The Washington herald., 1914-06-22
Fleeing Views.

"Aw, it's faxed" heard that COM
ment made by some one behind me while
was watching Western film a few
nights ago. The picture snUved several
men lighting on horseback and two Of
them severely wounded, fell from their
horses while they were galloping. Now
don't like Western pictures. I've never
been further west than Georgetown any
way. but l know some people who have
been. and they tell me that the exag-
gerated gestures, the rough actions, the
wearing OF great woolly chaps by every
body, the wild and uncouth love-mak-
ing, the depicting OF all buildings as
made OF wood and only one story, the
flood OF whiskey drinking, the immortality
and the carrying OF big guns by every
body from a siX-year-old child up, Is all
hideously farcical and no ore like the
real Western spirit and the real West
then Commonwealth avenue. Boston, is,
Nevertheless, though i think that most
of the Western pictures ought to be
wiped on the screen because OF their
foolish attempt to show all Westerners
as spending their lives in shooting each
other up and in a constant state Of
warfare or drunkenness, still the riding
OF the actors is splendid-and when
they appear to fall as a part OF the
picture, they usually do really fall. In
the particular instance referred to I'd
stake my eyesight on II, that the men
really fell from the saddle and fell hard.
Just the same the wise youth in back
of me calculated Faxed" There isn't
very much taking in the movies these
days. It's mostly real stun and good
stun, so far as the acting Of the players
is concerned. That is one reason why
every company has a large hospital stan
and keeps II busy.
Pop" Anderson (watching the Gen.
trail Park Orchestral says: IT'S burned
hard to play the flute. l tried for half
an hour once, but / didn't learn how"
In the protean play, in two reels. which
is being finished at the Imp studio. King
Baggot will establish a record. King
will have enacted every role, fourteen in
all. from the coy heroine to the scheming
villain. Naturally. there will be a wealth
of double and even triple Photographic
effects. The play is from the pen Of
George Hall and is being produced by
Mr.. Baggot himself.
New Yorkers are the "wisest'' people
in the world. They don't have TO prove
1t they admit II. Witness the following
incident, narrated by John Noble, our
Muludl IlTl ulTtClOT-
81 was walking through a cross-street
the other day and / saw several men
hoisting a fine, new safe to a fifth-fOor
window. The usual crowd of busy New
Workers had gathered to help the NOV
ing men. All of the sudden the two-inch
rope they were hosting with broke and
il ran through the block with a whirrrrr!
that could be heard a long way on. OF
course, the safe came tumbling to the
street One of the sidewalk advisers
jumped out of the way. Then with a
look of incredulity and disgust, he said.
Heb! Just another one of those darned
movie stunts"
One Of the youngest and cIeverest chill
dren on the screen is Helen Bradgley. four
years old, known as The Thanhouser
Kidlet-" About two years ago. she made
her debut in Mutual films. Her first pic
ture was Brother Bob's Baby" Since
then they have kept the tiny star pretty
busy at the New Rochelle studio, for
she was instantly in great demand by
photoplay fans. One OF her latest tri-
umphs was in Turkey Trot Town" in
which the four-year-old leading lady Of
the Thanhouser does a turkey trot with
all the savoir faire Of a Mrs. Vernon
Castle. Her best work. however. her
critics say, was in The Tin Soldier and
the Doll"
Little Miss Badgley has roguish black
eyes, shsck Of silky hair. and a very
diminutive nose. She is the pet of the
whole Thanhouser company.