The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-09
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George Wight, publicity man Of the
American Film Company, Santa Bar
bara, has been placed in charge Of the
company's scenario department, sue
cocdIng William Pigott. Mr.. Wight
will continue to direct the publicity
work Of the studio. He Is New York
and Chicago newspaperman and came
to the Flying A studios from the San
Francisco Examiner in February. The
American is in the market for the besN
in the way Of good stories by trained
writer's or we'll known authors.
From Los Angeles comes the sad
news of the death of Page Peters
the popular screen actor whose
friends stretched from coast to coast,
Caught by rip tide while swim
ming with a party of friends Peterl
was drowned at IIermosa Beach, Cal,
Mr.. Peters has been appearing In
Juvenile leads for the Oliver Moroscc
Photopldy Company and Pallas Pic.
lures and was one of the most well
liked actors both in and out Of the
profession.
The Four GrIlhams will be featured
the first half OF this week at the
Odeon theatcr. They are kid boxers
and they will put on boxing contests
taking on any hoy weighing UP to 10O
pounds and giving each n ten dollar
note for winning. Each weighs about
sixty pounds 1.-THE Convict's Honor"
n four reel special film showing up tho
Oregon penitontiary, will be another
feature and man who served. a term
in the prison will DO along to lecture
on the subject depicted.
Thomas II. Inco lost his boy actor
this week. when George Elwell, the
youthful prodigy whose work in
Triangle plays, particularly 1.-THE Raid
ers," won him instant recognition, en-.
listed in the California militia and de-
parted with his regiment to the Next
can border
Tho Univcrsul's director-comedlans
Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran have
finished their first production under
their now contract. II Is called xiii
the Umpire" and was written by Ben
Cohn Of the Universal stan.
Everybody loves a mystery play
and Frances Nelson with Arthur Ash
Icy are to be seen in What Hap
pened at %" a photo play of excep-
tional value and wonderful intensity,
great suspense with stars of known
ability directed by a genius and
production extraordinary In all Its
details at the 0rpheum theater to-
morrow. The story abounds In love
and adventure and is one Of the
Brady-made offerings advertised In
the Saturday Evening Post. 1t is In
ave acts. jean Sothern and Howard
Estabrook will also appear in another
chapter of "The Mysteries OF Myra."
A good story anent censorship was
told the other day by Charles W. Bart
lett, a Kansas City movie fan, while
visiting the Bahia studio at Long
Beach, California. It's good:
A movie fan died and was sent to
Pluto's domain. He instantly inquired
for a picture show, and was directed to
beautiful movie theater near by. Ad-
mission was free, music delightful, at
mosphere cool, seats comfortable, ush-
ers polite, and slides attractive, but
the reels had nothing but leaders on
them-there were no pictures.
'How about this?" inquired the In
dignant movie fan.
"Oh, all our pictures are censored"
answered the polite attendant,
"This is He'll" sadly murmured the
fan, MS he Jared forth to drown his
grief in flagon Of LIQUID fire.
= + =
Monday, the Robinson Grand will
present what the Paramount ex-
change believes to be the choicest
picture 1t has sent out through Its
service, namely, George Beban in
"Pasuuale." The plot is not COM
pllcated and the story is simple, but
the situations have been approached
80 carefully, with characterlzations
so clear-cut and SO nicely developed,
that in a number of places we have
dramatic scenes of remarkable APP
peal and strength. Mr.. Beban, as the
owner of a small grocery store In .
typical little town, actually makes
one feel that he is living the char
acter instead Of playing 1t. BE
makes one understand his affection
for his horse Colombo, and the man.
ner in which his feelings towards
the little italian girl he has adopt
ed and brought up are put over
makes the situations readily under.
standable. This offering is one Of
the biggest successes of the year, be.
cause Mr.. Beban's work in the past
has established him as an excep:
tional artist, and truly he has great
opportunity here. The added attrac..
ton Monday will be the Paramount
Photographs.