New York Clipper (Feb 1915)

12 THE NEW YORK GLIPPER Febbuaby 27 MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT BABar vanoBt nvnon narvna editob; CURRENT FILM EVENTS. BT BIK. flEOnOE II. THOMAS. OcoTg: U. Thomas hflabMo cooDootcd wilb .the inovloft pirturc luduMry practlrallv hImi-o Its liicoiitlon. Ilr Ib prcucnUy aiKaKC<l In un Important capnclty with the Motion I'lrliirc Patcats Co. Mr. Vhomcs was ret'ontly rlcrt- ert prMldcnt of the Hrooklyn I/Odgc, No. 30, 'Xlicatrlcal McfbiDlcal AHoclatlon. ■UALLDY ABU) WRIIER OUT OF DOS- WOnTn COKCEIIN. rhIllllM Smallcy aod Ix)1b Wobor hnvn rn- llri'd frois Ihclr respective noMtlonn art lend- ing actor aad direi'tress or productlnnH for tlio -lloewiirlh Co. Their future plons liavo rot iid-n announced. JOHN T. KBLLY WITH VITAaRAPII. Jolin T. Kelly, for many seaaona a favor- Jlc witfli \V<ptr it Fields' Co., at the fammis ]lltlo nlayhOLse ou Ilroadwny and IVenly- Jiliilh Hlreet. New York, Is ntrw ploying loni- lily roles for the VVtacMtih (?o. PICTUnB PLAYHubsC OO.'ADDS ANUTIIBIt nnANCII OFriCld. The Picture Playhouse Kllm Co., Inc., oprDcd this week an olllrc iu Ut. Louis, Mo., nod for the preacat .Arthur A. IiC<\ tlio (ravclliir ofllcc manager of the Picture I'lnv- Ijouae Kllm Co., Inc., la taklug charge of the tranch. Ue has mado aomc good bookings and the conipaDy'8 Venture (llnia have liecn rocelvod by the )ii>oplc oif Bt. iMUin T/lth enthualiii.in. 'J\hla la Ihc clcventli new olhco Hint tlio Picture Playlinuse rilm Co., Inc.. has oix-ni-d, ond all of them are reporting guiiil bnulncsa. DisnLiNnn a moving pictuiiq ' ce:ns*»u. Lawrence T. Ilerllner, correspondent of TiiR Nkw Vouk Ci.n'i'KR at Corry, Pn., baa received his ccminlxHldii from thf ittnte of I'onii^ylmiila aa 1n»:ii-clur for th>> Stnto Hoard of CeiiKorB. Ilia' dullev conalstK of vis- iting all tlicniic!) wlici'i pl('(nri'» urc H)iii\vn. to see Uiat tliey Ikmit the slnnip of approval of the State board, iind iiro otherwise propiT. KLBINE nr.'I'S' Al.l.-Ml'Ail CAST FOR "'I'lIK rt>H.'H|iTKII,S." "Tlio ConmuiterH," llluil popular .Tnnies rort)os cnnip<ly, now being lllnied by Oeorcio Klelne. In his New York studio, will feature i\n all->tar cast. Tin' Jpnd of Hetty Ilrlcc liaB bccu pinred In the coropetcnt hnnda of Ir<iio Kenwlck. Ooorge I.*' (luerp will pliiT HariT llrlce, and nnoHier well known llroad- way Thmr>lnii,'-<1harle:f .IndeN, will handle the lolc of Innnltablc Sainniv. Ihin Movloa, who won fame aa tip orlglniil Olllcer 0(11) both la the stage play and tho Kleluo fllni" vcra'on, •will InteriiroE Mr. K'ulllston, while Dilli <"onnor will plav Fan ItoMlaton. hia wife. New York's avnilablp theatrical talent waa carefully convaaseil before the rolca were caat. and cncli was aclected with an eye Bulely to his or her adaploblllty to the pert. TOM WALBH, OP 101 UISON. RF.COV- ICniNU FUaM DdllNS HBCRIVUl) WIIILB ItAKI.Va A PICTirRIi. Ttaomai Walsh, of the 101 lUson Company, I« gradually Inaprovlni from the terrible burua he recolvca while preparing a cloud ♦ttect for the production of "Tho niood of the ChUdrtD." I4>at week Dr. IJoyd Mnse, «f UnlToreal City lioaplial. thought It woulJ J* neceaaary to graft akin to aavc Mr. Walab's life. Cleo Madison volunteered to Itlvc alK iqunrc Inchi'-i of akin from ber ■hculder. Th« cpcMtlon now will not b« neccEoary. FANNIB WAnn RNflAORn FOR LASKV PRODIKrriONM. Jesae L. Lasky Feature Play Comnany an- jiounccs tho engagement of Fannie ward, tho legitimate arllat, who, by the kind pcrmlsalon cf Mare Klnw, has entered Into a contract which entails ner making her acrcen debut Id the Immediate future under Laaky man- afcncnt. Mian Ward's moat recent