The New York Clipper (August 1916)

August 26 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER CLOSE UPS FROM THE COAST. MYRTLE stedman, the Pallas and Morocco leading woman, Is an actress who coald retire tomorrow with a comfortable Income. She has never been really Idle, for when she was not re- ceiving a salary for her operatic wort or her screen contracts, she was filling engagements bot^x for private entertainments and concert appear- ances. She has Invested her money wisely and Is therefore happy when she contemplates ber fatnre. GEORGE SARGENT, having completed his third Richard Bennett feature, Is taking; a little extra time to prepare another story for the big actor. Sargent Is one of the best known "scenario" writers In the country. In addition to being a crackerjack producer. Twelve hours' work a day Is nothing to this aggressive picture man. NONA THOMAS, the N. Y. M. P. actress, Is not at all ashamed to own that she makes most of her dresses, and is a good cook to boot- Nona took lessons In both dressmaking and the culinary art for some time, and she makes a diversion of both accomplishments. This helps the Nona tank- ing account a lot, and brings to the Nona personal- ity much envy and admiration. HENRY OTTO, the Yorke company prodacer, with Harold Lockwood and May Allison, has re- turned from Lake Tahoe, where scenes for "Mister 44" were taken. All three agreed that this is a beantlfni picture, even more delightful than the preceding one, "The Riven or Romance." "Big Tremaine," from the novel by aiarle Van Vorat, will make their next picture a dramatic offering. All three look well, and say that, after all, there Is no place like dear ol' California. 33 In his faco and concentrates bis attention on watching the game and compHmentlog the players. At the end of nine innings Jay has used up two boxes of matches and has chewed up two perfectly good cigars. This neither dampens his ardor or Interferes with his appetite. WEBSTER CAMPBELL has been engaged by the Famous-Lasky management, and will make his first appearance in support of Blanche Sweet. Campbell recently left the Vitagraph Company, with which be played leading business, principally opposite Mary Anderson, to the Lasky picture ha has a "ieavy" part. THUS speaks Hampton Del Ruth, of the Key- stone Company: "A Keystone comedy scenario completed at the first writing? There is no such thing. An idea,—the right idea—is the nucleus; bunding .up and rehearsing do the rest. Simple? Well, try It and see. A good comedy script with a genuine laugh tn nearly every scene is the hardest thing in the world to manufacture. We do It be- cause we know HOW. AS MANUEL, a young Mexican of wealthy parents, Bertram Grassby, in the new Universal serial, "Liberty—A Daughter of the V. 3. A.," is fulfilling the predictions made by his friends. It U the role around which all the action of the stirring picture centres, and as the rebel leader, whose marriage to Marie Walcamp. "Liberty.' started trouble, Grassby Is putting all his ability for characterization. WINSOME HELEN RGSSON, of the American, is starting in a new picture, "Esther of the Peo- ple." playing with Franklin Ritchie opposite, and under the direction of Frank Thorne. She has just finished "The Light," and word from Santa Barbara is that the photo play is beautiful- EDWARD SLOMAN, the American Company di- rector, paid a visit to the Universal studio the last time he motored to Los Angeles. It does not seem so long since Sloman was acting the "heavy" in the "Ttej of Hearts" serial, but he has nroven himself one of the very Wg directors of pictures since then; first with the LoUn concern, and now with the American. Sloman adds gray matter to experience. OLLIB KIRKBY, the dark eyed heroine of Kalem's "Social Pirates" series, has Just received a splendid offer to go East for production, but is she owns a beautiful home and loves Los Angeles, she has decided to stay West. The decision is especially .proper from Ollie's viewpoint, as she has the pick of two good proposals right in Southern Callfrnola. Besides, her friends are glad she has refused the Eastern offer. HENRY B. WALTHALL -was once the means of heartening an extra man who, by the wsy, is now quite a prominent screen artist Ho had' been on the speaking stage and, being down on hi* luck, was obliged to take some "extra" .parts. Walthall listened to a recital of ill luck, and then told .the actor not to feel badly about playing for day'j pay. He mentioned three men who bad done that very thing with the Blograph, David Griffith, Mac* Sennett and himself. "You donSt say!" remarked the actor. "Well, if you OJI played extra parts, I guess I can, too!" ANTRIM SHORT, clever juvenile, In Universal stock, Is as busy as the proverbial one armed paper hanger these days. He 1* playing in Director McRae'a stirring Western plctnre, in which he does a lot of riding and incidentally, through ■boyish curiosity," learns the plot of the villains and saves thb hero and heroine. After this plc- tnre is completed he is to hare an outing with D- rector Rupert Julian, who Is taking bis company on location near Oxnard, CaL FRANK LLOYD, the director who did such ex- cellent work with the Morosco and Pallas Com- panies, has joined the Fox, and wrll head one of this concern's companies In Los Angeles. Mr. Lloyd is delighted with his new affiliations. DIRECTOR GENERAL GILBERT P. HAMIL- TON, of the Century