New York Clipper (Sep 1915)

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER September 11 MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT T EHSIS. MOTION FICTCSS EDITOR. WORLD FILM CELEBRATES FIRST BIRTHDAY/ HAS GIVEN SOME EXCELLEIiT PRODUCTIORS TO THE SCREEN.; B» iuiniTAcnnaR& AHD DisnaBuriRG orgaihzatior has also developed rdberous ncnntE staks Jiut • Uttle over «ne year aeo, Aag. 24 beiQg the exact date, Lewis J. Selznlck decided after mature •v>oalderatloii tliat a saffldently stron? and lasting dcnumd bad been created, was existent end apt to exist for an Indeflnlte future period on the part ot exhibitors and public for visualized productions of great Broadway saccesses. His plana also Included tbe securing of Broadway stars «nd actors of national reputation. Shortly after tbe formation of tbe World Film Corporation Mr. Selailck, who became Tice presi- dent and general manager of that organization, Jiroceeded to organize bis resources along such Inea as would allow Iilm to release each week a five reel feature baaed on a widely advertised stage success with. If pos^ble, the original stars of the play In the photodrama. World Film re- leases or this nature properly began on Sept. 21, 1914. when Robert Warwlcl: was presented In- the William A. Drady picture play, "The Dollar Mark." This photodrama of tense business life In' New York, with romantic Interludes at Cobalt took the public by storm and definitely establlahed that fine artist. Rotert Warwick, In high public esteem. Brady's name and Brady's prodactloQs acted Kke magic wli.?n converted into photodramas by World Film. The success of "The Dollar Mark" was Bwlftly followed by that of Emma Dunn In the pa- tlietlc "Mother;" Tom Wise, la ths breezy study bf senatorial life, "A Gentleman from Mississippi," ind Roben Warwick, In "The -Man of the Hoar''— a neyer-To-berforgotten drama of mayor-baltlng In once graft-ridden New Tork. —"J^S Brady picture play to be releaaed by VTorld Film was "As Ye Sow," In which clever and lovable Alice Brady made sucb a successful Brat appearance In pictures as the sorely tried heroine of this once popular stagedrama. Robert Warwick next appeared In "The Slan Who Found HhuBelf." end then, after William Elliott In the naral warning, "Woman and Wine." ^Holbrook BUna and Alice Brady created a wide- spread sensation In "The Boss," Edward Sheldon's powerful Indictment of provincial Boss-lsm. Vivian Martin, In "Little Miss Brown;" Robert Warwick. In "The Face In tbe Moonlight," and Martha Hedman, In "Tbe Cab," also perpetuated Btady auccessra In film media. George Nash, In •^he Cotton King;" Jose Collins, In "The Im- postor," came next, and finally In "The Ivory Snuff Box" the fine Brady reputation for stage ■accesses was repeated In the film to a most In- tensive extent by Holbrook Bllnn, Alma Belwln asd Norman Trevor. Thus as a Brady success began World Film's year, a Brady triumph fltly closes It. ■ SHUBERT F^KATVHES WERE MONEY ,-; BfAKEKS. . Shnbert features In film form have also made 4 prominent reputation on the World Film pro- gram. The dellEbtfuUy. piquant "Wishing Ring" oroogbt Vivian Martin'to the fore as a motion picture star. And in "Lola," also a Shnbert fea- ture, the Incomparable Clara Kimball Young made her first appearance as a World Film star. In "Wildfire," a Sbobert featore, UUUn Bnsaell. her- self, made her screen debut—a result dne solely to the energy and persistence of Mr. Selznlck, with his nnnuestlonable ambition to give exhibitor? end tbe pnbllc the best and most popular to be had in pictures. Lew Fields in "Old Dutch," one of the most mirtbtol high class comedies ever seen, waa another triumph for World Film. It was a Sh.u- pert feature: so also was Clara KInU>aIl - Tonng in "Marrying Money." ''I'Slk^w^^ PROHMAJI PRODDCTIOBI9 ALSO HELPED TO ESTABLISB PROGRAM. Llebler features also had t their turn- In World Films program. Robert "Warwick :electrlfled-iu5 by his acting In the late Psnl. Armstrong's "Alias Jimmy Valentine." and Clsrs" KlmbaU Yoong ap- peared In "Tlie Deep Purple,", by the- same author. Clara Khnball Young has probably made her eroat- est World Film success In "Hearts In-Eixlle." The Frobman production, "The Builder": of Bridges," saw tbe screen througli World Film: Similarly George Lederer made iils way ■ to" film- dom with "Sunday," all due to Selinlck'a acumen and enterprise. C. K. Harris. "WHen If.Strlkes Home;" Nat Goodwin, in "The Master .ffand:'.' .Bert Levy, Jnliaa Steger, Janet Beecher are other great names-that liave appeared-on < World FUoi's first year's program, which has been - rich . in money making productions, many^of tliem jtbat give pr(»nlse of being permanent and profitable items of that program. BR.IDLET BARKER JOUCS GAUMONT. Bradley Barker, who has achieved snccess In Important roles in big productions with various prominent companies, has been secured by the Uaumont Company as Juvenile lead. Barker makes his first appearance