Motion Picture News (Oct 1915)

90 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 12. No. 15. CLASSIFIED CUMSTICKUM An odorless powder paste that Is clean; handy; Terrain proof; usable In opsn or closed container, and just the thine for theatre and road managers, and agents. Quart package size, 25 cents; fire packages, $1, postpaid. Madigan Powder Works, Clarksville, Iowa. FOR SALE Model B Ernaman Motion Picture Camera with extra lenses and tripod, practically new. Cost $476.00. will sell for $400.00 cash. Address U. M. C., c/o Motion Picture News, Chicago. WANTED A picture show in a town of five to eight thousand. No scalpers need answer. Must show results. Address L. M., c/o Motion Picture News. A number of Darbe.v him cabinets, single and double, for sale, very cheap. Also a steel portable operating booth. Exclusive Features, Inc., 71 West 23d St., New York. WHERE TO BUY COSTUMES Miller-Costumier, 236 South 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa. PRINTING, DEVELOPING Centaur Film Co., 670-682 Ave. E, Bayonne, N. J. Industrial Moving Picture Co., 223-233 W. Erie St., Chicago. PICTURE MACHINES & SUPPLIES Calehuff Supply Co., 1301 Race St., Philadelphia. Sweeley’s Photo Supply House, 514 Erie Ave., Renova, Pa. REWINDERS Williams, Brown & Earle, Inc., 913 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. TICKETS Rees Ticket Co., 400 S. 10th St., Omaha, Neb. UNIFORMS Kechheimer Bros. (Union-made), Cincinnati. Ohio. FILM POSTERS Over 5000 Subjects in 1-3-6 Sheets. List and prices on application. A. L. JENSEN 110 4th Ave. N. Y. City WANTED Studio space, including scenery, lights and props. Write full particulars as to price per day and per week. Room 300, 51 E. 42nd St., New York City. Information with regard to Cinema business in Europe given free of charge. G. KACZKA, 32 Rue de Moscou, Paris “LANDING THE HOSE REEL” (Selig — Three Reels) REVIEWED BY WILLIAM C. ESTY, 2ND RURAL comedy has so long been practically synonomous with vulgarity or mediocrity that exhibitors will be pleasantly surprised when they see this first installment of a new “rube” series, entitled “Chronicles of Bloom Center.” Twelve other comedies, each in two reel are scheduled to follow this initial release. While the essential point in these pictures is, of course, the humorous element, yet there is much of the pathos and appealing side of country life interwoven as well. Everybody who has ever lived in a small town will recognize the types portrayed — burlesqued, of course, but retaining all their realism. THE TOWN WITS AT WORK The slap-stick element is not entirely eliminated from these pictures, but the use of the swift kick and Willard uppercut, as potent anaesthetics, is fortunately limited. Some of the “business” is musty, while a surprising amount of it is refreshingly new. This episode in the series shows the efforts of a small town to raise money for some fire-fighting apparatus, and they try everything from soliciting a contribution from former inhabitants, to levying a tax on whiskers. When the local barber-shop eliminates this last plan, a millionaire finally contributes the necessary funds. The consistently good cast consists of Irene Wallace, Sidney Smith, Ralph McComas, William Hutchinson, Lyllian Leighton, Lee Morris, John Lancaster, George Hernandez, Elsie Greeson and Miss Mattox. Marshall Neilan was the director, and the authors are Maibelle Justice and William L. Wright. JOSEPHINE EARLE, MEMBER OF VITAGRAPH STOCK, TO PLAY IN “GONE TO THE DOGS” Josephine Earle, an actress of considerable stage experience, who recently entered the field of motion pictures, has been appointed a member of the Vitagraph Stock company. Miss Earle, immediately upon her appointment to membership in stock, was dispatched to Lake Placid, New York, to play an important part in “Gone to the Dogs,” a two-part Vitagraph feature being produced under the direction of Harry Handworth. Miss Earle will be seen as a vampire, who through a gradual reformation is finally transformed into a lovable, homeloving woman. MOTION PICTURE SUPPLIES Write For Catalog ERKER S 608 Olive ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND COMPANY WILL MAKE WEIRD FEATURES ROBERT McLAUGHLIN has resigned as manager of the Colonial theatre, Cleveland, to become identified with the Black Cat Film Corporation. Others in this company are Paul C. Mooney, manager of the Cleveland office of the Fox Film Corporation, and Guy G. Marson, formerly of Cleveland and now with the Thalia Film Company, of Chicago. The Black Cat Film company will specialize in weird pictures. Mr. McLaughlin is writing the scenario for the first production, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” adapted from Edgar Allan Poe. Better Satisfaction This notice is addressed to the minority of our subscribers who do not regularly answer advertisements. The service described is, however, open and free to all who wish our help. We do not wish to discourage you from writing direct to our advertisers; in fact, you do not do enough of it for your own good, but we do want you to get the proper goods to fit your needs. There are many, perhaps you, who are too busy to write each company separately; therefore we are offering our co-operation, which means that you will receive full information on any subject which you may designate by merely filling out the coupon, designating by numbers the goods in which you are interested. Your inquiries thus received will be forwarded to reputable manufacturers, even though the goods on which you wish information are not advertised in the “News.” 1. 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