The San Francisco Dramatic Review (1908)

1 larch 21, 1914. THE SAN FRANCISCO DRAMATIC REVIEW Los Angeles Notes of Interest in the Realm of Photoplay By RICHARD WILLIS scripts. Communications should be addressed to Marc E. Jones, 604 San Fernando Building, Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia, the temporary offices of the league. Cleo Madison is featuring in an es- ecially strong Spanish three-re^l pic- iire under the direction of Wilfred >ucas. She is supported l)y Ray Jallagher, Wilfred Lucas and Ed. Alexander. Great attention is being aid to the sets and costumes and )olores promises to be a great photo lay. * * * Frank Cooley, the well- nown actor, is making quite a hit at 5anta Barbara, where he not only akes character parts, but also assists iarry Pollard with his "Beauty" pic- ures. * * * Francis Ford, with (Jrace Tunard and a full com])any, has spent ome days in San Diego getting sen- ational airship and sea .scenes for the "Lucille Love" series of photo plays. kVord comes from the southern town, hat one of Director Ford's mainstays, Ernest W. Shield, fell 25 feet on the •Qcks and was unconscious when -eaciied. The small details to hand ndicate his skull is fractured and he las internal injuries. The news has :ast a gloom over the Universal cam]), where Shield is a favorite. * * * Bur- ton King is steadily making some very l)eautiful pictures at his Glendale .stu- dios under the "Usona" brand. His Gamblers is one of the most powerful single-reel pictures ever put out, and jwas finely acted by Robyn Adair, Ed. |(jrady, Virginia Kirtley and Eugenie I'lirde. A prominent factor in the suc- ccns of these films is the e.xcellent feel- ling which exi.sts at the studio. Mr. 'King will not allow any bad feeling exist and treats all his peoi)le .so well that they have no cause to com- ])lain. * * * In Allan Dwan's ])resent two-reel drama, Pauline Bush por- trays a young disgraced mother with a babe, an insane woman of forty and the infant grown to womanhood, run- ning the gamut of emotions. All this pleases this young actress immensely. * Lulue Warrenton, the well- known character actress, and her ^"11, Gilbert, have been parted I'.r the first time. Lvde has L'"ne to Honolulu with direc- tMi- McRae and Gilbert has started (III his journey around the world with a motion picture machine and Homer C roy, the humorous writer. * * * In I private life 1 larold Lockwood, who is J playing opposite Mary Pickford with I the Famous Players, is a delightful companion. He is one of those men who will never grow old, and admit- ting he is .still in his twenties, he does not look a day over nineteen or twenty, and is always up to some fun of the clean .sort on the platform or in the field. * * * Adele Lane of .Seligs is to be featured in a series of inter- esting photo plays. Her wontlerfully strong work has been attracting atten- tion for a long time now, and her emotional roles have the touch of genius. Here is an actress, teni])era- mental and dead in earnest in her work, who, in i)rivate life, is a quiet, retiring little lady who .spends her evenings at home and who does a lot of unostentatious good where it is needed. * * * Yes, kind in(|uirers, Wilfred Lucas, who is directing and acting at the Universal, is the self- same Wilfred Lucas who was featured as Marcus X'enecius in Quo Vadis for two years and who jjlayed the lead op])osite Rose Stahl in The Cho- rus Lady for about five years. * * * Out at Santa Monica Canyon they are producing the last of a series of Irish pictures in which Charles Ray does excellent work. Charles Ray has been with Thomas Ince for a long time now, and has risen from a juvenile to lead and from a small beginning to a big .salary. Young, athletic and vig- orous, Charlie Ray is an ideal hero and a capital heavy. He is an auto fiend. * * * Louise Glaum, whose de- lightful comedy work is almost as much a feature of the "Universal Ike" series as Carney himself, has a very serious side to her character, and in a recent interview in Los Angeles de- plored the efforts of the press to ca.st discredit uixm a "beautiful profes- sion," by crediting every extra girl's errors to the "motion picture actress." She goes on to .say—and her words are worth considering—"I am glad to be able to do something that pro- vides me with a comfortable living, particularly something which I enjoy doing. There is no better medicine for a stage-.struck girl than to have to earn her living on the stage." * * * William Garwood, who has been .so long associated with the Majestic Company, is going to the American, where he will jilay leads o])posite \'ivian Rich under the direction of Sidney Ayres. The popular "Billy" will be welcomed by the admirers of the "Flying A" films. He is a gentle- man and a fine actor. * * * Auto note: Carlyle Blackwell has added another car to his garage; this time it is a seven-passenger Cadillac. * The Photoplay Authors' League is an es- tablished fact and thirteen jjhoto play writers of established ability met on Friday, the thirteenth, at the offices of Richard Willis and elected their officers and a board of control, and discussed future business and then duly adjourned for one month. in the meantime, the league will be in- ccn-porated and new members enrolled. I'rank E. Woo ls was elected presi- dent, and surely no better man than "Spec " could have been chosen. Rich- ard Willis is the treasurer and Marc E. Jones the secretary, and these, with Vice-President Hetty Gray Baker and Russell E. Smith, William Wing antl V. McCirew Willis, form the board of control. A .seal will be designed and may be used on photoplays by mem- bers, and it will be a recommendation of capability at least. There will be two classes of members—active and associate. The active members must be able to point to ten ])ro(luced scripts and they will pay $10 a year and be entitled to vote, whilst tln)se with but five plays to their credit will be associate members and ])ay $5.00 a year. Amongst a number of those who attended the meeting or signified their intention of joining at once, out- side of those already mentioned, were David W. Griffith, Mary