Moving Picture News (Jul-Oct 1913)

THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 23 HENRY E. DIXEY AMONG FAMOUS PLAYERS Henry E. Dixey, the famous legitimate star, one of the foremost favorites of the American stage, is presented in ■•'Chelsea 7750,'' an original drama of the underworld, written and directed by J. Searle Dawley, to be released September 20th by the Famous Players Film Company. The play sounds every depth of the underworld, its secrets, its methods and emotions, and penetrates the intricate labyrinths of the submerged half. In the role of an eminent, able and conscientious detective, Mr. Dixey is afforded ample opportunity to utilize the fine powers of characterization for which he is noted. In a relentless and thrilling pursuit of a trained and resourceful gang of counterfeiters, which later develop into an intense mental and physical struggle, with many impeding difficulties and heart-breaking disappointments, but which eventually culminates in a complete and decisive victory, I\jr. Dixey is provided with one of the strongest parts which in all his extended and versatile career he has ever portrayed. Startling revelations, ingenious machinations and overwhelming climaxes crowd fast in thrilling succession; and through it all the mystery and fascination of the world that lives under cover. Mr. Dixey is supported by Laura Sawyer, who as his daughter and a female detective also assists him in his triumph over the criminals, and House Peters, in the role of Professor Grimble, the master mind of the counterfeiters. A. Warner, vice-president and general manager of Warner's Features, Inc., left Tuesday, September 16th, for a long trip by way of Canada to the Pacific Coast on matters of business relating to the opening of exchanges in the larger Canadian cities, and the installation of the Warner program. HARRY MYERS Harry Myers, after many years' engagement with the Lubin Company, may now be spoken of as the leading man. He is at the head of the number one company, directed by General Director Barry O'Neil. Mr. Myers is not only a clever photo player actor, but he is an acrobat, qualified to do the daredevil tricks often seen on the animated screen and in many of the Lubin pictures is recognized in situations which are not only intensely melodramatic but thrilling. He was born in New Haven of an old New England family, being a descendant of Capt. Myers, of the Revolutionary Army, and Corporal Myers, of the Civil War. Harry C. Myers served in the Spanish-American War and now for the past four years has been a valuable memljer of the Lubin players. "THE STOLEN WOMAN" "The Stolen Woman." announced for release on Sept. 30th by the Reliance Company, is not a white slave story and has nothing whatsoever to do with the recent agitation along that line. On the contrary it is a dramatiza tion of Eleanor Ingram's story by that name, which appeared in Lippincott's Magazine, and contains a strong plot founded upon the theft of a beautiful girl, by the man she loves but^refuses to marry because of her engagement to an elderly man of wealth to whom she has promised her hand. An escaped convict figures prominently in the story, which is full of action. The unusual incidents follow each other in rapid succession from the first to the final scene of the picture-drama, which is in two reels and sixty scenes. The girl marries her bold lover, but his manner of winning her raises a grave doubt in his mind as to whether she really loves him or not. It is at this point of the drama that the convict enters the lives of the young couple for the third time and is the indirect cause of bringing them to each other's arms. Rosemary Theby and Irving Cummings play the leads in this extraordinary offering. RODMAN LAW IN A NEW STUNT The latest dare-devil doing of riotous Rodman Law is a jump from the top of a high cliff into the making of a watery grave. Law made the jump with a fair damsel sitting astride of the horse in back of him. The feat was accomplished at Ausable Chasm, New York, from the top of "Rock Table," and was part of the plot of a photoplay entitled "The Lovers' Leap," scheduled for release by the Reliance on October 11th. Unforeseen difficulties were encountered in the shape of vigorous objection by the local authorities, who insisted that the jump was a case of double suicide, pure and simple. Two days of telegrams and long-distance calls to the Reliance studio ensued, and the leap was finally allowed. Law and his "picture" sweetheart took their places on the horse's back and he started on a gallop for the edge of the cliff. He jumped clear of the rocks and turned almost completely over before striking the water. The film shows that Law and the girl left the horse's back just in time to escape being injured. They were compelled to swim for some distance and make their way up a steep embankment almost perpendicular to the surface of the water, all of which was faithfully recorded by the cameras. The horse, which had the distinction of being followed by a separate camera-man, found a better landing place and did not seem any the worse for his experience. Neither Law nor the girl felt any ill eft'ects from their reckless plunge, and, in fact, seemed to regard the sensation in the light of a dash around a scenic railway.