Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14
PHOTOPLAY FANS
WATCH REISSUES"
n the Films Of a Year Ago, Re-
issued to the Smaller Thea
tres, Are to Be Found Many
Fine Bits of Work.
By the Photoplay Editor


The photoplay fan. who woke up TO th'
same too late for some Of the very in
tefesting releases Of few years back
can mako up for lost time and incident.
ally get lot OF new enjoyment. II he will
watch for the reissues" 10 be seen
about town. For the matter Of that. the
experienced photoplsy-goer will find some
thins IN them; for in many cases the
plethora OF good films on the market has
caused him TO miss seeing some Of these
older photopays. and in others very good
work that has later been recognized at
It's true value went by unacclaimed. Now
he can pick them up again
Take FOR Instance the reissues Of the
Biograuh for July and August. The COM
pany is making reprints Of films that D.
w onmth, the famous producer OF The
Birth Of a Nation" directed when he
was IA their employ In the week OF
July q the fan can see Mans Genesis,
a phiosophic comedy OF the Stone Age;
July 80. "The Battle OF Elderbush Gulch,'
a study In a way for the battle-scene
work In "The Birth OF a Nation with
Henry Walthail, star of the latter piece
August 6. "Her Mothers OATH with
Walthali and Dorothy Glsh: August 49,
'.The Last Drop OF Water" with Blanche
sweet. August 90 Deaths Marathon,
with Blanche Sweet, Lionel Barrymore
and Henry walthal, and August "a, The
sherir's Baby" with the last two actors
The legitimate theatre offers no such
opportunity Of seeing actors OF big pres
ent-day regulations in just the perform
ance they gave in earlier days
Nat Goodwin has played many parts on
me staTe and of. At one time he ran a
brokerage business in the Wall street dis
trict where he is still remembered per
nonaIly as well as by reputation. since
those days Nat has gone into pictures
once or twice and is now making The
Master Hand" under the direction OF
Harley Knowles. So down TO Broad and
wall, they all 20 for the purpose or TAX
ing some scenes for the photoplay. lhere
are times when notoriety and popularity
are inconvenient This was one OF them
for Nat He was, and Is. SO well remem-
: bered In his former financial haunts that
for some time he couldn't work for the
polite mobbing he received. However,
sorder was finally restored" and the
camera man was allowed to proceed.
George Nash and a company of stage
celebrities are now at work under Oscar
Eagles direction in a William A. Brady
play. 'tThe Cotton King"
In producing the perturbation OF Will
Ham J. Hurlburt's play "The Writing |
On the WALL" with which Miss Olga
Nethersole was Identified for two sea-
sons, vitagraph Director Tefft Johnson |
required the front of a block OF tene
ment houses with particular type of |
hre-escape, for use in one OF the scenes |
vital to the interest of the story. A search
throughout the entire East Side of New
York city and through the tenement DIS
trict Of Brooklyn failed to reveal even a
single tenement that would answer his
purpose. as recent fire laws and the ac-
tivlty OF the building inspectors were re-
sponslble for the complete elimination OF
the type Of escape that would conform to
the requirements of Hurlburt's story. To
overcome this obstacle and complete the
realism OF the pictured narrative, Direc-
tor Johnson was compelled to have II |
built. in the open-air studios at Flatbush,
the outer shell of front Of houses every 1
detail OF which being produced from still /
pictures OF the Bowery photographed |
about Is years ago. One scene only OF the
house fronts. which served as a back
ground for tense action, was taken when
they were set on fire. and one of the most
thrilling episodes of the 5000 feet that will
comprise the finished picture was filmed
The ofices OF the Stanley Company.
with its subsidiary organizations, the
Stanley Booking Company and Stanley
Publicity Bureau. have moved from the
Globe Theatre Building. Market and
Juniper streets, to the Palace Theatre
Building. l2l4 Market street, where the
entire third floor will be occupied by the
combined Stanley enterprises.