New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1918, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERAL D, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918 T = iN MOTION PICTURE WORLD Preduction. larkova THAT MYSTERIOUS FOX STAR IN OVERPAID STARS UNDERMINE MOVIES 1cd Tilm as William 3 | director-genc Corpo nation work of Iy relez it imposs other i { vote hin duction | Mr. Brady of director i tion in an 1 will continuc his as member of the board of Asked if there was any res an the demands upon which actuated him in res World of r a for week- he found ifficient time interests. 1In will de- the ation he pre nt ounced, he ivel to Jecial features. says he leaves 1 of the rrisgdly impo pro- o ener: entirely pirit and di on other his time sning, he with the rantee of Yes ! World Flm my arrangement called for a g $100,000 a year. That arrangement was made when times were good when all the motion picture manu- facturers were making money hand over fist. Those times are past. Many picture the; are closed, serious loss of revenue re- and conditions today are far healthy. They are little short otic. high time that some of the overpaid stars and motion whose ries to- ctically overwhelm- ing burden on the producer, should wake up and come down to earth. Otherwise the future of the industry, and particularly their future, is some- thing they can well worry about “While I have resigned as active head of the World Film, my interest in the welfare of the organization is as great as ever, and I shall contin- ue to serve as a member of the board of directors and to give such aid to further the interests of the company as may be in my power ter: from of cha iy woefully picture executive: day impose a pr geznce’ A STORY OF LOVE, POLITICS—AND FIGHT! “A HEARTS REVENGE” tales abo but here You have all heard folks turning night into day, is an illustration of turning winter in- | EXTRA ADDED FEATURES “‘SON-OF-A-GUN!” (It’'s a Sunshine Comedy) NEW JACK SPURLOCK— PRODIGAL”—FILMED | “Jack Spurlock med. (George turc g famou -Prodigal” is to be Horace Lorimer, Editor of 2 Pe author of | 0 finally was persuad- to permit his pre-eminently suc- | sful tale to appear on the sereen | d the distinctive privilege of pre- | hting it is awarded William Fox. Fox paid for the right to pic- dze “Jack Surlock—Prodigal” more n was ever beforc paid for a flar privilege—a greater sum an is usually expended an tire production his story appeared;as a serial in e Saturday Fvening Post, was read millions of persons, was commented on by more than 2,500 newspapers, d established, solidly, Mr. Lorimer's sition as a writer without a peer “human interest” tales. Notwithstanding the extraordinary e linked with “Jack Spurlock— odigal” and its distinguished author Fox announces that the picture 1 be released as one of the regular x ures—not as “extra though it un- carries the punch entitling jubtediy to be classed in t o-called deluxe for weekly speci nnouncement ainly be apprec trons of Fox se a], from a bu exhibitors. Mr. Fo ¢ this particular film as a Fox ekly special feature assures Fox trons of an opportunity to ‘“clean- '+ hanasamely but Mr. Fox goes fur- » and announces that an extraord- hry publicity and advertising cam- ign will be conducted in its behalf. is is practically a guarantee of atre capacity business for every hibitor on the Fox yearly contract by Mr. Fox will ated by regular ice and should ap- view point to s decision to | Ir. Fox's announcement with refer- e to this picture concludes with s significant statement: ‘Bvery Fox patron, listed on our oks January 30, 1917 as a sub- iber to Fox weekly special features, 1 got Jack Spurlock—Prodigal herut, extra charge.” PATHE NEWS CONTINUOUS TOMORROW “VENGEAN ( GAMERA CHIEF IN ARMY | | | Goldwyn has lost its director of | | photography, who happens also to be | | one of the brilliant men in his pro- He is George W. Hill, now of the U. & Army Signal Corps. With | a first lieutenant’s comm in his inside pocket, he made a flying trip to Hollywood, Cal., to spend a day with his parents, following which he re- | ported at Washington for further or- dere. Fed men are better known studios than Lieutenant Hill, and his | achievements since joining Goldwyn have been many. Besides assuming responsibility for every detail of pho- tography in the big organization at Fort Lee, Hill applied his talents in | the actual filming of productions, his | fession. in the capital work in “Polly of the Circus” | and “The Cinderella Man" standing as evidence of his skill as a cinema- tographer. Considering his youth—he but twenty-two—his distinction is ail the more remarkable. Having started as a camera ‘“‘man’” when less than six teen years old, his present hi ce s the result of ceaseless wor! inherent sense of beauty in raphy. gh p and an photog- “JUST P Pearl White has popularity contest. This t takes the Baltimore News prize for the most popular screen star eulog- ized in verse. Here is what Baltimore, Md,, thinks of Pearl: annexed anothe: she | Oh, Daughter T've watched your mos of a Thousand Thrills, audacious tched you Kill the Pace that | Kills, | With tense delight. You, with your Amazonian grace, | Your golden hair, your