The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-16
Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan
Facts and Figures
FAMOUS PLAYERS FOR I
LIBERTY LOAN FILMS

Stars of the opera, the theatrical
world and the movies themselves are
hard at work on patriotic lays to be
used in motion picture houses or the
country in connection with the Fight
ing Fourth Liberty Loan campaign.
Under the Craftsmanship of Adolph
Zukor of the National Association OF
the Motion Picture Industry the theat-
rical forces are being gathered to-
gether for the solid support of the
United States and the boys "oyer
there"
Nine. ALA Nazimova, Enrico Caruso,
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Drew, Elsie Fer
guson, Marguerite Clark, John Barry
more, Billie Burke Clara Kimball
Young, George NJ. Conan, and host
of others have taken advantage of the
privilege extended them of giving
their services in the making of pic
lures which shall carry definite mes
sage for this country in her time Of
need.
Peter j. Schaeffer, president of the
Motion Picture Exhibitors League of
America, Sydney S. Cohen, president
of the New York State Motion Picture
Exhibitors League, the Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation, Thomas II.
Ince, and other organizations and p6r-
sons connected with the production or
distribution Of motion pictures have
pledged their full cooperation for the
new loan.
The title presentation of all the pic
lures will be uniform and will bear the
official imprint of the Treasury De
partment together with an inscrip
ton to the effect that the picture was
made and distributed through the co
| operation of the National Association
1 of the Motion Picture Industry.
| The pictures will be booked to The
| exhibitors free of charge. 1t is planned
| TO have each exhibitor run differen
| picture every day of the drive. The
, handling of the distribution is expect
ed to be a comparatively simple mat
ter as 5000 prints are TO be in circula
1 ton.
AS all of the negatives and one pos
tive print of each picture must be il
the hands Of the committee by Angus
IS, the motion picture industry may b
said to be given-over just now to tn
production of patriotic films, forminl
q solid phalanx behind the boys in til
trenches and upholding the hands Q
the government in its prosecution c
the war.
Douglas Fairbanks, William
Hart, William Farnum, Dustin Fa'
mum and many others already hav
completed their pictures. Upon r,
+ quest of William L. Sheriff., presider
: of the Sherman Amusement Corpor;
ton, that he write the story for til
: picture in which Jack Sheriff. is to /
I starred, Arthur Brisbane not onl
!. wrote the story but also column ed
torial commencing the plans of Il
{ ZukOr committee.
In addition to separate pictures fea
uring Enid Bennett, Dorothy Daitc
and Charles Ray, there will be a sp
cial picture by Thomas H Ince
2 which the director viii give his i'd,
Il Of the way to sell Liberty bonds.
Il Participation in this work by NJ
4 ard Mrs. Sidney Drew is especial
IS noteworthy as MIR. Drew's son, S. Ra
f kin Drew, was the first member
the motion picture industry to
= killed in France in the service of
" country Mr.. and Mrs Drew are nc
appearing on the legitimate stage a.
!, wrote that they would be glad TO ma
a picture but owing to the fact tn
n, they are not now connected with a.
st producing organization had no stud
NJ to work in. The Famous Player
r Lasky Corporation offered the use
If either of its eastern studios and t
= Drews have promised to have tht
contributions ready on time. Villa
Mack is making a 1000 foot pictu
starring Pauline Frederick. D.
Griffith is personally directing the p
ture in which Lillian Gish is to
pear