Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

May 6, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 1049 filmed in five reels, from a scenario by J. Edward Hungerford, under the direction of Rea Berger. This piece of fiction is rich in historic interest, as it reproduces correctly a famous dance-hall of San Francisco's famous "Barbary Coast," which is now extinct. In one night scene there are nearly two hundred people. The cast includes Thea Mitchell, William Stowell, Perry Banks, Clarence Burton and Warren Ellsworth. The second "Mustang" company, under the direction of Frank Borzage, is now braving the scorching heat of the Mojave Desert, where they are filming scenes for "The Man Who Forgot," a three-reel subject in which Anna Little, Borzage and Jack Richardson play the chief parts. This subject will be announced later on the Mutual Service Schedule. Edward Coxen, Lizette Thorne, Leona Hutton and George Field make up the cast of "At the End of the Rainbow," a three-reeler being made under the "Flying A" banner by the American Film Company. Release date will be announced later by the Mutual. PICTOGRAPHS CONTINUE STRONG Paramount's "Magazine on the Screen" Adds New Cartoonists and Continues to Present Unique and Interesting Features The Paramount Pictographs released the first Aveek of May will contain some very interesting features. "Men Who Make Us Laugh" will show the cartoonists of the daily press and the motion picture screen while at their work. J. R. Bray, creator of Colonel Heeza Liar, leading man of the Paramount-Bray Animated Cartoons, is shown in his studio putting the" finishing touches to one of his screen productions. In the same release appears the popular cartoonist, Clare S. Briggs. He is shown at his drawing board creating comedy for his "Kelly Pool" cartoons. Fontaine Fox permitted himself to be filmed as he looked when creating the adventures of Thomas Edison, Jr. Mr. Fox made his debut into motion pictures with his constant companion and pet dog "Rags," so-called because he permits himself to be used during the production of the Fox cartoons as a pen-wiper. "Science and Invention ; Candles to Electric Lights," shows how grandmother made tallow into candles to place in her quaint old candlesticks, and then how electricity stepped in to take away from women the work of cooling beef or mutton tallow in moulds to make candles and placed it in the hands of men operating switch-boards in an enormous power house of the present day, and shows how electricity is turned into the home. "Preparedness" is a continuation of the forceful arguments which are converting a nation to "preparedness" doctrines. To exploit this doctrine Henry Reuterdahl, greatest of naval experts, has prepared a picturization of his great story "Arm or Surrender." In other departments of the Pictograph will appear the picturized arguments in favor of a new ABC for infants — that of etiquette — warranted to create "Better Babies" even out of good ones; "Miss Nomination," a political cartoon by J. R. Bray; and "Happifat and Flossie Fisher Take an Unexpected Buggy Ride" in the Trickids. The fourteenth release of the Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel-pictures takes the audience with Burton Holmes as he "hikes" with the Igorots from Baguio to Bontoc. Many quaint sights greet the eye in this release — grandmother smoking her pipe as she digs her native potatoes or "camotes," the native constabulary giving a little exhibition drill ; Bontoc, the Igorot capitol ; natives who shun clothes as immodest and others who thrive in raiment of their own particular type ; the many weird dances at which "blood sacrifices" are compulsory; and the hike with the Igorots over wonderful mountain passes and along splendid mountain trails built by American engineers since the Spanish war. $ 1 000 STORY FOR IVAN The popular cartoonist, Fontaine Fox, and "how he does it," for Paramount Pictographs. May Release of This Company Will Set New Standard for Their Productions from Standpoint of Expense "Her Husband's Wife" is the title of the May release for the Ivan Company. This will be one of the most expensive features ever put out by this company and will set a new and higher standard for them. The story is by Ivan Abramson, and one Broadway manager who desired to use it as a vehicle for one of his stars offered one thousand dollars for the manuscript alone. This manager did not want to use the manuscript as written but desired to rewrite it and build all the situations around the stellar role. When he found that Abramson refused to sell at this price he offered the same sum for the use of the "vampire" part alone, and pointed out to the director that even without this strong lead character he had four parts, about any one of which he could write a scenario much better than the average. However, these offers did not appear enticing to the director, and he saw no occasion to rewrite the scenario, so "Her Husband's Wife" will be produced as originally written. The thousand dollar vampire part will be portrayed by Sally Crute, who is well able to bring out all that the character offers. Mignon Anderson will also have a very strong part in the rising young artist who is torn between love for her art and love for the man. Augustus Phillips will play the lead and the other big' parts will be enacted by William Bechtel, Brindsley Shaw, Bradley Baker and Guido Colucci. The production of this play promised to be well done because with the exception of one member of the cast all the other actors have worked together under one director from one to five years, a very unusual combination in a production.