film, ad-
vertised as "The Morphia Slave," which was found to be
exactly similar to one put on previously, called "The Shadow
of Death."
The managing director of the plaintiff company said that
"The Morphia Slave" had been booked by the defendants
in December, and that it had been seen in many places since
then and that no complaint had been made about it. On
cross examination he stated that the film dated from Octo-
ber, 1913, and that he had no knowledge whether it and "The
Shadow of Death" were the same. "The Morphia Slave"
was a German film and he had the usual assurances that it
was the first time it had been put on the market.
The manager of another theater testified that both the
pictures mentioned had been shown at his theater and were
precisely alike. In consequence, when "The Morphia Slave"
was shown, several patrons demanded their money back.
The judge, in summing up, ruled that plaintiffs could only
say a film was exclusive as it was supplied to them. Judg-
ment was given the plaintiffs on both claim and counter-
claim.
In the second case the Andrews' Pictures, Ltd., of Lon-
don, claimed a certain amount for films supplied an exhib-
itor. The defendant made a counter-claim of nearly four
times the amountjjpf plaintiff's claim.
Plaintiffs failed to furnish films as agreed upon with the
defendants. Certain films had been selected by the latter
for their opening and they had expended a considerable sum
on advertismg these films in advance. In consequence of the
program not being as advertised, the defendants were
obliged to return admission prices to their patrons.
The court, after hearing the evidence, declared it was
clear from the documents produced that there was a con-
tract to supply two special films which defendant had ad-
vertised. The only question was as to the damage sustained
by the defendant. The court awarded judgment for the
plaintiffs in a sum less than was claimed, and also for the
defendant in a sum about half of what was claimed for
damages. Judgment with costs was entered accordingly.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Walter R. Early, who has been the popular Western man-
ager of the New York Morning Telegraph for the past year,
has resigned that position to take charge of the general
management of the Consumers Film Corporation, which has
general offices in Suite ISOl-OS, at 30 N. Michigan Boule-
vard. Mr. Early took charge on Monday, Aug. 3rd. Mr.
Early was one of the organizers of the company and is part
owner of the corporation, which has substantial backing.
His numerous Chicago friends heartily wish him pronounced
success in his new field.
* * *
E. A. Barrymore, who has been appointed Western man-
ager of the Chicago Morning Telegraph to succeed Walter
R. Early, arrived in the city Friday, July 31st. Mr. Barry-
more has had wide newspaper experience, having been con-
nected with the Munsey Publishing Co. for over four years.
During that time he worked on all the Munsey newspaper
publications, including the Boston Journal, the Washington
Times, Baltimore News and the Philadelphia Times. Mr.
Barrymore was also on the staff of the Public Ledger, Phila-
delphia, for two years. He will retain the former Chicago
office of the Telegraph. Room 204, Schiller Bldg. He as-
sumed his new duties Monday, Aug. 3rd.
* * *
C. W. Diehl. owner of the Garden Theater, Peoria, 111.,
paid us a visit last week. Mr. Diehl was in the city specially
to look up feature subjects to stimulate business during the
summer season. The Garden seats 500 people and Mutual
programs have been run for an admission of five cents.
* * *
"John Barleycorn" gave way to Lubin's "The Wolf" at
Orchestra Hall, on Friday. July 31st. This six reel feature,
based on Eugene Walter's play, has stimulated business
considerably at this place. On the daily program is also
the well-known three-reel Vitagraph comedy. "Mr. Bingle's
Melodrama." which recently had a successful run in the
Vitagraph Theater, New York City.
* * *
"The Last Concert." adapted from Ellis Glickman's play,
started on a run at the Ziegfeld Theater. Monday, Aug. 3rd.
Mr. Glickman takes the leading role in the photoplay.
* * *
"Cabiria" will remain at the Illinois until Sept. 1st. The
presentation is considerably enhanced by the orchestra and
grand opera chorus.
* * *
"Neptune's Daughter" entered the twelfth week of its run
at the Fine Arts Theater, Monday, Aug. 3rd. Alfred Ham-
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burger believes that he can give the beautiful diver. Annette
Kellermann. a grand total of 23 weeks at this house.
* * *
"The Rosary," Rowland & Clifford's successful play, which
has been presented all over the country, is now being filmed
by the Selig Polyscope Co. in the western studios at Eden-
dale.
* * *
Requests are pouring in rapidly to F. O. Xeilsen's office,
720 Schiller Bldg.. for bookings for "The Spoilers." Wher-
ever played thus far. managers are vieing with each other for
return dates. "The Spoilers" opened at the ^'alentine Thea-
ter. Toledo. O., for one week, on Sunday, Aug. 2nd. The
Valentine seats 2,400 people and admissions for this at-
traction are 25 and 50 cents. "The Spoilers" will open a
run of four weeks on Sundaj-, Aug. 9th. at the Broadway
Theater. Detroit. The minimum admission at this house,
and in all other large houses, is fixed at 25 cents. Con-
siderable enterprise, not at all called for bj- contract, was
recently shown by Mr. Nielsen so as to insure the arrival of
"The Spoilers" fiims in time for the Sunday Matinee, Aug.
2nd. at Henry Boyle's Theater. Fond du Lac, Wis. The set
of films to be used at this theater arrived in Milwaukee
from Manitowoc, Wis., 50 minutes late, thus missing the
train from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, the next train for
that point not leaving until 5:00 o'clock. Mr. Nielsen was
notified by long distance phone in Chicago of these facts,
and he immediately phoned his Milwaukee man to engage
a high-powered motor car and take the reels to Boyle's
Theater. This meant a 95-mile run. with three and a half
hours to make it. The car arrived, on flat tires, at Henrj-
Boyle's Theater just 15 minutes late for the opening of the
matinee, after having sustained one puncture and one blowout.
Guy Standing
C. Jay Williams
CJAY WILLL\MS. for the past four years premier di-
rector of comedies for the Edison company, is the
•latest recruit to the staff of L'niversal directors. Mr.
Williams will produce comedies for the L'niversal. It will
probaby be during the first part of August that he will make
the move to the L'niver-
sal and immediately he
will ride his trunk to the
Pacific Coast where, at
the L^niversal's Holly-
wood studios, he will
take up his active du-
ties. Accompanying him
will be Mrs. Williams,
who will be one of the
leads in the new com-
pany to be formed.
To call the titles of
the successful comedies
that Mr. Williams has
produced would require
a profuse amount o f
editorial space. Among
those, however, which
have been stamped more
thoroughly with public
approval than others are
such play-coinedies a s
"Caste," a two-reel com-
e d y adapted from the
famous comedy of t h e
same name by T. W.
Robertson, "Why Girls
Leave Home." a two-
reel, a new version of
the comedy that w o n
favor several years ago, and the comedy series entitled "Mr.
Wood B. Wedd."
Mr. Williams was born a long time ago in New York
City and he is of Welsh and German extraction. When
still a boy he decided to become an actor, and an actor he
remained until he joined out with the moving pictures and
became a director. In fact, as he says himself, he knew
nothing of pictures until four years ago when a friend, a
fellow actor, induced him to pose for the part of Beethoven
in an Edison play, "Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata." That
was over four years ago. He scored an immediate success
and was engaged to appear in several other productions of
the same company. Then he departed from pictures for a
while to tour with Blanche Walsh in "The Test." But the
seed had been sown; Mr. Williams was assured of the pic-
ture's future and so when he returned from this tour, he
negotiated with the Edison for a position as director. And
he landed.
C. Jay Williams.
IT is now revealed that the star of "The Silver King," the
first of the celebiated plays of Sir Arthur Jones to be
filmed by the Famous Players, is Guy Standing. "The Silver
King," undoubtedly one of the most famed plays of the past
century, provides many unusual factors for pictorial repro-
duction, and the selec-
Ition of Gu}- Standing for
the title role suggests a
^^^^ judgment that could not
^^■^1^^^^ ' be improved, because of
^SPHH^^^ his prominence on both
F ^^^^^^^^ the American and Eng-
1 ^^^^B lish stages, which great-
I _^^^^B_. '^' '"'^'■^^ses the value of
^ ^^^jt^^^^K^ h'i^ appearance in the
^P^^^^^^^V production, and which
^^^^^^K in a unique manner cor-
A.^^^^^m responds with the inter-
national popularitj' of
the subject.
The Famous Players
have made arrangements
to produce the American
scenes of "The Silver
King" in the West, in
the exact localities in
which the thrilling situa-
tions of the play occur.
Henry Arthur Jones, on
his recent visit to Amer-
ica, made a tour of the
Famous Players studio,
and took a keen interest
in the preparations for
the production of his
play. "The Silver King"
was but a short time ago
given a command performance before the King and Queen
of England.
Guy Standing.
FANS START "PEGGY" SNOW CLUB.
Miss Marguerite (.Peggy) Snow, leading woman of the
Thanhouser films, who is doing exceptional work as Coun-
tess Olga in "The Million Dollar Mystery," had quite an
honor conferred upon her b}' some of the photoplay fans
of America, who love to see her on the screen. Recently
a letter caine from Miss Kathryn Temple, Northboro, Massa-
chusetts, asking "Peggy" to accept the honor of honorary
president of the "Peggy" Snow Club, a gathering of young
women admirers, who follow her work closely on the screen:
adopt, so far as possible, clothin.g patterned after those worn
by the best dressed women in the "movies," and meet once
a month to plan for the present and future welfare of the
club. Miss Snow was prevailed upon to accept the honor,
and promised to send a letter of greeting, once each month,
to the "Peggy" Snow Club, and sent, also, a large photo-
graph in one of her best poses for the club to retain, with
the admonition that it be framed and be held in the custody
of the president until her successor was elected, when the
portrait would pass into the keeping of the new president.
Of course, these "Peggy" Snow clubs will become epidemic,
and throughout the forty-eight States in America other
"Peggy" Snow clubs will form, and to each Miss Snow
plans to send a photograph so that the gathering of girls
maj' have material evidence of her love and loyalty. And
should requests come to Miss Snow from Great Britain,
"Adorable Peggy" plans to acknowledge them and send her
autographed photograph with the same restriction, i. e., that
it will remain the property of the club and be held by each
succeeding president. The plan advanced by Miss "Temple
was a club that would go to some theater in a body when
one of the films advertising Miss Snow was shown, and
after the entertainment meet at the home of one of the
members to chat and dine and discuss. Sixteen members
compose the first "Peggy" Snow Club, and the membership
is unlimited.
4
WHERE IS NED FINLEY?
Ned Finley. the Vitagraph player and director, has mys-
teriously disappeared. Any information concerning his
whereabouts will be gratefully welcomed by the Vitagraph
Company of America, Brooklyn. N. Y. He went to Hen-
dersonville, N. C, to produce some mountain pictures for
the Vitagraph Company. His sudden disappearance has
puzzled everj'one and no one has been able to learn his
whereabouts.
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967
Film Men Inspect Willat Studios
"Doc" Willat and C. O. Baumann Show Friends and Asso-
ciates Over the Big Plant.
OX the last day of July a party of filni men, friends and
associates of "Doc'' Willat and Charles <J. Baumann,
motored from Times Square to Fort Lee to inspect
the Willat Studios and Laboratories. What they found on
the hill al)ove the Hudson delighted as well as surprised
them. W'liile building operations were not linished, at the
same time the work had so far progressed that but a few
weeks will tinish it. The area of the land owned by the
company exceeds four acres, sutticient to allow great ex-
pansion of studio and factory space, .\lready completed are
two studios, 60 by 120 feet on the ground, and 52 feet in
height. They are practically entirely inclosed in glass. The
dressing rooms are situated along the side of each struc-
ture. The very latest devices for artificial lighting have
been installed. In one of the studios there is a tank, 15 by
25 feet, for water and trap scenes.
The Property is at the corner of Main street and Linwood
avenue. Tliere is ample room for outdoor staging, and
there are a varietv of settings for picture work, .\mong
the buildings is a little structure, its walls of uneven-sized
brown stone, that has served about everj' picture company
in the neighborhood of \ew York as an Irish cottage.
-\rrangements already have been made for the erection of
four additional studios, duplicates of the two already built.
Work on these will be started in a few weeks.
What particularly appealed to the visiting film men was
the factory. This structure, as also is the case with the
studios, represents the last word in efficiency. It is of two
stories and in dimensions is about 100 by 150 feet. The en-
tire construction is of brick and concrete — absolutely fire-
proof. In fact, one of the guests was impelled to remark
as he passed through the various rooms: "Wh}% j-ou folks
easily may carry your own insurance!"
Many innovations have been installed in the factory. For
example, the old tank method of washing will not be used.
Instead a large washroom has been built with hundreds of
spraj' nozzles inserted in the ceiling. Water will be forced
at high pressure through these nozzles, and the film, which
will hang On specially constructed racks immediately below
the nozzles, will be thoroughly sprayed. The washroom
will accommodate 100 racks of film. The great elevated
tank on the grounds has a capacity of 25,000 gallons and will
furnish ample water supply.
.\nother novelty will be the drying room. The air before
it enters this compartment is forced through water and
"washed" of all dust particles and moisture, thus making
the air clean and dry. The machinery for this process was
manufactured under "Doc." Willat's supervision, and the air
condition of the drying room can be so regulated that all
films can be uniformly and quickly dried.
The capacity is 1,500.000 feet per week, and judging l>y the
spacious quarters assigned to the various departments it can
be handled with comfort and speed.
In personal command of tlie entire plant will be C. A.
(Doc) Willat, who is known to the entire trade as one of
the great technical experts of the motion picture industry.
Until a sliort time ago he was the technical director of the
New York Motion Picture Corporation, and for a long time
before that he successfully managed and directed the en-
tire output of the Imp company. The Fort Lee studio and
factorj' represent nnich thought and long consideration on
the part of Mr. Willat. Many months ago he determined
to Iniild a plant that not only would be one of the largest, if
not the largest commercial estalilislimcnts in the country, but
also one that would represent the composite of the experi-
ence of technicians in all picture-making countries. He
went abroad last year and visited practically every film
estaljlishment of importance. When he returned to the
United States he continued his study of methods, .\mong
the trips he took was one to Rochester, X. Y.. where he
VISITORS AT WILLAT STUDIOS AND LABORATORIES, FORT LEE, N. J.
Left to right: E. J. Mock. Charles O. Baumann. Thomas H. Ince. Hack Sennett Charles Kessel. 1. V. Willat. George Blaisdell. .T. V.
Rltcher, H. .■^. Palmer. W. A. Johnston. ^Vo^thv Butts. E. J. McGovern. C. A. ( Doc i Willat. Harry Ennis. Fred Beecroft. Wen Milligan. A.
Kessel, Jr.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
spent an entire week in the laboratory of the Eastman com-
pany.
Associated with Mr. Willat is Charles O. Baumann, whose
connections with the New York Motion Picture Company
and whose progressiveness are thoroughly well known to
the trade at large. Mr. Baumann is president of the com-
pany, Arthur Butler Graham is vice-president, and Mr. Willat
is secretary and treasurer. The executive offices of the
company are on the ninth floor of the Longacre Building,
Forty-second street and Broadway.
On the return from the Studios the party was entertained
by Mr. Willat and Mr. Baumann at Reisenweber's, where
toasts were drunk to the success of the new enterprise that
begins under such favorable auspices.
Mack Sennett Talks of His Work
Visiting Comedian Intimates that the Keystone Company
Is to Take Up a New Line of Production.
FOR the first time in a couple of years Mack Sennett
last week had a good look at the sky-line of New
York City from the heights of Fort Lee. The last time
the Keystone producer had stood on the hill was in the
days when he was making the initial pictures of the brand
that has made its trail around and over the world and
laughed itself into the hearts of practically all picturegoers.
Mr. Sennett had gone to Fort Lee as a member of the
party of a score of film men who were looking over the fine
plant of the Willat Studios. It just happened that in piling
into autos in Times Square it fell to the writer to be the
partner of the soft-spoken comedian. Mr. Sennett said he
expected to be in New York about ten days. Together
with Thomas H. Ince he had made the trip to the Atlantic
Coast for the purpose of taking up business matters with
the officers of the New York Motion Picture Company.
The chief bit of information divulged by Mr. Sennett,
news of immediate importance to picture followers, is that
he brought east with him a six-reel comedy — one on which
he had, with all the members of the Keystone Company,
put in fourteen weeks. The comedian said the production
contained all that he had in himself. "I have put into it
all that I have got," he said with emphasis. "I want to
show it before I return to the Coast, and I guess it will be
arranged. We have spared no necessary expense. As an
illustration of this, we wanted a real snow scene. A com-
pany was sent up into the mountains, twelve or fourteen
thousand feet above sea level. The party camped out in
the snow and was gone a week. Some fine stuff was ob-
tained, but we used just one hundred feet. That was what
we wanted."
A week's trip for a hundred feet of film — a hundred sec-
onds on the screen — -seems like a record for a dramatic
production. Mr. Sennett would not say that the six reels
were all comedy — "there's a little of everything," he said.
Asked as to -who had written the scenario, he intimated there
was none. "I framed the story as I went along," he said..
"I find this method has merits. It gives an elasticity to the
plot; we are enabled to take advantage of unforseen situa-
tions and to make the most of them. You know, personally,
I never use a script. While I plan most of the pictures I
produce myself, I do not 'write' them. I do supervise the
work of other Keystone directors. L'sually we assemble
the company and rehearse the story. The entire action is
gone over, and to a stenographer I outline details — minor
as well as major ones. When we get through there is in
hand a real script."
The conversation turned to the subject of engaging play-
ers, on which it developed that Mr. Sennett had decided
opinions. "I don't believe in luring players from other
manufacturers," said the comedian. "When I want an actor
I go as a rule to the stage. There's a vast number of stage
people, a lot of them good, anxious to get into picture work.
I will not employ an actor that is under engagement. If
a picture player out of work comes to me looking for em-
ployment, that is another question. He is tried out until
we are satisfied that he can bring to us the material for
■which we are searching. Not until we are satisfied is he
placed in stock."
On the run back to the city Mr. Sennett asked a number
of questions himself. "Where do most of the _ reviewers
see the pictures of which they write?" he inquired. "Do
they see them at the studios or the company offices, or do
they see them in a theater surrounded by an audience?"
Mr. Sennett was informed that with few exceptions, not-
ably a majority of the pictures in the licensed group, films
■were reviewed in private projection rooms. "But in case
the subjects are reviewed in a theater do reviewers give
heed to the attitude of the audience?" persisted Mr. Sennett.
It was indicated in reply that a reviewer who would fail to
take into account the attitude of the audience would over-
look one of the chief aims of film reviewing — which is, of
course, to give exhibitors a suggestion as to the desirability
of the subject.
"Do you think exhibitors follow the reviews in the trade
papers — are they guided in their selection of a program
by criticisms, favorable or unfavorable?" pursued the Key-
stone producer. "So far as the Moving Picture World is
concerned," was the replj", "there is every reason to believe
there are many exhibitors who pay very close attention to
the reviews. The exhibitor wants the facts — even if they
be unfavorable to the manufacturer. If a picture contains
situations that are suggestive, for instance, he wants to know
it, that he may be guided accordingly. Some pictures will
go strongly before any kind of a house, some will go
strongly in some and less so in others. The alert exhibitor
is looking for tips on productions that will please his
clientele and also for tips on those that may displease or
that may prove to be of negative quality as entertainment
for his patrons. The reviewer is placed between the maker
of a subject and the exhibitor — sometimes he cannot please
both by telling the facts as he sees them."
Mr. Sennett smiled. "Well, I must say the World has
been very fair with Keystone. No, I don't think it impossible
for a producer to get a fair slant on the quality of his own
production. I have been in the picture business quite a
number of years now and I think I have had sufficient
experience, I think I may say I am broad enough, to look
at my own stufi from the viewpoint of the public. That is
just what I try to do. I estimate our pictures before they
leave the studio, and it is fair to your reviewers to say that
when the paper reaches us as a rule we are not far apart in
our opinions."
Mr. Sennett has been in the picture business about seven
years. As will be remembered, his first work was with
the Biograph, and with that company he remained five
years. Before that he was for seven or eight years on the
stage. When the comedian was asked if he had in con-
templation any changes in the product of the Keystone, he
admitted that he had.
"We intend to try steadily to improve our productions and
also from time to time to change the character of the work,"
he said. "We are nearing the stage where we want to ad-
vance the scope of our subjects — not that the public shows
any indications of being tired of Keystone stuff, but we
desire to anticipate the wishes of the piiblic, to keep ahead
of the times. We are considering enteritig a new field. It
is, of course, in these days a difficult thin.g to do, but we
prefer to be progressive now rather than have these steps
forced upon us later.
"In spite of the fact that we spend a great deal of money
on our pictures, we intend to spend more. It is our view
that to be stingy in making pictures is to pursue a policy
that is penny wise and pound foolish. A poor way to make
money is to try to save it out of the film. No, I do not
think the European war will materially affect the sales of
Keystone. In fact, it may increase rather than decrease
them.
"You know our method of making pictures is different
from that of many. We have no stated timfe for making a
production. If three weeks are necessary to film a certain
subject and we find on examining it that it will be stronger
as a single reel than a multiple, we cut it down to the thou-
sand feet. We believe the money well invested. We just
say to ourselves that we will give the exhibitor a treat this
week at our expense. So it is that a lot of our subjects
run into high figures, but we feel by so doing we are
making more friends for Keystone.
"It is no easy matter to get a job with our company. A
player knows, though, that once he is in stock he is there to
stay and I believe it improves his efficiency all around.
He' knows he has been tried out, and he feels secure."
The Keystone producer said he would be in New York
probably until the end of the week — August 8.
G. B.
BRONAUGH— DAVEY.
The marriage of Allen M. Davey to Margaret M. Bron-
augh in Los Angeles, California, on June 30, has just been
announced. Mr. Davey is a photographic expert in the
Universal plant at Hollywood, and is rated as one of the
finest camera men in the business. He is a brother-in-law
of David Horsley, President of the Centaur Film Co., and
was born and brought up in Bayonne. New Jersey, where he
is almost as well known as the Centaur wizard himself.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
969
"Men and Women"
Biograph-K. & E. Three Reel Picture a Humanly-Produced
and Pleasingly Artistic Melodrama of Modern
American Life.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judsoii.
THE best among our modern melodramas, those that are
carefully written to be free from our scjucezcd lemons,
the trite situations, and are produced with painstaking
regard for things that arc convincingly human, are doubly
pleasing to the popular audience. If anything was ever
democratic our .\nicrican melodramas are. They arc apt to
be shot through and through with popular conceptions of
fair-play in government, of the essential rights of the soul
even when the body has been blindly trapped into some in-
fraction of the cold law, yet is deeply repentant; but most
of all they stand firm for the under-dog fighting to regain
Scene from "Men and Women" (K. & E.).
a place in the sunlight with his kind to which his good will
and ability give him a just right. They are mighty healthy
to us at home and they carry a freight of stimulation to eyes
of people longing for fair-play abroad.
This picture, "Men and Women," produced by the Bio-
graph players in conjunction with Klaw & Erlanger, is
just such a melodrama and makes an offering that is sure
to please all who understand these things it stands for. It
Scene from "Men and Women" (K. & E.).
is clean, wholesome and human and has the quality that
gathers in all our faculty of attention until the spectator —
his mind not loaded with irrelevant matters — fairly listens as
well as watches. In its double love story nothing is per-
mitted to cheapen sentiment in spite of the fact that of its
three heroes two are technically embezzlers. There is no
weakly acted character in it; it is played by a strong cast,
and all its roles stand out as distinct individualities, inter-
esting, human and likable. Its scenes are filled with the
abandon of absolute naturalness. Directed by James Kirk-
wood, it is one of the most human pictures dealing with
this subject we have ever had the good fortune to sec. The
photography is artistic and delightful.
It is not easy to say, among all its characters, which is
the most satisfying. There is Robert Stevens (Lionel Bar-
rymore), who, as the story opens, is sentenced to six years
for embezzlement. He serves his term; becomes a million-
aire in Arizona and is elected governor— ignoring the outer
form of probability, yet convincing. We are not told that
he was guilty; his character suggests to us that he wasn't
wholly so. He is a tine old man and is played with vigor.
Then there is .\gncs, his daughter (Blanche Sweet), and
her schoolgirl friend Ruth (Gertrude Robinson), Ijoth wholly
charming in tlieir girlishness, who could tell which is the
better? The two boys. Will (Marshal Neilan), brother of
Ruth and sweetheart of Agnes — he borrows a bundle of
bonds from his bank to make a showing over night for the
sake of an investment and they arc stolen from him — and
the other boy, Ned (Frank Crane), friend of Will's and
Ruth's sweetheart — he is accused of the theft of the bonds
but is saved at the close by Will's confession — are both
convincing, true and vigorous as played. The stock broker
who hypothecates the bonds is a very strong figure as
played by F. Kerzog, while Frank Norcross, Cohen, presi-
dent of the bank, is also satisfying. Then the district at-
torney (F. Hearn), who convicts Stevens and in the second
generation is counsel for the bank, and the mother of Will
and Ruth (Hattie de Loro) also adequately carry their roles.
Of the lesser figures all are satisfying.
The plot is clear, logical and effectively constructed. It
is an exceptionally good offering for all kinds of patrons.
Spectators watching it at an airdonie might put umbrellas
up; but we think they'd stay till it was done in spite of a
drizzle.
IRA L. CUNNINGHAM.
THE motion picture seems to have exerted a strong
attraction for newspaper men. Another member of
the staff of the Evening Sun has left the quarters of
that publication on Park Row and will try to make his way
in the world of films.
Ira L. Cunningham,
who has been tele-
graph editor of the
Evening Sun and at
one time held the
same place on the
Morning Sun, has de-
serted Park Row for
the heights of East
Forty-first street. He
began his duties this
week as advertising
manager and general
publicity agent for the
International Education
League and the Church
and School Service Bu-
reau. The Duke of
Manchester is at the
head of the first-named
association and the
Rev. Dr. William Car-
ter is president of the latter. Both organizations are en-
tering the motion picture business on a large scale.
Mr. Cunningham has had a wide experience in newspaper
work throughout the country, especially in the West, where
he did his first work on a newspaper as the "devil" in an
Iowa country office. His experience in publicity w-ork has
been from time to time. The last big job of the sort which
he has undertaken was that of making .■\merican readers
familiar with Dr. Maria Montessori when that famous
Italian educator visited this country last winter.
Ira L. Cunningham.
WAR MAY DELAY ALL STAR WORK.
Considerable consternation is being expressed at the of-
fices of the All Star Feature Corporation as to whether or
not William Faversham the international theatrical star for
whose services the All Star people have contracted and who
is to begin production on "The World" early in August, has
succeeded in getting away from Europe.
When last heard from Mr. Faversham was sojourning in
the South of France with his wife and at the present hour,
his representatives here have been unable to ascertain
whether he has been balked in his securing passage back
home because of the present cancellation in steamship sail-
ings owing to the great European War.
970
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Across the Border"
A Vigorous Melodrama of Arms Smuggling Across the
Mexican Border in Three Reels by Warner's Features.
Reviewed by Hanlord C. Judson.
A GOOD amount of snap and dash is expected in films
made by the Albuquerque Company; the mountain air
out there seems to invigorate the nervous systems of
producers and players alike. We get plenty of fast riding
and the kind of incidents that make the audience jump up
or hold its breath for a moment. There is even more of this
vigorous quality than usual in ".\cross the Border," a three-
reel melodrama by the Albuquerque players and oflfered by
Warner's Features. The story deals with an outlaw band,
half Mexican and half American, that is making a business
of smuggling arms over the line to the revolutionists. The
picture's hero is a United States lieutenant who. seeing some
suspicious operations, conies too close to the outlaws' camp
and, after his horse has fallen down a steep embankment —
this scene will give a thrill, but it is very distressing; for
the dumb beast goes down head-over-heels to his death it
seems — the rider is captured by the gang and kept a pris-
oner in the camp.
This camp itself, the way it is managed and the life in
it, is most interesting. It is just enough like the usual back-
ground of this kind of romantic, wild melodrama to be clear-
ly understandable by all, yet has the convincing freshness
to go with the kind of incident that happens there. The
get-there quality of this picture's scenes is due mostly to
the "interest" that the camera takes in it. The camera gets
around and sees the camp and the neighborhood from this
angle or that, comes close up or stands far off as the case
demands, and makes us appreciate its wildness. There's a
cavalry encampment not far from the camp, and from this
one looks out over the wildest kind of country. And as the
action unfolds, the spectator is sure to exclaim noiv and
again, "What a fine scene!" This will be because the pro-
ducer has handled his action well, because of the back-
grounds and because the camera man knew how to be inter-
esting. The characters of the story are, many of them,
fierce and rough, and backgrounds, characters and story go
perfectly together.
The lieutenant being a prisoner knows too much to be a
safe neighbor, if free to bring the cavalry down on the out-
laws, and though not at first ill-treated, is guarded closely.
The men have work to do. They are out running guns
across, so the daughter of the chief smuggler is detailed as
special warder. Things don't go well. The gang is caught
at the ford with a load of high explosives. There's a fight
with a squad of the cavalry and an explosion. This tends
to make them ugly. What is more, one of the gang be-
comes jealous of the lieutenant's place in the girl's aflfec-
tions. He attempts to give him a taste of "Apache tor-
ture": ties a rattlesnake so that it can almost strike the
staked-out victim, who is left to the snake's tender mercies.
The girl sees and kills the snake, a real rattler; sets
free the lieutenant and. later, brings the cavalry to the res-
cue. These last scenes give galloping horses over the rough
Arizona hill country and are filled with thrill, .^s a whole
the picture makes a strong offering, somewhat brutal in
places, but filling a demand of the time. It certainly is a
well directed and interesting picture.
WARNER'S FEATURES TO OFFER COMPLETE
PROGRAM.
A complete weekly program of approximately twenty-one
reels is announced by Warner's Features. The date for this
service to commence is not announced, but a very near day
will see the consummation of the plan. Regarding the char-
acter of the program P. A. Powers, president of the com-
pany, said: "It will include an unusual diversity of high-
class pictures, and meet the requirements of every enter-
prising exhibitor in the country. There will be one. two
and three reel releases, with longer ones when the quality
warrants. The program will have a very wide appeal."
Warner's Features now has thirty-two exchanges, located
at the following cities: Atlanta, Ga.; Boston. Mass.: Syra-
cuse, N. Y.: Chicago. 111.: Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland. Ohio;
Dallas. Texas; Denver. Colo.; Indianapolis, Ind.: Kansas
City, Kan.: Los Angeles, Cal.; Minneapolis, Minn.: New Or-
leans, La.: New York. N. Y.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburgh,
Pa.: San Francisco. Cal.: St. Louis. Mo.; Seattle, Wash.:
Montreal. Canada: Detroit. Mich.: Washington, D. C: Des
Moines, Iowa: Spokane. \Vash.: London. Eng. : Chicago, 111.;
Buffalo, N. Y.; Louisville. Ky.: Wilkes-Barre. Pa.: Portland.
(>regon; Portland. Maine.
More Voluntary Censorship
Plans Being Made to Extend the Influence of the National
Board of Censorship — J. W. Binder in Charge
of the Campaign.
JW. BINDER, who proposed a "board of trade" organ-
ization for the motion picture business in an extended
* address delivered during the motion picture exposition
at Grand Central Palace, New York, last June, has been
engaged to direct a campaign for the extension of the in-
fluence of the National Board of Censorship to every com-
munity throughout the United States. Mr. Binder is locat-
ed at the offices of the National Board, 70 Fifth avenue. New
York. To a representative of the Moving Picture World he
explained that there were two things that menaced the solid
growth of the motion picture business: legalized censor-
ship and bad pictures. He believed that the percentage of
bad pictures passed by the National Board was negligible,
but that the few bad pictures not submitted to the Board
were responsible for 99 per cent, of the criticism directed
against pictvires generally and created the excuse for legal
censorship. He hopes to be able to bring this small number
of pictures under the supervision of the Board.
"To bring about this very desirable end is the prime object
of the campaign which I have undertaken for the National
Board," said Mr. Binder. "In working it out, no untried
theories will be used. Every step has been proven by ac-
tually organizing similar committess in widely separated cen-
ters throughout the United States. These committees have
been organized for from one month to one and a half years,
and it is safe to use the results obtained as fair examples
of what can be achieved by this plan when it shall have
been extended to cover the United States."
Conditions in Milwaukee, where such a board has been
working with the National Board for some time is cited as
an example of the conditions which Mr. Binder hopes to
find all over the country.
Another object of the plan is to carry on a campaign of
publicity through the trade papers, the magazines and daily
papers exposing the fallacy of legalized censorship. This
work involves the creating of a campaign fund and Mr.
Binder expects soon to start upon the war path.
Mr. Binder is a man eminently qualified by training and
experience for the work he has undertaken for the Board.
He has spent much of his life in organizing campaigns on a
National scale, both of a business and political nature.
Among his clients in the past have been the American Tele-
graph and Telephone Company, the United Hardware Com-
pany, the Dictaphone Company of America and others. He
organized and put on a business basis, the pre-nomination
campaign of Woodrow Wilson when he was a candidate for
the Presidency, doing this work for National Chairman Mc-
Combs.
BALSHOFER VISITS NEW YORK.
Fred Balshofer. creator and manager of the Sterling Com-
edy Compan3' releasing through the Universal Program,
has just completed a flying visit to New York and the
home offices of the L^niversal Film Manufacturing Company.
He traveled alone, and while the desire for a short respite
from his arduous duties was the principal motive which
brought him on, he accomplished some important business
while in town.
Mr. Balshofer left for the Coast July 28 with the prom-
ise of many new and surprising things to come in the way of
Sterling comedies. "Incidentally," said Mr. Balshofer, "I
desired while on mv visit here in New York to glean some
information relative to how the Sterling 'kid' pictures were
going. Mv investigations have been more than satisfying;
I find that they are beng highly appreciated and are selling
well. However, as you know. Sterling comedies are con-
tinually on the improve. Only recently we acquired Gordon
Griffith, considered one of the ablest and cleverest 'kid'
comedians in the business today."
KERRIGAN'S FATHER DIES.
John Kerrigan, father of the well-known moving picture
star. ^Yarren Kerrigan, died Wednesday night, July 29. at
his home in New .-Mbany. Ind., after an illness of several
months. He was born seventy-seven years ago in Dunstan.
Ireland. He moved to Canada and later to New .\lliany.
where he resided for forty years. He leaves his wife. Mrs.
Sarah MacLean Kerri.gan, who went to Los Angeles. Cal.,
a daughter. Mrs. Kathleen Kerrigan Clement, who arrived
recently from California, and five sons. Warren and Wallace
Kerrigan, of Los .\ngeles. Edward, Robert and Harrv Ker-
rigan, of New Albany. Mrs. Clement is a widelv known
actress, and Warren and \Yallace are leaders in their pro-
fession.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
971
Bangs Laboratories
Pretentious Plan for Handling Negative and Positive Pro-
ducts— High-class Artists to be Employed.
THE Bangs Laboratories, Inc., will be located at 69-71
West 90th street. New York City, and ready for
Inisiness about Sciitenibcr 1st. Frank C. llanos, the
well-known protographcr, will be tlic managing director, his
assistants being the finest photo-chemists, operators and de-
velopers procural)le. It is the intention of the new concern
to limit itself to the highest possible forms of handling
motion picture film, and the building, which has liecn
elaborately prepared for the new occupants, will constitute
one of the finest motion picture laboratories and studios in
the world. Associated with Mr. Bangs, the treasurer of the
company, is C. J. Kite, vice-president, and Louis E. Jen-
nings, president.
In order that the intelligent work of the exceptionally
efficient corps of artists will not be jeopardized by atmos-
pheric changes or conditions, the temperature and hu-
Bangs Laboratories Building.
midity in all operating rooms will be mechanically con-
trolled and kept the same at all times. The chemical de-
partment will be completeness itself, being installed so
that any sort of photographic achievements or experiments
may be made. Every feature of the laboratories has been
conceived with the sole idea of giving every inch of film
handled the best possible treatment. All mechanical aids,
tending toward eliminating unnecessary handling or making
for increased speed in developing, are included in the equip-
ment of the plant, so it may be readily understood that the
proposed mission of the Bangs Laboratories will be
realized. The capacity will be one and one-half million feet
of film weekly, all representing the highest grade work ever
given to motion photography.
The top floor will be devoted to a glass-covered studio,
imderncath which are ample dressing and work rooms.
Artificial light will be used when the natural light prohibits
desired results. The glass dome is rounded, made of
specially prepared glass and a brilliant, yet soft diffused light
is assured when the daylight is worthy of the name. The
building stands in such a position that there is no neighbor-
ing interference. There is not a shadow in any portion of
the entire studio.
The ground floor will be devoted to the executive offices,
reception rooms and shipping and receiving departments.
The basement will include a fireproof storage vault. The
second and third floors will be given over to the developing
rooms. From the start, the building has been planned with
the idea of making it the most complete laboratory ever
conceived, in order to entirely eliminate every possi-
bility of failure in securing the best results with the film
being handled. It is not so large as many studio labora-
tories, but as a model of completeness, and stands without a
peer. ,
The company will be prepared to handle the product of
producing firms desiring exceptional photographic results.
Negatives will be received and developed and the prints
made, toned, tinted and finishe<l on contract or with any
special arrangements. The guarantee f)f tlie newly formed
concern l)acks up their work, so it may logically be expected
that a new standard in artistry in development and printing
and finishing will soon appear. .\t least, the Bangs labora-
tories, with its splendid corps of high-grade workers and its
wonderfully complete equipment, will answer a long felt
want in the lield pitifidly deficient in more than ordinary
work.
HENRY J. VERNOT.
MERRY blue eyes, with golden quality to them, a
smile that brightens everything around him, a shake
oi the hand that makes you feel ten years younger —
that is the first impression which you get of Henry J,
Vernot of the "Finger of Fate" and of "Detective Craig's
Coups" fame, when you meet him at the big Pathe Studio,
over in Jersey.
Just talk to him and
you will find in \'er-
not a most interesting
personality. Vernot's
life has lieen one of
action. He was grad-
uated in literature and
philosophy in the uni-
versities of Paris and
Berlin. Then he be-
came a newspaper
writer.
In spite of his activi-
ties he wrote seven
plays, which were all
produced on Paris
stages. "Our Daily
Bread," a little one-
act masterpiece, had a
run of over three
hundred performances.
He also translated into
French the plays of
Heinrich von Kleist
and of Friedrich He-
bel, the stories of
Richard Harding Davis
and a number of Kipling's best poems — for \'ernot is a
poet, too. Eight years ago as a newspaperman he visited
America in the course of his travels. He liked the coun-
try. In December, 1910, Gaumont & Co. purchased from
him nineteen scenarios. For two years he was a director
at Gaumont's. Then came the opportunity to return to
America on the American Eclair stafT. Here Mr. Vernot
wrote and produced "The Vengeance of the Fakir." "The
Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomon'," "Steel," "Rob Roy,"
etc. His engagement with Pathe Freres followed and he is
doing good work for that firm.
■•■F^
Henry J. Vernot.
"NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER" A HIT AT PORT WASH-
INGTON.
Messrs. Newman & Filon, managers of the Nassau Thea-
ter at Port Washington, New York, a popular suburb on
Long Island, exhibited the Universal feature "Neptune's
Daughter" on Wednesday, July 29, to a large and enthusias-
tic audience. The afternoon show was unusually large and
the evening performance was a "turn-away." Every inch of
standing room was occupied in addition to the 750 seating
capacity of the house. It was estimated that about one
thousand persons were present. Outside the house both
sides of the street were lined with automobiles to the num-
ber of sevent)'-five. For several days after the exhibition of
the picture it was the chief topic of conversation through-
out the town, and many of the boys and girls have since been
practicing the "mermaid stroke" shown bj' Miss Kellermann
when in swimming. Many of the patrons of the Nassau
have asked Manager Newman to bring the subject back for
a return date.
972
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Edmund Lawrence
EDMUND LAWRENCE, the well-known producer and
manager of Kalem's New York Studio, has been con-
nected with the stage since a child. He made his
actual debut when but sixteen years of age with Frederick
Warde, as Francois in "Richelieu." Then followed some
hard experience in various repertoire companies.'
The eminent tragedian, Thomas W. Keene, saw the lad
play and secured him
for a term of years, and
Mr. Lawrence ascribes
the success which he
achieved later was due
entirely to the kindly
interest taken in him
by the popular actor,
of whom Mr. Lawrence
often gratefully quotes
the Great Bard. "He
was a man, take him
all in all, we shall never
look upon his like
again." After Mr.
K e e n e ' s retirement
from the stage, due to
paralysis, Mr. Law-
rence identified himself
with Julia Marlowe
during the meteoric
rise of that famous
star — first as stage di-
rector and later on
played the leading
character and comedy
roles in her repertoire.
After a brilliant career
of some years with
Miss Marlowe, Mr.
Lawrence appeared in
rapid succession in the many New York productions of
Francis Wilson, whose understudy he became, appearing in
Wilson's roles many times. /
Later Mr. Lawrence originated prominent characters with
Lillian Russell, E. H. Sothern, Henrietta Grossman, De
Wolf Hopper, etc., until he was selected to star with Ray-
mond Hitchcock and Marie Gahill in "Three Little Lambs."
Then followed starring engagements in musical comed3' and
farce until an unfortunate attack of laryngitis and subsequent
unskillful operation impaired Mr. Lawrence's voice, so tem-
porarily he turned to posing in the silent drama. Realizing
the future great possibilities of the photoplay, Mr. Law-
rence studied the technique of the art thoroughly, familiariz-
ing himself with every detail. Three years ago he associated
himself with the Kalem company, as producing manager of
the New York studio; during which time he has produced
many notable pictures, including those of Hazel Neason,
Little Adelaide Lawrence, the original Alice Joyce-Tom
Moore series, and Anna Nielsson and Guy Coombs.
Mr. Lawrence's pictures are distinguished by his extreme
attention to detail, and the artistic quiet, natural method
of acting displayed by his players, exemplified in "The
Christian" and "The Senator's Dishonor," which are con-
trasted strongly with the swiftly moving melodramatic action
of "The Other Half of the Note" and "A Modern Jekyll and
Hyde" to the reverent religious atmosphere conveyed in
"The Pawnbroker's Daughter" and "The Passover Miracle."
Mr. Lawrence has terminated his engagement with the
Kalem Company to undertake the production of big features,
in which his remarkable eight-year-old child, little .Adelaide
Lawrence, Ion-.; famous as the "Kalem Child," in "The Bare-
foot Boy," "The Dumb Messenger," "High Born Child and
the Beggar" and "The Missing Jewels," will create some new
and distinct ideas in child's parts written especially for her.
Edmund Lawrence.
SPECIAL NOTICE FROM PATHE FRERES.
In order to give the readers of the Pathe Daily News
more comprehensive views of the big situation in Europe
without sacrificing American pictures of interest, Pathe
Freres announces that they have decided to discontinue the
Pathe Daily, as a daily, and will put it out instead twice a
week, of approximately a thousand feet each issue. It will
be shipped on Wednesdays and Saturdays and viiU be re-
leased as soon as it is received.
SIDNEY ASCHER ANNOUNCES A DAUGHTER.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney .\scher announce the birth of a
daughter on Julv 25. Mr. Ascher is a well-known New
York exhibitor and feature man. The Moving Picture world
extend to him and his wife the congratulations of the trade.
ALL STAR TO PRODUCE "SHORE ACRES."
Headed by John H. Pratt, the new All Star Director,
formerly leading man and director for the Reliance Com-
pany, who has been for the past six months allied with the
All Star Feature Corporation in the capacity of Assistant
to Augustus Thomas, the All Star Company of players, num-
bering twentj'-seven, will leave the early part of next week
for the shores of Maine to begin the production of James
A. Heme's immortal drama of down East folk, "Shore
.\cres," which for so many years has thrilled theater-goers
of this country and, in fact, the world.
Mr. Pratt for the past few weeks has been co-operating
with Louis Reeves Harrison, the writer of the scenario, and
together they have decided upon several eflfects which art
bound to stamp the coming production as one of the lead-
ers of the season.
CLEVELAND LEAGUE REORGANIZED.
At a highly successful meeting of the Cleveland Local of
the M. P. E. L. of A. in the old headquarters in the Colum-
bia building, Wednesday, July 29, members of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League of America, Local No. 1, re-
organized and placed into office a new roster of exhibitors.
S. E. Morris was elected president; "Bob" Manchester,
Painesville, vice-president; W. H. Horsey, secretary; Frank
Kinnej-, treasurer. Mr. Horsey was reelected to his posi-
tion. As a further means to the activity of the league a
board of directors was named as follows: Foster Simmons,
Ernie Schwartz, S. A. Lustig, George Heinbruch and Ed-
ward Kohl. The reorganization follows the lines laid out
by retiring President Megowan, who advised the exhibitors
at the "peace conferences" recently held that when the mem-
bers of the Photoplay Exhibitors' Board of Trade returned
to the League all the officers would retire in favor of a new
election.
WORKING ON AMALGAMATION.
William A. Douque, secretary of the Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' Association of the State of New York, has noti-
fied the executive board that a meeting of that body will be
held at the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Tuesday, August
Uth, for the purpose of formulating plans for the amalga-
mation of exhibitors throughout the State of New York.
The annual meeting of the Motion Picture Exhibitors As-
sociation of Greater New York, for the election of officers,
was postponed until after the above meeting had been held.
TO MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.
The Motion Picture E.xhibitors' .\ssociation of Greater
New York desire to remind you of a statement made in all
the trade journals a few months ago, that no programs will
be published for any ball or other function given by the
above organization, and those soliciting advertisements for
same do so without the sanction of the organization, and
we appeal to the manufacturers to assist us by refusing to
give advertisements for anv programs.
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS.
The Motion Picture E.xhibitors .\ssociation of New York
desires to inform the trade that it has established headquar-
ters at rooms 33 and 34 in the Marlboro-Blenheim Hotel,
Broadway and 35th street. New York City. Special facili-
ties have been provided for the accommodation of exhibit-
ers visiting New York City and all are invited to make use
of them.
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UNIVERSAL GETS LUBIN PLAYERS.
The latest acquisitions by the Universal Company in the
way of popular photoplayers includes Harry Myers, for a
long time an actor and director with the Lubin Company.
Along with Mr. Myers comes Rosemary Theby and Brinsley
Shaw. Miss Theby was first with the Vitagraph Company
and is one of the beauties of the screen. Brinsley Shaw
was once an Essanay star. Both have been playing in the
Lubin stock under the direction of Mr. Myers and have ap-
peared in several notable productions. The trio will form
a new company, attached for the present to the Imp studio.
BUYERS COMING TO TOWN.
Messrs. H. A. East and Guy W. Green, of the Nebraska
Feature Company, of Lincoln, Neb., will be in New York in
late August with the intention of viewing features and pur-
chasing such as seem suitable for the coming season's busi-
ness in their territory.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
973
Manufacturers' Advance Notes
"THE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY" (Sawyer).
The sample print of "The Envoy Extraordinary," the first
picture produced by the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Co. of
California, will arrive in New York the 10th of August and
will be shown by Sawyer, Inc., in their projection room.
The final scenes ending with a thrilling ride made by Jack
Nelson, who plays Captain Balfour, the Envoy, were made
at Montecito. where the wonderful scenery furnished beauti-
ful backgrounds for the story.
Scene from "The Envoy Extraordinary" (Sawyer).
A bad accident was averted while the Company was do-
ing some of the water stuff out beyond Castle Rock. A
scene, representing the French fisheries, was being enacted
when a wind squall capsized the sail boat in which Clara
Morse and Jack Nelson were makinof their escape from the
French steamer.
Lorimer Johnston was in a launch with the camera man
and his quick action resulted in saving Mr. Nelson and Miss
Morse with no worse effects than a good ducking. The pic-
ture is filled with thrills from start to finsh. The actual
polo game furnished many of the interesting moments.
"DAN" DRAWS TEARS.
During the past week at the Projection Rooms of the
All Star Feature Corporation, as guests of George H. Irving,
director of the picture, were assembled twenty-seven mem-
bers of societies representing the North and South, who
were particularly interested to see the manner in which the
delicate situation of the Civil War had been treated.
The appeal made to the emotion by the capable work done
by Lew Dockstader in the title role of "Dan" was sucti as
to caus€ at one time by actual count, the use of twenty-one
handkerchiefs employed to wipe away the tears.
"THROUGH THE FLAMES" (Rex.)
Friendship is a never-drying fountain as material for
stories, pictures, poetry and plays. In "Through the
Flames," a two-part Rex drama, it plays an important part,
ranged alongside of the tender passion of love of a little
child. Jealousy and evil are but the background for undying
friendship and love. But, passing over the splendid human-
interest phase of this plaj- — which is a big feature in itself —
your attention is directed to the great spectacular, dramatic
effects of the play.
Directed by Otis Turner, master of spectacularism. and
featuring such artists as Herbert Rawlinson, Wm. W'orth-
ington and .•Xnna Little, we have one of the most realistic.
Scene from "Through the Flames" (Rex).
impressive and thoroughly thrilling fire scenes ever pro-
duced in pictures. And this because the fire is a genuine
fire in a big tenement house, and a rescue by the hero, Her-
bert Rawlinson, of his friend and fellow fireman is fraught
with apparent danger, and unconventional dexterity and
realism. From the roof of a smoke-enveloped house, he
pushes his way down into the flames, and with a true man's
strength brings his unconscious friend out of the very jaws
of death, .^s the scenes unfold showing this sensational,
powerful incident, the spectator is held fast in the iron grip
of suspense and interest. One is shown what these young
"fire eaters" of the big cities really have to go up against —
the dangers they face, the awful risks they take in protect-
ing the lives and property of the citizens. It is all a lesson
in heroism, unselfishness and regard for duty. The play
will be released August 13.
ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES FOR "$5,000 CATS."
The right of a motion picture company to take films of
prize winners at animal shows will be thrashed out in a
damage action brought by Delta E. Connelly against the
Thomas A. Edison corporation which is on file in the United
States District Court.
The plaintiff alleges that she exhibited several pet cats at
Madison Square Garden the latter part of December, 1912,
and succeeded in winning a number of prizes with her en-
tries. She avers the defendant film company took pictures
of her pets without her consent and that since that time the
film entitled "Five Thousand Dollars Worth of Cat" has
been displayed in numerous motion picture theaters.
As a result of the exhibition of her pets on the screen
the plaintiff asserts she has been held up to ridicule and
obloquy and has suffered humiliation and mortification as
her society friends learned she was "appearing" in the pic-
tures with her blue ribbon winners. She demands S5,000
damages.
974'
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
- -- -"THE DOWNWARD PATH" (Lubin).
The title tells the bent of the storj-, which is one of the
most excellent lessons to the reckless youth. This boy had
a brilliant and rich future if he could have curbed his early
inclination to dissipation, but his self-will and madness led
to terrible consequences and ruin. Will M. Ritchey, who
wrote. the story, has not overstepped reason, but evolved one
Scene from "The Downward Path" (Lubin).
of the most dramatic tales ever put before the camera. The
photoplaj' has been made under the direction of Captain
Wilbert Melville at his picturesque studio in Los Angeles
and played Ijy the pick of his company, including Velma
Whitman, W. W. Campbell, W. E. Parsons, L. C. Shumway,
and many others. The lovers of reasonable and convincing
melodrama will much enjoy this picture.
"BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA" (Eclair).
A highly sensational and interesting photoplay to be re-
leased Wednesday, .'August 19th is "Bransford in Arcadia"
or "The Little Eohippus." This production is in three reels
and is by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, the famous delineator
of Western characters. The story was filmed at the Tucson
studios of the Eclair Film Company, Inc., and the scenic
backgrounds are most beautiful, while the exciting incidents
Scene from "Bransford in Arcadia" (Eclair).
and dramatic climaxes make a picture a worthy sucessor
to "The Caballero's Way." J. W. Johnson, Edna Payne and
Norbert A. Myles play the leading roles, and these three
Western favorites are at their very best in their respective
parts.
A VISIT FROM NORTH YAKIMA.
Mrs. Frederick Mercy, wife of a prominent exhibitor of
North Yakima, Washington, was a caller at the New York
offices of this publication on August 3. Mr. Mercy is the
manager and owner of the Majestic theater of North
Yakima. The house seats nearly one thousand and is re-
ported to be doing good business. Mrs. Mercy is visiting
her mother at Newark, N. J.
"WHEN THE BEACON FAILED" (Kleine).
Tuesday, August 18, has been set as the date for the
release turough the General Film Company of Gieorge
Kleine's thrilling two-part feature subject, "When the Beacon
Failed." This picture, described as an exciting story of the
sea, undoubtedly will be accorded the wide public favor
it merits.
The story is a gripping one. Jim is assistant to his
father, the aged keeper of the Brighton Lighthouse, and
in love with Mary, the innkeeper's daughter. His rival is
Bill, a fisherman, who plans revenge when Mary tells him
she is going to marry Jim.
r
Scene from "When the Beacon Failed" (Kleine).
Jim's father is suddenly taken ill and Jim is thus left
solely responsible for the safety of the shipping sailing
along the coast at night. Bill takes advantage of this fact
to waylay Jim and attack him, foreseeing that if any acci-
dents occur as the result of his failure to be on duty, he
will in all probability receive a term in prison. He leaves
his victim unconscious beside the road and when a vessel is
wrecked as the result of the failure of the light, organizes
a posse to seek Jim and punish him for his neglect of duty.
Through the efforts of Mary, however, the truth comes to
light and Bill pays the penalty of his crime.
The film is highly dramatic from start to finish and is
characterized throughout by its unusually ra'pid action. The
shipwreck scenes are marvelously well handled, and the
terrible disaster, the activities ot the life-savers and the
rescue of the unfortunate crew of the ill-fated vessel are
depicted with startling realism.
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"THE MASKED WRESTLER" (Essanay).
Probably Francis X. Bushman has never shown to better
advantage in a photoplay, with the exception of "One Won-
derful Night," than in the new two-act drama, "The Masked
Wrestler," which is booked for release Friday, August 31.
Mr. Bushman, who is an athlete as well as an actor, is given
an unusual chance to display his physical perfection. Bever-
ly Bayne, Bryant Washburn and Rapley Holmes also play
excellent parts in this photoplay. The story hinges around
Margery Winters, who falls in love with the Masked Wrest-
ler, although she has never seen his face. Her cousin,
Louis, is madly in love with her, but she spurns him for the
mysterious athlete. The Masked Wrestler in an unusually
thrilling match wins the championship of France. He un-
masks and, lo and behold, he is none other than Louis, the
spurned suitor. He takes Margery in his arms and all ends
happily.
LINOTYPE IN TITLE WORK.
Following his usual practice of "going the other fellow
one better," David Horsley has installed a linotype machine
in the title department of the Centaur Film Company at
Bayonne. This machine is the first to be adapted to motion
picture work. It has four magazines and carries eight faces.
In addition to the machine is a complete job press. With
such an equipment, all of the formerly difficult tricks of
title work, such as reproductions of newspaper stories and
matter in foreign languages, become easy, and by the same
process artistic cards can be made up at a much lower cost
than under the old scheme. Three new special lens cameras
perfected by a new device invented by Mr. Horsley. have
also been put in operation, completing the equipment of
one of the biggest and most efficient title departments in
the world.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
975
DE MILLE REHEARSING LASKY PLAYERS.
The accompanying scene, from tlic studios ol the .lessee L.
Lasky Feature Play Company, shows Cecil B. De Mille, di-
rector general of that organization, rehearsing Max Figman
and Lolita Robertson, in a scene from (ieorge Barr Mc-
Cutchcon's novel story, "What's His Name" which will be an
early release of the Lasky Company through the Paramount
Pictures Corporation.
Mr. De Mille Rehearsing Mr. Figman and Miss Robertson.
Mr. De Mille, deserted the legitimate drama about a year
ago to assume the directorship of the Lasky Company, and
his success in his new vocation has been both instantaneous
and absolute.
For a year previous to entering the screen world, Mr. De
Mille haunted the various Eastern studios, absorbing the
knowledge required to fit him for his chosen field, and the
forthcoming release of the Lasky Company, "The Call of
The North." which is said to be the most artistic and impres-
sive of any Lasky production, so far, was directed entirely
by Mr. De Mille.
As a compliment to Mr. De Mille, the entire membership
of the Lamb's Club will attend the first performance of "The
Call of The North" at the Strand theater, next Sunday af-
ternoon.
GABY DESLYS AT WORK FOR FAMOUS PLAYERS.
Gaby Deslys, the celebrated international star, whom
President Zukor of the Famous Players engaged on the eve
of her departure for Paris a few weeks ago for her first
appearance in motion pictures, last week in London began
work in an important feature for that concern. Gaby
Deslys before sailing was very enthusiastic over her first
film engagement; she was certain it would develop into one
of the greatest features ever conceived for the screen. Ac-
cording to reports from London Gaby is moking unprece-
dented efforts to contribute her share to bring about this
result.
The subject in which Gaby Deslys is to be presented to
the motion picture public is an orig-inal conception written
around the star, entitled "Her Triumph." Gaby is depicted
as a member of the chorus and the sole support of her in-
valid mother and blind sister. She is an energetic worker
and becomes the understud}- of the part played by Mile.
Simonds, the leading lady. The latter, jealous through her
belief that the leading man, Claude Devereaux, is in love
with Gaby, tries to have her discharged, and when the man-
ager refuses to do this she resigns. This gives Gaby the
opportunity she has so long waited for, and she soons is
acclaimed the greatest actress on the stage. Mile. Simonde.
watching her wonderful performance from a box, goes mad
from envy and furv. and pulling a pistol from her bosom
fires upon the stage. The bullet is deflected by her lover,
Count Victor, and Claude escapes with but a small scratch.
Overnight Gaby becomes the rage of the city, while Mile.
Simonde plans revenge and promises Victor to marry him
if he succeeds in destroving Gaby's oopularity. The story
proceeds with many thrilling situations and stirring inci-
dents, until after a strong climax the play culminates in
"her triumph."
Harry Pilcer will also appear in the production, in sup-
port of Gaby. Gabv is to receive an unusual sum for her
beauty and charm to the screen.
"NEW PHASE OF THE PICTURE BUSINESS."
A. Fox, recently connected with the Bo.\ UtVice .Attractions
Company, is now about to supply what is certainly a great
need in the i)ro(lucing end of the business. He has upwards
of 600 supers on hand ready lor engagements at an hour's
notice, which he is prepared to supplj' to any director and
take the responsibility of supplying just those actors neccs-.
sary for the parts they arc to take. He will put all his heart
into this proposition so as to gain the absolute confidence of
the many companies and directors.
In addition to this Mr. Fox is acting for many of the
studios as agent, undertaking the booking up of the studio.
This is a very excellent idea from the owner's point of view,
inasmuch as he may be able to rent a studio for probably
sixteen hours a day. Mr. Fox's idea is to have a schedule of
each studio, and if it is engaged on any particular day, from
11 .\. M. to 5 1'. M., he will be advised of this, and any com-
pany wishing to produce a certain specific scene, which would
probably only take a matter of two hours. Mr. Fo.x will be
in a position to advise the prospective producer that he could
have this studio from 8 .\. M. to 10:30 .\. M., or, say, after
5 P. M. in the evening. .Ml this means studios can become
better equipped; everj' minute of time can be used up, and
overhead charges of these studios will be proportionately
reduced.
MISS LA BADIE MAKES SOME JUMP.
Florence La Badie, "the actress unafraid," performed last
week the most difficult scene, actual risk of life considered,
thus far attempted in a motion picture play. The scene is
one of the thrillers in "The Million Dollar Mystery," Than-
houser's big serial. Miss La Badie escaped from a hydro-
plane, going at the rate of forty miles an hour and was
then picked out of the water by James Cruze, her story
hero, who arrives at the critical moment in a hydroeroplanc.
The scene was taken at Shippan Point, near Stamford,
Flo La Badie Making a Dive.
Conn., the cottagers and summer residents turning out to
witness the young girl's daring. Miss La Badie has prob-
ably more actual picture thrills to her credit than any lead-
ing woman on the screen. Asked as to the sensations she
felt, as she hurled herself from the speeding hydroplane.
Miss La Badie calmly commented: "I only remember I
lost my breath when I struck the water. The rest of it was
fine."
MANUEL KLEIN MUSIC FOR "THE NIGHTINGALE."
One of the most prominent features of the coming .\11
Star Feature Corporation's production, "The Nightingale,"
in which the incomparable Ethel Barrymore makes her de-
but in motion pictures, is the musical score which has been
compiled for accompaniment of the picture by Manuel Klein,
the musical director and leader of the New York Hippo-
drome, whose compositions for all All Star productions are
now becoming so well known.
Dealing as it does with the success of an Italian Street
singer, leading her through avenues of success to the oper-
atic stage, where she gains her laurels in the perforinance
of "Aida," "The Nightingale" has presented to Mr. Klein in-
spiration for a most beautiful composition of incidental
music which will be notable among his long list of accom-
plishments.
976
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE STANDARD'S CONCESSION AT PANAMA EX-
POSITION.
Particulars regarding the concessions obtained by the
Standard Film Corporation at the Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition have been received in New York. The
matter was arranged by Stanley H. Twist, representing the
Standard. .A. tract of ground approximating five acres and
located on the main amusement street of the concession dis-
trict has been secured. On this space a large and first-class
theater will be erected and the best subjects will be secured
for exhibition. On other parts of the ground will be located
a huge ampitheater and producing studios to enable the
public to see how motion pictures are made. .\ complete
manufacturing plant will also be built where the pictures
will be developed and printed and where visitors may, for
a small fee, secure pictures in motion of themselves and
families. The Standard already has camera men at work
at the exposition grounds taking pictures of the present
activities.
FIRST WAR PICTURES ANNOUNCED.
The Ramo Company makes an announcement in the ad-
vertising columns of the Moving Picture World this week
to the effect that it has secured the first authentic pictures
of events leading to the present war in Europe. The pic-
tures are said to have been taken at Nancy on the French
frontier and were expected to arrive by the S. S. New York
oji Sunday Aug. 9. This picture, with other pertinent sub-
jects, will be incorporated into a big war feature to be
released at once.
ECLECTIC BRANCH'S FINE PROJECTION ROOM.
Invitations were sent last week to a number of the ex-
hibitors in Washington. D. C, to be present at the opening
of the new exhibition room of the Eclectic Feature Film
Exchange, which has recently entered the field in that city,
taking offices in the Bank of Commerce and Savings Build-
ing, at Seventh and E streets Northwest. The room is
fitted out in as complete a manner as any moving picture
theatre in the city and is a novelty in itself. It will com-
fortably accommodate about twenty-five persons.
At one end is a specially prepared screen about 8 by 6
feet, on which films are projected by a Simplex motor-driven
machine situated in a huge galvanized iron booth. The
booth is somewhat out of proportion when compared with
the remainder of the space, but this was required by exist-
ing laws covering moving picture theaters in that city. Around
the screen is a large black border which sets off the former
to advantage. The walls are blue in color, while the ceilings
is a dead white. Several electric fans keep the room com-
fortably cool, while for winter there is the steam plant of
the building to bring about the reverse. Two large display
screens, one on each side of the room, contain pictures por-
traying scenes in films now being released, and a number of
palms and cut flowers added to the attractiveness of the
place. Those who accepted the invitation of C. L. Worthing-
ton. the local manager, were treated to an advance exhibi-
tion of a number of high-grade films including "A Royal
Importer," in five reels, natural colors; a one-reel Pathe,
"This Is the Life," and the sixth episode in the Perils of
Pauline.
Notes From the Trade
THE newest Ford Sterling masterpiece has to do with the optf^ations
of an up-to-date suicide club. Ford Is crossed in love and he de-
cides that the only hope of surcease of his sorrow Js in suicide.
But he hasn't the nerve. He is ashamed of himself, but he is afraid
to make his own quietus. This unpleasant duty, however, is taken off
his hands. He joins a suicide club, and for a fee of ^ he is to be as-
sassinated at 3 o'clock. At 2 :30 o'clock the girl finds out she really
loves him and the unhappy man is forced to break his suicide pact.
The story was written and directed by David Kirkland. It is sntltled
"At 3 OCIock."
* * •
Clarence Badger, scenario writer for the Allen Curtis Joker Comedy
Company (Universal), was married on July 16 at San Diego t« Miss
Lillian Schoen of Hollywood, Cal.
* • •
Robert Leonard and his Rex (Universal) company, consisting of Harry
Carter. Allen Forrest, Robert Chandler and Ella Hall, left Los Angeles
on July 25 for Pine Crest. San Beraardino County. Cal., one of the
most densely wooded districts in the United States. Mr. Leonard is
taking this company into this lonesome locality for the production of
one of his own dramas, entitled "The Mistress of Dark Wood Basin."
It is a powerful backwoods story laid in a logging camp. Ella Hall
will play the title role.
« « •
A motorboat proposal is the feature of "A Lesson in Meebanics." a
one-reel comedy being produced by W. C. Cabanne, at the Reliance and
Majestic Hollywood studios. How the timid lover screws up sufficient
courage to propose to his sweetheart only after her features are con-
cealed underneath a plentiful supply of oil Is shoim in this picture.
Dorothy Gish and Robert Harron are the principals.
* • •
As proof of the tremendous popularity of Kleine-Cines actresses on
the continent of Europe comes the news that in a recent popularity con-
test held by "Film," one of the leading motion picture journals on the
other side of the Atlantic, six of the thirteen feminine players receiving
the greatest number of votes were members of the Kleine-Cines organ-
ization. Of the three selected as most proficient in their art, two.
Francesca Bertine and Lyda Borelli. appear exclusively In films market-
ed in America by George Kleine. The six Kleine-Cines players so sig-
nally honored by the European exhibitors and readers of Film are
Francesca Bertini. Giovanna Terribilit. Olga Benetti, Leda Gys, Lyda
Eorelli and Pina Menichelli, all familiarly known to American picture
fans.
* • •
Ben D. Crose, of the Empress Feature Film Company, of Indianapolis,
left Xew York last Saturday after a few days' stay. The purpose of
his visit was to confirm arrangements for the sale of exhibition rights
in Indiana and Kentucky. Mr. Crose reports that demands for this first
episode in the Webb Detective Series have been so heavy, partly because
of the heavy advertising the feature has had, that it is probable that a
second print will necessarily have to be imported into the territory
within a few weeks.
« * «
George Field, who takes the part of the father in "Converting Dad.*'
now being produced by Henry Otto, has a much different character to
portray than usually falls to his lot. From the close-fisted old farmer,
who considers it a waste of money to spend it on education, to the
proud parent who welcomes back his son after he has attained success
in the electrical field, is certainly somewhat different to playing
heavies.
* * *
Directors of motion pictures have long known that the little touch
of a child in a picture is often more effective than the most finished
art of a great actor. Henry McRae of the Universal has employed this
knowledge to remarkable advantage in his most recent production, "The
Half-Breed."
* * *
Miss Vivian Rich and "Billy" Garwood have splendid parts in the
American's two-reel subject, "The Aftermath." "Billy" takes the part
of the young labor leader who later on takes the blame for the killing
of the man who tries to adjust the differences between the forces of
capital and labor. His mother, believing this man to be a burglar.
shoots and kills him. It is a strong dramatic part, full of action.
Vivian Rich in the character of the sister has a part that is especially
suited to her versatility and dramatic ability. Harry Von Meter as the
father of the young labor leader and Jack Richardson as the son of the
capitalist have both strong parts.
* * *
During the Prescott Pioneer Day Celebration, held in Arizona on
July 12 and 1-1. Xorbert A. Myles, leading man of the Eclair Western
company, was entered as mechanic is one of the automobile races. Just
before he started the director of the Western company stepped in and
refused Myles permission to enter the race. He said the Eclair artist
was playing leading parts in six different scenarios in course of pro-
duction, and that if an accident should disable him the pictures would
be ruined, entailing a loss of at least $7,000.
* • *
Carlyle Blackwell is in Los Angeles again with a new leading woman
and Jack Dillon, the "heavy" who has associated with Blackwell when
he was with the Kalem company. He will start in at a temporary
studio while he is building his own.
* • •
"Tess of the Mountain Country," a very realistic and beautifully
acted drama with an all-star juvenile cast, will be released shortly
by the World Film Corporation. Small actors, mere babies, have the
power to hold the attention of the audience and present a play which
i? mt only pleasing but gratifying.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
977
It Is ascertained that Bessie Learn, the leading Ingenue of the Edi-
son company, who has been traveling through Europe for the past two
months. Is experiencing great difflculty In booking passage back to
America on acount of the present state of European affairs. Every
effort wHl be made at this end on the part of the Edison company In
enabling Miss Learn to return to the States via the quickest route.
• a •
During the racing season at the Empire City track Preston Kendall,
the Edison director, was able to obtain many exciting scenes on the
track and in the paddock for the Dim, "The Poisoned Bit."
• • •
Ralph Tnce, with a company of Vitagraph players. Is taking a tour-
reel picture in which Earle Williams will assume the lead. The scenes
are being enacted at Bay Shore. L. I. Theodore Marston, another one
of the Vitagraph producers, with his company of players, is located In
the Adlrondacks. where he will portray at least four pictures in which
the mountain scenery and lakes will furnish the picturesque and ro-
mantic settings.
• • «
The William L. Sherry Feature Film Company wishes to deny the
misleading articles which have appeared of late in trade papers with
reference to bookings of the Famous Players productions featuring Miss
Mary Pickford. and desires to state that all such are controlled In
Mew York City and State exclusively by the Sherry company.
• • •
The New York theater will change its policy on August 10 from book-
ing a combination program of moving pictures and vaudeville to that
of booking regular attractions, either in the form of spectacular feature
moving pictures or large musical productions.
• • *
The Picture Playhouse Film Company has received a cable from Pas-
<iuall & Co.. of Turin. Italy, stating that Pasquali is sending three
camera outfits to different war centers in Europe and has made ar-
rangements to send to the Picture Playhouse Film Company all war
films as soon as completed. This company will soon be in a position
to furnish to its patrons authentic and realistic scenes of Interest from
the seat of war.
• • *
Miss Eleanor OKeefe. who will be remembered as a trusted em-
ployee during the lirst two years of the Imp. Company, has
heen acquired by David Horsley and has already taken up important
duties at the Bayonne studio. Miss O'Keefe will for the present assist in
the organizing of the publicity and advertising department, which con-
templates a nation-wide campaign, and will later become assistant to
Mr. Horsley.
• * *
Abraham Potiker of Cleveland, who recently returned from Austria-
Hungary, has received word from the Austrian Consul to report to
Austria for military duty. He received this mandate despite the rum-
pus raised at the time of Potiker's visit to his old home town about
five weeks ago. when he was taken to the lock-up. charged with the
crime of attempting to escape military duty by fleeing to America.
Potiker proved his citizenship, however, and was freed. Potiker will
not respond to the mother country's call to arms.
• * *
.\nthony Wuentz. an Edison actor and star pitcher of the studio base-
ball team, was struck by lightning during a recent storm. As a mem-
ber of the Xational Guard Wuentz was on duty at Sea Girt, N. J.,
when he was forced to seek shelter inside a tent. A bolt of lightning
came crashing through, instantly killing one of the soldiers and render-
ing Wuentz unconscious. It is reported that Wuentz will be able to
resume his duties in a few weeks.
• • *
Through its foreign connections the Mutual Weekly will be able to
show on the screen each week the latest happenings taking place in
Europe. Just as soon as the rumbling of war was heard, cables were
sent to Paris requesting the immediate shipment of pictures from the
front and patrons of this pictorial news film will be enabled to see
actual battle scenes.
• * «
That "The Littlest Rebel" has won instantaneous favor is ascertained
only by the sign which greets those who reach the Studebaker theater,
Chicago, later than 8 :1.5. During the hottest week the windy city has
ever known this playhouse was filled to capacity every night. The press
has been liberal with its praise of this remarkable war story.
« * •
William J. Burns, the detective, delivered an address on "Crime" at
the New York theater on Jlonday evening at the opening performance
of "The So.000.000 Counterfeiting Plot." the spectacular feature film in
which Mr. Burns appears.
• • *
Isador S. Seidman is now city and suburban salesman for the C. P.
Goerz American Optical Company.
• « *
Despite an article that recently appeared that Miss Mabel Xormand.
the Keystone comedy star, was married off to the director general of
that company without her knowledge or consent. Miss Xormand wishes
to emphatically state that not a wedding bell in the whole city of Los
Angeles or any other city ever struck a note in her behalf.
• « *
To have two huge railroad locomotives crash headlong into each
other at a speed of forty miles an hour will be a feature of a big Labor
Day celebration to be held at Philipsburg. Pa., according to the plans
which are now under way. The scene for the collision will be staged
on the Pittsburgh and Susquehanna railroad at a point between Mos-
hannon and Sterling, two towns near Philipsburg. The event is being
arranged for the benefit of the Lubin Company, which in order to get
realistic moving pictures of a railway crash is said to have entered into
a contract with the railway people to have the "wreck" pulled off. It
is the purpose to show the collision in moving pictures.
Mr. Jacobs, the manager and proprietor of the Star Family theater
at 482 Third avenue, New York City, holds Darwin Karr nights when-
ever ho has a feature Vitagraph production with this popular Vitagraph
star in It.
• • •
In tho Edison multiple, "The Long Way," adapted from the novel by
Mary Imlay Taylor, Robert Grower was designated to march at the
head of a procession of colored soldiers. At tho click of the camera
the soldiers refused to be photographed and attempted to turn back.
But Brower, from his experience with tho colored folk in tho South,
applied his soft and humorous treatment, with the result that the men
marched with the skill of a well-trained regiment.
• * •
Will S. Davis, late head director of the Ramo Film Company, has
resigned to accept the position of head director with the Life Photo
Film Corporation. Mr. Davis, whllo with the Ramo company, wrote
all the scenarios of the productions produced by him. Ho is a grad-
uate of Harvard University and has been directing feature photo plays
for five years. With Mr. Davis comes O. A. .Miller, formerly head prop-
erty man of the Ramo company, who will act in the same capacity with
the Life Photo company.
• • •
The Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company. Inc., Is about as busy
as It Is possible tor a moving picture company to be. In sending H. F.
Connelly, vice-president of the company, to New York City to establish
an Eastern office It has made a wise move. A late addition to the
.Albuquerque company Is Archer McMackln, as comedy produer. Ho and
Mr. Hamilton, chief producer, were associated for a number of years In
the Essanay company.
• • •
W. N. Sellg has been honored by a proffered membership in the
California Historical Landmarks League, fathered by such notables as
Joseph R. Knowland. Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Dr. David Starr Jor-
dan and the Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Conaty. Mr. Selig's splendid exploit-
ation of missions and Francisco life of early California brought him the
honor. In addition to the tendered membership, the Landmarks League
has secured views of the Selig studios in California, and during future
lecture tours throughout the country by H. C. Peterson of the Univer-
sity of California and others these views will be used, together with bits
of studio history.
• • •
James Harris, known as the world's greatest impersonator of various
animals, is at present appearing as the dog "Tige" in the "Buster
Brown" comedies of the Edison company. Mr. Harris scored a tremen-
dous hit in "Alice In Wonderland" on the legitimate stage as the
"Kicking Broncho." and for five years headed many a vaudeville bill
in his side-splitting sketch, "The Laughing Horse." He was the "cow-
zebra" in the Drury Lane production of "Hop O' My Thumb" and played
the part of the runaway horse at the Xew York Winter Garden In
"From Broadway to Paris."
• • •
Ruth Hennessy, ingenue lead with the Essanay Comedy Company,
is a good swimmer. She goes through the water like a sardine, but a
short time ago she was nearly drowned in enacting a water scene with
some girls who do not swim. Timely assistance of the men in the
scene saved a very popular young woman, who is thankful to be alive
today.
• • •
Thomas Santschi and Bessie Eyton of the Selig Company are to be
seen in an automobile race In a forthcoming release. Miss Eyton is
known as one of the most daring women swimmers, but her proficiency
at the auto wheel has not made itself known on the screen.
• * «
The conservatory to be a part of the great Selig Zoo at Los -Angeles
has been contracted for and soon will be under way. It will house
hundreds of rare and expensive exotics which form one of W. N. Selig's
hobbies.
• • •
Howard Todd, who plays opposite Mr. Potel as "Mustang Pete" in
the Snakeville series, has purchased a ranch in Southern California, and
besides being one of the best known of the Essanay film stars, he in-
tends to raise oranges and other things. He will not permit his farming
propensities, however, to interfere with his comedy work.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Pictur*^ Men Gathered By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere,
PITTSBURGH.
JOHX BOWER, auditor of the Pittsburgh
branch of the General Film Company, gave
a picnic recently to all the employees of that
company. The picnic grove was none other
than Mr. Bowers beautiful farm in the South
Hills, near Pittsburgh, and about seventy-five
guests were present. The outing included all
the athletic sports usually found at such af-
fairs and then some. Lunch, of course, was a
big factor, but must be passed over as inde-
scribable, since no artist can paint the wonder-
ful relish of that board to those hungry pic-
nickers and the genial atmosphere that en-
veloped them. This much though can be said
of the food : Nearly every article was guaran-
teed strictly fresh from Bower's farm. After
lunch came the crowning feature of the day.
A laj"ge curtain was stretched on Bower's
house and a moving picture machine erected
about twenty-five yards distant. The guests
jgathered around preparatory to enjoying a
good bill of pictures, while at the same time
determined to benefit by the pure air for which
Bower's J^lace is noted. Xo ! Mr. Bower does
not intend to run for a political office. It was
only his esteem for his fellow men that prompt-
ed this act but he sure is "in solid" with those
employees of the General Film Company.
There is a persistent rumor floating about
moving picture quarters here that a deal is
being consummated which will involve the ex-
change of the well-known Cameraphone the-
ater, situated on Fifth avenue, in the down-
town section of Pittsburgh. This report is
causing much comment among motion picture
men as the Cameraphone is one of the best
and largest moving picture houses in the city.
Ira Aronson. a local realty broker, is the
reputed purchaser, and the rumor has it that
he will give the theater his personal supervi-
sion. The terms of the deal will not be made
known before August 1. when it is said the
transfer will be made. Mr. Beatty. the pres-
ent manager, still retains his interest and will
continue to direct the other Cameraphone the-
aters.
A new motion picture theater has been
opened lately in Hooversville. Pa. The theater
is up to date in its equipments and is under
the management of Thomas Crissey and David
Jonothan.
The Nixon theater, a moving picture con-
cern of Tarentum. Pa., which was closed for
some time pending repairs to machinery and
the remodeling of the interior, is now open for
business.
The Fort Pitt Film Company. Pittsburgh. Pa.,
was granted a state charter. The capital was
given as $5,000. The incorporators are Louis
Schick. Philip Selling and J. B. Felber.
C. E. Hoover has leased a building at 112
East Ohio street. Pitttsburgh, for a number
of years. Mr. Hoover intends to install on the
first floor a moving picture theater.
Mayer Silverman, proprietor of the Liberty
Film Company, has issued invitations to ex-
hibitors first to select a date for his firm's pro-
posed demonstration banquen, then to attend.
While Mr. Silverman's affair is calculated to
atttract business it will also furnish much
pleasant diversion to the exhibitors and will
probably be received joyfully.
An important victory was won by the Pitts-
burgh exhibitors this week when the city au-
thorities, at the demand of the local motion pic-
ure men, ordered the free moving picture shows
in the parks and playgrounds to be discontinued.
When the playgrounds were opened this summer
arrangements were made by the officers in
charge of the open-air parks to provide free
moving pictures. Projection machines and
screens were installed in the playground and
an extensive program of pictures were given
each day. These free attractions gathered huge
crowds of people and succeeded in putting a de-
cided "crimp" in the business of regular ex-
hibitors. The fact that the local exhibitors pay
a high license tax to operate here made the free
shows particularly objectionable, and at a re-
cent meeting of the exhibitors a committee was
named to call upon the mayor and protest
against the continued showing of the free pic-
tures. As the mayor was absent, the committee
called upon Councilman Garland and stated
their grievances. Mr. Garland was quick to
see the disadvantage the local exhibitors were
being placed under and at a special meeting of
council brought up the question. The matter
was quickly adjusted and the free pictures were
ordered discontinued. According to the state-
ments of members of committee the free shows
provided by the city were making heavy in-
roads on the receipts of the local exhibitors.
Admission to the playgrounds is free and na-
turally patrons of the theaters shifted their
presence from the motion picture houses to the
playgrounds. In view of the fact that the mo-
tion picture men pay an extremely high license
for the privilege of operating in this city there
was but one course open to the city authorities,
and, despite the protests of a number of peo-
ple who hate to pay for their amusement, the
city was eliminated as a competitor with the
Pittsburgh motion picture men.
Joseph B. Ross is the newly installed man-
ager of the Manor Theater at Irwin, Pa.
The Band Theater at Mt. Union, Pa., which
has been closed for some time, has been re-
opened.
William Ray will erect two brilliant curb
lights in front of his motion picture theater at
New Castle, Pa. Mr. Ray secured permission
from the city authorities for erecting the extra
lights, and the theater will now have one of the
most brilliant locations in the city.
Citizens of the towns along the Norfolk and
Western Railroad in McDowell county, W. Va..
have appealed to Prosecuting Attorney F. C.
Cook for permission to have the motion picture
theaters of that district open on Sundays, it
being asserted that the people have nothing else
to do to amuse themselves on Sunday and that
the attendance at the theaters will have a tend-
ency to prevent the young people from engaging
in mischievous pursuits. The question was put
up to Attorney-General Lilly in the form of a
letter from the prosecuting attorney asking the
advice of the attorney-general office and the
answer was made that the Sunday statute,
strictly construed, would not permit of the oper-
ation of places of amusement. An interesting
feature of the opinion, however, is the observa-
tion of Mr, Lilly that in several cities and
towns of the state many things are permitted
on Sunday, which, if a rigid observance of the
laws were insisted upon, would be prohibited.
Among those mentioned are the opening on Sun-
day of drug stores, fruit stores, cigar stands
and places in which soft drinks are sold. It is
also observed that under the law the prosecut-
ing attorney being charged with the criminal
business of the county may be vested with a
discretion as to the prosecution of cases, where,
in the opinion of the prosecutor, a rigid en-
forcement of the law would work a hardship on
the community in general. This latter observa-
tion, in view of the fact that the prosecuting
attorney seems to favor the petition of the
citizens, would tend to indicate that Sunday ex-
hibitions will prevail throughout the district in
which they are desired.
.Tudge Thomas J. Ford has set August 31 as
the date for the public sale of the assets of the
Pitt Theater Company, of Pittsburgh. A sale
was requested by J. Frank McHenry, who was
named receiver. After taking the theater over
and conducting it for two weeks, Mr. McHenry
reported to the court he deemed it unprofitable
to continue business longer. The theater has
been exhibiting feature films for some time. The
essets of the companv are placed at $5,311.30
and the liabilities at $46,891.82.
The United States Steel Corporation is ar-
raneine to have motion pictures taken of the big
plants here in Pittsburgh and of the surround-
ing: grounds. At McKeesport. where one of the
largest of the buildings is situated, the steel
comnany will have the nlaygrounds. the bathing
pools, etc.. built for the convenience of em-
ployees, filmed and displayed throughout the
country. One of the purposes for taking the
nictures is to attract workingmen and their
families to Pittsburgh. One print of the films
will be preserved as a record. MANLEY.
INDIANA.
HOW a man who doesn't know the moving
picture business can make a success of a
theater where men of experience have failed,
has been demonstrated by Otto N. Moore, man-
ager of the Irving theater, in the Indianapolis
suburb, Irvlngton. "He may not know the
nicture business so well as some, but he knows
Irvington," is the way one man has put It.
Two other exhibitors have tried the Irving
and found it did not draw well lor them.
Moore is the third. The second owner tailed
through the fact that he put in a Sunday
show. The Irvingtoniies are a church popu-
lation in a large majority. The coUtge is a
church organization. The church people of the
suburb put the quietus on Sunday baseball, the
theater gave a Sunday picture exhibition, reso-
lutions condemning the action were passed In
all the churches, and it was thought the man-
agement would take heed and be good, but the
show was on the next Sunday as usual. The
population then adopted more effective tactics.
rhey stayed away during the week. The
house was closed for a time, but the territory
is unoccupied and is undoubtedly good, so
iloore came.
Moores success was not instantaneous, but
has been growing steadily, and is due to ad-
vertising. He had no means of advertising ex-
cept by his bulletin board and handbills, which
he is using effectively. Moores handbill is not
the ordinary handbill. Irvingtonites would not
have been interested in the cheap paper, bold
type, kind of advertising, so Moore chose the
kind that would interest them. The result is a
totally different kind of handbill. It is a neat
handbill, printed on smooth white stock, and in
size only a little larger than a postcard. It
has oddity, refinement and punch. For Moore's
particular purpose, the winning of the Irving-
ton branch of citizen as patrons, his advertis-
ing is hard to beat. It is advertising that
fits, and the growing crowds at Moore's thea-
ter, are proof that it pulls.
The Indianapolis exhibitors recently held a
meeting to determine what should be done
about the action of the Chamber of Commerce
and Church Federation, but could not decide
upon a plan of action. The Chamber and the
Federation went to Mayor Bell with a request
that he discontinue handling the charity fund
created by the city exhibitors donations from
Sunday charity shows. The two bodies said
that for the time being they would have nothing
to say regarding the closing of Sunday shows,
a statement which the exhibitors have taken
as advance notice oi trouble to come. Under
the administration of former Mayor Shank,
now in vaudeville, the exhibitors supplied $25
a week to the Mayor's office to be used for
charitable purposes. The rest of the charity
fund was dispensed by the German Ladies' Aid
Societj', the Indianapolis Humane Society, and
the Flower Mission Hospital Society.
When Mayor Bell came into office he would '
not accept the S25 donation for dispensation
through his office — a fund which Mayor Shank
used to buy tickets to all kinds of charity
benefits, in gifts \o brides he married, and for
the promotion generally of Shank publicity.
Mayor Bell held that he had no right to accept
it, and that the city's position in the matter
must be that of absolute control or non-recog-
nition. The net result of the controversy was
that the city took control. Now the Chamber
and the Church Federation think the city
should let go. and the interest the picture men
take in the situation is that whatever happens
is likely to imperil Sunday business. By do-
nating a portion of the receipts to charity each
Sunday, the exhibitors maintain they are "with-
in the law" in keeping open. They feel they
are safe, but feel uneasy and are unable to de-
termine whether there is anything to do but
stand pat.
Charles Bivins. former manager of the Cres-
cent. Bloomington. is to erect an airdome at
Fourth and Walnut streets. It is Mr. Bivins
plan to arrange the property for the accommo-
dation of crowds both winter and summer. S.
D. Fair is associated with Mr. Bivins.
The Waterloo Press, Waterloo, thinks the
moving picture film men should give the peo-
ple more of what they should have in the way
of entertainment, and less of what they want.
He believes that what the people want Is not
very often good for them.
Mayor Fred W. Keller, South Bend, announces
that after four months* study of the subject
he is of the opinion there should be censorship
of public amusements, particularly moving pic-
tures. He has named a committee for that
purpose which includes U. G. Manning, city con-
troller : Mrs. L. S. Fickenisher. Lenn J. Oare.
Miss Bertha Adelsperger. A. J. Tylavsky and
Aaron Jones. Mr. Jones is a moving picture
exhibitor, named to represent the exhibitors.
The committee will serve without pay.
The motion picture drama "Creation" waB
shown at Athletic Park in Kokomo. to prac-
tically the entire population, great interest
being aroused in the film.
Matt Lindsley. Charles Sewell and Tom Brown
have bought the Photo Dome, Columbus, of R.
W. Danvant of Edinburg. Ind. It is a co-
operative ownership. Lindsley being the ma-
chine operator, Sewell at the piano and Brown
on the door.
Charles Geary has leased the Star theater to
Frank Beaty and the Montpelier theater will be
run by Mr. Beaty for six weeks while Mr.
Geary and his wife take a vacation.
Arthur Coleman and J. "W. Peck. Greensburg
men. have copyrighted a new stunt for moving
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979
picture hou^rcs, wblcb they call "Sllbouctto
Glides." Ten pictures of well known men about
town are run and slips are handed out to the
audience upon wbicb they may write the names
of the men. Those naming the ten receive $1.
Ten arc put on each night. The one guessing
the greatest number through the week receives
a prize of $J0.
Harry Tutcwiler, commissioner of play-
grounds, lndiaua]>olis, is putting on a free mov-
ing pU-turu show at tbe city's free bathing pools
tbe night tbe pools have to be cleaned in order
to furnish tbe crowds that regularly gather
some tfntertainment. Tbe picture machine outbt
is readily portable.
Tbe Luna-Laie Theater. Marlon, has been
turned over to the Marlon Normal Institute for
one night, when a benetlt show will be given.
Covington merchants lind tbe free moving
picture show on the public square once a week
a good advertising scheme for bringing trade
to their stores. Good crowds have attended
every open-air show so far and it is proposed
to keep tbe plan going until tbe weather cuts
down attendance.
The Liberty Theater Company of East Chi-
cago has been incorporated (or §5,000. Morris
tirenuan is president.
The El wood moving picture exhibitors have
formed an organization to test tbe Sunday law.
One of the theaters will be opened. An In-
dianapolis attorney has assured tbe exhibitors
that he can obtain their acquittal. The plan
it is understood is similar to that employed by
the Indianapolis exhibitors for "keeping within
the law."
Manager Harrigan of the Grand at Newcastle
has added a Saturday night vaudeville attrac-
tion and made the price ten cents.
The Terre Haute houses did a capacity busi-
ness during the week of tbe Uniform Rank
Knights of Pj'tbias encampment there.
Manager Mike Maas, who has bad tbe Dream-
land Theater, Mt. Vernon, closed for interior
decorations, announces be will open August 1
with Lucille Love.
Manager A. F. Gravel. Goodland, found tbe
women turning out strong in answer to his ad-
vertisement offering a Mutual Girl Magazine
and dress pattern to all attending a certain
show at his house.
"Wonderland News" is the title given the
daily within a daily which Manager L. A.
Homey is printing as advertising in the Daily
Clintonian. Clinton. There is something of the
program, the actors, and occasionally items
about the house, such as notice of the installa-
tion of a sanitary drinking fountain and a new
machine.
The fixtures of the Tokyo theater, Logansport,
brought SKX) at a separate sale held by thd re-
ceiver. John Flannigan, who proposes to open
an airdome, bought the seats for $9-5 and the
machine for S.S<X
Manager Tally opened tbe Empire airdome
at Dillsboro to better than capacity audiences.
He can seat 6*iO. The admission is five and
ten cents.
The Alhambra. Shelbyville. has added a bar-
tola musical instrument, and Manager Ram-
busch believes it will add greatly to the at-
tractiveness of his entertainment. The instru-
ment imitates every known musical sound, in-
cluding the brass band.
The Princess Theater. Foswell. will be open-
ed on August 1. Manager J. O. Smith built
the house at a cost of several thousand dollars.
He has no competition in Boswell, and feels
confident he will succeed.
The Novelty Theater, EvansviUe, has installed
chimes and is now running "Warner first run
features. R. L. JENNE.
PHILADELPHIA.
f^ OXSIDERABLE interest is being shown by
^ the local trade over the special efforts be-
ing expended by the new Department of Labor
and Industry to secure information of the rela-
tive conditions existing in the moving picture
trade in tbe state of Pennsylvania both in re-
gard to labor and industry and which informa-
tion is intended to aid the department in its
plans to submit to the coming State legislature
proposals for legislation which will be uplifting
to the trade rather than detrimental to both
elements : labor and industry.
The new theater of the state institution for
the feeble minded at Polk. Pa., was officially
opened by an inspection Wednesday. July 16.
by the officials of tbe institution, members of
the Board of Trustees, and the architect. S.
D. Brady, of Franklin, Pa. The building was
found to be satisfactory in every respect, and
is an attractive addition to the handsome group
of buildings which compose the institution.
The motion picture men throughout this city
are busy at present organizing the "Reel Fel-
lows Club of Philadelphia." an association of
scenario writers and theater managers. Later
membership will be open to all Pennsylvania
motion picture men. James Emmanuel, of the
Ridge Amusement Company, will act as tempo-
rary secretary.
One of the more recent additions to the ros-
ter of the moving picture exchanges in this city
is the Comedy Film Service Company, situ-
ated at Ii;i4 Vine street. The new company
will buy only one reel split comedies. The
manager of the Arm, Edward A. Yheaulon, was
lor many years in the real estate business In
this city bundling nothing but moving picture
houses, while tbe Junior partner of the com-
pany, George Gorman, was for a number of
years business agent for tbo Operators Union,
and an operator for about flftecn years.
To prevent the construction of a moving pic-
ture theater at SM .North Broad street. Ibis
city, Adolph Mark, an adjoining properly own-
er, began suit on July 14, against Kahn &
Greenberg, the builders. .Mark avers that tho
original deed to the property obtained by Kahn
& Greenberg contains a proviso that neither
tbe property nor the grounds shall be used for
any "ofrensive occupation." The complainant
contends that a moving picture theater con-
stitutes "offensive occupation."
Plans are In progress by Leroy B. Rothschild,
architect, for the erection of a moving picture
house in Girard avenue, this city. Tbe new
addition to the trade will be a one-story brick
and terra cotta structure and fireproof through-
out, with a seating capacity of 500.
Industrial education by moving pictures, the
exhibition of which will be as free as the air
to all those who want a better insight Into tbe
production of things to eat and wear, or which
otherwise enter Into life's necessities and com-
forts, is to be furnished by the Bureau of Com-
mercial Economics whose office has just been
established in Philadelphia. By means of mo-
tion pictures the various stages of manufacture
ih many lines of industry will be portrayed.
Francis Holley, Director of the Bureau of
Commercial Economics, describes it as an asso-
ciation of manufacturers, producers and trans-
portation lines in this country and abroad to
engage in disseminating industrial and voca-
tional informaton. The secrets of every phase
of agriculture, mining and smelting ores, and
the entire gamut of tbe animal industry are
to be illustrated by motion pictures. The mak-
ing of clothing from shearing the sheep and
picking the cotton through the carding, or
combing and ginning processes, to the finished
product will he shown. The reels and slides
are to be displayed in universities, colleges,
schools, public institutions, settlement bouses,
missions, commercial clubs and at trade con-
ventions and county fairs. Two experimental
automobiles are being equipped with motion
picture machines and stereopticons of the dis-
solving picture for service in parks and play-
grounds. Explanatory slides are in five lan-
guages. Films are to be supplied by owners
of industrial establishments who are willing to
contribute them. "Under no circumstances will
we show a picture for money," Director Holley
says. "It will be shown on its merits, and if
it discloses where it has been taken, well and
good, for due credit will be given somewhere
to all who assist in the work."
CONGDON.
NORTHWESTERN NEW YORK.
THE Academy theater. Buffalo, which showed
only moving pictures during the first part
of the summer, has now returned to vaudeville.
M. B. Schlesinger. manager, has returned from
a three-weeks' fishing trip in Maine. Some pic-
tures will be continued at this house.
The Model Theater Co. will build a brick mov-
ing picture theater at 149 East Genesee street,
Buffalo, at a cost of $40,000.
A film showing the proper care of the teeth
was recently prepared by the Rochester .Moving
Picture Co.
The new People's theater. Binghamton. has
been opened by A. W. Newman.
Charles Bowe. manager of the Frontier mov-
ing picture theater, Buffalo, recently had charge
of the candy booth at a lo?al church fete. His
successful spieling attracted much business.
A Keith vaudeville theater, seating '2.si>(> per-
sons, will be erected on the Wheldon property
on South Salina street, Syracuse. It is ex-
pected the house will be ready in about a year.
The Keith interests during the coming year will
also erect a moving picture theater in that city.
The capacity will be about 2.000. The site of
this house has not been announced.
A report from Binghamton says that the
Symphony Theater Co. has obtained a temporary
injunction restraining Mayor William R. Ely
and the Police Department from closing the
Symphony and Star theaters of that city for
moving pictures on Sunday.
The Happy Hour Amusement Co. will improve
the Majestic theater. Elmira. The stage will be
enlarged and nearly 600 additional seats pro-
vided.
Under the auspices of the publicity committee
of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce about 1.-
100 feet of moving picture films of that city
and of the Municipal day parade and crowds
there were taken recently.
The Shero Photo Players and Camera Ex-
change Co., capitalized at $25,000, has been In-
corporated in Rochester. The directors are
James Shero. Charles M. Rowe and Jesse P.
Willard of that city.
G. B. Schlesinger has been appointed manager
of the New Lyric theater, Buffalo, which form-
erly played moving pictures and vaudeville.
The house will open tho season with tbe Mabel
lirownoll and Clifford Stoik Co. His brother,
.\1. U. Schlesinger. Is now manager oi tb** Aca-
demy. The New Lyric will be repainted and re-
decorated for tbe opening.
H. E. Benedict, booker for tbe General Film
Co., Bunalo, was recently married to Miss Clalro
G. Stewart of that city.
Daniel Pantulouo will erect a moving picture
theater at H> East Erie avenue, Coming. The
house will seat l.-lOO persons.
Tbe management of the Colonial theater,
Elmira, recently won a victory in poli'e court,
when a Jury that heard the case oi Patrick
Casseta. an Italian, against Archie G. McCal-
lura, resident manager of the Colonial, n-turned
a verdict of not guilty. Casseta charged that
.McCallum, as manager of the theater, dis-
criminated against blm In refusing bim a ticket
for tbe first floor seats on June 3<>. It was
maintained by attorneys for tbe defense that the
manager had the right to place his patrons la
any part of the theater he pleased, Inasmuch as
there were no reserved seats. The Italians who
alleged discrimination were offered seats on tho
second floor, but refused to take Uiem in prefer-
ence to the first floor seats.
BILLY BISON.
BUFFALO.
A special display consisting of Japanese
lanterns, flowers, flags and fans attracted much
attention in the lobby of tbe Strand theater.
Buffalo, recently. These decorations were used
by Manager Edel of that bouse to advertise
the Japanese moving picture feature. "The
Wrath of the Gods." Tbe waters In the foun-
tain in the lobby contained Japanese perfumes.
Much money was also spent for special stage
effects for the production. There was appro-
priate orchestra music.
Manager M. B. Schlesinger of the .-Vcademy
theater, Buffalo, recently admitted boys and
girls to the theater on receipt of fifty swatted
flies. He also offered a season ticket for the
child bringing in the most flies. Mina McKee.
seven years old. of that city, jumped ahead of
all the other contestants with a box containing
more than lO.OOf* flies, BILLY BISON.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
TTNCLE SAM'S JACKIES on the ships now
^ stationed in Mexican waters are having
real picture shows all of their own. for on
several of the battleships projection machines
have been installed and nightly exhibitions are
given. Among the reels shown are several
showing the soldiers and bluejackets "mixing"
it up in Vera Cruz, and these are extremely
popular.
It is reported that the government of Brazil
is seriously contemplating erecting a building
in this city for permanent exhibition purposes.
In this connection it is planned to use motion
pictures in showing life in Brazil, its social life.
sports, the harvesting of crops, especially of
coffee, and other features of every day life in
the cities and country.
Although there is a lot of grumbling to be
heard, it is remarkable the way business has
kept up in the heated months. Comparatively
few of the theatres have closed for the sum-
mer and the probability is that with tbe many-
improvements being made to the houses here, in
future years the business will be good twelve
months in the year. More attention is belng^
paid to the cooling of the bouses by artificial
means and the time will come when people wilt
haunt the moving picture houses to get away
from the intense heat of tbe streets, and even
of their own homes.
E. W. Booth, formerly with the George Kleine
productions, is now with tbe Eclectic Feature
Film Company, as is also Mr. Osborn, fonnerly
witb the General Film Exchange, of this city.
Ira Moore, who is in charge of the operating"
department at the New Masonic Moving Pic-
ture theatre, will preside over the shipping de-
partment for this concern. The office force Is
now comprised of two young ladies, with the
probability of an increase if present business
continues.
.\Iexander G. Irvine, with the "World Film
Corporation, at 811 E street. Northwest, recent-
ly joined the ranks of the benedicts and is due
for considerable congratulation. His bride was
Miss Grace Collins, of Germantown, Md. Mr.
Irvine is about to leave for a business trip
through North Carolina, Virginia and Ten-
nessee and upon his return, with Mrs, Irvine
will spend several weeks in New York, Atlantic
City, and on a trip up the St. Lawrence River
and among the Thousand Islands.
Mr. William Irvine, of the same corporation,
has just returned from a trip through the
southern territory and reports good business.
The new moving picture theatre being erected
on Broad street, Richmond, Va., for S. L. Hof-
helmer will soon be ready for occupancy.
A. Dresner, the genial manager of the Wash-
ington Film Exchange. Is taking life easy along
the Boardwalk, in .-Vtlantlc City. In his ab-
sence, Paul D. Irvln. from tbe Philadelphia
oflBce. is presiding over tbe destinies of the lo-
cal branch. C. L. LINRY.
980
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
CINCINNATI.
73 ECENT improvement in the kind of weather
-'^ being handed out in this vicinity has been
decidedly beneficial to local exhibitors, as busi-
ness naturally suffered considerably during the
torridity of early July. Lately, however, with
somewhat more moderate temperatures, the at-
tendance at most of the houses has picked up
perceptibly, especially at those where good ven-
tilation and plenty of fans give reasonable
ground for the claim that they are cooler than
the streets.
The big five-reel production of Klaw &. Er-
langer's success, "Classmates," which was
shown some weeks ago to large houses at the
Gayety. before that house closed for the sum-
mer, came back in every sense of the word on
a recent Sunday at the Orpheum, where many
people who had not had an opportunity to see
it in the downtown house took advange of
the chance to take it in at the hill-top theater.
"Neptune's Daughter," a big six-reel Uni-
versal production in which Annette Kellermann
is featured, was the attraction last week at
Keith's theater, large audiences being the rule
throughout the week to see the various note-
worthy features of the ocean drama. Miss
KeUermann's popularity and the extent to
which she is known, as well as the amount of
newspaper space which has been devoted to the
production itself, made it a big drawing-card
with the vaudeville house, and the week's run
proved none too long for it.
McMahan & Jackson, well-known theatrical
and motion-picture men in Cincinnati, who
sometime ago started the Independent Features
Co., which they have since operated with con-
siderable success, have finally cut loose en-
tirely from their burlesque interests, and will
hereafter devote their attention to the photo-
play end of the business. They recently dis-
posed of their interest in the Olympic theater,
a local burlesque house, to the Progressive
B'urlesque Co., of New York, making an offer,
in response to a request, which was accepted.
It is understood that the amount involved was
something like $20,000. It is announced, in
this connection, that McMahan & Jackson will
control "Neptune's Daughter " exclusively in
Ohio.
A real "movie romance," as the papers in-
sisted on calling it, is embodied in the recent
marriage of Elson L. Umstead. chief operator
at the Majestic moving picture theater in
Springfield. O.. to Miss Goldie Redding, of the
same city. The couple met at a reception just
three days before they were married, develop-
ing a mutual attraction which ended in the
wedding. Umstead is 21 years of age. while his
bride is only 18.
The manner in which the church has gone
from tacit and then open approval of moving
pictures as an amusement to the more ad-
vanced attitude of exhibiting them itself was
again illustrated in Cincinnati last week by
the fact that in connection with the fair held
by the Church of the Holy Cross a regular
picture show was held, at which the program
was changed daily and an admission of five
cents was charged.
Clarence E. Runey, the popular moving pic-
ture photographer, is finding his services in al-
most daily demand by one organization or an-
other which desires to make a permanent liv-
ing record of its outings, the most recent of
these engagements being that of the military
company of the Lodge of Moose, to be held at
Chester Park on Augst 15. Knowing the ex-
tent to which the services of Mr. Runey are
called for, the lodge took the precaution of
engaging him well in advance, with sufficient
on the program to keep him busy for the full
day. It is proposed to take several hundred
feet of the prize drill which will be given, as
well as of a bathers' drill which will be held,
a baby show, and other features of the occa-
sion.
Th outing of the Larkin Soap Clubs in the
section around Youngstown, O., which was at-
tended by fully 2.500 persons at Idora Park last
week, was marked by an unusually interesting
exhibit of motion pictures by a representative
of the company from Buffalo, showing views
of the big plant and the manufacturing meth-
ods of the company, thus strengthening the bond
between the company and its customers.
The Scenic, at Portsmouth, recently installed
a new Simplex machine. Charles Reed, of the
Columbus Theater Equipment Co., which sold
the machine, coming down to install it. While
in Portsmouth he seized the opportunity to do
a little more business, disposing of a second
machine to Rudolph Kountz. of New Boston,
who is erecting a new picture theater. Mr.
Reed has been having excellent business in this
territory with the Simplex.
The Dayton Herald, of Dayton. 0.. has found
a method of stimulating interest in the want
ads. which it prints by appealing to the gen-
eral interest in moving picture?. Every day it
prints through the want ad. columns the names
of twenty-seven people, taken from the city
directory, who are entitled on application to
two moving picture theater tickets, good any
day except Sunday. An arrangement has been
entered into by the paper with a number of
leading exhibitors in the city for this purpose,
including the South Park, the Midgets, the Em-
press, the Museum, the Wayne, the Edgemont,
the Family, the Alhambra and the Mirror, and
it seems to be working out to the entire suc-
cess of all concerned.
The motion pictures of the fight between
Johnny Griffith and Jack Britton, held in Can-
ton, O., on July 4, have become the bone of
contention between several interested parties,
and Deputy Sheriff George Ferguson has ac-
cordingly been appointed receiver of the film
until the controversy can be settled, this ap-
pearing to be the only method of keeping mat-
ters in statu quo for that period. Suit was
filed at Akron by "Pop" Griffith against Rich-
ard A. White, of the Ohio Motion Picture Co..
by whom the films were made, alleging that
under the terms of a verbal contract made July
1, Griffith was to receive one-third of the net
proceeds of the pictures, another one-third be-
ing stipulated for the McKinney Athletic Club
Co., of Canton, under whose auspices the fight
was held. Griffith now charges in his suit that
White has failed to observe this alleged eon-
tract, and has paid no part of the large sum
which he is said to have earned by showing
the pictures in Akron, Canton and Barberton,
0. Artliur B. Nice, a Barberton exhibitor, is
made a party to the suit, being enjoined from
paying over to White any part of the proceeds
secured from an exhibition of the pictures or
from re-delivering the film to White.
The Pekin Theater Co., recently incorporated
in Dayton, 0.. by Irene Wheeler, R. L. Far-
row, W. B. Johnson. J. J. Wheeler and Benja-
min Wheeler, with a capital stock of $1,000.
intends to construct and operate a picture house
in that city, and is making arrangements for
its building and equipment.
The Wonderland theater, of Marion, 0.. has
been sold by John J. Hablitzel, who has operat-
ed it for about a year, to Frank Weaver. Mr.
Weaver has been associated in the management
of the theater with Mr. Hablitzel for some time,
and is well acquainted with the business. He
has assumed complete charge of the details of
the management now. and expects to keep things
moving nicely.
The Lubin. of Cincinnati, is utilizing its bill-
boards and other advertising space in tell-
ing the public of the consolidation of big picture
interests whose productions are labeled as
"Paramount Pictures." These include the
Daniel and Charles Frohman productions, and
those of Belasco. Lasky, Bosworth, the Famous
Players, and others, and promise a feast of good
things for the numerous patrons of the Lubin
and of other houses who will show these films.
The five-reel Kalem production of "Wolfe,
or the Conquest of Quebec." was a Sunday fea-
ture at the Orpheum. in Walnut Hills, Cincin-
nati, last week, and drew capacity houses, espe-
cially on the roof, which continues to grow
in popularity. The weather has been pleasant
and moderate for the past week, but there are
few evenings when the breeze which is always
to be found on the top of the Orpheum is not
agreeable, and the management has profited ac-
cordingly.
The Victoria, Cincinnati, received the last of
the "Adventures of Kathlyn" in its turn on
Friday night of last week, good houses turning
out to bid the popular Selig heroine farewell
until her reappearance in other thrilling animal
adventures.
A more or less serious strike by the Cincin-
nati local union of the Moving Picture Project-
ing Machine Operators was threatened last week,
when the organization insisted on the acceptance
of the new wage scale decided upon by it several
weeks asro, which went into effect recently. The
Motion Picture Exhibitors' League refused to
indorse the scale as an organization, leaving the
matter to the determination of the various in-
dividual exhibitors each for himself. This
decision was arrived at after a debate which
threatened to split the organization, the division
being between the large and the small houses.
The trouble ended, however, when practically
every exhibitor in the city, as it is understood,
agreed to the new scale, and there was conse-
ouently no break in any exhibitor's program
due to friction with operators. The new scale,
as heretofore reported in these columns, calls
for an increase in wages for operators of from
.?1.50 to S3..T0 a week.
On Saturday evening of last week the motion
picture season at the Lyric theater. Cincinnati,
which has been in fairly successful progress
ever since the close of this regular theatrical sea-
son, came to an end. this house, like the Gay-
ety. being turned over to the decorators and
renovators to be fitted for the coming season's
activities, Paul Hillman. who has been in charge
of the motion picture season, with Jasper Orr.
is the box office man at the Lyric during the
regular season, and will officiate in that capacity
in the fall. Following the closing of the house
he and Mrs. Hillman left for a trip to New
York.
Motion pictures are becoming a fixed part of
every entertainment of any sort around Cin-
cinnati, especiallv in meetings of business men.
.A^t the recent "Sommernachtsfest." held by the
Business Men's Club on the roof of the Ohio
.Mechanics" Institute, which was attended by
about tiOO persons, a highly appreciated part
of the entertainment was that afforded by a
selection of several reels showing the recent
activities of the club and other Cincinnati
business organizations, as well as some comedy
reels.
The Majestic theater, Dayton, p., Aade a
hit with its patrons last week whem it showed
for the first time In that city, "Tk« Hagle's
Mate," featuring Mary Pickford, who la prob-
ably the most popular of the film stars In Day-
ton as well as in other parts of Ohio. This
Famous Players release is not only up to the
high standard set by the Former productions in
scenic effect and other details, but seems to
suit Miss Pickford herself remarkably well,
judging from the enthusiasm reported on the
part of Majestic audiences by the management.
The attendance at the Family, of Cincinnati,
continues excellent, having taken a decided spurt
during the past week of favoring weather, ac-
cording to Manager Lipson. The inter^t in the
Pathe Weekly, always a big drawing card, is
greater than ever now that every week's issue is
looked to as containing pictures of intorest in
connection with the war news in the four cor-
ners of the earth, and indications are that the
first run of the weekly will be one of the
biggest assets of the house during the remainder
of the summer as well as afterward.
The Columbia, one of Dayton's leading houses,
showed its patrons one of the season's hits on
two days of last week, presenting Francis X.
Bushman in the Essanay production, "0»e Won-
derful Night," which is the four-reel drama in
which Mr. Bushman is featured as the winner
of the popularity contest conducted last year
by the "Ladies' World." Louis Tracy's story
has been worked out into a fine film production
and in combination with the popular star drew
splendidly at Dayton. The production has not
yet appeared in Cincinnati.
An accident which might have kad fatal
results occurred recently at Ironton, Ohio, when
the concrete floor of the Scenic theater gave
way, due to some unknown cause, slightly in-
juring Russell Clere, an employe of the house,
who was the only person around at the time.
The house has been doing an excellent summer
business with vaudeville and motion pictures,
and Manager Hunter has been congratulating
himself on his luck and the general good for-
tune of his patrons in the fact that the collapse
of the floor occurred when the house was empty.
About 150 seats were precipitated a distance
downward of about fifteen feet, and serious in-
juries would undoubtedly have resulted had
they been occupied at the time. The damage
will be repaired immediately, and the floor so
strengthened that a recurrence of the accident
will be impossible.
Plans are under way at Springfield, 0., for
the construction of a motion picture theater
which will cost $100,000, and will be one of the
finest in the state. Architect William P. Mil-
ler, of Springfield, announces that he has been
employed by a New York syndicate which is
interested, to draw the plans and make ar-
rangements for the construction of the house,
and he is now busily at work on this commis-
sion. No location has as yet been secured, but
it is understood that options have been taken
on a number of possible sites in the business
district of the city, any of which would be
suitable for the purpose, and a deal for one of
them will be closed within a few weeks.
Jerome B. Courliss. of Springfield, a faithful
attendant on and student of motion picture
plays, is benefiting by his interest in the films
in his success as a photo-playwright, according
to reports from that city. Mr. Courliss has
sold a number of scenarios and stated recently
that he has disposed of two others, one to the
Solax Film Company and the other to the Sid
Olcott organization. Springfield exhibitors in-
tend to make a special effort to secure the
productions for exhibition as soon as they are
released, in order to take advantage of the in-
terest in home talent.
Albert Pretzinger, of Dayton. Ohio, has charge
of the project to make 10.000 feet of motion
pictures of various Ohio cities for exhibition at
the Ohio building at the Panama-Pacific expo-
sition next year, and is receiving bids from
various film companies for handling the work.
All of the principal cities, points of interest
and industries in the State will be represented.
as far as possible, and it is expected that the
amount of film indicated will be crowded with
interest. Mr. Pretzinger is the architect in
charge of the construction of the Ohio build-
ing at the exposition, and accepted the duty
of arranging for the picture as an incident
to that work.
The Interstate Theaters Company, recently
incorporated at Canton. O., with a capital stock
of $25,000, plans to construct a handsome and
up-to-date motion picture theater in that city.
Those interested, according to the articles of in-
corporation, are Robert Hall, Raymond Hag-
gard. Walter Geltz, William H. Whitmer and
Harry J. Reeder.
May's Opera house, in Piqua, O.. was the
scene of a panic last week during the presenta-
tion of a moving picture program which might
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have been serious. A reel caught Are while
being run. and the operator, In attempting to
carry it into the street fell, and the audience
caught sight of the flames, with the natural
consequence that a rush for the exits ensued.
Many women and children fell, and several of
them were trampled, but men in the audience
managed to stem the rush and to quiet the
audience down without serious consequences to
anybody.
The management of the Clifford theater. In
Urbana, O., is extremely proud of the new
Wurlltzer orchestrion and organ recently in-
stalled, the instrument being the one which
was installed in the exhibition hall in Dayton
for demonstration purposes during the recent
convention of the national exhibitors* organi-
zation. The orchestrion combines the effects of
twenty-five different instruments, besides having
various accessories, especially designed for use
in connection with motion picture exhibitions,
to Imitate the sound of horses, trains, automo-
biles, telegraph keys and the like. The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Company's expert player and demon-
strator came un to Urbana to supervise the in-
stallation 01 the machine, and remained to show
its possibilities to the evening audience at the
Clifford, which was delighted with the program
offered.
The management of the Majestic and Prin-
cess theaters in Springfield, O., bearing in mind
the adage to the effect that "it's an ill wind
that blows nobody good," used a recent fire
which occurred at the Eijou theater, at Xenia.
O., as an advertisement. The newspaper story
of the fire, in which Operator John Routzahn,
of the Bijou, showed fine nerve and received
painful burns, was reprinted in the advertise-
ment of the Springfield houses, with the follow-
ing comment: " 'Safety First' is one of the se-
crets of the wonderful success of the Majestic
and the Princess. In order to assure you that
nothing like what the above clipping tells could
possibly happen at either the Majestic or the
Princess, the management extends to you a
cordial Invitation to visit the booths of either
theater. Just one visit will convince you that
there is no safer operating booth in the United
States. At least that is what those who have
had the pleasure of seeing them have said.
What will you say?"
Portsmouth. 0., is by no means inclined to
fall behind in the up-to-date idea of seeing
itself in motion, and the management of the
Lyric recently profited by the universal curiosity
on this point by offering pictures showing
school children in motion, as well as various
recent events of local interest in the river city.
"The Fatal Wedding" was another recent suc-
cess at the Lyric, and the Vitagraph two-reel
feature, "The Right of Way," also made a hit.
Manager Mack is exerting himself to secure
good features, and is succeeding admirably.
CASEY.
OHIO.
"P RANK L. SMITH, known to almost every ex-
J- hibitor in this section of the country and
particularly well known, in Cleveland, has taken
charge of the General Film Company's branch
in Cleveland as manager, suceeding A. W. (joff.
Mr. Smith is a pioneer in motion pictures, for
he started in business when films were con-
sidered a mere fad. But he felt, as did others
who have since been vindicated, that motion pic-
tures had a future far beyond the dreams of
even the most hopeful. He was manager from
time to time of a number of theaters in Cleve-
land, among them the Glenside. in Woodland
avenue : the Fulton, in Lorain avenue, and the
Columbia, in St. Clair avenue. He was travel-
ing representative of the General Film Com-
pany for some time. Mr. Goff, it is understood,
will remain in the moving picture business
either in Chicago or in some city further west.
P. T. Kearns. head of the state building de-
partment, was in Akron last week to meet Gus
Sun. of Springfield ; Jules Hurtig, of New York,
and W. C. Xorris. of Akron, promoters of the
new Hippodrome theater to be built in Akron.
The three negotiated the adjustment of differ-
ences between the building department and the
owners of the new building. J. B. Callahan,
deputy state inspector of workshops, refused to
O. K. the plans for the theater because he
claimed the exits were not properly placed.
While a barn blazed next door 1.000 persons
made their way without confusion from the
Temple theater in East 55th street. Cleveland.
When he learned of the fire. Henry Caplan,
manager of the theater, appeared on the stage
and asked the audience to leave quietly, but did
not tell them the reason. The blaze did no
damage to the theater.
Motion pictures of the business section of
Dayton will be taken soon by the Industrial
Educational Film Company of Los Angeles, ac-
cording to a letter received by Mayor Shroyer.
The company asks that it be sent suggestions on
points of interest.
The Roof Garden theater, on North Prospect
street. Marion, has opened under the manage-
ment of J. K. Schwinger. The house was closed
for some time because the building did not
comply with the requirements of tho building
department.
Work Is In progress at the Alvln theater,
Mansfield, enlarging the stage and making a
number of other general Improvements.
The Cleveland Leader, In connection with the
Pathe Dally News. Is filming all Ohio events of
Interest and distributing to theaters In this ter-
ritory.
Hundreds of Akron citizens are taking ad-
vantage of big photodrama "Creation" which Is
on a two-weeks run at the Grand Opera House.
The new Hippodrome theater, replacing the old
one, at Gay and High streets, Columbus, will
be completed by October 25, according to an-
nouncement of John W. Awaio, president of the
Pastime Amusement Company. The new the-
ater, costing $1.5,000, will occupy the entire four
floors of the building. The seating capacity will
be double that of the old theater. The house
will show feature films.
George H. Dieringer, engineer. Wheeling, has
plans for a two-story brick, fireproof theater
building for J. Trumbull to be built at Bellalre,
at a cost of .525.000.
Paul StuiTer will build a one-story brick and
hollow tile theater at Columbus at a cost of
.■jilo.Ooci. Plans are being drawn by E. J. Stew-
art, architect.
.\ttorney General T. S. Hogan of Ohio, In
filing his account of campaign expenses in the
race for the Democratic nomination for United
States Senator, made note of .?10 for moving
picture advertising. As yet Mr. Hogan is the
only candidate who has reported the use of the
movies for campaign purposes.
The Mansfield Shield entertained its carriers
at the Royal theater recently and the manage-
ment of the theater put on an extra program.
Two hundred children of the public recreation
department were guests at the Colonial theater,
Dayton, viewing pictures taken of the mu-
nicipal swimming pool at Mound and Seven-
teenth streets.
The Screenless Photo-Litho Process Co. has
been organized and is at work in the Marion
building. Cleveland, printing portrait litho-
graphs by a secret process. M. A. Walters,
William Kohl and L. V. Round are interested in
the concern. RARIDAN.
KENTUCKY.
TX KENTUCKY the rural exhibitors are hav-
J- iog a good inning just now. The country
show houses have to depend largely on the
summer months for business, but the city
houses are finding things comparatively quiet.
The weather in Louisville has been extremely
hot for the past week and rather small audi-
ences have attended the evening performances.
Fred Sheldon, manager of Warner's Louis-
ville office, and Charles Pressy, who has been
handling various park concessions for a number
of years, have formed the S. & P. Film & Sup-
ply House, of Louisville, which has leased a
large building on Green street, between Fourth
and Fifth streets. Thirty-five hundred films
are to be purchased, both old and new and of
every style from comedy to feature. Besides
the film department, a complete machine shop
will be installed to take care of repairs on any
make of machine, and all repair parts from
screws to castings will be carried in stock for
Simplex. Edison and Powers machines. No gas
machines or repair parts will be carried. A
renovating equipment will also be installed.
The total investment of the new concern will
amount to about .$25,000. Manager Fred Shel-
don of the new concern said that it was his in-
tention to purchase two Ford machines for his
traveling men to use in getting to the tank
towns throughout the district which he will
work. Handling this class of trade by rail
means long waits for trains and long drives to
the towns off the railroads. He figures that
his men will be able to cover from three to five
more towns a day by using the automobile.
R. S. Shrader. who was formerly manager
of the Central Film Service Company's Louis-
ville office, was in Louisville during the past
week for the World's Film Corporation, of
Indianapolis, of which he recently became gen-
eral manager. He had a very good trip and
made bookings with a number of local houses.
It is reported on good authority that the
Mutual Film Company, of Indianapolis. Ind.. is
making preparations to open an office in Louis-
ville, to handle its Kentucky and Tennessee
bookings. A representative was in Louisville
last week looking over several locations for
the new exchange.
Manager A. C. Farrell, of the Central Film
Service Company's Louisville office, is making
preparations to move the exchange from over
the Novelty theater to other quarters. Man-
ager Levenson, of the Novelty theater and the
new Novelty Film Company, has released the
Central exchange from its lease on the present
quarters. The fact that Mr. Levenson is to
open his own film exchange on the second fioor
would have been a bad feature and both con-
cerns were glad to cancel the lease. New quar-
ters for the Central have not been decided upon
so far,
Peter Knopf, of Crescent Hill, who has been
promoting a new motion picture show to be
erected at Frankfort and Popo streets, &ald that
nothing definite had been settled upon so far,
but that he thinks an Incorporation will ba
effected within the next two weeks.
Tho Grand theater of Flemlngsburg baa
closed Its doors after having dropped about
$2,000 Into the discard. The Princess, owned by
Edward Breeze, Is the only remaining picture
house In the city. It Is said that the field Is
not large enough to support more than one
house.
K. R. Sapp. representing a motion picture
firm of Chicago, was recently In Denvllle, Ky.,
looking over arrangements for taking motion
pictures of the principal scenes of Interest In
Danville and the big Junction of the Queen &
Crescent Railroad. The pictures will be taken
for the railroad, which will show them at
various points along their routes. Several col-
leges are located at Danville and special at-
tention will be given to old Center College,
now Central University, one of the leading col-
leges of the South for years.
Manager Spoehr, of the Nlckelodeoft theater,
of Henderson, managed to find a Pathe Weekly
cameraman in the neighborhood of Henderson
about the time of the big cyclone, and motion
pictures were made of the damages done by the
big wind in Henderson. The films have been
completed and will be shown at the Nickelodeon
shortly.
The Crescent Amusement Company, of Nash-
ville, Tenn., has completed and opened Its
new Princess theater in Bowling Green. This
theater cost about $30,000 to build and has
eight hundred seats on the first floor and two
hundred on the second floor. Two Powers 6a
machines were installed In the new building.
A musical instrument known as a "photo
player" was installed In the house at a cost
of .$S,000. Eight ceiling and eight side venti-
lators along with fourteen twelve-inch oscllll-
ating fans manage to keep the house fairly
cool. The operating booth is made of concrete
and is equipped with automatic shutters. The
curtain is 16 x 20 feet. The day before the
house opened to the public one of the afternoon
papers ran cuts of Tony Sudekum. president
of the company ; W. J. Williams, Its secretary,
and J. P. Masters, manager of the local house.
Practically half of the front page was given
over to the picture house, and the whole of
page five in the Times-Journal was used, half
of which was an advertisement of the theater.
The house opened with "Mr. Barnes of New
York," a six-reel Vitagraph production, fea-
turing Maurice Costello.
J. L. Miller, who is conducting a traveling
motion picture exhibit, recently showed for
three nights at the schoolhouse grounds at
Stithton. From Stithton he went to Steele's
Cross Roads and from there to Cedar Creek.
This is his third trip to this section of Ken-
tucky, and he draws good crowds. At Stithton
he showed in a tent which he carries with him.
but quite often he shows in the stores or other
buildings.
W. V. Shaw and Owen Ingels, recently open-
ed a new motion picture show at Carlisle. Miss
Agnes Wadell is acting as pianist. There are
two shows ever>- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
nights, three reels each. The shows start at
7.45 and 8.45.
P. Pie Williams, of Harrodsburg, recently
opened the old Melba theater in the city, and is
running licensed pictures. Four big reels are
being shown for the popular price of five and
ten cents. The balcony is reserved for colored
people.
Bradley Brothers, who operate motion pic-
ture houses in several small towns, have se-
cured a lease on the Grain building, at Warsaw,
and will open a motion picture house shortly.
W. H. Viets. of La Center, recently purchased
an old school building, which he is having
moved onto a lot at Third street. He expects
to remodel the interior of the old building and
open a motion picture house shortly.
Hurley Brothers, who are operating a chain
of motion picture houses, have sold the Savoy
theater, of Princeton, to the Eldreds. owners
of the building. The old operator. Gerald
Letzinger, of Princeton, will remain in charge
of the machines. Oliver Hurley, who was in
charge of the theater, has taken up the man-
agement of the house at Carml. 111.
The Lyric theater, of Winchester, has been
sold to Spahr Swift and Vic Bloomfield & Sons,
proprietors of the Pastime and Colonial the-
aters. The deal was brought about, according
to one of the owners, when it was found that
three theaters were too many for a towm of the
size of Winchester. All three houses were
showing high class productions and the Lyric,
which was losing money, decided to sell out to
its competitors. No figures were given out in
the deal. The purchasers secure the elimina-
lion of the competition and the owners of the
Lyric will retain their equipment. Phillips &
Moss, who still have a lease on the building,
have announced that It will be converted into
a ==toT'err»om.
H. B. Schwab, who for a number of months
has been operating a machine at the Lvri--
tbpter. of Olive Hill, has given up his position
and moved to Winchester. He is succeederl by
R. E. Hitchins. G. D. GRAIN. .TR.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
LOUISVILLE.
THE weather in Louisville has remained cool
and comfortable for the past ten days or
two weeks, and the motion picture houses have
done considerably better. Some of the houses
are closed for repairs and others are severely
handicapped by carrying on large improvements
and remodeling work, but all in all the business
is very satisfactory for the season of the year.
D. Leveson. manager of the Novelty theater,
and the Novelty Film Company, is on a two
weeks' vacation trip to Elkmont, Tenn., where
he reports that he is having the time of his
life. In a recent letter he said that he had
been out picking blackberries which were one
and a half to two inches in length.
The new serial production of the Universal
program, known as "The Trey o' Hearts,"
starts at the Novelty theater this week. The
serial story will not be run by the local news-
papers, as a mix-up occurred over "Lucile
Love," and the papers declared that they didn't
get the proper support in advertising that they
should have received. It is rather doubtful,
however, whether this fact will hurt attendance
to any extent.
The Central Feature Film Company has made
arrangements to move its offices to 407 Walker
building. The new quarters .are slightly out of
the beaten path of the film exchanges, but are
centrally located. The room is a very large one
and should prove satisfactory.
Ralph Studevyn, who for a long time has vis-
ited Louisville in the interests of the Central
Feature Film Company's Indianapolis office, has
resigned his position with that company to go
with the Warner Feature Film Company.
Fred Sheldon, local manager of the Warner
Feature Film Company, has severed his con-
nection with the company and is now busy in
getting the new S. & P. Film Supply House
started. He was in Chicago during the past
week and purchased a large stock of films and
supplies for the new exchange.
L. J. Dittmar. manager of the Majestic The-
ater Company of Louisville, left this week for
a month's trip to Atlantic City. While in the
East he expects to visit a number of the leading
playhouses in view of getting new ideas to work
out locally.
Joe Herbert, formerly manager of the Warner
Feature Film Company's Louisville office, has
returned to Louisville and is again in charge
of the office, which has been operated by Fred
Sheldon for a number of months.
Judge W. Allen Kinney, manager of the Ca-
sino. Orpheum and Star theaters in Louisville,
and the Princess, of Henderson, has returned
from a month's vacation trip, spent at Atlantic
City.
Ernest Carpenter, head operator at the Nov-
elty theater, and partner in the firm of Car-
penter & Johnston, has returned from a trip
to Danville, Ky.. where he took some commercial
motion pictures for the Queen &. Crescent Rail-
road.
The Clifton theater of Louisville, of which
Robert Lucas, a prominent local attorney Is
president, is making arrangements for increas-
ing the seating capacity of the theater to 1,000.
which will give it the largest capacity of any
suburban theater in the city.
S. B. Kramer, of the Indianapolis office of the
Warner Feature Film Company, spent a week
in Louisville recently, outlining a new campaign
for the concern in Kentucky. The local office
is being remodeled.
Julian Speer, of the Fort Wayne Electric
Company, was in Louisville this week, calling
on the motion picture men. Several of them
are now using compensarcs, but there is con-
siderable business yet to he obtained.
Audiences at the Majestic theater, of Louis-
ville, were much pleased with the reviving
"Garden of Roses." which was shown at the
theater on Sunday evening. August 2. This was
one of the early Mary Pickford pictures, in
which Owen Moore played the leading part, and
was made by the Biograph Company. Few of
the audience had ever seen the picture and such
as had seen it had forgotten it. This was a
one-reel production and took very well.
The local office of the Kinemacolor Company of
Kentucky, which was discontinued about ninety
days ago, has been closed up and the furniture
sold. The furniture, which was very massive
and handsome, was sold to the S. & P. Film
Supply House, and will be installed in the new
exchange at 418 West Green street.
A motion picture house at Fern Grove, Ind..
which is about fifteen miles up the river, and
has to be reached by excursion boat, is doing
a remarkably nice business this season. Sunday,
August 2, the shows were free, as were also the
open-air concerts, and five boats were used in
conducting the large crowds to the grove, which
draws well from all three of the falls cities.
J. E. King is pushing work on a new theater
which he is having erected on Winchester ave-
nue, in Ashland. Ky. The theater will be ready
to open some time early in the fall. The lobby
and flooring will be of white tiling, as will also
the wainscoting. The house will have a seating
capacity of 700 and the stage will be built
large enough to accommodate legitimate shows.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
MANAGER BIERMAN of the Family theater
on Third Street in Red Wing. Minn., and
his son. Claude, have begun a two months'
vacation while the picture house is closed for
remodeling. It will be opened again about the
middle of September.
James McConahey and Clyde Hicks of Spo-
kane. Wash., were awarded a contract by the
Washington Water Power Company to take a
number of moving pictures of the company's
properties at Spokane. Long Lake, Couer d'Ae-
lene and Kellogg, Idaho.
M. R. Jenison has opened a moving picture
show at White, S. D.
Mrs. Nathaniel Seaver Keay of Clifton
Heights. Pa., first Tice-president-general of the
Daughters of the American Revolution was re-
cently in Minneapolis. Minn., and declared that
for the purpose of inspiring patriotism among
public school children the moving picture was
the only successful method of teaching Ameri-
can history. The present plan of teaching only
from books .she declared lacked color and in-
terest.
Manager Colvin of the Grand Theater at Bis-
marck, N. D.. has reduced his admission price
to five and ten cents.
C. D. Green & Company have commenced the
construction of a new theater on Main Street
between Second and Third Streets in Anoka.
Minn.
H. J. Henton has been granted a license by
the city council of St. Paul. Minn., to operate
an outdoor moving picture show at the rear of
3.''.7 West Seventh street.
The Princess theater at Pueblo. Col., adver-
tised John Barleycorn as a picture which. "Will
do you as much good as any sermon Billy Sun-
day delivered while in Colorado Springs."
Manager Evans of the Columbia theater at
St. Helena. Ore., has absorbed the Arcade thea-
ter which has been conducted by Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Bendle for the last year. He has closed
the Arcade and will make the Columbia the
permanent home of moving pictures. The Ben-
dies have gone to Ilwaco. Wash.
The International Harvester Company will
send cameramen to its farm at Grand Forks.
N. D., to make films of the process of construc-
ting a pit silo, a proceeding of much interest
to farmers.
M. H. Todd, formerly manager of the Lyric
theater at Cheyenne. Wyo.. has purchased the
Empress theater at Laramie, Wyo.
The Pastime theater at Mankatb. Minn., re-
sumed its daily picture shows. For the rest
of the summer the admission has been reduced
to five cents, except upon days that big features
are given.
Dr. Harry G. Eeeman. pastor of First Bap-
tist Church in St. Paul. Minn., has come to
the defense of the moving picture which was
attacked a week before by Dr. Addison Moore of
New York, substitute pastor at the People's
Church. "It is not the mission of the church
to compete with the theaters and moving picture
shows' was Dr. Mo-^re's statement. The moving
pictures are not to detract from the church's mes-
sage, but to add to it." retorted the Baptist
minister who has projecting apparatus in his
church. "There is a great field for their proper
use. It is a move in the direction of meeting
the needs of the present time. There was a
day when the churches were shocked at the ad-
vent of the organ and when a minister was
threatened to be deposed because he rode on a
bicycle. The Dunkards even recently con-
demned the automobile as un-Christian."
The publicity department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad has had a cameraman at work at Du-
luth. Minn., and Superior. Wis., filming the ore
and grain shipping in the joint harbor.
The Verroilyea Building at Mitchell, S. D..
has bpen leased by G. C. Wright, of Deadwood.
and W. M. Firdreoff. of Mitchell, who will equip
and operate a moving picture theater to be
known as the Grand.
The Bijou Theater at Fargo, N. D., went
back to a picture program after a rest of thref
weeks, when the pictures of the International
Bible Students" Association were running. Man-
ager Treat has adopted a licensed service pro-
gram and will give features the fore part of
each week.
L. B. Elliott, of Denver. Colo., has succeeded
M. H. Todd as manager of the Lyric Theater
at Cheyenne. Wyo.
The Orpheum Theater at Bismarck. N. D..
has reduced its prices to five and ten cents.
Olympia. Wash., now has but three moving
picture houses. E. A. Zabel. owner of the Acme
Theat^T, absorbing the new Ray Theater. He
will closp the .A.cme and dispose of the equip-
ment. H. T. Ray has been operating the Ray
at Fifth and Washington streets since last
April. The house seats fiOO. A picture policy
will continue at the Ray with occasional per-
formances of vaudeville.
The Commercial Club, of Sauk Center. Minn.,
has been contemplating assisting Manager De
Beau at the formal opening of his new Caugh-
ren Theater about September 1.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SKRVIOB.
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
THERE was not enough business for all pic-
ture shows and a Chautauqua in Brazil,
Ind., so the exhibitors got together and fixed up
a schedule. One house was open each day dur-
ing the competition.
A. J. Paul has leased the Royal Theater at
Gallion. Ohio, to the International Bible Study
Association for two weeks in September, for a
showing of "Creation."
P. F, Carver, who purchased the Bijou The-
atre at Piqua, Ohio, from Ziegenfelder i Mote,
contemplated rechristening it with his lavorite
name of the "Lyric." After the run of "Crea-
tion" was finished the house was closed for im-
provements. Sarver. now a music dealer, form-
erly conducted the Lyric at Sidney, Ohio. He
will not limit his bookings to pictures, but will
also give vaudeville and theatrical attractions.
Irvin K. McFarland, who conducted a Juoving
picture show at Dannebrog, Neb., has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
H. E. Brown has sold his interest in the
Photo-play Theater at Fairport, Ohio, to his
partner. Hartley Palmer.
Pictures of Columbus, Ind., and ten other
cities of the Hoosier State, were a big attraction
at the New Era Theater at Columbus, Ind.
The Kleervue Film Company began its opera-
tions at Elyria, Ohio, and will film events in
that section of the country.
A. R. Moore has re-opened his moving pic-
ture theater at Eustis, Neb.
An important place for moving pictures in
education, provided a high standard by the
producers was maintained, was predicted in an
address by Mrs. Kate Btyant, of Genoa. Ohio,
before the Lakeside Federation of Women's
Clubs.
M. W. McGhee, of the Zenith Motion Picture
Company of Chicago, was at Gary, Ind.. nego-
tiating with the Commercial Club for a romance-
coated film designed to boost the city.
L. D. Smith has re-opened his moving pic-
ture theatre at Pierce, Neb.
Flag Day films, made in Portsmouth, show-
ing all the school children of the city went big
at the Lyric Theater in Portsmouth. O.
I. C. Hopewell has purchased the interest of
A. C. Adams in the Home Theater at Blair,
Neb.
The Grand Theater at Bryan. Ohio, kept its
new projection equipment on display in a hard-
ware store window a week before installing it.
Selected moving pictures were decided upon
by the management of the Free Fair at Con-
nersville, Ind., as the most elevating and satis-
fying entertainment. The Amphitheater on the
Pike will be used. The picture can be seen
from outside and unless visitors want to sit
they need not pay. ,
Clyde Allen has returned from California to
Kokomo. Ind.. and in co-partnership with Mrs.
Roy Russell has purchased the Grand Theater
in that city from Thomas Jay. The house,
which had been closed for the summer- was re-
opened with daily matinees and nightly shows.
Three reels will be given at each performance.
Nelse Anderson has opened a moving picture
show in Nehawka. Xeb.
The manager of the New Star Theater, at
Princeton, Ind.. has made the following an-
nouncement: "All shows at the New Star will
be only five cents. Big specials and little spe-
cials. I have the seating capacity and the safe
house, and I am to stay in Princeton and you'll
see some of the finest hand-colored specials you
ever saw. All new stuff. I am using ;^0 to 6<)-
day service and the release date is on every pos-
ter. You can't be fooled with old reels."
A moving picture show has been opened at
Loup City, Neb., by Thomas Daddow.
F. C. Crosby of the Interstate Film producers
of Chicago was at Mishawaka. Ind,. to nego-
tiate with George L. Senger of the Century The-
atre for making some pictures of Mishawaka to
be shown at the Senger house.
Although Mayor Brace of Conneaut, Ohio,
some time ago refused to allow moving picture
theaters to be operated on Sunday the two
houses there began giving Sunday shows. Sun-
day baseball and Chautauquas, at which admis-
sion was charged, were permitted and the ex-
hibitors assume that they had equal rights.
Henry Boumie has opened a moving picture
show at Plainview. Xeh., which will be operated
this summer.
The lodge of the Sir Knight Maccabees at
Elyria, Ohio, has voted that the fund which
formerly was used for lunches at the lodge
meetings be diverted to the box offices of thd
local moving picture houses and that after
ritualistic work has been finished, the members
adjourn to some photoplay theater each meeting
night.
George C. Hunter is now in sole control of
the Jewel Theater at Valentine. Neb.. havin<!
taken over the interest of his partner. A. K.
Neeland.
William T Huber of Tiffin, Ohio, is now so!«
owner of the two moving picture houses in
Findlay, Ohio, having secured the interest of
his partner. I. E. Wright, in the New Royal and
having purchased the Victorv Theater.
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Pictures Theaters Proiected.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — J. E. Powell is having plans prepared for a
five-story theater and office building, to cost $300,000.
CHICAGO, ILL.— Joseph Cormact is having plans prepared for a
two-story theater, including stores, offices and apartments, 143 by 13a
feet, to cost $50,000.
WICHITA, KAN.— C. C. McCoUlster. 518 West Central street, is to
erect a two-story moving picture theater to cost $3,000.
BALTIMORE. MD.— That this city may have another moving pic-
ture theater de luxe is indicated by the recent visit here of L. S.
Rogers of New York, who is interested in the financial end of the
project. Should the new enterprise materialize it will probably be
constructed on an elaborate scale, having a seating capacity of 3,000
persons and embodying many features new to film patrons of this
city. Prices, it is reported, would be as much as $1 for the best seats.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— W. M. Duke, 607 Sixth avenue, has awarded
the contract to B. Cooper, 1100 Hawthorne avenue, for the erection
of a wood and stucco open air theater to cost $3,000.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Rea Realty Company, Tribune annex, is
planning the erection of a two-story theater and store building. 44 by
100 feet.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Frederick Ullman. Mutual Life building, is hav-
ing plans prepared for a theater building. 62 by 125 feet, to cost $40,000.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Frederick Wilms, 672 President street, expects
shortly to commence the erection of a one-story moving picture thea-
ter, 42 by 100 feet, to cost $9,000.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Dyker Heights Amusement Company are having
plans prepared tor a two-story moving picture theater, 45 by 100 feet,
to cost $10,000.
NEW YORK. N. Y. — Louis Krellberg, 1 Rutgers street, is planning to
expend $15,000 for alterations to his moving picture theater.
DICKSON CITY, PA.— George Keller is having plans prepared for
a. one-story moving picture theater. 40 by 120 feet, to cost $10,000.
HARRISBURG. PA. — H. B. Shoop, 14th and Walnut streets, is pre-
paring plans for a one-story moving picture theater, to cost $10,000.
MINERSVILLE. PA. — Stiney Mickarweicz is planning to build shortly
a two-story amusement pavilion, 50 by 75 feet.
PITTSBURGH, PA. — H. E. Kennedy Co. have completed plans for
a dual theater and root garden to be erected on Sixth avenue tor
the Harry Davis Enterprise Company.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Plans have been filed in the Bureau of
Building Inspection for the new Hamilton theater building at the
southwest corner of 38th and Chestnut streets, by Solomon Greenberg
for the Hamilton Theater Company. The building will be on a lot
60 by 160 feet, and will be constructed of brick, terra cotta and cop-
per. The cost is estimated at $100,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The J. T. Jackson Company, representing
Frank E. DeLong, have leased for twenty years to Alexander R. Boyd,
the premises 1529-31 Chestnut street, lot 42 by 168 feet, as a site for
a moving picture theater to be built by the owner, who reserves part
of the Chestnut street front and space not required for the theater
for future rental. Mr. Boyd, who conducts two moving picture thea-
ters at Sixteenth and Market streets and one at Twelfth and Market
streets, was represented in the negotiations for the lease by Mastbaum
Brothers & Fleisher. The lease carries with it an option to purchase
the property within the first five years at a price not disclosed. Plans
are being prepared by a firm of local architects. The structure will
be one of the finest in the city.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— The Standard theater at Nos. 1126-1134 South
street has been conveyed by George B. McCracken to Joseph W. Cum-
minss tor a nominal consideration, subject to a mortgage of $45,000.
It Is a brick theater building and a four-story brick structure on Kater
street in the rear, on a lot 75 by 120 feet, and is assessed at $50,000.
The Standard theater was a Baptist church edifice about 25 years ago.
when it was purchased by Jacob J. Hitchler, who remodeled it into a
theater.
SCRANTON. PA.— L. H. Hewitt has awarded the contract to A. T.
Maloney, 330 Ferdinand street, for the erection of a one-story moving
picture theater, 24 by 100 feet, to cost $5,000.
WILKES-BARRE, PA. — George Schroder, Wltzenkow building, is pre-
paring plans and specifications for a $20,000 moving picture theater.
HENDERSON, S. C. — Henderson Theater Company, Richmond. Va., is
having plans prepared for a one-story theater and store building. 81
by 204 feet, to cost $32,000, to be erected in this city.
TACOMA, WASH. — William Virges is planning to erect a nine-story
theater building, 90 by 120 feet, to cost about $60,000.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.— Liberty Theater Company, 27th and Vliet
streets, is having plans prepared for a one-story addition, 34 by 120
feet, to cost $25,000.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.— O. L. Meister, 183 Third street, is having
plans prepared for a two-story moving picture theater. 100 by 150
feet, to cost about $100,000.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Ground has been broken for the construction
of the Lincoln theater, which will be erected by the Mutual Amusement
Company on the site of the old African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church. The lot has a frontage of 77 feet on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Hoffman and Dolphin streets, and a depth of 143 feet. The
Lincoln will be devoted to colored vaudeville and motion pictures,
catering to colored patronage exclusively, and will be under the super-
vision of Thomas & Dudley, managers of the Howard, Dudley and
Lyceum theaters, Washington. D. C. The Lincoln will be completed
about September 15.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Walbrook Amusement Company, North avenue and
ftth street, are planning the erection of a two-story theater to cost
$35,000.
WORCESTER, MASS.— Samuel Kumin. 311 Main street, is having
plans prepared for a two-story moving picture theater and store build-
ing, 70 by 64 feet.
DETROIT, MICH.— Eugene H. Hill, 109 North Dearborn street.
Chicago, III., Is having plans prepared for a one-story moving picture
theater, 200 by 200 feet, to be erected in this city in the fall. The
house will be known as the Alhambra theater.
DETROIT, MICH. — Arthur Callie is having plans and specifications
prepared for a modern one-story theater and store building to be erected
here in the near future.
TRACY, MINN. — Van Deusen & Stevens. Winona, Minn., are preparing
plans and specifications for a one-story moving picture theatetr. 40 by
97 feet, to cost $8,000.
LINCOLN, NEB. — Acme Amusement Company, C. F. Phillips, manager,
are planning to erect a two-story moving picture theatetr. 70 by 142
feet, to be known as the Orpheum theater. Cost, $75,000.
OMAHA, NEB.— William F. Stoecker, 701 South 18th street, con-
templates building a moving picture theater here in the fall.
EDGEMERE, L. I.. N. Y. — Franklin C. Norton, Mott avenue. Rock-
away, L. I., is having plans prepared for a one-story airdome and
store building, 60 by 150 feet, to cost $2,500.
CORNING, N. Y. — Daniel Pantlone is planning to erect a two-story
theater and store building. 63 by 165 feet, to cost $20,000.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.— Mollin & Lesselbaum, 432 Ashford street, are
to build a one-story moving picture theater, 100 by 80 feet, to cost
about $18,000.
BROOKLYN. N. Y. — Morris Franklin, 132 Nassau street. New York
City, will expend $5,200 tor alterations to his moving picture theater.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0. — Youngstown Hippodrome Company are having
plans prepared for the erection of several buildings on West Federal
street, to cost about $400,000.
MARION, O. — The moving picture theater owned by Hanley & Van
Aspeck, known as the Family theater, will shortly be remodeled. Many
new improvements will be installed.
MURRAY CITY, O.^F. O. E. Aerie, Mr. Seidenfeld, chairman ot
building committee, are having plans and specifications prepared for
a two-story moving picture theater and lodge building, .50 by 77 feet,
to cost $12,500.
LOGAN, O. — Purvis. Ruble & Co., have awarded the contract to
Krieg & Lumis for the erection of a two-story vaudeville and moving
picture theater, 39 by 121 feet, to cost $18,000. Several offices will be
located on the second floor.
DILLONDALE, O. — Harry Walker is planning to erect a one-story
vaudeville and moving picture theater, 50 by 110 feet, to cost $l.i.0O0.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Pythian Mutual Industrial Association (colored),
L. V. Washington, secretary, 1112 West Madison street, are having
plans prepared for a six-story theatre and lodge office building, tii by
103 feet, to cost $100,000.
BALTIMORE, Md. — Work on the Club Theatre, now being erected
at the northeast comer of German and Light streets, which has been
temporarily interrupted, is expected to be resumed in the near future.
The lot is a portion of the old Carrollton Hotel site.
DETROIT, MICH. — Miss Maybelle Wills has awarded the contract tor
the erection of one-story moving picture theatre, 43 by 100 feet.
OMAHA, NEB. — W. R. McFarland, City National Bank building, is
having plans prepared for a one-story moving picture theatre and store
building, 78 by 86 feet, to cost $20,000.
KEARNEY, NEB. — F. J. Keene is erecting a commodious moving pic-
ture and vaudeville theatre, 48 by 130 feet, with seating capacity for
about 700. The stage is 24 by 20 feet. Mr. Keene has not decided upon
a name for the home as yet. but it will most likely be called the Casino
or Savoy. The building will be completed early in September and has
been leased by Swan & Schwarz.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — M. Munden, 926 Broadway, is planning the erec-
tion of a two-story theatre and office building, 80 by 100 feet, to cost
$75,000.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.— A. Paul Keith and E. F. Albee, New York City,
are having plans and specifications prepared for a twelve-story vaude-
ville theater and commercial building. 16 by 115 feet. The buildings on
the site are to be razed apd construction ot new building to be com-
menced in the fall.
BEREA, O. — J. A. Martin. 256 Beech street, has awarded the contract
to George Quinn, Oberlin, O.. for the erection of a two-story moving
picture theater, store and apartment building, 33 by 118 feet, to cost
$17,000.
YOUNGSTOWN. O. — Lee Realty Company will erect a one-story fire-
proof theater and store building, 15 by 165. It will be constructed of
terra cotta and brick.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Alterations and additions will be made to the
moving picture and vaudeville theater at 5100 Germantown avenue,
owned by William Freihofer.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — LeRoy B. Rothschild is preparing plans tor a
moving picture theater to be erected on Girard avenue, 36 by 52 feet.
The building will be constructed of brick and terra cotta and have seat-
ing capacity for about 500.
PITTSBURGH, PA. — R. G. Vandevort, Martin building, is preparing
plans for a stock company who expect to erect a moving picture theater,
to cost $40,000.
WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Joseph P. Barrows is preparing plans tor a
two-story brick, steel and concrete theater and store building, 46 by 72
feet, for Harry Jasper, Jr.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. — Work on the new Colonial Theater is being
rapidly completed. The house will have a seating capacity for about
900 persons and cost approximately $35,000. A cooling and ventilating
system will be installed. Two Powers machines will be used for the pro-
jection ot high-grade photoplays.
HILBERT, WIS. — Frank E. Pieper and Edward Thiessed have opened
a motion picture theater here. The house, which has been named the
Mutual, has a seating capacity of 4<K). and a stage 40 by 12 feet. The
proprietors will also run vaudeville in connection with a high-grade
program of films.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, — William O'Connor and William Koch, 420 Cas-
well building, are having plans prepared tor a commodious theater and
hotel building, to cost $400,000. The plans call for ten stores on the
ground floor.
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Current Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Condemning Hand (Drama).
EDISON— All for a Tooth (Comedy).
ESSANAY — Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (Comedy)
KALEM — The Rajah's Vow (Special — Two parts — Drama) .
PATHE — From Grenoble to Aix Les Bains (Travel)
— Typical Russian Dances (Dancing)
—A Rousing Reception (Comedy)
SELIG — Willie (Special — Two parts — (Comedy)
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 47 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Through Life's Window (Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
CELIO — The Forbidden Trail (Special — Two parts — Drama)
EDISON— .\ Tale of Old Tucson (Drama)
ESSANAY — Stopping the Limited (Comedy-Drama)
KALEM — Old Man Higgenbothan's Daughter (Drama).....
LUBIN— He Wanted Work (Comedy)
— The Cook Next Door (Comedy)
MELIES — The Burglar Alarm (Comedy)
PATHE— The Art of the Furrier (Vocational)
— Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay — Industrial)...
SELIG — The Jungle Samaritan (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— David Garrick (Special— Two parts— Com-
edy-Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914.
EDISON— Andy Learns to Swim (Ninth of the "Andy"
Series — Comedy)
ESSANAY — The Fable of "The Manoeuvres of Joel and
Father's Second Time on Earth" (Comedy)
KALEM— At the End of the Rope (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
LUBIN — The Downward Path (Special — Two parts — Drama)
MELIES — Sinews of the Dead (Drama)
P.A.THE— Pathe's Weekly No. 49, 1914 (News)
SELI(3 — The Family Record (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The New Stenographer (Comedy)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Mix-up at Murphy's (Comedy)
— Curing Mr. Goodheart (Comedy)
ESSAXAY — Slippery Slim and His Tombstone (Comedy)...
LUBIN— The Heart Rebellious (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
MELIES — The Biltmore Diamond (Spec. — Two parts — Dr.).
— .A. King by Force (Comedy)
SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 48 (News)
VITAGRAPH— The Horse-Thief (Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914.
EDISON— The One Who Loved Him Best (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
ESSANAY — A Gentleman of Leisure (Special — ^Two parts —
Drama)
KALEM— A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)
LUBIN— Latin Blood (Drama)
SELICj — Meller Drammer (Comedy)
— The Day of the Dog (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— Polishing Up (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The District Attorney's Burglar (Drama)....
EDISON— While the Tide was Rising (Drama)
ESSAN.A.Y— Broncho Billy Wins Out (Drama)
K.-^LEM- Near Death's Door (Drama)
LUBIN— They Bought a Boat (Comedy)
— The Puncture-Proof Sock Man (Comedy)
MELIES— Voice of the Bells (Special— Two parts— Drama).
SELIG— Nan's Victory (Comedy-Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Wheat and the Tares (Special— Two
parts — Drama)
Advance Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914.
BIOGR.\PH— Tim, the Terror (Comedy)
— The Game of Freeze-Out (Comedy)
EDISON— The .Adventure of the Pickpocket (Eighth of the
"Octavius" Amateur Detective Series) (Comedy)
ESS-ANA Y — Sweedie and the Double Exposure (Comedy)..
K.ALEM — The Old .Army Coat (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
P.ATHE — Dakar, the Principal Port of Senegal, French
West Africa (Travel)
— Military Trained Dogs, Belgium (Military)
SELIG — The Speck on the Wall (Special — -Two parts —
Drama)
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 49 (News)
MT.AGR.APH- Private Dennis Hogan (Military Drama)..
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914.
EDISON— By the Aid of a Film (Tenth of "The Man Who
Disappeared" Series (Drama')
ESS.AN.A Y— The Black Signal ( Drama)
GEORGE KLEINE— When the Beacon Failed (Cines—
Special — Two parts — Drama)
K.ALEM — The Storm at Sea (Drama)
LUBIN — Back to the Farm ((Tomedy)
MELIES— A Slight Mistake (Comedy)
PATHE— Cairo, the Capital of Egypt (Travel)
— Uriage, and \'icinity ( Scenic)
SELIG — If at First You Don't Succeed (Comedy-Drama)..
^"IT-AGR-APH — .An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Smuggler's Wife (Drama)
EDISON— The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
ESS-ANA Y — The Fable of "The Two Mandolin Players and
the \\'ining Performer" (Western Comedy)
KALEM — The Bond Eternal (Special — Two parts — Drama).
LUBIN — The Dreamer (Special — Two parts — Drama)
MELIES— The False Rubies (Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. SO, 1914 (News)
SELIG — When a Woman's 40 (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
VIT.AGR-APH— Taken by Storm (Comedy-Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
ESS-AN-AY — Slippery Slim and the Claim -Agent (Comedy)
LL'BIN — His Brother's Blood (Special — Two parts — Drama)
MELIES — -A Surprising Encounter (Comedy)
— The Bull Trainer's Revenge (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 50 (News)
\"IT.AGR.APH— The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914.
EDISON— The Gilded Kidd (Special— Two parts— Comedy)
ESS-AN-AY- The Masked Wrestler (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
K.ALEM — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Love of Oro San (Drama)
SELIG — The Reveler (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— The Honeymooners (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Gypsy Talisman (Drama)
EDISON — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Wild Ride (Drama)
KALEM — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama)
LUBIN — Sometimes It Works (Comedy)
— Making Auntie Welcome (Comedj')
MELIES— The Telltale Photograph (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
SELIG— What Became of Jane? (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Lily of the Valley (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1914.
KOMIC— Ethel's Teacher (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— The Tavern of Tragedy (Two parts— Drama) . .
THANHOUSER— The Telltale Star (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914.
AMERICAN — The Trap (Two parts — Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 30 (News)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
BEAUTY — Suzanna's New Suit (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — The Saving Flame (Drama)
THANHOUSER— Stronger than Death (Two parts— Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Butterfly (Drama)
BRONCHO— Shorty and the Fortune Teller (Two parts-
Comedy — Drama)
RELIANCE— So Shines a Good Deed (Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
DOMINO — A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (Two parts —
Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 85 (News)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914.
KAY-BEE — The Stigma (Two parts — Drama)
PRINCESS— A Rural Romance fComedy)
THANHOUSER- In Peril's Path (Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not given.)
RELIANCE— The Wagon of Death (Two parts— Drama) . .
ROYAL — Cupid Dances a Tango (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1914.
KOMIC— Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 of the "Bill" Series—
Comedv)
MAJESTIC — Her Mother's Necklace (Two parts — Drama)..
THANHOUSER— Arty the Artist (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914.
.^MERICW— False Gods (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Not vet announced.)
RELI.\NCE— Our Mutual Girl. No. 31 (News)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914.
BEAUTY — The Silence of John Gordon (Drama)
MAJESTIC — The Inner Conscience (Drama)
THANHOUSER— McCarn Plays Fate (Two parts— Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914.
AMERICAN— Their Worldlv Goods (Dramal
BRONCHO— The Robbery at Pine River (Two parts-
Drama)
RELIANCE— Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle (Comedy)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
DOMINO— The Defaulter (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Not vet announced.)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 86 (News)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914.
K.\Y-BEE — The Winning of Denise (Two parts — Drama).
MAJESTIC — A Lesson in Mechanics (Drama)
PRINCESS— The Bell of the School (Comedy-Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Not yet announced)
RELL\NCE — For the Last Edition (Two parts — Drama) . .
ROYAL— His Long Lost Friend (Comedy)
Universal Film Mfg. Co.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1914.
ECLAIR — Moonlight (Drama)
FRONTIER — A Frontier Romance (Western — Drama)
REX — A Midnight Visitor (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1914.
IMP — In All Things Moderation (Two parts — Drama)
STERLING— A Strong Affair (Comedy)
VICTOR— Simple Faith (Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914.
CRYSTAL — Some Crooks (Comedy)
— Willie's Disguise (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey o' Hearts, Series No. 2 (White
Water — Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., In the Dangers of
a Great City (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Price Paid (Two parts— Political Drama)...
JOKER— Her Twin Brother (Comedy)
NESTOR— 38-Calibre Friendship (Western— Drama)
ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 127 (News)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
IMP — Universal Boy (Series No. 3 — Comedy-Travelogue)..
REX — Through the Flames (Two parts — Drama)
STERLINCS— At Three O'Clock (Comedy)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914.
NESTOR— On Rugged Shores (Drama)
POWERS— The Barnstormers (Comedy)
VICTOR — Honor of the Humble (Two parts — Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914.
"101" BISON— The Oubliette (Three parts— Drama)
JOKER— What Happened to Schultz (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1914.
ECLAIR — A Pearl of Great Price (Society-Drama)
FRONTIER — Memories of Years Ago (Drama)
REX — The Hedge Between (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914.
IMP — Love's Refrain (Drama)
STERLINCj — Lost in the Studio (Juvenile-Comedy)
\'ICTOR — Weights and Measures (Two parts — Pcvlitical-
Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914.
CRYSTAL— Vivian's Best Fellow (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey o' Hearts. Series No. 3 (The Sea
Venture) (Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike. Jr.. on His Honeymoon
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914.
ECLAIR — Bransford in Arcadia (Three parts — Western-
Drama)
JOKER— Pass Key. No. 2 (Comedy)
NESTOR — The Creeping Flame (Western-Drama)
— Strange Friends (Educational)
ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 128 (News)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
IMP — On the High Seas (Two parts — Drama)
REX— A Bowl of Roses (Drama)
STERLING— His Wife's Flirtation (Comedy)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914.
NESTOR — A Luckv Deception (Two parts — Comedy)
POWER'S— The Divorcee (Drama)
VICTOR — The Slavey's Romance CDrama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
"ini" BISON- The Lure of the G«isha (Two parts-
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JOKER — The Diamond Nippers (Comedy)
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■'B'URGLAR ALARM" (August 11.) .—Robberies
in the neighborhood arouse the women to some
kind of action and an automatic burglar alarm
is installed in the various houses. Several
nights later a burglar is captured and the
treatment he receives at the hands of these
women recalls to his mind the Spanish Inquisi-
tion. He is then arrested and sentenced to 60
days hard labor.
"SINEWS OP THE DEAD" (August 12).— A
manufacturer has his hand injured. In order
to resume his work, the doctor grafts new
flesh and muscle upon it. He learns afterward
that the flesh had been taken from the arm of
a murderer who died on the scaffold for strang-
ling a woman. This thought preys upon his
mind and he goes insane. He spends the rest
of his life in an asylum.
"A KING BY FORCE" (August 13).— Omar
Fatima is forcibly made king of a Bulkin State.
His wages are low and his harem is in such a
state that he gives it away. Then a palace
revolution occurs and after a noble fight he
jumps into the sea and with his wife swims
home.
"THE BILTMORE DIAMOND" (Two Parts-
August lo). — A prominent woman has a very
valuable diamond for which she accepts an
otfer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to
rob her of the diamond before she can part
with it. They waylay her and carry her off to
a house where they demand from her the dia-
mond. With a smile she shows them the re-
ceipt for a registered package as she had
deemed it safer to send it by this means. Later
.=;he takes them off their guard and escapes.
.\n exciting automobile chase now takes place,
ending with the car in which the would-be
diamond robbers are seated being hurled over
the cliff to destruction.
"VOICE OF THE BELLS" (Two Parts— August
14). — Peter and Hans love Marie. Peter is
favored and the date for the wedding is set.
Hans is the bell-ringer for the church and
angry at being rejected refuses to ring the
bell at the ceremony. Years later when the
daughter of Peter and Marie dies, Hans again
refuses to toll the bell, but Peter makes him
understand that the Voice of the Bells shall
speak, and they do.
SELIG.
"THE SPECK OX THE WALL" (Two Parts—
August 17 ) . — Pauline St. John, young yet
worldly, beautiful and unscrupulous, scorns the
elderly husband whom she has married for his
money. St. John loves his beautiful young
wife passionately. He realizes her dislike for
him. and his heart is torn with emotions. He
is always gentle and kind ariS exhibits his affec-
tion in every possible way. But she accepts his
caresges coldly, and only awaits his departure
from the house to telephone Rowland, the man
in whose care she has really entrusted her
heart. An appointment is made over the tele-
phone tor a meeting in the park.
John Gaunt, the great detective, is a close
friend of St. John. He takes a stroll through
the park and happens upon Pauline St. Tohn.
seated on a bench, awaiting the arrival of How-
land. Thinking that th?fre is something un-
usual in her presence there. Gaunt secretes
himself, and she is not aware of his proximity.
Howland arrives in his automobile and after
a tender greeting they enter the car and ride
away. The detective is astounded to discover
that his friend's wife is intimate with another
man. He is filled with rage at the treachery
of the false woman. Later in the day, St. John
calls upon his. friend, Gaynt, and invites him
to attend a house party that evening at his
home. The detective is prompted to inform
bis friend of the falseness of his wife, but
thinking that it is best to permit develonments
to take their course, he defers giving tlie in-
formation.
The detective attends the party that night.
at the house of St. John. He observes a secret
meeting between the faithless wife and her
lover, Howland, and follows them into the
shrubbery, where his curiosity is greatly ex-
cited by the production of a long, black cigar
which Howland gives to Pauline with apparent
concern and careful instructions as to its dis-
position. There is something mysterious about
the cigar, and John Gaunt is determined to find
out all abot^t it. The great detectire is known
to both Howland and Pauline, who show ap-
parent nervousness because of his attendance
at the party. Gaunt notes this, but is careful
not Co let them know that he has even noticed
them. The detective is perplexed. He is con-
vinced that the long, black cigar is an impor-
tant factor in some JIToposed venture, which
Pauline and her lover have in common.
SECOND REEL.
Pauline cautiously enters the library. In
the corner is a steel safe, the doors of which
are^ standing open. Unsuspicious, St. John
does not think it necessary to close the doors
o"f the safe against the possibility of an in-
trusion by his own wife. Pauline opens a
drawer in the safe and takes out a document
— the last will and testament of St. John. The
look of covetousness indicates that she is
thoroughly satisfied with the contents, that he
has stated plainly that he leaves to her all his
goods and possessions. Howland, her accom-
plice, has detained St. John in conversation,
while Pauline investigates the safe.
St. John is fatigued, and having courteously
received the guests of himself and wife, he re-
tires for a short rest to his comfortable loung-
ing chair in the library. Pauline enters the
library with forced gaiety and simulated affec-
tion, caresses him and apparently accidentally
knocks the cigar which he is smoking from his
mouth- With a gay laugh, she picks up the
discarded cigar, throws it into the luspidor
and presents him with the black cigar which
has been placed in her keeping by her villian-
ous confederate. He lights it. and Pauline
hurriedly escapes from the room.
John Gaunt is perplexed at the eagerness
with which both Howland and Pauline seek
his company immediately after Pauline leaves
the library. His suspicions are aroused, and
with a grim expression on his face, he starts
for the library. Just then there is the sound
of a shot. In the library lies the body of St.
.Tohn. Overcome by the horror of it all. Pauline
shrieks and bestows caresses upon the dead
form, and is assisted from the room by Gaunt,
who demands that the excited guests shall not
I^ave the house until the arrival of the police.
The police arrive and begin an fhvestigation.
The detective closes the library with a police-
man on p'uard. and begins to makp a hurried
search. Underneath a newspaner. by the win-
dow, is a loaded revolver with one chamber
empty. The detective investigates everv part
of the room. His eve detects a peculiar anoear-
ancp on the wall. It is a tiny spef'k. With his
elass, he investigatps it more close'v. With
the evidence secured from the specTi, on the
wall, he makes rapid deductions.
In the presenf'e of the guests whom St, John
requested shouTcl be assembled, he dramatically
rei^ites the fart that the death of St. .Tohn had
not been caused bv a bullet from the revolver,
but by a cisrar loaded with some fatal ex-
nlosive. "Pauline St. .fohn and h^r lovpr,
Howland. are his murdprers." he savg. The
EUiltv pair endeavor to ps-^anp. Thev are
quicklv restrained ?>nd bandcu<T« arp slipped
nnon the wrists nf Howfi^nd, .Tnbn Gaunt has
raptured the assassins of his friend.
LUBIN.
"THE DREAMER" fTw^ i^arts— ^ ugust IH).
—A Dreamer stood attempting to place God's
handiwork upon the canvas. Hearing a shrill
f'r>' he turns to witn^'^s a young p\r\ falling
from the rocks. Hp givps succor and a friend-
ship was born that Inter became love. The
Dreamer's brother, coming home unon a vaca-
tion, enters the peaceful Eden and like the
snake of old— -crush ps happiness into a dis-
torted thine. The brother, in his esro. takes
unto himself the Dreamer's sweetheart, and
weds her. A child is hnrn. The father of the
hnys is strickpn and thinking ho is about to
die gives the plder brother and his wife all his
money, and the plder broth pr. dpsnising the
Dreanipr. throws hmi out unon the world. Five
years latpr we find the Dreamer working in a
pottery, creating from the clav : the elder
brother living on the riotous road of the newly
rich, choosing companions whose words and
deeds have sped many to perdition. The Dream-
er's brother becoming hysterical with his en-
vironments, places his own father in an asylum,
that he may have free hands, without restraint.
Then he leaves his wife, formerly the Dreamer's
sweetheart. The Dreamer, learning of this
through a staunch servant, and at the instiga-
tion of the physician attending the wife who
has become ill unto death, searches for the
brother, and finds him in the midst of a gay
throng. Tearing him from their mid-^t by
physical might, he takes him to his home and
his wife, and then wanders beside the brook,
where in the early days of a pure affection he
and his sweetheart were wont to linger over a
stick planted by her hands. The Dreamer re-
moves the vines that have grown around the
stick, and holding it in his hands, breaks it
apart to let it float down the stream of destiny,
as he offers up a prayer.
■■HIS BROTHER'S BLOOD" (Two Parts-
August 20). — Dr. Kenneth Meyers and his
brother Gerald, an artist, are both fond of
Ethel Wilson, who really favors Gerald more
than she does the physician, and later accepts
him as her suitor. Kenneth resolves to devote
his life to science and buries himself in his
laboratory, where he is specializing in blood
tests. Gerald's studio companion, Tyson Brooks,
is an erratic fellow, and when Gerald tries to
correct his inexperience, Brooks resents it and
ends his life after a struggle with his com-
panion, which is seen by a maid, who accuses
Gerald of murder. Fearing that he will be in-
criminated by circumstantial evidence. Gerald
flees to New York, and that night the lodging
house where he stops is destroyed by fire. Still
eager to escape arrest, Gerald continues his
flight, taking passage on a sailing vessel for
San Francisco, where he arrives three mouths
later. Kenneth receives news that Gerald was
killed in the lodging house fire, and believing
her fiance dead. Ethel and Kenneth renew their
friendship and become engaged to wed. Upon
his arrival in Frisco, Gerald scans the news-
paper files to see what disposition was made of
the investigation of B'rooks' death, and finds
first the notice of his brother's engagement to
wed Ethel and then later that Brooks was found
to have committed suicide. He then decides to
return home and test Ethel and see if she really
loves his brother. He arrives home on the eve
of his brother's wedding and when he witnesses
an ardent love scene between Ethel and Ken-
neth the sight is too much for him and he col-
lapses from exhaustion. Hurried to the hos-
pital with typhoid fever, Kenneth is called upon
to examine the blood of the patient, who is sup-
posedly a tramp. Something in the shape and
appearance of the blood crystals tells him they
have a familiar appearance and upon closer in-
vestigation he recognizes them as exactly simi-
lar to his own. Anxious to see this extraordi-
nary man he is led to the ward and sees the
brother he mourned as dead and then feeling
that he has no right to wed his brother's sweet-
heart, he struggles with his conscience, sends
for Ethel and releases her from her promise.
Kenneth battles gravely for his brother's life,
saves it and reunites his brother and his fiancee,
happy at the thought that after all his brother's
blood has taught him a new scientific fact, that
heredity can be traced through the blood, and
that with this achievement he is recognized as a
new medical authority.
"THE LOVE OF ORO SAN" (August '^D.—
The U. S. S. South Dakota anchors at Kobe,
Japan. Lieut. Roy Leeds, one of the young
officers, goes ashore in the ship's launch to
stroll through the little city. In a handsome
house in Kobe, surounded by a beautiful walled
garden, lives Hioto, a Japanese dignitary, and
his daughter. Oro San. happy, care-free and
full of life. She longs to see something of
the outside world, and in a mischievous moment
slips out into the street. Leeds, passing at
that moment, stops and watches the little maid.
The sleeve of her kimona catches in the gate.
Leeds laughingly releases her and they part,
both registering interest in the meeting. Capt.
Iwata. after years of service in the Japanese
army, returns to Kobe. He is an old friend of
Hioto's and goes to the house, sees and admires
Oro San. He asks Hioto for Oro San's hand in
marriage. Hioto assents, takes Iwata to Oro
San. and commands her to marry the Jajianese
officer. Oro San rebels, declaring that she does
not love him. Hioto imperiously tells the girl
that she must obey. Oro San decides to run
away. She goes to the landing on the shore,
hides aboard the ship's launch and is carried
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out to the cruiser. She slips on board and
causes surprise among the seamen. Leeds,
wondering what the trouble is, appears and is
surprised to see the little Japanese lady. Oro
San tells Leeds her story and that she wishes
to run away. Leeds tells Oro San that she
must return to her home before her absence is
discovered. The girl objects to going back, but
Leeds picks her up In his arms, carries her
aboard the ship's launch and takes her back
to the garden. During a week that passes,
Leeds sees Oro San frequently. Then Hioto
leaves on a journey. Leeds meets Oro San in
the garden, tells her that he loves her and
asks her to marry him. Iwata attempts to
seize Oro San, saying that she is to be his
bride. Noting Oro San's aversion to Iwata, Roy
promptly puts the Japanese officer out of the
garden. Returning to Oro San, Leeds finds the
girl debating between her love for Leeds and
the danger of running counter to Japanese cus-
tom. She tells Leeds to return the next day
and she will give him her answer. Leeds enters
the garden the next day, closely followed by
Iwata and two cut-throats. Iwata and his two
men conceal themselves in some shrubery, with
drawn weapons. Oro San, from the house, sees
Leeds waiting for her in the garden. On her
way to meet Leeds, she runs across Iwata and
his drawn revolver. Then she sees the two
other Japs in ambush. Iwata tells her that he
is going to kill her American lover. The girl
pleads in vain with him. Finally she sees
Leeds coming down the walk into the ambush.
Then she offers to do anything to save Leeds,
even to marrying Iwata. The latter tells her
that if she would save the American, she must
tell him that she does not love him. Oro San
meets Leeds on the walk, faces him with forced
girl jerks away and commands him to go.
away. Leeds, astounded, refuses to believe her
at first. He attempts to take her hands. The
girl jerks away and commands him to go.
Dazed. Leeds finally leaves while Oro San looks
after him with hopeless love and resignation in
her face. That night, the cruiser leaves the
harbor. Oro San, from the window of her home,
watches with despair the passing out of her
love.
MAKING AUNTIE WELCOME (August 22).
— Jack and Grace get word that Auntie is com-
ing to make them a long visit. Jack decides
that the best way to get rid of her is to play
crazy. He practices on his wife with such ex-
cellent acting that the maid decides that he is
trying to kill her and with the grocery boy
run for the police. Then the Aunt comes and
Jack chases her so far up the street he thinks
she will never some back. Meantime Mrs.
Smith, down the block, thinks her baby is sick
and comes for Grace for advice. Grace goes
with her to see the child and when the police
arrest Jack it is decided that he has killed his
wife and hidden the body. They find the Aunt
waiting on the steps of the police station for a
policemen to come along, and when they tell
her about the murder she takes it out on the
helpless Jack until Grace gets back from the
neighbor's and comes to his rescue. It was a
great little scheme, but it worked so well that
Jack begs the policemen to kick him and feels
better when they do.
SOMETIMES IT WORKS (August 22).— Sam
Sprague loves Maude Malcolm, but the course
of true love does not run smooth, for Maude has
quite a bit of temper. She and Sam have one
of their usual scraps and Iza Ingham suggests
to him that he get Maude jealous by making
love to her. It works perfectly and It is all
Maude can do to keep her brother from trying
to thrash Sam, though her brother Tom is only
a midget. Then Maude's brother Bill comes
from the West. Sam has forgotten all about
Bill and when over the phone Maude tells him
her brother is coming to thrash him, Sam
figures that he can blow Tom out of the window
with a hard cough. It is a most dismal, dis-
illusionment when Bill enters, and to make mat-
ters worse, Sam sprinkles Bill with the con-
tents of a siphon, thinking it is Tom. After a
while Bill brings out Sam's remains and ask
Maude if she wants them. Maude turns on Bill
and tries to beat him up. but abandons the job
and turns her attention to poor Sam. Iza ap-
pears on the scene and it looks like a brand
new war, but it turns out well, for there are
explanations developing the fact that Fill Is en-
gaged to Iza. The two couples bill and coo and
Tom, out in the cold, decides that he is in the
way.
"BACK TO THE FARM" (August 18).— Tom
and Bob write Auntie that they want to make
her a visit in town. Auntie writes them to
come ahead, though she does not expect to be
at home. She tells them to come up two flights
and look under the door mat for the key. The
boys are a bit stupid and come up only one
flight to find the key of Mr. and Mrs. Cassett,
who use the same hiding place for their key.
There is a dinner on the table and the boys
bless auntie's thoughtfulness and eat it up, then
go to bed. Tom kicks Bob out of bed and B'ob
is too sleepy to climb back again, so he rolls
under the bed and goes to sleep again. Mr.
Cassett arrives and is surprised to find a man
in his bed. He draws his revolver and chases
Tom out of the house. The noise wakens Bob,
who crawls into bed to be found by Mrs. Cassett.
She takes a gun from the bureau drawer and
shoots Bob up. Both husband and wife are
arrested for assault with intention to kill. The
boys make their escape and try to enter the
house quietly by the window, but once more
they have to dodge bullets and are placed under
arrest. This time Auntie arrives and explains.
But the boys decide that the farm is less trying
on their nerves.
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••PRIVATE DENNIS HOGAN" (August ITJ.—
Dennis Hogan, a rollicking, devil-may-care
Irishman, who is an expert telegrapher, has
been in the United States ten years. In a
large city, broke and unable to get a job, he
joins the army. He is sent to Fort Miles, Mon-
tana, for duty. Thomas, the Post Telegrapher's
term of service expires and Dennis is pro-
moted to that position. Shortly afterwards the
Sioux Indians go on the warpath. Dennis
handles a telegram to Colonel Foster ordering
out his regiment to suppress the Indian up-
rising, and begs to be allowed to go with his
troop. After securing a substitute, he is al-
lowed to go. The regiment is surrounded by a
horde of Indians at Red Bud Crossing ; the ex-
pected reinforcements do not arrive and the
situation becomes desperate. Colonel Foster is
about to send a volunteer on a dangerous ride
to Fort Stanton for help when Dennis steps for-
ward and says he will get through the enemy
to the telegraph line, cut in on the wire and
call Fort Stanton, thus facilitating matters.
The Colonel consents to let him try it, and after
a running fight, he reaches a telegraph line.
Dennis sees an Indian following him, fires the
last shot in his gun and the redskin falls. Den-
nis then cuts in and delivers his message. As
he finishes, the Indian, who has only been
badly wounded, crawls up behind the soldier and
kills him, falling dead over his body. Colonel
Clarke of Fort Stanton arrives with reinforce-
ments in the nick of time to rescue Colonel
Foster's command. Standing beside the body
of Private Dennis, his comrades are reminded of
that little verse, '•Now match him if you can,
this Reg'lar Army man, the marchin', flyin',
offtimes dyin', Reg'lar Army Man."
"AN INNOCENT DELILAH" (Two Parts —
August 18). — Peter Waring, a young rancher,
represents his district in a court fight against
a power corporation, which has diverted the
water from the irrigation ditches. White, his
lawyer, is secretly bought over by the cor-
poration and traitorously confiscates the records
showing the ranchers are entitled to the water
rights. Waring meets Lilah, beautiful daughter
of Richard Dunham, President of the Power
Corporation, falls in love with her, and she
with him. Just before the day of the trial, he
accidentally discovers the missing papers in
White's office. White misinforms Waring as to
the date of trial, and Dunham induces his
daughter to innocently give Waring a party in
his honor on that day. He leaves the precious
records with Lilah for a few moments and her
father gains possession of them. Jim Lincoln,
White's junior partner and Waring's friend,
warns the latter that the trial is scheduled for
that very day, and springing on a horse. War-
ing rides like mad to reach the courtroom. There
he finds the papers have been stolen and ac-
cuses White of treachery. He is ordered to
leave the courtroom. Returning to Lilah's
home, he accuses the girl of acting the part of
a Modern Delilah. She denies it, but refuses
to incriminate her father. Waring denounces
her and goes back to the ranch thoroughly dis-
couraged. That night Lilah recovers the papers
and next day she and Lincoln secure an order
for a new trial. Lilah hears that the ranchers,
believing Waring has turned traitor, are plan-
ning to mob him. rides with all speed to save
him. She arrives in time to convince the men
that her father alone is to blame, and save
Waring from being roughly handled. The
ranchers apologize and withdraw, while Waring
drops to his knees beside the girl, overwhelmed
by his gratitude and love.
••TAKEN BY STORM" (August 19). — An im-
petuous sturdy mountain lad, Jim Raynor finds
Cummings, a drummer, making love to Betty,
his sweetheart. He rushes up to them, knocks
Cummings down, and drives him from the place.
He then forcibly carries her off to the Justice
of the Peace, where she absolutely refuses to
go through the ceremony. He accordingly takes
her to his home, where he compels her to sit
on the porch for an hour in silence. Her mind
proves changeable, and she passively allows
him to take her back to the Justice's house,
where the two are married. On the threshold
of their new home, they have a quarrel, she
cries and Jim, on seeing her tears, feels he has
been cruel to her, and swears never to see her
again until she comes to him of her accord.
Some time later, Cummings, by means of a
decoy letter, gets Betty to go driving with him
and leaves a note for Jim, indicating they have
eloped. Betty soon discovers the deception
and begs to be taken home, but Cummings
laughs at her. She struggles with him and he
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side Inn and Betty, taking the reins in her
teeth, manages to escape. Jim, who has been
searching in vain for the couple, returns heart-
brolten to his deserted home, just as the halt-
fainting girl arrives. He carries her into the
house, where she kneels behind his chair and
tells him she needs his guidance and protec-
tion. Jim in his happiness clasps her tightly
in his arms.
"THE WOES OF A WAITRESS" (August
20). — Blonde, and with a fetching manner, Mai-
me Murray is waitress at a small restaurant.
Bob Stevens, a plumber, is her "steady." Maime
makes the acquaintance of Max Fletcher, a
flashily-dressed confidence man, who discovers
that Maime has a little hoard of money saved
up. He declares he is a real estate agent, and
suggests she invest in some lots he claims to
own. Maime is flustered by his attention and
dazzled at the prospects of making a fortune.
She gives Bob a cold "turn-down" and ac-
cepts an invitation to go to supper with Max.
Bob learns that Maime is going with Max to
look over some real estate and spend the day
■ at Coney Island afterwards. Bob meets a de-
tective, who has Max under observation, and
the two shadow Maime and Max. He shows
her some vacant lots, purported to be his, but
she refuses to pay over the money, as she has
a notion that a business deal cannot be put
through on Sunday. She and Max then go to
dinner, still watched by Bob and the detective.
Here the confidence man pretends his pockets
have been picked, and apologetically borrows
Maime's purse. He starts an argument over
the dinner bill, and starts for the manager's
ofBce. but instead, skips out a side door with
Maime's hard-earned savings. He is seen by
the detective, who arrests him. Maime becomes
worried and suspicious at Max's long absence,
when Bob appears and saves her from further
trouble by paying the dinner bill. Benson then
arrives, bringing Max in handcuffs. The purse
is restored to Maime. and she, humbly grate-
tul, tells Bob she has learned a lesson. He
readily forgives her, and the two walk off arm-
in-arm.
"THE HONEYMOONERS" (August 21).— No
sooner have Jimmy and Mary, a newly married
couple, entered their new home when Jimmie
receives a note from his wealthy uncle, an-
nouncing his intention of paying his nephew
and heir a visit that evening. The letter also
reminds Jimmie he must keep away from mar-
ital entanglements for the present if he wishes
to remain in his uncle's will, as uncle has al-
ready picked out his future bride. Mary, on
learning of the contents of the note, goes off
into hysterics, and while Jimmy is frantically
trying to soothe her, the bell rings. It is uncle '.
Both are galvanized into action, and after
hastily arranging matters, the young man ad-
mits his uncle. Jimmie acts extremely nervous
and several times the pair are nearly caught
unawares, but when the attractive "maid"
smiles at uncle, he forgets all else and starts a
flirtatiou with her. Uncle then sends Jimmie
out on various errands, and then secures a
huge bouquet, which he presents to Mary, say-
ing. "For you, dearie I" She is pleased until he
tries to put an arm around her waist, then she
change? instantly into a veritable little fury,
gives him a tongue lashing and winds up by
smashing the bouquet over his, head. She then
goes off into hysterics again, just as Jimmie
returns from his last errand. Uncle is in a
fearful rage. Suddenly he discovers various
pieces of women's apparel and demands an ex-
planation. Jimmie is speechless, but Mary
springs up. marches up to uncle, pointing to
her wedding ring. Uncle bursts out again, but
Mary talks soothingly and leads him to a
settee, where she and Jimmie wait on him
hand and foot. Mary lights a cigar for him
and uncle finally capitulates.
"LILY OF THE VALLEY" (Two Parts— Au-
gust 22). — On the death of old Kemble, his
daughter, Lily, is left in the came of his cronie.
Maynard, with three thousand dollars for her
upbringing. Lily is sent to Spring Valley, to live
with Prudence and Samantha, boyhood friends
of Maynard. Hugh Graham, a young lawyer
friend of Maynard's, finding business very poor,
takes a class in the Spring Valley district
school for the summer. Lily, now sixteen, is
sent to school and falls in love with Hugh.
He confiscates a note written by her to another
pupil, which reads, "Isn't Hughie the sweetest
thing I I just love him." Lily is very angry,
and refuses to say good-bye to Hugh when he
leaves the school, while he dreams of nothing
hut the fascinating little school girl. Two years
later. Hugh, who is now prosperous, is told by
Maynard that he has spent all of Lily's money.
Not knowing Maynard has already written to
Samantha, telling her all about it. Hugh sacri-
fices everything he has of value to restore the
money to Lily, and then finds his old friend,
Maynard, dead in his chair. Hugh visits Spring
Valley to straighten matters out with the two
old ladies, and tries to impress upon them that
Lily's money is intact. They only smile, and
appreciate his well-meant sacrifice, show him
Maynard's confession. He then asks for Lily,
who has been listening outside, but she bash-
fully runs away to the old schoolhouse. Hugh
follows her, takes her unresistingly in his arms,
and Uncle Si joyfully spreads the news that
Hugh and Lily are engaged to be married.
EDISON.
•'A TALE OF OLD TUCSON" (August 11).—
When Red Alvarez wrote to Old Man Wakeman,
and told him that he would seize his house and
property, unless the money owed him was
promptly paid. Wakeman decided that his only
course was to sell some mining property he
owned to settle Alvarez's debt. So he rode Into
town and made all the arrangements with his
lawyer. Returning with a bag of gold dust, he
fainted just as he reached the spot where Ned
Shannon and Pedro, a Mexican boy. were camp-
ing. Reviving for a moment. Wakeman begged
Ned to take the gold dust to his daughter. Then
he died.
Ned started for Wakeman's ranch with the
gold dust, but on the way he stopped at a sa-
loon to get a drink. Some men were gambling
inside, and Ned, after a moment's hesitation,
joined them. There is no use in attempting to
excuse Ned's conduct. He borrowed some of
Wakeman's gold dust to win back the money he
had lost, and when that went too, plunged more
and more heavily. As a consequence, when he
allowed Pedro to lead him home that night,
there was nothing in the bag Wakeman had
given him, except a picture of Concha, the old
man's daughter.
After her father went to town. Concha had
been having a good deal of trouble with Red
Alvarez, who persisted in forcing his unwel-
come attentions upon her. At last, worried at
her father's absence, she decided to go in town
and find him. When she arrived in town she
stopped at the big gambling hall. Her father
was not there, but the sight of the roulette
wheel gave Concha an idea. If she could only
win a thousand dollars before six o'clock, she
would be able to lift the threatening shadow of
Red Alvarez forever. So she started to play.
Ned Shannon came in at that moment and rec-
ognized Concha from her picture. A moment's
inspection of the play convinced him that the
wheel was crooked. So he took charge of affairs
and. at the point of his revolver forced the
croupier to play fair. Red Alvarez, actual own-
er of the wheel, attempted to shoot Shannon
from the balcony, but was tackled by the boy,
Pedro. Wild with rage. Alvarez flung the boy
to the curbstone below, and fell dead with
Shannon's bullet in his heart. Pedro was not
killed, and after everything had been explained,
Concha and Ned took him home together.
"THE ADVENTURE OF THE PICKPOCKET"
(Eighth of the Octavius Amateur Detective
Series — August 15). — When Octavius read in the
morning paper that there had been many com-
plaints about pickpockets at Coney Island, he
decided to investigate conditions, and to see if
his massive intellect could not suggest a remedy.
So he disguised himself as a farmer, and went
down to Coney Island.
At the time that Octavius arrived. The Flim
Flam Motion Picture Company was engaged in
taking a few scenes for its masterly production
of "No Mother to Chide Her." Octavius did not
see the camera — ^all he saw was the motherless
and unchidden heroine in the act of stealing a
lady's pocketbook. He promptly gave chase — to
the very considerable detriment of the Film
Flam Company's scene. The alarmed leading
lady, thinking Octavius mad, made every effort
to escape from him, but in vain. Octavius soon
overhauled her, and ordered her to follow him
to the police station. Octavius was himself
arrested at the command of the indignant direc-
tor. Owing to the fact that he was a young
man of independent means. Octavius managed to
fix things with the diretcbr, but not until he
had spent a rather unpleasant ten minutes.
Somewhat discouraged as a result of his in-
itial attempt. Octavius decided to have some
lunch. His sympathies were aroused by a lady,
of what seemed to him a peculiarly innocent ap-
pearance, and with his usual chivalry he warned
her of the dangers of the place, and begged her
to accept his protection.
While they were at lunch, two detectives, to
whom Octavius had disclosed his business at
Coney Island, approached and congratulated him
on his capture of the lady of innocent appear- ^
ance, who, it seems, was none other than Chi-
cago Nell.
Octavius was not over-slow in taking full
credit for his achievement, and managed to sup-
press any slight surprise he may have felt,
when he discovered at the station house that
Chicago Nell had made the best of their short
acquaintance by relieving him of his watch and
money.
"BY THE AID OF A FILM" (Tenth of The
Man Who Disappeared Series — August 18). —
John Perriion gave up his place in society and
disappeared for the sake of Mary Wales. Her
brother. Nelson, had been surprised by the but-
ler in an attempt to steal Mary's jewels. In
the fight which ensued, Nelson killed the butler.
Perriton happened to enter at this moment, and
with the chivalrous motive of saving the name
of the girl he loved from disgrace, assumed the
responsibility for Nelson's deed, and fled.
After a series of thrilling adventures, Per-
riton was at last arrested as a result of the
malevolence of Nelson Wales, the man he saved.
Mary, now firmly convinced of her lover's inno-
cence, and her brother's guilt, added her brains
to Perriton's in the attempt to find some way
of proving his innocence. The attempt seemed
hopeless. Nelson was the only witness. Per-
riton had just as strong a motive for stealing
the jewels, and Perriton was the one who had
fled from justice.
Perriton decided to steal a page from "Ham-
let" and see if the play might not be the thing
to catch the guilty conscience of Nelson Wales.
Under his direction, Mary hired a motion pic-
ture company and took it to the Wales' estate.
Here she caused three of the actors to make up
exactly like the principals of the tragedy, and
had the entire scene acted in accordance with
Perriton's directions.
When the film was completed, Nelson was put
in a darkened room, and the picture was flashed
on the screen before him. The exact reproduc-
tion of his crime was too much for his weak-
ened nerves. Mad with fear, he attacked the
phantom figures with a chair, and was promptly
arrested by the concealed police. He made a full
confession of his crime, and died of heart
failure.
John Perriton's vagabond life was finally at
an end. He was enabled to take again the posi-
tion he had forfeited. Three months after Nel-
son's death he married Mary.
"THE OLD FIRE HORSE" (August' 19).—
When Old Jim was sold to the City Fire De-
partment there was a wailing and gnashing of
teeth in Engine House No. tS9. For Jim was
the best fire horse in the business. In every
department of his profession he was so nearly
perfect that few could discern any trifling flaws.
Morgan, the farmer who bought Jim, found
him an exceedingly useful addition. The only
trouble was that they could not ring any bells
about the farm. Whenever they did. Jim would
dash out of his stall and stand waiting to have
his harness put on.
Joe Berry, one of Morgan's farm hands, was
in love with Betty Morgan. Betty liked him
but she felt that she was better than he was.
When Nick Sharp appeared from the city and
started to shower her with attentions, she
dropped Joe. Nick was different than awkward
country bumkins like Joe.
All Nick was after was the legacy Betty had
lately received from a distant relative. Betty,
a mere child in Sharp's experienced hands, con-
sented to run away with him when Joe and the
Morgans had gone into town. Hitching Old Jim
up to a rig, they started out. Suddenly, Old
Jim heard a fire hell ringing. He pricked up his
ears, and turning around started for the sound.
Sharp tugged at the reins in vain. Jim knew
his duty, and did not intend to be dissuaded
from its performance. So he kept on at full
speed until he brought Sharp and Betty to the
fire.
In the crowd in front of the blazing building
were Joe and Betty's father and mother. More-
over, there was a constable. While her parents
were pouring their reproaches into Betty's ears,
the constable arrested Sharp. He was wanted
for several other little escapades of a similar
character to this attempt. Betty decided that
she had made a pretty big mistake, and told Joe
her decision. Then they all drove back to the
farm together.
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"THE GILDED KIDD" (Special— Two Parts
— August 21). — The Gilded Kidd was a great fa-
TOrite with newspaper reporters in need of a
story- Born with a gold spoon in his mouth, the
proud possessor of an over-indulgent father, the
young man was continually getting into scrapes
of all sorts — for which father promptly paid the
bills. Thanks to the newspaper notoriety he
had received, the Gilded Kidd's face was well
known about town. Wherever be appeareil.
merchants, headwaiters, and barkeepers raised
their hands aloft and gave thanks to Allah.
But though fathers millions effectually guard-
ed most of the ways of life for him, there was
one in which he was not so lucky — love. He
■was madly infatuated with Elsie Lificas. but
£isie looked askance at him. She did 'not in-
teod to marry a man who was nothing but a
public joke. So she smiled on Tom Graham, am!
: the Grilded Kidd squirmed in helpless rage.
' One day Kidd got into an argument with
Graham over the relative rights of the poor
■and the rich. Graham claimed that it" was an
impossibility for the Kidd to get arrested, and
the Kidd instantly bet him that be could land
inside of a jail in three days. The loser of the
wager was to absent himself froni the fair Elsie
for the space of three months.
The next morning the Kidd started cfut to get
' himself arrested. It was not as easy as it
seemed. When he openly stole fruit from a
fruit-stand, the vender merely smiled happily.
and prepared a bill for his father. When he
broke the windows in a house, the indignant
owner wsls quickly placated by the policeman
she sent for. When he went to sleep on a park
bench another policeman put a sunshade over
bim lest the glare hurt his eyes. Even his
threats to commit suicide were treated lightly
by the indulgent police, and when he claimed
that he had murdered a man. they refused to
arrest him because he couldn't produce the body.
At last, in desperation, he succeeded in brib-
ing a warden to allow him to take a prisoner's
place. When he was at last happily in the cell.
£1sie, with a committee from, a woman's club,
Tisited the jail and saw him. On the register
the man whose place the Kidd had taken was
inscribed as "Bill Xabb — Breach of Promise
under an assumed name." Elsie looked at it
and fled in horrified wrath. But the worst was
yet to come. For when the Kidd was thinking
of leaving, the warden handed him a note he
had just received. The note read as follows :
Mr. Jailer — You can tell the young man if
hes wateing for me hell haveter wate a long wile
becuz I aint never coming back. Bill Xabb.
"IN LIEU OF DAMAGES" (August 2-2).—
When Sadie married Pete Brown instead of Lyss
Baily, Lyss was very angry. If he had not
loved Sadie as much as he did, Lyss might have
killed Pete, for might ruled despite the law in
the little mountain community of Jackson's
Hollow, and when passions ran high, there was
frequently bloodshed.
^ A year or two after their marriage Pete
Brown was killed in an accident at the saw
mill in which he worked. The company's pay-
master called on Sadie, and, owing to his
plausible arguments, she agreed to adjust her
claim of damages for the sum- of seventy-five
«lolIars. After Sadie had paid for her hus-
band's funeral there was not ven,- much left.
In a few months she was reduced to poverty.
When Lyss- heard of Sadie's situation hi?
heart bled for her. Calling on her. he prom-
ised to raise the money she needed so badly.
Situated as he was, there seemed only one thing
for him to do. So he took his rifle and went
down to the main road to wait for some wealthy
passer-by.
The first man to appear was the doctor. With
Lyss' rifle pointed at his heart there was noth-
.itns for him to do but give up the saddle bags
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he carried. Lyss took them and hurried back
to Sadie.
When he reached home, Lyss discovered, to
his horror, that his mother was dying, and that
the doctor had been coming to see her. When,
through the window, he heard the doctor tele-
phoning for more of the medicine which he had
in his saddle bags, there was nothing for Lyss
to do but rush in with the stolen bags and con-
fess his crime.
Meanwhile the paymaster, who loved Sadie
and hated Lyss, had prepared a cowardly plot
against his rival. Rushing in, he accused Lyss
of holding him up and robbing him of the com-
pany's money.
But while Lyss stood in silent horror, and the
good doctor, who had forgiven him for his at-
tempt against his own property, drew away
from the boy. Sadie entered and cleared matters
up. She had seen the paymaster hide the money
lor the sake of implicating Lyss. When Sadie
had finished telling the paymaster exactly what
she would do if he didn't give Lyss a good job,
everything ended happily.
ESSANAY.
'■SWEEDIE AND THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE"
(August 17). — ^The boy has a camera and snaps
Sweedie, the cook, while sitting on the bench in
the back yard. Later he takes a picture of his
father while sitting on the same bench. He
forgets to turn the film in his camera, so gets
a double exposure, giving the effect of Sweedie
sitting on his father's lap. The young rascal
shows the picture to his mother. She proceeds
to upbraid her hubby, who is unable to explain
himself. He does not recollect sitting on
Sweedie's lap. After causing a fight between
his parents, the kid shows the freak picture to
the ice man and milkman, who are fighting for
the hand of Sweedie. They both start in
search of their supposed rival, and naturally
wipe the floor with him when be comes in.
"THE BLACK SIGXAL' (August IS).— John
Farell, governor of the state, has refused to
pardon a young man condemned to hang tor
murder. Years before Farell had married, and
shortly after, gone West prospecting for gold
He had heard of his wife's supposed death, bui
never returned home. An hour before the exe-
cution, the mother comes to Farell and pleads
for her son's life. The governor discovers that
she is his wife. As he picks up the 'phone to
call the prison, the black signal flutters from
the prison flagpole, telling the story — he has
hanged his own son. Sick with remorse, he
takes his wife tenderly in his arms, and they
decide to start life anew.
■'THE MANDOLIN PLAYERS AND THE
WILLING PERFORMERS" (August 19).—
Fred and Eustice, two specimens of Veal, have
been beating it up to see Myrtle for eight years.
They always bring their mandolins and play
sweet ditties. Fred's cousin from St. Paul comes
to pay him a visit. He is fresher than Green
Paint, and breezes along with Fred to see
Myrtle. Fred warns him not to pull any of his
regular stuff, or he'll get in bad. Right away
Gus said, "'Me for her," but Fred only replied,
Nothing doing; She's particular." Howevefr.
in eight minutes Gus was reading her palm,
and came closer to holding her hand than either
of them had in eight years. The two boobs
amused them on their mandolins. In three
weeks Gus and Myrtle were married. The
music was furnished by Home Talent. MORAL:
To get a fair trial of Speed, use a Pace-maker.
'■SLIPPERY SLIM ANT) THE CLAIM AGENT"
(August 20). — Slim hears of Silas Sloe collect-
ing §50,000 from the railroad. Slim has an
idea. He rigs up a dummy and places it in
front of a train.' He then makes believe that
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against the railroad. A claim agent offers to
settle the affair for S5.00. but Slim refuses.
During his absence Mustang Pete, who has
called on Sophie, poses as Slim when another
claim agent appears. Pete releases the railroad
of all responsibility for $9.00. When Slim re-
turns, Sophie tells him what has happened, and
they proceed to handle poor Pete most roughly.
"BRAXCHO BILLY'S WILD RIDE" (August
22). — Broncho Billy, an outlaw, is captured but
eludes his captors, and while making his get-
away, runs upon the county judge's daughter,
who is helplessly trying to stop her runaway
horse. He makes a thrilling rescue while going
at top speed on horseback, but is captured by
the posse and taken back to town. When the
young lady recovers consciousness she asks for
her recuer. When told who saved her, she
rushes to town, and after explaining to her
father that Broncho Billy saved her life, the
outlaw is released.
"THE MASKED WRESTLER' (Two Parts-
August 21). — Margery Winters sees a wrestling
bout in which the "Masked Wrestler" is the vic-
tor. She is wild with enthusiasm and longs to
meet the wonderful athlete, whose face she has
never seen. She goes to Louis, a suitor, think-
ing that possibly he can arrange an introduc-
tion for her. He suggests that she invite the
"Masked Wrestler" to her reception the follow-
ing week. She does so and the wrestler ap-
pears, but does not remove his mask. M. Le-
fevre, a scheming suitor for the hand of Mar-
gery, sees that she is more than interested in
this mysterious stranger, and offers him an in-
sult which results in a duel. The "Masked
Wrestler" is the winner, but Lefevre swears re-
er discovers the tramp sleeping in his barn. He
drives the hobo out. In his haste to leave, the
man neglects to pick up the coat which he had
used as a pillow. The farmer later uses the
garment on a scarecrow.
Several months pass. While out autoing with
a crowd of boon companions, Leroy sees Alice
walking along the country road. Ignorant of
her identity, the scoundrel resolves upon a flir-
tation. In her effort to escape from the man,
Alice hides behind the scarecrow. Despite its
battered condition, the girl recognizes the old
coat. She searches through the secret pocket
and finds the will. Accompanied by her attor-
ney, Alice appears before Leroy, the following
day. The news comes like a thunderbolt to the
man. Filled with helpless rage, he slinks from
the house.
-THE STORM AT SEA" (August 18).— Jane
and Florence, sisters,' live in a fishing village.
Jane, the elder of the two. discovers that a
friendship has sprung up between Florence and
Jim Hire, a young fisherman. Fearing the
man's intentions, Jane warns her sister. To
further his ends. Jim proposes to Jane, telling
the girl that his purpose in calling at the cot-
tage is to be near her instead of Florence. His
plan succeeds. This is Jane's first love affair
and she loves Jim with her whole, strong na-
ture. A subtle shyness prevents her from im-
parting the news to Florence. Jim, in the
meantime, really in love with Florence, asks
her to marry him.
About to depart on a fishing trip. Jim bids
goodbye to Jane and then secretly marries
Florence. Wishing to keep the marriage a
secret until Jims return, the girl conceals the
wedding ring by suspending it from her neck
on a string. A terrific storm arises on the night
upon the scene in time to prevent the ceremony.
Although heart-broken. Nora turns a deaf ear
to Standish's pleas and resumes her lite as
Dan's wife.
Fifteen years later, Nora, withered and aged
by suffering, is dying of tuberculosis. Dan comes
upon a letter written by Standish years before,
stating that he has placed a large sum at
Xora's disposal with his bankers. The drunk-
ard hastens to the bank, where he hands the old
letter to King. Raymond, the banker's son, is
intv?rested by the story. After 'phoning Dr.
Vane, the boy induces his father to accompany
him to the miserable tenement where Nora lies
near death. The woman recognizes Vane and
begs for information concerning her boy's
whereabouts.
Upon her promise not to betray the secret.
Vane points toward Raymond. Called to the
bedside, a strange feeling of love and pity fills
the boy's heart. A smile of happiness steals
over the dying woman's face. Nor does Ray-
mond ever know that it was his mother whose
last moments he had eased.
"SHERLOCK BOXEHEAD" (August 21).—
Chief of Police Ivorytop and Chief of Detec-
tives Sherlock Bonehead, of Rottenport, fall in
love with Helen, a girl from the city. Ivorytop
and Bonehead receive a visit from Bert Smith.
Secret Service Agent, who informs them that
$1,000 is offered for the capture of Captain Kidd.
a smuggler. Determined to secure the reward.
Ivorytop and Bonehead go on the trail. The
two work independently. Seeing a suspicious-
looking character sneaking up the mountain-
side, Bonehead and Ivorytop follow. Neither
suspects that their quarry is Bert in disguise.
The chief and the sleuth get into a fight, dur-
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venge. Shortly afterward the mysterious ath-
lete is to wrestle for the championship of
France. Lefevre offers his opponent money to
unmask his rival before the crowd. The "Mask-
ed Wrestler" hears of this and it makes him
all the more determined to win. He administers
a stinging defeat to the champion and while
Margery is still wild with excitement, takes off
his mask. Her heart all but stops beating, she
is so overjoyed at seeing that Louis and the
"Masked Wrestler" are the same person. That
evening Louis realizes that winning the cham-
pionship is a great honor, but winning the girl
he loves is by far a greater joy.
KALEM.
'■THE OLD ARMY COAT" (Special— Two
Parts — August IT). — Discovering his nephew,
Leroy. to be a rake and a thief, old Major
Robertson decides to leave his entire fortune to
his ward. Alice. The girl is the daughter of
the Major's old sweetheart. Leroy is filled with
anger at the turn of events. Fearing lest he
find and destroy the will, Alice hides the docu-
ment in the secret pocket of her guardian's old
army coat. Later, Leroy is the cause of a heart
stroke which kills Major Robertson. ■ The neph-
ew institutes a search for the will. Coming
across the army coat, he throws it out of the
window, never suspecting it contains the pre-
cious document. A tramp finds the garment and
appropriates it.
The fact that Alice is unable to produce the
will causes the estate to go to Leroy. The girl
thereupon leaves the house to become a school-
mistress in the next county. Meanwhile, a farm-
before Jim's return. The sisters are awakened
by the din and cling to each other in fright.
■Jane discovers the wedding ring dangling from
her sister's neck and learns of Florence's mar-
riage.
Although her dream of happiness is shattered,
Jane determines to say nothing which might
lead Florence to suspect the truth. A falling
spar injures Jim seriously. His battered craft
reaches port the next morning and the fisher-
man is brought to the home of the sisters. Jim
realizes how contemptible his conduct has been
when Jane presently enters the room. After
a moment's silence, the elder sister warns him
that his life depends upon Florence's happiness.
Florence enters the room and throws her arms
about her husband's necX in a paroxysm of hap-
piness. Meanwhile, Jane, her heart broken,
gazes toward the sea, praying for strength to
withstand the loneliness of the coming years.
"THE BOND ETERNAL" (Special— Two Parts
—August 19). — Just before the birth of her son,
Nora is deserted by her worthless husband,
Dan. Vane, the old doctor who attends Nora,
also has for his patient Mrs. King, wife of a
banker. Mrs. King's baby is born dead. Fear-
ing lest Mrs. King's mind be affected by the
news. Vane induces Nora to surrender her child
and places it by the wealthy woman's side. King
and Vane agree to keep the knowledge that the
boy is not her own. from Mrs. King.
Five years later finds Nora employed as a
model. Standish, an artist, begs her to marry
him. The woman refuses, telling him her story.
They strive to locate Dan. but are finally led to
believe him dead. In a distant city, Dan is re-
leased from prison. He learns of Nora's ap-
proaching marriage. The drunkard appears
Accompanied by the entire police force, the
two take up the trail again the following day.
They see Bert, still in disguise, chasing another
man. This individual leaps into a rowboat con-
taining Helen and compels the girl to row the
boat toward the other side of the stream.
Leaping into another boat. Ivorytop. Bonehead
and the police force take up the pursuit. Mere
landlubbers, they experienced fifty-seven vari-
ties of trouble, finally upsetting the craft. Af-
ter floundering about in the stream, the of-
ficers swim to shore and get another boat.
Helen rows her captor to the shore. When
the man turns his back for a moment the girl
strikes him on the head with the oar, rendering
him unconscious. At this moment. Bert runs
up. Ivorytop and Bonehead arrive upon the
scene in time to see Bert, who removes his dis-
guise, snap the bracelets on the unconscious
man's wrists. The rivals learn with dismay
that Bert is Helen's sweetheart. But their
anguish is deepened when they are informed
that the handcuffed individual is none other
tha Captain Kidd. and that the reward goes to
Helen and the government detective.
"THE PRIMITIVE INSTINCT" (August 24).
— Engrossed in experimental work, Dr. Walker
neglects his wife and child. Elena comes to
the conclusion that he no longer cares for her.
Jack Tremond, an artist once a suitor for
Elena's hand, learns the state of affairs. He
urges the woman to elope with him. but Elena
tump a doaf ear to his pleas. Her husband's
neglect becomes unbearable. A sudden impluse
rashly causes Elena to decide to leave him.
After putting her child to sleep one evening,
Elena places a note, giving the reasons for her
step, on the nursery table. Meeting her bus-
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tjand while leaving the house, Elena informs
him she intends to visit a friend.
The woman hastens to Jack's studio, but
finds he has just left. Deciding to wait, she
makes herself comfortable in an easy chair. A
painting, depicting a primitive man attracts
Elena's attention. The woman falls asleep
while gazing at the picture. Elena dreams she
sees the cave man win a mate in combat with a
rival savage. Later, the primitive woman, be-
lieving herself neglected, becomes angry with
her mate's interest in the fashioning of new
weapons, and prepares to run away with his
rival. Realization of his love comes when she
sees him in tierce combat with a ferocious lion
that menaces the safety of their child and her-
self.
Elena awakes with a start. The moral ot her
dream strikes home. The woman hastens from
the studio just before Jack's return. In the
meantime, a lamp accidentally upsets, sets fire
to the nursery. His baby's screams bring Dr.
Calker to the scene. After rescuing the child.
Robert subdues the flames with his naked hands.
Elena's letter is consumed in the fire. The
wife returns home and learns what has trans-
pired. Realizing the depths of his father-love,
Elena kisses her husband's blistered hands.
'■KIDXAPPED BY IXDIANS" (August 22).—
Captain Blake wins the gratitude of Wahnah
and Chief L#one Pine when he knocks down
Harding, who has insulted the Indian maid.
Wahnah later falls in love with the army of-
ficer and asks him to marry her. Although fond
of her, Blake informs Wahnah that the blood
barrier makes this impossible. In Harding,
Blake discovered an outlaw who has long defied
capture. Thirsting for revenge, the desperado
fires into the cabin which serves as Blake's
headquarters. The bullet goes wild.
Later, Harding comes upon Wahnah. He
seizes the girl in his arms. In the struggle
which ensues, the man discovers a peculiar
scar on Wahnah's right hand. The girl is
amazed to see Harding stagger back and then
flee. That afternoon, Blake enters a saloon
where Harding and his gang are carousing. A
clever ruse enables the army officer to capture
the outlaws. The men are placed in the guard-
house. During the night, the sentry is slain and
the desperadoes escape. Blake learns of this
the following morning and goes in pursuit.
The army officer comes upon the outlaw
chief. Both fire. Harding's bullet goes wild,
while Blake's shot mortally wounds the outlaw.
Wahnah. Chief Lone Pine and several of his
tribe hear the shooting and hasten to the scene.
Dying, Harding declares Wahnah to be his
daughter. The girl had been kidnapped by
Lone Pine and his Indians years before, fol-
lowing an attack upon a wagon train in which
Mrs. Harding was slain. A bullet struck the
girl upon the hand, inflicting a peculiarly-
shaped wound. Lone Bear confirms the story
which shows Wahnah to be of the white blood.
With a glad cry, Elake seizes the girl in his
arms.
PATHE.
THE RUSSIAN ZOO (OSAXIA-NOVA) (Au-
gust 8). — The Russian Zoo, world famous for
its completeness, has some of the most curious
and rare animal specimens in captivity. One of
the most noted specimens of this kind is the
wild horse, the first of its kind ever brought to
Europe.
TRAIXIXG ARMY DOGS (SWEDEN) (Au-
gust 4). — Few people indeed think farther than
guns, powder and ball, swords, etc., when army
equipment is mentioned. In Sweden, however,
not the least of the separate departments of the
army is that devoted to the breeding and train-
ing of the army dog. For the military service
it has been found that the most intelligent and
versatile canine is the Airedale terrier. This
little animal adopts himself wonderfully to the
many tasks and hardships imposed upon him
by the military service.
In training the dogs various stunts and de-
vices are resorted to by the army officers to de-
velope the dogs' sense of smell. (Tirawling,
jumping and climbing exercises also form a
part of the day's routine. Quite as Important
as the morning toilet which fits the dog for his
arduous day's work in the campaign, is the feed-
ing time at the kennels after a day's strenuous
activity:
PATHE'S WEEKLY. XO. 4-S, 1914 (August
5).— Brooklyn Xavy Yard, X. Y. — Arrival of U.
S. Supply Ship "■Celtic" with "Jackies" who did
service in Mexico.
Budabest, Austro-Hungary.— Emperor Fran-
cis Joseph whose ultimatum to Servia threatens
all Europe with war.
Xish, Servia. — King Peter I. of Servia, who
refuses to bow to the Dual Monarcfcy's ulti-
matum.
St. Petersburg, Russia. — The Czar, who has
served notice on all powers that Russia "cannot
be indifferent" to any invasion of Servian ter-
ritory.
Paris, France. — President Poincare, who with
France must, by the terms of the Triple En-
tente, join Russia and England against the
Teuton.
London, England. — King George V., wliose
Home Rule trouble cannot prevent Great Bri-
tain from becoming involved in the war as
Russia's ally.
Berlin, Germany. — The Kaiser, in whose hand
peace or war rests and who is throwing his
powerful influence for peace.
Seattle, Wash. — A spectacular night flre de-
stroys the excursion steamer Xelson on Lake
Washington.
Vera Cruz. Mexico. — Lie. Roberto A. Ruiz,
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs under Presi-
dent Huerta, leaving for Havana with his
family.
Long Island Sound.— A diver, equipped with
the new diving apparatus invented by the Sub-
marine Diving and Recovering Company, de-
scends 212 feet^a new record.
Xewport News. Va. — Seven hundred Greek
officers and sailors arrive to arm the Battleship
Mississippi sold to Greece by the U. S. Gov-
ernment.
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A BASQUE WEDDING (August 4).— The
wedding ceremonies of the natives of the Prov-
ince of Basque, which lies in the Pyrenees
Mountains near the Bay of Biscay, are pecu-
liarly distinctive. Simple in the extreme with-
out any of the costliness or show or honey-
mooning of the average ceremony, the Basque
hride and groom, after enjoying a hearty
breakfast, settle down immediately to quiet
married life.
FROM GRENOBLE TO AIX LES BAINS (Au-
gust lOj. — Who has not heard of the wonderful
French Alps? Exquisitely beautiful and quite
unsurpassed in grandeur the giant mountains
standing on every side of the tourist inspire
awe and wonder at the accomplishments of na-
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to Aix bes Bains. Along the road one gets an
excellent opportunity to observe the intricate
and characteristic basic formations of the
mountains.
At Sierroz the waterfalls and cataracts, re-
splendent in rainbow glory, are the common
meeting place of all travellers. But one of
the most beautiful and picturesque spots in all
France is to be found at Lake Bourget. From
the old side wheel steamer which makes ex-
cursion trips about the lake one is enable to
secure a magnificent view of the surrounding
country.
TYPICAL RUSSIAN DANCES (August 10).—
Not newly discovered Brownies, but real Rus-
sian dwarfs, the leader of who is twenty-eight
years old and less than two feet five inches tall,
introduce themselves in various Russian dances.
Most interesting of these is the sword dance
performed by six little fellows no one of whom
is over thirty inches in height.
THE ART OF THE FURRIER (August 11).—
Mole skins so eagerly sought by the fashionable
customer are prepared for the market by the
hunter who frequently makes his entire liveli-
hood from the sale of the pelts of these little
animals. A simple but effective device is used
to catch the mole. It consists of a snare made
of a noose attached to a rod bent to form a
spring. As he inspects his snares the mole-
hunter finds several of them sprung. Taking
the mole out he quickly kills it and skins it.
He then spreads it open and tacks it to a small
hoard where it soon becomes stiff and dry.
Before they can be used commercially the
mole skins have to be treated chemically to
soften and preserve them. After they are thor-
oughly dried the furrier trims them and joins
them together in long strips. These are matched
together according to the various shades and
then shaped into various garments. The rich
fine fur lined with costly silks and satins be-
tokens but little its humble origin.
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY (BOMBAY)
(August 11). — Bombay, usually slow to adopt
modern methods, now possesses an iron and
steel foundry equipped with the newest and
most up-to-date machinery. In it are manu-
factured the various grades of steel used in
Asiatic industries.
BIOGRAPH.
"THE MIX-UP AT MURPHY'S" (August
13). — A farce comedy. The tramp who stole the
chicken and was pursued into town where con-
tractor Murphy was giving a costume party, had
a series of mistaken identity incidents with the
fiance of Murphy's daughter who makes up as
a tramp for the party.
"CURING MR. GOODHEART" (August 13).—
A farce comedy. Mr. Goodheart is what his
name describes, always ready to lend a helping
hand to everyone, which results in misfortune
for him at every turn, until finally, he is cured.
"A GAME OF FREEZE-OUT" (August 17).—
Two lovers, annoyed by the persistency of a
second admirer, plan to lock him up in the
icebox. Strange as it may seem, the trick
melts the icy heart of the girl and the lover
who was out in the cold, now finds himself
warmed by the girl's love.
"TIM. THE TERROR" (August 17).— Tim is
a desperate outlaw who proves quite noble
when he finds that a poor widow is in danger
of eviction on account of a mortgage of $5CK)
on her home, held by a Dutch magistrate.
Tim gives himself up. gives her the reward,
breaks out of jail and then makes his Dutch
rival, the magistrate, eat the mortgage and
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ANIMATED WEEKLY NO. 126 (August 25).—
The Russian Czar inspects his military forces—
Granlca, Russian Poland.
King George and Queen Mary of England visits
President and Madame Poincare — Paris, France.
Prince Henry of Prussia witnesses cavalry
exercises given In his honor — Magdeburg, Ger-
many.
Troops parade before M. Messiny, Minister of
War, at garrison in Versailles, France.
Trans-Atlantic flyer "America" unable to rise
satisfactorily from water has third engine in-
stalled by Glen Curtiss and Lieut. Porte which
proves a success — Hammondsport, N. Y.
Scores injured as result of derailment of the
Cincinnati Limited on New Orleans & North-
eastern Railroad — Derby, Miss.
Bessie Wynne, noted actress, visits studios of
the Universal Film Mfg. Company at Hollywood,
Cal.
Spectacular procession of the Holy Cross is
attended by all devout natives — Funchal, Ma-
deira Island.
With both hands and feet manacled Commo-
dore Elionsky swims through Hell Gate, rough-
est sheet of water along United States coast
Thousands witness clever manoeuvres of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics at
Redland Field — Cincinnati, Ohio.
Treacherous Forest Fire. — Fanned by strong
winds ravaging flames destroy many homes and
cause much damage — The Dalles, Oregon.
Grand Prix Races — World famous French
event attracts sightseers from all over the
world — Paris, France.
Inventor, his bride and crew of four cross
Atlantic in lifeboat which is equipped with wire-
less and cannot be capsized — New York City.
Cartoons by the world famous caricaturist,
Hy. Mayer of Puck.
ECLAIR.
"THE MIRACLE" (August 16).— Phillippe, a
hard-hearted but handsome young merchant,
woos Anna, a beautiful French Canadian girl
and in her hour of need deserts her. Crazed
with grief she begs him to protect her name.
He casts her off and she is stoned by the women
of the village. At the Shrine of Saint Ann
where they had plighted their troth, her baby
dies and she becomes an outcast.
Years later in the same village two lovers
are anxious to marry but are told by the priest
to wait until the girl is cured of a deformity
hy 3 pilgrimage to Quebec. They go to old
; Phillippe tor the money. But he refuses them.
Wandering through the woods they kneel and
pray at the image of Saint Ann. A little later
Phillippe coming upon the scene of his false
vow is confronted by the woman whom he had
wronged now old and dying. The meeting is
too much for him and he dies. The woman places
his gold at the foot of the image and falls
across his body.
The lovers coming to the shrine find the gold
of the wretched Phillippe and believing a mir-
acle has been wrought by their prayers pre-
pare joyously for their pilgrimage to Quebec.
"BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA, OR THE LIT-
TLE EOHIPPUS" (Three Parts— August 19).—
Heft Bransford, a wild and daring but manly
cowboy, falls violently in love with Eleanor
Hoffman, a pretty city girl who is visiting the
Lakes. Young Herbert Lake, president of a lo-
cal bank and an unscrupulous fellow, is also
in love with the girl. To complicate matters,
Johnny Dines, the good pal and firm friend
of Jeft Bransford, has lost his heart to Eleanor
also.
A masquerade ball is given and on a dare
from Eleanor, Jeff attends uninvited in a foot-
ball costume. That same night Lake steals back
to his bank from the masquerade party and
steals a large sum of money which had been
left in his care. To avoid suspicion and im-
plicate Jeff, he places the football nose-guard,
which the cowboy had worn, outside the safe.
Making his exit, he encounters a watchman
whom he shoots and mortally injures.
Soon after the crime is discovered, the nose-
guard is found. Jeff is accused and brought
to trial. In court his friends pave the way for
an escape. He flees to the mountains. Johnny
Dines and his friends set themselves to the
task of clearing Bransford.
Adventures follow. Jeff experiences many
narrow escapes, but finally reaches the border
disguised as an old miner. He is accompanied
on this trip and aided by a strange young fel-
low who has proven to be a staunch friend.
On separating with him at the border, Brans-
ford gives him a miniature horse which Eleanor
had given him some time before.
Meanwhile Johnny and his pals have traced
the crime to Lake. Dines brings the news to
Jeff. To test Eleanor's love, Jeff returns dis-
guised by a beard which he has grown. At a
party given by Eleanor, he is to take part in
the entertainment and shaves off his beard, sub-
stituting a false one. He appears in the football
costume worn at the masquerade and Eleanor,
thinking Jeff has returned, dresses in the clothes
she wore when accompanying him to the border ;
for it was she who had disguised herself as a
man in order to be with Bransford. Jeff is
overjoyed at seeing the young fellow who had
saved him ; revelations come thick and fast and
Jeff Bransford, his name cleared and possessed
of a fortune which he has struck in the mines,
claims the pretty city girl as his own.
JOKER.
"THE DIAMOND NIPPERS" (August 22).—
Shultz and Stein arrive at Far-away Beach for
a week's end with their wives. The two hubbys
immediately head for the hotel bar, leaving
their wives to rave. Well aware of the reception
awaiting them at the hotel they seek to soothe
their wives by purchasing for each a diamond
necklace from a street faker.
The police have been warned to be on the
watch for a pair of notorious diamond nippers —
Stella and Steve — a reward for whose capture
is offered. This pair of thieves spot Schultz
and Stein's wives wearing the supposed valu-
able necklaces at the hotel lawn party and
scheme to rob them.
Stella then lures Schultz and Stein out for
a row in order to leave the coast clear for
Steve. Steve secures the necklace but in doing
so, bungles the job. The police corner him on
the end of the pier and, desperate, he flings
the jewelry down to Stella, who happens to be
rowing by with Schultz and Stein. The jew-
elry, however, falls into the ocean and Stella
to recover it sets her two ardent admirers div-
ing for it.
Steve, to escape, jumps into the ocean and
is rescued by Stella ; they row away. The police
then capture Schultz and Stein, the latter now
having recovered the jewelry. They are ar-
rested as diamond thieves. Meanwhile the
wives have blamed the hotel manager for their
loss. They make him pay dearly and then start
in to enjoy life with the proceeds. The real
diamond nippers are finally caught and Schultz
and Stein are released. Then the indignant
hotel manager forcibly recovers his money and
kicks the trouble makers off his grounds. -Schultz
and Stein and their wives, however, go borne
happy for quite unexpectedly they are pre-
sented with the one thousand dollars reward for
being instrumental in the capture of Stella and
Steve.
"PASS KEY NO. 2" (August 19).— Wlfle
wants to go to the dance. Hubby won't, Wlfie
confides her troubles to her friend in the apart-
ment next to her. They decide to go to the
dance with friend's intended. An old bachelor
in the apartment goes to the dance also. As
he is leaving the apartment he finds a pass
key which the careless maid has dropped and
puts it in his pocket, intending to return it to
the maid. He leaves for the dance. Later
wifle and her friend arrive. The bachelor takes
the best friend to the punch bowl, making her
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intended jealous. Hubby has discovered his
wife's absence, and follows to the dance. The
intended is using wifie as a tool to make the
best friend jealous. Hubby is enraged. The
bachelor finishes the punch with honors, carry-
ing home an overload. Wifle leaves the dance,
arriving home only to find the bachelor calmly
reposing in her apartment. Wifie hides in the
bachelor's room, believing burglars have entered
her apartment.
The Bachelor seekng to quench his thirst,
seeks the ice water in the hall. He returns
to the best friend's apartment. The intended
returns only to see the bachelor coming out of
his fiance's apartment. He hides in wife's
apartment. Best friend returns. Finding her
apartment open she thinks burglars are at work.
She dashes down the hall into the arms of
hubbv. Wifle hears and leaves her hiding place
to fight tor her rights. So does the intended.
Bachelor tangles with the water urn. The two
roomers cling to their respective men. Bachelor
reveals himself with the pass key and the mys-
tery is cleared.
REX.
"THE HOLE IN THE GARDEN WALL" (Au-
gust 23). — Elsie and Rupert people of Inde-
pendence, live next door to one another. Their
houses are divided by a garden wall. Rupert
and Joe are suitors for the hand of Elsie. Ru-
pert writes a letter to her, asking her to wear
a rose of white it her answer is yes, and a rose
of red should her answer be no. Joe reads the
letter before it is sealed and substitute the
word white for red. Elsie, who really loves
Rupert, and thinking that the red rose means
happiness to him, pins the white rose in Joe's
coat and wears the red herself. Rupert Is
broken hearted. Not waiting an explanation
he disappears.
Ten years after we find him in a rough mining
room. A baby has been left fatherless and
motherless. Rupert volunteers to adopt the
child. Four years later he returns to his home.
Elsie has not married, living true to her love
for Rupert. The child now four years of age,
finds a hole in the garden wall and crawls
through. He finds Elsie grown older and sad,
sitting in the garden. They become great
friends. The child takes a photo of Elsie which
he finds on her bedroom table, crawls through
the hole in the wall and gives it to Rupert. The
child, says the lady next door sent it to him.
The child then takes Rupert's photo from his
room and carries it to Elsie with the same
message. Rupert is delighted to get Elsie's pic-
ture and sends a.- note by the child, expressing
his gratitude t" ^er tor her thoughtfulness
after all these' years. As the child enters to
deliver Rupert's note Elsie gives the child one
for Rupert, the child takes her note first, then
hands Rupert's and runs away. The child
gives Rupert the note which reads almost identi-
cal with his own, to Elsie. Both Rupert and
Elsie run to the garden wall to explain and
there the happy reunion takes place.
"A BOWL OF ROSES" (August 20). — The
story of the memories of past lovers aroused
in a young society man by a bowl of roses.
The white rose reminds him of the pure love,
temporarily misunderstood, of the gentle woman
now his wife. The tea rose brings up memor-
ies of the heartless society belle who set his
love at naught and quickly turned to others of
her set. The American Beauty recalls the
stunning actress, at one time his heart's ideal,
but at the last found unworthy of his great
love. The pink rose reminds him of the un-
chaste love of the wife of another man, which
he too readily accepted. He is recalled from his
reminiscences and ponderings by the voice of his
own white rose, his own sweet wife, who carries
in her loving, mothering arms the tiny rosebud
bit of life unfolding — his child.
VICTOR.
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follow him. In the boarding house the clerk
takes a room where he can spy on Paul. It
is not until several days later that Paul dis-
cover that Anna, the little slavey, loves him.
The clerk tries to steal the plans, but Anna
interferes.
Later, the clerk is advised to try and buy the
plans. Paul is about to accept the offer when
Anna receives a legacy from a distant relative
in the old country and comes to his rescue. She
offers to go into partnership. The invention is
patented and the manager of the Globe Manu-
facturing Company, recognizing the advantages
to his firm, ofEers Paul a remunerative position
and a royalty on his device. Paul accepts,
after making Anna a partner for life.
"WEIGHTS AND MEASURES" (Two Parts-
August 17). — John M. Truxton, City Attorney,
has gathered evidence to prosecute the men
higher up. The newspaper publishes a warning
of what is to happen at the next session of the
grand jury. Mayor Dave Harris, the political
boss, reads the account. He immediately goes
to Trnxton's office to find out whether the story
is true. Upon being assured that it is, he tries
to stop Truxton from presenting his evidence,
first by bribery and then by threats. Truxton
refuses all offers and finally kicks Harris out
«f bis office.
Kitty Donely, through certain circumstances,
is in tile power of the mayor. She is approached
and told to get something on Truxton. Kitty re-
fnses at first. The mayor tells her to get Truxton
and he will give her five thousand dollars, and
if she doesn't he will surely get her. Kitty
agrees and discovers the next day that Truxton
is in the habit of going almost every day for
a motor trip and stopping for a drink of water
at an old farm house. The next day she per-
suades the old farmer to take her in as a sum-
mer boarder ; changing her finery for a simple
^ngham dress, she meets Truxton as he comes
and Truxton falls in love with her and proposes
marriage to Kitty ; she then discovers that she
loves him. Truxton by accident overhears some
of her conversation. Fighting a battle with
liimself, he decides that Kitty is worth more
than anything else. He calls on her again that
night. Kitty, going for his cigarette case, dis-
covers a letter written by Truxton to his moth-
er which he has forgotten to mail. Kitty thinks
jt is to his wife. In revenge for what she
thinks is his perfidy, she pulls the badger game
on him. Truxton, thinking she has fallen for
the mayor's offer of bribery, is more hurt than
frightened. The next day the papers come out
with scare heads, announcing the arrest and re-
lease on bond of the City Attorney, charged
with a statutory offense.
The mayor sends Kitty her promised check.
She drops both the letter she has taken from
Truxton and the check, into the library table
drawer. ',-
Truxton gets a letter from his mother, asking
why he does not write. Truxton, thiplung mat-
ters over, decides to unravel things and that
night enters the mayor's home wtth the aid of
a jimmy, searching for evidence. '".He finds
the mayor's check book and on one of the
stubs *'K, D. — $5,iKX)." Putting two and two
together, he enters Kitty's apartment in the
same way he did the mayor's. He finds his miss-
ing letter and a check for five thousand dol-
lars, signed by the mayor. Kitty appears upon
the scene. Explanations and forgiveness fol-
low. A month later the scales are balanced.
The mayor is indicted through evidence fur-
nished by Truxton, and Truxton and Kitty drink
once more in happiness at the old well.
"MAN AND HIS BROTHER" (Two Parts— Au-
gust 3). — Under the stress of certain circum-
stances T^hich will be explained in this story.
Jack Edmond is a vagabond, tramping his way
through the cattle country, looking for work.
By removing a thorn from the foot of a shep-
herd dog which belongs to Eleanor, the daugh-
ter of John Hess, he gains her friendship and
she secures him a position on her father's
ranch.
Ned Emmet, sheriff, sees Jack at work and
recognizes him. He hastens to inform John
Hess that Jack is an ex-convict. Jack is dis-
charged. Eleanor sees Jack leaving the ranch
and asks him to explain. He tells her the truth,
And she demands that he tell her all about it.
Jack tells her the cause of his imprisonment, as
follows :
Jack and his brother, Wess. were very fond
of each other, and they were both working on
a ranch owned by George Hutton. Wess was
in love with Hutton's wife, and was in the habit
of meeting her in secret. Jack, of course, knew
nothing of this. Mr. Hutton discovered the
relationship between Wess and his wife and a
quarrel followed. Wess gets away from the
ranch house, and is followed to his bunk house
by the angry Hutton. Jack, knowing nothing
of what has happened, sees Hutton leveling his
revolver at Wess and he (Jack) shoots Hutton
down, Wess, not stopping to explain, makes an
escape, and Jack is sent up for the crime Later,
Mrs. Hutton, recovering from the prostrating
shock of the whole affair, explains things and
Jack is released from prison.
Eleanor, having heard Jack's story, believes
it, and makes him return with her to her father.
News comes at this time that Xed Emmet, the
sheriff, has been killed by a dangerous outlaw.
whom the sheriff has been trying to capture for
some time. Jack is anxious to make good with
Helen and her father, so he volunteers to go out
and bring back the bad man or not return at all.
Me leaves, and after several days of scouting,
comes upon his man.
Helen, being fond of hunting, has gone on a
day's journey of her own into the mountains.
She comes upon Jack and the bandit at the
moment of capture. She remains in conceal-
ment and is ready to use her rifle if necessary.
Jack knows nothing of her presence, a strug-
gle takes place between the two men, but does
not last long^there is a recognition between
them. Jack discovers that the bandit is his
brother. Jack realizes that his errand is a
failure, and with a promise from his brother
that will change his ways, he lets him go free.
Jack realizes that his hopes in regard to Elea-
nor and her father are dead ones, and he wear-
ily turns in a different direction from that
taken by his brother.
UNIVERSAL IKE.
"UNIVERSAL IKE, JR.'S LEGACY" (August
-4). — Following their elopement. Ike and Louise
are captured by the sheriff, and with the girl's
mother and father, all go to a hotel for the
night. The sheriff takes charge of his two pris-
oners and locks them in adjoining rooms. They
discover a fire escape. While they are planning
their getaway, the old folks are preparing for
bed. Mother takes her Sunday hair off and pins
it on the window curtain. The goat devours it.
Mother then rushes the goat into the sheriff's
room. He ties the goat to the bed and goes to
sleep. Billy eats the sheriff's whiskers.
Ike and Louise are making their way down
the fire escape when a lady mistakes them for
burglars and shoots. The young couple climb
to the roof.
In the meantime the sheriff decides to turn in,
but has difficulty in putting out his electric
light. Finally he covers it with his coat. It
works well for a time, but soon catches on fire.
The old lady smells smoke, shakes the old
man and they start on a rampage. Arriving
at Louise's door they find out the young couple
have once more escaped. In the meantime the
goat crawls out of the window on a painter's
scaffold and crosses to a roof. The sheriff pur-
sues, but the ladder falls, leaving him without
any way to get down. The kids on a roof higher
up see his position and tell him they will lower
a rope to his assistance if he will marry them.
While considering, he warns the old people of
their whereabouts and finally decides to accept
their aid on such conditions.
POWERS.
"THE DIVORCEE" ( August 21 ) .—Mrs.
Darcy. after she divorces from her worthless
inebriate husband, finds she must earn her
own living. She sees an advertisement for a
cook at a summer home in the mountains.
.Answering it she secures the situation. She
makes good and her dinners are the pride of
her mistress. The butler, however, falls in
love with her. The young men guests desert
the young ladies of the party for the society
of the cook. To cap the climax, her former
husband discovers her and calls in an endeavor
to persuade her to return to him. During hi?
visit he helps himself freely from the stock on
the sideboard, becomes maudlin and finally
falls asleep. A letter falls from his pocket
and she finds it is addressed to herself, telling
her of a comfortable fortune left her by a
relative.
The young catch of the season becomes
tired of the dinner dance and steals away to
have a quiet chat with the cook. She asks
him to assist her in disposing of the husband
and he kindly dumps him in a neighboring
ditch. In the morning she leaves without
notice, but the audience is left to suppose that
later the young lawyer will permanently en-
gage her.
IMP.
"OX THE HIGH SEAS" (Two Reels— Au-
gust 20). — The captain of the schooner was a
drunkard. His first mate was a bully and
also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a
man on the old wooden vessel who would not
plunge his knife into the other fellow's back.
Into this ship, among the crowd of brutal, un-
principled men Mr. Marshall, rich ship-owner,
sent his son to reform him — "to make a man
of him."
His instructions to the captain were to make
the boy work and put some ginger into him.
In time Jim meets the captain's daughter. El-
sie, and as the days pass by. he comes to love
her. Elsie returns this love.
Van, the mate, is also in love with the girl
and he views with disgust and jealousy the
attentions she receives from Jim. The latter
has been forced into the rough garments of
sailors and made to work. The ship is only
out a short time when the captain reveals his
true nature : he begins to drink heavily. The
ship is practically left in charge of Van, the
mate. Van ill-treats his sailors and a forty-
foot fall results when he sends a man, against
reason, out onto the bow-sprit.
Time comes when Van and Jim clash : there
is a fight. Van gets the worst of it and
furious because Elsie laughs at him, he hunts
the captain out and tells him there is mutiny
aboard. Jim is ordered into irons. The sailors
refuse to obey the order. Van shoots the cap-
tain and lays the guilt onto Jim.*
Jim is threatened for murder on the high
seas ; there is only one who believes in him —
the girl — even though her own father was the-
victim. The captain is buried and holds the
secret. The rest of the story deals with Elsie,
Van and Jim, still on the boat. Van takes to
drink and bullies the crew unmercifully. Elsie
in the end finds out that he is the murderer,,
and that the captain was stabbed to death
besides being shot. All this ends with a con-
fession under peculiar circumstances, freeing:
Jim and making Elsie happy.
101 BISON.
"THE LURE OF THE GEISHA" (.Two Parts-
— August lili). — Captain Clifford, U- S. A., ar-
rives at Yokohama and is met by Marie Wil-
son, his fiancee and daughter of United States
Ambassador Wilson. The coming of Clifford is
looked upon with keen displeasure by Bain-
bridge. Secretary of Ambassador Wilson, who
himself is in love with Marie. Shortly after
his arrival Clifford meets an old acquaintance.
Captain Amato of the Japanese navy.
Bainbridge is on friendly terms with Amato-
and as a result of his growing jealousy of
Clifford he tries to convince Amato that Clif-
ford is a spy. Amato casts the idea aside as
absurd. Bainbridge then begins the execution.
of a plot which will clinch his defamatory
charges against Clifford. Amato loves Yama, a
Geisha girl. Bainbridge takes advantage of
this and leads the American officer to a tea
garden where he Introduces him to Yama as
an American millionaire. Clifford develops
merely a passing interest for the Geisha girl.
He is seen in her company by Amato and the
Japanese officer's jealousy is aroused.
Bainbridge's next move is to induce Clifford
to visit the navy with him. While Clifford is
examining a large gun Bainbridge whispers in
Amato's ear and the Japanese officer begins to
believe that possibly there is some truth in
Bainbridge's accusation.
Later, when Clifford and Bainbridge visit
the tea garden, they are followed by one of
Amato's servants. In a mood of jealousy
Amato rushes to the place. He finds Clifford
with Yama. Hot words and accusations fol-
low. Amato. overcome by his anger, draws
a dagger. At this crucial moment Y'ama
steps between the two men and receives the
dagger thrust in her own bosom. Amato is
stunned. He hurries home in a fit of remorse.
Bainbridge hurries to the street and circulates
the report that Clifford has slain Yama. Clif-
ford has a hard time fighting bis way through
the angry mob to the American consulate.
The Ambassador believes him guilty and prom-
ises the angry mob that he will be punished.
However, in investigating the killing of Yama.
the Ambassador finds that she was slain with
Amato's dagger. Hurrying to Amato's house
he finds the Japanese dying as the result of
an attempt to commit suicide. Amato exposes
Bainbridge. Before the Ambassador can in-
terfere Bainbridge is slain by the angry mob.
Clifford is acquitted of all discredit in the
affair and regains his good standing with Ma-
rie.
"RESCUED BY WIRELESS" (Two Parts— Au-
gust S). — Morgan, a missionary, and his daugh-
ter. Marie, sail from Honolulu on the govern-
ment ship "Thetis," bound for Koko Island.
Capt. Clifford, who is going to investigate Koko
Island as a site for a military post, is also a
passenger. Another passenger is Bainbridge, a
wireless operator, en route to the island to take-
charge of a wireless station. Acquaintance
ripens rapidly aboard ship, and after the "The-
tis" has been to sea but a few days Clifford and
Bainbridge begin to vie for Marie's favor.
Although Marie prefers the company of Clif-
ford, she readily gives her friendship to Bain-
bridge, and before she has been on the island a
month she has learned to operate the wireless
instruments. Bainbridge associates with the na-
tives and has many friends among them. One
day he is overcome by headache and drinks of
the intoxicating drug, awa, as a remedy. He
likes the effect of the poison, and soon he ha=
become a habituate.
In the meantime Clifford has completed his
investigations and sails from the island with his
soldiers.
His suit rejected by Marie, Bainbridge incites-
the natives to attack the missionaries. All be-
come drunk on awa and the home of the mis-
sionaries is assaulted. Bainbridge abducts-
Marie, and the other missionaries are taken
prisoners. During a moment when she is not
being watched. Marie steals into the wireless
station and sends a message of appeal to Capt.
Clifford aboard the "Thetis." Bainbridge dis-
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coTers her purpose. Surmising the contents of
her message, Bainbridge has his prisoners re-
moved to the mountains. Clifford arrives with
his soldiers and a terrific battle ensues between
the soldiers and the armed natives, led by
Bainbridge. Clifford's command is victorious.
Marie is rescued and Bainbridge pays for his
perfidy with his life.
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"THE TREY O' HEARTS" (Part III).—
"THE SEAVENTURE" (Two Reels— August
18). — Judith catches the same train with Alan
and Rose for Portland. Hearing a messenger
calling for Alan Law with a telegram she
learns that it informs Alan that he will not
be able to get through sleeper reservations to
New York. Returning the message to the mes-
Bcnger she also gives him a second envelope.
Alan reads the message and then opening the
second envelope finds it contains a trey o'
hearts.
Arriving in Portland, they are driven to a
hotel. Judith secures the room next to Rose
and picks the lock of the connecting door.
With the aid of her confederates she chloro-
forms Rose and dons her clothing. Alan has
proceeded to the water front and engages the
yacht, Seaventure, to take Rose and himself
to New York. All his plans being reported
to Judith by her confederates, she then en-
gages a fishing boat to intercept the Seaven-
ture on its voyage to Xew York. Passing her-
self off as Rose she gets aboard with Alan.
She opens the valves of the auxiliary gasoline
tanks and allows the gasoline to flood the
hold. Later she sights the fishermen and upon
its approach she covers Bareus. the owner of
the Sea venture, who is the only one on deck,
with her revolver. He grapples with her.
Alan, hearing the disturbance, hurries on deck.
He succeeds in getting Judith below and ex-
plains to Bareus that the woman must be
partly insane. Calling Judith on deck and
being alarmed at the nearness of the fishing
vessel, he asks her if she has friends aboard
the fisherman. She affirms and he signifies
that she shall get over the side into the dory.
She casts off and is picked up by the fisher-
man. Bareus going below learns the true state
of affairs aboard the Seaventure, viz., that the
gasoline tanks have emptied themselves into
the bilge. Then follows a race between the
yacht and the fisherman, the latter pursuing
full tilt. Towards sunset both are becalmed,
the Seaventure lying about one mile farther
out. Bareus watches the fisherman through
his binoculars and observes the power launch
lowered, into which Judith accompanies one
companion. They are seen to be working over
some sort of apparatus and finally, lighting a
fuse, they lash the wheel of the launch and put
off the fisherman in the dory. The launch has
been set at full speed ahead and is rushing
straight for the Seaventure. Bareus. suspecting
what it means, drags Alan to the farther rail
and they dive overboard, just before the Sea-
venture and the unmanned launch are blown
sky-high. They swim ashore and fall asleep
from exhaustion.
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stranger, meets and fascinates her. Willis, the
father, finds a man laying in the street, appar-
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the man is gone.
Willis approves of Walter as a suitor for his
daughter. Knowing this, Dolly accepts his prop-
osition that they be married quietly and then
surprise Willis. For several days Willis has
been bothered by a sun spot that has been
flashed in his window. At first he imagined
that Dolly was only playing a prank. She con-
vinced him otherwise. Finally he informed the
sheriff.
At the minister's house, Walter finds that he
has forgotten to provide himself with a ring,
and leaves to purchase one. As Willis is talking
to the sheriff the sun spot is flashed in his eyes.
They finally discover its origin. In an old
shanty they find Joe. a prisoner, guarded by
Charlie, a crook. In Joe Willis recognizes the
man he saw laying on the street. Walter re-
turns with the ring. Joe seeing him entering the
house recognizes him as his brother and runs
after him, the others following. Dolly is sur-
prised when she learns that Joe is Walter's
brother. She tells the others that only that
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afternoon Walter has shown her a letter from
a firm of attorneys to the effect that brother
Joseph was presumably dead, as they had been
unable to And any trace of him, and that ac-
cording to the terms of his father's will should
Joe not be found and the estate claimed by
him by the first of July, that the estate would
revert to Walter, The sheriff sees through the
whole thing and tells Walter that he had better
come along with him. Walter confesses that it
was he who caused his brother to be kept a
prisoner. i. .. j n,
Dolly's romance is of course shattered. lo
the faithful suitor Arthur, whom she rejected
tor Walter, she states that perhaps sometimes
she will consider bis proposal favorably.
NESTOR.
"THE CREEPING FLAME" (August 19).—
Wilbur is foreman of a mine in the western
country. Jane, his sweetheart, lives on a nearby
ranch. One day she rides over to the mine.
While they are talking the miners enter ana
jokingly remind Wilbur that it is pay day. The
foreman allows Jane to pay off the men. The
boys leave for a holiday in town. The fore-
man too, plans to take a day oB and starts to.
saddle his horse. Suddenly he gashes his arm.
The blood spurts from the deep wound. He tries
in vain to staunch it, Jane ties her scarf
around the wound, hut the blood flows too
strongly. She rides for the doctor.
Teh foreman, too -R'eak from loss of blood
to walk, lies on a pile of straw. Finally he
lights a cigarette, carelessly throwing the match
down. Instantly the straw is alight and burn-
ing toward him. Painfully he drags himself out
to the cool powder house. The fire creeps clos-
er Jane and the doctor are coming. The
red flames are licking the side of the powder
house, . , , +
The foreman, now almost unconscious, Is just
the other side of the partition, Jane and the
doctor arrive. A feeble call tells them where
the wounded man is. Just in time they rescue
him. The powder hjouse is blown to atoms a
moment later.
"A LUCKY DECEPTIO.N" (Two Reels — Au-
gust 21). — They looked upon the wine when it
was red and into the lady's eyes when they
sparkled, and when they regained conscious-
ness Bob and Lee, his chum, found themselves
in a vile dungeon cell playing tag with cock-
roaches. ,
Shortly following the incarceration, a fuzzy-
faced professor from the college invaded the
jail and after arranging for the liberation of the
two miscreants, informed them that each had
been expelled from the school. When Bob
reached home the news of his disgrace had pre-
ceded him.
His father forced him to accept a proposition
to marry and settle down to a quiet life within
a month and receive $5,000 or be disinherited.
Bob carried the news to Lee. Lee had made
a hit as a woman impersonator in their college
plays and this was his opportunity to vindicate
himself as an actor. _
Bob introduced Lee as his prospective wife.
His father mother and sister were delighted.
Within a month the solemn ceremony was per-
formed. The happy couple settled in a ne-w
bungalow. However. Lee began to tire of the
role he was playing. Bob's sister and her
friend Alice, came to visit the newlyweds. Lee
was placed in a most delicate position when
the two girls began to talk confidentially.
Lee fell in love with Bob's sister. On the
other hand. Bob tell in love with Alice. She
refused to listen to advances from a married
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his wig and skirts, dressed as a man and left
the house. Alice saw a man leaving and imme-
diately suspected Bob's wife of perfidy. An in-
vestigation was made. Bob swore his wife had
eloped. The father and mother arrived to con-
sole Bob. His embarrassment came to a climax
when Alice discovered Lee's wig and skirts in a
bureau drawer. , , _ j *
Bob confessed to the deception but offered to
make up for his transgression by immediately
marrying Alice. She was more than willing
and Bob's sister held the same sentiments in
regard to Lee.
STERLING.
"HIS WIFE'S FLIRTATION" (August 20).— '
Reuben catches his wife flirting with the farm
hand. Sore, he leaves for business. Arriving
at the store, he flnds his clerk flirting with the
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customers. He calls the clerk down and tries
to wait on the customers himself. In comes a
traveling salesman. Reuben's wife finds she
needs something at the store. When she ar-
rives she finds her husband too busy to wait on
her. She looks around and fiirts with the trav-
eling salesman. When the customers leave,
Reuben sees the salesman and his wife flirting.
He kicks the salesman out. The wife naturally
feels sorry for the salesman. He apologizes for
the trouble he has caused her. The constable
sees them talking and informs Reuben. Reuben
shoots the place up. The salesman escapes. In
the meantime, a burglar, dressed similar to the
salesman comes out of the window. The con-
stable starts on his trail. He rung into the
salesman who is about to take a swim. The
constable takes the salesman's clothes. The
salesman escapes. Running to the house he
jumps through a window and sneaks under the
bed. Reuben comes home and starts talking to
bis wife about her past doings. To his surprise
be feels hands on his foot. Pulling the sales-
man out from under the bed, he starts shooting.
The salesman escapes, but ie pursued.
"LOST IN THE STUDIO" (August 17).—
Billy, arriving in the morning at the studio,
greets Mr. Thornby, his director. Going to his
dressing room, he gets ready and walks around
kidding with the other boys. Ford Sterling ar-
riving, greets Billy, who follows Sterling to his
dressing room, peppering him with questions.
Sterling asks him to vacate. Billy being a
gentleman, does so. Deciding to visit some old
friends, he parades over to the Universal studio;'
meeting them, he has a good time and goes
home. Seeing the new cameraman putting
candy in his plate case, Billy watches him and
backs into a scene directed by Ford Sterling,
spoiling several feet of film. Owing to Billy's
wonderful smile, Mr. Sterling forgives. Billy
going over to the case when the cameraman is
not looking, opens it. Observing the cameraman
turning, he quickly shuts it. In opening it t3
get a plate, the cameraman discovers the plate
is spoiled. Taking the case, he goes to the
vault to get a new supply, Billy following him.
When the cameraman tomes out of the vault,
Billy notices he forgot the case, so he walks in
to get the candy. By this time the watchman is
making his rounds. Noticing that the vault
door has been left open, he locks it. imprisoning
Little Billy. Mr. Thornby, needing Billy for a
scene notices his absence and starts on a hunt.
Every available person on the grounds is made
to help search for lost Billy. They look every-
where and cause a general riot in and around
the place. The vault is the only place left.
On opening it, Little Billy comes out crying.
"A RACE FOR LIFE" (August 3.) — Billy's
mother, finished making pies, lays them in the
window to coot. Billy, observing this, decides to
Bteal one. This done, he offers Chandler a
friend, part of a pie. Walking along, the pair
observe Carmen, who has just finished a ride
with Gordon. Chandler offers Carmen part of
his pie. Gordon, jealous, knocks it from her
hands. For this Carmen is angry. While Gor-
don and Chandler fight Billy pushes his suit
with the girl. Later, Billy's mother discovers
one of her pies missing, finds the guilty Billy,
takes him home and puts him to bed.
That night Billy dreams. He dreams of
Gordon trying to force his attentions upon Car-
men, of Chandler rebuking him and of (Gor-
don's threat to secure the girl at all costs. In
his dream he sees Gordon abduct the girl, carry
her away on a handcar and then tie her to the
track when she refuses to marry the villain.
Billy, enlisting the help of a friend and his
racing car. starts to the rescue. There is a
wild ride — a race between engine and motor
car. Billy, in the car. dashes before the on-
rushing train and saves Carmen and restores
her to Chandler.
Then Billy awakens.
"A DRAMATIC MISTAKE" (August 6).— Snitz
is so ardent an admirer of the stage that he
overlooks such small trifles as rent. The land-
lady a?;ks his wife for the rent. After strong
persuasion from the landlady's husband, who is
also too strong to work, Snitz starts in search
of a job. Naturally he turns to the stage as an
appropriate vocation. He applies at the local
temple of Thespis, but in spite of his showing
samples of applied histrionics, he is cruelly
turned down. He returns home discouraged.
In the meantime the leading man of the
troupe, which is about to play Virginlus, be-
comes incapacitated through too frequent visits
with John Barleycorn. The stage manager is
in desperation and takes the costume and part
to Snitz with instructions to prepare for the
matinee performance at once. Snitz rehearses
with so much enthusiasm that the people of thf>
house decide that a murder is being committed
and call in the police. Snitz escapes and runs
to the theater, where the audience is impa-
tiently waiting for the arrival of Virginlus.
Virginius arrives, followed by the police, with
.exciting results both to Snitz and the audience.
Burke. Don becomes jealous when he sees
that Burke has the inside track. Don learns
that they intend eloping in an auto. He tells
the sheriff and they try to stop them by
stretching a rope across the road. It only
ends in disaster for Don and the sheriff. The
eloping couple finally get married. Burke buys
Vivian lots of fine clothes and the little coun-
try girl is delighted, though not being used
to the ways of society, she makes many blun-
ders. Vivian meets a dude, and is won by his
charms. Burke catches them, and he and the
dude fight a duel.
Ma learns that Vivian has run away with
Eurke, so she goes in pursuit of them, un-
aware that they have been married. 'She
catches Burke and is clubbing him when Vivian
tells her that she has married Burke. Ma
excuses her, but as her anger has been aroused
she feels that she must vent it on someone
so she goes after Don, who started the trouble.
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MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. &4 (August 6).—
Servia mobilizes its army for war with Aus-
tria.
"Hector," the educated dog.
A Mutual Weekly photographer climbs to the
top of one of the pyramids of Egj'pt.
Governor Fielder and Secretary of War Gar-
rison review New Jersey's Militia during an-
nual encampment at Sea Girt.
The Automobile Club of France oflBciates at
the Grand Prix races for automobiles, motor-
cycles and side cars.
Ezra Meeker, who blazed the trail in 1849,
starts trans-continental journey from Tacoma,
Washington, to the White House, in the in-
terest of better highways.
The largest shoe in the world.
The old and the new.
Speed demons establish new records at Port-
land. Oregon, meet.
The hottest natural spring in the world.
The Khan of Kiwa ascends the throne after
the death of his mother, in Central Asia.
Deck sports aboard one of the big trans-
Atlantic liners.
MAJESTIC.
"A LESSON IN MECHANICS" (August 21).—
Ruth Wilson, daughter of a wealthy landowner,
receives a visit from her country sweetheart.
Joe Merriam. who is a motor boat enthusiast.
Unknown to anyone but her brother Frank, Ruth
is an expert at fixing auto and motor boat en-
gines as the estate is on the bay and Ruth has
the use of two launches. With .Toe she goes for
a boat ride but the engine breaks down and he
is unable to fix it. and afraid that it would
lower his opinion of her if she should repair
the engine, she lets him call another boat to
tow them back to the wharf. Merriam. while in
love with Ruth, cannot bring himself to propose,
fearing that she would be too ornamental for
a farmers wife, and half of his visit
passes while he attempts to make up his
mind. Finally, the last day of his visit
arrives and he is still undecided. At the
request of Ruth's father she and .Toe take the
launch across the bay to bring back the money
for the servants' pay roll. While Joe is at the
bank. Ruth remains at the town wharf and is
accosted by a couple of toughs who demand the
expensive rings she is wearing. At Joe's return
they slink off. but watching the launch on its
return set it adrift with the engine dead. In
a row boat they follow to board the launch
and secure the money and Ruth's jewelry. Joe,
unable to repair the engine, gives battle to the
toughs to prevent them from gaining the launch
but he is being forced down when Ruth, realiz-
ing their desperate plight, begins to work on the
engine. Just as the toughs are about to over-
come Joe, she has the engine repaired and
starts the launch, leaving the toughs far be-
hind. Joe, seeing her with her hands and
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'•VIVTAN'S FIRST FELLOW (August 18).
..—Vivian lives on a farm. Don, one of the
farm hands, is smitten on her. Vivian meets
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face covered with grease from the engine, real-
izes that he has misjudged her, and proposes
on the spot. At her acceptance he takes her in
his arms, grease and all.
"FREXCHY" ( Two Parts— August 30) .—
Nash, a rancher, takes his little daughter
May to her grandmother's for a visit and on
his way back to the ranch meets Frenchy, a
stranger, who has just ridden into the valley.
He invites Frenchy to the ranch for dinner and
then offers him work as a cowhand, which
Frenchy accepts. Eess, Xash's other daughter,
becomes friends with Frenchy and arouses the
jealousy of Logan, the foreman of the ranch,
who is in love with her. On account of his
polite manner and his style of dress the stranger
is ridiculed by the punchers, who make things
as hard for him as possible. Logan, growing
more jealous as the days pass, runs Frenchy's
horse away from the ranch and dares him to
ride an outlaw, hoping to see him injured and
show him up before the others. Frenchy masters
the horse, and in a quarrel with Logan shows
that he is quicker on the draw than the fore-
man. The boys go to town to attend a dance
and Frenchy buys some new clothes for the
affair. In the saloon he meets Logan, who takes
exception to his style of dress and in a quarrel
which follows, shoots at Frenchy but merely
grazes his check. To show his own marksman-
ship Frenchy shoots out a couple of the lights
and then returning Logan's gun to him. dares
him to draw. The foreman's nerve fails him
and he leaves the saloon, where Frenhcy is
making friends with the boys on account of his
gameness. On the way back to the ranch the
boys leave Frenchy asleep at the watering
hole, thinking to play a joke on him, but
Frenchy's horse wanders away and to turn the
joke on the boys he walks back to town and
puts up at the hotel. The horse reaches the
ranch riderless and Xash, fearing for Frenchy's
safety, orders a search. After two days "he
rides into town to enlist the sheriff's aid in
locating Frenchy and finds him sitting on the
hotel steps enjoying a cigarette and the joke.
Angered, Xash discharges him and orders him
to return to the ranch for his packs. On the
way home Xash stops for his daughter, May.
and during the trip she becomes very ill. The
ranch is reached and Logan is sent for a doc-
tor but finds him gone. Frenchy arriving at
the ranch learns of the child's illness and
taking a medical kit from his packs saves her
life. Xash, ashamed of his rudeness, entreats
Frenchy to make the ranch his home, but he
refuses and rides away.
RELIANCE.
"THE BAXK BURGLAR'S FATE" (Two Parts
— August 8). — The advance man for Brooklyn
Red's gang of burglars, disguised as a tramp,
comes to Greenfield and sizes up the town, pre-
paratory to robbing the bank. He wires his
confederates to meet him at a camp outside the
village. There they make the explosive for
blowing up the safe. After a series of exciting
incidents they bind and gag the young woman
in the telephone office and loot the bank.
The girl at the switch-board manages to free
herself and warn the marshal, but though pur-
sued by an armed posse, the robbers make their
getaway. Later, the Bankers' Protective Asso-
ciation does some clever detective work, locat-
ing the gang and arresting all the members,
each of whom is sentenced to thirty years at
hard labor.
"SO SHIXES A GOOD DEED" (August 12).
— An escaped convict is hiding near a cabin
when he sees the man of the house bid his wife
goodbye, mount his horse and ride away. Ho
goes down to the cottage, and the woman, be-
lieving him to be a belated member of the sher-
iff's posse, hospitably invites him in to have a
bite to eat before riding on to overtake her hus-
band, who has gone on the trail of a famous
criminal for whom a large reward is offered.
Among the baby's toys the stranger discovers
a little wooden cart which he made for his own
sister Mary thirty years before. It reveals to
him the identity of this worn, sickly little wom-
an who has been so kind to him. When the
husband returns, after a fruitless search in the
hills, he gives himself up. The husband re-
ceives the reward, and the brother rejoices in
his sacrifice.
"OUR MUTUAL GIRL" ( Xo. 30— August 10).
—It is Margaret's eighteenth birthday anniver-
sary, and her aunt goes to Tiffany's for a costly
cameo necklace as a birthday present for her
charming niece. She is followed by the thief
who owns the trained dog. Some hours after she
has given Margaret the present, the thief goes
back to Mrs. Kinckerbocker's house, engages the
butler in conversation at the door, and allows
the police dog to sneak into the house.
Anni. the dog. has been trained to follow a
person through the odor of personal belongings,
and one of Margaret's handkerchiefs, sniffed by
the intelligent animal, is sufficient to take it to
her boudoir. There it hides, awaiting her
return.
Margaret, after a busy and fatiguing day,
consequent upon having so many friends call,
goes to bed with the precious cameo necklace
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ID its satin case clasped in her slender bands.
Hardly has she sunk into slumber than a low
whistle outside the house arouses Anni. She
goes to the window. A few words from her
master and Anni takes into ber delicate jaws,
without awakening the sleeper, the satin case.
Then Anni jumps out of the window, takes the
box to her master waiting nearby on Fifth
avenue, and he, having put the cameos in his
pocket, throws the case into the gutter. It hap-
pens that Kid Joseph is nearby and he gets a
glimpse of this man, but only a glimpse. In
every outward sign it is Howard Dunbar, the
Man of Mystery, and as Kid Joseph is hostile
to Dunbar his hostility intensifies his certainty,
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"IZZY GETS THE WRONG BOTTLE" (Au-
gust 19). — Izzy goes fishing and catches naught
but a terrible cold. Going to a druggist for
something to cure it, the druggist's clerk, who
is half asleep, gives him a large bottle of
laudanum by mistake. On his way home Izzy
meets a friend — tells him about the cold and
his cure for it. His friend tells him not to
take laudanum but to take hot whiskey instead.
This Izzy does and on his return home,
takes the whiskey, throws his coat into a cor-
ner and goes to sleep soused. His coat falling,
breaks the bottle of laudanum, the smell of
which permeates the room. The druggist dis-
covers his clerk's mistake, rushes with the doc-
tor and a stomach pump to Izzy's home, finds
(as they believe from the odor) that he has ap-
parently been killed by the laudanum and pump
him out only to find that he hadn't taken it
after all.
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"THE GUIDING HAND" (Two Parts— August
4). — James Stevens, a wealthy manufacturer,
has a frivolous wife and a son who has drifted
into bad habits. Mrs. Stevens sells her jewels
to pay his gambling debts, substituting paste
stones in their place. Later, when John is
caught by his father in the act of robbing the
family safe, the whole wretched situation is laid
bare. Stevens is on the point of leaving his
wife and son forever. But Mignon, his blind
niece, who lives in the household, dissuades him.
She proves the guiding hand which leads the
family back to self-respect and happiness.
"STRONGER THAN DEATH" (Two Parts-
August 11). — Robert Gray, while away on a
vacation, falls in love with Mignon Brett, a
village girl. Recalled home by a telegram from
his father, he puts a ring on her hand, and
hurries to town. Robert finds his father on the
brink of financial ruin and his mother's health
rapidly failing. There is just one way out.
William Stewart, a social climber of fabulous
wealth, has offered to save Gray, the elder, pro-
vided a marriage can be arrnged between his
daughter, Alicia, and Robert.
When the young man realizes that failure will
mean his mother's death, he reluctantly con-
sents. After that he is haunted by the spirit
of Mignon. Deserted and alone, she has sick-
ened and died. On the night of Robert's wed-
ding she appears so vividly to him that he col-
lapses and the ceremony never is completed.
For a long time the young man lies in a coma.
At last, his spirit goes to rejoin his dead love.
"THE TELL-TALE SCAR" (August 9).— Pie-
tro Lapori, a young barber. loves Maria Deguida,
the daughter of a prosperous merchant. He is
in despair, however, as his sweetheart's father
refuses his consent to their marriage until Pietro
shall have five hundred dollars in cash.
One day a detective shows him a circular,
offering a big reward for the capture of a noted
crook. In the pictLire on the circular a scar
disfigures the criminal's face. A few days later
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the barher shaves a man who bears the counter-
part of the scar, until now concealed by a
beard. He shadows his customer, but is discov-
ered. With great diflBculty he succeeds in over-
powering the crook, and is rescued just in time
by the police. Pietro receives the reward and
marries the girl.
"IX PERIL'S PATH" (August 14).— Mrs.
Jones has been postmistress of Rosedale ever
since her husband's death. Everybody seems to
be satisfied except Jim Hankins, the local politi-
cal leader, who tries to convince the villagers
that a man should have the position, and that
no one is better fitted to be postmaster than
himself. A close election proves Hankin's op-
portunity, and it is voted that he shall succeed
the widow.
Mrs. Jones is inconsolable, for she has three
children dependent upon her. One night, Han-
kins is returning home from a spree, when he
falls upon the railroad track. Only the quick
wit of Leland Jones, the ten-year-old son of the
ex-postraistress, saves him from being run over.
And it transpires that even an unscrupulous
politician may have a conscience.
AMERICAN.
"FALSE GODS" (Two Parts— August IT).—
The husband enters the road to ruin when he
grows ashamed of the wife of his youth and his
friend. Through his wife and friend he is
lifted into fabulous fortune, but he, when he is
drunk with the power of money, forgets this.
As the years pass his money buys a sena-
torship for him. He goes to Washington with-
out his wife, and in the bewildering smiles of a
brilliant widow becomes dazzled with ambition
and resolves to divorce the partner of his
youth. He is influenced by the widow to put
through a nefarious bill. She and her pal re-
ceive money for this. His constituents slight
him for this work, and, after he has made the
woman of the world his wife, they are both
snubbed by the society he has coveted. But
this is not the end of the ruin. The woman
sells him out on the exchange and deserts him
with the man who has helped her to ruin him.
Mary, his divorced wife, and Tom, the old
friend, hasten to him in his hour of need but
they arrive too late.
"THEIR WORLDLY GOODS" (August 19).—
Being a husband was a new experience to Frank
Mason, and, as his thoughts were intense upon
his business, the fact that his young wife may
need a new gown or two never entered his
mind. And Betty's thoughts were of gowns and
society. So when time came for the Vonburg
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before her husband, gathered courage, and said :
"Frank, won't you buy me a new gown some-
time?" Frank's answer was a caress as he
chided her for her foolishness, and thought she
looked grand and sweet just the way she was.
So her friends were right, she wore the same
old gown.
"Frank is neglecting me; he doesn't care how
I look." was the unjust suspicion that trans-
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behind her. Xor did she have time to tele-
phone for aid — but the telephone operator
heard and summoned help. Betty hid in the
clothes closet, clutching the money, hiding her
face in the gown — the same old gown.
The police were in his house with a captured
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tramp when Frank arrived. His money was
gone — bis wife gone. But when he found Betty
he found his money. "What a little heroine
you are for saving the money!" he said. But
Betty confessed all and Frank saw the thought-
less error of his ways. His worldly goods be-
came their worldly goods and there began a
home life without restraint, a life full of love.
PRINCESS.
"THE TARGET OF DESTINY" (July 31).—
Muriel Blair, a simple country girl, falls in love
with Boyd Fleming, whose wealthy parents have
a summer home near the village. Boyd pro-
poses, but knowing that his family do not con-
sider her a good match for their son, she refuses
to marry him. Boyd is practicing one day on
an improvised rifle range, when his little sister,
unnoticed by him, climbs up behind the target.
Muriel runs to the child's rescue. She saves
Toosie, hut is herself wounded. Mr. and Mrs.
Fleming are then completely won over, and
Muriel and Boyd are married.
"HER DUTY" (August 7).— Cecil Waters is
in love with Walter Dillon, the head clerk in
the office. Florence Mills, however, the daugh-
ter of her employer, is infatuated with Dillon,
and when expenses are cut down and part of
the force laid off. Cecil finds herself heading the
blue list. Florence knows that Cecil has an in-
valid mother, whom only country air and lux-
uries can save. She goes to the girl, offering
all this — if she will surrender Dillon. At first
defiant, Cecil at last succumbs. "To him who
hath shall be given "
BRONCHO.
"THE ROBBERY AT PIXE RIVER" (Two
Parts — August 19). — Bill Hicks, a trapper, robs
the Savrj'er Lumber Company of $5,000, by dig-
ging a tunnel into the building through the
cellar. Sergeant Tom Allen chases him far into
the Northern woods, and Hicks, realizing that
he cannot escape, seeking to hide the tell-tale
bullet wound in his right hand, thrusts it into
a heavy steel trap, mutilating it. His sacrifice
proves useless, however, as Allen already has
finger prints of his left hand. Hicks is taken
back to the scene of the robbery where he con-
fesses. A young trapper who has been arrested
on suspicion is freed, and the episode concludes
with his marriage to Alice Graham.
DOMINO.
"A ROMANCE Op THE SAWDUST RING"
(Two Parts — August 13). — Jim Flint, the ring-
master in Cody's circus, in order to get rid of
Jack Dorn, his rival for the love of Polly Wells,
a bareback rider, manages to have Dorn jailed
on a false charge. Soon after, while intoxicated,
he insults Polly, and is discharged by the owner
of the show. In revenge. Flint looses the ani-
mals, and Polly is pursued by a lion to an old
barn, where she climbs up onto a horse stall out
of the frantic beast's reach.
Dorn, meanwhile, has made bis getaway, and
is in hiding in the same barn. He comes to
Polly's rescue. With no weapon save a pitch-
fork, he saves her life and disables the lion.
Flint, escaping across country, stumbles into a
hole, where he is found and fatally wounded by
one of the wild beasts which his own fury has
loosed.
KAY-BEE.
"THE STIGMA ; OR THE BRAND OF
SHAME" (Two Parts— August 14).— John Field,
a young physician, is so absorbed in his work
that he neglects his wife, Aubrey. She meets
an actor. Philip Lane, who falls desperately in
love with her. In her loneliness, she yields to
his entreaties and receives him secretly. One
evening the doctor returns home unexpectedly
and finds Lane in the house. He is so enraged
that he turns both the actor and his wife out
of doors, and later, shattered by his terrible ex-
perience, disposes of his practice and goes to
the Klondike.
Aubrey and Philip join a theatrical company
booked for Alaska. On a long tramp between
towns. Philip is overcome by the cold. Aubrey,
rushing to the nearest cabin for help, comes
face to face with her husband. Dr. Field hur-
ries back with her to Philip, but it is too late.
The past is forgiven, and they are reconciled.
railroad fare, she forgets all about going home
to mother, and rushes off to the sale.
Meanwhile. "Van Dusen, who has repented of
the quarrel, thinks Susanna has gone and is ut-
terly miserable. Rushing to a telegraph office,
he writes a message promising to buy her the
suit if she will return home immediately upon
her arrival. He changes his mind, however,
and stubbornly tears up the message. Mean-
while, at the sale, Susanna lays her purse down
to try on a suit — and a thief steals it. About
the same time, Van Dusen passes a newspaper
office and discovers a crowd gathered about the
bulletin board. Idly curious, he pushes his
way to the front and nearly collapses. The
train that Susanna was supposed to have taken
to the home of her mother has been totally
wrecked. Horrified at the thought that his
wife has been killed. Van Dusen blames himself
for the whole affair and rushes home in a state
of complete madness. While his friends are
trying to keep him from blowing his brains out.
Susanna arrives on the scene lamenting the loss
of her purse. Thunderstruck to discover that
she is still alive, Van Dusen seizes her in his
arms, and upon learning the facts, promises
to buy her suits enough to last for a lifetime.
BEAUTY.
"SUSANNA'S NEW SUIT" (August 14).—
Susanna has a habit of buying articles on
credit. Her husband objects to this, and one
day when a suit arrives at the house C. O. D..
he refuses to pay the bill. Susanna is highly
indignant and threatens to go to her mother in
a distant city. Van Dusen. her hu^^band. calls
the bluff, and dares her to go. whereupon Sus-
anna angrily packs her suit-case and demands
the price of a railroad ticket. To test her
nerve. Van Dusen gives her the money. To his
surprise. Susanna accepts it and rushes off to
the depot. While waiting in line at the ticket
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-AMBUSHED" (ESSANAY) (Three Parts —
August 22). — Young Frank Mitchell, who terms
himself a modern man of law, is summoned to
draw up the will of L.ady Darnley, who wishes
to leave her entire estate to her favorite niece,
Mable, and nothing to Bothwell, her nephew,
except in the event of Mable's death, when be
would inherit everything. Bothwell learns of
the contents of the will and straightway plots
to get Mable out of the way. He secures the
assistance of Smith, a daring criminal, and the
two take Mable by force to a deserted house,
stiuated near a lake, just outside the city.
Y'oung Mitchell by accident hears of Mable's
plight, and plans to rescue her. He makes his
way to the deserted house and overhears a plot
to kill the heiress. The criminals finally set
fire to the house and the young lawyer rescues
Mable. They find a rowboat and attempt to
make their way to an island. Mable sleeps in
the hut all night while Mitchell keeps guard
outside the door. The hero and heroine are
pursued by the criminal nephew and his aids,
but are outwitted by the young lawyer. De-
tectives who have obtained a clew to the miss-
ing heiress, with the assistance of Mitchell,
finally round up the gang in the young lawyer's
office. Mitchell and Mable then discover they
love each other and the drama comes to a
happy conclusion.
GAUMONT.
"THE CURSE OF THE SCARABEE RUBY"
(Three Parts). — Hundreds of years ago the
daughters of the High Priest Y'uma were ap-
pointed as guardians ot the sacred Scarabee
Ruby, which hung around the neck of their god.
One of the daughters aided her lover to steal
the sacred jewel, and her sister, trying to pre-
vent the theft, was mortally wounded and was
discovered dying at the feet of the god by her
father, who in his grief and rage pronounced
a terrible curse upon the sacred jewel, decreeing
that into the body of the possessor should
enter two different spirits, those of purity and
evil, which should always be at war.
Peter Sylvester, a rising young doctor, calls
for his fiancee, Mona Dorsay, and the young
couple start off on a shopping expedition. No-
ticing a curious jewel in a curiosity shop, Mona
takes a great fancy to the trinket, and Peter
buys the Scarabee Ruby and presents it to
Mona. That night, after retiring to her room,
Mona is disturbed by the evil spirit. A terrible
change comes over the young girl's face, and
catching up a cloak, she goes forth into the
night towards another existence, returning at
the break of day. She is awakened long after
her usual time by her mother, who is astonished
that she had slept so long ; the evil spirit has
fled and Mona is once again her natural self.
Quite unconscious of the night's happenings,
she apologizes for her late appearance. Some
nights later Mona. led by the evil spirit, be-
comes a member ot a notorious gang of thieves,
and her beauty proves an excellent snare for
wealthy foreigners. Dancing one night in a hall
which she frequents, she is seen by Peter, who
is astounded by what he thinks a wonderful
resemblance. His suspicions are dispelled next
morning by Mona's fresh and charming appear-
ance. However, gazing at her photograph later
in the evening, Peter's doubts return as he
fancies he sees the picture change to that ot
the dancing girl. That night, owing to Mona's
influence Mr. Phillips, a wealthy traveler in-
vites the gang to supper ; the police are, how-
ever, on their track, and one of the gang is a
spy. Peter comes to the same restaurant, and
is now certain that this is really Mona, and,
despite her denials, makes an attempt to rescue
her. A serious fight ensues, and in the melee
Mona escapes and is driven away in a taxi be-
fore Peter can prevent her. Next morning Mona
and her mother are surprised that Peter does
not pay his usual visit, and send their servant
to inquire. Hearing that he has been injured
in an accident, the two ladies go to call upon
him, and, again bewildered by Mona's apparent
innocence, he keeps the doings of the night a
secret and explains that his wounds are due to
a motor accident. Acting on the spy's infor-
mation, a plan is formed by the police to ar-
rest the notorious gang, and that night, a raid
is made on a flat. Mona, who has joined them
as usual, escapes although she has been slightly
wounded in the neck, and a journalist, who is
among the party, succeeds in getting a flash-
light photograph ot her. Next morning a full
report of the raid appears in the newspapers,
accompanied by the photograph of Mona, and
both Peter and his father are again convinced
that their suspicions are correct. Mona, on
waking discovers the wound on her neck, which
puzzles her greatly. "n^hen shown the news-
papers, she is at first amused by the resem-
blance to herself, but when reading of the
fugitive's wound, which appears to tally with
her own, she becomes disturbed and vaguely
alarmed. Believing this to be a case of som-
nambulism, Peter and his father decide to
watch her, and take up their positions outside
her room. When she attempts to leave to go
forth on her nocturnal wanderings, she is pre-
vented, and becoming hysterical, faints, and
Peter's father, then notices the inscription on
her necklet, which reads : "Unless it shall be-
come dust, the Scarabee Ruby will always divide
the body of the wearer in which two different
and opposing spirits shall manifest themselves."
Now the mystery becomes clear, and Peter
and his father carefully destroy the jewel, and
Mona's mind is set at rest by a report in the
newspapers, which announces that the girl
whose photograph appeared the day before has
been arrested. This has been inserted by
Peter, and believing that- she has lost her
Scarabee Ruby, Mona is made quite happy by
the presentation of a prettier pendant by her
lover.
ECLECTIC.
ALL LOVE EXCELLING (Three Parts—
jVugust). — Lord Edward Litchfield is in love
with Beth, a beautiful American girl of modest
parentage. Lord Edward's -father goes to Beth
and tells her that should Edward marry her it
will spoil his whole career and at the same
time be a great shock to his parents. Beth
bows to his will and on the next visit to her
tells Lord Edward that her love for him is dead.
He pleads in vain and at last goes away broken
hearted. He does not see Beth again for sev-
eral years and in the meantime has become en-
gaged to Mildred Sperry, a young lady of whom
his father and mother both approve.
Beth hears of his approaching marriage and
writes to him asking for the return of her let-
ters. He takes them to her in person. Then
his old love awakens and he tries to persuade
her to take him back. She refuses. In the
course of her life she meets the Due de St.
Claire, a Parisian nobleman, who is much taken
with her charms. This nobleman asks for her
hand, but she cannot forget Lord Edward.
Lord Edward marries Mildred and has a son
who grows up into a fine, handsome boy. Owing
to the death ot the Duke's brother he adopts his
niece Valerie. Fate throws Lord Edward and his
wife and Beth and the Duke together at a hall in
Washington. Lord Edward renews his acquaint-
ance with Beth, but is told by her that he should
be true to his wife and he, in shame, leaves her.
After he leaves, the Duke sees her, and renew
his suit. He gets no encouragement and in
anger tells Lord Edward's wife that her hus-
band is still in love with Beth. Mildred is very
much alarmed, but is reassured by Beth, who
has overheard the conversation. The Duke
passes out of her life then for about fifteen
years. In the meantime. Lord Edward's son
has grown up and is sent to Paris to complete
his education. There he meets the niece of the
Due de St. Claire. They find a mutual attrac-
tion and are much together. The Crimean War
breaks out and the Duke goes with his regiment
to the war. Beth has become a Sister of Mercy
and is in one of the hospital tents. Valerie
writes her uncle, the Duke, telling him of young
Lord Edward. The Duke, angered because he
thinks he might have won Beth had it not been
for Lord Edward, refuses his permission for
any further acquaintance. The boy, nearly
heartbroken upon hearing this, in a desperate
mood enlists for war. He is seriously wounded
in battle and on being taken to the hospital the
letter written by the Duke to his niece is found
on him. This reveals his identity to Beth. She
goes to the Duke and adds her plea to that of
the young lovers. The Duke consents. He
recognizes the Sister of Mercy as his former ac-
quaintance and renews his suit, only to be told
that for her there is no future except in the
work that she has sworn to carry out.
THE SIREN (Six Parts — .\ugust). — Fer-
nande, the daughter of poor parents, is very
much dissatisfied with her lot in life and wants
to get out where she can have some pleasure.
She is a great flirt and has several men on the
string. When the doctor comes to the house
she works her wiles on him to such an extent
that he asks for her hand in marriage. She
accepts him but in her mind has no intention
of giving up her other sweethearts. After her
marriage she continues to meet them with the
result that he discovers her unfaithfulness. He
looks in her private correspondence and finds
proof that she has been utterly unfaithful.
■When he taxes her with it she does not deny it
but tells him that she intends to continue the
same way. He in a rage strikes her. Driven
nearly insane he wanders round all night and
on his return finds that she has gone away.
He loses all trace of her and goes to a foreign
country to try to forget her. In the meantime
she goes to Paris, where she sets up a little
couri of her own. Her admirers are many,
among them Count Adolphe. He is so much
taken with her charms that he decides to marry
her. He writes to his grandfather telling him
of his decision. Then he goes to Fernande with
his proposal. She is rather taken ahack as she
had not intended to let him get that far in the
toils. To avoid his attentions she goes to a
small town in Britanny where she finds life too
slow for her temperament. Being one of that
kind of women who must have an admirer she
flirts with a young fisherman. The fisherman,
Pierre, is however built of different stuff than
the men she has met in Paris and will not be
satisfied to merely admire her from a distance.
In spite of his rough manners, or probably
because of them and his immense size, he exerts
a charm on Fernande that makes her lose her
cool, calculating manner. She allows him to
come to her home. Pierre's mother has sus-
pected for some time that all is not well with
him and follows to learn what is the cause of
his desertion of his own wife. Through the good
offices of an old friend she learns that Pierre is
spending nearly all of his time at the home of
Fernande. Going to the doctor she asks him
to do what he can to get Pierre out of the
clutches of the woman who is wrecking both
their lives. The doctor goes to the villa and on
entering finds that not only has Fernande been
playing with Pierre, but that she has at the
house Count Adolphe, who has followed her
from Paris. He also is astounded to find the
woman in the case is Fernande — his own wife
who had left his house the night he had struck
her. He had no idea that he had located in the
same town that she had chosen for her home.
He upbraids her but is met with a penitent air
and an exhibition of those same charms that
made him love her so long before. He falls a
victim a second time only to be laughed at and
told that he is an old fool. Enraged he tells
Pierre and the count who she really is. Pierre,
overcome, falls in a faint striking his head and
badly hurting himself. He is taken home and
orders are given that he is to be kept absolutely
quiet if he is to recover. Fernande decides to
see him and goes to his home. She is told that
it is impossible to see him, but insists. Then
Pierre's mother takes a hand and the Siren
meets one on whom she cannot work her
charms. She is forced to admit defeat and a
career of wanton despoliation ends.
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play opens with the temporary camp of the
Viking king of Norseland on a Summer trip off
the coast of England. While the men are away
from camp fishing, a wandering stranger from
the North happens upon Lydia, the king's
daughter, asleep, and is desperately smitten with
her unusual beauty. Fearing his reception
upon the return of the men, he steals off to view
the camp from a neighboring cliff top. Upon
the return of the men he discovers that Lydia
is interested in one of the men of the party,
Nordo, and seizes an opportunity -while the
camp is about to sit down to a feast presents
himself, and asks a kindly reception. The king
receives him as a guest.
In the dead of night, while the camp is asleep,
he attempts to steal into the cave which shelt-
ers Lydia, but is frustrated by the ever-watch-
ful Nordo, who, crazed with rage at this at-
tempted desecration of his sweetheart's resting
place, is about to stab him when Lydia re-
minds him of the laws of hospitality. Olaf at
the first opportunity proposes marriage to Lydia.
and demands her hand from the king, the king
disdainfully spurns his offer, and Olaf chal-
lenges, according to the ancient Norse law,
Lydia's champion to fight for her hand. Lydia
chooses her favorite, Nordo. A bloody duel is
immediately fought, and Nordo conquers. Olaf
is nursed back to health by the beautiful Lydia,
and again protests his love.
One day a messenger arrives from Voldor,
the father of Olaf, demanding his return alive,
to expiate his unpardonable offence against the
god Odin. Olaf makes good his escape from the
camp, and the king vows that if Olaf is not cap-
tured alive, he will sacrifice his daughter to the
sea. Nordo starts out to find Olaf. Olaf from
a safe hiding place has overheard the king's
vow, and plans a desperate revenge. He allows
Nordo to see him. and when pursued feigns an
injury. He grapples with Nordo, but by a mis--
chance Nordo. in the struggle throws him over
the cliff. Nordo returns to the camp broken-
hearted with the sad news. The king fulfills
his vow, but Nordo, unknown to the rest, dives
from the foot of the cliff and raises the maiden
from the bottom of the sea.
Olaf was only stunned by his fall from the
cliff, and returns to the sad-hearted king, know-
ing that his revenge has been accomplished.
Nordo sees Olaf alive and under the protection
of Lydias' father, and hastens back to her with
the joyful news that she can rejoin her family.
The king receives his daughter back from the
grave, and blesses them both.
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a very pretty dancing girl, whose name is
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is the fiddler's name, begins to play, and
Juana, carried away by the throbbing strains,
commences to dance, and she dances as she
has never danced before.
Xothing must do but that Anatol must paint
the pair, and then for several days Juana
and the fiddler Scaramourse are constantly to-
gether. Ugly and deformed as he is. Juana
cannot resist the fascination of Scaramourse.
and he persuades her to flv with him. taking
the opportunity whilst the artist is out. Upon
returning Anatol finds a note from Juana ask-
ing him to forgive her and never to look for
her.
Six months later in Paris, Anatol, who had
been living with a friend, is informed that the
most wonderful dancer is appearing at "The
Gamblers' Club." Anatol and his friend ad-
journ there at once.
In the meantime Juana suffers under the
terrible jealousy of Scaramourse, the latter be-
coming acquainted with Baron Lofort, who
persuades the fiddler to play at the tables, the
stake being Juana. Scaramourse is financed by
Lofort to the extent of .jOO pounds, and the
Baron informs him that when that is lost he
will take Juana.
Anatol and his friend, having watched Juana
dance at the club, follow her back to her
rooms, and Anatol begs Juana to come back to
him. but an unknown compulsion forces Juana
not to leave Scaramourse as Anatol wishes. At
this juncture Scaramourse returns, and seeing
the artist he flies into a terrible frenzv and
leaps at the artist's throat. Anatol flings the
deformed wretch from him with such a force
that he is seriously injured. Taking advantage
of the opportunity, the artist seizes Juana anil
together with his friend they return to his
house. The fascinating spell seems to be over,
but the terribile vengeance of the fiddler is to
come. Dragging himself painfullv along he at
last reaches the window where Juana is sitting
and then commences to play.
The music once more throbs at the nature
of Juana. and she commences to dance, "^'ilder
and wilder the music rises until it reaches a
climax. Juana is whirling round in a wild
dance until suddenly as the music fades grad-
ually away the dancing girl sinks to the ground
dead. His vengeance completed, Scaramourse
with the pale rays of the moon on his face
gazes with intense hatred upon his victim.
.\natol. returning to the room, sees the dead
body of the poor dancing girl whom he befriend-
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body.
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an's pride rose in arms ; but under the spell
of these magnetic eyes rebellion gave place to
submission, and she duly consented to appear
at the engagement festivities as Bosco's sister.
During a relaxation of the power exercised over
her by Bosco she managed to gasp out a tew
warning sentences to Janette, but the return
of the arch villain and the consequent restora-
tion of his power over her prevented any very
important statements being made. Later in
the evening Eosco succeeded in obtaining a pri-
vate chat with Jack Varley — he offered him a
drugged cigar, and during the momentary in-
sensibility induced" thereby extracted the key of
the banker's safe. Unknown to Bosco his ac-
tion is observed by Kitty, who later on en-
deavors to report what she has seen to Captain
Castillac — an old friend of both the Benson and
the Varley families. Again Bosco arrives on
the scene in the nick of time and prevents any
disclosure. During the day Maurice Benson,
the banker's son. has been worrying Jack to
lend him no less a sum than 3,IJ00 pounds,
threatening all kinds of things if the money is
not forthcoming. Moreover Captain Castillac
has deposited with Jack during the afternoon
the sum of 4,000 pounds which at the time these
events are happening is reposing in the sate
in Jack's room at the bank. Disturbed by
vague fears Varley visits his office that evening
to make sure that everything is in order. Aft-
er a careful search around, having satisfied
himself that all is quite safe, he leaves, with
a troubled good-night to the watchman. Soon
after Bosco enters. A chloroformed handker-
chief ensures him from any interference from
the watchman. With Varley's key the safe is
soon opened and rifled. A footstep is heard.
Bosco hastily conceals himself behind a curtain.
It is the banker himself. A fierce struggle
ensues. The banker is left dead on the floor and
the murderer goes out quietly. .\t the police
enquiry following the murder, circumstantial
evidence is all against Jack Varley. His key
of the safe is found on the floor by the detectives,
and his visit to the office the previous night is
told by the watchman. Jack Varley's position
is a terrible one ; he refuses to make any de-
fense, believing that the guilty person is the
banker's own son — his sweetheart's brother, who
has been so wildly importuning him for money
during the previous few days. Determined that
Janette Benson shall not suffer through her
brother. Jack destroys what would have been
strong evidence against the banker's son in the
shape of several letters asking for money, and
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not forthcoming. Things look black now for
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His blind mother, his sister and his friend
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servant, who opens the gate just as the car
drives away, and suspecting that something is
wrong he jumps on behind. Bosco decides that
it is time to rid himself of an accomplice who
is likely to cause considerable trouble. On the
way back a river bridge suggests the way out,
and ascertaining that there are no onlookers,
he stops the car and places the girl in a
hypnotic trance — takes her in his arms and
leans over the bridge. The next moment Kitty
Drew is drowning in the waters below. Bosco
jumps into the car and at once drives off.
He reckoned without the Captain's negro, how-
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thing that happened and without waiting to
consider the danger jumps on to the parapet of
the bridge and dives from that dizzy height to
the rescue. His heroism is rewarded, and very
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Captain's residence.
Her evidence is sufficient to clear Jack Var-
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disappearing from his house. He wants Hayes
to help him solve the mystery.
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Syndicate Film Corp. (First Episode — 2 Reels —
Juni 22). — The first reel of episode one shows
Stanley Hargreaves, father of Florence Gray,
stealing up from his carriage to the entrance of
the Susan Farlow Select School for Girls. In
his arms he cradles his baby daughter. While
his coachman awaits at the carriage entrance to
the school grounds, Hargreaves makes his way
across the lawn and terraces to the veranda of
the institution.
Tenderly he wraps up the child and puts it
down in a spot sheltered from the wind. Cau-
tiously he crouches up to a window of the of-
fice, where the matron of the school sits at-
tending to her correspondence. A sharp rap
brings Susan Farlow to the window. Har-
greaves hurriedly steals back to his carriage
and drives off.
Puzzled by the tap on the pane Miss Farlow
swings open the doors. Before her on the
threshold lies a baby, wrapped in garments of
expensive texture. Pinned to the child's silken
outer wraps is an envelope and inside the let-
ter a note and a gold bracelet.
•'The name of this child is Florence Gray,"
the note reads. "Take care of her and educate
her. I shall provide liberally for her. The
other half of the enclosed bracelet will identify
me when I send for her."
Seventeen years pass. Florence Gray has
become a young woman and one of the most
popular girls in the Farlow school. Through-
out her girlhood she has never wanted for any-
thing and from time to time liberal remittances
and presents reach her from her parent.
The scene changes to the home of Stanley
Hargreaves, father of Florence Gray. Har-
greaves. when a young man. had joined the
Black Hundred. This was an organization of
Russian millionaires. Circumstances made him
an exile from Russia. Branded as a traitor by
his fellows, the young millionaire knew that a
price had been set upon his head. The pass-
ing of years had changed his appearance, how-
ever, and now, nearly twenty-five years after his
departure from Europe, he hopes that the beard
and the moustache he has grown, together with
the changes which time has marked upon his
features, have altered him beyond recognition.
Feeling assured that he will not be remem-
bered if he returns to his old haunts, Har-
greaves determines to claim his daughter, dis-
pose of his estate and servants, liquidate his
holdings, and return to Russia. He sends a
note to the Farlow school demanding the re-
turn of Florence Gray, settles his daughter's
bills and then, to celebrate his departure, enters
one of the most fashionable of New York's
restaurants.
He is recognized, as he enters, by James Nor-
ton, a reporter. Hargreaves invites the re-
porter to dinner and introduces him to Count-
ess Olga Petroff and her companion, Braine.
Hargreaves, as he sits down to dinner with the
reporter at an adjacent table, little realizes
that his nearby acquaintances, Braine and
Countess Olga, are watching him closely and
that they recognize in him the man for whom
they have been commissioned to seek the world
over.
So sure are they of their identification that
both hurriedly leave the restaurant for the
local headquarters of the Russian secret so-
ciety. There they inform resident members of
the Black Hundred that they have recognized
in Hargreaves a former member of their band
and that the opportunity to wreak the vengeance
of the Black Hundred is at hand.
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when he was a faithful member of the society,
has come into possession of the Xew York chap-
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Countess Petroff. is handed around among the
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warns Harereaves that the members of the
Black Hundred are aware that he has with-
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in his library and there flashes before his
mind's eye the picture of his introduction Into
the Black Hundred years before. He sees him-
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pledging himself, while he clasps hands with
the aeed president of the secret order, to -de-
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The note from the enemy causes Hargreaves
to make a quick change in his plans. Hastily
shaving his beard and moustache he dons a
rough suit and, upon ascertaining that his
home is surrounded, goes to the roof of the
mansion and sets off a rocket to call Stevens to
his aid. The rocket is seen hy the conspirators
as it roars up from the roof into the darkness.
They determine to break into the isolated home
of the renegade member of their band. They
attack the massive entrance doors of the man-
sion with iron bars, dealing blow after blow
that echoes through the mansion.
In the distance BTaine, the leader of the
band, sees a balloon creeping across the sky
toward the House of Mystery. Realizing that
Hargreaves intends to escape in the car of the
balloon the band redoubles its attack on the
door of the mansion.
As the balloon sweeps across the roof of the
House of Mystery Hargreaves clutches at the
basket. He manages to obtain a hold just
as the big bag, struck by a sudden gust of
wind, leaps into the air and is carried away
over the tree tops. In his struggles to get into
the basket of the balloon. Hargreaves is assist-
ed by the pilot. The millionaire finally crawls
up over the edge of the wickerwork car and
falls exhausted on the floor.
While the balloon drifts out over the ocean,
back in the House of Mystery Hargreaves' butler
does his best to cope with the members of the
Black Hundred who finally manage to break
into the mansion. The conspirators, upon
smashing in the great front door at once run
to the roof of the house just as the balloon
skims away across the tree tops. Braine shoots
at the big bag in an effort to puncture it. Shot
after shot goes wild but finally one takes effect
and the balloon is seen rapidly sinking toward
the sea.
Braine runs below to tell his fellow con-
spirators of his successful shot. He finds that
they have hound Jones, the butler, and are
giving him the third degree, in an effort to make
him reveal where Hargreaves has hidden his
wealth. But someone has already removed all
the money from the safe built into the wall of
Hargreaves' library, and Jones is able only to
point to the empty compartments. Far out at
sea a collapsed balloon bag drifts about on the
wave tops, kept afloat by the wicker work car
and the few remaining feet of gas within the
bag.
"THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY"
(Syndicate Film Corp. — Second Episode — Two
Reels^June 20). — Jones, the butler, struggles
to free himself. Removing the receiver from
the telephone resting on the table near his
chair, with his teeth, the butler calls police
headquarters. A platoon of police soon arrive
and unbind him. They find the safe in the
Hargreaves' home broken open and its con-
tents scattered about. A search is begun for
the conspirators. Florence Gray (Hargreaves'
daughter) arrives with Miss Farlow to find her
father gone. Jones, who meets her at the sta-
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which Florence carries, and gives her a letter
from her father instructing her to trust im-
plicitly in him. Florence hardly has had time
to adjust herself to her new surroundings
when she has two visitors. One of them is
Xorton. the reporter, who reveals himself as a
true friend. The other is Countess Olga Petroff
who. upon the pretence that she knew Flor-
ence's father, tries to ingratiate herself In the
girl's confidence.
While the Countess, Xorton, Florence and
Miss Farlow are together, two of the conspirat-
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fice detectives, force their way into the house
in an effort to find Hargreaves' money for
which they did not have time to search thor-
oughly the night before. Xorton at once recog-
nizes the detectives as impostors and calls up
police headquarters. The conspirators suspect
the reporter and while a desperate fight is in
progress the police arrive. The two conspirat-
ors are captured and are taken away.
During the fight the Countess Petroff, seeing
the struggle going against Braine, succeeds in
tripping up the reporter. Xorton, however,
■manages to pinion his man, and, although sus-
picious of the Countess, says nothing when the
police arrive. She is allowed to depart without
"being molested. The conspirators, taking ad-
vantage of a street accident, in which a child
is run down by an automobile, break away from
the police when the vigilance of the latter is re-
laxeii for a moment. The exciting episode in
which Xorton has figured cements the friend-
ship between him and Florence and the reel
closes with a pretty scene between the young
people.
The Countess Olga, clever adventuress that
she is. still remains unsuspected of complicity
-with the conspirators who are plotting the death
of Florence Gray's father and the seizure of his
■great fortune.
"THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY" ( Syn-
■dicate Film Corp. — Third Episode — Two Reels —
July 6). — The Black Hundred learns, through
the daily papers, that Hargreaves. after drift-
ing 300 miles out to sea, has been picked up
while swimming about the wreck of the balloon
in which he escaped from the House of Mystery.
When Hargreaves lands at the dock news-
papermen try to interview him but he escapes
in the crowd. Xorton, knowing that the con-
spirators believe that Hargreaves has his for-
tune upon his person, lays a trap for them. By
judiciously tipping the watchman of the wharf
where the ship which landed Hargreaves moor-
ed, Xorton misleads Countess Olga into believ-
ing that Hargreaves' wealth is locked up in a
box safe in the wharf office.
The Countess hurries at once to the Charity
Ball where she meets Braine and tells him
what she has learned. Braine collects a dozen
gangsters in an East Side saloon and creeps
up to the wharf office, intent upon cracking the
safe and removing the treasure chest which he
believes is within. Xorton posts a dozen patrol-
men behind barrels near the office door. The
gangsters are captured while at work, but
Braine, whom Xorton wished most to catch,
jumps into the river and swims away in the
darkness.
"THE MILLION' DOLLAR MYSTERY" (Syn-
dicate Film Corp — ith Episode — 2 Reels — July
13). — Working on the theory that Florence Gray,
the eighteen-year-old daughter of Stanley Har-
greaves, the hunted millionaire, knows where
her father's money is hidden, the Black Hun-
dred conspirators determine to trap her in their
rooms and there force her to reveal the secret
she is believed to possess.
In carrying out this plan they are aided by
their knowledge that Florence Gray never has
seen her father, a circumstance which obviously
would enable one of their number to disguise
himself to impersonate Stanley Hargreaves and
thus ingratiate himself into the guileless child's
affections and confidence.
Braine — aptly named, for he is the intelligent,
driving force behind the Black Hundred's plot
to get Hargreaves' fortune— drafts a note cal-
culated to appeal to the father-love of the
simple boarding-school graduate. The conspir-
ator's note read as follows:
"My darling daughter:
"I must see you to-night. Come to 78 Grove
Street, top floor, at S o'clock. Confide in no
one if you would not seal my death warrant.
•'Your loving father."
That night Braine, unwilling to trust any of
his fellow conspirators with so delicate a mis-
sion, creeps into the park surrounding the house
and climbs in his stocking-feet to the roof of
the veranda upon which Florence Gray's bed-
room window opens. Florence, only half asleep,
hears some one tampering with her window.
Too terror-stricken to scream, she leaps from
her bed and then to the window. Braine, his
object attained, has gone. Florence picks up
the envelope and tears it open. Its contents
have not the ring of sincerity but Florence is
too eager to clasp her father in her arms to
long consider what she believes may only be her
own false suspicion.
Down at the entrance to the mansion Jones,
the butler, opens the door to find A. Leo Ste-
vens, the aeronaut, with a message for him.
Braine, creeping across the lawn, sees the bal-
loonist talking with the butler, but in his hurry
to escape attaches little importance to the cir-
cumstance.
