Motion Picture News (Jan-Mar 1918)

February 2j, ipi8 1147 he is the " guilty man.'' The jury brings in a verdict of not guilty. *' The Guilty Man," adapted from famous French play, will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Sessue Hayakawa in "Hidden Pearls" Scenes Laid in Hawaii — Strong Climax {Paramount Five Reel Production) Sessue Hayakawa in " The Hidden Pearls," will be seen on the screen of the ■ theatre on — of week. This is, without ex ception, the best work that the Japanese actor has done since his big success with Fannie Ward in " The Cheat." George H. Melford, who directed the production, took his company of players to the Hawaiian Islands for many of the scenes — in fact, all of the exteriors (and nearly all the scenes are exteriors) were taken with the beautiful land of Hawaii as a background. In the supporting cast with Mr. Hayakawa are seen Margaret Loomis, Theodore Roberts, James Cruze, Noah Beery, John Burton, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Charles H. Geldert, and Henry F. Woodward. The picture is one of the finest examples of the long list of photodramas. The story holds from the flash of the title to the last scene and the suspense is kept to the last. Mr. Hayakawa does some of the best work of his career before the camera in this production because he has a part that was created especially for him by Beulah Marie Dix, who wrote the story. Miss Dix is one of the best writers for the screen and is responsible for some of Paramount's best dramas. Mr. Hayakawa has the part of Tom Garvin, son of an American pearl trader and a prince of one of the Hawaiian Islands. He has spent most of his life in America and has been educated at an American college. He loves Enid Benton, but when his allowance is stopped and his uncle informs him that he is to hustle for himself, Enid tells him that before she can marry him he must first show that he is capable of making a comfortable fortune. He leaves for Honolulu. His uncle has received word that a rich deposit of pearls has been found along the coast of one of the islands. He suggests to Tom that he try and get the collection that has been taken by the natives. Tom sets out and his adventures after stealing the pearls and his sacrifice to hold the good graces of his people and for little Tahona are recounted in this picture with entertainment of the highest order assured every lover of the motion picture. Sessue Hayakawa in " The Hidden Pearls " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. " Smiling ^ George Walsh in " Jack Spurlock — Prodigal " (Fox Five Reel Production) " Smiling " George Walsh is the featured player in the screen version of George Horace Lorimer's widely read story, " Jack Spurlock — Prodigal," which ran in The Saturday Evening Post. Dan Mason, Ruth Taylor and Robert Vivian are seen in chief support. Ralph Spence made the adaptation and the picture was produced by William Fox under the direction of Carl Harbaugh. Young Jack Spurlock is expelled from Harvard because of his many wild exploits around Boston. He capped the climax of these wild times when he returned to the dormitories one night after a hot time at the cabarets in Boston with a bear. All would have been well and the incident would have passed off as a joke, had not the animal insisted upon slapping one of the professors. So out Jack went. Jack's father is a wealthy business man and owner of a chain of grocery stores. When Jack announces that he has been expelled from college his father decides to put him to work. Jack is sent to the branch to assist in the purchasing department. At that time the Spurlock stores had a surplus quantity of onions, and Jack not being acquainted with this condition in the onion stock orders 150 more car loads. This brings on a strike among the Spurlock employes. Jack joins the strikers and when it is settled he finds himself out of a job and his father with 150 car loads of onions on his hands. Jack then tries his hand at a waiter's job in a silent restaurant. Too lively for the job, he is fired and goes to work as a physical culture demonstrator. He meets Colonel Jackson, who has perfected a " cure all " remedy, the chief ingredient of which is the onion. Jack arranges for the disposed of his father's surplus stock of onions and is placed in the good graces of the family. " Smiling " George Walsh in " Jack Spurlock — Prodigal,'' at the theatre on of week. June Caprice in "The Heart of Romance," Adventures of Rich Little Orphan (Fox Five Reel Production) Jime Caprice's latest picture is titled " The Heart of Romance," a William Fox production under the direction of Harry Millarde. 'The story was written by Frances Crowley and scenarioized by Adeline Leitzbach. Bernard Thorton, GETTING NEXT Intimate Talks to Your Patrons Worth While IN the final discussion of theatre programs appearing in this issue the advice is given exhibitors to get in the closest possible touch with their patrons by talking through these house organs about things of mutual interest. Certainly one of the chief things that may be discussed are pictures themselves. Suppose that you know^ that a certain star has the widest popularity in your section. You know that her admirers are anxious to know about the production in which she will be seen. Then don't you think that it would be worth while to devote a little space in your program — even a page of it to an intimate discussion of her coming play? It is the sort of information your readers will read and appreciate. These Ad Talks furnish the basis for this. If you have the picture booked for the future and it is too early to use the story, index the Ad Talk, together with others on pictures that you will show, or clip them and file them until the day they are needed. George Bunny, Joseph Kilgour, Lillian Page, Jack Martin and Jack Raymond are seen in the supporting cast. This picture is unlike anything Miss Caprice has done before. She does not appear in the rags of the street urchin or the orphan girl, but makes her appearance in rich gowns and is showered with everything that money can buy, for she is the daughter of wealth in her latest screen work. Eloise Jackson is an orphan and lives with Judge Stafford, her guardian. Harvey Greyson is a writer but his works have not met with great success and he find himself very often in hard straits. Eloise and Harvey meet and both become attached to one another. Judge Stafford believes that Greyson loves only the prospects of falling into a fortune by marrying Eloise and tries to discourage his ward from marrying him. Eloise