Motion Picture News (Oct 1914-Jan 1915)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Oct 1914-Jan 1915
Publisher:
New York : Motion Picture News
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Oct 1914-Jan 1915)
Leaf #:
0001050
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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S8 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 10. No. 25. HANLON BROS.' "fANTASMA" © Beauty Mystery Feature Spectacle of Beauty and Fun Featuring George Hanlon, Jr., as the Clown » Released Saturday, December 19th, through the General Film Co. In 5 parts Fantasma, the most famous spectacle and the greatest moneymaker ever produced by the celebrated Hanlon Brothers, makes even a better fantasy in the film than on the stage where it has been popular for 30 years. George Hanlon, Jr., of the famed family of clown and pantomimists, appears in his original role of Pico, the drollest clown that was ever created. W. T. Carleton, the greatest Mephisto on the American stage, plays Zamaliel, prince of Darkness and Evil, while George Schrode and William Ruge, celebrated in these parts, make the Imps a devilish pair. The lovely Marie La Manna graces the Princess role with fairylike charm. For over thirty years Fantasma has fascinated all from the child to the grandfather with its wonderful blending of amusement and beauty, romance and fairyfolk, visualized as only the fancy of youth can picture. The originators of this famous spectacle, Hanlon Brothers, were known over two continents as the greatest inventors of stage tricks, eflfects and illusions which they always used with bewildering beauty of effect. The Edison Company has preserved all the charm and atmosphere of the original production, adding new and surprisingly beautiful photographic eiTects never possible on the stage. Funniness, mystery, weird experiences, mystifying illusions and an unending panorama of gorgeous scenes in Fairyland are pictured with brilliant photography remarkable for color treatment. Prince Arthur enraptured with the lovely Princess Lena wins her as his betrothed. But such bliss is not long for him, for Zamaliel, monarch of the infernal regions, sets his covetous eye upon the fair princess. Then ensues a mighty battle between the Prince of Darkness and Fantasma, all powerful Queen of Good and Light, who watches ever over the lovers. The Princess, torn from her lover, is carried to the lower regions and then under the sea where weird and terrible trials beset her. The Prince is ever accompanied by the droll Pico in his wanderings in search for Lena and they undergo trials and wonderful experiences. The lovers, reunited, sail away at last on the Sea of Happiness — one of the most exquisite and original effects ever introduced into photography. Fantasma, in thirty years, made ten millions gross. Book this greatest of features and cash in on its undying popularity and appeal. (?\ THOMAS A. EDISON, Inc. \S^J 09(wmaJbCiCdl^int^ 275 LAKESIDE AVENUE ORANGE, N. J. Makers of the Edison Klnetoscope, Model "D" , ^ ■ I We have secured good advertisers to talk TO YOU. Listen to them!