Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-21
ONE MORE COMPANY
TO MAKE PHOTOPLAYS
The Raver Film Corporation
Will Screen Augustus
Thomas Dramas
By the Photoplay Editor

Modestly prociaiming its determination
TO make hlgh-ciass pictures and market
them on their merits. the Ravsr Film
Corporation enters the arena with Della
ware charter and $4,000 capital stock.
Harry r. Raver is president and the
executive head OF the organization, and
owns control OF the stock Con T. Ken
nedy, owner OF the Great Kennedy
shows, which has been for years the
amusement feature OF expeditions, tall
festivals and carnivals. and who was as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Raver in the same ousl-
ness in 1903 and 1904, is vice president. A
number Of well-known showmen and busi-
ness men complete the list Of stockhold-
ers.
Mr.. Raver has acquired the sole rights
for motion pictures of an imposing list
of well-known theatrical plays, prom
inent among which is the valuable col
lection owned by Augustus Thomas, y IN
number, this collection having been kept
intact for the past year in spite OF nat
tering offers from prominent feature pro-
ducers. Mr.. Thomas contract with the
Raver Film Corporation calls for nrst
payment of $4,000 subsequent advances
to the amount of $4,000 and further pay
ments from the gross receipts.
All OF Mr.. Thomas great successes
will be produced under the Raver trade
mark. These will include THE Witch
ing Hour" "As a Man Thinks" Ala
bama," "The Hoosier Doctor" "Oliver
Goldsmith" "The Harvest Moon." THE
Ranger" and other well-known dramas.
The work Of organizing the Raver Film
Corporation has been in progress since
Harry r. Raver and Augustus Thomas
disposed Of their interests in the All-Star
Feature Corporation, one of the pioneers
in the production of well-known plays
with famous stars In motion pictures Mr..
Raver was the executive head OF the ALI
Star and brought into the field for the
first time such stars as Dustin Farnum,
Ethel Barrymore, Burr Mcintosh, Jane
Cowi, Digby Bell and George Nash.
The production of the best known Of
the English Drury Lane melodramas,
"The Great Ruby" now being released by
the Lubin Company through the V. L. s.
E., furnishes another interesting illustra-
ton of the resourcefulness of the camera
and the adaptability Of American settings
to any environment II properly selected.
As will be recalled, the scenes Of The
Great Ruby" are laid In England-the
Oldest Of old England. The play is per
meated with the local color of this To-
cality.
10 layman, Ine immaculate IMPRESSION
will be that the action of the picture
does really take place in England. and
1t will be difficult even for the film ex-
pert to conceive Of certain parts of the
film having been made in this country.
This was borne out the other day
when an English member of a moving
picture producing company, upon Witness
ing the picture, Immediately spotted
an old inn as an establishment in Eng
land with which he was familiar. AS a
matter of fact, the house shown was
that of old General Wayne's Inn, one
of George Washington's headquarters en-
route to Valley Forge.
The Edison Company announces that
1t has obtained the film rights to Elbert
Hubbard's "a Message to Garcia" that
extraordinary essay which in pamphlet
form alone obtained circulation of more
than forty million copies.