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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA.
ITJBDAY, APRIL 17, 1915.
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: Foreign Film Studio
in Germantown Opens
! ''flut Philadelphia Is t' logical plnco
i , th manufacturer o films Is evidenced
by the opening of a studio In Germantown
b the Foreign l'llm Corporation, Incor
porated under tho laws of Delaware, and
festered In tills State,
i In coins through tho "plant" ono la Im-
, j,rccd with tho slzo of tho place and
the attention mo oniLcra uim jiiuiiukcih
Mid to detail In Installing every modern
tppllcance known to tho motion plctiuc
The Indoor studio contains live stages,
Dbllng five directors to work nt ono
ilmo. Tho property rooms are jammed
with "props" and n storugo hoiiso. away
from tho studio l used for the extra
f'nmnfl "
Much thought was given to the dressing
roomi, building them roomy and well
Ventilated, tho management bcllovlng In
the phjslcal comfort of tho actors.
'Tho outdoor studio adjoins tho main
building, and for bucIi pictures that need
country scenes, quarry, lalto and moun
tain, tho studio farm is used.
Th classes of pictures manufactured
are comedies, educational and industrial,
rrof. J- Thomas Arntz, Jr., Is the innn
Igcr In charge of the educational nnd In
dustrial pictures, nml G. Gunttnri, tho
president of the corporation, supervises
tbo Importation of Dims and pictures of
entertainment.
Chevalier Gunttnri, n member of tho
firm, has his headquarters in Rome, Italy,
where all foreign Minis are reviewed be
fore being shipped to this country. Tho
Foreign Film Corporation represents tho
Vera Film of Homo nnd tho La Film
tlraflcn of Naples.
The officers, manngois and directors
ire men known In tho "trade" and ex
perienced In the manufacture of "mov
ies." Carl Von Hoffman, tbo youngest
moving picture director, better known In
the newspaper world ns the "Count," nnd
known to tho public as the camera man
who went with Roosevelt to the wilds of
South America, nnd who took tho pic
ture of General Vllkv, Is nssoclatod with
the corporation In tho cupaclty of di
rector. The officers arc G. Guattarl, president,
ind II. II. Swartz, secretary and treas
urer, with offices at 2j1 North 13th Btreet.
llr. Guattarl promises many Innova
tions In the films and is much pleased
I with the prospects.
70THUB Ml MJTFHEWS.
IN LUBIN rSXWttJ
Arcadia Theatre Ready
One of the handsomest and most mod
ern of theatres devoted exclusively to the
production of high standard photoplas.
ornuto In architecture and decorations nnd
complete In equipment to the smallest
detail Is the Arcadia, located on the north
side of Chestnut street, enst of 16th,
which Is to be formally opened on Satur
day next.
Tho opening attraction will be the
Vltngrnph picture, "The Juggernaut," to
bo followed by the Fox ntm "Kreutzer
Sonnta," and tbo same company's "Tho
New Governor," a film version of Ed
ward Sheldon's play, "Tho Nigger."
It Is said by tho Arcadia manage
ment that the new playhouso Is tho Una!
step In tho long series of strides, or,
intlier, leaps, which within the Inst two
years has lifted the picture play from
tho ranks of tho commonplace and given
It and the theatre housing it a stand
lng and prestige which are not to be
gainsaid by even the most captious critic
or doubting Thomas.
It wan never contemplated to make
tho Arcadia a huge convention hall or
auditorium, or even a big theatre. Tho
slzo of the valuablo site of location on
Philadelphia's most excluslvo business
MALVJNB LOOE-L, OF TfC
tVVW FILMS
street precluded the possibility of this In
the llrst place.
What was Intended nnd what has bcon
accomplished Is tho presentation to tho
public of a bijou palace of modern cntcr
tnlnmeut; one Incklng in not a single com
fort, clement of attractiveness or safety,
nnd cnpnblo of comfortably accommodat
ing BOO patrons nt each performance. Tho
location and tho beauty of the thcatrq
Insure that this patronage will be drawn
from the very classes thnt tho playhouse
was established to cater to.
