The Calumet news., 1914-03-24
ALL GREAT PLAYS
NOW IN MOVIES
Legitimate Stars and Owners Ioin
In Photoplay Field

Henry W. Savage, the famous the
atrical producer, has joined with Day
id Belasco and Daniel Frohman and
other theater magnates in the photo
play producing company known as the
Famous Players company, and as "A
result Of the coalition not only will
their great stage successes, such as
In MizZoura," The Pride of Jennico
Clothes" etc, be seen i'm motion pic
lures, but such stars as John Barry
more, Dustin Farnun Mary Pickford.
Cecilia Lotus and "A score of others
will play their original roles and bo
seen for the first time ON the films.
II is estimated that as "A result of
this association of these famous pro-
duccrs with the Famous Players COM
pany over 200 Of the great stage sue
cesses Of the past fifteen years will be
put into phcto-play form.
This fact alone indicates the won
derful advancement made i'm the pro-
duction Of photo-plays as well as the
complete change that has come over
motion pictur" audieEces in what they
desire for entertainment. They are
now two standards in motion pictures,
one that may be characterized as the
"dhne e-novel kind" that appeals to the
small boy, and the other the produc-
tion that thrills because of its magni-
tude, it's realism and the powerful
story OF human interest It portrays.
Public Demands Big Plays.
In tho early days of motion pictures
managers catered down to the most
primitive. minded of their audiences,
and because these persons laughed at
what they saw on the screen the man
ayers were convinced that it was just
what every person wanted
Since the big producers, such as
Frohman, Belasco, Savage and Brady
and the famous authors, such as Au-
yustus Thomas, have entered the
field, however, and have put what may
be called their "two-dollar show ideas
up again the dime novel IDEAS the
attitude of managers has changed
Now that they are able to present to
their Audiences massive photo plays
such as Hearts Adrift,' in which the
scenes were taken on volcanic ISL
and of wonderful picturesquencss, OF
the Pride of Jennico.' for which II
was necessary to send all the actors
TO Cuba i'm order to got appropriate
scenery, at an enormous expense, they
find that audiences as "a whole now
demand the big productions, and be-
come restless and disinterestcd when
ever any of the old style of cheapl!
arranged. improbable and obviously
artificial "dime novel melodramas arc
shown.
But it costs small fortune for the
producers of these photo-plays to Sc
cure them. In many cases ii Is neces
sary TO transport companies thousand
of miles to a spot that is suitable 10
a single scene OF the play In SOM
scenes. such as battle or a panic
thousand persons are rehoarsed 10
weeks before the camera is starte
swapping the picture, and the entlT
episode may not take more than thr'
minutes to run on the screen whe
the picture is shown.
Patrons of motion picture houses or
now getting the kind of photo-pIay
they want, and for that reason III
houses in which such productions n
those by the Famous Players compan
are shown are packed to the d""'
every afternoon and evening, The &c
mand for such big features
Clothes" "A Lady of Quality Lea
Kleshna." Monte Cristo," and Hear