Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

August 28, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1487 At Leading Picture Theaters Programs for the Week At the New York Motion Picture Houses. Vitagraph Theater Bill. 4f~p O CHERISH AND PROTECT," a strong three-part drama, heads the list of pictures this week at the \ itagraph theater. The drama was written by William Vaughn Pettit and produced by William Humphrey, with a cast including Harry Morey. L. Rogers Lytton, Bobby Connelly, Harry Northrup, Gladden James, Denton Vane and Estelle Mardo. It is a story of tense action, pathos and direct human appeal, and tells of a firm of stockbrokers who. as a last resort, use a customer's stock as collateral. They gamble and lose. As each carries enough life insurance to save the firm from absolute ruin, they decide to draw lots, the one drawing the fatal slip to commit suicide. Two of the partners, one of whom is secretly in love with the third one's wife, conspire to trick the other. Comedy dominates the balance of the program, Mr. Sidney Drew appearing in "Unlucky Louey," one of the most thoroughly enjoyable of the Drew comedies, in which Louey, in trying to get back to prison, finds it impossible because of unexpected kindness and a shower of gold that rains down upon him at every turn. Lillian Walker. Evart Overton and a star cast in "The Fire Escape" enact an amusing story of how a fire escape aids a pair of lovers to circumvent an irate father and an unwelcome suitor. The Western Vitagraph players present a laughing comedy, "Willie Stayed Single." The remaining picture is a two-part feature drama. "The Kidnapped Stockbroker." in which a young newspaper reporter, aided by the cleverness of his sweetheart, solves the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy broker. Dorothy Kelly. Louise Beaudet, Jay Dwiggins and William Dunn are seen to advantage in the enactment of the principal characters. Sam Bernard at the Strand. "Poor Schmaltz." a laughable farce-comedy, produced by the Famous Players Film Company, with Sam Bernard in the title role, has first place on the Strand theater program this week. The comedy complications arise from Schmaltz, finding that his wig business has gone to smash, attempting to pass himself off as a count in order to marry the daughter of a rich brewer from America. The real and the bogus count meet, and a very funny duel is the result. The educational feature this week is "Elephant Labor in India." The Topical Review contains, besides the latest news pictures from this country and abroad, a carefully selected lot of extremely interesting and realistic European war pictures. A new Kalem Comedy is also shown on the screen. Percy Richards. "The Man in White." and Miss Grace Hoffman are the vocal soloists. The Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Carl Edouarde. render an attractive program. Marguerite Clark at the Broadway. "Helene of the North." a picturesque photodrama in which Marguerite Clark has a well-fitting role, leads the list at the Broadway theater. The supporting company contains such well-known names as Conway Tearle. Frank Losee, Elliott Dexter. David Wall. James Kearney. Bringham Royce and Katherine Adams. A fresh instalment of South American Travel Pictures, the Broadway Animated News, and one-reel comedies are also on the program. FORREST STANLEY JOINS MOROSCO. Forrest Stanley, as great an idol as the Los Angeles matinee girl ever had, has said his adieux to the famous Burbank theater stock company, where he reigned supreme for four solid years, and is now established in his new position as leading man with the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company. Having taken his degree in engineering at Columbia University, Mr. Stanley has figured out that where he was appearing to 1.000 people at a performance on the speaking stage the same . performances upon the screen introduced "him to a huge clientele that not only netted easily 105.000 people a dav. hut also had the advantage of multiplying his performance simultaneously, so that it was enacted in over thirty different parts ot the civilized globe at one and the same time. He believes that an artist did not know what celebrity was or could be until moving pictures arrived. Remarkable Record of Young Author In Two Years Miss Elaine Sterne Has Written Fifty Photoplays, All Produced by Weil-Known Companies. EXACTLY two years ago next month Elaine Sterne had her first story accepted by the Vitagraph Company. Since that time she has written exactly fifty plays, all of which have been bought by well-known companies. She captured the thousand-dollar prize offered by the Vitagraph and Evening Sun for her "Sins of the Mothers," and the five hundred dollar prize awarded by the Telegraph and Flamingo Company. She is now engaged in putting the finishing touches to her latest creation, "Lincoln's Dream," which promises to be a picture of unusual merit. When Miss Sterne first became known in the film world, her determination to write the "better sort of things" was quoted as well as her oft repeated belief that there was unlimited opportunity in the motion picture play for the earnest author. She has proved in the short two years of her work that her ability beyond a doubt lies in the direction of the "better sort of things." There is a wealth of detail and originality that makes her work stand out. Perhaps the most popular are the Vitagraph series of Sunny Jim pictures, featuring Bobby Connelly. In these, with three leading characters, Sonny. Daddy Jim, portrayed by Tefft Johnson, and Mother Dear, by Mabel Kelly, she has woven tales full of rare humor and heart interest. For the past year she has written many plays for Mary Fuller, of the Universal Company. The plays include "The Witch Girl." "The Girl Who Had a Soul." the "Daughter of the Nile." A new comedy entitled "The Tale of the C" is to be released at an early date. When one reflects that Miss Sterne is very-' much_ younger than the average author of note, that she is fop d of outdoor sports and travel, one can but wonder how she accomplishes it all. K. & E.-FOX SUIT ADJUSTMENT. A report subsequent to that printed in The Moving Picture World under date of August 21 gives a different meaning to the outcome of the suit of Robert Ktlliard, Klaw & Erlanger and Porter Emerson Browne against the William Fox Vaudeville Company, concerning the photoplay "A Fool There Was." It appears that Judge Augustas N. Hand, of the United States District Court, directed ftfe Fox Vaudeville Company to give the complainants precisely what they asked for on the argument of their motion. When the court directed Mr. Fox's attorney to produce, on the filing of the papers, the contract between the Fox Vaudeville Company and the Fox Film Corporation, which their affidavits showed they had refused to exhibit. Mortimer Fishel, attorney for the complainants, withdrew his request for an injunction. In receiving the contracts and accounts he had gained his point. When the papers were finally filed the court wrote his opinion as follows: "Defendant. William Fox Vaudeville Company has today, in the presence of complainants' counsel, presented to me an account certified by chartered accountants,, showing details of the receipts of the William Fox Vaudeville' Company, from a Box Office Attraction Film Rental Company and the Fox Film Corporation.' companies with which the defendant had contracts for manufacturing and exhibiting films. Under these circumstances I consider that the provision of the contract between the complainants and the defendant for furnishing accounts has now been complied with and any cause of action for cancelling the contract between the parties for past violations to furnish accounts must be regarded as ended. The Court, however, has obtained jurisdiction of the matter and the complainants are entitled to have similar detailed accounts furnished in the future." SIEGEL-LEVY. Announcement cards have • been issued by Mrs. Sarah Levy uoon the marriage of her daughter. Lena L.. to Abe E. Sie?el. which event was celebrated on Sundav. August o. 19Li. Mr. Siegel is a traveling representative o'f the Fox film company. BUSHMAN BRINGS NEW METRO FEATURE EAST. Francis X. Bushman, the Metro Star, comes East from the Pacific Coast this week, bringing with him the new feature. "The Silent Voice," said to be one of the most pretentious offerings he has yet given to the screen. At a private exhibition given at the Studebaker theater in Chicago on Thursday morning, the picture won high praise from the audience, many exhibitors asserting that in "The Silent Voice" Mr. Bushman had registered one of the most notable characterizations of his artistic career. A special exhibition of ''The Silent Voice" was given to New York Exhibitors at the Broadway theater. 40th street and Broadway, at 10.30 p. m. Friday. At this showing the picture was presented witli a full orchestra, for which a special musical program was arranged by B. A. Rolfe.