Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

EXHIBITORS HERALD 27 Billy West in "CUPID'S RIVAL" ig-Bee Film Corporation comedy; two parts; published state rights As a whole. ~ Very funny Story _ Lively Star Comical Settings ....Suitable Photography Good Billy West in "Cupid's Rival" will afford an audience ] any good laughs, especially those who like slapstick jmedy. A mallet is brought into play very effectively, ; proved by the unconsciousness of a few of the cast hich includes Leo White, Babe Hardy, Ethel Burton, udd Ross, Ethelyn Gibson and Florence McLaughlin, he story is one that will please. The story: Billy is the janitor of a studio apartment, te is ordered by Hyfligher, a rich artist in the building, > bring his breakfast to him. Residing in an adjoining :udio is Daub, a poor artist. Daub paints the picture of >ough for the landlord in lieu of the rent. Daub sees his weetheart Ethel entering the studio of Hyfligher. He is nraged and bursts into the room to find Ethel stroking le head of the rich artist. Daub seizes a painting of ".thel and smashes Hyfligher on the head with it. Hyigher is distracted, for the day of the exhibition of the ainting is near. Meanwhile, Mike the elevator boy, is hasing a mouse through the building and the chase leads im into Daub's studio, where the mouse runs up the side f the painting of Dough. Mike has a club with which e attempts to hit the mouse, but he misses and hits the •ortrait, tearing it. He is horrified at what he has done. Daub enters and is heart-broken. Mike scouts the iea of dressing up as the landlord and taking his place n the frame. At the exhibition the people are delighted ptfa the paintings and think that they are real. Billy inds out the ruse and when he sees that his enemy Mike s sitting in the frame he arms himself with a club and hen the chase begins. The guests finally catch Billy and nete out to him a just punishment. MYSTERIOUS MISS TERRY," STARRING BILLIE BURKE, IS FIRST FILM FOR PARAMOUNT'S NEW "STAR SERIES" "The Mysterious Miss Terry," an adaptation of Gelett Burgess' story, starring Billie Burke, has been completed t the Famous Players studio under the direction of J. earle Dawley and is to be the first of Billie Burke's productions to be issued by Paramount under the new "Star eries" of selective films. As the title indicates, "The Mysterious Miss Terry" is n adventure story dealing with the experiences of a young ociety girl who is bored with the circumstances that have urrounded her all her life and decides to take matters nto her own hands by dropping out of society and living n a boarding house. She is known merely as Miss Terry and is the subject of much mystery to the other boarders because of her gentle insistance upon keeping her personal affairs to herself despite her keen interest in their several fortunes. One of the first incidents which occurs in the story is the robbing of a deserted city home by this girl of mystery. Her delightful personality arouses the keen interest of three young bachelors at the boarding house whose rivalry for her affections is another source of interest in the story. When Miss Terry becomes a clerk in a hardware store and is again involved in the robbery of the store, the mystery concerning her identity becomes unfathomable. The cast which has been assembled in support of Miss Burke includes Thomas Meighan, Walter Hiers, Gerald O. Smith, George A. Wright and Bessie Learn. Carlyle Blackwell and June Elvidge in "THE PRICE OF PRIDE" World drama; five parts; published June 2 As a whole . Entertaining Story Interesting Stars ....Well cast Support Plenty Settings Appropriate Photography Clear A drama that will without doubt appeal to the greater majority of motion picture patrons will be found in "The Price of Pride." Exhibitors should find it a good box office attraction, since it has been well handled and the story is one of marital entanglements which are always more or less interesting. Carlyle Blackwell in the dual role of half brothers, present two distinct characters in the young man who has been well reared and who is a successful mining engineer, and the young train robber who has had no training nor any mother love to guide him. June Elvidge, as the mother of the train robber; does some good work. Other members of the cast, including Frank Mills, Evelyn Greeley, George MacQuarrie, Charles Charles and Pina Nesbit, are good. The story is by Milton Nobles. Harley Knoles directed. The story: Nan Westland loves Jeffrey Black but Jeffrey loves Madge, his wife, and has no thought of Nan. One evening Madge finds Nan kissing Jeffrey and she orders both from her home. Jeffrey goes west and Nan accompanies him. A little son is born and Nan begs Jeffrey to divorce Madge and marry her for the sake of the son, but Jeffrey refuses. The son of Madge, grown up, becomes a successful mining engineer. The son of Nan, whom Nan deserted to marry a man she learned to love, becomes a train robber. There is a striking resemblance between the two young men and when William holds up the train on which David's sweetheart is en route, Kathleen believes the robber to be David, and when David meets her at the train she will have nothing to do with him. David is arrested as the train robber, and William, the real culprit endeavors to escape. He is fatally shot and as death draws near, he confesses to the crime. Kathleen begs David's forgiveness. RIGHTS TO "BEWARE OF STRANGERS" IN CANADA BOUGHT BY MONARCH CO. The Canadian rights for the Selig film drama, "Beware of Strangers," have been purchased by the Monarch Film Company, Limited. This company outbid several other concerns for the Dominion rights to this production and the Monarch concern expects to start a big exploitation campaign soon. "MY MOTHER," FIVE-REEL BLUEBIRD, FINISHED BY DIRECTOR JULIAN Director Rupert Julian practically has completed E. J. Clawson's story, "My Mother," in five reels, at the Bluebird studios. The principal roles in the photoplay are played by Julian, Ruth Clifford, Ruby La Fayette and Elsie Jane Wilson. O. HENRY FILM SERIES OF SIXTEEN PLAYS IS EXTENDED TO TWENTY Owing to the success of the O. Henry two-reel pictures, General Film announces, the series of sixteen has been increased to twenty. Therefore, instead of booking only the sixteen subjects of these Broadway Star features first contracted for, exhibitors all over the country will have four more available before the two-reel series is complete.