Motography (Jan-Mar 1916)

292 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XV, No. 6. Spoor, Essanay; P. L. Waters, Biograph, and C. H. Wilson, Edison. The election was the annual occasion following the directors' meeting. It is stated authoritatively that there will be no change in the policies of the General Film Company. SOME YOUNGER KEYSTONERS Louise Fazenda, Harry Gribben and Harry McCoy Making Names for Themselves in Triangle Comedies — All Display Versatility The past three months have witnessed the rise to artistic prominence of a dozen or more comparatively new Triangle-Keystone players. Such daredevil comedies as "A Submarine Pirate," "Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts," and "Saved by Wireless," have brought out a new sort of reckless valor in the films. The comic character delineation, on the other hand, plays like "Her Painted Hero," "His Father's Footsteps," "The Hunt" and "The Great Pearl Robbery," have afforded unusual opportunities for the younger artists as well as the stars. In particular Miss Louise Fazenda has developed a quite new line of eccentric comedy character which has stamped her as a comer in the film world. In "A Game Old Knight" she played the ugly princess with a rare sense of humor. Then in "The Vacuum Robbery" she was the lady crook at the other extreme of looks from the ugly maid, extremely knowing and fascinating. Now in "His Hereafter," a burlesque of the western type of story, she is fittingly described as "a sweet character in a faro frame," being the daughter of Harry Booker, who has the role of a gambling house proprietor. Her versatility has proven equal to each of these parts and she will no doubt get the lead in a forthcoming play. The young woman, who is only 19, is a native of Lafayette, Indiana, and undertook serious dramatic roles at the start. Her sense of humor and her love of grimaces inevitably led her into comics. After a short period with another film company she joined the Keystone. Harry Gribben, another young Keystoner, hasbeen made use of during the fall and winter in a large number of more or less straight roles. Among these have been the artist in "A Janitor's Wife's Temptation," the bomb-thrower in "The Worst of Friends,'r the husband in "Perils of the Park," and the escort in "A Movie Star." Mr. Gribben is an extremely agile worker, equal to all the strenuous demands of Keystoning. Another rising player is Harry McCoy, who is seen as the gardener in "Perils of the Park." William S. Hart in the Wilds William S. Hart, one of the most popular of all portrayers of virile roles, has been spending the last fortnight with his company in the wilds of the Boulder Creek region in Northern California. Among the great quantity of equipment taken to Boulder Creek were a large number of sleighs and horses to depict the snow scenes in the story. It is laid in Northern Canada and involves several hazardous feats, among them being a fierce hand to hand combat beneath the surface of an icy lake. Another is a daring ride on horseback over a rope bridge that crosses a deep gulley. The scenario was written by J. G. Hawks. The company traveled in true theatrical style, having three sleeping cars and several baggage cars of its own. It was preceded by an advance agent, or rather a location man who picked out the best scenes in the wild and rocky country for staging the story. It is said that "Hell's Hinges," the coming Triangle release, in which Hart is starred as a western character, will prove a revelation of dramatic strength. Strand Shows Many Pathe Films Pathe is contributing largely to the program of the Strand, New York's million dollar film palace. Last week a three-reel subject, "The Gold Cobra," a colored scenic, "Old Unchanging Holland," an educational, "Quaint Dances of Japan," the Pathe New and "Monkey Shines," a "Heinie and Louie" comedy all Pathe pictures, were shown. Harry Gribbon.