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

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TO Photoplsy Editor, Evening Ledger.
tremendous battle was raging. Field
guns were blazing, great shells were
bursting over the Uttered field of car
mage and smoke filled the air. Then came
an interruption.
"Whatdoyoumean. shooting my coat
tail that way?" demanded a daredevil
private, ceasing business to confront
one of the enemy,
Keep you coattnll outer the way
then" retorted the other contemptu-
ously.
"'s that so?" said the first, dropping
his gun and swinging at the enemy's
jaw with mis- trusty right
Then they mixed.
Far III the line was heard a howl Of
rage The commander-in-chief red in
the face and terrible in flow of language,
ranted, danced in wrath and visited vitu-
porations upon the belligerents, for grim
battle had ceased while both sides
watched the hstic action WITH high glee.
incidentally the Selig camera had
stopped In the middle of the climax
scene of "The Hideous God War" for
no battle however strenuous, could inn
press an audience with two of the enemy
cInched like two Kilkenny cats on
back fence
After the two offending extra men had
been elected from the field and Director
Il. A. Martin had used up all the adiec-
tives in the book and his own repertoire.
the entire battle scene had to he made
again.
Klene to Film Popular Plays
Negotiations have been completed be-
tween George Klene and several we'll
known New York playwrishts to film Il
long list of popular plays this year. Fiji
teen Of owen Davis comedies and dramas
have been acquired, including his The
Sentimental Lady" IAN Everyday Man"
"The Inheritance" 1.-THE Jack of Spades
'What Might Have Been" "'rhe Woman
Next Door," "Beggars on Horseback
when the Shadows Fall" THE tnwel-
come Guest" THE Green Cloak Cupid
and Mr.. Jordan" THE Chest Of Cold
Queen of Poverty Flats" Among the
Poor" "The Man Higher Up.
"The best guarantee of n successful
picture is n successful play" said Mr..
Klelne in discussing his plans. II have
always favored the play as against the
novel for picture purposes. Any play that
stands the grind of the circuits for sew
eral seasons is a sure success In film. 1t
must have plot and heart interest and is
not so dependent as the novel upon
language and its authors name. | think
we demonstrated that very clearly in 'Du
Barry Officer 666 and stop Thief
Each one of those was brimful of action
and each had shown its entertaining
powers long before 1t was filmed. Further
,,I,,,- is- Il nI,
advertised and better known to the
masses than a novel of corresponding
merit. which makes it a better drawing
card for exhibitors"
All About Jack Standing
Jack Standing, tho tall young English
man of the Lubin players, who is at pres
ent being featured in the Road o. Strife"
serial with Crane Wilbur and Mary
Chareson, is one of the most versatile and
finished actors in the Lubin studio. and
he switches from leads to heaves and
from juvenile parts to old-man characters
with equal ease. Spare ne from being n
one-type actor" is Standings chief pro-
fessiOnal request, and since he has been
with the Lubin Company this wish has
been granted to the nth degree.
Standing has little excuse for not be-
ing Il good actor. His father. Herbert
StanulnB, aCnleNeu II Wlu6 reputation
abroad as an actor. Jack is the youngest
of seven brothers, all of whom are actors,
and since his boyhoOd days he has been
almost continuously in a theatrical at
mosphere.
Jack was born I'm London and received
his first theatrical training in the IA
nous Drury Lane melodrama in London.
He began by playing small parts and in
a comparatively short time was playing
juvenile leads. Following some years
spent in melodramas, Standing went into
musical comedy and achieved much sue
cess in 1.-THE Belle of New York" "Floro-
dora" and other productions so popular at
that time. Then. for number of seasons
he headed his own stock company at
Brighton, England
Eleven years ago Charles Frohman
cabled to Standing to come TO America
and play one of the important roles in
sherlock Holmes" He did so and his
work was so we'll liked that Mrs. Leslie
Carter chose him as her leading man.
Since then, Standing has been leading
man for Fannie Ward, Margaret Anglin.
stars and for a number OF seasons was
featured in stock companies in Milwau-
kee, Pittsburgh, Rochester and other
cities.
Three years ago Standing Joined the
Lubin players as a leading man. Ne left
the Lubin company for n season toSDay
one of the star roles In Belasco's Drums
of Dude" and then returned to the studio
and has been with the Lubin company
ever since,