Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

1228 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 26 Steck is the adaptor of "Graustark," "The Man Who Was Afraid," "Primeval Strain," "The Golden Idiot," "Gift o' Gab," "Get There Hawkins" and "Hawthorne of the U. S. A." 4 4* 4r Following close on the heels of the gymnasium, plunge and tennis courts for Triangle employes, O. L. Sellers, in charge of the Culver City studios in the absence of President H. E. Aitken, is making another improvement. Two reading and lounging rooms, one for women and the other for men, are being decorated and furnished. All of the current papers, magazines and motion picture trade papers will be kept on hand. 4 4, 4. Ora Carew took a party of friends down to Ocean Park, Sunday, to enjoy a special fish dinner that she had prepared for them there and at the end of the meal even Mr. Hoover could not find the slightest bit of waste. Ora refuses to state who ate the most, but says that they all did their share, and that the meal, was such a success that another one has already been planned for the near future. 4. 4 4 Claire DuBrey has resumed her dancing again now that she has moved to her spacious summer home at Venice. Dancing is Claire's hobby and when she gets time away from the studio she makes the most of it by donning her dancing costume and starting to work. Between swimming and dancing Claire always keeps in perfect health and says that she has yet to hear of a better recipe. 4. 4. 4, Edward Sloman is getting along very nicely with his new story, "Beauty to Let," in which he has Margarita Fisher as his star. This is the first time that Sloman has ever directed Margarita, having been piloting Mary Miles Minter previously. He has some ideal locations picked out which have never been photographed before and which he thinks could not be improved upon. 4. 4 4. Henry King is rapidly putting the finishing touches on the third William Russell feature, "Hobbs in a Hurry," at the American studios in Santa Barbara, and hopes to complete the picture by the end of the week. King would have finished earlier, but Russell's foot was injured during the taking of a scene and King was compelled to go along without his star's service for several days. 444. Lloyd Hamilton expects to commence work on a new comedy for the Fox program in a few days. The story is being whipped into shape by the scenario department and "Ham" is out scouting for a new outfit, or several of the same kind, as he has ruined on an average of two suits to every picture. He will again be seen without his famous mustache, but will stick to his character of "Ham." 4. 4. 4, Ethel Clayton, one of the new stars in the galaxy of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, has arrived in California in her limousine, accom panied by her brother, her dressmaker and a chauffeur. The trip from New York was made by easy stages and, though enjoyable, was uneventful except for a brief struggle with Iowa mud, from which the big car was extricated by a tractor. 4. 4. 4. Ashton Dearholt threatens to go back to his home town, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and start a school of motion picture acting should the war conditions further affect the Los Angeles film colony and make things hard for good-looking young leading men, such as Ashton. At present he is serial king in "The Brass Bullet'" at Universal City. 4. 4. 4, Gerald C. Duffy is the new publicity man for the William S. Hart studio. Mr. Duffy but recently came to the coast from New York. Though but little over twenty-one years of age, for the past four years he had been the editor of Pictureplay magazine. His father was a well known magazine writer and was a chum of O. Henry. 444. Billy Patton, one of the Triangle's daring cowboys who works under Cliff Smith in western thrillers, has a broken hand. He was dragging his hand on the ground when his horse stepped on it, according to his own confession. The accident took place during the filming of some scenes in the latest Triangle western, "By Proxy." 444. "The Rustlers of Wind River" is the title of the Bluebird feature in which Monroe Salisbury is being starred at the present titme. Monroe plays another Western character in this play, and befriends the homesteaders against a band who try to drive them out of the state. 4, 4. 4. Charles Ray has returned to the Ince studios after enjoying a four weeks' vacation after finishing his latest Paramount feature, "The Humdinger." Charlie expects to start in a day or so on a new feature, the title of which has not as yet been decided upon. 4. 4. 4. Edna Earle gives a good demonstration of western riding in the forthcoming Universal feature, "The Eagle," in which she plays opposite Monroe Salisbury. Miss Earle had her early training in the management of horses in Texas and Oklahoma. 