Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1917)

4052 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 16. No. 23 (Business Pfcferin^s My method of taking scientific care of your hair and scalp will positively stop it from falling, cure dandruff, and itching scalp, and causes new hair to grow. Marianne F. Iby, formerly of Frances Fox Institute, 406 East 57th street, New York City. Phone Plaza 4139. CAMERAS FOR SALE — Brand new Universal Camera with Zeiss Tessar two-inch lens and two magazines, all metal. Also a used Precision tripod. What is your best offer? Room 401, 729 Seventh Avenue, N. Y. C. Upper or lower sprockets for Powers and Simplex, $1.75 each. Intermittent sprockets, $2.00 each. George A. Buckley, Pittsfleld, Mass. WANTED two-reel comedy for stout woman — must have punch and full of pep. Mail synopsis, 1045 — 70 East 45th St., New York. WANTED — Kentucky Indiana rights for big feature. Commission basis. AH, Care Motion Picture News. Unless You Have The Automaticket System You Are Losing Money 1733 Broadway, New York and Art Laboratories Capacity is closely related to Quality. Our Capacity is small, — this means that every job gets full attention and that every foot of work is personally inspected by our Superintendent. This insures Quality. Therefore, we guarantee satisfaction. ART LABORATORIES 316 East 48th Street Murray Hill 6973 Edmond Kuan, Sup!. Office: Bryant 8324 1476 Broadway NEW YORK " The Lost Express " (Signal-Mutual — Two Reels) (Continued from page 4045) The Baron's gang have already mined a large quantity of gold from Thurston's property, and are on the point of removing it when word comes that Thurston has sufficiently recovered his health to permit his taking a trip to inspect the mine. This news is not calculated to reassure the men — Pitts particularly, for he is playing a double game and is working under a power of attorney, which Helen does not believe he acquired honestly. They therefore decide to remove the sacks of ore before the arrival of the train which is to bear Mr. Thurston. Helen hears of their scheme and is at her wits' end to devise some plan to circumvent them. Things are now moving apace, Helen as spry as ever, the Baron's clique perhaps more cunning, and excitement runs high. This chapter is fully up to the preceding, and again may a forceful climax be expected in the next. " Four Ebony Comedies " (Ebony Comedies — One Reel Each) REVIEWED BY JOSEPH L. KELLEY THE first four comedies produced by the Ebony Film Company, one reel each, with the cast composed of colored comedians, were shown for review last week. They present the slapstick variety and should go big in the houses what cater to the colored folks. As a filler for the program of the exhibitor who caters to the white patrons, these comedies cannot be recommended, as they present a quality of comedy that is not accepted as wholesome. The director has carried the slapstick stuff too far, presenting such scenes as members of the colored race throwing batter at one another, eating peas with a knife, coated with molasses to insure safe passage to the mouth, and other so-called rough stuff that can be appreciated only by those who see life from this angle. With the scenes referred to cut out, the Ebony company would have short features that would be accepted in any theatre excepting perhaps in the South. There are scenes in all four comedies which reveal good, wholesome humor, but the bad effect left by the rough stuff counteracts any good effect that might have been felt either before or after. It is said that these comedies have been run in colored houses and have kept the house in an uproar. There is no reson why these comedies should not be run in other theatres, if the rough stuff were eliminated. The featured player in each of the four comedies gives evidence of good talents for comedy work. R. W. Phillips directed. "Breaking In" (Jaxon-General Film — One Reel) REVIEWED BY F. G. SPENCER POKES AND JABS give a great display of slapstick comedy in this single reeler. Pokes having taken a full course in villainy, decides to become a burglar and enlists Jabs as his assistant. They have some highly exciting experiences, first breaking into a house infected with measles, and later falling foul of athletic Edna, who has been waiting for such an opportunity to display her prowess. She vanquishes the couple in short order. They are eventually arrested. MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS Now At Your Disposal Bass Tested and Guaranteed. Used TJniversals ; latest models, complete with 50 mm. Tessar F; 3.5 lens $225. Universal Pan and Tilt tripod ; list $90 ; slightly used, $50 Ernemann, $85 ; Urbans, $75 ; Prestwich Professional, $110. Write or Wire. Oct complete list and catalogue. America's motion picture camera headquarters. BASS CAMERA COMPANY 108 North Dearborn St. Chicago, U. S. A. 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