Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

THE UNIVERSAL WEEK I VISITS UNIVERSAL CITY. GERMAN INN BUILT FOR "O'ROURKE" PLAY. During his stay in Los Angeles, where he appeared at the Majestic Theatre. Harry Lauder, his wife and William Morris, his manager, were guests at the Universal's West Coast plant. Under the personal guidance of General Manager Isadore Bernstein the little party was introduced to several Universal photoplayers. countrymen of the comedian. After watching several of the companies at work at the studio, the party motored to Universal City, where Mr. Lauder was initiated into the mysteries of production of several of the big features which the company is staging at present. "Hoot mon" was the password, and among the merry crowd of Highlanders there was considerable talk of Glasgow, Edinburgh, lochs, cairns, braes and such < 'aledonian products, and as the sunny Scot bade farewell to the others before the doors of the general otnces in Hollywood, he was loud in his assertions that on his entire tour he had not spent another such pleasant afternoon as the one -i»'iit as the guest of the Universal CLEO MADISON TAKES NEEDED REST. Now that she has passed without serious injury 3 reels of imminent death in the production of "The Trey o' Hearts" series. Cleo Madison, the plucky little lead with Lucas' Gold Seal Company, has decided to do what she has said she would never do. She is taking n week's vacation. Riding her recently purchased Arabian. ""Vance", and accompanied by her huge • •ollie. she intends spending the greater part nf her time in the mountains. Director Jacques Jaccard of the Universal-Kerrigan-Victor company, in completing the last four hundred feet of No. 3 of the "Terence O'Rourke" series, decided that it was absolutely necessary to erect a building for the purpose of using it in this popular production. An inn, such as one is accustomed to seeing in Heidelberg, Germany, was built on the newranch at Universal City, and those who have seen it say that it is truly as realistic as those seen abroad. Made of reinforced concrete with stained glass windows it reproduced on the celluloid perhaps better than if it had been taken across the water. There were no highlights to make the cameraman peeved. In the foreground of the picture reproduced here is the director, Mr. Jaccard. and the star of the series. Jack Kerrigan. The name of the picture is "The Inn of the Winged Cod", and it will be released December 7. WALLACE KERRIGAN MARRIES, BUT—! By outwitting an auto loaded with a gang of wild, hilarious, shouting desperadoes, bent on kidnapping them, Wallace Kerrigan, superintendent of the Universal ranch, and his bride of but a few hours recently proved that romance and adventure art not all for the motion picture player. Some of it falls to the lot of ordinary mortals. Running away from their host of friends in Los Angeles, Mr. Kerrigan (who, by the way, is Jack Kerrigan's twin brother), and Nina Richdale, popular member of Santa Barbara's exclusive set, made a flying trip to Santa Barbara, where they were married secretly (or so they fondly supposed). The news, however, leaked out some way, and a crowd of friends, newspaper men, photoplayers and the like from Santa Barbara hurried to the station to capture them as they were leaving and (Continued on Page 16.) a-. ; ; ^ a Representation of English Street Scene Built at Universal City for Otis Turner'* Production, "Called Back".