Moving Picture World (Oct 1917)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 20, 1917 Goldwyn Names Second Quartet Mae Marsh, Mabel Normand, Madge Kennedy and Maxine Elliott Are Featured in Coming Pictures. GOl.OWYNS second four releases, just announced, are as, follows: November 1. Mae Marsh in "Sunshine Alley by Mary Rider; November IS, Mabel Normand in Joan of Plattsbur^.-' by Porter Kmerson Browne; December 2. Madge Kcnn.dv in '■Nearly Married." by Edgar Selwyn; December 16, Maxine Elliott in "The Eternal Magdelene," by Robert Mc '"■•Mmshinc Alley gives Mae Marsh a role unlike anything she has ever had before in her career. The role is as plaintive and charming as her most recent role of Polly in Polly of the Circus" and. in addition, there is a whimsical note that gives her the opportunity to reveal again what a really remarkable actress she is. Audiences everywhere will be delighted to find that in "Sunshine Alley" Robert Harron, Miss Marsh's former team-mate, is again her leading man. "Joan of Plattsburg" is Mabel Normand's first Goldwyn picture and it brings this delightful and world-famous comedienne back to the screen after an absence of more than a year. Her first Goldwyn picture is a delightful comedy ~; patriotic touch and thousands of soldiers a N. Y, camp take an active part in the pictur "Nearly Married." bringing Madge Kennedy before the public for the second time, is Edgar Selwyn's famous farce comedy which enjoyed a long run in the Gaiety theater, New York, when first presented, and was then seen throughout America. This picture is being directed by Chester Witney, and Miss Kennedy is supported by Frank Thomas, Mark Smith, Alma Tell, Richard Barthelmess and Hedda Hopper. "The Eternal Magdelene." from Robert McLaughlin's sensational play, gives Maxine Elliott a tremendous opportunity to attract the attention of American audiences. The direction of this picture was in the hands of Arthur Hopkins, a daring radical in the theater who is often termed "the socialist of the American theater." Goldwyn has a surprise in store for its ninth release and this unnamed picture is expected to -s ' exhibitors and the public i TRIANGLE RELEASES. Margery Wilson and Roy Stewart Featured the Plattsburg, VICTOR MOORE IN "THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON." Victor Moore will release on October 8, Thos. J. Gray's latest comedy, "The Cow Jumped Over the Moon." Though given a fairy tale title, the comedy is based on the high cost of living. Vic gets the butcher bill, and the total of it nearly knocks him off his feet. He decides then and there to put an end to the high prices. He starts out to purchase a cow, and on the way he picks up a circular with a drawing of i of how to dissect her in He arrives at a farm house and buys a co-\ ward with her. En route he has no end of ally gets her home. The next morning, without cream for his coffee, and he figun beats the milkman. Out he goes to the cow ing about milking a cow, he thinks he'll much trying, he finds the cow is "dry." stylish and get a Dairy Maid for the cow ', and starts homerouble, but eventuit breakfast, he is s here is where he and knowing noth'crank her." After He decides but wife > Jumped Over the Moon" (Klever). put this idea out of his head. He then decides to map the cow out as per the drawing and take her to the butcher. He does, but he manages to get into an argument with the butcher, who throws him and the cow out of the place. The finish finds Vic without his cow and out the money he paid for it. This comedy must be seen timely subject is handled in t laughs and loads of funny situ very funny comedy. . be appreciated, for this very unique way. It is full of and Moore gets over some Productions for Week of October 14. np p. otifs -\ oods iwless brigandry and romance the Canadian Northwest are ng Triangle program for Oc3" and "Wild Sumac" will be tober 14th, released. Surrounded by the genuine article in cowboys, Roy Ste' undertakes to clean up a western settlement infamous foi wild disregard of law and order, s direct methods of deal ing with offenders earn him the title of "One Shot," and as the vigilante of the community, he comes in for a deal of admiration and necessary bloodshed. But when his unerring aim of authority brings sorrow to a little child, he decides to pull stakes for a camp where eternal vigilance is not the price of safety. The hold-up of the outward-bound stage brings him under the shelter of the Sheridan roof, and sows the seed of a pretty romance in which the famous gunman uses his skill to avenge a father's murder and rid the earth of a villainous rival. Supporting Stewart in this new Western drama are Josie Sedgwick, as Mary Sheridan, and Jack Richardson, whose "bad man" characterization gives the familiar "gambler of the screen" an opportunity to desert his faro table for a time. In the second release of the week, "Wild Sumac," a picture which William V. Mong directed while on leave of absence from the Culver City playing forces, Margery Wilson has an unusual opportunity to adapt her personality to the character of a fair young gypsy of the big woods, untamed and unguided, who is charged with a murder of which she is innocent. The long arm of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police figures promnently in this story as the half-breed bootlegger is brought thrilling : battle rivallin; identity revealed. Her s and a realistic manotion the famous fight are high points in the prepared the scenario a burning pyn intensity of en scene in "The Flame of the Yukon." wistful love story. Jack Cunninghan from the story of Elaine Sterne. On the Triangle Komedy program for this week are "Their Love Lesson" and "A Prairie Heiress." both one-reelers. The Keystone feature, "Pearls and Perils," concerns a maze of trouble started over a string of pearls, the original and bogus jewels going the rounds of an exclusive millinery shop and its "vamp" model with lightning rapidity. CONSERVATION WORK SHOWN IN CURRENT EVENTS. Popularizing such serious subjects as the conservation and organization of America's resources for war purposes is a task that calls for considerable knowledge of human nature. But the editor and title-writer of Universal Current Events seems to posses this knowledge in a marked degree, judging from the contents of the 21st issue of this interesting news weekly just released. Views are shown of one of the new Transatlantic frighters recently launched in Lake Erie after being constructed in record time. The success of the food conservation campaign that has been carried on in Greenwich, Conn., during the past three months is fitting celebrated with pictures that not only tell their story excellently, but will doubtless inspire people in other wideawake communities to accomplish similar results. Guynemer, most famous of all French aviators, whose recent death or capture was the cause of widespread mourning throughout the greater part of the civilized world, is shown In a series of intimate studies that should help keep his memory alive. The celebration incident to the departure of a huge contingent of California troops from the Golden Gate comes in for adequate representation, as well as the greeting extended to Baron Ishii and the other Imperial Japanese envoys by the City of New York a few days ago.