The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

18 Bluebird star places emblem in Colonel Hutchins' hands. THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY DOROTHY PHILLIPS PRESENTS COLORS to the 7th CALIFORNIA ^HEN the boys of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, National Guard of California, march to battle "somewhere in France," they will carry with them a new silk flag — the gift of the motion picture people of Los Angeles. On the Fourth of July this beautiful emblem was presented to Colonel Charles F. Hutchins, commander of the regiment, by Miss Dorothy Phillips, Bluebird star, in the presence of the officers of the regiment and a large number of producers, actors and actresses, the ceremony taking place at Edendale, near Hollywood. Miss Phillips was working on her latest Bluebird release, "Triumph" at the time, but her director," Joseph De Grasse, was perfectly willing to let her go for such a patriotic purpose. In making the presentation. Miss Phillips expressed the hope that the new flag would serve to cheer and encourage the boys of the regiment wherever they might happen to be, and she bade Colonel Hutchins and the members of his regiment Godspeed on their journey to the battle fronts of Europe. "Be assured, men of the Seventh Regiment," said Miss Phillips, her voice trembling with emotion, "that the women of California will pray night and morning for your safety while away from our Golden State." Colonel Hutchins, in accepting the battle flag, said the Seventh Regiment greatly appreciated the honor conferred upon it by the donors to whom it was deeply grateful and for whom and the entire nation it would do its utmost in the present conflict. The new regimental flag is mounted on a fine staff embellished with a silver eagle. Lyons and Moran Make Convention Hum Popular Nestor stars, who are to work now only in two-reelers, make fun for Chicago. "TWO of the big attractions at the exhibition held in connection with the Exhibitors Convention at the Coliseum in Chicago were the Nestor co-stars, Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. It had been decided by the powers that be, that Lyons and Moran should appear in two-reel Nestors instead of one-reel pictures, and for that purpose a number of two-reel stories had been collected for them for their use. They have proven so popular in single reelers that the demand of exhibitors has all been for two-reel pictures with which they could do more extensive advertising than on one-reelers. In order to make them as fast as they wanted, alternate directors were chosen — Harry Edwards and Burton George. They will work alternately with both stars in future under the supervision of Roy Clements. The first of these two-reel pictures is entitled "On the Owl," and was taken from a vaudeville sketch of Cressy and Dayne, and was written by Will Cressy, the wellknown vaudeville star. Having completed this picture, Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran demanded a vacation. It was vactaion time, and they had not had one for a year, and they needed a little relaxation. They put the matter up to Henry McRae, and that wise old boy didn't take two minutes to decide. "Sure you boys deserve a vacation," he said, "and I am going to give it to you. Have you thought of any place that you want to go particularly?" Neither of them had. • "Well, I'll pick out a place for you then. You can take the train to-morrow afternoon for Chicago, and you can fool around there for a week, and see everybody that's anybody in the film business, have a corking good vacation, and come back here ready to pitch in with these {Continued on page 38) Ella Hall in her latest Bluebird, "Tlie Charmer."