The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-30
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Hamper is said to be the most beautl-
full girl in the movies face, figure,
ct cetera- "A Mothers Love" is the
screen version of Madam X
BECAUSE of its remarkable success
at the Cohen theater, New York, the
mast week, Mrs. Whitney's Fashion
Show is to be reproduced in motion
pictures
w. L. Fleming. Novelty theater
treasurer. spent last sunday IN aoI,
ton. Kan He walked around the town
with a young lady, ate at a boarding
house and did other devilish things.
Margaret Ellington is now on tour
Of The country in 1.-The Lie" Her
success in Chicago this fall has been
exceptional.
a Topeka man tells this story. He
has a friend living in St. Louis who is
unite wealthy. The St. Louisan a few
weeks ago visited Universal City. CAL
while taking in the expositions- While
strolling around the grounds man
tapped him on the shoulder and said,
Line up at the window and get your
time"
The rich Missourian was puzzled
but did as he was requested. With a
string of other men Ale marched up to
a window in a building and was hand
ed a yellow envelope. In this envelope
was $3.50. The St. Louis man pock-
eted the money and walked away.
That was the nearest he ever came to
'supe" in movie company.
The most interesting suggestion
which has come forth this season
cmanates from Marguerite McNulty,
an ingenue,- young member of the
dramatic fraternity but none The ass
deeply interested in her art. Miss
McNulty makes the entirely feasible
suggestion that each summer the
members of the dramatic profession
in of There 4
the leading members of the stage will
be invited to address them on subjects
associated with the stage The idea
appears to appeal strongly to a num-
Der of prominent players interviewed.
An erroneous report was made this
week regarding 1.-The Unforgiven,' a
one reel Vitagraph film barred by
Rev. Festus Foster, a film censor. The
matter was taken up before the appeal
board, the members of which sus-
tanned Rev. Mr.. Foster in his decision.
Through a misunderstanding a report !
was made in the State Journal that
Fosters decision was reversed by the
board.
Walter K. Hill, better known IS
"Walthill," for many years connected
with Variety, the Billboard and the
Clipper, is now getting out clever
sheet himself in New York known as
clip and Paste" The usual meth |
DDS of eastern publicity men to get
into western papers are discarded Dy
Hill in this new idea. Hill is putting
out in his publication a quantity of
bright, newsy little stories, instead of /
filling up western waste baskets with |
cut and dried columns of mush. The |
trouble with the larger per cent of |
press agents is that their copy is too |
long and is filled with more adjectives |
than necessary.
George Kleine announces Edward |
ButterfieId in 1.-The Magic Skin" TAX |
from Faust ButtRrfiolO he ]
remembered by Topeka theater goers |
as a Kansas City, Mo, matinee idol. /
He was leading man in stock at the /
Auditorium theater and the ladies of |
the Missouri city were his friends.
Mary Pickford will be seen here
soon in Madame Butterfly" Film |
critics say that the famous little .
actress never appeared to better adj
vantage.
The Electric theater has changed !
it's name back to the Orpheum and !
vaudeville goes in Monday. The name !
"Orpheum' seems little more nat
ural than Electric"
Censoring so or more reels of pic
lures a day is no sweet joke. The |
seldom sees more than rs or 80 reels !
a week. Miss Carrie Simpson, who |
looks after the Paramount pictures, |
censors more feet of film in a day than |
A letter to the president of the big |
gest republic from Pedro Font, presi- |
dent of the Iittlest republic, which is |
Andorra, on the southern slope of the !
PyreneeS, arrived on the French liner |
Chicago. Dixie Hines, in writing to |
the State Journal from New York, |
SAYS that Helen Haskell, who has been /
touring the United States in Peg of |
Ny Heart" for two years, declares |
that her next tour will embrace this |
half-portion republic. Andorra is the |
only place on the map which has not |
been discovered by the booking agent |
for Oliver MoroSco. The president OF
Andorra has an official title-Syndic- /
General He represents less than g.
900 people, nearly all peasants. The |
wealth of Andorra is not represented ;
in francs but things for bodily COM |
fort and the satisfaction of the ap- |
petite.
There is going to be fight made |
on 1.-The Birth of a Nation" before 1t |
can be shown in Kansas. This pic |
ture-depicted by press ana puphc |
everywhere as the greatest of modern |
productions-is booked for one week |
solid at the Grand in December. 1t is |
the first 50 photoplay ever presented |
here. THE Birth of Nation" is |
taken from Thomas Dixon's work, |
1.-The Clansman." 1t deals with the |
reconstruction days of the south and /
is stupendous in, its stage settings. A
large number of Topeka people, in |
Guiding several railroad officials, saw |
the film in Chicago recently and pro- |
nounced it the finest of the day. The
fight on THE Birth of a. Nation" in |
Kansas will be made before the state /
movie censor, w. d. Ross, by the col :
ored people They allege that the film
will incite prejudice in the minds of cit
liens. The picture was directed by |
the widely known d. w. Griffith
And do n