Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1916)

258 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 14, No. 2 Glimpses of Vitagraph Offerings: (Left to right) Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno in "The Tarantula," Released Through V-L-S-E Lucille Lee Stewart in " The Conflict " (V-LS-E) ; and Frank Daniels in " Kernel Nutt the Piano Player" (V-L-S-E) TRIANGLE TO EXHIBIT AMERICAN AMBULANCE CORPS WAR PICTURES AS ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUND The first showing of the American Ambulance Corps war pictures which the French government presented to the Ambulance Corps in recognition of its heroic services and which the Triangle Corporation has volunteered to exhibit as its contribution to the fund which is required for the maintenance of the corps, will be held at the Hotel Majestic, New York City, on July 5. About two hundred invitations will be issued for this initial exhibition of the pictures. Invitations for the first showing of the pictures have been extended to the American representatives of each of the Allied nations ; to former President Roosevelt ; to representatives of all the newspapers and to those who have worked diligently in the interest of the Ambulance Corps since its organization. The committee of American women who have devoted their time and interest to the maintenance of the fund needed for the corps and who are expected to be present, consists of Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Edward Brandegee. Mrs. Lloyd Brice, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler. Mrs. S. B. Bertron, Mrs. F. L. Chapin. Mrs. William Greenough, Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn, Mrs. Junius S. Morgan, Mrs. Henry W. Munroe, Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Mrs. F. A. Sayles, Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, Mrs. Willard D. Straight, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. Bayard Thayer, Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mrs. Barrett Wendell, Miss Maude Wetmore and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. The Triangle Corporation volunteered its services for the exhibition of the pictures and the offer was accepted by the American Committee having charge of the fund for the corps. " How Britain Prepared " Will Be Sold on State Rights Interest Stimulated in Question of Preparedness by Mobilization of National Guard Induces Patriot Film Company to Abandon Road Show Plan for Large Cities ROSE FARRINGTON WITH KOLB AND DILL Rose Farrington, one time vaudeville singer on the Orpheum circuit, is now playing a character part in Kolb and Dill's multi-reel comedy, " A Million for Mary." THE mobilization of the National Guard has created such interest in the question of Preparedness that the Patriot Film Corporation has abandoned its original intention of exploiting " How Britain Prepared " as a road show for the larger theatres only, and is now prepared to sell the exhibition rights to the various territories, so that the greatest advantage may be taken of existing conditions. Al Lichtman, general manager of the Patriot company, speaking of the determination to dispose of the film on the state rights basis, said to Motion Picture News : " From all indications, I believe we will dispose of the rights to the entire United States in a very short time. There is a genuine demand all over the country for just this kind of production, and I am sure that the state rights buyers who obtain the rights to our pictures in their respective territories will have secured a very valuable asset. " The one thing that impressed me most strongly in our handling of the picture is the amount of favorable notices the newspapers have given us. The Washington Times, in an editorial almost a column long, said, among other things, that ' How Britain Prepared ' deserved to be preserved as long as the motion picture shall endure. Undoubtedly the press recognizes in the picture a valuable assistant in driving home a proper apreciation of the need for Preparedness. In fact, I • might almost say that our publicity department consists of nine-tenths of all the editorial writers in the country. I expect that this consideration will have a great deal of weight with the state rights buyers." " How Britain Prepared " is now being shown at the Lyceum Theatre, New York ; the Colonial, Chicago ; the Shubert, Boston ; the Garrick, Philadelphia; the Belasco, Washington, D. C. ; the Providence Opera House, Providence ; the Lyceum, Memphis, and in a number of other cities. A large number of requests for bookings have been received from all parts of the country, it is said. The film was taken under the supervision of the British Government, represented by Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty; David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions ; Admiral Jellicoe, commanderin-chief of the British Fleet, and the late Lord Kitchener. Many prominent Americans have endorsed the production, among them Justice Hughes, Secretary of War Baker, Admiral Chester, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Brig.-Gen. Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, Chief Justice White of the United States Supreme Court, Secretary Redfield and many others. TWENTY-ONE KjVLEM POSITIONS READY FOR RETURN OF MILITIA EMPLOYES Kalem's office and studio forces at the Twenty-third street, New York, headquarters were severly shaken up last Monday by the call issued for members of the New York militia. Twenty-one of the Kalem employes were called from their desks and benches in response to the Governor's call. When the score received orders from their commanders late Monday morning, the Twenty-third street building took on a temporarily war-like tinge. Immediately on learning of the mobilization order on ^londay morning, Mr. Wright, of the Kalem Company, took steps to discover the number of militiamen on the Kalem roster, and to assure them that the company would grant leaves of absence with their positions protected for whatever period necessary. SELZNICK WILL PAY SALARIES DURING ABSENCE OF MIUTIA EMPLOYES Lewis J. Selznick, president of the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation, posted a notice to his employes last week to the effect that all those who wished to enlist for service in Mexico would have their salary paid in full during their absence and their positions held open for them indefinitelv.