El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
Movies Crowd Dramas; but
t Nine Are Able to
a; Hold Out.
BY EMORY B. CALVERT.

n seen -3 5s6s. ' stirring l pictures 44ss al
the end OF the world-usually a
gaunt family clingins TO the barren
peak Of a mountain as the hungry
waves leap about their shins2
Such is the situation in New York
oramaland this summer / Will emu
merate the heroic little hand Of surviv-
ors They are nine IN number:
The Beauty Shop
Potash and Perlmutter.
Kitty Mackay.
The Yellow Ticket
seven Keys TO Baldpare.
The Dummy
a Pair Of SKIES
The Things that Count.
Too Many Crooks
About the feet Of this gallant little
group the hungry wolf Of movies lap,
mountin~ ever higher and higher.
perhaps / ought 70 mention, too, the
Llegueld FOllies," and the Passing
Show Of 1914 but these are amphib-
lous beings which have just been born
ana which can keep their heads well
above any storms OF popular fancy.
African Hunt in Film
Paul J. Ralney's new African hunt is
by lar the best fin Of the kind ever
made, IN my opinion One sees a party
OF 90 start on an expedition in Central
Africa After a long fight and des-
perate pursuit a vicious male lion is
cornered by hounds In a growth Of
Jungle brush.
Without warning the beast springs
gavagely out on an open field and
charges toward the motion picture op-
orator. who Is Mr. Rainey himself The
animal approaches within five feet of
the machine, where he is brought TO
earth by a bullet Of an attendants
rifle
In the opening scene a water hole on
the great northern desert Of Africa is
seen. One Of the novel pictures is of a
native boy snlnnylng up lofty jungle
tree for honey A cheetah hunt is
shown in vivid detail The 1.-THE. spotted
animal becomes freed and is finally
brought to the ground with a well di-
Tected bullet Herds of dick dicks, AZ
rican wart hogs, lions, tigers buffalo
monkeys and many other species Of
wild animals that inhabit the jCngles
are pictured with remarkable clear
ness
Another thrilling scene shows 4 herd
Of 400 wild buffalo in stampede This
picture required great daring. The
their pictures on an open prairie, and
the buffalo were only DETECTED from
their laundering path by the ruse Of
setting fire TO nearby bunch grass.
The Jungle.
Another noteworthy feature film is
the five reel production Of Upton Sin
clair's novel, The Jungle" with a cast
headed by George Nash and Gail Kane
1t started at Weber's
Among the supporting company ap-
pear Robert Cummings, Clarence Han
w 1lAEs ray ION GlDDSs Maxine
Hodges. Alice Marc, Julia Hurley. May
McCabe and Ernest Evers-
Story by Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis, over in London. told this
20 an acquaintance Of mine who re-
peated it TO me recently:
Ny chauffeur, Frank" said Miss
Janis, was once a puEilist and until
recently has been an American Of the
confirmed type which can't see good in
any foreigner.
He had heard something about the
way the gallery gods boo here. so on
my first night he stationed himself in
the gallery
After awhile some one went I'D to
him and asked him If he didn't think |
II was going great
Wen said Frank, 7 haven't had 1
70 bounce any one yet
Next day when he read the reviews /
and found none Of the critics had men /
toned that I can't sing, he just turned !
AnElomaniac- That very day I heard /
him inquiring the road to Bawth. and 4
YOU should hear him curse his .baIly /
engine"
By the way. when November comes
Miss Janis will make her bow to Paris
ana In mldwinter she will assail the
Nlennese- Then a new revue will be