In the matter of Interior decorations
and modem tinnltntlon nnd vcntilatl'in
projects, many thousands of dollars have
been spent ulone, with tho result that
restful nnd healthful ease may be enjoyed
nt all seasons among the most beautiful
surroumllnsH.
The music lo a feature to which unspnr
Ing time and attention have been given.
There has been Installed a Kimball or
chestral organ, the most complete in
strument of Its kind In this country.
board, declares emphatically that tho po
llco department will do no moro censor
ing, nnd dcclnres that no pictures will bo
banned unless citizens make complaint,
when the department will send n man to
Investigate tho particular picture com
plained of, otherwise, nil policemen who
have been censoring films will bo with
drawn from that duty.
Detroit Now Censorless
Detroit Is one city In the country which
will not suffer from censorship for somo
time, nt least. At least, if Detroit citi
zens want motlon-plcturo censorship,
they will have to do the censoring them
selves, as tho money which pievlously
was used for defraying the expenses of
censorship In Detroit has been nil ex
pended. Commissioner Gillespie, of tho police
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New Era
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Film
Manufacture
O. K. COMEDY CO.
MINERVA FILM CO.
CLARION FILM CO.
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Made in America
Wholesome Laugh Makers.
The "Feel Happier" Kind.
Educational, Instructive, Spell-binding.
Satisfies a Long Felt Want:
Pictures of the Shop, the Factory, the Mill.
The Tie Between, Producer and Consumer.
Films From Abroad
INTER-OCEANIC FILM CO. Exclusive Features
Highest Standard.
Offices
FOREIGN FILM CORPORATION
-251 N. 13th Street 20 E. Herman Street
13th Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Studio
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
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REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LEADING CITIES ON THEN AMERICAN CONTINENT AND EUROPE
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Thanhouser Starts Anew
Tho Thanhouser Film Corporation,
which was Incorporated In May, 1912, with
n capital of $100,000, has filed with the
New York Secretary of State n ccitlflcalc
of voluntary dissolution, nt the same tlmo
Incorporating the Thanhouser Kllm Com
pany, with principal olllee In Itlchmond,
Va., capitalized at $1,000,000. The direc
tors of the concern nro Crawford Living
ston, of New York city; William W.
Ciump, William Shallenbergcr, Richmond,
Va.
Griffith on Poe
"Thcro Is no wonder," said D. W.
Grimth, whoso masterly photo-drama,
"Tho Avenging Conscience," Is now at
tho Chestnut Street Opera House, "that
Hdgnr Allan Too wns able to sound al
most every human emotion. Of course,
his genius would liavo asserted Itself
under any circumstances, but tho fact
that ho experienced tho pangs of hun
ger nnd that ho also had lived for a
long pnrt of his early llfo In luxury made
him universal In his understanding nnd
In his analytic quality. This struck mo
espcelelly when I read 'The Tell-Tnle
Heart,' from which 1 hnd suggestion for
the theme of 'The Avenging Conscience.
His own snd life made him the keener
nnalylst and In everything ho wrote there
was tho mark of genius. In reading Poc's
llfestory I was deeply Impressed, nnd I
una especially touched by tho appeal that
was made by his brother poet, Nathaniel
I'arkcr Willis, for Poe, when ho was liv
ing In u little cottage at Fordham, JUBt
outsldo New York, with his dying wife
and her faithful mother. Truly Poe wns
more deserving than his countrymen of
his day found him. Just think of that
magnificent creation, 'Tho Haven.' sell
ing for $10 yet that was all ho received
for tho poem. Ho gave us much nnd he
obtnlned llttlo In return. Hut had he
lived thcro would liavo been oven grcator
achievements. He himself felt that he
had not given of his best, for ho wrote.
No man has recorded, no man has dared
to record, tho wonders of his Inner life.
"Sty efTort In making tho picture wns
to do Justice, In my own poor wny, to an
Imnglnatlvo genius. I have sought to give
the picture the glamour of romance nnd
to depict beautiful scenes and entrancing
happenings with as rare art as the cam
era permits. Yet 1 did not mint to sac
rifice any elements of the story to por
tiuy the moie unlovely emotions or hap
penings of gruesome or thrilling nature.
