Motion Picture News (Jan - Mar 1914)

24 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS of good pictures comes it will come at a rush. "The style of such things is usually set in one of the three great centers of the country, New York, Chicago or San Francisco. In these cities motion pictures have made great strides, and we are pinning our faith to the belief that Boston and New England will follow suit." In the matter of censorship, Massachusetts is in a peculiar position. By State laws recently passed no pictures may be shown unless they have been sanctioned by the National Board of Censorship in New York City. In addition to this pictures may be ordered off the screen at the discretion of the local authorities. Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, through a secretary, attends to the matter there. While his findings have not hampered the exhibitors in general materially, he has kept out of Boston several features which are being shown in other parts of the country. In the question of exhibitors' leagues, Massachusetts finds itself practically with no exhibitors' league. There is an organization of the men who are opposed to M. A. Neff, president of the Motion Picture League of America, but there is no state branch of the Motion Picture League of America. Working on Screen Club Effort is being made to organize the Screen Club of New England. Most of the active work is done by B. H. Derrah, the motion picture editor of the Boston Journal. Mr. Derrah says he has now about seventy-five prospect ive members and expects soon to start the organization with at least two hundred members. This organization, as at present outlined, will not have a function similar to the Screen Club of New York, which is a social organization. The plan of the proposed Boston organization is to form more of a trade association and regulate trade conditions. Such is the situation in Boston, but conditions are improving, and the farsighted men in the business there feel that they can see but a short time ahead of them the day when Boston and New England will give motion pictures their proper due. — G. D. P. FIELDING IN GALVESTON Romaine Fielding, of the Lubin forces, after producing a number of remarkable films in the mountains and deserts of New Mexico recently moved his company and studios to Galveston, Tex., where he will produce a series of big marine and military subjects, using the wonderful scenic beauties afforded by the picturesque gulf and its tropic environments. At Galveston Mr. Fielding may have for his backgrounds the beautiful waters of the gulf, with its fine surf and its great shipping industry. The city itself is most picturesque and adaptable to picture work, carrying a strange blend of I age-dimmed things, lighted by the lamp of present-day progress. Tropic gardens, palm-lined boulevards, orange and fig groves and two garrisons with 12,000 soldiers all go to make it a superior location for film productions. ROSEMARY THEBY JOINS LUBIN Rosemary Theby in future will be identified with the Lubin productions. The brilliant player of the Vitagraph masterpieces, "The Mills of the Gods," and "The Reincarnation of COURTROOM SCENE IN "THE THIRD DEGREE' (Lul)in — 5 parts) ITS HER FIRST PHOTOGRAPH SINCE JOINING THE LUBIN FORCES AS LEADING WOMAN Karma," and who later added a score of Reliance successes to her remarkable record, is now leading woman for the Lubin actor-director, Harry C. Myers. Hardly two years in photoplay, Miss Theby's steady course upward is as interesting as it is exceptional. Her beauty, intelligence and womanliness have only partly contributed to her distinguished position. It is her positive gifts as an actress to which Miss Theby owes her prominence. Before making her small beginning in photoplay Miss Theby had the benefit of a thorough instruction in acting. She needed only to adapt her knowledge to the demands of the screen. This in itself gave her a great advantage over the average novice, and when her chances came, one after another, they found her prepared and able to do herself justice. Miss Theby is singularly free from whims and fads. Her interest centers in her work. Her recreation comes from the opera during the winter, a few favorite authors and some close friends