El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
NOTES OF THE
FILM PLAYERS
FRITZ Brunette Tells why She Likes
The Moving Picture
Work.


Gee, it's simply great!' was the way
in which FRITZ Brunette, leading WO-
man of the Victor company, char
acterized her opinion Of acting for the
movies.
But please don't think that I use
slang all of the time" she continued.
For I surely do like my work.
'As a little girl I was intensely in
terested in the picture plays" said Miss
Brunette. 4 delighted most in going
to a theatre investing a nickel, and
then remaining for three Of four shows.
The moving characters held a fasci-
nation for me which I cOul not over
come They seemed so real and life
Ike, and the manner in which they
were made to move puzzled me in
tenSely. When I graduated from high
school, I could not bring myself to
enter into the hUmdrum life of an
office, so accepted an offer to en-
ter pictures. Ny first experience was
with the Powers company. 1 Joined
the Victor cast five months ago"
Ruth Boland known to her fellow
players IN one of the -Kalem'S western
companies as the village cut-up" is an
expert rider and swimmer, a skilled
hand with the fencing foils and a re-
markable shot with the rifle. She
stage in Honolulu at the age of four
years.
Edna Payne graduated from stock
posing for the motion picture cam
era She is one of Lubin's prettiest
girls and finds her greatest enjoy
ment in pantomimic film acting.
Alice Joyce had no stage experience
before becoming a member of the Ka-
lem cOmpany's galaxy of beautiful
young women When the Kalem COM
pany first discovered" her she was
posing for evening gowns in the par
lors of a Fifth avenue modiste- Strange
to say, she is now doing her best work
playing parts in which she is cast as a
simple rural maiden Of the Kentucky
fOOthill type
Pearl White Of the Crystal company
began her career before the camera
several years age After two years OF
work with a licensed company she
Joined the Independent ranks. and
signed a contract with the Crystal
company At the solicitatiO
Of exhibitors who have been
impOrtuned by admiring motion pic
ture patrons, Miss White on several l
occasions recently has appeared at
some Of the larger motion picture
houses in New York. Her appearances !
before the screen are generally the /
signal for enthusiastic applause.
Following the combination OF Klaw
& Erlanger and the Shuberts there !
comes the rumOr of what bids fair to /
be one of the most important boosts |
70 the moving picture industry which !
mas occurred IN this country in long
time-the presentation on the screen OF !
the plays Of these two firms, which |
have already proved successes on the |
stage, through united moving picture .
organization None Of these mana
gers has hitherto been identified with |
this branch Of the amusement bust /
ness. The new plan, 1t is said, viii /
serve TO answer the question as to 1
what viii become of the theaters in I
the various cities where Klaw & Err |
LANCER and the Shuberts have agreed to 4
make mutual concessions in booking |
arran gements.
When VilhjamUr Stefansson brought |
the news to the world last Septem- !
Der of his discovery Of a tribe of 4!
blond EskimOs, in the Coronation i
Gulf region of Victoria Island. which /
land many maps declared to be 'un- /
inhabited territory" the scientists /
little thought that the habits, Gus !
toms, appearance and methods Of 1iv- /
fishing and making 1
pOttery-of this far-off race might /
one day be studied at short range. /
But such may be the case in the near 4
future, for StefanssOn win take with !
him, among other things, when he /
leaves San Francisco next May or /
June q moving picture camera and /
fifty thousand feet of. film
VIII R Winch. manager OF the
WigWam, has installed Western
Union clock in the front of and along
side the curtain in his theater, with /
a light constantly shining on the face,
so that his patrons can always tell just
what hour 1t IS Manager i. J Locke, !
OF the Unique. flashes the time on the
curtain at the end Of each performance.