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COPYRIGHT, LUBIN CO.
Rose Coghlan in “The Sporting Duchess”
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, the most famous show place in the country, has been turned into the largest motion-picture theater in the world.
The management picked a winner to open with, in “The Sporting Duchess, ” with Rose Coghlan posing in the title role.
Miss Coghlan opened the old Wallack Theater thirty years ago, playing Lady Teazle in “The School for Scandal.’’ She will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of her stage debut in October and looks upon her advent into the motion picture world as one of the most interesting events of her long career.
“I opened the Wallack Theater and I closed it,” she said, in a recent interview for Film Fun, “and I considered both events momentous; but when I looked forward to opening Madison Square Garden Picture Theater to twelve thousand picture fans, it meant a good deal to me. You know, Madison Square Garden has always been the home of the better class of sporting events, and the choice of film plays seemed a fitting one for this new venture.
“I had the time of my life rehearsing for the picture play. To tell the truth, I tackled some stunts that might have stag¬ gered younger people than I am, and when they suggested that I just sit on a horse and have a picture taken instead of trying to ride, I informed them that I was just as good a rider as anybody.
“Between you and me, I hadn’t been on a horse in twentyfive years; but I was going to convince Mr. O’Neil, our di¬ rector, that I was a finished rider. And so I was. I was in the
saddle that day from nine in the morning until five in the after¬ noon. Both the horse and myself took a couple of hours off at noon, and I imagine the horse needed the rest as badly as I did. I went straight to bed at six o’clock that afternoon, and when I limped into the studio the next morning, they informed me that the ballroom scene was on, and I was expected to dance gayly all morning. Do you know, I felt rather sorry for poor Rose Coghlan that morning.”
Ethel Clayton, as Muriel, plays in “The Sporting Duchess”' with Miss Coghlan.
Luxury of the Movies
The motion-picture theater is the most popular and most profitable place of entertainment we have to-day. California is the first State to make a thorough investigation of the attend¬ ance at this and other places of amusement. Its recreation inquiry committee reports that in 1914 there were 19,436,583 admissions to motion-picture theaters. This means that every man, woman and child in the State was able to go eight times during the year. In those States which have larger city popu¬ lations than California, the number of movie patrons is even greater. Here is where the nicke'ls and the dimes of the poor go. What might constitute the weekly savings of many a poor family is eaten up by the movies. When to this is added other small amounts spent at the candy and tobacco stores or at the saloon, it is not surprising that so many families never rise above a hand-to-mouth existence. The support of motionpicture theaters is the biggest item in the amusement world. In poor families the movie often becomes the biggest extrava¬ gance. — Leslie's.