Variety (October 1913)

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VARIETY II FILM FLASHES Henry Mayer, the N. Y. Times cartoonist, bas Just staged a scenario of his own tor the Imp. William Shay of the "Imp" party touring the continent, writing from Berlin, says the company will take in St. Petersburgh before coming home. King Baggot and his Imp associates now In Louisville, Ky., filming are expected back In New York Oct. 10. Charley CTreene of the Imp Is carrying around a badly bruised shoulder acquired act- ing as a mattress for Oeorge Loan Tucker, who fell from the roof of a 6-story Union Hill. N. J., tenement. Sept. 30 while taking an Imp 4)lcture, landing on Oreene and Matt Moore, who was on a fire escape ten feet be- low. Clara Kimball Young Is the featured femi- nine of "The Test." a Vltagraph release listed for Oct 12. Harry Northrup Is In the cast. "Wild Beasts at Large" and "Two Aristo- cratic Penitents" are announced for early cir- culation as a General Film subject. Florence Dyer and Arthur Ashley are the principals of the last named. "Protea" is the title of a new 6-reel fea- ture shown for the first time privately at the Eclair projection studio Oct. 1. it will be re- leased Immediately. "The Two Spies," a Balkan war drama, will be released by the Gaumont Oct. 21. The Essanay announce a new 2-reel melo- drama. "The Old Girl." for release Oct. 10. The Kleine-Bclipse circulate. "The Last Minute." a new Arizona Bill feature in 2 parts. Oct 14. Sellg sends out "The Bridge of Shadows/' a from-rlches-to-poverty story Oct 13. "The Abduction of Pinkie." a film dog Ule, will be Issued Oct. 16 on a reel with "The Golden Cloud," a stock market drama. John D. Rockefeller has been forced to hire a special strong arm man to keep the movies from ketchlng hjm. Anna Laughlln, the Reliance's new Ingenue, will be featured In picture releases Oct. 11. enUtled "The Rebellious Pupil." "The Flirt" another Reliance, with Miss Laughlin and Charles Dlcluon. will be circulated beginning Oct. 10. The Jack London suit to restrain the San Francisco Balboa Amusement Co. from re- producing effects from the London stories is calendared for a hearing Oct. 20. Public clamor in Juarez against photo- graphing for the movies the forthcoming hanging of the rebel leader, Francisco Villa, promises to make the government promoters of the plan to back down. "His Neighbor's Wife" is the title of the feature to be released Oct. 10, presenting Lily Langtry in the same part. The suit of Texas to enjoin the Southern Feature Film Co. from operating on the ground it violates the Sherman Anti-trust law comes up for preliminary hearing this morning at 10.30, in Beaumont. Tex. Elmer J. McGovern has succeeded to the publicity berth left vacant with the N. Y. Motion Picture Co.. when Bert Ennls went over to Eclair. The Film Releases of America company re- port sales to the Golden Gate Film Exchange of Los Angeles and San Francisco; North- western Film Exchange of Portland land Seattle; Famous Players Film Co. of Boston ; Wieland Film Co. of Pittsburgh, and the Electric Theatre Supply Co. of Philadelphia. Arthur Leslie now has 150 papers taking bis special film trade news service. "In the Watches of the Night" will be the Initial feature in which Warners' Features will present Marlon Leonard. Lubin presents "The Taming of Rattle- snake Bill" Oct. 16, and "The Evil Eye" Oct 28, both melodrama in 'J reels. A. Bllnkhorn reports active Inquiries for "David Copperfleld.' a T-reeler among the features he recently brought from abroad. The Ruby Feature Film Co. advertise State Rights for "The Hound of the Underworld." Fred Ginning ban struck his old Eclair gait In bis new Job as publicity generator for Warnera* Features. Wilfred North, Vltagraph director, is ex- pected back to work Oct. 10, when he will finish the 2-reeler, "MIkh Tomboy." on which he was at work when injured by the pre- mature explosion of a yacht cannon. A North Carolina mountain story planned by the Vltagraph will take away from here soon Ned FInley, James Morrison, Harry Northrup. Edith Storey. Arthur Ashley, Mrs. Storey, Mrs. D. F. Clinton, Temple Carr, Logan Paul, Florence Klotz and Jack Harvey. The newly appointed Lubin studio at Jack- sonville now Includes in Its roster A. I). Hotaling, Mae Hotallng, Hazel Smith. Mar- garet and Francis McMoycr, Julia Calhoun, Jessie Milton, Leola May. Peggy Anderson, Dorothy Beta, Jerry Herener. Raymond M'c- Kee. Garry Hotaling. Frank Griffin, James Levering. William Beti. Walter Keiree, Wil- liam Bowers, Nell Morton and Henry Bard. Every Monday is demonstration day for the World's Tower Building Gaumont annex, start- ing at 10 a. m. Anthony Flala, the explorer, will photograph the new Jungle hunts of Theodore Roosevelt and party in South America, sailing to-mor- row. Jack Honavlta'a Jungle hunts for the Tampa Film Co. will be written by Jack Byrne, who will work In Tampa, having left the Universal scenario department. 