The Press., 1915-07-21

1 But by This time seven Times The length l of film had been used t,,at was ordina- ] rily necessary. an! fc-- of the scenes between the principal ch "acters had been pictured ati7factoriy. Indeed, matters had come to such pass that 1 MT. Ashley. who was aware of the diff ' faculties underlying the i'll success. de- i clared that success in picture play making with company wherein there were so much love and inordinate jeal- ousy incompatible with the play must result as it had begun-in failure-and the attempt had better be discontin- ued.
 | However, Miss Daisy Allison, whose heart was set on the enterprise and whose pocketbOOk was well stocked, l agreed to stand the expense of mak- ing the photographs above a certain amount, and after that the mana ger of the film company was pacified. i The only danger now was that the pa tience of the photographer would give out Nevertheless. the extra cost hay ing been provided for, the production of the films proceeded, and four reels were finished, if not satisfactorily, at least the best that could be done under the circumstances.
 MT. Ashley hoped that at the manu- facture of the fifth and last reel the actors and actresses would have come into such harmony in their parts that the scenes would be sufficiently sue cessful to cause audiences to forget the blemish of the earlier scenes. Eben Macarthur shows up the villainy of Lord Administer and, after an inter- view in a dramatic scene, points to the door through which his lordship pass es, cringing. Ashley dreaded this scene, for by this time the rivalry between the two men in the real life affair had become extremely bitter. But the play wright hoped for the best
 He was disappointed. Administer, who was left tackle in a football team, becoming eXasperated at the charges of his rival, instead of sinking out un- der the torrent of invective took his rival by the collar and the seat of his trousers and threw him into a flower bed.
 
 exploit was only allayed by the hostess demanding an apology from the foot ball man and a promise that he would play his part as was intended for q second picture, on pain of discon- tinuance of his acquaintance. This brought him to terms, and films of the scene were obtained which were at least in accordance with the scenario.
 There was more trouble among the actresses. In the play Gladys Pember ton wins the confidence of Lucinda Owens in order to detach her from Lord Administer, and Lucinda does not discover her treachery until the last scene when she upbraids her and steps into an automobile with Macarthur to 90 to a steamer to return to America. When this scene came to be enacted Lucinda's taunts had a similar effect on Gladys to MacArthur's on Lord AK minister. The chauffeur brought the car up under the porte-cOchere. Mac Arthur was waiting at the car door for Lucinda to finish her contemptuous re- marks to Gladys; but, getting tired of waiting, he stepped into the auto and took possession of back seat. Sud denly Gladys made a dash for the auto, jumped ill and shut the door, The chauffeur, hearing the slam, took it for a signal to depart, put on the clutch and went rolling away with the wrong woman.
 Had not this inordinate display of jealousy occurred in the very last scene I,n ,ln ;,,I, cd. Lucinda, who had been left on the piazza by her rival, stamped her foot and gave other evidence of vindictive- ness. The photographer, whose pa tience had already been exhausted, stormed; the manager of the film com- pany clapped his hat on his head. thus signifying that he was through with the affair, while Ashley ran down the roadway calling Justify for the chauf feur to stop.
 Nothing EUt the fact that the scene was the last to be enacted saved the play from oblivion. AS it was, a sec ond picture was not made till after an hours wrangle, and then half a dozen attempts were made before one was completed that would do at all. AS soon as it was accomplished the party broke up in a cyclone, the guests de- parting by afternoon trains, thus lcav- ing score of empty covers on a din ner table at which the completion of the play was to have been celebrated.
 There is much in picture plays that is not dependent on the moods of the performers. The scenery in Miss Ali sons play was very beautiful, the CO.'S tunes of the actresses were artistic combinations. and the actresses were high bred women. Perhaps it is these elements that made the play, after aE, a success.