Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

wr 1214 MOTOGRAPHY B Baby Marie Osborne in Straight Drama Makes Debut in New Line of Art in Pathe Program Feature, "The Voice of Destiny" ABY MARIE OSBORNE, tiny Pathe star, has gone in for serious drama. Her first appearance as a bona fide dramatic star is announced in "The Voice of Destiny," a five-part play which heads the Pathe program to be released the week of June 23. Baby Marie plays the role of Marie Lind, a winsome bit of femininity who is the prime favorite of an indulgent uncle, the brother of her father. The uncle is suddenly stricken blind. Marie's father, a weakling, takes over the uncle's business. Marie helps her blind uncle by reading his mail to him every day so that he can dictate replies into a dictating machine. She learns that her uncle keeps valuable jewels and a revolver in the bottom of the machine and reveals the fact to her mother and father. Marie's father loses money on stocks and confesses to Marie's uncle. In a quarrel the father attacks the blind man and when later the uncle is murdered, his brother is held for the crime. How Baby Marie saves her father from conviction is cleverly shown and the picture has a powerfully convincing finale. Episode 16 of "The House of Hate" also is released on this program. This chapter is called "The Vial of Death" and in the two reels there is a full measure of thrill, mystery and suspense. Antonio Moreno is nearly poisoned by a woman substituted for a nurse by the Hooded Terror, but is saved by the lastminute intervention of Pearl White. The action is fast and the suspense well sustained. The Toto comedy, "Cleopatsy," a two reel travesty on the story of "Cleopatra," is another release on the program. "Are Crooks Dishonest?", a Harold Lloyd comedy, part seven of "Britain's Bulwarks," "Fighting the Hun at St. Quentin," a Post Travel Series picture, and two news reels complete the bill. Petrova Starts Across the Continent Visits Boston Following Trip to Washington and Baltimore, Where She Strikes Out for the West FOLLOWING the personal appearance of Madame Olga Petrova in Washington and Baltimore, which marked the opening of her country-wide tour in behalf of the War Savings Stamp movement, she returned to New York last week to witness a special ' A new picture of Geraldine Farrar, Goldwyn star. screening of "Patience Sparhawk," her fifth production. Immediately following the showing she departed for Boston, accompanied by Beulah Livingstone, her personal representative, and Bobbie North, studio manager, where she will commence her tour in reality. N. H. Gordon of the First National Exhibitors' Circuit of that city will co-operate with the Polish star and has guaranteed to have an audience of forty thousand persons on Boston Commons to hear her talk. Before leaving New York, arrangements were completed between the actress and the New York War Savings Stamp Committee whereby the official government War Savings Stamp inscription will be carried on all the star's stationery. In addition to this privilege, the committee is furnishing all of the cuts for publicity purposes, together with various patriotic posters and booklets. Miss Livingstone, Madame Petrova's personal representative, has arranged to have a special government poster for Madame Petrova's big drive, which will be produced in all the government publicity. This poster will be stamped with the W. S. S. insignia and used for lobby displays and one sheets in the houses where the Polish actress makes her personal appearance. Vol. XIX, No. 26 Goldwyn-Farrar Picture Due to Be Started That Goldwyn is all in readiness for Geraldine Farrar to begin her first production was evidenced this week by the arrival in New York of Reginald Barker, Miss Farrar's director, , from Los Angeles. Mr. Barker completed his last Pacific Coast picture on Sunday, June 2, and left the following day for New York, bringing with him the scripts and continuities of three big Farrar productions which had been sent to him weeks before and gone over with him in all details by Samuel Goldfish, president of Goldwyn, with whom Mr. Barker signed his Goldwyn contract. Miss Farrar's first Goldwyn production is going to be one of the big surprises of the fall season. Dexter Stays with Lasky Elliott Dexter, accounted one of screendom's most talented and best looking leading men, has cast his fortunes for another year with the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Mr. Dexter will probably remain at the West Coast studio for some time. Among his first appearances with the Lasky company were those wherein he supported Marie Doro, who afterward became Mrs. Dexter. He supported Mary Pickford in "A Romance of the Redwoods" and later went East, where he was leading man for Mme. Cavalieri in her first Paramount Picture, "The Eternal Temptress." Elliott Dexter, Paramount and Artcraft player, who has just renewed his contract with the Famous Players-Lasky Corpora