EFFECTS OF WAR ON MOVING PICTURE INDUSTRY
IS PERTURBING ALL PRODUCERS IN AMERICA
Fll- Chemicals Are at Histoid Question Is Jus. t How U,ag Spp,y Will LastShortage of MaleTs Is Evident in Supply of'
Dyes E. Forrest Taylor, Apparently, Has More Than Arrived in New Field of Endeavor.
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Commencing Today
The Delightfully Dainty Screen Star 7
MARGUERITE CLARK
In the emotional and gripping drama of pastoral and
circus life,
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JUST to what extent the war will
effect the motion-picture Industry
is causing producers in America
to become more or less worried, espe
cially as regards the effect on film
chemicals, for unless the war comes to
a close soon or some arrangement is
made with Germany for getting them
over here the motion-picture industry
will suffer a shortage of chemicals
necessary for developing and finishing
films. ' Never in the history of motion
pictures has the supply of film chem
icals been at such a low ebb, and the
question is just how long will the sup
ply now in America last?
The supply of film chemicals' and
dyes that was to have come from Ger
many in September never arrived. Now
the principal dearth is, film men state.
In metol. a developing chemical made
almost exclusively in Germany. Before
German imports ceased to come to
America, the metol sold for 3.60 a
pound; now it sells all the way from
16 to $20.
Hydoquinone has jumped from 50
cents to $5.75. Bromide of potassium
was 40 cents; now it retails at $3.25.
It is so with all the film chemicals.
Not one remains the same price as at
the beginning of the war, and soma
have become almost unobtainable..
Motion-picture chemists have been do
ing their best to devise substitutes for
the necessities of long standing, but
they have faced a disagreeable short
age of raw materials for manufactur
ing. Another feature of the shortage of
the material caused by the war is evi
dent in the supply of dyes now In
America. The present supply is far
lesa than ever before and the American
dyes do not begin to compare with the
European makes. Germany has had
the lead in the manufacture of film
dyes, and the loss of her products has
bepn a great grief to American pro
ducers. Unless something startling
happens and the increase in price of
goods and the shortage is remedied,' the
rise in the price of films, it is pre
dicted, is almost inevitable. Dyes have
increased 300 per cent, and in general
the increase in the price of chemicals
is listed as 400 per cent. Just what
the outcome will be is difficult to im
agine. E. Forrest Taylor, who for several
years prior to his entrance into the
visualized drama last Spring, wa
popular for his romantic characteriza
tions in road attractions and his .vork
as leading man for several different
stock companies in the West, includ
ing one at Tacoma. has, apparently,
more than "arrived"' in the motion
picture art. It is discovered that Mr.
Taylor was recently cast in Charles
R. Van Loan's "Man Afraid of His
Wardrobe," produced by the Mustang
brand of the American Film Company
and released on the Mutual programme.
This is the first three-reel picture of
a series called "Buck ParVin and the
Movies." The fact that the. idea, was
written by Van Loan, pastmaster at
characterizations in words, made the
picture welcome to anticipate from the
first, and competent critics find that Mr.
Taylor in the title role gave a refresh
ing and vastly interesting study of the
part. Mr. Taylor has been featured by
the American "Film Company almost
from the day he began actual work
after getting acquainted with the cam
era antics and growing accustomed to
talking to himself If necessary. Among
come of the films he has been featured
in are "Hills of Glory." "The Mender"
"Let There Be Light." "Vengeance is
Mine,' "The Terror of Twin Miin.ii.
"The Idol." "Two-Soot Joe" -ri,'
uoung inner or a daughter who has
learned the fetching name of "Jeanne
cnerin or willow Creek" und
Warning." X
, .Mr. Taylor also is the oud
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PEOPLES HAS CIRCUS FILM
Marguerite Clark Is , Starring in
"Still IVaters," Unusual Drama.
An irresistible little beauty that
makes of any production a winner is
dainty little Marguerite Clark. who
stars this week at the Peoples Theater
in "Still; Waters," a play written es
pecially for her by Edith Barnard
Delano.
This Famous Players production is
one of the rare combinations of pure
comedy and serious drama. The dash
that the delightful circus play contains
and the rapid action are features that
together with the beauty and romance
combine to make an unusual photoplay.
