Motography (Jul 1918)

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72 MOTOGRAPHY 'To Hell With the Kaiser" Opens in Gotham First Presentation at the Broadway Theatre, Where Fans Get Big Run for Their Money in Patriotic Thrills ffTO HELL WITH THE KAISER," the Screen Classics super feature, opened an engagement at the Broadway Theatre, New York, June 30, with Lawrence Grant as the kaiser, Olive Tell as Alice Monroe, the American heroine, and a cast of twelve hundred people. John .Sunderland, an aviator who has seen service in Belgium, plays Winslow Dodge, an American air-fighter. The battle of two great air-armies on the western front is included in the many thrilling and powerful scenes. The opposing forces are each represented by forty aeroplanes in combat, shown at close view. It was necessary to use several cameras in order to obtain all angles of these remarkable scenes. The bombardment forms a superb spectacleand one that has never been equaled on the screen, it is claimed. "To Hell with the Kaiser" has been directed by George Irving and a staff of capable assistants from the scenario by June Mathis, and produced under the personal supervision of Maxwell Karger. It is distributed by Metro. This picture, which has been developed in seven vital acts, is the fifth Screen Classics production recently seen on Broadway. Others have been "Revelation," starring Mme. Nazimova; "Lest We Forget," a dramatization of the sinking of the Lusitania, with Rita Jolivet; "Toys of Fate," another Nazimova feature, and "The Slacker," a patriotic production starring Emily Stevens. "To Hell with the Kaiser" is not only a powerful arraignment of Prussianism and the Hohenzollerns, but it also contains a brilliant story, effectively and dramatically told, in which heart interest and romance are cleverly combined with facts of international importance. The scenario describes the fortunes of the Monroes, an American family sojourning in Germany, the father being an exchange professor from Harvard. He has perfected a wireless invention which the kaiser covets, but which the professor refuses to disclose to any but the United States government. Alice Monroe has won the admiration of Rupert Graubel, an actor who is hired by the kaiser to impersonate him. Belgium is violated, and little Ruth Monroe, in a Belgian convent, falls a victim to the bestiality of the crown prince. Alice, instead of seeking safe convey out of Germany, remains to carry out her plan of avenging her sister. "To Hell with the Kaiser" presents graphically the plans of the mad warlord to partition the world among his sons and his favorites. Vol. XX, No. 2. Busy July for Pathe There will be no mid-summer lull with the House of Pathe. Four big features will be released during July. The most important will be "Annexing Bill," with Gladys Hulette and Creighton Hale, out July 7. This is a swift-moving comedy with the romantic element strongly emphasized. On July 17, "More Trouble," with Frank Keenan, will be released. The big hit registered by "More Trouble" when it had an advance showing for a week at the Rivoli in New York has created immense interest among exhibitors everywhere, branch managers report. On July 21 a new Baby Marie Osborne picture, "Cupid by Proxy," is scheduled. On July 28 comes "The First Law," a Gilson Willets play with Irene Castle and Antonio Moreno as co-stars. "The First Law" is by all odds the best picture play in which Mrs. Castle has appeared, according to Pathe. Four good comedies are scheduled for release in July — July 7, Harold Lloyd in "An Ozark Romance"; July 14, Toto in "Fire the Cook"; July 21, Harold Lloyd in "Kicking the Germ Out of Germany"; July 28, Toto in "Beach Nuts." July will see the wind-up of Pathe's biggest serial success, "The House of Hate." Four Post Travel Series pictures and the last four episodes of "Britain's Bulwarks" will also go in the July program. Olive Tell, star in the Screen Classics feature, "To Hell With the Kaiser," as she appears in an airplane scene with Aviator John Sunderland. Mr. Sunderland has had actual experience as a flier on the Belgian front. Rothapfel Shows New Petrova The initial New York presentation of Madame Olga Petrova's fourth special production, "Tempered Steel," took place at the Rialto Theatre on Sunday, June 23. Arrangements for the showing were completed between Samuel L. Rothapfel, managing director of the Rialto and Rivoli theatres, and Frederick L. Collins, president of Petrova Pictures. All four of the Petrova specials now have the distinction of having been presented first at Mr. Rothapfel's Rialto. The initial Petrova special production was "Daughter of Destiny," which appeared at the Rialto last December, scoring a tremendous success. Following this Mr. Rothapfel booked "The Light Within," which topped "Daughter of De#stiny" in box office receipts. More recently "The Life Mask," third on the star's calendar of special releases, was presented and it is believed that the showing made by this production induced Mr. Rothapfel to book "Tempered Steel." Following a week's run of "Tempered Steel" the picture is being released via the exchanges of the First National Exhibitors' Circuit throughout the United States and Canada.