Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-21

a.or Square Garden, New York
e'1 .nost famous show place in the
~ 80 been converted into a motion
T'~' .s.s,re. and will open It's doors on
J, s,th the six-part Bubin MASTER
- ,erns sporting Duchess" The great
~ bsen transformed into seating
~. .soaatIons for i2,OOO people, and the
-. n Lubin's "The Sporting Ouch
- the opening attraction is particu-
s., appropriate, owing to the magnitude
-. subiect Of the picture play.
~ - roahlan. famous star of the speak
w lac and Ethel Clayton, star In the
Hs y nIetre dramas, play the leading
s@ ~. a "The Sporting Duchess
Ill Allen Being Filmed
Al,ep now is located at the Es-
studios in Chicago where she is
~ es,d in the production of the five
4 ssotoplay "The White Sister, taken
~. ~. .he novel Of f. Marion Crawford, in
ls,,h Miss Allen made such a signal
s.....s on the stage.
N, "a Miss Aliens first experience In
...soniav work and she Is quite enthused
~ NJ work. The famous stage star
Y. nroyed an excellent Photographic sub
y am much pleased with my surround
~, and with the way the work Is pro-
ss,.ins on the picture said Miss Allen.
Il an more than anxious to see 1t
-, success both because of Essanay
..1 because of Mr.. Crawford's family,
~ Are greatly interested in the filming
4 me- book which they consider MIR.
r,,Tford's greatest work. It was partly
\, mis- reason that 1 consented to APP
p,sf In the picture
hazardous Helen Speaks
According to Helen Holmes, the Kalem
,,lr,ss who Is the heroine of the Hazards
4 Helen Railroad Series, the photoplayer
I'd appears in melodramatlc subjects
,,oures an amazing number of accom-
stshments Miss Holmes ventured this
,,sertion lust after she had performed a
i,rlur acrobatlc feat In THE Human
Gain" the newest episode of the series.
rWhen first became n motion picture
,,ress" Miss Holmes explained, II could
ID lust the ordinary things that almost
,ry person can do. The extras con-
,l,ted Of my being able to ride a broncho
nd to shoot-my life out on the ranch
vas responsible for these two.
"Now, after little more than two
1tars in motion pictures. l can hold my
tvn with the average telegraph operator;
can run a locomotive, walk tightrope
md do any number of other things. Yes,
1 notion picture actress has the oppor-
Unity TO acquire many accomplish
nsnsr'
EdIson Players as Pioneers
Director Eugene Nowland has just
emerged from a residence in a Turkish
iah, tired out upon his return, with a
nnnpany Of players, from the mountains 1
Il Pennsylvania. whittier they had gone
b stage According to Their Lights" the
frzi purely dramatic two-reeler he has
done, having devoted his time mostly to
historical drama in the past.
Expecting to find the bridge they
wanted all hands were compelled to tote
lumber long distance and build a bridge
over stream and falls, securing atmos-
phers By their labors as well as callouses.
Up al dawn like prisoners, the party
ipent d week at their mountalneer life
A exciting accident was deftly turned
nto thrill par excellence when Pat
--a-iN3 arc IFlllltI, lB uOWH
ne river and over several smaller falls
we're supposed TO pause over the brink
af the struggle moment of the play. But,
2 the consternation of all, they fought"
. hercey that they fell over the edge
ND disappeared in the swirling water
soF Fortunately, Horace Plimpton,
Y. camera man. though sharing the be-
ef that they would not come up again,
spt grinding away, and when the two
lally came TO the surface, still heroic
ny lighting, the film was the richer for
y Unexpected thrill. Bessie Learn and
iafsaret Prussing are also in the cast.
lev Southern Film
Baltimore in 1850 furnishes the back
Iolnd for F. Hopklnson Smiths drama
me, Kennedy Square," that S. Rankin
NV Is producing from his first big see
NO as a full-fedged director for the