Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

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PfCTUKiiS AND THE PIC^MREGOER 136 '\ ! KK h.NUING ■ ;3. I9'5 Pit ICIT g> ERrSOlNA ES M( The Progress of Peters [OTHER and Father Peters decided t baf a little youthful training in the wilds of Australia would not be amiss for their promising sou. n >t because he had shown a tendency to be incorrigible, but because both realised that for a youth who showed the ambition of young House, experience would be by far the prime teacher. Accordingly Australia welcomed Souse Peters— whose portrait will be found in our "Gallery" on another page -at about fifteen years of age, and House Peters' welcome of Australia was considerably less in warmth, for soon he had joineda hunting-party which planned to make a trip into the wilds of South Africa. The holiday, as House describes it, lasted for some three years, during which time Africa was mighty well covered, and the chatter of the baboon, the roar of the lion, and the cry of the tiger became familiar nightly occur-. rences with the young huntsman. With a soul satisfied by this adventure he turned his eye" toward the stage, and for many years successfully appeared through Australia and India with travelling repertoire companies. His return to his native land was not particularly auspicious, and soon, he made a tour of the Eastern hemisphere in search of further adventure, ultimately ending with eighteen months' service in the English Army during the Boer War. After the declaration of peace his path in quest of fame led him back to England, whore he appeared with Wilson Barrett in The Silver K'ukj. resuming the stage career which led him to A merica. where, with Ruth Chatterton, he appeared successfully in Susan's Gentleman, a sketch of his own writing. Then followed engagements in The Money Moon and Bought and Paid For, until the lure of the pictures attracted him. Since that time Mr. Peters has accredited himself with a meteoric rise to popular favour, which ranks him to-day as a leader among motion-picture idols. During the past two years he has been seen in The Bishop's Carnage (his first film part), 7750 Chelsea, 2 he Pride of Jennico, Clothes, JMrs. Wiggs-.of the Cabbagi Patch. Hi gnon, Sajotny Jane, The Girl of the Golden West, The Warrens of Virginia, The Captive, I'lii' I 'nii/raii/. Hi tin,, i Men, and The Winged Idol. Mr. Peters' first appetirance with the Lulsn Company will be in the ro.'e of Steve Ghent in William Vaughan Moody's line Western American play '/'/,, ( ', ,-, ,il Divide. (irowlng Into a Part. Wl I Y was William Wadswprth absent from the Edison studio for three weeksP Answer— he was not, but only hidden behind a three-weeks' bush which he had grown on his face to play the Hebrew in <',,!i,„ '., Luck, the four-reel comedy drama by Lee Arthur, in which lie was stari'".1. With many of the scenes actually played in the Ghetto no "' stage " whiskers would be allowed with the real thing in imported whiskers moored right alongside him. Waddy smiled weakly when he was asked what his wife thought of his disguise -he mo\ed away muttering. Some grew so bold as to say that his better half would not let him come home with his tangled growth. Any way, it fooled a policeman who was stationed in the Ghetto with the players, tokeep'back the crowd as the pictures were being taken. The policeman pushed Waddy back half a block, despite his protests that he was a player, and would probably be g< ing yet liad not Director John Collins rescued him from the worked-up Bobby. Mammoth "Set" for a Cannibal Island Picture. NO theatrical -tage in the world could ever put on s,lch a sceie the one recently completed by the Vitagraph Company for The Isl-f, Surpri te. The scene represented a cave with three compartments and a rocky approach and looked like a transplanted section from one of the South Sea Islands. Thirty workmen-experts n engaged for four weeks on the > tionof this mammoth Bet, which is Ut feet high, 100 feet wide, and JJO0 feet ! Burlap and plasfe r-of-paris were used to build the sides and entrance to the cave and to reproduce huge rocks that weigh -everal tons apiece. Tropical plants. clinging vines, grass, shrubbery, and trees masking the opening of the cave were brought from nearby woods and florists. Special boats A Beautiful Photograph of Miss Elisabeth Risdon, and a useful Oatine Toilet Outfit —FREE. The Oatine Co. will .send to all readers of ■■ Pictures a charming photograph ot Miss Elizabeth Risdon. together with the delightful Oatine Toilet Outfit illustrated herewith. Send to-day and test these wonderful toilet preparations of which Miss Kisdou speak&so highly. Read what she s;: To Hie Oatine Co.. Please send mehalf-a-dozen more jars of Oatine Cream by an early post. 1 cannot fell ;/•• ■: J find this delightful preparation in m>j icork. 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