El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-08

"HE Universal company adheres to
a rule that no supernumerary. or
Il extra" is allowed to wear COS
tune before it has been thoroughly
disinfected-
| To facilitate the disinfection Of COS
I tunes a large metal lined room has
| been constructed at the Pacific coast
studios Of the Universal company Al
| ter a big production, in which many
hundreds Of costumes have been used,
/ the costumes are hung in this room
I The door is then sealed, and the room
/ Is filled with a powerful germ killer
[ After p hours the room is unsealed-
and the sterilized costumes are packed
! carefully away in the costume room
In the production Of Damon and
Pythias" 1900 costumes. all manufac-
: tured by the company, were used Dur
I ing the staging OF this pageant each
extra man was required 10 wear the
same set Of costumes through the en-
I tire production When the big drama
/ was completed all costumes were fun
/ igated before they were returned to
! the wardrobe.
A most unique plan Of education Is
/ being utilized by the guardians OF the
youthful emperor Of China. He is only
a few years old. and has not yet
learned much from books, but Is re-
1 ceiving his education principally
Z through the aid OF moving picture
films. 4 representative OF the Chinese
government made a purchase the other
day from the SeliE POlyscope com
pany Of several SeliE Jungle-Zoo pic
lures. which have been sent 10 China
for the entertainment and education
Of the young emperor
Taking advantage OF the Confeder-
ate reunion. recently held at Jackson
7 Vile, Fla. Kenean Bucl one Of the IA
d lev |EaT
/ The Old Army Coat" one Of the stor-
les Of the Alice Joyce series The
events which took place during the
celebration were used as q background
touch Of realism
Mary Fuller viii enact the lead in
THE Heart OF the Night Wind" and
Universal Film company Accompanied
{ by her director, Walter Edwin. to-
Z gether with Charles Ogle. Ed Mortimer
and an enlarged company. Miss Fuller
| left New York for Shohola' Pike coun-
] ty. Pa, where. amid some OF the most
beautiful settings in America. this play
( and several others including Hearts
o the Hills" by Hal Reid, are being
produced
Kalem was the first TO organize
permanent stock company OF artists and
send it TO . distant point Prominent
in this original company was Miss Jane
Wolfe. well known TO every patron OF
the picture theater and loyal in her
continued service with Kalem- Miss
T Wolfe came 10 the Kalem company
with a record Of many artistic crea-
tons in Broadway successes and en-
Tiable achievements in stock.
Thursday. August 13, 1914. the Dom
/ inc company will release two reel
drama, The Romance Of the Sawdust
a. al
picture ever released on the Mutual
program.
Although numerous attempts have
been made TO photograph a storm at
sea from a vessel buffeted by the
waves. it has been seldom that these
efforts have met with success Such
a scene was successfully photographed
recently. however. when kalem's story
The Storm at Sea- was being pro-
duccd: and when the photoplay is re-
leased for exhibition August IS pa
irons viii realize what IL meant when
waves are mentioned as being noun
tain high
Bessie Wynn. the famous comedienne !
who at present is touring the United I
States in vaudeville posed for the mo- T.
ton camera in HOLLYWOOD recently for !
the first time in her career. and was !
very much interested in her appearance /
upon the screen
Harry softer is directing Miss Flor /
ence Lawrence in new play that is .
said TO have a plot far away from the /
conventional In two reels. the action 4
IS rife with surprises and ends up IN 4
n whirI Of action and excitement Matt
Moore Is playing opposite Miss Law
renee
Nicholas Dunaew. a Russian actor
OF note in his own country. and an
author OF ability, who is himself now
playing one OF the minor characters
in the Vitagraphs latest film success,
''Afv Official Wife" IS the one directly I
for the Russina atmOs-
phere which makes the picture such
a marvel Of realism. Mr.. Dunaew, who
has been in this country but six
struct the principals IN Russian man
ners and customs
James Morrison. the Vitagraph star,
played leading roles in six pictures last
month.
That delightful actress, Gertrude
Cameron. has been engaged by the
Famous Players to take a principal
role in one Of their productions, a scene
OF which was being taken in New Ro-
chelle. y y. Charles J. Hite. presi-
dent OF the ThanhOuser company, hap
Dened TO see Miss Cameron and at once
began negotiating with her. with the
result that a couple OF days later he
had signed up this actress for the lead
ing role in a big four reel feature
drama
sherlock Bonehead" is the title OF
a new farce just produced by Kalem.
II tells Of the rivalry which exists be-
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