Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1916)

3462 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 14. No. 22 JUST TO MAKE TALK By LONGACRE MAVERICK TERRELL, one of the men responsible for some of the wild gyrations of Charlie Chaplin, will be remembered as having led this page off once before. This time the news to be imparted isn't half as funny as Terrell's biography. Maverick has been married to Rachael E. Marshall. It happened on October 26, and there may be more to be told, but we don't know it. Where is the man of yesteryear? Who to his listeners poured Tales of woe and a trembling fear That folks would quit Mary Pickford. the limit, but not flattering with respect to his skill as a hunter. Perhaps he is under the same ban with the fellow who said George Cohan would never enter pictures. Director Paul Powell has been playing the gentle game of " Follow My Leader " with Douglas Fairbanks, and would still be doing it perhaps but a tree got in his way. It all came about from a bet made by Paul that he could emulate any of the agile comedian's tricks. All went well until Doug jumped from a hill to a tree and swung to the ground via a branch. Paul was game and started the trick but he never got further than the tree. He attempted to catch a limb but instead all the limbs caught his limbs and Paul is now spending his time limbering up. Gloria Payton wrote all the way from California, scoring this paper for calling her a character actress of twenty-seven summers. Our apologies for the mistake and for that which follows are offered : An ingenue of seventeen Upon the News doth vent her spleen, For adding ten long years To her's. And jibes and jeers Because she says we meant it. And so we take this bit of space To clamber back into her grace. "Mistakes are bound to happen, see? But seventeen you'll always be With us. Miss Payton." David Horsley has been shocking the Los Angeles natives by traveling about on an autoped which he purchased in New York with the idea of giving to his son. Young Horsley is wondering when his turn will come. The numerous stories that have appeared in various magazines since the opening of the quail season in California to the effect that Bud Duncan, of Ham comedies, caught the limit of quail the first day of shooting has been verified. Duncan did not kill a bird but found one that someone else had shot and failed to locate. All of the miniature comedian's friends agree with him that his success for the day was F. Xavier Bushman and Helen Holmes have allowed us to proceed unmolested even after those reprinted English interviews ; so here's another on Grace Cunard : "When were you born?" " In the years of Grace — no matter." " You were born in Paris — how did you come over?" " Cunard line." "How are you feeling?" " Like a square Peg in a round Ring." " What form of photoplay do you prefer? " " To be continued in our next." Reggie Morris, the Keystoner, is bemoaning the fact that his director insists on his kissing Cecile Anderson for the camera, despite the fact that he is married. A discussion of this question might comprise a chapter in " Trials and Tribulations of a Motion Picture Actor." A drug clerk in a Los Angeles store recently refused to sell Fannie Ward alcohol because he thought her under eighteen years of age. It is said the smile that Miss Ward bestowed upon the clerk is still imprinted on his feverish brain. Leslie T. Peacocke recently produced seven of his own comedies at Universal City in two weeks' time and by so doing has hung up a new record. The original part about this item is that the pictures are good. Henry Cole, Vice-President of Bronx Local No. 2, M. P. E. L. of A., introduced all the stars at the reecnt ball given by this organization. Henry's string of trained adjectives never came to its end the whole evening and as a result he is receiving attractive offers from a dozen odd producers to act as press agent. " Somewhere in Moran " is the title of a comedy being enacted by Lee Moran of the Universal-Nestor forces. Lee plays the role of the raging battlefield on which two armies each coftsisting of tw^enty-one hundred million combatants do terrific battle. And J. C. Jessen goes on to explain that Lee has the grippe and seven hundred million fresh germs are injected into the battlefield each day. Jasper, the diving horse of the Keystone studio, wants to know how he can see himself in a forthcoming comedy for which he did a thriller. Will some kind exhibitor arrange for an equine matinee? Harry Ginsburg, who is planning a sales contest for Mutt and Jeff films, has appointed us a judge. Ford auto suggestions are to be the prizes. Don't say we never warned you. William H. Kemble has bought Al Christie's comedies for BrookhTi, New York. All the News That Fits, We|Print Longacre Square, N. Y., December 2, 1916 EDITORIAL Will some kind director please bury forever the-pistol-in-the-desk-drawer. It's really getting painful to see — say a broker who has just lost his all in the market stagger into his office or his den, open the drawer and extract a pistol therefrom without even looking to see where it is. If a director who thus exposed his lack of originality went to see his own picture shown to the public, he would speedily reform, for his mortification would be overwhelming as he staggered from the theatre, derisive laughter ruining the dramatic effect of his scene. Just for the fun of it, the other day we slowly opened our own desk drawer and groped for the pistol. We almost ruined one perfectly good hand on a pair of scissors. Not contented we thought we'd try again when the boss was out, and that time tackled his desk drawer. But instead of a pistol w-e came upon a cigar — which may still be there for all we know. Pretty soon we're going to take a canvass, a sort of straw vote as it were, and find out how many business men have made all arrangements for easy suicide. LOCAL NEWS — Geo. F. Worts and Steve Talbot have come to work for the M. P. News. — Herb. Brenon's show, " War Brides," stairine Al Nazimova, has opened up nere, many Pronouncing it the best thing Herb has done. Wait till the next say we. — Rumor has it that Fritz Tidden is going to swap his flivver for a white taxi. — Tom Kennedy has that new suit at last. — B. Fineman put a swell story through on Miss M. Milne last week. — As we caper to press rumor has it that the Screen Club ball will be a great success. — When interviewed by ye ed. Paul Gulick inferred he had nothing to say. — Geo. Terwilliger's 1st picture for Geo. Wiley is coming along fine says Geo., last week many scenes having been taken in 1 of N. Y.'s biggest and best taverns. — L. T. Rogers has gone in bus. for himself. — Chas. Christie is jumping about between N. York, Pnila. and Boston, he gettings things fixed up for the marketing of Al's comedies. Chas. reports good bus. — Jim Stiles is up and doin^, getting things in snape for his first picture which promises to be big from all that Jim says about it. — Frank Crane has started work for Herb Blache.