The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -25 rf ly and Universal Pictures I ;n are seri^ t actoi-s in l>ng screen ^erer th:|n |y in BlueI res. This 1 devoted to r services. 1 wed in turn I Among ree one of the I Orphan," a Babes in the ■ire, in which .tllan in one I which Uni> picture is ! , and gains 1 rk of Fred impersonalenagerie of mal, healthy ;hing to say ork as play, iversal City xich he must assert him any further ie attracted authorities 3on of Nephe star, givrization that it appeared lustration is :all," a Red James McCandless. A BOY BLUEBIRD. JAMES McCANDLESS is the name of the boy who has played in two Ella Hall Bluebirds. He was the Earl's son in "Polly Redhead" and he will be seen in her next Bluebird release, which is called "The Charmer." In this he plays the part of a neglected boy, whose affairs are satisfactorily arranged through the good auspices of the missionary's daughter, who nearly upsets the prim New England town. In the cut, James is seen grasping a fairv hand. This is not a scene from "The Voice On the Wire" put in by mistake. The hand is reaUy that of Ella Hall, but she was eliminated from the picture because this was to be a page of "real kids," and Ella is really grown up, you know. Authority differs as to whether James is of noble birth or not There is a James S. McCandless, a noble of the Mystic Shrine who hails from Honolulu and who hails every year. He is a great friend of Henry McRae and when he was here last month he had a flattering reception. ABOUT LENA BASKETTE. J^ORE than a year ago the annoiincement was made that the longest Universal contract ever drawn had been signed between the film company and a little girl called "Lena Baskette." Lena is not very old, but she can already lay claim to the two titles, "actress" and "dancer." It was her dancing which attracted the attention of the Universal officials. She received the nickname of "Pavlowa, Junior." Lena has appeared in a great number of Universal pictures. She played what was practically a stellar role in "The Carrivan^" that remarkable study of Old Egypt, in which Claire McDowell has the leading adult role. Lena made up wonderfully effectively as an Egyptian, for there is something exotic in her appearance, which allows her to impersonate such roles remarkably well. A I late release in which she appeared was the Gold Seal "The Black Mantilla," a story of Mexico, staged by Ruth Ann Baldwin, in which a dancing contest played a part in the action. Lena was to take Her turn with the adult dancers, and it was pretty to watch the impatience with which she waited for it. At the present time she is appearing in a series of two-reel pictures, which are made by Marshall Stedman. These stories have ail been chosen with a special view to using her talents as a dancer. In one of them, called "A m e 1 i t a ' s Friend,", the title role is played by Joe Martin, the almost human orang outang, who is Lena's great favorite. Lena Baskette. THE BIMINI SEAL. Elizabeth Janes. WHEN the three-reel Bison, "The Soul Herder" is shown an extraordinary picture with Harrey Carey as its star, audiences will be particularly interested in the work of the little girl, "Mary Ann," who adopts "Cheyenne Harry" as her new daddy, and by forcing him to wear the clerical vest of her own father, murdered by the Indians, succeeds in getting him to clean up the whole town of Buckhorn. Mary Ann is played by Elizabeth Janes, one of the "regulars" at Universal City. Elizabeth is known as "The Bimini Seal" in California, which title she earned by performing the stunt of diving from a high railing into the ocean with her hands and feet tied .She did this for the camera to show that there was no deception about it. Jack Conolly of Universal City, is congratulating her on her feat.