Moving Picture World (Apr 1916)

830 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 29, 1916 "THE GILDED SPIDER" (Bluebird). Louis Lovely is starred in this, her third, feature for Bluebird Photoplays. Lon Chaney, her leading man, is provided with a role that will permit him to divide the honors equally with Miss Lovely. Lule Warrenton is a third member of the cast who is sure to gain public acclaim for the excellency of her work as a character actress. Ida May Tark nrovided the scenario and Joseph De Grass, _ . „ ^Aiensive negoiianui.o 4. t * ,. , , , with railroad officials higher up Director" Da^fs nnait/ISv".0." Scene from "The Trail of Danger." tlon. In the supporting company Gilmore Hammond. Marjorie Ellison, Jay Belasco and Hayward Mack are provided with excellent roles, which lead them through a round of sensational scenes bound to stir enthusiasm among "picture fans" who like excitement with their entertainment. Then have been many novel themes provided to create these sensations, one particularly effective scene showing the private roof garden of a New York millionaire. As a climax to this scene, there is a sensational leap from the wall of the garden to the pavement below. Two kidnapping Incidents, In one of which a girl Jumps from a yacht into the waters of the Mediterranean to escape her captor, lend excitement. There Is a wild "chase" in automobiles; a very sensational flght upon and under the docks In New York harbor, and two or three big "sets" in which a score of men and women do ball-room dancing. The release date of "The Glided Spider," on the Bluebird program, is May 8. "THE CYCLE OF FATE" (Selig). Marsha] Nellan, the tor and producer, is nothing If not versatile He has probably broken all motion picture records In connection with "The Cycle of Pate." ■ s-l i tr Red Seal play, released April 3rd, throngs \'-i. s-K Mr Nellan not only wrote the play and directed the production, hut he also enacts an important role in this live-part drama. "The Cycle of Fate" stars winsome Bessie Eyton for the first time in Selig Y-L-S-K plays Miss Byton la supported by a carefully selected company of artists, including A.1 w Filson, Edith Johnson, Edward J l'i.l. Marion Warner and others. The plot of "The Cycle of Fate" is an unusual one. Twins are born to a mother, who loses her husband at sea. Each of the little ones. :t boy and a girl, carry a birthmark on their hands. The boy runs away to escape the Iron rule of a stern grandfather, the girl remains at home. Years pass and the boy becomes a gun-man in a great city. His sister is tempted to elope with a man who brines her Into her brother's environment. He recognizes the girl by the birthmark on her hand. He saves his sister and brings happiness to both at the risk of his life. There is climax after climax in this trilling drama, there is beautiful photography and talented acting. "The Cycle of Fate." it is freely predicted, will prove as popular as those other Selig V-L-S-E plays, "The N'er-Do-YVell," "Thou Shalt Not Covet," "The Rosary," etc., etc. TO EXCHANGES AND EXHIBITORS. W. L. Gross, claiming to be manager of the Princess Theater, Bristol, Conn., leased the "Great European War," a fourreel picture. Said Gross secured this film under false pretenses as he is in no way connected with the above mentioned concern. No doubt this party will try to lease or dispose of this or other pictures and all exhibitors and exchangemen are hereby warned to keep clear. Any party apprehending this party will confer a favor by notifying Rudy's War Film Co., care of Quality Film Service, Phone 1759 Bryant, Godfrey Rldg., 49th street and Seventh avenue. New York City. DE HAVEN SCORES IN "KING FOR A MINUTE." It is a long leap from Broadway to a throne, but Carter De Haven, popular comedian of the Universal Company, makes it in "King for a Minute," the production of which has just been completed by YVilliam J. Bowman, the well-known director, who made "Pennington's Choice," "The Silent Voice," "The Second in Command," and other photoplays in which Francis X. Bushman was featured. "King for a Minute" is a five-reel comedy which was written -f-iecially for Carter De Haven. It is a delightful conception ml the story, the scenario, of which is by Elliot Clawson, is "^''ily interesting from beginning to end. th'iere are a number of very elaborate sets in Director Bowfo".i's production," the most notable ones being those of the g-side on Broadway and of the Palace in Magonia, Vicei^'sident and General Manager Davis of the Universal CoraPa> having given special orders to the production department T?f)pare no exPense in making them perfect in every detail. 7^)_ the supporting cast are Yona Landowska, who looks and her prettiest as the Princess; M. Blevins, as Marlex, the tur the er and composer; Frank MacQuarrie, as Hundane, the arch ■spirator; Marvel Spencer as Bess; Duke Worne as Blllle, and is the Kmu:. All of these roles are most •ably performed and therefore assist in making of a highly oyable production. ir a OSCAR & CONRAD ELECTED TO FALSTAFFS. 1 The vogue of Falstaff comedy characters has forced a new ■ rder of things to the extent that some of the fun-makers simply must be made permanent. The fans demand it. Therefore Claude Cooper and Frank E. McNish, as "Oscar and Conrad." will now be a fixture in Falstaff comedies. These two estimable gentlemen will engage in various lines of business, handling pickles or sky-scrapers with equal confidence. Lloyd Lonergan, their creator, will give the two comedians ample play for their versatility, and the pictures already finished show an entirely new angle of film comedy. Cooper and McNish are now In Jacksonville, Florida, where they will pick up enough material to lend variety to the settings Of their work. After several weeks there they will return to^ New Rochelle for the summer' "THE SECRET OF THE SUBMARINE" (American). With water pouring in on them from the open conning tower trap the crew of the submarine 2-2 battle for their lives in the lirst chapter of "The Secret of the Submarine," the new chaptered film DOVOl, which has its premier, through Mutual, May 8. The production is by the American Film Co., Inc., and Is being made at the naval bases of the Pacific coast through the Mon of the United States government. Thomas Chatn and Juanita Hansen in the heroic leads are each required to display an unusual amount of daring, for their plci path of life, Judging by the first chapter, is to be a tumultuous one. Tin ound the girl's life and a secret discov ither, l>r. Burke, whereby sufficient oxygen can tad from water to enable submarines to be navigated at great depth without risk to the crews. Mi Chatterton as Lieut. Hope, U. S. N., on Instructions from Scene from "The Secret of the Submarine" (American). the U. S. government, arrives to observe a practical test of the secret, the apparatus having been installed in an abandoned submarine by Dr. Burke. There are others, too, Interested in the submarine secret, among them Satsuma, a Japanese spy. This part is played by William Tedmarsh, who established quite a reputation for character work in the role of Quabba In "The Diamond from the Sky."