Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1916)

September 30, 1916 MOTION PICTURE NEWS 2019 PAULINE FREDERICK COMPLETES "TWIN SISTER" ROLE Pauline Frederick has just completed her first " twin sister " role in the Famous Players production " Ashes of Embers," which was directed by Joseph Kaufman. It is perhaps the most difficult role that Miss Frederick has played on the screen, because she must indicate the totally different characteristics of these two women without employing so much make-up as to spoil the probability of their being mistaken for each other. One of the sisters, Laura, is absolutely without conscience and even goes so far in the gratification of her own ambitions as to force her gentler sister to go to jail for a theft which she commits. Agnes, the peace-loving sister, is a drudge who gives a large portion of her earnings to the gilded Laura until those contributions prove unequal to the demands of the ambitious girl, and the tragedy of the theft is precipitated. Thus far the dual role presents no great difficulties as the use of contrasting makeup would render the distinction of the two personalities quite patent. But later in the story Agnes is forced to impersonate her sister, on threat that she will be remanded to prison again. The resemblance in these scenes must be so marked that there can be no doubt of the deception of Laura's elderly husband into the belief that he is actually mistaken in thinking that he has caught his wife in a cafe with young Leigh. Frank Losee, Earl Fox, Maggie Halloway Fisher, Herbert J. Frank and Jay Wilson appear in support of Miss Frederick in this exceptional production, which is to be released on the Paramount program, September 21. Flower of Faith " Is Second Gold Eagle Series from International and Features Jane Grey and Frank Mills, Supported by All Star Cast THIRD "FANTOMAS" EPISODE .AND THREE SINGLE-REELS FROM GAVMONT IN WEEK OF THE 17TH The Gaumont contribution to Mutual for the week beginning September 17 is made up of three single reel releases, and the third "Fantomas " episode, " The Mysterious Finger Print." " The Mysterious Finger Print " will be released September 21. There are two more episodes to follow. It is interesting to note that this series is to be followed by " The Vampires, the Arch Criminals of Paris " in nine episodes of three reels each. The first single reel of the week is "Reel Life," No. 20. This release of September 17 deals with subjects such as one would expect to find in a high-class magazine. First in importance is " Training Our Merchant Marine Officers," views on the New York State school ship Newport. A second section shows how a designer of gowns, drapes his creation from bolts of material. " See America First," No. 54 is released September 20. It takes spectators upon a trip of rare beauty through the mountains of New Hampshire. Attached to it is one of Harry Palmer's humorous cartoons. It is called " Nosey Ned Commandeers an Army Mule." The third release of the week is The Mutual Weekly, which is manufactured by the Gaumont Company. THE International Film Service, Inc., will offer as the second of its Golden Eagle Features, the five-reel drama, " The Flower of Faith," by Charles T. and Frank Dazey, the former the author of " In Old Kentucky." It was especially produced for the International by the Suburb Pictures Corporation, Arthur Jacobs, president. Jane Grey is starred in the photoplay and Frank Mills is featured. They are supported by an all-star cast. " The Flower of Faith " is a story of love and hate, of a girl's faith in the Almighty, and a man's unbelief, of a community of fanatics inflamed to insanity against him, and the vengeance of God meted out in His own way when the mob tries to vent its vengeance. The film was photographed in the striking scenery along the Delaware Water Gap, and the action of the stay is supposed to take place in any small American community. Jane Grey, the star of " The Flower of Faith " is one of the best known screen and legitimate actresses in the country, and is peculiarly fitted to impersonate the selfsacrificing, faith-abiding Ruth. Her greatest previous successes were " The Little Gray Lady," "Let Katy Do It," " Waifs," " Man and His Angel " and " The Test.' On the legitimate stage she was leading woman in " The Concert," " Is Matrimony a Failure?" "The Conspiracy," " Newly Married," " Cordelia Blossom " and " Kick In." Her latest success was as Miranda in the Century theatre production of " The Tempest.' Frank Mills was leading man for Olga Nethersole, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Mrs. Fiske, Elsie Ferguson, Mary Mannering and Eleanor Robson, and supported Sir Herbert Tree and Sir Johnston ForbesRobertson. In motion pictures he was starred in " The Golden Claw," " The Edge of the Abyss," " The Moral Fabric," " The House of Mirrors " and " Circumstantial Evidence." Percy Helton, who plays Tom, is the boy character actor who created such a sensation in the leading role of " Young America." He is at present starring in " Yankee Doodle Dick." Albert Travernier, as Ephram Judson, the evangelist, made his greatest picture success in " The Devil's Garden." He is at present appearing in the all-star production of " The Flame." Fourth Fantomas " Episode and Three Single Reels from Gaumont for Week of September 24 Lake Placid " in Gaumont's " See America First," No. 55 AN average of a reel a day from its studios and laboratories each week is the present Gaumont contribution to Mutual Service. They comprise the three single-reels released by Mutual, and an episode of the Gaumont " Fantomas " series. " The Crook Detective " is episode Number Four in this three-reel series. It will reach the screen September 28, as part of the film released by Gaumont the week of September 24, "The Crook Detective" gives some of the most vivid scenes from the life of Fantomas, the world's greatest criminal. The first Gaumont single-reel release of the week is Reel Life, the Mutual Magazine in Film. It shows how to read one's life by means of the lines in the palm of the hand, then how a man whose arms have been cut off at the elbow makes a living by writing calling cards, and an interesting series of views of a baseball game played by marionettes, giving each of the plays in a world's series game last season. This is in Reel Life No. 21, released September 24. The second single-reel is " See America First," released September 27. It takes spectators on a beautiful trip through the Adirondacks, a long time being spent at such well-known places as Saranac and Lake Placid. On the same reel is a Gaumont Kartoon Komic. The third release of a single-reel is the Mutual Weekly. OCTOBER 20 IS DATE SET FOR "CODE LETTER " The Kalem Company announced last week that Friday, October 20, had been decided on as the date for the initial release of the new series of newspaper life by Robert Welles Ritchie. Advance reports from the General Film offices indicate that this episode, " The Code Letter," will start off with a list of bookings placing the series among the most successful ever released by Kalem.