The Washington herald., 1913-08-08

Tickets were furnished by the Garden.
| Virginia. and Maryland Theaters for the
motion picture editor to send to readers
of The Washington Herald for naming
their favorite silent player.
Today the Empress will show "a Cave
| Dwellers Romance" a twO-reel feature.
"a Modern Romance" and I'm Bare
Kansas"
A coming two-part production OF the
American Film Manufacturing Company
! is the second of the Adventures of
jacques series. replete with gorgeous
material settings. costumes of the King
Louis XIV period. and splendid drama
tization by the foremost opponents of
the pantomimic art.
The NJ Street Theater in Georgetown,
operated by the Davis Brothers, shows
Mutual films and enjoys a big patron
age.
Miss Pauline Rush. leading woman in
Director Allan Dwan's Red Company, is
writing a series of psychological photo
plays, the first of which will be produced
soon. She is a close student of sociology
and gives her best work on the screen
to stories OF that character. Miss Bush
writes many sociological stories for lead
ing magazines. To support her for the
success of her screen stories is the aim
of Director Dwan. himself a student OF
sociology who received his training at
Notre Dame and by the hard knocks Of
life .
We have 90 admission tickets to WELL
known motion picture theaters which
we will give, in lots OF two, to the first
Is readers who will send to the motion
picture editor of The Washington Herald
the name of their favorite film produc-
ing company. Let your letters he IN
by August II. Tickets will be mailed
as fast as letters are received.
Dan Mason's character makeups have
caused no end of amusement TO many
moving picture fans The clever Edison
comedian when asked how he learned the
art of photoplay makeups SO quickly.
said that he did it in the same way in
which he had learned 1t for the stage
by studying at home. when am told
that am going to play a certain char
acter on the following day, / work on
the makeup that night until 1 have got
ten the effect 1 want Then I appear
before my wife and daughter and If
can make them laugh. i figure that the
audience will laugh. too"
Harry Crandin says Crandilrs Motion
Picture Theater at Ninth and F. Streets
Northwest will positively be the last
word in motion picture theater oou-
struction. Watch for the opening.
Universal City recently entertained
some distinguished visitors in the person
of Gustav Frohman, brother OF Charles
Frohman. the wizard of theatrica's. and
fellow members of the Blanche Rates
Company presenting THE Witness for
the Defense" in Los Angeles. The en-
thusiastic party were shown all o: the
sights of the unique motion picture city,
whose fame has spread to the utterrlost
parts of the world. Manager Frohman
regards the motion picture as the great
est force in civilization today. not even
excepting the legitimate drama. He made
the following statement:
THE motion picture industry. without
a single exception, is the greatest of all
enterprises. 1t holds BY fa-
more possibilities for good, greater
shings for the uplifting of humanity than
any other amusement industry. Legiti-
mate stars fade and We see. the last of a |
great drama, but modern pictures are
ever with us. teaching their lesson to aid
mankind
II 74 bill for posters for lobby dis |
play Is not an excessive advertising |
charge In running a motion picture
how much more consistent is |
the same expenditure for newspaper ad-
and how much more ef- |
fective.
PulmotOr Saves Life.