Prevented by the note's caution from confid-
ing her doubts to Miss Farlow, her companion.
Florence is undecided as to what to do. Her
desire to see her parent wins over her suspi-
cions, however, and that evening a heavily
veiled young woman steals out through the
grounds of the Hargreaves mansion toward the
address named in the note.
She finds S4 Grove street an apartment house
in a secluded and unpretentious neighborhood.
She makes her way from landing to landing
until she reaches the door leading into the
apartment on the top floor. A knock soon
brings what appears to be a venerable old man
to the door. Florence is undecided what to do,
but as the old man bears a striking resem-
blance to the painting of her father the girl
does not resist when he clasps her in his arms.
Something rings false and the timid girl is
quick to sense the dissonance. Her suspicions^
are verified only too quickly. The conversation
too quickly passes to the subject of Har-
graves' wealth. The question convinces the girl
that she has been trapped, that the man to
whom she is talking is a cleverly disguised
iraposter. While the latter's back is turned, she
stealthily tries a door behind her. It is locked.
When she tries another door in the room the
stranger leads her away from it with a benevo-
lent smile. While he had his arms about her
Florence was horrified to see in the mantel mir-
ror five faces peering through a door.
The false father leaves the room. She hears
him planning with the conspirators to torture
her into a confession. She sees one of the men
struggling with a writhing python which is to
be freed in the room with her if she does not
tell them what they want to know.
The false father seizes Florence by her throat
at the moment the conspirators enter with the
python. Florence seizes a chair and smashes
the only lamp in the room.
While the conspirators grope about, the girl
quickly shuts herself in a cabinet built into the
wall. The gangsters believe, when they discover •
her absence, that she has thrown herself from ,
the window. But, as they peer out, a noise '
behind them makes them turn, only to see Flor-
ence dash through the open doorway into the
hall. She locks the door behind her and flees
to safety.
"THE MILLION' DOLLAR MYSTERY (Syndi-
cate Corp., Fifth Episode — Two Reels — July 20).
— Angered by the way Florence Hargreaves has
slipped through their fingers just when they
believed they were about to wrest from her the
secret of her fathers millions. Countess Olga,
Braine and their band of conspirators form an-
other plan to entrap her. Eraine dictates the
following newspaper personal which is inserted
in a local newspaper :
Dear Florence — The hiding place is discov-
ered. Remove to a more secure hiding place at
once. S. H.
A conspirator is sent disguised as an organ
grinder to spy upon the occupants of the Har-
greaves mansion so that in the event the treas-
ure is removed after the personal is read it can
be traced to its new hiding place. The con-
spirator is accompanied by a girl dancer.
Jones. Hargreaves' butler, sees the organ
grinder approach the limousine of the Countess
Olga when the latter motors out of the Har-
greaves grounds. Returning to the curtains,
through which he can peep out upon Margaret
and Miss Farlow, the butler overhears them
reading the personal. Jones at once realizes
that the advertisement is meant to frighten
Florence, and determines to mislead the sup-
posed organ grinder.
He watches the conspirator creep close to the
mansion and climb a tree, from which he drops
to the roof of the porch. Jones then goes up-
stairs into Florence's room and, after assuring
himself that the organ grinder is on watch,
slides up a picture of Sidney Hargreaves and
two other panels in the wall. This action re-
veals a brass-bound box with the name Stanley
Hargreaves upon it. The Italian hurries to
Braine and tells him that he has discovered
the hiding place of the treasure and that the
butler is about to secrete it elsewhere.
Braine and the organ grinder follow Jones to
a boat landing where they learn that he has en-
gaged Little Marie, one of the fastest power
boats on the seaboard. The conspirators also
engage a speedy motor boat and set off in pur-
suit.
After cruising about the sound, the conspira-
tors finally spy a launch miles off on the farther
shore. Jones is digging furiously, apparently
trying to bury his box before discovery, but
when his boatman tells him that a launch Is
heading full speed toward the cove in which
they have taken refuge he rushes back to the
Little Marie. The speedy launch is driven
quickly out of the cove into the open sound.
Then starts a desperate race between Braine
and his fellow conspirator on the one hand and
Jones on the other. The long black craft hired
by Braine has a greater supply of gasoline, how-
ever, and at last draws near Jones' boat.
Jones, seemingly making a last desperate fight
for possession of the Hargreave treasure, draws
a revolver and shoots a hole in the feed pipe
of Braine's launch. He raises the box high in
air and casts it into the sea.
Jones then quickly makes his escape and
Braine's craft drifts helplessly about. The con-
spirators can see the treasure box resting on the
bottom of the sea, but while they are peering
over the edge of their launch, gasoline, seep-
ing through the bullet hole in the feed pipe, is
ignited by the sparking motor and in a few
minutes the launch is aflame from stem to stern.
Driven from their boat the conspirators
plunge one by one. their clothes aflame, into
the sea. They have taken only a few strokes
from the launch when the gasoline tank ex-
plodes and sends the launch to the bottom.
In this by-adventure Jones is merely amusing
himself at" the expense of the conspirators.
Confldent of his ability to mislead the members
of the Black Hundred unassisted he does not
call Norton to his aid. Back at the Hargreaves'
mansion the young reporter's love affair with
Florence advances by leaps and bounds, always
restrained, however, by the chaperonage of Su-
san Farlow, Florence's instructress- and men-
tor.
Bound Volume No. 20
APRIL TO JUNE, 1914
Now ready for delivery. Price $1.50
Expressage or postage extra
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ALWAYS ON HAND — Slightly used moving
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WESTERN FILM BROKERS, 37 So. Wabaal
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MOVING PICTURE MACHINES for sale,
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RICHARDSON, 72 Exchange St., Lynn, Mass.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEX
ACROSS THE BORDER 970
ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS ■. . . 951
•■AVENGING CONSCIENCE' (Reliance)... 935
BANGS LABORATORIES 971
BELL, GASTON 946
"BUXOM COUNTRY LASS, THE (Ellison). 941
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RE-
LEASES 988
CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES.. 986
CARLOTTA DE FELICE 939
CENSORS DEFIED 934
CHICAGO LETTER 965
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS 959
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 948
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 978
EDMUND LAWRENCE 972
FACTS AND COMMENTS 931
•FALSE GODS' (American) 93S
FEATURE FILM STORIES 1014
ASBESTOS SUPPLIES.
H. W. JOH.NS-MANVILLE CO 1023
CARBON IMPORTERS.
KIEWERT, CHARLES L., CO 1028
ELECTRICAL & MECHAXICAL EQUIP-
MENT.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 1029
BELL & HOWELL CO., THE 1029
CANFIELD GAS ENGINE CO 1017
CORPORATION, INC. A. J 1033
CALEHUFF SUPPLY CO 1028
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS 1033
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 1028
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS 1010
FULTON, E. E 1033
GE.NERAL ELECTRIC CO 1033
HALLBERG. J. H _ 996
HOKE. GEORGE M. SUPPLY CO 1000
KIMBLE ELECTRIC CO lOlH
KLEI.NE OPTICAL CO 804
L.\EMMLE FILM SERVICE 1030
MOORE-HUBBEL CO 1029
MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS CO 888
PICTURE THEATER EQUIPMENT CO 1023
SMITH. L. C, & CO 10''9
STRE.XLINGER, CHARLES A., & CO 1002
TYPHOON FAN CO 102"'
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND M'F'G
CO 1018
MISCELl,.4>-EOUS FEATURE FILMS.
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION 997
ARCTIC FILM CO 1027
AUSTRO-SERVIAN FILM CO 1005
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO 912
CLUNE FILM EXCHANGE 985
COL. WM. F. CODY (BUFFALO) HISTOR-
ICAL PICTURE CO 899
COSMOFOTOFILM CO 1003
DR AMASCOPE CO ., THE 913
ECLECTIC FILM CO 920-21
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO 1018
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 906-07
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO 1031
GENERAL FEATURE FILM CO la33
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN FILM CO 1001
IVAN FILM PRODUCTIONS. I.NC 983
ITALA FILM CO. OF AMERICA (CA-
BIRIA) 918
KAISER FILM CO 1013
KEANOGRAPH CO 914-15
LASKEY. JESSE L., FEATURE PLAT CO.. 991
NEILSIE.N. F. 0 1021
O Z FILM CO., THE 993
PICTURE PLAYHOUSE FILM CO 1009
RAMO FILMS, INC 916-17
SAWYER, A. H., INC 910-11
SELECT PHOTOPLAY PRODUCING CO... 1015
TRUE FEATURE CO 1029
TO CONTENTS.
FILM MEN INSPECT WILLAT STUDIOS. 967
FOREIGN TRADE NEWS 950
FOUR DELIGHTFUL COMEDIES (Cos-
mofotofilm) 937
FRANK McGLYXN 940
•'GUIDING HAND, THE' (Thanhouser) , . 939
GUY STANDING 966
HARRY R. RAVER 943
INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 1024
IRA L. CUNNINGHAM 969
LICENSED RELEASE DATES 10-26
LILLIAN WALKER 962
MACK SENNETT TALKS OF HIS WORK.. 968
MAKING AND BREAKING LAWS 935
.MANUFACTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 973
MEN AND WOMEN 969
MOVING PICTURE EDUCATOR 944
MOVING PICTURE OF THE FUTURE THE 941
MORE VOLUNTARY CENSORSHIP 970
TO ADVERTISERS.
WARNERS FEATURES. INC 1007
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 92-2-23
FILM BROKERS.
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 1000
FILM EXCHANGES.
APEX FEATURE SERVICE 998
BRADENBURGH. GEORGE W 1030
GREATER NEW YORK FILM RENTAL
CO 1026
LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 1031
INDEPENDENT FILM SIANUFACTUR-
ERS.
AMERICAN FILM MANUFACTURING CO.. 1025
G AUMONT CO 999
MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 1034
MUTUAL & CONTINENTAL 1017
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORPO-
RATION 905
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION 898
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
900-01-02-03-W
LENS MANUFACTURERS.
BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO 1027
LICENSED FILM MANUF.^CTURERS.
BIOGRAPH COMPANY 987
EDISON, THOMAS A 926
ESSANAY FILM MANUFACTURING CO. .908-09
KALEM CO 927-930
KLEINE, GEORGE 924-25
LUBIN MANUFACTURING CO 92S
MELIES FILMS 995
PATHE FRERES 919
SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 1035
VITAGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA 929
MISCELLANEOUS.
AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE SUPPLY
LE.4GUE 1011
ARMY & NAVY STORE CO 1019
AUDEL, THEO., & CO 865
BARR & BRUNSWIG 1010
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 1019
CALIHAN, W. A, (ORG.\N B.A.RGAIN) 1018
CENTAUR FILM CO 1027
CHICAGO FEATURE FIL MCO 1000
COMMERCIAL FILMERS 1017
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 1021
CORCORAN, INC., A. J 870
EASTMAN KODAK CO 1030
ENBEE FILM CO 1019
GAUMONT ( SCENARIO DEPT.) 1012
GUNBY BROS 1018
G. W. FEATURE FILM CORP 1006
HENNEGAN & CO 1028
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE CO 1029
KRAUS MANUFACTURING CO 102T
NATIONAL MOVING PICTURE CO 1031
MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1032
NATIONAL TICKET CO 1024
MRS. BOISSEVAIN TALKS ON PICTURES. 947
NAOMI CHILDERS 9*2
NOTES OF THE TRADE 976
•OATH OF A VIKING, THE" 942
OBSERVATIONS BY OUR MAN ABOUT
TOWN 949
•OLD ARMY COAT, THE" (Kalem) 945
ORGANIZED EXHIBITORS, THE 932
PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT. THE 953
PICTURE THEATERS PROJECTED 984
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 955
SCREEN STORIES 933
•■SIREN, THE" (Eclectic) 940
STANDARDIZATION AND THE MOTION
PICTURE CAMERA 946
■•SUSANNAS NEW SUIT" (Beauty) 938
VERNOT, HENRY J 971
WAR AND THE PICTURES, THE -. . . 963
WILLIAMS, C. JAY 966
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO 887
••OLIVER, ROOM 22o3- 1006
OLYMPIC THEATRE (ORGAN BARGAIN) 881
PITTSBURGH SPECIALTIES 1010
PREDDEY, W, G 881
RAW FILM SUPPLY" CO ^2
SMALLWOOD FILM CORPORATION 879
STANDARD FILMPRINT CO 1019
STAND.ARD MOTION PICTURE CO 1033
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Aug. 17 — False Gods (Two Parts — Drama)....
Aug. 19 — Their Worldly Goods ( Drama)
Aug. i'4 — Converting Dad (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 26 — Lodging tor a Xight (Drama)
Aug. 28 — The Shepherd's Dream ( Drama)
BEAUTY.
Aug. 4 — A Suspended Ceremony (Com.-Dr. ) . . .
Aug. 11 — Suzanna's New Suit (Comedy)
Aug. 18 — The Silence of John Gordon (Drama) .
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— Drama )
12 — Shorty and the Fortune Teller (Two
Parts — Drama )
19 — The Robbery at Pine River (Two
Parts — Drama )
KEYSTONE.
July 16 — Mabels New Job ( Comedv)
July IS — The Spy Pirate (Comedy)
July 20— The Fatal Sweet Tooth (Comedy)
July 23 — Those Happy Days (Comedy)
July 25 — The Great Toe Mystery (Comedy)
July 27 — Soldiers at Misfortune (Comedy)....
Aug. 1 — The Property Man (Two Parts — Com.)
KOMIC.
Aug. 9 — Ethel's Teacher (Comedy)
Aug. 16 — Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 ot the
"Bill" Series — Comedy)
Aug. 23— A Physical Culture Romance ((3om.)..
MAJESTIC.
Aug. 11 — The Saving Flame (Drama)
Aug. 16 — Her Mothers Necklace (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 18 — The Inner Conscience (Drama)
Aug. 21 — A Lesson in Mechanics (Drama)
Aug. 23 — The Second Mrs. Roebuck (Two Parts
— Drama )
NESTOR.
Aug. 7 — Detective Dan Cupid (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — 38 Caliber Friendship ( Western-Dr.) .
Aug. 14 — On Rugged Shores (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Creeping Flame (Western Dr.)..
.\ug. 21 — A Lucky Deception (Two Parts —
Comedy )
POWERS.
Aug. 7 — The Man of Her Choice (Drama)....
Aug. 14 — The Barnstormers (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Divorcee ( Drama )
FEATURES.
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July — Dan (Five Farts — Comedy Drama).
August — The Nightingale ( Drama )
APEX.
July — The Secret Seven (4 parts — Drama)...
July — The Midnight Marriage (4 parts — Dr.)..
August — The Devil's Fiddler (Three Parts-
Drama>
CRYSTAL.
Aug. 4 — Some Cop (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Some Crooks (Comedy)
— Willie's Disguise ( Comedy)
Aug. IS — Vivian's Best Fellow (Comedy).
PRINCESS.
July 31 — The Target of Destiny (Drama)
Aug. 7 — Her Duty (Drama)
.4ug. 14 — A Rural Romance (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Belle of the School (Comedy-
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August — The Corsair (Four Parts — Drama)
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August — 'Whiskers ( Comedy)
August — The Boundary Rider (Five Parts —
Drama)
August — The Masked Motive (Five Parts — Dr.)
August — Perils of Pauline No. 11 (Two Parts —
Serial)
August— Get Out and Get Under (Comedy)
August — All Love Excelling (Three Parts — Dr.)
August — The Siren (Five Parts — Drama)
ECLIPSE-URBAN.
July 27 — Sammy Is Too Cautions (Comedy)....
— Peter's Perseverance (Comedy)
DOMINO.
Aug. 6 — The Thunderbolt (Two Parts — Dr.)...
Aug. 13 — A Romance ot the Sawdust Ring (Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 20 — The Defaulter (Two Parts — Drama)..
ECLAIR.
Aug. 5 — Firelight (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 9 — Moonlight (Drama)
Aug. 12 — The Price Paid (Two Parts — Political
Drama)
Aug. 1(5 — A Pearl of Great Price (Society Dr.)
Aug. 19 — Bransford in Arcadia (Three Parts —
Western Drama)
Aug. 2.3 — The Miracle ( Drama )
FRONTIER.
Aug. 9 — A Frontier Romance (Western-Dr.)...
Aug. 1*5 — Memories of Years .\go (Drama)....
Aug. 2.3 — The Strange Signal (Drama)
GOLD SEAL.
Aug. 4 — The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 1 —
Three Parts — Dr. )
Aug. 11 — The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 3)
(■White Water) (Two Parts— Dr) . .
Aug. 18 — The Trey o' Hearts. Series No. 3
(The Seaventure) (Two Parts — Dr.)
IMP.
Aug. 6 — When the Heart Calls (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 10 — In All Things Moderation (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 13 — Universal Boy (Series No. 3 — Com-
edy— Travelogue)
Aug. 17 — Love's Refrain (Drama)
Aug. 20 — On the High Seas (Two Parts — Dr.)..
JOKER.
Aug. S — That's Fair Enough (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — Her Twin Brother (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — What Happened to Schultz (Com.)..
.4ug. 19 — Pass Key Xo. 2 (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — The Diamond Nippers (Comedy)
RELIANCE.
Aug. 8 — The Bank Burglars Fate (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 10 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 30 (News)
Aug. 12 — So Shines a Good Deed (Drama)....
Aug. 15 — The Wagon of Death (Two Parts —
Drama)
.\ug. 17 — Our Mutual Girl. No. 31 (News)
Aug. 19 — Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle (Com.)..
.4ug. 22— For the Last Edition (Two Parts-
Drama )
REX.
Aug. 6 — The Symphony of Souls (Drama)
Aug. 9: — A Midnight Visitor (Drama)
Aug. 13^Through the Flames (Two Parts —
Drama) ; . ..
Aug. 16 — The Hedge Between (Drama)
Aug. 20 — A Bowl of Roses (Drama)
Aug. 23 — The Hole in the Garden Wall (Dr.)..
ROYAL.
.A.ug. 8 — Ringing the Changes (Com.)
— Miss Glady's Vacation (Com.)
Aug. 15 — Cupid Dances a Tango (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — His Long Lost Friend (Comedy)....
STERLING.
10 — A Strong Affair ( Comedy)
1.3— At Three O'clock (Comedy)
17 — Lost in the Studio (Juvenile Com.)..
-\ug. 20- His Wife's Flirtation (Comedy)
FAMOUS PLAYERS.
July 20 — The Scales of Justice (Five Parts —
Drama)
-\ug. 10 — The Better Man (Four Parts — Dr.)..
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July 10 — Fantomas Series No. 5 (The False
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July 2.5 — The Curse of the Scarabee Ruby (Dr.)
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Aug. 7 — The Gangster and the Girl (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 14 — The Stigma (Two Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 21 — The Winning of Denise (Two Parts —
I'rama)
THANHOUSER.
Aug. 11 — Stronger Than Death (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 14 — In Peril's Path (Drama)
Aug. 1(5 — Arty the Artist ( Comedy)
.\ug. 18 — McCarn Plays Fate (Two Parts — Dr.)
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Aug. 11 — Universal Ike. Jr., in the Dangers of
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Aug. 18 — Universal Ike. Jr., on His Honey-
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VICTOR.
Aug. 10 — Simple Faith (Drama)
Aug. 14 — Honor of the Humble (Two Parts —
Drama)
.\ug. 17 — Weights and Measures (Two Parts
— Political Drama )
.\ug. 21 — The Slavey's Romance (Drama)
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August — The Tragedy ot Basil Grieve (Three
Parts — Drama)
.\ugust — The Girl from the Sky (Comedy Dr.)..
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July 13 — The Man on the Box (5 parts — Drama)
Aug. 10— The Call ot the North (Five Parts-
Drama)
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BIOGRAPH.
Ave- 1 — The Man Who Paid ( Drama )
Ab^. 3 — The Meal Ticket (Comedy)
Aag. 6 — The Man and the Master (Drama)....
Aug. 8 — They Would Bandits Be (Comedy)..
—The Deadly Cheroot ( Comedy)
Aug. 10 — The Condemning Hand (Drama)
Ajg. 13 — The Mix-Up at Murphy's (Comedy)...
» — Cheering Mr. Goodheart (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — The District Attorney's Burglar (Dr.).
EDISON.
Aaf. 1 — Farmer Rodney't Daughter ( Drama ) . .
Ao«. 3 — A Tango Spree (Comedy)
Aug. 4— The LlTing Dead (Ninth of the "Man
Who Disappeared" series — Drama) .
Ang. B — A Change of Business (Comedy)
— Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady
(Comedy) >•
Aug. 7 — The Presldentt's Special (Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
Ang. 8 — One Touch of Nature (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — All for a Tooth (Comedy)
Ang. 11 — A Tale of Old Tucson (Drama)
Aug. 12— Andy Learns to Swim (Ninth Adven-
ture of Andy — Comedy)
Ang. 14 — The One Who Loved Him Best (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama)
Ang. 15 — While the Tide Was Rising (Drama).
Ang. 17 — The Adventure of the Pickpoclset
( Eighth of the Octavius. Amateur
Detective, series — Comedy)
Ang. 18 — By the Aid of a Film (Tenth of
"The Man Who Disappeared" Series
— Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
Ang. 21 — The Gilded Kidd (Special — Two Parts
— Comedy )
Aug. 22 — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
ESSANAY.
Ang. 1 — The Squatter's Gal (Drama)
Ang. 3 — In and Out (Comedy)
Ang. 4 — Her Trip to New York (Drama)
Ang. 5 — The Fable of the "BMsy Business Boy
and the Droppers In" (Comedy) . . .
Ang. 6 — Slippery Slim's Dilemma (Comedy)..
Ang. 7 — The Motor Buccaneers (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Ang. 8 — Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama).
Ang. 10 — Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (Comedy)
Ang. 11 — Stopping the Limited (Com. Dr.)
Ang. 12 — The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel
and Father's Second Time on Earth
( Comedy)
Ang. 13 — Slippery Slim and His Tombstone
( Comedy )
Ang. 14 — A Gentleman of Leisure (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Ang. 15 — Broncho Billy Wins Out ( Drama) . . .
Ang. 17 — Sweedie and the Double Exposure
(Comedy )
Ang. 18— The Black Signal ( Drama)
.Aug. 19 — The Fable of the Two Mandolin Play-
ers and the Willing Performer
( Comedy )
Aug. 20 — Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent
(Comedy)
.\ug. 21 — The Masked Wrestler (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
-Aug. 22 — Broncho Billy's Wild Ride (Drama)..
KALEM.
Aug. 1 — The Lad from Old Ireland (Drama).
Aug. 3 — The Vampire's Trail (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 4 — The Chief of Police (Drama)
Aug. 5 — The Operator at Black Rock (Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw
( Comedy)
Aug. 8 — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Rajah's Vow ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 11 — Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter
(Drama)
Aug. 12 — At the End of the Rope (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 14— A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — Near Death's Door (Drama)
Aug. 17 — The Old Army Coat (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 18 — The Storm at Sea (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Bond Eternal (Special— Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 21 — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
.\ug. 22 — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama)
Aug. 24 — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
GEORGE KLEI.N'E.
July 7 — Heirloom (Cines — Special — 2 parts —
Drama)
July 14 — The Rival Actresses (Cines — Special —
2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 4 — When War Threatens (Cines-Special
— Two Parts — Drama )
Aug. 11— The Forbidden Trail (Celio — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
LUBIN.
Ang. 1 — She Gave Him a Rose (Comedy)
— The Rise of the Johnsons (Comedy), i
Aug. 4 — A Fatal Card (Comedy)
— He Woke Up in Time (Comedy)
Aug. 5 — The Man With a Future (Special—
^ Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 6 — A Daughter of Eve (Special — Two
Parts — Com. -Dr.)
Aug. 7 — A Siren of the Desert (Drama)
Aug. 8 — Love and Flames (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — He Wanted Work (Comedy)
— The Cook Next Door (Comedy)
Aug. 12 — The Downward Path (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 13 — The Heart Rebellious (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. -4 — Latin Blood (Drama)
Aug. 15 — They Bought a Boat (Comedy)
— The Puncture Proof Sock Man (Com.)
Aug. 18 — Back to the Farm (Comedy)
Aug. 19 — The Dreamer ( Special — Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 20 — His Brother's Blood (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 21 — The Love of Ora San ( Drama)
Aug. 22 — Sometimes It Works (Comedy)
— Making Auntie Welcome (Comedy)...
MELIES.
Aug. 1 — Honor Redeemed (Special — Two Parts
— Drama)
Aug. 4 — The Family Outing (Comedy)
— Easy Come Easy Go (Comedy)
Aug. 5 — A Mother's Error (Drama)
Aug. 6 — The Shield of Innocence (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 7 — A Matrimonial Advertisement (Com-
edy)
Aug. 8— Gratitude (Special — Two Parts — Dr.).
Aug. 11 — The Burglar Alarm (Comedy)
•Aug. 12 — Sinews of the Dead (Drama)
.Aug. 13 — A King by Force (Comedy)
Aug. 13 — The Biltmore Diamond ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — Voice ot the Bells (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
PATHE.
July 27 — Coffee Cultivation (Santos, South
America) (Educational)
— The Hosts ot the Sea (Oceanography)
July 28 — The Straits of Bonifacio (Sardinia)
(Educational )
— Hemp Growing (New Zealand) (Hor-
ticultural) ,
July 29— Bathe's Weekly No. 47, 1914 (News).
Aug. 3 — Picturesque Gagry (Southern Russia)
( Scenic)
The Russian Zoo (Oskania-Nova)
(Zoology)
Aug. 4 — Training Army Dogs (Sweden)
(Military-Edu.)
A Basque Wedding (Manners and
Customs )
Aug. 5 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 48 (News)
Aug. 10 — From Grenoble to Aix Les Bains
(Travel)
.\ug. 10 — Typical Russian Dances (Dancing)...
— A Rousing Reception (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — The Art of the Furrier (Vocational)..
Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay)
(Educational)
Aug. 12 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 49 (News)
SELIG.
Aug. 1 — Love vs. Pride (Drama)
-Aug. 3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 46
( News)
Aug. 3 — Etienne of the Glad Heart (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 4 — The Ordeal ( Drama )
Aug. 5 — The Reporter on the Case (Drama)..
Aug. 6 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 46
( News )
Aug. 7 — The Skull and the Crown (Comedy)..
Aug. S — Carmelita's Revenge (Drama)
Aug. 10 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 47
( News )
Aug. 10 — Willie ( Special — Two Parts — Comedy)
Aug. 11 — The Jungle Samaritan (Drama)
Aug. 12 — The Family Record (Drama)
Aug. 13 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 48
(News)
Aug. 14 — Meller Drammer (Comedy)
— The Day ot the Dog (Comedy)
Aug. 13 — Nan's Victory (Comedy-Drama)
Aug. 17 — The Speck on the Wall (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 17 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 48
( News )
Aug. IS — If at First You Don't Succeed (Com.-
Drama)
Aug. 19 — When a Woman's 40 (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 20 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 50
(News)
Aug. 21 — The Reveler (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — What Became of Jane? (Drama)
VITAGRAtH.
Aug. 1 — The Violin of M'sieur (Special— Tw»
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 3 — Detective and Matchmaker (Com-Dr)
Aug. 4 — Warfare in the Skies (Special — Two
Parts — Military-Dr.)
Aue. 5 — Second Sight (Comedy)
Aug. 6 — Memories in Men's Souls (Special —
Two Parts — Drama )
Aug. 7 — The Locked House (Comedy)
Aug. 8— The House On the Hill (Special-
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 10 — Through Life's Window (Drama)....
Aug. 11 — David Garrick (Special — Two Parts —
Comedy Drama )
Aug. 12 — The New Stenographer (Comedy)
Aug. 13 — The Horse Thief (Drama)
Aug. 14 — Polishing Up (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — The Wheat and the Tares ( Special-
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Aug. 17 — Private Dennis Hogan (Drama)
Aug. 18 — An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 19 — Taken bv Storm (Comedy Drama)...
.\ug. 20 — The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
Aug. "Jl — The Honeymooners (Comedy)
Aug. 22— Lily of the Valley (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
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ciation and Independent, 400 different names, 20 cents each.
LARGE PICTURE, semi-photo, glazed finish, size 11x14, $1 per
doz. ; 43 prominent players.
LARGE PICTURES, HAND COLORED, size 11 x 14. Prominent
Association players, ?2.00 per set of 12.
Photographs for lobby display of the two and three reel features
of all of the Mutual multiple reels— set of 6, $1.00. Always ready
10 days ahead of release.
Special 22x28 Hand Colored Pictures of 28 Favoriles
75 Cents Each. Framed $2.50 Each
KRAUS MFG. CO., 14 East 17th St., N. Y.
Send for Catalogue of over 400 players and samples free. Write us,
giving details of your dull nights, and we wiu send you a remedy.
The
Centaur Film Co.
of Bayonne, N. J.
Is now making a specialty of
TITLE WORK
Ask for Particulars
Bayonne, N. J.
OR
1600 Broadway, New York
Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt's
Arctic Hunt
in six reels
Native and Animal Life in the North. A revelation of
life and affairs in the frigid zone. An intimate, close
range studv of Moose. Caribou. Sea Lion. Polar Bear.
Great Kodi'ack Bear. Walrus and millions of Birds on
rookeries. Icebergs the size of twenty-story buildings,
precipitated headlong into the sea.
Chance to secure the bargain of a
lifetime in Exclusive State Rights
Lecture. Press matter. Lobby display, Lantern Slides
Attractive Lltho Paper 24 Sheets, 6, 3 and 1 Sheets
A I* fl r*^ Suite 1209—220 W. 42nd St.,
Arctic rilm to. New York.
Phone Bnaai 3559
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
;\/EIRY IIMC
YOU WILL FIND NO FADING AWAY AT THE SIDES— NO SPOTS, SOMETIMES BRIGHT AND SOMETIMES DARK— NO GRAY
HAZE VEILING YOUR PICTURE— NO BLOTCHES— NO BLURS— IF YOU INSTALL
■THE PIONEER'
The
Outdoor Screen
THE SCREEN OF QUALITY THE SCREEN DE LUXE
:i Sr ™E DAY and NIGHT SCREEN
"THE SCREEN WITHOUT A SEAM"
ON THE CONTRARY, YOU WILL FIND YOUR PICTURE PERFECTLY DISTRIBUTED OVER EVERY INCH OF THE SCREEN
SURFACE— AS BEAUTIFUL FROM THE SIDE ANGLE VIEWS AS FROM A POINT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF IT, AND JUST AS
ENJOYABLE FROM THE FRONT ROW AS FROM THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE.
WORLD'S TOWER BUILDING— 110 WEST 40th ST., N. Y.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
TELEPHONE 7930 BRYANT
Branch Offices and Distributing Centers at
ARRANGE FOR TEST
PHILADELPHIA, NEW ORLEANS. ATLANTA. EL PASO. MEMPHIS, KANSAS CITY, DES MOINES, SAN FRANCISCO
WASHINGTON, LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE, PARIS, BERLIN, LONDON
PUT in your own
lighting plant and
pay for it with
your Central Station
bills. A Foos gener-
ating set will produce
current for less than
3 cents per kilowatt,
and is more reliable
than service from a
Central Station.
Ask for Bulletin 98.
Springfield, Ohio.
MAKE 'EM YOURSELF SLIDES
Make them yourself. Written with pen and "ink
or typewriter. Three minutes to make a slide. Used
for advertising slides, to announce future or feature
programmes, for chorus slides when chorus slide is
missing. We send four colors of gelatin. The slides
look well and anyone can make them. They are
handy also for announcing vaudeville acts. In fact,
they may be readily used for anything you may wish
to say to your audience.
For the sum of $3.50 we will send, by parcel post, prepaid and
insured, the following;
24 cover glass, 1 package binder strips, 1 dozen mats, 1 instruc-
tion sheet, 1 form sheet and 50 strips assorted colors gelatin —
enough for from 300 to 400 slides. Order now. Address;
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO.
1733 West 9th Street Brooklyn, N. Y.
CALEHUFF SUPPLY COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Jobbers for Powers, Edison, Motiograph and Simplex
LeaSFng SUPPLY HOUSE IN AMERICA
Mercury Arc Rectifier Wagner Converters
Flame Arc Lamps Brass and Wood Frames
Automatic Ticket Registers Ticket Choppers
Exit Signs Asbestos State Booths
Slide Ink Ft. Wayne Compensarcs
Carrying Cases Fire Extinguishers
Tickets Fire Boxes
Condensers Carbons
Pianos Cement
Chairs Trap Drum Effects
MIRROH SCREENS
PROMPT SHIPMENTS BACKED BY A SOLID GUARANTEE
A Few Slightly Used Machines
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IlLilNJNLuAlN O PROGRAMS
Beautiful productions of the Off Set Press, printed in colors on
heavy paper. Low in price, rich in color, handsome designs. Just the
thing for enterprising managers, who desire to add tone to their
houses. Send for Free Samples and Prices.
Series Nos. 2 and 4 5.000 $17.50 10,000 $34.00
Series No. 3 5,000 12.50 10,000 24.00
HENNEGAN'S PILLOW TOPS
A splendid assortment of IS players. Beautiful Sepia Photo, on
heavy Lusterine— 18 x 18 inches. Price 50c. each— 50 for $20.00—100 for
$35. UU. With every 50 order we furnish 1,000 coupons, intended for dis-
tribution to your patrons at matinees or dull nights.
New Date Strips — Day Strips — Three-Sheet Panels — One Sheets, etc.
HENNEGAN & CO.
Cincinnati, O.
LITHOGRAPHERS
PRINTERS
Awarded Medal at London, England, Printing Exposition, May, 1914.
Till': MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1029
The Besi-TERMINAL--The Bell
Simple in Construction
Eaijr to buy or use
As efficient as terminals costing twice as much
At your exchange or write to manufacturers
THE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY
1803 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Motion Picture Cameras
IKirODS. I'RIXTERS. and I'ROrECT-
ORS in stock, inchiding ERXEMANK.
Arc Lamps, etc. Prompt shiiimcnt.
SEND FOR SPECIAL CATALOGUE
SWEET, WALLACH & COMPANY, Inc.
Eastman Kodak Company,
133 N. Wnhash Ave, Chicago, IH.
S rPIHROSE
, Robert Edeson-
Where THE
ITRAILDIVIDES
A. J.
MILLER
& CO.
Bellefontaine,
Ohio
Makers of
fine Brass
and Copper
Display
Frames
Write Us
.
THE SYMBOL OF SUPERIORITY IN PERFECT PROJECTION IS
MIRROROIDE
THE SCREEN THAT MADE MOVIES FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER
Get our large free sani])les. Test against any screen on earth and
USE THE EYES GOD GAVE YOU
Mirrortiide is Sold Under a Positive 5-Year Guarantee. Over 8000 Now in Use: 8000
MADE IN THREE TINTS— PALE GOLD, SILVER FLESH, SILVER WHITE
$1,000 CASH— NO SCREEN ON EARTH CAN STAND THE TILSTS THAT AHRROROIDE WILL
SOLD THE WORT,D OA'ER AT 36 1-9 Cents a Square Foot. $3.25 a Square Yard.
WRITE NOW— DO IT NOW
THE J. H. CENTER CO., Inc., Newburgh, New York
MIRROROIDE PATENTS PENDING
The Kaiser is the Man of the Hour
WE CONTROL EXCLUSIVE MOTION PICTURES
OF THE KAISER AND HIS ARMY
This is the Psychological Moment
Now Running at the Strand
BOOK IT NOW
TRUE FEATURE CO., Telephone Bryant 578 HQ W. 40th St.
—WE EQUIP YOUR THEATRE COMPLETE—
Edison, Power's Simplex, Motiograph and
Edengraph Machines 2uid Genuine Parts.
Photo and Poster Frames, Indirect Lighting Fix-
tures, Curtains and Screens, Rebuilt Machines,
etc. Cash or Time. Send for catalog today.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY COMPANY
160A No. Fifth Ave.
Chicago
DEVELOPING and PRINTING
TIME IS MONEY
Are you losing time waiting for your prints and titles?
Prompt attention given to all work, together with excellent
express facilities, enables me to save you time. If there is
anything you want photographed I can furnish expert camera
men. All work guaranteed.
The L. D. Wieder LaboratorieSj^E^Mo^n.Va"
NO:-.SATURATOR.NO ETIfER.NO.^OXONe::
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MOORE-HUBBELLACO.lTiTMASOMIC TEMPLE-CHIC A&O
(EMBRACES THE FIRST NOTEWORTHY
IMPROVEMENTS TO REWINDING
I MECHANISM SINCE REWINDING
^BECAME NECESSARY. PRICE SS.""
^ CCr OMC FROM YOUg ■ , «MITU f O ^
l»t US FOR LEAFLET. SCHENECTAPY.N.Y. t".
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SEEBURG ^^MOTION PICTURE PLAYER*'
It has solved one of the Big
Problems of the Moving
Picture Business.
"The Wonder of them all'*
-Get Complete Information on it by Addressing
J. P. SEEBURG PIANO CO., Manufacturers,
Played either manually or
automatically, it produces
real music for the pictures.
209 S.
Republic Building
STATE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
\tiow clear the pictures arer
You'\'e often overheard that
remark — and it's as strong a
commendation, brino;s as
much business as does a
favorable comment on the
picture story itself.
The "clearest pictures" are on P-ast-
man him because the product is riglu,
chemically and physically.
It is easily identifiable by tlie .stencil
"Eastman" in the margin.
EASTMAN KODAK CO.,
ROCHESTER, \. V.
G. W. BRADENBURGH
802 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Cheapest House in the Trade
for Second-Hand Films
ALL FILMS SUPPLIED WITH POSTERS. WRITE
FOR LISTS. EVERYTHING FOR THE EXCHANGE
CARRIED IN STOCK, Leader— $5.00 per 1,000 ft.; cement,
$1.00 per quart; titles, S ft., 40c. Films renovated and re-
paired, $1.00 per reel. Developing, printing, and camera
vi^ork at moderate rates. Jenkins-Armat 1915 Mod^l
Camera. 200 ft. capacity, $150.00.
WANTED FOR EXPORT—
HIGH-CLASS FILMS, ALL MAKES
Perfect Daylight Projection !s Obtained Only by Common Sense
If you want to obtain perfect projection and I
at the same time have your theatre bright as
day, you must obtain these results through your I
lens, condenser, cartMns and curtain. We I
manufacture the BRIGHTASDAY CURTALN
EMULSION, which Is uiUTersally endor^d by
the best exhibitors in the country. Send us |
$7.50 lud we will send you one set of Bright-
asday Curtain Emulsion, enough to paint your I
curtain several times, besides black border u
welL
We also are exclusive importers of the I
famous Jena pure white meniscus bi-couTei I
and piano condensers. The meniscus, bi- #. « ^i^ , , . ftpcT
convex condenser combination will improve » O O I* Dtl I En 0 EST
your light 50 per cent. Sold as follows: r^^ Yl^no One UeniscM One Meniscus
PRICES <■«■ -^ Fj£ 2 Convex Fig. 3
Jena Imported Piano Condensers $1.50 each. Half Doz. . J 7. 50
Jena Imported Meniscus Condensers 2.00 each. Half Doz., 9.00
Jena Imported Bl-Convex Condensers 2.00 each. Half Doz., 9.00
Jena Imported MenL=;cus Bi-Convex Combination $4.00 per Pr.
Jena Imported Meniscus Bi-Conves Combination Half Doz., $20.00
Add 20c. additional for postage.
For information concerning improved and perfect projection address
Projettion Dept. lAEMMLE FILM SERVICE. 252 Hennepin Ave.. Minneapolis. Minn.
THOUSAND MOTIOGRAPHS
THE
MANY
Sold During the Past Seven Years Are Giving Perfect Satisfaction Today With Astonishingly
Small Expense for Repair Parts.
THERE'S A REASON
THEY'RE MADE OF DURABLE MATERIAL
NOT A SINGLE COMPOSITION LEAD PART IN THE MACHINE
The 1914 Model Motiograph has hardened and ground star and cam which will insure Rock Steady Pictures with verj"
small up-keep.
Ask the Man Who Is Using a Motiograph. He will put you on the right road to the Best Motion Picture Machine Made
Write for catalogue
THE ENTERPRISE OPTICAL MFG. CO., 564-572 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111.
EASTERN OFFICE, 21 E. 14th St., New York, N. Y. WESTERN OFFICE, 833 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1031
A Friendly Tip
from Carl Laemmle
"The new Universal serial story, 'THE
TREY O' HEARTS.' by Louis Joseph
\ ance, will be the hit of the new season.
You can take my word for it that it is by far
tlie hottest, liveliest, most exciting, most
interesting story ever shown in moving pic
tures before a discriniinatinti public. Vou
know that I have never given you a wrong
tip, and I am not going to start now. To be
sure, 'LUCILLE LOVE'' was a big money
maker, but THE TREY O' HEARTS' will
beat it to a frazzle. By making arrange-
ments now, you are absolutely assured of
a record-breaking business the day you show
the picture, for a period of fifteen weeks. It
will cost you a little extra money, but it is
well worth it. 'A word to the wise, etc' "
CARL LAEMMLE, President
The Laemmle Film Service
205 West Washington Street, Chicago, lU.
252-A Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.
1122 Famam Street, Omaha, Neb.
Hubbell Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
Agents for All Makes of Machines
and Accessories
"The BiggesI and Best Film Renter in the world"
- ^ CO INTO THE
MOVING PICTURE BUSINESS
MAKE MONEY FAST!
BE YOUR 0\VN BOSS!
$30 TO $50 PER NIGHT CL£AR
No Experience Needed
We furnish you with machine, film,
cortain and complete outfit ready to go
to work with OK OUR USI PJTMEKT PUm
Writa Now lor Our Lars* FDEE C«ulogu«
■lATIONAL HtVIIIG riCTOlE CI.
Dwt. M, P., Ellmrth BU|,, Cklmo
Orchestra Music
FOR MOVING PICTURES
The Orpheum Collection of dra-
matic and descriptive music for
Piano and seven orchestra parts.
Piano can be used alone. In two
series :
No. 1 and No. 2
Piano. 58 cts. eacli. Both series.
$1.15 Violin. 40 cts. each : both 75
cts. Cello-&-Ba5s same price as
violin. Flute 35 cts. each. Both
series. 65 cts. Clarinet. Cornet and
Trombone same price as Flute.
Drums. 30 cts. each. Both series.
55 cts.
Send for free sample page and fur-
ther discounts ; 3d series ready for
piano only : 58 cts,
CLARENCE £. SINN
1501 SEDGWICK ST.. CHICAGO, ILL.
%
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Theatres
PLASTER RELIEF DECORATIONS
Theatres Designed Everywhere
Write for Illustrated Theatre Catalog. Send us
Sizes of Theatre for Special Designs.
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THE DECORATORS SUPPLY CO.
Archer Ave. and Leo St., CHICAGO, ILL
OOIVIING !
The Great Train Robbery
(IN FOUR PARTS)
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO.
220 WEST 42d STREET NEW YORK CITY
THE, GOLD KING S C R E, E. N |
BEST
IN PROJECTION
IN QUALITY
IN PRICE
Take down your rag curtains, give your patrons
something tor their money. The GOLD KING
WILL DO IT! Perfect satisfactnon guaranteed.
30c. per square foot.
S. H. JONES, Alius, Ohlahoma
p. O. BOX
NO. 294
1032
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Moving Picture
Men United
We have not had one tell us that our
plan for increasing attendance at thea=
tres is not a whirlwind of success.
It costs less than IjA per cent, of your
gross receipts.
If you are not using it write us for the
layout.
In Lobby Displays We Offer This Week
MARY PICKFORD
30 X 40 Single Copy in Sepia $3.00
Single Copy Hand Colored 5.00
22 X 28 Single Copy in Sepia .50
Single Copy Hand Colored 1.50
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NEW YORK
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MOVING
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VOLUME No. 20
APRIL— JUNE, 1914
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MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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THE PHANTOSCOPE
If you would use motion pictures
as an aid in salesmanship, vou need
THE PHANTOSCOPE. ' If you
would use motion pictures as an aid
in efficiency instruction, you need
THE PHANTOSCOPE." If you
would use motion pictures as an aid
in education you need THE PHAN-
TOSCOPE. If you would have a
machine you carry as conveniently
as a suit case, can set up in any room
in just seventy seconds, and with-
out tools other than vour two
hands, you need THE PHANTO-
SCOPE. If there's any doubt in
your mind about its value to you in
YOUR work, just note the great
number of users of THE PHANTO-
SCOPE. Just as with the automo-
l)ile, and as one would naturally ex-
pect, there have been striking im-
provements made since the first
PHANTOSCOPE. And yet there
are many machines which have been
in almost continuous service, since
the very first, and they are running
smoother and sweeter than ever.
The price is $100 complete — Mo-
tor driven $125.
Phantoscope Mfg. Co.
Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
M(>\l\(; I'K llkl''. WCJKLD
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A. J. CORCORAN, Inc., NEW york city
Non=Break=
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STEEL /"^and
CAST
HIGH
Quality
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Price
IRON
Opera Chairs
immediate shipment
on many styles; Sec-
ond Hand Chairs:
out-of-door seating
Send measurements
for FREE SEATING
PLAN. Jlention this
paper.
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AGENCIES:
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'Phone 5619 Bryant
California Seating
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H. A. Johnson Seat
ing Company,
1214"4 Third Ave.,
Seattle, Wash.
THE WISCONSIN
SEATING COMPANY
'(cw London, Wis., U. S. A.
a
FOTOPLAYER'^
the instrument that supplies
MUSIC FOR THE PICTURES
The American Photo Player Co.
Berkeley, California.
PRINTING and DEVELOPING
FILM TITLES
Give U8 a trial. All work guaranteed.
Prompt lervice. Price* right.
If there is any event that you want photo
■graphed, we can furnish expert camera men
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE CO.
Phone, Central 2853, 5 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago
REAL QUALITY CHAIRS
FOR
QUALITY REEL SHOWS
Ask for I'REE booklet V-2 upholstcn-.l
\'i'ncer Seating V-3
If you arc inic
stcd ill
Motion Picture Theatre Seating
send ground sketch and w<- will <lr;if
for you FREE scalins plan showing th.
most economical arrangement of scatinK
for your theatre.
American Seating Co.
Display Rooms and Installation Service
14 E. Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO IS E. 32nd St.. NEW
Pittsburg, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Forty Other Lartic
FOR EVERY PURPOSE
1,000 STYLES
ESTABLISHED 1865
WRITE FOR CAT. NO. 31
A. H. Andrews Co.
115-117 So. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, 111.
Branches in all Leading Cities
New York Office
1472 Broadway, Long Acre Bldg.
Seattle Office
508-10-12 First Ave.. So.
San Francisco Office
782 Mission St.
e "Standardized" Theatre Chairs
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
Do you want
standard ch
life-saving chair?
space-saving chair?
sanitary chair?
5cienti6cally built,
air?
double
We operate the largest exclusive the.
atre chair factory in the world, AND
SELL DIRECT TO YOU. WR!TE US
The HARDESTY MFG. CO., Canal Dover. Ohio
(163)
MOVING PICTURE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
Used and highly endorsed by the United States .A.rmy.
Biggest Sensation in the Moving Picture World. Can be
operated by a boy 10 years old. One customer writes :
"Plant running like a top and delivering the 'juice' right along every
day for our moving picture house. Costs us about one-tenth as much
as public service. Also pumps water to all our buildings, 2,000 gallons
per day."
Write today for Bulletin 101. It is a mighty interesting booklet.
DETROIT ENGINE WORKS, Dept. 102, DETROIT, MICH., U. S. A.
Gas Users — Attention !
The "Gull Pastil" doubles roar Uiht
Each (large size), $1.25; 6 (or J6.75.
"Fulco" adapter makes Pastil fit mj
calcium hurner, $1.00 each.
We carry most complete line In itacl
of picture machioes and rappUn In
r.tjtD America. E. E. FULTON, 152 W
1..J.3 t.aie St, Chicago, Sole Amerlu
'.Z'.ZZ3 It'Jtrthnto™ ror "null PastU "
TYPE W FLAME ARC
Powerful LAMPS Economical
For brilliantly illuminating
the outside of your theatre
General Electric Company
General Office, ^^j^.,Schenectady,N.Y.irni7
The Walk of Wealth
6,000 Feet of "MONEY"
Keanograph, Fairfax,
Cal., Made It.
FolloAV the Crowd.
Booking now for
ILLINOIS and WISCONSIN
"Vampires of
the Night"
(A Greene photoplay)
In five reels
General Feature Film Co.
5 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.
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The Majestic Motion Picture Company
Two jjart feature release fur
Sunday, August 23
Presents
BLANCHE SWEET
111 a society drama
The Second
Mrs. Roebuck
Adapted from tlie short storv of W. Care)"
W'oiiderly by permission of Smart Set
Magazine
BLANCHE SWEET
W'ho appears exclusively in Griffith special features and
Majestic regular releases
The Majestic one reel release of Friday, August 21
A Lesson inMechanics
Features the delightful little comedienne
DOROTHY GISH
MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
THE SAVING FLAME (1 reel) Release date Tuesday. August 11 — A strongly presented drama of
thrilling interest, featuring Robert Harron.
HER MOTHER'S NECKLACE (2 reels) Release date Sunday, August 16— A feature coniedy drama of
unusual merit in whicli Dorothy Gish appears in a charming characterization.
THE INNER CONSCIENCE (1 reel) Release date Tuesday. August 1,>^— An interesting drama of hsher
lidk fairly well pniduced. with l)eautiful seashore backgrounds.
A LESSON IN MECHANICS (1 reel) Release date Friday. August 21— Another pleasing comedy drama
with Robert Harron and Dorothy Gish as young sweethearts.
THE SECOND MRS. ROEBUCK (2 reels) Release date Sunday. .August 23— A society drama featuring
Blanche Sweet. More regarding this picture ne.xt week.
Studio,
Business Offices :
4500 Sunset Blvd. MajCStic Motloil PictUrC Co. 29 union Sq west,
Los Angeles, Cal. *' New York City
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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SELIG MONEY GETTERS ^^
A BIG ONE JUST RELEASED
IN TUNE WITH THE WILD
SPECTACULAR SELIG JUNGLE-ZOO THREE REEL PICTURE
Featuring KATHLYN WILLIAMS
Three reels of thrills. Startling, vivid and spectacular. Introducing Selig
Jungle-Zoo wild beast actors, wandering about free and untrammelled — lions,
elephants, leopards and other animals.
DEMAND THIS AT YOUR EXCHANGE NOW!
Special one, three and six-sheet posters in four colors.
SELIG CURRENT RELEASES, WEEK OF AUGUST 17-22 |
Released August 17. TBE SPECK ON THE WAU.
A Two-Reel Mystery Drama. Exposing the plot of a
modern Borgia and her lover. An exceptionally dramatic
picture, full of mystery and action.
THE SPECK ON,. THE WALL
Released August 17. HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
Released August 19. WHEN A WOMAN'S 40
A Society Drama in Two Reels. Illustrating how love wins
against time when two hearts remain faithful and true. A
psychological picture-play full of interest.
Released August 18. IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED
One Reel. Second Judgment Sometimes Best. How Cupid
was fired and again hired.
Released August 20. HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
Released August 21. THE REVELER.
One Reel. Who Pays the Fiddler. A happy mistake in
identification.
Released August 22. WHAT BECAME OF JANE ?
One Reel. A Fathomable Mystery. Home life better than
stage glamour.
State rights for
"THE SPOILERS"
now offered for sale.
Have you got your
territory? Write at
once to our General
Offices.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
TWICE-A-WEEK SERVICE.
Your patrons want this. Big war pictures in anticipation.
DEMAND THIS SERVICE AT YOUR
EXCHANGE TODAY.
FIRST IN WAR! FIRST IN PEACE!
FIRST IN POPULARITY!
Watch for "THE
ROSARY." Another
big Selig feature
now being made.
Scenario from
Rowland & Clifford's
soul-inspiring play.
Beautiful and attractive four-color posters can be supplied for all releases.
Order from your Exchange or direct from the Selig Company's General Offices.
THE SELIG POLYSCOPE COMPANY
General Offices, 20 E. Randolpli Street, CHICAGO, ILL.
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Power's Cameragraph No. 6 A
THE PERFECT
Motion Picture Projecting Apparatus
"DeCOMMENDED by over 70% of the entire trade in
North America and are in general use throughout the
world — Theatres, Schools, Colleges, Churches, Y. M. C, A.,
Y. W. C. A., Government Departments, Battleships, Hospi-
tals, Army Posts use and appreciate the high efficiency,
durability and perfect projection of
Power's Cameragraph No. 6 A
NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY
NINETY GOLD STREET
NEW YORK CITY
/ol. 21, IVo. 8
August 22, 1914
Price 10 Cents
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Remarkable Acting
The most \vonderf ul character imperso-
nations ever shown in the movies are displayed in
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production — The
Million Dollar Mystery. An all-star cast has made this stupendous production
the most successful movie ever brought out.
THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
MYSTERY
By Harold MacGrath
Nine episodes of
this great serial have al-
ready been released. Two reel
episodes are released each week. The
story itself is now appearing in nearly
200 leading newspapers.
$10,000.00 will be paid
for the best 100-word solution of
this mystery. Bookings now being ar-
ranged. The Million IDollar Mystery is
an independent release and may be ob-
tained regardless of the regular program
being used.
SyndicateFilmCorporation
71 W. 25rd Street. New York
Room 411. 5 S. Wabash Avenue. Chicaiio
Or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at
any Mutual Exchange in the U. S. and Canada.
The Thanhouser Thr ee • a-W e ek:
Tues.. And. 18. "McCarn Playa Fate." A tno-
ree! detecf've story, featuring F. A. Kelsey. Frank
Bennett and A. E. O'Brien.
Sun.. Aoii. 23. "A Dod's Good Deed." A beau-
tiful one-reel drama featuring Morgan Jones. Virginia
Waits, John Lehnberg, Lydia Mead, Leland Benham
and Fan Bourke.
Thanhouser Film Corporation
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Head Enropean Office.
Thanhouser Films. Ltd.,
London, W.;C., England
Thanhouser releases' wUt coatlaue to be
features of the Mutual Pro-am
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'Buffalo
The last of the great
Indian fighters, Colo-
nel Wm. F. Cody and
Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles (re-
tired) of the United
States Army, are the
leading players in this
most realistic film of
the age.
'Bill
This picture, which
has been APPROVED
BY THE UNITED
STATES GOVERN-
MENT and made un-
der the DIRECTION
OF THE WAR DE-
PARTMENT, has at-
tracted the attention
of the entire world.
"THE INDIAN WARS"
As a Money-Maker this film is without an equal. The Adver-
tising Possibilities of the picture are unlimited. It is a FIVE-REEL
THRILLER THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER.
1000 INDIANS, many of whom were leaders in the original
battles ; 12th U. S. CAVALRY, and MANY OFFICERS now retired,
again took their places in the re-enacted scenes.
?I:c.*^«:^«lKr r^««^^^ andall scenes TAKEN ON THE EXACT LO-
distorically Lorreci cation of the ori^mai battles.
State Rights Now Ready Get Busy!
THE POSTERS will STOP THE CROWDS and get you the business— 6 one-sheets,
3 three-sheets, 1 six-sheet, 2 eight-sheets, 2 sixteen-sheets.
EXHIBITORS — Write or wire us at once and if your state has not been sold, we
will book you direct.
THE
COL WM. F. CODY
(BUFFALO BILL)
HISTORICAL
PICTURE CO.
521 First National Bank Bld^.
CHICAGO
ILL.
General Nelson A. Miles (U, S. A., Retired)
An American Aborigine
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ANOTHER FEATURE EVERY WEII
(SEVEN PER WES
In answer to the demand from Universal exhibitors we have arranged to release seven fea i
per week instead of six, beginning about the middle of September. This means a featii
day — six 2-reelers and one 3-reeler every week — which, when mixed with our splendid ontt
and split-reel subjects makes up the ideal program,
THE PROGRAM THAI]
MARY FULLER RELEASES are being- made under the direction of Mr. Ka
and the supporting cast includes Mr. Ogle. All three of these popular k
formers are former Edison favorites. The first release, entitled "The Hea;
the Night Winds," will be released later. It is a Universal Special.
MARY PICKFORD RE-ISSUES are a veritable gold mine for exhibitors. 1<
releases, made by the old Imp company w^hen "Little Mary" first began ta-;
w^orld-vi^ide fame, are packing Universal houses everywhere and are thro i
consternation into competitors. We have a year's supply!
THE TREY O HEARTS SERIES is packing Universal houses to capacit^a
more ! Louis Joseph Vance wrote the wonderful story. Cleo Madisoni
George Larkin with a splendid supporting cast under the great direction of
fred Lucas, are making it even more wonderful. Demand it !
TRY "LUCILLE LOVE" WEEK! Run four reels of "Lucille Love" everi
for a whole week! This is the new scheme that is coining huge profits for
versal exhibitors. Ask the nearest Universal exchange about it. Give the
story to your patrons in ONE WEEK (30 reels) and do it quickly !
UNIVERSAL FILM MAlM
" The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe"
1600 BROADWAY, at 48th Street
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PV T^ A^tiimi
V THAT UNIVERSAL PROGRAM!
iTEAD OF SIX)
\ the program of the present and the program of the future. It is a variety of which
great masses will not tire. And there is no program in the world which shows such con-
nt quality and such perfect balance.
CARL LAEMMLE
iKING EXHIBITORS RICH !
!|R FRANCOIS VILLON SERIES written by George Bronson Howard and
appearing in story form in the Century Magazine is a tremendous undertaking.
We lose money on every reel of it but it is a sensational money-maker for the
IB exhibitors. No other concern could afford to give such big value !
..UBIN STARS JOIN BIG U. AWays on the lookout for the best talent avail-
able we have signed up Rosemary Theby, leading lady; Harry C. Myers, di-
rector and leading man, and Brinsley Shaw, heavy, all of the Lubin company.
Watch for release dates on these favorite players.
ISON STAR JOINS BIG U. And we've landed Ben Wilson of the Edison
] company. Every Universal exhibitor will hail this rieWs with keen joy. It
I ineans another star of first magnitude added to the Universal's record-breaking
list. Use the brains God gave vou.
*G
BAGGOT'S ACHIEVEMENT. King Baggot has just completed a re-
markable two-reel feature in which he plays every different character in the
entire cast! We don't believe it has ever been attempted for the screen be-
fore. Watch for further details of this Universal Special.
ACTURING COMPANY
CARL LAEMMLE, President
NEW YORK CITY
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BE A PROGRESSIVE
AND COME IN UNDER THE BANNERS OF
KAY-BEE
KEYSTONE
BRONCHO
DOMINO
GET SERVICE THAT WILL BRING YOU NEW BUSINESS
AND AT THE SAME TIME HOLD YOUR OLD PATRONS
EVERY MAIL
BRINGS LETTERS FROM ENHIBITORS CO.MPLIMENTING
US ON THE GREAT WORK OF OUR MANAGING DIRECTORS
Thos. H. Ince and Mack Sennett
BE A PROGRESSIVE AND GET REAL PHOTOPLAYS
PENNANTS
BEAUTIFUL PENNANTS OF OUR BRANDS CAN
BE HAD BY SENDING TO THE PUBLICITY
DEPARTMENT— 35 CENTS FOR ONE, $L25 FOR
THE SET OF FOUR.
New York Motion Picture Corporation
Longacre Building, 42nd St. and Broadway, New York
1044
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Three Big Laughj
Three Big Thrills
G. M. ANDERSON
Released Monday, August 24
"Sweedie Springs a Surprise"
An extremely funny comedy, showing how Sweedie found her long
lost sister m her successor as cook.
Released Tuesday, August ZS
"Two Men Who Waited"
How a country girl, on the brink of destruction, thinks of her
sweetheart at home and returns to him. Adapted from the Munsey
iMagazines. •'
Released Wednesday, August 26
THE FABLE OF
"The Difference Between Learning
and Learning How"
By GEORGE ADE
ou"^ t?b^e\^*"Re^!f?'Guy°" '°^ ^°'" " '"P""""* "Bonehead" turned
WALLACE BEERY e. "SweedU
Released Thursday, August 27 f '<
"Slippery Slim and the Fortune TelleJl
Soph^r"'^ ^''"^ ^^'"" ^°"^ ^'^ "''^'' *'"5«="'g Pete, for the hand
Released Friday, August 28
"Seven Sealed Orders"
(In Two Acts)
By EDGAR FRANKLIN, adapted from The Munsey Magazuw,.
nthh'}^'"^ ,i''^"'^ '" "^^'"^ Oriental mysticism mingles with
nethods in the unraveling of a wonderful tangle.
msidd
Released Saturday, August 29
"Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
A western drama in which Broncho Billy saves an Indian maide
from a disliked chief. Featuring G. M. ANDERSO.\
Superb Films
Famous Stars
Unequaled Service
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
RUTH HENNESSY
Laboratory and Studios, 133 Argyle St., Chicago. Downtown Offices 521 Fir:
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A Few Big
Features
"One
'■] Ij Wonderful Night"
(A great mystery drama)
"The Good-for-
Nothing"
(A drama in 4 acts, featuring
a M. ANDERSON)
"Blood Will Tell"
(A Colonial drama in 3 acts)
"Ambushed"
(A new 3 act drama of
adventure)
A Scene from
"The Good-For-Nothing"
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National Bank Building. Branch Offices in
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A scene from
"Ambushed"
London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona. '
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FAMOUS
FEATURES
A YEAR'
#* f
DANIEL
FROHMAN
THE PO^^ER.FUI.
AFTER.
FAMOUS
FEATURES
A YEAR"
FAMOUS PLAYERS
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
213-229 W. 26 th
NEW YORK
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1047
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mmmsi^^i^m
Preservis
DOMESTIC DR.AMA
MATH
FAMOUS
FEATURES
A YEAR'
b
.moaern
.ram a o{'
error and
atonemeni-
the thrilling
story of two
[rWiKV
sou
emerge from
the depths.
Released
August 20th.
FILM COMPANY
ADOLPH ZUKOR. President
DANIEL FROHMAN.Mana|mg Director EDWIN S.PORTER .Technical Director,
FAMOUS
FEATURES
1048
FILM MART
A. H. SAWYER
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
WORLDS LMICEST
r'.i,j;Mra
FOR THE
Manufacturer of One or More Pictures
Sawyer's "ZONE" System
SOLVES THE PROBLEM
Sawyer Places at Your Disposal:
His Superb Marketing Organization of
Distributing "ZONES"
His Film Editors His Poster Artists
His Advertising Experts His Booking Department
Also Furnishes
Trade Paper Advertising, Positive Prints, Heralds,
Photos, Slides, Cuts, Etc.
At Absolutely No Cash Outlay To You
INVESTIGATE THIS AT ONCE AND HAVE
THIRTY PRINTS WORKING FOR YOU
u
I ;
See Sawyer for the Solution
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
^RLDS LMMiEST
1(M9
FILM MART
1600 DRQADWOr-NZIW YDIE
A. H. SAWYER
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
IT'S HERE
Ready for Booking in All Sawyer "ZONES"
The Santa Barbara Motion Picture Co/s
^ Envoy Extraordinary
THE WORLD'S WAR
A Sensational Story, Written Over a Year Ago, Picturizing
an European War in 1916
INITIAL PRODUCTION
OR
J .VO » J 4 *,.
THE WAR IS NOW HERE
SO IS THE PICTURE
A Wonderful Production five parts
Written and Produced by
IIVIER JOMIM
IM
"I tried to meet your wishes and keep Tlie Envoy Extraordinary to four f
reels, but there is too much action and too many thrills to put into less than
five reels. Yours faithfully, Lorimer Johnston."
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WORLITS LMM3EST
FILM MART
KOQBBMSWnriiEWllia
A. H. SAWYER
Pres. and Gen. Mgr
CORRALS MORE GOOD ONES
READY AUGUST 22
"DOC"
FROM
THE STORY
FOUR-REEL
FILM
CLASSIC
Published and Featured in the SATURDAY EVENING POST
Written CI C A M^^D /^ A XC C The Famous
by lliL.lliA.l>I^K Li A. 1 IliO Authoress of
"THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL"
and Many Other Successes
This is the First of a Series of Eleanor Gates' Pictures
READY AUGUST 24
''THE HERO OF THE
NORTH"
A TWO-PART RANGER FILM.
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A DRAMATIC GEM OF JUST THE RIGHT LENGTH. A STORY
OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWESTERN MOUNTED POLICE.
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WORLDS LWIOIST
1031
FILM MART
1600 DRQADVSQf-liEW YOiK
A. H. SAWYFR
Prcs. and Gen. Mgr.
Another Wise Manufacturer
THE LIBERTY MOTION PICTURE CO.
|=»mi-ADEI_F»IHIA, F»A.
Has Arranged to Market Its Productions Through
Sawyer's Distributing "Zones"
FirsT -Liberty" Feature (4 Reels) READY AUGUST 29
Exhibitors Book from the Nearest "Zone"
ZONE 1-NewYork
"SAWYER"
1600 Broadway-
ZONE 2-Boston
PHOENIX FEATURE FILM
CORPORATION, 164 Federal S
ZONE 3-Newark
STATE FILM CO.
60 Bank St.— Lease
ZONE 4-Albany
"SAWYER"
29 N. Pearl St.— Lease
ZONE 5-Montreal
WILL OPEN
AUG. 24TH— LEASE
ZONE 6-Philadelphia
"SAWYER"
Address next issue
ZONE 7-Pittsburgh
"SAWYER"
115 4tli Ave.
ZONE 8-BufFalo
"SAWYER"
Address next issue
ZONE 9-Dayton
EDWARDS-ZETTLER FEATURE
FILM CO., U. B. Building
(Will move to Columbus, Sept. 1st.)
WILL OPEN
SEPT. 1
ZONE 19- San Francisco
INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCERS'
CO., Pacific Bldg. WILL OPEN AUG. IS
ZONE 11-Indianapolis
PROGRESSIVE FILM & EQUF
MENT CO. Address next issi
ZONE 12-Chicago •
UNION FILM COMPANY
166 W. Washington St.— Lease
ZONE 13-Davenport
■SAWYER"
Cor. 2nd and Main Streets
(The Davenport office to Move to Omeiha
Oct. 1st)
ZONE 14-Minneapolis
SHERMAN FEATURE FILM
SERVICE, Temple Court Bldg.
ZONE 15-St. Louis
"SAWYER"
Lasalle Theater
ZONE 16-Knoxville
FRANK ROGERS
Knoxville, Tenn.
ZONE 17-Dallas
WILL OPEN
AUG. 24
ZONE 18-Denver
ZONE 20-Seattle
INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCERS'
CO., Pacific Bldg. WILL OPEN AUG. 24
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P(iE5EriT5
THE Mf\5TER.^^^f0m ^ J^ ^ DRftflATiC flCWR.
5CReEN CREATIOM
dLLrriLNom-ri
Y'COnJURDfi'5 HOUSE BOOK THROUGH THE TRMCD BV WE CREffTORS OF
\ 5y 5WfiRTEPNARPmiTC DISTRIBUTORS IN WUR TERRITf^RV THE BOOK PL^ydmRAOm
mRBAL £XPR£55iO/Y5 OF RCCOmiZCD AUTHORimSk
Mr. Beecroft,
of The Mirror —
"The Call of The
North is the best
picture this year,"
W. Stephen Bush,
M. p. World —
"The Call of The
North is the great-
est classic ever
produced on Ameri-
can soil."
Lloyd Robinson,
Telegraph —
"The Call of The
North is art in the
fullest meaning of
the word."
W. A. Johnson,
M. P. News —
"The Call of The
North is the full
realization of what
we believe possi-
ble of the photo-
drama."
Mabel Condon,
Motography—
"The Call of The
North is an Artis-
tic Symphony."
JESSE L. LASRY FEATURE PLAY COMPANY
LONG ACRE THEATRE
JE55E L. LA5KY
PRESIDENT
N.V. C
CECIL D. De/^ILLE:
DIRECTOR GENERAL
W. 48th5TREET
5AMUELG0LDPI5H
TREA3. & GENL rlAtlAMR
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1053
WM. J. BURNS
THE GREATEST LIVING DETECTIVE
IN THE
$5,000,000
Counterfeiting Plot
In 6 Parts
NOW PLAYING
To
Capacity Audiences
At The NEW YORK THEATRE.
AT FIFTY = CENT PRICES
A Restaging of His Most Celebrated Secret Service Case, the
PHILADELPHIA-LANCASTER COUNTERFEITING MYSTERY
Why Every Exhibitor Wants This Picture
\. Mr. Burns acts in nearly every foot of it.
2. Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, author of "Sherlock
Holmes," appears with Mr. Burns in one part.
3. Scenes are actually taken at the Treasury Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C; Moyamensing Prison,
Philadelphia; Lancaster, and New York.
FOR STATE RIGHTS, BOOKING, ETC., APPLY TO
The Dramascope Company,
110 WEST 40th STREET
NEW YORK CITY
6000 fJ^
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SUPERB
SCENES
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THE OZ FILM COMPANY
Announces the completion of
^ L. Frank Baum's Whimsical Fairy Tale
The Patchwork
Girl of Oz
U FEATURING
['^ VIOLET MACMILLAN, the Daintie^ DarUng of Them All
FRED WOODWARD, the King of AH Animal Personators
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We are now busily at work on our Second Feature Film —
a Photo -Visualization of L. Frank Baum's Fairy Tale
THE MAGIC CLOAK
OF OZ
Watch for Further Particulars of this Wonderful Film
The Oz Film Manufacturing Co.
Studio and Laboratories,
Santa Monica Boulevard, from Gower to Lodi Streets
Los Angeles, California
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105;
RENFAX MUSICAL
OTION PICTURES
AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS!!
EASTERN EXHIBITORS have been using our pictures
since January 1st, 1914, with great results
Count Your Vacant Seats Renfax Service Will Fill T hem ! !
We are now opening territory in the Middle West and
will shortly have branch offices in Buffalo, Chicago and Cleve- .
land.
NO SINGER is required with Renfax pictures. Four sub-
jects weekly cost about half the salary of a singer ! ! Renfax
musical motion pictures will bring the latest musical hits to
you every week.
Exclusive service may be arranged for.
SCENARIO CONTESTS
offering BIG CASH in prizes are open exclusively to
patrons of theatres using Renfax service ! ! A sure money-
getter for you ! !
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Our representative will give you full particulars, or address us:-
RENFAX FILM CO., Inc.
i I 0 West 40th Street
New York, N. Y.
Phone, Bryant 7048
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ITALA
FEATURES
in which the Wonderful ITAUA MANZINI, who plays "SOPHO-
NISBA" in "CABIRIA," about which the whole world is now talking,
appears in the Leading Roles.
ITALA FEATURE
MMiM
"AN AERIAL
REVILNGE"
IN THREE ACTS
With a story of love, hate and intrigue, laid in the
snow-clad Alps culminating in a battle to the death
between two aeroplanes.
ADDAHA
OF TODAY
WITH A
GREAT
CAST
OF THE
PEERLESS
ITAIA
PLAYERS
¥^
V.a FILM CO 0FtMEBIC«lltWvllll|lll';'7~~'~-
"AN OPERA SINGER'S
TRIUMPH "
IN THREE ACTS
Staged amidst a mighty earthquake contrasting with the
grandeur of brilHant scenes at the opera, with a story that
grips and holds by its intensity.
FULL LINE OF PRINTING FOR BOTH
^uick action ivill insure you against the comi?ig film famine.
Write or Wire
Studios at
Torino, Italy
HARRY R. RAVER m
ITALA FILM CO.
of AMERICA.
rector General
220 W. 42d St.
New York
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ITALY IS NOT
AT WAR
France, Germany and other
foreign countries will send few
films to America.
IT ALA
CONTINUES
Its Production of Splendid Features Partic-
ularly Adapted to the American Market.
SINCE 1906 IT ALA FILMS
have been pleasing American Audiences
and are now considered as Standard as Sugar
because of their Consistent High Quality.
"CABIRIA," NOW THE
Reigning Sensation throughout the
World, is an example of the ITALA Company's
superior ability to stage large and important
productions.
BUYERS OF OUR REGULAR
Releases should reap a rich harvest
through the immense added popularity which
"CABIRIA" is now creating for the Itala Brand.
PASTRONE, THE MASTER
Director who staged "CABIRIA," pro-
duces aU ITALA FEATURES.
PRINCIPAL ARTISTS SEEN
IN "CABIRIA" are regular members of
the ITALA Stock forces — easily the largest in
the
jrld.
I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR THE RENTER WHO
has kept his nose to the grindstone with "cheap sensationals" at 8c. a foot,
and who wants to set himself up in business, as I have done, with dependable
attractions.
Address Your Letter
HARRY R. RAVER
Director General
Studios at
Torino, Italy
ITALA FILM CO,
0/ AME,RICA
Candler Bldg.
New York
1060
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(Jij^ iErbrttr
" The Cream of American and European Studios "
THE ECLECTIC FILM COMPANY
110 West 40th Street, New York City
WAR IS ON LAND AND SEAAND INTHE MINDSOF MEN
Everybody wants to see war pictures and the Eclectic Company is able to pre-
sent a number of multiple reel war features which for timeliness and for demon-
strating the gruelling methods of modern European warfare cannot be excelled.
They show engagements between the very nations today in battle.
THE LAST VOLUNTEER
BIG POWERS BREAK
A Timely 5-Reel War Drama, Laid at the Seat of the Present
Austrian-Servian War.
Pathe made — a story of intense patriotism entwining the relations of a Crown-
prince and an Innkeeper's daughter with International affairs. War follows. In
the grim and realistic battle scenes, aeroplanes, artillery, and every other modern
engine of destruction is employed, and the resulting carnage faithfully pictured.
A girl makes a heroic rescue midst splintering bullets. Good display, in 1-3-6 and
24 sheet posters.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
France and Germany at War.
A pulsing story of the Franco-Prussian War in
♦ parts. Vivid battle scenes which show the
bitter, long-suppressed hatred between Europe's
greatest rivals, and connected with the pathetic
story of a woman's sacrifice to aid her nation.
1-3-6 and 24- sheet posters.
NAPOLEON
The World's Greatest Warrior
Changes the Map of Europe
The meteoric career oi Napoleon and his de-
fiance to the whole world, pictured with his-
torical accuracy and modern day interest in
5 reels. Significant scenes from the last great
struggle for European supremacy which can
easily be compared with the crucial happenings
of today. 1- 3- and 6- sheet posters.
ECLECTIC'S 4-A-WEEK
Monday— THE PERILS OF PAULINE, every two
weeks — Short subjects alternate weeks.
Tuesday— AMERICAN 1 or 2 REEL COMEDY.
Wednesday— SUPER-EXCELLENT MULTIPLE
REEL PRODUCTION.
Friday-SURPASSING ATTRACTION OF SEV-
(JIAL REELS.
WAR IS HELL
Aeroplanes Battle in Clouds
A 4-part war picture in natuial colors, dealing
mainly with modern aerial warfare. Exploits of
great daring are featured— an aeroplane duel in
the clouds, the destruction of giant war balloons,
and the blowing up of an old mill, all woven
into an absorbing story. I- 3- and 6- sheet
posters.
ALL LOVE EXCELLING
Sisters of Mercy Work Through Crimean War
An American made drama in 3 reels. A mov-
ing story of sacrifice which culminates in the
Crimean War, when France and England fought
Russia. It features the humanitarian side of
warfare and shows the work of the Sisters of
Mercy in caring for the sick and wounded.
1- 3- and 6-sheet posters— 6- sheet scene of the
Battle of Inkerman.
THE PERILS
of PAULINE
Pauline puts her Perils on the screen
and Takes Yours Out of the
Box-office.
Pauline's the leading light of the movies. Her
name means a crowd. She's written about, pho-
tographed, quoted, and set to music. She's ad-
vertised in type, pictures, music and bv word;
ot mouth. She's the best known, best liked
and best pulling character in film-lii'e— conser-l
yative statements all of them. A "Pauline" ruj
in your theatre will look like a run on the bank,!
only it s a run on the paying teller— for everr-'
thing IS coming in and nothing going out.
There's no Lure Like a Pauline
Poster — She Comers Attendance.
HOWMAXWENT AROUND THEWORLD
and PICTURESQUE AUVERGNE
A split reel which combines the lausnahle
efforts of Max with the beautiful scenic effects
in natural colors of Auvergne, that tranquil sun-
bathed valley ol France which in all probabilitr
is soon to be devastated by the inroads of tlie
invading German '
troops.
FORCING THE FORCE
No laugh is safe from this New Harligan Comedy
There's nothing forced about "Forcing the
Force -it s up in the Eclectic standard of htt-
mor. I he only danger is to
buttons.
your patron s vest
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR YOUR USE.
Atlanta, 61 WaJton St.; Boston. 3 Tremont Row; Chicago, 5 So. Wabash Ave.; Dallas Andrews Bide •
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look at the crowds there. Think of it — you can
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posters are barriers which people in the street can-
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FROM THE
NOVEL BY MARIE CORELLI
Five Parts (5071 Feet)
Quite the Most Beautiful, Realistic and Absorbing
Novel the Famous English Novelist Has Yet Written
A Man Buried as Dead, returning to consciousness
in his coffin, knocking it by his struggles from its
niche in the wall ; thereby breaking open a casket
filled with jewels ; smashing his way out the tomb
to his castle only to find his wife and dearest friend
unfaithful to him ; plotting a revenge Hellish in its
execution ; the killing of his faithless wife in that
self-same tomb bj' earthquake the night of his
second marriage to her — these are the essentials
of a story we firmly believe unrivaled in the annals
of filmed Novels. One thrill treads upon the foot-
steps of another. Pantomime finds its highest ex-
pression in "X'ENDETTA."
The settings are the most beautiful in Southern
Italy — the photography as clear and brilliant as a
mountain stream. In "VEXDETTA" we offer all
that is possible in Alotion Photography.
For Release Through Special Feature Depart-
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(Complete publicity campaign, including 1, 3 and 6
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166 N. State St., Chicago
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WE ARE NOW BOOKING
European Armies in
Action !
Of Timely, Up-to-the-AIinute Views of Christendom's Greatest Catas-
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Nations Involved with Interesting Pictures of Soldiers and Sailors now
Engaged in the Mighty Struggle for World Supremacy.
CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:
GLIMPSES OF HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS
CROWN PRINCE FRANCIS FERDINAND of Aus-
tria, reviewing the Austrian Military Forces. (His
assassination by Servians precipitated the War.)
THE FRENCH ARMY IN ACTION. The French
Artillery Corps is said to be the finest in the vi^orld.
See them at work, moving, loading and firing the
great guns.
LIFE ABOARD A FRENCH BATTLESHIP. Show-
ing close-up views of sailors aboard the Edgar-
Quinet, one of the mighty men-of-war, now with the
French squadron.
GERMAN ARTILLERY MANOEUVRES. See the
Crown Prince of Germany directing the manoeuvres
of the Famous German artillery corps. There's a
noticeable difference between their methods and
those of the French. See if you can find it.
BELGIUM CAVALRY IN ACTION. The success of
Belgium cavalry in repelling German attack at the
outbreak of War has been a great surprise to the
Civilized World. See these wonderful men and
horses in action !
6. THE SERVIAN AND MONTENEGRIN ARMIES
will be tremendous factors in settlement of the War.
They're fresh from the Battlefield now and all Vet-
erans. Splendid pictures taken during the Balkan
War showing them in Actual Battle. It's interesting
to note the difference in their military operations
and those of the big nations farther north.
7. BRITISH FIELD GUN EVOLUTIONS. The Great
English Fighting Machine at its Best. Entertaining
and Educational Views of the British Marines, show-
ing how an entire army crosses a chasm thirty feet
wide ; how quickly the big artillery guns can be un-
limbered and again brought into service !
8. SWISS ARMY MANOEUVRES. Clean-Cut, Cour-
ageous-Looking soldiers equipped with the latest
and best in field artillery. See them at their exer-
cises. The pictures will convince you that Switzer-
land will play a large part in the Land Battles.
9. HOW THIRTEEN-INCH GUNS ARE MANUFAC-
TURED. Timely, highly interesting views of the
manufacture of mammoth naval guns. See the hot
metal as it comes from the furnaces, its long and
careful treatment and its final completion as an awe-
inspiring, death-dealing Monster.
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THE KLEINE OPTICAL CO. is the largest and oldest wholesaler and retailer of motion picture
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FREASUR
By LORING M. HEWEN
Bob and Frank decide to spend their vacation at the beach. Thej- meet Col. Fairfield's two daughters. The
Colonel has too much regard for his daughters' future to think of letting either of them marry a man not able
to properly support her. The boys, however, discover a paper among wreckage on the beach written in
Spanish. It tells of a treasure and its location off shore. They are about to discover it when armed Cuban villains
approach and threaten trouble. Then the Colonel appears and the villains flee. The boys are now rich and
have won the Colonel's admiration.
To be released Saturday, Augfust 29th
COMING EDISON RELEASES
Tuesday, September 1st
The New York Police Dept. Cainival
Scenic-Descriptive 1000 feet
Wednesday, September 2d
A Village Scandal
Comedy 1000 feet
Friday, September 4th
The Viking Queen
(2 parts) Drama 2000 feet
Saturday, September 5th
Hearts of the Forest
Drama 1000 feet
Monday. September 7th
The Blind Fiddler
Drama 1000 feet
Tuesday. September 8th
Getting Andy's Goat
Comedy 1000 feet
Order Edison posters of the Morgan Lithograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio, direct.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Makers of the Edison Kinetoscope, Model "D."
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SIX IVIASTEFRF^IEOES
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NOW SHOWING WITH WONDERFUL SUCCESS!
6 Reels THE WOLF ^y EUGENE WALTER
"As beautiful a picture as was ever made"
Produced by BARRY O'NEIL, with the Lubin All Star Cast.
3 Reels "THE ERRINC By GEORGE TERWILLIGER
A story with an exceptionally strong moral Produced by JOHN INCE, with a star cast.
NOW READY AND TO BE RELEASED SOON
TZ^. "THE FORTUNE HUNTER " By winchell smith
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, late star of "Madame X," in the leading role.
5 Reels "THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR" »y J hartley manners
Another wonderful production, with the Lubin All Star Cast.
5 Reels ''EAGLE'S NEST" By EDWIN ARDEN
EDWIN ARDEN in the leading role. Produced by ROMAINE FIELDING in Colorado.
5 Reels "THE RINGTAILED RHINOCEROS" By lawrence mccloskey
A distinctly unique comedy drama written especially for
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK "The Funniest Man on the Stage."
Costumes and Scenery are especially beautiful. Produced by GEORGE TERWILLIGER.
FIVE REGULAR RELEASES EACH WEEK
"BACK TO THE FARM"— Co.Tiedy Tuesday August 18th
"THE DREAMER"— Two Reel Drama Wednesday, August 19th
"HIS BROTHER'S BLOOD"— Two Reel Drama Thursday, August 20th
"THE LOVE OF ORO SAN"— Drama Friday, August 21st
"SOMETIMES IT WORKS" ) c .-. o i r^ j c » j a * 99 j
"MAKING AUNTIE WELCOME" J -Split Reel Comedy Saturday, August 22nd
Special One, Three and Six Sheet Posters
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"Private Dennis Hogan"
MONDAY, AUG. 17TH
Military Drama.
His whole n.-ilurc is tirfil with patriotism t'lr his .ititiptcd country.
With his last breath he stands bctwi-i n his c >mrailcs anil dealh.
He dies an honor to his race. DARWIN KARR and CHARLES
WELLESLEY are the leads.
"An Innocent Delilah"
"The Woes of a Waitress"
Drama THURSDAY, AUG. 20TH
She places her ronfidcnce in a well -dressed sharper, rcgardlcsb oi
her beau's advice. She U-arns a lesson and humbly admits her
loohshness. MAURICE COSTELLO in the lead.
"The Honeymooners"
Two Part Drama.
TUESDAY, AUG. 18TH
Comedy.
FRIDAY, AUG. 21ST
She rides in the face of ileath and rescues the man wIim is accuse<l.
She establishes his and her own innocence. Their joy is mutual.
JANE NOVAK, GEORGE STANLEY, GEORGE HOLT and ROBERT
GREY are the cast.
A "Silent Comedy," by J. Stuart Blackton, exactly as enacted 250
times on the stape of the X'itapraph Theatre, Broadway, New York
Citv. by JOHN BUNNY, MARY CHARLESON an.! JAMES MOR-
RISON.
"Taken By Storm"
"Lily of the Valley"
Comedy-Drama. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19TH
The girl is used to having her ow^n way. Her lover proves a tartar
and her master. She contritely begs his protection and lorgivc-
ness. CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG is the principal.
Two Part Drama SATURDAY. AUG. 22D
The man who loves her gives his all to replace the money they had
lost. When she learns of his unselfishness, she gladly accepts him.
LILLIAN WALKER and EARLE WILLIAMS are the principals.
SIX A WEEK
"WARD'S CLAIM"
Drama Monday, August 24
"HENRY STANLEY, THE LION KILLER"
Two Part Comedy Tuesday, August 25
"JOSIE'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE"
Comedy Wednesday, August 26
"THE MYSTERIOUS LODGER"
Drama Thursday, August 27
"SUCH A HUNTER"
Comedy Friday, August 28
"A CONEY ISLAND NIGHTMARE"
Two Part Comedy Saturday, August 29
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Broadway Star Features
Produced by the Vitagraph Company of America
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, 3-PART
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\ DRAMA
\co\S)Y Goodness Gracious
Mr. Barnes of N. Y^
\coMEDY Love AND Gasolcnc
\draSia Captain Alvarez
Shadows of the Past
\cSm^edy Mr. Bingles' Melodrama
\:ui^\ My Official Wife
V6S^eLy Uncle Bill
As Presented at the
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COMING
THE FIVE-PART farcical FANTASY
A FLORIDA
ENCHANTMENT
BY ARCHIBALD CLAVERING GUNTER ,
Featuring SIDNEY DREW, EDITH STOREY 1
and an All-Star Cast.
A RARE COMEDY IN A QUAINT SETTING
A SEMI-THEATRICAL DRAMA OF THRILL-
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THE PAINTED
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I THE STORY OF A HUMAN SOUL LAID BARE
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THE BRAND
A Two-Part Feature of the Alice Joyce Series
"The Brand," shows Miss Joyce in the strongest role th
raging reformatory fire, one of the sensat.oi.al events.
Released Monday, August 31st. Scenes that will draw the
The Hand of Fate
Roy, Henderson's rival, is discovered with a smoking
rifle in his hands just after Henderson is found shot.
But Barry, the v/ounded man's 8 year old son, confesses
and saves Roy from prison. Alice Hollister and Harry
Millarde in strong roles.
Released Tuesday, September 1st. Striking 1 & 3-Sheets.
The Winking Zulu
It's a painting and it comes to life. Daub, the artist,
finds himself transported to Africa
by it and what happens to him
chere will cause laugh after laugh.
e Kalem star has ever portrayed. Her heroism in the
Alice Hollister and Tom Moore also in the cast.
crowds on the 1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
The Oil Well Conspiracy
Featuring Helen Holmes and J. P. McGowan in a Two-
Part Drama. The Universal Oil Company's plot to
gain possession of the oil well and Millie's work in foil-
ing the plotters, fill this with action.
Released Wednesday, September 2nd. Business-bringing
1, 3 and 6-Sheets.
The Gambler's Reformation
The accident in the mine which causes Enright's death,
Weedon's battle with Brown Bear when the Indian at-
tempts to kidnap Fawn, two of the exciting incidents.
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Saturday, August 22, 1914.
Facts and Comments
A COURT of inferior jurisdiction in Philadelphia
has denied an injunction against the enforcement
of the Pennsylvania censorship law. The court
says that the law is a proper exercise of the police power
and ought to stand. We do not know whether there
will be an appeal, but we earnestly- hope there will be.
There is a tendency in certain quarters to curry favor
with censors in the expectation of special favors "or leni-
ence. Such an attitude not only shows a poor spirit, un-
worthy of a real .\merican, but it is poor business pol-
icy. The censor of today may be wheedled into friend-
Jiness,. but what about the censor of tomorrow?. What
abpiit tlie great principle involved in the issue of censor-
ship? - Why should the producer of motion pictures be
called upon to mollify and conciliate a censor? ile is
not engaged in a dubious calling, but in a strictly legiti-
mate enterprise which is of great benetit to the whole
conimunily. He is not a pariah or lei)er who must be
cleansed before he can be permitted to mingle with other
folk.
We will never inspire fear or respect by truckling to
the politicians. Weakening in the maintenance of a great
|irinciple is an invitation to the grafters to load more
inirdens on the industry. Let us not become disheart-
ened because the courts show a tendency to uphold the
censorship laws. Courts are not infallible. The highest
court of the land, in the greatest issue it was called upon
to decide, decided straight against the best public opin-
ion, iiolding that the fugitive slave law was constitutional.
Today this decision is part of the garbage of history.
The people everywhere begin to assert the right to over-
rule the court whenever the great majority take a differ-
ent view of the law in (luestimi. However, this may
be the agitation against censorshi]), the ])arent of graft
and the weaiion of tyrants, will never be checked by the
decision of the Court of Common J^'leas in the city and
county of Philadelphia. If we cannot set the law aside
as unconstitutional we can work for its speedy repeal.
The exhil)itors of the state are working for the repeal
at the present moment and the camjiaign will grow much
hotter l)efore election day is here. A concerted attack
on the law with the slide as a most effective weapon is
planned by the leaders of the Penn.'^ylvania exhibitors.
It is projiosed to support only such candidates as wi'l
pledge themselves to a repeal of the obnoxious measure.
IN a large city in this state a little group of film men
were discussing prices and prospects when one of
them made the remarkable statement that the best
reel ever made was not worth more than five dollars.
Another man agreed with him and called upon the Al-
mighty to punish him if he ever paid more than a rental
of five dollars a reel. These gentlemen, we say it with
all due respect, belong to the cave period of film history.
Perhaps they have never seen anything better than time-
table releases, but this must be doubted. The day is at
hand when the men with such opinions will be jolted into
the consciousness of higher things. A man will come
along willing and even anxious to pay more than five
dollars rental for a reel, and this will be the man who
has his future before him. He will draw the patronage
away from the men of little faith. We are approaching
a condition of affairs when films will either be worth a
good deal more than five dollars a reel or a good deal
less.
A film man of note with success as his credentials to
be heard in council recently voiced his opinion to the
writer that the next few years will bring great fortunes
to the new type of exhibitor who knows how to hunt
quality and how to present his pictures after he gets
them. Many things will be torn up by the roots in the
next few months. The man who will emerge from the
confusion with a smile will be The Exhibitor With
Brains. This man must be able to choose without ask-
ing others how to do it. He must know how to give in-
dividuality to his theater and to his program. Right
now, and right here in New York, there are scores of
theaters of good size that seem to have no head to them,
apparently running themselves. The orchestra does
what it pleases, the operator does what he pleases, at-
tendants pass a sort of listless existence, and the whole
place lacks the unifying, directing spirit. The modern
trend; of the motion picture art will sweep these places
out o it being before the fall is fully under way.
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"First Runs"
By W. Stephen Bush.
MANY of us remember the day when the "first
run" was regarded with superstitious awe. As
the fihn was brought into the exchange by the
express man a reverent silence fell upon the office force.
The errand boy took the cigarette out of his mouth, clerks
and bookkeepers suspended their casual conversations,
exhibitors took off their hats and the owner of the ex-
change expanded with the pride of possession. It was
heresy to question the supreme and sovereign value of a
"first run." It never occurred to even the boldest of
exchange men or exhibitors to inquire into the quality
of a "first run." Every "first run" was simply above criti-
cism by the very fact of its being what it was. The
man who used even one "first run" qualified thereby into
the upper grades of exhibitors, while the man showing
an all "first run" program was regarded as a demigod.
The belief in the all-conquering virtues of the "first run"
was rooted deeply in the exhibiting mind. The demand
for "first runs" was riotous. It was the first conviction
of the average exhibitor that people cared absolutely
nothing about the quality of a picture. He held that, no
matter how good the Monday release of the Com-
pany might be, it could not possibly cope with Tuesday's
release. There were exceptions ; in some parts of the
country the "first run" craze never took much of a hold.
Curiously enough, these parts of the country remained
free from the destructive influences of competition for
"first runs." They were exceptions, however, and favored
by fortune.
At a time when the supply of film fell far short of the
demand and when men went into the exhibiting profes-
sion with no thought for tomorrow, anxious only to "get
in on the boom of a novelty," the idolatrous worship of
the "first run" was scarcely to be wondered at. Even
now the "first run" madness is still with us. A far
larger supply, a radical change in the personnel of the
exhibitors, the knowledge of improved methods of pre-
sentation, the change in the place of exhibition and
many other causes have helped to localize the evil ef-
fects of the "first run" idiocy. If you, good reader,
care to give a little attention to the subject you must
have noticed that the real exhibitors of the new era and,
indeed, mostly all showmen who give motion picture
exhibitions only, have realized the folly of exalting the
"first run" above the picture of quality. The men who
constitute the blind army of "first run" men today are
recruited from theatrical men. These men, inexperi-
enced and inexpert, with a sublime but wholly unwar-
ranted faith in their powers of judgment, are seeking
to revive the "first run" age of motion pictures. But
recently we saw, not without a lively sense of amusement,
a theatre on Broadway announcing in electric pyramids
and in other megaphonic methods, "First run" programs.
While The Vitagraph theater and The Strand were giving
selected programs and running them for not less than a
full week, filling their houses at solid and substantial
prices of admission, this theater trumpeted forth the
"first run" and its deadly twin brother the "daily
change." It did not last long. We do not want to say
that the "first run" and the daily change may not be
successful, but we seem safe in asserting that they can-
not survive in competition with houses conducted along
progressive lines and in the light of seven years' prac-
tical experience. A similar attempt to revive the "first
run" tactics in destroying competition was made in a
big neighboring summer resort and here too failure
camped on the trail of the ancient superstition.
The best judgment of film experts is that the general
public never did care half as much for the "first run"
as the exhibitors seemed to believe. In the very early
days, of course, in the age of the store-room and the
short length film, the audience wanted new things, but
who constituted the audience? The half-grown boys in
the neighborhood and people who had little taste and dis-
crimination. In those days the poor exhibitor would
often blanch and tremble when one or two of the un-
washed youths on the front benches in withering scorn
uttered the fearful words : "I seen dat before." I surely
do not blame the unwashed youths. Boys between eight
and sixteen are naturally eager for something new. The
dime novel of yesterday is never as welcome as the dime
novel of today and tomorrow. Nobody, however, would
dream of making boys the supreme arbiters of literature
and place Henty above Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Ho-
mer and other "old fogies." This is exactly what some
of our early producers and exhibitors did, or at least
attempted to do. I shall never forget the scorn with
which a well-known director in the infant days of the
industry received my mild and diffident suggestion that it
might be possible to film Shakespearian plays. He never
even deigned to enter into the question. He did not claim
it was impossible to film such plays, but he derided the
idea that people would ever go to see such films and pay
an admission.
It is strange how this lack of faith in the possibilities
of our art still persists in quarters where one might ex-
pect intelligence. Every time a great production is put
on the market these Cassandras, small-visioned prophets
of evil, are heard in grating chorus. We heard them
when "Quo Vadis" flashed across the kinematographic
sky like a coruscating meteor and we heard the same pes-
simistic song when "Cabiria" swept all records aside.
"People will not pay a dollar to see motion pictures,"
said some, and others croaked something about the "sub-
ject being too deep" or the "films being too long." I
would just like to take the doubters around to the Knick-
erbocker Theater on any old night, no matter how hot,
and show them long lines of men and women waiting
and fighting to pay real U. S. dollars for seeing motion
pictures.
Quality is advancing slowly and is breaking down all
the ancient barriers by which the motion pictures was
kept in commercial confinement. One of the worst foes
of quality has been the time table release, manufac-
tured in response to an artificial demand. Gradually we
are beginning to discover that the public is really in-
terested in quality. Pictures are not merchandise in the
sense that cheese and sausages are.
Let me say in conclusion that quality now lies within
reach of every exhibitor who intends to mak'C quality his
watchword. I do not say quality lies within easy reach,
for it does not. Quality has be hunted. Everywhere we are
building theaters for motion pictures of high quality. Some
who have been hunters of quality even in the days when
quantity seemed supreme say that the supply of quality
is still short of the demand. They claim it is difficult
to maintain a uniformly high grade of entertainment
with even but one change a week. This latter class, how-
ever, is strictly confined to the big cities. The exhibitor
in the smaller towns often far away from the exchanges
has perhaps the more difficult problem to solve. He
cannot select a program from various sources as easily
as his brother in the big city with one or two or more
exchanges.
THE MOVING PICTURE \\'ORLD
Expressions of Life
By Louis Reeves Harrison.
1073
THE screen portrayal should tell a story with a
punch in an interesting way. That is not a com-
plete summing up, but it covers a multitude of
artistic and scientific errors. A plot that holds attention
comes very close to being the foundation on which the
whole storied structure is to be built, but there is a
good deal else besides, notably an ability to visualize a
trenchant criticism of existing conditions and a wondrous
gift of making an experience, however remote in time
and place, seem plausible. Besides a knowledge of pho-
todramatic construction, this requires a certain amount
of audacity, for the author must convince an audience
that what is going on really did happen. This plausi-
bility saves many an awkward explanation in subtitle and
puts the spectator into an indulgent mood where he is
willing to overlook unavoidable shortcomings. This is
all easy to tlie author of inborn quality, the natural story
teller, but it is extremely difficult to acquire.
Even in great photodramas of no particular time and
place, amid the mystical atmosphere of nowhere in
particular, the born author will easily provide a steady
current of narration that is reasonably possible and rarely
dull, often replete w'ith artistic charm, constituting nearly
as often a play that finds a ready market. The natural-
born writer of stories has an instinct for providing
thought stimulus under the guise of pure entertainment,
kindling the emotions, before he a-ks the audience to
do any hard thinking. He does not exhibit human weak-
ness for the sake of that exhibition, a thinly veiled ser-
mon, but for purposes of contrast, thus submerging the
idea of showing men what they should be or might be
under conditions quite possible for society to bring about.
Such an author may picture exceptional phases of life,
but he does so to awaken exceptional interest. Mere
expressions of life that have no meaning, the automatic
movements of characters in and out of houses on their
way from one place to another seriously weaken a photo-
drama unless they are indicated to enhance suspense at
a crisis. Mere expressions of beauty when a lovely
scene is handy are better, but they should be utilized
only when carrying forward the story, and they
should enter into it as if unsought. That natural-
ism in which the audience delights makes the treat-
ment of a screen story very important, but the
source of it should lie in the scenario. The
author really selects the types and it is his business
to let them follow their natural inclinations, their natural
tendencies, once he has brought the various characters
together under striking or exceptional conditions. The
strong expression of life must begin at the beginning to
be effective in the end.
The instinct of a natural story teller warns him against
errors that must be carefully studied to be understood by
those who merely feel the narrative impulse, and greatest
of these errors is that of narrowing one's horizon. Life
as devised by the Creator of it has an infinity of aspects,
so that the only creed a born author can wear is one
that can be slipped on and off for the occasion. His code
is that of the story he is telling. At one moment it is a
delightful romance of unconscious realism, at another it
concerns a realistic social problem into W'hich is woven
the romantic destinies of a group or of an individual.
He may at one moment have the power of making or-
dinary lives seem beautiful or interesting by dressing
their commonplace in a sympathetic or imaginative way.
He may at another have a graphic mastery of visualiza-
tion that makes the screen glow with the turmoil of
battle, or with the movement of great masses in their in-
tense struggle for existence.
The born teller of stories may frivol in melodrama or
strike an ultra-modern blow for our betterment ; he may
present the human narrative as a historical lesson or as a
cross-section of actual existence ; he may offer a solution
of present social entanglements or probe the mental sub-
tleties of men and women ; his limitations arc those of
his genius, never of his subject matter. If that subject
matter be of live interest, so much the better, but ability
to handle it is what wins in the long run. The ability
of directors and actors in visualizing a story has long
been recognized — the ability of one who creates the
stories to be visualized was an after consideration — it
is just beginning to count. Those who are gifted with
narrative power and knowledge of constructing stories
for visualization have been accorded meagre recogni-
tion until this year, but their importance as one of the
factors of success in screen production will be deeply
impressed upon producers before the year has come to
a close.
Those authors who are already receiving recognition
have passed through a trying period, during which pa-
tience and toleration alone have enabled them to survive.
Rampant directors of the old type, of the rush-order,
make-it-while-you-wait kind, could not see that anything
was vital to a theme, that nothing in particular was of
structural necessity, that secondary characters should not
be given importance- through favoritism, that the injec-
tion of irrelevant details meant distraction if not de-truc-
tion, that intrusion of their personal ideas blurred the
development, if it did not wholly eliminate the author's
intention. Such directors were told to go ahead and
turn out a photodrama in a given time at a minimum of
cost, and they did it, either because they had to or be-
cause it was an easy way to easy money. One result was
a flood of screen inanities, another result is in store for
those who produce without principle.
Inability on the part of producers to distinguish be-
tween what is transitory, the aspiring scenario of in-
competence, and w'hat is permanent and enduring, the
work of an author who is in a state of development akin
to that of the art itself, is behind light-hearted confi-
dence in the plenitude of plays : so also is a desire to
appropriate rather than reward superior creative talent.
But the genial gentlemen who have been measuring merit
with a bushel basket are beginning to look about them
anxiously for something worth the large expenditure of
their time and money. Having exhausted the seemingly
inexhaustible, the literary and dramatic veins of ex-
pired copyright, they are now rushing madly into the
acquirement of every modern work of fiction, irrespective
of its suitability for screen presentation. What can be
better than w-hat has be-en ?
Having acquired mastery of screen publication, the
producer now finds himself looking about anxiously for
something worth while to publish. \\'hat seemed easiest
in the period of amateur scenario overflow has suddenly
become difficult if not decidedly embarrassing. He for-
merly published because he had to visualize a story,
whether or not it was a true expression of life — he had
simply acquired control of a wonderful medium of con-
veying thought and emotion — but things are coming to
such a pass that there is less and less call for his visualiza-
tions unless he has a stor}^ to tell. Will authors please
send him a few powerful expressions of life at $25 per
reel? Will they?
1074
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Chip of the Flying U"
A Breezy Western Comedy in Three Reels, by Selig, with
Kathlyn Williams and Tom Mix in the Leading Roles.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
NEARLY every one has read and heartily laughed over B.
M. Bower's storv about "Chip of the FlyinR U." Bower's
story breathed the very atmosphere of western cowboy
life, and the characters were so cleverly pen painted that
most of us had them well defined in our mind's eye; now
we are shown in these Selig pictures the living embodiments
of the prototypes, and follow them through all their mirthful
and exciting escapades with shaking sides or with eyes
that mirror both apprehension and amazement.
Colin Campbell has reproduced the scenes with the skill
of a master, and the "Flying U" bunch has been picked with
a nicety that defies criticism. The interior of the "Flying U"
ranch kitchen, with Patsy in charge, has all the effect on
one's risibilities of a clever cartoon, with this difference that
the kitchen is not overdrawn, but real. The magnificent
view, showing thousands of cattle grazing on the hillside,
Scene from "Chip of the Flying U" (Selig).
will soon be an impossibility for the camera to catch, for
the great herds have nearly all disappeared. I wish the
cameraman could have taken a still picture of this remark-
able scene, and that an illustration of it could accompany
this review. Millions of people will marvel at the view
as seen in the pictures. The yard of the "Fying U" ranch.
the sleeping quarters of the cowboys and the "Old Man's"
one-story shack, which he calls home, are all in keeping with
the West and the time of the story.
But these scenes, true as they are, would create little
interest were it not for Chip and Delia and Weary and
Patsy and the "Old Man," and the other members of this
heterogeneous family. Miss Kathlyn Williams and Tom
Mix divide honors in the roles of Delia and Chip.
The Delia of Miss Williams is one of her best photodra-
matic creations. The buoyant spirits of the girl are never
permitted to carry her beyond the line of maidenly decorum;
yet they are so sprightly and mischievous in their fun-loving
flights that one's eyes follow her in her pranks with de-
light and laughter. .A.nd the tender woman's side of the
girl's nature is revealed with delicate touches. Note how
endearingly she fondles the head of the unconscious Chip
'and presses her lips to his again and again when he gets
"saddle horned," although she had always tormented him
with jealousy and uncertainty in his spooning moods. .\nd
how artfully is Chip deceived into believing that her friend.
"Dr. Cecil." is a man doctor and not a girl classmate of her
own at coUe2-e. No wonder that Chip in the end had to
take the citadel of Delia's heart by storm.
Chip must have been a famous cowboy, indeed, if he could
have measured up to the outdoor attainments of our own
Tom Mix, the undisputed king of the plains. We see Chip,
as Tom represents him, in several neck-breaking stunts, in
these pictures: but he performs a dare-devil feat that we
have never before seen attempted. This is known as being
"saddle horned." The rider has lassoed a wild bronch (not
broncho, if you please), and is conducting him to the corral
by means of the lasso fastened to the horn of Jiis saddle.
Without warning, the anirnal rnakes a terrific dash (at right-
angles to the course taken by the rider's mount) away from
his captor. The saddle girth breaks and the dismounted
rider, whose feet are entangled in the stirrups, is dragged
along the ground at fearful speed — over rough places, up-
hill and down. It is amazing how Tom Mix comes out of
this most dangerous feat with whole, or united, limbs. The
pictures, according to the story, show him lying unconscious
after the experience, and that would seem a very logical
condition — dead, might be still closer to the expected re-
sult.
But still more credit is due Tom in these pictures than
death-defying feats, on and off horseback. He can justly
claim favorable criticism for an intelligent conception and
a faithful characterization of Chip's mental and physical
make-up. Chip's bashfulness and reticence before Delia are
well simulated. That vault over the back of his favorite
mount. Beaut}', to meet the dare in Delia's eyes, before she
flees for safety from the avowal of his love, is only a
symptom of his fixed determination to win her heart and
hand there and then.
Frank Clark, happy in memory as Dextry in "The Spoil-
ers," gives a strong comedy delineation of Patsy, cook of the
"Flying U" ranch. Fred Huntly as the "Old Man," owner
of the ranch, and Wheeler Oakman (the Broncho Kid of
"The Spoilers") as \\'eary are commended for able character
7~ ^^'^>
Scene from "Chip of the Flying U" (Selig).
work. Our old friend Slap-jack (Jack McDonald), of "The
Spoilers," will be easily recognized among the cowboys.
It will be interesting to many readers to learn that B. M.
Bower, author of "Chip of the Flying U," as the story ap-
peared in the Popular Magazine, is Mrs. B. M. Bower. Her
stories of western life have afforded delightful reading to
millions of readers.
Selig's "Chip of the Flying U" will be released August 29.
GAUMONT SUED FOR INFRINGEMENT.
An action to recover triple damages from the Gaumont
Company on the ground that the film concern has been
using a motion picture machine which embodies claims de-
scribed in the Edison reissue patents controlled by the Mo-
tion Picture Patents Company is on file in the United States
District Court.
John Robert Taylor, counsel for the Motion Picture Pa-
tents Company, has procured an order directing the defend-
ant company to show cause why an injunction should not
be issued restraining it from manufacturing, selling or leas-
ing the kinetoscopic films manufactured with the alleged in-
fringing machines pending a final determination of the issues
raised in the suit.
The complainant alleges that the defendant company has
been infringing on the claims covered by the Edison re-
issue patents which were recently sustained by Judge Mayer
since Januarj', 1904. The novelty and utility of the inven-
tions of Thomas A. Edison described in these patents have
become widely known and recognized, the complainant re-
cites, and as a result the patents have attained great value.
As a result of the alleged infringement on the part of the
defendant the plaintiff alleges it has suflfered heavy loss in
royalties which would otherwise have accrued to the com-
pany, but avers it is unable to accurately measure the
amount of the damage. Consequently the complainant
asks that the court compel the defendant to make an ac-.
counting and pay triple damages,
^
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1075
"Kit the Arkansaw Traveler"
Kalem's Three-Part Reproduction of Chanfrau's Old Drama
Makes an Unusually Good Picture.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
Wli all should be indebted to the Kalem Company for
giving us this I'.ne interpretation of Frank Chanfrau's
famous old story. You may. if you will, discount the
fact that the writer in liis boyliood saw the elder Chanfrau
as Kit and that to this day retains lively memories of that
performance as well as of quite a number of the lines that
were in those days used by the man in the street in the
course of daily greetings. The picture was staged by
Kenean Buell in Florida, with all the advantages that that
section can give in the way of atmosphere — chief of all
Scene from "Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler" (Kalem).
l>cing the great river steamer on which some of the more
thrilling of the incidents took place. Jere Austin makes a
line Kit Redding; he has the physique and the bearing that
match the demands of the character. He is adequate as the
woodsman and trapper; but he shows to real advantage as
the traveler experienced in the ways of the world and espe-
cially so with the ways of river gamblers.
Ben Ross plays Manuel Bond, the scoundrel who brings
ati'Mit the death of Mary Redding and in later j-ears uses
Scene from "Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler'' (Kalem).
the daughter of Mary as a decoy in his gambling operations.
He is a villain of real life, not of melodrama, .-^lice Hollis-
ter is delightful in the role of Mary Redding, the girl who
so romanticall}' and almost on sight marries Kit following
her escape from Bond, to be abducted and brought to her
death a half dozen }'ears later. Marguerite Courtot, who as
.\lice Redding enters the second phase of the story as the
ward of Bond, is convincing in her youthful vivacity.
The importance of the Judge and the Major, who con-
tributed so notable a comedy element to the play, has been
minimized in the picture — tliey are not even idcnlitied by sul)-
titlc — but nevertheless they furnish lighter touches that l>ring
relief from some of the more tense situations. Ben Walker
is the Judge and Sam Stillwoll the iNIajor.
The three reels arc deeply interesting. There is a strong
situation right at the opening of the story, as Bond, in-
trusted by the parents of Mary with the temporary guard-
ianship of the daughter, violates the confidence and attempts
to force his attentions on the girl. Her escape through the
window of the hotel, her refuge with the family traveling
across country, her meeting with Kit and marriage are
quickly shown. The visit a half dozen years later of Bond
and his abduction of the wife and five-year-old daughter
provide thrills. The meeting of Kit with Bond after a lapse
•of fifteen years is the be^iinning of a series of rapid, cunm-
lating events that end with the death of the gambler, the
reunion of father and daughter and incidentally the paternal
blessing on another union between the daugliter and the
young man who has been so devoted to her in her later
trials.
There are moments of pathos in this drama, as when the
grown daughter boarding the steamer has her attention
arrested by the lively tune played by th? Traveler on the
violin he has taken from a deckhand; there is to her an un-
accountaljle familiarity, a pull to it. So, too, the later chal
on the boat, and the slow revelation of their relationshij).
There are scenes aplenty that stir the blood in the robbing
of the young n;an by the gamblers, the burning of the
craft, the striking down of the Traveler, his escape on a
bale of cotton, his encounter with Bond, and the short and
sharp duel with Bowies. The struggling men disappear
below the surface of the river; the bubbles are succeeded by
the appearance and disappearance of an arm. Then slowly
comes into view the head and shoulders of the Traveler.
Brutal, indeed, it is; but it is unlikely there will be any
complaint.
"Kit the Arkansaw Traveler" is a mighty good picture.
"The Devil's Fiddle"
(Three Parts — Apex.)
/"T^ WO of the strongest players in "Sealed Orders," the
I admiral and the officer's wife, are engaged in this Apex
feature. They both live up to their reputation. An-
other very capable artist is introduced to play the part of the
weird gypsy who is an expert with the "Devil's Fiddle."
The director of this feature knew how to mingle the
sensational and the mysterious and the daring in very cun-
ning proportions. The strain of gypsy blood in the beautiful
Scene from "The Devils ride
f^Ape.--;;.
model of a painter is strangely stirred by the strains of a
violin played by the master of the gypsy camp. The girl
finds herself unable to resist the compelling lure of the
fiddle and follov/s the fiddler who develops her wonderful
dancing ability to the utmost. As an Indian dancer she
becomes famous and the artist whom she loves hears of her
again. The ending is unexpected and makes a powerful
climax.
The settings are superb and the photography of even
excellence throughout. It is a meritorious production and
acceptable on any program.
1076
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Chimes"
A Two-Reel Hepworth Visualization of a Humanizing
Story by Charles Dickens.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST:
Trotty Veck Warwick Buckland
Alderman Cute Tom Butt
Meg Violet Hopson
R chard Stewart Rome
Sir Richard Bowley Harry Gilbey
Will Fern John Mac-Andrews
Lilian Miss Muriel Smith
LIKE most of the Dickens' short stories, "The Chimes"
has a ijftening influence and leaves an impression that
all is well m the human heart. Great care has been
taken to shadow forth the people and scenes in accurate cos-
tume and environment, hence it is a delight to the eyes, this
picturing ot what the master described by means of his mar-
Scene from "The Chimes" (Hepworth).
velous command of English. The sincerity of purpose be-
hind Dickens' productions reflects his own character in a de-
gree, and it is to be hoped that they will exert the same
beneficent influence when visualized, cheering, encouraging
and sweetening human existence.
The story of Trotty Veck e-xtending the hand of friend-
ship to a man in dire extremity, sharing his last shilling with
Will Fern and sheltering him when he has just carried an
Scene from "The Chimes" (Hepworth).
order for his arrest from Sir Richard Bowley to Alderman
Cuter is in itself a lesson, but the dream, that might well
have been reality is another to be remembered. Will Fern
is merely a vagrant driven by poverty and misfortune to the
edge of desperation. The hand of organized society is
against him, just as it is to-day. He is an "undesirable," a
"defective." a tramp. To half frozen and half starved Trotty
Veck this social outcast is a human being to be regenerated
by kindness. But Trotty is in such depths of poverty him-
self that he would not be blamed for heeding the natural
impulses such as that springing from the instinct of self-
preservation. "The Chimes" sounding in his ears, bringing
their suggestion of good will towards men, rouses in him
that warmth of heart that radiated during all-too-few years
from the great novelist himself.
The personality of Dickens, intensely sympathetic, broadly
humanitarian, wondrously magnetic, reached out to all parts
of the English-speaking world through his novels and short
stories, and here, again, it is reviving through the medium
of moving pictures, to be set before millions and again shed
its sunshine on suffering humanity. The Hepworth visuali-
zation is both consistent and humanizing. Like the work
of the master, it is done thoroughly, and it contains the mes-
sage he sent forth in each Christmas story.
It tells the selfish man to rid himself of selfishness, the
just man to make himself generous, and the good-natured
man to enlarge the sphere of his good nature. Its cheery
voice of faith and hope carries pleasant warning to all, that
if the duties of Christmas are lacking, no good can come
out of its outward observances; that it must shine upon the
cold hearth and warm it, and unto the sorrowful heart and
comfort it. It must be kindness, benevolence, charity, mercy
and forbearance.
Mary Fuller Does Battle With Snake
SOMETHING is always "happening to Mary." The
latest thrill to be added to this girl's life is a battle
with a snake in which said snake met his Waterloo.
Mary Fuller, with director, Walter Edwin, and a company
of some thiry-five play-
ers, is at present up in
Blue Ridge mountains,
Shohola, Pike Count}',
Pa., putting on a three-
reel Universal feature,
"The Heart of the Night
Winds." The hotel peo-
ple affirmed there hadn't
been a snake in the
"Crick," which comes
down from the big falls
at Shohola, for twenty
years. But when Mary
pulled ofi her white
stockings and little black
shoes and began t o
"sozzle" her pink toes
around in the water, a
big water mocassin lift-
ed its head from the
moss across the stream
and admiring beauty
from afar, slipped into
the water and swam
quickl}' over to pay his
respects to "our movie
heroine." No, Mary
didn't shriek or run, but
grasped a hickory stick
and waited.
"I'll spank you,
naughty snake." she
warned.
Mary Fuller. But with blood in his
eye he darted at her
leg. .\fter a series of terrific "Whacks," the big mottled
black lay still, and Mary was safe to go wading.
"DOINGS OF THE EASTERN SCENARIO DEPART-
MENT."
What with the big editions made in the production ranks
of the Universal's eastern companies, the company's scenario
department, under the supervision of Jack Bryne, scenario
editor, has been burning the night oil in order to carry
nut their work with the fullest amount of efficiency.
Captain Leslie T. Peacocke during the past week has
written a two-reel comedy entitled "The Friend of the
Family." He just completed adapting the photoplay form
"The Heart of the Night Wind" from the novel. It is being
produced by Miss Mary Fuller's company.
George Hall is the author of "The Man Who Is Misun-
derstood," a two-reel drama, that is under production with
King Baggot in the lead. George Lessy is directing this
picture.
Stewart Paton is author of "Tempest and Sunshine," a
two-reel drama that ic being staged by the Imp Company
under the direction of Frank Crane.
Mr. McClellan. Mr. Brenon, Miss Murillo, F. J. May and
J. Frager are all engaged in special script reading, looking
over magazines, novels and other material.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1077
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
World Film Corporation Releasing a Strong Portrayal of
the Famous Old Story.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THE World Film Corporation released on August 10
a live-part adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the book
that if it did not make history powerfully contributed
to the making of it. As to the stage interpretation of Mrs.
Stowe's work few commu.iities have been too small to have
had their periodic visits from Uncle Tom troupes — no play
in the last half century has reached more remote parts of
the country. It is fitting that we should have a screen
portrayal that treats this famous story seriously, one which
reflects the atmosphere of the South and the spirit of the
author of the book.
Scene from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (World Film).
The picture was produced by Bob (William Robert) Daly,
under the general management of J. V. Ritchey. Mr. Daly
has chosen to follow the book rather than the stage- version.
He has shown good judgment in his presentation; fine dis-
crimination in depicting pathos so that it never verges on
bathos — and this all the more notable by reason of the fact
that of necessity he was using many colored players, a
majority of whom, it is fair to assume, had had no camera
Scene from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (World Film).
experience. He was particularly happy in his selection of
Uncle Tom. This character was portrayed by Sam Lucas,
the seventy-two-year old negro who has for years taken the
part on the legitimate stage and who also has had training
before the lens. Lucas is the center of interest throughout
the picture. His work is dignified and displays a grasp of
dramatic values.
Marie Eline, long known on the screen as the "Thanhouser
Kid," has the part of Little Eva. No odds need be asked
on account of her childhood. Her characterization of the
happy little daughter of the St. Clairs is charming, her por-
trayal of the decline and death is worthy of an adult.
Topsy, that famous child of nature who "just growcd," is
renewed to us by Boots Wall, who finely depicts the col-
ored girl with the "ac(|uiring" habits. Irving Cummings and
Teresa Michelena in the roles of George Harris and Eliza
provide the dramatic interest in the earlier part of the pic-
ture. Simon Lcgree is played by Roy Applegatc. Paul
Scardon is Mr. Hanley, the slave dealer. The cast, number-
ing twenty-four, is good throughout.
It is no stage ice on wi.ich Eliza crosses the river. The
real article is present in abundance. In the scene where
little Eva falls overboard from the stern-wheel steamer
and Uncle Tom jun.ps to the rescue there may be some
inclined to criticise the detail of the action as registered by
the camera. It seems that Uncle Tom could not swim
and that Little Eva could, in spite of the story, and that the
child was compelled to do what she could to support the old
man until the cameraman jumped in and straightened inat-
ters out. Another case of truth being stranger than fiction.
We are told that the picture has been booked far ahead in
New York, which would indicate that those exhibitors who
have had a chance to see it liked it. That's the whole
story after all.
'^ '^
EARLE WILLIAMS
E.\RLE WILLIAMS, the Vitagraph motion picture star,
was born in Sacramento, California, February 28, 1880.
His father was Agustus P. Williams, an early Califor-
nia settler who had emigrated from Booneville, Mo. His
mother was Eva M. Paget, of the Paget family from Cin-
cinnati. Ohio. The famous old actor, James Paget, who was
at the height of his career a generation aeo. was an uncle
and the only member
, - - - — -] of Mr. Williams' imme-
diate family connected
with the profession of
acting.
Earle Willi&ins was
educated in the O a k -
land Public, grammar
and hi-^h schools and
attended the Polytech-
nic College of Califor..
nia, but left before re-
ceiving his degree. His
first position was as an
office boy sandwiched
in prior to his entering
college. His first the-
atrical engagement was
as utility man with the
Baldwin-Melville Stock
Company in New Or-
I eans, in 1901." "His
principal engagements
have been with the
Frederick Belasco
Stock Company in San
Francisco and P o r t -
land; one year with
James N e i 1 1 Stock
Company; heavy with
Henry Dixie in "The
a
.Aim.r'^fr
Earle Williams.
Man on the Box"; heavy with Rose Stahl in "The Chorus
Lady"; juvenile in Mary Mannering's "Glorious Betsey" and
with Helen Ware in "The Third Degree." His last theatrical
engagement was with George Beban in "The Sign of the
Rose" in vaudeville.
Mr. Williams' entrance into pictures was not premeditated.
The usual idleness during the summer while engaged in
theatricals proved irksome, so, as a matter of passing the
time, he applied for extra parts with the Vitagraph Company.
Being the possessor of ideal qualifications for a motion pic-
ture actor, together with his splendid stock company train-
ing, soon permitted Mr. Williams to occupy an eiiviable
position in the motion picture world. At the present time he
is an international favorite, and his entire motion picture
career has been with the Vitagraph Company of America. _
Some of his principal pictures are "The Christian," in
which he olayed John Storm. "Love's Sunset," "Vengeance_
of Durand." "Mernories That Haunt," "Lovesick Maidens of
Cuddleton," "The Dawning," "The Red Barrier." "Two
Women and Two Men," "The Love of John Ruskin," "The
Bond of Music," "The Test of Friendship" and "The Thumb
Print."
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"Lay Down Your Arms."
Baroness Bertha Von Suttner's World- Famous Tract
Against Militarism Makes Deep Impression as Pictured
by Great Northern.
Reviewed \>y Hanford C. .ludson.
WHERE war lays out its shambles, dead and wounded
together; where its victims, lacking shelter, are hud-
dled along the wall outside; where death swings its
scythe; where there is heart-break and hopeless wailing at
home; where pestilence, crept in from the putrid fields, is
devastating quiet villages, this is where the picture, "Lay
Down Your Arms." takes us. It shows us these things not
to give us divertisement, but earnestly and solemnly to give
us satiety and disgust at war as war was seen by the
Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, who wrote the novel, from
V.' uh the picture is taken, to open the world's eyes to the
bceac
ay Ijown Your Arms" (Great Northern).
horrors ul war and militarism. The picture, too. was pro-
duced with a purpose; it was ordered by the peace advocates
and was intended to form a part of the regular program at
the peace convocation that was purposed to be held at
Vienna this summer, but isn't to be held at all. Yet the pic-
ture will serve a good purpose and be its own peace con-
vention wherever it is shown.
The Great Northern studio is noted for the artistic qual-
ity of its photography and for dramatic stories as well. The
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B s^
1 ■^r'r^SBTS
Scene from "Lay Down Your Arms" (Great Northern).
spectator will find the beautiful camera work exemplified in
this picture, for it has some of the loveliest of scenes and
most charming of pictures. On the other hand, whenever
its purpose is to show gashes and wounds, it is just as effec-
tive. The story was built, not to be merely dramatic, but
to serve the author's purpose and is somewhat arbitrary,
though emotional — it is a tract and we have never seen a
tract that was not over-accented. It opens showing us a
beautiful home in a militarist country. There has recently
been a war and sorrows due to war have already visited it.
Then war breaks out again and the same shadows once more
come with anxiety and dread. These scenes have been pro-
duced in a dignified way and are followed by freshly con-
ceived battle pictures showing an advance of foreign troops
across the frontier followed by a rout. They are e.xciting
scenes, but there is none of the usual feeling about them.
The glory of war is a matter of mental attitude solely; this
picture keeps in view only the horrors of war and the en-
thusiasm is kept religiously out of sight. .-Kfter war has
done its worst, pestilence comes to finish the job and add
more anguish.
How will it go in your show, Mr. Exhibitor? It is a com-
petently made picture of a novel that was sold all over the
world. That it will be counted a wholesome lesson, there is
no doubt. If you show it, some of j'our patrons may say to
you, "It's a good picture and, though I didn't find it enter-
taining, I'm glad }^ou rented it. \\'e need such a picture.
It'll do us good. It will help to convince the world that
motion picture shows are doing their part in raising us to
higher things." Others may say that it is a weakling pic-
ture of weaklings who lacked the courage and selfishly were
unable to bear sorrow and loss for the sake of maintaining
a fire on the national hearth. But these latter will be only
the few; the many will heartily commend its purpose. If
this country had just gone through a terrible war, it would
be too poignant a picture to show. L'nder such conditions,
some one would be sure to bellow and set the whole house
to sobbing. But there are some of us who truly need to be
shown that war is what a certain general called it.
OLCOTT IN THE GAP OF DUNLOE.
One of the most picturesque spots in Ireland is the beau-
tiful Gap of Dunloe, near which the Sid Olcott company
have their headquarters for the summer while doing some
real Irish features with genuine backgrounds. The accom-
panying picture was taken in this beautiful gorge between
two big mountains through which thousands of tourists
pass every year.
The Gap is on tlie regular route from Killarney to the
lakes, the trip being made by carriage, jaunting car or
sight seeing coach as far as the Gap, then seven miles
through the Gap on ponies and then down the lakes by row
boats, back to Ross castle, where jaunting cars or coaches
p'ck up their parties and take them to Killarney.
Vs.entine Grant and Pat O'Malley of the Olcott Company.
There was a small revolution in the Gap about si.x years
ago when the Cook's Tours Company attempted to run
their big sight seeing coaches through the Gap to the Lakes.
There are about a hundred and twenty pony boys in the
Gap and these men make their living hauling the tourists,
of whom there are about a hundred and fifty Or two hun-
dred every day. But the pony boys did not intend to be
thrown out of what they considered their own and so they
tore up the roads and went up the mountain side with their
rifles and shot down a few horses on the coaches until the
Irish constabulary were called out. But even the police
were unable to cope with the brave, hardy mountaineers
who were fighting for what they considered their lawful
rights by heritage and finally the Cook company was forced
to give up the battle.
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"The Valley of the Moon"
Jack London's Delightful Story Done in Six Parts by the
Bosworth, Inc.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
j^'-y-rllK \allcy of the Moon" is an achievement in story
I leUing by the clcvcri'st .\nioricaii story teller of the
(lay. Transposed into films it has lieconie a fairy
talc. We may l)c disposed to quarrel with this feature
as a dramatic production, luit before we get very far in our
carping criticism we are disarmed l)y the charm which a
well-told fairy tale has not alone for children, but for
grown-ups as well. Much is allowed to a story teller which
would be unpermisil)le in a dramatist. The dramatist is
bound by rules, the story teller has a general literary dis-
pensation and we forgive him every thing if he only enter-
tains us in tlie telling of the story. The story teller is
permitted to spin out minor incidents, to digress into l)y-
pallis and to wield his magic wand generally, regardless and
even in defiance of ordinary regulations. Judged by these
standards the "X'alley of the Moon" is a gem of rare
radiance. .\s a dramatic feature in the stricter sense of the
word it is open to many objections, of which undue lengtli-
ening of minor scenes and unconnected episodes are per-
haps the gravest.
Scene from "The Valley of the Moon" (Bosworth).
The story of Jack London tells of a young couple which
finds itself "cribbed, cabined and confined" in the narrow
straits and the unnatural intimacy of a big town and escapes
from insufferable chains into the glories of the superb lands
of California. There are many very pretty scenes in the
film, but none prettier, none more charmingly fabulous than
the stoppijig of Billy and Sa.xon in front of the old farm,
where they are greeted b}' a sweet, aged couple and told
that the country through which they were passing was
Sonoma, which is the Indian name for Valley of the Moon.
Billy and Saxon had been looking for a perfect piece of
land, which their friends had told them could only be found
in the Valley of the Moon and here come two kind spirits
and tell them they have found their heart's desire just as
they were beginning to despair. The scenes on the beautiful
coast, where the ."Xbalone eaters live in primitive happiness
and amused defiance of all convention and civilization will be
liked by most audiences. It gives us a glimpse of Jack
London's wonderful imagination at its best. There are con-
trasts Ijetween city and country most skilfully and enter-
tainingly conceived and carried out. The pugilistic adven-
tures of the hero of the story are portrayed with great
cleverness. Throughout we find fine film renderings of
Jack London's best points, his intimate revelations with their
autobiographic vein, his marvelous powers of description
and the spirit of poetry and romance in which he treats of
the modern and the commonplace.
Jack Conway made an unqualified success of the most dif-
ficult part of Billy Roberts. He has a strong individuality
which knows how to assert itself. Myrtle Stedman as
Saxon was not altogether convincing, she was a bit theatri-
cal In stronger hands her part might have added wonder-
fully to the general merit of the production. The settings
left nothing to be desired and the photography was with but
few exceptions quite good.
"European Armies in Action"
George Kleine Offers Four Reels, Showing Most of the
European Armies at Their Manoeuvers.
Reviewed by llantord C. Judson.
AT this time when any news, or even any account, of
what is going on in Europe is eagerly paid for —
extras have become a habit with us — this four-reel
offering by George Kleine is surely noteworthy. It is, for
the most part, a technical picture of the arms, equipments
and drill of almost all the luiropean armies. But there is
also much human interest in it. There are, for instance, a
glimpse of the late Crown I'rincc Francis Ferdinand of
.\uslria, and a view of Germany's Crown Prince commanding
his troops. Then — and this will appeal most to the general
spectator — it gives many close-up pictures of the faces of the
troopers and sailors. It lets us see what kind of a fellow
the French soldier, or sailor, is and to compare him per-
sonally with those men of the Kaiser's army that are at
hand. Then we see how the Belgian crack cavalry officer
can ride — a spectacular, circus-like exhil)ition — and how the
Swiss cavalry conducts itself is also made plain to us. Again,
the typical Montenegrin soldier stands out before us and
we get a crood idea of how his artillery works in battle.
The British scenes are the only poorly photographed parts
of the offering. This section is short and is clear enough
to be very instructive as showing the English regular handl-
ing big naval guns on rough land. The picture has many
good views of battleships and shows something of the manu-
facture of the great thirteen-inch guns for ships of war.
The photography, taking it as a whole, is most commendable.
The offering includes some lovely scenes of Paris, taken
from a liig dirigible floating over the city.
The French army pictures take more of the film than
do those of any other army and seem to be very complete,
showing many of the famous corps, the airmen, the artillery
in action, a bayonet charge, and riflery drill as on the field
of battle. We see things that are actually happening now in
war times abroad. The French commanders are seen; but
their names are not put on the screen. The giving of the
cross of the Legion of Honor to a French naval oflficer is
a picture that many will be thankful for. Perhaps the
second most interesting item is the faces of the Servian
and Montenegrin soldiers, though some may be more in-
terested in seeing the British men slinging a heavy field gun
across a chasm while others will be most attracted by the
German boys loading and firing their field guns — they are
said to be among the most accurate gunners in the world.
Summing up, we commend this as an unusually valuable
and timely oflfering. It will interest all, and to many in
the audience there will be in it strong appeals to patriotism
when they see perhaps some relative of theirs at his gun
or rifle or on his horse serving his country in the home
land. A good ofifering.
TWIST BUYS SHIPMAN'S FILM INTERESTS.
It was learned this week that Stanly H. Twist and Ernest
Shipman, wlio have been closely associated during the past
two years in dififerent film propositions, have discontinued
their partnership. Twist has purchased Sliipman's stock in
the Inter-Ocean Sales Company, whose offices are located in
the World's Tower Building, and has taken over all of his
present film interests and marketing contracts. Mr. Twist
states the reason for Mr. Shipman's temporary retirement
from business is ill health and a desire on Mr. Shipman's part
to concentrate on some personal plans which he prefers not
to make public yet.
JAY HAWKER EVENTS.
The Kansas Motion Picture Company of Wichita, Kan.,
gets out a weekly topical called "Ja\' Hawker Events" which
pictures a series of happenings during the week in Kansas.
The newly opened "Holland Theater" of Wichita is making
the picture one of the weekly features of its program. iThis
idea of booming Kansas to Kansas people and their guests
seems to us worthy of warm commendation. Business and
prosperity are usually more a matter of getting acquainted
than of anything else; that is why business people advertise.
If this weekly topical is properly conducted it will be full
of matter that will be not only of absorbing interest, but
that will both suggest new business and stimulate old. The
time will come when boards of trade and the like will be
"pushing" organized effort along these very lines. There
has been a good deal of desultory activity of the kind; but
to get results with an}' kind of advertising you have to be
interesting and to keep people interested; you have got to
get them expecting something valuable from you all the
time.
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"The Call of the North"
Five Parts. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
Reviewed by W. Stephen Bush.
SUCH pictures as these amply confirm my faith in the
approaching kingdom of quality. The dominant char-
acteristic of the play is lavishness. A lofty ambition to
attain the highest ideals in the motion picture art gave birth
to this feature, which I am tempted to describe as one of
the greatest classics ever produced on American soil. The
theme is classic, its treatment is classic, the atmosphere is
classic. Best of all the theme is distinctly of the New World;
it deals with one of the strangest and most romantic phases
of life in the Far North.
In the days when the Hudson Bay Trading Company ex-
ercised a sovereign and undisputed sway over the great fur-
bearing country of the North the word of the factor was
law. Indeed there was no other law. No hunting or trading
was permitted in all the vast domain without the permission
of this most daring and most grasping of all monopolies.
An humble retainer of the great corporation has a beauti-
ful daughter, whose hand is sought by one of her own sta-
tion. The man does not please her and she repels him. A
few days after the rejection the factor, seeking a friendly
shelter after an accident on his journey, visits the cabin of
the father. The factor has a commanding personality, his
very appearance and movements speak of the conscious pos-
session of great power. The girl is fascinated by the strength
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Scene from "The Call of the North" (Lasky).
and the personality of the man and agrees to marry him.
It is the old story of the oak and the ivy. The frail beauty
of the girl, her absolute devotion and submission to the
stronger will, her clinging tenderness are most charmingly
portrayed on the screen. The rejected suitor comes to the
factor in search of employment. He meets with a curt re-
fusal and is about to turn away when the woman, who had
repelled him to become the factor's wife, appears and recog-
nizes him. She bears him no malice; herself supremely happy
she wants others to be happy too. At her solicitations then
Rand, the rejected wooer, is taken into the employ of the
factor. From that moment forth Rand plots to wreck and
ruin. He plots like lago himself, blindly, out of an evil
heart, naturally impervious to every good and wholesome
influence.
Graehme Stewart, a widower and the factor's trusted lieu-
tenant, lives at the trading post with his five year old son.
The young wife of the factor, herself about to become a
mother, has grown very fond of the little boy and delights to
watch him at his childish play. Upon one such occasion
the father of the little chap is present and the three make
a very pretty group as they sit on a carpet of snow with the
brown trees for a background. Rand sees them and his black
heart swells with envy and bitterness. He calls the factor
and points to the group remarking with a sneer, that it
looked fine. Thus was sown the seed of suspicion, which
was destined to bear such bloody and tragic fruit.
The young wife sends a pretty token, a small pouch orna-
mented with beads in the form of a cross to her aged father
for a Christmas present and writes a little note bearing the
words: with kindest love. The note she puts in the token.
Rand is chosen as the messenger to bring the token and
much wine and food to the father. He delivers the wine and
the food, but keeps the token. When he returns from his
errand he happens upon Stewart and his little boy, trying out
a small bow and arrow before the cabin ol an Indian.
The wife of the factor has joined the group and mingles
her laughter with the shouts of the father and the cries
of the child. Rand, a demon of mischief, rushes into Stew-
art's cabin and secretes the token and message meant for
the young wife's father on Stewart's table. Then he hastens
to the factor's office. Again he leads him out to look at
the young wife and Stewart as they stand full of exuberant
joy at the door of the Indian's cabin. The spark of jealousy
kindles into a blaze. While the factor is still suffering with
doubt and distrust Rand rushes him into Stewart's cabin
and "discovers" the token with the message. " i'rifles light
as air" confirm the suspicions of the jealous; the factor is
convinced that Stewart, younger than himself has sought to
tamper with the affections of his wife. He even suspects his
wife, but one look into her clear, unflinching eyes convince
him that the guilt is all Stewart's and he plans a terrible
punishment. He has Stewart brought before him and de-
spite all his protests sentences him to "la longue traverse,"
the long journey, which is a polite phrase for the voyage
of death. This was a favorite punishment dealt out by the
Hudson Trading Company to men whom it chosed to regard
as trespassers upon its domain and the factor vengefully
inflicts it upon Stewart. He who is to enter upon the fatal
journey must go without food and without weapons. An
Indian called "the shadow of death" is sent with him to fol-
low close upon his trail to make sure of the journey's tragic
end. For five days Stewart wanders through the wilderness
Scene from "The Call of the North" (Lasky).
until outraged nature succumbs and he dies miserably in
the trackless forest.
Twenty years pass away. Stewart's boy who wears the
token which cost his father's life about his neck, has grown
to manhood. The factor's wife has died leaving him a
charming image of her own youth. Young Stewart is caught
trading in defiance of the factor and is like his father sent
on the "long journey." The factor's daughter, however,
touched with pity at the young man's plight befriends him.
She supplies him with a rifle and with food. Before he
can get away with these precious life savers he is surprised
by the factor's Indians and brought back to the post. Refus-
ing to tell who gave him the rifle he is sentenced to be hung
when the daughter confesses that she gave him rifle and
food. The old factor, in no way softened, abides by his
determination to put the young man to death.
Rand has been repulsed by a young Indian woman, on
whom he sought to force his attentions. The girl is in love
with a half-breed employed at the post. Rand tells her that
he knows how the half-breed had given young Stewart a
knife in defiance of the factor's decree. Rand goes into a
boat to give the knife to the factor across the lake to make
sure that the lover of the girl would be hanged. In her
despair the girl shoots and mortally wounds the blackmail-
ing devil just as he is nearing the shore. He is brought to
land by the factor and with death impending over him tells
the true story of the token and his own fiendish work. The
factor sends messengers after young Stewart who are just in
the nick of time to save him from destruction. A magnificent
climax follows called "The Atonement," a title, which I think
might safely have been adopted as the main title. It is a
scene of overpowering spectacular and dramatic force.
Robert Edeson, in the dual role of Graehme and Ned
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Stewart, lived up to his best reputation. Every part was in
splendid hands. I would like to tell of the superb settings,
luniished by the Calilornian wonderland, of the masterly
direction, ol the conscientious regard (or detail such as the
reproduction of a real trading post, etc. Space forbids. The
photography is a perpetual delight.
"The Last Volunteer"
Eclectic's Five-Part War Story Is Strong Both in Dratnatic
and Spectacular Elements.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
1"^ "The Last Volunteer," a five-part production, the Eclec-
tic Company ha^ an e.xcellent as well as a most timely
release. There are well staged battle scenes in the final
reel which complement in striking fashion the strong dra-
matic interest which runs through the story. The picture
was produced by Oscar .\pfel what time he was with the
Scene from "The Last Volunteer" (Eclectic).
Pathe Company and before he resigned to take up work with
the Lasky forces. Mr. Apfel successfullj- scoured the metro-
politan district for backgrounds adequate in magnitude for
the portrajal of the e.xteriors of palaces and places of one
of the smaller European kingdoms.
The story is located in Sa.xe-Tholberg; on hair-trigger
terms with this mythical principalitj' is Austrania. The plot
is of a prince who. in disguise meets and falls in love with
Scene from "The Last Volunteer" (Eclectic).
the daughter of an innkeeper. Later the exigencies of pol-
itics decree that the prince shall marry a woman of his own
station, to which necessity he submits. Katrina overhears a
conversation between an oflicer and the ambassador of Aus-
trania in which the latter dickers for the mobilization plans
of Saxe-Tholberg. With the aid of her soldier brother she
attempts to prevent the carrying out of the conspiracy. The
ambassador is killed. Austrania insists that the murderer
be executed, on penalty of war. At the last moment the
prince responds to the pleas of Katrina, saves the life of
the brother and accepts war. In a battle Katrina volun-
teers to raise a signal which will result in the defeat of the
enemy and end a war which she feels she was responsible
for beginning. She is killed.
Eleanor \\ oodrutf splendidly plays the role of Katrina.
She brings to the part a sympathy and skill which appeal.
Paul Panzer is the conniving ambassador who tries to se-
cure the vital plans. His work is of his best. Robert Brod-
erick is Von '1 romp, marshal of Sa.xe-Tholberg. Mr. Brod-
erick has much to do, and in it all he displays the strength
and quality that always characterizes his interpretations.
Irving Cummings finely typilies Prince Ludwig. There is
a large and competent cast. , ,
Some of the best situations are those between Ardelheim,
Katrina's brother, and the prince, in which the incognito
ruler is asked as to his intentions; there is an approacti to
a duel, narrowly averted. The tense scenes surrounding the
attempted bribery and the slaying of the ambassador hold
tight. So, too, do the appeals of Katrina for her brother's
lite and her unbelieved insistence that she committed the
deed, resulting in the pardon and the contingent war. The
battle scenes are realistic. They ought to be, as portraying
them are regular artillerymen of the United States .\rmy.
The conclusion of these is a singular blending of the dra-
matic with the spectacular. The strongest moment of the
story is its ending, as Katrina, surrounded by the prince
and the court, gives up her life.
"The Last Volunteer" will be the feature of the program
at Hammerstein's Lexington Avenue Opera House, the great
structure with a seating capacity of 3,300, which opens its
doors to the picturegoing public on August 22. It is said
there will be an orchestra of fifty pieces.
British Notes
THE United Kingdom Photographic Convention, an an-
nual gathering for photographers in Great Britain, has
just been concluded in Perth, Scotland, after a most
successful session. It was in 1890 when this convention
met at Chester that the first moving picture camera was
demonstrated, and reference was made to the fact by the
president. This instrument in its early form was before
the advent of the word "projector" or "kinematograph" and
we find it described as "a camera which has been constructed
for taking photographs by merelj' turning a handle, which
takes a series of negatives on a sensitive hand at the rate of
600 a minute."
* * *
The practice of snapping up a notable or a much boosted
film (the qualifications are not always synonj'mous), still
finds favor in the Metropolitan film market despite the con-
tinued grumble of many small exhibitors who aver that the
practice is detrimental to the best interests of the trade.
This week the second Broadway feature of the Vitagraph
Co. has been sold as an exclusive to the Globe Film Co.
* * *
The company of United States players under the leader-
ship of Sidney Olcott, at present engaged in feature film
producing in the south of Ireland, ma\' possibly come in for
e.xciting times. Ireland is practically in a state of civil war
owing to the Home Rule discussion, and while Olcott and
his company were rehearsing near Killarney last week a
party of the National Volunteers were drilling in the next
field. Writing of war pictures it is worth mentioning that
some good realistic views are e.xpected in London any mo-
ment of the fall of the Servian capital at the hands of the
-■\ustrians. So far only two camera-men are on the field of
action, and both are respresentatives of French firms.
* * ♦
W. N. Selig, of Chicago, reached London this week on
the "Imperator," and will spend a few days watching the
progress of "Kathlyn" on this side.
* » *
Messrs. Bishops, Pessers & Co., who are the representa-
tives in Britain of the Balboa Film Co., have started a new
campaign of publicity for this brand which, although a com-
parative newcomer, has attained a noteworthy connection.
This week thej- have decided to start upon a bold experi-
ment and announce that henceforth they are prepared to
hire films direct to exhibitors from the London office.
* * «
Mr. C. Parfrey, one of the directors of the Hepworth
Film Co., has left London for a few weeks' stay in New
York. J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"He Danced Himself to Death"
Vitagraph Tries Its Hand at Farce in Comic Vein — Ralph
Ince in It Makes Roars of Laughter.
Reviewed by Hanford Judson.
FOR one reason or another, American audiences of the
present day. whether they be of the high, low, or inter-
mediate cranial curvature and Bertillonic frontal meas-
urement, are fond of the comically nonsensical in pictures.
A chase bj- a lot of crazy cops; a man running with a baby
carriage and a crowd after him. spiced with eccentric cam-
era work: these are things that today invariably bring roars
of laughter from "the amusement-loving crowd.
"He Danced Himself to Death." a Vitagraph offering to
be released in September, is a picture of this kind. Both
of its two reels are packed with fresh comic stunts and
Scene from "He Danced Himself to Death" (Vitagraph).
it is, we feel sure, destined to make a big hit with the li-
censed group audiences. Though of the same general kind
as the Keystone farces, it is distinctly \'itagraph and full
of nothing but the \"itagraph quality — it reminds one more
of "A Regiment of Two." than of any other picture we can
remember — we refer, of course, only to the general flavor
of the picture. This is partlj' because the \'itagraph camera
always sees with its own eye. but most because the scheme,
written by R. L. ("Rube") Goldberg, the cartoonist, lives
on a new idea and creates a fresh "character."
Scene from "He Danced Himself to Death" (Vitagraph).
This queer being delightfully played Ijy Ralph Ince. who
is also the picture's producer, is full of that peculiar wood-
enness and craziness that is so necessary to creating the
only atmosphere in which these comics are truly enjoyable.
One reason wh}' attempts at this kind of work by picture
makers so often fail is because so few actors have the abil-
ity to reach the heights where irrational inhumanity be-
come dream-like and convincing. First-class clowns com-
mand good salaries; they deserve it, for there are few of
them. In this case, the leading player is wholly unrecog-
nizable under his clownish make-up and through his artful
irresponsibility.
The picture has a good opening. It shows Mr. Producer
Unce) of the Vitagraph studio at his wit's end to make a
comedy. His friend "Rube" Goldberg comes to see him.
"Rube" will w-rite a comedy and while he has his pen on
paper, Ralph, standing beside him, turns slowly into a con-
vincing, but quite unbelievable character whom Rube with
true creation-like authority, orders to go to work. We soon
find the outlandish thing paying for dancing lessons by mail
and they begin to come. \\'hen he puts them into practice
the nightmare begins and so does the laughter. The sub-
titles are also amusing and, for the most part, very com-
mendable. The photography, some of it is cleverly con-
trived to add to the fun in the action, is serviceable. This
two-nart comic oflfering will be very welcome and exhib-
itors should find it a good investment.
J.
" Shockingly Misinformed "
So Says French Motion Picture Publication of Frank
Marion Who Wrote That Cinematographic Condi-
tions in the Land of the Marseillaise are Deplorable.
S(-)METHIXG besides war news is coming out of France.
The issue of Le Courrier Cinematographique dated luly
18, speaking in an authoritative way as one of the lead-
mg French publications devoted to animated photography,
carries an editorial article in which strong exception is taken
to statements made by Frank J. Marion ''in the special num-
ber of the Moving Picture World, under the caption of
"French Conditions Unfavorable." The Courrier's article
has been called to the attention of The World by C. Patin.
American representative of the Eclair Film Co.. Inc., who
not only feels much the same way as- the man wdio wrote
the Courrier's ansiver to Mr. Marion, but has also noticed
that The World's publication over ilr. Marion's signature
stirred up a great deal of adverse criticism among" repre-
sentatives of the big French companies operating in the
United States and the French motion picture executives on
their native heath.
The Courrier's comment upon Mr. Marion's article is a
part of an appreciation of the enterprise of the Moving
Picture World in providing the splendid special number,
which it considered an unusually comprehensive handling
of the motion picture industry throughout the United States
and Europe. The exceptions taken to Mr. Marion's state-
ments reflecting upon the business in France are couched
in the most dignified language and. as it will be observed,
find no fault with either Mr. Marion or the Moving Pic-
ture \yorld. but rather express regret that Mr. Marion has
been "shockingly misinformed by those from whom he ob-
tained his data."
The extract from Le Courrier is as follows:
We wish to take e.^ception to an article published in the Moving Pic-
ture World in which the conditions of the French cinematographic in-
dustry are described as unfavorable to the development of that in-
dustry and expressing the opinion that it is even now on a decline.
The author of this article, who is evidently very incorrectly informed!
states that the reason for this condition of affairs is the character of the
films exhibited in our motion picture shows.
It is almost impossible." says he, "to And an American or English
film of any account in the French moving picture shows. Xothing but
highly sensational and immoral films can be seen. In the streets of
Paris, one is stopped at every turn by solicitors for moving picture
shows of improper chaiacter."
The CourriEr denies in the most energetic way the first part of the
above quotation. The magnificent productions of Pathe. Freres. Gau-
mont, L. Aubert. and the Eclair Company stand out amongst hosts of
other marks too well known the world over to leave any doubt as to
the error of the above statement. The good faith of our colleague ha;
evidently been misplaced. Moreover, he will have but to take a glan-e
at the novelties offered in the Courrier to note a weekly average of 1(10
films, comprising some excellent French and .\merican ones, as well as
some of oiher nationalities. As to lewd fifins our colleague is badly
informed, as they do not exist. The French law is extremely severe in
this regard. Not only the manufacturer, but also the exchange and tb^
exhibitor are liable to two years' impri onment. Our confrere has been
shockingly misinformed by those from whom he obtained his data.
KLEINE BOOKS WAR FILM.
George Kleine is now booking a highly interesting and
timely four reel War Film entitled "European Armies in
Action." The subject shows many splendid views of the
soldiers and sailors now engaged and is varied enough in
subject matter to be highly acceptable to audiences of all
kinds. Som.e of the matter contained is: Glimpses of his
Imperial Highness Crown Prince Francis Ferdinand of
Austria, reviewing the -Austrian military forces; The French
army in action; Life aboard a French battleship; German
artillery maneuvers; Belgium cavalry in action; "The
Servian and Montenegrin armies; British field gun evolu-
tions; Swiss army maneuvers; How thirteen-inch guns are
manufactured. This film is being booked through the va-
rious Kleine offices around the country.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1083
"The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot"
Detective Burns Himself Appears in Dramatic Picture of
His Greatest Case — A Packed House Receives the
Offering Enthusiastically.
Reviewed l)y Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is no doubt at all that the new Draniascopc
six-part picture, showing how Detective William J.
Burns handled the great Philadelphia-Lancaster coun-
terfeiting mystery, is going to be a success. It descrvics
it, not because it is instructive — it is instructive — but because
it is so absorbingly entertaining. In all its six reels there
is not one foot of noticealile padding. There is a large
cast of characters and among them there is not one that
is not satisfying, while six or seven of them are thoroughly
delightful. The action called for backgrounds in three
cities, and the picture is full of typical scenes — in Wash-
ington with its great administration buildings, on New York
streets, and in Philadelphia. .Ml were photographed as
the eye sees them. Then the action that passes through
these scenes has been produced so naturally that one forgets
Scene from "The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot" (Drama-
scope).
that he is looking at a work of art. The camera might
have been on the job at the start and "got its story" while
the original players were not actors nor acting. A very
critical eye might see two little places where the business
isn t quite so beyond the question, as to whether it was
exactly as shown or not. as is most of it. It is a picture
strong to grip the audience and it made them applaud at
the right moments and heartily. "The $5,000,000 Counter-
feiting Plot" is truly a big feature offering for the most
critical patron and the least so.
At the New York Theater, where it was shown to a
packed house. Detective Burns was himself introduced and
made, before the picture was put on the screen, a few in-
teresting remarks about it. He said that the producers
took "a few liberties with the action that they claim en-
titled to." Let us add that they made good. Mr. Burns
drew attention to the educative value of the picture as show-
ing how impossible it is "to cover one's tracks" after a
crime in these days. He prophesied that in the near future,
even as the detectograph is now in use. the motion picture
would come to be a valuable adjunct in the detection of
criminals. He also outlined the story, of which most are
farnihar, of the Philadelphia-Lancaster counterfeiting case.
It IS marvelous how dramatic it is. There must have been
little need of inventing incidents for the picture. At the
sanie time it was no small or easy job to cast the scenario
to be so_ effective dramatically as has the author of it.
The picture is a fine example to photoplaywrights of
what IS dramatic. The suspense is as surelv felt in the
hrst moment of it as at its climax, although there is a
nnarked deepening of the interest all through. It opens,
showing the high-class criminals at work. Any picture of
a crime is in itself dramatic; but here the thinss that give
special quality to our interest is the kind of "criminal in-
volved and the class of work he is at. The skill of the men
excites admiration. This in turn heightens our respect for
the skill of Detective Burns a little more than matching
his wits against theirs. Besides, we have the sincerely pic-
■ tured love story; the affection of the daughter of one crimin-
al for her father, and the cleverly portrayed work of the
woman detective on the case. There is nothing coiiventional
ill it at all and none of the characters have been plot-ridden.
Nearly everything in it adds to its human verisimilitude.
William J. Burns has the central role. (Jf course, he is
an accomplished actor — he is as much a professional as any
one in the picture. His facial expression gave one of its
best touches of humor and made the only loud ripple of
laughter at the first performance. .\nd all through he shows
not only excellent ability to act; but to act naturally before
a camera. Jean Acker's work in the role of Helen, daugh-
ter of Long, one of the criminals, gives by its simplicity a
strong heart-interest to the whole that tells mightily.
There is also a marked touch of personality given to the
role of the woman detective by Georgia O'Ramie. She
makes the young woman just charming and keeps the most
nearly conventional character in the picture absolutely free
from triteness. Frank Carrington's Myers, the revenue
man, will be noticed though he appears but for a moment.
Charles Graham makes his Long, the counterfeiter, a strong
attractive man. Nor should we fail to mention Glen White's
portrayal of Walton, one of the operators assisting I'.urns.
But every one in the cast deserves commendation. Bertram
Harrison produced the picture with the help of Clifford T.
Saum and William H. Cavannough. Tlic author of the
scenario is George G. Nathan. Surely these have done good
work. I'liotographically. it is all that could be asked.
CAST.
William .1. Burns Himself
.Inhn Walton, a Secret Service Operator Glen White
.Joseph Fennell. a Secret Service Operator Joseph Sullivan
William Kendall, of Kendall & Jackson Clifford P. Saum
Edward .Jackson, of Kendall & Jackson Hector Dion
Frank Tyler, of Tyler & B'orden, Engravers Jack Sharkey
Arthur Borden, of Tyler & Borden. Engravers William Cavanaugh
Jamei Long .> ....Charles E. Graham
George Peters Harry Llllford
Robert Smith ^Nonpareil Stationery To James Ayling
.lohn Knox John Itansom
Charles Carruthers. . I Arthur .Morrison
Wm. Meyers. Revenue Inspector at Lancaster Frank Carringlon
Samuel Parks, a Secret Service Operator Harry Driscoll
Chief of the Secret Service Jack Drumier
Warden of Moyamen-sing Prison Howard Missimer
Peter .Miller, engraver Edward Walton
Stephen Tracy Ezra Walck
Florence Castle, a Secret Service Operator Miss Georgia O'Ramie
Helen Long, daughter of Long, the tobacco manufacturer.
Miss Jean Acker
Mary Kelly Eileen Hume
A TIMELY THEME.
The Great Northern Film Company's production, "Lay
Down Your .^rms," an adaptation of the famous war novel
by the late Baroness Bertha Von Suttner. happens to be
most timely, now that Europe is in the throes of a great
war. The locale of the story is in .\ustria and Germany,
principally, and former -Austrian and German w-ars are de-
picted. The fact that these two nations are participating in
the present conflict makes this picture exceedingly inter-
esting just now.
The photoplay, which was completed just before the Eu-
ropean w-ar began, is not calculated to arouse the patriotism
of its audience, but on the contrary, it tends to make one
abhor war, by vividly picturing the manifold horrors that
the call to arms brings upon a nation. The film drama,
therefore, like the novel on which it is based, is a powerful
plea for universal peace.
Great care and expense were entailed in making this
elaborate production, which enlisted the services of many
hundred people. It abounds in spectacular battle scenes,
which were enacted on a scale of massiveness that has
never been equaled. Great armies of soldiers, engaged in
fierce conflict; troops of charging cavalry; artillery in ac-
tion, and shells bursting in air, are shown with such re-
markable realism, that one imagines he hears the roar of
cannon and musket.
MISS FELICE FEARS FOR KINSMEN.
Carlotta de Felice, late of the \"itagraph Co., now lead-
ing woma^i with the L'nited Keanograph Film Company, of
Fairfax, California, has a source of worry in the European
w^ar. All her kinsfolk on her mother's side are French and
she now has tw-o uncles and three cousins in the French
army, three of whom hold rank. She received word shortly
before the opening of hostilities that Henri, her mother's
youngest brother, major in one of the French border regi-
ments, had been ordered with his regiment to stand ready
"to repel German attack near Luxemburg, the neutral ter-
ritory which Germany saw fit to invade. She greatly fears
that this kinsman has been among tlie fallen. One of Miss
de Felice's aunts is a member of the French branch of the
Red Cross Society.
1084
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Kalem Finds Business Excellent
The Last Week of July the Best the Company Has Had in
Its History.
IN the last week of July the Kalem Company reached its
high-water mark for sales in the United States. "Talk
about the moving picture business having reached its
apex," said William Wright, vice-president of the Kalem
Company, to a World man last week, "Why, I don't find
any apex. Do you know that in American sales alone the
final week of July was our banner week. We have had to
install temporarily nine printing machines in our projection
room until we can arrange our quarters here.
"Ever since this concern has been in business," continued
Mr. Wright, "every year has shown a steady improvement
in the volume of business. When we came into this build-
ing we thought we had room a-plenty for five years. We
had to increase our space inside of one year. We intended
reserving this floor strictly for office purposes, but we have
been compelled to devote a lot of it to factory work. The
moving picture business is on a legitimate increase, not-
withstanding the many new companies that are coming up
and going down. The old-line manufacturers are not suf-
Helen Holmes, New Kalem Star.
fering from competition. The proof of this is in the busi-
ness we and other firms are doing right now when accord-
ing to all precedents this is normally the dull season of the
year. We have always heretofore noted decreased business
in summer.
"Talking last week with George Spoor of the Essanay, he
told me that his company is selling more prints than at any
time since it has been in business. Putting two and two to-
gether it is easily seen that the immense competition antici-
pated has not decreased the demand for licensed pictures.
"How about the longer subjects? Well, Europe has, or
at least it had before the war broke, shut down pretty thor-
oughly on everything above three reels except, of course,
in the case of such productions as 'Cabiria.' The Kalem
Company has started out to obtain through our staff writers
good, strong one-reel stories. We have found a big demand
all over the world for railroad subjects. You know we have
made many of these and they have been very successful.
We have built up something of an organization on this spe-
cialty. Our Producer McGowan has arranged with the
Southern Pacific for the making of a new series of railroad
stuff. The Southern has permitted him to erect a stage
right in the middle of a big yard. This will give us atmos-
phere in chunks. We are going to show the real thing, to
give the public the realism" that is absolutely necessary
these days.
"We are starting out with a series of one-reel railroad
features, which will be under the general title of 'Hazards
of Helen.' The interest in each story will lie in the indi-
vidual subject, althoueh of course it will be greater for those
who see them all. Helen Holmes will be featured in these
pictures. That is, she will be the central character. In
order to get subjects that will pass the critical scrutiny of
railroad men as well as others we have formed a combina-
tion of a railroad man and a talented script writer. Edward
W. Matlack is the former, a train dispatcher with ideas.
Frank Howard Clark is collaborating with Mr. Matlack,
who has written lots of stufiE for us, and who is especially
strong in the conception of dramatic situations. Naturally
all the stories cominn- from Mr. Matlack are absolutely
correct from a technical railroad standpoint. Mr. McGowan
is keeping in touch with both men. These subjects will be
released every Saturday.
"We are also organizing another comedy company, so
that beginning October we intend to put out comedies every
Tuesday and Friday."
Frank C. Bangs
-■-^ RANK C. BANGS, the well-known photographer, for-
H merly of San Francisco, and during the past few years
-*- one of the foremost artists in New York City, will be
the managing director of the newly formed Bangs Labora-
tories, Inc. The business will be housed in a four-story
building located at 69-
71 West 90th street,
occupying a plot 100
by 55 feet. The labo-
ratories include t h e
most complete m e -
chanical and chemical
equipment ever c o n -
ceived for the handling
of motion picture film.
The capacity is one and
one-half million f e e t
weekly and the busi-
ness will be in opera-
tion in September.
Mr. Bangs will be
the active head of the
developing and print-
i n g departments and
his achievements in the
world of photography
argues well for an im-
proved standard i n
these lines of work.
Certain it is that art-
isty and intelligence
will be combined and
used in enhancing the
quality of all negative
handled by the new
company. The chem-
ical departn-.ents are prepared to undertake any sort of ex-
perimental motion photography and to give the highest
grade products of the camera. It is a business for which
artistic resuhs only may be expected.
The Bangs Laboratories, Inc., will arrange with any pro-
ducing concern, whereby they will receive, develop and pre-
pare negatives, then make prints, properly toned and tinted
and when finished, represent the climax of photograpic
achievement applied knowingly to motion pictures.
i'rank C. Bangs.
RAMO MAKES OFFICE CHANGES.
The managers of the offices of Ramo Films, Inc., as-
sembled in New York on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday of
last week to discuss the general film situation and lay out
a campaign for the handling of the big war picture series
being placed on ihc market now by the company. Several
changes have been made, among which are as follows:
Joseph F. Lee has been appointed special traveling represen-
tative and will devote the majority of his time in the larger
bookings of "The War of Wars." C. A. Maddux of Kansas
City, and William Conn of Minneapolis, were dropped from
the payroll. Frank W. Foster was returned to the Montreal
offices, and John S. Egan was placed in charge of the entire
Canadian business with headquarters at 11 Richmond Street
West, Toronto, Ont. Mr. Hall was retained as district
manager of the Minneapolis, Des Moines and Kansas City
offices with headquarters in the Utica Building, Des Moines,
Iowa. J. E. Conliff succeeded Mr. Lee at the Atlanta offices.
Two new managers will be appointed for the Minneapolis
and Kansas City offices .Ml returned to their offices very
much pleased with their trip, some increase in salaries and
all enthusiastic on the Ramo big production entitled "The
War of Wars."
COPYRIGHT OF TITLE COMPELS CHANGE.
On account of the copyright of the title of the Wednes-
day, .August 5, Nestor, that subject will be changed from
"For Old Times' Sake" to "For Friendship's Sake." The
Universal release of August 25. has been changed from
"Universal Ike, Jr.'s Fortune," to "Universal Ike at the
Dance of Little L. 0."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1085
"The Better Man"
William Courtleigh Featured by Famous Players in a Four-
Part Story of Church and Labor.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
A-gA HI Faiious Players released on August 10 "The Bet-
I tcr Man," a four-part story by the Rev. Dr. Cyrus
Townscud Brady. It is a tale of today, and for a
theme it takes the church and labor. Certainly Dr. Brady
can speak of church matters with authority, and we see that
he can do so with broad sympathy for those who have a
limited amount oi worldly goods. In his treatment of
labor matters Dr. Brady had taken the side of men who
work long hours for scant pay and brought out in strong
contrast the attitude of the employer whose heart is in the
right place except ii his dealings with his humbler em-
ployes.
Scene from "The Better Man" (Famous Players).
VVilliam Courtleigh has the role of the Rev. Mark Steb-
bing, a minister virho in his choice of a pastorate naturally
selects one that is among the poor. He feels that in these
surroundings he can the better make his work count. He
is a leader as well as a pastor. His claim to the former
title is established by the manner in which he commands
the respect and obedience of striking workmen. Arthur
Scene from "The Better Man" (Famous Players).
Hoopes portrays the Rev. Lionel Barmore, a friend and co-
worker of Stebbing, in love with the same young woman;
but Hoopes has ambitions in directions that are opposite to
those of Stebbing's. When you are told that at the dis-
position of the bishop there are two pastorates, one of
vi'ealth and the other with less than nothing, and that the
chief parishioner is not only the father of the young woman
in question, but also the employer of many of the workers
of the latter parish, you have the whol« story.
Morgati Thorpe, as the bishop, gives a splendid perform-
ance. Robert Broderick has the role of General Wharton,
the employer and also the father of Margaret, portrayed by
.Mice Claire Elliott. Mr. Broderick is convincing as a type
of the successful business man who hesitates not to employ
in his daily affairs the agencies of the church as well as of
politics. He pulls wires that his prospective son-in-law
may succeed the late bishop, and to his request of the gov-
ernor for troops to surround his property he receives com-
plaisant acquiescence without an apparent thought as to
legal necessity.
"The Better Man" is a picture that will have appeal ac-
cording to the natural sympathies of the observer — even
more so than is usually the case. It is a story of extremes
of life; these are shown in the beginning of the story and
striking contrasts recur throughout. The subject will un-
questionably be popular from a labor union viewpoint, if
we except the suggested einployment of dynamite as a
means of revenge on Wharton. Such things have happened,
but taking it by and large with great infrcquency. This
phase of the story will be more than offset by the mis-
fortunes that befall the strikebreakers and the revelation of
their character.
In staging the interiors of fashionable St. Hilda's Church
and humble St. Osmund's Director Powers has had the
advice of Dr. Brady. The same is true of the residence of
the bishop and the rival pastors. Plainly, great care has
been given to this ancle of the picture. The "mob" scenes
are well handled — whether of the throngs on the great East
Side or of the striking workmen or the military.
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Vitagraph Theater Changes Bill
With "The Painted World" and "A Florida Enchantment"
It Has Strong Program.
THE Vitagraph Theater changed its program on Mon-
day, .'\ugust 10. The newest Broadway Star Features
are "The Painted World." a three-part drama touching
on stage life, and "A Florida Enchantment." a farcical
fantasy in five parts. The former is from the pen of
Jacques Futrelle, the writer who lost his life in the sinking
of the Titanic. The script was written bv Marguerite
Bertsch. It was produced by Ralph Ince. "A Florida En-
chantment" is by the late Archibald Clavering Gunter. The
screen version is by Eugene Mullen. Sidney Drew is the
producer.
It was a silent house that watched the unfolding of "The
Painted World." It is a tragedy, gruesome in its realism,
but compelling in dramatic force. Julia Swayne Gordon
has one of the strongest parts of her long screen career,
and it may be added she has never done better work. As
Eloise Murree, an actress, she holds the sympathy in spite
of her manner of life: holds it on account of the mother
love she bears her daughter and of her attempts to protect
the child growing to voung womanhood from the influences
of the stage. Harrv Northrup as the dissolute actor gives a
powerful performa 'ce. His characterization is the antithesis
of the polished sco;: 'drel Lord Robert L^re in "The Chris-
tian;" it is revelatorv of this fine actor's versatility. Anita
Stewart is Yvette Murre.\ daughter of the two. It is a
most difficult part of a pliyer young in years and worldly
experience. Miss Stewart is effective in her portrayal, espe-
cially as the schoolgirl.
"A Florida Enchantment" provided a . relief from the
tragedy which if it would be unfair to describe as welcome
certainly was a most happy one. It is light and gay
throughout. It breathes the spirit of comedv. At the head
of a splendid cast were Sidney Drew, Edith Storey and
Charles Kent.
A novelty enjoyed by the assemblage on the opening
night was a view on the screen of the stage over which
the picture was being shown. The alternating views of a
theater audience were of persons sitting in the same seats
as were occupied by the \'itagraph first-niehters. The
scenes were of a burlesque show in "The Painted World"
and of the audience watching the dancing of the chorus and
the antics of the buffoons, with the familiar "Window of
the World" as a backdrop.
WARE— GIBBINS.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gibbins announce the marriage of
their daughter, Eula Faj-, to Mr. Lloyd Lecestor Ware, of
Lawrence, Kan., Wednesday, July 29. Mr. and Mrs. Ware
have left for a motor trip through Colorado and will be at
home after September 1, Lawrence. Kan.
James M. Gibbins is handling talking moving pictures
from Kansas City Mo., and Mr. Ware is manager of the
New Varsity theatre, Lawrence, Kan.
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1086
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Kaiser William II."
Kaiser Film Company Offers an Intimate Picture of German
Emperor — The Offering of tfie Hour.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THIS one-ree! offering (it is a bit under a thousand feet)
gives new and delightfully intimate gUmpses of the
German Kaiser, his familj' and his army. The offering
is trulj' what it claims to be. It gives no actual scenes of
battle field; but it shows the great War Lord at the head
of his troops during recent manoeuvers. We see him just
as he will stand in the coming struggle watching the field
of action and sending members of his staff now with a
message to one general and now to another. There are
clouds of mist from the quick-firing rifles to be seen, and
the galloping of horses. The camera swings to where
hastily thrown-up trenches serve as a cover behind jvhich
some of those new rapid fire field guns come into action
just as they will or are now doing in Alsace, in Luxem-
burg and in Belgium, to say nothing of the fields to the east-
ward where Tuton and Slav are facing each other in a death
struggle. There are picnic parties in sight also, out with
their baskets of luncheon to see what exciting things the
Scene from "Kaiser William II'' (Kaiser Film).
great sham battle will unfold. It is all quite peaceful; but
at the same time it is real and, leaving out the holiday
crowds, the same as is now going on on many a field where
death and destruction are busy.
One especially instructive series of scenes shows the Ger-
man soldiers of the sapper corp of engineers throwing a
pontoon bridge .across a river just as, perhaps, the very
same men have recently done when the first three army
corps of the imperial forces crossed the Meuse River in
Belgium. We see the whole operation and then watch the
infantry come marching, four deep, over as on drj' land.
Another picture that, in its vividness, will stand out in the
memory of all who see the film, is a glimpse of the war
leader standing with a map of the field, it may be, study-
ing the movement of his troops and working out the stra-
getic problem of attack and defense. This was taken not
so long ago. If we had been there we would not have
been able to read fhe Kaiser's thoughts. But we know
much more now than even he did at that time. If we had
been there and knew what we know, we would have studied
that face. His is a face to studj'. There are some close
and excellent views of him.
Of course the camera man who took the film knew nothing
about the coming war. His object was to show typical
scenes of the Kaiser and his family. There are, for instance,
some most commendable views of the Kaiser's only daugh-
ter, w^ho has just married the Duke of Cumberland. She
and her husband are the center of several scenes. The back-
grounds of these are some of the grand palaces of the em-
pire, the names of which are not given. Another group
shows the Kaiser at Koenigsberg — it is the old family home
of the Hohenzollerns — and the occasion is the two hun-
dredth anniversary of their coming to the city. Arches,
gateways, parades of soldiers and the flapping of banners,'
these form a good part of the Kaiser's public li^e and have a
proportionate place in the picture. But the truly great thing
about the offering is that, just at this time when the eyes
of all the world are watching the drama in which that great
war hero has the leading role, and which is to decide his
fate, it keeps the very face of the man before us. \^'e can-
not only hear the trernendous lines that are being spoken by
the decisive guns, on land and sea; but we can. also watch
the actor in his part. Here he acts his role and all the while
the newsboys on the street shriek out the fates that still
keep us in suspense until we know whether he is to be cast
down or lifted to heights as yet hardly dreamed of in all the
terrible history of warlike human kind.
The photography is perfect and the print that we saw is
clear and fresh. It is an offering among offerings at this
time before the actual pictures of the fighting come or pic-
tures that may show him in Paris, even in London. We
commend it heartily.
Mme. Sarah Adler
THE world-wide famous emotional actress, Madame
Sarah Adler, is the wife of the famous Yiddish Trage-
dian Jacob P. Adler, and is known throughout the
world as the greatest realistic emotional actress on the
Yiddish stage. Her first appearance was as a dramatic
prima donna, on the operatic stage. In Odessa, Russia, she
first appeared as the prima donna, in the Gypsy Baron,
Fogelhandler, Bluebird, and in Anton Rubenstein's famous
opera. The Demon. It was then, when Jacob P. Adler dis-
covered in her the great
gifted talent for the dra-
matic art, and he fell in
love with her.
In 1890, Madam Sarah
Adler came to America,
and her first appear-
ance in this country was
in the part of Amelia, in
the Robbers by Schil-
ler, in which part she
created a sensational
success. Later the la-
mented Jacob Gordon
discovering the power-
f u 1 dramatic genius i n
her, wrote specially for
her, his famous plays.
Homeless, The True
Power. The Stranger,
and also translated for
her Xora by Ibsen, and
also Sapho by Daudet.
Madam Adler was the
first who created the
original character of »*„. e u aji
Tr,?„r.i,„ Tif„oi^,„ :„ Mme. Sarah Adler.
Katusna Maslova, i n
Count Leo Tolstoi's Resurrection. She also created from
the same author, the famous character of Okolina. in the
play of The Power of Darkness. Her repertoire today con-
sists of 300 plays in which she took the leading parts.
Madam .\dler's first experience on the screen, is in the
great role as Laura in "'Sins of the Parents," and proves that
the screen offers no difficulties of expression to a great
artist. Her manager, Mr. Ivan Abramson, who knows her
capability and artistic value, has specially written the
scenario of "Sins of the Parents." and made a powerful
realistic drama, based on a big theme full of gripping situ-
ations and dramatic climaxes, with the view that the great
role of Laura Henderson will be played by Madam Adler.
NEW STUDIO FOR ALL-STAR.
With the expiration of the present lease on the studio at
Yonkers. New York, whicli the All-Star Feature Corpora-
tion have been occupying for many months past, it is an-
nounced that their new studio at Fort Lee will be taken oyer
bj- the company on or about August 15th and that beginning
with the interior sets for "Shore .\cres" and the produc-
tion of "The World" in which \\'illiam Faversham is to
star and make his initial appearance in motion pictures, the
All-Star Feature Corporation will become installed in the
beautiful new plant which has been under construction for
the past four months.
PENNSYLVANIA CENSORSHIP LAW SUSTAINED.
Judge Martin in the Court of Comm.on Pleas of .Philadel-
phia, Pa., handed down a decision on Thursda}'. .\ugust 6. in
the case of the ^lutual Film Corporation and others who
sought to restrain the Pennsylvania censor, J. Louis. Br.eit-
in.yer. from enforcing the act establishing a censorship over
motion pictures in that state. In passin.g- uport the qiies.tion
of the validity of the law Judge Martin lield tliattlie actTwas
constitutional and . not an ille.gal interference with inter-
state commerce; also,, that the State had power to e.^erciSe
authority over motion pictures. It is understood that the
fase will be appealed.
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1087
Doings at Los Angeles
THE Jessie L. Lasky studio in Hollywood is preparing
to start work shortly on David Buiasco's "The Rose
of the Rancho," which will be followed later by "The
Girl of the Golden West." The company intends making
these two films around the leat old missions in California,
with all the spirit and realistic atmosphere as it was in the
years gone by. The studio is being enlarged and new build-
ings erected to be used in the making of films.
« * *
Up atthe Frontier camp Willis L. Robards has just fin-
ished "Under Arizona Skies," a drama of the west. In one
part the white men's shack has to be burned by Indians.
The shack is burned all right, but the grass and bushes
near catch fire and as a result the whole company was
forced to fight the fire. The work was so strenuous, and
the fire so hard to extinguish, that several fighters fainted.
It took two hours' hard work to keep the flames from
going to the hills, which would have started a great forest
fire.
* * *
.Another film favorite has fallen for the gasoline wander-
lust. Miss Leona Hutton, who plaj's leads in many New
York Film Company's pictures, has purchased a "car" to
run from the Broncho camp in the canyon to Santa Monica.
It is a Ford, but goes up the roads just the same.
* * *
In directing "For the Last Edition," a newspaper drama,
Fred A. Kelsey had a crowd of "newsies" working in front
of one of the dailies here and in the struggle for papers,
one of the lads suffered a broken arm. The picture was
stopped and Kelsey rushed the boy to the hospital in his
car. En route he lost his trunk from the rear of the ma-
chine and had a chase, after it, but returned in time to shoot
the big scenes.
* * *
H. M. Horkheimer. president and general manager of the
Balboa company at Long Beach, is a verv busy man. Be-
sides giving his whole attention to the technical end of the
business, he goes over scenarios that are held for final con-
sideration. The plant down at the beach is indeed a busy
place.
* * *
The Auditorium theater on the pier at Venice, run by
Ike C. Speers, an old time amusement man. has inaugurated
a novel attraction system of taking moving pictures of the
dancers in the pavilion, and then exhibiting the films three
days later. Many people go to the pavilion and hesitate
and tango then later see themselves in the new dances. The
idea is a novel one and has made the place nuite popular.
* * *
_ "Through the Dark" is a drama of human interest that
IS being put on at the Mutual studio bv Tack Adolfi with
Francelia Billington and Billie West as the two leading
players. The story is of a theft and its results.
* * *
Albert W. Hale, directing the funny Kalem pictures at the
beach, recently used a motorcycle cop and a real judge in
one of the scenes. Judge J. T. Carrillo of the police court
presided and married three couples who were caught by
Motorcycle Mike Suttie of the police force. The judge read
the real lines, and the couples are reallv married, only they
had no real license. If it had been in' Scotland, some one
said, the couples would really have been married. The
next picture will be a great big feature comedv with John
Brennan and Betty Teare as the leading players.
* * *
One of the latest model cars of six-cylinder dimensions
was sold the other day to James Dayton, head of the
scenario department of the L'niversal. "Does it pay to
write?" "Yes, but it pays to work, too," he said, "and it
IS not as easy as one would think." He is right, too.
* ♦ *
Jack W. Kerrigan and a company of L'niversalists have
returned from San Diego, where they finished a set of sea
pictures. The company had a good trip and enjoved the
semi-tropical city. At the studio in Hollvwood Otis' Turner
has completed "The Open Shutters."
* * *
The Oz Co. has started on "The Magic Cloak of Oz." the
second production to be put on by this unique company.
Art plays a prominent part in the work of this concern.
even the titles and subtitles are framed in real little clay
art frames, done by the studio artist.
0"n August first the first private running of "The King"
dom of Childhood" films was made. There wer*. pres-
ent many film experts, interested people, parents and sev-
eral stars of the juvenile film feature. The production is
to be exhibited at the 1915 lair in San Diego. Another ex-
hibit will be made, soon after which the films will be
released.
« « *
Frederick Church has taken the place of .\rlhur .Mlardt,
who for the past eight months has been with the Frontier
company at Santa Paula as leading man. AUardt leaves
the concern and Church steps into his old shoes, having
come from the Western Essanay company, where he has
been for the past five years. \Vord came from the same
place regarding the rumored wedding of Walter Lundine,
chief cameraman. If so — felicitations!
* * ♦
George Larkin, Cleo Madison and the rest of the Lucas
Co. has returned from San Diego, where they have been
working on "The Trey O' Hearts." The leading man, after
doing all the stunts imaginable, says he feels as fine as
ever, but is glad to get back to this city.
* * *
In the sequel to "Mareea the Half Breed," "Bennie's Two
Mothers." Margaret Gibson is thrown across a room in a
low dance hall by the heavy man, Duncan. He threw
her with such force that the lounge on which she lit col-
lapsed and the poor heavy man thought that he had killed
the dainty star, but she was very much alive and w-as only
slightly bumped. .\nne Schaefer threw a heavy chair at the
heavy, and broke the chair on a table. Pieces flew in every
direction and one man suffered a scratched hand. The
\'itagraph has not put on such a lively piece in some
months. Ulysses Davis directed this picture as well as
the first one. He is turning out some good work, and starts
next week on another new one.
* * *
G. P. Hamilton, of the Albuquerque, left for X'ew York
with some western films. He expects to be gone long
enough to attend to some business and then return here
for work again as director and manager of that company.
CLARKE IRVIXE.
Estha Williams
WHEN the Select Photo-Play Producing Company ar-
ranged with Arthur C. Aiston for "At the Old Cross
Roads" it was specifically stipulated in the contract
that Estha Williams should be seen in the role of "Parepa"
which she created and played with such success during eight
of the fourteen seasons'
71 tours. Miss Williams'
connection with the pic-
ture play will add mate-
rially to its value from
one end of the country
to the other, for she will
everywhere be recog-
n i z e d as the popular
original of the role.
Gaining her first stage
e-xperience when a gi.rl
in the California Thea-
ter San Francisco Stock
Co., she was brought
East by Edward Harri-
gan, going from his
company to play ingenue
leads with Maude Gran-
ger and Jeffreys Lewis.
She was then seen i n
"Tennessee's Pardner,"
in which she made one of her biggest hits, going from that
play to "At the Old Cross Roads." Since leaving the latter
play. Miss Williams has been seen in "Shadows on the
Hearth," "As the Sun Went Down" and the past two sea-
sons has been starred in "A Man's Game," one of Owen
Davis' latest and best plays.
Miss Williams is not only one of our most magnetic
actresses, but is a brilliant stage Directress as well, having
not only played the Star Role in "Tennessee's Pardner,"
"At the Old Cross Roads," "Shadows on the Hearth." "As
the Sun Went Down" and "A Man's Game," but in addition
directed the staging of all of them.
The filming of the play is under the entire charge and
supervision of the well-known Director. Frank Dear, who
alreadv has several successes to his credit.
Estha Williams.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Choosing the Location
Success of a Picture Theater Depends Largely Upon
Building in the Right Place.
By G. B. Grain, Jr.
POSSESSION is nine points of the law, according to
legal authorities; and location is nine points of success
in the moving picture business. Experience has shown
that the exhibitor who is preparing to start afresh in the
field or to add additional houses must analyze every feature
of his prospective location if he wishes to avoid the pitfalls
that are spread for him.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost by
selecting the wrong location, just as hundreds of thousands
have been made by getting the right one. Most of the
losses could have been avoided if the factors contributing
to the situation had been sufficiently examined.
In the first place, it is up to the exhibitor to follow "the
line of least resistance" as to the crowds. He may pos-
sibly create such an attractive theater, and win such a strong
hold on his public as to draw spectators out of the beaten
paths; but this is an obvious handicap, especially taking into
account present or potential competition. Just as a retail
store in an out-of-the-way place fails for want of patronage
when another, no better in any of the essentials, succeeds
hugely by virtue of being in the way of the traffic, so a
theater's success or failure is determined largely by whether
or not it has the right position.
It is false economy to look for a "cheap" location. Of
course, the quality of the crowds varies, and the exhibitor
has the choice of what sort he will cater to. The high-
grade clientele of the fashionable shopping center will pat-
ronize one kind of show, while the middle classes looking
for bargains in the "popular-priced" stores will be pleased,
probably, with an entirely different moving picture offering.
The suburban stand is another proposition, all by itself.
But the vital matter of numbers remains the same in all
of them.
In a large southern city a big moving picture theater,
which was erected at a cost of $60,000, now stands idle.
The doors are closed, and the chances are that it will
never be opened again. The owner of that theater is now
operating another, in the heart of the city. A friend asked
him to tell how it happened.
"Well," he confessed, "I'll have to admit that I made a
colossal mistake, that's all.
"When I hit this town, I saw right away it could take
care of a big, high-grade house. Real estate values on the
main street seemed out of proportion, however, and I figured
that with the right kind of house I could pull them my
way. So I got the location I thought would do, as it was
only a block away from the main thoroughfare, and put
up the best house I could. The papers gave us plenty
of publicity, and it looked like we couldn't fail. But some-
how the people didn't seem to come. Then this other
chap came along, got this site, put up a new house, and
began making money hand over fist. I paid him $25,000 for
his lease.
"Hereafter I'm not going to speculate on a poor loca-
tion. I'd rather pay twice as much for a site that I know
is good than to have to worry with the initial handicap of
a poor one."
In a great many cities there is only one "good" street.
This is a survival of the "Main street'' idea of the country
town, but in many communities of over a quarter of a mil-
lion people there is but one retail thoroughfare that amounts
to anything. All of the logic of the situation seems to
point to some other street that looks equally good. The
side streets which intersect the main artery look good, and
it seems a simple matter to divert the traffic a few steps
from the busy thoroughfare to the theater on a cross street;
but, as suggested, experience has indicated that it can't be
put over .without a lot of hard work.
Not only is there the proposition of getting on the right
Street, but the right side of the street is equally important.
In an Ohio valley city of considerable importance an ex-
hibitor went on the north side of one of the principal
streets, failed miserably, and was apparently convinced that
he had made a mistake in getting into the business. He
refused to be discouraged, got a few thousands together,
and started another show on the opposite side of the street.
He's making lots of money, and has started two other
shows — all on the south side of the same street where he
lost his first stake.
"That old sunny side cooked my goose," he exclaimed
jocularly, not long ago. "People simply won't cross to
that side of the street, but they just flow by in rivers on
the south side. I thought I'd do just as well over there
and save $100 a month rent; but the thirty yards between
north and south side made all the difference between bank-
ruptcy and prosperity for yours truly."
The suburban theater is probably the most interesting
development of recent years. In most of the big cities
the downtown sections have been pretty thickly sprinkled
with picture shows, and though the capacity of the public for
supporting enterprises of this kind seems to be almost
unlimited, it is becoming harder and harder to locate a
theater, in the central districts with assurances of making
a go of it.
On the other hand there are thriving suburbs in all of
the larger cities which are almost clamoring for picture
shows. They have demonstrated time without number their
ability to provide the necessary volume of patronage, and
to keep the theaters going constantly, and not merely a
few nights a week, as in some of the country towns where
the patronage is limited. The selection of the suburban
location, then, affords opportunity and creates responsibility,
for it means taking advantage of favorable conditions and
dodging unfavorable ones.
In the suburb it is necessary to follow the crowds to
an even greater degree than elsewhere. Usually there is
a "focal point" in the district, such as street-car intersections
or the spot where the principal drug-stores, groceries, etc.,
are located. People come there to buy the necessities of
life, and to take the cars for the downtown district. The
traffic stream is flowing that way. Don't try to divert it;
get in the middle of it, and take advantage of all that it
offers.
An exhibitor who has established not less than a dozen
theaters, and has "hit the bull's eye" in all of them, put the
proposition interestingly, if somewhat crudely, when he
said:
"Find out where the people loaf, and go there. The
loafing district is the place where the. amusement man can't
help succeeding. People who have idle hours to dispose
of are the ones whose money comes most easily. You can
get more transient trade, and get it more easily, by picking
the loafing centers than in any other way."
In this connection the drug-store in the suburb, if it
is at the traffic center, is usually a gathering-place for
the young men of the locality, and makes a good neighbor
for the moving picture show. This applies also to the
country town exhibitor, whose problem is largely the same
as that of the suburban owner.
The kind and class of people in the suburb make vital
conditions which must be studied by the exhibitor. Ghil-
dren are to be found nearly everywhere; and yet the pres-
ence of a large number of young people of the "social
age," from fifteen to twenty, is a big asset. New subdivi-
sions where the population consists largely of young mar-
ried couples make good locations, because as a rule the
newlyweds are trying to save money to pay for a home,
and consequently prefer cheap amusement. They can go
to the movies. for the carfare that would be needed to take
them downtown; and consequently they are almost certain
patrons for the picture theater, even though they are studi-
ously economizing in the larger expenditures which offer
themselves.
What looked, on the surface, to be a fine location for a
theater turned out to be a big disappointment, just because
the owner hadn't analyzed his conditions sufficiently. The
district was in a neighborhood where many factories were
located, and the population was made up chiefly of me-
chanics and their families. They made comfortable in-
comes, and many of them, it appeared, owned their own
homes. Here was a thickly populated, prosperous, little
suburb, which apparently was "made to order" for a the-
atre.
Nevertheless, the house was a flat failure. It hardly ever
took in enough to pay expenses, and Saturday night and
Sunday were about the only days when business was any-
think like it had been expected to be. The show was
finally closed up and the exhibitor went elsewhere.
"What was the trouble?" repeated the owner when the
reason was inquired. "Too many to tell all at once. In
the first place, most of the people seemed to be middle-
aged, or at any rate past their first youth, and didn't care
much for amusement. Staying up late was a form of dis-
sipation they didn't want to indulge in. If I were to wait
for the next generation to come along I might succeed there,
but at present it isn't anv too promising.
"The factories worked long hours, I found. Their peo-
ple went to work at 6.30 in the morning, and didn't leave
until 6 at night. The employes were tired out when they
got home, and beat it for bed after supper, except on Sat-
urda}' and Sunday.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1089
"Then, loo, I learned there was a big proportion of
foreign-born people, who were so thrifty that they didn't
want to s|)ciid ;i cent iinnoccssarily. h takis Americans, as
a rule, to support a theater properly, and these foreigners
w'ere too busy saving to come to the theater. It took me
six months to find all this out, but I think the experience
has been worth while. Hereafter I'm going to know every-
thing there is to know about a locality before I jump in."
The considerations which apply to the suburb may be
varied only slightly to meet conditions in the small town,
where in many cases enough business must be done a few
nights a week to support the entire proposition. The kind
of roads connecting the town with the outlying country-
side make a big diffrence in conditions, and the class and
prosperity of the farmers, of course, affect things. With
a steady business from the rural districts round about,
and a good local trade to draw on, the picture house in
the country town is assured of good business.
Locality affects the theater first, last and all the time;
and cons.equcntly nobody entering the business should de-
cide that question finally without looking into every feature
of the situation and analyzing it from every standpoint.
George A. Lessey
GEORGE LESSEY, one of the most progressive and
brilliant dramatic photoplay directors of the day, has
signed with the Universal to direct Imp features with
King Baggot in the leads. Mr. Lessey has been an Edison
director for the past two
years, and during that
time he has attracted
wide-spread attention by
h i s market to handle
strong dramatic stories;
with the "Cleek" detec-
tive series, produced in
collaboration with
"Short Stories" h e
placed himself among
the "top-notchers."
Mr. Lessey though
still in his early thir-
ties, has achieved h i s
success through long
and practical experience.
Starting at the time
when he was a boy, play-
ing leads in the amateur
theatricals of Amherst,
his home town, Mr. Les-
sey has faced the foot-
lights under every con-
dition common to the
profession, has enacted
every kind of part. His
parents were not theat-
rical people, but his first
professional oart on the
road as Horatio i n
"Hamlet" when he was still a boy, kindled the spark that,
burning always higher, disclosed gradually the real genius.
He is- a furious worker, though the speed characteristic
of him is always balanced with care and attention to detail.
During the first year that he was a director he produced
fifty thousand feet of negative, every foot of which was re-
leased and proved successful.
George A. Lessey.
FAMOUS PLAYERS ENGAGE BLANCHE WALSH.
The Famous Players Film Company has engaged Blanche
Walsh, to be presented in a forthcoming release in her fore-
most dramatic triumph. "The Straight Road," one of the
most popular plays from the pen of the great Dramatist
Clyde Fitch.
"The Straight Road" and "The Woman in the Case" are
conceded the most prominent of this actress' many suc-
cesses, and of the two the former is more popular because
of its deeper and more general appeal. "The Straight Road"
portrays the gallant fight of a strong woman against evil
and her final valiant victory over the enemies that seek to
destroy her soul. The struggle is physical and emotional
as well as psychological, and the suspense of interest holds
till the very climax of the great conflict.
The character of Mary O'Hara, the girl of the slums, so
wonderfully impersonated bj' Blanche Walsh in the original
stage production, will also be played by her in the Famous
Players film dramatization of the subject and permits of
ideal screen depiction.
Baby Garrity
TO the category of not only competent but pretty
screen baby stars may be added Marie Garrity, who
has appeared in a number of Essanay productions. She
is as pretty as the accompanying photograph shows her, and
is a charming baby ac-
t^ess. It would seem
that Baby Garrity is pos-
sessed of all the requi-
sites that fit one for
the screens. She is a
good photographic sub-
ject by reason of her
rather dark hair, brown
eyes, dark eyebrows,
prettily shaped face and
nice features, while her
work indicates that she
is endowed with that
power of conveying
emotional struggles by
facial expression and
gestures rather than by
word of mouth. She is
a versatile youngster.
According to the
mother of the little girl,
Marie was approached,
as she was playing in
one of the streets in
Chicago, her home town,
by one of the directors
of the Essanay Film
Mfg. Company who could see the good screen qualities in
her. She was given a trial and has proved herself to be a
competent child actress beyond expectations. This little
creature had also been in demand for posing before her
moving picture experience, and those who have seen the
juvenile September Morn picture which was published in
Chicago will recognize in the subject Sweet Marie. She
has also posed as Cupid for artists, due to her charming
personality.
And yet Baby Garrity is only a little past her fourth
birthday.
Baby Garrity.
FILM COMMITTEE RE-ELECTED.
At the third informal conference of moving picture ad-
vertising specialists and manufacturers, which was held at
the Hotel Claridge, New York City, July 29th and 30th, the
following members of the National Committee, who were
appointed at the Chicago meeting held at La Salle Hotel
in January, were unanimously re-elected: Watterson R.
Rothacker of the Industrial Moving Picture Co., Charles
Stark of the Essanay Filrn Mfg. Co., and J. Alexander Leg-
gett of the Pathescope Company.
The conference was replete with interesting features. The
first day was devoted to a discussion with representatives of
various advertising agents on the relation of the advertising
agency to the moving picture advertising manufacturer.
The second day's program was as follows: "The Truth
About Moving Picture Advertising," by Mr. Rothacker;
"Moving Picture Circulation," by Mr. Stark; "Miniature Pro-
jecting Machines," by Mr. Leggett; "Municipal Motography,"
by W. E. Hamilton; "The Ad Film in Selling," by N. F.
Sawyer, and "Moving Picture Advertising Achievement," by
H. J. Aldous.
Several members of Panama Commissions were unoffi-
cially present and told of the big part moving pictures will
play at the impending San Francisco Exposition. It was
tentatively decided to have the next meeting of the National
Committee at San Francisco in February, 1915, although it
is probable that a special meeting will be called for either
Chicago or New York in August.
MORE INFRINGEMENT SUITS.
The Motion Picture Patents Company commenced sev-
eral suits during the past week in the United States District
Court against a number of film manufacturing concerns to
secure damages and injunctive relief alleging that the de-
fendants have infringed on the Edison reissue patents con-
trolled by the complainant.
The defedants named in the suits are the All Star Feature
Corporation, the Ramo Films, Inc., the Ryno Film Com-
pany, the Victor Motion Picture Manufacturing Company
and the Life-Photo Film Corporation.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
YES, was IS hell. If you do not believe it mingle
with the photoplayers at their several rendezvous and
ask them what they think of the European war. Al-
though the cannons have been booming but a few days
their effect has been most painfully felt in many quarters
of this countrj', and notably in the motion picture centers.
Every domestic company which had anj' foreign trade has
adopted a policy of retrenchment and today many photo-
players who have been chiding their fellow stage players for
not getting into the "picture game" are strolling along the
White Way, waiting for something to turn up. The develop-
ments of the past week have been surprises to many. Few
outside of those directly connected with the executive
branches of domestic photoplaj' producers realized the im-
portance of the foreign trade in the operations of the com-
panies.
* * *
Some optimists ridicule the statements that the American
end of the film industry has been hard hit by the war. They
contend that wherever there has been a war the theaters
have done record business and film producers who now claim
they suffer from the European crisis are influenced by the
same motives that govern the producers of such commodities
as beef, flour, wheat, corn, coal and clothing. Such views
are absurd. The conditions in the motion picture field and
those existing in the field of such necessities as have been
referred to are foreign to each other in the most extended
sense. Take the conditions in this country, for instance.
If photoplay producers say that, through losses of foreign
trade, they are obliged to raise the prices of their products
they are met bj- the retort of the exhibitor that they can-
not raise their admission prices. The theory that people
will forego almost everything for amusement has its limit.
The people must live, and they cannot eat motion pictures.
* * *
Taking the foreign aspect of the situation we find from
those who know that companies operating in this country
and having a big foreign business reap a greater profit from
that business than they do from the home trade. "Oh,"
said a wise man a few days ago, "this whole thing is only
a war scare to the timid. As soon as one side or the other
gets control of the seas the film men will have an open
route to the London and Paris markets, and they are the
chief centers of the export trade." Very good. But how
are the theaters on land to be supplied? France, Germany,
Russia, Austria, Hungary, and Belgium, all important factors
in the export trade, are being invaded by the enemy and
commerce is at a standstill in all. those countries. Every
motion picture plant in Paris is shut down. To whom is
the American manufacturer to consign his shipments, and
how much is he to ship? Unlike many commodities, motion
pictures are not good until used and the makers of them
cannot afford to make exportations on a chance of arrival.
There is not a man in the business who would take a chance
today and make shipment of films to Russia. They might
get to some part of Russia, but in time of a war such as the
present one there would not be the remotest possibility of
securing adequate distribution of the consignment. Many
people do not know that Russia is one of the most im-
portant countries in film exportations from this side. Mr.
Nicholas Power, of the Nicholas Power Company, upon re-
turning from his last European tour, stated that .\merican
made films predominated in Russia. The loss of this market
alone is a severe one.
* * *
Anyone who tries to discount the claims that .\merican
producers of motion picture films having an export trade
liave been hit hard bv the European war does not know
what he is talking about. For reasons already given such
manufacturers could not profit by falsely making such
claims. The only producers who have not suffered are those
who make no exportations and have no foreign plants.
These are companies who depend solely upon the markets
of this country and who remain in the field as competitors of
those who have losses to bear.
* * *
One of the most prominent men in the domestic field
expresses the opinion that nothing short of peace in Europe
will bring back foreign business to the motion picture pro-
ducers in this country. The resumption of shipping facilities
will not relieve the situation. While war contmues no one
can hope to get the films to the exhibitor. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that if the war contmues much longer
most of the American manufacturers will discontinue big
feature productions and go back to the one and two reelers
until the people on the other side stop fighting. His reason
for entertaining this opinion is that the American market
alone will not justify some of the home companies in con-
tinuing the expense and labor big features entail. 1 "ave
looked the situation over very carefully," he said, "and 1 find
the motion picture industrv was never in a more uncer-
tain condition than it is tod'ay- I look tor some companies
to suspend business altogether if the war continues more
than ninety davs. The United States has thousands ot pic-
ture theatres, but the number of producers far exceeds in
proportion, and I cannot see how some of them will be
able to survive the competition in the restricted territory.
But there is a good time coming for those who can weather
the storm. The survival of the fittest has been repeatedly-
predicted and I believe a realization of it has been brought
nearer by at least a year through the effects of the European
war."
* * *
Said a theatrical agency man the other day: "The as-
sumed spirit of patriotism on the part of some people who
come to me for stage and photoplay work makes me tired.
Day after day they plead for an opportunity to make some
money which they' may leave their wives and children when
their country calls them for service in the war. Some
men who come to me are sincere, but the majority use the
plea as a ruse to get booked. One fellow told me that his
three brothers, who had been the support of his aged parents
were called to war and he was obliged to send money froni
this side to help keep up the support. I made a special
effort in his behalf, and felt like kicking myself a few days
later when I found out that the fellow was born in this
country and of American parentage. His story was a pure
fake."
* * *
".\nother fellow has been stringing me along since the
war was first spoken of. He says the consul of his country
has told him to be prepared to sail on five days' notice and
wants to raise money to leave with his family. His boasted
patriotism has made him such a pest to his club associates
that I rather enjoyed a twittering one of the members gave
him the other night. 'Why don't you remain here?' asked
the member. 'I admire your loyalty to your homeland, but
your first duty is to look after your family.' The patriot
responded that his two first duties were to stand by God
and his country. T am no coward,' he exclaimed. 'Then
why don't you go and fight?' the member continued. _ 'Why
wait for your country to call you?' Again the patriot re-
plied, saying that he wanted to first save up some money
to leave with his family, to which the tormenter answered:
'Well, if you do not cut down on those gin rickies you store
away every day the war will be over before you get the
savings started.' "
* * *
"This war stuff," continued the agent, "gets on my nerves,
especially when I hear it used as I have stated, and for
cheap advertising. This is especially noticeable in the ranks
of the photoplay people. They are just bubbling with pat-
riotism, but I don't see any of them rushing for the steamers
that carry recruits to the other side. Less brave talk and
more expression and sympathy for the hundreds of thou-
sands of poor wretches who are in the midst of the terrible
struggle would be more fitting."
* * *
"I also think," said the agent, "that something should be
done to squelch managers of some of the cheap picture
houses who placard the fronts of their places with mis-
leading announcements that they already have pictures taken
at the front. Such tactics not only hurt legitimate exhib-
itors who will bona fide pictures, but also takes money from
people under false pretenses. .\ny exhibitor who knowingly
makes false advertisement of war pictures that are not bona
fide should have his license cancelled. It is inhuman to fake
situations behind which there is such an awful sacrifice of
life which the present war involves."
THEATER FOR MEMPHIS, TENN.
.\ one-story building on the west side of Main street,
Memphis. Tenn.. has been demolished in order to make
room for a motion picture theater. When completed the
house will become the property of the Majestic -\musement
Company. The cost of the theater is estimated at S65.000,
and it will be known as the Majestic No. 1. The opening
of the new picture house has been set for some time during
the Christmas holidavs.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1091
Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Bad Tactics.
LVTELY we wandered down in Maine. Almost the first thing we
saw was a medicine show set up right on the main street. Most
of you linow what a medieine show is, a free vaudeville perform-
ance with a chap who can make .vou think you have all fifty-seven va-
rieties of disease and can cure them with one bottle of the stuCt he
sells. The doctor with this show was not much, but he had an
"orator" who was a peach, .^long about Friday he lit into the leading
picture man of the place with both feet, also his fingernails and voice.
The manager had complained that the chap was not complying with the
State license law, and had put the show "in bad" at the next stand.
He was a politician of the regnant party and could do it, and he did
it, he told us, to get square with the man who came in and stole
business with a free show. He had the courage of his convictions,
lor he marie the complaint under his own name, but it was a bad
job. Here was a man who was giving a free show — and not a bad
one as shows go in Maine — and the public was with him. He quickly
found the name of the complainant and he "showed him up" in true
medicine show style, and for the time the town people were sore on
the picture show for sympathy was with the under dog, and they
overlooked the fact that the medicine man was taking between eight
hundred and a thousand dollars of the town money out of the place
for medicine that could not possibly have been worth ^100 in material
and that was worth far less than that in curative properties. He
didn't think of it. either, probably.
All they thought was that the local manager was sore, and they
thought it a shame he should jump on a man who gave them a fine
show for nothing, and it will take several months tor the local man
to get back where he was.
All of which is the same as saying that if you get this outside and
manifestly unfair competition, it is better to suffer in silence. Do
not let people suppose that you are being hurt. There are two good
chances. Get the local board of trade busy. If it is a medical show
get the State Medical .Association busy, but do not appear personally
as the single armed champion ot the people or you'll get the aforesaid
arm jolted.
It all reduces down to the tact that it you seem to be afraid of
competition people will believe that you have reason to be afraid.
They look at the main point, not at the fact that you have to pay
taxes and license fees and the other fellow does not, and it leaves a
bad taste in the mouths ot possible and actual patrons.
Something Odd.
The Lyric theater seems to have a new scheme. It's program and
five cents is accepted for an admission to the Saturday matinee. The
programs, which cover the calendar week are given out Monday and
Tuesday. Ihis being the case we think it would be well to include
Monday and Tuesday of the next week in the list, or else give them
out Saturday. This paragraph gives the idea as they announce it :
Keep this Program. This Program and Five Cents will admit any
Adult to our Saturday Matinee. May 16th. Save money by attending
our Monday and Tuesday night performances as those are the only
nights program will be given out.
Wants to Kno-w a Lot.
J. B. Feinberg, ot DuBois. Pa., writes that he has not missed a copy
of this paper in three years, when he started with a 190 house. Last
year he wrote us about his two-cent matinees. He sold the house in
May and it is closed at present. Meantime he has an airdome. He
writes :
I have been watching your paper to see something about
airdomes. but as yet have seen nothing, so I guess I have the
honor of being first in your paper as well as being the first to
build an airdome in this part of the country. (L. J. Scott beat
him into the paper. Ttiere should have been dozens more.
E. V,'. S.) The weather has not yet been an airdome weather, but
I do not regret it as I shall win through. As Richardson says,
"If you do something it pays to do it right" (unless it's the hind
saddle of that gas bike ot his, E. W. S. again). You can judge
from the picture. My airdome is 70 by 100 and seats about SCO.
Floor and benches of new yellow pine, ordinary screen with
shadow box six feet deep. Oilcloth covers on wings that can
be open or closed in a minute. Under shadow box a place for
the piano covered with tar paper. I don't want to take up
your space describing the rest, but will send photograph and
description to anyone interested. Enclosed find circular which I
gave out. I got a lot of opinions. It seems to me that most
persons like modern plays. I run a program of five reels for
five and ten cents, and expect to get fifteen cents for big features,
which I will run when the weather settles. Conditions are very
slow at present. One of our best houses has cut out features
and has gone back to straight stuff for five cents. I feel there
will be a lot of small houses closed and some manufacturers
will be forced out of an overcrowded business. I can't say
much more, but you know the future (if we only did!). I
doubt wtu-tlier lialf your subscribt-rs rt-ad your paper through,
but I read It from cover to cover, and It helps me out a lot.
We are sorry Mr. Feinberg has not sent in a photograph of the In-
terior of the airdome. If he will be so good as to have photographs
made of his park and the oilcloth screens (particularly the screens)
he can have all the space he wants. His offer is generous, but many
will like to see it here.
The man who reads this paper "from cover to cover*' keeps fully
posted. Lots of times managers tell us that they "even read Richard-
son's department." Why shouldn't they? They have an operator and
pay him to keep posted, but the man who does not read and follow
closely Mr. Richardson's stuff each week can't tell his operator when he
is wrong and make it stick. Its one of the first things we turn to and
we learn a lot from it. Surely the managers should know as much as
their employees.
The circular Mr. Feinberg refers to covers a lot of ground, but it Is
useful and drives home his argument. Here it Is :
DON'T THROW THIS AWAY
Fill this out and return to J. B. Feinberg, personal, or drop
in box in front of Airdome.
When you go into a store to make a purchase, you buy
what you want, and if you don't like what you see, you don't
take it.
The Moving Picture Theater is different. You pay before
entering, and if you don't like it you must take it anyway.
It's going to be different with the
AIRDOME
We are giving you a chance to tell us what you like. Fill
out the lines below, mark "yes" or "no." Also remarks in
spaces between. Indicate the kind of Pictures you like:
Classical Dramas.
Railroad Dramas.
Society Dramas Educational Dramas .
Modern Dramas Industrial Dramas...
Historical Dramas Scenic Dramas
Indian Dramas Comedy
Western Dramas
Do you like single or multiple reels? State
how many? Do you like vaudeville?
Would you pay 20 cents for high class vaudeville?
Name your favorite photo players and manufacturers
Would you pay IS cents for "The Lion and the Mouse," 6
reels? "The Third Degree," 5 reels?
"The Wolf," 5 reels? and other plays of that
class?
We have installed Two Modem Machines which wiU give
continuous shows.
Do you want your pictures continuous or a short inter-
mission between subjects? Do you object to ad-
vertising slides?
We will show every night during the summer. How many
nights will you come? Please give us your candid
opinion. Our success depends upon your support.
Our intention is to give the best in the best possible way.
Remember you don't need fans.
Fill this out and return as soon as possible.
Some advertising of a sort that kicks was used to mark the opening
of the house which, from the front, a photograph of which is repro-
duced here, does not widely differ from other entrances. But we think
that the inside offers novel features. If, as we think, the oilcloth screens
are designed to keep the benches dry through summer showers, Mr.
Feinberg has done something in discovering a means. This is the
advertisement :
READ THIS, KEEP IT. AXD REMEMBER THE
.URDOME
■When I bought the Lyric over three years ago. some people
gave me only two months to continue in business ; instead I
outlived all the former owners of that place, combined. I
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
was always looking out for the best. I ha"d to struggle with a
small capacity room, but now I assure you you are going to see
the best under the best conditions in a big room. I have spared
no expense in building the Airdome. I went the limit. My
-'^^^^J'^* ■
success depends upon your patronage. Make the Airdome a
pleasure visit, not a time killer. Hoping you will be with me.
J. B. FEIXB-ERG, Proprietor.
"Make your visit a pleasure, not a time killer," is a mighty good
slogan for any house, whether it has a roof or not.
Information Wanted.
H. P. Kress, Princess Theater, Corning, N. Y., asks for the name and
address of someone who has run The Country Store. He wants it for
"a friend." We hope he advises his friends to keep out of trouble. It
may help business a few weeks, but it does not hold up and it cannot
be stopped, once it is started. Worse still, it leads to other evils.
Another One.
Jake Schwartz, of the Pearce Theater, Houston, Texas, writes that he
is sending his program under separate cover. Will he please repeat.
We did not get it. he adds :
As you will notice in the recent issues, we are combining
the Pearce and Crystal Theaters, as we have recently acquired
the Crystal Theater, in this city.
In a very short time, at the utmost ninety days, we will have
still another theater added to our list in Houston.
I am much interested in your weekly pages, for I find some
very good material and suggestions offered by brother managers,
that aid materially in carrying out some of my ideas as
regards publicity promoting.
We issue a "coupon book" good for thirty admissions for
$2.50, acceptable at either of our houses, and good for any
attraction that we may play in our theaters.
Thursday and Friday of each week are our special feature
days, on which days we mostly play Famous Players produc-
tions, and our admission price is twenty cents (20c). m
In addition to the above we have also issued a "child's cou-
pon book" and find it has proven quite a good thing, as parents
have presented their children with these books, which are
greatly appreciated, and a more useful, or acceptable present
could hardly be given to a child.
I note in a recent issue of the Moving Picture World that a
moving picture was made at night in New Orleans, a couple
of weeks ago, the first one attempted in the South. I will have
to call a halt on Brother Item.
Last October I made a moving picture of an audience leaving
a local theater, and used the scene in an advertising film that
I made for a local concern.
We have the confidence of our patrons, and when we add a
special feature, they know that they will see something good,
and properly projected, as our projection is absolutely perfect.
Where the local laws permit children to visit the theater unattended, the
coupon book is an almost positive assurance that the child is some-
where where it will not be trying to butt a street car off the track,
wreck an automobile or do any of the other things that generally result
in disaster for the kiddie. As a safety first proposition a well-conducted
theater Is one of the best first aids to parents.
A New Form.
A new one Is the "Sacramento Movie Weekly," published by the
Edison Theater. It differs from the others in the form and arrange-
ment. It is a "sIx-by-nine" but the nine-inch measurement is the long
way of the sheet. Another novelty in its format is that it is composed
of two eights bound one on top of the other by staples through the
top and not on the edge. We do not know what kind of local mechanical
conditions brought this form, but it is not inconvenient and It looks well
all except that gosh-blamed Old English type on the heading. When
you try to spell Sacramento in Old English it looks even worse than
the average. If they won't do it again we'll like them a lot. There
does not seem to be much they have overlooked. Page three, the most
important page next the title, has the program, which is the most im-.
portant stuff. Page two is the editorial page and the rest is given to
stories of the film, notes of the players and foreign advertising in just
about the right proportions. For a volume one, number one. It Is Just
alout as close as they will need to get in volume ten, and all we can do
is to pass a bouquet to editor C. W. Alexander and modestly remark
that we hope we get on the permanent list. In a talk with advertisers
they say : "Frankly, we feel that we have a mighty good advertising
medium." We'll beat that and say that if the Sacramento advertisers
know a good thing and if the sheet is held to the initial standard, they'll
have a thirty-two pager within six months and deserve it. Perhaps some
others can use this straight talk in starting or building up their own
sheet, but first it will be necessary to get out something really readable.
Here it is :
A STRAIGHT-FROM-THE-SHOULDER TALK WITH
ADVERTISERS.
This is our first issue of the Sacramento Movie Weekly. In
offering it to the "movie" fans of this city we believe that we
have something that will fill a long felt want. We will print
in our publication each week reading matter of interest to them,
together with cuts of scenes from plays and of the people who
make them. And this information will be so interesting that
they will read every word of it ; not only the people who re-
ceive this magazine at their favorite theater, but every member
of the family into whose home it goes.
Frankly, we feel that we have a mighty, good advertising
medium. It is so good that we are putting all of our time and
a great deal of money into making it a success. But it is neces-
sary that we receive support from the merchants of this city
in the form of advertising. The Sacramento Movie Weekly
has been indorsed as a legitimate advertising medium. It is
more than that — it is one of the best advertising mediums you
can use to place anything before the people of Sacramento and
the surrounding country. We want to show you that an ad
placed in it will bring you returns. It is bound to, for in read-
ing this publication it is necessary to read the ads whenever the
information about films is read. We know the value of it to
you. and we want to prove that every word we tell you is the
truth. The easiest way to do this is to try it out for a few
insertions. We went you to know that you are getting more
than your money's worth before you go into it. If our maga-
zine does not speak for itself, then let our men come around
and tell you the rest of the story.
Stretching It.
From Wellington, New Zealand, a correspondent sends a page ad-
vertisement of "Judith of Bethulia," being shown June 8th. The
correspondent wants to know if the statement made that "this is the
first public exhibition of the subject in the world" is correct. It most
assuredly is not, and we do not believe that any person was attracted
to the theater by this statement. To the contrary, we believe that this
sort of talk throws a question of doubt on the entire advertisement,
particularly since liberal quotations are made from papers in cities
where it has been shown in England, and even without this It stands
to reason that so prominent a subject would not be held until It could
first be released in Xew Zealand. As a matter of fact, a majority
of the cities and many of the small towns here saw the subject
in May and April.
It is foolish to argue that the public likes to be lied to. They do
want to be humbugged now and then if the deception is clever, but
such an obviously erroneous statement cannot but operate against the
house using it.
At the Empress the prices were a shilling, with half-price in the
afternoon and some reserved seats in the evening at two shillings.
Permanent Advertising.
Joseph D. Ashby, of the Orpheum-Stanton Airdome, Washington,
D. C, sends in a card carrying cuts of Miss Joyce. Miss Fuller and
G. M. Anderson. In type are names of the other licensed stars, and
above :
Meet Us
In High-Class Motion Pictures
Every Evening.
The first and third lines are in very heavy black type, while the
middle line is in a thirty-point letter. Mr. Ashby has had fifty of these
cards on heavy enameled stock printed, and displays them In store
windows. He wants to know what we think of the idea.
He does not say what the cards cost him, but he did not get the
three half-tones printed for the price of block type, and it costs as
much to make the press ready for fifty as for five hundred or
five thousand, and we imagine that this was no cheap job. We are in-
clined to think that he might have saved money and gained in effect
(supposing that these cards were costly) had he purchased card-
board sheets and had the matter printed on a light card to be at-
tached to the cardboard base along with actual photographs of two
or three stars. In this way he could have gained variety and have
at the same time gained In effect.
Considered apart from the probable cost. It is a fine piece of printing,
both in press work and general arrangement, and the wording is
attractive, but we thing it is a question as to whether the money
might not have been more advantageously laid out.
Motion picture enterprises seldom can afford costly advertising,
and it is well to study prices and results carefully. Photographs
may be had for 10 and 20 cents each. They are more convincing
than half-tones. In small lots for really high-class work It Is
probable that they are cheaper.
Hey!!
Koford and Ryan write: "Enclosed find one of our house organs."
We wonder if they are kidding us. or if they merely forgot to send one.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1093
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
only way to stop being an amateur Is to work over to tbo professional
end. Then you'll have the same chance.
Amateur and Professional.
JUST what do you mean when you speak of an amateur? The dic-
tionary gives two broad general definitions, "one who pursues ao
art for the love of it" and "as opposed to tbe work of a profes-
sional." But Id the sense in which most correspondents use tt It
means a person who writes flrst class stories but can't sell them.
Every now and then and sometimes much more frequently, we get a
letter that asks "What chance has the amateur against the profes-
sional?" That seems to worry these self styled amateurs much more
than anything else, but there are a lot of variations, like the man
out west who wrote "Now my grief Is this : How Is a man whose
time Is worth $3 an hour in his regular profession, going to spend
more than a year of his time writing plays, only to have them turned
down?" Another man says he has written for years tut seems to bo
a "rank amateur" when it comes to getting his plays over and what
chance does he stand, &c.?"
Every amateur stands the same chance that every professional stood
before he became a professional. Ko man was ever born into the
world a professional playwright. Xo man ever will be. Some have
been born with more brains than others. Some have imagination :
others lack it. Some have the persistence that others need, but every
last man, woman and child has the same starting chance. The pro-
fessional is merely the experienced amateur. He was an amateur at
one time, but instead of sitting down and worrying because he icas
an amateur and not a professional, he got out and hustled and gradu-
ated into the professional class. He did not spend his time in vain
regrets. He worked. He knew that he had it in him and that the
way to bring it out was to work hard and faithfully, and so he worked
hard and long alid then he was not an amateur any more. No man
ever stands a chance of becoming a professional until he stops worry-
ing himself and others because he is an amateur and not a profes-
sional. Now and then a man will seem almost to step into the pro-
fessional class at once. Others may take a couple of years, but given
an intelligent imagination and a sense of the humorous or the drama-
tic and the only difference between the amateur and the professional
standing is merely a matter of work.
Up to a certain point an egg is a good thing. Then comes a time
when it is not exactly an egg and certainly not a chicken and then
it is not worth much. The professional is the egg of the amateur
hatched out into the chicken of the practised hand, but the trouble
with the photoplay writing business is that too many linger around
the half hatched stage when they are neither a good egg nor a com-
plete chicken, then they spend the rest of the time lamenting the
fact that they are useless.
Don't ask what chance you stand against the professional. Grit
your teeth, roll up your sleeves and go to work just as all the other
professionals had to do. Until you become a professional you have
no business expecting to have any chance and you are lucky that
you can. occasionall}-, sell a script during the practice period. Be glad
you sell : be grateful. Don't waste time weeping because you do not
sell more. Don't complain that Jim Smith sells three hundred dol-
lars worth a week and you sold one script for fifteen dollars. When
you have worked as long as Jim Smith has, you'll be selling as much
as he. if you have an imagination as good. Until then you have no
more right to expect the same success than you have to kick because
Mr. Wilson is president and not you. And until you can get this
argued out in your brain, dear friend Amateur, you'll he of no use
to yourself or anyone else. No one, unless it was the correspondence
school'^, ever asked you to write scripts. No one urged you to give up
clerking or sweeping the streets or whatever it was you were doing.
and become an author. You came into the game of your own free
will and unless you are willing to play the game, it will be better
for you to get out again. This is no place for a kicker or a whiner.
Come in and take tbe knocks and you may win out, but if you spend
all your time weeping over your pitiful condition, your eyes will be
so filled with tears that you cannot see to write.
Day after day we get letters that speak of "my script" or that
says "T have written three script=;. but have not sold one yet," and
stuff like that. It's foolish talk. Then there is the woman who finds
she must do something to support herself, so she wants to write stories.
That is foolish talk too. She would not look for a job as cook with-
out knowing how to cook, but of course she can buy some paper and
hire a typewriter and right away make a lot of money and buy
a pair of heavy boots with which to kick the wolf from the door.
Photoplay writing is a profession, the same as writing fiction or
the practice of medicine or law. It is something that must be studied,
and no one should take up the work unless he or she is willing not
only to study, but to study carefully. A physician has to kill a few
people before he is a good doctor. A lawyer must lose cases before
he can become a good practitioner. A play writer must do a lot of
seemingly unprofitable work before proficiency comes. The man
ouotcd above who gets three dollars an hour out of his profession
never learned that profession in a year. It probably took him sev-
eral years, and this is his reward, but in spite of that he kicks be-
cause he cannot master photoplay in a year and make more. His
wail induces a weariness of the spirit. No matter how clever he
may be in his profession, he is a boob or he would know better.
You spend several years in school merely to get enough of an edu-
cation to qualify you for something a little better than ditch digging.
Wty expect to become a ready-made professional photoplaywright?
There ain't no such thing and there ain't ever a-goin' to be- The
Hobart With Kalem.
C. D. Hobart, who was one of those 'rank amateurs" eight months
ago has been added to the Kalem script staff. Mr. Hobart started to
write scripts eight months ago. but he bad literary training back of
it.
Inquest Circles.
Numerous applications have been received for charters for Inquest
Circles, but there are not yet enough. Before the end of the year
we want to see a circle in every city and most of tbe larger towns.
If you want to belong to a circle write in enclosing a stamped re-
turn envelope. If you are willing to form a circle In case there is
none In your town please state that fact.
Due Warning.
About this time or a little later, that Morning Telegraph Prize Con-
test is due to be decided. If you do not like the way It was decided,
please tell the Telegraph. We have nothing to do with the matter
and we are not going to reply to any boom letters. We are still get-
ting a lot of yawps about the Vitagraph-Sun contest, and we had
nothing to do with that. One man wanted to know if we could tell
him of any in the supplementary list who had received checks, in-
timating that the supplementary list was a fraud. We personally
know a dozen who have received satisfactory checks. Naturally we
are not interested in his kick, particularly as he did not have the
courage to sign his name.
War Extra.
Do not write stories about the war in Europe. You can't give
them away.
Effects.
Even if you have been told that anything in reason is possible to
the camera, do not write a series of scripts calculated to show to the
fullest just what the camera can do.
Almost anyone who has written a couple of stories can conceive a
railroad wreck for the big scene of a play. He can use aeroplanes, bal-
loons, wrecked steamships and all the rest. We know a little girl of
ten who has a collection of scripts that suggest the battles, murders
and sudden deaths of a whole month's file of sensational newspapers,
but not one is a story. Almost anyone can write a white-slave story
that will be sensational enough to draw business if it is produced.
Anyone can work the "big sensations" and "startling effects" into a
story, but it takes a master workman to produce as strong a story with
the commonplace things and get his effect from the story.
That's the sort of cuss the manufacturers are looking for; the
men who really can write. They are still not finding many of thf--'
but they are coming along and making good and most of th' :.■ - -
getting tied up to some studio, for good workmen are still scan-
Don't waste time and stamps and paper sending out stuff ij
on at a cost of several thousand dollars, where another man t..:. ^u
the same big effect with a few hundred. Don't tear down an eleven-
story building just to give Jim a chance to rescue Geraldine from a
terrible death. Let him earn her gratitude in a simpler and more
convincing way.
Big effects will not get you anywhere in particular. Big stories will
be your passport wherever you wish to go.
Auction Sales.
A writer who should know better, takes us to task because we said
we were ashamed that a reader of Technique of the Photoplay (note,
we do not say a student) should want to sell a script by auction, sending
the same script to a number of concerns and asking bids. He points
out that players move from one company to another in response to
offers of increased salary and thinks that the author is entitled to get
all he can for a script.
That is precisely why we urge authors to play the game right and
get properly established as real writers. If an author gets fifteen dol-
lars for a story he does not have to offer any more stories at fifteen
dollars. That bid is not enough. He tries a presumably more liberal
company. But he cannot send out twenty copies of a script to twenty
companies and add that the one making the best offer in two weeks gets
the script. He can, of course, but no company will deal with such a
Cheap John.
Personally, we do not care a whoop in the inferno how a man tries
to sell his stuff. He can pack his suit-case and drum trade in person
for all we care, but when we are asked for it we give the best advice
we know, and it is advice that is based on nearly a quarter of a cen-
tury of playing the game. If vou want to ask questions and do not like
your answers please do not try to argue with us. Accept or reject the
advice as you elect, but please do not ask us to read five hundred words
of drivel just because you don't like the advice. This goes double, while
the thermometer is above seventy degrees in the shade.
Your Best.
Every now and then the Editor of this magazine gets out a single
paragraph that alone is worth a year's subscription. In a recent issue
a writer tells of her experiences as a contributor to the Youth's Com-
panion under its creator. Daniel S. Ford. Like all others, he preaches
the gospel of work, revision and study as the means to success. Nothing
could be better than the advice he gives in one letter, and it is just as
true today as when it was written, and it will be as true a hundred
years from now. He says :
'If
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"In justice to yourself, and, as a matter of ultimate pecuniary
profit, you ought never to allow a story to leave your hands,
that after very careful revision, does not seem to you 'better
than ordinary.' That course pays in the long run. Trowbridge
does not send out a story unless his judgment commends it —
and he throws away stories after they are written — even though
he knows his reputation would sell them at good prices — because
his judgment tells him they are not equal to his reputation.
That rule makes his contributions command high prices. You
have talent, I am inclined to think, genius. You can, if you
choose, command your place and price — only to secure them
requires drudgery, time, care, thought, a high ideal, and an
exacting literary conscience."
Taking a Vacation.
One author tells us that when he gets tired of doing dramas he takes
a vacation by writing a couple of comedies and then goes back to
drama with a mind fresh and refreshed, personally we find that break-
ing away from comedy to do a drama puts us on the hooks for a
couple of days both before and after. The last drama we wrote
cost us $105 and we got $50 tor it. Here are two modes of work.
Find out which way suits you best and stick to that way.
Synopsis Again.
We are afraid that another man has gone onto the switch that leads
to the down grade. He writes that he got tired of doing one script
lately when he had so many ideas and so he tried writing synopses.
One of these went to a company that at once sent back word they
would like to see the full script. Now he has been sending to this
company for some time and always the stuff came back. He seems
to feel that it was through sending the synopsis alone that he gained
their interest.
In a sense perhaps it was, but he'll probably find that when he
sends the full script it is not likely that the story will go any more
than the other stories went. In the former cases, where full scripts
were sent, they came back because the development work was poor.
Some of the other synopses might have sounded well, though the full
script was weak and useless. This synopsis alone sounds well. The
full script will not. And so long as he writes only the synopses he will
not learn anything about writing full scripts. He'll get queries on
the scripts from the synopsis only, but h will not be able to write a
good full script of action until his study work brings him to that point
where he knows how to do good work, and so he'll be subject to alter-
nate elevations and depressions that will be worse than the constant
rejections that eventually will lead somewhere. Meantime the Mutual
Film Corporation is interested in synopses only. He might try them
until he gets to know better.
did lose their beads over the two-reel idea, but some of the other coio-
panies would be begging hard for ones right now were it not that they
still have to run off a surplus of twos. There's the idea. Get busy.
Cramps.
Sometimes the helping hand gets cramped. If you have been so
fortunate as to find someone who has helped you, don't abuse that
kindness. Don't ask all sorts of foolish questions, and demand in-
numerable criticisms. Try to be as little of a nuisance as possible.
What Is a
Fill in the blank to suit yourself. This afternoon a writer told us
he had sold a script to a certain company though it was not a
by any means, and we asked him what it was, and pointed out that
perhaps he did not know all their style. Most companies do have a
general trend toward certain styles of pictures, but do 'not get the idea
firmly rooted that they can make only that style. They might appre-
ciate the story you would like to send them as much as you would ap-
preciate the check they would send you. Don't send an involved char-
acter study to a company that seenrs to prefer lurid melodrama, but
at the same time, do not hold back fe good drama just because it is
too quiet. All companies like to vary their product within certain
limits.
Learning.
Find out how much it will cost you in time and money to become a
physician, a lawyer, an architect or any other sort of professional
man. Find out how much income these professional men average
the first two or three years. Then stop kicking because you cannot
write photoplays that sell right off the reel.
If You're Good.
Not long ago we ventured the opinion that if you could write good
scripts the editors would find you out. Then some self-cocking corre-
spondent did all but call us a liar, arguing to the contrary. 'W'e started
to put a sheet of paper into the machine on which to indite a lengthy
rep'y and in walked John William Kellette. Under his arm he carried
three synopses for industrials, explaining that a company had sent for
him, and he showed a letter from another company asking him to come
and see them about comedies. And he has an editorial job beside, but
an easy one that permits him to take on outside work. And last fall
"Kell" was just completing his post-graduate course. We think that's a
better argument than a page of type. If you can deliver the goods
you'll be asked to. but it you merely know you're all right, that's a
different matter.
Ones.
If you could only sit in close and hear the low but fervent prayers
for really good one-reel dramas you'd drop those padded, piffling two
reelers and trv and put three reels of punch into one of story. The
Edison company franklv advertises for strong ones, because they never
Proportions.
It is to be presumed that you know that if you put a pint of pebbles
in a pint measure that you still have room between the pebbles, in which
to pour several ounces of water. It you have large pebljles you can put
in more water, because the larger the pebbles the larger the spaces
between them. Consider your comedy as a pint measure with plot
pebbles and action water. Y'ou have been told that the more action you
have the better the story. You cannot have both plot and action. Pick
put the big plots with plenty of spaces between and you have lots of
room for the action. If you have no pebbles you have all water, if you
have all action you have no plot. The idea is to have plot, but to pick
such plots as give you plenty of room tor the action that makes the plot
acceptable. If you can thoroughly assimilate this idea you are closer
to comedy writing than you have ever been before.
On.
Since he wrote this letter, Arthur Reall has seen a great light, but
perhaps others are more genuinely puzzled by the sample scripts they
see that start a scene something like this :
14 — Sitting room — John on &c.
Mr. Real says Webster says: " 'On. (prep.) upon.' Was yours a prep.?
It also means near. The adverb means 'onward — forward.' But what i
thought it meant lingua fiUna was as on, the interjection, meaning 'Jim
go on' an instruction from the director. It seems I was oft on on."
Mr. Reall's jokes are almost as liad as Bill Wright's, and he recently
invited us to visit his cottage and have some cottage cheese. But in
lingua filma — and we don't see after that what Mr. Reall needs a dic-
tionary for, "on" means on. In full it means "on the stage." Even
fuller it means "at the opening of the scene John is on the stage."
"On" used directly opening the action means that character is on the
stage as the action starts. On used in the middle of the action means
that the character enters. It is merely one of the tricks to condense
scripts. We hope that Mr. Reall is not on. If he is not "on" from
this lucid description he is "off" without getting off, but we think he is
getting on.
Signs.
If a script comes back it may not be a sign that it is had, but it
certainly is not a sign that it is good. Look it over again.
Inquiries
NOTE. — Technical questions will be replied to by mail where a
stamped and self addressed envelope accompanies the inquiry. A list
of addresses of motion picture companies will be sent those supply-
ing a return envelope. Requests for lists should be addressed to
the Moving Picture World and not to this department.
C. G. F. — There is not as yet an Inquest Circle in your town.
L. B. P. — It is very unlikely that a company would give you a
position on the strength of the two scripts you sold them. Build up
on the start and then ask. .\t the same time no great harm would
be done in writing in now.
E. H. — We do not think the company the same. You might write
them. "Not suited to our wants," is a stock phrase. It means noth-
ing whatever.
E. C. S. — Write the company again. Register the letter. If they
do not reply write them again stating that you have withdrawn the
script Then copy the carbon. If you have no carbon interest the
Post OSice Inspectors.
A. B. M. — The matter is very simple. The other story is an Eng-
lish special which did not have to be passed on by the National Hoard.
After this do not give too much heed to comments written on re-
jection slips. We've sold more than one story that had been turned
down by another company because it would not pass, but did.
B. C. B. — We will need a better identification of the character than
you give.
C. M. — Both companies are in the market, but Lubin is not buy-
ing largely from the outside. The numbering of scenes in multiples
depends on the studio. Number them any way you like. If the
story is good it will not matter. A vision in a scene is not a separate
scene. A scene used as a vision is a numbered scene. It John sees
the murder in a corner of the picture it is a part of that scene. If
the scene fades and the vision of the murder is faded in by itself,
it is another scene and coming back to the scene John is in is a third.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. S.-\RGEXT
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exhaustive treatise oi the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary oi technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy-six pages of actual text. ,
Special chapters on Developing the "Punch, Condensing the
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In cloth, two dollars. Full leather, three dollars.
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Manufacturers" Notice.
It is an established rule of this ilopartment that no apparatus or other
goods will be indorsed or recommended editorially until such articles
have been demonstrated to its editor.
Important Notice.
Owine to the mass o£ matter awaiting publication it Is impossible to
reply throueh the department in less than two or three weeks In order
to Blve prompt service, those sending 4 cents in stamps (less than actual
cost) will receive carbon copy of the department reply by mall without
Vhe flrst seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booklet form. They may be obtained by remitting 25 cents, money or
stamps to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 46.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only
the name of the citv will be used. Theater managers looking for high-
class men will do well to watch the Roil of Honor.
What is a circular millf Eow viany cm. aiamcter is a wire
one-fourth of an inch in diameter? Whnt is its area, and not
onhj tell us how you obtain the answer, but give the rule for
obtaining the cm. area of any circle or wire? What statidard
IS used for measuring square or rectaitgular conductors?
Roll of Honor.
The Roll of Honor on Question Xo. 40 consists of Joseph H. M. Smith,
Fort Worth Texas ; Harrj- T. DobsDU, Toronto, Canada ; Frank Wiilard,
Jr Marshailstown, Iowa ; W. .\. Burton, Trail, B. C, and A. C. Stewart,
"Wa'itsburs, Washington, but there is a string tied to this, as follows ;
Burton figured the cost of the private plant current correctly by the
year but he fell all over himself when it came to the city plant, be-
cause he did not stop to consider the tact that the city current was at
110 volts, and there is a vast difference between 40 amperes at 110 volts,
and 40 amperes at 70 volts. Dobson figured things out all right, but he
said "2.8 at 3 cents would be S.4, or approximately 9 cents." That 'ap-
proximately" threw him off nearly .?10 in the result for a year. I have
placed these brothers on the Roll of Honor, notwithstanaing these inex-
cusable errors, because, with this exception, they sent in very good
answers, and evidently had taken considerable pains and trouble to
study the matter out.
Reply to Question No. 40.
By Joseph H. M. Smith, Fort Worth, Texas.
The Question :
Su-ppose your manager said to you: "I am thinking of get-
ting a gas' gasoline, or kerosene engine to supply light for the
theater' What do you think about it?" Let us see with what
degree of intelligence you could point out the advisability or
inadvisability of installing such a plant, and what its advan-
tages and disadvantages would be. Suppose IW-volt d.c. from
city lines costs S cents per k.u\, and vou can install an engine
and dynamo for $500, which will produce current at 3 cents
per kAC, including fuel, labor and ordinary repairs. Xow, if
capital is worth 6 per cent., depreciation amounts to 10 per
cent, annually, and you use an average 40 amperes i'O-volt
generator) six hours a day, six days a week, how would the
account stand at the end of one year?
The Answer :
I would advise the installation of a d.c. generator driven by
gasoline, or kerosene where city current cost in excess of o
cents per k.w. Figuring current at S cents, the engine and
dynamo will pay for itself in eighteen months, and you will, in
many cases, get better service, though, of course, a great deal
of the performance of a private plant, as to eflBciency and gen-
eral results, will depend upon the ability and intelligence of
the man in charge. For one thing you would not have to live in
continual fear of the city plant "going dead." or a transformer
fuse blowing out at S o'clock at night. The plant, if properly
taken care of, will always be "on the job," and if it be properly
located and placed on the right kind of foundation, with the
right kind of a muffler for the exhaust, there will be no per-
ceptible noise or vibration.
If you w-ere using 40 amperes at 110 volts the wattage con-
sumption would te 40..110=4,40O, or 4.4 k.w.. which at .S cents
per k.w. would be (8x4.4) = 35.2 cents per hour,) and at six
hours per day this would be i r, . :;.-, j i^.<2.n2 per day. Now our
private plant generator would be a Ti>-volt machine and 70 volts
x40 amperes = 2,800 watts, or a difference In favor of the pri-
vate plant of 1.6 k.w. Now 2.S k.w. at 3 cents = 8.4 ccnls per
hour, or 50.4 per six hours as against .$2,112, difTerence In favor
of the private plant being $!.(il (disregarding the fraction)
per day. City current at $2,112 per day would be $12.07 per
week, or ($12.67x52) S658.84 per year, whereas the private
plant would be only (50.4x6) $3.02'/j per week, which multi-
plied by 52 gives .'51.57.05 per year, a net saving of $501.7D by
the installation of the private plant ; but we must subtract from
this the interest on the investment at G per cent., or $;iO, which
would leave .$471,711. Then, too. there is a depreciation of
10 per cent, or $.50. which also must be subtracted, which leaves
a total saving of $421.70 in favor of the isolated plant. We
thus see that the plant has actually paid for itself with the
exception of .$78.91 in one year of operation, including Interest
and depreciation — a corking good investment.
I have also concluded to print the reply of Brother Dobson, because
it brings out one or two very important points with relation to the
character of the plant which Brother Smith did, not touch upon, even
though the brother did make the error which I mentioned in the Roll
of Honor. His reply is as follows :
The question would necessitate considerable study on the
party of the operator asked to advise for or against a gas en-
gine and dynamo. He would have to know whether the mana-
ger proposed installing a good, large dynamo, that is. one
with sufficient capacity to meet all requirements and still not
be overloaded. The engine should be of ample horsepower,
and the whole machine made by a thoroughly reliable manufac-
turer who would be willing to guarantee the same to meet the
requirements of the service. When using city current the only
chance of a tie-up of the show would be the power going off.
while with an engine and dynamo there is always the chance of
something breaking down and stopping the show temporarily.
Of course, there should be a city line arranged as per Fig. 3,
Page 102. of the Handbook. Next comes current cost, and the
following table will show the difference in the city current and
that from the engine and dynamo. If I were working under
the conditions named in the question I would recommend the
installation of an engine and dynamo. Also, there would be
considerable work around a gas engine keeping it adjusted and
clean and in good working order, and this labor would be abso-
lutely necessary to get good results from it.
COMPARISON TABLE.
70-volt Engine
Direct Current 110-volt City
Current :
40 amperes, at 110 volts=4,400
watts, or 4.4 k.w.
Current cost S cents per k.w.
4.4 k.w. at 8 cents ^ 35.2, ap-
prox. 36 cents
For 6 hours 6-36=S2.16
For 6 days 6x2.]6=.$12.9(5
For 52 weeks 52x?12.96=$673.92
Cost for 1 year, $673.92
Saving =$673.92— $168.48=4505.44
Initial cost of engine and dynamo $.500.00
Capital at 6 per cent.=.$.3O.00+.$5OO.OO .530.00
Depreciation at 10 per cent.=-5.50.O0+.?53O.OO. . . 580.00
Expenses for one year and cost of set $.580.00
Saving tor one year on engine and dynamo... .505.44
Direct Current
and Dynamo :
40 amperes, at 70 volts = 2,800
watts, or 2.8 k.w.
Current at 3 cents per k.w.
2.8 k.w. at 3 cents = 8.4, ap-
prox. 9 cents
For 6 hours 6x9=54
For 6 days 6x54=?3.24
For .52 weeks 52x$3.24=$lG8.48
Cost tor 1 year, $168.48
Total outlay at end of year $i4..56
BOSTON LOCAL 182 HAS A BLOWOUT.
And It Is Some Blowout, Too.
A couple of weeks ago the writer received a very neatly engraved
invitation to attend the annual picnic to be given by Local 182, of
Boston. Mass., the same being accompanied by an assurance from the
business agent of that distinguished organization that unless he then
and there appeared on the date named, prepared to join in the festivi-
ties. Local Union 182 would send a committee to New York with in-
structions to shoot him on sight.
Combining the cordial inWtation with the gory threat, and looking
the matter up one side and down the other, we decided that nothing
short of being in jail would keep us away from Beantown on Sunday,
July 26th ; therefore. Friday noon. .Tuly 24th, we pointed the nose of
our gasoline steed northward, and in due time drew up in front of
the office of Local 182 at WZVi Eliot Street in the town which the
bean made famous.
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At the office we were welcomed by Business Agent Billy Franke
(the "e" is silent, as in fish) and something like a dozen members of
the union, and the welcome was a most cordial one ; and right here
let me add that the cordiality extended all the way down the line,
which is saying considerable, since we had the pleasure of meeting
practically the full membership of the large and powerful organiza-
tion. From the office we repaired to the office of the R. D. Marson
Moving Picture Company, 597 Washington Street, and clasped the hand
of that hustling, ever-smiling gentleman, K. D. Marson, his able
assistant, Frank McKay, Joe Mack, our old friend Harry Danto, all
of 1S2, and Burt Bohannan of the Nicholas Power Company, who was
there, of course, to knock the Powers machines — I don't think.
Boston has one of the most beautiful park systems in the United
States, called the Fenway. I am able to say this because brother
Marson owns a great, big, roomy gasoline cart, which he placed at
the disposal of brother Franke (e is silent, as in fish), and we just
piled in and saw the town. Returning to Marson's, L. W. Atwater, of
the Nicholas Power Company, was "discovered," one leg comfortably
crossed over the other, a cigar angling upward from the northwest
corner of his mouth, busily engaged in telling friend Marson what a
really scrumptious piece of machinery the Powers Six A is, and care-
fully pointing out to him, Marson, the fact that the more Powers Six
A machines he sold the more money he would make, and that in the
process there was no danger of incurring the enmity of the afore-
said Nicholas Power Company.
Incidentally, and while I think of it, let me say that :
Two motion picture mechanisms have been abstracted, purloined,
stolen, or swiped from the office of Local Union IS'2, as follows :
Powers Six head. Patent License Xo. 37S1, serial number 1126, Mas-
sachusetts tag number 1253 ; Edison Model B, Patent License No.
6187, serial number 2990, Massachusetts tag number 1567. Any one
having or securing information concerning these heads will kindly
communicate with the Boston Local at once.
When the shades of night drew on the writer got brother Franke
(e silent, as in fish), on the tandem seat of the go-devil and scared
seven kinds of tar out of him in making the trip out to his, the
aforesaid Franke's, residence, where we were entertained ("we" mean-
ing self and wife), during our stay in Boston. Of course, just as we
expected, they had beans for supper, and let me close this part of
the trip right now by saying that Mr. and Mrs. William Franke (e
silent as in fish) are a couple of mighty good scouts, any way you
take them.
The morning of Sunday, 26th, was bright and beautiful as could be
wished for, and the street in front of union headquarters was a
wilderness of operators and their invited guests. Glen Echo Park,
where the outing was held, was, judging by the time it required to
get there, on the eastern edge of Ohio, or extreme western Pennsyl-
vania. However, there was a flock of special trolley cars, and that
mob certainly did have a howling good time on the way out. This,
to a considerable extent, was due to the activities of Nat Max, a
member of 1S2, who kept the crowd in one continual uproar, imper-
sonating our friend the Hebrew, singing what he termed "ulcerated"
songs, and performing other and highly entertaining stunts. For
Instance, with handkerchief over face he held the mob up at the
point of a cast iron pistol in a most approved style, causing a delay
of something like fifteen minutes while the motormen were recover-
ing from convulsions of laughter.
The picnic, viewed simply as a picnic, was one great, big success.
There was a banquet at two o'clock, boating in both rowboats and
power launches free to all operators and guests, greased pig catching,
sack races, baseball and many other forms of amusement, including
one of the finest balloon ascensions and parachute jumps it was ever
the fortune of the writer to witness. The balloon went up as straight
as a plumb-bob string, and the aeronaut struck the ground less than
a hundred yards from where he left it. The aeronaut was an ex-
moving picture operator.
At the banquet the principal address was made by the writer, fol-
lowed by that well known and exceedingly popular gentleman Ed.
Farrell, of the General Film Company, and the equally popular R. D.
Marson, of the R. D. Marson Moving Picture Company. Next came
Bernard Corbett of the Corbett Theatre Equipment Company, which
has just opened for business in Boston. Mr. Corbett was followed by
Benifield of the Pathe Company, Joe Mack, Levine of the Box Office
Attractions Company, A. C. Langlois and J. C. McDonald of the
Boston Central Labor Union, Mr. Stein of the Allen Features, and
James F. Burke, ex-president of Local 1S2. The speakers were all
well received and evidently quite popular with the membership of the
local. At seven o'clock a Dutch lunch was pulled off, at which there
was some speaking, some story telling and a general good time.
There was more than plenty to eat and plenty to drink as well.
I have purposely neglected to mention one distinguished visitor,
who arrived too late for the banquet, but who spoke briefly, in re-
sponse to the insistent demand of the men, at the Dutch lunch. I refer
to State Senator Edward C. R. Bagley, who, as chairman of the
Committee on Mercantile Affairs, aided very greatly in securing the
passage of a new law which will go into effect on the sixth day
of August. This committee, largely due to the efforts of the Senator,
reported the bill favorably. Also, it may be added, that Senator
Bagley strongly opposed the vetoing of a similar bill by the Governor
in 1913. The bill in question provides that before a person can apply
for license as a moving picture operator he must first serve three
months • as an assistant, if I remember rightly, under a licensed
operator. He may then pass an examination for a second class license,
which empowers him to operate the projectors in that particular oper-
ating room with the particular operator under whom he is serving,
but only when the regular operator is present in the operating room.
At the end of three months he may apply for a first class license,
which makes him a full-fledged operator.
In effect this law provides for a six months apprenticeship, and a way
which, in the judgment ot the writer is the very best possible form,
although he is of the opinion that where it reads "three months'" It
ought to read six months, making a total of a year. However, this law,
as it is, is in advance of anything he knows of, and will no doubt pave
the way for the enactment of similar laws in other states and cities
The assistant during the first three months is merely allowed to re-
wind the films, run the slides and keep the operating room in order.
He must then, I presume, pass an examination before receiving second
class license, and whether this will be granted or not will depend
upon how much studying he has done, and what progress he has made
in acquiring the knowledge necessary to operate moving picture pro-
jectors. The bill was signed on the 6th of July by Governor David
I. Walsh.
Local 182 has the distinction of having had a number ot their
members selected by machine manufacturers to take positions as
salesmen, demonstrators, etc. Also several of their men have been
made managers of theaters. Just lately a 1S2 man. Shoemaker by
name, was appointed manager of the Unique theater on Washington
street, while Tim Fuller of 182 has been made manager of Keith's
theater in Orange, N. J., and C. C. Hutchins, president ot Local 182
IS to be manager of a $100,000 house in Charlestown, Mass And'
by the way, let me say that brother Hutchins, a gentleman perhaps
forty-five years of age, whom I had the pleasure of meeting im-
presses one as a man of ability and parts. We will gamble that he
IS a good, careful, painstaking man who will deliver the results
either as operator or manager. Success to you. Brother Hutchins
As to business agent, William Franke, why Billy's middle name is
hustle, or if it is not it ought to be. because he certainly is some
hustler. He is running for the Massachusetts legislature and' there
is httle doubt but that he will be elected. Franke's heart and soul
is in his work. He is capable and conscientious, and. moreover, is
one of those men with whom one can reason. If you show him he is
in error he will admit it. but first you have got to show him and
that is the kind of man the editor admires.
I did not have the time or opportunity to visit the Boston theaters.
I think, however, there is any doubt but that, as Js claimed, the work
in Boston is good. The membership of 182 impresses one. as a whole,
very favorably indeed. They had the appearance of wide-awake, up-
and-coming men, the great majority of whom would not be satisfied
with mediocre results. Also, beyond any question ot a doubt, the ef-
fect of the Massachusetts examination has been highly salutary. It
has stimulated Massachusetts operators to stuJy. Every one has been
more or less scared, because the report has gone out "that the exam-
ination is something pretty fierce. In consequence the great majority
of the men have studied pretty hard before attempting to pass and
those who did pass succeeded because they possessed real knowledge
of their business. All of which is good.
And now in closing let me say I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
Harry Atkinson, and Mr. Everett E. Ryan who has actual charge
of the examination of operators, both these gentlemen being members
ot the district police. Mr. Atkinson, who passes upon all matters
pertaining to operating room construction, and the editor talked for
perhaps two hours the conversation hinging upon various matters per-
taining to projection. Mr. Atkinson took us to the operating room
of the Lyric theater, which he considers as being very nearly a model
operating room, and it was, too. with the single exception that the
ceiling is not as high as we would like it. In the room, just beside
the door as you enter, let into the wall so that its front was flush
with the wall, with a gravity closing sliding metal door, was the film
cabinet. This arrangement ot course placed it to all intents and pur-
poses entirely outside ot the operating room. This method is the
idea of Mr. Atkinson. The cabinet was perhaps two and one-half feet
high by eighteen feet square, with metal shelves one above the other
to hold the reels, which lie flat. The metal slide was hung by a
counterweight and slides up and down in grooves, but the weight was
light enough so that the door closed of its own weight. The vent
flue was of ample size and contained a powerful fan. And right here
Mr. .\tkinsen showed that he kept pretty well posted on the work of
the department (the office has a Handbook on file), by making several
comments, one of which was that I was wrong in advising against the
use of fans in vent flues. Mr. .\tkinson is one of the men who has
charge of the ventilation of public buildings in Massachusetts, and has,
of necessity, made an extended study ot such matters. As is well
known I have not favored the use of fans in vent flues because of the
fact that there was always a very good chance that they would not
be running when a fire occurred, and then they would simply serve
to clog the flue. Admitting this objection Mr. Atkinson still maintained
that I was in the wrong, his argument being as follows : In many
instances with the wind in certain directions the draught will be
downward through the vent flues, instead of up. in spite of everything
you can do. and in some locations the draught would practically al-
ways be downward. Moreover if the air out of doors be cooler than
the air in the theater the draught would be down, and that would be
a very bad condition.
Of course, there was no disputing this proposition, and at the time
I told friend .Atkinson that, granting the advisability of vent flue
fans in cities where there was competent inspection and operators
competent to take proper care of the fans, I still maintained open
vent flues were best : notwithstanding the objection offered, were better
in the smaller towns. Since that time I have thought this matter
over pretty deeply pnd continuously, because it is one of very great
importance. I have tried to weigh the objections against and in
favor of both systems, and on the whole I have decided that, while
still maintaining that there is much to be said in favor of the open
vent. Atkinson is right, or at least he Is nearer right than the writer
"has been. Therefore, being convinced of that fact, it is. of course,
right and proper for this department to shift its position, and in future
advocate the installation of vent flue fans.
I am partly influenced in making this change of front by the un-
doubted fact that operators are now in a far better position to take
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proper care of a fan motor of tbts type tbuo they were a year or two
ago.
Mr. Atkinson agreed with the writer ibut. while the asbestos operating
room was the best and most praclicul type oi room in most of ihe ex-
isting tbeutcrs where the room was put iu after the building was
erected, still, In new buildings, where the proper foundation can be had,
reinforced concrete or hollow tile Is preferable, and this type of room
Is entirely acceptable to the Massachusetts authorities, when properly
designed and built. Mr. Atkinson and the writer discussed many other
matters, and the editor found him not only an exceedingly well Informed
gentleman, but a reasonable man with whom one could argue.
To get back to the Lyric operating room. Its interior Is painted a
very dark green. The rewinding bench Is immediately behind the
projectors and under It are cupboards for tools, etc., built of asbestos
board and tltted with neatly made doors. The rheostats were all
placed outside the room. Just outside the operating room was a
roomy closet, in which 1 saw bundles of carbons, lenses, and supplies
of various kinds. The operating room was fitted with a telephone.
The observation holes were, at a gi^ess, six Inches wide by ten or per-
haps twelve inches high, and both they and the lens ports were cov-
ered with plate glass, a thing which Mr. Atkinson strongly recommends,
both by reason of the fact that it confines the noise to the operating
room and shuts oft the draught, which sometimes comes through the
unprotected observation port pretty strong. I agree with this proposi-
tion thoroughly, but I am of the opinion that a shadow box is highly
desirable where the observation ports are covered with glass. Both Mr.
Atkinson and the operators at the Lyric claimed that, while the glare
from the surface of the glass bothered the operator for the first few
days, when he becalne accustomed to it, it ceased to trouble. With all
due respect to Mr. Atkinson and the Lyric operators, I do not quite
believe this is entirely true, because I think the glare, while the op-
erator might not notice it, will operate at least to some extent to
prevent the detection of faint shadows on the screen. If I am wrong,
and I may be, all right; but that would have to be pretty thoroughly
proven before I would believe it.
I have devoted a lot of space to the Boston outing and the various
things which came up in conjunction therewith, but I believe it will
be interesting reading just the same, and I feel the various matters
touched upon are of sufficent importance to justify the space con-
sumed.
In closing I want to thank Local 1S2 and its oEBcers for their very
cordial reception and the howling good time they gave the editor. It
was a very genuine pleasure to me to meet the men of 1S2, and It was
also a genuine pleasure to meet officials of the District Police who have
charge of examinations. 1 enjoyed my visit immensely.
A Challenge.
Kenneth W. Kister. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writes as follows :
Local No. 171 is doing fine, and prospects are bright. The lo-
cal challenges any or all locals within reasonable distance lo
two games of baseball any Sunday. We have some team.
Whoops, my dear ! I imagine you may possibly hear from Baltimore.
Would like to see the game buX I would not dare root for either team,
and if I kept my mouth shut at a ball game I would simply explode.
An Up and Down Jump.
Harry H. Hiatt, Prairie City, Oregon, writes :
Judging by your writings you are a friend to the operator,
therefore I take the liberty of addressing you. My Moving
Picture World has not been coming regularly. Will you please
look it up and see what is the matter? I am running my
own show here in a very small town. I have not yet mas-
tered all the problems of the business. (Neither have I. — Ed.)
For instance : I have an up and down jump in my picture, and
it worries me. At first I shifted the intermittent and cam
shafts to take up slack in the shutter gears, whereupon trouble
began. I calipered the shafts and lined them up as per Hand-
book instructions, and the picture, after several trials, settled
down to a small up and down jump, not noticeable except in
light pictures. 1 then took an old intermittent gear, and re-
versed the sprocket on the shaft. The first reel showed a six
or eight inch jump, two or three times to each crank revolution.
Later it became steadier, until now the jump is very irregular,
although I think the film is responsible for some of it. The ma-
chine is an Edison Model B, about a year old. There is no end
play to the intermittent, and very little circumferential play.
The mechanism runs very light when the film is not in, but the
tension springs are much tighter than they should be if every-
thing were normal.
It is pretty hard to diagnose a trouble of this kind without seeing the
machine. You see you have done some monkey doodle business there, and it
is hard to say just what condition you have brought about. You say you
shifted the cam and intermittent to take up slack in the shutter gears.
By this you of course mean that you shifted the shafts endwise, which
ought to have no bad effect, except to throw your film out of center in
the aperture, but that would not matter if you also shifted the top gate
idlers correspondingly, unless you shifted it enough to make the film
show the sprocket holes on one side. In fact this should not have any
effect at all in the movement of the film. You say you "took an old
intermittent gear and reversed the sprocket on the shaft." Xow juit
exactly what you mean by an old "intermittent gear" is too many for
me. In the language of Shakespeare, th.ere ain't no such thing as an
"intermittent gear.*'
I think, on the whole, brother Hiatt, you had better send to the
Edison Company and get a new cam shaft, cam and fly wheel, as-
sembled; a new intermittent shaft, star and sprocket'; a new set of
bushings, and a new shutter shaft gear. This will cost you several dol-
lars, it is true, but, on the whole, I believe it is the best thing you can
do under the conditions, unless you prefer to send your whole mechan-
ism to the repair shop,
on Its shaft?
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Are you sure the Intermittent Bprockct Is tight
For the Manager.
I have In a great many Instances had occasion to note the treatment
of operators by managers, and while my remarks do not apply, let It b«
agreed, to a very great many, still a quite large percentage of motion
picture theatre managers can with profit to some extent at least read
the following quotation :
"IF YOU TREAT A MAN LIKE A DOG
HE IS LIKELY TO ACT LIKE ONE."
The man who t's a man will always respond to good treatment,
and the man who Is not a man Is a mighty good proposition to
get rid of — quick. There are very few men possessed of sulD-
clent initiative and creative skill to he successful moving picture
operators whose general efllciency can be raised, or In any way
improved, by treating them as though they were made of In-
ferior clay. The work of the low grade, uneducated pick and
shovel men can usually be improved by the employment of
slave driving tactics, but the man who is fitted to be in the
operating room of a motion picture theatre is far removed from
the pick and shovel. If he is not, then he is not fit to be in an
operating room.
It is an undoubted tact, however, that, regardless of the
status of a man, it you treat him like a dog he is likely to act
like one, and this is the lesson that many managers should take
to heart. By this I do not mean they literally treat their oper-
ators literally like dogs, but there are all too many motion pic-
ture theater managers who seem to have an Ingrowing idea that
the operator should be "kept in his place" and their idea of
"keeping him in his place" is to adopt an air of superiority and
endeavor to impress upon the operator the Idea that he, the
manager, is made of a different sort of mud ; and the amusing
part of the whole matter is that I have seen this little by-play
acted out in cases where the individual operator was in every
respect the superior of the individual manager who was patron-
izing him and trying to "keep him in his place."
I think at this stage of the game there can be little inclina-
tion to dispute the tact that the success of a moving picture
theater depends very largely upon two men. viz. : the man-
ager and the operator, and I think, too, that their importance in
the general scheme of affairs is just about equal, so that there
is no reason why one should patronize the other. True, the
manager employs the operator, but, rightly viewed, that fact
has nothing whatever to do with the matter. The fact that a
man happens to be the employer does not surround his
cranium with any halo, nor does it set him up on a pedestal of
superiority.
"There's many a girl in an automobile who's there because
she is rich.
There's many a man in an automobile who ought to be digging
a ditch."
All too often by natural talent, breeding and education the
employe is far superior to the employer. Just try laying that
patronizing air of yours aside, Mr. Manager, and treating your
operator as an equal. If he does not respond satisfactorily,
you can make up your mind that he is not the right kind of a man
to employ ; but I fhink in most cases he will respond, and that
you will find the change to be one tor the better.
Making Limes.
R. G. Kittel, 'Weaubleau. Missouri, writes.
I noticed a recommendation of the Guil pastil in the depart-
ment some time ago. i ordered from the Enterprise Optical
Company. Chicago, but they did not know where to get them ;
neither did anyone else in that city seem to be posted. I am
using limes of my own make. I go to the lime kiln, just after
new lime is taken out, and make enough at one time to last
a couple of years. I use an old saw and saw out Ue limes
in squares, and then thin them jfl with a pocket knife when
I have plenty of time. In this way I get the best there is to be
had. as I pick my lime, and pick the kind that will shave oft
to a nice smooth surface. It will shine as it polished after
being shaved off with a pocket knife. This gives me a lime
which is not too hard, neither is it too soft. However. I want
to try the Guil pastil you are recommending, as I desire the
best there is to be had. Limes made as I have directed must
be packed air tight with lime dust composed of the trimmings
of the limes. I use syrup buckets to pack them in.
The importer of Guil pastil is C. E. Lindall, Bar Harbor. Maine.
If you will look back over the classified advertisements for the past
year I think you will find his ad, though I believe the same ap-
peared quite some time ago.
Address Wanted.
West Newton, Massachusetts, writes :
Can you give me the address of a moving picture operator's
school situated in Boston?
Yes, West Newton, I can give you the address all right, but I won't.
I would suggest that instead of paying a fee for a course, the result
of which would, to say the least, be very doubtful, you use the money
to pay part of your expenses while you serve a six months' apprentice-
ship in an operating room. Let me warn you, however, that the
woods is full of operators right now, or rather would-be operators —
would-be if they only knew how. There is always a demand for high-
class men, who can and Kill deliver the goods. We have not only a
surplus, but a surfeit of the mediocre.
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From Professor Wall.
Professor E. J. Wall. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,
sends in the following:
With reference ttr KCt;. James' remarks on page 253, I have
come to the conclusion- that he does not wish to learn, but would
rather believe in hia own. work, however faulty it may be, than
accept the rules of optics that have been known for nearly a
eentury. It is perfectly immaterial whether one talks of pro-
jection, photographic, telescopic or microscopic lenses, the fun-
damental rules of geometrical optics apply. I will not answer
in detail all tne points raised by him. as it would mean writing
a special treatise on optics.
He states that all I have done is to point out his and other
people's mistakes. I thought that in every case I had stated
wherein the error lay ; furthermore that 1 might be useful, but
obviously from his remarks, and the Editor's comments, I can-
not. I apologize and I will not again take up the valuable
space of the M. P. W.
For the benefit of others I append the geometrical treatment, or
the laws of projection, which I sent to Mr. James months ago
privately. I ignore entirely all questions of spherical and
chromatic aberrations, and the shape of the lenses, which would
only cloud the issue and represent the lenses by their nodal
planes.
In conclusion let me commend the following works to any
earnest student ; they should be read in the order given ; "Prac-
tical Exercises in Light," by R- Clay (Macmillan) ; "Light for
Students," by Edser (Macmillan) ; "Light," by Preston (Mac-
millan I.
Let S = tbe source of light.
Let AB. A' B' = the condensers.
Let CD = the picture.
Let EF, E' F' = the objective.
Let II = the image
and let
u = the distance of CD ftom EF
v = " " •' ri " ETF
U= " " " S " L
V= " " "X " L
2 1 = the length of the projection ob3'ecti^'e barrel.
r = the distance between L and M
2 X ^ the diameter of AB.
2 z = the diameter of EF.
F = the equivalent focus of the condenser.
f = the equivalent focus of the objective.
n = the magnification.
then
U
U
and — —
U V
This gives one all the necessary data for dealing with the con-
denser and objective.
Ill V
Again : = and • = — n
u u f u
therefore u
-(1 + n) f -H n and v = (1 + n) f.
might add the further reason that in a projection condensing system we
have very heavy spherical aberration to contend with. I assure Pro-
fessor Wall he by no means owes any apology, and we should ex-
ceedingly regret to lose his contributions. The Professor ought to
take into consideration the fact that we do not pretend to be expert
in the matter of lens action, and if we are to understand his argu-
ments it will be necessary that he start us off with a very kinder-
garten explanation of this entire matter, but particularly the effect
of the converging heavily spherical aberrated rays of the condenser.
We do knoic this : we have applied the ordinary rules of geometrical
optics to projection systems and apparently they do itot work out in
practice.
Cheap Parts.
John Windham, New York City, sends in a card sent out by one
Lewis Hetz on Twenty-third street. New York City. The aforesaid
card bears a list of prices for repair parts for certain projection ma-
chines. He asks what I think about it, and whether I would advise the
purchase of these parts.
Brother Windham, it does not reflect highly upon you that you ask
such a question. The commonest kind of common sense ought to tell
you when a man proposes to sell an intermittent sprocket, a thing
which must be made of the very finest grade of steel, and machined
down to correctness as fine as one-ten thousandth of an inch, for "3S
cents, the proposition is utterly absurd and ridiculous. It cannot be
done. Mr. Hetz also proposes to supply star, intermittent sprocket
and shaft combination at $l..^i>. It certainly must be some star,
sprocket and shaft, but the reprehensible part of this is that the ma-
chines will be blamed for the faults of these cheap parts. The man-
ager who has not any more sense than to buy a 3S-cent intermittent
sprocket, or a 43-cent star wheel, or a 4S-cent geneva wheel has not
brains enough to understand that the machine is not to blame for the
performance of these imperfect parts, and in my judgment these parts
are not only imperfect but exceedingly imperfect. In my opinion they
cannot be otherwise. Neither the material nor the workmanship can
possibly be up to standard, unless Mr. Hetz is a philanthropist who is
supplying parts at a loss to himself, simply for the fun of supplying
them.
If Mr. Hetz can show and prove to me that his parts are mechan-
ically well made and perfect, as parts of this kind must be in order
to deliver perfect results on the screen, I shall be glad not only to
apologize, but print an apology in the department, and to recommend
his parts very highly. I do not think, however, there is any danger
of this being done, because, as I said before, the thing is impossible.
This gives all the data for picture, objective and image. If
the picture is now placed so as to be just illuminated by the
cone of light, as in the diagram, the triangles ALX and CMX
are similar, therefore, .A.L CM = LX/MX or x/y =: V (V — r).
Again, if the cone of light is just to fit the objective mount
GH, the triangles ALX. GOX are similar, hence AL/GO =
LX/OX or x/'z = v/V — v — r 1.
These formulas are so sitnple that anyone can work them
out by putting the measurements of his machine instead of
the lettering. Naturally the results will not be accurate,
unless the me;isurements are taken from the nodal planes.
hut they will be near enough to be practical, and they cer-
tainly give the relative positions of light, condenser, picture,
lens and screen.
I regard brother Wall as an authority in matters optical. He could
not possibly occupy the position he does unless he was very thoroughly
posted in both light and lens action. However, while I may be in
error, I do believe this : that there is a very large and exceedingly
important difference as between the action of the photographic lens
and the lens system of a projection machine, in that whereas the
pliotograp*.ic lens receives light rays at what we might term the front
end, and delivers it to the plate at the rear, a motion picture objective
receives converging rays from a primary set of lenses.
Now this may not require any different application of the laws
of optics as applied to ordinary photographic lenses, or lenses used
for other purposes. I would not presume to say that it does, but
Bevertheless to a certain extent I helieve it does, thoush quite possibly
not theoi-etieaUu. Still, I think it does in practice, and that is where
I think possibly Professor Wall errs — in not giving this end of the
matter sufficient consideration. If I am wrong it is not going to
hurt my feelings at all to be corrected. All we seek in these
matters is the truth, and a method whereby the ordinary operator, who
is not an optician, nor even very well posted in light action, can
figure out his lens system and decide what the focal length of his
condensing system ought to be in order to match his objective. I
see that Professor Wall says. "It is perfectly immaterial whether
one talks of projection, photographic, telescopic, or microscopic lenses,
the fundamental rules of geometrical optics apply.' Now, while I
would not for one moment presume to dispute this proposition, still I
must claim the liberty of doubting it, and I do this with all due re-
spect to the Professor, and for tht reason above stated, to which I
Main Strength and Awkwardness.
Nebraska orders a copy of the Handbook, and says :
I find the longer I operate the less I think I know about it,
therefore have decided to quit groping in the dark, secure a
Handbook, and get busy. All knowledge I have obtained so
far has been acquire-, by main strength and awkwardness, ex-
cept for the many useful pointers I have obtained through the
Projection Department of the MOVING PICTURE WORLD.
There are many thousands of operators in the country who could
read Nebraska's letter with profit. They are groping in the dark.
They do not realize the possibilities of the profession they have adopted.
They are able to get a passably fair picture on the screen somehow,
though they have little or no understanding of the "whys and where-
fores." They do not realize that, with proper knowledge, they could
not only put on a better picture, but could do it with less efifort and
do it cheaper, too. They have every need to study, but they are
slow in waking up and in coming to an understanding of that simple
fact.
The Right Idea.
Harry T. Dobson, Toronto Canada, sends in answers to Questions
41 and 42 with the following comments :
The questions concerning gas engines are beyond me, since
I have had no experience with that particular animal. Still,
I won't get anywhere without trying, hence I at least send an
attempt, which you will possibly find to be pretty crude.
Now there is the right spirit. Dobson is an enterprising man, who.
although he realizes he is not posted on the subject, gets busy and
makes a stab at it. anyhow. That may seem foolish to some, but
really it is anything else than foolish, because Dobson thus fixes the
question raised firmly in his mind and when the right answer comes
he is going to see where he made his mistakes, and the right thing
will naturally remain in memory by reason of the errors he may have
committed.
A Second Examination.
Rochester, New York, held a second examination of moving picture
operators in the Municipal Euilding on Tuesday, July "■ Candidates
who failed in the first examination were given another opportunity;
new applicants were also examined. The examination was by written
and practical tests. We are not as yet informed as to the outcome, nor
are we posted as to the capability of the examining commission.
Instruction Sheet.
H. Albert, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the department
correspondents, has a very neatly printed sheet of general instructions
for those in charge of electric plants, which he will mail to any one
remitting seven cents in stamps.
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Comments on the Films
Licensed
THE LIVING DEAD (Edison). August 4.— Ninth of "The Man Who
Disappeared" series. There are many exciting scenes In this
offering, consisting of hairbreadth escapes. Most of the scenes
talje place on the deck of a Hudson river boat and some pleasing views
of the river are shown. Marc MacDermott makes a sensational dive from
the deck of the vessel. Miriam Xesbltt. Barry OMoore and Harry
Mason are in the cast. A well-done feature In every respect.
HER TRIP TO .NEW YORK (Essanay), August 4.— This pictureplay
portrays a story of a man's thoughtlessness. Ruth marries Harry, who
promises to take her to New York for their wedding trip, but fails to
fulfill. Each year he has some excuse. After many years she breaks
down from hard work. Harry, who has been told of his wife's longing.
promises to do better in the future and take her to New York_ A pic-
ture that is full of heart interest and a lesson well taught.
THE FAMILY OUTING (Melies). August 4.— This is a very funny
comedy picture and gains great laughter. The natural part of it is its
merit. A family start out to have a picnic. They hire a cab and meet
up with all kinds of trouble. This can be recommended as a good one.
EASY COME, EAST GO (Melies). August 4.— On the same reel with
"The Family Outing." This is a photoplay comedy concerning moving
furniture from one room to another. The complications embraced in
this half reel are wonderful. It gains continued laughter.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE (Kalem), August 4.— The chief in this
photoplay discovers a man burglarizing his safe and captures him. The
story is rather conventional, as many have been written along this
theme. There is something about this photoplay that, while it is in-
teresting, lacks conviction. It is well photographed and acted.
THE ORDEAL (Selig), August 4. — A pictureplay where not only good
acting, photography and scenic effects are in evidence, but also impossi-
bilities. A hospital surgeon must certainly have some nerve to be
enabled to continue a serious operation with a fire raging around him,
such as the picture portrays. It has a fairly good ending.
HE 'WOKE UP IN TIME (Lubin). August 4.— Although the theme of
this picture is not new, it gains lots of laughs. Hans, a hobo, goes to
sleep on a park bench and has a wonderful dream, but is awakened by
two policemen. 'Written by E. ■«'. Sargent. On the same reel with "A
Fatal Card."
A FATAL CARD (Lubin), August 4. — On the same reel with "He
Woke Up in Time," and written by E. W. Sargent. Judge Holder, who
has been satisfying too freely his occasional thirst gets into a row. His
friend Smith protects him and the judge gives him a card, the ace of
diamonds, which, when shown, will secure favors. Next day a score of
prisoners show an ace of diamonds. This comedy gets hearty laughter.
PATHE'S WEEKLY NO. 4S. August 5.— A timely number, showing in-
timate portraits of Francis Joseph, King Peter and Prince Alexandria of
Servia, the Czar, President Poincare. King George and the Kaiser. There
is a good picture of a diver in a 4.S0-pound suit making a descent for
a record dive of 212 feet. The best of all, however, are the views of
the Parisian celebration of the fall of the Bastille. The smart evolu-
tions of the French infantry, cavalry and artillery prove that no one
European nation has a monopoly of military precision. These pictures
were all too short
SECOND SIGHT (Vitagraph), August .5.— An awkward maid breaks
Mr. Ponsonby's glasses. He loses his temper and she makes a get-away
to the tall timbers with Ponsonby close behind. Being without his
glasses, he runs into everything and everybody. Returning to the
house he overturns a stove and burns the bungalow. Louis Baudet,
Dan Crimmins and Rosa Gore are in the cast. It is a very laughable
offering.
THE REPORTER ON THE CASE (Selig). August 5.— This is a story
concerning a newspaper reporter who had failed for a week in getting
his star story. Carrying a grouch he called on his friend. Detective
Barnes. Fortune favored him and he fell unto a story that is full of
punches. The scenes are very interesting, also very melodramatic. The
best of all. the reporter made a grand scoop. The acting is of a su-
perior nature. The direction and photography are up to the standard.
This picture can be recommended to exhibitors.
THE FABLE OF THE BUSY BUSINESS BOY AND THE DROPPERS-
IN (Essanay). August 5. — This is another of George Ade's humerous
comedies of the tired business man. his funny visitors and too many
cocktails. He enters his office in the morning with the intention of doing
a week's work during the day. but he is bothered with callers, such as
the fruit vendor, the man with the funny puzzle, the insurance agent
and last, but not least, the rube. The moral is "Work Is a Snap, but
Intermissions Play Hob With the Nervous System."
A CHANGTE OF BUSINESS (Edison). August .5.— There is not much
in this reel life that is wonderful in interest or really funny. A saloon-
keeper determines to win a widow, who objects to his business. He
changes it and the widow succumbs. This is on the same reel with
"Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady."
FAINT HEART NE'ER WO.N FAIR UXDY (Edison), August .">.— Cm
the same reel with "A Change of D-usincss." This Is quite an Interest-
ing little comedy and Illustrates the hardships that lovers will undergo
to meet. Their persistent efforts finally win over the "old man." It
gains many laughs.
THE MAN AND THE MASTER (Blograph), August 6.— This phture-
play gives a good Illustration of the strife existing between capital and
labor. The acting is admirable and the photography is up to the usual
Blograph standard.
SLIPPERY SLI.M'S DILEMMA (Essanay), August 6.— Slim is gome
singer and guitar player. One night he stops beneath the fair Sophie'*
window and serenades. Pete, his rival, and room-mate, awakens first
and paints Slims face, then spreads abroad the news that Slim has
small-pox. After a few comical situations he escapes from quarantine.
Pete confesses and Sophie returns to her first love. This offering, while
not so full of fun as some of the Slim series, is very humorous.
A MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT (Melies), August 6.— This Is an
original plot and has much in it that is amusing. The characters are
a young lady, her brother and the brother's friend. A case of love at
first sight is brought on by a humorous misunderstanding. This is a
good comedy.
THE SKULL AND THE CROWN (Selig), August 7.— A psychological
comedy. The idea of this photoplay is not entirely new but. never-
theless, is very funny. The head of an insane asylum plays a joke on
a niece and a gentleman friend by telling the niece that the friend
is insane and imagines himself to be Hamlet, and telling the gentleman
that his niece imagines herself to be Queen of Navarre. They meet
on the street, have each other arrested and taken in a padded wagon
to the office of Betty's uncle, where everything is explained.
A SIREN OF THE DESERT (Lubin), .\ugust 7.— A typical western
story, depicting life in a mining camp and dance hall. A young miner
engaged to be married becomes infatuated with Desert Siren. A gold
strike in another region reaches the town and a rush ensues for the
new diggings. The Siren gets lost on the desert and is found by the
miner's sweetheart. The finale is a very good one. tor the Siren re-
unites the lovers. The photography and scenic effects are meritorious.
DON'T MONKEY 'WITH THE BUZZ SAW (Kalem), August 7.— An-
other of Marshal Neilan's farces, featuring Ruth Roland. Henpeck has
an awful time with his -wife and mother-in-law. so he goes and drowns
his trouble in drink. What happens to him causes roars of merriment
from the audience.
THE LOCKED HOUSE (Vitagraph), August 7.— This is truly a ViU-
graph comedy with John Bunny and Flora Finch in the leading roles.
Mr. Bunny, Mayor of Smithtown, gets a shock on reading of the at-
tempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. To escape the sup-
posed assassin he gets himself into the dumb-waiter, where many laagb-
able complications eventuate.
GREY EAGLE'S REVENGE (Kalem), August 8. — This photopVay has
a distorted sort of a plot with many unpleasant scenes. The photog-
raphy is very clear and the direction and acting are well done. There
is too much brutality, and the ending, where a kindly minister is shot,
might have been cut out to advantage and improved the picture.
BRONCHO BILLY'S FATAL JOKE (Essanay), August S. — X western
drama of mining life, featuring G. M. Anderson. Through a practical
joke Broncho Billy believes himself responsible for old man Rundle's
death. To ease his conscious he trades his valuable ranch to Rundle's
daughter in exchange for her father's worthless one. During the trade
they fall in love and the two ranches become one. It seems to please
the audience.
LOVE AND FLAMES (Lubin). August S. — This comedy has no plot.
but is made up of a series of incidents to which there seems to be no
head or tail. There is a fire scene caused by Percy, who throws a
cigarette in a pile of rubbish in the vicinity of his sweetheart's house.
The closing scene is the real comedy one. It was received with con-
siderable laughter.
THEY WOULD BANDITS BE (Blograph). August 8. — Everybody
seems to love Broncho Nell, including three cowboys and a bold, bad
man, who forces Nell to feed and kiss him. The three cowboys gather
up courage enough to interfere and protect Nell. Their finish is a sur-
prise. On the same reel with "The Deadly Cheroot. ""
THE DEADLY CHEROOT (Blograph). August 8. — On the same reel
with "They Would Bandits Be." The plot of this little comedy hangs
upon the old idea of the loaded cigar, but this happens to be a cheroot-
The results are quite amusing. It is received with laughter.
CARMELITA'S REVENGE (Selig). August 8. — A lost love romance.
the theme of which is very conventional. A story of hatred and jealousy
which has been used many times, although there is considerable origi-
nality pertaining. The scenes are laid in Mexico and New York City. The
culprit is a' man who deceives a Mexican girl whose determination on
revenge terminates in an original manner. In the finale all ends hap-
pily. The audience received it with favor.
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE (Edison). August 8. — A comedy drama,
directed by Ashley Miller. The cast includes John Sturgeon, Elizabeth
Miller, T. Tamamato, Edna Hammel and Andy Clark. A tired man has
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a bad case of nerves, and when his automobile breaks down he
decides to walk. He meets a little boy going fishing, and enters into
all the boy's plans, finally going to sleep on the ground. After sleeping
for some time he wakes to find that "the touch of nature" has driven
business troubles from his mind. This is a well-directed and acted
photoplay ; some of the scenes are remarkably pretty.
TOPSY-TURVY (Essanay), August 10.— Auntie visits her nephew, a
poet, bringing along with her, her cook "Sweedie," and then things
begin to happen. Eventually the distracted writer of verse is forced to
abide outside, leaving Sweedie in full possession. This is quite a good
comedy.
THROUGH LIFE'S WINDOW (Vitagraph), August 10.— This is a sort
of an "Enoch Arden" plot, featuring Maurice Costello. To make his
wife happy he goes to war and is reported killed. It is the old story of
the mother persuading the wife to marry "the rich fellow," which she
does. Later. Costello turns up, having been only wounded ; then there is
a reversal of things, and it is all done over again. Years of anguish ob-
tain, and after it is over you wonder what it is all about.
THE CONDEMNING HAND (Biograph), August 10.— There is con-
siderable heart interest in the plot of this pictureplay. A crook shoul-
ders the blame for a crime of which his mother is accused. In the
working of it out there are many interesting scenes and in the finale
both are proved innocent. A very good offering,
ALL FOR A TOOTH (Edison), August 10. — This is an original sort
of a comedy, wherein a husband, in a dream, mixes up his wife's lost
tooth with an exploring expedition through the catacombs, where hc>
gets bitten by a skeleton. He has many other wild and wonderful ex-
periences, but "he didn't find the tooth." Good comedy, this.
THE ART OF THE FURRIER (Pathe), August 11.— An educational
picture showing the making of a moleskin coat, from the capture of
the tiny animal.
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY (Pathe), August 11.— On the same
reel is this interesting educational-industrial, descriptive of a great mill
in faraway Bombay. A good reel.
FROM GRENOBLE TO AUX LES BAINS (Pathe), August 10.— A very
fine scenic.
A ROUSING RECEPTION (Pathe), August lO.— On the same reel is
this story of the amazing difficulties encountered by a burglar. Much
ingenuity and patience are displayed in the conception and working out
of the action, which is of the trick variety.
TYPICAL RUSSIAN DANCERS (Pathe), August 10.— On the same
reel as the foregoing two subjects is this short bit showing the work of
thirty-inch high dancers, male and female. It will interest.
Licensed Specials
WHEN WAR THREATENS (Cines), August 4.— This is a very pre-
tentious two-part photoplay with a plot that is fuU of intrigue. There is
much intensity distributed through the scenes, which are laid principally
in the navy department. It is the conventional story of a spy endeavor-
ing to obtain papers of certain interest regarding new battleship plans.
There is a love theme running through the whole, which has a sad
ending.
WARFARE IN THE SKIES (Vitagraph), August 4.— This two-part
pictureplay, with Edith Story and Earle Williams playing the leads, is
full of thrills and holds the attention of the audience from the be-
ginning. Two men, both aviators, but belonging to different armies, are
in love with the same girl. They meet in the air and, after a fierce
battle, one is killed and the other injured. The girl goes in disguise to
nurse liim but is captured. She is rescued by her lover and taken to her
father. All in the cast do good work. This is a good release.
THE OPERATOR AT BLACK ROCK (Kalem), August 5.— This is a
two-reel railroad drama. E. W. Matlack is the author and J. P. Mc-
Gowan directed it. This is one of the finest produced on the screen of
this nature. It is a story of the iron rails and contains many beautiful
scenes that are well photographed. Helen Holmes plays the leading part
and is ably supported by G. A. Pulliam, Bert C. Hadley and Hart Hoxie.
It holds the interest of the audience with its intensity, though it is very
melodramatic. It is original in its punches. It is well worth viewing.
A MAN WITH A FUTURE (Lubin). August 5.— This is a two-reel
dramatic picture story with the plot laid among the criminal classes,
and contains the usual elements embraced in such stories, the life of a
woman, who has been raised among crime, but who finally revolts and
is reformed. It contains some interesting characters which are well
played. The direction and photography are of a fine quality. A very
good offering.
A DAUGHTER OF EVE (Lubin), August 6.— A two-part offering with
some beautiful country scenes portrayed. A young lawyer falls in love
with a farmer's daughter. He saves the father from being buncoed by
the son of a neighbor, thus winning the old man's consent to the mar-
riage of his daughter. There is quite some comedy in this pictureplay,
especially where the farmer and neighbor's son have a watery fight in
the horse trough. The photography is clear and all in the cast do
efficient work.
THE MEMORIES IN MEN'S SOULS (Vitagraph), August 6.— This
two-part drama contains many thrilling situations full of heart in-
terest. Van Dyke B'rooke. Norma Talmadge and Antonio Moreno have
the leading parts. A little child, who is very clever, saves his father
from dishonor. He remains loyal to his child and wife. There is a sad
ending to this finely-produced offering. It holds the strictest attention.
THE SHIELD OF INNOCENCE (Melies). August 6.— A two-reel photo-
play, the character of which is illogical. While it is a well-made picture
photographically and splendidly acted, the plot carries with it a theme
that is very unpleasant. It is a story of twin brothers, one of whom
commits suicide because he has been betrayed by a woman. The other
brother revenges him in a peculiar way, and the woman goes out into
the world and repents.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL (Edison), August 7.— This two-part
pictureplay hns been reviewed at length by Louis Reeves Harrison, and
can be found on page 411, issue of July 18.
THE MOTOR BUCCANEERS (Essanay), August 7.- This two-part
photoplay is written by Edward Franklin and contains quite a few
thrills regarding motor chases and fights. A young lawyer breaks up
a daring conspiracy to steal a railroad and thereby wins himself a wife.
A famous crook poses as a millionaire, knocks down an old lawyer and
leaves him senseless. The young man is accused of murder, but proves
himself innocent and all ends happily. This is a favorable offering.
GRATITUDE (Melies). August 8.— This special two-part pictureplay's
plot concerns the intelligence of a much-abused dog. The dog was
quite attached to the little daughter of his abuser and rescues her from
being kidnapped by a gypsy and returns her to her parents. The father
then treats the animal kindly ever after. There is much heart in-
terest in this offering.
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL (Vitagraph), August 8.— A two-part pic-
tureplay, the plot of which is not altogether new. The theme is the
fulfillment of a wife's ambition. She is imbued with social aspirations
to the neglect of her husband, but the life soon wanes and she does not
find the happiness she hoped for, and she confesses it to her husband.
She is welcomed and finds the happiness she has yearned for with him,
back in the "house on the hill." This is a well-made and acted picture
with an all-star Vitagraph cast. The audience seemed to enjoy it.
THE RAJAH'S VOW (Kalem), August 10.— This is a two-reel story
with the plot laid in the Orient. It is acted by an all-star Kalem
cast and is a pretentious photoplay. The costuming has been well at-
tended to and the photography and scenes are beautiful. The story is
one of absorbing interest. The director and camera man are to be com-
plimented. The picture is well worth the viewing and gained applause
from the* audience.
WILLIE (Selig), August 10. — This two-part pictureplay is of the con-
ventional order and developed from a plot that has been used many
times. The story could have been told in half the film. A Willie boy
is sent west to be manufactured into a man. He meets up with the
usual rough experiences. He returns east and makes good.
Independent
UNIVERSAL IKE IN THE DANGERS OF A GREAT CITY (Universal
Ike), August 1. — Ike elopes again in this number and the plot is the
usual pursuit by the old folks. The chase presents a number of amus-
ing features and the rough-house work in the jail will bring some
laughs. This company, however, is going over the same ground quite
often.
ETHEL'S TEACHER (Komic). August 9. — One of Edward Dillon's
farces that is sure to make laughter. We think the fun in it will make
the audience, unless it be a most particular one. readily forgive it its
vulgarity. It has a female impersonation at the beach and the funny
situation rises from the fact that some bath houses are kept exclusively
for men and some for women.
A STRONG AFFAIR (Sterling). August 10. — A low comedy number
which will not suit particular audiences. Limburger cheese placed in
the groom's shoes by his rival breaks up the wedding. Cheese is thrown .
freely by the guests at the wedding. This sort of humor has its ad-
mirers, but it is very offensive to some. The construction and pho-
tography are good.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL, Series No. 30 (Reliance), August 10.— Margaret
celebrates her birthday in this number, first by calling upon Daniel
Frohman, the noted play producer, and then by receiving a necklace of
antique cameos. A thief, with an educated police dog, steals the box
containing the necklace. The canine's work was interesting and the
next number will picture Margaret's efforts to get back her present.
Some of the photography was dim In this.
THE BUTTERFLY (American), August 12. — A fairly pretty picture
with no deep dramatic quality, but with some lovely scenes. There's a
touch of "Frou-Frou" in the story, but we cannot say that it has been
made truly convincing. The "butterfly" sister gets the man the soberer-
minded sister also loves. She understands her sister and watches over
the family, at one time keeping the Butterfly from making a false step
with another man.
SO SHINES A GOOD DEED (Reliance). August 12.— It is just a
sketch ; but it is very interesting. The idea, too — the escaped convict,
who gives himself up in order to get his capture money for a needy
family — has been used before, but the surrounding circumstances and the
peculiar twist of the story are quite fresh and new, and it is made by
good staging and natural acting a picture that leaves a deep impression.
Count it a good offering.
MATTY, THE UNIVERSAL BOY. Series No. S (Imp), August 13.—
In this number Matty develops a sudden interest in war. He becomes
a Boy Scout and later goes to Washington, where he meets Secretary
of War Garrison. This feature is particularly interesting and the sham
battle between Boy Scouts at the close will certainly prove entertaining.
HE NEVER SAID A WORD (Nestor), October 16.— A very original
situation is shown in this excellent little comedy number. Eddie visits
his doctor chum at the Deaf and Dumb Tn=;titute. Here he meets Victoria
and each thinks the other is a "dummy." The resulting fun is all that
could be asked. Original, well-photographed and altogether pleasing.
MEMORIES OF YEARS AGO (Frontier), August 16. — This shows us
a middle-aged man returning to his western town. The names carved
on a tree bring up old memories of his unfortunate love affair. The
story of the girl's bad choice and her final appearance as a woman of
the barroom is quite pathetic. It makes an offering of about the average
merit.
THE MIRACLE (Eclair). August 16.— This subject, in which the leads
are played by Fred Truesdell and Julia Stewart, will interest more
especially those religiously inclined, and surely all women, who un-
doubtedly will classify it as a pretty picture.
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THE HEDGE BETWEEN (Rex), August lO.-An acceptable offcrlns.
not very substantial but pretty. The plot In which the widow, who has a
son, and the widower, who has a daughter, live In adjoining grounda
yet dislike each other, has been used often. The acting Is lively If not
especially convincing, and the picture will please, but not awaken en-
thusiasm.
VIVIANS FIRST FELLER (Crystal). August 18.— The country girl
quarrels with her rube lover and marries a city chap. The plot of this
wanders from one thing to another, without sufficient motive behind it
to make the action entertaining. It lacks any definite reason and there-
fore does not hold the Interest.
UNIVERSAL IKE'S HONEY.MOON (Universal Ike). August 19.— Ike
and Louise are again seen as newly weds In this number. None of the
scenes get up much humor and many of them, particularly where the
girl smears her face with candy, are entirely lacking in It. This Is not
a very desirable film.
A BOWL OF ROSES (Rex). August 20.— A picture that will appeal to
the ultrapoetlc, but will hardly interest those who arc looking for sub-
stantial entertainment. It is finely photographed and well put on.
THE SLAVE YS ROMANCE (Victor), August 21.— A story with a plot
somewhat similar to the play ".Merely Mary Ann." The hired girl puts
up her savings to aid the young Inventor in patenting his invention. She
afterwards becomes a beauty and he gains wealth. The theme is a good
one and the characters appealing, but the production does not develop
much feeling.
THE DIAMOND NIPPERS (Joker), August 22.— Max Asher and com-
pany appear In this low comedy number, which is a very good one of its
type. The fun comprises a chase after a diamond thief who dives Into
the water from a roof top. The water stunts are tunny and this is a
pleasing ottering of the slapstick kind.
GET OUT AND GET UNDER ( Eclectic) .—This one-reel farce-comedy
contains action aplenty, some of it around and about and under auto-
mobiles. The ston- turns on the anxiety of a wife to get away and of
her husband to get her away to the country and on the many events
that happen when the wife misses the train. The picture does just what
It tries to do — it makes tun.
Independent Specials
THE DANK BURGLAR-S FATE (Reliance), August S.— This two-part
ottering was written by C. D. Browne, of the Minnesota Bankers' Pro-
tective Association, and shows what a bank burglar can reasonably ex-
pect as a result of his crime. It seems about as entertaining as any
picture could well be ; is one ot the best offerings within a month. Full
of snap, go and dramatic suspense, it holds the spectator to the very
end : there is not a bit of padding nor a spot in it that is not absorbingly
interesting. It shows how the yeggs plan and carry out their scheme
to rob the bank's safe and get away with the coin. Then it switches to
the detectives' side of the matter and shows how their co-ordinated In-
formation about the under-world and its doings makes it an easy thing
to gather in the criminals. Its author had a dandy story to tell "and Its
producer had the skill to make that story tell powerfully on the screen
Acting, staging, photography, everything about the picture is ot the
best. It is an oflering to make business tor the exhibitor.
THE TAVERN OF TRAGEDY (Majestic), August fl.— A strong two-
reel offering. In it Dorothy Gish will win the hearty applause ot the
audience ; there's no doubt about it. The story's idea has been used
once or twice in pictures before, but is not trite at all and has been
freshly developed. It deals with civil war times, but is good enough
in itself not to need battle pictures and does without them wholly. The
players— there are but three ot them— are perfect. F. A. Turner plays
a villainous inn keeper, informer tor both sides and murderer. Dorothy
Gish plays his step-daughter and Donald Crisp plays a Union ofBcer,
whom the man intends to kill during the night, but whom she helps to
escape. The staging and all that counts in a picture will excite admira-
tion. A fine offering.
THE PERILS OF PAULINE (Eclectic), August 10.— The eleventh
episode of this serial contains a thrilling automobile smash following a
chase. It is a bump over a ledge and a roll down. There is suspense
during the ride ot Pauline in the machine driven by a crazy man. a
former speed king. The picture is finely staged, both as to Interiors
and backgrounds ; the photography is .unusually good.
STRONGER THAN DEATH (Thanhouser) , August 11.— This two-reel
story — decidedly weak and inartistic — tails to get the spectator's close
attention, because its characters do not convince. This reviewer won-
ders how he would look on this picture — so hopeless from an instructed
mind's viewpoint — if he were a plowboy in a lonely country town. Per-
haps he would swallow it all and count it a good offering. We don't
believe city patrons will admire it. The photography and camera work
generally are good.
HONOR OF THE HUMBT>E (Victor), August 14.— A two-reel number,
the cast including Florence Lawrence, Matt Moore and Wm. J. O'Neill.
The scenes are at a hunting lodge belonging to the count, with whom
the lodgekeeper's daughter falls m love. The girl would have gained
more interest it she had not thrown herself at the count quite so vio-
lently. The big feature of this number, and It is a good one, is the
struggle between the lodgekeeper and the count on the cliffs. The close
is abrupt and a little out ot keeping with the gensral tone o: th9 story ;
it also leaves considerable to be explained. Faulty in construction, but
will hold the interest.
WEIOHTS AXD MEASURES (Victor), August 17.— A political story,
with Warren Kerrigan as the district attorney against whom the mayor
is plotting. Vera Si-sson plays the part of a girl with a past, employed
to trap him. She falls in love with him and they go through some
troubled scenes before finding happiness. The story is not entirely
convincing, but the cast is pleasing and the in;idents are well pictured.
It is an offering that will bs followed with interest by the average
-observer.
THE SEA VENTURE (Gold Seal, Story No. 3), August 18.— On the
way to Portland Law la handed another trey of hearts. Judltb substi-
tutes herself for Rose In this number and goes aboard the Sea Venture,
She here discloses her Identity, after Lai^ had made love to her, be-
lieving she was Rose. The yacht Is fired and much excitement tollowa.
The story continues well In holding the Interest.
THE ROBBERY AT PINE RIVER (Broncho), August 19.— Circum-
stantial evidence picture in two reels. It has action and has been pro-
duced In a snappy and gingery way that compensates In part for the fact
that the story Is not, as a whole, dramatic In the sense that all of Its
parts help to build up the climax. The backgrounds are in a lumbt-rlng
camp of the Northwest and the snowy pine-covered hills of the beyond.
A snatch of a love story Is thrown In and the robbery Is committed by
a rough character ot the village. The lover Is accused and cleared
easily, then the mounted policeman tracks the real culprit. There ar^
some line views of snowy wllda and the log village is interesting. It Is
a fair feature offering.
BRANSFORD IN ARCADIA (Eclair), August 19.— A four-reel num-
ber based on a well-known story by Eugene Manlove Rhoades. called
"The Little Eohippus." This has an Arizona setting, with J. W. Johns-
ton and Pearl Cooke In the cast. This has that genuine western atmos-
phere so hard to achieve, either in fiction or on the screen : the char-
acters seem real and the plot develops in an entertaining manner. There
is a little jerkiness in some of the scenes, but on the whole the pro-
duction Is a strong, compelling one. This Is one of the best western
releases we have seen. It dispenses with the more exciting situations
In the first reels and winds up on the comedy note.
A MEXICAN SPY IN AMERICA (Bison 101), August 20.— A two-part
melodrama written and staged by Henry McRae, and plentifully sup-
plied with action which is about as convincing or unconvincing as that
in other offerings of this kind. Such pictures strive to give feeling by
their speedy motion that gives no time to think rather than by a skill-
ful arrangement of true, emotion-giving facts. It was taken in Hono-
lulu and has many scenes in an actual army post with plenty of sol-
diers, which fact helps it not a little. The spy is a friend of the col-
onel's son and Is trying to use the colonel's daughter to further his
scheme ot stealing the code book. The girl's fiance is, ot course, custo-
dian ot the book. It is acceptably acted and the photography is beautiful.
O.N THE HIGH SEAS (Imp), August 20.— This two-reel number pre-
sents the interesting situation ot a shipowner's son on board his fath-
er's vessel. He is put to work by the captain and quarrels with the
latter and the rascally mate. Mutiny breaks out and the captain Is
shot. The crime was committed by the mate, who afterward completely
ends his superior officer's life by stabbing him. Through the efforts
ot the girl the shipowner's son is cleared and the mate apprehended.
This is realistically worked out, though some of the scenes lacked the
dramatic effect they might have had. The story is rather brutal in
several places, but serves to hold the attention throughout.
A ROMANCE OF HAWAII (Bison). August 22. — A two- reel number
contrived particularly to exhibit the cane fields and other industries of
the Hawaiian Islands. Wm. Clifford, Marie Walcamp and Sherman
Bainbridge carry the plot when it finally develops, but the story In-
terest is very slight and the observer must content himself with some
lairly interesting scenic effects through most ot the ottering. The pho-
tography is fair.
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY NO. 9 (Thanhouser).— This install-
ment of two reels takes up the tale where the last let it drop and
carries it on through one ot the most interesting episodes it has yet
pictured. If begins to have the quality that will strongly invite the
spectator to keep his eye open to assure seeing the next installment.
Most ot the action is laid in mid ocean, where Florence, whom the gang
has captured as an insane person and taken on board of the "George
Washington," jumps overboard and swims to the New Foundland fishing
fleet — beautiful scenes ot the fishing smacks out in the ocean are given.
The photography is of the quality that helps much.
ALL LOVE EXCELLING (Eclectic). — This three-reel drama is finely
and expensively staged and well photographed. For those who dearly
love a lord the picture may have attraction in its story, for there is a
lord and also a duke. The period ranges from IS-K) to the time of the
Crimean war. The backgrounds, with the exception of the end of the
action, are American. The illusion is not heightened by a tendency on
the part of the players to act. Miss Woodruff, as Beth, does good work.
Care has been taken in the selection ot costumes and in the avoidance of
anachronisms.
B.A.TTLE FOR LIFE (Warner's Features). — A three-reel offering made
in England and providing a melodrama ot the times (1803) when Nel-
son fought the French in the sea battle ot Trafalgar. There's a fine pic-
ture ot his death on board the ship "Victory," which he commanded
and was probably taken on the very ship which is kept, a show place,
in England. The picture is filled with delightful glimpses ot old-time
England — hedges, cottages and the like — that convince us absolutely
ot the time intended. The hero of the story, just married to "Black-
Eyed" Susan, is delivered over to the press gang by a rascally vil-
lain who loves her. There is exciting action — not quite as convincing as
the best up-to-date pictures, but acceptably setting forth good situa-
tions— that holds the attention and makes it a very fair offering. The
photography is good.
THE BR.\ND OF BARS (Warner's Features). — A three-reel western
offering of the old style melodramatic type, but filled with exciting
action. It was made by the Albuquerque Company and has the good
acting and pleasing characters usually found in pictures of their make,
but the photography — of this print at least — is badly dust specked and
thick in many of its scenes. It is a very good offering tor summertime
and especially tor out-doors service, for patrons are not feeling in-
tellectual these days and in days of war excitement, rough, stirring pic-
tures are wanted. Those who have been in prison are of the "brand of
bars," and the story shows how one of them heroically rehabilitated
himself and won the rancher's daughter. There are Indians aplenty in it
and a rescue of the girl from their village.
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WITH SERB AND AUSTRIAN (Austro-Serb Film Co.).— A four-part
picture around the opening of the war between Servia and Austria and
telling the love story of an .Ajustrian prince who goes to Servia as a spy
and falls so deeply in love wini a princess of that country that he proves
untrue to his mission. There are some fine battle scenes — they show
Italian and Austrian troops in conflict and are not germane to the
story. Any spectator will recognize the Italian military hats. The
story would have been good in an offering of two reels, as it is we count
it fair. There is some excellent photography in the offering — not all of
it is clear. It is a rather awkward picture and plainly put together in
a hurry. It is a posed picture with no reality. A poor offering for a
dignified picture house.
