Variety (February 1916)

VARIETY 29 COAST PICTURE NEWS. ■ T 1UT PKH1. Oeorge Dames, well known faeftdllntr of English vaudeville, has Joined the Universal. Mae Murray was marooned on Church Rock off Catallna Island (or eight hours before she was rescued. 8be Is recovering from her terrifying experience. Anita King has returned from Tacoma and Seattle. The film men are happy now that the local censor board has been given the official hook. Blllle Leslie Is recovering from her recent illness. Carlyle Blackwell expects to return from Jacksonville, Fla., early In March. Byron Oay is to write a song and dedicate it to the Actor's Fund, which movie players are lending aid to raise. Motion picture producers met at the Alex- andria here on January 24. Marguerite Nichols' chief hobby Is coloring photographs. Harry Williams Is sticking pretty close to scenario writing and consequently the musical world is not hearing from him often. William Wolbert, snow bound near Truckee for several days, is back, none the worse for his experience. Bill Desmond Is quite handy with his "de- fenders," as several movie players who have mixed with him In scenes are willing to ad- mit. D. W. Griffith, David Horsley, Jesse L. Lanky and Frank Garbutt were In a measure responsible for the quick action In dismissing the censor board. They left out such a howl that the city officials figured "a stitch in time would save nine—or more—companies leaving town." The West Side Christian Church of Ban Francisco recently showed a seven-reel Dim entitled "The Life of Our Savior." which Is said to have been a hand-colored Pathe product No admission was charged as the film was used to arouse Interest In Biblical history and increase church attendance. At the annual meeting of the Film Ex- change Bosrd of Trade of Frisco held on Tuesday evening, Jan. 18, officers for the en- suing year were elected. The board and officers represent most every big film manu- facturing concern In the country. Edward Ferguson Is to start work on the producing staff of the Unlversal's studios. The Christie comedy companies have been Initialled In their new quarters In Hollywood. They will continue to make Universal releases although they are no longer In the employ of the Universal. Oeorge Cochrane has been placed on the producing staff of the Universal western stu- dios. Phln Nares plans to make his home In California. He has been acting in Casino Star Comedies for Gaamont Mary Boland, who formerly supported John Drew, appears for the first time on the screen In "The Edge of the Abyss," produced here. W. J. Butler, for six years with the Bio- graph, will make his Intlal bow as a Oaumont character actor In "The Dead Alive." The railroads prominent on the coast re- cently made an announcement that after Feb. 1 all motion picture films would have to be shipped according to the laws laid down by the Interstate Commerce Commission, because according to the railroads, films were too bulky and combustible to carry In passenger coaches. However, the 8. P. In response to the many protests of film exchanges, has decided to post- pone the date when the order goes Into effect until March 1. Meanwhile the film men hope by that time to have the Railroad reconsider Its action and not put the order Into effect. Immediately, so the announcement says, the work of constructing another new film the- atre will begin. The bouse Is to be erected on the west side of Manon within a half a block of Market street. Frisco, and have a 75- foot front. The building will be reinforced concrete and have a seating capacity of 1,000, while the estimated coat of the structure Is quoted at $CW.OO0. When complete the the- atre will be handled by the Mason Street The- atre Co., which has leased the property for a term of 15 years at a total cost of $225,000. Forreet Stanley la vacationing until the Mo- rosco Film Company finds another leading man Job for him. Lancer Bartlett, now writing for the Tri- angle, Is one of the leaders In a campaign to persuade picture companies to give authors full credit on films. Bennle Zeldman, of the Fine Arts, has the dlMlnrtlon of being the Mutt of the picture publicity men's crowd—physically, not men- tally. Dot Wilson is no longer In pictures, having fallen for a fiaiurlnic cabaret offer. Several motion picture companies tried to inveigle Frsuk Ootch Into posing for the cam- era during the wrestling champ's stay hero. J. A. Qulnn, recenty ousted from the Bu- perba, baa made no affiliations as yet. Qulnn ought to get a life salary, for he was the prime mover in the war on the local censorial Marie Wolcamp Is back at Universal City, having left Henry McRae's company by mutual arrangement. Frank Elliott, here for the movies, denies that he brought the floods with him. "1 msy be a jinx to pictures." be says, "but don't accuse me of plotting with the weather man." Bob Watson, manager of the Republic, turned over bis stage one night last week to Robert Leanord for several Universal footllght scenes. Lucille Toung has fully recovered and Is prancing "on the lot" once again. Forde Deebe Is pounding his old-reliable typewriter pretty hard to grind out two film stories a week. Local papers are carrying editorials by prom- inent film manufacturers on the Injustice of censorship. Some unkind, evil-minded Individual stole Jack Emerson's automobile the other night, and to date the police have been unable to soothe the actor-director. SHUBERTS FORMING ANOTHER. It was reported this week the Shu- berts are about to form another film producing company, apart from the one bearing their name, which re- leases through the World. They have been in consultation with a number of directors and artists to that end. BALBOA TO MAKE NEW SERIAL Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke has com- pleted the scenario for a new serial to be produced by Balboa and which will be released through Pathe. E. D. Horkheimer is in town, engaging the company, which he will take west with him. UNIVERSAL WANTS PLAY. Universal thought they had the pic- ture rights to "He Comes Up Smiling" this week when they purchased same in good faith from the American Play Co., representing the authors, Byron Ongley and Emile Nyitray. Not so. They neglected to consult with the producer, A. H. Woods, who is producing his plays in picture form through Pathe. When U received word from the Woods' office they had al- ready made preparations to put the piece into rehearsal for featuring Car- ter DeHaven, for whom they needed a scenario. On Wednesday it looked as though Woods and U would come to an understanding. It was then only a matter of money. ANDREW ROBINSON BURNED. As an aftermath of the fire staged at the Califorina Motion Picture plant at San Rafael, California, during the production of "The Unwritten Law," Andrew Robson who played the part of Larry McCarthy is now in the St. Lukes Hospital, San Francisco, suffer- ing from the injuries he received at that time. Because of having been cast for an important role in the next "California" feature, "The Woman Who Dared," Robinson fought the idea of going to a hospital to recuperate from his burns as long as possible. The seriousness of his condition, however, finally made the course practically necessary. The doctors declare that he will not have recovered for at least six weeks and this means that someone else will have to take his place in the coming pro- duction. <c •t B. S. MOSS PRESENTS The Sensational, Fascinating Love Drama, ONE DAY A Modern Romance, Burning With Passionate and Resistless Love IN FIVE PARTS Sequel to Elinor Glyn's Famous Story THREE WEEKS ft »f Only authorized version—All infringements prose- cuted. A distinct success on its initial presentation at the Regent Theatre last Tuesday. A stupendous production—Alluring title—Fascinat- ing story—Splendidly staged—Superbly acted— Pulling paper. Millions of people have read the book and seen the play. They will want to see the picture. The wiseacres declare that "One Day" will be the greatest money-getting feature ever produced, and that it will smash all previous box office records to "smithereens." Passed by the National Board of Censorship. Will be Released on the State Right Plan. OFFERS INVITED. 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