El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
Film Fiiicks

" HE demand for moving picture
scenarios is increasing. The
+ standard price is SIS, $50 and
SIS for one, two and three reel
The licensed people are now getting
out four features week in addition to
their regular releases.
Klaw & Erlanger have decided to 90
into the picture producing business
They expect to put out their first pic
lures in September Ben Hur," which
was once produced by kalem, VIII De
their first big picture
The Proctor theaters in New York
are running both licensed and indie
pendent pictures. They are about the
only ones who have been able to do
that and not lose their licenses The
other New York exhibitors are wonder
ing what is back of it
Jean the Nitagraph dog, has re-
signed. That is her master, Mr.. Trim
bic, has, and Jean will probably go
with him. RumOr says that Mr.. Trimble
Will join Florence Turner in making
pictures
The Essanay company will soon re-
lease some Chinese pictures. A real
pirate junk was brought to this cOun-
try for the pictures which were pro-
KathIyn Williams may not be seen
in pictures any more She recently
married Robert Allen, a stock company
actor on the coast.
" as popular as Los Angeles as a point
of moving picture production. Why
cannot FL PaSO have a few companies
They certainly would advertise the
town besides spending lots Of money
here. The chamber Of commerce might
spend a little of the budget fund TO
good effect along this line The Her
aid has been working on the matter.
through correspondence with the film
producers.
John R. Cumpson died Of pneu-
mOnia March Is. CumpsOn was one of
the best known moving picture come
dams. The Biograph featured him as
Jones" and Edison brought him into
prominence as "BumptiOus-"
The demand for The Exposure of
the Land SWindlers" with William J.
Burns in a prominent part, has been
so great that the Kalem company viii
not sell states rights but will send
it out through the General Film COM
pany. 1t will not be released until
The James K. Hackett version Of
The Prisoner of Zenda" will first be
shown in Texas at San Antonio Edgar
L. Campbell, of Campbell < Winch FL
Paso,- owns the states rights for it FL
PasO viii be the second city in the
state to get it
Kaiser Wilhelm has posed for a fea-
ture picture. 1t is an Independent pic
ture and is said to be a big winner in
towns having lots OF Germans.
The production OF pictures seems to
run a4Du8 certain C-ldnuelS. just AT
present nearly all the big makers are
getting ready to release a series OF
war pictures.
Pat Casey the New York vaudeville
man, is going into the moving picture
production business The chances are
that if Casey goes in, Martin Beck
is behind him as Casey, has been the
foil for Beck before
The life Of the famous federal spy
Pauline Cushman, is to be worked into
pictures.
The Moving Picture World says:
Among the newspapers which are de
voting space to the general subject of
motion pictures are the Milwaukee
Sentinel. The FL PasO Herald and the
Joliet News.
A negress recently went in to see the
kinema color pictures and then
came out and kicked because she saw
no "cOlOred" people.
Kalem is out with a five reel fea-
ture, From the Manger to the Cross"
It was taken in the Holy Land.
Mrs Mary Maurice. the popular old
woman of the Nitagraph, Is to be fea-
tured soon in a two reel picture
Early in April Maurice Costello and
his Round the World" company VIII
be seen in the first of their pictures.
They were made at sea. One Of them
is a Lambert Chase" detective story.
Little lord Roberts, the famous mid
get, is now a picture actor.
The public is busy these days study
ing the biOgraph posters to learn the
names Of its actors. Feb. IS was the
first time that the biOgraph revealed
their identity.