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TODAVS FILM FEATURES.
Peoples Fannie Ward. "Betty to
the Rescue."
Majestic Virginia Pearson. "Bit
ter Truth."
Columbia Douglas Fairbanks.
"American Aristocracy."
Sunset Clara Kimball Young,
"Marrying Money."
Star John Mason and Alma
Hanlon. "The Libertine."
Globe "Daughter of the Hun."
WHERE does the motion picture
camera go? Or rather, where Is
the spot the camera has not
reached with Its Inquisitorial eye?
A pretty controversy was started not
tto long ago when Mr. Eaton, a Boston
dramatic critic, took up the cudgels in
behalf of the speaking stage and
opined that the movies were not much.
If anything.
Among the assertions he made was
this: "They claim the camera goes
everywhere, but that doesn't alter the
tact that It doesn't."
So while exponents of other depart
ments of activity gathered their refut-
ory information to hurl at the afore
mentioned Mr. Eaton. Billy Beckwith,
chief cameraman of the Balboa studios,
down at Long Beach, submits this list
of places invaded by the camera:
Under the sea.
Into the crater of Vesuvius.
Far Inside both the Arctic and the
Antarctic circles.
Three thousand feet under ground, In
the Calumet, and Hecla mine.
Out under the bottom of the sea In
the coal mines of Cape Breton Island.
On the glaciers and in the crevasses
of the Alps.
On the heights of the Himalayas.
Thousaands of feet up In the air in
ba loons and dirigibles.
Under the Hudson- River.
Under Niagara Falls.
To the headwaters of the Amazon.
Into the jungles of the tropics.
Into the stokeholes of battleships.
In front of the Alaska glaciers, where
lee blocks bigger than 10-story office
buildings were breaking on.
Into the trenches of Europe and onto
the decks of war ships in action.
Onto the pilots of rushing locomo
tives and automobiles.
On top of the Pyramids.
Into the Sahara desert.
Onto the Eiffel Tower.
Into the catacombs of Rome.
Into the palaces of kings and the
houses of . the rich.
Into sewers and bank vaults.
Into dissecting-room and miscro
Bcopical laboratory.
"It has gone, every place but h 1.
nd if our critics could have their way
it might go there."
A small prospector's pick used by
Fannie Ward In the Jesse L. Lasky pro
duction. "Betty to the Rescue." was the
one used- by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deb
ney while prospecting and when they
discovered the famous Midas copper
mine at Valdes, Alaska. This pick
was loaned oy them to Miss Ward for
use In the picture. Mr. Debney, who
Is now a resident of Hollywood, accom
panied by his wife, was prospecting for
copper in the heart of the Alaskan
mineral district and It was this pick
with which they turned over the soil
and exposed a large vein of copper.
Mr. Debney finally sold the mine to a
large corporation for $125,000.
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Every motion picture star who has
reached great fame may attribute his
or her success. In almost every case,
to some one particular photoplay.
With Theda Bara it was "A Fool
There Was" that first brought her Into
prominence. Marguerite Clark gained
her first film prominence in "Wild
flower." Fannie Ward's greatest suc
cess was "The Cheat" and It did more
to popularize her than any other .film
production.
William S. Hart. Dougrlas Fairbanks
and Charles Chaplin gained their fame
in almost the same manner.
Mary Pickford's Brat great big suc
cess was "Tess of the Storm Country"
and a majority of photoplay patrons
today still claim that it is her greatest
picture. At any rate it is still playing
to crowded houses throughout the coun
try and bids fair to become the "Un
cle Tom's Cabin" of the films. Harold
Lockwood also owes his fame to this
picture.
So great has been the demand for
Tess that Paramount has just had a
brand new copy made for Portland
from the negative print that is kept
in one or -New York's largest safety
deposit vaults. This picture is due for
an early showing here. This policy of
making new and flawless prints of old
successes will undoubtedly be followed
witn otner masterpieces.
How old is the ever-young William
B. Hart the man who has made the
cowboy famous? This Is the question
that is agitating the Triangle-Ince
eiuaios and large numbers of cordial
people who have recently heard that
William S. Hart had a birthday anni
versary last week.
