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Kalem Company — The International Producers.
| NEWS ITEMS
| of the KALEM COMPANIES
NT OT to be outdone by the several ' Kalem players who have mastered the intricacies of a locomotive cab, Miss Alice Joyce was recently instructed by an engineer and the result was many thrilling scenes in the railroad drama, “A Race With Time.” Miss Joyce is seen controlling the throttle and air brakes as the locomotive dashes over the rails.
D EFERRING to railroad plays, the Kalem standard of excellence in dramas of this character is well known and a new series, now being produced by director. J. P. McGowan, offers many novelties. Mr. McGowan has had considerable experience with railroad work and the plays he is now producing will be of particular delight to railroad men, who will find that many interesting details have been worked into the thrilling scenes. In these dramas the picture patrons will have an opportunity to renew their acquaintance with Miss Alice Hollister, the talented leading lady of the Kalem Company, whose convincing work in the Irish and Egyptian plays has won for her a host of friends.
T N one of Kalem’s two-reel Civil War dramas, soon to be announced, director Kenean Buel produced a scene representing the interior of an old church, which will prove an innovation. Only the massive stage in the Kalem studio at Jacksonville, Florida made such a scene possible. The congregation, in the quaint costumes of the 6o’s, assembled downstairs and in the balcony and the village choir gathered around the old organ, make this scene one of the most striking ever produced.
/T'HE KALEM COMPANY at Santa Monica, California found it no easy matter to handle the vicious lion which appears in the comedy, “A Busy Day in the Jungle.” When the beast was safely caged, Mr. John E. Brennan and Mr. Marshall Neilan, the comedians who enacted the roles of the hunters, heaved a sigh of relief. Mr. Neilan ventured to suggest to director Hartigan that a novel effect could be accomplished if he, the director, would ride the lion. “Certainly,” said Mr. Hartigan complacently, “I’ll ride him if you put on the saddle.”
A N interesting sociological study will be found in the Kalem drama, “The Redemption,” further announcement of which will be made in an early issue of The Kalendar. This gripping play, produced under the direction of Mr. George Melford at Glendale, California, presents Mr. Carlyle Blackwell in one of the absorbing characterizations which attest his versatility. The noted artists, Mr. Wm. H. West and Miss Jane Wolfe have vitalized two interesting types in a powerful manner. The play, in brief, deals with the theory of an eminent sociologist who claims that a criminal is only a criminal because he has had no opportunity to develop an honest character and the production offers a succession of tense situations.
TN response to many inquiries regarding little Adelaide Lawrence, who has been quite ill, we take pleasure in informing her friends that she is rapidly recovering and will soon be featured in a novel play produced by Kalem’s New York Company. As this is the little girl’s first year at school, exhibitors and their patrons will understand why they have not seen Adelaide recently.