THE LAST BATTLE (Warner's Features).— A Milano three-reel pro-
duction giving a story of political life in Italy and showing the diffi-
culties of a ■■liberal" newspaperman. His particular friend in college
is the son of a banker ; but they could never agree on politics and in
after life become bitter enemies. The banker^s son is in politics and,
elected to parliament, becomes a minister. He has systematically op-
posed the journalist, -who has seen that he was using his position to
further his own purposes. But the newspaperman, who has had a hard
time keeping a place on account of the influence used against him, at
length finds proof that the other man has been a briber and shows
him up. The minister, confronted by the evidence, commits suicide in
the parliamentary chamber. It is clear, interesting and well photo-
graphed. An acceptable offering.
Louis B. Jennings
LOUIS B. JENNINGS was linrn in New York City about
forty years ago and started his career in his twenties
in the real estate business. About ten years ago he
invested considerable money in Canada and the possibilities
of Canada's future jvas so strong, to his mind, that he located
in the North Country
and soon became inter-
ested in many of Can-
ada's natural resources.
He had his office i n
Montreal and was
widely and favorably
known throughout the
Dominion.
A little over two
years ago Canada's
financial condition be-
came very greatly
strained and Mr. Jen-
n i n g s , on a visit t o
New York, and after
conferring with friends
of his who had gone
into the moving pic-
ture industry, decided
that that was the
proper field to give his
time and energy to,
and as a consequence
he inoved his h e a d -
quarters to New Y'ork
and immediately began
a thorough study o f
the industry, and i n
conjunction with M r .
Bangs, decided that
there was a great opening in the actual developing of the
pictures, resulting in the formation of the Bangs Labora-
tories, Inc.
Since then, Mr. Jennings has become more deeply inter-
ested in the industry and is now president of the Standard
Film Corporation recently organized and which has secured
the exclusive moving picture concessions for the Panama-
Pacific Exposition. He still owns considerable property
and interests in Canada, but has so arranged these varied
affairs that he can give practically all his time to what he
considers the greatest industry of the world.
Louis B. Jennings.
WITH SERB AND AUSTRIAN.
The Austro-Serb Film Company offers a four-part picture
of strategy and romance in which is told the love story of
Prince Rudolf of Hapsburg and Princess Vera of the
Karageorgevich family. She is the daughter of King Peter
of Servia. It makes no difference whether this story is
founded on fact or not, it is built up around the stirring his-
toric events that led to the greatest war that the world has
ever known. It is a posed picture; but it takes account of
the preparations for the struggle between Austria and Ser-
via and weaves the love story into the texture of state craft
and, latterly, of battle. Count Berchtold. the Austrian
premier, is one of the participants and King Franz Tosef
of Austria also appears. Some of its scenes are in the
Kaiserhof, in Vienna, and some are set in Belgrade, while
the battle scenes are in the foothills of Servia.
The story opens on the birthday of Prince Rudolf. He is
congratulated by his brother officers of the Austrian ariny
and repairs to the Kaiserhof, where the Emperor gives him
a double kiss of felicitation. A few hours later he and.
Berchtold have a conference with Rudolf and he is given a
commission to get from the ■war office of the Servians the
plans showing where the dynamite mines are hidden so-
that the Austrian army can attack that country. He suc-
ceeds in getting the plans; but has fallen so deeply in love
with the Princess that, in the end, he considers love stronger
than patriotism and burns his copy.
FAMOUS PLAYERS POSTPONE "SILVER KING."
Guy Standing, by Sailing to Join English Army, Suspends.
Picture in Which He Has Lead.
While speculation is rife as to the probable effect on the
motion picture industry of the gigantic war now raging
through all of Europe, the Famous Players Film Company
has already experienced one unusual result of the tremen-
dous conflict, which has compelled this concern to postpone
its production of "The Silver King," preparations for which
have for some time been under way.
Guy Standing, whose selection for the leading role of the
world-fai-ned drama was recently announced, is a captain
in a noted English regiment, and when the announcement
that England had joined the wholesale war was officially
confirmed Standing's military zeal immediately destroyed
the poise that is necessary for so arduous a role as that of
the Silver King.
Obsessed with the desire to return to his regiment and
join the colors. Standing called upon Adolph Zukor, Presi-
dent of the Famous Players, and for the first time in his
life really pleaded for the postponement of an engagement.
Mr. Zukor, impressed by the patriotic loyalty of the star,
consented, and Standing happily began preparations for a
hasty departure. He sailed last week on the Lusitania, to
take his place in a more vital drama and enact a more
heroic role even than that of "The Silver King."
PERFECT ELECTRO AIR STERILIZER.
To purify and deodorize the air in theaters, offices and
other rooms where large numbers of people are constantly
assembled has presented a difficult problem for a lonw time
and one that has been difficult of satisfactory solution. The
perfect Electro Air Purifier is a simple device advertised in
another part of this magazine which the manufacturer claims
will do this work quickly and thoroughly with the utmost
satisfaction. A perforated metal container with a small
tank inside holdin.g the fluid which is absorbed by a special
fibre packing and is so constructed that it may be attached
instantly to an electric fan, constitutes the main features
of this device for which patent has been applied. One
quarter of an ounce of the perfumed, disinfecting fluid fur-
nished with the apparatus will deodorize, purify and perfume
the air in a large theater or office for an entire day. There
is a large field and a long felt need for something of this
kind for the sick room, workshop, as well as office or thea-
ter. Various odors can be furnished according to the pro-
vision of the purchaser and the apparatus can be used for
scenting a room with a delicate perfume, even where there
is ample ventilation and there is no necessity to deodorize
or purify the air of the room. It is protected against con-
tagion and disease and the source of comfort and pleasure.
The apparatus sells for $1 and the combination perfume,
deodorizer and disinfectant for $1 a pound with discount on
liberal quantities of one gallon or more.
"ANIMATED SEND CAMERA CORPS TO EUROPEAN
WARS."
The cablegram just received from the Universal London
offices by Jack Cohn, manager of the Animated Weekly,
states that eight cameramen have just been dispatched into
European war zones armed with passports, letters of intro-
duction and what not. These men will take special scenes
to be incorporated into the L^niversal Weekly.
Many of the men who are engaged in this work are
veterans, having served time with the camera in the Balkan
war.
The Universal has opened the purse-strings wide, deter-
mined to get the best and most up-to-the-minute filming of
the great struggle, which has already smothered Europe.
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1103
CHICAGO LETTER
BY JAS. S. McQUADE
Moving Pictures in Vocational Selection.
U.N D MR the date ot Au.i;iist o, Harry li. Downer, Head
Resident of tlie Friendly House, Davenport, la., wrote
to me as follows: "Your interesting department in the
Moving Picture World became positively luminous in the
issue of August 8. That series of paragraphs dealing with
the value of motion pictures in vocational selections held
more encouragement and aroused more enthusiasm than
anything that ever came in the Friendly House mail. I
wish you would take the trouble to put me in communica-
tion with the Bureau of Commercial Economics mentioned
by you. Please let me have the address of the organization.
I want to hook up with them and do it now.
"We have in Friendly House, which, by the way, is a
social settlement, a theater wholly equipped for motion pic-
tures. We have been giving, each Saturday of the settle-
ment year, entertainments for children since January 1. 1913.
We have been hoping to use the theater for just such pur-
poses as the Bureau of Commercial Economics plans. We
made a beginning and held two vocational evenings; but the
difficultj- of securing films of the required sort, sufficient to
make an evening's entertainment, stopped us. I am arrang-
ing for a series of evenings when those in attendance shall
consider the advantages and disadvantages of each calling,
the discussion to be led by working men and employers.
I have already collected local data on Davenport industries,
so far as I have had time. It is a great field for usefulness
of films, etc."
For the benefit of others like Mr. Downer, whom I have
already answered by personal letter, I will state that the
address of the Bureau of Commercial Economics is: The
Hearst Building, Room 309, West Madison street, Chicago.
Mr. Downer in his letter also draws attention to the fact
that the campaign of enlightenment and helpfulness an-
nounced by the Bureau of Commercial Economics in the
industrial field is to be "maintained through endowment
funds and annuities," and he was kind enough to enclose
a printed copy of an able paper read by him before the Con-
temporarj' Club, of Davenport, on April 10, 1913. The title
of the paper is "The Wholesome Mission of Motion Pic-
tures," and the following extracts, viewed in the light of
the mission of the Bureau of Commercial Economics, show
that Mr. Downer had the right vision, if not the gift of
prophecy, concerning the future of educational films.
There are many enthusiasts who believe strongly in the future of
the educational motion picture, even to universal use and benefit.
There is already a sprinkling of instances where beginnings have been
made. But the observer who ballasts his zeal with a modicum of
judgment will be constrained to fear that the day of the general use
of instructive pictures is far in the future. This is the case if the
present condition of commercialism is not interrupted by philanthropy.
The character of the present output of motion pictures will not im-
prove speedily unless a decided effort is made from outside the inter-
ests concerned to bring this about. Everj' means of education has been
brought to usefulness by philanthropy. No college ever grows too old
or strong to be considered out of the shower of benefac-tion. Harvard
and Yale are still receiving bequests and donations. The usefulness
of the secondary school was demonstrated by the privately main-
tained acadamy "before the .\merican high school was possible. The
kindergarten was nurtured by beneficence until its value in the course
of study was recognized and it was incorporated in the public school
system. In many places teachers of drawing and physical culture in
the public school's were supported by sub.^cription until the branches
they taught were considered proper to be sustained by the public
money. Public playgrounds were maintained by beneficence in a num-
ber of cities until they made good, and were taken over by the tax-
payers. On both the educational and recreation sides a parallel can
be found warranting the endowment of worthy motion pictures.
Education has always been the handmaid of philanthropy. It is a
service wherein there is no obligation. The educational motion pic-
ture is as truly a worthy' object of endowment as a school or a public
library, and for the same reasons. The need of private beneficence in
this new field i.s akin to the need which prompted the establishing of
the Russell Sage Foundation, the Peabody Education fund, the Car-
negie Institute at Washington, and the General Education board. It
would be most appropriate if some of the great fortunes which have
been made in motion pictures could be drawn upon for this magnifi-
cent work of universal education. Perhaps no one has a right to make
that suggestion. But when one stops to think that multitudes of the
patrons of picture theatres, who never step within a school or church
or library, could be reached, influenced, enlightened, helped to human-
itj" and contentment by the proper application of this new social
force, it seems as if the way must open for its speedy forwarding by
philanthropy. It is generally considered admirable that Mr. Carnegie
lias made it possible for any" man to find in a public library the book
he needs. Would it not be also admirable for some other thoughtful
man of wealth to send a message of enlightenment and good cheer
to the .SOO other men for whom the library does not exist? The ratio
of motion picture theatre patrons to public library patrons is 30<> to
one. is it not? Or is it higher still?
How could an endowment be made operative? .\ question not to
be answered offhand and In any event by motion picture men, prob-
ably by men who have sturticil the subject from all sldis. Perhaps
the niean.t might take the bbupe of a series of distributing stations
stocked by great collections of admirable tllnis ; the rental to be made
lower than that of other tllnis, that exhibitors might ba%-c the con-
stant temptation to use as many of the wholesome pictures as their
patronage would stand. The charge to all benevolent Institutions to
be nominal. It is a dream, surely, but sometimes dreams como true.
Western and Northern Michigan to Be Boosted by Pictures.
Secretary joliii L. Gibson, of the Western Michigan De-
velopment bureau, is directing the taking of an e.xtensive
series of moving pictures to advertise western and northern
Michigan. The first of the series was taken recently in
Grand Rapids by James S. Falkinburg, of Chicago.
Views of Grand Rapids and vicinity showing the river
front and its industrial buildings, the main streets, hotels,
public buildings, the important commercial and social cen-
ters, public parks and recreation resorts will be included in
the films. There will be also views showing western and
northern Michigan and its marvelous development. The
fine roads of this section of the state; the rich agricultural
territory, which is producing wealth and offering abundant
opportunities for investment and permanent homes for the
home seeker; the great fruit orchards and the thousand in-
dustries of thriving cities will be seen in the films. Cadillac,
Traverse City, Muskegon, Petoskey, Charlevoix, Manistee,
Frankfort and other important towns in western and north-
ern Michigan, with special attention to the shipping indus-
try, both by lake and rail, will be carefully covered.
Three thousand feet of film will be included in the plan
of advertisement which Secretary Gibson will energetically
carry out during the coming year.
Conditions in the South and Northwest.
Douglas H. Kergh, special traveling representative of
George Kleine. has just returned from a six weeks' trip
over territory including such important centers as Min-
neapolis, St. Paul, Dallas, New Orleans and Atlanta.
Mr. Bergh states that none of the large houses, and very
few of the small, have closed down during the summer in
any of the cities visited. He reports fair business every-
where, with glowing expectations of a splendid fall and win-
ter business. Exhibitors in the cities visited are all busy in
making bookings for the fall.
The northwest and western states promise unusually good
times for exhibitors, owing to the splendid crops. In the
south the European war has played havoc with the prices
of cotton, Mr. Bergh states. Previous to the opening of
the war, everyone in the south looked forward to a rejuven-
ation of business in all lines. Now the prices of cotton have
fallen from $10.00 to $14.00 per bale, making a difference to
the south of from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000.
In this connection it would be well for southern people
to remember the sensible advice recently given by the De-
partment of Agriculture to American farmers and bankers
who are in close touch with farm credits. That advice is
something like this: Use the nation's credit and stanchness
to the fullest extent. Withhold cotton from the market for
the time being. Bankers should assist both owners and
tenant farmers to hold cotton until the situation clears.
Dallas and Atlanta are both very prosperous just now,
and picture theaters are doing very well there. In Atlanta
there are 22 exchanges, which furnish films to a large ter-
ritory. Every exchange manager in .Atlanta is a member
of the Motion Picture Trades Club, of .Atlanta, and meet-
ings are held by the members weekly. This club serves to
promote harmony among exchange men and the results are
felt by tlieir customers. The .general welfare of the busi-
ness is the chief aim of this club. Atlanta furnishes films
to exhibitors in North and South Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
Alabama and East Tennessee.
The Dallas exchanges also cover a wide territory, em-
bracing Texas. Oklahoma, southern Kansas, Arkansas and
part of Louisiana. Mr. Bergh emphasizes that Dallas and
.\tlanta are the two best distributing points in the entire
south. New Orleans and Memphis also do considerable
business in the territory controlled chiefly by the cities just
mentioned.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Samuel S. Hutchinson, president of the American Film
Mfg. Co.. is at present in Switzerland with his wife and two
sons, Hobart and Winston. It is expected that Mr. Hutch-
inson and his family, on their wa}' home, will come out
through Italy and will probably sail from Genoa. Mr.
Hutchinson is not at all uneasy about his return trip. The
party is expected to leave Europe for the United States in
a few weeks.
* * *
Robert R. Levy, who was the last president of the Chi-
cago branch of the International Motion Picture Associa-
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tion, has received the endorsement of the republican county
organization for clerk of the Criminal Court of Cook Coun-
ty. This is an important position, carrying a salary of $10,-
000 per year and the appointment of about 100 men. It is
hoped that Mr. Levy will make a successful run in the com-
ing election, as his success will be of considerable benefit
to Chicago exhibitors. The primaries will be held on Sept.
9, and every Chicago exhibitor should make it a point to
give all publicitv possible to the candidacy of Mr. Levy.
* * *
Simeon B. Greiver has disposed of his interest in the
National Film Service, Inc., and is again in charge of the
booking department of the General Feature Film Co., at S
So. Wabash Ave., this city.
* * *
George N. Gollos, president of the G. & G. Feature Film
Co., of this city, left for New York, Saturday, Aug. 8, where
he will buy and contract for state right features for his ter-
ritory. He will be gone about two weeks.
* * *
David J. Chatkin, formerly connected with tlie Anti-Trust
Film Co.. before its purchase by the Universal, was ap-
pointed manager of the Chicago office of Warners Features,
recently.
* * *
The Chicago office of the Syndicate Film Corporation has
moved from 166 W. Washington street, to more spacious
quarters in Suite 411 Mailers Building, 5 S. Wabash avenue.
This office controls the booking of "The Million Dollar
Mystery" in some of the western states. A. W. Frillman,
assistant manager, states that the feature has played to good
summer business. The Continental Feature Film Corpora-
tion, with J. W. Brickhouse, manager, shares part of the
new offices.
* * *
W. Rayner, .of the Rayner Feature Film Co., with offices
in the Arcade Building, Dayton, O., was in the city last
week. Mr. Rayner reported fair business for the summer
season. This company handles all makes of machines,
screens and accessories.
* * *
L. B. Hancock, owner of the Lyric Theater, Knoxville,
111., paid the Chicago office a visit last week. Mr. Hancock
reported fine business at the Lyric, which has a seating
capacity of 250. General Film service is used and the ad-
mission is five and 10 cents for four reels. Mr. Hancock
renewed his subscription for the World.
* * *
George Kleine's "Antony and Cleopatra" has succeeded
"The Christian" at the Wilson Avenue Theater. This is the
first time that this fine photodrama has been seen outside
the loop.
* * *
The first annual "safety first campaign," under the aus-
pices of the South Park commissioners, was held Aug 5 and
Aug. 7 in Palmer Park, this city. Band concerts and mov-
ing picture exhibitions of "safety first" methods, used in
various cities of the world, formed the program. Large
crowds of working men and their families from the indus-
trial plants in the southern end of Chicago and suburbs at-
tended. Superintendents and engineers of factories and
mills, and men with full knowledge of safety methods, gave
interesting addresses and explained the pictures.
* * *
"Traffic in Souls," the Universal Film Company's "White
Slave" photoplay, which was rejected some time ago by the
Chica.go censor board, is now being shown at the Princess
Theater for an indefinite run. The permit for the picture
was issued by Major Funkhouser under the new ordinance
which gives city officials the right to permit the exhibition
of certain films for adults only.
* * *
The management of the Illinois Theater announces that
up to date 59,624 people have paid to see 'Cabiria." Over
70 of this number have seen the film five times, and eleven
have seen it seven times, it is said. It is the intention to
keep the big spectacle at the Illinois Theater until after
Labor Day, when it will be shown in another loop theater,
indefinitely.
V ■* *
The Chicago Tribune furnished about 130 of the more
important moving picture theaters in the city with war
news every evening last week. About 30 of the moving pic-
ture theaters in the loop were furnished special slides bear-
ing Tribune bulletins. These slides, typed as swiftly as the
news reached Chicago, were distributed by Tribune automo-
biles, and shown to the audiences a few minutes after they
came from the typewriters. For the outlying theaters the
Tribune adopted the plan of notifying the managers by
phone, of the latest news.
The Gold Theater, a beautiful new house devoted ex-
clusively to moving pictures, located at 3411 W. 12th street,
this city, was opened on Saturday, Aug. 8. The opening
attraction was \'itagraph's big production, "A Million Bid."
This theater, which cost $100,000, is claimed to be the most
modern picture playhouse in the city. The architectural
design is chaste, and the most up-to-date safeguards against
fire and the very latest system of ventilation have been in-
stalled. Special attention has been bestow-ed on the safety
of patrons. Numerous exits on the sides do awav with
crowding, and the front of the theater will be used only
as an entrance. This plan will prevent crowding or jam-
ming in case of panic.
* * *
Wm. I. Sweeney, a member of the national executive
committee of the M. P. E. L. of America, was seen Satur-
day, August 8, and informed me that the Chicago branch
of the I. M. P. A., at a meeting held July 31. had indorsed
the action of the mediation committee of the Association,
at the late Dayton convention. The manner of procedure
to bring about consolidation with the League will be dis-
cussed at a later meeting. Mr. Sweeney stated that he had
received a letter from George M. Luttrell. president of the
Illinois state branch, regarding arrangements for a meeting,
or convention, in the near future, when the warm weather
subsides.
* * :^
I have just received by mail, from E. H. Montagu, Selig's
European representative in London, an invitation to attend
the initial presentation of "The Spoilers" at the New Al-
hambra, London, on Thursday, July 30th. The big feature
is being presented by Jury's Imperial Pictures, Ltd., who
are the owners of the exclusive rights for the United King-
dom. Thanks Monty. Sorrv I can't drop in.
MAINE THEATER MANAGERS MEET.
A meeting of theater managers of Maine was held on
Auguse 4 at Mitchell's Inn, Cape Elizabeth. Portland, Me.
Present were D. D. Leader, Portland; J. W. Greeley. Port-
land; Moxley Blumenberg, Portland; E. A. Crawford,
Brunswick; Wilbur Shea, Eastport; Thomas H. Cuddy, Au-
gusta; W. E. Reeves, Portland; J. A. Emery, Bar Harbor;
A. P. Lewistown; Neil Kelliher, Waterville; Frank Hoy,
Lewistown; F. E. Mortimer, Freeport; Norman Merrill, Yar-
mouth; Fred Mason, Livermore Falls; J. M. Goodwin, Hal-
lowell; H. A. Hall, Kennebunkport; Harold Ashworth. Ken-
nebunk: Trisaline Goodwin, \'inalhaven: Charles Rush,
Millinocket; C. H. Seymour, Houlton; T. T. Pray, Water-
ville; E. L. Crawford, Bath; A. J. Pine, Rumford; F. L.
Jenne, Lisbon Falls; E. Norman Fowler, Dover; Frank D.
Robinson, Waterville; Charles Hablow. Calais; Arthur Al-
len, Bangor; Fred M. Eugle}', Rockland.
The new organization adopted the title The Maine State
Theater Managers Protective Association and is intended
to include all managers, regardless of the policy of the
house, and the object is mutual protection and improvement
of the business. These officers were elected:
President. D. D. Leader: treasurer, J. W. Greeley; secre-
tary, Moxley Blumenberg; directors. E. A. Crawford, Wil-
bur Shea. Thomas H. Cuddy, W. E. Reeves, J. A. Emery
and A. P. Bibber.
Mr. Bibber was also elected publicity agent.
It was decided to allow all persons interested in the theat-
rical business such as booking agents, film exchange men,
suppl}- men and others to become honorary members. In
accordance with this resolution the following were elected
to membership: Fred Marto, Bostoi/ Booking Office: Sam-
uel H. Haase. General Film: George .\ppleby. Mutual Film;
Charles Stern. Universal Film: William H. Ankeltelle. War-
ner's Features: Peter Harris. Georee Kleine Film; Joseph
Donnelly. Electric Film: A. J. Rifkin. Eastern Features;
Samuel Merchant, Box Office Attractions.
BEATING A SUNDAY LAW.
All sorts of interesting angles are developing in connec-
tion with the Sunday closing proposition in the southwest.
Beck Brothers, owners of Riverside Park at Hutchison,
Kan., got the local courts all tangled up in the question
of what constitutes a theater. The Becks had been forbid-
den to give Sundav picture shows at Riverside Park, which
is in the city. They stationed projecting apparatus and a
screen in the Arkansas River, which is outside the ci^y lim-
its and gave a performance of "Traffic in Souls" on Sunday
night: the crowd saw it from the park. The city attorney
contends the theater includes the crowd and all. The oth-
ers are tracing the Greek theater from the time when the
term referred to the hillside on which the audience sat
and watched the performance in the valley. It is probable
that the case will get to the higher courts for decision.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
11U5
Moving- Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
LATEST EDUCATIONALS.
AMONG the latest educationals issued by Pathe are
several superior North African pictures which are a
combination of scenic, historical and industrial. "The
City of Dakar" is unusually picturesque and interesting, and
is a splendid type of Oriental life of the upper middle class
inhabitants, if such a description may be applied to dis-
tinguish these people from the less prosperous people which
make the majority of the inhabitants of these regions.
Situated upon the beautiful Bernard Bay, it appears a water-
ing place of importance, its promenade, shaded by an avenue
of palms, is evidently a "Fifth Avenue" of the east.
Cairo. — This world-wide known city, is presented in care-
fully studied detail, as the capital of Egypt it is always of
importance, and a knowledge of its important places is
valuable to everyone. .\ panoramic view of the city is
astonishingly large, its flat roofs giving it the appearance
of a great white sheet stretching towards the ocean. Its
citadel of 1116 A. D. is a substantial building, as are also its
several gates and arch-houses which are notable in archi-
tectural beauty and massive construction. The Tombs of
the Kalifs form one of the attractions of tourists, these pic-
tures will, therefore, add to the value of kinematographic
time-saving travel: Arab cafes and native manners and cus-
toms, with the intermingling Europeans, gives also a view
of its cosmopolitan character: the picture must, with the
others, be added to those of interest to schools.
Military Trained Dogs in Belgium.
This picture is doubly appropriate at this time, its ap-
pearance will therefore command increased attention. The
dogs seemingly as large as the well-known Great Dane are
well cared for. To be groomed like horses is a daily habit
they evidently enjoj- and appreciate, while their appearance
gives evidence of the good results of such careful treatment.
With remarkable promptitude they obey and enter into the
drill for the daring duties required of them in warfare. For
drawing the smaller grade of guns they are of singular use-
fulness, being able to climb narrow winding paths where
no other strong animal could possibly find" a footing, in
like manner in descending steep ravines they are particularly
clever. When in action they lie down totally undisturbed
by the noise or concussion of the guns. One of the most
important features of their ability is displayed in their going,
unaccompanied by soldiers, to different points of vantage at
the simple call of the soldier who needs them, thus causing
the moving of the guns from place to place in an almost
unnoticeable manner. Being a new order of picture, to-
gether with the fact that it is a portrayal of trained animals
whose training is of such importance, will secure for this
picture more than ordinary attention.
Uriage and Vicinity.
This picture from East France introduces a place and
country little if not entirely unknown to the majority of
people w-ho will see it: to see it, however, in film is a great
treat, it is untioubtedly one of the most beautiful of its
kind. As a holiday resort the place is certainly ideal, natur-
ally most picturesque, with a seemingly suitable climate.
and the resort of people of an artistic nature, it shows itself
as possessed of a reputation second only to many and more
familiarly known European resorts. As a scenic, perhaps
no more beautiful one has ever been released, especially as
rnuch of the film is delightfully colored in nature enhancing
tints. Magnificent waterfalls at Brenda. the entrancing
vistas of Branne Farine, in which tourists are seen enjoying
the delights of the places, and the unique methods of travel,
will almost prove an attractive advertisement for the place,
as no one can see these beautiful surroundings without at
least a sirnple desire to visit them in reality. The film also
contains views of Ai.x le Bains and the snow capped Alps,
together with the beautiful Sierroz Falls, the whole making
one of the most comprehensive and educational scenic films
yet seen. Today Pathe's Weekly is more interesting than
ever, always good, it is now of added interest because of
scenes which are uppermost in people's minds everywhere.
The air navies of France and Germany will attract everyone.
Poor, indeed, will be the school that does not take ad-
vantage of opportunities never offered to any previous gene-
ration. These pictures of European war preparations arc
an education in themselves, and it is here we see and ap-
l)reciate the value of the moving-picture as never before.
The monster dirigibles of Germany are seen in all their
majestic power, while a fleet of 500 aeroplanes on the I-'rcnch
fields is a most wonderful sight, giving some evidence of
the great and secret advance which has been made in the
use of flying machines ready for the present crisis.
Views of English troops being reviewed by King George,
and of French troops reviewed by President Poincaire, to-
gether with other incidents and personages of active im-
portance, go to make up the most timely and instructive
films. There are also pictures of the .\merican interest
in these times: the cruiser Tennessee on its important mis-
sions to Europe is shown, also the Florida on guard duty
in the New York bay. Every week this series will develop
new importance, which, while proving a drawing power to
every exhibitor, ought justly so to be, for those with the
slightest desire for knowledge and information ought cer-
tainly to keep pace with the weekly topical films.
Eclair Productions.
The Eclair company has added to its list of educational
films, we notice at this time, one from Ceylon on the tea
industry, which is of unique interest.
The culture of tea in all its branches is carefully depicted,
the growth of the plants, the gathering of the three-year-old
leaves, the methods of working by the natives, the frying
of the leaves to obtain the black or the green tea products;
selecting, drying, winnowing, brewing and tasting are all
in turn shown with the final packing and transportation to
the foreign users. They have also scenes from North .\frica
and the most important being the town of Biskra with its
instructive local settings together with the surrounding
views and attractions.
To those who look to the educational column for advice
upon the best pictures to be used in all select entertain-
ments we do not hesitate to advise adding the "Call of the
North." This film is fullv reviewed in the Moving Picture
World so that comment here is not necessary further than
to say that the film is one of unusual merit, rich in scenic
beauty and other features apart from the interest found in
the thrilling story.
Municipal Exhibitions.
From St. Louis. Mo., comes unusual accounts of the suc-
cess of free municipal exhibitions of 'moving pictures. The
enormous number of forty-five thousand people is given as
the first week's total observers, as many as ten thousand
being in attendance on one evening. It is interesting to
note that the leading film shown and demanded is the topical
or "news-film:" this is as it should be. and is an evidence
both of appreciation and desire on the part of the public
at large. The children liked animal pictures, and the adults
approved the travel series: of course, the good drama and
the comics were indispensable: thus the programme was such
as to please the critic, and satisfy the fastidious. Next week
such pictures as the House-Fly will be shown for their
hygenic teachings, it is also announced that pictures will
not be shown on Sundaj-s in such a waj- as to interfere with
the church services. "Safety First" films are coming to the
front, as much for their picture interest as for their in-
formation and advice, with life saving results: it is certainly
crowning the educative power of the picture to make it a
life-saver as well as an educator. In children's games they
serve the double purpose of teaching games while depicting
the dangers of incorrectly or wildly plaj'ed ones.
It is reported that the Government may permit a set
of films showing the incidents at Vera Cruz and the rnan-
oeuvres of the American fleet in Mexican waters. If this is
done it will be necessarily along purely educational lines,
as of course no films can be produced which could in any
waj' give cause for any unfriendly feeling on the part of
our Mexican neighbors.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
" The Forbidden Trail "
A Two-Part Tragedy by Kleine-Celio with Marked Sus-
pense and Beautifully Made in Every Way.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is art in this picture, not only in the way it
was written, but in the direction, the acting and the
photography. It is one of those offerings that eminent-
ly satisfy our human feeling of pleasure in success. And
perhaps this feeling is the keynote in all our delight in the
products of art. Perfect art is wholly social. The ideal of
any player in portraying a character is to lose himself
wholly in the character. This disarms envy; because it is so
impersonal. So our pleasure in real art is untinctured by
lower feelings. But the sword cuts with both edges and
that is why our displeasure in poor attempts at art is so
painful — we feel that the artist, obtruding his own awkward
hands in the midst of our pleasure, is presumptions and a
nuisance.
Humanity is normally charitable with human weakness.
Absolute perfection is impossible for more than short pas-
sages and only the keenest minds are sensible of anything
but glaring differences from perfection. Also when the
mind is wrapped in some "pipe dream" story we are the
more hypnotized to see nothing but the acceptable fates
Scene from "The Forbidden Trial" (Kleine).
unfolded. Yet in a tragedy such as "The Forbidden Trail"
— it is a very poor name for this picture — art is necessary.
In it the pleasure that art gives more than counterbalances
our sympathetic discomfort in the story of its unpleasant
fates. There are many happy moments in it, sincerely
acted and wholly convincing; there is that about it that
makes us think we are looking at real life in Italy; and
there are lieautifully photographed glimpses of some lovely
parts of Italy in it that are as though we were there to see
them ourselves. ■
The story opens with a picture of an Italian school for
girls conducted by Sisters of St. Francis. There is both
humor and humanity in this and it is fine. The heroine., a
pretty, young girl, is called away by her father and enters
social life. An artic explorer is attracted by her and she,
too, falls in love with and marries him. We heartily com-
mend the sets that serve for these scenes. The rooms of
the heroine's home are at once rich and dignified. There
is wisdom in the director's use of pictures and tapistry all
through the picture — this is something that too many direc-
tors pay little attention to. The heroine and her Imsband
are happy for awhile; but she is a flirt and he grows
jealous. Yet the script is so written that one can not take
complete partisanship — this partisanship or lack of it is one
of the chief distinctions between a "pipe dream" and a work
of art — the spectator in this picture blames neither man
nor wife; but is kept deeply interested to see how the
situation is going to turn out. In time, the husband's
jealousy irritates the young wife and makes her reckless.
Soon her flirtations become something not so innocently
colored as they had been; she goes entirelv beyond the per-
missible. The husband sets a trap and learns of a meeting
arranged to be in a cabin. He waits there. The lover comes
and he confronts him; hands him a revolver and they go
outside. When the woman arrives, he is back in the cabin
alone to meet her. He upbraids her and forces her to leave
by a side door where she finds the body of her lover lying
on the grass.
Submarine Pictures on Exhibition
Unusual Subjects Photographed by Williamson Brothers
Being Shown at Museum of Natural History.
THE submarine pictures taken by the Williamson
brothers in the waters adjacent to the Bahama Islands,
descriptions of which frequently have been printed
in the Moving Picture World, were put on e-xhibition Tues-
day, August 12, at the Museum of Natural History in New
York. J. W. Kellette directed the exhibition, which was the
second public showing of these unusual subjects, the first
having been before the Smithsonian Institution in Wash-
ington. The pictures were taken last May by the William-
son submarine expedition, consisting of Captain Charles
Williamson, the inventor of the apparatus; his sons, G. M.
and J. E. Williamson, and Dr. Glover, who at the initial
showing at the Museum delivered a descriptive lecture.
The display began with many scenes of Bahama life and
landscapes on New Providence and Watling's Islands. Then
followed scenes from the bottom of the ocean, with the coral
formations and plant life found there, and a number of varie-
ties of fish, which, it was said, had never been photographed
before. The film showed the entire processes of the sponge
fishery, which is one of the leading industries of the Ba-
hamas. More interesting than this, however, was an excel-
lent display of the divin? skill of the negro boys, who sur-
round liners in their skiffs and dive for pennies thrown
from the decks.
Another feature was an illustration of the methods used
in catching sharks. The submarine cinematograph caught
the sharks fighting each other for food, the letting down of
the bait, the struggle on the hook, and finally the killing of
the man-eater as they were brought to the surface. At the
climax of the show was shown a film of J. E. Williamson
diving with a knife in his teeth, fighting and killing a shark
under water in front of the camera, and returning safely to
the outer air, the doer of this deed being present in the
audience to receive congratulations at the close of the show.
The Submarine Film Corporation has been formed to put
these pictures on the market. The company is organized
under the laws of Virginia and has a capitalization of $100,-
000. Among the incorporators are T. S. Southgate, Nathan-
iel Beaman, A. F. Cathey, C. R. Capps, G. M. Wilkinson,
who will be secretary-treasurer, and J. F. Williamson, who
will be general manager. C. J. Hite, president of the Than-
houser Film Corporation, is one of the stockholders and will
have charge of the distribution of all the company's subjects.
Frank C. Payne, a well-known theatrical man, will have
charge of booking and publicity. . .,
"THE VIRGINIAN" (Lasky).
The first release of the Jesse'L. Lasky Feature Play Com-
pany through the newly formed Paramount Pictures Cor-
poration will be Owen Wister and Kirk La Shelle's thrilling
western tale "The Virginian," with Dustin Farnum in the
title role.
"The Virginian" in five parts and four hundred scenes, is
looked upon by the Lasky people as their best production, to
Scene from "The Virginian" (Lasky >.
date. Certainly from the magnificent opportunities afforded
by the book, a most interesting visualization is possible.
Many of the scenes in "The Virginian" were laid in the
Calistoga, Cal., country. .\ cast of three hundred players,
including James Neil. Winifred Kingston, J. W. Johnston
and Cecilia De Mille, daughter of Cecil B. De Mille, Lasky's
director general.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1107
" The Next in Command "
Interesting Story of Soudan in the New Pasquali Four-Part
Offering — Has Strong Situations.
Rcvicwccl by Hanford C Judsoii.
THilKE have been few pictures dealing with the Soudan
ahhough that land is at present the one spot in the
world where roniancc still lives as of old. The pres-
ent offering, "The Xext in Command," a four-part picture
by Pasquali, gets added value as much from the freshness,
as from the romance-tincture in its hackKrouuds. It tells a
good yarn, too, which begins with a love affair between a
young lieutenant and Zuleika, only daughter of the headman
of the Aralis who have been beaten but not pacitied and arc
holding the neighl)oring country around a camp of soldiers.
Taking this love story for its opening, the lucture de-
velops into a drama with some of the hnest possible situa-
tions. The lieutenant's love affair might have prospered
well enough had it not been for a captain, liis superior of-
ficer, who catches a glimpse of Zuleika and takes an irresis-
tible fancy to her. To get her into his power the captain
begins to play the villain in the most approved way. He
sends one of the lieutenant's gloves to the Arab princess
with an urgent request to "follow the bearer," who conducts
her to the captain's tent. The lieutenant, who happens to
be passing, hears the struggle and sees through the thin
canvas of the tent the shadow of the girl fighting to be
free from the hateful arms of the villain. With his knife
he cuts a long slit down the side of the tent and jumping
through confronts the captain. There is a struggle which
ends with the captain's being shot by the revolver of the
hero. He and the girl escape together to the city of the
.■\rabs where, for the girl's sake, the chief receives him
with a kiss of \velcome.
Now, as the statement of the picture already has made
clear to us, the father of the lieutenant is a major and when
the captain is found dead by the guard after hearing the
shot, it is he who comes to investigate. Picking up a bit of
wood he realizes that it is his son who has committed the
crime, for so he thinks it is. He doesn't want to accuse his
son; but there is his dutv to the flag and he is true to it.
The colonel orders the lieutenant-colonel of the force to
take out a company and bring in the escaped lover, dead or
alive. It is then reported to him that that officer lies sick and
cannot comply. The colonel orders, "Take it to the next
in command." not realizing that he is sending out the boy's
own father. The father goes as in duty bound.
The Arabs seeing the force coming out against them de-
cide to attack and the little band is soon surrounded and in
great danger of being annihilated. This makes the youth,
who is withthe Arabs, hesitate. He sends the girl back to
the camp ^yith the news that the force is being massacred
and himself dashes through the investing Arabs back to the
flag. The vouth and his father, bein" the sole survivors,
hold the ground till help comes and then the major arrests
the son. The colonel hears the story and is perplexed till
a note is brought out to him from the camp statine that
the wound of the captain is superficial so he shakes hands
with the lad and they bring back the girl with them, sug-
gesting a happy ending to the love story.
It is a smoothly and clearly told story for the many.
With no pretense to art. the tale never fails to interest and,
while it is just one of those productions that attracts the
captious critic as sugar does the fly, it is also the kind of
picture that is sure to go very well with the average patron
who comes to be amused and to kill time and not to be in-
structed or edified. The backgrounds — they seem to have
been taken in Africa — are perfect and full of the right ro-
mantic suggestion. The acting is satisfactorv and the pho-
tography is good.
SIGNING UP WITH ALL-STAR.
Owing to the fact that the All-Star Feature Corporation
has just completed its first year of producing and that the
existing contracts for the majority of territories of the
United States and the World begin with the fiscal year,
comrnencing September first, there has been considerable
activity at the All-Star general offices during the past ten
days.
While it has not definitely been given out at the oflices,
whom are to be the distributors of All-Star pictures for
the coming year, it is generally presumed that the list wmU
remain pretty much the same as it has in times gone by.
Already more than 70 per cent, of last year's agencies have
signified their desire to negotiate with the .\1I-Star Com-
pany for another twelve months' period, and it is expected
that with the next issue there will be anounced the entire
list of distributors to handle the All-Star products.
MORE LASKY STARS.
Three new stars in the Lasky fold are announced this
week in Charles Richman. Theodore Roberts and Charles
Cherry, all of whom bear excellent reputations as dramatic
artists of ability.
Theodore Roberts, without doubt one of the foremost
character actors of the day and star of "The Barrier," "The
Confession," and other successes, will appear for the Lasky
people in the picturization of George Barr McCutcheon's
book, "The Rose in the King" which, as a motion picture
will be known as "The King-Master."
Mr. Richnian's latest appearance was as star of Jack
Lait's success "Help Wanted," which ran for ?ix months at
Chas. Richman.
Theo. Roberts.
Chas. Cherry.
Maxine Elliott's Theater and in which Mr. Kichman was
called upon to portray an extremely difficult role. Mr.
Richman will appear in "The Man from Home" for the
Lasky concern. "The Man from Home" with William
Hodge in the leading role played at the Astor Theater for
two years and is one of the most attractive of American
plays.
Charles Cherry, star of a dozen Broadway successes, but
most recently seen in Charles Frohman's "Seven Sisters"
and the Shubert's "Girls," will be seen in a picture to be
released by Lasky in December.
This trio of stars added to the long list already under
engageinent with the Lasky Feature Play Conij)any. gives
that firm sufficient stars to carry them over a period of two
years with the necessitv of repetition of stars a scant possi-
bility.
SAWYER, INC., TO HANDLE LIBERTY FILMS.
Continuing its policy of handling only the liest products
in the film business. Sawyer. Inc.. has this week made ar-
gangements to handle the output of the Liberty Motion Pic-
ture Co. of Philadelphia. This company is a new one in
the field and is backed by wealthy Philadelphia business men.
The company has established a magnificent studio and labo-
ratory in Germantown, a complete description of which was
published in these columns a few weeks ago.
This move is an important one for Sawj-er. Inc.. as the
Liberty Company plan to release one four-reeler every
month, and one and two reel comedies at short intervals.
The first four reel production will be ready to exhibit in the
Sawyer Pompeiian Projecting room .Aug. 29. It is a sub-
ject dealing with the Canadian Northwest and is replete
with dramatic situations.
WAR WON'T AFFECT BERLIN ANILINE WORKS.
George Barrows, sales manager of the Berlin .Aniline
Works, wants it known, that on account of the enormous
stock on hand of Metol photo developing chemicals and
printing colors, his company, in spite of the European war
now in progress, will be able to take care of all of its con-
tracts, also any new business that presents itself, at the
regular prices.
RAMO IN NEW STUDIO.
This week will find the Ramo Company in its new studios
at Flushing. L. I. Mr. George Gebhart is director, and
John Arnold is camera expert. In all future features new
faces will be used and only the highest class professionals
will be used in the casts.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Manufacturers' Advance Notes
"HIS BROTHER'S BLOOD" (Lubin).
William H. I.ippert has in this, written a ver\' strange
story and evolved a strong and interesting picture, which
will appeal to the students of anatomy. .\ Dr. Kenneth and
his brother Gerald are both in love with an attractive young
lady, she favors the younger, brother Gerald, an artist, who
gets into a quarrel with a companion, who accidentally kills
himself. Gerald fearing that he will be accused of murder
flees and later is supposed to have been killed in a fire.
Years pass and the fugitive has landed in San I'rancisco.
There he reads that his sweetheart is about to marry his
Scene from "His Brother's Blood" (Lubin)
brother. He returns a derelict, and witnessing a love scene
collapses. -At the hospital the doctor tests the blood of a
supposedly tramp patient, and discovers that it resembles
his own and by this recognizes his brother. He surrenders
the sweetheart to the one she really loves and is rewarded
by the fact that he has made a wonderful scientific discov-
ery. The photoplay is cleverly staged bj' Lloyd B. Carle-
ton, who has assigned the leading roles to Ormi Hawley
and Edward T. Peil. The cast also includes a number of
the Lubin famous players.
WAR TOPICS IN PATHE'S WEEKLY NO 49.
The issue of Fathe's W cekly of -\ugust 8, and numbered
49, contains timely pictures bearing on the European war.
There are views of German dirigibles. Then there is shown
a large fleet of the 550 aeroplanes on which the French
army depends so strongly. They are pictured in flight as
well as grouped on the ground. We see the French liner
"Lorraine" sailing with reservists, with unbounded enthusi-
asm afloat and ashore. There is a bit with Prime Minister
Asquith of England, prominent. The United States ship
"Tennessee" sails with $7,000,000 for stalled .\mericans. We
see in Epinal, France, one of the centers of mobilization.
French engineers rapidly build a bridge of pontoons. Albert
I of Belgium, famous in a week, as the leader of a humble
nation, who has upset the two-score-year-long plans of the
greatest militarj- power in the world, is shown. There is a
sketch of French troops leaving Paris. Another picture,
short but surely impressive, is of Mrs. Wilson, the late First
Ladv of the Land. She is shown in health.
"CABIRIA" GOES TO THE GLOBE.
"Cabiria" will move to the Globe Theatre on Monday.
August 17th. to continue for a further period its remarkable
engagement. The previous plans at the Knickerbocker
made its remaining beyond August 16th impossible, and
realizing the great vogue and success of this attraction.
C. B. Dillingham placed his theatre at the disposal of this
picture to continue its long run and to remain in Xew York
when the regular season is inaugurated.
SAWYER, INC., TO MARKET "DOC."
Sawyer Inc. put over another scoop this week when they
secured the exclusive marketing rights for the world for
the first Eleanor Gates motion picture. The picture is in
four reels and is a picturization of the story of "Doc" which
was featured in the Saturday Evening Post. It is consid-
ered one of Miss Gates' best works, vieing with her suc-
cessful "Poor Little Rich Girl" in popularity. Miss Gates'
stories are well known in dramatic circles. In addition to
her "Poor Little Rich Girl" she has also written the "Biog-
raphy of a Prairie Girl," "Cupid the Cow Punch," and others
which are well known as "best sellers." She has also writ-
ten a number of one act plays which have been produced
successfully. In the picturization of "Doc" she has incor-
porated the most dramatic incidents of the story. The
Scene from "Doc."
picture was produced at Mount Kisco. New York, and the
rugged quarry scenes and forest backgrounds give some
wonderfully life-like effects. The story of "Doc" deals
with the experiences of a young M. D. whose struggles
for existence are very dramatic and interesting. One of the
spectacular scenes of the picture is that in which a serious
accident in a granite quarry is shown.
The picture is technicallj- excellent. The photography
is particularly fine. A very superior cast of principals has
been used, and the picture will take its place as one of the
film classics of the season. The subject will be released
August 24th, and will be distributed through the Sawyer
booking zones.
DAVID HORSLEY SIGNS FAMOUS CLOWNS.
Contemplating a series of one reel comedies. David Hors-
ley. of the Centaur Company, has engaged the services of
several clowns of international reputation. They are Harry
La Pearl, leading circus clown in the L'nited States: Tommy
Mullins, one of the best known pantomimists: Spook Han-
son, who enjoys an international reputation as a silent
comedian; Jimmie Hyland. famous mule rider, and George
Zammett, rizley acrobat. This company of celebrities will
lie under the direction of Tommie- Mullens.
GOLDIN MAKING FEATURE.
Mr. Sidney Goldin, who has been at the head of The
Goldin Feature Film Co.. has severed all connection with
that firm. In the future he can be found in his new offices.
Xo. 12 Broadway Theater Bldg., New York, where he is
preparing a feature production, "The Robbers," on which he
started actual producing August 9.
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1109
•A LUCKY DECEPTION" (Nestor).
They looked upon the wine when it was red and into
the lady's eyes when they sparkled, and when they regained
consciousness Rob and Lee, his chum, found themselves in
a vile dungeon cell playini; tag with cock-roaches. That
is how all the trouble started in this delicious, romping,
hilarious two-reel comedy by the Universal-Nestor Com-
pany. Written and produced by .-M. E. Christie and fea-
turing the inimitable trio, Lee Moran, Eddie Lyons and
Victoria Fordc, it is the biggest bunch of fu:i that has
come over the way in a long time.
To comment with justice upon the merits of this comedy
is a thing almost impossible: it's just plain, good rich com-
edy, depending on clever situations and cleverer acting. You
have to see it to rightly appreciate it.
Scene from "A Lucky Deception" (Nestor).
In due time, following the incarceration, a fuzzy-faced
professor from the college invaded the jail and after arrang-
ing for the liberation of the two miscreants, informed them
that each had been expelled from the school. When Bob
reached home the news of his disgrace had preceded him.
Said his father; "You are forcing me to a course which
I abhor, but you must accept my proposition or fare for
yourself. If you will marry and settle down to a quiet life
within a month I will give you ?5.000. If not. out you go."
Such a tame end to a rollicking college career did not
impress Bob. Howbeit. Bob carried the news to Lee.
"I will marry you," said Lee. "I made a hit as a woman
impersonator in our college plays and now is my oppor-
tunity to vindicate myself as an actor."
Bob introduced Lee as his prospective wife. The rest
of the comedy does with the adventures^love and other-
wise— of the two bovs. The release date is .\ugust 2L
COMMERCIAL KILMERS AND COMMERCIAL
MOTION PICTURES.
W. F. Porter, of the Commercial Filmers. a non-incorp-
orated association which manufactures, advertises and dis-
tributes commercial motion pictures, w-rites to the Chicago
office that the contract for the exclusive rights to take
motion pictures of the greatest Style Show in the world,
has been closed by the members. This Style Show will be
given -\ug. 18th in Medinah Temple. Chicago, by the Chi-
cago Garments Manufacturers' .Association.
Medinah Temple has one of the largest auditoriums in
the city, and will seat 4,500 people comfortably. The stage
on which the big show will be exhibited is 70x70 feet. .About
250 garments will be exhibited on the best living models
obtainable, and a scenario will be woven around the display
that will highly enhance the interest. Mr. Porter states
that this spectacular feature will excel anything that has
hitherto been attempted in this line.
A competent stage director has been secured for the oc-
casion, and motion pictures of the big style show will be
taken and distributed throughout the L^nited States and
Canada by the Commercial Filmers. The office of the Com-
mercial Filmers is located at 1101 W. Randolph Street,
Chicago.
Mr. Porter states that the big demand for seats already
made will more than tax the capacity of Medinah Temple.
THE ELEVENTH PAULINE EPISODE (Eclectic).
In the eleventh episode of "The Perils of Pauline," Di-
rector Gasnier has provided a thrilling automobile pursuit
and smash-up. Pauline, determined to attend a wedding,
refuses to be balked when Harry, in order to save her from a
threatened catastrophe which Owen has planned at the
festivities, and has sent away the large automobile, takes
the small mnchine. For a chaufTeur she uses a newlv em-
Scene from Eleventh Episode of "Perils of Pauline."
ployed gardener, none too sound of mind, but in whom she
recognizes a racing driver recently escaped from a hospital
following a severe accident. She is not mistaken in the
identity, but when the driver feels the wheel in his hand
and the wind in his face, the old mania for speed returns.
Then follows a reckless run, terminating in a dash over
an embankment. Harry, pursuing, is unal)le to catch up
with., the fast-traveling machine. .\11 he can do is to pick up
the two injured persons and send them to the hospital. The
picture is finely photographed.
"THE TERROR OF THE AIR" (Hepworth).
.\ thrilling two-part drama, brilliantly pictured and enacted
bi' an exceptionally capable cast is the "The Terror of the
Air." The story deals with a young engineer who invents
a marvelous device by wnich he is able to e.xplode under-
ground mines from an aeroplane, and as a result oi which.
Scene from "The Terror of the Air" (Hepworth).
he is known as 'The Terror of the Air." A foreign spy and
the boy's own mother are defeated in their attempt to gain
the secret of the invention.
A realistic explosion and several mid-air scenes are used
with admirable effect. The cast includes Henry Vibart, Tom
Powers. Harry Royston. Stewart Rome and \'iolet Hopson —
a scintillant galax}- of the Hepworth Manufacturing Co.'s
stock company. This feature will he released Au,ffust 29tli.
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"MONEY" (Keanograph).
To get at the truth and staj- there in his advertisements
is the salient idea of James Keane. President and General
Manager of the United Keanograph Film Co., of Fairfax,
Cal.. in the exploitation of his product.
In the double page advertisement in the last issue of the
Moving Picture World, it was noticed that each of the six
scenes were half tone cuts made from the film itself and
not from drawings or still pictures, .\ttesting to the truth
of this were the marks of the sprocket holes and the push-
Scene from "Money' (Keanograph).
pins which held the pieces of film to the board when the
photographic enlargement was taken.
Photographs taken from film are usually dim and faint but
the results from these pieces of the positive of "Money" the
six reel premiere production of the Keanograph Co., came
out clear and sharp, certifying significantly to the quality of
the photography.
The richness of the settings at the Million Dollar Dinner,
as shown by the cut, indicate to what great financial expend-
itures the company has gone in making it. The photograph
of "The Girl in the Oyster" evinces a novel idea of sensa-
tional power.
KLEINE'S "VENDETTA" THROUGH GENERAL FILM
It has been definitelv decided that the beautiful five reel
Kleine subject, "\endetta," will be released through the
General Film Company, Special Feature Department. Ad-
Scene from "The Vendetta" (Kleine).
vance reports claim that "Vendetta" is headed for a tre-
mendous success in America. Aside from Marie Corelli's
sensational story, the settings are the most beautiful that
could be found in Southern Italy, the photography superfine,
and the acting sensational in the extreme.
Since "Quo \'adis" great things have been expected of the
Kleine feature service. In its way this production holds
up the reputation of the name.
"THE WAR EXTRA' (Blache).
Actual scenes of the bloody battle of Monclova. combined
with a strong storj' of love and adventure, staged in the
very atmosphere of war which it demanded, places the four
part drama, "The War Extra," produced by Blache Features,
in a class by itself.
In order to stage this remarkable drama in the most ef-
fective manner it was necessary to send a company of
Blache players to Eagle Pass, Texas, and thence across the
border into the middle of the Mexican war zone. During
their stay in Monclova the great battle which left that
city a mass of smouldering ruins took place around them
and was made a part of the photodrama.
Scene from "The War Extra" (Blache).
The leading character of the story is a war correspondent
sent by "The Herald" to get "war news," and to get it at
any cost. The battle of Monclova gives him his great
opportunit}-, and in spite of the fact that he is attacked
by Mexican outlaws as a spy and finally driven to the
United States border, where he is rescued in the nick of
time by a large band of cowboys and the U. S. Border
Patrol, he succeeds in wiring his great news to the paper
and scoring a "scoop" which gives him both fame and
fortune.
Intimate and interesting scenes connected with the pub-
lishing of a war extra by a great American newspaper, fol-
low the arrival of the war correspondent's account of the
great battle in \ew York. Every department of the paper
is immediately set in motion and the excitement is intense
from the time the first news of the battle reaches the edi-
torial rooms until tlie "extras" are sent broadcast through-
out the country.
SEVEN SEALED ORDERS (Essanay).
Richard C. Travers comes forth as a mystery and a solver
of mystery in the new two-act drama. "Seven Sealed Orders."
lo be released bj' the Essanay Company Friday, .\ugust 28.
The story is by Edgar Franklin, and is an adaptation from
the Munsey Magazines, Filled throughout with Oriental
mysticism and intricate plots and counter-plots, this photo-
play is one of the best produced this season. Travers, as
Joseph Keene, accepts a commission of twenty thousand
dollars, in consideration of which he is to follow seven
sealed orders. The story is woven around a huge diamond
and a Hindoo. Keene follows the orders, the big diamond
is recovered and all ends happily. Thomas Commerford.
Rapley Holmes and M. C. \'on Betz, have excellent parts
in the play.
RENFAX INCREASES CAPITALIZATION.
The Renfax Company announces an increase of capital-
ization from ?90,000 to S425.000. The directors and members
of the executive board are John' H. Fla.ger. until recently
president of the Riker-Hegeman chain of drug stores, and
Eugene Meyer. Jr., of the banking firm of Eugene Meyer,
Jr.. & Co., of Wall street. New York. The officers of the
Renfax Company are .Arthur M. Hess, president: DeWitt
Fox. vice-president and Harold Lewis, secretary. Renfax
has made eight}- subjects and is adding to its list at the rate
of lour each week.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1111
Eugene H. Roth
HW \: villi liccii to San Francisco? Well, you'll prob-
alily !io there durin<; the exposition, and when you do,
don't fail to visit Eugene H. Roth, the ycntlenian
whose picture is shown on this page. Take a good look at him
and von won't he surprised to know that lie is a top notcher,
and that he is respon-
sible for the pojuilar-
ity of the most popu-
1 a r moving picture
theater in San Fran-
cisco, The P o r I o 1 a
Theater, the "house of
features."
Take a tip. there
isn't any bet over-
looked by Mr. Roth in
making the patrons of
li i s theater comfort-
able, nor is he less suc-
cessful in securing the
trims that fetch the
fans.
The 1,200 comfort-
able chairs in this the-
a t e r are in such de-
mand that you had bet-
ter secure j'our seats in
advance. The visitor
tried to get a seat sev-
eral times during the
run of the "Spoilers"
and was courteously
informed that the man-
agement regretted that
the theater wasn't large
enough to meet the demand for seats. I understand the
same was handed out durinsr the run of the "Christian."
Mr. Roth says that he has no fear of the future for mov-
ing pictures as long; as the standard of the "Spoilers" and
the "Christian" can be kept up, and he believes that still
finer things are doing and will be done.
Eugene ti. Roth.
"THE MIRACLE" (Eclair).
A one-reel rural drama which will be released by the
Eclair Film Company, Inc., on Sundaj', .\ugust 23d. This
picture brings forward two well-known artists in the per-
Scene from "The Miracle" (Eclair).
sons of Julia Stuart and Fred Truesdell. The story is away
from the original hackneyed lines and points out the power
of innocent love over sin and greed. Clean and wholesome,
with the photography perfect, this Eclair production should
prove a drawin,g card on any program.
WARNER'S TO INVADE CUBA.
Cuba is -to be given an opportunity to enjoy the kind of
feature films that have already scored hits throughout the
United States, Canada and Europe. George Davis, a mem-
ber of the sales staff of Warner's Features, Inc, leaves for
the Island on August IS, to open an exchange in Havana to
handle Cuba, Porto Rico and the Caribbean Islands. Mr.
Davis speaks a number of languages and is well equipped
for his new field. He will operate under llic direction of
Jacfiucs Spiegel, the well-known manager of Warner's New
York K.Nchange.
.•\t the present time this territory is being supplied with
cast-off Spanish, French and Italian subjects. It is expect-
ed that the novelty of .\nierican actors, the wide range of
subjects, and the excellent c|uality of releases will quickly
cause Warner's Features to supplant the foreign films.
Picture Theaters Proiected.
CHICAGO, ILL.— Kusel & Harris. :«) .Sortli l,;i .Sail.: street, arc hav-
ing plans prepared for a two-story thc:Ui*r and stor<' building, ]flO by
l.'iii rci't, to cost .$7;).0()0. TluTf will bi- six stores on the ground lloor.
DA.WILLE. ILL. — M. Gwlnnup. Decatur, III., will erect a one-story
nnving picture theater, 28 by 70 feet, with seating capacity for .'«)0
|n*r.sona.
HALTIMORE, MD.— The awarding to J. Henry Miller, Inc., of the
Keneral <ontracI for the erection of the proposed theater at the south-
east corner of Park avenue and Clay street means that another new
playhouse for this city will soon be a reality. There are at present
building the Hippodrome on a portion of the old Eutaw House lot and
the Club theater at the northeast corner of Light and German streets,
on a part of the old Carrollton Hotel site. Work on this latter thea-
ter, however, has been interrupted for some time and there have been
rumors that the original plans for the completion of the building will
not be carried out. Such reports have been characterized as ground-
less by those interested in the enterprise, who say that there is no
question about the resumption of the work and the completion of the
theater along the original lines.
n.\LTIMORE. MD.— The Daly Amusement Company has completed
the deal for the purchase of the site for the proposed theater for
negroes, which will be located on Pennsylvania avenue, near Green-
willow street. The company has purchased from William H. Daly the
property at lOd.S Pennsylvania avenue, lot :10 by loti feet, and the prop-
erty at 60S to 622 Greenwiilow street from W. H. Gruber. The total
purchase involves about .$70,000.
MIN.N'EAPOLIS. MTX.N'.— The Palace theater. 410-HC Hennepin ave-
nue, is to be equipped with automatic sprinklers. The building is new
and the equipment will not be operative until about October 1.
HIGHTSTOWX, N. J. — V. P. Chamberlein is having plans prepared
for a modern moving picture theater which he intends to erect here in
the near future.
NEWARK, X. J. — William Pearson, of Montclair. is having plans
prepared for a one-story moving picture theater, 42 by 120, to cost
.*;15,000.
PATERSON, N. J. — Frank Bell, Citizens Trust Company, is planning
alterations and rebuilding to his three-story theater building at 284
Main street.
BROOKLY.V, N. Y. — Mary A. Ryan, 146 Monroe street, is planning to
expend ."SS.OOO for alterations to her moving picture theater on Fulton
street.
ESOPUS, X. Y. — Esopus Lodge Redmen. care Vincent Travis, West
Park, N. Y.. are having plans and specifications prepared for a two-
story hall and lodge building. 30 by GO feet, to cost .?6,000.
KINGSTON. N. Y. — Lewis Fischer. OLS Broadway, has just pur-
chased site upon which he proposes to erect a theater and store build-
ing to cost $G0.0C0. Work on the new structure will not start until fall,
but in the meantime the building now occupying part of the site will
be converted into a moving picture theater and roller skating rink.
MECHANICSVILLE. N. Y.— John C. Simpson, 31 Clinton street,
Newark. N. J., is preparing plans for a two-story village hall to cost
:>20,000 for the borough authorities.
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Charles L. Robinson. Putnam building, con-
templates building a theater, 125 by 225 feet, to cost .'575.000.
NEW YORK. N. Y. — Frankford 6 Kirschner, 830 Westchester ave-
nue, are preparing plans for alterations to a moving picture theater
and roof garden on Westchester avenue, to cost .'57.5tK).
NORTH TROY. N. Y'. — Joseph Soperstein. 1G6 First street, will erect
a one-story moving picture theater, 50 by 75 feet.
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. — Madsen & Wistoft have obtained the con-
tract for converting business buildings into three-story moving picture
theater. 10 by 102 feet, to cost $6(_I.O0O. for Piatt & Piatt. Lessee, John
H. Rye Cab and Transfer Co.
RIDGEWOOD, L. I.. N. Y.— Harry Buckman, Foxall street, is plan-
ning to erect a one-story moving picture theater, 100 by 07 feet, to
cost .$12,000.
BELLEFONTAINE, 0. — Augustus Sun is having plans prepared tor a
modern moving picture theater which he contemplates erecting late in
the fall.
BELL.MRE. O. — Charles P. Keyser, 4125 Harrison street, has been
awarded the contract for remodeling the theater and Commercial Club
building of Watson. Kaepner & Dubois, to cost $15,000.
BELLAIRE, O. — James Turnbull. 20th and Belmont streets, will erect
a two-story moving picture theater and store building, .50 by lOf) feet,
to cost .$25,0110.
CLEVELAND, O. — Charles Erill. 2144 Murray Hill road, will expend
about $3,000 for interior remodeling of his moving picture theater.
The work will consist of changing partitions and general repairs.
CLEVELAND, O. — William Brown, New Castle, Pa., contemplates
erecting a fourteen-story theater and office building, 132 by 289 feet,
to cost $1,000,000.
FRANKLIN, 0. — E. J. Haberer, Elite Hotel, is planning to erect a
two-story theater and hotel building, 75 by 125 feet, to cost $25,000.
IRONTON, O. — A. J. Wellman is having plans prepared for a one-
story moving picture theater. 2.8 by 52 feet, to cost $4,000.
PHILADELPHIA. P.A..— Barrist & Co. have sold for Peter C. Fritz
and Amandus Riedel the one-story motion picture theater, 415-417 ;
Moore street, to George S. Atkinson for a consideration not disclosed,
subject to a mortgage of SI6.O11O. Th» property is assessed at $l(i,0O0.
1112
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Notes From the Trade
THE Liberty Motion Picture Company, which is situated at German-
town. Philadelphia, has in its stock company a number of well
known professionals. Some of these are Frances Cummings, Ed-
ward B. LaRenz. Charles T. Danforth. E. B. Tilton. Katharine Bjor-
ling. Robert Ingrnham, Elizabeth Bjorling, Frank McEllen, Joseph
J. Kelly, Irene Kingsland and Jack Schultz. X. E. Milligan, producer
for the Liberty Company, is at present engaged in a number of "West-
ern and Canadian multiple-reel photoplays.
* * *
W. B. Lanicoa. of Sherman. Tex., has just purchased a style "G"'
Wurlitzer for his new theater (The Bell), which is being erected and
which will be a thoroughly modern and up-to-date moving picture
theater.
* * *
Victor Potel, the famous "Slippery Slim" of the Essanay Western
comedies, has been nick-named "Six OClock" by his friends. He is
straight up and down, they say.
* » *
The Sterling Camera and Film Co., producers of the splendid fea-
ture. "The Land of the Lost." have now in preparation another, but
of an entirely different character, yet possessing all the excellent quali-
ties the Sterling Camera and Film Co. is noted for.
* « •
Earl Fox has left the Reliance Company at Los Angeles and has re-
turned to Xew York Citv.
* * «
Clever Kathlyn Williams has completed the third of her series of
novelettes, which she is writing as a result of her experiences in Selig
feature productions. Her first novelette, "In Tune With the Wild," is
based upon the picture-play of the same name. The seconu novelette
of the series will be "Chip, of the Flying *U'," a serial story first
published in the Popular Magazine. The third of the series will be
"The Fifth Man." the scenario for which was written by James Oliver
Curwood.
* * •
The World Film Corporation announces the release of the Shubert
feature, "The Lure," in five acts, on August 24, and following the Wm.
A. Brady features. -The Dollar Mark," "Mother," "The Man of the
Hour" and "The Gentleman From Mississippi."
« * ^
Frank Dayton, one of the oldest members of the Essanay Stock Com-
pany, is not only a clever actor but is also a poet of great ability. Of
late Mr. Dayton has written several poems which' have received great
praise from the critics.
* * *
The Colonial Amusement Company of Dallas, Tex., are installing a
style "R" in their new Colonial theater, Dallas, which will be one of
the largest and best equipped residential theaters in the state, having
a seating capacity of 650 people.
* « *
W. F. Barrett, former manager of the Feature Film Department of
the General Film Company in Canada, has been put in charge of the
Toronto ofiBce of the World Film Corporation.
The Board of Directors of Precision Machine Company has appointed
Mr. Joseph E. Graef acting general manager in charge of all depart-
ments.
* * «
The first showing of "What's His Name," another Jesse L. Liasky
production with Max Figman and Lolita Robertson in the leading roles,
was given on the lawn of the Lasky studios, Hollywood. August 1,
at which four hundred persons were present. The Lasky Company and
the Bosworth Company are affiliated with the recently formed Para-
mount Pictures Corporation.
* * *
The "Thanhouser Eight," the only expert rowing crew in the moving
picture industry, competed successfully in the big amateur rowing re-
gatta, August S. in Philadelphia. Every large athletic association in the
United States and Canada participated in the regatta. The "Thanhouser
crew" was taken to Philadelphia by Carroll Fleming, former producing
director at the Xew York Hippodrome, now director at the Xew Rochelle
studio. Those comprising the crew are: Irving Cummings. William Xoel,
Tootes Brady, William Carroll. Clayton Cole, Frank Murphy. Charles
Howe. Robert Marchange, John Scott, coxwain, George Sullivan, sub-
stitute. Tootes Brady is the holder of several national records.
* * *
The Allen Feature Film Corp. of Providence. R. I., have purchased
the rights of "The Toll of Mammon" from the Excelsior Feature
Film Company for the Xew England States.
* « *
George Terwilliger, Lubin director, has taken a choice selected com-
pany to Xewport. R. I., where he ^will open a studio for the fall sea-
son, the pictures to be made being all features and masterpiece?. The
personnel of the company includes Ormi Hawley, Edgar Jones. Louise
Huff, Earl Metcalfe, Kempton Greene, Herbert Fortier. Arthur Matthews,
Eleanor Barry and a dozen others.
* * *
Charles Cherry, prominent dramatic star, has been engaged by the
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, for appearance in a Lasky
production.
* * *
Xicholas Dunaew. one of the Vitagraph players, recently arrived from
Russia, has received permission from Madame Tolstoy to picturize Tol-
stoy's dramatic works for the screen. He has selected the intense story.
"The Power of Darkness." as the first of the dramas to be visualized,
because of its remarkably vivid description of peasant life in Russia.
* * «
"Love and Surgery," is the title of the first H. Pathe Lehrman comedy
being made for release under the new Universal brand, the "L. K. O."
It is a characteristic "Lehrman" product and in it two notable actors
of the vaudeville world. Billie Ritchie and Gertrude Selhy. will be seen
for the first time in pictures.
* * ♦
George E. Cordell, proprietor and manager of the Empress theater,
Greenville. Tex., is installing a 20 "C" mandolin-piano orchestra in
his theater, which has just been remodeled and refurnished throughout.
* * *
A dinner of sumptuous proportions was tendered to Octavia Handworth
recently by the management of the Stevens House, Lake Placid's larg-
est hotel. Some five hundred guests sat down to the tables, among
whom were many prominent New York society people.
Mr. E. H. Fabian just purchased and installed in the Lyric theater
of Ennis. Tex., a Wurlitzor instrument, style "B." Mr. Fabian is re-
modeling and refurnishing his theater throughout.
* * *
Robert Edeson. in honor of Jesse L. Lasky and Mrs. Samuel Gold-
fish, who are now at the Lasky studios. Hollywood. Cal.. gave a din-
ner on July 2iK at which were present: H. E. Warner, Rita Stan-
wood. Theodore Roberts, Edward Abeles, Cecil B. De Mille. Mrs. H. C.
De Mille. Mr. and Mrs. Max Figman, Mr. and Mrs, James Xeil. Charles
Richman. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Apfel. Winifred Kingston and Bessie
Barsicale.
* * •
The moving picture outfit shipped to Teguciagalpa. Honduras, over
a year ago. but never put in operation, has been purchased by Chas.
E. Short, of Portland. Ore. Mr. Short will go south and open up as
soon as he can purchase a satisfactory collection of films.
* • *
Xed Finley. the Vitagraph director, who disappeared from Hender-
sonville, X. C, about three weeks ago, has returned to Xew York City.
He was found suffering from aphasia, with no remembrance of what
had occurred and entirely unable to recollect anything that had trans-
pired during his absence. He left the players whom he had taken to
Hendersonville. awaiting his return and unable to go on with their
work, Finley having taken the scenarios with him or having lost them.
It is said by some that during his stay at Hendersonville, in one of
his tours in the mountains, he fell into a ravine and injured his
head, which may account for his aberration. It is hoped that he will
soon recover.
* * •
In our issue dated Aug. lo. on page 012, we stated that the cele-
brated Players Film Co. controls the rights for Wisconsin for "Xep-
tunes Daughter." It has been called to our attention that this is incor-
rect : they do not own or control the rights for Wisconsin for this
picture.
* • «
The novelty film. "Jess of the Mountain Country," shortly to be re-
leased by the World Film Corporation, is probably one of the most re-
markable films ever thrown on a screen. The actors, "men-babies." not
only play the part of grown-ups. but accomplish some wonderful deeds
which would be a credit to any film star.
Film rights to the popular "Terrance O'Rourke' stories, by Louis
Joseph Vance, the distinguished writer and author of the "xrey O*
Hearts" series, have been acquired by the Universal Company and
production will begin immediately, with J. Warren Kerrigan in the
title role.
• * *
Harry Pollard in his production of "The Silence of John Gordon" pre-
sents a comedy-drama that will appeal to all classes of movie patrons.
Miss Margarita Fischer and Harry r-ollard will be seen to advantage
while Fred Gamble and Joe Harris have splendid parts.
• • *
On a recent visit to Los Angeles a group of "Flying A" stars, in-
cluding Louise Lester, Jack Richardson and others, dropped into Brink's
cafe for dinner. They had just been seated when a little boy. accom-
panied by four grown-up people, took a table close by. The child
with curiosity looked about. His gaze rested upon Louise Lester.
With an excited cry the little fellow jumped down from his chair and
ran to his mother. Pointing in the direction of the players, the child
called out at the top of his voice : "Oh, mother, there is Calamity Anne."
• • *
The Dramascope Company's production of the ?o,000.000 plot in which
Wm. J. Burns, the detective, appears in the greater portion of the six"
reels, proved to be an innovation in detective moving pictures. The
picture was produced on Monday at the Xew York theater for a special
engagement of two weeks. Detective Eurns prefaced the showing of the
picture with a few most interesting remarks.
• • •
R. L. White, special representative of the World Film Corporation,
was referred to in our Issue of August S, page S14, as being the spe-
cial representative of the Mutual Film Corporation. He has never
been connected with the latter company.
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Colonel Jasper E. Brady of the Vitagraph has completed the scenarios
of "The Island of Regeneration" and "Britton of the Seventh." both
from novels written by his brother, the Rev. Cyrus T. Brady. L.L.D.
"Britton of the Seventh" is a gripping story of the famous seventh
cavalry, dealing with the events leading up to and including the Big
Horn campaign, in which Custer and three hundred and twenty-three
officers and men perished. The play will be mounted in Montana and
Dakota and the real Sioux Indians and United States troops will be
used.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Pictu'-'' Men Gathercf' By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
INDIANA.
COOLEK wt'utlier Uas nelpeu busiuusj uuiun^
Indianapolis ixntoituis und all uvur m^
slate.
Tlif Sunday cjosing scare thrown iuio tx-
bibtiur^ by tne inaiunapolis Chamber oi Coiu-
inurce ami the Chur^ h Ketltrutlon still hangs
Iirt*. Mayor ttoll, wuo was a -Ked by ihc Chur^n
Fetlorattun and ihe Chiimoor to relinquish con-
trol 01 tne chnrPiy lunii Mvaicd by ihu dona-
tions ui f.\hlbitors keeping open "for eharity. "
has nui replied nor intiiuaied that he will let
go.
It is viewed as quae likely that nothing
niorb will be done, .\iayor Bell has not coni-
mittej himself one way or another, but is too
good a politician not to realize that the Sunday
eloslHi; would not oc ,>opular with the masses.
Furtntr than that, the Mayor also is a good
attorney, and prooabty realizes that it woulu
be a t^Ui;h matter to get a rouviction against
any exhibitor in tvent ot a test of the law, as
It has been pretty tleariy established a number
of times that the Sunday show with a portion
of the reeeii)ts donated to charity is within the
law.
The Aihambra theater has changed from a
ten to a hf teen-cent house, to an all-feature
service. The nouse is the best located of any
of the Indianapolis picture houses, and the
change in prices has had no effect upon cut-
ting.uoau attendance, as was predicted; in fact
the management de:^lares the all-feature service
has increased the number of patrons. Thi-
Great Xorthern Film Company feature "At-
lantis" IS one 01 the features upon which the
house ftCt a hrst release, and the management
expects to keep the service up to the same high
standard. -\'o other Indianapolis house is charg-
ing as much, but Manager iMetz does not feel
that he is doing anything revolutionary, as
houses in other cities are charging even more.
Farmers and farmers wives, and farmer boys
and sweethearts, lined the public square at
Dillsboro. ind. with buggies and autos, on tbe
occasion of Manager Talley's opening of his
airdome. He gave two shows and packed them
in both times. The merchants kept open and
say the opening of the picture house has been
a livener.
William Stamp, Tell City. Ind.. has thoroughly
renovated the old Royal theater building and
opened it as a picture house Aug. 1. He calls
it the Pastime theater.
B. L. Dolaii, manager of the Princess, Tipton,
Ind.. o;icned his house Aug. 1. Mr. Dolan has
remodeled the building near the traction station
into a very comfortable theater.
The new Crystal theater, Boswell, Ind., open-
ed to a good attendance. John Smith, owner
of the new house, is a blacksmith. Boswell has
never had a picture house and is taking very
kindly to Smith's innovation.
Lloyd & Hahn have bought the Colonial the-
ater. Warsaw. Ind., of Charles Butler. The
new owners are experienced showmen, and an-
nounce that they expect to make the Colonial
program verv attractive. Some changes will
be made in the house.
The Star theater, Winslow. Ind.. has changed
from a five to a ten-cent house, and is now
running three reels a night and two features
each week.
The Venus theater. Gary. Ind., after being
closed for two months for repairs, has reopened.
Manager A. J. Obreshik claims now that his
house is one of the most attractive in the state.
The front is highly attractive and the interior
has many comforts and every device for the
safety of the public. The ventilation is excel-
lent, the air being changed completely every
three minutes by electric fans. An $1,800 Wur-
litier orchestra has been installed.
The Portland Cement Company, Chicago, is
taking motion pictures of the cement road near
Bloorafield. Ind.. and the traffic upon it.
The Orpheum theater. Michigan City. Ind..
opened Aug. 2. About -?oOO was spent on re-
decorating the interior, and the hanging of
green tapestries.
Perrv Thurston opened his new house in
Versailles Aug. 1. Tt is the only picture house
in town and a lively interest has been taken by
the citizens in the surrounding territory.
Odon Ind.. merchants are well pleased with
the drawing power of the free movie shows thev
have been giving on the public square each
Wednesdav night.
The Prin'-ess. the Moon and the Lyric at
Via ennes. Ind.. are all resorting to rountrv
-stores, urab bags and premiums to draw crowds.
The Moon Is giving away ten bantam chickens
each week.
The Crescent theater, Washington, Ind.,
opened July 27 under a new management, run-
ning three lilms for five cents.
Manager Hoy Johnson of the Lyric, Lafayette,
announces that he will run four feature films
at (?very performance and give a change of bill
daily.
Leopold Dryfus, Lafayette, Ind., will build a
flat upon the site of the Dryfus theater, which
was burned out some months ago. He said
that he might join with a company in recon-
structing a theater on the site, but if no one
was interested he would utilize the property for
a flat.
A. D. Goosey has sold his picture house at
Newberry, Ind., to Newberry men. Mr. Goosey
has added a new machine at his Odon house.
I. D. Howard, manager of the Isis. Winamac.
Ind.. has placed S. L. Swihart in charge of his
theater, and will start out next week with a
vaudeville company as manager. Mr. Howard
and R. L. Drumm, of Peru. Ind., are associated
in the enterprise. They will exhibit in a
)l() X 00 tent, and expect to open in Peru.
Asahel Kelley has bought the interest of
Charles Daugherty in the Cozy theater, Union
City. Ind.. and is now sole owner.
Wilbur Lyons and Frank Nuckols have bought
the B'adder's picture show at Eaton, Ind.
To help the students of the Normal Institute.
Marion. Ind.. raise funds for the publication of
their annual. Manager Metcalf turned over the
house to them for a day on fifty-fifty arrange-
ment.
Kentland turned out enmasse and rose at him.
This unodubtedly is the correct way to speak of
the reception given George Ade's first photoplay
release. "The Fable' of the Brash Drummer and
the Nectarine." when it appeared before Ade's
fellow townsmen .Tuly 25.
Business is picking up in Indianapolis and
all over the state according to the report
of exchanges. Many houses closed for July
have onened again to good crowds, that appa-
rently looked on with a freshened interest judg-
ing from the enthusiasm with which films have
been received.
The Garrick theater. Thirtieth and Illinois
streets. Indianapolis, has closed, and the fixtures
and equipment sold at auction. The theater was
run under the management of the Hyde ^ark
Amusement Company. The house was recognized
as one of the finest in the city. Various rea-
sons have been given for the failure of the
house to draw, the principal one of which is be-
lieved to be the fact that Illinois street is a di-
viding line between two social classes, the city's
very rich, and the middle class. The rich did
not rise to the bait, and so half the territory
was unDroductive.
The International Bible Students film "Cre-
ntion" being shown free at the Orpheum. Ham-
mond. Tnd.. has stirred the town into a relig-
ious revival, according to the reports of church-
men in Hammond. The film is being highly
jiraised.
The Lyric Theater, Greensburg, is being re-
'^^odeled. three large windows being added on
the west side of the building.
Aunt Jane Cowan and others who had a part
in posine for the moving pictures "On the Banks
of the Wabash." the state song of Indiana, were
^-uests of the Princess theater. Terre Haute, on
the occasion of the first showing of the film.
Goldthwait Park. Marion, Ind., is using free
moving pictures as an added attraction.
About 400 friends, a friend for every pound
"■ere at the Anderson. Tnd.. station to see Mike
Heffernan. the obese comedian, leave for Chi-
--qgo to join the forces of the Selig company.
Heffernan has been making eood on the stage
for ten years and expects to register rather
I-^ree in the movies.
The Grand. Decatur, Ind.. is giving away fifty
votes on the most popoular boy at every per-
formance. Tt makes good publicity as well as
attendance.
Manas-er Kahler is redecoratins the entrance
to the Royal Theater. Newcastle, Tnd.
The experiment of using motion pictures in the
Whitewater. Ind.. schools, was a decided snc-
ness. The pupils were so enthusiastic over the
r-xhibition that they all pledged themselves to
'-nise ten cents a piece toward purchasing a ma-
chine.
Daniel M. Nye. of Laporte. Tnd.. has biu^ht
rhe Etropal theater of J. C. Held and Alfred
.\orrlH. The name of the theater spelled back-
wards gives Its location.
The Aubery theater. Hammond, Ind., after
being closed nearly three months, has been re-
opened. Morris Greenwahl of Chicago, will op-
crate It.
W. A. Fries has bought the .Vatlonal Theater,
Brookvtile, Ind,, and announces that he will in-
stall a complete change of pictures, music and
management.
Ashael Kelly bought the Cozy theater, Win-
chester. Ind.. of Charles Daugherty.
The l'nltc<l Moving Picture Company of Chi-
cago is investigating conditions In Logansport,
Ind., to determine whether or not it Is ad-
visable to build a house there.
The Indiana I'nlon, the men's organlzailon
at Indiana rniverslty. will conduct a moving
picture show on the campus beginning this fall.
The Tnlversity Is claiming the honor of being
the first Cniversity to encourage the use of the
machines. All athletic events of other univer-
sities will be shown, and films will be taken of
the Indiana events.
Roy and Melvln Swain, manager of the Lyric,
Klwood, Ind.. were each fined ."^rj for "working
on Sunday." County Prosecutor Shuman ba@
declared there will be no Sunday opening while
he is prosecutor, but the picture men are dis-
posed to believe they can beat the case. No
aiipeal was taken in the cases of the Swain
[brothers, as their action was independent of
other exhibitors.
John Lariinore has sold the Aihambra,
Knightstown. Ind., to 0. Wolfard.
The Lyric, Hatesville. Ind., had to turn thera
away two nights that the film of the Knights
of St. John drill at the last biennial convention
was shown. The drill team of the Batesvillc
commandery was in action as a prize winner.
All the members of the team were present both
nights.
The Family Theater. Indiana Harbor, Ind., has
installed a new pipe organ orchestra.
Pathe men took pictures of the fire ruins at
Jasonville. Ind., which was practically wiped
out by the big blaze that ate out the heart of
the business section.
The Virginia Trust Company gave the Bijou
Realty Company, a deed to the Wells Bijou the-
ater, Evansville, Ind., releasing a mortgage of
$12ri,000. Theater property in Nashville and
Chattanooga was also included in the transac-
tion.
Mrs. John Malloy has sold the Colonial The-
ater, Gas City, Ind., to B. F. Leonard of Marion,
Ind.
The Liberty Theater Company. East Chicago.
Ind.. has been incorporated with .$."i,noO capital
stock to operate theaters. Directors, Morris
Brenman. East Chicago ; A. Blumenthal and P.
aionstein.
W. C. Milliron is remodeling the Rex Theater,
Rensselaer, Ind., and will open August !.'».
John S. Flannigan will sell out his grocery
and run a picture show in the same room, the
order for remodeling having been given.
Mayor Bell has delegated the picture show
charity fund to William T. Eisenlohr"s manage-
ment. Eisenlohr has opened an office for The
.Foe Bell Picture Show Charity Fund at :il East
Georgia street. Eisenlohr is working diligently
on a card index system to avoid duplications of
iharity work as far as is possible.
PHILADELPHIA.
EL.\BORATE plans are now being arranged
by the committee in charge of the Reel Fel-
low's " Club for an excursion to Atlantic City,
N. J., on Sunday, August IGth. It is the inten-
tion to charter a special train to take down
the members and their friends. Up to the pres-
ent time Mr. Libros of the Reception Commit^
tee, assisted by J. Solomon. .Tay Emmanuel. F.
V. Armato, S. Talbert and Mr. Michaels, have
already arranged to entertain the participants at
the Alamac Pier, formerly Youngs' Million Dol-
lar Pier, with a dinner and dancing in the even-
ing. The pier is to be at the disposal of visit-
ing Reel Fellows from noon till midnight. Jay
Emmanuel of the Ideal Theater, Nineteenth and
Columbia avenue, this city, will take care of all
inquiries regarding this excursion.
The Leader Theater. 41st and Lancaster ave-
■;ue. this city, is now running a program that
' omprises the best productions of the leading
European and American Manufacturers.
The Box Office Attractions Company, of New
Vork. announces the opening of its Philadelphia
branch, with temporary offices at W2<'> Vine
street, under the management of the well-known
nim man J. Levy, of the Greater New York
Film Company. S. Dembrow. special represen-
tative of the firm is now on his way to open
mire branches throughout the country.
C. L. Bradfield of the Family Theater, this
city, is spending his vacation at his summer
cottage in Atlantic City. N. J.
George Beihoff. the special representative of
the World Film Corporation, who is now man-
aging the Philadelphia branch, has won many
friends by his straightforward business methods
and his progressive ideas.
J. Fitzpatrick. local agent for the Kimbail
Organ Company, of New York, announces that
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
another Kimball Organ will be installetl in the
cew theater which is being constructed by Al-
exander Boyd, at Sixteenth and Chestnut streets.
The new theater will be open for business on
or about November 1st.
The Picture Playhouse Film Company, Inc.,
successor to the National Feature Film Com-
pany, 1126 Vine street. Philadelphia, is doing
a large business with the recent releases. The
producing company is at present in Panama,
where a picture called the "Desperado of Pan-
ama" is being made. The officials of the canal
are giving the company every opportunity to
make use of the natural advantages of the Zone,
and the military forces are helping in the pic-
ture.
A verdict for $20,424, awarded last March
against the Vitagraph Company, of America, in
favor of Ix)uis M. Swaab, an independent ex-
change owner, for the unlawful seizure of films
on July 24ih was sustained by the Common
Pleas Court, No. 2 in refusing a new trial asked
by the company. The case will now go to the
Supreme Court. The jury which tried the case
not only denied the replevin suit of the com-
pany for the films, but gave Swaab a certificate
for damages for .?2,fK>0 for films appropriated,
$8,424 for the retention of films by the com-
pany, and he was also allowed $Iu.OO«i exemplary
damages.
PENNSYLVANIA.
"LJUNDREDS of children gathered in the play-
■■■-*■ grounds of the Shelby Steel Tub Company in
Ellwood City and went through their games and
amusements while the moving picture man pho-
tographed them. Baskets and other articles
were made by the children for the pictures.
Pictures were taken of the mills in operation
and will be shown at the Panama exposition
next year. The moving picture operator as-
sisted by T. V. Barnes, proprietor of the Ma-
jestic theater, took a number of photographs
of the town, including the hospital and the city
building, a number of residences and residence
streets, together with Lawrence avenue and the
fire department building and its equipment, in-
cluding the motor truck. The film will he shown
at the Majestic.
The Columbia Playhouse in New Castle, Pa.,
will be converted into the finest nickelodeon
in the city. The theater is being completely
overhauled and redecorated. A smoking room
will be added in the basement and the ladies'
parlor will be altered and fitted up with new
hangings and furniture. The manager, Mr.
Genkinger. intends to open the theater Septem-
ber the first with high class feature pictures.
He intends to run nothing but big feature films.
The small shows will be held at the Park the-
ater.
E. T. Beadle, of Canousburg, Pa., has eviuipped
his playhouse with two Powers' 6-A motor-driven
machines.
The Home theater. South Wheeling, is closed
for repairs. The house will reopen Aug. 17.
Two huge railroad locomotives to crash into
each other at a speed of 40 miles an hour will
be a feature of the Labor day celebration now
being planned by the Philipsburg business men.
The scene of the collision will be staged on
the Pittsburg & Susquehanna railroad at a point
between Moshannon and Sterling, while the mov-
.ing picture man will grind out a film of the
W^eck. The Lubin company, in order to get a
realistic moving picture of a railway crash, are
said to have entered into a contract with the
railway people to pay $20,000 to have the wreck.
A general celebration and a program is being
made up to be featured by the movie wreck, by
the business men in and about Philipsburg.
Roger Neal. son of Henry Neal, died recentlv
at the residence of his father. 52S Nelson street
Bluefield. W. Va. Mr. Neal was one of the
purchasers of the Amuzu theater, on Princeton
avenue, some months ago, but his health failing.
he disposed of his interest to his partner and
returned to Roanoke.
The Garden theater, a new $.35,0(:K) moving
picture house, is being built in Johnstown, Pa.
It is being built by the Garden Amusement
Company, which now conducts the Lyric ^nd
the Motion Picutre theater, two of Johnstown's
movies. The Garden will be housed in a fine
corner building, built of roush velvet brick laid
in English bond with raked joints, have a seat-
ing capacity of about 850 and will be completed
about October 1. The company is officered as
follows : Maurice Stayer. M. D.. president ;
George Wild, vice-president : Harry G. Gardner,
treasurer: George C. Knox, secretary. The lat-
ter named was formerly manager of the Grand
theater in Johnstown.
V. L. Marks has purchased the Bijou theater,
7707 Frankstown avenue, Pittsburgh, from J. A.
Watt. This house has a capacity of 2.10 and is
a popular house in the Brushton district. Marks
reports business fair.
Robert Ellic has opened a picture house in
the building formerlv conducted by William
Thomas, in Fulton, W. Va.
Thomas A. Thompson, manager of the Co-
lumbia theater, a big "Nickel Shooter" on Fifth
avenue, Pittsburgh, is spending a two weeks'
vacation at Cambridge Springs. He will also
visit Erie. Cleveland and Conneaut Lake before
his return. Columbia is the only theater on
Fifth avenue that has an orchestra and that a
new $.SUO piano has also been recently in-
stalled.
G. W. Lewis, president of the Western Film
Company, has withdrawn from that firm, as his
duties as manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company employed all of his time and
therefore could not participate in the film busi-
ness.
Mr. Miller, manager of the Olympic theater of
Weirton. W. Va., closed his house four days
to re-arrange his seating plan. Sixty more seats
were installed as a result of the work.
The New Orpheum theater of Chambersburg,
Pa., has been sold to Charles W. Boyer. of Ha-
gerstown. for $22,5(Xi, of which ii'J oOO was paid
in cash and the balance, $20,oOu, settled by a
first mortgage on an article of agreement exe-
cuted for the association by G. W. Britsch. Jr.,
vice-president. Seventy-one of the eighty-one
shareholders were represented at a meeting of
the Franklin Guards, these terms were agreed
upon and the officers of the association author-
ized to carry them out. All creditors have been,
or will be satisfied. Mr. Boyer takes possession
at once and expects to be there personally
during Old Home Week.
Albert A. Weiland, head of the Weiland Film
Company, on August 12 married Miss Aurelia
Margaret Reckinger, a charming young lady of
Braddock, Pa., the ceremony being performed in
St. Joseph's Cathedral church, Braddock. Imme-
diately after the wedding festivities the bene-
dicts left on a wedding tour, which will proba-
bly include a visit to the Bermuda Islands.
Francis A. Mackert, formerly owner of the
Knickerbocker, in Braddock. reopened the Pitt
theater in Indiana, Pa. The Pitt has been re-
modeled lately and now has a seating capacity
of 600. The Feature Film and Calcium Light
Company supplied the equipment and the Lud-
wiff Hommel Company supplied the lighting. The
"Million Dollar Mystery," which is advertised
strongly in that town, was the first feature to be
shown at the Pitt.
G. D. Demas. brother of P. J. Demas. of the
Minerva, opened a new moving picture house at
Wylie and Sixth avenues, Pittsburgh, without a
name and offered §10 for an appropriate one.
It is understood five persons suggested the name
selected and that most of the suggestions came
from out-of-town exhibitors. It is a handsome
house, of 300 capacity, and has a pool room in
the basement. The name selected was the New
Court theater.
The employes of the Independent Film Ex-
change of Pittsburgh held a picnic last Sunday
at Bradford's woods. This was the first picnic
of the kind held this summer and it turned out
to be a success. Thirty-five people gathered at
the outing and enjoyed themselves the whole
day. Races were held in which everyone took
a part for honors, and the athletes of "the crowd
went through some acrobatic stunts on bars,
etc. A baseball game was played between the
Inde'^endent Film Exchange team and the Mill-
vale Business Mens" team who happened to be
holding a picnic also close by. The Independent
Film Exchange lost to the score of S to 0. Fred
Lacey. Lee Hunt. William Leebarton and Ray
Miller were on the picnic committee.
The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Pittsburgh
held a meeting at the Olympic theater recently
for the purpose of discussing the matter of open-
ing the moving picture houses of Pittsburgh and
surrounding towns on Sunday and showing pic-
tures to the public for the usual admission. Fred
J. Herrington. president of the Motion Picture
Exhibitors' Association, presided at the meeting
and argued that the exhibitors of Pittsburgh
had as much right to open their theaters and run
shows on Sunday as the parks have to keep open
and run their different amusements to entertain
the people who visit them. Mr. Herrington
stated that owing to the big expense that the
city puts them under by charging them an
enormous license, they should not be prohibited
to run Sunday shows. The committee finally
came to a conclusion and stated that the mat-
ter would be pushed to the finish and they
would open the movies on Sundays or the parks
of Pittsburgh would have to be closed.
Fred J. Herrington, president of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' Association of Pittsburgh,
was in New York last week and attended a
meeting that was held by the New York exhibi-
tors at the Marlborough hotel. Mr. Herrington
said that he had a very interesting talk with
y.T. Bush of the MOVING PICTURE WORLD.
The Alvin theater of Pittsburgh is running the
Rainey motion pictures, which are much talked
about among the theatergoers. The house is full
every performance.
Dreamland theater. Natrona's popular moving
picture house, goes out of the hands at Schweitz-
er and Hofner, the former owners, and becomes
the property of John Jarzenski. Mr. Jarzenski
was formerly with the Natrona Music and Sup-
ply Company in the capacity of salesman.
The West Virginia Commission of the Pan-
ama-Pacific international exposition, has let a
contract for the making of twenty thousand feet
of moving picture film of the state's industries,
manufacturing plants, points of scenic interest,
agricultural and horticultural development,
farms, orchards, etc. Ten thousand feet of this
film will depict the state's industries. The con-
tract went to the Ray Film Company of New
York City. The commission has ordered a
change made in the state's building on the ex-
hibition grounds, of which one entire end of the
building will be made into a theater. This room
will be splendidly equipped with all necessary
facilities for projection. The films will be pro-
jected at least three times a week throughout
the entire forty weeks of the international ex-
position opening at San Francisco, Cal., Febru-
ary 20, 1015. A large portion of the films will
be paid for by the commission, depicting the
state's institutions, buildings, etc., and the
state's natural scenery, but the manufacturing
industries will be asked to pay a nominal sum
per foot for the films picturing such industries,
to help pay for the making and projecting of
the pictures.
Henry B. Hoffman, owner and manager of a
moving picture house in Lima, Ohio, has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the local
United States court. He _ lists liabilities of
.?lii,237.15 and assets of $7*5, claiming exemption
on S275 worth of furniture. Fifteen film com-
panies are included in the list of creditors.
An application for a Pennsylvania charter of
incorporation for the Lion Film Manufacturing
Company, Pittsburgh, will be made by Mark
Chisholm, H. R. Morrow and A. E. Irons. The
new concern will manufacture and sell either at
wholesale or retail, moving picture machines,
films and slides, and all accessories necessary
and pertaining to the moving picture business.
An application for a Pennsylvania charter of
incorporation for the Casper, Todd and Shafer
Booking Exchange, Inc.. will be made by Jerome
Casper, J. W. Todd and George Shafer. The
new concern will conduct a general booking
business in Pittsburgh for all kinds of theatrical
attractions and moving picture features.
Articles of incorporation have been filed for
the Interstate Theater company, of Canton,
Ohio, with a capital of $25,000. Robert Hall,
Raymond Haggard and A. Geltz were the incor-
porators.
Ground has been broken for the erection of a
two-story brick building, covering 40x110 feet.
which will be the home of the first moving pic-
ture house in Farrel. Pa. It will cost §12,000,
will be erected on Broadway, the main street of
the town. The new theater is the investment
of F. Burke.
The Greenland theater of Butler, Pa., has
closed down for repairs and will open in about
a month under a new management. Mr. Sweitzer
will open the theater under the name of the
"Grand." It will have a seating capacity of 400
and will be one of the finest in the city. Music
will be furnished by a Seeburg piano.
Adolph Klein, manager of the Keno Film Com-
pany, is spending a few weeks in New York and
is expected to return with a number of good
feature films. He will also close some other
business deals while away.
W. T. Kinson, manager of the General Film
Company, is spending his vacation in Cleveland,
Ohio.
H. J. Smith, manager of the machine depart-
ment of the Feature Film and Calcium Light
Company. Pittsburgh, wife and family, are
spending a two weeks' vacation at Atlantic City.
The Feature Film and Calcium Light Company
supplied Beadle and Sons, of Canonsburg, Pa.,
with two motor-driven Powers" 6-A machines,
complete ; L. J. Drohen. of Dunkirk, N. Y., with
two motor-driven Powers' 6-A machines complete
and D. W. Burton, of Monessan, Pa., with two
motor-drive, Powers' 6-A machines, complete.
Business in general is exceptionally good.
T^
NORTHWESTERN NEW YORK.
■•HE New Regent moving picture theater,
Syracuse, opens August 31st. This house
is owned by the University Theater Co. Har-
old Edel. manager of the Strand theater, Buf-
falo, is president. Harry L. Vibbard, profes-
sor of music of the Syracuse University, will
preside at the organ. The new Regent the-
ater. Main and Utica streets. Buffalo, will open
the first week in September. Henry Marcus, a
well-known musician, will direct the orches-
tra. He has managed the New Lyric and Acad-
emy theaters, Buffalo, and for several years was
leader of the orchestra of Shea's theater of that
city.
Walter H. Foster has become manager of Ha-
ven's opera house, Olean, N. Y. This is a Mark-
Brock theater.
Grimbsy Beach, located on the Canadian
shore of Lake Ontario, recently had a S60.000
fire. This resort has moving pictures among
its attractions.
Manager Cornell opens the Star theater. Buf-
falo, for the season August 24th, with Klaw
& Erlanger attractions. This house occasion-
ally shows moving pictures on Sunday. The Star
has been improved at considerable expense.
The Majestic theater. Buffalo, managed by
John Laughlin. opens its regular season August
21. with Stair & Havlin attractions. Pre-
ceding the opening Mr. Laughlin booked th^
moving picture production ; Annette Kellerman
in ""Neptune's Daughter."
"BILLY BISON."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1115
IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
MOVING PICTIRE men of Hu- Middle West
have boon learninR how to properly pack
films for shipment lu compliance with the
regulations of the Tnlted States Bureau of
Explosives. H. F. Estes, an Inspector of the
department has been vlsitinR cities from which
the shipping Is heavy and holding schools of
Instruction.
Lloyd Gardner will have charge of the op-
erating at the new Ma/.dn theater which has
been opened at Aurora, Neb.
Moving pictures wore used for entertainment
purpose.'i at the annual outing of the Commer-
cial Club of Omaha. Neb., at the Carter Lake
Club, near Omaha.
Attractive light bowls of an original design
were manufactured by a local pottery In Zanes-
vllle. Ohio, for use In the new Imperial moving
picture theater on Main street between Fifth
and Sixth streets in that city.
R. H. Conant has commenced the operation
of a moving picture theater in Renedict, Neb.
W. H. Coleman, owner of the film, '"Beasts
of the Jungle," and Bert M. Graham, manager
and booking agent, who are touring the Middle
West with their musical automobile, expect to
reach the Pacific coast in time for the Panama
exposition in 10L5. They have been showing
the picture in Michigan houses.
W. E. Cams, formerly manager of the Or-
pheum theater on La Grange street ha? opened
the New Lagrange theater on Lagrange street
in Toledo, Ohio. It is running vaudeville and
licensed pictures.
F. H. Mickelson. proprietor of the Mickelson
theater at Grand Island. Neb., has leased a
building in St. Paul, Neb., for the operation
of another moving picture show.
The Majestic theater at South Bend, Ind..
has opened its season with three acts of vaude-
ville and three reels of moving pictures.
Roy Booth has removed his moving picture
show from Ainsworth. Neb., to the Knights of
Pythias Hall at Springview, Neb., where he has
opened a theater.
A cordial reception for "The Reward of
Thrift," the two-reel picture of the Savings
Bank section of the American Bankers' As-
sociation, is promised by the exhibitors of the
Middle West. The picture already has been
well advertised and a favorable impression
made.
Monday seemed to be a bad day for the
"Our Mutual Girl" at the Princess theater in
Springfield, Ohio, and the regular showing of
the serial was changed to Tuesday.
A. M. Davies and A. K. Roth, operating un-
der the firm name of Davies & Roth, have pur-
chased the Crystal theater at Silver Creek,
Neb., from Elza Bivens-
H. W- Riddle. Sr.. of Ravenna. Ohio, is said
to have revived the project to build a new
theater on his Jot at East Main and North
Prospect streets in that city. If erected, the
house will seat about 1,000 and will be devoted
to maving pictures and theatrical attractions.
The management is said to have been offered
to Art Lee.
Manager Guernsey , of the Star theater at
Harvard, Neb., has opened an airdome at that
place.
The Badders' picture show at Eaton, Ind.,
has been sold to Wilbur Lyons and Frank
Nuckolls.
T. J. Hanly has retired from the board of
directors of the Sixth Street Theater Com-
pany at Coshocton, Ohio, and is succeeded by
Dr. L. C. McCurdy. Other directors elected
are John Williams. N. C. Bush. .Joseph P.
Callahan. J. C. Adams, and Mrs. William Rodg-
ers.
The Electric theater at Plymouth. Neb., has
succumbed to the hot weather and until the
breezes chase the patrons back, it will remain
closed.
The city council of Fairbury, Neb., decided
to call a special election to be held AugTist
25 to vote upon the question of whether the
moving picture shows in Fairbury should be
allowed to operate upon Sundays. Petitions
asking that a referendum be held had been
circulated by the citizens.
The new Hippodrome theater, which is to be
erected at Gay and High streets in Columbus.
Ohio, by John W. Swain, president of the Pas-
time Amusement Company, will be ready for
occupation as a feature film house about the
last of October.
George Brott of Tecumseh, Neb., has pur-
chased moving picture equipment and will go
on a tour of the smaller towns' of that state,
giving shows.
The Du-Bly theater has been opened at Sug-
arcreek. Ohio. It will give moving picture
shows every Wednesday and Saturday evening
at five and ten cents.
The Gem theater on South Calhoun street
in Fort Wayne, Ind.. has been reopened with
Max A. Elliott as manager. Elliott formerly
was connected with the Jefferson theater. The
house has been redecorated.
It costs but two and a half cents to see a
picture show in Defiance. Ohio. Anybody who
buys a ticket to the Elite or Lion theaters for
five cents is given a couoon admitting them to
the other house free.
The Lyric theater at Beatrice. Neb., has been
reopened.
George Zlegenelder. who recently sold his In-
terest in the Bijou theater at Plqua, Ohio, has
accepted a position as niunnger of the Prin-
cess theater in that city.
A new moving picture show has been opened
at Ceresco. .\eb.
Emmet Notestine, owner of the moving pic-
ture theater In the Phoenix block at Dcgraff,
Ohio, suffered loss of $r>00 when the theater
was destroyed by fire. The moving picture ma-
chine was saved.
The Starland theater — "the center of moving
picture refinement" — at Michigan City, Ind.,
has inaugurated a series of penny matinees
on Saturdays when children will be admitted
for one cent.
The Auditorium at Newark. Ohio, has a new
picture policy which includes a Universal pro-
gram. .MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
CINCINNATI.
T^ HE war has hit the motion picture business
•■ in Cincinnati, incidentally, of course, with
that of the rest of the country, and the several
local film exchanges are consequently worrying
just a little about what they will do several
months hence if the war .keeps up and the
.'jupply of foreign films, especially big features,
is cut off completely. Of course, there is plenty
of stuff already in this country to keep things
going for some time, but the film men are
looking ahead with some anxiety just now.
The general sentiment, however, is to the effect
that the domestic producing companies will be
right on the job to meet the gap caused by
any falling off in the importation of foreign
goods, the high degree of success with which
the several comparatively new concerns spe-
cializing on features have met being pointed
to as ample evidence of the ability of home
talent, so to speak, to take care of the situation.
With the supply of new matter from Europe
cut off by the war. the Pathe organization has
been compelled to discontinue the "Daily News"
in Cincinnati, much to the regret of the several
exhibitors who have been using the service with
marked success, and a semi-weekly news serv-
ice has been substituted, making a total of
2.000 feet a week released. Manager Hette-
berg, Cincinnati manager of the Eclectic Film
Company, which is releasing the Pathe news
films, received this news in a letter a few
days ago, and promptly notified the exhibitors
using the daily accordingly.
Robert Laws, for some time assistant mana-
ger of the Cincinnati brand of the General Film
Company, has received a well-deserved "boost"
into the shoes left vacant by the removal of
^lanager Frank Smith to the Cleveland office.
Mr. Laws has had a large experience in the
film business for one of his years, and is. more-
over, exceedingly popular with the exhibitors
doing business with the office, so that his pro-
motion is highly satisfactory and appropriate
all around. Paul Barrington," who was formerly
connected with the Chicago offices of the Mutual
Film Company, has become assistant manager
of the local General offices.
George F. Fish, former general manager of
the Empress theater, in Cincinnati, passed
through a few days ago en route to Los Angeles.
Cal., where he is to manage the Empress the-
ater. He is succeeded at the Cincinnati house
by George A. Boyer, who formerly managed the
Empress theater at Denver. Colo. Mr. Fish
entertained his former employes and associates
at the Empress with a farewell banquet while
in the city.
Cincinnati business men are highly well
pleased with the first three reels of motion
pictures which have been prepared showing
numerous and varied phases of Cincinnati's
civic, industrial, educational and other activi-
ties. These were taken under the direction of
the Chamber of Commerce, and were shown at the
200 last week, in order to enable Cincinnatians
to see what has been done along this line, and
what people all over the country will have an
opportunity to see of Cincinnati. Two more reels
of similar pictures are in course of prepara-
tion, and will be used in connection with the
city's organized campaign for more and better
business. A set will probably be sent to South
America, where Cincinnati proposes to take ad-
vantage of the fact that European imports have
been shut off by seeing what she can do to
supply the gap.
The first appearance in Cincinnati of the
Jesse L. Lasky production of "The Man on the
Box," at the Lubin. took place the first half
of last week, drawing exceedingly well. The
fact that the leading roles were taken by Max
Figman and Lolita Robertson, who had star
parts in the bis New York success. "Fine
Feathers." undoubtedly had much to do with
the attractiveness of the film drama in Cincin-
nati, as the play referred to was one of the
hits of last season at the Grand.
The Gold Seal Universal series, "The Trey
o' Hearts." has started off in Cincinnati very
favorably, the second episode being shown at
the Colonial, on West Fifth street, last week.
and apparently bringing back to the theater
many of those who saw tho first part ehown
the week before. It bids fair to take a front
place among the several serlaU being ruo.
The Gem, one of the Walnut-Hllla bouBca on
McMillan Htrect, which baa been cIo.'<ed during
the greater part of the Hummer. reop«'ned last
week with an excellent business, and with every
Indication that It will be able to keep going
during the remainder of tho summer. The llttte
bouse Is a popular one during the winter sea-
son, and Its former regular patrons were glad
to see Its doors open again.
Exhibitors In Covington, Ky.. just across tho
river, are preparing to meet what promises to
be an unusually rigid inspection by the cHy
fire officials, who have suddenly made Up their
minds that a number of buildings in the Ken-
tucky city are not what they should be from
a fire prevention standpoint. Several places—
not theaters, by the way — have already been
closed, and it is announced by the city authori-
ties that a general Inspection of the motion
picture houses and other places of amusement
is next In order. Few exhibitors have any-
thing to fear, however, they declare, as most
of the houses comply with all municipal regu-
lations in the matter of exits, aisles and the
like.
The promoters of the proposed new Hippo-
drome theater, In Akron. O., Including Gus
Sun, of Springfield. O., Jules Hurtlg, of New
York, and W. C. Norris, of Akron, met in that
city last week with P. T. Kearns, head of the
State building department, in an effort to make
some adjustment of the differences between
the building department and the owners " of
the property. J. P. Callahan, deputy State
building inspector, refused to approve of the
plans for the theater because he stated that
the exits were not properly placed, although it
is stated that the plans had previously been
approved by the city building Inspector. It is
probable that all difficulties in this connection
will readily be adjusted, however, and that the
construction of the building, which it is said
will be one of the handsomest and most sub-
stantial of its sort in the State, will proceed
at once.
Exhibitors who are clamoring for war pic-
tures will have an opportunity shortly to get
some matter which ought to be extremely In-
teresting, in the shape of motion pictures or
the United States army maneuvers at Camp
Perry, O.. which will be taken under the au-
spices of the War Department for use all over
the country for educational purposes. Captain
C. F. Rogers, of the Fifth Ohio regiment, will
be the photographer, being equipped for work in
this respect with a complete outfit.
The Marion theater, at Marion, 0.. now has
one of the handsomest electric signs in Central
Ohio, which was recently installed in front of
the building. The sign is sixteen feet in width
and twenty feet high, using over 000 lights in
various colors. The sign is a "live" one, being
in the shape of a huge flower pot, from which
six electric rays ascend, one at a time, each
bursting into a letter and the whole spelling out
the name of the theater. "Marion." The sign
was erected in connection with the construction
of a new marquise for the front, which is of
copper and glass, and is unusually handsome.
The Marion ( O. ) Family theater was re-
opened recently, a.fter being closed for several
weeks for extensive improvements. Owner C. E.
Merkel now blieves he has one of the hand-
somest theaters in his part of Ohio. Among the
changes made were the construction of a
pressed brick front for the building, matching
the front of Mr. Merkel's business building
just to the east, while the floor was lowered,
a new one of concrete being put in. The
seating capacity was largely increased, and a
new fireproof operating room installed.
The Exhibit theater, at Portsmouth, O.. had
scheduled for last week a Warner feature which
was about as apt as could be asked, this being
"The Air Torpedo," which, as its name indi-
cates, deals with the possibilities of war in the
air. Newspaper readers have been reading war
dispatches telling of the feats of aviators In
France and Belgium in aeroplanes and dirigibles
and this picture, showing air vessels in actual
operation, dropping bombs on hostile troops, had
all the effect of stern reality.
A number of motion picture exhibitors In
West Virginia have been worrying as to wheth-
er it is legal for them to keep their houses
open on Sunday under the statutes of that State,
as the question had been raised in some towns.
and accordingly they presented the matter to
the attorney-general recently. That official,
with Solomon-like perspicacity. referred the
Question to the several local prosecuting at-
tornevs to handle, realizing that while a strict
and rigid construction of the law might require
the closing of the houses, it is better to leave
it to local sentiment in each case. It follows,
therefore, that under this wise policy exhibitors
in towns where the sentiment of the people is
against Sunday shows will close, whereas tho.se y
in towns where the people like to attend mo-
tion picture shows on that day will remain
open. '^* ^
CASEY.
1116
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SAN FRANCISCO.
1'HE Princess Theater, Elli^ street, near Fill-
more, one of the foremost moving picture
houses in the Fillmore street district, has been
sold to S. Morton Cohn. of Portland, Ore., one
of the largest stockholders in the Kees circuit
of theater.^.
Plans are ready for figures for a class A the-
■ajter. alterations and additions to the present
structure at Mason and Eddy streets, to cost
?10L>,0UU, for the Mason Improvement Com-
pany. The archite:-ts are Woollett & WooUett,
L'OLt California street.
"The Christian." the elaborate Liebler-Vita-
graph production, has met with such a flatter-
ing reception at the Portola Theater that it has
been booked for a second week. The doors of
the theater are opened at 9:30 o'clock in the
morning during this engagement, and all seats
in the afternoon and evening are 2o cents.
A number of o-cent houses on Market street,
in the business district, are making the experi-
ment of putting on a double bill on Sundays,
and raising the admission price to 10 cents. The
plan has been a success, so far.
The Godtrey-Stow Co., which recently secured
the concession for making moving pictures on
the grounds of the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, has disposed of this right to the
Standard Film Company of New York. A com-
plete plant for the making of moving pictures
is to be built on the Zone, the amusement dis-
trict of the Exposition, work to be under way
by the first of September. The moving pic-
tures that are being taken at present of cere-
monies on the grounds are being made by Miles
Bros. The Godfrey-Stow Co.. in which George
A, Collins is interested, is planning other ac-
tivities in the local field.
The Panama Theater on the Mission Road,
near Onondaga avenue, has been sold by Robt.
McNeill to H. Warnock.
The annual Movies Ball, given by the moving
picture operators of the city, will be held at the
Auditorium on Fillmore street, on the evening
of \ugust -'!».
The California Motion Picture Corporation
has completed "Salome Jane" and is now work-
ing on "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch."
Blanch*^ Chapman, who created the original
role of Mrs. Wiggs, has been brought to San
Francisco to take this part. This concern re-
cently sent Cameraman Butler to Visalia. Cal.,
with a party of six to complete a chapter in an
interesting industrial story being made for the
California Fruit Canners' Association.
The Panama- Aero Film Company has dis-
posed of the California rights to its Panama
Canal picture at a high figure, and General
Manager M. B. Dudley will leave shortly for
New York and London to consummate other
large transactions.
With the idea of promoting better retail sales
methods in local stores an enterprising morning
paper secured the Savoy Theater for the even-
ing of July 21 and good and bad salesmanship
was featured in moving pictures to a large au-
dience of merchants and clerks. A leofuYe on
the subjec-t was given by Ned Mitchell, sales
manager of the Owl Drug Company.
Turner & Dahnken have affected a re-organiz-
ation of the managers of their various theaters,
and the resident managers of the houses outside
of San Francisco are George Thornton, Oak-
land : W. F. Hannell. San Jose ; E. V. Clover.
Berkeley ; W. M. Timmins. Alameda ; George
Langley, Richmond and E. W. Kruckeberg,
Sacramento.
Within the course of the next year Turner &
Dahnken will open a magnificent new moving
picture theater at Oakland, Cal.. which is to be
the largest outside of New York. The new-
house will be at Fourteenth and Franklin streets
and will be on the style of the Tivoli of San-
Francisco. It will have one balcony and will
seat S.CKK) persons. Work on the building will
be commenced within thirty days, and it is an-
ticipated that it will require about nine months"
time to complete the structure. When the new
theate-r is ready for occupancy the present house
on B'roadway will be given up.
The Majestic Theater at Chico. Cal.. is closed
and will be remodeled and enlarged before it is
opened again.
Sidney Bramley has disposed of his interests
in the Pastime Theater on Haight street to his
former partner, H. A. .Torgensen.
J. E. Ericson of the Heidelberg Theater of
Emeryville. Cal., a suburb of San Francisco, on
the Oakland side of the Bay, has gone to Pana-
ma on a business trip and. during his absence,
the house is under the management of "Doc" J.
H. Hart. Mr. Ericson plans to take some mov-
ing pictures while away.
E. P. La Cell has purchased the interests of
A. B. Staton in the moving picture business
conducted at Santa Rosa. Cal., bv McDaniels &
Staton.
H. Howcroft has purchased the Castle The-
ater, conducted at Newcastle. Cal.. By W. Gor-
onson.
The Elite Theater. North Berkeley. Cal.. re-
cently reopened by B. F. Hall, has been sold to
H. P. Matthews.
The National Film Producing Company, one
of the latest concerns to enter the San Fran-
cisco moving picture field, has moved from its
temporary quarters at 111 Turk street, to 22n
Post street, where the entire fourth floor of a
large building is occupied. General Manager E.
N. Dusenberry, and a corps of artists, are
burning midnight oil turning out commercial
and political work. Plans are now being drawn
for a large studio and the Sierra Film Produc-
ing Company is to be incorporated with a cap-
ital stock of .$oO,(!00, among those interested
being Harold H. Maundrell, of the District At-
torney's office; Joe Hickey, of the L'nion Litho-
graph Co. ; Wallie Hershey. of the Curtis Bi-
plane interests and Mr. Quinn. with John A.
Roebling Sons Co. Al. Aldrich has been ap-
pointed director-in-chief.
BXiilding permits have been taken out at
Fresno. Cal., for the rehabilitation of the The-
atre Fresno, the .work to cost approximately
$20.0i>0. A new entrance will be installed, a
marquise erected in front, the boxes on the
lower floor removed, a heating, cooling and
ventilating system put in and the house furnish-
ed with new opera chairs throughout.
Van Buren &. Shields of Los Banos. Cal., have
purchased the Star Theater in Oakdale from Ted
Shearer and are making arrangements to take
over a house at Sonera and a circuit of moun-
tain amusement places.
A contract has been let at over SSO.OOO for
the erection of the new White Theater at
Fresno, Cal.. being constructed for T. C. White.
This does not include the opera chairs or mov-
ing picture equipment.
Eckles Bros, are conducting an airdome at
Porterville. Cal., this summer. They recently
took over the Wigwam airdome. formerly own-
ed by A. R. Moore, but have closed this.
Rico Restano has disposed of his moving pic-
ture theater at Sonora. Cal.. to June Knowles.
and B. R. Shaw, superintendent of the Yosemitt
Power Company at Groveland.
Howard Davis is having plans prepared for
the erection of a reinforced concrete moving
picture theater on Railroad street. Auburn. Cal.
The Pasadena Theater Company is preparing
to build a one-storv theater at Pasadena. Cal..
at an estimated cost of SSO.OOO.
The Meadow Amusement Company has been
incorporated at Los Angeles, Cal.. with a cap-
ital of S-o.rHX*, by Cecil H. Upper. B. L. Sweazea.
Frank Lowrey and George Olson.
Newsboys of the Eagle were entertained at a
show by Manager L. M. Miller, of the Princess
Theater at Wichita, Kan.
I. W. Saunders, manager of the Ideal moving
picture theater at Davis, Okla.. has opened an
airdome at that place.
Major Thomas J. Dickson, chaplain of the
Sixth Field Artillery. U.S.A.. is back at Fort
Riley. Kan., where he is exhibiting some of the
films made on the border near Texas City, in
connection with his plan to make a moving pic-
ture record of different phases of regular army
life. The pictures will be sent to the war
department.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
DETROIT.
""VTEPTUNES DAUGHTER." the seven-reei
-^^ production of the Universal Company,
started its tenth week at the Detroit Opera
House on July 27. It is still attracting good
crowds twice daily at 25 and 50-cent prices. It
is very likely that this picture will continue
until the opening of the regular season in the
latter part of August. There was some talk of
■'Cabiria" playing this theater, but apparently
negotiations have fallen through for the present.
Big headliner attractions are to be booked for
a lecture course to be arranged by the Detroit
Board of Commerce, if plans work out satis-
factorily, for next fall and winter. Among them
will be DeKolb Brothers' remarkable motion pic-
tures taken in the Grand Canyon of the Colo-
rado River.
The Gladwin Park Theater, situated at Water
Works Park, will present a beautiful child's
automobile to the boy or girl under ten years
of age who returns to the office the largest
number of coupons on the first of September.
During the month of August coupons are being
given in connection with every five-cent ticket
sold at the matinees, which are daily. Sunday
is not included in the contest. The automobile
is equipped with electric horn, electric lights.
one extra wheel and windshield.
The new Empire on Woodward avenue is dis-
tributing among its patrons yellow cards, with
the following notice, which is self-explanatory :
"Always catering to the wishes of our patrons.
we kindly ask that you mark the class of photo-
plays you prefer. Do you prefer a mixed pro-
gram consisting of a two-part feature and two
single reels, one of them a comedy? Yes or
no. Do you prefer one complete play in four
or five parts? Yes or no. Do you approve of
singing? Yes or no." The management will be
probably guided considerably in the future by
the suggestions made by its patrons.
A. J. Gillingham. manager of the General Film
Company in Detroit, returned August 8 from a
two weeks' trip in the East. He combined busi-
ness with pleasure, visiting New York, Atlantic
City and Boston.
The World Film Corporation, located in the
Equity Building, will move August 15 to the
fourth floor of the building at 97 Woodward
avenue, where it will occupy the entire floor.
At present it is occupying part of the basement
at that address in addition to its offices in the
Equity Building. Douglas Dickerson, manager
of the Detroit office, says his new quarters will
be much larger and more suitable to the needs
of the business.
The Wolverine Feature Film Company has
moved from the Equity Building to 17 Campau
Euilding. which is directly across the street.
Wesley B. Schram, one of the partners in the
Wolverine, has resigned as manager and will
take full charge of the Monroe Theater in which
he is a half owner. C. M. Davis will be in com-
plete control of the executive activities of the
Wolverine company.
Jesse J. Goldburg, secretary of the Life-Photo
Film Corporation, was in Detroit July 29 in
connection with the "Greyhound." Several local
film exchanges have been negotiating for this
feature.
Miss Dorothy Schoenherr. daughter of M. W.
Schoenherr, formerly manager of the Casino
F'eature Film Company, was married July 23 to
a very prominent Detroit violinist.
From a real estate man it has been learned
that negotiations are pending for the leasing
of the building at 225 Woodward avenue, in
which is located the Garland Theater, to a large
mercantile company, and that in all probability
the deal will be consummated to take effect im-
mediately. In such event it would give Wood-
ward avenue but two motion picture theaters
between the Campus and Grand Circus Park,
namely : the new Empire and the Woodward.
The Garland belongs to the chain of houses con-
trolled by the Casino Amusement C3mpany. The
building was leased several years ago by John
H- Kunsky and his associates, and for a time
played museum attractions on the second floor,
animals on the third floor and a picture theater
on the ground floor. This did not turn out as
successful as was anticipated, so the upper floors
were discontinued and the ground floor remod-
elled exclusively for pictures. While the theater
itself is doing a splendid business, it is too ex-
pensive a proposition to operate at the annual
rental which is approximately $40,000. The lo-
cation is one of the very best in the city for
retail purposes, and should the contemplated deal
be effected, it is very likely that Mr Kunsky
will be able to realize a very nice profit in
turning the lease.
Property with frontage of 87 feet at 3067-3073
East Grand boulevard, having depth of 173.5
feet to the alley in the rear and situated about
275 feet from Woodward avenue, has been leased
by Dr. Alois Thurner for 20 years to a syndi-
cate which plans to use the land as a site for a
large photoplay house to be known as the Grand
Boulevard Theater. The ground floor will seat
1.200 persons. Another condition of the lease is
that the lessees may purchase at any time within
the life term of it. Application has already
been made to the secretary of state for incor-
poration of the Grand Boulevard Theater, which
will own and operate the house. The contract
for erection of a theater and office building on
the property has been awarded to the Fuller
Claflin Company. Detroit. Building operations
will be started at once and rushed to completion
in an effort to have it ready for occupancy in
December of this year. The enterprise, it i-^
said, will represent an investment of about
SI 50,000.
A. J. Smith Construction Company has taken
out the permit for constructing the new Rose-
dale Theater for William Klatt, on Woodward
avenue, between Rosedale and Englewood av-
enues. It will be one story high, of reinforced
concrete, 24 by 110 by .35 feet. The permit calls
for a building to cost $24,000, which is exclusive
of furnishings, decorations and equipment.
Royal A. Baker, former censor of motion pic-
ture theaters, is now covering the Woodward
avenue "beat" for the local police department.
To the Detroit correspondent of the Moving
Picture World. Mr. Baker said he was devoting
considerable of his spare time to writing scenar-
ios, and that he was working out a number of
new and original ideas.
Manager Hagedorn of the National says he is
well satisfied with his business since changing
the house from vaudeville to pictures, and be-
lieves the policy of pictures will continue per-
manently.
The Medbury Theater on Hasting street, near
Medbury avenue, is practically completed and
will be ready to open not later than the middle
of this month.
On July 28 there was a private exhibition of
the Board of Commerce motion pictures at the
Liberty Theater. They show the various places
of interest in Detroit. At the private exhibition
there was present a special committee of the
Board of Commerce, besides some of the officers
and directors. The pictures will shortly be
shown in this city, first at the Board of Com-
merce auditorium and then at the various mo-
tion picture houses.
The walls of the theater at Woodward and
Kenilwortb avenues are up and it is expected
to have the roof on the structure by the middle
of August. Contractors are pushing this theater
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HS rast as their men can work. From present
ladicallons the thcntor will be rondy to open
about the inUldle of September. It will be une
of the quitkost-constructed theaters In the Mid-
dle West.
Contracts for the <onstru*tlon of the Strand
Theater have been let and work will start some
time this month. It will be on the plan of the
Garden Theater.
■•The Man On the Box." the latest Jesse Lasky
release, was shown at the Liberty the week of
July L*o and did a capacity business. The Lib-
erty is now paying a monthly dividend of two
per cent. : the capitalization is $75,000. Ey fall
it is anticipated that the theater will pay around
three per cent, monthly. It is one of the best
theater Investments in the city.
T. D. Moule. manager of the Columbia Thea-
ter, left Julv 20 on a two weeks' vacation.
SMITH.
MICHIGAN.
THE Grand Theater at Calumet gets fifteen
and ten cents for its eight-reel program. .
The publicity committee of the Grand Rapids'
Association of Commerce will use moving pii--
turesi for advertising purposes.
A moving picture show has been opened in
the theater at Lake Michigan at Muskegon.
Later vaudeville will be added.
Manager W. E. Lawreme. of the Idea Theater
at 222 Monroe street. Grand Rapids, is installing
a new front in his house.
Harry R. Hiller and Benjamin Jorgensen, of
Grand Haven, are the cameramen out with the
West Michigan Pike Tourists taking pictures of
the tiwns visited.
The Royal Theater on West Leonard street
in Grand Rapids has added an orchestra for
Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Manager W. .\. Ruscoe. of the Jeffers Theater
in Saginaw, was host to the Daily Xews boys
at an appropriate picture show.
B. E. Xewman and Leslie Dietz filmed Ish-
peming. The pictures were booked for the Ish-
peming Theater. Aug. 4. 5. 6 and 10.
The Orpheum and Garden Theaters in Lan-
sing are conducting a popularity voting contest
with an automobile as capital prize.
"People are crazy about moving pictures and
the tango. Many are in a perfect 'debauchery'
of amusement. Instead of forming clubs for
boys take a club to the parents." This is a
newspaper quotation from an address made by
Shaller Matthews, dean of the University of
<^hicago, to Michigan preachers attending the
»ummer school at Kalamazoo.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ILLINOIS.
T^HE management of the Chautauqua assem-
^ bly at Piasa Bluffs on the Mississippi
River, near Alton, recently had a novelty in the_
form of a "movie day." The admission was re-
duced to ten cents. In addition to the regular
program films were made of the crowds and
all the atractions to be shown later at the
Chautauqua and at the moving picture houses
in Alton.
Leslie SoUis assumed the management of the
Gem Theater and the Airdome at Clinton when
his father. John Sollis, who had been conduct-
ing them, went to Decatur to engage in other
business.
Xearly every picture shown at Burr Swan's
Knights of Pythias Opera House at Pittsfield
seems to have some local significance. When
Mary Pickford was booked in "Caprice" Swan
recalled the time the local amateur actors pirated
the play and put it on. The result was, of
course, more business.
Coupons admitted ladies and children free to
the matinees of the Alaska-Siberian moving pic-
tures when they were shown at the New Lyric
Theater in Danville.
The Orpheum Theater at McLean has been
sold by D. B. Ellis to Loren Bennett, of Atlanta.
111.
Horton &- Mayne have commenced the con-
struction of an airdome on the south side of the
public square at Albion. Moving pictures will
be shown there in fair weather, in rainy sea-
sons at the Majestic Theater.
Four weeks were allotted by the management
of Dreamland Theater at Galena for completely
changing the interior of the house. Just as
soon as the run of "Kathlyn" was finished July
18 the place was closed for the improvements
which had been under consideration.
Manager Jules Rubens of the Fox Theater at
Aurora will admit free on Monday afternoons,
between 2 and 5 o'clock, all grade school chil-
dren. An Aurora paper, telling of this plan,
says : "Mr. Rubens entered the editorial offices
this afternoon and suggested this plan, and after
it was unanimously indorsed, ordered the an-
nouncement made. Mr. Rubens cried when he
was telling of the number of children in the
city who cannot go to the nickel shows because
of not having the money."
The Elite moving picture theater on the east
side of the square at Petersburg has closed
until the middle of September. Manager and
Mrs. Newland have returned to their home at
Galesburg until that time.
Manager MlUer, of the Kozy Theater at Me-
tropolis, Is practically rebuilding his house.
Two rooms will be thrown together, doubling
the seating capacity, and a stage will be added
for vaudeville.
The Adfilm Company, of Chicago, has been In-
corporated with a capital stock of $10,000. to
manufacture and deal in motion pictures, motion
picture machines, etc. The incfirporators are
John A. Kerhoeven, M. L. Minnock and William
Feather.
. A new opera house will be erected on West
Main street at Havana by Dr. L. G. PuUen. a
dentist of that city. It will seat about 1.00(>
persons. It is likely that. Inasmuch as Havana
is a city of only H.HOO, some pictures will be
used as attractions.
The moving picture theater at Mackinaw has
been reopened and shows are being given each
Wednesday and Saturday night.
The Electrophone Talking moving pictures
were featured for several days by the Capitol
Theater on East Washington street in Spring-
field. For a recent advertising stunt the Capi-
tol admitted two children for one bufTalo nickel.
When "The Christian" was shown at the Orph-
eum in Aurora, the first four reels were shown
two days and the last four two days. One ticket
covering both shows was sold for ten cents.
Ed Conley. of Seaton. is now associated with
his brother. C. A. Conley. in the moving picture
business at La Salle.
Chris Jackson, owner of the Scenic Theater
at Bloomington. has let the contract for im-
provements and extensions which will increase
the seating capacity of his house from 4-10 to
,S50.
A juvenile automobile will be given to some
boy or girl in Champaign or Urbana in order
to advertise the Varsitv Theater of Champaign.
The board of directors of the Litchfield-Hills-
boro Chautauqua has awarded a contract for
furnishing a moving picture program each week-
day night during the assembly to Ed Fellis. the
Hillsboro exhibitor.
Eleven business houses of Sullivan have leased
the Gem Theater for every Saturday afternoon
and each customer is given a ticket with each
one-dollar purchase.
The Bijou Theater at Carrollton has been
opened. The house enjoyed capacity business
the opening night.
The contract for making moving pictures of
Rockford. to be shown at the Palm^ Theater and
then to be used by the Rockford Chamber of
Commerce, was awarded to the Zenith Motion
Picture Company, of Chicago.
Distributors of a soft drink "sampled" the
crowd at the Airdome in Galesburg in the rest
between reels one night. Manager Schroeder.
who is some press agent, got a local business
man to stand for an interview on the little sur-
prises like this that have been sprung at the
Airdome.
Eraidwood. III., as it looked on July .1 and 4.
was shown in films to the patrons of the Em-
pire Theater at Morris. Braidwood and Morris
are neighbors and celebrated together, so it
pr.nftically was a local picture.
The Kenilworth Club, which has a lease on a
portion of Kenilworth Beach on the north shore
of Lake Michigan, has installed wiring and has
been giving free moving picture shows for the
visitors to the beach.
Joseph M. Lyon, who has been manager of
the Vaudette Theater in Evanston, owned by
Eodkin & Keane. has been placed in charge of
the firm's new Star Theater at 68 West Madison
street in Chicago.
Delbridge & Barber have opened a moving pic-
ture show at Malta.
"The matinees are as good as the evening
performances." is the different way in which
the Evanston Theater at Evanston conveys the
idea.
A benefit for the Royal Neighbors of America
was given at the appropriately-named Royal
Theater in Litchfield.
Testimonials from well-known people in Gales-
burg are being used as readers in the news-
papers by the Airdome at that place.
The Industrial Moving Picture Company, of
Chicago, took some pictures of the Festal Day
parade at Zion City. These films will be used
by Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva of the noted
community in connection with a tour of the
Xorthwest. which he will make this fall.
C, L. Eastburn has sold the Star Theater at
Watseka to Merle Eastburn,
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
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IN THE SOUTHWEST.
HE niovinsr picture show on Lamar avenue,
in Paris. Texas, is being remodeled. A
balfony will add to the seating capacity.
More electric fans than in any other building
in McAIester. Okla.. is the distinction enjoved
by the Liberty Theater at that place.
Moving pictures of Texas highways along the
Meridian road will he taken during an automo-
bile tour from the Gulf of Mexico "to Winnipeg,
by representatives of the Xational Highways'
-Association.
.Manager Howard Collinx has been having the
new Grace Theotcr at .McPberson, Kan., redec-
orated.
.\ novelty In rural picture shows Ih promised
by James Hanna, of the Ilanna Grain Company,
of Gas City, Kan. He purchiiseil a bulliling In
that city and will have It removed to hi-* farm
near La Ilarpe, Kan., where It will be e<iulpped
for giving moving picture shows to the farm
boys and girls of the nelgbborbood.
The Royal Theater at St. Joseph, Mo., has
reduced Its admission price to five cents.
Miss .\nna Clements, who recently purchased
the Garden Theater at Cleburne, Texas. Is giv-
ing five reels of i)lcture8 In connection wllb -a
vaudeville bill. Pictures will change nightly;
vaudeville twice a week.
The story of how a railroad company, through
the mDvIng pictures, found a miyslng freight
car is a variation of the tale of flnding lost rela-
tives. The general car accountant of the Santa
Fe could not locate at any plocc in the United
States car .\o. 110,098. He was watching a cur-
rent events film of a flood scene In a South-
western theater when he saw the significant
number on the end of a car sticking out of the
water. He got In touch with the film-maker
and made a proper accounting for his rolling
stock.
.Manager J. F. Green, of the Yale and Majes-
tic moving picture theaters at Cleburne, Texas,
is branching out, having purchased a half Inter-
est in the Orpheum Theater at Dallas, Texas.
He will he general manager for the Dallas
houses which will be devoted to vaudeville. M.
Little, of Cleburne, will be assistant manager.
The change probably will result In the intro-
duction of some vaudeville Into one of the Cle-
burne houses in connection with the photoplays.
W. H. Daley, proprietor of a moving picture
show in Pittsburg. Kan., the Urst of fifty men
tried for violating the laws by operating his
show on Sunday, was acquitted by a jury. A
former jury disagreed.
Moving pictures of work done by the Missouri
State Poultry Board will be shown at a state
poultry field meet to be held at Lake Side Park.
Webb City, some time in August or September.
E. H. Hill, Arkansas City, Kan., exhibitor,
who attracted attention by his plan of admitting
children free for bringing in flies they had
killed, put on another stunt. Three hundred
boys, under twelve years of age, who had cleaned
up their backyards, got to see "L'ncle . Tom's
Cabin" without paying. The youngsters were
lined up in front of the theater and filmed for
one of the weeklies.
Thomas B. Moore, of the Hotex Film Com-
pany, of Houston. "Texas, has been negotiating
with the Young Men's Committee of the Com-
mercial Club at Orange. Texas, for taking some
pictures in that city.
What is said to be a campaign for operating
shows on Sunday in Wichita. Kan.. lacks back-
ing. The city council has been presented with
petitions asking that it pass an ordinance per-
mitting Sabbath shows, and, in the event that
the council does not pass such a measure, that
the question be submitted to a vote of the people.
Although the petitions bore 3.GO0 sisnatures. of-
ficials at the city hall are quoted as saying
that they were brought in by a young girl and
that knowledge of who submitted them is not
available.
Holton. Kan., was filmed by O. W. Holt, of
the Holt Feature Film Company, of Manhattan,
Kan.
.MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
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LYNCHBURG, VA.
'HE summer policy of showing feature mo-
tion pictures will be abandoned by the
Trenton theater on August 24, after which time
>^''nager Corbin Shield will resume vaudeville
and offer four acts daily in connection with
two reels of pictures to the patrons of this
house. One of the first steps taken by Mr.
Shield after assuming the management of the
Trenton theater was to secure Jesse L. Lasky's
features, and that his selection proved to be
what the public desired has been indicated by
the big crowds that have visited the theater
every night.
Owing to the demand made upon the man-
agement to keep the feature over for three days
more, "Xeptune's Daughter." the big Universal
seven-reeler. for which Jake Wells has secured
The rights in Virginia, was shown at the Aca-
demy of Music six days instead of three, and
the picture sustained its reputation as a draw-
ing card during the time it was shown in
Lynchburg, the increase in price of admission
not standing in the way of those who witnessed
the production.
The New theater, which is now in the course
of construction on Main street, between Sixth
and Seventh streets, already bears the annear-
pnce of being the prettiest house in Lynchburg.
The theater will hardly be completed before
October 1. although the contractors are rushing
the work everv day. The New will cater to
women and children and will show only pic-
tures in which the sensational is eliminated. A
■=n!endid pipe organ costing $3,000 is to be in-
stalled. BABER.
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ST. LOUIS.
T X the £t. Louis Globe Democrat of July
J- '-<*, Mayor Kiel is reported as saying : "I
consider the establishment of a censorship over
public entertainments, particularly moving pic-
ture shows, which cater largely to boys and
girls, imperative. 1 am strongly opposed to the
exhibition of films depicting crime. Many of
such films portray criminals as heroes, and tbe
impression on youthful minds is bad." The
Mayor proposes to bring up a bill at the regular
session of the Municipal Assembly in Septem-
ber, directing the Division of Parks and Recre-
ation to censor all moving picture films and
other theatrical entertainments before their
production be permitted in St. Louis.
Moving pictures have been enlisted to help
the Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis. Mrs.
Alice Curtice Moyer, a local suffrage leader,
has written a four-reel photoplay with equal
suffrage as the theme, and the St. Louis Mo-
tion Picture Company have made arrangements
to produce the feature in the near future. The
story is said to contain much heart interest, as
well as lively action, and it will be staged by
a director from the east.
W. -J. Flynn, general manager of the Asso-
ciated theaters, invited a delegation of nuns
who are attending a course of lectures for
teachers at the Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis, to a private exhibition of the St. Louis
Pageant and Masque pictures at the Juniata
theater, Juniata street and Grand avenue, on
July 23. The performance began at 1.30 in the
afternoon and lasted until 5. Many of the nuns
had never been in a position to witness an ex-
hibition of moving pictures before, and Mr.
Flynns invitations were accepted by all who
could posi^ibly attend.
During the first week of the free municipal
moving pictures in the public parks and play-
grounds of St. Louis, more than 45,000 people
saw the exhibitions. Larger crowds are ex-
pected as the season advances, and results are
being watched with interest by soci legists and
heads of city recreation bureaus throughout the
country. The films are carefully selected, and
those of an educational value are given prefer-
ence. One reel has remained on the program
for two weeks, and will be shown until all
the patrons of the free pictures have seen it.
It is a Safety First reel, and shows the dangers
of children playing on the streets. Acting
Health Commissioner Jordan has arranged with
Park Commissioner Davis to exhibit a reel
showing the dangers of the fly, to aid in the
campaign for the extermination of the pest.
Delegates to the convention of Optometrists,
which was held in St. Louis this week, were en-
tertained with moving pictures while taking a
river trip on the steamer Belle of the Bends
Thursday night, A lecture on the "Evolution
of the Spectacle." by Dr. L. E. B-ull, of Cali-
fornia, was illustrated with moving pictures,
rare old plates and photographs of old-style
spectacles.
Moving pictures were exhibited at a political
meeting held at the Marguerite Clark theater,
4031 Olive street, on July 23. The pictures
were run between the political addresses, and
the admission was free.
The Roseland Skydome, at Old Manchester
road and Roseland terrace, has just been opened
for business. Chas. Crawford is manager, and
General .service is used.
GlEBLER.
MISSOURI.
T^HE Majestic airdome has opened for business
-'- at Rockville, Mo. J. W. Melton is the own-
er of the moving picture establishment.
William Meyn, proprietor of the Phototorium
in Kansas City, Kan., has put himself on a diet
which provides for little or no food during hot
weather. Mr. Meyn has been in bad health re-
cently, and decided that a few weeks without
anything to eat was about what he needed.
He also has cancelled all engagements with the
Goddess Nicotine and expects to be in his former
good health when cool weather arrives.
E. P. Churchill, a former exhibitor of Kansas
City, has entered the industry on a more ex-
tensive scale in Milwaukee, according to in-
formation received by Kansas City friends. Mr.
Churchill, who formerly managed the Glad-
stone theater, is now supervising a half dozen
motion picture houses in the Beer City.
The Empress theater, a vaudeville and mov-
ing picture house of Kansas City, passed out of
the hands of Sullivan & Considine. and into
those of Marcus Loew on August 1. The policy
of the new owner, as far as motion pictures are
concerned, will be the same, it is believed.
The White Way theater, the newest in Kan-
sas, opened at Concordia recently, under the
management of Robert McGaugh and F. F.
Davis. The theater is 100 feet deep and 46 wide,
boasting a seating capacity of 500. Even more
seats could have been installed, had it not been
the owners' idea to sacrifice capacity to the
comfort of patrons to some extent. Particular
attention was given to the safety idea in the
construction of the new house, which is of con-
crete, brick and steel. Edison projecting equip-
ment is used.
Tht' Bell theater, of Independence, Kan., par-
ticipated recently in a misspelled word contest
handled by one of the daily papers of that city.
A page of advertisements was run. a number of
words being misspelled. The reader compiling
a list ot these words was given a cash prize.
The plan caused patrons of the paper to read
the advertisements with unusual care, and good
results were secured.
Sunday openings in Topeka. Kan., are doubt-
ful. One or two of tbe exhibitors are said to
have decided to make an effort to give per-
formances on the Sabbath. Others believe that
such a move would prove unpopular and will
hold aloof for the present, at least.
Three convictions of moving picture men were
secured in the municipal court at Pittsburg,
Kan., recently. W, H. Daly, E. E. Frazier and
Charles Smither were the exhibitors found guilty
of violating a local ordinance. All will appeal
to the district court and he given jury trials, in
which the municipality has been unable to
make any progress. The three exhibitors will
continue their Sunday performances pending a
settlement of the appeals.
0. W. Holt, a feature film man of Manhattan,
Kan., ran into a bit of luck at Holton, Kan., re-
cently, while snapping scenes of interest. A
railroad wreck took place near Holton, the
cameraman securing some unusual views.
The Kansas City branch of the Mutual Film
Corporation, whieh recently went under the
management of Marty Williams, will shortly
take new quarters in the Ozark building, at
Tenth and Main streets, after three years in
the Empress theater building at Twelfth and
McGee. The third floor of the Ozark building
is now being fitted up elaborately for the en-
trance of the exchange, which will occupy Its
new home some time in August. New fixtures
are to be installed throughout. The Ozark
building already is the home of the Eclectic
branch , under the management of C. S. Ed-
wards. The Universal exchange is the only one
now left in the Empress theater.
J. E. Dodson. former manager of the Kansas
City branch of the World Film Corporation, has
re-entered the service of that company and
will work on the road, with headquarters in
Kansas City. R. L. White will retain the man-
agement of the branch. Mr. Dodson is intimate
with conditions in the Southwest and is well
fitted for his new role.
Eight thousand Eagles invaded Kansas City
with kindly intentions early in August for their
National convention. Most of the local ex-
hibitors anticipated their coming by decorating
their houses appropriately. The Eagles recipro-
cated by turning out in numbers for the offer-
ings at the various houses and business boomed
during their occupancy of the city.
Joseph Stiebel. manager of the Apollo the-
ater on Troost avenue, also operates an airdome
on that thoroughfare. Contrary to general
methods, however, the airdome is an addition
rather than a replacement, as the regular house
is continued through the summer. Both are
being filled at present, and Mr. Stiebel is one
exhibitor to whom the good old summer time
presents little to be feared. MURRAY.
lOWA.
THE Garrick Theater at Burlington has been
sold to Wiley N. McConnell, of Quincy.
111., and Jack Hoeffler. of Terre Haute. Ind. It
will be devoted to vaudeville, using some pic-
tures.
H. W. Johnson has opened a moving picture
show at Akron.
Boston & Neibert. who have purchased the
A-Muse-U Theater on Sycamore street in Mus-
catine, will continue to operate that house with
a moving picture policy, as well as making the
Princess Theater the home of photoplays. Mon-
day night will be feature night at the Princess
and Wednesday night at the A-Muse-U will be
given over to the specials.
Eastern parties are said to be interested in a
plan to erect a new moving picture house on
Commercial street in Waterloo.
The building occupied by the Palace Theater
at Burlington has been sold and the proprietors
are said to be contemplating the erection of a
handsome moving picture house at some other
location. Several sites are under consideration.
T. A. Black, a member of the "Greater Iowa"
committee appointed by Governor Clark to ar-
range for the state exhibit at the fair, has an-
nounced that motion pictures taken in various
parts of Iowa will be shown during the entire
year at the exposition.
The Princess Theater, now under construction,
at Sioux City, is expected to be open about
September 15.
State and national censorship of moving pic-
tures will be advocated by the Iowa Public Wel-
fare League along with a number of other re-
form laws to be soueht from the Iowa legis-
lature. The league takes this stand, it is ex-
plained, because it has just learned that there
is a movement upon the part of moving picture
men to block all plans for censorship. H. L.
Houghton, of the Associated Charities of Sioux
City, which is the mouthpiece of the Welfare
Leaeue, savs that, generally speaking, the shows
in Sioux City are good.
Summer prices of five cents are now in
vogue at the Best Theater in Clinton.
The Palace Theater entertained the members
of the Fifty-third Regimental Band of Cedar
Rapids at one of its feature picture programs.
The band rendered a short program of popular
classics early in the evening.
Dell Hoes has sold the- Lyric Theater on
Keeler street in Boone, which he managed a
short time, to W. R. Summerhayes, of Wilton
Junction. The new proprietor has been in the
show and picture business nineteen years. A
new $.1,000 photoplayer will be installed. B. G.
Buffington. of Wilton Junction, will be house
manager. Hoes has repurchased the American
Theater at Carthage, 111., which he sold some-
time ago.
Harry Fairale, of Davenport, has purchased
a camera and will film persons, scenes and
events in that section of the state.
Herman Hulsebeck will move his picture show
into the Stangl Hall at Dedham.
B, O. Gates has opened the Pastime, a moving
picture theater seating 2(W), in the Gates Block
at Independence.
Manager Brinton is expending about $1.0U0 in
renovating the Graham Theater at Washington.
A new moving picture theater will be opened
in the Johnson Building at Cherokee.
The Majestic Theater at Missouri Valley was
sold under the supervision of the Federal Court
to L. Brown. It has been operated by Myron
Moore.
I. T. Russell has purchased the Majestic The-
ater at Bloomfield from C. C. Cackler.
The Auditorium, a moving picture show, has
been opened a^t Lewis.
Short features and comedies, designed to at-
tract the patronage of people who have not
time to sit through long .subjects, will be given
especial attention by F. W. Cope and C. W.
Page, who have leased the Black Cat Theater
in Des Moines. A five-cent admi.ssion will be
secured. Page is connected with the Page
Amusement Company of Des Moines.
The Dodge Amusement Company, of Keokuk,
has taken over the management of the Grand
Opera House at Fort Madison. It is probable
that this company will pursue the same policy
announced for its new acquisition in Galesburg.
alternating theatrical, vaudeville and feature
moving picture attractions.
The Princess Theater at Mason City is con-
ducting a juvenile amateur contest with a S25
gold prize. Several weeks are required to de-
termine the winner.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WISCONSIN.
DISAGREEMENTS over the question of who
controlled the lease of the Rex moving
picture theater in Oshkosh were settled, and
Ray Cummings withdrew the injunction suit
filed to restrain the People's Amusement Com-
pany and .\ndrew Haben from proceeding with
remodeling the theater.
F. J. McWilliams, manager of the Casino
Theater in La Crosse, has had plans drawn for
a new moving picture house to be erected in the
south part of the city at Jackson street and
West avenue. It will seat 450 and will have a
modern heating and ventilating system.
Managers of moving picture houses in Super-
ior are co-operating with the city officials in en-
forcing the curfew law. Boys and girls under
16 years of age are not admitted to the theaters
after 9- p.m.. unless accompanied by their
parents.
The Lyric Theater at Columbus has been re-
opened under new management, giving pictures
and some vaudeville.
The Liberty Tbeater at Twenty-seventh and
Vliet streets in Milwaukee will make an addi-
tion to it costing $25,000.
The Wisconsin Panama Commission probably
will use moving pictures at tbe San Francisco
fair.
When the Empire Theater at Butternut re-
opens this fall, after thorough remodeling, it
will have a seating capacity of 300. All new-
chairs have been installed.
More power for the board of censors of mov-
ing pictures in Milwaukee is advocated bv Judge
Neele B. Neelen, who was appointed to that body
several months aso. However, he suggests this
only as a means of protecting the body in case
of lawsuits. As a general thing, the class of
pictures now shown in Milwaukee are good and
a benefit to education, he says. Only one ob-
noxious film is recalled and, when informed of
the opinion of the censors, the exhibitor im-
raediatelv stopped its exhibition.
J. F. Heffernan. head of the company con-
trolling the Grace Theater. Twenty-eighth and
National avenues in Milwaukee, loaned the house
to Rev. S. P. Todd, who is conducting one of
the church federation summer Bible schools.
One hundred and fifty children bearing banners
marched through the streets to the theater
where they saw films on the care of teeth and
on the medical inspection of schools.
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Current Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Tim, the Terror (Comedy)
— The Game of Freeze-Out (Comedy)
EDISON— The Adventure of the Pickpocket (Eighth of the
"Octavius" Amateur Detective Series) (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Sweedie and the Double Exposure (Comedy)..
KALEM — The Old Army Coat (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
P.\THE — Dakar, the Principal Port of Senegal, French
West Africa (Travel)
— Militarj' Trained Dogs, Belgium (Military)
SELIG — The Speck on the Wall (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 49 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Private Dennis Hogan (Military Drama)..
TUESDAY. AUGUST 18, 1914.
CIXES — When the Beacon Failed (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
EDISON— By the Aid of a Film (Tenth of "The Man Who
Disappeared'' Series") ( Drama)
ESSANAY— The Black Signal (Drama)
KALEM — The Storm at Sea (Drama)
LUBIN— Back to the Farm (Comedy)
MELIES— A Slight Mistake (Comedy)
PATHE— Cairo, the Capital of Egypt (Travel)
— Uriage, and \'icinity (Scenic)
SELIG — If at First You Don't Succeed (Comedy-Drama)..
VITAGRAPH — An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914.
EDISON— The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
ESSANAY — The Fable of "The Two Mandolin Players and
the Willing Performer" (Western Comedy)
KALEM — The Bond Eternal (Special — Two parts — Drama) .
LUBIN — The Dreamer (Special — Two parts — Drama)
MELIES— The False Rubies (Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Weekly, No. 50, 1914 (News)
SELIG — When a Woman's 40 (Special — 'Two parts —
Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Taken by Storm (Comedy-Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
BIOGR.APH— The Smuggler's Wife (Drama)
ESSANAY — Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent (Comedy)
LUBIN — His Brother's Blood (Special — Tw-o parts — Drama)
MELIES — A Surprising Encounter (Comed3')
— A Mason's New Assistant (Comedy)
— The Bull Trainer's Revenge (Special — Two
parts — Drama)
SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial. No. SO (News)
VIT.\GR.\PH— The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914.
EDISON — The Gilded Kidd (Special — Two parts — Comedy)
ESSAN.A.Y— The Masked Wrestler (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
KALEM — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Love of Oro San (Drama)
SELIG — The Reveler (Comedj')
\ITAGRAPH— The Honeymooners (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Gypsy Talisman (Drama)
EDISON — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
ESSANAY— Broncho Billy's Wild Ride (Drama)
K.\LEM — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama)
LUBIN — Sometimes It Works (Comedy)
— Making Auntie Welcome (Comedy)
MELIES— The Telltale Photograph (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
SELKJ— What Became of Jane? (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Lily of the Valley (Special— Two parts-
Drama)
Advance Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Man from the Past (Drama)
EDISOX— Nearly a Widow (Comedy)
ESSAX.W — Sweedie Springs a Surprise (Comedy)
KALEM — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two parts-
Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Daily News. No. S3, 1914 (News)
— Edible Fishes of the English Channel (Ocean) . .
— Picturesque Normandy. France (Travel)
SELIC; — The ^^■hite Mouse (Special — Two Parts — Drama).
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 51 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Ward's Claim (Western-Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25. 1914.
EDISON — The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (Tenth of
"The Chronicles of Cleek" Series (Drama)
ESSANAY- Two Men Who Waited (Drama)
K.\LEM — The Counterfeiter's Plot (Drama)
LUBIN — The Widow and the Twins (Comedy)
— The Lucky Rube (Comedy)
MELIES — Circumstantial Evidence (Comedy)
P.\THE — Rapids and Falls at Trondjen (Travel)
— Picturesque France. Lower Brittany ("Travel)....
— From Havre to Buc by Hydro-.\eroplane (Color-
Travel)
SELIG — The Sealed Oasis ( Drama)
VIT.AGR.\PH— Rainv the Lion Killer (Special— Two parts
— Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914.
EDISOX — The South African Mines (Industrial)
— Buster and His Goat (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Fable of "the Difference Between Learning and
Learning How" (Comedy)
K.\LEM — The Cave of Death (Special — Two parts — Drama)
LUBIN' — The Attorney's Decision (Special — Two parts —
Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Daily News No. 54, 1914 (News)
SELIG — The Decision of Tim O'Farrel (Drama)
VIT.-\GR.\PH — Josie's Declaration of Independence (Com.)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.
BIOGR.\PH— The Terrible Lesson (Drama)
ESS.\X.\V — Slippery Slim and the Fortune Teller (Comedy)
LUBIX' — The Aggressor (Special — Two parts — Drama)....
MELIES — The Elopement of Eliza (Comedy)
SELIG — Hearst-Selig Xews Pictorial X'o. 51 (News)
VITAGR.\PH— The Mysterious Lodger (Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
EDISOX' — The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (Special
— Two parts — Historical Drama)
ESSANAY — Seven Sealed Orders ( Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
KALEM— When Men Wear Skirts (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Better Man (Drama)
SELIG — A Low Financier (Comedy)
— Breaking Into Tail (Comedj')
VIT.\GRAPH— Such a Hunter (Comedy)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914.
BIOGR-A-PH- Spending It Quick (Comedy)
— Baseball, a Grand Old Game (Comedy)
CIXES — To Forgive, Divine (Special — Two parts — Drama).
EDISOX' — Treasure Trove (Drama)
ESS.\NAY— Broncho Billy's Indian Romance (Western-
Drama)
KALEM— The Car of Death (Drama)
LUBIX— The Kids" Xap (Comedy)
MELIES — The Man Who Smiled (Special — Two parts — -
Comedy)
SELIG — The Harbor of Love (Drama)
\'IT.\GRAPH — Tosie's Coney Island X'ightmare (Special —
Two parts — Comedy)
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1914. SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1914.
KOMIC — Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 of the "Bill" Series — ECLAIR— A Pearl of Great Price I Society-Drama)
Comedy) FRONTIER — Memories of Years Ago (Drama)
MAIESTIC— Her Mother's Necklace (Two parts— Drama).. REX— The Hedge Between (Drama)
THANHOUSER-Her Big Brother (Drama) MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914.
MONDAY. AUGUST 17, 1914. IMP— Loves Refrain (Drama)
AMERICAN— False Gods (Two parts— Drama) STERLING— ^lis Wife's Flirtation (Coniedy) . . . .
KEYSTONE— That Minstrel Man (Comedy) .-rr^n^r.-n .,, • u —Close to Nature (Educational) ... ..
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl. No. 31 (News) \ ICTOR— Weights and Measures (Two parts— Political-
Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1914.
^f^wVS'i'^'^'^^u ^'^"" r -'"'?" ^"'f?" (Drama) CRYSTAL-Vivi?n's Best Fellow (Comedy)
^^i^JESTIC-The Inner Conscience Drama)... ^q^^ SEAL-The Trey o' Hearts. Series No. 3 (The Sea
THANHOLSER-McCarn Plays Fate (Two parts-Drama^ Venture) (Two parts-Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914. UNIVERSAL IKE-Universal Ike, Jr.. on His Honeymoon
' ' (Comedy 1
AMERICAN— Their Worldly Goods (Drama) ,„t^t^x,t^ot^» -, »,Tr-TTCT^,n ,^,.
BRONCHO-The Robbery at Pine River (Two parts- WEDNESDAlf, AUGUST 19, 1914.
Drama) ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 128 (News'*
RELIANCE— Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle (Comedy) ECLAIR— Bransford in Arcadia (Three parts- Western-
Drama")
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914. JOKER— Pass Key. No. 2 (Comedy)
DOMINO— The Defaulter (Two parts— Drama) NESTOR— The Creeping Flame (Western-Drama)
KEYSTONE— Those Country Kids (Comedy) —Strange Friends (EdLicational)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 86 (News) THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914. IMP— On the High Seas (Two parts— Drama)
-- ... „T-T- Ti- -If- c r\ ■ ,'r . T^ \ REX — .\ Bowl of Roses ( Drama")
KAY-BEE — Ihe Winning of Uenise ( 1 wo parts — Urama) . crirDTTx-r- t . • »u <;• j- /i -i r- „ j \
AT \ TT7c-T-Tr- \ T ' \ t u ' / r\ \ b 1 E R L I N (j — Lost in the Studio ( luvenile-Comedy)
MAJESTIC — A Lesson in Mechanics (Drama) ■ ■'
PRINCESS — The Belle of the School (Comedy-Drama) FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914. ?:^,^Jt?JI~4u^"?J;''' D«"P;'°" 'T^''° Parts— Comedy)
PO V\ ERS — The Divorcee (Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Not yet announced! VICTOR— The Slavey's Romance f Drama)
RELIANCE — For the Last Edition (Two parts — Drama).. „ . _„,„.^ . „ . ,,„
ROYAL-His Long Lost Friend (Comedy; SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914.
"101" BISON — The Lure of the Geisha (Two parts —
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914. Drama)
T-/-\itT/- V ni, ■ 1 r- 1. r, ,~ j \ TOKER — The Diamond Nippers (Comedy)
KOMIC — A Physical Culture Romance (Comedy) • ft- \ j ^
MAJESTIC — The Second Mrs. Roebuck (Two oarts — SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914.
Tu PZ^Ai^^'xih' "L"i\"''"r"A"T\".,"'i^ \ ECLAIR— The Miracle ( Drama)
THAN HOC SER-A Dogs Good Deed (Drama) FRONTIER— The Strange Signal (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914. REX— The Hole in the Garden Wall (Drama)
AMERICAN-This Is th' Life (Two parts-Comedy) " MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914.
KEYSTONE — (Title not yet announced) IMP — Tim Webb. Senator (Three parts — Drama)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl. No. 32 (News) STERLING— A Rural Aflfair (Tuvenile— Comedy)
\ICTOR— There Is a Destiny (Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
BEAL^T\ — Susie's New Shoes ( Comedv-Drama) r-nx-e-rir t> i j /.- j ^
GAUMONT-mtle not yet announced) CR\ STAL-Barreled (Comedy)
MAJESTIC-Granny ( Drama) P^. T^ cttTt xl" T^" (Comedy) ........ . . . . .
THANHOUSER-Conscience (Two parts-Drama; COLD SEAL-The 1 rey o Hearts Series No. 4 (Dead
' Reckoning) (Two parts — Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 1914 UNIVERS.\L IKE— Universal Ike at the Dance of Little
L. O. (Coinedv)
AMERICAN- Lodging for the Night (Drama) «rirrMvTiroT~> a v ATtr-TTCToc in,,.
BRONCHO— The Sheriff's Sister (Two parts— Drama) ... . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914.
RELIANCE— The Stolen Ore (Drama) ANIMATED WEEKLY— Number 129 (News)
ECL.\IR — The Character Woman (Two parts — Drama)....
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. JOKER— The Little Automogobile (Comedy)
DOMINO— The Village 'Neath the Sea (Two parts— NESTOR— A Miner's Romance (Western— Drama)
r- ^ rR^/r^Tx^^ VV', Vx THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.
GALAlU.Nl — (litle not vet announced)
KEYSTONE— (Title not'vet announced) IMP— Universal Boy in the Chinese Mystery (Juvenile—
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 87 ( News) Drama)
REX — For the Secret Service (Two parts — Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. STERLIN(2— Snookee's Disguise (Comedy).
AMERICAN- The Song of the Sea Shell (Drama) FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
KAY-BEE— The Old Love's Best (Two parts— Drama) NESTOR— For Love or Monev (Comedv)
PRINCESS— The Keeper of the Light (Drama) POWERS— This Is the Life ( ConiedvJ ."
SATURDAY. AUGUST 29, 1914. . VICTOR-Counterfeiters (Two parts-Drama)
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KEiSrONE — (litle not yet announced) r,,^,^.,.. , . , , , , t- r^ \
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ROYAL— A Run for His Money (Comedy) lOKER— Well. Weill (Comedy)
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MONTREAL.
THE Paul J. Rainey African Hunt films open-
ed in Montreal at the Princess theater on
July 27, and were shown for two weeks. Three
performances were given daily, and Mr, Wonn.
of Xew York, gave explanatorj' lectures.
The Alexander Theater, St. Denis Boulevard,
will be closed during the early part of August,
pending extensive alterations. Mr. Eddy, the
manager, intends to increase the seating ca-
pacity of this North End house.
Mary Picktord in "The Eagles Mate." was
the feature for thjee days at the Strand theater,
beginning July 2i. Miss Pickford has a large
following in Montreal, and programmes includ-
ing "Little .Mary" are always sure fit attracting
large crowds.
Mr. McBrien. manager of the Midway, recent-
ly offered his patrons the five-part Lasky fea-
ture, "The Only Son." Mr. McBrien is doing
good business, considering that the hot weather
is forcing Montrealers to seek the open-air
amusement parks.
The family theater is doing good business.
The recent chilly spell of weather packed the
house to the doors. Mr. West, the manager, is
partial to serials. "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery" and the "The Trey o' Hearts" are book-
ed at this house. The last installment of "Lu-
cille Love" was shown last week.
The Montreal Amusement Company is being
formed for the erection of a high-class vaude-
ville and moving picture theater in St. Cath-
erine street west. The shares are being offered at
the present writing — fifty thousand shares of
the value of ten dollars each. Of these, thirty
thousand are in common stock, while the re-
maining twenty thousand are seven per ceni.
cumulative stock. The prospectus which has just
been issued, estimates a net profit each year of
over $S8.0tX'. This is on the basis of a daily
income of a .$1,060, which the promoters believe
to be a conservative estimate.
The company has a thirty-year lease on the
site, which is the property of the Stephen es-
tate. The plans call tor a theater seating
2..500. In addition to the income derived from
the theater itself, there will be an income from
the adjoining block of stores and from four
other stores, which will stand two on either
side of the new structure, while above there
will be over forty offices tor renting at the fig-
ures which prevail on St. Catherine street. The
corner of St. Catherine and Peel streets has
been rented for a number of years at six dollars
a square foot. The site of the new theater,
which is about five hundred feet west of this
corner, has been leased tor the next 'five years
for only two dollars a square foot.
The management intends to put on three per-
formances a day. The scale of prices will be
from ten cents to twenty-five cents, and the aim
of the management will be to provide perform-
ances of a very high grade while keeping the
price of admission at a minimum. Each per-
formance will consist of four vaudeville acts
and from two to tour reels of photoplays. The
location of the new house on St. Catherine
street, between Drummond and Mountain streets.
will place it within easy reach of the business
centre, the residential district at the west of the
city, and Westmount. while it will be quite ac-
cessible to Point St. Charles. St. Cunegonde and
St. Henry.
The enterprise is in the hands of Maurice
Wolff, who is already well known in the amuse-
ment world, having been the former promoter
and proprietor of Wolffs Park. Detroit, now
known as Riverview Park, and recognized as one
of the amusement successes of the Michigan
metropolis. With Mr. Wolff will be associated
representative citizens of Montreal and men ex-
perienced in the management of amusement en-
terprises. GALLAGHER.
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BRIDGEPORT.
^WEXTV motion picture theaters in Bridge-
port have raised their admission price to 10
cents since the organization of the Eridgeport
Motion Picture Theater Managers' Association
was formed. With two exceptions all the big
theaters now charge 10 cents. Peter Dawe
who owns the Palace and the Bijou theaters.'
has made the admission price for matinees and
nights 30 cents on Tuesdays. Wednesdays, and
Saturdays. On these days his program com-
prises first run feature films with a five run
program. On other days the price is 5 cents
Another meeting of the Managers association
has been called for August 4 at the Imperial
theatre in Stratford avenue, when a plan will
be discussed to bring about the organization of
managers in Xew Haven, Hartford Waterbury
Meriden Norwich. New London. Xorwalk and
btaraford. The purpose is to secure representa-
tion in the lobby at Hartford during the next
session of the General Assembly to procure
some changes in the laws regarding the ad-
mission of minors to picture shows and to watch
for and try to prevent legislation considered
harmful and hampering to the business.
Although motion picture shows are permitted
on Sundays in Waterbury and Xew Britain
Bridgeport managers have agreed that they
will not attempt to secure legislation to allow
them to show on Sundav in the Park City \n
attempt will be made to discountenance news-
paper stories concerning the business which are
considered untrue and harmful. An effort will
also be made to make a general admission price
of 10 cents all over the state.
The prevalence of cold and rainy weather
has compelled the temporary closing for a few
days of the Star Garden in State street, and the
After Hour theater in Broad street, two aero-
dromes.
Caroline Leighton is having plans made for
a theatre at East Main and Jane streets. It
will be of white brick and terra cotta with a
gallery and a seating capacity of 1,150. It
will cost $12,500 and promises to be the finest
motion picture theater in the city.
The Star theater in Hartford has been ac-
quired by the Atlas Theaters' Company of Xew
York City and it is closed for repairs. The
theater was finished this spring. It will be re-
opened about August 1 and will be renamed The
Atlas. BOOTH.
LOUISVILLE.
"O USIXESS continues good with the Louis-
■'-' ville exhibitors for the season and few
complaints are now being heard. During the
latter part of June and the early part of July
the weather was almost unbearable, but this
condition has changed for the better. Very little
comedy is being shown at any of the houses
at this time. There are two reasons for the
lack of comedy pictures, one of which is that
good comedy is very scarce, and the other is
that the public prefers poor features to poor
comedy.
The Central Feature Film Company has com-
pleted its moving and is now installed in the
Walker building at Fifth and Market streets.
The Xovelty Film Company is getting things
in shape to handle some good commercial serv-
ice in Louisville and out through the state.
A quantity of good material formerly used has
been secured. This lot of reels is five or six
years old. and have been forgotten in this dis-
trict. The reels are all of the single reel
type, and are just the thing for fourth or fifth
reel subjects. The commercial service will not
be started for some time yet, as the reels are
to be gone over thoroughlv and inspcted before
being sent out.
The decorating at the Majestic theater is
about completed and the theater will probably
be completed this week. While the scaffolding
was up it was impossible to seat the crowds.
and the business suffered to some extent.
The Star theater, at Fourth and Jefferson
streets, has reduced its admission to five cents
as trade is being found rather light on the
block.
Business at the Xovelty theater has nicked
up a good deal during the past ten days, and the
prospect is for a very good fall patronage.
The work on the new Fourth Avenue Amuse-
ment Company's building is coming along rap-
idly and the roof will be laid within the next
two weeks. Tearing out the old building was
a larger job than anticipated, and the work
has been a little slow in its early stages.
R. 3. Shrader, former manager of the Louis-
ville branch of the Central Film Service Com-
pany, was in Louisville during the past week.
calling on the exhibitors in the interests of the
World's Film Corporation, of Indianapolis.
J. J. Hebbert. manager of the local office
of the Warner Feature Film Company, leaves
this week for a trip down through the Western
part of the state. S. B. Kramer, from the
Indianapolis office, has returned after a week's
visit to the city.
D. Levenson, manager of the Xovelty Theater
Company, has returned from a two weeks' va-
cation trip spent at Elkmont. Tenn. He said
that he recommends Elkmont to any one who
is looking for a real rest. The air is pure and
the scenery is wild and rugged.
The Star Amusement Company recently sent
out some very attractive formal invitations to
attend the shows given at the new theater. Two
tickets accompanied each of the Invitations,
which were gotten up in a very attractive man-
ner, and brought out the strong points in the
theater, such as perfect ventilation, polite at-
tendants and a Hungarian orchestra.
The S. & P. Film Supply Company filed arti-
cles of incorporation recently in which the
capital stock of the concern was listed at 51,500.
divided into 100 shares of $15 each. The in-
corporators are C. A. Pressy, f. M. Sheldon
and R. H. Lucas.
Amended articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Broadway Theater Company. The
capital stock is given as $70,000, divided into
7,€00 shares of $10 each. The incorporators
are Louis F. Steurle. D. H. Long, E. W. Klap-
heke and Joseph L. Steurle. Additional capital
was needed for building and operating the new
theater which is being erected at Shelby and
Broadway.
A contract has been let for building a new
$20.0(X» moving picture theater at Frankfort and
Pope streets. The incorporators are G. S. Wal-
flort. J. T. Botts and F. D. StoU. The stock-
holders include a number of business men of
Clifton and Crescent Hill. The new theater
will have a seating capacity of 1.500 and is to
be In operation within ninety days.
The Kerrigan theater, of Xew Albany, lud..
is running a number of oictures manufactured
by the M. & C. Film Company, of Straws Mill.
Ind., and Louisville, Ky. On Monday, Aug. o.
three subjects were shown, which included
"Breaking Into Jail," a comedy ; "Moonshine
Molly," a drama ; and "The Interrupted Wed-
ding." a feature. The picture took nicely and
the house was packed, as the pictures were
made only a few miles from the theater.
The Mar>' Anderson theater, which for a num-
ber of years was known as the Keith theater,
has reopened after being closed for several
months for repairs and redecorations. Feature
photoplays are to be shown and the start was
made with the Vitagraph feature, "Shadows or
the Past," which enjoyed a good run in Xew
York. Several Keystone comedies will be shown
in addition to the feature, which will be run for
six days.
The Louisville Xews, a weekly newspaper,
owned and published by negroes, is very bitter
against the Mary Anderson theater, which al-
lows negroes in the gallery only. To reach the
gallery it is necessary to go to the alley en-
trance, and the colored brethren are much put
out because they are not allowed to go through
the main lobby with the white folks. The
Xews strongly indorsed the Xational theater
last season because it was not necessary to go
into the alley to reach the roost, and the Xews
is starting another campaign this season for
the Xational, which is now under the same
management as the Mary Anderson. It appears
that the ill feeling is not against the manage-
ment, but against "those alley stairs." It is
pointed out that the Anderson was the first
theater in Louisville to establish an alley en-
trance and "Xegroes in the gallery only" and
in a recent article the Xews said: "'Xo self-
respecting, race-loving colored man or woman
will patronize the Mary Anderson."
The new opera house at Barlow, Ky., has been
completed and was opened the first of this week.
The management has made arrangements to
show some excellent programs.
Eradley Brothers, who for some time have
been building a new picture house at Warsaw,
Ky.. report that the work is nearly finished and
the house will be readv to open shortlv.
The White Theater Company, of Scottsville,
Ky.. recently installed a new $800 electric piano
in its house. A number of electric fans have
been installed and the house is being kept at
a comfortable temperature. Children under
ten years of age are admitted for five cents.
Work on a new theater for Dan Xorton. of
Ashland, Ky., will start immediately. The brick
has arrived and a crew of bricklayers will
hurry up the work. The new theater will be
on Winchester avenue.
R. S. Bingham, of Pineville. Ky., has opened
a new motion picture house in the Taylor &
Lewis block on Pine street. Two exhibitions
will be run daily, the first from 2 o'clock until
4 o'clock and the second show from 7 o'clock
until 10.
The old Assembly Church building, in Har-
risburg, Ky.. has been leased for a term of
years by the Colonial Amusement Company, of
Harrisburg. and the fine old building will be
fitted up with a gallery and converted into a
picture house. J. Pie Williams is manager of
the new concern, which was formed by a com-
bination of the Melba Company, William Fisher
and Curry Marksbury. It certainly is going
some when motion pictures become so popular
that churches are converted into motion picture
houses, although there have been numerous
eases where school buildings were so converted.
Arthur Mitchell, the popular manager of the
Dixie theater, of Russellville, Ky.. is striving
hard to give his patrons the best to be had in
the moving picture line. He recently ran the
"Adventures of Kathleen" in his new house.
This house has been fitted up with electrical
fans and made commodious in every way. The
last installment was a seven-piece orchestra
which furnishes music on Monday. Wednesday
and Friday nights. The orchestra has become
very popular and the house has been packed
on the musical nights- It is more than probable
rhat its use will be continued.
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BIOGRAPH.
THE CONDEMNMNC HAND (August 10).—
The iTlmlnal wUo. under promise of immunity,
refuses to betray his accomplices may inspire
in us something akin to re.spect. but there is no
doubt of our unbounded admiration when he
take.< the blame of the crime for which his
mother is accused and of which both are in-
nocent.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS BURGLAR
(August In). — To yield to impulse is essentially
human and when the district attorney's wife
found herself In a heart-stilling situation the
noble sacrifice of one seemingly base saved her
for the time, but then, a circumstance over
which neither had control righted matters and
all were the better for the experience.
THE S.MTGGLERS WIFE (August 20).— The
impending fall of the husband drives the wife
to desperation and she resorts to measures which
he construes as treachery born of vengeance,
but In time he comes to learn that she was
actuated by motives ot deepest loyalty.
THE GIPSY TALIS.MAX (August 2!2).— To
retaliate upon those who wrong us does not al-
ways satisfy though, 'tis said, "vengeance is
sweet." But what must be the emotion of one
who fancies that he has crushed his victim only
to find that after all he has been thwarted.
EDISON.
.\E.\RLY A WIDOW (August 24).— When
Mrs. Briggs ordered a very beautiful gown tor
herself, she did so in the Arm belief that her
husband would pay for it promptly, and without
demur. However, Mr. Briggs was in a rather
unpleasant mood, as a result of which he posi-
tively refused to pay a cent for the gown
Mrs. Briggs flatly told her husband that she
would go home to her mother if he didn't pay
lor It Mr. Eriggs. unwilling to back down
from his position, told her to go ahead So
.Mrs. Briggs went. At least, she went as tar
as the station. When she got there she
changed her mind, decided that her husband
was a poor, abused angel, and started home
again.
Meanwhile, Mr. Briggs had come to the con-
clusion that he was a brute, and that there was
no reason why his poor little wife shouldn't
have the gown it she wanted it. So he rushed
to the station to head her otf. He got there
just in time to see his wife's train pulling out.
So he sadly retraced his steps.
Mrs. Briggs was alreadv home. When she
heard him coming, she hid herself. Mr. Briggs
discovered her suit case, and realized she had
returned. At once.an idea suggested itself to
him. He wrote a note to the affect that his
wife s extravagance had driven him to the aw-
ful deed he was contemplating, and shut him-
self up in his room with a revolver. Shortly
afterward, he fired off the revolver.
Mrs. Briggs' pushed in vain at the locked
door. Finally it occurred to her to look over
the transom. When, instead of a ghastly
corpse, she saw her husband sitting up and
laughing,
A little while later. Mr. Briggs, considering
that he had taught his erring wife enough ot a
lesson, came out. His wife was not there but
there was a note on the hall table which read
"Dear Hubby : I have gone to buy that dress
to wear at your funeral."
THE :MYSTERT of THE OCTAGONAL
ROOM (Tenth Installment ot the Chronicles
of Cleek— August 2.".).— Cleek and Xarkom
were spending a pleasant vacation on a house-
boat in the Thames, when they were called to
solve a curious case in the home ot Squire
Shadbolt. Dollops. Cleek's assistant. ashore
one day to buy supplies for the houseboat,
heard that Mrs. Shadbolt bad mvsteriouslv dis-
appeared. He at once told Cleek, and "cieek
and Narkom set out for the Shadbolt home to
investigate.
When they arrived there, Cleek discovered
the body ot Maurice Ward, a solicitor and
personal friend ot Mrs. Shadbolt, behind one
ot the panels in the Octagonal jloom in the
Shadbolt Mansion. It was hard to tell how
Shadbolt had met his death, but Cleek discov-
ered some infinitesimal pricks in the skin ot
one ot his hands. When, shortly afterward, he
discovered Mrs. Shadbolt insens'ible beneath a
bank ot flowers in the chapel he was able to
solve the mystery.
SartoH, the Shadbolts' Japanese butler, was
the agent ot a band ot criminals engaged in
stealing valuable articles from the homes of
wealthy people, and substituting imitations in
their place. Mrs. Shadbolt diBcovcred big
scheme, and called in Maurice Ward. The but-
ler murdered Ward by means of a bunch of
roses with poisoned thorns, and attempted to
remove Mrs. Shadbolt by poisoninR the hill of
her pet parrot. Luckily, Mrs. Shuilbolt recov-
ered, and by means o( her evidence, Cleek was
able to lay his hands on the whole gang.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINES (August
201. — .lohnnncsburg, the metropolis ot South
■Vfrlca, a progressive city of about the same size
as Denver, Is the center of the gold mining
industry. In its vicinity are the celebrated
Rand mines which annually produce more gold
than any other group of mines In the world.
Views are shown of the more Important
mines In this group— The Joch, the Robinson
Deep, and the Meyer and Charlton. In the
latter mine, the gold-bearing rock is mined at
a depth of .■f,0(X) feet, brought to the surface
and crushed by rotating tubes, or In the Stamp
Mill. The crushed ore Is dumped into the cya-
nide tanks. The cyanide solution dissolves the
gold from the rock, and the gold is recovered
from the cyanide solution by a simple reduc-
tion with heat.
The principal diamond mines are situated
near Kimberlcy and Pretoria. Of all of them,
the Kimberley mine is the most famous. The
diamonds are found in a sort of volcanic mud.
known as "Blue Earth." This is removed from
the mine, and dumped on flelds known as "The
Floors" which arc surrounded by an intricate
system of barbed wire fences. The "Blue
Earth" is allowed to weather here for a year.
.\tter it has been thoroughly broken up by the
action of the elements, it is removed to the
washing plant, where its soluble portions are
removed by water. The remaining insoluble
"diamond mud" is sent to the pulsator, an in-
teresting series of revolving greased tables.
These greased tables catch the diamonds, while
ail other matter is removed by gentle streams
of water.
.\fter a number ot interesting views of life
in the miners' compound, a portion ot a day's
output ot diamonds, valued at .*."i5.000, is
shown.
BrSTER AND HIS GOAT (August 26).—
One ot Mrs. Brown's neighbors brought her
little son over to call one daj'. and Mrs.
Brown sent the child out to play with Euster.
Buster immediately conceived the idea of let-
ting the child ride his goat.
-As an impressive feature of the occasion.
IVust'^r purchased false beards with which he
disguised the features of his playmates. The
goat was brought on, and the child sately
mounted on its hack. Tige did not care very
much about the goat. In tact, he cared less
than nothing tor it. As a result, there was a
good' deal of unpleasantness, before the party
was finally straightened out.
When Buster and his companions entered
Mrs. Brown's parlor with the goat, complica-
tions immediately ensued. The goat, catching
sight ot Buster's beard for the first time, was
properly startled. On the impulse of the mo-
ment, he butted Buster out ot the window.
An indistinguishable mixture of children,
goat and dog. resulted when Tige took a hand
in the affair, which speedily grew to the pro-
portions of a small riot, when the situation was
.=;olved by shutting the goat out ot the yard.
THE BIRTH OF THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER (Special Two Parts— August 28).—
It was just one hundred years ago that the na-
tional anthem ot the United States came into
existence. In this film we have attempted to
present the dramatic events which led to its
creation, in a realistic and accurate manner.
When the combined military and naval
forces of the British were threatening Washing-
ton during the tall of 1R14. President Madison,
fearing for the safety ot the Declaration ot
Independence, sent it. in the care of Captain
Potter, his aide, to the commandant ot Fort
McHenrv at Baltimore.
On his way to Baltimore. Potter stopped at
the house of Dr. Eeanes. While they were at
dinner, a British reconnoiterine party, consist-
ing ot General Ross and his aides, invested the
house. Potter and Helen Beanes took refuge
behind a secret panel in the dining room.
From this position. Potter heard General Ross
say that Baltimore would be attacked by land
and sea within two davs.
To save Dr. Beanes from torture when the
Captain's bat was discovered. Potter jumped
from his hiding place, and, after holding the
British ofHcers at the point of his pistol,
es'^aoed. Dr. Beanes was taken aboard the
Rriti^h cartel ship, while Potter delivered his
mission and warning of the British attack to
the commandant of Fort McHenry.
Helen Beanes appealed to President Madison
to help her father, and the President sent one
of his aides, and a certain Francis Scott Kev
to interview Admiral Coclvburn. .\dmiral Cock-
burn agreed to release th'^ doctor, but insist'^d
that both Americans should remain al>oard the
cartel ship "Minden" until the forthcoming bat-
tle was over.
So Kev was forced to watch the long bom-
horrimrni* of Fort McHcnry through out the
lOHg night.
"The rocketH red glare.
The bombs bursting In air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there."
But towards morning, ttic Ore of the fort
slackened, and Key feared It had surrendered.
His feelings, when the flrat rays of the sun
fell on the fluttering flag are embodied In the
great song he wrote (or his country.
TREASURE TROVE (August '.111. When
Bob and Frank went down to the beach to
spend their summer vacation, and met Colonel
Fairfield's two daughters, they both felt very
sorry that they were not rich. For the Colonel,
although In all respects a very flne man, had
too much regard for his daughter's future wel-
fare to allow him even to countenance the Idea
of giving either of them to a man not properly
able to support them.
Since the Colonel was a man who always be-
lieved In saying exactly what he thought, he
made no bones about telling the young man
exactly where they stood.
The next evening, as Eob and Frank were
sitting by their camp fire, they saw a small
sloop with an old man at the wheel, plunging
heavily In the breakers, a few hundred yards
from shore. They signalled to him to come In.
hut he refused with a shake of the head. The
next morning, there was no sign of the sloop,
but there was wreckage on the beach, and In It
the boys found a paper written In Spanish.
■They submitted this paper to a Cuban beach
comber, named Mendez. He read a portion of
it aloud, and then stopped, claiming that he
could not understand it. Luckily, one of the
Fairfield girls could read Spanish. They showed
the paper to her, and to their astonishment
discovered that it revealed the location of
treasure buried some distance down the beach.
For the excitement ot the thing, the young
people went to the given location and started
digging. After a time, they unearthed a chest,
.lust as they discovered that it was filled with
gold pieces. Mendez and a couple of villainous
compatriots appeared in a launch.
The Cuban and his companions were armed,
and after a useless attempt at flight, there
seemed nothing left to do but surrender the
treasure.
But fortunately, just at this moment. Colonel
Fairfield came on the scene in a powerful steam
launch and Mendez fled. The Colonel was at
first very angry, but the sight ot the treasure
caused him to modify his wrath, and somewhat
change his attitude toward the young men.
ESSANAY.
SWEEDIE SPRINGS A SURPRISE (Aug-
ust 24th). — Sweedie. the cook at the Prim
household, is a little too rough to suit Mr.
Prim, who is about three feet shorter than
herself. He decides to discharge her. but finds
it rather difficult. After being handled like a
rag doll, he goes to his friend for help and is
overjoj-ed when told he might have their maid.
as thev are leaving for . the country that eye-
ing. 'W'hen Mr. Prim sees the maid, he is de-
lighted. She is smaller than himself. After
hiring a taxi and buying her flowers and candy.
he takes her to his home where, to his dismay.
Sweedie greets her with open arras, exclaiming
"A bane sister." Sweedie has found her long
lost sister and they walk out arm in arm.
leaving Mrs. Prim to do the cooking.
TWO ME.V WHO WAITED (August 25th).
— Marian a country girl, has grown up with
.lim from childhood" and he loves her dearly.
She has never seen the city and longs for a
chance to view the "Great white way." One
day she reads in the newspaper of an oppor-
tunity for a young girl to go on the stage, so
derides to leave .lim and the country life and
go to the city. In the city she meets a fine
looking chap at the boking agency, who is ex-
tremely kind to her. One night he persuades
her to accompany him to a cafe. Then comes
the awakening. She breaks away, and leaving
the city to go on with its merciless traflic In
women's souls, she returns to Jim. who is
awaiting her with open arms.
THE FABLE OF THE DIFFERENCE BE-
TWEE.N LEARNING AND LEARNING HOW
(August 2fi). — Brad and Ote. two brothers, get
the knowledge bug and enter college. Ote
studies his lessons and is given a medal. Brad
gets the Can tied to him. After telling the
president where to set oft. Brad beats it with-
out a Jitney in his .Jeans. He soon lands a
sucker and proves that there is "Somebody
home." even if he can't get a diploma. .\t the
the end ot twenty years. Ote is made a college
professor, at about 25 per. Brad is a million-
aire. The college gets hard up and the Presi-
dent appeals to Erad for some coin. Brad
comes across with .«50.000. for which he is
given four degrees. Ote was lucky to get one
degree and become a "Professor." Moral :
Anybody with sufficient coin can be a re-
nowned leader of thought.
SLIPPERY SLIM AND THE FORTUNE
TELLER (August 27).— Slim and Mustang
are rivals for the hand of Sophie, and when
Mustang persuades her to go for a buggy ride.
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Slim is mad with jealousy. Slim goes to a
fortune teller for advice and a happy thought
strikes him as he is about to leave. He gets
the fortune teller tto induce Mustang to have
his fortune told. Slim then hides under the
table and tips her off as to what to tell his
rival. She tells Mustang that Sophie has pois-
oned four men. and that he is to be the fifth
victim. From that time on Mustang avoids
Sophie as he would poison, and the way is made
clear for Slippery Slim.
SEVE.V SEALED ORDERS (Two Parts—
August 2S). — Joseph Keene, partner in the firm
of Carson & Keene. accepts a mysterious com-
mission of .fSO.IXX). With this commission he
receives seven sealed orders which he has to
follow. The first order is, "Go to the 12th St.
Station" ; the second. "Take train to Scar-
burg, III."; the third, "Rent room on south
side, Central Hotel" ; the fourth, "If unable
to get this room, buy hotel" ; the fifth. "If
further monev is received, buy adjoining prop-
erty" ; the si.\th, "Put guard on room" ; and
the seventh is to put in bank unopened.
Keene attempts to follow all of these orders,
but the seventh order is stolen from the bank.
Regan, the former hotel owner, gets possession
of this and decides that the old story of the
hidden treasure under room No. 3 may be true
after all, so buys the adjoining property and
refuses to sell it to Keene. He and his pal.
Moss, then dig a tunnel from his property
under room Xo. .1 and are caught by Keene
and the occupants of his hotel, just as they are
entering the basement. Among the guests at
the hotel is a Hindoo, whose presence is a
mystery to all. He is one of Keene's aides and
now steps forward and from a hole extracts a
huge diamond. The gem had been stolen from
him years before by Moss's brother. He died
shortly after and carried the secret hiding
place to the grave with him. It is now clear
to Keene : he has been working under the or-
ders of this Hindoo, who turns out to be a
Kajah of India.
BRONCHO BILLY'S INDIAN ROMANCE
(August 20 1. — Broncho Billy is jilted by the
girl he loves and goes up into the mountains
with his friend to prospect for gold. His friend
is very ill and asks for her constantly. In the
meantime. Broncho has saved an Indian maiden
from being sold to a chief whom she dislikes.
She is very grateful and later falls in love with
her rescuer. One day, as she is about to give
him a navajo blanket, his sweetheart appears,
and the maiden realizes her love tor Broncho
is hopeless. She is about to stab herself when
spied bv the disliked chief, who prevents her
from doing so. She then realizes that she must
mate with her own race, and consents to fol-
low as the chief leads her away.
KALEM.
THE COUNTERFEITER'S PLOT (August 25).
— Bruno, leader of a band of counterfeiters,
tires of the love lavished upon him by Rosario.
a member nf the gang. Believing he loves an-
other, the woman becomes insanely jealous.
The counterfeiter meets Ivy, daughter of the
village blacksmith. Jack, employed by Ivy's
father, is deeply in love with the girl. The boy
perceives that ' his sweetheart has been fas-
cinated bv Bruno. Later, he finds a note drop-
ped by Ivy. in which Bruno requests her to
meet him that evening.
Crou?hed in the underbrush that night. Jack
sees his sweetheart in Bruno's arms. A rustle
in the underbrush attracts Jack's attention, and
he comes upon Rosario. who, filled with jealous
rage, is watching Bruno.
A desire for revenge prompts the woman to
inform .Tack of the man's counterfeiting activ-
ities. The two plan to bring Bruno to justice.
Early next morning, the United States marshal
appears in the village in response to Jack's
telegram. Several detectives come with him.
Bruno arrives at the spot where he is to
meet Ivy, and is seized by the Government de-
tectives. A member of the counterfeiting gang
sees the arrest and hastens to warn the outlaws.
"When the officials arrive shortly afterwards,
they find the counterfeiters prepared. A stir-
ring fight ensues. The gang is finally cap-
tured when the detectives storm the building.
The scales fall from Ivy's eyes when Bruno's
true character is revealed. Filled with joy be-
cause of her narrow escape. Ivy begs Jack tor
forgiveness.
THE CAVE OF DEATH (Two Parts— August
26). — Unca falls in love with Deering. Choco. a
brave, is filled with rage upon learning the
state of affairs. Later. Deering rescues Down-
ing. Brown and Edna just as the three are
about to perish of thirst. Unca becomes in-
tensely jealous when she sees that Deering and
Edna have fallen in love with each other.
Brown and Downing visit the Indian village
and sell them whiskey : the traders defraud them
in a trading transaction. Returning to camp,
the unscrupulous men knock Deering uncon-
scious and rob him. The two compel Edna to
accompany them in their fiight.
When tile effect of the whiskey has worn off.
the Indians realize they have been cheated.
Descending upon Deering's camp, they make
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him a prisoner. Choco is left to guard him
while the rest pursue Brown and Downing. In
their effort to escape, the men abandon Edna.
Their efforts to get away go for naught and they
are captured and slain.
In his hatred. Choco attempts to burn out
Deering's eyes. Unca discovers the man's peril
and rescues him by stunning the red fiend.
The girl conducts Deering to a cave in the
hillside were she bids him hide. Choco re-
covers and tracking his foe to the cave crouches
above the entrance, knife drawn, ready to slay
the white man the moment he ventures forth.
Unca, perceiving Choco's plot, creeps to a
spot above him and dazes him with a heavy
stone. Deering rushes *out in time to see the
red fiend stab LTnca. The prospector slays the
man. Unca, concealing from Deering the knowl-
edge that her wound is mortal, guides him to
the spot where Edna has sought shelter. With
a painful smile, Unca watches the lovers em-
brace. A gasp causes Deering and Edna to
turn. Unca falls to the ground, dead.
WHEX MEN WEAR SKIRTS (August 28).
— Freddie, a beautiful young manicurist, finds
it hard to secure work. While in the park one
afternoon, the poor man is insulted by Fannie, a
bold, bad adventuress. Freddie is quite dis-
tressed until Billee, a barber, comes to his
rescue.
Billee knocks the adventuress into the lake.
after which she accompanies Freddie home. The
man's heart flutters as he bashfully thanks his
noble protectress.
The saucy manicurist employed in Billee's
shop throws up his job- Freddie lands the posi-
tion, Billie spends so much time admiring
the beautiful man that she grows quite care-
less as to where she smears the lather, or how
she shaves her victims.
Fannie discovers Freddie's whereabouts. De-
termined to make him hers, she hires a gang
of gun women to kidnap the manicurist. It
happens that Freddie is taken ill. His brother
Percival. fair, fat and forty, takes his place.
Unaware of the change, the kidnappers throw a
bag over Percival's head and carry him to a
minister's house, where Fannie awaits him.
Discovering the kidnappers' mistake, Billee
hastens to Freddie's home and tells the object
of her love of what has transpired. Aftei*
ardent persuasion, the barber induces Freddie
to accompany her to the ministress's home.
They arrive just as Fannie and Percival are
made wife and man. At the sight of Freddie,
Fannie starts back in amazement- Raising
the bag from her husband's head, she takes one
glance at Percival's awful face and collapses,
THE CAR OF DEATH (August 29).— Deem-
ing Kate of too frivolous a disposition, the
Hopeville School Committee, headed by Rev.
Haskins. request the girl's resignation as teach
er of the village school. Fond of her work and
loving her little charges, Kate feels keenly the
action of the narrow-minded members of the
committee.
Kate plans to attend the outing of the Hope-
ville Sunday School. The attitude of the peo-
ple in charge is so plainly hostile, that the girl
decides to stay home. Filled with bitterness,
Kate imparts her grievances to her sweetheart,
Ira, who is employed as a lineman. While
the two are conversing, Adams, the station
agent informs Ira that a break in the tele-
graph wires down the, line demands immediate
attention.
While Ira searches for the break, the picnic
train carrying the children of the Sunday School
leaves Hopeville- A dynamite car breaks loose
from a freight train and runs wild. Ira sees
the death car rushing to meet the picnic train.
Cutting in on the line, he wires Adams to side-
track the runaway.
Terrified, Adams endeavors to reach the switch
in time. Old and stiff, the man realizes he can-
not make the switch, which is some distance
down the track. Calling Kate, he apprises her
of the situation. With the speed of a deer,
the girl runs down the track and pulls the
switch lever, sending the runaway along a side-
track just as the picnic train flashes by.
The dynamite car is derailed and a terrific
explosion ensues. The picnic train comes to a
halt and the members of the school committee
rush to learn the cause of the explosion. Adams
tells them of Kate's bravery.
Filled with gratitude the men beg Kate to re-
turn to her old position. The girl is about to
accept when Ira arrives and interposes an ob-
jection. According to the lineman, Kate is
about to assume more important duties — she is
to become his wife.
LUBIN.
THE WIDOW AND THE TWINS (August
2.")). — Dick and Bob Kirby are twins. Dick,
who lives in the east, is a reckless spendthrift
and owes everybody. Bob. a mine owner of
steady habits, resides in the west. Dick is en-
gaged to Diana Jordon, a wealthy widow, but
hears that her property will all revert to other
heirs if she remarries. They quarrel. The
widow declares the engagement" off and demands
the return of her letters. Dick endeavors to ob-
tain the letters from his desk but is prevented
by a swarm of creditors, who take possession
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the place. Dhk. becoming desperate, draws
ills brother for ten thousand dollars and
..Ills for South Anieriea. Bob ronies east to
tfiraighten his brothers affairs and meets the
widow. She mistakes hira for Dick ; so do an
army of bill tollectors. They give him a lively
chase, until he is able to establish his idcnilly.
The widow becomes interested and linally trans-
'• rs her alYectlon to Bob and turns Dicks photo
:he wall.
rHE Ll'CKY Ul'BE (August 25).— SI Smith
and his wife are peacefully pursuing their agri-
cultural occupation when a crook who Is stop-
ping at the village hotel, passes in a touring
car and marks them for victims. He leaves his
car and pretends to hunt something in the road.
The farmer's curiosity is aroused and he and
bis wife both assist in the search for a valu-
able diamond ring the crook tells them that he
has lost. Failing to find it, the crook leaves his
name and address and an offer of two hundred
and fifty dollars reward if the ring is returned.
The rubes dig up the roadbed before they aban-
don the search and in the meantime the crook
returns to the hotel, disguises himself as a
tramp, returns to the truck patch and finds the
ring, taking care that the farmer sees him
pick it up. The farmer offers him fifty dollars
for the ring, which the tramp accepts. The
rube hustles into the village to dispose of the
ring and is stunned when the jeweler tells him
it is glass. To avoid telling his wife be has
been buncoed the farmer draws some money
from the bank. When he shows it to his wife
she proposes taking a long deferred trip to the
city. The farmer reluctantly agrees to this.
and after looking about the town they sit in a
public park to enjoy the doughnuts and ginger
bread they brought 'from the farm. While thus
engaged, the crook who swindled them passes.
The rubes make a dash for him and hold him
until an officer arrives. On arriving at the
police station they are informed they have made
an important cap'ture and are given the reward
of five hundred dollars offered for Jolly Jim. the
confidence man.
THE ATTORNEY'S DECISION (August 26).—
Alice West gives up her sweetheart, John
Travers. a promising young lawyer, to marry
Xorris Dacre, a broker, who holds her father's
fortune and reputation in the hollow of his
hand. John leaves town brokenhearted on the
day of Alice's wedding. Five years later John
is elected District Attorney. He meets Alice at
a ball and learns that she is an unhappy and
neglected wife. The Governor of the State in-
augurates an investigation against the crooked
brokers of the city in which John lives. Alice's
husband is one of the first on the list. John
receives valuable evidence from one of Dacre's
dupes which he intends to use in the trial. At
this time Dacre is interested in Mimi, a little
cabaret dancer, who is paying a great deal oi
attention to him, thus angering her jealous
lover, who plays a violin in the same cafe.
Dacre and his friends, worried over the coming
exposure, oflfer John a bribe, which is refused.
Dacre. remembering his wife's former associ-
ation with John, tells her he is innocent and
hints that everything will be all right if they
can get the District Attorney on their side.
After great deliberation she consents to speak
to John. He refuses to listen to her at first.
but when he realizes that it will be for her
happiness he softens, and agrees to be as lenient
as possible. That night she discovers her hus-
band's crookedness. Then she knows she has
turned John aside from what was plainly his
duty. She denounces Dacre, goes to John's
apartment and tells him to prosecute her hus-
band to the full extent of the law. Dacre fol-
lows, and learning that the incriminating evi-
dence is to be used against him, threatens to
drag both Alice and John through the disgrace
of a divorce. To save Alice, John wishes to
destroy the papers, but she will not let him do
this. John tells Dacre he will give him his de-
cision in the morning. Dacre goes directly to
Mimi in the cafe. Her lover has discovered
that she intends to go to Europe with Dacre.
In fury at the idea of having the girl taken
from him, the violinist shoots and kills the
other man. John destroys the evidence against
Dacre at dawn, and in the morning he reads of
the tragedy in the cafe. Free at last, Alice
gives her heart and hand to John when he calls
a little later.
THE AGGRESSOR (Two reels— August 27).
— Jim Sloan, a brutal husband, hearing of gold
found in the Northwest, draws his money out of
the bank and bids his wife Hilda farewell.
promising to send for her soon. In Calet, Jim
visits the music hall and falls in love with
Mazie. a dancer, who soon cleans him out of
most of his money and transfers her favors to
Carson King, a nephew of old Davie King. Jim
and Carson meet and fight, and Jim falls, ap-
parently dead. Old Davie appears upon the
scene while Carson hurries to notify the
mounted police ; but Davie, fearing that his
nephew's story will not he believed, removes
the body and sends it down the river in a canoe.
When Davie confesses his blunder, a search is
made for the boat, which is found capsized. In
the meantime an Indian finding a spark of life
in the body removes Jim to his but and finally
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rt'-storcH htm. Hilda, not hoarlnK from .llm,
!-^ellB her housL'bold kooUh and buys u tU-kt-t for
Calot. There she visits the music hull and
meets MaJle, who tells her of Jim's death. She
also meets Carson, who hearing her stor>' feels
it his duty to proteet her. The denizens of the
hall torment Hilda with their atteniluns. and
Carson, knoiking one of them down, takes her
away to his hut. Mazie then tells Ilil<la that
Carson killed .lini. The iioor woman llnd.i a
mother In old Davie's wife and Hilda and Car-
son fall In love and auree to marry. .llm is
nursed back to life by the crippled Indian, who
found him. Hilda's wedding day draws near
and he resolves to ko back to the camp. A
stranger going through the woods I? seized with
a sudden lllne;-s and rendered unconscious, he
Is found by the Indian, who. thinklni; him dead,
rifles his pockets, finds a bag of gold and buries
It outside of his cabin. Jim finds It. and making
his way back to Calet arrives on the night of
Hilda's marriage to Carson. Mazie meets Jim,
and being furious with jealousy, tells Jim the
news, who determines to claim his wife. Uack
at the reservation a party of mounted police
And the sick stranger, who tells of his lost
gold, he describes the limping Indian, who. be-
ing found, offers to return the gold. Not being
able to find it, Jim's absence makes the Indian
suspect the truth, and the police dash off to
Calet after Jim. Meanwhile Mazie has dragged
Jim to the hut to Interrupt the wedding. Hilda
clings to Carson as the bully husband drag^
her away. Again these men face each other
over a woman. The mounted police enter and
Jim is under arrest. His rebellious behavior
causes a policeman to draw his gun. Jim strikes
It from the officer's hand, it explodes, and the
bully falls dead. Carson feels the burden of
Jim's death removed and is free to marry the
unfortunate widow.
THE BETTER MAX (August 2S).— John Lat-
timer and his brother, Walter, both woodsmen,
love Alice Scott. John, the older brother. In a
moment of weakness, steals money from a miser
living in the vicinity, with which to buy Alice
a present. He buys the gift she has longed
for — a large Bible. Next day he is accused as
the thief. John, overwhelmed with repentance,
pleads with the miser to give him a chance.
The miser very reluctantly takes from John a
written promise by which he pledges to repay
the money within a month. Vpon his next visit
to Alice, she reads passages from the Bible to
him. and upon hearing the commandment,
"Thou Shalt not steal." the simple, plain-
thinking woodsman is so impressed with his
guilt thax he confesses to Alice and tells her
of his eftort to square himself. Alice forgives
him. As the days pass on. the affection borne
.Mice bv the two brothers causes a coolness
between" them. On the day the note falls due,
the miser determined that he shall not be
argued out of his just dues, takes the sheriff
with him to collect the money from John. John,
returning from his day's labor, loses the wal-
let containing the money he had saved and bor-
rowed to pav his debt. When confronted by the
miser and the sherlft, he reaches for the wallet,
to find it gone. The miser refuses to believe
John's story, and orders the sheriff to arrest
John. .\t this moment Alice enters, hysterical
with news that her mother has dropped dead
of heart failure. She sees John's predicament
at a glance. John, realizing he is doomed to
imprisonment, urges Walter to marry .Mice.
Walter, inwardly satisfied, agrees. But he
proves a poor, neglectful husband, and spends
most of his time indulging in drink. Finally
he deserts her. The young wife, poverty-
stricken and helpless, writes a note to John.
and encloses a small file in the package. She
surreptitiouslv drops the note and file through
the window to John's cell. The next night news
of John's escape from jail is flashed into the bar
where Walter is drinking. The sheriff has
offered a reward of $.50 for the capture of the
runaway. Walter, penniless and mad with the
desire to drink, joins the man-hunt. Through
the swamp the posse proceeds, Walter assisting
in the hunting down of his own brother. The
searching party breaks up into twos and threes.
Walter, alone, finally comes upon the escaped
prisoner, crawling feebly upon the ground, ex-
hausted. The dense, silent swamp witnesses a
desperate conflict of the brothers. The repeated
cries of Walter have brought the sheriff and an-
other searcher to their sides, John is cap-
tured. Into the hand of the young brother the
sheriff counts off .^.lO. John, boiling over at
Walter's treatment of Alice, denounces him bit-
terly. He sees that Walter is now repentant
and pleads with him to go back to Alice, using
the reward monev as a basis for a new start in
life. Walter, ashamed and repentant, is only
too willing to make amends. At daybreak he
returns to Alice, ,John is led back to jail, A
warm hand-shake tendered him by the sheriff
conveys a great deal. He is the better man.
THE KIDS NAP (August 29).— Max Heimer
repairs to his domicile for his noon-day allot-
ment of victuals. VTbile perusing the contents
of "The Dailv Con" he observes that kidnap-
pers are operating in his vicinity. He and his
good frau fear for the safety of their male off-
spring. Mike Spitz visits them, and while par-
taking of the meal, young Max is spanked for
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mischievous behavior and leaves the house to
sob out his troubles beneath the front porch.
Discovering his absence and not being able to
locate him they conclude that the kidnappers
have nabbed him. A small riot prevails. They
call up the guardian of the city press to assist
in the frantic search, and also obtain the serv-
ices of Hookshop, the world's famous sleuth,
whose sleuthing gets them naught. Heimer ad-
vertises five hundred dollars reward for his
son's return. Various over-zealous citizens of
Krunkville corral all available children, rang-
ing from babies in arms to young mountain
ranges in size. Young Max, after a siesta, ap-
pears on the scene. When they observe him all
safe and sound, the tension slacks and they
sink into peaceful oblivion, in a startling man-
ner.
MELIES.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE (August 18).— A young
girl, reading the stars, believes that they fore-
tell the death of her father. The latter comes
home drunk and falls asleep. The daughter,
thinking he is dead, calls the undertaker.
Everything is arranged, but during the cere-
mony the father awakes and the mourners flee.
The daughter again consults her book on
astronomy and finds that the reading meant a
wedding instead of a death. Result — wedding
bells.
CHILDREN OF FATALITY (August 19).—
Harold and Elsie, orphans, are given to the
care of their uncle, who in turn leaves them
with his valet. The children run away and
are adopted by a flower seller, whom they
assist. The boy is knocked down by an auto-
mobile. The owner of the car becomes at-
tached to the children and takes them home.
There they learn that their new benefactor is
their mother's brother.
A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER (August 20).—
The owner of a farm discovers a board from
his fence has been stolen. He buys a new
one and, while returning home, has many ex-
periences due to the length of the board.' He
bumps into three men, who cut the board in
two, tying him to it. and throw him in the
river. After going over a falls, he lands at
the feet of those who cause him all the troubIt\
A MASON'S NE-W ASSISTANT (August 20).
— Charley is not worth much, but gets a job
in the masonry line. He is sent out on a call
to repair a wall, but instead of doing this he
breaks a water pipe. Unable to fix it he calls
for help and after getting everybody soaking
wet, he calls in a plumber, who turns a wheel
within a few inches of the break and the water
is turned off.
THE BULLTRAINER'S REVENGE (Two
Parts — August 201. — Mrs. Atkinson, through the
death of her husband, becomes the possessor of
a large cattle ranch. The manager attempts to
get possession of the property, but fails. In
revenge he turns loose a vicious bull, which
charges at Mrs. Atkinson. Thornton, the execu-
tor of the estate, saves her. The actions of
the bull, however, cause the herd to stampede,
and the manager, unable to get out of the wav
of their run, is trampled to death.
THE TELL-TALE PHOTOGRAPH (August
22). — An innocent man was accused of mur-
der. Circumstantial evidence being against him.
he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
His innocence was established by an aviator,
who had taken a jihotograph of the scene of
the crime while in the air. After an exciting
race against time he arrived at the prison just
as the execution was about to take place, and
by placing the photograph showing the real
murderer, before the authorities he was enabled
to secure the innocent man's release.
PATHE.
DAKAR— PRINCIPAL PORT OF FRENCH
WEST AFRICA I August 17).— The harbor of
Dakar is one of the busiest commercial centers
on the Atlantic coast of Africa. The bay is a
beautiful body of water, deep enough to ac-
commodate all sorts of steam and sailing craft.
The tourist always sees many interesting sights
along the roads and at the station. Like a
fortress, the Governor's palace looms high
above the surrounding country. The Senga-
lese troops are unique, present a unique and
pleasing appearance, .\mong them are to be
found some of the best sharpshooters on the
West .African coast, not only of the ordinarv
small arms and rifle but of the latest designs of
the rapid fire machine gun. Senegal is intense-
ly tropical and many luxuriant palm trees
along the National Boulevard go to make this
a most beautiful thoroughfare. The market
place of Dakar filled with its throngs of busy
bargain hunters is one of the most interesting
parts of the town.
CAIRO— THE CAPITAL OF EGYPT (August
18).^ — Cairo, the 'wonderful city of the ancient
as well as the modern Egyptians. The pano-
ramic view from the Citadel bridges the narrow
congested streets and the quaint stone build-
ings as they stretch back as far as the eye can
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specimens of early architecture, attract the
tourist. In ancient times when the city Cairo
was walled lor defense, ponderous iron gates
closed out the stranger and warrior. In these
days of peace the traveller still passes through
these ponderous doors, not without, however, a
feeling of awe and wonder. The great Citadel
built in 1160 is used by the English for gov-
ernmental purposes. In it are to be found the
Viceroy's residence, the arsenal, the mint and
the public offices. Mosques, Arab cafes, pub-
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SELIG.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED (August
18). — Jack and MoIIie Dixon agree to disagree
directly after their honeymoon. Jack has busi-
ness cares that engage his attention, so that he
forgets the gentle little caresses and the sweet
.sayings that go so much toward making mar-
ried life what it should be. MoUie thinks she
has a soprano voice, but she hasn't, so Jack
becomes engrossed with the morning paper at
breakfast time and in the evening when Jack
wants to enjoy home comforts, MoUie insists on
practicing vocal lessons.
They take it seriously and request a lawyer
friend to draw up divorce papers. The lawyer
announces, to their consternation, that their
rirst marriage was illegal. The minister did
not report the wedding. The only way out is
to be pemarried, so they can be properly
divorced. They go through the ceremony
again, but while signing the divorce papers, a
few grains of rice recall the sweet sentiments
of love. Xo more use for the lawyer.
WHEN A •^'OMAN'S -JO (Two Reels— August
19). — Lucile Danvers, at the age of forty, still
reigns as queen of her social set. Wealthy,
aristocratic, supremely confident of her powers
to thrill and charm, the first scene shows her
in the reception room of her magnificent home.
Burrounded by admiring friends. A young girl
just entering upon her first social duties, mag-
letizes everybody present and Lucile notes that
a number of her heretofore faithful admirers
; ave left her side to enjoy the companionship
cf this young girl.
Lucile is determined to surmount the obsta-
cles which age has thrown in her path. She
gives a magnificent fete in which splendor and
magnificence of royalty are mimicked by her-
self and friends in a grand costume ball. At
the ball the young girl whose popularity has
aroused the emotions of envy in Lucile's mind,
repeats her heart conquests upon this occasion.
The proud spirit of Lucile is almost crushed.
In her luxurious chamber, she views in vision-
ary scenes her past sucesses and conquests
for a score of years. She again sees her manly
lover in all his pride of youth and re-enacts
in the vision her refusal of his suit ; his de-
parture for India on a tiger hunt, and her
shock at the news of his death in the jungle.
In her vision, she locks the iron gates of her
beautiful rose garden when she sent her lover
away. The gate has remained closed ever since.
SECOND REEL.
In a self-imposed widowhood, and mourning
for her young lover who was reported killed
by a tiger in India. Lucile Danvers, at the age
of forty, appears among her friends with a
new soul shining through her eyes. The gen-
erous wealth which fortune bestowed upon her
is lavishly distributed in the homes of the
needy poor. She founds a home for young girls
and helps them to keep their feet in the straight
and narrow path. Food and clothing are dis-
tributed by her in the wretched tenement dis-
tricts where she appears as a ministering angel.
The children of the slums are taken in her
automobile to the green fields. The extensive
grounds which distinguish her magnificent home
become scenes of youthful rompings. Thus the
woman of forty toils bravely through devious
and strange paths until she reaches a new kind
of happiness where no regrets remain save the
shadows of tragedy which left hor no wife, yet
a widow in sjiirit.
Still beautiful and graceful, Lucile Danvers
rejects the ravages which the years would mark
as a toll upon her beauty while the light cf a
beautiful soul shines through her eyes. Day by
day, her mind reverts to the handsome young
boy of twenty years ago. who loved her and
whom she loved, but who was sacrificed to her
social ambitions. Too late she learned the
truth, and each day was coming home to her
more for.cibly that her life would never be com-
plete unless Fate should perform some miracle
and return him to her side. In the gentle
moonlight of a beautiful autumn evening, she
strolls out into the gardens, her mind filled
with thoughts of her lost love. The barred iron
gates leading to the little rose garden attract
her attention. Dry and shrivelled, the dead
roses and leaves cling to the rusty bars. She
had ordered old Henri, the family butler, who
still hobbled about the house, to close and lock
the gate forever. .\ spirit prompted that she
should command the presence of the old butler
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with the almost forgotten rusty keys, to again
throw open the gates. As In a trance, she re-
entered the rose garden for the llrst time In a
j score of years.
Stephen Landers, dismissed two decades ago
because of the ambitions of Luclle Danvers.
has always loved her. Cruelly torn by a tiger,
' he did not dio. but spent years abroad, slowly
recovering. Ills return homo occurred on the
same night that Luclle again entered the rose
' garden gates. Old Henri thinks him a ghost,
but Is quickly reassured. The open gate and
the pointing linger of the old family butler tell
the story to the returned lover. And so love
wins the race against time.
BREAKING INTO JAIL (August 18).— Jim
aspires to be an author. The story of how he
tried to break Into jail to secure realism fur-
nishes a funny comedy.
THE REVELER (August :>1).— The happy
family is grouped around the Plying "U" camp,
discussing the departure of Weary after a bunch
- of stray horses. Everybody shouts farewell to
him. Then Happy Jack goes to Dry Lake after
the mull. His consternation Is great when he
sees a man, identically like Weary, nourishing
a revolver and terrorizing Rusty Brown's place
in Dry Lake. He don't know just what to
think about it. It Is evidently Weary, but
Happy Jack cannot understand how he has
accumulated such a "souse" in such a short
time. The supposed Weary is absolutely un-
manageable. Jack returns to camp to get the
other boys to help him corrall Weary. They
return to town. After much strategy they
capture the supposed Weary, and violently
take him home.
Weary is "not guilty." He proves an alibi
by returning to camp, where the counterfeit
Weary lies asleep under the mess wagon.
Weary Identiftes him as "Irish," the reckless
cousin who used to get him into trouble when
a boy. "Irish" joins the camp because it would
be a shame to "break the set."
WHAT BECAME OF JANE (August 22).—
Jane Dawson sings in the village choir with Ben
Murdock, her sweetheart. They are very happy
until Jane begins to have ambitions for the
stage. Ben begs her to stay at home, but she
prevails upon her mother and simple old grand-
father to let her have a chance to gain fame in
the metropolis. It is the same old story when
she gets to the city. Jane Is pretty and at-
tractive. A theatrical manager "sizes her up"
wrong and gets her an engagement with a
musical comedy troupe. Jane has no particular
talent, but she is pretty and "gets by" through
the pull of the manager.
At first she is shocked by the disclosures and
scenes in the dressing rooms. But this gets to
be commonplace. Then she gets into the habit
of going to gay suppers and revels after the
show. Jane does not succumb to temptation,
but she has difficulty in keeping her feet on the
ground. Ben comes in search of her. He finds
her with gay companions. There is a scene,
and true love wins against the tawdrlness and
glamour of stage life. They go home to get
married.
THE WHITE MOUSE (Two Reels— August
24). — Billy Silver, a young trapper, lives with
Ills wife and little baby up in the region of the
snows. Billy is energetic and finds trapping
profitable. One morning while he is out ex-
amining his traps, the cabin catches fire. In
the distance he hears the cries of his wife tor
help, and hastening to the scene as rapidly as
he can make his way on snowshoes over the
heaped-up drifts, he arrives just in time to savs
the baby and a few necessities. Their little
home is' burned to the ground, leaving them
wholly without shelter in the cold winter time.
They "have no materials with which to build an-
•other house. It is too cold to take any chance
oE exposing the wife and baby to the extreme
cold, so Billv harnesses himself to the sledge
upon which he loads his family, and in due
time arrives without accident at the camp of a
party of surveyors, fifty miles away.
Jean, the young wife, is a beauty. Billy
tseeks work of Lawler. the boss of the camp,
but is turned down until Lawler accidentally
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atrUKgle for the poBscsslon of the weapon, and
I-nwlcr, In hln attempt to kill BlUy, pulls the
trlKKcr when the revolver le pointed at hU
own heart, with fatal eoiiBenuenceK to himself.
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ruHh Into the cabin. They find Ullly HtundlnK
Willi the smoking revolver In his hand. He
and Jean explain, but the men, who are crua-
turcH of Lawler. notify the Northwest Mounted
Police reprcseniatlveH. and BMIy Is locked up
on a charge of murder.
SECOND REEL.
Jean plans the escape of Billy from jail. The
Northwest Mounted Policemen, who realize
the true conditions because they arc awaro of
the brutal character of Lawler, nave an Inkling
of the plan of escape, but shut their eyes to
It out of sympathy for Billy and his pretty
wife, and believe that ho Is not guilty. The
plan Is successful, and Billy makes his head-
quarters In a deserted cabin several miles away
from the camp, where he continues his work
of trapping until the snows of winter shall go
away, and he can leave the place to join his
pretty wife among friends In another country.
Billy has as a pet and constant companion
a tiny white mouse, which has an Inordinate
and mischievous appetite for the moosehtde
thongs that form the net work on Billy's snow
shoes. The little fellow Is constantly trying
to eat the snow shoe strings, and Billy has
considerable mending to do as a consequence.
The creatures of Lawler are angry at the
escape of B'ill, and they incite Sergeant Bro-
kaw, known as the "human blood hound." to
pick up Billy's trail and recapture him. The
sergeant finds Billy in the lonely cabin, where
his sole companion Is the little white mouse.
There is a surprise, and Billy finds himself a
prisoner with hands and feet bound with
moose hide thongs. The sergeant exults in
his capture and returns to where he has left
his dog team for the purpose of bringing the
sledge up to the cabin door, where he can load
Billy upon it and take him back to jail. Billy
is disconsolate. He fears the result of his trial
on the charge of murder in view of the biased
and false testimony which he believes will be
given by the former employes of Lawler. He
is despondent, but cannot do a thing with his
hands and feet bound. The little white mouse
comes to his aid. The little creature scents the
moose hide thongs which bind the wrists of his
master, and finding itself unrebuked, begins to
indulge Its appetite with great gusto. Its
needle-like teeth quickly separate the strands
and Billy is free. He hears the shouting of the
sergeant outside, urging his dog team through
the drifts up to the cabin, and by the time he
throws the door open to carry out his prisoner.
Billy springs upon him and quickly disarms the
policeman. A short, quick struggle settles the
affair. The police sergeant is locked within the
cabin as a prisoner, and Billy escapes through
the snowdrifts.
Weeks of arduous adventure and hardship
follow for Billy, but at last he makes his way
to the distant locality, where pretty Jean and
the baby are waiting for him. The little mouse
also finds friends of its kind, and the last pic-
ture shows a happy family of mice in addition
to Billy, Jean and the baby.
THE SEALED OASIS (August 25). — Tom is
the capable and clever young assistant of Wm.
Brock, a mining engineer, who has retired to a
small place on the edge of the desert, where he
is recovering from an affection of the lungs.
The doctor has sent him to a hot. dry climate
to save his life. His exceptionally attractive
daughter. Lolita, attends him. and the clever-
ness with which she performs her housewifely
duties wins the approval of Tom, culminating
in their mutual love.
The two men decide to go on a prospecting
tour. Tom and Lolita are engaged and the day
for the wedding has been set. Tom agrees to
return to his sweetheart in time, and she busies
herself preparing for the approaching wedding.
The prospecting venture is unsuccessful. A
sandstorm separates Tom and his employer.
Each staggers away before the blinding, blister-
ing rain of hot sand. Brock finds his way back
to the cabin, where water revives him. but Tom
has wandered away off the trail and cannot be
found until it is too late. He has paid the toll
of the sands in death, and the old tragedy of
the desert has been repeated. Lolita waits In
vain.
A LOW FINANCIER (August 28).— He was
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to serve as a subject for the dissection table
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wife. Anita, but the habits and late hours in-
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the country had its effect. Mrs. Wilcox, an
attractive widow, thought Jim an exceptionally
handsome felow and did not discourage the
casual attentions which he began to pay her.
In the meantime, Anita nursed her baby at
home alone, and at times wondered where her
big, strong husband was. It remained for Ellen
Collins, the house-to-house distributor of milk
and gossip, to put Anita wise to the conditions,
which, according to neighborhood gossip, were
growing worse all the time. Jim was becom-
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Mrs. Wilcox. Then it happened all of a sud-
den. Anita was sick and delirious. Faithful
Ellen was nursing her. While Ellen left the
room, Anita, in her delirium, sprang out of
bed, threw one of Jim's coats over her shoul-
ders, took a revolver from the bureau, and
stormed the Wilcox cottage. One shot from
the revolver missed Mrs. Wilcox, but it brought
Jim home to his wife and baby.
CHIP OF THE FLYING -T" (Three Reels-
August 29).— Claude Bennett, a handsome young
fellow, occupies a desk in his father's bank,
but does not earn his salt. He has an artistic
temperatment, and has done some clever sketch-
ing, but has never earned a dollar in his life.
Idling one morning at his desk, he draws a
ridiculous cartoon of his father, which comes
to the attention of the bank president, who
summarily tells Claude that the town is not big
enough for him. After a moment's reflection.
Claude replies with spirit that he will go
West. Claude Bennett develops into "Chip,** a
lively young cowboy on the Flying *T" Ranch
down in Texas.
Whitmore. the "Old Man" of the ranch, is a
hard worker, and does not spare himself any
more than he does the boys. Chip becomes an
all-around man after a number of adventures
in which the wildest bronchos test his staying
powers as a rider, and one day the "Old Man"
tells him to hook up the team and drive to the
station. Chip is told to meet the "old mans"
sister, who is a woman doctor. While putting
on his other shirt to drive to town. Chip dis-
cusses the prospective arrival of the "old maid
doctor," and they conjure up visions of an
ancient she-dragon, with a face like a lemon.
Chip awaits around in a dejected manner until
the train pulls in. He is delighted to discover
that the "old maid doctor'' is a very pretty
charming, young girl. Chip improves the time
during the ride to the ranch to get well ac-
quainted with the "little doctor," as he already
begins to call her in his own mind, whereas
she discovers in this tanned and sprightly
young cowboy many of the elements which go
to make up a hero, especially in the mind of
a young girl. She demonstrates her skill with
the rifle by shooting a coyote, this feat of arms
putting Chip absolutely at her mercy. He suc-
cumbs entirely to her natural fascination.
Chip still does a little sketching now and
then, some of which comes to the attention of
the "little doctor," who encourages him to
paint a really good picture. An accident oc-
curs in which Chip is thrown from his horse
and dragged at the end of a lasso over the
plains at a gallop. His pet cayuse breaks a
leg and Chip is about to end its misery with
a bullet when the "little doctor" announces
that she can set the leg with splints. She does
so, and another arrow from Cupid's bow goes
to the heart of Chip. Then Chip is laid up
with a sprained ankle and the "little doctor"
takes care of him. During his recovery he
gets to work on the picture, which he paints
with greai natural skill, and the "Old Man's"
silent partner. Dunk, who comes to the ranch
on a visit, sees the painting and promises to
take it to the city and show it to someone
with a knowledge of art. The pi ture sells
for a good fat check.
The "little doctor" captivates everybody.
Even Patsy, the cook, with his dirty apron.
succumbs to her charms, and when she makes
a professionai visit to the kitchen and orders
him to "clean up." he obeys after much grum-
bling. The "Old Man" hears the rattling of
tins and kettles in the kitchen and makes an
investigation. Patsy has the floor covered with
soap suds, and is scrubbing away with great
spirit. The "Old Man" dashes into the kitchen
and sprawls all over the floor, sliding on the
soap suds. He has it in his heart to murder
Patsy and starts after him. but Patsy slides
through the door on another installment of
soap suds, and the "Old Man" toboggans down
the steps after him.
The "little doctor"' is always up to some-
thing. She has all the cowboys her slaves.
with Chip the worst of the lot. She gets a
letter stating that Dr. Cecil Grantham, whose
name Chip has heard her mention before and
whom he looks upon as a formidable rival, is
going to arrive on the next day's train, for a
visit to the "little doctor." Chip feels very
much disturbed in spirit. He imagines that
Dr. Grantham is coming to claim his bride,
and the "little doctor" mischievously leads him
to think so. So Chip is chosen as the instru-
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huckboard. and greet the expected visitor. They
pull another one on Chip, for the formidable
Dr. Cecil Grantham is a sweet and saucy Mis.«;.
a classmate of the "little doctor." Chip is so
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happy over the outcome that he visibly shows
it and the girls have a great deal of fun at
his expense, in consequence.
The "Old Man" becomes infatuated with the
new arrival. Dunk, who has fallen in love with
the "little doctor," finds himself outclassed by
Chip, and that he hasn't a chance. He shows
his jealousy, whereupon he is given to under-
stand in unmistakable terms, that he is not in
it. Dunk "beats" it for the railroad station.
Then follow gay days at the ranch. Chip saves
the "little doctor's"' life when she is pursued by
a locoed stallion, and there is no more coquetry
on her part. The '■Qld Man" wins the "little
doctor's'' chum, and when the announcement
is made and each loving couple confesses to the
others, the "Old Man" sends Patsy for a bot-
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other's health.
THE HARBOR OF LOVE (August 29).—
Lola Grant, a beautiful young artist, paints the
portrait of Governor Hart, a splendid and suc-
cessful young politician. He falls in love with
the fair artist, and she is flattered by his at-
tentions. However, she loves Carl Danby, the
governor's secretary. but she refuses to
marry Carl, who resigns his position and goes
to the seashore, where he meets a beautiful
waif of the sea, Bess, the daughter of an old
fisherman. Bess falls in love with him, and
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unexpectedly, and Lola realizes that he alone
possesses her love. Lola confesses her mistake,
but Carl reproaches her for his many weeks of
suffering. He realizes that the heart of Bess
has given him the imperious call of love. Lola
returns lo the city, where she accepts the offer
of marriage from Governor Hart. Carl and
Bess drift peacefully on into the harbor of love.
VITAGRAPH.
WARD'S CLAIM (August 24).— While work-
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strikes it rich, and just has sufficient time to
tell the rest of the prospectors of his good luck
when he is stricken with a fatal sickness. HisJ
young friend. John Hanson, watches Lopez, al
Mexican, sneaking around Ward's claim, hast-1
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Ward gives Hanson a sealed envelope and asks
him to send it to the rightful heir to the claim.
John sends the message on its way. and re-
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snatches a revolver and drives him out of the
place. That evening, with the aid of two bad
Indians, he succeeds in abducting her, but is
seen bj- a friendly Indian, who tells John. John
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shot and ihe Mexican, holding the girl on his
horse, determines, rather than be captured, to
ride over a precipice a short distance beyond.
John realizes the mans intentions, and by
desperate riding, succeeds in snatching the girl
from the Mexican's saddle, while Lopez goes
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home together, Shirley softly tells John she
feels "Ward's claim needs a man to manage
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RAIXY, THE L.IOX-KILLER (Special— Two
Parts — August 25). — Jack Brown, hotel pro-
prietor of Sachville, mentions his daughter.
L-ucille's future, to his old friend, Colonel Tubbs.
who suggests a match between the girl and
Peter Rainey, a wealthy nephew of his. Jack
is delighted and arrangements are made for
Peter's visit. When the young man arrives
with his hunting togs, the townspeople mistake
him for Paul Rainey. the big game hunter.
Peter does not undeceive them and meets with
a great reception at the hotel from all but
Jack, who takes a dislike to him. Colonel
Tubbs, being out of town. Peter's little deception
is successful. The supposed "lion-hunter' pro-
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during a big celebration in his honor, some
bears, being used by a moving picture concern
nearby, escape and create a panic among the
villagers. The crowd yells for the hunter to
save them. Peter is not over-anxious, but is
forced to lead the "bear hunt." They meet
with some lively adventures, at last being driven
back into the village with a rush. Jack and
Peter get into a ludicrous mix-up and Jack
calls the latter a "Fine Lyin'-Killer !" Peter.
however, regains his nerve, and wildly chases
the beai^ through the village streets into the
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the hunter, is disgusted and about to "show him
up" when Colonel Tubbs arrives. Then Peter
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crowd of natives preparing to congratulate their
"hero" and taking Lucille's hand, bolts into the
hotel to avoid any more of the "idol worship-
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JOSIES DECLARATIOX OF IXDEPEXD-
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Josie is very unhappy, but feels she must do
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ton that all men (also women) are free and
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thrusting the hose through the dining-room
window and turning on the water, while Mrs.
Marshe is proposing a toast. The result may
be imagined. Josie and Hank walk off, laugh-
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THE MYSTERIOUS LODGER (August 27).—
Returning home from a matinee. Ralph Brent,
a poor actor, finds his step-child dead. The
child's mother returns intoxicated, having pur-
chased drink instead of medicine for the child,
with the money he had given her. He accuses
her of causing the little one's death, and
snatching the bottle of liquor from which she
is about to drink, throws it away. Infuriated,
she springs at her husband with a bread knife,
stumbles and accidentally kills herself. Fearing
that he will be suspected of murder. Brent
hastily makes up in the disguise of an old man
and leaves the house. He secures board and
lodging with Mrs. Lane and Lucy, her daugh-
ter, who regard the "old man" as somewhat of
a mystery. He reads in the newspaper that be
is wanted by the authorities, and decides to
«:ontinue in hiding for the present. One day
Lucy discovers Brent's identity when his wig
slips off. He admits he is the husband of the
woman supposed to have been killed by h.im, and
after telling his life story, she is convinced that
it was an accident. Lucy has fallen in love
with BTent and sympathetically offers to help
him escape. She persuades he'r uncle to lend
him the money to go to Canada, and sees him
to the train. They tenderly clasp hands, and he
suddenly stoops and kisses her as the trairf
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affectionate letter from Brent, who is now a
prosperous farmer, asking her to come to him
on the next train. The note also asks her to
bring her mother, and encloses a money order
for S:iOO.OO.
SUCH A HUXTER (August 28).— While
Percival talks grandly of his hunting, fishing
and golfing achievements to Eva Spurling and
little Cicero, his rival for her hand; they listen
in open-mouthed wonder. Eva invites her two
admirers to a picnic in the woods. Cicero car-
ries all the burdens and does all the hard work.
while Percival lolls about and enjoys himself.
At lunch, Percival sits next to Eva and monopo-
lizes the conversation, leaving his rival out in
the cold. While Cicero and Eva are washing
up the dishes, a little bear cub runs up behind
Percival, who promptly breaks all speed records
in reaching a tree on the edge of a lake. With
the little bear close at his heels, he swarms up
the tree and out onto a branch hanging over
the water, into which he is precipitated with
the branch. After struggling ashore he tells
the others an appalling tale of an encounter
with a four-footed monster, topping off with a^
recital of his daring adventures as a war corre-
spondent. Just then a huge mother bear noses
up behind them. Eva sees the old bruin first
and, with a shriek, jumps to her feet. Percival
looks inquiringly around, then does another
cross-country run, compared to which his first
effort was slow. Little Cicero, however, calmly
takes the ribbon off Eva's candy box, and to her
amazement, ties it gently around the bear's
neck, and after feeding it a piece of candy, bids
Mother Bear run along home. The beast trots
off and Eva. exclaiming. "My Preserver!"
throws her arms around Cicero's neck. When
next they meet Percival, that young man re-
ceives the "cold shoulder" and Eva and Cicero
turn their backs on him.
JOSIES CONEY ISLAND NIGHTMARE (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — August 20). — Our old friend
Josie becomes interested in a new book, "The
Castaways," depicting the adventures of beauti-
ful Ethlinda and her lover, cast ashore on a
desert island. Hank invites her to Coney
Island. On their way. Hank gets into a strenu-
ous argument with the conductor, and the two
are put off. They finally arrive at the huge
amusement place, and there everything seems to
remind Josie of her book. While dining in a
restaurant, the colored waiter spills soup on
them and another row follows. After a day's
excitement spent in the Zulu village, and get-
ting mixed up with some of the other amuse-
ments. Josie and Hank sit out on the rocks of
the seashore to have their lunch, and they fall
asleep. The combination of the day's experi-
ences and too much cheese for lunch glvea
Josie a terrible nightmare, in which she sees
Hank and herself cast on a desert island from
a big yacht commanded by the villainous car
conductor. They are captured by a band o
ferocious man-eating savages and sentenced tc
death by the Cannibal King, who seems to be
the colored waiter with whom Hank had th-:
rumpus. After some terrifying adventures an
hair-raising escapes, they manage to get <
the island in a small boat. Josie suddeni .
awakens, rouses Hank, and to their disma
the pair find they are practically marooned, as
the tide has risen while they were ?sleep an^'
the rocks on which they are lying have been
converted into islands. After an awful strug-
gle, they get across to the mainland. Josie. in
disgust, casts "The Castaways" into the water,
and as the book sinks, tells Hank her adventures
in Slumberland have cured her of a desire for
"Thrillers."
THE WTIONG FLAT (August 31).— Occupying
adjoining suites on the same floor of the Mad-
dox apartments. Hildo Brown and Henry Brown,
strangers to each other, become acquainted and
fall in love. In another part of the city, Hope
Crewes and Charlie Hollis, sweethearts, have a
quarrel and separate. Hope, who is a friend of
Hilda's, writes she is coming on for a visit. The
note also requests Hilda to leave her key with
the janitor should she happen to go out. Charlie
and Henry are also friends, and the former
sends a similar letter to the latter. Hope
arrives first and, Hilda having gone out, she it-
given the key to Henry's apartment through the
blundering stupidity of the thick-headed janitor.
Charlie arrives a little later and another mis-
take occurs when he is given the key to Hilda's
apartment. Hope enters Henry's rooms and
proceeds to make herself at home, while Charlie
does likewise in Hilda's apartment. When
Henry returns, he is puzzled and angry to hear
some one in his bed room, and is cogitating
what to do when Hilda, who has discovered
Charlie in her room, locks him in and rushes
to Henry for help. She is highly shockeft
at seeing some ladies' wearing apparel in
Henry's room, and when he is unable to satis-
factorily explain matters, a severe quarrel is tiie
result. Simultaneously, Charlie and Hope get
out on the fire scape and come face to face.
After more apologies and frantic explanations
of each other's presence, the ludicrous affair is
straightened out when all four chance to meet
in the hall. When it is made clear how the
error occurred, all roar with laughter, Hope
and Charlie make up, as do Henry and Hilda,
and soon they are laughing about how they got
intJO the "Wrong Flat."
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ANIMATED WEEKLY. XO. 127 (August 12).
— King George and Queen Mary on recent visit
to Kai er W.Ihelm— Berlin, Germany. Zeppelin
airsbip the most powerful war craft of the air.
Kaiser Wilhelm reviews the First Berlin Bri-
gade.
The British navy passes in review before His
Majesty King George— Cowes, Isle of Wight.
England. King Ceorge reviews regiments from
various pans of the United Kingdom. Great
Britain's King and Queen returning from the
regimental review — London, England.
High officials of the army and navy leaving
Elysee Palace after war conference with Presi-
dent Poincare and his cabinet. - President Poin-
care wtnesses departure of garrison to fight for
the colors — Paris, France.
To avoid the depreciation of securities New
York's Stock Exchange closes its door^s for the
first time since "Black Friday," 1873, when the
Gould-Fiske co-operation sought to corner the
gold market.
Large sums of Uncle Sam's golden eagles ar-
rive in New York sub-trea ury to insure bank-
ing stability in the metropolis.
Armored crui-er "Tennessee." with eight mil-
lion dollars in sold, leaves New York for Euro-
pean ports to aid stranded Americans marooned
by the war.
With both hands and feet manacled Commo-
dore Elionsky swims through Hell Gate, rough-
est sheet of water along the United States coast.
Prominent men become clowns for amuse-
ment of thousinds at annual Beach Day cele-
bration^San Francisco, Cal.
Cartoons by the famous caricaturist. Hy.
Mayer, of Puck.
without any expressed intention of coming back
to the girl with whose affections he has trifled.
Here the law of the Lumberjack is called
into play. He himself, loves Mary with an
honest, loyal heart. He compels Cliiford to re-
turn to her. with the promL-e tnat he will
marry her within the hour, or as soon as a
mini-=ter can be brought. Clifford at first shows
a spirit of reluctance, but realizing the wrong
he has done this girl he consents.
101 BISON.
THE LAW OF THE LUMBERJACK (Two
Parts — August 2H). — Bill Jones, foreman of the
Hume Lumber mill, deeply admires Mary
Clark, sister of Marshall Clark, the head cut-
ter of the Hume logging camp. Tom Jackson
is the foreman of this camp and he also is an
admirer of Mary.
As there is always a feeling of enmity ex-
isting between the lumber Jacks and the mill
hands. Jar-kson and Jones are bitter enemies.
This ill-feeling is increased by the desire of
each to win Mary's affections.
Mary's brother, Marshall, di'^likes Jackson
and favors Jnnes. Jackson, awarp of this feel-
ing, takes advantage of his position to place
him in the most dangerous positiin possible
dunng the feHin? of the giant redwoods. The
FPPUlt is that Marshall is serinu^ly injured.
Jackson realizing he is directly responsible for
the accident, has Marshall carried from the
lodging camp to the mill dor- tor accompanying
h'm on thp hazardous trip over the flume. This
flnme i'; for the purpose of carrying lumber
some ?ixty-five miles through the mountains,
trnvelfing at the rate of a mile a minute. A
ride over this flume would be attempted by no
man other than one with nerves of steel.
Jones promptly rec'^gnizes his enemy's cali-
bre and chararter throueh this trip upon which
Jai^kson vpnturp=i over the flume. Upon learn-
in e, h'^wpver. that Jackson is responsible for
the injuries sust^inpd by Clark, he accuses him
of the deed. Jackson resents tbe accusation.
The two giant'; eneage in a terrific fist fight.
Jn'^kson is completely knocked out by Jones.
^Tnry. in the meantime. depp^y concerned
about the condition nf hpr inmrpd br'-ther who
was b'^ins attpnded by the mill dnctT. has re-
rup?tPd the pprvices of a new arrival in camp,
Pr. Wm. Clifford a prominent young physician
frnm the city. Cliffor'l i^ attending her broth-
er, whpn Mary is notified of a fight between
Jarkson and Jones in progress; in the dance
hall. Knowing the intense hatred of her two
a-^mirers for each other, sbe appeals to Clif-
ford to acpompanv her to the d'^n'^e htiU and
separate the c'^mbntants. Ci^^rd con -ents :
wi*b the result that he is painfully thrashed by
Jones.
Marv's sympathy for Clifford impels her to
have him carried to hpr own home. Here she
tpndprlv nur'^pp him Thi^; so anger^ Jones
that he vtPit'= Marv's h-^me with tbe intention of
T"rderine Clifford. Mary intprvenes success-
fully ; her appeal is so strong that Jones is
tra'le to real'ze bp has 'n-lecd a rival In Clif-
ford. This situ^itton 1" more for^efuly brought
borne to him aftpr Clifford's rpmvery. Clifford
prd Marv arp di^povpred in a l-^ving embrace.
Jones' fir~t impulsp is to kill Clifford, but his
pTp^t lnv'=' for Marv deters him He watches
their actions, however, clo'^ely and learns that
'^lifford has arranged to return to the city.
CRYSTAL.
BASHFUL BEN (August 25.)— Geraldine has
two beaus, Ben and George. Btn is bashful and
George is bold. Ben calls on Geraldine. Too bash-
ful to tell her of his love, he fortifies himself
with "Dutch Couraiie". It proves of no avail
and only makes Geraldine wonder at his funny
actions, Btn learns the address of a Protestor
who teaches 'Self Control." He takes a course
and becomes bold. In order to maKe sure he
has lost all sense of bashfulness, he experi-
ments on different people. In the meantime,
while Ben has been trying to master hio bash-
fulness. George proposes to Geraldine and is ac-
cepted, so when Ben boldly calls he learns his
efforts have been in vain. He is consoled by a
lady in the Professor's house. He makes love
to her. only to find that she is the professor's
wife.
BARRELED.— Charlie is in love with Vi-
vian. Pa does not favor his suit, so is com-
pelled to call when Pa is out. Pa returns un-
expectedly. Charlie tries to escape. Pa hears
the noise, mistakes him for a burglar and
shoots. Vivian thinks Charlie is shot, but h =
has made his escape by diving out the window.
He lands in a barrel head fir-t and in trying to
extricate himself upsets the barrel. The barrel
starts rolling on a long journey, with Charlie
still in it. Finally comes to a stop in the
woods. They are met by a tough who holds
them up and forces Pa to hand over his cash.
At this point Charlie escapes frrm the barrel
and rescues them. Pa' rewards him with Vivi-
an's hand.
ECLAIR.
THE CHARACTER WOMAN (Two Parts— Au-
gust litJ). — The character woman has grown pre-
maturely old with the heavy burdens placed
upon her shoulders ; she sees her hold slipping
and knows that her age will soon prevent her
from securing an engagement. While her com-
panions of the company enjoy life, she stints
at every turn to save pennies. And then "the
man," in the person of the new company man-
ager, crosses her path.
The character-woman says nothing; the time
for that has long since passed. She can only
look on in dumb hope that some day justice will
find him out. Yet she watches him — and she.
of them all. observes the manager's violent
courtship of the leading woman. Still, she
says nothing.
One night the old actress, her mind on the
mission that seems rising before her. forgets
her cue. The leading woman, believing herself
insulted, demands either an apology or the dis-
missal from her. It is on this night that the
character woman discovers the preparations
for an immediate elopement between the lead-
ing woman and the manager. She hesitates ; in
fancy she lives again her bitter experience of
years ago with the same man ; her mind is made
up.
As the young actress is emerging from the
stage door after the show she is met by the
character-woman; she is forced back into her
dressing room, protesting the while, and told the
story of the manager's previous love affair,
of how he deserted the character woman after
wronging her. And the girl has to believe —
there is something in the way the tale is told
that makes her believe.
With her eye^ open, the leading woman takes
the train for New York, while the manager waits
in vain. The chara'^ter woman has played her
best part and willingly she resigns herself to
the dreary routine of one night stands as she
sits back in the day coach.
GOLD SEAL.
DEAD RECKONING (4th of the Trey o"
Hearts Series— Two Reels— August 25). — Rose.
waking from her drugged sleep in the hotel in
Portland, is smuggled out of the hotel, driven
from Portland to Gloucester, where she is con-
veyed aboard the fishing schooner that inter-
cepted the Seaventure. The schooner imme-
diately sets sail. When Judith comes aboard
Rose is locked up in a stateroom.
Alan and Barcus. having got ashore on Nauset
Beach, stret'h out panting and half exhausted,
and watch the Spaventure burn into the wa-
ter's edge and sink. A mile farther off shore
Judith's schooner lies at anchor. Judith and
five male confederates, all dressed as fishermen
(including Judith), pile into a dory, leaving
''Rose imprisoned in her stateroom, and row
cautiously ashore to capture Alan and Parcu?.
When not far from the beach, they burn a blue
flare on the water. Judith, with a rifle in tne
bows, fires at the two men. They retreat down
the bea-h, and strike off inland. Beaching the
dory Judith strikes off in pursuit.
Eventually throwing off the chase, Alan and
Bar^-us squirm, unseen, up to the lip of the
blu.T. wheie they overlook the dory and it;,
guard. As the latter, un.onsious of danger,
lights his pipe, Alan clubs h.m down, 'inta
Bar. us and Alan steal the dory and make lor
the schooner. J jdith and her companions re- ,
turn to learn of their loss. They ure upon the
dory but without effect. Alan and Barcus take
possession of the deserted ve-sel. Alan finds
Rose in the cabin.
Judith's party tramp several miles to the
nearest life-saving station which they find de-
serted. Breaking into the boat house they
bring out and launch the motor-driven life boat.
In the cabin of the schooner Rose tells Alan of
the manner in which she was brought aboard.
On deck Barcus fidgets with impatience because
of the delay and finally calls Alan. Alan, cut-
ting the anchor, they take in the lights .
proceed to get under way. Judith and her
party in the stolen life boat pursue. The
schooner and the life boat round Monomoy
Point. Day breaks and a fo? closes in.
Judith at length runs across the schooner in
the fog. The life boat bumps into it forward
and the five jump aboard. The life boat, aban-
doned, drifts down the side and sheers off.
Alan jumps for the corapanionway, where he
has left his rifle, but slips. Before he can re-
cover he is seized by two of Judith's party.
The others grab Barcus. One man holds Rose
a prisoner.
At this juncture a huge coastwise steam hip,
running through the fog at full tilt, runs down
the s hooner. 41an. Barcus. Rose, Judith and
the five men, all in the stern, are thrown into
the water. The steamship slips past and
out of sight in the fog, then stops and lowers
a lifeboat.
Bar;U' and Rose come to the surface together
and the latter, aided by Barcus. swims to the
abandoned motor lifeboat. He helps Rose into
this. Alan coming to the surface, observes
Judith swimming at a little distance but can-
not tell whether she is Judith or Rose. He
swims to her. offering her assistance. Judith
changes her position and tries to drown him by
clutching his throat. He manages to break her
hold. Barcus finds him. draws him to the side
and helps him aboard. Alan recognizes Ro;^e. is
much relieved, but is horrified by the thought
of Judith drowning. Barcus restrains him
from making a fool attempt at a rescue — and
starts the engine, steering the life boat away
from the scene. Judith comes to the surface
uncons-ious. The boat from the steamship
eventually discovers and rescues her.
IMP.
JIM WEBB, SENATOR (Three Parts— Au-
gust 21). — Jim Webb, a new Congressman, ar-
rived in Washington, alter bidding his little
mother in the southern village goodbye, dressed
as his father dressed before him — with the
wide-brimmed black hat, the "Prince Albert"
and the Bowing tie. But what Jim lacked in
style, as city style goes, he made up for with
hi"? sturdy toneue, his ability to mould the
opinion of others. Time soon found him the
chairman of one of the important Senate com-
mittees.
Certain moneyed interests are desirous of
having a bill passed. Through its lobbyists, Jim
is approached and offered a bribe to throw his
influence to the bill's support. Knowing the
bill 15 crooked. Jim turns the offer down. Other
means tailing to rea^h Jim. the "interest" sets
one of its most fascinating women lobbyists
against him with the obiect of furthering the
crooked measure. The plan works so success-
fully that Jim ultimately tails de perately in
love with her. As an incident in her plan, she
induces him to abandon the ante-bellum style
of clothes for tlie latest thing in dress.
At the close of the Congressional se-sion Jim
has engaged himself to the lobbvi«t, Marion. He
induces her to return with him and meet his
parents. On arr'ving, Jim's constituents look
askance at the change in his appearance. "He
ain't the same old Jim" is their comment.
It ts during Marion's stay in Jim's home
town that she fir-,t awakes to her position ; the
associations with Jim's mother awakens the
best in her woman nature.
At the beginning of the next session the
crooked bill is brought up for its first reading.
Marion, in the meanwhile bavins fallen in love
with Jim, informs the men who have employed
her that it U impossible for her to continue
in the scheme. Later, she confesses all to Jim.
This comes like the proverbial thunderbolt from
a clear skv to Jim. Marion had become su'h
a part of his life that he had. to .please her.
promised to put the crooked bill through.
The plav closes with the last desperate effort
of the lobbyist! to shut Jim out of the meeting,
their failure and denouncement, the foregiveness
of Marion by Jim and a glance at the new road
of happiness streaching out for the two young
people.
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MATTY JOINS THE JUVENILE POLICE
FORCE (August ai). — Yearning for a dog. our
Universal Boy adopts one trom the Home for
Lost Dogs. Returning home with it. he is
scolded bj' his aunt, but she finally consents
to him keeping it. Later, the dog is stolen by
a hobo. The hobo trades the dog at an East
Side saloon for a glass of beer.
Heartbroken over his loss. .Matty seeks aid
of the newly-organized Juvenile Police force, ad-
miring the snappy appearance of the boys. At
this juncture we are shown how these boys
train for their work in regenerating the bad boys
of the neighborhood. Matty himself is instru-
mental in breaking up a gang ; this gang after-
wards become policemen and assist in reclaiming
their companions.
Sometime later, while Matty is doing duty on
a side street, he notes a little girl entering a
saloon for beer. He follows and causes the ar-
rest of the saloon-keeper. .\s he leaves the
saloon he hears a familiar bark : running behind
the counter he discovers his stolen dog. There is
a happy reunion and Matty takes the dog to the
station. Further on, the dog, trained to under-
stand Matty's commands, assists by carrying
messages in his mouth in rounding up mis-
creants.
JOKER.
THE LITTLE AUTOMOBILE (August 2(3).—
Wifie becomes disgusted with hubby's Ford car.
Because he refuses to buy her a large touring
car she goes home to her mother. Hubby re-
ceives a telegram trom his father saying that
he is coming to give him the $.5.(KK) promised
upon his getting married. Hubby fears that he
will lose the money as he has no wife to pre-
sent. 'Wifie's brother, however, comes to the
rescue. He gets a chorus girl friend of his to
act the part of Hubby's wife. Father is fooled,
but when 'Wifle reads of Hubby's good fortune
in the papers, she hurries home to be in on it.
She discovers the other woman. Hubby tells
her it is his father's wife. 'RTiat she happens
to overhear, however, lets her in on the true
facts in the case. Meanwhile the chorus girl,
at the instigation of hubby, has been making
violent love to father. Hubby hopes to thus e-?-
tort a further ^o.lMO from the "old bov." as
heart balm for making love to his wife. Father
"falls." Wilie interferes. The chorus girl
leaves and explanations follow, bringing the
story to a happy ending.
WELL! 'W'ELL: (August 29).— Mrs. Henry's
old well has gone dry. Mrs. Henry is a rich
widow with many suitors, .\mong them are
two who pester her much. One is Farmer Jones,
and the other is Hank, her hired man. To decide
between the two she set them to work digging
the well, promising to marry the one who flr-~t
strikes water. They dig like mad.
Matilda, the widow's maid-of-all-work. Is
deadly in love with Hank, the hired man. She
schemes so that Jones shall be honored with
the water's discovery. Meantime the widow
meets the deacon, he proposes and they hie
themselves to the village and are married.'
Jones supposedly finds water first and rushes
in search of the widow to claim her hand. Hank,
disconsolate, will not heed the love avowal of
Matilda, preferring to remain at the bottom of
the well. Matilda leaves. Hank climbs out and,
filled with jealousy, shovels the dirt back into
the well.
Jones discovers that he has been deceived —
that the widow has double-cro.ssed him. Ma-
tilda returns to find the well filled with dirt :
she imagines that the walls caved in and that
Hank is at the bottom. Wild with excitement,
she calls out the villagers : they all join in the
work of digging the well over again. But
Hank is not found at the bottom. He is found
back of the barn filled with joy and a flask in
his hand. -\s punishment he is made to marry
.Matilda. All are happy in the end but Farmer
.lones. He goes to Nanev for comfort. Nancy
is a donkey.
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NESTOR.
A MIXERS ROMANCE (August 26).— John
Burns, "villain." meets a bear which chases
him. Burns falls over a cliff. Bob Jenkins,
a young miner, finds the unconscious Burns and
carries him to his cabin.
The injured man is cared for by Bob and they
become pals. Dave Williams and his daughter.
Lucy arrive in the mining town. The girl and
Bob begin to write for 'themselves the first
chapter of the old, old story.
Burns meets the girl and at once loves her.
She likes him but repels his advances. He
finds that she cares for B'ob. The worm of
jealousy eats the heart out of him. Crazy with
his love. Burns arranges a gun in the cabin
with a string running from trigger to the door
latcH. so that Bob will be shot when he comes
in. Fate, however, sends two mice who gnaw
the string. Bob finds the gun and realises ih^
treachery. He fires his revolver..
Burns hears the shot, thinks Bob is dead and
hurries to Lucy. "With a tale of Bob s hurting
himself he drags her away into the hills, deter-
mined that she shall be his. "Bob has brought
the men and the death of Burns ends the pic-
ture.
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY (August 28).—
Three stunning young men at a seaside hotel
and not a girl in the place. They sit on a
bench and look out upon the ocean yearningly.
Presently the thing that must happen, hap-
pens. Victoria, the slender, beautiful and red-
lipped, arrives with her father and mother.
Buck, the unblushing, sets his eyes for her and
receives a smart slap upon the cheek.
To relieve the monotony each of the four.
chums puts twenty-five dollars in a pot. The
first to kiss Victoria is to win the money. Buck
gets on her trail, as he thinks, and kisses a
young negro woman.
Joe is determined to win the money, even at
the expense of propriety. He grabs Victoria
and kisses her. Victoria screams. Buck runs
to her rescue and kicks the ungallant Joe.
Victoria allows Buck one kiss.
Then Walter, the romantic and prim, comes
upon the scene. He alone uses the right tactics.
He swears eternal love and she listens. After
awhile she listens a little closer and pretty soon
she listens very close. He promises he will
never tell and Walter, in turn, receives his kiss.
In the meantime the three chums are fighting
over the bet. Each claims to have won and
Victoria is summoned to settle the matter. She
is chagrined and ashamed and she weeps.
Walter alone recognizes the fine opportunity.
He denies indignantly that he kissed her. She
turns to him as her natural protector and from
thence onward until the end Walter has smooth
sailing.
POWERS.
THIS IS THE LIFE (August 28).— Edna and
Beatrice, two typists, go to the beach for a
holiday, each betting the other her bracelet
that she will make the better male catch of the
day. Beatrice meets a charming young fellow
and feels sure that she has won the bet. Edna,
however, soon has her efforts rewarded and
feels confident she has inade the better catch
of the day.
Imagine the consternation of Beatrice, when
she finds her hero enacting the role of Bell
Hop at the hotel and later, that of Edna, when
she discovers that her Beau Brummel is none
other than a waiter in the dining room. Both
girls are pretty sore until new quarry appears
in the person of a prosperous looking broker.
Both exert their charm upon the newcomer. To
her great chagrin Beatrice learns that he is a
married man.
The broker is astounded when he recognizes
in the waiter his only son, whom he has sent
from his door several months previous to earn
his own living. He is taken into the paternal
bosom and all is well. The broker's son seeks
to have his father square him with Edna, which
the father gladly does.
Beatrice sees that she is thoroughly beaten
and, disrovering the happy couple upon the
beach, slyly slips her forfeited bracelet to Edna.
REX.
THROUGH THE FLAMES (Two Parts-
August lo). — Bert Daley and Bill Hampton are
firemen and close pals, although Bill is years
older than his friend. Bert's sweetheart is
Anna Jones, a seamstress, who lives with her
tiny sister Olive in a tenement house.
One day Frank Carter, owner of the tene-
ment, derides to collect some rent from tenants
in arrears. Anna has found life difficult sup-
porting the tiny lot who must have nourishing
food and her child pleasures. Carter meets the
giri and becomes fascinated with her. His ad-
vances are. however, met with disdain by the
poor seamstress. He persists, and E'ert comes in.
Without fuss and feathers of any sort Bert
tweaks the wealthy man's nose and throws him
out of the place.
Carter, determined on revenge, waits for his
chance. He is a member of the Hoard of Fire
Commissioner.^. Visiting the fire-house, he sees
the great friendship of the two men. and, having
no way for a direct attack on Bert, strikes at
him through Bill. The latter is retired on half-
pay because of his age. Bert sees through the
act. however. That night Carter, intoxicated,
goes to Anna's door, but she refuses to open it.
At the solicitous landlady's sugestion he decides
to occupy an empty apartment for the night.
Fire from bis lighted gas jet breaks out and
soon the tenement is in flames. Bert rescues
Anna, and Bill takes out the baby. They think
all are saved, when the landlady thinks of
Carter. She tells Bill. All thoughts of personal
wrong are forgotten. Into the flames he darts
and up the burning stairway. He drags Carter
into the hallway : but the landlord, recognizing
his rescuer, breaks away. Dazed, still under the
influence of drink. Carter falls through the
stairway before Bill can get to him. Escape
cut off, the heroic fireman is soon overcome.
But Bert, too. is made of stern stuff. Into
another building, over the roofs, down an eleva-
tor shaft he goes and pulls but his friend.
A month later, the Fire Commissioners, real-
izing that a wrong ha.-^ been done, reinstates the
convalescing Bill.
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succeeds, through its diplomatic secret service,
in getting possession of the first model of Carl-
ton's invention for detecting the coming of an
aeroplane. The spies have injured the model
by trying to disclose its secrets. Prior to this,
Constance Chambers, United States Secret Serv-
ice agent, has been assigned to the case and in
carrying on her operations she has met the
young inventor and fallen in love with him.
Carlton has fallen in love with the girl also.
While trying to rescue Carlton from danger,
Constance is captured by the Bosnovian spies.
Through threats of injury to her, Carlton is
forced to give in to the demands of his captors
and repair the machine which they have broken
down in endeavoring to extract its ominous
secret with t^eir lack of experience.
Constance, however, escapes with the aid or
her chauffeur. The exciting pursuit by the ffo-
sonovian secret agents and her wild ride for
help on the desolate country road is shown to
the bound and helpless Carlton on the reflector
of his invention and his prompt use of the wire-
less to save the day and win the girl he loves
supplies plenty of excitement and a happy ending
to the drama.
STERLING.
A STRONG AFFAIR (August 10).— Mr. Heim
has a daughter engaged to marry Schultz, the
baker. Miss Heim, getting ready for the mar-
riage, finds her slippers need repairing. Going
to the cobbler shop she is admired by Mier, the
cobbler, who forces his love on her. She re-
sents and leaves.
During this time Schultz finds his shoes need
mending. Going over to Mier he tells him of
the wedding, and inviting him, shows the picture
of the girl. Mier is sore, and swears revenge.
Finished fixing Schultz's shoes, he goes into the
side room to polish them. He discovers an idea
smelling his Limburger cheese. He puts it in
Schultz's shoes.
When Schultz arrives at the wedding every-
thing goes lovely till the minister drops his
book at Schultz's feet. Getting the smell from
the shoes the minister looks Schultz over. Mier,
arriving, takes this all in from the other room.
Miss Heim. excited and nervous, drops her
handkerchief at her lover's feet. In picking it
up she smells and then the trouble starts. She
stops the minister, telling him she can't marry
the man. The father grabs Schultz and throws
him out. Schultz takes his shoes off and finds
the trouble. Going to the window he sees Mier,
the cobbler, getting married to his sweetheart.
He takes the cheese and throws it. starting a
general fight The minister runs out and calls
the police. But the smell is too great for them.
They retreat and seek refuge in a wagon with a
sign "Limburger Cheese" on it.
AT 3 O'CLOCK (August 13). — Ford's sweet-
heart flirts with a gangster and finally turns
Ford down in the gangster's favor. Ford de-
termines on suicide, but has not the courage to
carry out his intentions. Prof. A. A. Sassan
offers his services in removing him from this
vale of tears. The time is set for his death at
3 o'clock.
In the meantime Ford's^ sweetheart tires of
the domineering gangster, and feeling her love
returning, goes in earch of Ford. Overjoyed at
the reunion. Ford forgets his appointment with
the man-killer at 3 o'clock. Prof. A. A. Sassan
finds it is getting time to kill Ford, and so
drinks his killer liquid, which puts him in
shape to do the deed. Ford fails to show up.
The professor starts hunting his man.
Ford and his sweetheart approach the under-
taking place. Ford is reminded of his appoint-
ment. Observing the professor's approach, he
grabs his sweetheart and runs. The gangster
gets the gang together to find his rival. They
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give chase, by this time the professor and his
undertakers are on his trail. Ford and his
sweetheart run into the professor's laboratory.
Unlinown to them the place is filled with ex-
plosives of all kinds. The gangster and his
gang arrive. Ford and his sweetheart escape.
The place explodes just as the professor and his
undertakers arrive, blowing them to kingdom
come. Ford and his sweetheart have a happy
reunion.
UNIVERSAL IKE.
U.\IVERS.\L IKE, JR.. I.\ THE DA.VCERS
OF A GRE.\T CITY (August 11).— Ike, having
produced the roll of money from the leg of
Louise's father's trousers, rents a speedy auto-
mobile, and with Louise starts for the beach.
Meanwhile, father, ma and the sheriff, having
extricated themselves from the roof of the hotel,
start out in mad pursuit. Ike finds a notice in
the paper that $KHJ will be given to any couple
who will be married at Venice on that date. He
and Louise decide that this is their chance.
The street car line running to Venice is rob-
bed by Black Pete, a terrible bandit The only
thing of real value which the bandid procured
was a silver vanity case. Leaving the scene of
his crime, he runs into the road and holds up
the very machine which is carrying Louise and
Ike to the beach. He forces Ike to change
clothes with him and attempts to get away in
the machine. The nimble Ike springs on to the
trunk rack at the back and the journey to the
beach is continued.
Ma. pa and the sheriff, short of money, take
the street car. The sheriff's hat blows out the
window and he attempts to stop the car by pull-
ing the bell rope. He mistakes the cord and
rings up several dollars on the car register.
The irate conductor forcibly ejects him, also ma
and pa from the car.
In the loot which the bandit has thrown away
is a gold-headed umbrella. The party eventually
arrive at the beach and are mistaken for the
robbers of the car. Ike is arrested and put into
jail with Louise. Ma is al-so arrested on ac-
count of having the incriminating umbrella.
She sights the real bandit in Ike's clothes and
denounces him to the police. Ma hikes herself
to the jail and demands the release of her
children. This is refused, and having knocked
the guard out, she proceeds to pry the jail bars
apart and rescue them.
VICTOR.
THE HONOR OF THE HUMBLE (Two Reels
— August 14). — The Count de Marigny. a wealthy
French nobleman, tiring of city life, makes
arrangements to visit his lodge in Brittany. He
is cared for by Jacques Soule and his good
wife Martha, peasant folks, who have a beautiful
daughter. Flo. The Count arrives, and the lit-
tle family receive him warmly. He. in turn,
is pleased with their attentions. Flo is espe-
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polished manners and genuine manliness. Her
beauty and simplicity in turn appeal to the
Count. She is different from the type of women
he has met in his social circle, and they seek
each other's company frequently. This is done
without the knowledge of Flo's parents.
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him something concerning his (Jacques) daugn-
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Flo and the Count seated on a rock in the
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first, but to convince himself starts a search for
the couple. Mu^h to his humiliation, he finds
the poacher's tale true. Realizing the atten-
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suit in no good, he seeks revenge upon him by
cunningly leading him to the edge of a great
cliff. Turning upon him, he endeavors to hurl
the Count upon the rocks below.
Thwarted by the superior strength of the
younger man, Jacques fails in his attempt, and
is only extricated from a perilous position by
the heroic efforts of the Count. Flo comes upon
the struggle just at its end, and misinterpreting
it, orders the Count to leave. He returns to his
city home.
Still harboring hatred toward the Count and
obsessed by the thought that because of him
Flo is unhappy. Jacques goes to the city, and
gains entrance to the Count's home. Again
he is foiled in his attempt to kill the Count.
Leaving his lodgekeeper in the custody of his
servants, with instructions to release him In
one hour, the Count returns to Flo with pro-
testations of his love. She accepts him. The
lodgekeeper returns only to find be has mis-
judged his master. He finds that the Count is
sincere in his love for Flo.
COUNTERFEITERS (Two Reels— August 28).
— When Flo discovers that her mother is bent
on having her marry the Count Bond she ap-
peals to her father, the judge. The judge, how-
ever, is one of those meek, mild-mannered
men who fails to rule except where the law is
back of him. To Flo's appeal he turns his hands
down. Jack urges Flo to fiy with him and Flo
prepares to do it ; but the Count learns of the
scheme and, through the mother, has Flo made
a prisoner in her own home.
Until Flo consents to renounce Jack and marry
the Count she is to be kept a prisoner. She re-
mains a prisoner. The Count calls and, put-
ting his best manners to the front, attempts to
win the girl over the Sowers and candy. Flo
tries to put her worst manners to the front to
discourage the Count. As time goes on, how-
ever, Flo commences to weaken under her moth-
er. She sends a note to Jack to that effect.
Jack is desperate. He writes a note to Flo
urging her to stand out and assuring her that
he has a plan to bring them out of the difficulty.
His scheme, though, does not develop until
after a healthy brain-storm. It is Tony and
Marie, grinding the organ and begging pennies
under his window that suggests a way out. Jack
buys Tony's whole outfit, clothes and all. A
short time later Flo finds him under her win-
dow thoroughly disguised with a trained monkey
who carries a note to her. It is a matter of a
few minutes before Flo is out of the window
disguised in Marie's clothes.
The first break in their plans comes when
they are surrounded by children and forced to
carry out their roles as beggars. At this junc-
ture Mattes comes along and recognizes the out-
fit of his brother, Tony. He makes a fuss, has
Flo and Jack arrested and hauled off to the
police station. More trouble comes when the
pair refuse to give their names and explain.
Meantime, Count Bonci and the mother have
discovered the absence of Flo. They rush off
to the judge's office. Flo, at the police station,
has been glancing over the rogue's gallery.
She recognizes a picture as that of Bonci. As-
sured by the police that they want to capture
the party, she tells them to call up the judge
and ask for Count Bonci. The climax comes
when Flo and Jack stand before the judge and
are recognized when Tony and M5,rie. who have
been summoned, recognizes in Count Bonci their
long-lost brother, when the mother is completely
crushed with the embarrassment of it all and
the' judge, coming into his own. decides that Jack
is the man for his daughter after all.
SIMPLE FAITH (August 10).— Amos Hartley,
dean of the fishermen, has a beautiful daugh-
ter. Irene, who is loved by Henry Smith, a
young fishermman. Albert Simpson is his rival.
Irene favors Henry ; he asks the father for her
hand. Amos consents, making the condition
that Henry first show that he can make a good
living by his trade as fisherman.
Simpson overhears this, and that night, be-
fore Henry starts out to the fishing ground, he
cuts his nets. Henry bids good-bye to Irene,
and. with his helper, leaves. The following
night he returns disheartened and shows the
girl and her father his damaged nets. Shortly
after the father asks Henry to join him as his
helper, as his own is sick. Simpson has at-
tempted to force his attention on Irene and has
been repulsed. In revenge he damages the boat
that is to take the girl's father and the rival out
to sea, hoping to drown them.
At the appointed time the old man's boat fails
to appear. The returning fishermen say they
have seen nothing of it. As Simpson has plan-
ned, the boat had gone to pieces. Henry had
assisted the old man. however, and they had
found succor on a rock.
Irene meets Simpson and begs him to assist
in the search for her father and sweetheart.
Simpson, remorseful and softened, consents. The
pair leave together. They find Amos and Henry
on the rock and bring them off. Simpson is
thanked for his aid and nothing is said of the
boat's sinking. Simpson, thoroughly repentent,
bids them good-bye and departs to start life
over. Henry finds happiness with Irene.
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THE SONG OF THE SEA SHELL (August
28). — Roy, a shepherd of the hills and a dreamer
is lured from his flock by the "song of the sea
shell" as created by Lydia, the beautiful fisher-
man's daughter, who has just found the won-
derful seashell in the surf where she has been
wading. Roy and Lydia meet on the big sea
coast rocks and become fast friends. One day
Lydia shows Roy where she lives and they are
surprised upon reaching the bouse to discover
that a traveler, the great musician RoUa, has
arranged with Lydia's folks to shelter under
their root for the night. Roy returns to his
flock of sheep and sitting under a big tree soon
falls asleep and dreams that RoUa has stolen
the heart of his new friend Lydia. Troubled
over the dream, Roy returns to the house and
finds Lydia and her folks and Rolla together.
Lo'dia has been making music upon her shell and
the professor, in great admiration for her musi-
cal ear. offers to take Lydia to the city and make
a great lady of her. Roy has entered unseen
by the group and overhears the professor's of-
fer. Jealousy enters Roy's heart and stealing
back to his flock sits under his favorite shade
tree and again falls asleep this time dreaming
that Lydia elopes with Rolla. Roy follows
them to the city where meeting Rolla stroll-
ing in his beautiful gardens, he attempts to
stab Rolla. but Rolla drawing a revolver shoots
Roy. Immediately Roy awakes to find Lydia
and Rolla bending over him. He tells them of
the dream and when Lydia hears that he was
killed she loses control of her feelings and
clinging to Roy's arm tells him "you must not
die Roy, not even in a dream." Roy gazing into
her eyes sees the love there that he has hoped
for and gathering her close to his bosom calls
her "Sweetheart." Rolla retreats leaving them
alone.
THIS IS TH' LIFE (Two jr-arts^ August
24).— Farmer Brown, a man who clings to old
ideas, is so set against the wheels of progress
and modern science, that his son John is com-
pelled to steal away from home in order to
complete his education in electricity.
In contrast, Erown's neighbor. Farmer Mil-
ler, installs modern ideas and machinery. His
farm products and stock thrive and bring great
results, while his daughter Rita, can attend
boarding school. Rita and John are sweethearts
and Rita applauds and encourages John in his
struggle toward progression. John becomes a
genius and invents many electrical meters and
a powerful X-Ray. but time nor success will
soften his father's heart or reconcile them.
Miller even lightens his wife's household
burdens by installing electrical washing and
ironing devices, while Brown's frail daughter,
Mary, is a slave to the heat and drudgery of
the old methods of housekeeping. One day
Mary, while lifting a heavy wash boiler strains
her back and falls to the floor. Brown finds
her and for the first time fully realizes the
necessity of a telephone. Rita just home on
her vacation comes to his aid and rushing
over home summons a doctor, then by long
distance summons John to bring a surgeon and
his new X-Ray. The country doctor announces
that Mary has suffered a paralytic stroke and
will never recover. Brown's heart is crushed,
but the next day John and the surgeon arrive.
After an examination the surgeon declares to
Brown that through the aid of the wonderful
X-Ray and modern science his daughter will be
permanently restored to health. The wedding
day of Rita and John arrives and Brown's gift
to the couple is in the nature ot a new home
completely equipped electrically even to the
stove and cooking utensils. He becomes a con-
vert to progress and modern science, and de-
claring "this is th' life" takes his neighbor
Miller for a drive in his own electric car.
LODGIXG FOR THE NIGHT (August 26).
— When Bob returns from a long tramp and
starts to take his fiancee to his arms, a sur-
prise awaits him. She returns his ring and he
discovers that she loves another. Crushed he
turns back and starts out again on a long
tramp.
In a remote section of the mountains. Mara,
a girl of the wilds lives unhappily with her
parents who are unscrupulous, cruel and cold
and do not hesitate to rob a traveller or treat
Mara with cruelty. She makes one attempt to
run away but is unsuccessful and is brought
back roughly by Durkey.
Bob arrives at the foot of the mountain
where Mara lives. He sees a faintly marked
trail leading up into a section of wooded land
and learns that it is seldom used. Just the
place to forget the girl who jilted him he feels,
and so he turns off. Here with the near ap-
proach of night he meets Mara, who is caught
bathing in a secluded pool and an acquaint-
ance is struck up. She leads him home with
her to get "Lodging for the Xight." At the
cabin Bob incautiously shows his large roll to
Durkey in meeting the demand for payment in
advance and Durkey and his wife plan to rob
and do away with Bob. But Mara suspects their
plan and takes measures to protect the man who
has just come into her life. At midnight Durkey
steals in to rifle Bob's pack, etc. Bob wakes
and Durkey is about to kill him when a well
directed stone is sent through the window by
Mara, destroying Durkey's aim and allowing
Bob to grapple with him. In the struggle Dur-
key is shot and falls to the floor.
With the coming of dawn Bob leaves, sorry
tor little Mara. But, with Bob gone, the
mother turns on the daughter and drives her
from the house. Mara feels there is nothing to
do but go to Bob. She does. Bob surprised
suddenly realizes that he wants her and they
start off over the divide together.
BEAUTY.
THE SILEXCE OF JOHN GORDON (Aug-
ust 18). — A new parson arrives in the little
village ot Millville and. having a mother and
sister dependent upon him, is more or less of
a shabby appearance. Moving into the little
house provided by the church, he settles down
to do what he can tor his new flock. The
people of Millville are aristocratic and do not
over-love a parson whose shabby clothing will
permit ot but little public intimacy. The par-
son later meets the Rector's daughter, Helen, a
proud village belle, but she spurns him and
flaunts her favoritism for Tom Black, a small
town disciple of Bacchus, who has been called
to account by the parson tor his public dissipa-
tions.
One evening Black elopes with Helen and ot
necessity calls upon the parson to marry them.
The parson has ideas of his own regarding the
match, however, and as a result remonstrates.
A quarrel follows which quickly comes to blows
much to the amusement of a passing village lad,
and the drunkard is forced to give up his matri-
monial intentions. Friendship forms as a re-
sult ot the fight and Helen becomes interested
in the parson who. upon appearing in his pul-
pit the following Sunday with a black eye and
refusing to tell where or how he got it, is dis-
missed from his parisb. As he is about to leave
town with his mother and. sister, the rector who
has been informed ot the fight by the town lad,
forces a confession from his daughter and hur-
ries to the depot in time to right matters and
reinstate the parson into the good graces of
the villagers and once again place him in the
little church pulpit.
The Parson ultimately wins the heart and
hand of Helen and settles down to a happy
life of peace and quiet in the midst of his lit-
tle Millville flock.
BRONCHO.
THE SHERIFF'S SISTER (Two Parts— Au-
gust 26). — Anna Mason, sister of Jim Mason,
the sheriff, is in love with Jack Lewis. Lewis
gets into a dispute in the gambling house, and ■
the sheriff hustles him out, just as Anna is pass-
ing. She breaks the engagement. Lewis re-
turns to the saloon to drown his sorrows in
drink. An escaped bandit, his eye on the faro
bank, waylays the gambler that night, murders
and robs him. Finding a revolver in the path,
he leaves it near the body. The weapon be-
longs to Lewis, who in his tipsy state has
dropped it going home, and in its identification
leads to his arrest and a prison sentence.
Shortly after, however, he makes his escape,
and appeals to Anna Mason to hide him. The
bandit and a companion enter the house, ran-
sack it and threaten Anna, who is defending
the sheriff's money. Lewis comes to her rescue
killing one of the thieves and mortally wound-
ing the bandit. His dying confession exoner-
ates Lewis, and Anna and her .lover are
reconciled.
DOMINO.
THE VILLAGE 'NEATH THE SEA (Two
Parts — August 21) — Red Elk. a young Indian
brave, marries Little Fawn ot the Sioux, and
takes her home with him to his village on th©
California coast. Big Bear, fired with jealousy,
tells Red Elk that he will not keep his bride
many moons, and one night while they are
sleeping. Big Bear enters the tepee and carries
Little Fawn away. Red Elk pursues them all
night, overtaking them at last by the sea. A
glimpse of the Indian girl's face tells him that
she is dead. The young brave returns to his
people, half crazed. An aged woman of the
tribe relates to him an old, old legend ot the
village under the ocean where Little Fawn
awaits his coming. At midnight Red Elk throws
himself into the sea.
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THE WINNING OF DENISE (Two Parts-
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Luce takes him into partnership and gives him
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MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. 85.
1. Europe is now ablaze with the conflagration
of war.
2. Aviators will do tragic part in the great
conflict.
3. New York crowds anxiously watch bulletin
boards for war news.
4. Trans- Atlantic shipping practically aban-
doned on account of European war.
5. Three attempts to cross the Atlantic in
small boats are started simultaneously.
6. Motor boat regatta at Lake George, N. Y.
Baby Speed Demon II wins the championship
cup.
I. "Two Moons," of Custer massacre fame,
visits President Wilson at the White House.
S. Destructive forest fire burns several big
lumber mills and menaces Portland, Ore.
9. Ceremonies at opening of the canal which
makes an island of Cape Cod.
10. Burned bridge causes fatal wreck near
San Antonio, Texas. Brave engineer saves pas-
sengers by emergency brakes.
II. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the Presi-
■dent, dies at the White House. This picture
was taken shortly before her last illness.
PRINCESS.
A RURAL RO MANGE ( August 14 ) .—John
Winslow and Henry Jameson, who have been
old business rivals, decide to bury the hatchet
and seal a lasting peace wjjth the marriage of
'Jameson's son. Boyd, to winslow's daughter,
Kate. When Boyd meets Kate, however, he de-
cides that while she is a charming girl, he does
not care to marry her. His father disowns
him and. accompanied by his valet, the young
man tours the country. In a remote village
he falls in love with a delightful girl who is
visiting her aunt. They are in the act of elop-
ing, when they meet Jameson and Winslow.
Then Boyd learns that bis sweetheart is Kate's
sister.
RELIANCE.
OTR MUTUAL GFIRL (No. ;:;i— August 17.) —
The Tiffany necklace that Mrs. Knickerbocker
gave her niece for a birthday present was stolen
in Chapter 30, by Anni, the German police dog.
now turned thief, at the command of her master.
It is now the next morning. Margaret, in her
hurry to keep an appointment with Robert W.
Chambers, the famous author, dresses quickly,
and in the very novelty of the necklace, quite
forgets its existence. So she doesn't miss it
until, as her aunt keeps her waiting, she be-
thinks herself of it and goes hack to her boudoir
to have a little peep.
It is gone ! Margaret cries out and brings
Mrs. Knickerbocker to her rooms. At that mo-
ment Kid Joseph is brought to the drawing-
room and the two, aunt and niece, are hastily
summoned. For Kid Joseph has brought in
the white satin case in which the jewels lay,
but the case is empty.
The Kid has seen something. His innate hos-
tility to Dunbar and a rather too quick mind
have made him certain Dunbar is guilty. Kid
Joseph found the box in the area-way of Mrs.
Knickerbocker's house. When he finds out from
the two women what has happened he instantly
accuses Dunbar of the crime.
Thereupon Margaret determines to take the
matter of catching the thief into her own hands.
Mrs. Knickerbocker, firm in the belief that her
servants are honest, starts an independent in-
vestigation and gets a private detective. Mar-
garet goes to Police Headquarters and learns
how to take and tabulate finger-prints.
For on the outside of the box is a grimy
thumb-print. Clever as has been the thief in
devising a new way to steal, he allowed him-
self to make that one break without which no
criminal ever could be caught. And so, when
Dunbar calls a little later in the day, Margaret,
hearing him accused by Kid Joseph, decides to
hold a finger-print party, and in this way the
theft is traced to Dunbar.
THROUffH THE DARK (Two Parts— August
29). — Anne and May, two sisters, work in a
jewelry store. May borrows a necklace from the
store to wear at a dance, intending to replace it
early next day. But in the morning she is late.
The necklace is found to be missing, and to
avoid discovery. May hides the jewelry in Anne's
coat. Silent through fear. May sees her sister
arrested and sent to prison.
On her release, Anne is bounded by Kane, a
fellow prisoner. She escapes to a distant town
where she eventually marries. Kane turns up,
blackmails her, and reveals to her husband her
prison record. May, who is living in the same
city, married and happy, save for the torturing
thought of her sister's punishment for her guilt,
learns of the situation. She confesses the truth
to Anne's husband.
make the mistake of lavishing upon a dog all
the affection and care which should have gone
to some forlorn human being. The dog is not
happy in his unnatural surroundings, and on the
first opportunity, he runs away to the home of
Mrs. Smith, the Gladwin's washerwoman, where
he is in his element frolicking with Bobbie
Smith's dog. When the Gladwins find him
there, they see their error. They take Mrs.
Smith and her boy home to live in their beauti-
ful house, and the two dogs are given a kennel
in the yard.
McCARN PLAYS FATE (Two Parts— August
IS). — McCarn, a veteran police detective, has a
protegee, Anderson, a young patrolman. Ander-
son captures "Bull" Klein, a noted crook, but
through the influence of friends, Klein is re-
leased. Later, however, McCarn arrests Klein
and he is sent to prison. When he gets out, he
plans to revenge himself. McCarn is advised
that Klein intends to fake a fight in the saloon
so that when Anderson interferes they can puv
him out of the way. By a clever ruse, McCarn
succeeds in turning Klein and his accomplice
against one another, Anderson escapes the trap
laid for him, and the two crooks are brought to
justice.
HER B'lG BROTHER (August 16).— Little
sister was much looked down upon by brother
Roy, two years her eenior. He was always tell-
ing her what little girls could not do. Worst of
all. he would not teach little sister how to swim.
But Doris found another instructor, where only
a very bright little girl would have thought of
looking for help. She watched her pet dog in
the water, and by imitating "dog paddle." be-
came an adept, unknown to big brother. When
the school swimming contest came around, Doris
"swam rings" around Roy. And after that big
brother had to admit that little girls could do
lots of things even better than boys — sometimes.
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SINS OF THE PARENTS (Five Parts —
August 25). — Laura Henderson, an orphan, is
brought up by her aunt, Mary Sherman, who
keeps a boarding house. Among the boarders
is Angelo Angelini, an Italian violinist. Laura
is infatuated with the handsome Angelo, who
loves her, and they are engaged to be married.
Angelo betrays the girl, and later leaves her,
with the explanation that he is to make a
western concert tour. A month later, the poor
girl receives a letter from Angelo telling her
that he has returned to Italy, where he has a
wife and child.
Later a daughter is born to Laura, who is
named Ruth. Unable to obtain employment
in her own town, the unfortunate mother
abandons her child to the care of her aunt,
Mary, and goes to New York. Ill and weak
from hunger, the poor young mother is picked
up in the street by Reverend Henry Bradley,
who takes her to his home. Dr. Bradley and
his mother offer Laura a home, and work as
secretary to the minister.
Later Dr. Bradley falls in love with Laura,
and asks her to become his wife. Laura ac-
cepts his proposal, and she marries Dr. Brad-
ley, without telling him that she has an illegiti-
mate child, and she secretly sends money to
her aunt for the support of her child, Ruth.
Nineteen years later, Dr. Bradley is now
chaplain of the City Prison of New York. They
have a daughter, Aline, who is about to be
engaged to Walter Jordon. who comes from
one of the finest families in New York.
Ruth, now a girl of 20 years, believes that
Mary is her mother. One day she happens to
find out through a letter that Laura sent to
Mary, that she is not Mary's daughter. Ruth
forces Mary to tell her, who, and where her
mother is, and at last Mary confesses the truth.
Ruth determines to go to New York and seek
her mother.
Meanwhile Angelo has returned to America
and. under the assumed name of Angell, lives
in New York with his son, Tony. The boy
refuses to work and becomes one of the vilest
of all human creatures, a "cadet." Tony pre-
tends to rescue Ruth from an attack by one of
his pals, prepared by himself, and the poor girl,
believing him to be a decent man, accompanies
him to a restaurant. Then Tony takes Ruth to
his own room, telling her it is the home of his
"highly respectable aunt."
A letter sent by Tony to an accomplice, offer-
ing to sell the girl to him for white slavery in
New Orleans, is seen by Ruth, who realizes
her perilous position. She tries to escape from
the room. Tony threatens her with a pistol,
and in the struggle which follows Tony is shot
dead. Angelo enters the room just as his son
has been shot. The poor girl is arrested and
taken to prison, where she meets Chaplain
Bradley and tells him her sad story.
Unaware that it is his own wife's daughter,
he is helping Ruth. The chaplain takes Mrs.
Sherman to visit Ruth in prison. Mrs. Sher-
man is confronted with a terrible situation.
Laura's legitimate child. Aline, is celebrating
her engagement to Walter Jordon in the mag-
nificent home of the latter's parents. Mrs.
Sherman decides it is her duty to the unfor-
tunate Ruth to acquaint her mother with the
terrible facts.
Laura while celebrating the betrothal of her
younger daughter, learns that the child of her
first love languishes in prison charged with
murder. The unfortunate mother becomes tem-
porarily deranged. Aline, the younger daugh-
ter, on learning of her mother's disgrace, is
heartbroken, breaks off the engagement with
Walter, and later her dead body is found by
her father and lover, the second victim of the
Sins of the Parents.
At the trial of Ruth for the killing of Tony,
Angelo appears as a witness. The father is
about to speak the words that will condemn his
own daughter to the electric chair for the kill-
ing of his son, when a commotion in the rear
of the court room causes him to be silent.
Laura, the mother of the prisoner, has escaped
from her nurse and has forced her way into
the court room. She recognizes Angelo, the
man who betrayed her 22 years ago. and who
is now about to condemn his own daughter.
Angelo now learns, for the first time, that his
own daughter killed his son ; he suffers keenly,
refuses to speak. The half demented mother is
led out of the court room by her husband and
court officers in a hysterical condition.
The jury brings in a verdict of acquittal on
the ground of self-defense. Ruth is free, but
alone in a great city. Dr. Bradley takes Ruth
into his home to her mother. Laura, realizing
the noble stand of the minister, and feeling that
she is unworthy of her husband she has de-
ceived, decides to leave the house with her
daughter, Ruth, in hope that the disgrace she
brought upon her husband will be forgotten,
but Bradley resigns as minister and insists upon
Laura staying where he will stay. He folds
both, mother and daughter, in his arms, gives
them his blessing, thanks the Lord that to him
it has been given the honor to help two suffer-
ing souls into the light.
Angelo, sugering as the result of his youthful
sins, decides to commit suicide, but has not the
courage to do so.
Bradley receives a reply from the board of
directors of his congregation, stating that they
have looked into the misfortune that has be-
fallen upon his family and tney congratulate
him for his noble act. and ask him to remain
with them, and as their minister.
Bradley shows the letter to his wife. Laura.
heartbroken, falls on her knees and begs for-
giveness of her husband.
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NORTHERN LIGHTS (Five Parts— Aug-
ust).— Captain Gray, of the United States
Army, detailed to quell the Indian uprising, is
wounded. A courier is dispatched to Gray's
home with the news. Mrs. Gray, about to be-
come a mother, receives a violent shock at the
recital of the details of her husband's injuiry
by the courier.
The child born at this inopportune time is
Wallace Gray. The prenatal influence exer-
cised over the child at the time of his mother
being informed of her husband's injury marks
him as a coward. The report of a shot or the
sound of an explosion throws the lad into
spasms of fear.
He is sent to college and there forms a
strong comradeship with Swift wind, an Indian,
sent by his tribe to be educated.
Wallace also forms a strong attachment for
Florence Dunbar, a ward of his father, who is
now Colonel Gray. Swiftwind is made ac-
quainted with the moral defect inherent in Wal-
lace and pities and protects him whenever the
lad is made the subject of the jeers of his
friends because of his born defect.
Swiftwind becomes a graduate physician and
receives a commission as assistant army sur-
geon, detailed to Fort Terry, in command of
Colonel Gray. His immediate superior is Dr.
Sherwood, an unscrupulous man.
Florence Dunbar and Wallace Gray, travel-
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tacked by Indians. Wallace, with a cringing
fear, deserts his companion, who is saved only
by the timely arrival of Dr. Sherwood and
troops.
Sherwood marries Florence, nothing more be-
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another regiment under General Crook, deserts
under fire, and ultimately surrenders himself
to his father, in the hope that he will be
condemned to death. The boy, however, is
sentenced to the "pyramids."
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vens, follow their belief that the "Lights"
fortell victory in battle and start on a mas-
sacre.
General Crook calls for a volunteer to pass
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through the Indian lines to deliver a message
to Colonel Gray. Swiftwind volunteers, but
being weak from exhaustion and privation,
falls as he is about to commence his ride.
Wallace begs for the opportunity to redeem
himself, and mounting his horse, arrives with
the message to the besieged band just as they
are about to recognize a false flag of truce of
the Indians.
Sherwood attempts to kill his wife by sub-
etituting cholera germs in a bottle labelled mor-
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Intending to alleviate Dr. Sherwood's suffering
with morphine, inoculates him with the cholera
germs, unwittingly putting an end to him.
Wallace's redemption restores him to the af-
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THE SECRET SEVEN (Four Parts).—
London, the refuge of political and criminal
outcasts of all countries, adds yet another to
Its list of secret societies. This society, known
as The Mystic S'even, the members of which
have successfully carried out several daring
raids, has for some considerable time been a
menace to public safety.
The outcome of one notable robbery. the
theft of Lady Seymour's valuable necklace, is
that the famous detective, Paul Sleuth, is
called upon to endeavor to put an end to the
Infamous exploits of this gang.
The loss of the necklace being discovered.
Sleuth is immediately sent for and introduced
as an old friend of Lord Seymour. The rob-
bery was perpetrated by one of the Seven, who
contrived by a clever ruse to be included in the
list of guests invited to join the house party.
appointed spot, when the gang blindfold the
driver and take over control. The girl is
brought back safely ; the film developed, and
thus the headquarters of the society discovered.
Accompanied by a force of plain clothes
men. Sleuth has the house surrounded, but a
determined resistance is offered. Eventually
after a fierce struggle the great detective has
the satisfaction of seeing six of the gang in
custody, while the leader lies at his feet life-
less, having jumped from the roof, preferring
death to the fate which now awaits his late
companions of the Mystic Seven.
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WHAT A WOMAN WILL DO (i Parts— Au-
gust).— Alice, the second wife of Philip
Lewis, proves an unkind stepmother to his lit-
tle daughter Dolly. The husband and his wife
quarrel over Alice's treatment of the child and
in a fit of passion the woman runs away with
Frederick Bryce. an old lover. Heartbroken,
Philip Lewis devotes his future life to guarding
the welfare of his daughter. Ten years pass
by. Lewis having met with business reverses,
his daughter, now grown to a beautiful woman,
is forced to seek employment and becomes a
chorus girl. Frederick Bryce. now a ruined
man owing to Alice's extravagance, meets Lewis
in the street and recognizes him. He writes
to Lewis saying that he is on the verge of ruin
and contemplates suicide. He begs his former
enemy to visit him and after some hesitation
Lewis decides to grant the man's request. On
reaching Bryce's home he finds the man, half
crazy with drink, about to take his own life,
and before Lewis can prevent the tragedy, Bryce
shoots himself and the police, rushing in.
the man he sent to prison. In starting back in
horror from her Bryce overturns a pile of
books and from the leaves of one falls the letter
Lewis received from the suicide. Dolly, who
has been searching everywhere for this letter,
recognizes it at once and Bryce tells her tiat
they will now be able to obtain a new trial for
her father. Dolly hastens to Jack's side to tell
him the news and through her careful nursing
the young man recovers. Meanwhile Judge
Bryce has exerted his influence on Lewis' be-
half with the result that the man is released
from prison. Father and daughter are reunited
and Bryce at last gives his consent to the en-
gagement of Jack and Dolly.
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VENDETTA (Kleine— 5 Parts— Sept. 1).—
Fabio Romani is the husband of beautiful Nina,
an Italian girl. They have a charming daugh-
ter, Stella by name, and their life in Naples
on Romani's great estates is one of love and
happiness. Both husband and wife are fond of
Guido Ferrari, who is a constant visitor at
their home, and whose friendship for Fabio has
been lifelong.
A great cholera plague ravages the populace
of Naples and Fabio one day decides to go
to town in spite of the danger, on an errand of
importance. On his return he is seized with
the cholera, and drops to the street. He is
picked up by the hooded doctors, pronounced
dead, and. as a precaution against infection, his
body is immediately placed on a cheap wooden
casket and buried in the long disused Romani
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Not satisfied with one haul, he endeavors to ac-
complish another, but is frustrated by Sleuth,,
who obtains possession of the plunder by adopt-
ing the disguise ofi an outside accomplice,
whom he has overcome.
Collecting the servants. Sleuth strives to ar-
rest the thief, who escapes through his bed-
room window ; an exciting chase ensues, cul-
minating in the successful flight of the latter.
By similar means a rich heiress, the guest
of the Duke of Axminster, is kidnapped, being
carried off in a balloon, and held for ransom.
In this case also Sleuth's services are re-
quisitioned, and while tracing the footprints he
encounters the local postman, who tells the de-
tective that, when emptying the pillar box the
previous night, he saw a balloon ascend from
the grounds at the back of the house and travel
In a westerly direction.
Determined to follow up this clue. Sleuth
charters an aeroplane and scours the surround-
ing country in his search. Eventually he dis-
covers the balloon, and goes in pursuit. On
overtaking it, he hovers above the balloon, and
finally leaps on to the envelope, leaving the
aeroplane to descend pilotless ; clinging to the
net he climbs down into the basket, where finds
the girl a captive of one of the gang. A
fierce fight ensues in which the detective is
overcome and forced out of the basket.
Luckily he falls into a river, and except for
the shock. Sleuth is little the worse for his
hairbreadth escape. Returning to his clients,
he tells of his failure and they decide to send
the ransom, but devise at the same time a
means whereby the haunts of the gang may
be located. A cinema camera is fitted in one
of the head-lamps and the car driven to the
imagine that the former has committed the
crime. After it comes to light how Lewis had
suffered through Bryce's action in running aWay
with his wife, it is believed that the man com-
mitted the crime for vengeance. Lewis' only
hope is the letter he received from Bryce but
this cannot be found, it having been inadvert-
ently mislaid between the pages of a book. When
Lewis is tried he is found guilty and sentenced
to penal servitude for life, the Judge being the
dead man's brother. While the trial is in
progress Dolly Lewis calls on the Judge to
plead for her father but he refuses to see her.
Her heart filled with bitterness against the man
who sentenced her father, Dolly plans a re-
venge and. securing an introduction to Judge
Bryce's son Jack, she tries her utmost to gain
the young man's affections. When Jack is
madly in love with her and squandering money
on all her extravagant whims Dolly writes an
anonymous letter to the Judge, telling him of
his son's affection. Judge Bryce, seeing his
son at a cafe with Dolly, a painful scene fol-
lows during which Jack, in a fit of temper,
strikes his father. The same evening the
young man is taken suddenly ill and for a while
he hovers between life and death. Judge Bryce
visits Dolly, whom he knows under her stage
name of Peggy Dean, and offers her ?1.000 if
she will discontinue her friendship with Jack
and leave the country. Although she loves Jack
dearly Dolly accepts the Judge's offer and Bryce
goes and tells his son of the interview. The
thought that Dolly is not true to him greatly
upsets Jack and the doctor fears that the ex-
citement will be fatal and tells Bryce that he
had better effect a reconciliation between Dolly
and his son. When Bryce visits Dolly once
again she tells him that she is the daughter of
slips from the niche and falls to the floor of
the vault, taking with it a coffin that h'Sd lain
undisturbed for many centuries on a lower tier.
Romani struggles to his feet and the tmth
dawns on him. He immediately plunges into the
casket now broken open and finds tremendous
riches in gold, silver and diamonds with a note
stating that they had been placed there by a
pirate many generations ago. Almost overcome
by his adventure, and suffering an agony of
mental torture. Fabio's hair turns white in a
single hour. He finally breaks free of the tomb
and rushes through the garden to his mansion.
From behind an ornamental column he sees his
old friend Guido embracing his wife and deter-
mines upon a horrible revenge. He hurries to
the nearest town, buys a pair of green spectacles
and a suit of clothes. Armed with almost in-
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lapse of time, returns tc the scene of his mis-
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an old friend of the dead Count Romani's
father. In course of time he meets his faith-
less wife and soon becomes an almost daily
visitor at his own home. At this time his child
Stella is taken sick and dies. Before the little
girl passes away, Fabio makes himself known
to her.
The wealth of Fabio dazzles Nina and, being
faithless, selfish and mercenary, he has but
little difficulty in laying the foundation of his
vengeance. Guido leaves town for a period and
during the interval, Fabio receives the consent
of Nina to become his wife and to jilt Guido.
Fabio then announces a grand dinner in honor
of Guide's return and, at the psychological mo-
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ment, announces to the assembled guests the
engagement of himself and Nina. Guido. stung
to the quick, strikes Fabio and a duel follows,
in which Guido is mortally wounded. Before he
expires, Fahio removes his green glasses and
reveals his identity to the dying Guido.
The night of the wedding arrives with its
hundreds of guests. On that night just before
the supper, Fabio takes Xina by the -hand and
leads her to the vault, telling her that he will
show her the source of his fabulous wealth and
the ever mercenary Xina follows to the door of
the vault where she hesitates. Fabio seizes her
and throws her through the open door and then
follows himself. Safely in the vault, he dis-
closes his identity and the shock drives Xina
insane. The sight of the once beautiful woman
now a crazed being with distorted face, playing
among the jewels in the treasure che.st. almost
causes Fabio's cold heart to relent. Suddenly
the earth moves beneath them. There is a rush
and roar of crashing pillars, a mighty stone
hurtles through the roof of the tomb, striking
Nina and killing her instantly. Fabio. believing
it the vengeance of the Gods, rushes from the
mined vault in panic. Thus is the Vendetta ac-
complished.
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THE BETTER MAX (Four Parts— August 10.)
— Mark Stebbing and Lionel B'armore are two
young clergymen in a metropolis, both friends.
both earnest workers for the cause in which
they have enlisted, but of distinctly opposite
types. Both love the same woman, the beauti-
ful Margaret Wharton, the daughter of a proud
and wealthy old capitalist, and a strong sup-
porter of the fashionable church of St. Hilda's.
The Bishop of the Diocese has two vacancies
for which he must recommend rectors ; one of
the churches is that of the rich St. Hilda's, the
other that of St. Osmund's, the broken and de-
serted church of the slums. Stebbing, the un-
couth and self-made man, chooses the poverty-
stricken church of the poor and sinful as the
place that needs him most while the polished
and brilliant Barmore is glad to see the beau-
tiful church of St. Hilda's fall to his lot. Bar-
more and Stebbing confess their love to Mar-
garet on the same day, and she, in doubt as to
which is the better man, answers them both
evasively. Barmore takes his leave, gallantly
desiring he may hope for a definite answer in
the future ; but Margaret's little coquetry is
mistaken by the straightforward Stebbing for a
disguised "yes." and he seizes her in his arms
and fervently kisses her. Margaret is shocked
and resentful, and in anger sends for Barmore
and accepts him in Stebbing's presence. Steb-
bing. feeling that he has been ungentlemanly,
in self-revulsion leaves her presence, and goes
back to the slums. The old Bishop dies, and
Barmore and Stebbing are both named as can-
didates for the Bishopric. The men naturally
cease to be friends during the struggle for the
two prizes, but Stebbing himself tells the peo-
ple that Barmore is better fitted for the ex-
alted position. Wharton's workmen go on strike.
and Stebbing learns of a dynamite plot against
the works, and stops it just in time to sav*:
Wharton's entire property from ruin, though
much is destroyed. He pleads with Wharton to
yield to his employes' demands, but without suc-
cess. On the day of the election of Bishops.
