New York Clipper (Jul 1915)

THE NEW YORK Xl LHP PER July IT U. B. 0. CANCELS VKT(» MOORE BECAUSE OF mm APPEARAHCE. VADISVILU AGENCY OFF WAS HHICTg H E00E1II& OWDIG TO CODBTER AimCnOH OF "CHDmiE FABDEH." TMlliamsoD. Ltd., (or Australia end Nanr Z?ulaiul,. l.-i tbe WUliiuiuoa subtuarlne pictiiics macie hy tho Uutremal nim Manufaotui'Ing Co. Kollowlue tbc timdrof' tire tUnes this leading Ann of theatrical mnnos^rs la going la lieuv!l7 for motdoa picture featore- fUma, not only in Australasia, but in SoutU AJIrlca as -welL The United Booklnc Offices canceled a week 3 enjcsaement that Victor Moore and Emma Little- fldil Inteikded to fill in a WaslKogUD Taadeviue bouse tuts week because "Chlicinle Fadden," a Lasky aim pioduotUm. In which Moore wa.-i iea- tnrgtf, Is boatced as a counter attraction In a the- atre In the Copltol CUy. Bnujui earns was substltnted lor the Moore- lilttlefleld act The IT. B, 0. base their action tn cancetlng th« Moore-Llttlelleld turn, It Is understood, on the ground that they wtah to take -a position on pic- ture theatre opposition, especially vben a Dig "name" Is the counter attxactlon. Somewhat the same cctadltloh Tesulted' after Mrs, Caxtst appeared In '^tie Heart of Uarv- land," and obtained a booklns In pecaon at the Naw York falace. HARRIS GORDOX PRESENTS TH1J1^T<K liIPE TYPE I\ "PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY." ^ _ , Harris Oocdco, who portraj-s the pact of/Dorian OroT. In the (artbconung Thanhouaer prodnctlon of "The Picture of DorlQn Gray," which wlU be 'releaj:ed July ^6. went to a great deal of troub* to attain the exact mannerlams and proper ex- tcroal characterlBtlcb of the role. In one part of • tUc story Dorian U supposed to have become ad- dicted to the use of cocaine, and that the char- acter mlsbt be abuolutely convincing on the screen, Gordon >i>cDt two weeks with hahltues of tbe drcedfu! drug. ^ 'Pbf result of this asisoclatlon will be apparent when tbc pLctiire Is shown,' as Gordon Is said to simulate every action of the coBflrmed drug fiend to suiih an extent that the Impersonation Is start- ling In its realisffi. Ai a. story of a "portlcalurly pitiable by-product of life in the nnoecwoTid, Cordon's dope fiend jiromlsos to create a precedant In th« jjtortiayal vt a most dlfflciilt and elusive type. WIXIFnED HAS A T.AME DEER. Winifred Greenwood, the "Plying A" glil of the mountains. Is bcUevcd by her brother and sister film stars to l>e possessed of occult powers. She and.o (lartv of friends weni np Into Snta Ynez Moiintnins some time age tor a rest. Miss (ireen- uond came upon a young mountain deer which had Injured one of its forelegs. It was lying help- le^ on c^e ;^oim'J, its big eyes tniily- tearCnl from the paiu which It was suffering. At a mountata spring Miss Greenwood soaked her :iandkerohieI. and with It wushed then tionnd. the Injured leg of the Ocer. Then she hod the sjilmal carried to the camp, where she gave it evi'ry .ittentlon pooslble. In a day or two the creature had recovecea. What wns ^Idss Grcen- wood'si surprise upon discovering that the deer actually had become her pet. It refused to leave when given its llherty. On the border of Santa Barbara Winifred ^os a pretty bungalow, with five acres of woided Cali- fornia land aroosd It. Now the pretty mountain deer Is a Greenwood honRehnld pet. .Its home ^ the beautiful Greenwood lot. The nig eyed cmiture Is as tame as bxtv dog or other pet, aa 'Winifred asserts; a hundred times more graceful. ^Iroady Miss