appearance on the stage was lo "Mndom Prealdent," In which she played for aevernl weeks nt the tiarrlek Theatre. JACK DILLON JOINS CNIVICRSAL. J. Francis Dillon, known to Iho theatrical world as Jack Dillon, haa joined the llr.l- veraal West Coaat forcpa, and will hereafter be *c«> In Ne.itor comedies. Mr. Dillon tvtis bom In New York City, twenly-alx years ago. He baa been on the aInKc for ten vears, plat- ing with Adelaide Kelin, Harry TIghc, and In many well known stock comp.inlps. Of tho well known pro<luctlons In which Jack Dillon lias been fentnrbd are: "The nosnry," "The lUght of Way." "Olllrer flilO" and "A Oon- llniMn of Fmnce." l*revli)ua lo his Joining the Universal Company Mr. Dillon acted o» director for Carlyle lllnckwell. He will bo tinder the direction of Al. Christie, and will play juvcDile leads. METRO PICTIIRES CORPORATION MLGCTS OFFICL^Il.S. Undtr the iwiiie of the Metro riclurea < orjioratlon. a new phMurc concern, waa Inunchnl Inst \vei>k when the dlre»-l«rfl lliiallv concliiilr^l Jill prcllinliiiirli's and aelllcd uiioh o delltille nu'llioil of prumliirc •ihi. |<liiii of the M,'lr,. iirgnnlzntlon la Ihi- Jleinliintlii)! .>f iiiiiiiM(W;ir,v oxjuuise aci-onl- »ug til thi'lr uUvuiico amiouuccuiuitH, also the dlatrlbutlon and dlssenilnatlim of their producing companies products with a mliri- ■num of energy, cost and time. Bereral welt known exchange men are represented on the board of diroctora, officers of which bavo been chosen. RIebord A. Rowland, of Clarke & Itowland, Pittsburgh, heada .the board as president. George A. Orumb&cher, of Port- lend, Ore.. If vice president, and James B. Clarke, associate of Mr. Rowltmd, second vlca prealdcct. Joseph Ro^le, of New York, hat bien elected trroaurc,-, and l«ls B. Mayer, of Doston, secretary. - ■ ■ - Tlie releasing policy of Metro will he one picture a week. These will be supplied Id part by the companies allied with It, while the rcmolnlng, or op^n.iUtea, tIH be niled ■with sUterlai seleotea froiii't±n open market. "I DID.N'T ARRANGE, MY BOYS, TO BD A SOLDIUn," SAYS ARTHUR ASH- LIOY—TELLS TROOPS TO USB TUBIR OWN JUnOl^BNT. Wlion it cornea to soldiering, Arthur Ash- Je« of the Thanbouser-iMutual forces, Is "aomc" actor. .This was amply demonstrated ot Fort Ucbuyler recently. Director Carroll Fleml/ig was there with a Tbanhoiiaer com- pany, taking aomc piclurcs, and. Incidentally, Unking UBe of Uncle Hnm'a own Infantrymen. Seeing a chance- to get a good cloac-iip, be persuaded the regular lleutennut to changa placca with Ashley, wlm pinya the part of an otncer In thla new Mutual release. Ahead was a barbed wire fence, and the coDipaiiy of which Ashley was In nominal command was making straight for tills ob- stacle. This didn't bother the trained sol- diera, but they didn't know thot their young lieutenant bad given way to a movie iictor. When the distance between the marching company and tho wire fence wnB too umall to penult the citstomary "aqiiadH left," a griz- zled sergeant shouted some command Just as Ashley yelled one, too. Ashley's was: "Do what vou think'best." "Another thiug," said Arthur to Director I'lcmlDg after the oceno waa llnlshed. "you uiuBt remember I'ju a trouper, not a trooper I" nEMARKAnLB MACHINES SHOWN IN I'ATIIIO SBllIAL — "THIS EXPLOITS OF KLAINU" HAKES USB OF A NIMIIBR, Theodore Wharton, collnboratlng with ills brother, Tx-opold In the production of tho I'litihe aerial, "The Exploits of Klalne," has Kome very Inlercaling things to sav ot (bo aclcirtinc apparatus used In llie different t'plsodi'a. Mr. Wharton, la the first place, ciuphaslzcs the fact that the various remark- nhle mechanlBms shown are not the product of the studio workshop, but the genuine article. In one Inatance, at leaat, the only one ever produced and tremendously costly. '•For Instance," says'.Mr. Wharton, "Wears now using in the making of thi> eleventh ciilfrocic nn apparatus called the "tclegra- phiiiif," which Is the only one ever made, and which represents the expenditure of mil- lions of dollars though the actual mechanlciil cost would not exceed two or three tlious- anU. 