New York Clipper (Jun 1915)

16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Jvne 19 EDWIN S. PORTER AND WELIAffl L WADDELL SHOW STEREOSCOPIC INVENTION. miTIAL FBESEIirrATION AT ASTOR TBEATBE METS WITH ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPHON. Ibonday muTii t i l R lafie 10, at the Astoc nieatre, New York, « new process of motion pletoie pio- j«ctloii wu aluTwo for the first tlffio to an Inrlted aadlence of film men and nevrepaper representa- tlyes. The process in nnestlon inTolTee tbe reaUetlc screen projection ot gennine stereoscopic motion pictures, and is tbe Invention of Edwin S. Porter, general manager ot the FamoaR Players Film Co.. nnd Wm. £. Waddell, -who have both worked long and ardaoDSIy on tbe Idea. That tbelr efforts have been ultimately crowned with aucceas was attested by tbe enthnslastlc re- cepnon .iccoided the initial showing of the tn- mention. The ordinary motion picture, of conise, pos- tvsses liut iwo dimension?, longtb and breadth, but th« Foiter-Waddell inreutlon has guccesatnlly cap- tured the elusive third requlremeirt, that of depth. In effect It Is an illusion, created by the use ot ft cairera CMratlng, In th« photographing of the picture, wltJ two lenses working smuutaneoo^ly. Tbe film of rae during tbe course of development la tinted green, while the other is slveor a red t!nt. GEORGE ELEINE WINS A COPYRIGHT SUIT* iniGATION OVER «^LDEN BEETLE" SETTLED m FAVOR OF CHICAGO PRODUCER. Oeor|e Seine was awarded a verdict In aa lat- Tiortant fopyrlght suit last weeb by Judse Iianied Hand, In the u. S. District Court. 1b the litigation which the picture man instltnted some time ago asHlut Abraham Poiacof, doing baslness as toe QualltT Feature Film Co. It seems that "Tbe Golden Beetle," prodnced by the Clnee Co., of Bome, Italy, was onported by Klelne and copyrighted by him at Washington. D. C April 20, 1014. Last August an nnaatbor- Ized print waa exhibited In New York, and on complolat ot Klelne it was seized by a u. S. mar- sbaL The defendant. Polacof. caitended' In the re- sultant law suit that the picture the Quality Fea- ture Film Oo. controlled was radically different from "Tbe Golden Beetle," on wtucb Klelne held e c(q>yngh^ but after hearing all the testimony. Judge Hand decided at the llnlsh of the trial, last week, that tbePoUcof .picture ccostltuted an tn- irlncnieBt of melne's copyright, and rendered .i decision calling for tbe entry of a jadgment tor ri>9ta and counsel fee against tbe defendant Geo. P. Scull X70S the attorney for Geo. Sleine. OST of Mack Sensett'9 recent acquisitions la X>rtn Barclay, who Joined tbe Keystone company, last week. ■'Billlken" Barclay is one of the young- est etan lu bis Eastern burlesque, bavlng made a sensation Li New York In the Prize Winners, at the Colcmhla. before the close of his first pei^ formance et that theatre. The newspaper critics wore ur.uolmonsly in his favor, and now that Mack Sennett has taken him under bis direction there iH llTtl^ posaiblltty of bla falllDg to become a T."or!d-wide favorite in picture comedy. When the film Is ptolected on the screen, the spectator, la order to get tbe proper stereoscopic efect, must necessozily nse a pair of eye-glosses, one lena of which Is cresn and the other red. The Porter-Waddell Invention can be used on any standard make of projection, machine. while the ose of fbeso two-colored spectaelea are absolutely necessary In order to perceive the truly remorfaible etereos.:opic effect achieved on the screen, the results are partlcnJorly pleasing, and the aid of the artifice not partteolarly troublesome. A view of it'lagara Falls and scenes from "Jim the Penman," a current Famous Players featnre, were shown In three dimensions, and the deflnlti; movements and solidity of the objects in motion as well as the effect of waving tree branches and roiOilng water, waa at once startling and pecnliarly real. Ko definite arrangaments regarding the conunnr- clal exploitation of the stereoscopic ffiventlon have been made as yet, but negotletlcos are now in progress. The verdict of the large aadlence seemed to be ananlmous that Messrs. I'urter and Waddcii have produced a genuine Innovation In the matter picture projection. aOSCOB ABBUCmE'S SWnOHINO. Althoagh Boscoe Arbnckle, Eeystooe "Fatty," weighs close to three hundred jwunds and has the aippearance ot being hopelessly heavy for any athletic activities, be la an astounding anrprlse to those who are present when he spends a day' at the beach, Eveiy Snnday, and every other day when he can escape from the bondage of the hl^ walls that surround tbe Keystone studios, finds him at Venice or soioa of the other beaches