Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

May 25, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 1005 Irene Castle Again on Pathe Program "The Mysterious Client" Presents Star in Picture That Gives Fresh Evidence of Her Ability T with Irene Castle, Episode No. 11 of the Pearl White serial, "The House of Hate," the second chapter of the "Britain's Bulwarks" series, Harold Lloyd in "Two-Gun Gussie" and Hearst-Pathe news reels comprise the Pathe program tor the week of May 19. Judging by advance announcements of "The Mysterious Client," Irene Castle lias displayed fresh evidence of her acting talent and the new release, in which the star is supported by Milton Sills and Warner Oland, is said to be her most interesting picture. "The Mysterious Client" is an Astra production in five reels and was directed by Fred Wright. The plot is a consistently gripping one, and the feature has been beautifully mounted. The eleventh episode of "The House of Hate" is called "Haunts of Evil" and the intrepid star has thrills aplenty. Miss White disguises herself as a woman of the underworld and camps on the trail of the Hooded Terror. There is a startling denouement guaranteed to make the twelfth episode a thing to wait for with expectancy. Part II of "Britain's Bulwarks" is called "Messines and Its Irish Captors," and shows Messines and Wyschaste during the storming and capture by the North and South Irish regiments and Canadians. The picture shows the ruins of the villsges, the indomitable Irish troops proudly carrying the trophies seized from the Huns, troops in action and resting up after one of the bloodiest battles in history. "Two-Gun Gussie" has to do with a youth who graduates from a musical conservatory to become a jazz lizard in the "Howling Poodle Tango Bar." He buys a book of rules on "How to Be Tough," so that he may enter into the general gaiety of the place, and when he really begins to believe he can eat nails without getting indigestion, the action becomes fast and furious. Arbuckle Likes New Picture The romantic theme of his latest Paramount-Arbuckle comedy, 'Moonshine," released May 13, and the familiarity of the American public with the subject, is counted upon by "Fatty" Arbuckle to make this the mcst popuk.r picture he has produced. "Fatty" plays the part of a "lightfooted" government sleuth who invades the territory of the grim mountaineers and feudists who acknowledge r.o law, and the bulkincss of his anatomy forces him to the use of ingenious camouflage. "Buster" Keaton is his valiant assistant. Vitagraph Players Face Busy Schedule New Subjects Chosen for Alice Joyce, Earle Williams, Gladys Leslie, Harry Morey, Shipman and Whitman A Alice Brady, Seleet star. Miss Brady is hard at work on a picture to follow "The Ordeal of Rosetta." LICE JOYCE, who is expected to complete her work in "Find the Woman," the O. Henry romance of New Orleans, during the present week, is scheduled to start next on "To the Highest Bidder," according to an announcement by Albert E. Smith, president of the Vitagraph Company. Mr. Smith says he purchased "To the Highest Bidder," a novel by Florence Morse Kingsley, as one of the best stories Miss Joyce has had since joining Vitagraph. Tom Terriss will direct her. In addition to this play, Mr. Smith also has in contemplation for Miss Joyce another O. Henry play, the title of which he is not prepared to make public. For Earle Williams, several strong plays have been picked out, his next vehicle after "The Girl in His House" being "The Man from Brodneys," which will be directed by James Young. This has been called the best story which George Barr McCutcheon ever wrote and was read by millions in book form. Other works in preparation for him include "Out of the Dark," an original story by Roma Raymond and Jane Dixon, and "A Gentleman of Quality" from the pen of Frederic Van Rensselaer Roy. With "Baree, Son of Kazan" completed, Nell Shipman and Alfred Whitman began work about two weeks ago on "A Gentleman's Agreement," by Wallace Irwin, and they are now said to be well advanced with its production under the direction of David Smith. Two other plays are in prospect for this company, one being an O. Henry play, "A Matter of Mean Elevation." This story has been specially built and probably will bear a more graphic title when it is produced. "By the World Forgot," a powerful story by Cyrus this Townsend Brady, also is ready for company. Gladys Leslie, working under the direction of Martin Justice, will begin work this week on "The Rebel," an original story by Douglas Bronston. She completed "The Scoop Girl" last week and no time was lost in starting her on the new feature. Harry Morey, with Betty Blythe and a strong supporting cast under direction of Paul Scardon, is working on "Tangled Lives," by James Oliver Curwood, and as soon as he finishes this feature will begin work on "Fiddler's Green." This story, written by Donn Byrne, ran in the Saturday Evening Post not long ago and is pronounced an exceptionally fine subject for Morey. Viola Is a Clever "Boy" Viola Dana, in "The Only Road," which follows "Riders of the Night" and "Breakers Ahead" in the Metro program, cuts her hair short for a number of the closing scenes. After snipping her curls and donning boy's attire Miss Dana is mistaken for a youth, and a pretty girl in the photodrama flirts with her — that is, "him." A picture of Constance Talmadgc, Select star, posed in her home at Hollywood.