Company, of Montana, is cut- ting and editing his latest big feature, "Inherited Passions," and will give a private showing or the film to a select audience this week. The -picture embraces some splendid Montana scenery and some especially powerful acting by Dot Farley end Will- iam -Conklln. Mr. Hamilton has not decided yet on his next subject, and until he does so will bo uncertain whether It will be filmed In Los Angeles or Roundup, Mont. WILLIAM GARWOOD is In tho throes of sce- nario writing. In these days of August heat. Universal City, In a mauntaln-locsod -valley, la not the coolest place on earth, and so Garwood Is seeking a script which will send him and his com- pany Into the pine woods of Big Bear Mountains. The Universal director and leading man has Just completed a picture named "The Decoy," in which he plays the lead, with -pretty Lois Wilson, one of the winners of the company's beauty contest last year, opposite Mm. IRENE FENWICK COLLEGE IDEAL. The Cornell College boys have decided that Irene Fenwlck possesses the rurolslte qualities to be designated as the "Ideal" of that Institute of learn lag. Miss Fenwlck, who is under contract to Metro for -pictures, is a clever legitimate actress, "and Is presently appearing In the leading role of "The Guilty Man" (stage play), at the Longacre Thea- tre, New York, Seems strange for college boys not to have picked an actress mere closely connected with mu- sical comedy for an 'Ideal," thin Miss Fenwlck. But then Irene Fenwlck once played a chorus girl lu "The Family Cupboard," a dramatic part. May- be the Cornell boys heard of this, and It affected their decision. WILL M. RITCBjEY Is writing the scenarios for the new aerial which is being produced at the Balboa studios, with Henry King and Ruth Roland co-starred. This combination of Rltchey, King and Roland made a big success of the "Who Pays" serial, also made by the Balboa concern. Rltchey 1» regarded by his employers as a most valuable writer, and he has given them remarkable service. TO THB genius of Henry Kablerske, Its director. Is due the credit for the stirring battle scenes and artistic pageantry evident In "The Daughter of fbe Don," the ten reel Monrovia feature which has its premiere in Los Angeles the week of Aug. 13. Kablerske, who has directed pageants In many of the largest cities In the United states, only re- cently turned his attention to tho photo play as a means of expressing bis art, but the results ob- tained have Justified the confidence which has been placed in htm. In one scene alone he used tnore than two thousand people. The picture is an epic story of the early days of Southern California. MARGARET ARGUN'S STUDIO PLANS FOR PICTURES. Margaret Anglln Is going about the launching of herself as a motion picture star ki a big way. She has organized the Margaret Anglln Picture Cor- poration, with -headquarters in New York City. A twenty acre plot has been purchased near De- troit, where a studio is in process of erection on plsns drawn by Howard Crane, a noted architect, at a cost of about $100,000. James D. Barton, president and general manager of the corporation, has recently entered Into negotiations for the site of a Winter studio, of the same size, at Dallas, Tex., which will be large enough to accommodate visiting companies. HARRY HAM, leading Juvenile with the Al. B. Christie Comedy Company, begs to acknowledge, without thanks, the many kindly "comedy" allu- sins to his name by numerous humorous writers. He merely desires to point out that "Ham actor" has been used twenty-six times, and allusions to Ham being sandwiched in with someone else on seventeen occasions. It is not that he minds— he wants to save trouble for would be ambitious scribes. WILLIAM D. TAYLOR has completed "Her Father's Son," hi which Vivian Martin did some .particularly good acting. Alfred Yosburgh. Helen Eddy, Luclle Ward and Herbert Standing, all gave valuable support. There Is one scene in which Miss Martin falls through a bridge on horseback. which furnishes a legitimate and genuine thrill. "Her Father's Son" is another one of those ecn- trlbutlons to the Paramount program which has served to make it what It Is. Taylor's reputation has risen with each succeeding feature. GEORGE E. PERIOLAT is working In his third picture oposlte Richard Bennett, at the Amer- ican studio. Perlolat, who has achieved a repu- tation as a master of characterization, gave such eminently satisfactory performance In the two preceding Bennett pictures that his choice for the third was inevitable. He makes a good foil to Bennett. HERE Is another Johny Sbeehan. story. The little comedian's retorts are as funny as his acting. His rivals claim they are funnier. A layman was criticising one of the stories. "It Is a strange thing," he remarked, "that In comedy marriages some clergyman is held up and marries the young couple without any license. How about It?" "Huh," replied Johnny, "that Is comedy license." LVIcl AM> UTS MUSICAL MAIDS. JAY BELASCO, the Universal portrayer of juve- nile leads. Is a baseball bug. He has kitltheum- plreltls badly. He usually attends the prune minus hat or coat, then rolls up bis sleeves, pats a cigar WILLIAM A BRADY In rn.scvcla.tlsn With KID PICTURES pre..nt ETHEL CLAYTON HOLBROOK BLINN Enett Corrigai, Moiiag. Lne Stria Holies, Midgi Ems In a Husband and Wife" Br CHAftx.CS KKKTOI A uthoi- or WRISDLTIIO'" Directed by BAKH.Y O'MEU,