matumtmm aaa - - ' iiffttifiiflrtri mMnwwMMwa'.i miilm(mS&imttftitUKiKJBagsg$ M Wfegjagw i.-P"" H-ii-;iTPtr'w - . 11 II ill i IMI1 - . : .- T" " " " 1"" JHPI""fWWFTWWWW . , ,rr,r,rlf.lVfW,.r! ,.,JIHIMJWPPWPgg WKr Tie Evening Ledger Amusement Section, Saturday, October 30, 1915 PERSONAL SIDE ,0F PHOTOPLAY LAND HENRY MILLER LIKES PHILADELPHIA DANGER AND DARING- IN FILM ACTING What Some of the Players Are Doing When Not on the Screen Some of the Hair-Breadth Es capes and Adventures-of Film Players The first moving picture studio built en tirely for personal use ever erected In the Middle West or in the United States, for that matter, is now being constructed on the roof of the Gi'.more apurtments in " Milwaukee, Wis. These apartments, which are just being completed, wcro built and are owned by Paul Gilmoic, the well-known photopla star. The studio was constructed for Mr. Gil raore's own use and wh-n completed will be ono of the best equipped In the coun try. It is iot large as studios so, but no expense has been spared to make It mod ern throughout; :n tact, it lias lien .Mr. Gllmore's idea to make It a "vest-pocket edition of the Griffith fctud.o at Los Angeles" as he puts it. It was with the idea of cnrring out certain ideas and ex;icr.ments that lit has Ions had 'n mind that Mr. Gllmore had this studio built. They aie located mar tho horts of Lake Michigan, an almost ideal location for a stud o. Developing, printing and drying tooms will also le located in the building. Fred Mace, now under contract with the Kej stone Company to appear In Sen-nett-Kcys-tone featmes and-who was the first president of the P.'ioto-placrs Club in Los Angeles, has recently been active in attempts at reorganizing. On October 1! a meeting was held at which about 200 prominent photoplaycrs were present, and under the leadnshlp of Mr. Mace a i.ew club was started. Temporary offi cers weie elected and a committee was chocn to make a choice of location for the new club. The old Press Clubrooms. those of the original Photoplayers' Club and the now deserted Bankers' Club Building, were all taken under considera lior, and at the next meeting a final choice will be made -Mr. Mace's speech to tho assembled photoplayers was grctrd with heartj applause, and the popular comedian proved his ability to "come back.", Anita Stewart, Vltagraph star, has pur chased a plot of ground next to that or her brother-in-law. Ralph W. Ince. at Rrlghtwaters, L. I., and Is building a house to cost In the neighborhood of J30. 0. Fair Kathlyn Williams, the Selig star, loves flowers, and owns a rose garden containing many rare specimens. E. H Calvert, one of Essanay's lead ing directors, has gone on a hunting and fishing trip to th Ozarks, In southern Missouri, after several months of strenu ous work. Mr Calvert Is an expert with the gun, having been one of the best marksmen In the army. A West Point man. he retired as a captain after 14 years' service to go on the stage. Francis X. Bushman's one hobby la amethysts. On his left hand lie wears a ripg with an amethjst as big as a plum. It covers his little finger way up past the second joint; but despite all this Bushman is a regular fellow. Bushman Is in perfect physical condi tion all the time. too. He employs three trainers and does gymnasium work and road work every day. The result is that his skin is as clear and pink as a baby's and his waist Is slender. He Is the pic ture of perfect health. i f$ sx ?lfr' iS!? The actor-manager brought his motorcar over from New York when "Daddy Long Legs" settled down for a run at the Broad, and now, he may be seen almost any afternoon but Wednesday or Saturday enjoying the level lengths of Philadelphia's streets and suburban roads. CLOSE-UPS OF SCREEN FAVORITES In the Beginning Lillian Russell began life as Helen Louise Leonard. Kddle Foy was christened Edward F. Fitzgerald. Richard Carle was Charles Nicholas Carleton. Elsie Janis was Elsie Bierbower H S ?' -'VH GEORGE BEBAN As the character actor will ap pear at the Stanley next week, in "An Alien," his film version of "The Sign of the Rose." EARLE WILLIAMS Earle Williams, the Vltagraph star, wn born In Sacramento. Cal. His father was Augustus P. Williams, an early California settler, who had emigrated from Boonevllle, Mo. Hi3 mother was Eva M. Taget, of the Paget