Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-10
n HENRY PHOTOPLAY
BOOM Is INCREASING
Fine Arts Enters Ring With
Vitagraph With Production
of Famous Story
Ry the PhotOplay Editor

n uenry died before the movies had
.o, their present tremendous grip on
e:se reoplc OF "BaEdad on the subway" But
Nat stories. what plots, what characters
" could have evolved and woven over with
.ho magic electric texture of his slang
rhera are curously. few references to
notion pictures in any of Sidney Porter's
hooks more's the pity. However the movies
sye not neglecting the writer even If h"
sis neglect them. Nitagraphs series of
porter tales picturized has been attracting
a lot of attention. Now comes an announce
son, from Fine Arts that Director Chester
witbey is filming the final scenes of
"Nadame Bo-Peep,' in which Seena owen,
che Princess Beloved of Griiiiths "lntolor-
snce " will be starred. The work is being
completed at the Hollywood studios OF Trl-
angle.
po.peep of the Ranches" written in the
Neyday Of the authors success. When O.
uenry's death occurred in 1910, the silent
drama was still in very primitive stage
of development. In fact 1t is doubtful
nbe,her he ever looked forward to the time
rben his stories would be considered ideal
screen material. and companies would offer
better prices for the cinema rights than
be had been able to obtain for periodical
and book rights combined. However that
time has arrived.
II is said that Scena owen appears at her
sbeep country. She will he supported by
A D. Sears, +. \. Turner and other capable
Triangle players.
Last Saturday for the first time in menu
sry and as far as can he known. the first
time in history. the tower clock In Trinity
church New York, was wrong. 1t was in
correct for about half an hour. during which
time 1t was filmed for some scenes in THE
Mystic Hour" an Apollo-Art drama star
ring Alma HanlQn.
Several times in the action of the picture
the clock is shown--once at midnight. once
at a quarter to IL and once at 8. Director
Richard Ridgely and his camera man went
down at noon on Saturday to catch the clock
for the midnight scene. They stationed their
camera in the Empire. Buhdng. across
Broadway. and watched,
At II 80 the rain began. The doWnpOur
was so heavy that it was useless to attempt
any photography. SO the director dismally
watched the clock go to II, to IL 30 and
finally to /. And the picture was all finished
and cut, waiting only for these inserts.
At . o'clock the rain stopped RidgelN
got his idea lie found the sexton and put
his case up to him a refusal was made.
The director got in touch with higher au-
thorities and after talking an hour and a
half he obtained permission to have the
clock set back.
Americas entry into the war has had
decided effect on educational films and many
OF them are showing subjects relating to the
military.
particularly interesting subject is
shown by the International on its split reel
just released through the Pathe exchanges,
This 500-foot subject shows the making.
the launching and the trials of $50 sub
marine Chasers manufactured by the Elco
Company of Bayonne, ~ j., for the British
Government These chasers are in design
high powered and speedy motorboats, being
fitted with twin engines of $50 horsepower,
each of which drives the boats about
twenty-five miles an hour.
The film shows the different parts of the
boats being cut out and finished in Bay.
onne,, after which they were shipped to
Quebec. where the assembling plants are
situated. Very interesting and attractive
scenes of the launching ind the trials are
shown. The boats are eighty feet long and
look more like pleasure yachts than de-
stroyers of submarines. II is understood,
however, that the chasers have been doing
efficient patrol service in the North Sea and
that while they have accounted for nu-
merous submarines only three OF them
have been lost