'I'ho large sum first mentioned has been expended la the oxpcrlmenta wJilch havo bccu tuougbt to a successful conclusion la the mncbluc which has been kindly loaned <ii u.s for a few dnyB by the,-manufacturers, a.rlelly this la what the apparatus will do. lull call up a man In Seattle on the "long dlatnncc" from New York. He Is awny, but yet you inny speak Into the 'phone what you With 10 tell lUni, and on hia rctura, by plac- ing the receiver to his car, he will get your oesaagc and in your own voice, too. Again lo the tenth episode we us^ the "electric reauacitator," which recently, odt on the Coast somewhere, was used for the first time on a girl who had been pronounced dead by a nuinber of able Dhyslclans, and yet who was brought back to life a half hour later by this remarkable device. This ma- chine, which la truly almost aopcmatural In Its powers, was Invented by Dr. Leduc, of the Kante* E«ole de Medicine, lo France. The apparatus la so new and anch a rarity that we found it very difficult to secure one for oar picture, Another' new and remarkable Invention, wc have used is the "vocapbone," which ?irojects the voice of the .user of it eo that t may he beard a long dletance from the receiver at the other end. No, we are not faking any scientlnc ap- paratus in "The ISxplolts of Elaine." We don't have to. The inventors of these dif- ferent remarkable machines voluntarily offer OS the use of their devices, feeling that the use of them In a motion Picture of the trc- meodouB circulation of "Rialne" cannot help but bring new and valuable publicity. ■DOAB LEWIS BOOSTS AUOUSTA AS A PICTDBI! MIKINO FAIUDISG. Edgar Lewla, who bos gone dorwn .to Au- gusta, Oai, for the purpose of staging "The Now Governor" for the Koi Office Aibtractlons Co., writos back a lotrter to New Yoit, In wlilch he waxes eloquent over Augusta as a choice locniltty In whlcli to maie movlrt; pictures. "AM proportlos and Eccnery necessary in the Broduotloa of a flim are at Augusta," says [ir. l/cwi-}; "if Wc need a mountain range It Is only a few miles Weat of us; if iwe desire on ocean liner It Is a abort distance by rati, and what Is more "to the point, If we are itaging a production wOiIdh reqoitea scenes from regions of two different cllmatoa, we do tot have to leave the env.lrons of Augusta, OB the magncdla. and palm grow wtthln easy working distance of the pines. It Is rumxircd that Mr. roi contemplatco the oonstruotion of a' largo producing plant down here, be- cause of the nuLny nntural advantagea of the section,' I wilsh to add, as «n after tlioij^, ttujt this regloa la the way of bodily comfort Is an improvement-on Jersey Qdghni In Jan- uary." BRY80N. OF MINNEAPOLIS, DEVISES CLEVER .MriTIIOD OF KBEPINO TAR ON PICTURE HOUSE RE- CEIPTS. Jomes V. Dryion. popular!y known as .Tlmmy, to his intlmntos In the picture game, end who rejoices In the title of general facto- tum of the Latmmle Film lOxohange, of Minneapolis, has devLnH] an excellent meth- od of keeping track of expenditures and re- ceipts of mpvle houses. 