The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-05
KING BACG0TT
IN new ROLE
Inn Hero Injured While Playing
Before the Camera

When the wonderful representation
If me stirring scenes about which Sir
walter scott wrote in ''lvanhce" are
con in this country, through the en-
,srnrjse and ingenuity of the Imp Film
oompany, the public vii! be able to
orosn for the first time the infinite
sDm knowledge of historical associa-
done and Yankee assurance necessary
10 nroduce with modern acco ssories
and actors the stirring scenes of Mer-
rio England in the days OF Kcbin Hood
and ,Rlchard. For this IS just what
haze been done and thoroIglly too, ac-
c,rding To the advices which have
reached the Universal from all sources.
Herbert Rrenon, the manager of the
,ompany, has earned the admiration
of all who have heard of or witnessed
bis eyploit. And, strange as il may
SEEM he is a veritabe LcrC in the lit
fla town Of ChepstOw, where the scenes
were enacted, this though he inter
r,uted the work of the town and It's
Inhabitants for fortnight and used
the men Of the foundries ana other in
dustries tc defend and attack the cas-
ta and 10 provide local color in such
capscitles as being thrown from the
castle wall and being drowned In the
moat II all added To the fame of the
community aud that pleased cheps-
,oV. for nothing like the "lvanhoe"
him has ever heen made in England,
and those who participated in il will
nave something,to remember all their
lives
Ru thu wonderful picture was not
taken without actual peril ana eXhib-
nIons Of pluck and bravery on the part
Of the actors. one instance of saCri-
fee To the interest of the film will
serve to show the devotion Of the ac-
tor TO his calling.
IS everyone knows, the leading fig
ure ih the drama, the brave lvanhoc,
Is played by that sterling actor and
star of the Imp company, kinc Baggot,
The English illustrated magazines
have frequently commented upon his
resemblance IL Lewis Waller. ana in
the s1it of mail which he 50 graceS
b. ddes show a likeness To Waller in
Richard the Third" which is striking.
IN TIT finish Of the fight. when he had
the enemy un The run, he received atre>
mendoas blow OH the head. blow
which may have been intended TO set
4. -. Il. A., Il
the wrong mark, and so savage was
II that the actor realized that he must
lose Consciousness. But il was not on
the cards for the victorious lvanhoc tn
faint ii that time, and SO II must not
be Weak, dizzy ana half out of his
wits ne nevertheless kept his head.
and his feet as well, until he saw the
operator drop the handle Then, when
The picture was taken and the neces-
Sity of acting over, he tainted dead
away
1t was an act of bravery. and one
worthy of great actor. All through
The picture he has distinguished him
self for the qualities which have placed
aim AZ the head of the Imp company.
lie is a remarkable actor. and, as the
crisis proved, he had the stamina when
,he necessity arose.
In the 'lvanhoe" pictures Mr.. Bren-
On used about one thousand men az
soldiers and extras. They look like
ten times that many. a great castle
was borrowed for the occasion. and
Tie British museums were ransacked
'M historically correct arms, armor
ana other properties