Motion Picture News (May-Jul 1916)

4052 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Scenes From " The Velvet Paw " "PURITY" FROM MUTUAL ON JULY 17 FEATURES AUDREY MUNSON Announcement is made by the MutuSf Film Corporation of the release of a sixpart film allegory, " Purity," featuring Audrey Munson, the world's famous artist's model and international beauty, on July 17. It was produced at the studios of the American Film Company, Inc., and several hundred actors figured in. the filming of this feature. Many of the scenes were taken in a natural amphitheatre on one of the most beautiful estates on the Pacific coast. Weeks were taken to perfect the scenes and every detail was worked out under the eyes of artists of note. A Scene from the American-Mutual Feature " Purity," Starring Audrey Munson Miss Munson, who has posed for many of the greatest works of modern sculpture, reviews at a large garden fete her most noteworthy poses which are known all over the world. The story is taken from Greek mythology. Purity wanders over the earth exerting a good influence on everything. She is loved by a struggling poet who idolizes her. They both love but he is unable to sell his poetry and marriage is impossible because of his poverty. Purity's wonderful beauty and {{race of body is seen by an art ist who gets her to pose for an allegorical painting. She does it to get money so that her sweetheart's poems may be published. She is successful and the lovers are happily united. The allegorical characters Evil, Beauty, Art, Music and Drama all play important roles in this remarkable drama. Prominent in the cast supporting Miss Munson are Eugenie Forde, Nigel de BruUier and William Carroll. There are numerous ballets which add ancient atmosphere to the action. HERE'S A STORY WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW'' PLOT—" OSTRICH PLUMES " One of the seven wonders of southern California, the Cawston Ostrich Farm, has been ii'ii.d by the David Horsley Company icr (exteriors cf a two-reel drama named " Ostrich Plumes." The title may be changed. At this institution there are more than five hundred ostriches. In one scene the beautiful birds of the desert literally kick a "man" to pieces when he is thrown into the iot in which they are kept. In another instance, the heroine, Margaret Gibson, rode one of the large birds to secure help to prevent a riot. The drama IS by Theodosia Harris, the direction in charge of Charles Svvickard, and William Clifford plays the lead opposite Miss Ciibson. The story pertains to an order received by a plume manufacturer prescribing a particular shade. The foreman of his dyeing department is unable to secure the tint, and tries to induce an old English dyer to tell him the necessary dyes needed to secure the peculiar shade. This is refused, ,-nvl "''1 English dyer is employed. The foreman causes dissatisfaction among the other employes, and they bodily eject the old man. It is at this point that he i.<; cast into the den of the kickers, and the daughter rides for help. RUNAWAY ENGINE FURNISHES THRILL FOR A "HAZARDS OF HELEN " A runaway engine serves to give cause for Helen Gibson to perpetrate another thrill in the Kalem " Hazards of Helen " single reel subject. The actress to prevent a collision, climbs aboard another locomotive, and on parallel tracks races with the runaway until the two engines are even. She then throws a rope from one to the other, and hand over hand climbs from one to the other. This will be used in the subject entitled " To Save the Road." C. Routh, who has played in a number of Universal subjects, and for the past several months has been with the Lubin Company at Coronado, has been signed by the Kalem Company to play heavies with the " Hazards " company. YOUR PATRONS WILL STAND UP UNDER INSTRUCTIONS ON "HOW TO FALL " Correct and incorrect methods of falling are to be shown on the screen in Paramount Pictographs. All ages and conditions of " slippers " are shown from the portly man who takes an unexpected toboggan on a banana peel to the child who takes a harmless tumble in the nursery and the bruise-proof drunkard. This feature is entitled " How to Fall." Charles Chaplin in Two Scenes From " The Vagabond," His Next Mutual Release