Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

EXHIBITORS HERALD -5 MAE MURRAY. KATHLYN WILLIAMS AND WALLACE REID ARE STARS IN TWO PARAMOUNT FEATURES JULY 2 "At First Sight," starring Mae Murray, and "Big Timber," starring Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid. are the two features which will be issued by Paramount for the week or July 2. Besides these two five-reel pictures, Paramount will distribute the 73rd edition of the Paramount-Bray Pictographs, the magazine-on-the-screeti: the 74th of the weekly trips around the world, personally conducted by Burton Holmes, in which he takes his fellow journeyers to see "How California Harvests Wheat,'" and a Klever Komedy entitled '*Oh, Pop," in which Victor Moore is starred. "At First Sight" deals with the adventures of pretty Justine Gibbs, played by Mae Murray. Justine is a very i attractive and highly American type of young woman who rebels against a prearranged marriage and follow? | the dictates of her heart. It is essentially a comedy, and I the story is really based upon the efforts of the young woman to win the heart of a young writer, so absorbed in his work that the heroine must take him by storm. A great deal of the charm of the story lies in the quaint and humorous scenes between the absent-minded young writer and the impetuous heroine. The writer is at work upon a story which closely follows his own and Justine's adventures, and it monopolizes his time and attention to such an extent that Justine sees that the only way she can successfully win his heart, or arouse his interest, is by providing material that will satisfactorily finish the story — which she proceeds to do in a wholly unexpected and original manner of her own. The cast supporting Miss Murray includes Sam T. Hardy as Hartly Poole, Jules Rancourt as Paul. Julia Bruns as Nell, W. T. Carlton as Mr. Chaffin, Nellie Lindreth as Mrs. Chaffin, William Butler as sheriff and Edward Sturgis as deputy. •"Big Timber," in which Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid are starred, is an adaptation of Bertrand Sinclair's story of the same name by Gardner Hunting. There art many thrilling scenes in the film, among them a real forest fire in the Big Timber of California. ''Big Timber" is the story of Stella Benton, a young society girl who has lost her beautiful voice through the death of her father, and who goes to live with her brother Charles in the lumber camp. Charles Benton is having a struggle to make both ends meet, and when his cook quits, he makes his sister do the work for the hundred men in the lumber camp. Jack Fyfe. a neighboring lumber man, me*ts Stella and gradually falls in love with her, but the love is not reciprocated. Seeing that she is being overworked. Fyfe offers to marry her, in spite of the fact that she does not love him. A child is born of this loveless marriage, and the couple are reasonably happy, nntil Walter Monahan, a wealthy lumberman, begins to make love to Stella. She gradually becomes tired of her husband, and when the child dies, decides to . leave him. Her voice returns, and she makes a substantial success as a concert singer. Monahan, who has professed love for her, becomes indifferent, but she will not return to Fyfe, in spite of his pleadings. Monahan. jealous of Fyfe's success, sets fire to his holdings and is caught in the act. Friends telephone this fact to Stella, and she immediately returns to the lumber camp, and there, at their home, she finds Jack, heart broken, as his holdings are on fire and there is nothing but a heavy rain which could save them. She comes to him and offers to use her own money to retrieve his lost fortune, and as she goes into his arms, the heavy downpour of rain comes and they are safe. In the cast supporting Miss Williams and Mr. Reid are Joe King as Walter Monahan, Alfred Paget as Charlie Benton and Helen Bray as Linda Abbey. A STRANGE TRANSGRESSOR" OFFERS LOUISE GLAUM IN A NEW ROLE Louise Glaum, the Ince-Triangle vampire player, soon will be seen in a part distinctly different from the usual vampire roles, when she is presented by Thomas H. Ince in "A Strange Transgressor." This is the story of a woman who becomes the mistress of a man through love — and love alone. Her life, with the exception of this one sin, is without blemish. Then comes the time when the man tires of his plaything. He tells her of his desire to marry a good woman, who will exert the proper influence over his son, who is falling into evil ways. The woman begs him to marry her, but he insists that he must not darken his son's future. She then confesses that she, too, has a son — a little boy who is being protected amidst the cloistered surroundings of a religious institution. But even this has no effect. From here the play presents exciting situations. Miss Glaum, as Lola Montrose, the woman who loved and sinned for love, presents a strong characterization. J. Barney Sherry, who plays the leading masculine character, offers an excellent performance. He is the typical man of the world, living his own life regardless of how he is judged. Others in the supporting cast include Colin Chase, Dorcas Matthews, May Giraci, J. Frank Burke and William H. Bray. M. F. TOBIAS HAS HAD METEORIC RISE FROM A BOOKKEEPER TO CHIEF OF SUPERLATIVE PICTURES CORP. From bookkeeper to president in twelve years, every step achieved by his own effort, is the achievement of which Maurice F. Tobias, executive head of Superlative Pictures Corporation, can boast. Mr. Tobias entered film business as a bookkeeper for the Greater New York and Empire Film Exchanges, then on Fourteenth street, in 1905. He was one of William Fox's first associates when Fox entered the film business, and while with him originated a system of booking that is still in vogue. This system, termed by Mr. Tobias the "lock system," locked a complete show for a period of consecutive days, thereby eliminating any loss of time from one exhibitor to another and avoiding any mistakes in the course of shipments. Joining Paramount, Mr. Tobias traveled through NewYork State selling Paramount pictures. As manager of the Mutual New York Western exchange Mr. Tobias proved his worth. Taking over the office of that organization when it was in a state of chaos, he promptly righted matters, and after four years he resigned. At the present time Superlative Pictures Corporation, the mother organization of Irving Cummings Pictures, Inc., and Lois Meredith Pictures, Inc., feels that with Maurice F. Tobias as its head its success is assured. NOW IS THE TIME. SEE ME!! I have satisfied a number of the foremost exhibitors of the country. Get in touch with me — it costs nothing — will save yoa money to figure with me on interior decora*ion~ —lobby display — frames. Mailers Building HAMBURG Chicago, 111.