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Miwwwwwwm"" i MjkJM 1 " " 1 ------- Si j a J la ... - - i i si L J M (hPyrighl 19U Sndifaf rNdHfrAfc! Company r - 30 i 1 Regular Releases y Famous Players $Iew Policy Inaugurated By! This Important and Pop- ular Film Company (tort. Fiske in "Te of the D'Urber vllL,n Mary Pickford "In the Bish op's Carriage" and Mn. Lanjtry In "Hi Neighbor' Wife" Among lu New Productions Announced. The most important film news of the 'week comes in the form of an an nouncement from the Famous Players I Film Company to the effect that be ginning September 1st it will inau gurate a policy of regular releases of three, four or five reel features. These : productions will he issueJ three times a month, their length to be determined by the particular requirements of the subject!. This monthly program will be as pretentions and influential as the former releases of this company,' and J'earl Sindelar ( Tathe Freres) I I! fwm ' conform entirely with the high I standard established and maintained by : the Famous Players Tilm Company. J Among the first few productions to j be released under this new plan are , (I jWrs, Fiske in her famous success: j i Thomas Hardy's pathetic story . ' Tcss H I of the D'Urber'illes," the film produc- I tion of which has already attracted such H wide attention in the daily newspapers ' throughout the country. Miss Man I Pickford in the favorite novel and f flay, "In the Bishop's Carriage"; Henry ' E. Dixey in "Chelsea 7750" ; Lillie I Langtry in a tense dramatic play, "His I I; I Neighbor's Wife," described as a pow- i erful sermon in film, and Laura Saw- H yer in "An Hour Before Dawn," a fe-l t male detective play. I j The Famouc Players movement has I been effectivr in raising the production of motion pictures to a higher and more H I dignified plane. I '( I ' fl Broncho Billy is a hero to all his ad- y' v I tnirers, and to that easily impresion- ' able age of childhood lie is an ideal, 1 and a worthy one. The characters he I . I ' portrays are always noble types, even I when the part is that of a highwayman, I I bis own sterling qualities sump all that H j be touches. Hi rugged face suggests a rocky headland ; his smile and the . tight in his eyes, when the moon comes F'-4jl out in glory. There is not a weak fca ture or expression in his face, it is tywf, J strength in human countenance. One it ffl i convinced there is not a mean trait in JSfe I his nature, it is courage in human per- mL sonality. And it is not the actor, either, Pjrj it is the man. a JfiBplpll Pearl Sindelar is the leading woman yKJfej of one of Pathe Frcrcs companies. She :Sfeffi possesses beauty and charm to an tin- jXftjr. usual degree and has the rare faculty B8y3 of making these attributes felt in mo tion pictures. She is the ideal of HIO- Kjfojt' tion picture patroos all over the country. Iffiny' For several years she ms on the peak- jarajr ing stage and played leading parts for fflgji .A. H Woods. THE VARIED EXPERIENCES OF PRETTY MARY FULLER TOLD IN ENTERTAINING CHAT Daring Feats That Come As Part Of the Day's Work Of a Photoplay Actress Success Won Only By , Hard, Persistent Toil There is no doubt that there arc very few among the millions of admirers of M.iry Fuller who have delightedly watched her many impersonations upon the screen to whom there ha not come the Wish to meet her face to face, to enjoy the presence of her charming per sonality. When prospect of actually doing so came to the writer he warmly welcomed FAMOfg PUYKRH Ftl.M CO. HTa5jSdx PRODUCTIONS i?lAlfifi Mh-,: vol' "i r i n- adolph mm DAwa fbohuih I Actually commit suicide think of it! Surely the public will not sympathize j with a person so cowardly as to take I her life?" She smiled as she talked. ! and I believe she knew wh.it I was going to s.iy. "You arc rilit. The audience did not wanl to tee you kill j urself, I.ut their sympathy was spent on little Chrysanthemum, Tears were actually shed for the little Jap girl, ami you undoubtedly played the part of the heroine." Modern Romance In a Picture Play An Imp Release That Por trays Life As It Is Lived To-day f Won From the Path of Idleness and Dissipation by tho Power of Love, the Hero Choo6.ro Disinheritance Rnthcr Than Desert the Girl Who Saved Him. "A Modern Romance" (Imp) Ed ward Markham, son of a wealthy and re tired financier, devotes practically his whole time to gambling Stricken ill i one evening al his club he is rushed to! a hospital and there operated upon for ISsIsSsBshIB .nrak' MuNsEh IHk' 3B ' - "The Gangster" (Lu'oin) it and lost no time in visiting this most versatile of actresses at the studio of the Edison Company. "There is a very warm corner in my heart for my motion picture public,'' she said when 1 assured her that even a vicarious talk with her would awaken keen interest in every patron of the motion picture theatre. "I receive many letters," she contin ued, "some so full of good wishes for success, that I treaurc them dearly, as well as the many gifts two ostrich plumes and some ornaments from South Africa handkerchiefs, a theatre