Moving Picture World (Jun 1916)

June 17, 1916 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 2037 News of Los Angeles and Vicinity By G. P. VON HARLEMAN and CLARKE IRVINE TWENTY-FOUR FILM ACTORS IN WRECK. American Woman Film Company Director and Actors Seriously Injured When Big Truck Plunges Into Gully. A GIANT motor truck in the service of the American Woman Film Company, while returning from location at Chatsworth Park, near this city, plunged headlong into a twenty-foot gully on a mountain roadway on Wednesday, May 23, injuring twenty-four persons and severely shaking up the rest of the party. Two were so severely injured they may die. The accident was caused by the presence in the road of a rock half submerged in the clay-like dirt. The front wheel on the outside of the truck hit the rock and jumped over it, throwing the steering mechanism out of the driver's control. The truck toppled over the edge. The company was under the direction of J. Farrell MacDonald. The players were in costume for "Saul of Tarsus," The men in the party started rescuing those pinned beneath the vehicle. Word was rushed to Los Angeles by telephone, and speed officers, ambulances and police wagons were summoned. Before assistance arrived the men had rescued everyone from the debris and were administering first aid to the sufferers. Assistant Director McDonough had a leg broken in two places and several other injuries. Mrs. Imregard Schoonemaker was perhaps the most badly injured. Others hurt were: Mrs. K. Bernard, who was found to have a broken hip and to be internally injured; Miss Virginia Driscoll, Fred Madden, A. W. Drago, Kenneth McRae, Albano Luiz, Dorothy Dean, J. E. Ellsworth, Katherine Wallace, Golda Madden, Jane Bell, Phila O'Neil, Helen Gordon, Marie James, Mrs. M. J. White, John McDonough, May Adamx, F. J. Robinson, Charles Adams, Florence Dowdell, Mrs. Charles Adams, Miss Resa Bullock and Miss Peggy Hart. T. E. Dickerson, driver of the truck, was not blamed. The responsibility has not been placed, as the evidence showed conclusively it was purely accidental. This is the most serious accident that has been experienced by so large a number of film players in the history of picturemaking on the coast. "JULIUS CAESAR" TO BE SHOWN AGAIN Actors' Fund to Repeat Shakespearean Drama in Majestic Theater for Thousands Who Failed to See Open Air Presentation. Owning to the repeated demands of the public for a repetition of "Julius Caesar," the California Committee of the Actors' Fund of America has decided to give the play once more with the same remarkable cast. The play will be indoors instead of underneath the stars, as it was given in Hollywood. The cast will be the same except for two minor changes, and the principals are already working to make this performance equal the first one. D. W. Griffith, who is now working on his greatest master production, "The Mother and the Law," of which little is known, and Mack Scnnett, maker of Keystone comedies, who control the Majestic Theater, agreed t" donate their house for the on< night, Monday, June 5. <1 ' lar weekly opening on. day As a means of selling more seats at a higher price the committee arranged with the Hotel Alexandria to hold a public dinner and dance to sell seats at auction were stars who took part, as well as many famous persona in stage and studio life. The seats were from $1 to $2.50, while boxes are $25. It was expected thai the ho be sold out before the first day' Bale closes. Balboa Celebrates Birthday. Three years ago, May 23, 1013, when Studios were not |0 thick and large, II. M . and K !> f lorkheimer started work at the little studio formerly occupied by the Edison western company in Long I'.each. There was a little -tare, a small office in a bungalow, and lol oi open ground Today thai bungalow has been razed, the stage is covered by a huge property room, and all the open space is bearing the weight of stages, cutting rooms, laboratory, storage rooms, garage, offices, and other buildings. There are 250 employees in place of about a dozen. Instead of occupying one corner the plant covers the four corners of the intersecting streets, and it is rapidly growing. Xow there are six large companies at work. E. D. Horkheimer recently passed over the news that two more would be put on during the summer. President H. M. Horkheimer says the success of Balboa has been attained only by perseverance and hard work. The loyal standpatters who have been there from the first are Norman Manning, business manager; Robert Brotherton, cameraman and chief of the laboratory; William Beckway, chief cameraman; John W'yse, stage manager, and Miss May Brotherton, head of the cutting and assembly departments. In view of the fact that Balboa stock is not for sale, and has not been offered for sale, and that it has grown from almost nothing to the big factor it is in the film business today, and that it has no regular permanent releasing firm attached to it, the success is unusual. Films to Teach Cleanliness. Proving that visual education in the shape of moving pictures is far superior and more effective than lectures or printed matter, County Health Officer J. L. Pomeroy has filed with the Board of Supervisors the request for a moving picture outfit. He asks for $5,000. New York. Chicago and other eastern communities have equipped their health departments with means for showing the residents of these places the necessity for control of disease, improvements in sanitation and hygiene, according to the statement of Health Officer Pomeroy. Film Stars in Unique Stunts at Ascot Races. The main event of the show given at the Ascot Speedway for the benefit of the Actors' Fund, Tuesday this week, was the automobile fashion show. Judgment as to which of the cars and drivers presented the best appearance was left to the audience with the result that Priscilla Dean, of the Vogue Films. Inc.. driving a beautifully decorated roadster was awarded the first prize: Dorothy Dalton, the Ince star, second, and Myrtle Gonzalez, of the Universal Film Mfg. Co., the third. Following the decision of the multitude of nidi Dean was presented with a beautifully designed cup. presented by the Pals Club. Miss Dalton received a handsome trophy, donated by the Ventura Refining Company. Second in importance was the ten-mile race for the championship of the motion picture studios of Los Angeles, which was won by Arthur Hansen of the Ince studios, with Wm. Russell of the American a close second. Charlie Murray was the master of ceremonies. There was much comedy in the "junk race," for a Charles Murray trophy. This was won by the Keystone Cops. The complete list of entries and events on the program was as follows: Firsl event -Five-mile motorcycle race, six entries; mile a minute to qualify. Second event — One-mile exhibition for juvenile track record. Third event — The automobile fashion show, with the following entrants: Maliel N'ormiincl. Mali.] N'orman.l F. at lire Film Company : Kill, in : Lillian I' Kutli Sloin I, Kal. in ; li.irotliv Dalton 1 Virginia Ka|>|.o, I.-Ko; Franr.lla IIiIIIiil-i.. II. I.n .I.T.ime F.l.l\ \n lull. i II. i 1..11. I'll.. I . M •■,,;,.., : F.tli.l Film. mi. I ' Old), I'lU'. fourth .vent Two -mil.' iunk race. Charles Murray trophy.