Motion Picture News (Oct 1914-Jan 1915)

46 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 10. No. 25. "YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP" (Edison — Two Heels) REVIEWED BY CLIFFORD H. PANGBURN BASED on Bronson Howard's play of the same name, "Young Mrs. Winthrop" is a picture of more than usual dramatic excellence and force. The problem which it presents, that of an estranged mother and father reconciled through a little child, is not a new one, but the treatment and the sympathetic acting make an offering of much merit. Mabel Trunelle as the wife and Gladys Hulette as her blind sister-in-law handle their parts with especial success. Miss Hulette carries off her difficult role with surprising realism and yet with no tendency to offend the finest sensibilities. The general arrangement and setting of the picture call for comment. Nothing elaborate is required by the story, but on the other hand, carelessly arranged scenes would do much to soil the WINTHROP REALIZES HIS FOLLY effect of the narrative. That these have been avoided entirely speaks well for the producers. A young husband who is intensely devoted to his wife is kept rather busy by a rush of work. He has to see a woman about a business matter but she arranges to have him come to her home one evening, and to avoid a tiresome explanation to his wife, the husband goes there secretly. This, together with several other incidents, leads to an estrangement, which is ended at the bedside of their child when she becomes dangerously ill. There is an under plot concerning the husband's blind sister and the wife's brother. Altogether a most satisfactory picture. FOX ANNOUNCES THREE MORE FEATURES WILLIAM FOX, president of The Box Office Attraction Company, has announced three more big "productions extraordinary," which are included in his series of fifty releases of big stage hits. "The Gilded Fool," by Henry Guy Carlton, was produced at Miner's Fifth Avenue theatre by Nat Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin starred in this play. "The Butterfly on the Wheel," by Francis Neilson and Edward G. Hemmerde, was produced by the Shuberts in January, 1912, at the 39th Street theatre, with Madge Titheradge and Louis Waller. This is a story of scandal in English society where the wife becomes involved in a scandalous divorce action. "The World and His Wife" is by Jose Echegaray, the Spanish dramatist who wrote all the great plays for the Royal theatre; at Madrid. This play was translated by Frederick Nirdlinger, produced by William Fave/sham and used by him as a starring vehicle for both himself and his wife, Julia 0pp. HANSEL SUCCEEDS LONERGAN HOWELL HANSEL, director of Thanhouser's famous success, "The Million Dollar Mystery," has been put in charge of productions at the New Rochelle studios, taking the place of Lloyd Lonergan, who recently resigned from that company. WILL FIGHT POLICE EDICT AGAINST LARGE POSTERS Special to Motion Picture News Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. IS. THERE is soon to be a test case of the law regarding the placing of large posters in the lobbies of the motion picture theatres in this section. A. C. Stein, one of the prominent attorneys in Pittsburg, has taken the matter up and will fight the law to the limit. A number of the police officials have served notice on the motion picture theatre managers that they are not to put up posters larger than three sheets. This has not met with the ideas of the exhibitors and they are getting ready to fight. According to a statement of Mr. Stein, there is nothing in the law that gives the censors any jurisdiction over the kind of advertising material used in the lobbies of the theatres, as their work only calls for the pictures shown on the screen. MARGARITA FISCHER TO ACT IN FOUR-REELER MARGARITA FISCHER, famous for her beauty and grace, is to be featured in the four reel features on which Harry Pollard has begun work in Santa Barbara. Mr. Pollard will appear in these features when necessary, but he will direct all of them. Among others whom he has engaged for the cast is William Carroll, the noted character man. The American Company expects shortly to release these features in the Mutual program, and, due to this increased output, President S. S. Hutchinson recently has been a more frequent visitor to Los Angeles and the South. On his last trip to sunlit California Mr. Hutchinson took with him Director Thomas Ricketts who is on the lookout for new talent. "THE BELOVED ADVENTURER" (Lubin — Fifteenth Episode) THIS is the final number of Emmett Campell Hall's fascinating serial and the patrons of the photoplay will be delighted to know that Lord Cecil and the charming little Betty have at last reached the haven of lifelong prosperity and happiness. Betty always had the idea that socially she was far from being Cecil's equal, and it gave her much anxiety, but by accident she discovers that she was even more, for she learns that she is the grand-daughter of the Duchess of Drex, who is the autocratic leader of society, and a millionaire heiress in her own right into the bargain. The greatest day in Cecil's life is when on the balcony of the IN THE POT C DREAMS mansion he presents Betty and her baby son, who will be the future Lord of Croftleigh, to the tenantry of his 10,000 acres. Truly Lord Cecil has been an adventurer and much beloved, and the sequel of the story is proof that virtue will reap its reward. Many patrons of photo-motion will be sorry that the tale has ended, but another serial will immediately follow, it is promised by the company.