Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-25
Mrs. E. G. Rosenberger's
"In Shadow of the Pines
Selected.
HENRY JORDAN CAST
FOR VILLAINS PART
Scenario for Pine Bluff "MOyie" Play
Selected Yesterday from Ten Enter
ed in Competition Remainder of
Cast Yet to Be Chosen.

ing lady, or heroine, and with Henry
Jordan as the villain, Mrs. r. G. Ros-
enberger's scenario, 'In the Shadow
of the Pines" is to be rehearsed and
photographed within the next week
or SO after which the film-drama
will be shown at one of the lc,a:
playhouses, before being taken to the
San Francisco exposition and then on
tour.
Decision to accept Mrs. Rosfn-
berger's offering and to awarl the
author the prize of $40 in gold, was
reached yesterday afternoon by tn"
committee of judges, after the com
mittee had heard read all the SEE
narios presented according 10 the
rules of the contest. Each scenario
had been given a number, AMI the
mem bers of the committee did not
know by whom any one was written,
until after the decision was reached.
With the identity of the authors
a secret, each scenario was read.
Then the three best were read again.
One was eliminated and the other Two
We're read once more, "In the Shadow
of the Pines" being finally the
unanimous choice of the commit Ae
Comparison OF the marks then show
ed that the prize would be awarded
! Mrs. Rosenberger.
Ten are Submitted.
The following is the full list Of the
scenarios rendered the committee
with the name of their authors:
Loves Reward" by Mrs. !. p.
Finch.
"In the Shadow OF the Pines" by
Mrs. E. G Rosenberger.
Just Dues" by Mrs. A. ]. Grnn-
Their.
Southern Suffrage" by Mrs. L. K
Land.
"The Lure of the South" by Mrs.
w. B. Morgan.
"The Lost Typewriter" by Mrs. J.
H. Wilson.
"Under Southern Skies" by Mrs.
w. O.. Taggart.
"The Voice of Conscience" by
Doris Love.
''The Country Boys Advc nture, ;
by Harry Smith.
June Brides Versus Prohibes," ~
jessie w. Shackleford, a negro.
5electdng the Cast.
Immediately after the scenario had
been selected, the matter of selecting
the cast of characters was takn up
! The problem was studied carefully,
and when the committee adjourned,
but two members of the cast had been
definitely selected, these being Miss
Vashti King as the heroine and
%1o mn
committee had tentatively agreed
upon other members of the cast, but
will not hear from the persons
chosen until today.
The committee will meet again to-
day, when the cast will be finally
| selected, and other details attended
to. Henry Marx, originally named as
member of the committee, was un
avoidably absent yesterday, and Mrs.
John B. Speers completed the COM
mittee. the other members being Mrs.
c. w. Pettigrew, Miss Victoria Ha,-
rell. Prot. B. H: Glenn and Thurman
Louthan. " s@i
J. Scenario Unusually Good. e
The scenario selected is said Ls
Producer w. P. Wilson to be unusr-
ally az eeptable. in that it tells mo st
interesting and entertaining story in
excellent style, without making nee
essary any unnatural stretch of the
imagination to cause the thrills whioh
go SO far toward making a film
drama success. IA pretty love story
runs throughout the drama. local
people and scenes of prominence are
brought into tie foreground and Il
Is the opinion of the members of thu
committee that the film play will be
just as interesting to people of other
| sections as to residents of Pine
Bluff, which is not ordinarily the
case.
The work of preparing the films
Will be started early today. Producer
! Wilson and Photographer Killer both
being ready to begin at once that ITO
time he lost in completing tho FILM.
As soon as the other members of t,e
cast are selected. arrangements viii
ne perfected for the necessary re-
hearsals. and Immediately the mem
bers of the cast learn thoroughly
their several parts. the drama will be