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PICTURES AND THE PICTURZGOER
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Oct. i 6, 1915
Picture Mews and motes
A FILM called As God Made It was shown recently at a picture theatre in Ohio. Immediately following the title was the official legend — "Approved by the Board of Ohio Censors."
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The Vitagraph studios are now in full swing on a programme of winter releases that will surpass anything heretofore turned out by this company. That's saying something isn't it ?
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Yale Boss, of Edison's, has received a tribute from far-off New Zealand, consisting of a picture of a Phillipine tribe in native dress, with the simple line beneath, "Maori Haka, Whakarewarewa, N.Z." It's simple when you know how.
Charlie minus his moustache will be a real novelty. It happens in Charlie, the Perfect Lad//, the latest EssanayChaplin production. This funny comedy will reveal to our lady-friends that Charlie is really good-looking.
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The Birth of a Nation is in its twentythird week at the Auditorium Theatre, Los Angeles. People are paying their second and third visits. Be sure you pay this wonderful show a first visit at the Scala Theatre, London.
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The Central News Agency will release Hard Times in December. We thought they were released at the beginning of war ? But, joking apart, you will like Dickens's great work as recently filmed by Trans-Atlantic.
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A reader wishes to know wheu The Eternal Triangle will be released. Has he mixed up Hall Caine's Eternal City with the The Crimson Triangle (a Martin film), or does he refer to any popular cinematograph love-drama ?
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The editor of the Sanitary Seeord suggests that seats of the " plush "covered type are not hygienic, and points out that cane-covered and perforated-wood seats, so general in omnibuses and tramcars, would be free from criticism in this respect. Personally we vote for plush with pictures.
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Fire Stops a Film Scene.
RECENTLY during one of the battle scenes for the Broken Coin serial Grace Cunard changed her occupation and became a fire-fighter. The flames started in the under-bush, and though all the artistes assisted in putting it out— and Grace Cunard was at the front all the time— fifteen acres were burnt clean to the ground — underbush, trees, and all.
A Tip for Playwrights.
YOU probably know a lot of people, write Hepworth's in one of their trade booklets, who are anxious to write plots. They probably come to you for advice and criticism. Do you mind it' we give you a little tiii? Tell them all that plot-writing is a very serious and difficult business. Explain that the
technique of plot-writing is much more difficult than the technique of stage-play writing. Tell them that until they really know how to write good plots, they ought not to send them to companies. And tell them not to take seriously the amateur articles of advice which appeared in a big morning paper.
" Charming" the Picture Public.
THE (German) Crown Prince conceived (some years ago) a desire to increase his popularity, and. in order to realise this desire, says a writer in the S'ouvelle Revue, he made use of the cinematograph, after the manner of a candidate for election. He caused to be produced not merely a few. but hundreds and hundreds of films in which he was the principal actor, and of which numerous copies were dispatched to the picture theatres in every town and village, with the object of arousing admiration and respectful deference for his person. All these films, without exception, showed him in the exercise of his military
duties. . . . One saw him at the 1 of bis troops barauging his soldi occupying himself with f them,
and. thanks to the influence of the cinemas, all these actions which had been carefully prepared and studied, and were really quite exceptional, appeared in the eyes of the public to be habitual and normal. — The 0
Personality in the "Pictures."
" HTHE British film producer will not 1 bel>enerited by the Budget." writes Dan Ronan in the Star, " because the public flock to see. not pictures but personalities. Who founded the prt rity of the Essanay Company ? Broncho Billy. Who built up a fortune for the Yitagraph people;' Maurice Costello, who held the hearts of the fair sex the world over, and does now. Who made the Keystone the prosperous company it is to-day ? Ford Sterling. Who popularised the Copenhagen films in this country ? Asta Neilson. The British producer imagines that he has merely to produce something good, and the public
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CHARLIE'S SPECIAL CABLE TO -PICTURES." As Hie great Imlk of our readers must l>e aware. Charlie Chaplin was placed by them at the top of the poll, with 142,920 votes, in our greatest British FilmPlayers' Contest. We sent him (and all the winners) Thr Pictures certificate,
which however was delayed in transit. Now we have a1 last received Charlies cabled thanks and appreciation!