Film Fun (Jan - Dec 1916)

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L SCENE FROM "THE GIRL AND THE GAME." Jimmy Burke is only in one episode of the play, but he was the proudest boy in the universe when they took him on as an extra and let him do what he had always yearned to do — fool around a real engine with an oil can. The boy in the picture grows up to be a real engineer and marries a wealthy girl; but Jimmy doesn't care. Even if he is in only one part of the play, he knows that every kid on his street is green with envy when he sees that picture in the theaters. Not Seriously Interrupted The consoling friend leaned toward the plump, crape-hung widow and her plump, crape-hung daughter. In a solemn whisper that contrasted deeply with the gay tune of the orchestra and the gay color of the preliminary announcements run on the screen, she sympathized, "I suppose the death of a husband and father in the home makes a break in your lives that one who has not experienced it can never imagine." "Well, it's an awful break, but not so bad as you might think. Nellie and me took turns taking care of him, and that way we only missed two nights of 'The Exploits of Elaine,' even counting the funeral." A Rift in the Lute The picture showed a second-story man climbing over a back fence with a bag of stolen property. When he reached the other side the bag broke, scattering the contents on the ground. Pat said to his friend, "Phot do yez call thot?" "Phaix," was the answer, "thot is a moving picture of a rift in the loot." The Kid Is Clever In order to get a line on the past careers of its leading players, the World Film Corporation had a blank form printed and distributed about the Fort Lee Studios. The actors were requested to fill in the blanks with the information desired and return them to the office. Here is the way jocular Johnnie Hines, the irrepressible juvenile comedian, filled in his sheet: NAME: John L. Hines. WHERE BORN: In bed. TOWNS IN WHICH YOU HAVE LP7ED: New York City. Only existed elsewhere. WHERE EDUCATED: Scranton Correspondence School. WHAT CLUBS: Life member of "The Nut Club." WHERE PLAYED IN STOCK: Don't play stock. Very few good actors do. IN WHAT CITIES ARE YOU WELL KNOWN: Joliet, Auburn, Ossining, Atlanta — and Yonkers. WHERE CAN WE USE TOUR NAME TO BEST ADVANTAGE: Churchill's and Jack's. MARRIED OR SINGLE: Neutral.