El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-07
Nm. KaIich to
Pose as Marta
The Famous Players to Pre-
sent Her In "Marta
of the Lowlands"

"a LIZ AfOft 4e-AA-Al
Striking and Clever Motion Picture An
nouncements Born of the Fertile Gre
alive Genius of J. W. Grey-Charmins
Betty Brown Wins Out As An
Amateur Street BeeGar.
The Famous Players Film Company
/ will shortly present the ilustriOus ar
! tiste. Madame Kalich. in a pretentiOus
/ and spectacular film version Of the IA
nous play, Marta of the LOwlands."
! Madame Kalich attained separate dra-
\ matte triumDhs in the stellar roles Of
/ esAIouna Wanna" "The KreutzeP Son
alta, - 1.-THE Light of Saint Agnes" and
more recently, Rachel" Marta Of
/ the LOwlands,' the subject selected for
/ Nine Kalichs first appearance in mo-
I ton pictures, possesses a big, gripping
/ theme and Madame Kalich IS remark
ably suited in type and temperament for
presentation Of the leading role
Motion picture circles and photoplay
[ fans have been electrified recently by q
number Of striking and clever announce
ments regarding important new advances
in the motion picture art. They are
| largely the work of J. ". Grey, whose
| creative genius has long been recog-
nized in his chosen field and who, al
/ though on the sunnyside Of thirty, has
had a valuable experience as adTertis-
| ing manager Of the E. r Thomas New
/ YOrk-tO-Paris race; sales manager Of the
! Palmer-Singer Company, and IN business
for himself with recognition from the
| A. n. P. A. and the QuOin Club. His
versatility and stability have been large
/ factors in his success. His magnetic
! personality has made legion Of infiu-
/ entail friends for him and still greater
achievements on his part are confidently
predicted.
The Universal Company, which has
engaged Augustus Carney, the "AIkah
Ike of the Essanay productions, Is Of
/ fering twenty-five dollars for the best
suggestion for a new name for Mr. Car
ney's production with his new cOnnec-
ton.
Charles Eldridge, for many years
with Richard Mansfield and the other
famous stars and of late years with the
Edison Company, where his work made
him a favorite with picture audiences
the world over, is now in stock with
the Universal Company, where he is
expected to repeat his former triumphs-
Members of the moving picture COM
panies located in Jacksonville, Fla,
were entertained the other night by
G.. Jay Williams, of the Edison plant,
at the studio in Dixieland Park
During the taking Of a scene in the
film production of Samson" at the
Pacific Coast ranch of the Universal
Film Manufacturing Company, a trained
lion became enraged and sprang upon
j. Warren kerrigan, who was playing
the title role. Only the timely action
of J. Farrell Macdonald, the director,
in shooting the beast through the heart
saved the well-knOwn actors life.
Flo Labadie, the well-knOwn Than
hOuser actress Is the only moving pic
tUre actress on the screen today who
IS an expert IN operating a projection
machine. She spent several weeks ID
the projection room of the ThanhOuseF
studio perfecting herself in the opera
ton Of a Powers ga Projection Ma,
chine and is very proud of the skill
she has acquired She takes especial
delight in projecting on the screen films
Of pictures IN which she herself ap-
pears.
Edward N. Roskam invested his cap
/ ital in a camera a little more than a
year ago and started into the business
/ of producing films for commercial, indus
trial and educational pictures. The bush
ness rapidly grew to such proportions
that it attracted the attention of Ber-
nard Loewenthai, one Of New YOrk's
I largest embroidery manufactures The
result was that the Life Photo Film
Corporation was organized with Mr..
ROskam as its president and Mr.. LOeW-
enthal as its treasurer. It vas capital
/ lied at $4,000 Today the company
has perfectly equipped laboratories from
I which 1t is turning out an average Of
| two hundred thousand feet of film per
week and is building a studio with every
/ up-tO-date requirement from which It
viii issue films of comedies, dramas and
| tragedies, in addition to the industrial
4 films on which the business was based
The company's present capitalization is
/ 100000.
Charming little Betty Brown, Of the
Essanay Eastern dramatic company, in
| the garb of a poor street waif, col
/ lected ten dollars and eighty-three cents
on recent Sunday morning, on fash
/ iOnable Sheridan Road. Chicago Miss
Brown in speaking Of the incident said:
/ "One OF our directors had a scenario
] which was ready to be produced, and
1 was assigned the part Of a street
I urchin. Saturday afternoon, Ruth
] StOnehOuse and the two-spot IS they
call her ruth Hennessy) said they
| thought little practice begging on the
street might help in getting me up in
the part Bryant Washburn happened
to be passing by and in an Of-hand way
said he would bet me FIVE dollars that I
wouldn't have the nerve TO dress in
rags and beg on the street. So, I gust
took him up. 1 stood for an hour and
twenty minutes on the corner of Sheri-
dan Road and Bryn Mawr Avenue.
] There is a big church at this corner.
Il Well after all the people had left the
4 church, I had collected five dollars and
eighty-three cents. So you see my ex-
\ perience was quite profitable, as I also
won the bet of FIVE dollars"
i Miss Brown turned the ten dollars
and eighty-three cents over to a chart
table organization for poor children.
Oh JourjOn, president Of the Eclair
Company of Paris and prime factor in
its worldwide activities. is in New York