Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

Plays and Players 91 time contract with l.ask_\. which would indi cate that his plans for a production plant in the environs ol San Francisco had not materialized. S an offset to Frederick and remain* exclusively endeavor comes the AS an offset i" the news that Pauline Frederick and Marguerite Clark would iu the field of photoplaj announcement that I [a eel Dawn lub deserted ili<' movies for the musical stage in a Dillingham Ziegfeld show, kOUGLAS FAIRBANKS was among the iir-t of tin early fall migrators to the West Coast. IK is back at Fine Arts where he is once more being directed by John Emei -on. He was given a Wild West reception upon his arrival in Los Angeles, which is the highest honor which can be accorded a film >tar. I WARDA I Essanay, D I will be more or less difficult i" keep ti uk of th< Famous Players Laskj st.us the amalgamation of the two companies, I o instance, rhomas Meighan, long associated with Lasky, has gone to the New York studio and Mae Miurav has switched back to the Laskj studio aftei a Famous photoplay, in >\\ \UD. long identified with recentlj resigned to return to the legitimate stage. Her husband, John Lorenz, accompanies her. EDI I'll S I '< >REY is now playing for the camera at Vitagraph's Hollywood studio. Slu of stopped off en eities to make theaters. mother. route West at a number personal appearanees in She was accompanied by her DEATH robbed the film world of .1 number o f its notables during the month, the list inC 1 u d i n g Art h u r I loops. Sidnej Ayres and Henry Woodruff. Mr. H oop S was stricken with heart disease in New York City while riding in an automobile which he had purchased a few hours before. He was ;o years old and had played in many Metro photoplays. Sidney Ayres, who had been a leading man for Universal, died at Oakland, Cal., after a long illness. He was 37 years old and leaves a wife and daughter. His right name was Daniel S. Ayres. Mr. Woodruff died in New York after a brief illness at the age of 47 years. He was a popular stage star for many years before playing for the shadow stage under the direction of Thomas Incc. ESSAXAY lost two of its best known players in the demise of Camille D'Arcy and Richardson Cotton. Miss D'Arcy was the wife of Dr. Loren Wilder, of Chicago. She was the victim of an unusual infection thought to have been caused by swimming in Lake Michigan. She was 37 years old and had had a long stage career. Mr. Cotton was struck and killed by an automobile while "on location" in Wisconsin for some scenes of "The Chaperon." S RANKIN DREW has followed his fa• ther, Sidney Drew, to Metro. He was one of Yitagraph's best known leads and directors. D1 And here is a new one of Norma Ta/madge it'ho is noiv a corporation, all by herself. JRECTOR DAN CUPID reports an excellent month. One of the most im portant alliances registered during that time was that oi Gertrude Robinson and James Kirkwood, the result of a romance which dates back to old Biograph days when both were humble players for the then des p i S e d screen. Miss Robin son sinoe has become a popular star and Mr. Kirkwood one of the best directors in the business. They were married in Los Angeles and t h e n took up double harness in Santa Barbara where Mr. Kirkwood is directing Mary Miles Minter. He was for years Alary Pickford's director. REYERSING the procedure geographically, Bessie Eyton and Clark M. Coffey went from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara for the tying of the nuptial knot. Mr. Coffeeis a young attorney of Vicksburg who met Miss Eyton when she was in the Southern city some months ago for the filming of "The Crisis." The marriage license gave the name of the actress as Bessie Harrison, her name before marriage to Charles F. Eyton, who is now the husband of Kathlyn Williams. THEN there was Irene Hunt, former Reliance-Majestic star and now with Universal, who eloped with Lester Scott, a Fox director. Just why they eloped is not made apparent, but probably it seemed more romantic to drive down to Santa Ana, Los Angeles' Gretna Green, for the ceremony.