family from Cin cinnati. Ohio. The famous old actor, James Taget. who was at the height of his career a gen eration ago, was an uncle and the only member of Mr. Williams' Imme- i diate family con nected with the pro fession of acting. Earle Williams was educated in the Oakland public grammar and high schools. He attendee the Polytechnic Col lege of California, but left before receiv ing his degree. Hl3 first position was as an office boy sandwiched In prior to his entering college. His first theatrical engagement came aa utility man with the Baldwin-Melville Stock Company In New Orleans, In. 1901. Hls principal engagements have been with the Frederick Belasco Company In San Francisco and Portland; one year with .lames Ncill Stock Company; heavy with Henry Dlxey In "The Man on the Box," heavy with Rose Stan!" In "The Chorus Lady," juvenile In Mary Mannerlng's "Glorious Betsey" and with Helen Ware In "The Third Degree." His last thea trical engagement was with George Beban In "The Sign of the Rose" in vaudeville. Mr. Williams' entrance Into pictures was not premeditated. The usual Idleness dur ing the summer while engaged In thea tricals proved Irksome, so he applied for extra parts with the Vltagraph Company. His entire motion picture career has been with tho Vltagraph Company. Film Actor for Suffrage Characterizing the Rev. Cyrus Town send Brady's statement that "woman's desire to vote was an Insult to God" as the most ridiculous statement ever made by a member of the cloth, Paul Gllmore, the photoplay star, who Is In this city preparing to work as co-star with Mar guerite Snow In "Rosemary," scathingly denounced the Rev. Brady for his stand on the suffrage question. "That any man who himself has been a slave to the dictates of fashion and clung to his coat and stiff collar and vest even In sweltering weather should presume to advise women to break the shackles that bind her to the corset and high-heel shoe strikes me aa being extremely funny," said Mr. Gllmore. "Just when It was that man had the duties of running the world placed In his care by the Lord. Mr. Brady does not make clear." continued Mr. Gllmore. "In place of history proving that woman is a creature of Impulse and man of judgment, I believe that any one who Is at all familiar with history recalls that the greatest men that the world has ever known placed great faith in tho Judgment of their wives or mothers and went with all of the great problems to theso women for final decision." ' RICHARD WANGERMANN Richard Wangemann. who play char acter parts in Labln photoplays. Is cele brating the ninth anniversary of his ad vent with Lubin, pr Philadelphia. M r Wangemann wrs born abroad, and be gan his stage career shortly after receiv ing an honorable dis charge from the Ger man army. During his career on the speaking stage Mr. Wangemann played in various cities In Switzerland, Austria, Russia. Italy and even In Northern Af rica. In 1SSS he was stage director and manager of a prominent theatre In Jlremen and subsequently played with great success In various Ger man and Austrian cities. Then he came to Cincinnati to the German Opera House, where he remained three years, going subsequently to Cleveland. Next he came to the German Theatre In Philadelphia, from which he was graduated to photo plays at Lubin's. Mr. Wangemann. who Is a linguist of considerable ability. Is known aa the "man of many faces' because of his won derful facility in the art of making up. He Is a popular favorite in the Lubin studios because of his gentle manner and the sincerity of hi3 friendship. 'M'. Wfl Jh j&IHNBHH A peculiar accident occurred Int the filming of one of the scenes of the Vlta graph Blue Ribbon Features, "The. Turn of the Road," that, while adding, a touch ' rf realism to the picture, was fortunately free from any fatality, except In, the shaking up of the players, oenaerned In its enactment. la the big scene, where Joseph K:lw!our. aa John King, and' Vtr Jjiia Pearou. aa Marota WKbur are eloping In icing's machine, a hish-pow-ercd curing car. in m&ItiiiT a sharp turn In the road, to avoid colliding with an approachiri; autcinobllc. they am forced over a' t.nbankment. In rehearsing Iho scene. Mr Kllgnnr, who wa driving, mn tie machine 100 near the edge of tie em bankment. Tho earth, loo soft to. sus tain its