Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

■ary 26, 1924 SI)c jfiht\ (Tribune Page 9 Ihtrice I an has demonstrated iht I mere men are not the only know the intricacies of Mriffht cross, uppercut, left rabbit punch, and the inxHfi that are rife behind the {Hr of the prize rings. In her tarn stories of the "Fighting Ham" series for F. B. 0. she has Jmiyed an amazing knowledge of lings pugilistic, and the little dmas of the roped arena have sco\d tremendous success throughtmhe country. ii erta's Mayor New Arrival Jperta Vaughn may now join am actresses who have "a most iHJrrassing moment" of which ■■may write. For while in San JBfcisco recently, she was embarVfd to the point of deep red Iseems that Miss Vaughn was Hfcuced to Mayor Rolph of San (Mcisco. But she was also introjeed to several other notables Bfle city, and all so rapidly that Hkould not possibly remember Hfrom another. Hter on, she met a man whom dtatook to be Mayor. WhereDN she began to compliment him BJ the beauty of his city, its Hal-hearted people, its very wlerful buildings and parks and Hfmpetent officials. Finally she Hf her new friend, who had M silent throughout her compliHJary remarks, how long he had HI Mayor. Hlayor?" queried the man. Hj not the Mayor. I just arHl in San Francisco this mornHiss Vaughn's error proved exBple later, for it developed that ■lew arrival was an almost ex■Uouble of Mayor Rolph and Hon many later occasions misHp for the chief San Franciscan ft al. nllis Goldbeck, former newsMr man, publicity man and fan nfazine writer, was given his HJ chance to do a scenario by £4 Ingram. The noted directot M attracted by an interview vih the writer did with Gareth Hmes in one of the national fan mpxines. He employed GoldM as his publicity man. Later hftave him the chance to makt Ulscreen adaptation of "Scara<n< he." vldbeck is a graduate of IV orc'\r Academy, W orcester , Maslahtsetts. He was a member of IbViritish Royal Air Force in deof London during the war. UNIVERSAL MONKEY HAILED FROM SINGAPORE; WAS VENICE ATTRACTION AT ONE TIME Joe Martin Hailed from Far East; Evolved From Good Actor Into Temperamental Star Joe Martin, once the most famous animal on the screen and recently sold by Universal Pictures Corporation to the Al. G. Barnes circus, was brought to San Francisco from Singapore in 1911, with a consignment of animals shipped by Frank Buck, noted trapper and dealer. The big orang-outang was sold to the Robinson company, San Francisco animal dealers. They wired Universal City. The big ape was then six months old. The studio had not started its zoo at the time, so declined to buy. Sam Behrendt, of the Los Angeles insurance firm of Behrendt and Levy, then conceived the idea of purchasing Joe. This he did for the sum of $250, and placed him on exhibit at Venice Pier as "The Missing Link." "Pop" Saunders, veteran animal trainer, handled his appearances. When the pier closed he was taken, in 1912, to the "Old Ranch" at Universal City. Universal at the time had leased a number of animals from the Sells Floto circus for a picture directed by Otis Turner, since dead. "Pop" Saunders, handling the animals, thought of the idea of making pictures of Joe, his singularly human countenance being largely the reason. So Universal obtained the services of Charles B. Murphy, noted trainer (who, by the way, is now Universal's zoo superintendent) to train him. Murphy had made the "Adventures of Kathlyn" for Selig Polyscope, and trained Joe for a one-reel comedy directed by Allen Turner. In the meantime Universal had bought the big monkey fiom Behrendt. The price has always been a secret. Joe was next used in 'The Black Box," a chapterplay with Herbert Rawlinson and Ann Little. From then on, until "Merry Go Round,' he was constantly before the camera and made a long series of starring pictures. It was during the making of Rex Ingram's "Trifling Women" that the big ape suddenly turned vicious and changed almost overnight, from a docile actor to a "temperamental" beast. He attacked an actor and then his trainer, "Curly" Stecker ,who had been with him constantly since 1915. What caused the transition no one knows. Al. G. Barnes saw possibilities in him for exhibition purposes, even though he is impossible for work. He offered $25,000 for him, for circus purposes. On the circus man's