New York Clipper (Oct 1915)

October 9 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 17 COAST DQINDERS DOINGS. Mtbtlb Gonzales, former leading ladr for tbe' Vltagrapli, and now playing leads at Dnlrersal City, was the unfortunate vTctlm of the most au- dacious holdup In the history of Los Angeles police annaU. While she was waiting In ber car {or a compoDlni a during bandit stepped on the running board and at the point of a rerolyer forced Miss Gonzales to drive to a secluded spot, where another robber joined him. For nearly two hours tbe frightened actress drove the men tbruugb tbe residence section oif the city while ther robbed ber «f two diamond rings, a pin, a neclc'ace and $16 in cash. Then they forced Miss Gonzales out and drove blttbcly awny with the antomoblle. A balf hour later the actress fell fainting in the doorway of a home nearby and sobbed oat her story. The bandits have not y^ been- apprehended. 3£abel Nobmakd Is on the way to recovery, .and ber (housauds of frlaids are slglilng with relief. Kor four long days the little Keystone actress lay uiconsclous, and the doctors held out little hope. Mjibci was Injured in a fall at the studio about two weeks ngo. * IKCETIIXE Will change location. ° Thomas H. Incc has Just purchased twelve acres of land at CnlTcr City, a bcaatlfnl soborb of Loa AngelMi, where he will erect the new studios for the pro- duction of Triangle features. Tbe present lii con- sidered InadMiuate owing to Its Inaccesslbllitv, situated, as it is, in the Santa Monica Mounta jis. * RoLriN STimCEON's next Blue Ribbon feature Is to be a otory of the great Northwest. It will give tbe Vltagrapb director an dpportunltv of utilizing Bome of the beautiful scenery he gained an Iptlmate knowledge of while filming "The Cbalice of Courage." BizxiB BunKK donned pink pajamas for a Meae In her first picture only after Prodbcer Inee had screened the entire set in. The roguish BUlle was extremely bashful aboot api>earlng before inter- ested onlookers In "retl^g togs." H. b'. Wabkeb, the noted legitimate actor, lias Arrived at InceviUe to falfUl his contract. He will be feat'ared in an releaae. FbANCIS Fobo end his company of Ttolwcaal players left for San Francisco this week, where they wUl stage several scenes for a one r«el com- edy. After a stay of a few days the company will ittum to resume work un tbe "Broken Coin", scries^ « J. Wabren KEBXiaAN and lila company have - tomcd from Lake Tahoe, where they spent tea weeks in the forests. During their stay at the mountain lake the comp.-iny staged seventeen r^ls of Wcsteni and Canadian drama. « While In San DIcgo, recently, Jackie Saunders was porsuaded to crojs the line into Uexlco to see a bull fight. Tbe Ualboa girl failed to enthnrp over the sport end Bay<i she wlU never, never at- tend sudh an affair again. ' « He.sby Kina Is a popular dli-ector wltb new people Just breaking In before tbe camera. The BolDoa loading man and director Is patience per- scnlfied even' with the most hoiieless. « For the fourtli time in six months Syd Chapljt wai painfully Injured at the Keystone 'stndlos. While making a water scene the comedian fell from n height of abojt seventy feet into an artl- flclal lake, scstalning severe bruises, which laid him up for several days. o ft ■ ' WEnEB and .Pieldb are nov bard at work under tbe direction of Mack Sennett Four or five weeks will be required to complete the first reel of the feature film now In preparation. Comedy lovers Are looking forward to the maiden effort of the famous comedians. "Sutuna" BiLLT Maso.v, former Essanay lead, and later of the "Yon Know Me, Ai," series. Joins the Universal forces this week to play Juvenile leada with Victor Fbtel, of "Snakevllle" oomedy fame. Hal Coout is the latest arrival at Universal City. The lovenlle lead baa Just SnlAed his first feature with Bopert' Julian, entitled "Tlie Whtto Feather." « CitcaTKB B. Cupp, former scenario and film editor at the Bellance.MaJestlc studlnti. this week Joined Universal forces as scenario editor for that company. ^ AitONO this week's Interested viMltorii at Unl- Ternal City was Madame Mclba, the Australian Erima donna. After a stay of several bourn, dur- ig which time she had had a picture made show- ing her receiving an introduction to one of tho Jlooa, Melba left, the picture cKy, vowing that, next to music, motion pictures ranked first In her Jieart. * . 'AppBoziK.iTXi.T fonr thousand players appear ln-«apport of Douglas Falrlianks. In the film adap- tntxon of "Double Trouble." Director Cabanne liav Introduced a larg? number of mob scenes In thiB picture with startling success. The i>opuIar leitding man will appear in a third Fine Arts FltnR feature soon, for he goes East next week to play the lead in a farce comedy, entitled "His Picture In the Papers." « At the Fine Arts Films Ptndlos Taul Gllmore Is playing the romantic commnndonte In "Tbe rcoi- testes,' starring Orrin Johnson: Helen Ware Is appearing In "Cross Currents," ond rehearsals for "Den Quixote" have started. Rbea Mitchell, for- mer Incevllle lead, has t>o«B engaged to support De Wolf Hopper tn the new Triangle feature. "liAtTBA Oakut, ciblef of police a/t Universal City, has married Milton Moore, ea.merainan of the Kerrigan-Victor company. This event took place two weeks ahead of schedule time. FOR MANY YEARS the name ^Tower's" on motion picture projecting apparatus has stood for superiority, and with our latest model, Six B, it is truer today than ever hefore. AWARI^S American Museum of Safety, - Gold Medal, 1813 American Mnsemn of Safety, - • • Orand Prise, 1914 Fanama-Paoiflo International EzpositiGii, Grand Prize, 1815 1 HELD BT NICHOLAS NINETY QOLD STREET. COMPANY NEW YORK GITY