Moving Picture World (Sep - Oct 1918)

1712 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 21, 1918 hSBliyi-': Rambles Round Filintown With WALTER K HILL jam Now For More Sport. In Vers Libre (Very Kr«?e Ind«v<l By Thomas Bedding. "What's this I see? Landon taking up your space To tell how the Power folk went out to race. Play ball, and Kenerally have a high old time of it? Ki,.s<p,l if I'm not moved to make a rhvme of it. Slill (by the way), you really must allow the Rtriolure, Our dear old World's devoted to the Plc tur. — Or is ^upitosed to be. so forgive me if I sigh to see Of unfamiliar sport notes m satiety. (Oh, yes, I know my mus« Is an •ocentric ambler. But I'll as I go on, d«ar K ■ I Anyhow, ti... :.at I wanted to observ* a bit. The idea's good, and of Imitation may deserve a bit. Why not have an outing of th« entirtrade? Wouldn't it be flne to have 'em all arrayed— Magnates and stars, press agents and dlrectors' The public Would be hlshljr Interested inspectors. [That's feeble rhyming! — HAMBLER.] Now, see here. If you think you can do better, my old dear. Just try it. and not be discursive. I Guess I know fairly well how to versify" [Maybe! — UAMBL.ER.] Well, to proceed. I.iet's organlie an outing and a feed: I'nloose tlie bunch in some big rural dump And get 'em to show us how they run and Jump. Hill Hart and Doug, rhnrlov. Fatty; Attended by their : Mary. Miir^Ufrle, .N Clara, l)orothy. uii . coftnitu). Then the magnates: .Xil.ili-d, i;iri ;ir i Sam; Bill Fox, Hill Brady, Lasky and Hl-rain' My! Think of the Awe Inspiring Fun of It If we could lure 'em on to make a run of It? Then, Ince and Dave and Mack — this trlan^ulurlty In a blindfold scramble Wouldn't that provoke hilarity? My word: The possibilities of this Idea are great. Boys! Think It over, and lets see If we can't make something out of It (and help win the war) at an early date before It's too late and we still luxuriate in the indescribable felicity of possessing great stars, great directors, great press agents, and the movie magnate. — w B 8 — Alice Terry tells a story about two colored men talking to each other about being drafted. One said to the other: "Tou'd better make a will." And this was the second culled gentlemen's reply. "Ah ain't Interested In that kind of a •will. The only will I cares about is — will I come back." An Office Ramble, y I>esk — "Here's a guy spelling <• Fawcett's name with a "u." ->• xt Desk. — "Let It run." — w 8 s — World Pictures Title: "A Soul Without Windows." Page Lulu Glaser and Montague Glass. P. S — We'll admit that's putty bad. WPS — "In Judgment of" (Metro). Trade paper flim reviewers are good at that. — w s s — "The Pie-Eyed Piper" (Nestor) suggests the thought that musicians as well as ordinary mortals will have to cut that out after July 1, next. U . 8 — What Makes 'Em Wild? \\ ■ "W "Ti ^ .:._._... ... "The i<«v«|i« Wuman" (t»elect>. — w s a — Rara Parfvrn*. That sweet fiii. II i>suiiig occasionally ' the land of the Hun Is Cologne being . tl — w s s — \ "The Silent Woman" (Metro) the dlllu ilram% •The V naturally It Is shown. ikU) will ire wlier'e 1 be a '• are . their .V inderd. we dun't mean >uu: was — Tks GravsB Truth. tliK llie I ' Iptlult. "To H.. ri. "For Ser\:«e *>»-ii i *une. "From the Itlalto and HIvoli Theatres, of New York " W R Timeliness in Filmtown. ir Comedies relv;tsed "Berth .ts Uusy McAdoo look over tut* J uiiiii.di (.ars. — w s s "For Husbands Only,' according (o Jewel publicity, is a title that "is merely a title and not a restriction." (>r an afTilcltlon" — w B : Bid and Ask*d — High and Low. E'* MMY WMKLK.N'S nrrivul \ lu .Metro In 1^ "His Bonded Wife" reminds us that Mae Murray has been here with "Her Body In Bond" as a Universal oflfering. The stock market has ilgured extensively In film titles ere this, as witness: "The Bond of Passion" (Great Northern). "Bonds of Deception" (American). "The Bond Within" (Lubln). "The Bond That Binds" (Frontier). "The Bond Sinister" (Blograph). "The Bond of Womanhood" (Lubln). "The Bond of Music" (Vitagraph). "The Bond of Love" (Sellg). "The Bond of Friendslilp" (Krlterion). "The