Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

March 2, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 419 Contrasting scenes in the William Fox picture, "Six Shooter Andy," with Tom Mix and Enid Markey. "Six Shooter Andy" Breezy Tale of West Tom Mix Overthrows Corrupt Sheriff and Weds Widow Whom He Has Saved from Death in the Wilds ANEW PLAY of the gold miningWest entitled "Six Shooter Andy," with Tom Mix as the star, is the William Fox Special Feature release for the week of February 24. The cast includes several of the children who made hits in "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and other William Fox standard pictures. Among them are: George Stone, Lewis Sargent, Buddie Messinger, Raymond Lee, Virginia Lee Corbin, Violet Radcliffe, Vivian Plank and Beulah Burns. Tom Mix plays the part of Andy Crawford. On his way to a desperate frontier town with his father he finds Susan Allenby and her eight children. Allenby has been killed. Andy and his father play the good Samaritan and help the mother and her children in the mining town, where the mother opens an eating house. Shortly after the party reaches the mining town Andy's father is killed. It does not take long for Andy to learn that the sheriff of the place is at the bottom of all the lawlessness in town. Andy starts to clean up in his usual breezy western way. He forms a Vigilance committee, marries the widow he rescued, regenerates the town and is elected sheriff himself. Enid Marky plays opposite Mix. New Blackwell Picture Soon The next Carlyle Blackwell-Evelyn Greeley picture has been named "His Royal Highness" and will be released soon. The story relates the adventures of an American collegian who has the throne of a European monarchy thrust upon him and is confronted with the necessity of relinquishing the hand of an attractive young heiress. > Evelyn Greeley, who has been the recipient of much praise because of her work in "The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds," makes her third appearance as co-star of Mr. Blackwell in this picture. Actor Is Kin of Ex-president Hugh Thompson, William Fox player, is the great great grandson of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. Gets Up New Lobby Displays Appreciating the value of advertising and particularly the value of an attractive lobby, Triangle has prepared new combinations of lobby displays which are now ready for distribution. Great care was taken in choosing scenes from pictures which have a maximum sales value. And having chosen strong and attractive scenes no effort or expense has been spared in having them properly reproduced so as to procure the very best results. The first is a set of five hand-tinted photographs, size 11x14, with appropriate title card; the second is a set of five sepia photographs, size 11x14, with title card; the third is a set of two handtinted photographs, size 22x28, and the fourth is a complete set which comprises the three sets just mentioned. Triangle also furnishes for use with the 22x28 photographs, or for use alone, handtinted portraits of players, size 22x28. San Fernando Mission Shown in Film Famous Structure Assures Charm to Vitagraph Feature, "An American Live Wire," in Which Earle Williams Is Starred SAN FERNANDO mission, one of the most famous and most visited spots in Southern California, will be filmed in several scenes in "An American Live Wire," a forthcoming Blue Ribbon feature in which Earle. Williams, with Grace Darmond will be starred. Not only does the mission provide an artistic and beautiful setting, but to Easterners who read the railroad guides to California, it will recall all the charm and romance of the spot. Director Thomas Mills has been happy in his selections of locations for this picture, which is adapted from the O. Henry story, "The Lotus and the Bottle," and predicts one of the most finished features in this respect he ever turned out. Perfect in every detail and beautiful to the eye is the reproduction of a part of the city of Carillio, South America. One street is three blocks long and a score of buildings — dwellings as well as shops — are finished inside as well as out. Giant Yuccas, which Vitagraph's property man drove more than 100 miles to obtain in the California mountains, are planted in the studio lot in Hollywood and give a thoroughly tropical appearance. Two hundred extra players, all Mexicans — working under orders given by interpreters — with burros and babies, lend color to the scene. It was planned first to build this scene at Laguna Beach, California, and several of the buildings were constructed, but ocean winds made work almost impossible.