Motography (Apr-Jun 1916)

1116 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XV, No. 20. inventor of a life destroying submarine and the suitor for the hand of the Princess. Ethel Teare, the Kalem comedienne, recently refused a tempting offer to return to vaudeville. George Melford has begun a new fivereel feature at the Lasky studios, starring Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reid. "Club Law," the Universal photoplay in which Harry Carey and Stella Razeto are featured under the direction of Ed. J. Le Saint, has just been completed. Rollin S. Sturgeon worked two weeks with the scenario of "Through the Wall" before he prepared to produce it. Director Richard Stanton of the Universal is starring Carter De Haven in a two-reel picture by Bess Meredyth, Vola Smith and Lucille Younge are also in the cast. William D. Taylor of the Pallas Company is at work on "The American Beauty," a forthcoming feature starring Myrtle Stedman. In the cast are Elliott Dexter, Howard Davies, Juan de la Cruz and Miss Woods. . "The Committee on Credentials" is to be the next story by Peter B. Kyne to be VITAGRAPH DIRECTOR DISCOVERS NEW COMET Another picture star of the first magnitude has been discovered in Lucille Lee Stewart, who is working under the capable direction of Ralph W. Ince at the Vitagraph Bay Shore, L. I. studios. At these studios, Mr. Ince is producing a feature in which Miss Stewart will portray the principal female role. This is the first starring vehicle in which the new Vitagrapher has appeared and she shows promise, according to Director Ince, of becoming equally as successful Lucille Lee Stewart, Vitagraph. as a movie lead as any of the foremost stars of the day. Miss Stewart is fortunate enough to combine good looks, vivacity and charming personality, together with an ability to handle herself as well as a seasoned star. One of the powerful emotional scenes from "The Woman Who Dared" produced by the California Motion Picture Corporation and featuring the celebrated Beatrix Michelena. filmed by Ed. J. Le Saint, "The Three Godfathers," by that author, having been finished. Harry Carey and Stella Razeto will play the leading roles. In the two-reel American play, "Jack," Anna Little wears a wedding gown for the first time. T. N. Heffron, Selig director, has begun work on "The Return," a psychological drama from the pen of William E. Wing. The play, a three-reeler, features Kathlyn Williams supported by Wellington Playter, Guy Oliver, Vivian Reed and Sidney Smith. The use of the largest steel mill in Los Angeles was secured by Director William Robert Daly of the Selig Company for some of the scenes in "The Hare and the Tortoise." Four automobiles were wrecked during the filming of the first five chapters of "The Secret of the Submarine," the American-Mutual serial. Two were smashed in a collision, one in a leap across a thirty foot chasm and another in a tumble into a ditch, the last an unintentional event which brought the occupants of the car near death. Marie Empress, the Balboa actress, whose real name is Marie Keene, is the grand niece of Edmund Keene, the famous English actor. Before comiim to America, she was a London favorite under the auspices of Klaw and Erlanger. The latest child players to be added to the Balboa forces are Ruth and Virginia Corbin, aged seven and three re spectively. They will soon be seen in Balboa releases. Harry D. Southard of Balboa was a star athlete and orator when in Cornell University. Prior to joining the Horkheimer forces, Southard had extensive stage and studio experience. Charles Bartlett is now a Balboa director. He was formerly with the American Company. Charles Chaplin had the honor of throwing out the first ball at the Los Angeles game, opening the Pacific Coast base-ball season for 1916. Jack Nelson, a native of Memphis, Tenn., and for several years a leading director and star of film dramas, has been engaged to play opposite Margaret Gibson, the Horsley-Mutual star. A Chinese story, with Chinese settings and all the characters in Chinese make-up is being filmed at the VogueMutual studios under the direction of Jack Dillon. The cast includes Paddy McQuire, William Cummings, Arthur Moon and Rena Rodgers. "The Floorwalker," the first of the Chaplin-Mutual comedies has been completed and the comedian is now at work on his second release. The Signal Film Corporation secured permission of a railroad company to destroy by fire one of their wooden trestles for a scene in "Whispering Smith." Edward Sloman is making a special study of light and night-light effects for the pictures he is directing at the Amer