Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

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360 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 8 Scenes from Enid Bennett's first Thomas H. Ince production for Paramount, "The Keys of the Righteous." Dare Death to Film "Heart of Sunset" Rex Beach Players Bridge the Hazards of Revolution, However, and Return Safely to U. S. WHEN THE REX BEACH PICTURES COMPANY sets out to picturize one of the author's novels there is never any question about "locations." If the scenario calls for New York City, as in "The Auction Block," New York City it is, not a West coast studio representation of famous New York places; or if the script prescribes Mexico, as in "Heart of the Sunset," players and technical staff are whisked off to Mexico. All of which is preliminary to saying that members of the "Heart of the Sunset" company have just come back from nearly three months of wild adventure in Southwestern Texas and Northern Mexico filled to the point of volubility with interesting anecdotes and experiences involving actual contact with conditions as they are pictured in the Beach novel. Despite ofticial warning that they were making the excursions at their own risk, Director Frank Powell and his players made frequent journeys into Piedras Negras and vicinity for important scenes. Rebel snipers, Mr. Powell was told, were taking particular delight in watching for the advent of Gringoes and potting them when they were least expecting it. He was informed by Mexican federal officers that Americans who crossed the Rio Grande at this unfriendly stage of Villa feeling stood about a 5050 chance of returning. On several occasions the players were granted the honor of escort by a Federal bodyguard and were edified by the repeatedly expressed and earnest wish, couched in something sounding like English, that a few Villistas would turn up and afford the government troops a little target practice. Director Powell at first affected to believe that this was mostly talk, but became persuaded one afternoon at the sight of a small band of Carranzistas in hot pursuit of a ragged but well armed flock of rebel soldiers, that there might really be some shooting that would make it uncomfortable, not to say dangerous, for visitors. Whereupon he decided he would keep as closely as possible to his own side of the river. It was deemed safe, however, to photograph in the outskirts of Piedras Negras a dozen scenes requiring a Mexican ranch house, but it was found that the few of these really worth while had been burned by warring factions. It thereupon became necessary to construct one especially for the picture — no small undertaking, it will be realized, when the magnitude of these structures is taken into account. To make certain that the structure would be true to type, R. W. McFarland, the company manager, journeyed to El Paso and engaged a firm of architects to prepare drawings of a sizeable structure to be built of concrete. After much hauling of sand, stone and lumber, this was erected at a suitable spot and the making of the scenes begun. Other details of Mexican life are as faithfully depicted in the film, which is now being cut, titled and assembled at the Beach laboratory in New York City. Upon its completion, the picture will be released throughout the world by the Goldwyn Distributing Corporation as a Rex Beach special — which is to say that it will not be rented to exhibitors as part of the regular Goldwyn program, as was the case with "The Auction Block," but will be handled as a production separate and distinct, such as "The Manx-Man" and "For the Freedom of the World." "Daughter of Uncle Sam" Ready at Early Date General Film announces that the final scenes of the twelfth and last episode of the serial, "A Daughter of Uncle Sam," are completed. This is far ahead of the release date and is an achievement when weather conditions are considered. The work of assembling, titling and printing the final chapters is now well under way at the Providence studio of the Jaxon Film Corporation, assuring speedy delivery to exhibitors. Reports which have reached General Film since the release of the first episode on January 19, indicate that the serial has scored a success. A prominent Muncie, Indiana, exhibitor, T. C. Lacy, is quoted as declaring "A Daughter of Uncle Sam" to be the most wonderful serial he has ever seen. "Ham" Works on New Comedy "Ham" is at work again on a new Sunshine Comedy at the Lehrman-Fox studios. The famous comedian, who is known off the screen as Lloyd Hamilton, has recovered from the broken toe he received during the filming of his last comedy, "Hungry Lions in a Hospital." New Jaxon Called "Marooned" "Marooned," a lively one-reel comedy subject, is General Film Company's current Jaxon Comedy release. Following this will come "Sherman Was Right," an entertaining farce on domestic life.