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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Even today, when so many legiti-
mate stars of note have transferred
their art to the motion picture screen,
even discounting the impressive array
of stars whom the Famous Players have
already presented in film, the connection
of Jack Barrymore, the distinguished
dramatic favorite, with that concern
is a matter of great Importance in cal
culating the increasing prestige of the
motion picture. The subject selected
for him is the celebrated cOmedy-ro-
nance "An American Citizen" by
Madeleine Lucette Ryley. 1t is an ex-
citing drama of adventures and mis-
adventures. fortunes and misfortunes,
with numerous comic complications,
which centre about a young American
who. in the midst of his defeats and
victories. never fOrgets his patriotism,
Though. for a time, due to a chivalrous
imDulse. he is forced to forego his
American citizenship, which ne even
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

addressed the audience Johnson's courage
oozed, for all the speeches were RAPID !. at {,
lacks gainst the phOtoplay. with eVL;
harmful" ''pernicious" and imnoriu
assailing his ears johnson reallzed that
his informal chat" would seem very
spineless indeed. When he was edlIeu
to talk the Lubin star determined 10
seize his opportunity. He made splr-
tied defense, calling into play ms re-
markable powers of Oratory, ana eho lS.l
by inviting the entire club to WISH the
Lubin Studio the following afternoon.
The staid housewives, now thar Iley
have seen for themselves, have chahgeu
their adjectives.
Philip Robson has severed ms con
nection with the Helen Gardner Elc iIli,
Players. Much of the success OF Ihal
organization has been due TO me un Ln-
ing zeal and business acumen ne nus
exercised in its behalf. Mr. hoDsoi IA. Il,Is
an enviable reputation in motion picture picture
and theatrical circles of putting mugs e
across, and he viii douDtless SUI ,I III -
an alliance with some feature co5l'p jim,
where his wide acquaintance anu pIS'
experience will prove TO pc mus az ~
able assets. he is a popular meniD LtI..' VI
the New York Screen Club the famous famous
organization of motion picture plaS eiS
and producers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

tuaIly regains, together with love and
fortune.
John Barrymore, in the role of Beres-
ford Cruger. the American hero of the
story, who sacrifices his own national
Try and affections for the sake of a
woman, and meets all his reverses with
never-say-die fortitude, typically
American, renders a peculiarly suitable
impersonation, and adds another arts
tic achievement to his list of stellar tri-
umphs.
Mr.. Barrymore is very enthusiastic
about his work before the camera, and
considers the production of motion pic
lures a more graphic art than that of
the stage.
"The film" Be says, determines an
actors ability absolutely, conclusively.
It is the surest test of an actors quail
tiles Mental impressions can be con-
veyed to the screen more quickly than
vocally. None can say the moving pic
ture is business.-it is an art?'
''The Lifted Veil' (CrystaD-Grim-
shaw, wealthy man, is cruel by ma
ture. He refuses to allow his girl to
see or receive attentions from Harry,
young man of sterling character, but
poor. Grimshhaw instructs his agent TO
secure the rent from his tenants on the
first of the month, and when some of
them visit him to beg leeway, he re-
fuses. They leave, cursing him. He
goes up to his daughters room and finds
- - h,
stairs and falls asleep musing.
He dreams that he is dead He sees
himself in his coffin. He dreams that
his daughter dies and she, in spirit, takes
him to her sweetheart and shows him
the cold body Of the boy that died BY
his own hand through grief She takes
her father to his tenements, and there
amid the squalid surroundings he sees
the struggle for existence. He then sees
himself in his coffin and all the people
he has abused point their fingers at
him
He awakens with a start, glad to find
that it was only dream. However, the
dream has made such an impression on
him that he turns over a new leaf: he
permits his daughter to marry the man
she loves and allows the tenants plenty
.of time to pay their. rent
On the screen, even more than on the
stage, personality counts With the
voice silenced the camera catches the
very essence Of the actors Individuality
lif it exists Few phOtoplayers are as
successful as Harry G. Myers in giving
Ito the picture public their real selves
Away from the Lubin studio Mr.. Myers
lis exactly as he is known to his admir-.
lers all over the world. He is a happv-
go-lucky big boy who shoulders (but is
never weighed down BY the responsible.
lity of directing every phOtOplay in which
he plays the principal role. A big scene
lemploying two hundred extras does moi
disturb him, nor does an intricate bit OF
business which must be got over in
fifteen feet of film. He is never toe
busy to call out a CHEEKY greeting to a
fellow player; neither is be too self.
centered to play up to a member of his
company.
