The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
VIIAGRAPH HAS
MANY FEATURES
IN PREPARATION
Of twenty-five Didectors at
Work, Eleven Are Produc-
ing big Stuff. !"

The Vitagraph. Company of Amer
lea declares that at the present time
it has more feature pictures under
way than any other motion picture
producing company in existence!
This Is a broad statement but when
II is taken into consideration that of
the twenty-five regularly employed
Vitagraph directors, eleven are work
ing on features. and of the 12O stock
members. eighty-five are bustly en-
gagged in the enactment of these fea-
lures. il would seem that the state
:pent is, IL anything, far short OF the
actual facts.
Thousands OF Others.
Besides the regular members of the
Vitagraph Stock COMPANY. thousands
of extra people have been used IN
the productions at various times and
thousands of miles of territory COW
cred to provide distinctive. back
grounds for the different pictures.
Tie features range in length from
three part Broadway star features to.
the two tremendous features. the big
gest and most comprehensive, the
Nitagraph company has ever under
taken-.Tae Goddess which will be
completed in thirty parts and THE
Battle Cry of Peace" in eight.
Facts from Hudson Maxim.
\
by Commodore j. Stuart Blackton,
who secured many facts from Hud-.
son Maxim's book "Defenseless Amer
ica," is being produced by Wilfried
North under the personal supervts-
ion of Mr.. Blacktop. The principal
characters are being portrayed BY
Charles Richman, Ralph w. lnce as.
President Abraham Lincoln. Joseph
Kilgour as General George Washing
a cast that includes sixteen stock
members and nearly eight thousand
extras.
1.-THE Goddess" whose thirty parts
are nearing completion under the. di-
recfion of Ralph w. Ince, supervised
by. Albert e. Smith, was written by
Gouverneur Morris with Charles w.
Goddard in collaboration. Anita stew
art and Earl Williams, twelve of the
vitagraph players and several thous-
and extra people were used at various
times in its production.
Hurlburt Feature.
Director Theodore Marston and an
all star cast have begun work on a
picturization of William j. Hurlburt's
story, THE Patriot which when
completed will be in six parts. Charles
Richman4 4 Joseph Kilgou1 Airline
Pretty. Rose Tap1ey and Bobby Con-
nelly appearing in the principal roles
Three pictures that will be shown
in Ave parts each, include "A Night
Out" with May Robson and the Big
Comedy Four, Under the direction or
George d. Baker, another OF Will
liam j. Hurlburt's masterful stories,
"The Writing on the, Wall" picturized
by Marguerite Bertsca and being pro-
duced by Teft johnson with Joseph
Kilgour and Virginia Pearson. The
Island of Surprise" picturized from
the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady s
story of the same name In which
william. Courtenay, Charles Kent,
Eleanor woodruff and Julia Swayne
Gordon are appearing In the princi-
pal characters under. the direction of
Lorimer Johnston.
Four Part Features.
There are also three four part fea-
lures. One rs perturbation of George
Ade's'~t.Artie.n in which Ernest Tru-
ex and Dorothy Kelly heading an all
star cast Is being produced by Direc-
tor Harry Hardworth. W. $.
Earle's college story. For the Honor
of the Crew. of which he is also. the
director. introduces James MORRISON.
Muriel Ostr:che and w. b. Davidson
of columbia O9, in the leading char
acters and 1.-THE Making Over of Gof-
frey Manning" by c. T. Darcy and
william Addison Lathrop has Harry
Davenport directing a cast headed by
Harry Morey and Ned Finley.
1.-THE Ruling Power" three part
Broadway star feature advocating wo-
man suffrage, which will be complet-
Tr.on+Jnnad on mage 3. End Section