Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-23
DANGER AND DARING
IN FILM ACTING
Some of the Hair-Breadth Is
capes and Adventures of
Film Players

The sherins OF the vicinity Of Santa
Barbara Cal, are saving their money %
buy a gold medal ITO Anna Little. Tor
Bravery and Courage VIII be engraved
upon II. and that Is because Miss Anna
Little. the petite little star Of Ansa..
CMustang) pictures. last week uaiied
horse thief and cornered him 80 that the
sheriff could catch him.
one Of Miss LfffIe's three horses was
stolen. II was Nancy" her white ric-
horse, which Miss Little has owned for
several years. and which she has taught
20 do any number e tricks Nancy
has a peculiar way Of setting down her
Pretty feet. so that n - Little has al
ways said she could tran her pet any
place over a lightly Travelled road When
the actress discovered that Nancy was
gone. instead OF sitting down and moplns-
she jumped on another horse and went
out with the sheriff She hit on rad
0y herself after riding a long time she
discovered that there was little mar
row path, almost oversrown WITH weeds.
rext to the road She crossed through
the deep grass to il and found the i'm
prints OF horses ho0fs- she felt certain
that they were ''Nancy's" She rode until
she came upon an old tumbled-doWn harm
yard into which the hoofs turned She
dismounted. and stood hidden beside TIE
road until the Sheriff came with the re
volver which she had been given SPECIAL
permission to use drawn TO nre az any
one who should artempt q leave the
yard.
Sure enough Nancy was found m TIE
stable. and the horse-thief captured.
Charles Bartlett. director AZ the Amer
lean santa Barbara afudlna. and his cam
era man, Tom MiddIefon. had narrow
escape from death last week While pros
pecting for locations for a forthcoming
picture 70 be calied Drifting"
The director. VINO has earned a sepnta-
ton for his big. vfrile prodnctionA had
started across the santa Clara River
near san Paulo, and While giving direc-
tons to an assistant was suddenly caught
in quicksand Slowly. Duf surely. Director
Bartlett began to sink. and despite his
every effort ne e01ld not sec out OF the
treacher0us sand
CamerAmsn Middleton hurried to TIE aid
Of his director and only for imperative
orders from the Inperfled enc would
have been dragged into the danger zone.
too. Director Bartlett meanklsne had been
gradually sinking. untn ne e0nsd. a. he
afterward expressed Il. hear The devonr-
ing sands gnrsiinx behind his cnrR~ Then
his assistants swung him roe which
had been made fast over the projecting
nmD o. giant sYcAmore tree
A couple Of pulls and the proxpecfive
victim was hcisted clear AZ danKsr When
he reached the river hama. lighted pipe
and paused % reject. he announced he
had found one spot which W1 noe -
used in the new pieture
vitagrsph Director Harry Davenport
smashed . seven-passenger touring car
TO rmithereens IN a sceae In One Nlght..'
In which Robert Edeson 10 playing ne
leading character. Harry Mercy and
Euialie Jensen were In the car just a
few minutes previous 10 the staged acci-
dent. head-on collision that demolished
the ear. The players jumped 70 q place
of safety when The appvoachinE autoulo-
bile was only - feet away. During The
excitement Director Davenport went M
In the air for the first time 10 the knowl-
edge u any OF the players. "Don't you
know that i can get q ear 70 smazh any
time I want one" he exclaimed. hui
can I get new yoas Il you happsnsd -
Be smashedr'