Florence Hackett, of the Lubin com.
Ipany, playing under the direction of Az
thur johnson, communicates some enter
tanning ideas regarding dress in an arti
Gle by Norbert Lusk, published in tn,
Motion Picture Story Magazine"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

hand that took US Around the World
in Eighty Minutes so to speak; that is,
we had to visit italian, Hebraic, Chi
nese, Bohemian, Armenian, Hungarian,
French, and many other quarters of the
big Metropolis-the districts where the
diverse nationalities and races still pre-
serve their individualities to a great ex-
tent, as well as those where their fusion
into an approximately homogeneous
whole has at least made some progress.
"And everywhere It was the same.
Men and women paused on the side
walk. Their lips wreathed into respon-
sive smiles as their eyes lit up with rec
ognition of the great screen comedian.
Some waved greetings as to a familiar
friend or called out in pleased saluta-
ton: oh, Mr.. Bunnyr
Remember, they had never before
seen John Bunny in the flesh. They had
seen him only on the screens. But that
had been sufficient to make them feel
he was their friend.
''I have spoken of the men and women,
but it was really the children that in
.terested me the most.
Boys and girls alike shouted out to
him as we passed; yelled to each other
to call attention to him. There was no
Mr. in their salutatons- 1t was plain
Bunny, plain John, they called with
vigorous lung power.
"And Bunny sat in the big motor smil-
ing, pleased, as who could help but be
pleased and smile in response to such
hearty, friendly greeting-but with none
whatever of the average actors swell
ing of chest or elOngatiOn of neck when
he sees-or fancy he sees-he Is being no
tlced by the passers-by.
I'VE reached our ultimate destination,
q home for aged invahds, where Bunny
was to visit an actOr-friend Of former
years. From this friend, from whom ne
had not heard in years, he had received
letter, and he, was answering It IN
person. I'll not speak now of the pleas
ure it gave the retired Thespian to see
the visitor who now occupies such con-
spicuOus position in FINLAND, of the chat
the two had over Old-tme days, of the
gratitude inspired by the kindly visit
I'll only speak of his proud introduction
of Bunny, the King Of ScreendOm, to
the old, feeble, crippled fellow-inmates
of the Home, who are now his sole com
paniOns.
1T was the anti-climax. No one of
them recognized Bunny's face. Hardly
one of them had heard his name. They
are alive, but, practically, have been
buried for the last ten years The mo-
ton picture to them is nOn-existent- The
word screen conveys no meaning to
them. The men and women who live
upon the screen have never been born.
But as we drove back we were in the
living world again, and again were
greeted with glad, welcoming cries Of
Bunny! Bunnyp
Ed in August, of the Universal, en-
.tertained recently in honor of Mary Pick
ford and her mother at his Hollywood,
Calf, residence. Among the guests
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. lsidOre
Bernstein, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nash,
Mr.. and Mrs Phillips Smalley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Mace, Hal. August, Barney Sherry, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Leonard, Allan Dwan,
Iva Shepard. Alice Rhodes, Ethel Davis
and Laura Oakley.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Many important changes have taken
place In the Reliance Company, and
many famous stars have been added to
this famous stock company Of we'll
known screen artists. The results are
just beginning to be noted on the
screen.
A comedy split reel is announced,
consisting Of His Awful Vengeance,
a new idea burlesque by Anita l4Oos
and Seeing Stars and Stripes by
Charles L. Douglas, which were staged
BY Edward Dillon, the new Reliance d.
rector, late of the BiOgraph Company.
Other dramas in which the lately &C
Ouired famous stars will be seeen are:
"SOme Rogues and a Girl, by George
Hennessy, ''The JanitOrs Family, by
Frank 3. Woods and 1.-The LOafer,
by Marx S. ReardOn.
By developing moving pictures in a
bath tub William Bitter, Photographic
expert for the Mutual Film Corpora
ton. made a new record for the length
of time in which moving pictures can
be photographed, developed, printed and
projected upon a screen.
The pictures were made of the dele
gates to the Motion Picture Exhibitors
Association of New York, in the Hotel
Imperial. At o'clock in the afternoon
the delegates posed for a moving pic
ture in the street. near the hotel, and at
Z o'clock the result was exhibited at the
convention hall in Terrace Garden.
