Film Fun (Jan - Dec 1916)

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Details FREE. Atlaa Publishing Co., 343 Atlas Building, Cincinnati, O. Hotel Labels 50 assorted genuine hotel baggage labels from U. S., Canada and Mexican hotels. Sent for $1.00, 20 for 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed. American Label Co. Janesville, Wis. 200 KINDS 'CI. Wood. 1 Wire & Stee I PUZZLES 2 wire leaders and trick card, 10 cents. WESTERN PUZZLE WORKS Dept. K. ST. PAUL, MINN. hi feih.ni POCKET -i-RiCk*: mil Illustrated Catalogue Included. Send 6 Cents In Stamps MAGIC CC Sta., 5, 249 W. 38th St., NEW YORK Our Foreign Correspondence From Kobe, Japan, a reader sends us this interesting letter: "I find your magazine, Film Fun, intensely interesting, for I am a picture fan and do not often see the newest pictures here, and your book gives me interesting information of things happening in this line in America. "It may interest you to learn that every cinema shows here what we call' Talkers, ' whose job it is to talk as the picture is produced on the screen. Of course, with the foreign pieces, this is not necessary; but it is merely for the Japanese crowd. If it wasn't for the talkers, when they presented a Japanese film, one could not make head or tail out of the whole series, as the pictures are so complicated and badly staged, and most of the films are so long that you see the same old thing for about three hours at a run. "The 'Broken Coin' series caused a great sensation out here recently, and the hall which had this film must have made a fortune out of the thing, as they showed only four parts at a time, usually lasting for about two hours. They changed every ten days, and the place was packed every night. We liked the 'Trey o' Hearts' series also, and Cleo Madison was a peach. 'Fantoma' and 'Black Box' were more or less spoiled, as the censors cut here and there, usually in the most important and interesting places. "I have seen lots of good comic series, but very few here know anything about Charlie Chaplin. 'Between the Showers,' by Chaplin and Sterling, is the only Chaplin film they have out here. Queer, isn't it? I thought you might be interested in knowing something about the motion pictures 'way out here in Japan. Charles Ailion." % s Picture Fans in the Trenches "You know, we are great picture fans out here in the trenches," writes Frank Badgely, a young Canadian officer, whose letter is marked ' ' In Active Service. ' ' He writes to thank us for sending him a copy of Film Fun, which he assures us was greatly appreciated in his particular "dugout." "When we get the chance, we go to the 'Soldiers' Theater,' where we spend a pleasant time with Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Sir Herbert Tree and the Leystone Police. I think the 'Soldiers' Theater' is perhaps one of the most unique motion picture places in the world. It is within easy reach of 'Fritz' and his 'Jack Johnsons,' 'Black Marias,' 'Wizz bangs' and the rest of his repertory. Quite often, just as Fatty hits the water with a mighty splash, the music is drowned by a loud 'c-r-r-um-m-mp!' as a big fellow in the way of shells hits the ground a few yards away. "The 'Soldiers' Theater' puts on three shows daily, and the audiences would make any house manager turn green with envy. For music they have Gitz Rice, known all over eastern Canada for his ability to tickle the ivories, and an orchestra of about thirty pieces, made up from the different regimental bands in the Canadian corps. It really is awfully good. "As for the most important part of the program, the pictures, as I said before, we get the latest one and two-reel pictures, and sometimes we are treated to a Mary Pickford or a Marguerite Clark feature. So, you see, we have some amusement, even on the firing line. We feel that the screen is doing a wonderful work in keeping the spirits of Tommy up to the high pitch for which he is famous, even under the most trying conditions. God bless the motion pictures ! "We do not mind the interruption of shells during the screen, for we are subjected to these constantly; but we cannot see Fatty every day in the week. Perhaps they do not realize, when they are making these pictures, what it is going to mean to the soldiers to see their clever antics." One Way of Looking at It John Reinhard, who plays society wasters for the Gaumont Company, was walking along a Flushing street near the studio, when he noticed he was keeping step with a lad of eleven or twelve. "Well, son, what are you going to do when you grow up?" asked the actor somewhat patronizingly. "I'm going to get a job and work," was the sturdy answer. "But suppose you can't find any." ' ' Oh, ' ' replied the boy airily, ' ' then I'll be a motion picture actor." Reinhard tiptoed to the other side of the street and whistled a sad tune as he strolled along by himself. The Touch System Kriss — How does that movie actor manage to get along? He never works. Kross — He uses the "touch" system. & * Director — Did you figure on being invited to supper? Movie actor — Yes; but I reckoned without my host.