Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-05
POET lie GALLIENNE
SUCCUMBS TO MOVIES
Noted Author Writes Scenario
on Novel Theme for New
Equitable Company
Br the Photoplar Editor

Richard lie Gallienne has at last sue
cumbed to the Jingle OF the screen dol
lars. He has just completed a five-act
scenario for the Equitable Motion Pic
lures Corporation. entitled THE Chain
Invisible" which he constructed with
foreword Of more or less interest both
to the producing company and the public
at large.
1.-THE Chain Invisible, says lie Gal
lienne. "ls founded on the proposition that
a healthy, normal man and woman each
| entirely different from the other In birth,
breeding, education, tastes, temperament
and disposition, must inevitably fall In
| love with each other-provided-they are
| constantly thrown into each others soci-
ETY. and have absolutely no opportunity
| for conversation or intimacy with any
other human being.
"Thls theory is advanced on the be-
| lief that such falling in love Is merely
the inexorable working OF nature-that
two people so living are bound by an
| invisible chain, which merely stretches
| II they chance to be separated afterward.
But the chain never breaks"
De Gallenne, who has withstood all
advances by film companies in the past,
decided TO arrange the Equitable scenario
after seeing two of that company's fn-
| ished pictures, "Trlby" and THE Price"
To quote q well-known cartoonist, now
that Equitable has the scenario they are
in quandary as to what to do with II.
| OF the great number OF stars on the
Equitable roster General Manager Feist
was at a loss as to who should play the
two prominent roles. In order to get the
principal parts into the right hands II
was decided 70 have 20 copies OF the
| scenario written, and one given to each
| of the noted players associated with
II. N,t.fz ~. ,lI0 lva
themselves vote as to who should play
the important roles.
Among the noted players who will be
asked to vote are Robert Edeson, Kath-
ryn Osterman, Lenore Ulrich, Florence
Reed, Clara Whipple, Lily Cahill, Robert
T. Haines, Margarita Fischer. Edwin
Arden, Brandon lyman, Alexandra Car
Isle, Katharine Kaelred, Gail Kane,
| Charles ]. Ross, Hilda Spong, Molly Nc
Intyre, Helen Ware and Thomas A. Wise.
The men will have two votes each, the
women one, which will even up the mat
ter of counts.
Yesterday the Stanley started the photo
play. "Zaza," and its chief interpreter,
Pauline Frederick on their second week
at the Market street playhouse.
A large tramp steamship, which put
into Port Los Angeles recently, was
leased by Managing Director Jesse J.
Robbins for use in "Shanghaied," the lat
est Chaplin comedy being made in the
local studios of the Essanay The play
ers. IS in number, dressed in old clothes
and seafaring costumes, departed one
morning at 1 o'clock aboard the hobo
vessel and sailed to some islands west of
here, where they did many scenes.
Announcement comes from the Pacific
coast that Beverly Bayne has signed a
contract to appear in the future exclu-
sively in Quality-Metro productions.
When Francis X. Bushman was with the
Essanay Company Miss Bayne was his
leading lady, and II is very probable that
she will alternate in that capacity with
Marguerite Snow for the Quality Pictures
| Corporation.