winsome face; Are you some Goddess out of space, Or —Pearl White? CHI Everything COME HIGH. one up, even the | | price of Chinese “kids.” Ten Chineso | called the i children were to Patho | A SUGGESTION. [The big glass studios in New Jersey ére the Patho Plays aro made are tirely encrusted with ice, and the gt temperature insido so remind- Giadys Hulctts of a mortuary vault at she has suggoested to her director at o). death scenes in forthcoraing the P be acted at this tim ile natmc is furnishing the neces- ry inepiration. studio to appear in the picture play, “Innocent,” and after much haggling ! over the price of their scrvices it | finally set at a figure usually paid to ! well-known, experienced actors, and [then the parents of the youngste { took one loak at the ice-covered stu- | dio and said: “Too cold. We go home.” And they went and no amount of money would induce them to work in the cold weather. was | MUTT and JEFF | by R | sistants | Some Chaps Say Cru | to summer and the camera was on § | the spot to prove the fact. The feat was accomplished at the Fart Lee studios of the Pathe com- pany during the production of the big Pathe play, “Innocent,” starring Fan- nie Ward. For of the production a ucted on eforc cent cold reet bec | eral inches s much s spread and the rest to represent lked al big Chinese th in this as con- and EE the Chapter IIL.) street v rrounds, but i the the entir with ice il - et in covered sev sand over part was sprayed earth, and as actor »ut over this paint-covered and their steaming camouflaged as cigarette smoke, t camera clicked off a record that will reflect a ws sunshiny scene that es o balmy atmosphere « as could of the with the 1t - | There is only about T | the amera will not PLENTY OF BABIES FOUND i e aceree of hea lent at the time the e | but actors ¢ and, therefore, it took co > persuasion on the part of Di tzmaurice before the o players could be induced to is authority for the |through their parts and act naturally. there is no i one thing that record that or cold r film is expose ree Maurice Tourneur rector who linck “Blue the Famous Players Fort Lee, N. statement in the baby c On of 3ird” is der- sctor the French d THEDA SHIVERS | Tmagine working in a in | tering a few points below shortage | es in “The Bl\lc! Palace, where | children await | the rth. P ed difficulty the sce the Azure multitudes af unborn their advent upon Tourneur anticips getting enough in: nts for the. big | scene, and advertised the fact that he could use all the babies that were | brought to the studio. On the ;tb-i pointed day Fort Lee residents must | have thought it rained babied, for they | came in droves, accompanied of course, ero in a costume that is worn by the fair dam- sels of the far away Java I and trying to look warm and comfortable while the ice Winter winds are sing- ing a freezing requim on the outside! During the record cold spell that | enveloped the Tast, Miss Bara was their mothe Infants in arms, hard at work at the Fort Lee Studios in go-carts, in baby carriages, began | filming the scenes of her new pla arrive at the studio in stream | part of the action of which takes cd never ending. [itens i {10 cvsves vl o GiTvoes or Cvidently the babies did not under- | Java. For this purpose Miss Bara was stand that they were scheduled 1o |attired in a thin battique, which in it- appear in the ‘“silent dram fOr | gelf is very little of a protection from when they got inside the stu one | {he clements. As soon as the scenc y-lunged youngster evidently | jaq been filmed, Director J. Gordon destined to be a second Caruso—de- | mgwards saw to it that h e livered a vocal selection in which he | joavily enveloped in her fur coat wn. was joined by the rest of the throns, | 4] the next “take.” i and soon the studio Tesounded ! i edst o the chorus. M i There were babies of all nationali- Sfiamerl sl oled ties fioutithe B=perantol ot Minabylangll soael =l BTSSR B AR SC 00 A seemed to have been mastered by IRiE TR oRt (ITIRE o Lespiner stoath for they scemed to have no difficulty | [TO chattering. And they say e s ST b "h'r'«- ot -‘1 cat moving I]vu‘!'no | all sunshine and honey a h tropical fo- song 28 ing. Dir and his a. with cot- s aquickly eur MARY IN “STELLA MARIS” Mary Pickford’s next Arteraft Tea “Stella Maris,” confidently espected to prove a sensation throughout the country. That the latest Mary Pickford photoplay should prove a big success is stated by Adolph Zukor, D. W. Griffith and oth- —(Correspon- | er celebrated experts who are in a po- ted Press).