The public's acccptunco of the picture Is
quite as much n gratification to me be
cause of appreciation of a slnccro effort
ns aro tho financial returns."
WORLD FILM CORPORATION
LEWIS J. SELZNICK, Vice Pres. and Gen. Mar.
I'RKSUNTS
JULIUS STEGER
IN HIS FAMOUS PLAY
The Fifth Commandment
IN FIVE ACTS
WORLD FILM CORPORATION, 1314 Vine Street
Coming!
THE JUNGLE
Film Version of UPTON SINCLAIR'S
Sensational Novel, With
GEORGE NASH GAIL KANE
CLARENCE HANDYSIDES ALICE MARC
ROBERT PATON GIBBS AND OTHER STARS
METROPOLITAN BOOKING OFFICES
HARRY BRYAN, Manager
Filbert 2484
Other Feature Film
in Preparation
1316 Vine Street
The Art Film Co. 25th phdIS6,
I WILL PRESENT LAURA
' . NELSON
1 In a Series of Features H jOk II
If N J JLXjLI rfll j i
I OUR FIRST RELEASE IN MAY
I The Stubbornness of Geraldine
J IN FIVE REELS BY CLYDE FITCH
I PRINCIPALS OF OUR STAR CAST
I Mias Marie Empreas 1 Mr. Vernon Steel
I Miss Mary Moore Mr. Stanley Harrison
I Miss' Daisy Belmore Mr. Jules Ferrer
1 General Director, Mr. Gaston Mervale I
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VITAGRAPH
PROMINENT PERSONAGES
LITTLE MARY ANDERSON
AUDREY BERRY
CHILI) ACTKUS3
BILLY BILLINGS
JACK BRAWN
VAN DYKE BROOKE
JACK BULGER
NAOMI CHILDERS
BOBBIE and HELEN
CONNELLY
RICHARD LESLIE
FRANK LE STRANGE
HUGHIE MACK
ESTELLE MARDO
MARY MAURICE
THOMAS MILLS
GARRY McGARRY
KARIN NORMAN
GEORGE COOPER
ARTHUR COZINE
FRANK CURRIER
NICHOLAS DUNAEW
WILLIAM DUNN
MURIEL OSTRICHE
EVART OVERTON
KATE PRICE
EDWINA ROBBINS
ALBERT ROCCARDJ
EDWARD ELKAS TEMPLER SAXE
FLORA FINCH PAUL SCARDON
HELEN GARDNER WILLIAM SHEA
BETTY GRAY ANITA STEWART
JULIA SWAYNE GORDON EDITH STOREY
JOE HALPIN CONSTANCE TALMADGE
MAE HALPIN NORMA TALMADGE
GLADDEN JAMES ROSE TAPLEY
ZENA KEEFE 1 WALLY VAN
DOROTHY KELLY LILLIAN WALKER
JOHN T. KELLY CHARLES WELLESLEY
NANNA LAUGHLIN EARLE WILLIAMS
HARRY T. MOREY
Answers to Correspondents
CONSTANT ItnADKU.-Charlcs Chaplin naa
born In England. Hate no correct Idea of
hl salary
HUKSIA.V ACTOIt.-lIe Is about SO; born In
England: playing for movies nbout rlvo sears.
He plajed In vaurleVllto In an Imported sketch
'J'te' "A N!htln . Music Hall." No Idea
."'" "' M lory, If ou heard him
jn uiinsn wnen nngrj-, jou would not bellve
tn.n.t he nag dcif and dumb, as you wire
told,
JOSEI
If o-i.-
our letier no Mould Judco that
la not acfnarlo writing-. There Is
book required: lust ntaln ,.
Piom the general tenor ot
your rorio
via HtMtnlnl
,wi, .... ui: ..; 7'-. "-'" "."" "'"."
"vn Kuuiiru: in hi nnm mnAP
on ,ne. ldc of the paper only.
Jhenlil hae about so to 2S scenes.
.i.e. n, imivia OI mo plot iirst.
hiH'i!iIJ?'V?--V.'T,re Weeks" nas rrle.tsed
oy the Itellnble realuro Kllm t'oiupans . lead-
Write n.