In "Still Waters," Miss Clark has an
opportunity of supplementing her well-
esiannsneo reputation as an Incompar
able ingenue by the greatest display of
dramatic power which she has yet con
tributed to the screen. When the story
opens. Miss Clark is a delightful little
girl living on a canal boat with a
stern old grandfather who forbids her
to have anything to do with the out
side world. Fretting under the re
straint, she skips away from the boat
and meets a young doctor the first
man that she has really been brought
into contact with. The result is in
evitable. Then a circus comes to the town,
alongside of which the canal boat is
moored. Carried away by the glamour
of the show and angered by the appar
ent duplicity of her lover and by the
patent boorishness of her grandfather,
the little girl runs away and joins the
circus. Her delightful little romance
comes to a sudden end, and she finds
herself the object of the ringmaster's
ill-conceived attentions.
Trapped by the ringmaster in the
lonely cabin of the deserted canal boat
to which she has fled from him. Nesta
for that is the character which Miss
Clark plays is on the verge of despair
when the doctor, who has been search
ing for her, arrives in time to save her.
That is the bare outline of the plot
which abounds in delightful romance,
quaint comedy, the unexplored atmo
sphere of the great inland waterway,
the fascinating circus ring and the
"big tent" and the sudden thrill of
the big dramatic scenes which follow
in rapid succession. There is an ele
ment of mystery in the identity of a
circus rider whose place the little
Nesta takes when she suddenly faints
in the middle of a performance
"Still Waters" gives Miss Clark the
best opportunity which she has had
thus far for the display of her versa
tility. An entire circus was leased by the
Famous Players Film Company for the
purpose of taking the scenes, which
occur in and about the big canvas
Harry La Pearl, one of the New York"
Hippodrome's most celebrated clowns,
was engaged for these scenes, in which
his comic antics form a pleasant con
trast to the gripping drama in which
Miss Clark, as Nesta, plays so tragic a
part. Others who appear in support of
the diminutive star are Robert Brod
erick, Robert Vaughn. Arthur Evers
and others especially Sally Ann but
you will never appreciate. Sally until
you see her.
' MASQUE RADERS' AT PICKFORD
Love Drama Has Thrilling; Scenes
With Hazel Dawn in Lead.
How a pretty girl, after a career of
sorrow that results from her hasty
marriage, at last finds happiness Is
the theme , of "The Masqueraders." an
internationally successful drama, play
ing this week at the Pickford Theater.
In the drama Hazel Dawn, the attrac
tive film star, has the lead and is sup
ported by an all-star cast.
In the role of the irresistible Dulcie
tarh3J:e!!lTh "?fn.iaLStJa'ts also discovers the liaison, but she mar
ries t-ierre. This marriage arouses the
sleeping demon in Renee's soul. She
plans to poison the Count, whom she
blames for the loss of Pierre. A wom
an's intrigue, daring and revenge are
pictured in the following scenes. How
retribution comes to the wicked is also
shown. All leads up with tremendous
dramatic force to a powerful climax.
Wallingford, with his schemes for
wealth and his matchless comedy, is
another Majestic feature.
Mosquitoes Cheat Barbers.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Oct. 23. Some farm
ers of the West, especially in Kansas,
have returned temporarily to the fash
ion of wearing long whiskers and hair
to prevent the mosquitoes from inter
fering with harvesting. The farmers
and their helpers report that this is
the only protection they have from
these insects. The continued wet
weather has caused stagnant water In
the fields and along the roadsides, and
into becomlne: the hnrmniH rt h, . .r
Inn Hazel Dawn has the best oppor
tunity of her motion picture career.
Dulcie is a courageous, whole-hearted
girl who faces the reduced circum
stances of her family without a mur
mur. She has won the love of an old
family friend. David Remon. but does
not realize his worth, though she is
fond of him. In her position as bar
maid she meets Sir Brice Skene, a
wealthy idler, who becomes infatuated
with her. When it is decided to hold
a raffle to aid a stricken family, Dulcie
graciously agrees to sell a kiss to the
highest bidder.
When David learns of the intended
raffle he attempts to outbid the others,
but his entire fortune proves unequal
to the task of preventing Sir Brice
from winning the prize. Sir Brice adds
to David's dismay by offering his hand
Dulcie, weary of a life of poverty, ac
cepts Sir Brice only to find that he is
not the sort of man she had thought
him to be. The marital difficulties of
the Skenes increase until Sir Brice in
sults all his guests while intoxicated,
because they will not gamble with him
As a result of the actions of Sir Brice
David and he engage in a desnernte
game, the stakes of which are David's
fortune against the baronet's wife.
After a thrilling suspense David wins
and Dulnif. HiqpnataH 1 . 1 . . j .
- n . . t ui iru u y
the action of her husband, eventually
"''v mo eaici 01 iortune, departing
with David in the hope of finding with
him a new happiness.
Dulcie is a rnlA vhinh o-i-.,..
