Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

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■20 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 15. Essanay Busy on New Feature Films Representative of Mr. Spoor Picks Cast for "Young America" in New York, While Scouts Seek Ideal Locations ESSANAY is busily engaged in the preparation of its next big feature production, "Young America." President George K. Spoor purchased the rights from Cohan and Harris and it has already been put into scenario form by Essanay's staff of writers. Director Berthelet has almost completed his plans for interior art decorations and settings. Scouts are out seeking ideal locations for the exterior scenes. Mr. Spoor has a representative in New York looking for a suitable cast. This is in connection with his new policy of picking the cast to fit the picture, instead of relying altogether on stock company players. This same policy was largely adhered to in "Ruggles of Red Gap" and in "A Pair of Sixes." In the former Frederic Burton and Lawrence D'Orsay were engaged to play the leading roles in support of Taylor Holmes, while several minor characters were also supplied by talent outside the Essanay studios. In "A Pair of Sixes" Maude Eburne, Alice Mann, Robert Conness and others were engaged to play with Mr. Holmes. "Young America" was written by Fred Ballard and had a highly successful run on Broadway, as also in other cities. It is believed that it will make even a superior screen production. Other productions are also being put under way, including "Hawthorne of the U. S. A.," which in all probability will be the release following "Young America," although several other plays, of which Essanay holds the rights, are being considered. The latest of the Taylor Holmes features, "A Pair of Sixes," which was released through the George Kleinc system April 1, is booking rapidly. This is held by critics to be the funniest of all the Holmes' comedies. Large downtown theatres in practically all the cities of the country have arranged bookings, according to the reports of the Kleinc offices. The picture was adapted from the stage play by Edward Peplc and is in seven parts. The release following this is the Chaplin jingle, "Chase Me Charlie." This is a British version of Charlie Chaplin's funniest films and is taken from the Essanay Chaplin comedies. The titles arc in jingle form and the scenes from the various comedies together with the titles dovetail to form a complete new story. It is in five parts and is released April 6. Canada Saves Daylight Also Canada as well as the United States is now on a daylight savings basis, clocks having been set forward an hour at 2 a. m. March 31. The plan will give daylight to the Canadian west in the summer until 10:30 p. m. Notables See "The Crossbearer" A notable gathering saw the new World-Picture, "The Crossbearer," presented at Carnegie hall, New York, the other night, under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus, for the purpose of furthering the drive for the Catholic war fund. Heading the list of notables was His Eminence, John Cardinal Farley. Others invited to the showing were John D. Rockefeller, James Butler, Clarence Mackay. Harry Payne Whitney, Thomas Fortune Ryan, Morgan J. O'Brien and Adrian Iselin. The picture received the heartiest sort of a greeting from the audience, which was deeply impressed with the vitality and importance of the production. It was agreed that Montagu Love's impersonation of Cardinal Mercier is one of the really great characterizations to be given to the screen and high praise was showered on World-Pictures for the effective manner in which the production has been staged. Owes Success to Mother Perhaps there is no story in the biography of filmdom more touching than that of Clare Horton, recent addition to Triangle forces, and her mother. A deep tie of affection that exists between the two has been a great contributing factor to Miss Horton's success and is a lesson in the importance of close comradeship between mother and daughter. Says the child actress: "My mother and myself have had many happy days, together with sad ones. For two years we had a hard struggle, as I was at an unfortunate age, not a little girl or a grown girl. My mother did extra work and sewed at nighttime until I was old enough to start, which was with "The Plow Woman." Christmas a year ago we didn't have a dollar, but 1 have encouraged my mother by saying it couldn't always be dark. "My mother and myself are constant pals. Where you see one of us you will find the other. There is never a time you sec me without my mother. We both study each other and never allow either side to argue. "My mother designs everything I wear, even to my millinery. I am always delighted with her work. When 1 am at a piano, mother will possibly be sewing and if I play a wrong note her ear, far from the piano, will detect my mistake and she will correct me. I cannot fool her at all." A laugh in "The Camouflage Kiss," the new William Fox picture starring June Caprice. World-Pictures has purchased from Grace MacGowan Cook the picture rights to her successful novel, "The Power and the Glorv."