Three reels were taken in the after
noon, one of the delegates grouped in
front of the hotel, one of them entering
the building, and a third of the moving
crowds at Broadway and Thirty-hrst
street. All these were shown the same
night. and, according to the experts, a
zee9-d Of CELEBRITY was established.
Mr.. Bitter, who was formerly assO-
ciated with the Biograph, lately Joined
the forces Of the Mutual Film Corpora
ton. He is said to have been the first
motion picture camera man to grind a
camera in the United States and is ack-
nowledged to be an authority on the
subject of moving picture photography
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Annie Edney, who is such taYOrlte
in Essanay productions, some years ago
applied for an engagement to a London
theatrical manager. She was told that
in order to secure the job she would
have to scream. She was given a brief
synopsis of the play-her husband was
supposed to have dropped dead and she,
seeing the figure of her loved one at
her feet, gives an ungodly scream, that
is supposed to send the chills up the
audiences spines. Miss Edney walked
to the stage door and, as she returned to
the first entrance, gave a horrible and
uncanny shrek In an instant the
stagehands, orchestra and every one in
the radius of a block, was on hand,
asking if any one had been Kidnapped
or killed. So you see it sometimes pays
to have good lungs, for Miss Edney by
her remarkable scream, yelled herself
into a job.
1.-THE Governors Veto" q parts
Eclair)-We are introduced in the first
part of the story to a eonsumptive
saloon keeper, John Carter, who has a
wife and a little child that are seriously
IL When prohibition comes Carriers
saloon is closed down, and he soon finds
himself in a destitute condition. Later,
he is prevailed upon to open a blind
tiger" in one of the neighbOTi1g towns.
| This place is raided one night by the
police, but they fail to secure evidence
necessary to convict. Dean, a New
| York detective. is engaged by the pro-
lhibition committee to secure evidence.
/ 1t is shortly after this that the Cover
NOR, experiencing one of his overpOwering
desires for liquor, is led to visit the
Iplace. Meanwhile, Dean catches Car
/ ter with the goods. Weltman, a polit-
lical rival, is at the time visiting in the
Iplace Aware that he is trapped, Car
Ter smashes the lamp; there is a strug-
/ gle in the dark followed by a shot. Dean
lis killed and Carter is arrested for the
murder A lOcket belonging to Welt
man is found by Carriers wife.
Weltman calls on Governor Allen and
demands that he sign a bill that will
place thousands of dollars in the pockets
Iof the grafters. Allen refuses, and Welt
man threatens to expose him, telling him
that if he signs Carriers pardon it Will
ruin his political career. The Governor
begs for one day to think it over. That
might the locket belonging to Weltman
falls into the Governors hands, and he Is
told Of Carriers story. When Weltman
threatens him on the next day he calmly
displays the locket.
Allen vetoes the bill, signs Carter s
pardon and forces Weltman, who is the
/ District Attorney, to resign. With the
money given them by the Governor S
wife Carter and his wife leave for Ari-
iona to commence life anew.
Because of the recognized high stand
ing of the authors responsible for COM
ling three and foUr-part motion picture
dramas announced for early release on
the Mutual program the great improve
ment in the class of pictures now being
produced by the different studios Is
brought forcibly to the attention.
"A Man and His Nate by ii. K
/ Durant; 'Imar, the Servitor," by Dan
lieI Carson Goodman and For His Mas,
ter" by George Pattullo, are a few Of
the high-class dramas soon to appear as
multiple reel productions on the Mu
ltual program.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
Florence Hackett
As a Film Star
Won Her Way in Lubin Plays
from Atmosphere to
Firmament

Arthur johnson Finds Himself Up
Against Three Hundred Staid MatrOns
Who are g Agin " the Motion Picture,
But He Bravely Faces Them and
Brings Them to Conversion.
Florence Hackett, one of the most
charming and popular of photOplayers,
is another instance of what talent,
backed by brains and determination, will
accomplish. Two and a half years ago
she was assigned by the Lubin manage
ment to Arthur Johnson's company,
where she is beloved by all her studio
associates. At first she supplied 'at-
mosphere," played minor character bits,
and was always, in readiness to under
take what a more important player
would decline. Then second parts were
regularly assigned to her, and gradually
the motion picture public came to as
sociate her with Johnsgh photoplays-
AT this time she was given her first
character lad, and shortly afterward
scored a series of successes in widely
different roles in Mr.. JOhnsOn'S twO-reel
parts are written for the actress Let It
be said that Florence Hackett parts are
any which demand exceptional emotional
strength and the ability to efface the
players personality completely. She is
equally convincing and satisfying as a
'self-centered society girl OF a grief
'crazed fishwife.
