Variety (December 1914)

24 MOVING PICTURES Ths Tlyoll opera house, San Francisco, former home of the Metropolitan Opera Co., Is playing World feature Alms, booking them In for a week each and billing as for a road attraction. The American, Salt Lake (ca- pacity, 3,500) Is another World capture. The Alliance executive headquarters In the Leavitt building, West 40th street, are being extended to take In practically the entire 11th floor. Dave Kline, widely known advance and cir- cus agent, is now connected with the Pitts- burgh office of the World Film Corporation. • The United Film Service (Warner's Fea- tures, Inc.) will soon release the first of the Jack Rose films, having to do with New York's underworld. Rose asserts the pictures disclose much "Inside stuff" of gangdom. Elsie Jsnla was married last week. But only In pictures. Courtenay Foote was the bride- groom In the Bos worth, Inc., feature "The Caprices of Kitty." the first Paramount re- lease in whioh Miss Janls figures. Owen Moore has been engaged by Bosworth to play opposite Elsie Janls in "Betty In Search of a Thrill." Betty Nansen, tragedienne and leading wo- man of the Royal theatre, Copenhagen, and one of the world's leading interpreters of Shakespeare's and Ibsen's women characters, will arrive In New York Dec. 22. She Is en- gaged to act before the camera in a series of serious photoplays for the William Fox Pro- ductions extraordinary* Harry GTrlbbon, principal comedian of the Morosco Stock Co., Los Angeles, Cal., has signed a two-year contract with Keystone. A realignment of the new World Film Cor- poration selling force brings George J. Belhoff from Philadelphia to the Indianapolis branch: W. W. Kulp takes charge of the Cleveland branch; B. H. Stabler, Atlanta, and C. L. McVey in charge In Kansas City and the Southwest. Roy N. Altken, manager of the Western Im- port Co., returned a few days ago from Lon- don. "The film business," be said, "has not suffered In England In proportion to other lines. Indeed, It Is better than before the war. European film Is barred from exportation and this offers a great opportunity for the Ameri- can maker to break Into the South American field." William E. Whlston has resigned from the George Klelne New York office to represent the Box Office Attraction Co., Inc., with head- quarters In Syracuse. Charles Van Houten, carpenter-In-chief at the Thanhouser, has left that company. Howell Hansel, director of "The Million Dollar Mystery." has been assigned to the po- sition of director in chief at the Thanhouser, filling the berth recently vacated by the re- tirement of Lloyd Lonergan. Frad Mace may become a member of the company at the Peerless. Oscar Nagl«. boss carpenter at the Peer- less studios, finished there on Saturday. Will 8. Davis of the Life Photo Corpora- tion Is directing "The Avalanche" at the Ruby Studio. The production will be completed this week. In the cast there are Catherine Coun- ties, William H. Tooker, Sue Balford. Claire Mesero, Carolyn French, Vivian Tobln, Ed- ward Roseman. Fraunie Franholts and D. J. Flanagan. John Arnold Is turning the crank. O. A. C. Lund has returned from Havana. He has commenced casting for "The Butter- fly," which he Is to produce for the World Film. He will do all of the Interiors at the Fort Lee studios of the company and start for Florida shortly after New Year's to complete the exterior scenes. Barbara Tennant will be starred In the production. J. W. Mlddleton, directing "Wildfire," In which Lillian Russell is to be starred, left for Lakewood, N. J., Monday with a company of eight for a number of exteriors. Maurice Tourneur, who Is directing the pro- duction of "Alias Jlmmle Valentine" for the World Film, began taking scenes of the fea- ture at the Peerless studio Thursday. Robert Warwick Is playing the lead. Sam Ryan, who has cast for the trainer In "Wildfire," Is HI with plura pneumonia. He has been replaced In the cast and all of the early scenes In which he appeared will be re- taken. Frank Perley Is representing the Drama- flrope Company In northern New York. He will open an office In Buffalo. Myrtle Stedman Is playing In two Bosworth feature* at the same time. With Elsie Janls, under direction of Phillips Smalley, she enacts a heavy role, while under guidance of Lois Weber Rhe plays an Ingenue role in the Mack- lyn Arbuckle company. Irene Warfleld, formerly leading ingenue with 8. & A. and who played opposite Robert Edeson in Belasco's "The Girl 1 Left Behind Me," was engaged this week to support Orrln Johnson in "Satan Sanderson," the next re- lease of the B. A. Rolfs Co., through the Alco program. The Photoplayera' Weekly Is an interesting publication Issued in Los Angeles concerning screen players. The edition of Dec. 5 con- tains several entertaining Interviews with Coast camera actors and directors. A canvas of the large cities of the United States will be made by a general committee to select the Maid of America, the principal figure In the Warner Feature, Inc., serial. Big corporations everywhere have promised their co-operation to the Made in America publicity campaign which the feature 1b to further. Edward O'Conner, for five years with Edi- son, finishes