Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-26
with the Vitagraph. Ray Gallagher is
playing opposite Miss Maison.

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Lots Weber, Phillips Smalley anC
their company of Universal Rex play
ers will leave the studios at Hollywood
Cal, shortly for Laguna beach, alons
the southern coast of California
| where they will remain two weeks and
produce two Rex dramas. Among
those who will support Miss Weber
| and Mr.. Smalley in the Laguna beach
productions are Rupert Julian, Fred
Wood, William Brown, and Ella Hall.
The negative OF "Protea," the $780,
600 production, which is being handled
| through the World Film corporation,
| was burned in the Eclair fire, which de-
stroyed their plant
The use OF radium in motion pictures
Is a novel stunt and will be seen in
Russell E Smiths one reel detective
drama. 1.-The Stolen Radium," which
Director Jack Adolf has completed for
the Majestic program. 1t is the second
in series of photoplays by Russell E
Smith, the first being "a Pair of
Cuffs"
Miss Pauline Bush, leading woman
of the Universal Feature Players in
California, recently drove a six cylin-
der automobile to the top of Mount
WILSON, Her experience will be shown
in a new photo drama.
Miss Hazel Dawn of 1.-THE Pink
Lady, and 1.-THE Little Cafe" has been
engaged to play the chief role in Zone
of Our Girls to be stasNd by the
Famous Players company. The come
dy was written by Bronson Howard.
and it abounds in patriotic situations
involving the sacrifice of an American
girl for her little French cousin.
W. D. Taylor (Alvarez Taylor) has
not confined himself exclusively to act
ing, for he is the author of several well
known vaudeville piaylets, two of
which he has played in himself. He
recently put on one for benefit in
Santa Monica, CAL, 1.-The Mills of the
Gods" in which he was assisted by
Anne Schaefer of the Vitagraph.
Hobart Bosworth is producing
three Jack London films at one time.
Myrtle Stedman, for long with Seligs,
is said to be an ideal Jop in Smoke
Below" in which she plays opposite
Jack Conway. She is also the Dede
in Burning Daylight" and the girl in
1.-THE Odyssey of the North"
Frank Lyon, the portly Edison char
acter actor, was deeply touched by a
ragged and hungry looking beggar who
pleaded for dime. Lyon dug down
into the depths of his capacious pocket
and discovered a dime, which he
placed in the hands of the beggar. Just
as matter of curiosity, he kept his
eyes on the man as he strolled away, |
and to his surprise the beggar headed
for a moving picture theatre. !
Well" remarked the astounded Lyon, |
81 have often heard that motion pic |
lures were hurting the saloons, but 1
never knew that the effect was as Sc
rious as that"
D. F. Whitcomb is now writing and
revising photoplays for Frank Mont
gomery of the Kalem company. The
present production, 1.-THE Yellow Bull
let" is from his pen. 1t contains a
big part for Mona Darkfeather.
Dorothy Gish, who plays in Reli-
ance Mutual movies, is fast overcom-
ing handicap. She was known for a
long time only as the little sister of
Lillian Gish." Now, however, she has
been given a good part in Judith of
and starred in the Reliance
features, "The Mysterious Shot" and
The Mountain Rat" Big sister must
now look to her laurels.
Al Jennings, a former bandit. whose
life is being made into photoplay by
he Thanhouser Film corporation, has
offered to recruit regiment of Okla
IONA cattlemen for service in Mexico.
rhe former outlaw, who was in the II
rip of the law in 1898 and thus pre-
rented from taking part in the Span
war. has telegraphed
President Wilson the offer of his ser
ices.
Purple Wins Another.