New York Clipper (Jun 1915)

f Jane 2ff HERE T^Wr NSW YORK THERE IN FULARDv CLIPPER 19 ■ DT LEX. 'jAMES DVRKIN JOINS FAIUOVS FLAYERS. Aaothcr.importaat acqalElUoa;to tbciirednclos staff bas Juat been effected bj tbe-Famoiu Placers yi\m Co., in addins to Its .standlng staff of di- rectors James Darlun. one .of tlic most -renowned feature directors .In tbe world. Wltli,aic able'di- rectors recently secnred by. tbls company; tbe.fam- ous Pla/ers -list of .producers.Js .now .even more formidable tban It lias been tn .tbe .-past. : Mr. Durkln represents tbe yonncer and more oegrcbSlTe type of motion picture directors, yet. bis pnst actlTltles bare been sufflcleatly .Tsrlcd and i-uvcr a period long cnougb to place blm lo tbo very van of successful motion picture producers. Ilo •was for two years chief director of ttio Tbanbouscr Company, . durlne tbe- greater pars of -wblch period bo produced tbe Maude Fealy features. 'Among bis more notable screed crea- tions, -bowevcr, can-be recorded, ".Dope,** qdc of tbe drst six reel features ever produced. More recently Mr. Ourklo lias come into promi- nence throueU' bis. direction of Betty Nanacn,- In "Tlic Celebrated Scandal," and "Anna Karenina." Uls latest subject, "Tbo Bunnlng'. Flcbt,". wblch was produced for. the .Paramount Pictures Cor- porutfon, created a Terltable sensation at.ltd Initial presentation. Recogsltlng the fact that Mr. Dnr- Kln typifies the more .rucgcd-and vigorous element of directorial ability, tbe Famous Players Film Co. will assign to bis .direction tbe subjects. re- Sulrtng particularly virile' treatment. In accor- nnce with tbls Intention, Mr. Durkln's first pro- duction for the Famous PlaypK Film Co. will bo an elnborate feature 'film pcbductlon of "The In- rorrifslble Dukanc,".by George C. Shcdd-, a unique, ronblnntlon of drama, comedy end spectacle, In which John Barrymorc wiij. star. Tbe. comedy of . the subject Is. derived , from a. series of ludicrous misfortunes of which - John Dncrymore, as the youu; and Incorrigible. Puknae, is tbo constant victim: the drama from the thrilling manner In which the ne'er-do-well redeems blm- eclt and sares the fortune and honor of -bis father, and the apcctaciilar effects arcoccompilsbed. by tbo MtnrlDSUpof a bugcdam ln the course-of-eoo9tr>io- tlon by the senior Dukane, whlcn Is saved. from total destruction ooly by the qulck-wittedness and resourcefulness of Dukanc Junior.. - These varying elements of photoplay, composi- tions cdionid effectively prove tbe versatility of both John Barrymorc' and the director. '•BELOVED VAGABOND" LOOKS GOOD. For the final exteriors of "The Beloved .Vara- boad," Director Edward Jose, with Mis.'Jose, Bliss Mllford and Edwin Arden, went to'. Delaware WotiT'<>ap last week, and Mr. Jose made-Ecvera*. "dnyllght" scenes at night, using some poiverful new-lights. .411 the scenes for tbls appealing etory from William Locke's pen have 1>ccn made, and It lM>k9 like one of tbe real successes of the year. TWILIGHT SLEEP BABV'MOVIE ACTRESS. Tbe first Twilight Sleep' baby to be 'us«d in mo- tion pictures, appears la! the' Rellaxicc feature, "Little Marie." and la ^own in the local pboto- £lay_tbcatrcs using tbe picture producta.of the W, Griffith organization. During the filming of "Little.Marie" it became necessary to have a throe days' old infant. Whera to procure the infant was the question. Director Tod Browning decided to refer bis plight to Mrs. liUclUe' Brown,.who hos cbarco of procuring "extra people", at the Grlfllth Los Angeles studios. Mra. Brown-drd'not'tblnk'tbat'a'thrcc days' old baby was an ."extra. person" exactly, bat she agreed to do her best. When other institutions had be^n unable to fur- nish a baby of the required age and' camera nuali- flcatloa, she went to the Los Angeles Twilight Hospital. There the three days'- old baby was found, \7ith n. nurse and wrapped In blankets,, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daze was taken In an automobile. to the Reliance-' Majestic-studios.^'-. .. ^ j;. - . Within an hour'-Director, D'AfwulBg,",ha'< the scenes, in »•.