The Moving picture world (November 1920)

94 MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 6, 1920 "Song of the Soul, " a Kendall -Chambers Film, Is in Big Demand by Exhibitors THE pre-release showing of the first of the Kendall-Chambers pictures, "The Song of the Soul," starring Vivian Martin, at the Capitol Theatre, has been followed by many letters from exhibitors in all parts of the country requesting early bookings, it is stated. The popularity of this young star, according to a number of exhibitors who are in a position to know the preferences of their clientele, makes her one of the strongest drawing cards obtainable. In re-introducing Miss Martin to the .photoplay public under new auspices, Mr. Kendall determined to bring out phases of the actresses' art that have never been revealed. Before she essayed studio work, Miss Martin had profited by a thorough stage training with some of the leading players of the country. She had proven her ability in emotional portrayals, as well as in roles of a lighter character that gave little scope to the more serious side of her histrionic talent. "The Song of the Soul," adapted from "An Old World Romance," by William J. Locke, was selected as an ideal subject for the first of the Kendall-Chambers productions, in that the emotional, dramatic and appealing story presented the star in a new light. Miss Martin was credited with giving in this picture the finest performance of her career, and the production as a whole was accorded a place among the most worth while of recent contributions to the screen. Levey Company Has Made a Picture of New York, Showing Only Night Scenes AN entire reel of film, actually photographed at night, is an achievement of the Harry Levey Service Corporation camera department, according to reports. Most film companies take their night scenes during the day and tint the negative so that when the picture is shown on the screen it presents the appearance of having been made at night. The film is a picturization of New York by night, and is part of an educational picture being produced by the Harry Levey Service Corporation to show the uses and adaptations of electricity. The feature, which is called "The Porcelain Lamp," is to be released in the form of a series of ten one-reel pictures, each one complete in itself and showing a different phase of the story of electricity— and, in this story, New York by night plays an important part. Nowhere is the display of electric light so lavish as on the main thoroughfares of this city, which are called "The Great White Way." There has recently been completed a series of night scenes, photographed by Willard Van der Veer of the Levey photographic staff. Complete panoramic views of New York by night have been fully visualized. One of the actual strides forward that has been made in this night photography is the fact that while formerly it was necessary to employ stop-motion photography, Mr. Van der Veer's work has been done at very nearly ' normal speed, with a Minor Ultra-stigmat lens. The crowds streaming out of the Capitol Theatre, the world's largest theatre, after the evening performance; Fifth avenue, with the semaphores signalling their lights to regulate night traffic; One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, the main thoroughfare of New York's uptown district, with its lights shining from East to West, are all part of this film. And there is shown, too, Coney Island, with its turrets ablaze, and its scenic railways, its merry-go-round, its chute-the-chutes — all winking and twinkling. The majority of the scenes for this film were made between the hours of 11 p. m. and 1 o'clock a. m., it is said. These hours were selected as being those at which New York night-life is seen at its height. When shown on the screen the picture shows, it is said, all the magic of the great city, with a charitable darkness laid over sordidness, and with the excitement, the joyfulness, the lure, alone, apparent. Omaha to Hold Picture Week The leading exhibitors of Omaha have combined their efforts to put over Omaha's first annual motion picture week, beginning Saturday, November 6. This promises to be quite an event — probably one that will be nation-wide before another year passes. The big feature will be a parade of exchange and theatre staffs. —THEN SHE SAID "YES" Charles Ray seen in "An Old Fashioned Boy," being released by Paramount Next Barriscale Picture Is Given a Strong Cast The next J. L. Frothingham production in which Bessie Barriscale will be starred has been made under the working title of "The Living Child." This was made from the story of that name by Mary Lerner and adapted to the screen by H. H. Van Loan. The direction is by Paul Scardon, who has been responsible for many great screen successes. Seldom has there been assembled a cast which equals for strength that selected by Mr. Frothingham. Included in it one finds such players as Walter McGrail, who has appeared in a number of Selznick and National productions; Ethel Grey Terry, famous beauty of the screen ; Eugenia Besserer, one ©f screendom's favorite delineators of aristocratic types; Pat O'Malley, who was seen as the energetic young reporter in Marshall Neilan's "Go and Get It"; Winter Hall, a player of distinction who appeared in "The Forbidden Woman," as well as in many Paramount productions; Joseph J. Dowling, featured in many Benjamin B. Hampton productions and to whom was intrusted the central role of "The Kentucky Colonel," a recent Hodkinson release; Lydia Knott, one of the ablest character women on the screen and Irene Yeager, an appealing child actress. 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