Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

410 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 20, 1918 Scene from "Back to the Wood*" (Goldwyn). Kerrigan's Work Shows Not a Trace of Injury NOW that J. Warren Kerrigan has completed his Paralta Play. "A Burglar for a Night," it is worth while mentioning that in none of his previous pictures has he been called upon to perform so many hazardous and thrilling "stunts" as he does in this production, which should set at rest any fear that his recent accident will in any way handicap him. The scenarioist. F. McGrew Willis, made it incumbent upon Kerrigan to tight his way through a moi> of Chinese highwaymen, which the actor does in a manner that would elicit the warmest sommendation from experts. Then, as if this opening scene In "A Burglar for ■ Nlghl not a sufficient test of Kerrigan's phprowess, the Paralta player proceeds to prove that his injured leg Is as good if not better than it ever was by a series of screen acrobatics that range from rescuing Lois Wilson from the chilly waters of the Pacific to climbing up the side of an eighty-five foot bridge and then diving from this altitudinous perch into the waters beneath the steel structure. Story Chosen for Mary MacLaren. "The Vanity Pool," a magazine novelette by Nalbro Bartley, which appeared recently in Youngs, has been chosen by Universal as Mary MacLaren's starring vehicle. The story has been turned over to Universal's artistic woman director, Ida May Park, who is creating the working scenario. It is a modern society story of a young girl's development, that promises to work up into a sensational melodrama. A notable supporting cast is being carefully selected to support tiles MacLaren in this Universal special production. General's Camp Films Are Popular. The series of four one-reel subjects picturing the life of army recruits at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, produced by the Connecticut Film Company for General Film distribution, are proving popular in those territories represented by troops in training at the eastern camp, according to General Film. Although each reel is complete in itself, many exhibitors are combining the four reels and using them as a feature, a plan that is reported to have met with big success wherever tried. Pathe Releases a Washburn in August. Bryant Washburn has another of his amiable "young fellow" characters in hand in his new Pathe play, "The Ghost of the Rancho," which will be released in August by Pathe. Also, he has a very charming and sightly leading woman in the per son of Rhea Mitchell, whoae work on the screen has made her a favorite. In "The Ghost of the Rancho." Washburn is a millionaire's son. who flees parental wrath and a threat to be doomed to hard work. There is a strong, compelling, dramatic force that slips into the picture toward the end. "Maggie Pepper" Chosen For Ethel Clayton's Debut Tub Famous Playera-Laeky Corporation has purchased the motion picture rights t" "Maggie Pepper," which will be an Ethel Clayton vehicle to be released under the Paramount trade mark. The subject was Rose Btahl'l ■ tic success and was written by Charle Klein it had Its I tion in December, 1911, at tin Harris theater. New York. One of the most successful stories of Mr. Klein, the play human tOUCfa which met with popular approval when it started Its phenomenal run as a "legitimate" attrai The part of Maggie Pepper offers an nl. al character for Miss Clayton, who will be given a supporting cast that among motion picture patrons will be Just as Im. s the players in the stage production were among theatrical followers. . i . Pi pp< which will be directed by Robert Vignola, will be one of the series of eight Ethel Clayton pictures to be produced for release during the coming year starting September 1. Theda Bara to Portray Artist's Model. Theda Bara as an artist's model will be the central theme of tin ma « hlch the William Fox vampire will film, according to an announcement by the Fox Film Corporation. Miss Bara, who has Just completed film, ing "The Message of the Lilies," Is now taking a short rest before plunging into work on her new production. The latest drama bears the temporary title of "Little She-Devil." but this. It is understood, Is going to be changed. The play is described as being considerably different from anything Miss Bara has yet attempted, but will afford plenty of opportunity for the William Fox star. J. Gordon Edwards will direct the picture. This will make the twenty-eighth production which Mr. Edwards has directed for William Fox. "Winning Grandma" Set for August. Child lovers will find great delight In "Winning Grandma," the new photoplay In which Baby Marie Osborne appears and which will be released by Pathe in August. The comedy action Is fast and furious and little Smiling Sammy, the colored lad who has been a big laugh provoker in recent Baby Marie pictures, is there with bells on. Artist Says Bert Lytell Is Ideal American Type BERT LY'TELL is the Ideal type of American manhood, in the opinion of Hans Ledeboer. Dutch artist and sculptor and gold medal winner at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco in 1915. Mr. Ledeboer made the acquaintance of Mr. Lytell at Metro's west coast studios in Hollywood and was so enthusiastic over Mr. Lytell's qualifications as a model that he asked and was granted permission to make the head and bust of the screen star in clay. "Mr. Lytell embodies all that is characteristic of the young American," said Mr. Ledeboer. "He has a splendid head, with a strong jaw; well-placed eyes; a firm mouth and a general air of determination, physical vigor and mental alertness." At the Panama-Pacific Exposition Mr. Ledeboer won a gold medal for supervising the art work in the Netherlands Building, to which he also contributed two mural paintings. He intends to complete the clay bust of Mr. Lytell and then have it cast in bronze, to be sent to Holland for exhibition in one of the national art galleries as representative of the ideal young American. "A Wife's Conscience" Now Ready for Showing Bessie Barrlscale lias completed her Mi play under the Paralta banner. It is entitled "A Wife's Conscience" and is a play of powerful human emotions in which the problem appears at once and the subsequent suspense Is maintained at a high pilch throughout. Then, at a point where it seems that the heroine canQOl poaaibly be extricated from the difficulties of her situation without losing the sympathy of the audience, there comes a startling denouement which reverses the situation and proves the wife whose con■elence is the crux and title of the story, a very noble woman Indeed. ■ Barrlscale and those connected with the filming of this production were especially pleased with the story. It combines the emotional situations of the actress" former plays, with a humanness and compelling sympathy of the sort usually found In plays more exclusively of this varlet y. The original story, written by William Parker, was adapted for the screen by D Louis Lamothe. The production was filmed at the Brunton Studios in Los Angeles under the direction of Howard Hickman. The technical and artistic details were under the personal supervision of Robert Brunton. Miss Barrlscale was supported by Edi Coxen as the lead, with Mary Jane Irving, baby star, and Charles Gunn, leading man. "Britain's Bulwarks" Winding Up. Pathe will release the twelfth and last episode of the Official British War Film, .in's Bulwark*," July 28. The title is "The Canadians at Vimy Ridge" and Is said by those who have seen the advance showing to be by far the best of the series. t certainly it is of the widest appeal right now that renewed activity on the West front Is centering on this historic battlefield, where so many brave Canadians met death in the first year of the war. "Ne'er Do Well" Gets Business. That the motion picture version of Rex Beach's famous story, "The Ne'er Do Well," has lost little of Ita hold with the public and the exhibitors Is Indicated by the large number of bookings received for the new edition of the photoplay feature, says General Film Company this week. A large number of General exchanges are reporting a brisk business on the reissue of the Selig picture, long runs predominating in the bookings received to date.