Variety (April 1914)

20 VARIETY FILM FLASHES While Indlcatlong point to a combination policy at the new Oeorge Klelne theatre on 42d street It's almost a certainty that the house will play pictures during the summer, opening some time next month. There's a new talklng-slnglng picture on the market and It will have Its first fling for New York approbation around May 24, when a Broadway exhibition will be made. "Tennessee's Partner" Is going to be plc- turized. Arthur C. Alston, who owns the old play, has arranged for a photoplay to be made this summer. As many members of the orig- inal cast as can be secured will be In the pic- ture, among them being Esther Williams, Jane Corcoran and Edmund Walters. Harry 8. Goldman will look after the movie making. R. R. Nehls, manager of the American Film Co., of Chicago, was recently elected president of the Reel Fellows' Club of Chicago by an unanimous vote of the organization. The Star, Savannah, for colored people only, has discontinued. The Bender, Utica, N. Y., playing burlesque this season, Is now showing pictures. "A MiliUnt Suffragette" Is a flve-reeler which Pathe will release April 27. One of the big scenes Is the "hunger strike" of the suff and the attempt to feed her forcibly. "The Severed Hand" Is a three-reeler which the Gold Seal la now making with Cleo Madi- son, Dave Lark ins, Edward Alexander and Ray Hanford In prominent roles. Q\ W. Sawln, a former manager of the Waahlngton Branch of the General Film Co., ban assumed the management of the Famous Players' Film Co.'s branch at Atlanta, which controls the F. P. product In the south. MYSTERY OF 13 HILL ST. A three-part feature film controlled by the Film Releases of America. It's a meller with an auto chase and a leap from a bridge as its piece de resistance. A messenger starte out In an automobile with $25,000 in a tin box and another man, who puts on side whiskers right out In tbe open to disguise himself, fol- lows In another car. When opposite a gypay camp, the latter pretends his car Is temporar- ily disabled In order to stop the messenger's machine and gain his sympathy. Of course that tin box, uncovered, is left on the seat and is easily pinched by Chin Whiskers. Suspicion points to a manly-looking young G>p who Is turned over to uniformed police who happen to be there. Gyp is led away to prison but his swarthy-skinned sweetheart follows the thief on horseback and outrides two machines. A railway draw doea not even stop the thief nor his female pursuer. When she draws up to them they spring out and make her captive, there being several other men in the car with Chin Whiskers. She bores a bole through a floor with her knife and watches the thieves secrete the box in a trap door under a piece of carpet. A bunch of sleuths discover the girl's whereabouts and she leads 'em to the money box. Gyp Is released and is greeted enthusiastically by the.girl who helped re- cover the stolen money. Mr. Whiskers, mean- while eludes a half dozen pursuers and runs onto a .bridge and makes a sensational leap Into th0 water. The flash is so flashy that a dummy was probably used In the climax. He is captured after a water chase, the bewhls- kered thief In a rowboat and the pursuers In a motorboat. It's cheap melodrama from start to finish with very few subtitles. It's a for- eign make with most of the trimmings and preliminaries leading up to the bridge climax too much of a hippodrome to hold the atten- tion of the American movie regulars, who are getting some realistic thrills In the two-part reelers the American film-makers are turning loose every day In the year. Mark. THE REDHEAD. The Sellg is getting out a series of one- reel pictures entitled "The Redhead." Ah there Is always room at the top of movie shows for good comedies and the redhead idea of a mischief-making girl doing all sorts of tomboy stunts in a shanty town neighborhood gives scope for "comedy bits." Selig may find it advantageous to put "Redhead" into three or four parts. In the reel where the redhead Introduces herself she plays In tbe mud, swats a neighbors boy in tbe eye as he peeks through a knothole, runs wild with a black- horned goat upsetting people right and left as she ynnks the Billy along with a long rope; plays baseball and pummels the bad boy and finally gets her mother to meet the mother of the boy who had given her a black eye after she had pummeled him good. Some of the tricks Redhead pulls off got some legiti- mate laughter on tbe first exhibition of the film showing that the Redhead series Is going to start something If well worked up In each succeeding Issue. The girl selected for the stellar role looks too dressed up at times /and appears to bo older than the type of girl