The Washington herald., 1913-12-07

Anita Stewart. one Of the star heroines
Of the Yitagraph Company, is recovering
from a severe case of bumps she re-
ceived last week while dashing down a
hill in a fleeing taxicab going forty miles
an hour for a Vitagraph motion picture.
The bumps occurred when the chauffeur
became so interested in being an actor
that he forgot to be a chauffeur and ran
over a big log on the road. When the
taxi hit the log Miss Stewart hit the
top of the car. She said, after It was all
over. that she felt that she had been a
heroine, indeed.
King Baggot leading man and director
and Frank Smith. his assistant. were par
tally buried when several tons of dirt
from a bank, under which they were
working during the taking Of a scene in
King, the Detective a drama soon to
be released, caved in upon them The
accident, which occurred at Leonia
Heights, n. J., resulted in Mr.. Smith
having to undergo treatment for a
sprained back and Mr.. Baggot TO nurse a
lacerated hip. 1t took the combined ef-
forts of a score of Italian wOrkmen, EN-
ployed previously to dig a tunnel under
the embankment, nearly half an hour &c
shovel the gravel and wet clay away
sufficiently to extract the two men.
The cavern was attributed to a heavy
rain which fell during the night before.
The ground. of clay and gravel had alb
sorbed the water to a depth of several
feet loosening 1t to such an extent that,
when the mems bodies Jared it from be-
low. the earth came down.
Mabel TrInneIle features in a big thrill
in The Actress in which she plays the
lead The actress has tried in every
way to kill the love of John Hayes
barry O'Aoore), but has failed. She
goes motoring and the chauffeur loses
control of the machine, which plunges
down a steep embankment and is dashed
to pieces upon the rocks. The car Is
seen careering madly down upon the
rccks and out of the tangled mass of
wreckage is lifted the injured actress
who is disfgured for life. II is the sort
of scene that makes one hold his breath.
the wonderful realism of Miss Trunnelle5 3
acting adding greatly to its effectiveness
During the production of the comedy,
And the Villain Still Pursued Her, d.
rected by Al E. Christie, seven men were
burned and bruised by the explosion OF
bombs at the Universal Pacific Coast
studios. The play is a travesty on the
old-time meIodrama. Eddie Lyons, who
PLAYED the chief of police, while riding
his bicycle through dozen or so bombs
distributed over the ground, fell Just as
they went of He was burned seriously
about the face and hands and his hair
and eyebrows were singed of. other
PLAYERS suffered singed hands and re-
ceived cuts from flying rocks.
1t is no new sensation for Mary Fuller
to win a popularity contest but she IS
one of those delightful persons that never
lose their enthusiasm She lately re-
ceived word from the Colonial Theater'
Boston. that she finished first in the con-
test held by them and she was as pleased
as a girl with her first engagement ring:
"Ycu don't know what it means to ne
she said Ito have such tangible eX-
preston of appreciation. We photaplay-
ers do not have the applause of an au-
dienee to guide US and inspire US. so we
do not know whether the public likes
us or not unless we are told in some such
way. When a film in which / am ap-
pearing is released l frequently wonder
whether that particular role Is going TO
please my Boston friends better than my
Ell Paso friends or vice versa. II is
tremendous task to try to please the
whole world at once, so that Is why
work, work. work