Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

February 16, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 309 Tucker Designs Striking Sub-Title Leader Requiring Fifty Feet in "Beloved Traitor" Pictures Psychologically Subtle Forces Arrayed Against Hero GEORGE LOANE TUCKER'S flair for unusual effects finds play in a strikingly unusual sub-title he has devised for Mae Marsh's new Goldwyn picture, "The Beloved Traitor," made from the novel of that name by Frank L. Packard. The leader, which might be described as a moving, story-telling caption, is intended to picture psychologically the subtle forces at work in undermining the life of the hero, first a young fisherman with an undeveloped talent for sculptor and then a successful artist in the city, facing all the distractions of a gay life. As the preceding scene is irised out there appears in the upper left hand corner of the screen a sub-title reading, "Two years — and money and influence — make many changes." At the same moment a soft iris opens at the upper right hand corner, circling in on an old derby hat, which changes into a silk hat as the iris is held just large enough to encompass it. Below this another soft iris immediately opens showing the rough left hand of a fisherman holding a string of fish, which fades into a gloved hand and a fashionable cane. Finally an iris at the bottom circles on rubber boots, which disappear and leave a silk-socked foot which slides into a pump held by a valet's hand. Each previous object fades out slowly as the next comes in below, the last dissolving into a completely new title, reading, "Mud dolls may change to marble," in the upper right hand corner, and a mud figure typifying the sculptor's work in the crude elements of his birthplace becomes a marble head of Mae Marsh, the heroine. As the head fades out these lines are added to the title, "But even a millionaire cannot safely strip away the rough, protecting husk given by Life to lives that need it." At the same moment there is faded into the lower right of the picture a receipt for studio rent made out to the hero's benefactor, one Bliss, then across it slantwise Bliss's check for tuition in a school of art for his protege, Judd Minot. As the check and the rent receipt fade out there fades in a page torn from a catalogue of an art exhibition with this at the top: MINOT, Judd 14. Nor-wester 15. Sea Urchin This is followed by a clipped review lying across the page, headed : ART AND ARTISTS New Salon is Notable for Minot's Sea Figures An unsteady hand holding a half-filled wine glass is thrust across the papers and an ugly blot of wine is spilled over Minot's name. There the leader ends. All of this requires about fifty feet of film. To photograph it was a task of four hours for a director and his assistant, a cameraman and his assistant and four supernumerary actors. which unfolded a vein of extraordinary comedy which has been used as the basis of the new story. Joseph Kaufman, who directed Elsie Ferguson in "The Song of Songs," will have charge of the production. New Billie Burke Picture Miss Billie Burke's ' next Paramount picture will be a comedy satire on incompatibility, entitled "Let's Get a Divorce." Additional interest is given the photoplay by reason of the fact that the story was written by Anita Loos and John Emerson expressly for Miss Burke. Miss Loos and Mr. Emerson were interested spectators during the filming of the noted star's last picture, "Eve's Daughter," which has just been completed and Praise Enid Markey's Acting Metropolitan reviewers praise the work of Enid Markey in "Cheating the Public," the William Fox cinemelodrama which has just finished its run at the Lyric Theater in New York and now is being shown throughout the country. The New York Tribune says "Mary Garvin, a factory girl, is wonderfully well played by Enid Markey. So realistic were her scenes when she faced death in the electric chair she made even the most hardened fans uncomfortable." Stirring scene from divorc