Motography (Jul-Sep 1916)

778 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XVI, No. 14. keen interest in the picture during its making, and who are interested especially in those conditions considered in the picture. "Charity?" will be released on a state rights basis. PICKFORD FILM IN OCTOBER Artcraft Pictures Corporation Announces "Less Than the Dust" for Release Early in October — Many Bookings for Mary's First Film The Artcraft Pictures Corporation has named October for the release of the first Mary Pickford production, "Less Than the Dust." The final scenes of this Her Majesty, Mary I, of Filmland production are now being taken and the work of cutting and assembling will begin at once, and then a preliminary shipment of eighty prints will be made to the sixteen exchanges in the United States and Canada. A complete replica of a city of modern India was erected on Long I ■-land for the filming of the big scenes. Miss I 'irk ford Feels that Rahda in "Less Than the Dust" will prove her most popular characterization up to the present time, as the portraying of the heroine s her a splendid chance to show her versatility. I In scenes with the children of the Indian city give the In tie star an opportunity to show all her charming and adorable traits that have built up her large follow • The Artcrafl Pictures Corporation lias now invaded Canada, ami the \rtcraf1 Pictures Corporation, Ltd.. has been rj especially to handle the new Mary Pickford productions throughout the Dominion. I in man. i' e he various branch offices in the State have .d •■ b< hosen as follows: San Kran . i . M. Simmon ormerly with Mutual; Denver, T. Y. Henry; Seattle. II . G. Rosenbaum, formerly with Triangle ; Chicago, Max Goldstein ; Minneapolis, Ben E. Drum, formerly with V. L. S. E. Walter E. Greene, president of the Artcraft Pictures Corporation, reports the closing of an unusually large number of contracts for bookings of the Mary Pickford productions in the more prominent theaters of the country. Charles S. Goetz, assistant manager of the New York exchange, spent all last week in western New York closing bookings on the mass of applications from that section. MICHELENA FILM FOR OCTOBER California Motion Picture Corporation to Distribute "The Woman Who Dared" on the State Rights Plan — Beatriz Michelena in New Feature The California Motion Picture Corporation announces that "The Woman Who Dared," with Beatriz Michelena in the leading role, has been completed and will be distributed on state rights plan for October release. An extensive line of advertising helps has been prepared for the picture and is now ready for delivery. The sales department of the "California" organization says the number of inquiries received concerning this picture would indicate that the independent buyers are alive to the new opportunities offered by the open market. The number of requests for quotations on "The Woman Who Dared" has prompted their decision to begin an immediate assignment of territories for that feature. The California Company also announces another Michelena production entitled "The Passion Flower," written by Captain Leslie Peacocke, which is nearing completion, and will be released for a November date. This is a seven part feature, and listed in the supporting cast are Andrew Robson, William Pike, Albert Morrison and Irene Outtrim. "The Passion Flower" is a story of the big out-ofdoors and utilizes a section of northern California's redwood scenery never before touched by the camera. "Birth of a Nation" in Chicago Chicago is again to see "The Birth of a Nation." That immortal of the screen is to re-open at the Colonial on September 25, for a four weeks' run. Dollar prices will be charged. The decision of the management to re-run the "old" Griffith masterpiece will of necessity postpone the opening in Chicago of his new "sun play of the ages," "Intolerance," which is now magnetizing crowds in New York. The big spectacle was scheduled tentatively to open at the Colonial on October 2, but Jones, Linick and Schaefer now expect to open its run about four weeks later, following "The Birth of a Nation." W-C-T-U Endorses Film The W. C. T. U. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has endorsed Thomas H. Ince's "Civilization." At a regular meeting of the club held last week, a resolution was passed highly commending "Civilization." Jack Warren Kerrigan will go into vaudeville upon the expiration of his present contract with the Universal.