New-York tribune., 1916-02-26

samo roles that they portray In the
film, that Miss DOro and her husband
first met. The exterior scenes Tor the
production were taken at Palm Beach,
Fla. from which the party returned
last week, where one OF the most cele-
brated estates on the Atlantic seaboard
was placed at their disposal.
"Diplomacy" is scheduled for release
on the Paramount programme Febru-
ary 27, and is the eighth Charles Froh-
man play 70 be adapted to motion
pictures under the arrangement entered
into by the Famous Players and the
noted theatrical manager just before
his death.
Marcus Loew showed New York
new one when he opened midnight
motion picture show in the bower atop
the New York Theatre few nights
ago. II enjoys the unique distinction
Of being the only motion picture the-
atre i'm the world which runs from
d. m. until a. M, and, astonishing as
ID may seem, IL gets its greatest pat
ronage between 1880 and l2:3O p. n'''
far after the time when people are
supposed to take an interest In the-
aires.
Loew astonished the show world
about a year ago when he took the ora
New York Theatre, at Forty-htth street
and Broadway, In the heart or New
York's great bright light section anu
made a success of the house. Lately
the crowds have been so big that hun
dreds were turned away nightly. To
take care of this overflow he opened
the New York Theatre Roof as an ad-
- ~
A wonderful sense of values must re-
pose in the brain, or temperament,
whichever it ia, of Wilbur II. Duroor-
ough. who photographed the Ter
manv's Greatest Battles" pictures now
showing at the Weber Theatre under
the auspices of the German societies of
Now York. For il must be noticeable TO
everybody who looks at the films that
they are careful to show two sides OF
nearly every situation thus there are
the scenes from the famous Hamburg
Derby. with its fashionable crowd, svl-
IDENTIFY unaffected by the war, and on
the other hand cayalrymen riding to
their death There are pictures OF the
Kaiserin. attended by the royal sure,
and then pictures of the destitute,
homeless. starving mothers in Poland
and the devastated sections OF East
Prussia. There are brave little boy
scouts full of the excitement OF mill
tarv drill. and then the rows OF
stretchers, with their sad loads, return
ing from battlefelds.
Thomas II. Ince has fallen in line
with his associate Triangle producing
directors. David W. Griffith and Mack
Sennett. and now all three are not only
making film features, but are exhibit
tors as we'll. For some time Sennett
has owned two of the most prosperous
theatres in Los Angeles. He maintains
that he has learned a lot about their
taste in Keystone comedy by going over
from the studio to the theatres ana
watching his patrons see ms MIN iafees
on the screen. Griffith was next to be-
come a house manager. lie took over
the famous Burbank Theatre from Oll.
yer Morosco and made II the home oil
Triangle plays. And now comes lnee'
Recently he purchased more tnah
hundred acres of land in Culver CITY.
suburb of Los Angeles. The deVelop-
ment which followed created large
class of theatregoers. but there was no
theatre. So Ince built modern motion
picture playhouse.
Thomas J. Garrigan, who plays the
leading role in Lovely Mary, hVe-
part Metro play, had an unusual ex-
nerience lust outside of Jacksonville,
Fla. where many of the exterior scenes
were made. The story Of Lovely Mary
is built around prison labor conditions
i'm Florida as they existed until ieW
years ago. In the story Mr.. Garrlsah
is convicted of q crime he did lSt com
init and sentenced to life imprisonment
Under the laws of Florida at that time
prisoners were farmed out TO any one
that would give bond and pay the
state so much day for their services.
4 majority of them were employed by
contractes engaged in building puolle
highways.
Edgar Jones and p. Thad Volkmen,
who directed the production, succeeded
in obtaining nermssior from the prison
and other state authorities for Mr.. Gar
rigan to work with the prisoners along
one of the highways. lie was gwen
regulation suit Of stripes and set out 20
do manual labor with squad OF rea'
prisoners, a majority OF whom were
negroes. The prisoners were not IN
formed that Mr.. Garrlgan was motion
picture actor and they thought ne Was
an unfortunate Of their own KIND
While engaged in a preliminary re,
hearsal some of the negroes observe d
that Mr.. Garrigan was taking Liberties
which were denied them. When the op-
portunity presented itself one OF the
negroes whispered to Mr.. Garrigan
that he was liable to get bullet in his
leg or arm, as their oyerseer was "a
rough guy" and had shot two OF them men,
during the previous month. Later MT
Garrisan was stripped and tied TO a
most. where he was given a supposedly
severe lashing. The negro who had eau
toned Mr.. Garrigan spoke to COM
panion: L.,i.
II done knew dat dat boy was hsadin'
fer trouble and | warned him.