next week. Dick Lee, another old member, leaves at the same Urns. The Gem picture theatre at Mt. Sterling, Ky., formerly owned by a company and man- aged by D. D. Smith, has been sold to H. R. Callway, who took over the management this week. The Kentucky Good Roads motion picture exhibit, which will be shown In the Ken- tucky building at the Panama-Pacific expo- sition, was run off for the first time last week at the Grand, Frankfort, Ky. One of the views shows Gov. McCreary leading the work- era in work on a state road. Harry Pollard, of the American, has started work on a four-reeler. William Carroll, a character actor from the legitimate, Is a new acquisition to the Coast picture forces. "As a Man Thlnketh" Is a Beauty comedy. Frank Cooley In the principal role. Dorothy Glsh, run down by an auto at Hol- lywood, Cal., will not be able to work in pic- tures for several weeks. She Is out of danger but her side remains quite sore. Miss Glsh had a toe cut off in the accident Richard Stanton not only heads the cast in "A Political Feud" but also is directing It A forthcoming Thomas H. Ince release Is "In the Land of the Otter," which Is being taken on the Mexican border. It's the report from the Coast that Ince- vllle has been made a postofflce and Is now •'officially recognized" as such in Washington. Arthur James, of the Mutual, is oat with a press 6tory that Marguerite Snow is going to wear "Made in America" clothes not only In the pictures but on the streets. "A Denver Romance" has the Mayor of Denver as a feature for a portion of the pic- ture. Thomas Hill, an aviator, was killed at Venice (Cal.) while looping the loop before the camera, the machine toppling the blrdman to the ground. William B. Hart In the western picture, "In ttfe Sage Brush Country," uses the same old six-shooters Jesse James brandished dur- ing his palmy days. Hart is said to be their present owner. The Atlas Motion Picture Co. has incor- porated for $20,000 and opened offices In De- troit Charles Rose, Frank Schaffer and Percy Upton are the principal stockholders. An important meeting of the Detroit branch of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America was held at the club rooms In the Equity building last week to take up the matter of how many reels should be Hhown by exhibitors. Members of the asso- ciation have an understanding to show only three reels for five cents and five reels for ten cents, but of late there have been a number of theatres on Gratiot avenue combating to see who could give the most reels for five cents. One theatre started to give five and others on the street offered seven and eight for a nickel. The exhibitors' league has asked the film exchanges to co-operate with them In forcing these east side theatres to live up to the three-and-flve-reel understanding. W. L Morris of Netswak, Kan., has recently opened picture theatres In Muscotah, Net- awaka and Corning, Kan. The Photoplay Authors' League of Los An- geles, Cal., Is endeavoring to suppress the fake picture schools by asking trade papers and others to refrain from using any advertis- ing from any of those schools. The Grand. Columbus, O., will be entirely renovated shortly and will Install a picture policy. After the expiration of the present lease next year the Dusenbury Bros, will take the house playing their shows there, having secured the house for thirty years. NEW INCORPORATIONS. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 16. Associated Theatrical Maaagcre, lac., of New York City. Capital, $10,000. Ern- est J. Carpenter, Louis W. Qreiner, Aug- ustine P. Bairanco. Flctlea Plctarea, of New York City. Capital, $25,000. Louis J. Vance, Benja- min H. Stein, Bernard McKenna. Cedarkarst Aasaaeaaeat Co., of Cedar- hurst, N. Y. Capital, $5,000. Abraham Kipp, Samuel W. Tannlnbaum and Chas. Sch warts. L ml ted Program FUaa Serrlsc, of New York City. Capital, $50,000. Joseph A. McKlnney, Orrln S. Coan, of New York, and J. A, Schuchert of Buffalo. Artrccord Coraoratloa, of New York City. Capital, $500. To manufacture sound producing; records. Harry Von Tilser, H. Harold Qumm, of New York, and John T. Norris, Jr., Brooklyn. Port Rleaaaoad Theatre Co- of Port Richmond, N. Y. Capital, $1,000. Vaude- ville and pictures. Thos. F. McMahon, Anna T. Heimberg, Arthur Stegmann, of New York City. Ceatral Theatre Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y. Capital, $1,000. General amusement. Emanuel Newman. Wm. R. Jackson, Wm. A. Thue. Flash Amswesseat Co., lac, of Tona- wanda, N. Y. Capital, $6,000. General amusement. Ralph 8. Brown, Wm. C. Hubman, Chas. J. Knoell. Made la U. 8. A. Iadastrlal FUaa Ex- hlhlts, of New York City. Capital, $60.- 000. Richard W. Mensles, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harry Leaser, Bronx; Frederick Wil- liams, New York City. F. L. FerffwsoaVa Theatrical Bater- ? r i s *?^ of New Tork Clt y- Capital. $10.