Variety (September 1913)

VARIETY FILM FLASHES David Hornlfy (ot burk from th* otb«r fid* Sept. 10. Edward liarry has left the Ambroslo to b« tbc London repre»entutive of Warner's Fea- tures. Purry N. VekiulT U the new Bcenarto •dltor fur Klneniaculur. Albert E. t'uwoad has gone over new Ala.ska Ue trails with a luovle camera for tbe Oeiicral Film Co. The Oirl and the Tiger." a :t-reel Unlyer- Hul, Is unnouuL't'd lor release Sept. 18. • The Clown K nauRbter" la a Reliance re- lease annoUDced for Sept. 13. iJilnging dead people back to life through the ait of make-up and the mDVles will have ir<Hti ixpoBitlon in an esuay of Darker A Co. cf London to reHect a motograpbic Life ot guevTi VictDrla. Three actrtsses Impersonate the dead ruler at different stages of ber career. EmerBon Hough, novelist, has Just got back tu Edmcnton, Canada, after a 4,r»U() mllo trip over the north Alaska wilds with an Estanay camtra muu and others. The Indianapolis branch of the Motion Tlc- ture Operatorn* Union, are on strike for $23 wtekly instead of the current |18 scale. William Winter Jefterson will soon be seen as Hob Acres in •The Kivals" In a Klnema- color reUase promised to duplicate the icc n l r .. effects of the original Joseph Jefferson pro- duction. The Wllkes-Harrc (Pa.) Record says $aO.- (XhkhK) yearly Is spent for admission to movies. The Electric Films announce 'When Paris I>ove8" In .'i reels ready Sept. 18. "Doc" Wl.lafs retirement from the New York Motion Picture Corporation Co.. forces haH tempDrarlly placed Fred Dalsbofer In the Wlllat Job. Edward Warren's first big stunt for the Edison Includes the capture of President Wil- son at the head of •The Hoy Scouts of America" In 8 reels. The Oaumont announces a new two-reel wild animal play.et. "The Lion Hunters." to be released Sept. l»l. "The Faithful Servi- tor," another Gaumont feature playlet, will be released Sept. 15. Joseph F. Curtln and H. O. Coughlln are named as fellow incorporators In the Edward E. Rice niro venture. Arthur E. Carpenter, M. C. Genchl and George Healey are the heads of the Caprice Co., a $rjt).()UO company organized to lease moving picture rights. Philadelphia now has the Metropolitan Film Co., a $2dO,0(M> corporation for trade In films, lenses and accessaries. One million dollars is the reported capital stock of the Photoplays Theatre Co. of Do- ▼er Del., Just organized to conduct movie theatres and sell movie supp.lea. W. F. Cooke, Walter Carrow and M. M. Hlrons are the In- corporators. The Mlttenthal Film Co. started the manu- facture of a new three-reelej- this week en- titled "Sir Highwayman." Doris Mitchell, who has been one of the leading women with the Essanay company In Chicago, has been succeeded by Helen War- fleld. Mason Hopper, one of the producers for the Essanay company In Chicago, has rttlred and E. H. Calvert, who has been with the com- pany for some time, has been advanced to the p3Sltlon of producer. ■Snobbery" the study of a chorus girl's em- barrassmcnlB In hUh society will present K«- mona Langby In a Nestor release shortly. "In the Wilds of Africa," a new Jungle film it the 101 Hlson Is being staged at the Uni- versal City siudio by Hrnry McUae. "The Shadows of Life" Is the new name given to "Love Divine. ' the original title of a new Snialley U-reel feature shortly to be re- leased by the Universal. "Memories" l3 an- other forthrnmInK Fmalley' feature announced for early production. "Playmates" Is the title of the first Juvenile feature which the Bornsteln contingent of the Paf inr Coast studios wi.l produce, with an all- Juvenile cast "The PIlRrlm ■ is the tit'.e of a now dra- mstlc filsylet written by Edwin August for his own exploitation. HEAVEN AND EARTH "If that WHS an American film, the hero would bo as chipper as a squirrel as soon as be struck the ground ; but you sne these for- eign artorn are thorough; they do evorythlnf naturally. The hero has been up In the air as nir.ny w;iy> ko many hours that bo's half dead. and must be revived. What you see is bla restoration; they r« bringing him tol" A big, tow beaded man, with glasses and a large edition of the Hoy MoCaruall type of face, said this during an exposition be>)t. 8 In the projection room of the True Features Co. of a new four-reel playlet from btsrlln labeled "Between Heaven and Earth." Ihe big man, who seemed an omclal of the concern, said other big things. Those gathered to 8e« the puture must navd been profoundly grateful for the aid the big man gave tuem by keeping them Informeu a good ulsunce ahead of the panorama. The author of thu feature possibly designed bis play to be cumu- lative in suspense and interspersed with sur- prises, but the big man saved the observer from any shocks planned by the cruel scenarist. 