New York Clipper (Aug 1915)

Augast 21 TABLOID TALES. THE NEW YORK CLIPPER IS ••Hold- tJsht now and.listen :' . • ■ > Harry Beicbentiacb' b88 left tbc Metro to becMpe pDMlclty .promoter of the new Equitable Kllm Cor- poration. Arthur Jamei has'-resided ' froiii the Mutual, and. will mieceeil - BelcbeBl^ach - at thu iMetro. Terrancc Ram'Be; 1b the new Mutual pub- licity pilot. 9 ... Pbiicy Heath la now In cliance of publicity mat- ters .for World Film. Jake Wilk. former : World FItm P. A., leaves In a week or «o to engave In a bufelnesB Tenturc that promlsea well. Uere^ how! Jacob. ^ ' MtI- If'tiiose press.agtnta don*t atop changlns Jcbs so often we'll have to etArt a route list. HadsT' SpiKaiXBi actor And Juveblle Boau Brtnn- nel joins the . Universal. this week. Harry made quite a Ut In. several Fo^ film prodtictlons. J. -'E.'- Robin*, 'one of .the best posted machine men In the country (and the city, too, for that matter), has been, appointed-soles manager .for tho I'-atnl-mitlbh plctcro . projector.' Uobln. until re- cently,' was senerBl minnaEe'r .of tl)o Precision Ma- chine Co.; the concern which tuns out the Simplex projector. ^ V'^Nciu W. Dooaurr. Teteran.novellat. ..who. used-to toss off a "D^dwood Dick" every ten minutes ror. so, and the . writer wt'o created the tictlonal character of "Old: EIdk Brady,", has been added to the Horsley scraarlo staff. Edwabo ■ UcKiu. & recent addition, to Labia's- rroduclng staff, bas'last flnUie a<flvc.'rcel version. oti'The Confession." Thejr say lie broke a speed reCOTd.la.pattlDK It on the screen.. Feabl Shei'ABD, an-auburn balred'Brooklyn.'lass, has been engoged to plaj.'lngenne roleaLwltb^Buow & StuU's wizard'. Co. The ' Wizard Jfomedies are released.through World Film.'and-fie going very well, thank you. Oslkcb Oeobqe's big Btaxe-Siuccess,. "Carnival.". Is to bi Alice Brady's next vehicle m. the World liUlm schedule of . releases. It . will be .called "The Ballet Girl,' and Miss Brady will appear in a role far different from any she.bas so far as!<umed. This will be a pretentious production, and v/UI call'for the services .of m^y players. Celig G. TintNEB, an. actress. Is emlng the Ciya- tal'FlIm Co. Miss Turner's complaint alleges that she.'was. Injored during the flhnlngiof a feature.. Furthermore, Miss Turner a'vcrs that the film con- corn ■ failed to propjrly protect, her during tho photographing of the dangerous, stunt' In question. ' •- t>&t;ai McCLtniB,.weil reaeoxbe mV .by -thr Atoerl-: can- public t>ecanse of her three y^rs' coonccklon wl^h "The -Blue-Bird.'* has' been engaged forTan lofportaat.-pfut In "llie Ballet .GUI." to be plctur- iaed.fram the novel'of "Carnival," at world Fttai, Fort Lee Studio. Miss McCIooe supports. Alice Brady.' '--r : ' * • . • TKE SO^AND THEATBB BABBBALli TBAli-wni play the Slog Stng nine next Satun^ay'iiftetnoon. .The contest will uk^ pla<e on tau hjune tcam's_grDUDdB, of course. ' Which: Is the home tWim? 'use yodr cwn "discusalon," as that able linguist, Uawge I'roctor, might say. ... ■ '• Lawbencb McCloskbt, formcrty scenario editor, of Lubln's, Is . hard at work uruparlng. feature scripts for several forihcouing features that ttiII be j)roduoed under the. direction of Barry O'Neill.' O'helU has fonoed- a connection with World Film. .-'.■* RoBEBT TuoBMBT,' the World Film director, spent three years In California 'producing pictures. Many of them were photographed In the moun- tains, and Mr. Thomby became as ad^t In provld'- Ing for the comfort of a comnacy engaged In outdoor work. For "The Code of the MountBlns." he needed rugged hill scenery, and decided to take the exteriors In Lake Placid. But be was unable to And Accommodations for Ills. large company. Without'quivering an- eyelash, lie "took Ms car- penter and'property man to Lake. Placid, and In two days be . sent for his actors. Tbey are now enjoying the.mountains as If on a Summer-vaca- tion, for Thomby had coostructed a huge stage, which Is used at night for dancing. Now wlwdder. yer'tliink o'that? . . - ' *.. DiBECTOB. CuAUTAnn has' flDlBhfd' the'Trbrk of CDttlDg and getttne - iQto sliape the newcat Vivian •Martin, nlctufe, "The". Little" Dutch Girt." ". Mr. Chautard's next picture wjll be based on tlie'famDns anccess, ."Tie IJttle .Chinch, Aronnd the Comer." '•-iN -iiAkiNO '"The H'lart'of-tlietBhie Ridge,' the now'est CUra Khnball Young feature.' at.Bat Cave. N. C..