The Washington herald., 1913-12-08

Besides riding horses, sailing deep-sea
schooners. and falling over precipices for
Yitagraph dramas, Miss Edith Storey, the
well-known Vitagraph star. now drives
big six-cyiirder touring car.
In addition to the cieek series. in which
Ben Wilson is starring. Edison announces
the third series. featuring Mary Fuller.
II VIII be called Dolly Of the Dailies,"
Miss Fuller appearing as q newspaper
reporter. She win have many stirring
adventure, as she will be assigned to all
sorts of difficult cases.
William Wadsworth Is to be featured
In series telling the near matrimonial
adventures OF an overanxious young
swain. Mark Swan. famous for his COM
edies, will write these stories. The first,
Her Face Was Her Fortune" win be re-
leased in the near future. Mark Swan
Is also writing another comic series, the
''Andy" pictures, In which little Andy
Clark will star. The first OF these, called
Andy Gets Job" will be released De-
cember 81.
To secure the proper atmosphere for
the new Kalem two-part feature produc-
ton, The Chinese Death Thorn" George
II. Melford took his players into the heart
OF San Francisco's Chinatown. The play
deals with the efforts Of Moi Ling. head
Of the Chinese crime syndicate, to encom-
pass the ruin Of Martin Avery, a former
member OF his band who Is leading n new
life. Mr.. Melford not only directed this
production. but also played the leading
part.
Miss Pearl Sindelar, the popular Pathe
leading lady, was born IN Virginia City,
New, and was reared In San Francisco.
Her father was a real '.forty-niner." Miss
Sindelar inherited his pioneer pin,"
which is one of less than half q dozen
in existence, and has been offered 5000
for It. Her grandfather founded the Phi
Miss Sindelar has frequently been enter
tanned by various chapters Of the fra
ternity.
She has been on tbs stage since she
was ten years old, her first appearance
being In children's parts with a stock
In San Francisco. She then
came East and was with w. A. Brady
for six years in well-known productions,
playing stock in the summer. After this
she went on the Orpheum circuit in
vaudeville for three years. She then
went with Al Woods and was featured in
'The Girl in the Taxi"
Moving pictures then claimed her and
she has become very well known in Pathe
plays She is woman Of charming per-
sonality.
The 'Smalleys" are soon to start on
the production OF ShAkespeare's ''Mer-
chant of Venice" Unfortunately. for
coming generations, the great dramatist
did not write the play in scenario form.
and any treatment OF the comedy. other
than that of the text, cannot fail to
arouse widespread interest in literary
circles
Lois Weber CMrs. Phillips SmaIley)
has adapted this masterpiece to scenario
form.
One OF the greatest drawbacks to a
film production of this comedy 10 the lack
Of action. All action In the play which
Is referred to In the lines, but which does
not take place upon the stage. viii be
shown in the Smalley's production. Con-
sequently the stage production will not
be allowed scene for scene, but many
scenes which stage limitations bar will
be injected into the piece For this rea-
son alone the film production will prove
Of great interest
The stage production will not be fol-
lowed in the main as to costuming, but
the eminent European authority, Sir
James d. Linton, will be consulted in
his respect. The role Of Shylock VIII be
played by Phillips Smalley, and Lois
Weber will essay the part OF Portia.