'Walt for the revolverl" the big man said. The observers, while waiting for the r<.volver, saw the two lotharios conirent each other in regular Lcrhn melodramatic style--natural method. Une bunched up bis shou.ders, loiUeJ biH arms auu smiled sardonically. The opposing Romeo was withering his rival with S(.oruiul triumphant sneers during this, hiH shouluers aUo hunched—natural Benin melodramatic method—and hU arms crossed lu the best Corse-r'ayton manner. but be dldn t wither long, for his foe without warn- ing reached out and whipped the puiluy bluck carrying the cable that had brought tno pair up from Its acaffo.d screw-eye, and let-'er go. 1 be lovers were marooned ou the apex ot the tawer, a blind effect, suns stairs, lad- der, ledges or other means of access or egress. "Wait for the twine; he's got a ball of twine! Watch him! " The observers waited for the appearancL> of a bull of twine, but meanwhile the loveis mix It up again. The preferred Locbmvur whea he sees the pulley go, makes a swipe at his Jailer, and the pair go Into a climh until the gang sounus. Recriminations iuliow--shoul- ders bunched—and, though same of the on- lookers were carrying a sut>cons.ious expect- ancy of a ball of twine and a revolver ouu about here, the swains instead hiplock each other again. "Walt for the kite!" stuck In the big man at this paint. "liut where Is the twine?" someone asked. "And the revolver, when does that come?" another curious watcher quizzed. "Well, you see,'" begins the big man, "it's like this"—and here most of tho people wha up to this time had been trying to follow the tllm, now turned from the screen to the seir- appolntcd True Features megaphone. And while the booth operator industrious.y reeled of the remaining scenes of "lietwe.n Heaven and Earth," the big man resumed: "During the fight—it's in sort of rounds— the villlan pulls the gun ; the other fellow hlt-> him with a brick—one ot those you see .yin.4 loose up there—the two get rxhauated. Then they go at It again. Later the villain writes a note—" "But the string—" Interjects a listener. "You see he pulls a ba.l of twine fram bis pocket, lowers it, the crowd below tie an- other rope to It, the pair at the top haul It up. and Just as the successful sweetheart Is about ta seize the hoisted cable, the villain pushes It out of bin hand and down goes cable again and string. Yes, and then comes the revolver fight, and after that while the villain Is sleeping the vhlaln pulls out chloroform and a handkerchief and stuns—stuns mind. nat kills—stuns—the villain. Then he writes the note, and. wraps it around a piece of brick and drops it, and the crowd read, and follow tho Instructions, which are to get a boy to fly a kite over the tower—and —the fellow on top will catch It and--" But the operator had beaten the oral narra- tor to It. The screen went black. All was . over. The big man seemed disappointed. Tbc listeners re.leved. Those pre.sent who had been able to keep their attention on the pic- ture, despite the big man's Baedeker, thought It might be a good rnoufcb melodrama novelty If only the picture could have been seen In- stead of heard. Corb. (True Feature Fllma.) CHICAGO TBOUBLB THREATENS. Chicago, Sept. 10. The Star and Garter and Columbia threatens to have trouble of the same sort as during last season. When the Columbia was built it was with the permission uf the Hyde & behman people, who insisted and obtained the right to all shows playing Chicago to first appear at the Star and Garter. The shows this season have in some cases reached the newer house Brst and if it continues an injunction pro- ceeding is threatened. The Star and Garter has been on the vervje of trouble with the Columbia .