Motography (Jan-Jun 1917)

January 6, 1917. MOTOGRAPHY 15 Vitagraph Announces Six Week Schedule ELEVEN VITAGRAPH STARS AVAILABLE UNDER NEW PLAN ACCORDING to the new release schedule recently announced by Walter W. Irwin, general manager of Vitagraph-V.-L.-S.-E., which promises that henceforth all the Blue Ribbon box-office stars will be seen regularly in rotation every six weeks, commencing in January, Anita Stewart; Earle Williams; Edith Storey, Antonio Moreno and William Duncan ; Alice Joyce and Harry Morey; Peggy Hyland and Marc McDermott : and Lillian Walker and Walter McGrail will be available to exhibitors, and every sixth week the stars will return in the groupings just named. The productions in which these Vitagraph stars will be seen have been selected under the personal care of J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith with the sole idea of the fitness of these stories for the stars and for their remarkable variety of theme. A cameo synopsis of the new schedule is as follows : January 1 — "Indiscretion," by William Addison Lathrop, featuring Lillian Walker, in a story dedicated to youth and showing the tragedy that lies beyond the wall of convention. January 8 — "The Man of Mystery," by Archibald Clavering Gunter, featuring the most famous actor of the stage, E. H. Sothern, supported by the popular stage favorite, Charlotte Ives. "The Man of Mystery" is the dramatic story of a man who returned from the valley to live again among those who thought him dead. January 15 — "The Glory of Lolande," by Mabelle Heikes Justice, featuring Anita Stewart in a drama of a girl who chose Siberia and the man she loved to luxury and pretense. January 22 — "Blind Justice," written and produced by, and featuring Benjamin Christie. January 29 — "Her Right to Live," written by Paul West, featuring Peggy Hyland and Antonio Moreno in the heart story of a child-waif whom Fate has made mother-bird to the fledglings in the family nest. February 5 — "Money Magic," from Hamlin Garland's novel, featuring Edith Story, Antonio Moreno, and William Duncan, in the story of a woman's sacrifice on the altar of duty and a man's payment of life itself. February 12 — "Who Shall Cast the First Stone?" by Milton Nobles, featuring Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in an intense story concerning the mistaken love of a noble woman for a man who leaves her heart an empty shell. February 19 — "Kitty Kackay," the big Broadway stage hit of last year by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, featuring Lillian Walker. February 26 — "The More Excellent Way," from the book of the same title by Cyrus Townsend Brady, featuring Anita Stewart in a story that tells of man's duplicity and his escape by the aid of the one he holds most dear. March 5 — "Arsene Lupin," the famous detective play of the same name by Paul Potter, featuring Earle Williams ; the story of a master criminal's regeneration through a woman of his own class. March 12— "The Grand Duke," by Mabelle Heikes Justice, featuring Peggy Hyland, Marc McDermott, and Bobby Connelly in a story illustrating the re sourcefulness of a woman contesting with unscrupulous diplomatic agents of a foreign principality. March 19 — "Aladdin from Broadway," from the book and play of the same name by Frederick Isham, featuring Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno: the adventures of a good fellow who wins love and fortune. March 26 — "The Countess," by Adrian Gil Spear, featuring Alice Joyce and Harry Morey, in a story showing the strength of the weak in crises that call for the supreme heights of self-denial. April 2 — "Sally in a Hurry," by A. Van Buren Powell, featuring Lillian Walker in a drama of a lowly girl. April 9 — "Happiness," by Marguerite Bertsch, featuring Anita Stewart, a beautiful conception written especially for Miss Stewart. April 16 — "The Hawk," the famous stage play produced by William Faversham, featuring Earle Williams : the heart tragedy of a man who buries his better self and is redeemed through a woman's love. April 23 — "The Green God," from the book of the same title by Frederick Arnold Kummer, featuring Peggy Hyland and Marc MacDermott; an absorbing mystery story revolving about the loss of a sacred relic and the murder of the man who stole it. April 30 — "The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop," from Hamlin Garland's famous book of the same name, featuring Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno : the battle of a man for a downtrodden people, aided by a big woman. May 7 — "Northward Ho !" by Harry James Smith, featuring Alice Joyce and Harry Morey; a thrilling drama of a man and a woman in the Arctic. May 14 — "Princess of Park Row," by Paul West, featuring Lillian Walker in a romance of a little princess who flees a royal match and is won by a prince of good fellows. May 21 — "Babbette," from the book of the same name by Berkley Smith, featuring Anita Stewart: the influence of an innocent girl who saves a criminal from a terrible vengeance. May 28— "Apartment No. 29," by E. J. Montagne, featuring Earle Williams in a story that proves truth stranger than fiction. June 4 — "The Agony Column," from the Saturday Evening Post serial story by Earl Derr Biggers, featuring Peggy Hyland and Marc MacDermott in the quest of a wife for a man through a number of astounding mysteries. June 11 — "The Magnificent Meddler," by Laurence McCloskey. featuring Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno ; the struggles of a young man who set honor above love. June 18 — "The Human Desire," by Violet Irwin, featuring Anita Stewart in a story of a convent girl who gave all for love. Three Special Features In addition to these regular program features from the Vitagraph studios, there will be at least three special features. Miss Stewart will shortly be seen in "The Girl Philippa," by Robert W. Chambers, which has been booked by S. L. Rothapfel of the Rialto Thea