Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-16
MUTUAL FILM co.
STRENGTHENING LINES
Revises Program and Adds Fea-
lures to Meet Grihith-Ince-
Sennett Detection
BY the Photoplay Editor

Strengthening its lines. The Grlftith, Inc
q sennett interests have withdrawn Int
the Triangle Corporation, taking Mr. AIT
ken with them; but the Mutual has mad
large and efficient plans to MI the gaps
The following schedule has been def
intely completed: Two three-reel fea
lures with Broadway stars in the LEADING
roles will be released each week. The
Gaumont Company will release in the
future on the Mutual program, uslne
such stage stars as Sir Forbes Robert
son. Gertrude Elliott. Alice Brady and
! Florence Nash
There will be five new comedy releases
each week. the first being the new Cub
comedies, with George ovey as the star
and David Horsley as the producer. To
those will be added new Beauty COM
edy release presented by company per-
sonnlly recruited by President S. S.
Hutchinson, Of the American Film Com
made by company of players especially
chosen by Edwin Thanhouser and two
new comedies featuring English knock
about comedians
The two.reel pictures on the program
have been brought to feature quality and
will be known hereafter as Mutual Ban
ner features. Among these there will be
each week u new Western drama brand
to be known as the Mustang" dramas.
The Bostock Animal Pictures produced
by David Horsley, will be two reels long,
and there will be one two-reel release
each week on the regular program.
Contracts have been signed with the
Gaumont Company for a now split-reel
release each week, which will be half
scenic under the title, Seeing America
First" and half cartoon.
In addition to the above many novelties
have been arranged for the regular pro-
gram, and Mutual Masterpieces will be
continued in order to present subjects
impossible to handle In shorter length
pictures
The general policy of the Mutual has
been broadened to admit OF more COM
edies, more feature pictures and moro |
novelties in order to present a program
that would satisfy the undoubted demand |
among exhibitors and the general public |
for n balanced program Of entertainment. |
Irene Hunt is noted as a cook. Re-
,ently. when For His PAL wRS filmed |
1t Weed Canyon, many miles from the |
Majestic studios in Los Angeles,
the had an opportunity to display her
skill
For His Par deals with life upon
| mining claim. Two partners are work.
ng the claim, and the wife Of one ar
ives at their cabin from the Enst. Her
appearance at once creates dissension.
ihe discharges their Chinese cook. For
time the wife cooks for both men, When
hose scenes were being made, Miss Hunt
eally cooked some of her delicious
lshes. In this case she used the sim
lie ingredients of a mining camp.
A. ID. Sears and G. M Blue, who are
he partners, says that the appearance
nd odor of the viands were so appetlz-
ng that they could scarcely keep from
obblng the stove the moment the food
'as ready, and when they were eating
or camera purposes they really ate
hough the necessity for quick action al
'wed them only tantalizing taste The
loment such scene was finished. how
yer, Sears and Blue fell to with will
nd ate until the director ordered them
desist
Miss Hunt took their compliments not
all seriously.
'oh, I guess II was merely the out ~. u,
oors that made them so hungry" she
hid with laugh.
Nevertheless. Sears and Blue declare
lat 1t was her cooking alone
William Farnum. so the Fox people saw,
cts 100000 a year. And, inasmuch as 4
r. Farnums face has, since his deser I
on of the spoken for the silent stage. 7
scome infinitely more valuable to his I
anagers than his voice, Mr. Fox has Q
sured the world-famous Farnum feat
'es for 100000. The policy, by the way L
one of the wcirdest pieces OF insuronc 0
'er written. 1t contains clauses re 2
raining the actor from taking part in /,
~ motion picture under the Fox man 7
sement unless accompanied by a physI
an selected by the insurance company
ne actor agrees and covenants not 10 :
I'VE his own car not to sail his Yacht +
his country place at Sag Harbor, i, 7
u 10 engage in any hazardous sports ,
I'd to retire each night on or before 10
CLOCK; TO subsist upon n diet selected for
~ py the eompany's physician and 10
bmit TO a weekly physical eNaninat,on
ltside of this Mr. Farnum is prIvIIsss,i |
enjoy his 100000 salary to the IIn,It
art OF II doubtless goes as tips 10 tbe
ess agent. '''e
Henry Il. Walthall and Edna Mavo bay.
st been married. But II was a nreaIT
arriage and not real one. The w,ed-
ns TOOK place at the Essanay studio In
scene from The Woman Halter"
ree,aet photoplay written by II. G,
ItI,n',I iaLheiu Iaylor' prominent Chicago and
"'hi's'o" society leader and litterateur. J