Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

1716 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 9, 1916 J ^AAAAAAaZ Manufacturers' Advance Notes tfiliiiiiliiiiiiliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiil1 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllDllllllllllllllll, ^ "THE LITTLE LIAR" (Triangle). Mao Marsh, assisted by Bobby Harron, returns to the Triangle program the week of September 10 in ass whimsical and interesting a story as has been seen on the motion picture screen in many moons. Mae Marsh, as "the little liar," is delightful, and Bobby Barron, as the reporter who sticks to her through thick and thin, is decidedly convincing. Prominent in the support of Miss Marsh are Olga Grey and Scene from "The Little Liar" (Triangle). Carl Stockdale. As an adventuress who, for the time being, stoops to become a shoplifter, Olga Grey is excellent, and Mr. Stockdale, as her partner in crime, is finely cast. The story has to do with a little girl who has an overpowering fondness for telling lies. It seems impossible for her to get the better of the fault, and her own parents finally give her up as incorrigible. Thinking to cure her, they place her at work in a boarding-house where she meets the young reporter, the shop-lifter, and the latter's side partner. It is the general excellence of the entire company, perhaps, which stands out the most prominently in "The Little Liar." A better balanced cast would be hard to find, and the combination of Miss Marsh and Mr. Harron which has proven so effective in other Triangle-Fine Arts features was never a more happy one than in this picture. Decidedly interesting are the scenes depicting life in the cheap boarding house to which her parents have sentenced the little girl. Lloyd Ingraham, who directs the picture, has found and preserved the atmosphere of that atrocity known as the boarding-house, with painstaking fidelity, and it adds not a little to the feeling of conviction the picture carries with it. Miss Marsh, who was last seen on the Triangle program as the winsome little Irish colleen, plays a decidedly different role in this feature, and stamps herself as one of the screen's leading character actresses. REMARKABLE ILLUSIONS IN "THE SALESLADY'S DREAM." "The Saleslady's Dream," the latest fashion playlet of the International Film Service, Inc., is now being staged and will be shown for the first time on September 4th. "The Saleslady's Dream" is by far the most pretentious fashion playlet yet produced by the International, and introduces a number of surprising illusions. The saleslady is seen in the showrooms or a fashionable modiste. It is closing time. Tired by her work, she sits down, with a book, "A Princess for a Day." She reads a few lines and falls asleep. Instantly she is transformed into a gorgeously gowned princess, seated on a throne. The "dummies" upon which other wonderful gowns are draped, suddenly become beautiful women of the court who parade before the throne, and pay homage to the princess. The store watchman, who has changed into a court attendant, hands the princess a glass of rare old wine. She drinks it and awakes to find herself again a tired saleslady, the women of her court dummies, and the court attendant again only a shabby watchman who is shaking her and telling her it is time to go home. The part of the saleslady is played by Mineta Timayo. In staging the illusions, H. E. Hancock, who is directing the playlet, has secured perfect register by an invention of his own. LUDWIG HOMMEL & CO. CELEBRATE. On August 20th, Ludwig Hommel & Co. celebrated their 10th birthday — that is, on August 20th they were 10 years old. but the real celebration took place a few days earlier. They sent out pieces of their birthday cake to all their friends and customers, and, judging from the comments, they should certainly receive a great many letters of congratulation. In addition, all the salesmen held a birthday party at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Saturday evening, with Mr. Hommel as guest. Ten covers were laid, and the entire sales force was present, numbering the following nine men: J. R. Newman, C. A. Swartz, Albert Cook, A. B. Beach, A. M. Cunnings, L. G. Luckie, W. F. Stuckeman, M. H. Livingston, S. M. Finkelstein. During the evening the sales organization presented Mr. Hommel with a loving cup in commemoration of the event We wish Ludwig Hommel & Co. all success and many more happy anniversaries. DORIS GREY TO BE STARRED. Edwin Thanhouser announces that Doris Grey, the beautiful Boston girl, is to be starred in a Thanhouser-made Pathe Gold Rooster play to be called "Her Beloved Enemy." The story, by Lloyd Lonergan, was written ■ expressly for Miss Grey. Ernest Warde is directing the picture. Miss Grey sprang into public notice at the Moving Picture Exhibitor's ball in Boston last December, when she was chosen as the most beautiful girl at the ball. Miss Grey was promptly signed by Mr. Thanhouser with the understanding that if she proved to have talent as a motion picture actress she would be given big things to do. She accepted a rare opportunity, and she made good. "What Doris Did," was Miss Grey's first picture, and it was i Left to Right: Lloyd Lonergan, Doris Grey, Ernest Warde, Wayne Arey, Starting Work on "Her Beloved Enemy." such a success that she was immediately given leading parts in other Thanhouser plays. Such natural aptitude has Miss Grey shown that in less than ten months she has taken her place as a real star in the motion picture 'world. Miss Grey is only 19 years old, and Mr. Thanhouser believes she is the "find" of the year. Her personality is crowded with the determined ambition and enthusiasm of youth. She is eager to triumph, anxious to become an artist in every sense of the word, and Mr. Thanhouser predicts that she is well on the way to genuine triumphs. Wayne Arey. whose work in "The Shine Girl" received such favorable comment, supports Miss Grey in "Her Beloved Enemy."