20% farce comedy, 60% melodrama, and 30% news, history and educational Items about sums the qualities of the current week's ag- gregate native film programs. Alec. Lorlmore, publicity dynamo for the Gaumont, la Installed in his new offices in the World's Tower building. Courtenay Foote's present mail addresa is Low's Exchange, New York. He will make a vacation tour of the country, beginning about Nov. 1. Thomaa Ince, general manager of the N. Y. Motion Picture Co. has engaged Walter Be- laaco, brother of David, fof future stage pro- ductions. Variety is in receipt of a post card photo of Joe Brandt standing in the shadows of the Trafalgar Square monument, London, bearing a request to "Give my regards to all the boys." Fred Mace of "One Round O'Brien" dis- covery baa Just turned out a film farce, "Ket- >hem and Killem." "The Tomboys Race," a coming New Ma- jestic film has the recent Corona, California, auto road race for a background. "Through the Sluice Gates" showing one of the players carried along by a race tide through a western waterway, is an announced novelty of the New Majestic. Phillip Lober- gan wrote it. "The Ice Man's Revenge." a film comic, has also been bought by the New Ma- jestic from the same author. Klnemacolor's "RobJn Hood" will have a black-and-white "Robin Hood" rival from the Thanhouser studios, released Oct. 15. Lloyd Lonergan is the adapter. FIELDS* BIQ OPBNINO. Chicago, Oct. 1. The American Music Hall opened Sunday night with Lew Fields and his big company in "All Aboard." The house was packed to the doors and the show was received with great enthu- siasm. The American has been newly deco- rated and it presents a handsome ap- pearance. The ceiling has been bright- ened with huge banners and many more lights have been put in. Tables have been placed in the rear where food is served, and a dancing floor has been arranged in the balcony. A band is stationed there. After the show those who desire may dance. These innovations appeared to please the audience Sunday night. A large number remained after the show. The opeiking was one of the biggest acd most enthusiastic of any this sea- son with the exception of "The Whip" at the Auditorium. Following the issuance of an injunc- tion in the United States Court Monday, Mr. Fields eliminated the moving picture scene from the piece, shortening the show by three minutes without damaging the efiFect. The injunction was granted upon application of Charles Frohman, who alleged the bit was an infringement upon the foreign play, "The Girl on the Film," for which Frohman has the American rights. The World Special Film Co. announce the opening of new offices in Boston and Detroit. Charles Stern, formerly of the Universal will be at the Hub headquarters, and A. Dicker- son, recently of the International Film in De- troit. The Progressive Motion Picture Co. of Los Angeles will handle the films of the World Special Co. In California, Oregon, Utah, Ne- vada. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyom- ing and Montana beginning with "The Two Sergeants." The connection has been made to centralize deliveries. W. A. Sherman will manage the Cleveland offices of the World Special Films. Oeorge Stockton will assist. GOMEDIE FRANGAISE OPENS. iSpmai Cabk to YaburtJ Paris, Oct. 1. The Comedie Francaise reopened to- night (Oct. 1) after the fixing of the new painted ceiling and other altera- tions upstairs (already detailed in these columns). It took the form of an of- ficial inauguration. The program con- sisted of Moliere's "Malade Imagi- naire," and a patriotic ceremony. The splendid soiree which will be long re- membered. "The Fruits of Vengeance" is a new Vita- If yoa doB'ft graph drama listed for mid-October delivery. Advertise ml alL POMPEII MlvcrtlM la VARUrrY, dmi't The movies nre great levelers. "Touse wanta wait fer the olthquakel" exclaimed a patron of Wallack's on the opening night of the newly imported six-reel feature. "The Last Days of Pompeii," after the Bulwer Lytton novel. "You've seen the picture before?" the seat mate of the man of th^ argot asked. "Naw, but I read the book, an' besides the San Francisco t'lng an' the red fire, there ought t' be a smashln' scrap due al>out here between the hero an' a Hon In the areenal" A woman In silks, wearing a Y-shaped back and a lorgnette, at this stage of the show turned a moment from the Pompeii pageantry to survey her erudite neighbor through her gold mounted lens. Then the reel clicked on. The film fan of the Patricia O'Brien lingo expressed the expectancy of most folks pres- ent, perhaps, who had read the novel. The picture had reached Its final climatic periods, and up to this point bad been a beautiful and .satisfying panorama of what the records tell us happened about 71) A. D. You had met the ancient notables of the story, had been to the amphitheatre, seen the chariot races, applauded by tiers on tiers of Grecian and Koman merrymakers, had followed with In- terest the duel of love between Its five prin- cipals, and were ready to sit back and gasp at the closing stroken of what you were free to admit up to this point had been a master- piece of selection and compression. But your dream didn't materialize. The end of th«> show fell down. There wa'nt no "olthquake." although there was a fair