Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

1146 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD August 14, 1915 Myrtle Stedman of the Oliver Morosco Company has moved to a handsome new home on fashionable Hoover street. It is a better bungalow. Forrest Stanley has invested in a terrible looking racing car which he drove to the Yosemite on his vacation following the completion of "The Reform Candidate." * * * Henry Otto has bought an auto. You may now expect to hear of his Flying A-round Santa Barbara. * * * Anna Little, who was featured in man}' Ince pictures and who has been with the Universal for some time, has left that company and is on a vacation. Anna will not stand quizzing, but smiles and says, "I'll surprise you all." * * * E. A. Fisher has purchased the Optic theater, 533 South Main street, from the Los Angeles Investment Co. Mr. Fisher has not been engaged in the motion picture business for the last three years. He was formerly proprietor of the American Theater, Broadway and Fifth street, and the College Theater, Fifth and Hill streets. He is booking feature service from the General Film Company. * * * We made a friendly call this week at the Los Angeles offices of the All Star Feature Distributors. E. H. Emmick is the manager. Mr. Emmick stated that he was very much pleased with business in general and particularly with the showing of some of the productions handled by his company. He has had very good returns from the "Spoilers" and "Cabiria." The "Spoilers" has been played in almost every picture house in Southern California and is now repeating as high as third and fourth time. "Cabiria" is also doing very well and has never been played for less than 25 cents which is quite remarkable considering the age of the picture. The offices of the All Star Feature Distributors have been recently remodeled and look business like. * * * Fred Green, proprietor of the Unique Theater, Minona, Ariz., was in the city last week. The LTnique is a well conducted house with a capacity of about 500. The admission charged is 10 and 20 cents. * * * John Barncord, proprietor of the La Mara Theater, Phoenix, Ariz., was in Los Angeles on business last week. The La Mara has a seating capacity of 500 and charges 10 and 20 cents admission. * * * G. E. Bush, proprietor of the Superba and Broadway Theaters in San Diego, was in town a few days ago. Mr. Bush booked service for one of his theaters with the All Star Feature Distributors. The Superba and the Broadway are the two largest houses in San Diego. * * * M. Rosenberg of Minneapolis. Minn., was in town for a short vacation. Mr. Rosenberg has recently sold out his state rights for the "Spoilers," "The Christian," and "The Escape," to the Supreme Feature Film Company of Minneapolis. * * * Margaret Edwards, who played the Naked Truth Girl in "Hypocrites," is featured this week in Pantage's vaudeville. * * * There is a Charlie Chaplin contest this week at the Republic. Some of the contenders are good. "The Governor's Boss" Interesting Melodrama in Five Reels by "The Governor's Boss" Photoplay Company. Reviewed by Hanfofd C. Judson. THIS picture, in which ex-Governor William Sulzer is featured, was shown to newspaper critics early in June and an extended account of it may be found on page 2106, issue of June 26, 1915. It was then six reels in length, and had much matter that tended to confuse the story and hamper its effect as entertainment. Since that time the picture has been re-edited and we are asked to call our readers' attention to it once more. That it has been benefited by the process of elimination there can be no doubt. It still remains a bit confused in the early scenes, due to its many characters and the complex character of its situation. It is certainly rich in incident and in many ways a most unusual picture. That the story, once it gets under way, holds strongly is also true. It tells the story of a governor of New York (the pictures of Albany show that) who was elected and then impeached by the boss of the political machine, because he would not bow to the imperious will of the grafting gang. Mary Fuller MARY FULLER was born in Washington City, of American parents. Her mother is still living in that city; her father is dead. She has three sisters who have never entered theatricals. When a child Miss Fuller showed tendencies toward the art of mimicry and would often steal away from her playmates to "act" before a cracked mirror in the garret of the little cottage in which she lived. She came to New York City to fight her own battle and secured a minor part with an unimportant company. Becoming discouraged she decided to apply for a position as an extra in one of the moving picture studios. The result is that in the past five years Mary Fuller has become known all over the globe. She has been featured in hundreds of photoplays. Since joining the Universal less than a year ago she has played in many successful features and her popularity has grown ten-fold since she became "LTniversal Mar y." Miss Fuller is a finished artist, with her heart in her work. Those who enjoy her friendship know that she is an accomplished linguist, musician, author and that she devotes all her spare time to the study of the arts and sciences. Recently Julius Stern, manager of the eastern Universal studios, has arranged with Elaine Sterne to write one feature a month for Miss Fuller. "Mary's Duke," "The Daughter of the Nile," and the "Girl Who Had a Soul" are a few which have been produced recently. Miss Fuller has just completed "Under Southern Skies," a Broadway Universal Feature, directed by Lucius Henderson, and judging from the success which they have had in securing a splendid cast including Paul Panzer, Milton Sills, Clara Byer and several other well-known players and also in the fact that they succeeded in filming the beautiful Savannah scenes so necessary, "Under Southern Skies" should be another feature of which the LTniversal will have reason to be proud. Mary Fuller. PALLAS PICTURES ON PARAMOUNT PROGRAM. Pallas Pictures. Inc., is the name of the latest producing company to release through the Paramount Pictures Corporation, and already the new concern has arranged to present, in big screen offerings, Dustin Farnum and Maclyn Arbuckle. Dustin Farnum's career is too well known to be reprinted here. His many stage and film successes in such productions as "Captain Courtesy." "The Squaw Man," "Cameo Kirby." "The Virginian," and others too numerous to mention, have made him known in every town in the country. It is stated that Mr. Farnum will appear in at least four productions for the Pallas Pictures, two of which have already been decided upon, namely, "Davy Crockett" and "The Gentleman from Indiana," by Booth Tarkington. Maclyn Arbuckle, also well known to the devotees of the stage as well as the screen, is already at work at the Los Angeles studios of the concern on his latest motion picture subject, "The Reform Candidate," a comedy written by himself and Edgar A. Guest. This production is an adaptation of Mr. Arbuckle's well known play of the same name which has met with unusual success. KLEINE MAKING "THE GREEN CLOAK," "The Green Cloak." one of Owen Davis' successful dramatic successes, is being filmed at the George Kleine Studios with Miss Irene Fenwick in the lead of Ruth McAllister. Miss Fenwick is supported by a selected cast which includes Richie Ling, Delia Connor, Blanche Aimee, Roland Bottomley. William Anker, John Davidson, Anna Reader, Frank Belcher and Katherine Brook.