Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20

One of the most important announce
ments made by distributing company is
| that of the Metro Pictures Corporation,
| in which substantiation is given the
rumor that Francis y. Bushman is to
leave the Essanay Company and become
permanent star on the Metro program.
The deal was consummated by Richard
y. Rowland and Joseph Engel, of the
Metro Company, through Frederick j.
Balshoffer, acting as intermediary, and
Mr.. Bushman representing himself. Just
what salary ARRANGEMENTS were made is
not known, but the fact that Metro con-
trolls 20 hiGh-class plays and books all
calling for the Bushman type of lead
ing man. indicates that Mr. Bushman will
be presented in big Broadway plays with
supporting cast of Broadway players
and with women stars playing opposite
him.
Coming on top of the announcement
that the Popular Plays and Players
Company had obtained most of the ia
nous Clyde Fitch plays. that Olga Pc
trova is to be n regular Metro star and
that William Faversham is q Rolfe star
on the Metro program. the fact that
sufficient salary inducements were held
out to Bushman to attract his signature
to Metro program indicates that this
organization will fulfil the promises made
before the company began releasing.
A Real Lubin Cowboy
Tom H. Glaze, superintendent of the
Lubin ranch at Betzwood. Pa, is a splen-
did type of the English out doors man,
tho type so familiar in fiction, who, to
find contentment must get out into tho
wide places of the earth where life is
rough and hard and where a man must
be a man in every sense of the word If
he merely wants to exist
Glaze has charge of the cowboys at the
ranch-a bunch of men with splendid rep
utatons as riders, ropers and gunmen,
and he is well qualified for the job as
Glaze has been gentleman advcnturer
in many parts of the world.
Glaze was born in Worcestershire. and
after attending school at Harrow on the
Hill. he went to st. Bartholomew's Hos
pital in London to complete his educa-
venture fared up, bringing down upon
him the wrath of his family, and Glaze |
"hit OUT for the u. S. a.
few days after landing Glaze went |
TO Texas and got job punching cattle. |
During the next few years he wandered |
pretty much all over that State, and |
always on the back of a horse. From |
Texas he went to Montana. His next |
big jump was to Alberta, in the north
west of Canada, close to Calgary, where |
he ran cattle and horse ranch of his |
own for 10 years.
Glaze played an important part in help
ing to settle the new country and hs
built one of the most successful ranches
there. The desire for change came to
him, however, and three years ago he
sold out and with 81 ponies that he mad
raised. went to New York and sold all
except a dozen of them.
It was while he was disposing of his
ponies that Siegmund Lubin met the
ranchman. They talked for a few min
ltes, and when Mr.. Lubln returned to
his big ranch, about IS miles outside of
he took Glaze with him and
The remaining 12 ponies.
News
The Vitagraph Company is about ready
o launch its new 15-palt serial THE
Goddess" on which Director Ralph w.
nee has been working for the last two
months. 1.-The Goddess" was written by
Morris, and will be presented
" Anita Stewart. Earle Williams and
PAUL Scardon, portraying the principal
haracters in every episode.
Negotiations are under way whereby
Nicholas Dunaew, Vitagraph player
uthor. dramatst and legitimate actor
yill present his latest work, THE Spider"
three-act drama of Russian life among
he nobility, in a Broadway theatre. Mr..
)unaew will be seen in the principal
art, Doctor Mandelstam, supported by
of notable Russian actors. Mr..
,unaew is trying to arrange for the
litiaI presentation of THE Spider" about
he first OF May, and announces that in
ddition to the play feature will be the
ppearance in person of many moving
ictuTe stars.
Cyrus Townsend Brady's story West
Winds" is being prepared for the screen | .
v the Vitagraph Company, under the
irection of Lionel Belmore, who, with
party of Vitagraph players. has Just
eturned from Texas, where the principal
Genes were taken.
Bob" Ryland, the colored porter of the
Theatre, was strong partisan
I Jack Johnson before the Johnson-Wil-
lrd encounter, and thereby hangs a tale.
Bob" received a "hunch" direct from
Iavana that his favorite was bound TO
lin, and he Immediately began laying