Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

■\\'i KK ENDING i K r. 30, 101 ; URES AND THE PICTUREGOER <§<§> AMD . EDITORIAL. THKY KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS IN AMERICA. Behold how an American exhibitor recently advertised the film /'/.•■ Two Orphans in the streets pi lii^ city. I KNOW now who the winning player's are, but I must not tell yon yet. The list is not quite complete, but next' week's issue will contain the full result of our greatest Foreign Artistes contest. Irregular readers should noi be satisfied in just hoping to get a, copy, but should give a definite order to a newsagent now and avoid disappointment. PlCl ORES goes out of print every week. It is thanks only to a few •returns"' that we are able to supply back issues. Light in our Darkness. Although the streets at night wore recently made darker than ever, business at the picture theatres in Suburban London is still brisk and bright. At my own local cinema it i> as difficult to get a seat at nine o'clock as it was in October before the war. I verily l>elieve that if people had to be led through the streets aided only by pocket flash-lamps they would still Sock to the pictures. And as for Zeppelins as a West-end drama-house poster put it last week—" Who cares? " Britain's Rest Cure. There is no gainsaying the fact that "Britain's rest cure in war time is the picture show."' 1 quote the words which, printed in big type, appeared on one of the Hepworth tube posters, and continued with : — " Even in the thrilling days of an advance, the nation still needs it rest cure. Nothing like it was ever available before— two hours of clean, cheerful recreation that is true to life— recreation that rests and relieves a nerve-strained nation. "' Fine corroboration of this ai pea red in an article in the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia, in which the writer, a well-known American, concluded that the secret (and it might almost be said the cans.) of Servia's present slovenliness and despondency is the entire lack of amusement. Nothing greater could be done, he wrote, on behalf of Servia than to provide picture theatres, Studio Whispers. Prom Hejpworth's I hear that Tin WhiU Hope, a version of Mr. Tronbridge's famous novel, is ready, and that the novelist himself will review it before it is shown to the public. Another picture coming up has been written by Alma Taylor, and Includes some fine Devon scenery, particularly a scene in which the heroine in her fever wanders along the edge of a mountain stream. It is rumoured at the studio 1 hat several short comedies have been produced during odd waits in big productions. Twosuch were Miss Dereit and \Ftfi the Weaker They are both going strong— a sure proof that spare moments are golden opportunities for little pictures. Famous Authors— and Others. The craze of the moment among British and American manufacturers seems to be the filming of well-known novels. I could quote dozens of famous authors whose works ha e already received film attention, and "picture" playwrisrbts be anxiously wondering wher nrth, or rather where on screen, tbej are oomiug in. The fool too thai • I « ill nol c foi 1 1 bem. ft : > prove, of course, thai there h 110 room for rubl inasmuch as onlj tip t • >| > scenarios arc ever likely to l>e con« tidered bj the best arms. In tlii^ respect the Turn«u 1 pany 'a announcement on anotbei 1 worth attention. The I. nrc of the Pictures. For a long tiro • past a raeric in n have been uneasy because the once-di uerna has gradual! j drained the stage of ii^ prominent artistes. The bait of I.jl; salaries is too irresistible to even the bit in and one'bj onetbej have Buccnmbed to the lni the picture-. The full list of tvouriles now actin films wo.uld be an eye-opener, and although Bir hTerberl Tree recently denied the rumour, I under, t. mil that our gi English actor is really going oul to Los Angeles, the v busiest Btudio, to undertak of film-phi A New Screen Daredevil. I have had n 1 p»at si\ of the twentj episodi ol / "Broken Coin, the new TransAtlantic serial. \\ li i«li features Grace Cunard as "Lucille Love" and Francis Ford as IIul" Loubeque," and found it quite in ace irdance with the wonderful publicitj which this Berial is getting. Eddie Polo a < Qugo's accomplice, is conspicuous as the m . t remarkable fighter I have ever seen oh the Bcreeu or any where else. His happiest moments apparently are when he is knocking down men like ninepins and hurling others over his back as if they were cardboard dummies. I believe il is Eddie's firsl picture. He is a daredevil of the firsl water, and I hope to deal with him again and publish his portrait in a later issue, A Novelty in "Serials." 1 am informed by Trans-Atlantic that the itucceaaor to The Broken Coin will be something qnite new in so far a> film serials are concerned. It is to he produced in fifteen parts, each part being written by a different author. The idea. I know, has been carried out before in fiction form, hut not, 1 believe, on the soreen. It is a gcotrone, and cannot fail to excite the curiosity of the picture patron, who vill always want to see how the next man has "followed it up.' F. D. • •••<• DON'T ON ANY ACCOUNT FAIL TO SEE CHARMING BETTY NANSEN IN THE MARVELLOUS FOUR PART ROMANTIC DRAMA "A REVOLUTION MARRIAGE" THIS wonderful picture is a dramatic and photographic masterpiece. It cannot fail to thrill you through and through with sheer delight. Tell your cinema manager he must book it if he wants to retain your patronage !