'J4ic Dryaon system unl(rnces a record and ledger method of a cleverly routined dally report olieet that ef- fectively accounts for every nickel going In or out, The official tltln la the Theatre Rec- ord Ledger -System, and over Ave thousand picture houses are t;ald to be using It suc- CKsfully at present. WALTER UILLER, PAHODS JOCCEY, HARBIES— >'UTVBIT]r WINNEB APPEARS ON TIIR SCUERN IN PIIOTOPLAV VEBSIO.N OF TlIB Did BACINQ EVCNT. With the same air of myster; and silence which surrounded his doliut as a motion pic- ture «tar, Walter Miller, the popular little Jockey, took unto himuelf a wife recently, and Is enjoying his honeymoon while the pic- ture in which he starred Is being prepared for Ita initial presentation. F>1dlo MIddlcton, who staged the Lillian RuHsell feature, "Wildfire," for the Worlil Film Corporation,' Is respnoslble for the Wal- ter Miller picture, which is lu lour reels, and EWORLD FILM CORPOlim ADDS ANOTHER GREAT PRODUCER TO rrs LIST Lewia J. Selznick, Vice-President and General Manager, announces a World Filna Corporation affiliation with the Beginning with their production THE FAIRY AND THE WAIF" A beautiful Btory artlstloally filmed under the direotlon of BtABT HUBEET PBOHMAIT, presenting three great stage stars of Broadway reputation: MARY MILES MINTER, remembered in *The Littlest Rebel" PERCY HELTON, now in *The Miracle Man'* WILL ARCHIE, will be remembered because of his play- ing in "WUdfire" with Lillian RusseU "THE FAIRY AND THE WAIF* is in 5 Acts and will be released March 1 FOR FOR'raER INPORUA'nON COMBimnOATE WITH THE NEAREST BRAMOH OP THE F-IL.IVI CORPORATION liEWIS J. BELZmCKk Vioe-Fresident and General Manager 130 "WEST 46th ST., WBW YORK. CfITT, N. Y. BHAUOHES EVEBTWHBBB BSANCHES EVEBTWHEBE win ho offered to State right buyers under the title, "Wlonlng the JHiturity," by the Walter Miller Feature Film Company. The story Is founded upon the epo.:taciilar race which added so materially to the Uttle rider's fame, and is presented by a caat in- cluding Georgia O'llamey, Charles Graham, Uenjamin 8. Kutler, Alfred Holllngswortb, end William Cavanaogb. The racing scenes were made nt Saratoga and Sbeepsbead liay. The wedding, whlcb stars Ur. MUler for life as a married mat, was staged Just os quietly as the fiictuie, wltfli the Ug scene played In the largo T'ecepUoai room oi the Hotel Gotham. ChiJre Lorwenatoln was the duirmlDg bride, and a goodly number of motion picture celeb- hrU'les among Hhe guests hclt>ed to remind the croom that, although he wtu featured aa Walter WUHnm Miller on the wedding Invl- tntloDa, plain Woltor AllUcr was good enough for his many friends of studio a£d taick. '•Maett th« Extcttig CondHtoni Briik CoinpaiHIon Enforces Id the Moving Picture Field" THE PRE-EMINENCE OF POWER'S CAMERAGRAPH No. 6A CONCLUSIVELY DEMONSTRATED SAFETY Awarded 0-rand Prize, Second Inter- national EzpoBition of Safety, held at Grand Centra,l Falaoe, New York City. EFFICIENT Embodies many vital improvements and features that make it the highest attainment in motion picture machine and operation. PERFECT PROJECTION Power's Intermittent Movement eliminates all flicker and assures defi- nition in the picture. You owe it to yourself to own a copy of our latest Ulustrated Catalog "T," telling the faots concerning Perfect Safety, Perfect Projection. WHERE SHALL WE SEND YOUR COPY? NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY NINETY COLD STREET, NEW YORK CITY J. A. KENT NOW WITS OnEAV NORTHURN. John A. Kent la the new Oreat Northern publicity man. Mr. Kent has performed similar work for the General Film Co. and the World. Film Corporation. < DOrOLAS WRITES ANOTHER. Malcolm Douglas, business manager of the New Amsterdam Theatre, Klaw ft BTlanger's principal playhouse, has Just flnlshiid a sce- nario called "The VUion