Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-23
SAME FIRST NIGHT FOR
PLAY AND PHOTOPLAY
Metro Plans to Run when a
Woman Loves" as Drama and
Movie on Broadway
Bv THE pHoTopLAY EDITOR

General Manager Richard A. Rowland.
OF the. Metro Pictures Corporation, plans
something new under the sun with the
opening OF the fall theatrical season. The
plan is 20 produce feature motion pic
ture and stage play on the same sub
iect simultaneously at two leading Broad
way houses.
when n Woman Loves" by Charles
Horan, is the feature announced for
treatment in this manner. Emmy Web
len Is working in the film version OF this
story and will probably be seen In the
play should the plan for a stage presen-
tatlon go through.
when a Woman Loves" was written
originally for the screen. but is thought
TO ofter equal opportunities for both
forms of production. The Metro Corpora
ton would be back OF both presenta-
tions. and the two would be given nightly
at different theatres. Such a double pro-
duction would undoubtedly demonstrate
two very interesting points. The tre-
mendously large costs OF stage produc-
ton, compared with income; and the
greater difficulty Of winning popularity In
the theatre.
J. II. Dewolf. an actor playing az
Lubin's. has been compelled to spend
May and June at the Samar ritan Hospi-
tai recovering from a severe operation.
The Kalem Company has acquired the
motion-pcture rights TO r. w. Horn
ung's celebrated novel. "Stingaree." II
! is to be adapted for the screen in a SER
les of p two-reel episodes each picture
to be complete I'm itself. and not depend
| ing on anything that has gone before
| The policy OF the Kalem Company has
| always been against the serial picture
and It will not depart from that well-es-
tablished procedure In this instance.
"Stingaree" is particularly adapted fol
| pictures, as It contains a wealth of inter
estlng and exciting adventures, full Of &C
| tion from start to finish As readers oi
the book will remember the leading char
| acter is an English gentleman, who IL
! forced to leave home in order to protec
| the honor of woman. He loses himsel
in the Australian bush, where he decides
| that he will make society pay for his
| exile. and becomes a gentleman bandit.
| This is practically the first production
that the Kalem Company has made from
| fiction. as It has been their opinion tina
! fiction was written to be read, and tina
the most compelling photoplays are eithe
written expressly for the screen or adapt
| ed from time-tried stage successes. Blu
In this case they believe that they hav,
found a fiction character so intensel'
alive that he will become as popular II
the picture es he was in the book.
George Fitzmaurice, who is directing
the Pathe production of Via Wireless,
adapted from the play of the same name
is beginning to think that he Is Who'll
bond issue himself Only one more seen
of the well-known and exciting drama o
the sea remains to he taken, and II
causing all kinds of trouble. 1t is neces
sary to blow up n yacht, and after tn
director had found the yacht, and the
the proper location, he ran foul of tn
United States Government. who refuse
| permission until he had given bono
guaranteeing that he would raise tn
boat after 1t had been sunk. Then
towboat concern demanded bond, an
when It had been satisfied the wreckin
| company which had been engaged
raise the boat also demanded a bon
| covering the cost of its operations. d
rector Fitzmaurice believes that unles
some more bonds are required he wi
now be able to go ahead and take ii
scene.
rumor is going the rounds ths
Oliver Morosco has arranged to preset
Charles Chaplin, the screen favorite,
a new musical comedy next February.
Particulars are meagre. That Morosc
has been negotiating with Chaplin theI
seems to he little doubt II the Chapli
vogue continues indefinitely-quite a spe'
ulative proposition - Morosco will prol
| nj. .Ixy To hn