Exhibitors Herald (Jan-Mar 1920)

EXHIBITORS HERALD A FEW THRILLS FROM "THE WOMAN IN GREY" Arline Pretty and Henry J. Sell have the leading roles in this Serico Production Corporation's serial, the first episode of which will soon be ready for distribution. 0«MHUUli4n 1 1 n 1 1 1 Lirniiii! . n >m . i 1 1 1 m i << 1 > iiiiiuuiitliiiniilLliHiiii i : r ! ; 1 1 1 > u, 1 1 . 1 1 ; i M : ; ' , i : i : .iiiiui i , k 1 1 1 1 : : 1 1 ' : ' l ; ^ l M 1 1 1 1 11 1 : 1 1 1 n 1 1 1< n : .:n 1:1: .1; . i. .1 11.: i:n' !□ ^ □! Volplaning Around N Yawk f.iioiuiiiiunii'i.i 'imiiiiiiiiiiariiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|]ii|[i[iiii:i!B Vr if ft J. B. 'JiiniiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiuiiii/ atre Wednesday morning at 9 :30. A program of motion pictures and music appropriate to the day and to his guests was arranged. The feature picture was "Cinderella," and two episodes of the "Life of Lincoln," with "Bobby Bumps" as the comedy. The New Year is extending the glad hand for a prosperous season. Grasp it ! Leslie Jordax of the Cosmopolitan Productions is running in his usual streak of good luck. His latest coup is the securing of Rose Shulsinger as a co-partner in publicity. Joseph Kelly has a press batting average of over five hundred and is one of the big league. When testing home-made "with raisin" concoctions, be sure and have all the windows open and the family physician's telephone number handy. Hugo Riesenfeld entertained all the children, teachers and principal of Public School No. 58, 317 West 52nd street, at a Christmas performance at the Rivoli the Mrs. W. B. Ranes in Cast Supporting George Walsh in the Fox production "The Shark," is Inez Marcel. In private life she is Mrs. W. B. Ranes. widow of the first managing director of the old Yitagraph company. Mrs. Ranes made the first screen version of Shakespeare in the days before the multiple reel story was known. The season is closed for some game, but the Government has been doing a lot of "wild duck" hunting of late. Kill $25,000 Elephant to Make Final Scenes For "The Lost City" D. W. Griffith didn't forget the Exhibitors Herald even while being tossed on the bosom of the soft southern seas. Before leaving home in the morning don't forget to look at the furnace and don't let your jugs interfere with the back draft. Arthvr Herxaxdez of the Colorograph Laboratories, New Rochelle, scored some bulls' eyes at the Patent office recently. Harry' Koplar of Koplar & Goldman, St. Louis, is in town. After establishing a record which will be remembered for some time in the motion pictury industry, the Sol Lesser Exchange announces that beginning with the new year they will book "Yankee Doodle in Berlin." the Mack Sennett travesty without the personal appearance of the Mack Sennett bathing girls When one considers the drawing power of a twro-reel Sennett comedy with only one or two stars, this five reel scream of laughter with Ben Turpin, Marie Prevost, Ford Sterling, Charles Murray, Chester Conklin and Bothwell Browne is indeed an extraordinary feature. In addition to "Yankee Doodle'' the attraction includes a bathing reel showing Mack Sennett's famous ' sea nymphs on the beaches of sunny California. The mad elephant introduced into one of the many thrilling episodes of "The Lost City," shows a new danger of the jungle to the average spectator who has been prone to believe that these heavy beasts of burden are ever docile and tame. To witness the crazed beast tearing his way through the jungle, overturning the native huts, ripping up trees by the roots, and trampling down barricades, gives one a new insight into the destructive power of these enormous animals. To see this wild beast on his rampagous tour of destruction will cause the spectators to wonder how it was possible to train this animal to perform these feats with the realism with which they are actually done. But the secret of it all is that the animal is not trained, but is really mad, and will be shot in the latter episodes. The shooting of this animal, which is valued at about $25,000, will be doubted by many, but it is only one of the many situations which the skeptical may doubt that makes this serial different from any other ever produced. Fine Collection of Animals Colonel William N. Selig has made it his pleasure to collect wild animals, and is known throughout the country for his beautiful zoological gardens in Los Angeles, which is said to be the largest private zoo in the world. He is too much 99 of a lover of animals to have the elephant killed for the pleasure of picture devotees or to add to the thrills of a production, but he is compelled to dispose of the mad elephant for the good of the community. Herein lies the secret of the Colonel coming out of retiiement and producing what he claims his last production which it is his desire to make a supreme achievement of his already successful career. "Big Jim," as the mad elephant is called, has caused the Colonel no end of trouble and expense in law suits through its destruction of lives and property. The mad elephant has already killed two of its keepers, and has become so unruly and dangerous that Government authorities have informed the Colonel that he would have to dispose of the animal. Climax Is Unusual So unusual is the shooting of an elephant, that the Colonel was inspired to make "The Lost City," and have the animal killed in the latter episodes as a final climax to the many other unusual situations in the serial. Not only will the mad elephant be killed, but many other animals who have outlived their use, will be sent to the animal heaven. It is said "The Lost City" will hold any audience because it possesses that element of curiosity and suspense, as well as sensation, that is so necessary in a continued screen story. 4