Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)

964 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD August 11, 1917 New Universal Releases Twenty-three Reels of Laughter, Drama and News Offer Fans Wide Choice. VARIETY is the distinguishing feature of the Universal releases for the week of August 6. Monday will be Butterfly day, as usual, signalized by the release of "Follow the Girl," a strong Western play, featuring Ruth Stonehouse and Roy Stewart. In addition, several comedies, a Western thriller with Harry Carey in the star role, three big news reels and the latest installment of "The Gray Ghost," the mystery serial that is arousing so much interest, will be released. "The Soul Herder," a Bison drama of the old frontier, is the offering for Tuesday, August 7. Harry Carey, a player who has won a loyal following by his excellent interpretation of Western characters, will have the leading role. The story was written by George Hively and has been produced by Jack Ford with much realistic effect. It concerns the regeneration of a reckless knight of the plains, who, through force of circumstances, is forced to protect and later provide for two homeless children. At the same time he is obliged to impersonate a parson, and in this guise puts over one of the most effective "sermons" ever heard in the lawless hamlet of Buckhorn. "The Love Slacker," a Nestor comedy featuring Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran, will be shown on the same date. This three hundred and thirty-three-yard dash of fun was written by F. A. Palmer and produced by Roy Clements. It depicts the misadventures of a would-be woman-hater, who finds it impossible to evade the blandishments of the fair ones, despite his most heroic efforts. J. G. Blystone and Vin Moore, who are jointly responsible for the creation of the two-reel L-Ko comedy, "The Little Fat Rascal," which heads the releases for Wednesday, August 8, have succeeded in bringing the laughter out of a series of incidents that might have seemed unpromising in less skillful hands. Merta Sterling, Phil Dunham, Al Gerard, Lucille Hutton and Charles Inslee take part in this hilarious tale of the struggle of the corn-fed country hero and the darkly-disguised villain for the hand and fortune of Saucy Mert. Number S4 of the Animated Weekly will be issued on the same date, containing all the late news incidents suitable for screen representation. Mary Fuller will be the star of the dramatic feature for Thursday, August 9. This story, which is entitled "The Untamed," was written by Capt. Leslie Peacocke and directed by Lucius Henderson. It tells of the romance that comes into the life of a daughter of a Southern moonshiner .who finds herself thrown into contact with a young revenue officer. Events cause the course of the girl's love to run far from smoothly. Her father is killed in a raid, but the undaunted daughter of the Blue Ridge continues to run the still alone. Striking scenery and the acting of Miss Fuller give this feature unusual charm. "O-My the Tent Mover," a Joker comedy featuring William Franey, is scheduled for release with "The Untamed." A brief and pungent burlesque of "Omar the Tentmaker," this story of the misadventures that befall one Launcelot Briggs, an oldclothes dealer who is lost on the desert and rescued by a Sheik. At first the members of the caravan demand that Briggs be killed for their amusement, but the Sheik agrees to spare the clothes dealer's life if he will cause the big chief's frame to shake with laughter. As an additional reward for performing' this miracle, Briggs is to receive Saharah Sarah, the Sheik's daughter. In going through a series of wild antics, the clothes dealer finally causes the leader of the Bedouins to roar with a heartiness that threatens the loss of his false teeth. E. M. McCall wrote the story, which has been produced by W. W. Beaudine. William Franey is supported by Lillian Peacock, Za Su Pitts and Milburn Moranti. "Like Babes in the Wood," a Victor two-reel comedy of exceptional novelty, featuring Violet MacMillan and Fred Woodward, will be released on Friday, August 10. This is a drama story in which the imaginative adventures of two children are depicted with appealing realism. Violet and her brother Billie, played by Gordon Griffin, are seated on a bear-skin rug before the fire, worn out with a day's play, when a knock comes at the door. A gypsy is outside, and in return for the pennies in Violet's bank, Violet tests out the ring, and she gives the children a wishing-ring. Immediately things begin to happen. The bear skin rug becomes alive and in terror the children flee out into the woods, where other startling events take place before they finally wake up and find it was all a dream. On the same day the 31st issue of the Universal Screen Magazine will make its appearance, filled with news and special features. Besides a Joker comedy featuring Gale Henry, and entitled "The Vamp of the Camp," there will be a Powers humorous travelogue entitled "Seeing Ceylon with Hy. Mayer," released Saturday, August 11, together with the 13th number of Universal Current Events. The seventh episode of "The Gray Ghost," the mystery serial featuring Priscilla Dean, Eddie Polo and Harry Carter, released during the week, will be entitled "Caught in the Web." herself, the story, its adaptation and its direction, there seems no reason to doubt the expectation of all connected with the production that it will take rank as one of Mary Pickford's greatest artistic successes. Mrs. Wiggin's story, published in October, 1903, attained a sale of 337,000 copies in seven years. The play, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," in which Mrs. Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson collaborated, was one of the big successes of its season. In the supporting cast of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", are such well-known players as Eugene O'Brien, Helen Jerorafe Eddy, Charles Ogle, Marjorie Daw, Mayme Kelso, Jane Wolff, Josephine Crowell, Jack MacDonald, Violet Wilkey, Frank Turner, Kate Toncray and Emma Gerdes. GENERAL PERSHING AT FRENCH AVIATION FIELD. Pictures from France form an important section of the Gaumont company's Mutual Weekly No. 135. First in interest, perhaps, is the visit of General Pershing to a French aviation field. As the American commander will have his own aviation service as soon as he takes over a section of the French front, Americans will be interested in seeing the home of the fliers after which the American flying squadron will model its own quarters. The Mutual Weekly is still showing pictures of the enthusiasm with which Paris received the American troops on Independence Day. Those in this issue are supplemntd by pictures of the rise of an observation balloon just back of the trenches. A motion picture camera in one car was trained upon the observer in the other car under the balloon, and spectators sitting in the theater can see just how the observer works in spotting machinery and movements of enemy troops. Two cabinet members are pictures in this issue of the Mutual Weekly. Secretary Baker is seen reviewing troops bound for France, and Secretary McAdoo is seen signing the war loan which places three million dollars at the disposal of the Serbian Government. Another development growing out of the war is the employment of women at the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y., to do work which formerly was performed by men. There are pictures of women engaged in trucking and working about freight trains. The suffragists who were released from association with vulgar criminals by Presidential clemency are shown in this issue of the Mutual Weekly. Other pictures include a yacht race on San Francisco bay and the dynamited pipe line at Los Angeles. "A DOG IN THE MANGER" (Selig). )ne of Charles Hoyt's very best comedies, "A Dog in the inger," will be the Selig release in K-E-S-E service Mon iy, August 6. It is a two-reel farce and, according to the reviewers, is one of the best of the Selig-Hoyt comedies yet released. The comedy company which has contributed so much to the success of the Selig-Hoyt comedies enact "A Dog in the Manger." The cast includes Wm. Fables as A. Jackson Bright: James Harris is Colin Early, his partner; Amy Dennis as Gay Somers, the landlord's daughter; Edgar Murray, Sr., as Boniface Somers, the landlord, and Fred Eckhart as Mr. Crump, a star boarder. J. A. Richmond directed the comedy. The plot concerns two inventors who come to grief when their bogus sausage machine goes to pieces, and they only escape from pursuing policemen by a very close margin. The two arrive at a hotel where all employees have gone on strike. Both fall in love with the landlord's daughter. Mr. Grump, the star boarded, has the gout and his ailment is not relieved any when the hotel strike-breakers wait upon him. He rides in his invalid chair out of the hotel and down the walk. Fearing the loss of his star boarder, the landlord orders a pursuit. The star boarder's chair never stops till it plunges Into the lake. Bright and Early, strike-breakers, dive in after the star boarder, who failed to hold his breath as instructed. There is. a series of side-splitting episodes, good photography, and the Selig company promises a laugh in almost every inch of film. HART'S FIRST ARTCRAFT OF NEW TYPE: The past week has been a very busy one for Thomas H. Ince and William S. Hart, who accompanied Ince into the Artcraft fold. The name of the first picture is not yet announced, but it is said to be a story of an entirely different type from anything in which Hart has recently appeared. C. Gardner Sullivan, who has provided the gun-fighting star with so many of his best-known vehicles, is the author of the piece. Production is expected to begin in the near future. MISS PICKFORD COMPLETES "REBECCA." The last foot of film rolled through the camera a few days aero in the making of the new Mary Pickf ordArtcraft release "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Taking into account the star ANOTHER HARRIS STORY FOR MARIAN SWAYNE. Announcement came from the Erbograph Company this week that a story by the Rev. Clarence J. Harris had been selected as the next vehicle in which Marian Swayne will be starred on Art Dramas Program. The title of this is "The Little Samaritan." It was directed by Joseph Levering, who won so much praise through his previous production with Miss Swayne, notably "Little Miss Fortune" and "The Road Between." A notable cast of popular picture players enacts the supplementary roles.