Hart has been at work down on the
border near Calexico and Mexican
rather back of the valleys from the
etorm-riven border in a quiet neigh
borhood where some 60,000 cattle have
ground for his next play. Two days
after his return from the border came
his birthday anniversary and with it a
large collection of congratulatory tele
grams and letters.
W ith two exceptions they all eimply
were glad that he had another birth
day and hoped that he would have
many more. Two admirers Ingeniously
desired to be more definite. In one
little box was a stickpin with 36 stones
and the little note: "Of course, I am not
quite certain, but I feel quite safe In
believing that you are just 36 years
old."
The second box brought forth an
other pin in which the writer pointed
out that it contained exactly 26 stones.
'I think," said the writer, "that you
are just 26 years old."
Mr. Hart Is smiling blandly. "I should
not be in the least surprised," he re
marked, "If the latter writer was ab
solutely correct."
Any actress who maintains any high
position in motion pictures must dress
both correctly and well, and that is
one reason a leading woman should be
well paid she gives so much of the
money received back to her art.
In discussing the dress question re
cently, Margarita Fischer, Oregon girl
and well-known screen star, said:
"I own that I spend a great deal on
my clothes, and it is not only that 1
like to do so, but I am compelled to.
"It is not one bit too much to say
that there are some really clever wom
en who have never advanced beyond
a certain point, and it Is not because
they lack ability, but because they
would never spend enough money on
their costuming.
"The screen photographs cruelly, not
only wrinkles and advancing age. but
the very smallest Item of dress, glovee,
shoes, fur, lace no matter how trivial
the apparel, it all shows just exactly
what it is and women, who make up
the largest part of an audience, are
unsparing In their criticisms, and
many go so far as to Judge an actress
by the clothes she wears.
"There is another side to this, too.
An actress will sink her identity Jn a
part, will try and be the girl or wom
an she is characterizing. She cannot
do this faithfully if she is not garbed
in the manner the role calls for. The
very dress becomes part of the role
and It Is the duty of every conscien
tious actress to study her clothes in
the same way she does her part.
"It is very hard on the girl. who has
but little except talent and ambition.
At the outset she has but little left
when she has bought the necessary
costumes, but if she has the talent and
the right spirit of sacrifice, her week
ly check will grow steadily and her
self-sacrificing will have been worth
while, and will have helped advance
her financially and artistically.
"Yes, it is both necessary and right
that an actress should dress well and
correctly, and It is equally right that
she should receive enough salary to
enable her to do so."
In making the pictures for the In
ternational's patriotic photoplay, "Pa
tria," Mrs. Vernon Castle, who plays
the title" role. Is called upon to do
things which a less intrepid or capable
woman would have refused or been
unable to do. The heroine of "Patria"
is an expert rider, swimmer, diver.
wrestler and dancer, equally at home
In driving a motorcar or a motorboat,
and familiar with aeroplanes and all
their ways.
Mrs. Castle does all these things and
does them well, as all the critics agree
who have seen the advance showings
of the great screen drama.
Here are some of the things this
daring woman does In" "Patria," most
of them several times over in order
that a perfect picture be obtained:
She is thrown from the back of
galloping horse; she dives headlong
from the deck of an ocean-going
steamship and swims to a motorboat.
Into which she climbs unassisted: she
is thrown from the upper deck of
Sound steamer and in the water divests
herself of her superfluous clothing
she climbs the mast of a burning ship
with the flames licking the shrouds,
and falls with the mast into the water
far below; she plunges over & water
fall into the whirlpool; she races her
motor against a railroad car loaded
with dynamite; she flies an aeroplane.
she operates a machine gun in the
trenches; she wrestles with Mexicans
and fights Japs single-handed, and
does many other strenuous things that
make you gasp. But never for a mo
ment does she lose her dainty, grace
ful, feminine charm that have made
her famous on two continents. Above
all, she can act. as her work in "Pa
tria" abundantly proves.
Following her success In the screen
adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale.