reproduction of a fire, with hurrying Egyptians and Athonians, rushing pell mell down long sweeps of marble stairways, on through changing labrynths of the arena. But It didn't satisfy you. You expected the fall and crash of riven temples. with fire and brimstone. What you got was a pii^ture of a stager! Vesuvius in eruption, the panic of flight from the temples and arena, and—flnls. But If the bulk of the people present suf- fered disappointment In the failure of this phase of the picture, they had no kick com- ing against the. preceding reels. If ever the atmosphere of tbe old days of the Roman dandies waa captured for the stage, this Pas- quail motography of an exhumed past seems to hare caught it The moving vista of the holiday arena is worth many times the price of admission. In no other film has the im- mense sweep of the old Athenian playgrounds been so impressively conveyed. You don't see merely a corner of what might be an arena. You see it all. The merrymakers, shouting, gesticulating, and waving, are in the thou- sands, or seem to be. The ring is a real one, massive in stone and marble pillars, boxes, runs, stairways, and all clearly a recon- structed original. You get glimpses of the licentiate stages of the period, with one par- ticularly amorous afternoon In a dandy's studio. The human drama of the Bulwer story, too. Is preserved. Glaucus, the Athe- nian loves Ionia, "the most beautiful woman In Athens," madly. Arbaccs, an Egyptian libertine, covets her. Julia, Ionia's rival for Olaucus' love, essays to win, administering a love potion. Nydla. the blind female slave maid of Ionia, also in love with Glaucus, seeks to win his love for herself by stealing the potion and herself administering It. Arbaces, to destroy his rival, has a philtre Tor madness sulwtltuted for the love mixture. Nydla does the doping, Glaucus goes mad. Is accused of a murder that Arbaces commits, Is offered the choice of valiant death in the arena, in combat with lions, the beasts are let loose, Olaucus stalks bravely forth, and Just when you're expecting something blood- curdling to happen—the fire Interrupt-s, and the play ends. As the audience was filing out of Wallack's, the seat mate of Patricia O'Drlen's brother asked: "How could you expect them to show you a whole city tumbling down, or n man and Hon fight?" "Awl Didn't I see Donavlta put It all over '11 lions down at Boetock's at Coney, an' don't 1 go to see the spektakle shows at the Iltpl" the cultured one answered. Corb. (PASQUALI-AM. CO) F.\KIS ALHAMBRA BILli. KHPicial Ctkli !• VAminr.) Paris, Oct. 1. Annette Keliermann, billed as the most perfect woman, opened with her diving act, assisted by Frank Parker, at the Alhambra, Oct. 1, and made good. The present bill is the biggest this season, comprising La Pia (accom- panied by Percy Boggis, who has re- covered his health); Leslie Brothers, Oswald Wilson, Hartley Wonders, the Acros, Leonard Gautier, etc. All the acts went splendidly. This is some- thing like a vaudeville program. HERE, TOO! (Special Cable to Varibtv.) Paris, Oct. 1. The weather is wet after a beautiful week. Business is excellent. *'DREAM MAIDEN** DELAYED. After ten weeks of intermittent re- hearsals "The Dream Maiden" com- pany was booked to open Monday in Syracuse. The cast were notified to be at the Grand Central depot. New York, to depart Sunday, which was afterward changed, on arrival at the station, to Monday. Tuesday they left town, minus the three principal male players, their trunks following on a later train, but with borrowed scenery, Joseph Physioc refusing to deliver his scenic equipment without being paid. Syracuse, Oct. 1. "The Dream Maiden" opens here tonight. Scenery and costumes ar- rived this morning, but no management is in evidence. Harry Gribben, Joseph Miron and Parent are out of the cast, their places being filled by choristers. Gribben -i*>^{»art author and has had some trouble with his collaborator, Allan Lowe, who also sponsored the enterprise. NO OPERA IN MANHATTAN. Several stories were out during the past week that Oscar Hammerstein intended playing grand opera in the Manhattan. Arthur Hammerstein says that would be impossible, as a clause in the agree- ment made by his father and the Metropolitan Opera Co. especially pro- hibits the Manhattan from again enter- taining the divas. '♦LOVE VALE" SPICY. Cincinnati, Oct. 1. If Abe Erlangcr i.s thinking seriously of putting on "Das Thai der Liebe" ("The Vale of Love"), a new Oscar Strauss operetta, he had bcttof watch dcvelopmonts here. "The Vale of Love" will be given its American premiere at the Grand Opera House in this city dur- ing the latter part of next week. It is the common story of an i)\t\ husband, a young wife and a youth, and spills the tobasco, say those who arc in the know. House Manager Aylward, of the Grand, has been notified that Lrlanger will cither come himself or send a rep- resentative to see the operetta, which will be done by Otto l*.rn>)t .Schniid's (jerman players. The Teutons intro- duced "The Count of Luxeinlxmr^i" to the American stak'e several years ago, and Kl.'iw & l-.rhinKer siKippi d it up.