—It | sition to judge. In this | from William J. Locke's well Sy b book by Frances Marion and s s0 long that they | Marshall Neilan, “Little Mar Lave & perspective.” - His record of o | pears for the first time in her career, _letter word is easily bea in a dual role, which makes a great Berlin Vorwaerts, which demand upon her wonderful versatil- well-known Pan-German ity. being a: After “Hungerfriedensresolutio cently, heitsbiszuendebekaemp the I To save time, it may at stated that this monstrosity is i ters long and it mean pponent-to- the - bitter - end - of - the - (Reichs- tag) - majority - Tesolution - for - hunger-peace.” The \ulted Pan-German has so far refrained from replying to the ac- cusation in suitable terms. Paper is probably too scarce in Germany. ton and took the scene possible. : o | is 1 Things While | Angry. ; am, Dec. dence of The Asso. Mark Twain covery that the abounded in worc known d by ap- who G ) made the di en by the | decizeaian public of | viewing this Adolph Zukor, mous Players-Lasky Corpora- d: “The production of ‘Stella the most remarkable thir v Pickford has ever done screen. The fz that Miss Pickford plays a double role, one two distinct personaliti s made this an achievement all the greater. I am sure that Miss Pickford, as Unity, has triumphed in this, her greatest achievemen photoplay re- smek President of for the of be secured | street | breath | Tai a- |« ire not deficient in this re- | tudio regis- | the | | adapted | NOW PLAYING E I'AEROP bal NDOUS ACY JATURING DARE-DEVIL GIRLS SPECL ELECTRICAL EFF] CHADWICK (Fannie Ward |14-Musicians-14 Led by the World Famous Ttalian Character Men A POSITIVE RIOT LANE NOW PLAYING WM S. HAR “A Desperate Chance” —ALSO— NERY AND CTS —IN— n The Level” MANY OTHERS SEE THIS BIG SHOW VAUDEVILLE and TWO FEATURES Matiness 11¢ COMING !!! MONDAY and WEDNESDAY “VICTORS || MUSICAL | MELANGE'| < E Vv ) § ) BEATRICE NASH The Woman Leader ! ! OTHER ACTS ! ! SPECIAL ! ! MARY GARDEN ‘THAIS ' FAIRBANKS TO MAKE | MOVIE FOR SERVICE ‘ That Douglas Fair | prominent representative of the mo- tion picture industry, is evidently the | lion of the United States govern- ment, who has requested the acro- tic act to prepare a propaganda n for ditribution among the men ! of the army and navy, in their camps here and abroad. william F. w, of the 's office, war depar his letter to Mr. Fairbanks, desire to have Mr. under the aus- con general of the army, a motion picture de- d for educational work among military »forces of the United | The 1cd anks is a very surgeon g | ment, in aid it was their banks pr of the sur; | the con- letter, | surgeon most de- opinion,’ his the consensus of Snow in a number of staff is that it is have you, as the prototype as the protagonist of ill you do this for the government, as a pa- | triotic contribution 1is form of ed- ucational work constitutes an impor- tant part of the surgeon general’s office and of the war depz commission on train camp ties. Your participation, therefore, would be a valuable and far-reach- ing service. What we want to put across to the men is the idea that clean living and physical fitness are, after loyalty and obedience, the prime requisites of the soldier. This picture to be most effective in presenting its pro- paganda, must be intermixed and sugar-coated with unalloyed enter- {ainment.” Immediately upon receipt of Ma- jor Snow’'s letter, Douglas wired Washington that he is prepared to undertake suggested film and Tre- quested further details. In the mean- time Fairbanks, with his director Al- lan Dwan, at work on a scenario, which they will submit for approval in the near future to the office of the surgeon general. | e i LUSITANIA STORY ; RETOLD ON SCREEN | | tir Major genera | sirable to of the doctrine the drama. W United Sf S is — | The much scught after “Lest We' Forget,” the stupendous war spectacle in which the ous French beauty | Rita Jolivet, is starred, has been ac- quired by Metro pictures corporation. The deal, which was consummated some weeks ago between the original producers, Count de Cippico and J. L. Kempner, and Richard A. Rowland ana W. B. Atkinson of Metro the entire rights to the big photo-drama. Metro regards most powerful the picture as the and significant that has yet been made around the world aT, nd intends to present it soon 2t one of the large Broadway theatres as a Metro special production de luxe. oL We IForget” has already re- ceived the indorsement of many government officials as the best med- jum to bring home to thinking and patriotic Americans the tremfendous issues at stake in the war and the righteousness of its cause. It is wholl; American in theme and treatment, and its presentation of the incidents which fir plunged the United States into the war is a masterly de- | fense of this country course and a stirring reminder the grievous wrongs suffered at the hands of nu(o-l cratic Germany. | late Charles Frohman. | trom the desert came to the call The celebrated star, Ethel Barry- more, will have the co-operation of Metro Pictures corporation and the Charles Frohman estate in making out the program of her activities for the year. Miss Barrymore is now completing her latest serles of Metro productions with a screen version of the Kellett Chambers comedy, “An merican Widow,” and at an early date will begin her season of new plays and dramatic revivals of the £peaking stage, in accordance with the plan arranged for in advance by the One of the most important features of this pro- gram will be Miss Barrymore's crea- tion of the leading role in the new | version of ‘“‘Camille,” adapted by Ed- ward N. Sheldon, not from the old stage production, but from the book itself by Duma: The star's will not sen career, however, be forgotten during the de- velopment of this program, for in her | leisure hours during the daytime at her home in Mamaroneck, Miss