Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

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\\ i i . no 403 PICTURES AND THE PICTUH By the Time You Find Out What You Wont See, You're Ready to Go Home. 0&.I.F *M j (,', pTT | & ? JHLT COM\MG"TVCSt>'vY " • 6 «TTR(V « | t^W5.Y VICUAXE i < EU OF THC 0 /VGMC5 *3** ' ' [fell. CO. 'l-M CO. MCW fRl^Y-fiou'7 f.ML TO sets IT first Rum picture OV Trte GRtAT b£T£CTi« ^COMEtK Dt^MA-TRAGe^V WILL YOU "TfclL Mf. U>r\/VT IN "TV wHOJ MY m»IF€ \ CsOn't lvjAkst rttS To C|\LL He A UAC, s * m\ rip luced by courtesy of The Evening Mail (X. Y.J, "Rube" Goldberg, the artist, and John Sender, ol tin Moving Pictun Section IN Aisrr» OUT 01? the STUDIO In Her Seventy-second Year! MMK. SARAH BERNHARDT, who was recently appearing at the London Coliseum in /.-.* Calhrurales, will shortly be seen bj the public all over the British Isles in piston Bernard Jean /> Tin's powerful Broadway Trans-Atlantic feature unfolds the tragic story of the well-known play, and gives scope to every phase of .Madame Bernhardt'* wonderful artistry. Jea is one of the most appealing plays ever pro■need, and well worthy of the great French actress's inimitable art. In the KA of the anguished wife and mother lime. Bernhardt, who, it is interesting to note, is now in her seventy-second year, wins whole-hearted sympathy and admiration. One watches the film oblivious of everything else, and the story grips hard. To say that Mine. Bernhardt is supported by an adequate east is to give unqualified praise, for only the truest of artistes can properly support so great an actress, who has been able to avail E of the support of some of the dented tragedians of the day. In the film with Mine. Bernhardt appear I Raymond Bernard (as Jacques). i of the author of the play, and Mdlle. Costa in the role of Louise the fee, who lures Jacques to his ruin. •■A fine new portrait of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt appears as our frontispiece. It Actually Happened. HERBERT RAWL1NSON is authority for the following story, which shows the innocence of some of the managers in the country. "Some years ago I was stage manager with a road attraction and the management booked a few one-night stands. We came to a small town in Kansas, where the opera-house manager was the ' billposter, janitor, constable ' in fact, 'all there is I am.' "We discovered our scenery was too long for the small stage. Turning to the manager I asked. 'What is your proscenium opening here f "The gentleman in question emitted a brown fluid over the extreme edge of the proverbial chin-piece and replied. ' Oh, about seven-thirty ! ' " Gene Gauntier Goes to War. GENE GAUNTIER. one of the best known of the motion-picture stars. has sailed for Sweden. It is whispered that she is to visit the trenches, and is under contract to furnish a newspaper syndicate with authentic stories of existing conditions. Miss Gauntier will always be remembered for her ex quisite work as the "Virgin Mary "in the famous Kalem photo-play Fromth Mangerto the Cross, themaking of which records the first American companj to visit Europe in the interest of the motion-picture industry. .Mis1 jauntier not only appeared in the cast, but she wrote the scenario and practically directed the picture. It is understood that before sailing she signed a contract with one of the big film-producing companies, and on her return will have some startling plans to unfold. The Beau Brummel of Pictures. AFEAY afternoons ago a tall, wellbuilt, distinguished-looking gentleman entered our editorial sanctum. "I am Frank Rosbert Cheroka," he informed us. "By birth I am an .American-Indian, I have been on the American stage, and have also played for the Kalem Company." " Do 1 prefer the stage ? "No! I don't think I'll ever return to the boards after film-work. Absent from America for eight years. I have divided my time between England and Belgium. I was in Ostend when wai broke out, and only a short I