The Washington herald., 1914-09-06
THE WEEKS SCREEN NEWS.
''The Painted World" n Success,
Newspaper Play Coming.

Newspaper Play Coming.
The Painted World" the Vitagraph
three-reeI production. which is now being
shown at the Vitagraph Theater, New
York City, has created the greatest SEN
sation of any picture released within the
last two years. Its great strength lies
in the forcIble truths which 1t portarys.
The acting OF Anita Stewart, Julia
swayne Gordon. and Harry Northrup is
most dramatic and eclipses anything ever
essayed by any artists on screen or stage.
The situations are most intense and
cause those who behold 1t TO enter SO
strongly into the spirit Of the action OF
the play they become part of IT, At the
close Of the last scene they feel relieved
to know that they have only been wit
Messing II and are not involved in one
of the most tragic and impressive pic
turizations OF truth ever attempted.
In the effort TO secure realism for her
Interpretation OF the role OF the sob
sister in the Reliance Mutual newspaper
story. For the Last Edition." produced
by Fred A. Kelsey. Irene Hunt, who is
featured in the picture. spent an entire
day in the editorial rooms of the Los
Angeles Evening Herald. In the picture
Miss Hunt as the sob sister, scores a
big beat for her paper.
In an effort to make her actions in the
picture conform so far as possible TO
the manners OF a regular salaried sob
sister Miss Hunt decided to study condI-
tions in A newspaper office. She went to
the editorial rooms of the Evening
Herald, where she met the managing
edieor and members of the editorial stan.
including several young women reporters.
She spent several hours out on assign
ments with some OF the young women
reporters.
Almost every person in the office SEEM
ed to take pleasure in advising Miss
Hunt how TO act while out on a story.
She was advised above all things not to
carry a big notebook with her.
Arrangements were made with the
Herald TO print several hundred news
papers containing flaming headlines 10
cover the story used in For the Last
Edition"
The Herald printed a regular extra
and ran hundreds Of copies on the press
while the Mutual camera man caught
the action on the motion picture camera
The Selig Jungle-ZoO at Los Angeles
has taken on greater form and more
striking aspect during the past week, as
the landscape gardeners have made their
way into the grounds amid the many art
buildings. Plants. shrubbeTy. and flowers
are appearing in many places while
ground has been COmbed in great swaths
for the widespreading gTeenswaTd plan
ned. The auto speedway and parking
stands have been completed in solid con-
crete, while much additional driveway is
finished about the spacious grounds Ii
has been decided to spare the beautiful
grove Of towering eucalyptus. and utilize
their mammoth shade for the comfort of
guests in the Land of Sunshine
The promenades in and about the ami
NAL cages. which Join al the plaisance,
also are completed. while the concealed
lights are in place before the cages OF the |
great zoo.
The miniature Selig-P Panama canal is
completed and shimmers in its tortuous |
course. from the dead line of the studio |
grounds 10 its outlet at beautiful East |
lake Park. The various locks" Of this |
stream divide such places as Persons |
Lake, Hathlyn Falls, and Santschi !
Rapids.
The outer gates. massive in design and |
planned by the famous California mission |
architect. Benton, are rearing nightly |
Upward. later TO bear the cuHningly de- |
signed figures OF jungle beasts. from the |
hands Of sculptor Romanelli Of Italy
The date for the opening Of this 81, 90 ON |
studio has not been set but the rapid |
Of the entire Jungle zoo prom
ses a speedy christening by enthusiastic |
Los Angelans and commercial bodies.
I'm the Flying A" production Of Jail |
Birds" William Garwood made a sensa-
ional dive through the window of the
curt house after he had been found |
guilty Of manslaughter by the jury. This
vas one of the most realistic scenes taken
10 at the studio for some time.