bag, calendars, pen-wipers, desk ornaments, pin trays, candy, a volume of Keats from an unknown friend, a large bunch of violets carefully wrapped and shipped from Mississippi, hat pins and many different boi ,1; - " Mrs Fuller's tathcr died when she was seventeen. Against her mother's wishes she turned to the stage, and for several cars she played medfbcre pam with various stock companies There were several short periods when she played leading parts. ' But most of the time," she says. "1 was only receiving sufficient salary to stave off the wolf." Then came that awful sca..n when crash followed cra-.h, road shows were called in and stock companies dosed; when thousands of theatrical folk were listed in the great army of the unem ployed. "My means ran low, and being urged by a friend, I tried posing before the camera," she aid. "At that time 1 called it 'posing,' but now I am con vinced that we do real acting. I seemed to 'get on' from the start Excepting a few brief periods when I returned to the stage, my work before the camera has been continuous." Miss Fuller is always wauling to do the unusual thing that is, assume a role which is utterly foreign to her. "I do not want to become glued to any particular sort of role, and a study of my past work will convince ydb that I have aumcd many various partt. I rtn untc many of the plays in which I appear." "Why arc you always the heroine? I can think of only a fc .v pUys in which yoU have appeared where joij portray a part other than that of the heroine." Politely, she advised me that I was in error. "Take my 'The Love of Chrysanthe mum.' written by myself and Fashi d after 'Madame Butterfly,1 in which, after a most emotional scene with my lover, who finally deserts me. I kill myself. She agreed with me, probably for the d:r r.f conversation. "Yes. and 1 feel awfully sorry for Mary in my "What Happened to Mary' pictures. Craig and his son and that mean Billy Pearl arc always following her around, abducting her and placing her in unscrupulous hands. I do hope she will enmc out all right, and of course she will, w nl she?" "Yes, unless she gets killed in per forming some of the hair-raising feats," was my reply. "Vou have had many thrilling expe riences "" I asked. t "Oh yes," she replied, "but I am get ting u-cd to them. At first I mean when I lirst began picture work I was a little reluctant to tackle all the many things required, but now it is all in the day's work.1 Any of my readers will agree with me that il takes courage to run a new forty horse-power motor boat alone in a race, or to cross a swift river on floating cakes of ice. carrying a child, or to rifle and be thrown bj frM.v bronchos, or to run a big touring car down Piccadilly alone or td be lowered down a steep cliff with your foot m a npc-noose Miss Fuller's chief pleasure comes fre.ni attending the theatre Her hobby, if she has one, is study. As fOf social life, she ha' none. When not rehears ing or acting before the camera, she is Studying her parts for the plays she will appear in. before the camera, to morrow. Speaking of hrr work in a sort of summing-up malte r-of-fact way, she said : "My success, if you call it that, is the result of the hardest kind of work. I doubt if I could have made any kind of a name had I remained on the stage. Now I w:t-it to do the- big thine; in motion pictures the bigger the better. You know we are noing to have many really big picture play productions soon, and the roles of the leading characters arc bound to be difficult. I want to try them." As T turned to make my departure, after bidding her good-by, she called me back and said : "Don't forget to nay in your article that I am not thinking of marring. I just thought it might help to stop (lie flood of letters that are always coming in. I am too bu to marrv, unle;, WCu When the Right Man Comes Along " a The little four-', ear-old star RuOB Hodges, who is being presented in a series r.f ftuna pictures by the Reliance Company, has hecn appearing in the larci-r moing picture theatres in Bos ton and several other New England citie. Much to everybody's surprise. Runa ii not satisfied with mcrcK making a how to her audiences, hut insists upon hong a "regular actress." A letter from Manager T. T. Roth, of the Olympic Tlyatre Boston states that Runa walked out upon the stage like an old-timer and in tones that could be heard in the back of the house told the audience how- glad she was to meet them. Rima's appearance followed the running of the picture. "A Dream Home," in which rbr is ho. n on the I screen in a ho pari. with Edgena dc Lcspiuc as the beautiful young mother. appendicitis. He falls ;n love with his niir;c. L'poii returning to his father's house he makes known his attachment but encounters the lattcr's opposition lo the match en the grounds that she is be neath him in station Markham marries Nurse Hawthorne, and five years pass assay. At the cxpira ion of this time Ned has become a mem ber of the firm of Boyd & Markham, stock brokers, and in comfortable cir cumstances. About this time he begins to dabble in stocks. At hrt successful, lie