Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

From "Wop" Parts to Bossing the Job 97 was finished under the direction of Edwin August, u was accidentally destroyed. And Mr. August had gone, to a rival companj The big chief came to Miss MacPherson nexl day and saich "Young woman, you've been pestering me a long time about getting a companj to direct. Here's your chance. Remake 'The Tarantula.' " "Done," said Miss MacPherson, The result made historj for the Universal. For a time it was the mosl popular and profitable film the company had produced. That established the girl who could plaj "wop" p.ut> so well, as a directress. The I niversal gave her the "Powers" brand as her own. She wrote her own scenarios, directed her own company, and played the leading roles. The result: mioi'^ and nervous prostration, \\ hen she i" o\ ned she lint Ce< d 1 >.■ M die. I ,askj 's directo I, He per suaded her to quil acting and'devott all of her time to scenario writing, directing and film cutting, 1 ler pla< e is established. i »nl\ once has Miss MacPherson played truant and -one back to her first love, acting. Iha! was when she "played oppo site" Geraldine Farrar in "Carmen" and participated in a thrilling and wonderfully realistic fighl with Miss Farrar in the cigarette factory. It was a real scrappy climax to a first-class film career. THOSE "BEAUTYBRAINS" GIRLS Last-Edition News on the Travellers of Lovely Cleverness, Whose Motto is " Eastward Ho ! " THERE'S nothing to tell you, this month, about the winners of the Photoplay MagazineWorld Film "Beauty and Brains" contest, except that they are at this moment (September 1) actually en route to the great city which, at the very least, is about to afford them the most wonderful outing of their lives. They are due on Broadway Wednesday morning, September 6th. The Western girls, by arrangement, were to meet in Chicago, make the acquaintance of each other, and proceed to New York in a sociable little party. The girls from the South and East will proceed to Manhattan individually, by their best respective routes. The first day in New York will be a day of rest, in which, under the chaperon's care, they will have nothing to do except follow their own ideas of recuperation after travel. It may be imagined that the inevitable bit of shopping, of clothes renovation, and lots of peeps at other (?nd probably far less pretty) girls along Fifth avenue will make this day pass as though the clocks were all racing. Following comes the strenuous time: a time of lectures by studio experts, of actual demonstration before the camera, of instruction by world-famous directors, of association with celebrated players, of trips, sight-seeing, theatre-going, motoring, excursions upon Long Island Sound and Hudson River. The young women who show genuine screen ability in the opinion of the World's Director-General, William A. Brady, will be given contracts for continued employment at Fort Lee, or wherever their acting duties may call them upon World locations. The others will, after two weeks of studio work and research, together with glimpses of the autumn plays and a resume of the sights and attractions of the world's greatest city, be returned to their homes without expense to them in any way. The winners of this contest, now embarking upon the New York trip, are: VIVIAN SUCKLING, of Winnipeg, Man. ESTELLE CLAIRE JUDY, of McKeesport, Pa. LUCILLE ZINTHEO, of Spokane, Wash. FLORENCE GRAY, of Seattle. Wash. PEGGY BLOOM, of St. John's River, Orlando. Fla. ALAT1A MARTON. of Dallas, Tex. PHYLUS E. CURL, of Roxbury. Mass. MILDRED LEE. of Kansas City. Mo. CLAIRE LOIS BUTLER LEE. of Wichita. Kas. HELEN ARNOLD, of Louisville, Ky. LUCILLE SATTERTHWAIT, of Waynesville, N. C.