near Los Angeles. (He Is attired In a bathing snlt five minutes after his big car draws np at the bath hoQse. and he remains In this comfortable costume nntll It 15 time to drive back to the dty. No dive Is too hl^ and no ewlm Is too loaz toe him. He Is ready to dupUeate any etnnt that ta performed, and frequently goes one better nnd pats over a feat that no one else cares to attempt He I3 a fact mnner, and not only holds his own la % hun- dred ^rd fiptln^ hut outdistances many more a01e'appearing men. In fact he Is an ail round athlete in the natural disguise ot a sonty drone. Rgaa B. A. HOLFE OFFEBS TWO PAJltOOS AKTISTS Max Figman star of "THE H&S OH TSB BOS" Lois Wtmm star ot "THE WOUAIT' and "HELP WASTED" In tlie BoIlleUng Comedy OrtaoA FROM THE PARK THEATRE SCCCGSS By C^ASsnn POLLOCE and BE^N'ULD WOLF FTPS PARTS Bvleaaed Jaoe 14ttt On tlie Uelro Program l»es BROMWAV HEW YORKCnV ScQVABRIB WITH HOBSfiF.T. The latest acquisition to the Los Angeles pro- ducing company oC'MlnA Fllma Is Albert McQuar- rle, a photoplayerro! much experience. His fir»t picture with MinA Films Is called "Tbe Stolen Ca£e," which Is to be released June 24. CAB BUYfNG BPIOBSnC The Scystona studios at Cdeadale: CoL. hnvo bod all the apppfl?nnf » ot a gl^aatlc anComobile cirarlng hoose dnrlns: the past two or three mesa Over twenty snemhero of the Jfack Sennett organi- zation were car owners up to the first day of jTanc. tlhen Baymond Bitehco^ temT>tcd by Southern California's excellent roads end lured by short terns with Mack Sennett In hU 120 Flat, pur- chased a roadster for nse during the Summer months, while he Is located with the Eeystoae Company. Hampton Del nnth, managing editor., was tbe next in line, it took him a toll wmIc to make a selection from the totterv of cars that lined up In front of tbe studio. He looked at so ciuDyatliat after pureha<lpg cne hb has to look at the name-plate to be s-ure whlcl\ one he finally decided on. Four others have bought cars np to date, and the total< number owned by Eeyston- ots wilt reach thirty :n a few days it the sales keep up. iiABte DOBS SOME BRONCHO srsxncG. Marie Dressier, who Is hard at work at the Lubln studio on her new featnre comedy. "Time's Tomato Surprise," written by Acton Davies, and being directed oy Howell Hansel, shattered a record ot quite a cluster of years this week, when She actually got on the bacb ot a horse, and. alone and unaided, drove him from one point to another, while a coople ot moving plctnre cameras recorded the test. Up 110111 this week Marie's Idea of zero in trans- pOTtatlon was the back of a horse, and nothing could tempt her to ride one. In the new comedy Slcture tjbe script calls for Miss Dressier to drive own a country road, and while they were trying to decide on Jpkt what sort ot a vdiicle tSie sboold nse. she suddenly gave every one within hearing fluctuations aroond the heart by announcing that she would ride horseback. CUarle did It all right and the teat waa per- formed on the Lubin ranch in tbe presence of b:r company, two cameras a. number of Interested OElookersL T!bere wa$ nothing extraordhmrDy fancy about tbe horse; as a matter of fact, he has been In the Lubln service so long that most of his days are now spent comtirtably grating on the ranch and watching th>! yoTmser and more aciJv« horses do the work, bat lis S'Dltcil Marie exactly. How Miss Dressier wa^ assisted- Into the saddle DEVaorr o moB o f vnitbd ax>os ' aUlfT HSW BOOSBS.' Manager Palley, «t the Michigan branch ot the United Film Servleii, vrtte* "never better" times tor the United ptosram tram hla Detroit head- quarters. "Daring the last wedc alone eeven ezhlbitorii signed op for "regnlar service,' " says the Michigan live wire exchange manager. "The newest on the list who want the beat short atory motion pictures to be had are E<. H. Weiss, manager of the Vau- dette Theatre, tn Alma. Mich.; Gilbert Genesta, manager of the Genesta Theatre, Ithaca, Mich.; J. D. Stoakes, Clark Park Theatre, Detroit: S. S. Smllaasky, manager ot tbe Jvorthcastern Theatre, and K. Krlmm, manager of the Circle Theatre, both of Detroit; W. W. Belder, manager of t.'ie Apollo Theatre, In Holland, ulch., and L, C. Barnes, manager ot the Orphenm Theatre, at Kalamazoo. "We are receiving excellent reports everywhere for the Increasing quality ot the United program pictures, and tbe stars, snch as Edwin Angust, Ruth Blair, Ethel Grandln, Marian Swayne^ ECarry Kelly. 