The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-05
ENDORSED
BY ROYALTY
Even the Gar Of Russia Permits Cam
era Men to Take Pictures
Of His Royal
Home.
NO MUSIC IS ALLOWED
London Editor Says the Time Il Gem
Ing When Moving Pictures viii
Take the Place Of the
Newspapers.
NO MUSIC Is ALLOWED
tBy Ed L. Keen. London correspond
ent of the United Press.

tBy Ed. L. Keen, London correspond
ent of the United Press.
/ LONDON, Oct. 5.-After following
Americas lead for many years Europe
is taking the bit between her teeth
and going ahead with the nioving pic
tnre idea in a manner which until
quite recently would have been consid.
cred impossible, not to say indecent
| Royalty. which until few years
ago SHE'D at the attentions OF the
humble kodak manipulation, now &C.
Icepts the movie man as an ordinary
thing, and even the car of Russia
has officially recognized his existence
and gTaciously permits him to assist in
advertising the monarchial system. It
! is true that the Russian minister OF
the interior who has given formal
permission for the taking and display
lof films depicting the home life of
the imperial family, stipulates that the
pictures must be ''suitable 10 the dig
nifty of the august person concerned,
! that they are not to be shown to the
accompaniment of music, that they
i are to be marked on the program as
special feature, and that IN order to
emphasize their superior character"
the curtain must be lowered before
and after the pictures are displayed,
but the surrender of the autocratic
Russian court Is the GROWING victory
tof the movie" mans campaign
against fortresses which h>-e hitherto
been considered impregnabls.
The kaiser, King George and King
Alfonso recognized the movies" some
/ time ago and are always ready to
grant facilities. The two first-named
| have private picture theatres in their
palaces. and King George who is one
of the most progressive of European
imonarchs. has long realized the adver-
Using advantages OF the cinema
camera. by granting permission for
the filming of royal home life. sports,
etc. Recently he gave the film men
permission to take pictures Of the re-
decoration of the front of buckingham
palace, and the camera operators have
even been permitted at Balmoral, the
holy of holes Of British royalty The
king has taken great interest In the
production OF a film entitled "The
Life and Times OF Queen Victoria"
and he has readily granted facilities
for ensuring the. accuracy Of the pic
lures showing the most important in
cidents In his grandmother's home and
public life
The Aim which is 5000 feet in
length has cost tens OF thousands Of
dollars to produce, and includes the
striking events Of the Victorian era,
from 1897 to 1901. The coronation.
the jubilee, and diamond jubilee. the
principal British battles including the
Boer war, are covered, and there are
a number Of important episodes hither-
to untouched by artists. The movie
man has discovered a curious error in
one of the pictures at Buckingham
Palace, and 1t has been rectified on the
film. In Sir David WILKES picture of
Queen Victoria holding her first privy
council, within a few hours of her
accession, the artist portrayed the
young queen wearing white gown
and a small crown perched on her
: head The producer Of the film was
cautious enough to refer to Victoria :
own diary, and therein he read that
she wore mourning dress OF deer
black, with simple bandeau about
her hair.
The movies" are also making grea'
strides in other directions and 1t look;
as if Editor Robert Donald, OF tbs
London Chronicle. will not have IL
: wait long for his prediction that news
would soon be laid on in the house
like gas and water, to materialize
Donald told the institute OF journal
lists recently, that the newspapers
most serious rivals were the movins
pictures and the monograph, which
| vert invading every field of journal
lstic enterprise. Already the movies
are producing fashion films, and PEG
a pie who used to rely on the papers fol
fashion plates can now go and se'
the latest styles in their natural col
ors. as worn by living models.
/, Arrangements have now been com
!. pleted for the opening of woman
Il theatre controlled and managed en-
r tirely by women, and the Actresses
). Franchise League, a non militant or
Il ganization, VIII commence operation
ID at the Coronet theatre. London. De
,e cember g. The scheme is part of tn
" leagues ''"otes for women campaign
n. and while not hoping to restrict them
~ selves entirely to manless plays, tn
lie producers intend giving women PLAY
is wrights the preference Ia Femm
Of Seule," translated from tn. French b
Il Mrs. Bernard Shaw Is to be thu frs
it play produced and Bjornson's "A
Gauntlet the next, All the plays wi