El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03
Flicks of the Films; News
From the Moving Picture World

a comprehensive idea Of the enormity
Of the undertaking.
The Selig POlyscope company has Sc
cured the exclusive picture rights for
the comedies of the late Charles H.
HOyt Among these are "a Bunch Of
Keys" a Rag Baby" a Texas Steer"
"A Milk-White Flag" A Runaway
Colt" "A Temperance Town." "A Trip
TO Chinatown" A Tin Soldier" "A
Contented Woman" "A Black Sheer. "
"A Day and q Night" "a Dog in the
Manger,' a Brass Monkey" and "A
to be released viii be "A Midnight
Bell in two reels This was perhaps
Hoyts favorite farce
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During the taking Of an Essanay fea-
ture photoplay entitled Fear" How
ard Missimer almost lost his life. It
was necessary in one of the scenes to
have an explosion which was to com
pletely destroy a block house. The
explosion occurred in good order and
beam, running across the top, was
cracked in two and fell, hitting Mis-
sinner on the shoulder and knocking
him unconscious It was fully 20
minutes before he was brought to.
The physician who attended Mr. Mis-
sinner declared that the latter's Shout
der blade had been broken. Mr.. Mis-
sinner is at his home under the care
Of a physician.
Lloyd Robinson says that it takes
more than q good actress to be a real
moving picture star. as Mary Fuller
Of the Edison company, has demon
strated time and time again, by her
utter fearlessness in undertaking all
sorts Of dangerous stunts Her latest
performance along that line is shown
in the last instalment OF What Hap
pened to Mary series in which she &C
tually slides down rope from the
seventh story of a New York apart
meut house to a pavement
The moving picture film entitled
SISTER Beatrice" CT The Miracle"
which has caused protest from Cath
olics in other cities, was prohibited
from display in Chicago by order Of
sergeant jeremiah O'COnnOr, chief Of
the police censorship bureau. The
film is prohibited because it depicts
murder. drunkenness immortality and
OCOnnOr- Last year this bureau pro-
hibited the display Of nearly SO miles
OF films and approved over 900 miles
But In il all I never saw more dis
graceful picture"
The cigaret coupon, redeemable I
for admission to moving picture thea
tiers. has been stopped in New York 1
through the efforts Of the society for 4
the Prevention of Cruelty for Chill I
stopped issuing such coupons and the I
United Cigar Stores have posted no
tees in its stores forbidding the sale 4
Of tobacco TO persons less than IS !
years Of age
The American Film Mfg. Co. prom /
ises something exceptional in spectaC- !
ular pictures in the near release OF +
Marine Law" Two railroad trains and !
the Ocean-gOing steamship State Of 7
California were extensively used. 3
The vessel was obtained for use while I
lying up in the harbor Of Santa Bar 4
bara- Several hundred school child 4
rem were utilized f.,
The Santa Barbara studio of the .
American Film Mfg. Co. has recently
purchased rights to some 80 we'll
known novels and dramas They will 4
be produced at once. In some in
stances the films will be released on
he date the stories are published in
the magazines.
The American Film Mfg. Co. is
building a new studio at Santa Bar
para Cal. During the process of con
5truction a few feet OF film are made
every day. This will be shown in
short release, giving the effect Of
he entire studio being constructed IN /
seven or eight minutes. Thus ex-