New York Clipper (May 1915)

12 THE NEW YORE OLIPPEH. May 8 HA nil Y ENNIS, MOTION PICTURE EDITOR. OSCAR EAGLE TO DIRECT FAMOUS PLAYERS PRODUCTIONS. POWER PATENTS SUSTAINED BY JUSTICE MAYER. THaNHOUSER SECURES TWO PRODUCERS OF ESTABLISHED REPUTATION IN LEGITIMATE. ERNEST C WARDE AHD IHOS. COFFER COOKE ENTER FIELD OF FIUIS AFTER YEARS OF ACH IEVEMENT IN DRAMATICS. GEO. B. COX NOW PRESIDEN T OF WORLD FILM. IHOS. INCE REPORTED INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT ON COAST. "That la wbcrc the fate of a production Is burn. To grasp camera technique la for them.only a matter of adjustment—to adapt i -themselves to changed conditions. When pro : ducers-of their calibre make good It Is with the highest perfection of art, because the; know now- lo get the. beat out of performers 'and situations;.It.means stability—It assures ' H consistent product. It puts the value be- hind the trademark, Instead of only a picture here and there." - HERE AND THERE IN FILMLAND. OSCAR EAGLE ENGAGED TO DIRECT FOR FAMOUS PLAYUKSi-"THE DIC- TATOR," WITH JOHN BARRYHORE, FIRST PRODUCTION. Directly following the announcement of the engagement by the Famous. Players Film Co. of 81d Olcotf, comes the news that Oscar Eagle, another noted picture producer, has been signed by that concern. Oscar Kag!e, who was for two years at the head of the Chicago studios of. tho Bellg Co., and who prior to that was associated with David Iie- lasco, the Llcblera and others of equal rank In the field of stage productions, recently llnlBhcd tho Aiming of '.'Runaway June" for the Reliance Co., and Is acknowledged by competent Judged to bo one of the really big men In the directing profession. The first plcturlzatlon to rccelvo his at- tention for the Famous Flayers will bo a screen adaptation of Illcliard Harding DavlB' play, 'The Dictator." in which John Barry- more will portray tho stellar role. . The entire supporting company, Including Mcusri. llniryinore nnil Eagle, will embark for TTnvnnti, Cuba, this week, where every (•(Tort will be made to secure the proper local color and South American atmosphere de- manded by the locale of the story. "The Dictator" will be released on the Tamznount program svmo time In August NICHOLAS POWER PATENTS SUSTAINED. - Tho patents held by Nicholas Tower, tho inventor of 1'owcr'n. Camqrag.-apb and the president of the Nicholas Tower Co., of 00 <Jold Btreet, New York, Involving the mechanism of the framing device and Arc valve on tbc film magatluc of tho projection macblno made by tho above concern, were both Bustuluvd by Justice Mayer last week la tho Bupromo Court, -Now York. Justice Mayer gave voice to the following opinion: "Motion picture exhibitions ate attended dully by muny thousands of people, and we all apprcclato the danger which would result, not only from lire, hut more seriously, per- haps, from panic. - Thus, any Instrument of llro protection becomes Important which shall luitantnncnnaly extinguish lire and be so constructed anil adjusted qb not to scratch nor Impair the film, v ■ . . "What .the art needed from an efficient nnd conimerclul standpoint k wo» a Ore pro- tection device- which would also protect the Dim. It must bo remembered that the film travels at tho rate of about sixteen pictures per second: that splices arc not unusuul, and that scratching cither destroys or Impairs the Hint to the extent of uorloiiBly deteriorating the picture which Is thrown on the screen. "lu my opinion It required a faculty more thnn ordinarily to bo expected from the uiau sullied lit thu art to produce the Tower vulvo. "Indeed, tho prior art. In respect of this (levloo which now lookH so simple, but which wus unattnlued by others. Is, to my mind, convincing proof thitt wlmt the. Tower ac- complished lu this regard watt Invention." GEO. B. COX NOW PRESIDENT. OF WORLD FIL.H CORPORATION—WM, A. BBADY PIRECTOR. *' Geo. B. Cox. of Cincinnati, largely Inter- ested In the Sbubert Ptros.' Extensive the- atrical ventures, was elected president of the World Film Corporation at the meeting held April 24. Mr. Cox succeeeds Van Horn Ely, and Giib. A. Huhn