one day risks all and loses all. Despondent be returns home and is about to end his life. His child, com ing into the room with a telegram at the moment he is about to pull the trigger, saves his life. TIk "wire" announces the serious and sudden illness of his father. A bright idea occur- to him. He interviews the family physiCHUl and is successful in having b'u Wife installed as nurse for his father under the BOffl dc plume of "Nurse Milbdgc." Markham Sr., is nursed around to Ins normal state of health in the course of a couple of months, but in the meantime be has become so attached to Nurse Millidge that when she suggests leaving, he will not entertain the idea and offers to adopt her as bi3 daughter. This sugges tion effects the climax. Her husband and child enter to take her home and the ' Id man, overcome with minded emotions of surprise, shame and love, bids them stay. sasnsassMasHBsiHsnBHassimsKSMBiiMSMBSMSBnMsnM VIEWS OF A PIONEER IN SCREENLAND ON THE OUTLOOK OF THE NEW ART J. Stuart Blackton, Vice-President of the Vitagraph Company, Says the Art of Picture Making Is An Evolution Its Present Oullook and Future Development To one conversant with the motion picture industry of to-day nothing could be more interesting than a talk with one who has been a pioneer among mo tion picture men, one who has toiled earnestly to bring the business to the expansive stage it has now reached, and who is intimately acquainted with every period of us development. Such a man is J. Smart Blackton, vice-president of the itagraph Com pany, and the first question the writer asked him when seeking an interview was in regard to this wonderful devel opment. "Picture making can hardly be said j to have developed," declared Mr. Black- ton, l nc are iisen is an cvaiuiion. its brandies developed. Everything was so absolutely new that the first produc ers had to evolve their own standards. For instance, there were no experienced picture players. The pioneers had to find out the best and proper course to pursue Out of the early successes and failures has been created the present day motion pictures." The last five years have been the real developing years of the photoplay. Realism, in Mr. Blaekton's opinion, has been the keynote of the advance "The greatest difference in methods of the present day and five years ago is the lack of pantomime," he said. "In the French picture dramas of the early days, pantomime was elaborately used. For instance, if a player wished to sug gest beauty, he ran his hand around his face ecstatically and then kissed his finger tips heavenward. Things are now presented mentally, not physically. The trend is towards mdiidual mentality. Five years ago there were no serious dramas to make spectators cry. There were slapstick comedies for laughs, but no serious comedies. I hold that the onh true comedy is played serioGsl) "The next big change brought about in the past five years has been the ad vance in realism Most manufacturers are strivins toward complete realism. ! We actually build where we used to I paint. When the present-day manufac i turer presents an Egyptian scene, actual 1 temples and columns are constructcel. In modern scenes the doors and win dows arc of real wood, where before j they were of canvas. Plaster and con- crcte have succeeded makeshift scenery." "What factor do you consider most vital to the success of pictures?" "Not any one department,' responded the manufacturer. "Then you do not think, as many manufacturers evidently do, that more depends upon the director than upon any other dement?" I inquired. "I don't," replied Mr. Blackton with finality. "Pictures are popular because they practically combine in the making all of the arts. That is the real secret. There is the literary art to start with, I in the manuscnp, The skilled mechan ic, the artst and the painter, the actor who delineate the character and the I - guiding hand of the director all go to produce a harmonious whole. Going Still further, we have music. Music Is necessary to a well rounded and perfect programme of finished products. "Music is ihe only medium which is oi value and which helps motion picture. I am quite certain that the voice, either human or mechanical, is a detriment to almost all stjlcs of pictures. As a nov elty, it is pleasant and entertaining But as a steady diet, to a fan who goes night after night, it would be monot onous W hy have words when any well made picture tells the complete story? It needs nothing more It destroys and shatters the imaginative suggestion of a picture drama. will be the educational aluc of pic- Uures in the future '" "To m mind future is not the right word. The picture to-day is the great est educational factor in the entire world and has leen for the last seven or eight years It has been the greate-t educa tional factor the world has ever known up to the present time. It is a universal language understood by the entire World, eivilizcel or uncivilized. "The best thing about picture manu facturing is the thought lhat, when jou i make a good picture, it will be of benefit to mankind In general