H. O'Con- nor, (ieorge Hennessey, Clarence (i. lUulger, Theodosia and Adele Harris, Clifford Howard, Eddie Dillon, Anita Loos, W. C. Cabanne, James Kirk- wood, James Dayton, Lois Weber, Augu.sta Phillii)s I'^ahrney. Francis h'ord and Grace Cunard. The league is iirotective and aims to imijrove conditions and influence necessary legislation. It is neither social nor concerned with the sale or price of Pan=American Branching Out The business of the Pan-American I'^ilm Company has grown so rajiidly within the last month that additional Hoor space was necessary, an 1 they have taken over the shipping depart- ment, projection rooom, etc., of the World's Special Film Corporation, which previously occupied the wester- ly half of the ninth floor of the World's Tower Building, ito West 40th Street, New York City. This will give the Pan-American Film Company shipping facilities for fifty features in continuous transit. Ed- ward King will be in charge of the New York exchange, assisted by Har- old P.. Franklin. William Nuttall will be in charge of the shipping de- partment and Lyall Dean will assist in the booking and correspcjndcnce. .\ large number of features have been added and contracts entered into for additional companies in the manufac- ture of feature films which will bring releases uj) to about seventy features per year. Va udeville Notes A Golden Wedding, a classic of ru- ral life and character, will be seen at the Empress shortly. It will serve to introduce lUielah Gynn and David (jossett. character delineators. The piece is a wholesome one, with a pointed morality of fealty and honor between husband and wife for fifty years. James E. Duncan, a vaudeville ac- tor who was at liberty on $2000 bail while a charge of bigamy is pending in the superior court of Alameda County, is in the Oakland City Prison again as the result of a family reunion, in which he and his first wife, Nellie Lamore, partici- pated early Tuesday morning. It i.s said that Duncan threatened his first wife's life, and she resented the threat to such an extent that he was treated at the emergency hospital for severe lacerations of the scalp. In Old New York, a sketch with George Hoey and Helen Bellow in the leading roles, will be seen at the Empress in the near future. It is a big comedy with a punch to it. Manager Guy C. Smith's exiK'ri- nuMit, the "three-in-one" show, com- I)ose(i of musical comedy, vau leville and motion ])ictures, at the Ih'oad- way Theatre, Oakland, has proven the biggest amusement success in years. Since the inauguration of the inno- vation, packed houses have been the rule, and the "S. R. ()." sign is hung out nightly. An hour of nnisical comedy, two or three big feature vaudeville acts and three reels of first- run motion pictures comprise the pro- gram, certainly some entertainment for a ten, twenty house to give. And Oaklanders are certainly showing their approval. The musical comedy is being presented by the capable com])any of Lee Price, which recently scored a success in San Diego. Lew Dunbar and Sol Carter are the laugh- getters of the a.ggregation. Law- rence ISowes, bVed Snook, (iwynetli Dorsey, Lucille i'alnier an 1 Lylian Mason are numbered among the i)rin- cipals, while there is a lively bunch Coast Costume Co. American Theatre Bldgr., Market and 7th WARDROBE AND COSTUMES FURNISHED FOR AI.I. OCCASIONS Largest and Best Musical Comedy Wardrobe in the West Phone Park 5104 of ])onifs under the direction of Doxie lunmerson. R. L. Sampsell is direc- ting the productions. The .shows are changed on Sundays and Wednes- days. A unic|ue performance will be oft'ered by Ivlward Marshall, known as the expert chalkologist, who will present many ])ictures and comic caricatures. He will be seen at the Empress in the near future. Stella Mayo and Margie Addis, two charming young women, will offer a singing and talking act at the Empress shortly. They combine mirth and melody in a dainty and refreshing way. I'^'m b'rye, a member of the cho- rus in the Post Musical Company, was married March 3 to E. B. Mar- shall, musical director of the company. .Several popular young actors here- abouts are heartbroken as a result. One of the most expensive and highly entertaining bits of vaude- ville pre|)ared for the Empress cir- cuit in a long while will be The Top o' the World Dancers, the big spec- tacular musical act which recently toured the Orpheum circuit with marked success. It will prove a de- light for the kiddies, for in it are "The Peppermint Boy," "The Teddy Bear," The Doll Princess," six col- lie dogs, and a chorus of charming little maids. The next big act to l)e sent out by General Mana.ger J. J. Cluxton and Press Agent I'ob (irady of the Pan- tages, is in active leliearsal and is called Hanged. The act will use twelve men, and was written by John D. Barry, editorial writer on the Eirn- iiii; Bulletin. The act promises to e(|ual the .success scored by Vice and will include in the cast, Ernest Har- ris, Harold Miller, Chet .Stevens, Ralph Hyde, J. Willerming, Joe Rob- erts and Frank Wallace. Two years ago Dell Harris came to California and opened at the Savoy Theatre in Pa.sadena with a small dra- matic company, introducing musical mmibers with girls, wdiere he re- mained for fifty-two consecutive weeks. From Pa.sadena he came to .San h'rancisco, where he organized another company, and at present he is playing his fifth week at the Lib- erty Theatre over on liroadway, i)re- senting "dramatic musical comedy. ' Dell has a long list of time booked and looks for a ])rosperous year. Charley King and Virginia Thorn- ton closed at tlie Hi|)po(lronie in Los .Angeles last Saturday. A difference of oi)inion regarding extra |)erform- ances was the reason, it is to be re- gretted that this was the outcome, as .Sam Harris and Charley King have been intimate friends and King and Thornton have been a big feature of the Western States programs. The matter will probably be adjusted when the two meet. I larry Rose, a musical comedy re- cruit, has made a hit all along the luni)ress circuit with his wonderful vocal attainments. He will be seen at the lunpress shortly in a skit that abounds with comeily.