became chairman of the executive committee at the same meeting, and Jos. L. Ithlnock wad made an additional vice presi- dent, while. Milton C. Work' and Wm. A. Drady were elected to the board of directors. THOMAS INCH REPORTED INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT ON COAST. A report'came from the Coast last week that Thomas Incc, the N. Y. M. T. Co. pro- ducer, had.been severely Injured In an auto accident. <It seems that .Incc wus speeding along nt a merry clip and the machine turned turtle, pinning the director under the seat. While bndly lacerated and suffering a broken collarbone, it- Is said that Mr. Ince will be sufficiently recovered to renew bis activities as chief producer for the New York at the Const studios. EDWIN THANHOUSER VOICES AN OPINION. In bringing Messrs. Cooke and Warde Into flrmdom, Mr. Tnanhouscr again displays the high cIuhb of. conception ■ Tor which he Is noted. "I feel," lie says, "that eventually the production of films will be In .the bands of the' masters of the sneaking stage. Of course, tlcro will be exceptions, but the legiti- mate experience of these gentlemen brings a wealth of conception nnd an application of possibilities which will mould the destiny of the silent drama. I believe In producing along legitimate lines, and la bringing Into pictures men of proved ability. "I hope to achieve an unusual standard end maintain It. That they have never pro- duced for films matters not, their records stamp them as men with Imaginations, and I urn satisfied that they can visualize a plot. EDGAR LEWIS. Edgar Lewis has Just finished the 01m ver- sion of Ttoy Norton's novel, "The Plunderer," for the l''or Film Corporation. Lewis has produced some excellent screen entertain- ment during the past three years. Among Ms achievements In tbc line of features arc "Northern Lights," "The Glided Fool," "The Thief," "Samson," "Captain Swift" and "The I.lttleBt Rebel." . Mr. Lewis was born In a Bmall town In Missouri In 1S72. Ills restless spirit led him to run away from home at the age of twelve. After beating his way to New York and finding little sympathy In the big city, lie Joined a circus nnd worked as a canvas man and stake driver. . Later he .became man- ager of the side show with the circus, and afterward made his first appearance on the stage as a "super." He played as an extra man with James O'Nell, Clara Morris, Edwin llooth. Lawrence Barrett, Louis James and Frederick Ward, working his way up from super to leading man, and from that to director of a small stock company. He was so successful th this position that be never returned to acting, going oh Into better com- panies as director. Ills motion picture career started three years ago with M. and Mmc. Blnchc, of the Holai Company, after which he directed Ite- llance releases, and then embarked In tho feature Held with the Life Photo Film Co., the Photoplays Productions Co., aad the Fox Film Corporation, with which he Is now connected. ItOIirCRT DALY IS HARD AT WORK on the production of his first picture since re- turning to the Universal Company. "Frivo- lous Frltzl" Is its title and, If anything may be Judged from Its Btory before It. Is staged, It should be something worth while releas- ing. Tbc picture features Frltzl' Brunette In the part of the' romantic young thing from Hick Center, who falls In love with a picture actor In a story of the Kentucky moonshiners. In ah effort to get revenue olflccrs to' her home stie writes them that there le whiskey. belsg made .there Illicitly; The complications which arise from this arc thousand-fold and Daly takes advantage of T1IOS. COPFBN COOKE AND ERNEST WARD 1C BECOME THANHOUSER I'IMtlHJCKllS. Things arc hatticnlng rapidly at New Ho- chelle, for thu Jong ami of Edwin Tlumlioiiner has ugaln reached down Into Ilnmdwny for the kind of support ho Is determined to get. Only a few wcekB ago It was announced In these columns that hu acquired George Poster l'lntt, ' tho famous stagu director, among others, but last week saw Mr. Thauhuuscr working taut, lie now has signed Tho*. Cof. fen Cooko and Ernest