'Heinle And Lonle' (James Anbrey and Wal- ter Kendigi, are winning a renuLrbible fouowlng among Michigan tans." MOTION PICTUBES TOPIC OF UnnSTCR'S SEBMON'. Rev. Clarence 3. Harris, the United Program scenario editor, preached at the South Unitarian Church, in Worcester. Mhes., Sunday, June 13, pre- facing his sermon with a talk on the motion picture art. and tfao wonderful field which Is open to the church and reformers ot all kinds thiongh the medium of the screen. Mr. (Harris spoke of the motion plctnre Industry as one which has caught the people, and that it is to the interest of the church to secure from it the good that It possesses for human uplift. Rev. Harris sees the posstbllitles of broadening tbe activities of the church through tbe picture field. Just as he sees the possibilities ot raising tbe standards of the screen plays through associat- ing them with wortl^ causes. (He has an nn- o^nally tolerant outlook, and he was congratulated i<a his stand by the people who listened to his talk on Sunday. "THB nXPOSTBRS," WOBI/D FII<SI ' PtC- TURIZATIOX' OF A FABIOUS PI<AY. The nezc picture to be produced at the World Film studios by M. Alb^ Capellanl. Is "The Im- postera" Mr, Copellanl has Just completed "The Face In Oie Mooallgbt," which was promlnentlv as- sociated on tbe speaking stage with Bobert Man- tell, and la the plcturo version ot T^hleh .Bobert Warwick plays the dnal stellar role. "The Imposters" Is taken from the play of. the samo same, by Donglas Mnrray, which was enceess- tuUy .performed cn the speaking stage. Josfa Collins, the famons singer ana actress, acts the part of tho Gypsy, "Tbe Tearer."- .This is Miss Coll.'sa' first appearance before the camera, and experts say her tests show her to be as charm- ing on the screen as on the stage. Alec. B. rrands will l>e featured, and will, play the daul part ot Sir Anthony Gregson. the' crusty old English nobleman, and has wayward twin bro&er. IcnOwn as "Blink." DoFethy Falrchllld wm be remembered £ar.her appealing work ag tho wife of Porkey iSiCoy. In "The Boss," In which Holbrool: Bllnn and Alice Brady are starred, portrays the Ingenue rolo ot Mary. GLOBE FEATURE BOOKITiG OFFICE. INC., II.\S V^SUAIi DOOKIXG F.ICIUTIBS. The Globe Feature Picture Booking Offlcc,. Inc., ot 1C64 Broadwoy, A. 3. Duffy, general manager, announce they can guarantee one thousand days' "booking in the United States and Canada to any tour. five, six or seven reel featnre photoplay t>iey accept .; At present they have ninety prints working dally, among which are Lorraine Otto, tn "VeQ- ceance of the Wild;" Jackie Saunders, In "Eeap- iDg the Whirlwind;" Florence Xash, In "Spring- time :" Annette Kellermann, In "Neptanc's Daogb- ter:" L.TdbL Borelll. In "Love Everlasting;" anJ "Souls lEnchalned." American Llfeograph pmduc- tlon of "Where Cowboy Is King," tbe feature tbat played two successive weeks at tbe New Tork ^Hippodrome; Patbe production of "Les Miser- ables," and the >TntaaI prodacttons ot D. W.' Grif- fith's masterpieces. 'The Escape" and "Avenging Conscience." ti^ a half dozen cowpunrher«; bow tiiey woke up the tour-legged veteran: how she sat squarely on lis hack, siipntng not nor skidding, and, with a rein In each hand steered him down the country road, while the camera reeled off film, will Ions be remembered by those present. It waa her &rA horsciiaek ride, and now jAe declares It was so easy that she plana to ride tt> toonds this Fall (f sho can get a good, husky horse and a couple of dogs. CBXSTBB A2n> 'V' Hi-^ TrvT><y Checter Conklln. Keystone comedian, and former circus down. TandevUle mtnologlst, character actor and musical comedy star. Is the favorite or the "kids" that live tn the streets adjacent to tbe Keystone stndlos in- Edendale. CaL Between efene-i "Mr. Dr^pplngton" may freqacntly be seen involved In a game of "two o' cat" or eoaipotlns In a vio- lently contested handball game. It a qaestloii of mles arises It Is always referred to ConklIn,-and his decision Is flnaL Among plctnre tons there are some who like Artrackle better than tho rest; others prefer Hiarlta Murray, and there ore those who consider Ford Sterling the comedy king. But tbe Rdcadale "kids" stand solid for Cfnestcr Cpnk- Iln, first, last and all the time. *v&ssoT! BAi,i,» A SE!;aA'no:7. The two reel Keystone release entitled *The Cannon Ball,"* Is one of the most ecnsatlonal com- edies that has ever been photographed. It Is a typical Keystone film that ontiKeyatones anything of Us kind that has ever been attempted. Imtber t ime nor moneiy was spared In Tnaiifng tfaia won- derful picture, and the usual amoont of both .- was doubled to bring about the desired results. A concrete bridge was dynamited In one scene, and the cost of this alone was anlDclent to cover the iPfftIng of an ordinary two reef aim. Other scenes Include enoogh. thrills to supply a dozes pictures ot lesser magnitude.