Motion Picture News (Apr-Jun 1917)

June 16. 1917 Jackie Saunders in Farm Life and Finance Story In •■ Huh the Fixer." the production i.ii uhali Jackie SauiHtcrs is now working lor (iistribmion through Mulual. the star will he seen once more in the midst ot farm life. Half of the scenes picture life on a ram-h and the other hall show the stock exchange, with its frenzy of financial strife. Jackie Saunders is the child of a broker whi liii I.i^i liiv money and takes his famib I" ^1 iMin h ic, start Hfc over again. i'-.ih liilK III ki\f uith Sterling, the owner oi ilie adjoining ranch, and is sent away lo school to break up the affair. Meanwhile, oil thscovered on the ranch brings a fortune to Bab's family but separates Mr. and Mrs. Porter. Bab starts Ml 111 tlx I \ rr\ 1lLill^; np, :iii<l iImi.-^ so to the ■ -I iiniMi,^ li,, i„tlui l,.i,k lo health, ''l.tlinv.' ,1 1 iv,,ni ili.itinn IuU\..lii her father ami iiKiilui .111(1 yetting her own way in rc^iinl In Sh rlintr. Suppuniiitj J.u kie Saunders arc Arthur Shirley, Leslie T. Peacocke, MoIIie McConnell. Ruth Lackaye aird R. Henry Grey. Herz Has Laughable Part in Selig Issued June 4 -A. Selig C(tinedy-driim;i wiili R^ilph Herz. "The Mystery nf Xiunb.T 47" is annoiitu-ed for ri'lriisi. Jim, -j |,y K-i-'-S-E. T. Stui-er rioustMii u,i, ih, ,uiil„„ 111 siipp>.rt of Mr. Ilerx .ipiK,,,-. Xrllu Harllev, l-oiiizeta \';ilLntiiii', \-A^Ar Miii-r:(\'. |r., J.une Fiiltoii, Fnrl i-,Mi.ii-i. i-.,,m,ii VVr^^iiMin and Lloyd Sedyuuk. (.Jti V>. Thaver directed. The story has to do with an elderly .:eiitlem;iii wli.i colK'Cts eliiii:i an<| vmIun "I ill' mliKPi poets of Ilu' ■ h 1 III li r, linn-}, Willi., lit any eaiisc w li.ii -n, \ i r mi bis part. Fate MiattlKv ilu i.:einK iii.n: out ol ohscnrity, ami In is (U -criled in the ^■.^s;lti^n;iI pnv of tun contiiieiits as a da-lardl> miinlenr. (,reat rewards are "tVii i'l lor liis apprelii ii-ioii. Kilt Ilu; Llderh . oli.-.iMi of china aceonv [lii-lie ^.:o(h1 ill hi in: • inil uiie for lie i tii■^irnmeiital in )hiiii-1)iii^ iIk Misbop of RedInni, ami joimnij il„ Ik,,,! and hands of l.-rd Fr.im is i '1 liM.imon-, nl" the l-I,,r-e 'n;ariF lillU' ami |-.v a W lUoii. lady's hoilM.niaid— she was no lioiisemaid at all! In "Girl, Glory," Margery Bennett Makes Debut Margery Bennett, ihe }onn!:;er sister o( Enid Bennett, pl.sys an iniiiortaiit part in her sister's late-^l screen snccess. •■ The Girl, Glory." by C Gardner Sullivan, in which Enid is presented by Thomas H. I nee. Margerj' has only been in this countrjfor a few months, having left her home in Australia to join her sister in screen work, and this is her first prominent part since joining the luce force.s. .A,> chum of Glory Wharton, the granddaughter of a Civil War veteran, she is said to display marked aptitude in her rendition of the quaint characterization, which is enhanced by her appealing childishness. M O T I O N P I C T U R E N E W S ^7^9 Ethel Barrymore Presented in Patriotic Play -The Greale^i Power^ Released by Meiro June 18. Ain.oiuued as a Dramatic Story of Diplomatic Intrigue Strong Cast ]Vy| ETRO Pictures Corporation will re iVl lease June 18 "The Greatest Power." a war-iimc photoplay of patriotism, with Ethel Barrymore as star. B. A. Rolfc presents this five-act feature production, which has been directed "by Edwin Carewe from the original story of Louis R. Wolhcim and adapted for the screen by Albert Shelby Le Vino. Lombiiicd with an attractive love-slory. " The Greatest Power," traces the progress of the nation's history, and recoimts great and noble deeds done b\' patriots,' both men and women. It breathes the spirit of service to the nation. The gun crew of the First Battery Field Artillery, of the X'ew York N'ational Guard. Colonel Merritt Smith, commanding, assisted in the product iciii (,i' s, cm s in \\ hicb an entire villai:. «... lip b\ sh.II-fire piirp..., Ml iln puim,. Tlu. \ill ere.-loi In I idmual Dir.. lor I", ttr and bis eorps ol asslsi.nns In "The Grealesl Powei." Miriam Monroe and John Conrad are luo \oiint; seieii llie Slml tific workers who have, independcnity of each other, developed a chemical product called exonite. Miriam has discovered it while searching for a cure for cancer, hut Conrad uses it as the basis of a high explosive. When he points out to her that its use wotdd luing about world-peace, since all nations would be afraid to have so strong a <lestructive agent ttirnetl against them, she works with him to perfect the formida. Miriam's father, the head of a great eoi> poration, receives inside information that the country is threatened with war. He calls together his partner and Albert Bernard, the head of his foreign departiuent, lo consider Conrad's explosive ft)r the U-se of the government. A test of it is made, and it is found that a little of the powder inserted into one shell i> snfiicieul to blow up an tiuire village. Bernard is rt^ally a spy for ihe enemy nation, and he encotu-ages Conrad lo perfect his formula, hoping to secure it for his own K"ve rnment, With sneli a start to the plot to base the action on, ilie thrills lhal come after can easily t)e imagined. Conrad is finally saved by Miriam and persuaded that Ins greatest duty is to the nation. William B. Davidson, Harry S. Northrnp. Cecil Owen. Frank*Currier and Fred Tniesdell are pi-oininenl in the cast. Tl»e Clodhopper," Comedy Drama, for Charles Ray Charles Ray. the luce-Triangle ^Uiv. will .ikr lli Ilu ing hi I appearance, suice signt with Thomas H. Ince, in ;i 1\ ill. una by Monte M. Katter john, entitled " Tlie Clodhopper." This is the stt)r>' of a country lad, whose feet, used to plowed fields, carry him to Broadway an<l rielies, and back again to save those who understood him all too little. Margery Wilson is leading lady to Ray. Charles K. French, Lydia Knott and Thomas Guise also have important roles. \'ictor Scherlzinger is the director. To Shortly Announce Plan ol' " Christus " Distribution .■\iulieuces of the highest order, includiuK many church dignitaries, are vievvins " Christus," which is now in its sixth week at the Criterion theatre, New York. TIicgcnera! verdict accorded is that the picture is clean, and entertains and educates. There is reported great demand on the part of out-of-town e.\hibitor.s for this picture. The distribution plans will shortly bc annoimced. Mrs. Vemon Castle as She Appears in Her Pirst Paihe-Gold Rooster Play, " Sylvia of the Secret Service "' Ganmont Cameraman to War For some time Gaumont's "Reel Life" and Mulual Weekly have been represented in San Francisco by Bert Moisant, but it has been necessary to return Eugene W. Castle to that city from his new post at Los Angeles, because Mr.* Moisant has enlisted for the war in the Eighth Engineers Corps. U. S. Army.