Motion Picture Magazine, May 1914 (1914)

MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE 171 The companies I see are enticing- much good talent from the stage, and 1 hope they will keep it up, for people want the best now In Moving- Pictures, and the demand for them is constantly growing. Let me say a few words about a picture I saw not long since. It was Edison's "The Great Physician." I have not superlatives enough in my vo- cabulary to express my appreciation of that picture. It was exquisitely beautiful, and, I believe, made a greater impression than any picture I have ever seen. Such pictures as this one and Reliance's "Success" start one to thinking, indeed. One a most beautiful lesson in submission and resignation, and the other a startling lesson in the awakening of a conscience. Edison, Reliance and Vitagraph are con- stantly giving us some fine things. Vita- graph's "feature" plays are distinctly force- ful and finished. Now, can I have a little more space for a few wishes? Thank you. I wish that Vitagraph would "feature" oftener In comedies. I wish they would bring back to the screen Dorothy Kelly, William Humphrey and S. Rankin Drew. Lately we have looked for them in vain. These six—Earle Williams, Edith Storey, E. K. Lincoln, Harry Northrup, Mrs. Mary Maurice and Clara Kimball Toung—are my Vitagraph favorites. I wish that Irving Cummings had not left Reliance. I wish that King "Baggot, Leah Baird and William Shea would "feature" in plays of the present time. I wish that Ed- win August would stay in one place—he keeps one continually hunting for him. He ought to "feature" in Shakespearean rftles, he is so intensely dramatic. But then he is perfect in everything. I wish that Kinemacolor would show pictures inde- pendent of vaudeville, and oh. I forgot to say I wish that Vitagraph would not use the half-colored "posters," the "black and white" are so much more genteel. Dont you think so? Now, "If wishes were horses, etc.," but why not start a "wishing page?" Ilere is some expert information on how to carry a pistol, by Joel II. Knight, of Santa Barbara: I am a constant reader of the maga- zine and see that it has offended Mr. Curtis L. Anders, of Commerce, Tex., at the way cowboys carry their pistols. First, a pistol is portable and is so made that it can be carried where it is the most convenient to get it. The left hip is convenient to a rider, as it does not interfere with him in any way in getting on and off a horse and is much easier drawn hurriedly from the left hip but forward than it is at right hip but to the rear and hang to reach backward to get a grip on it. As to his way of mounting I dont think he has ever had anything to do with a horse. I know of several horses in the movie game that he or any one else cant mount using his method unless he has three arms and hands. A cowboy invariably catches a horse by the bridle check with his left hand and his saddle-horn with his right hand. His way is all O. K. if he has never learnt the old and easy way of mounting. I do not think people should pass judgment upon things they know nothing about. Texas is full of cowboys, and he should know better by this time. Hoping he has found the way to mount by now, if not come to Santa Barbara, Cal., and take some lessons, as there are several Texas boys here in the Moving Picture game now. Please use what you think advisable of this or all. The boys all join in sending best wishes to the editor and staff of the magazine. 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