Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

May 13, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 1115 PACIFIC COAST NOTES Helen Jerome Eddy, the MoroscoParamount actress, has been invited to take part in a Shakespearean festival to be held in an out-of-doors arena at Hollywood, Cal. Other film players who will take part are Tyrone Powers, DeWolf Hopper and Douglas Fairbanks. Myrtle Stedman will be starred in the current feature now being directed by William D. Taylor at the Pallas studios. J. Warren Kerrigan and the players in "The Silent Battle," who spent several weeks in the Pine Mountains south of San Diego, have returned to Universal City. Reports from the studios of the B. and L. Company, of San Mateo, state that Neva Gerber is doing very good work in the feature in which she is playing the leading role. J. P. McGowan purchased for the Signal Film Corporation eight coyote pups to be kept at the studios for use in some of the forthcoming western productions. The animals were captured by a rancher in the San Gabriel canyon. One of the chief attractions in the Selig Zoo nursery is a lively group of three hundred baby mallard ducks. A. A. Davison, auditor of the Selig Company, who is paying the Los Angeles studios a visit, was guest of honor at a recent dinner party given by Director William Robert Daly and Fritzi Brunette. Sidney Smith, who plays a prominent part in the Selig drama, "The Return," has purchased a new automobile. "A Man's Soul," which Edward Sloman is directing for the American Company, is the story of a physician in a leper colony in the South Sea Islands who gives up the girl he loves to continue his work. Franklin Ritchie and Winnifred Greenwood have the leading roles. Charles Clary, who played in New York with Mary Mannering in "The Road to Yesterday," and was leading man on tour with Mrs. Leslie Carter, has joined the William Fox players and is working in a picture being made in California and Arizona under the direction of Raoul A. Walsh. Mr. Clary had an important role in the "Adventures of Kathlyn" series. More than fifty American-Mutual players will take part in the coming rodeo to be held in Santa Barbara. Among them is Anna Little, the only woman who has so far signified her intention of taking part in the riding and roping contest. A Chicago railroad man named Holmes has notified Helen Holmes that he had named his twin daughters for her; that is, one is Helen and the other Neleh (the letters of "Helen" transposed). Six of the fifteen episodes of "The Secret of the Submarine" have been completed. The first release goes to the public May 8. A. U. S. submarine attached to the Naval station at San Pedro, Cal., is being used, with the sanction of the Navy Department. Wellington Playter will play the leading role, that of an Italian, "Pascho," in "The Return," which T. N. Heffron is directing at the Selig studios. Victor Rottman is a newcomer to the Edendale Kalem studios. He will appear in comedies with Ethel Teare, Jack MacDermott and Gus Leonard. Marin Sais recently purchased a 320acre stock farm in Utah. Clifford Howard, author of "Virtue," the allegorical seven-reeler featuring Audrey Munson, is an authority on the characteristics of handwriting and has written a book on the subject. He applies this knowledge in supervising in Mme, Gloria Reesora, a native of Italy, will be connected with the Illinois Film Corporation and will be featured in Neapolitan productions. serts appearing in pictures from the American studios. "Bobbie of the Ballet" is a five-reel comedy drama being produced by Director Joseph De Grasse, featuring Lon Chaney and Louise Lovely. Grant Carpenter wrote the story. Marc Fenton plays the role of a priest in the forthcoming Universal play, "The Way of the World," featuring Hobart Bosworth. Ella Hall plays the lead in the five-reel play, "Ambrosia," which Robert Leonard is directing. A two-reel southern drama, "Heartaches," is being filmed by Director Lloyd B. Carleton with Emory Johnston and Dorothy Davenport in the leading roles. Rosebud Hill and Clair Alexander are among the recent additions to the CubMutual studios. They will make their initial appearance in "The Traitor," featuring George Ovey. Edward Sloman with an assistant and a camera man went across the border into Mexico recently for some "atmosphere" scenes for his five-reeler, "Reclamation," being produced for the American Film Corporation. Peggy Pierce plays a prominent part in "His Bread and Butter," a coming Keystone comedy. Luella Maxam, who was formerly with the Selig Company, appears in the support of Chester Conklin in "Bucking Society," produced under the direction of Mack Sennett. Harry Booker, with the Keystone forces, was on the speaking stage for sixty-one years, being a member of the first minstrel company to cross the plains in the days when a company of soldiers were sent along to protect them. Bertram Grassby, who has been playing second to Jack Kerrigan is now playing the lead under Director L. Reynolds. Douglas Fairbanks has completed another feature, "The Bounder," in which his athletic prowess has full scope. Joe Singleton and Bessie Love are in the cast. Edgar Kellar has completed his onereel novelty picture for the Vitagraph Company. Marguerite Marsh is playing opposite De Wolf Hopper in the film version of "Casey at the Bat." The Signal Film Corporation is enlarging its laboratories to handle not only their own output but that of two other concerns as well. Orrin Denny is in charge. Lillian Gish, in her new play which Allan Dwan is directing, appears as a southern girl who suffers from unjust suspicions until vindicated in the end. Anita King, the Lasky actress who was appointed head of a bureau to care for "picture-struck" girls, has been lecturing at various Los Angeles high schools. Hal Cooley is to go to the Monrovia Company to take the lead in a big feature photoplay. Cooley has been with the Selig, Universal and American companies. At the Fine Arts studio, Edward Dillon is putting on a melodrama with comedy touches, in which Fay Tincher, Tully Marshall, Seena Owen and Chester Withey appear. Roy Sommerville wrote the story. The Franklin brothers are staging a drama starring Norma Talmadge in the role of the wife of a crook who turns to the straight and narrow path. Ralph Lewis and Eugene Pallette are in the supporting cast. Rita Jolivet has signed with Oliver Morosco to act in pictures. The real name of "Bud" Duncan, the Kalem player, is Albert Edward Duncan. Frank Jonasson, who plays important roles in "The Social Pirates," was a member of Willard Mack's stock organization in Salt Lake City. Ollie Kirby, one of "The Social Pirates," entered pictures without any previous stage experience. Howard Hickman, in the Ince photoplay, "Civilization." plays the role of the