Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-07
EVENING LEDGER MOVIE
WEEKLY NEWS MONDAY
Local and National Events to
Be Recorded for Photoplay
Fans by 25 Newspapers.
BY the phutopIay Editor


There have been news movies. invading
the field of the daily paper to show photo
play audiences bits Of this and that event
in some native city or foreign land. Now
the newspapers are going to invade the
movies and so organize the field of news
photoplay fan will get local news, as well
as national, and the best of both in just
the proportion that will please him.
The EVENING LEDGER has added mo-
uon-picture photographer to it's staff of
pictorial news-gathcrers. From now on
he will be busy about town swapping
everything novel, every news event. every
convention. parade, fire. wash-out, arrival
of distinguished men and, all In ALL re-
fiecting the life of the whole city.
Tweaty-four other leading papers in a
of the biggest cities arc cooperating with
the EVENING LEDGER Together their out
put will form the National News Weekly.
Beginning Monday local theatres will
show a thousand feet of the brightest
and newest news film under that cap
tion. Five hundred feet of 1t will come
right from Philadelphia news. The other
800 will be made up of the best and most
interesting pictures taken by the other
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tion each 500 feet Of film taken in each
city will be edited and the best and time
liest pictures selected to make up n COM
poste half-reel that will be shown with
the strictly local film. The distribution
of the National News Weekly will be
| handled through the offices of the World
Film Corporation, one of the largest eX-
changeo in the country.
The news reel has undoubtedly tre-
mendous future before II. Already it has
covered" many big event with sur
| prising promptness Now, however, 1t
| will have reportorial acumen behind 1t and
a new ideal in front The educational side
| OF the films has hitherto been embarrassed
by a lack of action. Beautiful mountains
| and foreign cities have their interest, but
| how much 1t will be increased by the
staging. so to speak, of news against
| them. Both the educational film and the
news film should reach their climax in
the National News Weekly.
Pathe has just made contract with
| Arnold DAILY arranging for series or
| pictures to be known as the ARNOLD DAILY
| Series" The Ashton Kirk" novels. by
| John C. Mcintyre, will be picturized, and
| Mr.. DAILY will create detective new TO
the screen and one which 1t is expected
| will be as famous as the actors Craig
Kennedy. The new character Is to be
known as Ashton Kirk, Investigator, and
| will be carried through a series of ad-
/ ventures each one complete In itself, and
each to make four-part feature,
Mr.. DAILY has assembled for his cast a
number of well known players. Sheldon
Lewis, the Clutching Hand in THE Ex-
plolts of Elaine" whose work In the 18th
| episode is stil remembered, Is one or
them. Louise Rutter, recently leading
lady with William Gillette, VIII have the
feminine lead. william Harrgan' son OF
| Edward ]. Harrigan, and Just returned
from a two years visit to Australia;
| Charles Latte, who has been In number
OF Mr.. DaIy's dramatic productions. and
| Martin Sabine, leading man with John
| Drew and Maude Adams. are the others
of the well-balanced cast.
Al Coronado, Col, just across the bay
from San Diego, carpenters and other
workmen are rushing 10 completion the
new studio and general plant whlch Is u
| he operated by the Lubin Company
| The main building is to be 1l5 feet long
/ h,, ion feet wide Besides huge stage
IL viii contain eight dressing-rooms'
In the rear is to be erected garage
1s by 100 feet. An old adobe bulldlng'
| formerly used as a city hall, VIII De oc-
| eupied as an administration ouiioihs tne
| site faces the pay ana WIZ pV "u,
sit',atad for stiu water scenes A short
distance away, just across the Coronado s a,,rp
Peninsula, is the ocean shore' lot 5ua
"a beach effects. ]. f. Deuel., technleal
director OF the company says that every
thing win be ready for use cary S IN "a
Amg,st Captain Melville will be In charge
OF the new Lubin studio
The Metro pictures Corporation is wen
| ,ortided against the heated term its
latest release is from the new Quahty
pictures Corporation. THE Second III
| Command," In which Francis Bgshmah
and Marguerite Snow appear, Follow
ing this comes Dorothy ponnelly ln
,,ssaled Valley" Popular Plays and
! PLAYERS will release THE Vampire In
which Madame Petroya is featured on
| august 8. After this will come ann
| NnTdock in THE Royal Family from
tbe Dyreda studio. released August To-
| other productions are When Nom-
! an Loves" Rolfe. with Emmy Whelan
| "Her Great Match" featuring Gash
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