The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-06
ADJUSTMENTS.
The TWO Gertrudcs.

pany Is known to all those who view
| motion ptctures--far and near. The
public loves her for hUr beauty, her
personality aud the intense earnest.
moss that lios behind her dramatic
work TO her associates In the Ed.
| son studio. she is known AS quiet,
| modest, and desperately hard work
or. ready to take any chance OF life
or limb that may be called for.
But there Ia another Gertrude
whose name has recently appeared on
| the screen az an author OF scenarios
Gertrude Lyon--and 1t may not be
generally known that the two are one
and the same. For 1t Is the Edison
compapy's policy not to produce
scenarios under the names of its
actors. Therefore, in venturing into
the field OF authorship. Miss Mccoy
assumed that nom de plume. Her
first story What Could She Do?"
was submitted last summer, consid.
cred with the hundreds OF other plots
received at the Edison studio, was ac-
cepted and produced In three reels in
November. 1t made triumphant
success. With her pretty head not
bit turned over tho reception given
this play. Miss Mccoy went to work
carefully and slowly on another. This
was completed in due course and.
when read by one Of the Edison direc.
tors, caused him to remark, That's
the best three-reel scenario i ever
read. ] hope can produce It." He
did and the result was "On the Stroke
OF Twelve" released in March. This
play made even bigger success than
the first one. Louis Reeves Harrison,
the able critic, said of II, "a well de-
vised story, 'Un the Stroke OF Twelve
is step in the right direction. The
solution (of murder mystery salts
ties a natural demand for justice.
while it is melodramatically effective"
Wherever shown, the picture has
evoked warm approval. A prominent
Baltimore exhibitor said. after the ne
cent Maryland exhibitors ball, ION
the Stroke Of Twelve" was the best
thrce,reel picture i ever showed nmy
house. Give us pictures like that and
we shall have all the features we
want"
In the two sterling successes men,
toned Miss McCoy's triumph was
doubled for she herself played the
role of the heroine. Miss McCoy's
interpretations convince with empha-
sis because they are always fred with
the intensity Of her own nature. char
acter shaded by keen and intuitive
sense Of emotional motives. Perhaps
one of the best indications Of her abil.
ity to sink herself in the character
being delineated is that she possesses
an ability. without the use of charac-
ter makeup" to appear on the screen
at different times so different that
many who know her well did not for
some time recognize her as the Miss
Mccoy who played different role at
the last view.
Willard johnson has ordered for
in color OF the life size portrait of
Miss Mccoy which is shown in the
studio scene OF Greater Than Art"
The pose is artistic and symbolic of
spring. with cherry blossoms over
head and under foot.
See Gertrude Mccoy in her own
production at the Hippodrome tonight.
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The following Is from the Rock is
land Daily Union and refers to Ted
Sullivan who is at the Grand opera
lhouse tonight to explain in lecture the
worlds tour of the Chicago White SoN
and New York Giants:
Ted sullivan. with his able lecture
almost overshadows the interest IN
the White Sox world tour pictures
which are being shown at the Illinois
theatre this afternoon and evenin;
for the last time. The lecture yes
terday drew enthusiastic crowds o
baseball fans and these Interested 1,
itravelcgues, for the films are quite q;
interesting to the student Of foreign
countries as to the baseball fans. al
though the heroes OF the diamond oc
cupy prominent places in many C
them.
| The scenes cover the stops made b!
the party en- route from San Fran
cisco through the orient into Englan
and Egypt. Australia and back to thi.
country. There are pictures. too,
the home coming at New York AM
the banQuets given there and in Cb
cago in honor of the ret'-~'--, -
ers. The pictures are we'll worth
while and it is hoped that those who
failed to avail themselves of the OPP
portunity of this unique travelogue
yesterday will see the films today
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