El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-21
Circus Day Is Not Bad For the
Picture Men---Flicks of the Films

~HE general public thinks that the
coming Of a circus means bad
business for the picture shows
the day the circus is in town This is
not the case, however. as the business
the night and day of a circus is about
normal, as the circus brings in out OF
town visitors. The next day and for
several days following is when the Ell
fect is felt This is the way VIII K
Winch. of the Wagwam sizes It up
1.-THE House Of Mystery" Euro
pean film that viii probably be seen
IN FL Paso before many weeks, IS
unique production in which a mouse
was built with trap doors, secret pS n
els, hidden chutes and various oIner
contriyances that made the leading
mans life a misery.
With half of the other film makers IN
he country following his lead IN the
production of animal pictures, W. n
Selig is securing Europe for more AMI
mails and his scenario writers ARE
sitting up nights trying TO ngure OUT
something new. a Wild Ride" IS his
latest effort and he certainly SHOWS
much originality. Zulus burn mousse
and a young girl escapes unnouced- she
mounts her faVOrlte ostrich ana rlOeS
TO the nearest military post There
big elephant is loaded up with soldlers
and a machine gun and the bad Zulu
men are put to flight
X
Kathlyn Williams, the pretty young
leading woman of the Sellg company,
who appeared in the first animal PIC
lures OF Kathlyn, viii soon pc seen IN
a series OF pictures depicting the
Adventures of Kathalyn-" She IS
possessed of plenty of daring and the
pictures ought TO be good ones Tney
viii be released about Christmas
Romano Fielding writes that he IS
producing a sensational two reel PIC
ture at Las Vegas to be called me
Rattlesnake-" He sent one OF MS COM
pany TO FL PasO- short time ago ana
purchased a big rather He also writes
that he and several of his company VIII
be in FL Paso before long to get scenes
to fit into pictures that ne has mace
elsewhere.
z. K Lincoln, who spent a couple of
months in FL Peso as MEMBER OF the
Pate company, is playing leads win
the Vitagraph- He recently appeared
in THE Call" a picture in which two
trains We're actually run together IN a
head-on collision It is in two reels
and viii probably reach FL -Paso IN NO
vember or December.
Big fat John Bunny is to be king of
the carnival at Coney Island with
Lillian Walker as his queen The at
tendance is expected to reach 5,OOOsOOO
that week This ought to quiet the
very persistent rumor that Bunny IS
dead.
Business in the picture line in Den
yer got so bad that the picture snow
managers got together, limited the
number of reels that they would run
and publish a signed statement in the
papers that there had to be cOmplne
or they all would go out OF business
Some theaters were giving I'VE reefs
of pictures and an ice cream cone tor
a nickel. Anyone with the picture snow
bee in his bonnet can find plenty OF
places for sale in Denver.
Mothers search of nearly a year for
her missing husband and child has been
brought TO a successful close through
the medium of motion pictures, accord
ing TO a letter received from Toxic ia
pan. by superintendent of police Pierce
of Boston. John Ellis, formerly min
lister and later q stock broker, who
carried off his 4 year old daughter Olga
despite a court order has been located
in the japanese capital by a person who !
recognized his likeness in a moving /
picture theater at Yokohama
Eugene Berry Watt, who for two
years has operated the National Au-
fhors' Institute" has been arraigned IN
the United States district court on an
indictment alleging fraudulent use OF
the mails, and is under $1,000 bail Tor
trial The postal authorities say Watt
obtained about 5000 by duping hum
dreds Of shoTt-story writer's and NOV
ing picture playWrights. He charged
fees ranging from 81 TO $50 Watt was
convicted in 1903 for a similar scheme
and sentenced to TWO years IN the At
lanta penitentiary, but his youth and
promises to reform gained him a re-
lease on parole
E H Calvert. Essanay's leading man,
was hurt the other day while rehears-
ing for a photO-play. The accident
barely missed being a serious one, due
to the presence of mind of the producer.
A church belfry was built especially
for the taking of this picture and stood
some IS OF 40 feet from the ground,
and il was in the belfry that the action
of the scene was to take place The
actor was suspended from one Of its