assurance that the big ape would always have a good home and proper treatment, Carl Laemmle reluctantly consented to the sale. Charles Murphy, the first man to put him into pictures, ushered him out of pictures, loading him into a cage on a circus truck, while actors at the big studio gathered to watch his departure and bid him farewell. PHIL ROSEN TO DIRECT NEXT GRAF FILM; MARKS GREAT ADVANCE FOR YOUNG DIRECTOR Will Film "A Wise Son" in San Francisco; Directed Many Celebrities ; Was Cameraman Of unusual significance comes i the announcement that Philip E. Rosen has been engaged to direct the filming of the next Graf Production which is now being adapted into continuity form from Charles Sherman's novel "A Wise Son." Although Rosen is one of the younger directors, his knowledge of dramatic values, pictorial composition and filmcraft in general has been developed in a manner that has placed him in a unique and enviable position among contemporary directors. Prior to becoming a director he was well known as a camera man, and in that capacity, worked on many of the most notable screen offerings of a few years ago. When George Loane Tucker came to California to film "The Miracle Man," he sent for Rosen and placed him under contract as head cinematographcr of that notable production. This was the start of a warm friendship between the two and he remained with Tucker as conferee until that great director was claimed by death. Since that time Philip Rosen has been directing his own pictures. Rudolph Valentino, Betty Compson, Wallace Reid, May Allison, and Mary McLarren are but a few of the stars he had directed since directing pictures for Lasky, Metro and Universal. When the Rockctt Brothers contemplated filming the life of Abraham Lincoln they naturally looked about for the finest director they could find for the exacting work to be done. The selection of Phil Rosen for the post as director of this important picture was a high tribute to his genius. This legacy of history, bequeathed to drama lovers, he guarded with a full realization of his obligation, as trustee or executor of a rich estate and after month* of earnest work, he presented what has been pro claimed as the most noteworthy offering that has yet come to the great crucible of the screen. Syd is Proffered Foreign Contract The latest California star who has refused a Haltering offer to make pictures abroad, is Sydney I liaplin. Last week he appeared at | private costume party, attired in the full panoply of a Mexican bandit. Other guests included several men prominent in the film world of our sister republic — one of them being a large distributor of films ami the other controlling the principal theatre in Mexico City. They were so impressed with Chaplin's appearance and with the performances they had seen him give on the motion picture screen, that they made him an immediate offer to star in a series of productions to be made in their own country. This offer was later renewed formally, but Sydney Chaplin had to decline it, because of other local engagements now pending. In addition to "The Rendezvous," Marshall Neilan's Russian story in which Chaplin was recently featured here, this famous comedian has signalized his permanent return to the screen by working in "Her Temporary Husband," made by First National, and "The Galloping Fish," produced by Thomas H. Ince, both of which will soon receive national distribution. George Larkm's vigorous personality, contagious smile and hearty laugh have ranked him high among the industry's romantic stars, and at the same time endeared him to inuntless theatregoers and fellow workers. A talented tutor, he brings to the screen also extraordinary athletic and darning 'kill. Mr. I.nrkin has been signed by F. H. 0. for a series of five-reel dramas, the first of whith, "Yankee Madness," is now in production. Philip Rosen is now in New York City to attend the premier presentation of the I.inroln picture. He will leave for Washington within a few days to meet President Coolidgc and then come directly to San Francisco to take up his work on "A Wise Son" whirh he will direct under the personal supervision of Max Graf. Jack Lloyd, protean artist of thr Jack White forrr«, is portraying in the current Mermaid comedy the white-headd but red-blooded "cunnel" of ante-bellum Kentucky. J