Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-11

cations of the widest read books In
the language. Not only current maya
zine literature is being seized upon
but every prominent producing COM
pany has a staff of noted writers
grinding out scenarios. The classics
have been invaded and required 10 de-
liver generously to the entertainment
of the millions who daily throng thru
the doors of the picture houses of the
land. Great stage successes have teen
trouc to the films. First and last
$1,000, 600 is not a sprinkling OF
the vast sum movie producers are an
nually spending in order to give the
great motion picture public worth
while entertainment Never, indeed,
has such an enormous expenditure
been poured out for this purpose. II
is true, there isn't a real strong, grip
ping story on the screen Of every thea
ter every day in the year. We ioubt
IL there are enough literary brains in
the nation to supply sufficient quantity
for this. To do so would require sew
eral thousand original productions
day. But the film attractions today
are better in every way and there are
more of them than at any time in the
history of the industry, Our lady
friend simply didn't know what she
was talking about-but she was talk
ing.
Since the above was written Vita
graph has paid Robert w. Chambers
$500 for eight of his famous stories
to be written or adapted from his
novels and which Vitagraph will pro-
duce the coming year. This is the
highest price ever paid for the rights
to any series of stories by any COM
pany in the United States-S1O.009
| for each story.
We didn't refer in the above to the
| immense sums being spent in the pro-
duction end of the movie business
sums ranging all the way from s25. =
900 to $4,000 to produce sin
ale picture; Of the high priced stars
the producers haXe brought to the
screen In such numbers that the reSu-
, lar stage was threatened for time
with depopulation.
Here are -four rules by which one
may he fairly successful in judging a
/ yhotoplay program and whether IL is
worth seeing. have found 1t so
| First, watch the name in the title
role. IL it's Theda Bara, Norma Tai
madge, Nazinlova. Mary Pickford,
| Marguerite Clark. Alice Jovce Eth Il
barrymore. clara Kimbail Young.
Geraldine Farrar. Jane Cowl, Dorothy
Dalton. Henry Y. walthall. Douglas
| Fairbanks or Bill Hart, you car gener-
ally depend upon getting your money s
worth This Will not always be true,
but about eight times out of ten IL
| will be Then YOU can get good tip
| by watching the name Of the author.
! n Rex Beach or Marguerite Mayo, or
| Kate Douglas Virgins or writers of
their reputation wrote II you ccn safc-
" gamble its q good picture. Third,
who is the producer? IF it's ID. W.
] Griffith or Cecil n. DeAfille or either
| OF the Isces, or Lawrence rrimhle or
| Herbert Bren IN or Marshal Neilian
you can feel equally safe. Finally the
| company-tho this Is the least depen-
liable guide If the four But in addi-
| tion to the companies with which the
well-known players above named are
| connected YOU cnn fairly well count on
/ getting your moneys worth from n
| William Fox feature or q Greater
Nitagraph. Sun you will occasionally
get "bitten" In spite Of all these tips,
| lust as YOU have been ''stung'' for y
| 81 seat in the regular theatet to see
n show that wasn't worth a quarter.
/ Somebody asked what has become
! Ct Blanche Sweet. Well Blarche has
| disappeared from the screen and from
stories we have heard. her f'm sun
has set Too bad. Other former fav-
| orites have been crowded into the
background during the past two years
! BY the treme ndous influx Of big stage
Stars into screenland. Somebody had
to give way TO Maxine Elliott, Geral-