of the Shepherd," end it will shortly be released by the Sellg Con>paoy, The figure of the Naaareoe will b« Introduced. BTr. Douglas has written many serious and humorous plays and booke. One ot the fun- niest books publlabed is bis "He Would lie An Actor." I'm Film Sales Corporation has been In- corporated at Albany by D. Young Jr., T. IC. Ehea and 0. R. Farrar, of 'Caat Orange, N. J. THEY ENJOYED JOCKEY HUiLBR'S RIDING. For the first time in Ita eighty-nine yean' history. Slug Sln^r's i>opulatlon haa init reached the one thousand seyen hundred mark. In addition ito the ordinary prisoner* tliere are fifteen condemned men, which brioga the grand total up to one thousa n d sevea Jrundred and fifteen InmOitee. Before carrying out his plans for drafts ot convlctB to Comstock an<l Auburn Prisons, Deputy Warden Charles Johnson accepted the offer of Jockey Walter Miller to show Slug Sing's ilargcst audience his four-reel motion picture, "Winning the FuturWy," which re- sulted in the iDJtIni showlDg of the ezcltiag GrIdenUy the little rider's fame was well known to the large and entbufilastic gather- ing; ns hlfl every appearance oa the screen was greeted by stormy a;pplauae, end when be rode the great hornc, Cfolln, to a glorious victory In the second t>lg race ^own in tho picture, be was given a demonstration sec- ond only to the one he received irtien bo won the celebrated race ait Saratoga. INDUSTRIAL SENDS CAMBRA HAN SOUTH TO PII/H THE CUBS' PRAC- TICE OAMBS. The Industrial U. P. Co., of Chicago, has sent a camera crew to Tampa, F\la., for the purpo«ie of taking thetolBclal movlng plctures of the big Oaaparilla.Vai'nlval, which Is one of the annual State fceturea. This plotnrewlll be made in two or three reels for special Southern circulation, and will first he shown at the Bonita Theatre, at Tampa. After fbls work Is ftnlshed tbelr operator will stay at Tampa with' the Cuba during the time that the Chicago National League Baseball Club are In training there, and lo addition to securing weekly eubjeets, will make up a two reel Mscball feature for gen- eral circulation. IIYDAR FILM CORPORATION AN EXTERPRISINO SOVTHBBN EXCUANOB. The Hjtnr Film Corporation, of Atlanta, Ga., Is maklns conatsnt forward stildos, and Is now. wibhoot doubt, one of the largest film eiohanges In the South. They have beautiful offlces In the Forsyth Building, with t3ie only iprojectlon room South of tho Uason and DIzon Une. Arthiir B, Hyouji. Bresident, is hi chargj of the Bald erganlta- on work, and P. T. Bartwur, secretary and troaaurer, has charge of the offices and all routine work of the orgaiiltation. which em- I>i<'ys sevea road salesmen end a staff of thirty in Its Atlanta ofllce. Ihc Hyber Film Corporation controls for tho eight Southern fitatcs the entire out- put of several big film rel6aalnf companies, indudln/r the Alliance Frognm, Cosmos Kcs- ture Film Corporation, Kxcelslor Feature Feature Ftlm Company^ Favorite Players Compsjiy, iMastcrpltce Film Conwiany, Os Film Company. Ki C. Booking Company, Flamingo Film Comnany, Select Photoplay Produclag Company, Ivnn Film Corporation, Somrycr Film Corporation United rflm Com- pany, the Oreat Nortbe'ro Film Company, the Kismet Film Corporation and has just contracted for the Apex brand. In addltlou to the pcctures which they have In tbol.' regular strvlce. The company operates several large the- atres. Including the Grand Opem House. Jn Atlnntn with n seating capacity of 2,00O. Splendid re«iults ate being obtained, and cvcu ■greater expansion ) Is probable In the ncir 'future. A brancjK otnco Is being opened In New Orleans, whsrtfVr, Uymon "visited iost week. ^ ■ '