and its tnfluence will be felt oer practically the entire world. "Returning to the entertainment side of the future development of pictures, 1 believe that continued stories serial films are to increase markedly An en tire c tning devoted to a single picture drama is already an assured fact " Here Mr. Blackton expressed an in teresting prediction regarding the future of the scenario. "The valuable and successful pictures of 1 1 io future will not be reproductions of old stage play-, but will be vi-ualued literature of two classes: hirst, classic Writing0 and well known works i.f the past generations, and the other, stories written by the world s best authors with especial view to their subsequent pictur-' Izatfon. It is most .probable that the! author and the picture manufacturer! will work together so that the book and picture will be issued at about the same time." Then the talk turned to the question of liro.ul. r piiotodr.inias to al v.rji the real problems of life the sordid shad ows as well as the happy high lights and to go beneath the sun. ice. "They cannot come," said Mr. Black ton, "until we have a distinct and sep arate class of exhibitions which will cater to adults only. The re ason for the present strict censorship is that all films are accessible to children. But this matter seems to be adjusting itself. -W&BfjtS? asfefijMJc' jfaffBSsgsy -jB3PraS"MsssssWBP" "Of Such Is the Kingdom" (Reliance) I ilms arc being made important enough to be nut in high-class places and to have a higher scale of price-:. That auto matically will exclude children. Long runs for picture dramas are mmg, in the opinion of the Vitagraph official. "1 greatly deplore the present system ot showing goud pictures only one night," he declared, "bupposc 1 have a friend whom I wish to sec a certain picture that has impressed me It was there la.t night, but it is g,,ne to-day It seems an injustice to spend the great amount of energy, time and money re quired to make a picture, only to have it appear for one night. A drama can run for JtX) to 300 nights. A success ful picture should remain at a theater in i proportionate time " DEMAND THAT 1 UNIVERSAL PROGRAM r i May Irwin Chased . ? By An Angry Bull The Actress and the HuH j Pose Together For a Picture Play I Her Bovine Support Rebels and Pur ues the Amp'e Star Across LoU An Impromptu Scene That It Highly Thrilling Picture of Mis. Irwin Crossing: a Fence Very Effec tive. :- For nrobably the firt time in her life May Irwin, the popular comedienne, !ast ivcck became susceptible to the bull. & Daniel Frohman, while a guest of Miss Irwin's in her Island home, thought it would be well to make moving pictures of her life on her St. Lawrence domain. So he took along Edwin S. Porter, technical director of the Famous Play ers Film Company, to take the pictures of t he prominent star's home life. Mi,s jjl Irwin is soon to appear in a comedy production for the Famous Players. ' j II slsBssB II 9Bfls9HBffil Anna Quirenti. Nilsson (Kalem) Mi Irv, in has scores ef COWS and pigs and chickens and sheep on her farm, j but only one bull. 0OD The bull was held by two keepers, waiting for its entrance into one of the pictures. The bull lookrd at the ijTjj 'moving picture camera with silent con- I tempt as though that couldn't film with any enthusiasm. As the picture pro- uTr gresscd it "developed" the bull's ire, and 4 he sudden!) broke from his keepers and I decided to charge Miss Irwin for his s3 annoyance. Mis Irwin raced across a stream the bull in close pursuit, and even jumped over a fence, which to a woman oi Miss Irwin's architecture is one to her dignity. J But it is one of the photographic tri umphs of the visit ' I I IL I --! Members of the photopl.v (-"" fusion ' J b feel keenly the loss of Joseph Graybill, j Rr lor many years an actor of icrling 1 5 worth, whose sunns di f. i m i. ' 0 deared him to the he,irt oi I"- fellow J players. Suddenly stricken blind while Hq, at work for the Pathe Company, be nevertheless bravely finished the picture Ik?!! for which he was posing a" the time and then cfIIapsed. Frank A. Ticbenor. act big for ih Screen Club, the famous or ganization of .ill those prominently allied with the motion picture industry, looked after him until his mother ar- Jl rived from Milwaukee "-he was with ntk 1 him at the end, which came on Sunday afternoon. ffMi . , ,ri-t The Famous Players Film Company announcement last week, to the effect n;, that, beginning September I I it would release three feature pr..fuctir.ns a y8 . month of the sainr standard maintained Nneti in the past, is being gene rail) and favor- cf" ably commented upon. Interpreting the I majority of opinions, this extension of fctrtj j Famous Players' activities was antic)- patrd. The necessity for expansion was forcibly uggested to the exhibitors and state-right buyers throughout the couM Cit try by the growing demand for Famous jj J flayers productions, and the jnauRura- in n of a plan i f regular releases is cer- sJik! tain of popular endorsement. 6 ' zzrS . n E S S A N Ai p FIVE-A-WEEK g SEE THEM AT YOUR THEATll i I