Moving Picture World (Mar 1917)

March 17, 1917 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1791 Bluebirds in Reserve A Goodly Number of Excellent Features Ready for Release. WITH three attractions scheduled for April, the stock upon which Bluebird may draw to compile the list for that month comprises many excellent features, including plays in which Ella Hall, Dorothy Phillips, Myrtle Gonzalez, Mary MacLaren and Franklyn Farnum will be featured. Mary MacLaren has been directed by Charles Swickard in "The Plow Woman," a feature based on a story written by Eleanor Gates, dealing with life among the Dakota homesteaders. Harry De More, L. C. Shumway and Clara Horton will be principals in Miss MacLaren's support. Aaron Hoffman's story, "The Clock," prepared for the screen by Maie B. Havey, has been directed by Wm. Worthington. with Franklyn Farnum and Agnes Vernon playing the leading roles. "Flowers of Doom," a Rex Ingram production, featuring Wedgewood Nowell and Sien Far, is ready to be scheduled. Sien Far is a clever Chinese actress, very pretty, and lending a link of correctness to the Chinese atmosphere of the attraction. Jack Conway has directed Ella Hall, in "Pawned," a flvereeler based on a story by Constance Crawley and Arthur Meade. Maie B. Havey prepared the scenario. Antrim Short, clever impersonator of juvenile characters, Walter Belasco. Marshall Mackaye, George Pearce and Jack Conolly will be Miss Hall's principal supporters. Lynn F. Reynolds, who produced "Mutiny," the Bluebird current at the New York Rialto, has prepared another feature of the "near to nature" sort entitled "The Code of the Klondyke," in which Myrtle Gonzalez, Val Paul and George Hernandez will be the featured players. From these attractions a selection will be made to complete the April program for Bluebird, following Violet Mersereau, in "Susan's Gentleman," April 2; Wedgewood Nowell and Gypsy Harte, in "The Pulse of Life," April 9, and Dorothy Phillips in "The Girl in the Checkered Coat," April 16. "HEART'S DESIRE" FOR MARIE DORO IN APRIL. Marie Doro's next screen appearance following "Castles for Two," which is scheduled for release by Paramount on March 8, will be "Heart's Desire," which was prepared for the screen by Eve Unsell. Miss Unsell has contributed several notable scripts and stories to Famous Players-Lasky releases. She is the author of "The Long Trail," in which Lou-Tellegen appears with Mary Fuller. Among her most recent adaptations for the screen are "The Dummy," by Harvey J. O'Higgins and Harriet Ford, in which Jack Pickford is the star; "The Fortunes of Fifi," a Molly Elliott Seawell play starring Marguerite Clark, and "Heart's Desire," which is scheduled for release by Paramount on April 12. "CASTLES FOR TWO" SHOWS MARIE DORO. tt/^ASTDES FOR TWO," which was written especially for VjMarie Doro by Beatrice De Mille and Leighton Osmun, gives the popular Lasky-Paramount star an unusual opportunity, as it presents her in the role of a wealthy American girl of Irish descent. This delightful romance is rendered all the more effective by engaging a number of children to play the roles of fairies, and f . . 7**? • V* f ' . ,1 I V 3> 1 Scene from "Castles for Two" (Lasky). by the employment of an interior decorator to design all the interior settings for this production. Although the interior decorator has been permanently engaged by the Lasky company, this is the first production in which his art will be displayed upon the screen. Director Frank Reicher chose as supporting cast for Miss Doro a number of prominent players, among them being Elliott Dextor, Mayme Kelso, Horace B. Carpenter, Billy Elmer, Jane Wolff, Harriet Sorenson, Lillian Leighton and Julia Jackson. "ENVIRONMENT" (Mutual). James Kirkwood, author and director of the newest Mary Miles Minter production for Mutual, "Environment," is interpolating an abundance of human interest atmosphere. "Environment" is a New England romance, and one street scene with the little village church at the end looks as if it had been lifted bodily from the green hills of New Hampshire. There is also some clever "small town stuff" introduced in views of a street merchant selling magic soap and proving its Scene from "Environment" (Mutual). value by shampooing the head of a street urchin for the benefit of his prospective buyers. There is also a friendly game of "pitchin' horseshoes" between the village champion and his rival, and the funny capers of the village "cut-up" will furnish many a laugh. LUCAS COMPANY ISSUES 1917 CATALOGUE. The Lucas Theater Supply Company of 158 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga., has issued its 1917 catalogue. The book is well printed on good paper, is freely illustrated and contains 150 pages. In stock are Simplex and Power projectors, Power's road equipment, Motiograph and traveler's equipment as well as Edison Kinetoscope D. Listed are full lines of projectionroom accessories, including the bpeedco arc Controller and the Auto Arc. A most complete index contains a record of all the devices that may be required by the up-to-date exhibitor CUB ISSUES ANIMAL COMEDY. "Jerry's Triple Alliance," the Cub Comedy scheduled for release through the Mutual on March 15, is an animal comedy, embodying a new line of thought in productions of this kind. It is a type of picture that has appeal for all people, and one in which children, in particular, will find much to interest them. Scene from "Jerry's Triple Alliance" (Cub). The story revolves around Jerry, played by George Ovey, who is madly in love with Tiny. She reciprocates his affections, but father steps in and tells her she must marry Bill, who, unknown to him, is a bad man. The efforts of the elephants are a novelty and unusually interesting and amusing, and because of this fact and the general excellence of the subject, it is expected that this picture will be much in demand.