Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1916)

1218 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 14. Glimpses of Three Essanay Releases on the Genera MARGUERITE CLARK IS STAR IN "LITTLE LADY EILEEN" " Little Lady Eileen," the girl who believes in fairies, the next starring vehicle of Marguerite Clark, is scheduled for release on the Paramount Program August 10, by the Famous Players. The keynote of the picture, which was directed by J. Searle Dawley, is the implicit faith which Eileen has in the fairies, though nobody else among her companions takes any stock in such nonsense. So strong is her faith, that the little Irish lassie actually sees the fairies themselves, though her lover is blind to them and scoffs at her. For this production the folk-lore and tradition of old Ireland were exhaustively studied and much time was spent in the making of queer jaunting carts, old muledrawn carriers, Irish railway coaches — and even papier-mache fairies in the midst of which the tiny figure of Miss Clark moves. In support of Miss Clark are Harry Lee as the old Irish cobbler, Vernon Steele, John L. Shine, Russell Bassett and Maggie Hallowav Fisher. GOLD ROOSTER FEATURE AND SERIAL IN PATHE PROGRAM A five-reel Gold Rooster comedy drama produced by Thanhouser ; Two reels embracing a " Is Hunianity in the Grip of Evil " problem ; a thousand feet of Heinie comed}-, and a split reel educational containing two timely subjects besides the two reels of Pathe News, comprises the Pathe program for the week beginning August 27. " The Shine Girl " is a five-reel comedydrama featuring Gladys Hulette supported by a notable cast of Thanhouser plaj'ers. " The Butterflies," two " Grip of Evil " reels, treats of the satanic cunning of a blackmailer who defends himself from violence from the man he is bleeding, by depositing in a vault copies of the story which are to be given to all editors and to the man about to marry the woman, in case he should die. The blackmailer does meet death and the grim results follow. A study in a noble nature and how a real man rises to it against a crushing blow. " Caught in a Jam " is the title of a slapstick Heinie comedy. Of the scenics, " Weapons of War " is a trip through Creusot, France, noted for its active manufacture of modern guns. 1 Film Program for This and the Coming Month, Higher Destiny " Much that is not known of these death dealing war monsters is revealed. On the same reel is " Historic St. Augustine," a scenic of the oldest historic city in the United States. Wednesday, August 30, brings with it Pathe News, No. 70, and Saturday, September 3, Pathe News No. 71. Including " The Sting of Victory " and The A girl's camp in the Maine woods, the Columbia River Highway in Oregon, the colony of exclusive society folk at Bar Harbor, Me., and many other subjects of equal importance and interest, form a few of the novelties of the latest Metro Travelogues. METRO TRAVELOGUES ARE FILLED WITH NOVELTIES The first round-up of Metro-travelogues now in the Company's offices show a varied group of features. These subjects have a wide range, and include the home and surroundings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a series of wild animal studies made b_\' William T. Finley, Oregon State Biologist, pastimes of the Pueblo Indians near San Juan, New Mexico, and Corpus Christi Day in Sante Fe, showing a Catholic procession exactlj as it was conducted in Spain as far back as 1209. This is the first time this ceremonj has ever been photographed. Then there are many picturesque scenes photographed among the quaint Cape Cod folk, made on the tip of Cape Cod. At Provincetown there is the old town crier, an institution now more than two hundred years old, going through the streets ringing a bell and announcing the important events. The famous Mariner's Beacon, at Highland Lake is also shown. NEW' GOODRICH SUBJECT FINISHED The newest Edna Goodrich subject produced by the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company, has just been completed at the Los Angeles studios of this concern. The photoplay is entitled " The House of Lies." In staging some of the exteriors for " The House of Lies," a great outdoor stage in the private gardens of a Pasadena multi-millionaire were used. Another feature is an elaborate reception hall set. This scene shows an immense hall and through a fourteen-foot arch, an adjoining conservatory fitted with an elaborate pipe-organ. The subject has been produced under the chief supervision of William D. Taj'lor. Homer Scott, another genius in his line, has been entrusted with the camera work. Supporting Miss Goodrich is a typical Morosco cast including Juan de la Cruz, Kathleen Kirkham. Lucille Ward, Harold Hollandt and Herbert Standing. The production will be released on the Paramount program early next month. A Scene from " Seafoam," First of the Universal Child Pictures