Motion Picture News (May-Jul 1916)

4044 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 13. No. 26 Louise Lovely in " The Grasp of Greed " (Left and right) Center, Myrtle Gonzalez in " The Secret of the Swamp " THOMPSON, LABORATORY CHIEF FOR DIXON, IS EXPERT CHEMIST Thomas Dixon arrived in Los Angeles on June 14 and went at once into conference with his chief photographer, William C. Thompson, at the Dixon Studios and Laboratories, combining discussion of plans for the opening of " The Fall of a Nation " at Clune's Auditorium, with preparations for the new feature which Mr. Dixon will produce as soon as the various touring companies are organized. Air. Thompson reported the success of several experiments he has been making while his associates have been in the east launching the production at the Liberty theatre. He has been " pulling an Edison " at the new laboratories built for him by the National Drama Corporation, rarely being absent from them more than six hours a day. Mr. Thompson got his start in the chemical laboratories at Columbia University. After he got his degree his work attracted so much attention that he was admitted to the American Chemical Society and other organizations of scientists. Universal to Copyright Up-to-the-Minute Animated Films AU Views of the Republican Convention in Chicago WiU Thus Be Protected from Theft — Editor Cohn Presents Hughes with Set Showing Nominee MAGNER WILL HANDLE IVANS IN SAN FRANCISCO The Nat Magner Company, which has ofifices in the Pacific Building, San Francisco, has made arrangements to handle releases of the Ivan Film Productions, Inc., in that territory, the deal having been consummated on Mr. Magner's recent visit to New York. This concern has also purchased the business and stock of the New Film Corporation, 120 Golden Gate Avenue, and has taken over additional offices. REUBEN IS ROADMAN FOR BARR IN LOUISIANA TERRITORY A. S. Reuben, motion picture editor of the New Orleans Daily States, forsook the Fourth Estate last week for the "Fifth Estate.' He goes to Maurice F. Barr of Bluebirds, Inc., as roadman, having Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and part of Alabama as his territory. Mr. Reuben will sell " Peg o' The Ring," the Universal serial being released in that territory through Bluebirds, Inc. THE Universal's Animated Weekly is obtaining photographs so up to the minute that Editor Jack Cohn is taking care to have them copyrighted. While in Washington, D. C. recently. Cameraman U. K. Whipple succeeded in getting such excellent pictures of President Wilson that Cohn decided to have them protected by copyright. Later he sent Whipple to Oyster Bay, where Roosevelt posed especially for the Animated Weekly. Finding that some of these pictures were being stolen, Cohn resolved to put an end to it by copyrighting all the pictures which were taken at the Republican Convention at Chicago, and all others taken during the political campaign. During the first con vention, the Animated Weekly covered the proceedings from every angle and had a moving picture camera continuously during the sessions. With this privilege, the Animated Weekly obtained the pictures that were shown in the Strand, Rialto, Broadway and other New York theatres. When the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, came to New York, after the nomination. Cameraman Whipple took a series of pictures of him on the roof of the Hotel Astor. The New York Sun, Press and several Sunday papers eagerly sought and used them in their publications. Editor Cohn presented the candidate with a set of these pictures, and sent another set to Washington to be copyrighted. Hart in Story of Aztec Setting for Triangle Kay-Bee Actor Is Giant Castilian Hero of Sixteenth Century Story, Elaborately Staged and Produced —Hart Finishes Another Film Along International Boundary Special to Motion Picture News. Los Angeles, June 17. The Aztec story made recently at Inceville starring William S. Hart, who has alwa3'S appeared as a western hero, in an entirely new role, is to be released shortly by Thomas H. Ince as a Triangle KayBee. The subject has been titled " The Captive God," which refers to the part played by Hart, that of a giant Castilian, who when shipwrecked in the sixteenth century, goes to a new land and there is adopted by the people as their leader because of his strength and wisdom. Settings constructed for this film are of the most expensive type and exceedingly large. They represent early day architecture of the Aztec. Shorn of his six shooters, sombrero and chaps, Hart appears in this picture in a role that is entirely new for him. The story was written by Monty M. Katterjohn, and gives the actor and supporting players a most interesting romance with an atmosphere heretofore unused for the screen. Aiding Hart in this are Enid Markey, P. D. Tabler, Dorothy Dalton, Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews, Herbert Far jean, and Robert Courtman. William Hart and company of players which include Chas. K. French, William Bray, George Stone and others, are home from spending more than a week on the barren wastes along the international boundary, south of El Centro, California. The story being filmed gives Hart the part of a free lance soldier. J. C. Jessen. OF COURSE "THE MAN WHO TRIED TO GROW YOUNG" COULD WITH EUGENIE BESSERER IN THE LEAD Eugenie Besserer has returned to Los Angeles after acting parts in " The Crisis," in Chicago and Vicksburg, Miss. She arrived home all enthusiasm regarding her trip and "The Crisis," but greetings were scarcely over when Director Heffron's eye alighted on her with glee and he exclaimed : "The very person I need," and without more ado she was cast for an important part in the new Selig production, " The Man Who Tried To Grow Young."