Stebbing leaves the Church to rush to the yards
where he has heard strikers are rioting. He
finds that the toughs among the infuriated
strikers have placed Margaret in a shed in
which deadly explosives are stored, which are
about to be set on fire. He saves Margaret, and
prevents the militia from firing upon the strik-
ers, being himself nearly killed in the struggle.
The Bishopric is given to Barmore. but through
these circumstances the strength of Stebbing's
character is revealed to Margaret, and she gives
him her promise as "the better man."
R. AND M. (GRIFFITH).
THE AVEXGIXG COXSCIEXCE, OR, THOU
SHALT XOT KILL (Six Parts— August 24).—
A baby has been left in the care of a bachelor
uncle, who lavishes all his love and tenderness
on his charge. He plans a great literary career
for his nephew : for the boy has shown promise
of future greatness.
But he had reckoned without thought of a pos-
sible obstacle — woman. In the freshness of his
youth, the young man meets a beautiful girl,
whom he calls in the joy of his poetical nature,
"Annabel Lee." The twain soon grow to love
each other, with all the power which Poe has
so vividly portrayed in his poems of the af-
fections.
But the old uncle, his heart set upon the boy's
future, interferes. When " Annabel" calls to
invite her young swain to a garden party, the
uncle insults her by accusing her of pursuing
his nephew "like a common woman." hoping
thereby to prevent her ever returning. The in-
sult sinks deep into her heart, and. realizing
that the boy's obligations to his uncle are too
great to be honorably broken, the two decide to
part forever. Meanwhile, however, the uncle un-
dergoes a change of heart, as the young people,
griefstricken and all unknowing, say their final
farewells. Now comes to the young man thoughts
that are black and evil. It seems to him that
all Xature is but a series of systematic mur-
ders. He sees the spider devouring the flv the
ants consuming insects of other kinds. ' Onlv
that day he had been reading the poems and
stories of Edgar Allen P.oe. among them the
story of -'The Tell Tale Heart." If only the old
man. his uncle were out of the wav. there
might yet be joy and happiness with the girl he
loves.
To make all the stronger this powerful impres-
sion on his mind, his uncle has only one eye.
just as had the poor victim in the story of "The
Tell Tale Heart." Brooding over the tragic
blackness of the impending separation, he forms
a diabolical plan.
With all the consummate skill of Poe's char-
acter in '-The Tell Tale Heart," the plan takes
form and execution. It is then that the great
and saving grace of conscience demonstrates
its power.
Avenging thoughts, such as Poe, himself
might have conceived, are visualized to the
quaking youth. The subtle working of the in-
ner conscience, beyond the power of mind to
control, finds expression in the weird and terri-
ble visions which torture the culprit brain Re-
lentless fate pursues him to the brink of the pit
and then — a sudden awakening proves' that part
of his mental disturbance is a dream, and the
dream is what causes him to realize the horror
of murder and to abandon the idea of it-
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN.
THE TERROR OF THE AIR (Two Parts— Au-
gust 'JU). — Gabrielle Townsend. an actress who
retired from the stage on her marriage, wearies
of the life of poverty which she seems con-
demned to lead. and. leaving her husband and
child, returns to the footlights. Her husband.
Philip, leaves the child in the doorway of the
shop of Mr. Jacob Doubleday, a dealer in curios.
Old Mr. Doubleday. having no one to care for,
decides to adopt the child and bring him up as
his own son.
Sixteen years pass, and the boy. now known
as Roger Doubleday. has become a great in-
ventor, and is already famous for an inven-
tion by means of which he can explode a mine
upon the ground while flying in mid-air in his
aeroplane. He -has refused an offer of -^511.00 1
. for his invention from a foreign government,
being determined that none but his own country
should have the benefit of his invention. The
foreign government having failed to get it bv
fair means, resolves to get by foul, and their
chief spy has orders to secure the plans and
the model at any cost. The spy makes several
efforts, but none of them are successful, and he
is about to give up in despair when fate sends
him a strange instrument.
Gabrielle Townsend having failed on her re-
turn to the stage, and being unable to obtain
any more parts, is rescued by the .spy when on
the point of committing suicide. He has al-
ready learned that Roger is only an adopted
child and not really Mr. Doubleday's son. and
he persuades Gabrielle to pretend that she is
Rogers' mother, and when in his confidence to
steal the plans and model and hand them
over to him. Seeing nothing else before her ex-
cept starvation or the river, the unhappy wo-
man consents, having, of course, no idea that
she is really going to rob her own son. In due
course Gabrielle presents herself, and is ac-
cepted by Both Roger and old Mr. Doubleday as
the boy's mother. Her better nature revolts
against the part she has to play, but seeing no
way out of it, she seizes an opportunity which
presents itself a few days later, and hands the
model and the plans through the window of
Roger's labratory to a confederate outside. A
few minutes later, however, Roger enters the
room and. finding his mother there, and the
plans missing, accuses her of the theft. Ca-
brielle confesses that she is the thief, at the
same time announcing that .she is not his mother
at all. At that moment there is a strange
interruption. Mr. Doubleday enters the room
with a gentleman, who he presents to Roger as
his real father, he having shown him absolute
proof that it was he who left Roger on his
step sixteen years ago. Turning round Ga-
brielle recognizes her husband, and. in a terrible
moment, realizes that she has indeed robbed
her own son. Attempting to repair the damage
that she has done, she gives them the address of
the spy's house to which the plans have been
taken, whence they dash off with all possible
speed. On gaining the house Gabrielle pleads
with the thieves to return what they have
stolen, only, of course, to be laughed at for he-
pains. But they find, however, that a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing, for on at-
tempting to experiment with Roger's model, it
not only explodes the mixture on which they
are testing it, but several other dangerous
chemicals which are also in the room. The
room is wrecked, and the thieves are rendered
insensible, and thus the plans and the model are
saved for the home government after all.
THE CHIMES (Three Parts— August 2fM.—
While the last sound of twelve o'clock was
humming through the steeple of St. Dunston's
church. Trotty Veck was pacing up and down
the sidewalk far below the belfry. It was Xew
Year's Eve and the day was cold. Trotty is a
ticket-porter awaiting "just outside the church
door for odd jobs. In his fancy he seems to
hear the bells say that a job is coming pres-
ently and to keep a good heart. A voice arouses
him from his reverie and he finds himself fac-
ing his daughter Meg. She carries a covered
basket in her hand at which Trotty gazes curi-
ously. The basket contains a repast, steaming
hot. such as Trotty has not tasted in many a
day. He and Meg repair to the steps of a Douse
nearby to partake of the food. It is then that
Meg tells him that she and Richard are to be
married on Xew Year's Day. Richard, who
had been standing aloof during this time, now
approaches the couple. Trotty is about to ad-
dress the old man when, without any warning
the house-door opens and a footman comes
forth, followed by three gentlemen. One of the
trio. Alderman Cute, upon learning of Meg's
and Richard's intentions of marrying, lectures
them on the follies of matrimony. He then
gives Trotty a note to deliver to Sir Joseph
Bowley, who is a member of Parliament and
who professes to be a friend and" father to the
poor. On his return home. Trotty happens to
meet Will Fern and child Lilian. He takes
Fern and the child to his humble- dwelling and
offers them lodgings for the night. When every-
one has gone to rest. Trotty. seated in his chair
by the fireside, falls asleep. He fancies the
bells are calling him and he leaves his house
to go to church. He imagines himself climbing
to the belfry where monsters uncouth and wild
arise. The spirit of the chimes is his com-
panion and accompanies him through many
weird scenes. He sees his daughter, Meg, the
child Lillian, and he sees Will Fern, in the
guise of a convict, break in upon a banquet,
given at B'owley Hall by Sir Joseph Bowley. He
sees him plead for better treatment of the poor.
The vision of his daughter having been driven
from her home and about to hurl herself into
the river appears, but the bells ring in the Xew
Year so lustily and merrily that he leaps to
his feet and breaks the spell that had bound
him. He collects his thoughts and realizes that
it is his Xew Year? Day and his daughter's
wedding day. Xeighbors rush in to wish a Happy
Xew Year and offer congratulations to Meg and
Ri:hard.
ECLECTIC.
GET OUT AXD GET I'XDER.— Wifie can't
stand city heat and )s0 to go to the country.
Hubby drives her to the station in the machine
and then goes to the office, where he fires the
chauffeur and tries to get a mash on the stenog-
rapher. Chauffeur, sore, gets another car and
comes to take the stenographer for a ride. At
the crucial moment it balks and hubby stealing
the march drives off with the stenographer.
Missing her train, wifie rushes up in time to
see hubby disappearing down the street. Chauf-
feur gets his machine under control and with
wifie beside him races after hubby. Policemen,
nurse girls, peddlers, hats- caps, shoelaces and
skirts in fine i^ot-pourri, finally land in a park
lake. Then coriies the reconciliation on all
sides.
THE MASHER'S MISHAP.— Hubby is a prize
winner-flirter and Wifie is wise. Also Miss
Beauty Eyes across the areaway doesn't care
for Hubby's attentions. Wifie and Beauty Eyes
get together and invent a scheme to cure Hubby
of his flirting. Just when he thinks he is mo-
toring with Beauty Eyes, Hubby finds himself
dragged into an asylum and locked up.
Then Wifie relents and helps Hubby escape.
Free again, be takes to the woods while a re-
ward of .$o(X» is posted for his capture. In his
ramblings he meets a couple of campers. Each
one wants the reward, and is suspicious of the
other. Tricky Hubby's actions incriminate them
all. and all are taken to the asylum in much
humiliation. There Wifie and Beauty Eyes ap-
pear and a bunch of funny explanations sets
everything aright. Hubby is "cured."
THE PERILS OF PAULIXE (Eleventh
Episode^Two Parts). — Owen. Pauline's rascally
guardian, is growing desperate as the time of
his guardianship passes, and is ready to resort
to desperate measures and. take great risks to
secure Pauline's fortune. Although he has l>een
ready with an alibi in each accident to Pauline,
Harry has grown verj' suspicious and has de-
cided that he will bear watching. Pauline re-
ceives an invitation from one of her girl friends
to a wedding. A personal note accompanying
the invitation mentions the fact that in order
to make the wedding conspicuous arrangements
have been made with a lion trainer to perform
with some of his traine<l lions. Pauline accepts
the invitation. A little later Owen enters the
library and reads the letter. Harry sees him
read the letter and decides to have him watched.
Owen immediately proceeds to the animal camp
and makes arrangements with the trainer to
accidentally allow a couple of the lions escape
when Pauline is standing near the cage. Harry,
who has been following from a distance, sees
Owen make these arrangements and decides to
prevent Pauline attending the wedding. He
fixes it up with his chauffeur so that the auto-
mobile will break down, and then arranges
with the chauffeur to fake a telephone message
to him from the office calling him away on
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feur's telephone message and tells Pauline, who
Is furious, not understanding Harry's reasons.
Earlier In the day Harry had been approached
by a man who asked for a job, and needing a
gardener, Harry had given him the position and
had taken Pauline to introduce her to the new
gardener.
In this man Pauline recognizes a racing au-
tomobile driver whose photograph she had seen
in the magazine in connection with an account
of an accident in which he had been severely
hurt, causing the loss of his memory. After
the chauffeur had telephoned Pauline that the
car bad broken down and it would be impossi-
ble to use it that evening. Pauline goes to the
gardener and asks him to drive her to the wed-
doing. He disclaims all knowledge of an auto-
mobile, but Pauline persuades him to get into
the driver's seat. The feel of the driving wheel
and the hum of the motor evidently brings back
some realization of the past, and he starts with
her for the wedding. Pauline being late urgrs
him to drive faster, and finally he evidently
imagines that he is again driving in a race.
The speed at which he drives alarms Pauline
and when he will not slow down at her request,
she foolishly seizes the driving wheel. This
causes him to lose control of the car, and leav-
ing the road it plunges down an embankment,
throwing both of them out and severely injur-
ing them. Harry on his way home from the
office, satisfied that his plans have been suc-
cessful, recognizes in an automobile which
passes him at great speed his gardener and
Pauline. He follows them, sees the accident,
and arrives in time to have them both taken
to the hospital.
THE MASKED MOTIVE (Five Parts).— Two
girls in entirely different stations in life are
very fond of each other. Sophie, the daughter
of rich parents, and Marie Jean, her maid.
Both are engaged to be married ; Sophie to
Count Rene and Marie Jean to Bertrand, a
workman. Philip, the secretary to Sophie's
father, is in love with Sophie, but dares not
tell her of it. Finally the two girls are mar-
ried the same day and are very happy. Count
Rene, however, falls under the spell of Dr.
Renault, whom he thinks a very good friend of
his. In reality. Renault is in love with Sophie
and is planning to have Rene put out of the
way so that he can press his suit. He invites
Rene to a dance and there has him meet a
duelist who insults him. Rene to vindicate his
honor meets the duelist and is killed.
Bertrand, Marie Jean's husband, has also
fallen into evil ways and is led to drink by a
friend. In course of time a child is borfl to
both the girls. Sophie's daughter is very sickly
and the doctor advises that the child be sent
to the country to be nursed by an old lady,
but the child dies. Doctor Renault sees an
opportunity to get into Sophie's good graces
and when Marie Jean becomes poverty stricken,
owing to Bertrand's actions, he advises that
her child be sent to the care of some institu-
tion. On the way there he contrives to steal
the child from its guardian. He takes it to
Sophie and tells of the care he has taken of
her child in order to restore it to health.
Sophie, not knowing that her child had died,
believes him and is very grateful. Philip, the
secretary, who had been in love with Sophie he-
fore her marriage, hears of the death of Count
Rene and returns to Paris to see if he can be
of any aid to Sophie. When he hears of the
loss of Marie Jean's baby he decides to help
her recover it. While on the search he finds
the death record of Sophie's daughter. This
arouses his suspicions of Doctor Renault and he
has the doctor watched. The shock of the loss
of their child and the realization of the trouble
he has caused forces Bertrand into a different
mode of life. He swears never to touch an-
other drop of liquor and gives every assistance
to Philip in his quest. They are finally success-
ful in running down several clues, and as a
result of their efforts the lives of the two girls
take a turn that assures happiness.
COL. HEEZA LIAR, EXPLORER. — Of course
the Colonel's up to date, as well as snuff, but
his trip down the wonderful River of Doubt
tested him as he never was tested or bested be-
fore. With much care he starts down the
Doubtful Stream in a novel boat of his own
construction, and gets wrecked in the rapids on
a desolate island. A man-eating cannibal tries
to get him out of his fortress and fails. Then
a man-and-cannibal-eating lion tries to make
a beach sandwich out of them both, and gives
up in despair.
But the poor Colonel catches the Doubting
fever and is carried to the tin-can camp of the
cannibals, where instead of being cooked he
cooks the cook and frightens the guttapercha
king into grotesque cannibal fits, gets crowned
king, and then escapes. But fate never lets
up on the ingenious old- Colonel for long, and
before he finishes his milk and honey explor-
ations he makes a hero of himself in a number
of side-splitting escapades, which serve to keep
the spectator in one continual round of con-
vulsive laughter.
NICK WINTER AND THE LOST PRINCE
(Three Parts). — Prince Alexis of Granovia is
traveling incognito under the name of H. Leslie.
On his travels he meets Cecile Dubois, with
whom he falls desperately in love. At the time
she feels sure he is about to propose to her.
He is suddenly recalled to his own country on
account of the state of his father's health. He
writes to Cecile telling her who he really is
and that he is going away, never to return.
Cecile does not propose to be cast off in this
manner and gets her sister, Helene, who owns
a hotel in the mountains, to let her come to
see her. There she writes to the prince, ask-
ing for a last interview before he goes away.
He goes to the hotel, which is an old con-
verted castle. The sisters realize that they
have a good opportunity to levy blackmail on
the prince so they lure him to one of the old
dungeons and lock him up to stay till he signs
a paper agreeing to marry Cecile. The disap-
pearance of the prince causes an awful furore
and Nick Winter, the great detective, is called
in to solve the mystery. He gets a clue and
suspects that the sisters have some knowledge
of the whereabouts of the prince. He has them
watched and when he is sure of his ground
he disguises himself as the father of the
prince and comes to the hotel to stay. The
sisters decide to risk everything on one great
coup so they drug the people who they think
are the court of Granovia.
As they are searching through the effects
of their guests Nick comes to. He has been
pretending all the time. Caught redhanded
the sisters are in a predicament, and are forced
to release the prince. The girls are lured to
the kingdom of Granovia and are there cast
into prison. The prince, however, remember-
ing his former attachment for Cecile, arranges
for their escape. He delegates Nick to get
them out. Nick succeeds by employing his
utmost ingenuity.
THE BOUNDARY RIDER (Five Parts).—
The revenue men in New York are "after the
smugglers of opium and find that a certain
Chinaman is in the habit of receiving a supply
o^ the drug at stated periods. They follow
him in the hope they will be led to the head-
quarters of the international band, who they
feel sure are back of the traffic. The Chinaman
fails to pay on time for the last supply he has
received, and in turn the New York distributor
is unable to send the money to the headquarters
of the gang. This brings the chief to New York
to investigate. While there he visits his broker,
John Maxwell. He intends his visit to he se-
cret, but is seen by one of the stenographers.
This incenses him and angry words pass. In
the meantime the Chinaman comes to the office
and pays his bill. As the clerk is making out
the receipt the detectives raid the place and
find the dead body of the broker. All suspicion
points to the clerk, who is accused of the mur-
der of his employer. He is taken away by
one of the detectives, hut makes his escape.
He goes to the North Country, makes appli-
cation to join the Boundary Riders, and after
a probation is accepted as an agent of law and
order. On one of his patrols he finds a note
that gives him a clue to the headquarters of
the opium smugglers. The detective from the
New York office of the Revenue Service comes
to the camp of the riders to continue his in-
vestigations. There he recognizes the clerk.
The clerk employs a clever woman investigator,
who in guise of a Chinaman gets employment
as a cook at the smugglers' headquarters. With
the information she secures, he leads the reve-
nue men to the headuarters of the gang. The
raid is successful, but as all are congratulating
the new member on his success the detective
steps up and arrests him on the charge of
murdering his employer. The investigator,
however, has done her work well and produces
a coat belonging to the head smuggler from
which are torn two pieces which exactly match
two pieces of cloth found in the hand of the
dead man. This exonerates the clerk and puts
added power in the hands of the government
men.
BLACHE.
THE WAR EXTRA (Four Reels— August) . —
Twenty minutes before press time the Herald
has received no news from the front in Mexico,
where the interest of the nation is centered, and
the editor is desperate. He listens to the plead-
ing of the ambitious cub reporter, Fred Newton,
and orders him to Mexico, with instructions to
send back real news, regardless of the censors.
.\ccompanied by a telegraph operator assist-
ant, Fred boards a steamer for Key West. He
is fortunate enough to pass a battleship and
transports bound for Vera Cruz, and communi-
cating with them by wireless he gets some live
news for his paper before he has reached the
Mexican border. Flushed with success he pushes
into Mexico by way of Eagle Pass, Texas, and
succeeds in reaching the center of the Con-
stitutionalist activities at Monclova. where he
builds a shack and runs a wire of his own to
the nearest telegraph line.
While delivering supplies to the shack, Do-
lores, the adopted daughter of a Mexican store-
keeper, is set upon by outlaws and her rescue
by Fred makes her his devoted friend, but also
causes him to be hated by the men he opposed.
Prevented from accompanying the main body
of the anny, Fred and his telegrapher go on a
scouting trip. They hear firing and, climbing a
tree, witness the great battle of Monclova
through field glasses. When the defeat of the
Federals by the 'Constitutionalists is assured,
they ride back to the shack and wire the im-
portant news direct to their paper.
At the Herald offiCe all of the machinery of
the issuing of a great -daily paper is set in mo-
tion as the news of the battle is received from
Fred. The story is edited at the copy desk, set
up by linotypes, made up in the forms, and
stereotyped and placed on the presses. As the
papers are distributed and the bulletin boards
announce the scoop of the "young reporter on
the firing line," Fred's future as a newspaper
man is assured.
But, as the dispatch is being received and
published in New York, the outlaws, reinforced
by Mexican irregular troops who have been
told that the Americans are spies, attack the
shack which is vigorously defended. Dolores
attempts to stop the bandits and, failing, rides
to the border to summon assistance. She en-
lists the aid of a large band of cowboys who
arrive at the shack in time to engage the
bandits in a fierce battle and rescue the now
wounded Fred and his companion and make a
dash for safety over the American line. A wild
chase, in which many shots are exchanged, is
about to end disastrously for the Americans just
as they begin to cross the Rio Grande to United
States soil, but the American regulars appear
upon the scene and fire a volley across the river
which sweeps a score of Mexicans from their
horses and drives the rest to cover.
As Dolores dare not return, Fred persuades
her to accompany him to New York and an en-
thusiastic welcome by his newspaper friends is
quickly followed by his marriage to the beauti-
ful little maiden, who is received with open
arms by his mother and sister.
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (Five Parts — August
10). — Geo. Shelby is forced to sell his faithful
old slave, Tom, and the infant son of Eliza
Harris, in order to save his property from
Haley, the slave trader and holder of the mort-
gage. Eliza hearing she is to be separated
from her baby makes her escape to join her
husband, George Harris, who with Vance, were
well on their way to freedom.
Learning of the departure, Haley immediately
puts the hounds on her trail. The searching
party arrives on the river bank in time to see
Eliza leaping over the broken ice, upon which
the dogs and men feared to tread. A second
party is organized by lawyer Marks, but fails
to capture the fugitive, who has been befriended
by a kindly Quaker and has in the meantime
joined her husband.
During the sail to Haley's plantation Tom's
attention from his Bible is attracted by the
cry of "Overboard!" Making a bold rush, this
wonderful old man leaps into the water and
brings little Eva St. Clair, who had wandered
from her Aunt and fallen overboard, to safety.
This noble deed caused his purchase by St.
Clair, who treated him with every kindness,
making him a companion for his small daugh-
ter Eva, who joyed in Uncle Tom's explanation
of the Bible.
Sadness finally comes when little Eva dies
and a second calamity when her father is killed
while separating two roughs in a quarrel. This
necessitates the sale of his slaves and property.
Uncle Tom falls into the hands of Simon
Legree, the most brutal slave owner of the
South. His life here is simply a matter of
how long it can last under the terrible strain
and treatment he receives. The final blow
came when Legree's housekeeper, Casey, and his
favorite slave, Emmeline, escape during one of
his debauches. Going to Tom, he demanded to
know their whereabouts. Being unable to give
this information, Tom is flogged and cast into
a corner to die.
Young Shelby, now a man, searches the South
to fulfill his youthful promise to buy Tom. He
reaches the little hut just in time to cheer
the dying hour of his old slave, who has just
enough life left to show his gratitude.
THE LURE (Five Parts — August 24). — While
attending dancing school, Charlotte Baker meets
a fascinating youth, Paul, with whom she be-
comes infatuated. Not being able to resist hia
declaration of love and promises to marry, she
decides to elope with him, only to find her-
self drugged and taken to a resort of the un-
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WARNER'S FEATURES.
THE DAY OF RECKOXIXC (3 Parts-
August 10). — The Civil War was at its height.
Donald and James Lorne were step- brothers.
Donald, the elder, loved Dolly, the rich ward
of his step-mother, but Mrs. Lome was verj'
anxious that her own son, James, should win
the hand of the wealthy orphan.
To bring this about, she arranged to send
her step-son away. But the lovers frustrated
her. Doliy and Donald were secretly married
before he departed.
The girl's guardian intercepted Donald's let-
ters, and not aware that her ward was already
married, made her a prisoner in her room in
her efforts to force the girl to marry James,
Donald, sorely worried at his wife's strange
silence, returned unexpectedly. In answer to
his demands to see Dolly he was told that she
loved him no longer, and had pledged herself to
his step-brother.
Wishing for nothing but Dolly's happiness.
Donald, with heavy heart, took James' place in
the army, hoping to be killed and thus free
Dolly so that she might wed the man of her
choice.
Dolly, still held a prisoner in her room,
heard that her husband had returned, but was
now gone to the war. She escaped and fol-
lowed him to the training camp, only to find
him gone. She was overcome with grief and
fell unconscious. The minister who had mar-
ried her was at the camp, and had her removed
to a neighboring house.
Mrs. Lome and her son followed the girl, and
found her dead, and a new-born infant in the
doctor's arms. James, in order to get into
his own, hands the dead mother's fortune
claimed the child as his own^and disappeared.
Donald, at the front, was fighting in the
armies of his country, in ignorance of the tragic
fate of the woman he loved, and of the birth
of his child. One night, while pacing the sentry
line, he beheld a vision of Dolly. The spectre
lured him far from his post. He was found
wandering about, and was arrested for deser-
tion in the face of the enemy. At the court
martial he was still so dazed that instead of
making a satisfactory explanation he incrimi-
nated himself by his incoherent replies. He
was sentenced to be shot at sunrise. However,
a comrade who knew the circumstances saved
his life. He returned to his native village.
Here he met a Captain Walling who told him
the true story of Dolly.
Walling was later arrested for treason. He
turned State's evidence, confessing that in part-
nership with James Lorne he had robbed the
government on false contracts of fabulous
amounts, and accused Lome of double-crossing
him. The U. S. Secret Service at once took
up the trail of his accomplice.
Twenty years rolled by. James had gone
West, where he was leading a double life.
With him lived Dolly's baby, now grown to
young womanhood, and bearing her mother's
name. She supposed that James was her father.
In the hills near James" ranch, a mysterious
shepherd lived a life of solitude. Old before
his time. sad. gentle and kind, he exerted a
strange influence over the impressionable girl.
who often sought his company, and confided in
him her troubles and innocent secrets.
The false-hearted James recognized the shep-
herd as Don and planned by accusing him of
stealing all the cattle that had been missed,
to have him strung up by the outraged ranch-
men.
An Indian girl who had been wronged by
James and cast off overheard the plot. She
told Dolly, who rode to warn her friend. She
reached the shepherd's hut just as the cow-
punchers were about to lynch him.
She begged for time, swearing that she could
prove the shepherd's innocence. The men. re-
specting her word, left her with the hermit.
In tears she told him that her father had for-
bidden her to see him again. As she was leav-
ing she accidentally dropped her locket. The
shepherd found and opened it. He was dumb-
founded. It contained the picture of his wife,
the Dolly of the past.
The girl, discovering her loss, returned. He
asked who the picture represented.
"It is my mother." replied Dolly. "She died
when I was born " ,
Without telling her that she was his daugh-
ter, he went to his step-brother to claim her.
During the controversy that followed matters
took an unexpected turn. Walling, now a se-
cret service agent, appeared on the scene. After
twenty years of searching he had found his
man. As he was about to place the handcuffs
on his prisoner, an interruption occurred. An
Indian chief, leading a girl of his people, con-
fronted James.
The guilty wretch, in desperation, broke
away from his captors and fled.
But the day of reckoning had arrived.
The red-skinned maiden sighted him fleeing
across the edge of a cliff. Seizing a rifle she
fired. Horse and rider fell to death.
The gentle shepherd advanced to the girl's
side. As he drew her to his bosom, he pointed
to the faded face looking sadly at him from
the locket.
"The mystery of my love for you is ex-
plained," he said. "Dolly, you are my own
flesh and blood. The woman of the locket was
your mother and my wife I"
THE EAGLE'S REFUGE (3 Parts— August
1 7 ) . — The season was at its height when the
charming Marquis of Terrefranca arrived at
the Kulm Hotel, a fashionable Alpine resort.
Although none of the guests had ever heard of
him before, his gracious and engaging man-
ners soon made him the lion of the ladies, and
a source of envy to the gentlemen. Lucy Wil-
liams, an American girl, and her fiance, John
Cook, were stopping at the hostelry.
One of the Marquis' first acts was assisting
Lucy, who had been injured while skating, back
to the hotel. She was much impressed by his
gallantry, and, by often accepting his company,
caused John to become jealous.
With the Marquis it was love at first sight,
and with good-natured disregard of the prior
claims of his American rival he pressed his
suit with energy. Lucy wavered between her
duty to John and a growing regard for the
nobleman.
As the season advanced the hotel was dis-
turbed by several cleverly executed thefts, which
appeared impossible of solution. The proprie-
tor, unable with the means at his disposal to
check the robberies, placed a celebrated detec-
tive on the case. His first act was to request
all the ladies to place their jewels behind the
steel doors of the hotel safe. In the middle of
the very night after his coming a loud explo-
sion awakened the guests. They thronged the
corridors and learned that the safe had been
blown open, the valuables taken, and a note left
in their place, which read:
"I cannot begin to express my grateful ap-
preciation. I shall always remember your kind-
ness, and will call again. Until then I beg
that you accept these assurances of my high-
est esteem and respect."
The visitors were loud in their protests
against the outrage, and none were more em-
phatic than the Marquis. The jealous Ameri-
can fiance said nothing. But he suspected that
the nobleman knew more about the matter than
was supposed. Seeking the detective, he ex-
pressed his suspicions. Leaving the Marquis
engaged with the ladies in the hotel parlors
the two made a thorough search of his apart-
ment, discovering that the mysterious thief's
note was written on paper that corresponded
exactly with the suspected man's stationer>'.
Returning to the parlors, the detective as-
tounded the assembly by declaring the Marquis
of Terrefranca under arrest. During the ex-
citement, the lights were suddenly extinguished.
A black object was seen leaping from a win-
dow. When they were turned on again, the
nobleman was gone.
But out in the mountains the clever rogue was
struggling through the deep snow. Arriving
near the Eagle's Refuge he was met by a party
of rough-looking men. To one of them he de-
livered a bag. The man hurriedly opened and
peered into it. For a second the missing jewels
glittered in the moon-light. The group wii-e
suddenly startled by the sounds of approach'ng
voices. The Marquis' accomplices hastily c-jv-
ered their leader under a bank of snow, placing
a tube in his mouth through which to breathe.
A party from the hotel drew near in their
search. The searching party went to the Eagle's
Refuge, telephoned to the hotel that their search
had been fruitless, then retraced their steps.
The rogue escaped across the border.
John was overjoyed at the turn affairs had
taken, but Lucy could not drive from her mind
the image of the other man who loved her.
The season was almost over when Lucy re-
ceived a letter. It was from the Marquis. In
it he ardently declared his undying affection
for her. and said that his only aim in life
now was to make reparation for the past, to
redeem himself so that he might be more
worthy of the love she bore him. He begged
that she forgive him. cast her lot with his,
and by her love help him work out bis atone-
ment for the past. He said he would be at
the Eagle's Refuge the following Saturday night
and begged that she would not fail to come to
him.
Lucy, torn by conflicting emotions, decided
to throw everything to the wind and fly 'c
of snow she saw a lantern twinkling at the
foot of the glacier. It was the penitent lover.
Lucy was ready to steal away when her
ushed
Ipless I
Id of I
fiance came to bid her good-night. He was
surprised to see her attired in her climbing
costume at such an hour. As she was trying
to explain, the telephone rang. John, taking
the receiver, heard the weak voice of his old
rival, telephoning from the Eagle's Refuge. In
husky whispers he said an avalanche had struck
the hut, and he was being crushed under the
falling timbers. His last faint words were that
his lantern had been overturned and had set
the ruins in flames.
Lucy in terror implored John to go to ihe
rescue. For a moment he refused, but realizing ^
that after all the nobleman was a fellow-being
in distress he consented. Together with Lucy,
without the aid of a guide, they started out
o%*er the perilous drifts. Arriving at the dt-
molished hut. they found it in flames. Hearing
the cries of the imprisoned man, John rushed
into the ruins and carried out his helple.
rival.
But help had come too late. The ban-
death was upon him. The flames cast their
lurid light on the face of the dying rogue, and
as his life ebbed he asked forgiveness of all
whom he had wronged. Lucy knelt at his side
and wept.
THE TRAGEDY OF ROOM 17 (3 Parts-
August 3). — Elsie and Amy Bertrand were two
orphan sisters. They lived their life in great
want and privation, and arriving at woman-
hood they parted. Amy went to a distant part
of the country to earn her livelihood, while
Elsie fortunate in her love affairs became en-
gaged to a wealthy young count.
Amy, in the meantime, met a young civil
engineer, Alfred Mason. A baby was born to
them. Alfred went to the Congo, hoping by
embracing the opportunities offered in a new
country to make his fortune, and forever re-
move Amy. their child, and himself from want.
He had not been away long, when Amy re-
ceived a message stating that Alfred had died
from tropical fever, expressing with his last
breath the anguish he suffered in leaving Amy
and the baby unprovided for.
Amy was prostrated with grief, and took to
her bed. Feeling that death was near she sent
for her sister Elsie, who immediately came to
her. On her death bed Amy implored her sis-
ter to take care of the child, and keep locked
in her heart the secret of her unfortunate love.
Amy died and Elsie placed the child in an
asylum.
Returning to her home, she was married to
the Count. The wedding was barely over when
she read in a newspaper that the asylum had
been destroyed by fire, and all the children but
one had been claimed. It added that this child
had been placed into the hands of a physician
named Firth. Elsie sought Dr. Firth, only to
learn that he had just given the infant to a
man named Bunting. In the company of the
doctor she searched for Bunting. The address
and references he had given were false, and
their efforts to unearth even one clue by which
he might be traced were fruitless. After en-
gaging a detective with but fain hopes of suc-
cess, she returned to her home grief stricken.
Welton. the detective, discovers that Bunting
was the assumed name of a notorious child
stealer and. by tireless efforts, he finally runs
down his man, just as the latter was about to
embark on shipboard for a distant port, with
a number of children whom he had obtained
bv kidnapping and misrepresentation.
The suspense was telling on Elsie, and her
husband fearing that she was ill. decided to
take her to Lugano, a resort where she could
regain her health. As they were about to start
she received a telegram from the detective an-
nouncing the recovery of the child. She re-
plied instructing him to meet her with the in-
fant at the Helvetion Hotel, near Lugano.
The afternoon of Elsie's and her husband's
arrival, while sitting in the hotel lobby, the
Count became acquainted with an old guest of
the hostelry. The elderly man noticing the
number of the key to the room which the Count
had been assigned, Xo. 17. appeared surprised.
When questioned, the old man said that owing
to a tragedy that had been enacted within the
room, it was never used unless the hotel was
entirely filled. The Count becoming interested
urged the stranger to relate the tragedy of
Room 17.
"Forty vears ago." the old man said. "Coun-
tess of Chalant visited the hotel. While there
she met and fell in love with a young noble-
man also a guest. Count Chalant arrived un-
expectedly one night and thinking to agreeably
surprise his wife went directly to her room —
it was empty — the sound of a kiss came from
the room opposite room 17. The Count peered
through the keyhole, saw his wife in the arms
of the young nobleman. In a rage he battered
down the door, rushed In upon the pair, and
shot them both."
Count Charles was so absorbed In the tale he
did not notice a man carrying a child enter
the hotel, and signal the Countess, nor did he
see his wife follow the stranger upstairs.
When the story was finished he was surprised
to find her gone. Arising in haste, he ran to
her room. Xo. 17. It was empty ; as he stood
her lover's aid. Saturday night arrived. Peer-
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there in wonderment, he heard the sound of
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Ing In a jealous rage he grasped his revolver,
bounded like a madman brandishing the weapon
Into the room, only to see his wife kissing a
baby. He calmed down. Elsie explained about
her sister and the child ; then, introducing
the detective, told of his work.
The Count adopted the child, banished jeal-
ousy from his mind, and thus what might have
been a second tragedy of room 17 was averted
and turned to happiness.
ACROSS THE BORDER (3 Parts— August
24). — Curley Smith, a lieutenant of the Texas
Rangers, while patrolling the International line
became suspicious of a load of hay which he
Baw going southward. Leaving a note telling
of his intention for his comrade, he trailed
the wagon into Mexico. After traveling half
a day he saw the wagon descend into a deep
gulch. Curley drew near and, peering from
the overhanging bushes, saw at the bottom of
the ravine a smugglers' camp. The men un-
loaded the hay and, as he suspected, the bot-
tom of the wagon was filled with high-powered
American arms and quantities of ammunition.
His presence was discovered. The outlaws
In great numbers pursued the lone American.
In the chase his horse plunged over a steep
hill throwing its rider. Anita, the smuggler
chief's daughter, who was taking part in the
chase, found him lying unconscious and after
reviving him helped him to her fathers cabin.
After dressing his wounds she and her mother
placed him in bed.
Dean, a renegade American, who was deeply
in love with Anita, recognized the prisoner and
gave orders that he be closely guarded and
not allowed to escape. Dean loaded his ponies
and started off across the mountains to de-
liver the contraband to the Mexican general.
During his absence Curley and Anita fell in
love with each other. When Dean returned his
jealousy was aroused and he determined to
remove Curley by means fair or foul.
During the absence of his chief, Amador,
he seized the American, bound him to the
ground and tied a rattlesnake close at his side
and left the helpless prisoner to die a horrible
death. Anita, missing her sweetheart, went in
search of him and arrived just in time to shoot
the snake and save him. With her aid he
escaped and in the attempt to swim down the
river past the sentry he was again captured
and brought back to the smuggler's camp.
In the meantime Dean had been trying to
smuggle a load of Lydite bombs across the bor-
der, but in a fight with a party of Texas
Rangers the bombs were exploded and Dean's
men were forced to flee. He arrived at camp
in a very ill humor and was enraged to find
that his rival had not perished from the rat-
tler's deadly fangs.
Amador, the chief, reproved his lieutenant
for the treatment of the prisoner and Anita,
horrified at her former lover's cruelty, spurned
him. Dean, maddened by jealousy and his de-
sire for revenge, planned a mutiny, and in the
dead of the night again entered the cabin and
laid violent hands on the prisoner, determinetl
that nothing would interfere with his plans to
make Curley pay with his life for Dean's mis-
fortunes.
Anita, fearing evil and unable to protect her
lover, stole from the outlaws' camp and rode
at breackneck speed in the moonlight acro.ss
the border to the American army camp. She
begged that assistance be sent to the aid of the
American. As the first streaks of the coming
day lit the sky the American Cavalry with the
Mexican girl at their head galloped forth to
the rescue.
In the meantime Curley had been dragged
to the plains above the outlaws' camp, his
hands were tied behind him and a squad of
greasers were about to send a death volley into
him, when the cavalry came thundering down
from the foot hills and charged the Mexican
smugglers. \ battle ensued and the Americans
were victorious. Anita freed her lover. Dean,
seeing that the game was up, determined to kill
Curley and then sell his own life dearly as possi-
ble, but Curley. seizing a sabre which had
fallen from a wounded American's hand, in a
fierce encounter killed the renegade.
Curley went back to his regiment and after
peace was declared he returnd, claimed Anita
and brought her back to his own country as
his bride.
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY.
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (Syn-
dicate Film Corp.. Sixth Episode — Two Reels —
July 27). — Still firmly convinced that Flcrenc
Gray knows where her father's million is hid-
den, the Countess Olga and the conspirators, led
by Braine. plan a coaching party to a suburban
Inn. where they have engaged the Egyptian
room. Accordingly the Countess 0!ga calls upon
Florence who i<^ still unsuspicious of her sup-
posed friend and invites her to join the coach-
ing party.
Hidden behind the curtains in the Hargreaves'
home. Jones, the butler, hears of the invitation
and at once felrphones N'lrton. the reporter.
Jones conveys bis suspicions of the Countess
to Norton and the two follow the coach and
four in a small cycle car of ereat speed.
They watch the party dining while they hide
in the woods near the inn and are amused for
a part of the time by the paid entertainers,
who dance all the latest steps. While the en-
tertainers are busy tripping the lulufardo and
the maxixe, Jones and Norton creep up on
Braine and a fellow conspirator and overhear
their plans to lure Florence to the Egyptian
room.
In one of the inn attendants Norton recog-
nises an old nurse and the aged woman, eager to
entertain, shows the reporter. a secret passage
leading out of the Egyptian room. A few min-
utes later they return to the spot where the
party is still being amused and are just in time
to trail one of the conspirators, who. disguised
as a French count, leads Florence away from
the table on the pretext of showing her the
park.
Closely followed by Norton and Jones Flor-
ence and the conspirators stroll through the
numerous apartments in the inn. When the
conspirator has inveigled Florence into the
Egyptian room he distracts her attention for a
moment and then swiftly locks the door upon
her. Florence turns to find herself a prisoner.
Vainly she beats upon the doors of the room.
The conspirators, however, have taken good
care to draw the great bolts and Florence fin-
ally sinks exhausted on a lounge. She realizes
that for the second time she has fallen into the
trap laid for her by her enemies. This time,
she knows, they will not hesitate to use any
means to force her to reveal the hiding place of
her father's millions, information which the
conspirators are unaware she does not possess.
The bogus count hurries back to the garden
party and secretly tells Braine and the Countess
that he has succeeded in entrapping the girl
again and that they once more have the op-
portunity of using any means that they find
necessary to force the girl to their will. Head-
ed by Braine and the Countess Olga, the con-
spirators excuse themselves from the other un-
suspicious guests and hurry to the 'Egyptian
room.
Meanwhile, Norton and Jones, realizing from
the actions of the conspirators that they have
succeeded at last in trapping Florence, plunge
into the mouth of the cave in the woods, which
is hidden by shrubbery, and rush along its dark
interior to the Egyptian room. They find Flor-
ence weeping hysterically with fear. Norton ex-
plains his intentions, hurriedly calms her and
assists her into the tunnel.
They have barely reached the other end of
the secret passage when the Countess Olga an^
the conspirators enter the Egyptian room. A
hasty examination of the room discloses the;
manner in which Florence made her escape and
the conspirators reach the end of the tunnel
just as Norton. Jones and Florence mount three
horses which they have hastily procured and
gallop down the road.
The conspirators engage a powerful motor
car and start in pursuit. Jones realizes that
they will soon be overtaken and while Florence
and Norton gallop on ahead he hides at a turn
in the road. When the auto slows up the but-
ler plunges a knife into both rear tires of the
car and then runs back through the woods to
his horse and gallops off. The conspirators,
unable to follow, give up the pursuit in disgust.
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (Syndi-
cate Film Corp. Seventh Episode — ^Two reels —
August 3). — Private detective and amateur
sleuths kept Jones, the butler, busy answering
the thumps of the great silver knocker on the
front door of the Hargreaves" mansion for sev-
eral weeks following the disappearance of the
millionaire's treasure. Jones refused admission
to many, but when the Duke of Manchester and
Archibald White, two friends of the butler's
missing master, asked to look over the ground
in an effort to solve the mystery they were in-
stantly admitted.
The Duke examined the safe and the relative
positions occupied by the conspirators, Jones
and his master on the night the house was
broken into and Hargreaves was obliged to
escape in the balloon of A. Leo Stevens, the
aeronaut. He was unable to offer any sug-
gestions which might lead to the capture of the
conspirators, however, and left the mansion
much puzzled by his old friend's disappearance.
Later, Mr. White also examined the safe care-
fully, but was unable to detect any secret com-
partments in it within which the money might
be concealed.
The conspirators, well aware that the money
had been securely hidden, still clung to the
theory that Florence Gray. Hargreaves' daugh-
ter, held the key to the solution of the mys-
tery. A third time tbey began to weave their
net for the girl, confident that on this occasion
she would not escape them. Realizing that
Florence and Norton and Jones must be aware
of their identity the conspirators made no at-
tempt in person to shadow their prey. Instead,
they hired a gangster to keep track of their in-
tended victim.
From a loose-mouthed groom in the Har-
greaves' stables, the gangster learned that Flor-
ence each morning took a drive along the lake
shore road near her home. The tip was suffi-
cient and once Braine and the Countess Olga
were in possession of this information they
laid their plans accordingly.
Dressed as a feeble old man the conspirator,
who already has been seen as an organ grinder
and a French count, places himself in the road-
way along which Florence was accustomed to
take her morning drive. Leaning heavily on a
gnarled cane and disguised in a workman's cap
and a long beard the conspirator completely de-
ceives Florence. As she rounds a bend in the
road the conspirator falls upon his back, ap-
parently in a fit. Florence leaps from her horse
and is about to lift the suposed old man to his
feet, when the latter turns upon her and drags
her from the roadway. Her frightened horse
runs off down the road.
Florence is taken to an abandoned cabin
where she is placed in the care of a bully, who
bears a resemblance to the original Bill Sykes.
The conspirator dashes off to inform the other
conspirators that for the third time the girl
has been entrapped.
Meanwhile. Jim Norton, the reporter, is busy
buying Florence an engagement ring. Their lit-
tle love affair has progressed to a stage where
words are not necessary to a complete under-
standing. Florence has confessed her love for
the gallant young reporter.
Returning to the Hargreaves" mansion Jim
learns that Florence has left for her morning
gallop. Knowing her route and hoping to over-
take her in his cycle car. Jim speeds along the
country road. He has gone scarcely half a
mile, however, when Florence's frightened mare
gallops madly past and farther on he discovers
her bouquet he had sent her that morning lying
in the dust. Only a short distance away
he comes upon her riding whip and hat lying
by the roadside. A confused trail of footprints
as though someone had been forcibly dragged
along, convinces Jim that Florence again has
fallen into the hands of her father's enemies.
Hurriedly he trails the footprints to the de-
serted cabin where he rescues Florence after a
desperate battle with the bully.
They have barely reached the woods leading
to the road when the conspirators return and at
once give chase in their high powered automo-
bile. Putting on all speed they rapidly over-
haul the small cycle-motor which Norton is
driving with Florence.
The chase soon brings them into a small
town, which is divided by a stream spanned by
a drawbridge. Realizing that he will be over-
taken before he reaches the river Norton takes
careful aim with his revolver and succeeds in
puncturing one of the tires of the pursuing car
just as it reaches the open drawbridge.
The mighty splash which follows hides the
conspirators from view. After a lapse of a few
moments it is only too evident that at least one
of the conspirators has been carried down to
death beneath the car. The body of another
shortly afterward rises to the surface and floats
down the stream, while Florence looks on in
horror at the catastrophe.
When Norton is assured that spectators and
authorities will take care of the survivors of the
accident, he and Florence, unwilling to be in-
volved further in the affair, hurry from the
scene. Reaching the Hargreaves' mansion Jim
finishes the self-appointed task he undertook
earlier in the day, before the conspirators in-
terfered and. in the last scene of all slips an en-
gagement ring on Florence's finger and gathers
her to him in his arms.
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (Syndi-
cate Film Corp. ^Eighth Episode — Two Reels^
August 10). — Raging at the defeat of their ef-
forts to capture Florence which ended in the
tragedy of the drawbridge, as told in episode
seven, but still determined to gain the secret
of the millionaire's treasure, which they are
sure she possesses, the conspirators form an-
other plan. Jame Norton, the reporter, is the
one man, who, with Jones, the old butler, has
thus far successfully thwarted them at every
turn. With him out of the way they argue it
will be an easy matter to get Florence in their
toils. Neither Braine nor the countess Olga as
yet know of the closer bond, which now exists
between Florence and Norton, although the lat-
ter's woman's intuition leads her to suspect
something of the kind. Nevertheless, a little
bird has whispered the secret abroad, and the
Duke of Manchester and the Princess Troubetz-
koy. both of whom had been warm friends of
her father, together with some of their friends,
call to extend their felicitations and good wishes
to Florence. Also they seek to aid her in gain-
ing a trace of the missing million, but are
forced to leave the Hargreaves' mansion quite
as much in the dark as when they entered it.
In the meantime the conspirators have not
been idle. One of them (Albert C. Froome)
has enlisted the aid of a band of thugs and
cutthroats and to them he unfolds the plan
which Braine has evolved. He shows them a
manhole cover made to look, in every respect,
like one of the big Iron disks used to cover
sewer openings, but which in this case is made
of flimsy papier mache. He explains that they
are to replace the regular iron manhole cover
at the corner of a certain street at a given time
with the papier mache duplicate and then await
the coming of the victim.
One of the gang becomes a taxi chauffeur at
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the instigation of Froome. as none of the chief
conspirators wish to take direct part in carry-
ing out the plot, fearing that Norton will recog-
nize them no matter how cleverly they dis-
guise themselves. This man having received
his instructions, waits In his car outside the
newspaper office where Xorton is employed. A
telegram, purporting to be from Florence, is
then sent to Xorion. urging him to come to
her with all speed, as she is in danger. Nor-
ton's face pales as he reads its contents and
seizing his cap he leave the office without
delay.
Hailing the nearest taxi, which happens to be
that of the conspirators, he rides off. never
suspecting that he is a victim of a plot, his
only thought being to hasten to the side of
the girl he loves. He urges the chauffeur to
put on all speed, but suddenly, as the car comes
to the place where the trap is set, the man
brings it to a dead stop opposite the manhole
with its papier mache cover.
"Something's the matter with the motor." vol-
unteers the chauffeur with a leer, in response
to Norton's hurried inquiry. 'Youd better walk
it or get another machine."
And Norton, his whole thought centered on
Florence's need and quite unsuspicious, steps
from the car and plunges into the blackness of
the sewer.
The conspirators, who have been nearby, re-
place the manhole cover and hasten away. . Bui
the accident has been seen and a few hours
later the bulter brings the news to Florence
and her companion Susan, in the library of
the Hargreaves" home, where they had been
awaiting the reporter"s coming.
They are still reading, with horrified feel-
ings, the accounts in the afternoon papers of
Norton"s tragic taking off. when the door of
the library opens, and he enters, little the
worse for his terrifying experience. Florence
embraces him tearfully, while he tells them
how, unconscious, his body had floated out of
the sewer into the river, where he was picked
up by some boatmen. He narrates the clever
plot of the false manhole cover by which the
conspirators have endeavored to make away
with him and vows that he will not again so
easily be a vicitm of their wiles.
The next day, the Countess Olga calls to
condole with Florence over Norton's disappear-
ance and learns to her astonishment and dis-
appointment, that not only is he not dead or
missing, but extremely alive and well, consider-
ing his mishap. Dissembling her real feelings
before Florence, who thus far does not sus-
pect her, the Countess returns to the headquar-
ters of the conspirators and upbraids Braine
and the others for consistently making a fizzle
of their plans for sequestrating Florence, mak-
ing away with Norton and learning where the
missing million is located.
"You men have done your best — and failed,"'
she says scornfully. "Now let a woman try.
I'll show you how to break up this friendship
between Norton and the girl. The rest will
be easy."
The Countess* plan is simple. Florence has
promised to call upon her the following after-
noon and. by a subterfuge, Olga gets Norton
to call also, but shortly before Florence is due.
Previously she arranges with her maid, that
when the latter ariives. the girl shall press an
electric button which lights a handsome stand-
ing lamp in the drawing room where she and
Norton are seated.
When this signal comes, she knows that an
instant later Florence will enter the room.
Norton arrives and is listening to her ram-
bling talk, wondering just why she has sent
for him, when the light flashes. The Countess
staggers to her feet, pressing her hand to her
heart.
"I am ill," she gasps, tremblingly, her voice
full of appeal.
She totters as if about to fall, and Norton,
who has also risen, catches her for an instant
in his arms. A fatal instant.' for within its
brief space. Florence has entered the room,
seen all, and indignantly withdraws, with Nor-
ton none the wiser. A little later, the Countess
having now fully recovered, he, too, leaves the
house.
When he arrives at his lodgings he is startled
and pained to find a coldly formal note from
Florence severing their engagement and return-
ing his ring. He is wounded and hurt by this
action and the sudden change in her attitude
toward him. which seems quite inexplicable, and
all his efforts to obtain an explanation are
balked. Nevertheless, he sends candy and
flowers and plesfding notes without end to the
Hargreaves' mansion in the hope that she will
relent.
But Florence is obdurate. Convinced that she
has seen unquestionable proof of Norton's fickle-
ness, she refuses herself to all callers, even
declining to discuss her trouble with the sympa-
thetic Susan. Outwardly, she is not unlike the
Florence of yore, although coldly indifferent to
the things that were most wont to interest her.
But inwardly, she is a veritable volcano of
conflicting emotions. For she realizes, that
in spite of all she has seen, she still loves
Norton dearly. And as she battles with her-
self, torn between pride and love, the con-
spirators lay their plans for another coup.
NEW THEATERS.
ST. PAUL. Minn. — A permit for a motion
picture theater on the east side of Ohio street,
between Winifred and Robie streets, St .Paul,
was issued by the building inspection depart-
ment yesterday. The structure will be of brick
.iUxKi. and will cost about Jii.OOO.
QUIN'CY, 111. — BuerUin & Kaempen have been
awarded the contract for the construction of
the new Orpheum theater on Hampshire street
between Sixth and Seventh. The contract price
is ?40,000.
CHICAGO, ni. — The West Side has another
beautiful theater devoted entirely to the "mov-
ies." The Gold Theater. :'All West Twelfth street,
opened recently with "A Million Bid."' The
theater cost ?HX\<KA», the plans being prepared
by Architect .\lex L.. Levy, and it is said to be
one of the most modern picture playhouses in
the city. A feature is that exits are at the
side, while the front of the theater will be used
only as an entrance, which is expected to elim-
inate crowding.
NEW YORK. X. Y.— Edgar Allan and X. S.
Epstein, Inc.. of New Y'ork, will take title quite
soon to a large plot at South Broadway and
Prospect street, Yonkers, which they have pur-
chased from J. Romaine Brown for a five-story
office and theater building. It is announced
that a playhouse seating 2.<X10 will be erected.
RICHMOXD. Calif. — A theater and office
building will be erected on the corner of Xinth
street and Slacdonald avenue.
WAVERLY. 111. — The new Eijou movies were
opened to the public recently. Cloud and Son
having completed the remaining work at their
new location on the south side of the square.
IOWA F.ALLS. lA. — One of the finest motion
picture houses in Iowa will be opened at Iowa
Falls about the middle of August by Middlcton
and Gehhart. The nsw house is a credit to the
city as well as to the men behind the improve-
ment. It will seat H."i4) people and will be
equipped in the most approved manner. It will
be known as the Rex theatre, and makes a
fine addition to the business part of the city.
P.XRKL.AXD. Ky. — The management of the
Parkland theater, at 2817 Dumesnil street, an-
nounced -July 22. the opening of the new mov-
ing picture theater.
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FROSTBURG. Md. — Work on the Colborn and
Watts theater is being pushed rapidly and if
the present calculations are carried out, the
auditorium will be open for business early in
the autumn.
C.\ItROLTO.X. Mo.— Jarboe. Rupe and Miller,
who are erecting a new theater on South Main
street, have constructed an air dome within
the walls of the main building, and will show
there until the main building is completed.
CLEVEL.iXD. 0. — Plans are being prepared
by .Architect J. D. Aley. l.jl E. KiSth street,
for a moving picture theater to rise at East
14Sth street and St. Claire avenue. Collinwood.
WILLM.AR. Minn. — The contract was let
recently by the Wilmar Opera House
Company to Contractor John Skoolheim for
the remodeling and rebuilding of the opera
house, the purpose being to put up a structure
that will be modern in appearance as well as
adequate handling of theatrical attractions.
TRACY. Minn. — Tracy is soon to have one of
the most complete and up-to-date opera houses
in this part of the state. .J, C. Filkins. who for
some time has been studying plans for such a
building on the corner of Fourth and Morgan
streets which he acquired this past spring, has
let the contract for the construction of the
building, H. B. Fulton of Marshall being given
the general contract. The architects are Van
Dusen and Stevens of Winona.
FRAXKFORT. S. D.— Will Gay received the
machinery and fixtures for the new moving pic-
ture theater which he intends to open in the
Oak's building on Main street.
CIXCIX.V-ATI, O.— It is understood I. Fran-
kel is back of the plan to construct a picture
theater on Monmouth street near Seventh.
Newport, which will be the largest playhouse on
the other side of the river, baring about 1,709
seats.
AUSTIX, Texas. — Local capitalists have
signed contracts for the erection of a $200,000
theater building in .Austin on the site of the
present .Avenue Hotel. .John Eberson of Chica-
go, who has designed some noted playhouses,
is the architect- Those behind the- new venture
are Ernest Xalle. Eugene Tips. Wilbur Allen.
M. E. Milligan and two or three others. The
structure is to he completed by Feb. 1, 1915.
DY'ERSVILLE. la. — Mr. A. V. Lippert. man-
ager of the Photo-Play, is arranging to se-
cure plans for the erection of a modern fire-
proof theater building, with a large seating
capacity. Work on the same is to begin in the
near future.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Plans for the Liberty the-
ater, to be erected on the site of the Lauman
building, north side of Riverside avenue were
hied recently with City Building Inspector
George Mackie by William Cutts, general man-
ager for the theater company erecting the
building.
The structure will be of steel fireproof con-
struction, three stories high, and will cost about
.*7j,000. Francis P. Rooney of Spokane is the
architect.
DETROIT. MICH. -Property with frontage at
:i(iii7-i:J East Grand boulevard, having depth
of 17:i.,j feet has been leased by Dr. Alois
1 burner for 10 years to a syndicate which plans
to use the land as the site for a large photo-
play house to be known as the Grand Boule-
vard theater. Cost about .■?1.5t>,lMXi.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— The Walton Amuse-
meui company purchased the lots at 7:K-735-737
East Chelten avenue. .At the present time the
lot 5 are improved by a two-storv brick dwell-
ing but this will be razed for the erection, it is
reporied. of a motion picture parlor.
THEATER TRANSFERS.
BILLI.VGS. -Mont. — .A deal has been completed
whereby lease on the Broadwav theater was
transferred from Woods and Snidow to a firm
composed of E. C. Keefe, manager and proprie-
tor of the Luna theater, and V. D. Caldwell a
member of the clerical staff of the American
Bank and Trust Company.
The buyers announced that they will run a
.strictly feature photo-play house, with the price
of admission slightly higher than that of the
ordinary "movies."
DELAVA.X. Wis.— The Hexagon Light &
Amusement Company has taken over the mov-
ing picture business recently installed by Mr
Pierce at the Delavan Lake .Assembly. The
new company has leased the auditorium for
the balance of the season and each evening are
putting on a high class motion picture show.
The members of the enterprise are : P F
Lewis, Janesville: R. S. Young, Darien ■ J
C. Elakey, Union Grove; William Topping.' El-
gin, 111. ; C. T. Schlada, Delavan.
OCOXOMOWOC, Wis— The Palace theater
has been sold by Harry Strand to E. C. Main
and .lohn A. Cook of Oconomowoc. who took
immediate possession.
M.ALVERX, -Ark. — Emmett Xunn has pur-
chased the Princess theater and the -Airdome.
both motion picture houses, from the old
owners. Joe Chamberlain. Ralph .Adams and
Hogan Stevens.
ODO.X, Ind. — .A. D. Goasev has sold his mov-
ing piL-ture theater to parties at Newberry, who
will give free shows in that little town everv
Saturday night.
BILLIXGS, Mont. — .A deal was completed
whereby lease on the Broadway theater was
transferred from Woods and Snidow to a firm
composed of E. C. Keefe, manager and proprie-
tor of the Luna theater and V. D, Caldwell, a
member of the Clerical staff of the American
Bank and Trust Company.
TIPTO.V, la.— The Gem Theater of Tipton
has changed hands and will reopen on or-
about the first week in August. Mr. Kerwin
and Mr. Dvorsky are the new proprietors. Mr.
Kerwin has been associated with the Princess
theater at Iowa City for the past year and has
been actively engaged in the amusement busi-
ness for the past ten years. Mr. Dvorskv
comes here from California where he has con-
ducted several large and prosperous motion
pic-ture theaters.
LOUISVILLE. Ky— The Brown-Weiss Real-
ties bought from the McKinley Square Casino
Co. (W. H. Weissager, Pres. ), the three-storv
building, 98.11x1011, at Xos. 773 to 781 East
lC9th street, together with the three buildings
at Xos. 128.3-87 Union avenue. 608x122.9. The
Brown-Weiss Co. gave in part payment the
Temple theater and office building at: Camden.
N. J.. Market street. 90x175. .Alfred Furst se-
cured a long term lease on the Casino last
March just after it had been renovated and
remodelled. The deeds in the transaction were
placed on record.
CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich.— The Stolberg Bros,
who have managed the Uno since it was started
in this city will surrender the show house next
week to W. H. Needham. of Escanaba.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.— A. J. Rich & Co.
announce, the sale of the Princess theater to S.
Morton Cohn of Portland, Oregon.
This theater is well known to San Francis-
cans. It is a steel and concrete fireproof build-
ing, with a seating capacity of 1.500. on the
southerly line of Ellis street, between Fillmore
and Steiner streets, built on a lot SG by 1371A
feet. The property was owned by J. Chas".
Green.
.ANDERSON". Ind.— G. E. Cerhart of Indian-
apolis, has purchased the Star Theater of S. B.
Sampson. It is reported that the .new owner
will take possession immediately. The deal was
made by Cornelius and Son.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1159
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISEMENTS
Classified Advertisements, three cents per
word, cash with order; 50 cents minimum
postage stamps accepted :: :: ::
SITUATIONS WANTED.
OPliKATUK. Ai lili.rty Si'iHimluT 1 ; six
voars* experienee ; $2(» week, no less. Address
"O. earo M. P. World, .\. Y. City.
Al TRAP DRUMMER — Wants to locate; lom-
plete outfit ; salary reasonable Address ('. Ij.
Ward, Gen. Del.. Minneapolis, Minn.
M.\NAGER OR OPERATOR". — Six years' ex-
perience ; married ; can give best references.
State all first letter. Address LOGA.N', 14H N.
.Main, Wabash, Ind.
PIANIST— Wants position ; used to moving
picture worlv ; sober and reliable : single. -Ad-
dress George Reynolds, Ijliii Market street. Gal-
veston, Tex.
CAMERAMAN GLOBETROTTER. — Expert
studio and laboratory. Will consider only
(irst-class proposition, traveling or studio.
Owns outfit, .\ddress C. A. .\., care M, P. World,
.N. Y. City.
EXPERT PHOTOGR.A.PHER, with practical
knowledge chemistry and electricity, desires op-
portunity to enter motion picture industry ;
sober, studious, ambitious to advance. Address
A. H. C, care M. P. World, N. Y. City.
C.\MER-\MAN. — Expert and experienced, de-
sires position with reliable people ; also first-
class practical photographic and film manufac-
turing experience. Address G. E., care M. P.
World, N. Y. City.
MOTION PICTURE MAX. — Expert on projec-
tion, also own and operate moving picture cam-
era and understand developing, etc. Desire
position in studio, high-class theater or show-
room : can furnish best references. Address
RELIABLE, care M. P. World, .\". Y. City.
ORGANIST, PIANIST, LEADER.— Fine im-
provisor, with comprehensive library tor or-
chestra, having held present position two years,
wants position with or without organ, where
artistic methods, similar to those employed at
Strand Theater, New York, would be appre-
ciated. No ragtime on organ. Atlantic or
Pacific coast preferred. Address ORGANIST,
care M. P. World. N. Y. City.
HELP WANTED.
WANTED. — Cameramen, all sections, owning
their own outfit, to submit undeveloped nega-
tive of current news events to "Pictorial News
Film." Only experts, whose photography is
first class need apply : by mail only. S. J.
VAN FLEET. 141 West 142d St., N. Y. City.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
A FINELY-EQUIPPED film exchange in
Oklahoma is for sale. It is now netting a
good sum weekly. This is a rare opportunity,
as the owners want to withdraw from the
business. Nothing hut cash will be considered.
.\ chance to step into a well-established busi-
ness that does not come often. Address B. A. C,
care .M. P. World, N. Y. City.
THEATERS WANTED.
PICTURE THEATERS— Wanted in Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming. If you have one to
sell, write Denver Theatrical Exchange, 15i>4
California street. Denver, Colo.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR RENT.
MODERN EQUIPPED THEATRE (moving
picture) in city of ^J.'iou ; no competition:
capacity 4)K): stage, curtains, scenery all com-
plete; ,fl,Hi(i cash. Address D. C. BROW.V.
Star Theater, Box :!1, .Madisonville, Tex.
MOVING PICTURE THEATER, seating 250,
on main street in Bloomington, Illinois ; city of
.'lO.OUU ; good reason for selling ; big chance for
live wire Address G. W.. Gen. Del.. Blooming-
ton, 111.
FOR SALE.— Coleman Theater, Soulhington,
Conn., seating 800, fine building, large stage,
two machines, only place in good manufacturing
town : population 10,000 ; long lease ; price.
§o,Oi-Hi. half cash, balance easy terms ; real
bargain. Address CARL MICHELFELDER.
Montclair, N. J.
PALACE THEATER, Pleasantville, N. J. ;
Capacity 800 ; population of city. (i,O0<i, thickly
populated surrounding country to draw from ;
completely equipped ; no capital required, except
rent security ; a good proposition for a live
wire. Personal intei^iews only. Address S. M.
BRAUNSTEIN, 1420, Atlantic avenue, Atlantic
City. X. J.. owneV^."
EQUIPMENT WANTED.
PRINTING MACHINE WANTED— Step type
with pressure gate; used machine in good con-
dition. Name lowest price. .Address Wm. V. D.
KELLEY, lO.j Liberty street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE.
MOVING PICTURE CHAIRS.— 2,550, new;
9Sc each in small lots. Second hand chairs,
65c to 75c each on hand at all times. ATLAS
SEATING CO., 501 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.
BR.4SS POSTER FRAMES.— For one. three
and six sheets. .A.lso brass easels, brass railings.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
Co., Cincinnati, O. 101 4tli Ave., N. Y.
FOR SALE. — Powers' 6-A machine complete,
perfect condition, ,$165. Simplex only slightly
used, $195. Standard No. 4, complete, like new,
.$75. Edison Model "D" helical gears, two
months old, .$85. Edison rebuilt exhibition
model. .$50. Powers^ No. 5 with new and com-
plete equipment, ,$8.3. Compensarc. .$40. Model
"B" gas outfit. .$15. Machines perfi-ct ; no
Junk; fully guaranteed. We sell new machlncK
and take old outfits In part payment. STELZER
BROS.. 417 Broadway, Lincoln, III.
FILMS WANTED.
WA.NTED.- To buy one wild animal feature,
one sensational western feature, one detective
feature. Must be in fine condition, with plenty
of paper. Nothing less than three reels to a
subject. Territory must be unrestricted so they
may be played anywhere in the United States.
.■\. L. Brown, Orpheum Theater. Lansing, Mich.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
FOR SALE.— Twenty reels film all in perfect
condition, .$75 for lot. FREDERICKS, 2017 .\.
Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NEW E.NGLAND MANAGERS - Book the de-
lightful seven-reel feature, "David Copperfield. "
Exclusive rights owned by Dorva & Deleon, 17
Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
TEN THREE REEL FEATURES, good condi-
tion, plenty of paper, dirt cheap. FRED F.
GOODROW. Room :!14, .Masonic Temple Bldg.,
New Orleans, La.
SEVERAL COLD COPIES of weekly new.s
film for sale. All subjects are unique, interest-
ing and educational. Rare opportunity. Bar-
gain price. GAUMO.VT CO.. Flushing, N. Y.
HAVE SEVERAL three and four-reel features
for state of Michigan for sale; films in first-
class condition, each film having been run not
over 15 days, .\ddress F. D. NICHOLS, .\pollo
Theater, Grand Rapids, Mich.
FEATURES ON PERCENTAGE.— We furnish
reliable exchanges, big features never shown in
their localities on percentage. Full line ad-
vertising. Write for information. FIDELITY
FILM CO., 145 West 45th street. N. Y. City.
MR. STATE RIGHT BUYER.— Going to the
San Francisco Exposition? For sale to the
highest bidder, state right of California to "The
Siege and Fall of the Alamo." An historical and
powerful 4-reel feature of quality, spectacular
scenes, admirably acted. Infantry, cavalry,
artillery. Lecture, press matter, lobby display,
lantern slides, attractive lithos, paper 1-3 and
0-sheets. Address replies to JNO. R. BLACK,
516 Hicks Bldg., San Antonio, Texas.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
FOR SALE.
ELECTRIC PIANOS.— With keyboards .$140.
Orchestrion pianos with pipes $2.50 all guaran^
teed. Closing out electric piano business.
Every picture show has use for one. Send for
circular. J. F. Herman, 1420 Pa. Ave.. Wash-
ington. D. C.
F. O. NIELSEN, booking
"THE SPOILERS"
For the States of
OHIO, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INDIANA and ILLINOIS
(EXCEPT COOK COUNTY)
WRITE OR WIRE
720 SCHILLER BLDG., CHICAGO
1160
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During the staging of "THE WAR EXTRA," the
BLACHE players suddenly found themselves in the
midst of the bloody battle of Monclova. Cameraman
Charles Pin succeeded in photographing the terrible
onslaught of the Constitutionalist army upon the doomed
city, the smoking ruins of which are also seen in this
remarkable photodrama. Following the battle, the
BLACHE Actors were placed in a special train by
General Francisco Murguia and sent under heavy guard
to the United States Border Post at Eagle Pass, Texas.
BLftCHE FE/ITURES INC.
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1161
MB^mh mourn 5Lii$ATiON
3EnDin6 C0n5TITUriO/iAL/ST ^0LPIE.RS TO THE TROni
PRODUCED INT MEXICO
FORT LEE, NE\N JERSEY
1162
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEX
ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 1091
ADLER, MME. SARAH 108G
BANGS. FRANK C 1084
■BETTER MAN. THE" (Famous Players). .lOSTi
BRITISH NOTES 1081
CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES. .1122
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RE-
LEASES 1121
"CALL OF THE NORTH, THE" (Lasky) . .1080
CHICAGO LETTER 110.'!
"CHIMES. THE" (Hepworth) 107G
"CHIP OF THE FLYING V" (Selig) 1074
CHOOSING A LOCATION lO&S
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS I Licensed) . .109!)
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independ-
ent) 1100
"DEVILS FIDDLE. THE" (Apex) 1075
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 1087
EUROPEAN ARMIES IN ACTION 1079
EXHIBITORS' NEWS 1113
EXPRESSIONS OF LIFE 107:i
ASBESTOS SUPPLIES.
H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO 1134
CARBON IMPORTERS.
KIEWERT. CHARLES L.. CD 1170
ELECTRICAL & MECHAXIC.VL EQUIP-
MENT.
AMUSEMENT SUPPLY CO 1171
BELL & HOWELL CO., THE 1172
CANFIELD GAS ENGINE CO 1168
CALEHUFF SUPPLY CO 1168
DETROIT MOTOR SUPPLY' CO 1173
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 1167
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS 1140
FULTON, E. E 1172
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 1163
HALLBERG. J. H 1142
HOKE. GEORGE M. SUPPLY CO 1172
KLEI.NE OPTICAL CO 1066
LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 1168
PICTURE THEATER EQUIPMENT CO... 1153
SMITH, L. C. & CO 1172
STRE.XLINGER, CHARLES A.. & CO 1134
TYPHOO.N FAN CO 1162
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND M'F'G
CO 1136
MISCELLANEOUS FE-\TURE FILMS.
ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION 1133
ANIMA FILM RENTAL CO 1147
APEX FILM CO 1151
ARCTIC FILM CO 1157
BLACHE FEATURES, INC 1160-61
BROADWAY PICTURE PRODUCING CO. 1133
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO 1128
CLUNE FILM EXCHANGE 1145
COL. WM. F. CODY' (BUFFALO BILL)
HISTORICAL PICTURE CO 1039
COSMOFOTOFILM CO 1149
DRAMASCOPE CO., THE 1053
ECLECTIC FILM CO 1060
EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM CO 1172
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 1046-47
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO 1173
GENERAL FEATURE FILM CO 1134
HEPWORTH-AMERICAN FILM CO 1147
HOLLAND FILM MFG. CO 1141
INTERNATIONAL FILM TRADERS 1129
ITALA FILM CO. OF AMERICA 105S-.59
IVAN FILM PRODUCTIONS, INC 1143
KEANOGRAPH CO 10.54-.55
LASKEY. JESSE L.. FEATURE PLAT CO.. 1052
NEILSIEN. F. 0 11.59
0 Z FILM CO.. THE 1056
PICTURE PLAYHOUSE FILM CO 1121
RAMO FILMS, INC 1118-19
RENFAX FILM CO. INC 1057
RENOWNED PLAYERS FEATURE l'0...]172
TO CONTENTS.
F.\CTS AND CO.M.ME.VTS 1071
FEATURE FILM STORIES 1146
"FIRST RUNS" 1072
"S.l.OtXnOOO COU.NTERFEITING PLOT,
THE' (Dramascope) 108:!
"FORBIDDE.V TRAIL. THE" (Kleine) 1106
GARRITY. BABY 1089
"HE DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATH"
( Vitagraph i 1082
I.NDEPENDENT FILM STORIES 1138
I.VDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 1164
INQUIRIES .-. 1094
JE.NNINGS. LOUIS B 1102
"KAISER WILLIAM 11" (Kaiser Films).. 1086
KALEM FINDS BUSINESS EXCELLENT .. 1084
•KIT, THE ARKANSAW TRAVELER"
(Kalem) 1075
"LAST VOLUNTEER, THE" (Eclectic) 1081
■■L.A\- DOW.V Y'OUR ARMS" I Gl. Northern). 1078
LESSEY. GEORGE A 10S<)
TO ADVERTISERS.
SAWYER, A. H., INC 1048-49-50-51
WARNER'S FEATURES. I.\C 1132
WORLD FILM CORPORATION 1062-63, 1137
FILM EXCHANGES.
.\PEX FEATURE SERVICE 1148
BRADENBURGH, GEORGE W 1167
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO 1131
GREATER NEW Y'ORK FILM RENTAL.
Co 1166
LAtMMLE FILM SERVICE 1171
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 1131
INDEPENDENT FILM MANUF.\CTUR-
ERS.
AMERICAN FILM MANUFACTURING CO. .116.-.
GAUMONT CO 1139
MAJESTIC MOTIO.N PICTURE CO 1174
NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE CORPO-
H.4TI0-V 1043
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION 1038
t.MVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
1040-41-42
LENS MANUFACTURERS.
GUNDLACH-MANHATTAN OPTICAL CO... 1157
I.ICENSED FILM M.VNUF.4CTURERS.
BIOGRAPH COMPANY 112:;
prus'-iv THOMXS \ 1067
ESSANAY FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
HH4-45
KALEM CO 10711
KLEINE. GEORGE 1064-fi.".
LUniN MANUFACTURING CO 1068
PATHE FRERES 1061
SELIG POLYSCOPE CO 1175
VITAGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA 1069
MISCELLANEOUS.
B.AKR 4i BRU.XSWIG 1134
BOTANICAL DECORATING CO 1134
CENTAUR FILM CO 1170
CO.MMERCIAL FILMERS ■. 1017
CLASSIFIED .ADVERTISEMENTS 1159
CORCORAN. INC., A. J 1140
EASTMAN KODAK CO 1167
ESTRICH BROS 1134
FILM CORP. (care M. P. World) 1134
G. Y. Z. (care M. P. World) 1136
GUNBY BROS 1172
HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO 1153
INDUSTRIAL MOVING PICTURE CO 1172
KRAUS MANUFACTURING CO 1167
MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1169
N. S. T. CO 1131
NATIONAL MOVI.N'G PICTURE CO 1131
NATIONAL TICKET CO 1164
NATIONAL X-RAY REFLECTOR CO 1169
SCEN.ARIOS CRITinZEn 1131
LICENSED FILM STORIES 1127
LICENSED RELEASE DATES. 1166
MANUFACTURERS' ADVANCE NOTES 1108
MOVI.NG PICTURE EDUCATOR 1105
".NEXT IN COMMAND. THE" (Pasquale) . .1107
.NOTES OF THE TR.A.DE 1112
OBSERVATIONS BY M.AN ABOUT TOWN. 1090
PHOTO PLAYWRIGHT. THE 1093
PICTURE THEATRES PROJECTED 1111
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 1095
ROTH, EUGENE H 1111
"SHOCKINGLY' MISINFORMED' 1082
SUBMARINE PICTURES ON EXHIBITION.llOr,
"U.NCLE TOM'S CABIN" ( World) 1077
"V.A.LLEY OF THE MOON, THE" (Bos-
worth) 1079
VITAGRAPH THEATRE CHANGES BILL.. 1085
WILLIAMS. EARLE 1077
WILLIAMS, ESTHA 1087
STANDARD ENGR.WI.NG CO 1131
STANDARD MOTIO.V PICTURE CO 1172
TEEVI.NS CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL. .1136
THEATRE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE 1134
THEATRE RECORDS PUBLISHING CO... 1134
TRADE CIRCULAR ADDRESSING CO 1172
UNITED FILM CO 1134
UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO. (Scenario
Dept.) 1172
VITAGRAPH CO. (Scenario Dept.) 1168
WY.A.NOAK PUBLISHING CO 1170
MOTION PICTURE C.\MER-». M.\NUFAC-
TURERS.
SCHNEIDER. EBERHARD 1018
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
A.MERICAN PHOTO PLAYER CO 1131
DEAGAN. J. C 1130
LYON & HEALY 1171
SEEBURGH. J. P.. PIANO CO 1157
SIN.N. CLARENCE E 1173
OPER-4 CH.4IR M.\NUF.*CTURERS.
AMERICAN SEATING CO 1173
.\NDREWS. A. H.. CO 1173
BE.NNETT SEATING CO 1173
HARDESTY' MANUFACTURING CO 1173
STEEL FURNITURE CO 1173
WISCO.NSI.N SEATING CO 1173
POSTERS .\N'D FR.\»IES.
AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO 1122
HENNEGAN & CO 1167
NEWMAN MANUFACTURl.NG CO 1130
THEATRE SPECIALTY CO 1131
PROJECTION M.\CHINE M.\NUF.\CTUR-
ERS.
E.XTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 1170
ERNEMAN.N PHOTO-KINO WORKS 1169
PHANTOSCOPE MANUF.A.CTURING CO... 1155
POWER, NICHOLAS 1176
PRECISION M.\CHINE CO 1125
PROJECTION SCREEN M.*NUF.4CTUR-
ERS.
DAY & NIGHT SCREEN CO 1137
.TONES. S. H 1171
CENTER, J. H.. CO 1168
MIRROR SCREEN CO 1172
SONG .\ND .ADVERTISING SLIDES.
ERKER BROS 1168
GLOBE PHOTO SERVICE 1155
MOORE. AUBBELL & CO 1172
UTILITY TRANSPARENCY CO 1167
THEATRICAL .\RCHITECTS.
DECOKATOKS' SUPPLY CO 1171
VENTILATION COOLING HEATING
Heating and cooling problem revolutionized by Typhoon System.
You keep cool in front of a desk fan and not in back; apply this com-
mon sense and blow the air into your theatre.
A 4S" Typhoon Multiblade Blower has sixteen blades, an ordinary
exhaust fan has six; it is the blades that do the business.
A Typhoon Tubular Air Warmer will heat and ventilate at the same
time.
The low price of effective apparatus will surprise you. Catalogue
1
"W" gives information.
TYPHOON FAN CO.
NEW YORK CITY ^
1544 BROADWAY
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1163
"The Rectifier
for handling
Lyric Amusement Company
Operating High Grade Motion Picture The
atres
is the solution
A.C. Current"
H. H. Johnson, President
Champaign, Illinois
"Any manager that says that perfect results can be accomplished on
A.C. current with a rheostat or these so called transformers is blind to
his own interests, because it costs a little more to have PERFECT results.
According to my investigations along this line, I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THAT THE RECTIFIER IS THE SOLUTION FOR HANDLING A.C. CURRENT; a rotary con-
verter, or motor generator, will give good results; that is, it will make
you direct current, but the first cost is lots more and the efficiency
is less.
If I were to open a new house in a town where I could get either a.c.
or d.c, I would use the a.c. with the rectifier, although d.c. would cost
less to start with, but the rectifier with its first cost would soon pay
for itself in the difference in your current bills, then you get away from
the troublesome rheostat.
If you want any information regarding the rectifier just let me know;
if you have any one that must be shown send them to me and I will surely
put them wise,"
H. H. JOHNSON
The above tells the story in a nutshell of the G-E Mercury
Arc Rectifier.
Shall we send you further particulars in Booklet B-3274 ?
General Electric Company
General Office
Schenectady, N. Y.
SALES OFFICES IN ALL LARGE CITIES
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1164
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEPENDENT
RELEASE DATES
AMERICAN.
Aug. 24 — This is th' Life (Two Parts— Dr)
Aug. 26 — Lodging for a Night (Drama)
Aug 28 — The Souk of the Sea Shell (Dr.)
Aug. 31 — The Aftermath (Two Parts — Drama).
Sept. 3— The WroDg Birds (Drama)
BEAUTY.
Aug. 11 — Suzanna's New Suit (Com-Dr. )
Aug 18 — The Silence of John Gordon (Com-
Dr.)
Aug. 25 — Susie's New Shoes (Comedy-Drama).
"lOl" BISON.
Aug. 15 — The Oublette (Three Parts — Drama).
Aug. 22 — The Lure of the Geisha (Two Parts —
tirama )
Aug. 29 — Law of the Lumberjaclt (Two Parts —
Drama) ". . . .
BRONCHO.
Aug. 12 — Shorty and the Fortune Teller (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 19 — The Robbery at. Pine River (Two
Parts — Drama i
Aug. 26 — The Sheriffs Sister (Two Parts —
Drama)
CRYSTAL.
Aug. 11 — Some Crooks ( Comedy)
— Willie's Disguise (Comedy)
Aug. 18 — Vivian's Best Fellow (Comedy)
Aug. 2.3 — Barreled (Comedy)
— Bashful Ben (Comedy)
DOMINO.
Aug. 13 — A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 20 — The Defaulter (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 27— The Village 'Neath the Sea (Two
Parts — Drama )
ECLAIR.
Aug. 12 — The Price Paid (Two Parts — Political
Drama)
Aug. 16 — A Pearl of Great Price (Society Dr.)
Aug. 19 — Bransford in Arcadia (Three Parts —
Western Drama)
Aug. S.'? — The Miracle ( Drama)
lug. 2(5 — The Character Woman (Two Parts —
Drama)
tug. 30— Mosquite Petes Fortune (Western-
Drama)
FRONTIER.
Aug. l(i — Memories of Years Ago (Drama)
Aug. 2.*! — The Strange Signal (Drama)
Aug. 30 — The Janitor's Son ( Drama )
GOLD SEAL.
Aug. 11— The Trey o' Hearts (Series No. 3)
(White Water) (Two Parts— Dr) . .
Aug. IS— The Trey o' Hearts, Series No. 3
(The Seaventure) (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 25— The Trey o' Hearts. No. 4— Dead
Reckoning (Two Parts — Drama)
IMP.
Aug. 13 — Universal Boy (Series No. 3 — Com-
edy— Travelogue)
Aug. 17 — Love's Refrain (Drama)
Aug. 20— On the High Seas (Two Parts— Dr.)..
Aug. 24 — Jim Webb. Senator (Three Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 27 — Universal Boy in the Chinese Mys-
tery (Juvenile-Drama)
JOKER.
Aug. 15 — What Happened to Schultz (Com.).
Aug. 19 — Pass Key No. 2 (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — The Diamond Nippers (Comedy)
iug. 26 — The Little Automogobile (Comedy).
*.ug. 29 — Well: Well! (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — The Face on the Barroom Floor
( Comedy)
Aug. 13 — Recreation (Comedy)
— The Yosemite (Educational)
Aug. 15 — Such a Cook (Comedy)
Aug. 17 — That Minstrel Man (Comedy)
Aug. 20— Those Country Kids (Comedy)
KOMIC.
Aug. 16 — Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 of the
"Bill" Series — Comedy)
Aug. 23 — A Physical Culture Romance (C}om.)..
Aug. 30 — Bill. No. 5 — Bill Organizes a Union
(Comedy )
MAJESTIC.
Aug. 18 — The Inner Conscience (Drama)
Aug. 21 — A Lesson in Mechanics (Drama)....
Aug. 23 — The Second Mrs. Roebuck (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 25 — Granny ( Drama)
Aug. 30 — Frenchy (Two Parts — Drama)
NESTOR.
Aug. 14 — On Rugged Shores (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Creeping Flame (Western Dr.)..
Aug. 21 — A Lucky Deception (Two Parts —
Comedy )
\ug. 26 — A Miner's Romance ( Western-Dr. ) . .
Aug. 28 — For Love or Money (Comedy)
POWERS.
Aug. 14 — The Barnstormers (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Divorcee ( Drama )
.\ug. 28 — This Is the Lite (Comedy)
PRINCESS.
Aug. 14 — A Rural Romance (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Belle of the School (Comedy-
Drama)
Aug. 28 — The Keeper of the Light (Drama)....
RELIANCE.
Aug. 15 — The Wagon of Death (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 17 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 31 (News)
Aug. 19 — Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle (Com.)..
Aug. 22 — For the Last Edition (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 24 — Our Mutual Girl, No. 32 (News)...
Aug. 26 — The Stolen Ore (Drama)
Aug. 29 — Through the Dark (Two Parts — Dr.)
REX.
Aug. 13 — Through the Flames (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 16 — The Hedge Between (Drama)
Aug. 20 — A Bowl of Roses (Drama)
Aug. 2^ — The Hole in the Garden Wall (Dr.)..
Aug.. 27 — For the Secret Service (Two Parts —
Drama)
.Aug. 30 — Out of the Depths (Drama)
ROYAL.
Aug. 15 — Cupid Dances a Tango (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — His Long Lost Friend (Comedy)....
Aug. 29 — .\ Run for His Monev (Comedy)
STERLING.
\ae. 17 — His Wife's Flirtation (Comedy)
— Close to Nature (Educational)
Aug. 2ri — Lost in the Studio (Juvenile Com.),.
Aug. 24 — A Rural -\ffair (Juvenile-Comedy)...
Aug. 27 — Snookee's Disguise (Comedy)
THANHOUSER.
Aug. 16 — Her Big Brother (Drama)
Aug. 18 — McCarn Plays Fate (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 23 — A Dog's Good Deed (Drama)
Aug. 25 — Conscience ( Two Parts — Drama) ....
Aug. 30 — Arty the Artist (Comedy)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
Aug. 11 — Universal Ike, Jr., in the Dangers of
a Great City (Drama)
Aug. 18 — Universal Ike, Jr., on His Honey-
moon ( Comedy)
Aug. 25 — Universal Ike at the Dance of Little
L. O. (Comedy)
VICTOR.
Aug. 17 — Weights and Measures ( Two Parts
— Political Drama)
Aug. 21 — The Slavey's Romance (Drama)
Aug. 24 — There is a Destiny (Drama)
Aug. 28 — Counterfeiters (Two Parts — Drama)..
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August — The War Extra (Four Parts — Top.)..
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-The Masked Motive (Five Parts — Dr.)
-Perils of Pauline No. 11 (Two Parts —
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-Get Out and Get Under (Comedy)
-All Love Excelling (Three Parts — Dr.)
-The Siren (Five Parts — Drama)
-The Masher's Mishap (Comedy)
-Nick Winter and the Lost Prince
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July 20— The Scales of Justice (Five Parts —
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Aug. 10 — The Better Man (Four Parts — Dr.)..
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July 25 — The Curse of the Scarabee Ruby (Dr.)
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GEORGE KLEINE.
-August— .Anne Boleyn (Three Parts — Drama)..
•August — A Kingdom at Stake (Three Parts —
Drama )
August — Othello ( Five Parts — Drama)
HEPWORTH-.AMERICAN.
-August — The Tragedy of Basil Grieve (Three
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August — The Girl from the Sky (Comedy Dr.)..
Aug. 29 — The Chimes (Three Parts — Drama)..
— The Terror of the Air (Two Parts —
Drama)
HISTORICAL PICTURE CO.
-August — The Indian Wars (Five Parts — Dr.)..
IVAN FILM PRODUCTIONS.
Aug. 25 — Sins of the Parents (Five Parts— Dr.)
ITALA.
August — Cablria ( Twelve Parts — Drama )
THE KAISER FILM CO.
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Aug. 14 — The Stigma (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 21 — The Winning of Denise (Two Parts —
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Aug. 28 — The Old Love's Best (Two Parts — Dr.)
KEYSTONE.
Aug. 6 — A New York Girl (Two Parts — Com.)
Aug. 8 — A Coats Tale ( Comedy)
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July — Dan (Five Parts — Comedy Drama).
August — The Nightingale (Drama)
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July — The Secret Seven (4 parts — Drama)...
July — The Midnight Marriage (4 parts — Dr.)..
August — The Devil's Fiddler (Three Parts-
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Aug. 15
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Julv 13 — The Man on the Box (5 parts — Drama)
-Aug. 10 — The Call of the North (Five Parts —
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August — Northern Lights (Five Parts — Drama)
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August — The War of Wars, or the Franco-Ger-
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August — Zingara (Three Parts — Drama)
August — Her Brother's Disgrace (Three Parts —
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Aug. 3 — The Tragedy of Room 17 (Three Parts
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Aug. 10 — The Day of Reckoning (Three Parts —
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Aug. 17 — The Eagle's Refuge (Three Parts —
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Aug. 24 — Across the Border (Three Parts — Dr.)
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re;lease days.
Monday — Biograph. Edison. Essanay, Kalem.
Pathe, Selig, Vitagraph.
Tuesday — Edison. Essanay, Kalem, Geo. Kleine,
Pathe, Lubin. Melies, Selig, Vitagraph.
Wednesday — Edison, Essanay, Kalem, Lubin.
Melies, Selig, Pathe, Vitagraph.
Thursday — Biograph. Essanay, Lubin, Melies,
Selig. Vitagraph.
Friday — Edison. Essanay. Kalem, Selig,
Lubin, Vitagraph.
Saturday — Biograph. Edison, Essanay. Kalem.
Lubin. Melies, Selig. Vitagraph.
BIOGRAPH.
Aug. 8 — They Would Bandits Be (Comedy)..
— The Deadly Cheroot (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — The Condemning Hand (Drama)
Aug. 13 — The Mix-Up at Murphy's (Comedy)...
— Cheering Mr. Goodheart (Comedy)....
Aug. 15 — The District Attorney's Burglar (Dr.).
Aug. 17 — Tim. the Terror iComedy)
— The Game of Freeze-Out (Comedy) . .
Aug. 20 — The Smuggler's Wife (Drama)
Aug. 1.1' — The Gypsy Talisman (Drama I
EDISON.
Aug. 8 — One Touch of Nature (Comedy)
Aug. 10 — All for a Tooth (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — A Tale of Old Tucson (Drama)
Aug. 12 — Andy Learns to Swim (Ninth Adven-
ture of Andy — Comedy)
Aug. 14 — The One Who Loved Him Best (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — While the Tide Was Rising (Drama).
Aug. 17 — The Adventure of the Pickpocket
(Eighth of the Octavius. Amateur
Detective, series — Comedy)
Aug. 18— By the Aid of a Film (Tenth of
"The Man Who Disappeared" Series
— Drama )
Aug. 19— The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Gilded Kidd (Special — Two Parts
— Comedy)
Aug. 22 — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
Aug. 24 — Nearly a Widow ( Comedy)
Aug. 25 — The Mystery of the Octagonal Room
(Tenth of "The Chronicles of Cleek"
Series — Drama )
Aug. 2fi — The South African Mines (Industrial).
— Buster and His Coat (Comedy)
Aug. if^The Birth of the Star-Spangled Ban-
ner (Special — Two Farts — Drama)..
Aug. 2!i — Treasure Trove ( Drama)
ESSANAY.
Aug. 8 — Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke (Drama).
Aug. 10 — Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — Stopping the Limited (Com. Dr.)
Aug. 12 — The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel
and Father's Second Time on Earth
( Comedy)
Aug. 13 — Slippery Slim and His Tombstone
( Comedy )
Aug. 14 — A Gentleman of Leisure (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — Broncho Billy Wins Out ( Drama) . . .
Aug. 17 — Sweedie and the Double Exposure
( Comedy i
Aug. 18 — The Black Signal (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Fable of the Two Mandolin Play-
ers and the Willing Performer
( Comedy i
Aug 20 — Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent
(Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Masked Wrestler (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 22 — Broncho Billys Wild Ride (Drama)..
Aug. 24 — Sweedie Springs a Surprise (Com.)...
Aug. IC. — Two Men Who Waited t Drama I . . . .
.\ug. 2U — The Fable of "The Difference Between
Learning and Learning How"
( Comedy)
.\ug. 27— Slippery Slim and the Fortune Tell-
er ( Western-Comedy)
Aug. 28 — Seven Sealed Orders (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 29 — Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
(Western-Drama)
KALEM.
Aug. 8 — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Rajah's Vow ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 11 — Old Man Higgenhotham's Daughter
( Drama)
Aug. 12 — At the End of the Rope (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 14 — A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)....
Aug. 15 — Near Death's Door ( Drama)
Aug. 17 — The Old .\rmy Coat (Special — ^Two
Parts — Drama )
.\ug. 18 — The Storm at Sea ( Drama)
.4ug. 19 — The Bond Eternal (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 21 — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
.Aug. 22 — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama)
.\ug. 24 — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 25 — The Counterfeiter's Plot (Drama)
-Aug. 26— The Cave of Death (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
-\ug. 28 — When Men Wear Skirts ( Comedy i....
Aug. 20— The Car of Death ( Drama)
GEORGE KLEINE.
July 14 — The Rival Actresses (Cines — Special —
2 parts — Drama)
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 4 — When War Threatens ( Cines-Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 11 — The Forbidden Trail (Celio — Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
.\ug. 18 — When the Beacon Failed (Cines Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama)
LUBIN.
Aug. 8 — Love' and Flames ( Comedy)
Aug. 11 — He Wanted Work (Comedy)
— The Cook Next Door (Comedy)
.\ug. 12 — The Downward Path (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 13 — The Heart Rebellious (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. ^4 — Latin Blood (Drama)
Aug. 15 — They Bought a Boat (Comedy)
— The Puncture Proof Sock Man (Com.)
Aug. 18 — Back to the Farm (Comedy)
Aug. 19 — The Dreamer (Special — Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 20 — His Brother's Blood (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 21 — The Love of Ora San ( Drama)
Aug. 22 — Sometimes It Works (Comedy)
— Making .\untie Welcome (Comedy)...
.^ug. 25 — The Widow and the Twins (Comedy).
— The Luckv Rube (Comedy)
.Aug. 2<j — The Attorney's Decision (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
.■\ug. 27 — The Aggressor (Special — Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 28 — The Better Man (Drama)
.Aug. 29 — The Kid's Nap (Comedy)
MELIES.
.\ug. 8 — Gratitude (Special — Two Parts — Dr.).
Aug. 11 — The Burglar Alarm ( Comedy)
Aug. 12 — Sinews of the Dead (Drama)
.Aug. 13 — A King by Force (Comedy)
Aug. l.S — The Biltmore Diamond ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 1.5 — Voice of the Bells (Special — Two
Part^ — ^Drama)
Aug. 18— A Slight Mistake (Comedy)
Aug. 10— Children of Fatality (Drama)
Aug. 20 — .A Surprising Encounter (Comedy) . . .
— -A Mason's New Assistant (Comedy)..
.Aug. 20 — The Bulltrainer's Revenge (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 22 — The Tell-Tale Photograph (Drama)..
PATHE.
Aug. 4 — Training Army Dogs (Sweden)
(Military-Edu.)
A Basque Wedding (Manners and
Customs)
Aug. 5 — Bathe's Weekly, No. 48 (News)......
Aug. 10 — From Grenoble to Aix Les Bains
(Travel)
Aug. 10 — Typical Russian Dances (Dancing)...
— A Rousing Reception (Comedy)
Aug. 11 — The Art of the Furrier (Vocational) . .
Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay)
( Educational )
Aug. 12 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 49 (News)
Aug. 17 — Dakar, the Principal Port of Sene-
gal, French West Africa (Travel)..
— Military Trained Dogs, Belgium (Mil.)
-Aug. 18 — Cairo, the- Capital of Egypt (Travel).
— Uriage and Vicinity (Scenic)
Aug. 19 — Pathe's Weekly, No. 50, 1914 (News).
SELIG.
Aug. 8 — Carmelita's Revenge (Drama)
Aug. 10 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 47
( News )
Aug. 10 — Willie (Special — Two Parts^Comedy)
Aug. 11 — The Jungle Samaritan (Drama)
Aug. 12 — The Family Record (Drama)
Aug. 13 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 48
(News)
-Aug. 14 — Meller Drammer (Comedy)
—The Day of the Dog (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — Nan's Victory (Comedy-Eframa)
Aug. 17— The Speck on the Wall (Special— Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 17 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 49
( News)
-Aug. IS— If at First You Don't Succeed (Com.-
Drama)
Aug. 19 — When a Woman's 40 (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 20 — Hearst-Selig News Pittorial, No. 50
(News)
Aug. 21 — The Reveler ( Comedy)
Aug. 22 — What Became of Jane? (Drama)
-Aug. 24 — The White Mouse (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
-Aug. 24 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 51
( News )
.Aug. 25— The Sealed Oasis (Drama)
-Aug. 20 — The Decision of Jim O'Parrell
(Drama)
Aug. 27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 52
( News)
-Aug. 2.8 — -A Low Financier (Comedy)
— Breaking Into Jail ( Comedy)
-Aug. 29 — The Harbor of Love (Drama)
VITAGRAPH.
Aug. 8 — The House On the Hill (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
-Aug. 10 — Through Life's Window ( Drama)
Aug. 11 — David Garrick (Special — Two Parts —
Comedy Drama )
Aug. 12 — The New Stenographer (Comedy)
Aug. 13 — The Horse Thief ( Drama)
Aug. 14 — Polishing Up (Comedy)
.Aug. 15 — The Wheat and the Tares (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
.Aug. 17 — Private Dennis Hogan (Drama)
-Aug. 18 — -An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 10 — Taken by Storm (Comedy Drama)...
.Aug. 20 — The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
.Aug. 21 — The Honeymooners (Comedy)
.Aug. 22 — Lily of the Valley (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 24 — Ward's Claim (Western — Drama)
-Aug. 25 — Rainy, the Lion Killer (Special — Two
Parts — Comedy )
Aug. 26 — Josie's Declaration of Independence
(Comedy)
Aug. 27 — The Mysterious Lodger (Drama)
Aug. 28 — Such a Hunter (Comedy)
-Aug. 29 — Josie's Coney Island Nightmare
(Special — Two Parts — Comedy) ....
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THE MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE COMPANY
Releases for Its Two Part Feature
FRENCHY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
WESTERN CHARACTER COMEDY DRAMA
ADAPTED FROM GEORGE PATTULLO'S
SHORT STORY OF THE SAME NAME.
The regular Majestic one reel release for Tuesday, August 25th
GRANNY
Featuring the inimitable favorite
DOROTHY GISH
a
Dorothy Gish
The Komic release for August 23d
A PHYSICAL CULTURE ROMANCE"
introduces for the first time in pictures
MARGARET EDWARDES
who has been pronounced the most perfect example
of physical development in the world.
THE MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
(In which we try to tell only the truth about all Majestic releases)
THE INNER CONSCIENCE (1 reel! Release date, Tuesday, August 18th— An interesting drama of fisher folk
(airly Avell produced, with beautiful sea shore backgrounds.
A LESSON IN MECHANICS (1 reel) Release date, Friday. August 21st— Another pleasing comedy drama
with Robert Harron and Dorothy Gish as young sweethearts.
THE SECOND MRS. ROEBUCK (2 reels) Release date, Sunday, August 23d— An interesting society drama
featuring Blanche Sweet in an attractive part. Photo drama adapted from short story in Smart Set Magazine.
GRANNY (1 reel) Release date, Tuesday, August 2Sth— A picture of pathos and humor with Dorothy Gish in
the leading part.
FRENCHY (2 reels) Release date. Sunday, August 30— A George Pattullo feature of which we can tell you
more next week. '
Studio,
4500 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
Business Offices :
29 Union Sq. West,
New York City
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FEATURES
PROFITABLE SELIG PICTURES
THEY WILL GET THE MONEY
DEMAND THEM AT YOUR EXCHANGE. SAY YOU WANT SELIG'S
IN TUNE WITH THE WILD
2RI(J (Already Released)
Startling, thrilling and vivid Selig Jungle-Zoo 3-reel picture.
Criir Feataring KATHLYN WILLIAMS
^^^^^ CHIP OF THE FLYING "U" ^^T^)
A, hilariouslv lunnv Selig western comedy. In Three Reels.
Featuring KATHLYN WILLIAMS as the "little doctor."
OTHER BIG SELIG PICTURES COMING. DON'T MISS THEM
SELIG CURRENT RELEASES AUGUST 24-29 _
RELEASED AUGUST 27
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial
RELEASED AUGUST 28
A Low Financier
(Split Reel.) .
A SELIG FARCE COMEDY. On same reel with
BREAKING INTO JAIL. .\ pair o£ excruciatingly
funnv comedies full of laughs.
RELEASED AUGUST 29
The Harbor of Love
A TYPICAL SELIG DR.\MA, in One Reel. Demon-
strating the result of an imperious call of love.
RELEASED AUGUST 29
Chip of the Flying "U"
3 Reels.
.\ BIG SELIG SPECI.'VL FEATURE. A Western com-
edy in which K.\THLYN WILLIAMS plays the leading
part as the ''little doctor."
"THE SPOILERS"— State rights for sale. Write di-
rect to our General Offices, 20 East Randolph St., Chi-
cago, III.
RELEASED AUGUST 24
The White Mouse
In Two Reels.
A SELIG DR.\M.\ OF THE SXOWS— Featuring BES-
SIE EYTON in an intensely interesting and thrilling
story.
RELEASED AUGUST 24
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial
RELEASED AUGUST 2S
The Sealed Oasis
In One Reel
A SELIG DESERT TRAGEDY'— Featuring GUY
OLr\'ER in a tale of toll of the sands of the desert.
RELEASED AUGUST 26
The Decision of Jim O'Farrell
-A. SELIG MELODR.\M.\ in One Reel— Featuring WM.
STOWELL, in a heart-drama, illustrating the code of
love.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL
Twice a week — Mondays and Thursdays
The best and most skilled camera artists with every army in Europe. Show the
latest and most interesting news pictures in your theatre.
WATCH OUT FOR BIG WAR NEWS PICTURES!
FIRST IN WAR— FIRST IN PEACE— FIRST IN POPULARITY
Demand HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL at your E.xchange.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORI-'\L canvas streamer, ten feet long.
Order a
In three colors.
Price, only 3Sc.
"THE ROSARY" — Xow being produced in the great Selig 2-million dollar studio,
will be a big hit. The scenario is from Rowland & Clittord's soul-inspiring play.
Four-color posters can be supplied for all Selig releases. Order from your Exchange, or
direct from our General Offices.
The Selig Polyscope Company
General OfRces, 20 East Randolph St, Chicago, III.
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NINETY GOLD STREET
NEW YORK CITY
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The startling story by Harold
MacGrath, the exceptional motion-pic-
tures, the all-star cast enacting this play, the $10,-
000.00 offer for the best 100 word solutioa— these things are re-
sponsible for the public's keen interest in The Million Dollar Mystery. The result
is PACKED HOUSES everywhere on "Million Dollar Mystery Night."
THE
MILLION
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story by Harold MacGrath Scenario by Lloyd Lonergan
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
10 two-reel episodes have already been
released. The entire production -will take 23 ep-
isodes. One episode released each week. Many great thrills are
still coming. The Million Dollar Mystery is an independent release and maybe
obtained regardless of the regular program being used. Bookings may be arranged by apply-
ing at once to
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W. 23rd Slreel. New York Room 411. S S. Wabash Avenue. Chicago
or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at Any Mutual Exchaniie In the United States and Canada
THE THANHOLSER THREE-A-WEEK
Tuvadsy* Auif. 2.Sth. "Conscience,** A two-reel drama of modern life, featuring Irving Cummings, Mignon And
erson. Mrs. Farrington, Edward X. Hoyt. Eugene Moore, Jr.. E. C. Ward and N. S. Woods.
Sunday. Auif. 30lh* **Arly 1 he Arllsl."' A clever one-reel comedy and love story, featuring Vic Forsythe. Lydia
Mead. Fan Bourke, Justus D Barnes and Mr. Crane.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New Rochelle, N. Y,
Head European Oiflce, Thanhouser Films, Ltd., London, W. CEniiland
Thaahouser releases will coatlaue to be features of the Mutual Program
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Three Big Laughs
Three Big Thrills
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
Released Monday, August 31
'Love and Soda'
A side-splitting comedy, in which a plumber shows his marksman-
ship in hurling eggs.
Released Tuesday, September 1
"No. 28, Diplomat"
How a little clerk played Cupid and made possible her own marriage.
Adapted from the Munsey Magazines.
Released Wednesday, September 2
THE FABLE OF
"The Regular Beanery and the Peachy
Newcomer"
By GEORGE ADE
How the opcupants of a "Hash Repository" discover the Beautiful
New Boarder is a Married Woman.
LILLIAN DREW
Released Thursday, September 3
"When Macbeth Came to Snakeville"
As usual, an extremely funny comedy, showing how Sophie nearly
frightened a "ham actor" to death with a butcher knife.
Released Friday, September 4
"Under Royal Patronage"
(in Two Acts) ^"1
Adapted froRi the Munsey Maga^itieS. ^
One of the most realistic dramas of the year, with gofg^eotis Euf(5*
bean settings and costumes that alone make it distinctive and unusual.-
FRANXIS X. BUSHMAN featured.
Released Saturday, September 5
"Broncho Billy, the Vagabond"
A heart interest drama in which Broncho risks being hanged to getS
food for a starving family— featuring G. '^^ '
Superb Films
Famous Stars
Unequaled Service
;. M. ANDERSON. |
G. M. ANDERSO.N
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MARGARET JOSLIN
as the famous '*Sophie Clutts"
Laboratory and Studios. 133 Argyle St., Chicago. Downtown Offices 152 First
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SAWYER'S FEATURES
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SAWYER HAS BEEN SECURING PICTURES
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Twenty-five Features NOW
Ten More in SEPTEMBER
IN OCTOBER=WELL
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Before
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Federal St.
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State Film Co.. 60 Bank St.
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Bosworth's first appearance since his masterful production of the Sea Wolf. Mr. Bosworth
is admittedly the leading legitimate screen actor of the world. The Odyssey of the North is
easily his masterpiece.
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The Patchwork
Girl of Oz
Was recently given a preliminary^ showing to 3500 people at the Los Angeles Athletic
Club. The crowd was carried away with enthusiasm. Endless laughter and applause
greeted scene after scene.
"Taking it all in all, nothing of its kind has ever been seen before, and from a
commercial standpoint, The Patchwork Girl of Oz will be a drawing card throughout
the world for years to come," says one review.
"The scenic set-
tings are the most
wonderful ever
made."
"The costuming
was pronounced the
most wonderful and
elaborate ever seen
in any picture."
"A splendor that
is far above imagi-
nation."
"The children
laughed to their
hearts' delight and
the grown-ups
became children
again."
We are now busily producing our second Big Feature Film— another winner!
This is a photo-visualization of L. Frank Baum's
The Magic Cloak of Oz
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The King of the Bowery
(FOUR PARTS)
Real Life in New York's Most Interesting Locality
SEE
The Bowery The Bread Line
The Political Ball The East Side Election
The Christmas Dinner to the Poor
All Actual Views of the Bowery and shown in this
DRAMATIC SENSATION
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Appropriateness is the scafiFolding of success. The best speech given ^ ^ T A T>
at the wrong time falls flat and it's the same with moving pictures— Vv A Ix
they must be timely. All Eclectic releases are timely. Today your " ^ *^ ""^
patrons want war pictures and the Eclectic has on hand the most complete set of multiple reels featur-
mg European War obtamable. Don't hesitate — be appropriate.
HERE THEY ARE-The Eclectic's Offering of War=Time Feature Films
The Last
Volunteer
A 5- reel American made
patriotic drama, showing
how International rela-
tions are strained and
broken. Laid at the seat
of the present war So
real you can see the dam-
age of the bullets. War
on land and in the air— a
faithful presentation of
modern engines of de-
struction and the result-
ing carnage. Wonderful
1, 3, 6 and 24-sheet Post-
ers.
Faithful
Unto Death
France and Germany in
their relentless struggle
for the mastery of Eu-
rope. A rousing 4-part
war drama showing actual
engagements and the pa-
thetic sacrifice of a wo-
man to aid her nation.
Bursting bombs, blown-
up bridges, severed tele-
graph wires, sparing none
of the horrors of war. 1,
3, 6 and 34-sheet posters.
"War is
Hell"
4 reels in natural colors,
featuring modern war in
the air. An aeroplane
duel, burning war bal-
loons, and the last des-
perate stand of a fallen
aviator are incidents of
this unsually absorbing
film. 1, 3 and 6 sheet Post-
ers— the kind that get the
crowcL
Napoleon
Warfare by one man
against the whole of Eu-
rope, which is comparable
with the present situation
of the German Emperor.
A historic drama recount-
ing the meteoric career of
the world's most famous
warrior in the last great
struggle for European su-
premacy. 1, 3 and 6-sheet
Posters.
All Love
Excelling
Another war-time story
in 3 reels— a tale of a
woman's undying devo-
tion, which carries her
through the Crimean War
—France and England at
war with Russia. 1, 3 and
6-sheet Posters.
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Napoleon of Baseball Shines as Pho-
toplay Star in Detective Swift
In this release, a 3 part detective story, Manager
McGraw proves his skill as a moving picture actor
in the leading role. The plot deals with the detec-
tive's pursuit of an International crook. Real Arabs
on a real desert are connected with this story, which
draws World Series crowds.
In the
Lions' Den
A 3 part feature in natural
colors showing, the adven-
tures of a day old bride-
groom among the lions of a
former sweetheart. The
woman, a prominent moving
picture actress, is the posses-
sor of jealousy as wild and
untrammeled as that of her
great African cats and she
betrays her faithless lover to
their mercy. A great climax
to scenes of intense excite-
ment.
Eclectic 4-a-Week
Monday — The Perils of Pauline every two weeks.
Short subjects alternate weeks.
Tuesday — American one or two reel comedy.
Wednesday — Super-excellent multiple reel pro-
duction.
Friday — Surpassing attraction of several reels.
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The Perils
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Pauline stepped into favor
with her first bow on the
screen and she stepped into
trouble too. With each epi-
sode she steps into more
trouble but she always steps
out again while she stays in
favor. She's so entertaining
— that's what makes her the
favorite with patrons, and
she's so reliable — that's what
makes her the favorite with
exhibitors. She can be de-
pended upon to fill the house
always.
Pauline Fills Your Seats and
Doubles Your Receipts.
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people what they Avant at rates satisfactory to all.
You make the rates and
THE
PATHE DAILY NEWS
will oive vour patrons what they want just when
they want it. Just now they want war news and
the" P \THE WAR NEWS will show them more
about 'the war in Europe than any other medium.
Get new patrons-hold them-now's the time to do
it and the PATHE DAILY NEWS IS THE WAY
TO DO IT. (Issued semi-weekly.)
The Pathe Daily News
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Ave -Omaha, 1312 Farnam St.; Chicago, 5 So. Wabash Ave ; San Fran-
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Main St.; Dallas, Andrews Bldg.; St. Louis, 3210 Locust St.; Los
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Five Parts (5071 Feet)
Quite the Most Beautiful, Realistic and Absorbing
Novel the Famous English Novelist Has Yet Written
A Man Buried as Dead, returning to consciousness
in his coffin, knocking it by his struggles from its
niche in the wall; thereby breaking open a casket
filled with jewels; smashing his way out the tomb
to his castle only to find his wife and dearest friend
unfaithful to him; plotting a revenge Hellish in its
execution; the killing of his faithless wife in that
self-same tomb by earthquake the night of his
second marriage to her — these are the essentials
of a story we firmly believe unrivaled in the annals
of filmed Novels. One thrill treads upon the foot-
steps of another. Pantomime finds its highest ex-
pression in "X'ENDETTA."
The settings are more than beautiful — the pho-
:ography as clear and brilliant as a mountain stream.
In "\'EXDETTA" we otfer all that is possible in
Motion Photography.
For Release Through Special Feature Depart-
ment, General Film Company, September 1
(Complete publicity campaign, including 1, 3 and 6
sheets, two stjles, 3 and 6, heralds, slides, etc.)
GEORGE KLEINE
166 N. State St., Chicago
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^ WE ARE NOW BOOKING
European Armies in
Action !
Of Timely, Up-to-the-Minute Views of Christendom's Greatest Catas-
trophe, Showing Intimate GHmpses of Statesmen and Generals of the
Nations Involved with Interesting Pictures of Soldiers and Sailors now
Engaged in the Mighty Struggle for World Supremacy.
CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:
1. GLIMPSES OF HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS
CROWN PRINCE FRANCIS FERDINAND of Aus-
tria, reviewing the Austrian Military Forces. (His
assassination by Servians precipitated the War.)
2. THE FRENCH ARMY IN ACTION. The French
Artillery Corps is said to be the finest in the world.
See them at work, moving, loading and firing the
great guns.
3. LIFE ABOARD A FRENCH BATTLESHIP. Show-
ing close-up views of sailors aboard the Edgar-
Quinet, one of the mighty men-of-war, now with the
French squadron.
4. GERMAN ARTILLERY MANOEUVRES. See the
Crown Prince of Germany directing the manoeuvres
of the Famous German artillery corps. There's a
noticeable difference between their methods and
those of the French. See if you can find it.
5. BELGIUM CAVALRY IN ACTION. The success of
Belgium cavalry in repelling German attack at the
outbreak of War has been a great surprise to the
Civilized World. See these wonderful men and
horses in action !
6. THE SERVIAN AND MONTENEGRIN ARMIES
will be tremendous factors in settlement of the War.
They're fresh from the Battlefield now and all Vet-
erans. Splendid pictures taken during the Balkan
War showing them in Actual Battle. It's interesting
to note the difference in their military operations
and those of the big nations farther north.
7. BRITISH FIELD GUN EVOLUTIONS. The Great
English Fighting Machine at its Best. Entertaining
and Educational Views of the British Marines, show-
ing how an entire army crosses a chasm thirty feet
wide ; how quickly the big artillery guns can be un-
limbered and again brought into service !
8. SWISS ARMY MANOEUVRES. Clean-Cut, Cour-
ageous-Looking soldiers equipped with the latest
and best in field artillery. See them at their exer-
cises. The pictures will convince you that Switzer-
land will play a large part in the Land Battles.
9. HOW THIRTEEN-INCH GUNS ARE MANUFAC-
TURED. Timely, highly interesting views of the
manufacture of mammoth naval guns. See the hot
metal as it comes from the furnaces, its long and
careful treatment and its final completion as an awe-
inspiring, death-dealing Monster.
NOW BOOKING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
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GEORGE KLEINE
CHICAGO
166 N. State St.
DENVER, COLO.
405 Railroad BIdg.
SEATTLE, WASH.
213 Orpheum Theatre Bldg.
• NEW YORK
226 W. 42nd St.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
210 Temple Court Bldg.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
407 Monadnock Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
43 Moore Bldg.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
509 Lyceum Theatre Bldg.
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
701 Majestic Theatre Bldg.
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READY
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This story— when played or^ the AMERiaN smoE--
RECEIVEO MORE COnflEMT THAN ANY OTHER BEFORE ^"^^ SINCE. MOTHERS
AND FATHERS SIDED WITH THE NATIONAL BOARD o^ CENSORS BY SAYI N6
IT WAS A WONDERFUL MORAL LESSON FOR ALL.
Featuring
5 ACT?
The Great English Actor
AND Most FAMoug Pickens Impersohator
A BEAUTIFUL 5T0RY - WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY
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Eight Kalem Masterpiece Films
KIT. THE ARKANSAW TRAVELER
So tremendously popular is "KIT, THE ARKANSAW TRAVELER," that for decades it was the only
production in which the late F. S. Chanfrau appeared on the stage. Kalem's Three- Act production of the
famous drama is even stronger than the stage play. The steamboat fire; the famous gambling episode; Mary's
elopement with Bond; the deadly bowie-knife duel between Kit and Bond in the Mississippi, are all just as real
as life itself.
The most sensational events shown on 1, 3 and 6-sheet Posters
THE- BOER WAR
The part played by the British troops iu the present titanic
European struggle, makes this Five-Act story of the last great
English conflict of extraordinary interest. Critics pronounce it the
most realistic war production ever filmed.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One 24-Sheet Posters
SHANNON OF THE SIXTH
A stupendous Five-Act production of Edward E. Kidder's famous
drama, based upon the Sepoy Rebellion in India. The destruction
of the arsenal containing the English women and children one of
the sensational incidents.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One 24-Sheet Posters =
WOLFE, or THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC
Every incident in Wolfe's famous campaign, from the bombardment of Quebec by the English fleet to the Battle on the Plains of
Abraham, have been reproduced m this wonderful Five-Act production. Filmed at authentic locations in Canada.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One 24-Sheet Posters
FRANCIS MARION. "The Swamp Tox"
Marguerite Courtot and Guy Coombs are featured in this vivid
Three- Act story of the famous Revolutionary hero's campaign
against the British.
Striking^ scenes on 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters.
THE DEATH SIGN AT HIGH NOON
A Three- act Western classic, featuring William H. West, Jane
Wolfe, Marin Sais and Paul Hurst.
'Attention- Attracting 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters
A CELEBRATED CASE
Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs, Marguerite Courtot and Alice Hollister
are featured in this Four-Act picturization of an incident arising
from the famous Battle of Fontenoy between the English and
French.
1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters that catch every eye
THE OTHER HALF OF THE NOTE
An exciting Three-Act Drama based upon the Government's
efltorts to run down a daring band of smugglers.
1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters that stand out.
Released through General Film Masterpiece Service
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L-LJBIN IVIaSTERF^IEIOEIS
are tlie best attractions in the Exhibitors' hands today. The remarkable success of the six features mentioned
below is known throughout the World, and even greater results will be accomplished with the four extraordinary
pictures now read}' for release
EXHIBITORS, BOOK THESE PICTURES !
(Through the General Film Special Service)
5 Reels "THE THIRD DEGREE' By CHARLES KLEIN
Produced bv Barry O'Neil, with Geo. Soule Spencer, and Lilie Leslie
6 Reels "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" By charles klein
Produced by Barry O'Neil, with Geo. Soule Spencer, and Ethel Claj'ton
5 Reels "DAUGHTERS OF MEN" By CHARLES KLEIN
Produced by George Terwilliger, with Geo Soule Spencer, and Ethel Clayton
5 Reels "THE GAMBLERS" By charles klein
Produced by George Terwilliger, with Geo. Soule Spencer. Ethel Clayton and Earl Metcalfe
6 Reels "THE WOLF" By EUGENE WALTER
Produced by Barry O'Neil, with Geo. Soule Spencer, Ethel Clayton. Ferdinand Tidmarsh, Bernard Siegel and
Ruth Bryan
5 Reels "THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR" By J. HARTLEY MANNERS
Produced by Barry O'Neil, with Geo. Soule Spencer, Ethel Clayton, Edwin Barbour and Joseph Kaufman.
FOUR EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES
NOW READY AND TO BE RELEASED SOON
5 Reels ^^ THREADS OF DESTINY'' By Wllliam Clifford
FEATURING
EN/EL-YIM IMESBIT TMA\A/^
and her son, Russell William Thaw
AND THE FOLLOWING CAST:
MARIAN GRUNSTEIN EVELYN NESBIT THAW
ISAAC GRUNSTEIN (Marian's father) BERNARD SIEGEL
RACHAEL SHAPIRO (Marian's friend) MARGUERITE RISSER
ABRAHAM SOLMAN (Rug Merchant and Leader of Jewish Colony) lOSEPH STANDISH
THE NUN MARGUERITE MARSH
FEDOR TOMSKY TACK CLIFFORD
Produced by JOSEPH W. SMILEY
5 Reels RAYIVIOIMD MITOMCOCK:
"The Funniest Man on the Stage"
In a distinctly unique comedy drama written especially for him by Lawrence McCIoskey.
Produced by George Terwilliger. Costumes and Scenery are particularly beautiful.
5 Reels ''EAGLE'S NEST" By Edwin Arden
FEATURING
ED\A/IIM A.RDEIM
Late star of the Broadway Success "To-Dav" Produced in Colorado bv Romaine Fielding
5 Reels ''THE FORTUNE HUNTERS' By Winchell Smith
FEATURING
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Late star of "Madame X" Company, assisted by the Lubin All Star Cast
Produced by BARRY O'NEIL.
Special One, Three, Six and Eight Sheet Posters
Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office - - - 154 West Lake Stree
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ANNOUNCES A NEW RELEASE
BEGINNING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH
(AND CONTINUING EACH MONDAY THEREAFTER)
A SERIES OF
SINGLE REEL DRAMATIC PHOTOPLAYS
UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE OF
"THE BELOVED ADVENTURER"
ByEMMETT CAMPBELL HALL
FEATURING
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"Henry Stanley, the Lion Killer" "Such a Hunter"
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He doesn't disclose his identity until he is far from the possibility
of heing wrongfully accused. The woman who shares his secret also
shares his happiness. MAURICE COSTELLO is the principal.
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He is mistaken for the famous hunter. He has a hard time living
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BUNNY is a better talker than hunter. His mi.dest rival makes him
look like a four-flusher in the eyes of FLORA FINCH, the girl they
are both courting.
"Josie's Declaration of Independence" "A Coney Island Nightmare"
Comedy WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26
She takes n day off to celebrate. She loses her jnh ami retaliates
with the garden hose and Hank's assistance. Thcv have a lot of fun
and excitement. BILLY QUIRK and JOSIE SADLER are the leads.
Two Part Comedy SATURDAY, AUG. 29
After reading a book of ad v en In re and indulging in cheese and
sausages, losie sees things at Conev Island. She wakes up just in
time. BILLY QUIRK and JOSIE SADLER are the leads.
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the gambling hall raid, will electrify every audience.
Released Monday, September 7th. Striking scenes on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
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Because her daughter has married contrary to her
wishes, the heartless society woman disinherits the girl.
Years later, the granddaughter is the instrument Fate
uses to reveal to the woman the result of her cruelty.
Released Tuesday, September 8th.
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Flirt? Why, he's the father of all flirts! But he gets
into trouble — bunches of it — when he tries to flirt with
Detective Johnson's wife. Ruth
Roland and Lloyd V. Hamilton
are simply immense in this farce.
Released Friday, September 11th.
The Fuse of Death
Princess Mona Darkfeather in a Two-Act Western Drama
In a drunken stupor, the villainous trader fails to no-
tice the sputtering fuse which leads to the hidden pow-
der. The terrific explosion which hurls the man to his
doom is shown in an extraordinary climax.
Released Wednesday, September 9th.
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The Path to Ruin
About to operate on the maimed fireman, the surgeon
discovers the man to be his successful rival in love.
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Facts and Comments
OUR esteemed contemporary and namesake. The
New York World, after looking with favor upon
the motion picture and prophesying nice things for
it has suiYered a relapse into its worst form and launches
one of its editorial thunderbolts against the higher pos-
sibilities of the art. In an article bearing the title. "The
Movies' Highest Art," the paper adverts to a sensational
detective story in films and records its belief "that pho-
toplays of underworld life with films fresh from police
records and detectives' note-books are the things that
count in the movies." The esteemed contemporary then
proceeds to re-discover that strange body known as a
"typical movie audience.'' Such an audience, we are in-
formed, likes "the dime-novel flavor and wants to see
cowboys riding across the plains and Indians fighting,
burglars at work, white slavers foiled, lost wills discov-
cred in secret drawers and wronged heirs restored to
their heritages." We do not know what special revela-
tions the editor had in regard to typical "movie audi-
ences," but if the daily observation of such audience by
experts is any criterion our friend is much mistaken.
*
Just let him or one of his reporters try to book a film
of the description he mentions and see how far he will
get. Cowboys and Indians are absolutely at a discount
and e.xhibitors fight shy of them. Producers have long
ago called a halt on the overproduction of such films.
Four or five years ago at least three big companies spe-
cialized in Western films ; today we only see an oc-
casional W'estern. We. urge our friend to study the list
of regular and special releases of films and he will find
that the day of the dime, novel film, the lurid detective
feature and the cheap and stereotyped melodrama have
very little room in the exhibitor's program. The pen
far more than the picture is guilty of an elaborate
description of crime. The columns of our esteemed con-
temporary are largely given up to stories of crime and
scandal, which no reputable producer of films would
dream of putting on the screen. Just now, of course,
war takes up a good deal of space, but in piping times
of peace the burglar and the liero of the melodrama have
never lacked space and appreciation in the columns of
The New York World.
* * *
SUBMARINE photography, for the beginnings of
which the world is indebted to three young Ameri-
cans, is no doubt destined to play a most important
part in scientific research. It will have its commercial
value, as it will be the best instrument ever devised for
discovering hidden treasures and locating wrecks. By
means of the new invention it will be possible to watch
and accurately record many phases of submarine life.
In time this branch of kinematography will develop as a
science of its own. The results we may confidently
look forward to will be of benefit to the whole human
familv.
• • •
THAT there should be any misunderstanding ^be-
tween the factions of exhibitors in New York
State upon the question of getting together is a
matter of regret in view of the very positive statements
on the part of the representatives of the Independent
Motion Picture Association that they were satisfied with
the terms agreed upon at Dayton and that they would
all be back in the fold within' thirty days or less. The
New York member of that committee was especially
\ociferous in declaiming his allegiance to the new ad-
ministration of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League
of America, and everyone, taking him at his word, was
correspondingly jubilant. Recent developments tend to
cast some suspicion upon his sincerity. Elsewhere the
Moving Picture World prints the si;bstance of a set of
resolutions adopted by a committee appointed to con-
sider plans of amalgamation which appear to dictate the
terms upon which that much to be desired end is to be
accomplished. It would seem that the Dayton resolu-
tion was sufficiently explicit upon the subject, especially
as to the procedure, to remove all doubt as to how amal-
gamation is to be effected.
Just now the eyes of all members of the League are
turned toward New York. It is not forgotten that
much was sacrificed at Dayton in the interest of har-
mony when practically all of the demands of the repre-
sentatives of the Independent Exhibitors' Association
were granted, and it will be expected of the New York
adherents of that organization that they keep their
word.
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Morals and the Film
Bv W. Stephen Bush
THE most brilliant and withal the most frivolous
mind of our day and generation has entered the
arena of discussion touching the morality or im-
morality of the motion picture. George Bernard Shaw
scintillates for the space of a few thousand words in a
most entertaining contribution to the literature of cen-
sorship.
Before he dashes at his opponents, tumbling them
from their horses with one or two clever thrusts to the
roaring delight of his audience, he makes a very pretty
bow to the motion picture itself. He says there is no
doubt "that the kinema is going to form the mind of
England." "The national conscience," says he, "the na-
tional ideals and tests of conduct will be those of the
film." One cannot be too sure when George Bernard
Shaw is serious and when he is not : indeed there are
many who doubt whether he is capable of being serious
at any time. We are inclined to think that in this in-
stance he speaks more in sober earnest than in mere
jest. The Moving Picture World in an article
printed in June. 1911. undertook to prophesy "that in
a year or two the public taste will be molded altogether
by the products of the film-makers, and thus molded
will manifest itself in plain and numerous ways." We
are not ashamed to be seen in a line of prophets stand-
ing next to the most distinguished G. B. S.
\"ery curious are the deductions which Shaw draws
from the universal effort to make the motion picture
conform to every dictate of conventional morality. First,
he states his own observations of the motion picture the-
ater. He says that "certain people who have never been
inside a picture palace are alarmed at the hideous immor-
ality of the film plays and are calling out for a censor-
ship and for the exclusion of children under sixteen.
Certain others who. like myself, frequent the kinemas.
testify to their desolating romantic morality and ridicule
the moral scare."
Shaw probably knows nothing of the censoring mania
in this country and is unacquainted with the horrible ex-
amples of legal censorship. If he knew his argument
might be made ever so much stronger. He does, how-
ever, say a very true thing when he tells us that the
"kinema must be not merely ordinarily and locally but
extraordinarily and internationally moral." Yes. indeed.
It must meet the views of the censor who has the militia
back of him as in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and it must
likewise meet the views of self-constituted private and
semi-private censorial institutions with which this land
of ours is afflicted. It dare not advance above the level
of the copybook maxims on pain of fine and imprison-
ment. Here our friend cannot refrain from scoffing.
Savs he: "The result may be studied at any picture
palace. You have what an agricultural laborer thinks
right and what an old-fashioned governess thinks prop-
erly sentimental."
Unwittingly, of course, Shaw has hit at least two of
our official censors pretty hard.
We go along with him still sympathizingly until he
breaks out into the following savage indictment of the
motion picture :
The melodramas are more platitudinous than mel-
odrama has ever been before. The farces, more
crudelv knock-about than any harlequinade ever
enacted by living performers, are redeemed only by
the fantastic impossibilities which the trickery of
the film makes practicable. There is no comedy.
no wit, no criticism of morals by ridicule or other-
wise, no exposure of the unpleasant consequences of
romantic sentimentality and reckless tomfoolery in
real life, nothing that could give a disagreeable
shock to the stupid or shake the self-complacency
of the smug. In the early days of the kinemato-
graph, when it was a scarce and expensive curiosity,
some of the films were clever and witty. All that is
gone now. The leveling down has been thoroughly
accomplished. The London boy is given the morality
of the mining camp ; and the Chinese pirate has to
accept with reverence the proprieties of our cathe-
dral towns.
Some of the things he says are true, others are em-
phatically untrue. We have had scores upon scores of
motion pictures which gave a disagreeable shock to the
stupid and shook the self-complacency of the smug.
Shaw has not seen many film plays or he has been sin-
gularly unfortunate in the choice of his "picture palace"
if he alleges that there has been no criticism of morals
by ridicule or otherwise. \\'e are glad to be able to as-
sure him that there is a school of film playwrights and
of directors who specialize in this sort of thing and
whose productions have met with decided approval at
the hands of the public. There is not enough of this
kind of film drama and there never can be too much of
it, but it is only just to say that there has been some of
it. Let us keep the record straight. The promise of
Shaw to contribute "a few sample scenarios" we look
upon as a most welcome assurance and earnestly hope
he will lose no time in fulfilling his promise. We need
the pungent spice on the film, there is altogether too
much of the dull and the commonplace and the conven-
tional, which means the moral gone to seed.
Between the censor argus-eyed and little-brained on
the one hand and the ambitious satirist who wants to
use the kinematograph as a weapon for social betterment
the road of the film is beset with many thorns. Take
any film, no matter where made or hy whom, and sub-
mit first to Breitinger or Maude Murray Miller and then
George Bernard Shaw and what would be left of it?
Nothing whatever, I am afraid. Whatever was uncon-
ventional would be expunged by the sturdy guardians
of morals on the Schuylkill and the Ohio, while every
thing conventional would rouse the destructive ire of
George Bernard. The producer would be lost.
We agree with Shaw when he says that there are but
two attitudes possible in the relation of the state toward
motion pictures — one is ignorant meddlesomeness and
the other is to let them alone and allow them to work
out their own salvation. As we have often said before
the censorship mania will die out in the natural course
of events. There never has been any honest, wide-
spread demand for official censorship. The "demand"
was created by self-seeking politicians who thought it
was time to exact a toll from this rich and growing in-
dustry. The attempt to induce Congress to pass a cen-
sorship law has failed miserably. In fact, the Smith-
Hughes bill never got out of the hands of the committee.
It would have been otherwise if there had been a genu-
ine, nation-wide sentiment in favor of the legalized cen-
sorship of motion pictures. The legislatures of more
than a score of states will meet in a few months. Let
us all get together and work hard to influence public
opinion to the end that legalized censorship may be kept
off the statute books of every state in the Union.
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THI-: MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Drawing- the Audience
By l.ouis kiiiiVKS Makkisun
L K pcuplc iliflcr widely in tlicir ideas of religion,
politics aii<l society, init they are moved in com-
mon by a few very powerful nioti\es. Those of
jreign birth came here to seek better fortunes for them-
eives and families. A certain portion of these newcom-
cs have the same spirit as colonial Americans. They
found Old-VVorld conditions intolerable and hoped to
■ere realize liberty of e.xistence in accordance with their
Jwn ideals. They are willing to brave dangers and en-
Jure hardships in order to attain freedom of thought and
action. Americans, old and new, are therefore very
nutch in accord on the question of personal liberty and in
a state of continuous revolt against conditions which oper-
ate to restrain ambition and achievement. Any man
who has closely studied our people knows this. He
knows this and a great deal more, and it would seem only
reasonable that a creator of moving pictures should un-
derstand the spirit of a people whose interest in his
product he expects to enlist.
Who studies the audience? Look around vou at an
exhibition of moving pictures. Attention is fastened
upon the screen. An occasional exhibitor seeks an ex-
pression of opinion among those who patronize his place,
or he may judge of what pleases by the noise of the un-
thinking and easily pleasecl, but there are larger ways of
getting at public taste. The unexampled prosperity of
moving pictures has made many of us indififerent to
what stirs universal feehng. \Ye must get close to the
life, literature and varied expression of sentiment among
the millions who attend the picture show to formulate
any generalizations about themes for the picture play.
WMiat are our people reading about, thinking about and
talking about? ^^'hat are the themes universal as dis-
tinguished from those provincial or purely sectional?
A fact, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be, is
that exhibitors place great stress on what is commonly
designated as "paper." Not being an expert on poster
publicity, I dislike offering any opinion on that subject.
I am not in a position to know exactly what proportion
of drawing power the billboards exert in all parts of the
country. In this immediate neighborhood, merely a
straw in the wind, I have seen some theaters fail after
covering their entrances with lurid announcements and
others succeed on quality alone. The loudest outside ad-
vertisers of what proved unsatisfactory within have
closed their doors, while others prosper on merit of pres-
entation alone. Steady good quality seems to win its,
way within my limited field of observation, and T am
naturally inclined to think that the same policv would
succeed among intelligent people elsewhere. The ques-
tion of quality, therefore, is supreme in any views I may
offer, and it alone will be given consideration, other at-
tractions, such as music and general comfort, being equal.
"Let us go to the picture show !" savs one of a social
group, home entertainment having palled on the mem-
bers. "^Miere shall we go?" is the first query. There
will be a difference of opinion on most occasions, but a
certain amount of insensible attraction is exerted by the
most dependable house in the neighborhood, the one
whose offerings have been most uniformly good. "Let
us go w^here we get the best for our money," is a very
common conclusion. The red poster, like the "Country
Store," mav have its attractions for the younger ele-
ment, but those who pay the bills will oftenest decide in
favor of getting some adequate return from expenditure,'
.rudging from past experience rather than deciding on
impulse. Among people of intelligence and constantly
developing taste, that exhibition will be cho.sen which
honestly attempts to supply what the people demand.
It is beyond discussion that cleanliness and comfort
count, that good music is one powerful factor and fine
l)rojection another. In fact, it is paradoxical that an
argument for quality should be made. However, the
truth and absurdity of expecting to hold patronage by in-
ferior exhibitions is well known. There are plenty of
men who still regard an audience in the abstract as a
body of irresponsible human lieings who take an actual
pleasure in being fooled. Besides, there is a question of
criterion involved. By what standard of judgment shall
quality be manifest? What universally valid principles
exist by which pictures under consideration can be test-
ed? Are published criticisms dependable? Are critics,
even when unmoved by other influences than their own
perceptions of right and wrong, capable of making nice
distinctions and of determining the -merit of a profluc-
tion? A very large proportion of press critics arc fear-
lessly honest and incorruptible, but they are under con-
stant strain, under pressure brought to bear by advertis-
ing producers, particularly those who regard a review as
part of the publicity game.
Are we not brought back to a judgment of our people
as a whole? Believing as I do in criticism of an honest
and capable sort as the life of development in an art, 1
am constrained to admit that an exhibitor must exert tiis
own intelligence of selection in supplementing what is of-
fered in reviews. He should make a study of his busi-
ness, should get at the impressions of his audience in a
general sort of way, apart from zvhat he has shoum them.
Our present forms and methods are far from perfect,
and our present themes mav be remote from the ideals of
an audience. \Miether the s.trongest message is from
dead lips or from hearts beating in our midst, it has
always seemed to me that this new art has more than one
tremendous mission. It can help us to perfect ourselves
by new ideals. It can help us shield ourselves from the
perils of existence.
Let us closely examine a play. Why was it produced?
Is it a cheap product, made at a minimum of cost, to sell
for a large profit irrespective of the general result? Is
it a mere corpse revival? Do we feel a sense of purifi-
cation or of satisfaction after it has been shown on the
screen? Is there a punch in it that justifies a concen-
tration of energy in its making? Do we get anything out
of it besides watching a lot of actors move through va-
ried situations? Is the crisis interesting enough to war-
rant the elaboration of incident leading up to it? Does
it excite curiosity and awaken suspense during the pe-
riod of preparation? Watching the screen day after day.
studying his audience as often, considering all that goes
to make a photodrama worth while, why should not the
exhibitor be a fairly good judge of quality himself? He
is. when unaffected by prejudices.
The exhibitor who makes a serious eft'ort to give his
patrons the best he can find in the market is up against
onlv one obstacle to large success and that is a lack of
such photodramas as people really care to see. That he
cannot obtain these in sufficient numbers at reasonable
prices is due to the indifference of producers, an in-
difference fostered bv those exhibitors who howl for red
"paper" and explosions. Drawing larger and better
audiences, therefore, appears to be up to the organiza-
tion. It is now so strongly knit as to demand and get
such improvements in quality as will endear moving pic-
tures to an audience comprising all humankind.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Vendetta"
A Five Part Photodrama of Tremendous Interest, Adapted
from Marie Corelli's Story of That Name, to Be
Released by George Kleine.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
LEST her readers should deem her story of the "Ven-
detta" one of improl)ability and evolved solely from
imagination, Marie Corelli, in her preface to the work,
asserts that "its chief incidents are founded on an actual
occurrence which took place in Naples during the last
scathing visitation of the cholera in 1884." And possessed
of a wonderful imagination she sets down in the same
preface that "the romances planned by the brain of a novel-
ist or dramatist are poor in comparison with the romances
of real life — life wrongly termed commonplace. l)ut which,
in fact, teems with tragedies as great and dark and soul-
torturing as any devised by Sopliocles or Shakespeare." As
the photodrama follows the .story closely in the main in-
cidents, some of them positively terrific in their visualiza-
tion, it is well to remember that there are more things in
real life than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
The story has been filmed by Eclipse, and very worthily.
We are treated to views of several fine exteriors, notable
among them lieing the \'illa of Count Fabio Romani.
Whether the original is located in Naples or not matters
little, as the effect is charming. The gloom and horrors
of the family vault of the Romanis are also vividly recreat-
ed. The effect of the earthquake shock as shown in tlie
Romani ballroom, where the guests are .gayly celebrating
the wedding of their host, and in the gruesome vault, where
the avenging husband is meting out the full measure of his
own sufferings to a false and heartless wife, are really ter-
rifying in their realism. The fall of the ponderons stones
from the roof of the vault on the unhappy woman makes
one shiver with fear. It is difficult to understand how
Mme. Regina Badet, the impersonator of the Countess Ro-
man!, escapes injury in this instance, even granting tha^
the dislodged stones are made of stucco work.
The cast is exceptionally strong. Mme. Regina Badet, a^
the Countess, carries the difficult role with the convincing
art of an accomplished actress. With feline, sinuous grace
she betrays, by physical deportment, the treachery and ser-j
pentine mazes of an unholy mind. That smile and her twm-l
ing attitude before her victims give us a clear insight of
the soul of the most strongly drawn character of this
Corelli story. In the vault scene Mme. Badet is truly great, j
especially so when the Countess has been driven
mad by the awfulness of her impending fate. It will
be interesting to know that Mme. Badet is a celebrat-
ed opera singer in Paris, and that many of her successes
have been made in the Sarah Bernhardt Theater.
Count Fabio Romani is in the able care of George Baud,
whose fine physique and good looks fit happily with the
description of the Count in the story. Charles Angelo is
also well cast in the role of the artist, Guido Ferrari, who
betrays the noble-minded Fabio and in turn is betrayed by
his heartless paramour, the Countess.
Special mention is due the quality of the photography
in these films. It is, indeed, a delight to study the soft and
well-defined effects throughout.
Count Fabio Romani lives happily in his beautiful villa
in Naples, delighting in the smiles of his beautiful wife
and in the companionship of his little daughter, Stella. He
is proud, too, of tlie friendship of Guido Ferrari, whom he
treats as a member of liis family.
One day, while cholera rages in Naples, he spies a victim
of the plague during a walk through the city. H^ attempts
to succor the unfortunate and is himself taken suddenly ill.
A good monk takes charge of him. The malady quickly
reaches its climax and the Count, fearing for the safety of
his wife and child, begs the good priest not to inform them
until his remains have Ijeen laid away in the Romani vault.™
There he is buried (tlie evening of the day of his attack)*!
by several monks. ■'
But it must have been a case of sunstroke, instead of
cholera, this illness of the Count; for that same night he
The Challenge Scene from "Vendetta" (George Kleine).
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^awakens in his flimsy coffin. Horrified, and in his fearful
struggles to break open the thing that shuts him in with
death, the coffin falls from^ its niche and is broken to
pieces. The Count soon afterwards escapes from the vault
by a secret passage, providentially discovered.
Soon afterwards he arrives at his home. In which he
gains access by a lattice door to which he had a key that
was left in one of his pi)ckets at his hasty burial. I''.ntering
he seeks to surprise his adored wife,
well falls on bis ears. .\ few steps
\ lauiih that he knows
more and he discovers
Scene from "Vendetta" (Kleine).
Guide and his wife love-making, and listens to words that
convince him of the falseness of both.
How Count Fabio steals away and assumes the role of
Count Oliva; how he shoots Guido in a duel; how he con-
trived to marry bis own wife tlie second time and wrought
vengeance on her in the ghost-peopled vault of the Romanis
is told in the films.
The release date is Sept. 1, through the special feature
department of the General Film Company.
Three Cosmofotofilm Offerings
Three New Offerings Each Four Reels in Length With
Pleasing Choice of Atmosphere and Treatment.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
PERHAPS the most noteworthy of the three offerings
is a four reel picture, "The Foreign Spies." It is a
product of the Regent studio and is a detective story.
The hero is one of a type — a Sherlock Holmes kind of man
— and the quarry is a trio of foreign spies. The object of
these three, one of whom is a beautiful woman, is the new
Scene from "The Foreign Spies" (Cosmofotofilm).
design of a rapid fire gun which the British govenunent
has purchased from the inventor. The action is clearly
portrayed and there are some brand new and exciting inci-
dents such as one expects in this kind of tale. The acting
is competent and altogether it makes a very interesting and
serviceable offering.
The stpry opens in the home of a Rovernment official
who has just been intrusted with the plans of the new gun.
He has a pretty daughter, and there is a butler whom we
soon catch at an attempt to steal the secret papers. The
|)ivotal point of the early pari of the action is the unwilling-
ness of this butler to get and deliver the plans e.xccpt tor
a larger sum than the conspirators will offer. He is too
crafty to take Ihcm in and l)argain with the plans in hand;
for he knew that they would force him to give the plans
up for nothing. They are, indeed, waiting for just that
chance. The butler gets papers and hides them under a
stone in the walk leading from the bouse and has the location
indicated in shorthand; this is what he intends to sell. Hut
there is a tight and the butler is killed. It is after this that
the detective is ijlaced on the job and ferrets out the l)and.
They capture liim at one turn, but he escapes from thvm
and then be follows them down to a ca;)ture.
.\nother four reel offering is "What a Woman Will Uo."
This is also pleasingly acted and well staged and is also a
product of the Regent studio. It is very melodramatic; but
lias plenty of that romantic quality that goes with many,
especially the young among the spectators. The heroine
is very attractive and the photography is clear and often
lioautiful. The picture has a very poor title we think; a
title that is more on the "ten, twenty, thirty" scheme than
the story, although the story is decidedly melodramatic.
It is a pleasant offering and should furnish good entertain-
ment.
The third offering is "The Bandit of Port Avon;" it was
made in the .-^quila studio and tells an Italian story. This
is in its favor in many neighborhoods where there are many
Italian patrons. The story interests, the scenes are often
Scene from "The Bandit of Port Avon'' (Cosmofotofilro)
delightful, and the acting is acceptable. It tells one of those
yarns somewhat strung out but, although never deeply
dramatic, yet entertaining all through. It is also one of
those tales that are plausible without being really <:on-
vincing. The center of interest changes from a daughter
of a marquis, who has made a secret marriage, to her child
whom her husband has intrusted to a fisherman, and then
to the fisherman's sister who comes to a tragic fate trying
to escape the solicitations of her miserly landlord. Then
the fisherman, who has been absent but returned and is
accused wrongly of murder, takes the center. This is now
given to the son of the miser, the real bandit of .\von, who
kills the husband of the marquis's daughter. Then the
child, wdio has grown up under the care of the fisherman,
now a steamboat captain, becomes again the hero. But no
matter who holds the attention, the spectator is fairly glad
to give his attention all the way through.
"SOME BOOK."
Columbia, Pa., -\ugust 5, 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World: , .
Dear Sir; — Inclosed is your check for $3 for subscription
of the World for the coming year, beginning September 1.
It is indeed some book, and every exhibitor should have it;
in fact, I do not see how any live one .can get along
without it. Wishing you success in the future as in the
past, I remain. Yours truly, „„^,
T. TOHNSON KRODEL,
Happy Hour Theater. Owner and Manager.
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"Cricket on the Hearth"
A Two-Reel Biograph of Clear Delineation of Dickens'
Charming Christmas Story.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
Caleb I^lummer B. Jack Drounier
Edward Plunimer Alan Hale
Bertha Plummer Marie Newton
Dot Betty Gray
May Fielding Gretchen Hartman
John Peerybingle Robert Drouet
Tackleton William Russell
Mrs. Fielding A. C. Marston
OF ALL Christmas stories, "The Cricket on the Hearth"
is very generally declared to be the best, but it is not
so generally known that it is also a marked exception
in its suitability for dramatization. It has the completeness,
motive and structure in itself that go to make a play, espe-
cially one designed for screen visualization. The two dis-
Scene from "Cricket on the Hearth" (Biograph).
tinct plots are artfully woven together just as in the photo-
drama of more than one reel.
Something new to the photodrama lies in the human way
Uickens had of treating his arch-villain, Tackleton, in
"Cricket on the Hearth" is seemingly an arch-villain. It
is he who steals the betrothed of Edward Plummer, when
Scene from "Cricket on the Hearth" (Biograph).
the latter is reported lost at sea, and it is he who poisons
the mind of Jonn Peerybingle in leading the honest husband
to suspect his sweet little wife, when Edward Plummer re-
turns in disguise on the eve of Tackleton's wedding. Out of
sheer goodness of heart, Dickens brings about a last min-
ute conversion in the character of Tackleton, causing the
conspirator to convey his own wedding cake to the cele-
l)ration of his rival's nuptials.
The difference between us .and the man Tackleton, in
spite of the fact that he dated back a century, may be a
certain sense of superiority that we feel over those who had
the misfortune to live before we did, but our habit of tell-
ing stories has not greatly improved. Those of the screen
seem too often molded in one eternal form, developed
through a sense of incidents antagonistic to the course of
true love with the inevitable embrace at the end, as soon
as possible after the villain dies or is otherwise disposed
of. Tackleton is punished, but he exhibits a philosophy
worthy of screen imitation.
The visualization of such stories as "Cricket on the
Hearth" during the present outburst of screenic art is worm
while, particularly when as honestly done as the Biograph
version. It is exquisite in setting and costume, and the
types of importance are admirably chosen. The construc-
tion is almost exactly that of the author, and nothing has
been spared in outlay to make an accurate presentation of
the story. But it is cold. The optimistic warmth of Dick-
ens is probably there, and it may be felt by the non-critical,
but it failed to reach me. One fault is that of introducing
a large number of characters at the outset; another is that
of destroying suspense by beginning with scenes tliat should
be held up to excite curiosity. Another is the lack of men-
tal revelation by dissolving views, and the free use of sub-
titles from the text might have been very effective. The
spirit of Dickens was very largely in the terms he em-
ployed.
The acting is well balanced, uniformly good and it does
not over-reach the action. This and the beauty of well-
selected backgrounds constitute the real charm of the play,
and rank it far above the average. It is a clear-cut cameo
as a picture and may take on greater warmth to the ac-
companiment of appropriate music.
PICTURE PLAYER HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
The zeal of the California Motion Picture Corporation's
producing corps for realism would have undoubtedly
proved fatal to Miss Beatriz Michelena, the celebrated prima
donna whom it is featuring in the first few of its big
productions, had it not been for the heroism of House
Peters.
During the latter part of last week it was decided to
devote a day in making a number of retakes for "Salomy
Scene from "Salomy Jane" (California).
Jane," the film dramatization of Bret Harte's story which
is to be released shortly in six reels. One of the big scenes
was the escape of the leading man from the vigilantes.
During his spectacular flight the rowboat with which he
put out down the river became swamped and he then went
over the rapids clinging to a log.
At just this point Miss Michelena, in the role of Salomy
Jane, was supposed to swim out to mid stream and join
him. Meantime the posse and horses were floundering up
stream in the quicksand. Miss Michelena is an excellent
swimmer and was making fine headway against the broad-
side of the svvift surrent when she was taken with a sudden
cramp. The rapids were already driving her under a steep
embankment when House Peters reached her just in the
nick of time and pulled her, very much exhausted but still
safe, on to the log.
II
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"In the Lions' Den"
This Three-Part Brilliantly Colored Eclectic Is an Animal
Picture With Good Dramatic Interest.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
IN this hue production of tlie Pathe Berlin studio wc see
an excellent example of finished picture making. "In the
Lions' Den" is not only elaborately staged, well acted
and well photographed, but its brilliant, rich coloring gives
I it value above the ordinary as a desirable release.
It is a story in which, as the title indicates, there is a den
I of lions — good husky ones, none of those superannuated
I bags of bones which sometimes are thrust upon us as the
fierce article. There are no revolting scenes, but there are
some thrilling ones, as when the former lover of the actress,
hanging to the ohandelicr, swings back and forth over the
animals.
While of course, the suggestion in a sub-title would be
artistically impossible, still it is to be regretted there were
no- means of indicating to the many who will view this sub-
ject that the enormous glass-roofed building shown in the
first part is the Pathe studio in Berlin, now closed on ac-
count of the war. We get a fine view of it. So, too, do we
see a part of its spacious interior. This is shown when Her-
bert, a young medico, has appealed to his friend the pro-
ducer to permit him to meet Miss Aut Nissen, a young
actress with whom he has fallen in love through watching
her work on the screen — an occurrence well within the
bounds of probability, as many of those who follow the
telling of the story will appreciate. The director promptly
brings forward the inevitable chair and the visitor watches
Scene from "In the Lions' Den" (Eclectic).
the taking of an interesting scene and afterward is in-
troduced to the actress.
The actress in leaving the studio drops her purse, which
of course is picked up by Herbert. This most unfortuitous
incident provides the \'Oung man with a sufficient and happy
excuse for calling upon Aut. It is the beginning of a friend-
ship which leads the actress to assist Herbert when he is
obliged to aid his mother. The friendship ceases when
.\ut is too free with her endearments at a reception. Her-
bert breaks the engagement. .Aut tells him in a strongly
worded note that he will come to her one day which he
will remember. That time comes when following his mar-
riage to another Herbert responds to Aut's insistent notifica-
tion to call on her. He is led into the lions' den by the wo-
man he has scorned. He escapes injury only to die of shock.
The repentant coquette then throws herself over the balcony
among the lions. The animals are shown in a compact
group. What is below them we cannot see. We may as-
sume it is Aut.
The picture will interest all the way. Strengthening this
undeniably are the richness of the settings and the splendid
coloring. Miss Nissen — her name is given to the character —
is extremely youthful, but she is experienced. She finely
portrays the woman who is naturally a coquette, but who,
through pride, is perverted from revealing to the man she
has offended her deep love for him and to promise there
will be no more "imregulated moments." ;Miss Nissen is
finely supported.
"A Suspicious Wife"
Alternative Solution of Carman Murder Mystery Offered in
Four Reels by 20th Century Feature Film Company.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
OF COURSE, the general tone of this picture is rich in
what is often termed "yellow." Yet why not? one
luight quickly ask. Has not everyone read all the mi-
nute details of the Carman murder mystery? Have not most
■ if us ofiered our own solution? If the 20th Century Film
Company has a solution, is it anything out of the way?
.\'o, not at all. Yet there are some who deplore the news-
papers as purveyors of the morbid details of murders.
This picture is likely to "get" that kind even more than do
the yellow newspapers. In certain quarters the yellow
sensational papers are popular, in others not so much so.
Every exhibitor knows what his patrons like and, if they
want pictures like this, they'll like this one and be thank-
ful for it.
The picture. "A Suspicious Wife," shows and explains the
crime that recently was committed in Freeport, N. Y. There
is notliing in it, except this clear parallel all through, as far
as the facts are known, that refers to any specific living in-
Scene from "A Suspicious Wife" (20th Century).
dividual. .\s far as the spectator can tell, it is fiction solely.
In the picture, which has some tremendously and at one or
two points almost gruesomely realistic scenes, the wife of
the doctor is shown to be innocent and the criminal is made
out to be a trained nurse, a cocaine fiend, who passionately
loves the doctor, her employer. Tlie doctor does not love
her and has ordered her to leave the house. The shooting
takes place a few nights later when the dope fiend, thinking
she sees the doctor's wife, fires through an open window
and kills a woman she didn't know, who looks something like
the doctor's wife.
Some one asked us if we thought that Dr. Carman had
anything to do with the picture. We answered at once, no.
There is more fiction in it than truth, and the position in
the doctor's house as "trained" nurse of the sluin girl who
as the picture opens is resuscitated b}' him is not quite con-
vincing. She had jumped oflf Brooklyn Bridge, but had
l)een dragged out of the river.
It is a well written picture and has been acted effectively.
The work of the camera man is not up to standard. The
story is clear and will be followed and understood by even
the simplest.
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART.
Gainesville, Ga., .\ugust 6, 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World:
Dear Sir: — We inclose check for $3 in payment of re-
newal of subscription from September 1, 1914, to .\ugust 31,
191S. We wish to express our hearty appreciation of your
publication.
It is, in our opinion, the only trade paper which has aimed
solely at the advancement of the art and the betterment of
conditions in general. In these respects it has undoubtedly
worked wonders. Verv truly.
THE PIEDMONT AMUSEMENT CO.,
A. R. Nininger, General Manager.
Grand and Alamo Theaters.
1218
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Lubin's First Serial Noteworthy
"The Beloved Adventurer" Features Arthur V. Johnson and
Lottie Briscoe — Story Published in Book Form.
tJATA HE BELOVED ADVENTURER" is the general
I title under which the Lubin Company will release
its first serial, consisting of fifteen single reel in-
stallments, the first part appearing on September 14, the re-
maining reels on Monday of each week for the fourteen
weeks following.
Several factors appear which render the success of this
series a certainty, the tremendous popularity of Arthur John-
son and Miss Lottie Briscoe being the first to suggest itself.
These talented photoplayers will appear at their best, more-
over, the parts which they play having been drawn with
especial reference to their particular characteristics a'j^d
capabilities. From a dramatic standpoint, the series will
take high rank, it being unquestionably the best work so
far turned out bv Emmett Campbell Hall, who has estab-
lished an unusual repu-
tation as a photoplay-
wright, and who has, in
this work, demonstrated
not only creative ability,
of exceptional vividness,
but a thorough mastery
of technique. No ex-
pense, time or pains
have been spared in the
production, all the enor-
mous resources of the
Lubin plants at Philadel-
phia and elsewhere being
freely drawn upon.
In the series there
appear fifteen separate
casts, 3'et so unique is
the formation of the
story as a whole and so
distinctive the unit or ■
single reel, that this
large number of char-
acters is not in the
slightest degree confus-
ing. Each of the fifteen
parts of the series is a
dramatic unit, telling a
complete story, and yet
the entire fifteen combine
to make a .single master-story of perfect continuity of con-
sistent and unbroken theme, this being a feature destined
to set a new standard for serial photoplays, the greatest
objections to which have hitherto been that the incidents of
the various narts were so interwoven as to make it impos-
sible to grasp the thread of the story, if a single installment
should be missed, or that the installments were really inde-
pendent incidents with little or no real relation one to
the other.
In "The Beloved Adventurer" there is a constant fresh-
ening of interest through the shifting of atmosphere and
location, every variety of life, from aristocratic drawing
rooms of London to the raw mining towns of the West
being depicted. There is tragedy, humor, pathos, and ro-
mance with the scarlet thread of real adventure running
through it all. In "Lord Cecil," the character created for
portrayal by Mr. Johnson, and "Betty, the Girl From the
West," played bv Miss Briscoe, Mr. Hall has given us
friends we will love and remember.
An entirely new idea, and one which it is believed will
prove extremely popular, is the publication in book torm
of the complete story of "The Beloved Adventurer." Em-
mett Campbell Hall has written the novel as well as the
photoplays. This book is a handsome volume of 160 pages,
full cloth binding, with fifteen full-page illustrations con-
sisting of portraits of the leading players appearing in the
series and scenes from the plavs. It will be supplied to
exhibitors at a very low cost, and will be a source of direct
profit as well as a means of increasing patronage by creating
an interest in the series among many who will see the book
but who might not have attended the theater, and will prac-
tically assure the continued attendance of all who see one
installment — after reading the thrilling tale each person
will desire to see the events described and portrayed upon
the screen.
Emmett Campbell Hall.
Bon Ray Film Plant
Large Structure at Woodside, N. Y., Adapted to Needs of
Picture Trade and Now Ready for Business.
WITHIN the last week the Bon Ray Film Company an-
nounced the completion of its big plant at Woodside,
L. I. The factory is now in operation and is daily
turning out a product of which the makers are proud. The
Bon Ray property comprises nearly twenty acres of land
within a few minutes' walk of the Woodside Station, which
in nine minutes out on the Long Island Railroad from the
Pennsylvania Station at Thirty-third street and Seventh
avenue, New York City. In addition to this the Jamaica
Station surface cars, leaving from the New York side of the
Queensboro Bridge, pass directly by the plant. The new
Long Island elevated system and subways, when completed
a few months hence, will have stations within five minutes'
walk of the Bon Ray factory, the latter transportation bring-
ing the plant within six minutes of Times square without
change.
The Bon Ray Film Company took over an enormous brick
and concrete building some months ago on Betts avenue
and Queens Boulevard, and it has had a large force of men
at work ever since converting the property into a motion
View of Bon Ray Plant at Woodside, N. Y.
picture manufactory, .\bout S25.000 was spent in interior
improvements and a great many inore thousands have been
spent in installing machinery of the most modern type.
Most of this machinery has been built especially for the Bon
Ray Company and constitutes a distinct departure from the
usual motion picture producing mechanisms. A number
of Duplex Step printers have been installed for old or de-
fectively perforated film, but all ordinary film is put over
the company's continuous printers, of which there are four.
These four printers can be speeded up to a capacity of one
hundred thousand feet an hour if necessary. The machines
have been run at this speed and have turned out perfect re-
sults. The source of light used in the printing machines is
absolutely new and unique and has never been utilized be-
fore in any motion picture plant, each machine having a
specially constructed lamp giving three thousand candle
power. All the printing machines are equipped with auto-
matic negative racks, which enables one man to attend to the
entire printing room. It is only necessary to reload the
positive side of the machine from time, to time. This obvi-
ates the necessity of rethreading the machine each time a
negative passes through it. The films are dried by an origi-
nal method which calls for the services of but one man and
a boy to dry sixty thousand feet an hour. The title ma-
chine is also a new device, which by a simple adjustment
will give a title of unlimited length.
The Bon Ray plant is absolutely fireproof, equipped with
every modern means of preventing and figliting fire. Its
water supply is drawn from its own 300-foot well and is not
only double-filtered, but between the filters passes through
a bleaching process. Water at that particular point on Long
Island is said to be the purest within fifty miles of New
York City, but after it has passed through the various pro-
cesses in the Bon Ray factory, it is absolutely free from
all organic, metallic or other substances.
The plant represents a total investment of nearly 1150,000.
The president is F. E. Holliday and the treasurer is A. B.
Roberts.
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"Sheep's Clothing"
A Two-Reel Edison Melodrama of Strong Suspense and
Artistic Presentation.
Reviewed bv Louis Kccvcs Harrison.
C.\ST.
Tliaddcus Craven Bigclow Cooper
Mrs. Thaddcus Craven Marjorie Ellison
Lydia, their daujihter (aged 8) .. Elsie Wartcmburg
(aged 18) .. .Gertrude McCoy
"Southpaw" Paw Smith Joseph Girard
"Colonel" Gordon Harry Bates
Matron of Boarding School.. Mrs. Wallace Erskine
Betty Mcrriles Mabel Dwight
Mrs. Beggarstaff Mrs. William Bechtel
Peter Trait Edward Earle
.■\ddison Quoin, a detective Frank McGlynn
Au.\PTED for screen purposes from a novel by \'ance,
appearing in the .\ssociated Sunday Magazines, Inc..
"Sheep's Clothing." is an artistic presentation and
holds interest tight throughout in spite of an ending that is
obvious and conventional. Interest is enlisted more by the
plight of an innocent and attractive young girl, whose father
Scene from "Sheep's Clothing' (Edison).
is an arch-villain of the dress-suit variety, than in the out-
come of his machinations. He is a fascinating villain as
portrayed by Bigelow Cooper, and a human one in most
respects. Having been saturated with underworld habits
during most of his life, there is no conversion promised,
nor is it needed. He is what he is to the last, with the re-
deeming traits of loyalty and love for his daughter.
Craven, handsome gambler and crook, is unaffected by his
Scene from "Sheep's Clothing' (Edison).
wife's death and leaves his little daughter Lydia in charge
of the matron of a boarding school. He returns to old
haunts and strikes up an agreement to work the Atlantic
steamers in conjunction with two professional thieves, "Col-
onel" Gordon and "Southpaw" Smith. They are deeply im-
pressed by his superior skill, but become in the end dis-
trustful and notify him that if he does not play square with
them that he will receive three notices in the nature of
warnings, the Jack of Diamonds, the Jack of Clubs, and
Jack of Spades, the latter meaning that he will meet with
sudden death. They are ■'l)ad guys to double-cross."
Lydia grows up amid retined surroundings abroad, but
becomes intolerant of restraint when the matron attempts
to exercise selection in the matter of a husband for the
beautiful young girl. She runs away and boards a steamer
with the idea of joining her father in New York. She is
given part of a double stateroom and makes the acquaintance
of a wealthy society woman, Mrs. Be.gparstaff, known as
the "Dowager Dragon." Through this latter, Lydia meets
the man of her natural choice and their courtship advances
rapidly aboard ship.
She has chanced, however, to take passage on a liner
which becomes the scene of operations for her father and
the two crooks with whom he has been associated. He is
about to attempt a grand coup on his own account. He has
secured a paste imitation of a diamond and pearl necklace
which has been purchased by an .\merican lady of wealth
and he manages to substitute the imitation for the genuine
article. The latter he places in a case and intrusts to his
daughter, with instructions to guard it carefully, as it con-
tains documents of an important nature.
Craven's cronies discover that they arc being "double-
crossed" and rob Lydia, but they are forced by a secret
service man to make restoration. All this action and re-
action keeps the plav going at a high melodramatic pace.
Lydia discovers in the end that her father is responsible
for the substitution and restores the jewels to their rightful
owner. This last theft proves her father's undoing. He is
not punished by the law, but he is relentlessly dogged by
his pals and dies miserably. Lydia is restored to the life for
which she was fitted, and all ends well.
The character of Craven is made fascinating by the per-
sonality of Bigelow Cooper, his mantle of theatricalism laid
aside in this interpretation, his interesting individuality
given more freedom than usual. He is strongest when he
forgets that he is an actor and remembers that he is a man
of striking characteristics. Miss McCoy adds natural charm
and beauty of costume to her role and plays well up to her
opportunities. The rest of the cast is more or less obscured
by the centering of interest on two individuals, but their
w-ork is that of an intelligent and well-balanced companj', one
that seems to grow stronger by virtue of certain elimina-
tions.
"Capt. Jack" For the Screen
Widely Known "Poet Scout" and Campaigner for Peace Un-
der Contract With Group of Williamsport Business Men.
CAPT. JACK' CRAWFORD, idol of the "common peo-
ple" from coast to coast through his dissemination of
the doctrine of peace in verse which has given him
the name of the "Poet Scout," is soon to appear on the
moving picture screen.
"Captain Jack" hails from the anthracite coal mining dis-
trict of Pennsylvania and it was from this district that he
enlisted as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion in 1861.
In recent 3'ears, starting from his headquarters in his home
district, he has been covering the lyceum field, appearing in
a program made up for the most part of readings and
poems of his own composition. Some days ago a group of
well known Williamsport, Pa., business men, who had or-
ganized a company for the purpose, secured Captain Jack's
signature to a contract permitting the use of his poems and
readings on the photoplay screen and also providing that the
author appear in the productions. Jacob .'\. Brown, C.
Thomas McClaren. W. E. X'illinger and J. Harry Rake-
straw are the Williamsport men whose names appear in
the contract of agreement between Captain Jack and the
company.
Plans have already been made, for the production of the
first of the photoplay elaborations, which is to be entitled
"The Poet Scout's Pledge," and will visualize a number of
picturesque incidents in Captain Jack's life.
GRIFFIN TO STERLING.
Frank C. Grifiin, for the past year or so one of the Lubin
comedy directors, has left that connection to direct for
Ford Sterling. He arrived from Jacksonville last week and
departed for Los Angeles on Wednesday.
He had a narrow escape from drowning just before he
came north. He was playing in a picture in which he is
supposed to be fished out of the ocean by the anchor of the
Clyde liner "Lenape." The cable slipped and the anchor
fell, carrj'ing him down with it, the fluke becoming entangled
in his vest, "but he managed to tear the buttons loose and
make the surface just about in time.
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"The Barefoot Boy"
A Three-Part Kalem Subject in Which Young Miss Courtot
Does Work Beyond Her Years.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
THE Kalem Company will shortly release "The Bare-
foot Boy," a three-part drama, in which Miss Mar-
guerite Courtot has the leading role; slie is chiefly sup-
ported by Alice HoUister, Tom Moore and Robert Walter.
Mrs. Owen Bronson is the author of the story. Robert G.
Vignola produces it. Mr. Vignola has laid his scenes in
the far South, and he has chosen for his exteriors back-
grounds that charm. The plot is one of gradual and ex-
tended development, with situations of real strength in the
concluding reel.
Miss Courtot has the part of Frances, a girl deserted in
her babyhood by a mother who tires of her surroundings
and returns to her home and the lively social circle of which
it is a part. Her father goes into the woods and takes up a
life of seclusion. Hating women, he raises his daughter as
a boy. When the father is killed years later by a tallinn;
Scene from "The Barefoot Boy" (Kale.Ti).
tree the child is taken to the city and adopted by a sur-
veyor. She meets Rives, an artist for whom in the woods
she had posed as a boy. Rives falls in love with the girl
and proposes marriage, to the despair of the woman who
had been his companion so many years. Rives does not
know the miss is the daughter of his mistress, nor does the
latter know the identity of Frances. The best of the story
is in the scenes following the adoption of Frances by the
surveyor and the gradual revelation of the truth.
Miss Courtot is charmingly naive in her characterization
of the child of the woods and as the girl of the city. .-Mice
Hollister is strong in her interpretation of Eleanor, the
woman who makes her choice of a well-to-do man, a good
man surely as women would describe him, and liecomes dis-
contented for no apparent sufficient reason. The action
in which she participates covers a range of two decades.
She is shown as a girl, as a discontented young married
woman, and as the mature woman who clings to one man,
all the stronger perhaps as she has no legal claim to his
protection.
Tom Moore as the artist who in his struggling days is
jilted by Eleanor gives a good performance. He faithfully
portrays the man who yields to the importunities of a
woman married to another, although his heart is not in the
unsanctioned union; that he is capable of love is shown in
his affection for the daughter of Eleanor. His death by
his own hand when Frances spurns him is evidence of this.
Robert Walker capably fills the role of the husband.
The picture is well produced, although so far as the story
is concerned it may strain'the credulity to understand how
Frances in the garb of a boy could have misled all with
whom she came in contact. The best scenes are of the
artist's studio, where from a floor above Eleanor watches
Rives making love to the girl for whom he has such an
infatuation, not knowing that it is her own daughter; and
the uncovering of the identity of Frances.
S. S. HUTCHINSON IN SWITZERLAND.
Word comes by cable via London that S. S. Hutchinson,
president of the American Film Co., accompanied by Mrs.
Hutchinson and their two sons, Hobart and Winston, are in
Switzerland. All avenues of egress excepting via Italy and
the Mediterranean Sea are cut off. but no anxiety is ex-
perienced as the Swiss Government is well able to care for
all tourists within its boundaries.
James B. Kelly
James B. Kelly.
IT was with pleasure that we recently 'met up" with James
B. ("Smiling jimmy") Kelly, who, when he is at home in
Dallas, Texas, represents William Oldknow, the boss of
the Consolidated Film and Supply Company. Mr. Kelly's
jurisdiction covers, besides Dallas, Memphis, El Paso and
San Antonio, the south-
west portion of "Bill"
O 1 d k n o w's bailiwick.
Mr. Kelly has been on
a trip to New York,
which, of course as is
said by every man who
comes to this old town
was for business pur-
poses. As "Jimmie"
gave utterance to this
assurance he smiled. To
prove that the smile was
not in this instance en-
tirely Pickwickian h e
said that there was go-
ing to be a big exposi-
tion in Dallas, and that
he had come north to in-
terest in the project the
moving picture manufac-
turers. .\nd then "Jim-
my" smiled again. He
has been successful in
his mission.
The exposition will be
held simultaneously with the state fair in the last two weeks
of October. The public will be expected to pay the freight,
to the tune of 25 cents apiece. "Film men in the South are
very enthusiastic over this big show," said Mr. Kelly; "they
realize that it will be a big thing for the moving picture
business in that section.
"How is business as I see it down South? Conditions
right now are very good for us, speaking generally, and
for the Consolidated particularly they are excellent. Of
course, we do an immense supplj' business. I do not think
the war will affect us to any great extent, unless it ties up
cotton. In that event .we might feel it. We have got some
mighty fine houses in Texas. In Dallas alone we have five
houses devoted exclusively to pictures. These structures
represent an investment of over half a million dollars. In
Houston there are four big theaters. In San Antonio there
is a picture house costing $125,000. Fort Worth has three,
each of which cost from sixty to seventy-five thousand dol-
lars.
"The public down our way is getting crazier every day
about pictures. So it naturally follows that in the ex-
change business film rentals are strong. When I look over
things up North here I don't mind saying I am glad I am
in the South. The boys certainly have a lot of competition
here. Of course, a feature has got to be good to get by in
my section. Southerners are skeptical; you have got to
show them."
In Dallas the film men have organized the Motion Pic-
ture Trades Club. Everj- week the members hold a dinner,
and every month there is a ladies' night, at which dancing
follows the discussion' of an elaborate menu. At these lat-
ter functions there is issued at times an eight-page program,
containing among other things paragraphs in which are
thinly veiled facetious allusions to the various members.
Such organizations must do good and be good for the film
business and the men who are engaged in it.
Mr. Kelly following his visit to New York went to -At-
lantic City for a bit of recreation before returning to his
warmer home town. More power to him, "and the likes of
him."
II
MURRAY LEAVES MORGAN LITHO.
Geo. R. Murray has severed his connection with the Mor-
gan Lithograph Co. of Cleveland, O., with which he has been
connected as special Xew York representative for the past
two years, Mr. Murray has decided to seek new con- ]
nections; whether he will return to the theatrical business
in which he has been identified many years or take an active
part in the lithograph or motion picture industry will shortly
be determined, as he has several propositions now under con-
sideration. In the meantime he is taking a well deserved
rest at his country home. Port Washington, L. I.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1221
Ad. Film Folks Meet
To Discuss Organization
Enthusiastic Representatives of Specialized
Branch of Motion Picture Industry-
Foregather at Brighton Beach
COMMITTEE ON PLANS IS APPOINTED
Problem of Providing Circulation for Industrial and Adver-
tising Pictures Which Big Business Agencies Are Anxious
to Use Is the Knotty One to Be Solved — Some of the
Achievements Already at Hand Are of Interest.
REPRESENTATIVE men of the specialized 1. ranch of
the motion picture industry which has to do with the
niaiuifucture and circulation of industrial and adver-
tising films were present at an informal gathering at Reisen-
webcr's Casino. Brighton Beach. Saturday afternoon, Aug-
ust 15, for the purpose of discussing ways and means of
furtherinc the interests of their business through the organi-
zation of a co-operative association. While the only definite
result accomplislicd was the appointment of a committee
to formulate some comprehensive working plan, it may be
said that the gathering was a particularly helpful one and
one which is likely to be remembered as having given initial
impetus to a movement of great importance in the motion
picture industry.
The committee, which is to meet again in New York City
Tuesday, August 25, is constituted as follows: Alfred Som.-
merville, of the Topical News Co.. New York; J. L. Davis,
of the Knickerbocker Film Co., New York; John H. Gill,
of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.. Orange, N. J.; H.- K. Elkins,
of Pathe Freres, Jersey City; W. R. Rothacker, of the
Industrial Motion Picture Co., of Chicago; Nelson M. Mc-
Kernan, of the Colonial Film Co.. Washington, D. C, and
.Vrthur N. Smallwood. of the Smallwood Film Corporation,
New York. H. K. Elkins, who had been called away from
his hoine office in the East just before the time appointed
for the meeting, was the only man appointed on the com-
mittee who was not in attendance on Saturday. In addi-
tion to the remaining members of the committee the fol-
lowing gentlemen participated in tlie conference at Brigh-
ton: Charles R. Fox. of the Smallwood Film Corporation;
.\. J. Balmer. of the Lifeoarraph Co.. Chicago; R. W. Davis,
of the Knickerljocker Film Co.; Nat Burgess, of the Na-
tional Advertising Motion Picture Weekly. Inc., also' rep-
resenting the Dadmun Co.. of Boston; J. M. Torr, of Mov-
ing Picture Publicity. New York City; G. T. Ames, of the
International Educational Lea.gue, New .Y'ork City, and L.
G. H. Smith, of the Society for Electrical Development.
.\ lot more men than those at present actively engaged
in the production and circulation of industrial and adver-
tising motion pictures hold the opinion that a great future
for animated photography lies in its use as an advertising
and sales agent. The little group at Brighton, individually
and collectively, were enthusiasts in this doctrine and most
of them were enthusiastic in the light of what they had al-
ready accomplished witJi pictures as a strictly commercial
agency.
Circulation Plan Needed.
The thing that is holding up the industrial and adver-
tising picture is the fact that up to the present time there
has been no way devised to give the industrial and adver-
tising agencies which are expected to buy them. Adver-
tisers and advertising agencies have been convinced of the
"punch" of motion pictures as a supplementary selling
force, it is said, but they persistently decline to buy such
pictures as suit their needs until they can be shown just
liow these pictures can be kept working on a screen before
the eyes of the countless thousands of motion picture fans
throughout the country and not allowed to repose peacefully
in their cans to be taken out every now and then and exhib-
ited as a mark of progression on the part of the advertiser.
The plan of the industrial and advertising picture rnen, al-
though it has not yet been worked out, aims to provide this
circulation which is essential to the complete success of the
business.
Organization Plans Discussed.
The desirability of forming an association in the indus-
trial and advertising field for the purpose of solving the
various problems which are now presented was discussed
at great length at the meeting at Brighton. There was not
even a temporary organization of the men in attendance;
as a consequence there is no record of any motions or
resolutions to indicate that any progress toward the forma-
tion of the association was made. There was no enthusias-
tic agreement that the association would be <»f any great
value in solving the big problem of circulation although it
seems quite likely that an association will eventually be
formed to further the interests of tlie various manufacturers.
Suggestion From Smallwood.
Arthur N. Smallwood, of the New York concern which
bears his name, was sponsor for the association idea, in its
broadest sense, proposed at the gathering. Mr. Smallwood
outlined a plan which called for each individual company
in the industrial and advertising fields securing contracts
from the exhibitors in its district through which they would
agree to show, for a specified consideration, such industrial
and advertising motion pictures as were provided them.
The "circulation" so secured, according to Mr. Smallwood's
idea, was to be sold to the association of industrial and
advertising picture manufacturers at a slight advance in
price over what it had cost to secure, giving the individual
manufacturer a small initial profit. This combined circula-
tion— or such part of it as was desired from time to time —
was to be salable to any member of the association upon
application at a small advance over the cost price to the
association, the profit to the association providing funds
for general maintenance and further promotion f)f the asso-
ciation.
In the hands of the individual manufacturer, the combined
circulation provided by the association was planned to be the
selling argument which wcjuld induce advertisers and adver-
tising agencies to authorize the manufacturer of industrial and
advertising pictures and, moreover, pay the manufacturer for
circulating them. Mr. Smallwood expressed the belief that if
the plan which he outlined was followed it would soon be
possible for any member of the association to guarantee any
advertiser that motion pictures advertising his products
could be exhibited in as many as 5,000 theaters throughout
the country, reaching 30,000,000 people each week, figuring,
the average daily attendance at each of the theaters at 1,000.
This plan of exchanging circulation met with much favor
on the part of the men assembled, but not all of them were
confident of their ability to line up the theaters in their
districts. A counter plan to place the exchange of circula-
tion in the hands of a specially formed corporation allied
with the organization was also presented — this one by Mr.
Rothacker, of Chicago — and met with considerable favor.
Was an "Experience Meeting."
In many ways the conference at Brighton was an "expe-
rience meeting," a number of the conferees relating in
intimate detail just what progress they had made in the
business of pushing their special product of motion pictures
for industrial and advertising purposes. That more of the
actual experiences were not related and that there was,
every now and then, an undercurrent which made itself felt
and prevented dealings which were genuinely frank, is prob-
ably the reason that no definite movement toward the for-
mation of an association, or a circulating corporation, was
made.
Alfred Sommerville, of the Topical News Co., Inc., with
a pad and pencil constantly in hand, made it quite evident
that he was present at the meetinsr for the purpose of gar-
nering all facts which might prove helpful to him in his
business. In return moreover, his recital of just what his
company had accomplished in the matter of securing cir-
culation for industrial and advertising pictures tiiust have
proved quite helpful to the other members of the assem-
blage. The Topical News proposition is the one backed
by the Duke of Manchester. Lord Winburne, Zimmerman,
the Cincinnati capitalist, and others. The company's plan
is to provide exhibitors throughout the country with a serv-
ice of topical news events on reels totaling 1.000 feet in
length. In consideration of the company's being allowed
to include in this reel, on space not to exceed 200 feet, "a
picture of advertisin.g intent," the topical news service to
the exhibitor is to be given free. Mr. Sommerville exhib-
ited a sheaf of contracts which his company has already
signed with some of the foremost exhibitors throughout
the country and said that his concern was already in a
position to guarantee an advertiser motion picture publicity
in a chain of theaters which would thorou.ghly cover the
South and would provide a very respectable showing in
other sections of the country.
Mr. Burgess, of Boston, representing the National Adver-
tising Motion Picture Weekly. Inc.. told of the plan which
his company had worked out. The latter part of this moiith
Mr. Burgess' concern is to inaugurate an advertising service
in picture theaters in New England. The Bowdoin Square in
Boston and other houses of similar class are among the six-
teen which are already signed up to use the N. A. M. P. W.
service for a period of twenty-six consecutive weeks.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The pictures to be shown are reels which will run about
five minutes and will be introduced as straight advertising.
Each reel will exploit the wares of five or six advertisers,
a minute's time being devoted to each subject. A close-up
demonstration of the working of some particular brand of
suspenders for which superiority is claimed, trade-marked
characters in actions which tell a straight advertising story,
etc., are some of the things which will be shown.
Not the least enjoyable thing about the gathering at
Brighton was the luncheon which was served. It was be-
tween such toothsome tidbits as soft shelled crabs on toast
and tender young broilers served a la Creole that the dis-
cussion went on.
Much Litigation.
Motion Picture Patents Company Sues on Edison Re-issue
Patents — Some Copyright Cases.
THE legal campaign instituted by the Motion Picture
Patents Company to protect its rights under the Edi-
son re-issue patents has extended to the retailer.
Maurice G. and Gustav C. Gennert. trading as G. Gennert,
photographic supplies, at 24 East Thirteenth street, are
named as defendants in an action on file in the United States
District Court to secure injunctive relief and an accounting
of profits.
John Robert Taylor, counsel for the plaintiff, has procured
an order from Judge Grubb directing the defendants to show
cause why a temporary injunction should not be issued re-
straining them from selling cameras which are alleged to
embody claims described in the patents in question.
Accompanying the application were affidavits submitted
by agents of the plaintiff reciting that they had visited the
store operated by the defendants and inspected the machines
offered for sale and found them to be similar to the cameras
embodying the Edison inventions. A catalogue prepared by
the defendants containing elaborate cuts and descriptions
of their cameras was presented with the papers.
The Motion Picture Patents Company also filed suits
against the Broadway Picture Producing Company, Leon
Wagner, proprietor of the Sterling Camera & Film Com-
pany; the Photo-Cines Company, the Progressive Motion
Picture Corporation, the All-Star Feature Corporation, the
Gene Gauntier Feature Players, Inc., the Mittenthal Film
Company and Wh\'te's Motion Picture Enterprises, Inc., in
the United States District Court during the past week,
alleging that the several defendants have infringed on the
claims described in the Edison re-issue patents which w'ere
recently sustaind by Judge Mayer as valid. An accounting
of the profits which it is alleged has accrued to the various
defendants and injunctive relief is sought in each case.
Judge Grubb in the United States District Court has ap-
proved a decree enjoining the Gaumont Company from
using a motion picture camera embodying the claims con-
tained in the Edison patents, but the operation of the in-
junction was suspended upon the filing of a $6,000 bond to
enable the defendant to dispose of the cameras it has on
hand.
Copyright Cases.
As a result of a stipulation entered into by counsel for
the Vitagraph Company and Jerome K. Jerome, author of
"The Passing of the Third Floor Back," the deposition of
the latter will be taken by John L. Griffiths, the American
Consul at London.
The author has brought an action in the United States
District Court through his attorneys, Ernst & Cane, to re-
cover damages against the film company on the ground
that it produced the story in photo play form without his
knowledge or consent, depriving him of roj-alties which
would otherwise have accrued to him, he alleges.
The trial of the suit has been stayed for a period of 60
days to enable the opposing attorneys to submit a list of
interrogatories and cross-interrogatories for Mr. Jerome to
answer.
The Broadway Picture Producing Company and the Eagle
Feature Film Company, which have been manufacturing and
leasing a photo play entitled "The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine," in an answer to an infringement suit instituted against
the film companies by Klaw & Ei;langer, Charles Scribner's
Sons and John Fox, Jr., deny that the play was presented
in the movies without acquiring full rights.
The defendants allege that Mr. Fox, the author of "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine," assigned all of his rights in
the publication or dramatization of the work to Charles
Scribner's Sons, the publishers of the novel. Subsequently it
is admitted the publishers granted Klaw & Erlanger the
rights to dramatize the story, but it is claimed by the film
companies that this grant applied only to the presentation
of the work on the stage and not on the screen.
Last April the film companies assert in the answer that
they negotiated with Frank H. Rice, as agent of the pub-
lishers, with a view to obtaining the rights to present the
work in the movies. As the result of the negotiations the
defendants assert the publisher's agent executed an assign-
ment transferring those rights to the film companies.
Abraham Polacoff, who operates the Quality Feature
Film Company at 145 West Forty-fifth street, is named as
the defendant in an action on file in the United States Dis-
trict Court involving the rights to the photo play entitled
"The Golden Beetles," which was produced by the Societa
Italiana Cines, Ltd., of Rome.
George Kleine, of Chicago, who is the plaintiff in the ac-
tion, alleges that he procured the American rights to the
play from the Italian company, but notwithstanding his
rights, he asserts, the defendant leased films of the produc-
tion for exhibition in motion picture theaters without his
knowledge or consent. The value of the American rights
exceeds $10,000, the plaintiff asserts, and he asks that the
defendant be compelled to render an accounting and that
he be enjoined from continuing the acts complained of.
Leslie Wins Again
Supreme Court Decides All Stamp Cases in His Favor.
Decision of Importance to Motion Picture Industry.
Arthur Leslie has just won another decisive victory in the
Supreme Court, which settles his right to use the portraits
of motion picture actors and actresses on portrait stamps.
Two weeks ago he won a case in which Lillian Walker was
mentioned. The decision, in Leslie's favor, denying motions
for injunctions sought for. was most sweeping in character,
practically declaring that no cause for action was shown
liy the Pakas Company, the plaintiff in the case.
James H. Westcott, counsel for the defendant, who makes
a specially of motion picture cases, in speaking of the suit,
said it was "one of great importance to every motion picture
actor and actress and to every motion picture producing
company."
Motion picture folk generally are much interested in the
outcome of tli,e case for personal reasons, as it establishes
the fact that they have no legal right to give exclusive rights
to any one to a photograph that has already appeared for
publicity purposes. There also arose the question as to
whether the individual actor or actress has any personal
rights ill a picture issued by the company with which they
hold an engagement. All the portraits Leslie used were
from photographs that had appeared in his newspaper
syndicate page and thus came within the first category.
The actresses whose portraits attempt was made to pre-
vent Leslie from using were Lottie Briscoe, Edith Storey,
Dorothy Kelly, Leah Baird and Ormi Hawley. They all
made affidavits in his favor and against Manfred Pakas, of
the Pakas Company, who sued on the strength of alleged
contracts he claimed to have made with them to control
the reproduction of their portraits on stamps. The affiants
said they never intended to give Pakas anj' exclusive rights,
that they had received no money or other consideration
from him and that therefore any such contracts, if they
existed, were null and void; and, further, that they had no
objection whatever to the use by Leslie of their portraits on
his syndicate page or on stamps. Their affidavits were
indicative also of indignation at Pakas for making them
unwilling parties to his lawsuit.
SAWYER TO RELEASE A COMEDY.
Lorimer Johnston, chief director of the Santa Barbara
Motion Picture Company, has been known in the moving
picture industry as a very versatile director. His comedies
made for the American Company have been equally suc-
cessful with his dramatic productions. The second picture
to be released by the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Com-
pany which will be handled through Sawyer. Inc.. is entitled
"Thirty Minutes of Melodrama." In this picture many well-
known theatrical managers and stars are humorously cari-
catured and the result should be a big scream. The pic-
ture will be in two reels. The scenario is a burlesque on
a barnstorming troup, plaj'ing tank towns, and the situ-
ations that occur and the complications that arise when
the troup try to secure money enough to pay their hotel
l)ills are very funny. Although the story is a farce comedy
it does not contain anything to suggest slapstick methods,
all the comedy effects being secured legitimately. This
picture will be ready for exhibition in New York the latter
part of -August.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1223
CHICAGO LETTER
BY JAS. S. McQUADE
0\ tlio luiropeaii cniuiiicnt the picture industry is at a
complete standstill. All factories are closed and pic-
ture theaters as well. In Great Britain and Ireland
business is carried on almost as usual. The London rep-
resentatives of American manufacturers have made no com-
plaints about business to their home offices thus far, as
nearlj' as can be ascertained. There is a fear, however, of
a slump in the near future.
George Kleinc, the heaviest importer of films in America,
was seen the other day and he viewed conditions calmly.
What with the features and negatives he has on hand, to-
gether with the films now being made, or to be made, for
liim, he will have sufficient to meet the demands of his
business for the next four or five months.
Many men who entered the manufacturing field recently
are being caught hard by the new conditions created by the
war. They are frantically seeking a market for the few
films already made or partly made, for money is tight and
loans are hard to arrange.
The fall outlook looks very promising for Chicago ex-
hibitors. Few can grumble over the business done during
the summer, as it has been the most moderate season we
have had for years. Indeed, Chicago has been a great sum-
mer resort, where cool breezes and fair skies have been
the rule.
Chicago's Ordinance Governing Moving Pictures.
Chicago lias gained much publicity by reason of the
rigorous censorship of moving pictures indulged in by its
police department. The code of 1911 has been amplified
by a recent ordinance governing the exhiljiting of moving
pictures adjudged fit for viewing by adults only, the age
limit being fixed at 21 years.
This oflnce has been so often rec|uested to mail a copy
of the ordinance tliat the code of 1911 governing moving
pictures and the adult ordinance passed recentlj' are given
Iierewith in full:
1H2.1. PERMIT REQUIRED TO EXHIBIT MOVING PICTURES. It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to show or ex-
hibit in a public place or in a place where the public is admitted any-
where in the city of Chicago any ])icture or series of pictures of the
classes or kinds commonly shown in mutoscopes. kinetoscopes, cine-
matographs, and such pictures or series of pictures as are commonly
shown or exhibited in so-called penny arcades, and in all other auto-
matic or moving picture devices, whether an admission fee is charged
or not, without first having secured a permit therefoi from the general
superintendent of police of the city of Chicago.
WX. APPLIC.\TIO.\ FOR PERMIT. Before any such permit is
granted, an application in writing shall be made therefor, and the
plates, films, rolls or other like apparatus by or from which such pic-
ture or series of pictures are shown or produced, or the picture or se-
ries of pictures itself as shown or exhibited, shall be shown to the
general superintendent of police, who shall inspect, or cause to be in-
spected, such plates, films, rolls or apparatus or such picture or series
of pictures and within three days after such inspection he shall either
grant or deny the permit. In case a permit is granted it shall be in
writing and in such form as the general superintendent of police may
prescribe.
1626a. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
show or exhibit in any public place of amusement in the city of Chi-
cago any immoral or obscene picture or pictures, or any picture of a
riot or other disorderly or unlawful scene, or any picture which has
a tendency to disturb the public peace, or to take a picture of or pho-
tograph any riotous, disorderly or other unlawful scene for the pur-
pose of showing or exhibiting the same in any such place of amuse-
ment.
1H27. IM.MOR.\I. PICTURES— PERMIT .VOT TO BE GR.\NTED. If
a picture or series of pictures for the showing or exhibition of which an
application for a permit is made, is immoral or obscene, or portrays
any riotous, disorderly or other unlawful scene, or has a tendency to
disturb the ijublic peace, it shall be the duty of the general superin-
tendent of police to refuse such permit; otherwise it shall be his duty
to grant such permit.
lli2.S. XO TRANSFER OF OB.IECTIONAELE FILMS— CONFISCA-
TION PENALTY. In case a permit shall be refused for any such mov-
ing picture plates, films, rolls or other like articles or apparatus from
which a series of pictures for public exhibition can be produced, it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to lease or trans-
fer the same to any exhibitor of moving pictures or otherwise put
same into circulation for purposes of exhibition within the city.
In every case where such otjectionahle moving picture plates, films,
rolls or other like articles or apparatus from which a series of pic-
tures for public exhibition can be produced shall be put into circula-
tion contrary to the provisions of this section the same shall be con-
fiscated, and in addition thereto the person, firm or corporation so
leasing, transferring or putting the same into circulation shall he fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each
offense.
1629. FEE FOR PERMIT. The permit herein provided for shall be
obtained for each and every picture or series of pictures exhibited, and
shall be required in addition to any license or other Imposition now
required by law or ordinance.
The fee for each of such permits shall be fifty cents and shall be paid
to the City Collector before same shall be issued.
llWll. NOTICE OF TRANSFER OR LEASE— DELIVERY OK PER-
MIT When a permit to show u picture or scries l« once Krantcd to
an exhibitor, the picture or .kitIcs of iilclures may be shown by any
other exhibitor; iirovided. that the written permit Is actually delivered
to such other exhibitor and that a written notice of the transfer or
lease to such other exhibitor Is first duly mailed by the Irunsterce or
lessee to the genoral uupcrlntendent of police. Any number of trans-
fers or leases of the same picture or series of pictures may be made,
provided always that the permit Is actually delivered to the transferee
or lessee and that such written notice be first mailed to the Kcncral
superintendent of police. Said written notice shall contain the name
and a brief description of the picture or series of pictures, the number
of the permit and the location of the building or place where the trans-
feree or lessee proposes to exhibit such picture or series of pictures.
The exhibition by any transferee or lessee of any permitted picture or
series of pictures, without first niallinK such notice, shall be cons d-
cred a violation of this article, and a separate offense shall be regarded
as having been committed for each days exhibition hy a transferee or
lessee of each picture or series of pictures, without the mailing of sucli
notice.
16"I POSTING OF PERMIT. The written permit herein provided
for shall be posted at or near the entrance of the theater hall room
or place where any permitted picture or series of pictures Is being ex-
hibited, at such a place and in such a position that It may ,<^''"''y ""^
readily be read bv any person entering such theater, lia". /o™, °^
place at any time When any such permitted picture or >*'^';l<'j;,o' 1'"^'""^
s being exhibited whether In the daytime or in the "iKli'Ume^ The
exhibition of any such permitted picture or series of n''='"^^« "I'^out
the posting of the permit ss herein provided shall be considered a
violation o1 this section, and a separate and dist net «Jenfe shall be
regarded as having been committed for each day s exhibition of any
such permitted picture or series of pictures without the posting of tne
permit as herein provided.
163" PEN\LTY Anvone violating any of the provisions of tbls
article shall be fined not less than fifty dollars "°!-, „"!"'•'' t^rsh^n
hundred dollars for each offense. A separate '>'"\, <"f ''"^'^ ""I^'l.f *'{
be regarded as having been committed for each day s exhibition or
each picture or series of pictures without a permit.
AmiLT ORDINANCE OF WU. SECTION 1. That in all cases
wb'e^e a permTt for the exhibition, of a picture or.,f ^'^^o' P'^^ »J^^
has been refused under the prov sion of Section 1627 of The Chicago
Code of inil as amended, because the same tends towards creating
1 hirmful impression on the minds of children where such tendency
as to The minds of adul s would not exist if exhibited only " Pf^°f
of mature age the General Superintendent of Police may grant a spe-
cial permit limiting the exhibition of such picture or series of pictures
ti persons over thf age of twenty-one years: provided, such picture or
plct'^r^s are noVof su?h character as to tend to create contempt or ha-
tred for any class of law abiding citizens.
SFCTION " Whenever a special permit has been issued for the
exhiiition of "a p cture or series nf pictures limited to persons o twen-
fv one vea?s or over, as provided for in Section 1 hereof, it shal be
unlawful %r any person, firm or corporation exhibiting same to allow-
inv persons under the age of twenty-one years to enter the places where
tame is being exhibited or to remain in said place while any part of
sad paure or series of pictures is being shown. Any P*''?™;, A™ °J
corporation vio^.tng the 'provisions of this -«''»" /^»ll.,,''V,Hrs ?or
less than ten (.$101 dollars nor more than twenty-five (*.->) <i;;'';"^J_^'°^
each offense and the admission of each person under twenty-one years
orLe or perm ssien ?o remain of such person under twenty-one years
o ale, shall constitute a distinct and separate offense ; and'n addi-
tion thereto the Mayor may, in his discretion, revoke the ■«'"^^„°; .^"-^
person firm or corporation conducting a theater where the proMsions
of this section are violated
Chicago Film Brevities.
T D Frazier, owner of the Lo.vell Theater, Lowell, Ariz.,
wrote 'as follows to the Selig Polyscope Co. recently:
"Gentlemen: Mv patrons, in the majority accuse me o
only charging half enough for The Spoilers, and I charged
50 cents for regular admission and 75 cents for loge seats.
It was a most pleasing success, and greatly appreciated by
all who saw it. The Lowell seats 37^ people m all and the
house was packed for four shows, for the two aflcrnoons
and two evenings. I have been in the game f >r about
12 years, but 'The Spoilers' is the first moving picture 1
ever saw " Mr. Frazier lives in a small town of Z,5Ult in-
habitants. He paid $100 per day for 'The Spoilers, but
he managed to pull out with good profit to his credit. How
did he do it? He went around and sold tickets by suli-
scription. Before he had paid rental for the films, he had
already in hand considerably more than the rental called
for His patrons believed m him and he did not abuse
their confidence. There is nothing of the 'Cheap John
about Mr. Frazier.
* * *
F L Frazer. owner of the Palace Theater, Meiiduta. ill.,
paid a visit to the World office hst week. The Palace ieats
310 people, and admissions of 5 and 10 cents are charged
for programs of General Film Company's and Famous Flay-
ers' features. Mr. Frazer reported good business.
* * *
F. Andrew Barrvmore. Western manager ofthc Morning
Telegraph, has announced that he will move his office from
Room 201, Schiller Bldg.. to Room 403 in the same building,
on Sept. 1.
* * *
The Essanay News, issued weekly by Essanay's publicity
department, now presents quite an attractive appearance,
being typographically neat. Il also contains interesting news
paragraphs, whicn treat of the weekly doings of the Essanay
forces and of the success of the output.
* * *
"Cabiria" has reduced its prices at the Illinois Theater.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
!t now costs only a quarter to see tlie matinee, and 25 and
50 cents ai nigiits.
* * *
Statistics gathtied by the Selig Polyscope Co. trcm re-
ports of tocial workers and others, show that out of a total
c>f scvern^l thousand school children interviewed, 90 per cent,
of them visited moving picture theaters about five times a
month. Comedies were in demand by a great majority of
the child r<;n. Selig animal pictures were next in favor.
The invcs'i^alion also showed that historical subjects and
travclo^^ues were in high favor among the older pupiis.
* * *
E. H. Calvert, the producer of "One Wonderful Kight.''
is a graduate of West Point. He distinguished hiniself -.'i
the Spanish-American war, in Cuba, and at its close received
his commission of captain. Mr. Calvert left the army for
the stage, and iaicr entered the moving picture iieid. Jn
nc'd'.tion to his success as a directing producer, Mr. Calvert
is an actor of sterling merit.
* * *
"My Friend from India," an Edison three-part feature
adapted from H. .\. DuSouchet's comedy, is now being pre-
sented with great success at Orchestra Hall, sharing honors
with "The Wolf."
* * *
A recent cablegram to this city from the well-known
traveler and lecturer, E. M. Xewman. announces that when
hostilities began in Germany, Mr. Xewman was in Berlin
with a complete photographic outfit. This fact brought him
pretty near to arrest. Mr. Xewman arrived safely in Lon-
don with some hundreds of negatives taken during his re-
cent trip through Egypt, the Holy Land, and along the
Riviera, for use in his travel talks this winter. The pic-
tures and story of his hasty departure from Berlin will be
a feature of the coming season's travel talks.
* * *
The Quebec government has appointed Pierre Gravel, of
Montreal, as inspector of the moving picture theaters for
that province. His duties enjoin him to visit the various
picture theaters and keep strict watch that no uncensored
pictures are being exhibited.
* * *
The police closed a moving picture theater recently in '
San Francisco and arrested the owner on a charge of inciting
to riot, because the pictures shown were represented as being
scenes of the present war between Germany and France.
Hotel managers throughout the city have ordered their
orchestras to play no national or patriotic airs, in order to
prevent clashes among their guests. The playing of national
airs of the countries at present involved in strife, especially
when partisanship is at high fever, should be carefully super-
vised in picture theaters.
* * *
John Pribj'l. personal representative of Wm. X". Selig. who
has been undergoing treatment at the Michael Reese Hos-
pital for several weeks, returned to his home in Winetka,
Sunday. Aug. 16. His many friends throughout the country
and in the trade will be much pleased to hear of his re-
covery.
GEORGE AMES NOW HANDLING EDUCATIONAL
FILM.
George T. Ames, formerlj' of the General Film Company
and recently assistant manager of the Mutual Film Ex-
change, is leaving his post at the Mutual to take charge
of the newest and most important organization yet formed
for the booking and exploitation of educational film. The
name of this company- is the International Education League,
of which the Duke of Manchester is the president. Mr.
Ames is to be the assistant general manager of this con-
cern as well as general manager of a sub-coroporation
known as the Church and School Service Bureau, Dr. Wm.
Carter, president.
Mr. .Ames is one of the most widely and favorably known
men in the film exchange business in Xew York, and the
fact that he has elected to enter the field of educational
film renting is significant as showing the serious attention
that even the most experienced and conservative of the
"regular" film showmen are devoting to this new branch
of the business. Mr. Ames states that it is the intention
of the new corporation eventually to make educational
and historical film as well as to market it. and that within
a few months the concern will have its own companies in
the field all over the world. Mr. .\mes' new address is 18
East 41st street. He assumed control of his new office
2\Ionday, .August o.
STAMP OF NATIONAL CENSORSHIP.
The campaign against all forms of legalized censorship,
which is being inaugurated by the Xational Board nf Cen-
sorship under the direction and management of J. W' . Binder
is receiving the heart}' support of all interested in the in-
dustry. During the past week, the board has received as-
surances of support in its campaign from men who make
raw stock, musical instruments, projection machines and
screens, as well as from the largest manufacturers and ex-
hibitors of motion pictures in the country. One of the
largest theater managers' associations in the country, speak-
ing through its president, has not only indorsed the move-
ment, but has also promised financial support.
The new insignia by which the Board will register its
approval of films is being very favorably received by all
legitimate manufacturers. It will be used on their film ap-
proved by the Board from now on. The insignia is copy-
righted and the signature of Chairman Frederic C. Howe,
which appears on it. will make the unauthorized use of it a
forgery punishable by law. This is a reproduction of the
new seal:
PASSED
BYim
ctasoRs
Jt-U--
OFFICIAL STAMP
One of the features of the Board's campaign of educa-
tion will be an advertising campaign to tell the general pub-
lic just what this seal stands for when it appears on a pic-
ture. This will be done through the magazines and news-
papers as well as through the trade press. In the adver-
tisements the names of the concerns who habitually bring
all of their pictures before the Board for criticism will be
printed so that the public at large will be enabled to know
who it is that makes high grade pictures. How these pic-
tures are passed upon by the X'ational Board, what the
standards of criticism are that are applied to them, and
who the persons are that constitute the Board will also be
brought out in the advertisements.
BLANCHE CHAPMAN JOINS CALIFORNIA COR-
PORATION.
Blanche Chapman, who created the role of Mrs. Wiggs
for the legitimate stage and, according to the estimate of
the Liebler Co.. interpreted the part with greater success
than any other actress, arrived recently in San Francisco
for a special engagement with the California Motion Picture
Corporation.
This concern is now filming "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch" and Mrs. Chapman is pla5-ing the title role. The
fact that the producing company should have brought one
of Mrs. Chapman's reputations away across the continent
for one production is indicative of the character of feature
photoplay that the firm is striving for.
It is understood that .\lice Hegan Rice, author of the
novel, "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." and co-author of
the play, was instrumental in securing Mrs. Chapman's ser-
vices for the California company. Mrs. Chapman had
already signed a contract for the coming theatrical season
and was to open with an engagement in Winnipeg on the
first of August. The motion picture people, however, bought
her release for a period of sufficient length to complete their
production. Mrs. Chapman herself welcomed the picture
engagement since she is very partial to the part of Mrs.
Wiggs.
The cast for "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" appears
to be one of the best balanced ever assembled for motion
pictures. Miss Beatriz Michelena is being starred as Lovey
Mar}-, House Peters is playing Mr. Bob and .\ndrew Rob-
son is essaying the part of Mr. Wiggs.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1225
Music for the Picture
Conducted by CLARENCE E. SINN
EKLSSELL SANBORN of Boston, Mass., promised
us something about organ music for the pictures.
• Mr. Sanborn is an organist of exceptional ability
and I am sure anything he may have to offer upon this
subject will be interesting to the fraternity of moving
picture organists. Here is his first letter:
"A word from this quarter regarding the musical set-
ting for pictures. Realizing the education of public thought
is a very serious matter, and knowing what an influence
the daily press has" in shaping public affairs, is it not easy
to conceive how deeply the lesson told by the picture on
the screen imbeds itself into ones thought? Therefore,
if each one connected with the important work of produc-
ing the films — from the conception of the story itself to
the presentation of the same upon the screen, would realize
E. Russell Sanborn.
his individual responsibility in the shaping of the public
thought, what a change would ensue. The moving pictures
could advance the world's condition many a 'league in a
night.' so to speak; but here we come to a point of diverg-
ence—the most contested one perhaps in the continual dis-
cussion. The cry is, 'the people do not want the best;
they want the tragic, the sensational. We want to keep
the people coming. \\"e do not care for art.'
"I will give an illustration showing the lack of respon-
sibility in the musical end. A musician employed in one
of the largest and best known houses in this country re-
cently said to me, 'Oh, it's easy; just improvise and play
most anything you want to; quick in the hurried scenes,
slow in the sad ones, etc' .A few months ago I heard
him accompanying a picture, and will speak of a place
which called for the national anthem. He was improvising
for a hurried scene, and although he brought the national
anthem in at very nearly the proper place. — played it in
the same hurried sense and rhythm. The whole thing fell
flat from_ almost every standpoint. Had he been a man
of high ideals, what could he not have made out of that
one point? The speed with which he took it was bevond
all reason. It would seem, had he been a musician trained
m the higher branches of the art, and had seriously studied
the rudiments of music, — that the feeling of the audience
could have been completely changed. Play it, not as a
scherzo or rondo, but in a thoroughly dignified manner,
approaching it if you can, by a contrasting tempo and
rhythm, thus making it stand out in bold relief, giving it
itself rightful prominence.
"My work is that of a concert organist (having given
recitals from coast to coast), and in all probability I have
the largest and most modern pipe-organ in any private
studio in America. Previous to last September I had never
accompanied a picture. My first experience was with the
great photodrama 'Les Miserables.' It was given here in
one of the largest church auditoriums in the country. When
one of the owners came to me, I was reluctant to accept
the offer for fear it would hurt my musical reputation.
However, upon his urgent request, I agreed to play and
went with the determination to put the music for this
picture upon a high musical level. I continued throughout
its long engagement here, and 'credit to whom credit is
due.' I feel that Mr. Gordan of 'the Gordan theaters gave
me mj' first valuable points in regard to pictures.
"After 'Les Miserables' came 'David Copperfield' for an
extended engagement. The sub-titles and synopsis of the
suggested music were given me. I selected mj' own music,
however, which seemed better suited for the scenes and
it was frequently said how beautifully it fitted the picture.
"Then came 'Quo Vadis?' and the music which had been
arranged for this was sent me. This I laid aside, again
making my own selections. My request for additional in-
struments was granted, having with the organ, violin, cello
and harp. The best of music was given which was appre-
ciated by crowds of people. Picture men who heard it
said it was without doubt the finest music ever put to
pictures. Music which the majority of people know natur-
ally appeals to them more than that which they do not
know. Consequently I feel that the bringing in of some old
fashioned tunes of the 'long ago.' some present daj' good
ballads, some familiar opera airs or favorite hymns in their
natural places, appeals to all classes of people and brings
out the picture more strongly than a lot of cheap music
having no association or value. I firmly believe good music
judiciously selected and properl3- rendered will appeal to
the masses and make the picture more effective than a
lot of faked stuff which is served up to them.
"Yours for an ideal picture setting
"E. RUSSELL SANBORN, Boston, Mass."
Perhaps Mr. Sanborn can be induced in the near future
to give us some hints as to how he goes about "laying
out" his musical settings. We all understand the difficulty
of explaining e.xactl}' why certain scenes suggest the musi-
cal themes they do when we see the picture for the first
time, but may be if the writer will tell us something in
detail of what he has used in some picture it would be of
great value to others who play for the picture in the future.
These big and really good features will be shown for a
long time to come, and anything tending to help in their
showing will be duly appreciated by our constituency.
An Orchestral Setting.
Roy J. Bassett, Hartford, Con., favors us with the fol-
lowing:
"We played '.Antony and Cleopatra' (George Kleine's
master picture), which was a great feature, and I enclose
the music I used for its accompaniment. This picture had
a piano score, but I did not use it as we have an orchestra
and it would have taken too long to arrange the music for
us. The enclosed program brings out the picture very well.
This was given at the Star Theater: at present we are at
the Crown. Had a ten-piece orchestra all winter, but for
the summer season have four pieces. When I get time
I will write an article on how I play pictures. Your music
section of the Moving Picture World is very interesting."
(Thanks for your appreciation of this department, and
hope you will soon find time to send us that article. — Ed.)
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Antony and Cleopatra."
Introduction: First part of "Light Cavalry Overture"
(Suppe — published bj' C. Fischer) until "Act I. Part I."
"Fresh from \'ictory at Phillipi."
(2) Selection "La Tosca" (Puccini-Ricordi). X. B. — This
selection will bring vou to the third reel (Part III of
Act I).
(Act I, Part III) "In Rome One Year Later."
(3) "Cheops." Egyptian Intermezzo (Cheops-Cobb-Ta-
cobs) until entrance of Cleopatra.
(4) "Egyptia" (.-Mman — Rossiter) until Flight of Char-
mian.
(5) Dramatic music; after flight, go back to "Egyptia"
until; "Oh! Mighty Queen!"
(6) "Zallah" (Loraine — Feist).
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(U)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
120)
(21)
Act II, Part I; "Unconscious of Danger, .\ntony, etc."
"Amina" (Linke — Stern) until; "Charmian Hastens to
Cleopatra."
Dramatic music until cue; "Stand Back!"
"Ballet Egyptian Xo. 1 segue to Xo. 2 same suite"
(Luigina — C. Fischer) until end of act.
Act II, Part I.
"War March of the Priests" (Mendelssohn) until;
"Departure for Rome."
"Shubert's March Militaire" until end of Act II.
Act III, Part I.
"Cleopatra Suite Xo. 1" (Cleopatra Suite of Four —
Oshmler: published by C. Fischer) until "Landing
by Xight."
".\ttaque des Ulans" (Bohm — Fischer) until; "Tragic
Awakening." ,
"Ballet Egyptian" (Xo. 3 of the suite) segue to:
Dramatic music until; "Antony — All Is Lost."
"Xo. 2 of Cleopatra Suite" until: "Thou Art the Last
of the Race."
"Solvig's Song" (Peer Gynt suite Xo. III. Greig)
until: "Brooding Lends Wings, etc."
"March Pontificale" (Gounod) until end of Part 11
Act III, Part III.
"Evening Star" (Wagner) until Cleopatra is dis-
covered dead.
X'o. IV of Cleopatra suite until "Triumphal Return
of Octavius."
"Marche Russe" (Ganne — C. Fischer) until end.
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
By the Rev. E. Boudinot Stockton, S. T. B.
AS the present war in Europe is not only one of the
most important events of modern history, but also
an engrossing timely topic, the following catalog of
"educationals" released during the past two years is rec-
ommended not only to the attention of educators but also
to the up-to-date exhibitor, who wishes to give his patrons
what they want when they want it. .\s heretofore, the
synopses (marked "S") and the comments on the film
(marked "C") published in the Movin^ Picture World are
indicated by giving the volume niimber before and the
page number after a colon.
The Contending Armies.
French Army.
BATHING CAVALRY HORSES. Pathe I'd Ap V.n2. S. 12 ;1(!2 ■ C 12 :426
THE FRE.VCH ARMY I.\ WAR MANOErVRES. Pathe 12 Ja 1SI12.
n.s. or c.p.
FRE.VCH ALPI.VE MANOEUVRES. Gaumont 4 F Ua:!. No S. : C.
1.5 :466. An unusual and e.xceptional picture of how troops and guns
are transported over mountain passes.
FRENCH ARMY .MANOELVRES. Pathe 7 F llll.i. S. 1.". :49S ; C. 15 :TSO.
A very intere=;tin? picture of large masses of troops engaged in
mimic warfare, showing how temporary telegraph lines are laid,
pontoon bridges built and cavalry transported across rivers
EXERCISES OF THE 2:^D FRENCH DRAGOO.NS. Pathe 21 Je 1913
No S. ; C. 17 :427.
A SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS. Pathe IS Ap l!ll;j ; S. 16:200: Xo C.
Military gymnastics of the French army.
FRENCH ARTILLERY MANOEUVRES. Pathe 11 Mr 1913. S 15:1020-
C. 1.5:1220.
THE FRE.NCH AR.MY I.V ACTID.N. Eclipse 24 July 1912. S. 1.3 :26.S :
C. i:i :545. An excellent picture of the French troops in action, de-
fending a bridge, bringing forward artillery, etc.
Belgian Army.
CAVALRY TEST MARCHES I.N BELGIUM. Pathe l.T June 11)12. n s.
or c.p.
British Army.
ENGLAND'S KING AT LIVERPOOL. Kalem 2Sn 1913. 518:896:
C. Good view of British army at work and play.
German Army.
GERMAN CAVALRY MANOEUVRES. Eclipse .TO Ap 1913. S. 16 :40S :
Xo C. The Crown Prince of Germany commanding his world famous
regiment in manoeuvres.
Russian Army.
COSSACKS I.N THE URAL COUNTRY. Mutual Educational 20 Mr 19i:j.
S. 15:1134. No C. Also Eclair Educational Catalog No 93 (123
Oural).
In addition to the above and excellent release illustration
the use of aeroplanes in warfare is
.\RMY AVIATIO.N PRACTICE. Lubin 10 F 1912. S. 11:710; C. 11:780.
Manoeuvres of the U. S. army aviation corps' at Governor's Island,
N. Y.
The Contending Navies.
FRENCH -NAVAL MANOEUVRES. Pathe 27 D 1912. S. 14 :r224 ; No C.
An excellent picture of severe tests of French naval efficiency, taken
during a storm in the English Channel.
FRENCH FLEET MANOEUVRES. Gaumont 4 F 1913. No S. ; C.
15 :574. The French Mediterranean battle Beet.
EXHIBITIO.N DRILL ON H.M.S. "EXCELLENT." Eclipse '24 Ap 1912.
S. 12:256: C. 12:527. An excellent picture illustrating the handling
of the big guns on a battleship.
In addition to the above the following releases will illus-
trate other naval practices and manoeuvres.
■TORPEDO PRACTICE— U. S. NAVY. Vitagraph 28 F 1912. No S. ;
C. 11 :961.
TEN DAYS WITH A FLEET OF U. S B.\TTLESHIPS. Edison 11 Je
1912. S. 12:950; C. 12:1127. An excellent picture of routine life
at sea.
TARGET PRACTISE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET, U. S. N. Edison
19 Je 1912. S. 12 :1060 ; C. 13 :42. A remarkable picture of the
firing of big guns and the effects of the missiles.
BATTLE PRACTICE ON A CRUISER. Gaumont 19 N 1912. n.s.
or c.p.
THE NEWEST METHOD OF COALING B.\TTLESHIPS AT SEA. Edi-
son 26 F 1913. S. 15:920; C. 15:1103. Showing how battleships re-
plenish their coal supply from colliers.
THE S'WEDISH SUBMARINE MANOEUVRES. Pathe 4 F 1913. S
Joseph A. Golden
HERE is a good likeness of the new president and treas-
urer of the Crystal Film Company, Joseph A. Golden.
It is only recently that ilr. Golden purchased the
interest of and succeeded in office Mr. Erb, who has severed
connections with the company in which he has been so
prominently connected
and in the organization
of which he took so
prominent a part. The
Crystal Company is
well known not only
for being the producer
of Crystal films and
special features. but
also as having excep-
tional facilities at its
big studio and labora-
tory at 430 Claremont
Parkway for com-
mercial work, the qual-
ity of which has been
of the highest. Mr.
Golden will be aided by
Ben Goetz, formerly
studio manager who
now become^ general
manager of the com-
pany. Mr. Goetz thor-
oughly understands the
film business and will
be a most efficient right-hand man.
Mr. Golden is one of the veterans of the motion picture
business. His first work for the screen was as a producer
with the Biograph in the early days of that pioneer company.
For the Crystal Company Mr. Golden has written and pro-
duced all of the subjects issued on its program. He ha?
besides directed the production of "The Resurrection," in
which Blanche Walsh was starred; "Monte Cristo," with
James O'Xeill, the old-time stage star, and "Oliver Twist,"
the medium in which Xat Goodwin made his bow to picture
followers. We feel sure that Mr. Golden will enjoy the
success in his new sphere to which his technical training,
natural ability and personal qualifications entitle him.
Joseph A. Golden.
idll
THE EXHIBITORS' FRIEND.
Columbus. Miss.. July 29. 1914
Editor Moving Picture World;
Dear Sir: — Please find enclosed check for S3.00 as pa;
ment for one year's subscription to the E.xhibitors' Frien
I had just as soon be without my films as to miss an issue
of the Moving Picture World. We are operating the Prin-
cess Theater and Princess .\irdome. Business is especially
pood at the .Airdome; the program consists of four reels of
General Film pictures and an eight-piece orchestra. The
matinee business is poor at the theater at present on account
of the extremely warm weather.
With sincerest best wishes for the Moving Picture World,
I remain, Sincerelv.
E. KUYKEXDALL.
IHE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1227
TllL k'C>., L..;.;->i:-r= \\hv .ii._ . .i -:::-■. i ■ „ i-.'^-iial in-
terests in order to devote the time that should be given
them to bringing about an amalgamated organization
of all exhibitors in this state were keenly disappointed over
the past failure of some of the up-state people to put in ap-
pearance at the first meeting called to perfect arrangements.
The representation at the meeting was very gratifying, how-
ever, and the prospects for accomplishing the work the com-
mittee was appointed for are verj- bright. One of the most
active exhibitors in the movement said he believed every-
thing will be satisfactorily adjusted within a few weeks.
Time is rec|uired for all movements of such a character,
he said, some people require more time than others to get
into their minds the significance and ultimate results of
amalgamations, especially when they involve surrender of
some charters and adoption of others. "We hope to have
have all concerned fully convinced within a short tinie that
if the exhibitors of this country are to be protected they
must amalgamate," said the exhibitor. "Experiences of
the past year demonstrated conclusively that we have lost
many advantages through being divided."
* * *
At the national convention in which amalgamation re-
ceived its first boost the exhibitors declared official censor-
ship as an unwarranted and illegal measure. Many of the
delegates returned to their homes assuming that this procla-
mation was a knock-out blow to the repugnant regulations.
Some of theni have been heard declaring that the sentiment
of the exhibitors would sway public sentiment against of-
ficial censorship and they will not be victimized by it in the
future. All this is but a dream. All the resolutions the
Dayton convention adopted, combined with a unanimous
public sentiment, must fail in eflfect if not followed by ac-
tion. So long as the various ordinances and state laws re-
main as they are the motion picture people will continue to
be victimized. Two things must be done. One of them is
to_ have a decision of the United States Court on the con-
stitutionality of official censorship. The motion picture peo-
ple have a right to know why county and state courts bar
them from that part of the Constitution of the United States
which protects all others against the abridging of free speech
and freedom of the press. For several years both manu-
facturers and exhibitors have contended that it is uncon-
stitutional to muzzle the screen and allow newspapers, maga-
zines and books almost unlimited license in the publication
of pictures. The question has never been adequately tested.
It should be and all the exhibitors should get together and
assiime their share of the work with the Ohio people in
having it done. The Ohio courts practically only touched
upon the subject and left the final adjudication to the high- •
est court of appeal. Should that court sustain the decision
now in force, then the amalgamated exhibitors should resort
to their political power and have the unjust laws revoked.
They are in a position to go before the people and show
that every official censorship board that has acted thus
far has been glaringly capricious and the only actual results
attained have been the creation of soft political berths at the
expense of the taxpayers.
* * *
An amalgamated body of exhibitors will also be able to
conduct a country-wide campaign to show the people that
there is a safe and sane system of censorship which every
city and town in the country can adopt with satisfaction to
all and injustice and expense to none. Every legitimate ex-
hibitor in Greater New York is in hearty accord with the
system Commissioner Bell has in operation in conjunction
with the National Board of Censors, which has been doing
admirable work. But the honor and pap seekers in other
places do not want such a system and befog the people with
arguments that the motion picture people do not want any
kind of censorship.
* * *
Another advantage to be secured by the exhibitors through
amalgamation is an opportunity to get in closer touch with
the manufacturers of films and thus bring about a better
uriderstanding between each other. Now that the fall and
winter seasons are drawing close many exhibitors are heard
declaring what they are going to do with certain exchanges
and certain makes of film. They place emphasis on their
value of certain productions and tell their fellow exhibitors
what they will pay and will not pay for certain reels. It
is noticeable, however, that such statements do not come
from exhibitors who are willing to pay a price that is com-
mensurate with quality. AfTairs of this kind keeps alive a
feeling of distrust on the part of exhibitors against manu-
facturers and could be wiped out if an opportunity were
given for exhibitors and manufacturers to understand con-
ditions on both sides. This understanding can never be
reached by individuals. A standard value cannot be placed
on films by individual exhibitors. It is not uncommon for
some exhibitors to say they would rather have a certain one-
reel subject at a price asked for some feature subject, and
others would not take the single reel at any price.
* * *
Speaking on this subject a manufacturer said: "Every
legitin;ate manufacturer in the business would welcome an
amalgamation of the exhibitors and a spirit of co-operation
with us. We are continually striving to keep in touch with
the pulse of the public, but dealing individually with ex-
hibitors we cannot do so. We seek their suggestions, but
receive replies so varied in character that our time in trying
to strike a fair average is almost wasted. We must contend
with the differences of opinions on the part of audiences
as well as managers. We long ago gave up trying to sat-
isfy everybody and are content if we reach a majority of
the people. If the exhibitors were co-operating with each
other we feel that conferences at their meetings, or with
their committees, would bring about the results we have
been trying to accomplish by individual solicitations. Most
exhibitors fail to realize that the motion pictures are on
the same plane as stage productions. Scores of plays that
meet with success in New York fail on the road and the
results are frequently reversed when plays come into this
cit}'. You cannot expect more from the pictures. In fact
not as much. A bad play in action and scenic effects is
frequently saved by the lines of the players. A bad picture
cannot be rescued by lines. But in proportion to the num-
ber of productions the successes on the screen far exceed
those on the stage. For this we seldom receive credit.
There is another thing some exhibitors do not understand
and that is the excess of labor and expense required for
some subjects over others, when companies are making
varied productions. Many will not believe that features are
often produced at a loss, owing to the demands of the
people along the lines of elevating the standard of photo-
play's. Hundreds of exhijjitors who have never seen studio
operations fail to realize that a fortune is expended on some
productions before even the negative is finished. I under-
stand, and I believe it to be true, that over $60,000 has been
expended on a photoplay by one concern and not a film
has yet been placed on the market. I told an exhibitor one
day that our largest profit was derived from single and
double reels, and he laughed. He told me. I was trying to
make him believe that our features were the result of a phil-
anthropic spirit. He either refused or failed to understand
that we are obliged to make features to keep up with the
procession. The features have brought to the box offices
people we could not reach with small subjects. They are
responsible for the large houses that are now operating
and for the number that will be opened during the coming
season."
* * *
"Let me tell you this," continued the manufacturer, "large
picture houses are coming fast and the greater they in-
crease in number the sooner the smaller theaters will be
able to get features nearer to their prices. .'\s our sales in-
crease the more certain we will be of realizing profit on the
original investment and we will be able to meet the smaller
exhibitors on terms. Of course, the latter complain that
the large houses get the cream, but what else can be ex-
pected? A ten-cent house cannot compete with the houses
.getting higher prices and w-hich can afford to pay for early
runs. But the small houses will eventualh' profit by the
advertising the subjects that are successful and people
who cannot afford to pay the higher prices will go to see
them. I do not agree with exhibitors who claim that the
large houses will eventually drive the small ones out of
business. The poor will always be with us and so w-ill the
cheaper grade of picture houses, but they will be reduced in
number. It is all a matter of location. The cheaper houses
located in places where people can afford to paj' higher
prices for a better grade of show will naturally suffer. All
these problems could be solved with reason if there was a
disposition to let the exhibitor and manufacturer get to-
gether and discuss them, and the theorj- that the latter is
unfavorable to the small exhibitor would be dissipated. If,
at the present time, the manufacturers were to depend solely
on the large houses many of them would have to go out of
business, and if the small houses were to be solely depended
upon features w-ould be greatly reduced in number."
122S
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
ANNOUNCE NEW RELEASES.
Sawyer, Inc., have been silently gathering new pictures
and producing companies into its fold as the following list
of new releases will show: The Santa Barbara Motion Pic-
ture Company's initial release. "The Envoy Extraordinary
of the World s U'ar"' This is in five parts and was written
and produced by Lorimer Johnston. "Doc," the first release
of the Bosburn Photo Play Company, was written by
Eleanor Gates. The picture is in four parts; "Her Brother's
Disgrace." a three reel production made by the Canadian
Bioscope Company, and one of the best yet turned out by
this companj-; "The Zingara," a thrilling three reel subject
of life among a band of traveling gypsies; "The Tyranny of
the Mad Czar," is the production of the Coigne Motion Pic-
ture Company and is a big spectacular production.
H. B. WARNER IN "THE LOST PARADISE."
The first release of the already celebrated Paramount Pic-
tures Corporation scheduled for .-Xugust 31 is a notable
Famous Players' production, H. B. Warner in the world-
famous drama of capital and labor. "The Lost Paradise."
by Ludwig Fulda and H. C. De Mille, collaborator in the
famous Belasco-De Mille successes.
The subject marks the first appearance in motion pictures
of the eminent dramatic star, who recently won such a dis-
tinguished triumph in ".\lias Jimmy Valentine."
The production was exhibited at the Strand Theater dur-
ing the week of the Exhibitors' E.xposition.
"The Lost Paradise" portrays with vivid realism the
gigantic struggle between the two master forces of modern
industry. H. B. Warner assumes the role of the man who
strives to reconcile the contending elements and who is
willing to sacrifice name and fame for the woman he loves.
By reason of its strong labor note, the production is a
powerful Labor Day feature.
OHIO CENSOR LAW IN FULL FORCE SEPT. I.
H. E. Vestal, chairman of the Ohio Board of Censors,
states that by .August 18. 1914, all leaders for all films that
have been censored uo to that date will have been shipped,
and further advises that it is the sense of the Censor Board
and The Industrial Commission of Ohio that on and after
September 1. 1914, no films should be shown in the State of
Ohio unless they be shown in full compliance with every
requirement of the censor law. In other words, the Com-
mission feels that all causes for delay being past, there
can exist no reason whatever why full enforcement of the
law shall not be insisted upon.
FINE STAGE SET AT THE STRAND, NEWARK.
Jules Gerstle. assistant manager of the Strand Theater,
Market street, Newark, X. J., sends in the accompanying
photograph of the unusually artistic and splendid stage set-
ting at that theater, which setting was designed by himself.
By this it w'ill be seen that the Strand is another of those
progressive theaters that are rapidly coming to the front as
the higher exponents of the motion picture art. and whose
managers form growing aristocracy in the exhibiting ranks.
The stage at the Strand Theater has been metamorphosed
into a Japanese fairy garden. Japanese flowers spread their
fragrance through the house, Japanese birds and butterflies
flutter about, their gay plumage vying in iridescence with
the sparkling colors of the electric fountain. Sand-covered
walks lead from the beautiful French chateau's porticoes at
each side of the stage to the fountain, which sends forth its
scented streams high up into the air in the background,
behind w'hich is seen the charming facade of the central wall
of the chateau.
To add to the realism of the park-like eflfect, a sign, "Keep
off the grass," has been put up.
Beautiful Stage Setting of the Strand Moving Picture Theatre, Newark, N. J.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1229
Canada Enters the Film Field
Dominion General Film Corporation, Ltd., of Montreal, to
Manufacture Motion Pictures in Canada —
Policy Outlined.
WHILE the Lnilcil Slates holds — and probably always
will hold — the supreme position in the lilni industry,
Canada is making a strong bid for showing her nat-
ural resources and majestic scenery to the world in purely
Canadian motion pictures.
Careful organization and the injection of .\nicrican enter-
prise have created tlic Dominion General Fihn Corporation,
Limited, with headquarters in Montreal, a large and well-
equipped studio at Longucuil and a vast tract of land in
the Laurentian Mountains, where the outdoor scenes will
be produced.
View of Dominion Studio.
The companj' has been organized with an authorized cap-
italization of 5-300.UOO, made up of $100,000 preferred stock
and $200,000 common stock, with the preferred stock carrying
a bonus of -10 per cent, in common stock.
So great has been the interest manifested by Canadians
in the broad operations planned by this company that finan-
cial as well as moral support has been drawn from all classes
of societ}' in Canada, including the dignitaries of the church,
statesmen and the leading business men throughout the
Dominion.
Canada and Canadian histor3' lend themselves so thor-
oughly to moving picture productions that it needed only
the master hand of a clever producer to insure the success
of this undertaking. The company has already arranged
for the services of a well-informed man in this line.
The directors are men of wide experience and keen busi-
ness acumen — men who are familiar with public tastes and
requirements in both the United States and Canada. They
realize that the former will naturally be a big market for
Canadian films, and for that reason Rudolph Bergman, treas-
urer of the National Society of Music, of New York, and
Leslie Harris, secretary of the same organization, are mem-
bers of the Board of Directors.
M. Marcelot and J. \V. I'eacliy, of Montreal, both of whom
arc intimately familiar with the tilni industry, largely repre-
sent the Canadian interests of the company.
Already arrangements have been made for a very wide
distribution of the films throughout this continent and
Europe, for the field of historic interest is so wide and dra-
matic that it naturally lends itself to pictorial treatment at
the hands of a successful producer and a highly skilled
company of artists.
Not merely will the productions be devoted to stirring
and epoch-making scenes from Canadian history, but three-
reel photoplays of the most striking character will form a
very large part of the program that has already been mapped
out as part of the company's policy.
So much depends upon the plays and the players that a
carefully organized committee of selection has been brought
together, while the artists will be drawn from the principal
film companies of the world — and very largely from the
United States.
Active operations are already in progress for staging these
Canadian feature plays and pageants, and in a very short
time important announcements will be made regarding their
casts and other matters of interest to the moving picture
world.
FAVORITE PLAYERS SIGNS EDNA MAYO.
EDNA MAYO, a dazzling beauty of the blonde type,
has signed a contract to play leads for the h'avorite
Players Film Company at tlieir studio in California.
After carefully considering several hundred applicants,
the directors of the Favorite Players Film Company de-
cided that Miss Mayo's
beauty and vivacious-
ness, combined with a
natural talent for acting,
would make her a valu-
able support to Carlyle
Blackwell.
This is not Miss
Mayo's first venture in
motion pictures, she
having played leads with
the Pathe Freres Com-
pany. She has also had
considerable experience
on the stage, having
played important roles
in the New York pro-
ductions of "Help Want-
ed," "Excuse Me" and
"Madame X."
The first release of
the Favorite Players
will be a photo drama-
tization of Charles Nev-
ille Buck's famous story.
"The Key to Yesterday,"
with Carlyle Blackwell.
who will be featured in their production of popular novels
and stage successes.
Edna Mayo.
Interior View of Studio Sun Room, Dominion General Film Co.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Doings at Los Angeles
THESE are indeed busy days for western film makers.
Nearly every studio around here is working at high
speed, and but few people are out of work. Of course
there has been a spell of fog and high clouds, but most of
the companies have arranged their work so as to make it
correspond to the varying weather conditions. The industry
from the manufacturer's point of view is as it should be,
and no war scares have as yet struck the coast colony.
Many new theaters are being built in different parts of
the city, and several are being erected in a number of out-
of-town places. California made films are particularly pop-
ular with the people who live here, and many watch the
bulletins to see when their favorites appear and when cer-
tain brands of films are to be shown. One theater in a small
town near here makes a specialt}' of heralding the local films,
and many people patronize the theater on that account.
A trip to Long Beach, which means the Balboa, disclosed
several changes in the personnel of that company. Arthur
A. Lotto, who assisted H. AL Horkheimer as manager, is no
longer associated with the company, and Clifford Howard,
who attended to the scenario end of the business, also has
severed his connection with the firm. William Wolbert is
starting to direct some comedies. William D. Taylor is as
busy a director as there is, being engaged at present on a
whopper of a five-reel story which is a feature production.
He was measuring a deep set when spoken to and only had
time to tell a few details of the play. Mr. Horkheimer is
overjoyed at finding so good a director in "Cap" (Alvarez),
and has highly commended the young producer by saying
that his work is the best that has been turned out of the
studio, and that's going some.
H. Pathe Lehrman, who came back to the Cuasc a anort
while ago, has decided to remain here some time and make
this part of the sphere his home. In making his residence
here he has decided that single blessedness is no way to
live and so the engagement has been announced. Miss Selby
is_ the young lady who is soon to be Mrs. Lehrman. One
of the monster Fiat cars has been bought by the former
Keystone and Sterling director and he intends taking some
long trips while honeymooning. He goes to the altar with
our best wishes.
Jessie T. Robbins and his electric system of lighting has
proved that time is worth money, for the company is always
busy, even if the fog does keep out the sun. The young
maker of Robbins' films has had quite a row to hoe, but
now things are running smoothlv and everything points to a
good season. He is working industriously on "The Escape,"
which is not a travesty on the other escape. It is a good,
wholesome rube comedy with plenty of action. "When a
Woman Loves," made by this company and shown here,
has made quite an impression on local picture fans.
"Broken Nose Bailey" is a detective drama being put on
at the Alutua! by Jack Adolfi. Bailey has a fractured nose
which disfigures him for life and in his work he needs dis-
guises, so a little putty on the olfactory member does won-
ders, and the film shows the wonders.
Bertram Bracken, whose middle name ought to be Balboa,
has gone on a vacation to the mountains to be away from
the comedy grind at the Long Beach studios. Henry King,
the handsome leading man, has taken the reins and will pro-
duce in the place of Bracken, having as his leading lady Miss
Nell Franzen, who last week joined the Balboa company.
William D. Taylor has been made an official of the Photo-
players.
A young woman's struggle to keep a valuable mine, her
woes and work, and the outcome of the efforts of a band of
crooks, is told in "The High Grader," a drama directed by
Sheriff Mackley at the Mutual studios. The studio is a busy
place with its army of directors and actors.
The first private running of the Oz company's first pro-
duction. "The Patchwork Girl of Oz." was made this week
in the gymnasium of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. There
were many hundred members present who saw the beautiful
film, and if their opinions coincide with those of the exhib-
itors this film company has certainlv struck no slippery rocks
in the river of prosperity, for their films are good. They
have started on the second story, and the third is being
prepared for the director, Joseph F. Macdonald. L. Frank
Baum. author of the fairv myths, has returned from a vaca-
tion spent at Del Mar. The studio is a-humming with many
workers and everything is lively.
Down at the Balboa they are building something all the
time. Only recently a few feet were added to the stage and
an addition put up on the property room. Now they have
completed a large addition to the carpenter shop and furni-
ture storage room. Kfr. Horkheimer announced that the
negative output has been increased from si.x thousand to nine
thousand feet, and in September it will go clear up to twelve
thousand, which is quite an output.
The Kinney company, which runs the resort city of Venice,
near here, has bought a camera and plan to make pictures of
all local interest events. They shot about 500 feet of the
annual Catholic picnic on the 8th and then did some quick
developing and exhibited the film in their theatre the follow-
ing week.
Many new members are being added to the ranks of the
Photoplay Authors' League, and the organization seems to
be stepping in the right direction, for many writers are
asking about the league and "The Script."
CLARKE IRVINE.
BRITISH NOTES.
THE trumpet blast of war has echoed its first notes
over Europe and although yet only a few days advanced
there, is scarcely any department of commerce upon
the whole Continent that is not beginning to feel the pinch
of the international conflict. So far as it is possible to judge
the moving picture industry in Great Britain is in no im-
mediate danger of paralysis, although there is good reason
to suppose that a graver state of affairs exists across the
Channel. In the first place imports and exports of stock
between the principal Continental centers have been abruptly
suspended, even from such countries that are not actually
involved in the struggle. Secondly, not only in France, but
in this country, too, a vast number, of producing and renting
houses have suffered depletion of their staffs through the
call to the colors. Fortunately some of the French firms
and most of the American have laid in a stock of films to
maintain the normal supply until well into the Autumn, and
only today the Flying A Co. announce their intention of
marketing all the releases on their calendar without altera-
tion until September.
* ♦ *
The Eastman Kodak Co. has a manufacturing plant near
London and it has already assured manufacturers that
there will be no shortage of stock, so should the worst come
to the worst we shall be able to make out with reissues.
* ♦ *
Quite conceivably an occurrence like this stimulates public
appetite for any pictures in the slightest degree military.
This has not been satiated by the illustrated press, for I have
not yet seen a single war photograph, but co-incidentally
three or four feature subjects, all military or naval dramas,
are down for release next week. One in particular has been
taken full advantage of by exhibitors and is a lengthy naval
drama entitled "England's Menace," by the London Film
Co. This and another entitled "The Curse of War" consti-
tute the principal attraction at a vast number of exhibitions
in England next week, many prearranged programmes being
suspended. Shortly we may expect a rush of reissues of all
the army and navy pictures of the past year or two. Even
now old topical films of bygone army and navy maneuvers
are given pride of place at some of our leading London the-
aters.
* * *
A large number of American people are stranded in Lon-
don and Paris, owing to the curtailed steamship service,
and I hear that one or two men engaged in the moving
picture line in America are among the unfortunates. _ Mr.
Bland, who portrayed in such a reverential manner Christ in
Kalem's great religious picture, sailed yesterday for New
York.
* * *
Twelve moving picture operators are reported to be al-
ready upon the Franco-German frontier, but I very much
doubt whether any films worth screening will be taken. Spe-
cial restrictions and censorship accompanies the proclama-
tion of martial law, and should views of the actual fighting
be secured it is doubtful whether they would be allowed to
be exhibited. Belgium has announced the prohibition of
such pictures.
* * *
The Blackpool Corporation, not satisfied with circulating
extra good scenic films of their seaside city among exhib-
itors, made a new experiment the other day with moving
pictures for advertising purposes. Two noted comedians
were commissioned to enact a local comedy to be taken by
the Kineto Co. Beginning at the station they performed a
diversity of mirth-provoking activities and kept them up
at all of the sights and places of amusement they visited.
This idea is one that might be copied by enterprising ex-
hibitors.
* * *
The Hepworth Co. is now exceptionally busv preparing
an important film version of "Barnabv Rudge." and early
renorts indicate that the result will be one of the finest
Dickens pictures yet released. J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1231
Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
We Think He Can.
A CORRESPONDENT who -.vrites that hu has been in business since
March and who thinks this paper largely responsible for his suc-
cess, wants to branch out. In a nearby town is a house built but
not opened because the original backer's money gave out. There are two
going houses, one using Mutual and the other Universal service, (our
reels and two vaudeville acts, reels from 60 to 100 days old. Five and
ten cents. Population, G.OOO. He wants to know if he can get Into
the town with a thirty-day licensed service, no vaudeville, and good
music.
We certainly think that he can It he goes about it right. In the
first place tbere are a lot of people who do not like the sort of vaude-
ville that comes to a small town. Not all the population of a town
that size care for a comedy act made up of profanity, obscenity and
the American flag, the good old standbys of the incompetent. They do
not want their children to see that sort of thing. The kiddies simply
trill have pictures. Make a good big stand on the fact that vaude-
ville is not used, and why. Show how it is possible to put the salaries
of cheap acts into a better run of films and better music. Don't say
that the Star and the Gem run rotten vaudeville. Don't know that
there is a Star and a Gem. or whatever the houses may be. Don't
say thet/ run vaudeville. Tell why you don't. Hit right out from
the shoulder.
Then take up the question of service. Do not decry the other
services. Simply brag up your own. Tell why It is that a thirty day
service is apt to be better than one twice that old.
Show how and why it is that better music makes a film seem bet-
ter. Talk a little of the care and attention the big city managers give
this feature. Intimate that you are going to run your house big
city style because you think the people of Dashville as just as capable
of appreciating something good as the New Yorkers or the Chicagoans
or whatever is the nearest big town. Artfully suggest that the only
reason they didn't know this before Is that they never did hear
pictures properly played. Then labor with your players. Work them
a week before the house opens to show them how. If you have one of
those reels where everyone gets killed don't let your orchestra play
"Everybody's doing it," even if it does sound appropriate. Don't let
them play the so-called "popular" songs at all except in farces. Get
them the lighter classics. The Mendelssohn Spring Song is every bit
as tuneful as "I used to do the tango but now I hesitate." Advertise
good music and then be prepared to deliver the goods.
Work up interest in all these points before you open, and do not
open until you are absolutely certain that things are right. The
other day we dropped into a new shop in a town of 15.000. It was
a nice little house with an alert and attentive manager, but the pro-
jection was so poor that we quit on the second reel. The man knew
how. but he was out of focus and half the time did not seem to be
pulling enough juice. The house had a black eye right at the start.
Run your house all by yourself for a whole day before you open.
You'll lose a day's receipts, but you'll be sure it is right.
Talk modestly and positively about what you are going to do. but
don't know (officially) that there is another house in the same State.
Do that and with a proper service and a properly run house you are
all right.
Uses Criticisms.
The Best theater. Hillsboro, Texas, uses in its program criticisms
taken from this paper, "with this explanation :
For the benefit of our patrons we give below the criticisms
of the photoplays constituting our week's program. These are
taken from the "Moving Picture World," the highest authority
upon such subjects. The World is the most authentic critic
of the trade and does not fear to condemn a picture that is not
up to the standard. As an instance of this we find that it has
scant praise for one of our Wednesday's films and in line with
our policy to show only the best we hare booked a special to
take the place of that film.
Kind to the Dying.
There Is only one thing we do not like about G. S. Clarke, of German,
Texas. He does not run a typewriting machine. Fut we think enough
of his letter to copy it off, having some respect for the printer, who
Is paid by the job and who can set type faster from even the sort of
typewriting we are able to do. Mr. Clarke sends in a piece of advertis-
ing and says it is partly borrowed from this department, but com-
pleted by himself. He says in part :
I am one of the small town exhibitors who get suspected of
being in the John D. Rockefeller class. The doctor (and he
is a good doctor) butted in and after he had satisfied the pub-
lic's curiosity to see the new place, I personally put one of these
in each house in town and also gave one to the older boys
and the single men. Then my medical friend stood in front
of his place and watched them come to me and wondered why
they did not come to his show. But the best part of it is that
my house was crowded nightly and mostly with money, com-
paratively few of the recipients using the pass. Now the doctor
(he ran six reels u night up to the night be bad one paid
patron for each reel of film) is offering to sell on the pur-
chaser's terms and Is willing to confine himself to the practice
o( medicine. Notice that I did not. In my advertising, say
anything about his profession. Just blew my own horn.
There is a lot in the last few words. A physician sees that Mr.
Clarke is doing business. He starts a show. For a time people want to
see what the new house is like. They cannot be kept away. Mr. Clarke
knows that. He does not buck against the impenetrable. But comes the
time wheib the novelty wears off, and he shoots this circular Into every
home and makes certain hinaself that it gets there :
DON'T BE LONESOME.
Follow the crowd and you will find yourself In one of the
comfortable seats at the Moving Picture Show. Years of ex-
perience, we think, qualifies us for running the kind of show
the people want to see. We don't know how to repair an auto,
or run a hank, that is not in our line, but running a picture
show is.
We get the very best films that money will buy, and perhaps
you did not know it, but all our pictures bear the approval of
the National Board of Censorship of Moving Pictures, the ma-
jority of said board being ministers of the gospel of the leading
denominations, and they certainly will not approve of a sug-
gestive or immoral picture, or one calculated to set the example
for the commission of a crime.
We are honestly trying to give the people of this town the
most and the best for their money of any town, regardless of
its size anywhere.
If you can think of anything which will improve the show
your suggestions will be gratefully received and carefully con-
sidered.
We want to know the kind of pictures you like, and will ap-
preciate it if you will write your preference on the back of the
coupon below, and present same to cashier, who will admit the
entire family free on any night you choose to come, in accord-
ance with terms stated in coupon.
We hope you will use this free coupon at an early date and
that we may have the pleasure of seeing you often at the show.
Yours very truly,
G. S. CLARKE.
This coupon, if presented to our cashier, on any night except
Saturday or when we have a special program, will admit one
entire family absolutely free. Not good for children unless
parents accompany them.
The Moving Picture Show,
G. S. Clarke, Owner.
(Tear off on line above, and write your name and the kind
of pictures you prefer on back.)
Maybe Mr. Clarke is too well known to need more than "The Moving
Picture Show" as identification, but we would have a real name for the
house and make that name familiar against the time some other doctor
starts making experiments. Outside of that, the circular is well done.
After the first signature there is a perforating rule to make the de-
tachment of the coupon easy. Mr. Clarke admits he knows nothing of
hanking or automobiles. Everyone knows he means medicine, but he
has not said so and they cannot and will not hold it against him. He
adds that the allusion to the Censorship pulled him through two weeks
of a church revival meeting. Just to clinch things he ran the Passion
Play for the benefit of the churches and netted them twenty dollars. Mr.
Clarke seems to be "all there" all the way around. We like his circular
immensely and recommend it to others. We don't believe that he cares
much what the people write on the back of the slips. A man like that
already knows what goes best and gets it when he can, but he creates
the impression he is doing his durndest to please, and most people
like to help advise.
It certainly does seem odd that only one per cent, of the good stuff
in this department comes from the cities. Don't ANY of you big town
men ever do anything? We pause for a reply — and we hope we get it.
There It Goes Again!
J. L. Frazier, of the Lowell Theater, Lowell, Arizona, writes :
Herewith please find inclosed two of my regular weekly
programs. I have noticed in the Advertising for Exhibitors'
Department of the World that there are a number sending
in their house programs regularly, and I have held back,
thinking, perhaps, my effort would hardly be worth your
time to look over. However, I'll try It once, and if they
do not meet with your approval I will not annoy further.
They are getting the business just the same. Our printers
are not equipped for high-class work, and tbis Ic about their
limit.
There it goes again ! Any time that we grow annoyed because
some one sends in advertising matter we are going to plead with
the boss to bounce us if he doesn't beat us to the Idea. We like
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to be "annoyed" with programs and other advertising and photographs
of unusual advertising displays and anything else that pertains to
this column, and the more we get the wider our smile of "annoy-
ance." We hope that Mr. Frazier continues to "annoy" us in pre-
cisely the same way.
Getting over to the program, we think that there must be some-
thing Japanese in Mr. Frazier's make-up. They have a habit of
decrying what is their own. and this Lowell program needs no
apology. For that matter it may interest Mr. Frazier that he and
the printers in combination are turning out a good job. He uses the
railroad folder style printing in brown and purple on white, the brown
being used for border and emphasized type on the two outer pages
only, the issue being an eight-pager, with pages 4 by 9, heavy paper.
Five of the eight pages are used by the house, with small advertise-
ments top and bottom on three of those pages. The other three
pages are all advertising. Two of the inside pages run the program
and the other inside page is gossip. We think it would make for
a better layout to set the gossip in eight point, or even six, add-
ing a little and using a couple of inches in four pages, so that
each page carries "pure reading," so much desired by the intelligent
advertiser. It will cost a little, perhaps, to break up the solid ad
pages each week, but not much, and the effect would be decidedly
better. The typographical display is excellent and the press work
reasonably good. Purple, as a rule, works well on the forms where
some colors give trouble. We think that Mr. Frazier cannot com-
plain of what he gets. He gets better than most.
Three in One.
The Elite, Fifth Avenue and Alhambra Theaters, Nashville, Tenn.,
combined in their program and present a sixteen-page issue with a
cover of coated paper, twenty pages in all. The inner pages are on
news stock, but the few illustrations used show up well because the
right screen is employed. There is a good but not obtrusive showing
of advertisements. In spite of the size there is no general reading
matter, the text being confined to the daily program given by readers
of the subjects, with casts where these are obtainable. It would pay
to cut these down a little, using the page or so gained, for matters of
interest to the patrons of all three houses. .As the Crescent Amuse-
ment Company, which owns these houses, also has houses in seven
other cities, the cost of getting up a snappy page or two could easily
be distributed among the eight cities, and in a city the size of Nash-
ville some clever newspaper chap could be found to do the work for
five or ten dollars a week. There is no reason why an eight-page
form could not be gotten up tor all eight towns, the other eight
being prepared for each special town or combination. It is beyond
argument that general matter gains readers for the program and so
for the house announcements. More than that general reading makes
friends and helps the odvertiser as well.
Thinks It a Rerord.
Manager Block, of the Victoria Theater, Beaufort. N. C, thinks
he is the first manager in a town of his size to put on Kleine's "The
Last Days of Pompeii." He writes :
I am inclosing herewith a copy of a recent Issue of a
local paper containing a page advertisement of "The Last
Days of Pompeii." which is to be produced at the Victoria
Theater in this city June IS — matinee and night. Beaufort
has a population of only 2..500. one-fourth of which are
colored, and are therefore not to be considered in this con-
nection. I am calling your attention to this for the reason
that I doubt if there is another town in the United States with
a population no greater than that of Beaufort that would put
on as expensive a play as "The Last Days of Pompeii."
If anyone can beat this, lefs have the facts. The advertisement
Is well planned. The title is set in a sixteen line letter and the smaller
text is all attractively phrased and well set. And he is getting a
quarter for the attraction in a town of that size where it is but
recently no one in Denver could be convinced that any picture was
worth more than a nickel.
From Houston.
The missing Pearce program from the Pearce Theater. Houston,
Texas, has turned up. It is a tour-page issue of good size and
tends strictly to business. There is the usual calendar program, and
the rest is given over to house stuff and comment on the films. ' This
clipping may be useful to others. It is set in large type directly
beneath the program for the week. In some of the issues the heading
carries what newspaper men call "ears" — small rule boxes on either
side of the heading, calling special attention to the biggest of the
coming attractions.
Plplfpil^rjl IT "" ^ °"'" ^^™'' easily played by
■*• *>^»^^"AVy»_; 1 ajiy number of players. Close
your eyes, place the index finger or any of the above dates, open
your eyes, go to the telephone and call up your best girl,
invite her to Pearce's Theater for the date selected. Yoii
will be surprised how pleasantly you will spend the evening.
This game can be played every day during the week without
becoming monotonous ; try it out. For any further Information
call at Pearce's Theater.
Later on we think the issue will go to eight pages with some
general matter, for they are climbing down there In Texas. What
there is is decidely good, but the modern program gives a little
general film reading in addition to the specific data for the week.
They Stick.
Herschel Stuart, one of the few press agents in a picture theater
sends in the folder he devised tor the Queen Theater. Dallas Texas'
and says that only a very small percentage of the 10.000 he dis-
tributes weekly are thrown away on reaching the sidewalk, a trouble
they had when a larger program was used.
It is a card roughly, 4 by i'/, inches and is folded once. The
front gives the title of the house, the town and the date covered
by the program. The back carries a cigar advertisement. Inside
the weekly program is given in brief, the column running across the
page and not being broken into two pages. It is printed on marble
stock of excellent quality. The house is now preparing a mailing
list of 5,000 names.
Mr. Stuart will be glad to send a sample to any interested manager
who will inclose a stamped and self-addressed return lOver. For
those who desire a vest-pocket program, this model will oe hard to
beat. It can be put out so cheaply that it can be used to supple-
ment a larger program where there is a demand for a larger issue.
Know About Strings.
Some of you door-knob specialists might be able to come to the aid of
Hay and Nicholas, of the Haynic, Fairmount, Minn. Listen :
We wish you would publish this inquiry in the interests of
all the "Doorknobbers" of the country.
Who can tell us where to buy strings in large quantities for
our "Door Knob Specials"? The biggest problem connected
with getting out the program is the tying of these hundreds
of strings every week. There is some places somewhere these
strings can be bought, ready tied, in large quantities. Will
some user tell us where it is?
Going Up.
You know enough of the advertising of the feature companies to
realize that when you can read 6,_. per cent, of a feature house organ
with real interest and amusement there must be a real editor in
charge. One of the best is George E. Carpenter, of Real Reels, Salt
Lake City, put out by the Notable Feature Film Company. A recent
"Open Letter" is good enough to pass along, and back of the jesting
is sound common sens?. How dn you treat your own exhan^e?
"Mr. Exhibitor: Far be it from us to criticise your house and
the way you operate it : our relations have been most pleasant in
the past and they are going to continue so to be. We are writing you
this letter, however, so that you may co-operate with us in saving
a young and blithesome soul, to wit, that of our handsome and de-
bonair shipping clerk.
"Publish it not abroad, but between you and us and the office cat
this worthy gentleman is exhibiting symptoms of breaking out into
a chronic case of spontaneous profanity. We have diagnosed his case
and traced it to its source, and it would appear that his lamentable
condition is occasioned by the thoughtlessness of the man you have in
your employ whose duty it is to return cuts, slides and photographs.
"Please take him kindly, but firmly, by the ear. lead him to some
secluded spot and place this lamentable case before him. He is human
and will promptly aid you in this glorious soul-saving proposi-
tion. Break it to him gently that in best film circles it is not
considered au fait to drop a slide loose into a film box and ship
It back to the exchange. Broken glass is apt to cut the finger of
our shipping clerk, and then he gets peevish. The slides are shipped
to you in a neat separate box. Should your employee need a box
wherein to place his matches, cigar stubs and other effete bric-a-brac
v.'e will gladly present him with an extra one.
"Then, in the little matter of photographs : It is not advisable to
tack them in your lobby frames with horseshoe nails. However
If your man feels called upon to utilize a nut and bolt on each
corner please instruct him to use a monkey-wrench rather than rip
the picture out of the frame in impetuous fashion. The photograph
is apt to get torn ; then sometimes when pictures have not been
returned promptly we have to ship a few wrecks along for lobby
display— and then another exhibitor writes us a torrid letter and says
unkind things that hurt our feelings. We realize that all our pic-
tures are works of art and that your man is starting an art gallery
of his own. Nevertheless, we would esteem it a favor if the pictures
were returned.
"We note that your employe is a smoker. However we woUld
suggest that he refrain from striking matches on the surface of fine
screen cuts, because this habit is responsible for some very bizarre
effects. This habit, too, of going over to the newspaper office once
a month and indulging in one grand cleanup of cuts is to be frowned
down because the cuts are liable to get all balled up and eventually
reach their wrong destination. Cuts exploiting Barnum's Circus are
of no use to us, so it is hardly worth paying expressage on this
dead metal. We don't want to rob the rightful owner of these works
of art. All we want is our own returned promptly. A cut of
Douglas' $3 Shoe, for instance, despite the visible tact that it bears
on the back of the label. "Mary Pickford in 'Hearts Adrift ' " is
absolutely worthless to us, as we do not contemplate going into the
shoe business just yet.
"We might add a few lines on the inspection of films the cute
patterns cut by the take-up sprocket wheel, ripped leaders and
titles and general chaos superinduced by careless operators but we
refrain. We feel if we continued in this strain that we might be
misunderstood." ^
Has he got your number, or are you the other fellow?
Too Cheap.
Admission is two for a nickel over in Newark. The Majestic theater
IS issuing a card which, with five cents, will admit two persons to "a
three hour show." That's less than a cent an hour, a Ittle too cheap
but can a man stand three hours of the sort of show he probably
will get? *'
They Did It.
Evidently the Third Street Theater, Easton, Pa., got away with their
determination to put out their own reels. Their first release, A Willing
Lover, has been shown, apparently with success. We think the Third
Street is the first house to produce its own dramatic production
More power to them. We didn't think they could do it, but they did
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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THE FHOTOFLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
I
The Situation.
ONE of those trouble hunters wants to know what is the use ot
learning to write playt;. "More and more directors are writing
their own [ilays." he remarks, "and it must come to a time when
there will be no chance for the outside writer."
Now that is the way it looks to the outsider and in a way we do
not blame the correspondent for feeling discouraged, but we take it
that he is In a position to make money elsewhere at present, and we
think that nothing is going to help the outsider more than the fact
that more and more directors are writing their own scripts.
We can imagine nothing more likely to drive the manufacturer to
the open market than some of the scripts these puny-minded direc-
tors write. It needs only a glance at the synopsis pages of each
Issue to see that the stories are getting poorer and poorer, and it
needs but a slight acquaintance with the fans to see that the present
popularity of the pictures is based on the personal pull of the in-
dividual stars. Were this not so the motion picture business would
dry up.
Fully half of the directors in the Western studios of the Universal
are writing their own scripts. It is only a question of time when
the discovery will be made that many of them are writing rot. It
is the same on the licensed side. Then, when that time comes, the
people who can write will be encouraged to write by being offered
more money.
Just so long as manufacturers think they are saving money by
having the directors write their own stories, they will keep on stand-
ing for the same old thing, but the public is not going to be as com-
placent and it will not be long now before some of the makers who
are addicted to this practice will realize that if the director writes
his own script, saving the company twenty-five to one hundred dol-
lars, and the script he writes costs the company several times that
in lost prestige, there is no real saving.
At this very moment the best pictures are being made by companies
that hire writers to write scripts and directors to direct. If you are
observant you can tell from merely reading the stories of the films
which companies have writers and which think they are saving
money. It is only a question of time when manufacturers come to
their senses and save money by spending it and fire the men who pro-
test that they must write their own scripts. Between the only half
intelligent director and the non-intelligent cutting room man it is a
wonder, sometimes, that we get anything at all, but hold fast, for a
better day must come.
It's Serious.
Lately Arthur Hotaling. of the Lubin company, came up to the home
office for a chat ; at least he says it was a chat, though we know
what the temperature in Jacksonville has been and even in Philadelphia
it is cooler. But that's another matter. The point is we introduced
him to a friend and the latter could not believe that a man who looked
so stern and forbidding could make comedies. A couple of days
later William Lord Wright quoted from a letter from Mrs. Emily
Brown Heininger, the Essanay star comedy writer, in which she says
"The slap stick comedy business is a near tragedy in every stage
of the game."
It all works out to the one point that writing comedy is a busi-
ness and not a matter of a jovial disposition. One of the meanest
tempered men we ever knew was a comedian and one of the saddest
comedians we ever knew was a most amusing cuss when you got him
off the stage. He thought he was a comedian because he could crack
jokes, but on the stage he stuck to a dreary routine of work.
Don't think that because you are regarded as a natural born come-
dian by your friends that you are destined to write great photoplay
comedies. Comedy writing is a serious business and must be ap-
proached in a business-like manner. The only difference between
writing comedy and drama is that in one case you aim at creating
laughs and in the other seek to bring tear.s. Comedy requires the
same intense concentration for the moment, the same careful plot-
ting and an inherent sense of what will look funny oa the screen.
The village cut-up seldom has the concentration necessary to the work.
His comedy is what the stage calls "ad lib stuff," dependent on the
situation of the moment.
The comedy writer is not a heaven-sent humorist who just bub-
bles out on paper. He is the more or less serious minded man who
puts this situation and that situation together because he knows that
the combination will gain a laugh as surely as the chemist knows
that sugar and chlorate of potash will form an explosive mixture.
He does not sit down to his machine, giggle a couple of giggles and
dash off a screaming farce. He works like any artisan with care
and certainty, knowing that certain causes will produce certain ef-
fects. He is a student of idea, of situation, of business, and he
works with the same careful earnestness that the dramatic writer
displays.
Just because your friends think you are "real funny." do not re-
gard it as a call to write comedy. There are too many of that sort
now. Try drama, for that is more simple.
out that this bus been done several tlme« ulreuiiy and we do not think
that It w>>uld pay to give Hpace to such a department each week for
the reanons that It would be repetition In u way and confuBing at
the same time ^ince there 1b a wide dllTerence In methodu.
No two writers work in preclHely the same manner and the trained
man docs not always work along the same llnuD. Ho may get bis
Idea from a chance remark, a picture, a happening, or some Idea.
Now and then we even take the synopses printed In this paper and
get a comedy bint from some dramatic story. We recently wrote an
acceptable farce on the title alone of Kalem's "The Show Girl's
Glove." The whole thing can be put into a nutshell. There are plots
all around you. in the papers, the magazines, on tbo streets. In the
conversation of your friends — anywhere, and the trick is merely to
train yourself to look for the Idea.
Wasn't at Home.
One of the real writers started to write to a title the other day.
Then when he got It back he held a private inquest and came to
the dual conclusion that it takes more than a title to make a story
and that It Is no use trying to write of unfamiliar matters.
Both conclusions are sage, but the second is the more Important.
Up to a certain point a good writer can write about anything, but
he writes best of what he knows, whether the knowledge Is acquired
at first or second hand. If he writes about India he gets books of
travel and guide books and railroad maps. He picks off a lot of
points that give reality to the story. It is the same no matter what
locale he takes, but In this case the author did not know the people,
yet he wrote about them, and they were unreal and they sounded
unreal and after it came back he realized his mistake and swore off.
Something besides imagination is needed. One of the best propa-
ganda plays ever written was spoiled for the use of the propagand-
ists because one of the minor characters did something so utterly at
variance with the teaching of the story that the effect was lost- A
little study would have obviated the trouble. Study people, places and
things, and then you'll be at home when you write.
Titles.
Harry Hoyt says he saw a script the other day titled "The F Is
Silent as in Fish." Of course that is a mighty poor title, hut It
is a certainty that editors at least read the story to see what it was
all about. It would have been better had the title been catchy and
available, hut there was something to it.
On the other hand a drab colored title will hurt a chance of a sale.
We saw one the other day that ran "Here and There With a Promo-
ter's Wife." In the first place it was too long and in the second It
sounded more like a magazine article by a traveler. We suggested
instead "Mamie's Millionaire."
Give a little thought to your titles. Make them catchy and at-
tractive as well as short. And do not make it too revealing. "Saved
by an Airship." might look well on the posters, but it detracts from
the suspense because now we know beforehand just how the girl Is
to be saved. Get something to pique curiosity and you'll get the edi-
tor and later on the exhibitor will get the patron. Don't figure that
any old thing will do and that the company can fix it up. Do it
Comedy Leaders.
All experts agree that the ideal script contains no leaders because
it needs none, and that the script with the fewest leaders is apt to
be the best. That is true, in the strict sense, but now and then a
leader will point up comedy and get a laugh. Somehow an inserted
remark seems to point the humor of a scene where the action is not
too violent and bring to a focus the smile that has been lurking on
the lips.
Few of these laugh leaders should be used, but some can be used
with decidedly good effect. Their most useful function is to con-
nect the idea with the action. We see Jack drenched with water
from a hose and we laugh. We know that he is on his way to meet
a girl, but we do not connect that fact, at the moment, with the
wetting. There flashes a cut-in — "I've got to meet Julie in five min-
utes!" Now the scene is funnier than it was an instant before be-
cause the player is not only wet. but in that condition he must pre-
sent himself before the lady of his love.
Next to the plotting of the action, the intelligent use of leaders,
rather than their non-use, is the most certain sign of the experi-
enced play writer.
Beatimtoit.
One of our correspondents thinks it would be nice if we had a
regular department in which some author would tell just how. when
and where he got the idea for some story success. We would point
Takes the Advice.
Here is a letter from a man in Atlantic City. He is tired and Is
going to take our advice and quit. — but read it for yourself :
Some time ago you struck a keynote that has stuck. It is
to "Curl up and die," and that is what I am about to do. I give
in, why write, if you cannot sell? But why this change. The
house I usually go to, to see pictures, runs the independent
films, so have not seen many of the Lubins, but. tonight I made
a change and saw I think your record script of forty-three
minutes produced on the screen, the one I saw was "She wanted
to know." Of course you were not out to break any records,
when writing that, if a record of time was your object. I think
twenty-three would have been the thing. ' don't you? Of
course, Mr. Sargent. I don't blame you for writing it. hut when
the sting comes, you say. why do we ask how to sell? Yes
how do you sell ? The answer is. work. WORK ! Study, plot.
rewrite, etc.. and what is the answer to the outsider — "not
wanted,"
This is the first picture of yours that I have seen, to my
knowledge, and now to me the question is not how to write,
but. how to sell, but so long that there is no satisfactory an-
swer coming, the matter of writing photoplays is dead.
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Vou know what jou are doing and it is your own business;
but I have submitted good ideas to Lubin, and have been told
by one of their ed.tors that they did not care about technique,
did not care if it was written on wrapping paper, just so it
was an idea, they would buy, well, some of my stuff was good,
Drobably not good enough, but equal to what they produce on
the average, and you can sell and I cannot, so what's the use.
I was not writing as perfection but writing ideas, and they
always came back — your story was good, I understood the gen-
eral action and construction of it, enjoyed the suspense and it
was new and novel — but so easy, and yet so hard — but I have
written, along the same lines, and had them rejected, so I
give up.
And there you are. Here is an author who tried to sell one com-
pany. He could not. He quits. Perhaps it is better so, for the
writing game, from any angle. Is no place for a quitter. But, on
the other hand, if he can write good stories, perhaps Biograph or
Kalem or Keystone, or Edison, or Mutual might have liked his stuff,
but no. he takes one look at one of our cute little comedies and curls
up. Usually the stuff we write does not have so violent an effect
Perhaps the trouble was that he did write ideas. Tou cannot have
much plot and a lot of action, too, in a half reel, and of the two
the action is the more important. But the main point is that, lack-
ing persistence, and easily discouraged, the correspondent has quit
after apparently a half hearted effort to land on one company. It
takes a better fight than that to win. Lots of persons do sell com-
edies to Lubin, and if they do not sell them to Lubin they sell them
to someone else, the moral being that the way to win is to keep
sn plugging. That's what every winner has done.
Building Up.
Instead of writing in to tell how remarkably bad the stories you
see on the screen have become, why not see what you can do to im-
prove them? Do not take the same idea, but look and find the story
that the author might have written, then go and write that. A real
writer can take almost any poor story and write a better story from
it and one that is absolutely unlike the one supplying the start. It is
good training, too. for you will come, in the fullness of time, to im-
prove your own stories the same way. One of the tricks is to be able
to keep on improving your plot until you get a really good story in-
stead of one merely passably good. But just remember that building
up is one thing and over elaboration is another.
Love Interest.
Having told a writer that her scripts lacked novelty, she promptly
came back with the remark that she was trying to get away from the
almost universal love interest and do something different That
was not the point at all. We did not object to the stories because
they were not love stories, but because the factors were, for the
greater part, so old. By all means write a story without love interest
if you want to and if you think you can get something equally in-
teresting, but give some touch of newness to your plot whatever you
write and remember that love stories are in greater demand than
others because all the world loves a lover. A good adventure story
is not to be passed over with contempt, but even an adventure story
is the better for a love interest, not a mushy, sentimental interest,
iut a clean cut suggestion of "and so they were married."
For Old Authors.
Not so much on account of the money as because he hates to be
licked by any part of the writing game, an old newspaper man re-
grets that he cannot write photoplays and asks for a diagnosis. It
is very simple and the chances are that other old timers are having
the same trouble.
Here is a man who can dash off a short story or magazine article
and be reasonably certain of a check. He does it more on style than
idea. All of his writing life he has been doing the same thing, and
he cannot understand why it does not work In photoplay. But style
founts for nothing in photoplay. Give Rudyard Kipling and some
studio employee the same plot and Kipling might write a story that
was a work of art while the hack writer would get a hack story.
But given the same plot, the hack man would get as good a story on
the screen, even if Kipling knew as much about photoplay construc-
tion as the studio man. for style would be lost in the photography.
If you are an old timer and find you cannot sell, see if the trouble
foes not lie in the fact that you are trying to sell style instead of
Ueas.
Sane Stuff.
Here are a few remarks from a worker that are worth passing
along:
I got $15 from
which satisfied me. They said that
they would be glad to see moTe of my work, which also satis-
fies me. Sufficient is it to say that I sent it to them Feb. 13.
I did not hear from it. or did not write until the latter part
of June. They said that they were sorry that confusion in their
studio delayed them in making me the present offer. How-
ever, I got the money, which I might not have done if I had
yelled as soon as it ran over time a week or so. I may be curi-
ous that way, but you know. I don't want my scenarios back,
and if they want to keep it. and see if they can use it a
couple of months from now, why let them keep it. I am satis-
Sed if they want to consider it. and if they buy it, O. K.
On the next to the last script I sent to (sold) I
signed the agreement, and cashed in the check, and wrote
them, and told them that I thought it was more valuable than
the price they had paid me. I told them that with twice as
nuch plot, and twice as much action (and newer) I thought
it was worth more than another I sent them, of half the
number of scenes. And it was too.
They told me to put a price on my scripts, it I thought them
more valuable. That was all. But the next scenario I sent
them, I noticed that the .check was made out for $20. Maybe
it did some good after all. That was the effect I hoped for,
more than a bonus, which I hardly expected.
1 am going to make a big scramble to get in with by
sending them .some good stuff. I guess that s the best waj-
I have a friend who started in last fall to write picture
plays. To date he has written 13. He has several held but
has sold none yet; and he has a good head. He'll make good
The other day he said "You know, I'm just beginning to find
out how little I know about scenarios."
I remember when he wrote his first one, and showed it to
me. It was 0. K. but a rather old situation, not made the most
of or developed beyond the bare outline, because he didn't know
how. I encouraged him, and told him to take a chance and
send It, also telling him how hard they were to sell. Another
fellow, looking it over, said "Why did you tell him to send it
out It was no good." Yes," I said, "but he thinks it is "
That IS, 1 dion t want him to get discouraged, and quit as he
IS original enough, and a hard enough worker, to make good at
it^ The other fellow wrote several, more clever, perhaps than
the first ones, in some ways, but he didn't sell them- so he
quit, and has -given it up as "too much work for the money
in It.' And yet he could write better scenarios than I can
It he got busy at it, as he has a good sense of humor, pure
fun, and can get it on paper, and is original. But— you know
how It goes. You can't, it seems, in this business, make the
big fish float, or keep the dead ones off the top of the water.
He had the right idea on leaving the story with this particular
studio. Only the other day the same director remarked "I almost
™ ,® . — t*"® »""''■ daJ'. but something came up and I put it
back in the box." The story had been sent him July '''^ 1913 it
may be another six months or a year before he does make it ' but
he handed over slips for six recent stories at the same time' and
there was no kick coming. In the same way he bought a story from
another man because there was halt a day when there was nothing
else in work and he could use a lot of people. Had the =tory been
queried it would have gone hack at once, not because of any affront
but merely because the director knew he might make it some day
but did not know when. It is hard to work with such long delays
but with a proper string and some patience it is possible to do a good
business and still let some lie. We have some stuff that was turned
in in February of last year and has not yet even been reported on.
Bromide Plots.
Yesterday we looked over a lot of plots tor a lady. They were
not bad plots, but they -were not good ones, they were the same sort
of plots that ninety eight out of every hundred middle grade writers
evolve. There was the hidden will, the fortune in the old chair
the lover who did not know his sweetheart s brother and some more
like that They were good for practise work, but no editor has to
buy this stuff. All he has to do is to dig in the back files and do
the same thing ever again a little better.
If only authors could and would realize that something better is
needed, they would save a lot in postage and editors would have an
easier time of it. Set out with the determination that you will do
something vastly better; that you must, of necessity, do something
vastly better, or you'll find your percentage of acceptances small
indeed.
Anyone can write the story of how Mary marries Paul against her
father's wishes and is disinherited until her little babv wins the
old man's heart before he knows it is his own grandchild but it
takes a thinker to get up a story in which the grandfather recon-
ciles the child to its parents. Anyone can write the story of how
the workman was fired and came that night to shoot his employer
hut instead saved his boss from being robbed and got the job bacli
and was taken into partnership. Anyone can write that and most
of us probably have, but there are different endings to the story
that the clever man can invent and a new climax might make a
sale.
Anyone can write the story of the man roused to fight burglars
only to find it was the cat. but the clever man will write ot the
man who goes down stairs to put the cat out of doors to find that it
is a burglar instead of the cat.
There is nothing whatever to prevent you from writing the good old
plots again and again, but please don't expect to sell them.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terras and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy-six pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developing the "Punch," Condensing the
Script, Writing the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, Talking Pic-
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Operators' Union Directory, I. A. T. S. E.
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I this list as it will not be rei)Ublished. The mail address of the sec-
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If any.
Local Union No. 307, Philadelphia, Pa.
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cording secretary, 1233 Vine street
Manufacturers' Notice.
It is an established rule of the MOVING PICTURE WORLD and of
this department that no apparatus or other goods will be endorsed or
recommended editorially until such articles have been demonstrated to
a member of our staff. In case of apparatus pertaining to projection
this means the editor of this department.
Important Notice.
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication it is impossible
to reply through the department in less than two to three weeks. In
order to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps (less than
actual cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply, by mail,
without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booklet form. They may be obtained by remitting 25 cents, money or
stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
I Question No. 47.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in
replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permission to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise
only the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking for
high class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
What is the mill Joot standard of resistance? How is it
vscd in measuring the resistance of loire? Using the mill
foot standard, what is the resistance of a circuit of No. 6
wire, the total length of ioth wires ieing 136 feet? Slunc us
7iO!c iiou oitained the answer.
Roll of Honor.
The. Roll of Honor on Question No. 41 consists of Harry T. Dohson,
Toronto, Canada ; Frank Willard, Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa ; L. B.
Minges, Lestershire, New York, and Joseph H. M. Smith, Fort Worth,
Texas.
I have decided to publish both the answers of brothers Minges and
Smith. Smith's reply is excellent, but it is, I think, rather too deep
for the average operator. However, there are doubtless some who
can make use ot the valuable data It contains.
Answer to Question No. 41.
By L. B. Minges, Lestershire, N. Y.
The Question :
Supposing the decision as to question 40 to be in the affirma-
tive, and there was available for fuel, gas. natural and arti-
ficial, gasoline and kerosene. What would you do to deter-
mine which would be best from any and all points of view.
XOTE. — As matters now stand, any operator is likely to be
confronted with precisely this proposition at any time. Are you
preparing, or are you prepared to "deliver the goods" on such
questions as this, or even make an intelligent stagger at it?
The Answer :
In considering the economic excellence of the various fuels
which may be used in an internal combustion engine, it would
be well to first thoroughly understand the action of these va-
rious fuels when compressed and ignited in a cylinder ; also
their advantages and disadvantages should be thoroughly exam-
ined into. It will be found that gasoline is the most widely
used fuel for internal combustion engines, and that It Is pe-
culiarly adapted for this work on account of its extreme vo-
latility : also because it forms an explosive gas. when mixed with
air. through a wide range of temperature. Moreover, the
deposit of carbon on the walls of the cylinder is comparatively
slight when it is employed for fuel. Gasoline is a fractional
distillate of crude petroleum. It has a widely varying den-
sity, the variations being as much as from So^ down to 60".
The specific gravity of gasoline is an Index of Its volatility.
The higher the specific gravity the more volatile the gasoline.
For this reason a test of specific gravity is important when
purchasing the same. It has been my own experience that
gasoline from TU° to 72°, Beaum's, Is most suitable (or Internal
combustion engines, particularly In cold weather when It la
hard to get the engine started. There is but little difference
in the amount of heat encrgj- contained In different grades of
gasoline, consequently engines which operate at low speed will
develop just as much power with a low grade gasoline as with
high grade. The objection to the lower grades are found In
the difficulty of carbureting the mixture properly at high
speeds, but at lower or medium speeds this trouble Is not
encountered, and the lower grade fuel Is the cheapest. This
must be qualified, however, through and by the fact that the
lower grades cause carbon to deposit on the cylinders more
rapidly than the higher grades.
The compression ot any gas fuel should be carried as nearly
as possible to the ignition temperature of the gas. The tem-
perature at which "gas will ignite varies with its calorific
value, and, because of this fact, every fuel has a limit to
which compression may be carried, the average being about as
follows: gasoline, 70 pounds per square inch; kerosene, 60;
natural gas, 7.5, and city gas, 80 pounds. The richer gases
require less compression than the leaner ones, and the com-
pression of small kerosene engines would be only about GO
pounds per square Inch, though if the same engine used gaso-
line the compression should be increased to 70 pounds. The
rightly designed gasoline engine will consume about one pint
of gasoline per brake horse-power per hour, the cooling water
should leave the cylinder at about 200° F. When considering
kerosene we find that it does not form an explosive mixture
when mixed with air at ordinary temperature. When employed
as a fuel for an internal combustion engine it must first be
vaporized by heating the liquid to about 200° F. before Its
gas, or vapor, is compressed or ignited. .A.s a result the spe-
cific gravity of the charge that is taken into the cylinder is
greatly reduced.
Kerosene is a fractional distillate of petroleum, having a
specific gravity of approximately 4S° Beaum's. When kerosene
is used as a fuel its high heating value causes the cylinders
of the engine to heat unduly unless a spray of water be In-
jected with the charge. This, and the difficulty of vaporizing,
coupled with the rapid carbonizing of the cylinders and rings,
make its use as a fuel objectionable as compared with gasoline.
The consumption of kerosene per brake horse-power per hour is
about the same as that of gasoline. It will be found that in
localities where it can be readily obtained natural gas Is al-
most exclusively used as a fuel for gas engines. The fuel
consumption in a gas engine running at Its rated load when
using natural gas is from 13 to 17 cubic feet per brake horse-
power per hour. When considering artificial gas such as coal
or water gas, we must remember they are only intended for
illuminating purposes and are put through refining processes
in order to increase its illuminating power, which process adds
to the price of the gas, but does not add to its efficiency as a
fuel. The consumption of gas of this kind would be about 15
to 19 cubic feet per brake horse-power per hour. As the cost
of fuel varies with the localities it would be impossible to
say just how much it would cost to run an engine of given
horse-power per hour on any of the four mentioned fuels.
However, I have given the average consumption of each, which
will enable the operator to figure out the approximate cost
In his locality.
Reply to Question No. 41.
Ey Joseph H. M. Smith. Fort Worth, Texas.
The manager who intends to purchase an engine is not
usually well enough posted in mechanical matters to appreciate
the great difference in value as between one engine and another
engine, or to determine whether the plans for the Installation
conform with the best practice or not. Innumerable types of
engines will be offered him by manufacturers' agents, each of
whom claims to have' a better engine than his rival. This
naturally tends to confuse the uninformed purchaser who, not
knowing which really is best, as a rule ends by buying the
cheapest, only to find, as time goes by, that his installation is
far from perfect. Some manufacturers' agents, rather than
miss a sale, will sell an engine which they well know will not
meet the requirements of the work it is supposed to perform.
And the unfortunate part is that, as a general proposition,
when the engine fails to deliver the goods the engine company
will immediately proceed to unload the blame on the operator,
which is nothing short of an outrage. I would, therefore, by
all means, advise managers who are not thoroughly acquainted
with the different makes of gas, gasoline, or oil burning engines
to employ an expert consulting engineer to select the engine
best suited to the needs of the proposed installation. This engi-
neer would proceed about as follows : first, he would study the
installation from a mechanical point of view, and consider
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local conditions so as to not order an engine too large or too
small, or of a type which would not fit handily into the space
available. Second, he would examine the precautions taken
to avoid, or reduce to a minimum, certain inconveniences which
attend the operation of explosive engines ; third, he would
draw up specifications with the terms of which the engine man-
ufacturers must comply ; fourth, he would prepare an estimate
of cost, and a contract not couched in terms altogether in the
engine manufacturer's favor, providing to the purchaser im-
portant guarantees ; fifth, he would supervise the technical
and actual installation of the plant and engine ; sixth, he
would make tests after installation, and see to it that the
makers have fulfilled their guarantees.
1 give the above for the simple reason that gas and oil
manufacturers, as a rule, seek to make the utmost possible
profit, and this is often done at the expense of the quality of
material used, care and construction, etc. Often they will
deliver an engine too small in size, but operating at very high
speed, or they will select an old type, or carry out certain
details with lack of care. The majority of manufacturers,
unfortunately seem to prefer to get the orders at any cost.
.\nd now to the question proper. First I would ascertain the
minimum cost of gas, gasoline and kerosene. In the case of
natural gas I would figure the amount in pounds per h.p. per
hour. In what is known as producer gas I would not use gas
under S0% colorific energy of carbon, and the same test would
be right for blast furnace gas. It is figured thus: (33,000, 1
h.p., X 60 seconds -i- 778) x (1 H- 1,283 colorific power x 25 per
cent energy) = 7.93 pounds of gas per horse-power of blast
furnace gas.
In the case of kerosene I would see that it was about five
times as heavy as air (specific gravity), so that one pound of
kerosene vapor would occupy 12.387 -^ 5 = 2.47 cubic feet.
Hence the ratio of volume would be 188.4 -s- 2.47 = 76.2 volumes
of air to one of kerosene. This would give you a gas or oil that
w^ould give combustion slow enough to allow complete union
with the necessary oxygen for combustion under the proper
exposure of distilling or gasification. Mostly all kerosene de-
posits its carbon in the form of a hard cake, and therefore
for complete combustion a lamp wick would do much to elimi-
nate the deposit of carbon. (There goes my goat again. A
lamp wick where? Ed.).
Gasoline should be 3.05 as heavy as air, hence a pound of va-
por will occupy 12.387 H- 3.05 = 4.06 cubic feet and requires
189" C. F. of air. The ratio of volume would be 189.52 h- 4.06
= 4.06. The argument in its favor as against kerosene is its
ease of vaporization in starting and running in spite of the
difficulties of maintaining proper proportions of the mixture
of fuel and air for varying conditions of load and speed. It is
very difficult to make a test based on energy on account of
the many elements which enter and because very few operators
can figure the quality of gas, gasoline and kerosene as to
colorific power. All they get is the cubic feet used per horse
power.
The kind of engine one buys will depend upon the kind of
fuel which will be used. Question 41 has made me rake my
brains and then some, but my slight chemical experience has
helped me considerably.
Brother Smith also gave some tables, but I think they would be
entirely beyond the operator, or the average man who must run
such an outfit. In fact, some of the dope he has set forth is too many
for me. I have given brother Smith's answer by reason of the fact
that those posted in these matters, whom I have asked, say that it is
essentially correct. For myself, frankly, I do not know. My own
view would be that if an operator be placed in the position as sug-
gested by question 41 the only practical thing for him to do would be
to get the lowest prices on the various fuels available, and then
submit them to engine manufacturers, together with a statement of the
average proposed k.w. load, and require of them figures as to the cost
of operation of their engine per hour under the conditions named, in-
forming tliem at the same time that an iron-clad guarantee u'ould
be required th^t their engine would make good on their figures;
a part of the purchase price to be withheld for a period of thirty to
sixty days until a thorough test had been made. While the data con-
tained in brothers Minges' and Smith's answers is no doubt of value,
still it seems to me that the foregoing would be the practical thing
lor the operator to do.
From China.
The Arcade Amusement Company, Tientsin, China, writes :
We are having a serious trouble with our Powers Camera-
graph. There is a switch attached to the machine to cut out
the light whenever necessary. I do not know whether it is
owing to its poor workmanship or some other cause, but w^hen-
ever I cut the current with this switch there is a flame set up
in the switch which keeps burning until I open the switch
cover and blow it out. I use 40 amperes from a 480 volt
main, reduced by resistance. At the Arcade I use an Urban
Silent Knight machine and a 60 millimeter Pathe anastigmat
lens. The projection is from behind the screen, which is a
Pictoria Transparent screen. On the left of the curtain, look-
ing from the machine room, there is a ghost about three feet
from the lower end and three feet from the left side. Any
letters or solitary white objects flash out upwards and are
distressing to the eye. This trouble has been there for nearly
two years but is much more pronounced just now. I shall be
greatly obliged if you can tell me how to overcome it.
The trouble lies in the switch, but it is no fault of the Nicholas
Power Company. You are using 480 volt current with a 220 volt
switch. You should take this switch off and put on a 500 volt quick-
break switch. It is possible you can use the present switch by first
striking it open quickly; that is, striking the handle a sharp blow,
but the quick-break switch would be the proper thing, and it should
be a oOO volt switch. True, your resistance reduces the voltage to
about 50 when the arc is burning, but when you pull the switch to
shdt It off the voltage at the switch instantly rises almost to the
normal line voltage, and that explains the trouble. 1 am sending,
by mail, a picture of a quick-break switch, such as you need ; also
a picture of a quick-break attachment, though I am not sure this
could be put on the switch you have.
As to the ghost, from what you say it is a travel ghost. Very
likely the reason it has become worse of late is that your shutter
gears are becoming worn. I am not acquainted with the shutter of
the Urban Silent Knight projector. However, the trouble lies either
in the fact that the blade of the shutter is too narrow, or else the
shutter is not set correctly. Take a piece of cardboard and cut a
strip long enough to reach from the inside edge of the shutter blade
to its outside edge and, using heavy paste, glue it on the shutter in
such a way that it projects over one side of the main shutter blade
one-quarter of an inch. .Now try the machine and if the ghost is still
there, without any chang.e, take the strip off and put it on the same
position on the opposite side bf the main blade of the shutter. If
this does not quite eliminate the ghost, slide it further out until it
does. If this does eliminate the ghost, then slide it further in until
the ghost appears, and then out until it just disappears. By "in"
and "out" I mean slide it further out over the light opening or in on
the shutter blade, the idea being to make the main blade of the shutter
wider on one side. After you have found where the cardboard will
just eliminate the travel ghost cut a piece of metal and rivet it on
the blade in place of the cardboard. This may increase the flicker
slightly and will cut more light. I would advise you before doing
this to try resetting the shutter. Read "The Shutter," pages 219 to
223 inclusive of the Handbook carefully.
Outlook Good.
George C. Knox, secretary of the Garden Theater Company, Johns-
town, Pennsylvania, writes :
Possibly you may recall the writer, as he was a booster for
the MOVIXG PICTURE WORLD from the very first number,
and has remained so up to the present time ; he hopes to
continue so for the future. The cut on our letter-head is
almost an exact likeness of the new theater now under con-
struction in this city, which, when completed, will be one of the
prettiest in the state. It will represent an expenditure of about
$200,000. and will be a four-story building on the best corner
in the city. We expect to seat about 90O, including first floor
and balcony. There will be a roof garden on the fourth
floor. We are straining every effort to have our opening the
last of September. We expect to have some of our officers
down in Xew York within the next few days, and would like
to have your advice concerning what company you would
recommend to take the contract for decorating and equipping
this house. Do you know of a party by the name of Brady
who several years ago was with the Miles Brothers' Film
Exchange? I would like to get in touch with him. I have
been connected with the picture business for the past fourteen
years ; was connected with the first house in this city, the
Amuse U. Opened the Stadium and the Grand, resigning the
management of the latter to join others in organizing the
Garden Theater Company. The Garden Theater Company at
present owns the Lyric theater in this city, seating about 350.
The outlook for business is good. This is a ten-cent town, and
I feel that the sooner exhibitors wake up and make it a
general ten-cent proposition all over the country, the better it
will be for the business as a whole.
The last I heard of Brady he was somewhere in New Jersey — I do
not remember where. Should he chance to see this, and communicate
with the editor, he will be put in touch with brother Knox. If the
theater looks anything like the picture it certainly is a very beautiful
one, at l^ast as to its exterior. The letting of contracts for decorating
is a little out of the writer's line ; he is not in touch with that end
of things, but will see what he can do in locating responsible theater
decorating firms, and when your people come down we will make every
effort to see that they get in touch with the right people.
Book on Operating.
John Condon, St. Louis. Missouri, makes the following inquiry :
I have seen some literature advertising a book called "Motion
Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions." by Hors-
mann & Tousley, published by some firm in Chicago. Can you
advise me as to whether this book is a desirable purchase from
the operator's point of view?
With regard to the book in question. I have not seen a copy, but I
have sepn the advertising matter put out and it says : "A practical
handbook dealing with every feature of motion pi'^ture operation and
electricity for the theater. A guide for managers of theaters and pro-
ductions. Full description of all portable and permanent stage equip-
ment; theater wiring; optics and optical illusions," and then right
on top of that it announces the fact that the book contains .393 pages.
Brother Condon, it can't be done, and done in anything like a com-
plete manner. Here is a book written by two men, neither one of
whom, I am reliably informed, ever actually operated a moving picture
machine in a theater, or under theater conditions, in his life. In my
humble opinion and judgment no man can write a competent work on
motion picture operating unless he himself be a practical operator.
Messrs. Horsmann and Tousley are undoubtedly expert electricians,
and proficiency in electrics is essential to the writing of a book of
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1237
this kind, but, attcr all. this Is but one of many things which go to
make up the profession o( optTotlng.
For mybelf. when I came to write the second edition of my own
Handbook I found that It 1 only covered the Held of operating, and
covered It completely, it would require at least SOO and probably 1000
pages, with not less than DO.) illustrations, yet here Is a book which
calmly claims to cover motion picture operating, electricity for the
theater, a guide tor both theater managers and producers, and a full
description of portable and permanent stage equipment, theater wiring,
and optics, and optical illusions, and all in 303 pages. Well, all I
can say is that Messrs. Horsmann and Tousley must be genuine won-
ders, or else that part of the work which would be of value to opera-
tors must be very brief indeed, and therefore something rather more
than inadequate.
1 do not like to review books of this kind when I am myself the
author of one. It lays me open to the accusation of being unfair, but,
on the other hand, operators look to this department tor advice In mat-
ters of this kind, and I would prefer to run the risk of being accused
of unfairness than to keep quiet and let the boys get the worst of It.
Now, please do not misunderstand this last remark. I am not saying
they icould get the worst of it in purchasing this book, but I do make
the assertion that it is not and cannot be anything like a complete
operators' handbook. If it had 303 pages devoted exclusively to moving
picture operating, then that would be something else again, but the
claims made in the advertising matter are altogether too broad, and
cannot possibly be backed up by the facts. Moreover, I repeat, the book
Is not written by practical operators ; therefore its value to practical
operators is certainly, to say the least, open to question. If it really
is a book of merit it will be heartily welcomed by this department
when that fact has been demonstrated to its editor.
Y. M. C. A. Going Wrong.
Frank Willard. Jr., Marshalltown, Iowa, says :
The Handbook is simply "it." It is a book which will certain-
ly help any man to put better results on the screen. Will you
kindly answer the following question : The diagram is of the
floor plan of the gj-mnasium of the new Y. M. C. A. in this
city. They have decided to place the lens hole at A and the
screen at B ; E is the fire-escape and F is a door. They say the
people will come in at F and go around as per the dotted line,
and in emptying the audience will pass out both at F and E.
I told them the longer the throw, up to 100 feet, the better the
picture ; also that the results would be unsatisfactory in other
ways. What I wish to know is where would you place the
machine, taking into consideration the comfort of the audience,
the distortion of the picture, and the number of people to be
seated.
Why. brother Willard, the problem presented is reasonably simple.
I would either place the operating room at A, with the screen at Y, or
else I would place the operating room at R with the screen across
corner S. The R-S proposition is the best, viewed purely from the
picture point of view, but is objectionable in that it would make an
odd looking room, and the aisle proposition would not work out very
well. The objection to the A-Y combination is that people sitting at X-X
would see the picture in a badly distorted form, due to the extreme
width of the room. Far the better proposition would have been to have
placed the exit near corner R, with the entrance near corner S, or
vice versa, with the operating room where the fire-escape now is,
and the screen where the entrance now is. If the operating room is
located at A and the screen at E, the screen will have to set some-
what in the position shown by the dotted lines, else there will be very
heavy distortion, in fact it would be impossible to have the machine
at A, and the screen flat against the wall at B.
Wonderful Invention.
J. C. Brennan. Braddock, Pennsylvania, has evolved a marvelous and
ingenious invention of which he sends in quite an elaborate drawing,
and. incidentally, the drawing is fairly well done, too, but not quite
good enough to reproduce. It is too bad, too, because I am sure the
managers of high-class houses would instantly install this particular
device for the comfort and convenience of their operators. Friend
Brennan describes his apparatus as follows :
John C. Brennan. operator at the Knickerbocker theater,
Braddock. Pa., has evolved the following invention the pur-
pose of which is to save time and enhance the convenience of
the operator. Tue knob is removed from the carbon feed han-
dle of the lamp (the rod whi.ii brings the carbons together!,
and a rod Is taken from the storeopileon atta<-hinvnt and fas-
tened thereto, so that It acts as a crank. A string Is run from
the end of this crank up to a pulley at the celling, and out
through Into another room where It comes down from another
pulley to a convenient position beside a chair. Now the op-
erator can, by the means of this device, take his seat outside
the operating room, and If he has a motor driven machine, can
sit there In comfort, away from the heat of the arc, throughout
the whole reel, feeding the carbons when necessary merely by
pulling the string.
Friend Drennan then very naively remarks : "If this Is flt to pub-
lish please notify me as to the week It will appear, so that I may see
It, for although we get the MOVING PICTURE WORLD I seldom
read It."
I guess friend Brennan seldom "reads It" all right. I have, of
course, merely published this "Invention" as a rather good piece of com-
edy. However, I will Invite our correspondents to comment on the
same, and tell friend Brennan their Impression of the device he has
evolved. For myself. 1 would suggest that the operator have a couch
and a few novels handy in an adjoining room, with a wlnuow in front
of the couch so that he could glance up occasionally, say at the end
of each chapter, and jerk. the string if it seems necessary. But, after
all, why annoy the operator?
From Dear Old Lunnon.
Jack Titford, 33 Haggersion Koad. London, .\. E. England, writes:
Since you think the boys of the Stars and Stripes would like
to know how operators are treated on this side of the pond,
I will try and convey an idea, in as little space as I can. First,
with regard to wages : they are rotten. In the small houses
25 to 30 shillings a week is the rule and £2 10 is about the
limit in the best houses. Perhaps £2 a week would he a fair
average. (£2 would be little less than tlO. — .Eld.). You
doubtless know, however, that money has a greater purchasing
power over here than it has in .\merica. Most of the shows
in the large towns open at 2 or .3 o'clock and run until 11 p. m.
Others run continuously from G to 11 o'clock or twice nightly.
The usual duties of the operator consists of running the 'graph
(Cinematograph. — Ed.), looking after the motor generator,
fans, inside lighting, flame arcs, etc. An assistant is provided
to rewind, etc., and if he has had any experience and has
been with you for some time he runs the projector on alternate
reels. Nearly every house has two projectors, which are run
alternately. Motor generators delivering 60 volts are nearly
always used for projection current, though small shows some-
times, if the supply is a.c, use a static transformer to reduce
the voltage to 60 a.c. Rectifiers are very seldom seen. Gas or
petrol engines and dynamos are used when there is no juice, or
where it is costly. Ail cables in the box (Operating room. —
Ed.) must be in screwed iron barrel. (Probably meaning
B. X. — Ed.). Iron shutters must be fitted to the port holes,
which are covered with plate glass, and the box itself must be
made of fireproof material, usually brick, and there must be
a separate room for rewinding, and another for the genera-
tor. The doors must be fireproof, open outward, and he self-
closing. .A. pail of water, one wet blanket, and a pail of sand
must be kept inside the box when the projectors are working.
The observation port is usually six inches square and we cor-
dially dislike the glass in it : in fact, we take it out whenever
we get the chance, as the stray beams of light turn it into a
mirror, and you cannot see through unless you put your eyes
right up against the glass. Our projectors are nearly all mo-
tor driven. Dynamos where used are usually compound
wound, with shunt regulator to control the load. Resistance
is always placed in the a.c. circuit to cut down amperage when
striking up. Fairly high amperage is common, owing to the
popularity of the plaster screens. As much as 120 amperes is
sometimes used in big shows, and I pity the school taught oper-
ator who tries to handle it, because it is some job. Fortunately
for us the managers are prejudiced against the school taught
experts (?), so they drift out of the trade they want to ruin
by offering to work for next to nothing, though I will say
that is about what they are worth. Projection is pretty good
wherever there is a decent man in the box, and when it Is not
up to the mark you can guess there is a "muggins" in charge.
Another thing : a great many of our operators are very con-
ceited, and tearfully pig-headed. There is only one good pic-
ture, and the one he projects is it. He can And plenty of faults
in everyone's else work, but none, dear me, no, in his own. In
fact, there is only one better operator than himself, and
he's dead. Well, I think this is quite enough for once, and I
am going to close by wishing yourself and the boys over there
the best of luck.
I was somewhat amused when the brother said "fairly high am-
perage" and then sprung that 120 stunt. Why, brother Titford, it
you put our American boys up against 120 amperes they would drop
dead with heart failure. Over here we consider 50 amperes d.c. about
the limit, and very tew go above 60 amperes a.c. though in rare
cases I have known of a little more being used. However, Kinema-
color men have pulled as much as 80. Personally, I do not see much
logic in using 120 amperes with a condenser 4^4 inches in diameter,
and, by the way. I understand that many of the English condensers
are only 4 inches. You get some additional light, but my experience
is that when you go above 50 amperes d.c. your crater becomes so
large that a iU: inch condenser is only able to utilize a very small
traction of the "added light. Your letter will be very interesting to
our men. Come again when the spirit moves you. ■
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Architect of Projection.
In a recent speech before a gathering of moving picture managers
a certain well know individual said he hoped in the near future to see
an architect of projection in the field — someone who thoroughly under-
stood the various points involved, and who would take up the work
of improving projection, or words to that effect. I wrote this gentle-
man, rather taking him to task for his remarks, and now have his
reply which in part reads as follows ;
I did not make myself quite plain as to what I meant by an
"Architect of Projection." I meant there should be someone
who had no affiliation with any line of business who would
really and truly build up projection. There is no question at
all about the great value of your work in that line, and it ought
to be even more popular with the exhibitors than with the ope-
rators, because, the way I look at it, your work is of great
benefit to the exhibitor because he is given a chance of knowing
what is what, and knowledge is power. There is no question
but that you have done more than any other living person to
disseminate knowledge on projection. I believe, however, there
are many exhibitors who feel that you are stronger for the ope-
rator than you are for the exhibitor. That is the only criti-
cism I ever heard. Of course, it is natural the exhibitor would
rather have you fighting his battle, and, personally, I would
like to see you do it.
I am not printing this letter to toot my own horn, but because I
want to use it as a basis for certain remarks, and it happens to be a
mighty good basis for those remarks, too.
The brother says he hopes to see an architect of projection "not
affiliated with any line of business." Well, if he expects to find an
architect of projection who is not affiliated with the business in any
financial way he had better hunt up a list of philanthropists and
philosophers, because only there will he find what he seeks. The archi-
tect of projection he talks about might not be affiliated directly with
any manufacturer or any other line of business, but you can take it
from me that, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, he would be
literally swamped with sub rosa affiliations. The writer of this de-
partment has absolutely no affiliation of any kind whatever, either
directly, indirectly, sub rosa, or any other way, except with the Mov-
ing Picture World, which publication pays him a liberal salary for
conducting the department, and a royalty on the sales of his Hand-
book. He absolutely defies any man, company or corporation to come
forward and point out any instance where he has ever accepted one
solitary cent from anybody, directly or indirectly, except in one in-
stance where he allowed a certain manufacturer to pay his expenses
to go a considerable distance to look at a certain article and watch
its performances. That happened two or three years ago.
