The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
LATEST PHOTOPLAY NEWS
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A side-spit.ing comedy entitled
Willie" Selig film. VIII be a feature
Of the FIRST time shown bin" at the
Leader in Ninth street, near z, today.
few eventful months on a Texas ranch
transform Willie from a ''mamma's pet
into real. hard -muscled. sunburnt man.
He returns home to marry the girl he has
loved for a long time, but whose father
had proved too mJch for him before. he
went West
An Edison farce. "AH for a TOOTH
and "Broncho Bills Fatal Joke" an
Essanay production. form the whole un-
usually entertaining bin at the Leader.
Helen Harcourt IL engaged against her
mothers will to Lieut.. Treshan. He
goes to the war End is reported killed
Helen's mother persuades her to marry
the rich Arthur Chester. who IL really IN
love with her. She does, and later Tres
han turns up. having been merely
wounded.
Learning that she loves him, Chester
gees away, leaving evidences Of his
death. She marries Treshan and Is Ideally
happy. Years pass Chester returns,
suffering from heart trouble. He dieS.
but not before re has kissed Helen z
children and given them his blessing.
This is the story In brief Of the drama
that heads the bill at crandSirs Thea
ter today. with a return Of Anne
Boleyn." the popular rhetorical drama
The steamer New York. just arrived.
and the Philadelphia. which arrives al
New York next Thursday. will bring to
this country the first motion pictures of
the great European war which is holding
the whole world breathless. They were
taken by a special representative Of Ra-
mo films, Incorporated. for that company
during the German invasion Of Nancy
near the AlsStian frontier.
The photographs win illustrate q war
play prepared in the form Of a series of
photodrama founded on the war now
raging in Europe. The first Of this Sc
ries, entitled The War Of wars-A
Drama Of the Franco-German Invasion
of 1914" illustrated by scenes taken on
the actual battIefelds. will be released
within a week.
This photoplay. expressly devised for
Ramo films. Incorporated. by the drama
tist OF "'TriIby.'' Is illustrated by photo
graphs taken in the very beginning OF
the invasion. at great personal risk. by a
Ramo stan correspondent and his assist
ants at Nancy. the last French town on
the road from Paris to Strasburg.
1t does for the present campaign what
the brush Of Edouard Detaille and Al
phonse de NeuvilIe did for the Franco
Prussian war Of 1870. and should take its
place with lie Bourget" Les Dernieres
Cartouches." and the celebrated pictures
OF that period. Historians Of The Wal
OF Wars will find in its scenes the mark
Of authenticity which has given world
wide fame to the works of the great
French battle painters.
Special arrangements have been made
for speed. Frank Egan. brother-in-law
Of c. Lang Cobb. jr.. a Sandy Hook pilot,
has arranged 20 meet the steamer al
Sandy Hook and rush films to New York
for the Ramo laboratory. Other mate
rial will arrive at intervals.
Alfred Tennyson's Break. Break
Break" is being put out in pictures by
the Flying A" Company under direction
OF Sydney Ayres Vivian Rich and Will
lam GarwoOd playing leads. supported by
Jack Richardson. Louise Lester. Harry
Won Meter and other popular Flying
A" stars.
THE Mystery Of Edwin brood" the
remarkable story which Dickens failed
to complete before his death. is being
produced in motion pictures at the
Blache studios.
Tom Terriss has dramatiZed the novel
for picture presentation and completed
the famous story in the manner that he
thinks the great Dickens intended He
will play the part OF John Jasper. made
famous as a stage character by Sir II.
Beerbohm Tree in His Majesty's Theater.
London. and will collaborate with Her
bert Blache in the staging Of the photo
drama
Attention was recently called to The
Mystery Of Edwin brood by the mock
trial held at Covent Garden Opera House
London. at which an audience OF 5.eoc
interested spectators heard the case OF
John Jasper argued by eminent members
OF the English bar and decided by a
jury composed OF such literary stars as
Rudyard KiplinG. Conan Doyle and
Bernard Shaw. This jury Of distinguished
authors brought in a plea of not guilty
and started a discussion in the world
of literature which bids fair to last for
some time, and has already resulted in