Itadlrfs man,
well-known
tjtnA
, Your
Inc nr.man. Madeleine Troves.
Mahlnn ILlmlltom nnnA nf tho
MonrcH In cs.st. Photoplay actln Is hard
nork and stars have no tlmo for "aiaainess."
Of course there Is jealousy even as II Ml its
In 81.01" store or o barbershop. Acior you
mention Is no lonter with Lubfns. Have. n
Information ronccrnlnK Teirl Whlte'a nt re'
lease: sue is not inrousn wun i.mine
i-ost of film to which you refer Is about,
n nlzht for nrat shonlnor In vicinity. 1
rc,n,i In .Uu (!. nlflvera Is Unellf1 foe
The crcntcst nelors In the world hare been
and are Jens, vlr . Bernhardt. Beerbohm Tree,
l.o-vla Waller, Mary Mannerlng-, David War
field, ele.
VAt.Tnil.-Th tallest aclor that ever P
peared In Hie films was one of the giraffes
(name unknown) used In a Sells picture. Th
shortest Is probably Will Archie, seen In "Tha
Fairy and the Wolf.' a .World Film release.
Addrces Ihc VlUgrapli player you name, ear;
of the Vltngrnph Company, of America, East
l.-.lh at. nbd Locust ave., Drookljn, N, T
I LIBIN'S
PROMINENT
PERSONAGES
JOSEPH KAUFMAN
Director Leads
MARGARET MOORE
1IKAVIK.S
.'osnrii K,u:rM,N co.
GEORGE S. TRIMBLE'
Characters
ETHEL CLAYTON
Leads
MARIE WTSTERLING
Characters
DAISY EVANS
JOSEPH W. SMILEY
, Director Leads
WILLIAM W. COHILL
.Tinriiller-,lns. W. Hinder Co TlioHlilte
MnU Ituleil nt Ten .Millions
JAMES J. CASSADY
Characters
.IPS. V, JJMILIJY COMPANY
jack Mcdonald
..-. Clmrncler Sinn
'TATHY IlOI.IVAIl" HHItlKS
CHARLES F. LEONARD
Chnrnrtrrn
"tiif: BvNnn.r
LILIE LESLIE
Leads
- WILLIAM H. RAUSCHER
.luirntle
JACK I'lllNCi: In 1'nlsy llnlUar Berlea
" JOHN SMILEY
IIEAVV CHATtACTIHtS
In. W. Smiley Company.
EDWARD ABBOTT
CHAUACTKItS
,IOS. W. HMJI.UY CO.
GEO. S. BLISS
Oli! Trapper In
tup. tii m'pkh" HBvr.vnn
MR. BARRY O'NEIL
Feature Productions
GEORGE SOULE SPENCER
Feature Productions Leads
RUTH BRYAN
iNOKM'n i.K.ns
Mr. Harry J'Nell'a Compnny
FRANKIE MANN
Ingenue Dlrrrllon Harry O'Nell
ROBERT E. GRAHAM, JR.
Willi Mr. Harry O'Nell'a Co.
ALAN QUINN
"SPOItTINO IHTIIKS.S" ullh Hn. Cogh.
, Ian nnilJ'lllSTIHCT ATTHItNEV"
DOUGLAS SIBOLE
Willi Mr. 0'Xfll'aJLVnurelroiliiellon
MILDRED GREGORY"
Leads
WALTER HITCHCOCK
"The Climbers"
FERDINAND TIDMARSH
With
J1AHIIY O'NKIIS AI.ISTA!CO
EDITH RITCHIE
Feature Productions ulth
Jlr. O'Nell.
ELEANOR BARRY
Wltli Mr. O'KcH'a Company
GEORGE CLARKE
III MK. nAIIIIY O'NKIIS
I'HATl'lli: PltOIICCTlONS
FLORENCE HACKETT
Leading Heavies
ARTHUR WM. MATTHEWS
Drnrnn Mirrgnltl In llii Kvnngellst
IRII HICKS In The College ' Widow
EDGAR JONES
Director Leads
JUSTINA HUFF
I.HAHS
Direction of Ktlg-nr Jones
EDWIN B. TILTON
CIIAIIACTKIIS
nnciAK ,ioni;s company
GEORGE J. GOWEN
Edgar Jones Company
" NANA BARNES
CHAUACTKItS
Direction HDUAtt JONKS
LOUISE HUFF
Leads
"EDWARD" LUCK"
ASSISTANT HIIlKCTOIt
HilRar Jones Co.
