Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

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82 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 2. been listed as finished by director, cutters and title editor, seldom arises, but such is true of "The Zeppelin's Last Raid," now being exploited by the U. S. Exhibitors' Booking Corporation, the revision in this case being carried out by Monte M. Katterjohn, the Paralta scenarioist. Plan New Activities for New Year Arthur H. Sawyer and Herbert Lubin, moving spirits of General Enterprises, Inc., who have recently completed a successful sales campaign in the interests of "The Warrior," announced this week that their plans for the new year embraced continued activity in the field of state rights, together with a widening of their present arrangements to embrace the production of special features during the year 1918. Herbert Lubin, who successfully negotiated the contract between Madame Olga Petrova and Superpictures, Inc., has consummated arrangements whereby William Christy Cabanne, author and producer of "The Slacker" and "Draft 258," will head Cabanne Superpictures, Inc., in the production plans of which Mr. Lubin will play a prominent part. The formation of this new organization is now in course of process and work of the first production will start early in January of the new year. The next big film spectacle to be exploited by General Enterprises, Inc., as a successor to "The Warrior" will be seven reels in length and will offer as a star one of the leading female screen players at present high in public favor. In addition to these plans, the McClure production, "Mother," is at present being successfully exploited by Messrs. Sawyer and Lubin and they have recently acquired the rights to "The Liar," a six-part society melodrama, starring the former Universal favorite, Jane Gail, and directed by William Haddock. The present offices of General Enterprises. Inc., at 1476 Broadway, will be enlarged to care for the increased scope of the firm's activities during the coming year and it is planned to install a complete projection suite, wherein the various territorial purchasers may view the state right offerings of the company with perfect convenience. Writer Praises Maker of "The Belgian" Although Sidney Olcott, who produced and financed "The Belgian," announced as the second U. S. Exhibitors' Booking Corporation release, did not devote a great deal of footage to the scenes wherein he depicts the invasion of Belgium by the Huns, persons who have lived through the devastation of the martyred nation, declare that he has succeeded in converting this historic event to the screen with striking realism. Frederic Hume Paulton, a magazine writer well known in England and Ireland, who followed in the wake of the Teutons as they swept through the little kingdom, has written a letter to Mr. Olcott congratulating him upon his achievement and expressing the hope that he undertake at some future time to produce a picture in which the real tragedy of the kingdom of grief may be visualized. Beauty Is Lois Wilson Asset Miss Lois Wilson, the sparkling beauty who has won praise for her work in Universal features appears opposite to J. Warren Kerrigan in his first Paralta play, "A Man's Man." Miss Wilson has already appeared 'with Mr. Kerrigan in productions of the Universal Company. Lois Wilson, Paralta Star. Tiny Zeppelins Are Used in Lobby Fifty miniature Zeppelins, constructed under the supervision of a mechanic who formerly was employed in the big dirigible works at Essen, Germany, and who left the factory at the outbreak of the war because he was an Englishman, are being employed to advertise the new Thomas H. Ince spectacle, "The Zeppelin's Last Raid," released recently by the U. S. Exhibitors' Booking Corporation. One of the models was used by Frank Hall to advertise "The Zeppelin's Last Raid" at his U. S. Theater in Hoboken, N. J., and was a very helpful accessory. An attache of the house entertained the crowds that thronged the lobby before and after the shows during the engagement by explaining the workings of the aircraft with which Germany is waging ruthless warfare in Europe. Madame Petrova in Her Second Picture The vehicle in which Madame Olga Petrova will make her second appearance as the star of her own picture organization, the title for which is to be announced next week, offers the Polish artiste in a role distinctly different from any in which she has yet been seen. Brimful of human interest and poignant heart appeal, the story presents Madame Petrova in the role of a young mother, torn between the call of professional duty toward humanity in general and the urge of "mother-love" for her small son. A scene from Madame Petrova's second picture is shown on the frontispiece of this issue. Board O. K.'s "Daughter of Destiny" "Daughter of Destiny," the first of the eight pictures in which Madame Olga Petrova will star during the new year, has been passed in toto by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Brenon Plays Popular in Canada Chandos Brenon, Canadian representative of the Herbert Brenon Film Corporation, reports the successful showing of three features made byr Herbert Brenon now playing in Montreal at the foremost moving picture theaters in the city. The three Brenon features playing in Montreal at the present time are "The Lone Wolf" at the New Grand, "The Fall of the Romanoffs" at the Regent, and "The Daughter of the Gods," which was made two years ago under the Fox banner, at the St. Denis. Hughes Visits U. S. M. C. Hughes, district manager of the Metro Film Service, Ltd., with headquarters in Montreal, Canada, spent three days last week in New York conferring with Foursquare Pictures officials, whose representative he is in Montreal. Gainsborg Leaves East Eduardo Gainsborg, who has been engaged by M. H. Hoffman to take charge of the San Francisco Foursquare Pictures exchange, left last week for the west.