The Washington times., 1916-01-14
PHOTOPLAYS AND
PHOTOPLAYERS
By GARDNER MACK.
All Broa dWdylightS
Have No1u Become
"Bunedloafers,'
Says Hopper.
BY GARDNER MACK.

bungaloafers.''
The words were spoken bv De
Wolf Hopper when some one hap
pened to bump into him in the lobby
of the Alexandria Hotel. In Los Arr-
eeles. a day or two ago and asked
the reason for his being i'm Cali
fornia. 5000 miles from the center of
theatrical activity. while season
was In full swing. De Wolf h"s
signed a three-vear contract with t.
motion picture magnates. and he
wished to impress on his unestioner
that he il but one OF hundreds
when he compressed the prevailed
condition of the theatrical profession
into single expressive phrase. He
continued:
We've exchanged the spotlight
for the sunlight; the bsckdror for
the everlasting California hills:
Motel for regular house. We do
real hunting and fishing in the day
time. in placing Of hiring Swiss
waiter to flush our quail on toast or
en- hroche or tracking the lobster
Ia Newburg to its lair in the
dead of night and with the blare of
cabaret band. That's Why"
From time to time the announce
theatrical star to the motion picture
profession. temporary or permanent.
has been made. But the public has
really had little opportunity to
realize exactly what this has meant.
The Los Angeles public is about the
only section of the world which
has the dimmest sort of understand
ing of 1t all.
Some inkling of the condition Of
things might be obtained from a
lat tINat
Buren, wrote a friend here of a New
Year party given in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Van Buren, is with the Fox
company's studio forces as co-star
with William Farnum. The party
to which she referred was given by
one of the film-stage celebrities and
the guests included Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree, Miss Iris Tree. Mr..
and Mrs. William Farnum, Dustin
Farnum. David Griffith, Mary Pick
ford, Cecil de Mile and a few
others
\ faint IDEA of the theatrical prev
alencc in the population of Los
Angeles might also be obtained from
the announcement of the persons
prominent in the audience at the
with tn" Boston Opera company in
Los Angeles. These included Gerai-
dino FaTnr. Maud Allen. Cyril
Maude. Charlotte Walker. Julia
Dean. Edna Goodrich. Lou Telle-
gen. laura Hope Crews; Fanny
Mathnson. Ina Claire. Donald Bran,
Rlanchc Ring. Henrietta Crossman.
r. r. Warner. Eddie Foy. Marie
Tempest. Raymond Hitchcock. Flora
Zabclle. Nat Goodnvir. Edgar Sci
wvn. Orrin Johnson. Douglas Fair,
banks. Helen Ware, Jane Grey, ana
scores Of others.
And ravlowa herself. had hurried
from the motion picture colony 10
Boston to rchearsc and start her
regular Snason-beCause the ra'r
dancer, too. Us n photoplaHer now.
and appears in big spectacle
launched by the Universal COM
punv. ,
named are not just in Los Angeles
on a visit. but are there for the en-
tire season--somc Ct them Tor two
or threC seasons If they live out
fheir contractural obligations. 1t has
meant n lot to the motion picture
companies to get them 'nere am,
n,I;te lot more to the actors and
actresses to he there. In Los
angeles they have real homes, "s
nv Homer expresses it-they are
huucaloafors, each in his lttle
bungalow,
Mutt and JEFF have become motion
picture actors.
Bud Fisher. the creator of the two
famous pen and ink humorists. has
formed company for the promo,
ton of Mutt and jeff pictures. hnd
will shortly put out the inaugural
reel of what is promised Will be
weekly feature. Fisher believes
that he will be able to amDlify Mutt
and JEFF for the screen in such n
way that he fears the motion pic
lures may become more popular
than the regular newspaper editions
Of his stories In caricature. 1t will
be his endeavor. he states to make
the new pictures aldhg the same
lines as those that appear in the
newspapers except, of course. that
Mutt and JEFF on the screen will ap-
pear to be alive and will go through
their adventures in all parts OF the
worlds Each weekly film Will be
long enough to contain complete
adventure.
The Triangle Corporation appears
to have descended to solid earth
after its several months Of soaring
for two-dollar customers for motion
pictures and is about to inauGurate
new policy in its Knickerhocker
ThCater ~ Nc" York nv "nCagin"
s. T.. Rothapfel as manager. ard
retaining only enough seats at s. to
keep within its contract throwing
the rest of the house open at N and
20 cents. The Triangle people have
done some bis, things in the photo
play field They have maintained
higher standard of production and
of acting than has ever been done.
They have raised the tone of motion
pictures to a very high plane and
have proved everything they set out
4 to prOvo-eXcept that the public
would pay regular theater prices TO
see them. Enou2h of the public did
come IN N"w York to about pay
cXne"~CS. hut 70 more