de- sired yet she jumps around and uses her hands and feet a la tomboy ho well that another Rirl might not enact the role so effectively. The exterior views In the first reel were up to expectations, giving a good impression as to a backyard neighborhood, where one would ex- pect boys and girls to wallow each other around In the mud, tie cans to dogs' tails and execute all those devilish kid things that Peck's bad boy did when he was in his prime- The Selig Is probably taking up the comedy series thing through the popularity that the In- dependents are making with their Universal Ike, Keystone, Apollo Fred and Ford Sterling series. Mark. BRUCE McRAE WITH F. P. The Famous Players Film Co. bat secured Bruce McRae, and will shortly present him in 'The Ring and the Man/' by Cyrus Townsend Brady. McRae began his stage career with Daniel Frohman, to whose manage- ment he now returns for his first ap- pearance in motion pictures, as was the case with James K. Hackett and Ce- cilia Loftus. KILLED IN PICTURE MAKING. Los Angeles, April 22. William Warner Kirby has sacri- ficed his life for realism in photoplay acting. He died from blood poisoning due to wounds through being attacked by a maddened lion in a picture. The other players are in a panic. Kirby was to have wed Lorena Lorenz, "The Girl in Red," who is here, doing a specialty of diving with a horse into a water tank. LAUGHING AT EACH OTHER. Los Angeles, April 22. A truce has been declared in the temperamental war between Marie Dressier and Mabel Normand at the Keystone picture studio, but the stars, are still nursing their "peeve" and re- fuse to speak. They laugh at each other's work. The first Dressier comedy will shortly be released. *TfTr5s^5s?^nT«Tna^TB^TATllsWrT doat adTcrtls* at all. HOLDIN0 BACK "ZAZA." Although the big multiple reeler, "Zaza," with Mrs. Leslie Carter in her original role before the camera, has been here for the past month there has been no public display of the film on Broadway. The picture is owned by the Kleine Co. which is planning to show it in New York within the near future. Kleine's big six-part feature, "Julius Caesar" reached New York last week. It may have its first Broadway show- ing at the Fifth Avenue which has been exhibiting Kleine features of late. Picture Ball in Baltimore. Baltimore, April 22. The Maryland State Branch No. 36 of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Lea- gue of America will hold its first an- nual dance May 9 at the Lyric theatre. An entertainment and banquet will be added features. RELEASED NEXT WEEK (Apr. 27 to May 4, at) MANUFACTUaUEBS INDICATED BY ABBBKVIATIONS, VULt GENERAL Vltagraph V Blograph B Kalem K Lubln L Pathes Pthe Belt* 8 Edison E Essanajr 8-A Klelne Kl Melles ifel Ambroslo Amb EXCLUSIVE O. N. 8. F ON Ramo R Solas Sol Eclectic Eel P. R. A F Lewis Pennants..L P Ot. Northern O N Dragon D Itala it O. N. X. X..ONXX Blache Features..Bl Luna Lu UNIVERSAL Imp I Gem Oem Bison B101 Chrjrstsd C Nestor N Powers P Eclair Eclr Res .i Rx FronUer Frnt Victor Vic Gold Seal .a 8 Joker j Universal Ike U I Sterling- ster MUTUAL Oaumont O American A Keystone Key Reliance ^ Rel Majestic Ifaj Thaahouser T Kay-Bee K B Broncho /Br Domino Doss Mutual M Princess Pr Komlo Ko Beanty Be Apollo Ape «oyai ....w....... R Ltoa La. Hepworth . NOTE—The subject Is la oao reel of about LOOS feet unless otherwise noted. • • • • • e e APRIL 27—MONDAY. MUTUAL—Her Fighting Chance. 2-reel, dr, A; Our Mutual Girl, No. 15, dr, rel; Caught at the Cabaret, 2-reel com, Key. GENERAL F—Along Came a City Chap, and Hop-Heads Dream, split-reel com, B: The Dance of Death, 2-reel dr, K; Professor Spuffs Romance, com, Pthe; Shot Gun Jones. 2-reel dr, S; The Awakening of Barbara D w re i d £ .. v; l n H1 * n Ufe ' com . E: Knock- ab 5 ut « Kelly—Magician ln Spite of Himself, and Bobby and the Barber, split-reel com Mel; Hearst-Sellg News Pictorial, No. 17, 8. ' UNIVERSAL—Broken Vows, 2-reel dr, Vic: Temper vs. Temper, com, I; The Old Maid's Triumph, com, and In the Barracks of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police of Canada split-reel com, P. ' APRIL 2ft—TUESDAY. MUTUAL—A Flurry ln Hats, com, Be: Cigar Butts, dr, Maj; From the Flames, 2- reel dr, T. GENERAL F—The Mystery of the Silver S ? a >! e » .dr (Blxth Mystery in the Chronicles ?/, C i? ek) v B; Yarn A-Tangle, dr, S-A; The Wedding Present, 2-reel dr, Kl; The Dead- liest of Nature's Celebrities (Zoology), A Few Minutes in Calcutta (India), travel.ffl and St. Jean de Lus on Biscay Bay, travel, Pthe; The Schooling of Mary Ann. com-dr, 8; The Tattoo Mark 2-reel dr V; The Tale of a Chicken, and Another Tale, split-reel com, L. UNIVERSAL—"Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery/' No. 3, 2-reel dr, O. S.; Spotted, and For the Love of Baldy, split-reel com. C: Uni- versal Ike and the School Belle, com, U. I. APRIL 29—WEDNESDAY. MUTUAL—The Smouldering Spark, dr A- Shorty Escapes Matrimony. 