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Send for our Free Booh today and describe the nature and condition of your trouble a a fully as possible so we can give you definite information. PHILO BURT MFG. CO. S239 Odd Fellows Bldg., Jamestown, N.Y. 6. Plays with strong orthodox religious ele ment. 7. Plays showing conflict of capital and labor. 8. Plays in which racial differences or de ficiencies form the plot. 9. Plays of sex appeal. 10. Plays in which plot hinges on physical de formity or disability. 11. Plays about drug fiends or human de generacy. 12. Plays in which emphasis is laid upon dis ease or death and having a fatal termination. And now I’m going to answer in installments the question most put to me: What are the Companies in the market and what do they want ? 1. AMERICAN FILM COMPANY, Santa Barbara, Cal. (Serials; 5-reel Synopses, both male and female leads, ingenue, child or young woman leads.) 2. ARROW FILM COMPANY, Times Building, New York City. (Out of the market.) 3. ARTCRAFT, 485 Fifth Avenue, New York. (Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, George M. Cohan.) 4. BLUEBIRD PHOTOPLAYS, 1600 Broad way, New York. (5-reel Synopses, male and female leads.) 5. BRENON, HERBERT, 807 West 175th Street, New York. (Not in the open market now.) ( Continued in September Motion Picture Magazine) In connection with Mr* Phillips’ articles, which endeavor to give a broad view of the Photodrama, each of our readers should possess a copy of “The Photoplaywrights’ Primer,” by L. Case Russell. Its author is one of the most successful writers devoted only to Photodrama. This little book, which we will send you for fifty cents, fairly sparkles with wit, wisdom and helpful and constructive hints. — The Editors. Pithy Paragraphs from the Pacific By RICHARD WILLIS Some of the most beautiful sets that have ever been seen in. any film production have oeen erected for the Theda Bara picturization of “Cleopatra.” Needless to say these are very busy days indeed for the extra folk, as J. Gordon Edwards is using hundreds of them daily. Henry King has started on a new Gail Kane story called “The Unafraid,” from the scenario of L. Case Russell. Henry is getting along sulendidly at the American studios in Santa Barbara, and is doing, the best work ox his career. Herbert Rawlinson is becoming a very enthusiastic fight fan, and always seems to be able to pick the winning corner. Herb always was g lucky guy. Bessie Barriscale has started work for her own company, the Bessie Barriscale Feature Film Company, at the Clune studios. James Young is directing her. Tyrone Power has joined the Marine Film Company, and will be co-starred with Frances Burnham in a spectacular sea-story on the order of “Undine.” Henry Otto, who directed “Undine,” has charge of the producing of the new feature. A1 Ray has shaved off his false mustache, and is juveniling once more in a brand-new Lehrman-Fox comedy under the direction of Henry Symonds. A1 is supporting a couple of wild lions in this picture, and has doubled his life insurance. Jay Morley has just started work on a new feature with Betty Brice for the Bernstein Film Productions. Jay is becoming a very popular little fellow, and has quite a following. He made quite a distinct hit in the first Bernstein feature, “Who Knows?” Winifred Westover, late of the Fine Arts, has joined the Pathe Lehrman Company, and will be seen shortly in a comedy, in which she will support Pathe Lehrman and Billie Ritchie. Things seem to be all tangled up out at the Culver City studios as far as rumors are concerned, but the plant is still operating in full blast, and turning them out in the same old way. Charles Ray, Bill Hart, Enid Bennett, William Desmond, Dorothy Dalton and Olive Thomas are all at work on stories. Now that it has been authentically announced that Thomas H. Ince has sold out his interest in the Triangle, it is likely that Charles Ray, William S. Hart, Dorothy Dr.lton, Enid Bennett and C. Gardner Sullivan will go over to Ince, who is forming his own company. Their contracts became void with the retirement of Ince from the Triangle, as they all had a stipulated paragraph stating that they wanted to be under the guiding hand of Ince, and should he leave Triangle their contracts would be null and void. Helen Holmes and the members of the Signal forces held a barbecue at the studios upon the completion of the last chapter in “The Railroad Raiders” serial. J. P. MacGowan will begin work right away on another serial with his star. Carl Laemmle gave a big dance on the night of June thirteenth at Universal City for the members of the Motion Picture profession. It was quite a gala affair, and nearly all the stars attended. All kinds of nice refreshments were served after the dancing. With the selling out of Thomas H. Ince, business manager E. H. Allen has resigned, and Patterson, formerly of the Universal, has succeeded him. Lloyd Ingraham has hiked away to the American Film Company in Santa Barbara, where he will produce one picture for that concern before starting work with another concern. Jay Morley was pinched the other day lor speeding. It was his first arrest in two years, and he was hurrying to the Bernstein studios when it happened. Jay has resolved never to rush to work again. Anna Luther has returned to the Pacific Slope after spending several weeks in the East on vacation. She looks none the worse for her trip. All the film stars are going in heavily for the Liberty Bonds, in the Los Angeles film colony, and are doing a great deal towards bringing California’s portion of the loan up to the amount required. Bud Fisher as a Nature Faker By ANNA SHEA At a Moving Picture theater in Philadelphia, very recently, a cartoon by Bud Fisher called “The Sleuths” was shown on the screen. During the antics of Mutt and Jeff two rats were seen stealing bread, and to help matters along the rats began throwing it from one to the other in the manner of stevedores loading a ship. A woman seated back of the writer watched the antics of Bud Fisher’s rats for some time ; then she turned to her neighbor and said, “Oh, they’re trained rats!” which remark ranks Fisher as “some” cartoonist and also classes him with the Nature fakers. ( Seventy-six )