- 000. Photo play producing. Frederick L. Ferguson, Cordelia Ferguson, Reuben J. Wlttsteln. of New York City. Seeaarlo Authors' League, of New York City. (No capital). To protect picture copyright laws. H. B. Hunphy, of Car- bondale, N. Y.; Marie I* Hudson, Cather- ine Cosgrlff. Harry H. Klrby, James C. Corbett, Raymond S. Clarke, of New York City, and Virginia Wilson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ^.? jeiri !? Meyerholf. lac., of New York City. Capital. $5,000. Booking circuses and carnivals. Henry Meyerhoff, Victor D Levitt, Morris Taxler, of New York my* ■ Moderm Files Laboratorleav lacs- of Jl ew * Y . ork Clty - Capital, $10,000. General theatrical and motion picture manufac- ture. Isaac Picker, Morris Medove, Bronx; Halley Tarr, of New York City. r.K .* w Georgetown, Del., Dec. Id, Charters have been filed at the State Depart- ment, at Dover, Del., for the creation of the following corporations: Tempo Film Corporation, Wilmington, Del.; capital. ie00.00O. W. O. Taylor, M. ll Rogers, Barry W. Davis, all of Wilmington. Popp Motion Picture Co.. Wilmington. Del.; capital, $10,000. W. C. Popper™. Lane, James Baulsbury, all of Wilmington. Del. ^^ Masterpen Motion Picture Corporation. New York City; v capltal stock. $500,000. Frank HendHck, John T. McGTovern, Harry K. Kant, Studios' Corporation, New York; capital. $250,000. General theatrical business. Joseph Curtln, 8. A. Anderson, New York. National Photo-Play Co., Philadelphia; capital, $100,000. F. R. Hansell, Philadelphia; O H. B. Martin. 8. C. Seymour, Camden, N.J. S. K. Screen Co., Dover Del.: capital. $00,- 000 William Boyd, W. P. P. Lofland, wTl. N. Lofland, all of Dover, Del. New Weyburp. Inc., N. Y.; capital, $26,000. Theatrical. Sidney A. Anderson. H. O. Coughlan, of New York. Theatres and properties known as the F. F. Proctor Companies, of New York were filed last month as follows: .. p - £J* roctor ' Broad street, Elisabeth; cap- ital, $100,000. F. F. Proctor. Market street, Newark; capital, $100,000. F. F. Proctor, Jersey street. Newark; capital, $100,000. F. P. Proctor. Park place, Newark; capital, $20,- 000. F. F. Proctor, Plalnfleld Theatre Com- pany; capital, $20,000. F. F. Proctor, Lyric, Newark; capital, $20,000. F. F. Proctor, Mar- ket street, Newark; capital, $20,000. CASTING FOR KINETO. Tom Terriss has picked his cast for his first Kinetophote production, "A Man's Shadow": Anne Luther, Lionel Pope, Rienzi de Cordova, Alfred Hem- ing, Alfred Palmer, Walter Kingsford, William Lowin, Cornish Buck, Kath- eryn Adams and Millie Liston. Millie Terriss, Mr. Terriss's daughter will also have a part. Edwin August will have Bliss Mil- ford as leading woman in his first Kinetophote production. Others will be Clara Hillier, Edward J. Peil, Hal August, Thomas J. O'Keefe, Virginia Russell and Emmet Whitney. The title is being kept secret. ABOLISHING CENSOR BOARD. Cincinnati, Dec. 16. A bill to legislate the Ohio Board of Censors out of existence has been drafted by ex-Mayor Hunt of this city, who will introduce it before the legis- lature in January. The bill will pro- vide for the abolition of the present board and establish censoring by conv missions at large in the various cities of the state. The National Board of Censors is said to be very much interested in the bill and is giving it hearty support. J. W. Binder, director of Finance and Publicity, and Orrin J. Cooke, Secre- tary of the National Board, were in the city last week for a conference with the ex-Mayor. It is stated the National Board of Censors pass on 95 per cent of the films and that the local commissions appoint- ed by the various mayors would pre- vent the remaining five per cent which are usually objectionable, from being shown. MINISTER QUITS CENSORING. Spokane, Dec. 16. The Rev. William J. Hindley, mayor of Spokane and ex-officio theatre cen- sor, has resigned from his municipal post to return to the pulpit. He goes to the pastorate of the Central Congre- gational church of Winnipeg at a big salary. The mayor - clergyman - censor was widely known through the Northwest for his rulings in regard to what is permissible in entertainment One of these was a ban on all pictures dealing in any manner with the European war, which was in force two months, but later was withdrawn. Commissioner C. M. Fassett has be- come mayor and to Samuel Glasgow, a retired miller, elected commissioner of public affairs to fill the vacancy on the city council, has been allotted the cen- sorship job. He has begun work with a declaration that the good sense of theatre managers themselves is the best censor. INTERNATIONAL COMPANY. Alec. Lorimore has organized Bish- op, Pessers & Lorimore in New York to act as American branch of Bishop- Pessers Co., Ltd., London, handling European films in this country and South America and arranging for the exhibition abroad through the London headquarters of American product. The Lorimore establishment will handle the flotation of the National Movement Motion Picture Bureau, of which he is president. Its first pro- moting enterprise will be the market- ing under a two-year contract of "The Making of a Scout," a boy scout spe- cial produced by the Weddipict Co., under the auspices of the Boy Scout headquarters in this country. This will be released through the World Film Corp. Savoy Reserving Boxes. The Savoy, New York, is not to be outdone. A screen slide is flashed aft- ernoon and night announcing that the boxes are now being reserved for New Year's Eve.