>Director. Young.his had tbeiezpert usifitaace- ot'.several .goTemmeat .revenue.offlcetB^ who make tbelr-^headqoarters la Asfaevllle,- N. C. Director Yoang iB a stickler tor realism, . . '•9' Gko. Tbimbld has quit movie acttn; for the thne being, to play Tom LuvlsMast season, role .In. VHIgh Jinks." Geo.' Is reducing weight rehearsing. Last week the .erstwhile screen attiBt went down from i:J5 to _:240 pounds. ^ ' Tiis K. & B. Film Co.'s productloh, "The-'Magle Toy Mater." 'fcaurliig' Chdrlea T; .\ldriuh, which Is to 'be released shortly, was shown privately last week In the projection'room of the Celebrated. Play- ers nim Co., in Chicago, by .R. R. Roberts. The Celebrated Players Company-Immediately bid for Illinois, Indiana and. Wisconsin.. It 'Is.nald to be the most nniquo-novelty ifvcf sbown on the screen. We'll have to In'vestlgate this. That's a pretty broad statement, -lads. WORLD FIUI nUUGUSATES tREW PJROFIT SHARING PLAN. DIRECTORS. OFjg^ED BIO IXCEXTtVIi;. The onetaUqn of*ta» World Fljm Corporutlon nn a pr^St sbarlng ajtgem, on Idea ' (atliurvd - by Lewis J. 8elznlck,' the Jo"orld'» vice pre«ldi'ut uuJ general maonaer, wiu»^<- chief tonic uL i|l:icU9i.-<Iou at a dinner nlgtif^ Aug. U. attended by mi'-Ji- bera of. ilie board of directors of tUo iVrpom- tloB. representiitlveH of the World's allied Imcrcdis and the dim ilh'crtur.s who produce the features that are releusi-d under tlie World bunner. . Realization that (lie aduptUm uf surli ii cutu- prehenslve protli sliurlng policy by a concern nf the Importance of World Kllm represeols a rudlcitl departurt; from oxtabllMhrd mrthuds anJ a iuotc- ment pregnant with developmcots of pev-ullur Im- port, means that the progrv><.<< of tbi> play will be watched with interest by the him world generally Among those who were present at the dinner vrere: Lewis J. Selsnlck, Lee Shubert. William .\. Brady, Milton C. Work, chairman of the executlvj committee; J. B. Brvlator, J. B. Hhlnock. B. .N. Rnsch, B. L. Heldtngsfeld, Samuel Mayer. Jacob Wllh, Henry Ba.vard, Barry O'Nell. I::mlle riiaii. tard. AltM>rt Cap«llanl. Maurice ToiirDCUr. K. I'. Heath, I'r.iuk Crane. Oscar Kaglo, Joseph Smiley, M. E. lIoiiitMn und'n. C. Drum. Ac' viii'.;ii><Ml liy Mr. Selznick, the World's plan Is sutMiai. 'v .' I t follows: The dlroct<irs. Instead n( being ec^p'..'; I'U on a salary basis, will be Riveu eontrat-ts e.tch entitling the bolder to the prlvllogu of a drawing account and creating him a partner In the picture made under'his direction to the extent of twenty per cent, of the proQts, With such a-reward In vl.itht for the director the -prosnect of aclileving a noticeable evoDoD,v !n mm. production.becomes-promising, and the Incen- tive Is furnished ' fur each director to exert bis utmost skill In the' filming, of every detail uu . matter how apparently, unimportant. Hasbt Newuak .'has purchased the rights on "Silver Threads Ainons the Gold" for Virginia, North and South Carollnu. Harry Wolf, who ropre-scntcd "Neptune's Daugh- ter'.' In that territory' for the past year, will handio "Stiver Threads A-mong the Gold" for Mr. Ncwmau. The proposition.will be worked from Mr. Newman's New York office. . O. ,R.' Ooebel's Santa Paula stndlo In Southern California Is to be' the home of a new company of players appearing.weekly In the Standard pro- gram In two part dramas. WIUIs Bobards. who recently made , a hurried trlp -from Santa I'aula to New York, has Tptnrncd to tKe former rlt,v and will oversee the stasing of the mrw brand which la to be known as "Ituln- bow." Through Mr. rtobarda. President and llen- eral Manager O. E. Coebel. of the producing com- pany, ha^ organized a group of well known scri'eu players which Includes Lillian Hamilton and Kred- erlck Chiirch, who were formerlT featured In Premier pictures, but will now be toe utars of tbe New Ralntiow brand. Now that the secret Is out I wonder will the Rainbow pictures have pretty tints. I wonder.