Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-26
Ok empress REFUSES
IS = NfS Az -
j. PUBLICATION OFFERS
Cseless for American Publishers TO
Try to Secure Memoirs
$50 of Eugcnic.
'HrETER PAN" IN hoNDoN AGAIN
British Movies Prove Sad Disap-
appointment to Yankee Soldiers.
vslTcw Films Being Shown-Onc
of English Woman Fighters.
ny HAYDEN CuUmCu.

LONDON. January !a,-t.very once
ina while some cntcrprisiu g Ah'Ei-
CAN publisher achieves the idea Of gel
ting hold of the ex-Empress Ehsen'"'s
Memoirs. for il is known that She hsS
locked away in her safe - Farh-
borough letters and documents OF ih'
greatest interest ana value I:l lat;.
one American publisher decided 4 !ew
wears go that he believed the book. i
iralcould he obtained would 10 ;h@
tjcgest plum, from a puhiiSher's view
point ut that time available ir tn
whole world lie hadN come eve" "s-
pscialy 10 see II he oou!dn', somehow
nick this plum. whichever i m!GH; '"si;;
taknow of :, big agency fgn tfr- Aid
before Her Majesty an Offer hat
worked out ~ abou; $iop.ooo. .or world
rights. withou; getting more man
polite negative in response. ra- SUP
jcct came up again this wN't a; n"
:ustisation OF vs: another Amer AN
publisher. u can he Sc, ~ r">i once
for all by the t'powinG coininGni'a-
1.-The Empress Eugene has Meve: ha"
any intention OK publishing her me
n,oirs. So greatly d"e- she "oJ"2: -
this ever being done 'sren after her
Will, and prosecution wouii follow amy
one violating her wishes
That may save steamer fare Tor
various ott1er publishers Incidentally.
Am erican publishers contemplating
RIP 20 London to pick up good things
Tor mex; yea: may we'll save themselves
tha trouble The few who have al
-eady come over mud that. aside from
IA. dozen OF 50 ohv;ously desirab : "a,
memoirs. mostly Elready captured
there is little on the market hcre that
vas worth coming for, the '~ndency OF
the English publishers being moe and
more 70 ofc- :; once IN America what
avg. they have suitable Coy he Ameri-
csn ma.Se;. instead "a. 'o!ding it up
as they used 80 do. mt the Amer,
sCr-cE v.Si-Er,UaS.
sPETER Pan" APPEARS
FOR THIRTEENTH YEAR
Eo- he twelfth .: ;hirteen;h yesr
,sHoas fairy play. 1Fster pam, is
aeou; 10 b revived herr as hoiiday
young. -Ap-opos, hear auihoritatiNc'y
ska. Si- James has been offcred--,md
rss retused-sioOooo for the ;iim
lights in this. perhaps. most mae!na-
I've cf his stage pieces.
= visit 10 British movies thta,s-
is now, by the way. saddenine cX-
i;erience. as many American soldiers
aud sailors are discovering. There ar"
view, such as Charlie Chaplin in
"Shouidcr Arms" which has just been
released here, but, generally speaking.
picture palace programs throughout
Eng and consist OF such Il succession
of sheer rubbish---moSt OF ii, ono muss
confess. of American origin. as one has
rarely seen on the screen. This is the
case because British exhibitors. for
want OF new material. have been oh
liSed 10 ransack their s;orrrooms auc
unearth q lot OF old junk which. wcro
ii not for the rrcsen, emergency. hey
would never dream Of showing.
New AMERICAN FII.MS
~. GETTING sCAnCE
The expla nation is twofolI, New
Inns are not coming from the United
states ANYTHING like as freely as OF
gore, and British producing firms are
not. al the moment. prepared 10 max.
mp the deficiency. They are eager 10
do so. and have The machinery al!
ready for the production OF Br'ieh
pfroto-plays but are hampcrcd by "A
Surprising dearth OF material for them
;o.work on The dearih is due "a The
fact that British authors or repu;'. for
the mos; par, hold aloof from the
6Ims.
An experience OF the Idea, Film Com
pany, one OF the leading producin.
firms in this country, is case in poin;.
Some time ago they offered a prize OF
$1,000 for Il j e0G-word story dealing
9Th the capital and labor problem.
With view OF attracting the a,;en-
ton OF the best writer's. the Authors'
Society was consulted on The question
Of the terms Of the competition aud
these were advertised in the leading
Literary Journals. II was so much waste
of time. for. though the terms were
liberal. not one author of reputation
made an a'temr;~to gain tho prize,
PROMINENT WRITER'S SPURN
TO WRITE FOR MOVIES
This fai;afe o& British writer's Of
prom in ertc 10 take advantage OF The
vast possibilities o: The cinema MAY
be due to native conservatism or
which is more likely. Ia be tho fact
lh3t. up 20 now. British firms IN gc,i-
crai have no; hccn ab(c la offer any
thing like such rates for scenarios as
are paid ny big FIRMS in the United
States. Wha, makes the prcSen, Situa-
ton here particularl" unfortunate -
Famous IN a Dau