Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

: Nov, 121 So nui, h space in the given np to the Contest that it would <>nl\ i,. I, this page to Ural further with tli ject. [should like to say, however, firstly, that prizes be d spatehed at the earliest pn moment (raj siucere congratulations to the winners), and iidly. that countless voters sue >eeded in placing three auoi even all the winners on one coupon, but not in their oorrect order, [know I shall get n lot of letters pointing this out ami pei'baps claiming a consolation prize, but if the right names ■ wrong in position /'.-.. according to the totals of votes they could not, pi ci mi ■. be winning coupons, "Screened Stars" Going Strong. The picture i uzzle competition on the opposite page is in full swing, and I nope 3 ou are all going in for it. A few readers complain that the puzzles arc difficult, but 1 do not agree with them. If the pictures were obvious to all at first glance, thousands would win, and there would j be nothing for anj body, Every picture really illustrates ■ player's surname, and when you find it you will say " How easy it is," Fill up what you can, anyway. There is no need to get all correct to win a prize. By the way. a few single-page Bets are dribbling into the office, but let me tell the senders that only com~ plete sets are eligible. Save them up until I tell you to send them in. A Batch of Coming Films. "Is Elisabeth Risdon acting now ? ;' writes a reader, Yes. she i as busy as ever; Mam ice Elvey has completed no less than six "Diploma" films, all made at the London Film Company's Studio, and all featuring Miss Hi-don. Their titles are A Will of her Own, Esther, /■'< '■■ rs all written by Mr. E! Charity Anne,hy Cbappell Dosseti ; Megg, tin Lady, by Tom Gallon, and Love in a Wood, by Kenelm Foss. They will be released shortly as Exclusives, and Mr. Elvey tells me that other big productions he has aiTanged for include the rights of two of E. Temple Thurston's books, The ixreau st H tsh %n the n orld&nd The Evolution of Catherine. In addition to Miss Risdon his company of well-known artistes includes Fred Groves, Ruth Mackay. Gerald Ames, Frank Btanmora, and Charles Rock. Alma Taylor, Mother ; Chrissie White, Dc lighter. One of the best of the past week's trade shows was the Hepworth production of Sieeet Lavender, the play by Sir! Arthur Pinero which charmed countless pieturegoers, mya It included, many years ago at Terry's Theatre and elsewhere: lhe picture carried me back to those byegone days frankly I enjoyed it as much as I did the play. There is such B lot m it to compensate for the loss of the spoken dial K"*.a Eenry Ainley's Dick Phenyl is not a bit 1 L'3 the late Edward Terry's interpretation, it is none the l< Btrone and lovable character. Alma Taylor surprised me with her dramatic rendering of the wronged mother who is Dick's housekeeper, and Chrissie White, the daughter, was just sweet in the same part. The placers. Cecil ' worth, who produced, and the London Independent Film grading Company, Limited, who have acquired the picture, are all to lie congratulated. Fashionable Film Functions. ^ The Essanay Trade Shows, at each of which a batch of ' good things " arc always shown, arc becoming quite a fashiou SIR JOHN HARE AS "ECCLES" IN "CASTE, the fine Ideal Exclusive produced by Larry Trimble. Sir John has been ou the stage for fifty years. ablcfn ■ lieira, the in film l screen d n I he Winner of the (iuiiua. Lb0U< a month ag0 (1, uinea to the reader oi Picti 1 ubmitted il suggestion for making Selig films absolutely tb< Just 1 li. .M.int 1 the priai I to Mi \ r "I 2i I .. id. Souths* u, li 1 have not heard v was, nor can I for the life of me think what could I e done to make film better, li d< to bi try to do anythi Watch Vtu —Chaplin. I went the other evenii Lupino Lane in bis Charlie Chaplin ,'n II atch I I Em] ire Theatre. Excellent h ■ tin's r< > ne is I was agreeably surj 1 to note that Mr. Lane's act in which he is assisted by a whole crowd 1 i " ( lharliee " drew more applause than anything else. .His imitations of the '• make up" and the mannerism the '• one and only" arc reall ishingly life-like, Lupino Lane is also a him success, and I haw h. aid it stated that Trans-Atlantic ha cured his services 1 e< niedy The Super=Souvenir. If "a thine; of beauty is ever. ' some ol my future " jo going to be furnished by the beautiful souvenirs of their E\cli!-: which have long been issm Gaumont Film Hire Service. I do not exaggerate when I say that these superb works of art. edited by Mr. Alec Braid of the Publicity Department, are absolutely the last word in things artistic in the Cinema trad". Some that I would not part with illustrate such films as No G Love, The Jockey of Death, The Trumpet , Call,'] High Treason, Salambo, and •l"L and Mr. Braid informs me— and this should interest exhibitors— that there are others as good or better to folic Sir John Hare's Great Film Success. I am just in time to sqnei ze in congratulations to all 1 ceined in the production of Casio. The exhibitors and the public are the next in turn to be concerned. The film ia magnificent. 1 . D. ' THEATRE " Stirring a"d vivid. TWICE DAILY —The Times. 2.30 and 8. DEUGIOUS GOFFLEm For Breakfast & after Dinner. WHITE &