Greenwood's deer has played a role ^n motion pictures. Henry Otto used It tn "The Deception," a sln;;le reel "Flying A" release of July ^6. It pnbeAlT will be uaed tn "Flying A" productions frequently. REICHENBACH WLUL STARTLB THE COAST DEFEXDERS. Harry L. Relctaenbach, general advertising man- ager and pre^^<s representaclvc of the Metro Pic- tures Corporntlon. left New Tors last Wednesday for San rranclseo, to look after the tnterests of the Metro concern '^"^''g the ExMbltDis' Conven- tion and to bundle Metro Day at the Panams- rnci'Jc Exposition, which la offlcUlly designated by the directors ae 3nly 15. The Metro will have a magnificent mspla; on the convention floor, consisting of Ufe-slzed'paint- ings of Metro stars, handsome souvenirs for each day at the convention, many naveltles and a tew surprises. For Bushman Day at the Panama-^aclflc Bxpo- altlon, Belchenbach has arranged with a prominent Panama Coast aviator to Illuminate his machine and spell Busiiman's name lo phosphorescent In the clouds- All la all, Metro will be amply lepcesented at the conrenuon, and on Doalniian Day et the Bx- poeltlon. 'HAI.I. Ur MOSS* TRODDCTIOV OF fOSXi 8AI.A3IANDBH.» J. Albert Hajl, who has Just finished with Law- rence D'Orsay In "The Earl of Pawtucket," has t>e«n engaged for the part of Harrlgan Blood. >n — - ■ • •■ about to Be produced by the "The Salamander, Moss FUm Co. B. A. BOLFE PBESESTS The DlsUngnlahed Actor Soppoitsdhy JABE eSKS' and All Staf Cast 'THE MGHT OF WAY" From the Pictorial Gasslo By SIR. eiI.HER'1' PARKER Direct from Strand Theatre, New York REL£ASED JUI.T 10 On the Aletro Program 1465 BROAPWAV NEW YDRnCJTT A3IERTCAN BEAUTT IN PICTURES. Belne Davles, popularly known as the American beanty of the stage, has capitulated to the lure of -the camera, and Is making oer motion picture debut In the George W. J.ederer Kilmotlon Cor- poraUon'a plcturlzatlon of the famous drama, "Bunday," In which Ethel Barrymore scored snch a triumph in tbls country and England, and -which will be released through World Film. Miss-Davlos. In addition -to her fanMuttj', has a wonderful per- sonality, which aids her In her work before the camera as tt did befote the iootUghts. She also )B celebrated .as having one of the most -wonderful -vurdrobes of any acoess. Mlas Duivlcs wxm much favor as leading woman, .for WJ114e CoUlec, In. 'I^ovd Among the.Llonst." oUo "Madame Sherry." "TShe Girl .Eangers," and "The .Sc-nthemers," and has been one of the most_T>opu- iar headllnocs in vaudeville ploying the ''Big Time." iRhP l9 supported by Montagu. Love, the cele- ^;rated EngUs3i romantic actor, who come to this counliy to play in. "Grumpy" -with Sir Cyril •Hontto ; Adolphliln^ for years the leadlag come- dian at the Ssriln comndv thonttes; Charles Dick- eon, the author and actor, who has Just rctnrned £rcni Enslnnd,_where he Blayed with "Potash and PerlmuttST:" wllllnm H. xooker, one of the b<'st known portraj-ers of hcav7 roles, both tn the Icgltl- mate and sScnt dramas; Charles Trowbridge, of the "Daddv Long Legs" company; AL Hart, Dlcn I>eadeye of the star revival of "PlnafoTe," ani Ssaey 'McFbcc, the oclOu-ated daredevil. muTART ACJOiEarr sbowb «ixiuan TCAJSLS" FXIATCRE. Thomas A. Edison's prophecy that the uotlcn: picture win In a few -years be ^he most valuahie egniCT of education, was made a step closer to .rcalizatlJai -when, on July 9, the "Buffalo Bill; -In- dian Wars Ee-foosbt," sis reel Essnnny produc- tion, was presented as a medium of instruction to the -students cf ttie Culver Military Academy, take Mezlnkuckee, Cnlver, Ind. Arrangeinentii :fur the shonvlnff were made by CapL H. F. Noble irltli the W. HTBell Feature .Film Corporation, Chicago, ex- clusive dlGttltmtars of the feature wonaj) FiLS 3XAICES IIP ^ ksravKtu SA&T 'mSEK PROGRA3I. The Northampton Street Thealre. Baston. P.i., celebratea on anniversary the -week of July 5 to 10. Something very much out of the common was provided tor a program. The Ingenious manager tank six World FUm heralds, hound them up in the form of a book, -with tront and t>ack covers, and disttlboted them -very -widely tn Easton, The heralds were those of Bcatrlz Mlchclena. In "'Mlg- non;" Clara KImhall Tounc, In "The Deep lurple;" Jnllns Stegcr. In "The Fifth Coonnana- mcnt-" Eeatrlz UtdieU-na, In "The LUy of PoTeeJy Flat;" Wilton "Lackaye, In '"Hio Pit,** and Clara Elmhan Young, m 'Tioia," The hooUet of heralds made a -veTy httesestlns coUfiidina of portraits and scenes tro ni "W orla FUm feotnres. Tbc Idea. Is <an. JnesjienstT& onc^ and Ib. certainly \farOi Imitating VTTAGRAPH TTVBISG *TtCB PATRIOV." The Vttagrarth Co. has begim produrtlun on the drtusatic £.nUrc "Xh& Patriot," by William Utarl- burt, plctis-lzed from tlie orlnnal story by Mar- guertte. Bertsch. Theodore Marston la the pro- dvctng director,' and has been givm a cast that Includes -Charles Btchman. as Richard Oaitwrlgbt : Joseph Kllgoor as George Washington; Cherles Kent, as the Sllsslnnai?; Arline Pretty, as Eliza- beth Bradbury: Rosa Taplcy. as Mff. Bradbury, nnd Uttle Bobbv Connelly, as Bobert Bradbirry. "The Patriot" wfien completed win t>c in s!x parts and. relcabcd as -a Blue Ribbon leatnre. J. C. WniiUMSON STU;tfRES sdsmarixe: PICnrRES FOR SOl^TH AFRICA. .Among the si»elal bl.-j feature films, the eiclu- a.Te dghtj of wlUch. luvc Iicca. acquired by 3. C FRED UACE KBTSTONES REiAOT SOON. Fred Mace, one of the original-members of the Keystone Film Company, who recently rettirned to the management of Mack Semett, started work- ing on the day that he arrived at the studio In EocDdale, CaL, and will soon be seen in a two reel feature. Mr. Mace has loot nothing in -point of cleverness during his absence from the Key- stone, And the enormous salary that he la now receiving is snfflcleot evidence of Us-value In Key- stone comedies. SBUG WITHDRAWS A FITS BBEI.BR BE- CAUSE OF LUUI.VS PRIOR RBbBASE. The Sellg Co. has wltlidrawn Its fortheomlng five part featDTe. "Whom the Gods Would Destroy, and has substituted Charles Hoyfs "A BInck Khcep," featurlnir Otis Harlan, Grace Darmond and Illta Gould, for release Oct. 18. This action -was taicen to-.avoid any possible coiifast(m that might rceult throush the feet that the Litbln Company released- a three iMrt - fea-ture, entitled "Wlitsn title Gods Would- Deetroy," a stion time Ago. BXORBICCE RETS I.OTS OWABt. Florena^U. Badle, the popular ^odss heroine of "The Million Dollar Mystery," and other Thna- bouscr photoplays, -iWll eoon need a social secre- tary or rather a corps of them, if things go on as -they liave for the last four months. During that many month she has been receiving letters from her admirers all over the country. When It Is corstdercd how many Individuals go to the picture ployhouces every day, and bow beautiful and tal- ented Miss La Badle Is, the nmnber of these letters must be large. Last -week a count of them -wns made. There were Just 10,'JSl. MIso La Badle seys she will keep them all, but It they coene In at the: present rate, t.lie