Bond of Fear" (Triangle). "The Bond of Brotherhood " (Gaumont). "The Bond of Blood" (Vllagraph). "The Bond Ktcrnal"' (Kalem). "The Bond Between" (Associated). Possibly all negotiated through "The Bond Woman" (Kalem). How the Rudolphs Vs. Reichenbach* Ran Up Their Big Score in the War. ileported by A\'illiani H lUulolpli ) IT IS seldom, if ever, that 1 can find fault with the news contained in the columns of your wonderful Moving I'lcture World, and I have been a subscriber to same for the past forty-five years. Its editorial opinions, Its policies, its general make-up has always appealed to me, and, when 1 tliink of the many ""good things"' I have "done"' in my life, I lay it entirely to the ideas I have assimilated by Its constant perusal. Lut what was my astonishment, not to say chagrin, to see with my own eyes not only an article that is directly contrary to the policy of the press throughout the country, but contrary to the policy of any good, true, u|iright. honest, red-blooded American. • Now. far be it from me — a publicity "expert"— or any of my brotherhood to break into print. That in itself is a known fact not only by you, an editor, but by the public in general. No publicity man (or press agent) would think, dream, or contemplate wasting his talents on hlmsrlf nay! neighl — he Is like tlip sturdy, ' hardy horse hitched to the dray; along his load and "unloading" .. ,... i,,. public. He, with the usual becoming press agent's modesty, sinks his own personality into sweet oblivion while training liis searchlight of pulillclty through the public prints direct upon the "star," But I must break this Inviolate rule and for once protest under my own name. .\s you well know tlie press agents of the ciiuntry have done a great deal toward helping along the war by selling Lllierty Bonds I^ook at Benny Ziedman, Fairbunks' press agent; Mary I'ickford's press agent, Wm. Hart's press agent, i'harlie ('liaplin's press agent! Just think of the \;isi number of bonds sold by these press ;>;.< nts during the lust selling campaign land I Hin not mentioning the recruiting and other stunts pulled off by Clara Klmbnll Young, because It would not be polite or ethical of me to put her name In tills article; so I'll say nothing about her); think of the good Work of Lieut. Hothapfel, in fact by the entire motion picture lndustr>, to help along the cause of the •• ■ • and then to allow this nrtlcle I am K to mention to appear In your col you. the leading publication In the lllu\lllK picture lllilUHlrX' I refer lu Ihr nrlleie nlileh ■«>■ "(here are ■r%pnl(>rB llrlehrabacha" lu Ihr ■rm) ! Now. Mr. Kdltclr, we have been uiimonlshed to give absolutely no Information that would give "comfort to our enemies" and to refrain from "talking' or "publlHhlng" any "facts" about what we are doing or about to do in this country. Yet here it is "tipped off" In «-old type that tliere are "17 Helchenbaclis " in the service — and by now 1 suppose ilir Kaiser knows it! No wonder the entire i:erinan Army is on the run, yet If this infcrmation had been kept under cover we lit have captured the entire bunch. As we will have to wear out another .-. ..iiteen billion dollars worth of shoeleather Just on account of this grievous error. 1 feel like calling the attention of this "leak" in the I{el< henliach lines to old f'leiieral Ilelclienliach himself, who does not believe in publicity — or the unnecessary waste of Ink during war times. Why, there has been one hundred per <-ent. of the ICudolphs in servici' since the war startt'd, but did I say anything? Not so as you could notice it. Hotli of my sons are in the service (you will notice that 1 don't stipulate any specllied number). One left t'other day on his eighth trip to France and the other Is right at the front petting one of the big Kremh seventy-fives. And, as for the balance of the Uudolph family to make up the one hundred per cent., I. myself, have never hesitated from the very beginning of the war to give my advice freely and fully to all— Just how President Wilson, I'ershlng, Daniels, Baker and the others shnuld conduct the same. t