El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-25
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w presariO Of the new film
city for FL Paso. who will
reach here Thursday, writes that he
has just closed q contract with Ralph
Dean. who was a well known actor
on the stage for is years" said C. L.
Baton Mr.. Dean, said Mr.. ZieEfeld,
appeared under such management as
Charles Frohman. William Gillette.
Savage, Lieber and others. For five
years he was a stock director and for
the last three and a half years a very
prominent director and actor IN pic
lures. He was technical director for
the Frohman Amusement company IN
such pictures as The Builder Of
Bridges John Wade's Honor. -JOf-
frey, Conquest Of Canaan and The
WitchinE Hour He then became pro-
duciuE director and put on the fol-
bow Madame Sherry The Accom-
plice' The Song OF SiXUeuca-' on
account OF the big scale on which we
are going TO produce and owing 20 the
Dean has accepted q pos ton with US
as assistant director and viii work in
FL Paso with AR Powell
ct see wonderful DOss- niIItieS for a
moving picture play fra -StIl Jim.' by
Ton0-a WfI1sfa" said Mr. ZirEfe1f.
"Tu addition 20 q good strong gripping
story we can produce something worth
while fin showing the tremendous work
being accomplished by the United
states reclamation service. Further
the scenes are all laid I'm and around
El PasO and we can make some Won
dam. on the military reservation and
in the city itself There Will be some
tremendous construction camp scenes
and all together We can make up
feature film Of tremendous proper
uous Frank Powell read the book
and became even more enthusiastic
than I over its possibilities. 7 have
therefore just purchased the rights
from Houure WUlsie. and Powell is
already working on the scenario with
'The preachers came into their own
at the Atlanta convention OF the Eo-
rarians." said Rev. Charles T. over
street, delegate from the FL Paso Ro-
tary club. They were in evidence
every minute and took a leading part
in the convention A Presbyterian
minister was elected president Of the
national association and the leading
address at the convention was deliV-
cred by a Baptist minister. He was
DR. Jones. from augusta, and made a
the flag donated TO the national Ro-
tary club by the Boy Scouts Of Aueri-
ca AT Piedmont Park at Atlanta at
the great open air meeting Of the RO-
tariaus, the principal address was de-
livered by a Congregational minis
ter"
THE selection OF El Paso by VIII
liam X ZleEfeld as motion picture
center is giving this city the most
genuine publicity it could obtain"
said Frank Thayer. Every eastern
paper is now looking 20 FL Paso for
motion picture news Developments and
the many motion picture magazines in
the country are devoting a great deal
OF space 10 FL Paso and its possible
ties as the new motion picture center
of the United States. I have seen
scores Of articles in both big eastern
papers and magazines on FL PasO and
its possibilities for the motion picture
industry and an are most flatterinE
TO FL PasO- When the ZieEfeId COM
pany really commences its operations
here IL will prove one Of the biggest
means of getting publicity the city
has experienced
Complaints filed against any OF the
police officers, or for that matter any
city official, which I believe are JUS
ufiahle or warrant an Investigation
] viii file before the civil service
commission and order an investiga-
ton said mayor Charles Davis.