Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-20
Film Chatter
Tribute to Tom Mix From yer sea.

Tribute to Tom Mix From over sea
Frank w. Chambers managing d.
rector of La Scala, Dublin. who is
building the largest theatre In the
! United Kingdom ON the site of the old
\ Metropole, Sackviile street. Dublin, to
cover an acre of ground. spent July
studying the moving picture game as
| played on American soil.
Mr.. Chambers visited the Fox stu
! dos at Hollywood, California. where
many scenes of the Tom Mix picture
are made. Leaving, the celebrated
overseas exhibitor appeared to be in
a brown STUDY.
"a penny for your thoughts" Of
fered Director Rosson.
Il can't get over that fellow Mix,
said Chambers. What an individu-
ality he has!"
'EvangeIine' for Schools.
So splendidly is the pathetic and
tragic beauty OF Longfellow's 'Ev-
angelina" portrayed in the picturiza-i
ton soon to be released hat requests
are being made by educational socie-
ties all over the country for permis-
sion to show it in the schools. No
picture, it is said, has combined such
inspiration and entertainment quail
ties.
In directing the production for Will
L ilall cOA, u. y. tydlo1 thC
| poets text so that all the compelling
simplicity is retained. Miriam Coop
err enacts the title role with that
charming restraint which character
ICES the entire production. All the or
iginal appeal of the classic is there,
with added strength, because now the
figures move before o where hereto
for you had to imagine them.
! Pearl White Near Death in Storm.
Pearl White, the Fox star, had n
narrow sea from death in the 100,
mile gale which swept over Greater
| New York and Long Island recently
destroying a number of hangers and
| airplanes at Mineola aviation field. At
tho same time she appeared in the
role of heroine and saved the two
children of her sister, Billy and Bud
dy Williams, from running panic
stricken into the surf.
Miss White vas with the children
| on the private beach of her 22-acre.
| estate at Bayside, L. l., when the brief
tornado broke. Grasping the young
\ sters by the hands, she started toward
! the house. The White estate contains
hundreds of handsome trees, a great
number of which went crashing to the
ground
One OF these, a huge maple, was
struck by lightning when Miss White
and the children were within a few
yards of it. The conclusion dazed the
star, who stumbled and lost her hold
on the children. The latter, wild with
terror, ran straight toward the surf.
Miss White regained control of her
self and overlook the youngsters at
the edge of the water.
The storm did $500 damage 10
the White estate, nearly 100 trees be-
ing blown Town. OF these rs were of
great value. one being a copper beach
100 years old.
Shot Adds Real Stuff to Movie.
Heroes proved plentiful on Long
Island Sound when a launch ran close
by a racing shell at the New York
Athletic Club course off Trayers Is
land and q shot rang out. Aboard the
shell, one of the oarsmen rose in his
seat. let GO his par, and slumped over
board. The launch from which the
shot had come kept on full speed.
Nearly were a dozen yachts I'M mo-
torboats, among them the Bobbit,
belonging to Lieutenant Commander
A. Jackson Stone, U. S. N. Command
er Stone and several others at once
made for the scene of the seeming
tragedy. While his fast power yacht
dropped a boat to pick up the oars
man, who was swimming feebly, the
yacht itself made after the shooters
launch.
Aboard another launch Director Ed
Dillon of the Fox organization chuck
led and urged the masked cameras not
to lose a moment of his realism,
Commander Stone got the wounded
hero all right-and Joined in the
laugh when he found it was George
Walsh, the William Fox star, getting
in one of the thrills of 1.-THE Winning
Stroke" his latest picture, in which
he rows for Yale in the Yale-Harvare
Varsity contest.
1t was impossible for Hale Hamilton
Motion picture actors a do a lo1
of things. In fact it has got sc nov
that the director and audience thinl
they can do anything in the world.
Hale Hamilton. who played a dua
role in his own story I'm His Bro
theirs Place at the Metro studiol
and at present is engaged in +Th
Fournusher'' recently found some-
thing he couldn't do. 1t was a honey
interior scene and Harry l.. FRANKLIN
was directing the star. Hamilton wa
supposed to enthuse over a bouquet OF
flowers.
"Smell them-show appreciation O
their perfume" said Franklin to tn
star.
"can't do it-honest." decleret
Hamilton.
whats the maternity? ?" inquir.
ed the director. got a cold. Hale2"
No, not at ALL" replied Hale, they
haven't any edor. Harry"
There is just the scent of a joke in
this