Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

.,.,ine with this afternoon, the
,s,,,nut street Opera House VIII show
~ erst time anywhere motion pic
le' :, tho Inflated Lusitania leaving
I, New York on her last trip.
.t,,,res we're taken just before the
'u,re amid the hustle and hustle OF
-, rroyed last good-bys; when the
,,urarder was leaving Her pier,
- she backed into the Hudson River
,.,isd down the bay to her death.
~. nic,ures are pregnant with timely
..,.t and are well worth seeing. espe-
s.us AZ the new summer scale of prices.
gdlsOn Notes
~, Edison Studio recently was pande-
.,,ro that even 1.-TWO Bells" could not
II, Like an invested and walled city,
J, section of the studio was all boxed
.,,b n dangerous Keep out" on the
~. inside poor Director Richard
n.,..,v was putting on a dog story
,,ving to make the dogs talk" to
!. other. Somewhere in the hlare and
-, :, noises could be heard a wailing
ss.Iardlon 10 tease the dogs to open their
ss.n,h and talk Instead, mingled and
s.ssgIed yelps. howls and mournful cries
..r,e from the dogs while the director
"a hlsty-lunged assistants caroled at
~. ION of their voice while they mopped
ths,, hrows Jerry Comedian Wads-
sorth's dog. is featured. He was to
r',i,,n IN another, to induce which n
~, But when he started to talk 10
~ ~ hull the latter would scornfully turn
W t,s ,urned-up nose and look away,
sp,,d or hog the camera by pushing the
estar, out Of the limelight.
Realism Run Riot
r,ns Of the most peculiar experiences
,hs, aver befell James Morrison, Vita
sraph player. happened during the film
~ NJ "Mortmain," the screen story in
which Robert Edeson will make his initial
,nnssrance as Vitagraph star Mr.
harrison. who plays Forsythe, opposit>
NJ Blossoms Mortmain, goes under an
oneratIon for the removal of his hand,
rhlches to be grated on Mortmain's arm.
That the scene might reach degree OF
scIentihc accuracy that would place 1t
h.yond criticism, Signor Stark, medical
erpert was called in to lend assistance,
under the direction of Theodore Marston,
Who is producing the picture. All the
indictments necessary for the real ampu-
tation were brought into the picture and
Mr. Morrison placed on an operating
table and put under the influence OF an
anesthetc and everything up to and fol-
lowing the actual operation was carried
out In minute detail.
Just before the scene. Mr.. Morrison
was so wrought up by the startling real
lam and businesslike appearance of the
Doctor and his assistants that while under
the influence of the drug he experienced
the feeling that would actually occur had
he really had his hand cut off and. later,
Ike the Forsythe of the story, passed to
The Great Beyond during the operation.
When the influence of the anesthetic had
spent itself and Mr.. Morrison regained
rousciousness he looked surprised, and
his first action was to feel for his hand,
Experiencing a decided feeling of relief
when he felt that important member
sill In Its accustomed place.
@Britton of the Seventh"
The battle of the Little Big Horn with
Custer in his last stand against the In
dams Is vividly pictured in "Britton of
the Seventh" screen adaptation of the
Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady's novel of
the same name, now nearing completion
BY the Vltagraph Company. under the di-
iection OF Lionel Belmore. The eth United
States Cavalry. stationed at II ort Abra-
ham Lincoln, lends military atmosphere
10 the picture. while Rain in the Face
and his band of Sioux warriors add the
dash and thrills in their fights with the
iodiers that keep the picture on the
norderland OF melodrama. interviewer
n the thread of the main story is a
captivating romance in which a soldiers
sReetheart fights for her lovers honor
and adds that touch OF human interest
mat makes the story great.