In Lubin's coming masterpiece, ''The
.Sunken Village in defiance of the JUG
.ments of several photographers, Man
lager Ira N. Lowry has, for the first
time, made a marked success of pic
lures taken at night This achievement
required the keeping up of the company
until four O'Clock in the morning under
double pay, but the results have proved
satisfactory in every way. Those who
have seen these pictures in the project
ing room pronounced them to be the
most remarkable yet produced in cine
photography, and they are sure to place
a new aigrette of art upon the already
amply decorated cap of Lubin-
Norbert Lusk as Arthur Johnson's
secretary has done it again. On behalf
of Mr.. Johnson he accepted the invita-
ton of the Eclectic Club in a Philadel-
phia. suburb to deliver an informal talk
on "The Mission of the Motion Picture. ="
When johnson arrived at the club he
found himself the guest of three hun
bred staid housewives. As each speaker
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

These comedies win show Buster
Brown, the Cowboy, Buster Brown,
the Chauffeur" and similar subjects.
This comedy series win be wen ad7er-
tised in that the Buster Brown" car
ICONS appear in the newspapers in this
country and England.
It is not generally known that over
seven million people daily attend motion
picture theatres, which brings TO mind
what an enormous task it is and has
been to safeguard their lives. This is
principally attained by means Of proper
and sufficient safety devices on the pro
jecting machines, and 1t is interesting to
note that a gold medal was awarded TO
the Nicholas Power Company, manufac-
.turers of Powers Cameragraph, by the
American Museum of Safety. under
whose auspices the First International
Exposition of Safety and Sanitation was
held at the Grand Central Palace, New
York, last month. This distinguished
tribute to the mechanical genius and IN
firing efforts of Mr.. Nicholas Power has
been the occasion of much rejoicing by
those who have been bending their ener-
gles to uplift the motion picture art
especially with regard to the prevention
of fire and accident. and Mr.. Power has
been heartily congratulated.
Captain Bauer. of the Massachusetts,
State Militia, during the annual two
weeks encampment at South Framing
ton, Mass, had motion pictures Of
every phase of camp life in the held
taken with a Powers Cameragraph No
/ Ga Projection Machine, and is now
showing these pictures in the State ar
mOrieS and public schools of Massa-
chusetts to stimulate interest in the
State Militia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Harvey Birch, the spy, was man who
held country above all. He was 4 prod
uct of his own times, despised, ignored,
iII-treated, misunderstood, maligned alike
by friend and foe; a marvellous creation
of the authors brain. Under no other
conditions and to no other country but
ours could a character such as Cooper
pictures have had existence or reality.
America was a new land, torn with in
ternal as we'll as external dissensions;
peopled with immigrants, not only from
the mother country, but from every in
habited corner of the globe. She was de
velOping riches which. made her a prey
to all manner of men. War under these
made it necessary that
General Washington watch not only the
enemies without, but the enemies with
in. It was conditions such as these
which brought INTO being Harvey Birch,
the spy In the danger and hardships
endured by this man, and the good he
did the cause is furnished the material
for the plot of this stirring story.
Hazel Buckham, remembered for her
work in many of the best stock COM
panies in America, has been engaged
by the Universal to play ingenue leads
in the Rex company, of which Robert
Leonard is director.
Miss Buckham has been under the
limelight and in the atmosphere of
grease paint since she was a small child.
Before entering motion pictures she had
been playing leads in stock with decided
success. She was born in Minneapolis
and left that city with the Ferris Stock
Company. A year and a half ago, while
playing in stock at the Morosco Thea
ire, she decided to get out of the night
life incident to her work on the legiti-
mate stage, and she went into motion
pictures with the Biograph company
Later she was with the American. For
the last year she has been playing leads
with the Broncho and Kay Bee COM
panies.
Miss Buckham has great ambitions,
and she says she spends most of her
evenings studying the parts she is to
play on the following day.
A remarkable piece of photography
has been accomplished at the West
Coast studios of the Universal in Fran
els Fords production, 1.-THE Return of
the Twins Double" In one scene a
dOuble-exposed vision is seen in a triple
exposure. In other words, FIVE separate
exposures are made on the same piece of
film
he story was written by Grace Gu
nard, Mr.. FOrd's leading woman, and is
sequel to "The Twins Double" The
female crook is on her way to prison
when the last-named story closes. In
the sequel she escapes, and the thrilling
story is continued. Mr. Ford plays the
part of a great detective
The camera work is by Al. Siegler.
