Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16

IN every great crisis in human events
some man comes to the fore to save the
situation. or words to that effect. And
Chicago Is not an exception to this rule
We have all heard Of the wiekedness OF
the Windy city: of crime stalking ram
pant there; Of the horrors Of the stock
yards district--not to forget Hinky Dink
and Bath House John
But Chicago has redeemed herself Her
photoplay censors. taking their lives into
their collective Misunderstanding possible
shame and gnomlny--the ridicule Of their
fellow-beings and the denunciation OF
posterty-these heroic censors have-but
read for yourself from the columns OF
the Chicago Tribune:
Censored by the Censor:
Animated Weekly No i4l' CEni-
versaD two scenes showing nurses
bathing babies.
Which recalls the historic question:
Why Is censor?
REALISM RUN RIOT
Unlooked-for realism unfortunate to
the actress. but giving n crownlng thrill
TO the film, is shown in the big flre scene
OF the Lesson OF the Flames" one of
the OLIVES Opportunities" Edison, in
which Mabel Trunnelle Is featured, when
her hair catches fire while she is being
carried down the rope through the
flames. Tho picture plainly shows the
hair ablage and the desperate attempt OF
Miss Trunnelle. three stories up. and her
reseuer. Edwin Earle. to put out the blaz-
ing hair The accident is bound to get
n rise" out OF any house. Fortunately
tho burning hair was quickly put out. but
Miss Trunnelle lost considerable hair
from the top Of her head, and was burnt
under the chin, while Edwin Earle burnt
his hand,
The Edison Company has acquired
James w. Castle as a director. That
Is not. however Mr., Castles first ap-
pearance in directing motion pictures, as
he spent some time as director for the
Nitagraph, In his own productions, in
partnership with George D. Baker, he
directed such well-ltnown successes as
"Graustark" Harold McGraths Goose
Girl and "The Bishops Carriage the
rights OF which he bought from Llebler.
no INSULT TO NAVY.
Onicials of the Lubn Manufacturing
Company have been very much inter-
ested in the petition forwarded to Secre-
tary OF the Navy Daniels by the sailors
of the New York Navy Yard, obiecting
to the way sailors are portrayed in mot-
ing pictures In their petition the sailors
said that moving picture sailors usually
are shown as rough, uncouth creatures
whose life s one of debauch, and as A
result of this the public gets the idea
that sailors are disreputable characters.
'If sailors have been libeled on the
screen, I said Siegmund Lubn. "G do not
blame them for making a strong protest.
We have made great many naval
stories. but in not one OF them has n
United States sailo? been held up to rldi-
cule. The Making OF Him. two-reel
naval play. which has just been released
by us. will illustrate wnat I mean by
Instructive naval stories. This picture
was made in Newport, II. l.. last sum
mer and shows how the United States
Government receives all types OF boys
at its training station there and makes
real men and sailors of them. In The
Making Of Him one of our juvenile
actors enlisted and the training station
officials put him through course that
will illustrate the work they are doing
there. incidentally we showed every
phase Of life at the training station"
Naval men who have seen these pictures
say they are the best ever taken and
they will do much to knock to pieces the
silly idea that the men OF the United
States Navy are dlsreputable characters.
PERSONALITIES.
william A. Williams. OF the Excelsior
Feature Film Company, in the next re-
lease of that company. through the All
ance program. entitled "In the Shadow