Moving Picture World (Aug 1917)

August 18, 1917 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1093 Pathe Program Four Stars Scheduled for Appearance in Feature Released for Week August 19. GLADYS HULETTE, Pearl White, Ruth Roland, and "Lonesome Luke" are the four stars announced to appear on Pathe's program for the week of August 19, 1917. Gladys Hulette is seen, following her recent successes, in "Miss Nobody," a five-reel Gold Rooster play produced by Astra under the direction of William Parke, and written by Howard T. Young. Prom the standpoint of the popular appeal, "Miss Nobody" is one of the strongest five-reel pictures ever produced. It is the kind of story that will appeal deeply to the public. It has been beautifully produced under the direction of that master-artist, William Parke, and it is a feature for the best house and the best class of audience. Pearl White appears in the 7th episode of "The Fatal Ring" serial entitled "The Signal Lantern," produced by Astra under the direction of George B. Seitz and written by Fred Jackson and Bertram Millhauser. Another thrilling crisis faces Pearl White in this chapter. She must recover the diamond or Tom Carlton is to be killed. The Spider, a mysterious, crooked little man who rules his henchmen with a rod of iron, comes to her aid. Pearl and the Spider succeed in securing the diamond, but the episode ends when Carslake takes out his watch and gives Pearl five seconds to hand over the diamond. As he covers Pearl with his gun he counts. Ruth Roland stars in the 15th episode of "The Neglected Wife" serial. The title of this is "The Supreme Sacrifice." It is written by Will M. Ritchey. This is the fifteenth and last episode of "the great heart-throb serial which scored such a success. Horace Kennedy learns of the unselfish devotion of his wife, and pleads with her to return to him. She declares that she is going on a long trip alone, and that in the meantime he must prove that he is climbing up the ladder again, and that he really wants her love. When he has given this proof she will return. Norwood and Margaret are married. Mary on her trip longs for Kennedy, while he grimly works to regain his self-respect and his wife. Lonesome Luke is seen in another two-reel laugh festival entitled "Lonesome Luke — Mechanic," produced by Rolin under the direction of Hal Roach. With only a hammer Luke can soon take the mote out of any motor, and as the handy man around a garage he shows himself to be some fixer, while Snub has to have a lot of tools to do his work too. We have with us also Miss Speedboy, played by Bebe Daniels, and Bud Jamison as the garage owner adds the finishing touch. The climax comes when the garage catches on fire, and Luke puts it out by pouring all over it the gasoline which he sells at $1 a drop. "It is better to fight fire with than water itself," says he. The Combitone Scenic picture in one reel is "Near Pike's Peak, Colorado." This is one of the most beautiful scenics ever made, showing wonderful scenes in the vicinity of historic Pike's Peak, Colorado. There are natural parks, canyons and valleys, bridges arching the creek which flows through the verdure clad ravines, and the famous Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River. An International Cartoon and Scenic split reel release and Hearst Pathe News Nos. 68 and 69 complete an unusually strong program. BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA SEE GOLDWYNS. Simultaneous trade showings were held last week of Goldwyn Pictures in Philadelphia and Boston, and the same scenes of enthusiasm that marked the initial presentation in Chicago was repeated. Samuel Goldfish, president of Goldwyn, and Alfred Weiss, vice-president, were in charge of the Boston showing, which was held in the morning at the Fenway theater, which had been obtained by Harry F. Campbell, manager of Goldwyn's Boston offices. "Baby Mine," Margaret Mayo's splendid farce comedy, was the first picture that won the applause of the Boston audience. In this production Madge Kennedy makes her debut on the screen. After a luncheon the hundreds of exhibitors present from all over New England saw Maxine Elliott in "Fighting Odds," a powerful new play by Roi Cooper Megrue and Irvin S. Cobb. The Philadelphia showing was held in the Palace theater on Market street on what, at that time, was the hottest night of the year, the picture starting at 11:15 p. m., and holding the audience of exhibitors from the