finally agrees with her guardian that Greyson seeks only her money, and she and the Judge arrange to test his sincerity. A party is arranged and in the midst of the festivities two sheriff's deputies enter and announce that Judge Stafford is a bankrupt and that his property is attached. All his friends leave excepting Greyson, and he announces that he is ready to do anything to help. The next day Greyson turns over to the deputies two of his manuscripts on their promise not to attach anything belonging to Eloise. The deputies report to the Judge on Greyson's offer to assist. The Judge applies another test and has Greyson evicted from his studio. Eloise is sent to a cheap boarding school. Later Greyson gets Eloise a position as a musical comedy chorus girl. After many adventures during which Greyson's loyalty to Eloise is proved, he and Eloise are united with the blessing of the Judge. June Caprice in " The Heart of Romance " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Alice Brady in Screen Version of Famous Stage Play, " The Knife " {Select Five Reel Production) Eugene Walter's stirring melodrama, " The Knife," has been adapted for screen presentation and produced by Select Pictures with Alice Brady in the featured role. In the supporting cast are seen Frank Morgan, Crauford Kent, Helen Lackaye, Paul Ducet, Alice HoUister, Jonnie Walker and Frank Evans. The picture was made under the direction of Robert G. Vignola. The screen version was done by Charles Maigne. Dr. Robert Manning (Frank Morgan) is a famous surgeon and legal guardian of Kate Tarleton, who has just come of age. Manning is in love with his ward. Manning, Kate and her younger sister go to New York, where the doctor returns to his hospital work. Kate meets with foul play at the hands ot a fake fortune teller. Kate has been confined in a notorious vice den, and after a long search the doctor traces her to the place. He with the assistance of others breaks in the place and locates the hiding place of the drugged girl. He takes her to his home, wrecked in health because of a terrible disease which she has contracted. The doctor has been experimenting on such diseases and after many months has perfected a cure tor the disease which Kate has contracted. She is cured and the doctor has discovered a cure for a disease which heretofore had been fatal. " The Knife ' is a gripping drama exposing the evils which linger in the dens of moral lepers. It is intensely dramatic and Miss Brady in the role of Kate Tarleton does some of the best work of her career before the drama. " The Knife " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Enid Bennett in "The Keys of the Righteous" — C. Gardner Sullivan Story {Paramount Five Reel Production) " The Keys of the Righteous," Enid Bennett's latest work for the screen, is one of the most powerful dramatic subjects that has been released by Paramount. It is from the story by C. Gardner Sullivan, considered one of the best writers for the screen, and was produced for Paramount under the direction of Jerome Storm and under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince. There's a punch in every scene, a thrill in every action. Not of the sensational order but the truly dramatic enacted by artists. Miss Bennett has the leading role, and in her supporting cast are seen Earl Rodney, George Nichols, Joseph Swickard, Carl Forms, Gertrude Claire, Ludia Knott, and Melbourne MacDowell. Director Jerome Storm has created for the screen a production that will rank with the best that has ever been showm on the screen of the theatre. The story opens in the North Woods of Wisconsin. Mary Manning lives with her mother and her grandfather. Her mother is an invalid and her grandfather is of the unrelenting kind who never smiles and rules with a harsh hand. Peter Manning's son Paul had been educated for the ministry and when he was about to commence his vocation he fell in love with a circus girl and married her. He feared his father and never returned home until late in life, and then he was an habitual drimkard. His wife he sent to his father's home and she became despondent because her husband did not return. Mary was born. She had never seen her father. Tom Gale comes into her life and she and Tom have merry times in the deserted vyilderness of the Manning cabin. Mary's father, whom she had never seen, drifts, years after his marriage, into the town of Ore City, an outcast. He determines to return to his father's home even though it cost him everything. He does so. His father puts him from the house, but Mary, who has learned that the man whom her grandfather had put out is her father, goes for him and brings him back in time to see the wife he had left years before. Mary's mother dies and she promises to love her father, come what may. Come to the theatre and see how how Mary Manning brings a father, a son and a daughter together. [van Mozukin, Famous Russian Actor in " The Inner Voice " — Strong Drama {Patlie Five Reel Production) Ivan Mozukin, one of the best known actors on the Russian stage, is featured in a five-reel production of the Russian Art Film Corporation released on the Pathe program. It is titled " The Inner Voice." Mozukin has the part of a Russian student in the first scenes of the play. As a student he is popular with his fellows and made the treasurer of the students' club. He is possessed of a strong desire for gambling, and shortly after his election to the club he visits a gambling resort and, carried away by the fever of the game, he plays with heavy losses, including funds which belong to the club. In consequence he forfeits the friendship of his companions. Twenty years later, at the age of forty, he is successful in life but is discredited with a certain taint of dishonesty. In need of funds, he plans to get possession of a child relative of his wife. The child is taken sick and the doctor promises recovery if the patient is kept from all draughts. Ermoloff finds the sick child alone and throws open the windows. The boy suffers a relapse and dies. Ermoloff after the child's death acquires possession of his property. He obtains a position of power and importance in the government and uses his influence to graft. The time comes when he can no longer conceal his underhanded methods, and his defalcations are found out. He then comes to the realization that those who sin must pay the penalty. " The Inner Voice," with Russia's most popular and talented actor in the leading role, will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Ivan Mozukin in " The Inner Voice."