On the other hand, take the man who enters the business purely
and wholly as an architect of projection : Do you think tor a moment
that such a man would refuse "commissions" from manufacturers to
recommend certain products? Well if you do you have got a lot of
faith in human nature, and considerable more, I think, than the facts
would warrant. But, anyhow, even supposing he did, this architect
would be in the business for the fees he would receive, and not from
any philanthropic point of view.
And now as to my being "strong" for the operator, which is the real
thing I wanted to talk about anyway. Whether I am strong for the
operator or the manager depends entirely upon the point of view. As
a matter of fact, according to my perverted ideas, I am not fighting
the battles of one any more than I am fighting the battles of the other.
I have simply taken the position that projection is one of the very foun-
dation stones of the whole business — not the foundation stone, but one
of several, and it is one of the important stones, too, which, if it be
of poor material, will very largely weaken the whole structure. I take
the position that it is to the very best interest of the manager to have
high class projection, in all that that term implies; I take the further
position that high class projection, low salaries and rotten operating
room conditions do not, can not, never have, and never will sleep in
one bed. Therefore my contention is that in demanding better salaries
and better operating room conditions I am not only fighting the battle
of the operator, but I am at the same time fighting the battle of the
manager, and of the business as a whole, even though I am doing it
against the will of the aforesaid managers, too many of whom are
trying to do the impossible by seeking to add up one and one and secure
three as a result, one and one representing low wages and poor operat-
ing room conditions, and three excellence in projection.
Let me ask why don't the Vitagraph theater, the Strand theater
and other houses of that class employ fifteen-dollar-a-week "opera-
tors"? The answer is easy. The fitteen-dollar-a-week man is a cheap
man, and a cheap man puts cheap resulfs on the screen, and that
doesn't pay. Why is it that out in San Francisco you will find a clear,
brilliant screen and high-class projection in any theater you may choose
to enter? The answer is again simple. In San Francisco the opera-
tors receive from $30 to $40 a week. The manager is paying for high-
class results, and when he pays for high-class results you can bet
your everlasting old woolen socks he is going to get them or know
the reason why. Do you think if the salaries in San Francisco were
reduced to $20 the results on the screen would be the same? Not on
your daguerreotype! Not In a million years! It is a matter of plain,
ordinary, horse sense, gentlemen ; it is a matter of one and one makes
two, not three.
Of course, you could hire a man for ?-10 and not get results either,
but when a manager does pay $W he does not accept anything and
everything that is shot at the screen ; he is paying for good work,
and he is going to have it. Also when he pays big money he is going
to study a little himself, and find out whether he is getting value re-
ceived or not, but over and above all else high salaries attract high-
class men, and low salaries the reverse. Again, gentlemen, it is a
proposition that one and one makes two, and therefore I can say in
demanding higher salaries and better operating conditions the editor
of this department has for the past five years fought the battle of the
manager just as much as he has that of the operator, the difference
being, of course, that the operator could see the benefit because it came
to him in dollars and cents and better working conditions, whereas
the manager could not see the benefit largely by reason of the fact
that nine out of ten of him doesn't know the possibilities of projection.
They simply regarded Richardson as a crank, and some of them went
to the extent of saying a "damned" crank on projection. One exhibitor
at the last convention summed the matter up when he shook hands
with me and said : "Well, Richardson, since I have visited the Vita-
graph and some of the other theaters on Broadway, I see what you are
talking about. I thought I had a fine picture, and that you were just
talking to hear your mouth rattle, but I am going back home and there
is going to be a cloud of dust around my operating room as soon as
I get there, and that dust will represent the shaking up that is coming
to my operator." I asked him how much he paid the aforesaid opera-
tor (his house is in a city of probably 60.000 population) and he
said §17. I just looked at him. Of course, .<17 in that town is con-
siderably more than $17 in New York City would be, but I told him
he had better shake up his pocketbook, too, if he wanted to get the
real thing on his screen, and come across with at least $25.00.
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"Opportunities Have No Schedule Time — You Must Be at
the Station When They Arrive."
Now, Mr. Operator, I want you to put on your strongest pair of
specs, use a condensing lens for a magnifying glass, and study the
above c refuUy ; I may even say prayerfully. The editor of this de-
partment has for lo, these many years, been telling you that the
profession of operating was on the up-grade, that there was coming
a time when there would be managers who would be willing to pay
the price for high-class work. But, Mr. Man, are you preparing your-
self, so that when the opportunity arrives you will he ready to grasp itt
Are you combining your daily work with study and preparing yourself '
to be a credit, not only to yourself but to the organization to which
you may belong, or are you dallying along, depending chiefly upon
the main strength and awkwardness of your organization to increase
your salary, instead of helping out by being really worth more money?
There was a time when main strength and awkwardness was THE
thing, but in this advanced age progressive labor organizations only
resort to main strength as a final and last resort, when all things
else have been tried and have failed. The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, which typifies perhaps the highest there is in labor organi-
zations, would no more think of assisting an incompetent engineer to
maintain his position than it would to blow up the general manager's
oflBce with dynamite. Only the low-class union does that now-a-days,
and only the low-class man expects his union to maintain him in his
position when he cannot or does not deliver satisfactory service, mean-
ing by satisfactory service the best projection that can be delivered
on the screen, under the conditions surrounding the individual case.
But, anyhow, laying those matters aside, there are right now plenty
of opportunities for high-class operators to secure salaries far above
the union scale. Right here in New York City there are a very con-
siderable number of members of Local Union 306 who are being paid
from five to fifteen dollars above the union scale, but when the oppor-
tunity came they were right there at the station, ready to climb on
board; in other words, they had learned how to place high class re-
sults on the screen and, moreover, they had the energy to apply their
knowledge. They had established a reputation for high-class work,
and when the time came that the manager said : "Send me your best
man ; I am willing to pay thirty, thirty-five or forty dollars for a man
who can a. d iciU deliver the goods," they were ready at the station.
The opportunity pulled in, they climbed on board, and left the idler —
the self-satisfied don*t-need-to-study fool, stuck on the low-price bench,
where he will probably remain until he drops down and out. And
so I say, my brothers, study the heading of this little screed. Think it
over. Hold a little communion with yourselves, and see if you are pre-
paring to meet the opportunity when it arrives. Are you on the way
to the station, or are you sitting in idleness by the road side, dividing
your time between swearing at the manager and cursing your "luck?"
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Damaged Film.
S. B. Lewis, Winchester, Ky., submits 12 inches of film with the
following letter.
■Will you examine the inclosed sample of film which I have
just received from my exchange which charges me with dam-
aging a whole reel. Am using a Power's Six A with motor,
and am at a loss to know just how this happened, as I have
had no trouble either before or since. Have made careful ex-
amination of machine and everything seems to be O. K. Could
this have happened before I ran the same, and then my running
it caused more trouble? I have a boy to rewind, and the pic-
ture was perfect at all times while I was using the film. I
should, of course, have examined the film before returning it to
the exchange.
Yes, but. still more important, my brother, you should have ex-
amined it before you ran it. The reel is ruined if it is all like the
sample, but it is exceedingly difficult to say what caused the damage.
The celluloid bars between the sprocket holes on the right hand side,
that is right hand side as It would be in the machine, are cracked all
the way along, some of them clear through and some only partly
through. There is no evidence of scratching, but there Is evidence of
a heavy indentation, though the strange part is that the indentation
seems to have been made with something sharp, just half way between
the sprocket holes. At first I thought it was possible that the fault
was an imperfection in the celluloid itself, but examination under a
powerful glass shows that something has punched the film just halfway
between the sprocket holes ; what this could have been is beyond me,
because it occurs between every blooming one of those sprocket holes,
and it looks just as though you took the point of a lead pencil and
punched it into the celluloid just exactly halfway between the holes. I
give it up. Anyone who has had a similar experience and has located
the trouble will kindly inform us as to what caused the damage.
II
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1239
Three-Wire System.
Brooklyn, New York, writes the following somewhat curious letter :
To whom it may concern : I would like to know a little more
about the three wire system. The one principal thing I want
to know I have been unable to And, though it Is simple. When
I have an overload on the negative side of the panel board,
which is the left-hand side of the diagram I have made so
you couUl understand It better, I would like to know which is
the positive wire of the negative side when I have an overload,
ami it' the dynamo on the negative side runs positive to the
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wires go to the positive of my two arc lamps the leads for
which I have connected directly to the mains. I want to know
if there are two positive wires in this case, the one that carries
the 15 amperes and the one that runs in series to balance the
load. Let me know as soon as you please.
The brother's letter is somewhat amusing, but what he is driving at
can be plainly seen, I think. I will again try to explain the action
of the three wire system, because there are many licensed operators
right here in Xew York City who do not thoroughly understand it.
In the first place, taking the diagram for an example, there is no
positive or negative side to the panel board, taken as a whole. The
three-wire system is, in effect, two two-wire systems so arranged that
they work in series with each other up to the balancing of the load,
and separately with regard to anything more than the load balance.
I have marked the wires 1, 2, and 3, in circles, for my own conven-
ience in reference. Wire No. 1 is connected, let us assume, to the
negative terminal of one dynamo, while wire No. 3 is connected to the
positive terminal of the other dynamo, each dynamo being a 110 volt
machine. Xow it you simply connect the positive brush of the first
machine to the negative brush of the second machine you would have
a 220-volt straight two-wire system, the same as though it were ope-
rated by one 220-volt generator. With the three-wire system that is
exactly the connection that is made. The negative of one dynamo is
connected to wire Xo. 1 and the positive of the other dynamo to wire
No. 3 ; then the positive brush of the first dynamo and the negative
brush of the second dynamo are connected together and to wire No. 2,
called the neutral. The action is, so far as positives and negatives be
concerned, that the neutral wire will be positive to the machine which
has its negative connected to one of the outside wires ; in this case
No. 1, therefore the neutral, will be positive to wire Xo. 1 and nega-
tive to wire No. 3.
On one side the operator has 30 amperes flowing to incandescent
circuits, and on the other side 20 amperes, but on the 20-ampere side he
has 25 amperes going to the projection arc, which makes a total of 43
amperes on one side and .30 on the other, thus throwing an overload of
15 amperes on wires 1 and 2. The action in such a case is as follows :
Up to 30 amperes the current works In series at 220 volts, and the neu-
tral wire performs no duty whatsoever between the panel board and
the dynamo, but there is a 15-ampere surplus on wires 1 and 2 so that
the dynamo connected to wires 1 and 2 will actually be producing
15 amperes more than the other machine, and this 15 amperes will
come in on wire Xo. 2, the neutral, which is the positive of this dyna-
mo, and go back on wire No. 1 which is the negative.
There is no way of telling which wire is positive and which is neu-
tral except by testing the matter, which may be done in a number
of ways, as has been described many times in the department. The
three-wire system is quite puzzling to a great many, but it is, in fact,
a very simple proposition indeed, and one which it seems as though
the average man ought to grasp very readily through a study of what
is set forth in the Handbook.
Old Law and New Conditions.
A year or two ago the Legislature of New Y'ork. in its wisdom, with-
out consulting anyone in any authoritative way directly connected with
practical projection matters, passed a law fixing the minimum floor
space of operating rooms. At that time this minimum did not leave
any spare space. The minimum size tor two machines is 9x8 feet.
This was based on the Power's Six, the Edison Model B, and the Motio-
graph old style machine, and for two of either of these projectors the
good Lord knows it was small enough.
Strange as it may seem, however, times change, and, vet more
strange, machines also change, but the law in its mighty majesty re-
mains fixed and unalterable. Imagine placing two Baird projectors in
one of those operating rooms, or even two Simplex, or two Power's Six
A of the latest type. The operator would pretty near have to climb
in through the vent hole in the ceiling and sit on top of one of the
lamp houses while he operated the machine, and yet it is a cold-
blooded fact that moving picture operating rooms are actually being
built to contain these projectors, using the minimum fixed by "law for
old style machines which were by comparison about in the same propo-
sition in size as a Mississippi River steamer is to a modern battleship
This comment has been called forth by the fact that one of our Xew
York boys came to the olBco tor certain information and mentioned that
two Power's Six A are to bo put in an 8 x 9 operating room, and that
he did not quite know how ho was going to get along, or rather get
around. I don't, either. My sympathies arc with him. But the queer
part Is that the manager of this house will expect the operator to de-
liver results, and will probably raise a tremendous howl If he does
not. Also to show the further heights of Intelligence to which build-
ers of theaters arise, 'there Is, In this particular house, no basement,
and no other place In which to locate the motor generator which is
going to bo used. I suppose the operator will be expected to strap It
on his back and carry It around with him, or maybe It will be placed
under one of the machines In that "operallng room," or perhaps It will
be bolted to the ceiling upside down. There Is no telling what som©
of these supposed-to-be Intelligent architects of moving picture thea-
ters will do when It comes to the operating room.
Three Lens Condensers.
This department has, on several occasions, called the attention of
managers, operators and manufacturers to the desirability of a three-
lens condenser combination in projection machines. We have also, par-
ticularly of late. Insisted on the use of a condenser holder which would
eliminate breakage. We have come to the conclusion that such a
holder is entirely practicable, and that the Elbert holder very nearly
fulfills the conditions, as does also the new Simplex machine holder. We
believe that machine manufacturers should, without exception, adopt a
holder of this kind. Our reason for this recommendation Is, we again
repeat, so that we can, in turn, insist upon theater managers supplying
their machines with high grade condensers — a condenser system costing,,
perhaps, as much as $10.00. Why do we want these high grade lenses,
you ask?
The above picture represents what is called spherical aberration. The
same cut, together with a description of what spherical aberration Is,
will be found on page 352 of the Handbook. It will be observed that,
whereas light rays A and B cross at one point, light rays F cross at
another point, C and D at a third, and F at a fourth point. As a matter
of fact these rays are numbered by the millions, and they have mil-
lions of different crossing points, each at a different distance from the
surface of the lens. This is what is called ''spherical aberration." Its
effect is not only a direct loss of light, but an injury to the definition
of the picture on the screen. Spherical aberration Is always present
where a single lens is used and in an ordinary plano-convex two lens
condenser combination, and it is present in an increasing degree as the
quality of the lens decreases ; also as curvature of the lens increases.
The addition, however, of a third lens acts to very largely correct
spherical aberration, -and with three lenses, each of comparatively high
grade, we shall have this trouble very nearly eliminated. But first, as
I said before, we have got to stop condenser breakage, and again, as I
said before, condenser breakage can be stopped. We used to think it
could not, but we used to think a lot of things could not be done
which have since been done, and now are so common that we think
nothing of them. Yes, condenser breakage can, at least to all intents
and purposes, be eliminated ; of that I am firmly convinced. It is
simply a question of careful experiment and some added cost, but the-
cost will be more than compensated for by the saving in lenses.
Another effect of the addition of the third lens is to shorten the
equivalent focus of the combination, without adding to the lens curva-
ture, which has the effect of bringing the arc up closer to the front
combination, and thus utilizing a greater percentage of the light, or
rather securing the same amount of light with a less amperage, and if
the back lens be made meniscus, this effect is still further enhanced. In
the old days the average manager would have objected to the added
cost of a high-class three-lens condenser system, and heavy condenser
holders, but the manager, or a goodly percentage of him, is now getting
to the point where he is •willing to pay, if you can show him he gets
value received for his money, and, most certainly, in a proposition of
this kind he would not only get value received, but value received
several times over.
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Comments on the Films
Licensed
THE JUNGLE SAMARITAN (Selig), August 11.— A very interesting
and plausible story is engrafted in this plot, which holds the
closest attention. One cannot help but sympathize with the
widow's stepson. There is some beautiful scenes in the African wilds
and incidents that are very exciting. The shooting of a lion, for
instance, and a struggle with a tiger with bare hands. In the finale
there is a beautiful scene where the lovers walk away together down
the long road to happiness.
THE BURGLAR ALARM (Melies), August 11.— A vamped over burg-
lar story, concerning an automatic burglar alarm, which is installed
on account of numerous burglaries in the neighborhood. It "works."
A depredator is captured and the women take him in hand. What
Is left of him is thrown into jail for sixty days. This is a lively
offering.
HE WANTED WORK (Lubin), August ll.—There is a whole lot
of fun in this offering, if it does bear the brand of inconsistency. A
colored man makes up as an Irishman to obtain a job. He gets it
and also several other things. On the same reel with "The Cook
Next Door."
THE COOK NEXT DOOR (Lubin), August 11. — On the same reel
with "He Wanted Work." This is a worthy little comedy. A cook
inherits a house in a fashionable part of the city. Her neighbors
try to humiliate her, but she wins them over, also the policeman
of her choice. E. P. Sargent is the author of both.
OLD MAN HIGGENBOTHAM'S DAUGHTER (Kalem), August 11. —
This is a rural pi:?tureplay, the plot of which contains heart interest
throughout. An obdurate father is the cause of most of the trouble.
It contains many scenes which are worked out in continuity. There
is one intense scene where the husband of the girl who has been
forbidden to marry almost loses his life. There is a happy ending
-where they are all brought together by the inevitable little "youngster."
It held the interest of the audience. Irene Boyle is featured as the
daughter.
STOPPING THE LIMITED (Essanay), August 11. — A story of an
elopement which is rather original in its way. The limited train
^accidentally stops at Bangor, and the daughter of a wealthy manu-
■facturer and her lover jump aboard and elope. The girl's father
informs the railroad that the limited took on passengers at Bangor.
"The father to prove his information true is forced to forgive the young
-couple and the railroad makes Bangor a regular stop. This is a mild
<omedy.
A TALE OF OLD TUCSON (Edison). August 11. — This is the old
t;ale of the foreclosure of a mortgage, on a ranch in the west this time.
The mortgage is held by a Mexican. Mistrust, treachery and intrigue
are the predominating features. There is some beautifully photo-
graphed scenes which take in a wide expanse of desert and foothills.
The acting is adequate.
THE NEW STENOGRAPHER (Vitagraph), August 12, — A silent
comedy by J. Stuart Blackton. It has been reviewed in the Moving
Picture World ; also enacted at the Vitagraph Theater, Broadway, two
hundred and fifty times.
THE FAMILY RECORD (Selig). August 12.— This is a very meri-
torious pictureplay, with a plot that is interesting and contains human-
ity. It concerns a sea captain who wins a woman away from his em-
ployer, who after their marriage discharges him. He ships as a
:sailor on a boat bound for the South sea, is wrecked and cast upon
a desert island. He is rescued after having found a quantity of valu-
able peals. Returning he locates his wife from a combination of in-
teresting circumstances in which the old family Bible figures prominent-
ly. This release holds the closest interest.
SINEWS OF THE DEAD (Melies), August 12.— A more harrowing
conception than the theme of this picture could hardly be dug up.
It is illogical, disgusting and not deserving of further comment, except
that it is well acted, directed and photographed.
THE FABLE OF THE MANOEU\'RES OF JOEL AND FATHER'S
SECOND TIME OX EARTH (Essanay), August 12.— This is another
one of George Ade's fable pictures and is certainly a corker. A son
gets his father to sign over his property to him to relieve him of
the worry of taking care of it. As soon as he obtains the deeds he
places the old man in a home for the destitute. The father tires
of his condition, escapes, gets a lawyer who picks holes in the papers
and the father fires the son out and gets married. Moral : "Bring
your father up so he won't be ungrateful." A continuous laugh.
ANDY LEARNS TO SWIM (Edison), August 12.— Andy did not
care much for water, either internally of externally, but one day
when it was swelteringly hot he visited Coney Island, and seeing
others disporting themselves in the water, he indulges and learns
to swim. He saves a drowning little girl and makes another hero
of himself.
THE HORSE-THIEF (Vitagraph), August 13.— This is a western
ipicture which contains a very pretty plot- While some cowboys are
enjoying a scrap, an excited foreigner who is in a hurry to obtain a
doctor takes one of their horses. He narrowly escapes being lynched,
he tries to convince them that he did not intend to steal the horse,
but was going for a doctor for his wife. The sheriff's daughter saves
him in the nick of time and explains to the boys. They all go for
the doctor and hustle him to the foreigner's cabin, where a little baby
is born. The boys all chip in and present the baby with the con-
tribution. There is a great deal of human nature in this offering
and it is well worth viewing.
A KING BY FORCE (Melies), August 13. — Omar Fatima is forced
to become king of a Balkan estate. The salary is so meagre that he
cannot support his harem. It gets into such a state that he gives
it away, then he strikes for higher wages. A revolution occurs and
he puts up a good fight, overwhelmed, with his wife, he leaps into the
sea and they swim home. Funny, but foolish.
SLIPPERY SLIM AND HIS TOMBSTONE (Essanay). August 13.—
Mostly every body laughs at the adventures and misadventures of
Slippery Slim. Mustang Pete and Sophie Clutts. This release "com-
pares favorably with those that have gone before. There are many
funny scenes. Pete has plans, but Slim knocks them galley-west.
THE MIX-UP AT MURPHY^'S (Biograph), August 13.— A laughable
farce comedy. Murphy is giving a costume party. A tramp steals a
chicken and being pursued mixes in with the mummers. A series
of mistaken identity incidents go to make the fun. On the same reel
with "Curing Mr. Goodheart."
CURING MR. GOODHEART (Biograph), August 13. — Another farce
comedy where a man, like Happy Hooligan attempts to lend a helping
hand to everyone in trouble, but which always results in misfortune
to himself. It gains some very* good laughs.
WHILE THE TIDE WAS RISING (Edison). August 14.— Consider-
able exciting interest to the spectator pertains in this offering. Un-
gratefulness is shown by an aviator who is saved from a watery grave
by the lover of a girl whom he persuades to elope with him later, in
a motorboat. The lover follows, overtakes and thrashes his rival to
a finish. The girl has been left in a shack which is engulfed in the
rising tide. The lover rescues her in the nick of time. There is lively
action in this picture, and beautiful scenes have been well photo-
graphed.
POLISHING UP (Vitagraph), August 14. — This is a very funny
Vitagraph comedy in which Bunny and Flora Finch "cut all kinds
of capers." The complications that occur, involving all the characters,
including the doctor, are well handled and cause continuous laughter.
At one time it looks like war, but the humor of the whole thing
dawns on the belligerents and they conclude to abide by mediation. For
a one reel this is chock full of meat.
MELLERDRAMA (Selig), August 14.— This is mellerdramar pure and
simple. There is the villainous villain who marries the girl and abuses
her cruelly. Her former lover mixes in and attempts to befriend
her. There is a side issue which includes a miners* fight and a mur-
der ; then the house is set on fire to destroy evidence of the crime.
The girl is rescued and all ends happily. If it is a comedy it is
funny. It gets laughs anyway. On the same reel with "The Day
of the Dog."
THE DAY OF THE DOG (Selig), August 14.— On the same reel
with "Mellerdrama." The tale of a poor little pup looking for a
home. He finds it through a stick of dynamite. An interesting little
comedy that takes greatly with the audience.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR PANTS (Kalem). August 14.— A comedy
pictureplay written by Marshall Nielan and featuring Ruth Roland.
This is a story of a divided skirt, and a politician who is running for
oflBce. He finds the skirt beats trousers all hollow in landing the
feminine vote. There is a great deal of good comedy in this picture
and it goes finely with the audience.
LATIN BLOOD (Lubin), August 14.— A visualization that is most
egregious in its plot. Inconsistencies seem to be the main feature.
By a combination of circumstances and a mixing of notes a man who
plots to have his rival killed is himself stabbed by mistake. Only a
fair offering.
PATHES WEEKLY NO. 50, August 15.— A good without being
an unusual number. There are views of the Czar drinking to the
success of his soldiers, some of whom pass in review; auto race in
Angers. France ; race of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Marbleheaa,
Mass. ; the human side of the Kaiser, shown greeting a number of
children : French soldiers at St. Quentin, France, and the great tennis
match at Forrest Hills, L. I.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS BURGLAR (Biograph), August 15.—
The incidents developed in this plot are essentially human. The
leading characters are the district attorney, and his wife. There are
several interesting complications which eventually work out satisfac-
torily. There is suspense in this offering that holds to the end. It
is a well directed and photographed picture and the acting is of the
first-class brand.
NANS VICTORY (Selig). August 15.— The plot of this comedy-
drama contains a love story illustrating the old saying, " 'Tis better to
Tiave loved nnd lost, than never to have loved at all." A little fisher
maiden risks her life to save her rival. Rather something out of the
ordinary and eontalns heart Interest, also some comedy scenes. There
are some beautiful scenes of wonderful scope and clear photography
shown. It seemed to take well with the audience.
THE PV.NTTrRE-PROOF SOCK M.W (Lubin), August 15. — On the
same reel with "They Bought a Boat." The Inventor of puncture-
proof socks becomes so wrapped up In them, and getting orders for
them, that he forgets everything else. He even forgets to eat he Is
BO worked up over his Invention. There Is good comedy In this offer-
ing.
THEY BOUGHT A BOAT (Lubin), .\ugust 15. — Yes, and having
bought it they start on a cruise. It is a motorboat and they must
have a cabinboy. They engage one. a three hundred pounder, and
put out to sea. The boat springs a leak. While they bail the cabinboy
pumps water into the boat. An old sail informs them that they are
aground in ten Inches of water and that they had better wade ashore.
On the same reel with "The Puncture-Proof Sock Man."
NEAR DEATHS DOOR (Kalcm), August 1.").— The plot of this story
Is somewhat conventional, it contains a secret marriage, an angry
and obdurate father, a combination of circumstances and a striking
resemblance, that causes jealousy. There is a sensational scene where
the side of a hill is blown out by dynamite, which causes a landslide
that buries three persons. This is an original and intensilied scene.
The photography is beautiful and the acting up to the standard. A
good offering.
BRO.NCH BILLY WINS- OUT (Essanay), August 15.— Broncho Billy
falls in love and is accepted by the school teacher in his "district."
Of course he has a rival in the affections of his fiancee. There is a
mock hold-up scene, inaugurated by the rival, wherein Broncho's sweet-
heart shoots him with a blank cartridge. The rival's duplicity is dis-
covered and he is "shooed" out of the state. Billy marries the school
teacher. The interest is rather mild.
SWEEDIE AND THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE (Essanay), August 17. —
This is a real funny comedy that causes almost continuous laughter.
A kid takes a picture of Sweedie sitting on a bench ; he takes one of
his father sitting on the same bench, forgettiqg to turn the film.
The double exposure gives the effect of Sweedie sitting on his father's
lap. He shows it to his mother; things happen to father. He shows
it to the iceman and the milkman who are rivals for Sweedie's af-
fection. Imagine the result.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PICKPOCKET (Edison), August 17. — •
This is an "Octavius" comedy. He visits Coney Island to spy out
pickpockets. He arrests the leading lady in a motion picture scene,
thereby getting into trouble. During lunch he offers his protection to
a lady who steals his pocketbook : however he gets credit for her
arrest.
TIM, THE TERROR (Biograph). August 17. — While this comedy
Is illogical it is nevertheless comical and gains many laughs. A
desperate outlaw is the hero. He discovers a poor widow who is
about to be evicted, being unable to pay oft a mortgage held by a
Dutch magistrate. The outlaw forces the Dutchman to eat the mort-
gage and then "jine" him to the widder. On the same reel with '*A
Game of 'Freezeout."
A GAME OF FREEZEOUT (Biograph), August 17.— On the same
reel with "Tim, the Terror." Two lovers, an admirer and an ice-box
are the leading characters that furnish the comedy in this. The end-
ing is considerable of a surprise.
HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL, NO. 49 (Selig), August 17.—
Many topical scenes are shown in different parts of the world, includ-
ing militar5' manoeuvers, etc.
PRIV.A.TE DENNIS HOGAN (Vitagraph), August 17.— This is a
military drama, the action of which takes place in the far west, and
to view it fires one with patriotism. Dennis Hogan is an expert tele-
grapher, out of a job and broke he joins the army. By his knowledge
of telegraphy he saves his detachment, standing between his comrades
and death, thereby losing his own life. Darwin Karr and Charles
Wellesley play the leading parts. This is a splendid offering and
is well produced in every respect.
DAKAR. THE PRINCIPAL PORT OF SENEGAL, FRENCH WEST
AFRTC-V (Pathe), .\ugust 17. — Interesting scenes in and about the
principal seaport of West Africa. One of the best is a view of native
soldiers drilling.
MILITARY TRAINED DOGS, BELGIUM (Pathe), August 17.— On
the same reel as the foregoing is this unusually timely picture, show-
ing how the Belgian soldiers have trained their four-footed servants
to aid them in making war. The dogs are used as beasts o( burden,
and most willing ones, in hauling small rapid-fire guns mounted on
bicycle-wheeled carriages. The bright animals draw these weapons
through places where horses could not go, and are particularly effi-
cient on the skirmish line.
CAIRO. THE CAPITAL OF EGYPT (Pathe), August 18.— There is
a panoramic view of the great city and many scenes of the principal
points of interest.
URIAGE AND VICINITY (Pathe). August 1.8.— On the same reel
as the foregoing is this marvelously beautiful series of views of Eastern
France. The picture is in brilliant and clear colors and well photo-
graphed. An unusual release.
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AT THE END OF THE ROPE (Kalcm). August 12.— A two-part
photoplay story of the west, featuring Princess Mona Darkfealher. It
is filled with many exciting scenes, thoroughly melodramatic, some
of which are probable and many of them full of shudders. The end-
ing leaves an outlaw In an awful predicament. If he climbs a rope
he will be killed, if he lets go of it and drops he will be murdered.
It is certainly lurid enough to please the most fastidious.
THE DOWNWARD PATH (Lubin), August 12.— This two-part plc-
turcplay is almost identical In plot with one which was released by
another company several months ago, and is of Just about the same
merit. How cither of them passed the censors Is to be wondered at.
A son shoots his father and attempts to throw the blame on a burglar,
who escapes. He then shifts the crime, or attempts to, on the shoulders
of his sister's sweetheart. Finally his conscience forces him to confess
to the awful crime.
THE BILT.MORE DIAMOND (Melles), August 1.3.— A two-part pic-
tureplay wherein a woman, who is the owner of a valuable diamond,
foils two scoundrels who are determined to rob her. The working
out of the plot is very interesting. It contains several Intense and
exciting scenes and also a good punch, wherein an exciting auto-
mobile race occurs, ending with the car occupied by the robbers being
hurled over a clifT. The photography Is well done and several beau-
tiful scenes are shown.
THE HEART REBELLIOUS (Lubin), August 13. — A two-part, mildly
melodramatic offering, with a plot that carries with it complications
concerning a man who falls in love and marries an adventuress. He
takes her to his western ranch where she Is rebellious. He attempts
to break her spirit by force, but fails. She falls over a cliff, ac-
cidentally, and is seriously hurt. He nurses her tenderly, thus win-
ning her love. She prevents her father, who is a crook, from robbing
her husband. In the finale there seems to be assurance of future
happiness. A well made and acted picture.
THE ONE WHO LOVED HIM BEST (Edison), August 14.— .\ two-
part picture which develops an Interesting story concerning a father
and his two daughters. The elder, a selfish creature, and the younger
directly opposite in nature. The father is induced to make his will
in his elder daughter's favor. Shortly afterwards he dies. Mabel
Trunnelle. Bigelow Cooper. Marjorie Ellison and Herbert Prior have
the leading characters. The scenes are on the southern coast and
are beautiful and finely photographed. There is a satisfactory surprise
in the ending scene. It is written and produced by Richard Ridgely.
It is a very pleasing release.
A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE (Essanay), August 14. — A two-part
pictureplay adapted from a story in Munsey's Magazine. The plot
contains complications enough for ten reels. It is somewhat melo-
dramatic in nature and contains a regular villain, who has every-
thing his own way, until the finale when he comes to grief. There
is a good mob scene and thrilling incidents, an attempted kidnapping
scene, etc. Everything is explained satisfactorily and all is happiness
in the end.
THE WHEAT AND THE TARES (Vitagraph). August 15. — This
two-part Vitagraph pictureplay lacks much of originality. It intro-
duces the villain with the mortgage on the farm who gives evidence
against the farmer's daughter's sweetheart, convicting him of her fath-
er's murder. He is foiled by an unexpected confession, is arrested
for perjury and his victim and every body concerned rejoice in his
downfall. Dorothy Kelly, James Morrison and George Cooper have
the principal parts.
THE VOICE OF THE BELLS (Melies), August 15.— In this two-
part offering two men are rivals for the affections of the same girl.
The story is rather old. The rejected lover is the bell ringer for the
church and in pique he refuses to ring the bell at the marriage cere-
mony of his rival. Y'ears later, the child of the couple dies and again
he refuses to pull the bell, but he is forced to make the voice of the
bell speak. A pleasing but not very strong offering.
THE OLD ARMY' COAT (Kalem), August 17. — A special two-part
picture drama. This release has been reviewed at length, and can be
found on page 945, Moving Picture World, issue of August 15, 1914.
A SPEC ON THE WALL (Selig), August 17. — A special two-part pic-
ture-drama. The plot of this production is not at all wholesome nor
is it logical. A husband who is supposed to have committed suicide,
and who is found dead with a revolver lying beside his body has
possessed an old friend, a detective, who suspects foul play and who
investigates and discovers that the man's wife and her lover had
killed him by means of an explosive cigar ; not very convincing.
DETECTIVE DAN CUPID (Nestor). Aug. 7.— Man sees pretty girl in
a San Francisco park and steals a bag from her so that he might find
occasion to return it and get acquainted. She puts a detective on the
case and sails away. He gets on the ship and is carried to sea. The
detective, after a comical chase, is likewise. The whole is carried for-
ward with Nestor sprightliness and makes a likable, light and amusing
offering. The photography is. as usual, excellent.
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D.A.VID GARRICK (Vitagraph). .August 11.— This is a two-part visual-
ization of the old comedy-drama. Several others have been made by
different companies. This one is, perhaps, the best that has been
released. It features James Young and Clara Kimball Y'oung, with
an all-star cast. To the older people in the audience it is very in-
teresting. The acting is admirable.
A COAT'S TALE (Keystone), Aug. S. — In this low comedy number the
Y'iddish tailor's assistant exchanges two coats. This leads to a wild
chase on the part of the angry owner. The scenes are of a rapid-fire,
knockabout order. This would have been funnier with a little more plot
to begin with.
THE SAVING FLAME (Majestic), Aug. 11.— Francelia Billington and
Robert Harron appear in this number, portraying seacoast scenes. The
fisherman's wife becomes infatuated by the city man. He tries to make
love to her, the husband returns and there is a knife duel proposed.
The wife prevents this by knocking the lamp over and setting fire to
the house. This is well pictured and full of action.
THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR (Keystone). Aug. 10.— A
very amusing burlesque on the famous poem that has been recited so
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many times. The poem itself is altered in places and the action is en-
tirely of the low comedy sort. Chas. Chaplain wins new laurels in the
leading part. This is hound to please.
ANIMATED WEEKLY, Xo. 1*2T, Aug. 12.— Timely picture of King
George and Queen Mary visiting the Kaiser, revewing troops, etc. These
familiar views have now taken on an additional Interest. Pictures of
the treasure ship, Tennessee, and drawings by Hy Mayer are also shown.
RECREATiOX (Keystone). Aug. 13.— A nonsencial half reel in whieh
Chas. Chaplain gives his familiar tramp characterization. These park
scenes, in which everybody lands in the lake, will amuse admirers of
this company's performances.
THE YOSEMITE (Keystone), Aug. 13. — On same reel with above. A
number of views taken in the famous national park, showing the high
Sierras, waterfalls and other rugged scenes.
A RURAL ROMANCE (Princess). Aug. 14. — A business man desires
his eldest daughter to marry one of his friends, but the girl refuses.
Later the friend meets the youngest daughter at a country place and
falls in love with her. The story is agreeable in tone but lacks any big
moments and is not treated in a very novel way.
CUPID DANCES THE TANGO (Royal), Aug. 15.— The members of
the bachelor club are woman haters, but each decides to take lessons
from the Hobbs sisters in the tango. All meet on the dance floor. There
is an idea in this, but the plot lacks complication and does not rise to
the necessary climax. The characterizations were acceptable.
HER "BIG" BROTHER (Thanhouser), Aug. 16.— A little girl does not
listen to the domineering advice of her brother and insists on going in
bathing with the boys. She wins a swimming race and gets a medal.
This is a good little plot but did not seem to be worked up very skil-
fully. The swimming race was handled in too perfunctory a way, when
it should have aroused more suspense.
BILL SAVES THE DAY (Komic). Aug. 16.— This is No. 4 of Bill,
the Office Boy series. It demonstrates entertainingly how Bill induces
the manager to buy an electric fan. Later he holds the anxious
financial callers by leading them to play roulette with the fan. A good
comedy plot worked out in a pleasing manner.
HIS WIFE'S FLIRTATION (Sterling). Aug. 17.— This tells the story
of a flirtatious young wife. The traveling man loses his clothes and
goes through most of the scenes in a bathing suit. Some of the situ-
ations are too suggestive and the humor is not strong.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL, No. 31 (Reliance). Aug. 17.— In this number
Dunbar is cleared of suspicion of having stolen the jewls by a demon-
stration of finger prints, conducted by Margaret. The girl also tries on
some of the garments made by a well-known sporting house. The next
number continues the jewel-hunt. This number is only fairly in-
teresting.
THAT MINSTREL MAN (Keystone), Aug. 17.— The Keystone com-
pany appears here in black face. A genuine minstrel show setting is
presented and the Fat Boy is dressed as a huge dusky belle. She loans
her jewels to the magician on the stage, and this starts a riot. The
usual slapstick methods prevail and this will undoubtedly please lovers
of that style of humor.
THE INNER CONSCIENCE (Majestic), Aug. IS.— This is the story of
a neglected wife who falls in love with her physician. Later the hus-
band proves a hero by saving both from drowning. There are some
good effects in this and the cast and photography are pleasing.
THE SILENCE OF JOHN GORDON (Beauty), Aug. IS.— This story
of a young minister who knocks down and punishes a married man try-
ing to elope with an innocent girl, proves very pleasing. The garden
scenes are attractive, the characterizations good and the photography
clear. Harry Pollard and Marguerita Fischer are in the cast.
THEIR WORDLY GOODS (American), Aug. 19.— Vivian Rich. Wm.
Garwood and Jack Richardson appear in this number, the latter as a
particularly villainous looking thief. The young wife, who took the
money from the safe to spend it, succeeds in keeping it away from the
marauder. Her husband gives her credit she really does not deserve in
consequence. This makes very fair entertainment, though not power-
fully handled.
THOSE COUNTRY KIDS (Keystone), Aug. 20.— Mabel and the Fat
Boy disport themselves in a lively manner in this reel. There are shoot-
ing, brick-throwing, a police raid and numerous other rapid-fire scenes.
The fine photography helps out this slapstick comedy.
LOST IN A STUDIO (Sterling). Aug. 20.— Little Billy visits the mov-
ing picture studio in this number and gets lost while playing with some
kittens. Pictures of Ford Sterling and his director, Robert Thornby, are
shown. The plot is not very strong in this and it depends largely upon
Billy's popularity for interest.
HIS LONG LOST FRIEND (Royal). Aug. 22.— A tramp drops into a
hotel and writes a note to a girl he had once known in early life, telling
her he will call. His reception by the family is very chilly. He crawls
up the chimney and there is a lot of slapstick comedy. This was not
sufficiently strong in plot to prove very entertaining.
A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE (Eclair). Aug. 23.— A story featuring
Fred Truesdell and Julia Stewart. The introduction is not overclear.
but aided by good acting and a story that develops into a bit of a punch
the picture will interest.
THE STRANGE SIGNAL (Frontier), Aug. 23.— The scheming brother
plans to hold Joe a captive while he marries the girl and inherits the
property. But Joe flashes a signal to the sheriff's office, by means of a
bit of looking glass, and thus obtains relief. The rather unique plot is
the strongest feature of this production, which has an ordinary Western
town setting.
THE HOLE IN THE GARDEN WALL (Rex), Aug. 23.— A pretty
story, written by Rupert Julian, who also plays the lover. Elsie Jane
Wilson is the girl. The scheming rival brings about a change in the
roses, leading to a misunderstanding which it took years to right.
Feli.x Walsh makes a charming little cupid, who finally reunites the-
lovers. His adoption was shown rather obscurely, but the film as a-
whole proves attractive.
THERE IS A DESTINY (Victor), Aug. 24.— A seacoast story with-
Warren Kerrigan and Vera Sisson in the leads. ■ The natural acting and
development of this story makes it particularly pleasing. The love
scenes are especially attractive. These features, together with good
photography and fine scenic effects, make the film a desirable one.
BARRELED (Crystal), Aug. 25. — Charlie DeForrest. pursued by the-
girls father, dives into a barrel and ihen wears this over his head
through numerous scenes. Nothing particularly new in this half reel
eccentric oEfering, but it is has amusing moments.
BASHFUL BEN (Crystal), Aug. 25.— This, on same reel with above,
shows the efforts of a bashful young man to get up nerve enough to-
propose. When he does so the girl turns out to be already married^
Mildly amusing.
THE LITTLE AUTO-GO-MOBILE (Joker^ Aug. 26.— This offering
ranges from straight comedy to farce and then drops into plain bur-
lesque. Ernest Shields and Bess Merredyth play the married couple,
who quarrel over their automobile. The plot is quite pleasing and the
photography good, though the manner of developing the story could
have been a little more consistent.
MATTY, THE UNIVERSAL BOY No. 4 (Imp), Aug. 27.— In this new
number Matty takes a strong interest in wireless telegraphy. Latei
he plays detective and saves a white girl from Chinese wireless opera-
tors. The photography in this number was not quite up to standard ii
places. The story itself works' up to quite an interesting situation, but
is not to be classed as strong.
WELL! WELL I (Joker), Aug. 29.— Max Asher and Hank dig a well
to win the hand of their loved one. The scenes are in the country and
the comedy is of a low order. It will get some laughs, as some of the
action is funny, but it is not a highly sucessful effort.
THE JANITOR'S SOX (Frontier), Aug. 30. — A story within a story,
in which the janitor tells his son of the fruits of crime. Later the
mother restores the wallet and saves her son from arrest. This ii
developed in an ordinary way and the photography is only fair. Yet thi
plot has sufficient action and ingenuity to hold the interest. It makes
a fair number.
THE BOOB'S NEMESIS (Rex). Aug. 30. — Robert Leonard here ap-
pears in his familiar character of the countrj- boob. His chase to the
city to rescue his girl from the snare of the city man was full of actioi
and proves very entertaining. Ella Hall and Harry Carter also appear.
A good offering.
THE MASHER'S MISHAP (Eclectic).— A Hartigan comedy and a
good one. It is farcical in its action, which is a story of the troubles
that befell a married man who paid too much attention to a hand-
some w-oman just across the airshaft. It is finely staged and photo-
graphed.
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A NEW YORK GIRL (Keystone), Aug. 6. — A two-reel farce witb
many things in it that are comical and sure to walien laughter ; but
somewhat uneven taken as a whole. It is a good offering ; for though
it is not up to the richest comics made by Keystone, it has little of the
very rough work that some of them have had, and more situation.
Nothing in it is wholly new, but much of it is quite fresh. Mack
Sennet, himself, has a role.
THE WAGON OF DEATH (Reliance), Aug. 15. — A two-reel story ol
the California oil fields. This would have been stronger and more com-'
pact if told in one reel ; as it stands there are many jerky, unneces-
sary scenes. The photography and general atmosphere of the pro-
duction are agr^able. The story concerns an attempted theft from a
nitro-glycerine wagon, which is exploded by a gunshot from a distance
in order to save the girl. The situations toward the close are interest-
ing, but the story as a whole is not strongly handled.
HER MOTHER'S NECKLACE (Majestic), Aug. 16.— A two-reel story
of domestic life, featuring Dorothy Gish as a young girl jealous of the
woman her widowed father intends to marry. Irene Hunt is the widow
and Howard Gay the father. This makes a good study of child tern- i
perament and Miss Gish handles cleverly the part of the sensitive
daughter. There are no intensely exciting scenes in this, the nearest
being where the girl holds up the thief, but the scenes throughout are
pleasing and the story develops easily and naturally.
FALSE GODS (American), Aug. 17. — This makes a good story of
character development, and it is handled with considerable skill by a
cast including John Steppling, Ed Coxen and Winnifred Greenwood. It
begins in the West, showing how the young wife grubstakes Bad Penny
Tom, who strikes gold and makes them all very rich. Then John, the
husband, gets into high society, when the wife fails. This point seemed
a little improbable, but is of small consequence to the story. The hus-
band's later career in politics was convincingly shown ; he falls into the
clutches of a widow lobbyist, who deserts him after his financial failure,
Tom then reunites the family. This is well constructed and entertain-
ing throughout.
THE LURE OF THE GEISHA (Bison), Aug. 22. — A two-reel number,
made in Japan, with William Clifford and company in the cast. The
Japanese scenes are very attractive, though some of them have an effect
of having been thrust in without regard to the plot. The later de-
velopments are tragic and hold the attention strongly. The lover of
one of the Geisha girls becomes jealous of Clifford, through the machina-
tions of the villainous Bainbridge. The girl is killed in the struggle.
A good offering of its type.
McC.\RN PLATS FATE (Thanhouser). Aug. S. — -\ two-reel detective
photoplay from a story written by Henry Oyen. F. A. Kelsey, Irene
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Hunt and Thos. O'Brien are In the east. Tbe photography Is very good
throughout. This deals with a gang of political gun-men and winds up
with a fatal brawl In a saloon. The detective In the case, learning that
the gun-men are laying for a certain officer, frames up things so they
shoot each other by mistake. The flghting Is dramatic and well staged.
The production as a whole deals with rough city life, but will hold the
attention of the average observer.
THE WI.VN'INC OF DEXISE (Kay-Bee), August 21.— A two-part
feature play written by Thomas H. Ince and Richard V. Spencer.
Walter Edwards Is the director. This is a story of the Northern Cana-
dian country. It contains some good scenes of the north woods. A
trapper is sent to the city for some money for the fur company. On
the way he is mistaken for a deer and shot by a trappers daughter.
She takes him to the cabin of her father who Is very angry. During
the action of the picture the father's life is saved by the young trapper.
The young people fall in love and the father, through gratitude, forms a
partnership with the younger man. This Is a strong release.
THE CHARACTER WOMA.N' (Eclair), Aug. 24.— This two-reel offering
gives Julia Stuart her big opi)ortunlty. and she makes the part of the
"character" actress a strong and convincing one. The manner in which
she saves the young actress from her former husband's clutches makes
a story of strong appeal. This is a stage drama which gets away from
commonplace incidents and depends more upon good acting than or-
dinarily happens. It catches the interest and holds it throughout the
entire production.
JIM WEBB, SENATOR (Imp). Aug. 24. — A strong three-reel political
number, with King Baggot and Leah Baird in the leads. Mr. Baggot
makes an interesting figure as the upright young country politician just
entering the senate in Washington. The gang of corrupt politicians
pick him for a victim, but fail. Then they employ a bewitching female
lobbyist to ensnare him. Jim fails in love with her, but she never he-
trays him, as her heart is won by a visit to his old home. Mrs. Allan
Walker appears as the mother. This is a well-rounded story, con-
vincingly acted and well photographed throughout. The scenes toward
the close get up good suspense. A strong offering.
THE DEAD RECKONING (Gold Seal, Series No. 4), Aug. 2.5.— This
new installment of the Trey O' Hearts series finds Rosa a prisoner
on the schooner. .\lan and B'arcus sight the vessel from the desert shore
and go to it after capturing a boat in a very neat manner. The sud-
den appearance of Judith and her friends on the schooner precipitates
a very active series of events, so active in fact as to almost obscure the
motive in places. But Rose and her friends finally escape another time,
and the second reel closes with them rowing out into the darkness in a
small boat. This holds the Interest well.
THE SHERIFF'S SISTER (Broncho). Aug. 26.— A story of rough
Western life, in which the young lover Is accused of a murder com-
mitted by another. Later he escapes from prison, saves the girl and
the gold and is cleared by t'ne confession of the villain. The situations
are none of them very new but are put on with such fine action and
suspense that the story is followed closely by the observer. The hold-
up of the stage and Jack's defense in the cabin were done with spirit.
Throughout the scenic effects and general atmosphere are commendable.
MADEMOISELLE ANDREA (Rex), .\ug. 27.— (Julte out of the beaten
rout, this two-part offering by James Dayton and put on by Joseph De
Grasse Is especially well acted. The story, after stating a situation
which normal human emotions make deeply Interesting, takes the
heroine's desire for vengeance as its theme and shows what comes of
it, to the happy ending. The theme is made plausible : yet the general
spectator has much less personal Interest In it. To make up for this
lesser humanity ( a thing that only a Shakespeare can do In some
Hamlet) It is made sensational and startling. The most convincing
acting is done by .\gnes Vernon as the very pretty sister of the clearly
drawn story's hero (Rupert Julian). The vengeful Andrea Is played
well by Elsie Jean \VilEon. On the whole an offering stronger than
most and one that will probably be quite acceptable to patrons.
THE VILLAGE '.NEATH THE SEA (Domino). Aug. 2T.— A two-part
olfering in which the cleverly contrived conceit of showing an Indian
village as though seen through clear waters Is the most commendable
thing. The storj- seems made to set this one thing out and lacks the
convincing liveliness that makes a picture really interesting. The love
story in which all the characters are redmen Is rather trite in outline
and depends for suspense on its Incidents. We never get deeply in-
terested In the lovers or the villain ; but to see frail canoes amid the
breakers of the ocean is, in itself, something of an experience. The
photography is clear.
THE LAW OF THE LUMBERJACK (Bison), Aug. 29.— This story of
the Redwood lumber camps is alive with interest and action. Val Paul
does some effective work as the lumber camp bully. The story Itself is
of secondary importance compared to numerous scenes in the big £^»*est.
.\ giant redwood is shown crashing to earth, carrying smaller trees be-
fore It. Huge logs are lifted and rolled on their way to the mill. The
ride down the flume with the injured man is one of the best features of
the kind we have ever seen. An out-of-doors yarn that will meet with
wide appreciation. Clifford. Bainbridge and Marie Walcamp are also in
the cast.
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE (Victor). Aug. 31.— There is a touch of
genuine romance in this two-reel Western offering. Warren Kerrigan
appears as the mysterious stranger who comes riding up out of the
desert. He flirts with the barmaid and later defends the heroine. The
saloon is shot up in traditional fashion and the stranger then bears
away the young girl as his bride. The rough Mexican setting is good
and the story proves absorbing. Vera Sisson Is appealing as the girl,
and George Periolat gives a fine piece of character work as the Mexican
bartender. A good number.
DELIVERED BY DEATH (Warner's Features).— A three-reel picture
that will astonish most spectators. It is a good picture of such bad
morals that the astonishment will amount to a sense of pleasure almost.
It Is not at all suggestive and the crimes committed in it are the usual
melodramatic crimes ; but in this case they are convincing. The char-
acters are aristocratic Europeans and tho place Is Stamhoul. They are
sweet characters ; the only decent people In tho picture are the Turks.
Quite new In what It shows and fresh In the way it Is handled. It Is
a wholly entertaining oderlng. Sunday schools better leave It oft the
program ; but for almost any public show anywhere It Is line. The act
Is of the best.
THE Pl'PPET'9 DOWRY (Warner's Features).— A three-reel offer-
ing from the Mllano studio and a very interesting and likable though
not strongly convincing picture. There are two points of great Interest
in it, a little girl lost after a lire and her mother, who is too poor to
support her In the early scene, and who marries a count. The child is
adopted by a puppet showman and grows up to have her own pretty
love story. It stands on Its prettiness and on the pleasantly colored
thread of romance that runs through It. The acting and photography
is commendable.
NICK WINTER AND THE LOST PRINCE ( Eclectic).— This elaborate
three-reel production will please and entertain. It is one of the series
of stories in which Nick, the detective, figures so conspicuously. In this
case, as the man for whom 'ne Is searching is a prince, there are scenes
of courts and courtiers. The action is heightened by many scenes
taking place in a hotel made over from a castle. There are blind
elevators and mechanical contrivances facilitating unexpected appear-
ances and disappearances. There are good dramatic situations, several
of them thrilling.
BON RAY TAKES LARGE CpNTRACT.
What is perhaps the largest industrial lilm undertaking
yet assumed by any companj' is the combination of contracts
recently made by the Bon Ray Film Company of Woodside,
L, I., with practically all of the Southern States. The Bon
Ray Film Company has agreed to have something like 250,-
000 feet of film descriptive of the industries, scenery and
advantages of the Southern States completed by November
first. These films will be exhibited in the respective State
buildings of the Southern States at the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position. The contracts were negotiated by F. E. Holliday,
president of the Bon Ray Film Company, within the past
two weeks, while on a trip over the South. The business
details of the work are being handled by S. I. Connor,
G. W. Brennan and -\lbert Blum, and the camera work by
Otto Gilmore, Wm. J. Kraft and William Colfax. These
men are now all at work in the South.
$58,000 PICTURE THEATER IN ONEIDA, N. Y.
The Oneida Amusement Co., Inc., has leased the Madison,
a $58,000 house in Oneida, N. Y. The officers are F. .\.
Scanlan, president; C. H. Skinner, vice-president; J. B.
Coughlin, treasurer, and Frederic Hathaway, secretary and
general rrianager, Mr. Hathawa}' has been identified with
the motion picture industry for twelve years and is an en-
thusiast in raising the standard of photoplays.
The policy of the theater will be the exploiting of the
best in motion pictures, with an occasional high-class legiti-
mate attraction, the spacious stage 52 .x 35 feet being adapt-
ed for Al productions. For picture presentations the stage
will be dressed with an elaborate setting while the operating
booth will be equipped with two Power's 6A machines. The
house will open the season about August 25 with a seating
capacity of 1,200.
ROLAND BLAISDELL TAKING A REST.
Roland Blaisdell, treasurer of the Centaur Film Company,
is spending two weeks at Hulette's, Lake George, N, Y.
Marie Dressier in Her 120 hp. Motor Car, Featured in a
Side- Splitting Keystone Comedy.
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DeMille "Talks Shop"
Tells of the Great Advantage Pictures Afford in Producing
Dramatic Effects.
THE broad chasm between the production seen upon the
screen and the same piece on the legitimate stage per-
haps best tells why producers and directors of note
are daily deserting the theater for the studio.
One of the first legitimate directors to abandon the theater
for the motion picture was Cecil B. De Mille who, one year
ago, after fifteen years of activity in the spoken drama, be-
came director general for the Lasky Feature Play Companj',
and who stands today one of the foremost. To wit, his ex-
cellent work in "The Call of the North," which he directed
himself, after writing the scenario and selecting the entire
cast.
When asked why he had deserted the spoken for the silent,
Mr. De Mille talked at length on the subject aiid compared
theatrical productions with motographic — and in the com-
parison, the spoken drama suffers not a little, and Mr. De
Mille, the youngest of a brilliant theatrical family, long
identified with the better things of the stage, knows whereof
he speaks.
"The scope of the photoplay," said Mr. De Mille, "is so
much wider than that of the legitimate. We do things in-
stead of acting them. When a big effect is necessat}-, such as
the burning of a ship, blowing up a mine shaft, wrecking a
train, destroying a block of houses, we do not have to resort
to trickery. We actually do it. If it is necessary to burn a
house, or raze a bridge, to gain atmosphere, we do not
employ the time honored lycopodium torches. We buy the
house, or bridge, and burn it.
"We do not resort to the illy costumed stage fireman. We
hire the fire department. Secure a battalion of police — and
if the action of the piece demands, we call out the militia.
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Cowboys Scooping Out a River, Solving a Problem.
"If we have a great physical struggle on stage in the legiti-
mate we would have to so arrange the 'business' that the
actors participating would not in any way be injured, for
the struggle would have to be gone through at least ten
times a week. In the screen struggle, where the scene is
enacted but once, the combat is real, and, aside from the
ultimate victor being known in advance, the struggle rings
true. Many times the actors are incapacitated for several
hours, but the wonderful effects on the screen act as balm to
his bruised being. Each scene is set, each artist engaged,
with a view to fidelity to type or race characterized. Every
characteristic of a race must be shown. The flaxen hair of
the Teuton, the high cheek bones of the Indian, the sturdy
physique of the Scotchman, the airy, nonchalant, breezy man-
ner of the Frenchman — all stand out as lasting details. In
the case of 'The Call of the North' eighteen Tiger Tribe
Indians were used. Permission was obtained from the Do-
minion Government. Several canoes from the museum at
Montreal were loaned us. No stone was left unturned to
make the picture absolutely true to the life it portrayed.
"In the photoplay, in contrast with the stage production,
ofttimes expensive sets are required which entail the outlay
of large sums of money, days of time and attention, yet
which appear on the screen but an instant. Yet the same
attention to detail in the set must be given as to the one
which is before the eye throughout the entire picture.
"Dramatic expression can better be brought out on the
screen than on the boards. This is due to the long explana-
tion to which the dramatist is frequently required to resort.
In the photoplay there is no long story. The explanation is
pictured and shown.
"In 'The Virginian' we needed a deep water hole in a cer-
tain river, which, upon investigation, proved too shallow.
It was intended to have a stage coach, driven by a sup-
posedly drunken driver, wander from the road and become
submerged to the very top, as though caught in the mire. !
-■\t our wits' end, eighty miles from the nearest railroad and
forty miles from our studios, we were about to abandon
the scene, when lo — the cowboys solved the problem. Strip- 1
ping to the waist, making harness of their lariats, taking the :
bowl of the camp stove, they used their bronchos as dray
horses and within two hours had scooped out a hole deep i
enough for our purpose."
Other interesting examples of the work of the picture
maker were mentioned by Mr. De Mille, all tending to the i
conclusion that the motion picture was superior to the speak- \
ing stage in telling a dramatic story.
Concerning "Little Mary"
President Laemmle, of the Universal Film Company,
Denies That He Is Guilty of Misleading Statements
in His Advertising.
RECENTLY the Moving Picture World and other trade
publications have been carrying advertisements or-
dered bj' the Universal Film Manufacturing Company
announcing that re-issues of pictures made by the old Imp
Company in which Mary Pickford was featured would form
part of the Universal program. So far as we have been able
to ascertain there have been no statements made in the
VN'orld that could be twisted into inferring, even re-
motely, that "Little Mary" had left the Famous Players and
had joined the producing forces of the Universal. It would
not be surprising if such inferences had been drawn, for
have we not received many inquiries as to the date of the
death of Maurice Costello or of the marriage of John Bunny
and Flora Finch.
Under the circumstances we do not wonder that the
Famous Players have felt that it was necessary to deny in
strenuous terms that "Little Mary" had left their employ,
for they have undoubtedly been required to answer many
inquiries to that effect.
Believing that his companj- is the only one advertising
the re-issue of "Little Mary" pictures it is not unreasonable
that Mr. Laemmle should protest against the charge that
he was guilty of unfair advertising methods. He does so
in a letter to the Moving Picture World in which he goes
into the subject at length, but the substance of his protest
is summed up in this printed paragraph:
"Instead of trying to mislead exhibitors I took pains to
impress upon them that those releases are re-issues, first be-
cause I have always maintained that exhibitors are entitled
to know the truth about everything the Universal does; sec-
ond, because exhibitors who were in business four years ago
were well acquainted with the Imp's work and were famil-
iar with the fact that these old releases of Miss Pickford
were of excellent quality."
It is a fact, as stated bj- Mr. Laemmle, that the Imp Com-
pany was the first to give "Little Mary" the publicitj' her
ability deserved and, through that abilit}-. Imp pictures in
which she appeared were the mainstay of the independent
movement at that time. Others have since profited by the
popularity of "Little Mary" created partly by the Imp Com-
pany; there is no gainsaying that fact. Nevertheless, those
who now enjoy her services ^re extremely jealous of their
rights.
The situation presented is interesting. There is no paral-
lel in the theatrical business, for there the dramatic star can
appear in but one place at a time. But the motion picture
star appears in hundreds of theaters and under the auspices
of as many different companies as she has previouslv worked
for.
In the case of the re-issue of "Little Mary" pictures made
by the Imp Company there can be no question of the right
of that company to issue those pictures at this or any other'
time. The pictures are its property and all rights are owned
by it. So long as it does not advertise them in such a way
as to lead the public to believe that it controls not only the
pictures but "Little Mary" as well no fault can be found.
In this case President Laemmle disclaims having so of-
fended.
It is not uncommon for a situation of this kind to arise
in the book publishing business, where the appearance of
an exceedingly popular book by some prolific author gives
occasion for publishers of books by the same author to profit
by his vogue.
We have never heard that any complaint was made of that
practice; rather has the publisher of the latest book profited
by the extra advertising of his competitors. We believe that
the Famous Players and its affiliated companies or dis-
tributors will enjoy the same advantage from the Universal
campaign.
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Irish History on the Screen
Walter Macnamara, Back from the Old Sod, Talks Interest-
ingly of the Making of His Latest Picture.
liy llcoriie Blaisdell.
TU be arrcsteU in Dublin on one day on a charge of im-
porting arms into Ireland and then on the following
day to be entertained in the Mansion House by the
Lord Mayor and the high municipal functionaries is a unique
experience. .Xs Waller Macnamara puts it "Such a thing
could happen to no man on earth but an Irishman, and in no
land on earth but Ireland. It was all most characteristically
Irish."
Over there the natives alluded to Mr. Macnamara as a
"Yankee." Here in New York, where he has lived since
coming to .-Vmerica less than three years ago, every man
who knows him speaks of him as a "sure-enough Irishman."
The dwellers in the Emerald Isle have justification for the
appellation they bestowed on their fellow-countryman, if by
the term "Y'ankee" be meant a man of force, quick wit,
keeness of perception and rapid speech. Mr. Macnamara
has more than these — and this to film followers is of im-
mediate interest — he has imagination and the constructive,
creative ability to erect into tangible, physical being the ideas
that crowd his busy brain.-
!Mr. Macnamara has recently returned to New York from
Ireland, where for the better jjart of five months he directed
the exteriors and necessary interiors of an elaborate review
of the history of Old Erin from 1798 to 1 )14. The remain-
ing indoor scenes have been completed and next week will
see "Ireland a Nation" ready for the screen. The picture
will he 7.000 feet in length. It introduces many famous Irish
c h a r a c t ers, including
John Philpott Curran,
Robert Emmet, Michael
D w y e r . Father Tom
Murphy, Castlereagh,
Lord Norbury, Sarah
Curran, Ann Devlin.
Daniel O'Connell, Smith
O'Brien, John Mitchel
(the grandfather of the
present Mayor of New
York Cit}^. Thomas Da-
vis and Charles Gavin
Duffy.
There will be scenes
o f the famine, of the
emigration t o America,
the "land of hope"; the
sentencing to death i n
the Manchester police
court o f Allan Larkin
O'Brien, the release from prison of Michael Davitt, the for-
mation of the new Irish party in 1880, with Charles Stewart
Parnell as the leader; the imprisonment of the Irish mem-
bers, and the famous Kilmainham treaty of the eighties;
leading through many vicissitudes to the year of hope, 1914 —
home rule for Ireland enacted into English law — and the
carving bj' Mother Erin of an epitaph upon the tombstone of
Robert Emmet, in accordance with the terms of the injunc-
tion he laid upon his fellow-patriots just before his death.
Mr. Macnamara was unable to find a studio in Ireland
suitable for picture making, so he erected many of his in-
teriors in a greenhouse, which he found very satisfactory.
This obviated bringing back to America many of his players.
In the photographing of the scenes of the trial of Robert
Emmet, of the sittings of the Irish Parliament, of the interior
of Emmet's house and also the home of the Currans the
producer faithfully followed old prints for his settings.
Among those taking part in the discussions of the Irish
Parliament were ten Irish M. P.'s. Mr. Macnamara's work
received an unusual amount of attention from such papers
as the London Times, Daily Mail, Evening News, West-
minster Gazette and Pall Mall Gazette.
Mr. Macnamara in the course of his trip had many inter-
esting experiences, not the least of which were the initial
episodes of the arrest for importing arms and the immedi-
atelj- subsequent events. The producer stirred officialdom in
Dublin when he insisted upon his unconditional release and
a^ restoration of his property. "And 'props' they were all
right." he said the other day. "Every gun was over a cen-
tury old and you couldn't get a shot through any one of
them on a bet. It made no difference, however. While my
release followed the reading of a stiff cable dispatch I had
prepared, they still have the guns and the costumes: I never
could get them back. It was at the height of the Ulster agi-
tation, and I was told there was a condition of revolution."
Walter Macnamara.
Mr. Macnamara got a quiet revenge for \v.s loss, however.
He entered heartily into the political campaign. He made
speeches for the Nationalist cause and on one Sunday en-
rolled 680 men as Irish Volunteers. On Clapham Commons,
in London, he addressed audiences of from three to five thou-
sand persons. Of course, it was the natural thing for an
Irishman with oratorical powers — all true sons of Erin pos-
sess these, to be sure — to take sides on this great question.
"Did I have any difiicultics in finding locations?" replied
Mr. Macnamara in response to a question. "Yes, in one in-
stance, certainly, when I tried to find a mud hut and failed.
Parnell wiped those out. I did, though, get some wonderful
l)ackgrounds, as I think you will agree when you see the
picture." Taking up some stills, the producer continued;
"Here is a fort built by Oliver Cromwell. To this day no
real son of the old sod passes it without spitting — that's the
only way he can adequately express his feelings for the
builder. In this photograph here, of Glendalough, you see
the ruin of a structure destroyed by the Danes nearly a thou-
sand years ago — no one knows when it was built. I have
Dvryer's Men at Glendalough.
tried to get absolute accuracy in my backgrounds — authentic
locations — and I think I have succeeded.
"Were any obstacles placed in my path in the making of
'Ireland a Nation'? Y'es, indeed, by the soldiers. Sometimes
we would start to take a scene with not a soul in sight. It
seemed sometimes that in two minutes soldiers would come
from everywhere and demand to see a permit. Think of
having a permit to take the side of a mountain! Of course,
the picture was revolutionary in character, and the military
tried in every way to handicap us. That's why we were five
months over there. The people? They couldn't do enough
for us. The Nationalist party gave us unofficial sanction."
Mr. Macnamara has been in the picture business but eigh-
teen months, but he has done things. The first twelve of this
period he was with the Universal Company, at one time being
associated with George Tucker, now producing for the Lon-
don Film Company; later Mr. Macnamara had an Imp com-
pany of his own. It was during the alliance with Mr. Tucker
that Mr. Macnamara wrote and Mr. Tucker produced "Traf-
fic in Souls," the melodrama that is reported to have yielded
a profit to the Universal alone of a quarter of a million dol-
lars in the first three months. It was the first picture not
taken from a novel or a play to receive a Broadway booking
— and it had a long run. So, too, it is the first picture play
ever used as the basis of a novel. "Traffic in Souls" has been
showing for four months in Free Trade Hall. Manchester,
England. Mr. Macnamara wrote many Imp successes.
"In the picture business the story is the thing," said Mr.
Macnamara. "It is the factor that will win right along the
line. I look upon the screen as the instrument for solving
in the near future many social problems, of bringing classes
nearer each other so that the one may see the other's view-
point. A big story ought to carry a big message; and it
must feed the eye as well as the heart. Properly to make
a big picture requires the expenditure of money, and espe-
cially of time. One of the secrets of Griffith's success is that
he takes time and does his work properly. As to the fu-
ture? I am going to confine my attention to big stuff
psychological, yes; I am going to try to contribute to the
forces that make for the broadening out of humanity. I
doubt if there is a villain in the world, if there is a hero in
the world. We are all to a great extent creatures of cir-
cumstances."
1246
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
11
European Film Star Joins Centaur
Baroness Von Dewitz Resumes Professional Career Under
David Horsley — Has Approval in Big Production.
MLLE. \'ALKYRIEN, one of the most celebrated mo-
tion picture actresses of Europe, has been engaged
by David Horsley for the Centaur Film Company of
Baj'onne, N. J. During the last year, Mile. Valkyrien ap-
peared in the productions of the leading motion picture con-
cerns of Denmark and Germany, including the Great North-
ern and the Danish Biograph, and achieved considerable
popularity.
\\'hile at the height of her fame Mile. Valkyrien, who is
but twenty years old, gave up her professional career to be-
come the wife o f t h e
Baron Hrolf von D e
Witz, a lieutenant in the
Royal Danish N a v y .
She accompanied her
husband to New York
last June, believing at
that time that she had
quit the stage forever.
Like many another per-
son of rank both in and
out of the profession,
the Baroness' plans were
changed entirely by the
present great war i n
Europe.
Immediately after the
outbreak of hostilities
between France and Ger-
many, the Baron von De
Witz. who during his ac-
tive military service was
aviation expert of the
Danish Government and
inventor of the devices
by which projectiles are
dropped from aero-
planes, became " W a r
Editor" of one of the big
New York daily papers.
His work in this con-
nection has become so
Mile. Valkyrien.
exacting as to keep him at his desk from twelve to eighteen
hours a day. In consequence the Baroness has been left
without the companionship of her husband the greater part
of the time. She finds herself to be very much "alone in
a strange land." In order to occupy her time and stall
off a threatening attack of homesickness, the young star re-
-solved to return to active work in the studio and under the
circumstances there was nothing for the Baron to do but
•consent.
David Horsley heard of Mile. Valkyrien's great reputation
<luring his visit to Denmark last summer and was much
impressed with her work before the camera. When he saw
the newspaper stories concerning the arrival in this coun-
try of the Baron and Baroness, he immediately sent the
Baroness an offer to appear as the star in a big feature he
then had in contemplation.
This offer was refused, but fortunately the letter was re-
tained, and when the decision to "come back" was reached,
Mr. Horsley was the first producer to be considered, and
received an offer from the Baroness on Saturday of last
week. Mr. Horsley snapped it up like a flash and on Mon-
day of this week the Baroness was rehearsing for her first
Centaur picture, under the direction of Milton Fahrney.
It is Mr. Horsley's intention to create a special brand of
refined comedy, featuring Mile. Valkyrien, to be known
as the "Baroness films." This brand will be included in the
recently announced program of seven comedies a week to
be made at the Centaur studios.
Previous to her entrance into the silent drama. Mile.
Valkyrien was a member of the regular company of the
Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. This was an appointment by
the crown, and is considered the highest honor in the realm
next to a lady-in-waiting to the Queen, that can be achieved
by a Danish woman, not of royal blood.
It was while appearing in the Royal Theatre that Mile.
Valkyrien was chosen by the King as Valkyrie of Denmark.
Contestants for this great honor are chosen by representa-
tives of the Crown in every city in Denmark, and are called
to appear for selection at a special function at the Royal
Theatre, the object being to find the woman who most thor-
oughly typifies the beauty and racial characteristics of the
legendary Danes. Mile. Valkyrien had created a Valkyrien
dance especially for the occasion. The King was impressed
with her talent as well as her beauty, and conferred upon
her the title of "Valkyrien, year of 1914, A. D." From
that time until her departure for America, she was the
toast of every cafe, club and home in Copenhagen.
Catholic Film Association
I
New Educational OrgEmization Headed by Dr. Conde
Fallen — Has Ample Capital.
ANEW organization has entered the educational side of
the moving picture field with a view to the entertain-
ment, edification and education of every Catholic parish
in the United States if possible. It is called the Catholic
Film Association and is headed by Dr. Conde B. Fallen, man-
aging editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia, who is also known
to hundreds of t h o u -
sands of Catholics as a
lecturer and writer o f
note.
Dr. Fallen has asso-
ciated with him in the
venture the following di-
dectors: Dr. James J.
Walsh. Joseph Frey,
Conde Xast, Frank W.
Smith, Bird S. Coler and
Blair Frazer. The of-
fices of the organization
are to be found on the
fourth floor of No. 18
East 41st street, New
York City.
The head of the move-
ment talked of his plans
at that address this week
with the enthusiasm of
I ' '"^^V^^HL SR^^^^H '-"''^ who is entering new
r -!?v\i *1^^^^B fields in which he feels
that he will find the
most congenial of em-
ployment.
"I have been watching
the motion pictures for
some years," he said,
"and I have been struck
with the tremendous in-
fluence for good or evil
which the motion picture
may have on modern
civilization. For one thing, its facility for reaching the gen-
eral public even to the most remote hamlet has caused me
to sit back in astonishment. Its enormous g:rowth has been
another source of wonderment to me. .\nd it reaches every
class of humanity.
"In some places. Catholic pastors have established moving
picture exhibitions for their parishes and their parish
schools. Wherever this has been done, it has met with re-
markable success. In the way of this success, however,
there has been the great difficulty of getting films suitable
for exhibition in Catholic churches.
"The Catholic Film .Association has entered the field with
ample capital and a thoroughly equipped organization to
furnish an entire moving picture outfit to every parish,
school, societj- and institution in the country. Every film
furnished bj- the Catholic Film .Association is strictly cen-
sored from the Catholic standpoint.
"Moreover, the company will manufacture specifically
Catholic films. It will furnish the entire equipment on the
installment plan, so that no financial burden will be laid even
upon the poorest parish. Not only will no money outlay be
required and the plan more than pay for itself, but it caa
make a profit from the very start.
"Besides religious themes in our moving pictures, we shall
furnish secular subjects of a good character and dramatic
interest. W^e realize that the people of a Catholic parish
must be entertained as well as instructed. Wholesome en-
tertainment is natural to human nature, and we propose to
supply in this line pictures, under our censorship, which will
be attractive to our people. Our field is immense; in fact,
we suff'er from an embarrassment of riches in subjects, his-
torical, devotional, legendary and religious.
"With a business .organization such as ours, with ample;
capital at our disposal, we can give a service unequaled by"
any in the world. We have relation with a number of other
companies, that puts all their resources at our immediate
command."
Dr. Conde B. PaUen.
I
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1247
TRYING TO AMALGAMATE IN NEW YORK.
New York Association Executive Committee Holds Meeting
and Adopts Resolutions.
THERE was a meeting of the executive committee of
the New York State Exhibitors' Association at the
Marlboro Hotel last week' at which were present
these members of the committee: S. H. Trigger, president;
W. A. Douque, secretary; W. H. Linton, treasurer; B. E.
Cornell, John F. Miller. L. G. Smith, Max Samuels and H.
W. Rosenthal. Others present were A. Baurenfreund, A. A.
Corn, Grant W. Anson, William Hilkemeier and S. P. Weiss-
man of the New Y^ork Association, and T. A. Keppler, M. L.
Fleischman, James L. Deegan, Louis Harris and Mr. Fein-
blatt of the Cinema Club, representing the New York Local
No. 1, of the New Y'ork State League No. 11, M. P. E. L.
of A.
A discussion of the best method of getting was had and
Mr. Douque moved that a resolution be drawn on the ques-
tion. This was adopted, whereupon Mr. Smith oftered this
resolution:
WHEREAS. The resolution passed at the Dayton Convention evinced
the desire ot all motion picture exhibitors in the United States of
having only one National organization, now
THEREFOR, to consummate that purpose the state organization of
the Motion Picture E.^hibitors' Association of Xew York herewith ten-
der the resignation of all their officers to become effective only after
there is but one state organization. The members of the state organ-
ization of the International Association are willing to attend a special
meeting of the state organization ot the Motion Picture Exhibitors'
League ot America, the program of which shall only be as follows :
The meeting to be opened by the state chairman : a committee to be
appointed, two from the Exhibitors' League and two from the Motion
Picture Association, this committee to pass upon the qualifications of
the representatives permitted to participate in the meeting. The rep-
resentation to be upon the basis of the Ohio state constitution ot the
M. P. E. L. of A. After the qualification of the delegates have been
passed upon the following resolution is to be offered :
WHEREAS, It is the intention of all exhibitors in the State of New
York to have but one State organization, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED. That the members of such State organization shall con-
sist of the members of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League ot
America and the members of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Asso-
ciation of the State ot New York. That the resignations of all officers
of both the league and the association shall then be tendered and ac-
cepted and a new election held.
Seconded by Mr. Linton and carried unanimously.
From the report of the meeting it is gathered that the
above proposition was communicated to President Wolff
of the State League at Rochester, N. Y., and was rejected
by him as not in conformity with the Dayton Resolution,
whereupon the Executive Committee of the New York As-
sociation reported the substance of their proceedings to
President Pearce of the National League and adjourned.
In .New York State and city our course is a simple one. U is to '°'j
low out in its fullest sense the Dayton resolutions. In New York
City we should apply for membership and join the existing local of the
league ; and in the state our various locals can secure local charters
from the existing state branch of the leaKUe : and as the state conven-
tion will be held in the near future, we will be eligible to vote tor
officers, and It we be in the majority, will be able to make the state
branch our own. So why quibble about "amalgamation," "surrender '
and similar foolish terms. If we really mean to get together.
Although not myself a member of It, I wish to show my faith In
(he committee elected by the association, of which I had the honor ot
being national secretarj', and have already become a member of New
York Local No. 1, of the M. P. E. L. of America, in accordance with the
Dayton resolutions of the joint committees, and shall henceforth, as In
the past, do all in my humble power to advance the Interests of the
exhibitors everywhere, and to promote the welfare of the one great
exhibitors' organization, the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League or
America. .,
Kindly bring this matter to the attention of your local at the earnest
possible moment, so that we mav all be united in New York state by the
time of the forthcoming state convention. With best wishes, I remain
fraternally yours, ^^^ _, _.
HAROLD W. ROSENTHAL. I«0 Fox St.
ROSENTHAL URGES UNIFICATION.
Says I. M. P. A. Members Should Prove Their Sincerity by
Joining League at Once.
NEW YORK. Aug. IS. 1014.
William A. Douque. secretary Utica Local .Motion Picture Exhibitors'
Association.
Dear Sir : Having always deplored the existence of two separate and
distinct organizations of motion picture exhibitors — although at one
time it was practically unavoidable — I rejoice with the rest of the ex-
hibitors ot the country, in the action taken in July last at Dayton, Ohio,
which has cleared the road for a solid unification of all exhibitors of
America into one grand, solid, effective organization.
I feel personally that every exhibitor who was identified o'r allied
with the International Motion Picture Association is in duty and honor
bound to abide by the action of the committee on unification which was
elected at our convention in New York, with full power to act.
Whether any of us feel that the action of this committee at Dayton
was not in full accord with our own individual sentiment and ideas, yet
no other course is open to us, if we be really sincere in our oft re-
peated protestations favoring a single organization of exhibitors, but to
accept the action of the committee as final, and govern ourselves ac-
cordingly.
From the very inception of the I. M. P. A. our contention was that if
the M. P. E. L. of A. would elect a new president and abandon its cen-
sorship propaganda, we would come back to the fold. There is no deny-
ing this : and now that these ends have been accomplished, by the
splendid action of the late president of the league in refusing to be a
candidate for re-election, there is nothing left for us to do but prove
that we "Were sincere, and act according to the resalutions adopted by
the joint committees at Dayton. These resolutions privided distinctly,
by word and implication, that we members of the I. M. P. A. were to
affiliate ourselves with the league in our respective states and locals
without the payment of any initiation tees.
Now is not the time for quibbling over words or terms or dignity.
Now is the time for action.
OHIO CONVENTION CALLED.
Official Notice to the Members of the Ohio State Branch
No. 1 of the M. P. E. L. of A.
.\ meeting in honor of the fourth anniversary of the Ohio
State League will be held in Col-umbus, C. at the Southern
Hotel, the place of the birth of our league. Every member
is not only invited to attend the fourth anniversary meeting
but is urged to attend, that you may see the growth and
hear and realize the many benefits the exhibitors of the State
of Ohio have derived through the Motion Picture Exhibi-
tors' League of our state. We also cordially mvite the him
manufacturers, the newspapers, film exchanges and non-
members to attend, assuring them in advance that we will
do our best to make their visit pleasant and prohtable.
The fourth anniversary of our league is to be a grand, old-
fashioned love feast, a hearty welcome to our friends and
an evidence of our strength and thorough organization.
The meeting will be convened at 2 o'clock p. m., iuesday,
September IS, and will adjourn at 5 o'clock p. m A big
free get-together banquet will begin at 8 o clock Tuesday
evening. Speakers of national reputation will be present and
address the gathering. The convention will reconvene at W
o'clock Wednesday morning, September 16, and will adjourn
in ample time to give each member an opportunity to eaten
his train for home. There will be big doings, business and
social. Make your calculations now. so you can be there
Every question of interest to the Ohio State League will
be discussed and every member will be given an opportunity
to express his views. If you are for or against censorship,
be there Let us hear what you have to ofter as a solution
to the problem. If you are for or against a short program,
use of motors. Sunday opening, city license, or any other
question pertaining to the good and welfare of our business,
we will be glad to hear you express them at the meeting.
Do not stav at home and then after the meetmg is over
kick on the action of the meeting.
Remember, we elect all state officers and a legislature this
fall who will make and enforce the laws for two years. We
should know our friends and legislative matters will come
up at our meeting and, if you are not present it s your own
fault and we will expect you to stand by the decision of the
meeting. The original eleven charter members wil be pres-
ent with the exception of our lamented brother. Mr vv U
Yard- however, Mrs. Virginia Yard, his widow, will be at
meeting as the eleventh representative of the original num-
ber that organized our lea.gue.
(Signed) M. A. NEFF. President.
JOHN H. BROOMHALL, Secretary,
Ohio State Branch No. 1 of the
M. P. E. L. of A.
CALIFORNIA STATE CONVENTION.
The annual state convention of the California Exhibitors'
League will be held at Sacramento. Cal., early in October,
1914. Preparations for a large meeting are being made.
1248
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Film Detective"
Picture Playhouse Film Company Releases an Interesting
and Well-Made Four-Part Drama.
THE Picture Playhouse Company will release on Au-
gust 26 a four-part drama that '.s well produced. Com-
petent players fill the cast. Among them are Gustav
Serena, Maria Jacobini and Luigi Mele. The photography is
exceptional; well worth while, too, are the settings. The
story interests; the closing scenes are strongly dramatic.
There is a lion in this picture, but he is not particularly
fierce. • He is not one of the features of the plot; he is
merely an incident. The picture holds on account of its
straight value.
The story is of Jack Daingerfield, a young man in finan-
cial difficulties who considers a suggestion from one of his
creditors that he marry Mary Delmar, a young woman of
means; when Jack meets Mary he falls in love with her.
Unknown to him, the two are placed in a compromising
.position after they have mutually pledged their love — and
Scene from "The Film Detective" (Playhouse).
it is sincere on the part of Jack. Mary learns of the con-
spiracy and breaks the engagement. Jack turns over to
his creditors his life insurance and goes lion hunting for a
film company. Lytton, a former rival, and his creditor get
together to do harm to Jack while away. One stands to
get Mary and the other the money if harm come to Jack.
The hunter is shot while in the act of shooting at a lion.
In the range of the camera are the would-be assassins. Re-
turned to civilization, Lytton wins Mary's consent while
Jack is convalescing. Jack gets back to the studio as his
employer is reading an invitation to a reception given for
the purpose of announcing the engagement of Lytton and
Mary. Jack shows him the film revealing the attempted
murder. On the night of the reception the picture is shown
on the wall of the ballroom. Jack enters the room at the
psychological moment, to the discomfiture of the conspira-
tors, and of course there is a reconciliation between the
former lovers.
The picture combines views of ocean and desert. The
natural arch under the cliflf through which the lovers pass
on the way to the island on which they are left overnight
is an unusual spot. The interiors, especially those of the
home of the Delmars, are luxurious as well as elaborate.
The concluding scenes of the reception and reunion make
a most happy as well as a stirring finish.
FRED R. SEATON DEAD.
Frederick R. Seaton, well known as a motion picture actor,
was instantly killed at his home at Bogota, N. J., on Thurs-
day, August 13. Subsequently the Coroner's jury, upon
holding an inquest over the remains, gave as its verdict that
Mr. Seaton came to his death by pistol shot wounds in-
flicted by a person or persons unknown. Testimony of
some of the witnesses called cast suspicion upon the wife of
the deceased and she has been held upon a homicide charge.
Mrs. Seaton is reported to have said that her husband shot
himself.
Fred Seaton was especially good in his portrayal of In-
dian character and was seen in many early Kalem pictures
in Indian roles.
"Sins of the Parents"
Ivan Film Productions Co., Inc., Have a Dramatic Story the
Strength of Which Overshadows the Unquestioned
Ability of Mme. Sarah Adler, the Star.
Reviewed by Randall M. White.
AT first blush, the most impressive thing about "Sins of
the Parents," the Ivan Film Productions Co., Inc., five-
part feature photoplay, now ready for release, would
seem to be the fact that the featured player is Mme. Sarah
Adler, the well known emotionalist whose art has charmed
thousands of patrons of the Yiddish drama throughout the
country. When one sees the picture, however, one is con-
strained to say that the success of the production will depend
upon its remarkably human and virile story, rather than upon
such ability as Mme. Adler is permitted to display. Certainly
the story is the thing and it is unfortunate, indeed, that there
are not greater opportunities for the star of whose abilities
as an actress there can be but little doubt.
The story is that of a young girl who is wronged by an
ardent lover, in whom she reposed her trust only to be
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Scene from "Sins of the Parents" (Ivan).
thrown upon the world to support herself and little daugh- Bl
ter as best she could. The girl (Mme. Adler) marries a
clergyman without having told him of her previous unfor-
tunate experience, and the tangle which results when the
daughter of the early love, the clergyman's daughter and
the son of the lover who had wronged the girl cross each
other's life paths in later years. m:
In comment it may be said that, despite the fact that^
there are crowded into the five parts of the picture more
harrowing and distressing incidents than one would like
to imagine could occur in the combined lives of a score
of people, there are few, if any, faults in the logical con-
struction of the plot. Everything that is pictured as hap-
pening could very easily happen in real life — indeed, the
dramatic climaxes presented are ones to be expected after
the foundation of the story has once been laid.
Technically the feature is very well made. The photogra-
phy is first class and there are only one or two lapses in
the staging — a notable one being the representation of a
general delivery window in a New York postoffice. the scene
suggesting all that New Yorkers like to imply when they
speak of Tottenville or Hoboken.
Mme. .Adler does very well in view of her limited oppor-
tunities. The supporting cast has been well chosen, the ex-
ception being in the casting of the juvenile lead, who is not
convincing as the son of a New York banker.
"Sins, of the Parents" has a just claim to the considera-
tion of photoplay patrons who admire producers who take
their work seriously.
KELLETTE GIVES CREDIT TO WILLIAMSONS.
John William Kellette w'rites to the World that credit
for the direction of the submarine pictures at the Museum
of Natural History on August 12 should have been given
to the Williamsons, the inventors of the apparatus, and to
Carl Louis Gregory, of the Thanhouser Company, who
photographed the scenes in the Bahamas.
DRAMATIC MIRROR REMOVES OFFICES.
The publication and editorial offices of the New' York
Dramatic Mirror have been removed to Suite 209 of the
Putnam Building, 1493-1505 Broadway.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1249
Answers Call to Colors
Claude Patin, General Secretary of the Eclair, Going Back
to Fight for France.
CLAUDE PATIN, general secretary of the Eclair Film
Company, who has Ijeen located in New York City (or
a number of years, has engaged passage on the steam-
ship France, of the French hne, sailing from New York
Tuesday. .August 25. in response to a call to the French colors
u liich lie has received. Upon his arrival in Paris he will
rc!)i.rt to the Minister of \Var, and within a few weeks will
actively be engaged in
defense 01 his native
land as a participant
of the gigantic struggle
w h i c h has thrown
Europe and the entire
world into an uproar.
Mr. Patin's departure
from the United States
and his giving up of the
more or less peaceful
pursuits of the film busi-
ness to engage in actual
fighting provides one
concrete example of the
effect the European war
is having upon the pro-
duction and handling of
photoplays throughout
the country. Just as Mr.
Patin, high in the busi-
ness counsels of the
Eclair company in his
position of secretary of
the executive force con-
trolling the concern's
business throughout the
world, has felt it neces-
sary to pass pictures up
completeb' for the time
being, so have actors,
mechanicians and busi-
Claude Patin. ness men by the hun-
dreds engaged in the
picture business abroad, turned their attention to fighting.
It is said that every French and German studio has been
closed lor some time and that not a single new production
has been made in either France or Germany for a number of
weeks. None of the American firms depending upon Euro-
pean shipments has received a foot of film from its
foreign correspondents for a long time, and few of them
have been able to secure cable advices as to when their
service is likely to be renewed.
Mr. Patin's direct call to return to France is the result
of his honorable association with the Ecole Coloniale, an
institution of learning which, in some respects at least, cor-
responds to the American military and naval schools at West
Point and Annapolis. The Ecole Coloniale is the institution
of learning in which France trains her young men for serv-
ice in the administration of her colonial aflfairs. At the
expiration of the two years' rigorous course which is pro-
vided each graduate is appointed an administrator at one of
the French colonies. Mr. Patin attended the college after
he had pursued his studies at several other schools in France
and, upon his graduation, was given a commission as admin-
istrator of the French colony at Madagascar. During the
year which intervened between his appointment and the
time it became effective, he came to the United States and
took a commercial position in Buffalo, N. Y. When the
time came for him to set out for Madagascar, by way of
Paris, the lure of life in America had so enmeshed him
that he tendered his resignation from the service.
Following the film business in the employ of Gaumont and
Eclair, Mr. Patin has been back to France three or four
times. His loyalty to his native land and his close associa-
tion with it. even while in America, has kept him from
becoming an American citizen, although he says that he
likes America and American institutions very much. As a
French subject and a graduate of the Ecole Coloniale, Mr.
Patin will be assigned to service in the present war in
some position of considerable authorit3\ "I am going back
to do whatever is required of me." is the waj' he expresses
the purpose of his return to France. That England and
France are allied in the present struggle, with English troops
helping to protect the French frontier, makes Mr. Patin
believe that he is likely to be sent to the front immediately
upon his arrival in Paris to serve as an officer with the
luiglish troops where his knowledge of both the French and
English languages would be of value.
Mr. Palin is married and his wife and six-year-old daughter
are living in their native land about sixty miles from the
frontier along which battles have already been waged. They
are with Mr. Patin's people and well protected. The trouble
in Europe has interfered greatly with their plans for the
future, inasmuch as Mr. Patin had planned to bring them to
.\iiierica within the next month for the purpose of estab-
lishing a permanent residence in this country.
The Eclair executive is not greatly concerned with the
dangers which he expects to encounter and is already plan-
ning bigger things in the picture business for the future
upon his return to America.
Love Feast at House Opening
Good Feeling Among Exhibitors, Manufacturers and
Photoplayers Shown at M. Needles' "Party."
MEN prominent in the aflfairs of the Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' Association of New York, photoplayers con-
nected with the Vitagraph Company of .America, and
others well known in the film industry, were present at the
formal opening of M. Needles' remodeled photoplay theater
at Twenty-third street and Seventh avenue. New York City,
Tuesday evening, .August 18, and participated in an informal
program of ceremonies which sent the new enterprise off
on its road to success with a grand hurrah.
Mr. Needles has been an active exhibitor in New York
City for a number of years and is one of the stanchest mem-
bers of the association. The conduct of his house, it is
pointed out, has always been in strict conformity with the
ideas which have been advanced by the association as most
helpful to the business in general. The theater he opened
August 18 is called the Lyric, but was originally known as
the Auditorium and was one of the Marcus Loew posses-
sions in the days before Mr. Loew advanced to his present
position of affluence. .\s the Lyric, after having been re-
modeled at a cost of $7,500, the house seats 600 people and
is particularly attractive, both inside and out. The policy
adopted calls for the use of only General Film Co. features,
the program to average four reels.
The picture chosen for the opening night was "Shadows
of the Past," the Vitagraph special feature originally shown
at the Vitagraph theater. New Y^ork City, and as a special
treat for his patrons, Mr. Needles had been able to arrange
for the attendance of a number of the principal Vitagraph
photoplayers. Sam Spedon, publicity promoter for the Vita-
graph people, convoyed the party which was brought to tlie
theater in autos provided by Mr. Needles. Mr. Spedon in-
troduced the players, who were received with that wild and
enthusiastic applause which is characteristic of audiences
in the habit of assembling in Mr. Needles' locality. "Bill"
(Kalem) Wright, vice-president of the Kalem company, who
has been a close friend of Mr. Needles for a number of
years, was also introduced and enthusiastically received.
Following the opening ceremonies at the theater the
guests of the evening repaired to Cavanaugh's cafe on 'V\'est
Twenty-third street, where they were tendered a banquet
by Mr. Needles. There w-ere the best and most tasteful of
foods to eat and everything one wanted to drink, from demo-
cratic beer to plutocratic champagne.
The Vitagraph folks in attendance were: Miss Flora Finch,
Miss Leah Baird, Miss Edith Storey and her mother, Mrs.
M. Storey; Miss Norma Talmadge and her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Talmadge; Miss Julia Swayne Gordon, Hughie
Mack, Wallie Van, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ince. Miss Kate
Price, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morey, and Mr. Spedon. Others
in attendance were Samuel Trigger, Grant W. Anson, W.
A. Rogers and A, Coleman, respectively president, treasurer,
counselor and member of the Board of Directors of the Ex-
hibitors' Association; Jack Harvey, of the Thanhouser Com-
pany: George Wiley, late secretary of the Motion Picture
Exhibitors' League of America; R. L. MacNabb. late vice-
president of the League; "Bill" Wright, of the Kalem com-
pany; Miss Annie Owens, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Coleman.
Mr. Spedon officiated as toastmaster upon the conclusion
of the banquet and there were short speeches by Mr. Trig-
ger, Mr. Wright, Mr. Needles. Miss Storey, Mr. Moray, Miss
Gordon. Miss Price, Miss Finch, Miss Baird, Miss Tal-
madge, Mr. MacNabb, Mr. Rogers and Mr. .Anson. Hughie
Mack told a couple of funny stories and Wallie \'an obliged
with a Scotch song which made a decided hit.
Throughout the aflfair was a splendid example of that spirit
of friendliness and co-operation which is being built up
among manufacturers, exhibitors and photoplayers to the
great benefit of the industry.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Northern Lights"
Life Photo Film Corporation Presents a Five-Part Adaptation
of This "Psychological" Western Drama.
Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
FREQUENT applause marked the initial showing of the
Lite Photo Film Corporation's tive-part adaptation of
"Northern Lights." It was a gathering composed in
part of friends of the players appearing on the screen. The
story is produced by Edgar Lewis. Mr. Lewis makes much
use of big fields, of large numbers of men; he has selected
many charming spots, scenes of grass-banked stream and
brush-dotted plain, of hill and valley; such as in themselves
sharpen the interest and enhance the dramatic side of the
subject. He has also effectively used the camera in fading
in and out. Mr. Lewis has not been so happy in the radical
changes he injected into the script.
Iva Shepard finely portrays the role of Florence Sherwood,
the adopted daughter of Colonel Gray, who has married the
forceful foreign bacteriologist who displays so much fond-
ness for his own drugs. William H. Tooker is strong as
Scene from "The Northern Lights" (Life Photo).
Dr. Sherwood. Harry Spingler. as the cowardly son, does
well in a hard part. David Wall, as the roughly garbed
scout in love with the deserted wife of Dr. Sherwood, adds
interest to one of the subsidiary actions. Harry Knowles
is a convincing army officer and gives a fine performance.
Catherine La Salle is superb as Helen Dare, the deserted
wife of Dr. Sherwood.
There are good situations in this story of several sides.
"Northern Lights" will have wide appeal by reason of its
double amusement value — on the dramatic side and on the
spectacular. There are battles between soldiers and Indians;
there is a desperate defense by the few soldiers of the post
from the besieging Indians; and there is a long ride by the
just-released prisoner in his effort to rehabilitate himself bj'
taking a message through an Indian-infested country, the
latter none too convincing.
UNIVERSAL CITY MOVES.
Big Undertaking Conducted Rapidly by Large Force of Em-
ployees— Many Improvements in Big Plant.
THE work of removing Universal City from its tempo-
-■ary location a few miles outside of Hollywood, Cali-
fornia, to its permanent site on the new ranch, pur-
chased by the company for that purpose is going forward
with a rush. Under the direction of Wallace Kerrigan, build-
ings that have long seen service in the production of the
famous Universal dramas and western comedies, are being
razed to the ground, loaded upon big auto trucks and flat-
topped wagons and hauled over two miles of mountain roads
to the new ranch.
The first part of the original citv to be moved to the new
site was the Zoo, and the day of its removal was one of in-
tense excitement to everyone about the ranch. paYticularly to
Mr. Kerrigan and to James Barnes, the head animal trainer
for the Universal Company. Lions and tigers, leopards and
coyotes, bears and wolves, together with the hundred odd
animals th?t go to make up the menagerie were loaded
cages and all, upon the trucks and driven growling and roar-
ing alon? the canyon road to the New City. The roads are
rough and rutted and for the most part built "on end." and
a dozen times as the wagons lurched and twisted this way
and that, the danger of overturning the wagons or of tip
ping off the cages was imminent.
As for the construction of the New City, itself, only by
actual observation can any time be gained as to the speed
with which it is going up. Already the new cages and pens
for the animals have been built and most of them are oc-
cupied. Box stalls have been partitioned off for the thor-
oughbred English saddle-stock, corrals strung for the heav-
ier draft animals and hay barns stand finished and partly
filled with bales. The foundations for fully one-half of the
buildings have been started and the frameworks for the
greater part of these are already being raised, while several
of the buildings stand completed and ready for occupancy.
William Horsley has charge of this work. g
Among these is the quarters for the Universal crack cav-§
airy troop. It consists of a long, well-lighted living room
and equally large, light bunk room, concrete floored baths
and lavatories and everything that Manager Bernstein of
the Hollywood Studios, could think of to add to their com-
fort. Electricity is used for lighting, and running water has
been piped^ in from a clear, cold spring in a neighboring
canyon. Needless to say the boys are overjoyed and are
waiting anxiously for the orders to move in.
A quarter of a mile of concrete side walks has been laid
and many times that amount soon will be in. A temporary
cook house has been erected to serve until the permanent
dining room has been completed.
The old original Universal City will soon be a thing of the
past, but, like the Phoenix of old, up from the ashes is aris-
ing the head of a newer and better Universal city, destined
to be the western home of the leader of film manufacturing
companies.
C. O. BAUMANN TO ISSUE PROGRAM.
President of the Popular Photo Plays Corporation Announces
the Coming Production of Twenty-eight Reels Weekly.
AX announcement of importance in the film world is
made this week by Charles O. Baumann, president of
the recently-organized Popular Photo Plays Corpora-
tion, W'ho for six years has been so prominent a figure in
the motion picture industry. It is the issuing of a program
of twenty-eight reels weekly, of one, two and three reels
in length, which, he says, will be "all features." The new
and extensive Willat Studios at Fort Lee will be the home
of the new companies. It is Mr. Baumann's intention to
reproduce on the screen old plays and recent plays, too — -
that is, those adaptable to portrayal by the camera. One
of the features of the new program will be the method of
its distribution. Franchises will be given for stated terri-
tories, which will be controlled absolutely by the conces-
sionaires. Contracts with these exchanges will be for a
period of ten years, with renewal privileges. More than half
of these territories have been already arranged for. Asso-
ciated with Mr. Baumann will be W. C. Toomey. formerly
vice-president and general manager of the Mutual Film Cor-
poration and also president and general manager of the
Continental Feature Film Corporation.
Fourteen brands will be included in the releases of the
Popular Photo Plays Corporation. These will be produced
by the best and most experienced men and women Mr.
Baumann can secure. Mr. Baumann lays stress on quality,
— in scenario, direction, cast, photography and distribution-!
On the dramatic side there will be brands known asl
CeeOBee, Willat, Niagara, Palisade, Longacre. Canyon andl
Continental. In the comedy division there will be the Jester,J
Luna. Owl, Frolic, Gayety, O. K., and Pastime.
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KENNETH CASEY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
^^'ord from Johannesburg. South Africa, states that Master^
Kenneth Casey, the erstwhile ''Vitagraph Boy." is scoring
a tremendous hit as a vaudeville entertainer. Here is the
letter:
Empire Theater, Johannesburg, South Africa. July 12. 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World. New York City. -^j
Dear Sir : It may be of interest to the readers of your good paper to
know that Kenneth Casey, a New York boy. has "made good" on the
vaudeville stage in Great Britain and in South Africa. No doubt most
of his moving picture admirers — not to state his large personal ac-
quaintance made through both his moving picture and vaudeville in-^
troductions — would be pleased to learn of his doings. Well, he has beenT
a headliner in the halls in London. Birmingham, Leeds. Liverpool.
Glasgow, Manchester, Southampton, Preston Hanley and Newport, and
now in Cape Town and Johannesburg,
His journey to South Africa has taken 17 days from England andj
from Cane Town to Johannesburg 1^ days — the voyage consisting of j
stop at Madeira.
As to his success you can gather same better from the reports which
are sent under separate cover. Any other available news which I
can procure I shall be pleased to send same to you.
Yours respectfully.
M. A. CASEY.
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"UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE" (Essanay).
A storj- of Germany, involving royal intrigue and romance,
although it has absolutely no connection with the present
war, is told in the new two-act Essanay photoplay "Under
Royal Patronage," which is to be released Friday, Sep-
tember 4.
With Francis X. Bushman in the leading role of an ad-
venturous American who gets into numerous difficulties and
finally ends by falling in love with a beautiful Princess, the
play has not a dull moment from start to finish.
Beverley Kayne as the Princess, and E. H. Calvert, Bryant
'Washburn, Thomas Commcrford and Charles Hitchcock,
show to unusual advantage in this wonderful drama. The
settings probably are the most elaborate ever used in a
two-act photoplay.
The story is of Francis, reigning Prince of Hofgarten,
who wishes to unite his kingdom with the adjoining prin-
cipality, Strelitzburg. To do this it is necessary for his
nephew. Philip, to marry Stella, sister of the neighboring
Scene from "Under Royal Patronage" (Essanay).
Prince. She has been away to a convent for years and her
brother has no idea as to her appearance. Philip, who has
also been in Paris at school for fourteen years, receives a
letter from Francis, telling him that should he refuse to
marry Stella before he is of age his allowance will be cut ofi.
Frederick is anxious for his sister to marry Philip, as
Francis has promised to redeem the state jewels, which he
has pawned, if the marriage is brought about. Philip, upon
receiving the letter, is very disconsolate, as he has learned
to love another girl, but never disclosed to her that he is of
royal birth. He strikes upon a plan. He will send Richard
Savage, an adventurous American, to pose as himself. His
uncle has not seen him in years and will never doubt the
American's identity.
Savage agrees to carry out the scheme, but upon seeing
Stella really falls in love with her. Much to his disappoint-
ment she spurns his affections, telling him their marriage
would be one of convenience, not one of love. Meanwhile,
Philip, in Paris, has declared his love for the girl of humble
birth, and when he tells her of his royal family, matters are
completely changed. They decide to journey to Strelitz-
burg, as he has only eighteen hours before he becomes of
age.
Philip and his fiancee enter the throne room just as Sav-
age and the supposed Princess are to take the solemn vows.
Then comes the unexpected — Philip's fiancee is the real
Princess and to save herself from a marriage of convenience,
substituted her friend, Helen Churchill, of Philadelphia.
Both Prince and Princess have sent Americans as substitutes
for themselves, and after this is explained the Bishop per-
forms a double ceremony and all ends happily.
"TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE" (Imp).
"Tempest and Sunshine." the novel by Mary J. Holmes,
has been read by countless thousands in this country and
I'^ngland. Standing in the same class with such books as
"East Lynne" and "Jane Eyre," it has remained as a i)opular
masterpiece of emotional fiction. Realizing its splendid
i|ualities and l)road appeal the Universal, first of any, has
adapted and produced it upon the screen. That its success
will be immediate and big is not to be doubted, for not only
has the dainty and picturesque atmosphere of years gone
by been retained with fidelity, Init the characters have been
interpreted by a cast of artists of the finest type, most im-
portant among whom are Alexander Gadcn, Dorothy
Phillips and Howard Crampton, Imp favorites.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" is an old saying
that has somewhat passed out of use. But does it carry
the truth today that it was supposed to carry when coined?
Are women, as the famous English author and poet. Rud-
yard Kipling, says, "the deadlier of the two"? One
thing is certain, the average woman's love is a jealous one
— and there are cases on record where she has resorted to
Scene from "Tempest and Sunshine" (Imp).
methods to achieve her love that the average man would
hesitate at. Tempest, the villainess of this story, was not
essentially bad or criminal in her tastes, but love, prompted
her to acts of a horrifying nature. Vet, was she to be
censured? Was "all's fair in love and, war" to be applied
in her case? In the end she repente'd a^nd attempted repara-
tion, and while the man she loved and sacrificed for her
lay in cold death, still compassion must be felt for her, for she
was, in all, a woman with the possibilities of gentle wife-
hood and motherhood, though the cards of fate had been
stacked aginst her.
While "Tempest and Sunshine" was written years ago
with its locale in the New England states during the seven-
ties, it bears a moral which can be applied in this day with
absolute surety. The action has suspense, but its main ap-
peal is to the emotions. The play, in two parts, was direct-
ed by Frank Crane. It will be released September 7.
VITAGRAPH RESUMES EUROPEAN BUSINESS.
Three weeks ago the European ports were closed to all
communications between them and the moving picture in-
terests of this country. The Vitagraph Company's factory
at Paris was shut down on account of the employees bein.g
drafted in the French army, and all moving picture business
was practically suspended. The business, however, has been
resumed this week. The marine service between this coun-
try and the Old World has been resumed. The \'itagraph
Companj- was the first to take advantage of this resumption
between its home and foreign trade.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"THE AGGRESSOR" (Lubin).
This story depicts all the vigor, atmosphere and circum-
stance of the Golden West in the seventies. Mazie, the danc-
ing girl and adventurer, is a picturesque type of the Siren
of the period and localit}', and the men are true characters
-men who were ad-
Scene irom "The Aggressor" (Lubin).
mitted to be all equal by the law of the colt revolver. The
mounted constabulary of the great northwest take consider-
able part in the story and add a picturesque atmosphere. The
story is written by Mildred Mason and has been staged by
Edgar Jones, who in picture plays has well earned the title
of the Lubin Dare Devil. Louise Huff and several other of
the Lubin famous players have contributed to an excellent
cast.
"NICK WINTER AND THE LOST PRINCE" (Eclectic).
The great detective and the puzzling mysteries he solves
furnish amusement to thousands with whom he is a prime
favorite. In this offering Prince Ale.xis of Granovia, is
traveling incognito as an ordinary citizen, and meets Cecile
Dubois, with whom he falls desperately in love. Just at
the time when she feels sure that he is about to propose
to her, he is summoned back to his own country because
of the state of his father's health. Writing to the girl, he
tells her who he really is, and that he is going away, never
Scene from "Nick Winter and the Lost Prince" (Eclectic).
to return. Cecile does not propose to lose the opportunity
of making a match so advantageous and plots with her
sister, Helene, to force the prince to marry her. Helene
owns a hotel in the mountains, built over an old castle which
is a labyrinth of secret passageways and dungeons. The
prince is invited to the hotel for a last interview, is lured to
an old dungeon and locked up, being told that he will be
kept there until he signs a paper agreeing to marry Cecile.
The mysterious disappearance of the prince causes con-
sternation in Granovia and Xick Winter is put upon the
case. He finds a clue which throws his suspicions upon the
sisters and at once goes to the hotel.
"THE VOICE OF INNOCENCE" (Kleine).
From the offices of George Kleine comes the announce-
ment that his unusually interesting two-part subject, "The
\'oice of Innocence," will be released through the General
Film Company Tuesday, September 1. "The Voice of In-
nocence" is a modern dramatic photoplay which deals in
novel fashion with the tense situation produced by the
rivalrj- of a daughter and a young stepmother for the fath-
er's love. A series of powerful scenes are splendidly por-
trayed by the Kleine olavers.
Scene from "The Voice of Innocence' (Kleine).
The story is gripping from start to finish. .\ novelist
marries his stenographer while his voung daughter is away
at school. When the girl comes home she and her step-
mother find that they strongly dislike each other at first
sight. Things go from bad to worse until the daughter dis-
covers that the older woman is using her practiced powers
of fascination upon her own lover, .\ngered when the girl
accuses her of unfaithfulness to her husband the stepmother
seizes a revolver and fires just as the father enters the
room. He receives the bullet intended for his daughter.
How the guilty woman makes it appear that the girl is
the one who fired the shot, how after his sweetheart is im-
prisoned the young lover unearths the truth anc how justice
is finally done, makes a story of absorbing interest and
many thrills.
PLUCKY FIGHT SAVES KERRIGAN FROM SHARK.
While acting before the camera in the breakers on the
coast of Southern California at a point midway between San
Pedro and Redondo. on August 7. J. Warren Kerrigan, who
is featured by the Universal in Victor brand dramas, was
attacked by a man-eating shark and suffered severe lacera-
tions of his left leg and right shoulder. That he was not
drawn under the water and drowned or more severely bit-
ten was due to the fact that he wore a small wrist watch.
When the shark first attacked him, it tore a seven-inch
.gash below the knee, in his left leg. Mr. Kerrigan was
drawn under the water for an instant and the teeth of the
big fish tore into his shoulder. He grappled with his
enemy but the fish was too slippery for him. \t this in-
stant, however, the watch caught and clung fast to the
fish's head. Mr. Kerrigan thinks that the stem of the time-
piece caught in the shark's eye. as. had it caught in its
mouth, he would probablj' have lost his hand.
Its attack checked lor an mstant. Mr. Kerrisjan fought
his way to the surface and swam shoreward. He was hur-
ried to an emergency hospital at San Pedro, and when it
was ascertained that none but flesh wounds had been in-
flicted, he was removed to a Los .\ngeles hospital, where
he was cared for by the Universal physician.
HYMAN WINIK SENDING OVER WAR PICTURE.
Hyman Winik. European representative of the .\pe.x Film
Company, sends a cable dispatch to the home office that
he has just bought a three-reel production, entitled "Called
to the Front; or, Europe at War," which, in his words, is
"positively the most wonderful kinematograph picture ever
seen — actual scenes." He adds that he is sending a sample
copy on the .Adriatic, which will be followed by a goodly
number of prints.
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[ECLECTIC HAS FINE NEW YORK CITY EXCHANGE.
Jules Burnstciii, manager ot Eclectic's New York City
J exchange, "points with pride" these clays to his company's
Inew local quarters. Well he may. They are ideal in every
Irespect. Situated at 115 Hast Twenty-third street, near
I Fourth avenue, the company has the entire fifth floor of a
[large new structure. Mr. Burnstein is comfortably fixed in
la spacious office near the entrance, where the glad hand is
[always out for his customer friends and non-customer friends
I — he has a host of each sort. The poster room fronts on
iTwenty-third street; it is noticeable that provision has been
Imade for ample expansion. The booking room is large and
[occupies the east center of the floor. At the rear is the ex-
lamining room, where the films are inspected in a flood of
[north light.
The projection room is one of the best in New York. It
lis wide and deep, and furnished with a carpet and com-
j fortable chairs. Best of all, however, is the projection,
(which is of a quality ranking with that of the best theaters.
A ventilating fan helps things, too. The projection booth
'is of steel and concrete, likewise ventilated, and contains
two new machines, with plenty of space for the operator.
The films are stored in a safe with a capacity for holdin'.;
200,000 feet.
"THE CHARACTER WOMAN" (Eclair).
One of the strongest dramas yet released by the Eclair
Film Company, Inc., is "The Character Woman," listed for
Wednesday. August 26. This two-reel story of the stage
brings forward as a star Julia Stuart. She is ably supported
Scene from "The Character Woman" (Eclair).
by Belle Adair, the Eclair leading lady, and these two ster-
ling artists furnish many a tremor and thrill in the unfold-
ing of the plot. The story deals with the sacrifice of the
old character woman to save the young star from the fate
such as she has suffered. The theatrical atmosphere is
perfect and the film affords the onlooker a peep behind the
mysterious scenes.
PICTURES OF THE LATE MRS. WILSON.
-A. moving picture of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who died
at the White House, about ten days ago, has been presented
to President Wilson by the Gaumont Company. The picture
shows Mrs. Wilson and her youngest daughter, Miss Jessie
— now Mrs. Frances B. Sayre — on vacation in New Eng-
land last summer and is the same picture which was shown
in the Mutual Weekly No. 85. issued shortly after Mrs. Wil-
son's death.
In the belief that the President might care to have such a
picture showing his wife at one of her happiest moments,
the Gaumont Company requested its W^ashington Repre-
sentative to get in touch with Secretary Tumulty and through
him offer the picture to the President. This was shortly
after Mrs. Wilson's funeral. Secretary Tumulty conveyed
the offer and the President was so gratified that he asked
if he might have two pictures. His request was granted.
The picture showed Mrs. Wilson and Miss Jessie arriving
at the railroad station at Concord, N. H., on their way to
their summer retreat in the mountains.
"AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS" (Select).
A play of the old south always brings to our minds memo-
ries of feuds, bloodshed, love and chivalry. .Ml these play
a prominent part in The Select Photo-Play Producing Co.s
production of .\rthur C. .'Vision's greatest success, en-
titled ".\t the Old Cross Roads." This play has been on
Scene from "At the Old Cross Roads" (Select).
the road for a period extending over 14 years and Miss
Estha Williams, who has been featured in it for eight of the
fourteen years, will be seen on the screen for the first time
in her original role of Parepa. Miss Williams is ably sup-
ported by an all-star cast, including the well-known Mrs.
Stuart Robson as the old colored mammy, Miss Rae Ford,
.\rthur '. lorrison and Master Martin.
FILM STOLEN— $10 REWARD FOR RECOVERY.
A motion picture company at Room 1012, Candler Build-
ing, New York, advertised in the newspapers last week for
a "hustler" to do e.xchange work. Beginning at 6:30 o'clock
on Tuesday morning the self-confessed "hustlers" began to
gather. They overflowed the hallways on the tenth floor
and formed in battle array on the sidewalk in front of the
building.
One lad, acting alone, probably inasmuch as he would not
be likely to know his competitors, looked around for some-
thing to occupy his time — and his hands. The door oppo-
site to Room 1012 was partly open. Conveniently, tempt-
ingly near was a small pile of tin boxes, containings prints
of "Master of the World," the three-reel feature subject of
the Film Releases of America. A girl in this office was at
the far corner of the room. Hearing a slight noise, she
turned to see an arm disappear through the door, a can of
film going with it. Running to an outer office she told an
employee, who rushed out. The corridor was empty. Both
elevators were guarded, but the film was not recovered.
Detectives are working on the case. The Film Releases
of America offer a reward of $10 and no questions asked for
the recovery of the film, which being only a part of a fea-
ture, could have no value to the thief or to any one to whom
he might sell it.
LIGHTNING KILLS CAMERAMAN.
On Tuesday, August 11th, Chad Fisher, a Vitagraph cam-
eraman, while taking pictures near Grassy Spring Reservoir
at Yonkers, N. Y., was instantly killed by lightning. Cap-
tain Lambart, the director, had taken a company of Vita-
graph players to this locality and were in the midst of their
work when a terrific storm burst upon them and the}' were
obliged to flee for shelter. They ran to the French House
on the Sawmill River Road when a bolt of lightning struck
the front of the building, killing Mr. Fisher and severely
burning and stunning Captain Lambart and Miss Lillian
Herbert, one of the Vitagraph players. The other men of
the company were so dazed they could scarcely realize what
had happened.
Chad Fisher, who had only a few months ago come to the
Vitagraph from the Imp, was one of the best liked men at
both studios. He was a young man of splendid physique and
refined manners. He was an only child and the blow fell
upon his parents so heavily they were completely prostrated.
They are people of very comfortable circumstances, his
father being a retired business man, and Chad had every
personal advantage in his favor, which showed in his whole
bearing towards others and among his associates.
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Notes of the Trade
LIEUTENANT GUSTAVE EHRHARDT of the 24th Infantry, Le
Havre. France, has received a call to join his regiment imme-
diately. Lieutenant Ehrhardt for some time has been a member
of the Essanay motion picture stock company in Chicago and has
shown much ability as an actor for the movies. No one at the
Essanay studio knew of Lieutenant Ehrhardt's connection with the
French army until a telegram calling him back to his regiment
arrived. He will go direct to New York, where he will attempt
to get passage en a French boat.
« * •
A new phase on the old briberj- plot is graphically told in "Every
Man Has His Price," a western drama, produced by (Sheriff) Ar-
thur Mackley at the Reliance and Majestic Mutual studios. The
sheriff accepts a "bribe" of $10,000 from his prisoner, who has been
involved in a crooked deal, to release him. The officer in accepting
the bribe also forces his prisoner to sign a document in which the
property, which he has secured through fraud, reverts to the original
owner. Aside from directing the production, Mackley also plays
the lead. The scenario was written by W. M. Ritchey.
• * •
Henry McRae, director of the 101 Bison (Universal) Company,
writes from Hume, Cal., the center of a big forest district, that
he is filming some of the most remarkable logging scenes, in con-
nection with his story. "The Law of the Lumberjack." ever caught
in a camera. The dangerous scenes in a logging flume, the water
in which travels at the rate of a mile a minute, were completed
without mishap of any description. In exchange for the numerous
favors accorded him and his company, members of the motion pic-
ture troupe gave over one night to the entertainment of the lum-
bermen.
« * •
"Sierra Jim's Reformation" is the title of a stirring drama of
western life, being produced by Jack O'Brien at the Reliance and
Majestic Hollywood Studios. How an outlaw reforms and leads
a better life, through the influence of the sister of the pony express
rider, is told in this picture. R. A. Walsh. Wallace Reid. Gertrude
McLynn, Eagle Eye, Dark Cloud and Fred Burns appear in the
cast.
• « *
With Herbert Bi-enon directing the Imp Company headed by Wil-
liam Shay, ■\^iolet Merser^u, William Welch, Hobart Henley (assis-
tant director), Mrs. Walker and little Katherine Lee are in New Pres-
ton. Conn., busily producing several rural and mountain plays. A
two reel feature just completed is "Redemption." and it is the story
of the transition of a reckless highwayman through love of a little
child, into a decent man.
• • *
Leading Players Film Corporation have sold the United States
rights for the Savoia Masterpiece, "Germania," to the World Film
Corporation. This prod-action is a picturization of the famous libretto
by Leeiga Illica. Every scene in this gorgeous spectacle is a repro-
duction of a famous painting, recognizable by everyone interested in
works of art.
« • *
"The Ma?cot." a rollicking farce comedy by Russell E. Smith, fea-
turing Fay Tincher. is being produced by Eddie Dillon at the Reliance
and Majestic Mutual studios. A Hindu image is responsible for a
stern father giving his consent to his daughter's marriage to the
man of her choice. Max Davidson and Tod Browning also take
prominent parts in the cast.
• • *
During the week of .August .31st. "Richelieu." a four-part "Special. "
will be released by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Ac-
cording to report, however. "Richelieu" will exceed the expectations
of exhibitors. Staged at the Universal's Pacific Coast Studios, the
company has spent a small fortune on this one production.
• • *
Allen F. F. Corporation, of Providence, have purchased the rights
for New England on Leading Player.* Corporation features. "Gap of
Death." Mile. Polaire in "The Sparrow," and a Features Ideal produc-
tion, entitled "By Power of Attorney."
« * •
Francelia Billington is being featured in "Turned Back." a one-
reel Reliance drama, being produced by Jack Adolfi. The scenario
was written by Russell E. Smith. A burglar in attempting to rob
a house, makes a prisoner of a physician who had just been called
to treat the burglar's sick infant. Sam DeGrasse and Eugene Pallette
also appear in the cast.
• • •
Sol Lesser, of the Golden Gate Film Exchange, has purchased the
rights for his famous eleven western states on Leading Players fea-
ture. "The Lunatics," and has also signed a year's contract with
Agnes Egan Cobb for two Scientia subjects each week.
« • «
Dorothy Gish is being featured in "Granny," a heart interest drama
produced by the Majestic. The sacrifices of a poverty-stricken j^ung
girl to secure a home for her aged grandmother, and how she suc-
ceeds is graphically told in "Granny." W. C. Cabanne is directing
the production. W. A. Lawrence. A. T. Sears and Ida Wilkinson
also appear in the cast.
• • *
The Belfry of Grandpre, depicted in "The War of Wars,'" the latest
photoplay of Ramo Films. Inc., was modeled in miniature on the
Belfry of Bruges, made famous by Longfellow's poem. Soon after
the company's photographer filmed it. a shell destroyed It. He re-
turned to Grandpre to find it in ruins. The priest, stone dead, still
knelt before his altar.
• • •
Tammany Young is being featured as the ofl&ce boy in the fifth of
the well-known "Bill" series, written by Paul West. In this picture
Eill organizes the office boys into a union and then leads a strike
for higher salaries. Fay Tincher and Tod Browning also appear
in the cast.
* * *
While filming a country adventure for a forthcoming release the
notable "Universal Boy" series, at Greenwood Village, N. J., little
Matty Roubert (Universal Boy) narrowly escaped death. The acci-
dent occurred in an old mill, when a rickety old staircase gave way
under the combined weight of Matty and one "Raffles." The pair
plunged headlong down through the decayed flooring, and into the
mill-stream below. T!c god of chance stood by them, and they emerged
from under the building spluttering and wet. but unhurt.
« * •
It has remained for the Imp company to produce on the screen the
well-known and once widely read emotional novel by Mary J. Holmes.
"Tempest and Sunshine." After the order of "East Lynne" and "Jane
Eyre." the story abounds in telling emotional situations and vivid
melodrama, disclosing the length to which some women will go to
attain the fulfillment of their love for a man. The leads are Alex-
ander Gaden, Dorothy Phillips and Howard Crampton. It has been
produced under the direction of Frank Crane.
* • •
A miniature portrait in a watch plays an important part in "A
Saved Illusion." a gripping one reel Majestic drama, by Russell E.
Smith, produced by W. C. Cabanne, at the Reliance and Majestic
Mutual studios. Robert Harron and W. A. Lawrence take prominent
parts in the picture.
* * «
Miss 'Vivian Rich is playing a dual part in "A Modern Rip Van
Winkle," now being produced at the American Flying-A Studios
under direction of Sydney Ayres. Miss Rich was the only woman who
accompanied the rest of the players to Los Angeles, where a number
of the principal scenes were taken. In putting on one of the scenes
in the police station a bit of "real" realism was injected when what
was intended to be imitation call proved to be a rush call in a
murder case.
* « «
The Edwards-Zetler Feature Film Company of Dayton. Ohio, has
purchased the rights for Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky on the Leading
Plavers feature entitled "Mile. Polaire in the Sparrow."
• • •
The Liberty Motion Picture Company, Inc., in which a number of
wealthy Philadelphians are interested, have signed contracts with the
A. H. Sawyer Company of New York whereby the Sawyer Company
will market the forthcoming Liberty feature photoplays.
«« *
The laboratory of the Commercial Motion Pictures Co., Ltd.. at
Grantwood. N. J., is now working on double shifts of eight hours
each, in order to catch up to the large amount of orders on hand from
motion picture manufacturers.
* • •
In producing "For the Last Edition." a newspaper story, director
Fred A. Kelsey and his Reliance company became impromptu fire
fighters while dynamiting a railroad box car in San Bernardino.
.4fter dynamiting the car. the adjoining car caught fire and for
several hours all members of the company were kept busily engaged
in extinguishing the blaze. Irene Hunt, who is being featured as
the sob sister in the production, had her hands severely burned in
putting out the fire
• « *
Henry Otto, of the Flying-A Studios, is producing a seashore and
mountain story. The leading role will he taken by Charlotte Burton,
who will plav the little fisher-maid, while Ed Coxen will play the
-tiepherd lad. Both parts call for strong dramatic action. George
Field will take the part of an Italian music master who discovers
wonderful talent in the little fisher-maid.
• • «
Agnes Egan Cobb is doing herself proud these days, and reports
she is having lots of tun booking Scientia films in and around New
York. Mrs. Cobb claims that the demand for the educational product
is growing so strong that the customers are signing up yearly rental
contracts with her for the Scientia films for which she thanks the
Censorship Board.
• • •
George Fitzmaurice of Pathe, who this spring stepped from the
ranks of scenario editors t" ^er^r^c a dirertor. r.nnoi)n"e'= the com-
pletion of his first picture. "The Brahmin Diamond." Mr. Fitzmaurice
spent nine years in India and he has drawn upon his knowledge of
the unchanging East in this picture the scenario of which he wrote
himself.
* « «
"The Bank Burglar's Fate" is the title of a stirring two reel Re-
liance drama being produced by Jack Adolfl at the Reliance and Ma-
jestic Hollywood. Cal.. studios. The scenario was written by C. D
Brown, manager of the Protective Department of the Minnesota
Bankers' Association. Sam De Grasse and Eugene Pallette are fea-
tured.
* * •
"The Aftermath." a two-part F1 yin^-.^ subject, based on a labor
strike and giving a vivid interpretation of one of many sidelights
that never become visible to the public. William Garwood as leading
man plays his part exceptionally well and is ably supported by Vivian
Rich. Jack Richardson. Louise Lester and Harry Von Meter, with
about 200 extra people. The subject Is produced by Sydney Ayres
and is well handled. It will be released Monday. .August 31st.
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1255
Lton Wagner of the Sterling Camera and FUm Company, producers
of "The Land of the Lost," is busy on a new multiple production now
in preparation. Mr. Wagner is working on a novelty effect scene
in which a Qash of lightning is to be introduced with startling effects.
Just how Mr. Wagner is to accomplish this is not now known but
leave it to Wagner; he will "show you."
• • •
There seems to be no limit to which the worthy motion picture
producer of today will go In his search for realism and correct atmos-
phere while staging a pbotodrama. Herbert Blache of Blache Fea-
tures, Inc., has recently announced a four reel picture entitled "The
War Extra," which is an excellent illustration of the lengths to
which the really ambitious producer will go to present a story In
the best possible manner.
* • •
A young boy who has become a typical coward, through the efforts
of his coddling mother, visits a picture theater., whore he sees the
splendid courage displayed by the hero In the picture. Remembering
the picture, the youth gathers sufficient courage to capture a des-
perate character. All this is told in "The Milkfed Boy," a comedy
drama, written by Frank E. Woods, and produced by Donald Crisp,
at the Reliance and Majestic Mutual studios.
« • •
Miss Winifred Greenwood received a warm and hearty welcome
when she reported for duty. Miss Greenwood is taking the leading
role of "Lola," 'a two-reel subject now being produced by the Amer-
ican Film Mfg. Co., under the direction of Henry Otto. This is
Miss Greenwood's first appearance in pictures for nearly a month,
having been severely injured in a motorcycle accident.
« • •
Mr. James Vincent of the Sterling Camera and Film Co. has re-
turned from Florida, where he has been the past ten days seeking lo-
cations for a new multiple production now in preparation by the
Sterling Camera and Film Co.
• • •
Bringing with them an international reputation for the production
of screaming riots of comedy films, the Pathe Lebrman Company,
with Billie Ritchie working in the lead roles, has recently come into
the Universal fold at their Hollywood studios. Although the company
has been located at Hollywood but a few days, Manager Bernstein,
with his customary promptness, has already had erected a special
stage 100 feet square, built exclusively for the new company.
« * *
"So Shines a Good Deed" is the title of a heart interest convict
drama being produced by (Sheriff) Arthur Mackley at the Reliance
and Majestic, Hollywood. Cal., studios.
• • «
In the Beauty release of August 25th, under title of "Susie's New
Shoes." Miss Margarita Fischer displays her versatility under nu-
zaerouB conditions. Her remarkable ability and sweetly seasoned
rendition has endeared her to the moving picture fans.
9 * •
George Kleine announces that there will be no interruption to busi-
ness or any inconvenience to exhibitors in obtaining the Kleine output
as a result of the war. Mr. Kleine is well fortified to withstand
protracted hostilities in Europe.
/ • * *
H. B. Reynolds, well known among the film men in connection
with the launching of sensational successes, announces that he has
procured motion picture films showing actual scenes from the theater
of the great world war now raging on the other side. The pictures,
which in length approximate 2,000 feet, were taken with the full
consent and permission of the governments of the respective coun-
tries in which the camera men work. The films will be ready for
release on August loth. Offices 110 West 40th street, New York,
room 704.
• « «
The majestic is producing "Frenchy," a thrilling drama of western
ranch life from the pen of George Pattullo, the well known writer
of western stories, at the Hollywood studios. Donald Crisp is direct-
ing the production. Francelia Billington Is featured, assisted by
Lester Pegg and Fred Burns.
• « *
Mayor James Rolph and Mrs. Rolph make their first appearance
in the movies in the Flying-A studios. The production is entitled
"A Modern Rip Van Winkle" and the popular western city official
and his wife appear in a roof garden scene to splendid advantage.
« « *
Despite repeated published notices that George Kleine is not in
the market for scenarios, manuscripts continue to arrive at the Chi-
cago and New York offices of that concern in large quantities. George
Kleine is an importer of motion pictures and does not manufacture
on this side of the Atlantic, in so far as regular scenarios are con-
cerned. All Kleine offices have been returning to writers a con-
siderable quantity of such mail.
« • «
The two reel comedy drama, "Caroline," written by Ruth Ann Bald-
win and produced by the Turner Special Feature Company, gives
promise of being one of the most successful of recent Universal films.
With Otis Turner, known to the mo ving picture world as "the dean
of directors," directing the production, and with Anna Little in the
title role and Herbert Rawlinson playing opposite her as the Prince
of Balzovia, little more need be said.
• « •
Francelia Billington and Billie West are being featured in "Through
the Dark," a two-reel Majestic feature, directed by Jack Adolfi at
the Reliance and Majestic studios. An interesting love story is inter-
woven in the picture. Sam De Grasse and Eugene Pallette also appear
in the cast.
• •
Ethel Lloyd won the silver cup offered as a prize to the best dancer
of the Vitagraph Company by the Hotel Shelburne management on
August 6th last, the occasion being known as Vitagraph Night, given
in honor of the Vitagraph players. The affair attracted many nearby
society people as well as some four score of the Vitagraph Players.
• • •
Attendance at the "Cabiria" shows in New York, Cleveland, Chi-
cago, Salt Lake City and San Francisco has been stimulated by the
war, according to the reports received from the company managers.
The mind of the public is now especially open to martial subjects
such as "Cabiria" and Interest Is aroused In this magnlDcent spec-
tacle which visualizes the glories of ancient Rome and Carthage
and the colossal struggle of the Punic wars.
• • •
Eclectic will release early in the fall a Ave- reel picture, "A Pawn
of Fortune," produced by the Whartons that has all the ear marks of
a real winner. The plot Is most unusual, the interest is kept up to
the very end and the picture Is noteworthy for artistic finish and
clever workmanship that is a joy to behold. The South American
scenes will make a lasting impression on all who see the film.
• • •
Thomas M. Mackey, secretary and treasurer of the Electric City
Amusement Co., now operating the Alcazar Theater in Little Falls,
Mont., was a caller at this office. From reports, business with the
Alcazar, a 470 seat house, projecting a general film program through
two Powers 6A machines, is very good, and plans are under way
for the erection of a new 1.000 seat house some time In the early fall.
« • •
E. E. Campbell, Dallas, Texas, Is looking for B. M. Wise. If any
exhibitor knows anything about him or where he Is, I wish he would
notify me. I would esteem it a very great favor If he would wire
me, care of the Wigwam Theater, El Paso, Texas. I have the state's
rights for Arkansas and Texas for "Smashing the Vice Trust."
• * •
That moving picture cowboys and girls are not merely artificial
fixtures adorned with chaps, spurs and gaudy bandanas to make
western productions more realistic, was clearly demonstrated when
members of the western Essanay Company entered a rodeo at Liver-
more, Cal., and won almost every event.
• • •
At 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. August 18th, at the Midgar pro-
jection rooms, the Weinberg Feature Film Co.. of New York City,
gave a special exhibition of "The Land of the Lost." of which they
control the Greater New York rights. It was an invitation affair
intended for the benefit of Mr. Weinberg's booking patrons, but the
responses to the invitations were so great the projection room facil-
ities at the Midgar was uncomfortably crowded.
• • •
The contracts of William H. Tooker. heavy lead, and Harry Sping-
ler, juvenile lead, of the Life Photo Film Corporation, were renewed
by that company with both men for a further period of one year at
a substantial increa'=^e of ;- alary.
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Semi-Photo Post Cards, $3.M per thousand; formerly
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For the better class of Souvenirs, M of the most pop-
ular players, all factions, $11-00 per thousand.
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60 Populzu* Players $5.00 per thouszuad.
PHOTOGRAPHS, SIZE 8 x 10, of all the prominent players, Asso-
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LARGE PICTURE, semi-photo, glazed finish, size 11x14, $1 per
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LARGE PICTURES, HAND COLORED, size 11x14. Promineat
players, $2.00 per set of 12.
Photographs for lobby display of the two and three reel features
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1256
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Exhibitors News
Interesting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gatherci' By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
DETROIT.
THE Broadway, after being closed for a
number of weeks, reopened August 9 with
"The Spoilers." The engagement naay be ex-
tended if the attraction proves a good drawing
card. The Broadway will go to melodramatic
Btock the latter part of August. The theater
is leased by B. C. Whitney, owner of the De-
troit Opera House. Bert St. John is the house
manager.
Moving pictures of the annual summer outing
of the Society Automobile Engineers held this
year at Cape May were shown at the meeting
of the Detroit section, S. A. E., at the Stevens
"building on August 6.
W. D. Ward, formerly Detroit manager for
the Mutual Film Corporation, and A. W. Blank-
meyer, proprietor of the Grand Circus Theater
and also formerly in the film exchange busi-
ness, have joined hands under the style of
the Progressive Film & Equipment company,
and will handle feature films for Michigan,
buy and sell moving picture theaters and carry
a full line of motion picture supplies, machin-
ery, parts, etc. Offices temporarily have been
established at 97 Woodward avenue, room 51.
H. B. Schantz. a local attorney, is treasurer
of the company. It is planned later on to open
an office in the city of Indianapolis, which
will take care of business in Indiana. To
start off with the Progressive will represent
the Sawyer Film company in Michigan. Plans
are under way for the further extension of the
business.
Another moving picture house is announced
for Detroit that promises to be among the
best in the city. It will be erected on Jeffer-
son avenue, at the Belle Isle Bridge approach.
Frederick IngersoU and Francis O. Gaukler.
comprising the IngersoU-Gaukler Company.
have formed a company with a capital stock
of $100,000 to build a modern theater and an
amusement palace. The buildings will occupy
a lot having a frontage of 145 feet and depth
of about 125 feet on the north side of Jeffer-
son avenue, just east of the boulevard. The
plans call for a theater seating 750 on the
lower floor and 385 in the balcony. It will be
of fireproof construction, having cork flooring
on concrete, opera chairs and all the latest
ideas in modern theater building. The theater
proper will cost $70,000 and the amusement
building $30,000. Makepeace & Makepeace,
architects with offices in Chicago and Toronto,
are now drawing the plans for this enterprise.
Building operations are to start in the fall and
the structure will be ready for occupancy early
in the spring.
The Grand Boulevard Theater Company, who
as announced last week will build a motion
picture theater on the east Grand Boulevard,
has been incornorated for $100,000, the prin-
cipal stockholders being Fuller Claflin, E.
Henry Griffin and Daniel H. Kerney. Mr.
Claflin, by the way. is a contractor who spe-
cializes in theater building and has offices in
the Temple Theater building.
Will Levington Comfort. Clarence B. Kelland
and Frank H. Pipp. novel and short story
writers, all of Detroit, will supply the literary
material for the productions to be placed on
the market by the Esperanto Film Manufac-
turing Company, articles of incorporation for
which were recentlv filed in this city. The
capital stock is $75,000. with S50.000 paid in.
The firm will produce all kinds of motion pic-
ture films. Mr. Pipp has already signed over
21 scenarios, while Mr. Comfort is under con-
tract to write scenarios for 25 reels the first
year. Mr. Kelland has contracted to provide
material for 20 reels.
There seehs to be an idea in Detroit that
since Mr. lister Potter was taken off as offi-
cial police censor for motion pictures that
censorship is "off" entirely. Such, however.
is by no means the case. Mr. Potter is still
censoring films and will continue to do so.
The police department will keep an eye on
the moving pictures as it always has. but will
not censor each film Individually before being
shown. Just last week Officer Potter seized the
film "Lieutenant Petroslno" which was being
shown at a small house catering to the for-
eign element. It was condemned on the grounds
of being educational to crime and detrimental
to public morals, as well as being offensive to
Italians. The picture was seized while being
shown to an audience. It was returned to the
film exchange people, who were told that if an
attempt was made to show It again the whole
film would be destroyed and the persons re-
sponsible for its exhibition taken Into court.
"We will continue to keep an eye on 'wild cat'
stuff and anything that tends to incite the
'Black Hand,' and if necessary will bring the
responsible parties into court and prosecute
them," said Mr. Potter. ■"Undesirable films will
be eliminated as they have been in the past."
The Addison Theater, at Woodward and Wat-
son streets, was formally opened Sunday.
August 9, with high-class motion pictures. The
theater^ is owned by Charles Pudrith, formerly
a carpenter-contractor. The architectural style
is of the Adams period in every detail and was
planned by C. Howard Crane, of this city. Mr.
Pudrith has been unsparing in his efforts to
have every innovation in modern theater con-
struction incorporated in The Addison. The
theater has a seating capacity of 600. There
are three shows daily, one in the afternoon
starting at 2 :30 and two at night, the first
starting at 7 :30. Music will be furnished by
an orchestra.
August 1 was the day for the issuance of
new licenses for the ensuing year. The fee
for motion picture houses is $50 per annum.
At a recent meeting of the Detroit Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League it was unanimously
decided to charge five cents for three reels and
10 cents for five reels. In this connection the
film exchanges are co-operating with the asso-
ciation. Several firms who operate two mo-
tion picture theaters will also discontinue the
"coupon" system — that of charging ten cents
at one and giving a coupon which with an ad-
ditional five cents would admit the bearer into
the other theater. "We are gradually wiping
out all irregularities in the business," said
President Jeup. "Members are slowly, but
surely, coming to realize that we can all make
more money and uplift the business by getting
together and co-operating instead of trying to
run our theaters without the aid of an asso-
ciation."
The New Medbury Theater on Hastings street,
near Medbury Theater, was completed earlier
than expected and was formally opened July
27. T. Gardner is manager. The theater seats
400.
Arthur Shore has brought suit In the circuit
court against Sigmund Hirsch in connection
with the moving picture theater at 742 Frank-
lin street. Shore alleges that Hirsch bought S3
worth of tickets in order to swell the receipts
and make believe the theater was a better pay-
ing proposition than actually was the case.
He seeks to have Hirsch return part payment
on the theater and promissory notes he gave.
Shore says when he bought the theater Hirsch
declared the profits were between $35 and $50
weekly, but that instead there is a weekly
deficit of $100. A former cashier testified that
the biggest days' receipts were S8 and that just
before Hirsch sold it he bought $3 worth of
tickets himself.
"Dan," a stirring tale of the civil war by
Hal Reid with the famous minstrel. Lew Doc-
stader. did a very nice business at the Lib-
erty the week of August 3.
While the whole city is discussing the Euro-
pean war, it has in no way affected the atten-
dance at the moving picture houses. Business
continues to hold up satisfactorily.
After September 1 the Casino Feature Film
Company will occupy all of the upper floors
of the building at 34 Farmer street, the main
floor being occupied by the Royal Theater.
The second floor will contain the shipping
department and the inspection department. The
third floor will contain the general stock room
for posters and all kinds of supplies. The
floors are 30 by 150 feet each.
The only five cent moving pictures in the
downtown district of Detroit are the Bijou,
Park, Garland, Casino, Princess and Monroe.
None of them show features. The Empress on
Woodward avenue, which up until recently was
a five cent house, Is now proving very success-
ful with features, most of which are shown
after being exhibited for a week at the Liberty.
The Casino Feature Film Company have pur-
chased a second copy of "Tess of the Storm
Country." It is booked solid until the end of
September. The Casino Company is making
preparations for the Paramount service which
starts September 1.
The Progressive Film & Equipment Co., 97
Woodward avenue, Detroit, will open an office
in Indianapolis around September 5 or 10. Mr.
Blankmeyer. who has a financial interest in the
new concern, will not be active but will con-
tinue to devote his time to Grand Circus the-
ater, of which he is proprietor.
The World Film Corporation has moved ta
the fourth floor of 97 Woodward avenue. Maii*|
ager Douglas Dickerson reports that he has aT-l
ranged for the following features, which will
be received here about the latter part of Au-
gust, "The Lure," "The Chimes," "The Dollar
Mark," "Mother," "The Man of the Hour,"
"The Gentleman from Mississippi" and "The
Pit."
It is reported that Louis A. Grosslight has a
lease on the quarters now occupied by the Ca-
sino theater on Monroe avenue, which adjoins
his pawn shop, and that as soon as he takes
possession (said to be the first of January,
1915) will remodel the structure to 600 seats,
by taking in a portion of the space now occu-
pied with his pawn shop.
The Circle Theater Company, operating the
Circle Theater on Hastings street, is now a
S60,000 corporation, the principal stockholders
being Xathan Norman, Xathan Schreiber, Jacob
M. Marshall, Jacob Oppenheim, Herman M.
Wartell, David Rosenthal and David King. Mr.
King is the general manager of the National
Theater, and is also one of the principal stock-
holders in the Calvert Theater.
The Rosebud on Gratiot avenue, near Brush
street, opened its doors as a picture house on
August S. It is under the same management as
the Woodward Theater.
The Xew Empire on Woodward avenue, under
the management of Mr. Starr, is now running a
big feature every Monday and Friday ; on the
other days of the week four reels of General
Film Company pictures are shown, with a
change daily. On August 3 Mr. Starr showed
the Giants-White Sox tour of the world pic-
tures, and invited as his guests newspapermen.
visiting sport writers and members of the De-
troit and New York baseball teams who hap-
pened to be in the city that day. Sam Craw-
ford, who was on the tour, was an interested
spectator, as well as Cyrus Raymond Cobb, the
world's greatest hitter. The new Empire did a
big business with "The Stain" on August 10.
Mr. Starr is running Biograph pictures of Mary
Pickford twice a week, the first one being shown
on August 11. This is done on account of the
great popularity which Miss Pickford enjoys in
this city. The New Empire has a six-piece or-
chestra, as well as a pipe organ, and gives spe-
cial attention to its musical program.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Palace
theater is to he held in the near future for the
purpose of determining whether the house will
continue vaudeville or change over to feature
photoplays, the latter being favored by a great
many of the stockholders.
One of the most enthusiastic readers of the
Moving Picture World is Howard O. Pierce,
manager of the Liberty theater. The writer
dropped in on Mr. Pierce last week when he
had just finished "scissoring" at least a dozeg
news items from the Moving Picture World. "1
do this every week," said Mr. Pierce. "There is
not an issue that I do not find many things of
interest, and I always cut them out and save
them for future use. Many are reproduced in
our weekly house organ, which we distribute
to our patrons. How any successful moving
picture manager or proprietor can get along
without the Moving Picture World is more than
I can understand. And I mean it."
Political candidates in Detroit and through-
out Michigan who had contemplated having
their "faces" reproduced on the screens of mov-
ing picture theaters are disappointed. Attorney-
General Fellows has ruled it is a violation of
primary law which limits the size of campaign
cuts for advertising purposes. Many of the
small picture houses were throwing slides of
candidates, but when the Attorney-General an-
nounced his ruling they were immediately dis-
continued.
Fuller Claflin, architect for the new Grand
Boulevard theater, to be erected on the Boule-
vard, east of Woodward avenue, announces that
the new playhouse will be built as a "duplex."
It will afford those who arrive after a long
photoplay has started an opportunity of viewing
several short pictures until the long one starts
again. As it is now, they have to wait until
they see the picture from the start, which means
that they see the last part often before they do
the first part. Not only do those seeing the last
part of a long play first, fail to understand its
story, but the first part is spoiled for them by
reason of their knowing how it will end. The
duplex idea consists of a first and second au-
ditorium. If a long picture is on the screen be-
fore the first auditorium, the visitor seats him-
self in the second auditorium in which is a
screen on which he can see short productions.
When the long picture is through on one screen
it immediately shifts to the other screen and
the short films are then shown on the opposite
screen. In this way, no matter when the patron
arrives, he can be entertained with pictures that
will be understood from the very beginning. The
auditoriums will be separated as to sound but
not as to a view of each from the other. In
effect, they constitute what might be termed a
single auditorium transversely divided near the
middle of a proscenium arch faced by seats on
each side. Drawings are now being prepared
which, with more complete details, will appear
in a later Issue of the Moving Picture World.
SMITH.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
tor
will
^HrV one. 1 am seeking only that which
■ prove of general public benellt.' said Mayor
Albee of Portland, Ore., speaking of a move-
ment for a stricter censorship of moving pic-
tures In that city. "The peoole who patron-
ize the movies must of course be the flnal
arbiters In the matter ; no ordinance or regu-'
latlon would stand unless backed by public
sentiment. Some say that the people are sat-
Wfled ; that they want certain types of ■thrlU-
is", but this 1 do not believe, as I feel the
•ople of Portland want »he hiehest grade
photoplays and that they will patronize them
liberally if given the opportunity. I specially
request that the people examine from time to
time the kind of Alms that are shown to them In
this city and Judge whether they are the proper
ones to be shown to children." The mayor
I declares himself a champion of the motion pic-
ture and asserts that It has just started as an
agency for good. \l\ he seeks, he says, is to
put aside the blood and thunder type of film
and those depicting crime. The voluntary board
of censors now working in Portland has been
able to make little headway in keeping the
screens clear of this class of pictures. Mayor
Albee proposed an ordinance giving power to a
board of seven members. He expressed his
regret that the e.xhibitors already had begun
to fight because there was no appeal from the
decision of the proposed board to a jury in the
municipal court. The mayor also announced
that as soon as he had a draft of the ordinance
exchange men and exhibitors would be asked
to give their opinions upon it.
.\. A. Ashley has been remodeling his build-
ing on Main street in Crosby, N. D., for use as
a moving picture theater.
Thursdays will be Mary Pickford days at the
Curran theater in Boulder, Colo.
.1. R. Good & Co. have been remodeling the
Pastime theater at Colfax, Wash. The building
has been lengthened in order to Increase the
seating capacity.
The Berghuis building at Clara City, Minn,,
ii being remodeled for use as a theater.
Protest against the moving picture is re-
ported from Brigham City. Utah, where a meet-
ing was called by the parents' class of the
Third Ward Sunday school to make plans for
an active campaign. It was also said that lines
had been laid in the other three wards of the
citv for meetings at which the moving picture
evi"l was to be discussed. The depiction of
crime and the general bad influence of the pho-
toplays upon the minds of the young are the
reasons given for the attitude ot the church
workers who are taking the initiative in the
matter.
The Whitney Building on Front street in
Beach, X. D., has been leased by C. S. Dick-
inson, who will operate a moving picture show.
The Rex theater of Duluth. Minn., Thomas
W. Furniss. manager, has ordered from Cas-
savant Brothers ot South Haven, Mich., a large
organ to be used in accompanying the pictures.
Candy matinees for the children are Saturday
stunts at the Deadwood theater in Deadwood,
S. D.
.A.t a meeting of the South Dakota Panama-
Pacific Exposition Commission held in Aber-
deen, it was decided that the state should join
The many others in conducting moving picture
shows at the San Francisco fair. Details of the
plan and the contracts for the films will come
up later.
Starland theater in St. Paul, Minn., has re-
turned to a program of first run licensed serv-
ice.
D. C. McClelland, formerly operator of several
moving picture theaters at Pekin, 111., and later
manager of a house at Decatur, 111., is now trav-
teling tor the General Film Company out of
Minneapolis, Minn.
The Empire theater has moved to a new
location at Kalispell, Mont.
Manager Bauer of the Orpheum theater at
Bismarck, N. D., has found it impossible to
maintain a standard of vaudeville during the
summer that will satisfy his patrons and there-
fore has adopted a strictly moving picture pol-
icy and changed his admission price to five and
ten cents.
Photoplay patrons of Duluth, Minn., are re-
veling in the delightful new Zelda theater, which
has been opened at Third avenue west and
Superior street by W. M. Abrahamson, pioneer
theatrical man of Duluth. The house, which
cost $50,000 has a handsome terra cotta front
^ of Doric architecture, the ornaments of which
^L liarmonize with the "-eneral color scheme ot
^V cream and green. The mezzanine room is
^^L equipped in quarter-sawed oak with cane panels
^^K and finished with a forest green touch. For
^^H the music a Kimball pipe organ and a Knabe
^^P^ Grand piano have been installed. The automatic
^F ticket seller is the first In the city.
K Grant & Swanson. who leased the new the-
^K ater In Lake City, Minn., from its owner, D. C.
^H McKenzie, christened it the New Grand after the
^m old show operated by Grant for several years
^L and later sold to Swanson. For the formal
^H opening of the new picture house the mayor
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of Lake City delivered the address and con-
gratulated both the proprietors and the city
upon securing such an attractive and safe the-
ater. Only 510 seats were placed but room Is
left for expansion. The new house will run
"The Million Dollar Mystery" as Its first serial.
Vaudeville may be run later.
A. McGavan has opened a moving picture
theater In the K. A. Stewart building at Puy-
allun. Wash. The place has a seating capacity
of 190.
Demand for the Sellg film, "The Spoilers, was
so heavy that .Manager Pangle ot the new
Heillg, Broadway and Taylor streets, Portland,
Ore., booked it for a return engagement of an-
other week. The film, "Creation," has been
running at the old Heillg.
Local moving pictures were a profitable ven-
ture for the Savoy theater at Eugene, Ore.
Charles E. Bell, representing Raths & Sea-
volt, moving picture manufacturers, was a mem-
ber ot the party ot St. Paul, Minn., boosters
which went on a special train to the larger
cities of the Northwest.
Manager Charles Herald of the Tacoma the-
ater at Tacoma, Wash., booked Cablria tor the
last week in August.
After a prospective patron has just about de-
cided that a program at the Dime or .\rcade
theaters in Walla Walla, Wash., is too attrac-
tive to miss the advertising man strikes right
at the sense of luxury with : "Plus the comfort
of a good theater— lu cents," or "All this great
program in a comfortable theater — 10 cents."
H. O. Frochbach, in an address before the
Commercial Club at Ashland, Ore., urged that
the city be advertised by means of moving pic-
tures or slides.
All the important things that happened while
the camera man was trailing the Elks at their
convention in Denver, Colo., were shown to pa-
trons of the Curran theater at Boulder, Colo.,
which got the films ahead of Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and other eager large cities.
G. S. Hoffman and C. T. Smithers of Aber-
deen, S. D.. have been taking moving pictures
about the state capitol at Pierre and at the
Soldiers' Home at Hot Springs. These pictures
will be exhibited in order to raise a fund for
the erection of a memorial arch for civil war
veterans on the capitol grounds.
James H. Hill has sold his moving picture
theater at Redfleld. S. D.
Knecht & Holbrook have sold the Lux tneater
at Colome, S. D., to J. W. Meloy and W. E.
Dean
The Pastime theater at Mankato, Minn., has
reduced its admission five cents except for the
dates of big attractions.
The moving picture show at the Oaks Park
at Portland, Ore., made quite a feature ot its
film made on the Fourth ot July, showing the
merry-makers. "A Day at the Oaks" proved
an attraction for some time after the festivi-
ties.
The opera house management at Canon City,
Colo., is giving music with effects in connection
with the pictures.
The opera house at Willmar, Minn., is being
remodeled.
Val F. Kordus has sold the Majestic theater
at Eureka, Mont., to J. C. Parker.
A new opera house, costing $15,000, is con-
templated at Elk River, Minn., by Mr. Prescott
of Princeton.
Hunn & Lakie Is the name ot the firm now
operating the Bijou theater at Barnesville, Minn.,
M. I. Lakie having purchased the halt interest
ot A. F. Peterson.
Woods & Snidow have sold the Broadway
theater at Billings, Mont., to E. C. O'Keefe,
manager ot the Luna theater In Billings, and
V. D. Caldwell of the American Bank and
Trust Company ot that city. Formal opening
under the new management was fixed for the
last ot August, many changes to be made in
the house in the interval. After the reopening
the theater will be known as the Regent and
the policy will be the ultra-features at prices
slightly higher than the average admission in
Billings has been. O'Keefe will continue to man-
age the Luna.
The Laemmle Film Service at Minneapolis se-
cured a contract from the New England, a local
furniture store, to furnish films for five weeks
of tree moving picture shows at Eighth street
and Second avenue south. A sample program
included a dramatic, three reels of comedy and
a local scenic.
"It is not so much the name or make of pho-
toplays but the artistic manner in which they
are presented that makes the Empress photo-
plays unexcelled." — The Empress theater. Fort
Collins. Colo.
Erection of a business block, which will con-
tain an opera house and a moving picture the-
ater, has been started at Cascade, Mont., by
Henry W. Month, until recently a grocer of
Helena, Mont. The photoplay house will he
conducted by Mr. Menth.
Nothing longer than two parts — this Is the
announcement made by the Class A theater at
Seattle, Wash. This house has switched over to
licensed films.
Frank M. Malcolm has opened a moving pic-
ture theater in the Sullivan building on Main
street in Genesee, Idaho.
W. .). Sornberger and W. M. Smith, camera
men for the Universal Film Manufacturing Com-
pany, recently were near Cripple Creek, Colo.,
Illming the scenery.
The Savoy theater at Eugene, Ore, which has
been featuring the Famous Players pictures, es-
pecially those starring Mary Pickford, has an-
nounced that no rehash or rebirths will be
shown and is directing some of Its advertising
at competitors who are featuring pictures al-
ready shown In Eugene.
The multitudes of employes of the Puget
Sound Traction, Light & Power Company and
their friends who were filmed at the big picnic
thronged to the Clemmer theater at Seattle,
Wash., to see themselves as the moving picture
camera saw them.
Enthused because :!0,000 persons who attend-
ed the Elks' convention at Denver, Colo., were
Interested in the motion pictures showing the
advantages of Colorado, the Denver Chamber ot
Commerce plans to begin a film advertising
campaign for the state. It Is proposed to take
pictures of the mining, commercial, agricul-
tural and economical resources of the state and
conduct a continuous picture show at some
point where it would prove Inviting to tour-
ists. The commercial clubs of other Colorado
cities favor the plan because many tourists go
to Denver and leave without knowing that there
are many other attractive cities in the state.
Some of the most attractive newspaper adver-
tising in the Northwest is being done by the
Colonial theater at Seattle, Wash. Twenty-
five words tell the story of each film In a way
that makes the reader want to go and plank
down his (Always) 10 cents and the printers
seem to have devoted a little time to the makeup
or have had some very definite orders from the
theater's advertising man.
Boys and girls of Denver, Colo., were the
guests of the Denver Times and the Rocky
Mountain News at a North Pole party given
at the Broadway theater when the Kleinschmldt
arctic pictures were shown.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ILLINOIS.
ONE or two big first class theatrical attrac-
tions a week and the rest of the time devoted
to only the highest class motion pictures is the
announcement ot policy made by General Mana-
ger Louis M. Rubens for the new Lincoln the-
ater (formerly the Joliet) at the Joliet, which
opens tor 1.000 patrons August 27. The Fed-
eral Amusement Company of Joliet has been
incorporated to operate the Lincoln. It is au-
thorized to have capital stock of .$10,000. Max
Goldberg has been elected president, Louis Rub-
ens, general manager and Mrs. Louis Rubens
secretary.
Local pictures had a good run at the Evans-
ton theater in Evanston, especially as some new
views of Northwestern University were included.
A free matinee was held one afternoon so that
some ot the 1,300 school children caught by the
camera could see themselves.
"The Romance of Geraldine." the first of Bod-
kin & Keane's productions, was a winner when
shown for three dates at the Star theater in
Evanston. It was a comedy produced under the
direction of J. E. Byrnes, featuring an all-
Evanston cast. Milton Hosking is now playing
the piano at the Star.
Construction of the Hoyburn building at 615.-
17 Davis street in Evanston. which includes a
new moving picture theater, has begun.
Frank A. Barr of Lacon has been fitting up a
room in the new Knights ot Pythias block in
that city tor use as a thoroughly modern mov-
ing picture theater.
Work has begun ot remodeling the Elliott
building on Illinois street in Chicago Heights
into a moving picture theater to be n-erated
by Centos, Sarros & Gregory.
The Orpheum in Collinsville gave a benefit
performance tor Peter Bagahin, a local miner,
who lost his sight in a mine accident.
A. R. Thickson has closed the Woodman mov-
ing picture show at Philo because of the hot
weather. Announcement was made that the house
tvill be reopened early in September. David
Godfrey is still operating his airdome at Philo.
The moving picture theater at Maiden has
been closed because extremely hot weather has
practically killed business.
In one of his heart-to-heart talks with the
people of Pittsfield, Burr Swan, manager of the
Knights of Pythias opera house, tells them :
".\nother thing — when you slip your little old
ten cent piece through the window to Little Eva.
let it sink in that seven pennies out of the ten
stay right here in Pittsfield. Yes, only three
of the pennies get out ot town : seven ot them
stay right in Pittsfield to pay the janitor, the
operator, the drummer, the piano player, the
ticket seller, the coal man. the light man, the
printer, the butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker. Ask any other business man how
much money HE has to send out of town."
This Is an effective silencer tor the ultra-thrifty
who decry the large amount of money exported
bv the picture shows. Swan has certainly done
a great educational work In Pittsfield with pic-
tures. And he has done less talking about It
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
than most men would. The following summary
is certainly impressive, showing that when there
is anv sort of a gathering in J*ittsfield the
people" in charge of the program call on the
local moving picture man.
•'Old Salem Chautauqua, the biggest in the
state, advertises the Kalem picture, "From the
Manger to the Cross," as a star attraction for
their 1914 meet. Pittsfield more than a year
ago got it as a gift. It costs a quarter at
Petersburg. The National Society for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis wages its war against
the Great White Plague with motion picture
films — and Pittsfield has seen them all in the
daily picture programs. County Superintendent
Hollis asks the local picture house management
for a special series of educational programs
during the week of the teachers' institute in
August — and the management will get them.
Survivors of the Xinty-Ninth Illinois Volunteers,
who hold their reunion in Pittsfield August 22,
want to see some of the scenes of 1861-to-65
and the local picture man will get Shenandoah,
showing little Phil Sheridan's ride and the rally
of the Union troops. Members of the Pitts-
field Women's Club want help in their campaign
for better health, better sanitation and better
living — and the local picture management will
get just what they want. Anti-liquor people
want a powerful sermon on the iniquities of
alcoholic drink— and Pittsfield's picture house
will show -John Barleycorn." The liquor in-
terests offered $25,iXH:t to suppress it. It will
be shown in Pittsfield. Yes. pictures are cut-
ting some ice these days and Pittsfield is get-
ting the best there is."
"It is easy to see why Swan's patrons under-
stand when he says: "Moving pictures are not
a luxury, they" are an education, a recreation,
a home institution."
Moving picture attractions, including Cabiria
and most of the releases of the Famous Play-
ers are about as prominent in the 1914-15 book-
ings of the Empire Hippodrome at Quincy as the
other shows. The Empire is one of the Middle
West houses which hopes for a revival of busi-
ness for theatrical attractions this winter, but
will not surfeit their patrons with these shows,
and instead are safeguarding the treasury by
the dependable process of running high-class
feature pictures.
Scott's Airdome at Jacksonville recently cele-
brated its anniversary bargain week, giving six
reels of pictures and a play by a stock com-
panv for ten cents. "Les Miserables" was
shown at the Airdome for fifteen and twenty-
five cents and the proceeds shared with the
Jacksonville Cleanup Committee.
The Orpheum theater, which has been operated
in the Marks. Weber & Co. building at Ed-
wardsville by W. A. Edwards, has been closed
until October 1, because the affairs of the Wildey
theater, just taken in charge by Mr. Edwards,
will occupy most of his time. Under the new
management the Wildey has been redecorated
and otherwise improved. Six reels of pictures,
including one feature, will be shown for ten
cents each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Fridav night. The other nights vaudeville will
be ad'ded and twenty cents admission charged
for the first floor.
The Central theater at Danville gives away
an electric iron at its Monday and Thursday
matinees— a proceeding popular with its wom-
en patrons.
Recommendations for a church-owned mov-
ing picture show to be operated in Blooming-
ton were made by Rev. F. A. Havighorst. pas-
tor of a Methodist church in that city, after a
visit to the East. He advocates a plan whereby
a union of several local religious organiza-
tions could be effected and the members of the
congregations given regular moving picture pro-
grams. Although he wants Biblical and religious
films to predominate, the inclusion of many
educational, comic and dramatic reels proba-
bly will be encouraged, lae tentative plans
have been circulated among churchworkers in
Bloomington and have been favorably received.
If there is a surplus after operating expenses
have been paid, local charities or some other
worthy causes will be aided.
Little folk of Keithsburg are great boosters
for the Gem theater at present as the house is
giving away a cute little Shetland pony rig in
a voting contest.
Harrv Lewis will again he manager for the
Gaiety theater at Ottawa. Vaudeville and road
shows will he the principal attractions this sea-
son.
Manager C. A. Conley of the Majestic theater
in La Salle had cameramen taking pictures at
the clock factory where the "Big Ben" is made,
the films to be featured at the Majestic.
Miss Mina Straley of Canton has gone to
Valley City, N. D., where she became the man-
ager of the Grand theater, owned by George
Repole of Minot. N. D. Miss Straley assumes
a half interest in the house.
One criticism, by patrons of Dellwood Park,
at Joliet. was that the Kinemacolor pictures
did not always seem to be correctly focused.
Slips were passed among the passengers on the
street cars, runing to and from the park in an
effort to find out their photoplay tastes.
P. W. Gebhart has opened his moving picture
theater in Turner Hall at Decatur.
C. D. Caster has installed a new Motiograph
in his new moving picture theater, which he
opened In the W. H. Ryan building at Minonk.
Capacity business marked the opening of the
new Gem theater at Stonington.
Plans for a practically new motion picture
theater have been dropped by Manager Joe
Quinn of the Majestic on Eighteenth street in
Moline. The project may be carried out next
summer. The house, however, was closed for
two weeks for redecorating and rearrangement
of the box office and lobby.
The Owbridge Amusement Company of Pekin
is said to have been negotiating for a five-year
lease on the Winn Building in Sycamore with
a view to remodeling it into a high class mov-
ing picture theater. If the house is opened it
will be at five cents admission.
Albert Schultz of Spring Grove has been op-
erating at Schlaegerville the moving picture out-
fit recently purchased of Mrs. Frances D. Hast-
ings.
Free moving picture shows are being given
every Wednesday evening on the streets of Ross-
ville by the management of the Idle Hour theater
at that place.
John Egan and Thomas Burrell of Cuba have
purchased a camera and will take pictures to be
shown in Central Illinois moving picture houses.
Joliet photoplay lovers had their first glimpse
of a real live moving picture star when Francis
X. Bushman, at the Princess theater, told them
all about the production of "Dear Old Girl."
Reporters avowed that Bushman's feminine ad-
mirers were so numerous at the station that
night that he was barely able to wade through
and catch the last step of the last coach.
Dreamland theater at Kewanee gave a two
days' benefit for William Boyd, former high
school football star, now in an afflicted condi-
tion.
Canoeists are about as numerous along the
Rock River at Rockford as at any place in the
Middle West. The Commercial Arts Shop of
Rockford made up an interesting scenic reel in-
cluding the activities of these clubs.
Moving picture lovers of Leland can again at-
tend their favorite shows, the epidemic of small-
pox which resulted in their closing having abat-
ed.
The Princess theater at Joliet will make a
regular feature of the Biograph re-issues of the
Mary Pickford pictures, seting aside each Fri-
day for the exhibition of these films.
Mrs. Herman Coons has returned from Chi-
cago to resume her position as pianist at the
Cort theater in Monmouth.
A baby show, using slides of the youngsters
instead of exhibiting them in the flesh, is being
conducted by the Palm theater at Mound City.
Delmar Lee has been conducting a free mov-
ing picture show on the streets of Chicago
Heights, securing advertising from the mer-
chants to defray the expense of the film serv-
ice.
After their trip to California the films of the
Fulton county picnic in California were re-
turned to the Princess theater in Canton,
where they drew another large crowd. This pic-
ture has been shown three times in Canton and
arrangements were made for a return date in
most of the towns in Fulton County. It was
made for the Canton Register at a picnic of
former residents of the county who are now liv-
ing in California.
The Commercial Filmers of Chicago have
been incorporated with capital stock of $2,500
to manufacture, produce, sell and rent motion
picture films, slides, machines, etc. The in-
corporators are H. C. Porter, W. F. Porter and
Charles X. David.
The musical part of the production of the
film. "The Christian," at the Capitol theater
in Pekin. was well handled- The special score
was arranged and rendered by E. A. Stein, who
played the original attraction at the Grand
Opera house in Peoria several years ago.
Moving pictures of Rock Falls, Including the
scenes at the corn carnival, were made for
exhibition at the Grand theater.
The Egyptian Amusement Company of Har-
risburg has been incorporated with capital stock
of $20.0rKl to consult places of amusement of all
kinds and to lease or hire films for moving
picture and other performances. The incorpora-
tors are J. M. Pruett, O. L. Turner, J. H. Wool-
cott. J. V. Capel and W. T. Turner.
The Savoy theater at Delavan had a local
attraction of interest when Frank Hatton, a
resident of the city, who had been at work on
the Panama Canal, gave an illustrated lecture.
"Family Week" at the Cort theater in Mon-
mouth meant that the house had a well-mixed
program and for five days conducted a bargain
sale of twelve tickets for a dollar. The tickets
were honored at any show during the week.
The remodeled Xickellete theater in La Salle
will be ODened for the fall moving picture reason
some time in September. A new front is one
of the changes made.
Manager Berman of the Fox theater at Aurora
has been doing some educational work. He had
a free day for all children under fourteen years
of age. One of the pictures shown was the
House and Garden Clubs, formed under the au-
spices of the Department of Agriculture. The
film tells bow younesters are kept out of mis-
chief and raise produce to sell. Professor Ben-
son expects to show these pictures in a great
many houses in Illinois as a part of his mis-
sionary campaign.
A film showing 1,000 feet of Rockford beau-
tiful was part of the 5,000 feet of film shown to
the patrons of the Grand opera house in Rock-
ford for five cents. This film was notably free
from the advertising scenes which generally
mark these local pictures.
The Drexel theater at Joliet put into effect
July 27 a hot weather policy of showing daily
five pictures for five cents. Thursdays and
Sundays, however, were left for state right fea-
tures at five and ten cents. Miss Maud Baxter,
a local soprano of ability, has been singing at
the Drexel.
Hot weather caused such a curtailment of
patronage in Sterling that Manager Wilson Mc-
Kim of the Lyric theater decided to keep his
house open only four days a week. Until
cooler weather he will give no shows on Tues-
days and Thursdays.
St. Paul's Emmanuel Lutheran Church at Au-
rora has a cement outdoor pavilion which is
used for showing travel moving pictures. Rev.
A. M. Loth, who has traveled extensively, ex-
plains the films. Band concerts are given in
connection with the picture shows.
Where advertising efforts are not confined
strictly to the photoplay program and the merits
of the house, the stunt adopted by Scott's Air-
dome at Jacksonville might prove popular. A
fiashlight was taken one night of the crowd in
attendance. Later it was shown on the screen.
Manager Sansone of the new moving picture
show at Xauvoo is giving exhibitions Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Saturday matinees have been resumed by the
Yales theater at Carbondale.
The beautiful little Fischer theater in Dan-
ville has gone over to moving pictures. The
Allardt Theatrical Company, now operating the
Fischer as a vaudeville house, has taken a lease
on the Lyric theater, which is running pictures.
About the first of September the vaudeville will
be switched to the Lyric and the Fischer will
become the photoplay medium. A new $10,000
pipe organ and an electric fountain sign are
contemplated among other improvements for the
Fischer.
F. C. Fielding could not decide upon a name
for his new moving picture theater at Third
and Market streets in Alton and offered a season
ticket and another prize to the lady suggesting
the most suitable name.
Manager Al Yaeger of the Princess theater
at Mount Carroll secured Brein & Saltain, cam-
eramen of Morrison, to make some pictures of
scenes in and around Mount Carroll to be shown
on the screen at that house. Yaeger recently
introduced an old folks night at which all
persons over fifty years of age were admitted
free.
Stephen T. King of Chenoa has traded the
Knights of Pythias opera house at Pittsfield
to Ab Houchins. This will not affect the lease
on the house held by Burr Swan, who operates
a moving picture show.
C. X. Jacobs, the new manager of the Gem
theater at Clinton, has had the house remodeled
and renovated. In the future it will be known
as "Dreamland." It was expected to reopen the
middle of August with a photoplay policy In
which serials played a large part.
The Masonic opera house at Albion, idle for
the last year, will be reopened under the sam©
management as that of the Majestic moving pio-
ture theater. It will be used on special show
nights, for theatrical attractions and it is likely
that motion picture equipment will be installed
and picture shows given at both houses during
the week ends.
While the feature, "The War Bonnet Round
Up." was on at the Apollo theater in Princeton
the house published coupons which with one ten
cent paid admision admitted free two children
under twelve years of age.
Films made in Alton, along the Mississippi
River and at Piasa Chautauqua were a good
box office attraction at the Princess theater in
.\Iton.
Moving pictures of the Xational Elimination
Race of Balloonists starting from Portland,
Ore., showed the Illinois Society of Oregon pay-
ing a tribute to Roy Donaldson who piloted the
balloon "Springfield." Donaldson, who is a local
man. lectured this film when it was shown al
the Princess theater here.
The Lyric, Vaudette, Vogue and Amuse-U the-
aters of Springfield are getting quite a little
free advertising in connection with a series of
feature articles which Beverly Bayne of the
Essanay Company is running in the IlUnoie
State Journal.
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A liHIGHT future is ahead of the motion plc-
•'■^ ture business in Chattanooga, and a spirit
of optimism prevails among all of the exhibit-
ors. .\ total of sixteen theaters are running at
this time, none o( which cater exclusively to
white patrons, while live theaters In the colored
district are being well patronized by colored
people. Feature lUms are proving very popular,
and it is the opinion of one of the exhibitors,
who has made a careful study of the situation,
that the future of the business will hinge on
real features.
The contract for remodeling the Old Sprague
Dairy lunch of Chattanooga, at 719 Market
street for a modern motion picture theater was
recently awarded to Ernest J. Henderson, by
the Lyric Company, Incorporated. This the-
ater will probably be completed by September
1, according to tentative plans of the Lyric Com-
pany. Selection of a name for the theater will
be deferred until just before the opening, when
a contest will be conducted to decide on a name
for the new house. The building, occupied
until two months ago by the Sprague restaurant.
has been partially demolished and only the
side walls and root timbers are being used in
the new building. New floors and interior walls
are being constructed. The Grifflth-Graham
Shoe Company's store is to make use of the
rear of the old restaurant building. Planned
along the general design of the Majestic theater
in Chattanooga, the new home for the Lyric
company will have an entrance lobby fronting
on Market street, with waiting rooms lor womeii
immediately in front of the main theater hall.
The seating capacity will be "-50, which will
make it the largest theater in the city. Unique
among the special features of the new theater
is to be its ventilation system, .iir from the
Broad street end of the building will be drawn
In by two large suction pipes, cooled by being
forced through a refrigerator system and Al-
tered through silk cloth. Four outlet pipes ■will
be arranged on the roof of the building to suck
out the stale air. .\ steady current will pass
through the theater all the time by this ar-
rangement. The designers claim that all of the
air in the house can be changed in li4 minutes
and that the summer temperature can be held
at 63 to 75 degrees. Steam will be used for
heating the theater in the winter. Xo vaude-
ville and only tbe better class of motion pic-
tures will be shown in the new theater, accord-
ing to a statement of the controlling company.
The film service now in use at the Lyric the-
ater will be transferred to the new house.
Among recent productions shown at the Lyric
theater were 'The Only Son,'' "The Eagle's
Mate," "When the World Was Silent," "Lucile
Love," "Fleur De-Lis," "The Sob Sister" and
a number of the Ford Sterling comedies.
H. .J. Palmer, of Knoxville. is reported to be
planning a plant to manufacture moving pic-
ture screens. Nothing definite has been settled
upon so far.
The Lyric Theater, of Oakdale. was recently
opened under the management of W. H. Lainge,
formerly of Baltimore. Md. The theater was
packed and the three hundred seats were not
nearly adequate to accommodate the crowd. The
building has been so constructed that 200 more
seats can be added, and Mr. Lainge has an-
nounced that these seats will shortly be put in.
The new enterprise represents an investment of
S.'i.OOO. The structure is of wood and brick,
32x74 feet, in size and the stage is 10x32 feet.
It is the intention of the company to put on
some vaudeville in connection with the pictures.
Tony Sudekum has renewed his lease on the
Dixie Theater, at Columbia for five years, which
gives him a total lease on the building of six
and one-half years. .A.S a result of securing the
new lease, the building will be remodeled and
thoroughly renovated. Arrangements are being
made to tear out completely the present en-
trance, remove the steps and lower the front
of the house to a level with the sidewalk. This
will necessitate lowering the back of the house
also, so that the floors will still be inclined. The
entrance will have a spacious and handsome
lobby, and the tiling used in its construction
will be of very handsome design. The box of-
fice will be larger than the present one and far
more ornate. The interior of the house will be
improved considerably and large mirror panels
will be fitted along both sides. A considerable
amount will be spent in remodeling the house.
Memphis will have one of the finest motion
Picture theaters in the South when the new
Majestic Amusement Company's house is erected
on Main street just south of the Hotel Gayoso,
which, in turn, is one of the finest hotels In the
South. The new building will be called the
Majestic Theater, and will be built at a cost of
about S65.000. The exterior of the theater will
be of concrete, brick and ornamental terra
cotta. with an ornamental iron and glass
marquise extending over the sidewalk. A myriad
of electric lights will flash from the front of the
theater and in the lobby. Special stress has
been laid upon the fireproof phases of the build-
ing, but in order to provide additional safe-
guards from fire danger, a device will be in-
stalled which will automatically open every
window and exit in the building. 'Ventilation
and heating devices also will be installed, and
a cooling system to force cold air into the the-
atre In summer time. The theater will be
equipped to seat 1,200 persons, and boxes will
bo provided at the sides and will extend around
the face of the balcony. The contract for the
work was awarded by Hanker & Cairns, local
architects, to the James Alexander Construc-
, tlon Company. The theater will be erected by J.
B. Snowden and leased for a period of ten years
to the Majestic .\musement Company, which
operates a string of theaters In Memphis. Hank-
er & Cairns will act as supervising architects
for Stclgmeyer & Kennsley, of St. Louis, who
make a specialty of theater construction.
The Bellevue Theater, Memphis, which Is now
in course of construction. Is to be a new de-
parture in the motion picture world. This
house, which will be 150x23 feet, will be built as
a summer and winter theater combined. A
waterproof, sliding roof will be operated by a
large motor, so that it may be left open In
good weather or closed in a few seconds by the
movement of a lever. The theater, which was
planned by G. M. Shaw, will be built by J. D.
Nathan at a cost of .?7,000. The patent on the
sliding roof was recently obtained and the roof
will be used tor the first time on this theater,
which will be erected at Bellevue Boulevard
and Linden avenue. Many theater men in this
section of the country are very much interested
in the new idea, and more houses of the same
kind may be erected.
The Gay Theater, at Knoxville, Is being com-
pletely overhauled, remodeled and refurnished
at an expenditure of about .?10.000. The work
was started about thirty days ago. and will be
completed in about thirty more. In the mean-
time the equipment was moved to the Grand
theater, and the Gay programs are going right
ahead at the latter theater. In remodeling the
Gay theater the walls will be re-decorated with
paintings, a modern ventilating system will be
installed, a modern sprinkler system and mod-
ern seats will be put in. GEORGE,
SAN FRANCISCO.
\ LTHOUGH the California State Legislature
-^ will not be in session until the first of the
year, plans are being made in certain quarters
for legislation of paramount importance to the
moving picture trade. A measure is to be in-
troduced prohibiting the attendance of children
under sixteen years of age at moving picture
entertainments, even when accompanied by
parents. Attempts will also be made to pass
a strict censorship bill and doubtless there will
be other legislation of importance considered.
Theater owners realize that their State League
is the only effective medium they have through
which to wage a fight against pernicious regu-
lations, and a campaign is under way to make
the League as strong as possible before the
meeting of the Legislature. The annual con-
vention that will be held at Sacramento in
October will be the most important meeting
ever held by the League, and will doubtless be
well attended. Exhibitors are being urged to
co-operate so that there will be no mistaking
the attitude they take on proposed legislation
affecting their interests.
The Larkin theater, opened a few weeks ago
on Larkin street, near O'Farrell, by Joy B.
Rothschild, has been sold to N. H. Hewson,
who took possession this week.
The Golden Gate Film Exchange, Inc., re-
cently furnished a machine, operator and pro-
gram for a private showing of moving pictures
at the beautiful home of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst
at Pleasanton, this being the second entertain-
ment of this kind furnished this hostess during
the past month.
The Washington Square theater, Powell street
and Columbus avenue, has been rented tor a
short time, but the regular moving picture pro-
gram will shortly be resumed.
The Pageant Film Company, recently incor-
porated here, is having moving pictures taken
for a large production. The work is being done
by the California Motion Picture Corporation.
Hunter Bennett, assistant to the general
manager of the World Film Corporation, is here
on a tour of inspection of all of the branches
of this concern. The announcement is made
that B. H. Duffy, who has spent most of his
time on the Coast since this firm established
branches here, is no longer connected with
the World Film Corporation.
The Moving Picture Operators of San Fran-
cisco had motion pictures taken of themselves
this week in front of their headquarters. The
films will be shown in connection with the bail
to be given on -August 29.
The Eclectic Film Company, 67 Turk street,
has opened its operating room and is making
regular showings of the features it releases.
The idea has met with instant favor on the
part of exhibitors who have made frequent
complaints in the past in regard to the lack of
such facilities in San Francisco. The operating
booth conforms with the local building require-
ments and is fitted with the latest in equip-
ment.
Ralph L. Marks and W. A. Cory, secretaries
respectively of the San Francisco and the State
Exhibitors' League, enjoyed a vacation trip
by automobile to Monterey and vicinity re-
cently.
S. C. Martenstein has been granted a per-
mit by the Board of Police Commlsslonere to
conduct kinetoscope exhibitions at 271 Devlsa-
dcro street.
The Acme Amusement Company has been In-
corporated here with a capital stock of $10,000
by W. Rock, J. R. Kelly and W. 0. Weiss.
The Excelslon theater, at Mission street and
Onondaga avenue, has been disposed of by 0.
Englund to a Mr. Yost.
Word has been received from Herbert Payne,
president of the California Motion Picture Cor-
poration, to the effect that be and his bride
are at Paris and that they have given up the
plans for a trip lo Carlsbad, owing to the war
conditions.
A rother serious fire occurred at the San
Rafael studio of tbe California Motion Picture
Corporation on July 28, the property and
scenery rooms being destroyed. A slight delay
was necessitated on some of the work on hand
but tbe taking of pictures Is In full swing
again.
The Government representatives of Australia
and New Zealand to the Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition are here in connection with
work on the pavilions that have been planned
and were the guests this week at a meeting of
the Australian Society at the Palace Hotel,
where a moving picture exhibition was given
of the ground breaking exercises and of gen-
eral exposition activities, all of which have
been pictured.
The Macograph Company, which conducts a
studio here and maintains a school of acting
on the fifteenth floor of the Claus Spreckles
Building, is preparing to move to larger quar-
ters.
"The Little Gray Lady" is enjoying a splen-
did run at Grauman's Imperial, following "The
Man on the Box." "Neptune's Daughter,"
which scored a hit a few months ago at the
Columbia theater, will be shown in the future.
The Cort theater is being given over this
week to moving pictures, the attraction being
the new series Paul J. Rainey's .African Hunt
Pictures. The matinee prices are 13 cents and
25 cents, with the evening prices ranging from
15 cents to 50 cents.
W. W. Hodkinson, of the Paramount Pictures
Corporation, is in San Francisco, making his
headquarters with the Progressive Motion Pic-
ture Company. Pacific Building.
The Macdonough theater, Oakland, Cal., re-
opened its doors on August 1, after having been
closed for several weeks. "The first attraction
booked is "Neptune's Daughter," and this will
be followed by the great Selig production, "The
Spoilers," which will be shown for two weeks.
M. C. Armstrong, who conducts the Bell the-
ater at Sanger, Cal., has purchased the interests
of Art. Leino in the Grand theater and Air-
dome at Reedley, Cal.
The L-Ko Motion Picture Co. has been In-
corporated at ios Angeles with a capital stock
of $10,000, the directors being H. M. Lehrmann,
L. Bernstein, A. Stern, S. Behrendt and A. P.
Hamberg.
The Case Film Manufacturing Company is
also a corporation formed at Los Angeles. The
capital stock is placed at $5fiO,000 and the di-
rectors are R. M. McAlevy, W. B. Perkins and
J. A. Wallis.
J. Simmonds of the Apex Film Company, ar-
rived at San Francisco this week direct from
New York to inspect the branch recently es-
tablished here in the Pantages Building. As a
result of his visit the entire space now occu-
pied jointly by the .\pex Film Company and
the Globe Film Exchange has been taken over
by the concern he represents, with Marion H-
Kohn as manager. This concern has met with
great success here since opening for business,
some of the largest theaters in the territory
booking its features. Mr. Simmonds is well
known on the Coast, having been in business
here for years, and having been one of the
first to handle feature films. Following a two
weeks' stay here, he will go to Los Angeles
and then journey home by the southern route.
B. Cuneo of Bakersfield, Cal., is having a
business building at that place remodeled and
when the work is completed will open a moving
picture house.
Plans are being made for the erection of a
new theater at Dinuba, Cal. A stock company
is being formed to erect the building, and C
H. Douglass, manager of the Elite theater, is
taking charge of the preliminary arrangements.
A theater seating l.OOO persons and costing
about .$26,000 is planned.
Mabel Normand, of Keystone fame, who Is
owner of a Stutz racing car that is to be
entered in the races at the Fresno district fair
late in September, plans to be present at the
Raisin City during the celebration, and it is
understood that a comedy will be staged there
at that time.
J. B. Travelle, who conducts a moving pic-
ture house at Placerville, Cal., recently tool
moving pictures of the Eagles' parade at Jack-
son and showed them at his theater with ex
ceiient results.
(Continued on page 1261.)
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Current Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Man from the Past (Drama)
EDISON— Nearly a Widow (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Sweedie Springs a Surprise (Comedy)
K.-^LEM — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two parts-
Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Daily News, No. 53, 1914 (News)
— Edible Fishes of the English Channel (Ocean)..
— Picturesque Normandy, France (Travel)
SELI(3 — The White Mouse (Special — Two Parts — Drama).
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 51 (News)
VITAGRAPH— Ward's Claim (Western-Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
Advance Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Counterfeiter's Daughter (Drama)
EDISON — The Buxom Country Lass (Ninth of the Wood
B. Wedd Series) (Comedy)
ESSANAY — Love and Soda (Comedy)
KALEM — The Brand (Special — Two Parts — Drama)
PATHE — Pathe's Daily News No. 55 (News)
— (Title not reported)
SELIG — Who Killed George Graves (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 53 (News)
VITAGRAPH— The Wrong Flat (Comedy)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
CINES — To Forgive, Divine (Special — Two parts — Drama).
EDISON — The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (Tenth of ^rxri-f- t-, ,• • r ■, /o • ■ -.- xi
"The Chronicles of Cleek" Series (Drama) CINES— The \ oice of Innocence (Special— Two Parts—
ESSANAY— Two Men Who Waited (Drama) TrTMc!^x'''Vu ' ' Vi v-' ' V 'i" i- ' ' ' --A' " ' ' '. n ' "■" i
KALEM— The Counterfeiter's Plot (Drama) EDISON— The New \ ork Police Department Carnival
LUBIN— The Widow and the Twins (Comedy) T7cc^^xf^TP'xT*'' Vo' W- ', /A ;
—The Lucky Rube (Comedy) ESSANA\— No. 28 Diplomat (Drama)
MELIES— Circumstantial Evidence (Comedy) ^-t'^JtR'?^^?"''^ ^and of Fate (Drama)
PATHE— Rapids and Falls at Trondjen (Travel) LUBIN— Never Too Old (Comedy) .
—Picturesque France, Lower Brittany (Travel).... ,,^t tt^o?-,''^?" ,^''"1.!^^°'"^°V ••-•■•• 'J
—From Havre to Buc by Hydro-Aeroplane (Color- ¥EL_I_ES— Flee, You Are Discovered (Comedy).
PATHE- (Title not reported)
SELIG — Life's Crucible (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— The Hidden Letters (Special— Two Parts-
Drama)
Travel)
SELIG — The Sealed Oasis (Drama)
VITAGR.A.PH— Rainv the Lion Killer (Special— Two parts
— Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914.
wx:-iyx>ii:-oi^«i, «uuuoi ^o, lait. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914.
EDISON— The South African Mines (Industrial)
— Buster and His Goat (Comedy) EDISON — A Village Scandal (Comedy)
ESS.A.N.A.Y — Fable of "the Difference Between I earning and ESSANAY — Fable of the Regular Beanery and the Peachy
Learning How" (Comedy) Newcomer (Comedy)
KALEM — The Cave of Death (Special — Two parts — Drama) K.A.LEM — The Oil Well Conspiracy (Special — Two Parts —
LUBIN — The .Attorney's Decision (Special — Two parts— Drama)
Drama) LUBIN — By Whose Hand (Special — Two Parts — Drama)..
PATHE— Pathe's Daily News No. 54, 1914 (News) PATHE— Pathe's Daily News No. 56 (News)
SELIG— The Decision of Jim O'Farrel (Drama) SELIG— To Be Called For (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH— Josie's Declaration of Independence (Com.) VITAGRAPH— The Lost Cord (Comedy)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Terrible Lesson (Drama)
ESS.\NAY— Slippery Slim and the Fortune Teller (Comedy) BIOGRAPH— The Chief's Love Affair (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Aggressor (Special— Two parts— Drama) —Love and Hash (Comedy)
MELIES— The Elopement of Eliza (Comedy) ESSANAY— When Macbeth Came to Snakeville (Comedy).
SELIG-^Hearst-Sehg^ News Pictorial No. ^2 (News) LUBIN— The Face in the Crowd (Special— Two Parts-
Drama)
MELIES — A Case of Imagination (Comedy)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
SELIG — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 54 (News).
VITAGRAPH— The Upper Hand (Drama)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
EDISON— The Viking Queen (Special— Two Parts— Drama).
ESSANAY — Under Royal Patronage (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
VIT.\GR.\PH— The Mysterious Lodger (Drama)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
EDISON*-The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (Specia
— Two parts — Historical Drama)
ESSANAY — Seven Sealed Orders (Special — Two Parts-
Drama)
KALEM— When Men Wear Skirts (Comedy)
LUBIN— The Better Man (Drama)
SELIG — A Low Financier (Comedy)
— Breaking Into Jail (Comedy) j^\TT-\r t-i, -ur- i- -7 i <^ j \
VITAGRAPH-Such a Hunter (Comedy) ^TmTN^"^T ^l^H ?^T ?"'» (C°medy)
^ ■> ' LUBIN — The Shell of Life (Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— Spending It Quick (Comedy)
— Baseball, a Grand Old Game (Comedy)
EDISON — Treasure Trove (Drama)
ESSAN.-W — Broncho Billy's Indian Romance (Western
Drama) BIOGRAPH— For the Cause (Drama)
K.\LEM— The Car of Death (Drama) EDISON— Hearts of the Forest (Drama)
LUBIN— The Kids' Nap (Comedy) _. ESSANAY— Broncho Billy, the Vagabond (Drama)
MELIES — The Man Who Smiled (Special — Two parts — K.ALEM — The Gambler's Reformation (Drama)
Comedy) LUBIN— A Fool There Was (Comedy)
SELIG— The Harbor of Love (Drama) SELIG— Pawn Ticket "913" (Drama)
VITAGRAPH— Josie's Coney Island Nightmare (Special— VITAGR-APH- Too Much Uncle (Special— Two Parts
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SELIG — The House That Went Crazy (Comedy) .
VITAGRAPH— The Barrel Organ (Comedy)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914.
KOMIC — A Physical Culture Romance (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— The Second Mrs. Roebuck (Two oarts—
Drama)
THANHOUSER— A Dog's Good Deed (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914.
AMERICAN— This Is th' Life (Two parts— Comedy)
KEYSTONE— Fatty's Gift (Comedy)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl. No. 32 (Topical)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
BEAUTY — Susie's New Shoes (Comedy-Drama)
MAJESTIC — Granny (Drama)
THANHOUSER— Conscience (Two parts— Drama)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914.
AMERICAN— Lodging for the Night (Drama)
BRONCHO— The Sheriff's Sister (Two parts— Drama) ... .
RELIANCE— The Stolen Ore (Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.
DOMINO— The Village 'Neath the Sea (Two parts-
Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not yet announced)
MUTUAL WEEKLY— Number 87 (News)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Song of the Sea Shell (Drama)
KAY-BEE— The Old Love's Best (Two parts— Drama)
PRINCESS— The Keeper of the Light (Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not yet announced)
RELIANCE— Through the Dark (Two parts— Drama)
ROYAL— -A Run for His Money (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1914.
KOMIC— Bill No. S— Bill Organizes a Union (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — Frenchy (Two parts — Drama)
THANHOUSER— Arty the Artist (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914.
AMERICAN — The Aftermath (Two parts — Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl No. 33 (Topical)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
BEAUTY— A Modern Othello (Comedy)
MAIESTIC— The Milk-Fed Boy (Comedy-Drama)
THANHOUSER— A Mother's Choice (Two parts— Drama) .
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Wrong Birds (Comedy)
BRONCHO— When America Was Young (Two parts-
Drama)
RELIANCE— The Miner's Baby (Drama)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
DOMINO— The Silver Bell (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 88 (News)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
KAY BEE— Stacked Cards (Two parts— Drama)
PRINCESS— His Winning Way (Comedy)
RELIANCE— Turned Back (Drama)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
RELL\NCE— In the Nick of Time (Two parts— Drama) . .
RO Y.\L — Flanagan's Luck (Comedy)
Universal Film Mig. Co.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Miracle (Drama)
FRONTIER— The Strange Signal (Drama)
REX— The Hole in the Garden Wall (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914.
IMP — Jim Webb, Senator (Three parts — Drama)
STERLING— A Rural Affair (Juvenile— Comedy)
VICTOR— There Is a Destiny (Drama)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
CRYST.\L— Barreled (Comedy)
— Bashful Ben (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— The Tiey o' Hearts, Series No. 4 (Dead
Reckoning) (Two parts — Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike at the Dance of Little
L. O. (Comedy)
— Turtle Traits (Zoology)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914.
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly— No. 129 (News)
ECLAIR — The Character Woman (Two parts — Drama)....
JOKER — The Little Automogobile (Comedy)
NESTOR — A Miner's Romance (Western — Drama)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914.
IMP — Universal Boy in the Chinese Mystery (Jurenile—
Drama)
REX — For the Secret Service (Two parts — Drama)
STERLINCj — Snookee's Disguise (Comedy)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914.
NESTOR — For Love or Money (Comedy)
POWERS— This Is the Life (ComedyJ
VICTOR — Counterfeiters (Two parts — Drama)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29. 1914.
"101" BISON — Law of the Lumberjack (Two parts — Drama)
JOKER— Well! Well! (Comedy)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1914.
ECL.A.IR — Mosquito Pete's Fortune (Drama)
FRONTIER— The Janitor's Son (Drama)
REX— Out of the Depths (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914.
IMP — Mr. Burglar, M. D. (Drama — Mary Pickford Reissue).
STERLING— The Man From Nowhere (Two parts— Drama)
VICTOR— The Tale of a Hat
.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
CRYST.\L— .\ Seaside Flirt (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey O' Hearts No. 5— The Sunset Tide
(Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., .\lmost Gets Mar-
ried (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Jackpot Club (Two parts— Drama) -
JOKER- Father's Bride (Comedy)
NESTOR— The Foreman's Treachery (Drama)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly No. 130 (News)
IMP — Tempest and Sunshine (Two parts — Drama)
REX— Daisies (Drama)
STERLING— A Bogus Baron (Comedy) '
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
NESTOR— A Baby Did It (Comedy)
POWERS— The Sfrorm Bird (Drama)
— Beautiful Corsica (Scenic)
VICTOR— The Derelict and the Man (Two parts— Drama).-
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
BISON— The Return of the Twin's Double (Three parts —
Drama) -
JOKER— Oh! What's the L'se (Comedy)
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(Continued from page 1259.)
Harry Harvey, a moving picture director of note,
has arrived at Chico, Cal., to direct the produc-
tion of a series of photoplays for the United
States Feature Film Co. The first feature will
be a six-reel production entitled "Evans and
Sontag. in the Folly of a Life of Crime." Mrs.
Jack Sutcliffe of Chico will play the part of
Birdie Wilson, sweetheart of John Sontag. Chris
Evans, the former bandit, who is now out of
prison on parole, is attempting to prevent the
production of the pictures.
The Picture Screen Advertising Company has
been incorporated at Los Angeles with a capi-
tal of $25,000, the interested parties being J.
M. Busby. F. G. Tyrrell. J. Shipman, G. Har-
per and A. L. Abrahams.
The Rolin Film Company has filed articles
of incorporation at Los Angeles, the directors
being D. A. Linthieum. H. E. Roach and L. H.
Bance. The capital stock is placed at $10,000.
Mary Lillian B'utler is making a hid for the
distinction of being one of the youngest mov-
ing picture actresses in California. She took
part recently in a series of pictures made by
the California Motion Picture Corporation at
Visalia, playing several rather difficult parts.
J. C. White is preparing to build a $100,000
theater, known as the White theater, at Fresno.
Cal. Plans are being drawn by Boiler &
Foulkes, Kansas City.
Daniel Sullivan, Durham, Cal., has awarded
contracts for the erection of a motion picturt?
house on his property on Devisadero street, near
Page, San Francisco. The building will contain
stores, as well as the theater and will cost about
$9,000. The house will seat 399 persons.
Work is to be started within ninety days by
the Marcus Loew Corporation on a motion pic-
ture house on Market street to cost in the neigh-
borhood of $400,000. The theater Is to be of
fireproof construction and will seat more than
3.000 persons. Plans will be prepared by Will-
iam Beasley, 127 Montgomery street.
Sol Siebenhauer, auditor of the Orpheum The-
ater, is among the San Franciscoans who are
detained in Europe by the war. He left here
several weeks ago on a vacation, with the in-
tention of visiting Germany, but had hardly ar-
rived when the war sprang up.
An interesting feature of the Home Exposi-
tion that is to be held during September at the
Auditorium is to be a series of moving pic-
tures showing the processes through which raw
material passes into the finished product. C. R.
Thorburn, secretary of the Home Industry
League, states that without doubt the series of
pictures secured is one of the most important
ever gathered together. The canning of fruits
and vegetables will be shown in detail, also the
making of flour. The grape industry will be
exploited, views of vineyards being followed by
harvest scenes and the processes employed in
making wine.
The Indoor Yacht Club of San Francisco held
a "movie" night on the evening of August 6 at
its quarters at 4 Eddy street, moving pictures
of a recent Beach Day celebration being shown
by Miles Bros. The club has arranged for an
outing on Lake Tahoe during August, and Win-
field Blake has written a scenario for a moving
picture that will be enacted by members making
the trip to this wonderland.
Edward H. Kemp is preparing to leave shortly
for San Diego and from there will travel north-
ward, visiting the moving picture trade in the
interests of his supply business.
Two Motiograph machines of the latest type
have been installed in the Gaiety Theater, which
is just ending a four weeks' run on "Cabiria."
Robert McNeill, who recently sold the Panama
Theater on the Mission road, has again asso-
ciated himself with this house by purchasing
a one-half interest in it.
The Essanay production, "One Wonderful
Night." was shown recently to crowded houses
at the Tivoli, and from the r marks made it
was clear that many had been di wn to see the
picture through reading the story in serial form.
Ten thousand feet of film received from the
whaler Herman, now in the Arctic, have been
developed by Edward H. Kemp and his asso-
ciates, the most important features being pic-
tures showing the rescue of members of the
Stefannson expedition.
The Auditorium. Page and Fillmore streets. Is
being improved by Frank Walcott in preparation
for the Movie Ball on August 29. A complete
stage is being put in and a novel electrical dis-
play arranged.
The new theater being erected on Cortland
avenue is rapidly assuming shape and the open-
ing date will be announced shortly. A Powers
6A Cameragraph will be installed.
The Regent Theater, one of the leading houses
in the Fillmore street district, has been sold by
S. Levin to Ryburg Bros. This house is located
on one of the direct routes to the Exposition
grounds and in the center of an established
amusement district.
M. B. Dudley, general manager of the Pana-
ma-Aero Film Co., is making a business trip
to Los Angeles, and following his return will
start East.
P. G. Lynch, formerly manager of the San-
Francisco branch of the Pacific Mutual Film
Corporation, and now manager of the Santa
Barbara studio of the American Film Manu-
facturing Company, was here this week on a
business trip.
D. J. Grauman, who conducts Grauman's Im-
perial Theater, one of the leading photo-play
houses of the Coast, has made arrangements
to take over the Savoy Theater on McAllister
street, near Leavenworth, and will open this
on August 16, with Jack London's "Martin
Eden." This theater is a well-built house and
was recently decorated and improved at a heavy
expense. The location has been considered by
many to be out of the way, but it is less than a
block from Market street and Grauman's Im-
perial. When the latter house was opened two
years ago the opinion was freely expressed that
it was much too far out from Market street, but
the success that has been met with since that
time is unparalleled and there is no reason why
it cannot be duplicated. Mr. Grauman has se-
cured the exhibiting rights in this territory for
the Paramount productions and these will be
divided between the two houses. Plans are also
under consideration for opening houses in at
least two other large cities in California. The
same policy that has been so successful at the
Imperial will be followed out at the Savoy. The
same prices of 10, 20 and 30 cents will prevail,
an orchestra will be installed and the pictures
will be of the same high grade.
Merideth Nightingale, formerly shipping clerk
for Davis Bros., is now with the General Film
Company, having charge of the special feature
poster department.
Work is progressing rapidly on the beauti-
ful new moving picture theater being erected at
Berkeley, Cal.. for Turner & Dahnken. and the
opening date is being arranged for about the
middle of October, with "The Spoilers" as the
attraction. When this new house is opened two
programs a week will be offered, the prices to be
10 cents and 20 cents. Music will be furnished
by a six-piece orchestra. The theater will
closely resemble the Tivoli of San Francisco,
and will be one ol the largest on the Coast
devoted exclusively to moving pictures.
Two Motiograph machines have been pur-
chased for the Beatty moving picture house
at San Jose, Cal., now approaching completion.
The Broadway Theater, Chico. Cal., a m'oving
picture house owned by J. J. Woods, is being
remodeled at a large expense.
Mrs. Cornelia Gray is preparing to erect a
one-story brick theater at Martinez. Cal., at a
cost of $8,000. the house having been leased in
advance to J. A. Kelly and Frank M. Cunning-
ham, who conduct the Novelty theater at that
place.
The Pacific Improvement Company is planning
to erect an open air moving picture theater at
either Del Monte or Pacific Grove, Cal.
The Photoplay theater at Bakersfield, Cal..
has been sold to J. Carana and A. J. Merjanis.
C. E. Laval, official photographer for the San
Joaquin Valley Counties' Association, has orders
to turn out 15.000 feet of film before the open-
ing of the Panama-Pacific International Expo-
sition, and four prints will be made of all work
for exhibition purposes. Harry Birch is doing
the studio work at 2535 White avenue. Fresno.
Cal.
H. E. Knowland has opened a moving picture
house at Mokelurane Hill. Cal., and will also
show at Dry Town and Amador City.
The Photoplay at Livermore, Cal., will be re-
opened at the close of the warm season.
E. H. Emmick, manager of the Los Angeles
branch of the Golden Gate Film Exchange. Inc.,
was in San Francisco this week conferring with
general manager Sol Lesser and arranging bis
program for the next few months.
The great Selig production. "The Spoilers," is
still creating a furore in the San Francisco ter-
ritory, and many advance bookings are being
made by the Golden Gate Film Exchange, Inc.
It is to be shown again by popular request at
the Portola theater, and is also booked for the
.Ml Star theater on Sutter street ; the Victory,
at San Jose ; the Pastime, Eureka ; the Photo-
play. Burlingame ; the Republic, Vallejo, and
the new Schmidt house at Palo A. to.
Jack London's "Valley of the Moon" was
shown last week to capacity houses at the
Berkeley theater, conducted at Berkeley, Cal.,
by Turner & Dahnken. Most of the pictures
were taken within a few miles of this city, and
were familiar to many. Jack London was at
one time a student at the University of Cali-
fornia, which is located here, and has a wide
following among the University cult.
The McDonough theater at Oakland, Cal.. was
recently equipped with two new Simplex ma-
chines.
The Orpheum at Stockton, Cal., has been
making a number of improvements of late and
two new Powers 6a cameragraphs have been
installed in the projection room.
The Majestic theater at Porterville, Cal., is
being renovated and improved by Eckles Bros,
and will be opened as soon as the warm spell is
over.
The Fruit Growers' Association, which has
large interests at Hilt. Cal., has purchased a <
Powers 6a cameragraph, and will give moving j
picture exhibitions. '
The Globe theater at Petaluma, Cal., was
taken over by the Petaluma Tribe of Red Men
during the first week of August and the pro-
ceeds given to the orphan fund of this or- r
ganization. ■
The new Durant School at Oakland, Cal.,
which will be completed by the first of Octol>er,
is to have a large assembly hall with motion
picture apparatus for lectures and entertain-
ments.
Moving pictures were taken at Fresno, Cal.,
recently of the largest shipment of raisins ever
made at one time, the shipment consisting of
three million packages, comprising one train of
sixty cars.
Work has been commenced at Watsonville,
Cal., on the erection of a large moving picture
theater to be occupied when completed by Turner
& Dahnken. CHURCH.
WISCONSIN.
T7RANCIS X. BUSHMAN of the Essany
^ Company was at the Alhambra theater in
Milwaukee at the time the film. "One Wonder-
ful Night." which attracted so much attention
in the Ladies World, was shown. The com-
bination of the strong story and the popular
player in the flesh proved irresistible to the
feminine photoplaygoers of Milwaukee.
The Electric theater at Merrill is now chang-
ing its program every day. The house also
has installed new projecting and ventilating
apparatus.
G. F. Harrington has sold the Unique theater
at Sparta to F. M. Rehfus of La Crosse.
Activities of the members of the Wisconsin
National Guard at the Wisconsin Military
Reservation have been filmed. The pictures,
about 3,000 feet, will be used in various Wis-
consin houses and also for recruiting work.
"We are in no sense entering into competi-
tion with the commercial motion picture houses
in any way," said Prof. Leon D. Peaslee in
telling of the plans of the educational depart-
ment of the Public Museum in Milwaukee.
When the American Association of Museums
held its convention in Milwaukee, a month or
two ago. the representatives of the various in-
stitutions decided that the work of the museums
could be made more efficient with moving pic-
tures. Milwaukee will be the first to try the
plan. Projection apparatus will be installed in
the main lecture hall. Children, from the fifth
to eighth grades, are compelled to attend the
bi-yearly lectures at the museum and the use
of films it is believed will increase the interest
in these talks.
Two big features and six other pictures are
advertised by the Monroe theater at Monroe
for one of its Monday bargain nights, when
only five cents is asked.
Part of a new building to be erected at Lady-
smith by Joseph Kubliska will be used as an
opera house.
The Unique theater at Waukesha has been
rented to the I. B. S. A. for a run of the
"Creation" pictures.
A number of the moving picture houses in
Madison honor coupons which are published
in the Wisconsin State Journal. Among the
theaters co-operating in this advertising plan
are the Fuller, Grand, Majestic, Gem and Olym-
pic.
The lease of the American Amusement Com-
pany on the Opera House at Port Washington,
which has been operated for several years as
a moving picture theater, is nearing expiration
and the company is contemplating the erection
of a modern photoplay house. A Milwaukee
architect is said to be drawing plans. Fred
Luling is manager.
Harry Strand has sold the Palace theater at
Oconomowoc to E. C. Main and John A. Cook
and with Mrs. Strand has gone to Columbus,
where he has purchased a theater.
Manager Sherwood of the Grand theater in
Madison is complimented by the Wisconsin
State Journal for the "numerous educational
exhibits he has given with no remuneration to
himself. Free exhibits have been produced by
Mr. Sherwood in the state capitol, before both
houses of the Legislature in the public library,
illustrating certain books, and in many of our
school buildings, particularly the University of
Wisconsin. In fact, Monday has been Uni-
versity day for the students, and films of an
educational and industrial character are usually
shown. .Tust recently Mr. Sherwood enter-
tained 125 visiting ministers at a private ex-
hibition of films of the day."
The New Gem theater at Amery has been
sold to P. C. Amundson. J. G. Burman and A.
0. Dalberg.
The Electric theater at Wausau has decided
to change only on Sunday. Monday, Wednesday
and Friday nights, announcing that it is hard
to get a good service and change every day.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
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KANSAS.
'Y'HE proprietors of moving picture bouses in
■■■ Wichita had tiled a petition with the city
commissioners, aslcing that the ordinance re-
quiring them to pay licenses o( $25 for six
months be repealed. They assert that they get
no privileges or benetits from the license, and
hat its imposition is a hardship. The peti-
ion was signed by the following: C. A. Ledger-
wood, C. R. V. Otto, M. R. Coste, Don Powell,
.lames E. Croft, John G. Holland and C. C.
-McColllster.
The new picture theater of Frank F. Davis
and Robert McGaugh In Concordia was opened
last week with "A Million Bid." Despite a
heavy rain and threatening weather in the
evening, the opening at 8 o'clock found all seats
tilled, and by 9 :15 there were 500 more waiting
for the second performance.
The Electric theater at Sixth and Minnesota,
Kansas City. Kan., is completing a $30,000 re-
modeling job. Grubel Bros, are the owners of
the structure : Boiler, architect, Kansas City.
Otto Feese is remodeling a theater at Par-
sons, Kan., to cost about $15,000. This is also
a combination playhouse: Boiler, architect,
Kansas City.
Barney Rlelly of St. Joseph, Mo., has opened
a fine new house at Atchison, Kan.
The Crawford's Majestic theater, in Topeka,
has been largely improved this summer, and
has also received a new name — it will be called
"The Hip," which is short for "hippodrome."
It will be opened September 7 with a high
class picture bill.
Charles Smith, E. E. Frazier and W. H.
Daly, proprietors of moving picture houses in
Pittsburgh, who were charged with having vio-
lated the Sunday labor ordinances of the city,
last week formally appealed to the district
court. They signed each others' bonds of $100.
The cases probably will be heard in September.
The Gem theater in Olathe is being given a
renovation and a new set of decorations by
painters.
Jack Bane, who opened the Iris theater at
Norton, Kan., two years ago, has sold it to
A. I. Long.
Wichita. Kan. is to be the scene early in
October of the International Soil Products and
Dry Farming Congress, one of the most inter-
esting and valuable features of which will be
moving picture exhibitions of the manufactur-
ing processes tor the benefit of the people who
buy the products. This congress is one of the
biggest farmers' gatherings in the country, and
attracts business men especially who have
rather speculative farming interests, invest-
ments in districts where unusual work is nec-
essary to bring big returns. And because the
conditions are unusual, the means to meet those
conditions also must be unusual and unfamil-
iar— and right there comes in the mov-
ing picture machine, to show not only the
actual conditions in the district where the in-
vestment is, but the methods of meeting those
conditions with the machinery of the exhibit-
ing manufacturers. A special theater for the
display of these educative pictures will be
erected at the Dry Farming Congress.
After several trials and many arrests had
failed to cause the theatrical men in Pitts-
burg to shut up shop on Sundays, the lower
courts having refused to convict, or owners fil-
ing appeal bonds, the district court was ap-
pealed to, and the judge Issued an injunction
against the picture show houses. All were
closed the past Sunday, including even the
smallest suburban and the largest downtown
ones. The injunction is temporary, until this
Fall, when a hearing can be had as to whether
the theaters were actually violating any law.
The Anti-Sunday-Laborites" are active in Pitts-
burg, and all industries are included in the
closing movement.
M. B. Fardley of the Fardley Motion Picture
Show company, with Frank A. Davis, secretair
of ,the Old Trails Association, is touring Kan-
sas and the West taking pictures of the old
Santa Fe Trail, which is the subject of a great
deal of interest to automobllists and good
roads enthusiasts. They recently obtained fine
films in McPherson.
Major Thomas J. Dickson, chaplain of the
Sixth Field Artillery of the army, has returned
to Junction City after securing films of army
life along the Mexican border. These films are
part of a series which Is to excite interest in the
army, and show the hospital corp at work, the
explosion of mines, and the manning of en-
trenchments after an alarm by sentries.
Film exchange agents report that Kansas has
gone on one of her periodical slumps as to the
moving picture business. Kansas is occasion-
ally one of the best states in the union for
shows, when crops are good : but when a period
of poor crops comes, the picture shows suffer.
Kansas has reaped wonderful crops this year,
and when the money for them fiows in. the
picture business probably will pick up again,
and there is all likelihood that Kansas will
have plenty of money this fall and winter, and
next year, regardless of what other parts of
the country suffer because of the war.
lola is to have the pleasure and honor within
a few days of seeing moving pictures of the
races held at Riverside Park, in July. During
the races the whole town was uwure that pic-
tures were being taken, but the rumor got
about afterwards that the films had been de-
stroyed. It Is reported now that more than
500 feet of the lllm was developed, which Is
being shown In Fort Scott now, and will get
to lola soon.
"The Holland." J. G. Holland, proprietor, is
a new moving picture house in Wichita, that
has had big attendance and prospects of good
success. The theater was opened formally last
week, though for more than a week previously
it had been doing a good business. The theater
is well ventilated, lighted by the Indirect sys-
tem, and cooled by electric fans.
The district court at lola protected William
Readicker recently in the possession of his
moving picture machine, which a bank was
trying to get hold of. The bank had obtained
judgment for $1,330 against Mr. Readicker last
February and the machine was attached soon
afterward. He has resisted efforts of the ofD-
cials and the bank to take possession, but the
sheriff evidently was being pressed by the credi-
tor to take summary action. Mr. Readicker
represented to the district court that the moving
picture machine and the picture show was his
means of making a living, and therefore was
immune to attachment, and asked a restrain-
ing order against the sheriff to prevent him
from seizing and selling the machine. The
court granted the order, and Mr. Readicker will
not be molested in the operating of his pic-
ture show until after the hearing this fall.
Way out in Kansas, where it might be sup-
posed that ragtime would be popular, and where
cowboys and six-shooters are supposed to be
conspicuous and frequent, tastes are evidently
changing. At Arkansas City last week the A-
Muz-U theater was showing a Wild West pic-
ture, and to make the evening all the more
colorful, a cowboy pianist was supplying the
music. But the announcement of the "cowboy
pianist" seems to have fallen flat, for after
two days a new announcement went foi^h, to
the effect that this pianist hated ragtime, and
played only classical music ! Thereafter the
people who wanted to see Wild West pictures—
and these are popular even in the "Wild West"
didn't fear to have their musical tastes vio-
lated. BROWN.
B'
IOWA.
;eL1EVING that the day of the five-cent
theater is passing and that the days of
quantity are things of the past the management
of the A-Muse-U Theater at Clinton has an-
nounced that the house will charge ten cents
for its picture programs, changed daily.
The Palace Theater at Cedar Rapids Is using
special music by an eight-piece orchestra dur-
ing the showing of "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery." The Palace has installed Its new $7,-
000 pipe organ.
The Battersby Auditorium moving picture
theater has been opened at Lewis.
Middleton & Gephart have decided to call
their new moving picture theater at Iowa Falls,
which they expected to open about .\ugust 15,
the Rex. It will seat .350 and Is equipped
tastily, cozlly and scientifically.
B. J. Moore and George E. Taylor, who pur-
chased the Hupp Theater at Dunlap, rechrist-
ened it the Idle Hour. Zeta Taylor will be
pianist.
All Lubin films featuring Raymond McKee
get their share of advertising by the Orpheum
at Fort Dodge, as McKee is claimed as a na-
tive son of Fort Dodge.
Theatrical bookings for the Windsor Theater
at Hampton have been announced by Manager
Fletcher Russell, but his patrons were informed
that he had a genuine surprise in the way of
moving pictures for them, but details of his
plan were withheld. The house has been limit-
ing Its picture shows to three nights a week
during the hot weather.
J. Peters has sold the moving picture show
which has been operated in the opera house
at Dumont to John Ferris and Jacob Pfaltz-
graff of that place. The new owners have re-
modeled the theater.
The old school house at Kirkman has been
sold to J. H. Schmid, who Is remodeling it
for use as an opera house.
The Empire .A.musement Company of Webb
City, Mo., which has taken over the lease on
the World Theater at Storm Lake, has changed
the name of the house to the Empire Photo
Play. Keller Moreland, who has spent thirty-
five years in the show business, will be resi-
dent manager. Several changes in the arrange-
ment of the house and In the film senrice were
contemplated by the new management.
Charles S. .\rmstrong, formerly of Irvlngton.
has advised Iowa friends that he has pur-
chased the Lyric moving picture theater at
Santa Monica. Cal.
C. C. McDonald has moved from Cincinnati
to Exllne. where he has opened the Star, a new
moving picture theater. The Star is housed
in a modern building 24x70. seats 250 and has
its own electric light and power plant. Shows
are given at present Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays. Frank Gant of Des Moines Is oper-
ator.
Brand new equipment and fixtures are going
Into the LIchty Building la Toledo, which Is
being remodeled for the BIJou Theater by A. E.
Brlckson and Bert Morgan. A new machine,
new screen and 250 new chairs will be In place
early In September.
Kerwla & Dvorsky have purchased the Gem
Theater at Tipton and assumed charge. The
first named member of the firm has been con-
nected with the Princess Theater at Iowa City
for the last year and the last named comes
from California.
Klnemacolor moving pictures were a feature
this year at the Chautauqua at Storm Lake.
John A. Meadows has sold bis moving pic-
ture show at Sioux Rapids to William Kraser. •
A moving picture show has been opened at
Magnolia by a Mr. Jensen.
Pictures and five acts of vaudeville will be
given this season at the Orpheum Theater,
Harry Soudlnl, manager, Clinton.
M. J. Barthell Is said to be contemplating the
erection of an opera house at Waukon.
E. Eblers has purchased a moving picture
theater In Paulina.
The Lorcnzen Building at Holstein, a jiortlon
of which will be occupied by the Scenic Thea-
ter, Is near completion.
F. S. Hall, J. L. Coverdale and J. B. Camerer
are interested in the $5,000 corporation pro-
jected at Oto for the purpose of building an
opera house.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
A NNOUXCEMENT has been made of the oom-
-^ ing marriage of Mr. A. Dresner, manager
of the local branch of the Washington Film
Exchange, to Miss Rose Mogol, a very attrac-
tive young lady of Baltimore. The ceremony
is to take place in the latter city .\ugust liii.
Along with this announcement comes the
rumor that when Mr. Dresner and his bride
leave Washington for New York on their
honeymoon it will mean that they will no
longer be residents of this city, for Mr. Dres-
ner, it is said, is about to sever his present
connection and join other force In a Pennyl-
vanian city. This news has been confinned In
part by him.
Mr. Dresner has taken a most active part in
the affairs of the Screen Club of Wsishlngton,
he being its president and one of its hardest
workers for the uplift of the moving picture
business. He is in this game heart and soul
and to him considerable credit is due for the
smooth manner in which the several blow-outs
of that organization were conducted. His go-
ing will leave a void in the local ranks and
the boys are sorry to part company with him.
Warner's Features, Inc.. are about to greatly
enlarge their field of action in this locality and
sub-branches are to be located in Baltimore, un-
der the supervision of Mr. Dave Warner, and
at Charlotte. N. C. under M. C. O. Moss. The
Baltimore sub-branch will be located in Room
300. of the Carroll Building : the quarters for
the other have not as yet been selected. At
both of these places a weekly program of four
reels will be furnishd independent of the main
office in this city. This is to be done to facili-
tate shipping and to give increased advantages
in the way of service to the concern's patrons.
The whole will be under the management of
Mr. Sidney B. Lust, formerly with the Gordon
& North Amusement Company, who has been
whooping things up a bit in this locality. As-
sociated with him as an assistant is Mr. "Vic-
tor L. Abbey, late of the New York office, and
at one time located in Boston, and Mr. Leo
Garner, as hooker.
J. P. McKellor and Ellis M. McClees are now
operating a moving picture show Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday evenings at Mount
Rainier. Md., using Mutual service.
Billy Alrey, of the Alhambra theater, reports
having accepted the Washington agency for
the Isadore Wenig Film Co., of Baltimore, Md.
With a view to coaxing its patrons to read
the moving picture advertisements printed
within its columns, the Washington Times of-
fers each Sunday a strip of twenty tickets to
one of the theaters to each of three lucky con-
testants who first inform them which three of
the advertisements contain words from which
a single letter is omitted. Those participating
in this contest from the standpoint of adver-
tisers In Sunday's Issue were the Leader, Em-
pres. Princes, Virginia, Olympic, Crandall's,
Central Park and the L.yrlc theaters, and an
enormous amount of additional mail found Its
way to the desk of the Movie Contest Editor
of the Times
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
and Mrs. Bryan were recently the host and
hostess to some five hundred enthusiasts at a
lawn party during which was shown the Bibli-
cal play, "Joseph and His Coat of Many
Colors." The audience consisted mainly of min-
isters and members of the four hundred, and
they were very much pleased with the exhibi-
tion, which went forward with but one hitch-
when a blow-out delayed the performance for a
little more than ten minutes. Secretary Bryan,
however, was equal to the occasion, for he en-
tertained his guests with a number of very
amusing anecdotes.
C. L. LINZ.
1266
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
T X Topeka, Kan., the citizens are somewhat
-*■ surprised that not all of the exhibitors
are anxious to have the picture houses oper-
ated seven days a week. Mrs. Maude Gandy,
proprietor of the Aurora Theater, came out
openly against it. She said Topeka was a
recognized church city and the exhibitors should
uphold that reputation in the conduct of their
business. A meeting of the picture show own-
ers was held, she said, and no vote was taken
on the matter of Sunday opening nor on the
matter of making a test case. L.. M. and Roy
, Crawford, she added, recounted their experi-
ences and advised against Sunday opening. The
Topeka Capital cannot see the consistency of
the argument that the "tired workingman"
needs the Sunday night theater. This plea
holds good on games and athletics which must
be played by daylight, but "if the photoplay
theater is restful why cannot the workingman
go on the week nights when he is tired?"
queries the editor. Manager Fred Smith, of
the Best Theater, had 8,000 signatures to a
petition for Sunday opening and planned to
secure 15,000. He also contemplated running
his house one Sunday in order to secure a
lest of the law.
The city oflScials in Vinita, Okla., however,
view the proposition very differently. They
have just placed the seal of approval on the
Sunday picture show but bar Sunday baseball
and tent shows.
The mystery with which the petitions for
Sunday shows and other concessions were filed
with the city commission of Wichita, Kan., was
increased when all the moving picture exhib-
itors of the city appeared and disclaimed all
connection with the sheets. They declared the
petitions were ones which had been secured
about a year ago by Ford Wright, who is now
operating a moving picture show at Anthony,
Kan. There were a number of provisions in
the ordinance asked in the mysterious petitions
which do not meet the approval of the theater
owners. New shows would be' required to pay
$100 a week for the first ninety days, private
moving picture shows would be prevented and
the city censorship would be removed. City
Attorney Earl Blake said the signatures to
the petitions were neither verified nor authenti-
cated as required by law and not sufficient to
warrant an expenditure to check them up nor
to submit the ordinance to an election.
"Our only rival the ice plant," advertises
the Yale Theater at Bartlesville, Okla.
Herbert Thompson, of McCracken, Kan., has
purchased moving picture equipment and will
operate a show.
The Grand Theater at Carson City, Nev.,
gives an appeal to its Sunday afternoon shows
by calling them "Special Family Matinees."
The city council at Houston Heights, Tex.,
has created an ordinance making it necessary
for all motion picture theaters to procure li-
censes before doing business within the city
limits. The ordinance was passed because citi-
zens had complained of a recently opened photo-
play house at Yale street and Eleventh avenue.
A. E. Ford has reopened the Pastime The-
ater as a five-cent moving picture house at
Kissimmee, Fla.
A number of the southwestern exhibitors —
the Orpheum Theater at Durant. Okla., for ex-
ample— are featuring the photoplays written by
Shannon Fife, of Dallas. Tex.
Nate Block, owner of the new Orpheum The-
ater, in course of construction at Atchison, Kan.,
expects to have his house opened the middle
of September. He has announced that he will
have the prettiest moving picture theater in
Kansas.
L. S. Brown, of Clarendon, who leased the
Grand Opera House at Amarillo, Tex., will
operate a moving picture show. He opened his
theater August i with the serial, "The Trey
o' Hearts." It will be operated as a five-cent
house.
W. P. Cothran, of Mobile. Ala., has leased
The Majestic Theater at Meridian, Miss., and
after renovating it, planned to open it the
middle of August as a vaudeville, moving pic-
ture and road show house. He will operate
it in connection with the Dreamland Theater,
of Mobile, and other houses in Pensacola, Fla..
and Selma, Ala. He will locate in Meridian
and be the resident manager for the Majestic.
The Lyric Theater is now occupying the
Alexander Building at Carmen. Okla.
J. G. Boyd has sold the Gem Theater at
Frederick. Okla.. to F. L. Cauby.
The Electric Theater at Sabetha. Kan., made
quite a hit by surprising its patrons with snap-
shot slides of well-known Sabetha people.
George DeVillibiss has purchased a moving
picture outfit and will conduct a show in the
city hall at Everest. Kan.
The run of moving pictures at Riverside
Park. Hutchinson. Kan., has been ended. Pho-
toplays are replaced by stock.
Films have been loaned by the National
Playground Association to the City Playground
Department in Birmingham. Ala., and will be
shown for a week at each of ten parks in that
city selected by the commission. The pictures
show the advantages of well-maintained play-
grounds.
The Ye Liberty Theater, at Honolulu, Hawaii,
has children's matinees on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. This house has been featuring the
Famous Players pictures.
Fred Hogrefe has purchased the moving pic-
ture outfit which has been operated at Ben-
nington, Kan., for the last year.
The Colonial Amusement Company, of Dallas,
Tex., has been incorporated with capital stock
of §2,5(HJ. The incorporators are O. P. Whittle,
E. F. Walker and Phil H. Pierce.
Mrs. J. C. Perkins has purchased a site in
DeLand, Fla., for the erection of a moving
picture theater.
The Colonial Theater in Wichita, Kan., is
capitalizing the local interest in a set of pic-
tures being made for the International Dry
Farming Congress by showing them as soon
as they are taken. The different pictures will
be assembled into five reels which will be used
throughout the southwest for advertising pur-
poses. The Kansas Motion Picture Company,
of Wichita, which has the contract for mak-
ing these pictures has engaged E. H. Wilson.
an experienced director of New York City,
to devote his time to producing these reels.
The state rights for the exhibition of the
films in Texas and Oklahoma have been sold
to the Feature Film Company, of Alva, Okla.
The moving pictures showing the manufac-
ture of automobiles at the Ford factory in
Detroit, Mich., were shown in connection with
the regular program at the Queen Theater in
Houston, Tex.
Distinctive operating features are numerous
around the Holland Theater, the new moving
picture house opened at 118 East Douglas ave-
nue, in Wichita, Kan., by J. G. Holland, for-
merly of DeLand, Fla. The stucco front is
of Spanish design, after the fashion of the
old southwest and Southern California. But
one light will be shown in the entire lobby, but
it will be 1,000-candlepower, so as to give the
best effect for the classic bas-reliefs which are
the principal decorations. The general effect
of the lobby is plain but classic and refined.
A four-reel General Film Company program
at a price of five cents is announced, with the
exception that ten cents will be secured for
all feature programs. The weekly put out by
the Kansas Motion Picture Company, of Wichita,
featuring Kansas happenings under the name
of "Jayhawker Events" will be given promin-
ence by the Holland. Special attention will be
devoted to securing the lunch hour patronage
of business men. From 11 a. m. to 3 p. m.
the balcony will be thrown open to them, and
here they can sit and smoke and watch the
shows.
Part of each week at the new opera house in
Austin, Tex., will be given over to moving
pictures, it is announced. The contract has
been let for a structure, seating 1.800 persons,
and costing $200,000. by Mrs. Sallie J. Xalle.
owner of a site on Congress avenue. She will
lease it for fifteen years to a company com-
posed of O. H. Millican. E. H. Perry. John F.
Butler, Wilbur P. Allen and Eugene Tips. The
plans include a $5,000 pipe organ. When not
in use for pictures, vaudeville and theatrical
attractions will be booked.
"There is not a city, big or little, in the
southwest that has put as much character and
quality into the houses and the pictures as
Bartlesville," says the Examiner, of Bartles-
ville, Okla. "The people of this city owe the
managers a vote of thanks for providing such
a pleasant and inexpensive means of enter-
tainment."
Exhibitors in Wichita, Kan., are more than
willing to co-operate in the matter of obeying
the moving picture censorship ordinance, ac-
cording to W. H. Reeves, humane officer, whose
department has been given the power to regu-
late the pictures.
"We have the best pianist in the state," is
the modest claim of the Gem Theater at Kansas
City. Kan. Might as well have given his
name.
"We are trying to keep away from the blood
and thunder variety of pictures." proclaims the
Kozy Theater, at Chlckasha, Okla., which
is doing all it can to make the educational
releases find favor with the patrons. "Look
for the word 'Kozy.' It spells Good Show." is
a motto.
Two weeks' notice of intention to strike in
sympathy was given by the members of the
Topeka. Kan.. Musicians' Union to the Nathan-
son moving picture houses, the Orpheum, Cozy
and Best. The stage hands at the Nathanson
theaters went out because one of their mem-
bers who had been expelled for non-payment
of dues was hired. The reciprocal arrangement
between the musicians and stage hands union
was invoked in the hope of reaching a settle-
ment.
X. W. Redmond, manager of the Imperial
Theater, at Jacksonville, Fla., is using news-
paper advertising to give this advice : "To the
Public : Don't buy amusement company stock
of any get-rich-quick concern. Keep your money
in the bank and let it draw 4 per cent. Inter-
est and your principal will be safe."
The moving pictures of the life of Al Jen-
nings, former bandit and candidate for governor
of Oklahoma, produced by the Thanhouser
Company, are attracting the predicted atten-
tion in the southwest. They were given a
premier at the Liberty Theater in McAlester,
Okla. Tom H. Boland, of the Empress Theater,
in Oklahoma City. Okla.. leased the Folly for
the production of "Beating Back" there. W. R.
Crusoe and Garland Hale, officers of the Al
Jennings Film Company, secured a temporary
injunction in the United States District Court
preventing the Powell-Croak Amusement Com-
pany, which was presenting the pictures at the
Folly, from paying any of the royalties. Crusoe
and Hale, in previous court actions against
Jennings, declared they formed a partnership
with Jennings to film the story of his life but
that later he made a deal with the Thanhouser
Company. They claim they are entitled to
share in the profits of the production.
The Majestic, a new moving picture theater,
has been opened at Fort Meade, Fla.
The county school board of Tampa, Fla., has
purchased a moving picture machine and each
Saturday afternoon will show travelogues, edu-
cational films and comics at the Tampa Bay
Casino for tbe school children.
A $60,000 Orpheum Theater is to be built
by the Acme Amusement Company at Lincoln,
Xeb. This is a combination house, featuring
vaudeville and pictures. It has the Orpheum
Circuit three days in the week and pictures
and light vaudeville are shown during the
remainder of the week ; Boiler, architect.
Barney Rielly. of St. Joseph. Mo., is figuring
on opening a picture theater in Omaha, Neb.
Barkely Morgan intends to construct a $25,000
theater at Henrietta, Okla. This theater is a
vaudeville house, but runs moving pictures on
dark nights ; Boiler, architect, Kansas City.
The Dubinsky Bros, are preparing to con-
struct a S20.000 combination theater at Nowata
to run vaudeville and moving pictures ; Boiler,
architect. Kansas City.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
ST. LOUIS.
THE Princess theater. Grand and Olive
streets, one of the houses formerly owTied
by the Associated Theaters Company, which has
heretofore maintained a vaudeville and moving
picture program, wil open shortly playing all
road shows of the extravaganza type. The
Princess was sold recently to the owners of
the Standard theater, a well known burlesque
house.
The City Park Department has made a reel of
moving pictures that shows swimmers and
bathers in the Fairground Pool, and the work
of the lifeguards rescuing bathers who get out
of their depth in the water. The reel will also
show athletic games held in the parks, includ-
ing the recent baseball, handball and basket-
ball contests, and scenes at the Zoo. The reel
will become part of the free moving pictures
that are projected at the various parks and
playgrounds during the summer months.
H. W. Talbot, of the Universal Film Ex-
change at Twenty-first and Locust streets, has
been put in charge of the Cairo end of the
Universal's business, as manager of the ex-
change there.
Manager Wittman. of the Paris Airdome,
Morganford road and Juniata street, had mov-
ing pictures taken of the big stag party and
get-together meeting held by the Republicans
at Ellerbeck's Grove on Sunday, August 2, and
gave participants in the affair a chance to see
themselves in action by running the reel at
the Paris the following night.
Wm. B. Davis, manager of the Home thea-
ter. East St. Louis, has had a carnival com-
pany in competition with his theater, but he
says he has held his own in spite of it.
R. G. Taylor has been put in charge of the
supply department of the Universal Exchange.
at Twenty-first and Locust streets.
Talbot's Hippodrome will open August 15.
The Grand theater, on Sixth and Market
streets, is being refurnished and brightened up.
and will open with a program of vaudeville,
circus acts and moving pictures within a week
or ten days.
Twelve thousand persons witnessed the free
moving pictures that are being shown by the
Park Department on a Sunday night recently
in Lafayette Park. Mayor Henry W. Kiel
was among the spectators, and he expressed
much satisfaction with the pictures as a fea-
ture of public playground work. One of the
most popular reels shown is one which shows
the dangers of children playing on the streets.
The World's Feature Corporation have moved
from the third floor to the fifth floor of the
Navarre Building. Fred J. Murphie has re-
signed as manager of the office, and his place
has been taken by Wm. P. Cuff, formerly with
Warner's Features. Mr. Cuff says the move
is made for threefold purposes, the new suite
of offices have a better location in the build-
ing, they are lighter, and what Is more im-
portant, they are larger and more In keeping
with the growing volume of business that the
company is handling. GIEBLER.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1267
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TIME TO GET TOGETHER
As I have said in my letter, sent to every Independent Film
manufacturer and exchangeman and every exhibitor in the United
States,
IF INDEPENDENTS DO NOT ORGANIZE NOW
The opportunity to do so may never occur again. Not one of you
can afford to let this one pass without definite action.
SEND YOUR ACCEPTANCES AT ONCE
Attend the convention which will be held in the Green Room of
the Hotel McAlpin, 34th Street and Broadway, New York, August
29th, to organize a Board of Trade through which all Independents
can work together to resist drastic and unfair conditions at present
imposed by certain powerful combinations.
I HAVE FOUGHT SUCCESSFULLY.
Much greater victories can be won if all Independents work as
a unit for actual business freedom, and not an independence which
exists in name only.
Reservations will be made at the Hotel McAlpin if you will
inform me of your requirements.
WILLIAM FOX,
President Greater New York Film Rental Co.,
126 West 46th Street, New York.
1268
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1269
ESSANAY.
LOVE ANU SODA (August lil).— The plumb.
. r. a powerful fellow, decides to give up bis
trade and become a soda fountain clerk In order
that he may compete with the small, well-
dressed clerk his rival, for the hand of little
Mis* Xloffctt. He eats more than he sells, but
the proprietor is afraid of him and dares not
discharge him. It happens that the stylish lit-
tle clerk brings little Miss Moffett In the ice-
cream parlor for refreshment, and when the
plumber serves him with a castor-oil sundae he
becomes peeved. An egg throwing contest then
ensues in which the plumber proves to be the
best mprksman.
NO. 2S DIPLOMAT (September 1).— Jobn
D.iTson and Helen Davis are sweethearts. They
puairel and .lohn accepts an offer to go to
A frica. Before leaving he takes Helen's pic-
ture to be framed. On the back is written, 'To
m' Darling. " Clerk No. '28 waits on him and,
suspecting a lover's quarrel, tells him to call
next day at 10 a. m. Helen enters shortly after
to have John's picture framed, and is told by
No. i;'' to come at in a. m. next day also. Tom
Malone, John's chauffeur, is in love with Molly
Dolan, known during the day as No. 2S. Tom
is to lose his position when John leaves. Molly,
unaware of the connection between Dawson
and her sweetheart, brings about a reconcilatlon
between John and Helen when they meet at
10 a. m. John decides not to go. so Tom keeps
his position and is given a raise which enables
him to marry Molly.
THE FABLE OF THE REGrL.\R BE.\NERY
AND THE PEACHY NEWCOMER (September
2). — The occupants of Mrs. Pruyne's boarding
house were very congenial, and everything sailed
smoothly until one day Mrs. Fuller Speed blew
ir. She got the goat of every male in the flock.
Thiv went daffy over her. and the women went
mad with jealousy. It was rich to see the old
boTs fight to sit next to her at the table, and at
night sing sweet ditties to her until she threw
flowers to them from her window. One day her
hubbv blew In the "Hash Repository" and up-
set all the dope. She had been "foxing" the
whole gang. Thev forgot to ask her if she had
a better half. M'oral : The article you admire
15 usually marked "Sold."
WHEN MACBETH C.\ME TO SNAKEVILLE
(September .3). — Snakeville is all in a -whirl,
the world's greatest tragedian is to appear 'n
Macbeth at the "Opry House." The "Tank
Town" troupe arrives and stops at Slim's board-
ing house. Slim discovers nis wit?. Sophi.-.
;)?ving great attention to the leading man. and
that evening at the performance sb? goes -.nto
hysterics at the marvelous actin? of her ideal.
That night she walks in her sleep, and imagin-
ing herself to be Lady Macbeth. ge.s a butch?"
knife and enters the room of the "Would-be
Macbeth." The actor is frightened nearly to
death. Sophie finally awakens, bu: it is not in
her power to persuade the actor to remain In
town another day. so he leaves, much to the
satisfaction of Slim.
UNDER ROT.\L P.\TRON.\GE (Two Parts —
September 4). — Francis, reigning Prince of
Hotgarten, wishes to unite his kingdom with the
adjoining principality, Sterlitzhurg. To do this
it is necessary for his nephew. Philip, to marry
Stella, sister of the neighboring Prince. She
has been away to a convent for years, and her
brother has no idea as to her appearance.
Philip, -who has also been in Paris at school for
fourteen vears. receives a letter from Francis,
telline him that if he should refuse to marry
Stella' before he is of age his allowance will
be cut off.
Frederick is anxious for his sister to marry
Philip, as Francis has promised to redeem the
state jewels, which he has pawned, if the mar-
riage is brought about. Philip, upon receiving
the letter, is verv disconsolate, as he has learned
to love another 'girl, but never disclosed to her
that he is of royal birth. He strikes upon a
plan. He will send Richard Savage, an ad-
venturous .American, to pose as himself. His
uncle has not seen him in years and will never
doubt the .American's identity. Savage agrees
to carrv out the scheme, but upon seeing Stella
reallv falls in love with her. Much to his dis-
appointment she spurns his affections, telling
him that their marriage would be one of con-
venience, not one of love.
Meanwhile Philip, in Paris, has declared his
love for a girl of humble birth, and when he
tells her of his royal family, matters are com-
pletelv changed. They decide to journey to Stre-
litzburg. as he has only eighteen hours before
he becomes of age. Philip and his fiancee enter
the throne room just as Savage and the sup-
posed Princess are to take the solemn vows.
Then comes the unexpected — Philip's fiancee is
the real Princess, and to save herself from a
marriage of convenience, substituted her friend,
Helen Churchill of Philadelphia. Both Prince
and Princess have sent Americans as substi-
tutes for themselves, and after this Is ex-
plained, the Bishop performs a double cere-
mony, and all ends happily.
BRONCHO BILLY, THE VAGABOND (Sep-
tember .'>). — Broncho, the vagabond. Is thrown
out of the gambler's place because he has no
raonev. He Is light-hearted, nevertheless, and
while' strolling through the woods, runs upon a
little girl trying to chop some wood. His heart
Is touched and he helps her. She leads him
to the shack she calls home and Broncho is
filled with pity when he sees her father sick,
and her mother trying to save the family from
starvation. Broncho hastens back to the gamb-
ler's place, and when they refuse to give him
money he steals It and escapes on a patron's
horse. He is overtaken by a posse and is about
to be hanged when the little girl appears on
the scene and returns the money which Broncho
stole. The posse, seeing that ho stole to help
a starving family, release him and a collection
is taken up and given to the needy family.
LUBIN.
NEVER TOO OLD (September 1). — Bill Bow-
ser and Jim Levison are old cronies (with the
accent on the old), but though Bill has been
cheating the undertaker tor the last ten years
he still feels young enough to fall in love, and
the sight of a couple of lovers turns his
thoughts to matrimony. He replies to an ad-
vertisement in which a dashing young widow
offers to become the bride of a wealthy old man.
Bill has three hundred dollars and a half in-
terest in an old shack, but in his letter he be-
comes a millionaire with a handsome country
seat. He is invited to come to town and visit
the lady. She insists on a diamond engagement
ring and takes Bill's money from him to pur-
chase it with, which is the signal for her hus-
band to enter and scare Bill halt to death with
his threats. Bill goes home a sadder and wiser
man. It doesn't even help much when the sup-
posed dashing widow gets conscience stricken
and sends back the money, suggesting that he
buy a nice tombstone with it. but it does en-
able him to get back at Jim when the latter
comes to crow over him.
THE GREEN ALARM (September 1). — An-
noyed by Polly's screeching. Old Man Hokus
hangs her out of the window and goes to bed.
Mike and Jake, two chicken fanciers, escape
from jail by rubbing the bars with a liquid
preparation which softens the steel and makes
it easy to bend. Out of jail the two crooks
proceed to rob old man Hokus' chicken coop.
They are discovered by the parrot and she sets
up a terriflc screeching, which awakens the old
man. Grabbing his gun he dashes down stairs
and locates Mike and Jake throwing brickbats
at the parrot. Hokus fires his gun and fills
the crooks with bird shot. They lock themselves
in the chicken coop. Hokus then phones for the
police. At the police headquarters the chicken
fanciers have just been missed, when Hokus
phones. The chief sends out a detail of cops.
Hokus camps outside of the chicken coop door,
occasionally sending a load of shot through,
just to let them know he is there. The police
arrive and surround the coop, but Mike and
Jake succeed in breaking out and dashing to
an old shack, climb on the roof and hide he-
hind the chimney. They are soon located and
then a merrv battle starts to oust them. 'While
the cops sh(Jot up at them the two crooks pull
bricks from the chimney and start to annihilate
the whole force. In throwing a brick from the
chimney Mike loses his balance and falls
through the roof, dragging Jake with him.
They land right in the midst of the cops, put
up a terrible battle and break away, dive
through the door, but outside they are caught
by old man Hokus, who had been standing
guard with his gun. Hokus gets back his
chickens, Mike and Jake are taken back to jail.
The old man takes the polly and fowls and de-
cides that the best place for them is In bed
with him.
BT WHOSE HAND? (Two Reels — September
2) — Roger Van Allen, last of an old aristo-
cratic family, finds himself in his old age pov-
erty stricken with a son, both of whom are
zealously looked after by Thompson, an old re-
tainer. The son. Kempton, has had his fling
and his father's troubles and his love for Mil-
dred Hastings, daughter of a beef baron, sobers
him and he defies the tradition of the family
by proposing to go to work, and the two young
people get married. Kempton refuses to be
aided financially by Mildred and instead takes
advantage of the offer of aid from the old re-
tainer who gives him liberally of his savings.
Meanwhile. Halstead. a gambler, has secured
notes given bv Kempton for some poker debts
and he uses them to blackmail Van Allen, whom
he still believes to be rich. This act causes
Van Allen in his rage to threaten Halstead's
life. Halstead threatens the young couple with
exposure and Kempton, in great anger, tells
Halstead he will kill him if he meddles in his
affairs. The sheriff overhears that both father
and son have threatened Halstead's life. He
cautions Kempton, but the latter laughs. As
his father is greatly wrought up over the affair,
ho has Mildred go home and come back that
evening, when they will face it out. Halstead
gets to the old man first, thinking blB now
weapon will force Van Allen's hand. Thompson
keeps peace In the house by preventing Kemp-
ton from Injuring Halstead, and Van Allen sur-
prises them all by telling Halstead that he »
in perfect harmony with his son In the matter
of his marriage. Halstead tells them he will
be back later, and that It they haven't decided
upon Immediate payment he will besmirch the
Van Allen escutcheon. Thompson In great
anger sees the blackmailer to the door. That
night Mildred coming over to the Van Allen
home finds the dead body of Halstead on the
grounds with an old weapon taken from the
walls of the Van Allen living room. Her
scream Is overheard In the home, and the ol-
ready taught nerves of father and son strain
near to breaking. The sheriff and two men
have also heard the scream and flnil Mildred
with the dead man trying to hide the knife.
She fearing the son committed the deed, tries
to defend him by taking the blame herself, but
the sheriff realizes she Is trying to shield some-
one else. The sheriff does not notice, however,
that the father thinks the son did it and the son
thinks the father the criminal. Later that
night, disguised as the dead man. the sheriff
enters the living room. Both father and son
face the apparition and turn to sec the other
break down and confess. Instead of that the
butler Is the one to beg for mercy. Death, how-
ever, spares the state from taking a life for a
lite.
THE FACE IN THE CROWD (Two Reels-
September .3).— As McKenzle steps out of a
restaurant, King, a gun-man. is seen to take
careful aim from behind a telegraph pole, and
McKenzie drops. A crowd quickly gathers.
Frank Corridon. the detective, is passing near
by and is attracted. He elbows his way Into
the crowd and. for a moment, comes face to
face with "the face in the crowd." the leering
countenance of Blackton, the vice kina. as he
later discovers. News of the murder is taken
to headquarters, where alarm is felt because
the vice ring have been threatening McKenzie
and he has applied for protection for himself
and his children. The police inspector is per-
suaded to call Corridon in on the case. Cor-
ridon leaves for police headquarters and meets
little Dorothy McKenzie on the street, when
she clings to him, a stranger, to shrink away
from King who passes. At police headquarters
Corridon asks it there are any of the gun-men
that have been seen in town, and he is shown
the photo ot King from the rogues' gallei?,
recognizing him as the man that scared the
child. When he discovers that the child is a
daughter of McKenzie, he persuades her to
tell of King, and learns that King had been
threatening the murdered McKenzie. King Is
arrested, released at the request ot Corridon, and
followed bv Corridon to a rendezvous with
Blackton, whom he recognizes as the man whose
face he saw in the crowd. Corridon is captured,
but escapes and plans to block their further
moves. McKenzie is out ot the way. but the
ring must obtain a written statement left which
involves them. This is in the state's attorneys
office, and failing to get it otherwise, the otflce
in blown up to destroy the paper together with
Corridon and the state attorney. But Corridon
and the state's attorney have been unexpectedly
called out and they are at the entrance ot the
building and apprehend the ring leaders as they
seek to leave after the explosion.
THE SHELL OF LIFE (September 4).— The
scenes ot this story are laid on the western
plains, and portray the chain of circumstances
that led i^o the aiding to escape, by Grace, a
girl ot the plains, of Dan, who is wanted by
the sheriff, and how her act was rewarded.
After committing a robbery. Dan makes his
escape to the hills, successfully eluding the
sheriff and posse. A loose shoe on his horse
forces him to seek help at a cross-road black-
smith shop, where Joe. the blacksmith, but a
few moments before Dan's arrival, has so se-
verely burned his arm that he Is unable to
work. Dan is helped out ot his predicament,
however, by Grace, the daughter ot the black-
smith who sets the shoes for him. Dan is In-
vited to remain for the night, and his visit ex-
tends to several days, as a friendship springs
up between these simple country people and
Dan ; on one side for their simple hospitality
and the other from Dan's ready efforts to help
them in their time of trouble. Dan learns of a
mortgage that is about to be foreclosed on their
little farm, and unbeknown to Joe and Grace,
pavs it off. expecting to leave before they find
it has been settled. Joe's trip to town to have
his arm dressed delays Dan's departure, with
almost fatal results to him, as the sheriff has
again taken up the trail and follows it to Joes
shop Dan is successful in again eluding the
sheriff but Grace, discovering his identity, holds
him a prisoner, as the sheriff, discovering Dan
from a distant ridge, rides back to capture him.
Grace's struggle Is a hard one. as she realizes
what his capture means to both tot them — free-
dom from debt, their home safe— the imprison-
ment ot a man who has proven himself a
friend and who. even with the prison opening
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?pariv^ ^n'^.-J*-'^^^"^^ "'"=<"' '» "e a man-
ready to Uke his just deserts. Obeying the
mMn. ?h •°^°' '""''P ^^ '■ealizes his escape
means their separation, as in spite of their
growing love for each other she refuses to allow
him to return with the stain upon his namJ
».n'J»'7 '"r"''" "P '° '"e sheriff^ preferring to
fw rt '"''' ""?''■ ''"'J <^omforted in knowing
that Grace is waiting for him, and with her he
can start a new lite.
n^ ™v,°^ THERE WAS (September 5).—
George has a craving to wed. He comes to the
assistance of a young lady in the park and
iJZ^ '"^'^S.me very good friends, then sweet-
hearts. He calls to see her every night Sit-
o'^l °,° "*" ^™°' P"'''^^'^ becomes monotonous
?, -I^^ craves for an automobile. George
and ti?h Th" '"'"^ ''"l ™°>-tgages all he owns
and with the money buys a second hand car
The first trip it runs away from him, knocks
tro^lhi.'' P°''ceman and causes all kinds of
trouble bhe. angered, gets out of tne auto
and takes a street car home. Poor George is
arrested. He then hires a chauffeur The
chauffeur gets very chummy with the girl and
PnTr^^ "^iJ"' '" "i,."'^ ^'''^- -"bile shI learns
to drive the car. The car stops and the chauf-
trouble, tor he doesn't want to soil his gloves
George attempts to locate it and while he is
looking in the hood, the chauffeur stops a pass-
ing auto and takes the girl home. George is
compelled to hire a farm wagon to pull hii car
w ?."°V>"^^''^ h" '^^"■"^ '■^^^ "le car stopped
fnrJpfl '?<; S'>s''"°e gave out. A week later he
forgets all these annoyances and starts to see the
girl. He arrives at the house and finds that
she has just married the chauffeur.
BIOGRAPH.
THE MAN P-ROM THE PAST (August 24).—
The woman, now a faithful wife confronted
with a shadow from the past— a menace to her
present and future happiness. Is in a terrible
dilemma. Then comes another enemy to her
peace of mind. When the twin dangers clash
the husband returns, but circumstances develop
which happily hide the truth.
THE TERRIBLE LESSON (August 27) —The
cracksman s wife knows the danger that threat-
ens her husband— the hand of the law— and
Oegs him to abandon the crime life When
intuitively she feels retribution at hand she
plans to forestall it, but a hand other than
hers intervenes and happily shapes their
destiny.
^.^^,W^h^' -^ GRAND OLD GAME (Au-
gust JH), — Simp has a craze for baseball but
his wife and boss do not share his enthusiasm
By telling the boss that his mother-in-law was
h! f .,-"'^'' ^''"'^ wreck and wiring his wife
that the boss has sent him out of town on the
afternoon train, he gets to the game but at the
finish he gets Into trouble.
i„F^,^DING IT QUICK (August 29).— Gilhooly
inherits $oOO from his uncle's estate and imme-
diately proceeds to buy an automobile. He and
his wife have the ride of their lives which
winds up by plunging them over a cliff and al-
most killing them both, and when they emerge
from the wrecked car, they solemnly pledge
"never again." ' P'eage
VITAGRAPH.
THE HIDDEN LETTERS ( Special— Two Parts
—September 1).— The strain of business duties
proving too heavy, John Reynolds, a banker
breaks down and is ordered by his physician
to take a vacation. At a mountain camp
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roughing it," Reynolds meets Madge a pretty
wholesome, outdoor girl, who, not knowing he
IS married, falls in love with him. Meanwhile
in the city, Ida, his wife, who is a frivolous
social butterfly, is carrying on a flirtation with
Jacques Albert, an artist engaged in painting
her portrait. She hides his love letters in her
completed portrait. While auto riding with him
a terrible accident occurs and she is killed
Reynolds is at once called home. Madge heart-
broken, to learn that Reynolds is married be-
comes ill and her father takes her to the' city
for a change. Jacques, nearly frantic with fear
that Reynolds will find his letters, visits Madge
whose father is his uncle. He confesses all and
begs her to secure the letters for him. Madge
nghts a heroic battle with herself realizing it
she tells Reynolds of his wife's indiscretions, it
will destroy his faith In her memory enhanc-
ing her own chances of finding happiness as his
wife. She finally decides to spare him. She
fails to find the letters in the portrait and is
confronted by Reynolds. He surmises the rea-
son for her presence and quietly shows her the
letters, which he has already found. Compre-
hending Madge's sacrifice tor his sake, he is
overwhelmed by her nobleness and, taking the
girl in his arms, asks her to become his wife.
THE LOST CORD (September 2).— Two busi-
ness friends, Jones, a little fellow, and 'Watkins
a stout man, leave for a day at Coney Island.
They meet Mabel, a friend of Jones, and the
three journey on together. Watkins and Jones
become jealous of each other, but Lillian smiles
on both without discrimination, and serious
trouble is averted. The swings make 'Watkiris
sick and when Jones rides in the carousel, he
becomes ill ; so each in turn aqcompanies 'Lil-
lian. After an exciting time in a shooting gal-
lery, Jones suggests they all • go in bathing.
Watkins and Lillian get in the water first and
both are soon happy as ducks, splashing and
frolicking in the water. Jones arrives, turjis
purple with jealousy, surreptitiously unties and
pulls off the cord holding Watkins' bathing
trunks. Obliged to hold up the gartgent with
one hand, Watkins' strange and awkward ac-
tions in floundering around, cause Lillian some
anxiety and she fetches a lite-saver. The latter
offers to pull Watkins into the boat, but Mr.
Watkins prefers to stay where he is. He then
whispers in the lite-guard's ear, who chuckles
and gives him a rope from hes boat. Mean-
time, a crowd of onlookers have assembled on
the beach and Watkins, on coming ashore is
greeted with roars of laughted. He is wild
with rage, and, finding Jones' bathhouse un-
locked, steals the little fellow's clothes and
buried them in the sand. Jones, in Watkins'
absence, retaliates in kind. The upshot of the
whole affair is, Lillian goes home alone, Jones
goes home in Watkins' enormous suit of clothes,
while the fat man, unable to get into Jones'
clothes, is left in the bathhouse cogitating over
how he is to get out of the scrape respectably.
THE UPPER HAND (September 3).— Steve
Carson, a mine foreman, is a gambler, given to
drinking to excess and brutal to his wife, a
woman of superior quality, who lives in con-
stant fear and dread of him. The miners all
hate him. One day, Blake, a young prospector
from the East, arrives at Rex Gulch, and is
invited up to Carson's home with some of the
other men, to play poker. There Blake notes
Carson's ugly treatment of his wife and feels
sorry for the woman, but says nothing. Carson
wins repeatedly at poker, and Blake goes
"broke." He saunters outside and finds Mrs.
Carson weeping bitterly over her hard lot. He
talks soothingly to her and Carson, coming
out, finds him telling her of life in the East,
while she listenes interestedly. He orders his
wife into the house, after bidding Blake a curt
good night. Later, Blake catches Carson cheat-
ing at cards, takes him aside and threatens to
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expose Inm to the rest of the players unless he
swears to treat his wife right. Carson humbly
promises, but claims she is not his wife. Blake
Is horrlfled. Carson's crooked card playing Is
discovered by some of his victims and he Is
shot dead by Hungarian Joe. In Carson's coat
Blake llnds his marriage certificate to Mrs. Car-
son, and hands it to her with a light heart.
Later he leaves for the East and says, Mrs.
Carson, when I return. 1 am going to ask you to
become my wife. May 1 hope?" The radiancy
of her face Implies the certainty of her response.
THE B.\RREL ORG.\N" (September 4).— At-
tracted by the sound of a barrel organ and the
cries ot children watching the monkey s antics.
Bunions, a hobo, saunters across the street to
listen. Suddenly the music stops and Bunions
sees the young" Italian woman who has been
turning the handle of the organ. Is about to
faint. He awkwardly offer his assistance and
learns she is a widow. Unable to make a liv-
ing she is on the point of starvation. Having
no ' resources of his own. Bunions takes the
organ and monkey and trudges off into the finer
residential districts. Atter grinding out several
"tunes" in front of a house where a celebrated
violinist Is giving a recital, he is bribed to go
away In front of the Xorthrop home, when
the monk climbs up to little Helen's window and
the youngster breaks open her penny bank to
get money for the animal. B'unions then starts
back to Maria, feeling rather chesty over the
"oodly sum he has accumulated. On a steep
hill the organ gets away from him and coasts
down to the bottom. There It is struck by a
speeding auto and demolished. The only thing
saved from the wreck is the monkey, and poor
Bunions is crestfallen and discouraged. Passing
the Northrup house he sees it is on Are, quickly
sends the monk up the side of the building with
a rope and effects the rescue of Mr. Xorthrup
and Helen, imprisoned in an upper room. For
this he is handsomely rewarded and, jubilantly
happy Bunions returns to Maria. When he
tells her of his good fortune she is overjoyed
and throws her arms around his neck. Bunions
She Is furious and starts at once for Henry s
apartment. She arrives In the midst of what
she supposes to be a happy family party, and
creates considerable excitement. Henry desper-
ately tries to explain matters, but she flounces
... .., . _ *_^. — Papa
ateiy tries to cxpiuiii iiii»Li.eio. uui. ^"c ,!«.........'
out returning shortly with her father. Papa
has a gun and things look pretty bad for all
concerned. Henry, seeing he is getting In too
deep, quells the small riot by explaining every-
thing and confessing the deception practiced
upon Uncle Joe. That gentleman Is inclined to
renounce his nephew forever, but is won over
by the girl Henry has picked out to be his lire
partner, and all ends happily.
EDISON.
THE BUXOM COUNTRY LASS CWood B
Wedd Series No. 0 — August 31).— When Wood
l> Wedd, almost at his wit's end to find a
suitable wife, met Fanny Merrick, he fondly
imagined that he had at last found the desired
paragon of excellence to grace his hearth and
home. What made it better was that Fanny
listened with favorable ears to Wood B.'s suit.
Her only condition seemed ridiculously easy. He
must prove that he was capable of doing a good
hard day's work on the farm.
To make assurance doubly sure. Wood B. en-
listed the aid of Darby Jenks in the fulfillment
of his inamorata's desire. He did not let
Fanny know anything about Darby. He merely
brought that obliging young man out to the
farm secretly, and allowed him to help him with
the work. .. i i ,
Neither Darby nor Wood B. were particularly
well versed in farm affairs and consequently
their path was not entirely one of roses. In
one short day they discovered more about
horses, cows, and bees than some people ever
learn in a lifetime. Yet, in spite of the ter-
rible experiences incident to his attempts to
milking, gathering eggs, haying chasing pigs
and the like, Wood B. felt very hopeful toward
the end of the day. Darby was almost ex-
hausted, but then, of course. Darby didn t
thief who might hope to oBcape these fleet-
rooted veterans. The hobble skirt race Is filled
with laughter-provoking Incidents although It
is a little hard to see the exact bcnclU the con-
testants hope to derive therefrom unless thoy
are preparing to march In the annual suf-
fragette parade.
Of the ••thrills" with which this picture
abounds, the most Interesting arc the race of
motorcycle policemen, the charge of a squad-
ron of mounted police, the novelty race be-
tween an automobile policeman, a motorcycle
policeman, a mounted policeman, a bicycle po-
liceman and a policeman on foot, and finally
the rescue scene In which a mounted police-
man saves a woman on a runaway horse, and
two mounted policemen stop a runaway car-
riage. . ,,,
The exhibition by police recruits will sur-
prise manv who do not realize with what thor-
oughness aspirants for the force are trained.
The fire-esiape climbing and the handling ot
desperate prisoners are both scenes of great
interest. Among the other noteworthy features
of this reel may be mentioned the drills of the
Honor Legion and of the mounted squadron,
the close views of the celebrities attending the
carnival, and the exhibition by police dogs. In
all, six kinds of policemen are shown ; Mounted,
on foot, motorcycle, automobile, bicycle, and
finally latest of all restraints on criminal ac-
tivity, the aero-poUceman.
A VILLAGE SCANDAL (September 2).—
Wiggles was very fond of Shrimp until the
boarders came up from the city to old man
Hasklns' farm. Then she discovered that
Shrimp's life-long residence among the trees
and flowers had bequeathed him little of that
polish, and little of that fine bay rum and hair
oil odor which seemed to her so delightful a
perquisite of the young men from the city.
Shrimp was highly indignant with Wiggles for
her heartless flippancy. To revenge himself,
he paid marked attention to the girls Irom the
citv who were boarding at the Haskins farm.
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tells her, "I'm sick of the single life. Let s get
married." He receives his desired answer, while
both see a vision of themselves as the proud
possessors of a brand new horse-drawn organ,
with Cupid busily turning the crank to the tune
of the wedding march.
TOO MUCH UNCLE (Special— Two Parts-
September 5).— Uncle Joe insists that Henry
his nephew, shall marry and settle down. 'The
young man is already engaged to a charming
young lady, and to secure a realization of
Uncle's financial promise, tells the latter that
he has been married some time. Henry and his
fiancee agree to elope that evening, as her
father forbids an immediate marriage. Uncle
Joe unexpectedly arrives on a visit and Henry
bas to have a wife in a hurry. He accordingly
gets his friend Billy and his wife to help him out
by passing her off as his (Henry's) wife. Trou-
ble then commences immediately. Uncle is intro-
duced and to make sure the newlyweds really love
each other, insists they kiss before Uncle gives
Henry a check for the promised sum. This ac-
tion enrages Billv. who is acting in capacity of
butler and his deliberate awkwardness makes
it exceedingly uncomfortable lor Uncle, as well
as causing several narrow escapes from ex-
posure Then. Henry's fiancee, becoming im-
patient, calls up on the phone. Uncle Joe
answers and tells her that Henry is already
married; therefore, how could she be his fiancee?
TEXAS
EXHIBITORS
count The last task Fanny assigned to Wood
B was the chopping of a large pile of wood.
Wood B drove the tired Darby to the task,
smiling to think of the effect his tremendous
day's work would have on Fanny. Just as they
were finishing up their job, however, Fanny
came out and saw Darby. Atter she had finish-
ed telling Wood B. under just what further
conditions she would accept him, there was
nothing left lor that unfortunate man but to
call his faithful helper and slink home.
NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT CAR-
NIVAL (September 1). — This carnival, held at
Brighton Beach Race Track, June 26 and 2j,
1!U4 gave rise to considerable comment. The
public was made to realize in the most graphic
fashion possible that the police force was com-
posed of something else than a lot of uniformed
martinets whose sole mission was to make things
uncomfortable for everybody in general.
From a purely athletic standpoint, the New
York Police Dejjartment could probably make
things distinctly interesting for any athletic
organization in the world. Included in its
ranks are several world's champions m their re-
spective events on track and field. Several in-
teresting pictures of these men in action are
shown A l(K)-yard dash lor men who have
been 2.5 years or more in the service fills us
with the assurance that he must be a nimble
APEX
Wiggles' rage over her former admirer's un-
expected perfidy was forgotten in the light of
subsequent events.
Old Jim, the village drunkard, had a little
daughter, who. on account of her father's ir-
responsible habits, was shamefully neglected.
Wiggles saw the child one day and begged her
foster parents to adopt it. When they refused-
she resolved on drastic measures. So she went
to the drunkard's home while Old Jim was ab-
sent and carried the child to the Haskins
barn A dav or so later the village discovered
that the drunkard's child was missing. in-
stantly suspecting that Jim had done away with
the little girl, the sheriff arrested him. Feeling
in the village ran very high, and there was
talk of a lynching, when Margaret, one of the
Haskins' boarders in whom Wiggles had con-
fided under pledge of strict secrecy, saved the
situation by revealing the whereabouts ot the
little girl.
Then, matters were settled to the complete
satisfaction of everybody concerned. One of
the boarders offered to take care of the little
girl, and Old Jim gladly relinquished his slight
claims of ownership. Wiggles suddenly found
herself a heroine. When Shrimp awkwardy
asked her 11 she had forgotten all about him.
she giggled and blushed and coyly replied that
she guessed she kind ol liked him after all.
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THE VIKING QUEEN (Special— Two Parts
— September 4). — In the days before Olaf Tryg-
greson had welded the kingdoms of Norway
into one, Helga, called The Glorious, was queeu
of Drontheim. Under her sway, Drontheim
flourished, and took its place among the na-
tions of the earth. It happened once, while
Helga was away, leading her armies to con-
quest against the Skrellings, that Ragnarr, jarl
of Binskarr, swore by all the trolls in Midgar,
that he would no longer submit to a woman's
rule. So, with his barons and house karls. he
entered into all manner of evil doing, ravag-
ing and destroying throughout the land, and
openly defying the queen's government.
When Queen Helga returned, there came
many to her crying out against Ragnarr and
his wickedness. The Queen summoned a coun-
cil before her and tried Ragnarr for his
crimes. Finding him guilty, she commanded
that his lands be declared forfeit to the state,
^nd that he leave Drontheim forever. But even
as the queen's guards were leading him forth
to exile, friends of Jarl Ragnarr fell upon them
and rescued him. Then, in the blackness of
his evil heart, Ragnarr devised a plot against
the queen's majesty. With bribes he won
over Olaf, captain of Helga's guard, and that
night Helga was seized, bound, and carried
over seas to a lonely island.
Ragnarr seized the throne, and ruled in her
stead, and the courtiers, after their first shock
of surprise at the queen's disappearance, sub-
mitted to his bloodthirsty reign. It happened
a little later that the traitorous Olaf quarreled
with Ragnarr because Ragnarr had not given
him the money he had promised. In revenge
Olaf proclaimed to the entire court that Rag-
narr was the abductor of Queen Helga. Wild
with rage, the people rose, and killed Ragnarr.
Then, they sent a ship over seas to Queen
Helga. "They found her lying on the shore,
with her face turned toward Drontheim and her
eyes closed. With great wailing and mourn-
ing they bore her to her native land. But
while the funeral cortage was passing through
the streets of her capital Queen Helga started
from her death-like trance, and like Balder,
lived again to bring joy and happiness to her
people.
HEARTS OF THE FOREST (September 5).—
Jim Carey was as devoted as any husband
could have been, yet despite his unbounded kind-
ness and love, Nellie, his wife, was dissatis-
fied, Jim was not a rich man, and Nellie, from
the depths of her artificial soul, craved the
pleasures which were denied her. Because Dick
Lawson could give her the luxuries her heart
desired, she ran away with him. Jim Carey,
left alone with his little girl, was overcome
by a grief greater than anything his life had
experienced before ; a sorrow so lasting and
deep that no ordinary means might hope to
assuage it. So he took his motherless child
and plunged into the great forest in the hope
that in the shadow of the everlasting trees he
might find oblivion and peace.
Rose Graham, a widow who had lately lost her
own little daughter, lived with her brother near
the spot in which Jim settled. Her mother-
heart went out to little Bess, and she encourag-
ed the child's visits to her home. One day Bess
went out into the woods alone and was bit-
ten by a snake. Jack Wilbur, the widow's
brother, found the unconscious child, and car-
ried her to his sister. When Jim discovered
that Bess was missing, he hurried to the widow's
in the hope that she might be there. Arriving
at the widow's he learned that her shrewd pres-
ence of mind had probably saved the little
girl's life. His unbounded gratitude grew in
the weeks when Rose nursed the child back to
health, to something stronger and more beau-
tiful. The courts had granted him a decree
of divorce. His way was clear. And so it hap-
pened that after a while, he told the widow
of his feeling for her, and they were mar-
ried.
Meanwhile, Nellie had found, to her bitter
cost, what many another had found about the
primrose way of pleasure. Lawson, tiring of
her, cast her off. Friendless and alone, she
crept back to her old home only to learn that
her husband had gone many miles away. When
she followed him into the woods and arrived
at his house, she looked through the window
and saw Jim and Rose sitting together at the
fireplace, with little Bess. Then the terrible
realization fell on Nellie's heart that no earthly
power could ever draw a veil across the past,
and with gray, haggard face and lagging feet,
she turned away.
KALEM.
THE BRAND (Two Parts— August 31).—
Mary's lot. always hard, becomes doubly so upon
her father's death. Desiring to re-marry, the
girl's stepmother conspires to get her out of
the way. Aided by Downs, the man she intends
to wed, Mrs. Halleck succeeds in having Mary
sent to the reformatory.
Rose Hayden, a girl of the slums, dominates
the inmates of the institution. Angered by
punishment. Rose sets fire to the building. Due
to Mary's heroism, not a lite is lost. The girl
informs the authorities of Rose's crime. Rose
is seized, but vows revenge.
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Marys heroic work results in her releasel
1 he girl later secures a position as governess
to Helen, granddaughter of wealthy Mrs Clark
Burton Mrs. Clark's young brother, falls in
love with Mary. Because of her pas . the girl
refuses to marry him. ^
Several months later Rose escapes from the
mstitution The girl learns of Mary's where-
abouts and blackmails her under threat of re-
vealing her past to Mrs. Clark. When her Vic-
Til's.^ ^°T^.^^ S°?^' ^°^<= treacherously informs
Mrs. Clark that she is harboring a girl who has
served time. Incidentally Rose manages to
stea a letter addressed to Mary, whilf con
versing with Mrs. Clark
hn?fi"'"°n'^' ^"^^ ^^"^ °''^<'^^ Mary to leave the
Sn IrV , "'■'5^° ^""'^^ ^""^ "^^'^'-^ Rose's story
So great is his love that the boy declares he
will marry Mary in spite of her past. He con-
temptuously odrers Rose from the houil. fn
departing the girl drops the letter she has
stolen. It proves to be Mrs. Halleck's dying
hfv^T.'" "^?,S'-'>^P ot two detectives who
have been searching for her. Thus the girl of J
the slums passes out of Mary's lite toreler! |
MELIES.
ELOPEMEXT OP ELIZA (August "71
Eliza loves a low-down nigger nampri PnhVV^T
?n, n?" ['"'"^1' ^°' f^^oi-s anothe? Th^^y'iung
couple elope but are pursued by Mo Dur^nl
liv^n? h'fs-^o^-nLnf ?o 'tt"iial^riai^o11he°"" °'
Pa™^ASguS ''T,"°r ^"^'^^^i (Special-Two
fmfeyi"c^a"u^s'el't'.7il^a%^s^^Virgs?i^u'r^?'^g^
position of Superintendent of Police After hir-
ing the rooms of his predecessor, he v sits fh«
various officials. On returning to his rooms he
receives several callers. Colp5?catons occur
in the midst of which he loses his job He
[hL'J''h1,''°°"' ^"^ ?,°''" ^^"'^ ^ messagi stati?!
that h.s successor has been dismissed and that
bis job is again open for him.
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WHO KI LLED GEORGE GRAVES ? ( Special Two
gllinT^:;?:!'' 31.)-piga North, beautuJil en
wtfhmff ^ possessing dramatic talent, but
without money, meets and marries (jeoree
Graves, a handsome, weak, young fe low whole
convivial habits lead him into the comoaTiinn
ship of dissolute fellows. Step by step, he Tses
h.s hold upon the decent things of ife umll
stantlfflMp'."' 'Sl° !?<i8"'S-l'oule habitue, con-
stantly fliled with liquor. Thrown upon her
own resources, Olga secures work at a the-
ater, and v-evelops such an unusual talent that
she is soon on the way to fame and fortune
nL? '<'?d'ng actress, rier husband has disap-
peared into the vortex of unfortunate humanity
in the slums. She does not know his wberl
h»?" »„^'"' J' J-elifved that he does not bother
her, although she has keen apprehensions of the
consequences should be attempt to claim her
as his wife.
hv'^°i!'i= f'^?.'''"'' '"''"'some, rich, and accepted
w'^.fv, /«: ■o'rmen as a man of stability and
worth, talis in love with Olga, and she opens
her heart to the messages of love which come
from his own. He urges her to marry him
but she declines, finally explaining in response
to his insistent demands, that she is already
married and does not know the whereabouts
of her husband. George Graves, the besotted
husband, learns accidentally that the celebrated
actress is his wife, and he determines to exact
trom her an income which will permit him to
lye among his idle and dissolute companions
like a lord. He visits her in her apartments
and she is easily frightened into giving him
money. An agreement is entered into between
them, that he shall be paid a certain sum in
cash If he will sign a paper forever releasing
her from any claims, and that he will not con-
test her application for a divorce. An appoint-
ment IS made for him to get his money and
sign the paper. He keeps the appointment
and Olga gives him ,$.500 in currency. He
signs the agreement, but before the arrange-
ment can be completed, John Borne knocks
at the door, and in the little hurry of excite-
ment which follows, George Graves seizes the
agreement which he has just signed and places
it in the same pocket with the roll of bills
Then Olga thrusts her husband into an ad-
joining room and closes the door upon him
He does not see the evil face of Bill Sykes
peering at him through the window, watching
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Plays, the characters of which are known
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In an Original 5 Act
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"The Nightingale"
By
Augustus Thomas
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All-Star Feature Corporation
220 West Forty-second Street
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HARRY R. RAVER
President
AUGUSTUS THOMAS
Director General
IN PREPARATION
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William
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with greedy eyes as Graves counts over his
newly-found fortune with trembling fingers.
John Borne's intuition told him that some-
thing was wrong. He questioned Olga, who
finally admitted that her graceless husband
was in the adjoining room. Borne's anger
arose at the thought of this dissolute fellow
holding the beautiful Olga by a legal compact.
In the meantime, things had transpired in the
room where George Graves was counting his
money, so that when John Borne threw open
the door, while Olga had stepped into her
boudoir a moment, he saw the lifeless body of
Graves upon the floor with the pocket which
had contained the money and signed agree-
ment turned out empty. In a dazed state of
mind he takes from the floor the knife with
which the fatal blow had evidently been dealt.
At this moment, Olga runs in and finds Borne
bending over the body, knife in hand. She
believes him to be the murderer, while he
thinks that Olga has slain her husband to get
rid of him. Each stares, horrified, into the
face of the other. An alarm has been given and
the police enter.
John Borne is arrested and placed in jail on
the charge of killing George Graves. Olga
clings to him and her distress is terrible. She
believes that he killed her worthless husband
to free her. John Borne, on the other band,
prepares to make no defense because his love
for Olga causes him to assume the attitude
that he would prefer to suffer punishment as
the guilty man rather than have her tender
form submitted to the discomforts and vicissi-
tudes of a term in prison, or to suffer the
ignominy of death in the electric chair. He
thinks she is a murderess, yet he loves her.
He continues to suffer in silence, and rejects
offers of his wealthy friends to organize a de-
fense for him.
In the meantime, Bill Sykes, of the evil face,
has become prosperous. He has money to
spend for expensive drinks and cigars, and he
dines at a regular restaurant.
"Weeks pass on. The date of the trial of
John Borne for the murder of George Graves
is set and the work of selecting a jury is begun.
Fate so decrees that Bill Sykes shall be the
recipient of a notification from the jury com-
missioners that he has been selected to appear
on the venire and examination for jury serv-
ice. Bill obeys the command of the law. and
is selected as the twelfth juror. The trial pro-
ceeds, and the jury files out of the court-room
to decide upon a verdict. Bill Sykes argues
for a verdict of guilty. The others are not so
sure but are influenced by the arguments of
Sykes, until a verdict of "guilty" is decided
upon. Into the court-room files the jury with
stern faces and firm lips. Borne must pay the
penalty. They have decided that it was he
who killed George Graves. Bill Sykes is ex-
ultant over the result of his ruse. He surrep-
titiously rubs his hands in glee to think that
the mystery, which might at any time have
involved him as the guilty man, has been so
readily disposed of by the conviction of an
innocent man, who has been made the sport
of fortune. But justice will not be denied.
The puerile brain of Sykes succumbs to the
mental excitement. He falls from his chair
in a spasm. His fellow jurors gather around him.
Officials search for identification. In his pocket
Is found the agreement signed by George
Graves the agreement that was in the same
pocket with the money. He opens his eyes
and says : "It was I who killed George Graves.
Then death exacts the penalty of his crime.
PATHE.
PICTURESQUE FRANCE (Lower Brittany)
—(August 25).— The scene is laid in Norman-
dy that delightfully quaint corner of Europe,
famous in poetry, song, and prose the wide world
over for its many beauties, architecture, cos-
tumes, natural scenery and old world atmos-
phere. Best of all it is the fairyland Norman-
dy that every one has heard of and that every
one wants to see. It is the springtime in Nor-
mandy the "Apple Blossom time in Norman-
dy " Every hedgerow, farmyard, dooryard and
even the broad hills and narrow little valleys
are filled to overflowing with apple blossoms.
For good reasons did the poet link the apple
blossom with this charming country for no-
where in the world are there so many apple
blossoms, or are they seen to such advantage
as in Normandy.
RAPIDS AND FALLS OF TRONDHJEM—
(August 25). — Sweden always interesting for
its very ruggedness and severity, for its mag-
nificent forested hills and its deep narrow
rocky valleys, has some of the most beautiful
rivers in the world. Swedish streams are beau-
tiful because they are diOerent. Clear, cold
water, foaming and churning in the narrow
gorges, splashing wildly over hundreds of prec-
ipices, and down countless series of rocky steps,
the Rapids and falls of the Trondhjem are typ-
ical of the great rivers of Sweden. No languid,
quiet flowing mud saturated stream is the
Trondhjem, but bright and flashing, crystal
here, rainbow there, it is up and doing the work
of a million men in supplying power and light-
Ine 'o«" hundreds of mills and factories and
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towns throughout its entire length. While
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ARAB TROOPS (French Algiers) — ( Auglil
311. — Swift of foot, like •lightning on his woS-
derful horse the Arab soldier has long been tbi
subject of art, poetry, and prose. Oven burnin-l|
sands and in desert places where the orainarv J
man may not pass, the Arab is at home ap
happy. The farther his horizon of desolatec^
stretches away from civilization, the better
likes it. Greatly feared and respected as a war
rior down through the centuries from the dav
of the ancient Carthaginians, the Arab soldi'e -
today forms a most serviceable branch of th.
great p^rench army. L'nlike the other Euro-
pean armies, however, but better suited to hi<^
particular desert needs he has an added branch
or flght force — the camel — cavalry which is one
of the most efficient of the military depart-
ments. Due to his adaptability to desert
marches the earned fast of toot and almost
tireless can take the Arab soldier where man or
horse could not go. As a fighting machine the
camel seems to recognize his worth and seems
to delight in the drills and long rangy canterf
over the desert plains and uplands. All the
pictures here shown of the Arab troops were
taken during the recent inspection of Monsieur
Noulens, the French Minister of War in Al-
geria.
GEORGE KLEINE.
THE FORBIDDEN TRAIL ( Special— Two
Parts — August 11) .—Surfeited with society and
blinded by the glamor of his reputation, Frances
marries Captain Meade, a grizzled Arctic ex-
plorer of middle age. It is not long, however,
until her love of young companions awakens her
husband's jealousy. His continual spying and
frequent outbursts of jealous rage quickly de-
stroy the last vestiges of love and put an end •-.
the young wife's happiness.
Fred Palmer, a friend and business associa'
of the captain, is a frequent caller at his mat
sion. The call of youth proves too strong f.,.
both young people. The inevitable occurs. Ont
day the captain receives a letter calling him
out of town on business. He hands it to Fran- '
ces. watching her as she reads. A gleam of
satisfaction in her eyes, a poorly hidden smile,
and the husband's jealousy is suddenly fanned
into flame. Craftily he plans to catch her
walking in the forbidden trail.
He pretends to start upon his Journey, but
doubles back and unexpectedly returns. Find-
ing Palmer waiting at the usual rendezvous, he
gives him one of two pistols which he carries
bidding him defend himself. A few moments
later Frances arrives and finds that a tragedy
has been enacted.
INCORPORATIONS.
HARRISBURG, 111. — Egyptian Amusement
Company, Harrisburg ; capital. $20.000 : has
been incorporated to conduct places of amuse-
ment of all kinds and to lease for hire films
for moving picture machines and for the manu-
facture of supplies for moving picture and
other patents, etc. ; incorporators, J. M. Fruett,
O. L. Turner, J. H. Woolcott, J. V. Capel. W. T.
Turner.
HARTFORD. Wis. — Ellwood T. Brown, man-
ager of the Orpheum theater, N. H., Mertes
and others of Hartford, are incorporating a
company with a capital of $25,000, to enter into
the moving picture field. Their main object is
the purchase of several theaters in this vicin-
ity, making a circuit of them.
CHICAGO. III. — Commercial Filmers. Chica-
go; capital. $2,500: manufacturing, producing,
selling and renting of motion picture films,
slides, machines, etc. ; incorporators. H. C.
Porter, W. F. Porter, Charles N. David.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Russelton Amusement
Company, Pittsburgh, capitol $5.000 ; incorpo-
rators, S. W. Charles, Allison Park : C. W.
Davis. Henry E. Keil. Walter Haley, Large.
CLEVELAND. O. — The Crawford Amusement
Company, Cleveland ; motion pictures and
vaudeville : capitol, $7.000 : E. R. Moses, J. P.
Liechti, K. C. Smith, W. C. Crimmel and F. S.
Fish.
NEW YORK CITY. N. Y.— Drugged Com-
pany, N. Y. C, Theatrical and motion pictures.
Capital, $5.00IX Albert H. Kohn, Martin Her-
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101 BISON.
THE RETURN OF THE TWINS' DOUBLE
(Three Reels — September 5>.— In the last pic-
ture of this series the cunning girl crook had
been outwitted by the detective. Kelley. and sent
to the penitentiary to serve a five-year sentence
for robbery. At the opening of the present
picture Lady Raffles is being conducted to the
penitentiary, handcuffed to a guard of the
prison ; and as the train races along the girl,
who has defeated justice so many times con-
siders herself beaten.
The play leads off with My Lady Raffles giv-
ing herseli over to melancholy contemplation.
Two railroad employees became frenzied in a
nearby switch tower, and the train i? wrecked.
In the midst of the burning field of destruction
and death a man and a woman, chained to-
gether by their wrists, both unconscious, are
rescued from the flames. The man dies and
the woman is unchained from the body. She is
laid upon a grassy bank and there My Lady
Raffles regains consciousness, realizes that
chance has been her friend, and escapes. She
returns to her old haunts and after a short
rest is again ready to pursue her nefarious
trade.
One idea predominates her. She must even
up accounts with Phil Kelley, whom she ad-
mires as deeply as she hates. Then follows a
brilliant combat of wits. A girl, Kelleys
financee, is accused and placed on trial for
murdering her own father. The Lady Raffles,
Kelley knows, is the only one who can save the
girl by her testimony.
The girl Raffles writes the detective, after
her escape, to the effect that she intends to
steal the family jewels of the Grahame family.
This letter she plans to have posted after the
crime is done. The Grahame family is made
up of a father and twin sisters, Jo and Nell.
Kelley is in love with Nell.
The woman burglar enters the Grahame resi-
dence and steals the jewels. While she is ex-
ploring the house, however, she makes a grue-
some discovery. She finds Mr. Grahame, the
father, dead in a chair, an ugly wound in his
temple. She hastily escapes with the jewels.
One of her confederates is captured by the
police.
Kelley and Jones, another detective, are de-
tailed on the case. Jones suspects that one of
the twins has murdered the old man. Kelley
is certain that the old man committed suicide
or met death accidentally, also he knows that
if she chooses. Lady Raffles can save the twins.
A three-corner battle of wits follows. Jones
is bent upon capturing Lady Raffles. Kelley
protects her because he knows if she is ar-
rested she will not aid the twins. On two oc-
casions when the capture of Lady Raffles is
certain Kelley saves her. He gives her to
understand that one good turn deserves another
and that she can save the twins if she will only
speak. She promises to save the twins.
The day of the trial arrives. At the critical
moment Lady Raffles appears and testifies that
it was she who stole the jewels and that Mr.
Grahame's death was an accident. The twins
are acquitted. As she has turned state's evi-
dence. Lady Raffles is pardoned.
Kelley assures the female crook that if she
is sincere in her desire for reformation she
may call on him for help.
CRYSTAL.
THE SEASIDE FLIRT (September 1).—
Vivian goes to the seaside for an outing. She
meets Heinie and Ike. two would-be charmers
who have sneaked away from their wives.
Vivian accepts their attention, but soon tires
of their company and goes to her hotel. While
Heinie and Ike are flirting their wives are
worrying. They frantically search the beach.
Heinie and Ike see them and hide. After their
wives have passed they go in search of Vivian.
When they find her she flees to her friend, the
life guard, for protection. The wives catch
sight of their husbands and give chase. Heinle
and Ike are caught and beaten. They escape
by dumping their wives in the ocean. They go
to meet Vivian. Her friend threatens to whip
them. W^hen matters have about reached a
climax they all discover they are members of
the same lodge.
ECLAIR.
NO SHOW FOR THE CHAUFFEUR (Septem-
ber 6). — Jack Warren is advised by his wealthy
aunt that he will either marry her god-daugh-
ter, whom he has never seen, or be cut off in
her will. Fearing that the young lady in ques-
tion would not suit his fancy, Warren arrange?
with his chauffeur to change places with him
Jack, arrayed in cap and goggles, drives his
chauffeur to his aunt's house, where pseudo
servitor proceeds to act natural and thereby
astonish the family.
The pretty god-daughier accidentally finds
Jack s picture and becoming 'wise" continues
the comedy. Ordering him to the kitchen he is
made to shell peas, wa.sh dishes and eat with
the cook, while the chauffeur has the time of his
young lite. Jack has become wildly smitten
with his aunt's god-daughter, and seizing an
opportunity when Jim. the chauffeur, has been
dining too well and attempts to kiss the girl
Jack knocks him down. After confessions'
Jack decides that the god-child of his aunt shall'
be his wife.
THE JACKPOT CLUB (Two Parts— Septem-
ber 2). — In a thriving western town, the Jack-
pot club meets every Saturdav night. The
proceeds of the game are donated by the win-
ners to charity of their own choosing.
In this town. James Bryant, a young in-
ventor, takes a patent out for a self-starting
automobile device. Three years later, with fac-
tory built and wealth within reach, Bryant is
sued for an infringement on another person's
patent. Anticipating trouble the local bank
closes his factory. Bryant loses his suit and
things go from bad to worse. While working
as a machinist his arm is torn off. His wife
signs his right to damages away for .«2(X»
Meanwhile the Jackpot Club continues to send
the Saturday night money to worthy charity
and the source of these gifts remains'unknown'
On the point of self-destruction. Brvant is
dissuaded by his good wife. Things b'ecoming
more desperate, he again resolves to end it all
Leaving his insurance policy with a note pinned
to It he goes away. At the club Johnson, hav-
ing won a pot, sends the poner out to bring in
a worthy recipient of the money. The porter
comes upon a policeman, who has just arrested
Bryant for attempted suicide. After explaining
the situation. Bryant, the unfortunate man is
allowed to be taken to the club. Brvant tells
his story. At the recital of the lost arm, John-
son, who is president of the company in which
the accident happened, gives Bryant a check
and promises to see that he is taken care of
When Bryant tells of his patent, another mem-
ber, taking up a paper, reads the decision which
has reversed the verdict in the starving man's
favor. The president of the bank, a member of
the Jackpot Club, promises the inventor that
his factory will immediately be reopened.
Finding her husband gone and the note, Mrs
Bryant searches for him. Meeting the police-
man he tells her what has happened. She enters
theclub just as Bryant is receiving a check tor
*1..5<!0 from the factory owner. As they depart
husband and wife are tendered the receipts of
the evening's jackpot and Bryant, restored to
his own. later becomes a member of the Jack-
plot Club.
MESQUITE PETE'S FORTUNE (August 30).
— An "iron-faced " spinster advertises for a
husband. Mesquite Pete reads the ad and, feel-
ing lonesome, writes her to come on. The ranch
boys becoming "wise" forcibly throw down Mes-
quite Pete and shave, wash and comb him
within an inch of his life.
Nelly, the beautiful waitress, who has looked
with favor upon Pete, hears the news of his
perfidy. She receives a letter stating that her
.A.unt has died and left her .?35,(MX). Joe, a
handsome cowboy, pleads for her hand. She
accepts. On the way back she drops the let-
ter.
Meanwhile, Pete has seen the ad writer and
in order to escape, plans a fake hold-up. After
the hired bandits have carried Maria off he
finds the note and thinks the spinster has
dropped it. He rushes off to recapture her.
They enter the lunch-room where Nellie works.
Pete flashes the letter. It is seized by the beau-
tiful waitress and he discovers all too late
his sad mistake.
FRONTIER.
UNDER ARIZON.A. SKIES (September 6).—
The sheriff is instructed by the mayor to make
every effort to capture the bandit that has
been at work in the vicinity. But when the
sheriff goes on the hunt, his gun and those be-
longing to his men are secretly removed by the
bandit.
Dolly, the mayor's daughter, and her friend,
Eloise. go for a horseback ride. Far from the
town they sight a band of Indians that have
broken from the reservation. When the Indians
give chase the girls seek refuge in an old
shack, the habitat of Joe. the bandit. Slipping
the guns he has stolen into the girls' hands, he
aids them in fighting off the redmen.
Word is received by the mayor of the Indian
uprising and of his daughter's danger. 'When
the white men, led by the sheriff, arrive the
Indians have succeeded in breaking in the
shack, firing it and wounding Joe. They are
on the point of making off with the girls. In
the fight that follows the Indians are beaten
back ; the sheriff brings Joe from the flaming
shack and later tells him that after all he was
glad Joe stole the guns.
THE JANITOR'S FORTUNE (August 30).*
The cattle broker leaves his office. Outside
Joe, a crook, observes the broker's wallet laying:
on the floor and comes in to get it. W'illis, th(-
janitor, enters and discovers the crook's ores-
ence. In an attempt to save the pocketbook h>-
tells Joe what crime has cost him.
Years ago he found himself financially crip-
pled anu this when he had been married but a
short time. Resolving to take a chance he
entered a poker game. At first luck favored
him, then he was cleaned out. Desperate, he
shot out the lights and in the darkness suc-
ceeded in getting the gambler's roll. He never
dared to return to that part of the country
Joe pretends to believe the old man's story,
but when his back is turned he takes the wallet
and escapes. The broker misses it. Returning
he finds the janitor in his office, accuses him
and leads him to the sheriff's office.
Joe is seen by a deputy with the wallet and
is arrested on suspicion. At the sheriff's office
the Janitor, Joe and his mother meet. In the
mother the janitor recognizes his wife. The
mother slips the pocketbook back into the
broker's pocket. When he finds it there, al-
though _e knows that someone had returned
it, he refuses to prosecute.
IMP.
TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE (Two Parts-
September 3). — Tempest and Sunchine are the
daughters of Mr. Middleton. a wealthy South-
ern farmer. Tempest's real name is Julia.
Tempest was applied to her on account of her
fiery nature. Fanny is Sunshine's name. She
is called Sunshine because of her sweet nature
At the opening of the play Tempest is engaged
to Mr. Wilmott. a school teacher, and in a
way loves him. Wilmott is held in high es-
teem by the father, who started him in busi-
ness. The girls leave home to attend school
in another town. Wilmott meets the girls and
is treated rather coldly by Tempest.
Here we are introduced to Dr. Lacy, a wealthy
doctor from New Orleans, who is visiting his
friend 'Wilmott. Tempest, on meeting him, be-
comes infatuated and wishes to break her en-
gagement with Wilmott ; when she observes her
sister. Sunshine, making an impression on Lacy
her heart fills with jealousy.
As an incident in the play, disclosing the
different natures of the girls, we have a few
scenes showing the father visiting the girls.
Tempest is ashamed of her father for his ill-
manners. Sunshine, loving her daddy, over-
looks his rough. ways. He decides to take his
girls home tor a holiday. Lacy proposes and is
accepted by Sunshine before they leave. Tem-
pest, secretly determined that it shall not be.
wishes her sister every happiness. Once home
Tempest bribes Dunn, the postmaster, to turn
the letters passing between her sister and Lacy
to her.
Later, word is received that Wilmott is ill
and that he calls tor Tempest. Tempest refuses
to go to him and writes him telling him that
her love was a mistake. The shock causes his
death. Sunshine and her father are beside him
at the time. Wilmott. blind through sickness,
believes that Tempest is beside him and he
asks the girl to kiss him as he dies.
Time passes. Lacy receives a letter from
Sunshine telling him that she has ceased to
care for him— that he could find a better woman
in her sister. Sunshine receives a similar let-
ter from Lacy. These letters have been forged
by Tempest. Tempest then visits New Orleans
with her mother and through a clever ruse, gets
Lacy to propose to her. The marriage is ar-
ranged to take place at her father's home.
When the day of the marriage arrives. Sun-
shine, heartbroken, keeps to her room. Dunn,
who has kept the letters back, is ill. and be-
lieving that he is going to die. he confesses to
his mother. She forces him to go and tell the
truth to the parties he has injured. He arrives
just as the marriage is about to take place.
Tempest, in her rage and embarrassment, falls
to the floor unconscious.
Sunshine is sent for and told the truth. The
father insists that the wedding take place with
Sunshine taking the place of Tempest. This is
done to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Tempest is ill for some time. When she re-
covers she is penitent and seeks forgiveness,
and as the father grows older he finds in ha
the comfort she had long held back.
FATHER'S BRIDE (September 2).— HubL,
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the household is thrown into consternation
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father to enter her brother's apartment. Brothel
is to come in posing as the irate parent of his
sister and demand that, owing to the disgrace of
his child, father must marry her. Hubby will
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then appear and acting the hero, will offer to
marry the girl himself.
All would have been well but for a typsy
bachelor, who. by mistake, gets into the newly-
weds' apartment. Nothing daunted, they try
again. This time the plan works better and
father is on the point of being fully deceived
when in pops the tipsy bachelor to get his coat
and cane, which he has left behind in his hur-
ried departure. He gives the scheme away.
But father is forgiving and all ends well.
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DAISIES (September 31. — Rupert, a city man,
goes to the country for his vacation. There he
meets Elsie in a fleld of daisies. He proposes
to her and they are married. A few years later
they drift apart. Rupert becomes enamored of
a woman. With unctuous courtesy, each day
at the florist's he orders his wife an expensive
bouquet. Joe, a poor fellow, goes to the florist's
to get his girl a cheap bouquet of daisies. By
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The wife, discouraged and about decided to
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Rupert is ruined by a panic in Wall Street.
When the woman. Clarice, calls on him at his
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her. they again enact the scene of their be-
trothal, with the simple bunch of daisies as the
silent witness.
THE BOOB'S NEMESIS (September 6).—
The Boob is in love with the farmer's daughter.
However, the girl places her affections with Al.
another of the hired hands. The arrival of a
traveling salesman in town causes the girl to
switch her affections from her more common-
place admirers to the dashing stranger. The
stranger makes the farmhouse his headquar-
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The Boob finds a letter addressed to the sales-
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farmer's daughter. A note is found stating that
she has eloped with the salesman. The Boob
shows the father the letter from the salesman's
wife. Then he steps into the breach and offers
to bring the girl back, hoping in this way to
win her heart. Accordingly he sets out. The
salesman experiences some little difficulty in
eluding his wife, to keep his appointment and
meet the country girl. The train carrying the
Boob pulls in just in time for him to see the
girl and the salesman drive away in an auto.
He secures another car and pursues, following
them to a cafe. Entering the place he endeavors
to wrest the girl from the salesman's clutches.
They escape him and depart in their machine.
The Boob follows and after an exciting race,
catches up. After a terrific struggle he dumps
the salesman out. Flushed with success he takes
the girl back to the farm to the great joy of
her old father. A moment later he is astounded
to see her in the arms of his rival, Al. He
collapses.
OCT OF THE DEPTHS (August 30).— Among
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tinuing his search for survivors, finds Guilo,
and rescues him. Before lapsing into a stupor
Guilo tells Joe that his mission across the sea
was one of vengeance ; his sister's betrayer, its
object.
In the course of time Antoine plays his violin
for Jane and succeeds, through his music, to
enchant her. Joe, realizing the power that is
taking his girl from him, goes to the city to
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absence, Antoine plans to make Jane his wife.
But he is haunted by his past misdeeds ; by
the face of the girl whom he wronged. An-
toine believes the girl's brother drowned.
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hut Guilo observes the instrument which r--
stores his memory. Later, Joe retires to a
quiet spot on the beach to practice before tell-
ing Jane of his secret. Jane, who has beta
grieving over Joe's unexplained absence has
gone to the sea for consolation. She mee;s
Antoine and, with his music, he draws her o
him. Guilo, on the rocks above, looks dowa
and recognizes his enemy. As Antoine, as he r'
about to kiss the girl, hears the strains
music. Guilo pursues Antoine into the -
where the water closes over them. Joe cou.
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the rocks looking out over the ocean, ignoro
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THE MAX FROM NOWHERE (Two Parts-
August 31). — At dawn in the Sierra Madra
Mountains a lone horseman appears upon the
brow of the hill. Spurring his horse, he rides'
down the hill and out of sight.
It is morning in Adobe George's Cantina.
While Lolita cleans the glasses behind the bar,'
George and his cronies discuss the latest topiv:
of the day, the coming of the Gringo. Lolita.
watching for her lover, Manuel, through thei
large window in front, sees the stranger dis-
mount at the hitching rack and enter the saloon.
As the stranger is fair to look upon, Lolita ,
smiles as she serves him. With the rattle of
American gold upon the bar, Adobe George and'
his cronies also become interesting spectators.
Farther down the street the Gringo is just
awakening from a night of debauch at Adobe
George's. Finding no money with which to pur-
chase a morning stimulant, he sends his daugh-
ter for it, knowing that the submitting of a kiss
from George is all the price she needs. The girl
protests, but brute force predominates ; she is
forced to go.
The stranger is still at the bar when the girl
enters and asks for the liquor. Lolita hands it I
to her and demands the price. Adobe George '
steps forward and, taking the girl in his arms,
says that she doesn't need any money. The girl
tries to draw away. George holds her — and the
next instant Adobe is lying on the floor and a
handful of gold from the stranger's pocket is
lying on the bar.
The girl takes the bottle and leaves after a
gratifying look at the stranger. Following her
to her home the stranger watches her through
the window as she gives the liquor to her father.
Then deciding that life is not worth living, she
takes his gun from the wall and starts for the
door. Walking up the street the stranger sees
her start for the desert and arrives just in time
to prevent her from committing suicide. He
tells her to return to her father, that all will
turn out right. There is a mutual attraction
between the two and she does as he tells her to.
In the meantime, George, Lolita and the
others are planning to get the stranger's gold.
Lolita leaves to see her lover. Manuel, as the
man reenters the Cantina. The roulette wheel
is going. The stranger wins most every time.
The Mexicans watch his steadily increasing
bank roll.
Lolita meets Manuel and plans the robbery.
then returns to the saloon. She engages the
stranger in conversation. They go to one of the
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ness — the only light being from the flashes of
the guns. Then there is silence. George, con-
fident that the stranger has been killed, lights
the lamp. Instead of lying dead upon the
floor, he is standing with his back to the wall,
his gun in his hands, master of the situation.
Manuel lies wounded across a table. In the
doorway lies the Gringo dead — with his daugh-
ter weeping over him.
The man, covering everyone with his gun,
goes to the girl. There is a moment's conversa-
tion, and then she leaves with him. The
stranger takes her up behind him on his horse
— they ride off into the night. At the old Mis-
sion they dismount. A knock on the door
brings the old Father. Beneath the light of the
candles on the altar they are married — and
dawn sees them riding slowly down the bill to
"Nowhere."
THE DERELICT AND THE MAN (Two Parts
— September 4). — Dr. Warren, sailing for Eng-
land to receive a legacy, meets his double in
Dow, a derelict working on the steamer. There
is a wreck ; all are reported lost. But Dow
and Warren are landed upon neighboring beach.
Dow finds the doctor supposedly dead on the
beach and formulates a plan to impersonate
him. Later, some fishermen find the doctor
unconscious on the beach and revive him only
to find that his mind is a blank. Seaehing his
pockets they find a card evidently belonging to
a London lawyer, the executor of his will. The
fishermen notify the lawyer, who immediately
comes to the village. Under the doctor's care
Warren regains his memory and prepares to re-
turn home.
In the meantime. Warren's wife, who has been
left in care of Dr. Mason, has received word of
the wrecked steamer. She is prostrated. Dr.
Mason, highly elated, continues his unwelcome
attentions to her. The derelict, now imperson-
ating Warren, arrives in New York and is met
by two former pals whom he refuses to recog-
nize. His suspicions aroused, one of them fol-
lows Dow to the doctor's home, observes the
joyous greeting between Dow and the wife, who
mistakes Dow for her husband, and thus dis-
covers the deception. Later the crooks attempt
to blackmail their old friend Dow. Dow turns
against them ; he is attacked while in the woods
and thrown over a cliff.