LOUIS MORTELLE
IIKAVIE8
Kilgar .loncHjCompany.
HARRY E. LOOMES
Feature In Itlilluir t Itnplne All Char
acters Knnwnln Western Atmosphere.
GILBERT ELY
WILBERT MELVILLE
Director Western Company.
I.oAnnreleri. Cat.
L. C. SHUMWAY
Lend I.uhln'K Western Compnny
I.n. AnccIeM, Cal.
VELMA WHITMAN
Ix'ariti I.nliln'n Wefltrrn Compnny
1m AnxreleM, Cat.
ROBERT GRAY
Iealrf Lnhtn'ri UVtrrn Company
Iso Armrlri. Cal.
ARTHUR HOTALING
Mann Rln it Director Houthern Studio,
fnckHnnvllIe, Florida.
MAY HOTELY
LEADS
.Ini'ksnnvllli-. I'lorldn, Studio
ARTHUR JOHNSON
Director Leads
ELEANOR BLANCHARD
( hnrnrler l.i'iuN
Aimillt .IIIIINMINS COMI'XNV
RICHARD DIMMICK
PHOTfltiltAPHEU
Arthur tfolinson Co.
MITCHELL
J. H. De WOLFF
.MM' ATIIOSI'IIEHE Willi
HKST I lltM IN ril.MIIIIM
PATSY DE FOREST
Ingenue Leads
GEORGE W. TERWILLIGER
Dl rector An llior
EARL METCALFE
lnilr Trrnllllffrr Company
KEMPTON E: GREENE"
l'TZrt Terwilliger C0;
HERBERT FORTIER
I'HAItACTEK LEADS
IrruilllL-er Cii.
I.i-c
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P. THAD. VOLKMAN
ArNUtniit Drrertor
m eo. TrriUWcrr Co;
ORMI HAWLEY
Lends Trrulllicer Company
WILLIAM S. COOPER
PhotnirmpliPr
(Sen. W. TivullllErr Co.
ELEANOR DUNN
Chilli l.iiuls: i:uineelKt, Hugged Karl,
Pride of llaltrry II
JOHN E. INCE JOE BOYLE
Director Assistant Director
PIIIIIII'CINfl
"ROAD O' STRIFE,,
l'HOTO(lliAPHEI) HY
WILLIAM BLACK and A. LLOYD LEWIS
CRANE WILBUR MARY CHARLESON
"Road o Strife" "Road o' Strife"
PERCY WINTER
Director Actor
"BERNARDSIEGEI7
Characters
"JAMES Li DALY"
Characters
JACK STANDING
Leading Man
FRANK SMILEY
CLARA LAMBERT'
Characters
JOSEPHINE LONGWORTH
WILLIAM H. TURNER
Characters Comedy
FRANCIS JOYNER
DOROTHY"DEWOLFFr
Queen of Juveniles
ROMAINE FIELDING
Actor Author Director
FRANK DANIELS
L U B I
Presents ANOTHER
GREAT SERIAL
By Emmett Campbell Hall
ENTITLED
ROAD O' STRIFE
A MYSTERY DRAMA IN 15 PARTS
ONE PART RELEASED EVERY MONDAY
BEGINNING APRIL Sth
AN ALL - STAR CAST
INCLVDINU
Crane Wilbur Jack Standing
Mary Charleson Charles Brandt
John Ince George Soule Spertter
Rosetta Brice Peter Lang'
William II, Turner , ,
AKU SI.IKY OTHEIt.i.
PRODUCED BY JGHN INCE
Every One a Picture Favorite
WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT
Ferdinand Tidmarsh
Francis Joyner
Clarence Jay Elmer
Howard M. Mitchell
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