4 4. 4 Among the distinguished visitors at the Famous Players-Lasky studio in Hollywood last week was Captain Richard Pearson Hobson, hero of Santiago. Captain Hobson has been speaking in Los Angeles on "America and the War." 4, 4. 4, William Duncan, director and star of Vitagraph western serials, claims to have thrills thought out which he will not get to, by way of puttting them into production, until almost a year from now. That surelv is what one might call "futurist" thought. Seventy-five members of the Thomas H. Ince organization have joined the army and navy to date. The Ince studios contributed nearly $200,000 to the Third Liberty Loan and $50,000 to the Second Red Cross Fund. 444 William Russell will be host to James Sheldon, president of the Mutual Film Company, which releases the William Russell productions. Mr. Sheldon will arrive in Los Angeles within the next week. 4 4-4 Eddie Ring Sutherland has joined the Canadian Royal Flying Corps and has already left to take up activities in this branch of the service. He is known in filmdom as a juvenile leading man and also the nephew of Blanche Ring. 4. 4, 4 Norman Kerry, playing opposite Olive Thomas in her newest Triangle features, has taken over Matzene's big Hollywood residence at the entrance to Laurel Canyon. 4. 4. 4. A barefoot worker in a Glendale vegetable garden was recognized by passing autoists, one recent day, as being Nell Shipman, star of Vitagraph feature pictures made in Hollywood. 4 4. 4> Will M. Ritchey is still on the search for a story for Mary Miles Minter, and has spent the greater part of the week reading manuscripts. Here and There Alice Brady, Select star, as she appears in her June release, "The Whirlpool. TEN members of the Vitagraph distributing organization entered the service of Uncle Sam during the last ten days, seven branch offices giving men to the colors. Burt King, manager of the Vitagraph branch in New Orleans, was called into service in the midst of a campaign on "Over the Top." Among the others were G. E. O'Brien and J. J. Doherty of the Dallas office, C. H. Zerner, salesman in the New York branch ; Frank Klqse, cashier of the St. Louis office; J. E. Beck, assistant branch manager at Cleveland ; Martin Niederberger and Harry Pape of the shipping department at the Chicago office ; George Meyers, assistant bookkeeper at Chicago, and H. Donald Reyes of the Washington office. 4. 4. 4 "A Little Journey Thru Nevada" made its initial run before a packed house at the Rialto Theatre in Reno, on July 15. The film, containing 7,806 feet, is the first produced in Nevada in its entirety, and though of the travelogue character it contains enough action and scenes of historical interest to give it a place among the historical films. The picture was filmed under the direction of Hale Ayres, formerly of the Premier Company of California. It has been booked by every theatre in Nevada and after being shown throughout that state will probably be released for general distribution. It took Ayres five months to complete the picture. 4, 4. 4. The Al Jennings Production Company has been incorporated in Phoenix, Arizona, for $200,000. The officers named are: Al Jennings, president; B. F. Robbins. Chelsea, Oklahoma, first vice-president ; Harry K. Shields, Glendale, California, second vice-president ; Frank H. Jennings, secretary and treasurer. These men also are the incorporators. 4. 4> 4 With the coming of extremely warm weather, a number of the suburban houses in Nashville have been reopened. Owing to hard times and cold weather these outlying houses were closed during the winter, but are now doing business on a substantial basis. 4, 4. 4 Ruben and Finkelstein are said to have obtained a monopoly in St. Paul through the consummation of a deal for the Hippodrome Theatre there. The Hippodrome had been used for vaudeville. 4, 4 4 Loew's Grand Theatre at Atlanta, Georgia, has installed a modern typhoon fan system. This is the first of several improvements^ that have been planned at an estimated cost of $50,000. 4* 4* 4? George A. Riley's Feature Film Corporation of Dover. Delaware, has been incorporated in that city by Charles H. Jones, W. I. N. Lofland and Frank Jackson. -j 4. 4 The Exhibitors' Booking Exposition of Missouri has been incorporated at Dover. Delaware, for $8,000, by F. D. Buck, M. L. Horty and K. E. Longfield. 4. 4 4. Mrs. Nora M. Vincent and Henry Viets are again in charge of the Bluebird Theatre at Girard, Kansas, having purchased the interest of H. C. Collins. 4 4 4* The Empire Theatre of Providence, Rhode Island, managed by Edward F. Albee, probably will return to burlesque after Labor Day.