2-reel dr ' Br ' Izzv and the Bandit, com Ko. GENERAL F—A Fugitive from Justice, dr. E ; The Stolen Rembrandt, 2-reel dr, K; Cur- l n . g tt „Husband, com, S-A; Pathes Weekly, No. •M, Pthe; Setting the Style, com, V: Th» Pirates of Peacock Alley, dr, s; The Inventor's Wife, 2-reel dr, L. UNIVERSAL—Women and Roses, dr. N • A Boarder's Mishaps, com, and Poisonous In- sects (educ), •Pllt-reol. J; The Secret of the Weekly^! 1$ 0?*'' ^^^ ******* APRIL 30^THURSDAY. w MUT 5. A ,V~ 0u i of *• N1 f ht » 2 - r ««» **. Dom j J No 70 M ^ C ° m * 7i MUtUal Week " GENERAL >—The Soul of the Desert, dr. B- Pie for Sophie, w-com. 8-A; A Pack of Cards, 2-reel dr, L; Difference Between Tan- gos (Fantasy), and Batty Bill's Monkey and Pelican, com, split-reel, Mel; In Royal Bond- u g A'J; , 2 € !, dr VT Pthe L Ton J r tne Oraaaar. dr, V; Hearst-Sellg News Pictorial. No. 18. 8. ^ UNIVERSAL—Through the Eyes of the B»n<}. 2-reel dr, I; An Episode, dr Ri; The Fatal Weddlng^om, Star; Cuckoovllle Goes Skating, com, Frnt. BUY 1—FRIDAY. MUTUAL— Love'a Sacrifice. 2-reel dr, K B; Politeness Pays, dr, Pr; The Quicksands, dr! Maj. GENERAL F—Frederick the Great, 2-reel ^"ix. 86 *? 8 °l Cnoaa ' 2 -™ 1 <» r . S-A; Stung. fr-1 ». D,p ? y S D K r , oam ' ■PHt-reel com, K; A Knight of Trouble, and The Plot that Failed, split-reel com. 8; Bunco Bill's Visit, com. V: The Oet-Away, dr. L. UNIVERSAL—Her Husbands, com, N: The Two-Gun Man. 2-reel dr, P; Who's Who, com- ar, vio. MAY 2—SATURDAY. iu M V T r ? AJ ^r The B «Jy ! » the Trunk, 2-reel dr. M # ; T a? Che68e °L A),,C6 » com . A P© J Getting Rid of Algy, com, T. GENERAL F—Her Grandmother's Wedding Drees, dr E; Broncho Billy's Close Call, w-dr" S-A; He Never Found Out, com, L: The Ac- Breed, 2-reel dr, V; A Secret Crime, dr, K; dr's ° P ' B; Uttle MlM BounUfu l' UNIVERAaL—The Bucket Sharpers, com. J; The Runaway, dr Frnt; The Tragedy of Whispering Creek, 2-reel dr, B101. ALL WRONG THE FIRST TIME. Mention was made a few weeks ago of the invention.of Arthur Robinson, a moving picture actor, of a non-in- flammable suit which would permit him to enter a burning building and escape unhurt. * The "invention" was utilized Tuesday at Cliffside, N. J., where Robinson acted in a burning structure as part of the plot of a movie drama. Also in the building was Charles Davenport. As a result Davenport is in the hos- pital seriously burned and not expected to live, with Robinson also very much the worse for the encounter. It is now explained that altogether too much coal oil and gasoline were used for the conflagration and that the building was constructed of pine lum- ber instead of something less inflam- mable; also, that the explosion was set off too quickly. But the result remains. JOURJON RETURNS HOME Charles Jourjon, president of the Eclair company, who came over to America to arrange the reconstruction of a new studio to replace the one de- stroyed by Are recently sailed for home Tuesday on the Lusitanla. Banner Carrier Fined. Pittsburgh, April 22. For some time past there has been a little war between the union picture operators and theatres which refuse to employ union men. Recently several persons parading the street in front of the Pastime theatre have been arrested for bearing banners warning people to stay away from the house. Stickers are also being used in the campaign. Moving Picture Operators' Union, Local No. 171, is waging the fight of Kenneth Kister in the magistrate's court, alleging Magistrate Fugassi had no right to fine Kister $10 for carry- ing a banner. The union will appeal to the higher courts against the magis- trate. PICTURES IN ALL KEITH'S. It's practically settled that the B. F. Keith "big-time" vaudeville will offer pictures following the closing of the regular "two a day" program May 23. Just what the Palace will do is prob- lematical but it may have a movie nov- elty as an attraction following its va- riety season. In addition to the Colonial, Alham- bra, Bronx, Bushwick and Orpheum, taking up feature films May 24, two houses which have been playing stock will also tackle the pictures. They are the Crescent and Greenpoint, Brook- lyn. Probably the first showing of the feature film in which Buffalo Bill played a prominent part and is con- trolled by Max Anderson (Anderson & Ziegler) in New York will be May 24 at the Colonial which is to play pic- tures during the summer. ONLY 56 IN COLUMBUS. Columbus, O., April 22. A new movie theatre on North High street is rearing completion, making 56 picture" nouses in all in that city.