Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

January 12, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 71 Use Magnificent Estate in Picture Makers of World-Brady Production "Gates of Gladness" Have Elaborate Backgrounds for Scenes Taken on Gould Grounds MANY of the scenes of "Gates of Gladness," a new World-Picture BradyMade for publication at the end of January, were photographed upon the superb estate of George Gould. The Gould place, probably the most magnificent in the north, if not the entire country, is named Georgian Court, and its most picturesque beauties are backgrounds for the stirring episodes of this play. Mrs. Gould took a lively interest in the making of the picture, and her beautiful young daughter, Gloria, struck up quite a friendship with little Madge Evans, "the World's kiddie star," who plays the heroine of "Gates of Gladness." In fact, little Madge was invited to return at no distant date to act with Miss Gloria in a private motion picture to be shown only to guests of the Goulds. The story of the new World-Picture coils around two brothers who are both in love with the same girl. The younger brother marries the girl and is disowned by the father, who afterward dies leaving his fortune to the elder son. The younger has a hard time of it trying to earn a living as an artist, but his little daughter, played by Madge Evans, ultimately brings the estranged brothers together, although she is shot and very nearly killed in the process. It was for the home of the rich brother that the Gould estate was utilized. One of the "shots" takes in a bird's-eye view of the most ornamental section of the grounds. Another situation represents moonlight in a grove of tall, slender trees, with a midnight marauder threading his way among the trunks as he stealthily approaches the mansion to "break in and steal." Featured with little Miss Evans in this screen play will be George MacQuarrie, who has played many roles in World-Pictures. Also in the cast are Gerda Holmes, Mrs. Stuart Robson, Baby Joan, Niles Welch and Rosina Henley, the last mentioned a daughter of the late E. J. Henley, an actor of positive genius, and Helen Bertram, one of the most beautiful and gifted prima donnas who ever graced the lyric stage in America. "Gates of Gladness" was staged by Harley Knoles. Earle Williams Party Reach Coast Earle Williams and his company of Vitagraph players arrived in Los Angeles Christmas morning and were met at the station by all the western Vitagraphers who could absent themselves from the Hollywood studio. All enjoyed a Christmas dinner in the Alexandria Hotel. In Mr. Williams' party were Grace Darmond, who will be his leading woman ; Hedda Nova, the beautiful young Russian actress, and Frank Glendon, who will be featured together in Vitagraph's forthcoming serial, "The Woman in the Web" ; Tom Mills, director ; Frank Heath, assistant director ; Fred Held, cameraman, and Mrs. Darmond. The receiving party included W. S. Smith, studio manager; Dave Smith, director, both brothers of Albert E. Smith, president of Vitagraph ; William Duncan, and Carol Holloway, stars in the Wolfville pictures, "Dead Shot Baker" and "The Tenderfoot," and the two big serials, "The Fighting Trail" and "Vengeance — and the Woman," Nell Shipman and Alfred Whitman, Lawrence Semon, director-comedian, and Earl Montgomery and Joe Rock, working in the Big V Comedies, and others. Charles Kenyon Joins Fox Forces Charles Kenyon, the well-known playwright, whose successful works have appeared on Broadway, New York, and throughout the country, has joined the William Fox forces as scenario writer in the western studios at Los Angeles. Among the plays Mr. Kenyon has written arc "Kindling," which appeared at Daly's Theater, New York, in 1912, and "Husband and Wife," one of the productions that gave the Forty-Eighth Street Theater in New York its reputation for successes. He also wrote "The Operator" and "Batting Bill," the. latter play, which is widely known, beginning its career in San Francisco in 1914. With Frank Dare he wrote "The Claim," which ran at the Fulton Theater in New York. He is a native of California and studied at the University of California and at Leland Stanford Jr. University. For a time he was a newspaper man in San Francisco, in which city he was born. Mr. Kenyon's first work with the Fox Film Corporation was the writing of the scenario for George Scarborough's story, "Cupid's Round Up," which Tom Mix is using as his first starring vehicle. He i§ now engaged in writing the scenario for a new work in which Gladys Brockwell will be the star. New Projection Process W. W. Hodkinson has announced a new process of film projection which uses the standard film and makes a picture which is as high as the present width and twice as wide as the present height of the screen. The film runs sideways through the projector instead of up and down and two frames are used for each picture. Little Madge Evans is the star in the World picture-Brady made, "Gates of Gladness." Many of the scenes of this production were taken on the estate of George Gould, the magnificent Georgian Court.