Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

K B N D I I < picn » ■ i picruRi One Hundred and Eiglity-One Reels! SOME "OUTPUT" INDEED. O \ k ,.i the firms in the film industry is the 1 sun i> C< inpany. For the la I three months of tli'^ > ear their an i include the production of no fe\> rthau 181 reels of film pic tun I iftj • igbi reels were made in October, six! ill be made in Noveral er, and sixty-two in December. Among the best of the long< r subfacts which «ill be issued are /.< //" J'a/nr, <>/ Ho Kit ■ bj r \! irii »n I i aw lord, in which 1C. J. Ratcliffe, Richard (0. Travel's, and Arlees Raeketl are the Edgar A.llai in which Henry B. Walthall takes the Lead; Tides thai Ueel, bj Clinton Danger field, with Bryant Washburn leadrag ; / t, taken from Sheldon's plaj /''• Hum I featuring Edna Mayo and Bryant Washburn; I'1' I'il1 • tad, by Joseph Byron Totten, and featuring Darwin Kan ; /': 01 S . bj H, Tipton Steck, iting John Lorena ai d June Keith ; and / '■■• < • ■• ■ I ' it, written by Edward T. Lowe, iun., and featuring Ward a Howard and John Loi There also will be fi >rthconiin I fables in Slang, the Dream} Dud aarti ons and scenic picturi s, the W i si i,i dramas by G-. M. Anderson, the Western comedies, as well a EssanayChaplin photo-comedies. Eseanaj studio, which will iOft. long and L75ft. wide, with a poor si ace i f 61,250 square feet, is being pushed as rapidly as possible in order to give plenty ol room for the prodnction pf plays. This is claimed to be the 1 Indoor studio, lighted by artificial '.amps. wex built. A dozen producers can work thereat the same time. "Charlie" among the Wounded. AT a concert given recently by Dorothy Sturdy for the entertainment of wounded soldiers at the Military Hospital on Tooting Common, London. Longford Reed, the Essanay Publicity Manager, distributed cigars and packets of cigarettes among the three hundred soldiers present. These ■rifts created p mPl interest, but the later distribution of packets of six postcards of Charlie Chaplin led to a regular furore. The men clamoured for the packets, and begged for additional packets for their bedridden chums. Mr. Reed hi struck by the way these photographs of Chaplin were appreciated that he announces that he will be happy to distribute similar packets at other entertainments got up for the benefit of our wounded heroes, and would, in addition, be pleased to nt his music-hall sketch The Muddlers, which has been played over one hundred times on behalf of charity. London managers organising entertainments for the benefit of the wounded, who would care for Mr. Reed'sco-i should write to him at the office of the Essauay Company. c=®=3 |»fr["cr=©=i ••• j ?!•••[■= !!•$•! l }' B •• I THE "BATTLE OF LOVE" A COMEDY DRAMA IN THREE ACTS In " The Battle of Love " Essanay has hit upon one of the most thrilling photoplays ever writt< n. li represents a complete new phase*bf the triaugul love tangle, one which is clean and wholesome, free from all the sordidness of the u rigular love stories, and with a pleasing denouement. How an interesting engagement was broken by a misunderstanding, how a wager was made between the parents of the couple, ami how a convenient Mr. " Fixit " brought the lovers together again after forcing them through the agonies of a supposed tragedy, provides unique opportunities for those clever KSSANAY players FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN & RUTH STONEHOUSE in this 3-act Comedy-Drama, which is thoroughly interesting and engrossing from the start to finish. You should see this film at your local Cinema, but if you do not notice any announcements about it a.'-k the Manager why. Just say it is an •• Francis X. Bushman THE EXCLUSIVE FILM Essanay Film Service, Ltd., 22, Soho Sq., London, W. : C3 t=®S]»5« •s« c©o ® Djp