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TODAY'S KII.3I FEATURES.
Sunset Douprlas Fairbanks, "The
Habit of Happiness."
Columbia George Beban,
Cook of Canyon Camp."
Liberty Norma Talmadgre,
Law of Compensation.
Majestic Alice Joyce and Harry
Horey, "The Question."
Peoples Mary Plckford, "The
Little American."
Star Alice Brady. "Maternity";
Charlie Chapllji, "The Immi
grant." Globe Lionel Barrymore, "His
Father's Son."
Circle Marjorle Rambeau, "The
Greater Woman."
THE broad and comprehensive
spread of the motion-picture In
dustry which has carried screen
entertainment to the remotest quar
ters of the erlobe receives treatment at
considerable length in an official bul
letin Just Issued by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce. Depart
ment of Commerce.
It Is stated that films have brought
into contact the races of different lan
guage, those of climes which have no
elements In common, and the peoples
of widely divergent social customs. By
means of films countries which have
been active in their production are al
ready familiar places and the steady
gains that have been made by the
United States during the past five
years toward the leadership in this in
dustry have literally made it possible
for the whole world to "see America"
on a large scale while sitting 4n their
own home towns.
In the early days of moving pictures
and that was less than a generation
ago American audiences grew en
thusiastic over the French products
that were sent across the Atlantic to
reveal the wonders of this new art of
the camera. Reports received from
abroad furnish the information that
Europe, Asia and Africa are now show
ing equal enthusiasm over the perfected
American films.
In a single month in Paris out of
18,800 meters of film shown 11,000 were
American. A recent report from a
Continental country, which was re
ceived by the Bureau of Foreign and
EKJmestio Commerce, stated that even
among the pictures that were of Euro
pean origin, many were reproductions
of American subjects. From far-off
Australia the bureau hears that films
from well-known American companies
afe In general use. A consular report
from South Africa states that interest
m American family and political life
has been marked.
David Wark Griffith, the great Amer
ican director, now in England, prepar
ing a big photoplay production to be
released by Artcraft, had a narrow es
cape from death when the Germans
made their last destructive aeroplane
raid on London. The full facts are not
obtainable yet. but from information
received at Mr. Griffith's offices here
the following account was obtainable:
One of the bombs dropped by the
Germans fell on the roof of a low
'building. In which he was engaged at
the time, and destroyed eevrything in
the building but the human life.
Mr. Griffith recently returned to
London from the French front, where
he was engaged in photographing ac
tual battle scenes. On Friday, the night
of the Invasion, he was showing a
"test" of some of the film to William
Burlock and other members of his staff
now In London.
The bomb, which crashed through the
roof, shattered the building and de
stroyed the picture machine and the
film, but fortunately none of the men
present was injured. In a cable dis
patch received at Mr. Griffith's office
the facts were briefly outlined.
Fortunate-iy the film was not sacri
ficed, because the negative was secure
ly stored in another building.
Word has been received here that
King George and Queen Mary, of Eng
land, are to appear in the picture Grif
fith is filming on the other side; Their
Majesties consented to act for Griffith
after they had become enthused ovei
"Intolerance." The King also gave his
consent to have Griffith visit the firing
line. It is understood that he has
snapped some vivid scenes of the war,
and that part of his films are already
in this country.
It is not known when Griffith will
return to the United States, though it
Is presumed that he will not remain in
England much longer.
The tendency to disregard the ethical
Bide of a contracted obligation has been
quite noticeable in the moving picture
industry during the past several
months, but it is gratifying to note
that two of the most popular of the
cinema luminaries have seen fit to re
consider a determination to leave pro
ductions incompleted, and thereby en
tail the loss of thousands of dollars to
the manufacturers.
Fannie Ward, after having a dis
agreement with the Famous Playcrs
asky Company in the midst of a pro
duction, agreed to return to the studio
and finish her picture. She is now so
engaged.
Torothy Dalton. of the Triangle
Company, after a short discussion, also
decided it was the right thing for her
to return to the Culver City plant and
complete her work before making an
other aff iliatiom
The question is not altogether a one
sided affair, and the producer has also
erred in many cases. If the industry
is to receive the recognition it desires
as a worth while businesslike affair,
every effort should be made by all par
ties concerned to conduct things with
some understanding of what is ethical
ly right and just. The action of a prom
inent star, who recently approached
his employers with the assertion that
he could tiasily break his contract if
2xe wanted, but wouldn't It they gave
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him more money, appears to be all
wrong. This man was immediately
discharged. On the other hnnd the
tendency of producers who order stars
to do impossible things, and then con-
sxaer tne contract broken on the
ground of disobedience, is also all
wrong.
Having presented an ambulance to
the Red Cross, Mary Pickford is now
at work arranging to have a number of
the biggest photodramatic stars each
do likewise and maintain these gifts
during the time they are in France.
Miss Pickford has already engaged
her second ambulance and has written
notes to Charlie Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks. George M. Cohan, Elsie
Ferguson, Marguerite Clark, William S.
Hart and other prominent stars to in
duce each to contribute an ambulance.
The entire contribution will be sent to
Ffajice as one complete unit from the
motion picture stars.
The expense not only entails the pur
chase of the ambulance, but mainte
nance of it in the service, and the Art
craft star feels that if she can pur
chase and maintain two ambulances,
the other prominent stars should do
likewise.
Miss Pickford's second ambulance is
now in New York and will be sent to
France as soon as 'the donations from
other stars are received.
The next production to be released by
the Artcraft Pictures Corporation will
be a new Douglas Fairbanks comedy,
entitled "Down to Earth." The story
for this play was written, by Fairbanks
himself and Is replete with typical
Fairbanks humor,- optimism and phil
osophy. Under the direction of John
Emerson, the new film is now rapidly
nearing completion at the Lasky studio
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in California, and August 12
date for its release by Artcraft.
Scenarlolzed by Anita Loos, who has
become an important contributing fac
tor to the success of the new Fair
banks organization, the photoplay
tells of a typical American youth whose
"wanderlust" and ideas of living close
to nature are in accord with the views
of life assumed by his sweetheart, an
ambitious society bud. Bridge parties,
matinee dances, tea parties and sump
tuous dinners are the important items
in the pretty girl's social career, and
these occupy, too much of her time for
wandering amidst God's country in the
great outdoors. How the persistent
youth takes her away from her sur
roundings and wins her over to bifl
way of thinking despite herself is said
to offer one of the most amosing topics
the screen has yet displayed. Various
different climes are visited, and many
surprises of typical Fairbanks style
are promised, ranging in variety from
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ONLY PICTURES OBTAINED OF , THE -RUSSIAN
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