The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

38 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY LOOKINC Ruth Stonehouse in "The Winning Pair." IMONG the pictures for next week the Gold Seal three-reel I drama starring Ruth Stonehouse is of most importance. This three-reel feature was formerly alluded to as "The Boots of Beatrice," and it is now to be called, "The Winning Pair." It is the first production that Louis Chaudet made after leaving the comedy division in which he had charge of Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. As might be expected, it contains a very strong c o m edy vein, but at the same time there is an interesting and dramatic story with a complication worthy of a director of heavy drama. The story opens with a lot of double exposures of Ruth Stonehouse's ankles, designed to show the scores and scores of boots which she wore. For this purpose the tripod of the camera was shortened as much as possible, as may be seen in the double page of "How They Direct," in the center of this book. There were also a number of signs and symbols of the shoemakers' trade, like the big shoe in this episode, and the goblets made into the shape of slippers and shoes in which the wedding toast which appears in the final scene was sipped to the happy pair. The L-Ko komedy for this week is a two-reel theatrical scream entitled "Props, Drops and Flops," while a J. Warren Kerrigan feature, called "Hands in the Dark" furnishes a thrill on Thursday. "Jungle Treachery" first two-reel Bison length in some time. Some Universals Which Look «*Why They Left Home** One-Reel Joker Week of Aug. 27. Bill Franey Bill Franey is ambitious. He wants to be an actor, and especially he wants to follow a certain actress. What happens to Bill when he gets on the stage is enough, and "Why They Left Home" is one of the jl funniest one-reelers you ever saw. You never make a mistake booking Joker Comedies. [ELDOM has a set of pictures so uniformly excellent been I released by the Universal as that which will adorn the week of September 3d, the first week of the Fall season. The Universal has made no pretense of cutting down its quality during the summer months. On the other hand, its pictures for this period have iDepn particularly adapted for the hot weather, and a majority of comedies has been the net result. With the first week in September, however, the Universal will open its Fall season, and will do so in impressive style. The Gold Seal drama for that week is considered by .many the best Gold Seal picture ever released. It is entitled "The Empty Gun," and features Lon Chaney, Sam De Grasse, and Claire McDowell. Sam DeGrasse is new to the Universal fold, but he is a well-known photoplayer, and is as well-known on the legitimate stage as his brother, Joseph De Grasse, who directed this three-reel picture. It is the first three-reeler he has made in over two years, and he was only enabled to do it through having a week of liberty from his five-reel company. There will be a Lena Baskette feature, the graceful child actress-dancer making her first appearance as a star-featurette attraction. The feature in which she appears is entitled "A Dream of Egypt," and was directed by Marshall Stedman. It was written to give little Miss Baskette an opportunity to perform the dances for which she is justly famous, and those who saw her in previous dances which Lois Weber directed will instantly be impressed with the growing artistry of this beautiful child dancer. Lena Baskette and her director, Marshall Stedman, posing while "A Dream of ^gypt" was being filmed. This drama introduces Lena as a star.