Motography (Jan-Mar 1916)

January 15, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 107 TRIANGLE'S 1916 CAMPAIGN Big Film Corporation Will Rapidly Extend Its Service to All Important Points and Will Soon Announce South American Releases There was an air of aggressive activity around the executive offices and branch exchanges of the Triangle Film Corporation in the closing days of the old year and the opening days of the new. Triangle heads are preparing a tremendous 1916 campaign. With approximately six hundred theaters lined up in the film service by January 1, the executives confidently expect within the next few weeks to have at least one thousand service contracts actively in force. The methods of promotion and publicity used will be extensive and worthy of an organization that includes foremost directors and stars and that has just sent Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to the west coast to stage "Macbeth." Important announcements will be made in the near future concerning the South American and other foreign releases. Here in our own country the Triangle will be brought to every locality of playable size that appreciates the highest art in films as exemplified by the Griffith-Ince-and-Sennett-supervised productions. NineJReels of Drama and One Comedy The Vitagraph weekly program announced for release during the week commencing Monday, January 10, will consist of nine reels of drama and one of comedy. Monday's releases will comprise a four-part drama anad two single reel dramas. A "Sidney Drew comedy" is announced for Friday and on Saturday a three-part Broadway Star feature will close the week's releases. The four-part drama announced for Monday in the Personally Picked Program is "The Surprises of An Empty Hotel," written by Archibald Clavering Gunter and produced by Theodore Marston with an all-star cast including Charles Richman, Leo Delaney, Arline Pretty, William Dunn, Robert Gaillard and Ethel Corcoran. The story holds the interest from the beginning and in a thrilling climax, audiences will see a large steam yacht blown to pieces by fifty pounds of dynamite. The plot tells of the efforts of rascally attorneys to push the claims of common law widows to the estate of a wealthy man. They plan to rid themselves of the real widow and endeavor to obtain evidence by spying on her in her room in a huge hotel, emptied by a scare of sickness. It is a mystery story of unusual originality handled in a different manner, capably directed and splendidly acted. "A Cripple Creek Cinderella," a one-part drama released with the locked reel program, was produced at the western studio of the Vitagraph Company by Ulysses Davis and was written by Daisy Smith. The cast includes William Duncan, George Stanley, Alfred Vosburgh, Mrs. Vosburgh, and Carleton Weatherby. "When Lin Came Home," a single-reel drama, completes Monday's releases. This drama is one of real heart interest and employs a cast of players including George Holt, J. Carleton Weatherby, Miss Wolbert and William Weston. The story was written by L. Case Russell and produced by William Wolbert. Friday, January 14, "When Two Play a Game," a one-part comedy featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, is announced for release. The story was written by William B. Courtney and produced by Mr. Drew. The theme shows a wife with many women friends daily at the house, knitting socks for soldiers, much to her husband's discomfort. He plans to escape this Unpleasantness and suddenly becomes a victim of aphasia, with the help of a friend. His wife hears of his plans and resolves to teach him a lesson by playing the "lost memory game" herself. After many complications, both confess and "make up." A three-part Broadway Star feature "By Love Redeemed," written by Alice Williams and produced under the direction of C. Jay Williams, is announced for release on Saturday, January 17. The cast includes Jewell Hunt, Logan Paul, Garry McGarry, Anders Randolf, Paul Hornung, and Belle Bruce. Rube Miller with Vogue Rube Miller has been added to the directing staff of Vogue comedies. Mr. Miller earned an enviable reputation in the making of comedy pictures for Keystone and L-Ko, as well as playing leads in many laugh-creating roles. For a time he produced the "Ham and Bud" comedies for Kalem. Miss Madge Kirby and Arthur Tavares, the latter a Keystone graduate, will appear under Mr. Miller's direction. Miss Kirby is a typical English girl and a convert from the speaking stage, where she appeared with Richard Carle and Fred Walton. Her first motion picture experience was under the direction of Dell Henderson. In addition to these new stars, Miss Helen Neice, formerly character lead for Lubin-Melville Company, has been signed to play the heavy dramatic parts. "Oh, for the Life of a Fireman," a forthcoming Vogue release, produced by Jack Dillon, with Russ Powell in