Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-03
TIE PHOFOPLKY

there-the Exhibitors League the various
! hlm exchange men, other friends of MIR
Emanuel and, of course, the family and
| friends of Miss Flock. Equally, of course,
| everybody had a royal time and, Incl
dentally, everybody congratulated Mr..
Emanuel on his good fortune in winning
the hand of such a fine girl.
Globes New Policy
| Beginning with today, the Globe Thea
| tire will join the ranks Of the high class
| photoplay houses the opening attraction
| for the first three DAYS of the week be-
| ing "A Celebrated Case" based on the
| famous romantic play OF Alexander Du-
mas. Theda Bara and William H.. Shay
| Will enact the principal roles. \ private
view of the film confirms the general
| repute that 1t is one OF the most striking
which that master producer, william
! Fox, has ever turned out
For the last three DAYS, valli valli will
be seen in Mrs. Fskes success. 1.-THE
High Road" play of great power
Ince Injured
Tom 1nce, vice president and general
manager of the New York Motion Pic
ture Corporation, one of the best known
directors in the business, was danger
| ously injured in Los Angeles by the over
turning of his automobile. he being pin
ned under the car. He was on the verge
OF nervous breakdown as the result of
work on a big production. and the ac-
cident may prove very serious, owing to
internal injuries.
Mr. Ince Is a brother OF Ralph 1nce,
of the Ntagraph. He will be laid up for
some time, according to the present word
from the coast.
"a Price for Folly"
One of the most remarkable film stories
ever produced by the Ntagraph Conn
pany, and but recently completed by
George ID. Baker, is entitled "A Price
for Folly" When Mr.. Baker first re-
ceived the manuscript he had nstruc-
tions to produce 1t in one part of thou
sand feet, with IS scenes. No less than
three people lost their lives in the orig
inal short story, and the action was so
crowded with dramatic situations, so
powerful to sway the human emotions
and so full of the meat" that makes
for feature picture. Mr. Baker kept
adding, first scenes, then reels, until,
when the negative was turned in, the
film story measured 1000 feet, with 210
scenes. This, later, was cut to five parts,
with 1s2 scenes, the length announced
for release. Mr. Baker had accomplished
the hitherto unheard of feat of complet-
ing fve-part story from one-part
manuscript
The heads of the Nitagraph Company
were skeptical as to the holding" power
of this elaborated story, and as test,
assembled the members of the negative.
printing and joining departments. num-
| bering 70, workers who are continually
handling film and become immune to the
| usual film stunts" and had "A Price
| for Folly" run, that they might see how
| it would be taken by disinterested audi
ence The unanimous verdict, in the ver-
.lacular, was great" and arrangements
| are now under way for an early release.
! In the cast for "A Price for Folly" the
principal members include Edith Storey,
Antonio Moreno, Charles Kent, Louise
Beaudet, Charles Kent Brown and Harry
| Morey.
The Film Came Back
Exchangemen know what it means to
have a real of pictures come back with
| hundred feet or so missing. Sometimes
| the lost film Is recovered more times 1t
| is not. Who takes It. and what they do
with II is not always clear, but operators
are suspected of making these cut outs.