Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

PICTURES AND THE PICTUREGOER 54 Week ending Oct. j6, 1915 Our Cinematographic Cartoons. No. 45. The Penalty of Fame If Charlie Chaplin came to England in order to escape the attention lavished upon him by the American public, he would fail dismally. Our Cartoonist thinks it is impossible for Charlie to escape attention anywhere. 1. Charlie leaves for England. 2. In England. 3. In Frame. -1. In Central Africa. .">. At the North Pole. G. And even in St. Helena he is welcomed by Napoleon's Ghost ! the fact that she had heen moderately successful a perfect assurance that she could also succeed in film work. I asked her if she could play the piano. She was evidently delighted, because it appears she was an excellent executant upon that instrument, but she did not quite see what it had to do with picturemaking. I told her I should want her to play the violin, aud she at once disclaimed any ability in that direction. Then I said: "You are a musician; why should you not be able to play my violin?" She was able to see very clearly the difference between piano and violin playing-, but she could not grasp that there was a similar difference between playing on the stage and playing in pictures. It is true that forboth you must be an actor, and it is true thai foi both you must be a musician, but you ha\ e the whole technique of your art to learn if vuiir experience hitherto lias been only upon the boards of a theatre. Are You solving Picture Puzzles of Players Names on page 60? If not, start to-day. Beach Mystery in Film = Land. SANTA BARBARA has a mystery, and the whole city is eager to learn its solution. A few weeks ago the waves in Santa Barbara Bay tossed high, beaten into an angry fury by a gale that swept in from the broad Pacific. All night the sullen waters roared menacingly. In the early morning the beach patrol discovered a strong-bound box half-buried in the sand. It was locked tight. The chest bore the name of a Far-Eastern importer. When the lid was lifted the laughing, dark eyes of a six-nionths'-old Japanese babe gazed into the eyes of the startled men. Xo mark whatever enabled the patrol ti establish the identity of the little one or the source from which it came. Not stitch of clothing was worn by the mt, though it nest led snugly in warm pink blankets, evidently of expensive texture. Louise Lester and Vivian Rich, of the first "Flying A " Company, were enjoying an "early morning walk along the stoj i a\ that day. The\ came upon the patrol and looked into the of the tot in the chest. One look enough. The film stars lost their hearts on the instant. Mi-. Lester and Miss Rich hastily got in touch with the Santa Barbara police and were given permission to take the child into their custody. Now there is a dainty bassinette in Miss Lester's bungalow in which a darkeyed youngster eo.»s happily most of the day. Meanwhile Santa Barbara police are busy in an effort to learn the child's identity. A fund has been raised among the actors and acl the American studio, which assures good care tor the little one. in case its parents or kin are never found. Miss Hieh was telling of the finding of the infant, and among her auditors was produc >r Reaves Bason. That night Reave wove a photoplay around tht incident. Mi- Rich and Miss I were given the leading parts. The nam* of this romantically-born dvama is Athi S The film will be released in November, and we shall publish tin storj of the film in next week's issue.