Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

96 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 2. Latest News of Chicago Mme. Lina Cavalieri was the guest of honor at the first Chicago presentation of her Paramount feature, "The Eternal Temptress," which was shown at the Ziegfeld Theater before an invited audience of musical celebrities and other persons of distinction. W. L. Hill and Max Goldstein of the Paramount exchange arranged the affair. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Cleofonte Campanini, Genevieve Vix, Rosa Raisa, Louise Berat, Riccardo Stracciari and other members of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, and M. Barthelemy, the French consul; Count Bolognesi, Italian consul; Countess Bolognesi, Dr. Cyrille Vermaeron, Belgian ■ consul; Lewis E. Bernays, British vice-consul, and Mrs. Bernays. Mme. Cavalieri held an impromptu reception after the presentation and received graciously the compliments showered upon her in French and English on her very fine work before the camera. "The Eternal Temptress" began its run of one week at the Ziegfeld Theater New Year's Eve. Herbert Brenon visited Chicago last week and gave a special presentation before critics and exhibitors of his latest production, "Empty Pockets," the screen version of Rupert Hughes' well-known novel. The first two of the James Montgomery Flagg one-reel comedies, which are being distributed through the George Kleine system, Perfection Brand, were screened at last week's trade showing before a large number of exhibitors who seemed delighted with these novel and high class offerings. William Russell paused in Chicago for a few days on his way from Santa Barbara to New York. Russell has completed his contract with the American Film Company and his trip to Chicago and New York is for the purpose of securing new arrangements for the new year. Taylor Holmes, Virginia Valli, Lillian Drew and supporting players, who were in Phoenix, Arizona, filming scenes for the latest Essanay feature, "Ruggles of Red Gap," are in Chicago to spend the Christmas holidays in their homes. Little Mary McAlister composed an entirely new speech for her Christmas morning address before 1,500 Chicago orphans in the Virginia theater. Marygave a special showing of her latest picture, "Sadie Goes to Heaven" on this morning, and scattered good things to eat about the theater as well. Her address to the little orphans was quaint and sincere. George Periolat, well known character actor with the American Film Company of Santa Barbara, spent Christmas with an aged godmother in Watertown, Wisconsin. Captain Richard Travers, former Essanay star, newly commissioned, visited the Essanay studios before leaving for the East, and posed for a strip of motion pictures. Bradley Smollen, former Essanay scenario writer, was one of the Camp Grant men selected for the Third Officers Training Camp. James Hobart Hutchinson, eldest son of Samuel S. Hutchinson, president of the American Film Company, Inc., of Chicago, is enlisted with the First Company Military Police, 310 Train, 85th Division, at Camp Custer, Michigan. Mr. Hutchinson, who was a student of Armour's Technical Institute, enlisted as soon as he was twenty-one, which was early in December. Mary Garden arrived in the city New Year's Eve to take her place with the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Miss Garden's Goldwyn feature, "Thais," had its first Chicago presentation at the Orpheum Theater, December 30. The prima donna will appear in three operas this season, one of them, "Thais." Sidney Cohan of the New York office of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company was a visitor in Chicago last week. GEORGE K. SPOOR presents ii I, IVIary MacLane'' (Herself) IN 'MEN WHO HAVE MADE LOVE TO ME" (By Herself) A picture in which this famous writer and eccentric genius strips naked her own soul, baring to the world six love affairs of her own life; six leading men. Backed by a National Billboard Advertising Campaign Distributed by George Kleine System throughout the United States Produced by