Motion Picture News (Mar-Jun 1920)

MM Krectinft Hi£ Studio In New York City One of the largctt motion-picture nudioi in lite Eaii it now bcinjj creeled at Jarkion and Wcsiclietter avenue*, New York City. The huildiiig will eovtl a plot 224 feci bv 175 (MI, facinir ihree »lrcrit, Wcttchciler, Forrest and Jackson avenue*, and covering an area ol over 35,000 square feci The ■ludio proper will have a clear height of thirty feel wilhoul columns, and will provide luffidenl Huge ipgee for »ix io eigln com pittite* lo operate al one lime Stnifri, cnrpeiitcr lhopt, paint simps, properly room*, etc., will all he ■iltliilrd nu the main floor, and fifty drcfttitiu roomi will he equipped with nil ill* l.ile»l improvements InrlirdiiiR slmwi r bath* The operation is luinn conducted by Ihe Jacksun FHm Mudio Corporation, William 11 Woluagcr, preiidr-lil ami Bd. Davidnw, lu.is iirer. The cxectilivc ofTicct of the company tire at I4W llroadway, New IToric. Century Lion Injures Trainer on Coast The filming of ihe Century Lion Comedies is wrought with mon dniiKCi limn ucucrally in llipposed. Ltil week Cnarlei Gay, ihe noted lion trainer enjoined by the ("en Miry Comedy Company, was badly Injun 'i during the filming ol b icene from "ifnreni Lions" ;u Hollywood, California Mtliou^h the *el wns enclosed hy a wilt netting. the lion broke through, then mined upon ami attacked Gay when the t miner 1 1 led io atop liim. day's rtritl iii' wai badb lacerated, it » ill be several weeks before he will be aide tO return tn tin ttudlOi Theatrical Posl < Jets Mascot of Note Fointecii vrai old Pauline Hcnkcl of 272 Well 73rd Street, New York, commandei in chlei of ihe Jfc Unl« ted Stales Auxiliary, and an hon oraiv colonel, honoied al a special meettas of the S. Rankin Draw, posi 340 of ihe American Legion, by behtg made a pari of the oiKani.atioii in ihe capacity of natoot. Mabel Normand. Goldwyn tur, l»k« a ■hon mt. Motion Picture News Universal-Education Current Activities John Leitch, author of "Man to Alan, the story of Industrial Democracy," signed a contract yesterday with Harry Levey, general manager of ihe Industrial and Educational Department of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, for the immediate production of a feature motion-picture for world distribution based on the book. Mr. Leitch will himself p'ay the leading part in the picture. Actual work on the production of "Man to Man" has already slarled under the personal direction of Mr. Harry Levey. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America has entered into a contract with the Educational Department of ihe Universal Film Manufacturing Company whereby the entire organization has been visualized. Five Reeler Heads Program " Five Foot Highness " Leads List of Universale Weekly Releases AMONG Ihe releases on Universal program For die week of April Will, is a five reel special attraction, " Her Five Fool Highness," featuring Edith Roberts. The subject is taken from a story written by Tarkjngton Baker. It is directed By Harry Franklin, In the telling of ibis clever mixture of comedy and drama Miss Roberta baa excellent support from (Catherine Kirkham, Harold Miller, Leonard Clapham, Ogdcn Crane, Stanhope Whcatcroft, Lcola Lorraine, Rudolph Christians and many others, "The Lion Man," ihe Universal serial with Jack Pcrrin and (Catherine O'Connor, is now in its seventeenth episode and as it only has one more episode lo run, every fool of film is full of virile action. Another serial is "Elmo the Fearless " featuring Elmo Lincoln. The release for this week is tile eleventh episode, entitled " The Temple of the Dragon." An F.ddie Lyons and Lee Moran comedy entitled "Somebody Lied" and a Rainbow comedy, "A Jazzy Janitor" featuring Zip Monberg, Virginia Warwick and William Irving, are ihe fun rollickers for this week. A iwo reel western entitled " One He-Man" with Jack Pcrrin and Josephine Hill, International News Numbers 19 and 20, and the Universal New Screen Magazine Number 62 round out the program of releases. New Features in Studio [nnovations in Electrical Equipment, in Famous Players Studio ncctions are enclosed in a high tension concrete vault which is two stories high. A network grounding system, with shafts sunk twenty feet into the ground, has been provided as a precaution against accidental grounding, in case of faulty insulation. Another departure from convention is to be found in the direct current feeder system for lighting the studio stage. It consists of stacks of bare bus bars, run from the main switchboard to the generator room, up studio walls and across the girder space of the main studio to feed the various switchboards. THE electrical equipment, which is now being installed in the new Long Island City studio of the Famous PI avers -I,a sky Corporalion, is io include a sub station in the studio which will allow 7,600 VOltS, alternating current to be received direct from the Central Station. Special permission had to he obtained before ibis could be put into effect. Seventy-six. hundredvolt synchronous mo i orgenerator sets will apply the direct current tor studio lighting. The general lighting and power will he obtained from a sup-down transformer connected to the 7.600-volt primaries The entire plant is automatically controlled On account of the life hazard which is involved, safety features p| many different kinds have been installed. In the event of a breakdown of a transformer or motor generator it becomes automatically disconnected. All high tension con <5 State Right News. Pages 3509-14 Educators Considering Film Possibilities That the foremost educators of the country are ready to consider seriously the educational possibilities of motion pictures, was amply evidenced last week when Dr. Rowdand Rogers, director of the Educational department of Bray Pictures. Corporation, appeared before the Faculty Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the Walker Memorial hall in Cambridge. The address by Dr. Rogers followed the showing of Bray Pictures covering a variety of subjects. Von Tilzer Song Aids "The Harvest Moon" That another of the W. W. Hodkinson releases has been the inspiration for a ballad of tremendous appeal is revealed in the announcement by Harry V on Tilzei of his newest song hit, "When the Harvest Moon Is Shining," based on the new Gibraltar picture, Augustus Thomas' " The Harvest .Moon," starring Doris Kcnyon. The ballad, dedicated to the star, is sponsored by Mr. Von Tilzer and Andrew B. Sterling, authors of a string of song successes, the Von Tilzer organization declaring it the finest sentimental number since "When the Harvest .Days Are Over, Jessie Dear," also a Von Tilzer triumph. A scene from " The Harvest Moon," a Deimck-Beck picture for Hodkinson release, with Doris Kenyon as the star.