"Snow White," Marguerite Clark will
star In an adaptation of the late Molly
Eliot Sewell's play. "The Fortunes of
Ft ft." which will be released by the Fa
mous Players through the Paramount
Pictures Corporation in February.
In this production Miss Clark- for-
sakes the little fairy princess for the
more sophisticated role of a struggling
young star in a small French theater.
Despite her high connections she is
the grand-iece of the Pope Flfi has
a hard struggle of It and spends many
bitter moments because of her older
and more experienced rival, Julie Cam-
nlonet.
have found a studio in the very heart
of New York that suits their purposes
admirably. It has everything that an
artist, a sculpto and a title-writer
requires in her work, and a little bit
more. It was a very fine hardwood
floor where these two healthy and
dance-loving young women are going'
to give tango and fox-trot and one
step parties between now nd the
Spring season.
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has played the difficult role of an ac
tress on the screen, but those who have
seen her previous performances will
expect her to handle the temperamen
tal, vivacious little Frjncn player with
distinction and finish.
A theater will be constructed in the
Famous Players studio as the setting
for a good deal of the action.
An unusual reason for going Into
motion pictures Is seen in the case of
Rutn Hamilton Lackaye, who has an
Important part in the support of Baby
Marie Osborne In the Pathe Gold
Rooster Play. ""Joy and the Dragon."
Shortly after she married James
Lackaye, a brother of Wilton Lackaye.
she retired from the stage to devote
herself to philanthropic work.
Meanwhile motion pictures became
popular. At first Mrs. Lackaye took
little Interest in them. Then on many
occasions she noted the remarkable
grip that they had on the people among
whom she worked. She took to study
ing them, with the result that the fas
cination of the Bcreen soon encom
passed her. She played the mother in
the "Neal of the Navy" serial and Is
now appearing regularly In features
produced by Balboa.
peal . to a quiet player in the motion
pictures."
"Of course." I replied, climbing up
a telegraph pole with Fairbanks. "One
more question er " But I'd lost my
list of questions. ,
"Drop around tomorrow," said Doug,
clambering out on the telegraph wires.
"I expect to do some stunts for the
films." '
I reached for my handkerchief to
wipe the perspiration from my. brow
when
I woke up. F. J. S., in Motion Pic
ture HaiL.
Miss Rose E. Tapley. Vltagraph star,
who Is swinging about the circle in
the Interests of the films, talking to
women's clubs and civic organizations
about motion pictures, recently ad
dressed several large audiences In Bal
timore, ' urging that the women get
behind the movement for "clean" pic
tures, eliminating those with "purple"
moments and objectionable plots. She
says:
"Women compose 85 per cent of the
movie patrons women and children.
W. W. Armstrong has Just been ap
pointed representative for the Mc
Clure production of "The Seven Deadly
Sins," with headquarters at Seattle,
and has taken up his duties for the
marketing of this series of seven five-
reel features, which will be released
regularly at weekly intervals.
This group of photoplays is to be
released by Superpictures, Inc. the
new $9,000,000 corporation, through the
Triangle exchange, in which office
W. W. Armstrong will have his head
quarters.
vAnn Murdock, Holbrook Blinn, H.
B. Warner, Charlotte Walker, Nance
0Nell and George Le Guere are the
stars of the 'Seven Deadly Sins'" said
Mr. Armstrong yesterday. "Each of
the seven photoplays is a modern com
plete five-reel drama, each with Its
own star. Miss Mason and Mr. Le
Guere play the young sweethearts,
whose love story connects the Berles.
"They are modern plays, of widely
different theme. Each play is a splen
did production. Ann Murdock. in
'Envy,' is the first of the series. The
other sins are 'Pride, "Wrath "Greed,
Passion," 'Sloth' and 'The Seventh Sin,"
the theme of which is being kept se-cret."
Douglas Fairbanks was hanging by
his toes from a second-story window
when I met him.
"I'm glad you picked a quiet after
noon for our interview, said Doug,
smiling upside down. Then he dropped
lightly to the ground.
