Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-12

~, photoplay has reached stage
..rorios from novels, plays and
~ .,orles however famous are quite
'n' a.,.r,n said oliver Morosco in a re-
h'S'. ,,.r,ew "t do not object TO drama
INV own plays are being pre-
..d on the screen, and nave as
I'm in their preparation-but the photo
~ hss arrived as an art, and 1t demands
Iu.i treatment, the imagination OF a
ofsn .a ,bs dramatic vigor of master
r.1snan Of the theatre.
a.r--,orrow must produce imaginative
sssss whose fame will rest wholly on
~. ,hotodramas. 1t is not enough that
usu ppndescend to come over from other
m1,Ss. m1 of literary or theatrical crafts
hsA.sIn hs THAT condesCension is an insult
ne' LAT and established medium of hu-
y ss.nression. You and | Will live to see
Nv ssy n Plnero, a Jones, a Bernstein,
w Thomas of the screen--men who
-ri -i h.come world famous for the depth,
sI,r s,ncerity and compelling truth of
n,lr photoplays. But they Will be special
~. ' they will not do pictures on Thurs
~. and Saturdays and literary or thea
,ysal work the rest of the week.
~rhe same comment applies to actors.
M present system of legitimate stars in
shs movies is irrltatingly unsatisfactory
"a theatrical managers. and l imagine, in
sort Of hazy way, that 1t must be unsat-
.s.rtorv TO Che public. If l were the
casual theatregoer, no matter how much
,ronsy possessed would not feel iusti-
AL in paying 81 at one theatre to see an
s.tlmabe young woman whose photo
srsnhlc replica was running through half
Z dozen reels for Is or 20 cents few
doors dlstaht
To Film the South
A company Of 10 Essanay players has
vone 10 the South to take several special
FEATURE photoplays requiring a Southern
atmosphere The first scenes are being
taken at Chattanooga, Tenn. The play
tra then will go further into Dixie for
other scenes The first company will
return In about month, when another
viii 20 South. This will be kept up for
several months, until the features are
finished Among those in the first COM
rany Are E. II. Calvert, Bryant Wash
n,-Eillian Drew, Mabel Forrest, John
Cesar, Grant Foreman, Eugene Acker,
Bertram Bates, Betty Scott May Skin
reE Jack Meredith and Charles L.
Ashley.
Fooled by Film Fire
Edison Director Charles Seay never
hopes to stage the fire scene, and with
such suspense, as he recently unwittinGly
iaged when trying out the new radium
fares for night photography, in THE
Heart Of Waif."
He took company of players one night
out TO sparsely settled spot near Scars
dale. N. Y, and began the experiment.
The glare furnished by the new light de-
lighted him and enabled him to success
fully photograph at night. But soon he
heard, afar off, weird whistles, bells and
soon the laundering of horses hoofs and
shouts Of men excited.
From four or five neighboring towns had
cone pell-mell all the fire departments"
ron the hand-drawn hose to the dapper
Millionaire contingent of volunteer fire
Em for which this section is noted. The
bhlllance Of the lights had lighted up the
sgrrounding country so that the invaders
had taken the occasion to be a devastat-
Ing fire and hurried to the scene.
Il took more than eXplanations-in fact,
some entente cordials, not singularly
ipeaking to patch up the humors, now
out OF sorts: yes and some influence, too,
v keep Chaflle from being locked up by
iAe constable! The light is on the prin-
dple Of those used in emergency by ships
and furnishes more than half a million
eandlepower. At their cost they literally
burn up money.
The Deceptive Camera
Not one picture-play fan in a hundred
can answer the question. Am 1 blonde
orunette?" At least this is the posi-
uon that is taken by Miss Bessie Eyton,
q The selig Polyscope Company.
MISS Eyton. who has been a keen
STUDENT OF the mechanical branch of the
notion picture business, comes out with
ne Statement that here is one place
ansfe the camera with all Its wonderful
.sniePements has failed. While ready to
nmlt that in some cases the color of a
s somans hair may be judged from the
nsnls and shadows shown in certain