New York Clipper (Jul 1915)

16 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER July 17 HERE AND THERE IN.FILIHDOM. •t the EersUaitt Btadlos atnce be has entered pic- tares. BT BIK. \ Stats BioBTa aalea of tbe Cort Film Corpora- tlOD's recent release **rhe> Melttng Pot," ron- linae to be reported from Josh Corf s offlce In the I.ooncre BalldlnE. This tuaSk, Illinois and Wis- consin-.were-bopgnt'by the Celebrated Players, of Chicago: Ohio, • IndlaBa, ^ Kentucky - aiid West. A'lr- Cloln, by the Apex Feotare Service, and MlDn«3ot:t, Notlb. and:: Sooth . Dakota by the Weatem Krl- terlon.Fllm Service, Inc., of Mlnneapollu. Tnc FedebaIi Filu Co. opened the new VIrtor studio for. the 'flrst .'time last Friday irith dlsax- Iroua.xesults. ^They were taklne the Interloni <ir "The Tailor's Romance," and -In' the .vipry <lr>t Ecenr, a police station In a cellar. Will .Rex. plhy- Ing the baker, tbe taltor'a rival, sllpprd on c1-e flicbt of stairs, breaking, his nose In tn'o-pl.ici^; and splitting his lip clear through. Dr.-Voung, nt tlie Polyclinic Uoapltal, stitched hls.Jlp and put hia nose In splints. It trill be some time before he will'be able to n-orlc SRtiln. - Not eatlsfled,' General .Hard Lurk made his appearance once again that day. >Xi'd Kennedy, another comedian of tbe comnanv, lihd to t>e bandaged np. . He.was. on a step ladder till- ing a chandelier . In a .scene, when, wltfaont nny warning, the ladder gave way, and down, he came on his reod. Friday seras to be a hard luck day for the Kod- cnils, find. Director R^y declares he-will neror tuke pictures on this day again. The previous ' Friday.'iMobel Spade, ingenue lead,'sprained I'or nnkle ln Jumping from a window, and had to re- main In her apartments for several days. Twu weeks before. Rex. in falling out of a boat Into shallow water, cut his arm on & broken bottle, a!id eleven stltcbea were lAen In it. Never again thoy ail dr.:lerc I aiAUniCE TOURNEUR, WORLD FILM PRODUCER. U. Tourncur, It will be noticed from the accompanying photograph. Is quite lost'In admiring contemplation of New York City's wonderful skyline. JosEErii Smilet has Jouineyed up from rhlia- dtJphia (rem the Lubin studio to Join the World Film forces. He is another addltiou of who-ji the World Film Corporation may be proud, as ho has a list of many excellent features to his credit. Ills tlr^it picture will ue "The Benegade." .vljre Brady, who has distinguished herself In "As Ye Sew'" and "The Bos^" for the World Film Cor- poration, will be starred. George Ralph Is to play the title role, that of an Amerlan Indian, who has received the benefits of an Eastern eduMtlon. Claude FlenUng, pleasantly remembered for his portrayal of Serge Palma. In "Hearts In Exile,'' will play the young hero. Captain Lane^ WiLLi.VM N. Selio returned last week from Txm Angeirs, Cat., where.be spent the past two months. The president of the Sellg Polyscope Company was present ot the formal openlnir of the Sellg Jungle- Z'jo. whioh was erected by him at Los Angeles., at a coat of nearly a million dollars. Ue was prc- Hented on that occasion with a silver loving cup and an artistic bronze. The presentation came from employees of the two Sellg raclflc Coast studios. Mr. Sellg has been personnlly supervising the producttons of fortbcomInK Red Seal plays. Including: "MIzpah," featuring Tyrone Power and Kathiyn WliUams; 'The Xe'cr-Do-Weli," "The Crisis," etc. He has qImo sent Tom Mix, the Sellg. cowboy star, and a special compaii.v of players, to Las Vegas, N. Mei., to film a series of feature produc- tions. For a momtnt Apfel was too dumbfoundeil to spi'sk. People didn't do such perfectly rich things, 'rbcn he slowly began to ctId. .Ml at once the truth onrst upon poor Oaker, and his face and neck turned suddoily a flaming red. Without a word he turned and fled to his dressing-room for the second costume which the director had meant by "change." Through all tbe rest of "Kllmeny" he moaned: "Just as though I were a Johnny Newcomer I" When Kolb end Dill, the musical comedy come- dians, now playing In Los Angeles, start reminls- ccnces about The "old days" when Charlie Murray, now worklhg under Mack Sennett. -with the Key- stooe Film Company. wa.<< he.