Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

1104 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XV, No. 20. EXPOSITIONS TO CONTRIBUTE Special Days Will Be Set Apart, the Proceeds of Which Will Be Given to the Actors' Fund On Monday, May 1, festivities started with the grand opening of the exposition of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League in Grand Central Palace, and was followed at once by the Exposition of the Motion Picture Board of Trade at Madison Square Garden. Theater owners, exhibitors, manufacturers, trade representatives generally and the public will be in New York for the carnival from all parts of the United States. One thousand stars will appear in person so the public may have the pleasure of meeting them. Special "Days" will be devoted to "Orphans," "Allies," "Germans" and the final grand fire-works of the two shows wilt be one day in each devoted to the Motion Picture Campaign for the Actors' Fund, and the money obtained from the two expositions on these days will be contributed to the fund. It is expected the big hearted American public will rise to the occasion and make the proceeds of these two days substantial. The interest in this fund is nation-wide. Special Tribute Performances and Grand Balls are being given in all the large cities from Coast to Coast and on Sunday, May 14, one of the big Boston theaters will be the scene of a great function held for the Campaign. Other large and interesting affairs are taking place within the next few days in Philadelphia, Buffalo, Omaha, San Francisco, New Orleans, Detroit, Seattle, and Dallas, Texas ; and the Grand Tribute will take place at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on Tuesday, May 16. Philadelphia is giving a Grand Ball for the swelling of the fund, which it is believed will be a great social and financial success. To what an extent this is true can be judged from the committee of patronesses, which includes such names as Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. William Yorke Stevenson, President of the Plays and Players Club ; Mrs. Samuel Chew, President of the Charlotte Cushman Club; Mrs. Otis Skinner and Mrs. R. Emmet Hare. Boston, not to be outdone, is also planning a grand motion picture ball, and the auction sale of the boxes will help swell the fund. They are also planning a Grand Tribute performance on National Motion Picture Tribute day at which Pauline Frederick and Nat Goodwin will appear in person. An energetic committee of film and newspaper people is pushing the work there. It is headed by Moe Mark, of the Strand Theaters, assisted by George K. Robinson, Al Newhall, Salita Solano and Harold D. Valpey. Mayor Curley and Governor McCall are honorary chairmen of the committees. The Screen Club of Buffalo is also planning a grand ball, and special announcement slides in all hotels, restaurants and cabarets are helping to sell hundreds of tickets. Anita Stewart, the popular Vitagraph star, has been working most heroically to help swell the Actors' Fund. Miss Stewart has instantly responded to requests for "personal appearance" at the different theaters giving Tribute performances, and on one occasion journeyed to Salem, Mass., simply to appear for a few minutes on the stage of a theater aiding this campaign. Miss Stewart's latest assistance is in the shape of a personal cheek for $100. Tins contribution places her in the list of personal contributors of importance among the screen actors and actresses. Pittsburgh has evolved a novel scheme for adding to the Actors' Fund. The public has taken such an interest in the city's donation to the campaign that the Mayor and Common Council have allowed a temporary lifting of the Sunday ban and are permitting shows in the better class of motion picture houses on Sunday with collections instead of paid admissions, the proceeds to go to the fund. The Pittsburgh Screen Club has also devised a unique money raising scheme consisting of the sale of tickets at ten cents each which will be accepted as admissions to any of the principal motion picture theaters in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and the money is sent to the fund. M. Ernesto Solorzano, Counsul General of Nicaragua in New York, sent the following letter to Fund Chairman Samuel Goldsmith : "My attention is called to the most commendable project under which you are laboring on behalf of the actors and actresses who are in dire distress or broken down in old age and I sincerely wish you every possible success in the complete accomplishment of the object of the Motion Picture Campaign for the Actors' Fund." The Thanhouser Club of Jacksonville, Fla., has contributed $435.00, the proceeds from its motion picture charitv ball, to the Actors' Fund. Walthall with Moss It has been reported that Henry B. Walthall, the Essanay star, and famed for his "Little Colonel" in "The Birth of a Nation," has joined the B. S. Moss producing company. This is, as yet, unconfirmed and uncensored neAVS from the front. Favor Motion Pictures in Schools , The Civic League of Lexington, Ky., has recommended the use of motion pictures for educational purposes in the schools. The installation of moving picture machines and the use of the school buildings in the evenings was urged. It is proposed that the pictures be chiefly of an educational character. Imia Nilsson was bom in Sweden, but when Director Hansel emoted her and Tom Moore around in several snow scenes she shivered in her ball gown. It was Pathe's new series. "Who's Gutltyf" in the filming.