The Washington times., 1914-09-25
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THE PUBLIC
Behind the Screen

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New York boasts of 1000 picture thea
ters.
Rio de Janerio has million dollar
Jessie L. Lasky is thirty-four years
old.
THE Suuaw Man" was the first film
in the Cannibal Islands.
ST Louis spends s7.5OO,OOo annually see
| ing the pictures.
New Yorks Strand Theater played to
10000 people in one week with The
Only Son.
"Cab:ria" required three years to COM
! plete.
Chicago has 67S photoplay theaters.
| Fifteen first-class New York theaters
are now phstoplay houses.
Over s75o. 1000. 900 invested in motion pic
| lures in America.
! New York's biggest picture house cost
| &, 900. 900 to construct.
| "Brewster's Millions" seen by 1000
| 900 in two months.
Seven thousand people are employed
in New York picture houses.
Charles Ray says that playing
Spanish roles with the temperature
around 100 is not all fun. especially
when one is wearing a velvet coat
playing in "The Silver Bell Of San
Juan Mission" under Director r. B.
West, which Is being produced at the
Kay-Bee ranch at Santa Monica.
Charles Bennett. who is doing such
good work with the keystone forces.
is an ardent and excellent tennis play
Ier. In years gone by Bennett was an
all round athlete and he lays his Food
health to the fact that he has never
given up active sports, exercise with
| out OVERRIDING it is his motto.
Grace Cunard's last act in the
studios before departing for her East
ern holiday was graceful one. she
helped little girl make up and dress
and even did her hair becomingly for
her. Grace starts for New York
Thursday to visit her people and ex-
poets to be gone about month
Dot Farley. leading woman with the
Albuquerque Film Company. has
written a scenario for a three-reel
comedy, which is now being filmed:
The title is False Pride Has Fall
Lule warrenton. character woman
with the McRea 101 Bison Company,
lust back from four months in Hawaii,
is being joked concerning an occur
renee in Honolulu. She bought pair
Of shoes from a salesman whom she
had known in "the States" but did
not give him her name: The next
day a package arrived addressed
Mother, McRea Company. johnson
Hotel"
Director Henry Otto. of the Balboa
feature films, and company, headed
by Jackie Saunders. have returned
from spending q week in Fish canyon.
fifty miles northwest OF Los Angeles
The company succeeded in penetrat--
ing the canyon eight miles beyond
where burros could be used, and
succeeded in making the first motion
pictures of Second Bridal Veil Falls.
Harry Eytinge and Harry Linson. the
Edison heavies. have agreed to run a
mile for the title of champion rat
man of the Edison studio. AS each
carries 80 avoirdupois. there is no fear
Of the record being broken.
There are two King Baggots. The lit
tie ten-poundcr who will be known as
the Junior of this combination arrived
the screeners and Mrs. Baggot have |
been deluged with congratulatory tele- !,
grams.
Ruth Stonehouse whose fame as mo- !
ton picture actress for the Essanav
COMPANY is world wide. is herself a |
film fam" |
Leo White. who has been doing ex- |
cellent work in the now famous |
"Sweedie" comedy series. produced by !
the Essanay Company. has refused an !
attractive offer to return to musical !
comedy.
Wallace Beerv. of the Essanay Film |
Company ran his automobile un a tree. |
The tree was badly SCARED The car ,
was wreck. but Mr.. Bcerv's face re- |
mains the same, and he is not bit !
conceited over his looks. either.
Beverly Bayne OF the Essanay Film |
Company. learned to run a seven-pas-
senger car in three lessons And she ,
hasn't had a wreck yet.
When Leach Cross returns to Los An
Eeles from his training quarters at
Catalina. for the Rivers-C ross bout he
will take part in "A boxing comedy
which the Sterling company is going to
put on.