New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-29
Plays and Players
of the Film World

mentioned in ncwspapor. gosslped
with Nicholas Power. Who makes most
Of the projection machines Ferdinand
". Smghi. who has rchsbilitatcd Lu-
bins. over in Philadelphia. exchanged
greetings with Walter ". Irwin, who IS
lawyer and mighty good genera
manager for the V. l.. s. r.. and m
corner Anita Stewart discourscd
dresses aud hats with DR.. Cyrus Town
send Brady
Sicgmund Lubir. better known a.
POP" was there. looking as young
and charming "a ever, despite his sixty
odd years Kate Price. gorgeous in a
dress Of what-you-call-it. cut someway
or other and trimmed with something,
Gcbatcd the seventh dimension with
Hudson Maxim and so. throughout
the evening until the president arrived.
the famous, the uear-famcd and the
unkLowns hobnobbod and talked.
The rise OF Joe Brandt in the film
world has been one Of the remarkable
manifestations Of the old adage OF on
portEnity knocking Brandt D. essen
tially sclf-madc. Keen OF mind. capa
bic Of grasping big IDEAS without wcar-
some prellminaries verltable dyna-
mo Of energy Brandt has made him
self power in iilmdOm IN the last FIVE
or six wears. No matter what the prob
lem which confronted him. he solved y
-sometimes TO his own hurt, most
times TO the benefit of his associates.
And to-day, not yet thirty-five, he has
climbed into "A position which carries
with il more work and more response
biIity than ia laid upon the shoulders
Of most railroad presidents.
Arthur James. who was brilliant
newspaperman before he was lurcd
lured. mind YOU. into the paths OF
publicity By the wicked Metro, has
written motion picture dictionary,
which is good enough to reproduce IN
part:
Projection Room An alright
room IN which cigars are smoked
and pictures are privately eXhib-
tied.
Studio A loahng place for IN
spectors from the Fire Department.
Art Director Any person claim
ing 20 know the difference between
a Louis XIV drawing room and
coal mine.
Comedy A comedy is any pict-
ure IN which some one * hit By
custard pie or smlttcn with bar
rel stave or kicked IN tho counte-
nance by the chief comedian.
Leading Man Any male indivld-
uai who wears a marcel way" and
srnles continually at the ladies'
Child Actress The sole support
OF a large family Of adults.
Actor One Who works nrc days
end looks for work twenty-five days
IN each month
And there are more definitions TO
come.
That Charles Richman. Of Nitagraph,
is willing 10 90 even 20 the extent o.
risking his life for his profession was
cvinced recently while he was working
under the direction OF Theodore Mar
ston IN The Surprises Of an Empty
Hotel" Richman bearded yacht the
hold OF which contained fifty pounds
Of dynamite. quantity Of black pow
der and many gallons Of Kerosene and
gasolcnc. all waiting 20 be exploded.
Richmaa knew that the explosives were
there enough 70 snuff out his life Do
tho twinkling Of an eye yet he never
faitered.
at is simply one of those things that
a successful photo-player must do
said Mr. Richman. later. II do not
think. however. that | could be per-
suaded 10 20 through such an expert
cnce again. and. even when ! knew
that | was supposed TO go on board
this yacht. | had faint hope that
would not have 70 go through with u.
suppose IL L. the same Oh a battlefield
that almost every soldier plunges
into the thick Of the battle Imbued by
the belief that nothing viii happen to
him
THAT belief is what tempted me TO
board this yacht. The yacht was the
Maynard. and she was a beauty. IL
seemed "A shame TO destroy her as Ut
terly a. that big load Of explosive
did few minutes after We finished
our last scene. We walked around the
deck as though we we're treRding on
eggs afraid 10 stamp our feet or even
sneeze for fear the dynamite might 20
Off. We acted and then sped away
from the doomed vessel as Fast as our
little launch could take Us. II IT ~
left 20 my choice 20 leap off cliff or
walk around within few feet Of fifty
hounds of dynamite all prmed 10 20
of. I'll do the leap. At least there Will
be enough left OF my remains 10 give
me decent burial"
The yacht Maynard was literally
blown TO toothpicks in Raritan Bay,
off Staten Island. recently, 70 furnish
a thrill i'm "The Surprises of an Empty
Hotel" 4 huge wrecking scow. ordered
by the United States government TO
remove the wreckage as possible
menace 20 navigation, could find no bit
Of wreckage large enough 20 bother
about.
Anna Held. with the quaint Champs
Elysees accent. showed an ingenious
deligh. when she heard for the first
time the Anglo-Saxon word hence
forth" During the production OF her
Morosco picture. Madame La Presi-
dente." she heard the word for the first
time in her life when her director
Frank Lloyd. gave one Of the actors
line for scene: And henceforth you
will always live IN Paris"
Anna Held. 70 whom film life was
novelty and who was accordingly that
much more observant OF everything
that went on. Strengthened alertly,
quite regardless that Ting Ting, her
s.. 900 Pegnese. was gnawIng at the
hem Of her frock.
Wa, YOU say, M'sieu Law-weed'
'enceforth ,"