weight, started to slide HaIf , way down the declivity the autcinubilo j struck a stump, and, turning a complete somersault. lamleil at the bottom in an I upright position. Neither the players nor ujc uuio received a scratcn. but Doth Miss Pearson antl Mr KHgour liadi the scare f their lives. The camera, man had his camera set ready for work, and "caught" the machine In Its wild slide. The most of the accident is.shown In the completed picture, the-climax, where the clopors are being rescued from beneath tho overturned machine, being staled later. Vivian Rich, whose pretty face has ap peared In oountlpqct Mutttii .i.n,vi., I caused a furore in a Santa. Barbara cafe recenuy wnen. gowned In expensive: sill:, she plunged In among the. goal fish In ths restaurant fountain. Womeiv who. saw the film star's leap shrieked in horror. A man sitting at a nearby table leaped li. after Miss Rich to effect a rescue. For several minutes everything- was In- con fusion. Then. In an obscure corner. Direc tor Archer MacMackin and a man slowly turning tho crank on a camera were seen and pointed out. Director MacMackin is a stickler tor realism. It was he who arranged, with the cafe proprietor Wr Miss Rich's plunge among the gold fish. Wishing to create a furore among his guests-, the proprietor had nnt nnnntinnoil .. .... . . , I thriller. It Inmi n mn,.A tip- .. . - ...uai. u. .1 nutililT I than the proprietor had anticipated Or.e of the Kalcm players wha took IMF In "Til rVintlnf-tn f fnim. .n f.n-. ture. was painrully Injured in falling from a swiftly moving auto while one of the . ImCOrtant SCOnea W1 helnrv ntmA.1 .a the result of this accident, the performer was confined to his bed for several, days. The accident occurred in the' scene which shows tlie hero'ne. her sweetheart and a prison guard fleeing from a dozen pursusrs. Aided by the guard, the girl's lover had esaped from prison. The three were In the auto and the- guard wn en deavoring to hold oft at pistol's point the machine containing the pursu'ns officers. Miss Rea Martin, the actress featured in the drama, was driving the car at the time. The player enacting the guard's role was leaning over the. back ot the tonneau when the car plunged over n thank-ye-marm and jolted him Into the road. The man was rushed to a doctor who lived nearby and after being treated was tnken home. Drafting Society George K. Spoor, president of Essanay, announces the release of an extra six-act feiture photoplay on the V. L. g. E. pro gram. 11 has been completed some time and now Is ready for booking. It comes In as a "special," the regular plays ot one each four weeks being released as usual. The extra Is -The Crimson Wing," dramatized from the widely known novel of that title, written by Hobart C. Chat-ficld-Taylor, Chicago and Washington society leader and litterateur. It is a drama of war and romance, and the scenes are laid on the present battle line between Germany nnd France. Exceptional interest is attached to the phctoplay because of society leaders, national and world characters who take part In It- Garden and villa scenes were taken on the grounds and In the homes of Chicago's wealthiest citizens. Including Hobart C. Chatfleld-Taylor. the author: Harold and Cyrus McCormick, O.vllle Babcock, Edward S. Moore. James Ward Thome, Scott Durand and Howard Shaw. The majority of these persons with their wives and families, as well as other society leaders, appear In the play. Mr. Moore, vice president of the Rock Island Railroad, takes the part of a chauffeur In one scene. He Is dressed in army uniform and drives his own 111,000 car. Wallace Rice, author and play wright, also takes a part in the play. Several hundred feet of the film were taken In France on the border line or Germany, showing the French army In maneuvers and commanded by General Joflre, the head of the French army. The photoplay Is directed by E. H. Calvert, a West Point man who has seen 14 years of service In the United States Army. Mr. Calvert also takes the leading role with Misa Ruth Stonehouse. '1E&& XSaP9BBBBBBBBBBH- Lt. BbbbbbbbbBbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb MARGUERITE GALE Who Interviews a dozen stars in "How Molly Mada Good," a film coming to the Metropolitan next week. iW V
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