Bar- rymore will read manuscripts of new screen productions and pass on their its, deciding upon the equally in- teresting program of feature pictures to follow. One activity is thus made the relaxation from one and the preparation for the next. Miss Barry- more's list of screen appearances for the coming year will include stories by celebrated American novelists and scenario writers, and the most notable directors in the screen world will pre- pare these stories for public presenta- HELPING RED CROSS The two biggest assets the Red Cross have succeeded in obtaining on the Pacifié coast have proven to be Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- banks, who hava been working con- tinually of late raising money for charitablo purposes. Mary led an- other parade the other day in San Francisco that put all sorts of “pep” into the Red Cross drive of that city, and “Doug” staged a real Rodeo which netted the organization over $18,000. The parade that Mary led, wielding a baton almost as big as herself, at the head of a military band, proved one of the biggest factors in the big drive that had been inaugurated on the coast. “Little Mary"” was the offi- cial guest of honor of 'Frisco for two a paid the Arteraft past few years. The great wild west of song and story was brought into being in Los Angeles during the drive by Douglas Fairbank’'s Rodeo where cowboys from Arizona and elsewhere, Indians from the reservations and punchers of the Artcraft star ready to ride, fight, dance, sing and otherwise translate to the civilized ears of the western me- tropolis the meaning of the free west. And among the great throng of wild riders, dead shots and others was the intrepid “Doug” himself, as daring as any, enjoving himself highly and thoroughly at home in the saddle. He rode bronchos, shot glass balls and otherwise emulated those who were actually engaged in the business, or who have daily practiced at riding and shooting. He proved again that he is not merely a screen cowboy or west- ern type but in all essentials the real thing. He was cheered in his every endeavor and turned over $18,000 to the Red Cross after the fun was all over, star during the motion | , perhaps the highest honor ever | coming release a new de “HEART OF SUNSET” NEW BEACH FILM Goldwyn Distributing Corporation announces the completion of another great Rex Beach film drama, “Heart” of the Sunset,” made from the famous author's successful novel of that name. Unlike “The Auction Block,” which | was purchased from the Rex Beach | Pictures Company and released as a | regularly scheduled Goldwyn subject, | “Heart of the Sunset” is tobe dis- | tributed as a special Rex Beach pro-i duction. “Heart of the Sunset” is to be dis- scenes of which have just been com- pleted in the Southwest, is declared by its producers to be in every way a worthy successor to “The Auction Block.” After viewing it In its un- assembled state, Rex Beach declares he believes it is a more powerful pro- duction than “The Barrier,” his most" successful film story of life in the elemental. Anna Q. Nilsson is the featured feminine player in “Heart of the Sun- set.”” In the leading masculine role— the Rex Beach pictures have no stars, 80 called—is Herbert Heyes. Neither Miss Nilsson nor Herbert Heyes needs any introduction to the public of mo- tion pictures. Miss Nilsson’s appeal- ing blonde beauty has been made capital of in many successful photo- plays since she came to the United States from Sweden in 1907. As Alaire Austin in “Heart of the Sunset” she is fitted with a greater role than she has ever had before and she takes full advantage of her opportunities. » MISS FERGUSON IN NEW FIIM. Simultaneously with the release of “Rose of the World,” an Artcraft picture starring Filsie Fergusen, which has just been released comes the an- nouncement that her next photoplay will be “The Song of Songs”, from. thy play by -Edgar Sheldon. This was adapted to the screen by Charles Maigne and directed by Joseph Kauf. man. It presents Miss Ferguson in an exceedingly emotional role, very | similar to the one she interpreted in “The Outcast” on the speaking stage, and in which she scored the greatest success of her career. The play is high class melodrama, replete sensational incidents. a with NEW FARNUM PICTURE. William Fox announces for forth- luxe pro- duction of unusual dramatic strength in which the distinguished actor Wil- liam Farnum is starred,and on which the actual photographic work has been started. The picture has the tentative title of “Rough and Ready” and is being made under the super- vision of Richard Stanton. The story is laid in the great white wastes of the frozen Northland and it claimed will have a magnificent investiture. dard picture. e MAYO IIT. Frank Mayo, who plays the leading role opposite Ruth Roland in “The Price of Folly,” the series of eight, two reel dramas, now being released by Pathe, is the third of that name to become famous on the stage. Mr. Mayo has played in many of the big stage successes both here and in Fng- land and since devoting his talent to the picture play art has appeared in over four hundred features made in is scenic The film will be a stan- 1 America and abroad.