Dow is found at the foot of the cliff badly
injured. Doctor Mason is amazed at the sup-
posed return of Warren. Once in the house
Dow recovers consciousness and, fearing death
is upon him, confesses bis duplicity to Mrs.
Warren. Unaware of this confession Mason de-
termines to poison Dow to make sure of his
death.
At this time Warren himself returns to sur-
prise and gladden the heart of his wife. She
tells him of the stranger upstairs who has been
impersonating him. Warren rushes up — and
enters in time to discover his false friend.
Mason, administering poison to Dow. Warren
realizes that the poison is really intended for
him — a furious desire for revenge takes pos-
session of Warren. Horrified, Mason grabs up
a small table to strike the husband — the dere-
lict steps in between and receives the blow on
the head. It is his death. Then follows a ter-
rific death fight between Mason and Warren.
They crash through the door, down the stairs,
over the balcony and into the room below where
the wife is. She telephones for the police, but
before they arrive the men have succeeded in
nearly wrecking the house in their fierce strug-
gle.
Mason is captured and led away. Warren
takes his wife in his arras, contented.
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OH, WHAT'S THE USE? (September 5).—
Mandy promises to marry Bob, if Shultz, her
fathc, will consent. Shultz dislikes Bob, so
the young couple are upset — that is. until the
real boss of the house. Shultz's wife, has her
say. The matter then becomes one of violent
contention. The Shultz household is brought
close to rupture.
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Shultz had planned to spend a few weeks j
hunting with a couple of boon companions, all
unbeknown to wifie. She discovers his schem^
and promptly locks him up. This is too muel
for Shultz — it is the culmination of many woet
He decides to die. But the old horse pistol i>
car-tridgeless— the poison bottle empty — and his ;
leap of despair from the second story window
is softly broken. Nothing remains but a waterj-
grave. But even now he is rescued by his boon
companions. When his desire to die is forgotten
and he departs with his hunting companions —
for a wayside inn. His farewell cruel world
note is found by Bob and Mandy. They break
the news to Shultz's wife. When Shultz re-
turns he finds himself occupying the statue of
a "dead one." The only way he can escape his
position and have his reality acknowledged is to
consent to the marriage of Bab and Mandy.
This he is mighty glad to do.
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A BABY DID IT (September 4).— A bachelor
and a widow with a baby are living in the same
hotel. The bachelor is engaged to a girl in
the same town and he is preparing to visit her, ,
when the widow's stay at the hotel is about to
terminate. The bachelor's auto is in front of
the hotel and the widow's is just ahead of it.
The widow sends her maid to the auto with the
baby. The maid remembers she has lost one *
of the baby's shoes, so she carefully lays the j
baby in the bachelor's auto and returns to find
the shoe. The bachelor is late for his appoint-
ment, rushes out and jumps into the front seat i
of his machine with the driver, without noticing '
the baby in the rear. The widow comes out ,
and finds the auto gone. Thinking someone has
stolen her baby, she calls the police.
In the meantime the bachelor reaches his
fiancee's home. As she steps into the car she
notices the baby, accuses him of a double life,
and breaks the engagement. The bachelor re-
turns to the hotel and sneaks to his room with
the baby. The maid enters, observes the child
and accuses him of stealing it. He bribes her
to bring it a bottle. The widow and police re-
turn to the hotel and the maid hearing their
conversation, informs them that a man has a
baby upstairs. They all go up, and through the
keyhole discover the bachelor in the act of feed-
ing the baby. The widow and police rush in.
He tells them of finding the baby in his auto.
Then the maid explains her mistake. The pic-
ture fades with the bachelor admiring the baby
and also the widow.
POWERS.
THE STORM BIRD (September 4).— Young
Jack Brant, mate of the Storm Bird, defends
"Spuds," the cabin boy, from the brutality of
Captain Bully Ryan. The Storm Bird, in seek-
ing anchorage, fouls the fishing nets of Ben
Marston. The incident leads to a row between
Old Ben and Bully Ryan. The mate, taking
sides with the fisherman, who is father of
Sarah, his sweetheart, gives Ryan a beating.
Love's young dream unfolds itself among the
rocky shores of the sea coast when Jack and
Sarah plight their love. Later the rum drinking
captain forces his attention upon the girl. A
struggle ensues, during which her father, at-
tempting to protect the child, is struck down.
Jack arriving, the captain seeks safety in
flight. He is pursued. Nearing the Storm Bird.
Ryan shoots his pursuer, and believing that he
has killed him, hides the body in the hold of
the ship. Spuds, the cabin boy. sneaks ashore
for help. Meeting Sarah, the boy and she put
off for the Storm Bird. In the interim. Jack,
reviving, seeks an exit from the hold. Sarah
and the hoy remove the hatch and Jack emerges.
Captain Ryan attempts to shoot his enmy, but
is frustrated by Spuds, who trips the drunken
skipper through the open hatch.
Jack. Sarah and Spuds put off for the ship
and when in the open discover that the Storm
Bird is afire. Jack heroically rescues Ryan from
the burning ship, and landing him on the yawl
the repentant man kneels for forgiveness to the
man and woman.
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UNIVERSAL IKE.
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR., ALMOST GETS MAR-
RIED (September 1). — Ike is caught in the act
of making love to Susie, the ranchman's daugh-
ter. He is kicked from the house with instruc-
tions to remain in the cowboy's quarters. Later
Ike receives a letter from his mother informing
him that his father has died and left her fifty
thousand dollars in debt. After reading the
letter Ike tears it in half and drops half of it
accideatally on the ground.
Part of the letter is found by Susie's father.
Thinking that Ike is rich the old man decides
to have Susie and Ike get married. They ar-
range to live in the house, and Ike is more than
surprised when the old man tells him that he is
going to take him to town and buy him a new
suit. While the pair are gone, an old lady,
looking for another ranch, arrives and Is mis-
taken for Ike's mother.
When Ike returns from town and goes to his
room he finds some woman's clothes. Susie, by
mistake, has placed the clothes of Ike's sup-
posed mother there. As a joke Ike puts on the
night cap and gown and plunges into bed just
as Susie comes in. Susie imagines the old lady
is sick and proceeds to administer castor oil.
Many amusing incidents follow, ending up when
Ike is discovered and captured after a chase
and made to confess that he is fifty thousand
dollars in debt instead of being rich. The old
man pulls the night cap over Ike's head and
holds him under the pump while the old lady
pumps a stream of water on his head.
UNIVERSAL.
ANIMATED WEEKLY XO. 12S— (August 19)
B.\TTLESHIP CAUGHT AT SEA.— British
warship "Essex" reported off coast in wait for
German ships, is caught and photographed by
cameraman of Animated Weekly after hours of
search off Sandy Hook.
MODERN METHOD OF HANDLING OF
FREIGHT. — United States and Canadian rail-
road officials inspect new transfer of Lehigh
■Valley Railroad where electric trucks do week's
work in one day. — Manchester, New York.
CAISSON FOR PANAMA CANAL.— Largest
caisson constructed, 2,500 tons, to be used in
closing mouth of Gatun locks, makes launching
dangerous as enormous weight is distributed
in the short length of 113 feet. — San Francisco,
Cal.
IN AND AROUND NEW YORK HARBOR. —
Great merchant fleet of German steamships
having upward of 7,000 employees, causes loss
of $200,000 per day through being held up on
account of European War. — Hoboken, N. J. Sub
Title: Battleship "Florida," inspects cargoes
of all vessels leaving New York.
LOGAN'S DAY CELEBRATION.— Governor
Dunn and prominent citizens assist in placing
marking stone on site of birthplace of the fam-
ous Civil War Hero, General John A. Logan. —
Murphysboro, 111.
LONDON. — Great crowds gather around war
bulletins anxiously awaiting latest news from
the front.
TO DEFEND THE COLORS.— President Poin-
care and his war minister review French troops
at Longchamps. France.
KAISER'S TRAINING SHIP.— New recruits
of the Imperial navy are instructed in naval
tactics on board "Warspite." — Swinemunde. Ger-
many.
FROM COAST TO COAST ON HORSEBACK.—
Two cowboys from Universal studios are given
rousing send-off upon their departure on cross-
country trip to New York. — Los Angeles, Cal.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. — Largest con-
signment of fraudulent weights and measures
confiscated from dishonest merchants and cast
into sea. — New York City.
GLIMPSES OF THE KAISER.— The Czar of
Russia upon a recent visit to Germany is greet-
ed by Kaiser Wilhelm on board his flagship
"Friedrich der Grosse." — Kiel, Germany.
AUSTRALIA WINS INTERNATIONAL TEN-
NIS MATCH. — Surrounded by vast throng of
enthusiastic players America falls before the
terriflc play of Norman E. Brookes and An-
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Forest Hills, L. I., N. Y. Sub-Title : From
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Cartoons by the World Famous Caricaturist,
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THE AFTERMATH (Two Parts— August
31). — Newspapers attribute several recent cases
of housebreaking to the work of hungry and
desperate unemployed. Mrs. Morrison, invalid
mother of labor delegate, Morrison, demands
protection for her home and her son consents to
furnish her with a revolver. His sympathies
aroused, manufacturer Gage sends his son,
Franklin, to negotiate for arbitration. Delegate
Morrison and Franklin closet themselves for
secret conference at the former's home, where
the discussion lasts until the small hours. Mrs.
Morrison investigates the noise, sees the stranger
leaving at the front door, and in a moment of
thoughtlessness, fires.
Morning dawns with the mother prostrated
and the boy a fugitive from justice, his sister
alone cognizant of his innocence and self-
sacrifice. She is listening to her father, who is
a detective, setting stoically out in pursuit of
his own, his innocent son.
Powerless to reveal the real status of affairs,
the girl but can curb her emotion, and watch
and wait. The son hearing of his mother's ill-
ness, jeopardizes his safety to see her, and the
father, entering shortly afterward, finds him
there. The father knows full well what penalty
would be exacted for his son's offense, but finds
himself placed in such a position that to let
him go would mean the sacrifice of his own
principles, honor, perhaps even liberty ; the son
refuses to clear himself at his mother's expense;
the sister finds that to clear one would mean to
expose the other ; and as for the poor mother,
shall she rescue her innocent son from the death
penalty at the expense of her own life?
When mortals stand aghast and paralyzed, it
is a Higher Power that adjusts human affairs,
and solves the riddle, although the toll of life
for life cannot be gainsaid.
(Vague endings such as this should he eluci-
dated for this department by the manufacturer
for the guidance of the exhibitor. — Ed.)
THE WRONG BIRDS (September 2).— Do-
rothy Dean, daughter of Senator Dean, becomes
the bride of Dick Wayne. They escape their*
friends through a basement exit and start on
their honeymoon trip in an automobile, believ-
ing their troubles over. Meanwhile at a county
fair in a neighboring town, Jim Thomas and his
companion, Xell Jackson, are conducting a pick-
pocket game. Scarcely do they escape with
their loot in an automobile when the victims of
the trickery discover their loss, lay the case
before a deputy officer, who notifies the sur-
rounding towns by telephone to arrest the
couple. Squire Hopper, representative of the
law in Jonesville, misses the chance of his life
to get into the public light in his efforts to play
the part. The culprits pass his very door while
he searches for bis badge of authority. He re-
turns to the business center where the bridal
couple, innocently passing through the town in
their automobile, fall the victims of his wrath
and are held awaiting the arrival of the sheriff.
Their pleadings of innocence fall on deaf ears
until the arrival of the sheriff and complain-
ants, who positively deny the guilt of the pair
in custody, and who are then allowed to go on
their way.
BEAUTY.
SUSIE'S NEW SHOES (August 25).— Mrs.
Van Dusen has a will of her own and rules
poor Van Dusen with a hand of iron. One day
she demands some money, and when Van Dusen
gives her a bill she insists upon having more.
He mildly protests at her extravagance, but be-
fore he is through, Susanna indignantly seizes
the purse from his hand. This gets his "dander"'
up, and while Susanna is dressing. Van Dusen
steathily removes the purse from her handbag.
Thinking she still has it, Susanna hastens away
to purchase some shoes. While she is trying
them on, Mrs. Riley, poor but honest, leaves the
store, taking Susanna's handbag by mistake. She
soon discovers her error, however, and rushing
back returns Susanna's bag and recovers her
own. When she is gone, Susanna looks in the
bag and discovers that her purse is gone. Think-
ing Mrs. Riley had stolen it, Susanna does a
marathon up the street and overtaking Mrs.
Riley has her arrested. In the meantime, the
clerk at the store gives pursuit, as Mrs. Van
Dusen has left wearing the new but unpaid for
shoes. Both women are taken off to jail and
Mrs. Van Dusen is permitted to call her hus-
band by telephone and explain her troubles. Van
Dusen is now in a predicament. He must either
explain matters to Susanna and suffer the con-
sequences or poor, innocent Mrs. Riley will go
to jail. While Susanna is . arguing her case.
Van Dusen replaces the purse in his wife's bag.
When in her argument to the court she opens
her bag, she is nonplused at finding her purse
inside. Believing she has made a terrible mis-
take and ihat the purse has been in her bag all
along, she makes such amends as she can and
is given a scathing rebuke by the judge for her
carelessness. Thereupon she pays for the shoes
and generously presents Mrs. Riley with the en-
tire contents of the purse to appease her. A
blind beggar follows the pair home and suceeds
in mulcting Van Dusen under pain of exposure.
Mr, Van Dusen concludes that fooling his wife is
expensive business.
MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. 86.
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ARTILLERY ALOXG THE FRENCH BORDER.
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THE HORRORS OF WAR.— Bringing in the
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THE SPOILS OF WAR.— Captured guns and
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THE BELLE OF THE SCHOOL (August 21).
— Mrs. Elting's school for young ladies is known
throughout the country tor its scholarship and
high character. The principal's son, Ralph Elt-
ing, a young civil engineer, pays his mother
a visit and a strong attachment soon develops
between him and Ruth Graham, the daughter ot
wealthy parents, and known as "The Belle of
the School."
.•\nna Price, a brilliant scholar, but poor, and
who is furnished free tuition and board by the
kind-hearted Mrs. Elting, envies the pretty
clothes worn by Ruth and the other girls, and
the coming of Ralph intensifies the feeling.
Money disappears from the girls' rooms, and
suspicion is directed towards Anna. Finally
Ruth discovers that Anna is really the culprit,
but the girl's graphic discription of poverty's
hardships wins Ruth's sympathy and taking
the money she goes to the principal's room and
restores it. As she is placing the money in
Mrs. Elting's desk, the principal enters, and
Ruth is accused of the thefts. To give the
other girl her chance, Ruth remains silent, and
is expelled from school.
The only people who believe in Ruth's in-
nocence are Anna and Ralph Elting — Anna, be-
cause she is the real culprit, and Ralph be-
cause, as he tells Ruth. "You couldn't do it
because you are Y'OU." Finally, unable to hear
the girl's sneers at their former favorite, Anna
confesses and wins forgiveness from Mrs. Elt-
ing. BMt, strange to say, when Ruth is told
that her innocence has been established it
makes very little difference, for she has learned
that the ONE man believes in her, so nothing
else matters.
DOMINO.
THE DEFAULTER (Two Parts— August 20).
— Jim Latimer, a typical rounder, juggles his
books and absconds with his employer's money.
A tramp who has stolen Latimer's coat is found
dead, and the papers in the coat lead the detec-
tives to believe that it is Latimer who has been
killed. Mary, Latimer's wife, marries later,
but keeps her former unfortunate marriage a
secret from her husband. Late one night she
is aroused from sleep by her child crying ;
going to the nursery to quiet her. she hears a
noise downstairs. She gets a revolver and goes
down to find out the trouble and sees her for-
mer husband, Jim. in the act ot stealing the
silver from her dining room. She kills him in
self defense and her secret is never known to
her husband.
THE VILLAGE 'NEATH THE SEA (Two Parts
— August 27). — Red Elk ot a California coast
village, marries Little Fawn of the Sioux. Big
Bear, fired with jealousy, tells Red Elk that
even though he is married to Little Fawn, he
will not keep her long. Red Elk brings Little
Fawn to his village on the California coast. One
night when they are sleeping Big Bear slips
in and carries Little Fawn away. Red Elk fol-
lows them and after an all-night chase comes
up with Big Bear just as he reaches the sea.
Red Elk, realizing that Little Fawn is dead,
loses his mind. According to an old Indian
legend there is a village " 'neath the sea." An
old crone tells Red Elk this and also that Lit-
tle Fawn awa ts him there. Red Elk, impressed
by the legend, slips out of his tepee at night,
and. believing he sees Little Fawn awaiting
him, throws himself Into the sea.
KAY BEE.
FIRST LOVE'S BEST— (Two Parts— August
-S). — John North, a prominent young attorney,
forgets his rural sweetheart and succumbs to
the charms of Vera Morris of the Gayety cho-
rus. After his marriage, John returns home
from a business trip earlier than he is expected
and leaves for the theater to surprise his wife,
but instead is surprised himself to find that she
has gone out with a party to a road house. He
follows the machine of joy riders and is badly
hurt in an accident. He is carried to his fa-
ther's home in the country, where his former
sweetheart is a neighbor. Being suspicious ot
his wife, he employs a detective to watch her
actions while he is convalescing. Johnson, the
detective, finds that she is leading a gay life
and reports it to her husband. North and the
detective decide upon a plan to get evidence ot
Vera's actions. They attend a mask ball where
Vera is with one of her admirers and find her
in the conservatory on his lap. John is granted
a divorce and is reconciled to his former sweet-
heart.
BRONCHO.
WHEN AMERICA WAS YOUNG (Two Parts
— Sept. 2). — Don Martin, an early American
pioneer trapper, living with his wife and daugh-
ter. Nan, attempts to keep Nan occupied with
her books Instead of too close attention and
companionship with little Jim Dome, a neigh-
bor boy. Martin is away attending to his traps
when Mrs. Martin is called to a sick neighbor.
She cautions Nan to lock the dooor after her
and keep perfectly quiet should anyone come to
the door.
Jim Dome, who is Ashing on the bank ot a
stream, sees Indians attack John Martin and
fearing for Nan, rushes back to the cabin. They
hide in a well and when the Indians attack the
house they find nothing but the rag doll that
Mrs. Martin has given Nan for her birthday.
Martin sees the neighbor bringing back Mrs.
.Martin and realizing that the Indians may at-
tack them at any moment, resorts to stratagem,
giving the Indians the impression that several
men are attacking them, and they retreat across
the country. Martin finds the body of an In-
dian who has picked up the rag doll and he
fears the worst. They rush back to the cabin
to find Nan and Jim safe.
RELIANCE.
THE MINER'S BABY I Sept. 2).— Jim
Mann, a miner, is indifferent to the new baby
and looks upon it merely as an added burden.
Lucy, his wife, is taking care of the child, is
unable to help much with the work and often-
times Jim's dinner is late on account of her
tending to the baby. He grows to dislike the
child and refuses to hold it or caress it.
Dawson, another miner, and his wife and
small baby occupy the cabin on the adjoining
claim. Dawson is very fond of his baby and
when he becomes acqua'inted with Jim he learns
of his aversion for babies and tries secretly to
assist Lucy in making Jim care. The Daw-
sons' call at their neighbors' cabin and Jim be-
comes jealous at seeing Dawson holding and
admiring the baby. Finally Jim gets to feel-
ing a secret regard for the child but is ashamed
to let Lucy know. Dawson's baby falls sick
and dies and his wife, grieving for the child
becomes very ill. A couple of tramps stop at
Jim's cabin demanding food, but on account of
the supplies being low their request is refused
and they are offered a meal instead. They re-
fuse this and threaten trouble but are driven off
by Jim. Lucy, starting for the stage line to
send an order for provisions to the settlement,
leaves the baby under a tree near where Jim
is at work f-or him to care for while she is
gone. In passing the Dawson cabin she learns
from the doctor that the crisis of Mrs. Daw-
son's illness is at hand. She enters the cabin
and finds the woman delirious, calling for her
baby. P.unning back to the tree Lucy takes the
baby without telling Jim and hurries back to
the cabin, where she places it in the bed be-
side the sick woman, who thinking the child is
her own becomes better. The tramps loot the
house of supplies and in passing the trees find
the baby's blanket and take it. Jim coming to
see about the baby, finds it gone and sees the
tramps running away. He gives chase and
they hide the supplies in a shed and give bat-
tle to him. Jim wounded, and believing the
baby in the shed, makes his way back to the
house to secure his gun and rescue the child,
for whom his love has now awakened. Lucy
returns to the claim with the baby but unable
to find Jim goes on to the house! As Jim is
preparing to leave she enters. For the first
time Jim takes the baby in his arms.
TURNED BACK (September 4).— George
Cantor and Tom Johnson, two young men, love
the same girl : one wins the girl from the
other and the loser goes away swearing revenge
against his successful rival. Some years later,
both are married : George is a successful phy-
sician. Tom is an out of work raustabout. with
a wife and baby, the latter ill. and little food
in the house.
The roustabout, out of work and half crazed
by the lack of money with -K-hich to pay for at-
tendance and proper food for his child, acci-
dentally runs into the physician whom he sees
prosperous while he is up against it. He seeks
his residence to rob it.
While he is absent, his baby grows worse
and the wife calls for the same physician but
before he can come, Tom has the physician tied
and gagged, etc., and gets away — refusing to
allow him to attend to cases. When he gets
home and finds out who the baby was, he
phones him and the doctor does a run to the
rescue and the baby is saved in time. He
allows Tom to keep the money he stole from
him and promises him work, etc.
I.N THE .NICK OF TIME (Two Parts — Sep-
tember 5). — After John Nicholson, engineer ot
the fast express, is killed in a wreck after he
remained at his post, saving a score ot lives
by his bravery, he leaves a widow, who is pen-
sioned, and one son. Jack. The son becomes
telegraph operator and agent at Tropico. S F
Hooker, superintendent of the road, who has a
charming daughter, was an bid friend of Nich-
olson's and is interested in the latter's son
John.
Time elapses and because of his services in
saving a large sum ot money from theft, he
later becomes train despatcher. Here he makes
a record and becomes friendly with the su-
perintendent's daughter. Young Nicholson, be-
cause of the mental strain from his duties,
takes to drink. He becomes lax in his duties,
makes several mistakes, and although the su-
perintendent shuts his eyes to young Nicholson's
shortcomings as long as possible, the latter is
finally discharged.
Young .Micholson becomes sick, and upon his
recovery goes West to visit an old friend of his
father's, who owns a ranch. He recovers rapid-'
ly. The rancher, who knows of young Nichol-
son's fondness for drink, sends him out quite
a distance from the ranch, away from all
temptation. The railroad passes this point and
it is here that young Nicholson finds an old
discarded railway station. A telegraph instru-
ment is located inside. The fondness for his
former life comes upon him and he listens to
the telegraph messages flashed back and forth.
.A.bove the station is a switch. Y'oung Nichol-
son hears a message that a heavily loaded pas-
senger train and a string of box cars, which
has broken loose, will reach the switch at the
same time. The message reads that a big wreck
is bound to occur.
Young Nicholson rushes to the switch, side
tracks the runaway cars and the passenger
train passes in safety. Young Nicholson then
wires the despatcher. who is expecting to hear of
the wreck, that the runaway cars were checked
at the switch. At the dispatcher's side is young
Hooker, who has risen to be general superintend-
Hooker. who ras risen to be general superintend-
ent of a big system of railroads. Hooker calls
on young Nicholson, sees that the latter has
been cured of his drink habit, and the two
start back to young Nicholson's home where
Hooker has left his daughter with young Nich-
olson's mother.
KOMIC .
THE MASCOT (September 6).— The suitor for
Fay's hand runs up against her father, who
refuses his attentions to his daughter because
he is lacking in this world's goods, and the
suitor goes away discouraged.
Soon after, a traveler comes to town with
a Hindu image he has stolen in India, a Mascot
of the Gods, and trailed by two Hindu priests
wb^ have sworn to kill the person they find
with it in their nossession. Closely pursued by
the Hindus, the traveler in passing Fay's home,
hastily throws it in the open window, hitting
the father, who thinks his daughter gave it
to him in that unceremonious manner. Being
a nut collector of antiques and things, the old
man is delighted with it. Later, however, he
reads in a paper that the Hipdus have threat-
ened death to the possessor of the Mascot of
their Gods and the father is scared stiff. The
police have been offered a large reward for the
return by the Hindus, who have left town, but
when the collector offers the Mascot they refuse
to have anything to do with it, scared of their
lives. The collector then has all sorts of hard
luck trying to get rid nf the Mascot, but with
no luck at all. The suitor finally reads of the
death threat and with a pal. and in the con-
fidence of Fay. he dresses up as a Hindu and
with his pal call on the father and offer to
return the Mascot for a consideration, a sum.
of money and Fay's hand, and father is obliged
to consent. The real Hindus return and the
suitor runs into them and is forced to dis-
eorge the Mascot and the money, but as he has
the girl he is content.
MAJESTIC.
THE MILKFED BOY (September 1).— Th€
Widow Brown has raided her young son to be
a coward, by makiner him afraid of every strang-
er. She is being courted by Mr. Jones but re-
fuses him because he tells her she Is spoiling
her boy and because he takes her boy to s
picture show where he gets boy knowledge. A
tramp comes to the house and seeing how fright-
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ened she and the boy are at his appearance.
t~:;es advantage of their fright and starts rob-
bing them. The Brown boy remembers the pic-
ture show and takes courage and holds up the
tramp with a monkey wrench, locks him in a
closet and runs for Mr. Jones. The tramp
breaks out, discovers Mrs. Brown, where she has
hidden herself and forces ber to reveal where
she keeps her jewels, when the boy returns with
Jones and captures the tramp, after which Mrs.
Brown concludes Jones was right and accepts
his offer of marriage.
FOR THOSE UNBORN (Two Parts— Septem-
ber 6). — Mae, an Eastern girl, engaged to Ned,
is told she has consumption and not long to
live. She breaks her engagement with him,
telling him the reason and against his pro-
testations that he will marry her anyway goes
"West to live on advice of ber doctor.
There she meets Jim, who falls in love with
her and asks her to marry him. She refuses,
telling him about her precarious health and
also that she has broken one engagement on
account of it.
Jim is miserable about it and goes away. Lat-
er Mae suddenly discovers that she has not
consumption at all and goes back to Ned, only
to find that he has been married for some
time. She returns to the mountains and finds
happiness with Jim.
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FILM STORIES i
WARNER'S FEATURES.
THE KIDNAPPED HEIRESS (Three Parts-
August 10). — The wealthy Monsiur Dabreuil
liad just breathed his last. He was the richest
man in all of France ; and now Jeanette, his
granddaughter, and only heir, was the sole pos-
sessor of his vast fortune. Jeanette had just
passed her seventh birthday. Her mother and
father had died when she was a baby. Under
the care of an old governess, Jane Deleot, the
child had grown and thrived. And now Mile.
Deleot was the only person in the whole world
who loved Jeannette, not for her money, but
for herself alone.
The life of the heiress was one of great joy
and her aged governess would have been per-
fectly happy too if her ne'er do well brother
had not appeared upon the scene. Henri Del-
cot had begun his life of crime at an early age,
and had just completed serving a long term in
prison for wrong doing. Learning of the
changed condition of his sister he went to her
to demand money. She refused and orders him
to leave the mansion. Stung to the quick he
determined to force her by desperate measures to
accede to his demands.
That night under coyer of the darkness aided
by a band of the most notorious criminals in
Paris he returned to the mansion, and stole the
child, intending to hold her for ransom. The
old governess was prostrated" by worry lest
serious harm befall the child. She was positive
that her brother was implicated in the outrage,
but the memory of their childhood days re-
minded her that even though he was a hard-
ened culprit, he was still her brother. She
shrank from denouncing him, and sending him
to end his days behind prison walls.
Torn by her conflicting loves she remained
silent. This strange silence caused Jeannette's
legal guardian to suspect Mile. Delcot. He im-
mediately hired the great detective, Dashwood,
to unravel the mysterious disappearance of the
kidnapped heiress.
The great detective arrived at the mansion.
With few words he examined the servants, in-
cluding the governess. Then he turned his
whole energy to discovering the whereabouts
of Jeanette. In the meantime Jeanette had
had exciting experiences with her abductors.
With Dashwood and his men close at their
heels they fled to the Montmartre quarries to
seek refuge in the net work of dark under-
ground passages. Dashwood with his fleet of
autos filled with picked men of the Paris De-
tective Bureau, arrived at the quarries. At the
bottom of the excavation a thousand feet deep
were seen the kidnappers, and nearby the miss-
ing heiress. Dashwood with his usual almost
foolhardy courage decided to let himself down
the steep sides of the quarry, and single hand-
ed rescue the child. Landing at the bottom
he crawled under cover of the rough hewn
blocks of granite to within speaking distance
of the child. Leading Jeanette the detective
retraced his steps to the rope. Tying it about
her he signalled for his men to pull up.
The kidnappers opened fire, but the detective's
forces soon silenced them.
Dashwood climbed the steep quarry sides
clutching the bushes and projections and had
reached a large apron of rock half way up
when the outlaws by a secret path reached an-
other apron Just above him. Here they plant-
ed a charge of dynamite, ignited it, and fled,
leaving the detective to be crushed to death
under the falling boulders. B"ut Dashwood, by
a daring leap jumped to an overhanging crag.
A deafening explosion split the air, and tons
of granite were hurled down to the very bottom
of the quarry. When the dust and smoke
cleared away the detective saw the heiress
dangling helpless in mid air and one of the
outlaws cutting the rope to send the innocent
child to her death.
iSeizing his automatic revolver, Dashwood
sent the full number of bullets in the maga-
zine with unerring aim into the outlaw. The
knife fell from the wretch's hand and he
plunged to the depths below.
The detective with torn and bleeding hands,
struggled up the side of the chasm, arriving
there just as the haggled rope was about to
part. Leaning far out over the precipice he
grasped the little hand and rescued the girl
from her perilous position.
At another signal his men fully armed clam-
bered down into the huge quarry pit. A bat-
tle ensued. The kidnappers, after a fierce re-
sistance, were overpowered and captured.
Jeanette, none the worse for her adventures,
was restored to the arms of her weeping gov-
erness.
however, had escaped and taken the papers with
him, so there was no proof of Katrina's story
and the sentence of death is ordered to be ear-
ned out. Katrina makes a last appeal to th?
Prince, who pardons Raolf. The Austranian
Nation demand satisfaction, but not being able
to get it, declare war. In the ensuing war the
forces of Saxe-Tholberg are not very successful
In a crucial battle the leader of the Saxe-Thol-
berg forces is wounded and the flag is shot I
from the flag pole.
Becoming demoralized, the Sax-Tholberg army '•
IS about to retreat when the Prince calls for a
volunteer to raise the flag. The pole is on a '
small hill which is swept by the fire of the
enemy, and it means almost sure death for the
one who makes the attempt. Raolf starts out
but is killed before he attains his object Sev-
eral others make the attempt but are not suc-
cessful. Finally Katrina offers herself and in
spite of the protests of the officers and of 'the
Prince, rushes from the house toward the stan-
dard. The very boldness of the attempt being
made by a woman ensure its success, and the
wavering forces of Saxe-Tholberg rally and
drive the enemy back. Katrina's reward is that
which falls to the lot of many patriots who
offer their life for their country's good.
APEX.
THE SUICIDE CLUB (Four Parts— August) ,
— Prince Florizel, disillusioned with life, is
ready for any mad freak in order to vary the
monotony of existence. He makes the acquaint-
ance of a young man, who introduces him and
his friend. Colonel Geraldine, to the "Suicide
Club," an organization which meets in a se-
cret underground apartment. Here the mem-
bers are discovered seated around a table while
the president deals the cards to determine who
is to die. The one who has the ace of spades
is to be killed by the hand of the one who has
the ace of clubs. The prince and his companion
think at first that it is a joke, but when they
read of the first tragedy in the papers they
know the business is serious.
At the next meeting of the club the prince
himself is doomed, but is rescued at the last
moment by his friend Geraldine. He sends a
message to the president to say he will not be-
tray his secret but insists that he shall accom-
pany the colonel's son to Paris and that one
of them must die. In Paris the president has
an accomplice, a beautiful woman, who lures
the young Geraldine to his doom. He is shot
in the bedroom of an American visitor, who,
with the aid of Dr. Noel, a friend of Florizel's,
brings the body back to the prince in a trunk.
Horrified at the outcome of his scheme, the
prince decides now to give the president no
quarter. Once more he is at the club — this
time to see who is to have the honor of killing
it^ nefarious head. The prince himself draws
the ace of clubs, and the last scene of all
shows a duel. At a critical moment the presi-
dents accomplice turns out the lights, but it is
her man who receives the fatal lunge in the
end, and the prince bows himself out of the
apartment.
ECLECTIC.
THE LAST VOLUNTEER (Five Parts— Sep-
tember).— Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Tholberg. a
young man who is tired of the pomp and show
of the court, decides to get away from it all
for a while. He leaves the palace dressed as
a hunter and goes to a far corner of the Princi-
pality. There he meets Katrina, the daughter
of an innkeeper. Katrina is so winning and
wholesome, just the kind of girl that the Prince
has not been used to, that he asks if he can
secure a room at the inn. He is accommodated
and finds that the more he sees of Katrina the
more he hates to leave and go back to the old
life. Finally the court becomes impatient at
the absence of the Prince and sends couriers to
find him and persuade him to return. Katrina's
brother has taken the Prince to task on account
of his interest in Katrina and hot words pass.
Raolf attacks the Prince, not knowing who he
is. While the struggle Is taking place Von
Tromp enters and Raolf is astounded to learn
that they have had the Prince as their guest.
The diplomatic relations between Saxe-Tholberg
and Austrania have been strained owing to
some trouble over the boundary, and war is
imminent. The Ambassador of Austrania, anxi-
ous to secure the plans of Saxe-Tholberg, cor-
rupts one of the officers of the Saxe-Tholberg
army and meets him at the inn kept by Katrina's
father. Their conversation there is overheard
by Katrina and her brother, who enter the room
and accuse the officer of being false to his
country. The Austranian Ambassador attacks
Raolf. Katrina secures a weapon and acci-
dently shoots the Ambassador. Two officers who
have accompanied the Ambassador enter. They
seize Raolf and accuse him of the crime. Raolf
is arrested and condemned to death in spite of
the protests of Katrina, who tells the court
that she did the shooting, and of the plot which
they discovered. The Saxe-Tholberg ofBcer,
BROADWAY STAR FEATURES.
UN(:LE BILL (Three Parts).-On his way to
New York to visit his relatives, the Masons,
for the first time. Uncle Bill meets "Oiley'^
Curley, a crook. John Mason, Uncle Bill's
nephew, is candidate for Governor and, on the
eve of Uncle- Bills arrival, Mason and his
political constituents are in secret conference
T, -^"'•■■ay of the money powers. Meantime.
Julia, Masons wife, goes on a little Joy ride
with Jack Trent, husband of Vivien, her friend
Ji?* w ?° ,5 ^°^ "^^ '^'"' Mason's father, a
delightful old rogue Glady's, Julia's hoydenish
sister with whose photo Uncle Bill has previous-
l.v fallen in love, is left home alone. While
she IS reading "Oiley" enters by the alcove
window and hides. Uncle Bill, on his arrival
m town, stops at the "cafe," recognizes Julia
as she passes him to enter the cafe with Jack
and follows them in, taking a seat nearby.
Vivien and Mason, Senior, enter and take a
table back of Lncle Bill's, separated from him
by palms and a screen. Julia and Jack, an-
noyed by the stranger's (Uncle Bill's) imper-
tinent interest, endeavor to ignore him then
getting angry Jack knocks Uncle Bill down
sending the screen flying, but fortunately Viv-
ien and Mason are hidden by the palms and
escape. Julia and Jack, realizing they are in
for trouble, make a get-a-way and Julia is
seen and recognized by Mrs, Mason. Father
returns home and fears the results. Uncle
BUI arrives and introduces himself as Cousin
Rudolph. Shortly afterwards, it is discovered
the house has been robbed. All dash upstairs
and find "Oiley," in the disguise of Uncle Bill.
Vivien, fearing her husband has been killed
rushes in on the Masons. After some exciting
adventures and much jealousy Julia makes t
discovery concerning father and, by a clever
ruse, gets all out of trouble. "Oilev" tries
to escape and is caught by the real uicle Bill
to the consternation of the Masons. When
Uncle Bill reveals himself, toe whole affair
winds up with the happy consummation of the
love affair between Bill and Gladys.
MY OFFICIAL WIFE (Six Parts).— The story-
is woven around a beautiful Nihilist, Helene
Mane, who, in order to get by the Secret Po-
lice on the frontier of Russia, induces Lennox,
an American, to introduce her as his wife in'
order that she may enter on his passport Ar-l
nving in St. Petersburg, Lennox is met b
friends and is compelled to introduce Helena
as his wife, also to register her as such at the
hotel, where he is stopping. Helene then dis-
closes her identity. Lennox is shocked at first
but already deeply in love with the beautiful
schemer, decides to let things take their course.
Helene meets her Nihilist friends and they
conspire to assassinate the Czar, she being
chosen as the one to commit the deed. ..s
the official wife of Lennox, she meets a num-
ber of the Russian nobility, and learns that the
Czar IS to attend a fashionable ball on a cer-
tain date. She plans to be present. Lennox
has arranged to leave tor Paris the afternoon
of the same day. Now that the consummation
of her plans is so near at hand, Helene has no
more use for Lennox and entices an officer ot
the Royal Guards to become her lover. Len-
nox becomes jealous of the Russian, misses his
train and returns to find Helene in the arms
of his rival. Helene and Lennox attend the
grand ball, he learns her purpose is to assassi-
nate the Czar and drugs her. She is taken to the
hotel, restored to wakefulness and retaliates by
playing the same trick on him, telephones her
lover and the two make their escape to a
yacht, but the secret police, having discovered
Helene's real identity, send a torpedo boat
after the eloping pair with orders to destroy
the yacht. A torpedo blows the vessel to atoms
and ends forever the carper of Helene Marie,
the beautiful Nihilist, and her lover.
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R. G. P., care Moving Picture World, N. Y. City.
.A.-1 CAMERAMAN. — Want to make a change:
I employed at present ; good reference. CAM-
ER.\M.AN, care Moving Picture World, Chicago,
Illinois.
CAMERAMAN. — Expert; own outfit; still pho-
tographer, all-round man in laboratory, wants
position. ALLAN, 35:; East 130th St., N. Y.
Bronx.
.MANAGER AT LIBERTY.— Experienced pic-
ture show or vaudeville ; advanced ideas for
building up business ; never fails. Write me
I what you have. H. D. FAIRALL, Masonic Tem-
' pie, Davenport, Iowa.
MIDDLE-AGED music teacher wishes position
as picture pianist. Desire change in locality :
' play popular, standard and classic. H. F.
VOGEL, 307 14tb St., Watervliet, N. Y.
OPERATOR. — Six years' experience. First
, class bouse ; A-1 projection, A-1 electrician, A-1
recommendations. DAVID REDNISS, care Mov-
ing Picture World, N. Y. City.
' " PI\NIST, A-1.— A. F. of M. Desires to
change Pictures or vaudeville ; orchestra pre-
ferred. Good library, references, married. De-
sires to locate. No booze. Address H. P., care
Moving Picture World, N. Y. City.
' EXPERIENCED young lady pianist desires
position in picture theater. No vaudeville or
orchestra. Town in south preferred. MISS
COURTNEY, 407 N. Second St., Charlottesville,
Virginia.
CAMERAMAN.— At liberty. Any class of
work. Reliable, strictly sober. Will travel Low
salary. J. S. J., care Moving Picture World,
N. Y. City.
MOVING PICTURE OPERATOR wishes steady
position" Has 3 years' experience in New York.
K. O., care Moving Picture World, N. Y. City.
CAMERAMAN with outfit makes fine moving
Pictures anywhere. Produces features, industrial
and advertising. EXPERT, care Moving Picture
World, N. Y. City.
HELP WANTED.
WANTED. — Cameramen, all sections, owning
their own outfit, to submit undeveloped nega-
tive of current news events to "Pictorial News
Film." Only experts, whose photography Is
first class need apply ; by mail only. S. J.
VAN FLEET, 141 West 142d St., N. Y. City.
CAMER.\MEN everywhere (except N. Y.
City) owning outfit can learn of valuable serv-
ice being established for weekly news pictures.
Cameras and perforated negative film for sale.
RAY, 326 oth Ave., N. Y. City.
EXPERIENCED pipe organ and piano play-
er. Sober and reliable. State wages and ref-
erence. Write J. BARNET, Crystal Theater,
Minneapolis, Minn.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
SLIDE MAKING PLANT now rushed with
work. Located in New York City. Good reasons
for selling: $750 takes complete plant; $.50 per
week profit easy. Room 43, 149 West Soth St,
New York.
DIRECTOR. — Am looking tor director with
general knowledge and small capital to enter
partnership. Manufacture single reel comedies.
Expenses negligible. Opportunity exceptional.
Have studio in midst of beautiful mountain
scenery. ERA. care Moving Picture World,
N. Y. City.
THEATERS WANTED.
PICTURE THEATERS— Wanted in Colorado,
Nebraska and Wyoming. If you have one to
sell, write Denver Theatrical Exchange, 15&4
California street, Denver, Colo.
REPRESENTING BIG INTERESTS in the
photoplay industry in the United States, we are
desirous of obtaining a number of theaters now
in operation or to be built, with seating capacity
of OuO or over in the various cities of the coun-
try. Only grade A houses will be considered.
SYDCO AMUSE.ME.XT CO., 331 Madison Ave.,
New York City.
TO BUY. — Modern equipped picture theater
west of Mississippi river. Must be bargain.
State all first letter. Address Henry Flcken-
sher. 154 Salem Ave., Dayton, Ohio.
. WANTED. — Moving picture theater in Ohio,
Indiana or Michigan. Population fifteen thou-
sand or over ; seating capacity not less than
350. Must show net profit of at least $400
per month. I. E. Wright, Flndlay, Ohio.
THEATER WA.NTED. — A responsible party
desires to lease a good moving picture theater.
Any city considered, but theater must be well
located and in first class condition. Able to
give good security. Wish to deal with owners
only. No attention paid to agents or fakers.
In replying state full particulars. Address
Byron D. Bailey, care Moving Picture World,
New York City.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR RENT.
THEATER. — Making money : no competition :
7,000 people to draw from. The best class of
patrons ; 550 seats ; 45 minutes from Broadway
in New Jersey ; $8,000 required : rent low : long
lease. A. B., care Moving Picture World, N
York City.
THEATER. — 300 seats, family patronage in
growing Chicago neighborhood. Clearing $75
a week, no competition : good lease ; $5,000.
Open to rigid investigation. P. S., 428 So.
Harvey Ave., Oak Park, 111.
FOR SALE. — Only first class house in good
town of O..500 Rocky mountain region. Good
for .975 clear weekly. Price and terms rea-
sonable. Address F. C, care M. P. World, N. Y.
Citv.
FOR S.\LE. — Motion picture theater, with in-
clined Boor, stage, isolated lighting plant, brick
building, seating capacity 375. In town of
about 1,.500 doing excellent business : owner
must go East. $10,000: cash $7,500. Buyer to
assume mortgage .$2. .500. If interested write
Mgr. Banning Opera House. Banning. Cal.
EQUIPMENT WANTED.
WANTED. — Powers 6a motor drive or sim-
plex. Must be in good condition and subject
to examination. Address Lyceum, Terre Haute,
Ind.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES. — For one, three
and six sheets. Also brass easels, brass railings.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
Co., Cincinnati, O. 101 4th Ave., N. Y.
FOR SALE. — Powers' 6-A machine complete,
perfect condition, $165. Simplex only slightly
used, $195. Standard No. 4, complete, like new,
.$75. Edison Model "D" helical gears, two
months old, $85. Edison rebuilt exhibition
model, $50. Powers' No. 5 with new and com-
plete equipment, $8.5. Compensarc, $40. Model
"B" gas outfit, $15. Machines perfect ; no
junk ; fully guaranteed. We sell new machines
and take old outfits in part payment. STELZER
BROS.. 417 Broadway, Lincoln, 111.
FOR SALE. — Latest model Simplex, every-
thing complete, used one month. Theodore E.
Pennock, Tivoli Theater. Syracuse, New York.
CH.A,IRS. — We ship second hand chairs
promptly either set up or knock down. If
you want to sell for cash write Empire Ex-
change, Corning, N. Y.
FOR S.\LE. — Brand new Williamson Printer
never unpacked complete with light shift and
light first order -with $.50 takes it. Ajasee Mfg.
Co.. 149 West 33th St.. New York.
MACHINES.— Powers V $00; VI-A sllshtly
shopworn $180 ; Halberg Ecoaomlzer $50 ; Pow-
dered Graphite pound 40c ; tickets, cement, oil
$I5c ; imported condensers 65c. We carry com-
plete line of supplies, buy, sell and rent ma-
chines ; also have films for sale. Holdenried
Supply House, 804 Sixth Ave.. New York.
FOR SALE. — Two G. E. 110-23) Mercury Arc
Rectifiers, 5o .\mp. tubes A-1 condition, also
2 extra tubes. Bargain for cash. Address S. B.
Blakey, 4531 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, III.
FOR SALE. — Edison model B machine with-
out legs and lower magazine. Head almost
new and fine running order $75. Powers five
complete and good as new, runs steady clear
pictures $65. One Edison head exhibition model
$15 good shape. Muncie Film & Supply Co.,
202 E. Main, Muncie, Ind., Moving Picture
Outfitters.
ENTIRE EQUIPMENT.— Of a moving picture
house compelled to vacate by Sept. 1st. Owners
wishing to build. Two Powers A machines
with automatic loop, practically new complete
with fine lenses. Three hundred chairs, X mlr-
roroid screen, 2 large bill boards, 3 Are ex-
tinguishers, 1 marble outside ticket office, 1
large booth, 1 victrola and 50 records. Will be
sold at a great sacrifice. Apply Princess The-
ater, Springfield. Mass.
PHANTOSCOPE. — Portable projecting machine
only used few times. Cost $100. Will sell for
.$40. Machine will be sold sunject to examina-
tion to first buyer sending $10 bill insuring
payment of expressage. Smallwood Film Corp.,
1303 Flatiron Bldg., N. Y. City.
BARG.\INS. — In films and machines. Two
hundred reels, western, dramatic, comedy. In-
dustrial films at .$2.50 to $5 per reel. The
Third Degree, 5 reels, $150; Thou Shalt Not
Steal. 2 reels. $10; One Powers 5 machine, $40;
one Powers 6.\ machine. .$120. Many others.
H. Davis. Watertown, Wis.
MOVING PICTURE CHAIRS. — Two thousand
new, 94c and up in small lots. Second hand
chairs on hand at all times. Atlas Seating Co..
.501 5th Ave., N. Y. City.
camera:: wanted.
WANTED. — Second hand picture camera, must
be first class will also pay liberally for instruc-
tions to operate same. Address C. H. Kienle,
45 Rose St., N. Y. City.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
AUSTRIAN MOTION PICTURES.— Imported
from Austria ; no competition. Unique in Amer-
ica, sceneries, cities, rural life, sports. For
sale or rent. Slavic American Correspondence.
380 Second Ave., New York.
SENSATIO.XAL ITALIAN CAVALRY.— Jump-
ing horses. Wonderful English steeplechase
army manoeuvers and Mexican war pictures.
4 000 feet all at 2c. per foot, .\ddress Films,
care M. P. World, N. Y. City.
NEW ENGLAND MANAGERS — Book the de-
lightful seven-reel feature, "David Copperfield."
Exclusive rights owned by Dorva &. Deleon, 17
Berwick Park, Boston, Mass.
HAVE SEVERAL three and four-reel features
for state of Michigan for sale ; films in first-
class condition, each film having been run not
over 15 days. Address F. D. NICHOLS, Apollo
Theater, Grand Rapids, Mich.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEE ME FIRST. — Before building your thea-
ter. Moving picture theaters a specialty. T.
John Folks, Architect, 2nd National Bank Bldg..
Paterson, N. J.
FINE PRINTING. — Five hundred business or
professional cards, $1 postpaid. Best bristol.
Distinctive work. No delay. We want your
biz. Cash. Samples tree. Call Printing Co.,
Monessen. Penn.
LINEN POST C.\RDS. — New beautiful. Taste-
ful gold initial. To introduce. 25. 10c. post-
paid, .^ny initial. Call Printing Co., Mones-
sen. Penn.
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AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS.— Partpa
Mendoza, a former slave owing to the death of
her employer, seeks employment in the house-
hold ot Rev. Thomas Thornton. It is here she
meets his son Dayton. Dayton, a ne'er-do-
well, has always caused his father sorrow and
suffering. Parepa's advent is the cause for a
tirade from Dayton who threatens to horsewhip
her. The father's interference causes Parepa
to promise to assist him in mending the son's
ways. Dayton, who, in a drunken brawl, kills
James Martin, seeks safety in the hills. It is
here he sends for Parepa and holds her as his
mistress. Tiring of her he chases her from
their cabin. Coming back to town she seeks
rest on the steps of a church. It is here she
finds that the sermon is 'He who slnneth and
repenteth even tho at the eleventh hour will be
saved." Entering the church she meets Rev.
James Thornton. Being overcome with re-
morse she rushes to the altar and pleads to con-
fess. The father hearing of the son's sin and
that Parepa is about to become a mother takes
Parepa back and forces his son to marry her.
He does so, Parepa agreeing to keep the mar-
riage a secret. They leave for the North. The
father broken in health dies of grief.
After a lapse of eight years Dayton Thorn-
ton returns home bringing his daughter Anna-
bel. Parepa is forced to act as a servant. An-
nabel being in ignorance that Parepa is her
mother. Tom Martin, a son of James Martin.
hearing of Thornton's return, renews the fight
for killing his father. Annabel intercedes and
a love affair springs up. Thornton who is op-
posed is forced to consent by the whip that
Parepa holds over his head. Thornton plans
revenge. At a reception he announces the en-
gagement and tells his daughter she has negro
blood in her and that Parepa is her mother.
Annabel, becoming hysterical, is carried away.
The negroes hearing of the outrage form a
posse to kill Thornton. Annabel, crazed,
rushes from the house. Thornton trying to es-
cape ir met by Parepa, and following a quar-
rel, she kills him. Annabel falls exhausted
from the horse and is found by Tom Martin.
Parepa is arrested and thrown into prison. The
day of the trial Parepa secures her release by
a sensational climax, and the arrival of her
old lover Col. Kerr with papers to prove that
Parepa is white and of Spanish origin.
BOSWORTH.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON (Seven Reels).
— At the opening of the play Billy Roberts is
successively a pugilist and a teamster, and
Saxon, a young girl, works in a laundry. They
meet at a Weazel Park picnnc, the afternoon of
the lively "roughhouse" between San Fran-
cisco and Oakland. They find each is of the race
of the sturdy pioneers, which crossed the plains
on foot and founded the new empire of the West.
"We're just like old friends, with the same
kind of folks behind us." says Billy.
We see their simple wedding, and the happi-
ness of the new life. Then comes the team-
sters' strike, with its consequent poverty and
unhappiness and the embittering of Billy's
spirit. A succession of scenes show the rioting
that ensues when strike-breakers are imported.
A thousand men were used in this part of the
play. The action does not pause from the mo-
ment the strike-breakers leave the train until
the riot culminates in front of Saxon's eyes, in
the killing of Bert, Billy's chum.
Things go from bad to worse, but it is when
their fortunes are at the lowest ebb, when Billy
is in jail and Saxon destitute, and while she
sails on San Francisco Bay, that the great in-
spiration comes to her: the city is just a place
to start from and that beyond the circling hills.
out through the Golden Gate, somewhere they
will find what they most desire. After his re-
lease and fired by her enthusiasm. Billy agrees
and, with the thought that they are only follow-
ing in the footsteps of their ancestors, they
start out on foot to find a new home. Charm-
ing glimpses of the country through which they
tramp are given, in the course of which we make
the acquaintance of that delightful group of
artists who call themselves the "Abalone Eat-
ers," at Carmel ; and attend a boxing match at
which Billy earns a much-desired camping out-
fit in twenty-seven seconds.
Finally they come to a cairn and view from
it a valley that is all they have looked for. It '
is Sonoma, an Indian name, which means the
Valley of the Moon. Our last view of them is
in the midst of busy ranch life, and in a dell
in Wildwater Canyon, where Saxon whispers to
Billy the secret that crowns the summit of their
happiness.
20TH CENTURY.
A SUSPICIOUS WIFE (Four Parts).— The
story opens with a full view of the Brooklyn
Bridge with a woman in a nervous state steal-
ing along. A policeman, noticing something
amiss, approaches her, but too late. The wo-
man Jumps to the river below. A sailor on a
passing tug, dives overboard and rescues her.
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A harbor police-boats puts out from shore and
they are both taken aboard. Dr. Warren, who
is among the crowd on the shore, offers his
assistance, but ordinary methods of resuscita-
tion fail, and a call is given for a lungmotor.
This revives the woman and she is taken to a
hospital where the doctor and his wife are her
only visitors. They take a general interest in
her. not realizing she is addicted to drugs.
The woman, fully recovered, is brought to
court and charged with attempted suicide. She
is about to be committed to Elackwell's Isl-
and, but on the doctor's and his wife's prom-
ise, she is paroled. She is made assistant
nurse to the doctor and later becomes infatuated
with him. He is not aware of it. but some of
his patients notice it and send Mrs. Warren
an anonymous letter which she at the time ig-
nores, still believing in her husband. How-
ever, on entering her husband's office just as
the woman in the throes of an overdose of co-
caine and is confessing her love for him, she
perceives that something is wrong. Not being
satisfied with her husband's explanation, she de-
cides to install a dictograph from his office to
her bedroom. Shortly after the dictograph is
installed, she hears the woman again avowing
her love, also her husband's repulses. Furious
she enters the office and orders the woman to
leave the house. She leaves vowing ven-
geance. The wife confesses about installing the
dictograph. Forgiveness is granted, and the
dictograph is disconnected.
Mrs. Warren attends a reception where she
meets Mrs. Halley, who has an opera cloak
similar to the one worn by her. and upon leav-
ing the maids give them the wrong cloaks. Mrs.
Halley decides to return Mrs. Warren's cloak
personally and orders her chauffeur to drive
her to the Warren home. Arriving there she
is ushered into the doctor's office.
The woman, in the meantime, is prowling
about the grounds, and mistaking Mrs. Halley
for Mrs. Warren, shoots her from a window of
the office. The police are notified of the mur-
der, and in searching the house find the wires
that were attached to the dictograph as well
as the anonymous letter. Tracing the wires,
they find they lead into Mr.s. Warren's bedroom,
thereby giving a motive, and Mrs. Warren is
placed under arrest.
The woman, reading in the paper that she
has reaped vengeance on the wrong woman, is
terror stricken, but as she reads further that
Mrs. Warren has been arrested for the crime,
she gloats over it. Being out of funds, the
woman in seeking employment, enters the build-
ing where the dictograph offices are situated.
Being unable to secure employment and in a state
of prostration from lack of cocaine, she starts
muttering and gloating over Mrs. Warren's
predicament. Her voice is heard through the
dictograph and an attempt is made to capture
the woman ; but as the men arrive in the cor-
ridor, the woman is seen descending in the
elevator. The woman is finally caught by de-
tectives who engage a room in the same house
and in her absence a dictograph is installed
connecting both rooms over which the detec-
tives and the police hear her re-enact her crime.
She is immediately arrested, her reason en-
tirely gone. Mrs. Warren is released and hus-
band and wife are happily reunited.
THEATER TRANSFERS.
Hancock, Mich. — Fred Dickinson has just losed
a deal with Herman Stark for the Queen theater
in the Schneider block.
Mr. Dickinson intends remodeling the front
as well as the interior of the theater and is
now having the work done.
Jefferson, Wis. — The management of the Idle
Hour has changed hands. S. E. Waterbury Is
now the manager.
Fort Smith, Ark. — The Empress moving pic-
ture theater has passed into the hands of L. W.
Brophy, of Muskogee, owner and manager of
moving picture theaters in Muskogee, Oklahoma
City and McAlester, and formerly owner of the
Yale theater in this city.
Toledo, O. — The sun theater, 416 Superior
street, has been sold by the Sun Theater Co.
to J. V. Woicott and P. E. Essick.
Stevens Point, Wis. — The lease on the Delia
theater. South side, which has been held for
several months by E. D. Bates, has been trans-
ferred to Don C. Hall, who will continue to
show the latest in motion pictures, with vaude-
ville by his theatrical company as an added
feature.
Cuba, 111. — A deal has been made whereby
A. E. Wilson purchased the Bell and Odpheufei
theaters and the Airdome from the Cuba Photo-
play company. Mr. Wilson is no stranger to the
moving picture business, having conducted the
Bell and Airdome for four years, selling to the
Photoplay company about six months ago. He
intends to continue the serial pictures running
at present and will soon start "The Trey o'
Hearts," the latest Universal serial.
Chinook, Mont. — L. W. Lamb of Terry, Mont.^^
has bought the Orpheum theater from T. C.
Penny of Glasgow. Chas. Jones, who has been
managing the show for Mr. Penny, will still re-
tain his position.
Anderson, Ind. — Lawrence Stewart and Glen
Gurtner of Wabash have purchased a motion
picture show in Anderson. Both these gentle-
men are of sterling quality and should make a
splendid success in their new position.
La Porte. Ind. — The Etropal theater has pass-
ed to new ownership. J. C. Held and Alfred
Norris retired. D. M, Nye. by purchase of their
interests, assumed possession, the new manage-
ment being effective forthwith. The Etropal has
always been a popular photo-play house.
NEW THEATERS.
New York, X. Y. — Plans were filed for the
construction of a one-story theater structure
at the northeast corner of Westchester and
Forest avenues by the John J. Murphy Estate.
Gordon & La Velle, architects, have placed the
cost at $l(X).0(Kl.
Conwov. Ark. — A new motion picture theater
to cost .$l."i.000 will be erected on North Front
street within the next thirty days by a stock
company, of which R. D. Howell, owner of the
Arkway theater, is the head.
Milwaukee, Wis. — A $10,000 moving picture
theater will be erected by J. J. Schwartz at
Ninth and Lincoln avenues. A permit for the
work has been issued by the city building de-
partment. A. E. Swager is the architect.
Conwau. Ark. — R. D. Howell, manager of
Arkway theater, will erect moving picture the-
ater on North Front street ; cost, $20,000.
Louisville, Ky. — Robert Lucas will erect an
addition to his moving picture theater ; cost,
$3,500.
Malvern. Ark. — H. L. McDonald, cashier First
National Bank, and Ralph E. Adams will erect
a theater, the cost of which is $o,000. C. L.
Thompson, architect, Little Rock.
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PRESS COMMENTS: "Like a breath of fresh air.
"Most realistic mob scene ever filmed."
For Bookings Apply Direct to Elxchan
American Feature Film. Co., 162
Tremont St.. Doston. Mass. — New
Engrland States : Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Maine. Rhode Island,
New Hampshii'e and Vermont.
Wm. li. Sherry Feature Film Co.,
Inc., 126 West -leth Street, Xew
Yoil^ City — Greater New York and
New York State.
Famous Flayers Film Service, Inc.,
4ii4 Ferry Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and 37 .South Wabash .\venue. Chi-
cago, 111. — Western Pennsylvania,
TVest Virginia, Ohio, Indiana. Illi-
nois and Kentucky.
Famous Flayers Ezdiangre, 1.331
Vine .Street. Philadelphia. I'a.. an<l
71 West 23rd Street, New York
Cit>' — New Jersey and Eastern
Penns\U-ania.
Famous Players Feature Co., 28
\^'est Lexington .Street, Baltimore,
ild. — Delaware. Maryland, "\^'ash-
ington, D.C., and Virginia.
Casino Feature Film Co., Detroit.
Mich. — Michigan.
Kansas City Feature Film Co., Kan-
sas City, ilo. — ^lissouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and Iowa.
BOSWORTH INC.. LOS ANGELES, CAUFORNIA,
ges
Famous Players Star Feature Film
Service, Temple Court Building,
Minneapolis, Minn. — North an<l
South Dakota, Minnesota and Wis.
Notaljle Feature Film Co., Salt Lake
City, L"tah — L'tah, Coloiado, Jlon-
lana. Wj-oming and Idaho.
Froffressive Motion Picture Co.,
three offices — Head office: 642 Paci-
fic Building. San Francisco. Cal. :
Central Building, Seattle. Wash.;
Marsh-Strong Building. Los .\nge-
les, Cal. — California, Oregon. Wash-
ington, Nevada, .\rizona and New
ilexico.
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What Men Who Know Are Saying
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August 6, IQli.
;he ita. 1 Sharry Feature Jlln So., inc.
Sew York Olty.
SeDtlenen:-
.-., 4.V ..^^ SelBQtlDg the policy of fil-,6
S"* *^t partioular style of entertalment to
be presented at my new HIPPODROIE T"?fr=E in
Buffalo, (which will undoubtedly n«rk a new
epooh In Dew York State theatres, inasmuoh ae
„: 5f\? =e«tii^S capacity of JOOO, and repre-
eents the last word In nodern theatre construc-
tion.) I would naturally not enter Into any
arrangenenta without having given the matter
careful consideration and making a detailed
?h':%e°fent%?me!"' ""^"'^ °' *^^ ^^^"^ »*
^ „. ^ , '^^ result of ny InvestlgatioD
hrought ne to the conclusive helief that In the
Ifm^mt PHOGRAJ: I might find the perleotLn
whl^h%, ST?."^ policy, without the defects
which narked It under the unsettled feature con-
ditions of the past year, and with aU Its ad-
vantages multiplied, through the constructive
plana of the EiRAMOUBT OOlJiHY.
ti.„. , *v 2"*.°^ ^'^^ "°=* imrortent considere-
tlons Is the fact that the greatest efforts of
all our prominent theatrical producers will he
SlfJifo'-',*"'' "l^lig at the hands of the ?iJI0U3
PLAYiaS. 1.A3KY, and BOSSORTH COHPilTY. -^A"""^
The fact that I have seen fit to
contract for SHEA'S BUfFAlO HTPPOBROKE, for the
Mclualve Buffalo use of all PAHASJODHT releases
IS the strongest endorsement which I can rive
to the PAEAHOUII? PICTDHSS CORPORATIOB.
ffith heat wishes for our mutual
success, I remain
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who have contracted for Paramount Pictures are :
The Strand— New York Saxe Amusement Enterprises— Milwaukee
People s Amusement Co.— Portland, Ore. Regent Theatre— Rochester
?n^^^*7"c™^^* Dahnken Circuit of the Pacific Coast operating high-grade photo-play theatres
at Oakland, San Jose, Berkeley, Sacramento, Richmond and other points.
Kehrlem's Kinema Theatres at Fresno and Marysville, CaL
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Paramount Vict
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Vicfures
About the Paramount Program
San Francisco, Aug. 5th, 1914.
America's pioneer weekly change house, first tlica-
tre in the Far West to recognize Paramount Pic-
tures' possibilities, has just closed an exclusive
contract for exhibition in San Francisco. After an
eventful year, due largely to the exclusive handling
of films made by the principal contributors to Para-
mount Pictures, we look forward with greater hopes
for increased results during the coming year. We
congratulate you on your achievement of combining
the World's Greatest makers, and cheerfully recom-
mend your service, to any exhibitor, as worthy of
being presented to the highest class of theatregoing
public.
Wishing for your future success, I remain,
Grauman's Imperial Theatre,
(Signed) D. J. GRAUMAN, Pres.
Los Angeles, Gal., August 6th, 1914.
I am jubilant over the fact that I have been suc-
cessful in obtaining from you the exclusive first-run
service of the Paramount Pictures Corporation pro-
ductions in this city. I have, as you know, used all
of the Famous Players, Jesse L. Lasky and Bosworth
productions in my Broadway Theatre during the
past year, and have proved tremendously successful.
Mr. Hodkinson. you and your associates have done
a wonderful thing in combining the interests of
these great companies and I believe that you can
and will make good your promise to give the
exhibitors using the Paramount Service the great-
est program of feature productions that money and
brains can produce. In looking over the first three
months' releases of the Paramount Pictures, I feel
safe in saying that with them I can defy any com-
petition and I feel that m\- business is on a sounder
basis than ever before.
Wishing you the success that you deserve, I am.
Tally's Broadway Theatre,
(Signed) T. L. TALLY, Prop, and Mgr.
Cincinnati, Ohio, August 3, 1914.
Previous to the introduction of your features. 'The
Lubin" was strictly a five-cent house. Famous Play-
ers films have enabled us to elevate the tone of our
little "Pla3-house of the Movies" and, what is more
important, we are getting ten cents always. With
"Paramount Pictures" we expect to add materially
to the quality of our reputation for good shows, and
are preparing to install quite a number of reserved
seats at twenty cents.
Lubin Amusement Co.,
(Signed) JOS. F. HENNEGAN, Mgr.
Boston, Mass., July 31, 1914.
We have used Famous Plaj'ers Pictures last season
in all of our houses, and can faithfully say that
we have more than pleased our patrons, and our
houses have become very popular bj' using same.
We are also frank to confess to you that we feel
very fortunate in having signed up the "Paramount
Service" for all of our houses for next season.
Gordon Bros. Amusement Co.,
(Signed) NATHAN H. GORDON, Treas.
Boston, Mass., .'\ugust 8, 1914.
Being greatly impressed by the wide-sweeping
possibilities of the "Paramount Pictures" program
of unusual merit motion picture productions, a group
of the leading promoters of high quality motion
photography in New England leased The Park
Theatre, Boston, Mass., and formed The Park Thea-
tre Company. The Park Theatre is to offer exclu-
sively "Paramount Pictures," charging admission
prices of 15 to SO cents. The location of "The Park"
is one of the most favorable theatrical locations in
New England, and with "Paramount Pictures" as
its drawing attraction, it is most confidently antici-
pated that even greater triumphs are in store for
this playhouse under its new policy.
Park Theatre Company, (Signed) MOE MARK.
New Haven, Ct., July 30th, 1914.
I am very glad to see your efforts on the uplifting
of the Alotion Picture Industry have started by
affiliating with such a magnificent organization as
the Paramount. After looking over the field on
features for the coming season I came to the con-
clusion that if your program will be on a par with
what you tell me, then you are going to have the
greatest program that has ever been presented to
the public. The public is being educated more every
day to the better grade of picture releases. I really
think }'OU have affiliated with a winner, not saying
what a Godsend it will be to the exhibitors who
wish to run a high-class program.
S. Z. Poli Theatres,
(Signed) R. C. MILLER, Mgr.
Providence, R. I., July 27, 1914.
As a motion picture exhibitor I have always been
a firm believer that "quality counts" first and fore-
most. As a result I am among the first to sign con-
tracts for "Paramount Pictures" Service. I am
convinced that this unparalleled service will prove
the greatest blow ever struck for distinctive high
qualit}' in motion pictures and the most powerful
"boost" }'et registered as a decided uplift to the
motion picture industry in general.
Casino Theatre,
(Signed) CHAS. H. WILLIAMS.
Louisville, Ky., August 8th, 1914.
Having used, during the past year, all of the
productions of the Famous Players and Jesse L.
Lasky's Studios for four days each, it was with
pleasure I have learned of the formation of the
Paramount Pictures Corporation. This combination
of the foremost producers of high-class motion
picture dramas will no doubt create a prestige for
the theatre using these productions similar to that
enjoyed by the legitimate theatres of high class.
Having closed a contract for all of the releases of
the Paramount Pictures Corporation, I would cheer-
fully recommend, speaking from experience, this
program to any rnanager desiring the very highest
class in motion picture productions.
The Majestic Theatre Companv.
(Signed) L. J. DITTMAR.
Exhibitors who want the best pictures are contracting for Paramount Service: Have YOU done sof
II not, write your nearest exchange immediately. First Paramount release August }Ist.
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"Full of Laughs
—one of the funniest come-
dies ever put on the screen
-A REAL HIT!
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EDISON FEATURE PHOTO PLAY
MY FRIEND
FROM INDIA
three part comedy-drama — adaptation of
Du Souchet's farce.
WALTER E. PERKINS
in his original character of
A. KEENE SHAVER.
Portrays the attempt of a retired pork-
packer to enter New York society through
the medium of a barber.
(<
Wonderfully Good^^
is the universal verdict
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THE PHANTOSCOPE
If the General Film Co., the Mutual
Film Co., and the Universal Film Co.
should turn their enormous photo-
graphic equipment to making- in-
dustrial and educational film there
would be an even greater demand
for the Phantoscope, for film is bitt
half a motion picture exhibition; a
suitable projector is just as essential.
To serve the purpose well, the ma-
chine must be light and convenient
to carry, say 18 lbs. in its traveling
case; must accept conditions just as
they are, in office, classroom or
home; easily and quickly set up
without tools by screwing the at-
taching plug into the nearest lamp
socket, and project a large, brilliant,
steady picture. All this means
Phantoscope, and the price is but
$100, including everything.
Phantoscope Mfg. Co.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEPENDENT
RELEASE DATES
AMERICAN.
Aug. 24 — This is th' Life (Two Parts — Dr)
Aug. 26 — Lodging for a Niglit ( Drama)
Aug 28 — The Song of the Sea Shell (Dr.)
Aug. 31 — The Aftermath ( Two Parts — Drama) .
Sept, 2 — The Wrong Birds (Drama)
Sept I — Lola (Two Reels — Drama)
Sept. 9 — Breal£, Break, Break (Drama)
BEAUTY.
Aug. 11 — Suzanna's New Suit (Com-Dr.)
Aug 18 — The Silence of John Gordon (Com-
Dr.)
Aug. 25 — Susie's New Shoes (Comedy-Drama).
Sept. 1 — A Modern Othello ( Comedy)
'lOl" BISON.
Aug. 22 — The Lure of the Geisha (Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 29 — Law of the Lumberjack (Two Parts —
Drama)
Sept. 5 — The Return of the Twins' Double
( Three Parts — Drama)
BRONCHO.
Aug. 19 — The Robbery at Pine River (Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 26 — The Sheriff's Sister (Two Parts —
Drama)
Sept. 2 — When America Was Young (Two
Parts — Drama)
CRYSTAL.
Aug. 18 — Vivian's Best Fellow ( Comedy)
Aug. 25 — Barreled ( Comedy)
— Bashful Ben ( Comedy)
Sept. 1 — A Seaside Flirt (Comedy)
DOMINO.
Aug. 20 — The Defaulter (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 27 — The 'Village 'Neath the Sea (Two
Parts — Drama)
Sept. 3— The Silver Bell (Two Parts — Dr.)...
ECLAIR.
Aug. 16 — A Pearl of Great Price (Society Dr.)
Aug. 19 — Bransford in Arcadia (Three Parts —
Western Drama )
Aug. 23 — The Miracle ( Drama)
Lug. 26 — The Character Woman (Two Parts-
Drama )
lug. 30 — Mosquite Pete's Fortune (Western-
Drama)
Sept. 2— The Jackpot Club (Two Reels— Dr.).
Sept. 6 — No Show for the Chauffeur (Com.)..
FRONTIER.
Aug. 16 — Memories of Years Ago (Drama)....
Aug. 2.3 — The Strange Signal (Drama)
Aug. 30— The Janitor's Son ( Drama)
Sept. 6 — Under Arizona Skies ( Drama)
GOLD SEAL.
Aug. 18 — The Trey o' Hearts, Series No. 3
(The Seaventure) (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 25— The Trey o' Hearts. No. 4 — Dead
Reckoning ( Two Parts — Drama)
Sept. 1 — The Trey o' Hearts. No. 5 (The Sun-
set Tide — Two Parts — Drama)
IMP.
Aug. 17 — Love's Refrain ( Drama )
Aug. 20 — On the High Seas (Two Parts — Dr.)..
Aug. 24 — Jim Webb, Senator (Three Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 27 — Universal Boy in the Chinese Mys-
tery (Juvenile-Drama)
Sept. 3 — Tempest and Sunshine (Two Parts —
Drama)
JOKER.
Aug. 19 — Pass Key No. 2 ( (3omedy)
Aug. 22 — The Diamond Nippers (Comedy)
lug. 26 — The Little Automogobile (Comedy)...
lug. 29 — Well ! Well ! ( Comedy)
Sept. 2 — Fathers Eride (Comedy)
Sept. 5 — Oh What's the Use? (Comedy)
KAY-BEE.
Aug. 14 — The Stigma (Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 21 — The Winning of Denise (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 28— The Old Love's Best (Two Parts— Dr.)
Sept. 4 — Stacked Cards (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 17 — That Minstrel Man (Comedy)
Aug. 20— Those Country Kids (Comedy)
.\ug. 22 — Caught in a Flue (Comedy)
Aug. 24 — Fatty'f Gift ( Comedy)
KOMIC.
Aug. 16 — Bill Saves the Day (No. 4 of the
"Bill" Series — Comedy)
Aug. 23 — A Physical Culture Romance (Com.)..
Aug. 30 — Bill, No. 5 — Bill Organizes a Union
(Comedy)
Sept. 6 — The Mascot ( Comedy)
MAJESTIC.
Aug. 18 — The Inner Conscience (Drama)
Aug. 21 — A Lesson in Mechanics (Drama)....
Aug. 23 — The Second Mrs. Roebuck (Two Parts
— Drama )
Aug. 25 — Granny ( Drama)
Aug. 30 — Frenchy (Two Parts — Drama)
Sept. 1 — The Milk Fed Boy (Com. -Drama)
Sept. 6 — For Those Unborn (Two Parts — Dr.).
NESTOR.
Aug. 19 — The Creeping Flame (Western Dr.)..
Aug. 21 — A Lucky Deception (Two Parts —
Comedy )
lug. 26 — A Miner's Romance ( Western-Dr. ) . .
Aug. 28 — For Love or Money (Comedy)
Sept. 4 — A Baby Did It (Comedy)
POWERS.
Aug. 21 — The Divorcee (Drama)
Aug. 28 — This Is the Life (Comedy)
— Beautiful Corsica ( Scenic)
Sept. 4 — The Storm Bird (Drama)
PRINCESS.
Aug. 14 — A Rural Romance (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Belle of the School (Comedy-
Drama)
Aug. 28 — The Keeper of the Light (Drama)
Sept. 4 — His Winning Way (Comedy)
RELIANCE.
Aug. IT — Our Mutual Girl. No. 31 (Topical)....
Aug. 19 — Izzy Gets the Wrong Bottle ( Com. ) . .
Aug. 22 — For the Last Edition (Two Parts-
Drama)
Aug. 24— Our Mutual Girl, No. 32 (Topical) . . .
Aug. 26 — The Stolen Ore (Drama)
Aug. 29 — Through the Dark (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 31— Our Mutual Girl, No. 33 (Topical)...
Sept. 2 — The Miner's Baby (Drama)
Sept. 4 — Turned Back (Drama)
REX.
Aug. 20 — A Bowl of Roses (Drama)
Aug. 2.3 — The Hole in the Garden Wall (Dr.)..
Aug. 27 — For the Secret Service (Two Parts —
Drama )
Aug. 30 — Out of the Depths (Drama)
Sept. 3 — Daisies (Drama)
Sept. 6 — The Boob's Nemesis ( Comedy)
ROYAL.
Aug. 15 — Cupid Dances a Tango ( Comedy) ....
Aug. 22 — His Long Lost Friend (Comedy)....
Aug. 29 — A Run for His Monev (Comedy)....
Sept. 5 — OFlanagan's Luck (Comedy)
STERLING.
Aug. 17 — His Wife's Flirtation (Comedy)
— Close to Nature (Educational)
Aug. 20 — Lost in the Studio (Juvenile Com.)..
Aug. 24 — A Rural Affair (Juvenile-Comedy)...
Aug. 27 — Snookee's Disguise (Comedy)
Aug. 31 — The Tale of a Hat (Comedy)
Sept. 3 — A Bogus Baron ( Comedy)
THANHOUSER.
Aug. 16 — Her Big Brother (Drama)
Aug. 18— McCarn Plays Fate (Two Parts— Dr.)
Aug. 23 — A Dog's Good Deed ( Drama)
Aug. 25 — Conscience (Two Parts — -Drama)
Aug. 30 — Arty the Artist (Comedy)
Sept. 1 — A Mother's Choice (Two Parts — Dr.).
Sept. 6— Little Mischief (Comedy)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
Aug. 18 — Universal Ike, Jr., on His Honey-
moon ( Comedy)
Aug. 23 — Universal Ike at the Dance of Little
L. O. (Comedy)
— Turtle Traits (Zoology)
Sept. 1 — Universal Ike, Jr., Almost Gets
Married ( Comedy)
VICTOR.
Aug. 21 — The Slavey's Romance (Drama)
Aug. 24 — There is a Destiny (Drama)
Aug. 28 — Counterfeiters (Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 31 — The Man from Nowhere (Two Parts —
Drama )
Sept. 4 — The Derelict and the Man (Two Parts
— Drama )
KKYSTONB. TMrATTTTJlT*
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BIOGRAPH.
Aug. 15 — The District Attorney's Burglar (Dr.).
Aug. 17 — Tim, the Terror (Comedy)
— The Game of Freeze-Out (Comedy)..
Aug. 20 — The Smuggler's Wife (Drama)
Aug. 22 — The Gypsy Talisman (Drama)
Aug. 24 — The Man from the Past (Drama)....
Aug. 27 — The Terrible Lesson ( Drama)
Aug. 29 — Spending It Quick ( Comedy)
— Baseball, a grand Old Game (Com.)..
EDISOX.
Au«.
Aug.
Aug.
14 — The One Who Loved Him Best (Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama)
15 — While the Tide Was Rising (Drama).
17 — The Adventure of the Pickpocket
( Eighth of the Octavius. Amateur
Detective, series — Comedy)
Aug. 18— By the Aid of a Film (Tenth of
"The Man "Who Disappeared" Series
— Drama )
Aug. 19 — The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Gilded Kidd (Special — Two Parts
— Comedy )
Aug. 22 — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
Aug. 24 — Nearly a Widow (Comedy)
Aug. 25 — The Mystery of the Octagonal Room
(Tenth of "The Chronicles of Cleek"
Series — Drama)
Aug. 2Q — The South African Mines (Industrial).
— Buster and His Coat ( Comedy)
Aug. 28 — The Birth of the Star-Spangled Ban-
ner (Special — Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 29 — Treasure Trove ( Drama)
Aug. 31 — The Buxom Country Lass ("Wood B.
Wedd" Series. No. 9 — Comedy)
Sept. 1 — The New York Police Department Car-
nival ( Descriptive)
Sept. 2 — .\ Village Scandal (Comsdy)
Sept. 4 — The Viking Queen (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Sept. 5 — Hearts of the Forest ( Drama I
ESSANAY.
Anc. 14 — A Gentleman of Leisure ( Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 15 — Broncho Billy Wins Out (Drama)...
Aug. 17 — Sweedie and the Double Exposure
( Comedy )
Aug. 18 — The Black Signal (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Fable of the Two Mandolin Play-
ers and the Willing Performer
( Comedy )
Aug. 20 — Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent
(Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Masked Wrestler (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 22 — Broncho Billy's Wild Ride (Drama)..
Aug. 24 — Sweedie Springs a Surprise (Com.)...
Aug. 25 — Two Men Who Waited ( Drama)
Aug. 26 — The Fable of "The Difference Between
Learning and Learning How"
( (Comedy )
Aug. 27 — Slippery Slim and the Fortune Tell-
er ( Western-Comedy )
Aug. 28 — Seven Sealed Orders ( Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 29 — Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
(Western-Drama)
.Aug. 31 — Love and Soda ( Comedy )
Sept. 1 — No. 28, Diplomat (Drama)
Sept. 2 — Fable of the Regular Beanery and the
Peachy Newcomer ( Comedy)
Sept. -3 — When Macbeth Came to Snakeville
(Comedy) j^yg
Sept. 4 — Under Royal Patronage (Drama — ^wo
Parts)
Sept. d — Eroncho Billy, the Vagabond (Dr.)..
KALEM.
.Aug. 8 — Grey Eagle's Revenge (Drama) Aag.
Aug. 10 — The Rajah's Vow (Special — Two --^ug-
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.A.ug. 11 — Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter
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Aug. 12 — At the End ot the Rope (Special —
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 14 — A Substitute for Pants (Comedy) ■'^"S-
Aug. 15 — Near Death's Door (Drama) '^"S-
Aug. 17— The Old .\rmy Coat (Special— Two
Parts — Drama) -^"s-
-Aug. 18 — The Storm at Sea (Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Bond Eternal (Special— Two
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 21 — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama)
Aug. 24 — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two s^^^g
Parts — Drama )
Aug. 25 — The Counterfeiter's Plot (Drama)....
Aug. 26 — The Cave of Death (Special — Two
Parts — Drama ) -^"S-
.Aug. 28 — When Men Wear Skirts (Comedy)
Aug. 29— The. Car ot Death (Drama) ^"S.
-Aug. 31 — The Brand ( Special— Two Parts — Dr. i *^"S.
Sept. 1 — The Hand of Fate { Drama)
Sept. 2 — The Oil Well Conspiracy ( Drama ) . . . "^^
Sept. 4 — The Winking Zulu (Comedy) _^yg
Sept. -T — The Gambler's Reformation ( Drama I .
Aug.
GEORGE KLEINE.
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special — "^"^'
Two Parts — Drama)
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two ^ ^^'
Parts — Drama) Aug.
Aug. 4 — When War Threatens (Cines-Special Aug.
— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 11 — The Forbidden Trail (Celio — Special — -\ug.
Two Parts — Drama)
.Aug. 18 — When the Beacon Failed (Cines Spe- Aug.
cial — Two Parts — Drama) ^y„
-Aug. 25 — "To Forpive. Divine" (Cines — Special
— Two Parts — Drama)
Aug.
LUBIN. Aug.
Aug. 13 — The Heart Rebellious (Special — Two
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Auff.
Aug. *4 — Latin Blood (Drama)
Aug. 15 — They Bought a Boat (Comedy) " "^
— The Puncture Proof Sock Man (Com.) .Aug.
Aug. 18 — Back to the Farm (Comedy)
Aug. 19 — The Dreamer (Special — Two Parts — Sept.
Drama) gept.
Aug. 20 — His Brother's Blood (Special — Two g^p,.
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 21 — The Love of Ora San (Drama) g^pj
Aug. 22 — Sometimes It Works (Comedy) Sept.
— Making Auntie Welcome (Comedy)...
Aug. 25 — The Widow and the Twins ( Comedy) . ,
— The Lucky Ruhe ( Comedy) '
-Aug. 26 — The -Attorney's Decision (Two Parts — '
Drama) "^"6-
Aug. 27 — The Aggressor (Special — Two Parts —
Drama) ■'^"S-
Aug. 28 — The Better Man ( Drama) Aug.
Aug. 29 — The Kid's Nap (Comedy)
Sept. 1— Never Too Old (Comedy) "^'
— The Green Alarm (Comedy) AUS-
Sept. 2 — By Whose Hand (Two Part.s — Drama) -*^"S-
Sept. 3 — The Face in the Crowd I Special — -^"S-
Two Parts — Drama)
Sept. 4 — The Shell of Life (Drama) Aug.
Sept. 5— .\ Fool There Was ( Comedy i Aug.
MELIES. .Aug.
Aug. 15 — Voice of the Bells (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) -^"S-
Aug. 18 — A Slight Mistake (Comedy) Aug.
Aug. 19 — Children of Fatality (Drama) Aug.
Aug. 20 — A Surprising Encounter (Comedy)...
— A Mason's New Assistant (Comedy).. Aug.
Aug. 20 — The Bulltrainer's Revenge (Special — Sept.
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 22 — The Tell-Tale Photograph (Drama).. Sept.
-Aug. 25 — Circumstantial Evidence (Comedy)... Sept.
Aug. 27 — The Elopement of Eliza (Comedy).. Sept.
Aug. 29 — The Man Who Smiled (Special — Two Sept.
Parts — Comedy)
PATHE.
. 10 — Typical Russian Dances (Dancing).
— A Rousing Reception (Comedy)....
11 — The Art of the Furrier (Vocational)..
Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay)
( Educational )
12— Bathe's Weekly, No. 49 (News)
17 — Dakar, the Principal Port of Sene-
gal, French West Africa (Travel)..
— Military Trained Dogs, Belgium (Mil.)
18 — Cairo, the Capital of Egypt (Travel).
— Uriage and Vicinity ( Scenic)
19 — Pathe's Weekly, No, 50, 1914 (News).
24 — Pathe's Daily News, No. 53, 1914
( News )
24 — Edible Fishes of the English Chan-
nel ( Ocean)
25 — Rapids and Falls at Trondjen (Travel)
— Picturesque France, Lower Brittany
( Travel )
— From Havre to Buc by Hydro-Aero-
plane (Color-Travel)
26 — Pathe's Daily News. -No. 54, 1914
( News)
SELIG.
14 — Meller Drammer (Comedy)
— The Day of the Dog (Comedy)
15 — Nan's Victory (Comedy-Drama)
17 — The Speck on the Wall (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
17 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 49
(News)
18 — If at First You Don't Succeed (Com.-
Drama)
19 — When a Woman's 40 (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
20— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 50
(News)
21 — The Reveler ( Comedy)
22 — What Became of Jane? (Drama)
24 — The 'WTiite Mouse (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
24 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 51
(News)
25 — The Sealed Oasis (Drama)
26 — The Decision of Jim O'Farrell
(Drama)
27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 52
(News)
28 — -A Low Financier (Comedy)
— Breaking Into Jail (Comedy)
29 — The Harbor ot Love ( Drama)
31 — Who Killed George Graves? (Special
Two Parts — Drama)
31 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 53
( News )
1 — Life's Crucible ( Drama)
2 — To Be Called For (Comedy)
S — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 54
( News >
4 — The House That Went Crazy (Com.).
5 — Pawn Ticket "913" (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH.
13 — The Horse Thief ( Drama)
14 — Polishing Up (Comedy)
15 — The 'Wheat and the Tarei (Speelal —
Two Parte — Drama)
17 — Private Dennis Hogan (Drama)
18 — An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
19 — Taken by Storm (Comedy Drama)...
20 — The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
21 — The Honeymooners (Comedy)
22 — Lily of the Valley (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
24 — Ward's Claim (Western — Drama)
25 — Rainy, the Lion Killer (Special — Two
Parts — Comedy )
2(5 — Josie's Declaration of Independence
(Comedy)
2i — The Mysterious Lodger (Drama)
2S — Such a Hunter (Comedy)
29 — Josie's Coney Island Nightmare
(Special — Two Parts — Comedy)
31 — The Wrong Flat (Comedy)
1 — The Hidden Letters (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
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4 — The Barrel Organ (Comedy)
5 — Too Much Uncle ( Special — Two Parts
— Comedy)
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range study of Moose, Caribou, Sea Lion, Polar Bear,
Great Kodiack Bear, Walrus and millions of Birds on
rookeries. Icebergs the size of twenty-story buildings,
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Lecture. Press matter. Lobby display, Lantern Slides
Attractive Litho Paper 24 Sheets, 6, 3 and 1 Sheets
Arctic Film Co. f^^i^r^' "^^ ''"'''•
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Phone Bryant 35S9
SEEBURG "MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS'
It has solved one of the Big
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Picture Business.
Played either manually or
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"The Wonder of them all"
- Get Complete Information on it by Addressing -
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Leave a high door or a ten inch slot in your new theatre because
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commendation, brings as
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OOIVIING I
The Great Train Robbery
(IN FOUR PARTS)
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY CO.
220 WEST 42d STREET NEW YORK CITY
COMPENSARC
That's the device that saves Moving Pic-
ture men two-thirds on their electric light
bills, and yet gives better light. Did you
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FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS
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1402 Broadway
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
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"The
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5 Reels
Bookings from Sept. 1st
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THE MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO.
Presents for its feature release
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
FOR THOSE UNBORN
A two-part drama of strong purpose and powerful appeal, directed by Wm. Christy
Cabanne, introducing in the leading role
BLANCHE SWEET
Who has won world-wide fame in Judith of Bethulia, The Escape, Home, Sweet Home and many other
"Griffith" successes
Majestic Standard of Quality
It is of the utmost importance to exhibitors to be
able to count in advance on the quality of the regular
releases of different producing companies.
That exhibitors may judge for themselves just how
far the MAJESTIC Company has progressed in estab-
.lishing a dependable standard of excellence in its reg-
ular releases, we append the following list of one-reel
releases and two-part features issued in the past
three months :
BLAWCHK SWEtT
Who appears exclusively in "Ciriffith"
Specials and Majestic regular features.
Double Reel Features
The Double Knot
The Soul of Honor
The Intruder
The Rebellion of Kitty
Belle
The Severed Thong
Arms and the Gringo
The Angel of Contention
The Painted Lady
The Mystery of the Hindu
Image
Moonshine Molly
The Tavern of Tragedy
Her Mother's Necklace
The Second Mrs. RoebucL
Not every one of these pictures is as good as we
should have liked, but 90% have won strong commen-
dation, all are up to general average and many have
been pronounced especially superior.
Single Reels
The Swindlers
The Newer Woman
Their First Acquaintance
Her Birthday Present
The Only Clue
Lest We Forget
Down by the Sounding
Sea
The Burden
The Idiot
The Saving Flame
The Inner Conscience
A Lesson in Mechanics
Granny
MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
(In which we try to tell only the truth about all Majestic releases)
GRANNY (1 Reel) Release date Tuesday, August 25. A picture of pathos and humor with delightful Dorothy
Gish in the leading part.
FRENCHY (2 Reels) Release date Sunday, August 30. A feature of charm and interest, adapted from a popular
Pattullo magazine story. It is well produced and has a unique characterization of a dashing French cowboy.
THE MILKFED BOY (1 Reel) Release date Tuesday, September 1. A domestic story with an excellent lesson
to teach. The acting is not up to Majestic standard but nevertheless the picture should please.
FOR THOSE UNBORN (2 Reels) Release date Sunday, September 6. This picture, with Blanche Sweet in the
principal part, should prove a remarkably strong feature. Next week we shall give you a more decided opinion.
D. W. GRIFFITH HAS GENERAL SUPERVISION OVER MAJESTIC RELEASES
Studio,
4500 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
MUTUAL PROGRAM
Business Office :
29 Union Sq. West,
New York City
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SELIG MONEY MAKERS
FOR YOU
Selig pictures draw the crowds because Selig productions are thrilling, powerful
and picturesque. Demand Selig pictures at your exchange.
SELIG CURRENT RELEASES— Week of Aug. 31— Sept. 5
THEY WILL ATTRACT PATRONS TO YOUR THEATRE.
RELEASED AUGUST 31— IN TWO REELS.
Ul Who Killed George Graves?
-■V tremendous Selig dramatic picture production. The
story of a dreadful conspiracy.
RELEASED AUGUST 31— IN ONE REEL.
Bl The Hearst-Selig News Pictorial.
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RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1— IN ONE REEL.
A Selig melodrama telling a love story that ends well.
Well worth seeing.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2— IN ONE REEL.
To Be Called For.
.\ Selig light comedy full of laughable situations. Very
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 3— IN ONE REEL.
The Hearst-Selig News Pictorial.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 4— IN ONE REEL.
The House that Went Crazy.
One of the most laughable pictures ever produced. Illus-
trating the mishaps of an inventor when the electric wires
became crossed.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 5— IN ONE REEL.
Pawn Ticket "913."
Relating the misadventures of a pawn ticket, which
proved to be a pledge of love.
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THREE BIG WINNERS
Order them from Special Feature Department of The General Film Co. Write your nearest
exchemge for them.
IN TUNE WITH THE WILD
\ Selig Jungle-Zoo three-reel special feature, featuring KATHLYN WILLL\MS.
CHIP, OF THE FLYING "U"
A hilarious Selig three-reel comedy special, featuring KATHLYN WILLIAMS.
THE FIFTH MAN
A spectacular Selig three-reel JUngle-Zoo animal picture-play, featuring BESSIE EYTON.
WATCH FOR "THE ROSARY."
A splendid Selig dramatic special. Scenario from Rowland and Clifford's great play.
Brilliant Selig four-color posters for all Selig releases. Order some for your bill-boards and to brighten
your lobby. ^_^^_^^_^^^_^_^^_^.^^_^^^__
"THE SPOILERS"
The Selig masterpiece, which has already coined thousands of dollars for motion picture houses. This
picture will make money for you.
NOTE- For state rights for "THE SPOILERS" write to our General Offices.
THE SELIG POLYSCOPE COMPANY
General OHices, 20 E. Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL
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Automatically and dark screens are impossible.
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other make, longer period of pictures on the screen is obtained, films are
better protected and greater definition and clearer pictures are accomplished.
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(Tol. 21, No. 10
September 5, 1914
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Thanboiiser's Million DoDar MoUon Pieture
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The Million Dollar Mystery is by far the
most successful serial production ever brought out.
Eleven episodes have already been released. Two-reel episodes are
now being released each week. The entire story will take 46 reels. It has
been enacted by an all-star Thanhouser cast. The story itself is now
appearing in nearly 200 leading newsnaners.
Get this point: $10,000.00 will be paid for the
best 100-word solution of the mystery. Exhibitors
who are seeking packed houses should apply for bookings at once. The
Million Dollar Mystery is an independent release and may bej obtained regardless of the
regular program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION
71 W. 23rd Street, New York Room 411, 5 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at
any Mutual Exchange in the U. S. and Canada
THE THANHOUSER THREE-A-WEEK:
Tuesday, Sept. 1st. "A Mother's Choice." A 2-reel drama featuring Carey L. Hastings.
.\rthur Bauer, Charles Emerson, Nolan Gane, Ernest C. Ward and Peggy Bourlce.
Sunday, September 6th. "Little Mischief." .^ play of childhood, featuring Helen Badglev,
Carey L. Hastings and Ethel Jewett.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, New RocheUe, N.
Head European Office, Thanhouser Films, Ltd., London, W. C, England
Thanhouser releases will continue to be features of the Mutual Program
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A PRIZE MYSTERY DRAMA
COMPLETE IN 3 ACTS
Find the Missing Paragraph
HERE IS THE PLAN: The story of "THE PLUM TREE" will be published in The Ladies' World Magazine for
October. This edition will be in the hands of subscribers and on the newsstands by September 18, the DATE
ON WHICH THIS BIG PHOTOPLAY DRAMA WILL BE RELEASED BY THE ESSANAY COMPANY. In
the magazine story the paragraph in which the mystery is solved will be missing. In the Essanay drama the
MISSING PARAGRAPH WILL BE SHOWN IN PICTURES AND PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN THE ONES
WHO FIND IT AND WRITE THE BEST PARAGRAPH.
THIS IS NO SERIAL PICTURE
The Entire Play is COMPLETE IN THREE REELS
More than FOUR MILLION persons will read the story in THE LADIES' WORLD— MILLIONS WILL SEE
THIS GREAT ESSANAY DRAMA IN FILM FORM.
FRANCIS X. BTJSHMAN is featured in this drama and the photoplay fans of the world will demand to see
him in this his best part.
THE WISE EXHIBITOR WHO BOOKS "THE PLUM TREE" WILL BOOK THE BIGGEST BUSINESS OF
THE YEAR.
Released through the General Film Company's Feature Department
ESSANAY FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
Downtown Offices, 521 First National Bank Building. Laboratories and studios, 1333 Argyle St., Chicago.
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$50,000 GIFT
To Universal Exhibitors To
Help Boom Fall Business
"Richelieu"
That wonderful film spec-
tacle has been placed on the
regular program as a 101 Bison,
released September 26th.
The honest profit that the
Universal Film Manufacturing
Company and the Exchanges
are entitled to, uill be sacrificed
and given to you, as a gift, to
help you start your fall busi-
ness right.
Ten thousand Universal ex-
hibitors will save the extra
$5.00 RICHELIEU would have
cost them.
You can save part of the
$50,000 if you get busy at once
and take advantage of the Uni-
versal cooperative plan. Book
RICHELIEU as early and as
long as posible.
r "Shadows!
A Two Reel King Baggot
Imp Special.
Ready Week of Sept. 21st
In which King Baggot
plays ten distinctive parts
—two women and eight
men.
No one else in the cast
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Some Features
That Your Competitors
Would Pay Millions For
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th
VICTOR— "Little Meg and 1"
—A sea Drama with Warren
Kerrigan.
MP— "The Silent Valley"— A
two reel King Baggot emo-
tional drama.
GOLD SEA L— "Trey C
Hearts"— No. 6— The Crack
O' Doom — A punch in every
inch.
ECLAIR— "Boy"— A powerful
two reel drama.
REX — "Helping Mother"—
Three reel dramatic master-
piece.
\ICTOR— "A Mysterious Mys-
tery"— Two reel sensational
drama.
101 B I S O N— "Our Enemy's
Spy" — Three reel Military
Drama with Marie Walcamp
and W^m. Clifford.
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Three Big Laughs
Three Big Thrills
MARGUERITE CLAYTON
Released Monday, September 7
"When Knights Were Bold"
A side-splitting comedy of "Ye Olden Days," played with modern
equipment.
Released Tuesday, September 8
"Bill's Boy"
A heart interest drama showing that it is possible for a convict to
be a real "man." Adapted from The Munsey Magazines.
Released Wednesday, September 9
THE FABLE OF
"The Honeymoon that Tried to Come
Back"
By GEORGE ADE
How "Hubby" got stung when he tried to "fix things up" with his
wife.
Released Thursday, September 10
"Snakeville's Most Popular Lady"
How a "split ticket" spelled victory for a stranger.
Released Friday, September 11
"The Devil's Signature"
(IN TWO ACTS)
Adapted from The Munsey Magazines
A great mystery drama— a story of realism that will thrill from tl
first to the last foot of film— one of those big Essanay productioi
that always draw packed houses.
Released Saturday, September 12
"Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need'
A western drama, showing how Broncho Billy saves a girl froi
being robbed by a gang of desperate criminals. Featuring G. i
ANDERSON.
First to iMake Films
Recognized
as Standard
Always the Best
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
VICTOR POTEL
as "Slippery Slim"
Laboratory and Studios. 1333 Argyle St., Chicago. Downtown Offices 521 Fil
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A FEW BIG FEATURES
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT"
(In 4 Acts)
Exhibitors everywhere are calling it "one wonderful picture." They are
booking it twice and three times and asking for more.
"THE GOOD=FOR=NOTHING
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A Western drama in 4 acts, featuring the greatest of all photoplay actors-
G. M. ANDERSON. This play abounds in red blood and thrills.
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BLOOD WILL TELL"
One of the greatest 3-act Colonial dramas ever produced. Thousands of
dollars alone were spent on the settings for this picture.
"AMBUSHED
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A new kind of 3-act drama of mystery and adventure that is drawing packed
houses everywhere.
lational Bank Building. Branch Offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona.
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THE WAR
WILL NOT AFFECT THE SUPPLY OF
HEPWORTH & TURNER
FILMS
THE HEPWORTH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LONDON,
AND THE TURNER FILMS, LTD., BEG TO ANNOUNCE
THAT THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT WILL BEAR NO EFFECT
UPON THE PRODUCTION AND RELEASING OF THEIR
FILMS AND THAT THE SAME STANDARD OF EXCEL-
LENCE WILL BE MAINTAINED AS HERETOFORE
SPECIAL NOTE
IN SPITE OF THIS CRISIS, HEPWORTH'S
AND TURNER'S WILL NOT DUPLICATE.
EVERY PRINT WILL BE TAKEN DIRECT
FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE.
FEATURE 'AND SPLIT REELS RELEASED WEEKLY
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
HEPWORTH AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
WORLD'S TOWER BUILDING
110-112 WEST 40th ST., NEW YORK
Telephone 3995 Bryant
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The Productions of the Famous Players Fill
Company, and Bosworth, Inc^
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— here is the hrst big shot in the Paramount Publicity
Campaign — a double page spread in the September 5th
issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
This will be followed monthly by full pages.
The Post is unquestionably the most
valuable medium thru' which the message
of Paramount can be conveyed to the
public. The issue in which this double
page spread appears has a circulation of
approximately two million and a quarter,
so it is safe to say this announcement will
be read by at least ten million (10,000.000)
people — one out of every ten in the United
States!
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Company; Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play
constitute the Paramount Program
Paramount is Not Promising
Paramount is now conducting a gigantic advertising campaign that
will cause hundreds of thousands, yes, millions, of people who can afford to pay ten,
fifteen, twenty-five and even fifty cents, to look for the house showing the Para-
mount Trade Mark.
The Paramount Campaign is reaching hundreds of
thousands of people who are already regular attend-
ants at the better grade of motion picture shows — and
this publicity' will be instrumental in holding their
interest and causing them to patronize Paramount
Houses.
The Paramount Campaign is naturally reaching thou-
sands of people who frequent "nickelodeons" — and this
publicity will show them the difference between a first
class house and the ones they are at present attending.
The Paramount Campaign is also reaching thousands
First Three Releases
August 31st the Famous Players
Film Co. will release "Lost Paradise"
with H. B. Warner as the star ; Sep-
tember 3rd Bosworth, Inc. will release
"Odyssey of the North" with Hobart
Bosworth as the star ; September 7th
Jesse L. Lasky Co. will release "The
Virginian" with Dustin Farnum as the
star — this merely indicates the quality
of the Paramount Program.
Write immediately to your nearest
Paramount Exchange. It will be your first
step in the direction of GREATER pros-
perity, and assured success.
of people who do not go to any motion picture theatre
— and this publicity will convince them that now they
can see a two dollar show on the screen for ten, fifteen,
twenty-five and fifty cents.
This is the kind of cooperation the Paramount Pic-
tures Corporation is offering to the right kind of
exhibitors everywhere. Do you realize what it would
mean to you to be known as "the Paramount House"
in your city? After you have read this announcement,
turn the matter over in your mind for a few minutes
and you will appreciate the advisability of showing the
Paramount Program in your house.
— here is a reproduction of the beautifully colored 24-sheet
Paramount Poster now appearing on the billboards in over
five hundred cities. Send for a better reproduction.
^Paramount ^ficture^ (orporaUofU
^^.y ONE HUNDRED ofu/ TEN ^^_>/ W^ ST FORTIETH V._^ STREET
NEW YORK,N.Y.
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Program
September— October — November
PRODUCTIONS
ARTISTS
"THE LOST PARADISE" H. B. WARNER
The world-renowned drama of capital and labor by Ludwig Fulda and H. C. DeMille.
RELEASED AUGUST 31
"THE UNWELCOME MRS. HATCH" HENRIETTA CROSMAN
Famous emotional drama by Mrs. Burton Harrison.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 10
"SUCH A LITTLE QUEEN" MARY PICKFORD
The celebrated comedy-drama by Channing Pollock.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 21
"MARTA OF THE LOWLANDS" Mme. BERTHA KALICH
The noted masterpiece of the distinguished Spanish dramatist, Angel Guimera.
RELEASED OCTOBER S
"HIS LAST DOLLAR" DAVID HIGGINS
The greatest racing play ever produced in America.
RELEASED OCTOBER IS
"THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN" MACLYN ARBUCKLE
Henry \V. Savage's greatest comic-drjmatic production by George Ade, with many of the
original cast, including the star and Willis P. Sweatman.
RELEASED OCTOBER 26
"BEHIND THE SCENES" MARY PICKFORD
The charming play of theatrical life by Margaret Mayo, author of "Bab5' Mine."
RELEASED NOVEMBER 2
"THE MAN FROM MEXICO" JOHN BARRYMORE
H. A. Du Souchet's famous comedy success.
RELEASED NOVEMBER 9
"WILDFLOWER" MARGUERITE CLARK
A typical Marguerite Clark characterization by Mary Germaine.
RELEASED NOVEMBER 30
PRODUCED BY
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ADOLPH ZUKOR., President
DANIEL FROHMAN,Mana^iag Direcior EDWIN •S-PORTER.JecKrvical Director
Executive Offices.
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Jesse l. Lasky
The Mo5t Populai^ Fioup On The 3ci(uk
mwMm
OF TriL YEAR'^X^
M05T 5UCCE55FUL
PRODUCTION
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Maat"
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Virginian
From Thl PLay of KIRKE LA SHE.LLL And The Dgdk By QA/EN WI5TER
^^^^ RELEASED SEPT. IT
1^1 Thf^ouGH PARAr^OOfST PfCTURES CORPORATrOIN
li' JESSE L. LASKY FEATURE PLAY COMPANY
LONG ACRE THEATRE W. 48™ 5TREET
JE55E L LA5KY
PRESIDEMT
N.V. C.
5AnUELG0LDPI5H
TREA3. & SEML nANAOER.
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\SKi^^':^S(^,<i%^^^i<%aP.'i I CE:C1L D. De^MLLE
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MARTIN EDEN
JACK LONDON
AMrilc, Qrippip!^ Story; Well Told
For Bookings Apply Direct to Exchanges
Famous Flayers Exchange, 1331 Famous Flayers Star Feature Filzu
Vine .Street. Philadelphia. Pa., and Service, Temple Court Building.
71 AVest 23rd Street, New York Minneapolis. :Minn. — North and
City — New Jersey and Eastern
Pennsylvania.
^
American Feature Film Co., 162
Tremont St.. Boston. Mass. — New
England States; Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Maine. Rhode Island,
New Hampshire and Vermont.
Wm. Ii. Sherry Featnre Film Co.,
lEc, 126 West 4t;th Street. New
Ye.-K <l'it>' — <::;reater New York and
New York .State.
Famous Flayers Film Service, Inc.,
404 Ferry Street. Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and 37 South Wabt'sh Avenue, Chi-
cago, III. — Western Pennsylvania,
\\*est Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois and Kentucky.
BOSWORTH INC., LOS ANGEliS, CAUFORNIA
Famous Flayers Featnre Co., 28
^^'est Lexington Street. Baltimore,
Md. — Delaware, Maryland, Wash-
ington, D.C.. and Virginia.
Casino
ilich.—
Feature Film
-JNliihigan.
Co., Detroit,
Kansas City Feature Film Co., Kan-
sas City. ^lo. — Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and Iowa.
South Dakota, Minnesota and Wis.
Notable Feature Film Co., Salt Lake
City. Utah — Utah. Colorado, Mon-
tana, ^Vyoming and Idaho.
Froerressive Motion Picture Co.,
three offices — Head office: 642 Paci-
Hc Building, San Francisco. Cal. ;
"Central Buildinsr. Seattle, Wash.:
Marsh-Strong Building, Los Ange-
les. Cal. — California, Oregon. Wash-
ington. Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico.
U. S. A.
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A. H. SAWYER
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
"GREAT"— ^S5
IT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
The Envoy Extraordinary
OR
THE WORLD'S WAR
FIVE REELS
THE INITIAL PRODUCTION OF
THE SANTA BARBARA MOTION PICTURE CO.
Written and Produced by Lorimer Johnston
SENSATION
FOLLOWS
SENSATION
NOW READY FOR BOOKING IN ALL SAWYER ZONES
THRILL
FOLLOWS
THRILL
BOOK "THE ENVOY"
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The Exhibitor may now count upon a feature filn
of distinction every week. By the combinatioj
under the Alco banner of the strongest and mos
distinguished creators of motion pictures, a grea
production is within reach for regular booking
Hereafter these greatest of manufacturers will r^
lease exclusively through Alco: —
All Star Feature Corporation
California Motion Picture Corporation
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Favorite Players' Film Company
Excelsior Feature Film Company
Exchanges are now being established in the principal cities of America
YOU \A/^II-L. \A/^EI_C:C3I\/IE: <D\J¥=i iROL.ICY,
Alco Film
ALCO BU
218 West 42d Street
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First Release October 5th and One Every Week Thereafter
OCTOBER 5— ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION.
ETHEL BARRYMORE, in "THE NIGHTINGALE"
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS.
OCTOBER 12— POPULAR PLAYS AND PLAYERS, INC.
ANDREW MACK, in "THE RAGGED EARL"
!■ By GRATTAN DONNELLY.
OCTOBER 19— CALIFORNIA MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION.
BEATRIZ MICHELENA and House Peters, in "SALOMY JANE'
By PAUL ARMSTRONG.
OCTOBER 26— FAVORITE PLAYERS FILM COMPANY.
CARLYLE BLACKWELL, in "KEY TO YESTERDAY"
By CHAS. NEVILLE BUCIC.
NOVEMBER 2— EXCELSIOR FEATURE FILM COMPANY.
OCTAVIA HANDWORTH, in "PATH FORBIDDEN"
By JOHN B. HYMER.
NOVEMBER 9— ALL STAR FEATURE CORPORATION.
DIGBY BELL, in "THE EDUCATION OF MR. PIPP'
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS.
NOVEMBER 16— CALIFORNIA MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION.
! BEATRIZ MICHELENA and House Peters, in "MRS WIGGS OF
THE CABBAGE PATCH"
By ALICE HEGAN RICE and ANNE CRAWFORD FLEXNER.
NOVEMBER 23— POPULAR PLAYS AND PLAYERS, INC.
JACOB p. ADLER, in "MICHAEL STROGOFF"
By JULES VERNE.
NOVEMBER 30— FAVORITE PLAYERS FILM COMPANY.
CARLYLE BLACKWELL, in "MAN WHO COULD NOT LOSE"
>■ By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.
Applications for service will be considered in the order of their receipt.
\A/^E \A/iL.i- ^A/^El_ool^/lE: your sljf>f»ort.
Corporation
ILDING
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NEW SAWYER FEATURES?
WRITTEN BY
ELEANOR GATES
a
DOC
TWO-REEL ££
"RANGER"
J J PUBLISHED IN
SATURDAY EVENING
4 REELS POST
THE HERO t'h'e NORTH''
''THE KING OF THE BOWERY''
FOUR REELS
FOUR REELS OF WAR, LOVE AND INTRIGUE
"The Tyranny of the Mad Czar"
A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION
"HER BROTHER'S DISGRACE
A STORY OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST
9 9 TWO
REELS
NEXT WEEK
FIRST LIBERTY MOTION PICTURE CO. RELEASE
SEPT. 1st
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4 PARTS
The Picture
With a
Purpose
By portraying the terrible
horrors of the battlefield
and the disastrous effects
of war upon the families of
combatants, this photoplay
is the most powerful argu-
ment for universal peace
ever advanced.
It Is Here and
It Is Great
One of the many remarkably realistic battle scenes
THE MOST STIRRING PHOTOPLAY EVER SEEN
All Who Have Seen The Marvelous Production Are Enthusiastic in Their Praise
ITS TERRIFIC REALISM IS STARTLING!
The most gigantic and sensational battle scenes ever shown — with vast armies of soldiers, strug-
Igling for victory, then fleeing in defeat from the jaws of death; troops of charging cavalry; artillery
in action, shells exploding, causing terrible destruction. All the gruesome aspects of war vividly
^ depicted— battlefields strevm with wounded and dead; churches and bams filled with the wounded, etc.
WISE STATE RIGHT MEN WILL SECURE THIS GREAT ATTRACTION AT ONCE
THOSE WHO MISS IT WILL HAVE MUCH TO REGRET
Pfi
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GREAT NORTHERNS
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PICTURE EVER PRESENTED
YOUR ARMS
4 PARTS
Most Timely
Film Ever
Offered
After six months prepara-
tion, by an odd coincidence,
the picture was completed
just when the great Euro-
pean War began. It is
Uierefore extraordinarily
timely, now that all interest
is centered upon war.
The heroine searching for her husband in a church full of wounded Soldiers.
Book This
Feature NOW!
Wonderful Newspaper Comment :
*The New York Herald, The New York Sun, The Boston Post, and The New York Times have
pSted articles about ihe picture, the New York Herald having devoted an entire page m its
magazine section.
"^"^■The^m^^y batUe- scenes are most realistic-many thrilling portrayals of the horrors of war. almost indistinguishable from actual-
ity."— New York Telegraph. , . , ., tu oiiu ,j '^^
"Makes one feel like crying out loud for peace. —The Billboard.
ENTERPRISING EXHIBITORS WILL BE QUICK TO REALIZE THE WONDERFUL
POSSIBILITIES OF THIS EXCEPTIONAL OFFERING
FILM COMPANY
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FILM MART
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A. H. SAWYER
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
EXHIBITORS:
in
ILLINOIS and WISCONSIN
SAWYER'S FEATURES NOW READY FOR YOU AT
ZONE
No. 12
ZONE 1-New York
"SAWYER"— 1600 Broadway
ZONE 2-Boston
PHOENIX FEATURE FILM CORPORA-
TION, 164 Federal St.
ZONE 3-Newark
STATE FILM CO., 60 Bank St.
ZONE 4-Albany
"SAWYER"— 29 N. Pearl St.
ZONE 5-Montreal
B. C. FEATURE CO., New Birks BIdg.
ZONE 6-Philadelphia
"SAWYER"— Address next issue
ZONE 7-Pittsburgh
"SAWYER"
ZONE 8-Buffalo
"SAWYER"— Address next issue
ZONE 9-Dayton
EDWARDS-ZETTLER FEATURE FILM
CO., U. B. Building
(Will move to Columbus, Sept. 1st)
ZONE 10-Detroit
PROGRESSIVE FILM & EQUIPMENT
CO., 97 Woodward Ave.
ZONE 11 -Indianapolis
PROGRESSIVE FILM & EQUIPMENT
CO. — Address next issue
ZONE 12-Chicago
UNION FILM COMPANY
166 W. Washington St.
UNION FILM CO. ^rcIcaC
THESE ZONES ALSO BOOKING
ZONE 13-Davenport
"SAWYER"
Cor. 2nd and Main Streets
(The Davenport Office to Move to Omaha
Oct. 1st)
ZONE 14-Minneapolis
SHERMAN FEATURE FILM SERVICE
Temple Court BIdg.
ZONE 15-St. Louis
"SAWYER"
ZONE 16-Knoxville
FRANK ROGERS, Knoxville, Tenn.
ZONE 17-Dallas
WILL OPEN AUG. 31
ZONE 18-Denver
WILL OPEN SEPT. 1
ZONE 19-San Francisco
INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCERS'
CO., Pacific BIdg.,
ZONE 20-Seattle
INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCERS'
CO., Pacific Bids., WILL OPEN SEPT. 1
ZONE 21- Washington, D.C.
HEFFERT NAT. FILM CO.
225-227 Woodward BIdg.
ZONE 22-Los Angeles
INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCERS'
CO.
ZONE 23-Syracuse, N. Y.
"SAWYER"— SEPT. 1.
ZONE 24-Cleveland
"SAWifER'i^EPr. 1 KJ a
ZONE 25-Winnipeg, Can.
B. C. FEATURE CO.
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Bungling
Bunks'
Bunco
3 -Part Wild Animal Comedy
Bunks is a better talker than a hunter of big game but talk and photographs of
stuffed lions don't get by with his girl, so he takes to the real wild life and is treed
by real wild tigers and elephants, and worse yet — is cornered by a wild girl. Hei
prefers lions to harem life and makes his escape with a lion in a cage. Arrived home,
the lion takes his turn at making an escape, assisted by Bunks' disappointed African
inamorata, and the party of Bunks* admirers make their escape to the roof. Bunks
has his eye on the roof, too, but there's the girl and the Hon and — your patrons
doubling up in their seats and gasping for breath.
The Woman Without a Heart
A S-part tragedy with a strong dramatic climax and lively action of interest-absorbing caliber. The
story of a woman who leaves her mother dying on the floor in order to attend a fashionable reception
— and the woman herself once upon a time wasn't fashionable. She hasn't any heart at all, though she
appropriates many hearts of the opposite sex which she turns into stone. It is also proved that "SHE
who dances must pay the fiddler."
The Perils of Pauline
Anybody with a taste for romance and adventure (that leaves out nobody)
has a taste for Pauline. The taste for Pauline is not an acquired one — it's
inborn — it appears at the same time your announcement paper appears, and
the more Pauline you feed it the more it grows. If you keep it up long
enough you will have to build a larger theatre. She gets people in and keeps
them in. She makes patrons out of former passersby.
PAULINE TAKES THE CAKE AND THEN HANDS IT TO YOU
Whiffles' Double (Comedy)
AND
Kashmir, British India
(In Natural Colors)
An A-1 split ree' combining the humorous manoeu-
vers of Whiffles in his encounters with his double,
and natural color scenic views of Kashmir, a beau-
tiful district in British India.
Uncle's Finish
An entertaining American comedy
in 1 reel — made by Hartigan.
AUadU, 61 Walton St.; Boston, 3 Tremont Bow; Chicago, 5 So. Wabasb
Are.; Dallas, Andrews Bldg. ; Los Angeles, 114 E. 7th St; Minneapolis,
4th and Hennepin Sts. ; New York, 115 E. 23rd St.; Pittsbuub, 715 Lib-
erty Ave.; San Francisco. 67 Turk St.; St Louis, 3210 Locust St; Syracuse,
214 B. Fayette St; CSndnnati, 217 E. 5tb St; Salt Lake City, 68 South
THE ECLECTIC
110 West 40th St.
Main St; Clereland, 622 Prospect Ave., S. E.; Portland, 392 Bumsiite
Ave.; Philadelphia. 1235 Vine St; Washington, 7th and E Sts N W^
New Orleans, 910 Gravler St; Seattle, 810 Third Ave- Omaha 'l312
Faraam St; Denver, Nassau Bldg.; Kansas City, 928 Ma'in St '
FILM COMPANY
New York City
'*The Cream of American and European Studios"
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Jfictures from all over
the World
on one film
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Getting News Straight
All news that 30U read is strained news. It's cut down,
and censored, and passed from mouth to mouth. It's
rumored and reported and then contradicted. But —
The Pathe Daily News
is the original news taken deed for deed at the original
source and no amount of transference or repetition can
change it. It comes from all over the world and every-
body is interested in something that is going on in some
part of the world. They can see it in the Pathe Camera
Xews and when thej' see it there they know it happened
and know how it happened. You know that you won't
have to worry about filling your house because straight
news — the Pathe Daily News interests so many people.
(Issued semi-weekl}-.)
THE PATHE DAILY NEWS
1 CONGRESS STREET, JERSEY' CITY, NEW JERSEY
Atlanta, 61 Walton St.; New York, 115 E. 23rd St.; Cleveland, 622 Pros-
pect Ave., S. E. ; Denver, Nassau Bldg. ; Minneapolis, 4th and Heone*
pin Sts. ; Cincinnati, 217 E. 5th St.; Seattle, 810 Third Ave.; Boston,
3 Tremont Row; Pittsburgh, 715 Liberty Ave.; Portland, 392 Bumside
Ave.; Omaha, 1312 Farnam St.; Chicago, 5 So. Wabash Ave.; San Fran-
cisco, 67 Turk St.; Philadelphia, 1235 Vine St.; Salt Lake City, 68 South
Main St.; Dallas. Andrews Bldg.; St. Louis, 3210 Locust St.; Los
Angeles, 114 E. 7th St.; Syracuse, 214 E. Fayette St.; Washington.
7th and E Sts., N. W.; New Orleans, 910 Gravier St.; Kansas City,
128 Main St.
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The ALICE, JOYCE SERIES
Increased My Business 20%"
Yet photoplay patrons must pass two opposition houses
and cHmb up a very hilly street to get to the theatre
owned by the exhibitor who recently made this state-
ment. Competition? Why, his opposition show three
to five-reel features on the days he haa, .the
Alice Joyce Series. Nevertheless, there is always a
waiting line in front of his house. There is nothing
can compete with the Alice Joyce Series in pulling
power.
Here are two features of the Series which are scheduled
to be issued during September. Like the preceding
stories each is complete in itself.
The Mystery of the Sleeping Death
An Astounding two-act story of Reincarnation
Released Monday, September 14th
The mysterious trance into which the millionaire and the girl of the
slums have fallen, baffles the physicians. As a last resort, they call
in Amar, a Hindu mystic. The legend he relates solves the mystery
and holds spectators in breathless interest.
The Viper
A Modern Two-Act Drama. Released Monday, September 28th
After slaying his father-in-law's butler, Crane, a good-for-nothing,
escapes. Later, the murderer is reported dead. Mary, his wife, re-
marries. She and her second husband go yachting — and are suddenly
confronted by the scoundrel. Can't you picture the tremendous situ-
ation which follows? _
The scenes on the 1, 3 and 6-Sheets for the features above
COMPEL Attention
Alice Joyce Curtain Call
What would you give to have Alice Joyce appear at your theatre
during each performance and announce that you are shovnng the
series in which she is featured?
The Alice Joyce Curtain Call shown on the left, is the next best thing
to having Miss Joyce appear in person. It is a film 17 feet long in
which Kalem's beautiful star smilingly announces that your theatre
is showing the Series. Sent express paid, for $1.75 in stamps, coin,
express or postal money order. Do not send checks. Address Dept. L.
Kalem Company, Dept. l. 235=9 W. 23(1 St., New York
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READY COMMe/^CiriG SEPT.
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inU f^n G, CHANHIHG POLLOCH WILTOM LACHAYE
^HE DOLLAR /lARK" ay gbO. broao^urst
I lUlntK BY JULES ECHERT QOOOnAH
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SUPPOftTEO AY
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EMMA DUNN
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"THE GEflTLEflAti FRO/1 mS/JS/PPr .rarr,.o. rrooss tho3. w,sb
'THE FACE IN THE tlOOnUGHT" ^osr. ^AnrEu'5 great 3occe35
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IN PREPARATION WITH OTHERS TO FOLLOW
DARKEST RU53IA by a. ohatton Po^,.eLLy CLAM mBAU YOUNO
AFTER PARK er dion aovcicAVLT
THE 5HEPHERD KING" wf<iQHrLof^R/nof\EscR£/\T success
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THE Cud by Thompson Buchanan
"a I.I//1A/7/I A/r IA/A\/" 6 H ACE GEORGE'S
A won AN 5 WAY by THO^fSON BUCN^N^N CReAT success
THE RACK BY THOMPSON BUCHANAN
A3 VE 30W BY TH£ REV. JOHN SNYDER AU C£ 3RA0Y
PAST f\N D
-CONTROL OF ALL THE WoA-BrADY PRODUCTIONS - future
CORPORATION
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LUBIN'S NEW RE.LEASE,
BEGINNING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th
auid continuing each Monday thereafter
"THE BE,LOVED ADVE,NTURE,R
»
By EMMETT CAMPBELL HALL, FEATURING
ARTHUR JOHNSON and
LOTTIE BRISCOE . ^o
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A Series of 15 Single
Reel Dramatic Pic-
tures, which might
be run singly, as
released or used
in threes or fives
as special features
A Story of
Extraordinary
Strength and Inter-
est, with Situations
of the Most Intensely
Dramatic and Thrilling
Nature, Touching Pathos
and Genuine Humor.
PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM
Coincident with the release of the films, there will be published, in book form, the complete story of the
series. This idea is as novel as it will prove valuable to the exhibitor.
The book is in full cloth binding with 15 full page half-tone illustrations and would ordinarily sell for $1.25.
Desiring that it may share in the expense of promoting, to the highest degree, the success of the exhibitors
showing this series, this book will be supplied at a special low price — a price absolutely unheard of in book-
publishing. Write us for full details regarding price and helpful hints for distribution.
Exhibitors Are Urged to Place Orders for This Book at the
Earliest Possible Moment, as the Edition is Limited
The Lubin Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago Office, 154 West Lake Street
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Two Big Masterpieces Now Being ShownWith Remarkable Success
6 Reels "THE WOLF"
By EUGENE WALTER
Produced by Barry O'Neil, with Geo. Soule Spencer, Ethel Clayton, Ferdinand Tidmarsh, Ruth Bryan
and Bernard Siegel
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MARIAN GRUNSTEIN EVELYN NESBIT THAW
ISAAC GRUNSTEIN (Marian's father) BERNARD SIEGEL
RACHEL SHAPIRO (Marian's friend) MARGUERITE RISSER
ABRAHAM SOLMAN (Rug Merchant and Leader of Jewish Colony) JOSEPH STANDISH
THE NUN MARGUERITE MARSH
FEDOR TOMSKY JACK CLIFFORD
Produced by JOSEPH W. SMILEY
R/VYIVIOIMD Ml
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"The Funniest Man on the Stage"
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FROM THE
NOVEL BY MARIE CORELLI
Five Parts (5071 Feet)
Quite the Most Beautiful, Realistic and Absorbing
Novel the Famous English Novelist Has Yet Written
A Man Buried as Dead, returning to consciousness
in his coffin, knocking it by his struggles from its
niche in the wall ; thereby breaking open a casket
filled with jewels ; smashing his way out the tomb
to his castle only to find his wife and dearest friend
unfaithful to him ; plotting a revenge Hellish in its
execution ; the killing of his faithless wife in that
self-same tomb by earthquake the night of his
second marriage to her — these are the essentials
of a story we firmly believe unrivaled in the annals
of filmed Novels. One thrill treads upon the foot-
steps of another. Pantomime finds its highest ex-
pression in "VENDETTA."
The settings are more than beautiful — the pho-
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In "VENDETTA" we ofifer all that is possible in
Motion Photography.
For Release Through Special Feature Depart-
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A Dramatic Adaptation of
a Recent Magazine Story.
By W. B. M. FERGUSON.
In Two Parts.
An absorbingly interesting drama which unfolds the various phases of its plot in a
delightfully original manner. Attempting to impersonate Silas Wilding's nephew and
so become heir to a fortune, Kelly marries a girl on "face value" and thereupon gets
so deeply entangled in a plot that his fortune and happiness seem highly improbable. The
story ends auspiciously.
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Comedy MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST
The boYS get in the wrong apartments. The girls are indignant at
their presence. It might have been serious, but it struck them so
funny, they all become the best of friends. A cast of Vitagraph
favorites.
"The Upper Hand"
"The Hidden Letters
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Two Part Drama TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST
They reveal the flirtations of a wife, who is killed in a fearful auto-
mobile accident. Another girl tries to protect the wife's name. The
husband is so impressed with the girl's purpose, he marries her.
JULIA SWAYNE GORDON, ANTONIO MORENO and NORMA
TALMADGE are the principals.
"The Lost Cord"
Comedy WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2D
The fat man loses the cord of his bathing suit. What might have
happened is better seen than told. The thin man goes home in the
fat man's clothes and the situation becomes interesting. HUGHIE
MACK and LILLIAN WALKER in the leads.
Drama THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D
He bullies his wife and claims she is not his wife, to hold the
upper hand. His sudden death proves '"m » '^JJ and Kains for
his wife the happiness he had denied her. LEAH BAIRD, WILLIAM
HLTMPHREY, WILUAM RANOUS and REX HITCHCOCK arc the
cast.
"The Barrel Organ"
Comedy FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH
It grinds out a fortune for the kindly tramp and the widow. The
monkey rescues a man and child from a burning house and brings
more money to the happy couple. ROSE TAPLEY and ETIENNE
GIRARDOT in the leads.
"Too Much Uncle"
Two Part Comedy SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH
He happens in on his nephew who has to have a wife to gc'
noney. He borrows his friend's. The complications which
get Uncle's
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exceedingly funny. When it ceases to be a joke, the truth is told
and the fun starts all over again.
An all-star cast.
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VITA-LAUGH Comedy Wednesday, Sept. 9
"BELLA'S ELOPEMENT"
Drama Thursday, Sept. 16
"A STUDY IN FEET"
Comedy Friday, Sept. 11
"HE DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATH"
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Captain Alvarez
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My Official Wife
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THE MYSTERY OF THE SLEEPING DEATH
An ALICE JOYCE SERIES Feature in Two Acts. Based upon a Hindu Legend
Twenty minutes after the girl of the slums and the millionaire meet, both fall into a deathlike trance. Physicians
call in a Hindu mystic as a last resort. The Hindu legend he relates solves the mystery in an astounding manner.
Released Monday, September 14th. The 1, 3 and 6-Sheets show the most exciting events
Into the Depths
Even the most astute photoplay '"fans" will believe that
Stanford really sells his wife to his friend Arthur. The
outcome furnishes a startling surprise. Alice Hollis-
ter in a strong role.
Released Tuesday, September 15th. Strong 1 & 3-Sheets
Easy Money
McGuff wants an auto, while Mrs. McGufi wants a farm.
Weary Bill wants the money which is to pay for the
foregoing. What happens as the
result, will make your patrons hold
their sides.
Released Friday, September 18th
The Moonshiners
A T^vo-Act Tragedy of the Hills |
The generation-long feud between the Wetlocks and the |
Bradys bursts out anew when the clans meet on the |
mountainside. The desperate combat which follows, |
will draw observers to the edge of their seats. |
Released Wednesday, Sept. 16. Striking 1, 3 & 6-Sheets ^^
The Cub Reporter's Assignment
A mix up in identities causes the cub reporter to become |
the guest of the old inventor. How he balks a thief's |
plot to steal valuable plans makes this a decidedly |
attractive offering. |
Released Saturday, September 19th. |
Superb 1 and 3-Sheets. |
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Facts and Comments
DESPITE the stupendous and sanguinary conflict
which is rending the nations of Europe and de-
moralizing the business machinery of the world at
large, the motion picture industr}' of the United States,
just now at least, seems to be particularly favored of
fortune. Although cut off from much of the world's
market, the loss thus sustained is compensated, for the
time being, by the cessation of picture production in the
principal centers of the industn.' abroad, and the general
report concerning conditions here is consequently en-
couraging. Not only are our manufacturers called upon
to supply the great demands of our own countr}', but
those countries with whom commercial relations have
not been interrupted by the European war must look
to us for their supply of pictures. This presents a rare
opportunity to American manufacturer^ which, however
much wc may deplore the circumstances that make the
opportunity, should not be permitted to pass unheeded.
This would seem to be the psychological moment for
every brandi of industry in America and not the least
of these is the motion picture.
* * ♦
WHEN are we to reach tiie limit of motion picture
production in the Uniteil States? Tliere are
now three regular programs of weekly releases
of one and two reel pictures; two i)rograms of feature
subjects of three or more reels and a promise of at least
two more weekly feature programs soon to materialize,
to say nothing of the occasional feature offerings by
unaffiliated manufacturers. Studios of pretentious char-
acter and large capacity are going up everywhere, appar-
ently, and there seems to be no limit to the flow of
capital toward the motion picture. Not all of these ven-
tures are successful, to be sure, but there is a sufficient
air of permanency about many to entitle them to serious
consideration. The question arises: If all these con-
cerns fulfill their promises in the matter of the number
of subjects to be released is there not grave danger of
price cutting? W'hile there are many large theatres be-
ing built for the purpose of showing motion pictures,
will the demand for pictures be sufficient to absorb the
supply? In the event of an over supply, what will the
manufacturer do; will be curtail his output and jaise his
price, or will he indulge in the dangerous expedient of
cutting prices to secure the volume of patronage he de-
sires? Of course there will be some price cutting, but it
will not be serious unless it should become general. The
margin of profit is none too wide at present. Consen-a-
tive manufacturers should keep on the. safe side by not
attempting to force the market with large programs for
which there is not in sight a -definite demand. • • •
^ ^ 5}i ... .
AMERICANS make a serious business of going to
the theater. It has cost Oscar Hammerstein a lot
of money to find this out: It has cost others more
or less considerable sums.- Now the motion' picture ex-
hibitors, in their efforts to find something new, are here
and there parting with their hardly earned dollars to
verify previous discoveries. ^lore than one recent en-
terprise has been based on the idea that the American
theatergoer has acquired the habit of loafing gracefully
in the evenings, at least. It is supposed that he will be
willing to follow the example of his English brother
and not care a hang whether or not he sees the entire
performance so long as he has a good time while that
performance lasts. It is argued that- he may wish to
dance, might care for drink during the continuance
of the performance, and so in various of the large cities
places of amusement are erected offering several attrac-
tions for a single admission in the blissful and confiding
belief that, so long as the patron gets something for his
money, he will not particularly care what that something
is. It is argued that in England the tea room is an im-
portant adjunct of many of the large houses. The visitor
drops in, sees a couple of films, enjoys afternoon tea or
an ice, looks at more film and wanders out again, well
content. He goes to a music hall and may not see a single
act of the long program, content to visit with his acquaint-
ances in the bar or promenade. Why should he not do it
here? The bald answer is because he has not been raised
that way. He goes to the theater to see a performance.
He wants to see all that he pays for. He regards it as a
solemn duty to stick to his seat and get full value for his
money. The only multi-attraction that will ever make
money in this country in. this generation is the three-ring
circus, and that is merely because it is all in plain sight
at the same moment.
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Mere Opinion an Injustice
By Louis Reeves Harrison
MANY oral evidences, and even written ones, signed
by leading producers, convince me that intelligent
criticism of moving pictures is widely read and
considered. There is no doubt that such criticism exists,
but it is more often sincerely attempted and only attempt-
ed. Among those who can hark back to the days when
capable criticism was menaced by cancellation of advertis-
ing contracts, there is now full recognition that only one
policy can hold the confidence of exhibitors, that of telling
the truth. To tell the truth, however, means more than
sincere intention. It means more than the deliver}' of an
opinion — it means adherence to a standard of judgment
and an ability to deal with many points of view.
To decide upon the merits and demerits of moving
pictures is a valuable and legitimate business of interpre-
tation. To^ merely generalize with opinion, so far from
being criticism, is an attempt to escape from the examina-
tion and proving of merit and is of less value than the
opinion of those members of an audience who are not
picture-sated. It is at one moment pessimistic, at an-
other optimistic, and may even depend upon whether or
not the. reviewer has digested his last meal. Criticism,
so far from being a question of individual opinion, must
concern itself with general judgment. General judgment
will make up its own mind without troubling much about
the authorities, but it must be foreseen, studied and de-
termined, qiiite as much for the sake of the producer as
for the exhibitor. There are few harder tasks than those
of the sincere and ambitious critic.
The intelligent appreciation of moving pictures, just
estimate of their relative value and rank, has had a great
deal to do with their improvement, quite as much in the
enlightening of exhibitors who were very much in the
dark as in determining the purpose, quality and even pro-
portions of screen stories. No laurel wreaths adorn the
brows of the best reviewers; there are no voting con-
tests as to which is the most popular; their photographs
are not even employed as space-fillers when copy runs
short ; though their combined influence is tempering the
spirit of screen visualizations, is helping materially to
formulate and regulate the most wonderful art the world
has ever known. All are not, however, the best re-
viewers, and there are gentlemen engaged in this work
who start out with no standards of judgment, who lack
both largeness of mind and aggressive force of character,
and these men are delivering some very positive opinions.
To announce that this or that play is the greatest of
the year, that it is superior to any preceding it, is bare
opinion, and an offhand one at that. No one of us has
either opportunity or time to give the whole sweep of
large photodramas careful study. Then such opinion is
unkind to many — it is odious to those who do not be-
lieve that any one picture rises so far above all the others
as to be called a masterpiece. The favored play's pur-
pose may be one of the noblest, that of bettering human-
kind; its theme may be one of striking originalitv: its
idealism may be sublime; its imagery may set the mind
aflame; its examples may give it tremendous ethical
power; yet it may not be a masterpiece, and I recently
saw a play set upon that pinnacle although it contained
not one of the above enumerated qualities. Even fron^
a business point of view, there is a lack of sense in boom-
ing one firm's product at the expense of all others.
Highest consideration should be given to the spirit
of a play — dge-s it contain something which \s bound
to meet with enthusiastic support by those for whom it
was made? Has it anything to do with what is upper-
most in their thought? It is not criticism to give biased
approval or disapproval, but to get at the essence of
human interest and show wherein a photoplay is ad-
dressed strongly to that interest. Exalting one work is
not to be done on any individual prejudice in its favor.
Before all other popular products are thus dispraised and
belittled, it might be well for a critic to study the secret
of their power and charm. It is not just to those of
proven worth to announce in advance a new play's supe-
riority to them ; it comes pretty close to being actual proof
of incompetence on the part of a critic that such a sweep-
ing ajmouncement is made. Only the test of time can
determine a masterpiece.
Form seems to most deeply impress those who have
not grasped the full meaning of criticism. The form of
a screen story and its treatment are well worth high con-
sideration, but they must be weighed and given only
what credit is due. Wherein are thought, imagination
and emotion stimulated by the play? A mere idea of
the action does not exhaust the function of criticism.
To simply recapitulate and pronounce a verdict is only
description and opinion. The reviewer can creditably
stop with unbiased description. The moment he goes be-
yond that, he must show that his judgment is warranted
by some larger reason than preference. The genuine
critic is largely benefited thereby, for he is constantly
schooling himself, is growing with his work. He is re-
ceiving in the act of giving. Let us admit with good grace
that we are only qualified as we qualify. Our verdict
should be fair to all, even to those who are struggling
upward, considerate of the weak and appreciative of the
strong, an education to ourselves quite as much as to our
readers.
The success of a picture very naturally depends upon
the aim of its producer. If his motive is obviously that
of making easy money, there are questionable methods of
doing it, and his picture will usually present .evidences of
purely mechanical execution. The pecuniary reward for
poor plays, in consequence of the new art's marvelous
popularity, has been so great that only a few attempt
original conception or superior treatment. Those few
deserve encouragement. Broad differences of subject
and manner of presenting it are to be expected, and
they add to the charming variety of a program. These
differences, however, should be studied without bias, and
not used to elevate one fine portrayal above many others
of approximate sincerity and merit. It seems better to
give each the special credit it deserves without unfair
comparisons. To announce that one is a masterpiece
superior to all others, is not just, because it is merely
an opinion on a product which has not had its final test.
The final test, that of presentation before many audi-
ences, during a considerable period of time, is the only
one justifying extreme praise. Hence critics are discred-
iting criticism by pronouncing in extravagant terms on
the value of one picture. They are also discrediting hun-
dreds of other untried products for the sake of one. It
is much nearer the ideals of criticism to present the mer-
its and demerits of a realease in an unbiased way and
allow the exhibitor to formulate his own opinion. To
thrust extreme views into print is neither just to him
nor to those producers who are relegated to inferiority
by a mere opinion,
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The Regular Program
1345
By W. Stephen Bush.
KEEN observers of the present conditions in the film
industry have summarized the situation as a con-
stant battle between the regular program and tlie
.irregular feature. Few exhibitors will fail to agree with
^his definition. The greatest task of the exhibitor today
Ijs to balance his program with an equal regard for the
advantages which a regular program gives him and for
Ihe benefits its features are supposed to insure. With
Ibut one notable exception producers and distributors of
Iregular programs have been unable to fully meet the de-
Iniand for a first class feature service. This fact occa-
Isioned no surprise, indeed one might say that experienced
Kind intelligent exhibitors discounted it months in ad-
|vance. It took no great powers of discernment to realize
Ithat the same kind of wood does not usually furnish the
raw material for both the kitchen table and the parlor
able. Appreciating this fact the exhibitor began to
look around for what he considered the best and most
[larmonious combination of a regular program and a fea-
ture service. He found himself plunged in difficulties.
iThe group of producers and distributors organized on
jhe basis of a firm weekly supply were naturally reluctant
Jto let the exhibitor do his own choosing. If he came to
lem for their best and their best only, he found himself
/iewed with suspicion if not with disfavor. They might
^e willing to part with their best only for a big and well-
lown theatre. They would make exceptional bargains
/ith the "big bugs" among the managers, knowing that
the exhibition of their films in the highest class of thea-
ters would help to advertise their product generally. The
managers, with whom the organized producers and dis-
tributors were inclined to make such contracts are very
few indeed. When the ordinary exhibitor appears with
i demand for the best only he is discouraged and told
that he must take "the bitter with the sweet." He is,
of course, free to subscribe for the entire service and
then show only what he likes or rather what he thinks
his patrons -will like. The rest he may do with as he
pleases, keep- it in the booth or send it back to the express
office at once. This of_ course is a very expensive pro-
ceeding for the exhibitor, but it has to my own certain
knowledge been put in practice and followed by some
Measure of_ success. No better proof could be had for
the popularity of an eclectic program — a program chosen
absolutely on a basis of merit and quality. The public
are tired of the same old time-table kind of "releases,"
theylong for a medley of the best and will go in search
for it prepared to pay a good deal more than the price
of a nickel.
.Subscribing for two or more services and using only
the best is of course an almost heroic remedy, and the
average exhibitor cannot afford such a step. His public
as a rule is just as eager for the best as the public in the
first class theaters. Day after day he is compelled to
1 jsten to the plaint of his patrons telling him he shows too
ipany pictures of "one kind." Between the exchange
which seeks to "load him up" with all that comes out of
the "producing mill" and the insistent demand for qual-
it}- plus variet}' he has a hard row to hoe. He begins to
realize that the market is not quite open, it is only closed
lees tiehtly than it used to be. The hnes of distribution
are still decidedly rigid and it will be some time before
we may look for any substantial relaxation. In other
words the regular program is even at this moment indis-
pensable to the vast majoritj^ of exhibitors, The feature
had opened the door a little bit, but the rest of the old
wall is standing intact. In the battle between the regu-
lar program and the irregular feature it must be said
that the regular program has so far shown itself the
stronger of the two. If an exhibitor were confronted
by the alternative of dispensing either with a regular pro-
gram or a pure feature service what decision is he most
likely to make? I will not presume to decide for him,
hut I am tempted to believe that with hut few exceptions
he would obey the law of necessity and commit his for-
tunes to the regular program.
In connection with this eternal problem of the Regu-
lar Program vs. The Irregular Feature, it may be pointed
out that none of the successful producers of features —
I am now speaking of feature specialists — has ever at-
tempted to supply regular service in addition to the fea-
ture. Such a combination may be in the lap of the fu-
ture, it may come to us as one of the anticipated bless-
ings of a truly open market— -it may come and it may not.
One point, however, must be made clear. In its more
or less unsuccessful battle with the regular program the
irregular feature has to shoulder a good deal of the
blame. Allowing for all the advantages which a regular
program confers on the exhibitor who uses it, it was not
so much the strength of the regular program as the weak-
ness of the average feature, which must be made re-
sponsible for the result. The overproduction in features
and above all the poor quality of so many of these ir-
regular features has been the cause, to some extent at
least, of this long survival of the regular program.
In the meantime the great war. which has turned
Europe into a chaos of conflict, will help to strengthen
the position of the regular program. Most of our fea-
tures from the very good ones down to the worst come
from Europe. It is true that Italy, with its twenty-two
industrious producers, has so far escaped the commercial
destruction which follows in the wake of war. It may,
however, be drawn into the deadlv vortex at any moment
and even if it remain neutral the development of the
Italian film industry, promising as it is todav, will have
to suffer from the depression in the rest of Europe. In
England, France and Germanv the demands of the war
will deprive the producers of their best men in the studio
as well as in the factory.
Now, if ever, the American producer of feature films
of high merit has the opportunity of equaling %nd event-
ually, we hope, of eclinsing the great masteroieces of
European film art. In the matter of quality we hope and
expect much more from feature than from the regular
program. We cannot help looking upon much that is
offered by way of regular programs as poor in quality,
monotonous, stereotyped and tiresome. We hope to see
the feature lift the regular program to a higher level of
quality and we would like to see the Americans in the
front rank of the feature makers especially as to quality.
Present conditions are extremely favorable to the realiza-
tion of our hopes.
REEL FELLOWS HOLD ROUSING MEETING.
One of the most successful meetings held by the Reel
Fellows' Club of Chicago was enjoyed on Wednesday even-
mg, August 19, at the Advertising Club headquarters, where
the meeting members banqueted and enjoyed a well-selected
program ftirnished by the entertainment committee. Be-
sides^ vocalists, singers and monologists, the club was en-
tertained with a variety of the latest dances as interpreted
hy French gnd Jasper,
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Under Royal Patronage"
Two Reel Essanay, Released Through General Film.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
MO\'ING picture fans like a manly lover and delight
to see him play his part nobly and bravely, more
especially when the lady of his choice is beautiful
and devoted to him. In Essanay's two-reel feature, "Under
Royal Patronage," scheduled to be released by the General
Film Co. on Sept. 4, they will be treated to a film story of
love and intrigue that cannot fail to delight them. It is
only necessary to state, in order to arouse unusual interest
in these films, that Francis X. Bushman and Miss Beverly
Bayne appear as the lovers.
This is no ordinary love story in which a Jack and his
Gill figure; it is a story of love in high places, when princes
and princesses, and royal highnesses and high state officials
play their parts amid courtly surroundings, and in which
the course of true love is crossed by almost insurmountable
difficulties. Yet the plot brings two pairs of lovers hap-
piness in the end, though the plans laid by the men in the
case would have led to their undoing had not Fate declared
otherwise.
The direction of this photoplay was in the care of E. H.
Calvert, and he must be complimented on the appropriate
settings (interior and exterior) which he has furnished the
spectator, and on the skill displayed in telling this knotty
storj' clearl}'. The palace of H. R. H. Francis of Hofgarten
is a vision of architectural beauty, and it might be of interest
to know that it is the home of one of our Chicago mil-
lionaires, who courteously lent it to the Essanay forces for
the occasion. The costuming of the various roles has also
been supervised with artistic discretion, and the atmosphere
throughout is in strict keeping with the demands of the
storj'.
Francis X. Bushman is seen in the romantic character
of an adventurous American, bj' the name of Richard Sav-
age. In appearance, physique and action, Mr. Bushman ia
especially fitted for romantic roles. He is an athlete of no
mean prowess and an adept swordsman. In his clash, in a
small room, with three men of stalwart build and deter-
mined onslaught, he puts up a fight of such lively interest
that one unconsciously cries, "Bravo!" In the love scenes
with the Princess (Miss Beverly Bayne), he will convince the
coldest spectator of the opposite sex that he is an apt mas-
ter of aflairs of the heart.
Miss Bayne is altogether lovely as the Princess. There
is an unaffected sweetness in her impersonation that fits
the part admirably. That excellent character actor, Thomas
Commerford. makes H. R. H. Francis of Hofgarten appear
in person. The make-up and costume leave nothing to be-
desired. Phillip, heir-apparent to Hofgarten, is ably sus-
tained by Bryant W ashburn. The peppery, autocratic vim
of this young royal personage is well taken off. E. H. Cal-
vert is particularly happy in the role of Count Karl von
Blumen, and Chas. Hitchcock, as Frederick of Strelitzburg,
gives a careful impersonation. One of the best studied and
well acted roles in the strong cast is that of Baron Spitz-
hausen by Lester Cuneo. Here we have facial make-up and
acting that are in perfect accord with the character of the
scheming Secretary of State. Miss Betty Scott in the part
of Baroness Karm, Miss Jane Paddock as the real princess
in disguise, and Harry Dunkinson as Humphrey, the spy,
all contributed to the merits of this well-acted photoplay.
Francis of Hofgarten aims at the union of the adjoining
principality of Strelitzburg with his kingdom, by the mar-
riage of his nephew, Philip, and the Princess of Strelitz-
burg. Philip loves, as he thinks, a girl of humble birth, and
persuades an .American friend of his, Richard Savage, to
proceed to Strelitzburg and impersonate him, and then
marry the Princess. Richard Savage falls in love with the
woman he has been sent to betray, and his conscience is
lashed by a million little devils. He plays his part to the
end. which results in the revelation that the girl, whom he
supposes to be the Princess is an American girl, Helen
Scene from "Under Royal Patronage" (Essanay).
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1347
rChurchill, who, is a dear friend of the real Princess, had
[consented to impersonate her and prevent an unhappy mar-
riage. As the real Princess had been absent from Court
|or IS years, at school in a convent, the substitution was
nade without fear of detection. It also turns out that the
bumble girl who had won the heart of Philip of Hofgarten,
the real Princess, so all ends happily.
"The Perils of Pauline"
Twelfth Episode, in Two Parts, of the Popular Photoplay
Serial, by Charles Goddard, aS Played by the
Pathe Players Under Special Lease.
Reviewed by Harry VV. De Long.
LEADING CHARACTERS:
Harry Marvin Crane Wilbur
Pauline — His Adopted Sister Pearl White
Owen — -The Villainous Secretary Paul Panzer
The Gypsj- Leader Clifford Bruce
SERIOUS objections have been made by many picture-
play patrons, heretofore, that the long serials, arbi-
trarily chopped into reel lengths, make it hard to get
any intelligent grasp of the story in its entirety. There is
no gainsaying that it is necessary to see the first and sub-
sequent installments. To miss one part, particularly the
first, or opening reels cause the patrons to grope hopelessly
and with dissatisfaction through the rest. This seems to
have been obviated to a great degree in the "Perils of
Pauline." and each installment release has given satisfactory
entertainment, and such a diversity of beautiful tropical
scenery has been shown in bright, clear photography with
Scene from "The Perils of Pauline" (Eclectic).
perfect focus, pleasing to the eye, combined with the in-
numerable complications, intense situations and hairbreadth
escapes in the development of the plot, so far, that, though
each installment ends at the most interesting moment it
is a complete picture in itself.
This twelfth episode is full of thrills and gingery acting.
Pauline is discovered in a hammock in an angry mood
because Harry has prevented her from attending the Mc-
Callum wedding, and blames him for causing her recent
automobile accident. Harry, however, shows her a news-
paper containing an account of w-hat happened at the wed-
ding, where the lion tamer, true to his promise to Owen,
let the lions escape, endangering the guests. Pauline realizes
that Harry has acted for the best and becomes reconciled.
Owen, not being satisfied with the activities of his friend.
Hicks, and who has discovered in the person of the leader
of a band of gypsies a man who is as daring as he is un-
scrupulous, decides to use this man to carry out his plans.
He goes to the gypsy camp and makes arrangements with
the leader to kidnap Pauline and do away with her. The
chief uses one of the old women to lure Pauline away from
the protection of the house. This old woman under the
guise of selling Pauline some of the fake beauty cure which
they manufacFure, and telling her fortune, gets her to a
position where some of the band are hiding.
The band captures Pauline and takes her to the camp.
The gypsy leader protects her from harm as he admires her
charms and wants her for himself. This arouses the jealousy
of one of the young women of the band to whom the leader
has paid a great deal of attention. She decides to get
Pauline away from the camp, and to achieve her purpose
she stops Harry in his car and informs him where Pauline
can be found. Harry sets out to get her. He arrives at the
camp, but on attacking the leader, is set upon by the whole
band, and the young woman as well, who suddenly has
changed her mind on seeing the leader in danger. Harry has
the fight of his life, but finally rescues Pauline.
"England's Menace"
A Patriotic Film Drama in Three Parts Produced by The
London Film Company and Presented in America by
the Cosmofotofilm Company.
Reviewed by Harry W. De Long.
CAST.
The Foreign Emperor Lewis Gilbert
His Imperial Chancellor Douglas Munro
His Chief Counsellor George Bellamy
His Chief Spy Vincent Clive
His .'Embassador to England Gerald Ames
The Prime Minister of England Charles Rock
His Secretary Arthur Holmes-Gore
Lady Betty Talbot, the secretary's little daughter,
Edna Flugrath
COINCIDENTALLY this drama was written some little
time previous to the breaking out of the present Eu-
ropean imbroglio, and that it should have been smacks
of foreordination or of the miraculous. The series of in-
cidents in the action of the picture are concise and sustain
the deepest interest. In the first part of the first reel the
photography is hardly up to snuff, and in the acting in the
scenes where the diplomats of both governments flash back
and forth not much dignity is displayed on the part of some
of the actors. However, the theme is so well carried out
this can be forgiven, and when we see the splendid actin"
of the two children, of which more anon, in their various
scenes you forget discrepancies. The scenes showing the
battleships stripped for action and in war array are im-
pressive to a high degree.
The Emperor of a foreign power is making secret plans
to invade England. Of his advisers only the Chancellor
protests against the outrageous scheme; his military and
naval leaders are eager to obey his commands. One of the
chief spies of this foreign power secures a place as butler
in the house of Lord Talbot, secretary to the British Prime
Minister. He uses his opportunities to copy important
papers which Lord Talbot has charge of — papers which refer
to the movements of British ships and soldiers. Lord
Talbot's two children have installed an amateur wireless
outfit in a plaj'house in the garden which the spy discovers
and surreptitiously uses to receive messages from his gov-
ernment. He burns a sheet of paper on which he has de-
coded a message and drops it on the floor. The children
find the burned fragment which has remained intact and
though they make nothing of the message (the ink of which
is still visible on the burned paper) they copy it off together
with the numbers which represent the letters.
The date fixed for the invasion arrives. The spy doffs his
butler's livery and leaves Lord Talbot's house, going for
the last time to the wireless outfit to receive his final mes-
sage from his government. But the two children are al-
ready in the little wireless house; moreover, they have taken
down the code message and by the use of the key which
they made from the charred paper have succeeded in trans-
lating it. Just as they realize the significance of the mes-
sage, "That the foreign fleet is on its way toward the
English coast," the spy enters the wireless house. He tries
to balk them; the girl slips under the table and out of the
door with the message; the boy trips the spy with a hockey
club and they escape him on their motorcycle. The spv
follows and steals a motorcycle standing on the street,
and an exciting chase occurs. The spy collides with an
auto. The children succeed in delivering the cipher code to
their father and the Prime Minister. The British govern-
ment acts at once. Orders are issued with swift decision.
The fleet gets up steam: the troops begin to march. By a
clever use of the enemy's code the Prime Minister sends out
a wireless which turns back the enemy's ships and trans-
ports. The danger is passed. The British government
breathes a sigh of relief and the English people go placidly
about their daily business, without realizing how narrowly
a dangerous menace has been averted.
This three-part picture was shown at the Strand Theater,
New York City, during the week beginning Sunday, Aug. 23.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Grand Opera in Rubeville"
A Two-Reel Edison Burlesque by Ashley Miller — Rich in
Choice Comedy.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST.
Alphonse, a scamp Richard Tucker
Will Green, the organist Herbert Prior
Eldora Bliss Milford
Aunt Martha, her aunt Mathilde Baring
Sapphira May Abbey
Her Father Charles Sutton
Editor of Clarion Edward Boulden
Printer Hodd Edward Clark
Constable William West
Cy Jones Frank Lyons
Will Jewell Saul Harrison
ASHLEY MILLER has done it again. He has por-
trayed the amateur company in an attempt at grand
opera this time, affording a lot of opportunity for a
large and efficient company, especially for Richard Tucker
and Bliss Milford. Some of the highly and intelligent and
altogether drlishtful K-lison Cdinpany are too fond of "act-
Scene from "Grand Opera in Rubeville" (Edison).
ing" in the old-time sense of that word, and I do not
know but that Direct-or Miller has a deep-laid scheme to
let them release their cherished aspirations in the two-reel
farce comedies, with a view to their eventual reform. Tucker
and Miss Milford, however, are veritable artists in their
recent work, and contribute materially to the sum of values
in "Grand Opera in Rubeville."
Scene from "Grand Opera in Rubeville" (Edison).
Bliss Milford has the part of a church singer, whose voice
rouses the enthusiasm of the local press and elicits com-
ment that her voice is superior to that of many now singing
in grand opera. She sends a copy of the paper to her aunt
in Boston, and it falls into the hands of one of that aunt's
boarders, an itripressario, Richard Tucker, about to fly by
night to escape an overdue bill. He makes his way to
Rubeville, sets up a rival institution to the singing school
of the church orpanist and "creates a furore among the am-
bitious vocalists of the place by organizing a company for
the presentation of "Bohemian Girl." For the sake ol con-
trast, the amateur principals are carried to the city by a
wealthy enthusiast and given a view of "Bohemian Girl" as
done by professionals. We are then treated to the amateur
performance in all its wondrous crudity.
Tucker surprises as a comedian. His impersonation is
so faithful, so entirely responsive to all the requirements
of his role, that he enslaves the eye at almost every moment
he is performing. He is a delightful impresario, not an
exaggerated one — he is not even farcical — and seems to enjoy
relief from his habitual assignment of "jeun premier." He
is a lost sheep in the midst of a chaos of amusing ex-
periences, his artistic sensibilities intermingled with gross
material cravings, a veritable character worthy of reproduc-
tion in some higher form of comedy, for, after all, there
is nothing funnier in the world than the contradictions pre-
sented by human nature, the kind most of us secretly pos-
sess, whether we openly announce it or not.
Tucker does not, however, absorb all the limelight. Bliss
Milford's keen intelligence and quick grasp of limited op-
portunities marks her as a striking comedy possibility. She
has some of the insouciant manner that made Florence
Lawrence a source of continual delight in her Biograph days.
This and the delicacy with which she hints at human weak-
ness, leaving the rest to the spectator, will make her ef-
fective in social comedies. She and Tucker do much to
raise "Grand Opera in Rubeville" above the farce, adding
an element of true comedy which is all too lacking in plays
intended to amuse, however mildly. Director Miller might
well consider linking these two surprises in light skits of
satire, particularly as the Edison drift seems to be towards
comedy, ever one of the prime essentials of a varied program.
T
VIRGINIA PEARSON IN "AFTERMATH."
HE next release of the Famous Players Film Com-
pany is to be the powerful domestic drama by Pro-
fessor William .Addison Hervey, of Columbia Univer-
sity, ".'^Lftermath." The film version of this noted play of
American life is splen-
didly enacted by the
celebrated leading lady,
Miss Virginia Pearson,
and the famous motion
picture star, Owen
Moore, supported by a
consistently capable
cast.
"Aftermath" is a mod-
ern drama of error and
atonement, the story of
two souls that emerge
from the depths. Ruth
Morgan and Allan
Buchanan, two unfor-
tunate victims of evil
and despair, are both
drawn to the river's
brink seeking merciful
oblivion.
The two waifs of mis-
fortune, thus strangely
thrown together, turn
away from death and
begin their struggle back to hope and faith together. Allan
becomes of service to a wealthy man, who secures him a
position that enables him to marry Ruth, and shortly after
the wedding Ruth learns that her husband's benefactor is
the man of her past. Overwhelmed by the crushing revela-
tion, Allan thrusts her from him, and the aftermath of the
terrible past seems about to engulf both, when, through a
thrilling combination of circumstances, Allan learns to for-
give, and the two emerge . from the shadows that lay be-
hind them, into a wonderful happiness.
The production is in four reels, with never a pause of in-
terest from the leader to the terrific climax of the story.
Miss Virginia Pearson.
"THE SPOILERS" IN LONDON.
Announcements have been received at the general offices
of The Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago from the Lon-
don office, announcing the showing of "The Spoilers" in
London. This typical Selig masterpiece is being well ad-
vertised and a great demand for it has been already evi-
denced. It is expected that "The Spoilers" will play in Eng-
land for at least the year.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
U49
C. O. Baumann Talks of Plans
The President of the Photo Plays Corporation Outlines His
Policy in the Production of 28 Reels Weekly.
By George iilaisdcll.
FOR the second time in tlic history of the young motion
picture industry announcement is made by advertise-
ments of the production of a program of twenty-eight
reels \veel<ly by one concern. This time the Popular Photo
I'lays Corporation is the company, and Charles O. Baumann
is the man who will direct its extensive operations. Mr.
Baumann, besides being president of the Popular, is also
president of the company operating the VVillat Studios and
Laboratories at l'"ort Lee, the technical output of which is to
be under the skilled eye of C. A. ("Doc") Willat, secretary
and treasurer. It is no secret that between the two organ-
izations there is more than an ordinary community of in-
terest. The active co-operation of Mr. Willat in the manu-
facturing end will give assurance to exhibitors that the
photography will be of the best and that all the many steps
between the camera and the
screen will be taken with higli
regard for the most approved
methods and up-to-the-minute
machinery.
Mr. Baumann entered the
motion picture business in 1908,
when in conjunction with .-Kd
Kessel he opened an exchange.
In 1909 the two men formed the
New York Motion Picture Com-
pany. May 21 of that year saw
the first release, a "Bison."
Mr. Baumann was the treas-
urer of the company and the
directing spirit. Later in the
same year the company added
to its program the American
releases of Itala and Ambrosio.
Mr. Baumann assisted in o r -
ganizing the Sales Company,
the first group of independent
manufacturers. H e acquired
the Miller 101-Ranch aggrega-
tion, and made the name of the
brand featuring this popular
company the 101-Bison. On the
breaking up of the Sales Com-
pan3' Mr. Baumann in May.
1912, organized the Universal,
becoming? its first president.
This alliance lasted but six
weeks, when the New York
Motion Picture Company with-
drew. For another six weeks
the New York was on the open
market, when it affiliated with
the Mutual group. The name
of the 101-Bison brand was
changed to Kay-Bee. Other
companies organized by the
New York were Broncho, Dom-
ino, and what, in Mr. Baumann's
opinion, has been one of the greatest successes in the in-
dustry, the Keystone. The latter company began work in
July of 1912, and its first subject was released in September
following.
In the course of a conversation the other da)\ Mr. Bau-
mann pointed out that his company had been the first in
the ^yorld to issue a multiple-reel subject as a weekly re-
lease on a regular program. Those who have knowledge
of matters in a film wa}' extending back a few years will
remember that it was the Bison brand. This one action of
Mr. Baumann in making a reel for each horn of the Bison
bull is a significant index to his capacity for seeing into the
future, his ability to forecast the lines on which public taste
is going to fall, and to proceed immediately to aid in mold-
ing that belief into a fact.
"It is mv intention in the Popular releases to make high-
class feature pictures." said Mr. Baumann, "and that remark
applies regardless of the number of reels, whether there be
one or four or tnore. The story will control the length,
not the exigencies of the moment or the day. We will
adapt popular plays interpreted by popular players from
time to time, which will be incorporated in the regular week-
ly service and on such terms to our booking exchanges as
Charles
will obviate the necessity of extra prices being charged to
the exhibitor.
"In the making of our pictures no essential expense will
be spared. It is my belief, and that belief is based on my
business experience, that real economy lies in the employ-
ment of competent actors and actresses, men and women
of real ability. A director will outline to a real player the
particular action to be portrayed in a certain scene. In one
rehearsal the man will show that he has a complete com-
prehension of what the director desires to put over. He is
ready to go on with the taking of the picture. An inferior
man has to be coached and rehearsed, over and over. Much
time is lost, hours sornetimes; in the meantime overhead
charges automatically pile up, and one scene is taken where
with the right sort of acting intelligence several might have
been. I believe in the employment of men of the type of
Ince and Sennett. who started with me a couple of years
ago at ordinary salaries and arc now drawing $50,000 yearly.
"The Popular Photo Plays Corporation will pursue the
policy of getting the best. I don't mind saying that I will
not hesitate to employ directors who can earn five hundred
or a thousand dollars weekly. As to actors and actresses
no price will be too high to
stop us from getting those who
are worth while. We have in
mind many who for a number
of years, have been starring on
Broadway.
"Now, you speak of programs
and balancing them. It is my
intention to have well-balanced
programs, a daily variety. On
the Popular Program there will
be no day on which, for in-
stance, four westerns will be
released. You see, there is a
distinct advantage in having
one man dictate subjects and
dates .of release, to regulate
the character of the program.
Duplications will be avoided
and also the unpleasant combi-
nations that sometimes result
from the nominations of indi-
vidual members of a .group
working independently of eacli
other. Our pictures will be
made in New York, Florida
and California. This will give
us variety of backgrounds.
"There is another angle to
this single program. The Pop-
ular management will be re-
sponsible for every subject re-
leased. It will get the blame
directly for any indifferent
story, as it will get the credit
for an unquestionably good one.
Of course, we are going to try
to avoid making any of the
former sort. Also we are go-
ing to make a systematic at-
tempt to stimulate our program
by injecting the larger s u b -
jects, even if on these the ledger
fails to show a profit. If in our opinion the subject is a
worthy one the cost will not stop us.
"It is my conviction that the absolute ow-nership of the
booking exchange, as will be the case with the Popular
program, is going to result in advantage to the exhibitor as
well as the manufacturer. Each man will be supreme in his
own territory. He will be subservient to nobody. I be-
lieve that thirty generals will do more to advance the in-
terests of all than can be the case with one general and
thirty privates. Each man will be able to meet and conform
to the conditions of his jurisdiction without interference.
We are simply putting the moving picture business on the
same plane as other commercial enterprises.
"In conclusion, I just want to say that in all mv enter-
orises I have been associated with Ad Kessel. While I am
undertaking this enterprise alone I want to lay emphasis on
the fact that we continue the best of friends. I am still vice-
nresident of the New York Motion Picture Corporation.
\\'hile our paths maj' diverge our personal relations are
unchanged. He is the head of a big concern and my hearti-
est good wishes go with him. I believe this new organiza-
tion will give me the opportunity to put into effect ideas
I have had in mind for a long time."
Baumann.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
An Analysis of the English Market
By Harold Z. Levine.
AS Great Britain is wanting in the advantage of a ready
and reliable domestic source of supply, it naturally
has become an international dumping ground for the
film output of the world. Every reel of film made on the
face of the earth ultimately is tagged and placed on the
bargain counter of this "free for all" market. As a protec-
tion against the natural evils engendered by the ceaseless
influx of such a conglomeration of material, discriminating
buyers and showmen have organized an alert corps of viewers
who hold the sieve with vigorous vigilance and "try" to sepa-
rate the refuse from the "real" goods.
Approximately three hundred and fifty subjects are ex-
ploited weekly over there, as against two hundred in the
United States. Of these two hundred subjects here, one hun-
dred and thirty are actually sold and placed before they are
made. In England, not a foot is "placed" before il is actuall}'
"viewed." Many foreign subjects dumped on the English
market seldom get further than the dump heap. Of the three
hundred and fifty subjects exploited, therefore, possibly one
hundred and fifty actually reach a release day and find a
market. This figure as compared to the one hundred and
sixty subjects released weekly in this country (a little less
than nme-tenths of domestic manufacture), sounds almost
incredible, considering the wide difference in scope of the two
markets. There are 15,000 theaters in the United States as
against four thousand in England, and two hundred and fifty
exchanges compared to one hundred in Great Britain. Yet
in the face of this tremendously larger field here — almost
four times as many theaters and more than twice as many ex-
changes— Great Britain releases about as many subjects a
week as we do. The public there gets just as large a variety
of material as we do here!
This extraordinary condition perhaps is due to the fact
that unlike merchandise, amusement enterprise is not gov-
erned so much by the economic law of supply and demand,
as by population. Great Britain, which is about as large as
New York State, has a population of more than 50,000,000.
The United, States which covers an area of about si-xty times
larger than Great Britain, can only boast of 90,000,000, an
advantage of only 50 per cent, in population as compared to
an advantage of 6,000 per cent, in area. There are 12,000
souls to each theater in Great Britain as compared to 6,000
souls to each theater in this country, or an advantage for
England of 100 per cent. This substantially is the secret for
the surprisingly large consumption of film by the British
market.
England shows its public as big a variety of subjects as we
do over here; it would not be accurate to say that England's
total footage of purchases and sales equals that of ours. It
is almost impossible to estimate the actual number of feet of
film sold weekly in the two countries. It would, however,
surprise many if our advantage were more than 100 per cent.
One of the chief reasons why England is, practically speak-
ing, on a par with us in total purchases and why this almost
unbelievable condition e.xists despite our bigger outlet, is due
to the short commercial life of a film over there — by commer-
cial life is meant the life of a film from the time it is released
to the time its possibility for booking is absolutely exhausted.
Therefore the greater number of copies sold in a restricted
territory with a given population, the shorter the life of the
film. Thus in England because nearly as many subjects are
sold there as here (and almost if not quite as many copies),
the commercial life of the film is materially reduced — in view
of the limited number of possible bookings. Four thousand
theaters, supplied by one hundred hirers, means an average of
forty customers to the hirer; thus, the average life of a film
commercially is about sixty days — or a three days' booking
by half of forty customers. It seldom happens that all the
customers of the hirer book one film through. Here the
average life of a film is ninety days — after that its usefulness
is practically gone. Both here and abroad the exchangeman
figures on getting his original investment out of the film in
the first thirty or forty days, the remaining bookings should
be the profit. •
Because the life of a film is so short in England, hirers,
often pursue the practice of selling "commercial stuff" to
continental agents — thus, a subject is reincarnated, as it were,
placed in circulation in some foreign territory and thus it
pursues a profitable career. This evil has grown up into a
good sized leech that bleeds the continental revenue of many
.\merican manufacturers. Of course, this practice is regarded
as legitimate — for it is the only way some of the smaller
hirers can eke out a profit. Not infrequently will hirers com-
olain that they are only working for manufacturers and that
'inly tliose plutocrats and the exhibitors are the ones making
the big money.
England's large number of magnificent first, second and
third run houses — the ratio as compared to the number here
being three to one — naturally militates for quantity as well
as quality. There is always a big scramble among the show-
men for good stuff and they all want to show it, when it is
new. Thus, hirers are sometimes compelled to buy more than
one copy of a subject to comply with this artificial demand.
To them it means an increase of expenditures without ap-
preciable returns in sight. As an illustration of this situation
—Mr. J. Frank Brockliss, awhile ago sold about seventy-two
copies of "When the Earth Trembled" (Lubin), and more
than one hundred copies of "Ivanhoe" (Imp). Every live-
wire exchange had from one to two copies of these subjects.
After the first two weeks every big theater in Great Britain
had booked the stuff — then there was no one of consequence
left — and the film had to go on the shelf.
The showman, the agent and the manufacturer made money
on the proposition; the hirer had to charge it up to "profit
and loss" plus experience.
After the market had been oversold several times in this
way, the hirers bethought themselves and for a time they
encouraged and patronized the "exclusive" or subjects for
which they were guaranteed territorial rights and for which
only a limited number of copies were sold. This of course,
applied to "features" only. The "exclusive" had but a short
period of popularity. The scheme had a tendency to flood the
market with junk and increase prices, so the showman went
up in arms against it. While a good many hirers still buy
nothing but "exclusives" they are exceptions and not the rule.
England, today, is going through a period of transition.
There is a revulsion of feeling against the long films (which
had been foisted on the gullible — as features, but in reality
were nothing but increased footage of single reels), and the
entire market is gradually coming to a point where it will not
be swayed by artificial influences.
The great equilibrator in England is the "bi-weekly
change." All kinds of wild-cat schemes will come and go —
but, the great final test will always be whether or not a film
can pass a three-day public scrutiny. So long as the bi-
weekly change is in vogue, so long will the English public
get the best of the world's market. It is one thing that has
a tendency to bring everybody in the business over there back
to their senses with a jolt after one of those periodic business
"sprees." Whether it would have the same effect over here,
is of course a matter for conjecture.
The advantages and disadvantages of the bi-weekly change
over the daily change has often been the "excuse" for many
a dissertation. Also the subject of Open Market vs. Mo-
nopoly has been wrestled with pro and con by students of
the market. If bank accounts are fair criterions, however, we
over here, have made bigger fortunes by working the daily
change and the "closed door" policy than our English cousins
who adhere to the bi-weekly change and the "open door"
policy. There is much in favor of both plans, but I doubt
whether one or the other can be worked in both places with
success. After all the geographical and psychological dift'ci-
ences between the two countries are factors that have to be
considered with mathematical precision.
That there is this great difference is evidenced by the
characteristics of the two peoples. Plays and pictures that
are winners here fall flat over there. The American agent
may arrive at some very profitable conclusions by follovving
the English speaking stage. It is interesting to observe what
pleases their audiences. However, just when you come to the
conclusion that you understand them perfectly along comes
something that completely shatters all your preconceived
notions about their likes and dislikes. The writer, for weeks
at a time, made careful observations at the English music
halls and theaters — so when it was announced in London that
"Potash and Perlmutter" was coming, we prognosticated that
it would be a dismal failure — because the subject was essen-
tially American and so indigenous of New York. It seemed
so foreign to the English social or economic system — yet the
play came three months ago; it is still running and idaying
to "standing room only." It is a phenomenal success — so
there you are!
WILL LEASE NEW THEATER.
A new theater is under construction at San Antonio,
Texas, at the corner of Houston and St. Mary's streets. It
occupies the first floor of an eight story building, is modern
in every respect, and one of Jhe most up-to-date theaters
in the South. Owner Lytle who also now has the Wigwam
1 and Wigwam 2 in San Antonio, will lease the new theater,
which will be opened late in the fall.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1351
"For the Last Edition"
A Snappy Two-Reel Reliance — Realistic and Full of Interest.
Reviewed by I.uiiis Reeves Jtlarrison.
PRINCIPALS IN THE CAST.
Robert Barry Robert Burns
Bess Landers Irene Hunt
ON the go from start to finish, "For The Last Edition"
is a presentation creditable to all participating in its
production. Only two of the characters, the princi-
pals, were named in the list given me, wliercas I would have
gladly credited others. TFiere is a disposition on the part
of those impersonating minor roles to make them realistic
— no playing up to the camera — and they contribute mate-
rially to the support of sustained interest by quick appre-
ciation and re:idine=s of action. That there is little or no
Scene from "For the Last Edition' (Reliance).
lost time is probably due to the director, whose name, as
well as that of the author, was not to be had for the pur-
poses of review.
The story contains an element sure to be popular, that of
demonstrating the elficienc}' of those now seeking a new
freedom, those who should be our companions in truth as
well as in theory, skirts to the contrary notwithstanding;
those who constitute one-half of the human race, and its
best half at that. If woman had not been a negligible factor
in Europe, we should not be treated to the shameful spec-
Scene from "For the Last Edition' (Reliance).
tacle of de-civilization now' presented bj' the most enlight-
ened countries of the Old World. Only the potential genius
of woman, raised to its highest development by equal op-
portunity will end the purely destructive relation of nations.
The potential genius of "For The Last Edition" is a
plucky young reporter, impersonated by Irene Hunt. She
is treated fairly by the newspaper men among whom her
lot is cast, and proves that only a little such encourage-
ment is necessary to prove the genial fire of her se.x. Crea-
tive by instinct, yet pitiful with those who err, the girl
reporter undertakes to rebuild an unfortunate reporter's
reputation and restore him to the career of his aspirations.
To do this she takes desperate chances to aid him in a
grand scoop. Her activities keep the story constantly on
the go, give it ceaseless activity with an ultimate triumph
in which her unlucky comrade shares.
For the edification of those exhibitors who affect melo-
drama, be it said tliat there is an "explosion" in the drama,
pronounced at most of the exchanges "cggsblozhun", but
this is a mere incident. Attention is held for two reels by
live sympathy for the girl and interest in the outcome — will
she pull off the scoop in time for that terrible last edition
and save the day for the young man who has not made
good in previous opportunities? This curiosity, this project-
ing of mind as to the conclusion, is constantly enhanced
without the employment of impossibilities. The whole story
is realistic and its go will keep almost any audience enter-
tained.
" Creatures of Clay "
A Three-Reel Hepworth-American Film Production, Depict-
ing the Way in Which a Thief Saves a Woman's Honor.
THIS three-reel numljer is presented by a cast of English
performers including Stuart Rome, ."Mice De Winton,
Jack Raymond and Harry Vibart. It illustrates how
an old love flaming in tlie heart of a thief induced him to
save the woman he had so madly worshipped from certain
dishonor.
The story runs along in an interestinp- way. The plot
contains no elements of a surprising, novel nature, yet the
scenes as they follow succeed in arousing considerable in-
terest.
Hilary Sinclair and Michael Trevis both love an actress
named Vasca de Lisle. She weds Hilary. Michael is heart-
broken and finds it difficult to congratulate his successful
rival, but he forces himself to do so. Later Michael be-
comes dissipated and goes down the hill until he becomes an
accomplished thief. 'There is no intense, gripping action in
any of these situations, and it seems that the actors might
have thrown a little more feeling into their work. Too
much conscious posing is apparent in a number of scenes.
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It develops that Vasca is considerable of a spendthrift and
Hilary is unable to pay off her debts. She attends a house
party, with her husband, and at a reception she notices a
diamond necklace slip to the floor from the neck of Mrs.
Trevis, Michael's mother. Terribly tempted, Vasca conceals
this necklace, but she is observed by an old admirer, Stuart
Finlay.
Finlay, a villain at heart, tries to make terms with Vasca
to maintain silence. She spurns him and he cries out that
he has found the thief. Vasca had placed the necklace in a
box, but in the meantime Michael, having cqme with other
members of the gang to rob the house, had taken the neck-
lace himself.
This brings the observer to the main incident of the pro-
duction, when Vasca is charged with the theft and Michael
advances from behind the curt;.i:is to take the blame upon
himself. He at first wears a mask, but later tears it away so
that all present see to what depths he has fallen. Then
comes another turn in the plot, when Michael's father draws
a revolver from a drawer and hands it to his son. All turn
away as Michael steps out of the door with the gun. Pres-
ently a shot is heard and they rush out to find that the
black sheep has taken his own life at his father's suggestion.
Many of the scenes in this offered greater possibilities for
dramatic work than were realized by this cast, but the story
holds the interest fairly well as it stands.
135^
tHE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
James Oliver Curwood.
An Interesting Interview with the Famous Author of
"Kazan" and Writer of Photoplays, Who Is Now Seek-
ing Fresh Inspiration in the Far North.
By James S. McQuade.
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD, who writes two novels
a year, a short story every two weeks, and numerous
popular photoplays — and who, incidentally, spends from
two to three months every year exploring and hunting in
the far northland — was in Chicago for a number of days
recentl}', dividing his time between the Selig studio and
the Red Book magazine, in which publication his new novel,
"God's Country and the Woman," began last June. A
short time ago a literary magazine stated that Mr. Curwood
was the prize literary hustler of the continent, and it came
near the mark. This doesn't mean that he is hustling to the
deterioration of his work; for every novel he writes is
proving itself bigger and stronger than its predecessor,
not only in this coun-
try, but in Englandas
well, where his "Ka-
zan," a novel of the
North, is now one of
the big sellers.
Within the last year
Mr. Curwood has be-
come prominent in this
country as a writer of
photoplays. When
asked what sort of a
system he has. where-
by one photoplay out
of one hundred and
twenty-seven have
been returned to him,
he said:
"It- isn't so much a
system as the fact that
into every photoplay I
write I put as strong a
plot and as conscien-
tious work as in my
work for Colliers, the
Saturday Evening
Post, or any other
magazine."
Then he went on,
filled with the en-
thusiasm so strongly
characteristic of him:
".And why shouldn't
one do as good work
for the screen as for
the best magazine on
earth? That has been
the chief weakness of
the writing end of the
the general belief that
James Oliver Curwood.
photoplay up to the present time
it's as easy to write a photoplay as it is to mix up a
batch of biscuits. Not only the amateurs, but a good many
successful fiction writers, have fallen down because they be-
lieve that any old batch of incidents strung on a film will
make a photoplay. Today a corking good story in scenario
form means as much to a picture manufacturer as a first-
class piece of fiction does to a magazine publisher. 'In-
cidents' don't make a magazine story, and they won't make
a film drama or comedy.
"Thousands of writers have been stringing 'incidents' for
the film manufacturers as they might string beads for a
bunch of kids, and, as a result, it's a wonder that two-
thirds of the manufacturers and editors are not in insane
asylums. A plot — the real, red-blood animal itself — is even
a bigger factor in the photoplay than it is in the fiction
story. In other words, you can spill a whole lot of senti-
ment and good English in a short story or novel that
wouldn't make fifteen feet of interesting film.
"The other day I was talking with a well-known fiction
writer who complained that a photoplay, his first, had been
returned. 'The Lord knows there was enough excitement
in it,' he said. 'There were killings, a wreck, a fist" fight and
a fire.' I read that script later, and found he was like ninety-
nine per cent, of the would-be photoplay writers. He had
expected that a batch of exciting 'incidents' would pull the
thing through: but as for plot, there wasn't as much as
you might have put in ten lines."
Possibly no man in the country has more editor friends,
especially among the magazines, than Mr. Curwood, and
when asked what he saw in the future for the photoplay
writer he said:
"It's my personal opinion that the next five years will
see a quarter of the magazines in the country driven to the
bad by the photoplay. The screen story has already won
a tremendous place for itself; but it's not yet out of its
swaddling clothes. Only a few years ago the so-called better
class of people hesitated about going to a picture show.
Now they all go. The screen picture has already hit the
book publishers hard. I know that, for I'm close up in the
book game. One publisher told me recently that a few .
years ago his firm figured that each year from four to
six of their books would sell anywhere from 50,000 to 200,-
000 copies. Now it's a cause for rejoicing if two books a year
reach even the first figure. And it's because of the photoplay.
"More and more of the picture houses of every town
are filling the requirements of fiction. Instead of reading
a book or a magazine, Mr. Brown and his family go down
town and see half a dozen stirring pieces of fiction on the
screen. That's why we are going to have bigger and better
stories on the screens. We've got to have them. 'Incidents'
alone no longer go. Mr. Brown and his wife want a
story, and they want a good one. They want the best
stories that the best writers can give them, whether those
writers are famous or not. -And the manufacturers are see-
ing the necessity for stronger and better film stories, for the
simple reason that new thousands of book and magazine
readers are being won over to them ever" day. So again
we come down to the real thing in the writing end — the plot.
The best fiction writer that lives can write nothing too good
for the screen, though I know a lot of them now who smile
in good-natured toleration when you tell them so."
When the matter of censorship was brought up Mr. Cur-
wood bit his cigar in two.
"The moving picture has simply become the goat of the
censors," he said. "For
years the public has
been clamoring for
censorship o f some-
thing, and nothing has
ever been censored.
Now, the censors have
found an opening, and
all the 'accumulated
censoring' of a decade
is falling upon the pho-
toplay. If we believe
these censor-fanatics,
the photoplay is bound
to drive the world to
i_^ , ^^^^^^ - ■ ^^ hades; yet it's a curi-
JJ}-- ^;''jC;z:^;;^^^^^H- -" .; #9 ous fact that statistics
' ' *^ show there is less crime
of every kind now than
before the screen pic-
ture became popular.
If books and maga-
zines were censored as
the picture is, about a
hundred thousand writ-
ers would have to go
back to the farm. In
their straining for the
Essence of Virtue the
censors themselves are
educating several mil-
lion very young people
to look for and expect
the things which other-
wise they would never have realized. In other words, a
good deal of censorship does more to poison young minds
than to save them, from the mere fact that the censors are
howling themselves hoarse in their efforts to train children
to recognize sin when they see it."
Mr. Curwood's method of working is interesting. "The
secret of his great literary productiveness and the high
grade of his work, both in photoplay and fiction, lies really
in the fact that he believes in conserving all of his mental
and physical energies for purely original work. He has
three clever assistants in his employ. One is a reader,
another a stenographer, and the third, what he calls his
'professional adviser.'
"My reader spends six hours each day reading ancient
and modern history," explained Mr. Curwood. "I give him
one hour of my time each day, and in that hour he tells
me what he has read in six. This saves both my time and
eyes; and. as he talks, I smoke a cigar and watch for
ideas. When I have a working idea I think it out along
lines of action, and then call in the young woman whose
sole work is the reading of all photoplay announcements
and reviews, and whose value lies in her ability to keep
in touch with current and past photoplay ideas. I tell her
my plot, and if I am using situations already filmed she
Mr. Curwood After a Trip Down
from the Barren Lands in the
Far North.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1353
points out the similarity, and I make the necessary changes.
My stenographer's ideas arc obvious. Some may possibly
laugh at the idea of securing modern photoplays from the
Bible and ancient history. I wrote fourteen reels of photo-
play from the "Lives of Plutarch," and in most instances a
single line gave me my idea for a story. Among the Plut-
arch plays were: 'When Women Go on the Warpath' and
The Lost ^Millionaire," filmed by Vitagraph; and "The Ven-
geance of Priam, 'The Stutterer," and 'The Richest Girl in the
World," multiple reels to be put out by Mr. Selig. Such a
modern comedy as the multiple reel, 'When the Devil Visited
Mr. Scraggs," also to be put out by Mr. Selig, I got in the
Bible, and my modern war-drama, "The War Makers," came
from half a dozen lines in 'The Burning of Rome."
"But, after all," Mr. Curwood says, "there is nothing like
the solitude of the great North for ideas," and every time
that he returns from his adventurous expeditions beyond
civilization he brings back with him the material for his
biggest and best work in both fiction and photoplay. Mr.
and Mrs. Curwood left for the far North on August 13.
Headquarters have been established in Jasper, Alberta, from
which hamlet expeditions will be made to points oflfering the
best atmosphere and inspiration for his work.
The scenario for "The Fifth Man," a big three-reel spec-
tacular jungle feature for Selig, was written by Mr. Curwood.
My review of these films will appear in the next issue of the
World.
I
Bessie Learn in War Panic
Edison Player Witnesses Stormy Scenes in Holland and
England Following Outbreak of Hostilities.
MISS BESSIE LEARX, the well-known Edison player,
has just returned from a trip to Europe the closing
fortnight of which furnished her with sufficient excite-
ment to answer any craving she may have for that sort of
thing for some time to come. Miss Learn went abroad
early in June. She visited Switzerland, Italy, France, Eng-
land, Ireland and Holland. It was on July 30 that she left
England for Holland. There she found everyone disturbed.
Bulletins were being
posted and read by
great throngs. Some'
one explained to Miss
Learn that war was
brewing, and she d e -
termined to cut short
her visit. In Amster-
dam the steamship
piers were crowded
with Americans. Many
\v h o had just arrived
were fighting to get
started back. Five
hours were required by
the train to get from
Amsterdam to Rotter-
da m . There Miss
Learn was fortunate to
get checks cashed by
a n express company,
while others lined for
blocks in front of the
banks were having
trouble. Miss Learn
has no bouquet for the
American Consul i n
Rotterdam. She says
that even a United
States Senator failed
to get anything in the
w a y of advice from
this official. Finally
Miss Learn got a boat
by way of the Hook of Holland to Harwich and saved her
baggage, which she said she had to watch over every minute.
She had to stand up from Rotterdam to the Hook. On the
boat there were 750 passengers crowded into quarters in-
tended for 300. There were incidents a-plenty, although
the vessel was convoyed by two warships.
When Miss Learn arrived in London she had not a cent
of currency. To her dismay she learned it was a bank holi-
day. The manager of the American Express Company, how-
ever, cashed some checks and that helped a lot. By good
luck Miss Learn heard of an available ticket at the office of
the Cunard Line, which some one had returned, and she
found that by going to Liverpool she could get possession
of the bit of paper. This latter city was crowded by Amer-
icans so anxious to get passage they were offering high
u-- A _ .
Miss Bessie Leam.
prices for the privilege of sleeping on deck. Miss Learn
paid for a third class ticket just twice what it cost her to go
over first class. She was able, however, to change to sec-
ond cabin on the second day out.
The Laconia was eight days in making the trip. All
lights were blanketed at night. The passengers were very
much excited throughout the journey, in spite of dances every
other day on deck, a number of concerts and entertainments
furnished by two professional boxers who were among the
passengers. At one time the steamship stopped dead for
fourteen hours on account of dense fog. So tense was the
situation that it was reported among the passengers that the
captain had been obliged to ignore a S O S call, fearing it
to be a decoy. At one point of the trip freezing weather
was encountered, and it was said the ship was near Green-
land. The night before the Laconia docked the passengers
saw in the not great distance the lights of Atlantic City,
many miles south of New York.
"You can't imagine how good the Statue of Liberty looked
to me,'" said the little actress. "By the way, I ought to be a
sure-enough American now. I thought I was a real one
when I left home, but in England before we returned I was
obliged to pay a head tax of $4, as I had with me no papers
to prove my nationality. Yes, you may be sure I am glad to
be home: But I certainly did have two real weeks.""
GIVING FREE TOPICAL NEWS.
Giving awaj- 1,000 feet of topical film every week is the
task which the Topical News Company, Inc., has set for it-
self for the next fifty-two weeks. Its agents are already in
the field headed by Carlisle H. Rogerman, who was recently
editor of the Animated Weekly of the Universal Film Com-
pany. Meanwhile the company is housed on the fourth floor
of No. 18 East Forty-first street, where Blair Frazer is presi-
dent, Ma.xwell Ryder, vice-president, and the Duke of Man-
chester, treasurer.
Dr. Ryder, who is to be very active in the concern, has a
long career of journalism and theatrical activity back of him.
He brings to the company an experience which will be in-
valuable in both the news end of the business and in the
dramatic side which must be considered in a large part even
in the telling of current happenings by means of a canvas
screen. Dr. Ryder is perhaps better known for his work
on stagecraft, which was published in 1891. than for any
other achievement. This work had a wide circulation.
Mr. Rogerman, who will be the editor and manager of
the Topical News, has been in the film business for a num-
ber of years and has devoted the greater part of his energies
to topical films. While he was with the L^niversal. he pro-
duced many features, principal among which was the Day-
ton flood release which was the first film showing that dis-
astrous calamity exhibited in New York and abroad. He got
the inauguration of President Wilson and went with the
big Congressional party which visited the Panama Canal.
He afterwards exhibited these pictures to members of the
Senate and House and presented them to Secretary Bryan.
His "Who's Who in the Cabinet," showing the members of
that body at work, was an achievement which brought him
to the attention of the film world. These pictures were
taken with- the aid and co-operation of the U. S. Govern-
ment.
Blair Frazer, the president of the company, is also gen-
eral manager for the International Education League with
which the Topical News Company is affiliated, so that the
facilities of the larger company will always be at the dis-
posal of the topical- weekly. The treasurer, the Duke of
Manchester, who is well-known to filmdom as having re-
cently launched the most extensive motion picture plan in
many months, is also president of the International Educa-
tional League. The secretary, Alfred A. Sommerville, will
have charge of marketing the product.
BRADY'S PLAYS FOR WORLD FILM.
The World Film Corporation has acquired all the rights
and producing privileges to the plays which William Brady
has produced during the past twenty years. .A.S far as pos-
sible the World Film Corporation will employ the same
casts which presented Mr. Brady's successes on Broadway.
Mr. Brady has consented to this arrangement and many of
the actors and actresses who played the leading roles which
they made famous in the original speaking stage version.
Even more elaborate mountings will be given Mr. Brady's
plays than when Broadway first saw the "legitimate" attrac-
tions. Exteriors will be taken on the actual sites called for
in the author's book, while Mr. Brady has consented to loan
the interior sets used in his production to the World Film
Corporation to assist it in its picturing of his successes.
135.4
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Devil's Dansant"
A Kalem Two Part Subject Possessing Rare Technical Ex-
cellence— Produced by Robert Vignola.
BY reason of good acting, clear, sharp photography and
artistic settings the Kalem Company have produced a
subject in "The Devil's Dansant" that is worthy of more
than passing notice. The story, written by Hamilton Smith,
is simple in construction and does not afTord many thrills.
If it was intended to carry a lesson that lesson is that frivol-
ous wives should listen to the words of admonition given by
their usually more experienced husbands. Especially does
this bit of advice pertain when the husband of the aforesaid
frivolous wife happens to be a district attorney and bent upon
reforming the town.
Scene from "The Devil's Danscmt" (Kalem).
Robert Vignola was the director of this picture and a par-
ticularly good bit of work has he turned out. There is notice-
able care in the settings which approach exactness in point of
reality. Several of the scenes introduce dancing in a cafe
and it is said that many of the extra people who take part in
those scenes are of the elite of Jacksonville, near which city
the picture was made, and with the best people of which city
Scene from "The Devil's Dansant" (Kalem).
Mr. Vignola is very popular. At any rate they are all good
dancers who appear in the scenes and their presence adds
to the charm of the picture.
It is not stated who the photographer was, but we would
offer, as a guess, George Hollister. In this very necessary
particular the subject is most pleasing. Every scene is clear
and sharp and the tones are easy on the eye.
As for the story, Dominique's place is a sort of cafe dansant
which is a cover for a gambling joint where men and women
of wealth and fashion may play on the quiet. The wife of the
district attorney goes there to dance and is discovered by her
husband, who leads her away and forbids her patronizing the
place. She rejects his advice and is again seen there, but.
with the assistance of Robert Walker, the silent partner of
Dominique, manages to escape discovery when her husband
again appears. In making her escape she is taken through
the gambling room where she tarries long enough to win a
little money and is then led out, through a secret entrance,
after which she returns home.
The idea appeals to her and she tries it again, but this time
she loses all her money and a handsome brooch just given
to her by her husband. Deceiving her husband as to the
whereabouts of the brooch when he misses it, she asks
Dominique to return it and is told that he will do so if she
will introduce some of her wealthy friends to his place.
In the meantime Walker has threatened to squeal on Dom-
inique if he allows the district attorney's wife to enter the
place again and discovering her there he tells the district at-
torney all about the plant. A raid is planned and pulled off
while the erring wife is in the gambling room. The loyal
husband protects her by saying that she is there to assist him
in securing evidence and in the next scene he forgives her,
whereupon the picture ends.
There is very little opportunity given any of the players to
display their ability for everything runs so smoothly to the
finish, but Miss Hollister is quite acceptable as the frivolous
wife and the dancing is good.
BUSY ON NEW PROGRAM.
Great Activity at Warner's Features, Inc. — Producing Com-
panies Form an Organization.
THE mahogany-furnished offices of Warner's Features,
Inc., fairly buzz with activity just now, and things are
moving so fast that even the most energetic camera-
man would be hard put to it to keep up with them. There
is good cause for the commotion. The launching of a com-
plete program by this big feature film company is thrilling
enough to make everybody connected with it feel excited.
And with the first release date rapidly approaching, the en-
tire staflf is on the jump.
To put out such a program as is the declared intention of
the Warner Company, involves a large amount of work and
a great expenditure of money. No detail can be slighted — no
half-way measures tolerated. Everything must be exactly
right before the precise opening date is definitely announced.
One of the most interesting phases of the making of the
Warner's program is the organization of the producing com-
panies which will provide the pictures. All the details of the
organization had not been perfected in time for announcement
in this issue of the Moving Picture World, but it will include
a number of the best companies in the business. Next week
the officers of the producing organization, together with the
names of individual companies, will be made public.
The producing organization itself determines the class of
films to be produced by each company', assigning dramas to
some, comedies to others. Western productions to others, and
so on. The program, which will also be definitely announced
next week, is to consist of from twenty-one to twenty-eight
reels a week, divided into threes, two, and singles. It -will
be as complete ^s a program can be made, covering all classes
of films and filhng practically all requirements of exhibitors.
The Warner Company has letters from many leading the-
ater managers in which the advent of the new program is
given a hearty welcome. This unusual incident is due to the
reputation won by the company as high-grade feature film
producers.
With thirty-four exchanges conveniently located, the War-
ner Company is in a position to take care of exhibitors
promptly and efficiently.
EDNA GOODRICH IN WAR'S TOILS.
Edna Goodrich, who was to have begun work this week
for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Plav Company on the mov-
ing picture production of the "Warrens of Virginia," in a
letter to Samuel Goldfish, head of the Lasky firm, advised
that the picture would necessarily have to be postponed as
she was marooned at Ostend, Belgium, and had busied her-
self for the past two weeks as a member of the Belgium
Red Cross. "I have occupied my time," writes Miss Good-
rich, "by making bandages for the wounded. My hotel. The
Kursaal, has been turned into a hospital and there are three
hundred badly injured soldiers here. Everybody is coming
forward with a magnificent spirit to aid in the alleviation of
the sufTering of the poor fellows who had given their lives
to their country."
The production of the "Warrens of Virginia," in which
Miss Goodrich was to have appeared for the Lasky Com-
pany is completed, and the cast was engaged, but had now
been dispersed by De Mille and the productions postponed
until the early part of January.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1355
R. Henderson Bland, Actor
WeU-Known English Player Who Will Be Remembered for
His Notable Portrayal in Kalem Masterpiece.
By George Blaisdell.
WHEN you put in eight consecutive hours in the com-
pany of a man you get a fairly accurate line on his
ideas of things in general and on his work in par-
ticular— that is, if from time to time by leading questions
you direct the conversation into a certain channel. On
Saturday the writer had the pleasure of extending an ac-
quaintance with R. Henderson Bland, the actor who so
notably portrayed the Saviour in Kalem's famous "From
the Manger to the Cross." Mr. Bland had been in the
United States but ten days. It is his first visit to this coun-
try. There is much that
is new and of deep in-
terest to him; his talk
reveals that he is a keen
observer and possesses
a mind that works rap-
idly. His speech is even-
ly deliberate, and it is
picked w i t h discretion
from a wide vocabulary.
Mr. Bland is more
than an actor. He is a
poet — a real one, not of
the near variety. He has
issued two volumes of
his works — "Poems" and
"iloods and Memories."
Poet and actor is an un-
usual combination, but
surely it is a happy one.
Mr. Bland's activity with
the pen has not been
confined to verse. The
Dramatic Society of
London recently p r o -
duced a play the joint
work of Mr. Bland and
Mr. Manning-Austen, en-
titled "Catherine the
Great." In collaboration with Mrs. T. P. O'Connor Mr. Bland
wrote a plav produced four years ago. He has written and
produced several one-act plays. Clifiord Brooke, who has
just arrived in New York, where he will be a' producer for
Liebler & Co., has in his possession a play by Mr. Bland
which he hopes to produce soon. Mr. Bland has contributed
articles and poems to many journals and magazines. So,
too, he has written songs. .\t the present time he is under
engagement by the Intelligence Bureau of London — a press
syndicate — to write his impressions of American life, with
especial reference to clubs, the effect of the war, and to touch
on the sidelights frequently unseen by the average com-
mentator. Mr. Bland started on his
stage career in 1897 with Sir Her-
bert Tree, with whom he remained
two years. Then followed two
years' strenuous work in the Prov-
inces playing such parts as Bas-
sanio, Laertes. Macduff, Joseph Sur-
face, Ernest Vane in "Masks and
Faces," Rudolph in "Leah," and Sir
Ernest Vane in "East L}-nne." Fol-
lowing that experience came a long
tour with the Ben Greet company in
"The Three Musketeers," in which
he played Athos. After an engage-
ment at Drury Lane Mr. Bland
played in "M. Beaucaire" under
Louis Waller. He then toured
South Africa with Mrs. Langtry.
playing Oliver in "As You Like It"
and Viscount Stornaway in "The
Degenerates." On returning t o
England Mr. Bland for a year toured
the Provinces with .\ustin Melford.
playing the Spider in "The Silver
King." He then took w^ Herbert
Waring's part in "Idols" under the
Hutchinson management, and played
it for six months. In Mrs. Brown-
Potter's company- Mr. Bland cre-
ated the role of the Due d'Afguillon
ill "Du Bsrri," and later joined Sii
R. Henderson Bland.
Mr. Bland as the Christ
Kalem's "From the
George Alexander's company to play Detchard in "The
Prisoner of Zenda." Mr. Bland's last work in London was
in "Julius Caesar," where he sustained the role of Brutus,
with Godfrey Tearle as Cassius and James Berry as Marc
Antony. The English player makes no attempt to conceal
his pride in the fact that he was a pupil of Captain Hutton,
who at one time was considered the greatest fencer in
Europe.
The foregoing will indicate that for the last fifteen years
Mr. Bland's has been a busy life. "In my e.<perience noth-
ing has so impressed me as my work in Palestine," said the
player. "The Kalem's company in the Holy Land was com-
posed of a splendid lot of men and women, and they had
marked ability of the all-around kind. They treated me
with wonderful courtesy. I felt, of course, that as an Eng-
lishman coming into an American company to play the lead-
ing part I was in a delicate position. I recall an incident
that happened the even-
ing of the third day af-
ter my arrival in Jerusa-
lem. Director O 1 c o 1 1
had come to see me in
the costume of the char-
acter I was to portray.
He sent for the mem-
bers of the company.
They filed into the room
and looked at me very
closely, but retired with-
out uttering a w^ord. I
didn't know what to do.
It was not until after
t h e work in Palestine
w a s finished that M r .
Olcott told me that the
clayers had all come to
his room straight from
mine and told him they
believed I was the man
for the part and that
they would stand by me
in every possible way.
It was fine of them.
"It is hard to convey
in words a description Mr. Bland as the Christ in the
of the respect and cour- Garden of Gethsemane in Ka-
tesy of which I was the lem'^ "From the Manger
recipient from every one. to the Cross."
I n passing through
crowds I was always protected from the natives who would
try to get near, sometimes to touch the garments I wore.
You may understand how impressive it all was. Every ef-
fort was made to prevent anything from disturbing me. If
the company were rehearsing I would be at one side, re-
mote, until everything was ready for me to enter the scene.
I was shielded in every way possible so that I might keep
in the spirit of the story and the wonderful character. If
you remember the portrayal I think you will agree with me
that there is little of the theatrical
it it."
Mr. Bland is a believer in re-
strained acting. "I have seen inany
pictures that in mj' humble opinion
were spoiled by overacting. So.
too. sometimes we see examples of
underacting."
"Was my engagement by the Ka-
lem company rather sudden? Yes.
indeed, it was a remarkable example
of your .\merican quickness in do-
ing things. I was engaged to go to
Palestine in a matter of minutes or
hours. You know as a rule man-
agers would be inclined to look over
every actor in London before de-
ciding. I think Mr. Olcott was in
London less than two days.
"What kind of roles do I like
best? Well, I have played m all
sorts of characters, Shakespearean
and other kinds, but as a rule I like
jiarts in which there is an oppor-
tunity for all-around work, a part
with a bite in it; yes, and a bit of
comedv. too. My ideal of a good
stage 'character is the Spider m
The Silver King.'
"I have noted that you Amer-
icans are a great theatergoing peo-
on the Mount of Olives in
Manger to the Cross,"
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
pie. The other evening — I believe it had been the hottest
day of the year here — I saw 'Peg o' My Heart.' I was
particularly interested in observing the ready response to
humorous situations, the keen perception of the mass of the
audience. Such a big house on such a night in England
would not have been possible. I have been surprised, too,
to see so large houses in your picture theaters in the day
time — so many business men coming in for an hour or two.
In England the business man does not think of amusement
or a bit of recreation until the day is over. Your plan of
ventilating theaters here at stated periods is very interest-
ing. In the streets the cosmopolitanism of the throngs im-
press me. It reminds of Paris.
"Mr. Bland, you have over in England two American di-
rectors, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Tucker, with the London Film
Company," we suggested. "How about it?"
"The London Film Company has been very successful. I
think some of the reasons for this has been that it has em-
plcved the best of actors and the most skilled stage men
ana scenic artists. If in a London picture you see a paneled
wall it is just what it purports to be. Then, again, the com-
pany has patronized the best costumer in the country.
Nothing is left to chance."
We asked Mr. Bland how long he intended to remain in
America. "Why. you see," he answered with a trace of a
smile, "I can't just tell. I have been talking with one or
two of your manufacturers here, and I may make a long
stay."
Marion Digs Up Some Facts
To the Editor of the Moving Picture World :
I hold no brief from the Biograph Company and this communication
is written without the knowledge or approval of the officials of that
company, but I feel somewhat in duty bound to my old colleagues of the
Biograph studio to make some comment upon the story exploiting Mr
D. W. Griffith and his "§100,000 salary" in a recent number of Mc-
Clure's magazine. To begin, I doubt very much if Mr. Griffith was
privileged to read the proof of this story. It. however, he stands back
of it, I am sure the Moving Picture World and its host of reader.-^
will have a sufficient interest in the true history of the business to
allow me a stick or two of space.
I therefore call upon the following old-timers of the Biograph studio
to either bear me out or correct me : H. X. Marvin, Wallace McCutcheon.
William Bitzer. Joseph Harrington, Fred Armitage, Fred Dohson, Sid
Olcott, Gene Gauntier and Le% Dougherty. Were he alive, T should alsj
call that notable pioneer of photographers, Arthur Marvin, to witness.
And the first point I want to make is this : that Mr. Griffith did
not invent or originate either the "big figure" or the "cut-back." As
a matter of fact, the big figure was a feature of B'iograph work in
ISOS when I joined the Biograph staff. Have any of the real veterans
of the business forgotten that the Biograph Company produced "Rip
Van Winkle" with Joseph Jefferson himself in the title part in 1806?
And is there any doubt but that the scene of where Mr. Jefferson de-
livers the famous toast was the first "close-up"? Here are a few very
well-known names of people who themselves posed in "close-ups" in
the Biograph studio in the nineties : Marshall P. Wilder, Anna Held.
Loney Haskell, Petite Adelaide, Cissy Fitzgerald. Katherine Osterman,
Sandow. Cruikshank, Grapwin and Chance. Rice and Cohen, Eva Tan-
guay. I could list a host of others by referring to my old Biograph
catalogue. Mr. Griffith the discoverer of the "close-up"? Why. it was
a tradition and a command in the Biograph studio years before he ap-
plied to me for a job.
Now as to the "cut-back." I can name the dramatic production in
which it was first named in the Biograph studio in the same sense as
it is used today. This was "The Fire Fiend." and the title part was
played by Harold Vosburg. who is one of the leading artists in the
business today. I am sure "Vosy" will bear me out in- this, and I am
equally confident that Sid Olcott and Gene Gauntier will both have a
clear recollection of it.
Without detracting one whit from Mr. Grifl5th's genius, I submit
that rather than claim to have introduced the "big figure" and the
"cut-back" to the Biograph studio, he should instead acknowledge his
great indebtedness to Biograph traditions and to the careful coaching
of his camera operators, Arthur Marvin and William Bitzer. Mr.
Griffith certainly has given us some fine work in dramatic interpre-
tation, but when it comes to camera work, hats off to Arthur Marvin
and "Billy" Bitzer. And in acknowledging what Mr. Griffith has done in
a dramatic way, let us not forget the man who made the first dra-
matic, moving picture in America, Mr. Wallace McCutcheon. producer of
"The Moonshiners."
Just one word more : Those of us who were in the business years
before Mr. Griffith applied to me for a job and did not ?et it will
smile at the assertion in the McClure story that when Mr, Griffith
joined the Biograph company it was a small and unimportant concern,
I suppose some will assert next that when Oklahoma joined the
Union, the United States Government was a small and unimportant
unit among the nations of the world.
I write this on behalf of the "old Biograph crowd." with whom I
served my apprenticeship. I fancy Messrs. Smith and Blackton. Lubin.
Sellg and Edison may ba^e something to say along the same line,
F. J. MARION, Kalem Company,
August 19, 1»14,
Famous Authors With Universal
"That Program" Will Carry Many Subjects Written by
Leading Story Writers of the Day.
THE Universal are corraling many of the big well-
known writers and securing the e.xclusive rights to
produce in photoplay form their best works. Already
the Universal program has benefited by stories from such
well-known authors as Annie Fellows Johnstone, George
Gibbs and Eugene Manlove Rhodes. More stories are com-
ing from these writers and from others, such as Campbell
MacCullough, the well-known magazine writer; Molly
Elliot Seawell, author of many published novels; George
Bronson Howard, famous playwright and author; Bruno
Lessing, Louis Joseph \'ance, Clara Louise Burnham and
others. Stories by O. Henry and Jacques Futrelle, big
writers who are now dead, have also found a place on the
Universal program. Arthur Stringer, the distinguished
American writer, was the author of "The Case of Cherry
Purcelle," an Eclair Universal feature which created a wide-
spread success when released some time ago.
In this connection it might be mentioned that Mr. String-
er was the first of the living American authors with whom
the Eclair-Universal Company contracted for the produc-
tioii of his stories and books in Photoplay form. Mr.
Stringer took a warm interest in the production of his
"Case of Cherry Purcelle." His "Secret Agent," a story
which was featured in the Saturday Evening Post and soon
to be released in motion picture form, will have numerous
scenes involving technical points concerning the U. S.
Secret Service. It is being staged under the author's per-
sonal direction.
Miss Gates, who is also well known to the readers of
today's best magazines, has listed for production by the
Eclair company a powerful story, "The Silver Belle of
Los Morales." Miss Gates has, in the past year or two,
achieved prominence as a dramatist.
Booth Tarkington, whose latest contribution to con-
temporary literature, "Penrod," has the reading public agog
with anticipation, is also to be a contributor to the Uni-
versal program. "The Flirt," which was a delightful feature
of the Saturday Evening Post for several issues, is to be
filmed by the Eclair.
Probably the greatest Western writer we have today is
Eugene Manlove Rhodes, who lives in simple obscurity at
Apalachin, New York. His story, "Sealed Orders," which
was featured in the Saturday Evening Post, was recently
done by the Universal's Victor company with the popular
star, J. Warren Kerrigan, in the lead role, "Good Men and
True," one of his best books will also be filmed for re-
lease by the Universal. His "Little Eohippus" will be re-
membered by everyone for the novelty of its action and
the charm of its literary style. This also ran as a serial
in the Post. When the Eclair company arranged with Mr.
Rhodes to produce this as a photoplay, he stipulated that
it should be done under his personal direction. According-
ly Mr. Rhodes joined the Eclair company at Tuscon, Ariz.,
and collaborated with the director in producing the difficult
eflfects called for by this story. "The Little Eohippus" will
be released by the Universal Eclair shortly and there is
little doubt that it will score a success far beyond that which Ij
can be looked for from an ordinary studio script. ^ \
Another Western writer who is taking a strone interest
in the production of his books in photoplay form is William
MacLeod Raine. Practically all of Mr. Raine's books, which
stand high among the "best sellers," are in course of pro-
duction by the Eclair companies out West and vyill be re-
leased on the Universal. Fortunately, Mr. Raine has a
ranch located within easy distance of Tuscon, and pro-
duction is going ahead very successfully under his active
co-operation.
WORLD FILM I?EATURES.
"The Dollar Mark." George Broadhurst's Broadway suc-
cess, has been pictured bv the World Film Corporation in
five reels. Robert Warwick has been featured in the photo-
play adaptation of Mr. Broadhurst's drama. After Septem-
ber 1 the World Film Corporation will release one multipJe
reel a week.
Among other Broadway successes which the World tilm
Corporation has contracted to produce are "Mother." in
which Emma Dunn is to be featured: "The Gentleman frorn
Mississippi." featuring Tom Wise; "The Man of the Hour,"
featuring Robert Warwick; "The Pit," from Frank Norris'
book, featuring Wilton Lackaye and Gail Kane; "After
Dark," by Dion Boucicault and "As Ye Sow," by the Rev.
John Snyder,
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1357
PARIS TODAY.
A Graphic Description of the Effect of War on the Picture
Business in France.
By Our Special Correspondent.
Paris, Tuesday, August 11, 1914.
IN common with every other trade, the moving picture
industry in France has been seriously disorganized
through the terrible European war now being waged.
The immediate effect of the mobilization order was to strip
small and large firms of, at a low estimate, eighty per cent.
of their staffs. Simultaneously export of films from Paris
to the provinces and foreign countries was immediately
rendered impossible. Studios, which up till ten days ago
were working at top speed, are now silent and empty.
The most famous French photoplay artists are now play-
ing a part in the greatest and most terrible drama the world
has ever known. One and all went with a will that has
won the applause of the entire civilized world. Many play-
ers offered their automobiles to the war oflSce and took them
to the front.
It is probable that some of the big film manufactories
will be turned into hospitals. At the present time millions
of feet of film la'- idle on the manufacturers and renters'
shelves.
The several English firms acting as agents for American
manufacturers who have their positives printed in France
are unable to get supplies through to London. Instead of
the usual eight hours, traveling to London now takes fifteen
hours and no luggage is allowed. None but English, Amer-
icans and French people are permitted to make the journey,
and all must be furnished with the necessary papers and
passports. Both in France and England it is dangerous to
carry a camera. A London cinematographer told me that
while taking mobilization pictures at Portsmouth he was
arrested and had his negative confiscated.
No photographers or war correspondents have yet been
allowed to leave for the front. A whole army of journalists
and cameramen are now in Paris, awaiting instructions from
the authorities. Even when the men do get off it is feared
that they will not be allowed to go within a couple of miles
of the firing line. The last topical pictures to ' be taken
in the French capital were those showing the mobilization
scenes. These are now being shown at the few picture
theaters which have remained open. The exhibitors who
been able to continue giving exhibitions are doing extremely
good business on account of the fact that the cafes and
restaurants are all closed at nine o'clock at night. In
most instances prices of admission have been reduced to
ten cents and the bulk of the profits is being handed over
to the Red Cross.
A. H. Kaffenburg's well-known American Theater is one
of the few halls located off the main boulevard which has
not closed down. Mr. Kaffenburg. who is an .\merican
citizen, gave a Teat matinee last Thursday in aid of the
Red Cross. Each week throu.ghout the war he will con-
tinue to present substantial sums of money to the Red
Cross.
Felix Isman is another generous citizen from your side of
the Atlantic who has rendered the French government valu-
able assistance. As I have previously reported it was Mr.
isman's intention to show "Cabiria" at the beautiful Theater
des Champs Elysees. Mr. Isman has now placed the great
theater at the disoosal of the Red Cross for use as a hos-
pital.
Among the hundreds of Americans still here is Wil-
liam N. Selig. the famous producer. He was stavin.g at the
Hotel Edouard VII when war was declared. "War is hell,"
he said to me yesterda5^ "I have never seen such a stirring
sight as these Frenchmen marching off to the front. Their
courase was wonderful to behold, and I shall never for.get
it." As are all other Americans here, Mr. Selig is perfectly
safe and at ease. He intends stopping here for some little
time.
I have just been informed that Messrs. Gaumont has ar-
ranged to supply exhibitors with films at reduced rates,
I If course, no new productions will Ije issued. Patriotic pic-
tures arc greatly in demand and all French, Russian and
English picture plays are being re-issued as rapidly as pos-
sible. Messrs. Gaumont announce that their topical service
will be continued.
As may well be imagined, the picture theater audience of
today is far from gay, for the people of Paris are very
sad. Now and again pictures of President PoincarS and
French, Belgium and British soldiers bring forth applause,
but on the whole the halls are significantly silent.
The people here don't ask how many Germans have been
killed: they want to know the French losses. Paris is in a
mood that I have never seen her in before. She is grave,
and sobbing for those of her gallant sons who are fighting
for their country. The great white domes of the cathedral
of the Sacred Hearf on the summit of Montmartre over-
look a grief-stricken capital — a capital that will soon be a
city of hospitals and crying, sobbing, bereaved men and
women. Such is war. JOHN CHER.
BRITISH NOTES.
COMMUNICATIONS with the United States are now
normal, although last week's scare caused a temporary
rupture. However, the film industry has not yet suf-
fered any ill-effects of the war and now that the Admiralty
has declared the Atlantic free from marauders there is
little reason to anticipate any danger to trans-Atlantic steam-
ers.
* * . *
The Essanay and Universal organizations announce
their intention of working to their pre-arranged program
regarding the release of their respective products, and this
declaration alone has inspired confidence in film-hiring quar-
ters, where a strong rumor had been prevalent that certain
American issues would be curtailed. Obviously, in the com-
mercial sense the suspension of transport of goods between
England and the chief ports in Germany, Italy, France, etc
is bound to be to the distinct advantage of the United
States in more respects than in moving pictures. For this
is one of the few branches of industry in which Great
Britain cannot keep herself supplied, and under present cir-
cumstances the onl^' way of maintaining the film market is
through American importations. There is a probability
that such firms as Gaumont and Pathe may be able to re-
tain their usual control over certain Continental produc-
tions, but of the numerous other European brands it is use-
less to prophesy.
A bolt fell among exhibitors last week-end in the form
of a notice in the Press from the War Office prohibiting
the exhibition of any moving pictures depicting incidents
of the present war. The order is so drastic as to ban even
local topical films of the British troops mobilizing or in
camp, but no restriction is placed upon staged films such
as dramatic pictures with naval or military settings or upon
real military films showing British soldiers_ practicing army
maneuvers. One firm in particular has seized hold ot the
opportunity to :nake the best of this unusual piece of of-
ficialism and dav bv day as the real war progresses they
enact the princinal incidents and movements with a large
companv of players in the south of England.^ The sections
of the great drama are finished with astonishing rapidity so
as to be ready for exhibition a day or two after the actual
events. The opening scenes of the war are already being
screened here in serial form. ^
In nearly every town of importance in this country a
working arrangement has been effected between local mov-
ing-picture theaters and the newspapers. In London and
Manchester the latest developments at the front are flashed
on to the screen at short intervals, in some cases a drama
being interrupted to permit of a slide being shown. Ihe
news is in most cases, telephoned from the newspaper ofhce
to the theater, but a few of our more important kinemas
have their own tape machines,
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THE .MOVING PICTURE WORLD
In view of the rush for war pictures which is bound to be
experienced in England and America I give the following
list of suitable films which are available for booking here
during the next few weeks: "Shannon of the Sixth" (Kalem),
4,000 ft.; "No Finer Death" (Andrews), 2,700 ft.; "Frederick
the Great" (Edison), 2,020 ft.; "England's Menace" (London
Film Co.), 2,500 ft.; "His Country's Honor" (C. & M.), 3,000
ft.; "On the Verge of War" (Bison 101), 2,940 ft.; "Fighting
Blood of 1809" (Continental), 4,000 ft.; "War and a Wom-
an" (Continental), 2,500 ft.; "The British Army" (Keith
Picture Co.), 6,000 ft., educational; "Woe to the Conquered"
(Victus), 3,000 ft.
The second International Kinematograph Exhibition, due
to open at Olympia, London, in a few weeks, has been post-
poned until Christmas. The definite opening date is not
yet fixed.
W. N. Selig is at present in Paris engaged upon- the
business of the Selig Polyscope Co. in that city. So long
as existing conditions prevail a special discount of 12J^
per cent, will be allowed to buyers of Selig films. This new
arrangement, explains E. H. Montague, is subject to prompt
settlements. J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
What a Picture Has to Do
MEETING Vinnie Burns personally, it is hard to realize
that the pretty little star of Solax and Blache photo-
dramas is the same dare-devil actress whose reckless
regard for life and limb has made her famous throughout
the civilized world.
When it is recalled that in the last four years she has
been seen falling from the top of a stage coach as it rolled
Miss Vinnie Burns.
down an embankment; falling from a horse in front of a
stampede of the horses of two whole troops of cavalry —
the Fifth and the Fifteenth U. S. Cavalry, now at Fort Bliss;
buried to her neck in mud at Lake Hopatcong in winter
weather; pinned down by a horse that fell upon her; jump-
ing from a third story window and landing upon her perfect
little nose; fainting and falling from a circus horse as a
bareback rider; sliding down a rope from a roof; sliding
down three sheets from a high window and falling when
the sheets parted une.xpectedly ; jumping through a closed
window-glass and all; receiving a bad spill from a motor-
cycle; riding upon a runaway elephant which wrecked the
reptile house in Bronx Zoo; appearing in an animal picture
which called for her entrance into a tiger's cage every day
for three weeks; and numerous other feats, of daring — when
these exhibitions of nerve are recalled and it is remembered
that Vinnie Burns has but recently celebrated her eighteenth
birthday, which places her age at just fourteen years when
she was discovered by Mme. Alice Blache, of the Solax
Company, some idea can be formed of her extremely inter-
esting personality.
Massachusetts Apprenticeship Law
By F. H. Richardson.
IN my account of the trip to Boston I made mention of
new apprenticeship law which has been passed by the
Massachusetts legislature, signed by the governor, and is
now in full force and effect. I have written for a copy of
this law, but as j'et it has not been received. However, its
practical eflfect is to provide the following requirements as
a necessity in securing a license in the state of Massachusetts:
the novice must first serve a three-months' apprenticeship,
after which he may apply for a second-class license. During
tTiese three months he is not allowed to run the projection
machines at all, but only to rewind films, patch films, keep the
operating room in order, and, also, presumably, to trim the
lamp of the idle projector. Second class license, which is
secured presumably after examination, allows him to do all
the foregoing and, in addition, to operate the projector while
a licensed operator is present in the operating room, but at
no other time. At the end of the second three-months' period
he may apply for examination for a first-class operator's
license and upon receipt of same he becomes a full-fledged
operator.
Now this law, while it requires an apprentice to serve just
half the length of time he ought to, is a big step in advance of
anything heretofore secured, and the writer is most heartily
in favor of securing, or attempting to secure, the same kind
of law for the State of New York. I believe that, with the
assistance of the e.xecutive board of the New York State
Federation of Labor, and the active co-operation of the va-
rious New York State Unions, it would be quite possible for
such a law to be put through the legislature and that, with
the precedent established by Massachusetts, the governor
would sign it.
The main objection raised to this procedure is that k might
be declared unconstitutional. I don't believe that such a
law would be so declared by the courts. Most certainly if
society can claim and exercise the right to examine operators
and refuse to allow them to operate moving picture machines
unless found competent, and do this under the police power
to protect its citizens from fire hazard, it can also extend that
authority to cover an aprenticeship which will compel the
seeker after a license to first procure actual practical ex-
perience in the handling of projection machinery in theatrical
work. This, it seems to me, is merely a matter of plain,
horse sense. Anyone knows that, while it is possible for a
man to pass a creditable examination without having had any
practical experience in actual theatrical projection, still such
a man is unsafe and highly undesirable in the operating room.
His knowledge is almost entirely theoretical, and, while
theory is a splendid thing in its place, in order to produce
real results it must be combined with practical experience.
The securing of the passage of such a law will not be alto-
gether an easy matter. It will probably meet with strenuous
opposition on the part of those interested in operator's
schools and on the part of many managers who seek the
abundance of numbers rather than quality, but, nevertheless,
as I have before said, I think it can be done, but it will re-
quire the active support of all the various unions and everjjf
wire that can be pulled. Get busy! I
Massachusetts has the advantage of New York, in that the
state capital is in Boston, and Boston operators are thor-
oughly organized into a high-class, powerful organization,
which is right there on the ground. While I am not thor-
oughly acquainted with the situation in .Albany, neverthe-
less both .Albany and Troy have operators' unions, and I know
that within the membership of these unions are some thor-
oughly capable men — brother La Grow, for instance, and I
am sure that among the membership of these two organiza-
tions a committee could be readily found which would be
thoroughly capable of working with the legislative committee
of the State Federation, or handling the matter alone, if that
body cannot be interested.
It seems to me that the first step towards procuring this
exceedingly, important law would be the sending of a repre-
sentative to the State Federation of Labor Convention with
instructions to that delegate to meet with the Albany and
Troy locals after the convention is over and select from the
membership of those two locals a legislative committee to act
in conjunction with the State Federation of Labor Conimittee
when the legislature is in session. .\lso to act in conjunction
with the State Federation of Labor and draft a suitable law,
the same to be placed in charge of some friendly member of
the state Senate and of the .Assembly. This is merely a sug-
gestion. But let me warn you to scan the draft of the law
very carefully and see to it that it contains no "jokers" which
will give its enemies ground to attack it in the courts,
II
THE MOVING PICTURE VVOULU
1359
King Baggot the First
By Thornton FislitT.
ONCE upon a time when the mind of man ran not to
the movies nor ladies fair sent violet-scented mis-
sives to the heroes grand — well, anyway, a certain
number of brief years ago a young king unostentatiously
began his reign in these United States. To be explicit, it
all happened in that Missouri Metropolis on the Mississippi,
and it is doubtful if, with tlie exception of the Baggot fam-
ily, anyone recalls the event, which introduced to the world
one destined to achieve distinction in his profession, and
there in that city where eighty-five in the shade is cold, and
ninety-six is just comfortable, young Baggot was nurtured
through his tender years and attained young manhood.
THIS PROpERTV^
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career were discarded, and King began a relentless, tight
to make good in his new profession.
Soon he had a chance to join a traveling company and
went on the road. The first place he played was Kansas
City, and it was there he had his first thrill. In one of the
scenes Mr. Baggot was to battle with coyotes which he
supposed were to be represented by "property" heads made
to cause the effect of many of these animals dashing about,
the bodies of which were to be indistinctly seen by the audi-
ence. All went well until the moment for the fight, when
Baggot discovered, much to his chagrin, that they were live
coyotes. Less acting but real fighting occurred for a few
moments.
It is the ultimate ambition of all actors to play in New
York, and Baggot was no exception, so he was secretly
elated when the company left for the East. However, his
cup of joy not run over, for the company played Ho-
boken, from whose heights the lights of the great city
twinkle and temptingly beckon. It is a brief trip from Ho-,
boken across t!ic river, and Mr. Baggot says that after the
first evening performance, accompanied by a fellow actor,
he crossed and saw the metropolis for the first time. That
night he went to the writing room of the Waldorf and wrote
a note to his mother.
The time was soon to come again when he would return
to St. Louis, again in stock, and St. Louisans can remember
this handsome young actor who weekly delighted the play-
goers in that city.
Leaving stock he began to appear in the large productions,
among them "Salomy Jane," "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Seven
Days." It was during one of his trips to New York the op-
portunity came to play before the camera. An actor w-as
suddenly required at a studio and Mr. Baggot acted the role.
Up to that time the idea of performing for moving pictures
had never seriously occurred to him, for he was at that
time cast in a big production. So well did Mr. Baggot play
his part that he was offered a steady place in the company
with which he is now affiliated. That company is the "Imp"
and it was for them he posed in his first picture.
ISHEE.-
Xothing conspicuous or unusual seems to have marked these
years — no one detected signs of genius in the young man,
who apparently was normal in every respect. Then came
the time when the inevitable question thrust itself against
him. Papa Baggot being a politician and business man
agreed that a course in a commercial college might develop
son Baggot's faculties for. a successful business career,
whereupon the youth studiously labored to acquire the rudi-
ments of business.
Incidentally he played roles in amateur dramatics. These
were usually church entertainments, but unconsciously the
lad was laying the foundation for his future success. Thor-
oughly masticating all they served up at the business school.
King was ready to apply theory to practice and collect a
living from the world. He went into real estate and it is
quite probable that many St. Louisans have heard an en-
thusiastic young gentleman emphatically declare that "this
property will increase 100 per cent, in value when the pro-
posed troUej' lines are put through" or perhaps have seen
this same chap arguing with a tenant on Olive street to the
effect that "the landlord won't paper the attic without rais-
ing the rent."
Eventually the restlessness of youth attacked him. and
having been offered a position as bookkeeper with his
uncle's firm in Chicago, he shook the dust of St. Louis from
his boots and went to work for E. Baggot & Son, Plumb-
ing, Gas and Electrical Fixtures. Perhaps it w-as home-
sickness or restlessness, but whatever it may have been,
King turned his eyes again in the direction of St. Louis and
went back to the old town -^vhere he engaged in the elec-
trical fixture business.
During this time, how-ever, the little dramatic germ had
developed to a large unwieldy specimen and King was ir-
resistibly drawn to the theater. He had talents, he had ap-
pearance and personality and all he lacked was the right
opportunity. Finally it came and Baggot joined a local
stock company in St. Louis. All aspirations for a business
I called recently to see this lovable, good-natured fellow
at the Screen Club where he reigns. Up there in the club
parlor we discussed — politics. It is no breach of confidence
to saj- that King Baggot is a staunch Wilson adherent. I
listened patiently as he extolled the admirable qualities of
the President. Did he handle the Me.xican affair in a mas-
terly fashion? He did! King Baggot said so. At any rate
it required a nice bit of diplomacy to start the conversation
along another channel.
Here is a justly popular man. not only among screen fans,
but he is hailed a prince by his associates. Regyding his
acting — well, why mention it,; Everyone is acquainted with
the splendid work of the genial blue-eyed hero of the screen.
1360
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Doings at Los Angeles
GEORGE LARKIX has surely done "some" stunts in
the production being put on by Wih'red Lucas, known
as "rhe Trey o' Hearts." He is a regular athletic
j'oung man and can show his ability to great effect in this
big series. Many people who have seen Larkin in his work
have been amazed at his acrobatic work and his dare-devil
qualities. In the east he was formerly known as "Dare-devil
Larkin," and he evidently is going to live up to that name
while in the west. In No. 5 of this interesting series, which
is said to be the greatest of all thrillers, George is thrown
over a real cliff, and in so doing he sustains severely skinned
shins. He showed the shins to me at the studio the other
day, and, believe me, they are peeled — and the peeling is
gone, too. Anyway, he fell to the ground below and the
other man followed where the fight finished. (The picture
shows the distance from the top to the bottom.)
Scene Done for "The Trey o' Hearts."
Margaret Gibson, of the Vitagraph company, not only
is a moving picture star but a sort of originator of new
ideas. Her latest is a stocking stunt of having a specially
made garter in which several coins can be placed. The idea
is a good one and has caught on with beach bathing girls
who carry money on their garters with which to buj' "hot
dogs," sandwiches and drinks of soda pop.
Fred J. Balshofer said the other day. "If you want to do
me a favor please put in the \Vorld, for I know everyone
will see it there, that Ford Sterling has not left this com-
pany, and that I am not going to release under another
brand. Someone started those rumors, and I beg you to
stop them." He said that he wanted another pair of comedy
people, a good man and a woman, to work in an additional
company in a week or so.
Lee Hill, who was formerly with the Majestic and Edison,
is now with Alljert W. Hale at the beach Kalem studio
as juvenile leading man and assistant director. He looks
after the details that come in his line and is quite a busy
man. Mr. Hale is turning out some really funny stuff, and
with his leading lady, Betty Teare, and Johnny Brennan
as the comical feature the Kalem has a team of good
workers.
Will H. Lynch, who recently returned from a tour of
China, is trying to go back, but on account of the recent
war and the imminence of trouble in that country will have
to wail ^ while. His Chinese actors are all busy there, but
he cannot be there for some time.
Will H. White, who also has returned from a Central
American cruise, is in San Francisco conferring with some
Chinese people on the project of making moving pictures
in the Orient. He has as his students in Los Angeles
Walter and Ben Pack, two sons of a prominent Chinese
capitalist, who are soon to depart with outfits for their native
land to film many subjects and start a studio, probably in
Shanghai.
Al Christie and his Nestorites have departed for the Ex-
position City to get a picture of the fair grounds. They
are doing a travesty on "East Lynne" with Victoria Forde
and Bess Meredyth featured. Bess has just been added to
the company.
Bruce Mitchell, who recently started the Pathe company,
is as busy as any good director could be. He has Rena
Rogers and Howard Davies as leading people, and "Fat"
R. MacComas who was formerly with the Joker comedians.
A. M. Fralick, who has been with Marshal Neilan at the
Kalem, has also joined this company. They were at the
Venice beach last week doing a roaring comedy on the ocean
shores, using all the amusement devices as settings.
When a party of Mutual players returned to the studio
Monday morning after a fifteen hours' fishing trip off the
coast in a launch, they were asked what number flesh color
paint they had used and what they were made up for. The
said number four was a generous coat of tan. They caught
no fish, but got seasick. That's sport.
Tod Browning has a broken nose as the result of a taunS
to Miss Fay Tincher of the Mutual studios. They werej
having a recess between scenes and he asked her to plajj
ball. "I know women can vote in California," he said, "bu^
one thing they can't dq^is throw a ball." She threw it. and
the doctor says he will Be able to take the splints off in about
two weeks. Fay is a regular fan and plays most every day.
The city of Santa Monica had taken b}' Albert W. Hale a
couple of hundred feet of the municipal parade, and a comedy
of the beach variety will be filmed by Hale to be put on the
reel with the parade picture. It will probablj- get a regular
release through Kalem Company,
When Jessie Lasky was here he said that he was most sur-
prised with the progress at his western plant. He has a right
to be surprised for. in the past two weeks, the "Lasky house"
has been changed from a dressing room house to a wardrobe
factory, a string of new dressing rooms erected, and a new
carpenter shop built. The laboratory space has lieen doubled,
and everything is going ahead rapidly. "The Man from
Home" has been started, and "The Rose of the Rancho" with
Bessie Barriscale and Jack W. Johnson featured, will be
started soon.
Manager Bernstein of the LTniversal is so proud of George
Larkin and his wonderful work in "The Trey o' Hearts" that
he has ordered an osteopath to give George treatments thrice
a week to keep the athletic young actor in condition to go
through with his strenuous work in this great series. The
company is using a downtown skyscraper which is in course
of construction in one of the late numbers of the series.
Scenes are made while George is out on the end of a swing-
ing beam in midair. "Daredevil Larkin" is surely befitting.
It is said here that the present European war is menacing
the production of film because of the lack of Metol which is
imported from Germany. It cost $8 a pound last week, and
today it is being sold at $12.50 a pound.
CLARKE IRN'INE.
BEVERIDGE AGAINST STATE CENSOR BOARD.
"The report that I favor the creating of a political board
of motion picture censors in Indiana is without foundation,"
says Albert J. Beveridge, the Progressive party candidate
for United States Senator in Indiana. "The statement that I
was nursing a bill calculated to establish a state censor board
for motion pictures emanated from Evansville, Indiana,
where the Progressive party must contend with strong
brewery interests. Instead of being a.gainst the motion pic-
tures I am decided!}' for them. I believe the motion pic
ture is doing as much for the education of the masses as
the newspaper and school book, and I have yet to witness
a photoplay which needed the shears of censorship.
"I understand that William F. Miedreich, an Evansville,
Indiana, attorney, who is connected with the brewery in
terests of the state, 'and at present a member of the In-
diana legislature, is the father of a bill which, if passed, will
establish a state censor board similar to the Pennsylvania
board. Mr. Miedreicli is the Democratic candidate for rep
resentative in Vanderburg county, and I sincerely hope he is
defeated at the polls. If motion picture exhibitors would
band themselves together and spread the message of a candl
date's unfitness for office, it would be an easy matter for
them to defeat their enemies by utilizing their screens in
flashing the truth before that vast number of people who go
to the movies."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1361
Moving Picture Educator
Conducted by the REV. W. H. JACKSON
RESEARCH BY MOVING PICTURES.
THE part played by cinematography in scientific and
technical research, together witli some of the things
that may be e.xpected of it in the future, are set forth in
an interesting lecture before tlie German Engineers' Society
by Dr. Hanz Goetz and printed in The Scientific American
as follows:
"The most obvious way in which the cinematograph may
act as an aid to science is in recording rare phenomena,
such as scenes in the life of seldom seeti or difficultly ac-
cessible animals, unusual surgical operations, etc. — fields
in which considerable success has been attained. Its use-
fulness only begins here, however.
"Just as the scale of objects may be varied when they are
represented graphically, so the time scale of actions may be
changed when they are represented- by the cinematograph.
By an increase in speed.- Professor PfefTer, of Leipzig, has
been able to produce in three minutes a ten-day period of
gro\vth of a horse-chestnut twig; pictures for this repro-
duction were taken at five-minute intervals. A large field
for the study of the growth of both plants and animals
is thus opened. Just as slow motions can be hastened
so that it is possible to see the total effect in a truer per-
spective, so it is possible to retard and analyze quick move-
ments, and the limits are only those of the speed with
which the pictures can be taken. With the most refined
rnechanical devices it is not possible to take more than
250 pictures per second, but by illuminating the moving
object with regularly succeeding electric sparks and photo-
graphing on a film moving continuously rather than inter-
mittently, it was found possible to increase the number
of exposures to 2.000 per second. Bull, for example, has
made valuable studies of the flight of insects in this man-
ner.
"From an engineering point of view the cinematograph
has been most useful in studying projectiles and their effect
on armor-plate. Much higher frequencies had to be used
than Bull obtained, and the apparatus employed differed
from his in not using a mechanical interrupter. In series
with the illuminating spark-gap was a large condenser, and
in parallel with it a small one; the large condenser is
charged by an induction machine, and when it is discharged
the small condenser is alternately charged and discharged
across the gap.
"The period of the alternations can be judged with fair
accuracv by the tone. Since an explosion can take place
in the S-lOOOth part of a second, the speed of 9,000 to 50,-
OOQ exposures per second, obtained by this method, is suf-
ficient to furnish interesting results. Since it is obviously
impossible to have the camera near the object photographed.
a special arran^-ement is used.
"The cinematograph can also be used for making quanti-
tative measurements of movements. The fall of a body
has been studied b}' photographing on the same film the
falling object and the hand of a chronograph, and in the
same way the action of a steam-hammer has been timed.
"In these lines the cinematograoh has just begun to be
developed._ and offers great possibilities in solving" problems
dealing with time and space in fields as wide apart as en-
gineering and biology, and makes possible the studv of
motions so slow that it has hitherto been impossible to form
conception of their whole meaning, or so fast that it has
been almost impossible to form any conception of them
at all."
Current Events.
Of course, today current events means more, especially
that which is connected with the war than anything else:
the various "weeklies" are. therefore, very interesting and
helpful and from now on should be more carefull3- fol-
lowed than before. Every picture house should show them,
and all young people should see them.
That pictures of the actual warfare will be forthcoming
is most improbable and people should be aware of false
and misleading advertisements. Pictures of mobilizations,
and all preparations are to be very general; these afford
a great variety of knowledge which is a valuable addition
to the true newspaper accounts. The last series issued
show the Czar of Russia in review of troops going to the
front, and drinking to their prosperity as they leave War-
saw. A good picture of the Emperor of Germany and his
staff is not very warlike, the Emperor receiving gifts of
flowers from a .group of young girls is described as in his
"human atmosphere." German dirigibles hovering over
French troops is perhaps one of the first pictures of the
two nations in close quarters; the marching of French
troops throup'h Algiers is a truly military picture. Prince
Henry of Prussia is seen at his post of duty with his
soldiers, while the evidence of warfare is brought to our
doors by a view of the English cruiser Suflfolk guarding
English interests in American waters.
Recognizing Ability — Even to $100,000.
The time has come when the moving pictures demand
the best equally with any other of the arts, sciences, or
commercial fields. Not long ago there was published a
review of the salaries paid to the leading moving picture
actors in all parts of the world. Men who began with most
meager beginnings are now receiving their tens of thou-
sands and many whose ability was discounted on the dra-
matic stage have more than made good in the silent drama.
There never was a movement which has afforded such
opportunities for rapid rise in genuine ability than in the
field of the moving picture.
The art of scenario writing is a distinctly new one, yet
it has brought to the front many an otherwise obscure
person with an undreamed-of ability. The recent Sun-Vita-
graph contest is a good evidence of the fact there is an
underlying power of conception waiting to be developed
by such means as is now afforded by the moving picture.
When a young girl suddenly realized that she has within
her the possibility of earning $1,000 (and there seems to
be many such) b}' one literary effort, who can deny
but that cinematograph}', besides being the greatest of
educators, is also awakening the greatest powers of educa-
tion in its behalf. McClure's Magazine is at the present
time publishing a series of articles entitled "Stories of
Hundred Thousand Dollar Salaries." In the September num-
ber the "One Hundred Thousand Dollar Man of 'The
Movies' " is reviewed as follows — "Six years ago David W.
Griffith escaped a fruitless tramping of the streets by se-
curing a job as a 'super' in a struggling film company. His
pay was five dollars a day — if he worked — but he might
only work two days a week, or perhafis not at all. Today
he ranks with the highest paid men in America and presides
over a gigantic film-producing plant in Los Angeles — and
he is only thirty-five years of age."
In the same period of time moving-picture making has
undergone a similar revolutionary change. Si.x years ago
the cost of producing was perhaps not more than one-tenth
what it is today, and to this remarkable Mr. Griffith has
contributed his share of the necessary ability. The article
in McClure's is well worth reading as it will give a splendid
impetus to the many minds capable of being rightly in-
fluenced along lines so educational and so immensely lucra-
tive at the same time. Let it be widel}' known that in
every branch of moving picture activities there is abundant
opportunity for educative and educational development with
the added power of the earned dollar besides. Nowhere does
education pay better and nowhere is education more re-
quired, demanded, appreciated and rewarded.
BEST FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS.
Mount Clemens, Mich., August 4, 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World:
Dear Sir: — Enclosed find check for $3.00 for a year's sub-
scription for your most valuable magazine. Send August 1
issue as the first copy.
I find that the Moving- Picture World is the best friend
I have in the moving picture business.
\'ery trulj' yours.
Lyric Theater. H. C. Pierce.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
THE movement in this city to have incorporated the
Church Motion Picture Society has set some regular
motion picture exhibitors guessing as to the real pur-
pose of the organization. On the first application by the
society in the Supreme Court for a certificate of incorpora-
tion the Court declined to grant it because the papers sub-
mitted failed to show that the society was of a voluntary
character and not for business purposes. A second appli-
cation was made on amended petitions and the court now
has them under consideration.
* * *
Among the most active directors of the society is Mr.
Cleveland Moffett. He is in fact the instigator of the move-
ment and has been experimenting for several months in a
church on Fifth avenue, Manhattan, in which he takes an
active interest. The success he met with was so gratifying
that he decided to invoke the aid of wealthy people inter-
ested in the condition of the poor in the formation of a
society to extend the work throughout Greater New York
and has already received promises of co-operation in Man-
hattan and Brooklyn. Applications for certificates of in-
corporation are now pending in the courts of both boroughs,
and if they are successful the work will be extended to the
other two boroughs, and also in Bronx County.
* * *
A friend of Mr. Moflfett said: "The petitions for incorpo-
ration state that the purpose of the society is to 'promote
the use of church and other buildings of worship for the
purpose of entertainment and to instill a spirit of national
and civic patriotism among the people.' This is mere for-
mal phraseology to get the matter properly before the
court and no doubt has created misapprehension on the part
of people already engaged in the business of exhibiting mo-
tion pictures, particularly those having places in the poorer
districts of the cit^'. But the prospectus quoted does not re-
flect Mr. Moflfett's real sentiments. Neither Mr. Moffett,
nor anyone associated with him desire to engage in the mo-
tion picture business."
* * *
When attention was called to the title of the society and
statement w-as made that it clearly foreshadowed some con-
nection with the business the friend said. "Quite true. But
the name does_ not indicate whether the connection is to be
with the exhibiting or manufacturing branch. It is as vague
in that respect as it is with respect to Mr. Moffett's real
intentions, and there is no objection to enlightening the
public as to what they are. His connection with a church
and Sunday school showed Mr. Moffett that there was a dis-
position among certain people of the poor classes to avoid
places of worship in spite of persistent missionary work.
He found that to ^ccessfully get their interest it would be
necessary to have some attraction to win their attendance
in the church or church hall, and decided that the strong-
est magnet of present time is the motion picture."
The friend was told the idea was not a new one. That
motion pictures have been shown in churches and school
halls for years. To this he replied "But Mr. Moffett's idea
is new because its scope is of a different character. Other
religious organizations have given such exhibitions for bene-
fits with advanced sale of tickets, or fixed prices of admis-
sion at the door. Mr. Moffett sells no tickets and charges
no price of admission. His co-workers go among the peo-
ple to be reached and invite all, regardless of nationality,
creed, or color, to come to the entertainment. Men, women
and children are asked to come and have an evening of
pleasure free of cost. They are welcomed at the door and
shown to seats. After the entertainment they are again
greeted by the committee and cordially invited to return on
a certain evening and witness another exhibition. In this
manner the people ultimatel)' become regular patrons and
eventually many of them are induced to become regular at-
tendants at the church, or Sunday school. So you see the
real operation is of a missionary character with the motion
pictures used as an agency to accomplish the purpose."
* * *
When asked how expenses are provided for Mr. Moffett's
friend replied "At first this was a serious problem, but the
success attain-ed through the entertainments solved it. The
church installed a thoroughly up-to-date booth and projecting
apparatus and sustained the cost of current used. The pic-
tures and operator were provided by volunteers. They now i
have their own operator."
* * *
The interview was gratifying in one respect at least. Cer-
tain church people have been contending for years that at-
tendances at the churches and Sunday schools have been
seriously interfered with by the moving pictures. Mr. Mof-
fett has shown by practical demonstration that they can be
made an important factor in religious work. If it were not
so a society would not be organized to extend what was
started as an experiment. In the face of all that has devel-
oped ^vithin the last few years it is difficult to see what line
of reasonable argument the anti-motion picture people have
left. First the pictures had the theatrical people against
them; then the holier-than-thou reformists came forward
with denunciations of a character that should almost kill
any form of entertainment; and then came the reformer-
political office seeking armies. All have failed — theaters,
churches, colleges, public and private schools, penal, re-
formatory and charitable institutions, hospitals and homes —
all are adopting the once despised form of entertainment
and instruction.
i\
From the regular exhibitor's standpoint the project of the
Church Motion Picture Society is viewed with suspicion by
many. But this is noticeable only in localities where the
poorer class of people predominate. It is feared by some
that their business will suffer should the society open their
work near the houses now operating. An exhibitor having
one of the cheap houses takes a more philosophical view
of the matter. He says such entertainments will differ in
character from those he gives and he will retain the patron-
age of those who have money to pay. "Those who haven't
2-nt ttip mrvripw T wnnlM not .get. auywav." he said.
« * *
A gentleman who is not an exhibitor, but has consider-
able interest in the motion picture business expressed the
opinion that the Church Motion Picture Society movement
would be of great benefit to legitimate exhibitors as it would
no doubt in time wipe out many places that really should
not be in existence. They are motion picture houses only
in a technical sense. The managers are as poor as their
patrons, consequently the programs are poorer than both
and the places are merely outlets for stuff that is really
unfit for exhibition from a standpoint of merit. "It is no
crime to be poor," the party said; "indeed, the poor are to
be pitied and are entitled to consideration as well as their
more fortunate brethren: but that is no excuse for not giv-
ing the people value for their money. I have noticed some
of the houses filled several times during the day and night
at the same prices charged in better localities and yet the
pictures shown are far inferior in quality both as to the
subjects and condition of the films."
* * *
A countrj' exhibitor visiting the city, when told of the
church movement, said it could not interfere with regular
business in the smaller towns. He took the view that its
usefulness was limited to densely populated sections of the
large cities. The small places, he said, could not sustain
exhibitions without outside aid, and that could not be ex-
pected. 'When we get outside aid it comes for something
other than operating picture shows," said the visitor. "And
I do not see why the city people need fear the competi-
tion. Even among the poorest people there are many with
pride and do not want others to know that they have not
got money for shows, and will pay their way when they
have the price; so I guess the patronage will remain normal
even if the new movement gets going."
"THE SILENT VALLEY' (Imp).
King Baggot is featured in this drama of the elemental.
In plot, the play is simple, but in the telling it carries a
tremendous power. That love can heal all wounds, turn a
man's nature, dominate over beastial instincts and finally
resurrect a degraded soul is the theme and treatment of the
play. The great good that lay dormant within the giant,
played by Mr. Ba.ggot, for so maiiy years is finally brought
to light and made active by a sweet girl who visits the back-
woods neighborhood with a travelling repertoire company.
The play was directed by Mr. Baggott and written by
George Hall. Playing opposite Mr. Baggott is Miss Arline
Pretty. Frank Smith also has a good role. In two parts,
the play will be released September 7.
OPENS NEW HOUSE.
H. W. McKall has recently opened the Grand theater at
Cushiner. Okla., a magnificent house "built from the ground
up." The theater is one of three operated by Mr. McKall
in Gushing.
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Advertising for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
^^
Watching It Grow.
HARRY RAVER, of the Itala Film Company, Is using a novel stunt
In connection with the Chicago run of Cablrla at the Illinois the-
ater, that opens up interesting adaptations along other lines. He
has a board in front of the house that is changed at the close of each
performance to give the exact number of admissions sold to the D'An-
nuzlo drama. The scheme cuts three ways. In the first place. It drives
home to other exhibitors the value of a big attraction and suggests Itala
attractions. It points to the public the interest felt in the attraction,
and reminds the passer-by that he has not yet added himself tn the total.
INCLUMN*
OUR LAST
PERFORMANC
vm
amms
HAVE SEEN
CABIRIA
HayeYou?
and the regular passer-by gets the habit of looking at the bill each day
as he passes to see the figures grow and not only keeps the play fresh
in mind, but supplies a topic for small talk.
The scheme can be used by the small town manager in connection with
anniversary or any other special week, in connection with some special
star or with a voting contest. Take the special week for Instance. The
sign could read :
So tar
This Week
i 3,8T3 Persons
I Have Attended the
■ Princess'
.Anniversary "Week.
When Are You Coming?
For a special star the board could stand, but would be changed only
■When the star had shown on the screen. The text might be :
Since Sept. 1
11,853
Admirers
Have Seen
Miss Mary Pickford
In This Theater.
Next Chance,
October 23, '
The Eagle's Mate.
In keeping up the interest in the voting contest the board would read :
1.456
Votes
Were Cast Yesterday
In Our
Popularity Contest,
Making a Total of
53.072
Votes Cast.
These suggestions are capable of inflnite variation, but the idea holds
throughout that a changing sign Is bound to challenge attention. If
you "cheat a little" on the figures, do not overdo.
Wants to Be Kicked.
H. S. Ford, of the Olympic, Tulia, Tuxas, doesn't complain that we hit
him too hard, but that we did not hit him hard enough. This Is rather
unusual. He writes :
Some time ago I sent you in a copy of one of my first house
programs, and asked you to give it what criticism it needed,
and not to fear, but to get on it with both feet. I was a little
disappointed when I saw the criticism in the World, as it was
not half so severe as I expected, and I read over your sugges-
tions several times, carried it to my printer and we went over
same, we got up a new form and tried hard to avoid these things
that you told us to watch, as we both wanted to learn. We took
for our Motto, "CLIMB YET A STORY HIGHER," and, by the
way, have been using it on our programs right along until
this time, but it's not on this copy I see. Any way, I am
sending you one like the first we got out 3 months ago. and, in
fact, up until you came out with your criticism, and one of
our newer ones. We want you to tell us where our numerous
mistakes are, as we want TO CLIMB YET A STORY' HIGHER,
as I find people 'phone us if they fail to receive one every Mon-
day, and this shows us that we should get out a good, attrac-
tive program, and you promised to sit on the job until you
pulled us through. We are using a special cream paper, with
brown ink exclusively. What do think of the combination,
and do you think one should use the same kind of stock and
ink each week, the same form, etc.? I would like to have your
ideas, and again, what do you think of having the printer
bind 2 heralds in with the program, say in the center,
one on Lucille Love or Trey 0' Hearts, and one on Paramount
pictures. I would like to have your Ideas, as I want to get out
a good program as soon as possible, as I find it certainly pays.
Mr. Ford probably knows we like the scheme of a uniform program,
something characteristic. We like something that, if seen across the
street, is recognized as the program of the Olympic, or whatever It
is. If he can get a light blue stock and print in the same brown he
is using, getting a little better grade of ink, we think he will have some-
thing still more distinctive. Cream is better than white, but not so dis-
tinctive as a more pronounced tint. A light green done in silk green
ink also makes an attractive combination. Colored inks cost a little
more than black.
One change Mr. Ford has made we do not like. In the early issues
he had about half a page of chat about the house and coming attrac-
tions. The house chat is dropped for a straight advertisement of the
present attractions, though this simply repeats the substance of the
program proper. The lower half of the third page should be set in
either eight or ten point and be straight reading matter and not
displayed.
The back page should be torn down, the ornamentation distributed
and the space taken tor the coming attractions. Four could be given
where now there are but two. If there are only two underlines the specials
for the current week can be picked up again. Ornamental work in the
first page is all right, but further back than that good type is better
than quirliques. There is no objection to binding in heralds with
staples, but if more than one is inserted they should be side stitched
instead of saddle stitched, or else the paging will be Incorrect
This is all the suggestion Mr. Ford gets, because we think it is about
all he needs. Now and then he makes advantageous use of the H to
break up a paragraph into sentences. This calls special attention to
each line so marked, but in writing copy for the printer be careful, for
the sign also means to commence a new paragraph.
Needs More Dates.
Jack Glenn, of the Princess theater. New Martinsville, W. Va., sends
in the first issue of the Filmocrat and asks tor suggestions. The FUmo-
crat is a colored cover, four by five and a halt, and eight white pages
three and a halt by five. The smaller inside page suggests a misfit and
does not look workmanlike. The pages should be trimmed all the same
size. The name of the town should be placed in a small type under the
name of the house on the title page, and each day of the actual pro-
gram should be dated so as to read Monday, August 10th, and not
merely "Monday." The only clue is on the first white page, and should
the program pages become detached there is nothing to show whether
it Is the program tor next week or last month. Every time you use the
day of the week in an announcement add the month and the day of
the month.
The cover is done in black and red. One color would do Just as
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well, since no effective use is made of the combination. There is no
use paying for two printings unless you get more than the second
printing costs, and here the dirty-!ooking red (partly due to the color
of the paperj does not pay its cost. The back page reads:
The Universal
Gets the Plays
the Plaj^ers
the Pictures
The Princess
Gets the Universal
You Get the Princess
This might be adapted by other houses to suit their needs. It is well
phrased.
Three pages are given to the advertisers and one is devoted to the
first of a series of house talks in which the announcement is made that
the program will give film news as well as the program, though there is
nothing in this issue.
It is not at all a good job from a typographical point of view. The
type faces are not attractive, nor well displayed, and the press work
suggests that it is run off on a small hand press. In the program part
there is no punch to the type. The titles are set in a very ordinary
face that does not throw them up prominently. You look at the double
page and you are merely conscious that you are looking at some print-
ing. Nothing stands up. Mr. Glenn should go into executive session
with his printer. And while he Is talking, he might point to that
"Educ 1" in Friday's copy. There was plenty of room there to have
spelled the word out.
Neat and Gaudy.
Xeat in appearance and yet as lurid as a hot wave. E. E. Belcia's
vest pocket program for the Park theater, Jacksonville, Texas, is worth
looking at. It is a red that fairly yells at you, and yet it does not
offend. It is printed in black and the program runs across the inside
pages. The type is small but readable, titles and names being set in
bold face. It is a neat job from any angle. Perhaps Mr. Belcia will
send you one if you inclose a stamped return envelope, and you cer-
tainly should ask for one, if you are contemplating a small edition.
because this gives an excellent display in such small compass.
Tried It— and Did.
Billy Welch, of the Empire theater. Kansas City, and Secretary o£
Kansas City Local No. 1, M. P. L., writes:
Am inclosing a program for criticism. The World is my
standby. On its contention I raised the admission from five
to ten cents and am doing well. Best luck for you and much
deserved success. I was sorry to learn you did not raise the
subscription price of The Moving Picture World. It is cer-
tainly worth ten cents a copy, and exhibitors who are too cheap
to be willing to pay for what they get are usually the ones who
run eight reels for a nickel because they think their patrons
are as cheap as they are.
That's just about the answer. We want those "cheap" people. We
want to get them where we can talk to them, and if we have to sell
thejH the paper for three dollars a year because they would not pay five,
it would not be fair to soak the ones who are willing to pay five or ten
dollars, for that matter. At three dollars a year this paper reaches
practically every man in the business. At five it might not. We want
every last one, and the eight-for-five exhibitor most of all, because he
needs us most. Lots of people run eight to eighteen reels (yes. eigh-
teen— over in Philadelphia), not because they realize what they are
doing, but because they get scared on account of competition. They
think that with quantity they can fight better than with quality. It
never occurs to them to put a sign out in front of he house that reads :
Only Three Reels,
BUT
COOD ONES.
But we've ridden our hobby clear from K. C. to the banks of the Dela-
ware. Let's hustle back to Mr. Welch. His program is a Hennegan
colored cover. In the front space is the name of the house and the
Summer schedule "Open Tuesday — Thursday — Saturday — Sunday and all
Holidays." Then a line, "Properly presenting the World's latest and
greatest photoplays." Inside he turns the sheet around and prints the
two pages as one single page. He goes a little further than dating his
shows. He says "■Saturday, August Sth. Tonight." "Sunday, August
9th. Tomorrow." then "Closed Wednesday. Open Thursday, August
I3th." That makes a had jump, but a top line advertises the Tuesday,
and we are sorry to see that it is "Traffic in Souls."
The program is nicely laid out. It has been written with care and
set by a printer who knows his business. This is the first time we have
run across a four pager handled in just this way, but it has this marked
advantage '. The Hennegan programs are the regulation six by nine
size. This would give about a five-inch column, running across page.
or two rather unsightly narrow columns. Turning it so that the inside
gives a page nine by twelve, we get two or three and a half inch columns
and a pretty wide margin. It is so much better than the usual layout
that it is recommended to all who use a six by nine four pager.
More Scott.
Luke J. Scott, of the Amusu, Warrensburg, Missouri, sends in some
stuff and forgets to tell about one of the items, a bill headed "More
Bricks — Less Mud," and stating that "each ticket means another brick."
Evidently they are up against a paving proposition there and the
Amusu is helping. Mr. Scott can he trusted to get into any popular
movement, but we wish he would send the bill of particulars. Probably
he gave a percentage of his receipts on that night, or rather two
nights.
He "sasses" us back in one item. He is using three lines of Old
English type in an announcement and writes that he does not think,
that O. E. is objectionable in such small quantities. It is objectionable
whenever you have a line you want to have read, and naturally the
lines here are the title of the play, the house and the name of the
star, the three important lines. Of course two lines are not so dis-
couraging to the eye as a whole advertisement, but we would kick
the hip pocket off any printer that handed us a single letter when
the sample books are so full of good clean lines. That would we
do. The announcement is nicely worded. Perhaps it will help others^
if they will select more attractive type. You would not purchase
a couple of flaming arcs for the front of your house and cover them
up with flour barrels. Why hide your most important lines in a type
that is hard to read? Here is the text:
In answer to the increasing demand for the most finished
productions of the photoplay world, we wish to announce that
we have contracted for a series of the Famous Players' Cotn-
pani/'s celebrated Features. These pictorial depictions of the
best known Broadway productions will be shown upon Tues-
days for a period of several weeks.
It is our pleasure to submit for your approval Tuesday,
June 30,
"IN THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE,"
A four-part Photoplay dramatized from the novel of Miriam
Michelson with
MISS MARY FICKFORD
In the leading role, supported by an all-star cast.
Mr. Scott is also making effective use of the Kraus post cards by
printing his announcement of coming events on these portrait cards,
the most certain scheme we know of for having the advertisement
kept. The Kraus people are constantly bettering their work, and the
cards make things that are kept.
From Cuba.
Not from Cuba in the south seas but Cuba, New York, come two
programs from George Foster, of Foster's Photoplay House. One is
the regular issue and one the anniversary of the third year. Th©
anniversary one-day program marks no special feature, being a title
page, a greeting and the day's program, but we like in the other a
front page space devoted to the specials for the whole week. This
gives the feature stuff at a glance, and holds the attention over to the
inside pages. The advertisements run top and bottom a space two
and a quarter inches square, costing only one dollar a month — which
is far too little. And also under the caption of "The Best Advertising
Medium" is the sole paragraph of house talk. It would pay Mr.
Foster to take fifty cents worth of his own space for more house
talk with a proper caption. From those rates he is getting $3 a week
in advertising. It is not what it costs to print the program, but the
good the advertising will do that counts, and if space is worth no
more than this it might pay him to take all of the space. If, with-
out any change in the apportionment of space, he will close up the
program to go on two pages and use the space on the back page for
a convincing chat, he can honestly tell the outsider that space in his
program is worth a lot more than he charges for it. Cuba is a small
town, and he can reach everyone. It is worth his own money to
reach them for himself, but he can condense the program a little and
still have the same space to sell. At a dollar an insertion his adver-
tisers would value the space more.
All House.
The latest program from the Royal theater, Geneseo. New York,
gives a new layout. The program is given on the second page and
repeated on the back page. The third page is given to a lot of house
talk about the coming films, just chat to match with the heading. The
Listener Chatters. They have taken up the one-piece coat hanger.
If they get as much fun out of it as we did with the envelopes sent,
they will have a winner and be as grateful to Mr. Llewllyn as we are.
That hanger stunt is going to be even more popular than the wall
paper dodger that is still being used.
Three a Week.
The Vaudette theater. West Point. Ga., home of the one piece coat
hanger, goes the usual door knob two better, getting out a special
three times a week. They use a gray-brown stock paper almost
heavy enough to be a card, but not of expensive quality and get a
good looking special when the ink is right, but one card printed in
an orange ink, is rather faded looking. For brown the best colors
are black, blue, red and a much deeper brown. Purple classes as
that is red and blue, but yellow and generally green will fa;de in.
It is a good plan to get a sample before the run starts if you are not
absolutely certain of the effect.
We'll Give a Guess.
The Amaranth theater, wherever that may be, seems strong on con-
tests. One of the questions is : "What class of pictures did Huerta
refer to as food for the brain?" If we had three guesses we'd hazard
the opinion that he was talking about the Mutual's pictures of Gen-
eral Villa. If we don't get the prize maybe the Mutual will let us
pose in the Mutual Girl series, anyway.
Getting It.
The Lowell theater, Lowell, Arizona, boosted the price for The Spoil-
ers to 50 and "."5 cents for Friday and Saturday AND THEN had to give
a Sunday matinee before they returned the films. If you get your
heart so far up in your mouth that it threatens to fall out every time
you raise to fifteen cents for a special, sit down and think this over.
It is one of the standard precepts of the street fakers that if they
cannot sell an article for ten cents they can get twenty-five as quickly
as they can fifteen. You are selling tickets to the same people. Here is
a house that does better.
In passing the Ix)well is using two color work now and is making
intelligent use of the second color in pulling up the special titles and
that sort of thing. They make it pay. They do things well down there.
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1365
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Plan a Campciign.
IGNORING the careful calculations of the astronomical sharps, fall
is supposed to happen along September 1st, as regards the field of
endeavor. "Summer" is over and the serious work of the "sea-
son'* is on.
Suppose that this season you plan a campaign. Plan to give so much
time a day or so much time a week to photoplay work. Keep track of
what you do. At the end of each month sit down and go ovtr your work
for the month and see what progress, if any, you have made. See if
your contiguity is better, see if you are improving in handling incident.
Find out. if you can. what your weak point is and give yourself extra
work along that line.
Suppose that you think you can improve your connection between
scenes, for example. Take all the stuff you've ever written. Go over
every script. See how many times you have failed to move smoothly
from one scene to the next. See what you can do to improve on your
handling of the poor scenes. Perhaps the ideas of the scripts are so
poor that it would not pay to revamp them for sale. It will pay you
to study thora, to work over them, not with the idea of selling them,
but of making your good work more salable. Once we told a man we
were going to make him take a certain story and he laughed. He has
bought it since — twice — but he doesn't know it. The story teas bad, and
so was the idea, but we built up the idea and made it good, and we did
not do that by figuring that the story was not worth while working over.
Just remember that you cannot expect to write salable scripts all of the
time. Some of your work must be along the lines of preparation for
bigger things, for a better construction, better plotting, better appeal,
and the time spent on these points is far from being wasted.
It would be well if, in dividing your time, you arranged to two-thirds
or even half your time to studying old scripts and the rest to the
production of new work. It does not really matter to you in the end
whether you spend ten hours writing a story or five hours writing it
and five in finding out how. It will matter later on, because the study
work you do now all helps you later.
Keep your work in such a shape that you can review it. Note your
progress and see from time to time how you get ahead. Keep a list of
the scripts you write and the companies you send to. Find out how many
stamps it takes to sell a script and find out how much postage each
studio gets. It is not merely a matter of postage. If the Blink Com-
pany gets most of your work and it costs you an average of six cents
to sell there and you spend fort].' cents sending scripts to the GTumph
for every one you sell, remember that perhaps the Gumph is last on
your list and gets last choice, and so not so many stories apt to be good,
though at times you will find that the best story sold the ninth or tenth
time out. If you spend several dollars on the Grumpy Company and
sell nothing, give them a rest until you read of a new editor or some
other change that may affect acceptances. Keep posted. Build up a
catalogue. Get a set of cards or a book. Put down every scrap of In-
formation you can obtain. If you learn of some director just taken
from some other company mark the fact down. Perhaps he was the
chap who gave you such a good production while he was with the
other company. Perhaps some time you'll have another story along pre-
cisely the same lines. Send it there with the suggestion that you think
that it might be found to be along Mr. Blank's line of work. Note the
leading players, their likes and dislikes. If a leading woman who
generally plays polite parts shines as an adventuress in some play you
see, mark down the fact. Six months from now you might have just
that sort of character, and it might be just what they are looking for.
Work systematically, and by the end of the season you'll have a lot of
worth while data. You cannot get anywhere with a hit or miss policy.
Head somewhere and aim to get there methodically and systematically.
Don't waste another year.
Plain Bad.
"We have "laid off" the Photoplay Author's League since our first few
remarks on the subject in the hope that it would round up into some-
thing sane, but they seem to get crazier with each issue of the Script.
In the third number of that amusing little sheet J. Searle Dawley makes
the astounding suggestion (according to the Script) that authors ad-
vertise their rejected scripts that directors may look in the sheet for a
certain style of story. This quotation is from Mr. Dawley, as quoted
in the script:
"I believe that from a director's and producer's standpoint,
there would be a big advantage if all the members of the Photo-
play Authors" League would send in a list of their scripts which
they have for sale, giving the number of characters, the period
and the style of story which they have. If this was published
in The Script it would then give a director an opportunity of
knowing just where to get hold of a certain line of work which
possibly he is anxious to do.
"I know that while I was connected with the Edison Company,
if I would have been able to take up a paper like The Script,
look over it and see a list of subjects, possibly dealing with
Western life for example, I would then immediately have known
where to get in touch with people who had such 'scripts and
would no doubt have written for a greak number of them. It
seems to me a list like this would be a great advantage to the
producers as well as the authors of photoplays."
In a word you advertise that you have on hand a certain number of
unaccepted scripts. The advertisement costs five cents a line, with a
minimum charge of one dollar a month. For nsn-membcrs the cost is
doubled.
Now let*a see how It worl*3 out. The President of the League is
Frank E. Woods, head of the Mutual Department. Mr. Woods turned
back to us not long ago three scripts. He did not read them because
we told him that they had been rejected by Lubtn. He considered that
a rejection by one single company was sulBcIent cause to return scripts
unread. Will the President of th*.- League earnestly scan the columns of
the League organ for scripts that palpably have been rejected? If the
President will not, who will? If none will, why the expenditure of a
dollar or more a month?
Who?
The last Script says that the page advertisement in the Mirror for
the various authors of the Photoplay Author's League was great pub-
licity for the League, and Intimates that the excitement created has not
yet died down. Helping the excitement to keep alive, wc contribute this
question . Did the League get the solicitor's commission on the ad-
vertisement, or did the members? And if not, why not?
Petty Kicks.
Comes a letter from a lady who says that all she ever got out of
Lubin was to have her paper clips stolen. The best we could ask would
be to have that same thing happen in case the story was rejected. A
clip taken off and replaced in a different spot means either a tell-tale
scar or the use of a warm iron. Many editors do not attempt to replace
the clips. They have not the time to replace them exactly, so they
throw them on the floor rather than mark up a script. It's an intended
kindness, and it is a kindness.
Comes another letter from another lady who points out that she
sent a ten cent stamp to the Sun-Vitagraph contest and didn't get It
back. She was willing to give them ten cents for reading the script If
they asked for it, but no such charge was made and she thinks, &c.
Comes another letter — a man this time — saying the writer sent four
cents in stamps to a company along with a script and the story came
back with only one two cent stamp and he thinks, perhaps, they took the
other stamp for the envelope they used.
These are the three leading petty kicks. We believe that the Sun has
not returned all of the scripts yet. Even if they had, and for some
reason this particular ten cent stamp was mislaid, neither the Sun nor
the Vitagraph is in such need of stamps as to steal them. The same
holds good of the last kick. When the script came in, the loose stamps
were put iuto the stamp drawer. When it went out a two cent stamp was
placed on the company envelope to clear it from the office. There was
no intention of stealing the stamp, nor yet of charging two cents for
the envelope. It is simply that the company cannot afford a clerk to
keep a bookkeeping account with the authors who send in loose stamps.
We would rather have the kicks come here than to the company, but
why kick over two cents?
Comedy Care.
One nice, easy way of losing sales Is to figure out that anything will
do for comedy. Scripts are thrown together with no regard for the
technique of construction on the comfortable proposition that anything
will go, so long as there is a laugh. Bless your foolish heart, it won't.
If there is any one department where careful construction is needed It
is in comedy. Dramatic stories will now and then care for themselves,
but comedy is not dependent on the story, but the action, and the action
should be so carefully planned that the best effect of the business can
be obtained. Comedy should be written with extreme care Just because
it is comedy. It is not comedy action alone that counts. The comedy
suspense must be maintained, the rising action must most carefully be
preserved, and only the highest development will turn out good comedy.
Comedy construction is not so patent as dramatic construction and Is
not so easily studied, which is one reason why the novice jumps to the
conclusion that comedy requires no particular care, and therefore Is
easiest to write. If you will look carefully into the matter you will
find that the men who write the best comedies are the most careful
students of construction. Men like Coffin, Swan Donaldson, Dillon and
others of that class are most careful students of constructive technique.
They have to be in order to sell their wares. They have no gripping
dramatic theme to carry their faults; they have as little theme as pos-
sible, for they need the footage for action, and it is the technical
treatment of the action that makes the real writer of comedies.
The hardest job in the whole range of photoplay is to write a low farce
in such a fashion that the director cannot possibly make it Idiotic.
Miss Justice's Plan.
Miss Maibelle Heikes Justice, writing from her summer camp in the
Adirondacks, talks interestingly of her work. Perhaps the most im-
portant point is that she gives a part of each day to her work. The
next most Important point is that she plays as well as works. She can
put scripts aside and go out and have a good time and come back to the
work all the better equipped for her mental vacation. The letter alludes
at the start to our own comment that twice lately we had done twelve
scripts in a week — under exceptional circumstances, hut that this did
not affect our general average of twenty subjects a month. To this
she replies :
I note what you say about my working up to your number
record of scripts if I tried on one specialty like you — comedy.
But don't believe I ever should, for this reason : My method of
doing scripts, just like everything else, is singly my own. I
sit at my machine every morning at about nine and write till
one daily, and make it a rule to do at least one reel a morning
when I am working in a two-reel multiple. Sometimes I use a
third morning to write out the synopsis and scene plot, but not
always, as this ordinarily requires but a short time. After my
work hours are over — I go out to play at whatever I can
find, and you may be sure it Is always something out-of-doors.
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for, except when I am asleep or at work, I am not still a
minute — and I don't run after "blue stockings" either, and fight
shy of talking "shop" if anything more interesting comes
along. Sometimes for two or three days I do not work at all,
but, as a rule, by that time two or three plays are in embryo.
With regard to specializing—! couldn't to save my life. When
I have the blues I write a comedy and some of my best
dramas have evolved in my highest spirits. But whatever is
written, must be the following of an inspiration, and I can
never tell from one day to the ne.xt whether it will be comedy,
drama, romance or tragedy — ^the plots seem to all be alloted by
some arrangement of their own, so I grasp and treat them in
their turn. Thus it is improbable that I should ever specialize,
but save when I need a rest, never allow a day to go without
writing something. Sometimes a multiple is finished in a day's
work when I fear an intereiting plot will elude me ani I
work fast and hard while constructing it, but life with all work
and no play would be exceedingly dull for me, and I never
believe it right to strain one's health nor tax the best that is
given one in this writing game — namely, inspiration. 1 find
it easier now. I believe, to write a multiple than a single reel
story, for the reason, perhaps, ideas fly so fast that in the past
especially there was not room in a single to bold all my story.
Mr. Selig told me recently that he frequently had gone over
my scripts with his directors to see what scenes to leave in
and what to take out. All this, meanwhile, can be obviated in
the two-reel story, and I find more of the liberty in such than
I find in doing fiction — there is room to broaden and reach out
for effect, and the two-reel plot has now become such a habit
that the story seems to round out itself without any particular
effort ; yet no one enjoys seeing a good one-reel story more
than myself, and I shall always attempt to write them. With
all, it's mighty hard to work up here in the mountains and
woods, and in this fine air mornings, one feels more li.ie an
airship than an automaton in front of a typewriter. But
time and the whirling reel wait no one; to complete, one must
work.
Hobbies.
It is not often that the daily papers, and least of all the sporting
page, but Righ Cross, in the. Evening Journal, contributes some advice
anent the celebrated Mr. Mathewson that is just as sound for photoplay
writers. Here it is :
"Golf," observes dear old Matty, "keeps my mind from dwell-
ing on baseball constantly."
To which the scoffer might say that a man Is probably much
better off with his mind dwelling on baseball, a statement
spuriQUs in both wit and principle. If Matty has no other
reason for playing golf he has the best reason m the world.
Also, while it may be just a coincidence, Matty Degan getting a
new lease of pitching life after he took up golf and it is more
than likely that this was the cause and e^ect. Nearly every mm
who is markedly good on his job has an absorbing interest en-
tirely apart from the said job. This idea is older than Arnold
Bennett. It is contrary to the copy-book shibboleth to the effect
that a man's greatest joy should be his daily toil, but it gets
results.
The more efficient a workman a man is the more bizarre is
his hobby, when taken in connection with his octupation. We
know a man whose business is the successful manufacture of
intricate electrical appliances. His idea of an orgy i^ prowling
around forgotten grave-yards of New England villages for the
names of deceased ancestors, which he writes into a huge chart
that looks like a map of the nervous system. Another who is
unexcelled at hunting down the elusive dime in a mass of
financial statements divides his spare time between prize-fights
and rare china. A chap who, as head of the sociology depart-
ment of a university spends ten months of the year in a nicely
furnished office vandyking the mental insiies of his fellow-
men, counts that vocation lost which sees not bis life in jeopardy
at least once a week. He did some of his best work the winter
following the rescue of a collapsed companion in the Hudson
Bay country when he brought him back to a trading post single-
handed after a week's fight with the wilderness on nothing hut
strong tea and strychnine.
The idea is to do photoplay as hard as you can while you are doing
It, but not to talk photoplay and think photoplay twenty-four hours a
day. Physicians, lawyers, ministers, teachers and others make photo-
play an avocation and derive rest as well as profit from it. Those who
make it a craze seldom get very far. The best workman is always the
best player when he does play, but he does not play in working time
or work in playing time, and in each case he concentrates on what he
is doing. Two classes of persons fail most signally in photoplay, the
dabbler and the monomaniac.
Working From Synopses.
The other day we asked to be excused from supplying a synopsis to
a probable purchaser on the plea that we did not. right at the start,
want to be tied down to any absolute run of action. We were dealing
with an intelligent man, and he passed the leading idea without de-
manding a set story. Two new scenes, necessitating some slight changes
from the story as originally planned, have been one of the fruits.
It is almost impossible for an author to sit down and predetermine
that he will write precisely one story along a certain prescribed line,
and no other. There may be a few who work best that way. but we
think that the best results are gained where the author comes to the
typewriter with a general idea of what he wants to do, but not abso-
lutely committed to any one particular line of development.
In a story done this morning we started with a character in the fourth
scene intending to use the character in two scenes. It happened that
she insisted on staying through the whole play and we let her, with the
result that she materially helped the climax and some other scenes.
Working on a set synopses she would have been in scenes four and five,
and in no others. As it is, she works in nine scenes in a thirty-scene
play and in five of those she swings the action, and the story as a
whole is fifty per cent, better, while the climax is several times better
than the one originally planned.
Of course there are some persons of method who must first draft the
story and then write it, but we think that more than eighty per cent,
of writers will be better off if they learn to let the story lead them and
do not force it to walk along a predetermined line of development.
This doesn't mean letting the story boss you all over the place and
firing you out of your own office. It means taking the story as a literary
partner and letting it help instead of making a slave of it and requiring
it to do as it is told. You may be walking through the woodi. You
have the intention of following a certain path. You come upon a by-
way so enticing that you turn down that instead. You knew nothing of
the by-path until you came to it. In the same way, you can plot your
story, and suddenly develop a possibility so much better than the one
thought out. that it pays to abandon the original idea and tuin to this.
If you are committed to synopses you cannot. If you work with a free
mind you can go anywhere the story leads you, always being prepared
to yank it back If it goes the wrong way.
One PitfaU.
A really clever man recently wrote us that he thought he would take
a position as editor with a certain company. We told him we did not
like the idea, but the job of editor looked good to him, and he might
have taken it, had not a better-paying position offered itself with a
licensed company. The head of the wildcat company is back in thj home
town after having broken jail.
We know of three other companies that seem to be less solid, but
which not yet have been found out. Look out for the company in the
small town that makes it's appeal to the local pride and promises to
put the town on the picture map. Some of them may be on the level,
but the per centage is so small that it is well to keep away from all
of them.
To Correspondents.
We like to get letters of any sort from readers of this department,
but please realize that the helpful stuff is the record of your personal
experiences and difficulties rather than a letter that simply says that
the writer quite agrees with us that — and a paraphrase of matter already
printed in this department.
If you have a new wrinkle for writing or studying or selling, pass it
along for the benefit of the rest, and you'll stand a better chance of
getting into print than with a "jusso" letter.
Synopsis Only.
William Lord Wright now comes along to take up the cudgels in be-
half of the "synopsis only" incompetents. That last word is used with
the full appreciation of its definition. Mr. Wright cheerfully points out
that one of'the Vitagraph prizes was won on a synopsis only. Speaking
generally he remarks that "the synopsis was first considered and the
detailed script was developed later." The particular writer mentioned
by Mr. Wright (not Miss Sterne) cannot develop a decent detailed plot
or action if tier life depended on it. She never will learn how so long
as she can loaf along on synopses, and that is one of the leading reasons
why we do not like the synopsis only idea.
Any unimaginative boob can tell a great artist to paint a picture of
a mother leaning over her dying child, but it takes the artist to paint
the picture that will wring the emotions. Almost any person of intelli-
gence can sketch a synopsis, but it takes an honest-to-goodness writer
to write the action that tells the story and the credit should go to the
person who does the story into action and not the one who merely
suggests.
It is only through writing the synopsis of every story that a writer
gains a real knowledge of the technique of a construction, and it is only
the person who can write the action who can get the most out of a story.
Synopses only put a premium on laziness and incompetency, and the
person who cannot do all of the work on a script is not entitled to be
called the author. Some of the short-sighted editors who take synopses
only and who defend the practise do much to hold back the full develop-
ment of some who might make good writers and encourage to their doom
the others who cannot plan the plot of action because they do not
possess the right sort of brains. If the Vitagraph paid out prizes for
synop.ses only — ^and we doubt it — it made a decision in defiance of the
announcement that the contest was for plays and not for ideas alone.
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Owing to ihe mass of matter awaiting publication it is impossible to
reply through the department in less than two to three weeks. In
order to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps (less than
actual cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply, by mail,
without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booliiet form. They may he obtained by remitting 2.5 cents, money, or
stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
New York Operators, Notice.
Until September 5, 1914, the initiation fee of Local Union 306 has
been reduced to ?3. New Yorlc operators can save money by talking
advantage of this opportunity.
Question No. 48.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others sending in re-
plies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor. Permissions to
use the contributor's name must accompany each answer, otherwise only
the name of the city will be used. Theater managers looking tor high
class men will do well to watch the Roll of Honor.
Give the rule for finding the cm. area of a wire to conduct
any number of amperes, d.c, any distance with a given drop
in voltage. Apply this rule, and figure necessary size of tico-
wire operating room circuit, 100 feet in length, to supply 50
amperes at 3 volts drop.
Roll of Honor.
The Roll of Honor on Question No. 42 is confined to Joseph H. M.
Smith. Fort Worth, Texas, Harry T. Dobson, Toronto, Canada, and
Burlington, Iowa, all of whom sent in excellent replies. Smith went to
considerable trouble in sketching out his idea ; in all he made eight
drawings, six of which were of different oiling systems. On the whole,
however, I think that Burlington, Iowa, contributed what is, all things
ocnsidered, the most practical reply.
Reply to Question 42.
By Burlington, Iowa.
The Question :
Suppose the engine purchased to be capable of using kerosene or
gasoline. What steps would you take to determine which is best, all
things considered? Suppose it was finally decided to use gasoline,' tell
us how you would arrange your fuel supply to insure safety, using dia-
i^ruin.T Lo illustraU", if neceiifeary. What kiiid ul uiliii.
you prefer tor the plant, and why?
The Answer :
The first part of question 42 was duplicated In question 41,
which I presume was an error. Having decided to use gasoline
as engine fuel, I would seek some spot outside the building,
accessible to a wagon If possible, since gasoline is now usually
delivered by tank wagons, and would construct a brick or con-
crete lined pit, and In that pit I would place a tank made of
heavy galvanized iron with lapped and soldered Joints, suffi-
cient in size to hold at least sixty gallons. This tank would,
of course, have an inlet pipe at the top, which same should be
of iron pipe, covered with heavy galvanizing, and closed with
a screw plug. The inlet pipe should extend through the top of
the tank, to which it should be firmly attached with suitable
flange, and extend down to within Vi inch of the bottom of
the tank. At its side and firmly attached to It for support
should be a one-fourth inch iron, galvanized, vent pipe, also
closed with a plug cap, in which is a pin-hole vent. This
same to let out the air when gasoline is poured in and vice
versa. The inlet pipe may also be used as an outlet pipe by
attaching a tee next the top and right next to the tee insert a
plug valve from which the pipe is continued on to the over-
flow cup at the engine. The one-fourth inch vent pipe must
just extend through the top of the tank. Having arranged
all this I would cover the pit over permanently, either with a
brick or concrete arch supported on I beams, making the same
water tight, of course, on top of which should he not less than
one and preferably two feet of earth.
This, of course, makes a permanently sealed tank, but if
the metal of the tank be properly galvanized, and the tank
itself he properly and carefully made, there should be no reason
for disturbing it for at least ten years.
The walls of the pit should be thoroughly plastered, outside
and in, with cement, also the top of the floor, so that it will
be thoroughly water tight, and a good, heavj- coat of asphaltum
varnish on the outside of the tank would not do any harm.
The tank should, of course, be located as close as possible
to the engine, though a reasonable distance offers no serious
objection. I have said that the inlet pipe may be used as the
outlet pipe, hut the better practice would he to make an outlet
pipe at the bottom of the tank, in fact in the bottom of the
tank, and carry the same through the wall and underground
to the engine, where it would be brought up.
If the engine be located above the supply there must be an
over-flow cup provided, the same being something on the order
shown in sketch. This is to insure a perfectly steady supply
of gasoline.
There are two methods of taking gas from a tank of this
kind ; one being to pump air into the tank by means of a small
compressor, the other to pump gasoline out of the tank by
means of a small pump. In case the former be used the one-
fourth inch vent pipe will answer admirably as an inlet for
the air. but the pin-hole in its cap must be closed. The over-
flow cup should be provided with a glass so that the operator
can see at all times how the gas is feeding. Of course where
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tbe engine is located in a basement tbe feed from the tank
will be by gravity, and it is always much the best to locate the
engine thus when possible.
As to the oiling system, as a rule, tbe particular engine pur-
chased will determine that question, since it will be equipped
for a certain method of oiling, and to change the system would
probably involve considerable expense and lots of trouble.
However, the ideal system consists in a small tank located
above the engine, with small copper pipes leading to all the
bearings or to the oil cups thereon, and an oil filter located
below the engine, with pipes leading from all the bearings
thereto. By this system the engineer has the oil at all times
perfectly under control, and as the oil is used over and over
again the system is ideal so far as economy be concerned.
Question No. 37 Discussed.
William E. Smith of the Film Inspection Department of Thomas A.
Edison, Inc., Orange, New Jersey, contributes the following discussion
on, question 37 :
Seeing that you have not yet received a satisfactory answer
to question 37 I will endeavor to contribute one. You may use
a single phase motor on two or three-phase systems, using
only one phase of the circuit. You can also use a two or
three-phase motor on a single-phase circuit in the following
manner; all the phases are connected to the single-phase
circuit, but the several currents are made to differ from each
other in phase by the use of resistance, and inductances, as
per Fig. 1.
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The current in the phase having the inductance will lag
enough behind the phase having only resistance in series to
cause the magnetic field to revolve. Phase splitting is only
needed at starting ; hence, the resistance and inductance are
usually switched out of circuit as soon as full speed is at-
tained, the connections being such that the motor will then
run as a single phase machine. Single-phase current is a
current which when plotted, consists of half-waves of equal
area in successively opposite directions from the zero line.
Two-phase current is a current in which the terminal volt-
ages on the two circuits differ in phase by 90 degrees. Three-
phase current is a current in which the terminal voltage on
the three circuits differ in phase by 120 degrees. In my judg-
ment the two or three-phase systems would be best adapted
to the work, particularly the three-phase system the connec-
tions of which are shown in Fig. 2, and which same I believe
will he self-explanatory.
Three delta connected transformers on three phases showing
motors operated on phase wires at 220 volts, and lamp cir-
cuits on 110-220-voU three-wire system. 1. 2, .3 primary lines;
4, 5, 6 transformer primary coils ; 7, 8, 9 secondary three-phase
circuit; 10, 11, 12 three-wire lamp mains with neutral shaken
as middle taps from secondary transformer coils ; 13 three-
phase 220-voU motor generator; 14, 15, 16 three single-phase
motors neutrals marked X. If voltage between 1, 2 and 3 is
2200 with transformer ratio 20 to 1, then voltage between
7, 8, 9 will be 220 and between the neutral and phase wires of
each transformer will he 110.
This article is very excellent indeed, though I am afraid it will be
beyond the average operator ; still I do not see how brother Smith
could have made it any plainer. Careful examination of Fig. 2 will
show just exactly how the various connections are made, and the
thing is carried out from the transformer to the last motor and the
light system. As to Fig. 1, the thing would be extremely confusing
and meaningless to the average man as it is put. but with the addition
of the statement that any amount of resistance may be used in con-
junction with any amount of reactance, the matter becomes plain,
the idea being that just enough reactance and resistance to cause
the lagging of what we might call the second and third phases behind
the first phase "will operate to create a slightly rotating field, or. in
other words, a field having sufficient rotation to start the motor and
bring it up to speed, after which it will operate with the reactance
and resistance cut out. The field will then be what is known as a
pulsating field.
This article, of course, knocks out the answer by Brother Upstill,
page 699, August 1st issue, in part, since Brother Upstill said it would
be impractical to operate a two-phase motor on a single-phase system.
I was myself under the impression that the brother was correct, but I
find that I was in error in this matter.
By Special Train.
L. S. Usher, Winnipeg, Canada, one of our correspondents, writes:
Suppose you think by now that I have acquired a case of
cold feet in not writing the department for so long. In explana-
tion, I have been traveling for the government, exhibiting
on a special train. No joke, either ! Run pictures occasionally
while train was moving between stations, using gas, the
machine being perched on two seats half way down the car. My
troubles would fill a page. But, anyhow, my Worlds were all
waiting for me at home, and I find trouble in them likewise
waiting. In reply to brother Stewart, Waitsburg, Washington,
July ISth issue, page 42S, regarding errors in electrical measur-
ing instruments : what I had in mind when I wrote those
particular lines was a d. c. to d. c. motor generator set. using
d. c. instruments on each side. If brother Stewart will read
on he will see my next paragraph states the situation when
the inductive and non-inductive loads are to be compared.
He is entirely right, and I thank him for the gentlemanly way
in which he brought the matter to my notice. It is such
criticism that makes apparently mysterious passages in the
answers quite plain to all. With regard to Mr. Straith, .
July 4th issue, page 62. I will say little. I do not approve
of swedging portions of the commutator bars under any con-
dition. There is a variation of armature windings and ma-
chines. My system of temporary repair is certainly not good
for the armature if a live coil is being short circuited, nor is
any temporary repair good for the armature under those cir-
cumstances. If the operator in charge has a coil burn out
and is going to fix it temporarily I take it for granted that
he knows what he is about. If he has the time, soldering
the dead bar as a jumper is certainly the better method. The
wise man would shut down or use any other source of supply
available, or else quit until it could be soldered up properly.
I am scrrv that I cannot now get time and quietness to answer
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the questions. I am shifting around so much that 1 cannot
do it. but my heart Is 'there all the same. 1 hope soon to settle
down and dig In with reneweu vigor.
I shall welcome that time. Brother Usher, and trust It won't be
long. Yes, showing pictures under those conditions must have pro-
vided you with a bunch of trouble, but trouble is the good man's
middle name. He eats it alive, and I have no doubt but that you
got by with flying colors.
again, better salaries and better conditions for the operator meant
better work on the screen. That Is a plain matter of one and one
make two. I am glad to hear that you, like thousands of others have
been hclprd by the department and the Handbook. The difference is
that you are honest enough apd generous enough to admit It, wherea»
many who have really been helped do not.
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An Explanation.
Washington Is surrounded by a wall of trouble over which he tosses
the following:
Is there anv wav you can put the W. S. James article,
April ISth issue, so that an Ivory-domed nut like myself can
understand and assimilate Us value. I have been earning
my bread by the sweat of my brow since I was eleven years
old and consequently my education sums up to the total of
what I have been able to dig out after ten hours' labor each
day, plus the work put out by the American Correspondence
Schools, two volumes at Sn.OO. which are worth about 3U cents ;
also books by Hawkins and Swoope. What gets my nanny Is
this: H + lfl = l-3 and 36^12 = 48, Enclosed find 2o cents
for the questions.
The fault xery largely lies in the way the thing was printed,
should have read one-fourth plus one fl equals one-third. Of course
that really means '/ + — = 1-3, but the average man doesn't stop to
fl
think of the fact that the fraction 'A really means l-f-4. He simply
reads it as it is put !i + lfl = l-3. Of course, the mathematician will
say there is not any difference, but I say that in the mind of the
average reader there is a big difference when it comes to doping
a proposition of that kind out. In the problem presented, fi is the
distance from the center of the front condenser lens (this is not
precixely correct, but as near as it is possible to put it. It is really
what is known as the nodal plane, but while the condenser theoretic-
ally has a nodal plane, in practice, due to certain elements, such as
uneven density and strata in the glass, spherical aberration and lack
of perfect curvature, the nodal plane is disrupted and broken up to
such an extent that it may be said that it don't exist) to the point where
the condenser rays theoretically cross, and would all actually cross
but for the element of spherical aberration.
I know this is not very clear, but you must remember, 'W ashmg-
ton that it is by no means easy to simplify matters of this kind.
I think barring the error in printing the thing in the form of
fractions brother James' article is as clear as it is possible to make
It Incidentally I would suggest that while perhaps it is not proper
for me to say so, still, you will get more practical value out of the
Handbook which you seem to have overlooked, than from all the
other books put together, though it is not as strong on electricity as
the Hawkins and Swoope works, it is a practical work lor practical
opcrafors, price S2.50 from the Moving Picture World. It contains
450 pages, and already has had a sale of 10,000 copies.
On second thought perhaps there are those who do not understaiid
how to work problems such as the one referred to, therefore, I will
give detailed solution. _ i o
Assuming fi to be 20 inches, we would have (1 -=- 4) (1 -=- 20) — 1-3,
now to divide one b> four you annex cyphers to the one, thus : 1.00, and
then divide and you get the result .25. One by twenty is 1.00 ^20 = .05,
30 3
so we have .25 + .05 = .30, or or — .
100 10
Finds He Does Not Know It All.
Centralia, Washington, writes:
Dear Friend : — I suppose I may call you such because you
have helped me immensely through the department and Hand-
book. I have been reading the World for a long time, and do not
believe I could get along without it. Have been operating seven
years and like many others, thought I knew it all, until I got
hold of your Handbook and discovered that I still had much
to learn. Projection is fairly good in our theaters, with one
exception and that one is very poor at present. I had a fine
room to work in and was getting a very nice picture until
the union started, and then the manager got the fellow who
was janitor to grind the machine for $10.00 a week, and suc?i
a picture. Where I am now I am told to go into the operating
room and deliver the goods, and that is all there is to it.
I understand from other sources that the Centralia boys are organ-
izing a union, and the managers are disposed to oppose that action.
I would like, in all kindness and good feeling, to say to the Centralia
managers that they are taking a very much mistaken position. If the
Centralia managers sought to form a managers' association (union)
and the film exchanges undertook to say they would not furnish film
to any member of such an association, I can imagine the howl there
would be, and the strenuous and very proper protest Centralia man-
agers would put up. Tet the film exchanges have just as much right
to do this as the managers have to oppose the formation of an
operators' union. But, aside from that, opposing the formation of
a union is a foolish thing to do. There is no sense in it, and
opposition cannot possibly win out, excepting temporarily. That is
the history of the past. Bucking the labor movement is just like
trying to sweep back the tides of the Atlantic with a broom ; you
may think you are doing it because the beach becomes clear of
water, but really you are not ; it is just the tide going out, and
presently it will return and overwhelm you. But aside from all the
foregoing, it is a foolish proposition because, as I have said time and
Insufficient Data.
Eugene Upstlll, Long Pine, .Nebraska, says :
I have a Powers Six A with a "iV- back and a G^^ front con-
denser. To get any kind of result at all I have to push the
lamp as close to the condenser as I can get it, and even then
the result is not satisfactory. Have tried changing the con-
denser and moving the whole lamp house, but get no better
results. Have also tried to find a remedy for this dldlculty
in the Handbook, but believe you have missed this one point.
Friend Upstlll. I have not missed anything of the kind, and your
saying so simply shows you that you need to study the subject of lenses
a little more closely. You have not given me the focal length of your
objective, nor the length of the throw or width of the picture, so I
do not know what condensers you really need, but from your descrip-
tion I should say probably two 7'^ lenses. At any rate. It is a cinch
you should have the 0>A behind and the 7V2 in front If you use your
present combination. If that does not clear matters up get two T'.^s.
Have you measured those lenses (page 35G of the Handbook), and are
you sure they are really 'Vj and G',-i lenses?
Congratulations.
H. .\lbert, Winston-Salem, .\orth Carolina, writes :
.■Mlow me to congratulate you on your answer to question of
A. T. Weiss, Xew Orleans, with regard to short circuit in rheo-
stat, July 11th issue. You have made the matter as clear as- It
would he possible to make it to anyone not well versed in elec-
trical action, .^s you well know, there will always be doubt-
ers, and those who will argue against facts which have been
proved by our best electrical experts. Thus, when an arc is
fed by alternating current the light is lighted and extin-
guished at every alternation. The humming noise is caused by
the contraction and the expansion of the arc stream, which pro-
duces a corresponding vibration in the surrounding atmosphere.
With some currents there is a much louder humming than with
others, the amount being dependent upon the number of alter-
nations per second. The higher the current frequency the less
the noise.
Well. Brother Albert, I had never thought of the matter in that
light, yet your explanation sounds very reasonable, but still the fact
remains that there is a considerable difference in the noise produced
by different arcs working on the same cycle current. This does not
necessarily operate to dispute your theory. It is quite possible that the
variation in noise may be caused by the surroundings. For instance;
one lamphouse may be more susceptible to vibration than another, and
hence would amplify the sound. Another thing, those who accept this
theory must not lose sight of the fact that humming is frequently
caused by tae transformer sitting loo close to sheet iron which, under
these conditions, the magnetic action of the transformer causes to
vibrate and produce a loud humming noise.
Wail of an Exchange Man.
The following is allowed to use up printer's ink, not because it sets
forth anything new, but because it is sent in by the manager of an
exchange. The various faults cited have been pointed out time, time
and again in this department, hut, nevertheless, perhaps the novelty of
having an exchange man do it will give emphasis, therefore it is given
space.. I desire, however, to comment on the last paragraph as follows:
This exchange manager does a lot of criticising, and then smears a
thick coat of salve on the wound by saying that he really does not
want to criticise that bunch of exceedingly good fellows, the theater
managers. Well, the editor is pei'fectly willing to criticise them, all
right, and in all too many instances would be quite willing to lend
emphasis to his criticism by means of a three foot club, if he was not
afraid of being arested for cruelty to animals. A manager does not
wear any halo, in the estimation of the editor, just simply because he Is
a "manager." The operator does not hold any patent right to the privi-
lege of being seven or eight varieties of a chump, when it comes to
standing directly in his own .light, and the operator performs that stunt
often enough, but the manager, take him by and long, can give Mr.
Operator cards and spades, and then beat him to it. The wail of the
exchange man as hereinafter set forth is a mild, little squeaky wall,
compared to the roar it might justly have been. But, be it known to
all and sundry, the average exchange manager has quite a bundle of
sins of his own to answer for — yea, verily, quite an extensive bunch,
and some of them are the sinniest kind of sins. For instance : sending
out reels with ripped sprocket holes, splices a halt inch wide, stuck to-
gether with tobacco juice, or Heinz's peach marmalade, and a few
other such minor, trifling faults. The exchange manager writes as
follows :
I can't help but criticise some men who are entering the
moving picture business. Those I refer to spare no expense in
matters that tend to decorate the theater, but they seem to
overlook the most important and remunerative part of the
business. For instance : during the past few months I have
been confronted by no less than a dozen exhibitors who made
inquiries for second-hand machines, and quotations on the
lowest class of service. These two items, machines and service,
are absolutely the most essential pails of a moving picture the-
ater, but this fact they overlooked. As an illustration, take one
of these men who proposes to open a moving picture theater,
and proceed to build the best house money can provide. But
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when they are ready to open it will be found that the operating
room has been supplied with a machine already discarded be-
cause it was found unfit for further use by its owners, who
must have been live wires looking after that part of the business
which brings in the return. They are of the type of people the
exchangemen like to meet. Exhibitors cater to the public at
large and when the individual parts with a nickel or a dime
for an admission ticket, he expects to see good pictures, properly
projected, and the exhibitor does not exist who can satisfy
his patrons with poorly projected, bad ones. I wonder when the
exhibitor who thinks he can get away with a counterfeit show
will get wise, and use the brains the Creator gave him at birth.
Of course, every exhibitor at one time or another has a com-
plaint or two to enter — no one is perfect — and I am always
willing to do a little bit more than go half way in remedying
any adverse conditions, providing the exhibitor will be reasonable
and come to me with his kick, so that we may talk things
over. My oflQce door is never closed to a patron, and no card
of admission is required. I am always glad to greet our cus-
tomers, and. If possible, to offer suggestions for the good of all
concerned. If the exhibitor would work for the interest of the
exchange as willingly and earnestly as the manager of the
exchange works for that of the exhibitor, many evils would
quickly cease. I'd like to point out some of the faults of the
theater owners. For instance : a reel of film costs the exchange
something more than ?100, and it takes some time before this
sum of money is realized from rentals. Nevertheless the reel is
run on a machine smeared with oil — oil on every part but
where it should be — and if, perchance, there happens to be no
oil looking for a night's lodging on the film, thanks to the
operator ; nine times out of every ten the machine needs a gen-
eral overhauling, and tears the life out of the films. But when
the owner's attention is called to this fact, he flies off the
handle, makes a vigorous protest to the exchange man and as-
serts that the reels were received in that condition, when in
truth he never saw them until they were projected, the operator
obtaining and returning them to the exchange. This is the
stand he takes to protect himself, but he makes no move to-
wards having the machine adjusted and repaired until it almost
falls to pieces. He should take enough time to inspect the ma-
chine and see that it continues in good condition. It is good
policy to buy such supplies as the operator legitimately has need
for, since this aids to good projection, and extends the life of
the machine. Thus you not only save yourself additional ex-
pense, but you help out the fellow who next gets the reels.
