New York Clipper (Nov 1915)

40 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Novembier € CURRENT FIUI EVENTS vt mu. fk^nH^wn TSEBlTTEl TO MAIT OC O/EKIVB. lt«cmi-dlDK that genlos of motion plctnte maclitpe projection, Nicholas Fower, CUp and Patte, Ola- ■ courses eloquently In the followlDg. Tela. Aa mo belleTC every word of It we ret>cat the inbsunc* lor the benefit of our readers: ■■Tiioinjis A. Edison la credited with JUTlllK Bud: "Give me a motion picture machine and I'll teacb more history Jn fifteen minutes than Inatructora oDd text bool:9 can drill Into^the minds of papUa In a month." But this waF not In the early daja of motion pictures—for the machines nsed fifteen years ago, when moving pletorea were helne ia- Troducef, were Insplre^wlA tie Jump., fllckera flJld ioncea to a degree that made It an opUcal hard- «lii])..io look at a -film. . , . ^^W'hiii films wore In the experimental sta^e the oletuW machine wag «qnaUy undevelOMd. bUlson eeMBM to have other thliip to thlh* or heaides films and picture projection two decades ago. The lOTcntlve mind of the "wUnrd" had not then taken • \ii> the subject of ' the movies" to any great ex- lent, and it was many years after the picture busi- ness grew out of Us swaddllnis clothes before any- body Rave much study to the Imijortant detail or . '"^•"iTnaUy orie Inventive g^nlns—^Nicholas Power by . pnmc—noted the detects In the early film displays, end traced the trooblea to their source—the projcc- • lion machine.- Power was the first man to seriously aiiply himself to the perfection of "throwing pic- tures" upon the screen. He studied out the mechanl- t al Intilcaclea of the sutojcct, ard, having first for^ f cen the future of the film, devoted long hours and • tnrniy months to experimenting with cranks, cogs, tliarteM and wheels. . "ijr. Power knew that moving pictures would sr.ver succ«cd na an amusement unlees they conld bo thrown clearly and steadily upon the screen: lip M>D:ied troubles with the eyes of millions tmless ihf earlier projecting apparntiis could "be replaced with steady running,'even "throwing," and flicker- l(ss machines. ■ ■ ^ ^ "Unlike most hiventors, he was wise enongn to Vpi'P the reward of his genius In his own control, uDd Instead of selling his patemta for trivial auma he procec4led slowly and always wlthlo his means. New models were produced every few months, every machine he turned out was an Improvement upon Its predecessor, and finally he arrived at a TH>lnt so closely approaching perfection that the rower's projectors are now established as the ktundard of all "picture throwing" apparatus. . "The millions who find entertainment at the pic- ture shows owe more to Nicholas - Power than to any other one Individual ever associated with the riovlng picture Industry—for- it was Mr. Power who devoted years of his life to taktaig the "flicker" out of the film and conserving the eyesight of hla own generation and for generations to rome. 'J'licse are things the film promoters say little about —but the fact remains that there would not be ao many admirable pictures and the photoplays •would not be so Immensely popular If they had not been set right "at the eoarce" Nicholas rower,- CRAXE WTLBTTR B89ATS NEW CHARACTBR. Having finished the production of "The Blood °of Our Brothers," the Centaur Star Feature re- lease on the Mutual program for October, David llorsloy has .started work on the November re- liasc of this brand. He has selected a scenario <-nthI(>d "Could a Man Do More?" written by Crane \Vllbur. who was also responsible for "The Blood of Our Drothors," in which he showed no mean cblllty as an author. ^c.'Sldes •belog the author of "Could a Man Do ^tote?'' Mr. Wilbur will play the leading part 'llUa character Is administer In. a little Southern town, the period being Immediately after the Civil War. While the moving splnt In It Is a minister, the story does not possess any particular religious lone. Its moral teaches brotherly love. Xhe minister Is not of any nartlcnl&r denomination or fnlch, but a sort of leaaer, a man'of great at- tainments. He Is one of those free thinking preachera who refuse to conflne himself to wearing apparel or distinct clerical cut. Through the .machbiatlnns of a younger brother entrusted to his care upon the death of his mother, and whom 'he attempts to shield, he becomes the target of abuse from nis flock, and Is finally driven from the town. The balance rights Iteelf, however, and In the end the elnlstto U restored to his former Btatna. . . . The part of the minister is a new delineation fdr Mr. Wilbur, and gives him w'de scope for his tuli'nt^. The production is now being made onder tlK- tUrectlon of R. B. Rroodwcll. who Is the latest director, to Join Mr. Horsley'a ntalf. It la to be In three reels, and will be released Nov. 24. KQUTTABLE OOIKO AFTER UTERART TOPNOTCHERa. Id the literary sections of various New Tork, I.iindon and Paris dally papers, this week, appears An ndvertlsemrnt. placed by the li^ultable .Miollon l^ictur*^ Corporation.*In which im^rtant autltorfl and playn-Tlfchts are Invited to submit their warefl to the Kaultable scenario department, and atatlng that no price was too great for stories and plays that trere adaptable to the acreen, The display advertlaement in the literary sec- tions and Intthe authors' trade Journals, was the cultnlnhtlon of Arthur H. Spiegel's anthorlclng the an^^rlatlon of one hundred thousand doUara.by toe BQultable to be used In procuring the greatest works of the createst wrltetn. Following this principle, Robert W. rhambera. nichard Le Galllenne. Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir James M. Barrle. C. N. anil A. M.. Williamson, Brand Whltlock, and otber>< of not**, an^ belog approached nml offered subsitantlal ruh'.a to permit their woras to be screened, or to write original matter. HABRS mew FimoHAsiivo AOBnrr Foa WORLD FILM. Lewis J. Belcnlck'believes In youtli aad alwayt givea It a chance. Joe HarsA Is onlv twenty-ifive years of age, 'bnt he Is the parchaalng-agot of the World Film Corporation. His record apeaka for Itself. . He was five years purchasing agent for a large Ellk firm, then he worked for two years for the United States Printing and Lithographing Com- pany. He baa been with the World Vilm for a year. In which organization he started in a lowly position before he attained his present promotion. Mri Ifarad is a hard -worker. coD«clentlous la the performance of his duties, and, above all things, loyal to Ms ,company. Loyal^r and ability are the things that count with WorTd Film. He be BcccesFfui bccouse he lias a char- acter that makes for success. onionrAL entrance. ' Nat Wills has a' pleasantry to the effect thit 'William Jennings Bryan lost Sp50 the other night —he talked in his Bleep. Tom Waters lost abont the same sum by-oversleeping, but he didn't have to pay. The loss fell upon the Gaumont Company. Waters was making his first motion-picture, ' Does Advertising Pay?" and forgot that the sun has a habit of getting up early In the morning, even U liardened troupers inelst on sleeping till noon. Director William F. Haddock had oil hla people made up and waiting by eight o'clock. Even ..'iStofly" Davis, who plays himself, a press agent, was on hand. The sun was shining brightly ana It looked as If the previous day's record of thirty- five- scenes would be broken. In Flushing, where the pictures were taken, everything runs accord- ing to the time trains arrive. Waters didn't come on 'the 8.13. There was a wait for the - 8..tl. ^Vhen he dldnt come on this later train Haddock telephoned Lis hotel to find that he woa still peacefully sleeping. .Despite the fact that "Stuffy." Davis -was peeved, because he had risen so early to no'avail, ne de- cided to help out his fellow Thespian. Meeting Waters at the station Just before noon, Davis un- folded his Idea of a comedy entrance that would avert the wrath of the director. Waters was game for it. A block from the studio a city dump cart "was standing. The driver was nowhere In sicht. 'Snufy' mounted to the driver's seat and Tom followed. There was a loud singing of an Irish "Come-all- ye" outside tbe sate of tlie stodto, .The gate irai flung open and "Stutfy" drove the late Mr, waters into the yard. "Silent BUI" Haddock took in<> look at the ontflt and buret into a loud laugh that toM Waters, he was forgiven. So there was nothing for the Gaumont treasurer to do but charge .up a wasted morning—to profit and loss. TROOP SHIP seme BUT TROUPERS ARBI RESCUED. ' World Film is inaklng a great melodrama, en- -titled "The Sins of Society," with Bobert Warwick )n the stellar role, under the direction of- Oscar Kag'e. This picture will be released on Nov. It will be a drama of concentrated thrills. I'he hero. Impersonated by Bobert Warwick, en- . lists In. a Canadian regiment, which is ordered to Europe to take part In the great war. The troop ship on wh'.ch he Is sailing la attacked by a submarine off Nova Scotia;' and there Is a dreadful drowning of hundreds of soldiers. Robert Warwick, however, escapes, of course, to continue the story, In the making of this picture it -was necessary to hire a real ship and load'her -nlth one hundr<>d ' nnd fifty men.' This was done - on Long Island Sound, near New Rochelle. The one hundred and fifty aoldlers were all ox- pert swimmers, and every precaution was taken by World Film to Insure the safety of these extras. At the proper moment the ship .was duly suh. . marlned: and the brave soldiers went to their doom, from Which toe.v sneMlly omrrged and changed their clothing, and became ordinary citizens once more. . There were -two erceptlons. however,' to the m'e oisde by World Film that these extras must he expert swimmers. These two men went down and ^ould surely have drowned but for the precaution taken to assure the presence of life savers from the coast, who promptly rescued the men. Whilst animation was being restored to one of the nearly drowned soldiers, a man was struck' by a pnoslng automobUo and seriously injured, so the tabllia ni .tills very striking scene was not nnattendca by Borious casualties. TOURKUUH Aim RBRATT GO SOUTH FOR ATHOSPHBRB. '- Director Maurice Tonrnenr has taken a com- pany South with him for the purpose of making the Beban picture. The title and story of this picture will be made public in due course; !n the icennwhlle It may be interesting to hint that the theme is a French one, something of the pastoral, Idyllic, Paris Bohemian kind. Mr. Beban has a role In this plctnre entirely miUcd to his very engaging and striking per- sonality. Mutual Program American Film Company, Inc., offers THCAIXEKHMSi Directed by MR, MAUDE A Three-Reel "CLIPPER" Star Feature, Superb in Dramatic Intensity, with ARTHUR M AUDE «.d CONSTANCE CRAWLEY Mr. Maude and Miss Crawley have scored pre-eminent successes on the speaking sUge of America and Europe. Their first film oSering i» -THE 'ALTERNATIVE." Book it right noio! BEXiBAaEID WOV TilMBTIR SO A NEW TWO-REEL "MUSTANG" THE WARNING A Stirling Drama of the West, with HELKNE ROSSON and E. FORREST TAYLOR. Directed by FRANK COOLEY. RELEASED NOVEMBER 10. All "CUrPER" and "inrSTANO" flima ore distributed thioughoat tbe Unrted States and Canada, exclnslvely by Mntnai Film CorporsUon AMERICAN FILM COMPANY, Inc. OHXOAOO. IXZa.