as.a Mutual plaxer in '.The House With Nobody In It," second of the three reel Rlalto Star' features, produced by Qamnont for release In the regular program. Mr. Barker's stage career covers nine years of auecessful work, most of whlcb waa spent In stock. For two years he played Juvenile roles with the Proctor Stock Company in their One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Theatre, In New Tork, and later appeared in tlie "Aruona" ana "The Vir- ginian" companies. He also played in vaudeville for several years. • He is by no means neW to motion picture work, Laving at various times .appeared In Lubin, Alco, Reliance, Universal, Feerleae, Fox and Famous PUD'ers productions. He has appeared In support of such stars as Mary Fuller, Olga Petrova and several others equally prominent. His last en- gagement, previous to joining the Gaumont stu- dios, was with, the Fox Features ComLpany. SPUR OF ARMSTROXG CHOSE TITIiE ON UOMBNT. The late Paul Armstrong was informed that the title he had originally chosen for "The I^e of Woman" had been used by someone else for another picture. It took him two nrinutes to choose the title which is the one that will be nscd by the World Film' when it releases. Alice Brady In "The (Oure of Woman." It will be shown on Oct 3. with MoUle King featured. The new title wlU be "The Code bf the -Mountains." "SALTATION NELL" TO BE REI/E.«.SED SOON. Edward Sheldon wrote a great play in "Salva- tion Nell." That play bas been made Into pictures, and Beatrlz Mlchelena Is playing the-part origi- nated by Mrs. Flake. With "SaFvaUon NoJl" Mr. Sheldon made bis debut before the American pnb- llc as a writer of plays. Since then he has turned out'many wonderfnl saccesses, among which Is the one play that brought Holbrook Bllnn. forward as & film star— "Tht Boss." So successful wa? Mr. Bflnn that he' was signed by the World Film for a long period as a film luminary, and he'Is appear- ing exclusively. In their releases.' ■ "'Solvation Nell" la a story that deals with the Salvation Army, and In front ot a background of wonderful' color • Mr. Sheldon bos placed a story that grips everyone. who ■ sees It. • 11 was o great success on the stage, and as a picture it Is stlQ greater. •MUXtJAX SICBS TRIO OF CELEBRATED COMEDY STARS. Tbe Connt and Coontess Magri, better known to the public for about a half century of stage life qs General and Mrs. Tom Tbpiqb, and a larcu com- pany of 'midgets are to appear In a' Mutual single reeler that will be' released Sept. 27. Also the Mutual has secured W. C. Fields, world famed star of vaudeville, now a feature In The Follies, who will be seen In another single reel comedy, "The Pool SharkfS," to be released on tbe Mutual's new S$,000,000 program Sept. 10. This comedy Is being filmed by Oaumont, and will be the first ot the 8(ar comedy releases of that company. As Mr. Fields' theatrical contract calls for his exclusive services. It Is only through the courtesy of ' Florcnz Zlegfeld that the Mutual Corporation Is. .'enabled .to. present this star feature on its regular program. Mr. Fields was bom In Philadelphia, and made his first appearance In vaudeville there, when he was. Mxteen years old. He continued in vaudeville, with a single exception, until hla present engage- ment with the Follies. . Ten years ago, lOOS-OC, he broke away from vaudeville and-waa featured with .Mclntyre and Jleath In the original produc- tion of "The Ham Tree," under tbe mnnagcmeot of Elaw & Erlanger. During this engagement he became a favorite with theatregoers all over the countty. His popularity Is not confined to the United States alone. -He is well known on the Continent, having performed In all the principal vaudeville houses from Naples to Petrograd, and has given comrnand performances before most of the crowned heads of Europe. He has also toured India, Aus- tria, and Australia. In 1913 Fields was the only American invited to participate in the Sarah Bernhardt-Ellen Terry command jierformance before King George and Qoeen Mary. He will accompany the Follies when the com- sany starts for Its annual tour ot tbe Pacific Coast, oext month. LITDIA TEAMANS TITOS A PHOTOPLATEB. Lydla Tcamans Titus, famous for her mlmlcr.v and muslcsl attalnrnents, Is one of the latest captures for motion pictures, «nd Is now appear- ing for the Oliver 'Morosco Photoplay Company, In Charles Frohman'a success, "Jane,' In support of Charlotte Greenwood and Sydney Grant. Her baby songs, and Imitations of-Emma Eames. Adellna Fattl and other famous stage folks, not to mention her Coster, Italian, French and "coon'' types, comprise a repertoire that bas seldom teen equalled. In the Oliver Morosco production we are Informed, via Coast that she contributes one ot the most genuinely funny spinsters the screen has yet seen. ^MUTUAL PR Another: steUar acquisition' lo tfie/tiew ^ 8;Opp,pOO nVTUAL PROGRAM; /7 THREE REEL DRflMflx >epL29 nUTUAL PROGRAM lall s\ws • - »ll featuresJ -cNttEXTRAi CjlARpt/