J. Warren Kerrigan, of the Universal,
who is at present being featured in q
four-reel production of Samson, has
been notified that he has won first place
in q popularity contest given by the
Pansy Motion Picture Correspondence
Club at Buffalo, n. Y.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
POWERS CAMERAGRAPH No. Ga

The perfect motion picture machine
Send for catalogue IS with fun deals.
NICHOLAS POWER CO., so Geld ST, AY.G
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
All-Star Stages
Soldiers Of Fortune
Augustus Thomas Visualizes
the Thrilling Drama
for the Films

Devices Designed to Safeguard the
Lives of the Millions Of Patrons
of the Motion Picture Win Gold
Medal for Their Inventor, 7;iebO.asl
Power.
An unusual treat is in store for the
DhotOplay patrons Of the All-Star Fea-
.tare Corporation program. It is the
.phOtO-plazation Of Soldiers Of For
tune by Augustus Thomas, with Dus-
tin Farnum as Robert CLAY
A veritable masterpiece Of phOtog-
Iaphy, with a thrill and heart-throb in
nearly every scene, it holds the spectator
spellbOund with interest. Aspiration and
achievement are both represented in the
presentation on the screens Of this drama
which is dear TO the hearts Of millions Of
Americans who have read the story
penned by Richard Harding Davis OF
seen the play which enjoyed a long run.
Mr. Harry r. Raver. the president of
the All-Star, a pioneer film man Of bril-
liant gifts and indomitable energy. is en-,
titled to first place on the scroll Of fame
which viii ever record the work Of visu-
alizing this story. Next comes Augustus
Thomas, the leading American play
wright, and the author, Richard Harding
Davis, who recently took a special COM
pany Of motion picture artists TO Cuba
to reenact the scenes amidst the proper
tropical setting
Mr.. William Haddocl. the assistant
director, and Mr.. Irwin Willat, the cam
era man, are both entitled to praise for
the excellent work they did, which con
tributed materially to the success of the
picture. while the Well-Written and ar
tistic brochure dashed OF by that YER
satiIe heavyweight. Joseph Farnham,
amidst his other multifariOUs duties, be-
trays no evidence Of haste and viii be
by all those who admire ex-
amples of the art preserTadTe-
R. F. Outcault, the cartoonist who
created Buster Brown" and his dog,
'-Tige,'' is the latest TO enter the prOduc-
ing end of the motion picture business.
Mr. Outcaulc is the head OF the newly
formed Outcault Film Company, a $50
300 concern, which viii produce series
Of single-reel comedies featuring Bus
ter" and his famous pet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Paul Armstrong; sensational drama,
1.-THE Escape" will soon be seen as a
four-part motion picture. It is being
produced by the famous director, D. W.
Griffith, for presentation on the Mutual
program. The appearance Of this pre-
tentious picture viii be of special in
terest, as it viii not only mark the first
appearance Of Blanch Sweet as a Mu-
tual star, but it viii also be the first
Mutual picture presented actually
staged By Mr. Griffith.
The cast is made up Of such familiar
favorites as Mae Marsh, Robert Har-
ron, Donald Crisp, Earl FOxe, c. S.
Abbey and SpottiswOod Aitken.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17
TetraZzini In
"Our Mutual GirI''
The Opera Queen and Her
Company Pose for
the Camera

Reliance Strengthened by Many Star
Recruits. Paul Armstrong; Sensa-
tionsl Drama, "The Escape, to be
Seen as . Four Part Motion Picture
A New Record Made.
Madame Louisa Terazzini fell a vic
finn TO the fascination of posing for
moving pictures upon her. recent arrival
in New York. The cameras of "Our
Mutual Girl accompanied by the little
lady herself, and a number of her sup
porting company, were on the deck to
receive the AIauretania and meet some
of the notables among her passengers.
Tetrazzini took a lively interest in the
proceeding, and the result was several
hundred feet of pictures showing the
famous star being welcomed to Amer
lea. and her experiences with the re
porters and custom officials.
The first "Our Mutual Girl picture
will be presented early in January and
will begin a weekly series that is said
TO be one Of the greatest innovations
ever introduced in motion pictures.
This assertion is justified when one
considers that Jack Noble, the talented
director. is giving the series his per
EonaI attention.