Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1916)

700 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 13. No. 5. n:1:1 "T 'r!.::::..'. .. :.■ ." 5 il I JUST TO MAKE TALK By LONGACRE lllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllll Mil SOME young person, who was promptly placed under arrest, and by this time is doubtless safely stowed away upState, is responsible for the statement that a new general management berst in upon the Pathe offices this week. Continuing scene 1, it is in order to remark that the Pathe forces were well represented at the censorship hearing at Washington last week. Among those present was P. A. Parsons, who went down to the capital with a neat speech ready for the Congressmen. But other men talked so long and so loud that he never got a chance to deliver it. He reports that he spent the greater part of two days as the Next Gentleman on the Program, and when he left Washington, much relieved at his escape, he was still Next. Still on the subject of Pathe, attention is directed to George Smith ; Mr. Smith joined the publicity staff of Pathe a little less than a year ago, coming from the editorial department of the New York Press. Now he is in charge of the numerous serials being distributed by the Pathe organization, and his newest job is reading and passing upon the scripts for "Who Is Guilty?" the new series which Arrow is really to produce. A rule has been issued that all scripts must have Mr. Smith's O. K. before being put into production. In line with our policy of giving our readers all the latest information regarding Kitty Gordon's back (page 543 of our last issue) we take occasion to announce that Miss Gordon's director works with a green eyeshade while the famous expanse is being filmed. We believe we have this information exclusively. W. E. Shallenberger, president of Arrow Film Corporation, has been spending two weeks in the West. He returned from Chicago on Monday, January 24. George Beban, now working in several pictures for the World Film Corporation, reports that he has found more action in his picture experience than in his whole life beside. He has been bitten by a dog, butted by a goat, has fallen off a bridge, been stabbed with a fencing foil, had an ace-full beaten, got caught in the rain, and had an assistant director borrow seven dollars from him. He is now thinking of enlisting in the French army in Flanders long enough to get a little peace and quiet. Up in the Adirondacks a number of natives who met and became acquainted with Francis J. Grandon, the newest Metro director, are crying "wolf." Mr. Grandon went up to the mountains to produce some scenes for "The Lure of Heart's Desire." Among his props was a pack of timber wolves, untamed and as wild as a Saturdaynight bartender. They were turned loose to chase the poor unfortunate Indian girl through the woods, and they did their part so well that Mr. Grandon is still looking for them. After the chase the wolves went away, and could not be rounded up. So far as is known they are still at large in the Adirondack wastes. The Gaumont companies at work in Florida announce the marriage at Jacksonville on Saturday, January 8, of Kathleen Butler and Henry W. Pemberton. Both are well-known members of the Gaumont companies. Mr. Pemberton has appeared in "The Devil's Darling," "The Secret Agent," "The Ace of Death" and "The Idol of the Stage." (See page 48 of Motion Picture News Studio Directory.) Miss Butler has been seen in "The Secret Agent." By special arrangement with Tarleton Winchester, publicity director of the Paramount corporation, we have acquired the local rights to a poem composed by Eugene Sullivan, 14-year-old office boy in the Paramount offices. The poem alleges : MISS FLORENCE REFD, STAR OF "THE WOMAN'S IAW" (Ar.ow-Pathe) "Little Mary Pickford, The wonder of the screen ; Little Mary Pickford, The Paramount Queen !* "She's the pride of all Reel life; A heroine as well ! She's the one bright girl in film life, Whom for gold we would not sell.t "It's Mary here; it's Mary there; It's Mary Pickford everywhere. Her name is known from near and far, For she's the dainty Paramount Star." 'Marguerite Clark, Pauline Frederick and Hazel Dawn bringing in a minority report. fAs has been amply demonstrated. It may amaze a lot of actors and scenario writers to learn that even a directors does not always have everything his own way. Here just as the skating was getting good, George Irving has to pack up his brief-bag, take his safety razor, and company, which includes Alice Brady and James Sherrill, down to Ashville, N. C, where the birds are blooming and the bees babbling through the sultry afternoons. After business hours, Mr. Irving can qualify as a first class right and leftfooted skater, but until he finishes "Then I'll Come Back to You" for the World Film, business hours stand to last for three weeks at a stretch. Mr. Irving is reported to have quoted the title of his picture to the Goldfish Pond, at Bayside, L. I., when he left. Just as we were pushing the "Studio Directory" to press through about ten degrees of New York coldness, Harris Gordon, who with many other members of the Four Hundred winters in the South, goes and sends us a nice warm looking picture from Jacksonville, Fla. Eugene Moore, Leo Wirth and Alfred Moses are standing about sans coats and vests, but Harris goes and spoils the symphony of things by leaving his on. Just for that, Harris, we refuse to print it, but thanks for the remembrance anyway. MUTUAL TRAVELER BRAVES COLD FOR PICTURE IN NORTHWEST Just to show that cold weather has no terrors for her, the Mutual Traveler went to Duluth after her visit to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Sunday, January 30, she is shown on the screen attended by wintry blasts that blow right down from the north pole. This forms an interesting continuation of her winter series, which already includes Milwaukee and the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After Duluth the anonymous beauty who takes these Mutual trips will visit a lumber camp.