Take the matter of lithographs — these are something the ex-
hibitor must have. They cost like the deuce, and are very short
lived, yet the average man seems to lose sight of the fact that
others after him must use the same prints. They should be
given as much care as the films themselves.
I really do not want to criticise the exhibitors for, as a
whole, a better set of fellows never lived. Their main trouble
is that they get careless after a while, for it is said that
familiarity breeds contempt. And it is so with our business ;
we handle films and posters so much that we have little respect
for anything other than their drawing qualities, and pay little
heed to the fellow who must use them after they leave our
hands. The business needs a little injection of that fellowship
feeling whereby through a more careful use of the films the
exhibitor who gets a later service obtains them in much better
shape, and the need of the audience for umbrellas during a
performance is lessened.
Another Motto.
Mottoes are mighty good things, or at least some of them are, pro-
vided you stop and consider what the true meaning behind the
particular bunch of words in question is. Here is one that is of
peculiar and particular value to certain operators :
"SOME MEN COL'LD LEARX IF THEY DID NOT KNOW IT AUL."
Now the average man will look at that sentence, wrinkle his face
up into a grin, and say, "Huh ! that is pretty good at that," and — then
forget it. But perhaps that same man could reap very decided benefit
if he would stop and try those words on, as it were — see if they fit
him. If he would pause and consider the real meaning of this par-
ticular sentence, laying his egotism aside for the moment, it is more
than probable that he would reap large advantage. One of the greatest
bars to advancement that I know of is the mistaken idea that one
already knows all there is to know about it. How many, many timet
I have tried to tell someone something, to be met with the exclama-
tion : "I know. Oh, yes, yes.'' accompanied by a manner designed
to convey the impression that he knew all about that particular thing
long before he ever saw or heard of Richardson, and many, many,
many times I have taken another tack and brought the matter up
in an entirely different way only to discover that either he did not
know, or his knowledge of the subject was very shaky.
My own plan has always been to hold my pride in check and keep
my fool mouth shut when some one is trying to tell me something.
Perhaps I know more about the subject than the informer does, but
regardless of that fact nine times out of ten he will tell me some
little thing about it I did not know, whereas, if I had shut him off
with thf "Oh. yes. I know all about it," I would not have learned
or gained anything at all.
The great trouble with many men Is that they are so afraid some
one will imagine there is something in the world they are not fully
posted on. They imagine it is a sort of disgrace to admit there le
anything, or that there can be anything they do not know all about.
Piffle ! And likewise nonsense. Again I repeat there are none of us so
wise that he cannot learn, and Ihe more receptive Is his state of mind
the more he will learn, and the wiser he will become. So returning
to the motto it really ought to read: "Some men could learn if they
did not imagine that they already knew it all."
From England.
John Griffiths, one of the valued correspondents of the department
who has contributed some excellent articles on optical matters, writes
from Stockport, England :
Just a line to let you know I am still keeping in touch with
the boys. With regard to the formula which you state you can-
not make sense of, its solution is as follows. (As I have al-
ready given the correct solution, I won't repeat it. — Ed.) I
would esteem it a favor if you would send me a letter of
reference as to my ability. Jobs here are pretty scarce and
exhibitors give them to the man with the best reference, re-
gardless of actual ability. It is the custom of the country.
It is a real' pleasure to send the kind of letter Brother CTrifflths asks
for, because he is a real operator. That may be the custom of the
country', but it is a mighty poor custom. I am sorry, however, that
the brother is going to get a job over there. I would rather see him
return to this glorious land of the supposed-to-be free. We need men
like him on this side of the Duck Pond. Come back, friend Griffiths,
and stand not on the order of your doing it.
P. S. — Perhaps, however, the brother proposes to stick around in
England to settle the King's personal grudge against one or two other
Kinks and Emp'rers.
An Expedmental Streak.
Frank B. Payne, Adrian, Michigan, writes :
I have had an experimental streak lately, and I mean to see
it through to the end. Have been watching the various letters
dealing with condenser troubles, discoloration, breakage, etc
Also have been having the same line of trouble myself. It
seems that you cannot get a condenser that will not discolor,
or else break in the course of time. Certainly there ought to
be a cure for these ailments, and I believe I can see it. A rela-
tive of mine is a glass manufacturer, and I intend to consult
him with regard to this matter. He has a certain ingredient,
known only to himself, which he uses in the manufacture of
art glass. This ingredient imparts intense clearness. I can
personally vouch for the effectiveness of his plan. Why, then,
cannot this be applied to the condenser proposition? I do not
think lens manufacturers have paid the attention to condenser
lenses which their importance demands. They are too eager
for the almighty dollar. What do you think of the marketing
possibilities of a perfect condenser lens? Meaning one that is
extremely clear, proof against discoloration and properly
annealed or tempered to guard against breakage.
In the first place, let me say to you. Brother Payne, that the fault
primarily lies with theater managers, who have demanded a cheap
lens. A condenser lens ought, in the judgment of the editor, to sell
for anywhere from $2 to $5 ; probably nearer five than two. As a
matter of fact they are selling as low as 50 cents. What do you ex-
pect? If your relative can produce a condenser lens which is ap-
proximately perfect in curvature and piano, which is clear and white,
and which has an approximately even density, and is not abnormally
stratified, and which will be reasonably free from breakage, that is to
say., not more inclined to break than present lenses, this department
will do all it can to push its sale on the broad ground of the good of
the business. I believe, however, these lenses should be not only made
in the plano-convex, but also in the meniscus and bi-convex.
Manager Representation.
E. M. Smith, treasurer of the Gitlingham & Smith theater enter-
prises, appeared before the ordinance committee of the Grand Rapids,
Michigan, city council recently, for the purpose of explaining the work-
ings of the license laws in other cities as applied to moving picture
operators, it having been recommended by the Grand Rapids ordinance
committee that more stringent rules be applied to the licensing of
motion picture operators. Mr. Smith declared himself in favor of such
action, and also stated that he favored the placing of a representative
from the motion picture houses on the licensing board. It is probable
that the ordinance will be amended in the near future to fit the needs
as outlined by Mr. Smith.
All of which may be all right, and may not be all right. Mr. Smith
i^ays he favors more stringent rules and the "placing on the board of
representatives of the motion picture houses." Exactly what has Mr.
Smith in mind ? If he really favors more stringent rules and pro-
poses to have a practical motion picture operator placed on the board,
well and good ; but if he simply proposes to have a manager placed on
the licensing board, then we think Mr. Smith would have to do some
pretty strenuous explaining as to the benefit to be derived before we
would undertake to back him up in a proposition of that kind.
Down in a Maryland city, not so very long ago, one of the heads of
a big motion picture theatrical enterprise was on the examining board,
and, rightly or wrongly, there were very serious charges made by the
operators in connection with his board membership. It was claimed
that this manager used his position to flood the market with school
operators; it was also claimed that he had a large, juicy interest in
one of the schools. We do not vouch for the correctness of these
charges, but they were made, and remade many times, and we per-
sonally believe they were, at least, partly true.
It is altogether possible that Mr. Smith is entirely honest In his
desire to see more stringent rules adopted for the licensing of operators.
It is also altogether possible there Is a large size African concealed in
this particular wood pile. If there Is going to be any motion picture
theater representation on that examining board it certainly should be
a practical operator, and no one else. This department will be per-
fectly willing to offer the Grand Rapids city council ordinance com-
mittee any advice It may seek, and supply it with Information with
regard to the best practice by New York City, Boston and other cities
and states, where the licensing of operators has reached a high plane.
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Licensed
THE STORM AT SEA (Kalcmi, August IS.— This Is a superior pic-
ture drama in many respects. The author is Hamilton Smith and
the producer Robert G. Vignola. The leading people are Helen
Lindroth, Alice Hollister and Harry Millarde. There are many beau-
tiful marine scenes in this picture. Incidentally it contains one of the
most realistic storms ever filmed. The plot tells a touching" story of a
sister's sacrifice. The outcome of it all contains great heart interest.
This is a splendid offering.
THE BLACK SIGNAL (Essanay), August IS.— This is a depressing
sort of a picture, wherein a young man is convicted of murder. Just
before the execution the mother of the boy calls on the governor of the
state pleading for stay of execution. He discovers that she is his wife,
from whom he had separated ; he had thought her dead for years, and
that the accused is his own son. He attempts to stay the execution by
telephone. As he lifts the receiver he sees the blaclt signal fluttering
from the prison flagpole. In sorrow he and his wife are reunited.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE (Melies), August IS.— This is heralded as a
comedy picture, but foolish would be more appropriate. A young
lady imagining that she can read the stars predicts her father's death.
The old man comes home drunk and falls asleep. The daughter imag-
ines him dead and calls the undertaker. The father awakes and the
undertaker and mourners make a sudden exit. The daughter consults
her book on astronomy and learns she made a mistake, that the con-
junction of the planets meant a wedding, so she had to hustle to prove
her theory.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED (Sellg), August IS.— A comedy-
drama picture by Wallace C. Clifton and directed by E. A. Martin. Fea-
turing Frank Newburg. This is a story of a couple who agree to dis-
agree directly after the honeymoon. The wife yearns for caresses and
sweet sayings but the husband is engrossed in business. The wife In-
sists on practicing vocal lessons. There is considerable trouble, but in
the finale the sweet sentiments of love prevail. A mild comedy but in-
teresting.
BACK TO THE FARM (Lubin), August 18.— A one-reel comedy writ-
ten and produced by Will Lewis. Babe Hardy, Herbert Tracy and
Eloise Willard are the principals. There is considerable legitimate
comedy in this picture and it receives much laughter. Two boys from
the country visit their auntie in the city. She has written them she
may not be at home, but that two flights up they will find the key to
her door under the mat. They make a mistake, going only one flight up.
getting into the wrong flat and also into a heap of trouble, so mucb
that they make a bee line back to the farm. A good comedy offering.
BY THE AID OF A FILM (Edison), August IS.— Tenth of "The
Man Who Disappeared" series. Directed by Charles A. Brabin. Featur-
ing Marc McDermott, supported by Miriam Nesbitt, Barry O'Moore
and Harry Mason. Perrlton is suspected of murder and to prove his
Innocence of the butler's death, conceives the idea of taking motion
pictures of incidents connected with it. When they are flashed on the
screen before the real murderer the surprise forces a confession, and
his arrest and death follow in succession. Later Perriton and his
sweetheart marry.
THE FABLE OF THE TWO MANDOLIN PLAYERS AND THE
WILLING PERFORMER (Essanay), August 19.— This is another of
George Ade's funny features, introducing two young men who are man-
dolin players and who are also rivals for the affections of a dear young
thing. They have been languishing eight years and have made no more
progress than to sit straight up in chairs, gaze at her and play mando-
lins for her edification. They are visited by a country cousin, a regu-
lar rube as they think. They take him to see Myrtle. He is so back-
ward that in two minutfe he is holding her hand. In three weeks they
are married, and the music is furnished by the two boobs. Moral : To
Get a Fair Test of Speed Use a Pacemaker. Continuous laughs.
TAKEN BY STORM (Vitagraph), August 19.— One of Elizabeth Car-
penter's legitimate comedies. Directed by James Young. The cast is
as follows : Clara Kimball Young. Charles Eldridge, Lionel Belmore
and James Young. There is a rural flavor pertains in this offering that
Is very pleasant to visualize, and a homely love story which depicts
many comical scenes, showing how a wilful girl meets her match. Her
lover absolutely carries her to a justice of the peace where they are
married. Then the trouble begins, but the husband convinces his wife
that he is the stronger of the two and she is glad to admit he is the
master. This Is a splendid picture and receives almost continuous
laughter.
THE OLD FIRE HORSE (Edison). August 19. — This is a very rea-
sonable and a real comedy photoplay, by Mark Swan and Charles H.
France, director, has brought out all the salient points. Harry Ey-
tinge, Ellen Bower and Floyd France, with good support, take care of
the acting part in fine shape. The comedy hinges around an old Are
horse who is bought by a farmer. One of the farm hands is in love with
the farmer's daughter but is "cut out" by a city chap. While the fam-
ily is absent they hitch up old Jim and elope. A fire bell rings and old
Jim starts on a run tor the sound, landing them nol only at the fire but
in front of Betty's father and mother. A cracking good comedy.
HEAKST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL (Sflij;!, AUKUst .ID.— Mnny
topical and interesting events are shown in this number, embracing the
very latest happenings covering almost the entire world. Some grand
photography pertains and all In all it Is certainly worth the viewing.
THE WOES OF A WAITRESS CVfltagraph I , August 20.— This plc-
tureplay was written by W. A. Tromayne. This plot has merit because
it is human and shows the weaknesses of human nature. A girl wait-
ress In a small restaurant has a steady who is a plumber. Impressed by
the pretentions of a new customer at the restaurant, "a confidence
man," she shakes the plumber and takes up with the flashily dressed
fellow. He robs her, but the plumber saves her money, and she glad-
ly accepts his protection. Maurice Costello and Naomi Chllders have the
leading parts.
SLIPPERY SLIM AND THE CLAIM AGE.NT (Essanay), August 20. —
This Is a laughable comedy as regards plot. The acting of Slim, Sophie
and Pete help things along to make it funnier. Slim hears of a man
getting $50,000 damages from a railroad for injuries received. He gets
an idea. Rigging up a dummy he puts it on the track and pretends that
it is he that was run over. The claim agent offers to settle for .$."i but
Slim refuses. Pete poses as Slim, when another agent comes and re-
leases the road from responsibility for .$9..')0. Then the rough bouse
begins.
THE SMUGGLER'S WIFE (Biograph), August 20.— The plot of this
picture play, while it is edifying, seems to lack conviction, although
no fault can be found with the direction, acting and photography. A
wife is driven to desperation on account of the Impending fall of her
husband and she adopts measures to help him which he misunder-
stands and thinks her treacherous. Later he realizes his mistake and
finds she has been loyal.
A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER (Melies), August 20. — A farmer buys
a board to repair his fence and carries it home on his shoulder. It Is
a long board and he meets up with many experiences. Finally he
bumps into three men who bump him. they then cut the board in two
and tying him to one of the parts pitch him into the river, and he
goes over the falls. It gains some laughs.
A MASON'S NEW ASSISTANT (Melies), August 20.— A worthless
individual obtains a job in the masonry line. He is sent to repair a
wall, awkwardly he breaks a water pipe ; he calls for help and every-
body gets soaked : he calls a plumber who turns a wheel under his
nose and the water is turned oft. Both of above on same reel.
THE HONEYMOONERS (Vitagraph), August 21.— This is a silent
comedy by J. Stuart Blackton. It has been reviewed at length in the
MOVING PICTURE WORLD and produced 2.50 times on the stage of the
Vitagraph theater, Broadway. New York City, by John Funny, Mary
Charleson and James Morrison, Vitagraph stars.
THE REVELER (Selig), August 21.— A Western comedy, written by
B. M. Bower and produced by Colin Campbell. Wheeler Oakman is
featured. The scenes are located at the Flying "U" Camp and Rusty
Brown's place in Dry Lake. Mr. Oakman plays a dual role. Weary, and
"Irish" Mallary, and plays them both artistically. There is not a fe-
male in the cast, but that does not detract from l;his offering, which
receives many laughs.
THE LOVE OF ORO SAN (LubIn), August 21. — This picture drama
was written by W. M. Ritchey and George Stanley directed it. The
plot is laid in Japan and many beautiful scenes are shown which have
been magnificently photographed. Many of them are harbor scenes,
where the U. S. S. South Dakota lies at anchor. The theme of the plot
is a love story between one of the American oSicers of the Dakota and
a little Japanese maiden, Oro San. She saves the young officer from the
vengeance of her Japanese lover and eventually sends him away in de-
spair, as their love is hopeless. Tom Forman and Velma Whitman
play the principal parts. It will please the sentimental.
SHERLOCK BONEHEAD (Kalem). August 21.- A Marshal Nielan
comedy, who is also the director, featuring Ruth Roland and Lloyd
Hamilton. The theme of this plot embraces the fact that .$1,000 re-
ward is oflered tor the capture of a smuggler. All of the characters
are involved, each trying to earn the reward. The complications they
meet up with furnishes the comedy. After strenuous efforts, after all
the others have tailed, the girl and the government detective (Dick
Rosson). win the reward. A good comedy.
WH.-VT BEC.\ME OF JANE? (Selig) August 22. — .4. melodramatic pic-
ture by Eustace Hale Ball and directed by Edward J. LeSaint. Stella
Razeto is featured, supported by Guy Oliver, Al W. Filson and Eugenie
Besserer. This is a conventional story of a country girl going to the
city because she has ambitions for the stage. She has the usual coun-
try lover, who she leaves behind. She has a mediocre career, gets
mixed up with a swift set, but keeps her feet on the ground. Her
country lover comes in search of her. and being tired of it all, she
goes back with him to her old home. Mildly interesting.
MAKING AUNTIE WELCOME (Lubin). August 22. — On the same reel
with "Sometimes It Works." E. W. Sargent is responsible for this also
and W^ill Louis was brave enough to direct it. The plot is a good one
for a comedy of this nature. A married couple receive word from their
auntie that she is on her way to make them a long visit. Jack de-
cides that to get rid of her he will pretend to be crazy. He practices
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on his wife and when the aunt comes he chases her up the street. He
is arrested, accused o£ killing his wife, and gets into a peck of trouble.
A very funny comedy.
SOMETIMES IT WORKS (Lubin), August 22.— On the same reel
with "Making Auntie Welcome." Written by E. W. Sargent and pro-
duced by J. Murphy. This is a slap-bang comedy in which everybody
wants to do everybody else up. It is full of scraps which sometimes end
satisfactorily, and then again they don't. In the end it looks like a
new war. but explanations develop the fact that they have all been mis-
taken. It gets good laughs. On the same reel with above.
KIDXAPPED BY THE INDIANS (Kalem), August 22.— A Western
drama featuring Princess Mona Darkfeather, supported by Charles
Bartlett. Rex Downes, Big Moon and a good cast. Frank Montgomery
is the director. It is full of the usual meIo:iramatic scenes engrafted
in a Western play. The characters are desperadoes and Indians. In
•the finale the Indian maiden is discovered to be of white blood. The
scope of the backgrounds is beautiful and the photography clear
BRONCHO B'lLLVS WILD RIDE (Essanay), August 22.— In this pic-
tureplay Broncho Billy plays the part of an outlaw and is discovered
and chased by the sheriff's pojse. Coincidentally, he saves the county
judge's daughter, whose horse is running away with her and he is
captured. The young lady, through gratitude, pleads for him and ob-
tains his release. A fair offering.
IN LIEU OF DAMAGES ( Edison 1, August 22.— 'Written by Hapsburg
Liebe and directed by Richard R. Ridgely. Featuring Herbert Prior
and Mabel Trunnelle. There are a number of interesting complications
embraced in this plot and the scenes are laid in a mountain commu-
nity called Jackson's Hollow. The characters are made up of the natives
of that locality, rough and ready men and hard-working women. There
is something of the tragi; pertaining. It is all interesting and human.
It holds the interest of the audience.
THE GYPSY TALIS.MAN (Biographl. August 22.— "Vengeance is
sweet" is the theme of this plot. A wrong has been committed and
retaliation is the only thought dominant in the mind of the one
who has been wronged. Nothing else will satisfy. When he fancies
that he has utterly crushed his victim and is congratulating him-
self, he discovers that he has been thwarted. Mildly interesting.
THE MAN FROM THE PAST (Biograph), Augtist 24.— A woman
with a past becomes a faithful wife and uses every endeavor to live
down her past, hut is suddenly confronted with its shadow — a menace
to her present and future happiness — another enemy looms up to de-
stroy her peace of mind. The two dangers clash, the husband returns
and developments happily conceal the truth. A fair offering.
NEARLY A WIDOW (Edison). August 24.- A comedy by J. Edward
Hungerford, directed by Ashley Miller. Sally Crute and Barry
O 'Moore have the leading characters. Because a husband refuses to
pay for a dress she has purchased, the wife threatens to go home to
mother. She starts, but changes her mind. When the husband finds that
she has not returned he decides to teach her a lesson. Leaving a note
"he pretends to commit suicide. How his wife turns the tables on him
"Will make you laugh heartily.
SWEBDIE SPRINGS A SURPRISE (Essanay), August 24.— Sweedie's
boss decides to discharge her but owing to the fact that she is con-
siderably larger than he is, he is in a quandary as how to go about
it. He borrows his neighbor's maid who is even larger than Sweedie.
He buys her flowers and takes her home, thinking that they will make
short work of Sweedie. When they see each other they e-nbrace, as the.-
are sisters, and walk out, leaving the t o=s to do the cooking
THE HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL, NO. 51 (Selig), August
"24. — This contains visualizations of toTical subjects covering a vast
scope. Many beautiful scenes are shown in widely cifterent locations.
Much attention is paid to martial doings both in the armies and navies
of the world. In an educational sense it is valuable.
WARD'S CLAl.M (Vitagraphl, August 24. — A 'Western pictureplay
written by 'W. A. Tremayne and directed by Ulysses Davis. The prin-
cipals in the cast are 'William Duncan and Myrtle Gonzalez, who are
-well supported by an able cast. Many exciting scenes of the Western
country, which are well photographed, follow each other in rapid suc-
cession. A chase occurs where, in pursuit of hU sweetheart's abductor,
the hero snatches the girl from a horse galloping at full speed. As
lie saves her the villain on his horse dashes over a pre:ipice. A good
release.
License(d Specials
AX IXXOCBXT DELILAH (Vitagraph), August IS.— Special fea-
ture in two parts. Written by Elizabeth Kendrick and directed by
Ulysses Davis. The leading parts are played by Robert Grey and Jane
Novak. The plot develops a story of the West. There are many in-
teresting and gripping scenes, both interior and exterior, which are well
photographed. Intensity is a feature. The father endeavors to use his
daughter to further despicable and dishonest transactions. The girl saves
Tier lover's Jife. The father is exposed and all ends happily. A very
good release.
THE BOND ETERNAL (Kalem). August W.— A two-part photodrama
featuring Jtarin Sais. fupported by an all-star Kalem cast. George
H. Melford has given it careful direction. There is a great amount of
heart interest displayed in the various scenes and a drunken husband
causes much sorrow in the life of a faithful and suffering wife. The
plot covers twenty years. The poor woman eventually dies in the arms
of her son. although he does not know that she is his mother. An in-
teresting offering.
THE DRE.^MER (Lubin), August 19. — This two-reel picture drama
Is written by Romaine Fielding who directs and plays the leading part,
the title role. He is ably supported by Joseph Sedgwick. It is a story
of two brothers, the other brother being Mansfield Ardis. It is a pe-
culiar sort of a plot and contains scenes which do not seem entirely
germane to the continuity of the story. However, it is interesting and
■depicts a lesson of sacrifice and unselfishness, but it all ends in a sort
of a sentimental way that lacks conviction.
WHEN A WOMAN'S FORTY (Selig), August 19.— A two-part picture-
play which is somewhat of a society drama, written by W. E. Wing, in
which he demonstrates how love wins against time. E. A. Martin has
directed it with all attention to details. Eugenie Besserer is featured
and William Stowell ably supports her. It is a story o£ a woman who in
her youth, obsessed with a proud spirit, sends her lover away and he
departs for India on a tiger hunt. She hears news of his death and
locks the iron gates of her beautiful rose garden where they last met.
Twenty years later she throws open the gates and enters the garden.
Her lover recovers from his injuries and coincidentally returns and
enters the open gate, so love wins the race against time. The icenes and
photography are beautiful.
HIS BROTHER'S BLOOD (Lubin), August 20.— A two-reel story by
William H. Lippert and produced by L. B. Carleton. This is another
plot that is somewhat conventional. It is the story of two brothers, one
a physician and the other an artist, but it develops as it proceeds in
absorbing interest of a scientific nature, illustrating the theory that
heredity can be traced through the blood and that later will be rec-
ognized as a new medical authority. Ormi Hawley, Edward J. Peil,
William W. Cohill and Richard Morris ably handle the leading parts.
A well produced picture which is worth the viewing.
THE BULL TRAINER'S REVENCJE (Meliesi. August 20.— This two-
part picture play tells the story of a widow who owns a large cattle
ranch. "An unscrupulous manager attempts to get possession of the
property. In revenge he turns loose a vicious bull which atta ks the
widow. The executor of the estate saves her. The herd stampedes,
the manager unable to get out of the way, is trampled to death. Some
fine cattle scenes are in this picture and worth seeing.
THE GILDED KID (Edison), August 21. — This two-part picture com-
edy has been reviewed at length by Louis Reeves Harrison in the
MDVING PICTURE WORLD, issue of August 1, and can be found on
page 6S0.
THE MASKED WRESTLER (Essanay), August 21.— A youn lady
witnesses a wrestling bcut, in whi:-h one of the contestants, the winner,
wears a mask and is known as the masked wrestler. The youn? lady
becomes very much interested in him and closely follows his career
for some little time. Eventually she is overjoyed to discover that he
is none other than the man she loves. Acting, direction and photog-
raphy are adequate. An ordinary offering.
THE TELLTALE PHOTOGRAPH (Melies), August 22. — This two-
part picture play embraces a plot that is out of the ordinary. A man
is accused of murder on circumstantial evidence and is convicted and
sentenced to be hanged. An aviator has taken a photograph of the
scene of the crime, while in the air. Hearing of the extenuating c'r
cumstances, that an innocent man is about to be executed, he arrives
at the prison just in time to show the photograph of the real murderer
and save the innocent man. Rather an exciting offering,
LILY OF THE VALLEY (Vitagraph), August 22. — A two-part pic-
ture play by William Addison Lathrop and produced by Wilfrid
North. Lillian Walker is the bright particular star, assiste., by Earle
Williams. The story is a very plausible and interesting one. A young
lawyer to protect the name and honor of his old friend and preserve
bis sweetheart's independence, sacrifices his own fortune. The girl
who has snubbed him two years previous, accidentally learns what he
has done, but she will not accept his sacrifice, but relents when he
proposes to share it with her.
THE WHITE MOUSE (Selig), August 24.— A drama of the snow
country, in two parts, by James Oliver Curwool. The plot of this
story demonstrates the value of a friend in need. Eessie Eyton Is
featured, assisted by Wheeler Oakman. This story is full of punches
and contains many beautiful sno^ scenes. After the oc^curence of many
strenuous stunts, a young trapper is falsely accused of murder and
thrown in jail. His wife plans his escape and the policeman through
pity for the wife allows him to get away. He is rearrested and tied
hand and foot with rawhide thongs. His capturer leaves him to get
his dog feed. A little white mouse gnaws tbrou£h the tongs "nd r—
leases him. He makes his escape and eventually joins his wife and
babv. A logical but entertaining release.
THE PRIMITIVE INSTINCT (Kalem), August 24.— This two-part
picturedrama has a most unusual plot. Marin Sais is featured and is
ably supported by a strong cast. George H. Melford has carefully di-
rected it. A physician, engrossed in experimental work, neglects his
wife and child. .\n artist comes into her life who urges her to elope
with him, which she refuses to do, until a sudden impulse prompts her
to visit his studio. The artist is not present. A painting depicting a
primitive man attracts her attention. She falls asleep and dreams of
the primitive part of the story, which is thrown on the screen. The
horror of it, when she awakes, induces her to return home to her
husband and child.
Independent
THE BELLE OF THE SCHOOL (Princess), August 21. — A girls'
school story, nicely pictured and containing a bevy of attractive misses.
The girl thief turns over some money to Muriel, who is expelled as a
result. Later the real thief confesses and everybody is forgiven. Boyd
Marshall is the hero. A bright, well-pictured offering.
A LESSON IX MECHANICS (JIajestic), August 21. — A country boy
strikes oil on the farm and goes to the city. He wears a pair of
tight patent leather shoes which afford some good comedy situations.
Later, when his auto stalls, the girl's mechanical ingenuity saves them
from some drunken rufiians. Also he learns that she doesn't mind
getting her bands and face dirty Robert Harron an^i Dorothy ""-isb
are the young couple. A light plot, finely photographed and with a
good humorous turn.
A DDG'S GOOD DEED (Thanhouser) . August 23. — The story of a
small boy and two dogs. The shepherd belonging to the rich lady hauls
the washing home on the wagon for the boy. A slight plot but pleasing.
A PHYSICAL CULTURE ROMANCE (Kcmic), August 2.3.— Fun at
a girls* school, showing how an awkward country girl takes up physical
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culture and becomes attractive. A good light plot, helped out by very
good photography. The lady demonstrator's one-piece bathing suit was
decidedly breezy for some audiences.
OUR .MUTU.\L GIRL (Reliance). August 24.— Series No. 32 Mar-
garet tries on some new styles In bats and sweaters and makes u visit
to the studio of James Montgomery Flagg. The latter draws her por-
trait. Dunbar Is still trailing the gem thief and promises to round
him up in the next number.
A RTRAL LOVE AFFAIR (Sterling). August 24.— This features Lit-
tle Billy with a cute little ^Irl. He brings her a rabbit and this es i pes
down a blutf. Billy goes after It fearlessly and both he and the rabbit
have to be rescued. An Interesting number enacted entirely by chil-
dren.
SUSIE'S NEW SHOES (Beauty). August 25.— Harry Pollard and
Marguerita Fischer here appear In another domestic comedy. The young
husband takes his wife's pocketbook as a joke when she goes shop-
ping. This action leads to a number of natural and amusing (om-
pllcatlons. The photography is good and the plot slight but enjoyable.
CTRANNY (Majestic). .August '2~i. — A cbuntry boarding house story of
very fair interest. The girl and her grandmother get work washing
dishes. The girl falls in love with the new boarder and saves him from
robbery. Dorothy Glsh plays the girl. The photography is good and
the film quite entertaining.
UNIVERSAL IKE I.N" THE DANCE AT THE LITTLE L. O. (Uni-
versal Ike), .-^ug, 2.'). — .\ short comedy number in whl:-h young Ike pours
two jugs of whiskey into the well. The tango dancers all proceed to
fill up. This has been done before, but it is amusing here.
TURTLE TR.-MTS (Universal Ike), August 2n. — A few views of alli-
gator and water turtles and land tortoises. On same reel with above.
A MINER'S ROMANCE (Nestor). August 26.— A film story wrtten hy
Seymour Hastings, with Murdock MacQuarrie. Agnes Vernon and others
in the cast. The scenic effe:ts about the placer camp are good ; the
story contains some old features but holds the attention.
LODGING FOR THE NIGHT (American), August 2(1— Ed Coxen and
Charlotte Burton appear in this. He stops over night at the mountain
home and the girl saves him from robbery. In the scuffle her father Is
killed with his own revolver. This is well photographed and contains
plenty of action. The main situation is of course very old.
THE STOLEN ORE (Reliance), August 26. — This Western offering Is
not a very strong one. There is confusion of charT ters at times and
the plot does not get up mu-^h feeling. The hero sue eeds in saving the
valuable ore from his treacherous rival. The title does not fit the pic-
ture very well as the ore was never really stolen.
FOR THE SECRET SERVICE (Rex), August 27.— Robert Leonard
appears as a young inventor in this two-reel storv. The invention It-
self is an interesting one : it is an ingenious device for deteiting hap-
penings miles away and for exploding gasoline at a distance. The ma-
chine itself is used in getting the hero and heroine out of a serious
predicament at the close. This story is well constructed and has
numerous exciting moments. Ella Hall plays the part of a girl spy in a
government office and it is through her efforts that the hero is saved
from the conspirators. This plot has all been done before in different
ways, but it is entertaining as presented in this number and has sev-
eral novel Incidental features.
SNOOKEE'S DISGUISE (Sterling), August 27.— .\ characterstic Ford
Sterling number. He appears as a cornet player who flirts with a girl
across the way. His wife also flirts with a clerk and the principals
meet in a restaurant where rampant trouble ensues. There is shooting,
broken crockery and some of the usual slapstick work.
THIS IS THE LIFE (Powers). August 28.— Lloyd Ingraham Is the
producer of this drama. The story is weakened by an Indefinite con-
clusion, leaving the beholder much in doubt.
MESQUITE PETE'S FORTU.XE (Eclair), August 30. — A Western
comedy number, better than the average in b^th acting and photog-
raphy. Pete passes up the young waitress, who afterward inherits
fifty thousand dollars, in favor of an old maid from Boston. The scenes
are t^^pical and the characterizations good. Not a strong laugh pro-
ducer, but an entertaining offering.
OUT OP THE DEPTHS (Rex). August 30. — Rupert Julian has th=
lead in this story, which if not dramatically strong, has the merit of
being interesting.
TALE OF A HAT (Sterling). August 31.— .\n eccentric comedy nuTi-
ber in which the husband puts the rent money in a straw hat. The
hat blows off his head and falls into the clut'-hes of '^ome tramps. Late ■
it again gets away and blows into the wife's hands just in tiire to
pay the rent. There are amusing spots in this and one thri'l where
the handcar falls through the open bridge draw.
A SE.\SIDE FLIRT (Crystal). September 1. — \ low comedy number
located at the beach. Vivian appears In a very abbreviated bathing
suit: other characters are the cop. the colored elrl. Willie Pov and life
guard. It seemed possible to have worked up a stronger plot here :
this Is very slight. The photography is clear.
THE .T.\CKPOT CLUB (Eclair). September 2. — A well-staged picture,
based on the contention that in the game of life it is not so much
the holding of good cards as in p/aying the poor ones well. The story
is not entirely convincing — that a man capable of Inventing a most
useful automobile appliance and building up a great business in two
y»ars should on account on an injunction be compelled to go to work
as a machinist, and then after the loss of his left arm be unable to
obtain any kind of employment. The story tries to point out that a
man in his club may be charitable and yet in the conduct of his busi-
ness permit injustice. There is a happy ending.
FATHER'S BRIDE (Joker). September 2.— This is a straight farce,
with Bess Meredyth and Ernest Shields in the leads. The son cannot
admit his marriage when the father comes. The latter is flnail- com-
promised in a way that mak^s him amenable to reason. The storv has
amusing moments and is well constructed, but it did not lead up to a
suflBcient climax and has other drawbacks.
D.MSIES (Rex). September 3. — The tired business man in the coun-
try marries a girl he discovers in the daisy field. Later another
woman comes into the story, he is ruined financially and deserted by all
save his wife, who still proves true. This contains much that is old and
hackneyed In plot and falls to get a very strong hold on the feelings of
the observer. Rupert Julian and Elsie Jane Wilson play the leads.
A BABY DID IT (Nestor), September 4.— A farce utilizing a good
old Nestor Idea that is still full of laughter for the average si)eitator
and will make an acceptable offering. The baby gets put In the car
of the bachelor stopping at tho same hotel as the widow. This gets the
man In wrong with his girl and ends with the baby's mother, the
widow, consoling him for it. It is well played and one of Al Christie's
productions.
O, WHATS THE USE? (Joker) September 5, — This l>i a low com-
edy number showing .Max Asber and his company at their best. Max
goes on a hunting trip and Is suppose<l by his family to be dead. He
arrives home In time to attend bis own funeral ceremonies. There Is
some good burlesque business in this and It is free from offense. A
good offering of the low comedy type.
UNDER ARIZONA SKIES (Frontier), September C. — A Western num-
ber In which Dolly Larkin plays the mayor's daughter. The bandit
saves the girl and her companion from the Indians. This Is an aver-
age offering of the kind. None of the scenes stir uii much feeling until
toward the last, when there Is some excitement.
NO SHOW FOR THE CHAUFFEUR (Eclair), September 6.— An
entertaining comedy cone('i)tlcn. in which the owner of the auto
changes places with his chauffeur. The girl falls In love with the
supposed driver and they are of course united after numerous hap-
penings. The photography might have been Improved In places, but
for a slight offering this is pleasing.
UNIVERSAL IKE, JR.. NEARLY GETS MARRIED (Universal Ike),
September 8. — In this characteristic number Ike. Jr., Is believed to
have Inherited a large for'.une. The girl's parents immediately take
a strong liking to him, but later when it N discovered he Inherited
only a lot of debts they experience the usual ehan-e of feeling. The
plot In this Is a little stronger than in some of this series.
Independent Specials
FOR THE LAST EDITION (Relimce). August 22.— In this two-reel
story F. A. Kelsey has produced a combination strike and newspaper
yarn which rings true in almost every respe-t. The girl, presented by
Irene Hunt, goes to the assistan e of tbe young reporter. She enters
an office and gets wind of a plot to blow up a frei'.:ht car and throw the
blame on the strikers- The explosion and attending scenes get up con-
siderable suspense. Later the paper scores a beat rn the story. Not
a powerful offering, but one that contains plenty of action and holds
the interest.
THE SECOND MRS. ROEBUCK (Majestic). August 2.3.— A two-reel
offering, taken from a story by W. Carey Wonderley. R. A. Walsh,
Blanche Sweet, Mary Alden and Wallace Reid are in the cast The
photography Is very good and the story a well-rounded one. strong In
its interest and admirably presented. The dr.imatic situation at the
close might have been handled more strongly, but tl'> story is new
in so many details that it proves very entertaining. The proposal by
dictating a letter to the girl was a clever piece of business. A society
story quite strong in plot and treatment.
THIS IS TH' LIFE (.American). August 24. — A two-reel number
with a strong educational value and one that tells a story with a lot
of horse-sen=e in it. It demonstrates how. a hard-headed, narrow-
minded farmer finally comes to see the advantage of modern farm im-
provements. George Field was convincing in this part. Ed Coxen and
Charlotte Burton are appealing as the young couple. Numerous uses to
which electricity may be put on a farm are shown. This should have
wide appeal in country districts.
CONSCIE.NCE (Thanhouser), August 25. — A two- reel number with
Mignon .\nderson and Irving Cummings in the leads. This tells a
highly improbable story, but it has a pretty sentiment behind it and
works up to a pleasing climax. The young bank teller, needing money
to send his wife to Arizona, takes a ?10 gold piece from a beggar's hat,
plays it on the lucky ten at roulette and wipes up a fortune. This he
feels compelled to turn over to the beggar, after confessing to his wife,
but Blind Baggage Jake takes only a limited amount of the m6ney and
leaves the rest. The plot is almost fantastic, but the result is«a cheer-
ful yarn which leaves a pleasant feeling with the observer.
COUNTERFEITERS (Victor). August 2.8. — A two-reel number in
which Florence Lawrence and Matt Moore impersonate an Italian or-
gan grinder and his wife in order to elude the girl's parents. They
are rounded up in jail and the girl's father gets them out. This is
quite a pleasing comedy offering, based on a slight plot. The title,
"Counterfeiters." is not used in a literal sense.
THE SUNSET TIDE (Gold Seal). September ].— This is the fifth two-
reel installment of the "Trey o' Hearts" series. Rose and her friends
again collide with Judith and her party on Smugglers' Island. There
is further pursuit and capture and escape, the scenes rather repeating
previous episodes and being split up into many parts in a somewhat
confusing manner. Toward the last there is one big scene in which
.Man saves Rose and Barcus from the rising tide, they having been
tied to a rock by the conspirators. The story itself does not gain
mu-^-h headway in this installment.
WHEN AMERICA WAS YOUNG (Broncho), September 2.— A pho-
toplay in two reels depicting realistically the life of early settlers in
the Indian country. The manner in which the father quarrels with a
savage over a trapped bear and the subsequent fighting was pictured
convincingly. The action and suspense are good and the saving of the
girl by her boy playmate was nicely shown. This Is a Western offer-
ing of the usual type but much better in every way than tbe average.
The action is particularly good throughout.
THE SILVER BELL (Domino). September 3. — This two-reel photo-
play contains a wealth of California sunshine in most of the scenes.
It presents in an attractive manner a story of the early mission days.
The costuming and settings are all that could be desired and the plot is
handled very convincingly. It tells of the theft of the mission bell and
how the hero works on the superstitions of the bandits in order to re-
cover it. This is a very fine offering of Its type.
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STACKED CARDS (Kay-Bee), September 4.— A two-reel story of
politics by T. H. Ince and R. V. Spencer. The trap worked on the
reform candidate for mayor was rather highly colored, showing the
adventuress receiving him at her bedside under pretense of illness.
Later, in Alaska, he saves another man from becoming her victim
by telling of his own experience. The picture closes with Travers
shutting her out of his cabin. This treads on delicate grounds In
certain scenes, but holds the interest throughout. The theme as a
whole is not a very elevating one.
THE DERELICT AND THE M.\X (Victor), September 4. — A two-
reel sea story written by Leslie T. Peacocke, with Walter Miller and
Irene Wallace in the leads. Walter Miller doubles. Some of the
situations are very interesting, but the whole production is marred by
inferior photography, many scenes being very dark and obscure. The
story itself shows how a sailor impersonates a young doctor in order
to gain his inheritance. The scenes on the doctor's return are full
of action. But the poor photography makes it impossible to recom-
mend the offering.
SILENT VALLEY (Imp), September 7. — A two-reel number, written
by George Hall. This features King Baggott, grown up from an in-
corrigible boy into a bully. He terrorizes the entire country district
and finally breaks up a show troupe by carrying off the dancer. He
takes the girl to his cabin, pursued by the angry villagers, but re-
leases her without harming her. Later he reforms and the girl re-
turns to wed him. The plot is unique, but steps from one situation
to another in rather abrupt fashion. The transition of the bully into
a good citizen was too much taken for granted. Nevertheless Mr.
Baggot's forceful personality carries the story along to success in
spite of imperfections in development of the plot.
THE CRACK O' DOOM (Gold Seal), September 8.— This is No. 6 of
the Trey o' Hearts series. It contains one big feature in the second
reel where a train running at full speed crashes into a damaged auto-
mobile. The passengers all pile out and the scene is decidedly realistic.
This carries the story forward in an appealing way and the install-
ment closes with all the principals heading for New York City.
FIXING THE "CLASS" IDEA.
Happy Phrases by Theater Managers Convey Sense of
Quality and Comfort to Public.
By Frank H. Madison.
ANEW school of photoplay theater advertisers is de-
veloping throughout the United States. When the
business was young most of the newspaper space was
given over to the circus style of exploiting the films. The
words "sensational," "thrilling," "extraordinary" and mean-
ingless phrase "Grand Special Extra Program" were the fa-
vorites in the smaller cities. This type of advertising is
still in evidence, but it is passing as rapidly as the store-
room type of picture show. The alert manager realizes that
he has somethine more to do for his patrons than to run off
the films which he secures from his exchange. The best pic-
tures he can give must be backed up by giving his patrons
physical comfort and a feeling that they are patronizing a
house which has "class." Consequently shrewd exhibitors
have coined or evolved happy slogans and phrases which fix
the names of their houses in the minds of ohotoplay goers.
The Moving Picture World does not claim that all in the
following list are original, but they show what some live
managers are doing:
Conveying an Idea of Quality.
"Where Quality is a Reality, Not a Promise."— Bijou The-
ater, Missoula, Mont.
"The Theater of Realization." — The Grand, Mankato,
Minn.
"You need't look at the posters for you will alwaj's find
a program that pleases you." — The Cool Majestic, Corsi-
cana, Tex.
"Ask our regular patrons about our pictures De Luxe." —
Majestic, Boise, Idaho.
Coolness and Ventilation.
"New pictures every day: Fresh air every minute." — Colo-
nial Theater. Greenville, Tex.
"L'nder the fans at the Varsity, Daniel Frohman presents."
— \'arsity Theater, Lawrence. Kan.
"Breezy as the seashore." — Savoy Theater, Greenville,
Tex.
"Cooler than an airdome." — Lyric Theater, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
"One of the cool theaters." (Strong because of its mod-
esty.)— Oracle Theater, Ogden, Utah.
"The theater known for its coolness." — Princess Theater,
Austin, Minn.
"The one absolutelv well ventilated theater in the city." —
Grand Theater, Austin, Minn.
".\t that ice-cool, ice-cooled Majestic Today." — Majestic,
Corsicana, Tex.
"The cool and beauty spot of the city." — Wonderland
Theater, Tulsa, Okla.
Humane — Appeals to Labor.
"A new cooling svstem that cools Union operators in
charge of our machines." — -Hippodrome, Dallas, Tex.
Suggestions of Comfort.
"Plenty of fresh, cool air, pipe organ music and comfort.
The place? Why, the Arcade, the house of a thousand de-
lights."—Arcade, Walla Walla, Wash.
"Every seat a fat-man's seat." — Drexel Theater, Joliet, IlL
"Compare your comfort at the Star with the others." — Star
Theater, Missoula, Mont.
Fixing the Admission.
"It tickles a nickel to act like a dime. Tickle your nickel
and yourself at the Bijou." — Bijou Theater, Racine, Wis.
"Value received for each side of j'our dime." — Princess
Theater, .\ustin, Minn.
"At hard time prices — five cents."- — Airdome, Chickasha,
Okla.
"Admission always the same, 10c. , no matter how big the
show." — Majestic Theater, Madison, Wis.
"Bijou pictures are the best, prices the same as all the
rest." — Bijou Theater, Walla Walla, Wash.
"Always a good show. Always the same price, 10c." — Ma-
jestic Theater, South Bend, Ind.
For a Special Program.
"Let's not go awaj' until Thursday. Alice Joyce is at the
Alhambra Wednesday in The \'ampire's Trail." — Alhambra.
Theater, Springfield, O.
Getting Next to the Public.
"Phone us for information at anv time. Our number is
Main 2270." — Apollo Theater, Tacoma, Wash.
"Our business is your pleasure — at least that is what it
should be, and we are doing our level best to make it so.
Just simply getting the crowds does not satisfy us — we are
more anxious that our programs please the people. This is
a show for the peoole: of the people and by the people. We
want you to feel that you have a voice in the conduct of it
— if you have any helpful suggestions we will appreciate
them." — Grand Theater, Jonesboro, Ark.
Guaranteeing a Comedy.
"Xo laugh; no pay." — Yale Theater, Tulsa, Okla.
"STRIKE UP THE BAND"— ROTHAPFEL WAS A
SAILOR.
Dr. W. Taylor of the U. S. Navy, who at present is re-
cruiting officer in Newark, N. J., stopped abruptly in the
entresal of the Strand Theater as S. L. Rothapfel, the man-
aging director, came out from the auditorium. Mr. Roth-
apfel also stopped. "Pardon me. but your face looks very
familiar." said the naval officer. "Yes?" said the manager,
"my name is Rothapfel — I believe I know you. too. Aren't
you Dr. Taylor of the Navy?"
It did not take the two men long to renew their acquain-
tance, which dates back to 1901. At that time they were
shipmates, or at least serving their country on the U. S. S.
"Bancroft." Dr. Taylor as the ship's surgeon and Mr. Roth-
apfel as a corporal of marines. Dr. Taylor was surprised
to find Mr. Rothapfel as manager of a theater. "I knew
Rothapfel was ambitious," said the doctor later, "but I never
dreamed that I would see him in the capacity he has now.
"When he was in the Navy he was one of our smartest
lads, and it was evident that he was anxious to work himself
up. W'e all knew that he was studying for a commission and
it did not take long before he was placed in command of
the large six-pound gun. which, by the way, was the first
six-pounder in service at that time.
"While I was on board the 'Bancroft' Rothapfel was pro-
moted to a corporal, which at the time made him both
happy and proud. He was always a good fellow, anxious
to distinguish himself, and to my personal knowledge he
saw actual service at Panama and Venezuela. Rothapfel
was the best shot in the Navy and his gun crew always
carried off the honors; as a matter of fact it was due to
Rothapfel's zeal that the shooting score of the Bancroft
jumped from the lowest to the highest amount of points."
CLEAR OF MANY A PITFALL.
Southern Pines. X. C. August 11. 1914.
Editor Moving Picture World:
Dear Sir: — I hand you herewith my check for $3 for
renewal of the World from September. 1914. to August 31,
1915. I would as soon try to run my house without a
picture machine as without the World. It has steered me,
a beginner, clear of many a pitfall, and its criticisms of
the productions I am showing have been an invaluable
asset. Very trulv.
CHAS. W^ PICQUET, Manager,
Princess Theater.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1375
Charles J. Hite, Dead
Successful Film Manufacturer and Capitalist Succumbs to In-
juries Received in an Automobile Accident.
CHARLES .1. HITE, president of tlic Thanliouser Film
Corporation, died on the morning of Saturday, August
11, in the Harlem Hospital as tlie result of injuries re-
ceived the evening before when tlie high-powered car he was
driving crashed through a fence at the corner of 155th street
and Central Bridge. He is survived by a widow and two
children.
Mr. Hite was alone in the machine, which he had owned
but a month. There had been an unusually heavy rain on
Friday afternoon, and the pavement was still wet. The ac-
counts of the accident vary, but when aid reached Mr. Hite as
he lay under the machine forty feet below the street level he
said something to the effect that the brakes would not stop
the car. He was, too, able
to give his name and ad-
dress. He lost conscious-
ness when with the aid of
Jacks from the nearby
elevated shops the auto-
mobile was raised so that
he could be lifted out.
Mr. Hite was at once re-
moved to the Harlem Hos-
pital, where it was found
that he had suffered a
fracture of the skull, com-
pound fracture of the jaw,
fracture of the left ribs,
and interna! injuries.
Central Bridge is to
155th street as the cross
on a capital T. Coming
toward the bridge there is
a sharp decline. Mr. Hite
naturally would have
turned to the left, but his
car plunged through the
stout fence on the right-
h a n d side, plainly with
great force. It was said by
an eye-witness that he had
tried to avoid hitting a pe-
destrian who had blocked
his path. Another person
said that he had gone
through the fence with his
car reversed. What is
probable, however, is that
the machine skidded and the
brakes failed to hold.
The funeral services on
Tuesday afternoon were
held from the beautiful
home in which Mr. Hite
had resided since taking
up his duties with the
Thanhouser Company. It
is one of the show places
of New Rochelle, and is
known as the Francis Wil-
son estate. The ceremo-
nies were conducted by the
Rev. Charles Canedy, of
the Episcopal Church. The
unusual number of floral pieces testified to the regard in
.which Mr. Hite was held by his -employes, his business asso-
ciates and friends and his neighbors. There was a large at-
tendance of film men from New York. The pall bearers were
Edwin Thanhouser, the founder of the company bearing his
name, who arrived in New York from Italy on the morning
before the day of the funeral; Dr. Wilbert Shallenberger, Dr.
W. Edward Shallenberger, Dr. A. E. Jones, John R. Freuler
of Milwaukee, Lloyd F. Lonergan, Roy L. McCardell and
Paul Davis. Among others who came to pay their respects
were John F. Skerrett, Adam Kessel, Charles O. Baumann,
Richard Brady, J. E. Brulatour, J. C. Graham, Crawford Liv-
ingston, J. M. Naulty, Alfred Weiss, Walter N. Seligsberg,
Phil Gleichman, Arthur Lucas, M. A. Neff, Claude Hite,
George A. Hutchinson and Arthur De Sormeaux. The Screen
Club, of w-hich Mr. Hite was a life member, was represented
by a committee composed of C. A. Willat, Arthur Leslie, Jack
Standing, Carl Leviness, Leo Delaney, Joseph Farnham and
George Blaisdell. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hite of Lancaster,
Ohio, the father and mother of Mr. Hite, arrived just before
the beginning of the services. As a mark of the respect in
which Mr. Hite was held by his fellow-townsmen the flags
over the City Hall, Police Headquarters and the City Na-
tional Bank were at half mast. Dr. Jones had charge of the
funeral arrangements, and he was aided by Bert Adler, both
of w-hom had been unusually close to Mr. Hite. Pending de-
cision as to the place of interment, Mr. Hite's body was
placed in a receiving vault.
The Late Charles J. Hite.
Charles J. Hite was born thirty-nine years ago in Ohio,
where his family had lived for many years. His first work
was on a farm in Lancaster. After a course in the district
school he spent three years in the Ohio Central Normal Col-
lege. Then for a time he tailght school. His first commer-
cial venture was in a lyceum film e-xchange in which he sup-
plied films to the Ridpath lecture bureau. Then with S. S.
Hutchinson, now president of the American Film Manufac-
turing Company, Mr. Hite opened a small film exchange in
Chicago, to which was
given the name of "H. &
H." The combined capital
was $1,200, but the part-
ners divided ?10,000 the
first year— 1909.
Harry Aitken, now pres-
ident of the Mutual Film
Corporation, at that time
was conducting the West-
ern Film E.xchange in Mil-
waukee. He joined Mr.
Hite and Mr. Hutchinson
in organizing the Amer-
ican company. Then Mr.
Hite with Mr. Hutchinson
became interested in the
Alajestic Company. O n
account of the opposition
to the admission of the
Majestic to the Sales Com-
pany the partners c o n -
ceived the idea of acquir-
i n g exchanges of their
own. The result is the
present Mutual Film Cor-
poration.
Mr. Hite was a firm be-
liever in the business value
of popular players — those
whom the picturegoing
public automatically would
associate with a given
brand of output. In a con-
versation with this writer
last winter he said that he
held on to his good play-
ers with hoops of steel —
they were a vital part of
his assets. The few changes
i n the personnel o f t h e
Thanhouser company
since he took over the
studio two years ago from
Edwin Thanhouser bear
out this statement. In an-
other column will be found
a n appreciation of Mr.
Hite from the pen of Bert
Adler; the many who have
been privileged to know
the late president of the Thanhouser Company will read it
with interest.
Mr. Hite had many business associations. As one of his
leading players remarked on the day of the funeral, it seemed
as if he found the largest measure of relaxation, the best
means of forgetting his rapidly multiplying business cares
and responsibilities, in his speed boat and his automobile.
These furnished the tonic his sturdy body craved.
Mr. Hite, besides being president of the Thanhouser Com-
pany, was vice-president and treasurer of the Mutual Film
Corporation and the treasurer of the New York Motion Pic-
ture Company. He was also president of the Broadway Rose
Garden, an establishment combining with a. large picture
house many recreation novelties as well as a restaurant. He
was the organizer of the Syndicate Film Corporation, which
is handling "The Million Dollar Mystery," the Thanhouser
serial to the making of which Mr. Hite had devoted much
of his personal attention. He was . also interested in the
Bangs Laboratory and had in charge the exploitation of the
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
pictures taken by the Williamson Submarine Expedition,
which he had previously financed. It is announced that
there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Than-
houser Film Corporation on September 1, at which time
the successor of Mr. Hite will be elected.
The following statement has l^een issued by the Mutual
Film Corporation: "The officers of this company are so ap-
palled and grieved by the death of their associate, Charles J.
Hite, that it is impossible to make a suitable statement of
their grief at the present moment. As was to be expected of
a man of Mr. Hite's popularity and character, his business
affairs have been left in perfect order. At the forthcoming
meeting of the board of directors a full expression will be
made."
C. J. Hite, the Man
By Bert Adler.
THE death of C. J. Hite was typical of the man — quick.
None of us at the Thanhouser Studio ever saw a man
who got to the core of things with the lightning quick-
ness of C. J. Hite, or who could accomplish so many tasks
within short spaces of time. He was always on the rush, of
necessity. But even after business he would rush! rush! take
his fun quick in his speed boat or fast car. I know of at least
one man who won him because he reflected Mr. Hite's own
trait of moving fast. This man also won a plum for which
many had been striving. It was the European agency for
the Thanhouser films. When it was announced that we would
"change agents" over there, the biggest importing agencies in
Europe dispatched representatives to Mr. Hite. And a hust-
ling British youth, representing no one but himself, got the
agency almost only because he beat the others to it! He got
the promise of the agency from Mr. Hite at the Pennsylvania
Station, New York City, two minutes before the leaving
time of a train that was taking Mr. Hite on a quick visit to
his parents at Lancaster, Ohio; and when Mr. Hite got back
he mailed the contracts to London, where the young and
hustling Mr. Kimberley started to accumulate a fortune.
Outside of his belief in speed, he- had other firm faiths.
Chief was that in a clean life, which he thought everyone
should live. He neither drank nor smoked, and while a thor-
ough mixer and e.xtremely good fellow, he was never known
in his life to have told a two-edged story and he carried his
cleanliness right into his business.
Among C. J. Hite's business beliefs was that an employee
was worth treating right. Perhaps that is why every visitor
to the studio thought us a "happy family." He wanted you to
feel that you had a life job if you cared to stay with him.
That's why you seldom read of Thanhouser changes. I do
not remember him dismissing a single man of all our vast
force. And he personally righted everj- grievance that an
employee presented to him. 'They actually loved this man at
Thanhouser studio, from temperamental little ingenue to hard,
grimy property man. He represented Fairness to all of them.
Unfavorable criticism of his product in the press hurt him
more than most people thought. He was wounded by the
criticism of our pictures right after the Thanhouser fire, at a
time when he thought reviewers should have been lenient.
And I never saw a big man who was so sincerely thankful
for the very smallest paragraph of praise. When the trade
papers spoke nicelj' of us, which I am glad to say was most
of the time, he would show the notice to all of his intimates
with a good deal of pride. It will be remembered that he
engaged one young woman, Miss Billington, for the Los
Angeles studio because Mr. Harrison of the World in a re-
view said that she stood out in a small part in "Carmen."
That must show what he thought of a good notice!
Speaking of engaging players. I ought to record that he
did not believe in "taking people" from his opposition.
It may interest many to know Mr. Hite's opinion of Mr.
Laemmle, who was one of his chief opposition. It was that
he was a good fighter, and a favorable opinion therefore. Mr.
Thanhouser had had a strong personal liking for Mr. Laemmle
which, it seemed to me, he had communicated to Mr. Hite,
and the storm of film conflict didn't affect it.
Just prior to the last election of Mutual officers the report
somehow gained credence that Mr. Hite had become opposed
to Mr. Aitken, who was to succeed himself as president and
with whom Mr. Hite had formed the Mutual and been other-
wise associated for some years. Dame Rumor is a sad crea-
ture. To his very end Mr. Hite, I am certain, had only the
most cordial feelings for Mr. Aitken, whom he regarded as a
great organizer. He ever referred to Mr. Aitken with pride
as "his partner." Once when he heard an action of Mr.
Aitken's criticised, he said that Mr. Aitken often came in for
criticism that he didn't incur in the slightest, but which, as
president of the Mutual, he would have to receive. The talk
of ill-feeling was the silliest balderdash.
Mr. Hite was the best man to his family that I have ever
seen. Thev were ever in his thoughts. He would bring his
httle daughter, Marjorie. to his office on his busiest days, if
It was her wish to be with him. He aided his own brothers
in every way possible. Of his brother Claude, now in the
film exchange business, he prophesied a great future as an
exchange man and was always glad that he had introduced
him to the business. By the by, high up on his list of ideal
exchange managers were R. C. Seery and J. R. Freuler. As
an ex-exchange man he always had a lively interest in ex-
changes and their management; But he had ever disliked
this work while he himself was doing it — the haggling over
prices of "service," the continued need of explanation of "dis-
appointments," real and fancied— and was thankful that he
was out of it. In fact, to change from his exchange labors
he once tried for the position of manager of a certain film
producing company and couldn't get it! And that wasn't
so long before the time he raised the money to buy out Mr.
Thanhouser, either! It's a wonderful world when you know
the facts.
Who have been Mr. Hite's closest confidants? I think. Dr.
Wilbert Shallenberger, his Thanhouser partner: Lloyd F.
Lonerman, his producing chief, and Mr. .\itken. A. E. Jones,
a man of whom the film world has heard very little, but who
has been active in the business end of "Million Dollar Mys-
tery," was also unusually "close" to Mr. Hite, as were A. P.
De Sormeaux, also of the "Mystery," and Paul Davis, a young
Chicagoan, not in the film business, than whom he held no
man in higher regard. It seems hardly necessary to mention
in this connection such men as Mr. Mcllhanie and Mr. Living-
ston, with whom, of course, he was in constant touch. Of
his associates, he had known Dr. Shallenberger the longest,
by quite a margin; as young men they had taught school to-
gether in the Middle West. This must kill the oft-published
yarn about Mr. Hite, overworked in his Chicago exchange,
going to see a strange doctor (Shallenberger), for treatment
and receiving instead a check — to invest any old way! Of
course, the story was inspired by the faith that men had in
C. J. Hite. Merely to look him in the eye was to ever after
confide in him, implicitly and absolutely.
OHIO CONVENTION.
The ofiicers of the Ohio League wish to anounce that
there will be no published program of the convention. Any-
one wishing to give an exhibition of their manufactured
product or accessories, will please communicate with the
manager of the Southern Hotel, Columbus, Ohio. The
League will hold its convention on the 15th and 16th of
September. We welcome all manufacturers, exchanges and
others interested in the motion picture business. The after-
noon of the second day w-ill be an onen meeting for a gen-
eral discussion. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday fore-
noon will be strictly an executive meeting for the motion
picture exhibitors who are members of the League, paid up
and in good standing. It is expected that the attendance
at the convention on the 15th will be the largest ever held
in the state owing to the many irhportant matters which will
come before the League for adjustment and agreement. The
Ohio League will not only celebrate four years of its suc-
cessful organization, but will make history for the League
that will live for many years to come. There are over a
thousand exhibitors in the state of Ohio and the League ex-
pects not less than 550 in attendance.
M. A. NEFF,
President, _
JOHN H. BROOMHALL. I
Secretary,
Ohio State Branch No. 1 of the M. P. E. L. of A
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PARAMOUNT TO TRY NATIONAL ADVERTISING.
Announcement is made by the Paramount Pictures Corpo-
ration, distributor for the Famous Players, Bosworth, Inc.,
and Lasky Features, that it will come out with a double-
page advertisement in the September S issue of the Satur-
day Evening Post, to be followed by full-page advertise-
ments each month. This is to be supplemented by advertising
in other magazines of national scope. Belief is expressed that
this campaign will have the effect of improving picture the-
ater conditions.
KLEINE OPTICAL COMPANY WILL NOT INCREASE
CARBON PRICES.
In this season of the general increase in prices of com-
modities of all kinds, The Kleine Optical Company an-
nounces that its stock of carbons will be sold at regular
retail prices until exhausted. Unlike a number of supply
houses, no advantage will be taken of theater owners to
institute a general raise on stocks purchased at the usual
figure before the war. Carbons are being sold in limited
quantities to single purchasers.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1377
"The Fair Rebel"
Receives First Presentation at Opening of Adelphi Theater
Tuesday Evening — Other Features Shown.
Reviewed by Robert C. McJilravy.
A LARGE and happy gathering was present Tuesday eve-
ning, August 25, at the openinfr of the new Adelphi The-
ater, Broadway and 89th street, N'ew York. The new
house is spacious and built along the most improved lines
for the picture playhouse. It has a seating capacity of 1,200,
a splendid ventilating system and high frescoed ceiling and
walls. .•\. J. Wolf and J. \V. Springer of the Trio Amuse-
ment Company are sponsors for the new house.
The opening of the theater was highly successful in every
particular. Invitations had been sent nut freely to friends of
Scene from "The Fair Rebel" (K. & E.-Bic).
the management and the seats were filled with delighted
guests. The orchestra played a number of popular airs and
following this many pictures, new and old, were thrown upon
the screen.
"The Fair Rebel," a three-reel Klaw & Erlanger-Biograph
production, was the first of the new releases to be shown. In
this was seen the perfected war photoplay, dealing with the
Civil War period. This covers ground that has been touched
Scene from "The Fair Rebel" (K. & E.-Bio.).
many many times by other war dramas, but in completeness
of setting, well-rounded plot and convincing realism but few
offerings have equaled this. The production shows exquisite
care and foresight in almost every detail.
The opening scenes are taken in the year 1860 at West
Point, showing Stephen and his chum, Ezra, together as class-
mates. Bronson, the Plebe, who plaj-s an important part in
subsequent proceedings, is also introduced in the romantic
atmosphere of the famous miHtar\- institution.
Prior to the outbreak of the war is also shown the South-
ern home of Stephen's sister, Clairctte, a beautiful plantation
setting. The girl, who plays the name part of "The Fair
Rebel," is an ardent confederate, and runs up the rebel flag
duririg the visit of some confederate officers. Captain de
Perrin, the Frenchman who after appears as the villain of the
piece, is also introduced in the early scenes.
The war engagements are shown in a vivid, realistic way.
The plot is merged into these scenes in a pleasing manner.
The meeting of the former chum before the Southern home,
one a victorious commanding officer and the other a prisoner,
was dramatic and made the most of. The views of rat-infest-
ed Libby Prison, both interior and exterior, were undoubt-
edly accurate. The hero's escape, aided by Clairette and
Bronson, was the result of a well-devised plan.
Throughout this production are numerous minor t(juches,
depicting the tragedy and comedy of the times in a commend-
able way. The photography is smooth and clear in almost
every scene.
Among the other features shown at the opening of the
-Adelphi were an Essanay entitled "Two Men Who Waited"
and "Jess of the Mountain Country," a new Shubert release.
A PICTURE WITH A PURPOSE.
The Great Northern Film Company's big production of
"Lay Down Your Arms," which is about to be released, is
a picture with a great purpose. It presents the most power-
ful message for peace ever advanced, by its terribly realistic
portrayal of the horrors of war. No one can witness its
exhibition and see the awful carnage on the battlefields and
the miseries that war brings into the homes of combatants,
without becoming a bitter censor of war and an enthusiastic
advocate of peace. The picture deals with the greatest prob-
lem of all times and is destined to accomplish much toward
advancing the cause of universal peace throughout the world.
The book of "Lay Down Your .Arms" has been aptly termed
the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of European literature, so forciblj'
does it describe the reigning menace of Europe. As "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" exposed the chief evil of America at the time
of its publication, so does "Lay Down Your .Arms" expose
the principal evil in Europe, but while slavery was abolished
in this country, war still flourishes abroad.
Baroness Von Suttner's novel once caused a famous Eu-
ropean ruler to issue a manifesto of peace, so moved was he
by the narrative. What effects the picture, which is far more
vivid even than the book, will cause, is now a matter for
speculation.
HOUSE PETERS MARRIED.
The news has leaked out that House Peters, the New
York motion picture actor who has just concluded his
contract with the California Motion Picture Corporation
at San Rafael, Cal., recently joined the ranks of the bene-
dicts. This will be a sad blow to the host of matinee girls
who have been showering the popular actor with letters of
admiration.
Peters' wife is a New York girl who came out to join
him at San Rafael. It is understood that the couple will
take an extensive honeymoon before the husband returns to
the "movies."
KLEINE TO RELEASE NEW FIVE-PART SUBJECT.
"The Woman Who Dared" is the title of an exceptionally
strong five-part subject to be released by George Kleine
through his branch offices early next month. The story
centers about a daring and successful effort of an officer's
wife to free him from the charge of high treason. The
film features a splendidly sensational race between an auto-
mobile and a passenger train, has many charming glimpses
of circus life, and shows throughout a carefully prepared
scenario and a deftly executed climax that marks it a mas-
ter-picture of its kind.
"THE MYSTERY OF THE POISON POOL."
The Picture Plaj-house Film Company, Inc., by splendid
judgment, has selected as its next release, a picture entirely
different and distinct from those that have gone before, "The
Mj'sterj' of the Poison Pool," in which is featured the famous
actor, James Gordon.
This play is from the pen of James Dawley, who has
written some of the greatest successes in moving picturedom.
The whole five reels fairly teem with daring and exciting
scenes.
Betty Harte, who has taken leading roles with the Fa-
mous Players and who for years was star for the Selig and
other prominent companies, takes the leading woman's part,
and for fine acting cannot be surpassed.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
NOW is the time when the best interests of the moving
picture industry in this country demand the hearty co-
operation of all concerned; when the general good of
the trade — and not individual selfish ends — should receive
chief consideration. The European war has created condi-
tions that will v/ork hardship in many ways, unless an altru-
istic attitude is taken in business relations between the various
departments of the trade.
To mention only one of these temporary hardships — the
shortage in carbons — there should be a disposition on the
part of wholesale houses and distributors to make the burden
as easy as possible for exhibitors. To take advantage of the
limited stock of carbons in the country by boosting prices
just now will surely re-act on the wholesale firms and supply
houses that do so.
It is to the credit of Charles L. Kiewert, sole importer in
the United States of Bio carbons, that his prices were never
raised while his stock on hand lasted. He had shipments on
three steamers for delivery in New York, and the vessels were
well on their voyages when they were recalled to Hamburg
by wireless, in the latter part of July. Mr. Kiewert desires to
correct the statement, recently made in a trade paper, that he
had sufficient carbons on hand to last him for six months.
The statement would have been true had the shipments men-
tioned been landed in New York.
The prices of Electra carbons to supply houses in Chicago
were raised immediately after the declaration of war, and the
prices now quoted show an increase of 33 1/3 per cent.
The National Carbon Co., of Cleveland, has given out that
it had on hand, at the outbreak of the war, a small stock of
carbons and that a number of rapid orders exhausted its
entire holdings. This company has instructed the heads of its
factories to go ahead immediately and manufacture on a large
scale. This is now being done, and it is expected that a large
stock will be ready in about six weeks.
The Kleine Optical Co., the largest firm in the country
handling machines, accessories and supplies, has made no
change — nor will it make any — in the regular listed prices for
carbons, while the stock on hand lasts, giving preference, of
course, to steady customers.
One supply house in the city recently charged an exhibitor
$9 for one hundred ^-in. by 12-in. carbons, nearly 100 per
cent, increase on the regular price. This firm has been black-
listed by the members of the Chicago branch of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League of America.
A little altruism — a little thought for the other fellow — will
pay in the long run.
Concerning the Titles of Films.
In a recent issue of the Chicago Tribune, the accompanying
article, which treats of moving picture titles, merits careful
reading by all who are responsible for the inappropriate
names given some picture subjects:
Every once in a whilt some editorially minded person raises his voice
via his typewriter in regard to the sensationalism and inappropriate-
ness of many of the titles bestowed upon motion pictures to their
public discredit.
But in all the din of the "biggest thing yet" put on and the train
wrecks and automobile smashups and airship ascents and deep sea
dives for the sake of instilling thrills into the celluloid, these modest
protests have been quite overlooked, and companies go on releasing
pictures under names about as attractive and suitable as a fur coat in
August.
The editorially minded folks aren't the only ones who notice this,
however. Exhibitors, with their fingers catching every beat of the
public pulse, have the matter of names down in their diagnosis of
public taste.
Two of them were consulting their lists of films the other day. Mr.
A., skimming through the names with exhibitorial comment, as to the
worth of the pictures, stumbled and stopped.
"The Lure of the Car Wheel," he exclaimed. "Now, say, can you
Imagine a car wheel with a lure?"
"No, but the Reliance got one last week called 'Blue Pete's Escape.'
Can you think of anything much worse than that?" replied Mr. B.
"In that 'Hand of Horror' Edison put out about as rotten a title
for a good picture as anything I ever saw," commented Mr. A.
There might have been more titular criticism if an interruption hadn't
happened .iust then. But in that much there is the straight stufl of
honest, oH-hand opinion, not biased by any editorial finickism. It will
be a happy day for every one when there is just as much care applied
to supplying a photoplay with a creditable title as to killing the vil-
lain dead in a hard struggle, without incapacitating him for future
villainies.
Fort Dodge Exhibitors Stick Together.
James Martin, manager of the Magic Theatre Co., Ft.
Dodge, la., made a pleasant call at the Chicago office Thurs-
day, Aug. 20th. Mr. Martin has been with the Magic The-
ater for one year, and during that time hashad great success.
He informed me' that the "Adventures of Kathlyn" v.-as
shown to very prosperous business throughout the entire
series. Thus far he has shown up to the eighth of the series
of "The Million Dollar Mystery," and is quite satislied with
the leturns.
F't. I)odge_ exhibitors have set an example that niigin well
he followed by exhibitors of oliK-r slates. Instead of engag-
ing in ruinous competition, the managers got together and
agreed upon the number of reels for a program and the price
to be charged. They agreed that four reels constituted a
liberal 10-cent program, and in cases of features of five and
six reels, from 15 to 20 cents is charged.
Ft. Dodge has a population of 18,000 people and four
moving picture theatres — the Magic Theatre, the Princess,
Empire and the Majestic. The Magic seats 465 people on
the ground floor and balcony; the Princess seats 800 on
ground floor and balcony; the Empire, 840, ground floor, and
the Majestic, 420, ground floor.
The good people of Ft. Dodge are thoroughly satisfied
with the censorship of the National Censorship Board, and,
of course, each manager looks out personally to see that
there are no scenes that might offend any of his patrons.
Mr. Martin gets his service from the Omaha branch of the
General Film Co., and also draws on outside features, as he
deems necessary. He changes his program daily, with the
exception of serial stories and big features, which he runs
two consecutive days. This plan worked very well with the
"Advetitures of Kathlyn," and it is also working well with
"The Million Dollar Mystery." The plan is also popular with
his patrons for big features.
Mr. Martin from the outset, as manager, has always be-
lieved in programs consisting of moving pictures only. Be-
fore he took hold of the Magic it had been a vaudeville house,
and later ran stock. He offered pictures only from the
beginning, and the house has played to fine paying business
ever since. The Princess shows pictures only throughout
the year, except for several months in the winter season,
when one or two legitimate acts are used with each program,
the price of admission during these months being 25 cents
and up. The Empire and Majestic show nothing but pic-
tures.
Mr. Martin is highly optimistic over the outlook for fall
business in Fort Dodge.
Chicago Film Brevities.
Frank W. Redfield, manager of the Atlanta branch of the
General Film Company, spent two weeks in the city recently,
during which time he visited numerous friends and attended
to business connected with his office. Mr. Redfield was
booking manager for ten years with the old Essanay ex-
change on North Clark Street. When that exchange closed
as one of the Chicago branches of the General Film Com-
pany, Mr. Redfield was appointed manager of the Milwaukee
branch. Mr. Redfield reported excellent business in Atlanta
and tributary territory. He returned to Atlanta Monday,
Aug. 24.
* * *
A. F. Stang, owner of the Ogden Theatre, 1114 W. 63rd St.,
this city, paid the Chicago office a visit last week and renewed
his subscription for the World. He also bought a Motion
Picture Handbook, The Ogden ofi'ers Mutual programs con-
sisting of four reels for five cents, and Mr. Stang stated that
he was well pleased with the business.
* « *
A. G. Spencer, secretary of the General Feature Film Co.,
5 So. Wabash Ave., this city, left for New York City Tuesday,
Aug. 25, where he will buy and contract for feature films.
During his stay in the Metropolis, which will be about two
weeks, Mr. Spencer will look over the market generally. He
will stop at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
* * *
A. T. Chado, owner and manager of the Albany Theatre,
3317 Montrose Blvd., this city, favored us with a call last
week, and renewed his subscription for the World and pur-
chased a Motion Picture Handbook. Mr. Chado reported
fair business. The Albany seats 300 people, and uses Uni-
versal service, five cents being charged for a program of four
reels.
* * *
Out of 235 applicants for the position of moving picture
censor who took up the civil service examination June 9 and
12, 25 succeeded in passing. Ten of this number will be
selected to form the incoming Chicago censor board.
* * *
A mischievous boy came near creating a serious panic at
the Grand Theatre, 1362 S. Halsted St., this city, one even-
ing last week, by throwing a hat pin into an exhaust fan
near the stage. The rapidly revolving fan struck the pin and
sparks flew oflf, igniting the surrounding wood-work. Some-
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one shouted, "Fire!" and the entire audience jumped from
their scats in alarm. Joseph Feingold, manager, succeeded
in calming the excited people, and ordered the fan stopped.
The fire was extinguished easily and the program was con-
tinued, no damage being sustained by anyone present. Of
course, the mischievous boy could not be found.
* * *
Alfred Hamburger has completed arrangements whereby
"Cabiria" will open at the Zicgfeld Sunday, Aug. 30, at the
conclusion of its run at the Illinois, where it has been since
June 18.
* * *
On Thursday and Saturday nights last week, the "Safety
First" campaign was continued at the Concert Court in Jack-
son Park, wliere two reels showing street traffic conditions
in London, Paris and Berlin were run ot¥. Captain C. C.
Healey, of the Traffic Squad, and H. L. Browncll, safety in-
spector of the Chicago Surface Lines, delivered appropriate
lectures.
* * *
There is a great demand just now in the smaller cities for
Kathlyn Williams' own story of "In Tune with the Wild,"
in which she took the leading part, served as sole director,
and for which she wrote the scenario.
* * *
The Style Show, displayed several evenings during the
week of Monday, Aug. 17, at Medinah Temple, and caught by
the cameraman of the Commercial Filmers, of Chicago, at-
tracted much attention. The films were made for the use of
merchants in other cities throughout the country, to show
their townsfolk. The pageant, comprised of the pacing
models on the platform, showing a display of the costumes
worn, was taken by the cameraman, 6,000 feet of film being
used. This length, however, will be pruned down fully one-
half.
Miss Augusta Anderson
MISS AUGUSTA ANDERSON, the attractive leading
woman with the Perriot Film Company, began her
career as a photoplaj'er with the Famous Players Film
Company, appearing in one of the early releases of that con-
cern. Previous to taking up picture playing Miss Anderson
had received consider-
a b I e instruction in dra-
m a t i c work and had
gained much actual ex-
perience with David Be-
lasco's company, with
which she was connected
for some time.
From her early 'teens
Miss Anderson has been
ambitious along dramat-
ic lines. She began as a
student in the best dra-
matic school in Wash-
ington, D. C, her home
town, and studied with
iliss Kate Wilson,
teacher of elocution i n
the Washington College
of Music. Under this
training her voice
showed great promise
and she became so effi-
cient In both dramatic
and vocal rendition that
she was given such lead-
ing roles as Micharla in
Carmen, Clotilde in Nor-
ma and Mimi in La Bo-
heme when those operas
were produced by t h e
students of the Wash-
ington College.
Soon after a real opportunity came to Miss Anderson in
the way of a position in one of Mr. Belasco's companies and
it was under that master's personal direction that she gained
actual knowledge of stage technique not otherwise obtained
at any price. Her work in the pictures has since reflected
that period of instruction.
Miss Anderson is of the blond type and has most expressive
gray eyes; she is just as interesting as she is pretty, and a
very hard and earnest worker. Her favorite pleasure is mo-
tonng, and when at home she is a familiar figure gliding
along the Potomac speedway in an attractive high-powered
car. Her work in the recent releases of the Perriot Film
Company indicates that she will soon come into her proper
place in picturedom.
Miss Augusta Anderson.
Forthcoming Lasky Features
THE activities of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com-
pany, Inc., throughout the coming winter season is
shown in a pre-scason announcement made by Samuel
Goldfish, head of the Lasky Company. .Ml Lasky features
will be released through the Paramount Pictures Corporation,
the first of which will be "The Virginian," in which Dustin
Farnam is' playing the
■■■■■Ka title role. This produc-
^^HpRIP ■- '"_ tion will be released
^^V^ y ^ Sept. 7th. Following
iPJp ■ X "The Virginian" will
come the second pro-
duction in which Ed-
ward Abeles partici-
pates, George Randolph
Chester's familiar fic-
tion work, "The Mak-
ing of Bobby Burnit,"
which as a play, enjoyed
wide popularity, and in
its book form reached
the sale of several mil-
lion.
"What's His Name,"
based on George Barr
McCutcheon's book, in
which Max Figman and
Lolita Robertson, re-
cently seen in "The
Man on the Box" are
Samuel Goldfish. playing, will follow
..-ri ir T- TT "Bobby Burnit," while
fhe Man From Home," the big Liebler success, will be
issued by the Lasky Company in October. Charles Richman,
recently remembered as the star of "Help Wanted" will
play the role of Mr. Pike in "The Man From Home." Robert
Ldeson, who made his first appearance on the screen in the
Lasky production of "The Call of the North," will be seen in
a five reel feature, "Where the Trail Divides," during the
early part of November, and following "Where the Trail
Divides' will come "The Ring Master," with Theodore
Roberts, based on McCutcheon's book, "The Rose in the
Ring.
Other plays from the Lasky studios will be David Belasco's
productions, including "The Warrens of Virginia " "The
Rose of the Rancho," "Darling of the Gods," "Sweet Kitty
Bellairs," "Girl of the Golden West," "Years of Discretion "
and "The Return of Peter Grimm."
Other stars already engaged and announced by Mr. Gold-
fish as future Lasky players are Charles Cherry, the former
Frohman star; Edna Goodrich, the international beauty, and
Bessie Barriscale, until recently leading woman in the Belasco
stock company.
SPECIAL FILM CO. SUED.
Panagiotes J. Demas, a Pittsburgh, Pa., exhibitor, has filed
suit in the New York Supreme Court for the recovery of
?3,000 from Julius Dreher, Robert Spiegel and Benjamin
Cohen, conducting the Special Film Co., Ltd., at 5 West
14th street.
The complaint alleges that on November 3 last Demas
became interested in the Special Film Co. and he claims that
he was urged by the defendants to purchase capital stock in
the company, they, he claims, representing to him that they
were earning a large amount of money, that they had sixty
feature films worth from $200 to $300 apiece and 200 single
reel subjects and 75 machines and factory equipment at their
plant in 14th street. It is also claimed that fifty exhibitors
took films from them and paid $40 a week for the service.
Demas claims that the shares he purchased are worthless
and that the representations made to him prior to the pur-
chase of the stock were false. The Special Film Co. has
twenty days in which to file an answer to the allegations in
Demas' complaint.
LUBIN TO PRODUCE "THE SPORTING DUCHESS."
Rose Coghlan has signed a contract with the Lubin ^lanu-
facturing Company to play the leading role in "The Sporting
Duchess," which the firm will produce as a moving picture.
The_ direction of the melodrama has been assigned to Barry
O'Neil, who will select a great cast from the pick of the
Studio companies. Some years ago "The Sporting Duchess"
was brought direct from the Drury Lane Theater, London,,
and had a phenomenal run in New York and other large cities,
Miss Coghlan being the star. The production will be made
vv-ithout regard to expense and promises to surpass the orig-
inal stage version.
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"Detective Swift"
Three-Reel Eclectic Production Introduces Manager Mc-
Graw of New York Giants as Sleuth.
Reviewed by Robert C. McElravy.
THAT the calm, enig-matic countenance of a great base-
ball manager is a proper one for portraying a detec-
tive role is well proven by John J. McGraw in this
three-reel Eclectic offering. In this entertaining around-the-
world chase after a famous crook, the Giants' inscrutable
manager moves easily and convincingly in the part of De-
tective Swift. It is an offering that will please baseball fans
everj-where. and for that matter picturegoers in general.
Frank McGlynn, who wrote the scenario, appears as the
crook. Jacques Renault, alias Count Otronski. The observer
Scene from "Detective Swift" (Eclectic).
is at once plunged into the plot. Otronski meets a w^ealthy
Mrs. Henderson at a reception, spots her pearl necklace, and
at 3 o'clock the ne.xt morning enters the house and steals
same, .\lice. the maid, is suspected and she and Mrs. Hen-
derson testify excitedly at police headquarters.
After the preliminary investigation Detective Swift is
called. He takes up the case in a cool, confident manner,
obtains finger prints and a laundry mark by which he traces
the alleged count to his former boarding house. But the
bird has flown and a chase around the world begins.
Scene from "Detective Swift" (Eclectic).
Most of the scenes of particular interest were taken on
the recent trip of the New York Giants to the Far East.
.\11 are well photographed. The story, as usually occurs in
productions of this kind, strings out and becomes secondary
to the scenic effects. Views of Cairo, Heliopolis and other
Egyptian cities are shown, also the Lybian desert, the pyra-
mids, and Mosque of Mohammed. One of the best scenes
is where Otronski negotiates with the Bedouins to detain
Detective Swift, so he can rejoin the widow on the boat
with whom he is infatuated. The Bedouins capture the
sleuth, but release him after seeing he wears a ring present-
ed him in New York by Sheik Hassan._
Detective Swift succeeds in reaching the steamer and
makes Otronski his prisoner. Later the widow, Mrs. Gerard,
sends him a large check for keeping her name out of the
aflfair. The detective turns this over to the maid, which
gives a pretty close to the story.
The women in the cast are Estelle Coflfyn, Mae Tunnison,
Mrs. Hans Lobert and Lucy Leach.
There are no big dramatic moments in this production.
Such few opportunities as there are for suspense were
skimmed over rather hurriedly owing perhaps in some meas-
ure to the frequent changes of scene. But the personality
of the chief performers, the fine desert settings and genuine
Arabian steeds racing over the sands all serve to hold the
attention closely. The acting is natural and pleasing
throughout.
I
J.
A
O. HOOLEY, THEATER FRANCAIS, MONTREAL.
MONTRE.\L BOY who has made good is J. O. Hooley,
now managing the Theater Francais, Montreal, one
of the several Mark Brock houses in that city. Earlj'
Mr. Hooley's life his family moved from the Canadian
metropolis to Pull-
man, 111. It was in
that town that Jack
Hooley at an early
age started his career
by making doughnuts
in a bakery. One day
Mr. Hooley sat down
and did some hard
thinking; he eventual-
ly came to the con-
clusion that there is
dough and "dough."
Of the former he had
seen a good deal, but
of the other there was
an appalling scarcit}-.
He therefore entered
the show business, and
at the age of sixteen
young Hooley was
property man in the
Arcade Theater, Pull-
man. The sawdust
ring appealed to Mr.
Hooley, and he left
the Arcade to tour Il-
linois with Small's
cirus. Leaving the
circus he started in
the theatrical business
again, and, step by
step, he worked him-
self up till his em-
ployers observed his worth and placed in his charge the
\alentine Theater, Toledo, Ohio. He conducted the affairs
of that house very capably, and was the first manager to
introduce girl ushers in that city. Mr. Hooley then man-
aged houses in Dayton, Detroit, Kansas City. Cincinnati,
and Indianapolis.
The Francais has been under Mr. Hooley's management
for the last six years. Vhen he took over the management
of that theater he changed its policy from melodrama to
high-class vaudeville and photoplays. Thanks to Mr.
Hooley the Francais now holds an enviable position among
Montreal theaters. Some ten months ago Mr. Hooley left
the Francais to accept the position of general manager of
Warner's Features for Canada. However, he is back with his
old love again, making the Francais more and more popular
because of its manager's geniality and good programs.
J. O. Hooley.
SAWYER IN CANADA.
Sawyer, Inc., this week opened Zone Five in Montreal.
The office, which is handled by the B. C. Feature Co., is
located in the New Birks Building, in Montreal and will
handle the bookings for Eastern Canada. Mr. Buckland and
Mr. Cobb, the owners of the B. C. Feature Co., are hustlers
and have already established a fine following amongst the
Canadian exhibitors. Mr. Buckland has been in New York
the past week settling all arrangements for the establish-
ment of Sawyer Zone Five. The B. C. Feature has also
made a tentative arrangement to handle Zone 25 at Winni-
peg, thus givin" the entire Canadian territory for the Saw-
yer output.
WAR FILMS ARRIVE VIA CANADA.
The war scenes which are being released by the European
Current Event Film Company, room 903 Candler Building,
have just been brought over by their European representative,
who reached New York via Canada.
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1381
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I
"The Littlest Rebel"
Six
The Initial Production of the Photoplay Company,
Parts, Is a Good Picture.
' Reviewed by George Blaisdell.
IX 'The Littlest Rebel" the Photoplay Productions Com-
pany begins business with a good picture. On Wednes-
day evening at Keith's Crescent Theater. Brooklyn,
where the subject was shown during the week of .\ugust 24,
a good-sized Iiouse followed the full six reels with a silence
indicative of interested attention. It is a nian-to-man pic-
ture, the adult feminine lead passing out in the first half,
and of course 1)y reason of that fact it is none tlic easier
to sustain popular interest. If during the first two-thirds the
picture is interesting without measurably stirring the emo-
tions there is a marked acceleration of dramatic force in the
final tliird.
I
I Scene from "The Littlest Rebel" (Photoplay).
There are four characters that stand out. E. K. Lincoln
in the leading role of Herbert Carey, a Southern planter
who on the outbreak of the Civil War becomes Captain
Carey, holds the sympathy by consistently good work. Wil-
liam J. Sorrelle as Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison, the North-
erner who gets into trouble when he issues a pass to Captain
Carey to go through the Union lines, has a fine part and
strongly plays it. Little Mimi Yvonne, the Littlest Rebel,
is not of course the whole show, but she monopolizes a lot
of it — that is. together with the doll the raiment of which
declines in appearance just as does that of its little owner's.
Martin Reagan gives a good performance as Uncle Billy,
the slave of Carey and the protector of Mrs. Carey when
the head of the house is in the field.
The picture is clearly photographed and well finished;
the effective tinting gives variet}' to the eyt. There are
scenes of soldiers in conflict; the goodly number of men
employed are judiciously placed over a wide range of coun-
try and provide a series of pictures that have an especial
timely interest — and, what is better, they are convincing.
■ "The Littlest Rebel" is a human story and a praiseworthy
one. It is a story that will be popular in the South — where
it was made, by the way — even more than in the North. In
the final scenes, where appeal is made to General Grant to
save the lives of the Union colonel and the Confederate Cap-
tain, there is a delicate blending of pathos and comedy and
stern drama. When the strain is tense the Littlest Rebel
turns up her nose at Grant. There's a chuckle comes through
the gulp. The cast:
Lieut. Harris, the lawyer Frederick Fleck
Lieut. -Col, Morrison Wm. J. Sorrelle
Joe Dudley, the overseer Paul Pllklngton
Jim Dudley, his brother Bert S. Frank
Uncle Billy, a falthTul slave Martin Reagan
Herbert Carey, a southern planter E. K. Lincoln
Mrs. Carey, his wife Estelle Coffin
Sally Ann, a slave Elaine Ivans
Vlrgie, Carey's daughter Mlml Yvonne
AINSWORTH WITH MAJESTIC THEATER,
C. R. .\insworth, who was formerly connected with the
Pittsburgh, Pa., branch of the George Kleine Attractions, has
associated himself in a managerial capacity with the Majestic
Theater, Streator, 111., of which house C. A. Day is the pro-
prietor. Mr. Ainsworth has had years of experience in the
show business, a qualification which makes him a valuable
acquisition to the Majestic Theater.
BEAUTY PRODUCTS IN DEMAND.
The "Beauty" productions being released by the .\mer-
ican Film Mfg. Co. are meeting with general approval among
the e.xhibitors throu,ghout the country. The one and three
sheet lithos issued allow more extensive advertising and
insure the exhibitor a full house. Harry Pollard plays the
lead with Margarita Fischer playing opposite, and the two
make an exceptional pair. There are being prepared at
the present time a number of subjects on the order of
"Withering Roses," "The Other Train," etc., which have
proven unusual successes.
NEW PICTURE OF FAMOUS PICTURE MAKERS.
The accompanying illustration is the very latest picture of
the Miller Bros.' 101-Ranch company, taken under interesting
circumstances. W^hen this company isn't producing some of
the greatest wild west pictures on earth to be released
through Warner's Features, Inc., it is generally giving one
of the best wild west shows on earth. The company hap-
pened to be in Dayton, Ohio, recentl)% at the same time A. M.
Muller, manager of Warner's Features Cincinnati E.xchange,
was in that city. Mr. Muller's eagle eye saw an advertising
opportunity. He conspired with Joe Miller. They had a
big banner made, reading: "Miller Bros.' 101 Ranch —
Cowboys and Indians — appearing in — W^arner's Features,"
then the entire outfit paraded through the city and
back to the show grounds, where Mr. Muller had a photog-
rapher on hand. Joe Miller, the star of the troupe, is at tlie
left of the banner holding a pony on which is seated one of
the little "big chiefs" frequently appearing in W^arner's
Features. Mr. Muller is the man wearing a straw hat beside
Mr. Miller. /
Scene at Miller Brothers' 101-Ranch Show,
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Grand Opera Weds "The Movies""
Opening of Oscar Hammerstein's Lexington, New York City,
An Event of Exceptional and Significant Interest.
THE "extreme ultimate" is at hand. Grand opera and
"the movies" have been wedded. The formal cere-
mony was performed at the palatial home of the
father of the bride, Hammerstein's Lexington, New York
City, at eight on the evening of Friday, August 21, in the
presence of more than 3,000 invited guests. The house was
beautifully decorated with potted plants and cut flowers.
Music for the occasion was provided by a symphony orches-
tra of fifty pieces under the direction of Max Hirschfeld and
a grand pipe organ played by A. Bimboni. The bride, "Grand
Opera," was given away by Oscar Hammerstein, doughty
little impresario of international repute, in a neat little speech
which maj' be fairlj' said to have been more impressive than
have been any other combination of weighty words which
have gone forth from behind the footlights in New York
City in many a day. The newly wedded couple will pub-
licly "honeymoon" at the Lexington for an indefinite period
— depending entirely upon how long those who care to pay
admission to witness the performance show the proper
interest.
All of which is one manner of telling that on Tuesday
evening, August 21, there came to pass in New York City
something which as recently as three years ago would have
been spoken of as impossible^namely, the presentation of
the "despised" motion pictures and the "high brow" grand
opera on the identical bill of entertainment.
Amusement people pretty generally know that Oscar Ham-
merstein, who is given to trying more things thought im-
possible than any other promoter in the entertainment field.
began the construction of a new home for grand opera on
Lexington Avenue between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets
more than a year ago. His plan was to popularize the works
of the old masters bj' presenting them at prices within the
reach of all. In the face of the opposition of the directors
of the Metropolitan Opera House, who claimed that he was
violating an agreement made with them at the time they
purchased Mr. Hammerstein's interests in the Manhattan
in New York, the work was pushed to completion. The
building was made a perfect gem for the purpose intended,
it was given a splendid equipment of scenery necessary to
the production of grand opera, and distinguished artists were
engaged for the productions after a careful survey of the field
not onlj' in this country but in Europe.
With everything in readiness for an opening with grand
opera, the Metropolitan people were successful in preventing
Mr. Hammerstein from beginning operations as he had
planned.
He was left with a grand opera house on his hands, grand
opera stars under contract, a tremendously expensive scenic
equipment and. as the saying goes, with "no place to go."
In days not long agone, his natural turn would have been
to a form of amusement closely related to the theatrical —
a big spectacle, wild melodrama, musical comedy, or some-
thing of this nature. It is notable and significant, there-
fore, that in August of 1914 Mr. Hammerstein, who does
nothing without careful thought and mature consideration,
decided upon a union of his pet obsession, grand opera, and
"the movies."
Only time can determine the wisdom of his choice. Cer-
tainly it would seem that the prospects of success were not
the brightest because of the tremendous expense involved
and the extreme liberality of the policy adopted. But just
as certainly does it appear that if the Lexington's policy
fails, another commendable move to give the public some-
thing well worth while will have died from a death blow
delivered by that "unappreciative public" which is so often
heard of in the amusement business.
The Lexington seats 3,100 people on its main floor, three
balconies, and in its two sets of boxes, five high, one on
either side of the immense stage. Built as a home for grand
opera which attracts people of culture, refinement and ex-
ceptional taste, its interior has been beautifully decorated.
Every modern device in theater construction to make the
house comfortable and safe has been employed.
The following program offered on the opening night is
self explanatory of the policy which Mr. Hammerstein has i
elected to follow:
Overture — Lexington Concert Orchestra under the direc-
tion of Max Hirschfeld.
Keystone Comedy, "Plain Country Folks."
Grand Organ Recital (Selections from Grand Opera and
the Instrumental Classics), by A. Bimboni.
Scientia Film (Eclair Co.), "The Chrysanthemum," in
natural colors, and "Niagara Falls."
Scene of Act IV of "Aida," introducing the following solo-
ists: Mme. C. Sirish, soprano; G. Tricario. tenor; D. Soli-
mon, baritone; S. P. Vernon, basso.
Eclectic Film Co. Feature, "The Last Volunteer," in five
parts (exhibited for the first time in America).
Scene from Act III of "Faust," introducing the following
soloists: Mme. C. Sirish. soprano; D. Solimon, baritone; G.
Simondet, tenor; S. P. Vernon, basso.
\'itagraph Comedy, "The Honeymooners."
The pictures, which people in the trade will recognize as
a first choice of all available material, were faultlessly pro-
jected.
The scenes from the operas, which were the unusual fea-
ture of the bill, were presented in precisely the same man-
ner in which they would have been had they been a part of
a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House at admis-
sion prices mounting to the skies. The soloists were in cos-
tume and appeared in full stage settings of the most
elaborate nature.
The musical accompaniment for both the pictures and the
grand opera tabloids was of a kind which, it is safe to state,
has never before been provided in any theater in which mov-
ing pictures are shown. The orchestra which Mr. Hammer-
stein's wide knowledge of classical music has enabled him
to assemble is a particularly fine one and the organ which
has been installed in the house at a cost of $50,000 is said
to be one of the finest instruments ever constructed.
The Lexington plans to oflPer a complete change of pro-
gram each week, the bills being patterned after the one
used to open the house and consisting of one feature photo-
play e.xtraordinary, an educational subject, two of the best
available photoplay comedies, and two scenes from grand
opera. There are to be two performances each week day
and three each Sunday with admission prices fi.xed at ten,
fifteen and twent^'-five cents for the main body of the house
and fifty cents for the boxes. As noted on the program,
the house staff is as follows: Lyle D. Andrews, general
manager and treasurer; Fred L. Brennage, "pictorial man-
ager;" Max Hirschfeld, conductor of orchestra; A. Bimboni,
organist, and Henry Steinman, chief electrician.
The opening invitation performance was attended by prac-
tically every person of consequence in the amusement world
in New York Cit}'. Impresarios whose chief interest has
been in grand opera were there to see just how an audience
assembled with "the movies" as a bait would take to a
performance given by grand opera stars. Managers and
producers in the so-called legitimate branch of the profes-
sion were on hand to express amazement as to how Mr.
Hammerstein hoped to "get b}'." Big photoplay producers
had come to rejoice at this new proof that "the movies" were
being more seriously considered than ever.
The scene from "Aida" was received with tumultuous ap-
plause. The artists responded to curtain calls galore — and
they showed onl)' too plainly that they were fully as much
pleased with the plaudits of that Lexington audience as they
would have been had their efforts inspired a more dignified
and polite fluttering of white gloves on the finely groomed
hands of an equal number of people assembled at the Met-
ropolitan. The applause was only stilled by one of the
artists dragging Oscar Hammerstein from the wings to
make his impressive little speech.
The inspiration was there for something worth while.
The audience was enthused and certainly the man whose
efforts had made their enthusiasm possible must have been.
Mr. Hammerstein said that he regretted very much that he
had not found it possible to carry out his original plan of
presenting grand opera on the great East Side of New
York at prices within the reach of all, but felt that the
reception which was being accorded the program at the
Lexington indicated, to a degree at least, that the public
was appreciative of what he was trying to do. Philosophis-
ing, he said that none of us could hope to succeed in life
unless he paid some attention to providing happiness for
others. "My business at present," continued the man who
endeared himself to New Yorkers with his Manhattan Opera
House enterprise and later squandered thousands of dollars
in an uplift movement for Londoners who could see only
Covent Gardens grand opera, "is to provide happiness for
others; if the Lexington and its program provides happiness
for the people of the Great East Side I, in turn, will be
happ)' — and I will thank you for it."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Alco Another Big Combine
One Million and a Half in Capital to Provide Exhibitors
with "Everything They Need" — Five Producing
Companies Interested.
DlC\'ELOPME.\rS vi tlic past few weeks which have
l)cen made quietly and were brought to a culmination
Tuesday, August 25, have added to the lists in the mo-
tion picture industry another combination which promises to
become an important factor in the development of the busi-
ness during the season which is about to begin.
With Al Lichtman's Alco Film Co., Inc., as the nucleus,
there has been formed the Alco Film Corporation, a com-
bination of a number of important and established feature film
producing companies and the Atsco Company, widely known
as one of the biggest picture equipment supply houses in the
country. The capitalization of the new concern is announced
as $1,500,000.
In a general way, it may be said the plan of the new
Alco corporation is to provide motion picture exhibitors
throughout the country with everything they need in the con-
duct of their business, that is, not only features of merit to
attract patronage but also everything necessary in the way
of mechanical and electrical equipment. The features will
come from the combined producing companies and the elec-
trical and mechanical equipment from the Atsco Company.
"AH the e.xhibitor who starts with us will need," one of the
interested parties puts it, "will be the bare four walls of his
theater."
Walter Hoff Seeley, principal owner of the Atsco Com-
panj', is president of the new corporation; Al Lichtman, who
has most recently been president and general manager of the
Alco Film Co., Inc., is vice-president and general manager:
William Sievers, secretarj' and treasurer of the New Grand
Central Theatre Co. in St. Louis, is treasurer of the big
combination, and William H. Wright, previously known in
the amusement world as treasurer of the E.xcelsior Feature
Film Co., is secretarj- of the .\lco corporation. Bj- virtue of
their official connection with the company, the foregoing are
also members of the Board of Directors, in addition to Ed-
mond Koelm, Collector of the City of St. Louis, and James J.
Reilly, owner of two prosperous theaters in Alton, 111.; L.
Lawrence Weber, the well-known New York theatrical pro-
ducer; Samuel Newhouse, copper magnate, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Robert Kane, general manager of the Atsco
Company, New York City.
It is claimed for the Alco organization that it has been
effected along lines distinctly novel in the film industry and
there are evidences that the soundness of the plan of or-
ganization has been instrumental in lining up the important
individual companies w-hich are now announced as having
joined the big combination. The 'problem of efifective dis-
tribution is always the most important one which presents
itself for solution and the Alco plan has been worked out as
follows: Distributing centers in twenty ideally located cities
in the country have been promoted. In each of these agencies
■or e.xchanges there will be interested a number of prominent
exhibitors who will use the service provided by the parent
companj' and whose influence in their respective communities
is e.xpected to go a great ways in convincing other exhibitors
that the Alco service is of superior merit. The feature serv-
ice will be cleared through these offices and, in addition, each
office will be a branch sales room for the distribution of Alco
equipment.
In dealing with the various feature producing companies the
Alco corporation has contracted to take the entire output of
each company for a period of five years. It is said that it
has been agreed that none of the companies will make any
releases through any other channels and that, as an important
provision of the contract, no picture made by any of the com-
panies which fails to come up to the required standard of
merit will go any farther than the production stage. The Alco
executives, it is said, are to pass upon all production plans
before they are put into operation, that is, are to approve all
scenarios, casts, etc.
Beginning October 5, the .Alco concern will release one
feature each week but it is announced that just as fast as
additional contracts can be arranged with producing com-
panies capable of producing the superior kind of pictures
which will be insisted upon the output will be increased.
The producing companies that have become a part of the
new combination are as follows: -All Star Feature Corpora-
tion, California Motion Picture Corporation, Popular Plays
and Players, Inc., Favorite Players' Film Co., and Excelsior
Feature Film Co. The combination's initial announcement
schedules the following releases: October 5, All Star Feature
Corporation, Ethel Barrymore in "The Nightingale," by
Augustus Thomas; October 12, California Motion Picture
Corporation, Beatriz Michelena and House Peters in "Salomy
Jane," by Paul .Armstrong; October 19, Popular Plays and
Players, Inc., Andrew Mack in "The Ragged Earl"; October
26, Favorite Players Film Co.. Carlyle Blackwell in "The
Key to Yesterday," by Charles Neville Buck; November 2,
Excelsior Feature Film Co., Octavia Handworth in "Path
Forbidden," by John B. Clymer; November 9, All Star Fea-
ture Corporation, Digby Bell in "The Education of Mr.
Pipp," by .Augustus Thomas; Noveml)er 16, California Mo-
tion Picture Corporation, Beatriz Michelena and House
Peters in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," by Alice
Hegan Rice and .\nne Crawford Flexner; November 23,
Popular Plays and Players, Inc., Jacob P. Adier in "Michael
Strogoflf." by lules Verne; November 30, Favorite Players
Film Co., Carlyle Blackwell in "The Man Who Could Not
Lose."
.'Vl Lichtman, named as vice-president and general manager
of the new corporation, seems to have been the principal pro-
moter of the new corporation. The name "Alco," formed
through the use of a part of his name for the purposes of his
original .Alco Film Co., Inc., has been retained in the or-
ganization of the new concern and when the corporation's
new headquarters are established at No. 218 West Forty-
second street in the near future, the building there will be
renamed the Alco Building. Mr. Lichtman's earliest ex-
perience in the film game was with the Exhibitors' Adver-
tising Co., of Chicago. I^ater he was associated with the
Powers Motion Picture Co.. still later as manager of the
Monopol Film Co., which released some of the first features
shown in the United States, and for a considerable period
up until a few months ago with the Famous Players Film Co.
in the capacity of sales manager.
Mr. Seeley is well known in the trade by reason of his asso-
ciation with the Atsco company. Treasurer Siever's theaters
in St. Louis are among the best in the Mound City and one
of them is spoken of as the finest photoplay house west of
Chicago. William H. Wright, of the Excelsior Feature Film
Co., secretary of the .Alco corporation, is known in the com-
mercial world as general manager of the W^. S. Lloyd com-
pany, big importers and manufacturers of wall paper.
Harry Raver, President of the .All Star Feature Corpora-
tion, has issued the follovv'ing statement covering his com-
pany's affiliation with the .Alco corporation:
"The All Star Feature Corporation has gone about the
task of selecting its distributing agency for the coming year
with great respect for those progressive exhibitors who have
made heavy investments in large and important picture thea-
ters throughout the American continent, and also for those
representatives of programs, combinations and organizations
who favored us by their offers for our product. But, we have
always believed that the time would come when the manager
of a theater representing an investment of from fifty to two
hundred thousand dollars would realize that his investment
would not be safe if he were not to keep his house open the
year around, and to do this successfully he should be inter-
ested either directly or indirectly with the producer of the
attraction itself.
"We are convinced that the plan of the .Alco Film Company
has to do with the situation just what we should like to see
brought about, and we believe the large theater owners inter-
ested in the Alco possess the ability and experience to carry
their splendid plan to a successful climax, at any rate the All
Star Feature Corporation has definitely decided to distribute
its productions through the Alco Film Company during the
next five years, within Continental America and Canada."
RICHARD V. SPENCER IN EAST ON VACATION.
Richard V. Spencer, photoplay editor of the New York Mo-
tion Picture Company, arrived in town Tuesday, -August 25,
for a rest, claiming to be in ill health, although his appear-
ance does not indicate that such is the real situation. He is
accompanied by his father and mother. "Dick" has been free
of the trammels of the editorial department since July 7, at
which time on advice of his physician he left Los .Angeles.
He will not return to his desk until October 7. Mr. Spencer
is wearing the same cap, or at least a first cousin to the same
cap, that he brought here two years ago, at which time he
attended at Coney Island the first photoplay dinner. He
claims to have a regular hat in his luggage.
Epes Sargent says Mr. Spencer speaks carelessly of having
written a thousand scripts in the last few years — Mr. Spencer
says three a week is high enough, if we desire to be more
exact. The script editor paid a mo§t pleasant visit to the
Moving Picture W'orld office, in tow of E. W. S. The latter
tried to induce Mr. Spencer to accompany him to Bellevue
Hospital Clinic, but the westerner could not see it — as he
said emphatically, "not in that company." Mr. Spencer in-
tends to remain in New York until September 15.
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Famous Players Anniversary
One Year Since the Inauguration of the Program That Cre-
ated Feature History.
SEPTEMBER 1st marks tlie anniversary of the Famous
Players Feature Program, the inauguration of the first
regular program of feature films and the organization
of the first systematic feature service, of which the present
Paramount Pictures Corporation is the sequel.
The now celebrated
"30 Famous Features,"
launched a year ago,
created an entirely
new branch of the \y\o-
tion picture art, and
opened a novel field
of endeavor for manu-
facturer, exchange and
exhibitor that has been
effective in elevating
the motion picture and
securing for it a great-
er degree of popularity
than it could otherwise
have attained.
This development of
an original enterprise
bears tribute to the
vision and determina-
tion of one man —
Adolph Zukor. The
pioneer in the presen-
tation of famous plays
and celebrated stars in
motion pictures, with
a fervent confidence in
the artistic and com-
mercial possibilities of
his plan, Adolph
Zukor, has realized a
success such as comes
once in a generation.
The presentation of
Sarah Bernhardt in
"Queen Elizabeth," and James K. Hackett in his famous
characterization, "The Prisoner of Zenda," is now tradition;
and the extended policy of thirty releases a year that resulted
from the demand created by these two subjects, and cul-
minated in the plans of the Paramount organization, is the
materialization of one man's determined purpose.
Mr. Zukor has always attributed the success of the Famous
Players, not to his own initiative and energies, but to the
organization; to the combined efforts of all, to the harmony
that has characterized the entire progress of the company.
With a liberality of mind thoroughly typical of the man, he
contends that if it were not for the mechanical and artistic
genius of Edwin S. Porter, the earnest efforts of Daniel Froh-
man, the dramatic mastery of Hugh Ford, and the various
talents of all the other members of the organization, the
Famous Players would never have attained the brilliant
success it has achieved.
Mr. Zukor, moreover, extends the credit for the concern's
record to the loyal and able efforts of Albert A. Kaufman,
the energetic and popular studio manager; the scenario and
advertising departments, in charge of B. P. Schulberg; Frank
Meyer, laboratory superintendent; Richard Murphy, the
noted scenic painter, whose masterly work has enriched
many of the celebrated Famous Players' sets; William Reilly,
whose knack of getting the right props in every set is a thing
of wonder, and the many camera men, who, under the super-
vision of Mr. Porter, have created the high standard of
photography for which the concern is noted.
During the past year the Famous Players have formed
alliances with David Belasco, Henry W. Savage, Charles
Frohman and Sir Henry Arthur Jones, all prominent in
the theatrical world and whose creations and valuable the-
atrical properties have been placed at the disposal of the
company. Through the advertisements in the trade papers
the announcement of the increase from thirty to thirty-six
releases a year is made and these productions will be directed
by Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford, Allan Dwan, James Kirk-
wood and William T. Heffron.
owner of a department store and in "Break, Break, Break,"
from the Tennyson poem, he appeared as an old man who
saw incidents in his life unrolled. It is not often Garwood
is seen in characters, yet he is a character actor of attain-
ment.
Adolph Zukor.
LETTER TO MR. TRIGGER.
The following letter was addressed to Samuel H. Trigger,
president of the New York Exhibitors' Association of the
State and City of New York, by Secretary M. L. Fleischman
of the New York State Branch of the Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' League of America. Up to the present writing Mr.
Trigger has failed to reply to this communication and Secre-
tary Fleischman authorizes its publication:
Samuel H. Trigger, President Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of
New Yoric State.
Dear Sir: At the convention of the International Motion Picture Asso-
ciation held in New York last June, it was upon your motion, which
wa.s unanimously carried, that a committee was elected to attend the
convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America at
Dayton, Ohio, in July, for the purpose of using every honorable means
to get all the exhibitors of the country united into one national organi-
zation.
Ever since the unfortunate split at the league convention in 1913.
you had been consistently preaching "harmony" and "get together,"
writing numerous letters to exhibitors and trade papers throughout the
country urging the consolidation of all exhibitors and organizations into
one, so you were very properly chosen chairman of the committee to go
to Dayton.
In response to your request, the Exhibitors' League at their con-
vention appointed a committee to meet and act jointly with yours to
devise a method by which we could all really get together.
Your committee made three demands as a condition to rejoining the
league, viz. : first, that someone else than M. A. Neff be elected presi-
dent ; secondly, that the advocacy of state censorship be dropped and
the national board of censorship be indorsed ; and thirdly, that your
association be given four members on the executive board to be named
by your committee.
All your demands were finally granted and the following resolution
adopted by the Exhibitors' League in convention assembled and accepted
by your committee :
"That the suspension of any and all expelled members whether they
be of the I. M. P. A. or otherwise, be lifted and that they be reinstated
to the M. P. E. L. of America upon application to their respective state
locals for initiation, the dues of such reinstated members to begin on
their reinstatement, and that from the members of the I. M. P. A. so
reinstated the incoming president is hereby instructed to appoint two
(afterward increased to four) as members of the national board of the
M. P. E. L. of America." (See page 547, Moving Picture 'World, July
■25. 1914.)
I also desire to call your attention to the letter of Samuel Bullock,
secretary of your committee, appearing on page 550, Moving Picture
■World, July 25, 1914, in which he says among other things addressed
to the members of the I. M. P. A. : "Let every friend of the cause
put his shoulder to the wheel. There is no longer any excuse or reason
for remaining out of the parent body, or unattached. Let us again
unite, co-operate and fight against the common enemy."
Now, Mr. Trigger, it is strictly up to you. 'Were you sincere or not?
If yes, then there can be no other honorable course for you to pursue
than to abide by the Dayton resolution made by your committee and
accepted in good faith by the Exhibitors' League. Quit beating about
the bush and apply for membership in the New York local and State
branch of the Exhibitors' League and help to make the New York
State branch the largest and most influential in the national organi-
zation.
The New York State branch and the New York local offers a hearty
and sincere welcome to all exhibitors 'who were members of the I. M.
P. A. or unattached.
It is our intention to call a meeting of New York local No. 1 next week
and we bope to have you and all the members of your association pres-
ent and ready to join us.
A convention of the New York State branch will be held in New 'iork
City during the early part of October, at which time all officers will
be elected tor the ensuing year. Respectfully.
M. L. FLEISCHMAN,
Secretary State Branch No. 11, M. P. E. L. of America.
Secretary Fleischman announces that a meeting of the
New York Local No. 1 will be held at the Hotel McAlpm,
New York, on Wednesday, September 9. All exhibitors
desirous of affiliating with the League are requested to
attend. The meeting -will convene at 10.30 o'clock in the,
morning. 4
GARWOOD PLAYING CHARACTERS.
William Garwood has two fine parts in which to give
examples of his artistry and it is doubtful whether there
is any actor on the screen today, who can express more
by subdued action and the use of the eyes than Billy Gar-
wood. In the "Cocoon and the Butterfly," he was the
INSURANCE COMPANIES STOP "FLYING A" RACE.
The promised auto racing contest between George Field
and Tack Richardson, whereby it was to be decided which
is the better driver, has been altered. Both carry heavy
accident policies and the local representatives of the ac-
cident insurance companies got wind of the race and threat-
ened to cancel the policies if they persisted in racing, -'^fter
due consideration, it was finally decided to hold the race, and
the winner would be the one who could drive his machine the
slowest to a given point. It was deemed safer and less
expensive to kill the engines than the innocent spectators
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1.585
Palmer War Sketches for Centaur
HAKRV I'ALMICk. thf wi-ll-known curtcnuiisi and weir
correspoiKloiU, sailed lor ICuropc early last week in
the interests of David Horsley and the Centaur Film
Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. Mr. Palmer purposed
to make direirtly for Liege, and he should, by this time.
have reached his desti-
nation. It was his in-
tention to get on the
liriuK' line with one of
the regiments engaged
and then to make a
series of sketches of
t h e actual combat.
These sketches are to
be arranged in con-
secutive order and will
be photographed so as
to make split reel and
full reel subjects.
Mr. Palmer, with two
assistants, sailed under
assumed name s. .A
scheme has been dc-
vised w-hercby the
sketches can be passed
successfully by the war
censors and rushed to
this country. The lirst
subject, if all plans
carry, should reach the
Centaur studios the lat-
ter part of September.
The "Siege of Liege"
will be the first of the
series. Sketches of the
scenes and m i g h t y
forts concerned in this
frightful conflict were
completed from photo-
graphs before Mr.
Palmer left .\merica. some of the actual battle grounds
with their ruined battlements, abandoned machinery of war,
heaps of dead, soldiers and horses, etc., exactly as they now
appear.
Immediately after the Liege pictures have been com-
pleted, Mr. Palmer will force his way to the scene of what-
ever big military engagement may then be in progress and
will — as long as he is fortunate enough to dodge pro-
miscuous bullets — continue this line of action.
Mr. Palmer is known to newspaper readers everyw-here
as the author and artist of the Babbling Bess comics.
"BOY" (Eclair).
A most appealing and touching photoplay is that called
"Boy," released by the Eclair Film Co., Inc., on Wednes-
day. September 9. This pretty drama of pathos and human
frailties brings forth a clever juvenile artist in Master Charles
Varsity Theater
Harry Palmer.
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Scene from "Boy" (Eclair).
Jackson, and Alec B. Francis contributes a wonderful piece
of character acting. The story of a boy's love for a human
derelict and the wonders which it works forms a most en-
grossing and interesting story of real life.
Excellent Picture House Opened by C. L. Mehrten in
Berkeley. Cal., Has Seating Accommodations for 700.
THE city of Berkeley, one of San Francisco's most beau-
tiful suburbs, possesses a number of moving picture
houses of high merit, prominent among which is the
Varsity theater, situated on San Pablo avenue, near Univer-
sity, in that part of the city known locally as West Berke-
ley. This was one of the first high grade houses of the kind
to be opened in the College City, and through enterprising
management has been kept well in the lead as a popular
playhouse.
The building is a handsome one of brick, with a cement
front, and was originally erected for the Turner & Dahnken
Circuit. It has a full basement with dressing rooms under
the stage, and is equipped with a modern heating system.
One of the features of the house is the perfect ventilation,
this being secured without the use of special apparatus. The
structure is but a short distance from the bay shore, where
there is always a breeze, and there has never been a time
but that a satisfactory movement of air in the house could
be secured by opening the ventilators.
Varsity Theater, Berkeley, Cal.
The \'arsity theater is conducted by C. L. Mehrten, a
pioneer in the moving picture business in California. That
the programs are always apreciated may be judged from the
fact that an addition is now being made to the rear of the
building, which, when completed, will increase the seating
capacity to over 700.
Fine projection and an excellent selection of pictures are
two of the features that have made this house popular with
amusement lovers. Mr. Mehrten is an expert operator and
attends personally to this important work. The music is in
charge of a splendid pianist and is one of the attractions of
the place. The prices are 10 cents for adults and 5 cents for
children, with occasionally a feature at 15 and 10 cents.
Mr. Mehrten enjoys the distinction of having been in the
moving picture business in the State before there was a
theater in either San Francisco or Los Angeles devoted ex-
clusively to pictures. Conditions have rapidly changed dur-
ing the past few years, but this exhibitor has kept pace with
them and is one of the best informed men in the business.
He has a wide acquaintance in the trade and his popularity is
such that he has been called upon to till the position of treas-
urer of the Motion Picture E.xhibitors' League of California,
in the work of which organization he takes a keen inter-
est.
F. O. NIELSEN VISITS NEW YORK.
F. O. Nielsen, of the Schiller Building, Chicago, vyas a
most welcome visitor at the office of the Moving Picture
World on Wednesday evening. Mr. Nielsen, who is book-
ing "The Spoilers" in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana
and Illinois, was in New York just for a couple of days.
He had a bit of business to take care of, and a lot of friends
to see. He reports "The Spoilers" going strong throughout
his territory. He's pretty strong for the picture himself—
having seen it run in its entirety sixteen times; and he still
enjoys it. If enthusiasm and firm belief in the value of his
goods count Mr. Nielsen is sure to clean up on his big
feature.
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Manufacturers' Advance Notes
"ALL LOVE EXCELLING" (Eclectic).
Here is the story of a most noble love on the part of a
woman, a love that causes her to make the greatest of sac-
rifices— that of her own happiness.
The action takes place both in the United States and Eu-
rope and some stirring scenes of the battle of Inkerman in
the Crimea are introduced.
A fine cast, including Eleanor Woodrufif, Crane Wilbur,
Jack Standing and Edward Jose, the well known Pathe play-
ers, give an able interpretation to the storj'.
Lord Edward Litchfield is deeply in love with Beth, a
beautiful American girl, but his father violently opposes his
marriage to her. Going to the girl the old gentleman begs
her to give up his son, saying that if she does not it will
spoil the young man's career. Influenced by his pleading,
she turns her back on her own happiness and tells Lord
Edward that she no longer loves him. Wounded to the
quick, the young man returns to his own country and
Scene from "All Love Excelling" (Eclectic).
later becomes engaged to a girl of whom liis parents ap-
prove. Hearing of his approaching marriage. Beth writes
him, asking for the return of her letters. Taking them to
her in person. Lord Edward's old love for her returns and
again he begs her to marry him. At the cost of much
suffering she adheres to her resolve and again refuses him.
Sometime later, meeting the Due de St. Claire, a French
nobleman, she inspires in him an ardent love which awakens
no response in her. and she refuses him also. In his anger
the Duke goes to the girl whom Lord Edward has married
and slanders the friendship between Lord Edward and Beth.
Overhearing the conversation, Beth reassures the girl, to
the confusion of the Duke.
Years later Lcrd Edward's son, now a young man, while
pursuing his studies in Paris, meets the niece of the Due de
St. Claire and falls in love with her. The Duke, remember-
ing his old hostility to Lord Edward, writes his niece, order-
ing her to have nothing to do with young Litchfield.
The Crimean War breaks out and in his desperation the
young man enlists and goes to the front, where the Duke is
already stationed with his regiment. Beth, finding that her
own sorrows are best forgotten by serving others, has joined
the army as a Sister of Mercy. Young Litchfield is wounded
and carried to /he hospital. The Duke's letter is found upon
him and thus Beth learns for the first time her patient's
identity. Again sacrificing herself for others, she goes to
the Duke and pleads for the young people's happiness. For
her sake he gives his consent to their marria.ge and again
begs Beth to listen to his own suit. But she holds fast to
the life she has decided to follow and tells him that marriage
is not for her and that she has no hope for happiness save
in helping to alleviate the sufferings of humanity. ■
"BY WHOSE HAND' (Lubin).
In this two-reel picture George Terwilliger has excelled
himself as a master of melodrama. The story, though mod-
ern and domestic, is worthy of the school of Bulwer ro-
mance. It depicts the hardships of a poverty-stricken aris-
tocratic family. The cruel practice of the unscrupulous
gambler and blackmailer and the wonderful faithfulness of
Scene from "By Whose Hand" (Lubin).
the old family retainer who kills the persecutor of the
family and gives up his own life in the cause. Mr. Terwilliger
has also staged the drama with an excellent cast, including
Arthur Matthews, Earl Metcalf, Herbert Fortier and Kemp-
ton Greene.
KLEINE RELEASES PHOTO DRAMA CO. FIRST
PRODUCTION.
"The Lion of Venice," George Kleine's spectacular six-
part story of Venice, is now ready for release through the
various Kleine offices. This is the first production of the
new Photo Drama Producing Company of Turin, Italy, in
which Mr. Kleine is interested. "The Lion of Venice" was
made at Venice, Italy, last winter under Mr. Kleine's per-
sonal direction, and among other splendid features, repro-
duces a naval battle between Venetian, Turkish and pirate
fleets of the early ISth century. The story centers about
a sea captain of Venice who returns home to find his sweet-
heart married in his absence to a powerful noble. To de-
stroy him, the noble forges a letter purporting to be sent
from the Grand Vizier of Turkey to the captain, giving him
money for the Venetian war plans. How the captain is
exiled from Venice with his sister; how his patriotism for
his native land is stirred by the sight of the destruction of
the Venetian galleys under his enemy's command, and how
with his crew of pirates he throws his strength to the
Venetian cause, makes a story of unusual strength. The
quaint costumes and the pleasing views of Venice lend a
pretty touch of color to the story.
HEARST-SELIG WAR NEWS PICTURES.
Exhibitors who show the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial are
already pricking up their ears in anticipation of the great
war pictures now on the way from Paris, Berlin, Belgium,
Austria, etc. Richard Farralley, European manager of the
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial Service, is on the ground and
has marshaled an army of picked camera men who are
marching with every one of the European armies and some
of whom are located on board battleships of the various
warring nations. Mr. Farrallej^ is one of the best-known
newspaper men in the world, a graduate from the "New
York World'' back in 1895, and one of the leading Hearst
journalistic generals. The cameramen have instructions to
"get" the news, and they are doing it.
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"AN ODYSSEY OF THE NORTH" (Bosworth).
"An Odyssey of the North," a six-reel feature production
by Bosworth, Inc., taken from Jack London's story, is to be
released September 3. This is one of a collection of stories
written by Mr. London called "The Son of the Wolf," and
it was the original intention of Mr. Bosworth to combine
the stories of the collection into one long drama, but "An
Odyssey of the North" proved so full of dramatic situations
and so well adapted for screen production that there proved
to be no ouestion of its meriting a separate presentation,
picturing as it does a rare combination of poetry, romance
and thrill.
"Naass"' and "Unga" — the last of the descendants of two
white men, shiowreckcd at an Eskimo village — on the day
of their weddincr are rudely separated. Unga is stolen by
Axel Gunderson, a sea captain.
Remembering only the appeal in the eyes of his sweet-
heart, Naass starts out in search of her, follows the pair as
Scene from "An Odyssey of the North" (Bosworth).
best he can from city to city until a clue leads to the sealing
grounds. Here he is captured by Russians in waters for-
bidden to sealers and sent to Siberia.
Undaunted, he escapes from the salt mines of Siberia,
traces his bride after innumerable hardships through Alaska
to San Francisco. There he learns that Axel and Unga left
the day before for the Klondike.
With a bait with which to trap Axel in the shape of a map
leading to a wonderful mine in the unknown mountains of
the interior of that country given him by a dying prospector,
he starts out again.
At Dawson the long search is ended. He overtakes the
pair, but they do not remember him and he easily persuades
them to go with him in search of the mine. Then he de-
stroys the caches for the return trip, kills the dogs, and
watches with the exultation of the just avenger for A.xle's
death from starvation and frost. Then when death is very
near himself and Unga he reveals his identity.
"An Odyssey of the North" is a story of extraordinary
poetic feeling and sympathy and is a masterpiece, both in
fiction and film form, such as is seldom offered to the pub-
lic. Mr. Bosworth's interpretation of "Naass" brings to the
screen an unusual figure, portrayed with all the gripping
strength and emotional appeal of which this actor has so
long been a master.
SIDNEY GOLDEN JOINS COSMOPOLITAN.
Sidney Golden, the well-known motion-picture director
who has just completed "The Great Mistake." featuring
Mme. K. Lipzen, is now director of the newly formed Cos-
mopolitan Feature Film Co., of which B. C. Emanuel is
manager.
This company has opened large and spacious quarters in
the Broadwav Theater Building, with studios in New York
City.
Morris Morrison, the German character actor, will be
featured by Mr. Golden together with a cast made up of
well-known motion picture plaj'ers. The first production,
which is now nearing completion, will be in five parts and
from all accounts it should prove one of the season's best
feature film offerings. One release a month is the intention
of the company.
"HELPING MOTHER" (Rex).
"I want some romance in my love affair." That was what
Beatrice Mcrril told her father when he suggested his sec-
retary as a likely husband. ,\nd that is wliat slie repeated
to herself as justifying her elopement with her chauffeur,
the husband of her maid. But her maid who had been vir-
tually robbed of her husband — could she sec any particular
romance in the proceeding? To Beatrice Mcrril there were
no limits to the demands romance might make; love must
run its course no matter what the cost. Her maid, on the
other hand, held that true romance did not make dishon-
orable demands — that it should concede to loyalty and vir-
tue. Whose convictions do you think were the more
sound?
Beatrice Merril was not essentially bad; her independence,
her vivaciousness was admirable, even enchantmg. And
perhaps the attitude she maintained towards love and ro-
mance was not different to that held my many .Vmerican
Scene from "Helping Mother" (Rex).
girls today. There is no denying that most girls long for
romance and that they believe it their right to have it. Yet
this desire or longing, once unbridled, has led more girls
into error and sorrow than any other one thing. In the
case of Beatrice Merril and the chauffeur, fate was kind,
death resulting from an auto explosion, cut short the days
of discontent, remorse and shame that stretched out before
them. And as for the maid, deserted and then left widow
there seemed little to live for aside from her boy until —
the coming of "the man" who looked upon romance the
same as she did — as a thing desirable, but necessarily clean.
The name of the drama, "Helping Mother" is derived from
the touching incident of the maid's little son attempting to
help support her bv renting his toy automobile. Around this
bit of business is woven a sentiment that contrasts striking-
ly the sordid, unreal sentiment which had decorated the
boy's home. The play in all is one that cannot but please,
and that it propounds a pertinent problem only makes
stronger the play's appeal and worth. As an added novelty
to the play we have the subtitles arranged so that they
appear as lines from a book. The pages are turned and
fading out from the words which appear, are the scenes
which aptly and vividly describe the tale.
In three parts, the play will be released as a Rex, Sep-
tember 10.
JOHN BARRYMORE IN "MAN FROM MEXICO."
John Barrymore, one of the most popular of the younger
leading players of the day, has been re-engaged by the
Famous Players Film Company for his second appearance in
motion pictures produced by that concern, and will appear
in Du Souchet's famous comedy success, "The Man from
Mexico." Mr. Barrj'more made his debut before the motion
picture camera a few months ago in the Famous Players'
film version of "An American Citizen," which has been
recorded as one of the great feature comedies.
Produced with flattering success in every city throughout
the country, "The Man from ^Mexico" has won a distin-
guished place in theatrical history as one of the best laugh-
producers of the present dramatic epoch. The situations
in the plaj' are just the kind that adapt themselves to John
Barrymore's original methods of expressing difficulties and
annoyances in a ludicrous manner.
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GERMAN NOBLEWOMAN ACTS FOR KEANOGRAPH
Baroness von Saxe, member of one of Germany's oldest
and most distinguished families, whose castle at Dresden is
one of the show places of that cit}', recently qualified as an
impromptu actress, when, with her daughter Leonora, she
appears in a scene in "Money" the seven-part production
of the United Keanograph Film Company of Fairfax, Cal.
The two foreign women were induced by James Keane
to face the camera in a scene taken in the Union Iron
Works in San Francisco. Incidentally, the Baroness'
sumptuous limousine, her footman and chauflfeur were
pressed into service, livery and all.
Baroness Von Saxe Entermg Car, in Scene from Keano-
graph's "Money."
The interest in motion pictures which led the Baroness
to take a trip to Fairfax to see a motion picture studio and
the work of producing "Money" was actuated by the fact
that her father, a general in the German army, now facing
the Russian legions on the frontier, was the first nobleman
in Germany to install a projecting machine in his castle.
"The Baroness says that some of her happiest home mo-
ments were those spent in the castle miniature theater in
which she saw screen presentations of our American comedy
and dramatic subjects from their earliest days. It was on
the screen there that she saw her first Indian, complete
with tomahawk, war paint and everything but the whoop.
EDYTH TOTTEN IN PICTURES.
Edyth Totten, the well-known dramatic writer and player,
has. entered the moving picture field. She has formed the
Edyth Totten Motion Picture Co. and is now busily engaged
in producing features. Miss Totten is knoiwn as one of the
most prolific writers of successful popular appeal dramas in
this country and she has also appeared in her own plays.
She toured the United States and Canada for years and has
made a fortune in the popular-price drama.
Her greatest successes include "The Factory Magdalen,"
"The Volunteer Organist" and "The Face on the Barroom
Floor." These three will be the first releases of the Edyth
Totten M. P. Co. "The Factory Magdalen" is being pro-
duced in Providence. R. I., in and around a big woolen mill.
The scenes of the play were written with Providence as the
centre of the action. Miss Totten clo,^ed a contract this
week with Sawyer, Inc.. to handle her entire oiitput, which
will average one each three weeks. These subjects appeal
to the masses particularly and they should make excellent
photoplays.
KLEINE'S WAR FILM GETS SPECIAL DISPENSA-
TION.
George Kleine's four-reel war film entitled "European
Armies in Action," which is havin? such a heavy run just
now. received special commission from the 'Frisco Cen-
sorship Board for exhibition in the Golden Gate City last
week. San Francisco has determined to vigorously bar out
all film calculated to excite racial feeling at this time.
Owing to the impartial presentation of the dififerent armies
in the Kleine film the censors saw their way clear to pass
it. This particular film shows the military and naval forces
of England. France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and
Montenegro. The sub-titles have been carefully written so
as to give no offense to the different nationalities.
HOBART HENLEY.
Few men can enter the film game, even though their
experience has been ample upon the legitimate stage, and
make the rapid advancement in dramatic lines which has
attended Hobart Henley, Imp leading man and assistant
director to Herbert Brenon. While Mr. Henley's training
and natural physique fit him superbly to occupy the posi°
tion of leading man, he has not been satisfied with that
achievement alone. He went out to study the technical
side of production and directing and, what with his ex-
perience as an actor, he soon found himself in line for
promotion — an opportunity to exercise himself in putting on
a picture, as Mr. Brenon's assistant.
It was somethinCT over six months that Mr. Henley, who
had been a Belasco leading man in many successes, joined
the Imp company to play principal parts. Since that time
he has appeared with great credit to himself, in such film
plays as "His Last Chance," "Miss Nobody from Nowhere,"
' Temper vs. Temper," and "The Man Who Lost But Won."
He has just finished in assisting in the production of "When
the Heart Calls," besides enacting one of the lead roles.
"HEARTS UNITED" (Liberty).
"Hearts United " the initial multiple reel Liberty Motion
Picture Company release, is full of action from beginning to
finish.
The picture opens in the East and closes in the Northwest.
Special care was taken by the author and producer, N. E.
Milligan, to secure the proper locations. Some of the North-
western exteriors were photographed on the vast "Liberty"
Scene from "Hearts United" (Liberty).
estate at Harmonville, Pa., and the scenes in the east were
filmed in Germantown, the historical suburb of Philadelphia,
The role of the professor of ethnology, one of the lead-
ing characters, is capably handled by Edward B. Tilton and
his daughter Alma by Frances Cummings. Edward B. La-
Renz is the chauffeur, Joseph Kelly is Longarm, Irene
Kingsland is the Waterlily, Charles T. Danforth is the im-
postor, and Katherine Bjorling is Mrs. Craig.
The A. H. Sawyer Company, 1600 Broadway, New York,
will release this beautifully photographed subject on August
29.
"LAND OF THE LOST."
The Sterling Camera and Film Company announces that
It still has some territory open for its multiple-reel feature.
"The Land of the Lost." This is a four-part subject based
i:pon an American story and made by American players.
A good line of advertising matter has been prepared, in-
cluding lithographed one, three and nine-sheet posters, a
set of fourteen 8x10 photographs, heralds, press sheets, cuts,
slides and lobby display frames, all of the best class.
NEW SELIG WAR COMEDY.
Director Norval MacGregor is busy preparing a war com-
edy, written previously to the present conflict and treating
solely of a South American outburst, one of those little
happenings which take place with great frequency in the
tropics. Six directors who looked over the humorous story
declare it to carry an absolutely original plot, which is
"going some" in these days of a million photoplays. The
comedy will be released by the Selig Polyscope Company m
the near future. It was written by William E. Wing.
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HUNTER BENNETT ON PACIFIC COAST.
Hunter Bennett, Assistant General Manager of the World
rilni Corporation, has been on the last lap of his transconti-
nental trip covering the twenty-two offices of his company.
In Seattle, F. (). Woody, formerly special salesman for tht
General and Mutual, was appointed to handle the Butte-Salt
Lake territory for the World.
Harry Drum, District Manager of the Pacific Coast, has
lieadquartcrs in San Francisco. Mr. Drum is booking the
Shubert-Brady features up solid throughout his territory.
The Turner-Dahnken Circuit have contracted for these fea-
tures for their entire circuit, opening at the Tivoli, San Fran-
cisco. Ralph H. Clark is manager of the San Francisco of-
fice. Louis E. Loeb, formerly with the General, San Fran-
cisco, is manager of the Los Angeles office of the World. '
While in Los Angeles Mr. Bennett was the guest of W. H.
Clune. the Los Angeles picture magnate; and D. W. Grif-
fith, the famous producer, who is now completing tlie Clans-
man. Mr. Bennett states tliat this is a stupendous produc-
tion. He also renewed old acquaintances with Warren Kerri-
gan of the Victor-Universal. Mr. Bennett returns to New
York City September 1 by waj- of Dallas, New Orleans and
.\tlanta.
Notes of the Trade
A BOOK, the photoplay version of which will be awaited with keen
interest by Universal exhibitors and the public, is Thomas W.
Lawson's "Friday the 13th." The Universal has engaged for its
scenario department a large force of competent readers, selecting those
books which lend themselves well to pictures. In the Bruno Lessing
photoplays one will have human-interest stories ; in George Bronson
Howard's plays one will find the strong climax and vivid action ; in
Annie Fellows Johnstone one will have the tremendous heart-interest
and the spectacular, such as in "Joel, a Boy of Galilee." In Manlove
Rhodes stories one has the rapid fire action. George Gibbs' stories will
be noted for their unique plot.
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The atmosphere of "The War of Wars," the photo-play written by
Paul M. Potter, produced by Ramo Films, Inc., and illustrated by
films taken on the battlefields of today, is the atmosphere created
by Guy de Maupassant, the French novelist, with his landscapes and
characters, country roads bordered by appletrees, farm interiors, mar-
ket places, taverns, weddings, christenings, funerals, and the whole
population of sons of the soil, country squires, farmers, farmer's
daughters, all this joy instantly changed to gloom by the coming of
war.
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"Four Days " is the name of the latest produced Frontier. It sounds
like a comedy — starts out like one — but at the end there is a tragic
touch. And then it ends with a laugh. Willis L. Robards produced
it from the scenario of Karl R. Coolidge.
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Edith Storey, the globe trotter of the Vitagraph's Stock Company, has
accepted more thrilling assignments than any other motion picture ac-
tress connected with the Vitagraph Company. Her latest assignment
will take her to Labrador, where she is to play the lead in a nautical
drama. A schooner on which Miss Storey, as the heroine, is the only
passenger, is -wrecked. The crew take to the boats, leaving her to
drown, as they suppose. Just before the schooner sinks, she shoots a
life line to a party of natives on shore and crosses the turbulent waters
on the slender rope.
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In order that she might have jurisdiction in the Hollywood studios
of the Universal plant, as' well as within the confines of Universal City
itself. Miss Laura Oakley, known as one of the cleverest portrayors of
character in filmdom. recently was sworn in by the Los Angeles City
Clerk, ana is now known as "Officer 99," which, by some strange
freak is the number of the far-famed "Officer 66" turned upside down.
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"A Rose of Yesterday,' a coming Frontier drama, can be termed un-
usual. Dolly Larkin, Fred Church, 'Walter Rodgers and Joseph J. Franz
have the leads. The producer is 'Willis L. Robards and the author Karl
R. Coolidge. The production is also unique in that it does not contain
a single sub-title.
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Jeff Dolan. the biggest little man in the sales end of the film Industry,
is back in town and very anxious to connect with one of the reliable
feature film companies. He claims to be too healthy to lay off work
tor any length of time, so if there is a feature film company desiring
the services of a nine-year experienced man. get in communication with
Mr. Dolan. care of the Moving Picture 'World.
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One of the well-known paintings woven into "The 'War of 'Wars "
the photoplav of Ramo Films, Inc., the scenes of which are laid on
the Franco-Belgian frontier, is "The Last Cartridge." of Alphonse de
Neuville. This was exhibited in 1ST3 at the Paris Salon and won for
the artist the Cross of the Legion of Honor. "De Neuville had the
genius of action." wrote a critic in the "Revue des Deux Mondes" and
that is why his work blends so remarkably with the actual scenes of
conflict portraved in "The 'War of 'Wars."
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Imagine a charming little woman, dainty and unassuming, set down
in the center of a lumber camp filled with rough and ready men with
no idea of law and order, with a penchant for settling their difficulties
with their flsus. Now picture the trouble and opposition this tiny
mite of feminity would encounter In attempting to enforce laws. "The
.Mistress of Dcadwood Basin," written by Earl R. Hewitt and produced
by the Rex (Universal) company under the dirc-cllon of Robert Z.
Leonard Interestingly Bolveg the enigma.
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Otto Meyer, the sheriff of the Frontier company, has a badly broken
arm as a result of his horse stepping In a gopbert) hole. And Jack
Ulakely, who took his place as sherld of the Frontier drama, is laid
up as a result of a caress by a mule's bind foot. It seems to be a
dangerous thing after all to bo a movie sheriff.
• • •
'W'lll Mr. Julius Singer, formerly with the World's Leader Film Com-
pany, of Kansas City, Mo., communicate with the Moving Picture World.
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"In the Nick of Time" Is the title of a thrilling two-reel railroad
feature, adapted from the Railroad Man's Magazine, produced by Fred
.^. Kelsey, at the Reliance and Majestic Hollywood studios. In this
production Is sho«Ti how a train despatcher, who has been discharged
for intoxication, reforms , and by timely .forethought succeeds in avert-
ing a disastrous train wreck. Irene Hunt Is being featured with Vestcr
Pegg playing the lead. Richard Cummings also plays a prominent part.
• • *
One of the rarest treats turned out by any of the Universal companies
is the recently completed four chapter serial, "The Adventures of Fran-
cois Villon," adapted from George Eronson-IIoward's book by Dr. H. G.
Stafford and produced by the Nestor (L^niversal) company, under the able
direction of Charles Giblyn. In the final installment, "The Ninety
Black Boxes," the scenic effects secured by the use of the historical old
ruins at San Juan Capistrano, are of a sort never before achieved In
this country.
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The famous Converse mansion, on the Converse cattle ranch, near
Santa Paula, California, will shortly he seen in a Frontier picture. The
house is so arranged that interiors can be taken of nearly every room.
Ed Converse, the millionaire cowboy, takes part in the production.
* • «
Cabled reports from Paris to the -\merican newspapers on August
14 stated that Commander in Chief Joffre of the French army had
conferred the first medal of the war upon Corporal of Dragoons Estoffler
for "conspicuous gallantry in action." Pathe Freres have just re^-eived
private advices that the hero thus signally honored is the well-known
actor, Escoffier, a member of their stock company in Vincennes, and a
man of fine talent. M. Escoffler has appeared in a number of big Pathe
and Eclectic features, among them being "Germinal," "Leaves of Mem-
ory " and "Rocambole."
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Otis Turner, director of the Turner Special Feature (Universal) Com-
pany, and known throughout moviedom as the "dean of directors,"
has left the Hollywood studios for his yearly vacation. Instead of
spending his vacation in the vicinity of Los Angeles, It is Mr. Turner's
intention to make an extended visit among the Universal's many
plants in the Eastern states and to spend a week or so with his many
friends in the company's New York offices. Frank Lloyd has taken
charge of the company and during the absence of Mr. Turner will
continue nothing but the customary two and three-reel features.
* * *
Walter Lundine. Frontier cameraman, is one of the youngest in the
field. He is only twenty and has been in the harness for more than two
years.
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~John Ince. the Lubin "Inceographer," holds Thomas Hardy, the great
English novelist, in deep reverence, and has often dreamed of producing
in the Ince manner some of Hardy's character studies of Wessex folk.
He ventured to write to Hardy to get an expression of opinion and the
other day received a reply. The letter was a big surprise. Instead
of scoffing at motion pictures or showing eagerness to see his characters
and scenes pictured, Thomas Hardy wrote an able discussion, in which
he pointed out, with masterly grasp of the subject, why his works
are entirely unsuited to picture demands by reason of the great part
played by the purely mental conditions and conflicts of his people.
• * •
Sheriff .\rthur Mackley is producing "The High Grader," a thrilling
one-reel Western drama by William MacLeod Raine, at the Reliance
and Majestic, Mutual studios.
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Unanswerable proof of the Universal stars, this week, was received
at the Hollywood studios in the form of personal invitations, urging
them to attend the Hallowe'en ball and banquet, to be given in Wash-
ington, D. C, by the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League, who offer as
special inducement to pay all traveling expenses, hotel bills, etc., that
might be incurred en route.
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In "Lola," a prima donna's .reminiscences of her early life is dra-
matically presented in two parts. Winifred Greenwood takes the part
of "Lola" and throws her whole soul into the work in an admirable
manner. She is ably supported by Ed Coxen, Charlotte Burton and
George Fields. The subject will be released Sept. 7, 1914.
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The Noted Plays Film Exchange will move to the Leavitt building,
130 West 46th Street. New York City, on account of increased busi-
ness. "The Greyhound" is enjoying successful runs in large theaters.
Other features of quality will be handled. Julius Klein. New York
City manager, and Jerome Lewis. New York State manager, are con-
ducting the business. Exhibitors are invited to call and get acquainted.
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Blanche Sweet is being featured in "The Second Mrs. Roebuck."
adapted from the Smart Set Magazine, being produced by Jack O'Brien
at the Majestic Mutual studios. The plot of this picture hinges on an
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old family photograph. Wallace Reid, Mary Alden and R. A. Walsh
also appear in •■The Second Mrs. Roebuck," which will be released by
the Majestic as part of the Mutual program.
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Mr. Harry G. Sagal, sales manager of the World Film Corporation,
has started a selling campaign of his own. He toured the entire state
of New Jersey recently, interviewing exhibitors and getting their opin-
ions as to the proper length of pictures ; what class of pictures were in
demand, etc. Incidentally, he succeeded in obtaining a number of con-
tracts for the output of Shubert Pictures, as well as those of the World
Film Corporation. He expects to go through Connecticut some time
next week.
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"The Motherless Kids" is a sentimental offering with a delicate strain
of comedy. Margarita Fischer plays the lead and, shows an excellent
perception of natural sentiment, which enables her to inject powerful
realism. Release set for Sept. 8.
• • •
Claire Whitney, a leading woman of the Solax-Blache Features, has
resigned from the Fort Lee company. Miss Whitney was obliged to
refuse an offer of the Eclair company to join their organization at
Tucson. Arizona, because of the illness of her mother, with whom she
lives in New York City.
• * *
Irene Hunt, the attractive Reliance star, had her hands severely
blistered while playing the role of the "sob sister" in the newspaper
story, "For the Last Edition," being produced by Fred A. Kelsey, at the
Reliance, Hollywood studios. Miss Hunt was forced to slide down a
Are hose, from a second story window, where she had been made pris-
oner, in order to reach her newspaper office with a big story.
• * «
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," produced by the World Producing Corporation
and released through the World Film Corparation. is proving one of
the most popular pictures ever. The World people have contracted with
such men as William Morris, William Fox, Poll's, etc., for the exhibi-
tion of this picture over their circuits. William Morris' New York
theater is showing the picture this entire week.
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On last Sunday night a special midnight performance was given at
Santa Barbara of Harry Pollards remarkable "Beauty" picture, "The
Other Train," in which Margarita Fischer gave a performance which
won her a host of added friends. The time was set so that all those
working in the other theaters could see this photoplay. A big attend-
ance was present and the affair was a big hit.
• • •
Baroness von Saxe, member of one of Germany's oldest and most
distinguished families, whose castle at Dresden is one of the show places
of that city, recently qualified as an impromptu actress, when, with her
daughter Leonora, she appeared in a scene in "Money," the seven-part
production of the United Keanograph Film Company of Fairfax, Cali-
fornia. The two foreign women were induced by James Keane to face
the camera in a scene taken in the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.
Incidentally, the Baroness' sumptuous limousine, her footman and
chauffeur were pressed into service, livery and all.
• • •
Donald Crisp is directing and playing the lead In "The Warning,"
a heart interest drama written by Russell E. Smith. The experience
of an innocent country girl when she leaves her country home to go
to the city in search of excitement is graphically told in this produc-
tion. Dorothy Gish is featured in the production, with Miss Washing-
ton taking a prominent part.
• * *
The World Film Corporation announces "Jess, of the Mountain
Country" as their next release on September 1. The picture is in
four acts, and enacted throughout entirely by children, none of whom
is more than twelve years old. "Jess" will be followed by several oth-
ers, which will be released in September.
• • *
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, of Cincinnati. Ohio, and with
branches throughout the country, has through its agents, the El Paso
(Texas) Piano Company, recently installed their Motion Picture Or-
chestras in the following moving picture houses, some being the best
in the West : The Regal theater, 210 East Washington street. Phoenix,
Arizona ; Alhambra theater. El Paso, Texas ; The Arizona, Phoenix,
.Arizona — a new and magnificent house: the Tucson (Arizona) Opera
House, Bisbee (Arizona) theater. Royal, Alcazar, El Paso street. El
Paso, Texas.
• • •
Maurice Wilcox Steuart, Sr., of "The Five Steuarts," will be seen in
the Walter Miller Futurity Winner film to be released shortly.
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"Broken Nose Bailey" is the title of a novel two-reel detective drama
produed at the Reliance and Majestic Mutual studios. In this produc-
tion a notorious crook, who is easily recognized by a broken nose, uses
extreme methods in destroying this mark of identification. Francelia
Billington, Eugene Pallette and Sam de Grasse appear in the cast.
Jack Adolfi is directing the production.
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Mr. Hunter Bennett, assistant general manager of the World Film
Corporation, who is making a tour of all the offices under their control,
has reached Its Atlanta office, where he will spend three or four
days. Mr. Bennett expects to return to New York about September 1,
when L. J. Solznick, vice president and general manager, will visit
the concern's twenty-three offices.
• * •
Alfred Hamburger's continued efforts to make the Ziegteld Picture
Playhouse the leading moving picture theater in the heart of Chicago
has resulted in his securing the world's greatest photodrama, "Cabirla,"
for an indefinite engagement at the elite playhouse on Michigan avenue
after its present season ends at the Illinois theater.
Tammany Young is again being featured as "Bill," the wide awake
office boy, in the sixth of the famous Bill series from the pen of Paul
West, at the Reliance and Majestic Mutual studios. Eddie Dillon is
directing the production.
• * •
Mr. E. C. Bullwinkle, who was with the Shubert Feature Film Cor-
poration before their consolidation with the World Film Corporation, has
been placed in charge of the New York Exchange of the World Film
Corporation, succeeding Mr. E. Seldon, who is now looking after the
Cleveland branch of that organization.
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The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, through its
branch store in Galevston, Texas, just recently instituted its instru-
ments in the Orpheum theater, Texas City, Texas ; Gem theater. Hous-
ton, Texas, and the Star theater, Galveston, Texas.
• » •
A moving picture tragedy came within an ace of being turned into
a real one yesterday in the lake of the vast Liberty estate at Har-
monville, Pa., and but for the prompt action of one of the actors of
the Liberty Motion Picture Company, a man who figured in the picture
as a "super" would undoubtedly have been drowned. He was pushed
off the raft and sank out of sight, coming up underneath the raft, strik-
ing his head. One of the leading men of the company dived under and
brought him out.
* * *
The Picture Playhouse Film Company, Inc., have this week opened
an exchange office in Toronto, at 39 Adelaide street west, under the
management of Arthur A. Lee, former manager of the Feature Film
Department of the General Film Company, who has had a long expe-
rience in the Canadian field. He reports good bookings and states that
the war has not interfered with the demand among the exhibitors for
first class features, as they are playing to their usual good houses.
• * •
The war cry which is abroad in the land seems to have aroused every-
body with the desire to see a little of it themselves, to smell the powder
and smoke of battle. The Vitagraph release of Tuesday, August 4,
"Warfare in the Skies," has been so much in demand there are not
sufficient prints to satisfy exhibitors who wish to show it to their pa-
trons.
* * *
Mr. McLane. manager of the Photo-play Theaters Company at 30
East 42d street. New York City, who controls five big houses in New
York and Brooklyn, has booked all of The Picture Playhouse Film
Company, Inc., plays for his theaters.
Picture Theaters Projected
PHOENIX, ARIZ. — Eugene B. O'Neill is having plans prepared for a
commodious moving picture theater to cost about $10, (XK).
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Carl Vitzhum, 53 West Jackson boulevard,
Chicago, 111., is preparing plans for a one-story and balcony theater
building, 50 by 143 feet, with seating capacity for about 1,000 persons.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — J. R. Carter, who owns and conducts the
Crystal theater, has awarded the contract for a new moving picture
theater at the corner of Eighth and Main streets. The new structure
will have a seating capacity of 1,000 and will cost approximately
$80,000.
MODESTO, CAL. — W. R. Mensinger is haying plans prepared for a
new modern moving picture theater. Work on its construction will
start in the early fall.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Morris Older, 44 Mahl avenue, is planning to
erect a one-story moving picture theater, 56 by 130 feet, with a seating
capacity of 1,000.
FT. WAYNE, IND. — W. H. Barnett is having plans prepared for a
moving picture theater to cost $150,000.
GRUNDY CENTER, lA. — Enterprise Construction Company, Glad-
brook, la., has obtained the contract for the erection of a two-story
theater and K. of P. hall, 41 by 100 feet. The house will be known as
the Gem theater.
MAQUOKETA, lA. — Maquoketa Amusement Company will shortly
erect an airdome here.
LEWISTON, ME. — Jones & Barrahee will erect a one and two-story
theater building, 73 by 107 feet, with L 73 by 40 feet. The theater will-
have seating capacity for about 2,000 persons.
DORCHESTER, MASS. — Albert E. Darlow, 22 Westview street, is hav-
ing plans prepared for a two-story hall and store building, 45 by SO-
feet.
CONSTANTINE, MICH. — R. D. Lemmon, who owns and conducts the
Opera House here, is having the building remodeled. The stage will
be enlarged and several dressing rooms added. An up-to-date projec-
tion outfit has already been installed.
MONTGOMERY, MINN. — Harvey Jewson is planning to erect a
modern moving picture theater here in the near future.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — S. J. Groves & Sons are having plans pre-
pared tor a moving picture house to be known as the Palace theater.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — J. E. Reid is planning to build a new moving
picture theater, with seating capacity of 900.
ST. P.4UL, MINN. — Andries & Lidgren will shortly erect a one-story
moving picture theater, 3S by 90 feet, with a seating capacity of 400.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — John Moline, 677 Sherburne avenue, has obtained
the contract for the erection of a $15,000 moving picture theater for L.
J. Borer and J. Gilosky.
ST. LOUIS, MO. — Imperial Theater Building Company, 9th and Pine
streets, are planning extensive alterations to their theater building.
PHILLIPSBURG, MONT. — L. 0. Degenhart will shortly erect a mov-
ing picture theater here. W. A. Martin has been engaged as manager-
for the new house.
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BEATRICE, NEB.— W. B. Gilbert and B. Harkc, Jointly will erect a
two-story moving picture theater, 51 by 140 feet, to cost between $2,'),000
and $aj,000.
ELMIRA, N. Y.— The owners of the Majestic theater will enlarge the
building and add new improTements.
HENRIETTA. OKLu\.— L. V. Beebe Is building a large alrdome In this
town.
SCRANTON. PA. — Slender Brothers, 976 Union street, have obtained
the contract for the erection of a one-story moving picture theater, 32
by 103 feet, to cost $6,200, for Mrs. James Winfleld.
NEWCASTLE, PA.— Douglass & Wray are having plans prepared for
a new moving picture theater to be erected here.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — The moving picture theater located at 415-417
Moore street, has been disposed of by Barrlst & Company for Peter C.
Fritz and Amandus F. Rledel to George F. .\tklnson, for a consideration
not disclosed, subject to mortgages of ?1U,000. The property Is assessed
at $16,000.
PHILADELPHIA, P.\. — George Hogg has been awarded the contract
for the erection of a one-story brick moving picture theater, 80 by 194
feet, to cost $40,000, for William J. Greenfield. The new house will be
located at 17th and Atlantic streets.
.4LT00NA, PA. — Sholler & Hersh have completed plans and will
shortly invite bids on the construction of a three-story brick fireproof
theater and office building, 55 by 120 feet, for A. Notopolis.
HUMBOLDT, S. D.— F. J. Welse is planning the erection of a $30,000
moving picture theater.
OLDHAM, S. D. — George Johnson will shortly erect a modern moving
picture theater in this town.
MEMPHIS, TEN.V. — Majestic Amusement Company has awarded the
contract to the James Alexander Construction Company for the erection
of a three-story theater building, 40 by 150 feet.
PARKERSBXTIG, W. V.\.— Miss Bond of Philadelphia and Miss Shaw
of Los Angeles will shortly erect a moving picture theater, 42 by 126
feet, to cost $10,000. The new structure will he known as the Bijou or
Star theater. Lessees are Barrett & Butcher, 422 Market street, this city.
WHEELIXCT, W. VA. — W. T. Otto is having plans prepared for a
new moving picture theater. Work on the new building will probably
start in the early fall.
LA CROSSE, WIS.— Pintley & Havsler, 1611 Pioneer building, St.
Paul, Minn., are preparing plans and specifications for a large modern
theater building to be erected in this city in the late fall.
LA CROSSE, WIS. — Orpheum Theater Company is planning the erec-
tion of a three-story moving picture theater, 60 by 1.50 feet, to cost $50,-
000. There will he two stores on the ground floor. Six offices will
occupy the upper floor space. The theater will have a seating capacity
of 1,200.
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Berlin .\rcade Building Company, 3d street and
North avenue, will convert several store properties into a modern one-
story moving picture theater, 46 by 96 feet.
PLYMOUTH. WIS. — John Juster Is preparing plans for a one and
two-story moving picture theater, 28 by 131 feet, to cost $S,000.
WASHIXGTOX. D. C. — United States Government is having plans pre-
pared for an $800,000 amphitheater to be erected in Arlington Cemetery.
M.'^NH.^.TTAX. ILL. — Grant McCowen, 516 Elmwood avenue, Joliet, HI.,
has obtained the contract to erect a two-story moving picture theater
and store building. 7S by 106 feet, for August Hoermann.
CLINTON, IXD. — Stock company has been formed here for the purpose
of erecting a one-story moving picture theater to cost $10,000.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Edward Rosenstein, Equitable building, is haying
plans prepared for a one-story moving picture theater, to cost $10,000.
H.\GrERSTOWX, MD. — Thomas W. Lamb, 644 Eighth avenue. New York
City, is preparing plans for a handsome four-story theater and apart-
ment building to be erected in this city.
BROCKTOX, M.\SS. — George L. Falk, 63 Main street, is preparing
plans for a two-story theater, 60 by 155 feet, to cost $50,000.
DETROIT. MICH. — C. S. Howley, 977 Brush street, has been awarded
the contract for the erection of a one-story theater building, 98 by 37
feet, for the Bigelow Estate.
KE.\RXET, X. J. — Daniel Rentschler. 171 Johnson avenue, is having
plans prepared for a one and two-story moving picture theater and
store building, 42 by 99 feet, to cost $25,000.
BROOKLYX. N. Y. — Stomates & Chrystomas will expend about $3,500
for alterations to their moving picture theater.
BROOKLYN', X. Y. — James H. Ward, 1.57 Remsen street, is having
plans prepared for a one and two-story moving picture theater, 88 by 100
feet, to cost $18,000.
NEW YORK. X. Y.— S. B. & M. Enterprise, 204 East 54th street, will
expend about $15,000 for alterations to their moving picture theater.
UTIC-4, N. Y. — American Moving Picture Co., Buffalo, are having
plans prepared for a three-story moving picture theater, 83 by 157 feet,
to cost $100,000.
ASHT.\BULA. OHIO. — Daniel Larkens is having plans prepared for a
two-story moving picture theater, 30 by 100 feet, to cost $15,000.
BIGPR.A.IRIE, OHIO. — L. O. Lake is having plans prepared for a one-
story moving picture theater and assembly hall, 30 by 100 feet, to cost
$10,000.
CLEVEL.\XD, OHIO. — Anton Farinacci, Mayfield and Random roads, is
planning the erection of a one-story moving picture theater, 30 by 145
feet.
TOLEDO, OHIO. — Orient Feature Co. are having plans prepared tor
one-story moving picture theater, 43 by 123 feet, to cost $15,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Xos. 735-737 East Chelten avenue have been
conveyed by Henry B. Ayres to the Walton Amusement Company for a
nominal consideration, subject to mortgages amounting to $27,000. This
property, which Is to be the site of a moving picture theater, has a lot
54 by 156.6 feet, and is assessed at $10,000 in the names of Morris
Shore and Barnet Rubin.
PHIL.\UELPH1A, PA. — As a site for another moving picture theater,
the property at the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Annin streets has
been convoyed by Max Katzman to Francis E. Hennessey for a nominal
consideration, subject to a mortgage of $9,000. The property has a
lot So by 58.2 feet, and Is assessed at $7,500.
PHIUi\DELPHlA, PA. — J. A. Bader & Co. are preparing estimates on
plans for a one-story and balcony theater and store building, 150 by 77
feet, that will be erected for the Alpha Realty Company on Market street,
west of Fifty-second street.
REPUBLIC, PA. — Capuzzi Brothers are having plans prepared for an-
other theater. This one will comprise a theater, store and apartment
building, two-story, 60 by 90 feet, to cost $20,000.
COAL CREEK. TENX.— T. H. Lclnnrt. Clinton, Tenn.. has secured the
contract at $0,550 for the erection of a two-story brick opera house ond
lodge hall, 40 by 90 feet, for the Weldon Lodge. No. 181, I. O. O. F.
MEMPHIS, TENN.— James Alexander Construction Co., :f88 .N'orth
Front street, have been awarded the contract for the erection of a four-
story moving picture theater, to cost $03,000, for J. B. Snowden, at
118 Madison avenue. The old building on the site is being razed.
MEMPHIS, TEX.N".— E. J. Pearson, Tennessee Trust Building, has ob-
tained the contract to erect a one-story moving picture theater, to cost
$6,500, for Jetf D. Nathan, 1297 East .Minna place.
WATERLOO, IOWA.— M. B. Cleveland, 308 First National Bank
building, is preparing plans and specifications for a syndicate which
Intend to erect a one-story moving picture theater, 60 by 125 feet.
MITCHELLVILLE, IOWA.— G. T. Gibson is having plans prepared for
a two-story moving picture theater, 22 by 125 feet. There will be two
stores on the ground floor.
M.^NCHESTER, X. H. — H. Macropol has obtained the contract to erect
a one-story moving picture theater, 77 by 98 feet, for Victor Charas,
344 Belmont street.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.— W. A. Buckly. 31 Cameron street, will shortly
build a commodious moving picture theater, 45 hy 130 feet, to cosy.
$13,000.
BL.-VCK ROCK, X. Y.— W. A. Kldd, Chamber of Commerce building,
is preparing plans and specifications for a $20,000 moving picture the-
ater which will he erected in this city.
CLEVEL.\XD, OHIO. — Associated Investors' Company. 720 Cary-
.\shoga building, will erect a theater building. 00 by 170 feet. Lessee
is Harry Bernstine, 3720 Woodland avenue.
CLEVELAND, OHIO. — Jacob and S. H. Stecker. 1406 Williamson
building, are planning to erect a one-stor>' moving picture theater and
store building, 125 by 142 feet, to cost .$20,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.— The property Xos. 1706-1712 Frankford ave-
nue, has been sold by the Manor Real Estate and Trust Company, a sub-
sidiary concern of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to John M.
Kennedy, Jr.. who will erect a theater building on the site. The sale
includes a 3^^-story brick and rough-cast store and dwelling, five two-
story brick houses at Xos. 1719 to 1727 Blair street in the rear, all on
a lot 76 by 160 feet, assessed at $17,000. The new theater will be a
brick and terra cotta structure costing about $30,000.
WILDWOOD, X. J. — The ^^yric theater on the boardwalk, occupying
a lot 38 feet 6 Inches in front, was purchased hy E. H. Peterson of
Philadelphia for $15,400.
H.\RRISBURG. Pa.— P. Magaro, 410 Market street, will erect a one-
story moving picture theater, to cost about $16,000.
FARRELL, PA. — W. J. Burte is planning to erect a two-story mov-
ing picture theater, 40 by 125 feet, to cost $8,000. There will be several
offices on the second floor.
TUSCUMBI.\, ALA. — The Pastime Theatre has undergone extensive
alterations and improvements. The seating capacity has also been in-
creased. The house will hereafter be devoted to the exhibition of high-
grade moving pictures.
WILMIXGTON. DEL. — Manager Demaree of the Victoria Theatre has
let the contract to the Higgris Electric Company to increase the cooling
system of this popular theatre.
WASHINGTO.X, D. C.— William Moore, 423 Ninth street, N. W., con-
templates the erection of a four-story theatre building, to cost $50,000.
WOODBURX', IND. — Louis Fuelling is having plans prepared for a
one-story moving picture and vaudeville theatre, 30 by 70 feet.
WICHITA, KAN. — C. C. McCoIlister is planning to remodel his mov-
ing picture theatre and build an addition, to cost .$6,000.
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Interesting Information Concerning Moving Picture Men Gathered By
Moving Picture World Correspondents Everywhere.
MISSOURI.
THE activity noted and reported in tlae offices
of film companies and exchanges iu Kansas
City indicates tnat there is good business this
summer over this section of the West. The
moving picture theaters are advertising very
extensively, not only in Kansas City, hut in all
the small towns. They use display space for an-
nouncing their features, and they are assigned
quite as much space for the reading notices as
are the theaters during the winter. This con-
dition is perhaps more marked in the small
towns, where "everybody goes to the picture
show," and where the characters and the fea-
tures are the dominant subjects of conversation.
The cities, since the larger use of advertising
and especially since the practice of running
stories of current feature films has grown, are
falling into line, and a very pronounced atmos-
phere of moving pictureism is being developed.
Both Columbia and Sedalia, Mo., are interested
in the recent marriage in New York of Sidney
Drew and Miss Lucille McVey. both movie ac-
tors. Miss McVey is a native of Sedalia, and is
well remembered there as an attractive, petite
blonde. More recently her home was in Colum-
bia, the university city, where her mother now
resides on College avenue.
Part of the photo-drama of Creation was giv-
en in the New Sedalia theater, in Sedalia, on
Sunday, and was noticed in the column of church
announcements.
G. W. Helmrich of St. Louis, manager of the
New Era Film Manufacturing Company there,
was a visitor in Hannibal, Mo., where he is
well known, last week. Mr. Helmrich made
himself solid with the Hannibalites through his
pictures of that town's fall festival last year,
and through his pictures of the good roads
movement and work in that vicinity.
The large part that moving pictures promise
to play in state educative work was instanced
at Lee's Summit last week, when pictures of
the 1914 commencement pageant at the state
normal school at Warrensburg were shown at the
Crystal theater. The film displayed all the ex-
ercises, the students, the campus and buildings.
Many of the young people of Lee's Summit were
seen and recognized in the pictures. There was
wide comment in the town and county over the
usefulness of the pictures of this state institu-
tion, and a great deal of subsequent talk of
the good that the school there and of other
schools which the subject suggested, is doing.
G. E. Anderson of St. Louis, who is said to
have financial backing for a proposition to erect
a new theater in Columbia, was in the latter
city last week looking over the ground. He
said to several local people that if a theater is
erected it will "have lots of class" and will be
a credit to the town.
Seven electricians at work on the remodeling
of the Willis Wood theater in Kansas City into
a picture show house, were arrested last week
on a formal charge of having no permits. They
were released on personal bond and were not
taken to the station. This house has recently
been leased by Henry B. Lappe, owner of the
Tenth street and the Twelfth street motion pic-
ture theaters, and will soon be opened in its new
character.
Daniel McCoy, who has managed the 'Empress
theater in Kansas Cit>'^ almost since its opening,
was given a farewell dinner at the Edwards
hotel last week by the employes of the theater,
on the occasion of his leaving for Detroit. He
will make his headquarters in that city while
managing several of the Marcus Loew vaude-
ville houses nearby. Cyrus Jacobs, previously
manager of the Globe theater, succeeds Mr. Mc-
Coy in the management of the Empress.
The New Royal Theater in Kansas City is
advertising extensively for August 7 and 8 the
five-reel production, "Hearts of Oak."
The Kansas City Feature Film Company has
just released in this territory "The Sea "Wolf,"
by Jack London : "Hearts of Oak," and "The
House of Temperey." all well known produc-
tions. They are being heavily booked by ex-
hibitors in this territory.
The Maze theater at 12th and Baltimore has
changed hands recently. Mr. Demhurst, the orig-
inal owner, has sold to Mr. Alexander, the pres-
ent proprietor. Mr. Alexander states that "War
Is Hell" and Mary Pickford in "Romany Ro-
mance" were some of his best features. He is
now showing "The Trey o' Hearts." This will
appear serially in the Kansas City Journal,
which is also running "The Million Dollar Mys-
tery."
John F. Lane is to build a S12,000 theater at
39th and Main streets, Kansas City. Architect
Boiler drew the plans for this structure.
T. N. Rigney is now constructing a $20,000
theater at Albany, Mo. This is a combination
vaudeville and moving picture house. Boiler,
Kansas City, is the architect.
The Kansas City Feature Film Company will
handle, commencing September 1, in Iowa. Kan-
sas, Nebraska and Missouri the Paramount Pro-
gram. Their Famous Players and Lasky Fea-
tures seem to be meeting with great favor in
this section.
The Twelfth Street theater, one of the finest
moving picture houses in the city, went on the
five-cent basis Monday. August 10; the admis-
sion will be a nickel except Saturdays and
Sundays. The house runs four reels every day.
on Wednesdays the "Million Dollar Mystery,"
on Tuesdays and Fridays the Heafst-Selig
Weekly. A. W. Durrin, formerly with the ad-
vertising department of a daily paper, is now
associated in the management of the theater
with J. H. Gilday.
The Mutual Film Corporation, now in the
Empress theater building, moved August 15
to more commodious quarters in the Ozark
building, 928 Main street. This building is ab-
solutely fireproof, and the firm will have a
fireproof steel vault where films can be stored.
"Marty" Williams, manager of the Mutual
Film Corporation at Kansas City, is the proud
father of a baby boy. born August 6. Weight,
91^ pounds.
The Willis Wood theater, Kansas City, which
is being transformed into a moving picture
house, is to contain the unique feature of an
elevator. The theater has galleries, and the
elevator is to compensate the patrons who have
become accustomed in other picture show
houses to the one-floor plan. The permit for
the improvements mentions $25,000 as the cost
according to the plans filed.
The Shuhert theater. Kansas City, which has
been closed for the summer, reopened August
15 with Paul J. Rainey's African Hunt pic-
tures, series of 1914.
The Grand Opera House, Kansas City, re-
opened Sunday, August 16, with Lyman H.
Howe's pictures of the Panama canal.
One of the noted visitors in Kansas City dur-
ing the convention of Eagles was Thonias P.
Gleason, film censor of the moving picture
shows of Minneapolis. Minn. He declared of-
ten— for everybody who met him was inter-
ested in the subject — that the duty of the cen-
sor is not to require that films be of a reforma-
tory nature, but to see that the stories and
acting do not give false pictures of life on
sensational subjects. His notion that the pic-
ture show is an amusement and entertain-
ment institution is strong, although he is in-
clined to condemn white slave dramas, and too
sensational Wild West films.
A new ordinance has been introduced in the
city council of Kansas City, for the licensing
of picture shows and film companies. It calls
for $25 -a year from all picture shows, whether
they are in the suburbs and give shows only
at night, or are downtown and run practically
all day and into the night. The companies
that supply films under this proposed ordinance
would pay .?100 a year. The measure is be-
ing discussed by committees, and moving pic-
ture men are arranging to respond to invita-
tions to appear before those bodies.
The Gayety theater at Kansas City will re-
open for the season. August 23, under the new
management of Matthew Smith, long associated
with Shubert enterprises.
The Century theater at Kansas City will re-
sume that name, after being called the Lyric
for a season during which it was devoted to
motion pictures. It will this year play with
burlesque attractions. Mr. Thomas Taafe will
have the management.
J. W. Morgan, president of the Morgan Film
Co., the veteran film dealer of Kansas City,
has been enjoying several weeks of fishing and
hunting in Alexandria, Minn. C. A. Trantham
is managing the business during his absence.
Mr. Trantham says the European war is likely
to cause a considerable shortage on the soft
carbon imported from Germany, although the
prices at Kansas City had not yet been affected.
He also anticipates that the release dates on
foreign films and features will be seriously
delayed, impairing the programs in this section,
and making necessary rather strenuous ef-
forts on the part of the exchanges to fill up the
deficiencies.
The Blake theater auditorium at Webb City
is vacant, and subject to lease by "E. S. Brig-
ham, manager of the Gillis theater, Kansas
City, Mo.
Reserved seats were sold several days in ad-
vance for the presentation of "The Kangaroo"
at the Majestic.
The Kalem railroad drama "The Rival Rail-
road's Plot," struck a popular chord in Han-
nibal, Mo. This is a railroad town, and the
title itself of the picture excited interest, while
the story, which was freely quoted in the
newspapers, aroused further anticipations.
The Gem theater at Sedalia, closed for the
summer, will probably reopen August 17 for
the Fall and Winter season.
J. C. Lains. owner of the new theater at
Thirty-ninth and Main streets, probably will be
ready for business September 1. C. Boiler, ar-
chitect, reports that the construction work is
well along, and the finishing touches are being
put on. The total cost, completed, will be
?12,000.
A. Chapman, formerly manager of the Kansas
City office of Blache Features, will hereafter
look after the interests of Warner's Features,
with headquarters at Omaha.
The Trio theater at Gait has been completed,
and will be opened to the public about Sep-
tember 1. This is a combination house, with
light vaudeville and moving pictures. The
house has' a seating capacity of 350. G. W.
Rusk is the owner. A five-piece orchestra will
be used.
The moving picture show houses of Kansas
City have been asked to co-operate with the
merchants for the success of the United Fashion
Shows which will be held September 21 to 23.
One means of helping will be the display on
the screens for several days before the fashion
show of the official poster which is being repro-
duced on slides and will be furnished the mov-
ing picture houses. The merchants have also
asked that specially attractive programs be put
on during the week of the show, as a compli-
ment and as special inducement to visitors to
the city to remain after they have viewed the
offerings of the merchants.
Joseph R. Donegan. the pioneer burlesque
theater manager of Kansas City, is again at the
helm at the Century, which August 23 resumes
the presentation of burlesque, after a year as a
moving picture house.
The Kansas City Camera Club, which is col-
lecting historic views of Kansas City and Mis-
souri, is planning to use the moving picture
machine in the recording of events and scenes
having permanent interest. The club holds fre-
quent exhibitions, and the films and pictures
are carefully preserved for the benefit of pos-
terity.
The Christian Church of ChilUcothe is using
the Airdome for the Sunday night services —
and an orchestra assists a large chorus in mak-
ing music. It seems interesting to note that
the people like music and orchestras and the
free-and-easy atmosphere of their accustomed
Airdome even on Sunday night church service,
and the church certainly did a graceful and
popular thing in holding the services there.
The Hippodrome at Bowling Green gave over
the night of August 6 to a benefit performance
for the W. C. T. U. of that thriving city. The
organization provided local talent in addition
to the pictures put on by the management.
The Rev. A. M. Levack addressed a union
service of Methodists and Christians at the Air-
dome in Brookfield, on a recent Sunday, the talk
being preceded by the film of the life of "Sam-
son."
The new show house of the Electric theater
in Liberty will be ready for occupancy Septem-
ber 1. It is on the east side of the public
square. Until the home is opened, the film
programs of the Electric management will be
given in the Airdome, and only on the few
nights a week that the Airdome is available.
The Airdome will be closed when the new
Electric is opened.
Lakeside Park, a new amusement resort near
Webb City, is advertising its free picture show
as strongly as any other feature — for picture
shows are quite as standard an item in the en-
tertainment and amusement of the public as are
hand concerts or refreshments.
The Iris theater in Sedalia resounded with
laughter and shouts Thursday evening, August
6, when four pickaninnies engaged in a water-
melon eating contest on the stage. Each boy
was given the half of a large melon — it took
two tremendously big melons for the contest —
and the littlest boy of the four won. He cer-
tainly could store awav the watery red sweet-
ness ! BROWN.
Bound Volume No. 20
APRIL TO JUNE, 1914
Now ready for delivery. Price $1.50
Expressage or postage extra
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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MICHIGAN.
1 ENTOX HARBOR'S purity crusade begins
' with the movinfi picture poster. Inci-
dentally a censorship for dims Is imminent,
but the lurid lithograph Is the thing which will
be abolished. Club women of the city tired of
the sensational exploitation of pictures. 'In-
formed Mayor Ryno that this highly colored
form of advertising was Inflaming the minds of
the youth of Benton Harbor. The mayer called
the exhibitors Into his office and in the course
of the conference gave out an edict that the
blood and thunder type of poster would not be
tolerated in the lobby displays nor on the bill-
boards. When the matter of the quality of
nims was discussed and the probability of a
censorship announced, the managers of the
shows asserted they would do everything they
could to co-operate with the city authorities.
Michigan manufacturers and companies whose
Industries are lUmed for exploitation at the
Panaraa-Paclllc Exposition at San Francisco,
will pay .$2..T0 a toot. Of this amount one-half
will go to the Michigan state commission to
defray the expense of the state building which
will Include the motion picture theater. The
contract tor taking the pictures was awarded
to the Industrial Motion Picture Company of
Chicago, which will soon begin work.
The Vno theater at Crystal Falls has been
sold bv Stolbcrg Brothers to W. H. Needham,
tormerlv a member of the llrm of McLaurin &
Needham of Gladstone operating the Gem the-
ater and the Cladstone Opera House. Need-
ham also will operate an electrical supply
house in Crystal Falls.
Harrv S. Waterman, of Muskegon, former
lessee "of the Bijou theater in Benton Harbor,
and Harvey Arlington, former manager of the
Bijou have been at Benton Harbor, negotiating
with a view to erecting a .?.')0,000 vaudeville
house in that city.
Brown is the color scheme of the newly deco-
rated Royal theater at Calumet. A new in-
direct lighting system and new Simplex pro-
jecting apparatus have been installed.
A new moving picture show will be opened
In the building in the east end of Grand Rapids
owned by Mrs. Joseph Coburn and now occupied
by the Kuperus livery and garage.
The Michigan State Supreme Court has de-
cided that the law passed in 1913, providing
for the inspection of moving picture theaters,
is valid. The plea that the measure conflicted
with the ordinances ot Detroit and prevented
local government was not upheld by the court.
The case was carried to the Supreme Court by
two Detroit exhibitors who sought to have an
Injunction Issued restraining employes of the
state fire marshal's department from entering
their houses and making inspections. The court
also ruled that the state fee tor inspection was
not excessive.
Industrial pictures ot Northern and 'Western
Michigan, including Grand Rapids and other
cities, have been made and will be shown for
the first time at the International Shippers'
Convention in Boston. Mass.. this month.
The International Harvester Company of
Chicago has introduced what it calls the in-
dustrialog. This is composed of its films and
lectures "The Dawn of Plenty." "The Dawn of
Power" and "The Dawn of Commerce." They
are to be delivered serially before Chambers of
Commerce in Michigan this winter.
"Manager Seeley appears to be the kind of
man who will keep the little theater attractive
and prosperous." says the Alegan Gazette in
speaking ot the U R E theater on Hubard street
in that city. "He has done much to make It
so since he took charge of the place."
The Gaastra theater at Iron River gave a
benefit tor St. Mary's Church. An effort was
made to book "From the Manager to the Cross"
for the occasion : but it could not be secured.
.•\. return engagement of the Dietz picture. "The
Battle of Cameron Dam," was played to big
business at the Gaastra.
.\. LeRoy B'rown. of Lansing, who sold his
two houses, the Garden and Orpheum, in that
city, will travel through the west with a series
of feature films. E. Clement .Tarvis. the new
owner of the two theaters, has assumed charge.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays will be regu-
lay days for "Warners Features at the Garden.
A more thorough examination tor moving
picture operators in Grand Rapids is proposed
and the city attorney was instructed to prepare
an ordinance which "will define the subjects upon
which candidates for a license shall be ques-
tioned.
Motion pictures ot Detroit. Kalamazoo. Lan-
sing and the West Michigan Pike were shown
at the meeting of the Michigan Association ot
Commercial Secretaries held in Muskegon.
Two reels of moving pictures, one of comedy
and one ot drama, are proving the best free
attractions ever offered the public by the man-
agement of Riverside Park at Saginaw.
"Samson" and the Ringling Circus pictures
are two features that brought big business to
the O. K. theater at South Haven. The Juvenile
patronage for the show films wag unusually
heavy.
After the Lyric theater at Ludlngton had In-
stalled Its lillii model Simplex machine, the
management explained to the public Its good
points and the advantage of motor-driven ma-
chine over strong-arm power. This Is a good
stunt If It can bo told so that the average
man can understand It, and this the Lyric
suceeded In doing.
Daniel McCoy, who has been manager for the
Empress theater In Kansas City, will be the
manager of the new Empress theater In Grand
Rapids.
Most theater-goers are n»w familiar with the
appearance of projecting apparatus, but few
of them have seen a "talking machine." When
the Capital Commercial Film Company of Lan-
sing had a cameraman at Charlotte filming the
town, Manager Davis of the Arcade theater
had the camera on display in his lobby. The
films were made for exhibition at the Arcade.
The Ramona theater at Grand Rapids showed
pictures ot the Grand Rapids furniture men In
conference with Henry Ford at Detroit.
New moving picture equipment, including a
machine and booth, will be Installed In the
Stone theater In Flint which has passed into
the hands ot the Knights ot the Loyal Guard.
Rearrangement of the seats, under the direction
of a deputy state fire marshal, will increase the
capacity to 1,100. A crew of painters has been
at work on the new decorative plan. There
wil be no Sunday shows and white slave at-
tractions will not be permitted. G. A. Petter-
son will be manager and Arthur M. McCall as-
sistant manager and treasurer. The formal
opening will take place about September 3.
Manistee reports one ot the most stringent
moving picture censorship ordinances ever
dratted. The mayor, at whose request the
measure was prepared, wants to forbid the ex-
hibition of any 01m showing any criminal act
of any kind, pocket-picking, counterfeiting,
train robbery or any offense tor which the par-
ticipants would deserve arrest.
The ordinance committee of the city council
at Grand Rapids, which has been busy with
the censorship problem, was informed by E. M,
Smith, ot the GilUgham & Smith Theatres, that
he favored the proposed plan to have a more
stringent examination for operators. The neces-
sity of having somebody on the licensing board
who would represent the moving picture house
was urged upon the city officials.
Joseph Coburn. of Grand Rapids, 'will erect
on Cherry Street, near Diamond Street, In that
city, a two-story steel, tile and brick moving
picture theatre 96x43 feet, to be used by Mr,
Beecher, who has other photoplay houses in
that city.
Manager Sullivan, of the Grand and Royal
Theatres, at Escanaba, has announced that In
the future all his feature pictures will be
shown at the Royal Theatre at an admission
ot 10 cents.
Portraits of political candidates cannot be
legally thrown upon the screens in moving pic-
ture houses, according to an opinion given by
the Attorney-General of Michigan. A section
ot the primary act decrees under what circum-
stances the picture ot a candidate may be dis-
played and the use of slides is believed to con-
flict with the spirit of the law.
F. M. Dickinson has reopened the remodeled
Iris Theatre (formerly the Queen) at Han-
cock. The seating capacity of the house has
been doubled by the improvements.
Roy M. Clark, of the Zenith Motion Picture
Company, ot Chicago, was at Hancock making
arrangements to turn his comeramen loose on
a series ot pictures to be shown at the Or-
pheum Theatre.
The contract has been let by Andrew Symon.
of Munising. tor the construction of his new
•$1.5,000 theatre on Superior Street, the house
to be completed before November 1. It will
seat 1.000. It will he booked in connection
with theatres in Escanaba, Marquette and other
ilichigan cities.
The Wenonah theater at Bay City has In-
augurated a voting contest with a Maxwell
touring ear and a Ford roadster as the capital
prizes.
A. L. Sovereign, the promoter and principal
owner of the new moving picture theater to be
erected on Adams street, near Center, in Bay
City, has decided to rail the house "The Allad-
din." The building now on the site will be re-
modeled into a modern home ot photoplays seat-
ing 1,000 and the upper floor will be used as the
offices of the theater. A novelty is planned In
the shape of a flashing electric sign ot Alladdin
and his wonderful lamp. It is reported L. H.
Newcomb. tor several years manager of Wenonah
Beach, will be the manager ot the new theater.
P. Johnson has opened a moving picture show
at Merrill.
L. D. Bump has leased Wade's Hall at Otls-
ville and has opened a moving picture theater.
The Lyric Theater & Amusement Company of
Laurium has opened a moving picture show in
the St. George Hal! at Mohawk.
F. J. Ouelette is remodeling the moving pic-
ture theater which he recently purchased at
Newaygo.
B. E. Newman made a number of interesting
films in Negaunee. which were shown at the
Star theater in that city.
The erection of a new opera house In Bronsoo
Is contemplated.
Two reels of pictures. Including a scene
aboard the Yantlc, the U. S. Naval reserve boat,
were made for the Commercial Club of Mar-
quette by D, E. Newman. The pictures were
booked tor exhibition at the .Marquette Opera
House the first four days In September.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
CINCINNATI.
T T IS UNDERSTOOD that a deal Is under
■'■ way whereby the Cincinnati Buckeye Film
Company, one of the leading local exchanges,
will change hands, but the details have not yet
been perfected to a state where the transaction
can be made public. Fred Lux. manager of the
exchange. Is also Interested In It financially,
and is taking an active part in the adjustment
ot the deal.
"The Valley of the Moon. " a Eosworth pro-
duction, was the attraction at the Lubln recent-
ly, and it met with unusual success on ac-
count ot the Interest in the story, which ran
serially in one of the leading magazines only
a short time ago. This production, under the
new Lubln policy ot showing two big features
a week, was followed by "The Little Gray
Lady," a Famous Players release featuring
Jane Grey. The film drama was highly effec-
tive.
Mild weather in Cincinnati during the past
week or two has been very much appreciated
by exhibitors and film tans alike, resulting in
aijpreciably larger houses than have been the
rule during the greater part ot the summer.
With the withdrawal from the motion picture
game of several ot the large theaters which
were otherwise idle during the summer, the
other downtown exhibitors have had little to
complain of in the way ot business during the
past tew weeks. The interest felt In the
European situation has also been responsible
tor increased attendance everywhere, as the-
ater-goers are eager to see films bearing In
any degree on the conditions existing at the
seat ot the war.
The Kleine-Cines production of "Antony and
Cleopatra" was shown at the Jefferson, ot
Hamilton, Ohio, last week, with much success,
the play meeting the expectations ot audiences,
based on the high standards set by previous
features ot the Kleine-Cines combination.
The Dayton News, one ot the newspapers of
Dayton, Ohio, held the crowd which turned out
on the night ot the recent Ohio primary elec-
tion to get the returns not only by showing the
figures as rapidly as they were available but
by projecting motion pictures between times.
The innovation was successful in every way,
serving to give the crowd something to look
at at times when the returns were slow in
coming in, and the paper plans to make the
idea a permanent fixture in its election day
service.
"The Wrath of the Gods," a New York Mo-
tion Picture Company feature, in six reels,
duplicated successes elsewhere when It was
shown at the Orpheum, in Dayton, during the
whole of last week, at advanced prices. Eve-
ning prices were raised by Manager Rayburg
to 20 cents, but had not the slightest effect
on the attendance, as the crowds which came to
see the production seemed not to be lessened
in any degree by the Increased admission
charge.
The Grand Opera House, ot Canton. Ohio.
was re-opened last week, after a closed pe-
riod of several months, during which the house
was thoroughly overhauled in every respect.
W. T. Grover, manager ot the Feiber and Shea
motion picture houses in Akron, Ohio, is in
temporary charge ot the house. The opening
attraction at the Grand was "Cabiria," a seven-
reel historical drama. It has not yet been
decided, according to Manager Grover. whether
the house will be devoted to motion pictures
during the entire season, it being probable,
however, that at least occasional offerings ot
first class drama will be made.
The Sun Amusement Company of Springfield.
Ohio, operating the Alhambra and the Colum-
bia motion picture houses In that city. Is using
two columns weekly in one ot the papers, de-
voting the space to a complete showing of the
programs for the two houses for the following
week, setting forth the productions to he
shown, with the players who will be seen in
them, day by day. The company has found
this plan to be much appreciated by patrons
ot the two houses, who are In this way en-
abled to make their arrangements well in
advance to see favorite players in promising
productions.
Motion picture advertising occupies no in-
considerable portion ot the space in Chllll-
cothe. Ohio, papers, the management of the
Skvdome. the Queen, the Star and the Royal,
as "well as others, indicating a strong belief
in the power of publicity for the purpose of
letting people know what Is going on at their
houses. CASEY.
1394
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
ILLINOIS.
T T IS the exhibitors in the smaller Illinois
■'• towns who are coming forwara to champion
the serials and, contrary to what might De ex-
pected, the houses in some of the larger cities
which, it is declared, are not finding them
profitable. The owner of a theater in an Illi-
nois town 01" l,ot>0 says he tinds that his pa-
trons, including the people trom the coun-
try roundabout, will get interested in the con-
tinued story and attend more consistently
than when the regular m.xed program is shown.
The near-metropolitan exhibitor says the trou-
ble is that in the cities of from 2j,cnX) up there
are too many serials running in the various
theaters and because of other attractions the
photoplaygoers cannot see every episode. Rath-
er than taite the story incomplete they seek
out the houses which run regular programs, it
is declared. It is common gossip among down-
state moving picture men that one city of 30,000
blames past bad business to the serial.
Bloomington is to have a modern motion pic-
ture house costing from $aO,000 to $40,000 if the
necessary local capital can be enlisted. A ten-
tative site has been secured and it is planned
to erect a first floor house seating between
1,000 and 1,500 persons. The names of the
promoters have been withheld but interested
persons are put in touch with them tlirough the
Bioomington Pantagraph.
The opera house at Mount Olive, which has
been owned by the C. J. Kesier estate, has been
sold to J. J. Frey, an electric lighting and
public utility man of Hillsboro.
The Variety theater at Staunton has been
sold by Meyer Brothers to A. KaU, oroonetor of
the men's furnishing department of the Sher-
man Stores in that city. The building will be
remodeled and will continue to be used as a
theater.
The Orpheum theater at Ottawa had William
Medcalt, cameraman of Evansville, Ind., busy
on the streets of Ottawa to make a local fea-
ture.
Manager S. O. Tibbs of the Pythian theater
at Marshall has booked in a strong line of
feature pictures for that small city to be shown
in the next few months. In addition to a
number of the Famous Players Features there
are such attractions as "Neptune's Daughter,"
"The Christian," "Rainey s African Pictures,"
"John Barleycorn," and "The Spitfire." On the
dates not filled by these and by road shows
regular licensed programs will be used.
Children under twelve are admitted free Fri-
day nights at the Neal Opera House in Rantoul.
Simultaneously with the run of the serial,
"The Trey o' Hearts," Manager Ruhman of the
Bijou theater at Waukegan will conduct a vot-
ing contest in which he will give a sewing ma-
chine to the most popular woman.
A warrant was sworn out by the city elec-
trician on Rock Island charging William Green,
manager of the Family theater at Nineteenth
street and Second avenue in that city, with
violating the local ordinance which provides
that a certain number of properly signal-lighted
exits must be maintained. A. fine of $10 and
costs was imposed.
The head offices of the Modern Woodmen of
America are located in Rock Island, so it was
a stroke of good business when the Empire
theater in Rock Island booked the five reels
recording the events at the meeting of the head
camp in Toledo, Ohio. The interest was great-
er, too, because the prize-winning Rock Island
drill team was featured in the films.
'"The moving picture habit is growing on
Galesburg," says the Mail of that city. "It is
growing at the rate of about three new theaters
per year. Where will it stop?"
Business men of Sadorus have been nego-
tiating with Richard Brown of Ivesdale to fur-
nish them with a free picture show on their
streets one night each week.
Frank Fuhrmann, the Waukegan man who
purchased from Roy C. Jones the Bijou theater
on Sheridan road in that city, announced that
after Labor Day the exclusive picture policy
would be superseded by a program made up of
three acts of vaudeville and five reels of pic-
tures. A ten-cent admission will be charged.
It is probable that William Wright, an ex-
perienced show man. will be the manager of the
new opera house in Havana to be erected by
Dr. L. G. Pullen. a dentist of that city. A
policy of moving pictures has been outlined, the
photoplays giving way occasionally to some the-
atrical attraction. The plans have been drawn
and call tor a house seating 000. The picture-
play has grown in popularity in Havana. A
correspondent of the MOVING PICTURE
WORLD owned one of the pioneer houses there
when the moving picture was young. People
thought a five-cent show was so cheap that It
could not be worth the time to view it. At the
suggestion of a local banker the admission was
raised to ten cents for a sinale reel and the
many-fold crowds were satisfied I
Carl Noren. owner of the Royal theater,
which has been under construction at S22 Sev-
enth street in Rockford, was In Chicago mak-
ing arrangements for film service, prenaratory
to the opening about September 15. The seat-
ing contract was awarded to the American
Seating Company of Chicago. The new house
represents an outlay of abjut ?11,000.
N. M. and W. A. McLaughlin of Rio have
taken their moving picture experience to Ke-
wanee, where they will have secured control
of the Bijou theater on North Main street and
will conduct it.
All the employes of the Princess theater at
De Kalb took a week's vacation while the house
was closed. Manager Glen Reynolds and Mrs.
Reynolds spent an enjoyable time at Rome on
the Illinois River.
Edward Churchill, general manager of the
Saxe Amusement Enterprises, was in Peoria
and made a deal whereby that company took
over the Hippodrome theater for a term of ten
years. The Hippodrome was erected by Ver-
non C. Seaver, the Peoria muving picture mag-
nate, and has always had a sprinkling of
pictures in its bills and in the summer was
given over entirely to the photoplay. Churchill
formerly was manager of the Main Street
theater in Peoria.
The mortgage sale of the Gem theater at
Lincoln was called off. The judgment was sat-
isfied by Charles Terry, a baker of Virden,
and P. M. Silloway, the owner, formerly of
Virden, re-opened the house. Arrangements
were made to redecorate and remodel the house.
Manager J. W. Edwards of the Aledo Opera
House at Aledo has made arrangements to give
his patrons a Famous Playei* feature subject
each week.
Alleging that a contract involving a lease
on the Family theater at Rock Island was
broken, Harry S. Waterman filed suit for $498
damages against W. J. Bryson. Waterman de-
clared that he paid Bryson $20S to apply on the
rental and believing that he was to have control
of the house he expended $200 more. Then,
he alleges, the contract was broken and he
asked the court that he be reimbursed for his
outlay.
With "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" as
a feature, the Auditorium at Galesburg recent-
ly gavg a special children's Saturday matinee.
F. A. Earr has awarded the contract to a
Chicago company for supplying the seats for his
new moving picture theater in the Knights of
Pythias building in Lacon.
L. A. Castle and W. J. Forster, who pur-
chased the Lyceum theater at Wyoming from
Lawrence Higbee, will operate the house every
night except Sunday. .\mong the improve-
ments contemplated by the newcomers are the
rearrangement of the house to increase the
capacity from 317 to 4<Xi. James McDonald
will continue his connection with the house.
Manager Ray Schroder of the new Colonial
theater at Galesburg has fixed his opening day
at about November 1, if construction plans do
not go wrong.
The first of the home film society dramas
by the Elite Production Company, "The Ro-
mance of Waukegan," was presented at the
Elite theater in that city.
An operating room has been built and equip-
ment installed at the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans'
Home at Normal so that the children may have
regular moving picture programs.
Manager Lowenstein has re-opened the Vita-
graph theater at White Hall which was closed
because of hot weather.
The "Creation" pictures have been running
at the Elks' theater in Taylorville.
The pay day stunt of advertising has been
given a trial by the "K" theater at Mattoon.
The Broadway Airdome at Centralia was
closed the week of the Moose Carnival.
Moving picture shows can participate in the
Dollar Day fetes put on by merchants of a
city if they follow the plan of the Aurora
theater at Aurora. On the same day that all
the stores were offering bargains at a dollar
the theater sold twenty-five tickets for a dollar.
These tickets were not good on Sundays nor
for special attractions unless used as chil-
dren's tickets.
Some of the moving picture shows at the
Princess theater in Beardstown will now give
way to other attractions. .Arrangements have
been made for patrons to see their favorite
serials at the Gem theater before the curtains
go up at the Gem theater.
Manager Miller of the Palace theater at
Woodstock has been enjoying a vacation in
Wisconsin. E. P. Baccus was In charge of the
house.
The new moving picture theater at Third and
Market streets in .Alton will be known as The
Habit, the name being selected in a prize con-
test. "Get the Habit" is the slogan which will
be used in all advertising of the house.
The Variety theater at Westfield has been
redecorated inside and out. This house has been
giving away numerous prizes to its patrons.
The Hutton Moving Picture Company has
been showing under canvas at Lake Fork. La-
tham and other towns in the neighborhood of
Lincoln.
Manager Floyd P. Lee of the Colonial the-
ater in Quincy recently gave a four-reel bene-
fit performance for a local camp of the Wood-
men of the World.
Photoplays are out at the Orpheum theater
McHenry will have a modern ground-floor
in Rockford and vaudeville is in again.
picture house, J. W. Smith, manager of the
Central Opera House and the Riverside Air-
dome, having secured a site in that part of the
community Known as Centerville. fhe build-
ings now occupying the site will be razed and
an up-to-date theater erected.
Prospects are good for an addition to the
moving picture theater colony in Normal, the
twin city of Bioomington. Three or four men
and one woman have been there looking over
what is reported as a good field for another
house.
When the Star theater at South Wilmington
was asked to give an appropriate program for
the benefit of the Methodist church, "The Cricket
on the Hearth," in three reels, and two reels of
comedy were shown.
John Tucker of Walnut Grove has purchased
the Reinke Opera House at Spring Valley and
will manage the theater. The consideration
was $22,000.
Manager E. C. Lind of the Lyric theater at
Anna admitted free to the flrst show of "The
Perils of Pauline" anyone by the name of Pau-
line.
The Majestic theater at Paxtjin has added
a stage for vaudeville.
-A moving picture show has been opened at
Gays, giving performances every Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday night.
Manager W. A. Clark of the Ouatogo theater
at Upper .Alton has had the house remodeled
and redecorated.
John Egan, for two years manager of the
Cuba Cubs baseball team at Cuba has resigned
to engage in the moving picture business.
A regular baseball program was offered by
the Majestic theater at Belvidere. In conjunc-
tion with the take-over reel of the game be-
tween the Chicago Movies and the Belvidere
teams, the two-reeler, "Home Run Baker's
Double," was featured.
Carl Malone has re-opened the Grand Opera
House at Robinson and will operate with a
picture policy. A "Country Store" and similar
advertising stunts have been announced.
The International Vaudeville and Motion
Picture theater directory of Chicago has been
incorporated with capital stock of $2.oO(5 to do
a general publishing business. The incorpora-
tors are N. A. Lacy, M. V. Kelly and L. Ra-
nous.
Manager Loren Bennett of the Gem theater
at Atlanta arranged with a dozen or more of
the leading merchants of the town for a booster
advertising campaign in the way of free shows
to be held at the Gem theater Saturday after-
noons tor a period of ten weeks. In order to
not kill the regular business a new program
was offered every Saturday night.
The Picture Palace Corporation of Chicago
has been incorporated with a capital stock of
$25,000 to own. hold, conduct and operate the-
aters in the state of Illinois or in the United
States. The incorporators are Grinnel F. Oliver
Julian .A. Wray and S. B. McConnico.
-An unusually strong program of photoplays
was a big feature offered the patrons of the
Chautauqua assembly at Paxton. The people
were shown such educational and entertaining
productions as "Quo Vadis," "The Battle of
Gettysburg,'" "Joseph in Egypt" and "The Spy."
The Airdome at Roodhouse gave a benefit
picture show for the local band.
Witt now has only one moving picture house.
The Colonial, the oldest photoplay theater, has
been closed, the fixtures stored and the building
will be remodeled for business purposes.
Thomas O'Dowd, who was manager of the
Colonial and C. J. Law have taken a lease on
Anton Avena's Opera House and will operate
it as a picture theater. O'Dowd acting as mana-
ger. The pictures will be booked in connection
with the S*ew Palace in Nokomis, New Palace
and Grand Opera House in Pana and the Mat-
toon house in which Law is interested.
.Avonia Hail, a new moving picture theater,
has been opened at Avon. .A four-reel show
will be given each Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday night.
Where the Pastor Russell pictures ("The
Photo-Drama of Creation") is being shown in
theaters there is little opposition upon the part
of churchmen who resent the use of such a
broad title, as the International Bible Stu-
dents' .Association is promulgating the beliefs of
a group of people. .At Decatur the films were
shown in the auditorium of the high school and
the ministers were up in arms. The high school
also was used at Granite City but with little
objection.
Edward Elankenburg sold the Orpheum the-
ater at Cuba to the Cuba Photo Play Company
and has returned to the theatrical field. The
Photo Pla- Company in turn sold the Orpheum.
the Bell and the .Airdome to .A. E. Wilson, who
tour years ago was proprietor of the Bell. The
new manager admitted women and children free
at the re-opening of the Orpheum.
Max Nathan, for the last Ave years mana-
ger of the Virginian theater at Hoopeston. sold
it to Worley .A. Ross, who will operate it In
connection with his other houses in Hoopston.
Extensive improvements for the Virginian have
been planned and it is probable that the name
of the house, will be changed. Ten cents for
adults and five cents for children will be
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1395
cbargc-il at both tbu V'lrgiuiuu uuU tbe Prin-
cess. The former house will give vuudevllle
and pictures and the Princess oxciuslveiy pho-
toi)lays.
Manager \V. K. Tilford of the Star theater
at .Mur|)h>sboro had an 8UO-(oot reel made of
the Logan Day exercises when the late Gen.
John A. Logan was honored by bis fellow-towns-
men. The pictures were shown at the Star and
Tllford made arrangements to book tbem
throughout Southern Illinois, which has native
pride in the memories of the great civil war
general. The Yale theater at Carbondale was
one of the flrst houses to show the Alms. The
I)icture will be a part of the records to erect
a baadsorae monument at Murphysboro to
Gen. Logan and the volunteer soldiers.
Business Is improving among Springfield ex-
hibitors. This is due to more tolerable weath-
I er conditions as well as to a dearth of other
j attraetloDs in the city. Also some of the in-
crease is attributed to the newspaper advertis-
ing done. Practically all Springfield houses
use the papers regularly. Large space is sel-
dom used but the insertion of the daily program
has brought results. One manager was heard
the other day advising an exhibitor in a sub-
urb twelve miles out of Springfield to advertise
in the Springfield papers.
The Illinois State Journal in Springfield has
sprung a new stunt in advertising the stories of
the picture plays which it runs. The first day
of each month the back page of the paper is
made up as a handsome two-color wall-sheet
calendar for the month. Under a new plan
these sheets, which are so attractive and so
conspicuous that they are bung in most of the
subscribers' homes, will now and then be
graced by the pictures of the photoplay stars
who are featured in The Journal's stories. The
first of the series was a large half-tone of
Miss Kathlyn ■Williams of the Sellg Company.
The only other time the moving picture has
been recognized on this calendar was when the
appearance of "From the Manger to the Cross"
was underlined on the date it was to appear
at a local house. Both The Journal and The
Register are running the "Trey o' Hearts,"
which is appearing at the Vogue and the Royal
theaters.
The Princess theater. Fifth street and Capi-
tol avenue, Springfield is taking care of the
slight intermission between shows by featuring
Ray Wilson, a member of the house orchestra,
who is a xylophone soloist above the average.
This, the newest Springfield house, is doing
a deservedly good business. Upon a recent
visit a correspondent of the MOVING PICTURE
WORLD found tlie projection eooH the program
apparently pleasing to the crowd, the orches-
tra fair, although it did not play the pictures,
and the courteous treatment by" the employes
to all patrons should be an asset to the house.
This house has natural ventilation on two sides
and Is a delightful place. The only jarring
note in the ensemble was the eccentric per-
formance of an electric piano during the supper
hour.
T. C. German, house manager for the Vau-
dette theater. South Kitth street. Springfield,
is still talking about the business that house
did with Essanay's "One Wonderful Night."
It played as a Sunday attraction and the
crowds which backed into the streets were con-
tinuous. The Lyric Just across the street was
successful in getting it tor a return date which
did another record business.
A strons: bid for the patronage of organized
labor in Springfield was made by the Amuse-
V on North Sixth street, which turned over its
house two days for a benefit for the local
Federation of Labor.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
SAN FRANCISCO.
•-p HE N.^T A. MAGXER COMPANY has been
-*- incorporated here to do a general moving
picture business, the capital stock being placed
at i?7.^.O0O. The directors of the concern are
Nat A. Magner. C. V. Kavanagh and R. P.
-\she. The first two mentioned are alreadj* in
business as the Independent Film Producers'
Agency Company, with offices in the Pacific
building.
The Empress theater has inaugurated the
policy of running continuous performances from
1 :30 to 11 o'clock. The afternoon prices are
10 and 20 cents, while the evening prices range
from 10 to .30 cents. Loew's vaudeville and
photoplays are now shown at this playhouse.
The fire chiefs of the coast will meet here
prior to the annual convention of the .\ssociation
of Western Fire Chiefs at Victoria. B. C,
and moving pictures will be taken of the ex-
hibition drills to be held on the Panama-Pa-
cific 2intcrnational Exposition grounds. The
pictures will be shown here and will then be
taken to the coast convention and later to the
national convention at New Orleans in Octo-
ber.
The Cort theater has gone over to moving
pictures for a few weeks, its offering for this
week being "Atlantis." Next week George
Kleine's great production, "Spartacus." will he
shown. The prices at these attractions are
15 and 25 cents.
The Turner & Dahnken Circuit has offercnl
a valuable silver trophy to be awarded as a
prize at the California Apple Show to be held
in San Francisco early in October. This con-
cern is erecting a splendid photoplay house
at Watsonvllle, the leading apple growing dis-
trict of the West, and is taking gr«at interest
in tho success ot the show.
The Savoy theater has been reopened under
the management of D. J. Grauman of Grau-
man's Imperial the initial offering being Jack
London's "Martin Eden." Much interest is
being taken In this picture, many ot the scenes
having been enacted on San Francisco Bay.
The Kolb & Dill Company has been Incor-
porated here with a capital of $2,';,0(.I0 to lease
and own theaters, produce plays and moving
pictures and organize companies of players.
The directors are Charlotte Kolb and A. T.
O'Connell of San Francisco and George D.
Perry of Oakland.
Sidney C. Martenstcln has been granted a
permit to conduct a moving picture show at
271 Divisadero street. A new theater is being
erected at this location.
The New York and Pacific Coast Amusement
Company has been Incorporated at San Fran-
cisco by C. Marks. G. N. Klemyer and G.
Videau. The capital stock is placed at $10,000.
Charles Newman, :H Ellis street, has been
granted a permit by the Board of Police Com-
missioners to conduct moving picture exhibi-
tions.
C. H. Mason, formerly one of the leading ex-
hibitors of this city, and who recently disposed
of his theater here, has left for the East with
his wife, who is in ill health.
Frank De Cesare is preparing to conduct mov-
ing picture exhibitions at 53S Columbus ave-
nue.
The Supreme Features Corporation has been
incorporated with a capital stock of $.50,000 by
Charles Stiliwell, C. Mowe, A. S. Newburgh,
L. R. Friedman and H. Rosensteil, with a
capital stock of .$30,000. Mr. Stiliwell is man-
ager of the Silver Palace theater on Market
street.
Joseph Yost has been granted a permit to
conduct a moving picture house at 4734 Mission
street.
One ot the immediate effects ot the European
war has been to cause exhibitors to attempt to
secure large stocks of carbons and other sup-
plies that are imported, but most of the ex-
changes and supply houses are refusing to fill
orders in full, allowing but limited quantities
to each exhibitor until they are certain that
stocks can be had.
The Globe Film Exchange has moved to the
third floor of the Pantages Building at 9.35
Market street, its former quarters on the fourth
floor having been taken over by the Apex
Feature Service and the De Luxe Attractions.
Ray Duhem. the camera man who accompa-
nied Aviator Robert G. Fowler on bis memora-
ble trip across the Isthmus of Panama, is mak-
ing a trip to the Yellowstone National Park to
take some pictures that will be shown here in
1915.
M. B. Dudley, general manager of the Pan-
ama-Aero Film Company, has been spending
considerable time of late at Los Angeles,
where the fanama Canal pictures have been
shown. Aviator Robert G. Fowler has also been
there lecturing on the films at each show.
The pictures will be shown at San Francisco
at an early date.
-A. boycott was declared recently on the Pan-
ama theater on the Mission road. This house
was sold some time ago by Robert McNeill to
H. Warnock and later Mr. McNeill took back a
half interest in the house. When he started to
operate the Operators' Union objected and the
theater was boycotted. The boycott has since
been suspended, pending a settlement of the
diflBculty.
H. W. Eaerresen. architect tor the Colorado
Commission of the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, is in San Francisco arranging for
the erection ot a State Pavilion on the Expo-
sition grounds. A large lecture hall where
scenic attractions will be displayed through the
medium of moving pictures will be a feature of
the structure.
The Southern California Moving Picture
Men's Association has made an application to
join the California State Branch of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors' League ot America.
The moving picture exhibitors of San Fran-
cisco were startled this week by an order is-
sued by Chief of Police White which specified
that no motion pictures might be shown which
included war scenes of any description. M. E.
Cory, vice-president of the National League, and
Ralph L. Marks, secretary of the San Francisco
local, visited the chief and secured a modifica-
tion ot the order which permitted exhibitors to
show war scenes not featuring the armies of
any of the countries now engaged in war. Be-
lieving that the fears of the Chief of Police ti'
riots would occur should war pict'tr^s O"
shown were nnt founded on fac^t and that he bad
overstepped his authority. Charles Stiliwell.
manager of the Silver Palace theater. 729 Mar-
ket street, proceeded with an exhibition of a
feature film he had booked in advance, "Faith-
ful Unto Death," He was arrested but later
secured u temporary Injunction against Cbtet
Wbltc to prevent bim from Interfering with the
exhibition of any war film. This productloo
was shown for tour days at the Sliver Palace
without tho least sign of a disturbance on tbe
part of patrons. Mr. Stiliwell in speaking ot tbe
matter, says ; "Doubtless there are some sec*
tlons ot the city where a display ot war Sims
might cause a disturbance. No exhibitor
wishes to show anything that might result In
trouble but he Is the best Judge of what should
be exhibited In his house and may be relied
upon to make a better selection ot film than a
member of the police force. Chief White over-
stepped bis authority when he made such a
sweeping order as this and is even acting with-
out the Board of Censorship. He would stop
exhibitions ot the film weeklies and productions
in which there Is now great public Intorest and
at the same time allow newspapers to print
photographs and sensational war news and to
allow crowds to collect around the bulletin
boards to teed on sensational reports." A
number of Market street bouses were show-
ing war pictures but Mr. Stiliwell was the only
theater manager arrested, it evidently being
tbe purpose to make this a test case.
The work of remodeling tbe Theater Fresno Is
now weli under way and as soon as this Is
completed the house will be opened with "The
Christian" or "The Spoilers."
"The Christian" is booked tor an early ap-
pearance at the Oakland Photoplay conducted
bv Turner & Dahnken. It will be shown for
four days and wil be brought back later for
a three day run.
I. Fenton is erecting a handsome new thea-
ter at Elmhurst. Cal., this being a handsome
fireproof structure to seat about .300 persons.
E. S. Crawley, of the Pastime theater, Bak-
ersfield, Cal., is spending a vacation at San
Francisco to escape the heat ot the valley.
Willis Thompson is already making prepa-
rations for the summer season of 1915 at Vlsa-
lia, Cal., and is planning the construction ot
an airdome of unusually large size and hand-
some appointments.
The Franklin theater, one of the latest ad-
ditions to the list of moving picture houses
at Oakland, Cal., has installed two Power s
Cameragraphs No. 6.\.
E H. Louser, formerly a well-known ex-
hibitor ot Oakland, Cal., has taken over the
Colonial theater at Merced, Cal.
City Commissioner Carragher ot Sacramento,
Cal , who is also the official censor, has is-
sued an order prohibiting the display of mov-
ing pictures of war. An order has also been
issued against the playing ot national airs in
theaters. , .
The Equator Film Company has been in-
corporated at San Diego, Cal., by N. K. Park-
hurst A. B. Bowman, L. C. Wright, C. 1.
Davenport and M. H. McClure. The capital
stock is placed at .$2.").O0O.
\rticlcs of incorporation of the Twentieth
Century Players Film Company have been filed
at Los Angeles, Cal.. by A. C. Hartman. R. H.
Palmer. A E. Weiss Jr.. R. Costello and E.
G Grubb, the capital stock being placed at
.?2.5O,000. ^ X.. ..
A. Kaiser, official photographer ot the Dinuba
Chamber of Commerce, recently took some in-
teresting moving pictures near there showing
the peach drving industry in detail. The films
will be exhibited at the San Francisco Exposi-
tion in 1915. , ^ . J .1, n„
The fire which completely destroyed the big
five-story Fulton hotel at Fresno, Cal., on
the night of Saturday, .August 8, around nine
o'clock was faithfullv recorded by the Fresno
Film Company. Fresno. Cal. Shortly after the
fire began the Fresno company received word
of the big confiagration and immediately dis-
patched Mr. Laval, a cameraman, who man-
aged to obtain a photographically good film of
the entire occurrence. The quick action of the
film company did not come to an end when the
picture was taken, but cintinuea until the film
was ready for the projection machine. The film
was projected for the flrst time during the af-
ternoon show at the Pastime theater in Fresno,
and attracted great interest. CHURCH.
MONTREAL.
T T is war, war, war and more war in Mon-
■1- treal, at the present time. The weather is
exceptionally fine, and all in all. Gen. Sher-
man's idea "of what war is. is all wrong, so far
as local exhibitors are concerned. .All the the-
aters are putting on special war subjects, and
nearly all have special wires connected with
some newspaper office, so that their patrons
know the news before the extras are on the
"ice West, manager of the Familv The-
ai-z 1 as just returned from a trip to Buffalo,
Kochesti? and other points. He says that bus-
iness seems to be going good in those cities.
"The Million Dollar Mysten"." and "The Trey
0' Hearts" are going strong at his house. Mr.
West has a special wire from a newspaper of-
fice and gives his patrons all the latest war
news. (Continued on page 1400.)
1396 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Calendar of Licensed Releases
Current Releases Advance Releases
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.
BIOGRAPH— The Counterfeiter's Daughter (Drama) BIOGRAPH— (Title Not Reported)
EDISON — The Buxom Country Lass (Ninth of the Wood EDISON — An Absent-Minded Cupid (Comedy)
B. Wedd Series) (Comedy) ESSANAY— When Knights Were Bold (Comedy)
USSANAY— Love and Soda (Comedy) KALEM— The Devil's Dansant (Special— Two parts—
KALEM — The Brand (Special — Two Parts — ^Drama) Drama)
PATHE— Pathe's Daily News No. 55 (News) PATHE— Pathe's Daily News No. 57 (News)
—(Title not reported) SELIG— W^hen the West Was Young (Special— Two parts—
SELIG — Who Killed George Graves (Special — Two Parts — Drama)
Drama) SELIG-HEARST— Selig News Pictorial No. 55 (News)
^'TXA r"^?lw'' xt''^^^'^"^' ^\''\°'}r ^°a \^ ^^^""'"^ VITAGRAPH-The Unwritten Play (Drama)
\ ITAGK.\PH — The Wrong Flat (Comedy)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
CINES— (Title Not Reported).
CINES — The Voice of Innocence (Special — Two Parts — _._^-._ _,.., „, ^,. ,„.,,, ^^ >
Drama) EDISON — The Bhnd Fiddler (Drama)
EDISON— The New York Police Department Carnival ESSANAY— Bill's Boy (Drama)
(Descriptive) K.\LEM — .\ Mother's Atonement (Drama)
ESSANAY— No. 28 Diplomat (Drama) LUBIN— As We Forgive Those (Special— Two parts-
KALEM— The Hand of Fate (Drama) Drama)
LUBIN-Never Too Old (Comedy) MELIES-Hen Fruit (Comedy)
—The Green Alarm (Comedy) PATHE— (Title Not Reported)
MELIES— Flee, You Are Discovered (Comedy) SELIG— A Typographical Error (Drama)
PATHE (Title not reported) VITAGRAPH — Brandon's Last Ride (Special — Two parts —
SELIG— Life's Crucible (Drama) ^ Drama)
VITAGR.\PH — The Hidden Letters (Special— Two Parts— WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914.
Drama)
EDISON — Getting Andy's Goat (Tenth of the Andy Series)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. (Comedy)
ESSANAY— The Fable of "The Honeymoon That Tried to
EDISON— A \ illage Scandal (Comedy) Come Back" (Comedy)
ESSANAY— Fable of the Regular Beanery and the Peachy K.\LEM— The Fuse of Death (Special— Two parts— Drama)
Newcomer (Comedy) LUBIN-As We Forgive Those (Special-Two parts—
KALEM — The Oil Well Conspiracy (Special — Two Parts — Drama)
Drama) P.\THE— Pathe's Daily News Xo. 58 (News)
LUBIN-By Whose Hand (Special-Two Parts-Drama) . . gELIG-The Man in Black (Drama)
PATHE— Pathe s Daily News No. 56 (News) ,..„.„„,„^^ t^, n j t j //-• J^
SELIG— To Be Called For (Comedy) ^ ITAGRAPH— The Band Leader (Comedy)
VITAGRAPH-The Lost Cord (Comedy) THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1914.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. BIOGRAPH— (.Title Not Reported)
BIOGRAPH— The Chief's Love .A.fTair (Comedy) ESSANAY— Snakeville's Most Popular Lady (Comedy)....
—Love and Hash (Comedy) LUBIN — On Lonesome Mountain (Special — Two parts —
ESSANAY — When Macbeth Came to Snakeville (Comedy) . Drama)
LUBIN— The Face in the Crowd (Special— Two Parts— MELIES— Uninvited (Comedy)
MELi'IsIa Case of Imagination' (•Comedy) '.'.:.'.'. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. SELIG-Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 56 ( News)
SELIG— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 54 (News) '^ ITAGRAPH— Bella's Elopement (Drama)
VITAGRAPH-The Upper Hand (Drama)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914. EDISON— Face Value (Special— Two parts— Drama)
EDISON — The Viking Queen (Special — Two Parts — Drama). ESSAN.A.Y — The Devil's Signature (Special — Two parts —
ESSANAY — Under Royal Patronage (Special — Two Parts — Drama)
ir A P^IT^^^C ■ -w- •,■ •■ • ■ -y ■,• • >^- ■ ■ ■ •^- ■; KALEM-Ham, the Lineman (Comedy)
KALEM— The Winking Zulu (Comedy) LUBIN— Squaring the Triangle (Drama)
LUBIN— The Shell of Life (Drama) SELIG— Oh I Look Who's Here I (Comedv)
SELIC] — The House That W ent Crazy (Comedy) VITAGRAPH— .\ Study in Feet ( Comedv)
VITAGRAPH-The Barrel Organ (Comedy)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1914. RrnrPAPW .x.i v i? . ^^
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ESSANAY— Broncho Billy, the Vagabond (Drama) KALEM— The Path to Ruin (Drama)
KALEM— The Gambler's Reformation (Drama) LUBIN— He Nearly Won Out ( Comedy)
LUBIN— A Fool There Was (Comedy) LUBIN— Too Many Aunts (Comedy)
SELICJ— Pawn Ticket "913" (Drama) SELIG— The Missing Page (Drama)
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1914.
KOMIC— Bill No. 5— Bill Organizes a Union (Comedy)
MAJESTIC — Frencliy (Two parts — Drama)
THANHOUSER— Arty the Artist (Comedy)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Aftermath (Two parts— Drama) ,
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl No. 33 (Topical)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
BEAUTY— A Modern Othello (Comedy)
MAJESTIC— The Milk-Fed Boy (Comedy-Drama)
THANHOUSER— A Mother's Choice (Two parts— Drama) .
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914.
AMERICAN— The Wrong Birds (Comedy)
BRONCHO — When America Was Young (Two parts-
Drama)
RELIANCE— The Miner's Baby (Drama)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
DOMINO— The Silver Bell (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 88 (News)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
KAY BEE— Stacked Cards (Two parts— Drama)
PRINCESS— His Winning Way (Comedy)
RELIANCE— Turned Back (Drama)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title not reported)
RELIANCE— In the Nick of Time (Two parts— Drama) .. .
ROYAL — Flanagan's Luck (Comedy)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1914.
KOMIC— The Mascot (Comedy)
MATESTIC — For Those Unborn (Two parts — Drama)
THANHOUSER— Little Mischief (Comedy)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.
AMERICAN— Lola (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Reported)
RELIANCE— Our Mutual Girl, No. 34 (Topical)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914.
BEAUTY— The Motherless Kids (Comedy— Drama)
MAJESTIC — Sierra Jim's Reformation (Drama)
THANHOUSER— Jean of the Wilderness (Two parts-
Drama)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914.
AMERICAN— Break! Break! Break! (Drama)
BRONCHO— The Cruise of the Molly Anne (Two parts-
Drama)
RELIANCE— The Sheriff's Choice (Drama)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914.
DOMINO— Mildred's Doll (Two parts— Drama)
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Reported)
MUTUAL— Mutual Weekly No. 89 (News)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
KAY-BEE — The Silver Candlestick (Two parts — Drama)...
PRINCESS— Sis (Comedy)
THANHOUSER— In Danger's Hour (Drama)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914.
KEYSTONE— (Title Not Reported)
RELIANCE— Broken Nose Bailey (Two parts— Drama) .. .
ROY.\L— The Prodigal Husband (Comedv)
Universal Film Mtg. Co.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1914.
ECLAIR — Mosquito Pete's Fortune (Drama)..
FRONTIER— The Janitor's Son (Drama)
REX— Out of the Depths (Drama)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914.
IMP— Mr. Burglar, M. D. (Drama — Mary Pickford Reissue).
STERLING — The Man From Nowhere (Two parts — Drama)
VICTOR— The Tale of a Hat
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914.
CRYSTAL — Curing a Lazy Wife (Comedy)
GOLD SEAL— The Trey O' Hearts No. 5— The Sunset Tide
(Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE— Universal Ike, Jr., Almost Gets Mar-
ried (Comedy)
— The Daring Cyclist (Sports)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914.
ECLAIR— The Jackpot Club (Two parts- Drama)
JOKER— Father's Bride (Comedy) '
NESTOR— The Foreman's Treachery (Drama)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914.
UNIVERSAI^Animated Weekly No. 130 (News)
IMP — -Tempest and Sunshine (Two parts — Drama)
REX — Daisies (Drama)
STERLING— A Bogus Baron (Comedy) '
i\
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
NESTOR— A Baby Did It (Comedy)
POWERS— The Siorm Bird (Drama)
— Beautiful Corsica (Scenic)
VICTOR— The Derelict and the Man (Two parts— Drama).
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914.
BISON — The Return of the Twin's Double (Three parts —
Drama)
JOKER— Oh! What's the Use (Comedy)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1914.
ECLAIR— No Show for the Chaufifeur (Comedy).
FRONTIER— Under Arizona Skies (Drama)
REX — The Boob's Nemesis (Comedy)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914.
IMP— The Silent Valley (Two parts— Drama) .
STERLING— The Broken Doll (Comedy)
VICTOR— Little Meg and I (Drama)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914.
CRYST.\L — The Bachelor's Housekeeper (Comedy) .
— Was He a Hero (Comedy)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914.
ECLAIR— Boy (Two parts— Drama)
JOKER — The Monkey's Cabaret (Comedy)....
— Beau and Hobo (Comedy)
NESTOR— A Daughter of the Plains (Drama) .
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914.
UNIVERSAL— Animated Weekly No. 131 (News)
IMP — The Universal Boy in the juvenile Reformer (Drama)
REX— Helping Mother (Three Parts^Drama)
STERLING— (No Release This Dav)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
NESTOR— Feeding the Kitty (Comedy)
POWERS— Angelof the Camp (Drama)
VICTOR— A Mysterious Mystery (Two parts— Drama)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914.
BISON— Our Enemy's Spy (Three parts— Drama)
TOKER — Jam and Jealousy (Comedy)
— The San Clements Island (Scenic )
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The Montreal Daily Star has had a screen
placed on one of the local office buildings and
projects pictures of timely interest on it everv
evening.
Every move made by the Canadian soldiers,
from the moment of mobilization miles away
from the scene of war will be perpetuated for
future generations in moving picture films, the
sanction of the Canadian Governnifnt accom-
panying the request of a former Canadian sol-
dier who will sign on as a soldier of the King.
The man who will do this is J. O'Xeii Farrell,
who has just arrived in the city from the Pan-
ama Canal, where he passed the major part of a
year for the B. & C. Film Company, of Lon-
don. England, and is now ready to follow the
Canadian troops for the Dominion General Film
Corporation, Ltd. Every detail of the great
work of mobilizing will be secured by the fam-
ous moving picture man, who has had some
stirring times, while engaged in the work. He
passed through the great miners' strike in
Wales a few years ago. and the mimic battles
of Xapoleon and Waterloo were secured by him
with the assistance of l.SOO actors and an audi-
ence of .SO-ffOO men, who made up the back-
ground for the wonderful production. From the
mimic warfare to the real noise and roar of
battle is a far cry, but Mr. Farrell is a soldier
who is used to military affairs, having been at-
tached to the Prince of Wales Fusilliers when the
Duke of York visited this country some years
ago. He will take his place in line when the
Canadian troops go to the front and cast his
fortune with the soldiers to fight for the King.
"America," a faithful film production of last
year's Xew York Hippodrome's attraction, which
was to have been shown at the Princess theater
for one week commencing August 10, was can-
celled, and "Our Xavy" was put on instead.
It was owing to the large demands of Montreal-
ers who wanted something pertaining to The pres-
ent war in Europe. The management of this
Shuberts' ho'use announce that they have booked
"Cabiria" for two weeks commencing August
24. It will be shown exactly as it was nre-
sented at the Knirkerbocker Theater, New York.
A symphony orchestra will furnish the music,
together with a large chorus.
As there is a by-law in Montreal prohibiting
the showing of boxing films, the pictures of the
recent Welsh-Ritchie contest were shown in
Maisonneuve, a suburb for two weeks begin-
ning August 15.
It is worth while to call attention to the fact
that Rev. Father Reir. preceptor of St. Patrick's
Orphan Asylum, of this city, took 125 of the
boys of that institution to see the Rainey Afri-
can Hunt films at the Princess a short time
ago. Father Reid in an interview said that his
aim was not so much to give the boys a novel
form of innocent amusement as to afford the
unique lessons in natural history. "The Rainey
pictures." he said, "give the spectators a vivid
realization of life in the jungle, which could not
be gleaned from reading the subject in a book.
Education suffers today because teachers have
forgotten the primacy of sight in perception.
What one sees at first hand with the eye is best
aopreciated and most impressed on the mem-
ory."
J. 0. Hooley opened the Francais theater for
the season 1914-15 on Monday, August 10. The
theater was closed for several weeks during
which time some alterations were made. On
week days there are two shows, matinee and
evening, consisting of seven acts of excellent
vaudeville, and some fine nhotoplavs. On Sun-
days there is a special concert. The stage set-
ting for this concert has been greatly enlarged
and improved, and a gold fibre screen has been
installed.
Mr. Cross, manager of the Colonial, is having
the lobbv nf his theater repaired and altered.
However, business is going on as usual with a
fine line of features.
The Imperial is continuing to do its best in
the way of giving its patrons photoplays of qual-
ity. Some recent features were "Mrs. Bingle's
Melodrama." "Othello." and "Captain Alvarez."
Mr. Conover. the manager, has special attrac-
tions relating to the struggle now going on in
Europe.
"The Spartan Girl" was a recent feature at
the Tivoli. "The Million Dollar Mystery" is
going strong at this house. Mr. English, the
manager, has made arrangements with a local
paper for the latest war news.
Mr. Herrine. manager of the Mount Royal,
now has a little intermission between pictures.
He took thi?; course because of complaints from
his patrons that people would leave at the end
of reels and so disturb not only those in the
same row but those behind whose view of the
screen would be" hindered. "The Battle of Wa-
terloo" was given a revival at this house, ani
on that occasion Mr. Herrine offered a five-dol-
lar gold piece to the boy or girl who would best
recite Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light
Brieade."
The Dominion General Film Corporation. Lim-
ited, Montreal, has been granted its charter
from the Dominion of Canada. The incorpor-
ators are Leslie Carter Harris and Rudolph L.
Bergman of Xew York. and John William
Peachy and Maurice Marcelot of Montreal. Its
charter allows it "to manufacture, produce, ac-
quire, own, report, lease, hire, convey, sell, dis-
pose of and deal in films and photographic
plates, photographs, animated and other views
and pictures, photographic supplies and machin-
ery, tools and apparatus of every sort in con-
nection therewith." The charter allows "to own,
lease, construct, operate, manage, maintain and
carry on theaters, opera houses, music and con-
cert hails, moving and other picture halls,
amusement parks and other places designed for
the recreation and amusement of the public
and restaurants and refreshment booths and
establishments in connection therewith ; to deal
in and serve all kinds of refreshments, drinks
(temperate and otherwise) and smoking mate-
rials ; to construct, own, lease, and operate boats
and launches, scenic and other railways ; to ac-
quire, purchase, lease, manage, maintain and
operate and to provide for the engagement of
theatrical companies for the production of stage
plays, vaudeville, animated and other views
and pictures ; to acquire the business and un-
dertaking as a going concern of 'Canadian
Cinematograph, Limited,' " The operations of the
company are to be carried on throughout the
Dominion of Canada and elsewhere by the name
of "Dominion General Film Corporation, Lim-
ited." with a capital stock of three hundred
thousand dollars, divided into 30,000 shares of
ten dollars each, and the chief place of business
of the said company to be at the City of Montreal
in the Province of Quebec.
The adaptation of that famous emotional story
"East Lynne." was recently shown at the Mid-
way theater here. Mr. McBrien, the manager,
was pleased with results. GALLAGHER.
KENTUCKY.
MSWITOW. president of the Switow Amuse-
• ment Company, of Louisville, left early
last week for a trip to Martinsville and In-
dianapolis. Ind. W. R. Sanford. who was for-
merly in charge of the house at Vincennes, Ind.,
which was recently sold, has been transferred
to the house at Salem. Ind., and Simon Switow,
who has been in charge at Salem, is now in
Louisville, where he will supervise the com-
pany's interests in the houses located in the
three falls cities. Business at all of the houses
is improving, according to Simon Switow.
Film exchanges located in Louisville are as
a rule improving the aspect of their quarters
greatly. Up to a short time ago it appeared
to be the idea that any old dark quarters would
do for an exchange, but of late better locations
have been taken and the rooms renovated and
put in first class condition. This change has
had some tendency toward putting the motion
picture business on a higher plane.
The Empire theater. located on Market street
near Shelby. Louisville, is having a thirty-
seven foot addition built to the rear of the the-
ater. The addition will give the theater a good
many more seats, and will allow for a larger
and better stage. The shows are going on just
the same and will operate until the addition is
ready to join on to the main building, when the
theater will he closed for about two days.
Phillip Simons, manager of the Hippodrome
theater, Louisville, has returned from a two
weeks' vacation trip spent at Marion. Ind. Busi-
ness at the local theater has improved con-
siderably uring the past month.
The Fourth Avenue Amusement Company's
new house in the Wilkes block, Louisville, will
not be open by October 1 as was expected when
the work commenced. The opening date has now
been set for Xovember 1, and with good weather
conditions no more setbacks are expected.
A rumor is out concerning a movement of
negroes to form a stock company, which will
have as its object the establishing of a colored
motion picture bouse at Floyd and Jefferson.
Louisville, which is in the center of a thickly
populated colored district.
Herbert Bandy, of the Mutual Film Company.
was in Louisville again last week, and is said
to have made arrangements to open an office
in the Camp Restaurant building, that city.
The Hill Top Amusement Company has ob-
tained a permit to erect a motion picture house
at Frankfort and Pope streets. Louisville. The
new structure will cost approximately $12,000.
Work on the foundations has started. A permit
for remodeling the Empire theater building at
Shelby and Market streets was also taken out.
The improvements will cost about $1,500.
The new Colonial picture show was opened
at Harrodsburg on the evening of August 11
in the new and attractive room at the assembly
building.
The finishing touches were put on the new
Princess motion picture theater building at
Adairville. and the eauipment moved and In-
stalled on Friday and Saturday. The first per-
formance was held on Saturday evening. Au-
gust 8.
The Pastime theater, of Maysville, recently
had an added attraction in the way of singing
moving pictures. The theater-going public liked
the novelty very much and asked that it be
returned again In the future. The management
will try to secure the moving picture songs
for an early date.
The Dixie theater, of Mayfield, which is un-
der the management of Harry Evans, is under-
going repairs and being remodeled In many
ways. The floor, which at present is a wooden
one, is being replaced by a concrete one. The
chairs are being repaired and 100 new opera
chairs will be added in order to make room for
the large audiences which attend this popular
house.
Exhibitors of Owensboro, Henderson and
towns near Evansville, Ind., are interested in
the outcome of a popularity contest which is
being handled by the management of the Savoy
and Criterion theaters. Seven hundred dollars
will be given away by the management on
September 7. The money will be divided into
four prizes, which will be distributed to the
winners in the popularity contest. The first
three prizes will be to individuals receiving the
largest number of votes, the grand prize being
$400. The fourth is open to any church or
club in the city. Ballot boxes have been placed
in the theaters and ten votes will be given with
each paid admission.
The motion picture houses of Frankfort were
recently put out of business for two hours dur-
ing the evening by a break at the plant of the
Kentucky Public Service Company. The injec-
tors on the large battery of boilers became
clogged and when discovered the water in the
boilers was so low that the fires had to be
drawn. All lights in the city were out from
9:25 until 11.25 o'clock.
Agents of the Maxwell Motors Company, of
Detroit, were recently in attendance from all
parts of Kentucky for a luncheon held in the
red room of the Seelbach hotel. A five-reel mo-
tion picture was exhibited, entitled. "From Mol-
ten Steel to Automobile." and covered all de-
partments of the large plant. A part of the
film showed the Maxwell in action at the In-
dianapolis speedway, in one of the 500 mile
grinds.
C. W. Joehrendt, proprietor of the Arena
theater, of Campbellsville. has completed a new
electric light plant to furnish power for his
motion picture house. The plant is composed
of a 3^4 kilowatt generator, switchboard and
six horsepower gasoline engine. Besides the
motion picture and electric lights a number of
oscillating fans are driven by the power plant.
The citizens of Hazard have registered a
strong protest against the recent order of the
police judge of Hazard, in which the latter or-
dered all motion picture houses, soda fountains
and other stores to close on Sunday.
G. D. CRAIX. JR.
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PHILADELPHIA.
THE failure to secure a license for 1014 may
throw out of court the iniunction suit of
the proprietors of the Cariola Theater
against the Department of Public Safety to re-
strain the department from enforcing an order
issued on May 19 prohibi.ting the use of the
building as a 'theater until certain changes are
made. The injunction suit came up before Judge
Audenreid and the question was raised as to the
legality of the suit because of the failure to
secure a license. The case is held under con-
sideration.
Bids are being received for the erection of
the new moving picture theater to be erected
at 1.52fl-31 Chestnut street. Philadelphia, for
Alexander Boyd. The building will be one story
and of brick and terra cotta.
Business this summer has exceeded the high-
est expectations of the promoters of the Fam-
ily Theater at Thirteenth and Market streets.
With June and July receipts reaching a high
water mark and August running close behind,
everybody connected with the house is wearing
a happy "smile.
William Black of 152 North Twenty-flrst
street. Philadelphia, has asked the Trenton po-
lice to make a search for a moving picture
camera which was stolen from the Thomas Brown
Hotel, about two miles from Xorristown, Pa.
The camera weighed 40 pounds and was sent to
Xorristown to photograph pictures of a horse
race there.
The new Liberty Motion Picture Company has
begun operations and have already started sev-
eral photoplays under the direction of Max Mil-
ligan. The studio, in which there is adequate
space for sixteen sets, will contain four elec-
tric light stages and will be supervised by
Charles Greener, who has had considerable ex-
perience in the film business. The ofHcers of
the new company are John A. Axford, presi-
dent : Howard G. Bobb. vice-president, and gen-
eral manager ; A. E. Hindel, treasurer.
Extensive alterations have just been com-
pleted to the Iris Theater. Kensington and Alle-
gheny avenues, Philadelphia. The balcony has
been removed and also several objectionable
posts, and the interior has been handsomely re-
decorated.
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CONNECTICUT
tOBERT M. SPERRY. of Bridgeport, has had
new prints made of his photoplay "WinDing
H Bride" ; or "The Fickleness of Arline," ana
, is hooking the Hlms in picture theaters in
Bridgeport and vicinity. There are eight reels
in the production and at least 10,000 persons
appear. Scenes were made at the Brldgeport-
Springlleld baseball game, the Memorial Day
parade, the automobile races at Seaside park
and in front of half dozen theaters. The hlms
' were shown for two weeks at the Lyric theater
f and is the only attraction enjoyed a two weeks'
run here. Mr. Sperry, for seventeen years,
has each year written a play and produced it
with a cast of city amateurs augmented by such
professionals as Archie Boyd and others. Con-
, eluding that the drama has gone and this is
' the day of the picture play, Mr. Sperry this
I year devoted his effort to a photo-drama. All
I who appear in the films are amateurs. Mr.
Sperry for thirteen years has been the pub-
lisher of the program at the Park theater. He
is now devoting his time to a motion picture
program for a chain of theaters In Bridgeport
and surrounding towns.
Some picture fan evidently enamoured of Ma-
bel Normand, the popular star of the Keystone
films, has stolen two valuable pictures of her
from the lobby of the Plaza theater in Bridge-
port. The first was a picture of Miss Xormand
in a one-piece bathing suit and was one of a
set which Manager Jeff Callan had but recently
placed in the lobby. The glass covering was
pried off and the picture removed. Manager Cal-
lan then secured a 22x28 hand-painted portrait
of Miss Xormand. together with a portrait of
Norma Phillips, "the Mutual Movie girl." He
hung the pictures side by side in tbe lobby. The
picture of Miss Xormand had been hanging in
the lobby but a day when it, too, disappeared.
With the picture went Manager Callan's pa-
tience. He now has the theater policeman on
duty in plain clothes in the lobby, watching
for a love-sick man whom he hopes will at-
tempt to steal another picture of Miss Xor-
mand in a different costume and pose which has
replaced the one that was stolen.
The Crown theater, designed to be one of the
most up-to-date moving picture houses in the
country, is rapidly nearing completion in State
street, Xew London. The theater has a most
commanding location directly in the business
heart of the town and bordering on the public
square known as "The Parade." through which
every visitor to the Whalingtown. no matter
how he enters, must pass. The theater is of
brick, marble and steel construction, with
handsome exterior and lobby. A Sturtevant
ventilating system similar to that used in the
Little Theater, the Century, The Astor and other
theaters in Xew York and the Poli houses is to
be installed. It is expected the handsome little
playhouse will open on September 1.
Plans are complete for the building in Stam-
ford in the rear of the Burlington Arcade, a
moving picture theater with a seating accom-
modation of 500. The Tyler Amusement Co. is
to build and conduct the theater. Articles of
incorporation were recently secured. The cap-
ital stock is SI, 200, divided as follows : Presi-
dent. George A. Tyler, 20 shares ; secretary and
treasurer, William W. Hanna. 20 shares ; N.
C. Mead, 20 shares. These gentlemen are also
the hoard of directors.
On August IS, the Lyceum theater. Xew Lon-
don, departed from its former policy of feature
pictures and vaudeville "and returned to the
legitimate, opening with the Henry W. Savage's
production of "Sari." The Walter T. Murphy
Amusement Co., which has just been incorporat-
ed, will conduct the theater. Walter T. Murphy
has been manager for more then eight years.
The capital stock of the company is .?.5,000, di-
vided into 50 shares of $100 each. Walter T.
Murphy, Charles J. Ducy and and Frank T.
Cronin' are incorporators.
The Maplewood theater in Maplewood avenue,
Bridgeport, opened recently to good business.
The theater has been completely remodeled and
renovated by the owner and manager. Jobn
Donovan. It now has a seating capacity of 450.
Manager Donovan is giving a six-reel program
for a five-cent admission with a ten-cent ad-
mission on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Pearlene Studios in Bridgeport made five
reels of film of the big state wide Republican
gathering here on August 15. The state central
committee held a meeting first of which one part
of the film was made with Chairman J. Henry
Roraback opening the session. Then followed
a parade, in which more than .^.000 men with
20 bands and drum corps took part. A sheep
roast and picnic in the big .A.erodome, in Strat-
ford avenue, was also filmed. In the pictures
are leading and lesser Republican? from all
parts of the state and the intention of the
makers is to book the film all over Connecticut.
BOOTH.
When Writing to Advertisers
Kindly Mention
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IN THE MIDDLE WEST.
VX/Hlii! DOWLEll bas secured control ot what
•* is knoA-n us the Commercial Club room in
Dunbury, Neb., and wiil operate a moving pic-
lure show.
The Grand Theater at Zanesville, O., gave a
bcnolit performance for Oethcsda Ho.spltal.
The Cry.stal moving picture and vaudeville
theater at Alliance, Neb., has been closed, tbe
building having been leased for other puri)oses.
The Princess Theater at Ashtabula, Ohio, re
cently held a housewarming at whicii a leature
picture and musical program w:is given.
R. W. Shields, Fred Goii and S. I'. Duncan
have purchased the Elite theater at Blue Hill,
Xeb., from J, B. Farnum and have assumed
charge.
The Colonial Weekly, giving a weekly rec-
ord of events in Columbus, Ohio, is proving
very popular at the Colonial theater In that
city. The editor has a real nose for the un-
usual and tbe human interest scenes. One is-
sue recently showed the test of a local inventor's
pocket (ire escape and the work being done to
make the babies ot the city heolthler.
Both the Rex and the Empress theaters at
Nebraska City, Neb., which were closed for al-
terations, have been re-opened.
P. H. L. Onergan of North Platte, Neb., has
opened a moving picture show at Hershey, Neb.
The booking of the .Mary Pickford Imp re-
issues by the management of the Majestic and
Princess theaters at Springfield, Ohio, started
something. One result was the issuance ot the
following announcement : "Our friend compe-
titor who is a little inclined to knock our Mary
Pickford pictures should have realized by now
that every knock is a boost and that if he
hasn't come down to this realization he should
clip this for reference so that he may have
something to refer to in the future when he is
figuring on trying to win the esteem
of the patrons by telling them the other
fellow's business. "We have it in our
minds that he must have got so excited
when he learned that we put one across him
^y securing exclusive first run Mary Pickford
Imp Photoplays that he went up like a balloon.
And you know that it takes hot air or gas to
send up anything whether It is a balloon or a
head. We have known people to die of gastri-
tis. But we wish to state that we are not jeal-
ous ot any individual or concern. We believe
in fair competition and do not care to belittle
the dignity of our theaters by monkeying with
some spineless ones who don't think that any
one else should have success. We are always
on the alert to obtain something that will
please our patrons, something that is a little
bit better than what we have. And for this
reason some others have been fired into jeal-
ousy at our success in obtaining what we go
after."
The Empress theater at Toledo, Ohio, has in-
stalled a new front, outlined the front with
electric lights and placed a handsome huge
golden butterfly as a part of its illumination
scheme.
Ogle & Bechthold have leased the Dreamland
theater at Loup City, Neb., to Jack Amick and
Clayton Conger of that place who have as-
sumed charge.
Henry B. Hoffman, owner and manager of a
moving picture theater at Lima, Ohio, recently
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the
United States District Court at Toledo. He
scheduled liabilities of .$15,237.15 and assets of
$775, claiming exemption on $275 worth ot fur-
niture.
Tango racers, novelty vehicles, which appeal
to athletically inclined youngsters, were given
away by the Lyric theater at Piqua, O., as an
advertising proposition.
A. P. Canepa, formerly of Richmond, Va.,
will be the manager of the new moving picture
theater which is being erected on Straton Street
in Logan. 0., by Leslie Kaiser ot Yuma, O.
The new house which will be 110x30 feet and
will seat 400 was expected to open about the
first of September.
J. H. Cast has sold his half interest in tbe
Airdome at Cambridge. Neb., to J. A. Scott.
The new theater which Louis Meyers has
erected at Gemaantown, Neb., will be known
as The Folly and Rolland Meyers will be man-
ager. It is a handsome structure. 30x80, of
dark red pressed brick, with a bungalow roof
and is especially well equipped for moving
picture shows which will outnumber the travel-
ing theatrical attractions. The owner of the
theater controls the land on each side and will
leave the building free ot other structures in
order to secure perfect ventilation.
Names of residents of Xenia, 0.. are selected
at random and printed in the advertisements
of the Bijou theater. The person who finds his
name is entitled to the tree tickets upon calling
at the box ofBce.
The opening of the new Imperial theater at
Zanesville, Ohio, extended over eight days when
special programs of Famous Players' Features
were given. Souvenir programs were given
during this time by Manager Al White. An
orchestra is one of the attractive features of
the house.
MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE.
PENNSYLVANIA.
MOTION picture exhibitors all over Western
Pennsylvania are protesting against film
manufacturers not producing enough single reel
features to satisfy the exhibitors demand. Fred
Herrlngton, president ot the .Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors' Association of Pittsburgh, says that
Western Pennsylvania calls for variety and
quality, being cognizant of the fuel that the
pinnacle of success in the motion picture busi-
ness was when the Industry was In a position
to give the public a variety ot subjects or
when the single reel was recognized as the lead-
er ot the five or ten cent show. At the present
time the cry from every place Is no business
or not anything to compare with the reports of
one year ago, and while there are many things
which would cause a deflill In our cash boxes
this year, we feel there Is not one thing that
has worked a greater Injury to our business
than the so-called big features, as the people
who come in during the second or third reel ot
these so-called features have lo set twice as
long to witness a show as would be necessary
with the single reel. It Is very much like
starting to read a story by commencing In the
middle, reading towards the end ; and In order
to know the complete story one has to commence
at the beginning, but In so doing all Interest
in the plot is lost. The tact must be re-
membered that the majority of the. motion pic-
ture exhibitors cannot afford to be continually
showing big features as their houses do not
have the seating capacity to afford the expense
of paying forty or fifty dollars for these big
feature films which they are compelled to show
night after night as there are not enough single
reel features to supply all the houses.
J Burke of Pittsburgh recently let the con-
tract to A W. Philips for the construction ot
a motion picture theater on Broadway. Sharon^
Pennsylvania. This theater will cost $10,000
and will be one ot the finest in the city. It will
have a frontage ot forty feet and a depth ot
110 feet, and will be located on the ground
next to the Peat building. Mr. Burke intends
to run a high class house, running nothing but
the best feature films obtainable, and the house
inside will be fitted with the latest style ot
furniture, picture screen, decorating, etc.
Remodeling of the lobby at the Nixon the-
ater Pittsburgh, has been completed, and the
im-^-ovement adds much to the appearance of
the theater entrance: it also Is more con-
venient for the patrons as It -will do awa>
with the jam at the door as the people pass
in and out. The ticket office Is now near the
entrance and almost the entire lobby Is open
The Ice cream counter Is also changed to tnc
tar end ot the lobby. Manager Reed has been
running special pictures all summer and has
had a full house during every show. He an-
nounces that the season for road attractions will
be open in September. „„„„„j „„
The State Board of Censorship has passed on
the plans ot the new motion picture theater that
will be ejected on East Pike street Canons-
burg Pa The new theater will be known as
the Star, and will be managed by A. «• Fo'--
.=vthe, who is also the owner. It will t* 43 by
70 feet and will be modern in every particular,
•fhe buildrng will be ot brick, with the entrance
on Pike strict. It will be fireproof throughout
and the operating room will be located on the
root thus being outside the auditorium. The
fire exits will be numerous, and the a sles will
be wide so that the house can be .emptied with-
in a few minutes. The auditorium will seat
more than 500. and the turnlshmgs will be of
the latest and most improved Patte™-„ " J^
also arranged so that a large gallery may *«
added later without interfering m any way with
the remainder of the building.
* Thelcropolis theater at 4823 Second avenue.
Pittsburgh. Pa., has again changed hands. Mr.
Steinburg is now the owner. .„««
The Keystone theater, which shut down June
1 for repairs is again reopened. When John
Hafner manager, closed the theater, he said
then that it would be second to none in equip-
ment, accommodations or style when completed.
The floor plan has been completely changed,
there now being a much greater slope to m-
=nrp evervone an uninterrupted view. i ne
seating arrangements are similar to the former
ones with the exception that more room is le^ft
tathr aisles. Two projecting ""chines of the
most modern stvie and design are Installed in
"be asbestos, fireproof operating room on the
balcony of the second floor, and both of these
wi 1 be in constant use. thus enabling the op-
Tra or to allow of no Intennission in P"iectlng
a multiple reel. The front is built of rough
tap" ti^ brick after the style ot so many of
the la^e modem buildings recently constructed
in Plttlburgh. The trimmings are of white
s"one, the Irches each being centered w th a
white keystone tearing out the name of the
theater. The floor of the entrance is of white
ifle bordered with blue. Tbe name Keystone
Vnd two large Keystones are also worked nto
the tile floor, making a pretty and appropriate
'^''c^O Baird. manager of the Pastime theater
at Portage. Pa., recently installed a mirrored
screen in his theater. MANLBY.
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THE
KAISER'S CHALLENGE
The record breaking- feature of today. Shows maneuvers
of the armies and actual close range movmg pictures of
the Kaiser directing his troops.
Battles Between Germany and Russia
Battles Between Germany and France
Aeroplane Maneuvers
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FILM STORIES
BIOGRAPH.
THE COUNTERFEITER'S DAUGHTER (Aug.
31). — Daddy abandons his unlawful occupation
when his daughter comes home and his part-
ner TOWS to make him return to work. The
partner finds an opportunity to make good hls>
TOW by threatening the happiness of daddy's
girl. HoweTer, a kindly fate InterTenes to ad-
Just matters In a thrilling and satisfactory
manner.
FOR THE CAUSE (Sept. 5).— The foreign
secret agents were determined to secure the
young American's high-power e.\plosiTe dls-
coTery by fair means or foul. How the chief
agents young niece secured a grip upon the
coTeted prize only to have love loosen her
grip. Is one of the many interesting Incidents
In this revelation of the workings of a modern
nation's spy system.
KALEM.
THE H.\ND OF F.^^-TE (Sept. 1).— To save
her parents from the poorhouse, Florence prom-
ises to wed Henderson, her elderly employer,
although she loves Roy Harris. This results In
a violent quarrel between the two men. Roy
Is overheard threatening his rival.
Florence later pleads with Henderson to be
released from her promise, but the man re-
fuses Shortly afterwards, Barry, Henderson s
eight-year-old son, accidentally flres a shot from
his rifle through the window, striking Hender-
son In the breast. .
Roy hears the shot, and later finds the rifle
which Barry has thrown away In fright. The
man Is arrested bv a policeman and dragged
before Henderson. Her sweethearts predica-
ment causes Florence to throw her arms about
'"'ai this moment, Barry enters and confesses
he had fired the shot. Henderson is brought
to the realization of Florence's great love tor
his younger rival. Joining the lovers hands,
he nobly releases Florence from her promise.
THE OIL -WELL CONSPIRACY (Special-
Two Parts— Sept. 2).— Learning that Thomp-
son is in financial difllculties, Bolton, of the
Universal Oil Company, urges the man to sen
out to him. Walker, Eolton's right-hand man,
fascinates Millie, Thompson's daughter, and in-
duces the girl to use her influence over her
father In furtherance of the Universal s scheme.
Langley Thompson's boyhood chum, upsets
their plans. Millie conceives a dislike for Lang-
ley who In turn, falls in love with her. Bolton
discovers that Thompson's lease expires at noon
on June 30th., unless he should strike oi by
ttat time Due to the man's machina ions.
Thompson is unable to secure men to work for
^'Thompson and Langley tackle the job them-
selves Even Millie dons overalls and turns to.
The night before the expiration of the lease.
Bolton's men succeed in blocking the well shaft.
Langley discovers what has happened the fol-
lowiSs morning. Millie is sent to get nitro-
g°ycerinr with which to blow out the obstruc-
"°Walker discovers her errand and. In his at-
tempt to prevent her from returning to the
w"l the girl ascertains his true character.
Bo on and Walker arrive shortly before noon
anTorder the lessee to 'e^J^'^ Thompson and
T an^lpv take one more chance. Just as me
clo?k begins to strike, they drop the nitro-
glycerlnl into the well. An instant later, the
oil shoots high in air.
THE -WINKINCJ ZULU (Sept. 4).— Mrs.
1 ubbs Daub's landlady, is terror-stricken to
find the pannier's picture of a, Z"l".^,7/"^i^
winkin? at her. The artist later tells nis
mends of the joke he has played upon the
S-R»ng"fo?ne-?;a^b rum\i:^>trh'^
awt%!^^H^cfU°re'"Bob^o°%hrStes^f?-
Sln the tribe, falls in love with the artist.
Tolave his life. Daub consents to marry her
Bohl^s other suitors intervene, announcing
that Daub must fight them before he can wed
her The painter chances to find a moucn or
ran In his pocket. Seized with an Inspiration,
Kp ays 1 ragtime tune. All commence danc-
ing Robo becomes furiously jealous when she
sel; orter mafd?ns of the tribe falling in love
with her fiance. The womaB approaches Daub
'^^rae Operation: !fanb seizes a war club aud
!SM"sev\fa/;^Iicet^en*'ftt?aprby3e
A hard fall awakens him. Perceiving luo
damage he has done, he raises his right hand
and solemnly vows, ".N'over again I"
THE GAMBLER'S REFORMATION (Sept. C).
— Weedon, a gambler, falls In love with Fawn,
the half-breed daughter of Enrlght. a miner.
Brown Bear, an Indian, wins Enrlght's favor
and secures the man'a con.sent to marry Fawn.
Weedon. hearing a scream, hastens to the
scene and finds his sweetheart In the Indian s
arms. He tells the redskin. „ . ^. ,
Due to his partner's carelessness. Enrlght la
killed In a mine explosion a few days later.
Brown Bear hastens to Inform the dead man b
Indian wife of the occurrence, and at the same
time claims Fawn as his bride.
The redskin compels Fawn to accompany
him towards the village of his people. Weedon
however, overtakes the man and a vicious fight
ensues. Erown Bear is again defeated. Hasten-
ing to his people, he urges them to pursue
Weedon and slay him. „v„=.
The Indians are about to take up the chase
when the tribal chief returns. Angered at
Brown Bear's assumption of authority, he ban-
fshcs the man from the tribe At the same
time. In his love tor Fawn Yf^^°,/ !?HU»
his old profession. He and his bride strike
out for the West where a new lite awaits them.
THE DEVIL'S DANSANT (Special— Two
Parts— Sept 7).— "The Devil's Dansant, Is the
nickname given to a dansant of which Domi-
nique, a Frenchman. Is the proprietor. Dis-
trict Attorney Farrar, while searching for evi-
dence on which to raid the place, Is astounded
to find that his wife Valerie, is a frequent vis-
itor at Dominique's. v,.,n.iv
The wilful woman dlsobey's her husbands
orders and continues to visit Dominique s. Rog-
ers, the Frenchman's silent partner, sees Farrar
enter the place several days later. To avoid a
scene, he helps Valerie escape by a secret door
which leads to a gambling den above the dan-
^^Despite Roger's warnings, Dominique en-
snares Valerie in his net. causing the woman to
lose heavily at the gambling tables. The part-
ners quarrel, with the result that Rogers gives
Farrar a tii), causing the district attorney to
'"^Farr'^ar ^sft'understruck to find Valerie among
thrprisoners bagged in the raid. By declar ng
she has been securing evidence tor him the
husband saves Valerie from disgrace. Doml-
Skiuei' convicted and ruined. Realizing, at
Ust the extent of her folly, Valerie begs her
husband for forgiveness.
A MOTHER'S ATONEMENT (Sept. 8).—
Having married contrary to her mothers
w^hes Stella is disinherited. Widowed and
poverty sfrlcken. she later applies to her mother
for aid Mrs. Chambers, steeling her heart, or
ders the unfortunate woman from the door.
Twpntv vears pass. With the death of Steua,
louTsehCT daughter, becomes a hairdresser.
Fate causes the girl to be sent to do some
work tor Mrs Chambers. The society woman
U instfnctively drawn to the girl, never suspect-
in? her to be her granddaughter.
Horace attemptl to make love to Louise but
thfgirl repe's his advances. The man entraps
Louiie in his room, shortly afterwards. Frantic
with fear the girl picks up a pistol wnicn
Sorace had been cleaning. In Horace's attempt
?o d"a™ her. the pistol is fired, accidently
"^M?s'c1iamber|-has Louise carried to the room
once occupied b? Stlua. As she bends over the
SnconscioSs girl. Mrs. Chambers discovers the
remartah"e resemblance which Lo"Vhe ^ woman
Stella When the girl revives, the -woman
rearns the truth. Rlmorse-stricken, she clasps
her granddaughter to her breast.
THE FUSE OF DEATH ( Special-Two Parts
£"t qi— Learning that gold has been dis-
™fe?ed upon land olned by the HopI Indians
rhallen a trader, endeavors to ■ secure a grant
f?om Awatobt the chief The latter refus^
rhallen-s otter. The trader determines to use
?anoa the chiefs daughter, to further his
"'challen induces Tanoa to elope with him and
^^mL to thf rescue just as Awatobi Is about
'"T^h^l °g?rf' ^fe°vfrlf 'oStwits the trader and re-
leases father and daughter. In her desire for
revenge Tanoa lights a fuse leading to a bar-
rirof powder. The three then make their es-
cape leaving Challen behind in a drunken stu-
por .V ter?ific explosion destroys the cabin,
and Challen meets a tearful tate.
H\M THE LINEM.\N (Sept. ID-— Jain, a
telephone lineman, is inclined to be A^atlous^
This habit gets him into trouble when Detective
Johnson finds him trying to flirt -w'th Mrs^
Johnson. He scares Ham so SF^atly that the
lineman actually outdistances the bullets shot
after him bv the irate husband.
Shortly afterward. Ham is sent to the John-
son home to repair the^telephone. At the same
time two gangsters, who had been sent to jail
by the detective, appear at the house on ven-
geance bent. Johnson finds Ham at the same
time that the gangsters find the detective.
BcUevlnK the lineman has been making love
to his wife, Johnson chases him all over the
house with a revolver. The gangsters in turn
chase the detective. Ham and the detective
finally take refuge In the bedroom, the former
hiding under the bed, while the latter dives
Into a closet. . . .t
Police arrive at this moment and the gang-
sters are arrested. Johnson Is about to tackle
Ham again when the situation Is explained.
The detective offers to shake hands, but Ham
takes no chances— he dives out through the
door.
THE PATH TO RUIN (Sept. 12).— Loved by
Gage a broker, and Vance, a rising young phy-
sician Vera, who craves the luxuries of wealth,
marries the former. Vance thereupon leaves
tor a distant city, where he rapidly wins fame.
Fate deals harshly with Gage, whose fortune
Is wiped out. The man sinks lower down Life s
ladder, finally accepting a job In a factory lo-
cated in the same city In which \ance resldra.
An explosion seriously injures Gage. The
man Is rushed to the hospital. Vera hastens
to her husband's side— and discovers that the
surgeon who Is to operate upon Gage Is Vance,
knowing the suspicion which must arise In
Vera's mind should his nerve fall, the sur-
geon prays that the operation prove successful.
AS the result ot Vance's skill. Gage Is placed
upon the road to recovery, billed with grati-
tude. Vera endeavors to see the surgeon.
Realizing his love is stronger than ever, Vance
deliberately avoids her lest it overcome him
Returning home, the man prays for strength
to overcome the longing in his heart.
VITAGRAPH.
THE UNWRITTEN PLAY (Sept. 'i')-— A °ew
theatrical star Is born when Ivy LIversedge,
Shter of Silas, an un="««V" hS le'^B
scores a bg success In Paul Hesseitine b
new play. "The Fatal Silence." Paul falls In
love with Ivy. but her tather exh jlts an
Slensr dislike for him at their veir first
meeting. He is puzzled, but comes to the coi^-
"lusion that the old man is envious ot his
success as a playwright. Paul volunteers to
hefp Silas with his ilays, thinking to over-
come his prejudice. With a ^'n'^t^-- expression
on his face, the old man says. I have a
^reat olaT in mind. Let us work It out
tSe?.'^ Paul is all attention and Old Silas
tells what the young man soon realizes is the
story of his own life : ruined by a villam who
ran away with his wife. Silas agitatedly tells
Paul that Fate reserved the cruelest blow of
Til untir the last, tor he has discovered that
f^. hs adopted daughter, has fa'len in love
with the son, the living image of the scoun-
drel, Carruthers. The old man winds up by
savine "And you are the son! I know of
but o^ne fitUng^limax to the play and tiiat
i, •■ Pulling out a revolver. Siias, in a
frenzy, is about to shoot Paul when 1^7 e^tere
the r'oom. Silas sinks into a chair and Paul
auickly explains her father was acting out one
o^ his plays He then tells Silas, "The right
?Umax would be to let the son of the man who
wronged you. marry your aaopted daughter
?he l?d man silently nods his head in agree-
ment and as Paul draws Ivy to him in a
™ose embrace, gives the young people his
blessing. , _
BRANDON'S LAST RIDE" (SPeclal— Two
Parts— Sept 8).— Two steadfast friends, Tom
Brandon and Jim Wade, are both in love with
tte^sam'-girl, Alice Tho>ns°t.. She reuses
Jim when he proposes and he real zes it is
partly because of his fondness tor drink Tom
asks her to marry him the same day and 1|
a cepted ?im le^es for the West determ ned
to cure himself and makes pod-^So °n after
wards, he learns that Tom's firm has failed,
Tnd he is ruined. For Alice's sake, Jim
lends tor Tom. ottering him a partnership n
his ranch. Tom comes West, leaving Alice In
her father's care. He meets with an accident
while out riding the range atid is cared for by
Morning Star, daughter of Crazy Bull, a
ChevenSe Chief. She grows to love Brandon
and" he never tells her of his fiancee Alice a
father dies, leaving her penniless, and Tom
sends tor her. then, despite Jim's -warning,
tells the Indlin girl he is to be married and
hey must part. Her love Is turned to hate^
but^she quietly suggests they take one last
ride together He agrees and they ride to the
mouth of a cave, which she laughingly dares
him to enter. He goes In and she ro Is a huge
biulder over the entrance, eflectually closing
U Brandon is horrified to find himself trapped
n a snake-pit, facing a death he cannot es-
eane Her vengeance now complete, the In-
dian girl relurls to her father and tells him
a I In the morning, Jim and a couple of the
bovs learn the whole story from the old Indian
chief and Alice is told Tom died to save a
friend She mourns him constantly. F ve
vel?s later, she discovers the child which
C?azv Bull brings to the Mission School^ where
she Ts teaching. Is the child of Tom Brandon
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
and the now dead Morning Star. Her faith is
broken and Alice finds happiness as the wife
of faithful Jim Wade.
THE BAND LEADER (Sept. 9).— No sooner
has Lillian seen Wally. the great band leader,
than she fall? head over heels in love with
him. He notices her in the audience and is
also smitten with the love germ. The two
meet later and confess their love. Her father,
however, has other plans for his daughter's
future. He wishes her to marry the owner of
o large pie factory. Lillian is so disgusted
when father's choice presents her with what
he considers the highest token of regard — an
immense pie — she throws it out the window and
it alights upon the upturned face of papa. The
result is, the band leader is blamed and boy-
cotted. Then the band leader and Lillian de-
cide to elope. During an attack on the band by
some of the pie factory employees. Wally and
the girl escape, are seen and pursued by the
piemen. While the terrific chase is on, Wally
and the girl enter a barn and discover a large
bomb. He takes it with him, and the two
reach the justice of the Peace ahead of their
pursuers. The ceremony starts at once, and
Wally, remembering the bomb under his arm,
throws it away just in time. The explosion
sets the place afire, the police, their pursuers
and the firemen arrive and amidst the wild
excitement, streams of water and flying missiles,
the band leader and his sweetheart stand calm-
ly side by side until they are pronounced man
and wife. Then the ambulance arives and
carries off the injured and the half-drowned
Justice, while the groom expresses his joy by
kissing the fair Lillian.
BELLA'S ELOPEMENT (Sept. 10).— Shortly
after his marriage, Wilton receives a letter
which apparently causes him great anxiety. He
vouchsafes no information to Bella, his wife,
and she becomes suspicious and jealous. Wil-
ton brings his friend, Morgan, home to din-
ner, who flatters Bella by his evident admira-
tion. At the opera, Wilton receives a note, ab-
ruptly excuses himself and takes his departure.
Later, B'ella, finds the note which reads :
"Dearest, the time has come. I must trust you
now to take care of me and the child. Lov-
ingly, Miriam." In dumb horror, Bella sinks
on the sofa overcome with emotion. She tells
Morgan of her suspicions and he proves a sym-
pathetic confidant. Wilton tells B'ella he will
be out of town several days, but Morgan hap-
pens to see him under compromising circum-
stances. He tells Bella, who is furious. Tak-
ing advantage of her mood, Morgan succeeds
in getting her to elope with him. While Mor-
gan and Bella are at supper in a restaurant,
she opens a forgotten letter and learns that
her husband is bringing home on the 7.10 train,
his sister Miriam and her baby. In a flash
she realizes her terrible mistake. Morgan tries
to detain her, but she jumps into his auto and
by a death-defying ride, reaches home before
the arrival of the 7 :10 train. There Bella
greets her husband, he tells her Miriam's story
and she bravely confesses her narrow escape
from a terrible fate. With a smile of com-
passion, he seals his forgiveness with a kiss.
A STUDY IN FEET (Sept. 11).— This story
is told entirely by means of the feet and hands
of the characters in the picture. Jones, a
young clerk, Is so elated over betting on a
winning horse, he can scarcely keep his feet on
the ground. In the street car hfi f^ets up and
gives his seat to Miss Trimfeet. Ho immediate-
ly starts a flirtation, to which «bo. coyly re-
sponds, he invites her to a tango contest that
evening and as indicated by the nervous ex-
pectancy of his pedal extremities, is much wor-
ried for fear she will refuse. Eventually, she
signifies her wilingness to go and he is de-
lighted. After arranging for their meeting, he
gets off at his home and is scolded by his
I HAVE
CARBONS
TO BURN
But due to the German war
which has created a famine, my
supply is rather limited, and the
price is several times higher than
it used to be. If the war keeps up,
the prices will go still higher — I
have bought carbons at all prices,
and am still buying at almost any
price so that I will have enough on
hand to supply my customers.
If you want carbons you had
better wire in now, and get my
prices.
When you communicate, state
make of machine, what method of
current control is used for the arc
and the Amp. maintained, also give
the voltage and cycles, I will then
quote you on whatever I may have
at the time of your inquiry. This
is the real test. Now you can find
out who carries the biggest stock,
irrespective of all claims as to
being the largest supply house, etc.
The "HOUSE OF HALLBERG"
is the "HOUSE OF QUALITY
AND DEPENDENCE." Bank on
me and you will never go wrong
nor will you get left in the cold
when the real pinch comes, like
it has now when your theatre may
shut dow^n for the w^ant of carbons.
wife for being late for supper. He manages
to skip out after supper in time to keep his
"date," with Miss Trimfeet. She gives him a
mild scolding for being late, but all is forgot-
ten as soon as they reach the dancehall. There
all kinds of tangoing is in progress, some of
the feet indicating extreme awkwardness, others
being very graceful. Jones and Miss Trim-
feet glide out on the floor. After dancing sev-
eral numbers, the happy pair go out in the
conservatory, where they sit close together and
hold hands. Meantime, Jones' wife, who has
discovered her husband's whereabouts, arrives
at the hall, in a terrific rage, as can plainly
be seen by her stamping feet. Locating Jones
in the conservatory, she marches in on the cou-
ple, prepared to meter out just punishment.
Trimfeet sees her coming and scoots out a
side door, but Mrs. Jones captures hubby af-
ter a short chase. She vigorously administers
a few swift kicks where it will do the most
good, and then leads him ignominiously home
by the ear.
HE DANCED HIMSELF TO DEATH (Special
— Two Parts — Sept. 12). — Becoming inflicted
with a craving for the latest dances, Herman
Underdunk, light-footed and light-headed, sends
for a correspondence course in Modern Danc-
ing. He practices the "Wishbone Walk" on top
of a lofty skyscraper, falls through the roof o!
a nearby building into the midst of a wake and
onto the corpse. The late lamented refuses to
stand for that, comes to life and starts a
"rough-house". After his recovery, Herman
notices a sign reading ; "Waiter Wanted. No
Brains Required." He says, "That's Me!" and
applies for the job. The proprietor gives one
look at Herman and hires him on the spot.
He tangos among the diners holding aloft a
tray of dishes and spills everything over one
of the patrons. After the riot has subsided,
Herman is fired. He tries driving a taxi, but
meets with even more embarrassing mishaps.
He "borrows the clothes of a sleeping police-
man, and catches a burglar, who discovers
his captor's weakness and whirls Herman
around until he is dizzy, then escapes.
Next he joins the army and recruits for Mexi-
co, where he certainly "distinguishes" him-
self. On the battleship he dances in front of
his own cannon, is shot in the back and falls
dead. He saves his army from defeat, and at
his funeral receives all military honors
due a hero. When the band starts up. the cof-
fin seems strangely affected. rocking from
side to side in time with the music, upsetting
the pallbearers and bounding over the ground,
it finally jumps into the open grave where
Herman's earthly terpsichorean activities are
at an end, but his restless spirit goes tango-
ing merrily on.
EDISON.
AN ABSENT-MINDED CUPID (Sept. ").—
Mr. Bookley was so much interested in books
that there was little room in his thoughts for
anything else. Whether he was shaving, or
dressing, or eating, or merely walking on the
street, was all the same. He never had his
mind on what he was doing. Thus it was that
he would attempt to mix lather in his silk hat
or would put the soapy brush in his mouth, or
eat soup with a fork. If it had not often been
for the fact that he had a remarkably capable
valet, there would be no doubt that Mr. Bookley
would have one day succeeded in one of his
numerous attempts to leave the house clad in
his pajamas or whatever article of apparel he
might chance to be wearing when the thought
struck him.
Gwendolyn was a clerk in the bookstore
which Mr. Bookley most frequently visited.
Between Ernest and George, two other clerks,
a jealous rivalry was maintained with Gwen-
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dolyn as the object. Ernest, who feared his
rival's good looks and polished manner, was
filled with delight when Gwendolyn accepted
Just before taking her to dinner. Ernest
discovered a hole in his trousers' pocket, and
transferred his money to the pocket of his
overcoat. Mr. Bookley happened to be dining
at the little restaurant when Ernest and
Gwendolyn arrived. Leaving, a little while
later, he gave a striking demonstration of men-
tal abstraction by taking Ernest's coat with
him. When Ernest came to pay the bill, he
therefore discovered that his overcoat and
money were alike absent. To put the crown-
ing touch on his embarrassment, George ap-
peared, paid Gwendolyn's bill, and took her
away with him.
When Mr. Bookley discovered his mistake,
he was overcome with regret. When he learned
into what depths of misery his absent-mind-
edness had plungod poor Ernest, he imme-
diately resolved to mend matters, so he took.
Ernest to a jeweler's shop, and insisted on the
young man accepting the magnificent engage-
ment ring which he bought. The next day he
went to the bookstore, and with much show
of anger, threatened to have Ernest discharged-
Gwendolyn came to the young man's assist-
ance, and Mr. Bookley after be had seen the
young man place the ring on the girl's finger,
chuckled and left them together.
THE BLIXD FIDDLER (Sept. 8).— There
was none in all Ireland could make music like
Old Pat. When the old folks heard him the
tears ran down their cheeks with thinking of
the good times that would no more come to
them, and when the young ones heard him.
there was never a one but smiled and thought
from Pats fiddle uud tht- little children came
and laughed and sang about him. And sure
now, doesn't that all go to prove that its con-
tentment is the best thing in life?
GETTING ANDY'S GOAT (Tenth of the Andy
series — Sept. 9). — Andy was very fond of keep-
ing pets. The unfortunate fact that his moth-
er seriously objected to acting as a dispensary
of food and shelter to a small array of de-
crepit dogs and cats interfered to a large ex-
tent with the permanence of any of Andy's de-
pendents. When Andy became the proud pos-
sessor of a real goat through the fortunate pur-
chase of a lottery ticket, bis worst fears were
realized so far as his mother was concerned.
Her stern refusal to allow the animal to live
in the house was intensified into a spasmodic
hurst of incoherent rage when the goat, appar-
ently in revenge, began to mix things up. When
they finally left, the house looked as if it had
served as the nesting place of a young and
ambitious Kansas cyclone.
Andy took the goat to the messenger office in
which he worked, and that curious animal sig-
nalized his visit by immediately eating a batch
of important papers on the superintendent's
desk. Just as the superintendent discovered
what happened, a man came in with a small
box which he wished to send to a certain ad-
dress. The box fell to the floor during the dis-
cussion and Andy, without noticing it, swept it
out with the rubbish.
Naturally enough, when the superintendent
discovered that the package was missing, he
coupled the loss with the destruction of his own
papers and accused the goat. Andy stoutly
maintained that his pet was innocent, but his
protestations were lost in the vehemence of the
stranger's denunciation. The man claimed that
other for what they were, and should not al-
low any memories from the past to come be-
tween them.
Immediately after their marriage. Kelly dis-
covered on apparently positive testimony that
his wife had been one of the most notorious
members of the gang which was attempting
to blackmail him. Meanwhile his w-ife had
discovered that he was assuming another man's
name. Matters went on until both man anfl
woman were thoroughly unhappy. Then mat-
ters were settled by the death of the gang
leader. He confessed that the woman Kelly
married was not the one who had been con-
nected with his gang, but her twin sister. Then
Kelly in turn confessed to his wife that his
name really was Peter H. Wilding. By an
extraordinary coincidence, the man whose life
he had saved was his first cousin, who had
gone to the dogs at an early age. "Kelly"
himself was the rightful heir to Silas Wild-
ing's estate.
DICK POTTER'S WaFE (Sept. 12).— D.ick
Potter's wife makes him unhappy with her
continual worries. W^ithout knowing it, she
nags the poor man almost to distraction over
petty trifles. When he tries to smoke, she
makes him uncomfortable by opening the win-
dow. If he puts his feet on a chair, she makes
him still more uncomfortable by putting a
piece of paper under them. Finally Potter,
aroused to a state of indignation, "tells her
that her worrying is making lines on her face.
Immediately afterwards he leaves home and
spends his next few evenings at the club.
Mrs. Potter, at first deeply hurt by her hus-
band's charge, finally grows alarmed. Fearing
that she is growing old, and that she will lose
Potter's love, she goes to an old gypsy and
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of wine and love and rare times to come. But
most of all. Pat loved to play for the chil-
dren, for when they heard his music, they
laughed and danced for no reason and no
thought save that they were happy and the
world was good. Sometimes Old Pat would
steal off into the forest and play into the night.
And while he played the fairies would come
creeping out of the trees and flowers where
they were hiding and dance.
One night, it happened that the queen of the
fairies herself came and danced to Pat's music,
and so pleased was she that she offered to give
Pat any wish his heart desired. Now Pat was
blind, and when he heard her words the first
thought struck bim was that he'd like to be
having his sight again, and so he wished, and
before the words had left his mouth, there he
stood with his eyes open, seeing as well as
any other man in the world.
So Pat went home with his heart like to
jump from his mouth with joy. But before he
got there, some of the happiness had gone out
of his head entirely. For, if he saw the trees
rustling in the wind, and the grass waving
under the sky. he saw also ugly things — a
hawk killing a sparrow, and a young lad beat-
ing a dog. B'ut when he reached home was
worst of all for he saw that his wife whom his
foolish heart had painted as lovely as a queen
of old time, was wrinkled and old and ugly.
And when Pat tried to play his fiddle, never a
tune wo'Uld come from it. for sure it is a man
can do no good thing unless there is happiness
and love in his heart. So Pat sought out the
fairy again, and begged her to give back the
comfortable darkness to him again. And when
she did, that very instant the music sprang
the little package was worth a thousand dol-
lars and clamored for the instant death of the
goat.
Andy fled with his much maligned pet, and
deciding that the die was cast and that or-
ganized society declared him an outlaw, took
refuge on a rubbish heap. Here, just when cap-
ture seemed inevitable, the goat solved matters
by picking up the package from the spot where
it had been thrown by the ashman.
FACE VALUE ( Special— Two Parts— -Sept.
11). — When Kelly saved Pete Scarlett from the
consequences of his dishonesty at a poker game
in a little Western mining camp, he did not
dream of the astonishing disclosure that grate-
ful and unfortunate young man was about to
make. When they reached Kelly's cabin, Scar-
lett informed his rescuer that his real name
was Peter Wilding, and showed him papers
proving him to he the heir of the late Silas
Wilding of Eastwich, L. 1. Scarlett further
informed Kelly that he had not long to live, and
suggested that he, Kelly, assume the name of
Wilding and go East to claim Silas Wilding's
legacy. Shortly afterwards, Scarlett died of
heart disease.
Kelly immediately came East, registered at
the hotel as Peter H. Wilding, and convinced
the lawyers that he was Silas Wilding's ne-
phew. His troubles, however, soon commenced.
A gang of counterfeiters with whom the other
Wilding had been mixed up, attempted to ex-
tort blackmail from him, and Kelly utterly in
the dark as to their identity was at his wits'
end. A chance encounter with Polly Winthrop
made such a deep impression on Kelly that he
asked her to marry him "on face value" — the
agreement being that they should take each
buys a philter guaranteed to make her young.
She brings the philter home, but drinks too
much of it, and instead of becoming five or
six years younger, becomes a little girl.
Potter returns and finds the little girl. He
naturally laughs at her repeated declarations
that she is his wife, and hires a governess to
look after her. Finding his wife's wedding ring
on the floor where it had dropped during the
strange transformation, he jumps at the con-
clusion that she has deserted him. As the days
go by the metamorphosed Mrs. Potter suffers
terribly in her impossible situation. Affairs
reach a climax when she discovers that the
designing governess is attempting to win her
husband's love.
Escaping from the house, she seeks out the
gypsy again, and tells her the terrible result
which attended the drinking of the potion. The
gypsy gives the child another philter which
restores her to her former condition, and the
rehabilitated Mrs. Potter triumphantly returns
to meet her enemy, the governess, on her own
terms, and to drive her, in utter defeat, from
the affections of Dick Potter. And now Dick
Potter can smoke whenever and wherever he
wants to.
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8). — The noble mayor reviews his trusty police
force in the usual manner, then sets out to
conquer and beholds Count Loveboozesky, a
handsome anarchist, attempting to bite the
roses from the village belle's cheeks. This act
causes the honorable mayor's blood to boil and
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fair one. In return for his heroism he is near-
ly ruined by his terrible knobs, but gathering
himself together, piece by piece, he evaporates,
only to become solidified again, when Bosko and
Kattskoff, henchmen of L/Oveboozesky, capture
him and take him to the arch villains' den. The
mayor escapes after many bloody battles and
Bosco, the tire eater, is sent after him with a
lighted bomb. Miss Wolf, of the Wolf family,
shaves the mayor interfering with his escape,
thereby causing the bum with, the bomb to gain
upon "his mayorship ; but Miss Wolf of the
Wolf family comes face to face with Lovebooze-
sky. She died as she iived — a heroine, and gath-
ering herself together, she flees into the
depths of the forest, with lilacs smelling all
around. Loveboozesky, also Love wolf sky, fol-
lows her accordingly, until he meets his just
deserts in Brewery ville"s bubbling brook. The
mayor showing true heroism has run far and
near, in deep and shallow, chased by Bosco.
Many a terrible light they have until the devil
comes into his own. and they sink beneath
the waters of the placid lake from whence
Brewery ville secured its liquid for its name-
sake.
"AS WE FORGIVE THOSE (Special— Two
Parts — Sept. 0. ) — Mary, wife of John Graham, a
machinist, is constantly complaining of John's
failure to support her properly, and John seeks
refuge from her tirades in the companionship of
the corner saloon. Joe Blake, fellow worker,
feels the attraction of Mary's beauty, but in
his friendship for John does evt-rything in his
])ower to prevent a break. Dallas, a fore-
man of the shops, falls in love with Mary
and when he receives an offer of a position
in another city, he persuades Mary to go with
him. Joe learns of the plan and, taking John
to his own rooms, he leaves him sleeping and
hurries back to prevent the elopement. He is
too late, but on the floor he finds a telegram
giving the name of the city to which Dallas is
going. Hoping to induce Mary to return he
follows. Mary and Dallas have taken Laura.
John's little daughter, with them. When John
wakes from his sleep, he misses Joe and re-
turns to his own house. There he finds evidence
of a hurried departure and discovers a pipe
which Joe has left. He immediately jumps at
the conclusion that Joe has gone away with
Mary, and in his half-drunken condition, he
starts out to find them. Having no clue, he
takes the wrong direction.
Joe overtakes Dallas and Mary, just as they
are starting to drive to the new plant from a
country station. He tries to persuade Mary to
return. He takes the little girl from the car-
riage and that instant Dallas applies the whip
to the horse. The animal dashes away, Dal-
las loses control and both Dallas and Mary are
killed. Joe returns home with Laura, and
finding John gone, he leaves the little girl at a
neighbor's house.
Ten years later. Joe is foreman of the For-
rest works, in another city. John is a wanderer
over the earth, still harboring a desire for
revenge against Joe. Laura, now sixteen years
old, is living with Joe. At the Forrest Works.
Joe is worried over lack of efficiency among the
hands. Laura, noting the prevalence of drunk-
enness in the men, suggests that if Joe can
influence them against drinking, he will have
better success. Joe institutes a series of meet-
ings at which he talks to his men. John, the
wanderer, always seeking Joe, comes to the
Forrest Works. Worn out. he takes a room in
a lodging house next to the hall. From the
window across an alley, he recognizes Joe.
This is his chance for revenge I In the hall
Joe raises his hand in prayer: "Our Father, who
art in heaven ' John draws a revolver. He
aims it across the narow space. "As we forgive
those who trespass against us I" John hears.
The words strike home. John slips slowly to
the floor. The revolver falls from the sill. Joe
hear.s the report as the hammer strikes the floor.
He and Laura hurry to the room of the lodger.
There the girl looks into the slowly closing eyes
of her dying father.
OX THE LONESOME MOUNTAIN (Special-
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a wild life. His father severely reprimands
him and refuses to give him any money. James
Hill, a dishonest butler, overhears the quarrel
and conceives the idea of robbing the safe. He
does so and plants evidence that incriminates
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break the engagement. One person alone stands
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In the mountains Frank finds that the land is
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on the proi)erty and been unmolested for many
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Wheelers oppose, but not before the girl has lost
her heart.
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locked in the attic. She, however, escapes and
arrives at Frank's shack just in time for them
to escape. They hide in a thicket and the
Kirl, fearful of her family, places herself under
the protection of the man she loves. On an im-
j>ulse of gratitude he takes her to a magistrate
and there gives her his name and protection.
He is saved from further attack by the arrival
of the woodcutters that he had sent for to work
the forest.
Back at the old home the mother had never
tired of endeavoring to clear her boys name
and by the aid of a detective the thieving butler
is exposed and Albert Ru.=sel. accompanied b\
Grace Preston, hastens lo the Kentucky moun-
tains to hnd Frank and plead for a reconcili-
ation. Arriving at the shack in the hills they
all embrace. Frank forgets all but his love for
Grace and takes her to his arms when the door
opens and Flo stands gazing speechless. Frank
falteringly introduces his native wife and de-
fends his marriage by explanation. Albert Rus-
sel spurns the inferior union, and urges a com-
promise. Flo takes off her wedding ring, drops
it at Grace's feet and darts away home to her
kin, where she faces the stern men. She has
come to stay — "that is all." Frank finds her.
but she refuses to return with him. Next day
Russel. accompanied by a revenue officer, goes
to the Wheeler still. The moonshiners, startled
at the intrusion, pull guns and fire. Flo. recog-
nizing Russel. endeavors to shield him and the
bullet intended for the old man enters the breast
of his son's de.^pised wife. In the confusion the
revenue spy escapes and flees to Frank's shack.
Hearing the shots the woodmen hasten to the
still and drive the moonshiners off and Frank
enters just in time to see Flo breath her last.
SQUARIXG THE TRIANGLE I Sept. II).—
Walter Adams, aged twenty, living in an East-
ern city, finds himself an orphan through the
death of his father. After the funeral Walter
learns that the estate consists of "The Triangle"
ranch in the West which has never been a pay-
ing proposition. Walter decides to go and find
out whether the ranch can be made to pay. He
appears at the ranch in rough garb and applies
to the manager for a job. The latter, an ill-
humored, surly individual with a widespread
reputation for brutality, offers him a job as
stable boy at ?10 a month. Walter accepts and
writes an assumed name in the payroll book,
.larvis has an attractive daughter, Edna, and
she and Walter soon show an interest in each
other. Bad Bill, one of the ranch cowboys, at-
tempts to haze Walter, but has the tables turned
on him. This angers him and he plans to get
even.
A week passes. W^hile sweeping out the office
Walter discovers that the payroll book is pad-
ded, his own salary being recorded as $40, He
barely has time to conceal the payroll book in
his shirt when Jarvis enters. Finished with his
sweeping Walter goes to the barn. Here he is
drawn into a fake fight game. Bad Bill and hisi
partner. Jake, being the principal. They pre-
tend to quarrel and finally draw their guns and
fire at each other. Jake falls apparently dead
and Bill, turning to Walter, tells him impres-
sively that as he is the only witness he is going
to kill him. too. Instead of becoming frightened
and taking to his heels Walter grapples with Bill
and throws him. Jake sits up and joins the
tight. The other cowboys who have been watch-
ing from a di-;tance rush in and overpower Wal-
ter. Under the direction of the now thoroughly
enraged Bill they take him to the nearest tree
and string him up with a lariat noosed under
the arms. Then Bill shoots at his feet and or-
ders him to dance. Edna hears the commotion
and goes for the sheriff.
Meanwhile Jarvis disc-overs the loss of the
payroll hook and while he Is searching for it
hears the noise outside. Attracted to the place
he finds Walter tied up and sees the payroll
book protruding from his shirt. He attempts
to take it. but Walter clings to it. During the
struggle the sheriff arrives. Walter is cut down
and the sheriff arrests Bad Bill. Walter then
hands Jarvis his card bearing his own name
and Jarvis realizes that he has been caught.
Walter orders him off the ranch, telling him he
may go free for his daughter's sake. Edna
starts to leave with her father, hut W^alter
draws her back, and tells her that he has dis-
covered that he needs her.
HE NEARLY WON OUT (Sept 12).— Bill
Byron is henpecked and decides to drown him-
self, but the water is too cold so he runs away,
leaving his coat and vest behind. His wife.
Nancy, is prostrate when his sad death is dis-
lover'ed. but by the time she gets home her grief
has moderated to the point where she is will-
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a peddler.
Meantime Bill has been telling his troubles to
.lake, a tramp whom he meets on the road.
Jake reads an item telling of Bill's death and
adding the interesting information that Nancy
has fallen heir to .^oO.OtiO. He writes her that
he is coming homp and warns her that he i^
greatly changed. Bill also sees the paragraph
and starts home. The tramp shows up first and
Nancy for a joke puts him to work and makes
his life miserable. When bill comes he is told
that Jake, the tramp, is her husband. The two
men clinch and Bill wins the fight. He feels a
new sense of power and he lords it over Nancy
as well : so bis suicide was of ifome use after all.
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TOO MANY AUNTS (Sept. 12).— Fred Miller
receives a letter stating that his aunt is coming
to pay him a visit and he forthwith invites his
sweetheart. Bess, to come over and meet her.
Then auntie wires that she will be unable to
come. Fred hurriedly gets word to Jack Mc-
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the letter and resolves that she will also play
auntie, and her father also comes to the same
conclusion. Finally there are four aunties and
Fred sees that it is a job. He gets mad and
laying it on to Jack kicks him out. The others
think Fred has gone insane and call a police-
man, who enters just in time to see Fred pulling
Bess' nair out, thinking it is a wig. Finally
everybody confesses to the joke and enjoy a
good laugh on Fred.
MELIES.
FLEE YOU'RE DISCOVERED (Sept. 1 > .—
Deacon 'jones has a bad habit of borrowing
his neighbor's lawn mower. Lawyer Brown, a
practical joker, sends him a telegram which
causes the Deacon to skip town. Brown real-
izing that matters have gone far enough, goes
in search of the Deacon to explain. A ter
several complications, they meet in the Police
station There, everything is straightened out
and the Deacon goes home, happy in the
thought that he is not a fugitive from justice.
A CASE OFl IMAGINATION (Sept. 3).—
Tom Bradley, a cowpuncher, is a judge of good
whiskey He buys a case of the best but in
order to preserve his secret, he decides to bury
the box. Elsie, the daughter of the rancher,
testing a pair of field glasses, sees him in the
act. Connecting his actions with a recent bank
robbery, she notifies the ranch. The cowboys
arrive and arrest Tom. but on opening the case,
see their mistake and give Elsie the laugh.
HEN FRUIT (Sept. 8). — Joe decides to white-
wash the chicken coop as a surprise to Marion.
So one day while she is out, he sneaks into the
coop but is caught in a steel trap set for some
thieves. Marion returns home and believing
that Joe has gone fishing, starts out for him.
Not finding him and thinking that he has
drowned, she becomes frantic with grief. Joe,
after several attempts, finally succeeds in ac-
quainting her of his whereabouts and is res-
cued.
UNINVITED (Sept. 10).— Bob and Jack, two
lieutenants, are introduced by their colonel to
a popular young girl. Miss Bamberg Bob
makes a hit. The Bambergs give a ball to
which Bob is invited but Jack is not. At the
ball Bob proposes and is accepted. Jack, al-
though not invited, attends the ball. The treat-
ment he receives, however, is not of the best
and he is forced to leave, finally realizing that
he is out of the running.
SELIG.
LIFE'S CRUCIBLE (Sept. 1).— Marc War-
ren, a neurotic young man in ill health, csan-
izes a fake investment company to catch ttie
dollars of the poor people. He persuaded
Paul Benton, a struggling young author, to
ioin his company as secretary. Helen is
Marc's sister, and he loves her dearly. He
supports her in school by his illicit earnings.
She does not know of his questionable business
methods.
The dollars i»our into the treasury of the
fake company until the authorities investigate.
and then Marc leaves the country. Paul i'?
arrested as a swindler, although innocent of
any Intent. Later Paul is released. Helen
and Paul fall in love. Marc returns penitent
and confesses, exonerating Paul completely.
Then he dies. The young lovers are married,
and everybody is happy.
TO BE CALLED FOR (Sept. 2).— Silas
Brown, a close-fisted country hotel-keeper in
Hicksville. has a pretty daughter, Betty, who
has a devoted suitor in Otis Perkins, a typi-
cal country town boy. The curiosity of Petty
is excited by a package marked for Francis
King, "to be called for." For three weeks the
package remains without a claimant. It atri-
dentally falls to the floor and breaks cpen,
showing a magnifient ball gown.
Betty has been crying her pretty eves out be-
cause her stingy father has refused her a partv
dress to wear at the church fair. She wears
the unclaimed ball gown and makes a hit at
the fair. Francis King, who is a traveling
salesman, arrives the night of the fair, an I
admires Betty in her handsome gown, which
he recognizes as one of his samples, of n
job lot. He sells the job lot to stingy old
Silas at a low price because they are last
year's samples. Betty confesses in tears, but
King presents her with the sample dress, for
which he has no further use. The jealousy of
Otis is appeased while the salesman goes on
to his next town.
THE HOUSE THAT WENT CRAZY (Sent.
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thing is mechanical and runs by electricitv.
The apparatus shaves him. gives him a b-ith,
cooks his breakfast, sets the table, etc. Whil"
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climb through a window in the mechanical
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PAWN TICKET "fllS" (Sept. 5) .— Marjorie
Mendon is charitable, but her father, old John
Mendon, refuses to give her money to continue
her work among the poor. She confides to Ralph
Demarest her intention to pawn a valuable
necklace. Ralph protests, but she persuades
him to take the necklace to a pawnbroker. He
obtains the money with pawn ticket "913. "
Burton, a rival, sees Ralph entering the pawn
shop. He investigates, and learns of the tran-
saction, also getting the number of the pawn
ticket. That night at the club. Ralph, tem-
porarily embarrassed, pledges the pawn ticket
in a wager. Burton, entering at the time, ob-
tains the pawn ticket from the winner. Burton
insults Ralph. A fight ensues and Burton is
taken to the hospital unconscious. The pawn
ticket is found, a detective works on the case
and the mystery is unraveled. Marjorie and
Ralph explain things to old John Mendon. who
consents to a wedding. Burton, in the hos-
pital, gets a bouquet of flowers from the wed-
ding feast.
WHEN THE WEST WAS YOUNG (Special-
Two Parts— Sept. 7). — Ned Halton and his
young bride. Nellie, depart from the East in
a prairie schooner to seek a home in the West-
ern wilds. They traverse the plains until they
arrive at a spot which seems to them suitable
for the making of a permanent home. Ned
builds a comfortable cabin, and in due time
a baby enlivens the monotony of their exist-
ence. A neighboring tribe of Indians are most
friendly to the young settler and his wife, and
bring a host of barbaric gifts which to them
represent the height of amity. Then one day
comes the shock. The doctor is called from the
neare.st village many miles away, but he is too
late. The gentle little spirit fades away until
the spark of life goes out. Ned comforts his
young wife as best he can, but the sorrow of
a bereaved mother is not something to lightly
pass away. Ned receives a summons to go to
the settlement and complete the formalities in
connection with his title to their home.
In the absence of Ned, Nellie becomes dis-
consolate. She sits by the empty cradle and
dreams of the little one gone beyond. In her
spirit of desolation, she again visits the tiny
grave where she has a vision of the Saviour
holding her little babe in his arms and com-
forting her with the assurance which rests
in the kindly words : "Suffer little children to
come unto me, for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven." Her faith in the spiritual life is re-
assured and her spirit of depression is dis-
pelled in the belief that her baby is at rest
and that she will see him in the next world.
On his return from the settlement, Ned Hal-
ton becomes a participant in a frightful trag-
edy. An itinerant bootlegger has supplied a
band of Indians with whiskey, which they drink
with the usual consequence. A young immi-
grant and his wife and tiny baby are attacked
by the Indians. Despite the heroic defense on
the part of both the man and woman, they are
killed, while the little baby lies quietly sleep-
ing and unhurt beneath the overturned wagon.
Ned Halton arrives in time to see the conclu-
sion of the tragedy and to drive away the
drunken redskins. He discovers the orphaned
baby and carries it home.
On the way. his horse, which has been wound-
ed in the fight with the Indians, falls, and
when Ned reaches his cabin door, he falls ex-
hausted on the threshold. Nellie has been
sitting by the empty cradle dreaming of the
little one snatched from her arms by death.
When she hears the stumbling footsteps of
her husband, she springs to the door and finds
him lying there almost unconscious from fa-
tigue. She hastens to revive him, all eager-
ness and love and thoughtfulness for bis com-
fort, and it is not until he has become refreshed
that her attention is attracted to the tiny
bundle, which he clasps tenderly in his arms.
In all the struggles which he had undergone in
his dazed condition, he had unconsciously kept
the tiny baby from injury and harm. The joy
of Nellie when she discovers what the bundle
contains is unbounded, and she clasps the little
one in her arms, and clutches it tenderly to
her breast. To the two who stand there ca-
ressing the tiny baby, appears once more that
vision of the gentle Saviour, together with the
spirit of the murdered mother.
A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR (Sept. 8).—
.Toe] Montrose, a young blacksmith, loves Irene
Hughson, the village belle. Irene scorns his
poverty, and he marries Kate Stanfield, a sin-
cere and lovable young girl, who loves her
stalwart husband devotedly. The Alaskan gold
excitement lures Joel to the bleak Northwest
where he disappears for years. Just as he
strikes luck and finds himself a millionaire, he
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reads In the home paper a statement that his
"divorced" young wife has just met with an ac-
cident. This was a typographical error, and
should have read "devoted" wife. In a frenzy
of anger at what he thinks to be Kate's treach-
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by telling her of his good fortune. Irene an-
swers his letter in person, by meeting him
when the boat arrives at Seattle.
In the meantime Kate, alarmed at Joel's con-
tinued silence, determines to find him and
starts for Alaska. In Seattle, while searching
for traces of Joel, she learns of his presence
in the city, and finds him. The plans of Irene
are frustrated, and Joel realizes the great love
of Kate.
THE MAN IN BLACK (Sept. 9). —Elsie Win-
ters, a girl of good family, is a kleptomaniac.
She reads in the newspapers of robberies in the
fashionable district, which the police attribute
to "the man In black," a clever "gentleman
burglar." While shopping in a department
store that afternoon Elsie stealthily abstracts
small articles from the counter and is undetect-
ed except by the keen eye of a well-dressed
young fellow, who is lounging near the door-
way. He follows Elsie to her home and dis-
closes himself to her as "the man in black."
He wants her to become a partner in big rob-
lieries.
They begin operations on a large scale, dis-
guised as English tourists. At a house party,
Elsie steals a case of jewels, but the family
"butler strikes her on the head in the dim light
with a poker, and renders her unconscious.
The blow cures Elsie of her kleptomania. She
Is forgiven, while her clever confederate is
"handcuffed and taken to jail.
OH! LOOK WHO'S HERE (Sept. 11).— Haw-
kins, a tired business man, listens to the call
of the soil, and arranges to go on a farm.
Mrs. Hawkins, a militant suffragette, gets a
job as a policewoman, and proceeds to act the
part, Hawkins has adventures with a ferocious
cow, while trying to rob her of her milk, and
in the meantime, Policewoman Hawkins man-
ages to help a burglar to escape, while she
locks up innocent victims. Policewoman Haw-
kins is a most efficient officer with her vanity
bag and powder puff, while Hawkins creates
a furore with his misadventures among the pigs
and chickens. Policewoman Hawkins is "rough-
housed" while attending to her duties on the
force and Hawkins is nearly smothered under
a load of hay. Each one gives up the job and
they arrive home simultaneously. There are no
recriminations. Each comforts the other and
they decide that home life is the best and hap-
piest after all.
THE MISSING PAGE (Sept. 12).— George
Godfrey, a clever physician, is deeply interested
in his work, while his wife. Flora, believes she
has a talent for the stage. She wants to be-
come a professional actress.
