Motion Picture News (Oct 1913 - Jan 1914)

THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS FIVE-A-WEEK Coming, Friday, January 2nd "The Awakening at Snakeville" (IN TWO PARTS) FEATURING MARGARET JOSLIN AS "SOPHIE CLUTTS" AND AUGUSTUS CARNEY AS "ALKALI" IKE Without fear of contradiction we claim this picture to be a moneygetting box-office attraction of unusual merit. A comedy such as has never before been shown. A feature that is a feature. Heralds and posters now ready. Released Tuesday, December 30th "THE GHOST OF SELF" man's true character. Ruth Stone A drama with house and E. H. punch showing a Calvert featured. Released Wednesday, December 31st "WHEN LOVE IS YOUNG" "ASCENDING SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN" (South America) A juvenile comedy-drama of "puppy love" and an educational subject of merit. Released Thursday, January 1st "THROUGH TRACKLESS SANDS" A Western drama that grips. Thrilling situations that chill. Released Saturday, January 3rd "THE REDEMPTION OF BRONCHO BILLY" A novel and extremely interesting Western drama with MR. G. M. ANDERSON. NOW READY NOW READY The "Broncho Billy" Tango $30 500 COPIES OR $60 A 1000. ^Coming Friday, January 9th ,!"The Hour and the Man" (IN TWO PARTS) Laws are made forbidding men to murder — yet we murder those who disobey the law. This is an unusual drama founded on circumstantial evidence. It is a story with heart throbs and situations unparalleled. FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN AND RUTH STONEHOUSE FEATURED. OUR POSTERS ARE DISTINCTIVE. They will boom your business. Lithographs are in full four colors. You can order these from your exchange or direct from Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, 521 First National Bank Bldg. Your lobby display will look attractive if you use photographs of ESSANAY players, 8 x 10, $3.00 per dozen. You can secure these from the PLAYERS' PHOTO CO., 177 N. STATE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. 521 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago. Factory and Studio, 1333 Argyle St., Chicago, III. Branch offices in London — Paris — Berlin — Barcelona. t.t T ♦ ♦ ACTRESS IN LION'S DEN "With the hungry gaze of forty hungry lions fixed upon her, Kathlyn Williams, a local actress," says the Los Angeles Herald, ''entered the arena of the Zoological Gardens at East Lake and stood unarmed and alone before the crouching beasts. "Outside the arena, breathless groups of actors and newspaper representatives waited tensely; armed guards with weapons ready lurked about the danger zone with alert eyes on the hungry swarm of lions, while the motion picture camera 'turned' on a scene which few people, either in photoplay or in real life, have been called upon to witness. "Miss Williams was undergoing but one of three terrific ordeals called for in the massive production, 'The Adventures of Kathlyn,' written for the Los Angeles actress by Harold MacGrath. "The venture into the arena with settings royally Indian has its humorous side, grimly enough in the story, for the heroine is supposed to undergo a series of tests to avoid taking a husband to share a throne. However, the people who witnessed the splendid courage of the Selig Company's leading lady had no thought of humor. The grim reality of the scene before them precluded anything but the obvious danger of the act. "Miss Williams is known as the nerviest woman 'in the game.' Her hair-raising escapes during the past few years seldom have crept into print, but they have been as real as her appearance among the lions. "Tn the arena, where Miss Williams passed her first ordeal, as Kathlyn, were lions which had but recently entered captivity. Among them were eighteen lions just received from Hagenbeck that joined the big group already in the Selig Zoo. The scene was intense to the highest degree, while the animal men and the photographers worked frenziedly. The lions were at times uneasy and made some menacing leaps. However, the long scene was filmed successfully under the direction of F. J. Grandon." "THE ESCAPE" SOON TO BE RELEASED Paul Armstrong's drama, "The Escape," will soon be seen as a fourpart motion picture. It is being produced by Director D. W. Griffith for the Mutual program. The appearance of this picture will be of interest, as it will not only mark the first appearance of Blanche Sweet as a Mutual star, but it will also be the first Mutual picture thus far presented actually staged by Mr. Griffith. The cast is made up of such players as Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Donald Crisp, Earl Foxe, C. S. Abbey and Spottiswood Aitken. In writing to advertisers please mention "THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS"