Picture Play Magazine (Oct-Nov 1915)

:lf, as though he felt that he had said ~r ore than he should. "What do you mean?" asked the girl, arching his face in surprise. Mclnnery rose to take his departure. "I've said too much already," he anvered — "more than I meant to. But I kn't help adding this : You'll never ;ar me say again that Alec McKensie Desn't know the meaning of the word Bar. That's all." Lucy rose, too, an anxious crease beveen her brows. "You must explain that, Mr. Mcln=ry," she said emphatically. "You are mting at something I do not know — lat I have a right to know. What PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY were the true circumstances surrounding my brother's death?" . With a mocking smile, Mclnnery answered : "Ask Alec." Lucy did so, the very next day. And, of course, he refused to break the pledge he had made with the others not to reveal the truth. What was Lucy to think? Only what Mclnnery wanted her to — that it had been due to some act of cowardice on Alec's part that her brother had lost his life. She broke off her engagement with him, and he left the house, with her last words, "I never want to see you again !" ringing in his ears — without speaking. 11 But Doctor Adamson, Alec's stanch friend, when he saw how affairs were turning out, broke his word. He went to Lucy and told her, not only why George had been slain by the savages, but also of the sacrifice Alec had desired to make by giving himself to the torture of the natives in her brother's stead. She saw the greater sacrifice he had been about to make — of losing her love, rather than cause her the pain of finding out the truth of the worthless end her brother had come to. And so she sent for Alec McKensie, the explorer — to claim the kingdom he had won — her heart. Screen Gossip By Al Ray A 7ELL, the film critics that were bel* * lowing about the high prices the riangle Film Corporation were to large for admission to their feature ays are singing a different tune now. Ihe reason : The Triangle opening was le grand success in every way, and a ;cord crowd was on hand to view the :itial performance at the KnickerDcker Theater, and since that time ■• place has been packed. These wise "itics will have to harp on something se for a while now. Seena Owen, the Majestic-Triangle ading lady, who was formerly known Ib Signe Auen,' has been given some fery big parts in some of the new TriI igle features. We can't blame Seena )r changing her name, and neither ould you if you could but hear a few f the many ways it was pronounced. Elsie Gardener had a funny experi■ti-ice while working in a picture the <j:her day. She was playing the part of i cabaret dancer in "The Wolf Girl," a i onderful two-reel drama that will be _,rh:leased shortly. Her part called for er to make love to a middle-aged finer, and on talking with the man be-veen scenes Elsie found out that he as related to her. It's a small world, :ter all. My, what a pleasure it is to see Mack ennett on the screen once more. He ■rtainly had everybody in the KnickerDcker Theater in convulsions at his inny antics in "My Valet." Raymond Hitchcock was billed as the star, but Raymond was hardly noticed, although he performed his part very well indeed, as only he is capable of. Mack, however, had all eyes trained on him, waiting for his next move, and, believe me, he had many new bits of business. Mabel Normand and Fred Mace also put over some good comedy. I'm up against it now for sure! I promised to name the five best-dressed women in nlmdom. Said I'd asksome of my friends of the fairer sex to help me out. Did they not ? They did — not! All of them: insisted that no one had anything on them. For the matter of that, most of them had very little on themselves ! Therefore, without their aid, I had to take a chance and pick 'em out myself. Here goes, and may Heaven have mercy on me! i. Beverly Bayne. 2. Anita Stewart. 3. Beatrice Allen. 4. Bessie Barriscale. 5. Gertrude Bambrick. I suppose Sophie Clutts will be jealous. Tom I,nce seems to be running in a little hard luck lately. Richard Stanton, the actor-director of his company, who has put out some of the best photo plays that have left the Ince studios, is now with the Universal, and Thomas Chatterton, the young Crane Wilbur, another of the actor-directors, has left Ince and joined the Universal. What is the matter, Tom? Speaking of the Universal, they cer tainly are collecting quite a corps of capable directors for their many producing companies. Henry Otto, the former American director, is now working with that company. Press Agent Kenneth A. O'Hara, of the Tom Ince aggregation, sends out an interesting little item about Billie Burke's first day at the Inceville studio. That is a little experience of hers before she reached the studio. It starts off by telling how she enjoyed her trip on her private yacht, and finishes up with a story about a wild cat jumping out in front of her ninety-nine-horsepower Senseless Six, and trying to attack the beautiful Billie Burke, but Billie, with skillful endeavor, et cetera, et cetera, thwarted the villainous cat, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. What does this sound like to you? It sounds like — Kenneth A. O'Hara to me. Charlotte Taylor, the beautiful comedienne and former mttsical-comedy star, has been signed up by the Federal Film Company to appear in comedies under the direction of Mr. Smaltz. Henry Walthall will rejoin the Biograph. Henry will be signed up by Equitable, and the Triangle will also sign up Henry. Walthall will also start a feature company of his own. If all these rumors materialize, Henry will be a very busy man this season. Should Henry carry them all out, he would yet be far, far behind Edwin August as a place jumper.