Film Fun (July 1915)

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Momus Producing Company Comes Across The Momus Producing Company has entered the comedy field and recently screened its first humor film. At the private showing at the studio at Edgewater, N. J., the scenario was o. k. ’d by the viewers. Walter Morton, a manager of the company, wrote the scenario and calls it “Doctor Cupid.’’ Wisconsin Circulating Films The Wisconsin Legislature has voted a yearly appropriation for the manufacture of educational films. Dean Reber, of the Wisconsin University, was the first to establish an educational film service in the State. He first divided the State into districts and sent to each dis¬ trict in its turn a series of films. It proved so popular that the State decided to set aside an ample sum to promote this educational plan. COPYRIGHT, VI TAGRAPH COMPANY BILLY QUIRK, IN “THE MASTER OF HIS HOUSE’’ Geraldine Farrar to the Screen ^ITH Caruso on the phonograph records and Geraldine Far¬ rar on the films, the last barriers have been broken into the moving-picture world. Miss Farrar will appear in screen productions of her more famous operatic parts. Copy Reading for the Pictures The editing of films is a job that few care to undertake. It means carefully going over the film and cutting out every scene that drags. Frequently enough negative to make a four-reel picture is gone over with keen eyes and cut down to a two-reel feature. Sometimes a portion of the cut is kept to be used as a basis for another picture, but every inch of the film used must be full of action. The film editor has his troubles, too. Comedy for the Soldiers and Sailors Among the motion pictures that the United States govern¬ ment is providing for the education and amusement of the men of the army and navy, there will be plenty of comedy films. COPYRIGHT, VI T AGRAPH COMPANY BILLY QUIRK, IN CHARACTERISTIC POSE Comedy star of the Vitagraph Co. COPYRIGHT, VITAGRAPH COMPANY BILLY QUIRK AND NORMA TALMADGE CLEVER COMEDY COUPLE Highly Odorous, Those Bombs Two small boys, watching a Pathe’s Weekly Company Heeza Liar cartoon, earnestly discussed the problems of the war at the motion picture. “Whadjer know ’bout dem skunk bombs de Germans is usin’?” “Aw, gwan, kid, dem pitchures ain’t true! It’s only Heeza Liar!” “Dey is, too, true. Anythin’ in Pathe’s Weekly is true, me dad says.” “Well,” doubtfully, “if we is gotta fight dem Dutchmen, I hope dey runs outer skunks before me pa has ter go. ”