Moving Picture World (May 1919)

662 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD May 3, 1919 before the members of the Motion Picture Directors Association at the Hotel Alexandria one evening recently. New Manager For Victory. Harry P. Caulfield, formerly connected with the management of the Garrick Theatre, became manager of the Victory Theatre on April 13. Three Keenan Subjects Completed. Frank Keenan has completed the third of a series of eight feature productions for Pathe at the Brunton studios. The three productions are: 'The Master Man," with a political theme; "The Gates of Brass," in which Mr. Keenan depicts a gambler and promoter; and 'The Tide Book," a tale of the shipping industry. Jack Cunningham prepared the scenarios for these productions, and Ernest C. Warde directed. Ruth Allen Has Returned. Ruth S. Allen, head of the manuscript sales department of the Palmer Photoplay Corporation, has returned from a month's stay in New York, where she went to close negotiations with a number of authors and photo-playwrights for stories. New B. B. Feature. Bessie Barriscale has begun work on "Broken I'hreads," her fifth of the sixteen productions contracted for by the Robertson-Cole interests. Her supporting cast in this picture includes Rosemary Theby, Nigel Barrie, Henry Kolker, Albert Roscoe, Ben Alexander and Mary Jane Irving. Howard Hickman directs. Studio Shots LILA L.EE has returned from Truckee, where scenes were made for "The Daughter of the Wolf," a Paramount picture. Monte Blue, who was to have been her leading man, was taken with pneumonia just before the company left, and Elliott Dexter was given the part. Dorothy Dalton has just left for New York City, where she will work in pictures demanding eastern settings. Lois Wilson will be leading woman for Dustin Farnum in his coming production. The all-star cast supporting Dorothy Phillips in "The Right to Happiness" includes Thurston Hall, Stanhope Wheatcroft, William Stowell, Robert Andersen, Margaret Mann. Hector Sarno, Alma Bennett and Henry Barrows. Katherine MacDonald has finished her first production, "The Thunderbolt" and will soon begin her second, "The Bleeders," from a story by Margery Land May, under the direction of Colin Campbell. Margarita Fisher, star of American productions, has filed a suit for divorce from her husband, Harry Pollard. Al .Jennings, motion picture star and producer, h.is been requested by a large publishing company to write the histoiy of his life for publication. Frank Lloyd ha.s been engaged as director of (loldwyn pictures by Samuel Goldwyn. Charlie Chaplin celebrated his tliirtioth birthday on April 16. Because rif continued unsettled conditions In lOuropc Billy Parsons and his wife, Billie Rhodes, have not been able to secure passports. They will go to Honolulu Instead, and make several films in that part of the country. Mabel Normand, who has been ill for the past week, i.s recovering and will soon be back at work at Goldwyn. Charles Ray and his company aie in San Francisco. Work has been begun on the third large stage to be built at the Ince studio In Culver City. The new stage will be used ex clusively for sets demanding artificial lighting. "Rowdy Ann" is the title of the second Christie Special comedy featuring Fay Tincher. Katherine Lewis, Eddie Barry, Harry Depp and Patricia Palmer play leading parts. Harry Carey returned to Los Angeles on April 15th for a short stopover, before resuming his personal appearance tour along the west coast. Jack MacDonald, who has finished his work in the Brentwood production, "Better Times," will support Jack Pickford in a new picture. Sessue Hayakawa has begun the filming of a picture, "Only a Nigger," an East Indian romance, without a leading woman. He is making the scenes in which the heroine does not appear while looking for a film actress who possesses the talent and beauty necessary for the part. Jane and Katherine Lee, and their mother, Mrs. Irene Lee, have gone back to New York. Lillian Gish has made a trip to San Francisco to participate in the opening of the Victory Loan campaign. At the close of the ceremony two thousand pigeons, collected from all parts of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District, were released from a monster cage by Miss Gish. Almost the entire movie population of Los Angeles attended the first showing of Harry I. Garson's production, "The Unpardonable Sin." at the Kinema Theatre. Alice Joyce has arrived in town and departed before the end of the week in company with her little daughter, Alice Mary Moore, who has been visiting her father, Tom Moore. Miss Joyce will continue her motion picture