^ding his own show, they keep everyone present In the best of humor. One of their tales Is of an occasion 'when Murray and Mack were playing an engagement in San Francisco. Murmy met a man with a trained bear end (ngaged him for the evening. When Mack was alone on the stage Murray turned the bear loose and It required thirty mlnntes to persnndo Stack to come down from the ladder he climbed after dashing off the staRe. Murray keeps every- thing cheered np 'with his continual good humor Sam M. SrEDON, the genial publicity promoter of tbe Vltegraph Company, left Tuesday, July (>, for an extended vacatlonal trip. He 'will Include in his Itinerary stop-overs In Chicago, Salt Lake City and San Francisco, where he will spend iwo -H-eeks, rcpreseiitUiK tbe Vltaeraph Company at the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Convention, and In In- troducing members of tbe Western Vltagraph Com- Eany, with studios at Santa Monica, Cal., to e.x- Ibltors of the East, In attendance at the con- .ventlon. On tbe -way back he will visit the largest cltle.i of Ihe country and make himself acquainted with tbe local managers of V-L-S-B branch offices. A leisurely trip, which will occupy about six weckn. will afford Mr. Spedbn a breetnlng spell, which be calls his vacation, the first since his Joining the Vltn- graph Company as head of the publicity depart- ment, six years ago. Pathc announces the acquisition of the picture rlRlits to Richard - Carle's big dramatic success, "Mnrr's Ijamb," which enjoyed a run of thr-^c years upon tbe stage. Mr. Carle himself will play the lead Id the Pathc. picture. The famous player In his own famous play should prove to be a strong attraction. Fbkd Macs arrived at the Keystone studios In Edendale, Cah', on June 25. and expected to have a few days' rest before opening with Mack Sen- nett's company on tbe following Mondsy. Mr. 'Sennett could not see why good light should be wasted, and thirty minutes after Ma<% walked tbmngb tbe big jate he was made np and ready for work. Tbe original Keystone four are now re-unlted— 'Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand. Fred Mace .md Ford Sterling. Mace has toured the greater por- tion of the globe since severing his connections with the Keystone; Sterling appeared for a short lime under his own management. But both are dcllehled to again be under tbe direction of Ma-.-k S.^nuett. Thb V-Iy-.<?-E private publication. The Biff Four Fnmilii, piiiillsbe) ench week charts showing tbe standing of each branch offlce In point ot efficiency, in point of average price, and In point of collec- tions, and a glance at these tables for the last aix weeks Indicates the present healthy condition of the motion picture li'dnstry. With the coming of the 'warm weather a sharp decrease In buTlness Is naturally to i>e expected, but tbe business of the branch offlceii of the "Big Four" In .ill sections of the country show Incrt'Sses. Kven the Southern offices show gains In the volume of bnsiEe..<.<i. C. R. Jirelye. a^d.Ttant general mannger of the V-L-S-K. who tns Just returned from a vl.ilt to the eililbltors ,ln I'ennsyivanla and Maryl.ind, states- timt lie found' buslnes!! In this section of the coun- try phenumehal for this time of the year and .^ays that he is verv -well satlsdeed with the "'wny "Rig Four" productions art moving In this territory. EvKN thirty-third dcgroc actors pull "boners" new and then, which arc i!s omusing as the blun- ders of the venrat amateur. During the new Mo rosco picture, "Eilmeny," Director Apfcl called np to John Oaker In his dressing-room, to come down for bis gypsy scenes with Miss Dlrlcb. He added : ".\nd bring your chsnge." When the point In the scenes were reached where several years are supposed to have elapsed, Apfel turned to the actor. "And new, Oaker, that change." With perfect seriousness the dandy of the Bnp- oank Tb'atru Stock Company reached Into his rocket and handed the director the fall-amount ot Bis llQancts—rfive silver dollars. WM. A. BRADY PICTURE PLAYS, Inc. FSEBKNTS Martha Hedman IIM "The By THOMPSON BUCHANAN Interpreted by a Stella Cast, including JOHN HINES FOB FURTHER INFOBUATION COBIUDNICATE WITH THB NEAREST BBAKOH OF THB WORI.D FILM CORPORATION LB'WIS J. SKbZmCK, Vice President and a«ii. ngr. 130 -W. 4eUt BT^ OSW TOBK OITT, S. T. BBAKOBSS £T£BTWH£BB BBASOHES KVERTWHEBK