will have to-hlte space In a warehouse befca« long. THE BIAJT OF HTSTBBT. There Is an air of mystery al>ont the movements of Udgar Lewis. It -n'as expected that when he left the Fox Film Corporation tiiat he would make hnstc to get away from New York for the Summer. He-has not gone. Is It possible that he will post- pone that -vacation again and begin work on the prodnctlon of a picture soon? -Ua la aaid to have received several attractl-re offers. Air. Lewis him- self -Win not let an yone tn on the secret Ths'Hotxi. SasRiLiN, tn. Chlcafo, Xvas the scene of the-lnltlal showing of Sicndard.pletures. Presi- dent A. Warner and -Vlre-Preslrtent and General Manoac.- Al. LioUman, of tho Staivdard Photoplay Distributors,-Incorporate-], made a' flying trip In the Wlody City, accomiinnted by prints represent- ing the first four weeks of Stiuodard .program i-<?- leases and gave a special shewing of the one, tw'», and three reel, pictures tliat iwill Thtrodnce the new program to thc-'theatregol^i;. public. A representative andltoce of -well known ex- change men attended tlie showing, and>It Is c!alm<-<d were extravagant In their approval of the quality of film presented for their ben.fit. Joseph Uopp, of Chicago, -was prom'nent In Qie gathering, as were also H. A. Spanutfa, of Jones, LInick & fldraefer; Charles Berman. or Toronto, who con- trols the World-Film outpnt-ln Canada; Peckh.-im and Wesh, of the Krlterlon Flhn Service, of De- troit, and C. E. Olson, of -t3ie WIdilta Film and Sopply Ownpuny. D. W. Gbutith, th^-master, producer. Is sparing ntltber'expense-nor artistic pains In filming at the Eellance-MaJesUc'studios, his tatUtlpIe reel feature, "Tfae-^other and the Law." One flaiA. which on the &cre2ii will last only fiv« Mconds^ shows the rear of an Bastside tenement. As Air. Gi-imth t>eliev«s that oftoi art may be truer to nature ttaaa nottire Is seen ItL some diance mood, he did not go to the Eaststde for his effect but built It on the stndlo loL A -force of bricklayers was sent to work, and In five days had consnicted the GrtfHtJi conception. A brick wall roso to a. height of eighteen feet and extended alnnt; the grouiid -tldcty feet. Tliere were fo'jr wfooows. two on the 'finit floor and two on the second, wltli fire-escapes. "Thb most eloquent hands It> tlio world," wax the tribute a noted paJutcc of Parts on'-e paid IMaud Allan, the celebrated dancer, who Is being presented for the first time tn (novIDciplctures by Bosworth, Incorporatetl tn "The jotig Maker s Daughter." Maud AUao^a use of-H^-hinds in her thiee dances tn Ifte photQilraffla 18 Utiiblnf short of a r«vetatl(m. Gborgb FA.WCETT. the famous stStfC star, la being featured In "l%e Male«t\- of the Law" at the BOb-worth, Inc., studios in Los Angeles, but it Is not George Fawcctt we are Interested In. for be Is a mere man, tmt In the charming lady who is ploying-opposite him, and we do not luiow whether the parties mentioned are married, bht we DO know that tbc gentleman referred to the lady as "a helpful desr"—tbere! The fact Is that two or three actresses were tried out for this selfsame part, but Mr. Fawcetc felt those cold chills which run down an artist's bark when the lady does not respond and bring out the best there It in one. Along came Miss Myrtle -with her vmlle and her art (kindly nnte the "h" is left off*, and two little scenes were enough, for Mr. Fnwcett emphatically said: "THIS Is (iie actres.-; for the part and for me." See tin; photoplay and .you will ell -know why.