New York Clipper (Jul 1915)

12 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER July 17 MOTOIN PICnJM_DEPARTfflENT HAXLaT EHKIS, MOTIOX PICTTTAE EDITOIL. 9IETR0 TO INTRODUCE UNUSUAL mNOVATIOR. nCTUKE CONCERN TO HAKE DUAL PRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL FLAT. One of the most novel and far-reaching Innora- tlODB ever lostltnted. la the hlatoir of amusements Is embraced In the plan of Oeneral Manager Ulch- nrd A. Uowland, of tbe Metro I'lcturea Corpora- tion, to make a simultaneous production of a fea- ture film and spoken drama from the same script, both to be produced with the aame cast of artlstH. and both to be presented opoo an elaborate scale In hoa!<es so close together that the general schnmc -con be successfully carried out. Two Broadway theatres will be utilized and novel one cajinot t>e gainsaid. An audience could see the nlm performance one night and tbe spoken drama tbe night following- An exce'lenc opportnnlty to compare the possibilities of the two styles would thus be afforded. There has loni; been arguments as to tbe re.4pcctlve effectlvencRS of the two styles of presentation. The stage prodnctlpn, with Its Umlts of scenic effects, restricted lines of action and necessity for useless dialogue and absolute falsity of envJron- to ment, compared with the camera production, with In whleb -Hiss aToonc to t» ptny a btsjhtr heroic part. The World flbn stndlo at Fort'Lee, N. J., Is the place where many famous- stage stars are spending the Snmmer. For instance: Holbrook Bllnn la making "The iTorr Snuff Box;" George Nash. "The Cotton King/' Alice Brady, -Tbo nenegade," and Robert Warwick, "The Stolen Voice." VlTlan Martin Is to be seen shortly In "The Uttle Dntch Qirl." Nat Goodwin has played many parts on. the stage and' off. At one time he ran a brokerage business In the Wall Street district, wberre he 1< well remembered personally as well as )iy repotatlon. Since those days Nat has gone Into pictures once or twice and Is now making "Tbe Master Hand." iinder tbe direction of Barley Knoles. Bo down to Broad and Wall they all eo for the purpose of 'taking- some scenes for the photoplay. There arc times when notoriety ard Jopnlarlty are Inconvenient. This was one of thnn nr Nat. He wns and le so well remembered In bN former financial hsiints that for some time couldn't work owing to the attention he received. ■properly present the dual productions to a metre- Its limitless possibilities, faithfulness of scenic However, "order was finally restored," and the polltan audience some time during the Fall. The production io be thus treated will be B. A. 'Rolfe'a play, "When n Woman Loves," In which Kmmy Wehlen, the Viennese actress. Is now pre- paring to work. ... "When a Woman Ix)Tes" la an original concoc- tion from the pen of Charles Horan, and Is said t« effects, magnificent power of width and depth and the thousand other details that have provoked comment, pro and con, wotild be sabstamtlally an- swered once and for all times. Mr. Rowland promises definite details as to the theatres and I'ast and date iritbln a few weeks. "The scheme Is so .great and the prospects so Tt0B9PH.<i admirable material for dialogic situations premising,*' aald Mr. Uowland. "that we will requlr is well as pantomimic. Mr. Horan will conduct considerable timo to comr'"»~ " ♦ — ■">•> the otaelniF of the pictorial prodnctlon, and win ciete In onr dctermlnall undonbtrdlv have un Important Interest Inl the novel Innovations during stage production. , *^'* The feature film version will be he'd by Metro 'uotll a beasouabie period, and then tbe stage ver sion will be arrange. In two theatres, yet to be orsouDced, the film and spoken versions wlP. be rendered nightly. That the scheme Is an unusunl year .that we eipect to put . Jfaddocli; of the Bolfe Company. In complete chargo of the dna< prodnctlon. In order that we can go on with onr efforts to meet tbe demand of our ex- changes and their c'llents In the ever-changln.f aspects of. the trade." every respect, and dismissed thu suit of the Buffalo bninch of the Mutual F41m Corporation, the Mu- tuaJ Fihn Corporation, of Pennsylvania, and the In- ter-State Films Co., which sought to have the act creating the Censor Board declared nndonstltu- tlonal. The defendants were beaten In a similar case EQUITABLE M. P. CORPORATION READY FOR BUSINESS. with a capital of $3,000,000, underwritten by the well known flnwclal house of Ladenburg, Thalman & Co., Broad Street New York City, the Sqoltable Motion I'Ictnre Corporation has com- year or so ago, and the present action was.an ap- menced the production of fentnre films for the peal from the decision of a 'ower Pennsylvania 'United States and foreign markets. court, Tbe oIB:e9 of the Equitable are at the Leavltt _____ Building, 130 West Forty-sixth Street, New Tork City, fourth floor. The principal ■ officials 'of the new corporation are: President, A. H. Spiegel, who Is president of the Splegel-ilayHStem Co., of Chicago; vice president, Lewis J, Selznick, who.se name Is Indelibly impressed In 'Jie feature film world through his successful organization of . the World Film Corporation; secretary and general manager, Felix F. Fclst, who has been president and general manager of tbe Celebrated P.ayers iFllm Co., of Chicago; technical director, Isadorc Bernstein, for two years manager of the manu- facturing department of the Universal Film Mana- fccturlng Co. The most popular stage and hook snccesscs of ithe world's dramatic and literary output have been camera man was allowed to proceed. MID-WEST EXHIBITORS TO BECOM PRia>UCERS. Fifteen eilhlbttors In and around Detroit have attend: John H. Kunsky, of .Detroit; Mltchcl Mark, of Buffalo; Warren Slevers, of SL Louis, .