work in Vitagraph's eastern studios. Wallace Irwin's new story, "The Blooming Angel," has been purchased as a starring vehicle for Charles Ray. Tom Mix and his company have returned from San Francisco, where they went in search of exteriors for "The Romance of Cow Hollow." Elbert Hubbard was a visitor at Universal City last week, and watched Jim Corbett work out a scene in "The Midnight Man." Mme. Alia Nazimova left for New York on April 15 in company with her husband, Charles Bryant, and Richard A. Rowland, president of Metro, to attend to business connected with future productions for the Metro program. Frank Keenan celebrated his birthday April 8. Apart from admitting that he was past thirty, Keenan emulated the women film stars by keeping to himself the numl)er of birthdays that have passed since his thirtieth. John Gilbert is working in a Sessue Hayakawa picture under way at Brunton. Marguerite Clark arrived in Los Angeles last week in company with her husband, Lieut. H. Palmerson Williams. Miss Clark will make several pictures requiring western setting during the coming months at the Lasky plant. The Aerial Circus to be held in Los Angeles in connection with the Victory Loan <anii)aign will be quartered at the private field belonging to Cecil B. De Mille in Hollywood. Mr. De Mille, who is an aviator himself, readily granted the use of his field. Frank Keenan entertained a party of forty at the Brunton studios on the evening of April 10 with a private showing of "The Gates of Brass," his latest film to be finished for the Pathe program. Dorothy Gish, who has completed her contract with Paramount, leaves for New York in a few days. Prosperity is on the rise in Filmland. Texas Gulnan, Marie Walcamp, Wallace Reid, George Melford, Norman Manning and Little Virginia Lee Corbin have all purchased new cars within the past few weeks. Mary Anderson is working in a picture for the Morgan Feature Film Company at the Horsley studios under the direction of Fred Kelsey. James J. Corbett umpired the first baseball game of the season at Washington Park, which was opened by William G. McAdoo, who pitched the first bail, and Douglas Fairbanks, who caught it. "William Morris, manager of the Harry Lauder American tour, was entertained by his old friends, Charlie Chaplin and Alf Reeves, at the Chaplin studio while he was in Los Angeles last week. Clara Kimball Young paid $250 in settlement of a claim for injuries to the seventeen-year-old boy who was hurt by her automobile several weeks ago. Miss Young was not in her machine when the accident occurred. Fritzi Brunette Sustains Bruises in Studio Accident MITCHELL LEWIS' weight, combined with his strength, and a pair of weak hinges on the door of a studio backwoods cabin, were the cause of an accident last week which resulted in a teinporary postponement of work on Mr. Lewis' Select picture, "The Gulf Between." The accident, which involved Fritzi Brunette, Mr. Lewis' leading woman, occurred during the filming of a studio scene. A big situation in the production is a thirty-mile chase with a dog team which ends in a lonely cabin where Mr. Lewis, as Jacques, rescues a girl from two tough characters. The cabin in the studio was built for strength, but it had one weak spot, the hinges on the door. The girl and the two characters were supposed to be in the cabin waiting for the rescue. At the proper moment Lewis rushed up to the cabin door and flung his entire weight against it. It withheld the first shock. The second time Mr. Lewis lunged against the door with greater force. The hinges snapped and the door fell in, pinning Miss Brunette to the floor and knocking her unconscious. She was considerably bruised, and for a time it was feared that she had suffered internal injuries, but later reports stated there were no serious consequences. Cubberley Succeeds Pearson at First National Exchange ER. PEARSON has resigned as manager of the Minneapolis First Na• tional exchange ,and Fred Cubberley, manager of the Minneapolis branch of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for the last two months, has been appointed his successor. Mr. Pearson has been with the Minneapolis First National exchange since it was established. He was one of the best known and most popular exchange managers in the Northwest. Mr. Cubberley was for more than two years assistant manager of the Minneapolis Paramount Artcraft office under C. L. Peavey, who has been transferred to Chicago. J. W. Allen, special representative of the Famous Players Lasky Corporation, has arrived in Minneapolis and will be in charge of the local office until a successor to Air. Cubberley ha.= been chosen.