Dawn a wonderful onnortunitv tn ii..
play her talents, not only in the por
trayal of the bewitching young girl of
the early nart of the st nrv hut In
dramatic and pathetic scenes whih
follow her unhappv marria to si,-
Brice. It in thff most iffli.i.1. 1
Miss Dawn has essayed on the screen,
and.it is one which will rarinunH t
her enduring glory.
Others in the cast are Riissoii tj
sett, Elliott Dexter, Frank Losec.
.uariing and Charles Bryant, all
wnom give . talented support to
star.
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DRAMATIC . FILM IS OFFERED
Robert Mantell's First Movie Ap
pearance Made.
Robert B. Mantell. the eminent dra
matic star, makes his first screen an-
pearance at the Malestlp. todav in "TVm
Blindness of Devotion," a lavish Fox
production, in which he is supported by
the beautiful Genevieve Hamper, his
wife. Though this is the Initial
film appearance of both, it promises
to be one of the most rnmo ntif on
striking photoplays of the day. Mr.
Mantell iS best knn.-n for rBmorl,nl.lA
Shakesnearean nraHiiptinna ani 1. 1
affiliation with the motion Dlcturen
brings to the screen one of the great
est stage personalities of todav
"The Blindness of Devotion" com
bines beauty, hatred, love, revenge and
action in fi. mno-nloo0nt nTamn : . l
splendid settings and faultless photog
raphy. It is written by Rex Ingram,
the wel'-known novelist and niav-
wright.
General Cavereaux. a nnhlA olo oi
dier. dies, lpuvln? hta l i t j -on x:
aione in the world. Count de Conway
a brother officer, adopts the son of the
isie general and under the love - and
patronage of the kindly Count. Pierre
grows to manhood. As the years pass
along a beautiful adventuress. Renee
Deiavoix, enters, the life of th Count
and he becomes infatuated with her.
On her account he fights a duel with a
young man about town and is severely
wounded. Renee comes to him at the
time of his illness and his devotion
becomes even stronger.
Meanwhile Rella. th r'm.nf. i
tif ul niece, and Pierre hav fallen in
love. When Count de Conway is called
from his country home on urgent
business he returns to find that Pierre
and Renee have met. and he sees the
woman that he l nv. to .(,.
clasped in the arms of his ward. Bella
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A Triumph of Realism, Dramatic Art Conception and
Interesting Situations
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Continuous From 11 to 11
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A program consisting of powerful feature drama in five acts; two other good
features, and special pipe organ music. A bill of double proportions.
MAURICE
C0STELL0
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God
5 Acts All-Star Cast 5 Acts
That strange, weird drama which won the New York World Prize Contest. The
most unusual production ever shown.
Joe Roberts Al ahable C. Ade Fable, "The Sorrows of the T TUoc
. .V AlCr lenP'oyel." -Diana of the Farm," another com- JOe IVODertS
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great numbers of mosquitoes infest the
fields. The farmers say these insects
are unable to bother them when faces
and necks are covered with long hair.
Man Saws Into Dynamite.
PASADENA, Cal., Nov. 1. When
Charles R. Green, of 530 Prescott ave
nue, was out automobiling one Sunday
he noticed a nice piece of iron pipe by
the roadside. It looked to be just about
the right dimensions for a little repair
job that he was working on, so he
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The
CKF0R
(FORMERLY STAR THEATER)
Washington at Park
Beginning Today
Famous Players' Photo Adaptation of
Henry Arthur Jones' Celebrated Play
St.
"MASO
UERAD
ERS
With a Notable Cast, Featuring
The Beautiful
HAZEL
DAWN
Who by Her Personality, Her
Rare Beauty and Her Remarkable
Histrionic Ability Has Captivated
Motion-Picture Public.
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PATHE NEWS
Latest Picture News
Added Attractions
Another One of Those
POKES AND JABS
Comedy Screams
and
Special Music by
PICKFORD CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Concerts Every Day From 2:30 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 11
YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE GOOD PICTURES AT
THE PICKFORD
tlTf, hnl WP etd Plpe ind minntes he noticed that he had been
?at.H ZU S I" ?'d SaW and I "awing through dynamite. A spark
?nt nine 'l-Ut S'X ,nChes of from the 8aw would have sent him and
the pipe. After hacking away for 15 his family a long way from Pasadena.
WILLIAM FOX PHOTOPLAYS
SUPREME
BEGINNING TODAY
Announces the First Appearance
idbert
in
The World's Most Eminent Dramatic Star
Supported by
Beautiful
GENEVIEVE
HAMPER
And an All-Star Cast
In Rex Ingram's Startling Modern Drama
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A Stirring Arraignment of Society's Sins
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