Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1914)

46 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Show Submarine Films at Smithsonian Prominent Scientists and Educators Witness Views Taken with the Williamson Brothers' Invention — Shark Killed in One Picture to look at. but to see that they buy their ticket from a smiling, attentive cashier, that it is taken from them by a door-man who is awake and good natured, and that they are escorted to their seats by a well bred, neatly uniformed usher. "Personally, I do not think that the exhibitors have kept up with the producers, and I think that it is up to all of us to wake up and get busy for the benefit of the industry. NEW BOOK OUT ON SCENARIO WRITING "The Motion Picture Story" is the title of the latest work from the pen of William Lord Wright, formerly of The Motion Picture News staff, now editor of the Photoplaywright Department of the Dramatic Mirror. The book is valuable to beginners and also others interested in photoplay authorship, and it covers the ground thoroughly. jModel scenarios from three of the best writers are reproduced and the text is written in such a manner that the contents are both entertaining and instructive. The book consists of over 200 pages, is attractively bound in red cloth and gilt. Price $1.80 postpaid. The Cloud Publishing Company, Chicago, 111. The drying-room at the Hollywood laboratory has also been enlarged and a new eleven-foot drying drum installed. FIRST FULLER UNIVERSAL FILM Mary Fuller's enactment of the lead in "The Heart of the Night Wind" will be her first picture with the Universal Film Company. Accompanied by her director, Walter Edwin, together with Charles Ogle, Ed Mortimer and an enlarged company. Miss Fuller left New York recently for Shohola, Pike County, Pa., where, amid some of the most beautiful settings in America, this play and several others, including "Hearts o' the Hills" by Hal Reid, will be produced. "The Heart of the Night Wind," in three reels, is from the book by Vingie L E. Roe and was adapted to picture form by Captain Leslie T. Peacocke, of the Universal scenario department. BRADY NOVELS FOR VITAGRAPH The Vitagraph Company has some big things in preparation. It has purchased from the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, LL.D., the picture rights of five of his best-known novels. These are "The Island of Regeneration," "Hearts in the Highway," "The Sword Hand of Napoleon," "Britton of the Seventh" and "The Little Angel of Canyon Creek." Special to The Motion Picture News Washington, D. C, July 23. BEFORE a record-breaking attendance at the auditorium of the U. S. National Museum, the first public exhibition of submarine motion pictures secured by the use of the Williamson tube recently occurred in the nation's capital. The invitations were issued by the Smithsonian Institution and the guests represented scientists and educators of the National Government and local societies, officials, and those interested in the progress that this country is making in all lines. All enjoyed the exposition of this latest method of knowing just what is happening under the sea, and many expressed surprise at the picture. There were frequent demonstrations of admiration. The views were excellently supplemented by an address by Dr. F. N. Glover, who assisted much in giving the audience a better understanding of the working of the Williamson invention, the difficulties that were overcome, the persons entering the screen and native life in the Bahama Islands. His personal touches of the Williamson brothers offered an interesting sidelight on the undaunted spirit and filial devotion of these two inventors. The construction of the tube de Special to The Motion Picture News Pasadena, Cal., July 21. A brick motion picture theatre will be erected at 340 East Colorado street by Frank Dale, and will be let to H. H. Hinds, at a price of $26,000. This does not include the ornamental front, plumbing, heating, painting or decorative work. The entire cost will be far in excess of this sum. The theatre will have an artistic terracotta front. Everything about the house will be in accordance with the very latest in construction. One especially good feature will be the ventilating, heating and cooling system. Air will be taken through a large shaft extending from the roof to the basement, where it will be "washed" and heated in cold weather and vice versa in hot weather. About 200 individual ventilators will be provided under the seats in different parts of the house, and there also will be a large ventilator in each corner of the auditorium. Air will be changed every twelve minutes. Nine hundred opera chairs, none less than twenty inches wide, will be lighted the mechanical minds, and the views of actual life in the sea pleased the scientist. The harbor men and steamship ofificials saw uses for this tube in the locating of wreckage and for the security and safety of piles and wharves. Obstructions of rocks and reefs may also be known and avoided by vessels. The student and investigator of marine life, of coral and aquatic plants realized in this device a boon to their studies that had been problematical in the past. Even to the casual observer the motion pictures offered wonderful entertainment. Perhaps the most wonderful views were those of the sharks, especially the knifing of one of the man-eaters by George Williamson and later the death of the shark. That these pictures were taken from twenty to 100 feet below the surface was hardly realized by the audience. These films were shown through the courtesy of the Submarine Film Corporation, and from the large numbers who were disappointed in not seeing this demonstration on account of the limited number of invitations and the capacity of the auditorium, there is ample opportunity for another enthusiastic reception with a return engagement. Theodore Franklin. placed in the auditorium. As a rule, motion picture theatres have seats only seventeen or eighteen inches wide. Interior decorations and finish will be in ivory, green and gold. The entrance will be in J\Iexican onyx. Another pleasing feature will be the rest-rooms, done in tile and mirrors. Mr. Dale has not decided whether to lease the theatre or to put in a manager. The theatre will be named "The Strand." TO FILM TENNESSEE FOR PANAMA EXPOSITION Chattanooga, Tenn., July 21. Charles C. Randolph, representative of the National Film Company, was in Chattanooga this week, conferring with Ross S. Faxon, chairman of the Tennessee Exposition Committee, regarding the showing of motion pictures, depicting the industries and wonderful scenic and historical points of this city at the Panama Exposition. Ten thousand feet of film of industries and scenic points in Tennessee will be made by the company, which Mr. Randolph represents. Handsome Theatre for Pasadena New House in California City will Seat 900 and Cost $26,000 — Individual Ventilators Under Seats— Rest Rooms a Feature