Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1916)

Plays and Players 93 Mary CH \R1 ES( '\. who haa been appearing with much success in recent ScliK features, has been acquired by Essanay to play wuh Henrj Walthall in 'The Truant Soul," which is being heralded as .1 wonderful production. The play is by Victor Rousseau. R ECURRING to the subject oi actorial divorces, it is not amiss to recounl the fact that Theodore Roberts, stellar Laskyite, is now a free agent, matrimonially speaking. The Roberts affair lias dragged oul for a hall dozen years in one of the most sensational separation cases affecting stage people ever recorded. A Los Angelos judge did it. HOBART r. OSWORTH ex pects to colled $5°r ihh> from Uniyersal for an alleged violation of contract The suit is based upon the company's action in featuring Dorothy Davenport as the star in "The Way of the World." a film version of the Clyde Fitch plaj . instead of Bosworth, which was contrary to the contract, according to the plaintiff. LEO WHITE, the make -believe French count and recipient of innumerable Chaplin kicks, punches and fancy swats during the last year and a half, is now doing funny stunts for Fox, having deserted the Chaplin colors for more remunerative employment. "Adventures," has been invited to dehwi .. series of lectures on the at I of photoplaj at tlu University of Wisconsin .ind expect to make the trip to Madison some time this month. FUN /I BRUNEI IK is no longer vamping for Selig. She and her husband director, Robert Daly, recently resigned from thai organization. rod c HARLOTTE WALKER recently completed one of the McClure feature series and has joined Thanhouser for a New Rochelle production or two. THERE was something or other about America that Ivy Close, famed English beauty, didn't like. So after participating in a few Kalem comedies at Jacksonville. Fla., she took passage for home. Recently she lost a brother in the war and her husband, Elwin Neame, is expecting a call to the colors. ANITA KING, the Laskyite who put the "Chat" in the McGaffey Chatauqua circuit, is about to have a rival on the lecture platform. Kathlyn Williams, of the famed E H J— »• cot All bridal couples have their pictures taken, so Irene Hunt and Lester Scott had this snapped at the beginning of their honeymoon. Bit \l SE "i their expertness with the and reel. Du Still and William Farmm. have been elected members of the Tuna Clut of Catalina Island, the ambition of all salt water fishermen. During their stay at the island they caught several swordnsli which averaged 300 pounds each. MA RG U K RITA F ISCH E R is back in Mutual films which have the additional distinction of being taken within the walls of the San Diego Exposition. Harry Pollard, her husband, is in charge of the studio and direction. Beatrice Van is another leading member of the fair grounds company. SOTHERX completed h i s first, and probably his last film engagement, at the YitaKraph studio on September 16, his screen repertoire consisting of three photoplays. Upon leaving he conferred valuable gifts on those who had assisted him. Z. WOOD, who was a member of the Signal Film company since its formation, died in September after a brief illness. "Daddy" Wood, as he was known to the California film colony, became a character actor after having spent a lifetime as a locomotive engineer. He appeared in all of the Helen Holmes productions of the past year and had a host of friends. ADDA GLEASON of "Ramona" fame is taking part in another California spectacle-photoplay which is to be known as "The Spirit of Seventy-six" — which sounds like more preparedness. Others in the cast are Doris Pawn, Jane Novak and Howard Gaye. N.