Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

660 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 14. Scenes from the new Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature, "Little Miss N o Account," starring Gladys Leslie. This picture was released April 1. "Little, Miss No-Account" a Charming Tale Gladys Leslie Takes Part of Ragged Heiress, Who Through Friends, Gains Property in Spite of Scheming Relatives "L ITTLE MISS NO-ACCOUNT," with Gladys Leslie as the star, is the Blue Ribbon feature release for the week of April 1. It marks the third appearance of Miss Leslie on the Vitagraph program and will prove her best vehicle to date, according to a Vitagraph announcement. The play is from "The Reflection of Scarlet," a story by Edward P. Smaney, and was produced under the direction of William P. S. Earle. As in the other productions featuring Miss Leslie, the little star has the role of a young girl, this time a ragged heiress whose fortune is sought by scheming relatives. Since Miss Leslie joined the Vitagraph company a few months ago she has added to her already extensive popularity, this being due in some measure to the fact that President Albert E. Smith has selected stories well adapted to the star. In her first release, "His Own People," in which she appeared opposite Harry Morey, she had the role of an Irish lass, and in her next subject, "The Wooing of Princess Pat," in which J. Frank Glendon appeared with her, she portrayed a witching little princess. In both of these there was a mixture of comedy and strong drama and Miss Leslie, by her work in the lighter moments of the plays, demonstrated that she is one of the most ingratiating delineators of juvenile roles on the screen. Miss Leslie is now at work on "Ann Acushla," in which Edward Earle will be co-starred with her, while other plays in prospect for her are "The Jam Girl," by Frances Sterrett, "The Rebel," by Douglas Bronston, and "The Soap Girl," by Lewis Allen Browne, author of "Little Miss George Washington" and other successes. "Little Miss No-Account" is described as the story of Patty Baring, heiress to a fortune, whose foster parents seek to rob her of her property. Patty is virtually a prisoner in her own home, held by her foster father, who plans with his sister to force the girl on her eighteenth birthday to sign certain papers conveying to them her large estate. She has only one friend, a negro servant of her own father, who does his best to help her and gives her an inkling of the fortune which is hers. Rebelling at last against the oppression of her guardians, Patty runs away on her birthday and a ragged newsboy whom she had befriended takes her to his uncle, who runs a little store, and who adopts her for the time being. Here she meets two men, a young gambler and an assistant district attorney, both of whom are impressed by her beauty and interested in the mystery of her past. Both pay her attentions and the young prosecutor falls in love with her. There is a gambling house near where she is staying and to this place she is lured by the gambler at the instance of her step-father when he learns of her whereabouts and who still hopes to get her property. The house is raided and she is locked up along with other habitues. The young gambler, hoping to discredit her with the prosecutor, tells him of her arrest and also that she owns the property occupied by the gamblers. His charges only act as a boomerang. The gambler and the girl's plotting relatives are all rounded up, Patty is taken under the wing of the prosecutor's mother, and her property all restored to her. Theatres in Bitter Fight Theatres in Montreal are competing so keenly that several have begun offering double bills. The theatres concerned include the St. Denis, Regent, Moulin Rouge and Tivoli. One week the St. Denis offered Mabel Normand in "The Floor Below," Douglas Fairbanks in "Double Trouble," a two-reel picture of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle and a one-reel war picture. The Regent offered Jane and Katherine Lee in "Troublemakers" and Jack Pickford in "The Spirit of '17." The Moulin Rouge offered "The Beloved Traitor" and "Loaded Dice." The Tivoli offered "The Awakening," "Story of the Willow Plate," "Builders of Castles," "The Golden Idiot" and "Troublemakers." On Wednesday night an extra comedy program was presented when the show was increased by the addition of six reels of comedies. Film Serial in Islands Under the direction of Paul Hurst and David Smith, the complete cast for "The Woman in the Web," the Vitagraph serial featuring Hedda Nova, will leave soon for the Santa Cruz islands, where exterior settings will be filmed. Forty persons will be taken, as well as many horses and several automobiles. The company will live in tents as the islands have no hotel accommodations, and provisions will be brought from Santa Barbara. The company will be gone ten days.