Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1913)

130 TEE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE Did you see John Brennan in a suit of armor? The portly Kalem comedian caused a riot of fun by capturing a comedy bandit whose bullets could not penetrate the coat of mail. Augustus Carney's fame is now established. He has had a toy named after him. May the Alkali Ike doll grow as popular as the Teddy Bear. Rosemary Theby, who has been a Vitagraph player for two years, has joined the Reliance Company to play opposite Irving Cummings. Francis X. Bushman is back with Essanay, and everybody is glad. Louise Glaum has left the Nestor and has joined the Kay-Bee and Broncho forces as leading woman. Fred Mace is now with the Majestic Company. Pauline Bush and Jessalyn Van Trump have left the American Company, and Vivian Rich is now playing opposite Warren Kerrigan. ( Gracious ! but there are a lot of removal notices this month ! ) Carlyle Blackwell recently spent a brief vacation at San Francisco, and was greeted by many admirers as he rode along Market Street in his auto. He had the honor of marching with Mrs. Rolf, the wife of San Francisco's popular mayor, in the grand march at the Motion Picture Exhibitors' ball. If you fell from the Mecca Building, one hundred and seventy-five feet high, into Broadway, would you break your contract? Ask the Samarun Troupe of Dancers, who recently did handsprings on the parapet for the benefit of Kinemacolor. "Smiling Billy" Mason, of the Essanay Company, wont be cheated out of his favorite golf because he works all day. He has invented a phosphorus ball that works at night. Ruth Stonehouse beat him in his initial game. The Pictures, an English weekly, gives the following nicknames, based on the initials of the players : Mary Pickford, My Picturette ; Alice Joyce, Alias Joys ; Clara Kimball Young, Keeps Captivating You ; Romaine Fielding, Realistic Fiend ; Maurice Costello, Makes Custom. And by the way, the English call their feminine and masculine leads "lady lead" and "gent lead." Perhaps they distinguish between gentlemen and gents by the fact that the latter wear "pants." Not many picture beauties are willing to make-up with burnt cork. Miss Marian Cooper, however, attests her versatility by appearing in "Topsy" characters in several of Kalem's Southern dramas. In order to get the proper atmosphere for a Pilot comedy, Louise Vale spent two days down in the Italian section of New York. Miss Vale played the part of an Italian sweetheart in "Tony, the Tenor," and her characterization is excellent. Mary Pickford is to be seen in the pictures again; this time in "A Good Little Devil," which is being filmed. Kinemacolor "style shows" have been increased by a film entitled "The Elegant Parisienne in Her Boudoir/' which is to be shown only at special feminine matinees. Eclair has gone North again for more of those Northwest thrillers. "When Fate Decrees," a strikingly novel drama in which Alice Joyce recently appeared, was written especially for the Kalem Company by "Little Mary," Mary Pickford. Miss Joyce and Miss Pickford are warm friends, and the artistic production was a signal triumph for author and actress. "Pearl in Pants" again ! This time Pearl White plays the part of a street gamin in "Girls Will Be Boys" (Crystal). Marc MacDermott considers the East Side picture audiences his best critics. He often visits these shows to watch the faces as one of his pictures is turned off. Jack Carrigan, formerly of the Selig Company, is now with the Imp Company.