entire Philadelphia district until 1 a. m. The showing was under the auspices of Stanley V. Mastbaum, George T. Ames, manager of Goldwyn's Philadelphia offices, and F. B. Warren, one of the Goldwyn vicepresidents from New York. Margaret Mayo's "Baby Mine" was the one picture seen by the Philadelphia exhibitors. Among the important contracts announced by Goldwyn this week is the Boston theater, owned by the Keith interests in Boston. This gives Goldwyn its first run in the Hub on Washington street, in the very heart of the downtown district. Samuel Baxter's Isis theater, Denver, has signed for the Goldwyn productions, which gives them an advantageous setting in Colorado's chief city. HAROLD LOCKWOOD IN "UNDER HANDICAP." Harold Lockwood in "Under Handicap," a western drama I'lcturized from the novel by Jackson Gregory, and filmed In Lamornia and Arizona under the direction of F J. Balshofer is announced as the next Metro-Yorke release, ready for showing in August. This feature, which is Harold Lockwood'a first western photoplay under the Metro banner, furnishes contrast in subject matter to the pictures preceding it, "The Haunted Scene from "Under Handicap" (Metro). I'ajamas" and "The Hidden Spring," and also to "Paradise Garden," the society drama which is now under production. The pictures is the eleventh of the novel-picturizations produced by Balshofer for Metro release, and the third of those in -.vhich Lockwood is the single featured star. Harold Lockwood Plays the part of Greek Conniston, the scion of wealth, who, alter disinheritance, makes good by putting through a reclamation project in the West. The treatment of the theme by Jackson Gregory, adhered to in the adaptation, is marked by new and thoroughly dramatic developments. Supporting Harold Lockwood are Anna Little, playing the daughter of John Crawford, owner of the Half Moon ranch and promoter of the irrigation enterprise, portrayed by W. H. Bainbridge; Lester Cuneo as Brayley, the ranch foreman who fights Conniston in the early part of the story and later becomes his friend and ally William Clifford as Roger Hapgood, companion to Conniston in his idle days and later a contemptible rival, and James Youngdeer, as Lonesome Pete, an interesting cowboy characterization One of the strong episodes in the story is the fight between Conniston and Brayley. When Conniston, after bein« thrown several times, conquers Cyclone, the worst bucking horse of the range, Brayley, who has beaten the young man brutally on his first appearance at the ranch, sneers at Conniston's achievement. Conniston has determined to lick the bullying foreman, and proceeds to do this, alone in the corral with the bucking horse which he has just mastered. This scene, photographed in a ranch corral after Lockwood had ridden a bucking horse brought in from the range where the picture was made, is declared to be the most spirited and realistic fight among those which Lockwood and Cuneo have figured in recent pictures. MARY McALISTER TO BE SEEN IN 'PANTS." Essanay is filming little Mary McAlister, its child star, a five-part comedy-drama, the title of which is "Pants." L tie Mary went over big at the Chicago convention, never fafling to get a good hand from the crowds when she was introduced. She recently was appointed an honorary sergeant in the regular army and attracted much attention also in the Army booth at the Coliseum, where, garbed in her diminutive uniform, she solicited recruits for Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Although only six years old, she has played important roles in many of Essanay's productions. Among these were Walthall's "Little Shoes," "On Trial," the first subject shown by the First National Exhibitors' Circuit, and others. She is nowbeing featured in "Do Children Count?" a series of short pictures presenting the problems growing out of the rearing of children, which is reported to be enjoying a highly satisfactory run. "Pants" will be the first feature production in which the little actress takes the leading role. However, President Spoor of Essanay believes her past successes have created a demand for her in something bigger, and that her work deserves the better chance. In the supporting company are John Cossar, Arthur Metcalf, Mary Parkin, Arthur Keoppe, Marion Skinner, as well as numerous children. The picture will have a screen time, approximately, of sixty-five minutes. K-E-S-E will handle the film, the release date being September 10. ent *