\niusc'inent Co. all season. Hyde & Dchinan arc considered but secondarily in several instances in the management oi the merger circut. i>i<c>c;kkshive crnsorh. The newly appointed censor board of the Progressive Burlesque Wheel con- sists of F. W. Stair., Chas. L. H^tch and Thomas D. Sullivan. The com- mittee left New York Sunday to make a complete circuit uf the Wheel and will return t<» New York in about two weeks. Arrangements have been inade to play the Progressive shows in Middle- town. O.. Sundays, between Cincinna- ti and Indianapolis. As Cincinnati is a six-day town the original schedule left the shows with Sundays oft. BAD BILLING STUFK. Sim Williams' "Girls from Joyland,' at the Gotham next week, is using soim- hill aJviMico billing This week ill Harlem there is paper out carrying tlie name of Evelyn Thaw and "The Girls from Joyland" in big letters, with a couple of words in minute type to "square" it. The inference that Mrs. Thaw will be with the show next week is very plain unless a microscopic class is liandod to each reader of the bills. FIXI.NG "TKOCADKROH." Charles H. Waldron's "Trocaderos" IS undergoinj.? repairs. It is an Eastern Burlesque Wheel attraction. Lillian English and Florence Mills were sent on to join the piece. Six chorus men have been added. MOLLER riPE-ORCHRSTRA. the pnioilral thealre orvan. plays musical show at N. Y. Hippodrome. Vaudeville at llth St. theatre, movies many pltcM. C. 8. Losh. Brooklyn. N. v.—Phone. WATSONS GROWING SCRAPPY. Although the season started of! with ail understanding, it is reported, be- tween the two Billy Watsons on the Eastern Wheel, the report is now that the Billy W. Watson of "The Girls From Happyland" broke away from the peace pact by billing himself as "The Original" couple of weeks ago' in Providence. This was a breach, say the burlesque men who know of the "in- side" goings on, and may be resented if. some way by ''Beef Trust" Billy Watson. '*Beef Trust Billy" is not calling his show by that title this season, the at- t-action beinj^ billed as "liilly Watson's Own Show." •Another move made that does not Ic.'sen the growing tension between the two shows is said to have been the shift n^ade by Hurtig & Seamon whereby tlieir "Ginger Ciirls" was substituted in the Wheel in the first place occupied this season by **The Girls I'Vom Hap- pyland" also a H. & S. production. This change placed "The Girls" with Billy Watson four weeks ahead of "Beci Trust Billy." instead of lo weeks ahead of him as the routine first called for. This is the first season on the East ern Wheel for the Beef Trust Watson sliow. Besides these two Watsons there is the Watson Sisters show, also • n the Eastern Wheel. BURLKSQUE TAKES BRACK. The burlesque business took a bracr last Friday when the weather turned. Up to then, from Labor Day. it had l)een considerably off. This week with the heat in the early part and the Mardi Gras festivities at Coney Island, it was not expected the burlesque houses in Now York and Brooklyn would be overwhelmed with patronage. DIVIDING SURPLUSES. Three of the Columbia .\musemen: Co. subsidiary companies have given notice of a division of.surplus to their stockholders. The Toronto Company is paying 10 per cent, Baltimore 10 per cent, and Kansas City 7y3 per cent. HARRIS PROMOTING ''WHEEL.** The frequent trips to Europe made by Ben Harris the past year may not have been in vain. It is understood that in association with Lawrence Weber and William J. Counihan he is promoting the forma- tion of a burlesque wheel in Great Britain and that already two houses in the East End of London have been be- spoken as the nucleus to a chain to be operated along the lines of the "Wheels" over here. '•CARLO GIRLS** BEAT WELCH. Indianapolis, Sept. 10. Tom Sullivan's "Monte Carlo Girls" on the Progressive Wheel are said to have done $1,000 more on the week than the Ben Welch show (Eastern Wheel) did while here in opposition MR. and MRS. OSCAR LORAINE And the "Keason" of Mr. Loralne doing his slngl* again for a while. MAY DROP LAWRENCE. Lawrence, Mass.. Sept. 10. It is said here the Progressive W^heel may drop the Opera House, as a three- day stand. The Progressive shows are not doing well in this town. They play Lawrence for the last half of the week.