Hurriedly consulting my list of In
terview questions, I said, "Where were
yon born, Mr. Fairbanks?" ,
The star started running at a stiff
pace. "Denver, 1SS3." he said, smiling
ly, while he bounded over a passing
automobile.
Keeping up with him, I asked. "How
did you come to take up screen work?"
"The stage was too strenuous," re
sponded Doug, vaulting over an eight-
foot fence. "Rehearsals, you know,
and the one-night stands."
Landing on the other side of the
fence. I again queried. "Who Is your
favorite author?"
"Tennyson." Fairbanks leaped
aboard a passing train. I followed,
without my hat and pencil. Still, my
list of questions was with me. "I find
him so restful," continued Doug.
We both Jumped from the speeding
train. On removing the cinders from
my ears, I heard Mr. Fairbanks con
tinue: "Strenuous things hardly ap-
It is up to them to act. and trerefore
I want to reach them."
It Is certainly a laudable Impulse
that actuated the Vltagraph Company
In sponsoring Miss Tapley's tours, and
one that deserves commendation from
everyone concerned. If manufacturers
refuse to turn out offensive pictures,
there will be no pictures of that kind
against which agitators for censorship.
Sunday closing and similar inimical
legislation may inveigh, and hold up as
glaring examples In justification of
their arguments. A word, too. is due
Miss Tapley for her intelligent dis
cussions of an Important phase of the
Industry. Dramatic Mirror.
All authentic records for 'a single
day's receipts at any "motion picture
theater In the world were broken at
The Rlalto. New York, on New Year's
Day, when $3741 was taken In at
the box office. The attraction was
Anita Stewart In the Vltagraph pro
duction of Robert W. Chambers' novel.
"The Girl Phlllppa." The feature had
been heralded by unusually heavy ad
vertising In the New York dallies and
he results, were apparent both on Sun
day, when the picture was first pre
sented, and on New Year's Day. The
theater was opened at 10 o'clock In the
momlnr on Monday, and played to
absolute capacity all day long. Over
$2000 had been taken before 5 o'clock
in the afternoon, and long before that
time special policemen were detailed to
keep the crowds In order, around the
entrance. There was a line of patrons
extending from the box office around
the corner and along Forty-second
street practically all day long.
Mae Marsh, the Goldwyn Pictures
star, and Anita Loos are great friends
and pal together in New York. Miss
Loos is the little genius who writes
screen titles that make audiences go
into hysterics for example, the Doug
las Fairbanks captions and titles.
Miss Marsh paints very creditably In
oils and also finds pleasure in sculp
ture. Having fears as to what these
arts would do to her new Riverside
Drive home. Miss Marsh set out in
search of a studio. Miss Loos "Ventured
to assert that she felt she could write
much better screen titles in a Btudio.
so the pair have made a bargain to
WO "fifty-fifty" on the place. They
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Clara Kimball Young Is Seen
"Marriage a La Carte."
"Marryirig Money." or as Its new
title has it, "Marriag a la Carte."
the only Clara Kimball Young comody
in two years ana pnotop.ay recog
nized as one of her most entertaining
vehicles, will be presented at the Sun
set Theater today, along with two reels
of Keystone comedy Joy and Para
mount Pictographs.
Miss Young's versatility will have a
chance of showing Itself to advantage
In this film; she is equally at home In
comedy roles as well as dramatic
The story of "Marriage a la Carte"
more nor less. It reveals the marriage
game, as it is frequently played. In all
its unmistakable cynicism and base
ness, although It does not overlook the
humorous side or the matter.
Mrs. NUes. an ambitious society lady,
has a pretty daughter, Mildred, played
by Clara K.imDaii voung, and sjie wants
the girl to make a good match. Along
comes an eiigioie uount wno, nowever,
hasn't got anything more to recom
mend him to Mildred than his title.
Exit his Countship.
As Mr. Klles, Mildred's father, falls
In business, it Is Imperative that the
girl should now marry real money. In
stead of which she falls In love with a
penniless young fellow. Theodore Van
deveer. and they are married. There
is consternation In the bride's family.
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