<>ni1 E, Mandelbamn, of Cleveland. The proposition calls for each memher to put up ?13,000 or so. FIELD DAT FOR LOCAL EXHSITORS. Local exhibitors organizations will hold a field day at Brighton Beach Bace Track, Satnrilay, Aug. 21. , Committees tiave been appointed for the proposed carnival of tht picture men from the 'Manhaltan, Bronx and BFooklyn Boroughs. The affair will be given under the ansplces of the M. P. B. L. of A.,Xocsl No. 1. . ' An Interesting program bo^ been arranged, in- cluding a comedy baseball game between teams composed of motion picture "comics." WOnU> FII.M NOTES. World Film is keeping np Its record for rapid- ity of promotion among Its sales staff. In Oc- tober last J. O. Kent was in charge of the shipping department of World Film's Detroit branch. He was appointed salesman, and. was so successful that he was advanced to assistant manager. Agnln he made good, with the result that a month ago he:became manager of tbe branch. Mr. Kent la only twentyfour years of age. He Is very am- bitious and popular, and having the Interejtf^ of j.m±c t-i^i^i., iuids ojvucii.; rwaa ..u<7 hJs company at heart. Is bound to go still further -of a city, Jane Thomas, who set oat to clean up In Its service. the vice resorts. She enc'onntered great opposl- World Film's star. Oara Kimball Yoong, and i t'on. but was succe ssful Iq the end. ine wona s oramaiic ana literary output nave oeen her hnsband, James Young, the .''director, la.«t ■ • ^. ... . _ chosen by the Equitable for treatment. Some of-'"'eek entertained the latter a father, former State Patrh has contracted with Freo JSCKBon, anthor the most experienced directors have heen secured Senator Yonng, and hie wife from Guilford, Md., - of the New York dramatic success, "A Fall Hoose." for the producing end and contracts have been hi New York.- The- entire party enjoyed an auto- to write a series of twelve stories called "The ecttred Into with the leading stage stars and highly mobile tour of Now York State, and then we.at to Y'ounger Sons," which will be put Into featuf! — =j actresses. . Baltimore, from whence Clara Kimball Young and films of ionr and five reels each. This Is lu ac- Jamea Yoixag returned to tbe World Film studios cordaiice' with the Pathc polK-y of securing the MABOAaRT Wtcheblt, ' the star of the World Film Corporation photoplay, "The Fight," apprarn In a new role, quite In keeping with the part which she took In that very snccessful- film. She has been chosen to impersonate-the Goddess of Liberty nnd read the Woman's Appeal for Libtrty at the Independence Day demonstration of the Empire State? Eqnal Suffrage Party. It will be remembered that In the photophiy, 'The Fight," Miss Wycherly was the woman mayor ,p(H)uiar motloa picture actors and actresses. ■mvrmrvr^'rwjvrwfvwwf wmm ■w ' l^°'t Lee, N. J., to finish work In "Marrying highest priced 'and best known autbora for th: PRODUCTIONS WELL UNDER WAY. Money and "Humimty," —-5«-„ the Boer War picture, The officers and staff of the Equitable Motion Pictures Cor{x>ratIon are all experienced film men, and they are all.Imbued with .the deteroilnatlon to make Equitable productloLs unrivalled. The business of the Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation will be divided Into two departments —<be manufacturing and distributing. The cor- 1)OTatIon's releases will consist of a five reel fea- ture and a one reel comedy, released weekly, aUo special feature productions consisting of more than five reels. During the next few months the corporation pun>oses to manufacture Its-features in New York City exclusively, but arrangements ere well under way to build and eqalp a large modern studio In Southern California. Work has already commenced at the Wizard' stndlo. West Fifty-second Street and Eighth Avenue, New Yori City, where the comedies will be made, and at the K, -M. P. studio. Flushing, L. I. The Dqultable has entered Into a contract with the World Film Corporation, wliereby the latter will irrraogc for the dl^rtrlbutlon and exhibition tlirongbont the United States and Canada of plc- tsna controlled by the Equitable Motion Pictured Corporation, thereby giving the World two fea- tarrs and two comedies a weok, which opens the way for the World to release eventually a large number of featurea on their sehednle. As is well known the World Film Corporation is an established distributing company, ownlni; 4>irhanges located at twcnty-sTx of the prominent titles of the United States. charlotte: walker re-ebgaoed. Fnltowing her exceptional success as Maggie Schultz, In the Lasky Feature Play Company's pro- duction of "KIndlln!:," by Cha<-les Kenyon, and by arrangement with R. J. Bowes. Charlotte Walker, coted American actress, has begun -vork under the direction of Cecil B. De Mllle, on another photo- drsma of quite different character. "Kindling" will be released through the Paramount Pictures Corporation on Ja>y It marks Miss Walker's debut as a photodrama star. SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS CONSTI- TUTIONALITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CENSOR ACT. The Supreme Court decided. In Philadelphia. Pa. last week, that the Pennsylvania State Board of Moving Picture Censors was a lawlul body m wnting of scenarios.