The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-01
Two Motion Pictures VIII Be
=. Produced as Spoken Drama
Il Next Season.
"THE CHEAT" TO BE FIRST
Theatrical Manager Also Sc
cures Rights to "The Heart
of Nora Flynn"

me mountain OF theatrical produc-
t,cn is moving SLOWLY toward the
motion iictvre Mahomet!
An in,portant theatrical manager
has Announced with u number OK
sd,ccti,es praising his enterprise IN
having secured the right to produce
on the stage as q spoken drama
popular; motion picture play!
And the announcement OF this
fret manager Is to be followed With
in a day or two by announcement
from another manager that he has.
too. secured the rights to the stage
production Of a motion picture play!
IL is not unreasonable to suppose
that within a year or so 1t will be a
common thing to see plays ard plots
winding Themselves in and about the
STAGE and linking the sisters In art
like q rsir of dramatic twins.
IL Ia with some satisfaction TO mo-
ton picture patrons that the an
. nouncenent is received from Al IL.
Woods that he llss perfected ar
rangemcnts with Hector Turn,uli.
OF the Lasky company to produce
The Cheat oil the stage. While
formal announcement has not yet
been made, another sc Mr.. Turn
bulls photoplays In also to be given
stage Prediction ''The Heart Of
Nora Flynn
Sees Conditions Change.
THE Cheat" will be remembered
as the production in which Fannie
Ward was featured by the Lasky
Company. The Heart Of Nora
FLYNN Is the Marie Doro picture
which the Lasky Company also pro-
duced and which received such
favorable comment here last week.
Mr. Turnbull was formerly drama
tic editor of the New York Tribune.
and left that post to become chief
of the scenario department of the
Lasky Company, under the general
direction Of the DeMllle brothers.
Mr.. Turnbulps experience Is an in
teresting illustration OF the fact that
the screen has passed the day where
It fnds itself dependent upon ma
novel.
ut was only a short time ago."
says Mr.. Turnbull. when the screen
was almost wholly dependent upon
plays or well-known novels suitable
for translation to the motion picture.
The photodrama as an art has de-
veioped along lines quite parallel to
1T was only natural that the stage
and the library should furnish a
fund OF material. but II was not
necessary that the screen was to be
wholly dependent upon these re-
sources. II for no other reason than
the fact that several million people
VIII see every good feature that is
spiration for well-known writer's to
concentrate upon the motion picture.
I'm. no medium, not even the news
papers or national magazines. has
the man who has something to say
so receptive and 40 enormous an
audience as that provided by the
motion picture.
New Departure Natural.
"As for the adaptation to the
stage Of well-known screen plays
Il follows as a natural course that
his Ii to be a step in the evolu-
ti9H and DEVELOPMENT.
The motion picture when IL does
uccessfuHy translate to the screen
well-known stage production.
levertheless leaves Its actors mute
poken word. The fact that the
Green has been able to overcome
this handicap by accentuating the
other features OF entertainment and
Illusion Is not TO disparage the
motion picture, but on the con-
trary to compliment II.
There have been. however. sew
eral original photoplays which
possess splendid opportunities for
the dramatic stage. When you
consider that these first OF all have
to compete successfully with filmed
versions of dramas. 1t follows as a
natural course. that when they are
bedecked and elaborated with care
full dialogue their potency on the
stage Will. be as marked and as
effective as the best plays written
essentially for the drama"