Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-15
PHILADELPHIA MOVIE
TALENT FACES CAMERA
FOR FIRST TIME TO-DAY
,.o,ior Scenes for Photoplay
Sphil and Delphine," Writ
ten by Philadelphian'
Are Made
cAsT SELECTED BY VOTES

=. ph,ladelphians, representing al
IWei'.. soction Of the city, and cast for
major parts in the all.Ph,laue'pn'a
wv .,on,av. written by Philadelphiah ana
p" nv PhIladelphians, began the WORK
SCI s,auction this afternoon at the Luoin
Of >,,,o+eenth street and Indiana
suu'o The photoplay, phil and Del
"en' u.-,,ton by Adrean Gil Spear, Is
pninO p,,.n of stirring scenes and carefully
proouss oo,ion embracing n comprehensive
plotleu "a philadelphia life, and showing
picture ~ the city familiar to the sight
..srs and residents.
,,.a,- the auspices OF the EVENING
Uhuei ,,o NAV will be produced this week
bhDoLo "Lo,rn in many Of the prominent Ihe'
shu ~ the city within snort tline' lne
hrio and cast were selected III coh'ests
ss0.dncted by the EVENING LEpShS ias'
conusS August of the hundreds OF man
July az ,bev read. Stanley Mastbaum pres
! usor.pS 20 the Stanley Booking Company, and
loen tyareer director general of the Metro
any naA decided "Phil and Delphine' was
Comps; scenario submitted to them as
uns NE ~ the contest. Mr.. Gil Spear won
nrIye Of 500 for the scenario
MEMBERS OF CAST ELECTED
,or,b after the prize.winning scenario
= heen chosen, the contest for member
ns,n ,n the cast closed and the names or
snp sprs we're announced. An opportunity
.nnoar in "Phil and Delphine' was given
W., man. woman and child in Philadel-
Mo The successful contestants were
sbossn by the votes of their friends. The
,a.nortance of the parts in the play assigned
.npU, npe,,ocassfuI contestants was based upon
~. ~ nnn,ber of votes cast for those who
ssnired to appear.
accordingly when Miss Alice Andron. a
.,,,dert In the Philadelphia School of EX-
nrssslon, polled a total of 115,1S0 votes,
she was automatically given the woman's
alead." Mort Elseman, a student at Central
uigh School, was given. 6S,030 votes This
was the largest numbeI cast for any boy
or man. He is to play "opposiye" Miss
Andron, herself a student at the South
philadelphia High School for Girls.
There are twelve major parts provided
nv the scenario. The twelve who will play
them are Miss Andron, Mr. Eiseman, Miss
Alexandrina Kelly. sol East Walnut lane /;
Daniel O'Neill, 119 North Twenty-first
street; John J. Fitzpatrick. 1881 South
Eleventh street; Peter Gillon, 675 North
Fifteenth street; Portus II. Acheson 6043
Spruce street; Eileen Sheridan, 2435 Lom-
bard street Margaret O'Neill 241O South
Sixteenth street; Winnie Murphy PAT Rox-
borough avenue Peggy Taylor. 1854 North
Twenty-ninth street, and Henry l.. Fox,
Ridley Park, Pa.
MANY OTHER PLACES
There we're many besides those who polled
the requisite number of votes to win place
among the successful They were given
smaller parts, varying in Importance with
the number Of votes received. There were
many places in the play for extra people "
These were assigned to the remaining con-
testants who polled more than 1000 votes
wherever place was made for them.
As many of the principals as were
needed from the twelve major parts went
before the camera for the first time This
afternoon. Lowell r. Stark, director OF
Phil and Delphine," an experienced di-
rector who has produced for the Kalem
Vitagraph, Henry Savage and Metro COM
panies, is in charge of all the work of
ASSEMBLING the phOtoplay.
me cast made a number of interior
scenes this afternoon. Tomorrow there will
o. more interior scenes, with some outside
II the light is favorable. Friday the entire
company will assemble for some of the big
scenes, both interior and exterior 1t is
MI, Starks expectation that the whole PLAY
Will be Photographed before next week.