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THE EVENING LEDGER PHOTOPLAY SECTION, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1915.
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Trials of a Movie Star
By EDITH STOREY
Things are not always as pleasant as
the photoplaygoer Imagines. Take the
production of the "Island of Regenera
tion," which was started on Labor Day.
The scenes on the beach were taken on
J. Stuart Blackton"s estate on Long
Island, New York State. The estate Is
very beautiful, but It Is hardly tropical,
and In order to gain the proper effect It
was necessary to drape the trees with
great quantities of Spanish moss, and
hundreds of natural palms were em
ployed to lend a southern atmosphere to
the background. The weather was pleas
ant at this time, and It was no great
hardship to go about on the beach scant-
EDITH STOREY
One of the Vitagraph stars
lly clad, but by the time the production
had progressed to the point of taking the
scenes In the pool and the cave, winter
bad far advanced and our work was not
so pleasant The tank in the Vltagraph
yard In Brooklyn. N. Y.. was converted
Into a pool having all the appearances of
a quiet spot In the tropics, and one day
last January, when it was bitterly cold.
Director Harry Davenport gave the word
for me to go through the act of plunging
In and swimming about
The Vltagraph pool Is entirely In the
open; so, to make things as comfortable
as possible, a steam pipe was carried
into the pool, but this only succeeded In
warming the water In spots, and when I
swam out of these warm places and
struck water that was about ready to
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freeze It was extremely difficult to look
"as though I were enjoying myself."
The scenes showing the Interior of the
Island cave were also taken at this time
In a tent pitched on the studio grounds
In order to get the proper light effect The
thermometer was around the xero point.
and dressed as we were. In hardly any
thing more substantial than the every
day suit of a South African savage, the
charcoal stoves set about In the tent
seemed to have very little effect on the
temperature.
In speaking our lines the greatest care
had to be exercised In order not to have
the vapor from our breaths register on
the film. This was avoided by Inhaling
instead or exhaling the breath whenever
we snoke.
Helen Holmes Thinks
Dress Was Hoodooed
Helen Holmes' "Hoodoo" dress Is no
more. Presented to the daring heroine
of "Hazards or Helen" railroad series. It
was ruined when Miss Holmes worn It
while lighting a fire In a box car.
According to the members of the com
pany supporting the actress, the dress
was a hoodoo from the day it was re
ceived. Tho first time Miss Holmes wore it.
she was almost run down by a runaway
boxcar In fact, hairbreadth escapes and
the dress seemed to go together.
Then oma h.r .TnrlMfM tn TLD5
Danger's Path." One of the scenes shows
Miss Holmes being Imprisoned in a box
car Unknown to the players, a pile of
straw lay In a corner of the car. The
moment the actress had been locked In,
she detected the odor of smoke.
Sure enough, tho straw had In some
manner caught Are. At first she en
deavored to attract the attention of the
people outside by banging on the door of
the car. This falling. Miss Holmes picked
up a bag lying on the floor and endeav
ored to beat the flames out. By sheer good
fortune, someone opened the door of tho
car. Miss Holmes made a dash for It
and leaped to the ground, her face black
ened by the smoke. The "hoodoo" dress
was on Are The flames were ex
tinguished before the actress was In
jured. rilOTO-riAVS ll to ll. lOe. 15e. tSe-
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
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Mat FigmanS Lois Meredith
IN THE FAMOUS COSTKDY-DBAMA
"MY BEST GIRL"
A play by Charming- Pollock and
Itennold Wolf, which ran for many
months at the ParK Theatre. New
York.
SALISBURY'S "WILD LIFE"
PICTURES
NO
DROPS
USED
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MARY MAURICE
The Vitagraph "Mother"
Cartoon Comedies
Hyman Oage. the cartoonist, has pro
duced a reel of cartoons for the Foreign
VITAGRAPH
PROMINENT PERSONAGES
LITTLE MARY ANDERSON ANNA LAUGHLIN
LEAH-BAIRD DICK LESLIE
GEORGE DE BECK FRANK LE STRANGE
AUDREY BERRY HUGHIE MACK
CHILD ACTRESS ..
BILLY BILLINGS ESTELLE MARDO
JACK BRAWN MARY MAURICE
VAN DYKE BROOKE THOMAS MILLS
JACK BULGER GARRY McGARRY
NAOMI CHILDERS HARRY T.MOREY
BOBBY and HELEN JA MORRISON
CONNELLY
GEORGE COOPER KARIN W0RMAN
ARTHUR COZINE MURIEL OSTRICHE
FRANK CURRIER EVART OVERTON
NICHOLAS DUNAEW KATE PRICE
WILLIAM DUNN EDWINA ROBBINS
EDWARD ELKAS TEMPLER SAXE
FLORA FINCH PAUL SCARDON
HAROLD FOSHAY WILLIAM SHEA
KATHERINE FRANECK ANITA STEWART
NTTRA FRAZER EDITH STOREY
JULIA SWAYNE GORDON CONSTANCE TALMADGE
JOE HALPIN NORMA TALMADGE
MAE HALPIN ROSE TAPLEY
MARIAN HENRY WALLY VAN
GLADDEN JAMES CORTLANDT VAN DEUSEN
DARWIN KARR LILLIAN WALKER
ZENA KEEFE CHARLES WELUESLEY
DOROTHY KELLY EARLE WILLIAMS
ELEANOR WOODRUFF
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rFIlm Corporation that Is meeting, with
public approval for Its originality and
mirth-provoking qualities. Kxhlbltors are
all unanimous in singing the praises of
the cartoon comedy, and. look forward to
the release of other similar comedies In
the near future.
The Foreign Film Corporation Is making
elaborate preparations for Its American
productions, and the officers and directors
are giving most of their time and atten
tion to the made-tn-America. products.
In the last few weeks the foreign and
educational departments have been busy.
The foreign department Baa reserved
Ambrosia- pictures from Italy. People who
know pictures and who were invHed to
review the features at s private sereen
Ing are loud In their praises of the pict
ures. More than 26.W0 feet of pMturea
were screened for their inspeetton, and
at the closing were of accord In the opin
ion that It was time well spent.
Much to to be expectdftera the educa
tional department The Pennsylvania S.
P C A. picture and th Morrts Hefmw
picture proved very sueeesefult and the
encouragement received prentpte- the For
eign Film Corporation t pwdtiee more
pictures of such a nature.
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