-■ i—■*- lit (Ic-girl "was pUiiI. . " ■. ' .... . Ituf.before the baby:^went' away.j* Sjghe Auen,: Charlc! West and Tom^WlISod.'-^MncliBiIieLp.'.'I^rtio Mario." bad Quito fallen in" lo'v'c-'wltb itbc littlest actress. . . : . f . . ^ ' V-- r'l ".- ■ i - ■ < ' SAYS TT»6wB' rO?WrBR.''.v>' . . Tyrone Power, thedUillii:^itsbcd v a£tor,kmsy hereafter devote big tntlrc arllstic • cndcjivors" to MARGUERITE LOVBRIOae MARSH I>L.4.YING LEADS. . Marguerite Loveridge. aUtiir-of Mae Marsh, and f recent addition to the Rellance-MaJcaUc forces, la to have the leading feminine'Tole In Director John Elmerson's next two reel feature, at the Uc- llance-MaJasMc studios on tbe Coast. Marguerite Lioveridge, by the -way, it la understood will sborllT adopt the name of Marguerite Marsh. BLUER BOOTH KILLEID IN At'TO ACCIDENT.' Broadway beard' with regret' last' week con- flrmailon uf the rumor that KImcr' Booth, long prominent as a cnmodlan, met death in an auto- mobile accident in Los Angeles on June I«>. Tod Browning and George Selgmana, well known photo- plsy directors and actors, were injured at tbe same time. All three were - employed by D. W. UrlOltb at tbe Mutual Fllux Corporatlou s Holly wood studios. Browning and Seigmann arc bulh lo the Callfornin Hospital, and It is hoped that tbclr-injuries will not prove scrloas. Booth leaves a mother and ' sister, who live in Los Angeles. The accldciit was due to a heavy fog. Tbe car. driven, by Browning, collided with a street work car loaded with Iron rails. Browning did not see the'rear lamp on the street car. . Elmer Booth was born in Los Angeles, where he qualified,' on bis graduation from St. Vincent's L'ollegc, as an authority cn physical culture, ora- - tory and elocution. Thcsb three subjects be taught for some time, before Oliver Morosco . persuaded bim to go on the stage.; Later he appeared .under Charles Krohman's management with Arnold-Daly, In "The Boys of Company B." With Douglas Fair- bans, In '"I'he Cad," he made a pronounced bit, and In "The Gcntlemon of Leisure" he was de- clared by Alan 'Dale to .be "tbe best stage burglar Itrwidway bas seen to dote—he lives his part in-' stead of acting. It." He created.the..numc part. In "Stop Thief," and became a popular favorite. During his Summers he worked under D- w. Grif- fith In motion pictures, and appeared with- Mary I^ckfonl'and May Irwln ln film dramas. He also made a name tor himself as a magazine writer. ' I<ast Winter Mr. Orlfflth persuaded Booth to. abandon the speaking stage for the films. He ha^ aj>pcarcd exclusively since then In the Mutual's Komic productions, and bad built up a cooHlder- able folIovi-lDg when his untimely end overtook hhn. Be Is deeply mourned, not only by those who are iratcblng Ills last appearance In '^)Ir. Wnlllck's Wallet." but bv the motion picture colony 'In. the City of I'llms, as well. NORWAY AND THE LICENSE QUESTION. Consufor-iteports contalna the following Inter- esting story in a' recent Issue : "The Norwegian Dlct recaitly passed a law-pro- Tldlng tbat tb« liccnms of all motloa picture the- atres In. tbe comitr7 shall expire In ]01'6. . The munlclpnlltles will then be at llbertv either to re- new, the-'llcenses or to establish municipal theatres. A number of- innaller Norwegian cities, as, for ex- ample, Vardo, Trom.<M>, Frcdnksbald end Xotdddcn.' have alreody determined to municipalize their mo- tion plcturc 'liouHes,' and larger cities are DOW COD- nlderlng-the - question. - It Is not-a- partl9an.<nilp-9- tlu;i. for while the proposal to municipalize these theatres In Chrlsllanla was made by the soclallsta. In Trondltjem a like proposal originated witii tiii~ jMrty of the Tight. Mr. Bruck. the mayor -of Trondbjem, lays great stre^ on the educational value of the cinematograph. He considers It tbo duty of - the city In the interest of Its-vonthful citizens to> control the performances of these the- atres. Aloreover, it Is to t>e remembered tbat mnniclpal revenue would l>c Increased by the sur- plus earnings of the theatres. "In onIC7'to avoid iinnccr.s^ary.b.irdshlp.to Ibe iroprieturs.of the thoutris.