Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

PICTURES AND THE PICTUREGOER 360 ^ kek ending 'an. 15, 1916 VHSONALJTJe^ Lady Duff=Gordon's New Enterprise. LADY DTKF-GORDON. the founder and principal of the firm of Lucille the famous Court dressmakers who lias gained a world-wide reputation by her success in designing gowns for the stage, has now turned her attention to designing for the favourites for the screen. She is paying a temporary visit to New York to design gowns for film stars popular on both sides of the Atlantic. One of these is Edna Mayo, the youthful and charming leading lady of the Essanay Company. Miss Mayo is to play the heroine in a series of episodes, each connected one with the other, entitled The Strange Case ofMctrt/ Page, and a feature of the series appealing especially to women will be her wonderful gowns. She will wear what will probably prove to be the most elaborate wardrobe seen on the screen. This will include costumes for every ccasion, from boudoir to ballroom, and oevery one is being special'y designed for her by Lady Duff-Gordon. The part of the hero in this picture is to be taken by Henry B. Walthall, the well-known emotional actor who has scored such a hit by his portrayal of the leading part in -that unique film Tli' Birth '.</ a Nation. Tin Strange Case of Mar// 'Page will be printed in serial form by nearly five hundred American newspapers, and it. is by the author of that famous serial film What Happened to Ufarg. The picture is expected to arrive in Great Britain early in this New Year. Embryo Models, Beware! THERE'S many a sweet young girl with ambitions to shine from the dais of the sculptor's model who would do well to learn something about it from the most famous art model in the world, Audrey Munson.. She will hear that it is not all beautiful postures and studio romance, but the earnestm ss ol ambition brushes aside the cold, unpleasant truth. For this reason Miss Munson consented to convince girls by showing in lilms the difficult labours of a model. The most trying 01 deal of her career, sin says, was when she posed for a few life-size casts which were necessary for the famous Exposition groups. At that time she vowed she would never do it again, but in Inspiration^ a tiverfeel ThanhouscrMutual rnasterpioture, she was prevailed upon to break her resolution. The cast is made of Paris plaster. The model stands in position and the cast maker encases per up to the neck in plaster, which hardens. It takes over an hour, aid the mass weighs almost two hundred pounds. The heat is terrific, yet all the time the model stands in a posture from which she cannot stir. Then the men break it with chisels, layout the pieces ami reassemble them. For the head a rubber cap is put on. and the entire head and face are then encased in plaster; the model breathes from under the weight through rubber tubes. Then again, with mallet and chisel carefully wielded, the hard encasement is broken, the pieces being held -together with strings for assembling. Concerning Leah Baird. ILLINOIS claims Leah Baird as a native daughter. She went to school principally in Chicago, and her stage experience was gained with stock companies in Toronto, Buffalo. "Wilmington. Delaware and Troy, New York. Miss Baird then took the lead in the Broadway production of The Ma,i from 1/ ..('and T '.iJthe Humming Bird, Then she joined tl Vitagraph players, her first picti being Chump*, with John Bui. the late Marshall P. Wi stayed wjth 1 pany for two yeai Universal Company, whe Bent her to Euro] such players as Kimr Baggot ai William Shay in several feature pr ducti' ns. A year later Miss Baird rejoined tl Vita graph forces, and a train had Maurice stello for her leading man. Miss Baird is a brunette, and exhibits :. cided preference for emotional parts. A Japanese Actor. SESSUE HAYAKAWA. the celebrated Japanese actor, do* a member of the Losky Stock Company, was born in Tokio. Japan, twenty-seven years ago. His parents designed him for ths Japanese Navy, bat the indivi(Cmtinued on page MUSICAL TERMS ILLUSTRATED. Nc 1. "Segno"— The Sign. 2. " Sostenuto" -Sustaini g the Sounds. 3. " Semplice "—Simple— without Ornaments. 4. "Cavatina"— A Short 'Air.