Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

July 27, 1918 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 569 Lockwood to Appear in Screen Classics, Inc. THAT Harold Lockwood's .appearances as a star in the productions of Screen Classics, Inc., distributed by Metro, under which banner future Lockwood vehicles, beginning: with the recently completed, "A King in Khaki." are to be presented, will be made under the most auspicious circumstances is indicated in an announcement of the arrangements which have been made to cover Mr. Lockwood's activities in the East, where he arrived with members of his cbmpany last week for an indefinite stay. The Lockwood company is occupying the Bacon-Backer studios at 230 West Thirty-eighth street, New York. It is a new plant with every facility known to modern picture making. "Pals First" has been selected as the next vehicle, and the production of it has already been started. It is a romantic drama, based on Francis Perry Elliott's novel of the name, and is recalled as having been presented on the speaking stage, with William Courtenay and Thomas A. Wise playing the leading roles, in an adaptation of the printed work prepared by Leon Wilson Dodd. The production of the picture is in charge of Edwin Carewe, who has staged many Metro releases and who is considered one of the genuinely successful directors for the screen. He put on "Cora," starring Emily Stevens, the first Metro picture to be marketed, and has been with Metro practically ever since. Antonio Gaudio, whose efforts in photographing Lockwood's Metro releases in the last two years have won him wide recognition, will act as cameraman. Scene from "False Ambition" (Triangle). Roy Stewart Is Cupid's Messenger in Triangle Western Miss Kenyon Honored at West Ppint. Doris Kenyon, star of De Luxe Pictures, Inc., took time enough off from the screening of "The Inn of the Blue Moon" to spend the week-end at West Point. Miss Kenyon was chaperoned by Brigadier-General and Mrs. Eli Hoyle, of the Coast Defense. General Hoyle was formerly adjutant at West Point. The entire cadet corps was furned out to honor the former adjutant and the moving picture star. Miss Kenyon was the guest of honor at a dinner party followed by a dance given by Major Densmore Nelson, in charge of the cavalry at West Point. THE first release on the Triangle program for July 21 is "By Proxy," third in a series of the Henry Wallace Phillips' "Red Saunders" stories, and all who have read it will want to see Roy Stewart's interpretation of the "happy go lucky" Westerner. "False Ambition" is the second release for the week, and features Alma Rubens as an Oriental fortune teller. None of the depressing moments which so frequently prevail in Western plays are apparent in "By Proxy." It tells of the clean, clear, brisk West, with lots of fun, and a romance in which, through mistaken identity, "Red" Saunders, the friend of a pal in distress, at last wins for himself a bride. Roy Stewart is again "Red" Saunders, with Maude Wayne as Lindy, the heroine. Like its predecessors this play was directed by Cliff Smith, with photography by Steve Rounds. The second release on the Triangle program for the week features Alma Rubens in a production directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton, "False Ambition," from a story by E. Magnus Ingleton. It is a story of contrasting personalities; of conflicting emotions. The mystically attractive personality of Judith is her misfortune. This highly tempered, dark eyed beauty unconsciously creates her own calamity only to be saved from ruin by the decree of fate, which finally, through love, awakens her to a realization that she possesses a soul. Alam Rubens is Judith, and she is supported by a cast of unusual length, including Peggy Pearce, Edward Peil, Lee Phelps, and Lee Hill. The photography of this production is said to be exceptional. Jack McKensie was the cameraman. Entertainment Needed for Soldiers' Families at Home I Von der Goltz Should Be Authority on "Prussian Cur' Captain Horst Von der Goltz, who appears personally in the William Fox production of "The Prussian Cur," and upon whose revelations of the German spy system in America the picture is largely based, has had a career that fairly bristles with adventure. Von der Goltz, during a period of ten years, served the Kaiser as a secret agent in Europe, Mexico, Canada and the United States, and now, in "The Prussian Cur," he exposes the whole vast system of intrigue and espionage to which he formerly belonged. The former secret agent, in the role of Otto Goltz, portrays on the screen the inside workings of the "invisible embassy" which Count von Bernstorff left in America when he was sent home, also the insidious propaganda which 'was set on foot by the ex-ambassador while he was representing Germany in the United States. Von der Goltz, according to his own confession at the trial in New York of Can,t. Hans Tauscher, was closely associated in these intrigues with Franz von Papen, formerly German military attache in this country. It was because Von Papen betrayed him to the English Government and almost caused his execution as a spy that Von der Goltz, as he declares, turned against his former masters and determined upon a complete exposure of the secret methods of Berlin. Coming to America at the time of the Madero uprising in Mexico, he entered the United States army, later deserting and joining the Mexican revolutionists. He eventually drifted into the service of Villa, and left the forces of "Pancho" only when summoned to Washington to take up the work of Bernstorff and Von Papen in "Educating the American Public." When the plot to blow up the Welland Canal in Canada was hatched, Von der Goltz was the man chosen to lead the expedition. The attempt ended in failure and Von der Goltz fled to England on a forged passport bearing the name of "Bridgeman Taylor." Later, when Von Papen was sent home to Germany, papers found on him by British officials implicated Von der Goltz in alleged acts of espionage against England, and the spy was arrested and thrown into the Tower of London. For fifteen months he faced the penalty of death, but was finally released in order that he might go to America and testify against his former colleagues in the trial of Captain Tauscher. Captain Von der Goltz has laid bare, in "The Prussian Cur," the huge mass of secret information which he gained during his long period of service with America's arch-foe. T is announced by General Sales Manager William Stoermer of the American Standard Motion Picture Corporation that several new and important releases will shortly be added to the company's program. "I find," says Mr. Stoermer, "that the demand for domestic subjects is strong. There is a revulsion among exhibitors against war stuff, as it is called, unless it is of an exceptionally interesting and important nature. "These remarks of mine." continues Mr. Stoermer, "are based upon reports from our exchanges. While it is true that war is the uppermost thought in all our minds, it is also true that the mind needs relaxation and relief. Look at the efforts that are being made to amuse our soldiers in France. Do you not also think that the people at home need to be entertained and amused? I do and so do most of us, I think, who give the matter a little sober reflection. "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, and there is much mental suffering at home of a heroic nature to be alleviated. "I would like to take the opportunity of stating that the American Standard stands only for clean subjects. The screen must be kept pure, inspiring and uplifting in teaching. Sex subjects as such no longer find a vogue in the motion picture theater. We must all endeavor to show the finer and nobler things of life in our pictures. This is no time for derogating human nature, but rather one for endeavoring to exalt it."