-tbe city of Trondhi-'in -will'not expropriate'the prUcte estubllsbmets''unti! 1018. There are at the- present five or six motion picture theatres-In,-the, cllj. -.According t^.tb' latlon. I did not,nkc my flrsst film experience, and LDctviorc dcclircd'.to 'remain twhind the footlights for good. So excellent did tbe plot of -The Master Hand'-appear to be, however, that T could not tsfraln (ram satisfying my dtsire to play the part of John Bigelcw. It Is a. stralfbt coarscter anil quite apart from .my, recent character work, but that-lends an Interesting. touch which at once bespeaks pleSHure for the true artlat." Aaslstlog.:Mr. .«ioodwln In the cast are:-Clkudc PlemmlnB,.':.'i°hro<lore Uabcock, Klorenco Maltmo and: Catherine Lee. / STBENGTHEKINO HINA CO.\ST CO. - Ch.tries ..Dameral.. brother of. George Dqtp'cjril'ii the popular llsbt opera, star'who is now playii)g oyer .tire. Ojphcum .Circuit; has deserted the; lefltf-; mate and_Joincd 'the .force» of- MIoA Films, Xos. .tn?c|ca. This will be Mr. Damcral'^ first expeti-i en<;,e. before the camera. ' He will play Mtapol-tnnt "BILL" DESMOND. Playing the leading' role In "Kllmcny," a cnrront Morosco Photoplay Co. production. motion picture.work.: '.U-ai»:otrtBe"'opiiafaiit, said corned.*^-parts In-the one reel productions mwJc'by Mr. Power, whom *WUIlami'l>Mmer, dubbedr>asI".one - the company under the direction of Jock By.me. - V of Amorlca'a er>>atest:act6rsJ' -that.lthe .anJmnted -Other addltlonsto the MlnA personnel-are ^• Mrs.- of .America's greatest-;act6r^ <that.vthe .an{,mntpd screen pn-sents-as great. If not greater oonlhlll- . tins, for blstronlc'art.than, tlfc .'tetltJniUte'-stage. • i;be more I see.of motion, picture: work the moic- infatuated I..heocme. . , . : ; --"Motion' pIetni«s-oce .po^cE fo'r ifQUtt.'^and tbe;fact that.CploneO WllllamfN. -SellgtA^sldCnt-- of tbe Sellg Polysc3'.)e.'Com;i4ny, :ls;knowhtf6T'hi!). artistic Ideals and for his:policy lOf .sjiaring no ex- pense :n the ;pri)ductlon of \mrtbri-pl(-tur«9.- makes .- my. affiliation n^lth. the Sellg Company ..all .tliat , can be desired.". . ' , Mr. and Mrs. Tyrone roweVaiid.. Infant. Soni are now. living In Los Angeles. Cal.. where Mc> ROnCr personnel' . irarry DaveBpoft,"Henrietta-Holle. -Dorothv.Black.-; Helen Ruppe'rt,-Pat Wheelan and Arthur-^Harrl'sdn. They.'WtlK appear in the Mti>A animal pitoduiStlons. Id -ecnnectlon with the Bostock Animal Playcffs."^- • ■* " ' N.\T C. GOODWIN TO' BE SEEN IN-'"TBE' .MAStaR HAND." . — -Nat '-C. Goodwin, one-of the country's best-VtioVn "leglfi*,"'-bei» i^^lii-snccumbed to-the movies.' Al- tbtutgh-'tbls-iis - not > what might he: called blsiflxst- screen'app^rafacc'as-be was featured a-nonfb'ar'. of •yeora'Vgp In-thc flliA version of ":01lver Twl^tK'. , Tet>'thtre-S>hve ■ been :so mauy changes since 'bis is.engaged- in portraying .an Important rorc--vln'tbc- Initial attempt that It Is like entering..a new field; forthcoming Sellg. Red'.8cal .sp'ocracinar pai>atu^tVu>,l 'Nat . .Goodwin < having' been-si>oken to. several "Mlzpnh.". written-by Ella Whepler 'Wllcoi;; -Katb- timea'by Dir.v>tor.IIarley Nolcs. of tbe; Premo Film' lyn Wliljems and.an all-star cost wUl'alsolbe.scen ill. this production. ■.. .'' ^."1.' .' As Maverick'BrandcT.-In "A T?xas,Steer.".;ta-be rclea-ied Jnly!. 2e Ihrongh -V. a.L. S.' E:.-- Inc. a« a Sellg Red Seal play, Mr. Power presents some of the best character delineation In a long and dls- tbignlshcd career. 'Incide'ntaM.v, he has pUrchnsed an- automobile and U greatly' enjoying'.lite in California. Corporation, finally agreed to i.;ippcar In - '.TUe Master. Haqd." As soon as he cjosed in- theViUi Stat Pds): of '.'A-Celebrated Case," he made prgpaKO-' tlons for .talribg.up bio studio-wo'rk'.-aBd the pro- duction In already -under way. "About four years ago," said Mr, Goodwin, "I played Fagln la "Oliver TwisL' Several men formed .a styndlrote for the manufacturing of this prodnclieoi and the aim had quite a-broad dreu- W1LU.U! A. DBIDY PICTURE PLUS, loe. PRESENTS ROBERT IRWICK in .' :^,'I;JEi!WIS^<n-'SB».ZM Vi'e« PrMldest ..^ :-'.'. : ■ivi'i'.Ovitorai ntinmfmw. ■ : . - i 130 WEST 46III STREET NEW YORK UTY. H. Y. ' BraichM-Eviirywhar* BranehM Evtrywbira