The Washington times., 1914-03-23
Not ShOWn on the
Screen.

Hereafter the Universal releases
will all carry the names Of the writ
ers Of the scenarios.
The Mayor Of Venice, Italy, came
to the rescue Of the Kleine COM
pany recently by suspending all
municipal work in the city for sew
eral hours while q. photoplay was
being made. The city workmen were
all utilized in the picture which is
shortly to be released in America.
Booth Harrington, Ida Tarbell.
Jack Londor, Ellis Parker, Butler
and Louis Joseph Vance have all
signed contracts with the Vitagrapb
company to produce stories for pho
ioplays during the next year.
Arthur Mackley, the famous
sheriff" of many Essanay Western
plays has signed contract with
the Mutual pcLple, where he will! di-
rect productions as we'll as play
leading parts.
The honor OF having written and
produced 1000 scenarios from his
own pen is the unique distinction en-
joyed by Roy McCardell, the famous
newspaper humorist
An Ohio gas company has sought
to popularize itself with it's patrons
by having a film story made Of the
manufacture and laying of a twenty
inch gas main. The story uses 5000
feet Of film in the telling.
Jimmy Clabby. the worlds cham
pion middleweight pugtlist. figures
t,rv h.
Universal company which will soon
be shown here.
When the baseball world tourists
returned to New York they were met
on their arrival by Norma Phillips,
the Mutual Girl. The reception was
filmed, and will form a part OF one
Of the early Mutual Girl releases.
A two-reel production by the
American Company under direction
of Lorimer Johnston gives as tho
dining hall setting an exact replica
of the painting of Leonardo di Vinct.
Gestures and dramatization are so
perfect that this subject Is destined
to meet with a hearty reception in
all Christian and art-loving coun-
tries.
Beverly Baync, leading lady of tho
Essanay Eastern stock company. has
returned to the Chicago studio from
a two weeks visit to ithaca, ". Y.
Last summer Miss Bayne spent two
weeks in Ithaca, playing with Fran
els Bushman and the Eastern COM
Iany.
Robert Grau's latest volume, The
Theater Of Science" treating Of the
motion picture industry. Is now on
the press. The volume is said to be
the mcst exhaustive vet published
On the motion picture. treating Of all
angles with the strength OF author
ity.
The Springfield, H., Fedora ton Of
ployes' Union, of which the local
motion picture operators are MEM
bers, has declared a boycott against
eight picture houses because Of al
legged grievances.
agents, Kathlyn Williams is secur-
ing an unusual number of offers Of
marriage as a result OF the "Kath-
1yn" films. The latest proposal came
to her from an eight-year-old boy in
Mississippi who doesn't like the way
the photoplay author Is treating
Miss Williams in providing her with
ioNcT ana OFFERS 10 NIL tne place il
Miss Williams will kindly wait until
he grows up. After looking over the
other letters OF the same kind she
has received. the Selig star an
nounces that she feels strongly in
clined to wait.
Rex Beach has just completed a
contract with Selig for the produc-
ton of a photoplay from his book.
THE Ne'er Do Well" Mr.. Beach
was recently present at the initial
showing of the dramatization of
The Spoilers" with Kathlyn VIII
ltams. William Farnum. and Thomas
Santschi in the leading parts. 1t lis
understood that the photoplay of
THE Ne'er Do Well" will he released
at about the time the Panama canal
is opened. as the story deals with
digging the canal. II is probable that
some OF the scenes for it will be
made I'm Panama