Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

May 13, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 1095 Additional Mutuals for May FIFTEEN SHORT FEATURES UNDER WAY TOPPING the Mutual releases for the first week in May are two Masterpictures De Luxe Edition, "The Quality of Faith," from the Gaumont Studios, and "Lying Lips," an American production. In the first-mentioned play, Alexander Gaden appears in the role of a clergyman and Gertrude Robinson plays opposite him as a girl of the streets, whose reformation is brought about by the good influence of the young pastor. They are supported by Henry W. Pemberton, Lucille Taft, John Reinhard and several others. Winifred Greenwood is featured in "Lying Lips," supported by Franklin Ritchie, and the cast is comprised of Eugenie Forde, Clarence Burton, Roy Stewart, and George Webb. But one three-reel feature was released by Mutual during the week of May 1. This is a Thanhouser production entitled "The Spirit of 61," in which the principal roles are taken by Grace de Carlton, George Mario and J. H. Gilmour. Four two-reel subjects were released, "Pierre Brissac, the Brazen," an American production starring Edward Coxen and Lizette Thorne, released May 1 ; "The Weekling," a two-part Thanhouser drama in which Harris Gordon, Barbara Gilroy and Louise Emerald Bates have the chief roles, released May 2; "With Life at Stake," a Mustang release of May 5, in which appear Art Acord, Nita Davis and Larry Payton ; and a Centaur release of May 4, "Avenged by Lions," in which Margaret Gibson is starred and also including the collection of Bostock animals. Mutual comedies for the same week are Falstaff releases, "The Skillful Sleigher's Strategy," with Frank E. McNish and Gladys Leslie, May 6 ; and "The Dashing Druggist's Dilemma," with Jay C. Yorke and Frances Keyes, released May 1. The Beauty releases include "Billy Van Duesen's Ancestries" for release May 3 and "All For Nuttin'," featuring Orral Humphrey, for May 7. Vogue offers "Bungling Bill's Dream" for release May 8 and "Out of the Count" for May 2. Cub offers Billy Armstrong in "M. T. Dome's Awful Night" for May 5. "See America First," the Mutual weekly No. 35, and the first release of the new feature single reel subject, "Reel Life" on May 7, completes the remainder of the week's releases. No less than fifteen short length features are now under way in the Mutual studios. Principal among them are "The Wheel of Fate," directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Vivian Rich and Alfred Vosburgh. Among the two-reel subjects are "The Black Sheep," written by Anthony W. Coldeway, with the principal roles enacted by Edward Coxen, Lizette Thorne and George Field. "The Gulf Between," a Mustang release, features Queenie Rosson and King Clark. Another two-reeler is "The Blindness," directed by Carl M. Le Viness and enacted by Rhea Mitchell, William Stowell and Roy Stewart. William Bertram is directing "The Madonna of the Night," another tworeel subject scheduled for release late in May. It was adapted for the screen by Karl Cooldige from a story by Constance Crawley and Larry Peyton. Nita Davis has the chief role supported by E. Forrest Taylor. Among the comedies now in work for release under the Beauty brand are "Billy Van Deussen, Masquerader," with John Steppling in the title role supported by Carol Halloway; "A Germ Gem," featuring Orral Humphrey; and "When Adam Had 'Em," first known as "A Shaky Affair." Director Edward Sloman and his company of players, headed by Winnifred Greenwood, Franklin Ritchie and Roy Stewart, recently returned to Santa Barbara from a Lower California town where they put the finishing touches to several of the exterior Mainstays of the Mutual-Chaplin company. Left to right, Charlotte Mineau, Eric Campbell, and Edna Purveance.