Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1916)

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A strong trinity from the stage to the screen are, Adele Blood, Edwin Stevens and Montagu Love. They will appear jointly in “The Devil’s Toy,” adapted from “The Mills of the Gods.” The Premo brand has the honor. Ah! at last. “Pudd’nhead Wilson,” “Tom Sawyer,” “Huckleberry Finn” and others of Mark Twain’s brain children will be seen on the screen under the chaperonage of the Lasky Company. Fannie Ward has purchased a $50,000 house in Hollywood, Cal., where she intends to reside permanently. We beg to inquire, Who is “The Grand Old Man of the Movies”? Every studio claims to own him, hut as there is only one, we seek enlightenment. We thought it was W. Chrystie Miller. Mignon Anderson, Thanhouser, is said to possess the most elaborate dressingroom in the profession. Charlotte Burton, American-Mutual favorite, is suffering from an attack of deafness, due to a dynamite explosion in the taking of “The Thoroughbred.” Mary Anderson, Western Yitagraph, has just married, and she didn’t even tell her mother, who read of it in the newspapers. Alice Brady, star of “The Ballet Girl,” World Film, claims that she is the only actress upon the screen who is a born and bred New Yorker. Helen Holmes, besides supplying thrills for the screen, recently gave her company a fright, when she rescued some valuable negatives of “The Girl and the Game,” In an aeroplane she transported the film over some dangerous flood country and thru mountain passes to the nearest transportation point. Governor Johnson, of California, is an ardent fan. One thousand children take part in the gnome village in the Fox new milliondollar production. Little Jane Lee is among them. The exodus: — Tefft Johnson, Leo Delaney, Mother Anderson, Garry McGarry, Zena Keefe, Harry Fisher, Robert Gaillord and others — from Yitagraph. Virginia Pearson, the twenty-year-old beauty and direct descendant of Daniel Boone, has joined the Fox forces. Annette Kellermann is recovering from injuries sustained by being dashed against a rock in the waters of Jamaica. The World Film Corp. owns the only sea-going studio ever planned. Beverly Bayne was recently informed that she had won the popularity contest conducted by the Minneapolis Journal. It’s getting to be a habit with her. Bessie Barriscale, Kay-Bee, is the authoress of a hook of poems. Grace Cunard is still chafing under her retention at the hospital, for injuries sustained in "The Broken Coin.” If William Garwood is not taking dinner with a friend, he is taking a friend to dinner. He hates to dine alone. Henry Walthall can impersonate any character except a giant or a hahy in long clothes. Myrtle Stedman’s beautiful voice has made her so popular that she has been compelled to limit herself to charitable meetings only. The Y. M. C. A.’s thruout the country have gone in strong as exhibitors. The churches, led by the Methodist Church at Bayshore, N. Y., will probably follow. So realistic was a fire scene staged by Vitagraph recently, that the fire department was called out. Our $10 gold prize for the best story of the month goes to the author of “The Serpent” (March Motion Picture Magazine) ; second prize to the author of “The Wraith of Haddon Towers”; third prize to the author of "Dimples.” Pres. Wilson was the guest of honor at the Motion Picture Board of Trade’s first annual dinner at the Biltmore Hotel, Jan. 27, J. Stuart Blackton presiding. Lillian Drew has found the secret of beauty. “Be a vegetarian” is her advice. Lillie and the butcher aren’t on speaking terms any more. G. M. Anderson will no longer he known as “Broncho Billy.” He is adopting a new character. The newest fad — "Silhouette Photoplays.” On the Paramount program. Triangle has suffered another fire. This time in the Fine Arts studio. Loss about $25,000. Mae Murray, Lasky star and one-time danseuse, recently became lost in the Western desert, but was found after several hours’ search. Florence Lawrence, everybody’s sweetheart, is back again. Following Ben Wilson, Charles Ogle and Mary Fuller, Augustus Phillips is now with Universal. Harold Lockwood has just accepted a flattering offer from Metro, and Murdock MacQuarrie has signed with the SignalMutual. House Peters Is now with World Film. Robert Leonard and Ella Hall have forsaken thrillers and serials for comedy. We have with us this evening, Bert Wilson, Dorothy Davenport, Jay Belasco, Francis Ford and Bobby Mack, p. 17; Charles Wellesley, James Morrison and Charles Ricliman, first picture; Zena Keefe and James Morrison, second picture, and Eleanor Woodruff and Zena Keefe in bottom picture, p. 29; Arthur Maude and Constance Crawley, p. 45, and Mary Miles Minter and Thomas J. Carrigan, p. 55. ( Sixty -eight )