C. Warde, both known wherever tho English, spoken drama Is pat- ronized, Mr. Cooko has a record of soveatcen years as director for McBsre. Wagcnhals & Kemp-' ner. during which tlino ho produced with Mich famous stars as Modjcska, Annie llus- nell, Itlaucho Walsh, I/ouls James, Katherlnc Kidder and Frederic Warde. Amoug the more modern sum-Hies which ho staged are "Tald lu Full," ;'8cvcn Days" and "Tbc Grey- hound." lie "served time," as tbey say, In otock; bis record extends from Coast to ConBt, and tbo. l|st of pluys covers every- thing from farce comedy to Shakespeare. Mr. Cooko'B seventeen years with one con- cern Is perhaps his highest recommendation, nnd until hu came to ThanhouHcr's he never wus lnelde a motion picture studio. SON OF A FAMOUS FATlIKIt. A strango coincidence, la.that.among the great tragedians whom Mr. Cooko linn di- rected Is Fnederlc Warde, tho omlovut Slmke- spenroib authority ami lecturer, anil thnt the Ernest C. Warde who Ih no.w hlo co-worker at tho New ltochelle studio Is Frederic Wardc'a Ron, That's just one rouud of the hnnds of time. Kriiost Warde, In taking up the work of n motlpn picture director, brlugs with him ex- perience well worthy the son of so fnniuuB d father: h« trouped It with his ItluntrlnUB father, and In a few years hnd reached what was then tbc actor's highest ambition—an "engagement with Richard -Mansfield.' Mr. Warde remained In the company to the end of MansDcld's days, completing nluc years of service. , For tbo last Ave years of this time, how ever, he was Mr, Mansfield's singe director. In ono yes* be had eleven plays to tnfcc care of, and his porfpnnnnrc of his duties won him an onuiual compliment from the great actor. Sbco . Mr, MansflMfl's daitb Mr. Wnrao ^o»k«li«QC£Wf»Jly rnitook «nd pro- duct/), amcng^«tflcrv Henry 8ava^c'e ■pvtrj'i W0 A3&rtNemiTO X FILM and SONG SLIDES A big reduction in ftlm, lbb reels at 1 cent a tool ' some at $3 a reel; have .western and Indian Heels, 500 Sets of Song Slides,, toe. to $1 a set; Power's No. 6 Machine, $76; also other cheap Ma- chines: Model "B" Calcium Machine, $»; 1 buy Film, SUdoa and Ulaotalnesi'Jf nood. O.F. GALLOT. Id .Eighth Ay«.,TI . Y. , them all. Supporting Miss Brunette are Juck LtrAmm&U, Bertram Law, J. ' Trcscott and Lew Carter. ■ " THE BROADWAY THEATRE, New York, In .addition' to presenting an excellent film entertainment, supplemented by a real sym- phony orchestra. Is'getting out aerogram- descriptive of the performance glven,"tbat Is readable and attractively gotten up;<-Who* ever writes the "Just between : orfrselvea" cojunin evidences journalistic ability of n« mean order.' Ob I well I We newspaper mei - are clever guys alright ' "WldV • Summing admits It for the entire clan. .- JESS WILLARD. who attained not a little fame In a recent fistic encounter down Ha- vana way. Is suing the Universal Film Mfg. Co. for $100,000. Jess claims that'.he made a contract with' the picture concord which, called for his appearance in "The'. Heart Punch." Furthermore, the puglllBttc champ overs In his affidavit, made In the Supreme Court of New York, that the Universal agrcel to pay him twenty-live per cent, of the pro- ceeds of the sales of the film In question. AN ACCOUNTING was to be miide.wcckly. according to the terms of the contract: The complaint states this has not boon done. Wlllard alleges additionally that the Uni- versal leased "The Heart Punch" films t» affiliated concerns for considerably lean thai the picture's worth, and that certain sales were made nt "fictitious" prlc,ea or figures which he claims "were entirely dlsporpor tlonatc to the value of his services rendered. A THRILLING EXPLOIT by. an electrical engineer provides the chief interest'.tn "The' Electric Alarm," a one reel Ma Jostle now being filmed. Tod Browning is staging this, thriller. The company Includes Charles Gorman, aa the engineer; Lillian Webster, as his sweet- heart; Miss Pay ton and A. E. Freeman. ■ Orchestrations In ovcry key— Arraugerncnts now ready for ,Jalo and Mixed Voices. . Uptown .rrofpaainnal Rooms: .i •.. ilw uro»dWB.T. OhleaiVOfllcc: Schiller QldaV