Motography (Jan-Jun 1917)

1234 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XVII, No. 23. Newslets for Your Program INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT THE PLAYERS— READY TO CLIP OUT AND PRINT TWO nights a week are being devoted by the feminine members of the Lasky organization at Hollywood to the study of Red Cross work. The Lasky company is paying the costs of tuition for the students and the details of the work are being handled by Mrs. Cecil B. and Mrs. William C. De Mille. There are one hundred taking the home nursing course and fifty who are studying first aid. Lou-Tellegen, Geraldine Farrar's husband, who lately gave up acting to direct photoplays, has begun work on his second Lasky production, with Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid as co-stars. Tully Marshall, the distinguished character actor, is another member of the cast. Donald Crisp, who directs George Beban, has resigned himself to the task of learning Italian, firmly convinced that he is doomed to direct most of the Italian colony of California during the course of his administration of this star's Morosco productions. Mr. Beban has specialized in Italian characterizations and they so frequently necessitate the employment of real sons of sunny Italy that it behooves the director to learn to talk with his hands and feet after the manner of the spaghetti garglers. William Russell has turned author. He wrote the story of his next feature play, which, followed "Shackles of Truth." While it answers the "society stuff" request from the Mutual film headquarters, yet it has in it a tremendous prize-fight scene. The greater part of the story is founded on incidents in the life of Mr. Russell during the several years he held the eastern championship as gentleman boxer. Kathlyn Williams is another photoplayer who is also a writer. She has just completed a storv for George Beban, who enthusiastically declares that it will be his best screen picture. Vola Vale is winning fame in two arts, and one of them is cooking. Vola's teabiscuits are bringing a considerable portion of the world to her door Sunday afternoons at tea time. Vola is just learning to cook and is succeeding far beyond her hopes in biscuit-making. Within the hospitable portals of Miss Vale's ocean bungalow at Long Beach, hot biscuits, tea, strawberry jam and Vola form a five-o'clock combination difficult to be resisted. Thus the Sunday tea-hour finds many notable screen folks gathered there. Do you remember the lovable "Billy" in the World Film Company's "Trilby." which featured Clara Kimball Young? Chester Barnett, who plaved "Billy," has the leading male role in "The Submarine Eye," the Williamson Brothers' new subsea picture. Bessie Love, while working in San Francisco with a circus for scenes in her next picture, was required bv the script which Director Paul Powell consulted, to ride a "snow-white" horse, in her circus scenes. There was no such variety of animal to be had, the circus management declared. Bessie decided to find one for herself. Venturing into the circus corral she pointed out a strange looking animal that once, maybe, was "snow white." "But that, my dear Miss Love," expostulated the circus manager, "has been bought by us for lion meat." Bessie decided that a bath and some food would put the horse into condition, so her wishes were followed. As the result, the Thomas H. Ince Company has purchased the horse for Bessie and it made the return trip to the Culver City studios with Miss Love and company. At present it is in pasture at Inceville, and Bessie has faith that some day it will be a real horse. William Russell's divided interests are causing him much consternation these days. If it rains, picture-making is suspended— therfore Mr. Russell is worried. If it does not rain, a large bean crop on Mr. Russell's ranch near Fresno is in danger of being lost — and surely this is cause for Mr. Russell to worry again. And when it is dark and cloudy, with neither rain or sun in prospect, the plot thickens and Mr. Russell is worried both ways. Marie Cahill, the noted stage comedienne now playing in Mutual comedies, has proved her patriotism by offering to the government her dearest treasure, a motor boat that can travel forty miles an hour. She has offered it as a submarine chaser. Sidney Drew's son, S. Rankin Drew, recently sailed to Europe as a member of an ambulance corps which will see service on the western front. Rankin Drew recently directed and played the leading part in Metro's "The Belle of the Season." Marjorie Rambeau is honored by having one of her golf scores tacked up on the wall of a country club of Lang Island. To acquire the Juliette Day walk and the Juliette Day mannerisms is the ambition of the younger set of New York. ' Helen Holmes (Mutual-Signal) is daily receiving parcel post packages of fresh vegetables from her ranch. Charlie Chaplin is a vegetarian and his favorable vegetable is pie plant. Billie Rhodes (Mutual) has her golf sticks made to order because the readymade ones are all too long. Eric Campbell is trying to economize on his eating and now only takes half a dozen fried eggs, three chops and two cups of coffee for breakfast. Arthur Shirley, leading man for Jackie Saunders in Mutual features, started in pictures with the Australian Film Company, appearing in five-reel features. He came to America and appeared in Kalem pictures before joining the Horkheimer organization. Viola Dana has purchased a large quantity of New Hampshire maple sugar to send to soldiers in the trenches. "I understand sugar is verv difficult for them to get," says Miss Dana, "so I am sure they will appreciate the maple sugar, which is the nicest kind of sugar there is." A number of motion oicture actresses and society women are followiner Miss Dana's example. Though appearing in great New York successes on the speaking stage, Metro stars do not lose their interest in motion pictures. Emily Stevens, who is starring in John Galsworthy's play, "The Fugitive," and Lionel Barrymore, one of the celebrated featured players in Du Maurier's "Peter Ibbetson," were recent visitors at the Metro-Rolfe studios, watching the work before the camera of Ethel Barrymore, Viola Dana, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, and other Metro stars. Lois Zellner, who counts "The Innocent Lie" and "The Little Brother" among her successful photoplays, is now a member of the Triangle scenario staff. Myrtle Stedman, having fully recovered, is at work once more at the Morosco studio. She is being co-starred with House Peters. BETWEEN TWO SHOWS (Modified from T. A. Daly) By David Ferris Kirby I gotta love for Mary Pick, I love dat Chaplin, too — I no can go see both o' dem, So w'at I gonna do? Oh, Mary, ees so pretta girl, She's gotta hair so black an' curl, An' teeth so white lak anytheeng — I bat she gotta voice to seeng! An' w'en she starta sob an' cry, I feel jus' lak I gona die! But Chaplin he's no gotta weep; He's maka laugh — an' den he's keep You laughin' till you no can speak, An' tears, dey rolla down your cheek. You oughta see him fall down stair, I tal you w'at, you're glad you're dere! I gotta love for Charlie Chap' An' Mary Pickford, too — I only gotta wanna dime, So, w'at I gonna do? — The Screamer. WHERE IS THE ELEPHANT HOUSE? Nadia Gary, with her blonde curls, cherubic smile and three and a half years, will make her screen debut in support of Marjorie Rambeau in "The Debt," the third of the series of Marjorie Rambeau feature pictures for Mutual, being produced by Frank Powell. The first scene to which Nadia was introduced represented a street in a village across the water. There were houses with funny gabled roofs and odd looking doorways, and there were some sheep, and a goat and a donkey walking around. Nadia, whose knowledge of motion pictures in the making is nil, and whose familiaritv with the Bronx zoo is great, looked the scene over carefully and then approached Mr. Powell, "Please sir," she said, "where's the elephant house?" And Mr. Powell decided it was time for luncheon.