The leading woman of a traveling theatrical
company meets with an accident and the mana-
ger offers Flora the engagement which she ac-
cepts. Godfrey becomes pessimistic, sells his
practice and moves to -a smaller town, while
Flora disappears into the vortex of theatrical
life. He discovers a serum for the cure of
meningitis, and is appointed chief physician in
the hospital. He is attracted to Hilda, a nurse,
who loves him. A friend has written him a let-
ter on three sheets of paper, but the middle
page is mislaid, leaving Godfrey to believe that
ills wife has died. He arranges to marry Hilda.
"but Flora, who now loves him madly, locates
tim just in time.
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Parts). — Blinded by the glamour of his title,
Virginia, an heiress, falls deeply in love with
Lord Belford, and, after a short engagement,
their marriage takes place. Once she is Lady
Belford, however, the young woman finds her-
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money.
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Lord Belford has bought for "the other wom-
an," and which Is sent to the home of his wife
by mistake, awakens her to the true state of
affairs and she becomes convinced that his lord-
ship is unfaithful as well as neglectful.
After a visit to her rival and a direct appeal
to the better nature of the adventuress, she re-
fuses her husband's overtures of divorce and
sets herself to win his lasting love. When
she proves her willingness to give even her
life for his happiness, he is awakened and his
regeneration follows. In the final scene we
see husband and wife starting life anew.
'T\'HEX THE BEACOX FAILED (Cines— Tw«
Parts — August IS). — Jim is assistant to his fa-
ther, the aged keeper of the Brighton Light-
house, and in love with Mary, the inn keeper's
daughter. His rival is Bill, a fisherman, who
plans revenge when Marj- tells him she is go-
ing to marry Jim. Jim's father is suddenly
taken ill and Jim is thus left solely responsible
for the safety of the shipping sailing along the
coast at night. Bill takes advantage of this
fact to waylay Jim and attack him. foreseeing
that if any accidents occur as the result of his
failure to be on duty, he win In all probability
receive a term in prison. He leaves his victim
unconscious beside the road and when a vessel
is wrecked as the result of the failure of the
light, organized a posse to seek Jim and pun-
ish him for his neglect of duty. Through the
efforts of Mary, however, the truth comes to
light and Bill pays the penalty of his crime.
The film is highly dramatic from start to fin-
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marvelously well handled, and the terrible dis-
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rescue of the unfortunate crew of the ill-fated
vessel are depicted with startling realism.
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two-story, fireproof, constructed of steel, tile
and brick. Joseph Coburn is the owner and the
contract has been awarded to Joseph Nordella.
Cullman, Ala. — One of the handsomest picture
show houses in the state has opened in the Han-
lin block under the liame of the Lyric theater.
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LfOS Angeles, Cal. — The Little theater has been
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according to an announcement made today Dy
Frank C. Egan. manager of the theater.
Dallas, Tex. — Interstate Amusement Company.
Karl Hoblitzel. president, Chicago, is reported
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is waiting. Mounting the animal lie races at
breakneck speed and after many narrow escapes
arrives in the nick of time. There is a happy
reunion in which the old man recognizes that
his son has proved his real worth.
UNIVERSAL
ECLAIR,
BOY (Two Parts— Sept. 9).— Moran, blind
to ambition, has been a long standing friend
of Widow Casey. In his way Moran likes
the widow, but his strongest affection is for
her little boy. The boy, in turn cherishes
the man's friendship and the knife which the
man has given him. Time comes when the
widow and Moran quarrel. To rid herself of
him she leaves with the boy, hoping to find
a living some other place.
But instead of kindness and work the widow
finds rebuffs and hunger. One night she faints
from weakness in the roadway ; the boy hails
a strange man to their aid. The mother is
carried into a tenement. "■Boy."' shortly after,
remembers his knife which he had left in the
old home ; he asks to return and find it. He is
roughly rebuffed by his mother and her new
found friend.
Meanwhile Moran drinks steadily in an at-
tempt to drown his loneliness. He returns to
the tenement which had been deserted by the
widow, one night to commit suicide. As the deed
is about to be done his eye falls on the knife
which he gave to "boy ;" he remembers and the
thought drives suicide from his mind. He goes
back to the saloon to again drink.
Watching his chance, the boy escapes one
day and while on his way to the old home,
passes a saloon. Inside he observes Moran.
Moran comes out and starts for the river, again
determined on suicide. "Boy" follows him and
Moran plunges into the water; the little fel-
low runs up and jumps too. Moran's efforts
are turned toward saving the boy from the
fate he had intended for himself". The boy
leads his old friend to a hut where Moran
faints from lack of food and too much drink.
A passing priest is called and ^loran is re-
vived. Together the three go to the old tene-
taent. The latent good in Moran — through
the loyalty of "boy" — has been aroused and
as time passes he reforms. Firm in his strug-
gle he becomes a lay brother of the priest-
hood. The boy becomes a singer in the choir.
Meanwhile, the widow, still leading her old
life, passes the monastery. She hears the
voice of her son singing. The boy recognizes
her and accompanies her to her home. She
finds another woman in her place. At the
point of a pistol the widow drives her out.
The "man," furious, leaves her. But the
mother finds comfort in her son and when he
consents to remain with her, she determines to
lead a better life.
The priests from the monastery have searched
in vain for the boy. Nothing is heard of him
until the mother calls a priest to attend him :
the boy is sick. Moran accompanies the good
father. Recognizing him. the widow hides.
Moran. when told that the little fellow is dy-
ing, is heartbroken, and as the little fellow
passes away we find the two who loved him
best^ — the idler Moran and the widow — weep-
ing over him with joined hands. The widow
urges Moran to take her with him. He tells
her of his entering the priesthood. Moran,
however, finds a way out by having the sisters
care for her. In time to come the widow
becomes a sister herself. Side by side the mon-
astery and nunnery stand and from the lat-
ticed windows Moran and the widow look upon
each other, at peace with the world and them-
selves.
FOR HIS FATHER'S LIFE (Sept. 13).—
For one and all, Mr. Ripley tells Jim he must
shift for himself. Riding across country, the
young fellow comes upon a motion picture com-
pany taking a scene : mistaking the acting for
a real fight, he breaks up the picture and
pommels the leading man. Attracted by his
earnestness, the director engages him and" finds
he is an expert Western rider and cow punch-
er. Later he falls in love with Miss Bright, the
leading lady.
Meanwhile the father starts on a trip to town
In an attempt to regain his hat he falls in a
daserted mine shaft. Riding home. Miss Bright
and Jim come upon the unattended horse. Tak-
ing his lasso he makes a rope ladder, and after
a perilous descent brings up the wounded man.
At home the doctor tells him the old man can-
not live six hours without the proper medicine.
It is a twenty-five mile ride to the nearest
drugstore. Jim starts out and after a neck
and neck race with an express train rushes
by. Arriving in town and securing the medi-
cine, he misses the outgoing train and at the
point of a revolver forces a gang of Italians
to drive him on a hand car to where his horse
NESTOR.
A DAUGHTER OF THE PLAINS (Sept. 9).
— John Simpson, a Western pioneer, and his
daughter Marie are hunting bear. Simpson's
eagerness to secure the game causes him to
forego caution ; he fires into the thicket in
which the bears have concealed themselves.
The bullet kills an Indian who had also seen
the bears. Simpson discovers that the Indian
is the son of the chief of a neighboring tribe.
He fails to convince the Indian's companion
that the shot is accidental. When Simpson's
back is turned the Indian kills him.
His daughter, Marie, fearing an uprising,
rides to the village to give warning. This done,
she hastens to the nearest post but encounters
the Indians. They shoot. She falls from her
horse and is left for dead. However, Marie is
only slightly wounded. She recovers and crawls
to the river bank just in time to witness the
onslaught of the redskins. She creeps into an
old boat tied at the river bank and floats down
the stream. Next morning she is rescued by
Clifford, a young prospector. Clifford and his
partner, Bainbridge, carry her into their cabin.
Marie finds in time that she has lost her
heart to her rescuer. Bainbridge arranges . a
secret meeting with Marie. Clifford, thinking
that Marie loves Bainbridge. decides to abandon
the camp. Shortly after an Indian kills Bain-
bridge and carries Marie away captive. Clifford,
from ambush, shoots the Indian and again
rescues Marie, who informs him of Bainbridge's
death and her happiness at his return.
FEIEDIXG THE "KITTY" (Sept. 11).— Wifie
does not see the note until some time later,
which arrives for Eddie from the boys, telling
him to come over to the club and "Feed the
kitty." Eddie tells his wife that a friend has
been hurt and finally gets away along to join
in the poker game. Meantime the cook and the
policeman have been making love in the kitch-
en. Deciding to go for a walk, the cook lends
the cop Eddie's old coat and hat. Following
Eddie's wife becomes suspicious when she reads
the strange "kitty " note ; she imagines that
it refers to the cook. When she finds the cook
out her suspicions are confirmed.
Eddie returns from the game in none too
steady condition. Entering the house through
the back way, he encounters the cook. The
cop has hidden. Without his wife knowing it
Eddie seeks his room. Wifie enters the kithcen
with a gun. determined to settle the matter :
she fires at her supposed husband, the cop.
A wild scramble follows. The cop is pursued
from the house. Hearing of trouble, the ser-
geant joins in and the cop is confronted with
being found off his beat. The cook finds a
chance to make love to the sergeant; this she
does to save her lover. But the cop-lover
rebels ; he telephones for the reserves. Com-
plications result with the sergeant in an em-
barrassing position, and husband master of the
situation. It all ends with Eddie convincing
his wife of his presence in the house the whole
evening and forgiving his wife of her unjust
suspicions.
POWERS.
THE ANGEL OF THE CAMP (Sept. 11).—
Roy Clark is a whole-souled Western character,
but a bad man when drunk. He has been in
trouble several times through his desire for
shooting up the town. Sister Mary, of the Sal-
vation Army, is in Goldfield with her fellow
Salvationists. Roy is strongly attracted toward
her. but she repulses him on account of his
unsavory reputation. Besides she believes she
has her mission to fulfill.
A plague strikes the camp and Mary there-
upon earns her title of the "angel." nursing
the sick throughout the epidemic. Among her
patients is Roy, who recovers under her care,
proposes marriage and is as:aln repulsed. One
day while taking a collection in the Legal Ten-
der saloon. Mary is insulted by Jose, a camp
tough. Roy resents and shoots the Mexican.
The "angel" also nurses him and finally mar-
ries Roy. although she continues her work in
the Salvation Army.
CRYSTAL.
BACHELOR'S HOUSEKEEPER ( Sept. S) -—
The bachelors, when they complain of the food,
get a rolling pin over their heads, manipulated
by the colored housekeeper. Colored house-
keeper is fired and said bachelors advertise for
a new one. In answer to this a beautiful girl
visits the house ; she is hired. It is not long
before all three of the bachelors. Burk. Don and
Charlie are infatuated with the new girl. They
shower her with presents, help her in her work
and finally fight over her. Later, each presents
her with a diamond ring. But the surprise of
their lives is when the pretty cook introduces
them to her husband and leaves.
WAS HE A HERO (Sept. S).— While Ned
holds the affections of Alice, her parents favor
Percy. To gain their consent Ned induces
a fumigating concern to smoke up the house
while Percv and the parents are present. Percy,
observing the awful smoke, flees, leaving Alice
to her fate. Ned, waiting outside, rushes in
at the proper moment and saves her. Alice's
father, grateful to Ned for saving his daughter,
now favors his suit and when Percy calls
again he is thrown out.
REX.
HER BOUNTY (Sept. 13).— Ruth Braddon,
the daughter of a wealthy factory owner, who
is interested in improving social conditions,
receives a letter, advising her to look at the
state of affairs at her father's own factory.
She visits her fattier and he refers her to his
junior partner, Fred Howard, to whom Ruth
is engaged. Accompanied by her fiance. Ruth
goes on a tour of inspection through the fac-
tory. In the hallway, she sees a crowd of
workers gathered around a girl who has fainted
in the poorly ventilated workroom. As they
approach the group, David Hale, a factory
hand, asks Howard for better conditions. How-
ard orders David back. Ruth, admiring Da-
vid's personality, interferes and tells him she
will talk with her father.
The next day David visits Bessie and tells
her he is expecting a raise of wages soon and
they will marry. Bessie's happiness over Da-
vid's love is interrupted by a visit from Ruth.
David takes her through the tenements, show-
ing her poverty in its worst form. She asks
him to assist her in lightening the burden of
the poor. He consents. The close contact into
which David and Ruth are thrown in their
work, draws them together. Ruth awakens to
the knowledge that she is in love with David.
She breaks her engagement with Howard. He
goes to her father. The father shows a let-
ter he received from David in which he asked
for an increase of wages so that he may marry
Bessie Clay.
Ruth comes to her father's office for money
and her father places the check close to Da-
vid's letter so Ruth will see it. She learns
for the first time of David's engagement She
is overcome and on leaving her father's office
meets David. She breaks down and weeps.
VICTOR.
LITTLE MEG AND I (Sept. 7). — An old cap-
tain on a summers night sits down to tell
bis mates a story — a story of his own life and
wrecked romance. It was the story of his
youth, and as the poem by G. C. T. Murphy
goes, from which the script was written, he
had grown up with and loved little Meg An-
derson, the daughter of a rich shipowner. He
had realized the gulf that lay between them
and the little girl had promised to wait for
him when he went out on his long cruise.
The words of the poem, which make the sub-
titles for the projected picture, continues :
"Well, mates, we cruised for four long years.
till at last one summer's day
Our good ship, the Minerva, cast anchor in the
bay.
Oh. how my heart beat high with hope, as I
saw her home once more.
And on the pier stood hundreds to welcome
us ashore ;
But my heart sank down within me as I gazed
with anxious eye —
No little Meg stood on the dock as on the deck
stood I.
Why. mates, it nearly broke my heart when
I went ashore that day.
For they told me little Meg had wed. while I
was far away.
They told me, too, they forced l^er to't— and
wrecked her fair young life —
Just think, messmates, a child in years, to be
an old man's wife."
As the story follows, it would seem that the
girl's father had forced her into the unwhole-
some match. Time pas.=;es. The old man fin-
ishes with :
"One blustering night Jack Glim and I were
rowing to the shore.
When right ahead we saw a sight that made
us hold our breath —
There floating in the pale moonlight was a
woman cold in death.
I raised her up ; Oh, God, messmates, that I
had passed her by !
There in the bay lay little Meg and over her
stood I."
A MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY ( Two Parts-
Sept. 11). — At the opening of the piece we see
Miss Lawrence setting out to attend a moving
picture theater, accompanied by a woman friend
and her two children. At the theater is being
shown "Mysterious Mystery," the present play.
With the two kiddies sitting on each side of
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her. Miss Lawrence, with no one recognizing
her, watches the play as it develops to this
point. However, as she entered the theater she
was observed by a strange man who has dis-
played an officer's badge. He has phoned for
help, as is shown in the cut-hacks. As the film
play progresses inside, a machine with another
man and a chautfeur arrives and stops down the
street a short- distance from the theater. Then
the stranger approaches Miss Lawrence and
asks her to come out as there are friends who
wish to speak to her. As she approaches the
machine a rug is thrown over her head and she
is pushed into the auto.
When the rug Is removed Miss Lawrence finds
herself in a private asylum though she does not
recognize the place. She is disrobed and a pe-
culiar dress and hat are given her ; she is left
a captive in a padded cell, the walls of which
are covered with posters of her own self.
To the room there is only a single barred
casement window ; there appears no means of
escape. Frantic, Miss Lawrence throws herself
on the bed and cries.
On the exterior of the building we observe
a lunatic dressed as a ham actor with the
proverbial long hair and frock coat. He slips
up to the barred window, climbs along the
stone ledge and loosens two bars ; he enters
with one of the bars as a weapon. He at-
tempts to kill Miss Lawrence. There is a fight.
Miss Lawrence successfully defending herself.
She does this by making the crazy actor believe
he is the hero in the play and not the vil-
lain. Using this argument she induces him to
assist her to escape. A rope is made from
the bed clothes. Before she climbs down she
gives the crazy actor the iron, saying that it
is tbe gun. and compels him to stand guard.
However, before she reaches the ground she is
nearly shaken from the rope and barely escapes.
Once on the open road. Miss Lawrence seeks
aid from a farm house. Yet, to her dismay,
she is rebuffed. She tries at the station. The
stationmaster locks her in a room and tele-
phones the asylum for the guards. Miss Law-
rence has been mistaken for a crazy girl, close-
ly resembling her and one who imagines that
she is Miss Lawrence.
On the road back to the asylum Miss Law-
rence, with the guards, meets the crazy girl
in question. She is leading dogs and with them
is only too anxious to return to captivity.
She recognizes Miss Lawrence after a careful
examination. And it is the first sign of sanity
that the girl has shown in months.
Miss Lawrence is given her clothes and
offered profuse apologies. The superintendent
assures her that if she will make a few visits
to the asylum the crazy girl can be cured. As
she departs Miss Lawrence consents. With
all haste Miss Lawrence returns to the the-
ater— the last scene of "A Mysterious Mystery"
Is being projected on the screen ; this is Miss
Lawrence leaving the theater with the friend
and children.
THERE IS A DESTINY (August 241.— Jack
Baldwin, M.D., just graduated, is spending the
summer at a seaside hotel with several of his
fraternity friends. Jeanne De eJan and her
grandfather live on an island a short distance
from the coast. While the old man has a pen-
sion, they add to this by selling flsh at the
hotel across the channel.
One morning Jeanne Is seen by Jack and his
friends. They admire her beauty. "Sport"
Hamlin, one of the party, tries to flirt with the
girl. He is cut coldly. On returning to his
friends he offers to wager a hundred dollars
none of them can do any better than he did.
Jack, already interested in the girl, takes up
the bet.
Jack, to carry out his plans, secures a Job
as a boatman ; he believes that his chance with
the girl would be better It she thought him in
her own station of life. Following this It Is
only a matter of a few days before Jack makes
the girl's acquaintance through the grand-
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Observing Jack's success, "Sport" Hamlin
grows envious. After he is knocked down for
making an insulting remark to Jack, he goes
to the old man and informs him of Jack's de-
ception. Fearing tor his grandchild, the fish-
erman refuses to allow them together again.
A week goes by. Jack finds that he loves the
girl. The old fisherman is stricken with heart
trouble. There is a storm. The girl telephones
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and Jeanne's destinies are fulfilled.
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"UN'IVERS.4L BOY " SOLVES THE CHINESE
MYSTERY NO. 4 (August 27).— Our "UniTersal
Boy" has made the acquaintance of a youngster
living in the same apartment with him, who is
experimenting with wireless telegraphy. The
boys amuse themselves by tapping messages.
One which they secure Is a mysterious affair,
which the boys believe is written in cipher
code. It is addressed to one Sing Yang Foo.
Matty, with his characteristic curiosity, seeks
out the Marconi wireless station at Coney
Island, makes the acquaintance of the chief
operator and requests a reading of the pe-
culiar message. The operator tells him tt if
written in Chinese. Determined to have a read-
ing of it, our "Universal Boy" visits and Is In-
troduced to the Hon. Yang Yu Ying. Chinese
Consul-General for the United States, who reads
the message for him. It says :
"Have girl aboard. All safe —
sailing to-morrow. Send money
as promised." Wing Woy.
In trying to puzzle it out Matty, later, re-
members a newspaper account of the strange
disappearance of a young woman Chinese mis-
sionary. Convinced that there is some con-
nection between the message and the girl's dis-
appearance, our "Universal Boy" visits China-
town. On the roof of a building he finds a re-
ceiving pole of a private wireless outfit. In-
vestigating further, he learns that the owner of
the outfit is Sing Yang Foo.
Disguised as a Chinese boy, our "UniTersal
Boy" uncovers many clues, and is finally led
aboard a Chinese boat in the harbor. In the
hold of the ship he discovers the missing girl,
communicates with the police and finally, after
many exciting adventures, he brings the "white
slavers" to justice and liberates the girl.
THE UNIVERSAL BOY IN JUVENILE RE-
FORMER (Series No. 4 — Sept. 10).— The Uni-
versal Boy decides to adopt a dog and goes to
the Bide-a-wee Home for lost and strayed ani-
mals and there procures a handsome collie.
Knowing his aunt's aversion to a dog, he keeps
him in his bedroom and trains him to do all
kinds of tricks. Some time later his aunt dis-
covers the dog and orders it put out of the
house. The dog intervenes In his own behalf
by standing on its hind legs and pleading —
one of the tricks Matty had taught him. Fi-
nally auntie decides to let Matty keep the
dog. On the following day, while the dog is
outside of Its house, he is stolen by a tramp
who sells the animal to an East Side saloon
keeper in exchange tor a drink of whisky.
The theft Is witnessed by a little neighbor of
Matty's who afterwards informs him of the loss
of his dog.
Heartbroken over the loss of his four-footed
friend. Matty seeks the aid of the newly or-
ganized Juvenile Police Force. Arriving at the
station house of said organization he tells the
captain of his loss and get? a promise from him
that everything possible will be done to bring
back the dog. Matty admires the snappy ap-
pearance of the police force. He asks to join
and the captain gives his consent, at the same
time explaining the duties and functions of
the juvenile police, viz. : to keep an eye on
saloon keepers selling Intoxicants to children,
cigar stores selling cigarettes to boys, and cause
their arrest, also to arrest all boys caught play-
ing crap, gambling or smoking cigarettes.
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Later, Matty goes on his beat and discovers
a boy of about sixteen smoking cigarettes.
True to his duty, he arrests him and brings
him before the captain of the police force for
punishment. The usual penalty meted out to
Juvenile cigarette smokers according to the
rules and regulations of the juvenile police
force is to compel the offender to smoke an
old pipe until it makes him sick. Accordingly,
therefore, they subject the prisoner to this or-
deal much to the amusement of the onlooker.
Sometime later, while on duty on one of the
side street of the lower East Side, Matty detects
a little girl entering the side of a saloon with
a beer can under her shawl. Matty follows and
witnesses the illicit sale. He causes the arrest
of the saloon keeper with the aid of a member
of the regular police force. As Matty is leav-
ing the saloon after the arrest he hears a
familiar bark coming from behind the bar.
He investigates and discovers his lost dog.
There is a happy reunion.
Matty takes his dog to the Juvenile police
station and makes his report of the arrest of
the saloon keeper and then asks permission to
have his dog made a police dog and his request
is granted. While patrolling his beat one day,
Matty peeks into a cellar window and sights
a crowd of young boys pla.ving crap, cards and
smoking cigarettes. Xot being able to cope with
this tough crowd single handed, he writes out a
note for the captain of the juvenile force, ex-
plaining the situation and asking for aid. This
he puts in the dog's mouth and orders him to
bring it post haste to the station-house. As .v
result a detachment of police boys are sent
out to help Matty and after a terrible conflict
the culprits are finally brought to the juvenile
police court where they are about to be sentenced
very heavily by the judge when Matty pleads
for them. "Please let them go free. Your Honor
on the condition that they join the .Juvenile
Police Force." Impressed by the bov's mag-
nanimity of heart, he exercises his clemency
along the course outlined bv Matty and our
story concludes with Matty drilling the squad
of reformed crap shooters.
UNIVERSAL.
ANIMATED WEEKLY. .\0. 120 (August 26).
— Patriotic Demonstration. — Cadets from Lon-
don's military academy publicly uphold Eng-
land's war policy.
Off to the Rescue. — Millionaire's yacht leaves
New York to bring back Americans stranded
in war zone, and is accompanied by Animated
Weekly cameraman. Sub-title : Passing U. S S
Minnesota.
Ambrose Lightship.— Placed at entrance of
Ambrose Channel, this lightship marks limit of
Uncle Sam's neutral waters. Sub-title ■ Dere-
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A MODERN OTHELLO (Sept. 1 1 .— Mr. Mason
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tions. However, he swallows his rage until
one afternoon he takes his wife for a row on
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hunter's shot and runs away. She finds her-
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humiliation is great when she finds herself
laushted at by the men she passes, and upon
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he thought he saw disguising himself when he
peeped through the keyhole before going into
the room. Securing a revolver he demands that
the man step out of the closet, and to his sur-
prise and astonishment he finds himself face to
face with a pretty young miss.
THANHOUSER.
CONSCIENCE (Two Parts — August 2",). —
Jack Gleason is at his wit's ends because the
doctor has given his consumptive wife just one
more chance, provided she can go to Arizona —
and he has no money for the trip. In a reck-
less moment he stakes his life's savings on the
gaming table— and loses every cent. Going
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back, with a note, reading :
"Please take the rest to cure the lady, who
had pity on an old hobo."
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Lola desires to look up her people. With the
manager's assistance, she sets out the next
morning to find them and get their forgiveness.
She finds her sister, May, and learns the pa*
thetic story of how the morning eight years be-
fore when May found Lola's note their father
flew into a rage and at the same moment a ring
at the door bell brought news of an accident to
Larry, a mutual friend of May and Lola.
Later, Larry in his delirium cries for Lola.
May, in pity, goes to comfort him and pretends
she is Lola to soothe him. Larry never regains
his sight and, believing May to be Lola, de-
clares his iove. The next week the father dies.
May's pity grows to love and she marries Larry,
never telling him of her deception.
May pleads with Lola to keep her secret. As
she does so. her little child rushes in and Lola,
seeing the happiness where ignorance is bliss,
says to May, "He shall never know," kisses the
child, says farewell and is soon whirled away
in a taxi to catch her train for a performance
in the next town.
BREAK. BREAK. BREAK (Sept. 9).— Tom
Day. an old hermit of eighty, is seated on a rock
looking over the ocean. The words in the poem
of Tennyson come to him :
"Break. Break. Break,
At the foot of thy crags, oh sea,
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me."
As he watches the restless ocean his mind
goes back to his young days. He sees himself
a strong, stalwart youth, bidding good-bye to
his mother, shouldering his pitchfork and going
out to the fields. Hef sees his sweetheart, June,
meet her father. Judge Moore, the wealthy land-
owner. His heart is given to this girl so far
above him in wordly good», but because of this
difference in their station in life, does not de-
clare his love. He knows that Dan Moore, a
distant relative of June, loves her also, and
knows that Dan is not worthy of her love. He
sees his old grandfather laboring in the fields
of Squire Moore, overcome with the heat and how
little sympathy is shown by either Dan or the
Squire. He bears the form of the old man to
his home. June alone is thoughtful and calls
to offer her help and comfort. June is shy that
day and he. feeling himself unworthy, does not
speak the words of love that rise to bis lips.
Later he sees the wedding of Dan and June.
He sees them take the vessel that will carry
them to foreign countries on their honeymoon.
He stands and watches the vessel slowly dis-
appear. That night the ship is blown out of her
course and sinks with all on board. A few days
later Tom is walking along the beach and among
the wreckage washed up by the sea he finds the
body of the girl he loves. The memory of those
days long past recalls him back to youth and
his unhappy love. He glances out over the sea
and watches the vessels pass before him.
The old hermit, unable to stifle the emotions
that arise within his soul, slowly leaves the
rock and goes back to his little hut.
KOMIC.
BILL XO. -J— BILL ORGANIZES A UNION
(August uO). — Bill, being careless about his
duties, the boss arranges a set of rules for his
observances. Bill and his pals, therefore, de-
cide to right their wrongs and organize a union.
They chip in a nickel apiece and buy themselves
badges with the money.
The vice-president of the union loses his job
the next day, and calls on Bill to call a strike
on account of his being discharged. They de-
mand Izzy's job back- and threaten to strike if
he IS not taken back. They parade through the
building and Bill's boss has the fire department
turn the hose on them. They are disrupted and
dragged back to work in disgrace.
JOKER.
EEAU AND HOBO (Sept. 9).— Ernie is in
love with a girl, but the girl's father objects
thinking Ernie worthless. Ernie is slightly
effeminate in action and appearance. He is
ordered from the house for the second time;
kicked out violently by the irate father. He
gets up and calls, and the girl comes to the win-
dow. He tells her he'll put on old clothes like
a tramp and come to the back door. He goes
home to get his wardrobe. In the meantime,
a tramp comes along, sees the back door, and
approaches for a hand-out. Ernie comes on the
scene and gets jealous. Father observes his
daughter and the tramp and starts to order the
tramp from the place. The tramp refuses to
go. Ernie comes on and beats the tramp up.
Explanations and father's blessing follows.
JAM AND JEALOUSY (Sept. 12).— Brake-
man Bill unwittingly causes his sweetheart,
Mandy, to become jealous. She leaves him in
a huff, determined to get even. Bill gives vent
to his feelings when he discovers Phil and
Clarence, two box tourists, stealing a ride.
This worthy pair find themselves now stranded.
And worse, their stomachs are empty. They
spot a delicious cake, set out by Mandy's cook
to cool. Phil is chosen to make the raid.
Phil secures the coveted cake and refuses
to divide with his pal, Clarence. The latter
returns the cake dish to its owner. The cook
is out with her friend, the cop, looking for the
miscreants. Clarence meets Mandy, who seeing
a chance to get even with Brakema'n Bill
fetes Clarence with all the goodies in her
pantry. Mandy's scheme works, for Bill can
hardly control himself. Phil, who is gleefully
devouring his purloined cake, also becomes a
witness of Clarence's good luck. His glee
changes to chagrin. He is then spotted by the
cook and cop and after a desperate chase is cap-
tured.
Then Clarence forgets himself and starts to
make love to Mandy. Bill comes to her rescue
As Phil and Clarence are led away to their
just deserts Mandy vows to Bill she will ever
believe implicitly in him.
KAYBEE.
STACKED CARDS (Two Parts— Sept. 4).—
Edna Johnson, a girl of the -underworld, is em-
ployed by crooked politicians to carry out a
frame-up" on Richard Wade, who is running on
the reform ticket for Mayor. Tney place Edna
in an uptown apartment hotel, where she poses
as a girl of good standing and a settlement
worker. Here she meets Wade. A friendship
springs up between them. Feigning sickness,
she send? for Wade. While he is in her bed-
room she throws her arms around him. The
crooks in hiding behind the portieres take a
flashlight of the scene and later tell Wade that
they will publish the scandal. Wade leaves
for the gold fields and strikes it rich.
Two years later he meets Edna, who is now
really in love with Travers, a clean cut young
miner. Wade, to save Travers from an un-
happy marriage, and to get revenge, tells him
the story of Edna's life, and Travers breaks his
engagement with Edna.
BRONCHO.
THE CRUISE OF THE MOLLY ANNE (Two
Parts— Sept. Ol. — John Farrell, shipowner, nego-
tiates for the limit of insurance on his boat, the
Molly Anne. Later, he makes arrangements
with" the mate. Bill Jones, to set the boat on
fire, enabling him to collect the insurance. In
return he promises Bill bis daughter. Nell, in
marriage. Nell elopes with Captain Tom and is
out to sea before her father learns of her mar-
riage. He is grief stricken to think that he will
be the means of his daughter's death, but has
no way of reaching the boat. Bill sets the Molly
Anne afire, locks Captain Tom in a closet, takes
Nell in the lifeboat with him and they are later
rescued and brought home to Nell's father. Be-
lieving that Captain Tom is dead. Bill now tries
to keep John Farrell to bis bargain to marry
Nell. Nell protests and Farrell tells Bill to go
ahead and expose their secret, but he will not
let Nell sacrifice herself, as she has suffered
enough. Just at this moment Captain Tom
comes in and shows the note that John Farrell
has written Bill, disclosing their infamy. He
tells Bill that he will keep the secret for his
wife's sake, but for him to leave town at once
before he is tempted to kill him. An old sailor,
who has been with Captain Tom. overhears the
conversation, kills Jones, and throws him over
the cliff into the ocean.
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
MUTUAL WEEKLY NO. 87 (August 27).—
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French torpedo boats go into action. French
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DOMINO.
THE SILVER BELL (Two Parts— Sept. 3).—
A silver bell for the mission is brought to Don
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love with Dolores, the Spanish Grandee's daugh-
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RELIANCE.
OUR MUTUAL GIRL (So. 32— August 24).—
The finding of the thief who stole Margaret's
cameo necklace is bound up with the honor of
a character whom we have grown to think a
great deal of in the film, and whom Our Mutual
Girl has not been unwilling to regard as a pos-
sible suitor for her hand. So it is evident, that
as the mystery begins to unravel, still intenser
emotions are evoked in the nature of the dra-
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of the real thief, is himself under suspicion.
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lace for Our Mutual Girl may cost him his life.
Margaret, meanwhile, is trying to forget her
loss in shopping tours and a visit to the studio
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the breezy Panamas and Norfolk top coats are
peculiarly becoming to her youthful face and
figure. She insists upon wearing one of the
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distinctly on sporting lines, in the city, she
consents.
Mr. Flagg evidently approves of the effect,
however, as he begins a drawing of Margaret
the moment after he is introduced to her.
All this time Dunbar is spending far from a
happy day. He has borrowed the white satin
jewel case from Margaret to study the thumb
print of the burglar, and as he compares it
with the print on a police card which he takes
from a locked cabinet in his rooms, his sus-
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Dunbar traces him to his lodgings with the
help of Anni. the four-footed crook ; and how
the thief manages to conceal the necklace,
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far been produced.
THE SHERIFF'S CHOICE (Sept. 9).— A
Western Sheriff has a young son who breaks
hi=; father's heart by his actions in gambling,
drinking, etc. The father tries every means to
make his boy reform and lead a decent life
but all in vain, and after the boy has as-
saulted a barkeep — stolen a horse, and fled the
town, the father leaves too, unable to bear the
disgrace among his friends.
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and bears a bad record, culminating in the
murder of a rancher in the hills. News is
brought to the new sheriff and he sets out to
find and capture the outlaw. He does so but
finds it is his own son. He is torn between his
duty and his love for his erring boy, but finally
decides to let fate decide. He knows that,
close by. one trail leads over a dangerous cliff,
and that the others leads across the hills and
to safety. He tells the boy to go and he will
not follow for five minutes. The boy goes,
takes the path to the cliff, while the father
watches him go. He struggles with a desire to
stop him but lets him go. Following in a few
minutes he finds the boy has fallen over and
later finds his body, and realizes that his boy
is beyond all further crime and safe from him-
self forever.
BROKEN NOSE BAILEY (2 Parts— Sept. 12).
— Bailey, a crook, has his nose broken by Bur-
ton, the detective, in a street fight, and is a
marked man thereafter, easy for the police
to capture. He pulls off a job and is traced
easily and captured by Burton by reason of his
broken nose. Bailey now naturally nurses re-
venge against Burton. Bailey is sent away but
escapes from prison and has his nose straight-
ened by a benevolent doctor. He is now able
to pass unrecognized by Eurton. and feels safe
in working out his revenge, which he plans
against Burton and his sweetheart. He has the
girl lured away, but Burton rescues her and
Bailey goes back to prison.
MAJESTIC.
GRANNY (August 25).— Nell and her old
grandmother are poor and alone in the world
and finally leave their old home and wander
into the country in search of work. They
reach a little country town and apply at a
boarding house for work. Nell agreeing to work
for nothing but board and lodging for herself
and "Granny." This Sears, the proprietor,
agrees to, but Nell is worked to death at wait-
ing on table and other chores, and Sears is
very unkind to her and "Granny."
Graham Wilkes, a wealthy young man from
the city, on the outs with his father, comes to
the boarding house and becomes interested in
little Nell, much to Sear's disgust, the latter
Redoubling his harsh treatment of Nell. Finally
they can stand it no longer and leave. But
enroute Nell overhears a plan to rob Sears and
Wilkes ty a couple of tramps, and in spite of
her being badly treated by the former, she
decides to warn them and prevent the robbery,
which she does. Sears now repents of his
treatment of her but Wilkes has become inter-
ested and Nell turn.? to him for care and com-
fort for herself and Granny.
SIERRA JIM'S REFORMATION (Sept. S).—
Sierra Jim, wounded and desperate, flees from
the sheriff and is given refuge in the cabin of a
young girl, the sweetheart of the pony express
rider. Jim thus escapes his pursuers and later
plans the holdup of the pony express rider,
which succeeds and Jim is about to distribute
the spoils of his deed, when he sees the photo
of the express rider's sweetheart, which he
recognizes as that of the girl who had saved
him. He forces his pals to give up their share
of the loot, returns it to the express rider,
and begs for the photo of the girl, and taking
it. he rides away across the hills to a new and
better life.
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Exhibitors will please observe that the Uni-
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THE FILM DETECTIVE (Four Parts-
August 26). — Jack Daingerfield has been going
a fast pace and has lost his entire fortune. His
creditors hold a meeting and after a stormy in-
terview he agrees' to give them all he has. One
of the creditors offers to arrange a marriage
between him and a rich girl, Mary Delmar.
Jack weakly consents after he has been intro-
duced to the young woman.
Lord Lytton. a jealous rival, breaks the
romance, and Daingerfield, in despair, accepts
a commission from a moving picture company
to make a film of lion hunting in Africa. When
he reaches the lion country he manages to get
several wounderful pictures of the lions, but one
of his friends is attacked by a wounded lion,
and before they can kill the enraged beast the
man is mangled beyond recognition. Jack
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a lion that is breaking from cover.
At this moment he is shot in the back by the
two assassins. Lord Lytton and one of his
(Jack's) creditors. Bill Tuttle, a bright young
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turn to England the villains are exposed in
their true colors by the indisputable evidence.
Daingerfield finally wins the girl.
SYNDICATE FILM CORP.
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (Ninth
Episode — Reels 17 and IS J. — With Norton dis-
credited and unable to see Florence after the
scene in the Countess Olga's home, the con-
spirators find that the chief obstacle in the way
of a successful consummation of their schemes
has been removed. Only Jones, the aged butler,
stands between them and the capture of the
girl, whom they believe possesses the secret of
the missing million. In the Hargreaves" man-
sion she is safe. Acting now under the direction
of the Countess Olga, whose sharp feminine wit
evolved the plan which had eliminated Norton
— temporarily at least — from their reckoning,
with the co-operation of Braine, the conspirators
weave a cunning web about their victim. An
official document, committing Florence to an in-
sane asylum, is forged by one of the gang.
Armed with this, it is planned to seize Florence
at the first favorable opportunity.
Day after day the conspirators keep a close
watch upon her movements but no favorable op-
portunity offers, until a day that Florence de-
cides to go shopping. Once away from the
house with no protector but her' companion,
Susan Farlow, they feel that success will at
last be theirs. After visiting several of the
Fifth avenue stores. Florence and her friend dis-
miss their automobile in front of a fiorists in
the upper thirties, telling the chauffeur to pick
them up later after luncheon. The conspirators
who have been trailing them all the morning in
a taxi see that their chance has come at last
and do not hesitate to grasp it.
At the very door of the shop Braine and the
other conspirators seize Florence and drag her
into their waiting vehicle. The forged com-
mittment papers are flashed on a policeman, who
wants to know what the scuffle is all about, a
hurried explanation is made and Florence fight-
ing desperately to free herself in the taxi is
carried off, before Miss Farlow, who has entered
the florist's shop ahead of her, realizes what
has happened.
When the car reaches their headquarters, the
conspirators, after a hurried consultation, de-
cide that it will be too dangerous to keep Flor-
ence in America. Passages are arranged for on
the steamship "George Washington," sailing the
same day, and Florence, closely guarded, is
taken on board. The false committment papers
again prove useful to the plotters and. despite
her pleadings, the girl is made a prisoner in
her cabin with a coarse female as her guard
and attendant.
Once out of New York harbor Florence is al-
lowed more freedom, although constantly under
the espionage of her keeper. Hearing the cap-
tain say that on the following nisht the ship
will be off the New Foundland Banks,
she forms a desperate resolve. It is nearly
midnight, when Florence making certain
from the woman's heavy breathing, that
her keeper is sleeping soundly, noiselessly glides
out of her cabin. An instant she pauses at the
ship's rail, gathering herself together for the
supreme effort. Then, as the vessel plunges for-
ward on the swell of a wave, she hurls herself
over the side.
Numbed by the first shock of contact with
the chilling water, Florence mechanically keeps
herself afloat, watching with dull eyes, the great
ship disappear into the darkness. Suddenly, the
realization of her terrible situation comes over
her and with a crj^ that is lost in the surge of
the rolling waters, she strikes out convulsively
in its wake. Her frantic efforts soon exhaust
her. her brain whirls, a drowsiness that is
sweeter than sleep creeps over her head and
then — nothingness.
GENERAL FILM COMPANY.
THE BAREFOOT BOY (Kalem— Three Parts) .
— Eleanor Warren is loved by Harold Rives, a
struggling artist. Although fond of the young
man. Eleanor longs for the comforts of wealth.
Walter Hastings, a wealthy Southern planter,
meets Eleanor and falls in love with her.
Rives sees the two together. Filled with jeal-
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dered from the house. Shortly afterwards Rives
hears that Eleanor has married Hastings. Im-
mediately after the wedding. Hastings and his
bride leave for their Southern home. Later, a
daughter is born. Eleanor, however, is not
happy. Her longing for the gay times of her
girlhood are intensified by the messages she
receives from her chum in the North. Eleanor
also learns that Rives, favored by fortune, is
now one of the foremost artists of the day.
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She receives news that her aunt has died, to-
gether with a letter informing her that she has
inherited her relative's estate. Now in a posi-
tion to take an active part in the affairs of so-
ciety, Eleanor, knowing that her husband would
never consent to join in the social whirl, deter-
mines to leave him. When Hastings returns
home that evening, he finds a note in which his
wife informs him of her purpose. Back in
her old home, Eleanor plunges into the social
vortex. She meets Rives once more. The wom-
an falls madly in love with him. Rives, how-
ever, learning what Eleanor has done, sees her
for just what she is. Hastings, embittered by
his wife's faithlessness, is filled with a hatred
towards all women. Turning his back upon
civilization, the man takes his daughter,
Frances, into the wilderness, where he leads a
primitive life. So great is his distrust of all
women, that the father rears Frances up as
a boy.
Fifteen years later Frances as wild as any
boy. Clad in trousers and rough shirt, she
contributes toward the family larder with her
rifle and rod. A surveying party headed by
John Weir, enters the forest. Frances becomes
a favorite with the men, who are ignorant of
her real sex. Rives, on a sketching trip, meets
Frances. He induces her to pose for a paint-
ing. As "The Karefoot Boy," his painting cre-
ates a sensation.
A falling tree crushes Hastings to death.
Frances' cries bring Weir and his men to the
scene. Later, Weir learns that the "boy" is in
reality a girl. The man takes Frances home
to his wife. The couple adopt the orphan. Fate
causes Rives to stroll towards the Weir home.
Frances sees her friend of the forest and rushes
to greet him. The artist, amazed, draws
back, but his amazement increases when he dis-
covers that the beautiful girl before him and
"The Barefoot Boy" are one and the same.
Rives has tired of the friendship of Eleanor.
Frances' youth and freshness win the man's
heart. The artist wins the Weirs' consent to
paint Frances in her feminine attire. Eleanor
sees Rives take the girl in his arms. Frantic
at the thought of losing Rives. Eleanor re-
solves to bare her friendship with the artist.
Unable to believe the story. Frances shrinks
from her in horror. The girl learns the truth,
however. The artist declares that his heart
belongs to Frances. Rushing from the room,
she meets Weir and tells him all that has
transpired. The surveyor confronts Eleanor and
Rives and informs the woman of Frances' ideii~
tity. The following day Eleanor appears at the
Weir home and begs to see her daughter. Weir
informs her that Frances has gone to visit her
father's grave. Frances is sobbing over the
rude mound when a touch on her arm causes
her to turn. She confronts Eleanor, who in-
forms her of their relationship. The girl stares
at the heart-broken woman. A sudden impulse
causes Frances to take her mother in her arms.
Throwing herself at her daughter's feet, Eleanor
begs for her forgiveness.
Just at this moment, a shot emanating from
Rives' studio brings his servants to the scene.
They find the artist on the floor, a revolver
clutched in his hand.
KIT. THE ARKAXSAW TRAVELER (Kalem
— Three Parts). — Mary Adams, about to visit
relatives in a distant part of the country, is
entrusted to the care of Manuel Bond. The
girl's beauty inflames Bond, a gambler and a
scoundrel. That night, when the stage coach
halts, Mary is horrified to discover that Bond
has registered for both as man and wife. The
gambler turns a deaf ear to the girl's frantic
pleas. After locking her in the room, the scoun-
drel proceeds to the barroom. Mary escapes
by means of the window. The girl comes upon
a party of settlers. Mary joins the party. Lat-
er, the girl meets Kit. a young backwoods-
man. It is a case of love at first sight and
the two are married the same day.
Six years pass. Manuel Bond, who has fled
to the Arkansaw country because of an un-
fortunate Mississippi River encounter, hears a
familiar tune being played. He comes upon
Kit, who is trying to play a tune he had heard
upon the Mississippi, but cannot recall the last
half of it. By taking the violin from Kit's
hands and finishing the air. Bond wins his
friendship. The gambler discovers that Mary
is Kit's wife. Later, when the backwoodsman
goes to shoot a bird for dinner. Bond threatens
to kill Kit unless Mary agrees to run away
with him. Terrified, and fearing lest the gam-
bler slay her husband who is unconscious of
what is transpiring, the unfortunate woman
consents. Seizing her three-year-old daughter,
Alice, Mary enters Bond's buckboard and flees
with him.
Upon Kit's return, a neighbor informs the
husband of what has happened. Mad with rage.
Kit follows. He comes upon the three just as
they are being ferried across the river. Kit
and the gambler engage in a pistol duel. A
bullet strikes Kit. The man drops. Crazed
by the sight, Mary leaps into the river and is
drowned. Bond continues his flight, carrying
little Alice with him. Upon his recovery. Kit
returns to his cabin. Desiring to obliterate all
thoughts of Mary from his mind, the man burns
the cabin to the ground.
Fifteen years pass. Bond has resumed his
nefarious profession on the Mississippi under
an assumed name. Fortune has smiled upon
Kit, who is a prosperous stock-raiser. The
two men meet in a saloon, and although neither
recognizes the other, each is filled with an in-
stinctive hatred. Alice has been placed in a
convent by Bond. The girl believes the gam-
bler to be her adopted father. The incidents of
the past dwell but faintly in her memory.
Bond, desiring to use Alice in his gambling
operations, orders the girl to come home. Kit,
now known as "The Arkansaw Traveler," wit-
nesses the meeting between the two and is in-
stinctively drawn towards the girl, finding some-
thing hauntingly familiar about her. The
stock-raiser takes passage on a steamboat
which is to make a trip down the river. When
about to board the vessel, he comes to the aid
of Frau Peddler, a German woman, who has
been pickpocketed by one of Bond's gang.
Aided by Judge "Snuggs," "Major'' Squigs
and other henchmen, the gambler plans to
rob the safe of the steamboat during the trip.
Alice, who is among the passengers, comes
upon Kit while the latter is playing the fa-
mous air, "The Arkansaw Traveler." The tune
revives the old memories. Despite the years
that have elapsed, the girl gradually recalls the
terrible incident on the river. James Temple,
a young planter, is traveling with his widowed
mother. Temple and Alice fall in love with
each other. Aware of the fact that the boy is
in possession of a large sum of money. Bond
inveigles him into a game of cards. Mrs. Tem-
ple sees that her boy is losing his last dollar.
Her grief attracts the attention of Kit and he
promises to help her. Kit discovers that Bond
has stacked the cards. "The Arkansaw Trav-
eler" calmly announces his intention of sitting
in the game and cleverly succeeds in cleaning
the crooks out of the money they won from
Temple. Returning the money to the boy Kit
warns him never to play with thieves. En-
raged, the gamblers attempt to shoot Kit, but
are awed by the ugly pistols he levels at
them. That night. Kit comes upon Alice. In
the kindly face of "The Arkansaw Traveler,"
the girl recognizes her father. Meanwhile, dis-
guised as deckhands. Bond and his men set fire
to the steamboat, and in the excitement which
ensues, rifle the safe.
Bond comes upon Kit who holds his long-lost
daughter is his arms. Stealing from behind,
the gambler stabs "The Arkansaw Traveler"
and seizing Alice, throws her into the boat
which his accomplices have waiting alongside.
The desperadoes row to shore. Kit revives, and
despite the throbbing wound in his shoulder,
leaps into the river and follows. The blazing
steamboat is beached and the panic-stricken
passengers leap ashore. Frau Peddler had seen
the villains at work and informs the ship's oflB-
cers as to the identity of the culprits. A posse
is immediately formed to search for the men.
When Alice, who has fainted, recovers con-
sciousness, she finds herself in an old shack
with Bond and his men. Her attempts to escape
are frustrated. The posse, headed by Temple,
capture the crooks. Bond makes for the river
and is confronted by Kit. The two engage in a
terrible bowie knife duel. Realizing he faces
death, Bond, in desperation, leaps into the river.
Kit follows his man. Both disappear beneath
the waters. Bubbles rising on the surface tell
of the awful struggle going on. A hand sud-
denly emerges from the water and convulsively
clutches at the air. It disappears. Kit, swim-
ming ashore finds Alice in Temple's arms.
CHIP OF THE FLYIXG **U'' (Selig— Three
Parts) — Claude Bennett occupies a desk in his
father's bank, but does not earn his salt. Idling
one morning at his desk, he draws a ridiculous
cartoon of his father, which comes to the at-
tention of the bank president, who summarily
tells Claude that the town is not big enough
for him. After a moment's reflection, Claude
replies with spirit: "All right. Dad, I guess
I'll go West." Claude Bennett develops into
"Chip." a lively young cowboy on the Flying
"U" Ranch down in Texas.
Whitmore, the "Old Man," is a hard worker.
Chip becomes an all-around man after a num-
ber of adventures in which the wildest bron-
choes test his staying powers as a rider, and
one day the "Old Man" tells him to hook up
the team and drive to the station to meet the
"old man's" sister, who is a woman doctor.
Chip waits around in a dejected manner until
the train pulls in. He is delighted to dis-
cover that the "old maid doctor" is nothing
more or less than a very pretty, charming
young lady. Chip improves the time during
the ride to the ranch to get well acquainted
with the "little doctor," as he already begins
to call her in his own mind, whereas she dis-
covers in this tanned and sprightly young cow-
boy many of the elements which go to make up
a hero. She demonstrates her skill with the
rifle by shooting a coyote, this feat of arms
putting Chip absolutely at her mercy. He
succumbs entirely to her natural fascination.
Chip still does a little sketching now and
then, some of which comes to the attention of
the "little doctor," who encourages him to paint
a really good picture. An accident occurs in
which Chip is thrown from his horse and
dragged at the end of a lasso over the plains
at a gallop. His pet cayuse breaks a leg and
Chip is about to end its misery with a bullet
when the "little doctor" announces that she
can set the leg with splints. She does so, and
another arrow from Cupid's bow goes to the
heart of Chip. Then Chip is laid up with a
sprained ankle and the "little doctor" takes
care of him. During his recovery he gets to
work on the picture, which he paints with
great natural skill, and the "Old Man's" si-
lent partner. Dunk, who comes to the ranch
on a visit, sees the painting and promises to
take it to the city and show it to someone
with a knowledge of art. The picture sells
for a good fat check.
The "little doctor" captivates everybody.
Even Patsy, the cook, with his dirty apron, suc-
cumbs to her charms, and when "she makes a
professional visit to the kitchen and orders him
to "clean up," he obeys after much grum-
bling. The "Old Man" hears the rattling of
tins and kettles in the kitchen and makes an
investigation. Patsy has the floor covered with
soap suds an.d is scrubbing away with great
spirit. The "Old Man" dashes into the kitchen
and sprawls all over the floor, sliding on the
soap suds. He has it in his heart to murder
Patsy and starts after him, but Patsy slides
throuhg the door on another installment of soap
suds, and the "Old Man" toboggans down the
steps after him.
The "little doctor" is always up to some-
thing. She has all the cowboys her slaves,
with Chip the worst of the lot. She gets a
letter stating that Dr. Cecil Grantham, whose
name Chip has heard her mention before and
whom he looks upon as a formidable rival, is
going to arrive on the next day's train, for a
visit to the "little doctor." Chip feels very
much disturbed in spirit. He imagines that
Dr. Grantham is coming to claim his bride,
and the "little doctor" mischievously leads him
to think so. So Chip is chosen as the instru-
ment to bring his rvial to the ranch, being or-
dered to accompany the "little doctor" in the
buckboard, and greet the expected visitor. They
pull another one on Chip, for the formidable
Dr. Cecil Grantham is a sweet and saucy Miss,
a classmate of the "little doctor." Chip is so
happy over the outcome that he visibly shows
it and the girls have a great deal of fun at
his expense, in consequence.
The "Old Man" becomes infatuated with the
new arrival. Dunk, who has fallen in love
with the "little doctor." finds himself out-
classed by Chip, and that he hasn't a chance.
He shows his jealousy, whereupon he is given
to understand in unmistakable terms, that he
is not in it. Dunk "beats" it for the railroad
station. Then follow gay days at the ranch.
Chip saves the "little doctor's" life when she
is pursued by a locoed stallion, and there is
no more coquetry on her part. The "Old
Man" wins the "little doctor's' chum, and when
the announcement is made and each loving cou-
ple confesses to the others, the "Old Man" sends
Patsy for a bottle of wine, so that they can
all drink to each other's health. The path of
love runs smooth for all — there is no serpent in
their Garden of Eden.
INCORPORATIONS.
Rye, X. Y.— Rye Beach Theatre, Rye Beach :
$5,000 ; Jacob Axelrod, George Stubbmann. Louis
Berni.
Chicago. 111. — Picture Palace corporation, Chi-
cago ; capital, $25,000; to own, hold, conduct
and operate theaters ; incorporators, Grinnell
G. Oliver. Julian Wray and S. B. McConnico.
Clothier, W. Va. — Clothier Amusement Com-
pany, of Clothier. W. Va. ; moving pictures ;
capital stock. §5,000: incorporators, Mrs. E. J.
Chambers, Minnie Chambers. L. L. Martin. D.
S. Twohig and Mary A. Simmons, all of Cloth-
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New York. N. Y. — Film stock Co., Inc., Man-
hattan, motion picture business ; capital. $100.-
000. Incorporators, J. H. White. W. Steiner, A.
B. Cordner, New York city.
Manhattan, N. Y.— The Punch & Judy Theater
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tures ; capital, $25,000. Incorporators. C. Hop-
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city.
Columbia, S. C. — The Crescent company of
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business. The officers are: D. M. Sheppard.
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M. G. Sheppard, secretary and treasurer.
FALL OPENINGS.
Kewanee, 111.— N. M. McLaughlin has leased
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will open with three reels of moving pictures on
Saturday evening, August 8.
Davenport, la. — The Home theater reopened
.\ugust 2, presenting a new and more attractive
appearance to its many patrons. A new suction
fresh air system has been installed, insuring a
constant supply of fresh air. The floor in the
rear has been "raised .36 inches. The service has
been increased, and a new electric light system
has been installed.
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1431
Edison Feature Photo Play
One of the Best, one of the funniest
comedies ever shown in motion [jictures
MY FRIEND FROM INDIA
WALTER E. PERKINS in the Title-Role
In his original part of A. KEENE SHAVER, Theosophist
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THEATERS WANTED.
REPRESENTING BIG INTERESTS in the
photoplay industry in the United States, we are
desirous of obtaining a number of theaters now
in operation or to be built, with seating capacity
of 6<J0 or over in the various cities of the coun-
try. Only grade A houses will be considered.
SYDCO AMUSEMENT CO., 3.31 Madison Ave.,
New York City.
THEATER ■WANTED. — A responsible party
desires to lease a good moving picture theater
in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Theater must
be well located and in first class condition.
Able to give good security. Wish to deal with
owners only. .\o attention paid to agents or
fakers. In replying, state full particulars. Ad-
dress \V. S. I1.\M.\KER, Wyomissing, Berks
Co., Penn.
THEATERS FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE.\TER. — .Making money : no competition ;
7.0OII people to draw from. The best class of
patrons ; .5.'»n seats ; 4."! minutes from Broadway
in New Jersey ; S.S.OOO required : rent low ; long
lease. A. B., care Moving Picture 'World, .\
York City.
FOR S.\LE OR EXCH.4NGE. — Opera house,
dance hall, skating rink and moving picture
house combined. Income twenty-five to sixty
dollars day; expense ten dollars; price sev-
enty-five hundred. Take well equipped farm or
cattle as part payment. Z. E. GODFREY,
Raton, N. Mex.
FOR RE.N'T. — Brand new picture theater, ."iiVl
seats, fully equipped : §75 rent. No cash re-
quired excepting three months' rent. Room
14 Lincoln Bldg.. Trenton, N. J.
FOR S.\LE. — Theater and airdome in town
of six thousand in Missouri. Will sell whole
or half interest to right party. Cheap if sold
at once. Reason, sickness. Planters Hotel.
Mexico. Mo.
PICTURE THE.\TER for sale : only ten-cent
straight picture theater in live town of n.OOO
population. Doing good business. If you have
not got the cash don't answer. Address 3.31
Pleasant St., Ionia. Mich.
MOVING PICTURE THE.\TER for sale : one
of the best equipped theaters in Northwestern
Kansas. Capacity .308 and doing a nice busi-
ness. No opposition. A good proposition for
a live wire. To save useless correspondence
call and look over the proposition. STEVE.VS
BROS., Peoples Theater. Smith Center. Kansas.
EQUIPMENT WANTED.
WANTED. — Schneider senior tripod with pa-
noramic and tilting head. In good condition.
State price immediately. Cash. E. M. M., care
Moving Picture World, N. Y'. City.
POWERS 6-A wanted; must be a bargain.
.\lso one hundred opera chairs. B-Gas outfit
tor exchange. C. M. RHE.\. Palacios, Texas.
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE.
MOVING PICTURE CHAIR BARGAINS.—
1.200 new. 94c and up; 2.3110 steel frame,
.?l.io up : S.OiW maple folding chairs, 4.5c each.
Second-hand chairs on hand. Atlas Seating
Co., 501 Fifth Ave., New York.
BRASS POSTER FRAMES. — For one, three
and six- sheets. .\lso brass easels, brass railings.
Write for complete catalog. The Newman Mfg.
Co., Cincinnati, O. 101 4th Ave., N. Y.
FOR S.\LE. — Latest model Simplex, every-
thing complete, used one month. Theodore E.
Pennock. Tivoli Theater, Syracuse. New York.
FOR SALE. — Powers' 6-A machine complete,
perfect condition, $10.5. Simplex only slightly
used, $105. Standard No. 4, complete, like new.
$75. Edison Model "D" helical gears, two
months old, $85. Edison rebuilt exhibition
model, $.50. Powers' No. 5 with new and com-
plete equipment, $85. Compensarc, $40. Model
"B" gas outfit, $15. Machines perfect; no
Junk; fully guaranteed. We sell new machines
and take old outfits In part payment. STELZER
BROS., 417 Broadway, Lincoln, 111.
CHAIRS. — We ship second hand chairs
promptly either set up or knock down. If
you want to sell for cash write Empire Ex-
change, Corning, N. Y,
ENTIRE EQUIP.MENT.— Of a moving picture
house compelled to vacate by Sept. 1st. Owners
wishing to build. Two Powers A machines
with automatic loop, practically new complete
with fine lenses. Three hundred chairs, 1 mlr-
roroid screen, 2 large bill boards, .3 fire ex-
tinguishers. 1 marble outside ticket office. 1
large booth, 1 victrola and .50 records. Will be
sold at a great sacrifice. Apply Princess The-
ater, Springfield, Mass.
FOR S.\LE.— .30-inch exhaust fan, alternating
current, variable speed, M. CAUFIELD. Room
220. 115 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
CAMERAS FOR SALE.
PRESTWICH CAMERA.— Outfit complete, in-
cluding Dalmeyer 3.8-.50 MM lens, vision at-
tachment, carrying case, tripod, panorama and
tilt ; many extras. Ready to use. Best offer
over $150. Box 32, Hugenot Park, X. Y.
FILMS WANTED.
WANTED.— Film ".\ Knotty Knot," Univer-
sal (Champion), March, 1013. F. B. SNYDER,
318 .4dams St., Bay City, Mich.
MOVING PICTURE NEGATIVES.— 100 to .300
feet. Good photography. Interesting subjects.
.Maximum price. 30c per foot. Vim Motion
Picture Co.. 1931 Webster St., Alameda, Cal.
FILMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
HAVE SEVERAL three and four-reel features
for state of Michigan for sale; films in first-
class condition, each film having been run not
over 15 days. Address F. D. NICHOLS, Apollo
Theater. Grand Rapids. Mich.
MR. STATE RIGHT BUYER. — Going to San
Francisco Exposition? For sale to the highest
bidder, state right of Calirornia to The Siege
and Fall of the Alamo. A historical and pow-
erful 4-reel feature of quality: spectacular
scenes, admirably acted. Infantry-cavalry-ar-
tillery. Lecture, press ■ matter, lobby display,
lantern slides, attractive lithos. Paper. 1, 3 and
c, sheets. Address replies to JOHN R. BL.4CK,
516 Hicks Eldg., San .Antonio. Texas.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR
SALE.
FOR S.\LE.— $1,500 theater pipe organ. 60ri
pipes. First class condition. The best kind of
a money getter. Immediate sale, $600. "K"
Theater." Mattoon, 111.
G. W. BRADENBURGH
802 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
LARGEST AND BEST LIST OF NEW AND SECOND-
ELAND FEATURE FILMS EVER OFFERED— 4.000,000
feet of comedy, drama, and scenic ; 1,500,000 feet of Fea-
tures, two, three, four, five and six reel masterpieces.
All multiple reels are furnished with one, three and six
sheet posters, ordinary films supplied with one sheets
gratis.
WRITE FOR LISTS AND PRICES.
ALL SUPPLIES FOR THE EXCHANGE ALWAYS ON
HAND.
PUT in your own
lighting plant and
pay for it -with
your Central Station
bills. A Foos gener-
ating set will produce
current for less than
3 cents per kilowatt,
and is more reliable
than service from a
Central Station.
Ask for Bulletin 98.
Springfield, Ohio.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
ADVERTISING FOR EXHIBITORS 1363
ALCO ANOTHER BIG COMBINE 1383
AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENGl^ISH MAR-
KET 1350
ANDERSON, MISS AUGUSTA 1370
BAUMANN. C. O.. TALKS OF PLANS 134!)
BLAND, R. HENDERSON. ACTOR 1.3.55
CALENDAR OF LICENSED RELEASES..
CALENDAR OF INDEPENDENT RE^
LEASES
CHICAGO LETTER
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Independ-
ent)
COMMENTS ON THE FILMS (Licensed).,
"CREATURES OF CLAY" ( Hepworth ) . . .
CCRWOOD, JAMES OLIVER
1396
1398
1878
1.372
1.371
1.351
1352
•■•DEVIL'S DANSANT. THE" (Kalem) 1354
"DETECTIVE SWIFT" I Eclectic) 1.380
DOINGS AT LOS ANGELES 1360
"ENGLAND'S MENACE" ( Cosmofotofilm) .1.347
EXHIBITORS NEWS 1392
TO CONTENTS.
FACTS AND COMMENTS 1.34.'!
"FAIR REBEL, THE" (K. & E.-Bio.) 1377
FAMOUS AUTHORS WITH UNIVERSAL. .1.35S
FEATURE FILM STORY 1428
FIXING THE CLASS IDEA 1374
FAMOUS PLAYERS ANNIVERSARY' 13.S4
"FOR THE LAST EDITION" (Reliance) .. 1.351
FOREIGN TRADE NOTES 1357
GRAND OPERA. WEDS THE MOVIES 1382
"GRAND OPERA IN RUBEVILLE" (Edi-
son) 134S
HITE. CHARLES J., DEAD 1.375
INDEPENDENT RELEASE DATES 14.36
INDEPENDENT CALENDAR 139S
KINC BAGGOT THE FIRST 1359
LEARN. B'ESSIE, IN WAR PANIC 1.353
"LITTLEST REBEL, THE" (Photoplay
Productions) 1381
LICENSED RELEASE DATES 1438
LICENSED CALENDAR 1396
TO ADVERTISERS.
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BELL & HOWELL 142H
CALEHUFF SUPPLY CO 1444
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CORCORAN. A. J 1424
DETROIT ENGINE -WORKS 1445
FOOS GAS ENGINE CO 14.33
FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS 1442
FULTON, E. E 1424
GT;NERAL ELECTRIC CO 14.",7
HALLBERG. J. H 1404
HOKE, GEO. M.. SUPPLY CO 1442
KLEINE OPTICAL CO 13.38
PICTURE THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO 1435
L. C. SMITH & CO 1444
STRELINGER, CHAS. A 1411!
MISCELLiANEOUS FEATURE FILMS.
ALBUQUERQUE FILM MFG. CO 1444
ALCO FILM CORP 1.324-25
ALL RED FEATURE CO.. LTD 1422
.\LL STAR FEATURE CORP 1405
ALLIANCE FILM CORP 1435
AMERICAN EUROPEAN FILM CO 1422
APEX FILM CO 1410-11
ARCTIC FILM CO 1440
BOSWORTH. INC 1322
BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION CO 1425
CELEBRATED PLAYERS FILM CO 1431
COSMOFOTOFILM CO 1423
ECLECTIC FILM CO 1331
EUROPEAN CURRENT EVENT FILM CO. .1427
FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM CO 13'20
FEATURE PHOTOPLAY- CO 1427
GENERAL FEATURE FILM CO 1445
GREAT NORTHERN FILM CO 1328-29
HEPWORTH AMERICAN CO 1317
INTERNATIONAL FILM TRADERS 1414
KAISER FILM CO.. THE 1402
KEANOGRAPH CO 14-21
LASKY, JESSE L., FEATURE PLAY CO. .1321
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORP 1413
NIELSEN. F. 0 1440
PARAMOUNT PICTURES 1318-19
PICTURE PLAYHOUSE FILM CO 1417
POPULAR PHOTO PLAYS CORP 1415
RAMO FILMS. INC 1409
RENFAX MUSICAL MOTION PICTURE CO. 1419
RENOWNED PLAYERS FEATURE FILM
CO 1427
ROYAL MOTION PICTURE CO 1442
SAWYER, INC 1.323-26-30
STERLING CAMERA & FILM CO 1442
WARNER'S FEATURES 1408-07-08
FILM EXCHANGES.
BRADENBURGH. G. W 1433
CHICAGO FEATURE FILM CO 1424
GREATER NEW YORK FILM RENTAL CO.14.3S
WESTERN FILM BROKERS 1424
INDEPENDENT FILM MANUFACTUR-
ERS.
GAUMONT CO 1327
MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE CO 1446
NEW Y'ORK MOTION PICTURE CORP 1316
THANHOUSER FILM CORP 1310
UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO 1312-13
LENS MANUFACTURERS.
GUNDLACH-MANHATTAN OPTICAL C0..14:;:i
LICENSED FILM MAN UF.\CTURERS.
BIOGRAPH 1397
EDISON. THOS. A., INC 1.340-1431
ESSANAY FILM MFG. CO 1311, 14-15
LUBIN MFG. CO 1336-37
KALEM CO 1333-42
KLEINE. GEO 1339
PATHE 1332
SELIG-POLYSCOPE CO 1447
VITAGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA 1.341
MISCELLANEOUS.
BARR & BRUNSWIG 1416
BOT.^NICAL DECORATING CO 1445
BROADWAY ART GALLERIES 1391
CENTAUR FILM CO 1444
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS 1433
COMMERCIAL FILMERS 1422
EASTMAN KODAK CO 1439
GENERAL SPECIALTY CO 1442
GUNBY BROTHERS 1426
INDUSTRIAL MOTION PICTURE CO 1426
KRAUS MFG. CO 14.39
LESLIE. ARTHUR 1418
MOVING PICTURE WORLD (Bound Vol-
umes) 1440
NATIONAL ADVERTISERS' MOTION PIC-
TURE WEEKLY 1441
NATIONAL MOTION PICTURE CO 1445
NATIONAL TICKET CO 1436
NATIONAL X-RAY' REFLECTOR CO 14.39
PLAYERS POST CARD CO 1429
MANUFACTURERS ADVANCE NOTES... 1386
MARION DIGS UP SOME FACTS 1356
MASSACHUSETTS APPRENTICESHIP
LAW 1358
MERE OPINION AN INJUSTICE 1.344
MOVING PICTURE EDUCATOR 1361
NOTES OF THE TRADE 1389
OBSERVATONS BY MAN AB^OUT TOWN. .1362
"PERILS OF PAULINE. THE" (Eclectic). .1.347
PHOTOPL.A.YWRIGHT, THE 1365
PROJECTION DEPARTMENT 1367
PICTURE THEATRES PROJECTED 1390
REGULAR PROGRAM, THE.. 1345
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Licensed) 1403
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Independent) . .1420
STORIES OF THE FILMS (Features) 1428
"UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE" (Esla-
nay) 1348
ROSS, A. P 1426
SCENARIOS CRITICISED 1443
STANDARD ENGRAVING CO 1422
STANDARD MOVING PICTURE CO 1424
STOCKTON'S SCRIPTWRITING SERVICE. 1443
TRADE CIRCULAR ADDRESSING CO 1426
THEATRE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE 1418
THEATRE RECORD LEDGER CO 1422
WYANOAK PUBLISHING CO 1441
MOTION PICTURE CAMER.\ MANUFAC-
TURERS.
SCHNEIDER. EBERHARD 1418
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYER CO 1424
DEAGAN, J. C 1442
SINN, CLARENCE E 1445
SEEBURG, J. P.. PIANO CO 1440
WURLITZER, RUDOLPH 1432
OPERA CH.4IR MANUFACTURERS.
AMERICAN SEATING CO 1445
ANDREWS, A. H.. CO 1445
BENNETT SEATING CO 1445
HARDESTY MFG. CO 1445
STEEL FURNITURE CO 1445
WISCONSIN SEATING CO 1445
POSTERS AND FRAMES.
NEWMAN MFG. CO 1418
THEATRE SPECIALTY MFG. CO 1422
PROJECTION MACHINE MANUFACTUR-
ERS.
ENTERPRISE OPTICAL CO 1441
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PROJECTION SCREEN M.*^NUFACTUR-
ERS.
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AMERICAN SLIDE & POSTER CO 1396
ERKER BROS 1443
NIAGARA SLIDE CO 1391
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Maaufacturers of the Won^rful
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Phone Seven-Eleven F. J. REMBUSCH, Pres.
MIRROR SCREEN COMPANY, INC.
SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA
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Are You Open for the BEST Proposition?
The Program Unexcelled, Featuring A-1 Features Weekly is Our Offering
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126-132 WEST 46TH STREET NEW YORK
1436
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
INDEPENDENT
RELEASE DATES
AMERICAN.
Aug. 31 — The Aftermath (Two Parts — Drama).
Sept, 2 — The Wrong Birds ( Drama )
Sept. 7 — Lola (Two Reels — Drama)
Sept. 9 — Break. Break, Break (Drama)
Sept. 14 — The Cocoon and the Butterfly (Two
Parts — Drama )
Sept. 16 — The Mirror (Drama)
BEAUTY.
Aug
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Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.
(Com-
18 — The Silence of John Gordon
Dr.)
25 — Susie's New Shoes (Comedy-Drama).
1 — A Modern Othello (Comedy)
8 — The Motherless Kids (Com. -Dr.)
■•101" BISON.
29 — Law of the Lumberjack (Two Parts —
Drama )
5 — The Return of the Twins' Double
( Three Parts — Drama)
12 — Our Enemy's Spy (Three Parts — Dr, )
BRO.XCHO.
2 — When America Was Young (Two
Parts — Drama)
9 — The Cruise of the Molly Anne (Two
Parts — Drama)
1() — A Tale of the Northwest Mounted
(Two Parts — Drama)
23— Parson Larkin's Wife (Two Parts-
Drama)
CRYST.^L.
25 — Barreled (Comedy)
— Bashful Ben (Comedy)
1 — A Seaside Flirt (Comedy)
S — The Bachelor's Housekeeper (Comedy)
— Was He a Hero ( Comedy)
DOMINO.
3 — The Silver Bell (Two Parts — Dr.)...
10 — Mildred's Doll (Two Parts— Drama 1
17 — A Tragedy of the North Woods (Two
Parts — Drama )
24 — Test of Flame (Two Parts — Drama)..
1 — The Gamekeeper's Daughter (Two
Parts — Drama )
ECLAIR.
30 — Mosquito Pete's Fortune (Western-
Drama)
2 — The Jackpot Club (Two Reels — Dr.)..
6 — No Show for the Chauffeur (Com.)..
9 — Boy (Two Parts — Drama)
1.3 — For His Father's Life (Drama)
FRONTIER.
30 — The Janitor's Son (Drama)
fi — Under Arizona Skies (Drama)
1.3 — The Scarecrow's Secret (Drama)....
GOLD SEAL.
25 — The Trey o' Hearts. No. 4 — Dead
Reckoning (Two Parts — Drama)....
1 — The Trey o' Hearts, Na. o (The Sun-
set Tide — Two Parts — Drama)
8 — The Trey o' Hearts, .\"o. 6— The
Crack of Doom (Two Parts — Dr.).
IMP.
27 — Universal Boy in the Chinese Mys-
tery (Juvenile-Drama)
3 — Tempest and Sunshine (Two Parts —
Drama ) • . . .
7 — The Silent Valley (Two Parts — Dr.)
W — The Universal Boy in "The Juvenile
Reformer" ( Drama)
JOKER.
29— Well! Well! Comedy)
2 — Father's Bride (Comedy)
5 — Oh What's the Use? (Comedy)
9 — The Monkey's Cabaret (Comedy)....
— Beau and Hobo (Comedy)
12 — Jam and Jealousy (Comedy)
— The San Clements Island (Scenic)...
KAY BEE.
28— The Old Love's Best (Two Parts— Dr.)
4 — Stacked Cards (Two Parts — Drama) . .
11 — The Silver Candlestick (Two Parts —
Drama )
1.8 — "No Account" Smith's Baby (Two
Parts — Drama) ,
25 — The Death Mask (Two Parts — Dr.)..
2 — One of the Discarded (Two Parts —
Drama)
KEYSTONK.
Aug. 17 — That Minstrel Man (Comedy)
Aug. 20 — Those Country Kids ( Comedy)
Aug. 22 — Caught in a Flue (Comedy)
Aug. 24 — Fatty's Gift (Comedy)
KOMIC.
Aug. 23 — A Physical Cul,ture Romance (Com.)..
Aug. 30 — Bill. No. 5 — ^ill Organizes a Union
( Comedy )
Sept. 6 — The Mascot (Comedy)
Sept. 13— Bill No. 6 — Bill Goes In Business for
Himself ( Comedy )
M.\JESTIC.
Aug. 25 — Granny ( Drama)
Aug. 30 — Frenchy (Two Parts — Drama)
Sept. 1— The Milk Fed Boy ( Com. -Drama) ... .
Sept. fi — For Those Unborn (Two Parts — Dr.).
Sept. 7 — Sierra Jim's Reformation (Drama)..
Sept. 13 — The Final Verdict (Two Parts — Dr.).
.NESTOR,
^ug. 26 — A Miner's Romance (Western-Dr. ) . .
Aug. 28 — For Love or Money (Comedy)
Sept. 4 — A Baby Did It (Comedy)
Sept. S — A Daughter of the Plains (Drama)..
Sept. 11 — Feeding the Kitty ( Comedy)
POWERS.
Aug. 28— This Is the Life (Comedy)
— Beautiful Corsica ( Scenic)
Sept. 4 — The Storm Bird (Drama)
.Sept. 11 — Angel of the Camp (Drama)
APEX.
July — The Secret Seven (4 parts— Drama)
July — The Midnight Marriage (4 parts — Dr.)...
August— The Devil's Fiddler (Three Parts —
Dramal
August — The Suicide Club (Four Parts — Dr.)..
AUSTRO-SERVIAN FILM CO.
August — With Serb and Austrian (Pour Parts —
Drama)
PRINCESS.
21 — The Belle of the School (Comedy-
Drama)
28 — The Keeper of the Light (Drama)
4 — His Winning Way ( Comedy)
n— Sis (Comedy)
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept,
RELIANCE.
Aug. 29 — Through the Dark (Two Parts — Dr.)
Aug. 31— Our Mutual Girl, No. .33 (Topical)...
Sept. 2 — The Miner's Babv (Drama)
Sept. 4 — Turned Back ( Drama)
Sept. 7 — Our Mutual Girl No. 34 (Topical)....
Sept. 9 — The Sheriff's Choice (Drama)
Sept. 12 — Broken Nose Bailey (Two Parts —
Drama )
REX.
Aug. 30 — Out of the Depths ( Drama)
Sept. 3 — Daisies (Drama)
Sept. 6 — The Boob's Nemesis (Comedy)
Sept. 10 — Helping Mother (Three Parts — Dr.)..
Sept. 13 — Her Bounty (Drama)
^ug.
Aug.
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ROYAL.
22— His Long Lost Friend (Comedy).
29 — A Run for His Monev (Comedy).
5 — O'Flanagan's Luck (Comedy)
12 — The Prodigal Husband (Comedy).
STERLING.
27 — Snookee's Disguise (Comedy)
.31 — The Tale of a Hat (Comedy)
3 — A Bogus Baron (Comedy)
7— The Broken Doll (Comedy)
THANHOUSER.
30 — Arty the Artist (^omedy)
1 — A Mother's Choicff (Two Parts — Dr.).
6— Little Mischief (Comedy)
8 — Jean of the Wilderness (Two Parts-
Drama )
11 — In Danger's Hour (Drama)
13 — The Emperor's Spy (Drama)
UNIVERSAL IKE.
25 — Universal Ike at the Dance of Little
L. O. (Comedy)
— Turtle Traits ( Zoology)
1 — Universal Ike, Jr., Almost Gets
Married ( Comedy)
■S — Universal Ike, Jr., Nearly Gets Mar-
ried ( Comedy)
VICTOR.
28 — Counterfeiters (Two Parts — Drama)..
31 — The Man from Nowhere (Two Parts —
Drama )
4 — The Derelict and the Man (Two Parts
— Drama )
7 — Little Meg and I (Drama)
11 — A Mysterious Mystery (Two Parts —
Drama)
FEATURES.
ALL STAR FEATURE CORP.
July — Dan (Five Parts — Comedy Drama).
August — The Nightingale (Drama)
BLACHE.
August— The War Extra (Four Parts — Topical)
COSMOFOTOFILM.
August — What a Woman Will Do (Four Parts —
Drama)
ECLECTIC.
August — Get Out and Get Under (Comedy)
August — All Love Excelling (Three Parts — Dr.)
August — The Siren (Five Parts — Drama)
August — The Masher's Mishap (Comedy)
August — Nick Winter and the Lost Prince
(Three Parts — Drama)
FAMOUS PLAYERS.
July 20 — The Scales of Justice (Five Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 10 — The Better Man (Four Parts — Dr.)..
Aug. 20 — .Aftermath (Four Parts — Drama)
GAUMO.NT.
July 25 — The Curse of the Scarabee Ruby (Dr.)
August — War ( Drama)
GEORGE KLEINE.
August — Anne Boleyn (Three Parts — Drama)..
August — A Kingdom at Stake (Three Parts —
Drama)
August — Othello ( Five Parts — Drama)
HBPWORTH-AMERICAN.
August — The Tragedy of Basil Grieve (Three
Parts — Drama)
August — The Girl from the Sky (Comedy Dr.)..
Aug. 29 — The Chimes (Three Parts — Drama)..
— The Terror of the Air (Two Parts —
Drama)
HISTORICAL PICTURE CO.
August — The Indian Wars (Five Parts^Dr,),.
IVAN FILM PRODUCTIONS.
Aug. 25 — Sins of the Parents (Five Parts — Dr.)
ITALA.
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BIOGRAPH.
Aug. 15 — The District Attorney's Burglar (Dr.).
Aug. 17 — Tim, the Terror (Comedy)
— The Game. of Freeze-Out (Comedy)..
Aug. 20 — The Smuggler's 'Wife (Drama)
Aug. 22 — The Gypsy Talisman (Drama)
Aug. 24 — The Man from the Past (Drama)....
Aug. 27 — The Terrible Lesson (Drama)
Aug. 29 — Spending It Quick ( Comedy)
— Baseball, a grand Old Game (Com.)..
Aug. 31 — The Counterfeiter's Daughter (Drama)
Sept. 3— The Chiefs Love Affair (Comedy)..
Sept. 3 — Love and Hash ( Comedy )
Sept. .5 — For the Cause (Drama)
EDISO.N.
Aug. 19 — The Old Fire Horse (Comedy)
Aug. 21 — The Gilded Kidd (Special— Two Parts
— Comedy)
Aug. 22 — In Lieu of Damages (Drama)
Aug. 24 — Nearly a "Widow ( C!omedy )
Aug. 25 — The Mystery of the Octagooal Room
(Tenth of "The Chronicles of Cleek"
Series — Drama)
Aug. 26 — The South African Mines (Industrial).
— Buster and His Coat ( Comedy)
Aug. 28— The Birth of the Star-Spangled Ban-
ner (Special — Two Parts — Drama)..
Aug. 29 — Treasure Trove ( Drama)
Aug. 31 — The Buxom Country Lass ('"Wood B.
Wedd" Series, No. 9 — Comedy)
Sept. 1 — The New York Police Department Car-
nival ( Descriptive)
Sept. 2 — A Village Scandal (Comedy)
Sept. 4 — The Viking Queen (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Sept. 5 — Hearts of the Forest (Drama)
Sept. 7 — An Absent-Minded Cupid (Comedy) . .
Sept. 8 — The Blind Fiddler (Drama)
Sept. 9 — Getting Andy's Goat (Tenth of the
Andy series — Comedy)
Sept 11 — Pace Value (Special — Two Parts —
Drama )
Sept. 12 — Dick Potter's 'Wife (Drama)
ESSANAY.
Aug. 18 — The Black Signal ( Drama)
Aug. 19 — The Fable of the Two Mandolin Play-
ers and the Willing Performer
( Comedy )
Aug. 20 — Slippery Slim and the Claim Agent
(Comedy)
.\ug. 21 — The Masked Wrestler (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 22 — Broncho Billy's Wild Ride (Drama)..
Aug. 24 — Sweedie Springs a Surprise (Com.)...
Aug. 25 — Two Men Who Waited (Drama)....
Aug. 26 — The Fable ot "The Difference Between
Learning and Learning How"
( Comedy)
Aug. 27 — Slippery Slim and the Fortune Tell-
er (Western-Comedy)
Aug. 28 — Seven Sealed Orders (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
-^ug. 29 — Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
(Western-Drama)
.\ug. 31 — Love and Soda (Comedy)
Sept. 1 — No. 28, Diplomat (Drama)
Sept. 2 — Fable of the Regular Beanery and the
Peachy Newcomer ( Comedy)
Sept 3 — When Macbeth Came to Snakeville
(Comedy)
Sept. 4 — Under Royal Patronage (Drama — Two
Parts)
Sept 5 — Broncho Billy, the Vagabond (Dr.)..
Sept. 7 — When Knights were Bold (Comedy)..
Sept 8 — Bill's Boy (Drama)
Sept. 9 — The Fable of "The Honeymoon That
Tried to Come Back" (Comedy)..
Sept. 10 — Snakeville's Most Popular Lady
( Comedy) /^^„
Sept. 11 — The Devil's Signature (Special — Two
Parts — Drama )
Sept. 12 — Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need (Dr.) Aug.
KALEM.
-Aug. 11 — Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter j^yg
(Drama)
Aug. 12— At the End ot the Rope (Special— "^'
Two Parts — Drama)
Aug. 14 — A Substitute for Pants (Comedy)
Aug. 15 — Near Death's Door (Drama) A^S-
Aug. 17 — The Old Army Coat (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) Aug.
Aug. 18 — The Storm at Sea (Drama) Aug.
Aug. 19 — The Bond Eternal (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) Aug.
Aug. 21 — Sherlock Bonehead (Comedy)
Aug. 22 — Kidnapped by Indians (Drama) Aug.
Aug. 24 — The Primitive Instinct (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
Aug. 25 — The Counterfeiter's Plot (Drama)....
Aug. 26 — The Cave of Death (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) -^"S-
Aug. 28 — When Men Wear Skirts (Comedy)
Aug. 29 — The Car of Death (Drama)
Aug. 31 — The Brand (Special — Two Parts — Dr.) ,
Sept 1 — The Hand of Fate (Drama) •*"S'
Sept 2 — The Oil Well Conspiracy (Drama)... ^ug.
Sept. 4 — The Winking Zulu (Comedy)
Sept o — The Gambler's Reformation (Drama). Aug.
Sept T — The Devil's Dansant (Special — Two ^yg
Parts — Drama) .
Sept. 8 — A Mother's Atonement (Drama) Aug.
Sept. 9 — The Fuse of Death (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) Aug.
Sept. 11 — Ham. the Lineman (Comedy)
Sept. V2 — The Path to Ruin (Drama) ^.ug.
GEORGE KLEINE. Aug.
July 21 — The Stronger Tie (Cines — Special —
Two Parts— Drama) Aug.
July 28 — On Temptation's Toil (Special — Two
Parts — Drama ) •'^"S-
Aug. 4 — When War Threatens (Cines-Special
— Two Parts — Drama) Aug.
Aug. 11 — The Forbidden Trail (Celio — Special — ^^S-
Two Parts — Drama)
' Aug.
Aug. 18 — When the Beacon Failed (Cines Spe-
cial— Two Parts — Drama) _
Aug. 25 — "To Forgive, Divine" ( Cines — Special °®P'-
— Two Parts — Drama) Sept.
LUBIN. Sept.
Aug. 18 — Back to the Farm (Comedy) sept.
Aug. 19 — The Dreamer (Special — Two Parts — Sept.
Drama) Sept.
Aug. 20 — His Brother's Blood (Special — Two
Parts — Drama) Sept.
Aug. 21 — The Love of Ora San (Drama)
Aug. 22 — Sometimes It Works (Comedy) Sept.
— Making Auntie Welcome ( Comedy) . . . Sept.
Aug. 25 — The Widow and the Twins ( Comedy) . Sept.
— The Lucky Rube (Comedy)
Aug. 26 — The Attorney's Decision (Two Parts — ^^P'-
Drama) Sept.
Aug. 27 — The Aggressor (Special — Two Parts —
Drama)
Aug. 28 — The Better Man ( Drama) Aug.
Aug. 29 — The Kid's Nap (Comedy)
Sept. 1 — Never Too Old (Comedy) Aug.
— The Green Alarm (Comedy) ,
Sept 2 — By Whose Hand (Two Parts — Drama) *'
Sept. 3 — The Face in the Crowd (Special — Aug.
Two Parts — Drama) Aug.
Sept 4 — The Shell of Life ( Drama)
Sept. n — A Fool There Was (Comedy) Aug.
Sept. 8 — The Belle of Breweryville (Comedy). Aug.
Sept. 9 — As We Forgive Those (Special — 'Two
Parts — Drama) Aue
Sept. 10 — On Lonesome Mountain (Special — ^'
Two Parts — Drama) .,,„
Sept 11 — Squaring the Triangle (Drama) ^'
Sept. 12— He Nearly Won Out (Comedy) Aug.
Sept. 12 — ^Too Many Aunts (Comedy) Aug.
MELIES.
Aug. 15 — Voice of the Bells (Special — Two ■*"^'
Parts — Drama) SePt.
Aug. IS — A Slight Mistake (Comedy)
Aug. 19— Children ot Fatality (Drama) Sept.
Aug. 20 — A Surprising Encounter (Comedy) . . . Sept.
— A Mason's New Assistant (Comedy).. opnt
Aug. 20 — The Bulltrainer's Revenge (Special — Z, ''
Two Parts — Drama) Sept.
Aug. 22 — The Tell-Tale Photograph (Drama)..
.\ug. 2.T — Circumstantial Evidence (Comedy)... Sept.
Aug. 27 — The Elopement of Eliza (Comedy).. Sept
Aug. 29 — The Man Who Smiled (Special — Two
Parts — Comedy) ■ Sept.
Sept. 1 — Flee, You're Discovered (Comedy)... Sept.
Sept. 3 — A Case of Imagination (Comedy).... Sept.
Sept. 8 — Hen Fruit (Comedy) Sept.
Sept. 10 — Uninvited (Comedy )
PATHE.
10 — Typical Russian Dances (Dancing)...
— A Rousing Reception (Comedy)
11 — The Art of the Furrier (VocatSomal) . .
Iron and Steel Industry (Bombay)
( Educational)
12— Bathe's Weekly, No. 49 (N«ir«)
17 — Dakar, the Principal Port of Sene-
gal, French West Africa (Travel)..
— Military Trained Dogs, Belgium (Mil.)
18 — Cairo, the Capital of Egypt (Travel).
— Uriage and Vicinity (Scenic)
19— Pathe's Weekly, No. 50, 1914 (News).
24 — Pathe's Daily News, No. 53, 1914
( News )
24 — Edible Fishes of the English Chan-
nel ( Ocean )
25 — Rapids and Palls at Trondjen (Travel)
— Picturesque France, Lower Brittany
(Travel)
— From Havre to Hue by Hydro-Aero-
plane (Color-Travel)
26 — Pathe's Daily News, No. 54, 1914
( News)
SELIG.
19 — When a Woman's 40 (Special— Two
Parts — Drama)
20— Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 50
( News )
21 — The Reveler (Comedy)
22 — What Became of Jane? (Drama)
24^The White Mouse (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
24 — Hearst-Selig N«ws Pictorial No. 51
(News)
25— The Sealed Oasis (Drama)
26 — The Decision of Jim O'Farrell
(Drama)
27 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. S2
( News )
28 — A Low Financier ( Comedy)
— Breaking Into Jail (Comedy)
29 — The Harbor of Love ( Drama)
31— Who Killed George Graves? (Special
Two Parts — Drama)
31 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 53
( News)
1 — Life's Crucible ( Drama)
2 — To Be Called For ( Comedy)
3 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 54
( News )
4 — The House That Went Crazy (Com.).
5 — Pawn Ticket "913" (Comedy)
7 — When the West Was Young (Spe-
ial — Two Parts — Drama )
7 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 55
( News )
S — A Typographical Error (Drama)....
9 — The Man in Black (Drama)
.10 — Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 56
( News )
11 — Oh : Look "Who's Here ! ( Comedy)
12 — The Missing Page (Drama)
VITAGRAPH.
18 — An Innocent Delilah (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
19 — Taken by Storm (Comedy Dram*)...
20 — The Woes of a Waitress (Drama)
21 — The Honeymooners (Comedy)
22— Lily of the Valley (Special — Two
Parts — Drama)
24 — Ward's Claim (Western — Drama)
25 — Rainy, the Lion Killer (Special— Two
Parts — Comedy)
26 — Josie's Declaration ot Indep«ivleBce
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27 — The Mysterious Lodger (Drama)
28 — Such a Hunter (Comedy)
29 — Josie's Coney Island Nightmare
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31 — The Wrong Flat (Comedy)
1 — The Hidden Letters (Special — ^Two
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2 — The Lost Cord ( Comedy)
3 — The Upper Hand (Drama)
4 — The Barrel Organ (Comedy)
5 — Too Much Uncle (Special — Two Parts
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8 — Brandon's Last Ride (Special — ^Two
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It
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It will increase your box office reccipto
because your palrotu will notice ,*at oncc.kow,
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That sounds as if we were stretching it, doesn't it> But we are not and juM to
show you, we will ship you one on 30 days (ree trial and lei you prove it.
If it does not do all we clairn for it, ship it back at our expense and it won't coH
you one cent.
II this sounds "good" to you, send for our
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Photoplay Wright
607 West 136th Street, New York
In writing' i-t p;irucuhir> ciicbjse slan^ps.
Stockton's Scriptwriting Service
To aid those who wish to guard against
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who wish to estimate their progress, I
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For a fee of two
Script Criticism '^°l\^\\l°{, =«5
your manuscript and write a personal let-
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offer it for sale. I simply write you a let-
ter that tells you what the trouble is.
If vour stories do
. Plot Estimates no{ scU and you
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script. I will criticise the script and tell
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velopment that is wrong. The fee for
this service is $5 for the five synopses
and additional plot. Synopses must not
run more than 3C0 words each. Send a
synopsis of your undeveloped plot and
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the same.
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that does not warrant treatment. All
scripts must be typewritten.
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"The Kaiser's Challenge"
(Two Reels)
Actual Scenes from the War Torn Countries
Illinois amd Wisconsin rights owned by
GENERAL FEATURE FILM COMPANY
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MUTUAL PROGRAM
THE MAJESTIC MOTION PICTURE COMPANY
Two Reel Feature Release
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
THE FINAL VERDICT
A Story of the Early West
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The Majestic 2-Fart Feature
for Release Sept. 6
FOR
THOSE
UNBORN
featuring
Blanche Sweet
of the strongest emotional
ever produced by this com-
is one
dramas
pany. Miss Sweet is seen at her
best.
BLANCHE SWEET
Reports from the Paul West "Bill the Office Boy" series, now in its sixth number, indi-
cate that these KOMIC features are proving exceedingly popular.
MAJESTIC GUIDE FOR EXHIBITORS
(In which we try to tell only the truth about all Majestic releases)
THE MILKFED BOY (1 Reel) Release date Tuesday, Sept. 1. A domestic story with an excellent lesson to
teach. The acting is not up to Majestic standard but nevertheless the picture should please.
FOR THOSE UNBORN (2 Reels) Release date Sunday, Sept. 6. See above for our opinion of this picture.
SIERRA JIM'S REFORMATION (1 Reel) Release date Tuesday, Sept. 8. An appealing story well produced.
THE FINAL VERDICT (2 Reels) Release date Sunday, Sept. 13. More concerning this release in next week's
advertisement.
D. W. GRIFFITH HAS GENERAL SUPERVISION OVER MAJESTIC RELEASES
Studio,
4500 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Majestic Motion Picture Co.
MUTUAL PROGRAM
Business Office :
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PROFITABLE SELIG PRODUCTIONS
DEMAND THEM AT YOUR EXCHANGE
Every Monday, a two-reel Selig release.
Every Monday, HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL.
Every Tuesday, a single reel Selig picture.
Every Wednesday, a single reel Selig picture.
Every Thursday, HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL.
Every Friday, a single reel Selig comedy.
Every Saturday, a single reel Selig picture.
MR. EXHIBITOR:
We have mailed to you a copy of our SELIG RELEASE HERALD containing synopses of all Selig
releases for the month of September — eighteen single-reel Selig comedies, dramas, melodramas and
tragedies; four two-reel SELIG DRAMAS, and one SELIG JUNGLE-ZOO Special Feature Drama in three
reels.
Preserve this SELIG RELEASE HERALD. You will get a similar one in future each month. Keep
it for reference.
By the way, if you like this new Selig plan for giving you a month's releases in this form, write
and say so. If you don't approve, write also. We want to help you.
SELIG PICTURES ARE PEERLESS— THEY
DRAW THE CROWDS
SELIG CURRENT RELEASES FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7-12
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 7
When the West Was Young
2 Reels
One of the justly celebrated Selig Western Tragedy
Dramas, featuring BESSIE EYTON and WHEELER
OAKMAN. An absorbingly interesting picture.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 7
The Hearst-Selig News
Pictorial
1 Reel
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 10
The Hearst-Selig News
Pictorial
1 Reel
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 11
Oh ! Look Who's Here !
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 8
A Typographical Error
1 Reel
A Selig Alaskan Drama, illustrating the battle of
love against gold.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 9
The Man in Black
1 Reel
A Selig Melodrama, telling the story of the reform of
a kleptomaniac.
1 Reel
A Selig Comedy, full of funny situations and irresis-
tible merriment.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 12
The Missing Page
1 Reel
A Selig Drama, illustrating the redemption of honor.
Watch for War News in Pictures !
Hearst-Selig camera men with every armj'
in Europe. Demand the service at your
Exchange.
USE SELIG LITHOGRAPHED POSTERS
in four colors, Selig Heralds and electrotypes of Selig Stars, to
boost your business
ALL SELIG RELEASES THROUGH GENERAL FILM CO.
Write to your nearest Exchange
The Selig Polyscope Company
General OCBces, 20 East Randolph St., Chicago, IlL
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other make, longer period of pictures on the screen is obtained, films are
better protected and greater definition and clearer pictures are accomplished.
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THE
MILLION
DOLLAR
MYSTERY
Story by Harold MacGrath Scenario by Lloyd Lonergan
Thanhouser's Million Dollar Motion Picture Production
Each new episode of this thrilling serial production is more interesting— more fas-
cinating. Twelve episodes are now appearing. Audiences are held spellbound by the
powerful acting — the exceptional thrills. The crowds on " MiUion Dollar Mystery Night " are becoming greater
and greater. The public knows a good thing.
Remember this clincher : $10,000 will be paid for the best 100-word solution of the
mystery. Exhibitors, if you want to line up with the biggest attraction ever presented,
get in touch at once with the Syndicate Film Corporation. The Million Dollar Mystery is an independent
release and may be obtained regardless of the regular program being used.
SYNDICATE FILM CORPORATION ''"°"7VV^rd'^st"t. New"v;r?'""°
Or Syndicate Film Corporation Representative at any Mutual Exchange in the U. S. and Canada
The Thanhouser Three-a-Week
Tuesday, Sept. 8. "Jean of the Wilderness." (2 reels). A drama throbbing with human interest,
iiig Morris I-'oster, Edward Hoyt, Mignon Anderson and John Lehnberg.
Friday, Sept. 11. "In Danger's Hour." (1 reel). Featuring the Thanhouser Twins
{Marion and Madeline Fairbanks), Arthur Bauer and Carey L. Hastings.
Sunday, Sept. 13. *'The Emperor's Spy." A one reel drama featuring Morris Foster.
THANHOUSER FILM CORPORATION, ^"^JTEr^^lk"
Head European Office, Thanhouser Films, Ltd., London, W. C, England
Thaahouser Releases Will Coatinue to be Features of the Mutual Program
Featur-
FILM MART
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Pres. and Gen. Mgr,
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
' A BIG FEATURE EVERY DAY
Starting with the program released week of September 14th, you are
going to get a two or three reel feature every day. — Not padded, drawn-out
««one-reelers, but features that have been boiled down until there's nothing
left in them but punch and action. — There is plenty of paper — the kind that
makes the crowd STOP, LOOK and ENTER
Don't miss a single feature.
You're entitled to every one of
them — see that you get what's
coming to you.
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1455
7 Features-Count Them
MCTOR— A Kentucky Gentleman— A Two Reel Drama
with J. Warren Kerrigan.
GOLD SEAL— The Trey O' Hearts, Episode No. 7— Two
Reels of thrills.
ECLAIR— Adventures in Diplomacy— Three Dramatic
Reels from the novel of Jacques Futrelle.
Released Week of September 14th
I^^P— The Man Who Was Misunderstood— Two Reel
King Baggot Feature.
POWERS— A Modern Melnotte— Two Reel Drama
BISON 101— The Higher Law— Two Reel Mediaeval
^''■^"la with Pauline Bush and Alurdock MacQuarrie.
REX- A Prince of Bavaria— Two Reel Comedy Drama
with Anna Little and Herbert Rawlinson
Don't go to sleep tonight until youVe booked RICHELIEU. It's a four
reel De Luxe on the regular program, released September 26th.
CARL LAEMMLE, President
1600 Broadway, New York City
1454
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TWO REEL SPECIAL FEATURE
Ready Week of September 28th
You'll marvel when you see King
Baggot in three costumes, — doing
three totally different bits of act-
ing—in one scene
Here's the cast:
A WOMAN OF THE WORLo/^ing Baggot
A CHINESE SERVANT
King Baggot
A WAYWARD SON
King Baggot
A RICH MERCHANT
King Baggot
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HIS SISTER
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King Baggot
The greatest box office at-
traction ever offered to you.
A story with a punch to it — a mas-
terpiece of photographic art — a
wonderful artistic creation. King
Baggot interprets ten different charac-
ters— he is the only person in the play.
ASK YOUR EXCHANGE FOR BOOKING TODAY
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING CO.
1600 BROADWAY Cj![RL LAEMMLE,Pr,..,cl<,Ti NEW YORK CITY
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PACKING THEM IN .s right
KAY-BEE
DOMINO
KA Y-BEE
2 REELS
SEPT. 4— STACKED CARDS.
" 11— THE SILVER CAN-
DLESTICKS.
" 18— NO - ACCOUNT
SMITH'S BABY.
" 25— THE DEATH MASK.
OCT. 2— ONE OF THE DIS-
CARD.
KEYSTONE
BRONCHO
NEVER FAIL
BRONCHO
2 REELS
SEPT. 9— THE CRUISE OF
THE MOLLY ANN.
" 16— A TALE OF THE
NORTHWEST
MOUNTED.
" 23— PARSON LARKIN'S
WIFE.
" 30— THE RIGHT TO DIE
OCT. 7— THE BOSS OF THE
8TH.
DOMINO
2 REELS
SEPT. 10— M I L D R E D • S
DOLL.
" 17— A TRAGEDY OF
THE NORTH
WOODS.
" 24— TEST OF FLAME.
OCT. 1— THE GAME KEEP-
ER'S DAUGHTER.
8— THE WHISKEY
RUNNERS.
THOS. H. INCE, Managing Director
KEYSTONE COMEDIES
THREE A WEEK
MACK SENNETT, Managing Director
New York Motion Picture Corporation
Longacre Building, 42nd Street and Broadway NEW YORK
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Three Big Laughs
Three Big Thrills
G. M. ANDERSON
Released Monday, September 14
"The Joblot Recruits"
A slap-stick comedy that's immense.
Released Tuesday, September IS
"The Way of His Father"
A story of a college boy's sacrifice for the way of his father.
Released Wednesday, September 16
THE FABLE OF
"Lutie, the False Alarm"
How a "Warbler's" career was abruptly ended by four eminent
Cofnn Trimmers called Critics.
MARGUERITE CLAYTON
Released Thursday, September 17
"Sophie's Legacy"
Sophie endures the trials of a rich lady.
Released Friday, September 18
"Sparks of Fate"
(IN TWO ACTS)
A stirring drama of the wireless and the hydro-aeroplane.
Released Saturday, September 19
"Broncho Billy Butts In"
A Western drama featuring G. ^^. AXDERSOX.
First to
Standardize
Photoplays
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
BEVERLY BAYNE
Laboratory and Studios. 1333 Argyle St., Chicago. Downtown Offices 521 First
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We ©Is.
FIVE MILLION U
PERSONS WILL READ
THE PLUM TREE
The greatest mystery drama of tlie }-ear, which will appear in the Octo-
ber issue of the Ladies' \\'^orld magazine (on the newsstands and in the
hands of subscribers September 18), and it is a pretty safe bet the motion
picture theatres that run this great
ESSANAY PRIZE MYSTERY DRAMA
Will play to PACKED HOUSES AND RECORD-BREAKING RECEIPTS
"The Plum Tree" as it appears in the Ladies' World will be a complete short story
with one paragraph missing. The entire story, including the missing paragraph,
has been produced in motion pictures by the Essanay Company. The magazine has
offered big prizes to its readers who write the best missing paragraph.
In order to find the missing paragraph and solve the
mystery, it will be necessary to see the Essanay Drama
Thousands of dollars have been spent by Essanay to make this and others to follow
the biggest pictures of their kind ever produced. "The Plum Tree" thrills with war
and romance and its battle scenes alone make it worth bookings.
Released through the Feature Department of the General Film Company, Sept. 18
A FEW OTHER BIG FEATURES
"ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT"
(In 4 acts)
Exhibitors everywhere are calling it "one wonderful
picture." They are booking it twice and three times
and asking for more.
"THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHING"
A western drama in 4 acts featuring the greatest of
all photoplay actors— G. M. ANDERSOX ; this play
abounds in red blood and thrills.
"BLOOD WILL TELL"
One of the greatest 3 act Colonial dramas ever pro-
duced; thousands of dollars were spent on the settings
for this picture alone.
"AMBUSHED"
A new kind of 3 act drama of mj-stery and adventure
that is drawing packed houses everj-where.
National Bank Building. Branch Offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona.
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Famous Players Film Company, Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play
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at^ct
the Management c^ the
When men whose signatures you see on these two pages — and many others equally as well known — endorse
the Paramount Plan in as strong Uncle-Sam language £is in the letters reproduced on these two pages, it is proof
conclusive that the Paramount Plan meets with the approval of the most discriminating Exhibitors.
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1459
Company, and Bos worth, Inc., Produce Paramount Pictures
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Beiler CXe^ss of Photo Play Uouses
A Few of the Exhibitors Who Have Contracted for the Paramount Service
Gordon Bros. Amusement Co., Boston, .Mass.
Park Theatre, Boston, Mass.
S. Z. Poll Circuit, Xew Haven. Conn.
Casino Theatre, Providence, R. I.
Broadway Theatre, Springfield, Mass.
United Booking Offices of America Circuit, But
falo. N. Y.
Regent Theatre, Rochester. N. \.
Leo's Empire and Park Theatres
mond, Staten Island.
Paramount Theatre, Newark, X. J.
Montauk Theatre, Passaic, N. J.
Colonial Theatre, Orange, N. J.
Princess Theatre, Reading, Pa.
Regent Theatre, Paterson, N. J
Montgomery Aiiui semen t Cd.. Jacksi'inille, !■ l.i.
Palace Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn.
Majestic Theatre, St. Paul, Minn.
Saxe Bros. Amusem't Ent'prises, Milwaukee, Wis.
(Irand Theatre, (irand Forks, No. Dakota.
(iardcn Theatre, Des Moines. Iowa.
Orpheum Theatre Co., Fairfield, Iowa.
Casino Amusement Co.,
Davenport, Iowa.
S.ar Theatre, Hannibal, Mo,
Grand Theatre. BrookHeld, Mo.
Gem Theatre, I'ullon, Mo.
Iris Theatre, Topeka, Kansas.
NordlanJ Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio
Majestic Thealr-^. Columbus. Ohio.
D_ me Theatre, Youngstown, Ohio.
Majestic Theatre, Day ton, Ohio.
Rex Theatre. Steub- nville. Ohio.
Columbia Theatre, Erie, Pa.
Lyric Theatre, L'niontown, Pa.
Lubin Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Orpheum Theatre, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Teiplc's .\niu seme lit <'>., Portland, (,>re.
Apollo Theatre. Tacoma, Wash.
Casino- Clem Theatre, Spokane, Wash.
Majestic Theatre, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Barney Reilley's Theatre, Sioux City, Iowa.
Barney Reilly's Theatre, St. Joseph, Mo.
Barney Reilly's Theatre, Atchison, Kansas.
Benton Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
Alhambra Theatre, Springfield, Ohio.
Majestic Theatre, Louisville, Ky.
Lyric Theatre, Covington, Ky.
Temple Theatre, Newport, Ky.
Aurora Theatre, Lawrence, Kansas.
Magnet Theatre. Lincoln, Neb.
Lyda Theatre, Grand Island, Neb.
Swan & Schwarz, Kearney, Neb.
Grauman's, San Francisco, Cal.
Tally's, Los Angeles, Cal.
Family Theatre, Davenport, Iowa.
Bijou Theatre, Mason City, Iowa.
Xcmo Theatre, Burlington, Iowa.
^ Paramount ^Hicture4^(orporatlati-
O' ONE HUNDRED am/' TEN ^^^ WEST FORTIETH V*^ "^ STREET
NEW YORK , N .Y.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
DANIEL FRJOHMAN
Presents
The distinguished drairj-atic artiste,
/Ji* HENRIETTA
In the fanoous emotion-ah draTTi'a,
The Unwelcome
Mrs.
HATCtf
AdLrainatic
illustration of* the
noblest oP
human emotions-
7n other love,
Mrs.Burton rl-arrison,
Ik Four^ReeltS
Released Sept. 10th.
ProcLuced by the
ADOLPH ZUKOR.,Presiderii
DANIEL FROHMAN.Mana^ir^g Director EDWIN •S-PORTER.,TecKr\ical Director
Executive Offices,
213-229 W. 26th STREET, NEW YORK.
'FAMOUS O;
'i>i features));
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gOWOlTTH
PRESENTS
DUKNING DAYLIGHT
JACK LONDON
Being the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in Alaska, showing how he won and lost
fortunes and eventually acquired Eleven Million Dollars.
Mr. Hobart Bosworth in the tide role
To be followed later with the Adventures of "Burning Daylight" in civilization, showing
what became of the Eleven Million.
RELEASED SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH
Exclusively hy
PARAMOUNT PICTURED
no West 40tl) St. New York
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What the Pittsburgh Newspapers
said about RAMO'S spectacular
war feature "
THE WAR OF WARS
which played the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh the week of August 24th
59
THE PITTSBURGH DISP ATCH.
NixoD — Photo- Play.
With much intereit a Pittsburg audience of
roa^iderable size last night for the first
lime witnessed a photo-jilaj of the "War
of Wars. ' ' now being enacted in Europe.
The representation is, of course, by meaas
of pictures taken when the German invad-
irs first began to attempt the capture of
the Belgian citadels by determined battles.
The pictures will be at the Nison all this
week. Pane M. Potter is credited with the
roundalion of the timely affair. Close to
400 scenes are produced. Plans of German
M\A French soldiers to act as spies and
obtain information of the enemy's move-
ments are freauently shown by means of
simple disguises; and work with guns, pistol;,
i-annoas and bombs is a t-ontinual feature.
PITTSBURGH CHRONICLE TELEGRAPH.
>'ixon — "War of AVarN.'^
The militarj- drama, "War of Wars." based
on the present conflict between the German
and French armies, made its first appearance
on the screen at the NLxon Tlieatre yesterday
atternoon and last night There are six full
films of pictures, which it takes three hours
to show. These picture; were taken in
Europe, and give a good illustration of what
is taking place there now. The costum?
equipment of the soldiers are copied after
the regulation uniforms of the French and
German militia. Elaborate interiors of man-
sions and tjTiical street scenes in the peasant
section of a French town feature. A number
of skirmishes and militar>- manoeuver^ are
shown. The scouting and sentrj- work is gooa.
The play Is complete and nothing is introduced
that is not in some way connected with the
storj'. The pictures are new and the full six
films were shown at both of yesterday's shows
without any delaj"s. They will be shown each
afternoon and night throughout the week.
A Timely Masterpiece of Great Money-Making Possibilities— A Two-Hour
Show That Will Bring Them in Again and Again
For Booking or Territory — Wire
mm
Trade Mark
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INC,
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C. L.\JS"G COBB, JR., Mgr. Sales and Publicity.
Columbia Theatre Building, New York City
Trade Mark
1464
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RENFAX MUSICAL MOTION PICTURES
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Four New Subjects Every Week. The Latest Broadway Hits
SONGS
CHORUSES ^ COMEDY
DANCES
OPERA
1 HE SIMPLICIT I of the successful operation of these wonderful pictures
is such that your operator can successfully screen and produce RENFAX MUSICAL
MOTION PICTURES after a few minutes" practice. No additional help required;
NO SINGER IS NECESSARY WITH RENFAX PICTURES.
SCENARIO CONTESTS offering big cash prizes are open exclu-
sively to patrons of theatres using RENFAX service. A sure money-getter for you.
C/OUNX YOUR EMPTY SEATS You know why the combination houses, running
motion pictures and vaudeville, are getting business. It is the breaking up of a straight motion picture
program, which, however good and varied, becomes a little monotonous and makes your audience wish
for a change.
YOUR AUDIENCE HAS EARS REXF.\X musical motion pictures bring
the element of music into your program — an appeal to the ear as well as the eye of your audience, giving
you a pleasing change without the expense of a vaudeville bill.
WEEKLY RENTALS LESS THAN COST OF SINGLE SINGER
Service Details on Request
We are now opening territory in the Middle West and will
shortly have branch offices in BufiFalo, Chicago suid Cleveland
RENFAX FILM CO., Inc., no W. 40th St., New York City
RENFAX SERVICE EXCLUSIVE F01 VOUR DISTRICT
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1465
HEPWORTH AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
Presents
A Thrilling and Interesting Photoplay Drama, Typical of Hepworth Excellence, Entitled
CREATURES OF CLAY
The Story Vividly Describes How the Honor of a Woman Is Preserved by a
Mcin Whose Love She Has Rejected.
IN THREE PARTS
THE CAST includes STUART ROME, HENRY VIBART, HARRY GILBEY and
MISS ALICE DE WINTON. THE PHOTOGRAPHY is brilliant, THE SETTINGS
are beautiful, THE STORY is gripping.
A FEATURE FOR THE STATE RIGHT BUYER AND THE EXHIBITOR
AN UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE LINE OF PUBLICITY MATTER
"Creatures of Clay" is an interesting production and one which should hold an audience.— "D.," THE MORNING TELEGRAPH.
The story runs along in an interesting way.— THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD.
HEPWORTH AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
WORLD'S TOWER BUILDING
110-112 WEST 40th ST., NEW YORK
Telephone 3095 Bryant
(P
1466
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
5000 Feet of Joyous Film
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Is as good as any pidlure ever made — Our reputation is behind this assertion
Released through the Paramount Pidures Corporation
Comedy
Thrills
Splendor
Beauty
Intere^
Illusions
VIOLET MacMILLAN
"The Daintier Darling of them All," as "King Bud of Noland" in
The Magic Cloak of Oz
Juft Completed — A 5-Reel Marvel
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Studio and Laboratories: Santa Monica Boulevard, from Gower to Lodi Streets
Los Angeles, California
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THE GREYHOUND
(First run Strand Theatre, New York)
By Paul Armstrong and Wilson Mizner
Deep Sea Drama (5 parts)
NORTHERN LIGHTS
(First run Academy of Music, New York)
By Barbour and Harkins
Western Psychological Drama (5 parts)
CAPTAIN SWIFT
^ . (First run Hammerstein's Lexington Opera House, New York)
By C. Haddon Chambers
A Problem Drama (5 Parts)
A trinity of masterpieces adapted from stage successes.
Conceded by critics to be without equal, and packing fea-
ture houses wherever shown.
State rights now selling. Wire your territory and we
will quote you our terms and forw^ard advertising matter.
EXHIBITORS, New York State, New Jersey and the
New England States:
For bookings on NORTHERN LIGHTS and CAPT.
SWIFT, communicate direct w^ith us. We will fill all
bookings in the order received.
Unique and artistic lithographs, heralds and other advertising matter.
Superb acting, entrancing scenic effects and photography without a peer.
LIFE PHOTO FILM CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
220 WEST 42D STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Studio and Laboratory — Grantwood, N. J.
1468 4- " ' THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
POPULAR
PROGRAM
A NEW HIGH CLASS SERVICE
28 Reels Weekly 1-2-3 Reels All Features Comedy, Drama, Etc.
FOURTEEN BRANDS
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PASTIME COMEDY CONTINENTAL PHOTO PLAYS
SPECIAL "POPULAR" FEATURES— High-Class Plays, now running as Broadway Successes with original
all-star casts, will be released in conjunction with "Popular" Program — also recent plays of well-known
authors.
To Exhibitors:
We wish to thank the hundreds of Exhibitors in the United States
who have written and wired their congratulations and best wishes
for the success of the Popular Program and who have expressed their
behef that the Popular Program would be one of "quality" through-
out. We can absolutely assure all Exhibitors that ever}- release made
by the Popular Photo Plays Corporation will be of the highest char-
acter, containing the ver)^ best that the motion picture art can pro-
duce. The basic plan of the Popular Program will be quality —
quality in scenario — quality in direction — quality in cast — quality in
photography — and quality in distribution.
POPULAR PHOTO PLAYS CORPORATION
CHAS. O. BAUMANN, President
Studios and Factory: Fort Lee, N. J. .^^S>)^BrN^ Executive Offices: 911 Longacre Bldg., N. Y.
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vSmashe^ B^X Office
Rec(?rds at the Strand
HTHIS superb visualization of Augusta Evans* world famous
* American novel turned the people away in crowds from the largest
motion picture theatre in the United States.
St. Elmo a Great Feature
Mr. S. L. Rothapfel, manager of The Strand, enthusiastically endorses St. Elmo.
It is an attraction that met with the hearty approval of his discriminating audiences.
St. Elmo Captures Broadway
St. Elmo will be seen and enjoyed by New Yorkers in iive other Broadway houses,
including The Riverside, 2000 seats; The Audubon, 2700 seats; The Nemo, 1200 seats;
The Schuyler, 1500 seats; The Rivera, 2400 seats, and the famous Academy of Music,
Fourteenth Street and Irving Place, which seats 3100 people.
St. Elmo Ready for Booking
St. Elmo is ready for booking in every state in the Union, Canada and
South America. Write to-day for our magnificently illustrated St. Elmo brochure de
luxe, twelve pages and cover, size 11x14, giving the cast suid a graphic story of the play.
Make arrangements now to have St. Elmo, direct from The Strand, in your Theatre.
BRANCH OFFICES
CHICAGO, Mailers BIdg.
CLEVELAND, Columbia Bldg
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PHILADELPHIA, 1333 Vine
St.
PITTSBURGH, 121 4tli Ave.
SYRACUSE, Eckel Theatre
Bldg.
BOSTC::, 110 Piedmmt St.
The Box Office Attraction Co.
1470
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE BOND
OF LOVE
A ripping- 2-part colleg-e
life American drama, writ-
ten and played by the
members of the Yale Uni-
versity Dramatic Associa-
tion. Produced on Yale
Campus, New Haven.
Conn., and photographed
by Pathe. There is nothing
amateurish about "The
Bond of Love."
1-3-6 Sheet Posters
The Perils of Pauline
Pauline on your screen is to the box-office
what gold-mining is to Colorado. She's
the wealth of the house — one of the never-
failing sources of profit.
Pauline Pleases on Both Sides of the
Ticket Window.
Special
War
Films
Ask About
Them
WHILE FIRE
RAGED
A daring 5 part feature of love,
laughter, and panic in mid-At-
lantic. Fire breaks out on
board ship, and a well-known
and beautiful dancing girl mas-
ters her own fear in order to
prevent a general panic.
Breathless action with a quick
succession of rous-
ing climaxes.
1-3-6 sheet posters.
ECLECTIC FEATURE FILM EXCHANGES FOR
YOUR USE.
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Chicago, 5 So. Wabash Ave.; Dallas, Andrews Bldg.;
Los Angeles, 114 E. 7th St.; Minneapolis, 4th and Hen-
nepin St.; New York, 115 E. 23rd St.; Pittsburgh, 715
Liberty Ave.; San Francisco, 67 Turk St.; St. Louis,
3210 Locust St.; Syracuse, 214 E. Fayette St.; Cincinnati,
217 E. 5th St.; Salt Lake City, 68 South Main St.; Cleve-
land, 622 Prospect Ave., S. E.; Portland, 392 Burnside
Ave.; Philadelphia, 1235 Vine St.; Washington, 7th and
E Sts. N. W.; New Orleans, 910 Gravier St.; Seattle, 810
Third Ave.; Omaha, 1312 Famam St.; Denver, Nassau
Bldg.; Kansas City, 928 Main St.
The Eclectic Film Company
no West
40th Street
"The Cream of American
EXTRA RELEASE
PicturesqueZuercy,France
and
A Study of Birds
An over-the-average
split reel in natural col-
ors. Entirely distinc-
tive.
THE MONEY
LENDER
In 4 reels. An intensely hu-
man story which digs deep
into orthodox Jewish life
and customs in Austrian Po-
land. The synagogue scenes
are wonders.
1-3-6 sheet posters
New York
City
and European Studios"
Special
War
Films
Ask About
Them
THE OTHER
KID'S
SISTER
A 1 reel Mayo-made comedy
of American child life acted
by children. It lands sunny-
side up.
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The successful gambler, whether at the race track
or in this great film world of ours, is the man who
picks a SURE THING
YOU HAVE
Three favorites
in
THE CURSE OF GREED
Superb Drama — 5 Reels
THE THUMB PRINT
Wonderful Deduction — 4 Reels
'NEATH THE LION'S PAW
Thrilling Adventure — 3 Reels
Three features, any one of which will make your show.
Book one of these SURE THINGS now
Released Through General Film Co.
ELIES
FIL
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^-England's Greatest Wars-
■7JV-
Kalem Masterpiece Features
"C^NGLAND'S part in the terrible struggle which is convulsing all Europe makes
■*— ' these Kalem Masterpiece Features of tremendous interest. Each is the story of
the battles which helped build the British Empire. The conflicts shown are as real
as Life itself. They will give your patrons a new realization of the meaning of War.
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THE, BOER WAR
IN FIVE ACTS
In this struggle, England used the "frontal attack,"
to a great extent. Germany is using the same tac-
tics in the present conflict. Your patrons can see
exactly how the European War is being waged.
Among the battles shown are Elandslaagte, Wagon
Hill, Botha's Pass and Almond's Nek.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One
24-Sheet Posters
WOLFE, or The
Conquest of Quebec
In Five Acts. Produced at Authentic Locations in Canada
The terrible defeat of the British at Montmorenci
Falls; the bombardment of Quebec and the Battle
on the Plains of Abraham, depicted with wonderful
realism.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One
24-Sheet Posters
A Celebrated Case Shannon of the Sixth
I
In Four Acts
The Battle of Fontenoy; the furious bayonet
charges and the carnage caused by the artillery
will hold observers a-quiver. Alice Joyce, Mar-
guerite Courtot and Guy Coombs in strong roles.
Strong 1, 3 and 6-Sheet Posters
A Five-Act Production of Edward E. Kidder's Great
Drama
Based upon the Sepoy Rebellion in India, this stu-
pendous production shows the relentless warfare
waged between the Hindus and the EngUsh. The
destruction of the arsenal containing the women
and children, one of the awe-inspiring scenes.
Two 1-Sheet, Two 3-Sheet, Two 8-Sheet and One
24-Sheet Posters
■Released Through General Film Masterpiece Service
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VirORL^D FILiM
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teMSss^^i^Mi^ii^M^i^^mimMim^^^Mxm^^^i
OR THE REVOLT OF THE GLADIATORS
(Arranged in 8 parts— total footage 6000 feet.)
One of the really great Kleine Attractions \\\t\\ its unique record of
many successful runs in America's Most Representative Playhouses
— The-]\Iinneapolis Auditorium, Majestic Theatre, Buffalo,"and the
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, where its presentation with the Chi-
cago Grand Opera Co.'s orchestra of fifty pieces was hailed by local
dramatic critics as photodrama's crowning triumph !
Spartacus is a story of ancient Rome — of the bloody Circus Max-
imus — of the history-famed slave uprising led by Spartacus — of the
hand-to-hand conflict of two great armies on the lava-strewn sides
of Vesuvius ! Spartacus is rich in storv and magnificent in spec-
tacle— A worthy member of that splendid family headed by "QUO
VADIS."
Read What the Critics Say :
"Quite the most elaborate and wonderfully presented photodrama Chicago ever saw." — Daily News.
"Spartacus takes its place as one of the truly great pictures. It is awe-inspiring, almost beyond
description." — Record-Herald.
"Spartacus is a master production, conceived in a masterly way. Its presentation delighted Chicago
picture fans." — Chicago Journal.
You can book Spartacus through any of the following George
Kleine ofifices. They will provideyou with unusually beautiful her-
alds, photographs of all sizes, framed and unframed, press matter,
1, 3, 6 and 8 sheets in two styles, 24 sheets and block letter stands.
Also a variety of attractive window cards.
I
GEORGE KLEINE
CHICAGO
16« N. State St.
NEW YORK
Z26 W. 42nd St.
ATLANTA
43 Moore BIdg.
DENVER
405 Railroad BIdg.
MINNEAPOLIS
210 Temple Ct. BIdg.
PITTSBURGH
509 Lyceum Theatre
SEATTLE
13 Orpbeum Theatre
SAN FRANCISCO
407 Monadnock BIk.
LOS ANGELES
701 Majestic Theatre BIdg
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(Released through Special Feature Department, General Film Co.)
Five Parts (5071 Feet)
FROM MARIE CORELLI'S FAMOUS NOVEL
In the preface to "Vendetta," Mar it Corelli says: "Its chief inci-
dents are founded on an actual occurrence in Naples during the year
1848 !"
Buried as Dead in His Own Family Tomb, returning to life to find
his wife and dearest friend unfaithful; discovering vast riches in that
self-same tomb left by a pirate generations dead; using this mighty
wealth to satisf}^ a horrible revenge — these, in brief, are the cen-
tral thoughts of a story that shames mere fiction in its terrific reality!
Says James S. McQaade in the "World" for August 29: "The
gloom and horror of the family vault are vividly recreated .
the effect of the earthquake shock in the Romani ballroom and in
the grewsome vault where the avenging husband metes out the full
measure of his own sufferings to a false and heartless wife, are
terrifying in their reality — positively terrific in their visualization."
Strong praise from a conservative critic — 3'et the mere echo of all
who have seen it.
"Vendetta" takes its place as one of the natural master-
pieces— it possesses all the essential qualities of the ex-
traordinary in picture-making.
You can book "Vendetta" now through the Special Feature Department of the
General Film Co. The publicity campaign is complete to the last detail.
GEORGE KLEINE
166 North State Street
1478
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
MONDAY RELEASE Begins September 14th
"The Beloved Adventurer"
A special series of 15 single reel dramatic photoplays written by Emmett Campbell Hall, featuring
Arthur V. Johnson and Lottie Briscoe
The First of Series-"LORD CE.CIL INTERVENES"
Heralds for "The Beloved
Adventurer" from Henne-
gan & Co., Cincinnati, O.
Posters from The A. B.
C. Co., Cleveland.
A story of extraordinary
strength and interest, with
situations of the most in*
tensely dramatic and thrill-
ing nature, touching pa-
thos and genuine humor.
PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM
Coincident with the release of the films, there \\ ill be published in book form the complete story
of Series. This idea is as novel as it will prove valuable to the Exhibitors.
The book is in full cloth binding with 15 full pasre half-tone illustrations and would ordinarily sell
for $1.25.
PRICE FOR THE BOOK
Single Copies, 25 cents; in lots of 25 or more, 15 cents each.
They may be obtained from the General Film Co. Exchanges or
from our Philadelphia and Chicago Ofifices.
Exhibitors are urged to place orders for this book at once as the Edition is limited.
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia, Pa.
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"THE BELLE OF BREWERYVILLE"— Comedy Tuesday, September 8th
"AS WE FORGIVE THOSE"— Two Rael Drama Wednesday, September 9th
"ON LONESOME MOUNTAIN"— Two Reel Drama Thursday, September 10th
"SQUARING THE TRIANGLE"— Drama Friday, September llth
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Thaddeus Craven was absolutely unscrupulous. His heartlessness had killed his wife and shut his
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the gang get jealous of him and scheme to get the necklace. It's an exciting story throughout.
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"The Unwritten Play"
Drama MONDAY, SEPT. 7
The son of the man who wronged the old playwright barely escapes
death at his hand. The past is forgotten with the blessing he
bestows on his daughter and the young man. TAMES MORRISON,
DOROTHY KELLY, GEORGE COOPER and LILLIAN BURNS are
the cast.
"Bella's Elopement^'
Drama............. THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
He arouses his wife's jealousy by an act of brotherly love. She
learns of it and makes a daring auto ride, avoiding a great mistake
and its terrible consequences. MAURICE COSTELLO is the
principal.
Brandon's Last Ride"
"A Study in Feet"
Two Part Drama TUESDAY, SEPT. 8
He little knew he was riding into a den of living serpents. His death
is the retribution of the wrong he committed against two trusting
women. An all-star cast.
"The Band Leader"
Vita-Laugh Comedy WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9
He leads the band and beats the pieman in the battle of love. Pies
are the weapons. In the midst of fire and smoke WALLIE VANN is
the victor. LILLIAN HERBERT, WILLIAM SHEA and HUGHIE
MACK are in the engagement.
Comedy FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
They tell a funny story. By the expression of the feet you interpret
it. It furnishes a lot of amusement and no end of fun. You will have
to guess the cast.
"He Danced Himself to Death"
Two Part Vita-Laugh Comedy. SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
.\ warning to all those who get the tango craze. It's a sad story,
mates, but as full of laughs as hash is of meat. The story is by
"Rube" Goldberg, the cartoonist, and RALPH INCE is the dancer.
SIX A WEEK
"THE MAN WHO KNEW"
Drama Monday, Sept. 14
"STEVE O'GRADY'S CHANCE"
Two Part Drama Tuebday, Sept. 15
"THE AGELESS SEX"
Comedy Wednesday, Sept. 16
"POLITICS AND THE PRESS"
Drama Thursday, Sept. 17
"FATHER'S TIMEPIECE"
Comedy Friday, Sept. 18
"THE REWARD OF THRIFT"
Two Part Drama Saturday, Sept. 19
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THE. POTTER AND THE, CLAY
An Intensely Dramatic Two-Act
With devilish cunning, Rose Masters sets about to puni
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Released Monday, September 21st.
THi: GREEN ROSE
A Kalem Tuesday Issue Featuring Alice Joyce
In his determination to slay his ward, the scientist im-
pregnates a rose with a deadly poison. How Fate
wreaks retribution upon the scoundrel, will hold the
"fans"' spellbound.
Released Tuesday, Sept. 22nd. Striking 1 and 3-Sheets
JONES' WEDDING DAY
Hastening to the minister's home, where his bride and
the guests await him, Jones is ar-
rested for speeding. His efforts
to escape will create storms of
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Released Friday, September 25th
Story of a Woman's Vengeance.
sh through his daughter, the man who has incurred her
e woman's plot in a way that must touch every heart.
Stirring Scenes on 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
THE VANISHING TRIBE
A Two-Act Picturization of an Indian Legend
The manner in which the Indian war parties vanish into
thin air just as they are about to kidnap Prairie Flower's
babe, just one of the astounding situations.
Released Wednesday, Sept. 23d.
Strong 1, 3 and 6-Sheets
RORY O'MORE
A Reissue of Kalem's Famous Story of the Irish Patriot
Every scene in this drama was produced on the
"Ould Sod." Remember the success it scored a few
years ago? Book it and let it earn more money for
you. Rory's escape from the gallows, one of the ex-
citing scenes.
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Facts and Comments
iii^ OMEDY is hard to get." \\'hile this cry of dis-
I 1 tress is by no means new it is today louder and
^-^^ keener than it ever was before. It fell to the
writer's lot the other day to accompany several distin-
guished exhibitors on their laborious quest for good
comedy. So much is recklessly labeled comedy
that the task of the "viewer" is a particularly hard
one. We went from place to place and were
told by eager exchange men that they had ''plenty
of comedy." Alas for the undying optimism of
the men who produce or distribute what are called comic
films. In most instances the corps of managers cried
"Hold, enough," after they had seen a little more than
a couple of hundred feet or so. When the writer left
them the exhibitors were still searching for the precious
comic vein, but they had little hope.
T
Now, in all these comic films the photography was
excclleiU, the settings were good and there was much
tumbling about by artists, men, women and children, but
there was nothing to laugh at. While some of the actors
seemed overcome by the fun of the situations, probably
reflecting the ideas of the directors, who ordered them
around, the audience was indifferent and at times posi-
tively sad. The production of good and truly laughable
comedies is the most difficult of all the problems of kine-
matography. There has never been a surplus of them
and there is not likely to be. At times the. dearth of them
jjccomes a serious problem lo tlte conscientious and pro-
gressive exhibitor. It would be idle to offer advice, but
one thing seems to be reasonably certain. There has been
altogether too much of what is known as "rough-house"
and "slap-stick" comedy. The patrons are surfeited with
it and the exhibitors have had more than a genteel suf-
ficiency. It would be well to try for a finer and somewhat
cleaner vein. W^e are glad to observe a tendency to fol-
low this new direction. A creation of comic types from
life and the making of situations which rouse laughter
without the fatal banana peel and the seltzer bottle mark
the coming of new kinds of comic film.
* * *.
HE Moving Picture World has always advised
its readers that Sunday exhibitions of motion pic-
tures were not inherently wrong or imlawful, but
were permitted at common law. This opinion we hold
as regards every state in the Union. Recently an attempt
had been made to open the motion pictures on Stmdays
in Albany, but a court of inferior jurisdiction interfered
on behalf of the Sabbatarians and then the Board of Al-
dermen "followed up the ad\antage" by passing an ordi-
nance forbidding the opening of the theaters on Sunday
in distinct terms. Notwithstanding this fact we main-
tained that the law properly interpreted and fairly ap-
plied gave no warrant to stop Sunday exhibitions in the
State of New York. Our opinion has been vindicated
once more by the decision handed down in the Supreme
Court in the Binghamton district. Justice George Mc-
Cann had been appealed to by the exhibitors of Bing-
hamton to restrain the Mayor and the city officials from
interfering with Sunday exhibitions. The justice held
that, according to the well-settled law in this state, the
applicants were entitled to the injunction against the
Mayor and the police and thereupon granted the injunc-
tive relief prayed for. The city authorities had bitterly
contested the argtiments of the exhibitors and had fought
very hard against the injunction, but the judge felt bound
to decide against them.
*
The corporation counsel of Binghamton sought to stop
the Sunday exhibitions under the general prohibition
which forbids "public sports, exercises and shows on
the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday."
Justice McCann declares the courts have held that mo-
tion pictures are not embraced within the definition of
"sports, exercises and sTiows." In the order entered
upon the decision of the judge the Mayor and police are
restrained from interfering with the Sunday exhibition
of motion pictures, "unless the exhibitions are conducted
in a disorderly or noisy manner or pictures are shown
which are improper for ptiblic exhibition." Great credit
is due to the organized exhibitors in Binghamton who
have had the courage of their convictions and have fear-
lessly asserted what they believed and what the court
has now declared to be their legal rights. They have sef
a fine example to exhibitors everv'where and especially to
the exhibitors in this state. The law as laid down by the
late learned jurist William J. Gaynor and now re-af-
firmed by this decision of Supreme Court Justice Mc-
Cann applies to the entire state.
14^4
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The Dreary Commonplace
By VV. Stephen Bush
WHILE the exhibitors are not the only living force
in the motion picture art, sharing this glory with
the playwrights and the producers, they are and
. always have been the men on the firing line. Hence the
ardent devotion of The Moving Picture World to the
interests of the exhibitors. Nothing pleases us better
and nothing furnishes us with more inspiration than the
responses we get "from the front." We want to be in
intimate contact with our great constituency at all times,
believing that this condition insures the greatest degree
of usefulness to our readers.
Using the term exhibitors in connection with this sub-
ject, we want to make it all-embracing, for there is a
delightful variety of exhibitors ranging from the priest
and minister who has entered the field to the great ex-
perts who have excelled in exhibition and who have done
so much to vindicate the motion picture and assure its
present enviable place in public esteem. They all write
to The Moving Picture World recording their experi-
ences and assuring us in terms of evident sincerity of
their friendship and their esteem. Needless to say we
treasure and appreciate these words of commendation
and sometimes we are glad to make them the text of an
editorial homily.
Never have we had a finer text than one which a
clergyman in a Western State has sent us with a renewal
of his subscription. Our friend predicts that "before
very long a motion picture equipment will be as much a
necessity in every up-to-date church as a good organ
is now," and after assuring us that this paper "has been
invaluable to him in picking subjects and in keeping in
touch with this rapidly fluctuating industry." he goes on
to say :
"I want to compliment you upon the high standard of
service you are giving and upon your effort to raise the
standards of the film not only by weeding out the im-
moral and degrading, but by your insistence upon high
artistic merit. To browse upon the inane and dreary
commonplace is almost worse than to serve the witch's
broth of vice and crime. The latter may stink, but at
least it is not stupid."
We think this is a conclusive summing up of the whole
duty of the representative journal of the motion picture
art. We_ are glad of the emphatic way in which our
friend points out that we have a double duty to perform
— not only to weed out the immoral and degrading film,
but to insist upon high artistic merit. About the first
part of this two-fold duty there has never been any
doubt. Our readers will bear us witness that we have
fought the immoral and degrading film with every
weapon at our command. We should, however, have
failed in an equally essential duty if we had been remiss
in protesting constantly and vigorously against the "inane
and the dreary commonplace." Supremely confident of
commercial strength, or rather of the power and the
advantages which a strong commercial organization con-
fers, there have been groups of producers who have
fallen into a deplorable rut of the "inane and the dreary
commonplace." This fact, as we have been at pains to
point out, has constituted a great element of weakness
in all those regular programs, which depended chieflv on
a proper supply of single reels. The origin of the feature
itsejf, dating back to 1911, was due to a continued pre-
dominance of the "inane and the dreary commonplace"
of the single reel.
The success of the motion picture as a means of popu-
lar amusement depends ultimately upon artistic merit.
It is easy enough after all to drive out what is morally
objectionable. Public sentiment as a rule will attend to
such weeding out. It is impossible to corrupt the whole
American public. The sound portion of our public is
always in an overwhelming majority. The "white-slave"
films had their brief day of infarriy and no doubt did
great harm, but we have outlived them. Other bad
crazes will come and go. The prediction is safe that we
will be able to fight and destroy the immoral and de-
grading film in the future as we have in the past.
The harm done by the "inane and the dreary com-
monplace" is far more insidious and therefore much
harder to prevent Let us remember that the progress
of the motion picture from a "fad" to the foremost place
in human amusements has been achieved purely through
a progress of quality. If we had never risen above the
level of 1907 the motion picture would have died long ago
with few mourners.
The ambitious desire to make better films infused new
and stronger life into the art. It has grown in popular
esteem ai 'a in prestij:e and in prosperity in converse
ratio with the improve:r!ent of its quality. The splendid
theaters now in existence and now building all through
the country have been made possible by hard striving
after quality and an arduous avoidance of the "inane and
the dreary commonplace." The higher the eiTort the
richer has been the reward. It is within the writer's
own personal knowledge '.hat many a theatre within the
last six months has closed its doors not because of small
seating capacity or poor location, but merely by accepting
too many films that came within the damning definition
of being "inane and dreary commonplace."
The motion picture cannot stand still —that is true
both literally and figuratively. The demand for quality
grows every day. ^^'e can scarcely endure what two
years ago may have seemed quite pas=able. The "inane
and dreary commonplace" is therefore doomed." Noth-
ing can make it last in the "long run." Adverse rritici-m
may hasten its end, but it is only question when '■ will
die of inanition,- leaving a number of unprogressive and
fossilized managers behind.
We think we are doing a service to exhibitors every-
where by asking them to make a stand against the "inane
and the dreary commonplace" which circumstances often
force them to accept. It is today in their power to make
a protest that will be felt. Some years ago such protests
were frequent enough, but they died away like echoes of
unprofitable wailings. Today the exhibitor has more
opportunity of selection and more opportunity of rejec-
tion.
There is no superabundance of quality on hand. W ^
know of a dozen managers, some of whom change their
program once a week, while none of them has a daily
change, who are at their wits' ends to know where their
next good feature is going to come from. We have not
reached the top anywhere. The future of this art and
industry lies in the pursuit of quality. "The inane and
the dreary commonplace" are like the fruit of the upas
tree.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Thoug"ht Transference
1485
Bv l-ouis Reeves H.vkkison.
WE must understand one another in order to avoid
such a disgraceful spectacle as that now setting
civilization in luirope back to barbarism. It
would seem as though, in order to attain a sane and
sound condition of society, a language is needed to enable
one nation to understand the point of view of another,
and moving pictures may yet furnish the needed medium.
Our incomplete and often confused ideas of one another
are distinctly anti-social — to what else can we ascribe
the chaotic conditions now existing among the most
enlightened peoples in the world — though I do not mean
that society finds the clash of views unprofitable. The
drama usually means a struggle between two forces.
These may well be religious or philosophical quite as well
as physical, one constant struggle being towards supe-
rior comprehension of the world and ourselves.
Religion may distrust science ; science may point the
finger of scorn at religion ; theory and experience may
enter contention — yet out of it all may rise higher spirit-
uality and wider knowledge of the truth. Science
searches for the truth, but scientists are human. Some
of them announce theory as proven fact. The interest-
ing theory of thought transference from one individual
to another without use of the senses has been proclaimed
as proven by scientific tests and called telepathy. The
story of some wonderful performances by a little girl in
Rhode Island breathes sincerity — sworn affidavits attest
her miraculous powers — but there are possibilities of
fraud where the girl's relatives have to intervene before
she can name the object or word in mind, and telepathy
would have to be a common attribute to convince most
of us of its value, even of its existence.
Mind reading in a general way is skillfully done by
fortune tellers and not always so skillfully by poker play-
ers. It is really a common habit. We do not ordinarily
care what another thinks, leaving it to each individual to
lie or tell the truth as he or she sees fit, but the moment
we are deeply concerned, we study, both consciously and
uncon=ciously, a thousand little mental revelations, just as
a jiidcre or a juryman does a witness on the stand. We
use all our senses to get at the thought behind the state-
ment, knowing well that mature minds, and even im-
mature ones, hold much in reserve. We are most dcejjly
interested where we are most deeply concerned, as a
matter of course, but there is also a certain charm in
getting at the thought behind the action, and it is right
here that most producers of moving pictures fall down.
The motive for a deed is often easy to understand,
in fact, it is all too obvious in most cases, but to care
anything about what is done we must, in the first place,
be placed into sympathetic recognition of what manner
of person is in action. In rather poor illustration, we
meet some one whose face is not familiar, who intro-
duces himself as having formerly had the pleasure of
our acquaintance. We respond coldly. Then we are
told of the particular circumstances under which the
meeting took place : mutual friends and acquaintances
are mentioned : we gradually warm ; the strange face
melts away, and it is replaced with that of an acquaint-
ance. When a leading character is shown in a screen
portrayal, the mind of the spectator tingles with curios-
ity, a genuine anxiety to become better acquainted. How
seldom is this desire gratified! How little we care for
the plav when we do not know the people !
Familiarity implies a former perception. Gradually,
ftori: lack ai acquaintance, and consequent lack of in-
terest, the audience may be brought into a cordial, or even
a sympathetic relation with iniportaiu characters of a
play, so that their conduct takes on a greater significance.
Spectators in front, instead of being dubious or cold,
reach an at-homene;"s of agreeable acquaintance that puts
them into friendly mood. The play now moves on as a
human experience in which all may feel an interest, where
all are held in suspense as to the outcome of what is going
on. The whole audience emerges from critical indiffer-
ence into a state of apprehension or of expectation to be
relieved or gratified as the case may be. This is brought
about through skill of author, director and interpreters
working in harmony of purpose, that of transferring the
whole thought involved as well as the passing mental
phases of the performers.
The actor must have personality, must feel in order to
convey, especially when there is an alternation of charac-
ter from good to bad and back again. There must be
consciousness of what is transpiring within if there is to
be any conscious recognition of that thought, feeling or
emotion on the part of those in front. The thought must
precede its transference. The actor, appearing and dis-
appearing from the scene of action, must be alive to the
inspiration of the moment, in order to excite the imagina-
tion of those watching the performance. Plot, punch and
all that goes to the sum of a play's holding power are
the result of thought transference from author through
director and interpreter to the audience, each impersona-
tion carrying its own continuity except in cases of sud-
den conversion. So far, even in pretentious photodra-
mas, insight into the personality of characters has been
curiously neglected.
It is hardly surprising under the circumstances for re-
viewers to constantly speak of "treatment," even of "pho-
tography." The absence of a meaning, or of ability to
translate that meaning, has given a false impression of
moving pictures. A brilliant writer recently denounced
them all in my presence as utter rot. I asked him if he
was accustomed to judge any art by its imperfect exam-
ples, adding that this art was only in its swaddling
clothes. I afterwards thought, being slow of speech,
that, if he had anything particularly worth while to say,
he might reach a much larger audience, in a more ef-
fecti\e manner, than through the medium of printed lan-
guage. Then it is a pity for any capable author to enter-
tain such views. The art needs thinkers if it is to transfer
thought.
See how easy it is to upset our boasted social fabric
with war! Modern society rests to so great an extent
upon wide spread good understanding, upon ideal con-
ceptions of justice and fair dealing, that general intelli-
gence must be keot up to the highest point to prevent
world disaster. Our children know nothing of the social
structure that enable^ us to live as we do and inspire to
better things. Each little bov and girl has an enormous
amount to learn before reaching comprehension of in-
terdependence. There are even grown boys and girls
who need information on the subject. Each stupid blun-
der in the visualization of plays set before millions has
a deterrent effect on the growth of this and of the coming
generation, so important has the new art srrown. Hence
it is up to all of us interested, authors, critics, producers
and exhibitors, to maintain a standard of pictorial in-
terpretation correspondinsr to our best ideals and to the
growing intelligence of those who give us such generous-
support.
i486
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"The Fifth Man."
James Oliver Curwood's Thrilling Tale of Jungle Life in
Central America Filmed in Three Reels by Selig
Will Be Released as a Special Feature by
General Film Company.
Reviewed by James S. McQuade.
AFTER viewing "The Fifth Man" on the screen, the chief
impression left on my mind was the powerful fictional
interest of the story. The pictures were followed so
eagerly that the fifteen minutes consumed by each of the
three reels had passed without any sensible measurernent —
indeed, for that matter, had been swallowed up without
any mental note on my part.
Scene from "The Fifth Man" (Selig).
In photoplays of the "Jungle" type, fictional interest
usually subordinates the dramatic, for the reason that thrill
and adventure, with wild animals as participants, are the
keynotes; but it must not be supposed that in this case wild
animals furnish the thrills. They do not. There is only
one instance where a combat between a man and a wild
animal occurs, and only a glimpse of that is caught by the
spectator.
Scene from "The Fifth Man" (Selig).
The author of the scenario of "The Fifth Man," James
Oliver Curwood, has provided us with a new type of "wild
animal" for these pictures. They are two demented men
— one of them a mad scientist, who lives in the wilds of
Central America; the other a black man, his slave. Around
these two wild creatures he weaves the web of an amazing
story, and in the telling of it he treats us to several strong
dramatic situations.
Thomas Wynn gives a dinner at his home in New York
to four of his classmates at college, from which he and they
had just graduated. The dinner is in honor of three of their
number, about to leave for foreign countries to seek their
fortunes. At the close of the dinner every man solemnly
.agrees to meet at the same place, if alive, five years hence,
on the same day of the week, at the same hour.
The appointed evening arrives, and Thomas Wynn awaits
his guests. Only three of the five meet on time. Shortly
afterwards a letter is brought ifi fropi the fourth, who is
sick in a hospital in Bombay, and after waiting some time
for the fifth man, John Gaunt, they are about to drink to
his memory when he staggers into the room wild-eyed,
gaunt arid poorly clad. Then he tells his story.
John Gaunt, prospecting for gold in Central America,
got lost in the wilds one day. When about to perish, he is
discovered by a mad scientist and his slave, who conduct
him to their abode. There he is held prisoner, as a specimen
for the animal collection of the scientist. He eludes his
captors and finds imprisoned in a cage nearby a beautiful
girl, Joan Darey, who has been a captive in the hands of
the mad men for two years. He releases her and they at-
tempt to flee, but are caught by the scientist and the slave.
As punishment for his attempt to escape. Gaunt is placed
in a cage with a puma, and a fight to the death takes place,
with the man a victor. Gaunt again escapes and makes his
way to the coast, where he gets work on a vessel bound for
New York.
Hearing his story, Wynn and his brother classmates ac-
company Gaunt to Central America, where they find the
mad scientist and his slave dead and Joan well nigh ex-
hausted from hunger. Gaunt conducts the party to the hid-
ing place of the mad scientist's treasure, which is given to
Joan as dowry on her marriage to John Gaunt.
Miss Bessie Eyton appears as Joan Darey and imper-
sonates that trying part creditably. It is pretty hard to be
seen behind the bars of a cage all through the action of
the photoplay, so far as her role is concerned. Charles
Clary has a strong part as John Gaunt and sustains it admir-
ably. Lafayette McKee gives a striking impersonation of
the mad scientist, and the part of the slave is well taken
by Roy Watson.
F. J. Grandon directed the production. His splendid work
in the Kathlyn series need only be referred to in order to
guarantee capable work in this instance.
The release date is Sept. 14.
"Protea II."
Five-Reel World Film Offering Gives New Adventures of
the Unique Woman Detective — It Holds Well.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THE spectator will find a good plot foundation in this
picture, and its story will hold his interest from the
time when the situation is stated in the opening of the
first reel till the close of the fifth part in which the climax
comes. It deals with the sensational exploits of Protea, a
woman detective, who helps a pretty heiress friend of hers
in an encounter with a villain, and it is a good example of a
Scene from "Protea II."
picture in which the interest accumulates slowly but steadily.
There are no twists or back jumps in the narrative such as
are often encountered in more complicated stories. Through
it all only one question rises in the mind of the spectator,
and that is: "Will Protea be able to keep the villain from
overreaching the heroine?" But the gradual answer to this
suspense is not the sole entertaining factor. It is filled with
what may be termed incidental sensations. Most of these
have dramatic value as integral parts of the plot, though
some, like a graceful, bare-legged dance, are closely woven
into the story yet have an interest that would stand alone.
Also, Protea has a humorous clownish assistant who at
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times introduces pranks, acceptable enough, but with little
or no vital connection with the action.
The story's sensational incidents contain the new interest
of the oflfering; for the plot, well written as it is, is not new
or plausible except as setting forth these things. They are
often fantastic and astonishing to a degree. As in the best
and more recent of pictures that more or less resemble this
one, they are exaggerated at times to the point of humor
so that the whole has a taste quite different from the melo-
drama of yesterday. It isn't burlesque, but is light and
airy while at the same time it is exciting. Pleasantly acted,
competently staged and fairly photographed as it is, we
count it a good, amusing offering for the average photoplay
house audience. It is not quite tlie picture we should choose
for a children's program. There is nothing at all in the
story that is not perfectly clean and acceptable. The dance,
considering it separately, will appeal strongly in many places,
not in all, though there is nothing outrageous at all .about it.
As the story opens we find Ladj' Mabel (Madeleine Pari-
sel), an heiress, courted by Count Skittisch (M. Mancini), a
villain with a gang of thugs at his back. Becoming sus-
picious, Mabel calls her friend Protea (Josette Andrio) to
help her. Mabel has been left a gold mine by her uncle.
The directions for finding this are in a safe. Before the
villain can blow the safe 'open to get them, Protea, trying
to save them from him, looks through the iron door and
reads the directions by the aid of violet rays and finds that
there is only half of them there. The rest are to be found
tatooed on the shoulder of the uncle's valet. This valet has
in the meantime fallen in love and has had them removed.
The detective, however, gets an old photograph of the man
and from it gets the full directions to the mine. Yet the
villain is still on the job and manages by abducting the
girl to get the detective also in his clutches and from her
gets the paper and later the mine. He thinks that he has
killed the detective; but is mistaken. He becomes pros-
perous and has the poor heroine locked up in his house.
Her rescue by Protea with the help of the comical assistant
is tinctured with the same exaggerated humorous fancy
that gives life to the whole and is quite new and unexpected.
It is a very light offering: but is freshly fanciful and should,
we think, go 'fairly well. There is little or no dry padding
in it.
No Cameras Going to the Front.
Charles G. Rosher, Who Was With Villa, Unable to Get
from London to Continent.
IT is impossible to get from England to the Continent with
a motion picture camera, says Charles G. Rosher, who has
just returned from London. Mr. Rosher is a British sub-
ject, has wide connections in England, and also had letters
of introduction to people of influence. So, too, is he a
cameraman of experience, as may be seen when it is stated
that he was with Villa in Mexico for the Mutual Film Cor-
poration. If a man of this experience and advantages is
unable to get near the firing line it is unlikely that we shall
have genuine pictures of battles. Mr. Rosher left New York
on July 21, with business engagements requiring his presence
in London and later in Italy. The outbreak of the war was
responsible for the cancelation of these, and it was then
that he tried to get to the front. In spite of his strong
"pull" he found it a physical impossibility. He learned that
not only is it out of the question to get a motion picture
camera out of England in the direction of any of the bel-
ligerent countries, but likewise it is not possible to get a
motion picture camera into England and retain possession
of it.
Mr. Rosher says that English exhibitors are boosting
with all their might the films manufactured in Great Britain,
taking advantage of the closing of the Continental studios.
There is a big demand from the public for topical films, and
for anything in the nature of war stories. Mr. Rosher says
that he gathered from interviews with prominent film men
that the legitimate stage probably will suffer during the
war. The picture theaters at present are doing a rushing
business, owing partly perhaps to the fact that everybody
is in the street these days. It was his impression that
there would be no material diminution in the volume of
business done by the exhibitors in Great Britain, as picture-
goers and others naturally would seek some form of diver-
sion, and the picture theaters, with their low prices of ad-
mission, would be the places to which they naturally would
"It may be of interest," said Mr. Rosher, "to know that
I brought back with me several hundred feet of film that
could not be shown in England. I had to use finesse m
crettino- it out of the country. The pictures bear on mob-
flization. They have been taken by one of the weeklies.
"The Mystery of the Sleeping Death."
New to the Point of Astonishment, the Situation in This
Two-Reel Kalem Picture Will Surely Interest.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
EVERY good picture has something new in it; but there
never was a motion picture that was a good offering
and that hadn't more in it of the old than of the new.
Perhaps our greatest pleasure in any story comes from the
mind's adventure in the places that it creates. The average
mind soon gets tired of walking for pleasure down through
the same old wcadows and lanes and, to such, a brand new
path leading out unexpectedly to places that have never
been seen before is delightful. The spectator's experience
watching this new Kalem offering, "The Mystery of the
Sleeping Death," will be very much like that of one taking
a new walk. When he gets well into it he will find that
everything around him is fresh and new and is stirring him
to the lively attention of a new adventure. There is a
profound reason for our need of and joy in adventures.
Like Tennyson's "Ulysses," our adventures become a part
of us. It is the only way we can. grow. Food may make
us fat, but adventures, all kinds of them, make us big. That
is why the mind as it grows discriminating demands that all
art that pretends to offer an ad\-cnture to us give us real
Scene from "The Mystery of the Sleeping Death" (Kalem).
bread and not merely a loaf-shaped stone. This picture at
first is so new that it seems not plausible — perhaps the
handling of the action is at fault now and then — but we
soon find that it is eatable and gives a good meal. The
ingredients are novelty of interest, suspense in its action,
and sets that are all one could desire both as to photography
and to the set itself. It tells a yarn of mystery; is not sub-
stantial, not bread but cake. The people will count it good
entertainment.
At the first snap of its opening one feels distinct pleasure
in the good quality of its photography. The first few scenes
travel a well worn path. We are introduced to a rich man
(Tom Moore) who is spied upon by a crook looking through
a window, putting money awav in his safe. This crook
goes after a pal of his and together they get the "best
little safe breaker in town" (Alice Joyce). Then the three
attempt to get the money. "The girl is doing the job alone
and is caught by the man. He is the "first man who ever
spoke kindly to her" and we have a not new situation. But
from this point the development is startlingly new. Before
a half hour has passed the man has fallen unconscious in
one place and the girl is affected in another place in the
same way. Both, it happens, are taken to the same hospital
where the peculiarities of both cases leave the doctors at
a loss. That they call in a mystic from the East to help
them solve the difficulty is the least convincing thing in the
picture. One is astonished to find the patients talking in
their sleep and in a strange tongue that the mystic says is his
language. To explain to the doctors how this comes about
the mystic tells an old Oriental legend of two lovers, one a
white slave and the other an Indian princess. The story
is unrolled before us and with skill so that it passes natural-
ly and has a good measure of suspense. These lovers are
not happy; for fate thwarts them at every turn until at the
end, while trying to escape, they are captured and brought
back. In the temple of the elephant god the priest curses
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them both and they fall lifeless upon two slabs of stone
lying ready for them. Their doom is to lie thus as dead,
but living for ever and ever. Every century they leave
their bodies and are reincarnated to play their love story
over again. In this instance it turns out happily.
The scenario is by Doty C. Hobart. It was put on by
Xeanan Buel and features Alice Joyce. The acting shows in-
telligence and carries the story clearly on its way.
Manufacturers Organize.
' Form Motion Picture Trades Association and Plan to Hold a
Trade tinow m 1915 — Utticers Elected.
FOLLOVVirvG the agitation of the question of holding
luture motion picture expositions under the auspices
of the manufacturers themselves which was started
at Dayton, Ohio, during the Exhibitors' Convention in that
city last July, articles of incorporation of the Motion Pic-
ture Trades Association have been hied by Job E. Hedges of
New York as attorney lor the manufacturers who acted
under his advice in framing the new organization. The char-
ter was issued to the following persons as directors: F. J.
kembusch, Joseph Brandt, H. B. Coles, Robert Kane, W. j.
Maxey, W. A. Johnson, Ernst Glantzberg, E. E. Fulton,
A. H. Byrd, Carl Anderson and Joseph \V'. Farnham.
The charter is issued under the Board of Trade act pur-
suant to the laws of 1912 of New York State. A. H. Byrd,
secretary of the organization, explains that it is formed
to foster the interests of the manufacturer^, exhibitors, e.x-
changes, dealers, and all others engaged in the motion pic-
ture industry, to dit?use accurate and reliable information
to those 01 our members and without financial profit.
Regarding the holding of a trade show, Secretary Byrd
said that the time and place had not been fixed as the
committee on that important matter had not yet been ap-
pointed by the president, but that both New York and Chi-
cago were being considered with a possibility of holding a
show in each place during the coming year.
At a recent meeting of the board of directors the follow-
ing officers were elected to continue until the first annual
meeting which will be held on the third Tuesday in October,
lyl4: F. J. Rembusch, president; C. Anderson, vice-presi-
dent; W. A. Johnson, treasurer; A. H. Byrd, secretary.
NEUTRALITY REQUESTED IN PICTURES.
The preservation of a spirit of absolute neutrality on the
part of the American people, as suggested by President Wil-
son in his recent proclamation, is a matter so vitally impor-
tant that the National Board of Censorship makes the fol-
lowing suggestion:
When you are producing pictures containing war scenes,
please precede the actual pictures with about five feet of
caption asking the audience kmdly to refrain from any ex-
pressions of partisanship as the pictures are shown. You
wi:l strengthen such an announcement very materially by
adding that this request is directly in line with the policy
of President Wilson.
We further suggest that scenes which tend to arouse race
hatred because ot their realism and horrible detail be treated
in a restrained manner.
STERN SUPERVISING VICTOR WORK.
Julius Stern, formerly manager of the Imp Studio, has now
increased his scope of operations, as he has recently been
appointed supervisor of the production of the Victor stafif
as well. At present the following directors are under Mr.
Stern's supervision: Herbert Brenon, Frank Crane, George
Lessey, George Roubert. W'alter Edwin, Ben Wilson and
Harry Meyers.
The combination of the Imp and Victor forces will un-
doubtedly prove beneficial to exhibitors as it will enable
the Universal to give a wider variety in the photoplays pro-
duced in the eastern studios.
AN INGENIOUS SOLUTION.
A novel situation is at present being developed in con-
junction with the new piece in which King Baggot is acting,
entitled "The Treasure Train," which deals with a hold-up
of a train-load of children.
George Lessey, the director for King Baggot, was taxed
to the utmost in order to secure a complete train including
baggage and passenger coaches. After this had been done,
however, the hardest task presented itself, namely, that of
securing sufficient children to act in this release. Arrange-
ments were made with various orphan asvlums to give the
kiddies a day in the country and at least 250 children will be
the guests of the Universal on an outing. The only work
that the children will have to do will be to be aboard the
train when the hold-up takes place, and after that they can
enjoy the beauties of nature surrounding them.
Film Pioneer Joins Horsley.
W. G. Gilmore, Builder of First Universal City, Takes Charge
of Centaur Plant
AS the result of negotiations which have been carried
on for several weeks between David Horsley and W. G.
Gilmore, the last-named gentleman left California and
arrived in Bayonne, New Jersey, last week to become man-
ager of the factory and plant of the Centaur Film Company.
Mr. Gilmore is one of the best known film men in the game,
and his return to the East revives old memories of the sales
company on 14th street and the days when the 'Inde-
pendents" had to think fast and fight hard.
Mr. Gilmore got his start in the motion picture business
under David Horsley, when the latter was releasing the
Nestor brand once every week when nothing happened to
prevent sales, which at best were not large as compared with
present-day outputs, depending upon the skill and activity of
the men in the business office. He soon became business
manager, and under his care releases increased to three a
week and sales jumped forward with leaps and bounds. A
larger factory soon became necessary; a new one was built
in Bayonne under Mr. Gilmore's supervision. When the
Universal Film Manufacturing Company was formed, the
Nestor brand and property was merged; the factory' was
turned over to the Universal and remains to this day its
largest and best plant.
Early in 1912, when Mr. Gilmore had all arrangements
made to go to Europe to establish agencies for the Nestor,
he received a telegram from David Horsley, who was then
at Hollywood, California, requesting him to come to the
west coast to systematize matters there before going abroad.
Thirty days after Mr. Gilmore's arrival in Los Angeles
the Universal was formed and took over the Nestor studios.
But things immediately began to develop, and Mr. Gilmore
was the first Universal manager and, in conjunction with
W. H. Swanson, built the first Universal City.
Within a few weeks fourteen large companies were
operated there with facilities which are said to have been
second to none in the world.
John Ince, Grafter
THE Philadelphia Horticultural Society, at its Fall ex-
hibition, will display a plant which will undoubtedly
attract much attention. Seen in the grower's green-
house the other day, it appeared to be a curious specie of
cactus on which have
been grafted several
fruits, the result being
a small, yellow edible,
about the size of a wal-
nut, resembling a pear
with a peculiar, aroma-
tic peach-like flavor.
This rarity has been
produced after near
four years' experimen-
tation, the grower hav-
ing brought the plant
from .Arizona and at
odd moments, in a
small greenhouse in his
backyard, has been pa-
tiently carrying on his
work, more than fifty
graftings being made
before the result war-
ranted public mention.
On the errant's card
will appear the name of
John Ince. familiar in
the picture world,
whose interest in mat-
t e r s horticultural
might be surprising if
his reticence did not in
a measure prepare his friends for the unexpected.
Can you beat it? Burbank, wizard of all grafters, will
have to look carefully to his laurels. If Ince ever starts
on this grafting business in earnest there is no telling where
1 e will finish. Since this yarn was written, it is re-
ported that I.tr. Lubin, for whom Mr. Ince makes pictures
sometimes, has set aside a large plot on the Betzwood farm
for the grafting experiments of Mr. Ince or any other
player or director who may have a bent in that direction.
It is believed that the farm is specially adapted for ex-
periments in that particular line of horticulture.
John Ince.
THE MOVING PlCTUKli VVUKLU
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Katharine Bement Davis.
New York City's Commissioner of Correction Deeply In-
terested in Motion pictures.
By Florence Margolies.
ON the twenty-fourth tloor of that imposinR structure,
tlie Municipal Building, after many gyrations in the
labyrinthian corridors, one comes upon doors and more
doors inscribed with big, bold letters the unmistakable
Commissioner of Correction. Those doors are all inviting
enough, for a mere turn of a knob presumably, will usher
you right into the august presence of her Commissionership,
but you instinctively pause, lest you come in for a bit of
correction. Turning to the left, however, is still another
door, holding out the announcement that within its en-
closure presides the Secretary to Commissioner of Corres-
tion. Miss Finn. Something in that monosyllabic name in-
spires confidence, and I entered.
Emma Finn just barely
looked up from the machine
upon which her nimble fingers
ran with lightning speed, ap-
parently quite accustomed to
such intrusions.
"I hardly believe,'' said Miss
Finn, after I had explained my
mission, "that Commissioner
Davis will see you today, as
she is at present in consulta-
tion with her Deputv Commis-
sioner Lewis, and after that
she will talk to that crowd of
reporters, who have been wait-
ing ever so long. But you may
wait here, and I shall try to
announce you, if only possi-
ble." The conviction grew on
me that it was the luring pow-
er of the "movies" which I
mentioned, that moved Miss
Finn to this extraordinary
kindness, but inwardly I
vowed eternal faith in people
whose names had but one syl-
lable.
Dr. Davis was laboring un-
der an unusual pressure of
work and considerable per-
plexity engendered by t h c
peculiar case of Becky Edel-
son, the fair hunger striker on
Blackwells Island. Telephones
could be heard from all sides,
ringing the important question
of the hour, "Has Becky taken
food y-et, and if not, are you
going to have her fed forcibly.
Commissioner?" And the lin-
gering reporters were living
question marks of like im-
port.
This ado about that misled,
hysterical girl is, of course,
due chiefly to the novelty of
it all; a hunger striker in v u ■ n
.America, and obviously, varie- Katnarme c
ty does lend some color to life,
so here you are. If, though, the combined fates of suffrage,
and free speech, and befuddled anarchism and mean-
ingless feminism, with all the other brands of "isms" and
"ettes" will eventually have produced as luxurious a
crop of starvers or, as they are more euphoniously called,
hunger strikers, as strange and historic England boasts of,
it will be comparatively easy for the Commissioner of Cor-
rection as there will then have been a very definite and
uncompromising method of procedure evolved for the proper
handling of such cases as "Becky.''
At length, through the sraceful maneuvers of Miss Finn,
I was introduced to Dr. Katharine Bement Davis, recently
appointed by Mayor Mitchel, Commissioner of Correction
of Greater New Vork.
Not one instrument of torture could I see anywhere; not
the least trace of "corrective implement for delinquents"
meets the e3'e. and absolutely no vestige of those inquisi-
torial terrors hover about the head of that powerful in-
stitution. Miss Davis is a genial, extraordinarily human
looking woman of about middle age, with a decided twinkle
of humor in her eyes of the bluest blue, and vibrant with
potential energy.
"You want me to talk about the movies? We like them
very much, don't we, Emma? Yes, I am greatly interested
in the movement, and I believe they already constitute an
enormous factor in the people's amusement, and that a grave
responsibility rests witli the motion picture producers and
exhibitors, for the educational element inherent in picture
shows is vast, indeed."
"Commissioner," I asked, "have you given any thought
to the 'movies' in connection with your work in the prisons
and other institutions of correction?" "Oh, yes," readily
responded Dr. Davis, "I have not only thought about it in
the abstract, but we are actually using motion pictures at
the Bedford State Reformatory for Girls, and it works won-
derfully well.
"We have five reels," Miss Davis explained, "divided into
five different subjects: One reel is scientific, dealing, for
example, with the biologic development of the frog. The
various stages of evolution are so remarkably simple as
depicted on the screen, that the lesson is learned with the
utmost ease of all.
".\nother reel is devoted to
geographic matters, showing
distant lands, perhaps, and the
various peoples of the world.
That invariably fi.xes the at-
tention of the girls, as they in-
stinctively seem to recognize
the fact that people the world
over are really the same; that
the myths and superstitions
which distance and lack of
knowledge create, vanish when
you are confronted by reality.
"Then, we have a dramatic
reel, historical or literary, but
alwa3's calling forth bursts of
enthusiasm and very obvious
appreciation. In fact, all of
the pictures, including the lit-
tle dramatizations of books
and short stories, as well as
the humorous sketches includ-
ed in our screenic repertoire,
afford untold delight to the
girls. I want to mention the
fact that my girls at Bedford
are very fond of Bunny; he is
always funny and gets from
them many a shriek of unre-
strained laughter.
"This is niy method: Those
girls whose deportment cards
show a good record for the
week are rewarded with the
permission to attend the
'show,' and so strong an in-
ducement does it prove, that
the weekly audience increases
all the time.
"Yes, indeed. I want very
much to have the 'movies' in-
stalled in the different institu-
tions within my jurisdiction,
but so far I simply haven't the
w'herewithal. If some kind,
benevolent spirit,'' laughed Dr.
Davis, "would be moved to
donate for this very desirable
and worthy purpose, none would be more gratefully ap-
preciative than I. Particularly keen am I about having pic-
tures for iny boys at the Harts Island Reformatory, as I
know it would help my work there most efifectively. But
I have to bide my time, as the funds are already somewhat
overtaxed.
"Now, I'll tell you what, in my opinion, considerably miti-
gates the resultant good of universal use of motion pic-
tures for prisoners," continued Commissioner Davis with
animation, "it is the darkness. Naturally, it is impossible
to exliibit on the screen in the light, and I should be very
much averse to throwing a room full of all shades of ques-
tionable characters into utter darkness. It would be a de-
cided risk, notwithstanding the most rigid discipline. .-And,
by the way," meditatively went on the Commissioner, "it
is just that matter of darkness in the hall or theater at
the time of presenting photoplays that furnishes the cause
for the strenuous objection most censors have to juveniles
going unattended by their guardians. It is, you know, a
matter for serious consideration, because a movement of
such sudden and phenomenal growth like the moving pic-
tures which has spread as nothing else did ever before all
ement Davis.
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over the civilized globe, must not be allowed to be marred
even in the slightest degree by any flaws or drawbacks.
"Yes, yes, most decidedly," emphatically declared Miss
Davis, "by a steady process of elimination the 'movies' w-ill
ultimately be perfected, and all those undesirable qualities
that the discriminating find fault with, and which are still
there of necessity, through immaturity will undoubtedly dis-
appear.
"I most certainlj' dislike and disapprove of those sug-
gestive photoplays that go under the guise of 'problem
plays,' and that so many exhibitors seemed to try out on
the public. I think they are quite horrid. They can do ab-
solutely no good in the way of pointing out a moral. For the
most part, young people who see them 'take the cash and let
the credit go,' or, plainly speaking, they get and imbibe all the
rest of the nauseating display and let the moral completely
escape. I do hope that kind of pictures is already taboo.
"Do j'ou know," vivaciously asked Commissioner Davis,
"that they took pictures here for 'Our Mutual Girl?' I am
in those, and I certainly did enjoy the posing and all the
rest of it. It was lots of fun." And her eyes danced with
the recollection of that event.
From the infectious enthusiasm and whole-heartedness
with which this remarkable woman spoke about the
"movies" one would infer that the chief function of a Com-
missioner of Correction, appointed for the term of four
years at the comfortable salary of seven thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum, was to study and look after the
various phases of motion picture life. But no, Dr. Davis, like
the other big minds of the world today, are keenly on the
"qui vive" for the things that count; for that which makes
for a better life; for the factors that tend to spread light
and progress, and, for all that which makes this
brave old earth of ours a better, cleaner, more desirable place
to dwell on. And all of those big minds recognize and
readily concede that the great moving picture movement is
one, and a very mighty one, of those factors.
BALBOA COMPANY GETS BUSY.
The famous vaudeville team of Ben Deelj^ and Marie
Wayne, who for more than ten years presented the sketch,
"The New Bellboy," on the Orpheum and the Keith Circuits,
recently decided to enter the moving picture field, and are
now at work for the Balboa Amusement Producing Company
at the Long Beach, California, studios of that corporation.
While in vaudeville, Mr. Deely evolved ideas for presenta-
tion in films of a series of comedy releases surrounding the
adventures of one "Ima Simp, Detective," and he secured
the services of William Wolbert. for many months a director
of Joker comedies for the Universal company, as director
of the new Balboa comedy aggregation.
Deely and Wayne, during the vaudeville engagements they
played at Keith's Theater in Washington, had the honor of
winning laughter from President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan, these national leaders freely joining in the plaudits
that rewarded the team's mirthful w-ork in "The New
Bellboy."
The Messrs. H. M. and E. D. Horkheimer, proprietors
of the Balboa company's studios, intend to strive steadily
to make the "Ima Simp" series of comedies renowned as
high-class, laughter-bringing releases of the best kind. Deely
and Wayne and Director Wolbert are, therefore, being sup-
plied with the very best facilities to film their comedy scenes.
Charles Dudley, long associated with the Keystone, Mono-
pole and the Universal players, and who has been a member
of the Balboa's organization since it was formed, is one
of the funmakers w-orking with Deely and Wayne. Other
character and comedy players in the new company are Henry
Stanley, a veteran actor. Archie Warren, Brent Carruthers,
Suzanne Rogers, Robert Barrow and Alice Brookton.
Percy de Gaston is cameraman for the new company.
HORSE WAS NOT KILLED.
In a review of a recent Warner Feature entitled "Across
the Border," which, by the way, was made by the Colorado
Motion Picture Company, and not by the Albuquerque Film
Company, as the item declaied. it was stated by the reviewer
that "the dumb beast goes down head over heels to his
death it seems." Manager Boucher, of the Colorado com-
pany, declares that while the scene was a thrilling one, the
horse was not hurled to his death, but is still working faith-
fully in subsequent releases. The Moving Picture World's
account of the picture brought the humane society's officer
to the company's office where he was convinced that the
horse had not been maltreated.
NEW SELIG PUBLICITY PLAN.
One of the most unique, as well as comprehensive, methods
of exploiting picture plays for the benefit of exhibitors has
been created by the publicity department of the Selig Poly-
scope Company. It is in the form of a "release herald" and
contains synopses for the entire month of September of all
Selig releases. There are eighteen single-reel comedies,
dramas and tragedies, four two-reel dramas and comedies and
a special Selig three-reel jungle-zoo feature, introducing a
horde of wild animals.
Each one of the single-reel releases is neatly illustrated
with a half-tone engraving, and the title, date of release,
author, producer and cast is given, together with a well
w;orded and comprehensive synopsis of the story told in the
picture.
Each of the two-reel Monday releases is described in a
most interesting manner, the description and illustration
being printed in the form of the regulation herald, to be
supplied exhibitors for advertising the picture when booked
at their theatres. The actual herald is produced in the Selig
release herald in the same form it will be supplied to ex-
hibitors.
The explanation is admirably complete in a most capable
and clever manner, so that nothing is left to the imagination
of the exhibitor. The whole story is told to him in a con-
densed form.
Another feature of this new Selig release herald is a
complete exploitation of the "new Selig plan to bring the
motion picture theatre and the local newspaper together."
The plan embraces a series of six novelettes, written by the
celebrated Selig star. Kathlyn W'illiams, these stories being
based on Selig special three-reel features in which Kathlyn
Williams has played the leading part and which are being
released, one a month.
Ihe first three novelettes of the series are "In Tune With
the Wild," "Chip, of the Flying 'U'," and "The Fifth Man."
The others completing the series will be announced in the
near future.
The Selig Polyscope Company has made arrangements
with the W'estern Newspaper L'nion so that any newspaper
can secure the plates of these novelettes all ready for print-
ing so that a local theatre can book the picture for a certain
date and arrange with his favorite newspaper to run the
story of the picture from the plates during the week imme-
diately preceding the date set for the exhibition of the film.
This new Selig plan brings to the newspaper a most effi-
cient plan for building circulation and obtaining an added
advertising revenue from the motion picture theater, while
the theater benefits by the publicit)' that helps to attract
crowds to his house.
In this unique plan, which is being utilized eagerly by news-
papers and picture theaters, Selig has again scored a point in
its dissemination of publicity.
The Selig release herald will be issued every month and
will undoubtedly grow in prestige, efficiency and usefulness.
"HANG TOWN" REJUVENATED.
A feature of the realism which the California Motion Pic-
ture Corporation has incorporated into its film drama-
tization of Bret Harte's "Salomy Jane" will be a rejuvena-
tion of Hang Tow-n, the most famous and characteristic of
the early mining camps of the Far West. The history of
Hang Town is symbolic of its name. The settlement in
the late 4.0s and SOs teemed with all the outlawry, violence
and reckless bravado that called the celebrated vigilantes
into existence. The organization effected by these self-or-
dained guardians of law and order plays a very large part
in the story of "Salomy Jane."
The film story of "Salomy Jane," like Harte's original
romance, is said to be an unusually realistic prototype of
Hang Town temperament and history. There is the almost
paradoxical companionship of lawlessness and prodigal gen-
erosity that gives the records of young California a peculiar
heart interest. Under more modern nomenclature Hang
Town has become Placerville.
TWIST MOVES OFFICES.
Stanly H. Twist, president of the Inter-Ocean Sales Com-
pany, has moved his offices from the World's Tower Build-
ing to the fifth floor of the Times Building, where he will
occupy part of the Standard Film Corporation's new and
well appointed suite. This move will enable Twist to give
much of his personal time and attention to the management
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition department of the Standard,
in the affairs of which company he is also actively interested.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1491
"Four Thirteen."
A Spirited Vitagraph Melodrama in Three Parts with a Sen-
sational Train Wreck.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
CAST:
Elaine Hall, smuggler chief's daughter, Anita Stewart
Tina, in love with Baron Bercellos,
Julia Swayne Gordon
Raymond Davis, of secret service police,
Harry T. Morey
Mr. Hall, jeweler, head of- diamond smugglers,
Anders Randolf
Baron Barcellos, smuggler Harry Northrup
Sub-Chief Paul Scanlon
UNDER the capable direction of Ralph Ince, "Four
Thirteen," by Donald I. Buchanan, moves swiftly
through a series of exciting incidents to a highly
effective conclusion. There is not only a spirit of e.xciting
movement in the drama, but there is also an undercurrent
of ethical purpose — it drives in tragic manner at the greed
which actuates men when they disregard all obligations, in-
cluding purely social ones to their fellow men. It is when
men contrive and scheme to defeat the codes under which
we are living that they often begin descent into a riot of
crime. It is when men try to attain great wealth by taking
unfair advantage of those who are doing business in the
open, that the essence of crime is attempted. "Four Thir-
teen" shows how Destiny metes out justice to such guilty
individuals even when the law is unable to reach them.
"Four Thirteen" is a magnificent villain, an arch smug-
gler of diamonds, who lives a double life, that of devoted
father to a lovely daughter in the open, and that of a master
crook in secret. He is Mr. Hall, jeweler, of high business
and social standing in New York City. To those who bring
in his merchandise free of duty he is known only by a
number, all relations with his confederates being carried
on w'ith the utmost secrecy in a den devoted to that pur-
pose. Hall is returning from a European trip with his
daughter, when he makes a steamer acquaintance. Baron
Barcellos. The Baron is one of those titled adventurers
who throng European countries, and has just been commis-
sioned to smuggle a lot of cut diamonds into America, con-
signed to an individual known as "Four Thirteen." Hall
has never met him before and he does not associate Hall
with "Four Thirteen." The Baron is invited to Hall's house
and loans Hall his fountain pen to inscribe the address.
The Baron, however, is under suspicion. A sub-chief of
the secret service assigns Raymond Davis to an investiga-
tion of Barcellos at the dock. Raymond is a favored suitor
for the hand of Hall's pretty daughter and runs into them
at the dock while in quest of the Baron. He is not dis-
tracted from his duty thereby, but has Barcellos searched
in a private room without discovery of importance. On re-
turning to the dock. Baron joins the Halls for a moment
and recovers the fountain pen he loaned.
The plot is very ingenious. Hall holds in his possession
for a brief time, all unwittingly, the diamonds Barcellos is
bringing in for him. Raymond's relations with Hall's daugh-
ter makes the situation more involved, and an additional
complication is afforded by Tina, an adventuress in love
with Barcellos. The latter goes with the fountain pen full
of brilliants to meet "Four Thirteen" and delivers the goods
Scene from "Four Thirteen" (Vitagraph).
to that character, none other than Hall, wearing a mask.
The Baron notes a pocket-book from which "Four Thirteen"
makes a payment and this serves to identify Hall when the
two men meet in the latter's office. The astute Barcellos
traps the man all the ingenuity of secret service men had
not uncovered.
The Baron, made aware that he is under suspicion, formu-
lates a plan to defeat Raymond at every point, even to the
extent of marrying the jeweler's daughter. It is a daring
scheme, even for a melodrama. On an evening when both
Raymond and the Baron are invited to dine at Hall's man-
sion, Raymond comes upon a handsome woman in distress,
none other than Tina. She faints in front of a cafe just
as the detective approaches. He is a very unsuspicious de-
tective. He permits himself to be lured into a private
room and locked in while Tina makes a scene and accuses
him of assault. It is a palpable frame-up, and the detective
Thrilling Wreck Scene from the Vitagraph Feature "Four Thirteen."
1492
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
does not even telephone his excuses to those awaiting his
presence at dinner. The photodrama is very weak at this
point, but the movement is probably rapid enough to cover
inconsistencies.
Raymond is discredited temporarily, but he keeps at his
scrutiny of the Baron's movements. Miss Hall visits Tina
in prison and learns that Raymond is in great peril. A gath-
ering of the forces at the rendezvous of smugglers results in
swift tragedy, the death of Baron Barcellos. Hall escapes
Scene from "Four Thirteen" (Vitagraph).
without being seen and a tremendous chase ensues. The
desperate smuggler, realizing that his own daughter is
among those pursuing, resorts to one extreme measure after
another, winding up with the theft of a special empty train.
Its engineer catches the last car, runs through, climbs over
the tender and enters upon a struggle with Hall. Secret
service men and railroad employees are following on an
engine, and Raymond is in the procession with an auto
containing Miss Hall. The engineer is thrown from the
locomotive by Hall. A train dispatcher telegraphs ahead
to switch a train running wild, and a thrilling spectacle fol-
lows, a head-on view of a train switched to a siding and
pitching over into a gully.
'ihe melodrama is skillfully handled and finely acted
throughout the majority of scenes and is well calculated to
hold the interest of a mixed audience to the conclusion.
CHICAGO SYNDICATE CONTRACTS FOR KLEINE
SUBJECTS,
Lubliner & Trinz, controlling a number of theatres in Chi-
cago, have contracted for a series of big Kleine pictures. At
the opening of the Biograph and Vitagraph theaters, Lub-
liner & Trinz promptly arranged to use Kleine's "Quo
Vadis?," "Anthony and Cleopatra," "Last Days of Pompeii,"
"Between Savage and Tiger" and "The Lion of Venice," as
the best mediums for a favorable introduction of the new
houses.
MOVING SCENARIO DEPARTMENT.
A change of considerable import is now taking place in
the Universal offices, as they are now removing the com-
plete scenario staff from their present headquarters at the
executive offices at 1600 Broadway, to the Imp Studio. The
move was suggested by Julius Stern, manager of the Imp
Studio, in order that co-operation may be developed between
the directors and the Scenario Department.
It is essential that these two departments work in unison
and the move is considered a great thing in the way of
saving time. It also enables the Scenario Department to
judge what is necessary in the way of photoplays for the
various companies under Mr. Stern's supervision.
MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN VITAGRAPH STOCK COMPANY, STAFF AND CO-WORKERS.
From left to right, top row ; .John Buss, scenic artist ; Fred Wade, darliroom man ; Dad Babcock, carpenter ; Bill Duncan, "heavy ;" Dave
Smith, editor; W. S. Smith, manager; Lou Dinsmore. wardrobe; Jack Mower, juvenile: Jim Brown, carpenter; Clvde Smith, property
man. Second row: Ernie Smith, assistant cameraman; Don Clarke, assistant director; Doris Schroeder. editor; Ge'>r2e Stanley, leading
man ; Ulysses Davis, director ; R. S. Sturgeon, director ; Elizabeth Kendrick, cashier ; Alfred 'Vosburgh, leading man ; Otto Lederer, "charac-
ters." Seated: Albert Chaney. chauffeur; George Holt, "heavy;" Jane Novak, juvenile: Anne Schaeter, leads; Myrtle Gonzalez. leads (so-
ciety) : Margaret Gibson, ingenue ; George Kunkel. characters ; Slmmie Sues, camera assistant. In front : Roy Lederer.
THE MOVING FlCTUKfc: VVUKLD
1493
Picture Conditions in South Africa.
Joseph Fisher, Cape Town Exhibitor, Gives Many Interest-
ing Facts About the Business in His Country.
By George Blaisdell.
FROM Cape Town, South Africa, to the United States is
a long distance for a man to travel for a vacation. Yet
Joseph Fisher, director of Fisher's Elite Bioscope, Ltd.,
and the Grand Theater, both of Cape Town, the southern
point of South Africa, says he would not have missed it for
a good deal. Mr. Fisher arrived in New York on May 27
intending to remain a few weeks. Talking a few days ago
he said that he intended to start for England on September
2 in route for Cape Town. He was not sure about getting
home, but he was sure that he had a corking good time in
the home dominions of Uncle Sam and that whenever he
saw anywhere the Stars and Stripes he would feel like taking
ofJ his hat in memory of the splendid hospitality of which
he had been the recipient in his journeyings in the territory
bounded by Boston, Chicago and Washington.
One of Mr. Fisher's
main objects in com-
ing to the "States"
was to attend the ex-
position 111 TNew York
in the hope of gain-
.^ ....o. ■....uion auout
■ .aiL-si moving p.c-
ture equipment. "I
found practically noth-
ing, however," he said,
"ot which 1 did not
have previous knowl-
edge through reading
the Moving Picture
World. Your paper,
by the way, means
more to us in way-ofT
South .Africa than you
realize." Air. Fisher
appeared in a thous-
and-foot picture de-
vised by Mr. Plimp-
ton of the Edison stu-
dio, and the Cape
Town exhibitor is sure
that the subject will be
of great interest to his
patrons, as it will show
their exhibitor meet-
ing their favorite play-
ers _ Mr. Fisher also spent a very pleasant four days at At-
lantic City in the company of "Pop" Lubin — "and Mr. Lubin
is real company, too," said Mr. Fisher. A visit to the Vita-
graph studio is also one of the enjoyable memories of the
trip.
"Cape Town has a white population of 80,000," said Mr.
Fisher. "There are twelve picture theaters; there is only
one where vaudeville is shown. The license ta.x is based
on seating capacity. For a thousand and over the charge
is $50 yearly, for 750 it is $40, and below that $25. Our
Grand Theater seats 940 persons and runs the year around,
two performances a day. We use an orchestra of ten pieces,
and pay as much attention to the music as we do to the
pictures. We show six reels and change programs twice a
week, Tuesday and Friday. We use the Gaumont and Pathc
Weeklies and about 600 feet each week dealing with South
.A.frican happenings.
"How about the exchange business? Well, you know at
one time we had four exchanges, and you may be sure there
was sharp competition. There was price cutting and dupli-
cation of programs. In September of last year there was
organized the African Film Trust, which was, of course, the
amalgamation of the four exchanges. This companj- con-
trols all films entering South Africa, and has a contract with
every theater in the country to use only its films. It has
an output of fifty-five reels a week, which are shipped from
Southampton every Saturday. The buying offices are m
London, where four men are employed for the sole purpose
of viewing every picture on the market. These men are
instructed to getwhat in their opinion are the best regard-
less of make. Of course, the exhibitors are not always
satisfied with the selections. We are going to hold con-
ventions at stated periods so that we may keep o;ir London
agents in closer touch with our desires. Our most popular
brands? Why, I . hould say for us they are the Ed'son.
Vitagraph and Lubin.
The players are as well known and as much interest taken
Joseph Fisher.
in them in South Africa as you will find in the United States.
U'c art always getting inquiries about them— are they mar-
ried, etc. Since coming here I have joined the Screen Club
and I have made arrangements with the manufacturers to
torward me their printed matter. When I get back home I
am going to open a Bureau of Information.
. ^^i"- F'shcr referred to pictures portraying South African
life. Some of the subjects contain blunders that make their
exhibition out of the question. He related as an instance
a representation of a ship coming into Cape T.wn and
anchoring off a beach, on which i.dlm trees were wavint-
"\ou know we have $55,000,000 woi .h o! docks down there "'
he said. "Furthermore, I doubt if there is a palm tree within
a thousand miles.
."Have we censorship troubles? We have. It is com-
paratively recent, too. Its beginning was rather singular.
When the administrator heard Kalem's 'From the Manger
FliliEr
Fisher's Grand Theatre, Cape Town. S. A.
to the Cross' was to be shown he said it must not. As he
had not seen the production he was asked why. He said
it was a religious picture. When he was told there was
no law under which he could prevent its exhibition, he curtly
replied: 'There'll be one.' In fourteen days he had pushed
a bill through the Council giving him full power. He had
judged a picture unseen. The censorship board is composed
partly of clergymen and doctors. Yes, there are women
members. .A. committee of three visits the theaters on the
day of the first showing, just after the arrival of a steamer.
They may eliminate or they may condemn as they please.
If the picture is shown in spite of them ihey may appeal
to the administrator, who will then send official notice that
if the ofifense be repeated the exhibitor is liable to a fine
of $100, and that for the second offense the penalty will Vn-
six months' imprisonment."
Mr. Fisher was asked as to the custom regarding the
admission to theaters of the blacks. He said in houses pa-
tronized by the whites they were not admitted — that if one
were allowed even in the gallery it would mean the desertion
liy the whites. There are theaters on the outskirts of the
city for the benefit of the colored population, where the
admission is 6d. The natives take much interest in pictures
and cheer the hero and hoot the villain in the most ap-
proved fashion. The admission in the city is 6d. and 12d.
Any electric current we may use must be taken from the
corporation. As to nationality or origin of pictures we pre-
fer the American to those of any other countr}'.
"In regard to educational subjects, we have difficulty in
getting them. We do have children's matinees, and make
an effort to get a program suitable for the occasion. Wc
try to keep away from the A\'ild West stuff and the blood
and thunder films. We are seeking to improve the tone
of our entertainments. We take nothing over 3,000 feet in
length. My idea is that variety is the life of the business,
and we get that in the single-reel lengths. Yes. films are
expensive in South .\frica, as you may judge when I tell
you that the pictures shown in my houses are immediately
started on a journey of a thousand miles."
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"The Bond of Love" and "While Fire Raged"
Two-Reel and Five-Reel Eclectic Productions Possess Many
Features of Interest.
Reviewed by Robert C. McElravy.
A UNIQUE interest attaches to "The Bond of Love," a
two-reel photoplay, inasmuch as it was produced en-
tirely by the Yale University Dramatic Association.
The story is one of student life, was written by students
and entirely enacted by undergraduates. It is well pictured,
constructed with admirable technique and presented with
considerable skill. All of the parts, including two girl char-
acterizations, are played by young men.
Scene from "The Bond of Love" (Eclectic).
The story concerns Bob Finch, an orphan, and his cousin,
Eric. The latter is weak and yields readily to temptation.
Numerous gambling scenes are shown, one being staged at
Mowry's, a famous New Haven student resort. Pictures
of the Yale buildings are also included in the various scenes,
all of which have a proper university atmosphere.
Bob, who is in love with Eric's sister, promises her to
look after the wayward youth. He finds this a severe trial,
and in the course of the story assumes the blame for Eric's
attempts to "crib" in examinations. For this Bob is sus-
pended.
McCoy and Rufus T. King. The story as a whole has a
youthful swing to it and carries the interest nicely throughout.
"WhUe Fire Raged."
"While Fire Raged" is a five-reel production, most of the
scenes occuring on a big French liner. The cast is made
up of well-known French performers, including Gabrielle
Robinne and Rene Alexandre.
The story makes a strong, artistic production, chief inter-
est centering in the second, third and fourth reels, wheii the
big fire is raging on the vessel. While panic reigns in the
steerage the famous dancer, known as Gaby de Rose, enter-
tains the other passengers. They learn of the fire only when
it has been brought under control.
Wallace Summers, first lieutenant of his father's steam-
ship, is engaged to Ethel Richards. He meets the celebrated
Gaby and falls in love with her. Gaby signs a contract which
takes her to Mexico and travels on the same boat with her
lover. The captain is opposed to the match, and even after
the dancer's supreme efforts during the fire he succeeds in
separating them. The love scenes at the beginning, during
the holocaust and at the separation were exceptionally well
staged.
This offering as a whole possesses a good combination of
artistic and melodramatic interest.
Scene from "While Fire Raged" (Eclectic).
The big scene occurs in the second reel, where Eric, en-
deavoring to raise a large sum of money to pay his poker
debts, attempts to rob his own father. Bob, making a sur-
reptitious call upon the sister, appears. In the darkened
room he mistakes Eric for a burglar. There is a struggle
and Eric knocks Bob out temporarily and escapes. Later
the truth becomes known; Bob is cleared, and Erie writes
a note that he will not come home again until he has made
a man of himself. . , t tt j
The leading parts in this production were taken by Howard
T. Gumming, Gaillard Thomas, Newbold Noyes, Littlefield
"TREY O' HEARTS" HAS CAUGHT ON.
Manager Isadore Bernstein Receives Innumerable Letters
Attesting the Worth of Big Serial.
THE many letters that have been received by Manager
Isadore Bernstein, of the Hollywood (Universal) stu-
dios, written by people who have witnessed the initial
run of the first installment of Louis Joseph Vance's serial,
"The Trey o' Hearts," prove that unflagging energy has
once more been justly rewarded.
Aware of the magnitude of their assignment, the members
of the company, from the director, Mr. Lucas, to the assist-
ant cameraman, and from Cleo Madison and George Larkin
to the most lowly of the extras, have spared no effort, have
balked at nothing that promised to make the film one of the
most spectacular and, at the same time, true-to-life stories
ever produced.
To those familiar with the methods of film production,
one of the most unique phases of the entire work lies in the
fact that none of the players will consent to the use of a
"double," however dangerous the scene. They have taken
the position, it is said, if they are to receive the credit for
the daring action, they are going to earn it. To accomplish
this, it is claimed, George Larkin has dived with his hands
tied together from a height of sixty feet into a boiling, rock-
strewn surf; Miss Madison and Mr. Walsh have been tied
to a rock in the ocean over which broke a surf so fierce
that the ropes were fastened in place only after a battle of
more than two hours. In another instance, it is narrated
that it was only the prompt action of those on shore that
saved the lives of three of the company, when their water-
logged dory capsized as they were bringing it in through
the surf on the rock-bound coast of Point Loma.
Not least among the many unusual features of the series
is the work of Stephen Rounds and Henry Valleyo, the Gold
Seal's cameramen. In a number of places, it is necessary
for Miss Madison, in the double role of Rose and Judith,
twin sisters, to appear in the same picture. The taking of
the double exposure which this necessitates would not be
worthy of especial note if it were not that in many instances
it is imperative that the two characters actually hold con-
versations with each other. So perfectly have the films been
timed by the cameramen that even the players themselves
find it hard to believe that Miss Madison is taking both
parts and that there are not two different people in the film.
Much money, time and energy have been spent to make
the film possible, but Universal people say that results indi-
cate that their expenditure is amply justified.
CANNOT PRAISE TOO HIGHLY.
Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
Editor, Moving Picture World:
Enclosed find ?4.00 in payment of a year's subscription to
the "Moving Picture World," commencing with the issue
nearest .\ugust IS. I also enclose 25c. for the list of 74
operator's questions.
It may interest you to know that we are Americans and
are doing fairly well. I am enclosing a photo of our theater,
the "Victoria." It is a rather costly building being valued at
$50,000, and is far more luxurious inside than out. as that is
the custom in this country.
I cannot praise your magazine too highly.
Yours truly,
L BENWELL, JR.
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
1495
"The Lost Paradise"
Famous Players Film Company Offers a Five-Reel Picture
of Ludwig Fulda's Internationally Famous Melo-
drama of Labor Against Capital.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THE theme behind "The Lost Paradise" is the struggle
of capital against labor. It is this day's big dramatic
theme just as in Homer's day war and fighting held
the big interest for men and women. Any picture of human
fates — of love, of happiness, of hunger, of life itself — that
sets them forth against the clash and struggle of capital's
greed and non-capital's apparent weakness brings those facts
home to more individual human beings who have to live in
this modern world than any other picture with any other
theme as a background could possibly do. It is, indeed, so
Scene from "The Lost Paradise" (Famous Players).
pertinent a theme that the average spectator must see
something of his or her own story in it whenever it is
clearly shown. And on that account he or she will be the
more critical of such a picture's feeling and, perhaps, if
satisfied with the emotion that the picture excites in them
and in others around them, especially in the hypothetical
"capitalist who will have to see the picture," will be the
less critical of its author's intellectual grasp of the subject.
"The Lost Paradise," picturized by the Famous Players,
and with H. B. Warner in the leading role, was recently
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m^^LauBf^AfinsFKyCo.
Scene from "The Lost Paradise" (Famous Players).
shown to a well-filled house at the Strand Theater and
received a welcome that showed the audience in sympathy
with it as a whole. The original play by Ludwig Fulda has
been warmly received by audiences in Europe and in America
as well. The picture will also be popular. One cannot help
seeing that a kind of standard has been set which dictates
how this struggle between labor and capital should be prop-
erly handled. The love story and the peculiar experiences of
hero and heroine, and of the capitalist too, may vary in
every play, story or picture; l)ut, taking them as they come,
the lesser characters and many of the situations of any one
might fit into any of the others without much jarring of
the general plot. In this offering there is not enough that
suggests other plays to put much of a burden on it. Turns
of the action now and then remind one of other works and
particularly of Galesworthy's "Strife"; but that its story is
individual and different we need hardly say, and it holds in-
terest. There is no noticeable padding in it, and it was clear
that all its climaxes, its emotional points and its humor
"got across" to the spectators, and it was clear that they
considered it a "good picture." That it might have been
made more fresh in its rewriting for the screen, that the
stage wrinkles might have been ironed out a bit better, is
true; but that fact does not by any means destroy or mark-
edly hamper its entertainment value or the pleasure that it
gives. Every time it aimed at a laugh the audience re-
sponded heartily, in spite of the fact that in its action
there is no truly inherent humor. Its fun comes from humor-
ous characters whose sole duty in the action is to furnish
relief, a stage expedient quite common in Shakespeare. To
sum up, the action, while interesting, is a bit awkward at
times.
The hero of the picture, well played by H. B. Warner,
is the inventor of a new dynamo; but his invention has
been stolen by a great manufacturer for whom, as the picture
unrolls, the hero goes to work as foreman of the shop. He
has known his employers' daughter for many years and is
in love with her; but she is engaged to the man whose part
in the action is that of a mild villain. The crux of the melo-
drama is a bit of evidence that shows how and where the
manufacturer got his knowledge of the invention. This evi-
dence is discovered by the hero just as a strike at the shop
is about to begin and amid the struggle of the workmen
against their employer. It plays a very important part in a
verj' melodramatic way. The happy ending accounts for
only the hero and the heroine. leaving the fates of several
of the lesser characters to the imagination. The acting is
pleasing, especially in the leading parts. The photography
is good, and some of the scenes include inside views of a
big iron works that are tremendously interesting.
CARLYLE BLACKWELL ENTERTAINS.
A party of fifteen guests inspected the studios of the
Favorite Players Film Company, which were designed by
Carlyle Blackwell and constructed under his personal super-
vision. The new studios at Edendale consist of a spacious
building that is the last word in building construction and
is of particular interest, as it shows the wonderful progress
made in the motion picture industry. This institution will
contain every known device for turning out the best pictures
possible. The factory building is one hundred feet wide by
sixty feet deep, two stories high, and the entire construc-
tion is of brick and concrete, making it absolutely fireproof.
One million feet of pictures a week is the capacity of this
factory, and, judging by the spacious quarters assigned to
the various departments, it can be handled with all comfort
and speed. The interior of the studios is forty feet high
and is almost enclosed by plain plate glass. The dressing
rooms, etc.. are along the side of the studio. A tank, twenty-
five feet wide, is constructed in the floor for water and trap
scenes. The very latest electrical devices for electric light-
ing have been installed.
The studios met with the highest approval from Mr. Black-
well's guests, and after completine their inspection the party
motored back to Los Angeles, where an elaborate luncheon
was served at Tortoni's restaurant. ."Ml the features of this
company will be released through the Alco Film Company,
of which Al. Lichtman, former sales manager of the Famous
Players Film Company, is president.
DEATH OF MRS. CHARLES ELDRIDGE.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eldridge. the
latter being the well-known and popular Vitacrraph actor,
will learn with regret of the death of Mrs. Eldridge at her
home in Brooklyn. N. Y.. August 20. Her death terminates
a married life of thirty-two years, practically all of which
was spent in theatrical environment with her husband.
Professionally Mrs. Eldridge was known as Addie Dunant.
She had appeared mostly as a character woman, and her
principal parts had been as Aunt Polly in "David Harum,"
as Martha in "Faust" with Lewis Morrison, and as Mrs. Tar-
hox in "The Girl from Rector's." She also appeared in "The
Message From Mars" and numerous other productions.
The remains were cremated at Fresh Pond. Long Island,
August 22. Mr. Eldridge has many friends who sympathize
sincerely with him in his berejivement.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
"Frenchy"
Spirit of Quiet Fun All Through Characterizes New Two-
Part Majestic Picture with Western Background.
Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson.
THERE is good in things that are different. In the early
eighties a commander of one of those intrepid frontier
regiments was in the east on vacation and his friends
wanted to get him a book to read. For ten years he had
been chasing Apaches and Comanches among the wilds
of Arizona with high-strung adventures and hair-breadth
escapes and the book that he chose was "Cranford." He
wanted a change.
In these early weeks of the war, our excitement makes
war pictures in demand and pictures with a tense melo-
dramatic punch; but we'll probably get tired of these in
time, and even if we don't, pictures that offer a contrast
to these things are even now the more acceptable on ac-
count of what is in the newspapers and they more
than likely will be increasingly so. "Frenchy" is a comedy
depending on the character of a cowboy whose finicky French
airs become very amusing when we find that he is not only
a better dresser than the rough punchers on the ranch, but
'-Vh'i ngMfc'' t '
Scene from "Frenchy" (Majestic).
a much more daring rider, a much quicker hand with a
gun and a surer shot withall than the best of them. His
ways make them despise him; but he again and again shows
himself the best man on the range notwithstanding. All
this is well worked up to be amusing. There are no up-
roarous situ,\tions, but there is an almost continuous varia-
tion ot this same human fact, around which the characters
are arranged and rearranged in a way that keeps a smile
lighted, but seldom makes loud laughter.
The leading role is taken by Vester Fegg, a player whose
pleasing personality and whose skill as an actor are well
known. As the first scene comes out on the screen, we
find him as a cowboy going into camp for the night. At a
nearby ranch a girl (Francelia Billington) climbs into a
wagon whose team is resting at a door. The horses run away
with her and the cowboy seeing her plight makes a flying
rescue, snatching her out of the wagon to his saddle at full
gallop. He is invited home to supper at the ranch and the
foreman (Fred Burns) finds him dolling up at the water
basin, the broken mirror and the dirty towel that are at
the door. Foreman turns up his nose at this: but when he
finds that the girl takes pleasure in the stranger's talk, he is
incensed. The stranger is given a job and the nickname of
"Frenchy." The bunch tries to make things unpleasant for
him; but it is soon plain that he can take care of every per-
plexity. For instance, they dare him to ride an outlaw horse
named "Jumping Funeral." He takes the dare and effective-
ly tames the beast, then he calmly asks the foreman to ride
him, but the foreman doesn't care to try his fate on the
wild horse.
Not all of the incidents are as wholly convincing as this
of the bucking horse, but if "Frenchy's" character is accepted
there is nothing in the picture that is not amply plausible.
For instance, on the way home from a dance, the bunch play
a trick on him. They stop to rest for a moment; "Frenchy"
falls asleep bv the road side, and the rest mount and leave
him there. His horse takes leave of him and aonears at
the corral, making the owner think that "Frenchy" has had
an accident. This brings the whole outfit out in search for
him and he is found seated calmly smoking on the porch of
the hotel in the village. So he is fired and told to go to the
ranch for his kit. Meanwhile the girl has fallen sick. The
doctor can't at once be found. "Frenchy" claims that he can
practice medicine and gives her a dose which, so the doctor
says when he comes, saves her life. The picture leads us
to expect that this will close a love story, but things don't
turn out that way. The rancher can't persuade him to re-
main. Then we see him waking up. It was all only a dream
anyway.
It is one of George Pattullo's short stories picturized. The
acting of all concerned is good and the photographs are
clear and commendable.
Ad-Film Men Meet Again
Form a Temporary Organization and Arrange for Another
Meeting September 22.
A representative gathering of industrial and educational
motion picture manufacturing interests convened at tlie offices
of the Smallwood Film Corporation in the Flatiron Building,
New York, on Monday evening, August 31.
This was the third of a series of meetings, the first of
which was called at the Hotel Shelbourne, Brighton Beach,
N. Y., August 15. At that meeting a committee of seven
was appointed for the purpose of forming a permanent or-
ganization. The committee consisted of H. J. Elkins, Pathe
Freres; John D. Gill, Edison Co.; Alfred A. Somerville,
International Educational League and Topical News Co.;
J. L. Davis, Knickerbocker Film Co.; Nelson M. McKernan,
Colonial Film Co., of Washington, D. C; Watterson R.
Rotheracker, Industrial Motion Picture Co., and Arthur N.
Smallwood, of the Smallwood Film Corporation.
Those present at the Monday night meeting were very
enthusiastic as to the future of the industrial and educational
branches of the business and considered the formation of
a permanent or.ganization of accredited interests in the field
a step in the right direction. A temporary organization was
formed, constitution and by-laws approved, and officers
elected — all temporarily, pending the approval of a larger
meeting to be held in New York City September 22, when
a permanent or.ganization will be formed. To give some
idea as to the object of the new organization, we quote here-
with from the constitution adopted:
Artifle 1. — The name of this association shall be the International
Industrial and Educational Film Manufacturers' -Association.
Article 2. — The oh'ects, for which the association is formed, are to
promote a spirit of amity and good feelina: amonEr its members in deal-
ine with methods, interests and questions arisins; in the advertising
and educational motion-picture business; to disseminate written, spoken
and pictured ideas of its aims, aspirations and principles; to bring
about a course of fair dealins!: with the public, fostering its interest,
which is paramount; to promote a social intent bv frenuent meetings,
with good cheer and the reading of papers on subierts that gi to the
betterment of the business, and arranging for their publicity in trnde
and other papers and magazines: to bring into a closer relation those
engaged in the business, safe-guarding and protecting the interests ot
its members in all ways not prohibited by the laws of the country.
Following are the temporary officers: President, Arthur N.
Smallwood,' Smallwood Film Corporation; vice-president,
George L. Cox, Advance Motion Picture Co.; secretary, J. L.
Davis, Knickerbocker Film Company; treasurer, H. J, Elkins,
Palhe Freres.
N. G. I. HELP IN ESSANAY PICTURE.
The entire First Regiment, Illinois National Guard, was
used in one of the big battle scenes of "The Plum Tree,"
the big three-act mystery drama which the Essanay com-
pany has scheduled for release September 18. With the per-
mission of Governor Dunne and the co-operation of Major
John V. Clinnin the actor's in the drama, together with the
soldiers, were transported on a special train to Miller's
Station, Indiana, where the location for the scene was laid.
In a most picturesque ravine a "movie" battle between Mex-
ican "Revolutionists" and "Federals" was foueht. Francis X.
Bushman, in the guise of the Aiuerican adventurer, led the
onslaught of the invaders and the Illinois troops, garbed
in all manner of Mexican costumes, acted as though they
had been in the business all their lives. Gattling guns,
rapid firers and hand grenades were used and the picture
looks as near like the real thing as any ever produced.
OTIS TURNER TAKES VACATION.
Otis Turner, or "The Guv'nor." as he is called by the big
family of employees at the Universal Westeri. studios, has"
moved bag and bagsage to Lake Tahoe, in the California
Sierras, where he will take a much needed vacation, follow-
ing two years of strenuous work as prodiicer-in-chief for the
Big U. Turner expects to rest until the first of pctobfir,
or thereabouts, and then get back into harness agajn^.,- .^,.„
IHE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Makers of Movies
THE LONERGANS.
By John William Kellette.
OUT ill the city made famous by Georgie M. Cohan in
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," there came one
day a man who changed the belief of the world at large
to the real status of New Rochelle, and through his art
showed that New Rochelle was not the bucolic stamping
ground that the musical comedy led one to believe.
That man w-as Edwin Thanhouser, who laid the founda-
tion for the world famous Thanhouser films. He saw the
beauties of New Rochelle and was quick to grasp the oppor-
tunity to enact dramas in the "City Beautiful."
He called to his aid a man versed in literature, one who
since that time, less than five years ago, has become famous
as the champion scenario writer of the world — Lloyd F.
Lonergan, author of more than 700 scripts, a writer of repu-
tation before adopting
the movies as a means
of expression, and
whose work in "The
Million Dollar Mys-
tery," the forty-six reel
Thanhouser master-
piece of serial con-
struction, stamps him,
without doubt, the
greatest writer in the
screen field in the
world.
The writer's ac-
quaintance with the
peer of the screen dra-
matists extends con-
siderably more than a
year. Prior to that
time he had seen Mr.
Lonergan manj' times
and took him to be a
successful retired mer-
chant or banker, never
dreaming that he was
the noted plot con-
structor. Acquaintance
ripened and the scribe
had a chance to study
Lloyd F. Lonergan.
the human dynamo— for dynamo he must be to have turned
out more than seven hundred stories for the screen alone,
to say nothing of a large literary contract to supply news-
papers and magazines with matters theatrical— and confesses
that as yet he has discovered nothing that would lead one
to believe that Mr. Lonergan was an overworked man.
He never appears to be busy. Cordial greetings are ever
ready for those he terms his friends, and he delights in
having friends break
into his office and take
him away from his
work, whether it be to
go for a sail on the
Sound, a swim, golf, a
"movie" show or a
stroll. It is all in a
day's work for the
cheerful Director of
Productions of the
Thanhouser Corpora-
tion. He can aii-.T^.s
find time to take liis
friends over and around
one of the world's big
studios and exolain
the story and action as
he flits from director
to director while .-i bak-
er's dozen of 'em are
are kept busy vizualiz-
ing his output. The se-
cret of his success, he
told the writer recent-
ly, is "work!" He has
passed up the purely
mechanical phase of the wcrk. though, and dictates to a
stenographer who later puts her shorthand pothooks into
type. Yet his work is thorough. He revises the first draft
from the stenograplier. and this is passed on to the typists
to make the copies that the studio requires — a dozen in
number--for several dep.3rtments mutt have a script before
Philip Lonergan.
the work is shown as a first run. The director gets one,
his assistant another; the studio manager, the carpenter,
scene painter, technical constructor, negative cutter, the
joining room, and others who figure into the making of the
script. And his "hits" figure about .999. Where he finds
time, though, to create such masterpieces as "Undine," "The
Star of Bethlehem," "The Woman in White," "Lucile," "Car-
dinal Richelieu's Ward," "Joseph and His Brethren," to read
and absorb the books and visualize his construction and
then dictate it, and keep traveling along with original work,
is a mystery. Even while working on the 46-reel serial
now being produced, he finds time to turn out such work
as "The Messenger of Death," "The Tin Soldier and the
Dolls," "The Pendulum of Fate," and others, and besides
all this he devotes considerable work to lodge matters. He
is a pastmaster of a Brooklyn lodge of Masons, and is very
active in New Rochelle as an honorary member of Huguenot
Lodge, F. & A. M., and is a moving spirit in New Rochelle
Lodge of Elks, representing that body at a recent conven-
tion.
Mr. Lonergan finds time, also, to pick out locations and
make trips with directors on "hurry-up" stories, such as
fires, etc., and recently went to Washington on "The Mil-
lion Dollar Mystery" and while there saw a chance for a
corking comedy, and the result was "From Wash to W'ashing-
ton," wherein Carey L. Hastings as a washerwoman dreams
that she is Marguerite (Peggy) Snow, and that Jimmy Cruze
is her knight errant, and the inventive Lloyd F. had Peggy
and Jimmy meet the Nation's celebrities and they'll soon be
seen in a Thanhouser release. Should he desire to consult
with Harold MacGrath, collaborator in the big serial, he
doesn't object to taking such nice little time destroyers as
trips to Syracuse or Chicago, and he is dail}' in touch with
the great fiction author by mail, wire, phone and the twin
tracks of steel. Should a fire break out Mr. Lonergan
summons director, cameraman, actors and actresses and
taxis, and goes with them to the scene. There he'll plot out
certain business and on the way back decide w-hat he'll do
with it. .\t his office he'll dictate a full script to a waiting
stenographer, should the fire be big enough to warrant a
story to be written around it. Because Mr. Lonergan has
been able to do this is an explanation of why Thanhouser
fire scenes and stories are so powerfully convincing.
His entrance into the "game" was the result of persuasion
on the part of his brother-in-law, Edwin Thanhouser^his
retention upon the merit of his work, but with the literary
equipment he possessed by virtue of a metropolitan editorial
connection on the Hearst papers covering several years,
short stories, articles and essays in magazines and other
outlets, and an imagination that appears to have no equal,
the 700 scripts will grow to thousands, because Mr. Loner-
gan is a young man, strong physically and mentally, and
grows stout on work — his secret formula for success. He
is a member of the Ed-Au Club of New York City, an or-
ganization composed of editors and authors of the screen
field. He has a beautiful place in New Rochelle, and with
Mrs. Lonergan enjoys life to the fullest realization. With
Lytton he says: "If there is a virtue in the world at which
we should aim, it is cheerfulness." His scripts show that
his eye is on the target, for they breathe of cheerfulness.
Another Lonergan that is a maker of movies is Philip,
now writing singles and doubles for Princess and Than-
houser brands, who arrived recently from the Majestic stu-
dio at Los Angeles, over which he was the director of pro-
ductions for nearly a year. Since his return East he has
been very prolific. He works differently from his "big"
brother, and does his own typewriting. His best known
work includes "L'Article 47." a Majestic two-reeler; "The
Lackey," Majestic; "The Wheels of Destiny" and "The
Clerk," in the same company; "The Broken Barrier." Re-
liance; but since his arrival at the Thanhouser plant he has
turned out "Deborah," "For Her Child," "The Substitute"
and "The Guiding Hand." all two-reelers. and for Princess
"A Telephone Strategy," "His Enemy," "The Little Seno-
rita." "The Toy Shop," "The Veteran's Sword" and "The
Be'le of the Si-hool."
But when Phil, as he is locally know-n. went West, he
found afTairs at the Majestic plant in bad shape. He took
off his coat and started to whip aflfairs into a systematic
something, and although he had a scrap or two, he let it
be known that he was the head. And then writers began to
get better treatment and were not backward about sending
in scripts.
While out there he developed, by encouragement, several
writers who have made good, and he bou.eht their best work.
When David Griffith reached the coast he found things in
fine condition and complimented the younger Lonergan
uoon his stewardship. Now that he is back to his first love
Phil is putting into Thanhouser and Princess productions
the best there is in him. He has a good script record and
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
a high percentage of "hits." He, like his brother, is a mem-
ber of the Ed-Au Club of New York.
The last member to compose the trinity is Miss Elizabeth
Lonergan, a writer of national reputation through her work
in Strand and many of the better class magazines. But she
has a good script record and is a prolific writer. Among
her best known are "Her Old Teacher," Biograph; "The
Counterfeiter's Confederate" and "The Secret Formula,"
both two-reelers, produced by Kalem, and "The Shoemaker
and the Doll." a Majestic. She is conducting a department
in one of the metropolitan weeklies devoted to the stage
and screen under the name of "Wig-Wag," and shows that
she is closely allied with studio and exchange.
So it can readily be seen that the game owes much to the
Lonergans. Many an aspiring playwright has thanks for
them all, but particularly to Lloyd F. and Philip, who have
been in positions where they could offer encouragement and
material help, often buying mediocre scripts from writers
who showed promise, and then by their skillful treatment
made of them things that entertained. Plot, problem and
punch are the ingredients that the Lonergans mix with
"work" and the formula spells success. It is not to be won-
dered at that Thanhouser has not been in the market for
stories with the peer of the screen dramatist at the helm,
and those who know Lloyd F. Lonergan will not envy him
in his position of Champion Scenario Writer of the World.
A Critique of Granville Barker
By Lawrence Marston.
YES, trust them not, for there is an upstart crow, beau-
tified with our feathers, that, with his Tyger's heart
wrapt in a Player's hide, supposes he is as well able
to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being
an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his owne conceit the
only Shake-scene in a countrie."
Lawrence Marston. chief director of a motion-picture com-
pany which "released" its films when the motion-picture art
was confined chiefly to the production of 25-foot chase
scenes, pointed to the passage sandwiched in a folio of his-
torical costumes and
01, smiled.
^0m "Even Shakespeare
had his detractors as
a stage manager,"
^^^^^^ laughed Mr. Marston.
^^^^^m "I don't wonder that
♦ If^K Granville Barker in
' T^K these days is expe-
.. ^^r k. j riencing the same dif-
ficulties with 'police-
men critics' and a pub-
lic which refuses to ac-
cept any but the old-
school method of stag-
ing the classics. The
passage I quote is from
Robert Green's
'Groatsworth of Wit,'
published when Shake-
speare was revising
.— . ■^■BBb ^"^ staging at the
■ ''wB^^A. Globe Theater the
1 ^^BhI^^^H ■ ^ plays which had pleased
'' J^ ^^^^^^^^^H ^^ preceding genera-
'ul ^^^^^^^K^ Evidently his
^ ^^^^^^^^H critics did not appre-
ciate his innovations
* and attempts to uplift
the drama.
"The same plaint is
made today. During the three hundred years since Shake-
speare first produced his plays actors and stage managers
have built up around them countless traditions which are
handed down from generation to generation of players and
playgoers until it is considered in these days almost a sacri-
lege to violate any of them.
"Granville Barker at the Savoy in London especially has
found this true. I must confess that to a great extent I
sympathize with Mr. Barker. His protest against the pom-
posities of Shakespearean elocution and 'classical' declama-
tion is well sustained and his eflfort to inject realism into
the settings of his productions and to get away from the
footlights and picture-frame idea of stage settings is also
worthy of attention. When he discards realism for impres-
sion, however, I must take exception. The whole tendency
of modern stagecraft is in this direction. For instance in
Lawrence Marston.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' he uses a back drop with
huge stars upon it at regularly spaced intervals to suggest
Night. Bosh!
"If he must use painted canvas for his exteriors why not
let it picture what the play calls for — and reproduce Nature
as faithfully as possible. Evidently Mr. Barker does not
realize that the day is gone when the stage director can
order a herald to walk across the stage with a placard to
announce that the bare boards constitute 'the throne-room
of the Duke of Mantua.' Such devices carry us back to
the days when our school fellows labelled their drawings:
'This is a barn,' 'This is a street car.'
"It is an unwritten law of the motion-picture studio that
when scenes are located amid nature's backgrounds they
must be taken in the open. This ability to stage Shake-
speare and other classics out o' doors is the greatest asset
of the cinematograph and if Granville Barker were sincere
in his efforts to give Shakespeare the best mountings pos-
sible he would renounce the indoor stage and devote himself
to elevating an art, which I must confess, sadly needs ele-
vation.
"I quite agree with Mr. Barker when he says that painted
canvas is not realistic. But if such is the case why use
canvas at all. Why not follow in the footsteps of the
Coburn Players and stage Shakespeare, wherever the play
calls for it, in the open?
"It is Mr. Barker's ambition to present the classics with-
out the arbitrary divisions of acts and scenes. I think the
cinematograph has anticipated him in this. Perhaps, indeed,
he may have taken a hint from the screen plays. Moving
picture exhibitors do not find it difficult to hold the atten-
tion of the public through five-reel subjects and there is
even now a play running on Broadway which has twice that
number of reels, and barring a short intermission holds its
audience absorbed from beginning to end.
"I think Mr. Barker is inconsistent. If he insists upon
elaborate costuming for his characters why not elaborate
mounting, too? In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' in his
own words, he 'gilded and tricked out in fantastic head-
dresses' the immortals of the comedy but contented himself
with a stage setting which obviously did not cause him as
much concern as the designing of the robes of the players.
"Granville Barker's difficulties, however, are those expe-
rienced by every producer of 'indoor drama.' Mountain? and
cascades, real wood? and the expanse of waters can only
be shown with fidelity to nature on the moving-picture screen.
Even in the most spectacular of Hippodrome and Manhattan
Opera House productions the introduction of a ship or rail-
road engine merely excites admiration for the ingenuity of
the stage director and does not convince.
"In the motion-picture, however, the Twentieth Century
Limited roaring along, battleships at sea, trans-.-^tlantic liners
coming up the bay against a background of skyscrapers — any
conceivable subject can be introduced as a part of the drama
without asking the spectator to extend his imagination.
"Mr. Barker in cutting down the time required to present
an Elizabethan drama to approximately three hours, by in-
sisting upon a rapid delivery of Shakespeare's lines, seems
to realize that the modern public wants action instead of
words. Ranting, bombastic actors of the old school have
so retarded the action of the classics that it is no wonder
that the American and British publics have been obliged to
treat Shakespeare as they treat their religion — pretending to
like it because they think they ought to.
"The motion-picture contains action from start to finish
and the great public interest in the screen theater must be
taken as an indication that they prefer action to drawing-
room dialogue. In fact the whole tendency of the picture
play is toward the elimination of 'leaders' and explanatory
matter.
"Where even Shakespeare was obliged to stage his battles
off stage the photoplay shows the event itself along mile
after mile of battle front. Real Balkan and Mexican war
pictures have been so cleverly dovetailed of late with staged
out-door action that it is only the producer himself who
can point out which is the 'faked' and which is the real.
"The time is not far distant when the improvement of the
motion-picture will compel the indoor-theater to confine itself
to plays which are limited to interior scenes. Attempts to
reproduce open air settings will merely amuse where they
have been designed in all seriousness. Even Mr. Barker's
improved stage lighting and other technical improvements
cannot stave off this development." "Shaw and Barker may
be the Burbage and Davenant of the present century," con-
cluded Mr. Marston, "but they have a lot to learn from the
despised photoplay producer,"
Till- .M(i\i.\(; I'lcrrki-: \\(>ki.i)
1499
WAR CENSORSHIP OF FILM ESTABLISHED
THROUGHOUT FRANCE.
No Pictures Dealing with Great Conflict Are Permitted —
Budget of Interesting Notes Concerning American
Trade Men in Paris.
By Our Special Correspondent.
Paris, Wednesday, August 19, 1914.
A CENSORSHIP has been established here. All war
filrns have been banned until further notice. The
police have told all exhibitors to remove red cross
signs from the fronts of their establishments. It is believed
that this measure has been adopted owing to the tact tliat
some unscrupulous showmen have been giving performances
ostensibly, but fraudulently, for the purpose of devoting the
whole of the receipts for the relief of soldiers. A. H. Kaf-
lenburgh, proprietor of the American Theater, continues to
give his takings on Thursdays to the Red Cross. This gen-
erous action on the part of the popular American has greatly
pleased the people of Montmartre and nightly he is the re-
cipient of praise and thanks from his patrons.
* * *
I met William N. Selig yesterday. "You look worried, Mr.
Selig." I said, "what's the matter?'' "Worried; I guess I
am worried," replied the famous producer; "I've been stud}--
ing the papers and I've come to the conclusion that after
this war I shall have to quit making battle pictures." "How
so." I asked. "\\'ell. can you tell me." he answered, "where
I'm going to get all my automobiles and aeroplanes from.
To make up-to-date war pictures I guess I shall have to
buy up all the autos and aeroplanes in the United States.
This is a motor war; I shall have no further use for my
horses."
* * *
James Downie, of the Universal company, was taken for
a spy the other day. It happened like this: Downie was
at Henry Ziegler's flat. He thought the curtains were
dusty, so he took them down. The police were watching
outside in the street. They saw the flood of light — also
Downie with wires in his hand. Then the bell rang. J. D.
and the police met on the threshold. The film man was
arrested and the apartment searched. After Downie had
proved his identitj' he was released.
* * *
It is necessary for every foreigner in Paris to possess a
"residence permit." To obtain this paper one must call in
person at the police station. When Felix Isman went to
get his he found a couple of hundred people waiting outside
the office. Felix Isman is a smart man. He knew that all
telegrams must be passed by the police. So he forthwith
wrote out a message and walked right into the station and
was not kept waiting more than a couple of minutes. Once
inside, Isman showed his telegram and then explained that
he wanted a "permis de sejour" for himself and his wife.
"'What's the color of her ej'es?" asked the official. "Blue."
"And her hair?" "Blonde," answered Isman. "And how
tall is she?" Felix Isman stretched out his arm a little above
his waist. The Frenchman stared and then wrote out the
permit. "I say," he said, as he handed over the document.
"I should like to see j-our wife, Monsieur." As a matter of
fact, though, Mrs. Isman is petite. She is accredited to be
one of the prettiest Americans in the French capital.
* * *
Paul Singer, representative of the Agfa company, returned
to Paris last week after having served for six days with
the French army at the front. In his pocket he had exactly
six cents, being his pay while on duty. Singer is American
born, but he took out naturalization papers for business
reasons.
* * *
Xo news has come to hand from Al. Hayman. the theatri-
cal magnate. His bankers say that as far as they know he
is still at Baden Baden.
* * *
Raymond Sprecher, representative of the M. P. Sales Com-
pany, predicts a great boom in Yankee pictures after the war.
Many studios here are being used to liousc lar.^u sc|uuds
of soldiers.
* * *
Newspaper reports state that representatives of Messrs,
Gaumont and Path6 Freres in Germany have had to aban-
don their premises and flee the country.
* * *
Daily I am being asked by American film men if I can
loan them copies of The Moving Picture World.
* * *
F. J. Goldsoll, proprietor of the Cines Palast, Berlin, and
president of the newly formed .\mbrosio Company, is now
fighting with the French army. Goldsoll was born .Amer-
ican but for business purposes became naturalized French
a few years ago.
* * *
Joseph Menchcn, the American moving picture entrepre-
neur, is going to place his new seven seater Sunbeam auto
at the disposal of the French Red Cross corps. Throughout
the war Menchen will drive his own auto under the orders
of the military authorities.
* * *
William N. Selig is stopping at the Hotel F.douard VII,
but as more than half the staff there are at the front. Selig
and other visitors are waiting on themselves and taking
meals at a little restaurant usually frequented by chauffeurs.
* * *
J. Ziegler, Paris representative of the Universal film com-
pany has experienced a trying ordeal. He left this city seven
days ago to board the France at Havre. On arrival at the
port Ziegler learned that the liner could not leave owing to
the war. For over a week he and hundreds of other passen-
gers for the States found themselves stranded. Reports
state that many were unable to find hotel accommodation
and those who were fortunate enough to get rooms had to
paj' exorbitant prices. Every day there was a terrible
struggle to get food at the restaurants. Some of the trav-
elers slept on the quays.
* * *
Although Felix Isman has given the two hundred dressing
rooms at the Theatre des Champs Elysees for use as hos-
pital wards the work of preparing the building for the pro-
duction of "Cabiria" is being continued. William J. Gane,
Isman's general manager, has invented a new system for the
showing of the film. In place of the usual screen, there will
be a huge waterfall and the pictures will be projected from
the cabin at the back of the stage onto the falling sheet of
water. Questioned as to how he got the germ of the idea,
Mr. Gane told me that he had observed that the cinemato-
graph recorded flowing water more faithfully than anything
else. That fact set him thinking and enabled him to perfect
the system.
* * *
Charles B. Brockway has just returned from a long so-
journ in Hungarv and is now workinsi at Isman's theater in
the Avenue Montaigne. JOHN CHER.
WAR MUSSES THINGS IN ENGLISH PICTURE
WORLD.
Howl Is Raised When Paper Advises Boycott of Houses in
Which German Capital Is Invested — Answering
Call to Colors — Notes.
London, August 19. 1914.
SE\'ERE and caustic comment has been precipitated in
the moving picture trade in the metropolis this week
through the publication in a predominant evening paper
of a slashing attack upon German owned theaters in Eng-
land. Inspired, or rather excited, by the proceeding war. the
writer of the article advises the public to boycott kinema
theaters worked upon German or Austrian capital, and even
goes so far as to mention certain properties for this unfair
treatment. The attack is bound to provoke an outcry in the
trade against the journal in question, for it happens that
most of these theaters are managed and controlled by Brit-
ishers and employ local people. Indeed, the only foreign
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element appears to be in a few cases the fact that German
capital has been invested in the enterprises. In that case
about twenty-five per cent, of the industries in this country
might as well be boycotted because they obtain their mate-
rials from Germany or, perhaps, in the case of limited liabil-
ity companies, because some of their shares are held by
Germans.
* * *
Albert Cloyenberg, one of the directors of Ruflfell's Exclu-
sive Pictures, arrived in town last Saturday from New York
and reports one or two interesting features. Mr. Cloyenberg
thinks satisfactorily of the progress of the British film in
the United States.
* * *
It will be news to many American manufacturers and
agents to hear that nearly one-third of the regular employees
of the film trade generally has been called out to join the
forces either as reservists or territorials. In a few cases
the heads of departments have unostentatiously laid down
■the pen for the sword, and, in view of the cosmopolitan
character of the trade, this patriotic attitude is all the more
commendable. The positions of men so called out, I am
glad to record, are being kept open for them at the conclu-
sion of hostilities and certain benefits paid to the wives or
dependents by the employers.
"That was a memorable march. It was fourteen miles
west to Rawhide Peak, and there at 4 o'clock they halted,
watered, remounted, rode on again — northward now to the
valley of the Niobrara, where at 10 p. m. they unsaddled,
bivouacked till 3 o'clock in the morning, by which time the
wagons with rations and forage had caught up. Men and
horses were roused, given a substantial breakfast, then away
they went again — east-northeast now and heading for the
Cheyenne crossing.
"The Indians to reach it had only an easy Sunday ride
of twenty-eight miles northwestward from their abandoned
camps. The Fifth cavalry, after a thirty-five mile jog all
Saturday afternoon and evening, had still a fifty-mile stage
to cover, and had to make it unsuspected and unseen. With
only an hour's ride across the crest of a hill, then every-
where the battle began again and on every side the poor
red men were being crowded and broken by our fire.
"A high wind came up from the north and drove the
cutting snow in the faces of those of us who merely watched
the fight. A troop of cavalry swung past at the trot and
an ambulance went bumping down the ruts of the road
where a patch of us wounded lay waiting. A soldier with
two fingers of his left hand shot off came running toward
us shouting that it was all damned foolishness. On the
Last week I referred to the contemplated prohibition of
actual war pictures by the government. It has since been
announced that these regulations will be relaxed a little to
permit of the exhibition of any pictures which are clearly
oi no strategic or military value to the enemy. Of course,
the utmost discretion will have to be exercised by manufac-
turers, especially in the case of topical films, as a single
breach of the trust and discretion placed in manufacturers
and exhibitors would instantly bring stringent regulations
over the whole industry.
* * *
Whether the fact can be attributed directly to the war or
not, it is a strange coincidence that during the past three
weeks an unusual number of mortgages, debentures and
other charges upon assets have been registered by moving
picture companies. Upon the file at Somerset House for
the last two weeks in July there are nearly thirty charges
of some kind or other, representing in cash approximately
i20,000. This is considerably in excess of the usual average.
J. B. SUTCLIFFE.
Buffalo Bill Historical Pictures.
Graphic Story Told by General King, Who Was Present at
the Battle of War Bonnet Creek.
RECALLING the circumstances which led up to the fa-
mous battle of War Bonnet Creek, when the troopers
of the United States under the leadership of General
Wesley Merritt overtook and almost annihilated the band of
Indians which was trying to join the Sioux who, a few days
before, had wiped out the command of Colonel Custer and
Generals Miles, Baldwin and Maus.
killed that intrepid commander. General Charles King, who
was present, tells the story of the Buffalo Bill historical
pictures in the following interesting manner:
Wounded Knee Battlefield.
hills the sound of carbines firing echoed in a steady, patient
way with the sound of hammers driving coffin nails.
"The snow fell thicker and the smoke hung low over the
land and we were filled with the heavy monotony of death.
It was like some nightmare that we had been weeping in
through eternity. The whole world was involved in con-
flict. A man gritted his teeth and muttered, "My God!
W^hy don't they surrender?" and, as if answering him, the
bugles, turned to pity sang "Cease Firing," and a kind silence
fell where death and turmoil had been keeping bloody house
all day.
"The smoke drifted from the hillside and plains across
where we watched; a group of Indians came stalking down
the hill pacing to the funeral of a defeated race; our flag
fluttered red and blue and white across the dead gray of
the earth and skies; there was a cheer and the sound of
tramping feet and the blare of loud music.
".\nd we were recalled to the fact that we were sitting
in the Tabor Opera House looking at the motion picture
reproduction of the last fight of the Indians of North Amer-
ica against the army of the United States. Hillsides, plains,
the moving troops, the dying Indians, the coughing Hotch-
kiss were no more. Instead there were lights of the theater
and the white screen and a thousand people awaking to the
realization of having witnessed the most wonderful spec-
tacle ever produced since motion pictures were invented.
"Nothing like this has ever been done before. Nothing
to equal it will, perhaps, ever be done again. It is not a
'photoplay.' It is not a series of 'staged spectacles.' It is
war itself; grim, unpitying and terrible; and it holds your
heart still as you watch it and leaves you, in the end. amazed
and spellbound at the courage and the folly of mankind.
"No boy or girl should be allowed to miss these pictures.
If you are a lonely man or woman pick up some equally
lonely kiddie and take him for an afternoon with the great
leaders of our army, with the great chiefs of our Indian
tribes and two hours in the open world that has been, made
sacred by heroic blood of the nation's fighting heroes.
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OBSERVATIONS
BY OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
THE London Bioscope is authority for the statement that
there is no panic in the English motion picture field
and that the business there will assume normal shape
immediately after the close of the war. The real purpose
of the statement seems to be a warning to manufacturers
not to take advantage of war conditions to raise the price
of films and attempt to make up for the loss of business
due to interference with commercial traffic. The warning
is a timely one and some very strong arguments are made
in backing it up. The anticipations of the Bioscope
have been manifested on this side quite frequently since
the outbreak of the war, but not to an extent attracting
serious attention. The first intimations of such fears came
from e.Khibitors and renters. Inquiry shows that none of
the American manufacturers entertained a thought of raising
the price of films. Their first thought was to reduce ex-
penses and in that waj' offset a part of the effects of lost
export trade, and even the movement in that direction is
not as pronounced as it was immediately following the
declaration of war. This is explained by the stability of the
American market. The manufacturers are not as nervous
as they were two weeks ago when some of the fighting gov-
ernments allowed reports to gain circulation to the effect
that the war would last at least three years, and perhaps
ten. The belief that the duration of the war will be a mat-
ter of months, and not years, grows stronger every day
among the manufacturers on this side and they feel that the
loss of export trade is only temporary. With this belief
on their part it is considered good policy to continue opera-
tions as closely as possible to the standard in force at the
time the unfortunate outbreak occurred in Europe, so that in
case of a sudden or early cessation of hostilities and declara-
tion of peace the manufacturers will be in a position to
promptl}' take up the export trade again.
* * *
One of the leading manufacturers states that so far as
this country is concerned only one thing can transpire to
make an increase in the price of films probable and the
manufacturers will have no control over it should the event
occur. He referred to raw materials and other supplies for
which the manufacturers are dependent upon others. There
are reports now that the supply of certain chemicals which
are derived solely from importation is running low. These
chemicals are indispensible and are extensively used. If
the prices of them should be raised it would materially
affect the cost of production and the manufacturers would
not be able to shoulder this deficit with the other losses.
"But," said the manufacturer, "this entire situation is sub-
ject to the length of time it will take to re-establish com-
merce with the foreign countries. Perhaps it would be more
correct to say the time that will be required to re-establish
peace, because many of the chemicals referred to come irom
the countries now actually fighting and the resumption of
steamship traffic under the United States, or any other flag,
could afford no relief if the supplies needed could not be
brought over by them. The exhibitors here may rest as-
sured that the manufacturers will not raise the prices on
their films if they can help it. It will disturb the market,
and that cannot be afforded now. The present margin of
profit to manufacturers is so small that all trade now held
must be closeh' guarded and every attention possible given
to avoid clashes with the exhibitors."
* * *
A gentleman acquainted with the sources for chemicals
and other supplies said the abnormal growth of the motion
picture business has made it a difficult matter for the im-
porters to keep up with the demand even under normal con-
ditions and they are uneasy over the present situation. He
said the importers will have but one alternative if the war
promises to continue much longer and that will be to apply
the supply now in this country to pending contracts and
decline orders from those who have not got them tied up.
The informant also said the talk about increased prices was
not worthy of serious consideration. In the first place, he
said, the demand of the past has been so great that the
importers have not been able to accumulate sufficient _stock
to enable them to dictate prices. They will be fortunate to
meet current contracts with what they now have. There
is no surplus for market manipulation. You can depend
upon that.
Summarizing all the opinions it would seem that the ex-
hibitors need have no fear that the price of films will be
raised. But if the statements regarding chemicals and other
supplies are correct it is not improbable that a prolonging of
the war on the other side will have a different, undesirable
effect upon the entire film business. If certain supplies are
wholly dependent upon importations and the stock in this
country becomes exhausted it will necessarily mean a ces-
sation of studio operations. New films will not be forth-
coming and first runs will be suspended. This was dis-
cussed a few nights ago and a film exchange man ridiculed
suggestions in that direction. He declared that all large
manufacturers are stocked months ahead. But a better in-
formed member of the party interjected the statement that if
any company is stocked months ahead the supply is in nega-
tive form only, and they are worthless if materials cannot
be procured to make positives from them.
* * •
"Oh, piffle!" exclaimed an old-time exhibitor. "Why
worry? There are no more reasourceful men in the world
than the moving picture makers and there has been no
obstacle in the past they have not surmounted. I have heard
a lot of this talk before and have been told that the supplies
spoken of can be procured elsewhere, but the importations
are preferable."
Developments of the past few days show that, aside from
possible effects of the great war as already outlined, the mo-
tion picture season of 1914-1915 promises to be the best in
the history of the business. New and enlarged picture
houses are being opened throughout the country. The move-
ment in this direction makes it impossible to keep track of
all the new ventures. Many houses are changing to new
ow'ners, but in every instance there is evidence of increased
capital and extension in building operations. The new
houses exceed these in number. One list published during
the past week shows that in the South and West alone
over sixty new houses were opened and there were over
forty remodeled places. Another encouraging feature for
the coming season is a promise that the exhibitors will
suffer less annoyance from the censorship barnacle. It is
stated upon what appears to be indisputable authority that
the Federal censorship movement is enjoying profound
slumber and in other quarters the agitators are showing a
disposition to adopt a more safe and sane policy. It is con-'
fidently stated that during the past few weeks the motion
picture interests have succeeded in demonstrating to the
agitators and those upon whom they have been depending
for support that on a "show down" the agitators can be
beaten on their own arguments. One exhibitor attended a
meeting of ministers and members of their congregations,
a gathering of about two thousand people, and publicly
offered $500 to the gathering, or any charity it rnight sug-
gest, if a committee to be appointed by the meeting would
find an immoral picture on any screen in the city. The
challenge was not accepted, nor did the gathering adopt the
measures it intended.
"That is the kind of campaigning that counts," said the
exhibitor. "Money talks. I could have stood talking on
that platform all night and not bring those people to me.
There were business people in that audience and I put the
figure to a point that convinced them as business men that
I knew what I was talking about. I pledge my word of
honor, I did not know what pictures were being shown in
that city that night. I only reached the city a short time
before I went to the meeting. But I had faith in the de-
sire of the exhibitors to voluntarily do what these people
were trying to make a subject of legislation."
* * *
A story is unofficially told of a clergyman of this city call-
ing upon Commissioner of Licenses' Bell for the purpose of
getting him to accept as conclusive censorship reports on
visits made to theaters by the clergyman and a voluntary
committee. The Commissioner said the reports would be
accepted under the same ruling governing the reports of
other inspectors. They would be subject to confirmation by
the National Board of Censorship.
* * *
Report comes to hand that nothing but the hot weather
has interfered with the proposed amalgamation of the As-
sociations of exhibitors. The movement is progressing
•slowly, but surely, and all will be united within a few weeks.
"We are practically working together now," said the in-
formant.
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Advertising- for Exhibitors
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
\
Reserved Seats.
PERHAPS you '"know" that your patrons do not want reserved seats,
but remember that very lately there has been a war panic and
lots of people may now perhaps prefer the photoplay theater to the
regular dramatic house, and these are the ones who would most surely
appreciate seats reserved in advance. More than that, in some sections
the presentation of big subjects at regular prices and with reserved
seats have given "the habit" to many who might continue as patrons
of the regular photoplay theater if only they could know before they
started that they would get good seats. Just the other night we sat in a
restaurant in a suburban town and it was the vote of the party that
there was no use going to see the pictures as the second show had al-
ready started and probably the seats were all gone and assuredly the
best seats were.
Perhaps you have experimented with reserved seats and have lost out,
but why not try again and this time remember that the people who
do not now come are the ones most likely to appreciate the advance
reservation. Get five hundred postals printed up so that they can be
checked and returned to you. Enclose these in a form letter that reads
something like this :
Will you be good enough to assist us in solving the problem
of reserved seats at the Grand Theater by checking the enclosed
post card?
We believe that many desirable patrons are deprived of this
increasingly interesting form of entertainment because they are
unwilling to engage in a scramble for seats or take chances of
standing up.
We want to know what you think about it-
The card might read :
I favor the reservation of seats at a slight increase in price.
I am not in favor of reserved seats.
I am not interested either way.
Note — If you wish to be specially advised of a change to a re-
served section, please fill in your name and address or telephone
number.
Take a house vote of your patrons, working the campaign with votes
and lantern slides. If you can sell your ten-cent seats for fifteen cents
or a quarter and at the same time oblige your patrons, why not do it?
Reserve only a few of the best seats at first, increasing the reserved
space as the demand grows — and watch it grow.
That Friend Pass Again.
The Western manager recently referred to as issuing a Friend Pass
on the nights his competitor offers features comes back with a few
remarks on friend passes of his own. He writes :
I note in your July 2oth number that my worthy competitor
has been kind enough to mail you a copy of my "Friend Pass"
and informed you that I used it on his feature nights. This is
a misstatement on his part. The pass was used in a legitimate
manner, i. e., to secure a mailing list. The validity of the
passes were arranged so that about fifty of them could be
taken up each night for a period of two weeks. At the end of
that time they were discontinued and never used again.
The enclosed % sheet will show you that I am a great be-
liever in high admission prices. I have never run a five reel
picture for less than twenty cents except matinees, until I
ran Monte Christo and my reason for that was on account of
the poor condition of the film.
While I am using my best efforts to educite the people to
pay better prices, he not only gives the kids a coupon on an
auto, but gives everybody who attend his theater on Friday
( my feature night ) and Saturday nights a ticket that will
admit them free to his Second theater.
When I opened here I charged ten cents straight, but was
forced to drop to five and ten cents on iccount of him issuing
an interchangeable coupon good for five cents in either of his
theaters. From three reels he jumped to four after giving me
his word that he would stick to three if I wonVd open with
three reels.
I don't expect you to publish this, I just wanted you to
know that there is one man in the business who has never cut
prices in the eight years of his experience and never will if
he has to buy a pick and shovel and go to work on the streets.
Some day when the weather is not so warm. I will slip you
some dope for your page, until that time, I remain with best
wishes.
The letter is clean cut and straightforward and we are glad that it
treats the matter frankly. Evidently things are in a pretty mess in
that town, but the friend pass was not one of the troubles. The
writer also sends a weekly poster program showing a full week of
specials with prices ten cents some nights and ten and twenty others.
This was a week prior to the publication of the comment. This does
not, however, alter the fact that in some sections of the country this,
cut throat business is being done right along.
Adds to the Prize.
You know all about the $10,000 prize offered for the best solution
of the Million Dollar Mystery, Using precisely the same rules, ex-
cept that the stipulation is made that the contestant must be a
resident of the city or its suburbs, C. W. Johnston, of the Miller
Park theater, Franklin. Pa., has added $100 to the prize. He later
writes that it drew 2,0CK> to the theater for the first instalment. He
has some of the heralds left and will be glad to send these to those
who enclose a stamped and addressed envelope.
Free Tickets.
The Dixie theater, Paris, Tenn.. is sending out postcards with
this message. It is a private card slightly larger than the regula-
tion size with two tickets printed at the left side. These are to be
torn off and presented at the door. The rest of the card reads :
Season 1914-15 Road Shows, Photoplays
DIXIE THEATRE
O. C. Jackson, Manager.
Drawing Population T.OOO Seating Capacity 900
Paris, Tenn., 1914.
Dear friend :
The managers of the Dixie theater, verging upon our fifth
season, being grateful for the patronage and loyalty of your-
self and friends to our amusement enterprise, take this oppor-
tunity to show our appreciation for past courtesies by giv-
ing you two free tickets to the theatre, which are attached to
this card.
Simply break them loose, and we hope you will find as
much pleasure in using them as we do in presenting them
to you.
Thanking you again for your liberal patronage in the past
and hoping for a continuance of the friendship for our theater,
we remain,
Very truly yours.
O. C. JACKSON.
Manager Dixie Theater.
On the back of the coupons an advertisement for a drug store sug-
gests that the printing paid for itself. The store advertisement car-
ries the best line on the whole piece, announcing itself as
The Cool Place
With the Warm Welcome.
This, is a line that would be good for the theater itself.
Here's More De Subersisms.
Harry de Subers has been rather quiet of late, but he is still think-
ing and he rolls in with some new hints that are as worth while as his
catchlines. We wrote him we missed the catchlines, but he has not
taken the hint as yet. but if you learn to use this stunt and use it
right, you'll call him blessed forever more. It is simple and most
effective. It might be added that in hot weather it is customary to
use more glue if the composition is too soft and to use more glycerine
in cold weather. If some of you will be good enough to send in
photographs of the results, we'll be glad to use them. Xow Mr. de
Subers has the floor :
Procure a sheet of glass of the size the finished sign is to
be; then make a frame of laths or light wood one-half inch
high which fits exactly around the sheet of glass.
Place the glass on a flat surface and cover it to the thickness
of one-fourth inch with putty, smoothing it down until it is per-
fectly level all over the plate. Then with a small, sharp-point-
ed knife cut out the letters which you wish to appear on the
sign, cutting entirely through the putty and exposing the glass.
If the glass is wet with clean water before the putty is placed
on it, the letters will be easy to remove after cutting out.
Having thus cut out the sign in the putty, place the frame of
lathe around the glass and fill level with printer's roller
composition, made as follows :
Melt three pounds common brown sugar and eight pounds
glue together, stirring constantly. Then add one-half pint of
glycerine and stir well. The glue is softened before melting
by soaking in water, using about one-half pint to the pound of
glue. After the glue is softened, place on the fire ; stir until
melted ; then add the sugar, and, when this is dissolved add
the glycerine.
Let the composition remain on the mold for from 10 to
24 hours, or until it sets. Then remove, being careful not to
tear it in the process. You will now have what resembles a
mammoth rubber stamp, and something which will answer the
same purposes, except that it will not last as long.
Xow make a roller by cutting a round stick of the proper
diameter that the stamp will exactly cover it to the proper
length, and fasten the stamp around it with glue. Drive a
nail in the center of each end, and fit a stiff wire handle,
and the stamp is ready for use.
In using either paint, printer's ink or some similar composi-
tion it is distributed smoothly on a slate or piece of glass, the
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roller Is passed over It until well covered with the mixture,
and then rolled once over the surface where the sign is to
appear. It will print on almost any surface, such as a fence,
cement wallis, walls, side of buildings, or practically any-
where that spai-e large enough for a sign can be found. If
done In oil, they will last Indefinitely.
By the use of this simple process a boy can put up several
hundred sign ads in a day.
If some of the live wire exhibitors try this out many other
ideas (uses) of the pro4'('ss may suggest themselves.
A No-Poster Lobby.
Some time ago we alluded to the fact that Harold and Helen Ballou,
of the Olympian theater. Seattle, used no programs in front of their
house. We expressed a desire to see a photo of the house and so here
it is. Give it tile once over and then go look at your own lobby.
Which looks more like a re::ular theater? Mr. Halinu says: "Our
audiences do not seem to want them and we believe that they are too
intelligent to be influenced by meaningless pictures of lurid hue."
We think that Mr. Ballou has the right idea for a man in a clean
residential section. The exhibitor is too apt to make his house look
like a traveling dime museum. That is all right in a cheap locality,
but for the better class of houses it pays to let the suggestion of
class start with the lobby and not inside where it cannot be seen by
the passer by. Personally we think it is a treat to see a front like
this even in photographs. We were over in Philadelphia a few days
ago and there the paper is smeared all over the house fronts and
there is a place that runs eighteen reels a day.
A Postcard Plea.
The Queen theater, Dallas, Texas, is sending out Kraus postcards of
Francis X. Bushman and in script type this appeal :
Dear Friend : Of course you know that Francis X. Bushman
was selected by an overwhelming majority to play the role of
John Delancy Curtis in "One Wonderful Night," the great
contest story published in The Ladies World. This great picture
will be shown at The Queen Theater. Thursday and Friday,
July 23d and 24th, and I shall look forward to seeing you there,
as ever, STU-^RT.
This goes through the mails to the list and forms an effective adver-
tisement : more effective than any cheap looking herald could be for
such an attraction with the Queen patronage.
Vest Pocket Size.
Harper D. Canaday, of the Beauty theater. New York City, issues
a vest pocket weekly program that looks well and does not cost much.
It is on cheap stock about 3 by 3%, with merely the titles of the
headlines. It is inexpensive and yet sufficiently . good to be carried
around, and it is well printed, the big features being in bold type
and the_ secondary features running in capitals. Each program is
properly dated and a change of color also marks the different dates.
Is Montgomery Crazy?
This isn't a suggestion that the Jacksonville amusement hustler is
next door to the madhouse, it is merely a quotation from one of the
striking advertisements be is running just now.
All over the country people are complaining of bad business in and
out of the theater, despite the carefully culled reports from some
few optimists, but Montgomery doesn't mind a little thing like that.
Hit Montgomery with a chunk of bad business and he'll hit back and
win out. Six tickets to New York and return by the Clyde line was
one of his baits, and the tango is another, starting with a Castle grad-
uate and continuing with a duo of local dancers. He is putting in a
bigger show and the better class amateurs until you'd be foolish to
stay home. This extract from a clipping will help to tell his policy :
A few days ago I offered through this paper an argument to
show that this city is today in a better condition than some
of our business men who do more business on the corners than
in their offices would lead us to believe. I made my entry in
business here four years ago. the first day I was in town I
went to a certain amusement man and asked the question, how
is business? He replied that Jax was a dandy winter town, but
no good in summer. I replied to him that
The people who live here PERMANENTLY rightfully demand
viorc for their money than the tourist loho remains here only
a short time.
I cited the fact that during the summer the hotels must
reduce their rates, and all otbeTH seeking the dimes or dollars
must cater more to the whims of the Bckle public, and that
If ho would give a better performance I thought he would make
money by doing bo, he replied that no one could prosper here
after the tourists wend their way homeward. This attitude on
his part made me more positive than ever that here was the
right spot for me. After having purchased a theater from a
man who thought that very year Jack.sonvllle would go to the
eternal bow-wows, 1 determined that the citizens of Jackson-
ville would always be my flrst thought, and to eater to them
more than to the tourist would be my aim, with a result
that every summer I strengthen up my show and make It look
good to the "resldenter," and the result is that I And the busi-
ness entirely satisfactory in the real hot months of summer. My
motto Is, and always has been
GIVE YOUR VERY BEST BARGAINS TO THOSE WHO PA-
TRONIZE YOU CONTINUALLY.
But no clippings are going to give the whole of the Montgomery
secret. The secret is that he Is no quitter. It people will not buy
his already good show, he makes it better. Then he talks to them,
He does not lie down and let out a yelp that suggests that he found
that the headache tablets were really bichloride of mercury. He dusts
out and makes business good and he is so busy getting people in that
he has no time for worrying. He does not cut down his advertising
and his show. He builds the show up and then uses more advertising
to tell about it, and he turns impending loss into actual profit. Not
only that, but on special days he is opening at 10 o'clock in the
morning to get them ail in. The Montgomery plan is a good plan to
follow. Why not try it?
Works the Auto.
We have had the cycle advertisement, but Swan and Schwartz, of
the Crescent theater, Kearney, Neb., send in a photograph of an auto-
mobile float, that requires no amplification of their simple explana-
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CPESCENT TO NIGHT
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tion. The float is decidedly useful in a small town where the whole
place may be covered by this simple means in a short time. They
write :
Thinking that our ideas of advertising the "Lucile Love"
series is something pretty good I am sending you a photo show-
ing our float. This float measures 14 feet long by 6 feet wide
and is placed on an Overland Roadster Auto, It is covered on
all sides, leaving two small holes in the front to guide the
machine. Each Monday evening at G p. m. we start and go
all over the city, at the same time using a megaphone or some
noise instrument to call their attention. "We have used mega-
phone. Klaxon Electric Auto Horn and Ardmore Chime Horn,
all which we have found to be winners. This float advertising
has any kind of advertising proposition beat that we have ever
tried and our Monday nights business has increased to more
than double. After making all streets in the city we return to
the theater and allow the car and float to stand near the curb
in front of the theater, which seems to attract many tr^an-
sients. Would advise other exhibitors to try this advertising
and I think they will agree with us that it can't be beat.
As we are a Life subscriber to the MOVING PICTURE
WORLD and take great interest in the "Advertising for Exhib-
itors" column I am in hopes that the above may be of some
benefit to exhibitor.s who have not thought of this idea.
Not Complete.
The Vaudette theater, West Point, Ga., advertises Victor's "The Cory-
phee" with the bracketed explanation "Meaning a dancer." A coryphee
is a chorus dancer ; one of the mass of dancers as distinguished from the
solo dancers and the seconds, or second dancers, dancers above the
chorus rank but not sufiiciently advanced for solo work. The full defini-
tion would have been better. They still adhere to their three-a-week
issue. It is costly, but always fresh.
Clean Cut.
The Montgomery theater, Atlanta, is issuing a neat program of
eight pages. Most of it is given to current attractions, but they use
one page to pull up some house feature. Only the features are treated
save in the formal program where the bill for the week is run. More
house talk would be effective, but the present appearance of the sheet
is excellent, and it is growing better.
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
THE PHOTOPLAYWRIGHT
Conducted by EPES WINTHROP SARGENT
Inquest Club Call.
Members of the New York Inquest Club will please send a self ad-
dressed post card to the Coroner at once if they wish to be notified of the
first meeting. Those who were not members last season, but who wish
to join should also send cards if they wish to be present at the opening
meeting of tae season, addressing The Inquest Club, Box To, Madison
Square Station, New York City.
Mystery vs. Explanation.
To judge from letters received, nothing puzzles writers more than
to know just how far ,to expose the story to the spectator. Some
technical experts advise that the exposure be held to the climax as a
surprise, but we personally hold that exposition of the mystery is,
as a rule, the better plan.
Coming as a surprise, the fact that the will is in the old clock
may give one dramatic moment. But if we have seen the father
put the will into the clock just before the director told him to die,
many dramatic points may be made, the villain may seem to be on
the right track and we will be afraid that he and not the hero
will get it. If we have no more knowledge of the fact than the
Villain, the fact that he looks at the clock does not interest us any
more than his examination of the stove, but if we know the will is
there, then the situation becomes a crisis. Xow if the hero almost
finds the will, we get a second crisis, and when the house is to be
sold at auction and some one else almost buys the clock there is a
third crisis. A fourth comes when the hero buys the clock for the
heroine because she is so fond of it and the climax comes when she
finds the will in the clock. Instead of one dramatic moment there
are five of them, and we are not stopped just before the climax to
be told that "John finds the will in the old clock."
It is much the same way in a comedy. If a man kicks a hat and
finds a brick inside it is funny, but if we seek the brick put in, we
start to laugh the moment he starts to kick instead of waiting until
after the kick to see the brick. There are exceptions to this rule,
of course, but it is best to explain things as a rule, in advance of the
demonstration.
No Worse.
If you were riding in a street car and it should leave the tracks and
endeavor to turn into an elevator by climbing up the side of a building,
you would think it just a little bit strange, wouldn't you? But, if you
leave John Smith sick abed in New York, in the next scene show him
well and in a western mining camp, you complain if the story is
turned back because it is illogical.
Maybe you never made this particular break, but it is a certainty
that you do things just as crude, and all because you do not study your
script properly. You read the script in a hurry and each time John
makes the great leap your brain supplies the explanation that John went
west to forget Ethel. You may read it fifty times, and each time the
same thing happens, your mind covers the jump. But the editor is
going to read the story. He doesn't know why John went west. He
may think it is because John is afraid that New York is going to be hit
by some badly-aimed shells intended for some European country.
If you started to pick up a chain and there were a dozen links miss-
ing, you would know something was wrong, but if you put back the links
you could pick up the whole chain. You cannot put in the links of the
chain by any purely mental process. You can put in mental links in
your story that makes the script a whole chain. Study carefully to
see if it is a whole chain or whether it has a number of mental links.
The best way is to stop at the end of each scene and earnestly question
yourself as to whether the scene mates with those ahead and matches
with those that follow, or not. You can do it in time. It takes training
like all other things in photoplay, but it can be done with practice.
Kell on Adaptation.
John William Kellette has been working for the Whitman company
making book adaptations. He announced he did not like it and waa
asked to give his reasons. These are the reasons :
I might answer like any other old woman and say "be-
cause," but that wouldn't be answering your question and it
would leave a lot to the imagination.
One reason, and perhaps the greatest reason, is because
one is given a book to dramatize and told to get all there is
in it out and to follow it closely. Then, if the dramatic ele-
ment is missing and the one who wants the adaptation made
goes In for melodrama and the book lacks that feature, the
writer is blamed for a poor script.
Another reason is that sometimes those who pass on scripts
know less about the picture from reading the script than
the author does, and cannot visualize the action. Then the
writer has to read and explain the business so that a child
could understand it. Then, again, all books do not make good
photoplays.
Recently I made a four reel adaptation of a book and after
the script was read and wrecked trains, sunken steamers,
burned bridges and a few murders were found missing, I was
told that if the book didn't have them TO PUT THEM IN.
That would not be an adaptation of the book. It would
be taking the title and trying to trade on the reputation the
book made for the advertising value.
There is considerable work involved in making adaptations
that seem to be overlooked. One must read the book to be-
come thoroughly familiar with it. The writer of the book
may have rambled several times around the world and intro-
duced business that would be almost impossible of accom-
plishment, and one might find a paragraph in the rear of the
book that might have to be the opening scene of the photo-
play. Then the adaptor must collect all this business into
one thread of continuity, cull out the unimportant matter, cut
out characters that "clog" the action and whip the "meat"
of the story into shape. In one book I found SI characters
that had a direct bearing upon the story, and more than two
hundred others who filled in as guests, servants, etc. It would
have been impossible to use every person named in the book.
The cast had to be cut down so that four persons carried the
story and nine in all had a bearing to the action. The adaptor
is seldom pleased with his work after it is done, and it takes
several days longer to produce a four reel story from a book
than it does a four reel original. I like to work on big
stories in two or three reels and can make greater headway
on original work. The really big stories in books have either
all been done or are being held in reserve for future produc-
tion, and unless a company is willing to take up a book that
would make a good photoplay in the original, it would be bet-
ter to give the author carte blanche to produce something
original. He is apt to get a better story. Unless one is
capable of writing good two reel stories they'd better steer
clear of adaptations.
It's a thankless sort of job at best. If you do a good job it's the
author. If it's a poor job you're to blame, and after it is all
over, the best you get is the reflection that you are only a dealer in
second hand junk. If you are competent to adapt a book, you are
capable of doing even better original work.
A Good Creed.
This is the article of faith of a Texan starter. With this for a
creed it seems as though she cannot help find success.
I have my standard up very high as to plot work, not want-
ing to use any kind of a plot which had "ready-made" punch,
or supposedly "ready-made" punch, such as fires, train wrecks,
robberies, murders, etc. Therefore, as I have had such little
experience, my plots may not be worked up strong enough.
Then, too, the punch which is evolved, requires fine work-
manship in plot of action, which I well understand also re-
quires much practice aiid study before it can be mastered in
a sufficient degree to make the scripts salable. Therefore, it
all resolves itself into one issue — I must do more work and
harder work.
She adds : That it is her honest opinion that evea in her recent
stage of advancement she could write a script trusting to some me-
chanical punch such as a fire or train wreck and get away with it.
but she wants to write a story and not merely bolster up an ailing
plot with a mechanical punch. That should be made a part of the
creed.
Have You Bad Habits?
Have you had writing tricks? Not long since we looked over a
number of scripts and told the writer that his connection was poor.
He did not think so, but to his surprise we proved it on him. He
has been writing for two years and never realized that his scenes
did not track. Perhaps there is something like that to hold you back
in your work. Look over the stuff carefully and critically. You'll
perhaps find faults that need to be corrected.
Sticking to the Story.
Once more let's chat about sticking to the story. In the first place get
a good plot, then stick to it. If this is the story of how John wins
Mary to be his very own forever and forever, stick to the winning of
Mary. We know at least one man (and he knows who we mean) who
would start out to have John win Mary. Then he would shoot -off at a
tangent and have the life insurance company cancel John's policy be-
cause he was found to have housemaid's knee. Next he would have
Mary's great aunt's first cousin die of infantile paralysis at the early
age of seventy-nine. Perhaps to make it more interesting he would
have Niagara Falls run uphill every alternate half hour. None of these
things would have the slightest bearing on the winning of Mary. John
would have enough without the insurance money, the Creat Aunt's first
cousin would leave Mary nothing and neither of them would be within
a hundred miles of Niagara Falls, but all this junk would go in "to
make the story more interesting." And when we pointed these, or
similar, things out to our erring friend, he got nasty and came back
with the suggestion that there were a few scenes in Hamlet in which
Hamlet himself did not appear and, inferentially at least, suggested
that we go where Shakespeare is and argue with him. And he knew
blamed well that Bill Shakespeare was no member of the Salvation
Army, either.
This was all beginning the point. The point we sought to make with
him — and this goes for you, too, was that having started to tell of the
courtship of Mary, he should have stuck to this and not have wandered
afield. Hamlet is not really the story of Hamlet and Hamlet is not
needed in every scene. That is where the author of the Mary story
went astray. He does not know just what his story is, so he cannot
stick to it. Hamlet is the story of how that Danish prince avenged the
murder of his father. Every point in the entire play deals with this
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one point. It is not the story of Hamlet, but the story of Hamlet
avenging bis father's wrongs and all that follows is the result of that
vengeance. In the same way the courtship of Mary might present
many points that, for the moment, did not seem to have any bearing on
the courtship. If Mary had expected to marry on the money her
Great Aunt's first cousin was going to leave her. then the death of that
cousin would have had a bearing on the story. If Mary had been
marrying John for his life insurance, the withdrawal of that insurance
would have had a direct bearing on the story, even though It might
have raised scenes in the insurance ofilce in which neither John nor
Mary appeared.
The point is that with one or two reels, if you have a real story you
do not need to pad, and any effort to bring in extraneous matter id
merely clogging the storj- and detracting from the interest without ad-
vancing the plot in the least.
Find out just what your story is. Tell that story and nothing else,
and you will at least have centered the interest, but if you try to tell
half a dozen stories about half a dozen people and things, you will find
that no part of the sectional story is in the least interesting.
A Wrinkle.
William Henry Kitchell, perhaps embittered by the fact that the
Newark team is way down in the second division, sends us a dirty- look-
ing sheet of paper and a reproach. The reproach is based on the fact
that, following our advice, he bought a full ream of paper at one time
and now that be has used a couple of cut reams the rest is discolored
around the edges.
We bought a hundred pounds of paper the other day. One of the
first things we did was to put it in boxes. The next was to wrap each
box in stout paper, pasting down the paper until the package was dust-
proof, light-proof and most anything else-proof. Paper, it left out or
loosely wrapped is bound to be discolored, but we have some paper that
has been kept a year or more and that is as fresh as the day it came
out of the shop. Cut the wrapping paper so that it fits snugly. Paste
down the main seam, then at the ends paste each fold as you make it,
and you can keep the paper for a couple of years if you want to.
Conviction.
If you were a particularly clever modeler and could make a clay
apple very like the real thing, you would not paint it purple with green
polka dots, wouldn't you? But sometimes you'll write a good play and
paint it up with the polka dots of improbability.
It is irritating sometimes to get interested in the manly hero, a clean-
cut, finely-drawn character, and along the seven hundredth foot have
him do something that no human being either would or could do, just
to make it more exciting. Keep your hero and heroine human beings
and not demigods. It is all right in travesty to, have the hero kick a
safe out of the way and push the wall of a building out, but in straight
drama give your people things to do that they can do, and do not ask
the director to make them perform the impossible. The line between
travesty and tense drama is so slight that you are more than apt to
turn your tragedy into farce if you lay it on too thick.
Story Suggestions.
Saturday afternoon an acquaintance almost got in a scrap with us
because we would not take a story he suggested. It was printed in a
magazine published in a foreign country and the magazine went out of
business in 1S40. He was certain we could copy it off and get a lot of
money for it.
He meant well, evidently, but there was no use telling him that we
knew three later and better pointed stories along precisely the samt.
lines. That's how some beginner? get into trouble. They are given a
story tip by some friend who carefully refrains from explaining that he
got it out of a magazine or book. The plot is slightly changed, if
altered at all, and is sent out. Some editor who knows his business
sends it back and marks that writer down as a person to keep awa>
from. Few beginners have a very wide familiarity with plots and,
while they are the ones who should be most cautious, generally they are
the ones who most eagerly grasp at new ideas.
Be suspicious of everything you get for nothing, and not too trustful
about what you pay for.
Plotting Practically.
Suppose you and Bill Smith and Tom Jones were walking down the
street, together and saw a man struck by an auto and killed. Suppose
further, that, without saying anything, all three of you went hom*and
wrote the story up. Still supposing, here is your story:
Ethelbert Alarlande loves Eunice Phillpoteaux. She flirts with him
and. though she loves him, makes his life miserable. He finally corners
her and proposes. She rejects him, not because she does not love him.
but because she wants to keep him dangling. He goes out, gets hit
amidships by an automobile and is killed. She never smiles again.
That's a corking little story and all suggested by seeing the man
killed. It's going to bring some poor but deserving actor some black
and blue spots, being struck amidships, but that is for the actor to worry
about, not you.
Let's see what Bill wrote. His story is a little different.
Sam Cook, a poor but honest inventor, goes to see Silas Gregg about
selling his latest invention. He is knocked down by an auto and is
taken to the hospital unconscious. When he wakes his mind is a blank.
The rascally surgeon steals his plans and makes a fortune, while poor
Sam is given a job as orderly in the hospital. Ten years later there
is a young interne who loves Muriel Cook. Muriel visits him in the hos-
pital and feels strangely attracted to the poor old orderly. Just to
humor her the young interne devises a new operation for removing the
pressure from the orderly's brain. The man's memory returns and he
gets after the first surgeon, makes him return the profits of the stolen
invention and the interne marries the daughter.
We hate to hurt your feelings, but this story is a little better. Of
course the fractured skull and the loss of memory and the operation L
and the restoration of memory are old, but there Is a slightly newer
touch. Still it Is not without an element of newness. Let's steal »
look at Tom's synopsis. Look at this:
Henry Hoyt falls in love with the beautiful daughter of Jimpsod
Sprague. He cannot make her acquaintance, so be plans to be knocked
down in front of her house, expecting to be carried in and nursed back
to health by her tender bands. He bribes an auto driver to do the
bumping. It doesn't work quite as well as planned. Henry geta
bumped, but the best he gets from Sprague is the advice to hire a good
lawyer, the auto driver is arrested and has to confess to save himself
from losing his license and Henry cannot even collect the accident
policy he thoughtfully took out, but is kicked out of the office for a
faker Just as the beautiful Muriel Is passing and she laughs so bard
that love dies right there.
Which of the three stories do you think would be the most likely to
sell, and why?
Cheap.
The schools have a new trick. They send their circulars to all those
who advertise in the city papers for situations. To be definite, we have
an advertisement of a Washington fake sent in reply to an advertise-
ment in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It stands to reason that those out
of employment are most likely to jump at the glowing promises of th0
schools. It stands equally to reason that those out of employment artf
the least well able to lose the fees sent. It is contemptible.
Inquiries
NOTICE.
Inquiries will be replied to by mail where a stamped and seti ad-
dressed envelope accompanies the inquiry. Inquiries will be replied to
through the paper, if requested, but there may be a delay of several
weeks. Inquiries should be addressed to this department. Requests for
address slips should be addressed to the paper direct and not to this
department.
E. C. — Miss Turner is working in England, heading her own company.
MAORI. — There are too many ways of making animated drawings to
be catalogued here. The simplest way is merely to add a little to the
picture after each successive single exposure. Some of the moving
cartoons are combinations of still pictures and jointed figures. The
Biograph company controls the patents on the picture booklets. The
last we saw were some sent out by the M. P. Sales Agency, Londoa<
You might query B. Nichols.
B. R. — We do not know where Mr. Mason is at the moment.
S. N. — We do not know the company mentioned. It is not advisable
to price scripts. Try Mutual and N. Y. M. P. Co with synopses.
A. S. H. — We cannot tell you where you can see the releases.
R. G. B. — Xo company is much interested in one-character scripts.
They have been done, but there is seldom any demand for them Write
for the one you have out, and after this do not submit to directors or
players but to the company direct. You are on for that dinner. The
address is correct. Vitagraph. Essanay, and we believe Kalem have
given one-reel one-character plays. T.ubin did a two-reel one-character
stunt. None have repeated the i. 'i tnrmance. That seems to be the
answer.
J. R. M. — The stories of the films (not reviews) are supplied by the
companies. Sometimes they are taken from the films and sometimes
they are not. We have no way of knrwing. It is helpful to the writer"
to study these stories and see what the companies are doing and abou*
how much story makes a reel.
H. McD. — Any scene taken indoors is an interior. A scene taken
outdoors is an exterior. It is to be presumed that a man at a desk
telephoning is indoors. At least you do not ask bow many scenes make
a reel, but the length of time it takes you to read a synopsis has ab-
solutely nothing to do with the length of the produced script. A syn-
opsis of a reel raay be condensed to three lines or expanded to three
pages withou-: affecting the length of the film. We do not remember
the script well enough to answer the next question definitely, but it le
to be pre?'.:med that the camera had to be moved between scenes 18 and
Id. It's the same street, but a different part of the street and hence
a now scene. There is no market for "amateur" scripts. The "ama-
teur" is merely a man working to get into the professional class and
trying his luck in between.
E. M. S. — If you do not write a script you are not entitled to credit
for the work. You might ask to be given credit for the Idea, but until
you can write a script all by yourself you are not in any position to
"demand" credit.
R. E. — Charles Chaplin was Mabel's husband in Mabel's Married Life^
Mr. Sennet appears in a picture occasionally, but does not seem to have
the habit.
Technique of the Photoplay
(Second Edition)
By EPES W. SARGENT
Not a line reprinted from the first edition, but an entirely new and
exhaustive treatise of the Photoplay in its every aspect, together
with a dictionary of technical terms and several sample scripts.
One hundred and seventy-six pages of actual text.
Special chapters on Developing the "Punch," Condensing the
Script, Writine the Synopsis, Multiple Reel Stories, Talking Pic-
tures, Copyrights, etc.
In cloth, two dollars. Full leather, three dollars.
By mail postpaid. Add ten cents if re^stration is desired.
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Carbons Galore.
THE editor of the department very early in the war scare realized
the seriousness of the situation with regard to carbons, almost
the entire supply of which came from Cermany.
The National Carbon Company of Cleveland, Ohio, had long ago
practically given up the manufacture of projection carbons. The
National, however, was the only straw the American exhibitors could
grasp at in the present situation. We, therefore, wrote the National
Carbon Company, and herewith print, in full, their relpy.
Cleveland. Ohio. August 26, 1014.
Mr. F. H. Richardson, Editor Projection Dept.. Moving Picture
"World. New York City.
Dear Sir — Please refer to your letter of August 11th relative
to the moving picture carbon situation, and accept our apology
for delay in answering the same. Events have moved so
rapidly the last two weeks that we hardly knew where we stood
or what to say to you, consequently the matter has been held
in the hope that conditions would enable us to give you some-
thing definite.
As you probably know, we have not been doing much in the
moving picture carbon field, due to several causes, but it is
perhaps useless to discuss them just at this time. Suffice it to
say that we had practically no stock when the foreign supply
was cut off — about enough perhaps to supply a few regular
customers who have been using our carbons for a long time.
We immediately began preparations to enlarge our facilities.
and we are hoping to have a sufficient stock to supply the
moving picture industry in this country all the carbons they
want within a very few weeks.
In the meantime, it is our purpose to ship out in small quan-
tities not over one or two hundred at a time, to such shows
as are actually in danger of closing their doors. Naturally,
there is considerable stock scattered over the country, and if
same were distributed equally among the shows who are short-
handed there would be enough to keep them going for at least
three or four weeks. Unfortunately, this condition does not
exist, and there will be. within the next ten days, hundreds of
shows down to their last carbon. It is this class of trade that
we are particularly interested in now, and have within the
past week sent out notices to all theaters that we would ship
a limited number of carbons to keep them going in case their
stock was practically exhausted. By the time we get these
taken care of we are hoping to have a stock sufficiently large
to justify general distribution. Under the circumstances, we
ha-ve felt this is the best plan, but if you have any suggestion
to make in the matter we will be very glad to hear from you.
In the meantime, you can tell your friends if they are actually
needing carbons to keep their machines going we can supply
them one to two hundred immediately upon receipt of their
order.
Yours very truly.
NATIONAL. CARBON COMPANY.
J. F. Kerlin, Assistant Sales Manager.
LCH
P. S. — On account of the urgency of the demand, we are
asking for cash with these small lots in order to save the time
necessary for credit investigation.
This letter will take a load off the mind of thousands of exhibitors
who have the past two or three weeks been wondering whether they
would be able to keep their doors open or would have to close them,
because of the lack of the humble but exceedingly important carbon.
That fear is now removed, thanks to the National Carbon Company,
and again all is quiet along the Potomac.
Important Notice.
IT is an established rule of this department that no apparatus or
other goods will be endorsed or recommended editorially until such
articles have been demonstrated to its editor.
Owing to the mass of matter awaiting publication it is impossible to
reply through the department in less than two to three weeks. In
order to give prompt service, those sending 4 cents, stamps, (less than
actual cost), will receive carbon copy of the department reply by mail,
without delay.
The first seventy-four questions are now ready and printed in neat
booklet form. They may be obtained by remitting 2."> cents, money or
stamps, to the editor. Every live, progressive operator should get a
copy. You may be surprised at the number of questions you cannot
answer without a lot of study.
Question No. 49.
Best answer will be published, and the names of others send-
ing in replies of excellence will appear in the Roll of Honor.
Permissions to use the contributor's name must accompany each
answer, otherwise only the name of the city will be used.
Theatre managers looking for high class men will do well to
watch the Roll of Honor.
.4. vire havhuj a cross section of 26,244 c. ?n., has a rated
capacity of 4G amperes, r. c, and 65 weatherproof, ^chereas
a wire having a cross section of 52,441 c. m., is orily rated at
76 amperes^ r. r.^ and 110 weatherproof. The area being prac-
ticaUy double,, \chy not the rated capacity alsof How would
yon ascertain the diameter of a icire if you had no tcire
gauge? Has a icire a wattage capacity? How many icatts
could you convey loith a No. 16 wire and keep ivithin its rated
capacity"?
Roll of Honor.
The Roll of Honor on Question No. 43 is a little more extensive,
several of the brothers having contributed very good replies. It con-
sists of Jos. H. M. Smith, Fort Worth, Texas; Harry T. Dobson,
Toronto. Canada ; Eugene A. Upstill. Lone Pine, Nebraska ; James T.
Cheney. El Centro. California ; Harry H. Finney. New Orleans, Louisi-
ana ; Elmer "W. Stites. Shelbys ille, Indiana, and G. D. Bullock. Hobart,
Indiana, and Sacramento. Calif. The reply of Brother Bullock has
been selected as, everything considered, the best, but there were two
other illustrations which will be included, one by Brother Smith, and
one by Brother Stites. The reply of Sacramento was excellent, but
came too late ';o receive consideration for publication.
Reply to Question No. 43.
Ey G. D. Bullock, Hobart. Ind.
The Question :
Would you recommend a belted or a direct connected engine and
dynamo? Give reasons for your answer. How would you, in some sim-
ple, inexpensive, effective manner, deaden the engine exhaust, with-
out creating any back pressure on- the engine? What is back pres-
sure, as applied to an engine? What is its effect? What is compres-
sion and its effect, and how is its amount changed?
The Answer :
I would advise a belt driven plant in preference to a direct
connected. My reasons are as follows :
1. The average gas engine used in small lighting plants is
four cycle, that is it has but one power stroke in four. Large
fly wheels are needed to gain the momentum necessary to drive
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the unit at a constant speed under this condition and would
tend to make a direct connected machine expensive in instal-
lation. Either a pit would he necessary for the engine or a
pier for the dynamo.
2. A direct driven set would require either a high speed
engine or a slow speed generator, either of which is consider-
ably more expensive than those in common use. A ten h. p.
engine generally drives from 300 to 400 R. P. M. and a genef-a-
tor from 750 to 1000. These common types can be used in a
belt driven unit with correctly proportioned pulleys.
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3. A high speed engine needs export care and attention ; u
low speed only ordinary. Uelt looses and troubles are minor
factors.
Dig a well four feet In each dimension. In it build two terra
cotta walls -i x o inch checiter-board style as shown in the
sketch. Install exhausts as shown, then floor above the terra
cotta and flll In the foot left with dirt. A 0 or 8 inch drain
tile will make a splendid exhaust from your muffler to air.
The sketch shows the action of the gas in the muffler. This
muffler is easy to make, inexpensive and will allow free ex-
pansion of gas.
Ltack pri'ssurt' as applied to engines in any pressure greater
than atmospheric pressure on the exhaust side of the piston
head. Its effect is to cause the piston to exert an energj*
equivalent to the back pressure in forcing the gas into the ex-
haust system, and this, of course, means loss of power, which
loss will be in proportion to the amount of back pressure.
Compression as compared to the gas engine is the forcing of
mixed gasoline and air into a confined space by the cylinder
head before ignition. Compression has two effects. It heats
the mixture to a flash point and also confines it so that it be-
come.-j a high explosive. Like all explosives, when lighted it
must expand, and the expansion forces the piston to the end of
its stroke, thus imparting the power to the engine.
It may be remarked that all the other correspondents have recom-
mended the direct connected sets. I would suggest to friend IJuliock
that, while "what he says is perfectly correct, still a combination of a
fairly high speed engine and a lairly low speed dynamo is practical
and not at all prohibitive, either in expense of operation or first cost.
moreover the direct connected set is much more compact and occupies
considerable less floor space. Brother Bullock's exhaust muffler puzzled
me for quite a bit. I could not quite make out what he was driving at,
but the top view is the key to the thing. Just build two r2-inch
walls of 4 X 3 inch hollow tile, or for that matter, I think any
other moderate size tile would answer as well. Lay the top and bot-
tom course of wall Xo. 1 with the tile pointing toward the side of the
pit, and the center course with the tile pointing the other way, and
in wall Xo. - just reverse this, unquestionably the mu.iler would be
effective, but I am, nevertheless, of the opinion that a pit 4 feet square
by say G feet deep, lined top. bottom and sides with concrete and with
a reinforced concrete wall extending down its center to within 12
inches of the bottom would be just as effective, if not more so, and
somewhat 'cheaper. The center wall should join with the concrete
top and the engine exhaust should enter one side while the exhaust to
the open air should come out of- the top of the other side. There
would be, to all intents and purposes no back pressure, in a muflQer of
this kind, and for that matter there would be none In a muffler of
Brother Bullock's design. I have drawn my own idea in the corner
besides Brother Bullock's, the two top and the lower left hand being
his, and the lower right hand being my own. In addition I give a
diagram by Brother Stites and Brother Smith, both of which ideas are
excellent and either of which would prove effective though I believe
Brother Smith's would create a little back pressure ; but not much —
perhaps none at all.
be cut out and the motor will then run on single phase. It Ib,
however, more expensive than to run a two-phase motor on
polyphase. Three-phaso motors will run on single phase, but
neither two or three-phase motor.s will ntart on single phase
without splitting the phase.
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A part of brother Smith's reply reads as follows :
I would demand the single fiy wheel type of engine for several
reasons, viz.: (a) ready access to parts; (b) avoidance of the
torsional strain to which the two-wheel crank is subject when
starting and stopping; (c) avoidance of the peripheral resist-
ance varying in one of the fly wheels while the other is subject
to a strain in the opposite direction on account of inertia ; (d)
a great cyclic regularity, induce steadier light ; ( e) the co-
efficient of the variations in the speed of a single revolution
will not be far from 1/60.
Brother Smith Also Comments on Question 37.
Joseph H. M. Smith, Fort Worth, Texas, says :
I want to comment on that part of the answer to question 37
in which friend Upstill says you cannot use a two or three-
phase motor on single phase. I differ with him. If you follow
the two sketches you can readily grasp my view. Referring to
sketch 1, A and B primary windings ; R resistance ; and S a
single pole switch.
By this arrangement you can readily see that a two-phase
motor will run on single phase. Taking diagram Xo, 2. which
may also be readily understood, we have split the single phase
so that the motor is supplied with two currents which differ
in phase. Current in circuit B will lag behind that in A, and
the motor will therefore he supplied with two currents suitable
for starting. After the motor has attained speed, R and S may
All of which will no doubt hold Brother UpsliU for an Indefinite
period. However, he need not feel so very badly about that, because
the editor was himself under the Impression that it would be Im-
practical to run polyphase motors on single phase. Well, this merely
illustrates the fact, which has often been stated in this department,
that none of us are so exceedingly smart that we know It all. Uut,
anyhow, I do not believe it would be advisable to operate two or three-
phase motors on single phase, except as a temporary proposition in
case of emergency.
What Does He Want to Know?
Central ia, Illinois, requisitions information as follows :
Kindly inform me with regard to motor drives. Am using
20 amperes of 110 volt a. c. current. I have your latest Hand-
book and have spent much time in studying it, but do not find
anything concerning such motors. I would appreciate your
opinion.
First, my beloved sir. you will have to give me something to pass
an opinion on. This is a sample of one of the many very similar let-
ters received. Ordinarily I can dope out the writer's Idea — read his
mind as it were, but in this case he's too much for me. Moreover.
if the brother is only using 20 amperes of a. c. why I do not think
there would be any large use in giving him instructions, because
all he would get on the screen with 20 amperes would be a bunch
of shadows, unless he is projecting a very small picture indeed. It
the brother wants me to send him a description of the various motor
drives, why great heavens it would take hours, if not days, to get that
particular matter together, and it would take a couple of day's work
on the part of a stenographer to transcribe the instructions. I would
suggest that he write to the manufacturer of his projector and ask
if they have any motor drive which can be attached to his machine,
and if they have not. then let him write to W. G. Freddy, 669 Haight
Street, San Francisco. California, for descriptive matter of his motor
drive.
Operators Standing Up.
Recently the editor had occasion to criticise the operating room of
X^ew York's leading motion picture theater. Among other things he
remarked that the observation ports were so high the operator could
not see the picture when seated in operating position. The manager
of that theater remarked that that particular criticism was puerile,
because he never allowed his operators to sit down anyhow. This
manager is unquestionably entitled to a great deal of credit for some
of the things he has done. B'eyond any question of a doubt when it
comes to the picture on the screen he is a competent critic, and that
is a great deal more than can be said of the majority of managers. He
knows when the picture is as it should be, and, as a rule, demands that
his operators put the picture on the screen in the best possible way.
But he has not yet reached the point where he is willing to allow the
operator to do this in comfort. In the theater Ln question the picture
is placed on the screen under absolutely unnecessary difficulties, one of
which is the standing up stunt.
The editor of this department, as he. has stated many times, is a
practical operator. He can take the projector in any operating room
and put the picture on the screen in the best possible manner, but he
could not and u'ould not do this and stand up continuously during the
entire performance. There is a big difference in men. Some men can
do a thing of that kind ; some men prefer to stand up. whereas others,
the editor for instance, become absolutely worn out and fatigued if
compelled to stand continuously on his feet for any extended period of
time. If the editor were obliged to stand up continuously in an
operating room for an hour he would be too weary to do good work,
and at the end of two hours would be completely exhausted, and in no
condition to put artistic work on the screen.
But. anyhow, with all due respect to the manager in question, to
compel operators to stand up is pure, unadulterated piffle and nonsense.
There is absolutely nothing to be gained by it, and there is consider-
able to be lost, taking men as they come. An operator is not in position
to do high class work when he is tired out. and if standing on his feet
does tire him out it operates to injure the work on the screen. And
what is the objection to the operator sitting down? If the observa-
tion port is rightly made, so that it is adjustable as to height, there is
absolutely no legitimate objection of any kind to it. except that In
some theaters the operating room is so disgracefully small that one
would almost have to use a shoe stretcher to introduce a chair, or even
a stool. The time is not far distant, however. I hope and believe.
when it will be difficult to get high class operators to work in one of
these cracker boxes. The demand for high class men is going to exceed
the supply, and the really high grade operator will not. in my opinion.
have to work under conditions which are objectionable.
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The New Baird Projector
The name of C. R. Baird has long been familiar to the users of parts
for moving picture projectors and now Mr. Baird and his associates,
Robert J. Emory and T. DeCoursey Ruth, have enlarged their scope
and entered the field as inventors and manufacturers of a new projection
machine, with oflBces at 24 East 23d street, New York City, and factory
at 31 Runyon street. Newark, N. J. The name adopted is the Baird
Motion Picture Machine Company. Viewing the Baird machine merely
from the standpoint of massiveness. other projectors are but babes in
arms. The machine stands 6^^ feet in height, meaning by height from the
floor to the top of the upper magazine. From the floor to the top of
the lamp-hcuse is approximately TiVi feet. Front and back the machine
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measures, at a guess, oV> feet. The lamp-house is 1 ft. 9 ins. wide by
2 feet 3 inches in height by 8^ inches in width, not counting the ex-
tension of the lamp controls, which sticks out S inches farther. The
upper magazine, made of aluminum castings, is 20 inches in diameter
by 2% deep and its sides and doors are a little more than % of an
inch in thickness. The lower magazine is 20 inches in diameter, but it
is a double affair 8^4 Inches thick, with a dividing partition 3 inches
from the front, thus making two compartments, one 3 inches deep on
the operating side and one o% inches deep on the other side, this latter
containing the motor and take-up, as shown in Fig. 1.
Figure 2.
This lower magazine forms a part of the table. It is of cast metal
4 inch in thickness and its top forms the foundation for the mech-
anism. The back portion of the table, which is one piece with the lower
magazine casting, is in the form of an I beam 12^2 inches deep, with
top and bottom flanges 4 inches wide. The legs, four in number, are
2% inches in diameter. They are clamped in heavy, massive east clamps,
and are adjustable, so that the projector can be set at any angle. The
lamp-house has doors on either side, the same being IIV2 inches wide by
24 inches in height. The top of the doors are arched. The lamp. Fig. 2,
is both massive and at the same time very simple. It has erery ad-
justment necessary to modern practice, and has them in excellent form.
It seems to me that if the operator takes proper care of the Baird
lamp he will have absolutely no excuse, so far as the lamp is con-
cerned, for failure to deliver perfect results in screen illumination.
The dowser handle can be seen in Fig. 1 just above the condenser casing,
but the dowser itself Is inside the lamp-house, where it comes down
right up close to the condenser, thus not only cutting off the heat of
the arc, but in measurable degree protecting the condensers from a
sudden draught when the lamp-house door is open. The lamp with
one trim will consume a 12-inch carbon above and an 8-inch carbon
below, and still have room to spare. The condenser casing is excellent.
It is hinged on the left side and may be swung open merely by raising
a latch. The lenses themselves are so arranged that the distance between
may be readily altered. They are held in separate holders made of
aluminum, of sufficient weight to have, I believe, the necessary heat
retaining qualities to prevent, at least in a large measure, condenser
breakage. The handles of the switch controlling the motor and friction
drive protrude through the casting in convenient positions.
The take up of the Baird machine Is simple and efficient. It will
handle 3,000 feet of film, maintaining an even tension from beginning
to end. In effect its action is as follows : the back end of a long arm
is seen hinged at X, Fig. 1. This is the rear end of the take-up arm,
the front end of which (13, Fig. 4) carries the take-up belt pulley, upon
the edge of which is a gear of equal diameter with the pulley. Two
inches from the spindle of the belt pulley, back toward the center of the
lever, is the center of the take-up spindle (15. Fig. 4). carrying the take-
up reel, and upon this spindle is a small gear meshing with the gear
attached to the belt pulley. Now, remembering that the arm carrying
all this is hinged at X. Fig. 1, and extends into the motor compartment
at the rear of the lower magazine, and that the take-up spindle extends
through the parti^;ion into the film magazine where it carries the lower
reel ; remember also that the front end of this arm is entirely free and
loose, except that it hangs in the take-up drive belt, which is flat and
one-half inch wide, and having fixed all this in your mind, you will
readily see that the pulling power of the belt will increase just exactly
as the weight of the film wound on the lower reel increases and there-
fore the pull of the take-up belt will be light in the beginning of the
reel and correspondingly heavy at the end — just exactly as it should
be. I have watched the operation of this take-up in rewinding 3,000
feet of film, and the pull on the film was the same, or very nearly
the same, from first to last.
The mechanism of the Baird is entirely enclosed in a heavy casing
which is hinged and opens on either side, thus giving instant and free
access to the entire machinery. Shutter, governor and vertical shafts
are mounted on ball bearings. Framing is accomplished by switching
the framing lever (Fig. 3) to the right or left, which has the effect of
raising or lowering the entire mechanism, with the exception of the
aperture plate, shutter and lens. The lens, shutter and aperture remain
at all times in fixed relation to each other. The intermittent is a special
star and cam, hardened and ground, running in an oil well, the front
of which is made of glass (G, Fig. 4), so the operator can see just
how much oil there is in the casing. The inventors claim that the
proportions of the star and cam are such as to give a quicker move-
ment and longer rest to the film than the ordinary type, but this claim
I can neither affirm or deny. The tension ^b -e? are in two sections,
the upper being 2^^ inches long, and the lower % of an inch in length
and the aperture plate is the combined length of the two sets of shoes.
The opening from the aperture to the lens is entirely enclosed when the
mechanism casing is shut. The shutter of the Eaird presents an unique
feature upon which Mr. Baird counts heavily because his firm belief that
it is the ideal shutter. It is a two-wing shutter which makes one and
a half revolutions to each picture, so that each blade is alternately main
blade and interrupter. The shutter is geared very nearly directly to the
intermittent, so there should be little or no trouble from travel ghost
due to worn gears.
By courtesy of the Baird Motion Picture Machine Company, the edi-
tor witnessed a demonstration of the Baird projector at the Academy of
Music on Fourteenth street. An ordinary Kalem film, 1.000 feet in
length, was projected to the Academy of Music screen. The distance
was l.W feet, the picture 19 feet. The speed was varied from 55 to
65. It is but a statement of fact that there was not at any time a
trace of flicker to be seen. Also, the picture was very steady and. in
short, the result was distinctly high class. After the picture projection
was finished, the editor himself projected the light on the screen without
any film, varying the amperage from 40 to 50. At normal speed with 50
amperes, there was only the barest trace of flicker. The light was
nearly steady, and that is a most excellent performance. When speeded
to 65 the faint trace of flicker disappeared entirely. The screen, it is
true, was a plain ordinary coated screen, and not a semi-reflecting sur-
face, but. taking everyhing in consideration, the demonstration was
such that the editor is prepared to make an unqualified statement that
the Baird shutter, when working with d.c, delivers excellent results.
The mechanism seems to be reasonably simple and convenient to get
at. Mechanically it is very well made indeed, and Mr. Baird assures me
that the finest machinery, jigs and fixtures money can buy have been
installed in the factory purposely to manufacture this projector.
Taken as a whole the machine impresses one in three points : First.
by the extreme massiveness ; second that it is, mechanically, exceed-
ingly well made ; third, by its simplicity.
One of these machines has been running in a Newark theater eleven
hours per day for the past five months, being the only machine in
the operating room. Two thousand foot films are used and during this
time I am told that no adjustments or repairs have been made.
Referring to the illustrations Fig. 3 gives an excellent view of the
mechanism from the operating side. A Is the objective lens adjustment
screw. The long vertical spring near the front wall of the mechanism,
shown also at 10, Fig. 4, carries the weight of the framing mechanism.
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Baird Projector-^Figure 3.
The framing lever swings sidewise. operating an upright rod having a
coarse screw, this rod not being visible in the illustration. The framing
arrangement is simple and effective. The rest of Fig. 3 is, 1 think,
entirely self-explanatory.
In Fig. 4 we see one end of the stereopticon attachment at 1. the
same being swung into an upward position in order to show the method
of focusing, which is accomplished by means of the little gear which
meshes into a rake gear in the horizontal rod. the focusing screw being
on top of the casting, or, in other words, on the out-of-si2:ht end of
the shaft carrying the little gear. Two and 21 are the springs which
supply tension to the top sprocket idler, and the intermittent sprocket
idler respectively. Three points to the gears which operates top sprocket,
4 being the top sprocket driving shaft. Five are the gears which operate
the revolving shutter, and it will be noted that the rod driving these
gears is connected at its lower end directly to the cam-wheel, so that
there will be a minimum of lost motion between the intermittent and the
shutter, all of which is good. Six is the lever operating the automatic
fire shutter, the governor of which is mounted on the revolving shutter
shaft which is shown. Just below gear 5 it will be noticed that shaft
4 is square, the reason for this is that, whereas the shaft itself frames
up and down with the carriage, -to which it is attached, the shutter
shaft and its gears do not. By looking at the upper left hand corner
just where line 3 crosses you will see a little black dot, with a similar
one at the right hand corner. You will observe that these dots are made
on lips which fit in the casing of the mechanism. They form the sliding
ways for the carriage. You will also note that the part carrying the
shutter gears and shaft is fastened to the casing so that it does not
frame with the rest of the mechanism. I have tried to point this out
as clearly as may be. so you can see just how the thing works. Seven
is the objective lens focusing screw, also shown at A, Fig. 3. Eight is
the screw for adjusting the tension; 9 is the little glass window in the
square oil well containing the star, geneva and gear at lower end of up-
right driving shaft, all of which run in oil ; 10 is the spring, also shown
in Fig. 3, the purpose of which has already been described ; 11 shows
the upper end of the main driving shaft which runs in the oil well,
the cover of which, 11, has been removed to show the interior; 22 is
the main driving wheel which forms the connection between the motor
and the mechanism ; 1-3 is the continuation of lever X, Fig. 1 ; 14 is
tne lever which regulates the speed by sliding fibre friction wheel
17 in and out on friction disc wheel 16, which latter is ball bearing.
The tension between friction wheel 17 and friction disc wheel 16 is sup-
plied by spring 23. Fifteen is the rear end of the take-up reel spindle
and its gears ; IS-IS are grease cups ; 10 is, of course, the motor, and
20 is one of the lamp house sliding ways, which, as will be seen, are
square in form.
This, it seems to me, ought to be sufficient explanation to enable the
operator to come -to a proper understanding of just how the Baird
machine is put together, and how it operates.
We shall await the final test of the Baird, which time alone can sup-
ply with a great deal of interest, but on the whole the machine looks to
the editor of this department as if it would deliver the goods.
Here Is His Trouble.
Thomas E. Applegate, Knox, Indiana, orders a Handbook and writes:
My employer has just erected a new theater, modern and
up-to-date, with a seating capacity of 500. He has installed a
new motor drive Powers Six A. Now here is my trouble. We
have been having d. c, service at 220 volts ; this is to be
changed to a. c, either 220 or 110. Would it be best for us to
install a motor generator set, changing the current to d. c.
at a lower voltage? What voltage do you think gives the best
results? Which is the best make of motor generator? I
know you are well qualified to give this kind of advice.
Yes. my brother, and If I did that particular thing I would receive
L blessing from one manufacturer, and a carload of red-hot language
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
Baird Projector — Figure 4.
from the rest. I would by all means advise tbe installation of either
a mercury arc rectifier or a motor generator set. You will find two
excellent motor generator sets described on pages ISo to W6 of the
Handbook, and you will also find an excellent mercury arc rectifier
described in detail on pages 171, 172 and 182 inclusive. Each one of
these appliances is very good, but I would advise a motor generator set
of 70 ampere capacity or a mercury arc rectifier of not less than "vi
ampere capacity. You could get along with a motor generator of
50 ampere capacity, but the larger size is cheaper in the long run.
In addition to those described in the Handbook, there is the Wagner
rotary converter, which is a very good device, and the Westingbouse
mercury arc rectifier, which is also very good. So far as the voltage
be concerned, you will find that all dealt with in the Handbook. Direct
current operates at its best at from 4o to 5o volts, averaging about 4S.
The motor generator sets and the mercury arc rectifiers named take
care of that proposition. Xo resistance is required in series with them.
Should you install a straight dynamo driven by motor or engine then
1 would advise that it be 70 volts.
Nothing Doing.
E. J. Giesbrecht. Brooklyn. New York, writes:
I desire to take up moving picture operating for the sole pur-
pose of working evenings to make extra money, relieving opera-
tors desiring to take a night off. Where could I obtain instruc-
tions? I am informed there are a great many fake schools. How
high does the temperature rise in an operating room which is
properly ventilated?
Serve at least a six months' apprenticeship under some competent
operator, and study hard during that time. That is the only right way.
There are already two licensed operators for every job in New York
City, with a waiting list at the examiners of almost one thousand. As
to the temperature, why it rises high enough on the afternoon of a
hot summer day to give the opera tor a wild desire to do September
Morn, so far as clothing be concerned, and one operator recently re-
marked to me after I had stepped into his operating room : "Why, Rich.
if I were to die right now and go down below I would not know the
difference, except for the smell of brimstone."
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD
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Comments on the Films
Licensed
THE SEALED OASIS (Selig), August i"i.— A desert tragedy, written
by Frank Brockway. Guy Oliver is featured in this offering and
Stella jiazeto and A. W. Filson have the principal parts. It is
the story of a mining engineer and his assistant. Tom is engaged to
the engineers daughter. He and the father venture on a prospecting
tour and encounter a sand storm and are separated. The engineer
manages to return home but Tom perishes in the storm. The ending is
quite harrowing.
THE LUCKY RUEE (Lubin). August 25, — A rube and his wife are
peaceably pursuing their agricultural occupation when a crook who is
passing marks them for his victims. He pretends to have lost a ring
in the road. He fails to find it and offers them ifiT^O if the ring is
found. Later, he disguises himself as a tramp, returns and finds the
ring which he sells to the rube for S.'pO. who finds that it is only glass.
Later they discover him while in town and have him arrested, tor
which they receive a reward of .$r> 
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