Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

6 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 18. No. In Springfield Theatres THE ROYAL put a strong list of pictures in the field for the week of Sept. 8-14. On Sunday Gus Kerasotes had on " The Test of Courage," with W. S. Hart, and Harry Morey in " Batchelor's Children"; Monday, "Her Second Husdand," with Edna Goodrich; Tuesday, "The Kingdom of Love"; Wednesday, " Masks and Faces," a World film with Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and a wonderful cast; Thursday, "The Courage of Silence"; Friday, "Blue-Eyed Mary," a Fox picture with June Caprice; Saturday, "A Primitive Man," Mutual feature. THE EMPRESS, south side neighborhood theatre, continues to ride along on the high crest of popularity and prosperity under its new management, Dr. B. L. Renfro, now operating the theatre. BUSINESS continues exceptionally good at the Pekin, colored theatre, and at the North End Circle, neighborhood theatre at Eleventh and South Grand Avenues. THE CAPITOL now has first run Triangle in this city. William Desmond in " The Sudden Gentleman," and Alma Rubens in " The Firefly of Tough Luck," were two pictures shown recently that pleased patrons of the Washington street photoplay palace. GAUMONT WEEKLY and Official Allied War Review are making a hit at the Majestic. The Allied War Review is also shown at the Princess, the Majestic, " repeating " on the photoplay house. " THE UNCHASTENED WOMAN " was given a screaming at the Princess one day this week, and will probably be shown by Manager Kunz sometime during October. MANAGER WATTS certainly had some bill at the Vaudette for the four days starting Sunday, Sept. 8. Jack Barrymore in " On the Quiet," and Charlie Chaplin in " Triple Trouble," were the offerings. Barrymore was a scream in his play, and he had fine support. Chaplin's picture was evidently a rehash of former subjects, and was not at all up to his standard, yet it contained a number of laughs and made folks happy for a while. Only a few kicked on it, and none asked for their money back. Watts was careful in his advertising, and while he stated it was a new picture, that it was an Essanay-Chaplin. WALLACE REID in " The Source " came to the Vaudette on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12, 13 and 14. Ethel Clayton will follow in " The Girl Who Came Back." THE SAVOY has arranged for the following bills for the week of Sept. 8-14: Sunday, Marie Walcamp in "A Whirlwind Finish"; also an L-Ko comedy and Current Events; Monday, William Duncan in " The Tenderfoot," and " Poor Peter Pious," a comedy; Tuesday, "Brown of Harvard," featuring Tom Moore and Hazel Daly; Wednesday, chapter 3 of " The Brass Bullet," with Juanita Hansen and Jack Mulhall, and "Give Her Gas," with Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran; Thursday, " Hungry Eyes," with Monroe Salisbury and Ruth Clifford, and a comedy, "Flat Harmony"; Friday, "Men," with an all-star cast; Saturday, a Nestor comedy, "Hickory Hiram," and several other pictures. THE PRINCESS had a good week with Catherine Calvert in "A Romance of the Underworld," June Elvidge in "The Power and the Glory," and Gladys Leslie in " Wild Primrose." ADVERTISE IN THE CENTRAL STATES The last picture was substituted for June Elvidge in " Joan of the Woods," which the publicity department did not think was up to standard. The pictures mentioned were used the week of Sept. 1-7. ELSIE FERGUSON was seen at the Gaiety for four days in " Heart of the Wilds," and while it was a good picture, as pictures go, fans would rather see the beauty in another type of play. There are some who yet seem to think " Barbary Sheep," her first screen offering, was the best of her efforts thus far. Society dramas are Miss Ferguson's forte, and there she should be kept, say many. MAE MARSH in " Money Mad " will come to the Gaiety on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12, 13 and 14. " The Summer Girls," a Sennett comedy with Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda will also be on the bill. " The Hun Within," an Artcraft special, with Dorothy Gish and George Fawcett, will come on the 15th for a four days' run. BEN ROVIN says now that he has finished "The Woman in the Web " that he is " off " serials for awhile. He has booked the Allied War Review to take the place on the bill of the usual episodic feature. "HANDS UP!" Pathe serial with Ruth Roland and George Chesebro continues to make Sunday a day of great joy for Ed Maisel down at the Capitol. Ed plays to all the kids in town on Sunday, and they sure do " whoop things up " when the thrillers are on. THE AMUSE-U announces the following attractions will bid for public favor the week of Sept. 8-14: Sunday, a mixed program, including several short subjects; Monday, W. S. Hart in "The Great Unknown," and other features; Tuesday, William Duncan in "The Last Man"; Wednesday, "Fall of a Nation "; Thursday, Viola Dana in " Sleeping Memory," and a two-reel Toto comedy; Friday, Olive Thomas in "Broadway, Arizona"; Saturday, W. S. Hart in "The Apostle of Vengeance." The Gaiety announces Fatty Arbuckle in " The Cook," and Charlie Chaplin in " Shoulder Arms," as coming to the theatre shortly. , JUST WHAT THE NEW WAR TAX will do to Springfield amusements is worrying some of the managers at this writing. Some of the boys are undecided as to what to make the admission. It is probable that a meeting will be held in which all exhibitors will have a voice and the matter straightened out. From the way the public has been educated to pay high prices for all commodities it does not seem that it will object to paying a few more pennies for its amusement, especially when they are going to such a good cause. THE SAVOY, ROYAL, AMUSE-U AND CAPITOL are going along at increased admission prices most serenely. Not one of the managers says he is sorry he raised and all emphatically deny they are thinking of going back to the old standard. MABEL NORMAND in " Back to the Woods " was more or less of a disappointment. It was shown at the Gaiety on Sept. 6 and 7. " A Diver's Last Kiss," a Fox comedy, with " Slim " Summerville, helped the bill wonderfully. THE VAUDETTE had a fair week's business Sept. 1-7 with Dorothy Dalton in " Green Eyes," and Enid Bennett in " The Marriage Ring." Funny about the two pictures, they had. practically the same cast, outside of the stars. Ford Sterling and Polly Moran in " His Wild Oats," and a Screen Telegram were with " Green Eyes," while Billie Rhodes in " On Her Account " and a Screen Telegram were on the program for the last three days. MANAGER W. W. WATTS of the Vaudette has booked the